The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31

| kings. We drove around the city, ant
 returning passed through the museum | which contains so many wonderful | specimens from the buried cities. We
 viewed Mt Vesuvius at a distance ant
 the ancient sights of the cities of Pom
 peii and Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius
 was not active, but the smoke ascended
 like a cloud from the mouth of the era
 ter, and a Assure was plainly see in the
 side of the volcano. The sides of the
 mountain and the base were covered ! with houses. To me Mt. Vesuvius, as
 l looked down upon the ancient cities
 it had destroyed and buried, seemed tc
 say, "I can do it again." and may be
 at no distant day I will" But time
 passes; it is a way time has, and we
 must return to our ship.
 What was our consternation upon ap- 1 preaching the vessel to find everything 1 excitement; the steerage passengers
 were in panic and some of them de- termined to throw themselves over | board. The ladder had been drawn up
 and the door of entrance guarded with
 soldiers. We soon learned that our
 steamer was quarantined; the yellow | flag was floating at the masthead. It | seemed that one of our table stewards | had developed a case of smallpox dur | ing our absence, so for time we were | not allowed to come on board. At | length permission was given us, and then we discovered that before the | quarantine could be lifted we should all have to be vaccinated. It was all in vain to protest. I had been vaccina- ted; the mark was still visible on my arm, besides tradition said l had once had the varioloid. It was all of no avail. So my explanations were not accepted and I was compelled to sub init to re-vaccination I fancy the ships surgeon gave me all the vaccine there was in the vial Suffice to say that I shall carry with me to the grave the mark of Italy and Naples
 After a delay of twenty-four hours we continued our voyage, passing Mt. Strombeli, an active volcano that rises 3,020 feet out of the sea. In few hours more Mt Etna, which Is 10,SS0 feet high, with her snow-c capped peak, was seen. Our ship now sailed through the Strait of Messina with it's historic Scylla and Charybdis on either side, and came to Pireus. It was early In the morning when we reached this point, so we took the first train to Ath- ems, the capitol of Greece.
 Chapter ".
 ATHENS AND THE ATHENEANS.
 The glory of ancient Athens has not all departedIt is still great and beau tiful city, grand in it's public buildings ;,, We visited the Temple of Thesus. which is in an excellent state of pres ervation and the Temple of Apollo and Jupiter.
 Our chief interest was in the Acropo- lis. We ascended the hill, slowly pass ing by the prison where Socrates was once imprisoned, until we reached Mars Hill and stood perhaps, in the same place where St. Paul stood ''in the midst of Mars Hill and said "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God, whom therefore ye ignorantly worship; him declare unto you" Only little over nineteen Huuultu ytdio nave ptbStu SllCe lllt apostle preached that memorable ser mon. Then everywhere the temples were crowded with idolatrous worship ers and idols were erected to every known god. Now as we stood there on that lofty eminence we could see that the temples were In ruins and the idols gone and not a single worshiper of Ju- piter, Juno, Mars, Neptune, Minerva, Zeus and the countless other gods can be found in Athens, and in all Greece. We next ascended the steps of natural stone to the Acropolis, and saw with admiration the Temple of Victory and the magnificent ruins of the Parthe- non. Returning we viewed the thea ters where were played the classic plays, some of which are immortal In Greek history. We saw the Stadium where the ancient Grecian games were played. This great amphitheater is now in process of reconstruction and | being rebuilt at vast expense; al- | ready there are marble seats surround | ing the arena which will accommodate | fifty thousand people. The palace gar dens were next visited and then the | museums. In one of the latter there is | a beautiful piece of sculpture which is said to be the head of Christ work of | the fourth century. It is worth jour ney to that distant city to see it. I | said as I gazed at it, Tt is He this is he likeness of my Lord.''
 It was now late in the afternoon and f we turned our footsteps toward the sta tion; here I met my companion, Rev. John Pickering, who did not accompa- ny us on our journey through Athens. He informed me that the state of his health was such that he should be obliged to abandon the trip and return home. The best of friends must part, so we parted, he to return, and I to my pilgrimage.
 Chapter "
 THE SHORES OF ASIA MINOR"
 Our steamer now turned her prov to the Turkish province; passing the is- and of Levite, we came to Smyrna, a ,ity of Asia Minor of two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants.
 It was to the church in Smyrna that he angel wrote T know they works md tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich" We deeply regretted that he shortness of our stay would not permit us to visit Ephesus. We i'm proved the day by a drive through the narrow streets of Smyrna. Now that
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