. Christian herald and signs of our times . PERSIAN JEWISH DWELLINGS IN THE BOX COLONY. they, or charitable |>eo|>le for them, geti heap boards to cover their shanties with?All lumber in that country is brought fromEurope to Jaffa, and at that lime wasbrought from Jaffa to Jerusalem, a dis-tance of of forty miles, on camels, and Un-natural result was that the price of a singleboard was beyond the means of any poorperson. The illustration shows how thenouses were built, these particular houseshaving stood for two years. To have only pn-i . ,,i ordinal \ tin between one and .1c bid heavy r
. Christian herald and signs of our times . PERSIAN JEWISH DWELLINGS IN THE BOX COLONY. they, or charitable |>eo|>le for them, geti heap boards to cover their shanties with?All lumber in that country is brought fromEurope to Jaffa, and at that lime wasbrought from Jaffa to Jerusalem, a dis-tance of of forty miles, on camels, and Un-natural result was that the price of a singleboard was beyond the means of any poorperson. The illustration shows how thenouses were built, these particular houseshaving stood for two years. To have only pn-i . ,,i ordinal \ tin between one and .1c bid heavy rain or a storm of sleet, wouldseem to our com fort-loving friends inAmeru .1 a very poor protection especiallywhen there was little or no tire, and when1 lothing or lood were scant. It is gratify-ing to report that extreme suffering wasconfined chiefly to the Aral winter. Thissettlement looks better now and the people are in better circumstances although thatis only a relative term, lor they are desper-ately poor. Iri the neighborhood of a
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