The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-11-20
A Reporter Visits the Holy Land.

A Reporter vlSlCS the Holy Lana.
81 have been up to see that great
panorama of the Holy land you were
speaking about" said the reporter, as
he dropped into cushioned chair and
elevated his brogans on the city edi.
tors desk.
'Well, how was it? Tell us al
about it. 1t is so long since I was
there [ have forgotten about many Of
the points of interest"
''Well, 1 went up one fight of stairs,
from Seventh street into Mount Olivet,
and sat on the ropes that surround it
to keep spectators from falling off into
what appears to be life sized section
of sheol below. Then the professor
came up and took long stick and
began poking it at Jericho and the
Dead sea and Damascus and other
places you have probably read about"
"When I went to Sunday school we
didn't go around poking sticks Into
the Holy land.'
''Well, that was because YOU went
to Sunday school in California, where
they advertise the Garden of Eden as
a suburb of San Francisco. Besides,
you didn't stick to it long enough to
learn anything about it, anyhow.
Don'tyou see. this is panorama, an
illuminated canvas displaying the
whole country in miniature, just as
you see it from balloon view, with
the mountains and valleys. the hills
and seas, the rivers and cities, in fact
the whole contour of the country dis
played in their proper proportions l
tell you it was pretty fine, but it takes
a fellow who is welf-informed in bib
lcal lore to catch on to the interesting
points. The professor with the long
stick pointed out Jerusalem and the
temple, with its many courts and
gates. and the tower OF Antonio, on
the right, where Paul was rescued
from mob of influential citizens,
who waited on him for the purpose of
carving him in small pieces.
''Then 1 wanted to see Lots wife
and the place where the young dude
who went down from Jericho fell
among thieves and was robbed of his
watch and valuables. The professor
took his long stick and pointed out a
green spot on the map, which he
claimed as Lots wife. 1 remarked
that [ was surprised. I hadn't ex-
pected to see the lady looking so fresh,
having been salted so long, but it must |
have been the paint. Said he: I have
q chunk of the salt. When we go
down the mountain I'll show it to you.
It's modern Lot of course"
''Job lot, 1 suppose" chimed in the
,ity editor.
''Well. then he displayed Bethel,
where Jacob slept with stone for
pillow; it must have been rocky trav-
'ling in those days, and the road
where the caravan used to run from
Damascus to Egypt before the North
I'm Pacific was completed, and the
of the chap who walled up
lis lot and then went Oft to far coun-
ry; maybe he went to Jerusalem to
pply for a fourth class postoffice,-
he professor didn't say.
"Away out on one side of the scene
we're lot of white dots which repre-
ented the cities of the plain, every
ne containing fifteen thousand peo-
lie, twenty of which Solomon gave to
ONE royal duffer for furnishing cedar
rood for the temple.
''But the most curious thing about
ne whole business was the mountains
nd valleys, very life-like, indeed; the
fountains all cut in gerges, with
treams running down to the valleys
Glow, which were most luxuraptIy
FINISHED with herbage, palm and fig
'ees. and other vegetables to order.
he professor gave me some points
bout oranges growing six inches in
iameter, and grapevines as thick as
le electric mast, bearing punches of =,
rapes twenty inches ."-Min,se-
oolis Tribune +