| Show THE LAND TRAVELS T IN THE fi FOOTSTEPS AND OF QI GOSHEN OF JOSEPH AND JACOB I I rip o i iConic Conic with mo thin bright fur t II look it Rt the old uld land of or where the lIlu IUd when t uy nr firl l Into lilt t I tin 1111 writing thin Ihl In III the i of or It II not for torn he rod I down On Joseph HH WH by II till the of or ft Ji 1 lUll bought houghl of or his brother i ami a 1111 wire on no their WRY way ID 11 sell Roll him to tt It II wax w orr a me I the th 10 11 sons if r lining been left at KI KIe IT e 1 In 11 re lo 10 l 1 cun u It must lin II h 1 ii h 1 they hud with J 1 h n Hi Iho chief nf nr mid tin tI I n II ir 1 nf f hi Y ill 1111 kin he Alne Into Jo 11 and KM t I l I thi I h i greatest man mUI if r the f ii ti it 11 nut O h IJ V I I Lie hi Id I gc I to 10 Ja i 1111 mid Inti 1 U II wo at 01 hi 1 Ih Hi hI ill II mm I here hr mid lh i s tie tt tiet I t or f fI ho i rc nr I n and they Ih d hep hr IM 11 n for generations b tilt n finally and found r It t I m nl by II the Till LAM Or 11 n The land IlInd r IM I in i ithe cm 11 of the Ino i in of r the N n J I here hr f n I in 11 I way thulium i r rI ii of lOr ll cane an 1 i I 1 m uni 0 to tl be bt 10 n I could rid Irn r m he 20 10 iI ni r 1 to toI I tho I i i Mi Iho The fhe from Cil h o t I the th J Sties canal II nil I a II It th II lit III 1 then r nf rr north t unit i running th line Ihl of nf the I to 10 filler flu oil the Ild d an HI and In I Hald Halll Haldon on II the IhA Mediterranean Th rh MH OW Is 1111 over th which ld loK from to 10 Memphis und cities 0 time tIlH Klin been bV tho Iho and Of Kg pt JI ThIll town toI of or M litre I lam am mopping U III nn nf of the Ih chief title In the delta dolta It Is on the fr h muter Ir canal on fin n fl hilt Irrigation lend In l to t tha I hll Nile II It Is hI famous nn AS n 11 cotton collon port I rl and coming c Into th town lown with bales bal on their th 11 backs long lire are starting nut ul for Alexandria And PorI fald vi hemr Ih hc cotton will Iw h ore off to This cotton In I n II of or the II l which nim ft burnt In the of or the When h n Jo Je ph RIO min Into the Ih only cloth that th Ih hud hlll mis Willi mAd nf or Max ami wool wolli The Tho cotton plant WA ns not known to ex ext 1st t and It II us ns aR lato nn RII the a ff when the l nl credit to ton t tn n story that cotton gf ft India cm eam n R which grew on nil Ih the end 11 of or ofa ora a bush which now And then b nt down 10 n tn to f At t t h nil around l cotton lotton plant tip Ul fId to 10 thrive In III and It Itla la not until centuries 1 that the cotton seeds ero planted In Kg pt Is III covered d with cotton Thoro lire ure ninny plantation 11 III near and I neon Hon thou of ot of or thin Ihl prop throughout parts parla of f the Egyptian 1 lIall Iolla I I It l I the Ih chief crop HOJI of the tho conn oun ounh I Iti ti h It will bring In upward of or one onehundred hundred million this Ihl year I IA A STOCK This land of N I n A fine Inn don donkeys keys staked out In III tho th fields flocks of or hep 1 fJ anel gouts feed f there IIA I It II b shepherds There r i also of l grazing or Mug on nil II ground rund hewing th lr i All I hl Them lire no In Ifil und the fields nio bi b h linen Home Hoe th Ih limits may m bo ho loht lohl by the thi ditch or r the little for It was a stock ral that tho Iho la Is Rm Into 1111 rh were n A und and It may been foi Hint wI rallOn tint Joseph had Pho them thin land of or tho Ih port of which In hI by b the with piaN of vego where the took stock could graze Today th II land la Is well Mont of or the th fluids nrc kept Ilk and I men mn bending over the with grant mot the Ih uro plowing using 11 Ih lie um II plow fir f the Ih la of or th Some Horn of thorn lun donate H and buffaloes hitched hitch lo 10 HIM flOW and an ono one fee a u 1 plot dr along by h a 1 cow w and a 11 tamel is I Irrl tion and anel th fh Mir 1 IN lifted from l vel to lew I I lis hy t n n with and t I it arc slung In other the th v al in 10 by hy Iho it 11 rudi I h is turned by Iw li Ii ings n of or mother II I It I t nt III to t It If On nil the Ihl p Ini Jars JAr are alP ns Ibis Ihl m mf i s through tho th It r thes nil nn I turning emit he h lind In III the tl i mill me In M liU The r in III inthis this i t r i IN a hll hill bUI Irk loik nr IIII Y th Ih Ilk Ike n II II In III an all bk null In of r th ai 11 rr f f fIm Im r wollI the ry ir r i ishin shin hi out tt through lh gri n of the th Till g OF 01 vh n th II r I to II 1 lien t th Ihy y probably lived In as the use today Th nr su Tate of oid 01 or goats 10 I woven n by hy hand haI They uphold b lopea poles and ate su II IF that IhU th must rawl Into hem WL W know 1181 In n n 1 tent ind I It IH probable Unit this 11 tho Iho case R with lIh Isaac J aR and After A coming to Goshen tho Iho IBS probably the of or tho thol l ll and built villages of or mud hUI lUti not 1101 unlike thOl I now nol Thone rheM hOIl muses nrc nr rule to tn nn All extreme Many of or them are not over otrO JO fo l s ll imre hey have flat roofs lInel nr often oCton so soen en that one cnn n look lor k over them as asin n nh h in rII hy h them on n 11 are arena na nil gardens m 1 h about R ul them Th the A 1111 aro huddled to tn irether without to 10 beauty or r Tho lh roofs form Ihn of I hI below The only nl fuel used Is I Im m talk I lk straw or the Ih from the rotten has hAil been nicked This Thill Hi IT Is tied tlell up 1111 In bundles bundle and laid on tho roofs until used There nr nl hut but few rw trees to be he seen 1111 Now 10 then Ihen nn nil acacia grows along th he and here and Ane there nor oer the tI country are RIt i lumps of date palms I There aro III occasional fruit gardens and nn frequently nn orchard load loaded I ed I lIh oranges I The rond ore usually high the I lest of tho country They The run along the canals consist of or tho Ih dirt built I up UI In hold back the r The ho are chiefly r Ilen camel I or foot footpaths I paths and ono sees tr where the I moving along through tho Iho fields Cn 01 the chief roads there Iho re very roll few The rh mot most of or the freight 1 I on donkeys and Id camels they form th lh chief riding as aswell n well I Egyptians In tur lur turbans bans bRon and ond gowns sit It nn on Ih of ot donkeys their feet almost drag dragging ging And fierce looking their tied on ropes bob hoh up lip I down ns nil they th rid on their camels ther thir apparently I bowing at nt every erry I The Home of the Israelites as a Cotton Plantation Its Queer Villages and Odd Farming Scenes A Look at Where They Worshiped The Cat Brick Making in Egypt The Virgins Tree T reG and Other i Traditions of Marys Visit to the Nile Young America at the Obelisk I I I 00 D tJ tJ c c a a 0 L I i fi j jo o 0 o c a c o a 0 IN PHARAOHS LAND for The bv hv Trunk G H hu I I I I I I I step tl of r the Iho There nr landed with the Krill grass no f rover roer Ing Ill them they look like walking alone There lira donkeys with hosts bO lings and inuit and bullocks freight of or one olle or other Out In the tho fields one now nov and then Ihen sees uA n a buffalo burtalo with a boy sitting on It II ami nt 01 nightfall the tho lined with men lOon coining from the tho Holds riding U i o un beasts their one plan a In front of ot them as WI they tho move slowly lowlY on THE CITY OK 01 THE rilE CAT It here In Unit tho Is JR Israelites worked after they were ro en on by b the They Thoy eil torn hero to te build ell and towne n various purls of or the Nile valley t who are alo now In tell mo thY they fre find bricks which were I Ihl n lily hl muel by them and the lilt brick of or today are plas Ia plastically tI II the came as nil those thoRe which the I children of If Israel molded under the tho of ot Ui lr Till IH the ta o In till the ruin of ot Bu or the city lIy of lit tin II worship of ot the Ihl eit t This hl to n wan wo situated within a II throw of the th Z of ot today toda It ruins ruin are still to be b i een n Its 1111 ninny man of fir mud brick ha crumbled to 10 dust but hero here ond there ther tho Iho walls r u Ther aro hundred of C Mich uh 1 I P I nn 1111 hour or 01 II o today driving through them Iho dates bElk to 10 tho Iho time when the tho pyramids were werl It II Li b supposed to have been built buill by b the li I was wa u It city until 11 II was captured by the lw Persians about 34 t U B C was noted for Its tem temples pIp ples devoted to the th goddess This Ind had hod tho Iho form torm of ot n I lioness with the head of or a I cat III and one ho held In III one hand n lotus Itaf an II a I spooks of her And thin city elt UIO were the tho stone road leading to 10 thorn Willi 1300 I OO feet fol long lie that tho Iho people CRillI In crowds crollI here 1111 to worship nt III the annual festivals something strangers wen present U ninny of tho worshiper were women who often danced not nel noted ed td In nn unseemly lending UH to belle bello o that they th were by b no menns so good ns they should l llie be lie EGYPTIAN MAKERS OF 1910 Hiding out to I found there thore theren n 11 In full tUII It was W B sit situated It right on tho Iho edge of ur tho Iho ruins and the Iho Fellaheen of today were wre mold molding ing IlIg the Ihl tiny urd bv hy the lilt Israelites l of ot th the past Into Inlo for tor 1910 As 11 I looked nt nl tin m in mind went to I ho Iho dOY of the Ihl Pharaohs when Mo Io cs still 1111 l and saw his poo peo people pie under the Inch In h These men lion were wre working und r taskmaster lOr r Their half hulf I ou clad persons were werl burnt blAck by b th tropical nun and they the looked not lIot unlike slaves Her Hel they were grinding tha tho mud there they th were molding It Into Inlo further oer they wre piling up UI tho bricks which had hod been In n tho sun lIun The rh ear earning ning of ot the tho bricks wn largely el done dOli by b boun young oun girls girl who 1 a 11 burly negro with a n stick In his hiM h nd At Athis his direction tho Iho girls took tho on their off orr on the trot I Rot got a R photograph of or this scene ne l II y bribing the Iho ne and I not my picture was WIl n II fair type Ip of or which went on In those long ngo days when PhAraoh drove drle the Is Israelites I i to 10 similar work without straw WITH Till 1111 MARY IN INI EGYPT I It was down through Goshen that Jo Joseph seph eh Mary came CUnIe with the Infant whon they tied from lh horrid Herod who slaughtered tho Innocents This then the chlof highway from Into Inlo there Iho Is III no doubt that Ihal they the stopped l nt lit A they went on to where tho temple und college still existed at nt the time Chi 1st was WIlS born There Is III a 11 treo not nol far from the of nt under un which Mary Olar Joseph Jo ph and the young Jesus aro said l to havo rested It ItIs Is five miles from Cairo IIII books speak nf lit It us all one nn of ot the th stock sights of Kg pt I r doubt the reliability of ot their Th tree tl may ilia bo botho tho defendant of r one nilI which stood there thereIn In n the tho of ot Christ It Is I an old with ninny years 11 1 with the names of or lH It ItIn ItI In I on one of the estates I of ot tho 1111 1 It II bo 11 through the burn of or a I fence ren which linn 1111 been built around It to 10 keep ort off tulle rulle During my lilY visit I tiled to tu climb tho Iho fence rence In older to In get Iet u n photograph of ot It hut ome orne of tho up mo not to go O In InThe The rhe tree Is III surrounded by hy or orchards which are Irrigated by b drawn by 10 water buffaloes with blanket over their eyes 1 A Alf I went by hy I at 11 one Olin of these tho men brought mo some ome oranges from the or and Hold Rohl th at 11 the rate of for tor 10 cents They wonder wonderfully fully rUIl refreshing and ns nil I sat 11 In thu Iho shade Hhall of the IIII trees outside the th I whether Mary and had hadnot not 1101 perhaps Unix quenched their thirst In III place now over Ocr nineteen hundred ngo Any n resting must have been welcome after tho long ride 11 1 through h tho Iho to 10 tho edge of or Iho city rIlY of or Ihl nun In addition to 10 this there urn ant other told l nf lit tho stay of or the holy tam fum tI In One Is III and took our ur out nul to tn th Ih pyra pym pyramids from there to 10 the III SphInx It ItI l I that laid l mm In III the lap 1111 of tin th Sphinx Unit ho slept for n nII II on nn the Ih of or mighty Mono beast b half holf lion linn half human bring THE O OP 01 These fhe com ns nil one OliO cl el 1 I went lh th r rill to the of ot th Ihrl tho Imby by IH raid Milt to lu luhne lain In tho bulrushes in his hilt boat hOlH of and o nH I by h tho We Obelisk ill I 1 of t the lr Ir IrIn In und the Savior by a IL young girl who had a 1 In her het arms Shu mutt hoe have boen botn about tho Ih same ame mn I that Mary and ono laughed I Ll an 1 crowed ns nil she 1111 rested rt there the tropical sun HUn At t the Uw name a IL of or other ranging In ngo 00 from 2 to 12 IJ years gathered me ln d for tor my III camera with the behind Tin TIle obelisk was un undoubtedly I n thero when our Willi carried through It II MM 11 elected long lon before Mosen was Willi round found In Inthe the over 01 Ih m on tho of ot tho not far awny The ho to 10 tie tho und the together th little ones of tIu brought those thoC of the Ule times LIllie of or the Ihl The Tho children wore glad to pow for forme me hut hul ns nil I the camera they Ihl rushed ru ht to In tho front with out outstretched stretched begging hf for I was 1118 wasat at n t a n loss how to 10 feo reo no 10 many mall and linn dual dually I ly Iy 25 5 cents to my coachman othman and anI left leIL him to 10 fight It out ont with the tho babies J Tho little ones oneil mobbed him he hAil had to 10 threaten thom them with his hili carriage corrll 1 whip to kee them away awn lie UA finally thi Ih trouble by b giving each I children a n piastre so o fAh received rec I n little lItt morn I than th ono cent t j AMERICA A Em IN EGYPT As I wax wo leaving In tha tho obelisk a 1 of or tourists up lip Among them a n smart bov who ho put his hlA In his hI pockets gazed up lip at nt the Iho stone as a though ho hoIN were IN ready relly to buy hu It As ho dill did so soI I to him Hollo iloilo my little man are you ou not nn American You bet I am he promptly replied I T come ome from Irom Chicago O In the Hulte of or Illinois You are English Arent you No 00 I am nm nn American my horn homo Is III Washington city It ItOh Oh yes tho Iho urchin I know nIl all about President lives thorp there Ry Is III the Iho nAm of or ur ball team 1110 III That wall the Interesting thing to In him Out under the of or nbc obe obelisk lisk 4 iIO old ohl on nn the fh spot pol where Joseph d to 10 AS a Plato her philosophised n RII I h Played within plain lInin sight Jil ro o p nn l near enough ugh a of tho r 1 hear hoor tho whisper I of or cared nothing for th Ih iu Ih MM lh I bIn i he boy 10 ho wanted live Iho thi all a Ih fore h r nl Ill IIlo of or the thO great m b rI were ele worth more to 10 In h imn Ih 11 PM of ot history 1111 th of or the Ih museum PHoI i 1 J TEi |
