Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-22
Some Modern Catches
Resembling Them.
is eALLlLgE slNKiNaP
Interesting Visit to Spots Made
Memorable by Miracles Told
Of in the Bible.



curacy. that the depression OF the
Dead Sea, also known as the sea OF
Lot and In the Scriptures as the SAY
Sea, Is over 1900 feet below the lever
of the Mediterranean, while that OF
Lake Gennesaret Is 500 feet lower than
the ocean. 1t was in Lake Gennes-
aret, or the Sea Of Galilee, that the
Apostles fished, and the place Is as
ISOLATED with many memorable events
in the life OF Christ
The measurements were made TWEEN
ty years ago lIage Gennesarct Is
| connected with the Dead Sea by the
| historic river Jordan, flowing from
north to south. The region Is semi
volcanic. and engineers and scientists
| from recent observations are satisfied
| that the bed OF the Jordan liz gradu-
! ally singing. a World correspondent
| who has vitited the shores OF Lake
| Gennesaret and talked with the inhab-
| itants of the neighborlng towns and
villages writes that the lake is continu-
/ ally failing towards the bottom, whhe
/ the water is becoming denser year AT
| ter year. The salt strata in Its neigh
| borhood are growing constantly. and
sulphur springs are becoming frequent
| ON the plains surrounding II.
In the north and east OF the lake the
| tops of palm trees. some alive, but
| most Of them dead and barren rise
above the water from twenty to forty
have taken root In the water is Inn
possible, and the suppositlon Is that
| originally they stood on little Islands
that We're submerged with the sinking
OF the lakes bottom.
The catastrophe which resulted In
the destruction OF the cities OF Sodom
| and Gomorrah which were located
near the shore Of the Dead Sen Is com
| puted to have occurred about 1900 years
before Christ The Dead Sea has ever
puzzled scientists. and It's remarkable
features have never ben explained.
Its depression below the level Of the
| Mediterranean is the deepest OF all
| known bodies OF water The bottom
! OF Lake Gennesaret Is on much
| higher level at present, but II II con-
tlnues 10 sink as II has done In the
last twenty years, repetition OF the
events Of $500 years ago Is not I'M
probable. As the world has not been
treated TO n spectacle of terrestrial eNo-
lutions on grand scale within hun
dreds OF years, the creation OF sec
ond Dead Sea within the compass or
ordinary travel would surely attract
the attention Of all civilized nations
and, at tho same time, help to solve
many problems Of scientific nature.
II has ben said by typographical his
turlans Of the Holy Land that the wa
ter uf Lake Gennesaret was az clear
as crystal, sweet and wholesome. The
I
Of II, but found 1t putrd and nauseat-
ing. II left a salty taste In the mouth.
The fishermen who ply their trade on
the lake as In Biblical days SAID tie
water was always unfit for drinking
purposes and declared that 1t grew
more and more foul every year.
This would indicate that the sur
misses as to the change of conditions
I'm the lake are correct. The water OF
the Dead Sea, as H. wei known, Is en-
trcly unit Tor use by man, The
stencil arising from It creates pes
tilentinl atmosphere for many miles
around Approach to the lake In SUM
mer is impossible and the natives say
that about this time OF the year the
water to a foot below the surface, &c.
qulres a temperature OF 30 degrees, and
holds It even at night.
There s however, one false I'M
preston 90 be corrected; the Dead Sea
Is not dead as to animal life. Hawks,
cartridges. frogs and pigeons are nu-
merous upon its shores, and all sorts
Of crawling insects abound there, The
sluggish waters are covered with ducks
lin fact. the fauna are the same as
those lnhabting the shores OF Lake
Gennesaret, except that all LIVING
things about the Dead Sea are slate
colored, while those enlivening the
shores and the surface of Lake Gen
nesaret wear their natural plumage
and scaley dress.
Lake Gennesaret, also called the Sea
of Liberals or Sea OF Gnlllee, is sltuat-
ed Gl miles north of the Dead Sea. It's
extreme length IL 10 miles, Its great
est width "a miles. The water IS
! very deep, even at the shores In some
spots It's depth is 1850 feet in Others
$50 and more. The correspondent
wrts that palms, papyrus plants and
: oleanders flourish near the shoresTh
stones at the edge OF the water are
literally covered with turtles, some OF
: which grow over a foot and hall
long. Ducks are plentiful, and tht
pelican Is found in large numbers. Bis
Holsters are also Ia evidence. The In
habltants OF the many ruined cities
/ now mere villages on the western
! shore. filled with mud huts and how
! els. notably Liberals, Capcrnuum ant
Magdala-subsist almost entirely upoT
the lake products, just as the Apostles
did. 1t was at Capernaum that Shrlsl
| llved-it was his own clty'-and
, there It was that he taught the mul'
titudes and performed many miracles
But the correspondent met not mar
who with Simon would say, we nave
= toiled all the night and taken moth
/ in" duke " b. on me eohtrafy' ny
lake seems TO be OVERLOOKING with fish
and many that come I'LL their ship
with them al the expense OF little Ia
Dor. $50 that they begin to SINK
duke V. y.
The place is stiil pointed out .wher'
The Lord stood by the Lake OF Gen
nesaret and saw two ships standlni
nv the lake; but the fishermen wer'
! gone out Of them, and were washint
, their nets"
and" says Luke, he entered Int
one OF the ships which was simon'i
and prayed him that he thrust out
: little from the land. And he sat dowI
: and taught the people out OF the ship
/, Verse four. In the NTH chapter o.
4 Luke continues. NOW when he hat
0 left speaking, he said unto simon
I Launch out into the deep and le
0 down your nets for a draught. Tn
! sort OF nets employed by simon Pc
Ter. James and John previous 70 M
! lime when they forsook AL ana FOL
r lowed him 10 catch men heneeforth'
\ Il still in use at Lake Gennesaret
There are nets spread upon the wa
e ters," usaiah. xix. 81. but there are als'
1 ashermen that cast angles into IN
5 When speaking TO one OF the ma
lives on the economical aspect OF th'
, country, he drew the correspondent
attention TO Mark T. 20-"and they lei
their father Zebedee In the snip VIII
! the hired servants, etc" our fore
, fathers were better TO do than W.
8 are said the old man. "None OF VI
: can afford TO keep servants,