Show SMYRNA oneff one of golden candlesticks ay new york times we arc are I 1 lying ying moored in a smooth basin protected by breakwaters of stone in fa the innermost hollow of a deep curving inet inlet shut in in on every side by a vast ring of burp purple e mou mountains stains the peake of which are fast kindling cinto living f fire ke in ali alie glory of the sunrise sunrise high on the brow odthe of the nearest ridge a dark gray mass of crum cru in i bling battlements and huge hugo round towers aad deep tunnel like win wini i t dows look sullenly down urbon n the thet great sheet of many colored houses which has ha s drifted ha halfway half alf way up the them broad broadi brown bill hillside sider bat but this ancient stronghold is literally the sole antique feature of tofiq toe entire panorama behind the forest forit of bf masts that bristles around us a 4 row of tall tally white warehouses with ith ted red tiled roof stand wind looking at it themselves in the smooth water upon which half a dozen fussy little str stream eam tugs are puffing nod and snorting to and fro tram cats cars jingle a along ong the edge of the tile leibo harbor fainted painted boats rowed aby lean brigand like greeks iiii iu su ats its oti of I 1 grease with cap caps to match flit hither and thither like flies red capped turk turks in in brights colored robes and girdles stand around ane landing place tal talking kingi eagerly among themselves even the traditional dit ional camels have been pressed into the service of civilized corn coen merce and go slouching ind grant i ing along they quay laden rih jid boxes swathed in matting A alitalo littly lo way ahead of us is a little trim passenger ste steamer gruer with the french tricolor blutt fluttering ering jauntily at her bir stern ster ilis is gliding out toward the copon sea chife while a cables length off ori oil our port quarter liea lies an englich cargo beaton the forecastle a dog with a very bad cold is as our old quarter quart ermas roas ter poetically phrases it barking his very soul auty out amid nil this bustle of busy modern life it is certainly rather difficult to realize that this alfy cit city y of smyrna actually existed i in n a size and splendor to which its present apor importance tance is a ai nothing in hk 1 dy q ahm kneland w a hunting bunting ground of painted savages and when christia christianity anity itself had not yet spread beyond the little group of unlettered fishermen who gathe gathered fed around their master beside the sea sta of galilee of the other great political and religious centers of asia minor at that period not one now survives six of the seven golden candlesticks have been removed out of their place as the last of the apostles foretold sardis perga moa philadelphia thyatira li ephesus abe have vanished li like e a dream smyrna alone still lives and aud trades and bustles bustled on the spot which it occupied when the beloved disciple alone in his banishment ih upon the rocky islet which lies but a few hours sail to the southwest of us sent her downtrodden church the grand message which has bas ever eyer since sin cobeen been a house hold held word with gifts servant yin si their affliction be thou faithful aith ful ilat unto deah deth andell andl and 1 I ll div a apua me memorial nem brial fis of those time still survives amid the noisy activity of 4 the modern seaport halfway up the hill bill behind the toyn 4 a solitary cypress cypre m keeps watch a over VC rat n a small a 11 irine of stone beneath which if local traditions may be trusted rest the ashes of smyrna russ fir firsta stand and greatest martyr the venerable polycarp inthis childhood ac according cordin b toa lege ae ind n 3 which odo ono would gladly believe believe he lie was among the little ones on oil whom the Savi Sav ois ioia hand baud was laid in alms blessing ing and his end was worthy of such a commencement the tile whole of die early christian churco rie rich as it is i in 11 noble nale memories contains nothing grander than the picture of this bruve brave old man roan stan standing dirig unmoved amid the 6 spears p c ar S 9 af pf f the ro man sol soldiers diers I 1 and hie tile yells ot of a it bloodthirsty blued thirsty mob and answering the proconsuls Pro consuls offer of life lifo on con of fore swearing his reli religion religions gioni four score and s six I 1 ak yea years rs hat have I 1 served my iny king and can I 1 turn no nov but the tetuo to ice smyrna al its basi aftel fj jubell ibo the oriental onan J lul dirt diri rad rn u af disorder is owr ifil tunit at shuck shock tile therein thee eve ein in daylight are veiled in friendly and nothing can bo be wn st cri of I 1 the town save a vast irray of glow borina in endless hersl perspective active along the i lopes of the encircling rid ridges gs in ILI the depth of the pu purple rl tivi twilight light the buld old heights which look bare find aal st hancuh th the balisteri bli blistering g glare of the in suil suit assume a somber and shadowy beauty re ret c a the interior or orne adment I 1 ilhan temple while the graceful white minarets mina faint faintly lyseen seen th through as well 0 aalthe trem tre aiom reflects reflection ix of the cou countless lights ts of the city and the lie blue or crit lison lanterio lant lan enid an anchored steamers in the water below r five ive to the whole scene an all air af a absolute enchantment A all thin lay la before our eyes as we eat on oil the poop deck about 8 p tri iff c enjoying the cool evening breeze after the heat of the day i i nl 1 |