Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-11-27

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cnr1sslsntsys cayit8t Va R,sns cf Ms
sane. xilgA ana rgncrance.
While modern civilization sspands
it's thought aud wealth in the prescSya-
tim 81 pagan and medieval art, lavs
trante to the architectural c~cns-
of the Moors, and t~reasnrcrs the very
laehrymatories of ancientraces, II leaves
Jerusalem, in sentiment the capital OF
Christianity, To eTumble away under
he hands Of Mnssalmans. Disease,
9Th, ignorance, bfgotrv. human degra-
dation and poverty are the words "a
eneountsr= most frequently W reading
accounts If WITS 10 Palestine. Awrit-
err in the New Haven Journal and
Courier SAYS of the holy city:
Jerusalem il hardly q disappointment,
because I had nv IDEAS rather low down.
Many of the streets in remote quarters
are abominably filthy. and 1 would not
advise any one TO venture about IN
them without a clothes pin on his nose.
Dead eats. rats end dogs are plentiful.
even ran across one OF two dead don
keys, pIst outside one Of the city gates
There ara many sacred 2lpoois, which
have atsgnated from disnse, and would
be roc: tel oHt by the Health Board OF
n we'll regulated city Walking Is
difficalt, IS the narrow streets IRE paved
with ugly cobble-stones, which have be-
come very slippery and are exceedingly
hard on shoo-lea. her. Night is made
hideous by the bowling Of hundreds Of
harmless dogs, thst e TO have moth
ing else to DO. The braging Of the
d0nkeys is also something awf1l A
single bray can be heard q quarter OF a
nile. and there is no limit TO the pos
sibilities of a wsfItrainad chorus.
The Mount Of Olives y che greatest
disappointment at all. In the hrst
place. ID IS hardly a mountain at all,
aud, IN the second place, il IS painfully
conspicuous by reason Of q paucity OF
There are plenty Of other hills
heFsabouIz .hss sre much more thick
wooded. In the third ptsse, the top
is disfigured by a large number Of ta~-
dry mosques, dirty huts and manure
piles. This may seem like a savage ar
but il ps sincere. L doubt
not that in the days 81 Christ the
mountain was all covered sith olive
trees, and altogether . more attractive
place than il is now. The valley OF
Jehoshaphat, otherwise known as the
~ the brock Kidron, separates
Oiives iFoE4 Hogtnt MorIah and Bezeth.
As this valley is sHTe deep, Olivet is
marie to assume TIE proportions 81
quite q hill when you stand Mt
the bottom Of the ~rayine; but
toward the mount from
Z permit in Jerusalem where the
Is f-t sAen, Oiivct shrinks into
tnsigmasauce. The popular
By which 0liTet " asseuded Il be-
to be ths same wfisi David pHr-
sued when he fed barefoot and wseping
his son Absalom, accompanied by
a band OF faithful subjects, who heaped
earth upon sleiF heads in token Of grief
1t the disobedienee Of the rsurping
Prince, Up this path / ks~s soiled in
1Sder 10 familiarize myself WITH the
rguHd about, psusing anon TO
Sex back q. the zitv shiloh has nlayei
70 important 3 role in the drama of the
latIons FrrEn neaT the summit Of the
the FIslv % Jerusalem is really
satisfactory, all that ana could wish.
Eke extreme top is, rs I have said,
up with unattractiys buildings,
but u can hardly resist the temptation
10 reach the summit in order TO COM
nand at once the view of the J0rdon
including the Dead SEES ON a
land and view OF Jerusalem and It's en-
the other In uriteF to get a
detailed view Ipaid . saxpence and
Iscended the minaret Of a mosque, and
here, high above the offensive sights,
Iounds and zmelk Of the place, viewed
he remarkable natural panorama 10
which / have aIIuded. One could stand
here FOR hours picking u sacred sites.
The ~serpentine ribbon Of green which
marks the coarse Of the Jordan Is dis
Inctiy vfzible. The water can not be
cen, and indeed is not visible till you
within a rod or 50 OF the river bank.
st its southern extremity stretches the
Dead Sea, its waters bright and beauti-
nj 10 tie eye, but deadly AMI
the palate. Between lies q bleak,
IoFrId wilderness, with nothing TO re-
ieve the awful desolation. Toward the
south Is the -hilI country of Judea.'
With a glass the ruined castle Of Mach
rus mas be discerned on the mountains
i Moab, where ~JosephRs tells as that
Tohn the Baptist was imprisoned and
Ultimately executed. Among the other
visible Of which / may speak in
uture letters, are Pisgah, the tomb of
Mob, Gibeah, Mizpah, Rock
iipamon. opiira and the obi cts of in
Immediately about Jerusalem,