The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-25

load is worth . cents. lie is s-o,,,
by the customs officer. ana o'upped
tax Of ) cent at the gate. nn5FS q
ONE a porter with a bag haIf nm
as a h~ogshead fastened 10 TO- > oS
of his back. Inside tho M Nu'Al
basket filled with the fiat cal.S IS 4
form h bread OF the city. winch
Now turn to the right ann ,--,
that Syrian Bedouin who is -.4.a oil
gray Arabian pony. He sits AZ ".9 4
as q telegraph pole and look, |-2nl
fierce eyes at u party. He h"'"
gun on his back and his haa&
covered with q great yellow hs1att Is
chief bound round with str40GI
hair rope as thick as your Wris- ~
hind him come three cameI~ r
with the oranges Of Jafra. Each ~.
has a carload Of the great yellow IN
in the two crates which hang ayar -,
back. and he grumbles n wh;nas 49,
his barefooted driver drags him aI,r-.
by a string tied to his nose.
AS we look we see the figures ~
the Old and New Testamenrs .r,,.3
ing around US. There ar naasart,
who might have been among th4 a.
ciples. and gray-beared men Vb,.
would pass for Abraham. Isaa. aTj
Jacob. We see boys with coat. -
many %colors, which remind us ~ L..
seph, and shepherds driving shaa,
into the market was probably lama
from the very plains near Bethlehem
where similar shepherds Were walton.
ing their focks when the star trst
appeared.
A LOOK at the Girls.
Let us take a sea with those Sg-
rians on the porch of that car4A
II n nJ1JS11a fha o. "a q n3 H.
Their sketches Of those who 20 in
Here two figures dressed all in
white. They look like walking bed
ticks bound round at the middle. or
better like the ghosts of q sheet and
pillow case party. They are Nahgm-
medan women 1t is against their re-
ligion for them to so out unveiled
and they have wrapped their bodies
in sheets, the folds of which they hold
close together over their faces. leaving
only a crack by which 10 pick their
way through the crowd.
Behind them is girl with bare face.
She years a round al which extends
a foot above her rosy brown forehead
Her own is a gray chemiSe. VII ii
falls almost to her feet, and has IL
wide hem Of embroidery Of rad and
blue silk. That is a Bethlehem maid
en-. and the shawl She wears Na4
ptO DdD maui ~ mel OWL ltt-4i~ ltt
her wedding. Such shaWlS are much
| priced by tourists. and the best Il
them bring S25 apiece in the stores.
But here are some women in long
coats and high boots. They have
calico gowns under their coats, which
reach half way down the calf. Their
heads are covered with handkerrhier3
and their faces are bronzed by the
sun. Each has a staff in her hand
and a bag on her back, and she is
tramping along at the rate Of four
miles an hour. They are dusty @n1
dirty. and they look weary and worn.
Those are peasant women from Russia,
who have ONE here as pilgrims. aud
who are making their way from
shrine to shrine. They have trampeI
this morning out to Bethlehem, ana
tomorrow will likely be on their way
to the Jordan.
Around the Walls.
Let us start here at the Jai5a gaze
| and make a trip around the walls If
Jerusalem. ! havc tramDed about
them on loot and have ridden POUND
upon donkeys. Some Of IN, walls
which still stand were laid up ny
solomon, others were erected h}
fIerod the Great. who built Da,,d
tower, and others by ~Agrippa only "a
few years after Christ's death.
We walk cro the road leading -
Bethlehem, down which the wise n'H
Of the east rode on their VA - IN.
birth place Of the Savior. and p."AlnI
our steps through a araya Of rai--|
lying there, climb a TOad which -~aa-
up the slope of Mount Zion. IheFe
is a moat at the foot Of tn" t'"eL
which is 100 feet wide and ID i"''
! deep, and the wall rises perhaps Jos
feet above this. There are Olive Tree,
between the road and the wall ana
as we go We see ragged donhe> ''""-
ing among them. Now We nt>- -
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