Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-06-28

III EM Pittsburgh who recently re /
W turned from an eight months
H trip around the world. in tell
ing about the first leg of his
long journey. said:
"Our vessel sailed from New York.
and our first important stop was at
Gibraltar. Everything about Gibraltar
is so we'll known that | VIII pass IL
by, lust as our boat did. Algiers
found extremely interesting IL Is
typical health resort. Frenchy IN It's
magnificence, with fine buildings, mag
nificent arches, good harbors, etc.
The denizens are attractive, mostly
Arabs. their turbans adding a pfctur-
sequences to the colorfui surround
ings The place is by no means
typical oriental city. 1t is sanitary,
and trolley cars climb the hllly
streets The country round about is
simply great for autoing. A view from
the heights Of Mustapha is one not
soon forgotten.
Rolled Of Some Miles.
Let me say here that our trip Gov
differnt ships and % railroads. and
spent 80 nights on the ocean. We
spent a short time at Naples, and its
environs, awaiting our steamer 10
take us further east. We were de-
lighted with Alexandria, Egypt. This
city was founded by Alexander the
Great go years b. c.. and the most
interesting sight there was the new
catacombs, lighted by electricity.
There are many large stores. the best
of them being Paris firms.
At Port Said, the gateway to the
east. We took boat to Jaffa, there
starting trip through the Holy Land.
Jaffa is a dirty place, but they grow
/ a thick-skinned orange there that is
far superior to our Florida and Cal
ifornia fruit. The oranges are ex-
ported. The town claims $4,000 pop
ulation and was long nicknamed the
port OF Jerusalem" 1t Was founded
in honor of Japhet, the son OF Noah
and is said to be one of the Oldest
cities In the world From here King
Hiram sent the cedar and DIR wooo
for the use of the temple In the days
of Solomon (Kings, l. and Chronicles
IL. and from here Jonah embarked
for Tarshish and here Peter raised
Tabitha (Acts w. We visited the
house of Simon the Tanner (Acts 49,
and the Armenian convent, said Il
have been prison when the city wal
| hold NV Nanoleon in 1893
A little railway took US from Jana
to Jerusalem. SO miles. In four hours
A French syndicate built 1t at cos
of $3,OO0,OOO, including the graft
There are FIVE stations along thu
route. The Plain Of Sharon the vii
, LACE of Yazur, said to be the sit
where Samson caught 300 foxe
Judges XVI. A stop called Lyddi
, was formerly the site OF Lod. bull
400 years B. c. At LYDIA Pete
, cured Aenas, who was sick with tn
, palsy (Acts IX). On the way Gemz
, ia seen. Gemzo was one OF the roya
cities OF the Philistines during tn
r reign of Ahaz.
.Ramleh is on the, traditional sit
. of Arimathea tMattne" ~ anu hei
ia n picturesque old Crusaders church
I now used as a mosque. The town ha
Z a tower. antedating modern memory
a Ramleh, was occupied by the Crt
saders in 1899, and was taken fror
them by the Moslems in 1866. w
passed the Valley of Ajalon. and sa'
: Mizpah and the site OF Gezer oy Gizai
a city taken from the Canaanites b
3 Pharaoh and presented to his daugl
ter. the wife of King Solomon king
1-9). At Seized our train followed tn
roadway where two cows pulled tn
( Ark from Ekron to Bethshemes
s fSamueD. On the hill Is the tomb {
Q samson and the site of Zorah. b
birthplace. After trailing through
s rayine in the mountains Of Judea
r came to Bitter, said to be the Betht
l. of Solomon's Songs. where the Jew