Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-08

grain In grown but they have TO buy
much wheat from the Ahmuk. In their
gardens may be found 1ne oranges and
lemons. Japanese apples, figs, apples.
pears. cherries, plurnbs, peaches and
apricotH. hut oranges. figs and Japan
csc apples lead In the fruit line. These
fruits are only grown under the irfi-
gated land lines. The principal crop
N Allk. The whole country ia covered
with mulberry trees and In the spring
time silk worms are grown and silk
produced IN great quantities.. This "
largely worked w here though much "
SHIPPED 10 France. both IN cpcoons and
aa silk. a. they understand tho process
Of undoing the coroons. l have seen
some very fair silk work for hand work.
rough hut durable.
Tho finest grades are for the market
but the rounher material IL worked
up for homo use. even their grain BAGS
are made OF silk here. The Armcniana
IN the hills are now doing more toward
cnlnrginR the Industry. Many Of the
former barren and useless hills are be-
Ing redeemed for silk couture by tor
racing the whole hill from top 90 bot.
tom. Standing at certain points one
can SEE what nm immense amount Of
labor they have bestowed upon these
once fruitleau hills by disginr them out
and building walls for their support In
terraces 10 ~ 10 retain the soil and
moisture. In booking at them thought
~ solomon's words. There Il no excel.
encc without labor" IL gives not only
an industrial expression TO the view
but IN IL altogethcr pleasant and edit
Tying TO sec what skill and effort can
do and how the Creator has endowed
each place with It's own peculiar OPP
portunitics. our mountains would not
sustain life like these. we arr minus
the climate but then We have the val
ieyn for farm and garden and the
mountains are our treasure houses
while these are perfectly barren OF
minerals 20 far NJ known.
The water supply In this valley Ia
very KoUd. Tn. valley has water from
both sides the whole twenty mile dis
lance. The width of the valley In
about -four or Ave miles. The villages
are mostly supplied by clear. fresh
springs Of water which spring forth
under the cliffs.
Coming east again on the south side
of the Orpntes the country seems much
better though not 90 extensive. Within
about i've miles Of Antioch one comes
20 ancient Daphne. now called Belt ct
Moi. The house 81 water. this place
was once ycritable garden said 10
have been about twelve miles around.
The country around Dcphno II located
high and the water supply n large
spring well up In the hills. Part of the
waters OF Daphne were formerly
~
Antioch proper was ancienuy nm Inn
portant commercial center and tho ac-
counts OF ita p0mp and parade also be-
speaks that u was a pleasure resort
South OF the city are tho ruins OF tho
ancient city wall wotming It's way up
through tho hills and f0llo~ing around
on ridge % the hills ~ a certain point
whcrr u turns on In deep canyon.
This the wall crosses with great cost
OF construction and climbs the hill on
the opposite side and follows the east
Ridge and finally derccndH TO the river
below. II incloaea large tract Of
country and was once n very strong
- many times by earthquakes that II
q singular that u has an existence now.
II II said. probably with some cxagEcr-
alton, that at one time 10000 persons
pcflrhed In one earthquake.
The air II quite good around about
the city, feverA and malaria hold no
sway. The uRly Aleppo boil N unknown
here The whole country from east OF
Antioch TO the sea II considered u
healthy country especially 81 In the
villages on the mountain side. The river
bottom and ita mouth at seleucia arc
looked upon with a little suspicion, but
~ these places are thickly populated
the site N good FOR health,
Quite a variety OF fruit can be found
pie varieties arr olives. ngn and grapes.
The olive groves are quite extensive
and the trees are large and old. Some
apples and nprlcotn are found. but not
In large quantities.
OF Vegetables they have the usual
varieties with the addition OF POTATOES.
These gov well here and they seem
able TO keep them over winter without
much trouble. thus differing frum
the people In Palestine who have
10 send 60 France every year
for sweet noiaioca. Tomatoes are also
plentiful.
The country to the east Of Antioch
and south of the lake OF Antioch II a
beautiful and productive land. II was
a great bone OF contention and was oc-
cupled by the Franks and the crusaders
ana the Turks according To their van-
Gus successes. The Turks called II a
little Damascus because % H. beauty
and fer,liity. II N not very prominent
now only In that u IA quito . good
farming district, and although near the
lake, " n like All locations south OF
unhealthy places, healed and fr,Hhened
by tho northwest winds ~ that they
are not harmful o. the settlers.
one other popularity around Antioch
u Its Inhabitants. They are neither
Aiuhammedan nor Christian, hut called
heather, They are quite largo tribe
bordering onto l0O. 600 families located In
various Villages, ana form the pfcdom-
mating part % the people. They are
known NJ fellahin. formrn. or their re-
liriun no one knows. Indeed, it II not
called religion, IL ~ "A secret. u mya-
terry They have no books and show
moro reverence Tor a dead shelk than
they do for God, They VIII affirm by
noi but not by dead Hheik. For this
cause they have endured unrelenting
prosecutions from the Turks. They
have been denied all oivil rights, they
cannot testify In court, their vcrlncn-
lions ARE 0f no USE as they believe In
no God, They have been driven and
beaten and dcrlded and punished with
out any one taking any notice 81 them.
because they have had no friends and
no one TO appeal To- They are oonald-
cred uuclcan IN an their acts 20 much
fl that they cannot XIII and sell their
own meat but must have q goyern-
Wput ccrilncntc that the animal has
brDH tlllod by one who believes In Cod.
Some tlmo nRo they flnaily submitted
20 the Turks ana pronlfcd 10 adopt
Islam. But they ala not moan Il ex-
cept M an outward ordinance. They
continue their secret mysteries. Thoy
only managed to Increase their own
their quota NJ soldiers and atlll have
no political rights. az they do not ac-
cnmmodate themselves to all the ccre-
Monies OF ISLAM.
These people are something like the
Druccs ~ Lebanon. and they form one
branch ~ The several tribes that inhahit
northern syria, which are singular
mixture OF MOhammedaniHm. Christi
anlty and heatheniHm. Some years ago
Antioch was visited by Elders Herman
ANA Hush Some were found who knew
them. Ifpon our trim this time we called