Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15

-,,-s,r.pM Take a scat with me
.sfs tr,rht Sunday morning IN inc
rsnrold car which is just about
i.,,lpr the seaport OF jana to so
~ r---,sirr The distance by rail- Is
", ,,u.s and we shall make il In less
-, f,rr hours The road crosses the
IN risIDs OF sharon, and then winds
~. way ND the bills OF Julel until II
,,.ys. has at the Holy city about %
r-,5ral feet higher than where we
tn. cars are comfortable. but we
a.. had 20 arht with the tourists and
sg--.rs for our seats near the VIA
- A German and q Greek on the
u-..ta side of the CIR are stiI quar-
w. e,r ,l4rae. and thDir language is
p-t of uru'lUrly love. The Ger
u.' t,s fust called The Greek swine,
tr. Grgak has v1taliataa by saying
~, ,r. grrwIu Is uf the canine per-
u.Ur Nuq they are quiet, ana Wr
s-,..rI4y the scenery ne vc go onward.
az THE PLAINS or SHARON.
rssvirr Jana. vc ride FOR some miles
81, nothing but orchards. There are
w, s-,rf There aye orchards Of olives,
. -..,.l--1nstas and figs and M my gar
~. ..rrr1urdaI iy cactus hedges twice
rlrs 4e our heads. Leaving the or
"t.-fs vp enter the rich plains upon
.tj,s fhe PhustinCF lived. The soil Us
t-,,,r and s0 fat thHt YOU have only 20
,i.pis ii with the pillow and u laughs
vith the harvest ,
psrs Is "a green fcld OF wheat: ne
stalk stand as thick as grass IN We
.-,,ird and rise and iul Win tne
t.5s fr7m the sea There o. native Il
.,.,..,g with q bullock and donkey har-
.ssI t1~rthcr Tho pillow IS the rude
fs.f4stia0rd one OF the Scriptures, ana
ne 6ark skinned farmer steadies II
,-r,b one hard. while he carries a goa.d
4, he other Farther ON are Gamers
srarr.rr the plovs. In places We see
e5-tr IN flt sheen. hcrdcd 10y boys, ana
49, and than pass village Of white
rss houses with thick roofs ~
.t,,S an which the grass grows.
49,. syery house has "a roof ~ sod
-t.,t q foot deep and ne we near tho
bus the towns on their sides rise up
IN green terraces.
r. arfsaauo here IS FAR different
~, mat af the United Statcs There
49, no houses nor barns standing .lohe
a. ,ts acids There are no outhuildings
NJ
80 vstlHks The people live In VIZ
t,.rs and 20 out 20 work In the fields.
NJ .7fy fences are hedges Of cactus.
s-8 In, most Of the holdings are not
fenced Of all
GINNING THE JUDEAN NOUN
TAINS.
ne land remains fertile clear 10 tho
mountains. o. distance % perhaps 20
miles In the foothills are patches Of
rrsan. ana higher on up fields cut here
ana there out of the rocks, which are
built M n hold in the earth. I have
never seen a country more rocky. The
rough lands OF the Blue Ridge are Nile
farms comparsI 90 the hills through
which we go on our way to Jerusalem
I'm many places there Is nothing but
rocks. which ore laid up I'm such ways
o. 20 make one think they were con-
s'ruetsl by man The limestone strata
are piled stone upon stone, looking like
mighty monuments rising the hills. In
some places whole mountains are steps.
forming pyramids OF white limestone.
sparsely spr.ukled with patches OF
grass and red peoples
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SAMSON.
The rlilvsy winds rs way In and out.
i cuwls along the sides OF the noun
tsins with horseshoe curves here and
there The whole journey Is over his
toric ground. Much Of q Is IN the foot
steps Of samson We cross the plains
where he fought with the Philistincs,
staying q thousand Of them with the
iaWh0ne o. an ass We see the place
whore he tied the frebrands 10 the
tails Of 80 foxes and let them loose 10
burn up the harvest a little farther on
we enter ne valley o. sorek. where tho
wicked DelIlah cut on the hair Of the
strong man as he lay asleep I'm her lap,
and away up on the side Of the hill We
can s0e the town Of Zurah, where sam
son was born. At the station Of Delr