Show TIAN THE JEWS AND is claimed that the jews are beginning to return to jerusalem in consid erable emble numbers nam bera A gentleman who recently remained abhat a mouth month in that city gives some interesting data in regard to the present situation in the holy city among other things he says that christianity is seen at its worst there and mohammedanism at its best the alie mohammedan in the tha early ea aly morning bears thee the cry ry god is great prayer to is better than sleep arises prepares himself puts on his bis white outer garment gari androes and goes up into the mosque grounds where solomons temple for formerly mArly stood and there goes through his devotions vot ions bowing down before god and asking that oe he way may be guided through toe tae day which means that he must mast oe ie strictly temperate truthful in every statement kind to all and that he will never bow down to ur an idol idols images and pictures in all mohammedan lands being strictly excluded the christians As as they term themselves selves of jerusalem are apparently in a state of bitter sectarian conflict the gentleman all alluded eded to says they are not agreed among themselves as to the sacred sites and they ibey have more thap tha nonce come to bacod shed in acting together tp tg gether in an tion of some of te ta christ a in the cave 0 f toe the nativity VitY at bethlehem a silver star in the marks the place where our Lord is believed to have bave been born a mohammedan soldier oattie of the darkish sli army stands al ways with loaded musket to kepp keep the christian worship worshippers wor shippers ers from slating each other in the church of the holy sepulchre in jerusalem the traveler tra beier notices at ac ouge once a group of turkish officials who have no interest in the place and spend spead their time smoking a pd and drip drive kang coffee and battin chatt nj XA with pith each 0 oiher her but bat whose Ore presence sence is 1 needed to keep the monks from actual war ganare iare at the time of easter the turkish guards are increased to a whole regiment so that it is difficult to make ones way through thet them to reach the interior of athe i church t I 1 I 1 not long since au interesting migration arrived from arabia about jews called Tema and atad believed by themselves to bes bea reni remnant nant of the tribe of ef gad had bad I 1 moved from fro the des desert ertAn in which the tribe hadl ng had bad its home and had come to the holy 1 y land they are small tn in stature del delicate I 1 aate in beath features res wholly free atee from the money changing disposition gs grate te fulfor llo every udd arid emi 1 ne neally ti childlike ift their characters at tbt present time the Tema have established themselves in a oros berous colony south of the village of serous siloam bloam the gathering in n progress is thus spoken of tamy are not coming as hore heretofore tolore merely in old age to obtain a grave in the land but they are coming with means and intelligence sufficient to change the face of the coultry coup try A school is now taught in jerusalem in which clithe the young Jews learn to make hoes hoep to make clothes to work in wood woodald and iron to draw to make models in clay and in every way to make themselves useful and independent citizens it is believed that in the near future the jew of palestine will pot not only be permitted to land at jaffa Jaga which whick is now closed to him and to remain in toe the land as long as he chooses but that he will also he be found tilling the soil and practicing the various mechanical arts |