The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-16

rarely begins it. Shops open about half
| past nine or ten o'clock and invariably close
ut sunset. The lights used in the homes of
| the people are still of the most primitive
character, candles and olive oil meeting all
| the requirements.
At the convent we were Hospitality enter
tanned and our comfort promoted in every
possible way, and that night we rested sur
rounded by comparative luxury.
While exceedingly interesting in connec-
ton with the many Biblical associations
that cluster around it, Nazareth in itself
has nothing of any account TO recommend
1t or render 1t desirable for a protracted
stay. The Russian convert at which we
passed the night was scrupulously c.ean,
which materially helped us to relish the
| breakfast that we found temptiDgly spread
| before US on entering the dining-room
After breakfast we called for the bill and
| foundr it to contain chages that would
bankrupt the hotel fraternity throughout
| our country long before the Columbus ex-
| hlbltion project assumed tangible form.
| Among other items we found so cents
charged for lodging, cents for toast and
| tea and 10 cents for lodging of the servants.
1t is needless to adj that we paid the bill
without a protest.
THE FIRST CABLEGRAM.
| On our way out we called at the telegraph
| Office and sent the first cablegram ever
| transmitted from there to America. The
| operator was obliged to telegraph to Beyrout
| for instructions as to charges. After quite
| a journey between hugh hedges of mann
moth cactus plants, the barb-wire fence of
natures own manufacture, over hills rep
reselting the refuse of centuries, amid the
| barking and bowling of innumerable dogs,
which by MOhamn edans are considered
sacred animals, we reached Cana of Galilee
where Christ once graced with his presence
/ marriage feast the occasion of his first
miracle. Dismounting in front of neat
little chapel which tradition says covers the
exact site of the interesting e7elt, we
awaited the coming of the patriarch who
admitted US, and exhibited several large
| water jarS about two and a half
feet high and capable of hold
| ing about twelve gallons each. These
| he claimed to be thu Identical jars that
q, once contained the product of the miracle,
| a statement which we received cUnlgrGnO
| Sails About mid way between Nazareth
and Lake Galilea we halted long enough to
rest the horses, and while 50 doing, large
| caravan of camels passed us, which sug
| gested to one Of the men a conuudrum
| quite common among the natives which is
of interest as Indicative of the estimate
in which tee present administration is held
| by them: why is the Turkish govern
| ment like q train of camals?n We promptly
| gave it up, when we received the gra ify
ing information: because it is led by a
donkey to all of which most respectfully
| subscribe.
| 1t was late in the afternoon when we en-
| tered Tiberias, close to which we were TO
| encamp on the Sabbath. Tlberias is largely
| inhabited by Israeiites, and nearly all OF the
shops were Theoretically SEALED, while the
streets were thronged with a motley crowd
dressed in ell the coors of the rainbow, and
apparently engaged in exchanging visits
and making the most of their day of rest.
1t is beyond doubt the filthle5t city we ever
saw, and profoundly grateful were we when,
after passing through it, we learned that
return to it was optional, but not necessary.
Although once the winter reso Of ROYALTY,
to-day 1T Is the ceSspo)I of all Pales-
tine. Nearly the entire non-natiye popula-
tiol was down with the fever including
all the physicians connected with t1e En-
gllSh church mission. We e1camped about
half a mile away from the town right on
the banks of the Galilee, from the sweet,
crystal water of which we imbibe1 freely
that evening, statement that will find a
more just appreciation when it is remem-
bered that of all the dscomforts of travel
in Palestine the greatest is the lack of fresh,
pure and palatable drinking water, from
the want of which we frequently had to
endure the most intensely parching thirst.
But here at last was an abundant supply OF
the cool, precious lqnid, the mere sight of
which seemed to refresh our verv souls
We fairly ached for it, and when at last
jug full was secured, we drank and drank
again and again, practically realizing for
while at least the experience contained in
the line.
'Idrink and yet am ever dry"
But even the poor fellow that first sang
that must have got his fill at some time,
and so did We Our JOY, however, lasted
Tut for while, and little while at that.
There is lots of water there still, and who
! soever will may partake of it freely, but
we must really decline. Horrors upon hor-
rors The mere thought of it compels NE
to clench my teeth lest a catastrophe over
take me. Those Russian pilgrims-men
and women Unfortunately in
| the very water from which we drank.
Phew! The hot sulphur baths in which in
valids seek health and publication empty
| ing iuto the same stream. Aye, and still
more The bodies of the dead taken down
to the banks and there washed in the floods
Of the lake out of which every true Israel
| tie hereabouts faithfully believes the true
| Shiloh shall vet arise. Oh! Call e-surely
even Dr. Talmage would modify his views
on prohibition were he Galllean.
SAIL ON THE LAKE.
For the following morning the doctor
had arranged a sail on the lake as far as
Capernaum, for which we secured one of
the two boats that now constitute what
shipping facilities Galiee can boast of,
though once the sails of 1000 ships enliv-
ened its waters. 1t was an ordinary row
boat with rudely constructed sails. which
latter seemed quite superfluous, as its pro-
| polling power were six oars manned by as
many Arabs. We got off swimmingly and
keenly enjoyed the sail for a whlle, but
suddenly the sky was overloaded and rain
began to fall-the first we had experienced
since we left New York, and in less time than
it takes to pen these lines white caps ap-
pea ed, a heavy under current became man
ifestly plain and the boat began to toss to
and fro at an alarming rate Most Of the
party were painfully sick and orders
were given to land with the utmost speed.
But this the oarstnen found impo siOle. We
got as near to the land as was considered
safe and waited tor a tidal wave TO carry
MS over some of the rocks between which
we could not pass, but tidal waves did not
move in that direction just then, and Fl 1ally
three of the men, divesting themselves of
their outer garments, jumped into the shal-
| low water and held the boat from being
dashed to pieces. Soon the rest of the crew
followed and one by one the party was car
ried ashore. The excitement did not last
long. but it afforded another page OF Cali
lean experience that will not soon be for