The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-06-26

W 81 turned from an eight mOntnS
Nv M 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 l will pass it
by, Just as our boat did. Algiers
found extremely interesting. 1t is
typical health resort. Frenchy in it's
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
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 COW
cred 10000 miles, and we were on 20
differnt ships and Is railroads, and
spent 80 nights on the ocean. We
spent a short time at Naples, and it's
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 a 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 1.-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 fir wood
for the use of the temple in the days
of Solomon (Kings /. and Chronicles
III. and from here Jonah embarked
for Tarshish and here Peter raised
Tabitha (Acts IV.). We visited the
house of Simon the Tanner (Acts 19)
and the Armenian convent, said to
have been prison when the city was
held by Napoleon in 1899.
A little railway took US from Jaffa
to Jerusalem, So miles, in four hours.
A French syndicate built it at cost
of 100000, 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
1,4OO years B. C. At LYDIA Peter
cured Aenas, who was sick with the
palsy (Acts Ky. 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 mosque. The town has
a tower, antedating modern memory.
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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,
a city taken from the Canaanites by
Pharaoh and presented to his daugh-
ter, the wife of King Solomon (Kings
1-9). At Seized our train followed the
roadway where two COWS pulled the
Ark from Enron to Bethshemesh
(SamueD. On the hill is the tomb of
Samson and the site of Zorah, his
birthplace. After trailing through a
ravine in the mountains of Judea we
came to Bitter, said to be the Bother
Of Solomon's Songs, where the Jews
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
were 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 way cosmopolitan. There
are three Sundays week observed
The Mohammedans keep Friday the