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THE M ONROE JOUKNA VOLUME XIV. NO. 8 MONROE, N.O, TUESDAY APRIL 2. 1007. One Dollar a Year wiiMvie mmn-iii.ii fr rn-ii.:.- fcn" n i.i hi.-.l .-al Mptn-f f r thf i-miitnt -nre .f t 'i ,l' ;i Tn il ,,:!. in 11 U 4 That Ail You! TV you feel weak. tir.-d, b-pondenV hate frequent headache. c-utt.-d fcmgtte, iiti-r or lud Uui In muniinc. -heartburn, beklilni of (in, arid -Hings in Ihrviat after eatine. M.mia.a put or burn, foul breath, Uiijr -il. iur or Tirul.lo appetite, naua at tiaiea and kindred aynptuna' If jo4 any considerable anaiber of thaahtwaryvlnnu yon ara (uSrrtnf fixnTltaunsfpUl lieer with Indl- M.-,l..-l pmverr ! nuik up Itiv m.-l eihcu-nt liver lnifrauir. atoaaaeb tonic, towel i-iiliu aud nerve strengthener. The " ii.lden Medical I rjsrnvery " l not patent medirloo or seeret nostrum, a full li-t of IU ingredients being printed on lu huttle-wrapper and attested under oath. A g'anr at Its formula will (how that It omtalna nn alcohol, or harmful kaliit-frnilng drug. It I a fluid ritrarl Blade with pure, triple-refined gltrerltie, of proper strength, from the Mou uf the following native American forest plant, trii.. Golden Meal root, stone runt, Illark C'lierrytark, Queen ' root, ltloudroot, and Mandrake root. The Mlowinf leading medical authorlttea. an.Mitf a hM of ulti.-rt, eitoi lite fi.retfolnf rnki for therureof Just th-ti ailments a th a'viM'iiiitottilnill-ate: Prof K Harlholow, M. I. of J. . ri M.hI t.ilkfe, I'hiia; I'rof. II. C W...1. kl li .of I nl of t'a : Pn.f F.lwin M Hale. M II , of lUhmmann Med. ('oik-aw. Oil. ..; Prof. John Kin. M l. Author of Atn-rt'n IH-penahiry; Prof J no M. N-ud-uVr. M 11, Aulliorof Spetiltr Medkinet: Pn.f. I.aurvn.v Joluwin. M 11., Med ti-pu Cnlr. of N V ; Prof r'lnley Klllnrnaid. M It.. Author if Materia MtiUi-aand Prof In H-iinell Medi ral i'ollrm, Clil.-atfok Svnri name and ad urwon I'osial lard to l"r. R. V. Pierre. Huf fal... N. V ami ni-elr nee htiklel rirlnf rirati fntm wriihtirof all the hire dhhII rai author ftnd manrothenendortlnf. In tha irmire! po!,sttile term-, each and ercry In-r- Ii.m of which 'Uoitien Milcai Macur erv " U rompiM'd. Ir Pierce Pleaant Pellet renilate an4 Inviir-'rate utoniach. Ileer ami htw,l. Tl-r n v in iimiI in coniutiction with "(iolilfn Mfl!fl i(coverr " If Imwcin are much coo lliiatod Tliey're tiny ami Hiitfir-eoaled. In the liame. Harper' Weekly OucfJ there wits a man who tlioiitflit I'licle KnvHt'U 8ace ought to stop work. He spoke to In in about it. "Why get together any more money, Mr. Sagef Vou oau't eut it; jou cau't driuk it. What good w ill it do you?" "Ever play umi blesV Uncle Kus sell asked. "Yea, when I was a boy." "Couldn't eat 'cm, could yonf CouMu't iliink'ein, could youf No use to you, were theyf What did you play marbles fort" Doing Business Again. "When my frieuda thought I was about to take leave of this world, ou account of indigestion, nervous newt and general debility," writes A. A. Chisholtu, Treadwell, N. Y., "and when it looked as if there w aa no hope left, I was persuaded to try Electric Hitters, aud I re joice to say that they are curing me. I am now doing liuuincui again as of old, and am hi ill gain ing daily." Hest tonic medicine on earth. Guaranteed by English Drug Company. 50c. Some sort of an animal devoured a twenty-live pound dog one nisht last week on the porch of a I Huh Point dwelling. The hair and hide were left but the inwardness of the canine had entirely disappeared. The family heard a racket on the porch during the night. It must have been a santer. Cured of Rheumatism. Mr. Win. Henry of Chattanooga, Ten nessee, had iheumatism in hi left arm. "The shen;Hi seemed to have gone oul of (lie muscles so that it was useless for work." he says. "1 applied Chamlierlaia'a Pain Halm and wrap ped the arm iu flannel at night, and to my relief 1 found that the pain grad ually left me and the strength re turned. In three weeks the rheuma tism had disappeared and has not since returned." If troubled with iheumatism tiy few applications of Tain Halm. You are certaiu to be pleased with the relief which it af fords. For sale by English Drug Co. Needed Protection. "t'eder the pre.ttn( I knlial Tie. ia the April hioM . A good Baniaritan, passing an apartiueut house in the small hours of the morniug, of iced a luau lean ing liuinlr against the doorway, "What'a the mattert" be asked. Drunkt" "Yep." "IK you live in this bonset" "Yep." "IKi yon want me to help you upstairT ' "Yep." With much difficulty he half dragged, half carried the drooping tigur up the stairway to tbe sec ond floor. "What floor do you live ont" he asked. "Is this itt" "Yep." Kather than face an irate wife who might, perhaps, take him for a compauiou more at fault than her siouse, he oiened the first door he came to and pushed the limp figure in. The good Samaritan groped his way down stairs again. As he was passing through the vestibule he was able to make out the dim out lines of another man, apparently in worse condition thau the first one. "What's the matterf" he asked. "Are yon drunk, too?" "Yen," was the feeble reply, "Do you live iu this house, too?" "Yep." "Shall I help you upstairs!" "Yep." The good Samaritan pushed, pulled, and carried him to the sec ond floor, where this man also said he lived. He opened the same door and pushed hi m in. As he again reached the front door ho discerned the shadow of a third man, evidently worse off thau either of the other two. He was about to approach him when the object of his solicitude lurched out into the street aud threw himself into the arms of a passing police man. "For Heaven's sake, ofTcer," he gasped, "protect me from that mini, lie's done not bin' all night long but carry me upstairs 'n throw medowuth' elevator shaP." Bitten by a 5plder. Through blood xisoning caused by a spider bite, John Washington of Hosquevillp, lex., would have lost his leg, which became a mass of running sores, had he not bceu persuaded to try Uuckleu's Arnica Salve. He writes. "The first ap plication relieved, and four boxes healed all the sores." Heals every sore. 2.)C, at t-.ugnsn urug August 15 has been set for North Carolina dav at the Jamestown Ex position. Ciovernor Glenn with his staff will be there at that time. They will also go when the exposition opens. Kodol For Dyspepsia clears the stomach aud makes the breath as sweet as a rose. Kodol is sold by drug gists nn a guarantee relief plan. It conforms strictly to the national pure food and drugs law. Sold by Dr. S. J Welsh iud C. N. Simpson, Jr. T. H. Rraswell, a Nash county man who died last week nged 70, left an estate worth i? 100,000. Eureka! Yes, I Have Found It at last Found what? Why that Cham berlain's Salve cures eczema and all manner of itching of the skin. I have been afflicted for many years with skin disease. I had to get up three or four times every night and wash with cold water to allay the terrible itch ing, but since using this salve in De cember, 1005, the itching has stopped and has not troubled me. Elder John T. Ongley, Rootville, Pa. For sale by English Dtug Company, The Grippe. Suawrttlle Juarul An ache in the bark and a pain in the brad- That's the grippe! A choke in the throat and a yearniru; for bed - That's the grippe! A river of heat, then a shiver of cold. A willingness even to do as you're told, A ferling of being three hundred year old- That'a the grippe! A feeling of doubt aa to where you are at- That's the grippe! A stupid aensation-ol course, wholly new, A foolish depression -why ahnuld jou feel blue? A doubt as to whether this ia really you Letters From Abroad -. , No. 13. ; . "t : ( I 1 Coprhiihied. 1. by a. F. SVvfey. ' i That'a the erinne! Strange visions at night, that deprive you from rest That's the srritioe! A taste in your mouth and a weight on your chest That'a the grippe! A tired sensation that runs through your veins. A queer combination of aches and of paina, A rapid admission of absence of brains That'a the grippe! Tragic Interview With Husband of Negro's Victim. Ray Stannard Baker, who is "fol lowing the color line" for the American Magazine, believes that the only way to arrive at a clear uuderstandiug of "the riddle of the negro" is to examine the real sto riea of some of the crimes commit ted. He has made a thorough iu vestigation and vouches for the absolute trnth of the stories he tells. Here is his account of an assault committed near Atlanta, and of its tragic effect upon tbe husband of tbe woman attacked: "One of tbe cases was that of Mrs. Know les Etheleen Kiutmel, twenty-five years old, wife of a far mer living near Atlanta. The Kim- mels were not Southerners by birth but of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. They bad been in the South four or five years. On the day before the Atlanta riot a strange, rough- looking negro called at the back door of the Kiminel home. He asked a foolish iiuestiou and went away. Mrs. Kim met was worried and she told her husband. He too, was worried the fear of this crime is everywhere present iu the South and when he went away iu tbe afternoon he asked his nearest ueigbbor to look out for tbe strange negro. When be came back a few hours later, he found fifty white men in his yard. He knew w hat had happened without being told; his wife was under medical attend ance in the house. She had been ablo " frive lesr rieacrintion 01 the negro; bloodhounds were brought, but the pursuing white men had so obliterated the crimi nal's tracks that he could not be traced. Through information given by a negro a suspect was arrested aud nearly lynched before he could be brought to Mrs. Ktinmel tor identification; when she saw him she said, 'He is not the man.' The criminal is still at large. One day weeks afterwards I found the husband working alone in his field; bis wife, to whom tbe surroundings had become unbear able, had gone away to visit friends. lie told me tbe story hesitatingly. His prospects, he said, were ruiued; his neighbors had been sympa thetic but he could not continue to live there with the feeling they all know. He was preparing to give np his home and lose himself where That hacking cough continues Because your system is exhausted ant) Q your powers of resistance weakened. Q Tako Scott's Emutsion. O It builds up and strengthens your entire system. Y It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites so prepared that it is easy tt take and easy to digest AU DRUGGISTS. CO. AND tl 00 w. s. Blakeney, President. 0. Sixes, Vice-President. G. B. Caldwei.i.. Sec. and Treaa. The Monroe Insurance and Investment Company. Incorporated Agency fot all Kinds of Insurance, Monroe, North Carolina. We buy and sell anything in real estate, or will handle same on commission. We lend money and make loans for other people without cost to the lender. Will guarantee the payment of interest promptly. Will eent nmnertv and collect renta for owners. Will act aa Executor, Administrator or Guardian and do a general trust business. Offices in The Bank of Union building. Directors:-W. S. Blakeney, J. C. Sikes, E. P. Wharton, G. B. Caluell, W, E. Cason, Dr. J. W. Neal, J. R. Shute, J. E. SUck, G. M. Beasley. people did not know his story. I asked him if he favored lynching, and bis answer surprised me. I've thought about that,' be said. 'You see, I'm a christian man. or I trv to be. My wife is a christian womau. eve talked about it. What good would it dot We should make criminals of our selves, shouldn't wel No, let tbe law take Iks course, w ben I came here, I tried to help the negroes as much as I could. Hut many of them won't work even when the wages are high; they won't come when they agree to and when they get a few dollars ahead they go down to the saloons in Atlanta. Every one is troubled about get ting labor aud every one is afraid of prowling idle negroes. Now, the thing has come to me, and u s ruined my life.' "When I came away the poor lonesome fellow followed me half way up the bill, asking: 'Now, what would you dor " The Price of Health. "The price of health in a malari ous district is just t. cents, tne cost of a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills," writes Ella Blayton of Noland, Ark. New life pills cleanse gently and impart new life aud vigor to tbe system, 'i.xs. Satis faction guaranteed, at English Drug Company's. The body of the convict who es caped from the State farm on the coast and tried to swim away, was found last week. He was sentenced to 30 years for burglary. A Woman Tells How to Relieve rheumatic paina. I have been a very treat sufferer from the dreadful dia eaae. rheumatism, for a number of yeari. I have tried many medicines but never got much relief from any of them until two years ago, when I gut a bottle of Chamberlain Pain Balm I found relief before 1 bad used all of one bottle, but kept on applying it and soon felt like a different woman Through my advice many of my friends bava tried it and can tell you now wonderfully it baa worked Mrs. Sa rah A. Cole, 140 S. New St., Dover, Del. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a liniment. Tbe relief from pain wbicb it affords is alone worth many times its coat. It makes rest and sleep pos sible. For sale by English Drug Co. Turkey seems to uiaiutain a per petual quarantine agaiust Egypt. Winter aud summer, whether there is any necessity for it or not, tour ists to Palestine must lie aunoyed by it. It is one cause of keeping away many people who would otb erwise visit the land which ia so dear to millions. Tbe auuoyance is kept np for tbe purpose of pnt tiug fees in the pockets of a few greedy officials. We were com pelled to spend twenty four hours on tbe steamer at Jaffa before land iug and to pay for health certifi cates when no questions were even asked about health. But little time was spent in Jaffa. It does not take long to see the sights of that place. Tbe house of Simon the tan ner, on tbe top of which Peter saw the vision, is pointed out, and the traditional place where the same apostle raised lorcas from tbe dead is also shown. The enterprising dragoman of Jaffa seems to realize the scarcity of interesting places in his city and be strains a point to multiply them. He finally calls attention to a curve in the seashore aud calls it the Bay of Jonah. Thin he does with a smile that betrays his doubts. It was from Jall'a (Joppa) that donah sailed on that fatal voyage. The story of Jonah and the big fish has always con jured up doubts in the minds of many. It has furnished much mer riment for the enemies of the Bible aud has been diflicult for christians to explain satisfactorily. But it is simply a question of whether oue believes iu miracles at all or uot. If one does, then this one was no more remarkable than the others. Certainly it was no more diflicult to keep Jonah alive in the fish than it was to raise tbe dead dV to feed the five thousand on five loaves aud two fishes. There would seem to be no room for doubt since Christ himself cites it as an historical fact (Matt. 12:10). It is to tie noted, too, that Christ calls tbe fish a "whale." Where the Dirt Road Is Shorter Than the Railroad. From Jaffa to Jerusalem is 3s miles by dirt road and 51 by rail- its tortuous way through tne uiuuuuuus ui Judea and it takes .') hours by train. The first stop is at Lydda, where Peter visited the saints and healed Aeneas of the palsy. While at Lydda the disciples at Joppa sent (or him and he went over there and raised Tabitha from the dead and presented her alive to the saiuts and widows. The next station is Kamleh, said to be the Arimathea mentioned in the New Testament. Here lived Joseph, "a rich man of Arimathea," who begged of Pilate the body of Jesus and laid it in his own new toinb. Kamleh is a place of more than t!,0(H) people, 2,000 of whom are christians. Near Kamleh is a small village on a hill. Tbis hill was pointed out by a profes sional dragoman on the train as the place where Sampson got the three hundred foxes, whose tails he tied together, with firebrands between them, and then turned loose in the ripe wheat of the Philistines. Some one on the train asked him if Sampson kept a zoological garden ou the hill, but he could not en lighten the enquirer. We had gone only a few yards further when I saw a large red fox trotting off to wards a cactus fence to conceal itself. The cave of Sampson is iu plain view from the car window but that remarkable jaw bone with which he slaughtered so many 1 nil istines was not in evidence. For twenty miles out from Jaffa the railway traverse the Plain of Sharon. This plain is a fertile tract I vim? between the mountains of judea aud the Mediterranean. Al though cultivated for more than S.000 rears without the aid oi ler tilizers, it is still remarkably pro ductive. A few enterprising tier mans have settled iu and around Jaffa and are demonstrating what guard. The authorities have grant m Mull, l.nt.l it i TliA Matil ttml cm! kitn anit liid full.. vill.,M.M a - p, '-' . .. av.. b,u Mia . i ..i w . ...a,- in n climate are espet tally adapted to tuouopoly uf the robbing business. . (he growth of oranges, olives, figs. But this is only one of the many grapes, beat and corn. Oranges imponitions that tourists have to are as plentiful as hickory uuts in submit to in Tuikey. our eon ut r v. rruiu jsiu mere ate1 me roan to Jeruno !- I .... 'annually exported many ship loads through a wild, uninhabited coun- of the huest oranges in tbe world. ; try, known as the ilderues of Over .sm shiiM clear tbe port every Judea. Tbe desceut to Jericho year, laden maiuly with tbe oranges from Jerusalem is over t.tssj feet, and other products of this magnifi- aud impresses oue w it b tbe siguifi cent plaiu. It is uot surpris ing that tbe martial Philistines fought so valiantly for their posses sious iu Sharon. The Secret of the Doughty Philis tines. No doubt many Bible readers have admired tbe fighting qualities of the Philistines aud wundered bow it was that they survived so many almost complete aunihila tions. They seem to have bad more lives than a cat Occupying a small territory, there could not have been many of them, and yet it was im possible to kill them out or con qtier them ermaueutly. Keceut excavations and discoveries have thrown much new light ou the Philistines and show that they were either Egypt laus or were tributary to Egypt. Aud no doubt it was from Egypt that new recruits came to take the places of those destroyed by the Israelites. In 1S.ST certaiu brick tablets with cuneiform char aeters on them were found iu upper Egypt The brick tablets turned out to be letters to the Egyptian kings from their tributary princes or rulers In Asia, these letters have been translated iuto English and some of them were from Phil istia. A copy of the translation was shown me by a resident of Jerusalem. Souie of the letters from Philistine cities refer to the Hebrew invasion and call for the return of Egyptian garrisons which had bceu withdrawu. Tbe appeals for soldiers are very earnest In response to these appeals, no doubt, came fresh recruits to replenish tbe ranks of the Philistines that were destroyed by Joshua and his sue cessors. hurt her proof ol mis theory is furnished iu an uncared for museum iu Jerusalem. This museum is not mentioned iu the guide books aud probably not seen or heard of by one iu five hundred visitors to the holy city. The same gentleman who showed me the translation of the brick tablets car ried me to the museum in au Arab school. In it are priceless discov eries that either coufirm or explain the scriptures, but they are piled np in old boxes scattered over the 4J 1. ...e..-J... ..Jn .M-nllnn paid to them. W hen the J'hilistine hxpiorauon mid obtained of the Sultan a con cession to excavate in Palestine, to the permission granted was annexed stipulation that every tiling toiiiiu should be delivered to the Turkish authorities. Among the obiects found iu the laud of the Philistines were Egyptian seals, rings, scarabs upon which were cartouches of Pharaohs, carved images of Egyp tian godH and kings, showing that the Philistines were Egyptians or tributary to that country. The cartouches of the Pharaohs on the searalis would indicate the periods that Egypt ruled the Philistines. These recent discoveries may give new meaning to the words of Moses: "God led them (Israelites) not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although tnat was near," etc. (Ex. 1.1:1. ). We may notice also that Solomon, who mar ried a daughter of Pharaoh, recog nized "the land of the Philistines ' along with Egypt as his boundary on the southwest (II. Cbron. !:'.'( ) Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea, By Way Of Comparison At the bottom l a plctue of a farm on whluh our loruiltem were nut uwu. Notice the verjr poor arowih? At the hip, there l a ihou-rrib of tbe Seitl of a planter who beUt-vix In the liberal una of only Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers. See the a-nnd. even stand, and tall, luiurlant plantar Vou oan see many other Inte'eatlne pt'-turoa of farms like time uu wok h theemnsof poor ami ir"l rielria a compared. In our lanre, preity almanac. A our dealer lor it. or send usu. In sumps to par the coot of wripidiMI aud poataim. "lnoroase four yields par aura" b ua ln VlrrUda-Cuullna rerUllaara. Buy do oUivr. Virginia i Carolina Co. Chemical Richmond. V a. Norfolk. Va. Durham. N C Charleston. S. a Baluawre, aid, Atlanta. Oa. Savannah, Oa. Mo,itoaMrr. Ala, Memptala, Tena. saravapon, V From Jerusalem there are many interesting excursions usually made bv visitors. The most important one, alter itemienem, is tne trip to Jericho, the Jordan and the Dead Sea. In company with a party from Iowa, with whom we had been travelling, we made this journey. It requires at least two days, as the river and sea are twenty-five miles from Jerusalem. We employed no guard. We had not proceeded far, however, betore a neavny armeu Bedouin galloped up beside us and continued to stay with us. We asked our driver what the fellow meant, aud he informed us that that was onr guard for the trip. We instructed the driver to inform the self employed guard that we did not need him and that he had as well go back. But he was not to be dismissed so summarily. He insisted that it was a government requirement and that he was in the line of his duty. We tried in vain to get rid of him. Upon returning to Jerusalem I investigated the so called "government requirement" and found that the Turkish gov ernment had entered iuto a com pact with the Bedouins of a certain village near Jerusalem wnereny the villagers were granted the ex elusive privilege of guarding tour ists on the Jeruaaiem-Jericno roan ou condition that the villagers would be responsible for the safety of the tourist. Upon this idiotic compact the Bedouin villagers base their claim to escort parties on that particular road and to levy black mail on travellers. If the travel lets decline to pay, then these gov ernment agents themselves hold np and rob the tourists. Consequent ly, there is no escape from robbery, The rascals first offer you the priv ilege of consenting to the robbery and agreeing upon tne amount. cauce of the word "down" iu the uarrative: "A certaiu man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho aud fell among thieves." The Scene of the Good 5amaritan's Act. Midway between tbe two places traditiou localizes tbe parable of tbe dood Samaritan. Ou tbe sup posed Bite there is now a uew build iug in wbicb refreshments and nov elties are sold. Iu the back end of the house is a dummy in female attire, which tbe proprietor calls "Mrs. Samaritan." The story of the uood Samaritan is a most beau tiful one. Whether it was au actual occurrence or a parable is not known. But it has been earnestly insisted by one that it was a fact aud that the Cotsl Samaritau was a drummer. Iu support of the theory that he was a druiuuier, it is argued that he knew a good hotel aud had with him a bottle of liquor. (Luke 10:.'!4). Jerichoand the Cities of the Plains all Gone. Jericho is situated iu the Jordan' plaiu, about one and a half miles from the foot of the Jordan moun tains. The present town of that name is merely a wretched village of mud huts, with two or three fairly good hotels w hich are open during tbe season of travel. Tbe Jericho of the age of the prophets, and the om iestroyed by Joshua, was at the foot of the mountains west of the preseut village of that name. There are really no remaius of it, but its site is known by the spring whose waters Elisha healed by casting salt in them (II. Kings 2:21 ). The water of the spring is good, and bountiful enough to run a small mill. A large reservoir has been constructed to collect the waters for purposes of irrigation. The Jericho of Herod the Great, which Christ visited, stood at the foot of the mountains just where the Jerusalem road entered tbe Plain of the Jordan. There is noth ing of it left except stones scattered over the ground. The old cities of the plain, one aud all, have been wiped out of existence. Eveu the orvfilrVilriH,a'yiiWvriitoJJruY At one time Jericho was a city of palm trees (Dent .11 :.'!), adorned with balsam gardens and the syca more. The territory surrounding the Jericho of the New Testament was given by Antony to Cleopatra. But she preferred money to Jericho soil, so she sold it to Herod the Great That old rascal erected a winter palace iu it and there died a miserable death. The only thing that hasremaiued aud in the same place is the highway from Jeru salem. Ou its side, somewhere near the foothill, the duck-legged Zachcus climbed that sycamore in order to see the Man from Galilee. On its side sat the blind Bartiraens who begged of the passers by. In Jericho today are troops of beggars whose apostolic succession lrom Bartimeus could be easily estab lished. The Cotton Plant Clrows for Sev eral Years. All that the great Jordan Plaiu needs is a ditfereut population, un der a different government Again it could be made to blossom as the rose. It is naturally very rich and produces all of the sub tropical fruits aud plants. A killing frost is rarely seen ami even tomatoes grow iu abundance dining the win ter months. Oranges, lemons and bananas are plentiful near the soring of Elisha. A wise system of irrigation from the waters of the Jordan would convert the whole nlain into a small Nile valley. The soil aud climate exactly suit cotton I saw some very large cotton stalks at Jericho (tbe seed came from Georgia). The stalk grows to bush and produces cotton annually for several years. No work re mired except pick the cotton. What a paradise for a lazy man All manner of fruit and vegetables thrive in this soil. The pod of the ordinary bean grows to be a yard long. I make that statement on the authority of two most devout christians But the country has its disad vantages. The heat is Intolerable in the summer. Mosquitoes and fleas abound and seem to be always hungry. In their habits tbey are very politic believe in equal bites to all and special privileges to none. Their religious life meets the requirements of the law they love their neighbor as themselves. If the gentleman who stood "on Jordan's stormy banks," casting a ishful eye to Canaan's happy land, could have crossed over and spent a night in Jericho he would have been impressed with tbe cor diality of an all-night reception. Where They Compromise Between Dipping and Pouring. The Dead Sea is about six miles from Jericho, and lies between the mountains of Moab and hdam on the east and the mountains of Judea on the west. It is 47 miles long, three to nine wide, and is 1,312 feet below the surface of tbe Medi ADSOULTTELY PVUB DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER H tfoQa mot oomUIn an atom of phos phmtio moid (which la thm product of bom dlgeatmd la aulpkuHo add) or of alum (which la ona-third sulphuric mold), ua haaKhful substances adopted for other ba- klmg powders because of their cheapaess streams, but has no outlet Tbe supply of water by the Jordan and other streams is uot greater than the demands of evaiioratiou. Were it not for the Jordan the sea would soou tiecouie dry. The specific gravity of the water is such that the human body floats on it like a cork. -Nothing can live in it and no shells are found on its shores. It is properly called a dead sea. Just aliove it, on the east s lonely Xebo, from which the great law giver looked iuto the laud he was uot permitted to enter. The Jor dan, the most renowned river in the world, loses itself iu this sea of death. About au hour's drive aliove the sea is the ford where Joshua and the Israelites crossed over iuto the Promised Laud. They "passed over right against Jericho" (Jos. W-.H). There is but one place where they could come dowu the mountain "right agaiust Jeiicho." There is an old ford there, but the river is too deep now to lie forded. It is some eight or ten feet deep and runs very swift ly. In its rapid course it stirs up the clay and the water liecomos very muddy. Such it was in the days of Naaman (II. Kings 5:12). Ou its banks are tamarisks, pop lars, willows and thick cane. This old ford is the traditional site of Christ's baptism by John the Bap tist At this place au enterprising fellow has erected a small house on curios aud souvenirs for sale.' He also keeps row bouts to give pil grims a ride for "backsheesh." Many thousands of pilgrims from different lands visit the spot dur ing each year. Some of them are baptized or rather baptize them selves in an unusual way. Tbey wade in the Jordan, string them selves out iu a line and, at a given command by a priest all duck their heads under the water. That is probably a compromise between immersiou and sprinkling. Others go away confirmed in their belief that Christ was im mersed, while still others go away equally confirmed in their opinion that the water was sprinkled or poured on him. The lmmersiouist fiuds that the river is deep enough for him to go uuder and come "up straightway out of tbe water," while those who favor another mode assert that it is too muddy. If John had uot been immersing, argues the iuimersionist, be would have baptized in Elisha s spring near Jericho, where the water is clear. The sprinkler retorts that John baptized large numliers who were fishermen in the Jordan and he sprinkled or poured where it was more convenient to his con verts. So "there you are." A Sherlock Holmes Conclusion. Before leaving home a very ardeut sectarian placed me under premise to examine carefully the place where Phillip baptized the euuiich and to let him know if the pool was large and deep enough for one to be immersed iu. I have looked into the matter for him and find that there are two places claiming that honor. One is on a road lead ing from Jerusalem towards Gaza, ami the pool is near the present railway track aud is big enough to immerse oue in. 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