, 1888-05-10
HOME AGAIN.
Bishop Burke Returns After An
Absence of Four Months.
The Rever end Gentleman Visits
Rome and the Holy Land.
Something About His Travels in
Egypt and Palestine.

The Right Rev. Maurice Burke, bishop
of Wyoming. returned to the see city last
evening after an absence of more than
four months. He was met at the train
and escorted to his residence by a delega-
ton of friends and received many callers
during the evening. The bishop is in ex-
cellent health and good spirits and is well
pleased to reach Cheyenne once more.
A LEADER representative called upon
the reverend gentleman and was cordially
greeted and RECALLED with a brief account
of the bishops journey abroad. As is
well known Bishop Burke is an enter
tanning conversationalist in addition to be-
ing a powerful public speaker.
Leaving Cheyenne Dec. 81, 1887, the
bishop embarked from New York for
Liverpool the 3Ist inst. London was
soon reached and a glance at Paris suf-
feed.
In due time the party, which included
Bishop Ryan, of Buffalo, Msgr. Quigley,
of Charleston and Fathers Castaldi and
Chini, entered the eternal city, Rome,
the seat of government for the Catholic
church of the world and the abode of his
Holiness Pope Leo XIII.
Two weeks were pleasantly and profit
ably spent in Rome. The resorts and OBJ
jects which usually attract travellers were
viewed and studied. The art galleries,
c~atacombs, the vatican and ruins of am
~phitheatres were inspected.
From Rome the travellers iourneyed to
Naples and set sail for Alexandria. The
city which a few years since was bonn
barded by a English feet, does not now
present the appearance of devastation
which characterized it after the battle
cloud had cleared away. The tourist
seldom tarries long at Alexandria.
Cairo is a point of great interest to the
traveller. Here are still located the
famous pyramids constructed thousands
of years ago, studied hundreds of years
by the scholaNOphe enlightened world
and still mysterious. Bishop Burke and
companions made the pyramid ascension,
which no traveller neglects. Interest in
Cairo has been greatly increased by the
unearthing of a choice collection of Egypt
ian mummies in one of the massive stone
structures there last year. Articles on
the subject appeared in leading magazines
and newspapers at that time. The Nile
vas viewed and its f%requenters noted.
From Cairo to Ismalia, on the Suez
canal. is a pleasant trip, and the immense
artificial waterway we'll worth abiding be-
side for a time. A trip from Ismalia to
Port Said, another canal town, on ship
board, affords an opportunity to observe
the method by which boats are taken
through the canal.
The party crossed the MEDITERRANEAN
from Port Said to Joppa and the Holy
Land was now fairly reached and railways
and modern innovations and devices left
behind.
Jerusalem, probably the most interest
ing point touched during the tour was
reached in carriages from Joppa.
IlCIc wills u ucIu luT Ile ICFcTCuu gen
tlemen. Biblical history was rehearsed
and geological data verified. The noun
tains of Judea and the plains of Gallee
were traversed. They bathed in the Dead
Sea and Jordan river in February and
we're rather uncomfortable on account of
the heat. Bishop Burke feels hat one
could well afford to spend many years in
and about Jerusalem.
The sightseers Travelled over the Holy
Land on horseback and became quite
adept at equestrainism. On the excur-
sions they were piloted by a dragoman
and a guide. The former is semi-oficial of
the country who becomes general man.
ager for pilgrims. The guide was a lin
guist who had followed his occupation for
upwards of thirty years. While travel
ing in Palestine the party composed about
a dozen persons, including several attend
ants. The pilgrims spent about thirty
days in the Holy Land.
Few halts were made on the return
journey. A coaster carried the travellers
from Hifa to Port Side and the ship
touched at Tire, Sidon, Ceserea, Phillip,
Jaffa and several other places which were
iourishing cities 1000 years ago.
The Island of Sicily was visited and the
trip to Rome made via Messina and
Naples. Florence was viewed and the
Florentipo observed at home, while the
famed Milan came in for its share.
The reverend gentlemen again passed
through Paris and reaching Havre took
passage for America the 18th inst. ult.