Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-06-26

have a hard time kissing his girl, "said
the Bruiser, who has an eye to the
beautiful, two eyes in fact, "but, after
seeing some Of these Moslem maideni
/ would be glad not to kiss them. =
The bridegroom does not see his bride
or know who she Is until after the
wedding ceremony is performed, all
the arrangements being conducted by
the families and friends. Such plar
in America might dispose of a lot Of
otherwise unmerchantable stock.
The Jews are returning to Palestine
The Zionist movement is bearing fruit,
We met in Jerusalem Jacob Zangwill,
father Of the great Jewish author. Mr.,
Zangwill is one Of the promoters Of
the Zionist movement which il
organized to return the Jews from
every nation 10 the world to thell
former home There are over seventy
synagogues in Jerusalem alone and
though the Jews are forbidden TO own
landed property Jewish immigration
is constantly on the increase. There
are said to be 10000 in Jerusalem,
Many of them are extremely poor and
are supported by the charity Of their
brethren throughout Europe. Numer-
our colonies have been founded by rich
Jews and here are gathered members
of this race from every country. They
receive a regular allowance for sup
port and are orthodox after the strait
est sect. Observance Of the most rigid
rules Of the Talmud is enforced and
there can be seen daily some reminder
of the strange regulations Of the
Rabbinical writings. PhylacterIes are
worn broad and upon the doorpost Of
every Jewish house in the Hebrew
text. There are almost as many sects
among the Jews in Jerusalem as among
the Christians though the difference Il
not SO great Possibly the most
peculiar is the Clarifies, mere hand
full, whose chief rabbi said were "the
Jewish Protestants. There are
Spanish Jews, Russian Jews, English
Jews, Jews Of all colors and every
country, some coming to the land tc
make their homes, others old and
wretched, making their way back tc
be buried in the Holy City.
The rudest domestic utensils are In
use in Palestine. Grain is ground be
tween two large fat stones, olives and
grapes are trodden out with the feet
and the oyenis of mud The pillow is
stick sharpened at the end and
twisted into proper shape. Oxen and
donkeys are employed in the field.
Camels are seldom used west OF the
Jordan. The Palestinian camel is
larger, more stately beast than bis
Egyptian brother. He could not be
more solemn. The agricultural LAND
is held on the community system, be
longing not to the individual, but tG
the village and is allotted to the vari
GUS inhabitants of the village for cul
tivation. ''The mess Of pottage" 70
which Esau sold his birthright,
still an appetizing dish, not unlike
thick bean soup. 1t is somewhat ODD
to find that even the horses speal
Arabic and that your steed does no
understand the English whoa bu'
is stopped by saying "Ish." We noe
our heads when we mean ''yes," bu
when an Arab mods his head he mean
an emphatic negative. BARRIERS pl,
their trade In the open street and Gu
their customers hair with raz0rs.
WE SET OUR FACES HoMEwARD.
So amid the beauty of Palestine
springtime we have iourneyed through
the Holy City. To describe the sever
weeks stay in any detail would IRE
quIre volume. There has been her
set down but the merest outllneo Of tn
travel. We have seen the land o
Israel from the sands and palms 0
the coast to the Belka, where, tn
Arabs say, "the cold is always a
home;" from Hermon on the north 0
the desert on the south. All climate
are found within the limits of thl
peculiar land, 1t is like the world Il
miniature. From Nazareth We say
at a single glance the SHOWS OF Leba
non, the olives Of the lowlands, tn
wheat fields of Esdraelon, the Ian
where the Bedouln dwells IN goats
hair tent and cotton clothing and tn
Jordan valley where is never trace q
snow or frost Yet across this entir
stretch Of country from the sea to tn
desert mountains-between which ar
four zones of climates but a scan
seventy miles. No one may go throug
this yet fertile land, study its phys
cal geography and note the life OF II
people, without observing its wonder
full adaptation to the mission Of tn
Jewish people. None may visit
without noting that the Book find
testimony to its genuineness in th
Land. It helps to right understaT
ing of the lives Of patriarches an
prophets, kings and apostles MOI
than all it affords a new glimpse q
the manliness, dignity and grace q
| Him who walked its holy fields. FL
| the ehiefest charm OF the Holy Land
not its splendid scenery nor the QUAR-
life Of its people, nor yet the histoI
of the wonderful Hebrew nation tina
| dwelt here, but that the Almight
manifested upon its hills and plair
His glory and unfolded the purpose
of His redeeming grace, that Bethl
hem is here and Calvary. The Ian
appears to have been formed as fran
work for the Book and the Book VI
written that I'VE may believe thi
Jesus is the Christ, the son OF God, an
that believing ye may have life In IL
name
In Scant Attire.
In describing the appearance Of
runaway couple, clipping from Z
celsior Springs last week, the HAM
ton oaH relates that "the groom vi
dressed In pink shirt, slouch h
and a verdaut smile, while the bril-
was attired in a dress that came
her shoe tops, a radiant cOmplexiC