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202 A Pilgrimage.was again verified, ihai ii is an iU wind; ihat spot like ihe valley of Rephaim which rolls offblo-ws nobody good. We slept long and sweetly ihe south-east in the direction of Bethlehem.and arose ijoo late to get much for breakfast. One can secure very comfortable hotel accom--After our repast we sallied forth io, view ihe mod.ations in Jerusalem at from one io three dol-Holy City. It is, in general, just like any other lars pev day. I thought it would be more con-Turkish town, very uninviting. There is litile sistent with the weight of my. purse to occupyabout it that is attractive. It is surrounded by quarters at a one dollar establishment and occaawall of comparatively modern construction and sionally pick my teeth at a three dollar one inthere are gates on the four sides of the city, order to keep up a show of greater respectability.With an occasional exception the buildings are To Christians the chief object of interest in Jerninsignificant,unsightly, few being more than two salem is the Chm'ch of the Holy Sepulchre. Thisstories high. The streets are so narrow that Church is said to be built on the spot wherefriends can shake hands across,them, and they are Christ was cvucified, where he was buried, whereoften arched, having rooms above. The city is the true cross was found, where Adam is buried,stiU compact as oi old and laid out in a very ir- over whose grave Mark Twain wept such bitterregular fashion. None of Solomon's Jerusalem tears, where the centre of the world is said to be,now remains bnt a fragment of wall here and etc. But the most sacred place is the Holythere and ihe present city is buUt upon the ruins Sepulchre, whence the Church takes its name.of the old as well as of them. The place would The Church is a large structure of various apattbevery uninviting and uninteresting indeed were ments surmounted by a huge dome. These apartitnot for the hallowed associations ihat cluster ments are claimed by the different Eastern sects.around it, and ihe historical interest that centers The Greeks have a chapel. So with ihe Latins,in it, taken in connection wiih the yearly rush Armenians, Copts, etc.; all except the Protesthitherof travelers and pilgrims from almost all tants who mnst content themselves with beingparts of the world. What scenes were enacted observers oi the superstitious rites that are prachereI How much of vital interest to the whole tised there. But if they have do place in theworld and that drew the attention of both heaven Church they have Cbrist himself which is far better.and earth! The city contains about twenty thous- The Russian pilgrims outnumber those of anyand, inhabitants, ten thousand of whom are Jews, other nationality and among them ihe womenwho are an imbecile-looking class of people com- outnumber the men as well as being more zealouspared wiih iheir brethren of other lands, and tbe and enthusiastic. Both men and women have theremainder equal numbers of Moslems and Chris- appearance of strength and determination and ittians. Outside ihe walls there are vUlages spring? is noi at all strange that the Turks are afi-aid ofing np, planted by colonists of various nationali- ihem. As a class they seem more devoted thanties, some of whom are Jews. The city is nestled others as the foUowing incident wiU show. T'heamong ihe hill tops, being surrounded on all sides Russians are buUding a church and bell-tower^xcepi ihe south by mountains, the most con- near the summit of the Mt. of Olives. The bellspicuous of .which is Mt. Olivet, immediately is very large being at least ten feet high. It waaacross the brook Kidron eastward rising 200 ft. brought from Odessa to Jaffa by steamer. Thereabove the city, 2,700 above the Mediterranean stiU remained the thirty-six miles to Jerusalem,and 4,000 above ihe Dead sea. The country more difficult of accomplishment than the distanceround about is rough, broken and stony, except fi-om Russia to Syria. A Bishop with a greatthat here and there we see a delightfully fertile number of pilgrims accompanied the bell. "When