Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-12

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my change which inn IL pro I'M.
plies also the incr eass 81 foreign in i
Edusnco, and il always viewed withsus-I
spicion BY the Porte, tho march Of
events il Palestine Is watched BY Turk
Eishs stat esmen will q jealo nsly which
finds its expression "a d persistent e.
ttort 70 oppose il. Az, however tho
basis 81 tho movement to which Jeru-s
salem owes its increase during recent.
years Is q reigi ous one, and is founded
upon q sentiment which proyerbiallys
|thrives by position, all efforts to
retard the influx Of population and
capital into the Holy City have proved
unavailing. Owing to increased facili-
ties of travel, the pilgrimages both
of the Greek and Latin churches have
been more numerous. Anew feature ID
that some Of the richer pilgrims from
time to time establish themselv yes here.
This is especially the case with the Rus
sian members Of the Greek Church.
The influx Of Jews has also been in
.creasing to q remark able extent, The
Pro- estant sects are constantly en-
larging the field Of their operations.
and new charitable and educational
estat blishments are spriin cling up from
year to year. An American society
Eot Second Adventists has been resi-
dent here for some years, while isolat-
ed religious crarks find in the Holy
City an appro priate dwelling place for.
reasons known only to themselves. s e
SS The result Of all this is that where
as when Twas last here, six years ago
only a very few houses had been built
on the J alta road outside the walls of
the town, where now there is an exten-
sive and constantly increasing Frank
suburb. The price j of land has
risen fifty per. cent, and is still con-
stantly rising. New hotels and shops
have been opened to meet the increas-
ing demand. Within the last twenty
years the populatienof the Holy City
has certainly doubled, the increase
consisting entirely Of Jews and Chris
tians. Apart from it's sacred associ-
ati0ns the city has no attractions as
a. residence Of any kind, but quite the
reverse. This fact possesses a highly
important political significance, be-
cause it is evident that in the degree
in which the vested h interests
of rival sects and religions acc,,.
mulate upon this spot is it destined
some dav to become a bone ofconten-
ton between them. tits probably the
only CITY in the world where the same
amount Of capital and enterprise Is
expended on objects which are in no
sense remunerative, while in proper
ton to it's size there is none where a
larger sum is given away, either in the
form Of charitable or religious dona-
stions. Nothing strikes one more than
the proportion of buildings having
some sort Of public character or other
to private dwellings,. and these build
.ings are constantly increasing. 4 This
wear the estimated exnendit,1re ,of tha
Greak and Latin chnrchts viii Ia ovev
5000 900 for building nllrnoses alone
THE number - Rnssian n'lor;ins who
visit Jerusalem annnallv ;a ahont. K :.
900. and st is CONSTANTS increasing.
They are all accomod ated in The eS-
tensiye promises b belonp;na7 10 to. The.
Russian Goyer1nment. ii theEce1IfTa 81
which this Russian CoInsu1lateis situat-.
ed, and which forms q sort Of Russian
suburb to the Holy CITY. Here
one +feelsi traHEspUlrt ted { Tor tlhSs
time to the dominiio3n,es 81 the, Car al, as
he hears on ali sides the { Slary55
tongue. and finds himself los i;oas.