The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-16
CURIOS PICKED ABROAD
GIVEN TO THE NORMAL
From Saturdays baTly.


From Saturdays baIly.
Dr. George o. Jefferson, who re-
turned several days after long
and interesting trip in Europe, and
is visiting his father, G. M. Jeffer-
son, in North Mankato, and brother,
Frank e. Jefferson, in Belgrade, yes
terday afternoon presented several
very interesting specimens to the
museum of the state normal school.
Dr. Jefferson graduated from the
school about the year 1880, and has
ever since had warm spot in his
heart for the institution, although
for a number of years practicing
physician at Portland, Oregon.
While in Europe he kept his eye out
for few things for the normal.
Little jug Among valuabIes.
The most interesting article pre-
lus, or little jug to carry oil into
the tOmbs to fill the lamps that were
constantly kept lighted there. He
saw workman unearth it at the
Dipylon, or beginning of the sacred
way, in Athens, and secured it.
Showing it to Professor Butler of
Princeton university, who was in
Athens at the time, he learned that
it was probably made and used
about $50 B. c. 1t is as fine a piece
Of pottery as can be found today,
and contains "a rude representation
of the rising sun on one side.
Dr. Jefferson also presented the
school with piece OF Assuan gran
Egyptians in making their fine statu.
airy; piece of alabaster from the
Assuan region in lower Egypt; a
piece of Pentilicon marble, being a
silver that he broke off from the
old Parthenon; and piece of old
Israelitish brick, made by the Israel
ties while in bondage in Egypt. All
of these things are of great value
and will be fully appreciated by the
school, and will be valuable add
tlOn 10 It's museum.
Account of His Trip.
DR.. Jefferson will not leave fol-
Portland for two or three days. Ask
ed to give an account of his trip, DR.
Jefferson said:
ct is unfortunately impossible &c
give the readers of The Free Press
much more than a meager descrip
zion of some single place of Oul
! tour. Perhaps a few ideas of ole
Palestine will afford as much inter
est as any.
with a reasonably smooth sea
one is usually landed at Jaffa to be
gin the trip through the Holy Land
Jaffa is indeed a beautiful place, ant
its name in the oriental language
means beautiful. But it is a place
upon the Mediterranean without {
harbor and one of necessity mus
| find sufficiently smooth water upOr
arriving here to disembarlk in the or
binary rowboat. The natives are eX
pert seamen and will ship and lanC
| you safely when the undertaking
seems hazardous. This is accom-
plished something after the fashion
| of Jump at given opportunity" plan
| Finding oneself on the bottom steI
Of the long stairs, or ladder lie
down from the side of your ship
when the little rowboat held clos,
ito this step rises on a wave to nea
| the level of the step, then you ART
grabbed and forced to jump into TIT
boat.
! Must Be Done Quickly.
| Quickly it must be done, for a
quickly the little boat has fallen il
the trough of the wave far below
the step. Thus one person at tim,
enters the little boat, and each sue
! ceeding rise of the boat or each sue
ceeding wave brings a new occupan
until it is filled: Fear does no
| count with the native when he ha
dared to risk himself to bring yo1
off your ship. If you hesitate
single instant as his little Graf
reaches the level of the step 20
are seiZed-no matter how rebellion
you may talk or what argument O
protestation you may attempt-an
forced to jump in. The spectacle o
a lady as she makes this attempt i
not always covered with grave dig
nifty For the old Syrian boatmar
evidently from years of experience
has found the lower extremities a
secure a place as any to make hi
hold upon the timid would-be pas
senger. Well, the accepted rule, i
that if the boatman comes out TO
you you will get ashore.
Hotel Neat and Clean.
From the boat landing it is abou
a ten minute walk to q clean, nea
hotel. The proprietor of this hote
is Mr.. E. Hardegg, who acts a
American vice-consul. You will NEE
him in the dining room Of his hote
and his peculiar, silent, ministeria
ways one does not forget. On a
most every available wall space i
his dining room one finds frame
passages of scripture. At lunc
time you will be supplied with
good meal, promptly served an
then out to see the points Of inter
est of old Jaffa. The most interes
ing feature of Jaffa for the sigh
seer is the orange groves. They ar
extensive, easily accessible and tn