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

made their last three years stand
against the Romans, and when the
place was captured 100000 persons
were killed Near here Is the foun-
tain where Philip baptized the eunuch
(Acts 81. After traversing the Valley
OF Rephaim. where the Philistines
we're defeated by David. We came to
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, built on four hills and
surrounded by still higher mountains.
is a mixture of ancient and modern.
and In a way cosmopolitan. There
are three Sundays a week observed.
The Mohammedans keep Friday. the
Jews Saturday and the Christians
Sunday. There are but three months
In the year that rain falls here. The
population Is about $4,000 and Turk
ish governor general rules.
Sodom and Gomorrah.
"The Mount OF Olives is within driv-
ing distance Of the city. Guides will
point out the Tower of David. Herod's
palace. Pilates house, the pool OF
Bethesda, etc. A party Of US took 4
donkey ride around the city's walls.
Tombs Of the kings, the Brook OF
kidron Absalom's pillar, Joab's Well
and other Biblical places were seen.
We drove one day to the Dead sea, go
ing by Beth Hogla, the traditional site
of Sodom and Gomorrah. and to the
River Jordan, and on to Jericho, TO
where Joshua sent the spies (Joshua
H.
From Jerusalem we took a side
| trip to Bethlehem. Here are the Well
Of the Magi. Rachel's tomb. the Well
of David, the Greek bell tower, the
| Field of Boaz, where Ruth CLEANED.
| and the Church of the Nativity, built
! by Constantine in the fourth century.
! Within are "A columns brought from
| Solomon's porches, the Greek bell
| tower, the Field Of BoaZ, where Ruth
CLEANED. Next day We went to Heb
ron, and saw the tombs of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and Sarah. Through
the country we saw cauliaowers three
feet across. BY coach we travelled
100 miles, visiting Nabulus, Djenin.
Nazareth and 'Hiberius.
Natives hereabout make good
roads Of broken stone, and tax every
! tourist as he goes along. At Naza-
reth the greatest object OF interest is
Mary's Well, Next we went to Tibe-
RUS on the Sea OF Galilee. with one
exception the lowest depression on tho
earth's surface,
From Tiberius we went TO Damas
| Gus, II hours by rail IL is only the
! distance from Philadelphia TO New
York, but it took IL hours. just the
same The Haifa train starts at sun
rise and should get to Damascus by
sunset. When night falls, the train
goes no further no matter what the
destination. We went through the
| Valley OF Yarmuk and through the
| Plain o, Hauron. (Exekiel-4D. At
! Damascus we walked through the
street called Straight and to the house
OF Ananias, where Paul was let down
In basket (Acts 81, Damascus Is
the largest city in Syria, about ZOO.
! DUU. IL lS bAlu 10 tIlt olutSl NlLy
In the world. There are more dogs
than humans In Damascus. The
CANNES are scavengers. and are
deemed useful The city has electric
lights and there Is one OF the largest
rug markets In the world Also u
great mosque, containing untold
riches in furnishings and supposed
to contain the head OF John the Zap
list
From Damascus We vi mt by rail to
Beirut, nine hours. part OF the way by
cog road Beirut has 10000 and an
American college with 800 native stu
dents. In the harbor OF Beirut we
saw the Turkish warships, sunk two
days later by the Italians. The
Fernch warshlps also were there. but
departed before the 'bombardment,
From Beirut we went to Cairo. but
! that is another story"
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