The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

It IS tn the Wady Kelt a go e aus
,:chS canyon with walls m90v faet
Iisn. q cave is q few miles from
derlcho, halfway up the eide Of AZ
so.se, ana Is partly hidden by a mo-
asteiS which the Greeks have bull. =,
that place. ~ -
In the Wilderness of Juaea.
but let ME tell you how L came
Ier ~ 80 Jericho. The way from
oI Judea, one Of the oughe and
soonest lands Of the world. There is
u niue green TO be seen AMI tn
siare IS intense. The dust Of the roa3
3 !, limestone and chalk, and it is SO
Lit mat 1t gets into your eyes,
l,ousl 4 nostrils. The road is the
mel EighWay from the Jordan TO
me Holy City, and it is Travelled by
thousands The traffic was even
greater IN the time of Christ. for th.
JoIoan valley was then covered with
iT1lgated farms and the rich men of
Serusit.m had their winter homes
here.
left Jerusalem in a carriage. roin.
out through the Damascus gate. cross
ing the valley OF Jehosophat and skirt
ing the Garden Of Gethsernane at the
1000 CT the Mount OF Olives. A little
FARMER on We passed a slaughter
mouse, II which all the animals eaten
IL ~ a are Killed. ana then.
mounting the hills carne to the village
OF Bethany.
My carriage was an easy victoria
craWn by three Arabian horses, and
the was q Syrian Jehu, with
mar as red and a face as fair as
mine own. [ had a Turkish soldier
with me to keep off the robbers. lie
WAS furnished by the government Of
Jerusalem at a cost Of SO. and is un-
der the GiTQpf con. \ n nf *I,o .,fa;1-
bore at Jericho. This soldier carries
a gun and sword, and he goes ahead,
noTnInally to clear the road. Every
party l met on the way had similar
soldiers, and this included the Russian
igrims as we'll as hunters from
Jerusalem III their way for game IN
the lands beyond the Jordan.
AT the Tomb OF Lazarus.
I stopped at Bethany to look a:
Lazarus tomb, and as I did 50 was
reminded Of what Mark Twain said
namely: Tina he would rather sleep
III the tomb than in any other house
in the place The Bethany &C toda,
IS q dirty, ragged village Of fordy 81
+: fifty stone huts Inhabited perhaps b5
side OF a hill being built one over
the other. The people are small farm
ers Who have patches Of stony Lana
and little orchards OF olives and figs
They have cows and make butter for
Jerusalem. They are all Mohanl
rnedans and ali beggars crying Sos
h2cksheesh.
Entering the town, ] took a look a.
= tomb. It is a sort Of cavern cut
cut Of limestone and entered by steep
steps. It belongs to the franciscan
monks, ard they often say mass there.
The house Of Mary and Martha. in
which Christ stopped, is said to have
been n an Enclosure which is now
full OF bTambles and wild cactus.
There is no building left, although
the guides point out a pile Of stones
which they say was once a part Of
the wall.
On the wav to Bethany I was
shown the site Of the fig tree which
was cursed by the Savior and from
then on never bore fruit. There are
many fig trees about, and orchards of
them are to be found in most parts
of the Holy Land. 1t vas on the
road to Bethany that Christ mounted
the colt which carried him on his
triumphant march to Jerusalem.
a Rc<k Which Cures LuinbaSo.
Shortly after I left Bethany I saw a
curious sight by the roadside This
vas o -ca leaning backward owe g
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