The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-15
N%AzAnErn LIES ~ a VEST ~ TIE MOUNTAINS.

The merchants sit there walled around
with goods. and the customers stand
out in he cobblestone roadway and
bargain as to their prices. The streets
are dirty and camels and Bedouins are
continually moving through them. The
men wear turbans and gowns. and the
women are yelled or unveiled accord
Ing as they are Mohammcdans or
Christians. !
was interested in the mechanical
work going on in these bazaars. /
stopped In a carpenters shop, and
photographed a workman of just about
the age Joseph must have been when
our LORD was a boy and passed as
his son. asked as to carpenters
wages and was told they ranged from
90 cents to 81 per day. In another
business street 1 stopped a while with
the blacksmiths who were making
knives, ra@ors. pillow points and the
lonS, thln, crescent-Shaped sickles used
mere for harvesting. i The sickles have
teeth III a fine saw. the wheat and
barley being sawed on, as Ii were. i
watched a blacksmith shoe a horse. He
used a plate OF iron OF the shane Of
the hoof about an eighth of an inch
thick. II was solid with the exception
or a hole as large as a finger ring in
the centre. There were three small
Roles on each side for the nails which
were driven into the hoof. When shod
.hc horses foot was entirely covered
by me IRON with the exception OF the
sThall hole in the centre.
Tic Boys of Nazareth.
During my stay here l have paid o.
reclal attention to the children. They
are the best part OF the Holy Land.
ana are as full of fun and as delightful
as Our children at home. have seen
families which recall that OF Josepb
ana Mary. Here in Nazareth L see the
little ones everywhere playing. There
is 4 threshinE floor on one side of the
town. a place where the earth has been
stamped down and where the grain is
Hailed or troddcn out after harvest.
This is one of the great Fairgrounds.
where the boys come with their marbles
where they play ball. They have
q game in which the boys try to throw
the ball so as 10 hit Il stone mark sci
UP for the purpose. They also strike
the bail with Il club and SEND it be-
Nond the threshinE floor. to be caught
by the boys outside. They play blind
mans butt, leapfrog and hidc-and- seek.
and as ! went through the streets tho
other day I saw two little ones rising
and falling on "A hoard resting on the
edge of a sharp stone, making a see
saw.
One of the games played is like orr
sutton. button. who has the button?''
The boys stand in n row. with hands
folded. and the one who is 1t goes
along and rubs his two hands, holding
the rebbla over each pair OF folded
hands. e~ndeavor!ng to drop the pebble
into one without being caught. 1t Is
then necessary to guess who has the
pebble We play the same game with
the button. .- #
Another game Is known as the tiled
monkey" In this the boy who is "it''
catches hold with one hand OF a rope.
which Is fastened to a peg in tho
ground. while the others beat him with
handkerchicfs or ropes. In which knots
arc tied. IL he can catch one of them
without letting go his hold on tho
rope. the boy caught takes, his place.
Worth More Than Girls.
I observe that the boys. here usually
play by themselves. They rather look
down upon their sisters, and the ordi-
nary family considers tho girl OF but
little account, When a girl is born,
no fuss Is made. but when a boy comes
the friends. OF the family RIM through
the %streots. CRYING out: Good tidings!
Good %tldlngs!'' Tho father prepares a
feast, and all of the friends of the fam
lily give presents OF money for tho
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