Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-09


me from ten days quarantine i'm
prisoument of Beyrout' Syria AZ
1880 am. the quarantine doctor"
Frenchman-came on board and attef
messengers and crew had been 'duly
exhibited" before him, he declared
everything all right; but true to TurN-
ish and Austrian ingenuity comolneo
an attempt was made to collect from
the passengers the quarantine ie'h
which we had already paid on the oc-
CASTOR Of purchasing our tickets IN
Erypt one OF the passengers, how
ever. stepped forth and explained the
situation in pretty plain terms IN
Arabic. which had the desired
effect, and we all escaped
repetition of that extra tax OF
ten francs per head Soon after the
doctor had returned to the shore the
ship obtained its final papers for COM
municating with the land. and at Il
o'cIuck noon | left the ship, in com
pany with Costa Abrahamides' an
English speaking Greek, whose irlend,
ship / had gained during our ten dayH
"imprisonment. BY his aid Eol
through easily in my dealings with tht
~, i,.i,,,,i,,",'s i.unners ana the many
sNrts Of Arebinn ''inobocrats" and
vaeabonds which lined the shore
watching for chance 10 fleece some
49, ofter ieavinv home my American
,,ass,,,,,t tltd mo no service.
.fto,. talfin,r Ienye OF my friend,
Costa. | still refused the aid of the
many unprincpled Arabians, who
offered their services ana WHlNeu
% H. oit,, 10 tbr once OF the Ameri-
cav consHI Mn Thnmas n. Gibson
~, 7 Ta,,,d ne v,av through the mar
RON, nnd winding streets afterwards
puzzled me: but / got there believe
,,,,ii1,a,,, ,yatlsIrfs tvfantv stems out of
~. Nj cIhsnn received me
,,ar,, tIindiv and sIthseouently insisted
- q, ,'r,a,,siut, n ~ood travelling pro.
s-rsa,, for. me thfniigh SYRIA and Pnleg-
TN,
r,,t nm At the Vlctorfh boarding
bo,.r iseit hv an English speaking
e,,,-i,,, iady ,yho made me quite com
,,ati d., no., rstber nl.pant estnb-
its.,,,s,,, WI aien rave me consider
III ,iii,, IN srt,, tbc re,nlnr rnteg.
1"lN 80 80 ~. b,t,g,, 10 mo
Mou,u I trioriH i'e'
Wy ~, ~, ~ IT., ,.ti,Ing Ia my
~ us az - d,,, tb"5,ifs 10 "A
LII prc,,,dsrcn vino had permitted
80 60 iat,d safaiy in syria. and though
] found myself alone, when had eN-
pected to meet one or more ELDERS
from Zion In the Turkish mission, l
felt confident that ] would get iht1ubn
all right. Before LETT New Hehlallu,
resluei,t -, t,,,,iard 10 Tho effect
!tpii iHN s. I'J i,.,,,.,,St"a tbo American
Elders In the Turkish mission 10 Come
70 bnslnnu az 81" ~, LoI ieff sn,.-
Informed me that th'y nhu lclt htN
eral months ago. Under those cirGuW
stances the good advice ana aiu vi
Mr., Gibson We're doubly Hppreelhtg".
Later In the afternoon l tuok " uois
walk through the city'nnd iouhu nlanS
things to interest me, " nor aiweys 50
pleasing TO the eye or smell Altet my
return To the hotel hch n lohE ANU
interesting conversation win Mt;phrn,
young Swedish business gentleman
who is visiting the Orient IN the inter
est of n Swedish timber nfm ne m
formed me that great dnni 81 NV
timber and lumber used In hEypii ~
rim and Palestine Tor mouse puhulnB
and for other purposes ls lmpg'te'i ~
rect from the great forests OF SWedeh;
and that on account or IT'S superior
quality It competes most succesSt ullS
with timber imported 70 these cpuH-
tries from other parts OF the world
Beyent Is beautifully sltpatrd on the
slopes OF the peninsula terminating III
the point called by the Arnhs itas icy
rout. The main part OF the city races
the sea to the north. The pam 70
the east and southeast Is covered VII
luXurlant gardens. Beyond tn'W me