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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11

Very little of the original Jerusalem
remains today, and most Of that IS
down beneath thirty to forty feet of
the packed detritus of the ruins of 1000
years.
Of course. much of the walls Of Solo
mon remain. and excavations here ana
there are revealing the relics of the
past gloTies Of the holy city
The old pools and reservoirs that run
back to Solomon and beyond. the lower
parts of the great walls, the Tower OF
David and the great area of the temple
square on the summit of Mt. MoTiah
are perhaps the only relics of the ac-
tuaI work Of that far time still remain
ing for us to look upon.
The walls Of the city are said BY
travellers to lend remarkable power TO
the aspect of Zion from without and to
make easy of understanding the enthu-
siastic and feryid patriotism of the Old
Jewish writers.
The streets of the city itself are,
however. Disappointing i'm their Orient
al narrowness and filth. and only such
ell-traveled roads as the Via DoloroSa
the Way of Sorrow, said to have been
traversed BY Christ on his way form
Gabbatha to GoIgQtha-aud the ap-
proaches TO the Mosque Of Omar,
standing upon the old site of the tenn
pie of Solomon. are calculated 10 ledNe
aDv deep impression Of reverence, save
as one deliberately puts aside the mis-
cry and wretchedness of present day
scenes.
Here on the Via DOl0rOsa the guides
point out an old arch which has GER
| tainly borne. since before the crusader
DAYS. the name of the Ecce Homo arch
/ if being additionally the spot where
! plate used his recorded utterances OF
| Christ-"BehOld the man. AlOnS THIS
| street are strung many shrines at tnt
/ places where. for instance, CHRIST Is
said to have fallen under the weight OF
/ his cross: where. again. he spoke brief
{ " 10 the women of the city, who Wept
/ as he passed along the road; where We
ronica wiped his perspiring face; wher'
! he met his mother at the turn of thl
road toward the city wall and Calvary
! One finds also here the houses Of Gaia
pbas. the high priest, and Dives. th'
wealthy sybarites here the stone stands
on which. says the guide the priests
counted out the thirty pieces Of silve
to Judas. and not far away the wall OF
| which perched the bird that crOwed a
| Peters denial
OF course, many of these legends ar
so manifestly absurd as to be entirel,
| worthless, and yet there are enough
places which are practically sure to b
the spot they claim TO be that the Visi
to the city is rewarding.
Summit of Mt. Moriah.
One Of the latest public appearance
of Jesus was upon the summit of Mo
r.ah as he paid his last visit to tn
temple. Here is a building Of singula
beauty, named for the great calip
who captured the city. 1t is built upO
, the very ground where the temple c
Solomon stood It's beautiful dom
arches over the stone which is the hig
point of Mt. Moriah, the rock upO
{ which Abraham is said to have lai
Isaac. in the great surrender OF h $ sou
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is WorId.Wide signIficanoe.

And Easter has d worldwide sigulh-
canoe. not because it IS the continue
ton OF the old season of pagan OBJ
servance. of the springs rebirth. the
wears resurrection, but because its
message answers the longing OF the
world that breads the negation Of
death. and hungers for the treasures It
has lost.
one may not tarry to dwell upon the
psychology of this stupendous event OF
the resurrection. nor do more than sug'
sest the truth that it IS not TO be
unique or apart, not thing merely
affecting the body, nor alone related 10
the things eternal. It has TO 90 win
TODAY and with a nascent life coming
fror1 the risen one to touch its facts
and forces with a virility eternal
The oIden opposition to the fact re-
corded i'm the gospels dies out. True.
ment stiH seek to offer theories OF IL
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to indulge in such folly. but with age
and a broader view of life and its re-
sponsibilities and duties, I have bid
den farewell forever to the McCarty
type of manhood
What people may think Of my cour-
age. by reason OF this letter, l cannot
say. If they do not think me cour-
ageous, dueling would never convince
them. I know what my friends viii
say. I sometimes think 1 would rather
risk the charge of cowardicc than that
of murder I have tried not to be too
severe upon poor McCarty, whose vast
ed talents and miserable life 1 truly
pity Respectfully.
(Signed) JOHN = WISE
Describes His Own Duel.
Knowing that Captain Wise. what
ever be his faults is always manly
straightforward and frank, this writer
plucked UP sufficient courage TO ash
him to relate the circumstances at
tending the duel which made hin
swear off from other affairs on tbs
field of honor. The reply was so char
acteristic that it is printed below
New York. Nov. Is 1908.
am not proud of my dUeling career
The Crockett episode was some time II
JuI1- or August. 1882 Crockett's name
/ was John 8 Crockett. residence
WvtheviIIe He told some sort o.
warn about me. and when I saw him IL
Maroon. Smyth county. and asked hin
about il. he did not give me a salts
/ factory answer. 7 slapped him in tn
/ face with the back Of my hand. and W
had a scrimmage. The justice of tn
peace taxed us $3.50 each for fighting
on the tavern porch. Next morning
| went off campaigning. and a weel
later. on arriving at Abingdon, hi
cousin. John Stewart Crockett. handle
me n challenge just as ] was going I
speak. Judge George W. Ward, an oil
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4 T11a0ie f1cte Of
7ope and Joy in
Spirit Of the Day

selfshness he had rebui1ed. whose law
of life he had scOrned. whose littleness
he had WOOed toward that greatness
possible TO the human heart, the body
which had been taken from the rude
cross of his pitful death and laid ten
DERBY in the new tomb of Joseph of
Arimahea was again in the earth. liv-
ing. glorifed. sublimated. spiritalized.
1t was a fact that touches all the
heart Of the race. The truth it held
was an answer TO the longing of all
the years The tombs and pyres, the
sarcophagi and tUmuiti. the pyramids
and necropoli of history were dark anG
dreadful things for the human race.
The coming of the black camel
brought always night without morning
to cave and tent, hut and palace. over
the last resting places of men and
women and children rose no star Of
hone. Above the quiet dust of the
loved who slept the heart signs had
been breathed to mingle IN sad note
of despair.
But i'm the pearling light of that Sy-
riau morning he whose heart the RO-
man spear had stilled, the heart that
held the mOther-love OF God for the
1 race. stirred in his sleep as none had
ever done before with the life of Yah
wen the Jelf-existent, and the glorious
/ guards attendant on his rising broke
+ the seals Rome's military arm had set
and defended and the king of life
! walked forth panOplied with immor-
/ taIity.
In that waking, deaths sky was
flooded with the light of morning. the
/ longing and hope of the age-heart
passed from shadow into the light of
! glad assurance, and the time has VI
/ brated with the blessed truth
/ Nov. once more Edeu's door
I Omen stands to mortal eyes
f For Christ hath risen and man shali
rise
! Now at last old things past,
Peace and hope and JOY begin
+ For Christ hath won and man shaH
win.
No longer must the mourner weep,
. Nor call deDarted Christians dead
For death is banished into sleep.
And every grave become d bed
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and while his weapon was being re-
loaded I laid mine on the grass.
I was hopping mad by this time. and
resolved to let him shoot and hit him.
He fred quickly and l drew a dead
bead on him and pulled down. But my
pistol snapped, After holding on him
i'm hopes it might still go Of. until the
time was Out. I raised my muzzle. nod
ded TO Ward and when he came up
told him what had happened.
The seconds started off to reload.
This cartel provided that the prime
nails should stand IN the positions as
signed them until directed to leave by
their seconds.
NV adversary left his post followed
his second and said something q did
not hear. and Mr.. John Stewart
Crockett. the second, turned to US, and
said. Gentlemen, we are satisfied.
7 raised my hat. and, addressing Mi.
]. stewart Crockett. said, We'll. ST, II
vour principal is satisfied. I'll bid you
good morning and Ward and
walked away.
7 never spoke to John s. Crockett.
and I'm sorry ] did not. Thank God
that my pistol failed. for I feel sure
wound have killed him. ] spoke tina
dav i'm Christiansburs and was not ar
rested. We were. however. indicted
/ but they had no evidence anu tile I'D
; dictments were soon quasheo.
I then announced publicly, with no
! sort of quarrel on hand. that dueline
was a farce and I had fought my last
! Sometimes I have deeply regretted it
( but on the whole ] know I was right
! twenty-five years later Crockett's boy
I served under my son in the Philip
mines. and my boy said he was gOoC
I soldier. There was nothing embar-
RAISING whatever connected with the
duel except the Stiffness OF al dueis-
have George Wards minutes
which are just what 1 have written.
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bring life and immortality to light in
the Christ.
It SAYS 10 us this morning. 1T is not
the end, that sleep and forgetting
When. as TennysOn sings,
Life and thought have. gone away,
Side by side.
Leaving doors and windows wide,
Careless tenants they,
il is to know the returning. not to cell
and nerve, not to pain and WEAKNESS.
not to passion and struggle. not to sin
and heartbreak, but to the body per
fected.
The multitudes which thrOng in in
creasing numbers the holy land. to
visit the places made abidtngly inter-
esting by their association with Christ
have served TO whet the enthusiasm of
the scholarly students who have writ
ten such fascinating chapters in the
mast fifty years Of archaeological re-
search.
Every bit Of light archaeology can
cast upon the Easter land is seized upon
with avidity by Bible scholars, and, in
deed. by all the reading public
The Holy City.
Those who go to the holy city in
which this great drama OF death and
life was played usually find their IN
terest conferred in two spots, the place
of the crucifixiOn and that of the re-
surrection. Thoughtful travellers ftnd a
! great deal to amuse and some things to
/ sadden in the reputed relics and ap-
Darent absurdities of location WHICH
/ have been the means of mems fatten-
/ ing on the reverence and credulity OF
! ChrisfpndOm.
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THE PRESCRIPTION.

There Is a Washington physician who
numbers among mis- patients his sister,
in-law. who is something of a hypo-
choudriac
Recently she sought out the doctor,
to whom she cOnfded her opinion that.
I'm her present condition. she ought to
go To- hot Springs for treatment
The very thing" agreed the doctor.
81 was thinking Of that myself. HI
give you a letter to an old friend of
mine there, a most skillful physician.
and I have no doubt he'll take every
care of YOU
The next dag. as the patient sat in
her Pullman thinking it over. It oc-
Cured to ner that as long as he-
brother-in-law had attended her. ne
had never given her any precise STATE
ment of her real siIment Accordingly
she decided to open tine sealed letter
which he had addressed To the Hot
Springs doctor, I'm order that she might
Esin the desired information. The
friend who accompanied her endeav-
orcd 70 dissuade her from this step,
urging that it would constitute Il
breach OF confidence. but this counsel
proved Of no avail ana the patient
proceeded to read:
Dear HalIett: Keep the old lady a
month and then send her back
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glorious building erected aforetime to
the glory of God.
But more interesting than even this
stately mosque, with its magnificent
dome and flooding memories. is the spot
known as the Church Of the Holy Sc
pulchre 1t is a building void of archi-
tectural beauty. withal it is possessed
of a qaintness that makes it TO be re
membered.
While we are quietly enjoying the
sprins beauty Of this Easter morning.
Wonder in the Church of the Sepulchre
freuzfed mobs will be gathered TO par
take of the the rites of Easter morning,
naturally the most impressive Of the
year in such a place.
Bloody riots have occurred here re-
peatedly in the centuries between the
/ Greek and Roman Christians, and it is
A ground for cynical comment that
/ Noslem troops need to be present on
I this day to see that the Christians OF
the different Creeds- do not come to the
ouarreing point over the alternate use
[ bv them of the sacred spot to which the
eyes of the Christian world turn on
/ this day
Within the chapel is the stone where
on Christ is said to have beeen laid by
I Nicodemus for amounting preceding
the burial Down beneath its floor is
/ the excava ton from which the cross o
I Christ is said TO have been removed by
the vorkmen Of Constantine.
Considerable difference of opinion ]:
existent regarding the location of the
grave where Christ lay. The hill OF
which he was uDlifted in cruel dealt
seems to be well determined. Golgotha
the place of the skull, usually visited a!
such. is one which from the days o
Eusebius and Jerome has been charac
terized as the hill of grief to which tn
Christian world turns in awe and ador
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Eusebius is authority for the state
ment that very early in the third cen
fury Christian pilgrimages had begun
to this sacred spot. 1t is historical that
when Titus had captured Jerusalem the
Romans builded the Temple of venus
ON this hill. thus helping to fix authen-
ticallv the place of the crucihXlOn-
When Constantine and his mother
Helena. visited Jerusalem, ii was Tor
the Durposs of locating the place OF
Christ's death and tomb. and Of erect
ing thereon a Christian church Iheo-
dOre states that after a long search the
sepuIcher of the Arimathean was dis
covered and beside it three crosses.
Robinson in his Biblical Researches
quotes this statement Of Theodore with
out comment.
Christian Temple Erected.
Certain it is that on the spot there
was erected a magnificent Christian
tenple. dedicated about $40 a. D, to
which came bishops from all over the
empire, who first met in council at
Tyre and later at Jerusalem, for the
ceremonial of the dedication.
Another skull-shaped hill, which was
! formely a part of Mt. MOriah. but was
separated from the main mass Of the
mountain by a quarry of Solomon
which cut through the backbone of the
ridge. leaving it apart, and near whlcf
/ is an old garden and tomb such as tht
/ Arimathean would prepare for himselt
/ is favored by many modern scholars
as well as by Jewish tradition, as th'
/ spot where Christ was cruCifed and ms
body buried, inasmuch as it unques
/ tionably lies beyond the Herodian wal
] fC NJ certain OF f1t
place now chosen.
The vital thing. however, is the resur
rection itself, and almost surely moderI
/ investigation viii reveal the spot Wher'
/ lay the holy body of the Nazaren'
/ whose resurrection is the joy and hops
! Of a reverent ChristendOm.
/ The excavations and Investigations o
! recent years nave added immensely t.
the worlds store of knowledge regard
ling Bethlehem. Jerusalem, Nazaretl
and other scenes closely woven in viii
| ChTist's life.
| Enthusiastically the most importan
work done has been that at GezeI
which has not only served to verify tn
/ Biblical record in important particu
lars. but also giver much valuable ligh
ION the development and sources Of Jew
ish customs, art and culture.
Spots Touched by Jesus.
The human interest lies warmes
however, upon the spots touched b
! Jesus in mis- thirty years of life.
Bethlehem. the sleepy country tow
the seat of David's house. the place {
Jesus birthday, even the foundation {
the very khan in which he was boTl
as was David, is asserted by sever;
! scholars to lie before the traveller in III
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feuse much less than his. Since Nc
Cartv killed John 3. Mordecai he has
been going about smelling the blood on
his hands and painting for more appar-
emily.
WITHOUT stake Of any sort, he has
maIiciously sought to provoke difficult
ties, first with General Malone, then
with Senator Riddleberger, ana next
with myself. Some months before ne
said aught against me 1 was INFORMED
that he had declared his purpose, in a
public place. to seek a difficulty with
me next. General Malone and Riddle
berger. failed to notice him, and L pro-
nose to do likewise. What satisfaction
can I secure from McCarty? 1 would
not fight a duel | do not wish his
blood. and would be as miserable as he
/ is now il I shed it. If I were to sue
/ him for SANDER and give the money to
some charitable Institution I could not
/ make anything out of him or execution
! Unmarried, penniless, without any
| fixed employments, dissipated, witr
nothing to lose. he seems possessed OF
\ devil. and would no doubt esteem
! II a mercy for some gentleman to XII
/ him and ease his tortured brain and
| conscience. He may play Sir Lucius
/ O'Trigger to his hearts content, boast
! ing OF ms ancestry 'SttIE ollN " "iiNi'
has killed his mani, his family por-
traits and his honor. but he must fine
| somebody else than me to kill him.
with a sweet home filled with mer
~ children. with enough to live com
| fortsblv. with a paying profession,
| am happy and I want to live. In Cod
/ name what would a man like Pag'
NcCarty put in stake AGAINST this whei
We stoOofFat ten PAGES with p-stoiss Iii
abuse Of me has no more effect than
logs barking at the moon. His inVi
tation comes too late. Time has bee
when 1 might have been fool enoug
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BY PETER a. SlMPKiN.

urs- 81 holiday of sladness the world
r..-e what "a magic note of hope ana
... fin the sweetness of the Easter
morning.
like ta 100 other day i'm the year
.a,. that fr the Christ mass IS it in its
...- and flower and ceremony.
I'M stately cathedrals and humble
..--.ra-. in the mystic ritual of fra
-.-.r temples and the glad procession
... under sunny skies, the springtime
.- OBJ. heart finds d renewal synchTon-
..- with that stirring to waking in the
Seasons renewal moving from the win
-.. eut.. COB march in fragrant pro-
..--.n tu summers throne garlauded
.#n flowers ana beauty
Yesterday the fagellat.ng penitente,
Gin. heart oppressed. the symbolism of
candle suffering in darkened room.
To-Day. anthem. light JOY.
The Auglo-SaNon peoples nav
marked d. i'm common with the Latlns,
Us the day which best answers the
message of the angel-soug prOclalming
emmanuel and peace
81 the affairs of the Christ will be
r.4--ad lilies and palms, hope and con-
.ra-- -r1keu in the gold-splotched lily
tr-..ts whose beauty is an anthem
and the emerald fronds whose espray-
ina grace are fit emblems q such a
victory as that whose memory they
speak.
rr. fierce men of the Balkans viii
cease Zoo plot for a few hours and re-
.a... The Russian moUjik viii forget
-r. fra. of life for "a day. and I'm the
r.u. off the Easter message viii bridge
Oh. CULTS "a cruel autoCraCv has rlVeu
between him and his brothers. and IN
simple gift and cordial greeting pro-
r..n the fact as a personal one lie
r-0u.
Tho masters of the worlds CON-
r...-.. and industry. it, business kings
anal leaders of thought, viii toregatne!
.u christian churches with the humDle
...- who are iu their bone and sine"
-.. Atlas of the modern time- together
r.av viii hymn the lays of the teaS'
and Law uDon the altar Of a risen, ilv-
m- Christ mUnifCeut gifts To- help ech-
t, "a world that needs the truth
Christ the Lord is risen today, Hal
.rra is risen.- such "a simple an
..r..emeu1 of n startling thing. Its
--- simplicity is true to- the emotion
.- -.. heart. to the law of tho mind
That ..nra face to face with stupen-
.-s and unique fact. Tt is the an
..-r..mart OF the heavenly messenger
r. .-. H..rt-str.ckeu followers of the
a-. greatest teacher and character
r.r. nf II is upon the lips OF the
simple men t1 whom it has Tor years
been spoken as If it were a parable
MON vino echo rather than realize the
statement of one of the greatest facts
r-. r1rad'S history, that their mas
leg beloved was risen again
Touches Heart of Race
-. r.- body of great man
..s..r hv the hate of a time whos'
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V. NJ. J. friend, was there editing a
paper. He was a Democrat, but would
fight a sawmill. I turned it over to
George ward 10 arrange. We obtained
dueling pistols from Alex. Holiday.
who was professor in a school there.
and Ward ag1 eed I should fight Crock
EFT next day at Bangs. the depot on
the A. NJ. & O. road, where 7 was to
get off to speak at ChEistianburg- Z
wired to DR. Lewis Wheat Of Richmond
to meet me. and at daybreak, when we
got off. he was there.
Used His Left Hand.
We walked down the road about q
mile toward yellow Sulphur springs
and found a pretty site. We took our
positions about sunrise. I am very
left-handed. and although an excellent
shot. always used my left hand. When
We took our positions 1 held my pistol
i'm my left hand and stood with my
heart exposed. CTOckett's second whis-
pered something to Ward and he came
to me and said: THE cartel requires
you to hold your pistol in your right
hand and stand with your right side
to your adversary" On the car
tel said I: Il never heard of Il before.
Don't you know 1 am very left-hand-
ed"
ward SAID ne mad signed carter
such as ! mentioned but that ne never
thought of my being left-hsnded. even
IL he knew it-that it was a trick and
he would take me off the field
Not muchi" said I: III chance
( him tbs way" So I changed around
/ At the first exchange Of shots
/ missed him. realizing had counted too
confidently on being ambidextrous.
As we were having the loaded Wea-
pons placed in our hands for q second
/ shot CrOcket's pistol accidentally eI-
ploded and he came near hitting his
second. They made ample apologies
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naper called the Campaign, and NOR
nm once it attacked Wise. People
Kent looking for trouble between inc
two men. but it didn't come, In It's
stead finally came a newspaper caiu
which was as follows;
To the Public:
Richmond. Va. March ,, 1854
About twelve months ago. as IS Wen
known TO many persons, reSoiVeu lieN
CT again to recognize the practice OF
dueling. a few weeks ago my po!iC-
iral disabilities. incurred under the
dueIing act. were. for the second time
removed by the legislature The ABOVE
conclusion was stated under oath or
Monday last. Ny reasons for 50 decio-
ING were satisfactory to myself. ThoSe
of 2 Drivate nature are Of no concern
to fine public The public consideration
most potent in my decision was that
am satisfied public opinion VIII no'
sustain a duelist in any civil Eed com
m;1nitv at the present day.
.Henceforth. therefore, L with It pub
licIv understood that I viii not hgnt
duel or be the party TO one.
ct make this declaration puohc De
cause some persons may expett me t'
resent several assaults OF late appear
ing i'm newspapers, especially IN Use p"
per called the Campaign.
"Tf 7 had intended TO recognize tn
editor Of that paper I would have dom
eo long ago. for the articles last ap
roaring are no worse than many otheF
mat have been published. W rag
NTcCarty can have no difficulty VIII
me. =
"Tf the commonwealth attorney
the town where that paper Is publishe
had done his duty. McCarty would nav
been i'm Jail long ago as the utterer .
criminal libel. A poor man nero
Richmond was sent TO Jail for an OF