The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 01, 1916, Image 8
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DR. S. A*X LEXAN
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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
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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. The health
! oillcer wan ?uaitllii?{ al* towu ihrom the
, In of minora and ho - #topi?ed the
[enr iu Wa riding
with her director Itotort Q. VlffuoU,
Nut IVverlch, John Hower*. aud #ov
eral other luetnherx of the campciijf,
"No minors In here?" he deipituded hh
ho i**?retl into the toumxiU. "How
ul>out t he little irtrl there*" ho n*ked
after ? moment h siirm-c. Tlmt^ 1*
where he narrowly enea^l E>elnK Viar
rrt. foiCIBjrTTUIe "^?rl wmr-jhotjlge ITuIT
kuiIrmI In a little Quake** coetuiue
which made her lupk about ?lxteeii
yekrn of aye. Mis? Huff hiuI the Qua
kcr cotduiue are at^tho Mn jostle next
Tuesday, JUeceuilH>r"5th.
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