The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11

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be allowed to proceed to their jour
rev. If their demands are not com
piled with a fight Will ensue and some
one may get hurt or horse may be
KILLED, g..
! Bedouins Live in Tents.
The Bedouins live in tents and gen.
orally have camel, a few sheep and a
goat which shares their tent with
them in the time of rain and often at
night. They frequently move the To-
cation of Their tents. from one place TO
another in order to get better grass
for their stock. The government owns
Iala the land and they stop where they
desire. On the road about ten miles
from the Jordan river were seen
about thousand Russian peasants OF
tie Greek church; all walking and
hound for the river 10 be baptised in
I ith sacred waters. These people have
taken 9 ship at Odessa on the Black
Sea and then through the Bosphorobs
and Dardaneses into the Mediteran-
| can and landed at Jaffa and then walk.
I ed to Jerusalem. 40 miles away and
! then on to the River Jordan Many
were quite old and walked with canes.
There were about an equal number OF
men and women. They carried their
white robes to be baptised in and eX-
pect to be buried in the same. When
night overlook them they camped on
some vacant sDot and ate their bread
and cheese, which they carried with
them. They slept on the bare ground
with the clouds or sky their cover.
They seemed quite haDDv after theV
were baptised and fingered around
the Holy city some days.
The Dead Sea.
When you reach the Dead Sea you
find a body of very salty water, sc
much so that you cannot sink in it
Not a living thing is seen near it. Nc
birds fiy near its banks nor any plants
or vegetation grows very near il. The
nearest thing that grows to the water
is adams apple and looks very much
like an orange but not useful. One
was brought to O8kaloOsa. The sea
is so deep down in the earth that il
never gets very cold on the shores
The deepest place in the sea is 800
feet The surface is deeper down il
the earth than any other body Of va
ter and is 1872 feet below the Me1iter
, ranean and OI.y GO miles from it. j
is said that if ditch was dug from
the Supz canal to the Dead Sea i
would IN the whole basin Of the Gei
and flood the Jordan valley witt
many feet Of water. The Dead Sei
has no outlet but several small
r streams, besides the River Jordan
=. which empties into it. Its water il
. much more salty than the ocean o
Salt Lake in Utah and has a yer!
strange odor and very bitter taste.
Pillar of Salt Is Gone.
The reported site of SodOm and &C
, morrah is not far from the middle o
the sea. Many have, looked for tn
pillar of salt or fragments of 1t tina
Lots wife was said to have been turn
ed into, but nothing found of that ma
ture Many gravel or pebbles abOun
= of various kinds on the north shore
Where the Jordan empties into it.
long, muddy, dirty streak extends ia
into the salt water but soon die an
boat to the shore. A short distanc
from the mouth of the river is a for
land the best place for crossing fo
: many miles, as the east banks are yer
:. steep and high hills on that side. nc
very far from this ford is JericO, Il
Gated in a wide beautiful plain and o
the reuorted spot of the ancient cit
= OF Jerico; around which wall Of SUI
!. burnt brick and mud stone, till it fe
when Joshua's host marched arOun
it and blew their horns, the Bib
says. The debris of the wall is II
e famous gushing spring that Elisf
Y sailed to make the bitter water swee
e III is now clear. pure, fresh water bu
Y bling in great quantities from Il
ground and has an elegant and r
freshing taste. On your return trip
the Holy City you may see few
the Nomadic tribe herding their goa
a and sheep, and will often see a she
,r herd walking in front of his flock wi
g. a kid or lamb In his shirt bosom al
q the mother following close behind al
n the entire flock trailing along aft
them.
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al All Cara Were Out Sunday.
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