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the cry that we were nearing shore, but
thls was ruse of. the captain to get
breakfast out OF the way before landing.
Nhen nrSt came up on deck nothing
but the sea was i'll sight. The sun was
about two hours high and the sky, a light
blue with long streaks of ieecy white
drawn like half-veil over il, fitted down
into the ocean at the eastern horiZ n AS
/ looked i saw two lines Of haZv gray
rise up as IT were out of the water which
rippled in sapphire wavelets, caught by
the sun. The first line was the sandy
beach that edges the rich plains of
Sharon and the second the wall OF
smoky gray which marks the hills of
Judea the highlands of Palestine.
Coming nearer these lines increased in
size. and the first turned to dazzling
white sand. out of which little later
the wooded green strip q the port of
Jaffa came into view. Nearer still we
could see the shipping in the harbor, aud
above and behind it the walls of Jaffa,
one of the oldest towns OF the world.
We get some idea of the age of Jaffa
from the story of Jonah. for the Bible
says that il was from here Jonah took
passage upon the ship from which he
was thrown overheard INTO the month
of the whale. He remained in the whales
belly three days. during which time he
prayed 10 the Lord. and the Lord snake
TO the whale Uhereupon he was yomlted
ont upon dry land Jonah was horn about
$50 years before Christ. He was a baby
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or three bad man sympathizers to see
the sport. and incidentally take flier
or two if opportunity offered. He took
one additional precaution. He bought the
biggest plug of tobacco he could find
and placed it in a pocket that was inn
mediately over his heart when in shoot
ing position.
After dark Mcdonald went to the tele
graph station. and. while filing a report,
was approached by messenger from
Mathews, who said that the latter want
ed to see him and fix things up friendly
like. Capt. Bill was suspicious. but &C
companied the messenger to the street,
where he met the sheriff and his friends.
''Well?" he demanded.
We'll, l have got some things to say to
you" began the sheriff. shaking the fin
ger of his left hand at the ranger
Slyly the right hand stole for the pis-
tol pocket. which movement the ranger
captain observed. 1t was winter and
he wore a big overcoat, with a pistol
in the outside pocket The gun OF
Mathews hung in the drawing, and this
would have been instantly fatal but for
the preca utionary plug of tobacco. Capt.
Bill fired two shots in rapid succession
at the heart of his antagonist. Both
struck within a place as large as a dol
lar, and both in the plug.
Bv this time the sheriff had his gun
and the ranger paused. puzzled. Mathews
had thrust another man between himself
and the ranger. Mcdonald crounhed for
this man As he did SO the sheriff fired.
the ball entering the rangers shoulder
and blowing its way to the small of
his back. Despite this terrible wound
he reached Mathews and knocked up his
gun before another shot could be fired.
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B1IL MsDoNALD
RANGER CHEF

the plan he had been nursing-that OF
blowing up the works.
Capt. Bill had been mingling with the
throng unobserved. He edged his way IL
the front and at the dramatic moment
climbed upon the platform occupied by
the agitator.
II am Capt. Mcdonald OF the rangers"
he said. and l am here to handle just
such men as this scoundrel who has been
talking to you. Men. he is your worst
enemy He has been melting you to muir
der. and that means that YOU VIII be
sent to the pe1itentiary or be hung. Now,
you are not going to do such foolish
things. l am going to run this rascal
out OF town. and you are going TO dis
cuss your differences se1sioly.
The agitator Gid leave town and the
miners and the ,mpany patched up their
troubles.
There was the Buzzard Water Hole
murder mob over in San Saba county
near the great swamp 1t held meet
ing once a month. and decided VINO !.
would murder. The mob was In contioi
of the community, and murder proved
interesting to il. Thirty-four victims
were already charged up TO it CAPT.
Mcdonald and five rangers went INTO
San Saba The mob had a store there
that it used IS a rendezvous lhah
by the name OF Ogle was the leader
Mcdonald walked into this store where
q score of the desperadoeS had cons7e
gated and were talking over the arriNa,
up to Ogle and said:
Come out into the street want ID
talk to you"
He took him by the shoulder ana
marched him out. He stopped In the mo
die of the street. where lac could guarh
against attack, and told the leader that
he was contemplate murderous coward
and that he was going To be brought I'D
the gallows The murderer was familar
with the determination Of the rangers
and thought hi. time had come. He lost
his courage and became so frightened
that he could no longer stand and sat
In the sand of the street.
Mcdonald told him to go get his asso-
ciates and their guns and get ready I'D
fight, for they were going to he cleaner
out But the heart of the gang was
broken. ard its members put up no sem
biance of nervy fight and were soon all
rounded in.
A thousand men have asked a de"ni-
ton of the quality that dominates and
enables these lew rangers to subdue tho
multitude of lawlessness that a great
ers are right and keep a comm seems tie
best answer far advanced This Is
probably supplemented by that reverence
that every human holds for unquestioned
courage. That bravery that never qua
vers in the face of death is everywhere
paid its tribute. So long have the rang
ers shown that courage that ii has come
to be regarded as a part of them and
carries with a force that L. greater than
many rifles.
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altogether shaded by the houses. the
roofs of which almost touched overhead
We entered several of the dwellings
Each consisted of but one room facing a
common court where the men. women
and children were herded together.
The house of Simon the Tanner was
destroyed some centuries ago, but an
other house, which is probably of the
same character, stands on its site, and
tanning is still done in the neighbor-
hood. At least I judge as much by
the smell This house is now used
as a second-clasS inn. IT is a stone
structure. built high up over the sea.
with steps outside. which lead IL the
second-story and roof. | climbed to the
top, and there had about the Same view
as that of St Peter at the time Of his
remarkable vision. In. front of me the
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when Homer was telling the story of
the Had. and a hundred years had yet
to elapse before the founding of Rome.
l am not sure as to the exact spot
where Jonah was taken up by the sailors
and thrown into the sea, but he is said
to have been buried not far from Jeru-
salem, and there are dragomen in Pales-
tine who will show you his tomb.
Ever since Jonah'S time sailors have
held a superstition against having preach
ers on board, thinking that such passen-
gers bring bad luck to the ship. How
ever that may be, the harbOr of Jaffa
is one of the worst in the world. 1t is
almost always rough, and often it is i'm
possible to land. Upon our arrival the
sea was quiet. but, nevertheless, the swell
was such that the boats which took us
ashore bobbed up and down and the
waves soaked our baggage before reach
ing port.
As 10 Jonah himself and his narrow
escape one of our preachers on board
has quoted a new version for the reason
of his leaving the whale:
-, threw up JONAH said the whale
Who'd lately come TO town;
Il threw up Jonah.
For could not keep good man down.
In coming in looked about for a
whale. There was none i'll sight. although
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I have never eaten anything that Is
common or unclean.'
And then came Il voice. which said:
What God has cleanSed that call not
thou common.
II was these words that first led t.
the preaching OF the Gospel TO the
Gentiles, bringing about the conversion
Of Cornelius, the Roman centurion. and
later on the preaching of Christ To all
the world
AS my guide refreshed my biblical
memory with this story. he told me Of
an American who had visited this place
with him last week. Said Moses:
This American WAS funny man.
and ii seemed To me a foolish one He
was not satisfied with seeing this house
but he asked me to show him tie
vision that ST. Peter saw and icma nd
ed TO know what had become of the
sheet. He said he did not think he
ought To pay me without I could show
him the vision. but I told him that
could not do that without he had st.
Peters heart and I was sure that he
had not"
This American was probably face
tious. but his questions are not unlike
those OF many of the tourists whose
ignorance and superstition surpass be
lief. Many of them credit the stories
of every guide. and they go about
kissing spots which they imagine to be
hallowed by their connection with the
Bible. but of whose authenticity no
one knows.
But there is one thing I must not
forget about Jaffa. And that is that
here was born the modern sewing bee,
and l might almost say the Woman's
Missionary Society. You have all heard
OF Dorcas, the queen Of the needle.
who was raised from the dead by st.
Peter She was noted for the gar
ments she had made for the poor. and
al her funeral the people gathered
round and showed specimens OF her
needlework, which she had sewed and
hemmed and stitched for them.
This Dorcas lived two or three miles
outside Jaffa on a hill which has a
commanding view of the country for
miles around. II overlooks the sea and
orange groves and gardens containing
all kinds of fruits. The site of her
house is now occupied by a Russian
Greek Catholic Church and tomb has
been erected over her grave nearby.
L drove out to the place. winding nv
way in and out through orange groves and
up the hill to the church. Here I met a
by guarding the honest of the saint in
whose honor prayers are said daily
1t was with him that i visited the
tomb IL is of stone and is rooted by
a dome, the whole being covered with
plaster There is a door at the front
and by desceding several steps one can
see the piece Of mosaic which covers
the spot where DorcaS lies. There are
catacombs to the right and left con-
tanning the bones of saints, and over
the whole are magnificent trees
FRANK q. CARPENTER
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to Aurora and thence to Decatur and
back to Chicago.
The Bible has called this little territory
a land of milk and honey. The expression
must have come by contrast with the
dreary sand of the Sinai desert, through
which the Israelites travelled on their way
to it, AS l know 1t from former travels,
it is more rocky than any part of the AL
leghenies, and the Blue Ridge of Virginia,
which is covered with stones, is the Mis-
Sisslppi valley compared with il. The
country has a backbone of mountains
comprising the hills of Judea, Samaria
and Galilee, with Vi low coastal plain,
where the Phinstines lived, running
between ii and the Mediterranean sea On
the other side of the backbone is the
great ditch in which the Sea of Tiberias
and the Dead Sea lie with the winding
Jordan running from one to the other.
This ditch is below the level of the sea
and parts of it have the hottest and most
oppressive climate ON earth On the OPP
pOsite side of the Jordan toward the east
is a country much richer than Palestine.
1t is composed of highlands from 1000 to
1000 feet above sea level. giving excellent
pasture and, In the north. large crops Of
wheat. This was the Bashan, Gilead and
Moab of the Bible. and IL is now inhab-
ited chiefly by Mohammedan Bedouins,
who live in tents. driving their camels.
the past ii was thickly populated, and it's
ruined cities are now being excavated.
Explorations are also going on i'm the
lands west of the Jordan. Many discov-
cries have been made at Jerusalem and
the Palestine exploration fund is unearth-
Ing other cities. During our travels
we may visit old Jericho. where the Aus
TRANS are now working; and not far from
where | am writing. on the way to Jeru-
salem, is the ancient town of Gezer which
has been recently exposed to the light of
day AS TO these things. however. I shall
describe them as we go over the ground.
came here from Egypt. took the ex-
press train at Cairo and in four hours
was landed at Port Said. at the mouth
of the Suez canal. where | got steamer
which brought me TO Jaffa The who'e
way was through the lands Of the Bible
The depot from which We started lies not
far from the spot where the guides say
the baby Moses lay in the bulrushes and
the railroad runs over the old caravan
route down which Jacob and his sons
came into Egypt for corn and over which
Joseph and Mary must have brought the
infant Jesus when they fled to eScaue
King HerOd, the baby killer. We Stru k
the canal at Ismailia. about amidway of
the 15thmus of SueZ. and thence rode
northwart along its banks TO Pert Said
Our steamer was crowded with pilgrims
from Russia. Egypt and North Africa
There were many Americans French and
Germans travelling first-class. and hun
dreds of Syrians and Egyptians going
steerage. We left at > o'clock in the
evening, and our first view of the Holy
Land came at O'Clock the next morn
Ing. We had been awakened at with
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saddle. the rifle and the SiX-Shooter and
the sheriffs of various counties had long
shown little disposition to interfere with
him. Sergt. Sullivan was sent to get
Mayes.
There We've various great herds of cat
tie round about Quanah, I'm the panhan-
die. Sullivan went from one to another
of these in search of his man. He final
" got word that he was with a certain
herd sympathZer of the outlaw at
tempted to warn him of the approach
of the ranger. Sullivan discovered this
and a race, for the camp that harbored
the outlaw was begun. The sympathzer
won the race by a margin of but a few
hundred yards. When Sullivan first
sighted his man the outlaw was running
from the chuck wagon to his saddle
nearby for his rifle. This he secured
and fortified himself behind the wagon.
Sullivan still bore down at breakneck
speed upon the wagon. As he neared
it Mayes put his gun around the corner
of it and ordered the ranger to halt, and
that officer was fully aware Of the des
peration of the cattle thief and of his
ability to shoot. But a ranger never
stops as long as he is alive, SO Sullivan
dashed up to the wagon, jumped his
horse over the tongue of it and covered
the outlaw with his pistol. The latter
s'Why the hell didn't you stop when 1
told you to?' asked Mayes.
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TIL this letter l
begin the story OF
my travels in the
Holy Land. during
which time / shall
visit the most in
teresting places,
going on foot. on
horseback and in
carriages from the
Mediterranean to
the Dead sea and
from Beersheba to
Dan. / shall have
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HERE Is a little
band of twenty
eight men I'm Texas
today who throw
down the gauntlet
to all the world,
past and present.
in the matter of
pulling off stunts
that are gloriously
venturesome, that
daily with death,
that ScOrn odds
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blue Mediterranean stretched out to-
ward the west. AT the north could be
seen the sands reaching toward the
Mount Carmel, while at the south were
those near which Askalon stood II
was here that st. Peter had that
wonderful dream. in which all the
beasts of the world were let down from
heaven in sheet, in order that he
might eat of them. You remember that
he refused, saying: Not so, Lord, for
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THEIR Creed Is THAT
i No Man in the Wrong
Can Stand Up Against the
Fellow in the Right and Keep
A-Comin' LOCATED Where
Outlaws of Two Nations
Seek Refuge - Indulge in
Gun Fights Where Nerve"
Is Observation-Disclosures Num-
Der Twenty-eight - All of
Them Fighting Men to the
Gore"
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Dan Carpenter Begins His Holy

GRAPHIC Descriptions of
" Palestine-the New Ex-
plorations-The Trip From
Cairo-In the Footsteps of
Jonah-Where Solomon's
Timber Was Landed-Jaffa
and Its American Consul
Who Dispenses Bible Pills
In the House of Simon the
Tanner-the Tomb of Dorcas
or the First Woman Mission
airy.
(Copyrfzht. 1910. by Frank 6 Carpenter
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
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The city is built right on the rocks and
its yellow, white and blue houses come
down to the waters edge They rise up
the steep sides of the bluff making wall
which cuts off the view of the country
behind. At the south Of the bluff, as far
as one can see, are white sands. Al the
north are orange groves and then more
sand.
AS We left tho ship We came down d
GangWay and were lifted into the boats.
The third-claSS and steerage passengers
We're hung over the sides; of the deck of
the steamer by the arms. and dropped
down into the boats. which are twelve
or more feet below. Some of them scream
ed as they fell. making the rocks re-echo
with their cries as though the beautiful
Andromeda were still chained there We
had no trouble with the customs largely.
L believe. because our dra eomen had given
the officers liberal baksheesh. The
examination was short and within half
an hour after landing we were comfort
ably housed at the Jerusalem Hotel. 1
mention this hotel because it is kept by
a man who was for long time our
american consular agent. His name is
HardeSS. and he spices his food with
religious doctrine of his own kind The
hotel rooms are not numbered l. - 3. etc.
but are named after the sons of Isra el and
the various Old Testament prophets and
each of them contains a book which
Hardegg has written entitled bible
Pills 1t is composed of texts from the
scriptures fitted ia ones daily life
The city of Jaffa has now about nifty
thousand inhabitants. of whom thirty FIVE
thousand MohammedanS ten thou
sand Christians and five thousand Jews
1t has considerable trade. and is rapidly
growing. The rich plains of Sharon at
the ba ok furnish sesame. grain and olive
oil, while the highlands of Judea and Sa-
maria procure wool today as they did in
the times of our Savior. All about the
town are orange groves. the fruit Of
which is shipped to all parts of the Medi-
terranean. The oranges are almost the
shape OF lemon. but they are of great
size and sweet as honey. They are packed
In boxes at the groves and are carried
down to the harbor on the backs of cam
els. | met caravans of these huge beasts
swaying along as they made their way to
the steamers. More than five hundred
steamers and a thousand sailing vessels
call here every year.
was taken through the native quar-
fers of Jaffa by young Syrian named
Moses. We went together through streets
so narrow and winding that carriages
could not enter them, and at times were
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that are hundred to one, that Know no
force sufficient to turn them aside from
thing they have set out to accomplish.
These men make up the rank and file of
the Texas Rangers, force more feared
by miscreants than any other body of
men civilization has ever organized
They carry law and order to the re-
mote regions along the Rio Grande, where
outlaws of two nations take refuge
They carry it into the backwoods where
feuds rage constantly beside which those
Of kentuckys mountains sink into in
significance. They carry it into such
populous cities San Antonio. where
local political influence prevents local
enforcement of the liquor laws. They
carry ii into every nook and corner of
that great state of Texas, the extent Of
which is such that there are problems to
face such as other states dream not OF.
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Rangers Carnes. Lawrence, West and
Craighead recently rode into jungle that
skirts the Rio Grande near its mouth
Mexican renegades were hidden in the
thickets and the rangers knew the deadly
peril into which they rode. Engineer
Darwin of an irrigation project in the
neighborhood had, short time previous
ly thrashed in good American style a
Mexican with whom he had had d, diff
ference. JaCinto Trevino. ii Mexican out
law, who had killed American ten
years before and had since hidden in the
brush and vacillated between the MeXi-
can and American sides of the line. was
a cousin Of the man who was whipped
Pedro Estrada also had Texas ranch
man TO his credit and joined Trevino in
hiding. They had gathered a party of
kindred spirits about them.
Despite the disadvantage under which
they worked. the range1 rode into the
thicket They could die but once and
their business was to court death. A
road had been cut through the jungle
and. following this, the rangers were
ambushed. The outlaws opened on them
at close range with shOtguns and every
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the beautiful daughter OF the king OF this
country, was here chained to the rocks
in order that she might appease a huge
sea serpent which threatened to eat up
the people. While SO imperiled she was
rescued by Perseus, who killed the mon
ster, and married her In Plny's time
the historians state that the chains by
which Andromeda was bound to the
rocks were still to be seen, and that
the bones of the sea serpent were carried
to Rome and placed upon exhibition
there.
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QUANAH, Texas. October s. 1910
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.IAFFA.

Copyright. 1910. by Frank 6 Carpenter
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
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New York, July 2s.-After years OF
supremacy in the oil trade Of the world
the Standard oil Is to have d large
competitor. Twenty millions is the
announced capital stock OF the corpor-
alton which is to be known as the Gem
trail Fuel OIL company Considerable
London capital is back OF the enter
prise. In fact $15,o00,000 will come
from London and the remaining S.
100000 from New York. In accordance
with the charter the capital can be in-
creased to any amount desired.
Operations will be started with long
term leases on $4,000 acres of the most
promising oil lands in Oklahoma, SIT
uated almost wholly in the Bartless-
vile region. The output at the start
will be estimated at something like
10000 barrels, All this oil will be
piped $50 miles over line to be con-
structed by the company towards the
Gulf of Mexico 1t is along here that
special arrangements will be made with
the Texas enterprise Of John w. Gates
The products of the two companies will
be handled there by the same agencies
and 1t is thought they will be sold to-
gether.
The Texas company is considered
generally as the pet project of John w.
Gates, Mr. Porter, who is nova general
n1anager of the Associated ON COM
pany OF California, one of the strong
est rivals OF the Standard company on
the Paeific coast, il to be general man
ager Of the new company