The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

cu Will tHo lntOierdDlc neat sitting on
the ground to get our breath and rest
for few minutes; then we would rise
and advance short distance, only to
stop In q few moments from sheer ex-
haustion. Once one of the men lay on
the ground perfectly Frustrated and de-
clared that he would rather die than go
another step further. Finally about IL
o'clock we reached plateau, crowned
by field OF tobacco, where we found
several women working. At any other
time the sight of this cultivated field
and laboring women would have struck
US as strange, but In our condition Of
exhaustion and weakness, worn out
with fatigue and suffering from an in
toierable thirst and the effects of kill
Ing heat, we could only cry out:
Nero! Nero Water! Water!"
We have no water" replied these
good women, but you will find spring
below at the Monasti."
And they pointed to a group of trees
distant about ten minutes from where
we were standing, toward which we
hastened as fast as our enfeebled con-
dition would permit What was our
surprise upon approaching the fountain
to find but a few feet away, hidden by
exchanging trees, what appeared to be
the ruins Of an old house.
FINDING OF THE RUINS.
simultaneously the thought came to
the intrepid party of explorers-the
field they had just crossed-the old ruin
the name Capouli (the Vir-
gins Doorway-those rocks on the sum-
mit-that mountain in the background
the sea spread before them! Had they
fallen unaWares upon the very house
they were seeking?
Their emotion was very great Quicki
They must have proofsi Catherine En-
merich had said that from the sum-
nit of the mountain which Swallowed
the house Ephesus could be seen on one
side and on the other the sea, the
sea being nearer than Ephesus!
Fatigue, heat, thirst, were forgotten.
They climbed, they ran and finally
reached the summit of the mountain
There was no longer any doubt To
the right was Aya-Soulouk, the Prion
and the Plain of Ephesus, which it
encircled like a horseshoe. And to the
left, the sea, close by, with Samus In
sight The journey, undertaken in a
spirit of scepticism, had ended in con-
viction They walked respectfully
among the sacred relics. Their hearts
were filled with wonderment that the
ignorant peasant girl who had never
gone outside Of her own home could
have seen and described so exact q
topography.
And she had seen many other things,
and with the Voyante's book In their
hands the little party reverently ad-
Vanced into the Virgins home. Avail
ing ourselves of the official report of
the Archbishop of Smyrna, Mgr. Lin
oni, after careful personal exami-.
nation, Dec. l, 1892, of all the founda-
tdons remaining, we will go through
the rooms once inhabited by the mother
of God.
Everything points to this house as
having been the house described by the
or1f1 t.
middle one-the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. three
rooms, the first larger than the other
two and the back one In the form Of
a simt-circle. To the left you pass
into the second section Of the house,
In which can be seen the vestry, the
sunken foundation Of which still re-
mains intact. To the right entrance
is gained to the sleeping room. where
the Virgin had her bed fixed to the
wall by board, raised foot and a
half from the floor, and at this height
large holes are still seen in the stone
walls, where the nails had been driven
to rivet 1t.
A square vestibule is in front Of the
house, Of which Catherine Ennerieh
makes no mention in her vision, as
though wishing to give more value to
her story by not noticing this con-
struction, which experts have recog-
n1zed as being several centuries later
than the building of the house proper.
And from the terrace g. panorama of
exquisite beauty unrolls Itself Here
the Prion, Ava Soulouk, the Mosque Of
Selim, the old Chateau, the BuIbul-Dag:
there, at the foot Of the Caressus, the
cultivated fields Of Arayaia, the for
ests Of Ortygie and the grotto of La
tona; further on, the lakes Of Selim-
sieus, on the Caystre, and near the
ocean the port Of Panormas, with
Samus at its extreme end, and on the
horizon those brilliant rocks of rosy
coral from which have sprung the Ap-
ocalyptical Pathmos, the Ideal Scarle
and the harmonious Clio
The pupils of PEcole at Athens have
gone to the spot, analyzed the ruins.
compared them with those Of the GYM,
nasium at Ephesus, and acknowledged
their complete identity The Gymna-
SUM at Ephesus is indisputabIy Of
Roman construction, dating back to the
time or Augustus and Christ And
after the learned men the devotees will
pass by, Catherine Emmerichs book in
hand, and they will say: 1--WE have
read and we have SEEM
The facts above stated are attested
TO and signed by the lieutenant Of the
snip Chardon, commanding the Fronde.
by Mr.. BuissOn, superintendent of the
TOBACCO bonded warehouses at Smyrna:
Messieurs Pinchon, of the Neziere and
Evelot, and the pupils Of the Academy
| Of Fine Arts at Ephesus Pictures az
! the house and its surroundings have
been taken, the best Of which we here
| present to our readers $50
Such is the history of the discovery
| of what promises to be the most "a
nous shrine for devout pilgrims ever
found-the very house which sheltered
the Virgin Mary, after her dear sons
| death and ascension into heaven
whittier she had fed under the protec
ton OF the beloved John. to whose ten
der care her dying son had recon-
| mended her. Her lonely exile shared
| by Mary, the repentant MagdaIen.
watched over and cared for by these
two, who had perhaps loved her son
the best Of all his disciples and follow
ers, her peaceful years had glided bv
until the time for the fulflnnent Of the
prophecy that she was to die on Mount
Zion caused her to set sail for SYRIA
And after the lapse Of centuries. the
ruins Of the very house, so long hidden
In the mountain above Ephesus, were
to be revealed to the world by the
| chance reading of a vision seen by a
| hysterical girl in a trance.
The pope has already decided upon
the plans for the grand cathedral which
is to mark this hallowed spot, and not
| very many years from now it will
| doubtless be the scene of more miracu-
| lous cures than the now famous Grotto
| Of Lourdes. Truly the end Of the
| nineteenth century is rich in Biblical
/ discoveries.
Met His APPROVAL.
/ Chicago Tribune.
labels on fruit jars muttered the burglar
| hastily but noiselessly sliding a few of the