Telegram-herald., 1889-09-07
TaE CITY OF JERUSALEM.


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can make TIE circuit 4 Us walls IA al hour.
IEzE a GRKAT HoSEYco1B.
sf,tiag a. I an, apon tie site q King
David palace. ! sse the whole citv spread
cut tslo~ IA Whist a curious city is IA
Ia my tour u the world I have found no
placs 50 fuu u strange sights, 0f picturesque
characters, AID 50 dirsron. In every particu-
lar from every other part OF the world.
Asts from its wonderfully interesting his
torical associations, jerusalem today IS q eity
of icself Forty thousand psopis are packed
within - narrow walls, and u looks more
Ike great hoeeycomb than city.
The houses are piled one UPON another in
al sorts os Irregularities, and II you would
taks half section q land and scatter over
tho ~hOIs great piles Il gigantic store boxes
tust as you nnd thsEn back OF a large store,
you might got sone idea q Jerusalem as IL
looks 70 LIS from MouHt Zion These houses
have no chimneys, and their stone roofs are
Ia every case alIaost dat. Many OF them
have little beehive dom-s iuttiag out Il their
center, and II the town were Oh 4 level these
don-z would look like the nay cocks OF d
great meadow 1t time Of harvest Yellow
lnestons Is the material Of Jerusalem. The
wood used IN tho buihding OF the whole city
wOuI not lat al American family winter
and the roofs, walls and foors Of these thou
sands of houses ars OF cold, yellowish white
limestcns Even in toe bishops mansion
which is one OF the finest in the city, get
out Of my t-ed On 70 stone floor, and wali
20 my breakfast through stone halls, dowr
stone steps.
There are no wells Ia this city Of Jerusalem
Al OF the water comes down il rain, and tn.
trees and gardens Of the town can be NUN
bered on your fingers The hills about IN,
ci.y are slmost as barren as those Of New
England, and the only foliage visible is IN,
dark silvcry green of the olive orchards OF
the AOuas Of Olives and along the hills be
tween Jafya and Bethlehem. The only greer
70 Be seen is an acre or so OK common insid
the walls Of the temple plateau, and here ant
there a housecop which by age has gatheres
coating OF dirt from the dust OF the cit,
and on which the green grass has sprouted
Hero and there you SEQ ruined chears whicl
are too dangerous 70 be inhabited by the bee
OF thls human hive and on these the moss ct,
grass grow. There Is one green bushy tire
ut the base Of Mount Calvary, and a solitar,
palm looss out over the city beside the busi
ness street named after King David. IL
not an attractive looking town, and its glar
ing cream white makes sore the eyes unde
the rays OF this tropical sun.
THROUGH IRE GATE.
The walls Of Jerusalem ars clean and wei
cut, and they have not the dilapidated condi
tion Of those Of the cities OF China. They AT
entered by gates which are closed at nigh,
and at each OF these gates Mahometan soldier
stand and exact tax or al Of the produc
which CONES into the city. The main bus
nsss gate Is that which leads out behind tn
I Tower OF David towards JafTa. through whic
thu Bethlehem gtrls bring their vegetable
each morning to SAL and through which sl
ot the imports which como By SEA are brough
in. This gats lies at my feet and | can 50
the curious throng which passes through
day in and day out. There are donkeys an
Ca-nels with great loads on their back:
Ther. are pilgrims by tho thousands and a.
I II the various characters which make up thi
curious people
I Nearly ell Cf tho business and manufactur
inc establishments o, Jerusalem are OF tai
I cave ike character There is a nest in tn
city known as ths bazars and this Is made u
os long streets va1ltei over. with these cave
opening cut from the walls on both sides sns
with every sort ot work going on IN them.
The upper city or tho town Of today isinad
NJ. as have said. OF a series Of stone boxe
piled one cn TIE top Of the other Each grea
stone box Il dwelling. and these dwelling
I are - curious as the vault like stores Fev
- them have any windows and most of th
rooms Ara of the same cave like character.
The town IS as compact today as il ~
when David thrumred upon bis harp and tn
tribes not ouly II Palestine but Of all IN
world came hers 20 worship There ,re mag
nLtocnt m0naStoriss scattered throughout tn
city. and On the very t0p Of the Mount o
Olives great Russian church Hlss its bulb
ous dornss towards heaven. In he Garde
of Grsthsernans, where Chris. spent the nigh
before be was crucided, there IL a restin
place for pilgrims. and the Roman Catholic
have 100 Brothers and Si<sers In tEeir mon
ssteriss and converts, w,lils ths old Arms
man caurch has big monastery pear the gst
~ Zion. ~hick oantai8s $50 monks and whic
eaa accommodate 1000 pilgrims Frank @
Carpenter.