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crs have ever seen in actuality aud
entrance to which by foreigners was
punished by death by tortures until
comparatively few years back.
There is "a Japanese tea-house by
the sea, showing a waiting room for
guests with every detail exactly re-
produced. The original of these
gardens were first created 1000 years
ago in prehistoric Japan by Buddhist
monks and it became with them al
most an occult science. They essay
ed 10 express abstract ideas such as
chistity, faith, piety. calm, content,
etc. In these ancient gardens of
rapidly dying. II not already dead
ciNilization-that of old Japan
there are expressed both a subtle un-
derstanding of some mood of nature
and some rare oriental conception of
a mood of the human heart.
Ii is not too much to say that moth
ing ever shown at any worlds fair
has equalled in beauty, interest, or in
high character of conception the rare.
quaint features of these gardens of
old Japan
But in addition TO their gardens
the Emperor of Japan has had his
counsellors and mobiles spare no ex-
pense in setting forth every detail of
Japanese life of the present and but
little is lacking to show the ancient
and modern history of the Japanese
race. There are acres of industrial
exhibits, of army and naval exhibits,
silk creation from the birth of the
SIX worms to the final manufacture
of the Japanese silks.
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manner. The last word in monstrous
mechanical devices for startling the
sightseers has surely been said in the
formation of the gigantic and gro
tesque flip-flap. 1t consists of two
giant arms. having each at its upper
end cars capable of holding 200 peo-
pie. The 400 passengers are tossed
far up into the air by high-powered
machinery until not only the entire
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The Flip-Flap Marvel.

But, of course. while Japanese art.
industry and history are shown here
as never before, yet the great aim of
amusing the international public has
been looked after In unsurpassing
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Garden of Nippon.

There are two big gardens of Japan
at the exposition-the Garden of
Peace and the Garden of the Floating
Islands. OF this latter marvellous
place 1t would be difficult to exag-
crate either its beauty, or its subtle
essence of the Far East. 1t was de
signed in Toxic by a race of gard
eners who for centuries have belong
ed absolutely to the Japanese Inn
perial family. The tiniest of plants,
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all-the st. Louis Fair Approx
mately SzO,OOO.UO0 have been spent
by the japanese and British govern
ments, assisted by multitudes of pri-
vate exhibitors from all over the
world.
The railroad facilities are superb,
there being accommodations for re-
ceiying and eXpediting $4,000 visitors
an hour. Direct into the heart of the
vast grounds run the lines of three
steam railways. four underground
tubes, 10 surface electric lines and
20 omnibus lines, . of which are
electric busses.
The exposition will remain open
until the late fall and possibly until
next year. The number of exhibitors
is approximately 0.00O. and the val
ue of the exhibits is estimated at one
billion dollars. So much for figures,
which, after ALL can impart merely a
bare framework about which one may
weave some sort of picture of the
wonders of ancient and modern
Japan.
1t may seem paradoxical to state
that one can learn more about jap
anese art, history. industry, customs
and religions by one weeks study
throughout the many acres devoted to
things Japanese in the exposition than
by three months in Japan itself Yet
many of the most noted scholars and
travellers, versed in japanese affairs.
have stated this fact as true.
The sections of the show that are
absolutely novel even to the most
ardent of exposition visitors are those
revealing the ancient gardens ami
architecture of Japan Never before
outside of the island empire have real
specimens of Japanese garden crea-
tions been seen.
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Stand in the barrel at the Suitor-
ium while you get your clothes
pressed.
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FOR ARTESTIAN WATER phone
Red s74l or William Lynch Red
225S
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four hours. The road crosses the rich
plains OF Sharon. and then winds its
way up the hills of Judea until il leaves
us at the Holy City. about twenty five
hundred feet higher than where we now
are
The cars are comfortable, but We have
had TO fight with the tourists and pill
grims for our seats near the windows
a German and a Greek on the opposite
side of the car still quarreling for
places. and their language is not that of
brotherly love. The German has just
called the Greek swine, and the Greek
has retaliated by saying that the Ger
man is of the canine persuasion. Now
they are quiet, and We can enjoy the
scenery as We go onward.
Leaving Jaffa. We ride for some miles
BY nothing out orchards There are
orange groves loaded with blossoms and
fruit. There are orchards of olives,
pomegranates and figs, and many gar
dens surrounded by cactus hedges twice
As high as our heads. Leaving the Or
chards. enter the rich plains upon
which the Philistines lived. The soil is
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Solomon's three hundred odd fathers-in-
law. The story is that Pharaoh gave
Gezer to Solomon as a dowry with his
daughter. and that Solomon rebuilt the
city At the time OF the crusades Richard
Occur de Lion and Saladin fought over it,
and it was an important fortress at the
time Of the Maccabees.
The psychologists of the Pale slime eX-
plOration fund have been eXcavatng here
for five years. and they say there Is much
yet TO be found. They are about to pun-
fish a book giving a full statement of
their work They have discovered bronze
pots, ivory tablets, statues, jewels
and other treasures of hall dozen diff
ferent periods of history. In one of the
cities "A complete olive press made Of
stone was unearthed. and in another an
Egyptian statuette' about 1000 years old.
The statue was that of a man with a
beard and wig. Bronze tweezers were
found and also many articles OF Greek
and Roman times. One of the most in
teresting discoveries was reservoir of
a capacity Of four million gallons, and
another was palace supposed to belong
to one of the Maccabees.
This is only one OF a number of cities
which are now being excavated between
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Gezer to be one of the oldest. If not
the oldest, city of history the scieE-
fists have gone down into the earth,
finding one city built upon the ruins or
another, down to the seventh city or set
Element, which seems to have been occu-
pied by the cave dwellers of the lint or
stone age, a period before history began
TO be written. In these cave dwellings,
pottery and flint instruments were DIS
covered burial place of that ancient
race was opened up and remains found
which show that the cave dwellers prac-
ticed cremation. In one of the six other
cities, higher up. bronze tools were dug
out. and higher still the remains OF
the ancient Egyptians. In one or the
caves was found large jars containing
the skeletons of infants who had been
sacrificed as a matter of worship, prob
ably during the Canaanite period ana IN
another was a cistern, the mouth of which
was guarded by the skulls of two young
girls, and inside which were fourteen
skeletons. one being that of girl or
sixteen who had been sawn asunder.
The King of Gezer was defeated by
Joshua. and later the city was captured
by a king of Egypt. who was one OF
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broun and so fat that you have only to
tickle IL with the pillow and 1t laughs with
the harvest.
Here is a green field of wheat. The
stalks stand as thick as grass In the
ground. and rise and fall with the winds
from the sea. There a native Is plowlnS
with u bullock and donkey harnessed to-
pether The pillow is the rude old-taSii-
toned one oi the scriptures, ana the dark
skinned farmer Steau.es IL wltn one nano,
while lie carries goad Ill the other. ar
thtr OH are CauieIs dragging the pio"s.
IN places we see fiocks "a 1at sneep
herued by boys, ana now ana then pass
village OF white-walled houses
with InicK roofs of match ON which the
grass grows. Nearly every mouse mas
roof OF sod about foot deep ana as we
near the hills the towns Oh their SlueS
iise up I'm green terraces.
The landscape mere Is far different from
that OF the United States. Ihere are no
houses nor barns standing alone In the
rielus There are no outbuiidinYs OF any
description, and no haystacks or straw
stacks. the people live In villages anu
20 out to work IN the fields. Ihe only
fences are hedges OF cactus, and the
most of the holdings are not fenced at
all.
The land remains fertile clear to the
mountains. a distance of perhaps twenty
miles. In the foot hills are patches OF
green. and higher on up fields cut mere
and there out OF the rocks. which are
built up to hold in the earth. l nave
never seen a country more rocky Inc
rough lands of the Blue Ridge are Nile
farms compared to the hills through
which go on our way TO Jerusalem
In many places there Is nothing but
rocks which are laid UP In such ways as
TO make one think they were constructed
by man. The limestone strata are piled
stone upon stone. looking like mighty
monuments rising the hills. In some
places whole mountains are steps, FORM
ing pyramids Of white limestone. sparsely
sprinkled with patches of grass and red
peoples.
The railway winds it's way in and
out. 1t crawls along the sides OF
the mountains with horseshoe curves
here and there. The whole journey
is over historic ground Much Of it
is in the footsteps of Samson. We
cross the plains where he fought with the
Philistines. Staying a thousand of them
with the jawbone of an ass. We see
the place where he tied the frebrands
to the tails of three hundred foxes and
let them loose 10 burn up the harvest,
A little farther on We enter the valley
OF SOrek, where the wicked Delilah cut
OF the hair of the strong man as he
lap asleep in her lap, and away UP on
the side of the hill We can see the town
of ZOrah, where Samson was born. At
the station of DER Aban. where Samuel
raised his Ebenezer. crowd Of children
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nothing but rocks with a sparse vegeta-
ton scattered here and there through
them. The limestone crops out every
where. and in places mountains or stones
have been picked up in clearing the fields
Such fields are fenced with stone walls
There are also corrals for the sheep
walled with stone.
There are absolutely no bushes or
groves. Palestine is treelesS land
There are no forests of any description
and the only trees are fruit trees. with
now and then a funereal cypress. per
haps, in a garden. Our consul, Mr.. Wal
lace. tells me the country has two groves
which the people call forests. One of
these contains forty scrub oaks. and the
other is not quite so large. He says that
a few years ago there was some brush
on the hillside, but that the people have
even dug up the roots and sold them for
fuel.
Indeed, fuel is one Of the most costly
things in this country 1t is SO expensive
that it Is seldom used except for cooking.
and that notwithstanding the climate is
cold. Wood is so valuable that the older
olive trees are being cut down. and ii is
feared that the groves will gradually dis
appear. These old trees are often of con-
siderable thickness. but they are only
twenty or thirty feet tall and one will
supply but a small amount of firewood.
The olive tree is as hard as the apple tree
and far more knctty and gnarly. Its
wood is heavy and is sold by the ton. the
price now being about Sc for 1900 pounds.
The wood is brought I'm on the backs of
donkeys and camels and every stick has
TO pay tax before it gets inside the
gates of Jerusalem.
*
A common fuel here is charcoal, which
is made mostly of olive wood. The chief
manufactures of 1t are at Hebron, about
twenty-three miles south of Jerusalem
near the cave in which Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob are buried and where tradition
says Adam died. Hebron is about 800 feet
higher than Jerusalem. but 1t has big
orchards of olives. almonds and apples,
and the brush and the dead wood Of
these are used to make charcoal.
AS to the use of coal itself. that is al
most prohibitive on account Of the high
rates over the railroads. The same
charge Is made for carrying coal as for
carrying silk. the rate being 81 per ton, or
as comes here is in the shape OF bril-
quotes. 1t sells for SIS a ton
Another want from which the Holy
Land suffers is water. The rainfall
in the southern sections is something
like six inches and upward a year. the
amount gradually increasing as one
goes northward toward Gaiilee. The
and wells. and today every house in
Jerusalem has its roofs SO made that
they drain into cisterns placed in the
courts In dry seasons water is sold,
and the man who has a spare cistern
gets a big price for his surplus. Last
summer the American consul received
$50 for the water he sold. and the
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come to the trains with bouquets of
wild flowers. The boys whine for bak-
sheesh, and we wonder whether there
may not be an infant Samson amongst
them.
1t was in Zorah that Samson was
buried, and the guides here will show
you his tomb. Farther along the road
we pass through a great gorge in the
cliffs. on the north side of which, near
the top. is "A cave in which Samson
lived. And I verify believe that if we
should offer our guides sufficient reward
they would find his bones or some
pieces of brass from. the gates of the
city Of GAIA. which, you remember, he
carried away on his shoulders.
In our ride up to Jerusalem We so by
the ancient city of GeZer. 1t IS marked
by a mound which has several buildings
upon 1t, including the dome of a Moham-
medan mosque. The ground about it has
been dug over and over, and the ruins
discovered have excited the religious and
scientific world.
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Jericho and the Mediterranean sea. in ad-
dition to those which have lately been
dug UP east of the Jordan. The Germans.
Russians and Austrians are excavating
in different places, but the most of the
work is that Of this exploration fund.
which was founded more than forty-five
years ago and is supported by voluntary
contributions.
= The Palestine exploration fund is not a
religious body. but rather scientific and
historical one. 1t is now spending about
$4,000 year on such work, the most OF
the sums being collected in amounts of
S. or less from English and Americans
all over the world. The association has
made great discoveries in Jerusalem. 1t
has surveyed and mapped the most
of Palestine and has added about 100
Bible sites to those already known. Dur
ing my stay here 1 have met its secre-
tary, DR. Percy D. Wheeler. and have
learned much concerning its work
But let me tell you something about
the railroad up to Jerusalem. 1t has been
in operation more than eighteen years.
and it's rates are SO high that ii ought
about cents a mile. Freight rate on
coal is 81 per ton and all express is pro-
portionately high. The track is a narrow
gauge, ard the cars are much like street
cars, with little racks for baggage along
each side under the roof. Each carriage
is divided up into compartments, the sides
of which are walled with windows, so
that one can see out as he goes. The
road has no tunnels ard it winds it's way
in and out as it rises the hills. There are
five stations between Jaffa and Jerusa-
lem at which the trains stop, and fairly
good depots at tie terminal points.
The total cost Of the railway was So
10000, or a little less than $4,000 per
mile The road was orig mated by an
American, civil engineer named Zimpel,
who came to Palestine as a peddler of a
patent medicine which he called sun
light pills. He brought the railway
nople, but failed to get the concession to
build it. After his death the matter was
taken up by the French, who put the
road through and now own it,
This was the first railroad built in
Syria, and it is tine father of railroad
system which is now opening up a great
part Of the country. One section OF the
system Is the line which runs from Da-
mascus to Mecca, and connected with it
are others which will eventually join the
Holy Land to the valley OF the Euphrates,
as well as to Asia Minor and Turkey.
The trip from Jaffa to Jerusalem gives
one fair idea of the character of Pales-
tine. The coastal plain is typical of the
richest part, of the country Its soil is a
chocolate brown the grass Is as green as
that of Egypt and there are big Or
chards of olives and fruits of all kinds
The roads are carpeted with rich red
peoples and wild flowers are everywhere.
Climbing the hills is like jumping from
the Nile valley into the desert. There is
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lock business. shocking thrills are en-
joyed continually in places where they
are not the least expected.
Shall 1 tell you the interior story of
how Hon. Chas. e. Hughes, former
sporting Governor Of n. Y. nearly col
Iapsed to death before arriving to Su-
preme Court. Washington, where he now
Is? | shall.
You doubtless remember reading in
your paper how Gov Hughes ceased do
ing So short time previous to Tow,
and how. in midst of great pump & cere-
mony. he put on the black tea gown of
High Judge Court where ne is expected
TO set forever Furnishing the Standard
monyc Well, me & Nogi done it! If it
wasn't for Us, Hon. Hughes would still
be in Albany following the idle race
horse life what has made him SO popular
in all barber shops.
1t happened thusly.
i
A short time of yore. while me & Nosi
was carelessly setting in plush sofas at
New Willie Hotel. Wash. d. c.. of sud
denly We seen Hon Chas Z. Hughes
walking back and forthly with nervus
beard. Deep hush by us. Hon. Hughes
look times at his surroundings. then
walk to Clerk Desk with suspicious two
steps.
Me & Nogi follow with Secret Service
elbows. Closely We stand behind the
greatest Judge that ever bossed track
Hon. Hughes lean very close up to Hon.
Clerk whisper:
II am going away. If anybody calls
and requires for me, tell them 1 am in
disturbed. / leave this secret with you.
Lock il in the safe until 1 return
when shall you return. please?" re-
quire Hon. Clerk with pencil.
When" report Hon. Hughes with
hair-wave from his sad lip.
He depart away in direction of Eu-
rope.
While me & Nogi stood beswitched
wondering what next. Hon. Wicker
sham. boss Lawyer OF America, enter
in with hasty heels.
Must see Hon. Hughes on a matter Of
great irritation he say to Hon. Clerk.
Sorry. yes" say Hon. Clerk. 'but
Hon. Hughes is in his room training to
be a Supreme Court Justice
How is he training for this high &
dignifed job?' ask out Hon. Wicker
sham like Taft policy.
He is asleep" snuggest Hon. Clerk
entering names of Congressman and
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SALEM.

n a seat with
me this bright
Sunday morning
in the railroad car
which Is just
about leaving the
seaport % Jana
to go TO Jeru-
salem. The dis
lance by rail is
hfty-four miles,
and we shall make
il in less than
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THE Palestine Explora-
i ton Fund and It's Work
One Hundred and Fifty
New Bible Sites Discovered
I'm the Footsteps of Sam
son and Delilah-The Jeru-
salem Railroad-The Rocky
Land That David Owned
A Treeless Country Where
Wood Sells by the Pound
Rain in Jerusalem - Solo
mons Pools Now Connected
by Iron Pipes With the Holy
City.
Copyright. 1910. by frank G. Carpenter;
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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He is a tall reformed person with a
pure face and flowing chin" 1 describe.
Nobody but X-Gov. Hughes can look
like that" say this blue-pants man,
land I seen him just a moment pre-
viously clipping in Gen Direction of Penn
r. r."
Thanks SO many / holla.
Not to mention it, say Hon. Police
I'm Washington our Southern chivalry
makes us always kind to ladies, children
and Secret Service Agents"
Me & Nogi bring out heads together
for Nick Carter intelligence
What smart act shall we now do?"
ask Nogi from me.
First we shall hire a hack" I snug
gest. Then you shall disguise your
face like colored hackster, coax X-Gov
Hughes into this drive-wagon and I shall
overwhelm him with my superior jiu
jitsu"
AT NY NdttI-pluS we meet d COl-
Ored population with a hack He was
very affable about hiring this wheeler
to us price soc while he made restful
drunk in beerish saloon
With hasty backing brush I change
Cousin Nopj'S features Gu no appear on
tirely Tuskagee. Then with slk-pipe
hat peculiar to hacksters my dearie
Cousin set upwards on seat and took
drive-strings in his knuckles / set my
self secretively inside with following
weapons:
iron wrst-cuffs
revolvers of second hand antiquity
1 box chloroform.
sponges.
Cousin Nogi explain get-up to Hon.
sible with his 81 legs. For several COM
plete blocks we break all speed regu-
idIities. Anu pretty SooHiS-WHdt we
see? A tall, fringed gentleman prom
enading toward Penn r r depot with a
hui satchel in one hand and copy of
the Christian Advocate" in the other!
o surely it was that person. {.
"Sweethearted Mr.. SIR say Cousin
Nogi. please where you going so fast
ly with legs?"
ITO Penn r. r. to catch 1890 train for
Albany" suggest Hon. Hughes
1T is now 1885," report that duplex
Nogi. 'Why you no ride in our hack.
price o5c so to get there sooner?'
Thanks for your bargains negotiate
that famous policy holder. So he gently
open door of cabb, when suddenly-O
shock! l jump forwards, push him to
cushion with swift jiu jitsu. tickle his
eyebrow with my curio revolver. sooth
him with chloroform and capture his
wrists with 6 handouts.
*x
Drive. Cousin Nogi." I gosp, drive
to Supreme Court Bldg with extreme
mana!
Cracks by whip. Circular movement by
wheels & Hon. Horse splunge forwards
with all the courage of his 3la legs.
/ swerve Hon. Hughes more chloroform
and he swallow this with ease, but re-
holla ''Hellup! with voice and continue
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