Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-09-08
THE HOLY CITY.
Nhat a kIrkSyille Girl saw In Jeru-
salem.

Us another interesting letter from hi:
daughter. descriptive of her visit t,
Jerusalem.
LuK.EL GHoRB, LEBANON. Aug
As | have little spare time to-day
| will try 30 finish the description o
my trip.
The morning of our third day II
Jerusalem, we started out to find TIA,
Tombs of the Kings, situated litil.
north of the DamaScas gate. As ",
had found our guide great nni>anc,
In some ways. we thought we Womb
try it alone that day One of oul
friends had described the road to u.
very carefully, and we read it up again
in Thompson Land and Book so W.
thought we conld not possible miss ON
way. We walked what VIZ supposed
was the proper distance. and founC
ourselves in the road between two
fields. We selected the one which
seemed most promising and went in on
Il tour Of discovery. We found caves
IN abundance and very interesting
looking ones bat not the Tcmbs We
decided it was no use to look farther
that morning, and devoted The rest oi
the time to gathering tine heantltul
wild flowers with which the field was
covered
On our way home for breakfast. OF
luncheon as we say, We cailtd al tue
house of DIR. Friedlandrr missionary
OF the London Jews Society. We told
Mrs. F. of our dlsaK pointment IN not
finding the place. and she kindly offer
ed TO send her little son, Master Bertie
to conduct US to Bethany, the Mt. OF
Olives. and the Tombs that afternoon.
We went first to the former place, TAX
ing the road leading around the city to
ST. Stephens Gate. and from there
across the valley Of Jehosaphat to the
Garden of Gethsemane, and then
around the base of the Mt of Olives.
The Valley OF JehoSaphat is completely
covered with the graves of PHI rims
who have died there and wished to be
buried in sight of the Holy City.
On the road around the mountain
my saddle turned, and as our little
guide was not strong enough to ar
range it. we should have been IN a sorry
fix, had not four fierce looking Arabs
come up very opportunely. We Were
almost afraid Of them, but when they
saw what was the matter, they lmme
diately began to remedy matters. 10
our very great astonishment they in
formed US that they did not expect
'buckshersh." They however accepted
the tritie offered them when they had
finished, with apparent pleasure, and
lnSlted on constituting themselves our
body guard until we arrived in 3etl.a-
ny.
This village is situated in shelter
ed spot near the base OF Oiivet. We
rode through it without taking th,.
time and trouble TO visit the so called
house of Lazarus We went back over
a road leading directly over the top of
the mountain. The view from the sum-
nit was extended and beautiful, being
also peculiarly Interesting. We saw
he Jordan and the Dead Sea most
distinctly. and the mountains beyond |
towering above them. 1t tseemed but a |
very short distance, not more tnan IA
few hours ride, but the AIR is so very
clear in this part of the world, tina,
distances are very deceptive. You start
to place in sight. thinking 1t is about
,en minutes walk, and find it nearer
.hree quar- ters of an hour.
As we descended the slope on the
Jerusalem side, we bad magnificent
Jew of the city and the Mosque of
)mar. Seeing the latter from that point
vas the next best thing to visiting II.
think walled city is always inter-
sting. when seen from the outside.
nd Jerusalem is no exception to the
ule. Between the city and us lay the
alley with the Brook kedron and a
title lower down the village of s.
pam, while neai er us. almost at our
eet was Gethscmane, of all places in t
nd about Jerusalem the most interest
1g. t
We went down and around the val a
" again to the Damascus Gate pass C
lg cave which is called the gro:to. L
We went ont the same road we had d
ken in the morning, and found the
ombs of the Kings about half as far u
j We had gone in the morning. They u
'e surrounded by high wall, and we e
I'd supposed that the enclosure was u
lvate property | wish were able d
give you good description of them
1t fear my descriptive powers are o.
Irdly equal to the task. A broad 81
ght Of stone steps lead down to what ri
Ould be an immense stone cellar if ii u
ere covered over. Opposite the Steps e'
an immense reservoir, peculiarly cut IN
the rock, which. at the time of our
.it,was almost full of water At one ne
lie there was another smaller one. and va