The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

end that they can be fastened by an
iron band to the forked stick which
forms the rest of the ploW.
The blacksmiths were Arabs. dressed
in enormous trusers and jackets. Their
sleeves We're rolled up and they pound
ed away at the anvils just like our
bIacksmiths at home. The average
shop of his kind is only big enough
to hold the anvil, the furnace and
two or three men. 1t is q sort of a
hole in the wal about SIX feet wide.
twenty feet long and perhaps twelve
feet in height. At the back is a rude
Fellow and furnace In the center the
men work at the anvil and at the
front is a counter upon which the DloW
points are displayed for sale.
In another street | found scores Of
Arab cobblers making red slippers fer
women and in another place men sit
ting cross-legged, who were embrold-
er;ng leather in gold.
Boiled sheep Heads.
There were many restaurants and
coffee houses in these localities. The
coffee is always made to order, it costs
about two cents a cup. The restau-
rants are usually in or back Of the
kitchen. The latter faces the street
and the cooking goes on while the
customers eat.
One Of the oldest Of these estab-
lishments sold nothing but boiled
sheep heads. Right next the side
walk was an oven. in the brick top Of
which was set a kettle as big around
as a cider barrel. The kettle was
sheep heads were boiling up and
down. their glazed eyes staring at the
passersby. The skin had been taken
off Of the heads. and. as | looked in,
the long white teeth ofthe sheep APP
peared to grind themselves together
in rage. ON the floor We're a num-
her of heads still unskinned. They
had just come from the butchers. and
the blood from them ran out into the
street. Ny dragoman told me hat
the cock ed heads were deliciouS: he
begged me to step in ana try one, say
ing that we could get a whole head
for II cents.
Many of the cooked heads are sold
to be carried home. and | find that
sheep head IS frequently on the bills of
fare at tt" hotels. After what l saw
today | shall cat them 10 more. This
cook shop reminds me Of q dog-and-
rat restaurant of Canton. in South
rant which 1 visited in Berlin. Both
of them We're cleanly in comparison
with this.
Inthe Palace of the Bey.
| have sIent some time this after
noon in the palace ofthe hey. IT is
now the n~tduuarItGS OF the trench
army officers, but for d long time it
was the residence of the Turk sh
rulers of Constantine. From the out
side it looks like an ordinary tWo-story
building, but its interior is wonderfully
decorated and rich in marbles. mosaics
and carvings. The palace consists of
an acre or 50 of buildings, with gal
leries above and below running
around beautiful gardens. The walls
of the galleries are OF porcelain tiles
and their roofs are upheld by marble
pillars. beautifully cut.
The old hey who built the palace Is
said to have gotten much Of the ma
terial from Carthage. The porcelain
came from Genoa. and the carvings
from the houses of the wealthy resi-
dents of Constantine. If a man was
noted as having an especially fine door
send it to his new palace, and if there
was n furniture that he especially
desired he got it in the same way.
One of the oldest features Of the
arcades looking out upon the gardens
is a series of paintings of Mohamme-
dan cities. These are spread upon
the walls without regard to harmony
or art. The cOlorS fairly swear at
each other, and the drawing is faulty
and the perspective everywhere lack
ing. As 1t is contrary to the Koran
to make pictures of men, there is no
NiS " Iiuhl@I ne III the paintings
This work was lone by a French shoe
maker who was in prison in Constan-
tine when the palace was building.
The hey said he wanted some pictures
on the walls. and that 1.-The dog of a
Christian" might do the work. The
shoemaker objected. saying he was
not a painter, but the bey's officials
replied:
Every Frenchman is an artist. and
YOU must paint. If you do not. YOU
Will be f1ogged with twenty-five lashes
for every day you are idle"
The result was a series of remarka-
bic representations of Algiers, Cairo,
Jerusalem and ConstantinopIe. When
the hey saw them he was delighted.
He paid the man we'll and sent him
back to Paris loaded with presents.
y MOhammc3an Eve.
1t was this same hey, FL Hadj