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FOK A GHKATKK JMItlSALKM. Ancient City May Again 15ecome M ighty Metroix>lis. Palestine may soon take its place among industrial nations, and ancient Jerusalem may become a humming part of modern trade, if projects in contemplation are realized. One such project is that of budding a tunnel from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, passing under Jerusalem, which would utilize the variation in levels to provide water power for stations along the way. In this connection the National I Geographical Society has issued, from ? its Washington headquarters, the following bulletin, based on a communication to the society by John D. Whiting: "Few realize that the manners and customs which prevailed in the Holy Land in Biblical days are still unchanged, even after an interval of 3,000 years. "The present day villages are located, as a rule, either on the tops of hills, originally for protection, or near some spring or source of water. Many are built upon the foundations of dwellings whose origin dates back thousands of years. There does not exist a single example of a \ - peasant village that has been founded in modern times. "Many have pictured Mary and Joseph, after arriving at the 'inn' at Bethlehem, and finding no room, be'ing forced to turn into some barn built of timber with lofty roof, hay mows, wooden mangers, and stalls for j cattle and sheep. Such a stable has been the subject of many medieval and modern artists, but it does not present a really true picture. Let us consider the old style village home that is most common in the districts around Jerusalem and Bethlehem for that will give us a better idea of what happened on that first Christmas day. "The village streets are crooked, ' narrow, and unpaved. As in many of the countries of the Orient, farmers live close together for protection, and not on their lands; therefore in the villages there are no open fields or gardens; but house is next to house, except for the small walled-in inclosures or sheep-folds through which one generally passes in going into a dwelling. "The house itself consists of one large room, usually square. The walls from 3 to 4 feet thick, are built of blocks of stone roughly dressed and and laid in mortar, roofed over with a dome, also 01 stone, ine ouisiue ui this roof is covered with a coating of mortar made of clay, which, on being pressed with a small stone roller or pounded with a board, becomes hara and compact enough to shed the rain. "A step, outside staircase, unprotected by any railings, is built up to the roof, for the surface must be repaired at times. The flat, open space of the roof also forms a handy place / on which to dry figs and raisins, and during the hot weather the family may sleep there at night. "Entering the door, we find that about two-thirds of the space is devoted to a raised masonry platform, some 8 to 10 feet above the ground and supported by low domed arches. This raised space, called el mastaby, is the part occupied by the family, while the lower part is used for the cattle and flocks. A few narrow stone' steps lead up to the mastaby, and a couple of small windows pierce the wall, high up from the ground. These, as a rule, are the only means of admitting light and furnishing ventilation to the entire house. \ < "On one side is an open fireplace, with a chimney running through the wall and terminating on the roof, often in an old water jar whose bottom has been knocked out, and so becomes a sort of smokestack. Many houses have no chimneys at all; many holes through the wall or windows, furnish the only exit for the smoke, which on winter days fairly fills the house. "The furniture is very simple?a crudely decorated bridal chest, a straw mat, or heavy woven wooden f % rug, which covers part of the floor, and mattresses with thick quilts and hard pillows, which at night are spread on the floor. The cooking utensils are few in number?one clay cooking pot, a couple of large wooden bowls in which to kneed the dough and a couple of smaller ones used to ? eat from. "Having inspected the dwelling portion, which at once is kitchen, store-room, bed-room, and livingroom, we descend the steps into what the natives call the stable. "Below the mastaby, or raised platform, just described, among arches so low that a man can scarcely v(alk erect, are the winter quarters of the goat and sheep, to snut me flocks in, these arched entrances are obstructed with bundles of brush . used as firewood for the winter. The rest of the floor space, which is open to the ceiling, is devoted to the few work cattle and perhaps a donkey or camel. Around he wall are primitive mangers for the cattle, built of rough slabs of stone placed on edge and plastered up with mortar. * "Often the owner makes a small: raised pla-e on which he sleeps at night to keep belter watch over the j newly born lambs, lest in the crowded i quarters some get crushed or trodden down bv the older ones. Here he often i sleeps by preference on a cold night, j for he says the breath of the animals keeps him warm.'' Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. The Herald Book Store can sell you ledgers, cash books, etc., at prices cheaper than elsewhere. Our stock was bought more than a year ago. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a speciallyprepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. 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