Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-06-03

ever before. Then, the passages from
the "Marine Psalm" Of David came to
memory and | read them over with
inexpressible emotion. David, in his
loving covenant with Hiram, OF Tyre,
had, doubtless, sailed out OF the port
Of Joppa upon PhGnician vessel,
doubled the Promontory of Carmel
and been made horribly sea-sick, else
he never could have written that Ma
rine Psalm. Then I conned over all
the hymns Of national cast which !
could possibly remember, such as "Out
on the Ocean Sailing" "Thy Works Of
Glory, Mighty Lord &C., until finally
I set in to learning Prof. Roots piece,
"Jesus by the Sea-" And this experl-
ence so engraved it upon my memory
that three months afterwards, as I rode
musingly around that charming lake Of
Galilcc, sung to the bulbuls and OLE
anders that sprightly little hymn, ev-
cry line Of it.
Watching the effect of genial
shower upon the fields of Palestine,
the following sentiments from the
Psalmist acquire new significance:
"Thou visitest the earth and water
est it; thou greatly enrlchest it with
the river Of God, which is tull of wa
ter; thou preparest them corn when
thou hast SO provided for it.
"Thou waterest the ridges thereof
abundantly; thou settlest the burrows
thereof; thou makest it soft with flow
ers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
Thou crownest the year with thy
goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
"They drop upon the pastures Of the
wilderness; and the little hills rejoice
on every side.
"The pastures are clothed with
tlocks; the valleys also are clothed over
with corn; they shout for JOY; they al
50 sing Ps. 65, 9:l3.
The American Consul General OF
Egypt, in 1853, when an order came
from Constantinople for the expulsion
Of all the Greeks from Egypt, took
upon himself the responsibility OF their
protection under the American Flag.
BY legal fiction he gave them Amer
lean protection-papers, thus converting
them into 1dmertcans for the time being.
He notified the Egyptian government
Of the fact, and took the consequences.
The American Secretary Of State, Mr..
Marcy, in due time, announced to him
that his action was approved by our
Government. These, and similar ex.
pressions of the American Govern
ment toward the Greek population ex
plains why Americans are everywhere
SO popular among the Greeks, as had
occasion to notice IN many places.
The three characteristic productions
of Canaan, according to the promise Of
Moses, We're corn, wine and oil. Te
this Joel alludes in his I'd chapter
when the floors again shall be full o.
wheat and the fats shall overflow Will
wine and OIL The three are otter
found together in various parts OF the
country-the olive tree standing b,
the edge OF field in which are larg
grapevlnes, and the wheat of the coun
try growing luxuriantly below.
The rock of which the wall and
houses Of Jerusalem are built is held
to be sacred by some christian sects
At Russian religious ceremony the
Bishop held in his hand cross carved
out of piece Of the rock OF the hill
on which Jerusalem stands. It is
rather soft stone, about the color ol
Sienna marble. The Captain Of the
ship on which the ceremony was per.
formed knelt and kissed this cross.
At the hotels in Damascus and Bey-
rant, much attentino is paid to orna.
mentlng them with flowers. One
writer remarks upon the pleasant many
windowcd room surrounded by ole
ander and roses in full bloom, and
trees covered with large, white bell
flowers at the Belle Vue Hotel in Bey-
rant. Every yisiter to Dimitrys Hotel
in Damascus must preserve pleasant
recollections of its beautiful courtyard,
ountain, orange trees and mosaic pave
ment.
The celebrated Beer -1yu6 or we'll
Of Jacob at Jerusalum formerly Eu.
rogeD is associated with many eastern
legends and deserves q more critical
examination than it has had. It is
said that the holy fire was concealed
in that we'll by the priests at the de-
struct,on of the Temple by Nebu-
chadaezzar and that Nehemiah discoy-
cred it there. This idea is borne out
BY one Of the Apoeryphal books. From
this legend the Arabic name of the
valley below the we'll originates, Vady
ea-Nair or Valley Of Fire, Tin Latin
Pateus Ignis). The well is near l24
feet deep and has an unexplored cave
opening into it near the bottom.
WHAT HAS PASSED FOR MONEY.
Curious Facts OF History.
Many things have been used at diff
ferent times for money; cowrie shells