The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-06-26

long journey. SAID:
Our vessel sailed from New York,
and our first important stop was at
Gibraltar. Everything about Gibraltar
Is so well known that l will pass 1t
by, Just as our boat did. Algiers /
found extremely interesting 1t Is
typical health resort. Frenchy in its
magnificence, with fine buildings, mag
nifcent arches, good harbors, etc.
The denizens are attractive, mostly
Arabs, their turbans adding pictur-
esqueness to the colorful surround
ings The place is by no means a
typical oriental city. 1t Is sanitary.
and trolley cars climb the hilly
streets. The country round about is
simply great for autoing. A view from
the heights of Mustapha is one not
soon forgotten.
Rolled Off Some Miles.
Let me say here that our trip GOV
cred 10000 miles, and we were on 20
differnt ships and 25 railroads, and
spent 80 nights on the ocean. We
spent a short time at Naples, and its
environs, awaiting our steamer to
take US further east We were de-
lighted with Alexandria, Egypt. This
city was founded by Alexander the
Great 1872 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 a trip through the Holy Land,
Jaffa il 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
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 fir wood
for the use of the temple in the days
of Solomon (Kings l. and Chronicles
H., and from here Jonah embarked
tor Tarshish and here Peter raised
Tabitha Acts w. We visited the
house of Simon the Tanner (Acts 49,
and the Armenian convent, said &c
have been prison when the city was
held by Napoleon in 1893.
A little railway took US from Jaffa
to Jerusalem So miles, in four hours
A French syndicate built it at a cost
of $3,000,000, including the graft
There are five stations along the
route. The Plain of Sharon the vii
lage Of Yazur, said to be the site
where Samson caught 800 foxes
Judges XVI. A stop called LYDIA
was formerly the site of Lod, built
1,400 years b. C. At LYDIA Peter
cured Aenas. who was sick with the
palsy (Acts IX). On the way Gemzo
Is seen Gemzo was one of the royal
cities OF the Philistines during the
reign OF Ahaz.
"Ramleh Is on the traditional site
Of Arimathea Matthew 27) and here
Is picturesque old Crusaders church
now used as a mosque, The town has
a tower antedaung Modern memory
Ramleh was occupied by the Cru
saders In 1899, and was taken from
them by the Moslems In 1866. We
passed the Valley OF Ajalon. and saw
Mizpah and the site OF Gezer oy Gizah
city taken from the Canaanites hy
Pharaoh and presented to his daugh
ter. the wife OF King Solomon (Kings
l-9). At Seized our train followed the
roadway where two cows pulled the
Ark from Enron to Bethshemesh
tSamueD On the hill 10 the tomb Of
Samson and the site OF Iornh. his
birthplace After trailing through a
ravine IN the mountains of Judea We
came to Bitter. said to be the Bother