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or because the builders des,aired OF being
able to Move It IL a secret which the living
are not able to reveal. After the decline
Of paganism the Christians built a church
In the great court, using the stones and
Pillars for the walls. Then came the Mo-
kammedans and turned the courts and tenn
pie into q fortress, making use Of the walls
of the church.
A little way distant from the great temple
is a smaller temple dedicated to Bacchus,
which would OF itself be sufficient to dis.
tinguish q city but for its more famous
rival. This temple is about 225 feet long
by ITO feet wide, and a row Of fifty columns,
Of which forrte cen are 7uted, surround it.
These columns are % fest in height and
about q feet In diameter. While smaller 10
its dimensions this temple Is even more
deliberately carved than the larger one.
Some Of the clust ers OF grarcs are less
than two inches In length, but exquisitely
wrought. This temple Is 10 a much better
state Of preservation than the great temple
and Is, therefore, In some respects even
moro interesting.
THE kAIsEk ANT II SULTAN.
Emperor William Of Germany visit ell
Baalbek In 1904 and was so impressed by the
ruins that he obtained permission from
the Sultan to clear away the debris, and
the travelling world b under obligations to
him for having made it Possible to inspect
the foundations and tho ground plan. In
this connection 1t may be added that En-
peror William seems to take a deep int crest
Ia this Iart OF Asia. He visited Jerusalem
to lay the sSrpers'on Of the German church.
He sent to Damascus q beautiful bronze
wreath to adorn the tomb Of the great
Mohammedan General, Saladin, and he has
encouraged the establishment Of German
colonies in Palestine. There are German
settlement 9 Of considerable stxeat Jerusalem,
Joppa and Haifa. At four places we found
German hotels, and 1t Is needless to say that
they are kept with the excellence diameter
istic OF the race.
The friendship which the Emperor has
shown for the Sultan seems to be .redpro-
Gated, for roads were built, harbors i'm
proved and many other things lone In honor
OF his visit. We have heard ell sorts OF
rumors as to tho Kaiser's Intentions, but
the only thing that seems certain is that
German influence In this part OF Asia In in
creasing.
While Baalbek contains the largest and
most famous ruins. 1t Is not the only
place that attracts the Archaeological. There
are hundreds OF sites OF ancient cities which
abundantly repay the %exoavator. Sped-
mems Of Greek and Roman art have been
found on both sides Of the Jordan, as well as
along the Mediterranean coast. The tombs
also have yielded up their asu and
the museums Of the world have been sup
piled with tear bottles. perfumsry jars,
vases, bowls, soarabs, ancient coins, DO.
The Phnnicans are credited with having
invented the mailing Of glass In the days
when Tyre and Sidon were their chief
cities It Is said that the krt owes its dis
covery to the use Of saltretre In the place
Of stones by some sailors who landed at
the mouth OF, the River Belos. near Aka.
Finding no tones Upon which to put their
kettles, they used blocis OF saltpetre and
were surprised 70 ind that the FIRE had
fused the sand and the saltpetre into a
transparent substance. The industry was
~inaaguratcd at Tyre and sidon, and Tor
some time the Phenicans supplied the
world with glass The bottles and vases