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THE DAILV HERALD, PLATTSMOUTII, NEUliASKA, FlilDAV, DECEMBER 2, 1667. CHEAP CLOTHING. THE CANALS OF MARS. LIFE IN JERUSALEM. (TS3HIIES.IP REVIVAL Ol- SNUFF TAKIMG. The Story that Come AeroM lha AlUn t lc I'riM-tlco In Col(al Tliu. Tho ri'iKrt come from Paris that tho prac tice cf unufT taking will lm restuu-itaUvl dur ing tho coming winter by the laiIis of the French capital. Tho young men aro hunting up thoir ancuitral Biiuir boxen and Kt.uilymg oll family pictures in orh?r to itcquiro the gruixtul Htylu of taking a rlivh practiced by tho old court gallants. Pawnbrokers Mid ili.'nlc-rs in antiquated articles have realized very largo tain for snufT bos"s that have lain on thoir tshelven for forty or fifty years. Most extravagant prlws have been paid for auuft boxes that In-longed to mcm Itcra of tho old nobility. Hoveral jowtli-rs urn engaged in making onuff boxen of an ti'jao and original denigna. In many club rooms ornamental vouch, fillod with various LIiuLs of snuff, stand on the tables or man tels. In colonial times, daring the revolutionary war, ui id for many years afterward, the use of Knuir was very common in this country. Nearly every gentleman carried a silver suuiT Ikx, which was often inlaid with gold. At tho entranco of the senate chamber, in tho national Capitol at Washington, are large receptacles for snuff, at which members of tliut august body once filled their boxes on pissin.'j into their scats in the morning. Many fan remember the time when tho snuff box was passed around in social circles every few minutes, and when it was as common to as!c for a pinch of snuff as it now is to ask for a light for a cigar or for a chew of to bacco, Poor people generally used snuff be cause it was cliaap, or, more projierly, be cnu:o "n little went a good ways." Tho use of snufT liecatno general in all northern countries, esiecially in Scotland, Holland, Kwcdon and Norway. In Iceland nearly every person used large quantities of snulf, which v.as kept ju an ornamented horn. Tho practice was, and perhaps is, to insert the "liltlo end of the horn" in the nostril and to thump tho large end so as to discharge a jjortion of tho contents. The host often wrtllud among his gii'jsts and jwrformed this oilieepsa niark of hospitality. Sometimes servants or members of the family were in structed how t;j handle tho muff hprn with grace and dexterity. Before the invention of friction matches considerable difficulty was found in lighting cigars and pipes, but tlio iiiufr l.ox was elways ready to" bring forth. Forty 3 ears ago there was scarcely a grocery in tho country thut did not keep several kinds of sniuT, and tho name of one Scotch manu facturer wns known throughout tho civilized world. Tho uso of snuff has leen steadily dot-lining lii almost every country in the world during s. I'm iod of fifty years. Various i essona may te assigned for its gradual dlsu.se. So far ns deleterious effects are concerned, snufling to ba co w oien to the least objection, as tho emoiuit of nicotine taken iuto the system is rpry small. This method of using tobacco is ii attended ty tU smallest cijnse to tha c-.'iLsuiuer. Chicago Timet. ' Hi Hanjo's Successor. Vv oKi.il aro worse than the ancient Athenian.-? in thoir lovo for a new thing. YVhat thf-y U,v-. ssi 1 yvear by one season they v. ill abaii !o:i tha uo'xt, and nothing that is'cld, froih a iHjiniet to a carpot, finis favor in their eyes. Yh-u-siitlja J anjn, Three years ngo every other Rirl in tho country had one strung by a yellow ribbon about her neck and was thrum ming tho strings and singing darky melo O.ia with all her might and main. Most of thorn never learned to play at all; they too": a k-sson or two, learned tho scales and frag m,.;.U of about three tunes, and then it lau-pu:.-:h-.4 nitif they would read in hp. IjikIo: letters of hew Noika Vsuasa eaved a dull frveniii and "delighted tlio rrince of IVcles by throwing ht-r.-Vif into the breach with her bnnjo, and then tho young women too! to earncvi study i;?ain for about tkr-e weeKs. liut it h:u gone to hopeless limbo r.t last, be yond revivaL Its successor is a mandolin. ?-7o s -If rospceting girl is without one. V'j t ti L'i'jio or copper colored ribbons, instead ((f yoliuw, it is a dainty thing, all, shell and jjoiri. !Sl4 studies assiduously undep the nitelrtgtr of the picturesque, dark eyed Italian, Sigr.vi- Rieca, onl learns from him how to grap and manipulate the littlo oval bit of tortoise shell, with which the strings aro swept. To bo thoroughly good form, the young woman musical ha3 to arm herself with a viuuwia, which means an instrument manufactured by the mandojia maker in orJim-ry to her majesty tho queen cf Italy, BL.d thc--o toys come high, some of? tho moro luxurious ones costing several hundred dol lars. The mandolin is melon shaped and has eight Firings, or rather four couples, and tuned in fifths. The music is raado py sweep iij'ii tliLs suings vith a bit pf shell held hetweoa tho thumb and two first fingers of tho riht hand. It rxiuirc-s aij exquibito light nt.-s and smoothness of touch, and a firm, supple wrist to brush tho strings so that the nvuIc will be both soft and even, but when i t is well played the music is charming, ar.d it is an instrument with far greater carv.city than the banjo. ii.-s. Willie Astor is a good performer on the m:nliJin, having learned it while' her iiiisbaii.i wai minister in Ronie.'" The queen of Ital3"; is an expert and has a suberb yinrccia bearing her monogram and a crown in diamonds. With the reign of the mandor jjn i.Ki fcyia? a fancy for fwik songs uud mufie, and the airs the Neapolitan libbers and Vene tian gondoliers are fond of are heard in New Yorl" di-awing rooms, or the wild, half bar biiric t!ie:nes of the Spanish gypsies. Now York "World. Chemical Confusion. "Yv'hct Li tho matter, Dr. OtisP ! cz.- mad; mid at ohemistry and the drug businec.. Look here, oil of vitrei is no oil, neither ere oils of turpentino and kerosene. Cor'.ci-z3 is an iron compound end contains to copper. Salts of lemon ii the erti r-mely x'isonoiw oxalic p.eid. Carbolic jicfd is ' cot acid," but" aa clooholi ' V-obalt "cjntsiini iione of that metal, but arsenic. Soci-t water has no trace of soda, ncr has sulphuric acid of sulnhur. Sugar of lead has no sugar, cream of tartar has nothing of cream nor m;Xi of limo any milk. Oxygca means the acid mi.er, but hydrogen is the essential element of all acids, and may contain no oxyrren. Germaa silver has no silver and black !orl no lcd. Jlosak poid is only a fcTp'ji.o of tin. These tro caiy souic of tho inLsLibsbf nomenclature in rar bu-iness.'- Cinclm ati Telegram. FiffUtcrs Don't Qnarre!. ?'TTby don't you ever seq flght-rs with bunod up facts?1 osketl a reporter of Bill Edwaivl . in th.V I Tollman bouse the other evening aa he' glanced at a gentleman v.hoso face v.as scratched and swollen from soiro i-eetnt altercation. '"They have to maka their li-i:ig fisuting,'1 was tho ccs-.ver "j pevej saw a rtian who chopped wood all day phop a"7 at night for pmustniijnt, Yo.; vculdn i go to a theatre and report tho show just for fun, 1 11 bet. Then, too, a fijhting man appreciates tho risk to his hands ho runs in hitting soma fellow who may have a hard bead, and ho knows it is no credit to him to thrash anybody except a clever opponent in a ring. A fighter is the safest man to insult I know of. ilany a time I have to pocket talk men wouldn't day use 'to anybody elsa" fhwYorkEfWlngTrcHd.- v - . - LIVES OF WOMEN WORN OUT ON READY MADS SUITS. IVliat It VunU to Put "Burgaln" Price ?I.irkt on WvnrlDg A pparel Uanjeri of Hit "Slop Shop" Trade A ISiuineM Ii'ecdln Trntlbillon. Tho nlop shop i i tho biggest thing hi tho c'licopclo'-iiing trade, and tho slop shop keep ers ere tho hardest ta ;kmastcrs of tho jjoor r.l ive. ( f tho ni- trpoli.s. Competition in tho retail clothing LwinvM ban brought this con dition of things r.bfmfc. liesides, tho wholo sysiciu on wliicli tho inmufacturo of cheap clothing is carried on i as bad as it can be, and its continuance U a menace to public 1 f a!t!i find a danger to tlrt general welfare of tho community lnjuido which tho much talked of tenement house manufacture of cigars is nothing. There are comparatively few clothing tac torio.i in New York. 2Iost of what trocallud 'uch are simply shops v.-hero tho cloth is cut. 't then got.fi, each wort of garment separately, to the "tailrs," so called, who have their siio all over tun citj", but chiefly in tho most densely populated tenement house districts vji 1 in tho very slums. One tailor will take out hundred or thousands of pairs of panta loons in a week, another carries off tho coats, and the vests go somewhere elso. If thesa men or women havo any nhops at all they are simply their living rooms in the tenements, vhero they hire f;ir!o to come for from noth ing to a few dollars n week mid work at sew ing machines making up t.o garments. In many instances men instead of girls are hired, especially on heavy work, but ia cither case tho ixKplo aro crowded "lis closely as tho lua- hhies can l.-e put together, often four or five u one small room where all tho household lives and all the domestic work is carried on. tu thc.su places, reeking with all tho vile odors of the tenements, with dirty chil dren crawling over tho filthy floors, play li' among them by day and sleeping upon thorn at night, in an atmosphere, in short, of clirv, disease and death, tho garments are finally made up. They may lo "finished'-- that is, have tho buttons put on and the other hand sewing done in tho same place, or this work may bo farmed out to s;till more abject slaves than thoso who toil over tho machines --to women who are prevented by invalid InL.bands, young children, or other reasons from leaving their homes, and who are there fore obliged to lake up for their work what ever plftanco tho Mop Shop barens will dole out to hem, and trust to. charity for enough more to ttavo off starvation, In tho lir rcn rooms of theso lowest of slaves tho garments have a chance to g.. a now variety of odors ani diseaso geruu. Then they go, most likely, to th buttonhole factory, whero they touch shoal ders with similar lots from do;rfrH of r-tl;cr tonemem Uusii hbojv, ar 1 when 'thiir 'U'u k1oi3 and germs hav o thus been amaJga mited with tha cxlois and germs of all tho ?noments for half a mile around, they go back to the original slop shop, and theneo in tho course of litu to the alleged ' manufac turer, who sells them to a wholesaler, maybe, Ti'cm v.'hom they go to the retailor, arid affcr all .the&e dilTerent hands havo taken their toll tho grne,.",.l ptbj!c Li invited 10, co'mo "in and look at tho wonderful bargains in clotlf i;i. Often the- aro wonderful bargains indeed, iu spit 3 of tho nuincrous profits that Jjave been mads o:f cf them; bat if they aro cheap it is boc-iuuo women have turned their umews into thread and their b!oo:l ?r.tw stv. jr.a chir.v uii iu th. mahJr.J of them. Ti.- aava auu lUiawt. iml cleansed, mavbo b: .o:e t.io y aro sold, but a man in tho bna nt-s says: '-If ioo:.lo hncvt whero tbox- c;o-a(.M them.'' havo rZi ilic-y 'Mould navcr buy Pliillp Lei-.lcs.Iorf? has lx;en in business f jr c'c'itcea years. His brother i; with him nor, and they havo a buttonhole factory. They take the work after tho.-?j who got it Iionjth-mariiif-ictiMti i, have marto it tip and putii ih : l:t:tto:ihcles for to much a hundred. 'TLiii tenement house work," ho says, "ia tho ruin of tho clothing business, and worso yet, it's the ruin of those tbflt work at it. Somo th:y popki wiI wmlo uj to what thia cherp fle.tLi.:g business means. Go into sd:;io of the. tenement and you'll find in so mo cf the littlo rooms a wholo fan:iiy liv ing, and threo or four girls working at m; chines all day. They take tho goods from tho tailor's and mako them up in tho room-i whero they cook and tleep. Vv'hj', they use tbo e'ethjs for bedding, oven. If pcoplo could sec once the vile holes in which the cloihiir? Ls mad-? up they'd never buy any anyoiit. I wish t'isy could sv.mo of it when it comes Lt ro t havo tho buttonholei put in. It get i uiivd and cleaned before it is put up for sale. "The way theeo people do is to rjet young girl i to come and learn tho business. They mako them work six v.coks for nothing, or, maybe, a week for their work, mid they pack just as nanny of them as tbcv can get into one room, along with the children and the cooking and all tho rest. That way they maka a little money for themselves at tho expensa of the girls, but it don't do them much good, for pretty quick the manufac turer c;rmb down tho price antither pey, and the more they grind the girls the lnorr tho manufacturer grinds them, until nobody Li making more than a baro living. Tho peo2;lo that taho tho work oat in tho country to do aro pretty near as bad as tha tenement house jicoplo for prices, but, of cours?, they're cleaner. If it wasn't for thorn prices would be a good deal higher, in tho city. "New Ycrk is the worst "city iu tho coahtry for sowing wcrneri. In Philadelphia, even, they pay them a good deal bettor. It's all on ac count cf this tenement houso work, and it'll louver Lo any better till they pan lws mak ing it illegal for mora than c-ue, mackiho'to be put in an ordinary living risen." "There's another thing," said David Leides 2cS, a brother, ' and if cholera or any such diseasocver gets a start i:thiscitypeoplo will imd it out mighty quick. Thcte tene ment Louse factorie-j would spread the dis ease through tho wholo country. I've always said that if ehelera ever got a start in STcw York I'd drop this business and get out right away, and I'd do it, too. They liavo a board of health ar.d lfiv3 enough here, but I've never Loon in a city yet, and I've Locn all over tho vrorlJ, whore they aI3ocd tuch things as ihey do here. Only lat whiter, at a placo ia-n street right near here, tho chil dren in h, family wcro sick cf rmallixj i'l tho same, room wher lho clothing was' jeug ma J o up and s?iit yiit every day. These peo ple don't have any more regard for tho law3 or for ether people's heahh thaa they do foi their ov.ii health," mid if you have ever teen in any of tho hole3 whero thev live and v.-crk you know Low Pttk, that ii This v.hole bttsiuessuf th? oanuf actaro of 'cheap clQthim; needo a showing itp,,-."rTe'.v York cJua. .Soreness cf tZic Feet. " TThcn the feet arj swollc:i from walking cr long standing, lha eo:-c:ic.t3 may ho relieved by roakinj them iu the f ellovring: Tahoeo-.c wood &Lc3 and cevcr v.h water; let it rtcuiJ Cor twocr threo hours; strain oj the water cud pkieothc fj-et in it. Tho toren-sswiii diX5pc4r t-h-:ot i.aiiiatcly.---l)oelo i Drl- WHAT ASTRONOMER SCHIAPARELLI SAW THROUGH HIS TELESCOPE. fsoiuo Remarkable Appearance Which IIb Noted 1 Mara Inhabited? Facta IVIilrh Seem to Call for au Anirma tive Auiirrr. It wan in 1S77 during a favorable conjunc tion of Mars that 1 to say, at the timo when liars was unusually near to tho earth that Schiaparelli first saw the canals. It will bo recollected that in that same year Professor Hall discovered the two tiny moons of Mars with tho great telescope at Washington, an instrument in comparison with which Bchia parelli's telescope i3 a pigmy, and yet, so far as wo are aware, the canals were never seen with the Washington telescope. This fact, however, is by no means decisive, for in the first place Schiaparelli'a telescope, though comparatively small, is of acknowledged great excellence; secondly, and more impor tant, tho skies of Milan aro incomparably clearer and better suited to delicate teletcopic observation than thoso of Washington ; and lastly, Schiaparelli, who possesses exception ally sharp vision, liko the celebrated Dawes, of England, was engaged in tho special study of tho features of Mars' surfaoo when he mado the discovery. It may bo added that last year threo observers M. Perrotin and M. Pollon, at Nice, and Mr. Denning, in Eng land succeeded in seeing tho canals of Schi aparelli, and detecting some of tho excep tional appearances which he noted. When Schiaparelli first saw tho canals in 1877 they appeared as single fines, but subsequently he found them double. lie eyorj ate.hed tho process of doubling, which was a very cu rious phenomenon. But wo will let him speak for himself, as quoted by M. Flammarion: "There aro upon that planet great dark lines, traversing: the continents, to which may be given the namo of canals, although we do not yet know what they are. Various astronomers havo already detected several of them, notably Dawes in ISoL During tho last three oppositions I have mado a special study of them and have recognized a consid erable number, pioro than sixty. These lines t un from one to another of the dark spots that we regard as seaa, and form a well de fined network over the light or continental regions. Their position appoara to be inva riable and permanent, at least acourdiiig to the judgment I have been able to form by four smd a half years of observation; never theless their aspect and their degree of yifu-i bility aro not always the same, and defend upon cirenmptanees which tho present state of our knowledge does not yet permit us to discuss with certainty. In 1S79 many wero seen which were not visible in 1887, and in 1S33 those that had already been seen wero detected again, accompanied, by ynea! Several of thi. vanats pi e&ent" themselves under ; tho form of vaguej shadowy lines, whild others are clear and sharp, like a mark mado by a pen. In general they are recti linear, that is to say. drawn upon the Vphere as lines pf gvat eii.tJea! They cross one tat other obliquely, or at right angles. They are fully two degrees broad, or 120 kilometci-J, and a number extend over a d istaoeu t eighty degrees or 4.S0O kihtmeuir. i'.'l'heir color io very nearly that of tho seas of Mars, but ft trifla lighter. Every canal endu At lta two extremities in a sea or in another canal ; there is not 3 single example of one extremity ending in the middle of the solid land. That is not all. In e;-tsh4 s-;a-sons theso canals epH j or, i'a'ther, beco.tlo dc,'thlo. - - ''"".!" phenomenon appears to occur at a fined time, and is produced Pimnitanou'ily over lho whole extent of tho continents of the plant-t. No, indication of it was shown in 1877 during tho weeks which preceded and followed tho southern solstico of tho world. A single isolated case was presented in 1S70; tho 20th of December in that year (a little be fore tho spring equinox, which occurred on tho 2lst c' January, 1530), I remarked the dividing oi tho Nile between tho Lake of the Moon and tho Cerauaiquo gulf, Theso two regular markings, equal and parallel, carded me, I aflmit, profound surprise, lho greater becauso some days before, tho 23d and tho 24th of December, I had observed with care this samo region without perceiving any thing of tho kind. I awaited with curiosity the return of the planet in 18S1 in order to loam if any analogous phenomenon would j present itself, and I saw tho samo thing re- appear tho 11th of January, 138:2, a month j after tho spring equinox of the planet (which i occurred on tihe fth of December, 1SS1) ; the j division was still more evident at tho end of j February, On this same date, the 11th cf i Jamiary, another doubling manifested itftt-if, j that of the rtnddlo section of the Cyclops ca nal, on the side of the Elysee. "Greater yet was my astonishment when, the 19th of January, I saw the canal of Ja muna, which was then in the center of the disk, divided very accurately intc twp straight, parallel lines traversing tha space Which separates 'the ' Niliaquo lake from tho Gulf of Aurora. At first I thought it to bo an illusion, caused by fatigue to the eyo and a sort of strabismus of a new kind., but one must needs yield to the evidence. After the 10th Pf Jamiary I simply passed from ono surprise to another: in succession tho Oron tes, tho Euphrates, the Phison, the Ganges and more of the other canals showed them selves very clearly and incontestably split ia two. There wero not less than twenty ex amples of doubling. "In certain cases it haboen possible to ob serve PC ma precursory symptoms which aro not lacking in interest. Thus tho 13th of January a light and ill defined shado extend ed along the Ganges; the ISth and 19th only a series of whito spots was distinguishable there; the 20th tho Ganges showed itself in the form of two indecisive parallel lines, and the 21st the doubling was perfectly clear, as I observed it up to the 23d of February. "These doublings are not an optical effect depending upon the increase of visual power, as happens in tho observation of doublo stars, and neither is it the canal which divides itself in two lengthwise. Notice what it i3 that appears: to the right or left of a pre-existing line, without any change in tho course os X sition of that line, ono etez another, line pr ch'.ced equal and parallel to the first, at a dis tance varying generally from 6 to 12 degs., that ii to say, from S50 to 700 kilometers; there even seem to be some produced, stilj nearer, but the telescope 13 nvt powerful enough to cnablo ono, to distinguish, them with certainty. Their tint is a rather dark reddish brown. These twin canals aro recti linear or very slightly curved. Thea i nothing analogous in terrestrial geography. Everything points to the belief that it is a peculiar periodical phenomenon of the planet Mara, and intimately related to tha rc-urs of the seasons. . '-Here, thea, are observed facts; the in crease in the tlitfance of the planet and tho prevalence of rains prevented the continua tion of the observations after the end of Februarj". It is difficult to decide quicklv upon the nature of that geography, ui&iu edly very different from th"t 4i tfur wcxHi.' -.New York gnp. - - A general smilo was caused at a Buffalo railway station the ether day by an innocent ccantryran who ached fc-r' cccouuccidctkuu; "ii ce tt them Led room ear:.' 1 CHRISTIANITY AT ITS WORST, MO- HAMMEDANISM AT ITS BEST. A It turned Mliuloitary'a Intrrtli;; Ac count of the Ktitte of Afl'alra In the IIo!j City Destitute Jrwi from Arabht The American Colony. Rev. T. F. Wright, who lias returned from Jerusalem recently, talked with a reporter in regard to tho condition of affairs theio at t he present time. "Tho state of religion in Jerusalem is very interesting. I remained five weeks in the city, and was brought into contact with per rons of every class. It must be confes.;c;l that Christianity is seeu at its worst there, and Mohammedanism at its best. Tho Mo hammedan in the early morning hears the cry: 'God is great, prayer is better than Bleep,' arises, prepares himself, puts on his whito outer garment aud goes up into tho mosque ground where Solomon's temple for merly stood, and there goes through with his devotions, bowing down before God and ask ing that ho may be guided through tho day. This means to him that be must be strictly temperate, truthful in every statement, kind to all men, and that ho will in no case Iww down to any idol. In all Mohammedan lands, idols, images and pictures aro utterly ex cluded. The single exception to this rule is an equestrian statue of Mehemet Ali in the great square of Alexandria in Egypt; and the erection of this statue was. strongly op posed on tho grounds that it might become to some of tluj ptoplo an object of worship. 'The Christians in Jerusalem aro in a stato of bitter sectarian conflict. They are not agreed among themselves as to the sacred sites, and they havo more than once come to bloodshed in acting together in tho celebra tion of somo of the Christian festivals. In tho Cavoof the Nativity at Bethlehem, where a silver star in the puvement marks tho place where our Lord Is believed to have le.en born, a Mohammedan soldier of the Turkish army stands always with loaded musket to keep tho Christian wor hif ers from slaying each other. In the Church of tho Holy Sepuleher, in Jeru salem, the traveler notices at cmue a group of Turkish officials who have ho interest in the place -ami spt:nd their time smoking and thinking coffee and chatting with each other, but whoso presence U headed to keep the monks from actual warfare. At tho time of Eaatf trho I'urkish guards are increased to a wholo regiment, so that it is difficult to mako one's way through them to reach the interior of tho church. VARIOUS RIVAI SfffcT!. .nui i. nancrscans ai- hternate vlu the Greek monks in tho perfor mance of masses, and somotimei t-irtmltaneous masses aro performed by priests standing within a few feet oh other. Tho lamps with wh.ieh, the shrines are decorated have bouii apportioned to the different bodies Latin, Greek, Armenian and Coptic so that the3'- may not coma into conflict in lighting tho place- '4'hu greatest mid most unpleasant xcJUarieut is reached at tho time of the descending of the holy fire, which ij believed by tha more Ignorant to descend from heaven, aud to be received by a priest It always airives at a certain hour of a cortah- day, and its arrival is waited c (,y a crowd which surrounds tha iiaee," waiting for many ,lour!!i Vkhm received, every ono present tvxk to, light hi3 candle j the Came; and runners unmediatjf set forth to every iart of thelao.d., kmg to obtain the prizes which nrv tflS.'red to those who first arrive at the oiitlying village, "The bells on the Church of the Holy Sepul eher and on the Mount of QUve ara rung by tho rival sects, apparently only for the pur pose of ejrpr-smsing their unkind fwliiigy. Thoy never sound in harmony; they never ring a chime, although thoy aro fitted to do so, but they continually raise in the cars of tho contemptuous Mohammedan their mi pleaant pounds. There is in Jerusalem at the present time a remarkable American colony, which it was my privilege carefully to examine. About twenty persons arrived in Jcniaalem in the year 1881, having gcji;t mostly from tho city of Chicfgft, where some of their number had been active Christian workers under Moody, and whero they had been led to think that they could do more good hy going to the Holy Land. On ther way out they received some cccessioiis. from England. Among their num ber is Mr. II. J. SpalTord, once a leading Chi cago lawyer; another, Capt, Sylvester, was formerly of the English army; another was a clergyman of the Church of England, who visite-l the Holy Land in company with the lata Cren. Gordon, and who decided to remain with these people; another is a venerable lady, the widow of a colonel of the United States regular army, All are most deep interested, in their, work, and share and have a oummoq purse, and now havo become known far arid wide through tho region, be cause they make no profession of faith, bur simply acknowledge their allegiance to Christ and express by constant deeds their desire to lovo their neighbors as themselves. JEWS FROM ARABIA. "When they first arrived in Palestine an in teresting migration of Jews had just taken place from Arabia. About WI Jews, called Temanites, and believed by themselves to be tho remnant ef the, tribe of Gab, had moved fvJU tha desert in which the trilxs had long had its home, and had come to tho Holy Land. They aro small in stature, delicate in fea tures, wholly free from tho money changing disposition, grateful for every kindness, and eminently chil.dli.ke. in their characters. They wero lying, when tho Americans arrived, ir. the fields outside of the city with no one to care for them, Tho Amerjeaiia immediately began to prepare d&ily rations of toup for them, tq teud the sick and in every way to watch over them according to their ability. At the present time the Temanites havo es tablished themselves in a prosperous colon 7 south of tho village of Siloam, and. in their synagogue every week they hiv a prayer in which Horatio (Spaffwd and. his friends are mentioned, and the divine blessing is invoked upon them.' for their many good deeds. '"Tho house of these American Lt daily visited by persons coming ff'pjat all parts of tho land, to inquiry it Vhia wonderful phe nomenon,, Tho liedouins of the desert lean tfcsir tali spears against tho wall, and arc cordially welcomed, and occupy ?, room ia tbo house as long as they desii'p to remain; , and the America;1 g4nS fearlessly across the Jordan, havo returned these visits and been received with the utmost kindness, and have had an influence over the lives of tho Bedouins. They deal especially with the Adwan twbe, long known to be the fiercest class east of the Jordan. Tho felkv hin, or peasant class of the country, find al ways here a cordial welcome. No eyailn passes without seeing its cgpiiy of poc and rich, of peasjrt and. Tuiiish, efTeadiii gathered r . iii6t saTci, o' listen to the hymns jhU.n tV Americana sweetly sing; and tvei'y'o:ie, on leaving the room, expresses his gratitude for what ho has come to regard aj the greatest comfort of his life. In thia way Mohammedans and all clascA - Jerusalem are reached for POOi, a lesson is taught i.s in regard W 1 h spirit ia which Christian rvidsicci hhouid 1-0 . a: tied on," Boston Ad- ftueytKw, TgOOTS & SHOES The same quality ol rooili 10 percent. flieajer than any house went ot the li.-fciisijijii. Will never he umlereold. Call antl heeonvinced. PETER MEEGES. areas: OKaoaMtxr: FURNITURE A-.LGR SET! -, rr- FOR ALL 2 so; Parlors, fifrdroom.s, lis.ii.g-rocmis. Kitchens. Hallways ana! $$f!iccs, . c;o to irs' trr- r yzy rr .jr ? ig jjlx. 21 L& js iti w 1 Where a nianifk'tnt slock of (ools siul I'air Trice llllOlillll. UNDERTAKING AND F.WBALWING A SPECIALTY CORNER MAIN ANI) SIXTH 1 111 (suocrssoi: n Will keep coc!tai:tly on h;i!.d n, I El ufugsan AVall Paper and DRTJG-G-IST'S PURE L E. G. Dovey & Son. a a U . ti E4 U HR M Li 25 KI1KU We tqle pleeistiifo ii sqyiqir t"lqt S01I)GS lilG 0 Fall and Winier Goods Ever broiigh.1 io this Market and shall be pleased to show you a S y p 0 j OF 'Wool Dress Goods, and Trimmings, Hoisery and Underwear, Blankets and Comforters, A splendid assortment oi Ladies' jMispfces' and Chihlrtns CLOAKS, WliAFS ANI) JKKSKVS. "We have ako auJed to onr line of carpets seme new puttunf, Flooi Oil Glo!s, Acvtts n11 Axm In men's heavy and fine boots and shoes, also in Ladies", JIiVA r and Childrens Footgear, we have a complete line to which vre INVITE your inspection. All departments i-nll rat i Complete. I m EMPORIUM BEDROOM SET ! CLASSICS OF- rT FTTH TWTi 'YZT 2J FQll l'LATTS.Mf if i H. N .liltASK A .1. i; 1 1:1...- ; :i f:.:i ...! t i: p'i-'i- : !: .f sdiciens, Paints is 3 n I'liil Line of STJITDP.IE:S. IQU O RS" E. G. Dovev & Son. m B . isuuuui