Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
VISITS SCENE OF HISTORY MAKING
General Rogers Recalls Doinss Of An
cient People in and near JOppa.

ing to the southeast. far away by the
south end of the Dead Sea over and
beyond Bethlehem on a high peak of
the mountains arises the Herodian-
Herod's tomb-which has stood the
storms of centuries. Herod died, was
entombed there, place built by his
own directions. When Herod died and
was entombed, there came more trou-
bic for Jerusalem. The Jews wanted
to rule instead of Rome. Titus came
this way from Africa, found the Jews
in revolt; he besieged the city, scaled
the walls, killed many thousand, made
prisoners of the rest He sacked the
temple, compelled the priests and lay
men to carry the sacred emblems and
fine art to Antioch, and there they were
made to fight wild animals in the arena
for the pleasure of Titus and his army.
Then chained to ores, rowed the trireams
to Brindisi, then carry the sacred en-
blems on their backs to Rome, where
they built the arch of Titus, carved in
stone the seven pronged candle stick
and an allegorical representation of the
glory of the Roman general over Jews.
Having visited the many places of
interest about the Holy City, we bid
adieu to the scenes of Abraham and
the prophets, of Christ, the crucifixion,
Gethsemenae, Mount of Olives and the
Apostols, and take the train and ride
on the down grade to the Plains of
Sharon. We pass LYDIA, where Aenas
! lived when Peter came along the high
way and cured him of the palsy. We
pass Beth-H Heron, where Joshua had
the victory over the five kings of the
Amorites. Then we pass Ramah, the
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| Samuel, whose tomb is buried N the
ruins. Passing Ramah, it is known as
an old city of trading, being where the
Damascus trail to Egypt crossed the
Joppa road to Jerusalem. We mass
Enron, said to be a fourishinp lew
settlement. This was the place where
the Philistines carried the arb and
were smitten with the emroids for keen-
ing it. On the left is shown the village
of Zorah, the birthplace of Samson.
The British Palestine Exploration
society is now excavating and have
| found the ruins of seven cities beneath
the present village. We spent most of
day in Joppa; we visited the home of
! Simeon, the tanner. Sat under an
orange tree and ate fruit, wandered to
the sea shore and were shown the rock
where Promethus was bound, which like
many other things neurological, our
questionable mind acceptedas legendary.
We are now in the land of the Phlis-
tines, a hardy war-like people. who
were hard fighters, fought valiantly to
preserve their land and homes. re-
sisted heroically Joshua, who had the
sun and moon stop for a few hours
over Esdraelon, short distance north,
that he, Joshua, might kill few more
people.
Up the coast a few miles is Phoenicia,
once inhabited with great people,
extending east to the sea Of Galilee and
including the mountains Lebanon. The
| Phoenecians had their temples, wor-
shipped their gods, gave to the world
an alphebat; were q maratime race and
when over crowded with population,
moved their trireams to the African
shore, founded cities and colonies, made
Carthage metropolis that produced a
Hannibal and disputed with Rome as
to the right-of-way over mountains and
on the sea. They built temples and
created gods as the wants of fne peo-
pie demanded. They made glass in
Lusitania, found gold in Mauritania,
and dug tin in Albion. All those people
of Phoenecia passed the shore where |
sit, and where the Philistines stood with
sling, bows and spears. Then began
the lost civilization of Carthage, the
time of the beginning of the Doric
settlements on the shores of Italy that
brought Syracuse into maratime
power. Up the coast a few miles a
railway runs east, skirting Mt. Carmel
where tradition says 1.-THE raven fed
| Elijah, and near Sidon is located the
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worshipping priests. He passed over
the Jordan in his wandering, gave his
mantel to Elisha, inspanned his horses
to golden chariot, presumably left by
King Solomon, enwrapped in flame was
translated, or incinerated, on the way
to another sphere of action. This may
be regarded as the first introduction of
the flying machine. A railway now
runs east from Haifa, passing up Es-
draelon, near Nazareth, and crosses
the Jordan below the sea of Galilee, is
extended north to Damascus, and is
| building south over the desert beyond
| the Moab mountains with destination
Mecca. Cook has advertised the first
excursion dining car and sleeper through
| Haifa, Damascus to the terminus, south
to Pietras. Surely the world do
move.
Between the coast and Jerusalem,
Joshua fought in the name of the Lord,
captured cities, granaries and herds,
slaughtered the opposing armies, muir
dered the women and children, and slew
infants. Armies came ovor the Arab
ian desert from Egypt, plundered tenn
Piles and destroyed cities. Armies came
from Babylon and battered down the
walls and made captive Gods people;
pillaged and fought tribes when moth
ing else TO do. The overflow of Greece
settled and traded with the Phoenicians,
and when the conquering Alexander
came, were made rulers. They joined
Alexander legions and helped to win
victories. The Romans came in later
centuries. Hadrian reduced Palmyra,
made Queen Zenoba his mistress and
built beautiful villa near Rome, which
in time we will visit. The Saracens
With their all conquering banners, pro-
claiming Mahomet the Prophet, the
Koran, the revelation of God, by fire
and sword. They destroyed Judaism,
showed Christianity into Europe and
| followed them to the walls of VIENNA,
and plunged through the passes of the
Pyrenees. The Crusaders poured over
to this country by the millions; they
fought for the Holy Sepulcher, won