The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-05

this city and make fertile its plains
Damascus Is noted for its swcntmeats
and its candies are shipped far and
vide over the world. The sweets arc
sold in the bazaars, some OF tho mer-
chants having large shops There is
one dear old turbaned sheik who has
a cell in candy bazaar, where you
can buy nuts and fruits 1T for the
queen OF the fairies Ills sugared
almonds are the JOY Of the tourist, and
his Turkish Delight, soft, sweet
transparent paste. with plst;,chios and
other small nuts scattered through it.
Is dish for the gods.
Begging for Custom.
| Stop q moment and listen 10 the
cries Of the pedders. Shammas Will
! interpret them for us. Here is a man
| selling bread hot from the oven He
/ yells: va rezzak.' or God, senl me
"a customer and follows By showing
a cake and saying, All this for .
cents. Another coming behind cries
out. IN Arabic: BUY my bread ana the
good God Will nourisl you,'' and q
third SAYS: My cakes are food for the
swallows and the delight OF tender
! and delicate girls"
! Here comes lemonade man He
/ mas Dis glass jar slnng to his back
4 with Il neck so shaped that he can
,Hi us contents into q cup. Hc has
t"o prazen bowls. which he holds in
ms hands and rattles as he shouts.
Drink and refresh thy heart, An
other pcddler has ice cream. the cool.
ness OF which he cries forth in Inc
words: "Balak, snunak or. Take
care OF your teeth" meaning 1T Is so
coid mat IT Will make Your teeth ache
Fruit Is sold the same way, and also
tc0nkn6 NIX. 30 0
Is one Kind of salad which the mon
cry out is 50 tender that if an old
woman eats it She will lind hersa,
young in the morning.
Soine such wares are bought by the
charitable and given to begSars This
IS so OF the bread and meat and also
-lot drinks. Some even buy bread 10, ~,
! dogs, hoping thereby to acnlire n,o,i,
ana thus pave their road 10 the No
hammcdan heaven
4 f'nt-Tulied Mutton
1 Making our way through ~, crnu.n
We reach a region OF cool;snons -.
taurants and cafes not far ;:om where
ne hutcher shops are. The latter sci,
most kinds III meat, incl,iJi,.. c,n,.,
beef. mutton and lamb. T,c nn,,o,,
Is me. The sheep are Of tic fat-tnil
ed variety. and when skinned an,
dressed TOR the market Their tails arc
/ ieit on They hang down over ,bai,
hacks In great Jumps Of fat. LOOKING
hke loaf OF fresh dough, ready for
"a King Sometimes they have the form
| OF heart four or i've inchc: thic,1 AN
eight inches wide. Such a tail viii
weigh fifteen pounds. Upon i've
! sheep II hangs down at he rear ,,i.o
Woody apron, and when :aised looks
ilke miniature sail. showing an eX
pahse OF bare white skin beneath.
/ The Grain Hnznnr.
Aro \, H..
announcer interesting part OF business
ia fnascus is composed 81 long.
streets OF cave-likc vaults no,red Vii,
cement and divided up Into compart
lnents piled With grain. beans or -four.
ms is the grain bazaar. one Of tn.
compartments may hold II hundred
pusnels OF wheat and another, a lik,.
quantity of barley. oats or lentils.
mere are bins filled with indian corn
+! and bins Of caraway seeds The grain
| lies on the floor and is scooped ,,p and
measured to order. Camal, come In
bringing great bags of wheel ana 60
/ OUT carrying other grains 10 various
parts OF the city. The couatry about
Damascus, which can be irrigated. IS
exceedingly rich and ii produces large
crops. great deal of grain is
! brought front the plains beyond Inc
Jordan and one the cas-, II the Sea
OF Gaiilee known as the llhuran. and
ms grain Is shipped from Damascus
TO other parts of Syria ana across the
! Mediterranean 10 Europe
i 'Thc Wholesale establishments
! indeed. the trade Of Damascus is cx.
! tensiVc. The city makes wares Of yari-
Gus kinds, which are shipped All over
the world. 1t is noted for its bcautifuI
brass and s!lvcrwarc, its inlaid wood
I work and lis Oriental rugs. IT has ar
\ extensive caravan trade with Persia
and other parts or Turkey. ana lona
Il lines of camels arc always bringing in
and carrying out goods. There are
| some great buildings or khans devoted
10 wholcsaling and warchouslng vis
itcd one of these. II was shaped much
like a mosque, being lighted by nine
great domes, tie tops OF which were
At least 100 feet above the dirt floor
The domcs were upheld by stone pil.
lars. The floor covered almost an mere
and il was packed with merchandise
IN one part Of il were bags Of wheat
pred nigh toward tho roof. In another
were hundreds Of boxes Of dates, and
III others barrels and crates Of fr,it
and hundreds OF bales of Oriental rugs
Iaid one upon he other. Some Of tho
bales were enormous one cuualing n
load for two-h wagon T. was
toid that they came from Ragdad and
were left there for storage There
4 were number of these l<hans in Da-
| h'aScuS az the time OF christ and there
are several now in use. The space IN
thehl is rented out to merchants. the
owners doing general warehousing
business.
In the silver nnznnr.
But come. let us 30 to the silver
bazaar.
This. like the warehouse establish
! mcnt, Is under one roof. II IS COM
| posed of scores OF silvcrsmith shops
or booths scattered over II large room
| OF more than an mere. Each merchant