El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03

OQI lnlO IC0 S4og rDe~oA--s
poured into jars to be strained for the
market.
Farther back IN the cave is the Inill
for grinding the olives 1t is muc1
like the bark mill of a tanreTy. the
wheel being turned by an ungainly
camel hitched to a bar. understand
that wine made in the Holy Land 10
still trodden out with the feet
At the Jaffa Gate.
But let us go to the market at the
Jaffa gate and see what the people
sale There are scores Of women with
baskets of vegetables before them.
They have lettuce and elephants add
beautiful cauliflowers with heads as
white as snow. They have lemons aud
orange from yaffa and apples and
pears from the highlands of Judea.
Many of the sellers are Bethlehem
girls, with high hats and fair faces,
and among the buyers are fierce pc
douins from the desert. their heads
bound round with ropes Many Of the
men have guns in their hands. for no
one thinks of travelling far over Pales-
tine unarmed. There are Syrians and
Jews and Russian pilgrims. who are
buying supplies for the hospice, called
Little Russia, which lies outside the
city. Here are many people selling
sellers are about the Church OF the
Holy Sepuchre. The beads are of glass
and they come from Hebron, not far
from the cave which is Abraham's
tomb Hebron is the chief town of
South Palestine, and is a manufacture
ing center. It makes lamps and bot
ties as well as glass trinkets and glass
beads, which are sold all over the
Holy Land.
Jerusalem Chickens.
The cock which crew for st. Peter
has many descendants. You may see
some of them in this market. They are
tied by the legs and lie on the stones.
The Holy City has no law against
Growing, and every family here keeps
its own rooster. There are so many
that the city resounds with their mu-
sic, and about daybreak they start up
a concert which murders sleep. 1 am
living in the heart Of Jerusalem. 1
night as well be in a barnyard- The
cock concert begins with sunrise and
keeps on until evening, when the DON
keys and camels begin. The former
brays stronger than that which spoke
unto Balaam, and the latter whine
and grumble all night In addition to
these noises, there are others which
trouble the tourists. The people rise
with the chickens and the stone streets
reecho their steps. The birds sing
and the peddlers shout. At the same
time the bells begin ringing to show
j. is day, and the trumpets of the
Mohammedan soldiers in David's tow
er add to the din. One can easily sleep
in a railroad depot or near boiler
factory, for the noises there are of
one or two kinds and the ear comes
to know them. Here there is new
sound every minute and a new smash
every hour
A Call On the Governor
During my stay in Jerusalem I have
called upon the governor and mayor.
and it takes two great Moslems to rule
it. The governor is the executive and
the mayor works under him to keep
the warning Christians in order. The
governor is about 40 years of age. He
is a fine looking man with a white
face and brown eyes and hair. He
dresses in European clothes, and
wears a fez cap. He speaks French.
and is not ayerse to talking about the
situation in Palestine. He says that
the new Turkish government has ma
terially changed the conditions and
the people will be far better off than
they were in the past. He expects
that 1t Will take some time to educate
them so that they may govern them
selves.
1 asked his excellency whether trav-
Ell was safe and whether individuals
and parties could go about the Holy
Land without danger. He replied that
any one might go anywhere. but not |
that 1 notice that he has
taken the precaution to send soldier |
with me on my expedition into the |