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

the rest. This uncircumcised dog of
Christian declined standing 20 per cent.
discount on English sovereigns in exchange
for money" that if it had any stated face
value, was liable TO change il in thirty days
without notice, for such is the imperial
ottoman currency in the confines of Pales-
tine. Verify the money changers in the
City of David have not altered much since
they were driven from the temple. In the
writer's opinion they should have been
from the city as we'll Ii his copy of the
Revised Edition can be credited the chosen
people were instructed TO waste the Egypt
ians, not the Americans.
HORRORS OF LEPRosY.
Passing out of the Jaffa gate early next
morning on the way to the rendezvous of
the horses, l went by the lepers' quarter.
A more awful spectacle than is presented
by these poor creatures cannot be con-
ceived; they are not permitted to enter
the city, are cut off from association with
the outside world. They are literally fall
ing to pieces with disease, limb after limb
becoming shapeless or altogether lost.
Some of the faces of these poor people are
knotted so as to resemble punches of
grapes; in some the features are scarcely
disceruible. The disease generally at
tacks she throat and causes them to make
the peculiar sound which has a heart
rending sadness. Unhappily, these poor
creatures intrude their misfortunes
who is often sorely tried at witnessing the
distorted faces and wasting lines, and to
hear their plaintive cry. horrible, husky
wall that's peculiar to them. They dwell
apart and marry only amongst themselves.
Their childaen, until the age of ten or
eleven, are as pleasing in appearance as
other children, but after that age the
deadly faint exhibits itself, and they, too
dwell apart, and so W Ill they come and 60
till
The pilot of Gallilee seen on the strand.
Stretches, over the waters welcoming hand
Till no longer needing the seas bafied roar.
The mariner turns to his rest evermore.
This day, on turning corner came
suddenly upon nine OF them, mostly
women, and was warned off by buy
stauding by. Two of the niue who still had
an arm apiece crawlei forward, gathered
stones and drove the boy away, while he,
seemingly not caring much, but yet going
off. still sent back bis warning cry, BE
careful, On, Effendi, they are lepers.n
HORSEBACK RIDE TO THE DEAD SEA.
Mounting our horses we set out for the
Dead sea. My dragomaD had provided
himself with an Arab saddle, large, easy,
comfortable arrangement, little after the
Sonora or COWBOY pattern. Your CORES
pendent. whom he supposed required some
thing more stylish, was furnished with the
wretched little pancake abortion affected
by English dudes and manufactured ex-
pressly by ''purvsyors to the queen" After
an hours ride the horse became vicious
and the saddle too, so the dragoman was
ordered 10 change with me. He rode
in an English saddle the next three
days, but has probably not done so since.
That night we camped at modern
Jericho, three miles below the ruins OF tue
ancient city destroyed by Joshua who
placed curse upon anyone attempting to
rebuild it. BY daylight next morning a
start was made for the Dead ses and by 10
a. M was bathing in its bright and spark
ling waters, wondering vaguely how
far beneath lay the silent streets
of Sodom and Gomorrah those
Two cities Of the plain from which tho
angel of the Lord drove Lot and his family.
The waters of the sea are clear and trans
parent, but leave a sticky feeling on the
skin, nothing else. Dressing again |
mounted and started for the JORDAN, re-
Numbering Lots wife and not looking
! back ! found the banks OF the river
Edifficult OF approach, the stream
itself turgid yellow, full of
swift currents, caving banks, treacherous