Pittston Gazette

              / +L 1V'Z!r:r!r \ Oldest Newsoaiier in the Wvoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1890. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. {"*?*] In tlio Dark, you can save from §7,000 to $8,000. Or if you want to trim your hall with festoons of seed corn and dried apples instead of palms, you may cut down this bill $3,000 or $3,500. ment in an allium for a beautnui young lady who tried to get him pardoned: IN THE HOLY LAND, neveu oy nis goou nature, which l liave found to lie constant and unchangeable. If you scold hiiu he takes no offense because he does not understand one Word you utter, and if you bring a whole torrent of objurgations with the proper accompaniments of gesture and facial expression to liear on him, he still smiles in real or affected ignorance that you are angry with him. 'Twould be a cruel and unreasonable mistake, if not ail impossible thing, to cherish resentment against the most amiable of servitors. He not only sees to it that all your wants are supplied, but ingeniously suggests multifarious ways in which he can be of service to you. And never a murmur of impatience escapes his lips, however difficult or even unreasonable may be the service required of him. He will travel a mile to get you a pitcher of fresh water, if you detect, or think you find a trace of impurity or have a dislike to the tiiste of tliatgiven you. This most accommodating of mortals wfll jump off his mule, unload and unstrap all his packs to look for a book you may express the desire for, or to get you a cracker should you feel faint on the road. I found him, moreover, perfectly honest and trustworthy without an exception. Carrying a multitude of things more or less valuable in our .trunks and valises, not one of the party ever missed a solitary article, and things accidentally mislaid or forgotten were brought to us by our faithful attendants. It is with the greater pleasure I record my experiences of the honesty of the Arab as a servant because much has been said to the con- now seventy-live feet deep, was much deeper before visitors formed the bad habit of throwing stones into it, to hear the echo caused by their striking the bottom. iiome learned people supixise that when Jacob dug the well it was double the depth it is now, and as it is more than seven feet across one can form some idea of what were the gifts as an engineer that characterized the astute Jacob, and how rich were the resources which enabled him to carry out his great plan. Nablus, the-new city, was Sliechem in very ancient times and Samaria in our Lord's time. It is situated in a fertile, well watered valley. Woody growths cover the sides of surrounding hills and olive trees adorn the scene in the center of which it stands, inconsiderable beauty, as seen from a distance, its domes and minarets shining in the rays of the sun. It is quite a manufacturing town, that is for the Orient, containing soap and olive oil works. Inside it is dirty and architecturally disappointing. Some of its streets are darkened by arches, as also .are some in Jerusalem.. The chief building in the town is a mosque, which was once a Christian church. It was built by the Crusaders, but now the crescent triumphs over the cross. Dr. Talmage was interested to inspect a manuscript of the Pentateuch, written twelve hundred years before Christ, so it is said, and at Nablus we encamjied for the night. When I kissed lmr that night in tile hallway A GIRb. RAILROAD HUMAN NATURE \  ANCIENT ASTROLOGERS. Twos so dark that notjiint; was plain; And not being sure hut I'd miss her, Why, 'twas right I should kiss her again. "Dear One—I hope you will try to live a blameless life, so that you can meet ine in heaven. Yours, How She Saved llie IJlind Man from A Some of the Wonderful Trick* Performed Camping Out Experiences of Dr. Talmage and Party. It was just at dusk in a gloomy section of the street, says Tim Boston Commercial Bulletin, and the electric car was rapidly approaching, its bell ringing rapidly in sharp, quick peals of warning, and the light in its front gleaming like a great fiery eye as it frame on. Ilorrililn Death. A lYomau Who Understood It and CMd hy the Wonderful Men. "I believe," said Charles I, shortly before his death, "that Lilly understands astrology as well as any man in Europe." The reference was to William Lilly, who was well born and received a good education, but who finally entered London with but a few shillings in his pocket and had to earn his living by his wits. He obtained employment and for a time did well, but in 1864 his wife, real or alleged, died, leaving him a collection of sigils and charms, which she professed to have receivedjin a very remarkable manner, some through tho agency of Dr. Fornrmn. The legacy proved a curse, for Lilly soon left his work and applied himself to tho study of astrology under tho guidance of one Master Evans. This individual is described as poor, ignorant, boastful, drunken and knavish, but he was credited with power to call up spirits, restore stolen property and discover secrets. There waa darkness on everything round us, I w*s reaching in vain for the door. And while I was see'iug an exit It so happened I kissed her some more. "Robert." Now and then one finds a person who understands railroad human nature, as exhibited by the gatemen in the depots. 1 heir orders are to pass no ope in without a ticket, and it is tho easiest tiling in the world for them to wave back old age, j'oulli, beauty and anybody else who wants to iKiss in to meet a friend expected 011 that train. One of the surliest officials I-over saw has a gate in the L. and N. depot in Cincinnati, and I have seen him turn stiffly away from desperate men, weeping women and howling children. To every protestation I10 had bat one Her Knowledge. Again, you might cheapen the floral All his advice to every one was good. He even told the clergyman who went with him to the scaffold that he imist not be weary in well doing, but strive on through life and he would siirely obtain his reward. And I wasn't quite sure as I left her. As to she liked it or not; But I know that I sighed to be back there The farther away that I got. COMFORT IN ORIENTAL TENTS. Elaborate Arrangements for the Khm of Miss Temlrart stood on the curbs tone waiting to cross, when she noted a round shouldered old man groping forward with stick in hand, apparently cautiously feeling his way. And the next time I called it so happened That we stood in that hallway once more, And the gaslight fell over and round us As I quietly moved to the door. He was dressed in his best suit of clothes. the Traveler*—Kating and Drinking In the Fashion of the Country—«Jnst Where As ho went to the scaffold, he carried a bouquet of choice orchids, given him by the Young Ladies' Band of Crime Preventers. to Find a Devoted Attendant. But her red cheeks so roguishly dimpled. And her eyes shone so wickedly bright, That X guessed where her thoughts were [Copyright, 1890, by Louis Klc.jDsch, New York.] "A blind man!" gasped Miss T., "and he will be killed; will nobody save him?" Beyrout, Syria, Dec. 23, 1889.—We originally had set six consecutive days for our stay at Jerusalem, but on tho evening of the second day after our return from Bethlehem Dr. Talmage gave instructions to begin the encampment on the following morning.. He did this for two reasons: to avoid travel on Sunday, to which he is uncompromisingly opposed, and to improve to the very best advantage the delightful weather we were enjoying, before the rainy season should set in. astraying, And I reached op and turned out the light — C|)»be. When asked if he had anything to say before his death he only smiled sweetly, laid his chew of tobacco on the cross piece of the scaffold and said: "Ladies and gentleman, I'm going home to die no more. I cannot make a speech, but I am resolved from this out to lead a blameless life. I hope you will all do the same, so that you can meet me in that bright land to which I am now going to." At this point the great weight of his overshoes broke his neck, and he passed on to receive his reward. Skeptical people were afraid that he had been a little over sanguine regarding the future Btatc, but hoped that ho liad, as a old distiller expressed it, becomo one of the rectified spirits. She looked wildly to the right and left, but no one of the male persuasion was within call. She shouted frantically to the poor blind man to come back, but he plodded on unheeding. He had "'just reached the track; the fiery eyed monster was approaching and would stretch him a mangled corpse on the pavement. Not a moment was to be lost. Wild jwith terror and excitement, she rushed forward, and/ franti&lly throwing her arms about him as he stood there fumbling with his stick upon tho very edge of the track, drew him back with desperate energy just as the car rushed past them, and the man, struggling in her grasp, turned fiercely and demanded: answer The other day while I was watching him a little blue eyed woman came gliding into the throng waiting at the gates. Of the two tenders she selected this one to operate on, although any one could have seen that the other had the biggest heart. After several people had been turned away she slid forward in a graceful way and inquired: "Can't pass thout a ticket." NYE-ANTIC PARAGRAPHS. Lilly made considerable progress under this not very desirable tutor and soon began to claim supernatural power for himself. In 1846 he printed a collection of prophecies which he called "Aquila; or, The Whits King's Prophecy." Thfs attracted great attention and encouraged him to further literary effort. On one occasion about this time Lilly and a fellow astrologer named Booker were summoned to the headquarters to Gen. Fairfax. The men wero held in much esteem at the time, and their journey to Windsor was frequently interrupted by presentations of The general himself in saluting bis guests said they Sought nob themselves, but the welfare and tranquility of the good people and whole nation, and for that end were resolved to sacrifice both their lives and their fortunes. As for the art they studied, he himself understood it not, but doubted not they both feared God, and ho therefore had a good opinion of them both. "ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS" RICH IN INFORMATION Mr. Nye'* Experience with Stage "Supes." Dignity Often Conceals a Good I*'1*1. Coat of a Rail In New York—Biography of Wild Bill and Hla Slayer.* ' ~ (Copyright, 1880, by K. W. Nye.l I do not know that any one has ever referred publicly to the average stage hand as we find him at the one night stands. I do not mean the professional stage hand, but the young and pimply party who acts as floor walker for a livery stable during the day and shifts the scenery at the theatre at night. He is a self made young man, who is not afraid to appear before any audience in a pair of high top rubber boots which he has used all day to wash buggies in, and light the footlights amid thunders of applause. We had one of these gentlemen the other night. He brought nine others to help him. I think that the meet of them sleep on the stage nights. They were playing "old sledge" behind the drop curtain when we came. I do not know what they were there lor. We did not want them. We did not need them. They joyfully stood aronnd in the way and spat down a targe In Palestine the rainy season lasts two months, during which timo there is an unremitting, supply of moisture, sometimes present in the form of fine spray, at other times falling in heavy rain. Whether in the one form or the other, the atmospheric condition is that of perpetual dampness, making traveling exceedingly unpleasant. We had provided ourselves with an abundance of waterproof garments, and our supply of boots and shoes was equal to every possiblo condition of weath- "Beg pardon, sir,' but am I speaking to the president of the road?"' "N—o, ma'am!" he stammered, thrown on 1ms beam ends by the query. "Am you look so much like him. Are you the superintendent?" THE KILLING OF WILD BILL. offerings to the ladies by using paper flowers, or postponing the ball until golden rod gets within the reach of all. A dinner in New York may also be arranged much cheaper than f 10 a plate, by having several bright conversationalists at each end of the ts&le and skipping the horse doovers, arriving at once at the removes of say a broiled pig's foot on toast, a bottle of Ann Hizer Sec and ice cream. A bright conversationalist or a good hupiorist who is willing to give a fair equivalent for his food can save you at such a meal hundreds of dollars. You might have to take the conversationalist and humorist out into the woodshed and give them something extra before the meal, in order to keep them up to where they would be willing to sparkle and be the life of the party, bnt even then it would be a great saving to you. I once went to a delightful dinner of this kind, but was not told to sparkle, so talked entirely with a young lady near mo all the evening regarding Mr. Russell and the Delsarte theory. We all feel that we have good reason to write cheerfully and with much appreciation of the arrangements made for our comfort in the trip we are enjoying. They exceed our expectations, and, added to the agreeable disappointments in the state of the weather, are propter subjects of supreme satisfaction. One of the party, at least, looks like a disappointed man, while his heart is filled with gratitude. While rainy weather is but a remote recollection, out honored leader, Dr. Talmage, is booted up to the armpits. It iB impossible for rain to take him in an unprepared condition. He says he liegan with rubber sandals, then asked a friend who had been to the Holy Land concerning the prospects of the weather, acting under whose advice' he changed those to rubber shoes. '"Wat (Tyer mane squeezin' the life out o' me and draggin' me round; sure, ye ought to be ashamed, the likes of a laddy like ye." "No, ma'am—not exactly." "Then you must be the manager?" "llurdly, ma'am." "Oh, my poor blind man. You are saved!" gasped Miss T. "Dear me! but how could the people be so mistaken," she went on. "Half wlozen of them said you were one of the high officials, and I am so disappointed to find you are not. Perhaps, though, you have the general manager's powers when he is not here?" trary, Louis Klopscii. Pheniclan Colonists in England "Saved! Sure I'm glad I'm saved, but who's callin' me blind, wid a pair of eyes I have shinin' like a cat's in a dark cellar." An interesting discovery regarding tho presence of the Phenicians in tho southwest comities has just been mado by Mr. W. G-. Thorpe, F. S. A. In the village of Ipplopen, three miles from Nowton Abbot, Devon, there has for many centuries resided a family named Ballhatchet, tho surviving male representative of which is Mr. Thomas Bafihatchet. This man is now 74 years of age, and the facial type is qnite distinct from that of tho natives of Cornwall and Devon, and distinctly of a Levantine character. The farm, which has been from time immemorial in the possession of the family, is called Ballford, or Ball's Ford, and behind the group of baildtngs 'is a large square tank of ancient artificial construction. er. At the same time Dr. Talmage and his traveling companions were anxious to make the most of tho pleasant days present to us, not knowing how much longer they would last. 8o orders were issued to prepare camp, as the following day wo were to start for tho Jordan. Camping out in the Holy Land is an experience which will bear description. Beybout, Syria,Dec. 23,1689.—We had spent a few days in Jerusalem, had seen Bethlehem, washed in the Dead sea and bathed in the Jordan, and were ready for a long journey on horseback through Palestine and Syria; but before leaving Jerusalem Dr. Talmage made a second visit to Calvary and other sacred scenes in and near the Holy City, having additional notes to take for his Life of Christ. In order to accomplish this work effectively Jie took breaktast at 5 in the morning, and an hour later was out and busy with his observations, He felt that he must visit the tower jrf David, which reaches high above neighboring buildings. An open space stands before thin great structure, which is entered through an archway ornamented with pinnacles. Most of what was once the arched space has been built up, and one goes through a comparatively small gateway into the building, walking on a causeway slightly higher than the stotty street of the space outside. There are stairs on the outside of the great tower, which lead up half way to the top. The remaining stairs are inside. Having gained the top one finds a parapet for 6afety, and looks out upon the city from a point of decided vantage. The history of the structure is not perfectly known. What of carpenter's work there is in it is modern. Evidences of work by Crusaders are revealed in the masonry, but it may be that the massive foundation actually represents in part the period of the great king. Here, says tradition, it was that he received the news of Absalom's death. Taking out his Bible Dr. Talmage read aloud the story of how the handsome prince stole the hearts of the men of Israel, of his rebellion and his terrible fate. A squad of Turkish soldiers, the tower being used as an arsenal, surrounded the reader as the beautiful narrative flowed from his lips. To them it was an unmeaning show, but not the less a diversion from the tedium of their life, and to the doctor's friends a rare treat, the associations of the spot giving an additional interest to his appreciative and delightful elocution. We next visited the wailing plaoe of the Jews, where we found about forty of the faithful wailing, moaning and mourning because of the destruction of the temple and imploring Jehovah with impassioned earnestness for its restoration. A number of men, women and children were engaged in chanting the ninetieth psalm. Sosincero and earnest were they in their lugubrious devotions, the tears coursing down their pale cheeks, that Dr. Talmage said he himself felt like weeping with them. Lilly made very largo sums out of his .astrology business, and was always prepared* to prove, first, that every prophecy be made was fulfilled, and second, that ho bad foretold every event Some of his almanac predictions were marvels of obscurity, and were so general in their character that they could safely be applied to any subsequent event Throe years before Charles was beheaded Lilly wrote that "before long" a king would die. W hen tho king was beheaded Lilly thanked God for having allowed him to foretell the eveiit When his second wife died he gave expression to no feelings of grief, explaining that he mourned when tho future was revealed to him. The horoscojo showed him his third wife and his period of widowerhood was very brief. He claimed to have foretold the restoration of Charles II, the plague and fire of London, and, indeed, nearly every event of his time. Finally Lilly went into the country and worked up a large practice as a faith healing physician. Among those disconcerted by Lilly's assumption of power and his unmitigated impudence was one William Hodges, a country schoolmaster with a great reputation for being able to read future happenings in the glass. For a long time Hodges honored the man; then he maligned him, and finally he admitted that Lilly could do more with the stars than he could with the crystal. Hodges professed to have frequent interviews with the Angel Gabriel, Raphael and Aries, and his only regret was that he could not predict many victories for the royalists, with whom he very heartily sympathized. One John Scott in the employ of Lilly, once spent a few days with Hodges. Tho latter produced his favorite glass, and Scott, looking into fit said: "I see a ruddy complexioned wench in a red waistcoat, drawing a can of beer." "But," stammered the female Samaritan, "I thought you were blind and feeling your way across the street with your stick and would bo run over." "What is it, ma'am?" "My sister will be in on the 6:30, and I so want to go inside the gates and help her with the children. As you must have the authority of the manager in his absence. I make bold to"  "Wid me stick I" said the man, looking at his iron pointed staff. Why, it's the switchman I am, miss, and it's to push the rail and switch the car on to the turnout that mo stick is for." The camp is not as simple an arrangement as the uninitiated may suppose. In apiDearanco it is a regular caravan moving slowly, not faster than three miles an hour, and rarely traveling longer than seven hours a day. The persons constituting the membership of our camp were the five in. our party, three of whom were ladies; one dragoman or guide, one sheik, who was our protection against Bedouin marauders; a cook, two waiters and seven muleteers. Sometimes, but not always, the . sheik had a Nubian negro to carry his double barreled gun, which he always kept loaded and ready for business. "Certainly, ma'am; walk right in," he interrupted. There was a subdued snicker in the little group that had gathered, and as the next car just then pnlled up Miss T. got in to avoid further explanations of the switchman respecting the interruption of his duties. "You are so kind." "Don't mention it." Following up the results of the next inquiry, he substituted arctics for rubber shoes. He made another change upon the urgent representations of a gentleman learned- in the needs of oriental travel, and this is why his personal belongings include a stock of rubber boots .large enough for that of a village store. These begin with the average length, but their longitudinal development exhibits successive extensions of two inches at a time, until the longest—he is wearing them today—are a revelation of the possibilities in lxjots and in the personal qualifications for wearing them. , "But all leading railroad men: aro evelr courteous," she said as a parting bit of taffy, and then she made a bee line down the depot. We turncAl to look at the gateman, and the change was surprising. He had braced up until his height was increased by four inches, his dhest thrown out, and he was standing as stiff as a crowbar while a man pounded him on the back and offered to lick the stuffing out of him if he Would come off the perch. The little woman of all had found his weak spot.—New York Sun. knothole near the curtain rope, although it waa a hopeless task, for it dried up before the next one could get ready, and ao they are no nearer to floating the Stage away than when they first began. I asked the head man if he would get me a glass of water. He said he had to remain in order td attend to the curtain. As wo do not use any curtain or scenery or properties, except a glass of water and a stick of hoarhound candy, I thought rhe could be spared, but he did not seem to think so, and I got a small boy to bring me the water, while the head boy, now stage Napoleon, went to reading once more the thrilling tale, "Married in Haste, to Repent at Chicago; or,'How I "Woo-fieri" by A. Oner, Esq. He was the tired est young man for one who was just in the fluff and bloom and heyday erf life that I ever saw. He had a very retreating chin. Otherwise he would not have had the strength of purpose to spit over it. His forehead also asked to be excused and went back into his hair in search of ideas and one thing and another, I judge. . One of his front teeth had disappeared. Doubtless kicked out by an infuriated horse while the two were sleeping in the same stall, the horse being tied, however, and unable to get away, using his only means of discouraging a bed fellow with whom he could certainly have nothing in common. The loss of this tooth gave him greater scope as an expectorator, and would have assisted his smile if he had ever smiled, but he never smiled. It is rery rare that such a man laughs. His dignity and a set of liverwurst thought* works in a poor state of preservation, are all he has. Life is a serious matter with an ass. I do not say this in order'to be euphonious, but from the rich and overflowing treasures of a ripe experience. (I thought I would say that before some one else did it for me.) Hie ass is always sad and dignified. He is profound and mournful. If you desire to see solemnity, dignity and mental obliquity, go to the penitentiary and to the corral when the deep voiced ass with the low, retreating forehead trills bis tremendous notes in the hush of the The farm evidently stands upon tl?e site of an old Baal temple, of which the Ballhatchets —whose ancient name was evidently Baa- Akhed, corrupted into Baal-Achet, etc.— held the office of BaaJ-Kainar, or Baal's priest. Immediately abovu the farm rises a hill, which is known as Baal-Sar, the rock or hill of Baal. The discovery of this curious survival is very interesting, as it is in harmony with the survival of those ancient names in the yeoman classes of the southwestern counties. One of these families was the Purkissos, tho charcoal burners who carried the Bed King's body ill their cart from tho Rufus Stone, to Winton cathedral, tho last of whom died only thirty years ago, and who had held their land from father to son from the days of 'King Alfred. Many other traces of these Phenician colonists may, no doubt, be found if searched for in Cornwall and Devou. Her majesty the queen has been pleased to accept a copy of Mr. Thorpe's history of this Devon village and its ancient family.—Manchester Guardian. H« IDifl Nut Bel in Tell Gates. The host was so mad that he did not l«ss me the pie at all, and ate my dried prunes with the rich umbrella juice that went with them, while I was looking the other way. When he gave me my hat and overcoat at last, in the hall, he hissed in my ear: Excited — Up with-it! Up "You have went back on me and have came to my house for the last time. If you hail of done the square thing you would liave had as good a time as you was ever at, and got your little old $5 besides, but now you can be excused. 1 didn't ast you to come here and stuff yourself full of my victuals and then talk art to a mere stripping of a girL If you want to get ahead.you want to do it some other Cray," Of animals we had eight horses, nine mules and five donkeys, making In all a tptal of eighteen persons and twenty-two animals. Besides the personal baggag£ of the tourists, consisting of trunks, valises, etc., there were in our camp a complete outfit of beds and bedding, five tables, a dozen or so of Turkish rugs, a stove and a full supply of cooking utensils, an elaborate table service, all requirements for the toilet, a kitchen tent, a saloon tent, three sleeping tents and two smaller tents, an abundance of provisions and any quantity of smaller items too numerous to mention. Louis Klopsch. Getting; Square. Bob Hippy—What you doing off there, Billy? Or. George Boardmui'i Bible Teaching*. Dr. George D. Boardruan, an eminent Baptist .pastor in Philadelphia, lias recently completed a comprehensive scheme of systematic expository Bible teaching in his church, such as few ministers have ever been able to accomplish. He has gone regularly through the booka of the Bible from first to last, delivering his discourses on the Old Testament on Sunday mornings, and on the New Tes-. tament on Wednesday evenings, the en* tire work covering a period of nearly twenty-five years. He has received congratulatory letters from 6uch eminent ministers as Mr. Spurgeon and others on tho completion of this gigantic enterprise. Few Christian ministers would have the disposition to Undertake such a task, and few who might undertake it would be able to persevere to the end, and fewer still could have the opportunity because of frequent changes in the pastorate and other unfavorable conditions. The peculiar talent required'for expository discourse especially, in order to sustain such a service regularly through many years, is possessed by few preachers. Billy Golucky—To tell you the truth, I can't stand that cigar 1 Bob Happy—Why, you gave it to me yourself! .Billy Golucky—I know; but I had no idea you were going to smoke it while you were here.—Puck. I told him that when I found out where to get a head I would be sure to give him the address. I then selected a good pair of overshoes, took what I thought to be a fresh cigar from the stand and went away. It did not smell so fresh, however, after I lighted it as I thought it would. Married Without Knowing It. with it! My father's dead, Sympathetic Tollman—When did your father die? "She will be your wife," cried Hodgee. "You are mistaken, sir," rejoined Scott "So soon as I come to London I am engaged to [marry a* tall gentlewoman In the Old Bailey." It is not often thafa young woman is married without knowing it, but that is what happened to Miss Belle Woods, a young lady at Schuyler, Neb. She was one of the guests at the wedding of a young lady friend a few days ago, and so was George Poole, a young man who had long been enamoured with her b«auty. She was to officiate as bridesmaid and young Poole as best man. Just before the ceremony Poole called tho clergyman aside and told him privately that he and Miss Woods were to be married too, and suggested that a change in the order of the ceremonies would be an interesting surprise for the audience. The guests, as ho had surmised, were completely astonished when ho and Miss Woods oame forward and went through a regular marriage ceremony. The other wedding followed immediately, and then everybody wanted to know what it all meant. On being told that she was Poole's wife Miss Woods becomingly fainted, and on "coming to"*said that she had supposed herself to be merely going through the performance of her duties as a bridesmaid, and that she should ngfer, never be tho wife of the wicked Poole. Nothing has sinco changed her mind, and a logal separation has been applied for.—Chicago Herald. Ill Mourning. Young Housewife—And now I want a couple of sad irons. Tho camp is divided into two parts, one traveling for the accommodation of the sightseers, tho other to cater to their necessities of refreshment and repose. Of these the former is the smaller, consisting only of the tourists themselves, the dragoman, the sheik and two waiters, who carry with them the lunch tent. These two divisions of tho camp never move together, tho larger one of them preceding the tourists in order to make ready for the night. As soon as the party arrives at a camping place after the day's travel they dismount and repair to their tents, where they find everything in readiness for their comfort The sleeping tents are richly decorated with Egyptian needlework, are carpeted witli soft, thick Turkish rugs laid on the bare ground, and each contains one or two iron bedsteads, a table, furniture for the toilet, candlesticks, etc. It a homelike, inviting appearance. The general programme for the day is about as follows: Morning call at 6. Half an hour later breakfast, consisting of eggs and chops, bread, butter, jam and coffee. At 7 the members of the party are on horseback ready for their journey. After four hours' ride ive dismount for luncheon, when the lunch tent is quickly raised, a rug is spread on tho ground, over this is laid a dainty table cloth, and on this is spread cold chicken, hard boiled eggs, sardines, bread, oranges, nuts, raisins and cheese. The tourists recline while they eat and drink in oriental fashion, and help themselves to what lies before them on plates of agate ware. Everything served is fresh and excellent in quality, and there is plenty of it, but it is found tiresome by the Americans, who long for variety. The regular repetition of tho same dislies soon so palls on the appetite that the mere thought of chicken and eggs causes convulsions of the stomach. Whilo the tourists are taking their lunch' the larger part of the encampment, which is not packed in the morning until after the tourists have left, passes by and proceeds to the next camping place. At half past 1 travel is resumed. Throe hours more in the saddle, and one feels ready for another meal. Even the most dyspeptic person Is willing for dinner, which happily is invariably a good one. Excellent hot soup is followed with roast meat and vegetables. Next comes roast fowl and salad. Capital pudding is then served. Nuts, raisins, oranges, pomegranates and other fruits, cheese and Turkish coffee end the repast. After diuner a lively bonfire is started, around which the tourists assemble and rehearse the scenes and incidents of the day. At 9 the shoes left in front of the tents for the porter to blacken are the sure indications that the weary tourists have retired for the night. Pass the camp at any time of the night, however, and three figures are seen to hover around the camp fire. They are a shabbily dressed guard, it is true, but, armed to the teeth with guns, pistols, bowia Hardware Dealer (producing tho articles—Yes'm. Here they are. "You will marry the red woman," replied Hodgee with an air of imperturliable assurance, which subsequent events amply justified. When Scott arrived at the Old Bailey he found that the tall gentlewoman had taken to herself another husband. Two years later he was traveling in Kent and called at a wayside hostelry for light refreshments. The young lady who brought in his crust of bread and piece of cheese and the tankard of home brewed ale was conspicuous for having red hair and a red waistcoat, and was the original of the picture he had seen in the glass. The sequel may be imagined. Another story about Hodges shows how implicitly his neighbors believed in him. One of those neighbors lost his horse and consulted the astrologer. Hodges consulted the glass, said he could see the horse at a certain place and demanded his fee. The neighbor went as directed and found his horse. Subsequently he planned a joke on Hodges. Leaving his horse in charge of a boy, he visited the astrologer and told him he had not recovered the horse. Hodges exposed tho trick and added: "Now, you have lost your horse and will never see it again." "Neither boy nor horse," says Hodgee' biographer, "was ever seen again." , J  Lilly seems to have bad several partners at various stages of his career. One of these was the John Scott already mentioned, and whoee great forte was finding lest bodies or treasures by aid of divining rods. There was a great deal of talk at the time about a treasure having been buried in the cloister at Westminster Abbey, and, the requisite permission having been obtained, Scott went to work to find it Lilly was present in tho capacity of general adviser and he gives a full account of the proceedings. The regulation hazel rods were placed round about the cloister and those on the west sido turned one over the other, "a proof," according to Lilly, "that the treasure was hid there." Sure enough, after digging down six feet, a coffin was found, but for some reason it was not opened. The investigation was continued until a terrific wind arose, frightening the searchers almost out of their lives. The candles and torches all went out,, the rods refused to work and there were various evidences of the presence of demons. The work bad to be hurriedly abandoned for fear that "most part of the abbey church, would blow down."—Exchange. He was a coarse, vulgar man, with a great deal of money, but too mean to give his wife money enough to build her dress sufficiently high to protect her chest from the biting blast. Little do we know, Mrs. Pennypacker, of the suffering there is from exposure even in the home3 of wealth. Young Housewife (innocently)—But are those really sad irons? Hardware Dealer (assuringly)—Why, yes. you see they are in black?— Lowell Citizen. Woman'* Way. Miss Thin—I'm sure Mr. Jones is perfectly infatuated with me. Don't you think so, Fannie? "Bright Alfarata," San Jose, Cal., asks what to do for an ingrowing nail and liow to make salt rising bread. I do not know what to do. I never had eyether. Miss Fannie O'Bese (taking her kindly by the arm)—Well, my dear, I don't see how he could be; but possibly he is inleanuated with fyou.—Washington Star. "Theological Student."—No, you are wrong about that. At Guttenberg, on the 4th, the fifth race of six and one-half furlongs was won by Fordham, Blue Rock second, Carnegie third; time, 1:21*. Excited Traveler—Fifteen years ago, you idiot!—Judge. A CU/tnge of Plan Keeuur|, Intellectual Training and Morals. On the one hand it is evident that the successful training of the mind increases He Knew the Fact. "Sangamon," Erie, Pa., asks bow the passenger steamships of the United States compare with those of other countries, England especially. The United States does not or do not compare well with England in the matter of passenger steamers. Aside from the Hoboken ferry and a naphtha launch our keels are not found plowing the waters very much. Buffalo Bill goes over to London with his Indians and scouting clothes in a foreign steamship, and then foreign steamships take 300,000 people over there to see him. Then, when they get through, foreign steamships bring them home, also the fleecy William and his band. Then he goes to Paris in a foreign steamer. Several hundred thousand Americans go over there also, utilizing English and other alien keels for that purpose in order to hear Col. Cody converse with Chemise La Rouge in French. Then they come home the same way, and lio follows suite. A small boy had a dog that was rough; as most small boys' dogs are, and a young girl who lived next door had a kitten, sly as all cats are. One day the small boy same nonchalantly into the girl's presence, and after some desultory conversation ho said: the power of perceiving the force and the benefits of moral obligations. But, on the other hand, it is doubtful if such training does anything whatever to increase the power of resisting impulses of an immoral kind. It has to be admitted, therefore, that in an intellectual education, pure and simple, there is very little moral power. It is for this reason that the average intelligence in our reformatories and penitentaries falls so little below, if indeed it falls at all below, the average intelligence of the community at large. Something more than a knowledge of evil is necessary to prevent eviL Evidently, then, the only way to improvo morality is either to strengthen the moral impulses, or, on the other liand, to weaken the forces tending to immorality. Does college life accomplish these ends? If it is wisely conducted I should say, unquestionably yes.—President C. K. Adams in Forum. Conclusive aa to Santa Clans. At 1 p. m. the same day we left Jerusalem, in all probability never to see it again. Taking tho old road that Christ and his parents must have taken nearly two thousand years before, we passed in a short time the extensive workshops of tho London Society for the Conversion of the Jews, which is the most successful—because the most practical—Christian agency ever at work in Palestine. Gibeah, where the prophet Samuel lived and died, and Raman, where be was born, were soon passed, and we came to Bee roth. This is the place of which it is said that there the child Jesug was missed by his parents on the occasion of their return trip from Jerusalem, where they had taken him, at 12 years old, to assume, after the custom of boys of his age, the responsibilities of active membership in the Jewish church. Hence they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him sorrowing, to find him sitting at the feet of the learned men who were accustomed to instruct Hebrew boys on the occasion which had taken him to tho sacred city. Continuing our journey from this point wo traveled four hours longer and then encamped for the night. We rested on the identical spot where Jacob, lying with stones for his pillow, saw in his dreams a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven, and ou which angels of God ascended and descended. Judging from Dr. Talmage's appearance next morning his sleep was unbroken by visions. He was in excellent trim for another day's travel. The crop of stories of the children's Christ* man is beginning to come in, and some oi them are exceedingly good. On of the. best is of a little girl in the suburbs who is a fins believer in the traditional Santa Claus. Sh« has a small brother, three or four years older than herself, who reads the papers, and discards with scorn the story of the old man and bis reindeer and the descent of the chimney. "Pooh! Dolly," ho says, "there isn't any Santa Claus. Papa and mamma buy th« presents at the stores." "Well, anyhow," says Dolly, "I've Claus' picture, and bow could he picture taken ii there wasn't any This is a settler to the young man, and is entirely unanswerable. Yet he is still a skeptic concerning a personal Santa Claus.—Boston Advertiser.evening. My dead friend, Mr. Shaw, once said that dignity was no more the sign of wisdom than the paper collar was the sign of a shirt, and I can put my hand on my heart and say he was right. I once knew a man who had a good deal of dignity and a beard that he could part in the middle like a skye terrier's. With these rare gifts of inind and heart he married a sweet young girl and got a reading notice of forty lines In exchange for a wedge of bride cake, which was afterward used in thin strips for double leading the editorials. He "You know my dog Barca jyid your cat Darling?" "Yes." "Well, my dog had a piece of meat, and he thought your cat was going to take it away from him." "Thought!" exclaimed the wise little girl. "What makes you say that the dog thought? You know dogs don't think, they instinct," "Well," 6aid the boy, "I don't care whether he thought it or whether he instincted it, but anyhow he killed your cat."—Boston Transcript. Dejected Youth—I would like to return this engagement ring I purchased here a few days ago, advanced rapidly, until lio had obtained the confidence of all who knew him. Cashing this confidence one Saturday evening, he parted with his parted whiskers', his flowing hair became fled, and in the morning, as a dignified man who had never been known to smile, wrote his name on the register at Montreal. "Many Citizens," "Veritas," "Pro Bono Publico," "Vox Populi," "Tax Payer," a wet eyed grass widow and two little dignified cubs with pompadour hair wept and would not be comforted. He never came back. En route I have received several letters Native Modesty. Two tramps were discussing a recent hanging. Conjugal Love. Je-.veler—Didn't it suit the young lady! Wife—Oh, my dear! don't go in that boat! You risk your life! U. Y.—Yes, but another young man had already given her one just like it, and I would like to exchange it for a wedding present.—Life. When we get the World's fair It will be the same way. The American is not an aquatic bird, but rather a hewer of wood and vender of town lots. He riseth up in the morning while it is yet night, and Baith unto himself, I will buy a farm in Anoka oounty, and I will lay it out in lots, and I will also lay out the gentle ass that bayeth the same, and I will make him for to bray before the evening has come, for behold he shall call for a room at an inn and he shall record his name thereat, and the name wherewithal he shall record himself will be Dennis. "Well, I can't say I want any of it in mine." Husband—No, darling; don't be afraid. The Paradise of Babies. "Heavens! how wretched I am! If you should drown! You are so awkward!""Yes; the sensation can't be what a feller might call 'evenly.'" » Whatever Japan may be to adults, it is certain that to the children it is the "country between heaven and earth." Alcock first called it the paradise of babies. The coppery little shaven heads seem at once dolls and live children. Petted, fondled and indulged as they are, obedience is yet the first law, and etiquette is constantly taught them. Probably no other country in Asia is so full of toys, toy shops and people who make a living by amusing the youngsters.—• Herald of Health. Kuustmg \er»uH "striking;. "Oh, 'tain't the pain as I'm afeerd on; it's the bloomin' exposure before the aujence."—Judge. • . "Let ma alone, Helen. I know the sea and it knows me," "Very well, dear. At least leave me your watch and chain."—Wasp. A traveler having to call at a hotel on a rainy day, left his umbrella in the rack with the following, written on a card, pinned to it: A new substitute for coffee may turn up in a berry known as "gaertnera." The British consul at Reunion says that at one time he has received many letters from merchants in England asking for information respecting a shrub then called "mussaenda," the discovery of which, it had been said in some commercial journals, would deal a severe blow to the coffee and chicory trade. About, two years ago a rumor was spread that the berry of this shrub could be advantageously employed as a substitute for coffee and chicory. It grows to about ten feet high, has very few leaves and its branches aro wide apart. The berries do not grow all along the branches, as is the case with coffee, but in bunches at their extremities. Old Enongh to Quit. Intrepid Stanley I Cease to roam ■ri And bring your gray hairs safely home. We're very much obliged to you For proving tho Qheegheelahyuh Flows through the Oolohkoolah land Of Warasura's bloody band. And that the roaring Ahlkazaac Flows clear across and half way back. You've dono real well for a beginner, Come home and eat a hearty dinner. —Chicago Herald. "This umbrella belongs to an athletic gentleman who has taken lessons of Sullivan. Will return in ten minutes." No Genius. Ella—Is Clara much of an artist, do you think? On coming out he found his "umbril" had disappeared, but near the place where he had left it he found a card with the following interesting bit of informar tion: Bella—Nothing original about her. Sho copies everything she does. Eila—Is that so? Wnre BJLCT ON ME.' queries from Iwdiu and corra "Birdie," South Brooklyn, N. Y., asks, Who was Wild Bill, and how did he die? Wild Bill was a gentleman named Hickock, and lie did not reck aught for any one. It was said that he had a most peculiar thorax. All bis ribs and breast bones Carving by Machinery. Bella—Yes; I don't believe she can draw her own breath without using tracing paper.—Lowell Citizen. "This card was left by a pedestrian who can get over the ground at the rate of ten miles an hour. Will not return." A physician of Allegheny City, Pa., has invented a machine for carving planks of wood according to various patterns. The planks are ran through the machine as they are for producing planed, tongued and grooved boards; but by means of knives skillfully adjusted, which run across the fiber of the wood, very intricate designs are carved continuously from eud to end.—New York Telegram.^ I realize that on a trip like this, ovef ground every inch of which suggests an important event or recalls associations of « sacred character, the observations I make in tbese letters must be limited in number to the space at my disposal. I therefore pass without description the hill on which Abram and Lot are said to have divided their camps, when the younger man made choice of the plain First Urchin—I've got something you hain't got. Generosity. Bagley—Well, who are you looking for? Nobody in Particular. Tall Lying. were so closely united that his heart and side lights were encased in a bony panoply almost impervious to a bullet, and he was frequently spoken of as the man with the hunting case thorax and Bessemer works. He could drink, or be could let it alone, so he divided up the time in such a way that he would let it alone mostly while engaged In slumber. Second Urchin—Gimme half, will yei? First Urchin—Yes; I guess you can have it all. Bailey—Oh, nobody in particular. Bagley—Why don't you look in the glass?—Judge. In the Paris Jardin des Plantes, a frequent visitor asked the keeper: Scientific Snake Catching. Second Urchin—What is it? First Urchin—The measles.—Epoch "Is not the giraffe much thinner than he used to be? He seems to me to be dwindling away." A Helpful Suggestion. II. Husband—I ought to go and see Earwig about a matter of business; but I hate to talk with him, he is so deaf. "You are quite right," replied the keeper. "When I first took charge he was already jealous of the obelisk, but I think he would have come out all right if it had not been for the Eiffel tower. That will be the death of the poor creature yet.—From the German for Taxas Sittings. He Diilu't Look on the Bright Side. • f Jordan as pasture ground for his cattle. They certainly chose a speculative height for the business on hand. Ophrah is interesting as the birthplace of the heroic Gideon. At Shiloh one reflects upon its having been in the days of the Judges tho Jerusalem of the religious world. The ruins occupy a hill beside a poor village. A Mohammedan mosque, half in ruins, is the chief feature of the place. Walls of an unknown antiquity show where once were chambers. Possibly good old Eli lived in a building of which portions of these ruinous walla were once a part; and it may have been so that the tabernacle itself rested upon them. Mounts Ebal and Gerizim were next visited, where tho choice of blessing and cursing was offered by Josliqa to the children of Israel, who wisely pro. ferred the former and often deserved the latter. Jacob's well, which is near Gerizim, "this mountain," as our Lord called that huge hill, has a great stono over its mouth. Tho masonry on which Jesus sat as he talked Icf the woman of Samaria no longer exists, but the well is still in use at such times as the supply of An Englishman crawlcd out of the debris of the wreck of two passenger trains, rubbed his eyes and drawled: "I daw say this will—ah—cawse another delay, ye know."—Texas Sittings. Lines to a Life Gone Out. He was Bhot in the back of the head by a brave but cram eyed own at Peadwood in the spring of '76, as he sat at a card table in one of the social centers of that city, playing progressive euchre. Wild Bill wore profuse hair, in which at early spring time the swallows were wont to build their nests and rear their young. With your slender waist and your perfect head; Never was one of your race more fair, Tall and graceful and glim you were Wife—Why don't you telephone him, my dear?—Lowell Citizen. knives, in one word with a whole arsenal of weapons, bold indeed must be tho robbers who would daro to attack theso grim visaged warriors. They come quietly to the camp about 7 in the evening, their services having been secured from among tho principal men in the locality where the party happens to be, and remain on duty until the camp is alive with preparations for tho next day's journey, when take their departure as quietly as they came. All the attendants in camp are Arabs. Most of them understand but two English words, "good" and "finish," this pronounced feenislu They say "good" when you either mount or dismount from your horse. Caressingly they pat the animal, and at the same time throw into their pronunciation of the word the two meanings: Tho horse Is a good one; don't you think he is a good one? Your attendant says "feenish" when you ask him for something of which tho supply is exhausted. He is a mirthful individual, and always accompanies lua declaration with a grin, which says plainly enough: "You have already all you tan get." 'Of course, it is awkward not to be able to make your wants and wishes known by means of language to the man whose business it is to learn and perforin them, but the situation is xe- Yet there you are lying, cold and dead. "Mrs. Hashleigh," said Jones, tho impecunious boarder, "will you kindly put up a few of your home made biscuits for mo as a lunch? I will not be here to dinner today," Not Likely to Come Up. Your heart was cold for many a day, You were lovely as light, and as pure aa fire, And only when kindled to flame did a ray Of your heart's hidden heat answer my desire. DUcoursgiag. Mot a Criminal Offense. Bagsley—Did you hear about the break down street this morning? Yet you lived for me, and for me alone You gave your life when the time was ripe; If you were but a mutch, yet your glory shone As your last spark of life lit my brierwood pipe! — Munsey's Weekly. "I thought, Mr. Jones," said the landlady sarcastically, "that you said my biscuits were too heavy for a camel to digest."Snowden—No, what was it? These burglaries are getting too deuced common.ind wn dents, which I will take the liberty of answering here if I hear no objection prior to tho publication of this. "Betiro Pennypacker," Toledo, Ohio, aaka what the coat of a ball would lie if properly giren to one's friends in New The murderer of Wild Bill, after his crime, came at once on Horseback from Dead wood to my town, where through 6trong political influence I got an introduction to him. lie talked pleasantly and evon kindly to me, although he had denied himself to all other reporters and held himself aloof from the general public. He wan rather plain in appearance, and yet I can truthfully say that among ail tlie murderers I have known, and who have written in my autograph album, he was the most unostentatious and least puffed up by his sudden elevation. He told me that he only regretted that he had not fitted himself for the position to which he found himself so suddenly elevated.Bagsley—Break of day.- -Kearney Enter Drise. An Authority on Values. "Well," said Jones, "you see I'm going on a yacht today for the first time, and I want sometliing to eat that I can rely upon."—Time. Mrs. Chasuble—Alban, a ragman came around this morning, and I sold him a couple of barrels of your old sermons that J found down cellar for four dollars. Generous. Poetess—I have here a little poeuv— the only one I ever wrote, and  A recent estimate is as follows as nearly as I can recollect: Bunt of ball room — Orchids, palms, etc natal favors for ladles  Jwrsted favors for German say at $10 York. The Rev. Alban Chasuble—Four dollars! My dear woman, those sermons were worth thousands. Chumplie—I have something new in cigars, Mr. Chappy. Try that. Something New. Editor (grandly)—Keep it, my dear madam, keep it. I would not deprive you of it for the world.—Harper's Bazar. ; $2,000 18,000 3,000 Mrs. Chasuble — Well, tho ragman wouldn't give any more for them.— Puck. Chappy (who has tried Chumplie's cigars before) — Tobacco? — Munaey's Weekly. Jenkiason (to M. F. H., who dislike* being bothered)—What do you think of this horse? (No answer.) Bred him myself, you know. • j M. F. H. (looking at horse out of corner of his eye)—Umph! I thought you couldn't have been such a silly idiot aa to have bought him!—Punch. Unaffected Grief. She—I'm sorry to see this. What is George Boscomb using mourning cards for? •piece, say  OVhen your company comprises other nattaaalitina than the German, you might make it for iww.) Dinner at $10 per plate  Music.  *, aotl 8. for following morning  20,000 Wise by Experience. A New IDe flu It ion. At the Reception. Mr. Case (who has married his typewriter—Well, my dear, I suppose I must be looking around for somebody to take your place in the office. Little Miss Fanny—I say, Bob, can you tfill me what a widower is? He—That wealthy uncle of his has just recovered.—Harper's Bazar. She—Look at that silly dude bidding his hostess good-by, with both hands in the pockets of his dress trousers. What makes him act that way? water is not cutoff by lack" of rain. It is more of a cistern than a well. For this reason our Lord compared its water with "living water" springing up. A hole has been cut through the middle of the covering stone large enough for skin buckets to be put down into the well Utfougb it. The well, which is Master Bob (aged 8)—Don't know, Fanny, unless it's the husband of a widow. --Judge. WW 10,000 10,000 On the day of his execution he ate ft hearty breakfut of ham and eggs, angel food, pork saosage, blanc mange, calves' liver, costard pie, mackerel, snow podding and codfish balls. He then wrote in a steady hud |he «snU- Mrs. Case—Yes; I have been thinking of that. My cousin ia just out of school. Mr. Case—What's her name? Mrs. Case (sweetly) — John Henry Briggs.—Puck. He—I suppose the Prince of Wales was seen on the street with one hand in one of his pockets, and so these American anglomaniacs must put in both hands, and on all occasions.—Lowell fiitiwn. SflO.OOO Of cour v* slight reductions could be made on this, say if you use field grasue* with powdered alum on tliem and pressed •Ktjjmn I.OVW! instead of the orcbida, it don't do to neglect nature's warning acfces through the BjatMD„eause Rheumatism, Neu-algia end Backache try Bed Flax Oil, the Famenu pais Cum 26 cents. At J. H. Honck, "Who do you suppose will bury the last man?" "He'll never be buried." "Mercy! How unpleasant for his neighbors."—Munsey'a Weekly, Incorrigible. "What did you and Smith talk about?" "About fifteen minutes." MI mean, what did you talk over?" "The tfelenhnna."—w mW. Bazar.