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p$$ h I i a W h ,'frt AROUND THE WORLD iw n nmi mmij Scenes About the Citv of Jerusalem History At- 3 tend the Thrilling- Events of the Holy City 4 Jerusalem, Palustisk, Match 10, '03. After a ride of three and a half hours across flowering plains and through valleys sacredly historic down brakes is signalled and the panting locomotive comes to a halt outside the most often destroyed and most often .rebuilt as well as most sacred city in the world. Within one hour I had reached my hotel and had set out alone for a stroll in the city. Entering by the Jaffa gate, the most popular of the seven, I made my way through the throng of beggars, vendors and donkeys down David street. Near the center of the walled city I ascended two flights of stairs which 1 saw unused and fed my anxious eyes upon a vision of which I had often read, studied and dreamed. Just before me was the Pool of Hczekiah, an im mense reservoir 250x150 feet, fed by "a conduit from another pool outside the city. The entire city seemed to lie at my feet. Yonder stands the Mosque of Omar and Mosque El Aksa proudly guarding the temple area where the un rivaled temple of Solomon once stood in all its untold grandeur. To my left is the church of the Holy Sepulchcr, the most sacred spot on earth to many a million. Looking to the east the Mount of Olives lifts itself high above the Valley of Jchosaphat, while the Garden of Gethscmaue nestles at the parting of the ways alongside the sacred mount. Erom the summit of the great pyia inid I had seen the march of history from its infancy and had reached back beyond tradition's grasp, but here was spread out before me the old landmarks -which witnessed the mighty scenes con nected with the life of the Redeemer of men from whose birth all history takes its bearimrs. whom most men revere as the peerless man, the Son of God. What sacred memories crowd in an un broken succession before the mind! In Genesis 14:18 this city was called Salem, the City of Melchizedek, until captured by King David when it was called the City of David. Jerusalem was adorned by Solomon until its fame spread throughout the earth and the queen of Sheeba declared the half had not been told. But the glory of Jerusa lem arose and fell like a barometer that experienced many a storm. Dur ing the reign of Rchoboam, when the ten tribes were in the state of mutiny, the city was besieged and plundered by the king of Egypt, Shishak. The city was pillaged by Syrians, Egyptian, Arabians, Assyrians, Babylonians and Phillistines. Josiah being slain at Me giddo in the plain of Esdraelon.Pharoah Necho took Jerusalem, secured the tribute demanded and compelled its king, Jehoahaz, to accompany him to Egypt for safe keeping and as a sort of assurance that the tribute would be paid annually. Jerusalem had about settled down to business in 586 B. C. when Nebuchad nezzer, king of Babylon, thought he would rather fight than eat and brought his men of war, battering rams, etc., and captured the city, pillaged and burned the temple and palaces, leveled the walls to the ground and not satis fied with taking everything they had, went a step farther and carried all the people captive to Babylon. With the walls down and everything else in utter wreck and ruin this place must have presented a forsaken sight. The Jews, however, were not anxious to leave for their is no place like home. After seventy years of captivity the Jews were permitted to return; the city and temple were rebuilt by Nehemiah, whose men could fight as well as work, for "they had a mind to work." In 2 the Greeks under Alexander the Great, having conquered nearly every other part of the known world, decided to take Jerusalem. As Alex ander the Great cared not for expense or the lives of men he brought his con quering hosts there and captuied the city without a siege. The defenders of the city doubtless thought it unwise to make a stand against a chieftan who had proven victorious in every battle and welcomed him to Jerusalem. Los ing no men in taking the city, Alexander spared it. Eighteen years went by in comparative quiet. Then it was that Ptolemy I, king of Egypt, thought it about it time to have something 4 'doing" about Jerusalem, consequently he marched his hordes here in 314 B. C, and taking advantage of the Jews' Sabbath, besieged it on that day, and took it without resistance as the Jews were not disposed to fight on such a lioly day. Brave people they who vould be captured by a deadly foe :rather than fight against conscience and what their law taught them was right. Many were carried into cap tivity, but Jerusalem was soon wrested from the Egyptians by the Syrians, who were indescribably cruel Icuusing a revolt of the Maccabees in 1G8 B. C. resulting in the restoration of the Jews to their rightful possession' of the city under the guardianship of the Asmon can princes. Thus it is seen that Jer usalem has been the foot ball of the nations down through the ccuturies, kicked and destroyed by Egyptian, Babylonian. Assyrian, Persian and Arabian kings in rapid succession, but like the Phoenix it scetned to rise anew from its own ashes as soon as the last battering ram ceased its pounding. Jerusalem like truth', rises again though often crushed to earth. Though this Jerusalem be destroyed again, hope does not vanish forwe are promised a new Jerusalem, the heavenly city, through whose portals the destroyer cannot pass. In tracing the history of Jerusalem 1 we have observed that she has already experienced sufficient vicissitudes for a dozen cities, but her record of ill usage seems to be without end. In 63 B. C. the Romans decided to mix their history with the Jews, consequently Pompay set out with his legions, led them to the holy city, captured it and made it tributary to Rome. Afterward Crossus plundeied the temple and in 37 B. C. Herod headed a Roman army, took the city and put his competitors to death. Herod was noted for his heartlcssncss. His son succeeded him on the throne, but was deposed, whereupon Judea be came a Roman province in connection with Syria, the governor being called a procurator and resided at Calsarea. The fifth procurator was Pontius Pilate, who needs no introduction. After Pilate was banished other procurators were appointed, Felix and Eestus of Bible history being among them. The Jews were dissatisfied and revolted because of apparent injustices. To quell this revolt, Titus, who was in Egvpt, set out in 70 A. ,D. with his warriors lor the purpose of removing Jerusalem from the man. The success attending his efforts may be, presented in the words of the historian: "As Titus drew near, he stationed his tenth legion at the foot of the Mouut of Olives. Taking up his station about a quarter of a mile from the wall, he cast a trench about the city, and compassed it around and kopt it in on every side. And soon famine began to do its work mork effectually than the sword of the Romans. During the siege, it is said, that 115,000 bodies had been buried in the city at public expense, and the Roman general wept as he saw the misery. Titus, it was well known, was anxious to save the magnificent build ing (the temple), hallowed by tho re ligious associations of so many cent uries; and this may account for the slow progress of the victory. But on this fatal evening a soldier, 'against orders, cast a brand into a small gilded doorway on the north side and in a few moments the whole temple was in a blaze. Wildly rose the uproar; blaz ing rafters lighted up the darkness, while all around the crackling of the flames and the crashing of the falling roofs mingled with the shouts of the victors and the death-cry of the Jews. Titus rushed forth, and in vain gave orders to stay the conflagration. His soldiers were in the holy of holies; they seized upon the treasures; not even Roman discipline could restrain them, and "the abominatioiiof desolation" took possession of the holy place. When the flames subsided, nothing was left of the temple but a small portion of the outer cloister. The actual de struction of the temple not one stone left upon another was a death-blow. When the Romans burst, with shouts of triumph, into the last stronghold of their enemies, they found little but sil ent sheets and houses full of dead bodies." Joseplms says, "Those who lost their lives in the siege and the massacre which had preceded it in tin's war exceeded one million, three hundred thousand people." Such a fate should have been expected, for the prophet foresaw what was pending when he wrote, "How doos the city sit solitary, that was full of people, how is she be come a widow, she that was great among the nations." And in Matthew 23:37 observe the words of the world's greatest Christmas gift! "o, Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee; how oft would I have gathered they children together, even as a hen gathercth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not. Behold your house is left unto you desolate."" After Titus had wrecked the city, a Roman garrison was left to guard the remains. In spite of the Roman lancers the Jcws.crept -back and inhabited the ruins, for to tho Jew no spot is home save Jerusalem, tho holy city. Bent on having things their own way tho Jews rebelled ogainst Hadrian in 134 A. D., only to bo expelled again. Hadrian then transformed what re mained into a Roman city and built magnificent temples and palaces, nam ing it Aelia Capitolina, one temple being erected to Jupiter Capitolinus, on Mouut Moriah. In the time of Con stantino the city was Christian, but in G14 the Jews poured into the trans formed citv in great numbers under tho leadership of the Persian king Chasrocs II and endeavored to blot out every vestige of theChristian sway by destroy ing churches and putting the inhabi tants to the sword. After a short in terval of peace dearly bought, Her aclius captured this foot-ball city, but went down before the advance of Caliph Omar in 637, who transformed it into the sacred city of the Moham medans. In the place of the Jewish and pagan temples on Mount Moriah, he built the mosque of Omar,a splendid structure. In 088 the old mosque was demolished and another more beautiful and imposing sUt'oturc was cieetod in its stead by the caliph of Damascus. t Ins mosque stands to tins iitty ami is called the dome of the rock, though by some it is ononuom.lv termed the mosque of Omar. O Jerusalem! Why have the nations coveted you? When you were only a buried heap of rubbish, like Memphis and Thebes, why did not the powers of eaith permit you to rebt in your grave? Why build and lebuikl; capture and recapture you? Why so much sought by the wot Id's lancers, legions and charioteers? Why so popular? Is it not because you occupy the spot of all spots on earth selected by the World Builder where lite greatest events of all history were to be staged? Was it not here that the most momentous event of all ages was to occur the tragedy of the crucifixion of the Son of God? In cjGo, A. D. thou didst fall into the hands of the Egyptians, who in 1077 lost thee to the Turks. From the blood-thirsty Turk thou didst suffer untold affliction until the Christian world was aroused and decided that such outrageous barbarism should con tinue no longer. Then in 1098 from out the heart of Europe that first cru sade poured itself as a might living stream bent on rescuing thee from the thralldom of the crescent. Commanded by Godfrey dc Bouillon the fearless crusaders from the north captured you, massacred the garrison and manv of the inhabitants, secured possession of the Holy Sepulchre, the object of their struggle. Godfrey was made your king, the first Christian king of Jerusalem. His successors main tained your banners on high until 1187, when the brave Guy de Lusignan was overcome by Saladin and the Mussel man or Mohammedan regained the much coveted city. ' History weeps as it recounts the fearful losses resulting from the attempts of courageous men to rescue thee from the withering hand of persecutors. Though Peter the Hermit perished en route to thy sacred shrine; though men fought under Godfrey de Bouil lion and Robert of Normandy until their horses waded in blood about the mosque, yet thou didst struggle under the oppressor's lash. Held by Saladin, the Christian hosts of Europe again mustered under Philip of France, Richard Coeur dc Leon and the Em- ..... peror hredenck Barbarossa m 11 go to rescue the Holy Sepulchre from tho in fidel, .but the emperor fell ere he reached the promised land, while Philip and Richard joined their forces in the capture of Arce, sieged Jaffa and oncamped at Lydda. A peace council, while permitting the Christians to hold the coast fortresses left thee still in crue.1 hands, the only point gained by the Christians being the privilege of making pilgrimages to thee at intervals. In 1197 behold the emporor of Germ any organizing a crusade to see that the scales of justice might be used in thy management. His attempt proving fruitless, a new undertaking under the Germans and Hungarians sets out in 1217, but the force of its armament wears itself out in Egypt without get ting sight of the objective point. The pendulum of history swings slowly on till 1228 when Frederick II, emperor of Germany, enthused with zeal uncon querable, leads an expedition which wrests thee from thy oppressors. Peace abides only for a season. In 1240 the Mohammedans again appear under the sultan of Damascus and take everything in sight to lose, it again three years later to the Christians. But Christians and Moslems are overcome in 1244 by a Tartar horde that sweeps down from central Asia. E. C. Horn. (Continued next week.) ( NEBRASKA STATE ITEMS. ( An unsuccessful attempt was made Thursday night to rob the bank at Ewing. Reports from all sections of tho state give assuranco that the recent frost did little damage to the corn crop. George Trcxlcr, tho follow who Btolo n team from West Point several months ago and was traced thiough this city and later caught out west, was sent enced to serve a year in tho pen for the crime. Schuyler Quill . A Fremont dispatch of Wednesday says that Eric Dahl was found by the commissioners of insanity to be a fit subject for treatment at Lincoln. Ho has been Hying in cornfields neat Hooper and terrorizing the people of that community. Seven years at hard labor in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed on Jani&s Kennedy by Judge Grimison at Schuyler last week. Kennedy had been found guilty of breaking and en tering in the Bank of Rogers. A motion for a new trial was denied. Mrs. Turnwall of Wahoo while light ing a gasoline stove at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Morm, Monday uiU with a severe acculent. I lts gaso lene stove blazed up, and thinking she was turning it off, she kept turnin,; on the gasoline until she caught fire, burn ing her face and hands severely. The Platte Valloy News, published at Bridgeport, completed the first your of its existence hist Friday and the editor thereof tejoices because of his success in business. In tho goodness of his heart ho announced in tho first Issue of his paper that he came to Bridgeport with good will toward all and malice toward none, hence the editor's success, we presume. Mrs. Fred Feldhahn, living about seven miles northwest of Hay Springs, met a sudden death in a dreadful manner one day last week. Mr. Feldhahn was mowing and being palled away from his work by one of his neighbors, he had his wife hold the team. The horses became frightened, started to run and threw Mrs. F. in front of the sickle bar. She received injuries about the head and death in sued almost instantly. "As the result of investigations" says the Columbus Telegram, "made y a private detective during the past week, Floyd T. Ferris, a fireman on the Bur lington railroad and a resident of Col umbus for several months past, was artested last week upon a complaint charging him with oeing a fugitive from justice. Ferris is charged with em bezzlement by an eastern express com pany for which he was working a few years ago at Lynn, Mass." Charles, a young son of Sam Evans, who resides eight miles east of Platts mouth, was accidentally shot Sunday and sustained injuries which resulted in his death. He was using a gun and allowed his younger brother to hold the weapon a moment while he tied his shoe strings. In the meantime the latter touched the trigger and the charge from the weapon lodged in the elder boy's right arm and side. A physician was called, but the wounda were of such a nature that very little relief could be given, and death resulted several hours after the accident. Two important suits were brought against the Union Pacific Railroad company at Beatrice Tuesday. One by John Kinder, an engineer, who seeks to recover $20,000 by reason of injuries sustained wnicu caused the loss ot a leg in a wreck at Harper, Wyo., and the other by William Scahill, who asks damages in the sum of $5,000 by reason of the death of his brother, John Sca hill, a fireman, who was killed in the same wreck, which occurred January 11, 1903. The plaintiffs allege that the accident was due to carelessness and negligence of the company. Judge Hazlett of this city has been engaged as attorney for the plaintiffs. FOM 5V SVcvev SercAwQ T&&c.te Leave your order ntmy residence, fust door north the L P. church or 'phone No. 214. Of Machines sold on onsy payment or Prompt attention given all orders. wo will rent thorn by week or month. I T PVAN Agent for the Singer Mfg. Co, O ft . ft- Y -I I -7, Alliance, Nohra ska. I zzix.:t Bf--:iv raK 3 r. n . 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