Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1891 — Arabs in America. [ARTICLE]

Arabs in America.

The Arabs 'wTo traveled with a circus in this country last summer t?ere Wahabis, or members of the tribe now making all the trouble in Arabia. They are strict Mohammedans, and on no account will touch wine. After they got from Arabia they began to smoktf cigars, which they were not allowed to do al home, it being contrary to the tenets of their sect, but they never forgot to say prayers. The crowds always around them annoyed them so that when they prayed, as they did five times a day, they retired within the tents. They were desperate looking men, and seemed in no wise affected by the evidence of civilization beheld on every hand. Before their contract was out they became homesick, and if they had known the way would undoubtedly have deserted their employers and gone back to Arabia. 2