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ExDerierices
Inland Near
AncientlGity-
sitedr-ITrouBle
Encountered
at Banks
r. Written for The Journal ,
By Charles Benton Beery.
THE Mount of Olives U doio to
Jerusalem on the road from Jer
icho. The city is on one side ot
the valley of. Jeboshaphat; the
mount on the other. In the val
ley Is the traditional site of the Garden
of Gethsemane, Absalom's crave, still
Indicated by Absalom's pillar; the tomb
of St. James and the tomb of the vlrtin.
On the Mount of Olives la an interest
ing: church jirhlch contains the Lord's
kpcr .Asylum. - ' laWiSBiiiy7 'J
prayer written on marble tablets in so enus-ntening-; ins minister as to wi
different languages. Among these Is probabllitr that Bkull Hill was the ao
the languaa-e of the ObjUwa Indians of tual place of the crucifixion. t
Nnrth ' Am.Hra . On ' the 1' anAalta-mlda . . -iLminmmm 1 .1 'li': "
of the valley from the Mount of Olives Jewi Wailing Place.
rise tli walls enclosln the mosaue of . stlU .another . of the famous . slfhts
El Alua and the Dome of the JRock. A of Jerusalem la the Jews walling' place,
broken pillar protrudes from the face an exact reproduction of which was ex
of the wall like a cannon, and Moslem hlblted at the St Louis exposition. The
legend affirms that when Mohammed piece Is situated at the foot of a high
comes to judge the world, a horse hair wall, supposed to be erected on the
wlU be stretched from this pillar across foundation of the temple -wall of Solo
the intervening gulf to th. Mount of man. One writer , thus comments: . "It
Olives. All who gain admission to Par- a a strange place to stand In, the walla
adise must walk their way on this towering up so loftily, flowers growing
horse hair. Their sins are to be car in the crevices, creeping plants swaying
rled as fetters, while an angel will sup- to and fro busily In the idle wind, and
port and. assist the righteous, r at the foot 'are the wailing Jews."
Upon returning to the city. Abraham, Every Friday afternoon many peoDle
my native guide, and I stopped before a
door
loorJn.,.t ito,.wal wna "urr?un
aauu m n ryii0 v Auruui
nuv, m n vtrvsu w w.-
man clergyman, who conducted ; us
through the garden at the foot of the
hill. Skull Hill Is known to have been.
a Roman stoning place for criminals,
and at that period it was prooaniy situ-
ated outside the city walls. From a
distance it resembles a skull, due to its. Leader: , "Because of .the palace no general on the field of battle ever tered X must have appeared like a con
rounded summit and cup-shaped do- which, is deserted reconnoltered the enemy's position more fused and bashful youth making his
pressions In the precipitous slope on Response: "We sit alone and weep." carefully than I approached that leper first call upon the ladles. . She spoke
the side toward Jerusalem. Hence . the Leader: ""Because ' of the temple asylum. I walked completely around English. r She waa attractive, r graceful
modern name., Basing their argument which Is deserted; because of the walls the building, lnspeoted every door and and easy of manner and In her charming
on the Biblical passage that Christ was which are broken down: because of our window, then withdrew to a safe dls- presence I almost forgot the dread fear
taken from the judgment hall "unto a, greatness which is departed tance and deliberately planned how I of leprosy until I saw her touch, pa
place called Golgotha," that Is to say, - Response: "We sit alone and weep" should effect an entrance. I approached tient -a
"place of a skuU," which Is "nigh to In Jerusalem I visited a leper asylum the "second time. I did not dare knock "But I thought leprosy waa oon
the city." many authoriUes claim that
m s, .n. . tk. m.uw
w- nere. mna iivb vu ito va iui vuuixu
the Holy Sepulchre, Is the place of
crucifixion. . , .
. the
standiwr in the roughwhewn. unfln-
.vj ..mifehr. whinh in..nh
lOllOU ,wv "'r" "
After he had reminded Persist
that it was past mncn ume, x zran&iy
asked him to be quiet.
"But you don't understand, we must
hurry ...
'When X spoke again , he understood,
The minister withdrew, to the outside,
Written tor The Journal by H. J.
: fiheratono. : , :; I
Arlmatnea gave a one. wnerein man language of the people or the location of I "', 'r.,1 ' . 7 " '
v.i. vf kid." ' t dMir : ti i 1. nkinh v.. vl responded and the knocks were in. exists as to whether the
r.."1-i :a,Z irrZ """r.rr :?""' ".' creased until I hammered with the force whloh we are familiar Is
r.ZFlar rJl ot a battering-ram. Still no response, which 1. menUoned In. the
How Continents Are Uniteci ty Miles of Copper Catle
HE history of the submarine oabls VJJ!" through the cable, namely: "Eu
Is a striking Instance of success :ffiS?.-5?U ubmerwd coaU v !? Amer ca "" ?f V
1
achieved in the face of enormous
i. : . ... .
.u a I !"umi'1nea, " company consututeo, 8800 miles
the result of a dogged determination f cable had to be manufactured.' This
,and .wonderful, patience. How, Import-was accomplished In four months, and
ant is the industry -or today Ur evl- the cable, , as soon as finished, was
denced when It Unstated I that tt . gives coiled away In large iron tanks ready
!iflUVmJf1-nVl itJtyl Jl' u. 'ftk9 on boatd ttowo: cable
OOen. whlle the various, cable com The
l- ?a a.JH f-Y?5 , -t-i"?f f11 Valentla bay and landed .
lines or repair the 157.000 miles, of oa -
already at the bottom of theses.
All the caous now in existence nave,.
Wire, t.tnrougn wmco tne .oiecuio cur-
" ih, itimlitrw ai :.-..- uui wm uaciucu u commence
ILvTrin desrned to Brewnt13r,n th in nlldoeeaiv One ship
Fhl nalf iifo nd the other
the escape or electricity, ana psneatn- kt - Nawfoundianfl. sRtnr-th
iut ateel
..VuvanJiS
' : . -
j"" , "
Sixteen Transatlantic Cables.
' ' It was In 1858 that the first cable waa apparently - shitted and quite - a', large v ; The Great Eastern was then dls
" laid across the Atlantic. Today there number of those on board were more or patched to pick up the end ofthe lost
are no fewer : than 1 . cables between less seriously injured.? The fear was cable.' Four days after starting she be
Kurope and North America. Before 1858 that In some of her heavy-rolling the ; gan to drag the ocean bottom" for the
-4l-weds4a e-syi
triclans , whether a ; submarine cable -take the vessel's side out ; 't ? ; lifted about' 1800 fathoms; but owing to
could be I successfully laid, below a cer . The- next -attempt however, ., was some fault in manipulation, It slipped
tain depth.. The careful prospecting of , crowned with success, but many exclt- away and sank to the bottom. It was
. the bed of thl proposed cable was then, Irig . Incidents were experienced ( before an hour from midnight When the grapnel
as It Is now, the first thing to be done: -th submarine wire"wa laid. ; In mid-- came up, with the cablecaught on Its
and Investigation soon showed that the ocean the -Agamertinon" encountered a prongs. Boats were hurried into posi
cnly practical oute for the table wag huge .whale, which at One time seemed tion but s, the men were trying to
; ' " rW..
r7- W fe. -w: isr: A l itis
and Abraham taklnr the hint, followed.
His superficiality then vented. Itself by
gather, here,- but some few may gener
ally be found at other times, who, with
lear-aimmea eyes, . jameni we raie or
iucir,ywiu it m yiuauit Bigui, ana
heartless libel to call this
"show .prepared for the benefit of vis-
aors."
There is a beautiful litany which they
chant occasionally. The' following is
ouoted:
0f the German Lutherans. The instltu-
... a x . m ..... ...
iinn ia Miruaiea on in ouiBKim nr tnsa
city, and I started off alone to find It
X hid numerous experiences; and once
. tiT.iir ios-jf . n
1 ai ' j,- .. A."
unUUllUiUKB muUL WiUlVUk WVUI I
knowledge of the German language
would enable me to get my bearings. It
was useless, however, as the occupants
of the windmill inconsistently chanced
to be Greek Instead of Dutch. I turned
away to meet a Syrian schoolboy. He
along the shallow plateaa that, occu-
P,e tno.oea-ox tne. worth Atlantio;be-
After the entelrnrlaa waa AurtAUi nnon
r -w
Uasm - wid demonstrations, which proved
to be, rather, premature for after ,80
miles of : wire bad-been paid out, from
'
rWs ti mt lfu daMilMtAmm..
telegraphy, ,
vnpainn rannsivnin waa vaksitri art Tt(sraaata
the ahlpsnwuhteredsomoterrlble
storms, indeed, the voyage nearly end-;
ed In the 'Agamemnon; turning -turtle.:
She was repeatedly almost on her beam
ends, the coals rot adrift' the oable was
w' x$m? tA teiiipiiii vsiiisipsp t v ..
fepw i -Vlf W ,Mr y-
Bpoke English and with , his directions
i waa aWe t0 proceed correctly.
XS0W I hBXb heard
that leprosy was an
exceedingly contagious disease, and that
&nvnn. h tnuh .vn an murh a.
door-knob which had been previously
handled by a lener. was aDt to contract
the disease. With the hazards of the
undartakine' fuiiv lmnrasaed unon me.
?n ooor casing, even, wiin my
ImiTpvtrlasi Knt nrnnnrs' a mnll cirnnA.
u ------ -
Jsven im" n"1 n4VI Deen wniea wun
leprosy' o I "eked dust all over It and
then used my handkerchief. Thus
armed. I returned and tapped faintly at
j
entered thVonend
Sutiously tKah iILk ban
i finally spied a young "frauleln" olad
as a nurs who was talking German to
one of the Inmates while doling out
slices' of bread. From a safe distance
likely to spell disaster. It was on . Au
gust 18, lSfig, that the first message
!5 il.n. mi
vm vii. iicaLO. kuuu fiiu ivwniui aatau.
In the following October, however, the
line gave out, after transmitting tit
messages during a period of three
months. Appropriately enough, the last
word.lt uttered was ""Forward." The
cable collapsed because too powerful in-
duction colls had been used, or,. In ottw
er Swords,-high pressure steam had been
F "
The Ft f tfc. Great Eastern.' .
' ' " , ' t
iivs
the cable eartad. KattMvtad affnrta tn '
. v tiaruu, cicymucu enuria iu
fgauvthe lost end merwith failure-and
the store "of rope becoming quite ex-
.v. ..n- ...T,:
a . ia..wou ai - a a. a.
and once again the Great Eastern set
out, and this time her efforts
were suo
oessfuL -and "communication ' was ra-
established between f tha"W world, and
the naw
I Inquired If she could speak English.
She shook her n
head with a nrettr smile
and signalled for me to follow her, and
led the way to a reception room, while
aha went to call someone else I sat down
gingerly on the edge of a chair and
placed my hands on my knees to pre-
vent accidentally touching the contam-
lnated arms. To the nurse who en
wwiHr exwaimea.
Nn In -thai ail larh fa-sat.
I have been
- -
nere xor seven years, eae smo,,
And then I laughed outright at my
ridiculous precautions. The recouecuon
or the unpleasant sights haunted me an
.1. i l. , W . 1C..I.
leprosy with
the disease
, Bible,
a Tm ea1m Tt an V
Running short of money wHfle In
Jerusalem. X found It necessary to cash
draft which had. been mailed to me
by an American bank. The Cairo bank
on. which it was drawn had branch
secure the catch lt slipped away like
a live thing and vanished ' Into the
waters.- -,. " .
About a fortnight later, however, the
cgble was at last picked up successfully
after the grapnel had been lowered for
the thirtieth time. It was then spliced
to a new piece of cable and a second
line of communication established
across the ocean, .
SpecUl ships are now requisitioned
for this work, the largest vessel in the
cable fleet today being the Sllverton.
Shs can lay arcable a'croaa the AUantla
When the first cable wa-laid It would Tl'fKm p! , ,1 "d wh0- "
ZXSI SL J"
100 words can be transmitted in "the
ss7hS.s; sas?s:
laid since the Marconi comnanv vu
u iwvi un wstwi vuiuyau
first esUbllshed. there would appear to
no sign of cables being replaced by
wireless telesranhv. '; '
In Section 5 of
V, To iay's Journal
Berinning todav. - HEALTH
AND.EFFICIENCY, byLora
"Little, and AUCTION BRIDGE,
rby K. . roster, two popular
features that have been appear
ine in THE SUNDAY JOUR
NAL Magazine, will be found in
' Section 5. "
In Jerusalem and X applied to It first
The bank asked what Beamed an ex-
orbltant rate of exchange, but when, I
explained that X needed only a couple of
hundred francs, and would accent their
draft on Cairo for the baiajwe, . they
agreed to cut the exchange In halt
Could I identify myself?
WAITING .FOR A PREACHER IN
Written for The Journal
By Alfred Powers.
mrT)V!nf? , n "V. n.1a hnt an
t1 fJii,!
""ft
been the prayer of Myrtle Dill and
vuog, wu un uj m u uiuu..-
Ulns. ti mUes from Elorenca and ,21
ti"
...rtm ..rLJTrr 7, w
sssss-sz jssassa
Hour llia.vhnU Inwtr Hlub "nur
i'
. - pa
to
he
parson" was available., so he-went back
to his mountain home and no more was
heard of him tUl last Tuesday when he
again . appeared In Florence, Searching
high" and low as before for a preaoher.
not played Mohammed, and gone to a'
preaeher, no one was prepared to ex-"
plain. At any rate, when the moun
taineer returned home this second time
leas, but sitting upon him as he picked"
nis. way oowu . ue sieep irau 10 ine
moiiBtain nome-waa-Mevr-Joaa-DrMw
of Florence, smiling bravely through the
tain. - -
The next day was fair, almost vernal,
f-IW.n.(f
out tne preacher was not up ? to see cuse him of helping her run away. ' '?
rosy day brealr on upper Simmons creek. She arrived at Florence at o'clock
He was ill, made so y the previous at night with her little bundle of world
day In the saddle and riding in the rain ly goods, and her feet wet from for i-
,ana ioramg streams. New-dismay, this
Certainly! .
I produced a travelers', check bearing
my signature, evidence which had never
before been questioned, by the slowest
of. oriental, banks. But here it was not
sufficient-. Next I produced the original
receipt for the draft,, and this not suf-
f icing, a letter regarding It from the
for a brldo who had laready waited two
months. But a liberal application cf
yarbs", soon brought the Rev. John
&ln.rlhVb
n a green dress stood up in the. small
best room of bar humble nom thai"
poastea only one real manufactured chair,
but ; looking, nevertheless,, said f Mr.
Drumm, as sweet and womanly as any
girl he ever married.- " .
"What evidence rost thou offer of thy
sincerity f asked the preacher -and the
groom handed him a nice, a very , nice
ring.
. The whole ceremony went off without '
a hitch and without embarrassment al
though the bride had been to school only
four months In her life and to church -only
once, Four people besides, the
bride's father and 1 mother were present '
at the wedding. Simmons Creek U noted
as being 'the habitat of the "Three
Bachelors , of Simmons Creek, , who are
too tighto marry." ; But - owing to . a '
feud, neither of the bachelors graced '
the ceremony with his presence.
Bride's Father Is "Bad" Man.
, -wnim meaaing has an additional inter.
eat 10 the-'people of the Sluslaw because
ma unuv a laiuqr ia auuwn as xne '
"worst man In Western Lane county .
and because the bride herself not many
months ago ran away from home, walk
ing all the way to Florence, 23 miles.
VNi
A' neighbor' offered- her a" rlJe. 'hut she i
refysed the off ered favor saying that
her "pa would "be mad at him" and ac-
Ing the streams that run Into tbe ocean
M' aav w j . .- 7..- ?' --.-.
iaT , v . . r
V Tt ':- , '
same bank,' and finally a tf&sonlo lodge
receipt.'' The conglomeration was loaded
onto a tray and . exhibited - before tha
manager, who IS minutes later, returned
the articles with thanks, but said that
fn addition I must be identified by some
one In Jerusalem. Accordingly I con
sulted with the hotel proprietor and to
gether we returned to the bank. This
settled the question of Identification,
but In the meantime the rate of ex
change had gone back to- the original
figure. ' My opinion of oriental banloi
had Started downward In Toklo, ant
declining ever. since, now, reached ab
solute sero In Jerusalem. I left tho
bank and went to an English bank, but
here , the exchange was still . higher.
Things looked dubious. Fortunately,
however,' Jerusalem Is still well blessed
with -one kind of-moaey changers, and
at the Turkish bank satisfactory ar
rangements were made.
That evening Abraham'anA I had our
settlement. Although, our - agreement
was down In writing, the trip coat ma
nearly double the amount anticipated.
My experience was: an asset. I was
aware of one of the. tricks which Abra
ham might still . try to play, so I de
manded a receipted hotel bill up to the
time of my departure on the following
morning; for Abraham bad contracted
to pay. this bill and I did not intend
that the hotel should collect front me.
He o.ulrmed and replied, that -this wa
not the custom of the country. "Then
bring the manager in here I
have an understanding." .
ere and we ll
The manager was not to be found, bnt
on of the clerks waa procured Instead.
couki unoersuna cut uiti n,ngii:i
so Abraham spoke in Arabia Oh, yea,
he understood the-arn
the next morning , it appeared other-
wise.
THE SIUSLAW
Bhe knocked at the doors of severs 1
houses and wanted -to know "if thU
was Acme." Different people offerel
. -A. few. flays later-her mother cam1
to tlorenc brlneinr tw daiwhtar thtu
message: "Your ' pa said If I aidn'e
bring yon home with m. 1,U JdU me,"
So out of fear of him and love for fix
mother she went back to her lonesor.)
home.
While In Florence she went to chur
for the first time in her life. And t
fact that this . runaway mountain ghi
sought out a church the first thing n :
refused to nde with a neighbor, for f6r
she would make her pa "mad at hi !''
argues that still In the hills as of c "
honor .and reverence Is fostered. '
Four, Months in School -t
The four months spent in school r
a Acme," where she acaulred a t",u
tlon for crowing like a roueter anil '
tatlng.ma cow and ma shoop, .1:X '
all the cry from girlhood to wrr
Is a, long one and, this roueh f 1 i
attained something of t wumrni
flnement and all of a wonmra 1
Mr. Drumm says she haa cotor
her four months schooilnir : 3
4 studytlll she can read-ar l v
weic uer Tinsoana is a r' "
and 13. years her senior.
came back with ton1
thanks for his trouble. A
1 t
wan in the Sluslaw -eo-ui.i.-
get her 141, mU to g-t a i
marry bi d.-ms'-?,
there Is go Jii'.' h -ll:
vs?
it