The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-21

-a..Et Nt-IL Only iI6EtS bIlt 0S-
--..-- q keencr regret. After seeing
,-.rrf,aI places of interest in
ground the dear old city. We ar
~ra5 m 90 through Northern Palns-
.1 horseback. For twcnty-threo
,-e g fairly good carriage road has
E.-r Graded. but the work has been
-arGrg and may not be resumed
/ p generation. We sent our horses
-..r the day before and left
g. .r The morning by carriage.
sya reached Scopus, a final and
! -.-au look at the Holy CITY was
Es..- Along the same road in the
-g .gG Iassed Abraham, Jacob, Jo-
rarf. Joshua. David. Peter, Paul and
some four miles ont we
70 the right a cone-shaped hill
|.,-- r.'rh Gibcah of BENJAMIN
s-as Here saul was born. and from
r. n. "ent out to find the strayed
/ --re .nI found a kingdom. on that
h. b.. raigned as king; from it he
.rart - battle, and there the sweet
|-7rae of Dayids harp soothed his
.r-ahIaf spirit. On the same hill Mi
E. married David, and there her ia
L -sr ac'ad the part Of a mean father
lr..av IT. sam. xviiiD. On and near
rat spot much tragicaI history was
4 OYER 10 the left a little further on
l. ancient Mizpah, where Samuel re-
L 5el and held court. He was a cir
%der and also held courts at Gill
far AMI Bethel. His circuit was very
snaU, for Gilgal is only q short dis
.anra further north on the right of
,he road At one time Bethel ri
.ala J-Iusalem in Importance, had a
s.hao. fog the prophets, and for some
tine was the center of the worship Of
ra.r.u. IN tn Northern KiryInm
r.6ar it is nothing.
Near the end Of the carriage road
.re tho ruins of Shiloh. where the
Tabernacle was first set permanently
n canaan. Here, too. the ark stayed
rom the DAYS of Joshua till almost
ha end Of the life Of Eli. and here the
ana was divided by lot into tribal pos
aes.ous. Just to the eas of the town,
n q glen, occurred that feast at
-h.eh the daughters Of Shiloh were
~topiUE the light fantastic when the
.aujamito men came upon them sud-
orlv from the nearby vineyards and
s-rted them away for wives. (Girls
.ho dance should always be on the
,uE-out.)
There are many places of minor i'm
5Tt8nCe along the way, but the next
pct IF special interest IS Jacobs Wen,
htch is one and d half miles east of
ablous (anciert Shechem). The well
fri the western edge of the parcel
q field purchased by Jacob of Ha-
or for 100 pieces OF money (Gen.
Niii:1G). The identy of this we'll is
questioned. The Jews. the Samari-
the MOslem. the Christians all
-~oo that this is the we'll at which Oc-
.~red the conversation o our Sa-
with the woman of Samaria who
I'd too many Husbands (JOhn V:5-30l
VIII belongs 10 the Greeks and is
rounded by a wall. 1t lies in the
rpt of q chapel erected by the Cru
Jcrs upon the ruins of an old
urCh Of the fourth century. The well
e eXcavated in the solid rock. is
ont seyenty-fve feet deep. OF course
traveller must pay "bachsheesh" to
e il. but no one minds that. In the
MINER time the well 10 dry. But the
wing water" offered to the sinful
oman is perennial.
About one half mile north of his
a'her'S well is the tomb of Joseph.
he died Joseph had the Chill
Of Israel promise to carry up his
bones rom Egypt. After sleeping on
he Nile for more than three hundred
ears. the mummy of Joseph was car
iat in the wilderness for forty years
nd finally deposited in the same par
ri Of land bought by Jacob of Ha-
1or's children Josh. Xxiv:32). The
IS enclosed. and the bones Of ia
IBIS faTorite son lie in the territory
to Ephraim. the offspring
T Joseph. Nearby the everlasting
curtains of Ebal and Gerizim keep
silent vigils over the remains
~Ph2raoh's prime minister, the story
whose life is the most beautiful of
i'm oil history Hjthcr TnGnn1
me from Hebron 70 find his breth-
N. and, failing to find them sin the
adj. Ia went on TO Dothan-a place
We passed the next day and
he' IS about seventy miles from
enron It has always been a sur
to me why Joseph, who could
AXE that trip alone when a mere lad.
10 not, when he was ruler of Egypt,
SIT his old father or communicate
f2 him in some way. since Hebron
not very far from Egypt. Jacob did
't know where Joseph was, out the
tier new where his father a and
Ems 10 have made no effort to even
ar from him.
N~an.oIs, the modern name of She
IAN, Is about q mile west Of JOseph's
'Nb, and lies in a beautiful valley,
.A Ebal on the north and Certain
. the south. The latter was the
,ounJ OF blessing and the former the
..unt of Cursing (Deut. xvii: 1920.
IL" old city is rich in historic asso-
alaNS, but its glory has departed. 1t
about $4,000 people, all of whom
Nohammedans except 1000 who
f joys. Samoritans and Christians.
-e 'alet occupation of the people
+eN hey work at all is making soap
Ut "t olive oil. There are something
tl'-en soap factories in the place.
wi. Judging from the appearances of
people, the Oap is made strictly
~I EXPORT and not for domestic use.
,-+ .l"Sl"ms of Nablous are noted for
.7f tauGticism and hatred of Chris
ANS As there are no foreign con-
-~ IF. The town The natives treat for
Sa'.s pretty much as they please.
.@ If our party was rather late in
inning to the hotel one evening
"- 'l-" ave him a good rocking.
B "f~ somewhat anxious to see the
'a.aur Of the old seat of Samaritans
a' still reside in Shechem. These
"i.. have dWindled down to $50
a.r and they still cling to their an
tatth and customs. Among other
-s+"'S of their religion a mar is
'...'- d 10 practice bigamy If his
IS, wife he barren. But as there are
-""' twenty more men than there
Women biGamY is practically i'm
'ht" At least tWentv men are
.''a"i 10 Involuntary celibacy. When
-..F.t'd man dies. his nearest male
a..'" ether han a widow is COM
.1'. - marry the widow. The heir
aren't may sometimes heir a wife
would cause him to lose his re-
.A They are forbidden 10 marry
Ny "E1apt a Samaritan. And the Sa-