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The Newtown Bee:
Read our advertisement in which we quote
prices found in the advertising: columns' Vow is
the time to give us a call Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded-
RIDER, BRYANT & CO.,
BiLIABLE JEWELERS,
259 MAIN STREET, D ANBURY, CONN.
VOLUME xvni.
NEWTOWN; C0NN.,1TIIDAY, APEII 19, 1895.-EIGHT PAGES.
NUMBER 16.
For SO Daya we offer our entire stock at a dis
count of irom 20 to 85 per cent discount from reg
ular prices. '
EIDEE, BRYANT & CO., '
259 MAIN STREET, DANBURY, COJNN
A DEVOLUTION IN HOUSEKEEPING.
Kvarybady knows that w art always looking out for something nav; sonething that will lira a dollar to tha people. There is where wa ,
' make frieadi and hold them, low we have something in the stove line that will delight the heart of the economical house keeper. It is op
erated by oil, but is a most ingenious thing, and baoked by the wealthiest store house in America. Their reputation is at stake and they
aaa't afford to make a mistake- It cos's Tery little to nse these stoves, no dirt, no eoal, no ashes, no waste of fuel, no Vest except during ,
the actual time you are using it- There are many points about it that you must see it to anpreciated it. Our oil stoves are from 50c te $20
Those St 0 solid oak side boords, bevel plate glass, handsomi trimmings and all eomplete, are astonishing our customers, but th'y aston
iihed ourselves as well when wa saw them; also those large solid oak chamber setts for $15 are great. But the great hit of the season is
our S30 Chamber Set ia 10 pieoes. They stand right up like an honest man does and seem to be proud of then- selves- Our carpet line is
the best we ever saw and thekeenest and shirpestjadges agrei withus Tou are alwsys sure of being used wall here, because we can't
afford to do otherwise. We own our buildings and have the largest House Furnishing establishment in the state and therefore as we expeot
t stay among the people and get our living from the people, we must do Kght by the people- We furnish your house complete.
Ooods delivered to all parts of the'.State
THE LIBERAL HOUSE-FURNISHERS.
135 to 169 East Main St.,opposite Spring St. JOHN MORIARTY & CO..Proprietors.
. 3Dex"fo37 Conn.
When you want Horse Blankets, Robes, Cattle Stanchions, Sleds,
Skates, Wringers.'Sweepers. Don't forget the spot.
PRICES RIGHT.
lluyors ox Sellers.
ny Information will bo cheerfully given or sent those who can not convenient visit
the office of
ilBJDE3HSOBJ So MBiLD.
277 East MainlStreet, Bridgeport, Conn.
At this season ol the year when applied by torch to buildings ;or even IPrarie Grass is
vary dangerous element, but when conflned in Btoves that can be regulated to any degree ol
heat the combination makes the most ornamenial,convenlent and comfortable apparatus
of the household. None are without something in the shape of a stove, but wa have the
bery hist makes that are on the market and it your pocket will not allow you to buy the
vlgher grades wa also have some of the cheaper ones that are warranted to work well and
give satisfaction. We are sure we can suit you It you are looking lor a new stove and will
eall on us at any rate we will be pleased to show you our stock and when we name the
prloevou will not go away without buying unless you are built different from any of our
oustomers that have called on us so tar this year.
Remember we also keep in stock many kinds of Pumps-Iron Sinks Lead and Iron Pipe
and are ready to take contracts lor Tinning, Plumbing and House Heating either by Hot Air
Steam or Hot Water. Yours,
HALL'S,
Scxr2.d.37" X3Zcols:, Conn.
MOKE SH0ESS0LD!
-AND AT-
CLOSER MAEGINS!
-TITAN AT-
ANY OTHER STORE!
A G. Baker's March Adv't.
TTTE are about entering a new era, the
1 1 montn oi juarcn. ma you ever see any
thing like it? Echo answers, no, never. Like
Trilby's loot, "there's not another like it in
ail i-aria except its mate," ana mere s notn
Ing like March except a little connecting
period eaoh year between Februaiy and
April. Mud ana siusn. jrreeze ana unfreeze.
Measles and high winds. Malaria and snow
Bqualls. Cold sores and corkscrew shaped
cyclonic breezes mingled in equal parts with
bad smells and coal ashes. Dnst and angry
wind sent straight from the shouldei, ac
companied by barn doors, skylights and
Srolanity, dismembered umbrellas, ignore
ust and the grip, until not one of us can see
the beam in our brother's eye on account of
the presence of beams and motes and such
like in oui own eyes. Then comes a deluge
and a general thaw all along the line, and
suddenly the whole bottom drops out of the
egg market and all the principal roads in
town. The ice breaks up in the river and, ac
companied by most of the bridges and rail
lences, moves on to viotorv anu tidewater.
ouch a breaking down and demolition of
party lines especially along the bottom lands
has been paralleled at no other season of the
year and in no other instance except during
the late municipal elections in New York
city. The old brown hen, our favorite hen,
steals a nest and surreptitiously batches out
chicks which these sudden freezes send to
ntimelv waves. Surface and snow water
find the level ot our cellars through numerous
winding rat holes, and the water from our
crystal spring resembles in color and taste
the drippings ol a tan vat. Unministerial ex
pressiona come to tne front in the best of
families and trials and tribulations seem to
rise and fall ad infinitum until we leel almost
airer to sav ameu to the old man's tervent
supplication ot "O Lord, if tbon wilt but see
n to taae care oi me tnrongn in is montn oi
March. I will agree to take care of mvselt all
the rest of the time." This Is the month we
watch with interest the passage to more con
genial climes ot the wild goose overhead and
the chilblain nnder foot. Every cloud has its
silver lining and so doing the month of March
tne poor mrniture man wno has passed
wearily through the long dull months ot
winter is cheered by the thought that now is
the appointed time when every thrifty house-
Keeper rouses irom ner leinargio sleep ana
searches the country far and near for the
most desirable place to purchase her spring
carpets and needed articles ot furniture, and
rignt here we rise to remara that we nave a
stock on hand and daily arriving that has
never been equalled since we began business.
An elegant line oi carpets in ail grades at
Slices lower than was ever reached belore
inety new and desirable patterns just
received. We keep the back numbers care
fully weeded out ot our furniture, and yon
will net new desiens if von buv ot us. We
don't claim to be any smarter, shrewder or
Detter Dnsiness managers tnan anyuooy eise,
but we do claim most emphatically that
while we are away out in the tall grass and
big timber the many and (treat advant-tres ot
our location enable us to handle a large stock
ot mrniture on a smaller expense than any
other live man in the state can do it to-day.
That you can't go anywhere from anywhre
on tne cars wiinout going mrougn tiawiey
ville is as true as the familiar quotation
"that all roads lead to Home." Now don't be
hasty in your purchase this spring, bnt look
us as others over carefully belore yon buy.
now this last was tne main ana principal
point we wished to make to start with. Took
us an everlasting long time to make it. didn't
it? But didn't vou ever notice that the point
ot most everything is 'quite apt to be clear out
on tne ena r iou never can Day onet a pig
trracefully with the first end or middle ol
your gun. -
A. G. BAKEB, Furniture Warerooms,
Opposite Union Depot, Hawley
ville, Conn-
-IN THE STATE, AT-
"5737" . 3E5L. KflEolleLmL's
384 MAIN STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
LEVY BROTHERS,
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS,
211 Main Street. Danbury, Conn.
PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS
DEMANDS UNH EMITTING EFFORTS.
This month's offerings emphasize the story
that our stora has told for years.
STYLE, VALUE s VARIETY
Are the order of the day. Our stock of Suits
for Hen, Boys and Children surpasses all our
previous efforts,
An inspection is all we ask. Seeing will sure
ly lead to buy ing.
DR C. X. G. NICHOLS,
DENTIST,
WESTPOKT
Sturges Block. CONS.
STEAL ! !
Tes, a steeljroof that Is better than
shingles. It you are in need ot a root,
drop a postal to
F. C- SANFORD, Hawleyville, Conn.,
and ha will show yon ramplea and
give yon prices on the best kind ol a
root.
THE ALBANY DENTISTS,
5fi8 MiTW flTttunPT)
0pp. Cannon St., Bridgeport
PAINLESS
DENTISTRY
AT MODERATE
PRICES.
EWTOWH SAVINGS BASK Newtown,
11 Conn. lnGOronratad lftfift.
PH1LO CLARKE. President: C. H. NORTH
nor, -Treasurer, ilvuob a. m. to p.
Mondays, 7 to 9 p. m.
BEPEESMTED BT JGEH J. H0ETHE0P
F0S NEWTOWM AID VICIHITY.
Don't Forget!
A Fine line of
Teas and Coffees.
Try Nutriotine for Tour Hors
es and Cattle-
A. B. Fancher,
HAWXETVTLLI CEHTEfi.
IRE INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE,
INVESTMENTS.
4ST Just now I have a sate 7 per cent invest
ment tor a limited amount.
B. H. MATTOON,
Pythian Hall, WaUrtewn, Coca-Telephone.
J. W. JOHNSON,
BRIDGEPORT,
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE, LOANS.
It von need insurance ot anv kind, write
as and I will send a representative to see yon.
BOGARDUS & BRASIE,
TOBBTNGTOH, CONN.
Veterinary Surgeon,
IEW MILF0SO. . . . . C0IX
Word may be left at the Grand Central
EDWARDS M.SMITH, M.D.
. PHTSICIAJT AND BUBQBOW.
Offlee and Residence Hewtova Street.
Telephone Connection.
D. P. K1CUABDSON, M. D
PHTSICIAI AID SUESEOH,
i Office and Kesiaenes, Saidy Hook.
CELEST A. BEHKDICT, M. D.,
fhyeician and Surgeon,
' 348 State St., Bridgeport.
EleeUieityoneofthe therapentie agents. Of.
dee houmfrom 10 a. . to 19 m, a te 4 .
Paul U. Sunderland, M. D.,
' Physician aad Surgeon, . .
Newtown, Conn.
Office In ftanford Block... . ' .
Nlglit calls trora Grand Central Hotel
CHARLES JONAS, ,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Church St., Newtown Cobs
-e-e-, - Waul L E I Ki f
GETTING OVER ADIPPICUL
TY :
Isn't alwavs easv. The lone eared ouadru-
peu jumps it. Whatever aimcuiues were
may have been in the way ot buying an At
tractive Dwelling in Bridgeport, we've re
moved them completer? by putting prices on
a low basis, raising values to the top notch
and making terms as easy as sliding down
hill. A Beautiful Home on Wood Ave near
the Trolley cars, lor sale.f Terms S per cent
down, SS per cent, on easy monthly payments
and 04 per cent on mortgage. Complete and
first class city improvements Irom cellar to
attic Patented March 19,1899. Large lot and
barn on it. Don't pay rent. We have other
houses and choice building lots for sale, on
terms satisiactory to customers. It's no loss
to look at the properties and inquire for par
ticulars. Call or write.
WARREN H. LAMS0N & CO-,
Architects and Builders.
765 North Ave. cor Wood Ave., Bridgeport, Ct.
FOSTER, BESSE & CO
Combination Clothiers.
Our XJ"r3Llimited. IReso-vxrce s,
ESTABLISH A STANDARD OF VALUES.
Boundless,
Bewildering.
V SPRING and SUMMER STYLES.
CLOTHING, HATS AND FURNISHINGS.
Richer than ever. Better than ever. Cheaper than ever. Our
low prices and immense stock has drawn the people to us
Our facilities enormous, as we operate 27 Btores and labor
unceasingly, improving every opportunity to purchase
large quantities of Clothing having the advantage
over our competitors to dispose of more through
our many stores. This 'being a fact we
ars able to sell better and at a lower
price than the same can be bought
i elsewhere.
LISTEN TO OUR TALE 0E PRICES.
FIRE INSURANCE
Old Sellable Companies. Laweat Kates.
W. A. LEONARD. Newtown, Cobb
FAIRCHILD & MEAD,
General Insurance Ana Seal Estate Agents,
61 FAISFIZLD AVXHUE, BSIBGEFOBT. COM
Warmer Building, Boom 2.
We have a large line of Men's Sack Suits
which are handsome, stylish and perfect fit
ting, in both light and dark patterns at $6.60
which will wear and give as good satisfac
tion as suits usually sold elsewhere at $8.60
and $10; style single or double breasted.
Our Men's Sack Suits at $8.60 and $10 in
every desirable style ol goods offers un op.
portunity for bargains lound only in onr
stores.
We have Men's Sack Suits in higher
grades of the very best style, fit and quality,
and are conspicuous for the low combination
prices. All our goods are from the best mills
in the country and represent their latest and
best designs, $12, $13, $15, $16, $18 and $20.
Men's Trousers best make In the country,
McMillan, Sweet & Orr, Dutchess and others,
Prices $1 to to.
Our Styles in Men's Frock Salts have been
selected with the idea of being ahead of all
competition in these lines. They are cut the
proper length and made in an unequaled
manner, prices $10 to $18.
Our Black Clay Worsted Dress Suits In
frock and sack suits take the lead for Dress
and will convince yon that it is not necessary
for you to be out of style on account of the
cost. They are made In three button cut
away, single and double breasted sack at
$9.50, $12, $13, $15, $18, $20 and $24.
Our line of Spring Overcoats is complete
and is as necessary to complete a gentleman's
outfit. It ia impossible to find anywhere else
such an assortment and values we offer at
$6.50, $7, $8.50, $10, $12, $13 and $15.
Just now we would call your attention to our Men's Clay Wor
sted Dress Suit all wool and the best mills make in the country,
cut in frock, single and double breasted sack at $9.50. Our Chil
dren's Department is abundantly stocked with the largest in the
City. Our Hat Furnishings are complete with choicest and new
est that the market affords. Trunks, Bags, Oil Clothing, Horse
Blankets, Hammocks, Umbrellas, etc.
FOSTER, BESSE & CO.,
Combination Clothiers and Men's Furnishers. Operators of 27 stores,
317 MAIN STREET,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN-
THE
XfZorgan Spading Harrow
Every farmer should haveone for this Har
row does its work Just as the hand spade does
by cutting into and lilting up the soil, there
' by disintegrating and aerating it, giving the
same fine culture to broad fields that the&ard
ner does to his narrow garden; and special
Investigation and extended inquiry have on
ly confirmed our opinion that it is tha.com
ing implement tor pulverizing the soil, and
that as now perfected it is unquestionably
the best and cheapest harrow ever Invented
Don't forget to call on us for your Farming
Tools ol all klnds.and also Hardware.
383 Ulain Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
Farm Wagons, (one horse $80), Surreys, Phaetons, Traps, Concords,
Spindl88 and Business Wagons of all descriptions, over 50 different styles;
also 100 styles of Harnesses from U to 9100, including Farm, Team, Surrey,
Kunabout and Truck Harness. Horse ulotiing, JBoot, w nips ana every
thing pertaining to the Hearses ana Coaches sent to all parts of the country
The best accommodation in the city for transients. Come and see our stock
before buying. .; ;
Affairs v About Town.
IN LOVELY LANDS. -
THE POWER OF THE SULTAN A CUBSE IN
EASTERN LANDS. SNOW CAPPED
MOUNT LEBANON. THE AMERICAN COL
LEGE IN BKTROUT. THE PERSUASIVE
WARSHIPS OF JOHN BULL. ANCIENT
EPHESU8 AND ITS RCINS. TOUKDiO IN
THE MODERN- STYLE. ATHENS, THE
CITT OF CULTURE. BEAUTIES THAT
TIME HAS LEFT UNTOUCHED. AN OLD
THEATRE. MARS HILL AND THE APOS
TLE PAUL.
The last point we touched In the Holv
Land was Beyrout. It was In striking
contrast with the other cities of Pales
tine that we had passed through, for al
though in a very true sense to manv i
devout pilgrim it ever must be the land
that is holy in his thought, there are
many things about it that are decidedly
unholy, and this mainly because of the
government of "the unspeakable Turk.'''
inis IB tne cntng we Had noticed every
where, the miserable poverty and
wretched destitution ot the vast maioritv
of the people : and the sadder thinir Is
that there is absolutely no hope for
these people while the Sultan continues
to exercise his despotic power. When I
tell you that I have looked into a home
of one room, its walls made of stone and
mud, no window, the only entrance an
apology for a door about four feet high,
the floor the common earth, and that
into this one room, eight by 10, 10 hu
man beings were crowded of all ages, of
both sexee, you would not believe it true
simply because you hud not seen it with
your own eyes :
BUT SUCH HOMES
make up the villages of Palestine.
What Palestine and all countries over
which the crescent flag still floats, need
is that the crescent shall wane into a
mere film of light and at last go entirely
out, and the blaze of a more humane
and christian power rise in its place.
England and France rendered the world
doubtful service when they joined Tur
key In ngnting tne battles oi tne Cri
mean war.
But Beyrout is not a city of the Sul
tan ; it is a cosmopolitan city whose in
habitants are gathered from every land.
One sees here the wealth of the Occi
dent meet the curious life of the Orient,
and the two join bands. Beyrout has a
beautiful situation. It juts out so far
into the sea that it almost becomes an
island surrounded by a silver band. Be
hind it rises the range of Lebanon, and
at tbis season of the year the range is a
great white bank of snow. I do not
know wnetner ever again tms side tne
vision of the 6hinicg parapets of Heaven
shall see any prospect more splendid
than that which greeted my eye as, in
going back to the ship at evening, I be
held beyond the city lofty Lebanon
capped in snow and bathed in the twi
light glow; but surely a sight of more
exquisite beauty I never beheld before.
THE ONE THING THAT INTERESTED US
Americans most in Beyrout was the
Syrian Protestant College, which has
been established througn tne Presbyter
ian Board of Missions in our own land,
It is natural everywhere for us to seek
those thines which speak to us in the
language that we love, the language of
our country and our home; and, there
fore, especially pleasant it was to meet
friends who had come from our own
shores. The American Col lege in Bey
rout is doing more lasting good for this
country than all the great Powers of
Europe combined. America Das no
Eastern policy." Since the days of
Monroe she has held to the notion that
it is better to make no active interference
in foreign affairs; but by earnest mis
sionary endeavor and through the Christ
ly character of noble men, America has
achieved an influence in the Orient of
which we as Americans may well be
proud. The corner stone of this college
was laid 2U years ago oy wuiiam i..
Dodge, of New York ; and to-day this
institution ranks with any of equal age
in our own land and surpasses many of
far older growth. Dr Bliss is now its
president, and he has surrounded mm-
self with a faculty of eminent men who
would place any college upon a high
plane. Dr Van Dyck is the greatest
Arabic scholar in the world ; bis transla
tion of the Bible into the Arabic lan
guage is one of the very best translations
ever made into any tongue.
AS A COLLEGE
f SAVE YOUR EYESIGHT!
And your money, by having lenses
properly fitted at moderate prices, by
the most approved methods and best
instruments-
W. B. SNIFFEN,
SANDY HOOK,
CONN.
PECK & LINES,
157 to 181 Middle St-, Bridgeport Conn.
THE W. E. SWORDS LUMBER COMPANY,
Brlc3Le:xo3trt oOnn.
I Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
MICHIGAN PINE LUMBER, SIDING, SHINGLES, SPRUCE
Timber, Lathi Sash, Doors 4 Blinds, Carvings, Mouldings, Mantles St Hard -Wood,
Trim, etcj North Carolina Yellow Pine Lumber a Soecialtv.
V i B-TmATM FmBflSHBD PBOMPTT.T. . r;
' SOLE AGENTS FOS THE FAMOUS FROST SHINGLES. '
1I3H.X7G-
A P 0 THE C ARIES HALL.
Xorcrlfift W e Bootll o
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC.. PEB
Bjii.r Tiows carenuiy coinpounoea Dy iicne pDarmaciscs. juest goouB.loweat price.
Speoial attention alven to outroi town trade.
MRS JENNIE II. CHURCH, Proprietress.
17 WALL ST-, City Bank Building, . Bridgeport, Conn
BOSTON ZDEJSTT-Xj- CO,
420 Main St., BRIDGEPORT.
Aluminum Sets of Teeth which have all the
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5
advantages ot gold bnt are much lighter and eas
ler.to wear, and ooat nearly the same as rubber
plates, a apeeialy. Solid Gold Crowns for teeth
made and fitted while yon watt, at hall the usual
sricea. Gold.silver and Doroelain Allium. Painless
extracting and all other branches of dentistry at
lowest pi ices.qnallty of work warranted first-elans. II yon think ot having a plate, dont fall
to oauandsee our aluminum ptatas. juibkmi da-1'AJi lie. r Sdvard.8- Waraai, Man agar.
A new line of Whitewash, Paint,
nd Varnish Brushes just received.
A full line of the celebrated Bub
ber Paint, just received for the Spring
trade.
That fine Corn at 90c doz is going
fast. Prunes, Apricots, Peaches and all
kinds of Die Timber; 6 lbs nice Prunes
for 25c at
The Leading: Grocer,
Newtown, ! Conn.
HOUSES, BUILDHra LOTS and
:- FABMS,
Sold or Exchanged' Special Bar
gains in Farms. ;
' F. If. YAEaiNGTON & CO.,
Boom Ve- St Waraar Building, Briofaport, CU
y.I.TAEEIJ&TOM ; B-F. PHI-
10!
Jaat right tor farm work, Single or Double,
Light and Heavy, and everything cheap tor
CASH. .. .
; WILSON & WOOSTEB,
391 Water St., ; ; Bridgeport, Ct
M. G. KEANE'S
- KOITOIIUNTAL W0BKS,
- -Honsatoaic Avenne. Bridgeport
DATZIPOST PBASA, Attoraers aaa Oeaa
tors at Lav State strait, BrMjtgvt.
WHAT
INTERESTED ME
MAN
was the fact that several of the profes
sors came from my Alma mater, Am
herst college in Massachusetts. I called
upon the younger Dr Bliss in ma home
and found it a most delightfull Ameri
can home in this Eastern land. Potted
plant?, soDg birds, brilliant portieres
and curtains, and a bright fire in an
open grate made a home in which one
wopld love to stay, ur buss graduated
from Amherst in the class of lsbo.
Mohammedans, Greeks, Jews and
Christians attend this college. Belief in
the Christian religion is not made a re
quirement for admission, but the Bible
la not neeiectea. inree times a wees
the English Scriptures are read, and
three times a week the Arabic Scriptures
There ia a large chapel with a beautiful
organ where all the students assemble
daily for prayers. I verily believe that
it is tbis college wnicn nas maue ney
rout largely what il is to-day, and it is i
fruitful vine whose roots extend out into
all the country 'round. If any Chris
tian at home does not believe in foreign
missions, in "sending away millions to
convert the heathen when there are so
many heathen at home," let tbis one cross
the sea and study this object lesson in
what missions Can do. :
Two days our vessel sailed through
the Aegean sea among the islands of the
Archipelago, which stretch
LIKE STEPPING STONES FROM ASIA
Minor to Greece. In the early morning
of March 14 we bad the island of Cyprus
on our right. Our thoughts at once
went back to Paul, how his vessel sailed
"under the lee of Cyprus, because the
winds were contrary," bow near here be
was tempest tossed when, as a prisoner,
he was going to Some. Further on we
came to Patmos. It is little more than a
great mound of rock rising from out the
sea. It is seven miles long, four and a
half wide, and 784 feet high ; it supports
a small population along its sides and
base, who live by boating, fUbing, rais
ing a few goats and making cloths and
mats. Somewhere upon. the rocky slope
(though of course, we could not tee the
exact spot from the ship) the place is
pointed out where John saw the curtain
of the skies for a brief while drawn aside
and the eternal glories fell upon him
from the celestial world. Tbis is but
another illustration of how God selects
out-of-the-way places In which to mani
fest His most marvellous works.
Friday morning, March 15, found our
party up betimes and ready to land at
Smyrna for a day's visit to the rains of
ancient Ephesus. Smyrna is
ONE OF THE BUSIEST CITIES
on the coasts of the Mediterranean
shlDoing is here from every clime. An
inspiring sight was seme half dozen
huge English men-of-war lying in the
harbor; among them was that leviathan
of the deep, the Camperdown, which not
so long ago sunk iler majesty's ship.
the Victoria, when the fleet wa engaged
in some military maneuvers for practice.
These big, vessels may be here as a mild
suggestion to tbe Sultan that be better
keep tbe peace, when tbe horrible Ar
meinian massacre Is so fresh in the mind.
Smyrna has about 200,000 inbabitanu.
In it we see a good deal of European
life, and one thing for which we thank
our Stan ia that wa have seemingly left
cries for "backsbeeshn behind. Mr
Clark had told us that tram car
would carry us to the railroad station.
and we who were novices in travel won
dered what sort cf curiosity the tram car
might be. It proved to be our good
old American horse car, advertising
signs and all, though tbe advertisements
were in UreeK.
It was only some 50 miles from Smy
rna to Ephesus, and the good railway
service brought ns there in abort order.
AT EPHESCS
we saw our first ruins; Indeed.
ruins are all there ia here to aee, for this
city; which in Paul's day waa the great
commercial city of Asia Minor, is now a
desolate waste. Right by the railway
station are the stone columns that mark
a Roman aqueduct. Evidently these pil- ,
ars were put here to star, and stay thev
will for many decades to come. Stum
bling over rocks and climbing down
rough slopes we came to some piles of
rock, where, they tell us, stood the
mighty Templelof Diana, which in its
glory waa honored aa one of tbe seven
wonders or the world. Nothing now
peaks of the former splendor: in a
ruined Turkish mosque near by are some
massive granite pillars said once to have
graced Diana's Temple; but that is all.
Surely the breath of Time bloweth upon
the most substantial works that man can
rear, and they vanish like thin mist be
fore tbe increasing light of the sun.
up tne bill by a bard climb we came
to tbe Cave of the Seven Sleepers. The
sleepers long ago awaked and quit tbe
scene ; hut their abode still makes the
tourist pant and puff as he reaches the
spot and wonders how much of the story
is true. &even young unristians in tbe
days of persecution, so tbe tale is told,
took refuge in this cave ; an earthquake,
for which this region has been ever
famed, closed tbe sleepers in, and there
FOR TWO CENTURIES THEY SLUMBERED
until, in some wondrous way released!
they came down into the plain to find
their persecutors dead and all things en
tirely cnangea. i ne mytn nicies a great
nd glorious truth. For centuries this
Eastern world has been sleeping ; but tbe
day of its awaking must soon come.
ibe same old goepel which was preached
ignt tiere in h-pbesus by tbe great mis
sionary evangelist for more than two
years will yet run its course and be glo-
i tied : and tnese nations wno now sleeo
in tbe shadow of a great unbelief will
let the light shine in their hearts, tbe
light of the gospel of tbe Sun of Right
eousness.
Let us now in a trice take a night run
across the Aegean Sea, so that when we
awaken we shall find the morning sun
brightly shining on the Acropolis of
Athens. We "Frieeland" cruisers are
getting quite used to this, going to sleep
at one part of the coast and coming again
to corsciousness 130 miles or so away.
where our ship is resting queitly in some
beautiful harbor and a busy day of
sight-seeing is before us. fhis is cer
tainly "doing" the places laid down in
the itinerary at a pace that would almost
make our grandfathers turn over in
their graves.
The Piraeus is the port of Athens, and
the classic city ia five miles away among
the hills. Of course, in Athens you ex
pect to look upon ".he noble descendants
of Socrates and Piato and Demosthenes
and Aristides tbe Just; but alaa for
these degenerate days and tbe degener
ate scions of a mighty race! Of Athens'
130,000 people only 30,000 or ao can lay
any claim to being Athenians at all ;
THE REST ARE A MONGREL TRIBE
from almost any country that the aun
shines on. It ia an honor, though, to be
an Athenian : and, when one has lived in
the classic city five years, he becomes
naturalized and has all tbe pride necea-'
sary for one really born under the shad
ow of the Parthenon.
The thing to see in Athens is the
Acropolis ; and you cannot help seeing
it from any point, for it is far above all
else. Most of tbe temples, arches and
statues in Athens, beautiful even yet in
their ruins, date back to a period three
or four centuries before Christ, and the
wonder ia that bo much still remains. It
waa said of ancient Athens that It waa
easier to find a god there than a man ;
and, aa now you wander through tbe
streets, jou can easily imagine how this
waa true, lor at every turn, nay, at
every step, you meet with rains that
cause you to halt and admire. The
Acropolis is a great hill of marble, and
marble of the purest sort, the beautiful
Pentelic, brought from the famous quar
ries some four and a half miles away.
But what was tbe Acropolis when the
Parthenon, the magnificent temple of
goddess Minerva, crowned its summit
with its snow-white columns glistening
in the sun, and when the statues
of Phidias, which Imitated the human so
exactly that they did all but breathe.
bad come rresb from tbe master a band !
The man who can look upon these ruins
to-day and not feel a thrill of deepest .
emotion stir his breast is surely made of
meanest clay.
THE ROMAN EAGLES OF WAR
screamed their victorious notes from tbe
friths of the Clyde to the leaping cata
racts of the Nile, and Roman law made
the standard of Jurisprudence for the
world ; but Greek writers gave us beau
tiful thoughts in the most perfect setting
of language the world has ever known,
and Greek sculptors marked out In mar
ble tbe noble conceptions of their minds.
and before their creations we fall in
speechless adoration, for they still stand
unrivaled and alone.
We stood in the Theatre of Bacchus.
and there was tbe marble pavement
worn smooth by the tread of tripping
feet, and there rose tier upon tier where
tne spectators sat and applauded the
play. Here waa the row for tbe priests,
and here was the row for the generals of
the army, and here was the seat of the
one at whose beck or nod the play ceased
or began. Not far away are tbe massive
ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Olympus,
wnicn once contained a coioasai statue
of the king of the gods. When built the
temple bad lis columns, and of these
but 14 now stand; out, wnen you think
that each of these ia 68 feet high and
some six feet through, yon can yet an
idea of
. THAT KIGHTT WORK OF MAN,
Interesting as all these relics of Greek
art may be, for the Christian Athena ia a
sacred place because connected with the
missionary labors ot the Apostle PanL
We climbed by a flight of rough atone
steps to tbe summit of an eminence that
still Is called Mars Hill, which over
looked the agora or market-place below.
We could easily Imagine the hump
backed Jew coming one day Into this
crowded place where the merchants and
lawyers and tradesmen of the city bad
assembled, as waa their wont, to tell or
hear of something new, and cayTiig to
one or two that gathered about him :
"Have you beard ot this new thing, this
religion ot Jesus the Christ, bow Goi
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