The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-05-19

oH flHclI ldcSSi TO 1hiOndUtneu.
Such foolishness is horrible to an
Intelligent person, yet they are
very sincere. ] next went.through
the Greek Catholic church. 1t is
a wonderful structure, its..walls are
decorated with the finest.painting
of the y Saints" angels. Christ
His diciples, plentyl of gold and
silver ornaments. | then went
through another which was more
mt t. first. 1t was
the finest | have. ever seen, besides
its costly paintings. Its walls are
kind of lattice..work; with all kinds
of animals, people and things carv-
ed lin it. A man named Joan De
something, worked 81 years
in decorating it. That was his
life's work. Was "a young man
when he began. I.cannot see how
he ever did it. | cannot begin to
describe it. 1t would take too
long. It.'shows a wonderful ge-
MUS, skilled in his. profession. 1t
has special places for great men to
worship. The King, Pope and all
the great men have Indifferent
place to the common man, a place
for all men fall stations. Next |
went through to the top of the
bell tower 1t is like all of the
churches built of polished marble.
The second church of which l
mentioned was partly destroyed
by fire in the last outbreak. Next
| passed through the bazaar. In
this place they. have all kinds of
pretty things to sell but want three
prices for it. | then went through
the hospital where the wounded
Greeks of the late outbreak were.
1t is remarkable for that country.
very large and well kept. The
asylum for the insane was near it.
We passed along but the inmates
were all asleep. There is, or
saw different burial places and
am sure there are several more
places. The ones saw were we'll
kept, covered with evergreens and
flowers. | had a number of wo-
men to offer me their babes and
children to bring back to Ameri-
ca They honor Americans, yes
and fear them too. Men do as
they wish fight or anything and it
costs them nothing. We have a
patrol party who arrest all such
and send them back to the ship.
We had arranged for an excursion
to Ephesus, three hours away by
rail. We all got aboard But the
train never run. | did want to go
SO bad. There is where one of the
first churches were built and the
home the Diana of Bible
tame. 1t is abandoned, nothing
there but. the old ruins, yet the his
tory which the ruins teach would
fill volumes. The trains are of
an inferior type of day coach. No
cushions, just rough board lumber
benches. Each car will hold about
is persons. The engine about
one Sixth the size of an American
engine, mean an up-to-date en-
CINE on any trunk line. The trip
to Ephesus would have cost sew
en- shilling with free lunch. Would
have stayed ~ hours at the place.
The old buildings are or were built
of polished marble but it lies in
ruis today. No one lives there at
all. | will now tell of my visit to
the art museum. There are old
relics and sculptor work which
date before Christ 1000 years.
The keeper can speak English but
he understands it better than he
can speak it. They have a school
of art in the same building. In
the 14th century the Turks took
old SMYRNA and destroyed most
everything. Every monument is
mutilated in some way. They
b 'oke something of every piece.
In after times they dug this stuff