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NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. g. THURSDAY

turn around in. The roofs of these houses of
Jerusalem are all fat, and a few Of them are
covered with grass. They make the evening
lonfng places of some families and on them the
clothes are dried. The fuel used Is charcoal
You see NO chimneys. and thore are no win
dows. sF
The streets are quite as queer rs the houses.
Narrow, vanlted and winding, you can walk
for long distance without coming into the
sun, and at times you appear to b0 going
through long vaulted caves. The shops open
into these streets without sidewalks or steps.
They are cave-like also and each store consists
Of little hole in the wall occupied by store
keeper, who has hardly room to turn around in
the little box-like place, where he is surround
ed by his goods. You never enter the averages
Jerusalem store The thing would be an
impossibility. You stand on tho street and
talk to the merchant through the door. No, not
through the door, either, for there are neither
doors nor store windows. The whole front of
the establishments is open, and in most cascs
you could touch the back of the walls of the
store with your cane while standing on the
street. The workshops of the city are of the
same cavo-like character, and the whole town
Looks rs though 10 was made by people who
had been brought up in caves and had modelled
their architecture on the caves in which they
were raised.
The two leading streets in the Jerusalem Of
to-day are David street and Christian street;
these lead TO the Holy Sepulcher from the Jalia
Cato. and thoy are now crowded with thou
sands of the curious characters which make up
the population of the Holy City ut Easter time.
Stand with me a moment beside the Tower of
David and look down upon the surging mass
which Is hurrying up and down the narrow
street In front of us. For half mile there Is
. mass of color, or more bnes than Joseph had
in his wonderful coat The brightest of reds,
Of yellows. and Of greens and Of blues are
mixed together, and mt first glance the whole
looks like moving stream of human flowers
draped in the hues of the rainbow. Stop and
try to make out the characters. That man
there with long black and white gown, with
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WhITo VlsftinR Tho Col. A. V. KAUTZ.
family learned that scandalous reports were
circulating regarding Mrs. Fletcher and some
of the officers of the fort
She testified that Col Hatcher had accused
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IooFYRIGHTEB ny FRANK q. cARrESrER. 1881
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maritzn is supposed 70 have taken in the rob-
bed man whom he found by the wayside.
Jerusalem End net so beautiful as I had pie
tured it, and though knew that Palestine was
a very small land, fud it even smaller than
my fancy had painted it."
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And stiIl Palestine is a goodly land, and
wonderfully interesting. landed at JaAa a
rocky town Of 5000 people. built upon the side
Of cliT, and with yolIowish-white houses
extending down TO the waters edge. The ship
which carried me TO this place from Egypt was
Russian steamer, and the deck was covered
with Russian pilgrims. Old men and old WON.
en-, with honest faces, full Of intelligence aud
goodness. they held their religious services all
over the +hird-elass portion Of the steamer and
/ spent two hours watching them as one after
another they turned their faces towards Jeru-
salem and engaged In prayer, crossing them
selves and now and then getting down upon
their knees aud tsamping their heads against
the deck IN their worship They were cnri-
onsly dressed, and many Of them wore long fur
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STREET MEHcHAN NTs.

which are az pleasing to-day as when they be-
louged TO the Philstines, ia the days of G0liah
and David. On each side of the road stretch
fiat meadows on which fat cattle ars grazing,
aud tie grass OF which is as rich az that OF KAN
sas in SpriRgtimo. In some pnces farmers are
blowing, and you note that their plGw Is made
of two sticks of wood aud that the man holds
its handle in one hand while he carries n goad
in the ether. Herg in p camel hitched % .
plow, and tho great, ungainly beast stalks across
the fields with a sullen air. Hore s0me shop
herds in skin eloais, with the fur inside, are.
watching their focks, aud there among the
grass, pulling up punches for her cattle, Is q
maiden who makes you think Of Ruth gather
ing wheat in tho harvest fields of Boaz. Tho
costumes and the people must be much the
same as ia the days of the Scripture, and as you
look at the character of the soil you do not
wonder that the Philistines fought for il.
These Plains of Sharon are the richest part Of
Palestine, and the Turks, who own the ceun-
try, have watcll-tOwsrs built at certain places
throughout them, so that their soldiers can
command view of the fields and see that tho
Sultan gets his share OF the crops The land
is heavily taxed, and one. tenth Of all it raises
must be given to the Government.
After passing over 90 miles Of such plains. the
green ieldsOf which are spotted with the bright
est of big. red poppies, you begin TO ascend the
hills of Judea, and you are now in the land Of
the Israeiites proper. The road winds in and
out among little mountains, and you note that
in the past the whole country was terraced,
and that not bit OF the land went to waste.
What IS now the grazing ground for sheep and
cattle was once garden, and Palestine reminds
you Of other parts of the world. The orange
groves Of JalEa make yon think of Florida when
you look at their rich fruit which In the best
outside of that of the Indian River. The Plains
of Sharon, were IL not for the lack Of fences and
bunk barns mikh bo u silica out Of the country
near Lancaster, Pa, or the rich fields Of the
Scioto Valley, in Ohio. These hills are very
like Italy near Genoa or South Francs about
Nice and Monte Carlo. Tho terraces are plant
ed with olive trees. and you see green olive
orchards everywhere. As you rise the air be-
comes pnrer and fresher. You pass the spot on
which David is said 90 have killed GoTiah, see
at distance the town of MiZpah. where the
Prophet aun0nted Saul as King when be was
out hunting his fathers asses and n the dom
keys which pass you on the road you think OF
the story, and wonder whether the old tnr-
baned Syrian who in long beard rides his don
key By yon may not be q second Balaam, and
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Hot Weather

is the very best time
to try Pyle's Pearline.
Then the wash islarg-
est, and a saving Of
time and toll is best
appreciated. Think
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The sizB ef Palestine Is surprising 10 all trav-
elers. You know that il is small but you can
not appreciate how small il Is until you have
seen IT, TIE whole country does not average
more than 80 miles wide. and it is only about
l40 miles long. Yon could lose il in many of
the Counties Of Texas. and on some of its
mountains you can see from ono side Of it to
the other. The Mount Of Olives Is only about
Zoo feet high and standing on this just out
side OF Jerusalem you can sec tho Mcditerra-
mean on the right and on the left tiTc Dead Sea
and the Jordan. It is not as Ear frDm Dan 10
Beersheba as IL is from New York to Washing
ton, and the stormy banks Of the Jordan inelose
q stream across maBy parts Of which you can
easily throw a Stone, and which, though it
winds in and out like q GeEkscrew, is not more
than 200 miles long. The Mount Of Olives, on
which Jesus was taken by the Devil, is de-
scribed as an exceeding high mountain, but it
would be no more than hill In the Alleghanics
or the Rockies, and all the Kingdoms Of the
world which the Devil pointed out consisted of
a few half-baTren hills aud fertile plains, which
all t8ld would not make mers than a good
sized Western County. In coming to JeFusa-
lem from Jaha crossed the Plains Of Sharon,
which made mp the best part of the land of the
Phliistinez. nEsd their whole country was not
much more than 20 miles wide and GO miles
long. The fact that the Israelitcs had been
travelling 50 long in the desert wilderness
made them look upon the country MS q land Of
milk and honey, hut in fact the greater part Of
IL is built upon q plateau OF Limestone about
2. 800 feet above the level Of the Mediterranean
Sea Il is surrounded by hills, aud the Holy
City OF today does not, all told, cover the area
OF square mile. The hills themselves are rocky.
and such parts of them as are cultivated have
10 be terTaeed that in the Heal-esta.e markets.
OF nations they would not bring high price
IL offered for sale Palestine could never have
had very large population, and the hosts
spoken Of ia the Scriptures would dwindle IL
br0ught in contact with modern statistics.
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The jerusalem Of to-day Is walled city. It's
walls are of clean yellow limestone, 80 feet
high. and they run around the town, cutting
ID out in the shape Of diamond. From these
walls on every side except one the ground runs
down into valleys so steep that it Is almost inn
possible TO climb them without getting down
upon your hands and knees and acrDss these
valleys there are other hills which rise. as in
the ease Of tho Mount Of Olives even higher
than the hill upon which Jerusalem Is located.
These hills are covered with sparse coating
OF grass and great pieces OF limestone crop out
all over them. Many OF them have green
olive trees on their sides, which were 10 not for
their cUlor would look like American orchards
and the most Of them are dotted with churches
and monasteries.
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COL. FLETCHERs TROUBLES

Tie Court Martial How In Session at Fort Omaha
Trying Him for UngentlemaniT Conduct.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The court
martial cnmnnsed of hirh officers of the Army
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Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIHyEK.
Vpyr,rArrNr 1900
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There are whole families Of Jews of Greeks
and Of Armenians, each of which lives in one
room, and what would in America be Thought
only ht for q spring house or cellar makes a
very fair Jarusalem home. Many of the houses
have no windows aud the rooms arc vaulted
caves ii0oFed, walled aud ceied with. stone, and
lighted only from the front. These caves are
built one on top of the ether, and In the Jew.
ish quarter OF the town, where the poorest pco-
pie live, half dozen families will be packed i'm
u like number Of rooms around n court, into
which they all open, and along the edges of
which they do their cooking in little cnbby-
holes not big enough for fat German cook to
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The irregular diamond inside the wall
is eae mass Of bex-shaped limestone houses
built one on the top Of the other, aud
crowded into narrow streets in all sorts
OF shapes. Out Of these stors-box houses
here and there rises spire Of church, and
at one enrner Of the diamond there is va.
cant space Of IS acres, ia which great round
building with dome Of bronze stands This
il the Mosque of Omar, which IL built on the
very site OF Solomon's Temple, and under
which scientists suppose the ruins Of the tenn
pie to be. The Mahometans consider it the
most sacred place outside of Mecca. and during
Holy Week they have refused all Christians
access 10 IL. In the center Of the city Is to be
sceR another great dome, aud this crowns the
church built by Constantine, which covers the
spot ON which Christ was crncifcd and In
which is kept the marble tomb in which his
body was laid. The rest Of the town Ia made
up OF the narrowest streets and of houses SO
closely packed that there is no tenement sec.
tion in the world which compares with the
crowded condition of this city. The most
densey populated country In Europe IN Bel
Riufn, which has 52G people per square mile.
The walls Of Jerusalem are only two and one
half miles in circumference, and the whole city
does net cover much mers than 300 acres
Take 30o-acrs farm and put 10000 of tho
qHeerest mixtures Of people in tho world upon
10, and you have something of the condition of
Jerusalem Of to-day.
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It is impossible to travel through
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Mention Ths National Tribuas.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-13

The cause OF my going soslowly is jus
this, that nothing IN that bool, e. Madam.
Boyary') is drawn from myself. Neye
has my own personality been so use
less To me. 1t may lee, perhaps, tina
hereafter | shall do stronger things.
hope So, hut can hardly imagine | shat
do auythiug more skil.ful. Here ever,
thing is of the head. II it has been falls.
in aim, shall always feel that it ha
been q good mental exercise. Bat. afte
ALL what is tic non-natural to others
tho natural 10 mc-the cxtraordinar,
the fantastic. the wild chase, Hydrologic
or metaphysic. Saint Antoine" did no
require Of me one quarter of the tensio.
OF mind Madame Boyary" has caused
me. saint Antoine was d discharge
| had nothing but pleasure in writing il
and the eighteen months devoted to the
composition OF It's 500 pages were tn,
most thoroughly voluptuous OF my lii,
hitherto. Judge then of my condition
IN writing Madame Bovary." | mus
needs put myself every minute into .
skin not mine and antipathetic to me
For six months now have been making
love platonically, and at the present mo
ment my exaltaiion of mind is that of o
good Catholic. | am longing to go e
confession. Correspondence do Gustavs
Elaubert.
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4 story comes from Japan Of the re-
covcry of picture painted over a thou-
sand years ago On $50 a. d. by kauao-
ka, the father Of japanese pictorial art.
1t represents a figure about two feet
high, every detail being finished with
the elaborate care layished by the old
Japanese masters on their choicest
works. According 20 a description in
The Japan Mail the only parts Of the
body exposed were the face, arms and
feet, but the lines and colornes OF these
portions plainly showed the hand Of q
great expert The flesh was lrm, tho
contours were delicate, and the coioging
though centuries had passed since the
time Of It's application, remained mellow
if not fresh But it was in the treatment
Of the drapery that the artist had put
forth his greatest strength The folds
hung with Undesirable soltness and
fidelity to nature, and the splendid bro
cades Of the pricsily vcstments were de.
pictcl so inimiiably that one fclt inclined
to carcss the soft rich stun"
The pictured IN the couHeof ages passed
into the hanlsof the famou. artist Nano
MotonO5u. and on his death ia 1863 ID
was among the treasures he left behind.
with a certificate from him that it wa.
the work of the great kanaoka. What
happened TO il after Motououu death /.
not known, but quite recently it was
found in pawn shop in Toxic. it W.
purchased by a dealer and was Offered
for sale abroad, but efforts which were
made 10 prevent this remarkable worn
from going out Of the country were sue
cossful, and it was purchased hy g
wealthy japanese merchant whoiniend.
presenting it to the National museum
1t has been said by experts that the gen
uiue works of Kaua0ka NOW exiant may
be counted on the finger, Of one hand
and that the whereabouts OF each j. wei
known. Dr. Anderson, n his recent
work ON japanese pictorial arts, says OF
KanaOka that "as u stadentof the work
Of the great Chinese masters of the Tam
dynasty he most probably adopted then
teaching, with unimportant modiiica
tons suggested by Cozean example, anc
must hence be regarded as the apostle of
an ancient and foreign art rather than
the originator OF a native school. New
York Times
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The peculiar trimming 10 The waists
Of the Dircct0ire dresses makes any KIND
Of wrap rather i'm the way. and so pref
ty little triple capes are made and de-
signed in such a way as will allow the
revcrs To show and also keep the shout
dcrs warm. The figure No. will show
that STYLE of capeline, as the French
call IT, The one in this model is trim
med with am Astrakhan collar, and the
lapels open over it SD that it seems TO be
but one garment. For chilly days,while
it is not yet cold enough 70 require a
heavy garment. these Carrick capcs are
invaluable. The corset comes up well
under the arms. with its closely woven
texture rendered cold proof by the
starch. bat between the shoulders and OF
them the cold makes itself felt wlthou.
these rs protection. and these can be
made of the dress goods or ladies' cloth.
The Cauick cape so. 1 is of coach
mans drab cloth. hemmed and stitched
Or bound with silk braid and the
collar of velvet Others have q gani
ture of open work braid. laid flat around
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WALTER WELLMAN.


The Smiles used by children are ol.e
so favored by delicious honesty that the
become anything but complimentary q
those To whom they are applied.
y lady, somewhere ia the thirtics, ha'
nm enthusiastic admlrcr in a little boy %
10. He followed her about with W
wcarying devotion. and made her man.
pretty speech, bashiui but lervent.
One evening she came down stair
ready for a walk with a icccy viii.
shawl thrown over her head. Its s0i
folds proved very becoming to the face
bringing out its best characteristics, au0
softening incipient wrinkles. The it'll
boy was waiting at the foot of the stair
and when his friend appeared he starto'
forward 10 meet her.
"Oh. Miss Helen" he cried, claspin.
his hands, you look ike an angelo
Then, as she advanced still further
and the bright light Of the chandelie
disclosed the fact that she had by ID
means the aspect OF immortal youth, III
child added, innocently, a worn on
angel"-Youths Companion.
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saving tho (arpri.

In this city (Norwich, Comm dwell.
an old time pedagogue. who is so neat in
person and punctiious in manners that
his department really is queer. One
night the trim old teacher gave a party
and his neighborS came to it. The roads
were muddy, and no met them in hi;
hall, half bushel of slippers in his arms
and behind him his wife with rs many
moro slippers in her arms. Please re-
move your boots and substitute these
slippers" said he, and the guests all
complied with the request. The host
didn't intend 20 have his carpet soiled.
The excessive neatnes3 Of the abode" a
guest said afterward, grated on one )
ueryes."-Cor. New York Sun.
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cicntly fierce 20 make the stoutest heart
quail. lie was tall. powerful man,
who wore his 60 years lightly. His mus.
tache, iron gray, was heavy and fierce
looking. Added 90 this he had dark,
piercing eyes, which seemed to search
the depths Of your Utmost soul. He was
dressed in a full captains uniform,
which well became his tall, handsome
form. Such was Van Dimitrieyitch
DurakOH, the man so much feared and
Of whom | had heard such frightful
things.
His appearance did not at all rcassure
me. and believed him capable Of all he
had been accused Of. He met me in q
very cool, digniicd manner | explained
my position TO him, and begged that he
would cause me 10 delay. but permit me
TO continue my journey as | had been
doing. told him | had some money
with me sufficient TO pay for another
horse. | told him, as / had his wife,
that it was absolutely necessary for me
10 be in Petersburg at the earliest posi-
bic moment. had scarcely finished
speaking when he shouted, in a voice OF
thunder: "Oh. no; that is against the
law. You will have to remain here I'M
Ill your party arrives, which will be some
days yet
At this iuncture the black grouse en-
tered slowly from another room, SEEM
inglv as if aware Of my danger, and, If
possible. TO assist me. Looking at the
bird in establishment, Durakoff ex-
claimed: "What is that?' l explained
that / brought it a present to his wife.
ooh" he said, taking my hand and
shaking it, "my wife Is so fond of birds,
and she has never before had in her pos
session a live black grouse. \ thousand
rubles could not make her as happy as
the presentation of this bird Dura-
kons whole manner had changed; so
there was, after all, soft side to his
character This man, so cruel to others,
had at least a tender regard for the part
ner Of his joys. With a smile he turned
10 me and said: Il think l can arrange
everything in satisfactory manner foi
your departure. | will see that you have
fresh horses and all you require unit
you reach your next resting place
lie then ordered cigars and vodka e
be brought, with the remark that ls kept
none but the best liquors. The daughter
came bearing the refreshments, and al
the same time to look after the bird At
NV request she seated herself ut the
piano and played and sang some Russian
songs. The bird, surprised at the I'M
usual sound, remained perfectly motion
Joss for s0mo minutes, its attitude sug-
gcstive Of listening. which gave it a very
wise look and caused much amusement
Dinner was soon served; it was good.
and being hungry ] did ample justice TO
the tempting viands, washed down by
copious draughts Of vodka. Indeed. so
much vodka did mine host force upon
me that soon found myself in scarcely
a fit condition TO continue my journey.
When ready to start caused the officer S
wifs much merriment by my clumsiness
i'm getting into the tarantas.
On parting with Officer Durakoh he
handed me a letter TO the next etape
officer, and in this wise passed from
station to station. The presentation Of
the black grouse saved me forty days
ON my Journey and the discomfort Of
etape prison travel When crossing
Lake Ladoga fell in with some Of my
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The other coat wrap is Of dark blue
cloth, and Is made very simply, but with
the utmost neatness and tailor finish II
las three pockets. two below the waist
line and one on the left breast for watch
and handkcfchicf In the matter OF
pockets women how are making bold
strike for independence, and some OF
them have as many as seven in different
parts OF their attire. The mly difficulty
is 10 find them and their contents when
you want thcm
Almost all undorearmcnts now are
made with yokcs which leave an fullnes
20 fall from four on five inches below tho
hips, and many ladies wear the III rided
skirt beneath the dress, which gives
great freedom Of movement with Oh,
lightest weisht, and now it will be still.
more popular on account of It's warmth
Almost all actresses wear the divided
skirt, and how very gracefully they make
the dress hang can be easily seen.
There has been added to the already
long lift Of women's wear new texture
which has all the wearing qualities OF
serge and the beauty Of Nicuna cloth.
and it will be = grea. fayorite on account
OF the exqui.itely soft yet rich surface.
OLIVE HARPER.