The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-01-29
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lHgS which awaited Him at Jerusa-
lem, and still His face was set as if
he would go to that city and meek
Iy endure the cross for eur sakes.
Tue town is but an Indifferent ruin,
and would not be worthy of note,
but for the historic interest which
clusters around it, and few OF the
relics of its former greatness. The
remains of an aqauduct, which is
still serving some of its former pur-
poses, an old Roman bridge and a
piece of Roman road, are about all
that are pointed out. A brisk
fountain gushes ont from the side
of the Herman, close 10 the river,
which constitutes one of the sources
of the Jordan.
We passed onward to Dan on
Monday morning, where is the Sec
ond source of the Jordan, the third
being less than a mile further on
our way. These three streams
unite short distance below, where
the Jordan flows along a narrow
but fertile plain. Snow has been in
view most of the time upon the
Hermon since the fret day of our
journey. When we reeted for our
noon repast we learned that the lit
tie village near which we were, was
at war with the mel ghboring village
of Hunin, in which seventeen per-
sons had been killed. We spent the
next night at Meis, where we saw a
peculiar mill for the pressure of
grapes in the manufacture of wine.
The people of MeiE seemed more in
telligent and industrious than at
any place since we left Damascus.
We reposed short time at Kedish
the next forenoon, in order to ex-
anime its old tombs. A short dis
lance beyond Kedish we passed a
small village that is occupied by a
colony from 'Algiers. The people
were unusually morose as we pass
ed, and as the man with our lunch
was passing a short distance from
the party, a man seized the bride
and demanded 6GckshoSh, but Mr..
Floyd, our conductor, soon appear
ed upon the ground and punished
the intruder with his whip.
Among the interesting places
along this journey was the little
Arab village of Alma, where we
stopped at midday. a young Arab,
son of the Sheik. came to our camp
in order to seek medical advice for
two of his three wives. His house
was said to be much better than
that of most of his people, but the
range of comfort It furnished will
be inferred from its description.
There was one door, but no win
dow, although the structure was OF
stone, constructed with considera-
BILE care. The apartment we first
entered was occupied by animals,
while the family were in q portion
that was elevated about three feet,
the managers for the animals extend
ing into this division. 1 have never
met one of these people for whom
1 have cherished as much respect.
He seemed to cherish ten
der interest in his household, al.
though he acknowledged that his
chief interest was conferred in his
queen wife, who was the most seri-
ously ill. He at first informed ue
that he had no money, but was
ready to repay in any way he was
able, and he was intent in the effort
to contribute to our interests and
comfort. 1t is rare that Mohamme-
dams manifest as much interest in
christians who pass through their
country as we realized from these
people.
Our next camp for the night was
at Said. Just before reaching our
tents we diverged short distance
from our path, in order to obtain a
distant view of the sea of Galilee.
Said is mostly occupied by German
Jews, and contains a population of
about seven thousand. The town
was nearly destroyed by an earth
quake in 1887, when about four
thousand people lost their lives.
The marks of this calamity are still
abundant, for some of the massive
buildings which were thrown down
have not been rebuilt. G.. B. G..