The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-08-08

would not adviss anyoAs % yenture
Alopt In them without 9 clotAepin on
~ nose. Dead cats, rats and dogs are
planttiali p sven ran acfoss one or two
deed AuhfAysjusS outside one Of the.
city glSes. llsYherG aEe. many sacred (i)s
pools which have htAGnAted from dis-.
usa end would be rooted out By the.
health board Of any we'll, regulated city,
Walking isdifRcult, Is the marrow streets
frqpeYaAvithsuely sohlestones,. which
hate Nedhne v9ryalippSry and sro a..
NeediaSly Hard ION ia leather. Nisht,
z made hideous by the howling Of hun
dreds OF hairless, scabby dogs that seem
- Eve nething else 70 do. The bray,
ing OF the donkeys Is also something
swfui A singae bray can be heard 4
quarter OF mile, and there ID NO limit
te-tAs spossibilties Of . well.tfained
chorus. !, So
The. number iof' pilgrims here thus
late in the season is astonishing. But I
am particularly surprised to zee how
many poor people there are. Great
numbers OF Russians may be seen wan
dering about in the hot sun, and living
almost upon husks. These people walk
from Jaffa here, if they cannot get .
cheap ride, and never 60 any further into
the country than Jerusalem and its en-
Worms.
The European citizens live for the
most part outside Of the city wall on
the road 10 JalEa. ~ There are some ou,te
comfortable homes The Germans have
9 aourishing colony west Of the city.
There are quite good many French
people here also. ss''s' 's' %.
The Mount Of Olives is the greatest
disappointment Of all. In the frst
place it is hardly mountain at all, and
in the second place il is painfully con-
sepicuous by reason of paucity Of OIL
ives. There are plenty Of other hills
hereabouts that are much more thickly
wooded. In the third place the top Is
disfigured by large number of tawdry
mosques, dirty huts and manure piles.
This may seem like q savage arraigment,
but It is sincere. doubt not thAe in
the days of Christ the mountain was all
covered with olive trees, and altogether
more attractive place than it is now.
The valley Of Jehosapah, otherwise
known as the valley Of the brook
Kidron, separates Olivet from Mount
Moriah and Bezetha. As this valley
is quite deep, Olivet is made to as
sumo the proportions Of quite hill
when you stand at the bottom of the
ravine; but looking toward the mount
from point in Jerusalem where the
valley is not seen. Olivet sinks into
painful insignifcance. The popular
path by which Olivet is ascended is be-
lieved to be the same which David pur-
sued when he fled barefoot and weep
ing from his son Absalom, accompanied
by o band of faithful subjects, who
heaped earth upon their heads in token
OF their grief ut the disobedience of the
usur ping prince. Up this path I have
toiled in order to familiarize myself
with the country round about, pausing
anon to look back at the city which has
played SO important role in the drama
of the nations. From the summit of
the mount the view of Jerusalem is
really satistactory-sll that one could
wish. The extreme top is, as I have
sald, cluttered mp with unattractive
buildings, but one can hardly resist
the temptation to reach the summit in
order to command at once q view Of
the Jordan valley, including the Dead
sea on the one hand and view of Je-
rusalem and its environs ON the other.