The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-12

seat in the pitching row boat. This
continued until all the passengers We're
OF the ship. Some of the women. be-
Ing tinlid, nearly had all the clothes
torn on them. One fat monk pulled
back at the critical moment. and the
boatmen waited until the next chance,
when they roughly threw him of the
landing at the ships side, and he fell
my shins- Then they pulled for the
shore with great haste, as many of the
passengers were showing signs of dis
tress.
There Is a sort Of pool behind a lot
Of natural rocks, and when this was
reached, the water was quieter, and
landing was easy When We return
here to go to Alexandria, we viii be
compelled to go aboard ship in the
same primitive and dangerous way; II
is a risk every traveller to Jerusal EN-
must take for JaHa is the best port in
Palestine and the railroad to Jeru-
salem starts from Jaffa-
We walked several hundred yards
through curious, narrow and dlfty
streets, and came to q lot of carriages.
into one Of which we climbed and
were driven at furious pace 10 a hoLei-
We hadn't been there minute pc
fore two Of the drivers engaged IN
8 violent fight: We see SO many
dghts that we have lost interest IN
them. The men here fight with their
open hands; they seem never to nave
thought of striking each other with
heir fizts. At least a dozen men en-
gagged in the fight before It was over
Then the victor walked away, ana
after he had been gone ten minutes,
and it was certain he could not be
found, the other man put big rock
in his pocket and followed
The best oranges in the world are
said to grow at Jaffa, and in driving
about we found a perfect forest or
orange groves. with the fruit Just
ripening Our party Of four has
guide who will continue with US IN
til our departure. His name is 10
seph A. Markus, and IN looking
through his book Of recommends
lions, I found he conducted Rev.
Francis T. ingalls, of AtchisOn,
through the Holy Land IN 1891. Mr..
ingalls, SENS to have Joined a party
here, and when they departed they
signed a statement that Joseph A.
Markus had been efficient, Obliging.
honest, etc. I looked over the names
appearing in the list with that of
Mr.. Ingalls,, but did not know any Of
them Joseph A. Markus also had
letter from General Gordon, OF Khar-
toum fame, saying that Markus had
acted as his najOrdomo for two
months, and given satisfa elton. The
letter was dated Am Karin March 8,
1888. Markus is quite an elderly
man, and was furnished US by the
Cook agency He took us to the site
of the house formerly occupied by
Simon. the tanner, and to the tomb
Of Tabitha. who was raised from the
dead by Peter. which is about all
Jaffa has to offer, except a piece OF
the old city wall which existed in the
time Of Christ.
The town has $4,000 people. and
seems to be prospecting; We saw many
new and modern houses. in addition
to the old part, which IS about as
filthy, odd and begrimed with age. as
any town in the world. There is a
/ general resemblance to all the towns
in China, India and Egypt. but with
marked characteristics Of its own
At breakfast at the hotel the ag1s
we're served in the shell, and on every
egg a date was printed with rubber
4 stamp; the egg ate was laid Feb
ruary 2. 1905, according to the label.
A fat tourist near me was asked by
the waiter:
''Will you have an egg"
VIII L have an egg?" he replied.
NO; want four, and want them
fried with ham
The rooms of the hotel are not
numbered, but named. one room is the
/ Daniel room. another the Israel room,
another the Judea room, another the
Seth room, etc.
There were about fifty guests ~ the
Z ~
by the train departing at .. nj 9Tost
Of them were Cook people; that is. thew
were being managed by the Cook toIIr-
ist agency which has uniformed men
meet every boat and train, and these
men are Of the greatest assistance to
travellers Around the hotel in lara
found the offices ~ five other tourist
agencies. but they were not doing suv-
thing; Cook gets au the business evv-
ing to the fact that he has been estab-
hshed long time. and is extensively
advertised. Fellow the Man From
+ Cooks" is a famous comic opera.
would hate TO be compelled to make
my living By running opposition to
Thomas Cook a Son. who have the
prestige; z have heard Of Cooks all nv
life, but until starting on this trfp.
did not know that there were five
struggling tourist agencies of similar
character.
The raiIroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem
IS a narrow gauge oWred bv 2 French