Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-11-15

A MODEkN ChUSADE. 4
EMPEROR WILLIAMS JOURNEY 70
THE HOLY LAND.
With seven Foot Guardsmen He WIN
Travel Through Palestine In .
Khaki Uniform-The Kaiser's Cor
Eeous Tent-Present Itinerary.
No more picturesque event has occur.
red within recent years than the En-
Peror Williams pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. He is going in all the pomp and
splendor that marked the royal crusaders
Of early England. His following will
be . numerous one. and though martial
In bearing and equipment the mission
will be one Of peace.
As illustrating the impressive proper
lions on which the tour will be con.
Quoted it may be mentioned that Messra.
Cook, in whose care the emperor has
placed himself and suit, have requisi-
toned no fewer than 1900 horsee and
mules. The emperor's bodyguard will
be composed Of soldiers selected from
his own army, and not one Of the picked
men is less than feet in height. Fifty
servants will wait upon the emperor's
personal needs, and like number OF
grooms will care for the horses and
mules placed at the disposal of the
kaiser and suit.
The tents in which the principal
members Of this magnificent pilgrimage
will sleep as they journey from city to
city are of the most gorgeous kind.
Particularly fine is the tent allotted to
tho kaiser. It is divided into rooms for
the royal pilgrim to sleep and dress in,
and good part Of it has been convert
cd into an deliberately decorated dining
saloon. The entrance to the tent 10
draped with heavy curtains, and the
imperial monogram appears on each
side
The itinerary originally prepared has
been changed in one or two details. His
majesty will for the first time SET foot
on the Holy Land at Gaia, where he
will arrive on board the Hohenzollern
on Oct. Is. A carriage and four horses
will be in waiting, and in this vehicle,
surrounded by his brilliantly attired
giant guards. the emperor will drive
along the plain of Sharon to Cesarea.
where on the night Of Oct. 26 the camp
will be pitched.
On the following morning the jour.
ney will be resumed, Yafa being reach
ed on Oct. ~. Here the emperor will
visit several places of interest, includ
ing the house of Simon the Tanner.
On the morning Of Oct. 20 the en-
peror will mount splendidly oapar.
isoned horse, and the procession will
move toward Jerusalem. That night bis
majesty will spend under canvas at La
trum. The road to Jerusalem follows
the side of the valley Of Ajalon Joshua
4, l2) and ascends the mountains Of
Judaa and passes the site Of Emmaus
(Luke xiv, 49,. Presently above the
walls of the city-the city where every
stone is historic, the scene Of the
worlds greatest and grandest tragedy
peeps the glistening dome Of Omar's
mosque.
At the Yafa gate the emperor's entry
into Jerusalem will be signalized by q
spectacle that will live long in the mem
ory Of those privileged to witness it.
This function will take place on Oct
20. The kaiser will consecrate the
Church of st. John at Jerusalem, and
will probably visit the Garden tomb,
which has been declared by General
Gordon and other authorities to be the
actual sepulcher in which our Lord was
laid.
On horseback the emperor will jour-
ney to Jericho, passing on the way the
Mount of Olives and the Inn Of the
Good Samaritans. He will see the
Apostles spring, the great Jordan and
the Dead sea, the tomb of Lazarus and
the house of Mary and Martha. The
kaiser reaches Jerusalem again on Nov.
2, and is expected to see the Jews
wailing place, where the unique spec
tacle Of Jews weepinR over the ruins OF
The utilization Of the byproducts Of
manufacture once discarded az waste
10 becoming an important feature Of in
dustrial economy. For example, the
phosphorus eliminated from iron by the
basic process ia returned to the fields
again as one of the most effective ma
nures. AT the great packing houses every
thing in the animal is made valuable
The tomato and fruit canneries use even
the skin and core, for out Of these can
be made excellent soups and jelliea