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THE LARGEST DAILY NEWSPAPER I1V THE CITY.
THE t ARIUNGT ON PUBLISHING CO.
OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1884.
VOL. LII.
NO. 200.
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BARGAINS
And More Bargains.
OBSERVE FIRSTLY,
The wholesale cost of
all dry goods has been
lower this year than
ever before.
OBSERVE SECONDLY,
Our stock, bought at
these low prices, was
too large, and we
made greater reduc
tions than usual at this
season.
OBSERVE THIRDLY,
We were prepared to
expect some competi
tion at this closing
out time,andweknew
we could "stand the
racket," (excuse the
slang) as well as any
one, and set out with
the determination to
make our prices the
lowest without quali
fication THE LOWEST in
New Haven.
All the bargains in
DRESS GOODS,
All the bargains in
HOSIERY,
All the bargains in
SILKS,
All the bargains in
Men's Furnishings,
All the bargains in
PARASOLS,
All the bargains in
Fans and Notions,
All the bargains in
Everything Else,
CO
Z75'
CO
NEW BARGAINS
IN
ALL-SILK GRENADINES
SILK GLOVES,
HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES,
WHITE CAMBRIC TRIMMINGS,
PARASOLS,
IX
IN
IN
IN FANCY RIBBONS,
And in many other things
will be offered this week to
expedite the entire
CLOSING OUT
of summer goods and the
general and thorough reduc
tion of stock.
SMALLPOX
CAN BE REMOVED
c3 OO.,
London, Perfumers to Her Majesty the Queen, have
invented and patented the world-renowned
OBLITERATOR,
Which removes Smallpox Marks of however long
Bland i tig. The application is simple and harmless,
causes no inconvenience and contains nothing inju
rious. Send for particulars.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.
LEON & CO.'S "Depilotory"
Removes Superfluous Hair in a few minutes without
pain or unpleasant sensation never to grow again.
Simple and harmless. Full directions sent by mail.
Irice $1
GEO. W. SHAW, Gen. Agt.,
219 A TBEMONT STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
FRUIT BUYERS ATTENTION!
THURSDAY, JULY 24th.
The first lot of fine Watermelons, large size, at
35c each. Warranted to cut ripe.
A few Red currants to arrive this (Thursday)
mnrnitlC At 7t lh 41h ft r &.Vv
A few large ripe pines at lfic each. -'
IKJIOSS. NOTICE. I LESIONS.
Another lot of fine Juicy lemons, only 12o dozen.
Lemons were never so cneap in juiy nerore.
Red Astracan Apples for eating at 85c peck.
Pie Squash makes the finest pies, only 4c lb.
NOTICES . NOTICISI
Please bear in mind that the price quoted for fruit
and vegetables is subject to change, as we have to
buv everv dav and snail sen as low as ponHioie.
VliGHTADLKS. VEGETABLES.
New Sweet Corn to-day at 30c dozen.
x i... ..t.w,.; si so imp bushel. 40c neck.
Long Island Cabbage, tho largest you ever saw, 8
o 10c each. , , .
Native Beets, the handsomest In market, only 40
ounen.
Butter Deans and String Bean' only 35c peck.
Long Island Cucumbers 1 and 3c each.
KjllmcVi vanr 1vur
Java Rice, the finest cooking Rice in market,
COOks na whirA aa snnw OTllv fie lb.
Molasses at 35c and 45c gal, the best Ponce at 50c
gai.
I1ITTIII. BUTTER.
We never get tired of telling you about our
Creamery Butter. The quality is growing better
every week and trade constantly increasing, which
speaks for itoelf. Butter is higher, but we sell it
at 25c lb, 4)4 lbs for $1. 58 tubs to arrive to-day.
We receiveived 40 tubs last Thursday. How is that
for Butler And still another! Our Momaja Cof-
ree at oc lb. Try it; and donx forget
D. M. WELCH & SON,
Not. 28 and 30 Congress Avenue,
Try-West Haven Monday and Thursday, WestviUe
Monday and Tuesday. Jv24
eg&txattion.
CARGILL'S
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
847 Chapel Street.
Entries may be made for the Summer months at
reduced rates. Special facilities for ladies.
Apply for circular. jo20
Miss Fannie C. Howe.
CULTIVATION OF THE VOICE (Italian method)
and PIANO INSTRUCTION.
Charles T. Howe,
FLUTE AND PIANO INSTRUCTION,
108 CROWN STREET, NEAR TEMPLE STREET.
selStf
Greenwich Academy.
Usual Literary Courses, with Musical Institute and
Commercial College. Founded 1802. Both
sexes. Influences decidedly religious. Home care
and comforts. Charmingly located on Narragan.
sett Bay. and on direct route from New York to
Boston. Grand opportunities for salt water bathing
and boating. Terms moderate. Opens Sept. 1.
Catalogue free.
Rev. O. II. FERNALD, A. OT., Princi
pal, Eaat Greenwich, B. I.
iVt XT SIC,
P. A. FOWLER,
, TEACHER OF
PIANO, ORGAN and HARMONY.
AUSTIN BUILDING, 337 CHAPEL STREET,
Rooms 8 and 9.
A correct touch a specialty. an30tf
MY ANNUAL EXCURSION;!
TWICE A WEEK
TO SAVIN ROCK
FOR THE COLLECTION OF
LAOTDRY WORK
Will Commence After July 1
WAIT FOR THE WAGON.
If vouare going out oft own
FOR THE SUMMER
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS AT MY OFFICE
To have your Collars and Culls
Sent by Mail,
Thus Saving You Trouble.
THOHAS FORSYTH,
641 and 878 Chapel Street,
Hfcw Numbers.
Works near Neck Bridge.
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Horses and Carriages For Sale
and To Let.
Carriage Making in all its branches. Repairing
and painting a specialty. Anyone wishing to buy
or sell an outfit will find it to their advantage to
give us a call.
CITL.LOM & CO.
Je21tf 108 FRANKLIN STREET.
The International Express.
DIRECT TO
NEW YORK.
BOSTON,
PROVIDENCE,
MERIDEN.
HARTFORD,
RPRINGFIELD,
AND ALL POINTS NORTH,
SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
Prompt Delivery and Low Rates.
Office No. 31 Center Street
It. L. DUNNING, Agent.
febotf
GEORGE W. BUTTON,
ARCHITECT.
Fruit, Foreign and Domestic,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
mStf
1,075 Chapel Street.
TRUNKS, TRUNKS, TRUNKS,
BAGS ! BAGS ! BAGS !
A complete stock of Tourists'
Articles. The only exclusive trunk
store in the city. Trunks, Rags
and Sample Cases made to order.
Repairing a specialty. Old trunks
taken in exchange. Good Goods
at Low prices at
CROFUT & CO.'S,
210 Cbapel Stroot
BELOW THE BRIDGE.
W. B. TltJE WIIEIiliA,
MANUFACTURER OF MATTRESSES.
Hair, Cotton, Husk Excelsior; also Feather Beds,
Pillows, Bolsters, etc. Renovating Mattresses a
Specialty. Will call and deliver at residence in city.
Prices the Lowest. 81 EAST WATER STREET,
al7d6m New Haven, Conn.
Wells & Gunde,
Watchmakers and Jewelers.
Sole Agents in New Haven for the
Rockford Quick Train Watches
266 CHAPEL STREET.
REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS PROMPTLY DONE.
J.V10 . .
REMOVAL.
THE
NEW YORK BRANCH
LOAN OFFICE
NOW PERMAFENTLY LOCATED AT
42 Church Street.
MO FEY LOANED.
Liberal advances made on all kinds of personal
property.
Unredeemed Pledges
For sale at low prices.
Square Dealing With All.
SOLOMON FRY.
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Mrs. E. Jones Young,
DENTIST,
S3 Chapel,cor.Statc,Street R'd'g
Over Brooks & Co's Hat and Fur Store.
All work warranted.
Office hours from 9 a. m. to
5 p. m.
ja6.
B. k J. M.
57, 59 & 61 ORAMEST.,
FURNITURE DEALERS
AND
UNDERTAKERS,
Ilave the finest Painted Bedroom Suite in the city.
New Parlor Suits, Walnut Bedroom Suits.
The best Spring Bed for the money.
Splint, Rattan, Cane and Rush Seat Chairs in
great variety, as low as can be bought.
UNDERTAKING
promptly attended to, night or day, with care.
Bodies preserved without ice in the hast-, nmnner
Also Sole Agents for Washburn's Deodoring and
17 mi in rini r 1 11111.
A new lot of Folding Chairs and Stools to rent for
parties or funeral. jy8
CREAMERY BUTTERED
Martha Washington Brand.
Fifty Cases Just Received.
The trade supplied at factory prices by
J. D.DEWELL & CO.,
i Wholesale Grocers,
233 TO 239 STATE STREET.
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People's Dry Goods Store!
We Shall Continue Our
inner
UNTIL AUGUST 1st.
Previous to which time we shall daily offer
NEW AND DECIDED BARGAINS I
In every department of our store. As yet NONE
OF OUR COMPETITORS have begun to meet
the LOW PRICES at which we are selling our
goods. Every lady in this vicinity will find it for
her interest to visit our store daily and inspect the
bargains we shall offer during the next ten days
READ LOCALS.
PROCTOR, MAMIE k CO.,
837 Chapel Street.
READY-MIXEE PAINTS,
AIL SHADES!
Artist Materials,
Chamois Shins,
Spoil gres,
Carriage Top Dressing,
Cotton Waste.
THOMPSON & BELDEN.
396 AND 398 STATE STREET,
COURIER BUILDING.
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SPECIAL NOTICE. j
JAMES C McAIPINE j
Resnectfullv informs his friends and the public
that after an association of eighteen years with the '
ii rm oe j . is. a.iki5 x & son, nas openea tne score ,
90 CHAPEL. STREET,
next to the Boston Grocery Store, and feels confi
dent from thirty years'1 experience in London, Eng
land, and this city, in the actual making and repair
ing of flue watches that he is qualified to give satis
faction and he hopes by strict attention to business
and moderate charges to merit a share of theirpat
ronage. ml7tf
GROCEltlES AND MEAT.
Bargains! Bargains!
A larc-a assortment of veeetables and fruits re
ceived fresh every morning at very low prices.
FLOUR. FLOUR.
Best New Process Down to $7 Per Bl.
Finest Creamery Butter, 4 lbs for $1.
Finest Cream Cheese, 14c per lb.
Bananas 25c per dozen.
2 packages steam prepared Oatmeal, 25c.
Creamery Buttered Flour for sale here.
A choice Mixed Candy 14c per lb, 8 lbs $1.
Finest quality Lard 12c, 91bs SI.
Granulated and other Sugars at botton prices.
The finest Tea for 60c per lb.
The finest Java Coffee, 28c lb.
MEAT MARKET COKKECTED.
JNone but prime meat kept.
Bottom Prices. Terms Cash.
J". H. KEAKNEY,
Elm City Ch Grocery,
74 AND 76 CONGRESS AVE., CORNER HILL ST.
GRATEFUL COMFORTING.
EPFS' COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
"Rv a. thoroue-h knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and nutri
tion, and by a careful application of the fine proper-t.it-c
of wpll-l(ctd Oonoa. Mr. Edds has Drovided
our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored bev
erage which may save us many heavy doctors1 bills.
It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that
a constitution may be grradually built up until strong
enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hun-
areas or suDtuemaiaaiesare noaungaruunuus retuiy
to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may
escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well
fortified with pnre blood and a properly nourished
frame." Civil Service Gazettee.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold in
tins only (1-2 lb and lb) by Grocers, labled thus:
JAA1JS JrrT & to., iiomceopauuc tjnemisis,
au7tues& wediy London, England.
THE EDDY REFRIGERATOR
FOR FAMILY USE,
The nlace to And the best Refrigerator is to know
where the Eddy is sold. That is just perfect in
every respect. Sold by
SILAS GAL.POT,
us 360 State Street.
ELECTRICITY IS LIFE.
Whv will nnl nlinc to the ahsurh idea that thev
must take medicine? Electricity will reach, where
medicine nas railed, as id years' experience nas
proved. If you are troubled with Catarrh, or Neural
gia, or Rheumatism, Throat or Lnng Troubles, Gen
eral uemiity, neaoacne, luoney uisease, cry
ELECTRICITY.
Go and see Dr. Cummines. His method differs
from all others. His success is wonderful.
Ladies treated successfully. Ladies can consult
with the Doctor's wife afternoons. Consultation
free.
DR. J. W. CUMMINGS,
No 4 Church Street.
1S WOOD'S BLOCK.
STRAW HATS
50cto $2.00
MACKWAWS,
MANILLAS,
ALL THE LATEST.
MEWS FURNISHINGS.
TRUNKS. . TRUNKS.
KILB0URN & CO'S, 816 Chapel St.
ATOREW GOODMAN,
OLD NO. 88 CROWN ST.,
NEW JV0S. 160, 162 CROWN
EGGS ? EGGS ! ! 1 I .
22c per. doz, 5 doz. $1
3 lb cans Tomates 7c, 4 for 25.
Winslow Jones' Succotash, 13c can, 2 tor 25c
Columbia River Salmon 15c per can.
Quart bottles new Maple Syrup, pure, 85c.
13 lbs Granulated Sugar, standard, SI.
15 lbs XC Sugar, standard, $1
Fine Old Government Java Coffee, per lb 25c
Pine Oolong and Japan Tea, per lb, 40c.
Extra large Queen Olives, 45c per bottle.
1 bag best Flour $1.
I bag nice Family Flour, 85c.
Early Rose Potatoes, per bushel, 45c
New Bermuda Onions 8c per quart.
Sweet Oranges 25c per doz.
Fine Butter 25c per lb, 4 1-2 lbs $1.
New Orleans Molasses 60c per gallon.
. k 10 can unemes juc, a ror c.
Good many more bargains. Call and see us.
Goods dalivered to any part of the citv.
FINE WINES, SHERRIES AND BfiANDIES.
ANDREW GOODMAN,
New Son. 160 and 162 Crown St.
GOODMAN'S BUILDING, FOUR DOORS FROM
all CHURCH STREET.
Cleani-Oi
Sale
Lowell, Mass., February 21, '84-.
For a long time, and from some
unknown cause. I have been troub
led with a lame back, also a tired
feeling on arising in the morning.
I bought a bottle of Burdock Blood
Bitters and before it was used my
back was much better, as well as
my whole system. I think it a fine
medicine.
F. H. Cilley.
Providence, R. I., April 4-, '84-.
I have been troubled with Dyspep
sia for four years and coula not
get relief: finally tried Burdock
Blood Bitters and received im
mediate relief. It is a splendid
medicine for Dyspepsia.
Chas. R. Sweet,
No. 65 William street.
Parkersburg,W.Va., March 4,'84.
I have been using Burdock Blood
.Bitters tor oons ana sores on my
face, and by using the Burdock
have removed all eruptions so that
my face is clear; this was done in
a remarkably short time, little
over one week.
Chas. Andersok.
Lancaster, Pa., March 3, '84.
For many years I have been
troubled with Bilious Disorder to
the extent that I was scarcely ever
without asevere headache at night.
I was restless and seldom enjoyed
a comfortable night's sleep." A
short time ago I commenced the
use of Burdock Blood Bitters; my
headache disappeared and I have
no more sleepless nights.
Mrs. Daniel. H. Herr.
jyS8d&wlw
University of Bitpalo,
Laboratory of Chemistry, Corner Main and
Virginia streets,
Buffalo, N. Y., May 26, 1883.
Messrs. A. Heller & Bro.:
Gentlemen I have carefully analyzed the sam
ples of Hungarian Wines submitted to me by you,
and find them to be perfectly pure, unwatered, un
fortified, unadulterated in every sense. They are,
moreover, most pleasing to the palate, and possess
qualities which render them very valuable as mild
stimulants.
I am, gentlemen,
Yours most respectfully,
R. A. WITTHAUS, A. M., M. D.
Prof, of Physiological Chemistry, University of
New York.
Prof, of Chemistry and Toxicology, University of
Buffalo.
Prof, of Chemistry and Toxicology, University of
Vermont.
I am Sole Agent in the New Eng
land States
FOR THE IMPORTING HOUSE OF
A. HELLER & BRO.,
BUDA PEST AND NEW YORK.
I keep in stock all grades of
HUNGARIAN WINES,
Including the celebrated TOKAY WINES.
H. J. REYNOLDS,
Nos. 152 & 154 Crown St.
Xew Haven, Conn.
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Elastic Hose.
DKNEE CAPS, ANKLETS AN
ARM PIECES.
Silk Abdominal Supporters.
For the relief of corpulency, enlarged veins and
weak joints. Since we commenced the manufac
ture of the above, using only fresh imported stock,
we are able to furnish the best fitting and most dur
able goods that can be made. A fact that our regu
lar customers do not fail to appreciate.
OUR STOCK OF TRUSSES
Manufactured especially for our retail trade, in
cludes almost every form of Truss of any value in
market, which with our facilities for making to or
der special appliances and long experience in the
treatment of Hernia, enables us to guarantee relief
and comfort to every one needing support.
Personal attention given to the selection and
proper adjustment of all appliances.
E. L. Washburn, M. D.,
84 Oil U -H.OJdL
AND
61 ST.,
BENEDICT BUILDING. '
DEPOT CARS PASS THE DOOR. jylO
Hipm Wines.
Large Invoice
OF
GOSSAMER CLOAKS
TO BE SOLD
For the Next Thirty Days,
EACH AT 95 CENTS.
AT THE
GOODYEAR RUBBER STORE,
73 Church Street,
CORNER CENTER. S
Opposite the Postofflce.
P. C. TUTTLE,
Proprietor.
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Wednesday, July SO, 1884.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES G. BLAINE, of Maine.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN A. LOGAN, of Illinois.
A PROBLEM FOR BANKERS.
TheT4jnerican Bankers' association is to
hold its annual convention at Saratoga on the
13th and 14th of next month, and the meet
ing bids fair to be unusually interesting.
Among the subjects for discussion suggested
are: The causes of the recuperative strength
of our finance and commerce, the perils and
safeguards of our banking system, the rela
ion of the banks to the treasury, the present
aspects of the silver question, the indications
of the foreign demand for our securities, the
prospective exports and the international ex-"
changes, the decline in the rate of interest,
the changes in the basis of bank circulation,
tho comparative growth of national, State and
private banks in various sections of the coun
try, the fluctuations in the treasury balance
of gold and silver, the later tendencies of
usury penalties, the best means of obtaining
sound bankruptcy legislation, the guaranties
against def alcation and breaches of trust, the
grtwth of direct trade between the West and
Europe, with its influence on American banks
and their methods, the proposed improve
ments in bills of lading, the lessons from the
recent panic comparing it with former mone
tary perturbations before and since the war.
If the bankers discuss all or many of these
subjects they will have enough to do. But
the Worcester Spy suggests another subject
which might well engage their attention. It
is this: With what form of security will it
be best to replace the deposit of national
bonds as a guaranty for the circulation of
our national batiks? These bonds are now so
much reduced in amount and so high in
price that the bank circulation under the
present limitation yields scarcely any profit.
They are redeemed at the rate of a hundred
millions a year, and the time is not far dis
tant when it will be impossible -for the banks
to obtain them. The Spy says: It should
not be too great a task for the wisdom of the
associated bankers to devise some substi
tute for the present plan of securing the
circulation of the banks which will be
equally safe and always available. Of course
we are not ignorant that several schemes
have been proposed for this purpose, but we
believe none of them has received the ap
proval of the banking interest. If their as
sociation can agree upon some scheme which
commands the confidence of all, it might,
before the bonds are exhausted, be accepted
by congress. But financial legislation of im
portance makes slow headway in congress,
and it requires tnree or lour years at least to
get it understood, and as many more to get
it safely past the obstructions of prejudice
and demagogism and the pressure of political
measures.
This suggestion is well worth the attention
of the bankers. The national bank system
must of course be retained and some solu
tion of the circulation problem must be
found.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Republican State convention is to be
held in this city August 20. It will nomi
nate a State ticket and presidential electors,
and will also appoint a State committee.
The phylloxera, which has appeared in
Boumania, is spreading rapidly and the vine
growers of that country are much distressed.
The disease was introduced in a vine smug
gled in from France in violation of the most
stringent precautions that have been taken
by the government.
The shipment of buffalo bone3 from the
plains of the West to eastern phosphate fac
tories has largely increased recently, because
of the reduction in the trunk line freight
rates. Thousands of buffalo skeletons are
gathered up by the bone men on the prai
ries, especially in the valley of the Arkansas,
every season. One Philadelphia manufactu
rer alone received in the course of the last
two months over 200 car loads. Delivered
at the factory the bones are worth $25 a
ton.
It is not often that the supply of female
school teachers does not equal the demand.
But a great dearth of such teachers for the
public schools of London is reported, and
the number of vacancies is increasing, while
applications for the places have ceased to
come in. The unnecessary severity of the
preliminary examinations now required is
given as the reason, and it is reported to be
frightening women entirely away from this
field of labor, which they have so long occu
pied. Some of the Italian papers are demanding
a return to the death penalty on the score of
economy. "Lifers" have, it is urged, their
lives actually prolonged by the kind care the
government takes of them. Such prisoners
are not assailed by the troubles which befall
men mingling in the battle of life, and have
no other occupation than to eat repasts which
they know will never fail them. They thus
lead a regular life, protected from the ex
cesses which abridge human existence, and
it has been found that prisoners for life live
to an age far beyond that of other prisoners.
John S. Kountz, of Toledo, Ohio, the new
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army, is
the youngest commander ever elected. He
has a good war record. When fifteen years
old he went out with the Thirty-seventh Ohio
regiment as a drummer boy, and at the battle
of Mission Ridge he quit drumming, took a
musket and fought until badly wounded, and
was picked up, the nearest Union soldier to
the Confederate line. In the battle he lost
his left leg. On his return home he attend
ed school for a year or two, and afterward
held important county offices. In 1866 he
became one of the charter members of For
syth post in Tofcdo, and in his State has oc
cupied all the important positions from post
adjutant to department commander.
Hebrews do pretty well in Franoe. It ap
pears from an annual published in Paris that
two Hebrews sit in the Senate, three in the
Chamber, four in the Council of State and
two in the Supreme Council of Public Edu
cation. One cabinet minister, M. David
Raynal, is a Hebrew, and so are no less than
ten chiefs of ministerial departments, who
are probably more powerful than ministers.
Three prefects are Hebrews, seven sub-prefects
and four inspectors-general of educa
tion. The same community furnishes two
generals of division, three generals of brig
ade, four colonels and nine lieutenant-colonels,
one judge of the Court of Cassation (the
President), and ten provincial judges.
The government steamer Tallapoosa has
board for experimental purposes one of Edi
son's inventions, called the megaphone, which
is nothing more nor less than a machine for
magnifying sound, a sort of telescope for the
ear. The purpose of it is to enable a person
to hear or carry on a conversation with peo
ple at a distance, and it is constructed of two
huge cone-shaped tubes eight feet long and
three in diameter at the large end, which
diminish to an apex in form of rubber tubes
small enough to be placed in the ear. Be
tween these tubes are twd smaller ones, con
structed in the same manner, but not more
than half the diameter. By placing the rub
ber tubes in the ear and speaking through
the smaller cones the person can hear and be
heard at a long distance, and the purpose of
the invention is to aid mariners in listening
for the sound of breakers or carrying on con
versation with people on shore or on other
vessels at a distance. The officers of the
Tallapoosa are to give it a trial.
The New York Independent, which is now
doing all it can to help Cleveland and Hen
dricks, did not think very well of Mr. Hen
dricks once. These are some of the phrases
which the Independent applied to Mr. Hen
dricks on July 13, 1876: "A Copperhead of
the worst type;" "had no sympathy with the
government in its death struggle with the re
bellion;" "opposed to the Constitutional ab
olition of slavery, to the granting of civil
rights to the colored man and to his enfran
chisement;" "as to the currency question,
the mildest thing that can be said of him is
that he is a two-faced trimmer;" "being a
bidder for the Presidential nomination, he
had no principles which he would not throw
to the dogs in order to gain his end." Hav
ing stated the facts, the Independent summed
up as follows: "We hold that no man who
was false to his country during the war, and
whose conduct proves him to be the enemy
of equal rights, ought to be trusted with the
powers and duties of the Vice Presidency.
Such a public record as that of Mr. Hen
dricks ought to secure his rejection.
We do not wonder that Carl Schurz should,
in the Westliche Post, designate the whole
thing as a 'humbug.' The American people
are not at all likely to be humbugged by a trick
of words, in the absence of things."
FIZZLES.
A violent war on soda fountains has been
instituted in New York. The whole affair
will probably be a fizzle. Boston Post.
The lights of other days were not so good
as the lights of the present; but the livers
were better. New Orleans Picayune.
Additional hot springs have been found in
Arkansas bv dietrine, but up this wav it is
hard work to dig up a hot summer. Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
The young man who has experienced a
cool reception when visiting his best girl can
sympathize with the sufferings of Arctic ex
plorers. St. Paul Herald.
Clausa writes to inquire: "What has given
woman the reputation of being such a great
talker!" We don't know, Clausa, unless it
is her mouth. Yonkers Statesman.
A Tennessee husband whipped his wife
merely for washing potatoes in his Sunday-go-to-meeting
plug hat. He might have hung
her if she had brushed the hat the wrong
way. N. Y. Journal.
'Don't you admire the range of my mind?"
asked a literary woman of her husband.
'No," was the frank reply, "the kitchen
range possesses a great deal more attraction
tor me." Burlington Hiee Press.
Young Snifkins is so madly in love with
Amelia Popinjay that when she confided to
him the other evening that she adored black
eyes, he stole away and hired a stalwart
young Irishman to decorate his countenance
with those ornaments, at fifty cents an eye.
Boston limes.
' 'I say, Jimmy, yer at wary hard luck, an'
I feel sorry for yer," said a small boy to a
companion. "Wat's de matter? I hain't
got no hard luck." "Do yer mean to say
yer don't know wot's goin' on up up at yer
house?' JNo, 1 ain t neara notnin'. wnat
is it!" "Dere's a man unloadin' cord wood
in de lane." New York Sun.
Chicago husband I am shocked, my dear,
that you should waltz with that stranger; the
idea of letting a man you never saw before
put his arm around you in that style. Wife
should not have done it, love, only 1 found
after a few moments' conversation that I
formerly knew him." "Indeed!" "Yes; he
was one of my early husbands." Philadel
phia Call.
"How glorious it is to be engaged in a
purely intellectual occupation," murmured a
Boston maiden, gazing rapturously into the
admiring eyes of a country editor; "your own
mental faculties for tools and the whole .uni
verse for a workshop. Now, tell me," she
added, ' 'what do you find the most difficult
thing connected with your noble profession?"
Paying the nands, said tne editor. uolum-
bus Dispatch. .
"Yes," said the noted detective, "I have
seen a great many queer things in my experi
ence." "Discovered a great many gigantic
frauds, I suppose?" ventured an admirer.
'Well, 1 should say so," was the reply.
'But, between you and me, the most com
plete piece of deception I ever' saw was a
woman, young, pretty, and I would have
sworn that she was an angel." "But she
wasn't?"' "I should say not. She has a
temper like a whirlwind, and when she gets
mad the very earth seems to shake." "Good
gracious! and how did yon manage to get
down to her true character?" "Well, I
ahem the fact is, I married her." Christian
at Work.
Mrs. Pulver, wife of the keeper of the
Litchfield county home for pauper children,
died at the home in East Canaan last Sunday
after a lingering illness.
The races this week in Willimantic will be
held at the Fair association grounds, and will
call out a large number of trotters, some of
which have a national reputation. It is ex
pected that they will be well attended, and
good trotting will be the chief feature of the
meeting. The date is August 1st and 2d,
purse $150 in each class, $75 first, $50 second
and $25 third.
The Canfield Rubber company of Middle
town has bought a lot of land in Bridgeport
and is building a shop there.
A man was arrested at Danbury Tuesday
while trying to kidnap a six-year-old girl
named Carrie Cooper, daughter of James W.
Cooper. Robert Lewis, a neighbor, saw him
chasing her and interfered, and with others
captured him. He gave the name of Thomas
Newy. Upon searching his trunk at his boarding-place
a sum of money in unsoiled bank
bills was found, with several confederate bills
and a bank-book of the West Side Savings
bank of New York, bearing the name of
Frank A. Dougherty. Mr. Kapp, with whom
the man boarded, said he came there Friday
night and gave his name as Dougherty from
New York. He is about fifty years old.
The Putnam correspondent of the Norwich
Bulletin writes: The canary bird fancier
Turgeon, the one who fancied birds belong
ing to other parties, was tried and fined, but
his case was appealed by his counsel, some
of our atorneys not being quite clear, it is
said, as to whether singing birds called cana
ries were property or not.
One of the New London Salvation Army
was arrested Sunday afternoon for singing on
the street contrary to police orders. Sixteen
others of the Army insisted on being locked
up with him and were gratified in their de
sire. More summer boarders than usual are in
New Canaan this season. The Warner house,
which is full to overflowing, has among its
guests ex-Mayor Weasels and Joel Farist
with their families of Bridgeport.
AROUND THE WORLD.
A JTonraey In Northern Palestlne
BoMxm - Novel Procenlons Dwell-
r in Tombs-tanurla-Soim of ttie
Interesting; Incidents Connected
With It Sothan-A Thrilling Night
In Jeiiln Ou the Plain of Esdraelon
JTezreel Naboth's Vineyard A Be'
markable Landscape Dirty Shnnem
Naln and Endor ITIount Tabor.
Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, June 18.
To the Editor of the Journal and Courier :
One cannot hope to say much of anything
about northern Palestine in a single newspa
per letter, and rather than attempt to cover
a great deal of ground superficially, I shall
simply essay to describe a single journey of
two days as typical of the whole. We left
Nablons, the modern representative of an
cient Sheckem, at three o'clock yesterday
morning. The journey from Jerusalem
thither had been through a wild, desolate
country such as would give any Occidental
the blues of the most azure description in
five minutes. As we emerged from Sheckem
the country improved visibly, though still
unworthy of even a moiety of gush. The
country in that vicinity had a reputation m
ijiDle times tor Dngandage, and this attrib
ute seems to have been handed down reli
giously through all the ages. Mr. Floyd
pointed out the camping ground where he
had pitched the tents of the H. M. Field
party a few years ago, and related to me the
ciroumstances of a burglary whereby a ladv
m tne party lost several nundred dollars'
worth of jewelry, which was never recovered,
and letters or credit lor a good many hun
dreds of pounds sterling, which were after
wards found a few rods away from the tent.
Of course the articles were stolen by the mil
itary guard, and shared with the sheikh or pa-
sna, so that restitution was out or tne ques
tion. I noticed that the fellahm at work in
the fields were in many cases armed, and that
a band was always left behind in the village
to protect it against isedomn invasion. So.
also, the shepherds who were driving their
nocks along tne road either carried a gun
over their shoulders or picked up a rock and
held it menacingly as we approached.
At on place a couple or men were engaged
m harvesting wheat by the roadside. Ave
reined up for a short rest and Mr. Floyd in
quired in Arabic, "Is that fine field of wheat
yours?" "It's none of your business whose
it is," was the surly reply. We did not stop
to parley away further, as both of the rob
bers were doubtless armed. The peasants
are always courteous, because expectant of
bucksheesh; while the robbers frankly an
nounce their unfriendly character at the out
start. The only thing to be done was for
Mr. Floyd to report the matter at the next
village.
The processions or reliahm going to the
fields just at the breaking of the dawn were
quite novel in appearance. Nearly every wo
man carried a cradle containing her sleeping
infant balanced on her head, unsupported by
either hand. In fact the women seemed to
do all the lugging of whatever description.
The men carried miserable sickles, with which
they hacked at tiny handfuls of the grain,
but pulled most of the stalks up, roots and
all, by means of the left hand. The sheep
in some of the fields were almost numberless,
and were all equipped with ears from one
foot to eighteen inches long.
frequently mountains or solid rock were
perforated with openings, which Mr. Floyd
said were tombs. To this day the natives
hew out such mountain tombs in some places.
Once or twice I saw people dwelling in these
ancient caverns, just as they do in the Pot
ters' Field at Jerusalem. Then it flashed
upon me what was meant by the passages in
the gospels which speak of the two Gada
renes, or Gergesenes, who were possessed of
devils and "wore no clothes, neither abode
in any house, but in the tombs." As I look
over across this blue sheet of water to the
rocky bluffs on the other side, it all seems as
natural as though 1 were witnessing the epi
sode. Even had the men been in full pos
session of all their powers they might have
dwelt in sepulchral abodes.
When Ebal and Gerizim had been put ten
miles behind us we reached the hill upon
which are the ruins of that storied city, Sa
maria. The hill is isolated and conspicuous,
rising by terraces some 600 feet above the
level of the encircling valleys. The modern
village is very insignificant. Josephus says
that it received its name of Sebastia from
Herod in honor of Augustus. The city has
been sacked and plundered times without
number. Upon its extreme summit Ahab
had his famous ivory palace, and this acro
polis constituted the capital of the ten tribes
until they were carried captive into Assyria.
The modern remains, which are the finest I
have seen in the Holy Land outside of Jeru
salem, only date back nominally to the time
of Herod, of course; but it is doubtless true
that Herod employed much or the material
of former ages in creating his splendid struc
tures; in which event the debris represents a
pre-Herodian antiquity. Against the city for
its idolatry Micah and Hosea launched forth
the invectives of prophecy: "I will make
Samaria as a heap of the field and as plant
ings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the
stones thereof into the valley and I will dis
cover the foundations thereof." "Samaria
shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled
against her God; they shall fall by the Bword;
their infants shall be dashed in pieces," etc.
There have been numerous literal fulfillments
of these predictions. Looking down into
the valleys, as we rode around the hill, we
frequently discerned broken columns and
building rubbish.
We rode completely around the hill, a cir
cuit of about two miles, tracing the remains
of Herod's magnificent colonnade. There
were evidently four rows of columns clear
around the hill supporting a porch above.
The porch has vanished, but a great many of
the massive columns are still standing. Oth
er pillars are broken in two, lie prostrate or
are utilized in the construction of stone
walls. We counted nearly one hundred, and
Mr. Floyd says that the great majority have
either been destroyed by the natives or cart
ed away to Europe to occupy niches iu mu
seums. The level plaee at the extreme top
of the hill was adorned by sixteen very large
columns. It was doubtless in the general
enclosure that the great temple of Baal stood,
which was utterly destroyed by Jehu, after
he had received the heads of Ahab's seventy
sons in baskets at the gate of Jezreel, and
mercilessly slaughtered all the priests of Baal,
as recorded in the tenth chapter of 2d Kings.
It was very near Samaria that Elisha dwelt
when the horses and chariot of Naaman, the
Damascene leper, halted before the door of
his humble home. Now, as then, leprosy
holds carnival in Damascus, and is regarded
as incurable as it was by the King of Israel,
when he rent his clothes under the impres
sion that the audacious Naaman was a tool of
Benhadad's to pick a quarrel with him.
Grasping, penurious Gehazi was made to in
herit the leprosy of the Syrian captain, which
"should cleave unto his seed forever." Per
haps some of the modern Nablous lepers are
the inheritors of this fearful legacy of Geha
zi. My impression is that it was dreadfully
stupid of Naaman to put confidence in the
word of a native like Gehazi. Elisha's per
sistent refusal of gifts must also have been
phenomenal.
What terrible agony there must have been
in Samaria during that memorable siege of
the indefatigable Benhadad. After having
traveled through the Orient it does not seem
at all incredible to me that the people resort
ed to doves' dung for food, until it actually
became a costly luxury (2d Kings, 6:25.)
Not only did Elijah and Elisha work won
ders in Samaria, but even the apostles
wrought miracles and preached there. The
revival which was started by Philip, who
far eclipsed the witcheries exercised by Si
mon the Sorcerer, induced the apostles who
had remained behind in Jerusalem to rein
force him by sending Peter and John thither.
Then was the Holy Ghost given which Simon
sought to buy with money (the first impulse
of an Oriental when he thinks there is no
chance of getting a thing as a free gift.) We
were shown the ruins of an interesting cathe- '
dral known as the Church of St. John, in
which it is claimed (preposterously) the be
loved disciple met his death. Apart from
this foolish assumption, the ruins were arch
itecturally interesting.
The next site of historical interest which
we passed was the hill where the Biblical Do
than stood. There were no traces of modern
habitations. At the base of the hill was a
copious fountain where we watered our
horses, forcing them in among a herd of lean
eowsi that crowded about the pool. This
fountain is reputed to be the one at which
Joseph's brethren were wont to water their
flocks; and near by was a rather questionable
"pit," into which the "dreamer" might have
been cast possibly was. 'It was a pleasant
surprise to me to learn that the hill of Do
than, or Tell Dothaim, is very close now to
the great highway from Gilead to Egypt.
The modern Ishmaelites, it need scarcely be
said, are also just the kind of people who
would make a salable commodity of any
Joseph or Charlie Ross of whom they might
gain possession. I will not wade into the
sloughs through which so many have floun
dered in trying to solve the "Balm of Gil
ead" question.
.It was at Dothan that Elisha was, tempo
rarily sojourning when Benhadad sent a
great host, with horses and chariots, to
take him, because he revealed unto the
king of Israel even the bed-chamber
thoughts of the Syrian monarch. Poor Ge
hazi, who seems to mo to have been "some
thing of a clown, then had a dreadful
scare; but recovered a little when he saw
how his master had the people smitten
with blindness and led them back to Sa
maria like so many sheep!
we pusned on to Jenin, a village inter
esting only as being mentioned in Joshua
19:21 and 21:29, where we were to lodge
for the rest of the day and that night. Je
nin is the bugbear of those who do not trav
ei tnrougn jraiestine in tents, mere is no
convent there, and none near enough so as to
divide the journey equably between Nablous
and labor. Accordingly we had to lodge in
the house of a native, as many hundreds have
done belore us m the same despicable town.
We selected one of the most decent places
and then concluded to sleep outdoors in the
yard! Never shall I forget that night in Je
nin. It was as thrilling an experience as was
ever any encounter with wild Indians on the
American frontier. Among the long cata
logue or our enemies were cats, dogs, bray
ing donkeys, fleas, mosquitoes, gnats, sand
flies and nameless other tormentors too nu
merous to mention. The place fairly swarmed
with cats, which -seemed determined to keep
the rats away from us at least, as I was re
minded a score oi times when some indig
nant Tabby cantered across my face in pur
suit of a fleeing rodent. The fleas, and es
pecially the m visibla sandflies, were pestifer
ous in the extreme. Every twenty minutes
a tarnished dog would hobble in on three
, sniff at our countenances, and then
hold his nose meditatively aside, as if actu
ally sampling us. Overhead through the
hovering clouds of virulent moBquitoes we
could oecasionallv catch climpses of the calm
blue sky.
1 he next morning we were glad to arise
early, for we had a big day's work before us.
With difficulty we tore ourselves awav from
our hospitable host, who was earnestly ar-.
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JllupWJtlUU LUUt A UUgilL IU glVO
him my watch and chain, or at least a few
gold sovereigns as bucksheesh, and five min
utes later debouched into the plam of Es-
draelon. Away in the remote distance ahead
of us loomed lip Little Hermon, Tabor and
Gilboa. To the left was the Carmel range,
extending clear to the German colony of
Haifa on the seacoast. On the top of one of
the peaks we could see the convent said to be
erected on the site of the Place of Sacrifice
where Elijah wrought so mightily. Iu the
same range Mr. Floyd pointed out to me To
anach and Megiddo, mentioned in Judges fre
quently. This plain is the battle ground of
Palestine. It might be made to support a
large population and yield most abundantly
but for Bedouin invasions. We passed through
many wheat fields that did honor to the soil;
but the major part of the plain is uncultiva
ted for the reason that no man feels sure of
his crop when it is grown. We saw the
black skin tents of these arrant thieves
pitched in several places. Alas, when oh
when will Palestine be freed from the oppres
sion of Turks and the cupidity of wandering
tribes! To add to the confusion the families,
particularly of Jenin, are always wrangling
and squabbling among themselves.
1 shall alwavs remember Jezreel with grat
itude, for the reason that there the monotony
of riding through Palestine was varied by an
exciting rooster fight on the top of one of the
mud houses. The modern village is a most
wretched aggregation of filthv hovels of mud,
situated on an eminence in the midst of the
plain. Several large fields of tobacco and
great piles of decaying manure alone served
to make the place otherwise memorable. In
stead of enriching the sterile soil with this
manure, the natives pile it up in their door
yards to breed disease. Yet once there must
have been some tolerably decent buildings
there, for we read that the fastidious Ahab
and his ambitious and unscrupulous queen
Jezebel used to live here. Thither rode that
daring rebel Jehu along the valley to the
north, and audaciously smote Jehoram "with
his full strength, commanded the death of
Ahaziah, king of Judah, and finally trod un
der foot the mangled body of painted Jeze
bel, which had been cast down from an up
per window by.the eunuchs." This course of
Jehu, as well as his subsequent conduct at
Samaria, prove him to have been one of the
most recklessly courageous of revolutionists.
I could easily understand how several mes
sengers might have been sent successively to
meet the furious driver as he came across the
plain; and their every motion could have
been distinctly watched by the watchman.
After several readings of the twenty-first
chapter of First Kings, and other passages
bearing upon the subject, I find myself in
inextricable perplexity as to where Naboth's
vineyard was that Ahab coveted and finally
procured through the Jezreelite's death. Un
fortunately I have no commentaries at hand
in this out-of-the-way place, and am at a loss
to understand whether the field was in Jez
reel or Samaria. The latter part of the
twenty-second chapter seems to be directly at
variance with the twenty-first. God post
poned the full weight of the curse for one
generation. It is possible, therefore, that
Naboth was slain near the pool of Samaria
and that chapter xxi, verse 38, is a fulfill
ment, chapter xxi, verse 19, in which event
Second Kings, ix, 25, is a complete fulfill
ment of the deferred sentence This would
put the vineyard near Jezreel, and would in
volve two "repentances" on the part of Je
hovah. Evidently either view may be
"proved" from the Bible.
To Jezreel it was that Elijah came after
his memorable sacrifice on Carmel, being
pnrsued by Ahab all the way. So, also,
scores of other interesting facts are recorded
of this now shabby town.
Standing on the hill-top and looking off
over the Plain of Jezreel to the north, the
landscape was the most remarkable one his
torically which I have viewed since descend
ing the" great pyramid. To the right were
the mountains of Gilboa, the highest peak
being covered wtth a rank growth of cactus,
enclosing a mud-village, and the sides being
wholly destitute of vegetation. Some peo
ple love to regard this as a fulfillment of Da
vid's lament: "Ye mountains of Gilboa, let
there be no dew, neither let there be rain
upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there
the shields of the mighty were vilely cast
away." As dew and rain fall as of yore on
Gilboa, the fulfillment is at best only par
tial. David's lament was purely poetical,
to my mind, like many other similar pas
sages in the Bible which many good peo
ple strive to make unnecessarily significant.
To the right, glistening in the morning
sun just north of Gilboa, was Gideon's
Fountain, where the three hundred lapped
water. What a remarkable campaign that
was against the thieving Midianites! The
"children of the East" were even more
troublesome then than now, so that the peo
ple had to dwell in caves for security. Oh
for some modem Gideon!
"Directly across the plain to the north was
Shunem, where the Philistines were encamped
in that last melancholy engagement in which
the beauty of Israel was slain upon the high
places." Saul was over there at the base of
Gilboa, but so nervously apprehensive was
he that he took his horse and rode past Shu
nem around the corner of yonder mountain to
Endor, there to consult the ill-divining witch.
It was,of course, hazardous in the extreme to
ride thus across an open plain; but I suppose
his disguise and the intensity of the darkness
protected him from observation, although he
rode so near the enemy s camp. An, ne must
have been still more apprehensive as he rode
back pondering over the awful oracle which
had been declared unto him by the shade of
Samuel. How painful the contrast between
this wretched apostate Saul and the timid
lad who had hid himself "in the stuff" on his
coronation day! The battle went against him
as the spirit of Samuel had prophesied, and
retreating up the mountain, "upon the high
places" as David puts it, he fell upon his own
sword, and ended his miserable career!
In the distance down the vallev toward the
Jordan, I could just discern Bethshan, whith
er the remains of Saul and his three sons
were ignobly dragged. (First Samuel,
81:10 13.) There are the ruins of an ancient
amphitheatre there, Mr. Floyd says, with dens
of wild beasts. The Greeks designate the
place as Scythopolis. -
We crossed this several miles of plain that
lay between us and Shunem, whereupon we
found the place to be a repetition of the filth
and mud hovels of Jezreel, with the addition
of a bountiful growth of cactus hedges,
through which we rode, enjoying the feeble
shade lent by the faded but hardy plant. I
should estimate that there is perhaps three
per cent, more of dung to the square inch in
bnunem than m Jezreel. It was in this
neighborhood that Elijah and Elisha per
formed some of their most remarkable mira
cles. . Elisha was such a favorite with the
rood Shunamite" that the latter set aside
for his use a little chamber on the wall, with
a table, bed, candlestick and stool for furni
ture (2d Kings iv:8 10.) In return for these
acts of hospitality Elisha promised unto her
the coveted son. Arterwarua 11
this boy had a sunstroke while at worK in
the fields ou the plain oi jesieoi,
mother rode post haste to Elisha at Carmel,
over ten miles distant, to procure him to re
store the lad to life. ......
Passing on from Shunem we SKircea tne
west of Nain where the widow 8 son was
raised, a despicable modern village, with only
a single Latin convent to relieve itsunattrac
tiveness. These so-called convents of the
Catholics commemorate all of the most im
portant sites in the Holy Land. Here, as
elsewhere, there was evidently no demand
for a convent, there being no population to
convert; but religious zeal takes this method
of manifesting itself often. Endor, still so
called by the Arabs, lay perhaps a mile to
the east around the base of the hill, and was
even less of a place than Nain. Indeed, there
were not a dozen residents in the vicinitv. I
should judge.
Four miles further brought us to the base
of old Tabor. We didn't ascend the mountain
for the reason that we were bound to do two
days' work in one by pushing on to Tiberias.
So we passed through the village of Deburieh
at the west edge, so-named in honor of the
prophetess Deborah, and rode on the north
east through a thicket of dwarf oaks, a de- '
cided relief after the treeless wastes encoun
tered elsewhere. Tabor is a single isolated
mountain, standing 1,350 feet above the Plain
of Esdraelon, and by reason of its isolation
commanding a wonderful view of the whole
country. It is as remarkably symmetrical in
outline as Fujisan in Japan, though of course
only a paltry hill when compared with that
noVe mountain. Moreover, it is mound
shaped from most points of view instead of
conical. There are two convents, one of the
Latins and one of the Greeks, at its summit,
where-travelers frequently lodge. Certainly
Tabor would make an ideal Mount of Trans
figuration, but I have grave doubts as to
whether it wa the actual peak which was
honored with that most sacred spectacle,
with which its name has come to be common
ly associated. I have not studied the ques
tion much, but it seems to me evident that
Christ was on his way to Jerusalem from the
"coasts of CsEsarea Philippi" via his custom
ary route east of the Jo.-dan; in which event
it would have been a long,unnecessary detour
to go down to Tabor. We read of him im
mediately afterwards at Capernaum. As no
definite information is given touching which
mount it was, it seems to me far more natural
to presume that it was some mount between
the port of Cresarea Philippi and Capernaum.
Mr. Floyd is strongly in favor of Mount
Hermon, as being close to a possible route.
and being the most conspicuous mountain by
all odds in these parts. Tabor and Hermon
are both impressive theatres for such a grand
spectacle, but I do not know that it was in
accord with Christ's methods of manifesta
tion to choose the most conspicuous site.
But it matters little. Tabor s claims to
dignity do not rest solely upon this hypothet
ical basis. Hosea, David and Jeremiah fre
quently wove its name into their poetic songs
and prophecies, coupling it often with Her
mon or Carmel.' Being one of the most con
spicuous landmarks in this region, it is al
luded to again and again in topographical
references. At its top Barak and Deborah
assembled the hosts of Naphtali in the cam
paign against Sisera, the captain of Israel's
cruel oppressor, King John. The sleeping
army of the Caiman i I es was encamped on the
plain back there in the direction of Taauack
and Megiddo. You can see that large double
mound at the entrance to the pass between
the plains of Acre and Esdraelon? That is
the Harosheth, toward which Sisera's dis
ordered hosts retreated. The tiny thread of
a brook near by is the Kishon, "that ancient
river, the river Kishon," whicb, being natur
ally or miraculously swollen, engulfed the
tyrant's followers. We are often inclined to
minify the importance of the role played in
Israelitish history by this remarkable woman
Deborah; a tonce a Joan of Arc, a prophetess,
a poetess and a competent judge. There has
evidently been a reaction in sentiment hero
on the woman question since the days of
Deborah and Jael. Such heroism would be
impertinence now.
ihe remainder or the journey to libenas
did not include any places of special scriptural
interest. The sun poured down his hottest
blasts of furnace heat, and the way seemed
very long. Here and there were the ruins of
khans, caravanseries, and old Roman fortifi
cations;but there was no modern village in all
the distance. At length we stood at the top
of the basin in which lies Galilee, and saw
this faded old town 1,500 feet below us. After
a tedious descent of an hour, wo reached our
destination, a clean, pleasant Latin convent
at the northern end of the town, where we
are now stopping.
H.MILE.
SCROFULA.
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Warnek, N. H., Jan. 21, 1879.
Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
Gentlemen For ten years previous to the
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SARAH C. WHITTIEB.
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