The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-28

Dir. and Mrs. 7. T. Fishbrroe re-
turned to Roanoke Thursday night after
a three months sojourn. in the Holy
Land.
A'TIMEs reporter called on MIR. FISH
burne at his residence, on Patterson
avenue, last night and asked him how
he enjoyed his trip abroad. Mr.. Fish
burne was very enthusiastic when speak
ing of it. He stated that after eleven
days out from New York they landed
at Antwerp and from there went to
Brussels, from Brussels to Paris. from
Paris to Marseilles and from there they
crossed the Mediterranean sea to Port
Said and from the latter named town
to Alexandria.
Tho trip from Port Said to Alexandria
was made by water, and he stated that
the two days VOYAGE was the toughest
ne mad ever experienced. Leaving
AleXandri0 they went to Jerusalem and
bethlehem and then back TO Port Said,
from which place they went bySrail to
Cairo and then to Athens by water. and
from there to Naples and, Rome. On
their rounds Venice, Jericho, Lucerne
and many other Biblical cities were. Wis
tied.
Mr.. Fishburne, with party of eight
other gentienen, made the tour of Pales-
tine, none of the ladies of the party ae-
companYing them. Beggars, he stated,
thronged the streets of tho different
cities Of that country by the hundreds,
and would go wild when given as much
rs five cents of American money. He
soon learned that two cents was COZ
sidered large gift. Outside the walls
OF the cities OF Judea and Galilee beg
ging lepors with their hands and por-
lions OF their taoes eaten away were en-
countered in large numbers.
The Egyptian iugglers were beyond
his comprehension. He had seen them
take large live chickens out of their
sleeves and put lives snakes in their
mouths and take them out of their ears.
MT. Fishburne and two others also made
journey through tho Wilderness to the
shores of tho Dead sea and bathed in it's
waters. This bath nearly cost tho life
OF one of tho party, o Presbyterian min
lister. Thoy had been compelled to
carry supply Of fresh waite along and
had used the whole quantity, except a
| few,cupsfull.
In bathing a substance chung to their
flesh which closed tne pores and caused
an intense thirst. They had to ride
seven miles before they could, get
another supply, aud when they did their
tongues were swollen to twice their
natural slzes. The minister suffered
the most and at times MIR. Eishburne
ana hls'other comrade thought he would
die.
Another experience THAI befell the
party caused considerable CONSERVATION
fora time. One of the ladies pushed
tho bandaga or. the foreheadi Of u sheik
for the purpose of betLer seeing the
DOVER a rounded metal piece OF coin
hung on the Sheik's forehead. The men,
atty for touchiag one OF these people is
death. and. in this case. was. only pre-
vented owing TO the fact that tho sheiks
knew the thirty people in tho party
were we'll armed
In every country the government fur
nished the tourists with armed guards.
MIR. fishburnes said that these soldiers
and the inhabitants in general would
steal anything they possibly could.
The tomb of Christ, the ~ ramids and
other points of interest were visited, as
was also. Pompeii. Here they SEW bread,
eggs and honey over Two thousand wears
old, and the body of a man as well pre-;
served AS If he had just died yesterday.
Tho man was in the act OF taking his
lava and ashes covered him.
DR.. Crundon, OF England, who has
spent over twenty years in the Holy
Land, MIR. Eishburne said, told him
positively that the destruction of
Pompeii was not caused by an eruption
OF Mt. Vesuvius, as is generally sup
posed, but by Mt. Sonnias which stands
near by.
Switzerland was visited, but tho party
did not renain long there as tho SHOWS
were so bad. The Rocky Mountains of
TINS country, MIR. Fishburne said, could
aos com pare to the mountains OF Switzer-
land
Mr.. Fishburno brought hack many.
relics, among them an Egg psian coin over
$500 years old. In the three months he
was absent he lost twenty-five pounds in
weight, This was caused by poor food
which he was compelled to eat when
not camping out.
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