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. .J DR. S. A*X LEXAN VaUrbariim^ LITTLE'S STABMft, Day Phouo 100. Nltflit rii VAruirfror mfmY&urarrw-Jurr-* " things beside* ~~urlst center. For TO I A) AN. jjjgyptinn temples farms. Ku?>^t.tu.y Gf detull the ^larke. Cum0a8H por delicacy _ hal wlil long hold ^julns at Baalbek \nd magnificent, II ^^ORY^lle Pyramid Chtsli ' compared with the many-ii/- jH V '? "which sur mounts the ulrV W the Temple of the Sun. A houoftS^r^e moved up n hill, but by what madfc^ery did the builders of Baalbek poise ?uch a mass at such a height? asks Mayuard Owen Williams In the Christian Herald. | Baalbek In situated at the bajjp of ^ the Jebel esh Sherkl or Kastertf moun tain, better known to uh as tl^e Antl Lnbfffton, whose snows sometl ues ex tend down to the. U>wn. itaeLC IaXK) f*?et above the sea. Numerous springs are found here, nntt graceful poplars and green vegetation stand out In pjeasing contrast with the level brown 6r pur plish tone of the plain. I Fifteen miles away the back around of the picture stretches from t8,000 foot Kiiunln in the south to Diuir ul Khadib. whose blunt summit is nearly 1 1,(XK) feet above the sea. In this charming spot, where nature must have Impressed man with her grandeur and majesty, he vied with her In achieving TtnnUahRvT As one stands beside one of the fallen pillars, whose round base towers high above his head, It seems as though the ambitious build ers had succeeded. The high contain ing walls slrfiT^ln the view to center It on this mighty pile. But^kS one rides across the Blka on his way to the cedars of Lebanon and looks back on the ruins, the colossal group becomes but a tiny gem on nature's bosom. Cain Built Firet Temple. Cain is said to have built. the first temple at Baalbek, using the mastodon as his work-animal fo?^ transporting stone. That makes Baalbek rather old. By the early Phenlclan period Baalbek had become famous as the "center of Baal worship. Since then, the Seleu cide, the Romans, the Byzantines and the Saracens have ruled there. There Is nothing in the ruins that tells the average tourist the history of these mighty structures, but Baedekers are handy if not cheap, and a Baedeker and a Bible are the prime necessities of Levantine travel. Picture that famous church of Paris, the Madeleine, standing at a height of HO feet above a level plain, surrounded by r>4 columns nearly eight feet In diameter, whose bases alone are taller than h man, and you have some Idea of the temple to Helios which gave Heilopolls its name. Today only six of the mighty col umns remain erect, like proud sen tinels guarding their fallen brothers. Each column Is made up of three pieces, each 22 feet In height, making up with the cornj^e a total height of 80 feet. They are of a tawny shade, blushing with a brighter tint when the slanting light of sunrise or sunset falls across their stately aright. Massive Carved Cornice. Michael M. Alouf, a Syrian of Baal bek, thus describes the cornice : "The column is surmounted by a Corinthian capital, entablature, frieze and cornice, ?magnificently sculptured. The entabla turo presents a row of egg patterns surmounted by consoles with scanthus leaves, with a number of small lions and bulls carved on them. Higher up are tooth patterns and small roses, then a Greek key design. On the up per cornice, above each column, there are some lions' heads, with gaping jaws, which served ns an issue-tor the rain wate^." The part from the' tooth pattern to the top is only half, the total height, yet when I stood on the ground In front of one of these tfreat blocks of exquisitely carved stone, which hud fallen from its lofty height. I could hardly reach up and touch tho lion's Jaws. How the Romans ever lifted these massive blocks to their lofty po sition above the capitals of the columns is a mystery. The Romans, prodigal as they seem to have been, never invested real money in the provinces. The wealth with which this wonderful tem ple was built was raised In Syria It 8 elf. Yet today the Turk, exactltwrin* his demands, derives h?r?Jlfaf<J>ntanco from this fertile dl?*rlct. The temple pf-'liacchuB, which is the b(,stipreW,i-.i.(j of Syrian ruins, is quite nptttfr trom the great temple of Jupi ter, Helios, Baal, or the Sun. The finest thing about this temple is the front door, solid stone, 43 feet high and Just half as broad. Hospitality with u capital- H ! The stone or the doorway j is carved in the most intricate and 1 lacellke designs. Next to the door is a cbarniing beadwork and leaf design. Then a twisted rope and a conventional i vine and wheat design. Then more flli ! gree that might have been carved with i? tool as fine an a cambric needle, and some figures of satyrs and bacchantes, not so conventional. The door posts are nearly two feet wide, and the whole Is made up of sculpture that | would grace even Kngland's master piece, Melrose Ahbey Tho great size and stability of the temples inspire confidence in the climber. A stairway leads to the top of the cella walls ? the solid walls of the temple proper ? which project for r>0 feet above the ground. From the top of the stairway one has a fine view of the surrounding country and also of the great stones that await one be low. Where Oracle Was Housed. This smaller temple Is 227 feet long and about half as wide, facing the ris- ' ing sun, and formerly approached by a fine staircase, which was destroyed J when the Arabs built a fortress and wall in front of the earlier temple. Of J the 42 columns which once surrounded It, only 16 remain In place, yet from the back the temple seems almost com plete. On the south side one of the 50 foot columns has fallen against the side of the temple, but so securely are its drums clamped together that It re mains whole although It has smashed a hole in the wall. The keystone above the doorway dropped so far after the earthquake In 1869 that a pier of stones was neces sary to hold it in place, but the stone has now been raised to Its original po sition, and the familiar carving of the Roman eagle with long garlands In Its beak can bo seen. It was in this temple that tho oracle of Baalbek was housed and the secret passage by means of which the priests entered the statue to proclaim the fate of the land can still be seen. Theodosius used this temple as a church for some time, probably while he was building the large basilica in front of the larger temple. At Baalbek, man has truly achieved the cyclopean. Here th* excavators have unearthed a complete set of ruins. Here lying guides get tourists to swal low bigger stories than in any place I know of. Here the towering columns of the Temple of the Sun watch thfe. orb of day descend behind the Leb anon. after the lifting shadows have engulfed the smaller temple of Bac chus. And the Run, in departing, leaves his kiss upon the Rtately colonnade in a dearly seen tinge of red. There are prosaic folk who say that this is caused by iron in the rook. That may do as an explanation to those who believe ?n the age of iron, but this mighty temple does not belong to the present age of machinery. <'hlle has adopted a new standard time approximately 16 minutes In ad vance of that formerly used. , "ONE OF THE OLDEN TIME0 ? _? . i Lord Strathcona a Gentleman Who Hardly Fitted Into tho Preaent ?lt| t Ago. It 4vaa characteristic of Lord Strath ropa thiit he all Mm Itfo old-fashioned poUfiSFfefcalu letter writ lug. He long shrank from -tho use uf uu amauuensls or h typewrit**!*, ae being n breach of courteay. lie pat terned the openings and atibserlpllons of his letter* on tho old Hudson's liay model. Kv?n tho longest or most of flelnl letter he persisted In writing by hand at hi) almost incredible cost In time and patience. On one occasion, which Mr. Heckles William notes in his "Life of Is>rd Struthcona and Mount Royal," at least considerable physical suffering wa.s Involved. lie hail had the mlsfortono while In Scotland to fracture one of the hones of hlM riKht wrist. HIm arm was put, In splints, and while chafing under the restraint he seized the occasion to make a voy age to Canada by the way of New York. In transit his arm became worse, the Inllnmmntlon spread, and he be came unable to leave his berth. On ar riving at New York he was met by Sir William Van Home, who found him In a very feverish and distressed state. Nevertheless. he Insisted on accom panying his friend Immediately to Mont real, where he was Induced to put hlmsrlf In the care of a surgeon. What preyed upon his mind most was that he had u number of letters to answer. "But." urged his friend, "you can employ an amanuensis." "I've never done such a thing," Lord Strathcona doclared emphatically. "It would give great offense, I assure you. I have always written my letters my self, and I must do so now," But after considerable argument he consented to try the experiment. "At least I must sign the letters," was his stipulation. "Put the pen be tween my lingers, and, although It will perhaps he a little difficult and painful, I must certnlnly sljfn the let ters myself." So the letters Were dictated, and when the sheets wero brought to him the Invalid begged to be left alone to consider them and affix his signature. A pen was fastened between two of his disengaged Augers and a bottle of Ink placed on the table. - . ' When, a couple of hours lager, the Mcretoxj^^aulO^e/^ to (Jtepatch* th<> cor respondence, he found that to every letter Lord Strathcona had added a postscript, scrawled slowly and pain fully, explaining how and why the1 writer had been forced to depart from his lifelong practice of writing his own letters and apologizing for doing so. "And In every case," concludes the narrator of the anoodote,? 1 '*the post script wns longer than the body of the | letter!" ? Youth's Companion. From Stevenson Letters. ! To a young person afflicted with dls ; content, It. I... Stevenson wrote: ! "I gather that your hotue Is dc : pressing. Everyone's home Is depress ing, 4 believe. It Is your difficult duty to make it less so." A lady* who had boon a close friend for many years told him that she had decided what her future _work jatould heT~ He replied: "So, at last you are going into mis sion work, where I think your heart always was. You will like It In a I I way, but remember It Is dreary long. ] I>o you know the story of the Amerl I can tramp who was offered a meal and a day's wage to chop with the back of an ax on a fallen trunk? 'Damned if I can go on chopping when I can't see the chips fly!' You will never see the chips fly In mission work, never; and be sure you know It beforehand. The work Is one long, dull disappoint ment, varied by acute revulsions." Tack Philosophy. A thing is tragic or humorous ac cording to the point of view. The man who sits on a tack does not share' the onlookers' amusement. In fact he is not only pained at his own mis fortune, hut he is pained because he occasioned someone else to And a de gree of pleasure In his unseemly plight. Now It is perfectly safe to make this positive statement in this connection: The person who witnessed the other's unfortunate encounter with the. tack never deliberately fclts on the same tack himself; in fact, he is particu larly cautious about sitting down any where soon thereafter without look ing for a tack. yv Nor Is this an indictment of tacks. TaCktf serve a very real and useful purpose In this world, but they have their place, which is not In localities where they may be sat upon.? WU liam CL Lengel in the Iloggson Msg* sine. \ I' ? -.*> V In the Good Old Days. How thsnkfnl we should/be io every discoverer for every "discovery," for, were It* not for discoveries, we might be doing the same kind of day's work as I describe In this record front the diary of one Abigail Foot of a certain Connecticut town. I lately had access to the diary and this describes one day's work In 1775: "Fixed gown for mother; mended Mary's riding hood; spun short thread; fixed two gowns for William's girls; carded tow; spun j linen; worked on cheese basket; hetched flax with Hannah, together we did fifty-one pounds; plaited and Ironed father's sto^k ; read a sermon of Dodderldge's 'f* ?*&ked three cows K spun linen, did fifty knots; made A broom of guinea wheat straw; bleached thread and set a red dye; carded hro pounds of wool ; dipped candles, and scoured the pewter r? j Coed lIutMUl uOpt&S* f.T'l "The Reward of fttfictK*" Tiu'iv was due health otHelal iu a small town not ft?i' * fioui NVw York City who waa nearly- bJaaetl itot ho Iniijr ak'?> l?i? t he never i ?all/A(l It. The InehJeut ^KJcurftMl tlUiitig the In : fautllo i .n.i i vi- ?>ldMMQ wbeit the Famous riuyerw Film Company wuh lutatflna it*' photoplay KTtoq llewtuduf ' Frttleiiee*7 lii wTiIeh uajjity llttlo I?oulse j Huff iH'hig featured. 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