The Owosso times., 1881-10-21

But il is "a mistake to say all is given mp to
pleasure and dissipation for as we pass
along the crowded stree strange. and
VT u familiar sound comes 10 our cars. ms
we yet nearer we recognize the good old
hymn, commencing My soul be on thy
guardp we recognize the tune, but the
words are strange, spoken in pleasant
toned but foreign tongue, around the door
is a throna of eager looking dusky faces
uncertain as to whether they had better 60
in and sit down or not. we push eagerly
,Arough.the crowd and and ourselves inside
the room OF the
SMYRNA REST"
a sort of coffee or reading room, kept
open and carried on by band of noble
English women, trying in this and other
ways to carry on the good work of saving
souls from darkness and sin. to the gospel
light and life. Noble women who have
left home and native land and all that was
dearto them and journeyed to this far off
worse than-.heathen land, to tell these
careless ones the "Old, old story" Ger
tainly unbelievers and scoffers can see vir-
tue in that, II they can see none in the re-
lgion Witch is taught. They receive no
remuneration for their labors, but perhaps
the Joy of knowing the salvation of some
precious soul; and how far would Col. In
gcrsOll and his disciples go? and how l0ngY
tell me! would they stay In country like
this to tell their story if they did not ex-
pect pretty good salary or good paying
audience every night! They pity the poor
dcluded christians" but how wilp their
boosted philanthropy compare with any
of these noble men and women who found
ed in the midst of great discOuragement
this Smyrna Rest p One Greek priest
has been converted tO Professionalism here.
On every other day in the week the
streets of Smyrna are lively with business
and train after train of twenty or thirty
camels with or without burden, pm $
through the streets; these hugh awkward
moving beasts, swaying from side 10 side,
rs they 60 along like a ship in storm, be-
ing led by poor little
DIMINUTIvE DONKEY,
one could pick up and put one under each
arm bearing burden twice rs large as
themselves, and threatened every moment
with the great embarrassment of being
| rolled over on their little backs, by their
unfairly large burdens One may MS well
look for such thing but it seldom hap
pens, and the little fellows hurry along on
their way, to the unmusical clatter OF their
lwcll- shaped neat little hoOfs. on the pave
ment. These noble little beasts have been
greatly abused, in more ways than one.
and misIeprescnted too. We have yet
seen no exhibition of meanncss or stubbor.
ness which has been. imputed to them 10y
so many. but we have seen symptoms OF
wonderful sagacity displayed by them.
This morning il commenced with scarcely
any warning to rain, (Which by the way is
the first in 4 mOnths) and blow quite hard.
One of these camel trains with its donkey
van guard and advance-agent, was coming
down the street. and when it began t.
rain the men who conducted this train
sought temporary shelter while il moved
on but it rlined harder, the wind blew
more severely. driving the cold rain into
the pilot dOnkey's face. much to his dis
comfort; he turned his head from side tC
side first one cheek and then the other,
in a truly valorous manner, but it avnicd
him nought of shelter from the peltinc
rain, alb! happy thought, - he acts com
j ing to u narrow passage at right angles
with the street he is using, he turns
into it and was out of the storm. The
stupid looking camels follow, but don't gel
far, for the two drivers have discovered
the state Of affairs and hurry forward &c
rectify matters, but are repulsed: for the
donkeys heels are toward them. that is
enough. they probably wait until that don
key is ready to continue his journey and
that will be- undoubtedly when the storm
subsidies. for did he not come there fol
shelter? Some would cali that stubborncss
perhaps meaness. but we can hardly
agree with such; was ii not rather q radi
cal, positive demonstration Of the first law
of nature?--self preservation which is in
structive-was it not illustrative of sensible
praiseworthv independence rather than OF
seiiseless. -bulldOg-well, English stub
borness? that fills the BILL" No! No! "
who SANDER the donkey have looked
through glass darkly" for no animal thai
lives, could stand or would stand the ty
ranny and abusive driving Of the donkey
drivers Of Turkey md Palestine, like these
patient little fellows.
This morning we took walk with OIL
guide, who by the way is a very accom-
plished fellow, speaks English. Russian
and don't know what not. He says hC
can speak ten different tongues. and hi
can't read word in any language, he is {
native Hebrew. We walked through tin,
narrow and arcaded streets, where are The
baZaars and
MARKETS OF THE TOWN.
We saw where they We're busy packing
the figs. which you eat In the States. The
streets are all very dirty and we had t.
step here and there very carefully to avoid
the filth. But to our eyes, totally unac
customed to such sights as are to he seen
here everything was 40 interesting that
we hardly noticed the dirt at the time. Ir
fact it hardly seems a reality that we were
walking about the streets of this
| OLD, OLD TOWN.
We seem so utterly out Of place, We would
hardly be offended II one of these Outland
ishly dressed fellows should walk up and
tell 1--WE were intruding and had better
| get out of the town as soon rs possible.
but they have kindly permitted us to re-
main our allotted time here where so many
generations of men have lived and died. a
city which has had its name in history
5000 years or more and yet exists. 1t was
here that Polycarp the disciple of st. John
suffered martyrdom and they point out to
you where he was buried.
| EPHEsUs
is about forty miles from here, an Eng
lish company have built railroad from
here running through the site of the an
cient city. There is nothing there at present
besides the interesting ruins of the old
city, excepting perhaps small settlement
of Turks and Greeks. We have been
there, seen the remains Of the old temple
dedicated to Diana, the patron goddess OF
the city. heap of broken marble columns
and effaced and scattered capitals and
bases. .ruin reigns supreme. The voices
i nj In chpnhnrdo fhn NJ fha 1ADo