The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-09-12

Jerusalem Il hardly . d~isappoint-
ment. because | had my IDEAS ra'nr'
low down. Many d the streets - IT,
mote quarters arc abominaoly n''ny'
and ! would not ADVISE any 2 y ven
ture about in them without . cio'nes,
lin on his nose. Dead cats rats AM
dogs are plentiful. even ran across
one or two dead donkeys Just ou's'ur
| Il II the city gates There are man
| sacred (2) poo.s. which have staEnh'eu
from disusc. and would be rooted OUT
IN the Health Board Of any we'i-segn-
4 lated city. Walking Is diiLcult; ~ tne
narrow streets are paved with ugly
cobble-stones. which have become very
S~lipperv and are I ceedingly hard on
shoe leather. The braying Of 4 Jon
KEYS is also something awful =
single bray can be heard a Duarter 81
4 mile. andthere is no / init 10 Inc pos
sipilities Of a w~ell-trained chorus
The Mount OF Gives Ii the greatest
disappointment Of all. In the nrst
mace IL IL hardly a mountain at ALI
and in the second place il Is painiuiiy,
conspicuous by reason Of a paucl'y 2
olives. There arc plenty Of other = Us
hereabouts that are much more thickiy
wooded. In the third place the top y
distivured Nv 4 large number OF law
drv mosques, dirty hnts ana manure
piles. his may seem Ike saNaSe
arraignmcnt, hut il il sincere. ld 'npt
not that In the days OF thirst the
: mountain was all cuyervd win oii'o
trees. and altogether q more attractive
, nlace thar il is now. The Valley OF
I. .a,ehoshaphat. otherwise known as the
: Valley N the Brook kedron. separates
Oliyef from Mount Moriah and tezetn'
AZ this valley is quite deep, O'ivet y
made 10 assume the proportions o.
quite 4 hill when you stand n
I the bottom Of the ravine; but 100
4 ;nv toward the mount from . POM
\ N Jerusalem where the valley - no
: seen 0livet shrinks into painful in~lg
niticancc. The popular path BY whcl
y Olivef ! assembled is believed % be IN
: same which David pursued when y
= ! ~ barefoot and " ccping from = so
= Absalom. accompanied by = hand q
" "a fbf,l subjects. who heaped eat
I, mon their heads in token Of grief .
" the disobeaicncc IL the usnrping prince
!" = this path have toiled in order !
famil ari. q myself with the counif
round about. pausing anon 70 100
back al the city which has played
~ important a role in the drama oi y
M nations. IRON neal the summit 81 q
" I mount the view Of Jerusalem \ real
" ,Mt,sfactorN=al that one could WIS
IN The extreme top j.. as ! have sai
~ cluttcrel ID with u~nattractlve bull
III inps. but one can hardly resist \
,r- temptation TO reach the summit
~ order "a c0mman at once the view
N. the Jordan valley. including the i'c
Sea on the one hand and = view
Jerusalem aud its environs on !
MI other. In order To get q ms
deta led view. | paid q siSpence =
~ assembled the minaret Of . mosque, =
- there. high above the o. ensive sign
M snunds and smells Of the place. view
n the remarkable natural panorama
which l have alluded. One could sta
here for hours picking out sac
III s'chts. The s~erpcntinc ribbon Of gr'
n which marks the course Of the Jor'
i distinctly visible. The water can
~ seen. and. indeed, j. not VS.
IN you are within a rod or 50 Of
r;y.r hank. AZ its southern cxtrrn
M stretches the cah Sea. It's wa
nof briuht and beautiful to the eye.
,ark deadly aud nauseous 70 the palate.
The tween lies a tlea horrid wildern
aid with nothing 10 relieve the awful y
l.,;on. Toward the south y the I
raw ~countryof Judca. "-NcuH afcn Jo'ss
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