Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21

To shame. Greeks ana Turks lead the
list, while following III proper order you
can md any and every nationality rep
resented. The Greeks are dirty lot
far worse than the Turks one loses
his respect for the noble Greek very
easily made them all out Demos
themes, before I came In contact with
them. After that. Tor the life Of me
cannot respect them. The Greek ~ to-
day and the creek Of old diner ns black
does from white. Smyrnn is oriental In
the extreme. Caravans swarm IN every
street. while the bazara nearly equal
those OF constantinoplc. As uL-
preached Smyrna II was dark. while the
lights from the city. us we approached.
looked more like fairy land than any
thing else. Directly behind the city. ON
a rise. are the remains uf a large lso.
man fort ON gazing up To- view thir.
We run into q crowd OF boys They Inn
mcdiately stoned us In true Turkish
fashion. They cross their fingers 80 AS
to represent a Christian cross. then
spit On It to show their hatred toward
Christianity. Hanna started after them
but had TO retreat as he WAS getting
the worst of Il. one stone cut his head
quite badly. I tried to console him In
his wrath telling him he could repre-
sent himself as stephen.
The surrounding country produces
quantities OF ms. The finest In the
world are grown here We visited tho
site OF the ancient Christian church
John warned. also the GrOttO where
Homer wrote the HAD. polycarp.
Johns disciple. suffered martyrdom
here. II IN the only city that has TO
tnincd Its importance. that John adj
dressed. We spent a day knocking
about the city We saw II all and arr
ranged with a guide 10 take w into the
interior OF Asia Minor. visiting the
seven churches mentioned by John In
4 oh
ma was the FIRST
We took train as far as EphcHus. the
second ON our list, arriving In the after
noon. This once great city w nothing
] but "A pile of ruins ut present. Not "A
| house stands ON the old site. We put
| horses aud started out to see II the
same day. Ephcnun stood as one ~ the
| most remarkable cities of the world
long before history commenced. II wa,
/ the cradle Of Hellenic mythology and
the metropolis OF the 1oninn confcdcr-
hCy. II was next 60 Jerusalem. the
most holy OF Christian churches, and
next to Athens the most memorable for
itH schools OF art, but itH ruins are now
/ scarcely visible. The church Was the
first thing We visited. This stands on
a hill right behind the station. An old
nrchwny " all that remains " this .di-
ice. Near by II ARE the remains u m
old temple and aqucduct which strvtch-
- 10 great length. Farther On We
! saw the cave of the seven ulccppu. The
legend goes that seven young fellows
started out to see the world They
/ travelled for years and nj last wanted
10 return to EphoHuH. ON leaving they
lot In "a cave some wine they had bor-
ruwed without asking Tor II. When they
approached the city they went Into this
cave and found the wine Just as they
had loft H. 10 proceeding 10 sample II.
they soon fell asleep. When they nwokc
Nt..IV
swords and bows. when 10 and behold
they orumbled In their hands. Surprised
at this they entered the town, rccciv-
Ing Rip Van Wrinkle reception; only
they had slept "a century or two longer
than hip. Finding things In such a
state, they ended their misery by dis.
patching one another In the true old
style Moral; All Is not wine that
trickics.
got down In this drowHy hole. but
WINS too tough to receive the restful 90
Hcnco u sleep. We visited 81. Johns
tomb. ~. Paul's prison. half q dozen
temples. the main one being the Temple
of Diam. THIS was considered one Of
the seven wonders Of tho world. There
only remains a pile OF broken mar
bile blocks that once were IN
the form Of pillars. s'a,aes
must have admired. Weeds choke az
the crcviccs and nearly hide the ruins
from view. one can hardly Imagine
that these blocks OF stone once repre-
scented one OF the finest buildings ever
erected visited the thoatcr where
Paul was run out by the mob, II N
In pretty good preservation. II was
/ very easy Ia Imagine the uproar when
the cry went forth Great " Diana oi
| tho EpherlnnF'" I also saw the school
Paul taught In while he tnrricd In
Epheaua. The temple Of the Amnzonr
1 a.
knows something about the Amazonl
who used 20 nEht like men, ana made n
pretty fair showing IN some OF their
| battles. | aid ~ want to see one Of
them. I tried To- imagine II but couldn't
The gates arc standing that they came
through In making their raids, They
were brave lot OF women, little be-
You'd the aqualllng woman OF today
with all hor endcavora TO appear mas
culinc.
Ephesus was built around hill. You
have to travel around this and over
| ruins. The old stadium can Just be-
made out, but tho theatcr, as | said
~ the hest preserved OF all the ruins
| sat down on all the seats and walked
all over the stage Go make sure trod
on rat. on spot where Paul sat ~
trod., Vain glory; ! WIZ admit, W.
Xcnt back and had some fun with one
guide. His name IL George Fedrasa
and he IN "a character. lie tells uf
some OF his qualities every day. w,
| lead him on letting him think we swal-
low every word lie tells us he In u
poet. lie said he had written a piece
OF poetry ii,000 verses long.
Leaving EphcsuH early In tho morn
Ing we went and visited the old ruins OF
ancient MagneHia, Several templei
and couple of theaterH are strcwr
over the ground, Not soul livei
within u ,nlie OF this once great city
that had temples far better than auy
OF the modern churches ~ the present
day. One has TO admit that all thea,
old cities surpassed uH In buildings
Sleeping In a little village that nigh
where the bed huga jumped up on III,
pillows ON turning the cover down
ptlttlnr their teeth. daring you 10 CONT
near I thought Hanna had the meas
els when he got up In the morning
They didn't consider me choice enough
Toward noon after piling out 10 catci
the train nt I IN the morning, W,
reached T.nodicoa, the third city mon
toned by John. The ruins OF this OLD
city that John exhorted. that Pau
preached 10 and wrote an cpistle to II
scattered all over the hillside. A.
usual, the only place recognizable WA
the theatera. The old temples ar,
strewn all over the ground. After din.
ner We mounted our horses and visited
ruins OF Colossus, another city re-
nowned In the Bible. Paul wrote AZ
opistle to them, Very few romans OF
oitY are left a portion of an OLD