Traveller.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 373, 2 July 1903, Page 2

Traveller.

„ ..... , LEBANON'S OL D TREES, i 3flfss?T an elevation of about 6.000> xs3& a^ove *^ e sea » on * he ' 6^fc jflEag the road to Baalbek, is a group of the noblest specimens of the vegetable kingdom in the {fast, which are believed to be thousands of years old and the remnant of the far famed cedars of Lebanon, of which David and Solomon sang/and from which came the timbers for Djebel-ekArz (the mountain of the cedars), which rises 7,770' feet,' is. generally covered with snowj says ;WUliimfE.;purtis in ta« \ Qhigago RecordHeraltl; As I have explained I before, the term . Mount Lebanon is misleading. There is no-peak of that name which is applied to a lofty range with several, con-, spicuous summits extending about 100mile's from the neighborhood of Damascus to the" sea and being-about twenty-five miles broad from .base to base. The most: elevated petals are those that I "have just named, Mount Hermon 9,383 feet; Dahar-el-Dudhib; 10,020 feet j Jebel-Makmai, 10,016;- El wMiskychi.* 10.037* / Fum elMizab, 9,9065.5annia,;.8,900 feet, These peaks are broken by rugged ridges, precipitous cliffs and deep gorges. A parallel range, which does not reach so great a height, is known as Anti-Lebanon,

When the word Lebanon is used the higher range is, meant, and it is. referred to frequently in the Bible. You will remember that Moses begged earnestly of Jehovah, ' Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan and that' gooclly ,Mountain. Lebaßon,%; of : which he hacf doubtless heard" in Egypt; ; for its glory extended over 1 '■■■ theentitfir,wbrld.A The; patriarphs; and the poets of the Bible praised Lebanon and sang of its forests, the snows that crowned its summits and the streams that ■ bath its feet. The Romans and the Greeks never tired of describing its; beauties, its climate audits forests? :■ The ,A*ab poets; use it as an illustration of grandeu|| symmetry and strength. It is a proveria? that Lebanon bears winter upon it« head, spring upon its shoulders, autumn in its: ■ lap and* that summer lies; always at its ; •faet. .

Of all the mighty forests which formerly .covered tho slopes of Lebanon only five Vietnam to-day, and they are licaitedrin area,; The loftitst :trees and those most celebrated for their antiquity are found near the town of Beeherre at an altitude of 8,300 feet and are known as 'The jCedarß.:Of J GodV'*TJ» e Cedars of. Lebanon to the botanists, who count their age by the'circles in their trunks, they are 3,000 or 4 000 years oldi. Like the immortal cliffs that tower-above. them, they have watched the passage of a kings down the centuries, led by Solomon and Hiram, 'with a> rfiar guald; commanded by Kaiser William ll,'of many.' i ,-S is'f'fi; \'.: : \/. ■ 'k^' 1 } Tfcoy are not-so large nor so lofty as the great fa;ees 'of California, but their antiquity and associations make them tl« most sacred and the inost interesting - groves in the i weld,;. add pilgrims come hereto worship them. »,,'. j, K j

MORE BEER IN GEEMAN^. ;S , We think in pus country, thai we are quite proficient beer drinkers, but! it will probably be long before we eonaume per capita, the quantity of beer jtbatqls; imbibed in Germany. The more beer the Germans drink the more fchej want, Sppa^nlly;' ,o> '%V t ttßrih£ 7 *lifafe past two 'deovdt s the consumption of this beverage per capita has increased nearly 60 per cent. In other words, the Germans in 1881 consumed 89 quarts for every man,; woman and child in -the country, while in 1901 tile per capita consumption had increased to 131 quarts, or 30 gallons", a year. We drink a good deai less than half as much beer per capita, pur consumption in 1000 having been 13 gallons for each*inhabitant.; --; ig *| Of course, Bavaria beer-is-aking part of ''i&tiffiaattfl'?!i& {there is where the finest hops grow In 1891, Bavaria produced of /allsthftibeer maids in. 4 9JF%y< or qnajcts, Eer| capita $£ erg brewed 200 quarts per; capita, Baden 170 quarts per capita and' Alsacev Lorraifi fe 85 quattffo The Germans import their imports'-arenot large, most of them coming from Bohemia, the greatest beer r , brewing region of Austria.

- A *--,*%. TAKE TIME. I To investigate;before condemning on hearsay evidence. j • "''' •''• . To answer your, wife's questions about current e,ven! s. ," ;.-.".•■? To make up your mind as to a man's disposition, and honesty. , t . $ |fo, |ezpl|in |jw|r| before loekin| ima. favpujfablf reply. * "To say yes to a proposition which callß for a big expenditure of cash. ; To thinfc'of%bat is'-best to be done mat trying situation that is to come. ,

To arrange your business affaira befoie starting on«long journey. v \j, _ ; , J Don't dictate to your husband i&gted- 1 ! icg what he should wear. Most women are bad judges of men's dress. 1