The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04

and the pilgrims buy candles TO burn
at the holy places. They set they up
at the score or more sacred spots i.
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and
! at the stations along the Via Doiorosa
where Christ walked on his way to
! Golgotha. They carry them to the
/ Mount of Olives and to the Garden OF
| Gethsemane. Some buy several candles
| for each shrine, and the richer purchase
! those Of enormous size and of many
colors. Some of the candles are of
the size of your finger and others arc
as big as mans leg. l have told you
of the ones as large around as -four
/: barrel, which was held at the customs
'souse in Jaffa and found to be filed
| with dynamite bombs. That was sent
| by some of the discontents among the
priests of the Holy Sepulcher who hoped
to blow their enemies, now in charge,
! out of existence, and did not care how
many others they murdered.
! l have been in Jerusalem at Easter
time and have seen the miracle of the
! Holy Fire as performed by the Greeks.
1t is at that season that the chief
candle-selling goes on The pilgrims
who are here by the tens of thousands
buy great lunches of candles to take
into the church. and light them from
!, the fire. They can then be blown Out
and if lighted again at their affairs
at home will preserve them from harm.
and / am not sure but that they be.
lieve they will take them to heaven
This holy fire Is supposed to have come
down from heaven and to blaze inside
Z, the chapel of the Holy Sepulcher, where
is supposed to DC the tomb in which
our Saviour was laid. There are holes
in the walls of the Sepulcher and the
candles are thrust through them to one
OF the Greek priests, who stands with
In He lights them and then passes
them out From these lights other
candles are lighted. and within few
moments after the fire appears the;
thousands OF pilgrims in the church
have their candles lighted. AS soon as
they set the light, they rush forth
holding their hands around the blaze,
endeavoring to carry the burning can
dies to their homes In Jerusalem
The Baznars and Their Caves,
But come with me for walk through
the bazaars OF Jerusalem. We are IN
network of vaulted tunnels. walled
on each side with cavelike shops. and
filled with q crowd of Syrians. Bedou'
ms, Armenians, Jews and the other
strange characters of this, part OF the
east. The arched tunnel IS llShteo
only by holes In the roof. The shops
have neither windows nor doors. lHey
seem to have been cut out OF the walls
and the largest Of them are not moFe
than fifteen OF twenty feet deep. Some
are so narrow you can stand at inc
front and reach both walls with your
hands, and none Is much higher than
your. head. Nevertheless each is
store. and II Is walled with sl.elVes'
filled with goods. There IS only
enough room outside the shelves fol
the merchant to sit, and the customers
must stand in the street as they shop
Cobblers and Timers.
These bazaars are CLASSIFIED. one
business being devoted to each.
There is a shoemaker's bazaar where
scores of cobblers are working. Al
the entrance to each cavelike shop Two
shoemakers sit, with untanned calfskln
aprons tight about them sewing away.
Between them on block Of wood, an
olive tree stump 1t may be. rests
slab of white marble. This is the shoes
markets bench, upon which they pound
the wet leather soft with what looks
like u brass paper weight. It IS IA
big around as q tumbler and or ABOUT
the same height, tapering from the TOP
to tho bottom.
The shoes are all made with needle
and thread. The soles are OF camel
hide and the uppcrs Of kidskin or goat
ekin. These are the common shoes
of tile peasant selling for from 81
cents to 81 per pair, according TO SIG
AS watched the cohblers asked as
to their wages, and was told they re-
ce.vea from Az to 80 cents tos lapo. ]