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Land of Pi'omiae. (TO AND FROM ) l!y Rf.v. C. O'N. Maktindai.u. ARTICLE XX. TURKEY [Continued] I 5! Syria northeast of the (El-Leja; and Auranitis, last, the modern j sceaea a in) customs all about. The to the college, though having no organic southeast of llatataea, including relation to any Mission or Board, the mountainous district of the having its own board of trustees in Hauran and the pi tin to the west New York and its own field board of it. The Greek towns to the of dirtctors in Syria, as far as its n*. arly i ian» di its nionc)’ from l’resby ami Presbytetians too who Beyrouth and its rons. the ted from El Yemen or South Ara bia, the land situated to "the right”, the Turkish appellation for Syria being Suristan. The division of the country by the 'l urks was into fi ve pashalics: A! eppo, Tripoli, Damascus, Said (af terwards Acre), and Palest ne. This distribution, however, lias been modified no little as centu ries passed; so that the divisions at this time are these: bust, the vilayet of Aleppo, with 3 sanjaks of Aleppo. Marasl , and Urfa. Sec ond, the independent sanjak of /or. Third, the vilayet of Jb-irut, including the co si south ol the mouth ol the Orontcs. the moun tain district of the Nosairi and Lebanon to the south of Tripoli, east of the Jordan, Damascus, Ge-' finances a e concerned, has gotten rasa, Philadelphia, etc., along will Scythopobs, to the west of thejt Jordan, formed a moreor less pe(- are famous tor their loyal and gen- eious support of regular Presbyte rian work both at home and abroad. Its distinguished lorn.er I’resi dent, Dr. Daniel Bliss, was origi nally a member of the Syrian Mis sion, which is under the Northern Presbyterian Board. It has 647 students from all over the East; seventy four per cent, of whom this last year piid their way to the utmost piaster. It was in the beau tiful Assembly Hall, in which we were publicly received and accord ed welcome addresses by President Howard Bliss and his venerable lather and others, where the late lamented Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock, ol N. Y., preached his last sermon. Its students arc professional lead ers, men of affairs, officials in government service—many under Envi- manent political unit under name ol Decapolis. The whole of this region of Sy- According to the best authority, ria and Palestine, so far as the Le the Arabs call Syria Esh-Sham, vantine coast is concerned, may and include under tnat name Pal be divided into three sections; pro- estinc (Filittin), the designation ! ceeding from the north to south: Esh-Sham signifying the land sit First, Syria proper, or the Leba- uated to “the left” as disertmina- non District, reached by the port of Beyrout, or Beirut. Second, Phoenicia and Galilee, reached by the port of Haifa, or Caifa. Third, Samaria and Judaea, reached by the port of Jaffa, or Joppa. While the great body of our Cruise went on down the coast either to disembark nt Haifa, or lower yet at Jaffa, a goodly num ber of us left the ship at Beyrout or the trip up and over the Leba non Mountains to Baalbek, theno across the Anti-Lebanon Moun tains down to Damascus, the re nowned Syrian capital, and on horseback thence through the full length and breadth of the Holy Land to the Holy City of Jcrusi- lem and beyond. The ship stop ped long enough at Beyrout, how farther the town of Beirut and the lover, for all aboard go ashore and country between the sea and the Jordan from Saida to north of Jaf fa. It is divided into 5 sanjaks: Lanikiyeh, Tarabulus, Beiru*, ‘Ak ka [Acre |, and the Bclka. Fourth, Lebanon, south of Tripoli to the north of Saida exclusive oi the lown of Beirut, forms an indepen dent saniak, administered by a governor-general. Fifth, the vil ayet of Snriya [Syria] comprises the country from llama to the Hi jar.. The capital is Damascus. The vilayet is divided into to san- •.tfes of Hama, Damascus, and 11a uran. Si$Fh, Jerusalcr.t ,r n ” in dependent sanjak under a mtitc- sarrif of the first class. At the head of each vilayet is a Vali or governor general, whose province is divided :nto so many depart ments —sanjak, liwa presided over by a Mutesarrif; each de partment again is divided into so many divisions—kaimm aka ml ik, knda—each under a Kaimmakam; the divisions again contain dis tricts [mudiriyeh, nahiya) under Mudirs, and these again arc divid ed into communes. The area of ancient Palestine, which once dr- take short excursions in and out of this the most important corn- commercial town of Syria and the most important seaport on the coast of Syria, and more European than any other city of Turkey in Asia, being the sixth city of the Empire and practically the centre of the Oriental hook trade in l’al- stinc and Syria, the population numbering about 130,000 of whom only a small percentage are Mu hammadans. "The Greek Ortho dox church is by far the most nu merous, and is closely allowed by the Maronite and then comes the Greek Catholics who are largely represented. There are twice as many Romanists as Protestant, about 1,500 Jews, and 2,500 m'isal- laneous Christians." It now boasts of being the only Syrian town having a large and safe har bor between Port Said and Trip oli, and place ot export for all the Damascus trade. The ruins oi a picturesque Crusading Castle are to be seen on the margin of the sea near the harbor. Situated on St. George’s Bay, its foreshore covered with dwell- Religious Tra abcut $15,000, Tract Society American Bibl keep the wheels summer, and finished Bibles in t ociety owns the American 1,ood; while the (Society's orders |ying winter and storeroom for nearly always empty.. One s imagination must tak-- a wide fight completely rour.d the earth to kno w whither all the Bibles go. The two largest presses can turn out 50,000 per twenty every annum, or over working hour. If called upon to do so, the output <~'"ild soon be doubled to 100,00c; ar,d even then we could wish this record tenfold more. The Bible in whole or in parts is found for sale in 70 dif fered forms. Thelpublications of the press in the liitest catalogue are just 700; and ; Bibles, these publi 77>coo pages plus other 7,000 (91.0 Christian literatui foundation it has over 700,000,000 pag two ibitds of which of (>o( ! Eighteen 1 hundred and fortv-t 1 pages < f the Word the British in Egypt—preachers, prime teachers; and in all ranks of life Dec. 30, they are the coming men of the Brth Levant. Its spiritual aim is clear, wherein “The opportunities for re igious Mcili work and influence in lh<- college onfy trea are unbounded. If they do not in ’.ra correspond with the usual and con ventional opportunities, they are not the less real; perhaps they are all the greater for being different from the ordinary means of ap proach. To discover and to utilize these opportunities in such a way as to make impressive and urgent the supreme importance of living one’s life according to God’s plan and in the spirit of Jesus Christ, this is our great task, this is our great privilege. Here, as becomes a great Chrjctlair institution, our cc.’Lge must lead. Here must her true success be estimated, We are bound by our very name to set so high, so noble, so broad, so ecu menical a type of Christianity be fore our students, and through them before the world, as to en able them, as fearless students of science, as ardent lovers of litera ture, as eager investigators of history, as wise disciples of phil osophy, to hold to all that is fine, and chivalrous, and noble, and true spite its waste places must have 1 ings of red-tiled rooves and walls had 340 to 4S0 per square mile,is at j of salmon, pink, blue or green col- present occupie 1 by about 650,000 j or, and backed by groves of mul- inhabit.mts or nearly to the square mile. 63 persons berry and pomegranate, and farth- i er up with sloping hillsides terrac- In the time of Christ the whole led for cultivating corn and vines ol Syria, exclusive ot trie Jewish territories, formed a Roman prov ince under the name of Syria. The historian Josephus [ Bell. Jud. iii. i 5 1 inlorms us that these Jew ish territories were divided into the following: First, Judaea, in eluding Idumaea. Second, Sama- ar.d olives, with the mountains I snow-capped in springtime in the distance, lies Beyrout on the site of the Berytus of the ancient Greeks and Romans. From the j third to the sixth centuries it was a renowned seat of learning,and is ; now rapidly regaining the reputa- Juring the 1903. • time ai. to tell of Missiuna: ’ing indoor m i n is: e r i n; r t from the It ,ons contain 000 and an- pi pages ol Since its >ted in ai more than _• the Word lion seven > thousand God were Mr ending li fail us r splendid work—not utients bui r i suff.rvrs paining and S tliis region, listic arm of 4>y say here in crowded clinic Industrial Schools in And as to the Evan; the work, wc can si that "outdoor preaching is re stricted by law and the customs of the land, but in churches,schools and private houses, or about the tents ot missionaries touring, good audiences can be secured. The people are usually friendiy, and there is more indifference than hostility. ’ And the educational method has been popular and suc cessful for a public school system is lacking, and the people are anxious to educate their bright children; and of course this gives those Christians in charge of such institutions great opportunity to make the impress of the C uistian religion felt;, and while all their pupils may not become Christians, yet the type of teaching through which the scholars are put will contribute no little to the redemp tion of the Empire in God’s good many other excellent scholastic in stitutions. 1 As soon as we passed through ria, which extends to the north of ,tion it once possessed for learning Shechem as far as the north mar- ,and literature under the influence gin ot the plain. Third, Galilee, 1 of the American College and its the region farther north, consist ing of lower, south, ,'tnd upper north ‘Galilee. .Fourth, Peraea, •the country beyond’; to the east i the wicket gate and doors of the oi Jordan, extending from the Jor-! custom house on the dock, and dan to the district of Gerasa, Jer-; with some misgiving had surren- ash, and Philadelphia, 'Amman, dered our passports and caretully and from the Arnon, Wady el-Mo- labelled baggage to the officials, jib, to the district of Fella, Khir-' we took carriages driven by hur- bet Fahil; though in the wider rying Jehus to the chief front of scqse Peraea extended as far north as the Hieromyces. Fifth, the te- interest, the Syrian Protestant College, whose 16 or more up-to- trarchy ot Philip, which included date buildings with professional schools would adorn any Ameri- l higher learning; Gaulanit s, the modern Jolan, ex tending east trom the Lake of Ti- can institution berias and north as far as Hermon; occupying a 40 acre Batanaea, farther to the east, the with a magnificen modern En N. : Traction it is, to westw;.: '. n the in all religions and to discover the j time. secret of the uiverse in Christ’s | A British company supplies the attitude toward God, and man,and | city with water from moder n res ide. A suspicion of latitudinar- lanism must be met by the con vincing power of a Christ-like life, and a fear lest old foundations be unsettled must be met by the un shakable victory of a consecrated lifer" Our Beyrout Female Semi nary, accommodating more than 200, is under the manigementof Dr. H. H. Jessup’s daughter, and is accomplishing a like work for the girls of the land, being design ed by its founders "as one of the agencies for evangelizing Syria by benefitting intellectually and spiritually the pupils brought un der its instruction, and indirectly to carry light and blessing through them to their homes and the cir cles of their influence.” In connection with the Presby terian Mission in Beyrout and the extensive educational system throughout the whole region of Syria the Publication House does a notable work; the press supply ing all neighboring missions and the people with Bibles, education al text-books, religious reading, scientific works, and a standard literature in pure and elegant Ara bic to all using that language,from Morocco to India. The facts are these: The Beyrout Press today long the latter line to Alepf where ju-icti* n will be made witj the Konieh-Baghdad Railway Not far teyor.d the city on tl smooth facer *.f the ro:ky wall near the Nahrel-Kelb (“Dc River”) fi swing through a will and majestic gorge, are to be seem Cuneilorni Inscriptions and' Sculptures rock cut, three Egypt-, ian and six Assyrian sculptured tablets; one of the Egyptian ao- propriated by the French for an inscription commemorating their occupation of the country in i860; while on the old road between the bridge and the top of the pass are one Latin and two Greek inscrip tions additional. Next wc climb over the Lebanons to Baalbek. To be continued. 1 PILES ‘‘I linve attflc-Teri with 1nU * for thirty-*!* Otic year Apo mst Ap^il 1 I taking Cascairti for o'lriFtiputfoTi. In tho onnm- ;>f n weH; I notlc^l tlw nil* ► hfjfcftn to di*.bppcar ami rt, tlx* rnd of *. * w«*» k* they old not trotibh* me nt all. CnK.*ar*tt '. nr woudrra fnrtr». I ran « ntlraly mr. 1 ik** a new mau.’ Oeorf iirj<lt*r, Napoleon. O. ftoj , Best For The Bowels v f mv uuwero ^ BssasaiKito CANDY CATHARTIC I*ever S ipid In hqlk. Guaranteed to i'ftlntnh’.**. Patent. Tn*te Gore) Do Otvj.L n, Weaken f r Grip**. H»<\ n.V .Mr N« v »r “hr genuine tablet stnn u* . COO. nre or yrur inn nay hack. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago cr N.Y. 503 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES Ours, Yours and Uncle Sam's Favorite•" THE CENTURY Rural Mail Box v tin.- p. o. rvpt. t-p.U <>( it in th'ihighest 1 kir-.,e‘ t, niofit access- iai) Fox on the market. 'I he L-cst is always the cheapest. Send for Circulars. MAI T. UY THE CENTURY POST CO., Tccutrtceh, P.tich. eh Rural ervoirs near the Dog River, while a French company supplies it with gas. The French and English tongues are very widely used, the latter chiefly in the American schools and college and the fine British Syrian schools and mis sions. The climate is salubrious and delightful, especially in the winter and spring, though some times becoming very hot in sum mer, yet even then tempered by the sea breezes and contiguity to the heights of Lebanon, with its summer resortsfrom 3,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level. All the great religious sects and their schools are here represented; and the old crusader church of St. John is now a Mosque. But few antiquities, save in the way of broken columns and slabs are found about Beyrout; and the bazaars, while good, are yet poor as compared with those of Caffo and Damascus. Beyrout has handsome Turkish soldier barracks and a good garri son, an English postoffice and In ternational Telegraph offices, and railway station for the Beyrout- Damascus-Hauran line at the Port. This road from Beyrout to Damascus is nar-ow guage, but from Reyak (the junction) the line BILIOUSNESS A N D • constipation CURED BY< THEDFORDS BLACK DRAUGHT Because the liver is . neglected people suffer •with constipation, biliousness, headaches and fevers. Colds attack the lungs and contagious diseases take hold of the system. It is safe to say that if the liver were always kept in proner working order, illness would r>e almost unknown. Thedford’s Black-Draught. > so I successful in curing such sickness because it is without a rival tv a ' liver regulator. This great family I medicine is not a strong and drastic drug, but a mild and healthful laxative that cures con stipation and may be taken by • mere child without possibleI harm. The healthful action on the liver | cures biliousness. It has an in vigorating effect on the kidneys. Because the liver and kidneys do I not work regularly, the poisonous acids along with the waste from the bowels get back into the blood | and virulent contagion results. Timely treatment with Thed- 1 ford's Black-Draught removes the dangers which lurk in constipation, liver and kidney troubles, and will positively forestall the inroads of! Bright's disease, for which dis ease’ in advanced stages there is I no cure. Ask your dealer for a 25c. package of Thedford's Black- J Draught. tract of land is worth no less than $90,000, an-j ;over the Lebanon range to Baal-!' view to the its stock (bound and unbound) an-j bek, Homs, a znu Oriental other ;*90,0 o. Of this stock the gunge; and Hamath is fu’l retention being to pro mT TY$KlMIYCHRI Makes Kidneys and Bladder R<gM