Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-29
TO RETURN HOME.
MISS MARY M'ELRoY WILL. VISIT
HER PARENTS. REV. AND MRS..
J. M. M'ELRoY
Missionary In Bombay, India, Has
Been Granted a Leave Of Absence
From Her charse-Wili Arrive Here
Some Time In July.

Z rl 4 .
From Her charse-WiIi Arrive Here
Some Time In July.
The many friends Of Miss Mary Nc.
Elroy, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. M.
McElroy, 322 North Jefferson street.
VIII be pleased to learn that she has
been granted furlough from her
charge IN Bombay, India, and that She
expects to arrive in this city at the
| close Of the Silver Bay conference.
some time In July. Miss McElroy left
bombay March rs and reached Paris
May IT, She expects to sail from Cher
| Dourg next Saturday, which will make
her due In New York June 3.
| Inc following interesting letter, dat
ed Alexandria, Egypt, has been re-
ceived BY Rev. McElroy from his
The Letter.,
Dear Father
This has been a great month for
me. landed at Suez, April Z, and had
most interesting Journey along athe
fresh water canal through the ancient
land of Goshen to Cairo, where had
pleasant welcome from the English
secretary of the y. w. C.. A. On Sun
day had the privilege of hearing and
meeting DR.. Jessup and Mr.. Eddy Of
Syria, DIR. 8. G. Wilson OF Persia, DR..
zwemer of Arabia and number of
other we'll known missionaries who
We're attending q conference in Cairo.
Tuesday evening had the unique ex-
perience Of ride on the electric cars
A along the Nile, through palm groves
and Arab villages to the Pyramids.
Very grand and awe inspiring did they
seem in the moonlight, and returned
next day to inspect them more close
ly.ss Wei rode on .camels. Mine was
4 light gray In color, with bright colored
saddle and trappings and bore the
name Yankee Doodle We went
around the pyramid plateau and looked
upon the venerable sphinx. Then with
the help of three Bedouins to pull me
up, began the ascent of the great
pyramid-C heops. It was an exciting
and exhausting climb. My companion,
q Scotch woman, gave out when q
third of the way up, but persevered
and got to the top, about $40 feet from
the ground &
1T was q thrilling moment when /
looked down upon glaring tract of
yelloWish brown sand, which marked
/ the great Sahara desert. On the other
side was the Libyan desert, and rising
from these in silent majesty eleven
pyramids. In contrast, to this picture
of death and desolation, turning to the
east we, had "a charming view Of the
Delta Of the Nile tract OF rich land
coNeredhwith blue-green fields, inter
sscted by canals, on the banks of which
are stately palms sheltering the Fal.
lah villages. Our view also took in the
citadel and minarets Of Cairo.
i Visits Museum.
1 In the great museum was interest
4 ed to see the mummy OF Rameses H.,
'fsupposed to be, the Pharoah Of the Op.
preston, also that Of his, daughter.
4 OF course, we visited the bazaars, but
after India, they seemed rather. unin-
! teresting and the costumes of the peo-
pie quite dull The trip to Sakkara
was very enjoyable. We went on the
train part way and then rode on don
keys for six miles, which was great
fun. The donkey boys who ,trotted
after us made them gallop part of the
thine, when we had to hold on for dear
|life-but enjoyed 1t Immensely.
1--WE passed the site of ancient Mem
phis, saw the famous statues Of Ra-
Illnesses H., rode. through pretty palm
i groves and across fields of wheat
Il barley and Indian corn, and finally got
out into the real desert, where the
! yellow sands stretched far out for
A miles and miles before us.
/ AFTER eating the lunch we had
4 brought with us, and shaking our thirst
I with oranges, we proceeded to examine
1.-the ancient tombs nearby, now com.
4 pletely covered by the sand The
HSerapeum or Apis tombs were the
most interesting. Here, cut out of the
solid rock, were great chambers,
I twenty-four Of which still contain the
huge marble sarcophagi, in which the
4 mummies of the sacred bulls had been
I deposited Gust think Of their being
\ embalmed like human beings). BY
the light of our candies we examined
some Of these huge collins, made Of a
single block of polished granite or lime
stone, averaging thirteen feet in
1 length, eleven in height, seven in
width and weighing sixty-flye tons
4 This place had been undisturbed for
4 300 years until discovered by Mari
cite in 1851, 30 the guide book tells
us.
"The other tombs were those of an.
A cient kings, Thy and 'Meri' and
4 tPtah;' end the walls Of the subter:
i ranean chambers. were covered with
beautiful paintings illustrating the life
oftthe ancient Egyptians. ] must wait
Itill l. get home to tell you Of all the
wonderful sights and experiences that
/ had in my six days in Cairo.
4 In Jerusalem.
i SIN company with my Scotch friend,
IA took the steamer at Port Said on
i April 13 and landed at Jaffa (the
ancient Joppa) next morning. A drive
Y through the narrow dirty streets
brought us to the Jerusalem hotel
and later we visited the supposed site
of Simon, the Tanners house, and of
4 the tomb of 'Tabitha.' 1t was thrilling
to stand on the house top, look out
on the blue waters Of the Mediterran-
can, and think Of the sheet let down