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•i REVISED BfllLE. Alteration* *ot OnTy of 8crlptwal Passages lwt®ri^nsy«iier«tedName^.Exact Kead- Jjj™ «, Compared With the «W F^mijlar One. ic. .. -v w\ ns» ^®°Py of^he revised version of the scriptures [i T-i j.f i. I"work of the most dig tin gnashed scholars Euroje- and America—has been completed f®" *n authorized edition is in preaa. The fol lowing are Yffi Vi188 cawoBB." j.ne names of the same persons are reduced wone name, as in Booz, Boaz Uriah, Unas? Ezektel, Ezekiah Isaiah, Isaias Hosea, Mr." "Art thou a Osea Joshua, Jesus. In some 5,000 instances the term "Jehovah" has been substituted in the Hew Testament for "Lord God," "King," etc. babe in the manger" has been changed to "the babe," etc. "Buy the truth" is changed to "buy truth." "The scornful" is changed to •iseorners." "The house of prayer" is "A house of prayer." "God be merciful to me, a •inner," is "God be merciful to me, the Bin- master in Israel?" is "Art ttou a teacher of Israel?" Over 300 words having now different meanings, are al tered: The principal ones thus changed are ^affect," GaL iv:17 "affectious," GaL v:24 "after," GaL iv:23 "allege," Acta xvii:3 "answer," Matt. xvii:4 "anywise appre hended," Phil. iii:14 "approve," Kom. ii:18 "assay," Acts' ix:26 "attendance," 1st Tim. iv:13 "base," 1st Cor. x:l ''believers," 1st Tim. iv:12i "brethren," Matt. xxviii:8 "charger," Matt xiv:8 "chasten," Heb. Xii:15 "clean, cleanse," Matt viii:2 "com fort, comforter, comfortless," John xiv:16 "command," Luke xviii:4tf "common," Acts 2:14 "communicate," GaL vi:6 "commu nication," Matt v:3(j consort," Acts xvii:4 "constantly," Acts xii:15 "convince," John •iii: 46 "corrupt, corruption, corruptible," Matt vi:19 "covet," 1st Cor. xii:3 "damna tion," 1st Cor. xi:29 THE LEADING PASSAGES AXTEBED. The following gives the leading passages la the Bible that have been changed: NEW BEADING. If Genesis iv :7—If thou dost well, shalt thou not ^ve the excellency (or the birthright prerogative), and if thou dost not well, a sin ofleriug croucheth *t the door the desire of thy brother shall be sub ject unto thee and thou shalt rule over him. OLD BEADING. If thou doest well, shalt thou not bo accepted? *ud if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door and anto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. NEW BEADING. Genesis, iv:15—And the Lord said unto him, therefore, whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall oe taken on him sevenfold, and the Lord gave a sign, an assurance to Cain that those finding him would kill him. OLD BEADING. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whoso ever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. NEW BEADING. Psalms i:l—Blessed is the man that walketh not fn the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scorners. OLD BEADING. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the coun sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sin ners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. NEW BEADING. Psalms cxl:9-ll: As for the head of them that compass me about the mischief of their own lips shall cover them. Burning coals shall be cast on them. He will plunge them in fire, into deep waters, that they rise not again. An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. OLD BEADING. 9. As for the head of those that compass me .about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10. Let burniug coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11. Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth evil shall hunt the violent man to over throw him. NEW BEADING. Psalms cx :3—Thy people are willing in the day of thy warfare upon the holy mountains, as from the womb of the morning is to thee, the dew, so shall ibe the number of thy youth (of young men.) OLD BEADING. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy feOWer, in the beauties of holiness from the womb ct the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. NEW READING. Exodus xvi:15—And when the children of Israer saw it, they said one to another. What is it? fol they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. OLD BEADING. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said «ne to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the hread which the Lord hath given you to eat. NEW BEADING. TT. Samuel xii :31—And he brought forth the peo ple that were therein, and put them to the saws, sad the harrows, and to the axes, and made them work in the brick kiln and thus did he unto all the eities of the children of Ammon. So David and all fixe people returned unto Jerusalem. OLD BEADING. he brought forth the people that were there in, and put them under saws, and under harrows of firon, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. NEW BEADING. I Kings ii:9—Thou, therefore, hold him not guilt less. neither bring his hoary head to the grave with Wood. OLD BEADING. Kow, therefore, hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. NEW BEADING. Proverbs xxiii :23—Buy truth and sell it not also wisdom and instruction and understanding. OLD BEADING. Buy the truth, and sell it not: also. wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. NEW BEADING. Isaiah ix*l—Yet it doth not continue dark where now is affliction As in the former time, he brought to shame the land of Zebulon and the land of Kaphthali, so in the time to oome he will bring it to honor even the tract by the Bea, the other side of Jordan, Galilee (or the district of the nations.) OLD BEADING. 'P Never the Vs® the dimness shall not be such as wai -EH fn her vexation, when he at first lightly afflicted the 'M of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtah, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the 4 %yS NEW BEADING. Isaiah ix *3—Thou hast multiplied the nations and increased the joy to them. They joy before to l« a, *«. wioto when th« dgd|^w» Thon hast multiplied the nation, and not in «£££d theioy: they joy before thee according to S^iWvest!SM men rejoice when they divide the spoil, mteusaa. 1 a a w^ShoSeJe^St rule and upon whom thy If we are thine: thou never barest rule over themTthey were n6t called by thy name. NEW BEADING. Matthew iii-1—In those days cometh John the Baptist preaching i^he^ernessof Judea. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching In the witderness of Judea NEW BEADIM*. Matt iii :15-Tben he ?uftereth him. OLD BEADING. Then he suffered him. -M- M. d_ThflnEthe devil taketh him up into thfftydfy and settleth him on the pinnacle of a ,mountain.. OLD BEADING. .. Then the! devil taketh him up-into the holy city, and setteth him onADinnacleof the temple. I1' H'-' NFIW BEADING* Matt. fv:6—And saith unto him: thou be the '£2f?«on of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He shall give his anirels charge concerning thee, and ffS their hands they will bear thee up, lest at any ^v'ihou dash thy foot against a stone. MTFS OLD BEADING. "&:> And saith unto him: If thou be the Son of God, Upcast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give Ws angels chirge concerning thee: and in^ their bands thev shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. .. NEW BEADING. Matt. iv:8—Again, thfrdevil_takethhlmunto an «Tceeding high mountain, and showeth him all of the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. OLD BEADCTG. Again, the devil taketh him up into an «ceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms tf the wp?ld, and the glory of them. Mi#8l^BlJS:^^o^Mch w«e|em-1 Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- tfousness* sake, Matt vi:l—But take heed tbat.ye.dp_not youi righteousness before men.to be seen by them: other wise ye hare no reward of your Father which is in heaven, OLD BEADING: Take heed that ye do not your aims before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. NEW BEADING. .1 Matt vi:9-13—Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from eviL OLD BEADING. Onr Father which art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day or daily bread. And forgive usjror debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation* but de liver us from evil for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. -But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father for give your trespasses. NEW BEADING. Matt, xi :6—And blessed is he whosoever shall not find an occasion of stumbling in me. OLD BEADING. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. NEW BEADING. Mattxi:19—And wisdom is justified byher works. OLD BEADING. But wisdom is jnstified of her children. NEW BEADING. Matt. xvii:25—He saith yes. And when he was come into the house Jesus spoke first etc. OLD BEADING. He snith, yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest tbou, Simon? NEW BEADEFG. Matt, six:17—And he said unto him: Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there iswlioisgood, butif thou wouldst enter into life keep thekrommandments. OLD BEADING. And he said unto him: Why fullest And thou, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you liearetli me: and he that de spiseili you desniseth me and he that despiseth me desuiseth him that sent me. NEW BEADING. Luke xi :2, 3, 4—And he said u^to them,When ye pray, say. Our Father, hallowed be thy name, thy king-loin come: give us day by day our daily bread, and forgive our sins, for wo ourselves also forgive pvery one that ii indebted to us, and lead us not into temptation. OLD HEADING. And he said unto them, When ye pray, say Our Father which art in heaveu. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will done, as in heav en, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. NEW BEADING. Luke xvi :8,9—And the Lord commended the un ust steward because he had done wisely for the' sons of this age are for their own generation more shrewd than the sons of light. And I say unto yon, make yourselves friends, by means of the mammon of uniighteousness, that, when it fail, they may re ceive von iDto the eternal tabernacle, or the taber nacle of the ages. OLD BEADING. And the lord commended the unjust steward, be cause he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness: that, when ye fail, thev may receive you into everlasting habita tions. NEW BEADING. Luke xvi :23—And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. OLD BEADING. And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in tor ments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. NEW BEADING. Luke xviii:13—And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me the sinner. OLD BEADING. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to md a sinnsr. NEW BEADING. Joba :4—In him is life: and the life is the light of men. OLD BEADING. In him was life and the life was the light of men. NEW BEADING. John, i:ll—He came to his own home for pos session, and his own people received him not OLD BEADING. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. NEW BEADING. John, iii :10—Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things? OLD BEADING. Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? NEW BEADING. John iv:6—Now Jacob's well was there. Jesuf was Bitting there by the well, and it was about the sixth hour. OLD BEADING. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore. being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about tb9 sixth hour. NEW BEADING. John iv:27—And upon this came his disciples and marveled that he talked with a woman. Yet no man said, What seekest thou? or. Why talkest thou with her? OLD BEADING. And upon this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said. What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? NEW BEADING. Johnv:3-4—In these lay a great multitude of impotent folks, of blind, halt, withered. (Omit the rest.) OLD BEADING. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. NEW BEADING. John v:39—Ye search the Scriptures, because in them ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. OLD BEADING. Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are, they which testify ot me. NEW BEADING. John x:16—And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must lead, and they shall hear my vpice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd. OLD BEADING. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one' fold, and one shepherd. NEW BEADING. Acteii:47—And the Lord added to them day by day' )«ie that were being saved. -w-f "'•p^K -.houm goodV there is none .good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. NEW BEADING. Matt xx: 23—And he saith unto them. Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with. But to sit on my right hand and my left, is nor. mine to give except to those for whom it is prophesied of my father. OLD BEADING. And he saith unto them. Ye shall diiuk indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. NEW BEADING. Matt, xxiii :14— (Omit entirely). OLD BEADING. Woe unto yo«, scribes and Pharisees, bypscrites! for ye devour widows'houses, and for a pretense make longer prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. NEW BEADING. Mark viii :3G, 37—For what doth it profit a man pain the Tvhole world ah forfeit his life? For what can be equivalent for his life? OLD READING For what shall it profit a man, if ha shall gain the whole world, and lose his own so'il? Or what shall a man give in Exchange for his soul? NEW HEADING. Mark ix:44-46—Omit entirely. OLD BEADING. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched. NEW BEADING. Luke ix :25—For what is a man advantaged if he gains the whole world and lose (or forfeit) hit own self. OU7 SEAUUQ. For what is a xnaa advantaged, If he gain the whole world, and lose himself or be cast away? NEW BEADING. Luke ix:35—And there came a voice out of the clouds, saying, This is my Son, my chosen. OLD BEADING. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This my beloved Son:"hear him. NEW BEADING. Luke x: 15-16—And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? Thou shalt be brought down into Hades. He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that ent me. OLD BEADING. OLD BEADING. And the Lord added to the church dally such should be sated. NEW BEADING. Acts, viii :4-r-Entirely omitted. v, OLD BEADING. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word. ,, NEW BEADING. Acts, viii :37.—And Philip said, If thou be lievest with all thine heart thou mayest. (Omit the rest) /OLD BEADING. And Philin said. If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest And he answered and said, I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. NEW BEADING. Acts xvii:23—For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions. I found an altar with this inscrip tion, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship unknowingly, this declare I unto you. OLD BEADING. Fcr as passed by. and behold your devotions, I found an altar with this inscriptigp, TO THE UN KNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly wor ship, him declare I unto you. NEW BEADING. Actsxxii :9—Omit the words "Let us not fight against God." NEW HEALING. Acts xxvi:24-29—And as he thus made his de fense, Fesrus said with aloud voice, Paul, thou art mad. they much learning turneth thee to madness but he said, I am not mad. most excellent Festus but spnak forth the words of truth and soOerness. For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely, for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him for this thing hath not been done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou Ibelievest But Agrippa said unto Paul. With out little effort thou wouldst persuode thyself to make me a Christian but Paul said, I would to God that, whether with little effort or with much, not thouonly, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I, except these bonds. OLD BEADING. And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with aloud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself much learning doth make thee mad. But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him for this thing was not done in a corner. King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou belieyest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou per suadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said,! would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. NEW BEADING. Romans v:4—And patience, probation and pro bation, hope. OLD BEADING. And patience, experience and experience, hope. NEW BEADING. Romans viii :7—Thou shalt not lust because the carnal mind, etc. OLD BEADING. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God foritisnot subject to the law of God, neither n deed can be. NEW BEADING. Romans, viii :29—Because whom he foreknew, them he also foreordained to bear the likeness of the image of his Son, that he might be the first born among many brethren. OLD BEADING. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predesti nate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. NEW BEADING. I. Corinthians, iv:4—For I know nothing against myself. OLD BEADING. For I know nothing by myself. NEW BEADING: Cor. xvi :22—If any man loves not the Lord,let him be Anathema. The Lord cometh. OLD BEADING: If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,lethim be Anathema, Maranatha. NEW BEADING: II. Cor. xi :20—For ye bear with if a man bring you into boudage. OLD BEADING: For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage. NEW BEADING. Ephesians vi :24—Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in uncorruptness. Amen. OLD BEADING. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Aden. NEW BEADING. Philippians iii:20, 21—For our citizenship is in heaven, from whence also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glorv. OLD BEADING. For our conversation is is heaven from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body. NEW BEADING. II. Thessalouians, iii :6—If so be that it is a righteous thing to wish good to recompense afflic tion to them that afflict you. OLD BEADING. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recom pense tribulation to them that trouble you. NEW BEADING. I. Timothy iii :16—And without controversy the pillar and ground of the truth is the great mystery of godliness, who was manifested in the flesh, justi fied in the spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in tho world, received up into glory. OLD BEADING. And without controversy great is' the mystery of rodliness God was manifest in the flesh, justified the spirit seen of angels, preached unto the Gen iiles, believed on in the world, received up into flory. NEW BEADING. Hebrews ii :9—But him who was made for some little time lower than the angels, Jesus, we see an account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, in order that he by the grace of God should taste death for all. OLD BEADING. But we see Jesus,who was made a little lower than (he angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour that he by the grace of God thould taste death for every man. NEW BEADIHG. Hebrews ii :16—For verily he helps not angels, but it is the seed of Abraham that he helps. OLD BEADING. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Hew tlie Brilliant Arkansas Senator Re formed. From the Philadelphia Times. While on the subject of senators, and therefore also on the subject of rum, I may as well tell anew story on Senator Garland, of Arkansas. Make no mistake about him. Mr. Editor. He is a great lawyer—one"of the two or three really big lawyers in the senate. He has always been a modest man, but whatever be has had to say ho has said it as well as Edmunds, Thurman or even Don Cameron could say it. However that has nothing to do with the story. Garland has always been a liberal drinker. Thpt is why (or at least one reason why) he is so popular in Arkansas, where people had rather drink with a man than to shoot him, although not averse to the letter on certain occasions. Coming to the senate Garland kept up his habits and became personally one of the most popular and lovable men on the floor. Eveiybody likes him and everybody respects his intregrity no less than his great ability. So he took his drinks with Vest, Thurman, Edmunds, Yoorhees, Bayard and the others and became also famous as a story teller. When he come to Washing ton last fall he surprised the jolly senators by refusing to take a drink in one of the committee rooms. At once he had half a dozen senators upon him, guying him and begging for his reasons for stopping. One asked: "Kidneys, Garland?" another said: "Had 'em, Garland?" still another^ "Stomach gone back on you, Garland?" and others asked if the doctor had made him let up. He finally answered them: "No, gentlemen," said he, "there's noth ing the matter with me, but I've stopped. You know we had a pretty hot canvass in Arkansas this sammer and I went all over the state stumping. Well, I saw the graves of a good many good fellows who had began with me and who are now in the dark valley or the light one, whatever it may be. I saw the wrecks of other men who started with me to be jolly good fel lows. The graves and the wrecks set" m6 to thinking. From thinking I began to calcu late. Well, on a rough calculation, I found that I had already drank about a barrel and a half of whisky more than I was entitled to. Then I said to myself, that if I drank story." r?8 SHE WOOD DO JT. Twas Harry who the silence broke: "XisB Kate, why are you like a tree?" "Because, because—rm board," she spoke. "Oh, no because you're*woo'd," said he. "Why are yen like a tree?" she said. "I have a—heart?" he aBked, so low. Her answer made the young man red: "Because you're sappy, don't you know?" "Once more," she asked, "why are you now A tree?'' He couldn't quite perceive, fsy "Trees leave sometimes and make a bow, And you may also bow—and leave." —Insane Punster. THE STORY OF A NOSE. Translated from the Spanish of Breton de los Herreroa. ''Will you permit me to sit beside yoa, little mountain girl!" "With great pleasure and I am grateful to you for preferring my side to that of so many belles that wine in the salon. Do you know who I am?" "No and it is quite possible I would not, even though you should take off your mask. But no matter. We may begin an acquaintance this evening, if you will. Ac quaintances made at masquerade balls are not apt to be the worst'" "They are apt to furnish disappoint ments, though." "I will not deny it, for I have experi enced some, but— "And have you given some, also?" "No he! who is accustomed to present ing himself everywhere, not excepting at carnival balls, with his face uncovered, can deceive few." "Truly, you have no reason to hide it, and', not every man can say the same." "Thanks, pretty mountain-girl according to that you know me." "Yes, by sight they told me you were a poet. Don't you want to compose some verses for me?" "I will do so if you wish. I have always taken a pride in pleasing the ladies, but I should first know your name." "Ascribe any to me: 'Phyllis,' 'Laura,' 'Philena,' one that seems practical to you. I do not have to tell you my real name, but the first mentioned occurs to me. Arrange it as seems worth while, and according to your own taste." "But how, without seeing the face whose perfections I must exalt without knowing the sweet object of my inspiration, how can I "A poet says that! You, who always live in the unbounded regions of the ideal, why should you need the presence of the objeot of your worship? For my part, I have not so much confidence in my face, nor does your imagination seem so sterile, as to risk revealing myself." "It is true that poets, in whose number you seem willing to count me, are accus tomed to exercise their genius throughout imaginary space but we do not feed our selves with illusions only and as for me, I can only say that in the matter of pleas ure, I am, and alvays shall be for the pos itive." "And what pleasure can you promise yourself in seeing my face?" "That of admiring it, if it is pretty, as I presume it is that of adoring you." "You have 'adoration' ever on your tongue. You poets deserve to be banished from ev ery Christian republic. Either you talk of 'adoration.' through idolatrous impiety, or just for the sake of pleasing prattle. You do well in coming without a mask. Poets have no need to Se you would be masquer ading always." "If that is certain, for my part, I accept with much pleasure, a quality that likens me to tho fair sex." "Are women such dissemblers?" "Yes, my little masquerader. With re spect to that, you cannot say that the men accuse you groundlessly but at the same time, I must confess that men's suspicion and tyranny occasion your lack of sincerity, and that, in general, your fictions are well worthy of indulgence, because the same desire of gratifiying us obliges you to tell them. But is it possible tlmt I am not to see your face?" "It cannot be. The desire of gratifying you counsels me to keep the mask on." "Your conversation charms me, and every word makes my impatience to know you more lively." "Do you need to 'see my face in order to suppose it full of attractions? Did you not call me the sweet object of your inspiration? Believe me, your and my interest oppose each other in the matter of condescending to what you ask. While I remain con cealed, I am sure of hearing flattering ex pressions from your mouth, to which I am not accustomed^ perhaps. If I remove this protecting crape from my face, then fare well, to illusion! Bigid courtesy, cloomy seriousness will follow the eulogies, the endearing expressions, which, if they have not .made me proud, have at least diverted and pleas ad me." "This modesty is, to me, the best proof of your merit." "Yes, I have the merit of being modest— no, I am wrong I mean of being sincere." "If I would confound you with the moss of women, it weuld not cost me much trou ble to believe you now. Ladies Drotected by the silken ma. feign less than with their own faces they have such few oppor tunities for telling the truth with impunity. But you, you are not ugiy, I can swear it. I have by dint of errors and deceptions, acquired a sort of tact, a certain skill in seeing through masks. I do not mistake so easily. Like to the greyhound, I have a keen scent and a good nose." On saying this I noticed in my companion a movement, either of surprise or disgust. I fancied that such a vulgar phrase sounded ill in her ears, and I hastened to exculpate myself for not having made use of more elegant language, as she merited. But my mountain-girl laughingly clasped my hand, and declaired that she pardoned me fully and with good grace, for so trival a lapsus 'But one thing would grieve me," I con tinued, "if you should unmask." "What?" "That it would not be lawful to speak to you as to a mountain girl—as to a masque rader. Would it not be a pity to renounce the delightful familiarity which the carni val balls permit? Now I speak to you as an intimate friend or lover would do." "Well, then, were I to commit the in discretion of taking off my mask, you would hasten to leave me you would hardly be able to articulate an indifferent and irrita ble 'Farewell, lady.' "What enjoyment you have in mortifying me! Do you think me capable of such a lack of politeness? I will suppose for a mo ment that you are ugly, hideous, could you remove with the mask the spell that allures me? If the attractions of jour conversation, of this voice that bewitches me, of this graee that charms me, can be removed with the mask, how can a woman appear ill with such gifts? If your face is ugly I pardon you for it." "But you are more indulgent than other men? Are you governed less by self-con ceit than they? Ir your eyes,ugliness is a woman's greatest crime." "Oh, lam of another species, or else you calumniate the men, little mountain girl if not, undo this mask that torments me, and you will see how, far from being cooled, my affection will augment. And you do not believe my proposition is so venturesome where can this ugliness re side with which you pretend to frighten me? Do I sot behold the elegance of jour shape? fa1* sr Bo I not clasp your beautiful hand? Am I not fascinated with your small and grace ful foot? Does not the palpitation of that heavenly bosom reveal the greatest enchant ment? Do not the beams of light from those charming brown eyes pierce me? Those ebony tresses, that form such a lovely contrast with the dazzling whiteness ofyour throat, whose are they but yours? If there were anything so ill, I should know it. Does it lie in the movement of your head—which I have not yet seen—or in the delightful smile of your divine month?" "Then with all this exquisitiveness, which you so greatly exaggerate, I assure you that I am frightful! I should horrify you if I uncovered my face." "Oh, no, it is impossible your'form your features——" "Have you seen them all?" "I may say yes. The nose is only-——" Here she interrupted me with a burst of laughter. "You laugh does it chance to be—Bo man?" "Or Carthaginian? I don't know. I will not engage to say." "No it is not possible that an anomalous nose tarnishes the lustre of so many attrac tions, and, moreover, I accept the conse quences of the favor I entreat. With that mouth, with those eyes, that incomparable form, I permit you to be flat-nosed or long nosed." "You are impudent." "No, I am not. Reveal yourself." "Rash man!" "Will you oblige me to go upon my knees? Will you expose me as the laugh ing-stock of the company?" "Enough. As you will. You are about to see me with the mask off. Why must we women be 60 weak? But let it not be my hand that shall open Pendora's box. Receive through your own the punishment for your foolish impatience." "I can unmask you with this hand! En vy me, mortals! Give me the lyre, O muses! I am thrice blessed." "No—you are rash and ill-advised." "Perdition take the knot! I can't untie it. Ah, my knife, that is it. Beauti I could not finish the word, such was my surprise, amazement, terror. What a nose! What a nose! On, what a nose! I would not have believed that Nature was capable of arriving at such a degree of pleonasm, hyperbole, amplification. The bonnet of Quevedo: "Erase un hombre a una Shame gave wings to my feet wrath blinded me the ground failed me in my flight. I stumbled over furniture, against persons, over myself and would have walked home without waiting for the coach, or to get my overcoat, it not having the -same weight with me that my hunger did, which was as huge as the nose, in whose shade my gayety grew dark. I flew then to the refreshment room, took possession of a table, snatched up the bill of fare, asked what they could bring me the quickest. I ate, now, not with appetite, but furiously, from four, different plates and they were about to bring me the fifth, when I beheld seated in front of me—divine justice!—the same mountain-girl, or rather, I should say, the same nose which had horrified me shortly before. My first impulse was to rise and run, but the merrvgirl petrified me by saying with infernal sweetness: "What! are you not going to invite me to supper?" I felt troubled and looked sheepish. The nose laughed,' and so, to my discomfort, did the gallant who accompanied her. 1 would have liked to wreak my rage upon him. "Senorita "It sliall not cost you much—a glass of Roman punch nothing more." Such impudence stung me keenly, and I resolved on being revenged by mocking her. "I shall have the greatest pleasure in complying with your demand, senorita, though I fear that your nose will prevent you from putting a glass to your lips. If you cannot take it off, as you did your mask, I do not know how "You are rude, sir, but I shall be gra cious. I will remove it." "How? What do you say? Then- At this instant her hand darted up to her nose, and—she tore it off 1 Alas! it was false. It was pastb'oard and it left her real1nose revealed, no less grace ful and perfect than the other features of her face. How shall I depict my shame, my desper ation, on beholding suoh an exquisite crea ture, and the remembrance of the levity, the discourtesy, the iniquity? I was going to beg a thousand pardons, to lament my en or, and, prostrated, kiss the dust at her feet but the cruel one took the arm of her escort, disconcerted me with a severe look, and, imitating my cold manner of a short time before, said: "Farewell, senor," and she burst into a peal of mocking laughter. I never saw her more. A Dentche Scientist on Woman. Schopenhauer, the German philosopher, had reached, with regard to women, a per fect view parallel to that of Carlyle toward man—namely, that all which is called pro gress and elevation has been in an evil way. As Carlyle held that the perfected social order for man is the rule ot the strong hand, or clublaw, so Schopenhauer held that the proper domestic order is absolute subjec tion for women. He argued that all the so called elevation of women has been only the inflation of the few into uselessness, at the cost of the greater degradation of the mass, also that the more woman has been elevated the more she has grown discon tented and unhappy. He held that this abnormal foisting of wo man degraded man, and thus resulted in de grading all that by keeping up .the dignity of man the race is elevated, and by letting down to an equality with woman the race is leveled downward also, that polygamy is necessary to man's dignity domestic hap piness, to the welfare of the race, and es pecially to a natural provision for all women. It is likely that some of the 6trong minded women of the present day will not assent to Schopenhauer's doctrine. A friend to her sex nas contributed her translation of extracts setting forth his views, which ares printed herewith: "Between men there is by nature only in difference but between women there is nat urally enmity." "When nature divided the human race in ITV n, nariz pegado, (There was a man attached to a nose,) Would be poor and colorless to paint it. This was no human nose it was a beet root, a corner-stone, an Egyptian pyramid. It is just to condemn everything unsea sonable, everything exaggerated, why is it that a law is not given against the exagger ation of noses? In the midst of the horror which thii mournful discovery caused me, I wanted to withdraw myself from the large-nosed mountain-girl, without incurring a rude re mark from her. I made incredible efforts toward some expression of gallantry. Im possible. If I could have had a mirror be fore me, I am sure I must have seen a fool ish face. Fortunately for me, the mountain girl— who doubtless had learned to resign herself to her deformity, likewise to all its effect— laughed quite good-humoredly, whether at my conflict, or at herself, I did not know. This gave me courage to rise, under the pretext of going to meet a friend. And, without daring to look at her again, I took my leave with a formal "Farewell, senor ita." Lie $r %k,JV' -'^SI S,jj, fe. A* nalvgs, she did not cany the incision di rectly through the middle. In all popular-* ity the distinction between the positive and negative poles is iiol only qualitative, one, but at the same time a quantitative. Thus have, the Oriental and ancient nations re garded the women, and have therefore, ac corded them, more correctly in just posi tion than \re with our antique French gal 'laatry and insipid woman veneration, that highest bloom ot Christian German idiocy, which has only earned this to make them so arrogant and inconsiderate that .one is sometimes reminded of the holy monkeys in Benares, who, in consciousness of their holiness and involability, considered every thing made for them." The European marriage la w, considering woman as the equal of man, proceeds from a false presumption." "In our own monogamian part of the world getting married means simply to hAve one's rights, and double one's duties. "When the laws invested women with equal rights to men, they should have also endowed them with a masculine under standing." "The more those rights aDd honors which the laws concede to women surmount her natural condition, so much the more do they limit the number of those women who really participate in the granted favors, and take from all the remaining women as much rights accorded by nature as they had given to the others, rights beyond what is natural. For in this abnormally advantageous posi tion, which the monogamian regulation and thereto subjoined marriage laws have made,, men hesitate to make so great a sacrifice, and enter upon so unequal a compact. While, therefore, among the polygamous nations every woman finds a support, among the monogamian the number .of marriage able women is limited and there remains a great number of females, who in the high er classes vegetate as useless old maids, but in the lower are pushed to hard and in adequate labor, or, All the here enumerated women pushed into such fear ful position are but an unavoidable balance to the European Lady, with her pretension and arrogance. For the female sex, con sidered, as a whole, polygamy is therefor© a benefit. "It is not to be intelligently disputed that a man whose wife is a chronic invalid, or childless, or who has become altogether too old for him, should take another. "In this way will woman be reduced to her just and natural position, as a subor dinate being and the LADY, that monster of European civilization and of Christian German idiocy, with her ridiculous preten sions to respect and honor, will be thrust out of the world, and there will remain only women, but no more unhapvy women with which Europe is now full." A HAPPY LAXD. One Country that Does Not Care for the OpSniou of the World. Venezuelan Cer. New York Times. In one respect Venezuela is a happy country. From its highest to its lowest, nobody here cares a bean for the opinion of the civilized world. Representatives abroad, especially if not really Venezuelans, but only such temporarily by virtue of in terest in holding consular or other offices in the gift of this government, may pretend that they do, but if Ihey were Venezuelans in fact they would not. A Venezuelan,who by family, means, official standing, and a varnish ©f good breeding (Frenchmen teach that here in schools,) might be supposed to be in the class which in other lands would be labeled "gentlemen," in conversation, one day, with the English consel at Puerto Cabbeilo spoke with approval of some pe culiarly monstrous and rascally regulation with reference to the rights of foreign commerce which he naturally hoped to see adopted by his government. "But," said Mr. Robert Conn, the consul in question, a fine Sir Roger De Ceverly sort of ian old English gentleman, "such a thing would be an outrage upon civiliza tion." "What in the name of all the devils do we care for the opinion of all the world?" responded the fine Venezuelan. "But civ ilized nations wouldn't stand it. They would send their ships of war here and batter down your town." "Bah! Let them oome. When they come the Venezue lan will take his girl a box of cigars and a bottle of brandy, and go into the woods. He will be safe. Let them batter down the town. Whose property will they destroy? Why, the houses of Englsih, and German, and Danish and French merchants. When they are gone the Venezuelan will come out of the woods. And I cannot think that even his Excel lency the President cares much more for foreign opinion, or he would not say such ridiculous things as he does in his message. to congress, leaving out of question alto gether his own course of life. His last message was not quite so funny as usual, yet it was a strain upon one's gravity to read him, seriously regretting that a pres sure of other business had preventing him from putting a stop to the fratricidal strife between Cmli and Peru. The message proceeding it in which he said: "Curacoa and Trinidad naturally belong to Venezuela, and must be hers. I have so far completed negotiations for the purchase of Curacoa that I may say it is virtually ours while as for Trinidad, it must eventually be qurs, by purchase or otherwise," was a much gay er production. Henry Ward Beecher's First Drink. Mr. R. Graham, secretary of Church of England temperance society, who is about to sail for England, was formally taken leave of at a meeting held the other night at Brooklyn, upon which occasion Mr. Beecher told this story of his first drink: He said it was not often the venerable Dr. Schenck was mistaken, but he was in that instance if he imagined'Mr. Beecher was not very weak. He should like nothing better than to have Dr. Schenck for a Bishop. He thought the Bishop would have a good time, and he was sure he would. He would be proud to be under Dr. Schenck, for he greatly admired him for his sterling qualities and his social capac ity, and for his liberality—within the bounds of his own church. [Laughter.] Mr. Beecher described the ministers'^ meet ings in his boyhood. It was a delightful time. It was a prospect of turkeys and pud dings. It was a delicious time when the ministers met in his father's house. There is no company you can find, said Mr. Beecher "like a band of good orthodox clergymen—such as you and I are, Dr. Schenck—met together to tell stories of which they are a portfolio. Well, when tiie time came for the ministers to meet at my father's house, I was sent out for pipes, tobacco and rum. My father was a most temperate man. I never saw him take drink of ardent spirits but once in my life.t and then he was sick—not after he drank it, but before. Wine was very scarce when I was a boy, and a companion and I saved enough money tobuy half a pint of wine. We got a couple of eggs and went down to tho meadow. We knew eggs and wine went to gether, and we ate the egg first and then drank the wine. It tastea so bad to me I thought the man had made a mistake and given me physio. So you see in my natural state, when my palate had tasted wine, I took it to be just what it is—medicine." Mr. Beecher spoke of the early beginnings of temperance, and showed that there was a universal craving for intoxicants. The effort to abolish the use them had to bo renewed in every age and among all prople. v.* ft «TT *r !f Jfe fer5! 14