Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-04-11

tic privileges u me itonss Who submitted utter
fhe capture d saionlca and agreed to pay
tribute The republic has. up To- tbis tine been
directed by council elected by the monasteries.
The common seal Of this council. which is divided
into quarters for that purpose is In the Gus.
tody of the four senior members. Mount Athos.
the second most holy place in eastern Christen-
dom, is at the extremity of the peninsula OF
Athos, the easternmost peninsula of Chalcidice
in Macedonia, which projects into the Aegean
sea and is connected with the mainland by mar
row isthmus which pierced by a canal dur
ing the invasion of Xerxes The monasteres are
scattered over the entire peninsula
most interesting account of visit to Mount
Athos is contained in book written In 1887 by
an Englishman, Robert Curzon who went book
hunting to the mountain. Speaking Of visit to
one monkish library, he wrote:
THE library found to be in dark closet
near the entrance of the church. 1t had been
locked up for many years, but the agoumenos
thead of the monastery made no difficulty in
breaking the old-fashloned paddock by which the
door was fastened. | found upon the ground and
upon some of the broken-down shelves about 400
to 500 Volumes chiefly printed books, but among
them and then stumbled upon a manu-
script. OF these there about thirty on vel
lum and fifty or sixty on paper. l picked up
single loose leaf of very ancient uncial Greek
characters part OF the Gospel OF st. Matthew.
made bold to ask for this single leaf as thing
of small value.
Certainly said the agoumenos, what do
you want it for?'
MY servant suggested that perhaps it might
be useful to cover some jam pots or vases OF
preserves which | had at home
OH! said the agoumenos, take more,
and without more ado he seized upon unfortu-
nate thick quarto manuscript of the Acts and
Bpistles and, drawing out knife, cut an inch
thickness of leaves at the end before could stop
him. 1t proved to be the Apocalypse, which CON
cluded the volume, but which is rarely found in
early Greek manuscripts of the Acts. 1t was of
the eleventh century, | asked him II he would
sell me any of the other books, and he said GER
tainly; they of no use to him."
One monk whom Curzon talked with in the
course OF his journey round the mountain could
never remember having a woman He
asked the Englshman whether they all looked
like the pictures of the Virgin Mary Curzon
had amusing experience with the agoumenos
of another monastery He tells 1t thus.
1.-THE agoumenos declared his willingness to
show me everything the monastery contained
But first said he I wish to present you
with something excellent for your breakfast
$50 l expressed my thanks for the kind hos.
pitality of my Lord Abbot and he, sitting down
opposite me the divan proceeded to prepare
his dish.
"'This,' said he, producing shallow basin
half full of white paste. is the principal and
most savory part Of this famous dish; It is com.
posed of cloves Of garlic, pounded down with a
certain quantity of sugar. With 1t will now mix
the oil in Just proportions, shreds of fine
cheese and sundry other nice little condiments
and now 1t is completed
Now said the agoumenos, crunbling some
bread into 1t with his large and somewhat dirty
hands, this is dish for an emperor. Eat nv
friend, my much respected guest do not be shy