The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-22


And fasten it on to the toe.
Write; ''This is the baby's stocking,
That hangs in the corner here,
You never have seen her, Santa,
For she only came this year;
But she's just the blessedest baby!
Aud now, before you 60,
Just cram her stocking with goodies
From the top clean down to the toe.
CHRISTMAS READING.
The Holy Places as They arc To-Day, De-
scribed by Hon. s. s. Cox-Sunday in Je.
rusalem-The Tomb of David-The Cruel.
nxion and the Sepulchre.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 10, 1881
We should gladly have gone to church. to-
day, but it is our only day to see the Mosque
of Omar and the site of the Temple.
To omit these is to omit Jerusalem from the
programme of Judea.
On our way we stop at the Armenian
Convent. 1t is near the Jaffee gate, and
the street to it, though like all the rest in
narrowness, is exceptionally clean. In fact,
the Armenians of Jerusalem, though few in
number, are rich in purse and in charities.
The Armenian church is called st. James,
and as representative of est. James" in
the Old Seventh Ward, with its 5000 par
| ishioners, felt bound, after seeing his
mausoleum in the valley of Kidron, to look
upon the place of his mar:yrdol, and the
methods of worship under the auspices of
that most moderate, just and wise disciple.
! We dismount in front Of the church.
| Over the walls opposite and in the large
tamarisk and pine trees give their cool
shade; birds, rarg aces herr, fly and twit-
ter; while the bells from the Russian quar-
ter outside the walls call to prayer upon this
sweet Sabbath morning. While waiting
for the custodian, we examine the plants
which cling to the old walls and the Arabic
arches of the large edifce; but cannot adj
mire the poor daubs of pictures at the door
and in the vestibule. Some American
characters, likely the Lords Prayer, are
written over the avchway-a common usage
in the east. Standing under the porch are
solid boards of wood and pieces of metal
which, when struck, answer for bells. The
stones of the pave are worn glossy by time
and pilgrims: This convent and church was
founded 800 years ago by Georgians. The
| Turks talked it nearly to death, and the rich
ago. Next to that of the Holy Sepulchre
this is the largest church in the city. The
| Armenian school is here, and we hear the
| buzz of the scholars reciting their Sunday
| lessons as we await the appearance of the
warden with the church key. He does
| not come, and we are dis
appointed, not because we fail to
see the rich vestments on the extravagant
pictures which the church contains, for
these are said to be tawdry and highly COL
| orel as to be barbaric, for it must be recol-
lected that Armenians are Asiatics. But
we did want to bear home to friends a
mental photograph of the chair of St.
James, which is here preserved. We con-
tent ourselves with going into the convent
and through its corridors. Within its
valued and capacious rooms there is an ex-
tensive printing establishment. It is un-
der the control of the Armenian patriarch
who lives on the. premises. We were al
lowed to 20 upon the fat and stony roof on
the convent. From it we look down on
the barracks and castle to the north, and
over the exquisite gardens of the convent
on the south, and to the east-for we are
in the very midst: of Mount Zion proper
we look to the other mounts which made
Jerusalem 80 celeb :ated, but whose eleva.
masses of building. On one especially
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we look, for it is proudly eminent above
all. Upon these roofs, under which 5000
pilgrims can be accommodated, ar,
many conveniences. We see al
Arab servant drawing water from ,
well on the roof; he is filing hi
goat skins. We look at him curiously, a.
he is using small skin funnel to fill hi
quaint sack. Would you believe it? HI
asks for "buckshith" for looking at the OPP
Grafton! Attend to that at sunset" say
the guide. He responds in Arabic Morn
ing is better" This wasa reflection on m,
pet name, which resented by Withholding
my plasters. Grapevines grow about Of
The roofs and out of the very walls in tn
courts below jes saraine festoons the angles
We are reluctant to leave go exceptional
street and quarter. Its neatness is fasol
mating.
AS we pass into the streets out of Zion:
gate. at the southwest corner OF the walls
we meet company of Circassians. The
are Turkish soldiers, and in the peculia
uniform which We sow in Russia, with thei
shining metallic cartridges on their breasts
"A numbering crew." says the guide, as "
pass the hirsute lot. They look it.
Those familiar with these ways of Jerusa
lem, in and out of the walls, will anticipat
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eminence on the extreme south end of th
city is David's tomb. 1t overlooks tn
lower parts of the city and is as we'll au
thenticated as most Of the main objects O
the city. There has been much logomoch,
and demonstration as to this and other spot
/ for the royal tombs, but it is generally
thought that David's tomb was on Zion
and above5 the valley of Hinnim. Certain
1 is that when Peter spoke as to David b.
said that his sepulchre was With us untt
this day." Certain, also, it is that Solo
mon when he buried David. placed treas
ures in the tomb, great temptation for iii
1ifing, and it is equally certain that other
besides Herod were guilty of the sacrilege
All these tombs of royalty were hewn on
of the solid rock, and eliminating all the
1 legends, we come to the solid facts tina
among the groups Of tombs in these valleys
andshi!ls none are SO imposing as those al
legged to belong to the kings, David and
Solomon. None have been or are nov
guarded SO seriously. Only one person
not a Moslem has seen them. This wa
Miss Barclay, daughter Of the author O
the city Of the Great King. !. who, for thu
services Of her father, aphysician, in curinl
them. The account of what she saw, lis i
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page of her fathers book" H. .5 I
We are not allowed to go into the tombs
but only into the temple over them. W.
look through grille, and see old, moth.
eatea, and ragged mantles, red and blue
covering something. They are made like
the tombs of the, sultans and calipas. "A
large coffin is placed over the tombs. which
are in the rock or earth below. This outer
covering is all we see, and for it we pay
! quite d sum, which leads to fight between
the sheik's son and her attendant. This
fight for the spoils about the abode Of thu
royal dead lacking in .decencv az we'll as il
pluck. No blows are given only q choke
q pull of the hair. collection OF salivs
and q spiteful spit at the enemy, som.
clawing ont, and only one billigerant at 4
time. This is the general Arabic way d
settling controversies too complicated TO
heir jadber. :sfs
Once q year the Catholics are allowed q
worship on this temple. Yhy?. Not be
cause OF David, but hscans4 here is til
upper room, az . alleeed, of the Lord
Supper. Il is thu that Peter Is sup