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By William Jennlnaa Bryan.
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, EPORB wrltlna; of tha Holy Land,
. I-', I ahaU devote an article to the
11 '' week which we apent among
- "V thaJLebanona. M'hUe the trip
; from Beyrout to Baalbek and Diunaacua
la included In the ; adrertlaement of
Palestine toura, tha plaoea rial ted are
. not ao Intimately connected with Bible
hlatory aa those of Judaa and Galilee.
Beyrout, the seaport for thla section
of Syria, naa tha beat harbor to be
. found on tha east coast of the Medlter-
andjhe city la naturally a place
of considerable alaa-and lmporlancr
Tha population- la estimated at about
the foothills of the Lebanon ran ge. Tha
' principal Induatry la the production of
- raw aUk. the mulberry arovea extending
as far aa the eye can reach.
'The road .from Beyrout to 'Baalbek
cllmtia over the Lebanon range, reach
ing- in one place an altitude of about
(.000 feet , The view la one of rare
' beautythe winding ehore of the Med-
- Iterranean. tha terraced mountain aides
and the anow-clad peaka combine . to
form aa Impressive picture. , ,
T "Pained Cedart of Lcbtnonv . " '-
I - Tha far-famed cedars of ' Lebanon,
' aome 10 feet In diameter, atlll crown
the higher summits, but few of them
' are visible from the train. A well-built
- earrlaga road follows the aame general
. course aa the railroad, but the latter
now monopolizes the traffic Tha .main
- line. jf the railroad runa to Damascus,
but In tha Beka, aa the-Talley-cf-the
lontea la called at thla point, a branch
. .. baa been built to Baalbek, where a won
derful temple once atood. The city waa
" founded ao long ago that history does
not record lta beginning. Arab tradi
tion peoples thla district with tha ear-
' tlest of the Bible characters. -
Tb tower of Babel has been located
at " BaalbekByona tiadlUuu. while aa
ether baa Cain building a fortress there
as a refuge. - It la certain that tha city
ranks among tha oldest known to tile
i tory, the location being probably deter
S mined by the presence of a very large
j spring whoae waters would supply a
great population. The name of the city
,. . but a few thousand Inhabitants are to
j be found there now- Indicates that It
' was the center of Baal, or sun. worship.
Temple on Temple.
It la believed by thoaa who have made
" research that an ancient temple, built
. by the Egyptians or Phoenlclana, occu
. pled the ground now covered by tha
ruins of a later temple built by tha
Romans. It Is this later temple whloh
" tiaa drawn tourists from all over the
world. It waa begun during the first
r century of the Christian era, and tha
avork.upon.lt continued for more than
J00 years. It waa dedicated to Juptter
and the Sun, the worahlp of theae two
! deities being combined. The Romans
even adopted the Greek name, Heliop
r ells, for the city, but the Arabic dealg
' nation, Baalbek, has survived.
This great temple waa laid out upon
aa lmmmae scale. First a hill waa
' buOt. filled with subterranean chain
. bera, and upon the massive walla which'
' separated theae chambers the super
structure was reared. Tha -temple waa
' approached by a atalreaae ISO feet wide
and entered through a hexagonal court
too feet In diameter. Next came tha
great court, nearly 400 feat aquara, with
. an altar in the center. - -
Pillars Frfjm the Nile.
Both of these courts were open, but
. had broad colonnadea around the side
aupported by granite pillars brought
from the upper Nile. Theae colonnadea
. ware ornamented with carvings and
contained two rowa of niches, 110 alto
gether, formerly -occupied by Ira aires.
Our guide, Mr. Alouf, whoa pamphlet
on Baalbek glvee the results of his IB
years' study of the ruins, insists that
the greet court was really a pantheon
end. contained all of the god at -that
Vine worshiped bythe conquerofe end
ty the native population.
Tbe tempi of Jupiter must have
been a moat impressive building: It
atood feet above' the courts, and
therefor about feet above tha nat
ural level of the ground around. It
measured 110 feet In length, and 1(0
In breadth. Its outer wall aupported
II columns In Corinthian etrle. each
column being TO feet la height, seven
feet la diameter and composed of three
pieces. Six of these columns at still
atendlng. having survived three earth
quake and ens mountain torrent
The sla oolurona with the capitals
' and cornice givs aome Idea of the mag
alf leenoe ( tb temple befer 1U de-
or. ' Th ' ton naed la tkn from
Umeaton Quarry nar th city, nd
th earvtnf la xoellent. - Enormoua
maaaea of atona 11a acattarad orer tha
(round parta of ptllara, placaa of cor
nioe. and aaotlona of tha padtmanL 'Ho
thaaa huca blocka wara avar lifted Into
plaoa la atlll a natter of eonjactura.
No mortar was used and yet In aome
placaa tha Jotnta ar ao mealy ftttad
and the atonaa ao acourataly cut that
a knlfa blada 'cannot ba lnaartad altar
a lapaa of Baarly Sft canturlea. -- --
Btupandoua aa la tha plan of thla
wondarful tampla, and elaborate aa la
lta ornamentation. tha moat - remark-
able feature la tha.ala. of the atonaa
employed. - The guide first showi T"a
number of blookaabout-11 , f eet long.
14 feet high and 10 feet thick. After
one' a wonder baa had eufflclent time
to exprea itself, three blocka are pointed
out which measure (4 feet In length.
14 feet In height and 11 feet la thick'
neee. Tha estimated weight of one
of these stones Is nearly 1,000 tons, and
It Is calculated that It would require
10,000 horsepower t lift. It -
Dead Hold This Secret. --''' " , ' ,.
At tha quarry a com pan Ion block, 71
feet long and about 1 feet In height
and thfeknese-la to be even, . chiseled
from the stone about It, but not en
tirely separated from the stratum be
neath it This was probably- Intended
for the auatalning wall around tha
temple. Whether It remained at tha
quarry because the work was Inter
rupted or because the bulldera de
spaired of being able to move It la a
secret, which the living are not able to
reveal. After the' decline of -paganism
the Christians built a church In tha
great court, ualng the atonaa and pil
lars for tha walla Then came the Mo
hammedans and turned the courto and
temple Into a fortreaa, making uae of
the walla of the church.
A little way distant from the great
temple la a amaller temple dedicated
rtd Bauchua, which weula af Itself ba
eufflclent to distinguish a city but for
lta more famous rival. Thia temple la
aoout iza leet long by ll feet wide.
and a row of 10 columns, of which 14
ara fluted, surround It These columns
are (0 feet la height and about alx
feet In diameter. While amaller la its
aimenaiona taia temple la even more
elaborately carved than the larger, one.
Bom of the clusters of grapaa ara leas
tbaa two Inchea In length, but exquis
itely wrought This temple Is In much
better state of preservation than the
great temple, and la therefore In aome
respects even mora lnteratlng.
Work of the Kaiser.
' Emperor William of Germany visit
ed Baalbek in lltl and - waa ao Im
pressed by the ruins that he obtained
permission from ths - sultan to dear
away the debris, and tha traveling
world is a no er obligations -to him for
having ttnade . It possible . to Inspect the
foundations and the ground plan. In
this connection It may be added that
Emperor William seems to take a
deep Intereet In thla part of Asia Ha
visited Jerusalem to lay the corner
atone of the German church; he sent
to Damascus a beautiful bronse wreath
to adorn the tomb of - the great Mo
hammedan general, Saladln. : and he
has encouraged the establishment of
German colonies la Palestine. There
ara German settlements of considera
ble else at Jerusalem, Joppa and Haifa
At four places we found German
hotels, and Is needless to say that they
ara kept with the excellence character
istic of the race. " " 7 :
Tha friendship which the, emperor has
shown for tha aultan aeema to ba re
ciprocated, for roada were built, harbora
improved and -many other thlnga dona
In honor of hie visit. We have heard all
aorta of rumors aa to tha kalser'a in
tentions, but the only thing that aeema
certain la that German Influence In this
part of Aal la Increasing.
Plenty of Lost Cities. "
While Baalbek contain the largest
and most ..famous"' ruins,- It la not -the
only place that attraota the archaeolo
gist There are hundreds of sites of
sncient cities which abundantly repay
the excavator. Speclmena of Greek and
Roman art Have been found on both
sldea of tha Jordan, as well aa along the
Mediterranean coast - The ' tombs also
have yielded up their treasures and the
maaeuma of the world have been sup
plied with tear bottles, perfumery Jars,
vasea, bowls, scarabs, ancient coins, etc.
The Phoenlclana are credited with
having Invented the making of glass In
ths daya when Tyre and Sldon war
their chief ettiea .It la said that the
art ewea It discovery to the uae of
saltpeter la tb place f atones by. soma
the or.zccu cuiisay joui::;ai; , rcr.TL Ain). Sunday l:c::::::. j, j jl'
sailors who landed at tha. mouth of .the
river- Beloo,- near - Akks. - Finding ao
atonaa upon which to put their kettlea
tbay uaed blocks of saltpeter and were
surprised to And that the fire had fused
tha sand and tha saltpeter Into a trans
parent substance. - The Industry was
inaugurated at Tyre and Sidoa, and for
some time tha Phoenlclana aupplled the
world with glasa The bottles .and
vases found from time to time la the
tombs of Syria and Egypt sra more
beautiful than when they left the hand
of tbe manufacturer; the outer aurfaoe
has decayed and beneath are revealed
all the 'colore of tha rainbow. It waa
tha custom to fill tha tear bottle with
teera of The "TBOurnsrg and to-bury- them
twlthth dead. ; -
Scarab Only a Tumble-Bug.
'-The scarab which Is found . so often
la the ancient tombs la Syria and to
Egypt are ths old-fashlonaoio lum Die
bug with which every boy, or at least
everr country or village boy. Is fa
miliar. I llttl thought whea I weed to
m the tumble-bug rolling his little
globoof manure along the dusty road
that he was eonaldera-a-aora--sect
eeveral thousand year ago, or
the ba was ever .used aa a symbol of
the Creator; and yet hla llkeneea adorns
templea and tomba, and hla Image," out
ht atone and bearing the seal of rulers,
has been found by the thousanda Often
the heart of a dead person waa removed
and a scarab Inserted la Its plaoa. Ths
scarab, rolling Its ball, typified to the
ancient aa unseen power guiding the
eun, while the bursting of the young
bug from Its egg la the ball symbolised
the resurrection. "To what classical usee
this commonplace lime inseci waa pui.
Among thoee who have been inatru
mntal in bringing the bidden treaauree
of Syria to tbe attention of the world.
Mr. A sees Khayat a nauve or irre, mi
now an American clttsen, deserve spe
cial mention. Many American mu
ggums are Indebted to him for their col
lections; Original John D. Rockefeller.
Speaking of Tyre and Sldoa reminds
that in the atudv of Syria and Pal
estine I ran across aa early instance of
nnnnnnlr. JoaeDhuB accuses John of
Gtechala of monopolising tha oil buai-
!, tha Mediterranean coast It
waa early in the Christian era that the
fnraaald John, according to josepnus,
convinced the Jewa who dwelt In Syria
that they were obliged to uae oil made
by othera. and then the niaxonan aaa:
"So he (John) bought four amphorae
with euch Syrian money as was of the
nf fmir Atfio drachmae and aold
every half amphora at the aame price:
and aa Galilee waa very fruitful la oil
-A was naeullarly BO at tnis lime, oy
sending away great quantttlaa and hav
ing the sole orlvllege ao to oo, ne gsin-
ered-an immense sum of money to
gether. , .
This la Interesting and Instructive. It
shows, first, that monopoly Is an ancient
evil, and, second, that the monopolist
In hla Inclination to take advantage of
the consumer by raising the price was
much th earn then as now but I have
been afraid, ever sines I read of John of
Glechala, that some American namea
John might try to Imitate him and as tab
Hub a monopoly In our country possibly
In oil. t -; : ' "' , ' '' ; .
On to Damascus. ;. -'-
Rut on to Damascus and w reached
It all too aoon, for tha rid acroaa th
Anti-Lebanon- range -is also picturesque.
Th route- down th east aide or tna
mountain follows the valley of the
Abana, a splendid stream, worthy of
tha compliment paid It by Kaaman. It
leapa . from the mountain aide a full
grown river, and plunges down Into tha
plain only to be lost la the sends, but
not until It has brought verdure to many
aauara miles that - would otherwise ba
barren. It Is easy to understand whyf
Damascus la among the oldest. If .not
actaally tha oldest, of all th cltiea atlll
standing. It occupies th on green spot
In. all that-" section,' and -leth-eutpoet
of. the Mediterranean coast. The Arabian
desert stretchea to tha east and south
east for hundreds of miles, and tha
caravans from Persia and Arabia pasa
through Damascus - on thalr way to
Egypt even now,' aa they did when
Babylon and Nineveh ware young; It
waa also on th road between the great
east and Tyre and Sldon. '
Damascus la an oriental city and - la
atlll Innocent of the waya of tha west
ern , world. Its basaara give win a
gtlmpe of lit aa it was before Europe
and America were known to history.
The government - Is - erecting .. nubllo
ouuainga aooaroing te modem
but th covered streets, lined with lit
tle booths, the heme of th people,- th
drees, ths customs and th habits are
th same that they were when Saul of
Tarsus wandered down tha street ""called
Straight" In aearoh of the one avho waa
to restore hla eight (Thla street, though
straight aa compared with the other
streets, la hardly deserving of tha name
which It atlll bean.)
As In Cairo, tha different trade have
different sections. ' The dealers In sugar
occupy on quarter; tha silversmiths, tha
candy manufacturers, tbe blacksmiths,
the carpenters each class baa lta cluster
of shops. The Arabian horse being th
pride of th. Bedouin, we were not Bur-1
prlsed-toaad saaah attention paid o the!
manufacture - of saddles, - smddle-bajra.
bridles and trappings, only they were for
the moat part made of wool and cotton
rather than of leather. Bright color,
tassels, . fringes, shells and - ostrich
feathers are employed la th ornamenta
tion of th horse, th donkey ana the
camel, i. .,.;:'-;.'
Market for Persian Ruga.
The candles of Damascus are very
good- and vol y cheap, and nuts of all
kinds are to be found In abundance, an
excellent variety of walnut being grown
within the olty limits. Naturally this
city la a marker for Persian rugs, and
large stocks are kept on hand. While
the people make everything which enters
Into ths daily life of the country, they
are especially skilled In brass, damascene
BMISHT1CH1-T0:ST
H H t
a Staff OorrOTBondenL)
AMERICAN schoolmarma for aev
eral years past have been in
vadlng England lq the good old
summer Urns, on pleasure beat
Now the English schoolmarm and
ter, too, are going to invade the united I
State. They ar going in th winter
time, : and more for business than
pleasure. Beginning la November next
and until March, 100 English school
teachers each month will journey to the
United States and vtslt'and inspect tha
various' schools and educational institu
tions of America, - -i
It will be an uncommonly novel tour
for teachers. Alfred Mosely has ar
ranged It He la the man who made some
millions In the diamond fields of South
Africa, returned to England and became
a philanthropist In looking around to
see what public service ha could render
to England his eye were turned to the
United State as tha leader In the race
of natlona of the world. And so In 1901
he originated the business tour of the
United States. His first party waa called
the Industrial commission. It waa com
posed of leading English trade unionists.
Th8yBT)td out Tha land ef th - golden
west and with much valuable result
to Great Britain.
In the winter of IMS, Mr. Mosely came
to the front again with -an educational
commission which spent three months
touring - tha United Statea at hla ex
pense. The report of this commission was
cast la the most complimentary lan-
guags. It practically declared that the
schools and tbe educational system la
gensral of th United State ara tha
beat oa earth, ,
America Lead In Education.
"I do not pose aa aa educationalist.
but as a buaineaa man."-sald Mr. Mosely,
In explaining hla purpose in organising
tha coming tour of teachers. "A visit
I paid to ths United States some years
ago caused ma to originate the In
dustrial and the educational commissions.
I waa astounded at what I aaw and at
what I discerned of tha future. I felt
that a country teeming with such
natural resources .must In th handa of
capable men thoroughly acquainted with
their business play an Important part
In the futur of th world.
The form af -education given " In the
United States -Is -responsible- for-much
of Its aucceaa. l et one felt that not
only must wa Investigate tha educa
tional system, but that our workmen
should also see at first band what Is
being dona In America. Ia my Industrial
commission a representative number saw
for themselves, and through their trade
uniona reported to their fallow-workmen.
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The report of my educational com
mission were, auoh that I determined' a
representative number of teachere would
also have to see for themselves. Hence
the coming tour. They will learn more
In their two weeks' visit la the United
State than tbay, eould by, reading 11
evwf
war and th Inlaying of wood with
mother-of-pearl. - r -
Damascus Is not eepedally noted for
plaoea of historical Interest The tour
ist Is ahowa th house of Ananias and
the window through which Paul waa let
down from the wall, but It Is doubtful
wbsthar th Identity of these places ha
been really established. A house, known
as the house of Naamaa tha . leper. Is
now vary appropriately used for a
lepers' home. There Is no uncertainty
about the river Abana, and another river
near Damascus la known aa Pharpar.
Aa ancient wall surrounds th city, and
on of th largest moaquea In the world
occupies th ground first dedicated to
heathen tern pie and - afterward- to. the
Churcn or (..- rfonn tne tapiv ereovea
by Arcadlua, th son of Theoaoalua. -
Animals Crowd the Street ; '
Th bls-t ailed sheep deeortbed - by
Herodotus 1 to be found- la th street
of Damascus. It Is a peculiar breed,
and the tall, which Is considered a
great delloaoy, is often ao heavy aa to
seem a burden to th aheap. - It la
broad, 1 covered . with - wool, and some
time end In a curl, We alee saw here
the long-eared goats, as curious looking
In their way as ths sheep.
And what shall we say of th Damas
cus dog? He is to be found e rywlior
and has no ownsr. W counted 11 In
one group and 111 In one forenoon's
ride. Thty live on charity and fight
whenever opportunity offers. . It aeema
volume ef reports. Th Americans be
lieve intensely In the education of th
maaaea Three striking features are;
First the" large smount of money de
voted to educational purposes, the mag
nificent buildings and the lavish equlp-
mas-lment; secondly, the teachers
ar en-
thuaiastio, ana, thirdly.
thuaiastio, and. thirdly, there - is a
thlrat for knowledge ahowa by pupils
of all ages which ia largely lacking In
England,
England Lags Behind. - .
"The average American when leaving
school la Infinitely better fitted for the
struggle la life than the Engllah child.
In the words of President Roosevelt:
'Education may not make a nation, but
a nation would certainly be ruined with
out ' it' England is far behind tha
United States in its system of educa
tion, but wa are progressing, and one
of the most helpful, stsps In this prog
ress will be the knowledge and experi
ence gained by our too teacher on their
oomlng tour." . .
That there will be many heartburn
ings over the selection of th lucky 600
Is almost assured, because several thou
aanrl taarhera Aom-aU..0TerOreatJPrl;
tain have sent In appllcatlona , for tha
tour.- A committee which will ba rep
resentative and Include members of ths
national board of education aa wall as
INVESTIGATING
at at ft
T, HE moat important recant contri
bution to th department of an
' ' thropology of tha Plaid Museum
of Natural History la that of
Robert T. Cummlnga of the board -of
trad of Chicago of 110,000 to defray the
expenaaa of an ethnological explora
tion f th native tribe of th Philip
pine Inlands.
Ever since th Islands came under tha
Jurisdiction of ths United Statea tha
curator of tha department haa been es
pecially desirous of having the ethnology
of the native tribes fully represented
In tha , muaeum. It will be possible
now to carry on, for a period of from
three to five year, a aeries of surveys
of th custom and manner of th peo
pie, to gather material illustrating In
an adequate manner th material, social
and religion life of all the different
tribea
As in many other great Island groups
of - the Paclflo ocean, little work of
ethnological nature has been don in
th Philippines, The most important
ao far Is that of tha ethnological bureau
of the islands, of which Dr. Merton I
Miller, formerly of tha "Unl varsity of
Chicago and of tha Field museum. Is
the present chief. The work of the
Philippine bureau I concerned chiefly
with a classification of th llngulstlo
stocks cf tha native tribes. Ths work
which Field museum propose will not
la any. way eoafllot with that urvey,
to be against th law of th sultan t
kill dog, a on learns to Mo regret
after be has' heard them, barking at
all hour of th night It la superflu
ous to add that th flea I as com
mon aa th dog and la lndlffsrent also
to tha peace of th stranger.
new railroad which la building
from Damascus to th south will soon
make It possible to go to Galilee la a
few hoars, but now it la more conveni
ent to return to Beyrout and go to Haifa
by boat This w did, : and staying a
couple of days at Beyrout we learned
Bomethlng of th rallgloua work don
thr.. . . - . " " -
Whit Jreabyterlaju:Have Ione. '", "
In the division of territory" the Pres
byterians of America were 1a 1170 as
signed tha country around Beyrout Th
district Is divided Into - th Beyrout,
Lebanon,- Sldon and - Tripoli ' stations,
and at all these stations school aa well
aa churches, are being established. So
suooassful has th work been that' the
native communities now contribute half
a dollar for every dollar sent from
America. There Is also an American
pre . at BayrontwhlchPubllahea - th
Bible la Arabic, som 10.000 oop(b
Ing Issued last year, in addition to re
ligious tracts of various kinds. On of
leaders - In - the - taleelonery - movement.
Rev. H. H. Jessap, has completed his
fiftieth year of servioe among th Syr
ian a.
Th Syrian Protestant coll age Is elao
METHODS
the 'Lend on Co-unty Council association
will choose the 000.-Th will be di
vided Into monthly parties of 00 each.
EacH party will represent a different
section of Great Britain and will also
In th United State cover, a different
field of Inspection.
J. Bruoe Israay of th Whit Star tin
and president of th Mercantile Marin
th tour could not have been success
fully ' projected. - Mr.' Iamay has -arranged
that the White Star, th Cunard,
th Canadian Pacific and all tha big linea
of th Mercantile Marin shall furnish
a return first class ticket to New Tork,
Boaton or Halifax for Hi. .Thla Bum
la aald by- the steamship companies to
just -about cover th actual coat ef tha
meala on the Bteemere.
The Tour .of Inspection,
' Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi
dent of the Columbia nnlveralty, and
Dr. ' Maxwell, auperlntendent of the
Greater New Tork school board, ' are
assisting Mr. Mosely and will arrange
a reception committee for th visiting
teachere on arrival'' and an eeoortlng
committee. which will travel with
them on "thetr loOf at Inspection. TheyT
will also a range the details of the
itinerary. 'The New Tork schools will
ba vlaltad by th whol of th five
THE FILIPINO
but rather will supplement It Espe
cially will ' th - muaeum" Investigators
look after, tha muaeum aide of th In
vestigation, for It ia proposed to make
aa full and eomplats collection aa poa
Blble. ao that there -will b represented
complete -collection -of th - culture of
the varloua tribea, which may ba com
pared with one another and from which
tha atate of culture of th whol Islsnd
group may be established. Thla collec
tion will be assembled ultimately In one
great hall, which will bear tha name
of lta patr'on.
Concerning th origin of th tribe of
th islands there la yet much doubt, al
though ceraln main facta atand out
prominently. - First, there aeema to ba
a substratum of extremely primitive
tribe of black akin and woolly hair,
known- aa - th - Negrito. Theae - little
negroes, aa' th nam' means, ar not
actually dwarfs, but ar underslied. and
ar supposed to belong to some group
of the little blacka found In tha Interior
of Borneo and on other group of
Islsnd a to th south.
Th remaining tribe of th Philip
pines, forming tha greater part of the
population, are In general supposed to
be the deacendanta of successive wavea
of migration of Malayan people who
paaaed northward through Borneo. Many
of theae tribea especially those north
of Mindanao, have become thoroughly
localised In their culture, while some
f the tribe la th outhra part ef
located la Beyront, and oonpi
beautiful site overlooking tha sea and In
sight ef th highest peak of th Iran
anoaa. - While Christian In naaaaramaat,
thla eollege la not denominational, bat
Is under th control of an Amarloan
board representing . ' a number . of '
ohuroh, . - -
Between (00 and TOO ywung men ar
In attendance, and lta graduate ar
scattered throughout th world. With
in lta hall ar to be found Protestant,
Cathollos (both Greek and Roman), Ar
menians, Jewa and Mohammedans, and
it Influence in these parte can soar
ly be overestimated- ; -
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rest Influence fcflwil--- ' T 1
Th present president ef th collage,
Dr. Howard . Bllaa, Is th worthy ao4
of the college' a first president. Dr. Dan-.
lei Bliss, whose religious and educa
tional work la thla territory covers
mora than half a century. Th elder
Bllaa, now past 11. and hla wife, are
enjoying am nvtabl experience. Their
active labors over, i with minds atlll
alert and with hearts still young, they
are spending tb evening of their Uvea
ceaf th acn ef ' their labra and -among
th children and grandchildren
who have bleeaed their horn. - Their
rest has been earned, and th peace of
their latter years la merited reward.
Surely they Illustrate th blessedness -ef
lives oonaeorated to a high purpose
and rich la noble service. '
parties, but after thla the itinerary of
each party will be different. Oa wilt
to th far west a third will Inspect
the schools of th south. Vh party
which visit tha aonoole Of Buffalo, '
Cleveland and Detroit will also visit
a iCanaaun acnooia and- see fe
themselves th solution of th relig
ious puxal whloh for so I long haa
bothered Engllah educationalists. '-
Th entire trip, Mr. Mosely esti
mates, will cost a minimum of loe;
each. Ills highest estimate Is 111.
Th American commute baa -promised
to secure special rate at all ho
tels and on the rail road a - Th -lected
teachers will be granted a sp
clal vacation with pay for 10 days.
It -is estimated that each party will
male its tour of th United State la
11 day aftr landing, so that, besides
gathering valuable Information Into th
educational system, th- teachere will
b Initiated Into the American "hustl.
On returning to England each teacher,,
will writ out a report giving hie or
hsr vtsws of what haa been observed
of th American system of education,
w .n,Kiinm based thereon for 1m- .
i . ., t-mii-i methods These will
be published In velum form andTwIH
no doubt contribute to English educa
tional efficiency.. '. - ' ' '
Mindanao still retain the Malayan eul- t
ture in pur form. ' -
Th work of formulating th collec
tion has begun. Th museum already
had In lta pooBeealoa two small col-,
lectlone of unueual toterest-koa ob
tained from Dr. A. E. Jenks. rormsrly
chief of th thnologcal surrey of th
Philippine, th other presented by B.
E. Ayer. Ia addition to theae two col
lections, there have been presented by
Mr. - Cummins two other on ob
talned from Mrs.-A. JC Jnka. th thef
from Captain Darrh. formerly M of.
fleer In the Phlllpplnea, bow at Tort
Sheridan.. -s ' ...w',,t .
The great result, however, which th
museum hopes to accomplish will b
reached bv meana of Investigators sent
directly to th field. TM work ha at- .
ready begun. Mr. 8. C. Slmms, assistant
curator of th department. Ball today
on th steamship Minnesota for Manila -He
will proceed to the Interior of Lusoa
and will Immediately begin hla work ,
among one of th head-hunting Igorroto .
tribe. u-i - i.-. uj.. -,
Another Investigator now Hearing, ths
Islands la 'Mlsa Laura E. Benedict, a
graduate of tha University of Chicago,,
who haa apent aeveral montha In th
muaeum preparing herself for the work
and who will 'reach tha inlande via
Europe, where aha haa been studying
collection from the Philippine and ad- -Jacent
- lalanda. Miss . Benedict wllj"
spend one or two yeara among th R
goboa In th Island of Mlndanga On
or possibly two other Investigator will -leave
Chicago during tha aummar ot
autumn. It la proposed to keep at least
two Investigators In th field until the
world la complete, - -
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