Show BEDOUINS OF TODAY SONS OF AURAHAM ARC WORST HOUUBII9 ON EARTH TIe 11to sat Iland nn II 1I0t ems al Ia oInln Stte Ito In Tonll and 01 Plot at Oil CunlOn ttost UHINO tho la t r r month I hare ridden Il rid-den on horseback I more than 400 ml II I on through Palestine and Son S-on mjr way to AsIa Minor sops n Trip I nIt correspondent In the Now York Hun On this long our with I thin aid I of on excellent dragoman I hate not only been enabled to vIsIt he principal cities nail town of thee historically Interesting countries of which I have written but I hivo had occasion to study the Inblt and customs of the wild lledouln tribe tint live their un routed lives In those valley and along theto niountnln tlopen On tho western west-ern sIde of the Jordan river there are many of them roving bodlet of men women and children divided Into different dif-ferent family tribe but on the pattern patt-ern aIde of the river there are only a few tribes much larger than the others and very much wilder Bach brIbe haH a sheik or prince who In I Hnal authority on all question and often hai the power of life and death Thin office Is hereditary 01 n rule When an election II l necessary It Is l done by vocal declaration and mint In all eases bo ttnanlmoui and mint bo Indorsed by tho gmcrnment at Con itantlnopte Tho head of each tribe li legally required to pay to the nultan one Turklih pound nearly IS for each man who U able to go to war which amount paid yearly rldi these men from military duty under tho government govern-ment Certain dlitrlcti of country arc allowed these tribes whero their tent and hcrdi are usually found but Ire quenlly they roam In other paris of the land earning on their Independent raids until they are driven Into their own region by Turkish gun Their tents are generally mado of the hair of goat Ingeniously woven and their food consists nearly altogether of bread made Into thin wafers looking very much like hell of aandpaper butter made from the coat and buffalo cow and fUh which abound In nil the stream The lledouln are natural born robbers and U is I always unsafe for any one to pom through their country unguarded A few montha age a part was visiting the Jordan and the Dead l Hen with the usual guard but four of tho number separated front the other and In lens than two hour they were scltrd robbed 1 of their horses mony and clothing A most pitiable set they were I nm told when lhf v rrncheil their looms atlfr nleht Holla l floyd who Is the only I American dragoman In Palestine and Sjrla en ttrtalned me for several da > e by a redial re-dial of some of hIs experience during dur-ing a 30 year stay In tho country Not long since while accompanyIng o number of ladle nub gentlemen throuih the desert In the neighborhood neighbor-hood rf ancient Shrchcm a noise wax heard In the hills near by and on turnIng turn-Ing ho found they were being stir roundel by forty or fifty Iledoulns headed by their sheik Of course thorn was gritil terror among the party nUll for a While Mr Tloyd was stricken with feir Hut a fortunate thought occurred oc-curred 10 tho dragoman Ills n cuitom among thesewlld tribe to befriend nr > one wbo Is In trouble If he reaches tto sheik and seIzing his belt exclaIm I or your guest While demand mere being mado upon Mr rioyd and those under hIs protection and the robber were In the net of earning out their doilres he rushed forward ond taking a itrong grip upon tho belt of tho sheIk exclaimed In Arabic These are all your guI This acted act-ed like magic Tho robbery was ordered order-ed off the ahelk drew hi award and In n pompoua manner announced to his men that hue party was under hIs protection pro-tection antI guidance nnd leading thy way he guided them for hours through the desert When I was suddenly approached ap-proached by a band of thrsA bnrbarl ana nt 10 oclock at night In Ibo wild country cast of tho Jordan by the moonlight I saw there WOI no belt to seIne As nil of them were clothed In single and unadorned garment I resorted to another device which proved Just III effective though not 10 dignified and which put mo quite a distance from them In a very short time Mr Carey whoso lifelong rest thence In 1alcitlne and SyrIa furnIshes him with a fund of Information on Ibis subject that II I possessed by fen give mo an account of a personal epIsode with the lledoulna which Illustrate their exceeding klndheartednet after they have robbed I you of everything that they can lay their hand on Mr Carey left his home In Nablaci on a missionary tour among the mountain moun-tain once owned by the tribe of Itcub en east of tho Jordan river After crossing the ttream he had not gone many miles when bo wai surrounded by a core of theso men who lifting hlui off hla beast stripped him of hits clothing and while ho sat on a cool rock near by and watched tho performance per-formance they examined carefully all of the garments ripping open the lining lin-ing of hla coat and after they had taken everything even hIs pocketknife pocket-knife they tossed him his clothing antI politely Informed him that ho could go bU way As It was now late In the evening ho told them that ho could not continue con-tinue his Journey after dark I without losing lila way nnd requeued that they Lur take care of him l until t the next mornIng morn-Ing I They Immediately and gadl I agreed to do this helped him on his tftlt yht ht donkey led the way through the valley Ito I-to the place of their encampment cook I cd film fool listened most attentively j nlille hll told them IIlbl stories lucked him In ted and started him on hIs tourney I tour-ney next day with everything that he had when he met them except life money and other thing In hIs travelIng II travel-ing bag that they could possibly use |