The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23


by which to picH their q through
the crowd.
Behind them Is a girl with bare
face. She wears a round cap, which
a foot above her rosy brown
Her gown Is a grey chemise,s
which falls almost to her feet, and
has aA.wlde hem OF embroidery of red
and blue silk. That Is a Bethlehem
maiden, and the shawl she wears was
probably made by her own hands for
her wedding. Such shawls are much
priced by tourists. and the best OF them
bring $25 apiece In the stores.
But here are some women In long
coats and high boots. They have calico
gowns under their coats, which reach
half way down the calf. Their heads
are covered with handkerch1efs and
their faces are bronzed by the sun.
Each has a staff In her hand andfa bag
on her back. and she is tramping along
at the rate OF four miles an hour.
They are dusty and dirty. M stthey
look weary and worn. Those are
pCdSdl Olll - 4SuooA0s
come here as pilgrims, and who are
making their way from the shrine to
shrine. They have tramped this morn
ing out to Bethlehem, and tomorrow
will likely be on their way to the
Jordan.
Around the Wallis.
Let us start at the Jaffa gate and
make a trip around the walls OF Jeru-
salem. I have tramped about them
foot and have ridden round upon
3donkeys. Some offthe walls which still
stand were laid up by Solomon Others
were erected by Herod the Great who
built Davld's Tower. and others by
Agrippaionly a few years after Christ's
We walk across the road leading "a
Bethlehem, down which the wise men
of the east rode on their way to tbs
birthplace of the Saviour. and pick
ing our steps through a caravan OF
.camels lying there. climb road which
leads up the slope OF Mount Zion.
Is a moat at the foot of the
tower which is 100 feet wide n 80
feet deep, and the wall rises perhaps
100 feet above this. There are olive
trees between the road and the walls.
and as we go we see ragged donkeys
feeding among them. Now we have
passed the moat and come close to
the wall. It's lower portions are about
1900 years old. but the stones are as
firm as when they were laid. The
upper layers are Of square and OBJ
long blocks. They were r~epatredScen-
turtles since, and are laid In white
mortar.
Going onward, we pass tower after
tower running fifteen or twenty feet
out from the wall and rising FIVE or
six feet above it. The walls are thick,
and the towers were probably used for
the sarchers and watchmen stationed
there on the outlook for the enemy.
The American Cemetery.
IA little beyond David's tower, almost
hugging the walls, is a great church.
belonging to the Germans. It Is still
IN process OF construction. and when,
completed it will command a view
over the whole Of Jerusalem. The
site was given to the Kaiser OF Germany
,by the sultan, and he holds the decd
Ito ii. A part of the churchyard Is
the American cemetery, which was
sold by our consul. It is now filed
with barrels of building materials and
lime and mortar8cover the excavations
where American Christians once lay.
The selling OF the cemetery coused
great excitement among the Ameri-
cans at Jerusalem, and the American
here protested against the re-
moval OF their dead, which they say
done after dark. The bodies were
taken up and carried to the Engiashl
Continuing the ride on our dopkeys,
hug the wall looking down into
the Valley OF Hinnom until we come
to Zion gate, and a little farther on
to the Dung gate, below which In the
Valley Of Jehoshaphat lies the pool OF
Sloan, where Christ cured the blind
man by applying moist clay to his
eyes. AT the Zion gate a group OF
lepors are begging. They are ragged
and filthy, and they hold out the stumps
OF their hands asking for aims. It
on the inside of this gate that
the house of Caiaphas stood. where
Peter three times denied he was q
the disciples of Christ, sWhereupon the
cock crowed.
Gardens of Jehoshnphnt.
We soc chickens scratching in the
earth outside the wall IS we go by,
and as we look at the gardens on
the stones OF Kedron or Jehoshaphat
observe that the land Is still rich,
Therefare5cows away down In the val
ley and the bees are bnzzing on the
cacti and wild flowers on the STONES,
The Holy Land Is still n OF milk
and honey. The villages near Jerusa-
lem have dairies which supply excel
butter, and the honey, which,
largely made Of orange blossomss IS
delicious. 1t Is served every day al
the hotels and is usually in the
liquid form rather than the comb
The slopes of the Valley of Jehosha,
PLAT arc now spotted with red, Thousl
ands of peoples and anemones grow
upon the ridges between the gardens
and the peasants are working the
crops. They use plenty of FERTILIZER,
and, strange to say. the most of that.
which comes from the city Is taken
out through the Dung gate. IT may
be from this that It hadgita name. i