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

of if,leSsness and dirt that characterize
| everything possessed by the natives. We
lunched at the home of one of these Ger
man pioneers, who was very outspoken in
his disgust of the Turkish government.
| They had purchased and paid for large
tract of land. and now the sultan refu ed
to issue firmau permitting them to build
| An appeal to Berlin had, however, resulted
i'll encouraging news from the iron chan
cellor that led them to believe that soon the
! sultan would be persuaded ID grant what
by right they were entitled to. So uncom-
/ promisingly intolerant are the Turks of
foreign immigration, or even travellers and
! tourists, that they hate the very sight of
the hotel keepers who afford them enter
| talnment.
LOST IN A FOG.
Leaving the German to fight his own
battles we pressed on, as it had been so ar
ranged that on the morrow we were to
pass out of Palestine and INTO Syria, and
unless six more hours were spent in the
saddle we could not rush ahead far enough
to render this practicable. On our way we
visited an old khan Gnn) built in the time
| OF the Roman occupation and still in use
| here the caravans from Damascus to
Jerusalem and vice versa are prone to halt
| for rest, and so on this occasion we found
the inner court filed with camels, burdened
and otherwise, and -visaged, fiery
ApOhAAAiS1 ii4CA AAlCtA W bIlb very JbeIU. In
the rooms on the lower floor, which were
simply holes in the wall that surrounded
| the court and without windows or doors,
| Velled women were preparing the evening
meal over little wood fires started on
the ground in the most primitive style inn
| aglnaole. Each apartment was filed with
| smoke, there being neither stoves nor Chin
neys, and no civilized human being could
breathe its air and live, yet these women ap-
| parently suffered no inconvenience what
! ever. The men looked so vicious that we
felt quite afraid, being but little company
and comparatively unarmed, and more
! grateful were we than we cared to admit to
each otner when we got out and away from
/ that place. And yet one more experience
that day was destined to cause us no little
unea'iaess. We had jointly agreed to cover
q larger territory than usual, and to
travel later than ordinarily, aud were
| now on the mountain range tbat divides
Palestine from Syria. The afternoon was
| quite clear though the morning had been
| shower. When on the mountain top a
| fog egan to settle and within ten minutes
it became SO dense that the riders could not
| see their horses heads. We journeyed in
silence, while the darkness increased per-
| cepOlDly uomentarllv, wondering when
| and where we were to encamp for the
nlght. Presently our dragoman called a
| halt and halload, evidently expecting
d Ae9Pohse, puD houe came. TIC tnen con-
fessed that he had lost his way, and had
| hoped that some one at the encampment
! would near his cry, ana answer. Our feel
! lngs can better be Imagined than described.
| Away from habitationS of any kind, in a
! dense wet fog, without shelter or food, night
! fast approaching, and in imminent danger
OF accident from misstep apd precipica. But
| happily our anxiety lasted but q little while,
| Tor, naltlnS again after n slow, cautious ride
| of ten minutes or so, we repeated the call,
| and the welcome response away off was
distinctly heard by all
Early the next morning while looking
from the bill over the valley Of Meron,
where Joshua successfully fought the
twenty kings, we held a family council as
to what should be done. That day was to
be our last in Palestine, for before noon
Dan, the extreme northwest point, would be
passed. and CaSarea Phiiippi was sig
mated as our lunching place. The question
proposed was, shall we cross over t. Bsy-
Tout, as originally planned in our itinerary,
or cross Mount HermOn and go over into
Damascus and from thence follow
Mediterranean? Naturally it was a
complimentary council, as with Dr.
Ialmage alone rested the final disposition of
the matter. But happily for the peace and
harmony or tie encampmeut we all agreed
that the proposed new addition would be a
! most interesting one. and especially calcu-
lated to prove fitting wind-up of one of
| the most glorious, agreeable and succ sssful
tours ever made through Palestine and
Syria, and hence, with a unanimous vote, It
was decided to prolong the tour, and in
structions were promptly cabled to the
steamship company, informing them of the
| adjournment of the day of sailing for
Home, sweet home"
THE LAST DAY IN PALESTINE.
Frightened and cheered and full of en-
thusiasm we entered upon tho last dsy in
Palestine, yet our experience had been such
an agreeable one that we would gladly have
fingered longer had DR.. Talmage been able
to find any more material for his Life of
Christ, but he claimed to possess all that he
could utilize aud now was anxious to visit
the places Of Paul's triumphs and trials.
The sun shone grandly as we started off
and but very few clouds recalled the heavy
log That caused us SO much uneasiness the
night before. Dr. Talmage felt, he said.
las though he could take the whole trip
over again." Nearing Mount Hermon, the
tops or which were capped with snow
| white clouds, he pointed up to
the beautiful sight and said "that
while the sun was doing its very
best there were just enough clouds left to
make every hill Mountain of Transfgura-
ton" Within short time afterward we
reach Dan, at which the Jordan takes its
start Here over an hour was spent in Sc
lecting a stone suitable for the baptismal
font of the new Brooklyn Tabernacle,
which, when filed with its Jordan water. Of
which DR.. Talmage laid in an abundant
supply, will make very interesting re-
minder of the most pleasant trip of all his
| life. Bidding farewell to the old Jordan
we pushed on. and soon learned that the
! lunch place and the extreme limit of Pales-
tine were at hand, by hearing our drago-
man exciam:
NOW the end is drawing nigh
Csesarea Philippi."
And SO it was. We encamped for an
hour visited the town, read the Biblical
references TO it, and passed on, grateful that
throughout our trip through the holy
land no accident or evil had befallen
US, but that in place of all thes
rain, robbery, and ruin that evil, though
well-intentioneti prophets had predicted,
there was nothing but pleasure, sunshine,
profit and success. LOUIS KLoPsCH.
A Pretty Calendar.