The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22
WILLIAM J. BRYAN
 AMONG THE LEBAN0NS
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'kinds are to be found in abundance. an excellent variety of walnut being grown within the city limits. NatuIa ly this city is a market Tor ferslan rugs, and large stocks are keps v hand While the people make every thing which enters into the daily liie of the country. they are especaaiiy skilled in brass, damascene ware anu the inlaying of wood with motnet-oi pearl sar nlaces of historical interest. The tour ist is shown the house of Ananias ana the window through which Paul was let down from the wall. but It is doubtful whether the identity or tnese places has been really established. house. known as the house Q. ns ,s1y the ieper, Is now very approprisaseiss 7 used for a lepers, home There is no uncertainty about the river Apaha, and another river near Damascus , known as Pharpar. An ancient Wh,i a surrounds the city, and one or .s @ largest mosques in the world occupies ground first dedicated to a heathen temple and afterward to the Chuch ol St John the Baptist, erected py Ar cadius. the son of Theodosius.
 The big-taiied sheep descripeo Herodotus is to be found on she ssrsetI sS of Danascus It is peculiar oreeu' and the tail, which Is consicered great delicacy, is often so heavy as to saem burden to the sheep. It IS hvoad covered with wool, and some in,ee ends in a curl We also saw here the long reared goats as cnriou' looking in their way as the shesp.
 And what shall we say of the pa mascus dog7 He is to be found every. where and has no owner. We countee IS in one group and 2SS in one fore, noon's ride They live on charity ahp fight whenever an opportunity oners | inc law or the sultan to kill dogs, as one learns Io his regret after he has heard them barking at all hours of the night IL iS superfluous to add that the flea IS as common as the dog, and as indifferent also to the peace of the stranger
 Al new railroad which is building from Damascus to the south will soon make it possible to go to GGaliiee m few hours, but now it is more con yenient to return to .Beyrout ana go 70 Haifa by boat This we did, and hav- ing a couple of days at Beyrout we learned something of the reiisious work done there.
 In the division of territory the Pres byterians of America were, in 1870, as- signed the country around Beyrout The district is divided into the Bey- rout, Lebanon, Sidon and Tripoli sta- lions. and at all of these stations schools as well as churches are being established. So successful has the work been that the native communities now contribute half a dollar for every dol lar sent from America. There is alse an American press at Beyrout which publishes the Bible in Arabic. some so, 900 copies being issued last year. in addition to religious tracts of various kinds. One of the leaders in the mis- sionary movement Rev. H. IT. Jessup has completed his fftieth year or serv- ice among the Syrians.
 The Syrian Protestant college IS also located in Beyrout and occupies a beautiful site overlooking the sea and in sight of the highest peak of the Lebanons. While Christian in manage ment, this college is not denomination- al. but is under the. control of an