Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-23

Canon Parfit, of Jerusalem, who de-
 scribed himself as Vicar of Mesopo-
 tanaia and Rural Dean of the Garden
 of Eden" told a few Eastern tales in London yesterday.
 He said that when he first saw his
 charge" the scenery did not impress
 him. The people were poverty
 stricken and begged for 'baksheesn.' the children were brilliantly clad in olive old and the sweetest of smiles" A soldier. writing home, said the heat was so intense that the popula
 tion were feeding their fowls on ice cream to prevent them laying hard boiled eggs.
 Another. referring to scorpions and
 mosquitoes, said: Everything in the
 Gardens lovely q don't think.) It
 wouldn't take a flaming sword to drive
 me out OF it.
 At Bagdad. the pontoon bridge hav- Ing been washed away, the Sultan de-
 termined to build a new one so he set
 about raising the money. The peo-
 pie were whipped and blackmailed into parting with 40,0U1. The bridge cost 1000. the tax gatherer pocketed the rest.-London Chronicle.
 British Trees for France.-Accord- : ing to the annual report of the Com mittee of the Agricultural Relief # live poultry have been forwarded eo
 the stricken peasants of Northern Trance, as well as quantity of Scotch pine tree seeds for repia s the forests near the battle zone. The committee have just completed ar engagements for the dispatch of 5000 fruit trees for restoring the destroyed orchards of the territory recovered by British troops.
 Bcersheha dces not appear so early
 in recorded history as Gaza which is mentioned in the account of the des- cendants of Ham (Gen. x.), but it fig
 ures prominently in the history of
 Abraham (Gen. xxi), and once, oddly enough. by name before the patriarch is said to have conferred that name in confirmation of his pact with Abimel- ech. That transaction is described Tn verses 2S-31, but in verse IA we learn how Hagar was turned out with her child. and she departed ard wandered
 in the wilderness of Beer sheba." In
 some details Genesis is not very we'll edited narrative.-Observat in Lon don Observer.
 "The British people feel sure that
 the entrance of the United States,
 with its enormous wealth, great arm ies. and proTerbial inventive genius, the pleasure and honor of taking part in the great American celebration at Blackpoo1 in September. When, at a meeting in one of the largest theatres. MT. RfO"n ana he TOT the united States and I for Great Britain-shook hands. thus symbolisinz the union of the spirit of the two great nations workers, the audience went mad with enthusiasm. We went further than merely to shake hands; we swore our selves and those we represented to a permanent friendship.
 Brown had sid, in substance, that a lot of his American fellow citizens would come across the sea saying that they had been compelled to do 50 to finish up the job which we had be- gun and couldn't carry through, and that we must not mind their boasting. My reply to that was that knew America had sWankers,. but that we
 had them, too; that neither of us must mind them; and I am afraid that added that by and by we would have opportunity and cause to swank to- gether."-John Hodge, Labor Leader In the same week in which publicity has been given to the first shot of the American troops on the Western front the United States have raised the largest loan. in history. Tie request