The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21

New York, Dec. 16. 1905.-The isles L.of Greece, where burning Sappho loved and sung," are forever reappearing In history. Just the other day 1t was | the ancient Lesbos. called in modern times by the pames of its old time capi- tai Mitylene, a twhicn the allied fleets of Christendom planned to make de monstration against the Turks rae, tionaf fights between the sympaIn.1ett' in crene e sever every few months threaten tt make the haunt of the Minotaur th' scene of international compllcations
 samos has been in in the h time war nSn for in. dependence. and the investiga.lHns, ~ European and American archeoloSis. :,
 in Delos; Aeglna and and Eupoea s,1e ena nave Yer, H few. in Ract, of the members or sn' Grecian archipelago. barren and unten. anted though they are. have ehtirel' Even the least known Of them ani n in antiquity. hardly mentioned by the prehistoric writers. but made tasaous
 apostles. Paimos, is frequently famii-
 iarly spoken of. though seldom visited For throughout the length and hreadtu
 stand in commemoration of St. John
 Great and small. humble and grand
 cathedrals. churches and chapeis, sHes SIS y
 soyer ,a period vbs, of history tse Conversion ni
 constantine made Christianity the of-
 ficial religion of civilization down M su
 the f,s sbape sme but Sg tse s"d pey the simple fishermen of, Patmos aboSs the cave where St. John passed the long days of his banishment rom tne mainland of Asia Minor. At the otneI are the central arch and the columns of the Cathedral of St. John the pivins now erecting at the cast Of the kins ransom and years of thought ana pa. tient toiI The contrast between the capital of the New World and the par ren islcud in the Grecian ArGnlpeias,IS the Roman empire is typified by th' uniikeness of the two strucrures.
 High up on stMps s,eep hhsisiIl is stiIl to b.
 seen today the natural cave in whict
 St. John lived for many Tss gsssrs cave ans
 roughly MaDsh divided into two compart. ments. is cut deep into solid rock tnf walls are damp with the natural mois. ture of the earth, and only lignt comes 7
 A"rir The island itself lies we'll away from the beaten track of the commerciai
 steamer. steam perhaps some brig or bark entine blown out of her course, an is- land trading vessel now ana again
 to the place are the only ones that
 ever call there. Al, ..o-. iron, As one approaches the shore iron | the north a wide roadstead opens ou' the wine -colored deep" Of Homer phrase--and .the ground swell breaks continuously in long lines Of combers on the stretch of the beach. Beyond this. the barren rugged hillside rises abruptly from the waters edge to the topmost crest of all where the ever walls of an old. forgotten city stand dazzling white beneath the glarinR | sunlight of the East Il. The landing is at a little village sit- uated close to the beach. As ir most Eastern towns the houses are ali jun bIed I'D together with winding streets so narrow that train of pack-donkeys oceupies the entire space between the
 walls AS in other seaports of the Le-
 want, the bazaar is here also. though
 1t consists of only six or seven sweet meat and toba eco shops. terminating l at its further end in an open air black | smiths forge used for shoeing the pack -donkeys of the island,
 lust beyond the forge lies the begin ming of the roadway leading up to the summit of the hill. This Is paved with large flat slabs of stone, irregular in shape and or varying lines All the | colors are pale, as if faded out after centuries of exposure to strong sum light
 The city is built around the peak of
 the hill in a series of three or four tiers. One finds no poorer district and
 no exclusive quarter. The inhabitants
 appear to be equally prosperous or
 equally poor-and in either event
 equally content. The houses are all
 alike, square in shape, plain and un-
 adorned, of one or two stories in height
 and covered with simple, fiat roofs.