The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-04-24
An Artist Docs" Europe, Asia and Af-
 rica in Half Column.

John R. Johnston. the artist. who has recently returned from trip across the water, was not remarkably impressed by the antiquities of the Old World. In fact, he is inclined to believe that there Is great deaf of h1mbug about them. We will let him sum up Europe Asia Africa etc, in his own words:
 Went to Alexandria-erossed portion of the Great Desert on a eamel's baek--easier for rich man to go through the eye of needle than for a camel to paint portraits--desert no great shakes got better desert at an American hotel dinner. Went to Damascus bought Damascus blade hambug- blade made in Akron. Ohio. Went to yerusalem--hred a guide for his b0ard-a regu- lar gaside board never was much bored ia my life-J Jerusalem full of secondhand clothing stores-bought fragment of Solomon's Temple enough fragments of Solomons Temple sold every year to build Cincinnati. Visited the Nile tr-humbug-no water privileges worth dam don't wonder no one knows sources of the Nile sgreatest wonder that anybody cares where they are--Licking river beats the Nile. Saw the munrnies-made In London, every one eff them, by Massachusetts Yankee, and sent % Egypt Looked at the pyramids. Recolected that Napo- leon said to his soldiers: "From the tops Of wonder pyramids forty centuries are looking down upon you.p No such thing; went up there and fuuuired: forty centuries hadn't been there al aii Saw the sphynx-capital likeness Of Ben. Butler. Went to ltaly-bonght a monkey and hand organ. and learned to speak Italian in two hours; monkey died and hand organ exploded havn't been able to speak Italian since. Saw Garibaldi at Naples. He wept bitterly upon my ,shoalders, borrowed half dollar. and said be wanted to come to America and be second old George Washington. He is coming to Cincinnati next Summer to open lager beer saloon, as a headquarters for distinguished organ grinders I bought place in Vienna, and am tO pay for Il in Confederate scrip. Crossed over the Bridge of Siphs-nO size at all-saw where the Doge O sVeniee married the Adriatie. There was Nor mon there e while ago. He not only married the Adriatic. but all the streams in the neghbor hood. Saw where ConOya's heart was buried When Conova died his body was cut up anC burned all over Europe. All the. big eitie wanted a piece of him. They do it different now If an artist gets a reputation-lke myself, fo Instanee--they cut him up in the newspapers Saw the ruins of Greece (depreciated oil stock mostly) Saw the old masters-yillainous ol' sdaabst One Of these old masters couldn't get
 situation at house painting if he were aliy
 to-day. Went to Rome dined by Buchana Reed and Randolph Rogers. Inquired for Juliu Cesar, but he wasn't in that day-gOne to a tul key shoot on the Isle of Crete--don't go mue
 on the 0e. Saw Hereulaneum- all humbug
 .he ashes that buried 1t didn't come from Vesu viiis-dfawn on in carts. All a speculation {
 seli relies. Saw the Hellespont-waded across
 LeanSer drowned himself purpose, just
 make a Hero of himself Went and looked .
 the Rhine-muddy little dike-castles all loo
 like stone smoke -houses-went across it-ratht
 20 "across the canal" Saw eruption on MOnI
 VeSuvluE-country fire works On the Fourth {
 July beat It any time. Tell you Europe Is
 humbug. Nothing in it.