Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-22

been inspected ana our baggage thoroughly
overhauled by the revenue officers, who
collected per cent duty on all purchases
m ade in their own country, we entered
rowboat and were taken over to the Pandora
for seven days trip on the blue Mediter-
ranean. Our first stop was at the island of
Cyprus, where Larnica, an interesting city
of nearly twenty thousand inhabitants, was
the inducement to disembark. The Greek
church. which claims the tomb OF Lazarus
as one Of its attractions, was visited first.
Here. it is said, Lazarus was buried after
dying the second time, but the claim rests
solely on unsupported tradition. At Lima
sci, where We did not disembark,
we enjoyed the pleasure Of receive
ing on board q Greclan bride and
groom who, during the balance Of the trip,
treated Us to Moody and Sankey's hymns
sung in modern Greek. Between .Limasol
and Smyrna, the next stopping place, lay
Rhodes and Patmos (this is the island on
which st. John wrote the Book of Revela-
tion) and Samos. Every moment of the time
not necessarily required for refreshment and
sleep was spent on deck, and with DR.. Tall
mage as q commentator, the islands and hills
of the prospects opening before us were re-
populated as of old and their glorious his
tory re-enacted. The weather was simply
grand and the scenery enchanting. Fre-
bows took their start and rose in graceful
curves along the sky, further ornamenting
and beautifying what nature had already
rendered bewilderingly glorious.
A SPECIAL TRAIN TO To.EPHEsUs.
We reached Smyrna about in the morn
ing-iust too late to catch the train to
Ephesus. But such trife as this did not
at all discourage us from making good our
80 of vie oif fu ~ nah
Importance in Scripture. We chartered a
special train and telegraphed in advance for
horses and lunch. At $50 our train
started, rushing along with all the noise
and confusion of lightning express and
the speed of an ordinary American freight
train. We arrived at Ephesus, q distance
of 4S miles, at 1:20.
A visit to Ephesus pays. The old Roman
aqueduct, with its innumerable stork nests,
is the first object of antiquity that one sees
in the city. Alter that there is no end OF at
fractions. Even the very hedges TEEN with
broken statuary and choice specimens of
sculpture, which are used as common stones.
The gigantic ruins of the Temple OF Diana
are imposing in the magnifcenee of their
proportions, and their magnitude we found
to exceed all that we had seen elsewhere. In
comparison with them the Parthenon of
Athens is as village TO a city. Two hun
dred and twenty years were spent in build
ing the structure, and no known edifice has
ever equaled it in dimensions or grandeur.
Beautiful specimens of the sculptor's art
abound in the ruins. The ruins of the
theater, which was once the scene of the
great uproar recorded in Acts xix, enable
one to form pretty definite idea Of what the
building must have been at the time when
it had capacity for over 50, 900 visitors; and
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commodations for no less than 70, 900 specta-
tors. It still exhibits the terraces which
were cut in the rock for the convenience of
its frequenters. But ] must not linger
longer amid the ruins.
THE SCENES OF SMYRNA.
After an excellent lunch, of which various
delicious preparations of rice formed the
principal part, we again boarded the train
and returned to Smyrna, where the glad
news awaited us that the Pandora would not
resume her trip until midnight. This
afforded US the welcome opportunity of
viewing the city. We found Smyrna de-
clean and attractive place. DR..
Talmage visited an every day mission,
where he charmed the auditors with his |
matchless eloquence.
The next morning found us at Mytilene,
where the American Consul received US
cordially and insisted on showing us around. !
He presented US to Constantine Valiadis, |
the Greek Archbishop, and b Fahri Bey, |
the Turkish Governor. The former of those |
dignitaries conYersed with us in German |
and insisted on our partaking of Turkish |
Delight, the most popular because the most /
delicious of sweets, recommending it as a |
sure cure for dyspepsia, with which he had |
heard the American nation particularly was |
afflicted. The Governor, who was fairly |
covered with diamonds and other precious |
stones, spoke perfect English. He invited |
us to inspect the Turkish fortress at Mvti- |
lene. Before we lett he sent one of his |
servants out into his garden to pick the |
choicest oranges, which included, as mat |
ter of course, the delicious mandarin variety, |
for our refreshment.
At all these places we had recently visited, |
Paul had stopped. In Ephesus for three
years he ceased not to warn everyone night |
and day with tears" From Mytilene he |
sailed to Samos, and thus pursued his /
journey to the end. How full of interest |
these places were to DR.. Talmage only he |
himself could tell.
OF our subsequent travels in Europe |
there is no necessity that should write, |
the cablegrsms published In the newspapers
having kept the public fully informed re-
garding them. therefore end here the re-
cital OF my experiences as his travelling com
panion with DR.. Talmage on his recent tour
abroad. LOUIS KLoPsCH.