The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-17

bodies in Italy, the former in Venice, the
latter at Padua. ST. Paups remains are
also believed to be in Italy.
An enumeration of the principal sights
or localities which, for time immemorial,
have drawn here the wandering footsteps
of pilgrims of every race and cline, will
meet the desire Of the writer and yet not
burden your columns with the tiresome
iteration of mere legend, superstition or
story. After the holy sepulchre is the
stone of JUNCTION, where the body Of our
Lord was laid for anoin ting when taken
from the cross; the chapel of apparition,
from the fourteenth century legend that
here our Lord appeared TO Mary after his
resurrection, the rent in the rock, the
tomb of Melchizedek, the site Of Solomon's
temple, the tombs of David, Absolom, and
of the sons of Aaron; the spot where
King Solomon was found dead, the So
called house of PLATE, the spot where the
cross was found; the Via Dolososa, that
mournfuI way along which he bore the
cross until relieved of it by one Simon, a
Cyrenian. These, aud many places OF
lesser interest lie within the city. Out
side the walls are the Mount of Olives, of
Zion. Calvary, the Garden of Gethsemane.
the Field of Blood, where Judas betrayed
his master, the Pool of Sloan, Tomb of
the Virgin, Tombs of the Judges, the Pools
OF Solomon, etc.
THINGS CURIOUS.
A fragment of wall of the temple re-
mains and is known as the wailing place of
the Jews. 1t is composed of enormous
blocks Of marble, Is feet long and or 4
feet deep, with a rough, paneled surfsce,
and smooth, beveled edge; five or six
courses of this masonry at the bottom bear
smaller stones higher up; some of the low er
ones may have been disturbed by various
s:eges or the earthquake which followed
the crucitixion, but many remain as they
were first lad To this spot comes a
strange congregation every Friday afterz
noon, from whence they go to their syna-
gogues. Old men IN dingy caps, long,
greasy, black raiment falling to the feet, d
grizzly curl hanging in front of either ear,
otherwise the hair rather short, ashen fea-
lures. whether young or old, CHASTITY IN
their palIor. their long, bony fingers clutch
ing at the wall and wailing out lamentation
after lamentation:
We beseech thee, have mercy on zion
And gather together the children OF Jerusalem.
Let Zion find again Der kings.
We sit alone and weep
Because of the tempe which is destroyed.
Because of our priests who have erred and gone
astray,
Because OF our kings who have condemned God
we sit alone and>weep.
Moss clusters thick in every crevice of
the heavy wall, the large lace5 of poison
Gus vine rambied ia and out among the
stones, lank weeds grow out of the
assures near the top and, dropping far
downward, wave YEARLY to and fro
above the almost inanimate objects hud-
died in the mire below. And on the day of
the writer's visit the desoation Of the
scene was lot lessened in any degree by a
, slight rain that was failing, or the titiul,
sullen sobbing of the wind, which now and
then drove it into the face of the few
passers-by.
THE MONEY CHANGERS.
That day preparations were made for q
horseback journey TO the Valley OF the
Jordan, the Dead sea or Sea of Lot Sea of
the Plain, as it is variously called here
The drag0man was sent to procure saddle
horses ano the services Of q mounted
Arab guard as the shores and neigh
borhood OF the Dead sea are a
favorable haunt Of marauding Bedouins.
Wishing toprocurcia supply Of small change
for the journey | went to the money
changers IN the street of David and, quite
content to pay the reasonable percentage
asked. sought to get all good money in ex-
change, but after repeated trials gave itup
in despair. They insisted that few coun-
terfeits or short-weight coins must go with