The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-06-18

ing for Jaffa On our way to Jaffa
we encountered another storm. All
the passengers were UP early Monday
morning, eagerly seeing glimpse OF
the land Of Palestine. We hailed Jaf-
ia with joy; but our Joy was scstl
turned to sorrow. We could not land.
AS there is no harbor at Jaffa and the
sea was very high, our steamer an
chored for three hours. awaiting
favorable weather to land the passen-
gers But the sea was getting heavier
and the storm more pronounced.
This was about o'clock. For
eighteen hours we had this storm to
face, and every minute the storm
grew worse. Valleys formed with the
valleys of the deep, and crest rose
upon crest, and swept on It foam as
far as the eye could see. The height
of the waves were far above our
ship Viewed from window they
appeared mountain high.
"As the steamer mounted the crest
of mighty wave, she seemed to leap
over the highest peak of the lashed
foam. and then she would dash down.
as II she intended to harpoon a sea
monster at the bottom of the deep.
Sometimes the ship appeared to sink
beneath our feet; down. down we
went, the lower we sank the higher
above us rose the towering mass OF
foam-covered water ready to engulf
our frail floating home. A the boat
would go down she would creak, shud-
der moan, then rest moment in
the deep. as though she could not re-
cover, but would come up again quick
ly and buoyantly, relief to us who
were expecting the worse.
After a consultation, our party de-
cided not to return to Jaffa but to
take a French steamer to Haiffa and
then the overland route TO Jaffa and
proceed to Jerusalem. We embarked
from the Prince Abbas' at o'clock
to the French steamer and set out
for Haiffa. On our way to Haiffa we
saw the unfortunate cities of Tyrs
and Sidon. which we're cursed by our
Divine Lord on account Of their in
fidelity"
"Our landing at Haiffa was perilous
In the extreme.
jana is very old place of $500
inhabitants, mostly Mohamedans.
This city is often mentioned In Holy
Scripture. It is said that Noah
built the ark at this place. The cru
saders captured Jana In 1893, and II
became an Episcopal See. The his
tory OF jana has been one of war
fare and pillage, destruction and death
for centuries.
"0ur first visit TO Jaffa was to tho
house of Simon the Tanner Holy
Scripture reads: Send men 10 Jana.
and call hither one Simon. Tanner.
whose house is by the sea- We
found It by the sea side, old and
weather beaten. The house Is one
story high. and built of stone. On
its roof Bishop Kelly read a portion
OF the Holy Scriptures from Acts
OF Apostles. We took drive
through the city. We saw many
bIdnst ltlipH AlttH lh liN
gardens OF jana You have often
heard OF the celebrated Jana oranges.
so sweet and juicy. when picked from
the trees full grown and ripe. We
also saw miles and miles OF olive
trees planted close together In rows"
Those graduating from the st. jos
eph eighth grade grammar school
we're twelve In number:
Mary Baker. Helen Stricken, Lou
ise Huber. Ethel Metro. Florence
Wurster, Ruth Collins, Adessa Scheu-
er. Blanche Adons. Margaret Dorm
hecker, Edward Stricken. Raymond
MvQuait. loretta Lippert.
The exercises we're simple but
highly enjoyed by all attending. The
commercial class will be larger as
more are taking a business course
each year.