The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-11-25

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Judgment hall Of Plate tn Calvary-th,
site of the former being certain, that o
the latter most uncertain Some place
Calvary within the city walls, o:hrr'
without them
| We made Two excursions out from Ic,
usalem On the first t"r, III ncthan,
- Jericho and the Dead Sea. Truly iii
going down TO Jericho" Jtrusaltm L.
,hout 2 600 fert above sea level; Jer,cn
is more than 500 iect below. Ga tn.
way we passed the Apostles Sprins
where it Is said the Apostles drank
Alb ut midway we stopped ct the Coco
Samaritan Inn aud saw the place wher,
the man fell among THE yes, who strippec
him OF all he had That il still a very
possible thing in this land On the hill
above are good ruins of medieval cas-
tic
Old Jericho lies n mile distant from the
modern city. The Exploration Fund hat
been making extensive excavation there
We had lunch at the Relic Vue Hotel ir
| modem Jericho, then drove past the
house of l. ,ccheus-l bet lie ate some of
those s,c tmore berries when h. was up
the trce-throuRh the Valley OF the Jordan
To the river of that name, our stnppin,
place being at the Pilgrims Bathing
Place. The water of the river JORDAN
has. as you know, special prop rites and
~ carried away AMI sold in large quaint,
ties. Not being able to be baptized in it,
which Is said to insure certain unusual
qualities, contented myself with wash
ing my face. At this time of the year Il
Is about as broad as Deer Creek, though
deeper, hu, in winter swells into a large
torrent. The distance, In "A straight line
from the Sea OF Galilee to the Dead Sea
Is some 90 miles, while the Jordan makes
a 100 mil, trip of it, We follow along
the rivers bank To the Dead Sea. where |
we 20 in swimming lis the funniest |
sensation know, ThtG water IL 20 per |
cent solid matter, so laden with II that |
Won can see il when close to the water; |
tastes like all sorts of metals dissolved In |
brine and rotten eggs and stings the eyes |
II II gets there, Well, one floats like a |
cork. You can sit up, ui Law down, or |
roll-anvthing most. The feet keepcom
ing tn the top when one tries to swim,
and YOU have tn keep them moving when
standing up Ia 1t, otherwise they ly to
the top II gives u great gloss to the
hair, and another aztec effect is that the
salt crystals which evaporation leaves
irritatc enough tn keep YOU awalc all
night. The Dead Sea Is about AZ, miles
long aud from to \ broad Six and a
halt million tons of water are carried
away bv evaporation each day, As It IL
some 1900 ~ feet below the 'cvel OF the
sea, there In no possibility of itu getting
ont ny subterrancan channels No liv
ing thing Is found In it--sven sea fish die
almost Immediately On being placed
there. We saw along the shore several
fresh water fish which had come down
the Jordan and met their tate in these i'm
possible waters.
The valley at this point IL sub.tropical.
Banana trees ate plentiful. but palms are
now scarce. although jericho used TO be
referred To AS the city of palms. From
here too. came supplies of the balm OF
Gi cad The fences are made Of piles OF
thorna Of the kind thought to have been
used In ChTist's crown The forty days
fast took place on one ut the mount aims
near Jericho Here Christ was baptized
Tin the Iordnn); nrsr here John the Hap
t,st lived, and III l4tarlites crossed into
the Promised LAID The spot IL shown
where they set up twelve stones tu com
memorate their entry into the country
Across the river. seen from almost every
point on the uplands arr the Plains of
Moab. among ih'm "lsuah's lofty
height" where Moses had his rather cx
t-nsivc vision The NJ hammedans. |
believe. have found his bu,ial place, al
though the Bible says that mo man
knoweth unto this day"
We spent the nisht In Jericho and left
at 10 next morning As on uur way
down We met caravan after caravan,
this time returning from Jerusalem,
whittier they had gore with grain In
one Of these we counted forty camels and
Ia addition there were dDnkcss hy the
score great many came from the val
ley ni the Jordan. n'so from the Plains of
Moab. which Ii. a,ros, the river
We stopped at bethany on our return
Here one sees the stone where Martha
met Jesus, he ruins Of The house OF NJ artha
and Mary. aud uI Simon the lcprr. and
the tomb Of Lazarus The latter is hcwn
out OF the rock
Our other trip was to Hebron, about
90 miles altogether. aud by carriages
again. We took our lur ch near Abra
hams Oak. aud carried of an acorn that
n man the c supplied Although barrels
OF these are supplied to tourists annually
! doubt il that old tree furnishes Xix "A
wear. We'll. one the fellows with us
snid. there's the oak, here are the ncorns,
and I'm on the spot"
From her we went to visit the tOmlS
of Abraham, Isaac Jacob, Sarah, Rcbecca
Leah and Joseph One tradition SAYS
that Adam was born near here and that
he IN buiis In there same tomhs They
are now enclosed IN Mohammcdan
mosque and M Christian can enter They
allow you to look through n little hole
in the stones where YOU SEE only black
place. The Jews come here every Friday
tor waiing which il nearly II repetition
of the Jerusalem procedure. We made
our return via the Pools Of solomon, the
old reservoirs Of the city. and bethlehem
la the church Of the Nativity at this
place is shp own the chapel Of the Mangcr
and Of the Star. being On the exact spot
where Christ was born. Bethlehem was
about the worst place we have struck
after Egypt for Yelling. hothering, hey
cling pcstiierous Arabs They come at
one like a swarm Of hungry lll,s after u
lean nag. and in vain does one attempt
To get rid 81 them. On Monday | left
lerushle m. took bunt at laila about noon
Nv plans had c'n to take cat ringc here
and 40 t. Nazareth aud 1ibeIius, then
to take the train AT the station on the
south of the Sc,D Galilee The carriages
being all In USE found II impossible to
yet through In hes than three DAYS ~ |
gave up the pr lctt and took train at
Hniin n'G l5A VI for Damascus. getting
here nt no that evening
Three Is more tntatrh In this section III the
country than all other diseases put Together
aud until the last few years was supposed to
he incutnblr. ForRgTcht many yrhTEdoctoTa
pronounced II n local disease and prescribed
l0cnl Temedlea, aud by constantly failing 10
cure with local tFhtWent. pronounced II IN
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NOSEMAEHR-On November 10. 1910.
at the home Of his parent. IN Wilmington,