The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14

1 feet wide with white Vaulted roofs, the light coming through holes in the latter each of which is about a, foot square. Now and then there will be break in | these roofs making a short open space where the sun shines but after that the vaults begin again so that one could go 1 through almost the whole town and keep under cover The business streets are paved with stone. and along the walls of i the houses run lodges about three feet high. upon which the shops face and where the customers sit while they bar gain.
 Te chief shopping section of Tripoli consists of a mighty grape arbor. Here the street is roofed over with a lattice work upon which grape vines have been trained, and their cool green leaves tenn per the rays of the sun. This street is
 lined with shops, some of which are about i fifteen feet square Such shops are con sidered great business establishments, and ] their turbaned owners are among the na-
 bobs of the city. The ordinary store Is
 not as wide nor as long as a library table, and there are many so small that the merchant within could not ask a friend
 to enter without moving his goods AL
 most all the streets are such that wheeled vehicles cannot go through them, and
 some will not even admit donkeys or cam
 els. Most of the freight is carried by DOT
 ters, who go about with great loads on
 their backs or heads. In the wider streets
 little donkeys are the chief beasts of bur
 den. while the camels carry the heavier
 loads.
 One of the most interesting features of
 Tripoli is connected with it's water supply.
 This town of G0,o00 has no water mains or
 sewers There are no hydrants, and the
 water used comes entirely from wells in
 or near the city. Some of 1t Is carried
 in goat skins on the backs of men, some of it In clay jars on the heads of women
 and a great deal in barrels on the humps
 of camels. The eamels kneel down ny the wells while the barrels are filled. Each camel carries two barrels at a load. one
 on each side of it's bump, and on the horn of the saddle is hung the measuring tub turned upside down. The water Is sold at so much per tub, and the camel
 owner has his regular customers to whom he furnishes their daily supply.
 American Sewing Machines. The only modern thing ] have seen m Tripoli is the American sowing machine,
 which is used in the street of the tailors.
 Every business here has its own section, ! and one long street Is filed with tailors who sit cross-egged on the floors of their l little cubbyhole shops as they sew. Soms
 of them use hand machines, which they place on little tables beside them, and l some have table machines of a well 1 known American make. Where the ordi-
 nary table machine is used 1t takes up
 half the shop. Nevertheless, I have seen 1 more than a score of such machines in
 action. They are all exported by one con- l pany, which sells its machines everywhei e l oyer the world, and that nothwithstand-
 ing we have other machines equally good
 which are never seen abroad.
 In the Bazaars.
 But let us take walk through the l bazars and observe these Barbary pi-
 rates at work. They are busy people
 and have many manufactures, although
 everything Is turned out by hand. Here, l for instance, is the bszaar of the jewellers. l It consists of d street, walled on both | sides with little rooms not much bigger