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OHAVKS WITHIlf TUB HtCART. BY CLAUD! RAFaCL. ', AImJ all of Lift's Joys art. brief. 1 Tlia bet of friendi root meet to part, r And leave behind a weight of grief, ' To make a rav wlthlu the heart. The foodet hopea may fade and die, And they In turn oe burled there; And wery heart mut breathe a lgh, 1 Uuder the luad that It mum bear. And bitter teura will often flow Uunhlnft out with a audden atari, Over the Jojri of long ago, That now lie allent (n the heart. And while the aoal In weeping, moanl, Kond memory will do her part, In erecting monument tlonea, Over the grarea maue In tbe heart. But Ion Joya will never return All of thoee thalaorrow baa wed Until lime haa destroyed the urn, And the heart given up lta dead. THE JilXIE OP THE ISLAXD. Years and years ago, when people be lieved in miracles and fairies more than they do now, there lived in Arnak, a smull village in Albania, a young man whose namo was Nicolaki and a pretty young maiden whose name was Euranio. They had grown up to gothor, thoy had played around the same fountain, gone to church togother and had always hud the idea fixed in their minds from their earliest infancy that they were destined for each other, and that as soon as they reachod a marriageable ago they wero to be united. , Hut thoir parents diod nnd thoy woro both left orphans, and had to work for those who wore able to hiro. Thoy wero Tory unhappy at being separated, but still, as tlioy could seo each othor at church and feast-days, whon there was no work, they did not complain. But the separation mado thorn desire more than ,pvor to marry, that thoy might always be togother. "If 1 only had enough to bny a httlo cow and a loan pig," said Niooluki, "I would take a pieco of ground and the good father would marry us, and wo would go and live togother." What on, Nicolaki did not mention. "Ah," sighed Eurunie, "but it is bo 'difllcult. Tho cows and pigs are dearer than evor at the fair, and I have almost given up hopo." "I am afraid, too, that wo will have to wait a long time. Homebody has suroly put the evil eye on us. I can nover see tho moon ovor my right shouldor any more." "And I never soo a cricket any more, said the maiden, sadly. Day after day, month after month, it was the samo, and thoy grow more and more weary. It soomod as though as fast as they savod money toward their COW ailU PK lluB,J Bmmwnwuuiivvu i price accordingly, and they loHt hoart, and many a time littlo Euranio wept her self to sloop and then dreamed of tho littlo homo sho so desired, bo ono morn ing he catno to Euranio as sho was at work and told her that he had made up his mind that lio would set out on his travels to seek his fortune. Tears and prayors did not avail, for ho was determined not to spend the best yoars of his life before ho could accomp lish tho littlo ho desired to muko his happiness. "Tho birds," said lie "fly from coun try to country, till thoy find their field of corn, and tho bees till thoy meet with ilowors that yield thorn honey. Is it for me to bo less courageous than thoso tin reasoning creutnresV All I want is tho price of a little lean cow and pig. If you love mef Euranio, you will not op pose my project." "I do not, Nicolaki, but I deplore tho necessity of our separation. Think how lonely I shall be without you." "(lod will sustain you until I como back," said tho honest follow, suro of tho girl's hoart, lot unfaithfulness to vows is unknown among thoso simplo mountain folks. "Go, then, Nicolaki j but beforo you start I will give you something that will be of service to you on your long jour ney. Thoso are heirlooms that have noon in our family from- timo forgotten. This is tho bell of your patron saint, St. Nicola. Us sound can bo hoard at any distance, howover far, and will ring till your friends hear it ami know your dan ger, Tho knifo onoo belonged to St. (Jorontino, and its touch dissolves all on chantmonts, even were they mado by tho evil ono himself. This is the staff of bt. Olga. which will load its possessor whom ever he would go. I will givo you tho knifo to defend you from enchantments, and tho little boU to let mo kuow if you are in any danger. I will keep tlio Btaff, ao that I may follow you if you need me." Nicolaki aeceped the priceless gifts, wept bitterly at parting with her, and at last sot out toward tho high mountain which stood let ween him and the great world beyond. Ho climbed tho moun tain aud descended into tho pretty valley below, where nestled a little village by the sideof a river. As tho sun sauk behind the mountain, Nicolaki overheaid two men talking as they unloaded their patient donkeys of the Nixie of tho island. Nicolaki inquired what that was, and they told him that was what thoy called a celebrated fairy who inhabited tho island in tho midst of a lake, which he would find just over tho next range of hills, and who was as rich as all tho kings of the earth togothor. Many per sons had gone to her court in order to gain for themselves some of her riches, but they never returned. Vi.wiluLi thnnirlit at once that he Would like to try tho adventure. The travelers - . . nit 1. . 1 tried to dissuade mm. iney oeggea nd even pleaded w ith him to abandon the idea, but Nicolaki told thorn that all he wanted was enough to buy a littlo cow and a lean pig, and if thoy would make a collection and give him Uo means, he would not go. The people unanimously declared that he was a pig headed follow who must go Lis own way to destruction. They had warned h im and so done their duty. Ho Nicolaki went on the next morning, and after traveling until noon he came to the banks of the lake, and there he sat down to think of a means to reach the island. He did not know bow to swim, and was pondering what a boat wonld look like. Lot while he was wandering along and imagining by what means he might reach the island he saw green, mossy log close to the bank, and he sat down uKn it. At once it com menced to glide through the water and carried him smoothly along until he "hed the shore of the island. Here he vsA, along mechanically, his eyes wide open ith amazement and his eyes bewildered br the strangeness of the beanty around him. He followed an avenue of the most beautiful trees, covered with starry flowers. The road was covered with mother-of-pearl, laid in ourionsand intricate designs, and invisi ble birds mado the very air pnlsate to their blithe songs. Btill on lod the avenue, and each step disclosed aome new beauty, which Nicolaki saw with ever increasing wondor, until at last he lifted his eyes, he saw in the distance the Nixie's palace gleaming white among the Nicolaki still advanced till he came to the polished steps and slowly mounted, thinking the while: "Hurely the owner of this would not bogrudgo me enough to buy a littlo cow and a lean pig," and as he thought this he stepped upon tho piazza, and before him, carelessly re clining, was the Nixie, upon a golden hammock that was swinging from the columns. Her goldon hair swept the floor with its hundreds of curling ten drils, and her soft, brown eyes were like two deep pools in the heart of a forest, her complexion like tho interior of a sea shell so pink and peurly it was. Her form was exquisitely moulded, and her white arms wore bare and dimpled. She 0 ArauanA in n ailverv. white silken nun WJVmivM ... j , robe, Unit enveloped her like a flimsy y i cl.n Iwilsl in liir Tiarwl a Vinmifi- WlUilU OHO nun. iu m i v. v... ful fan, mado of sea shells and feathers, and at her waist, hold by a dainty silvor belt, was a tiny steel not. Uazzlod by tho sight of so fair a vision, Nicolaki stood spollbound.but tbo fairy roso to greet him. "WAlonme." said sho. "We are al ways glad to see hundBome young mon like you. Nicolaki at once becamo sure that he nrna luiniianmn thnurh he had never thought so beforo; but in very truth he was, for tho Albanians are neariy uu i,o,,,iunmn mnn with tall, straight forms. bold and courageous mion, and their dress also sets ott to great advantage thoir physical appearance. So Nicolaki took hoart and wont nearer the fairy, and then sho asked: "Who aro you? Where are you from?" "My namo is Nicolaki, and 1 come from Arnak, beyond tho mountains, in search of tho means to buy a littlo cow and a lean pig " , "Well, como in witn mo, anu uisinie vnnr anxietv. for vou shall have every thing to make you happy." blio lod him to an inner cuumuur, mu walls of which were docoratod with superb paintings, Bet in frames of gold, and statues that soomod to Nicolaki to bo replete with lifo and motion. There was a tublo spread, on which stood numbor loss vessels of gold and silvor and crys tal. Tho fairy set beforo Nicolaki eight . "'t . . .lift" L glasses containing as many uworoiu kinds of wino. Ho was niodost and did not drink until she urged him with great i iln an niul liv tlio time ho had drank them all ho senrooly know what ho was doing. "T ,lr nf ivnmlor twiiv." Haid Nicolaki. 4 1. a .inmili, uiinnlr un IllirMlllv of vou, for I now soo that it is envy and jealousy. For my part, if I had the huu dretli part of your fortune I should bo perfectly nappy, lliu i.L.fia liml advanced from a little cow and lean pig to a hundredth part of . . . , , i ; nil. the inoxlmustiDlo ricncs ueioro mm. mu wino was taking effect. "It shall bo yours, u you wisn, saw tlio fairy. "How can that oe? sain no, wonder ing. "My husband has boon dead thoso two vonrs." said sho. "Marry mo and you 'shall have all." Nicolaki caught his breath. To marry this beautiful creature, and to drink such wine every day I Trno, ho was eu Euranio. but ho did not think of hor now, and if ho had, tho poor inno cent girl would nave suuorou ny too con trast, for sho was poorly drossod and ,1 iirnnrant. although 80 pure and gentle; but Nicolaki, without a thought of her, consented gmuiy. The fairy then arose ami saui sno woum i.n.imm tlm weddinu- feast. Sho spread a table with hundreds of delicacies that Nicolaki had never heard of, and then sho went to a littlo pond at tho end of the garden and began to can: "Como lawyer, come miller, como tailor, now doctor!" At each call swam up a nn, wnicu suo mwumuuf 11 liv omiL'lit in the steel net. When tho net was full sho carried it iuto tho uext room and throw it into a fryuig pan. It seemed to Nicolaki that tliore was a whispering and murmuring and at last a cry from the frying-pan. "What is that cry?" said he. "The butter in tho pan spattering, or a cricket," said she, and she began to sing so loud that Nicolaki could not hear any thing olso. But ho commenced to think, and at last to fear, and then to repent. "Alasl" said he, "is it possiblo that I have so soon forgotten Euranio for this fairy, who is, no doubt, a child of satan? I would never daro to say my prayers and shall bo sure to go to hell. ' Then the fairy brought in the fish and pressed him to eat, whilo she weut to fetch twelve new sorts of wino. Ho aiirlmd took out tho knifo Eurauie had given him and prepared to begin, but scarce had ho liuou mo noiy rouo wueu all tlio fish cried out: "Save us, Nicolaki, if thou wouldat bo saved thyself." "Holy mother! who are you?" said he. "Wo are Christians liko thysolf. We camo here to seek our fortune; we, too, consented to marry the Nixio, and the day after the wedding she did with us as she did of our predecessors, of whom tlio fish-pond in the garden is full." "What!" cried he; "a ereaturo so young already so many times a widow?" "And thou wilt soon bo in tbesauie condition, subject to another man's ap atite." Nicolaki gave a jumpastiiougu ue mui folt already the hot fat which was to fry him, and ran toward tho door that ho might escatx before the Nixie should re turn, but bIio was already there and had thrown her net of steel over him and transformed him into a frog and threw him into the pond. At thia mniu.'iit the little silver bell that was hung around Nioolaki'a neck tinkled its warning of danger, and Knranifl heard it at Arnak. where she WAS at work weaving linen for a new f usta- nelle for Nicolaki, and tbe sound struck her like a funeral bell. Without a mo- tnnnt'a Hlav aha il muivl herself in her Sunday clothes, her shoes and ajlver cross, and sot ont from the farm with her magio staff. She took firm hold of it, and it suddenly changed to a beautiful horse, which she rode with ease, and he first trotted, then galloped, and then ran so swiftly that she lost sight and breath, but still kept on, feeling that she was nearing her lover to deliver him. He ran till he came to a solid wall of rock, and here he stopped for a momont, and two enormons wings sprouted out of his sides, and he changed completely into an eagle and bore Euranie, still on his back, up to the summit. On alighting a curious sight met her eyes, for there, upon a nest of moss and twigs, sat a tiny dwarf, with a hideous face and long, pointed ears. As soon as he saw Euranio he cried out: "Praise to the Tama, here is a pretty maiden come to save me." "Save thee?" said she. "Who art thou, little man?" "I am the husband of the Nixie of the Island. She who has sent me here Las the power to do all evil." "But what art thou doing in that nest, like a hen?" "I am sttting on six stone eggs, and I cannot be free until they are hatched." Euranio laughed aloud. "Poor littlo creature," said she; "and how can I deliver theo?" "By saving Nicolaki, who is in the Nixie's power." "Tell me how I may do that," said the poor girl, "and not a moment will I lose in commencing, though it bo to make the circuit of the world on my bare knoes." "Thou must present thyself to the Nixie as a young man, and then thou must possess thysolf of the steel net she oarrics in her belt, and Bhut her up in it till the day of judgment." "Whero oan I get a suit of clothes?" "Thou shalt see, my maiden." With these words the dwarf pullod out four hairs from his shock head, and, muttering some strango words, blew thoni into tho air, and thoro stood four tailors, one of whom hold a web of the finest linon and a cabbage; the second scissors and neodles, nnd the third and fourth thimbles and a tailor's gooso. All four sat down at once and commenced to sew. In a twinkling tho web of liuen was transformed into a snowy fiiBtanelle and a shirt with wide, flowing Blooves, and the leaves of the cabbage were made into a vost, jockot and loggins of greon vol vet, all thickly embroidered with gold; two fox-glove bolls were turned into two shoos, with a tassol on each pointed toe; a red tulip mndo a charming fez with a long bluo tassol, and a couple of loaves of grass were made into a knifo and sword, and a honeysuckle flower becamo a pistol. AWith thoso elegant clothes upon hor id the belt stuck full of thoso warlike weapous, Euranie would have passed anywhoro for a handsome Al banian youth of tho highest family. The dwarf gave her a few more in structions and bIio mounted tho eagle, who flew straight to tho Enchanted iulniul Thorn he took acrain the form of a stuff and sho entered the presonce of tho fairy, who soomod at onoo to bo charmed with tho sight of so handsome a youth. Wall " ani.1 thn fnivv to herself. "I do believe I could love him a week." The Nixio mado all possible ceremony to enchant tho souses of Eurauio in her niv nlniriu'fnr. and when seated at the table she found the knifo that Nicolaki had let fall there. She hid it iu her bosom and followed tho Nixie, who wished to show her all tho gardens and fountains of por fumed waters, and above all the fish pond, whero swam fishes of a thousand colors. Euranio protended great curiosity to seo thoso fish and Bat down quite close to the edge. The Nixio now took occasion to ask if tho youth would marry her, and Euranio consented, only saying that she would liko to catch ono of these beautiful fish first. The Nixio unsuspiciously handed her the not and said: "What would yon liko best to catch ?" "Theo, enchantress!" cried Euranie, throwing tho net over her head. "In tho namo of tho Punia and all tho angels, accursed sorceress, become in body as in soul!" With a stifled cry, tho Nixio shriveled up to a hideous toad. Euranio drew the not aud as quickly as possiblo threw it ,1mm unol and thereupon sho laid a great stono and marked the sign of the cross thereon, tnas it nilgai remain closed until tho Judgment Day. Sho then hastened bock to tho pond and all tho fish woro coming out of the pond aud wriggling forward to meet her, '"Behold our deliverer, who has saved us from tho net of steel anil tho golden frying-pan." n,i who will restore vou to vour proper forms," said she, drawing out of her bosom tho kniio. nut as sno was go ing to touch the first, a little frog, with tl,n mnnrin llilll hlllU' Around his HOl'k. sobbing bitterly, knelt bofore her, his two tiny hands held np in suppucauou. She looked and cried: "Is it thou. Nicolaki, my love ?" "It is I, iudeod, Euranio." At the touch of the knifo he recovered his own shape and the two embraced tenderly, ho begging and reoeiviug par don for his unfaithfulness. So then she touched all tho fishes, who were immedi ately released from their enchantmout and restored to their proper forms. Hardly was that done when up came the little dwarf husband of tho Nixio, drawn iu his nest, as if it were a coach, by six crickets which had just been hatched from tho stone eggs. "Here I am, pretty maiden," cried he, "and I am glad to be a man again in stead of a hen." v He then led tho lovors to the Nixie's trersure-room, and loaded them with gold and jewels. Euranio then com manded her staff to become a winged chariot large enough to carry off all the enchanted people. She and Nicolaki re turned to Arnak, and instead of a poor little cabin, with a little cow and a loan pig, they built a castle and village out side, and there established all the people she hail saved. The ruins of that castle and village are to be seen yet in Albania near Arnak, where the villagers tell this tnrr lii,h tliov sav was every word true in the time of it. PhiUtdtlfhia It is said that so overcrowded are the the avenue of industry in thia country that a large share of onr young men have no other means of exercise than is found in the base ball field and the row boat, the dumb bell and the Indian club A Happy Purchaser. Tf a nWiiiTit aftamnnn. and hun dreds of people were on the streets. The stores, too, were iuu ot Dusypurciu. and ours was not an exception, for my Vvntlini- nml T nwnnil T must saV With pride, the largest fancy goods store in the ' i T 1. - 1 liAitn Annnniml flllWltlff 10- dies the way to the counters, where their fancied articles were kept, when my at tention was attracted by the entrance of a man into the store. He was a fine looking fellow, and was dressed as a far mer, in a flannel shirt, open at the neck, and wearing a great broad-brimmed hat. Wnmlarincr vrliar. lm ROIlhl want in OUr line of business, I stepped np to him and , anKeu mm wuun x uuuiu uu "Wall, now, mister, said he, "I was wonderimr if ye kept on hand any little tiny people's clothes?" The thought Hew across my Drain, iJiiiipuiiaiiiro uut nf Info sn what can he mean? I merely replied, "I do not understand what it is you want. "Why, man, don't you see ; I want anmnflnniT in fit. mv little babv Only about so big," and he measured off the distance on his great uig nngor. T lol thn vs.? to an infant department, and told the woman in charge to wait up on the gentleman. "What do you wish to see, sir ?" "A tiny little round hat for a baby." The girl smiled and lifted down a box of baby caps, containing every variety and color. She picked out a white one, and, holding it up, asked if it would do. "Oh, no," he quickly respondod; "its for a little gal ; so it must be blue." Tho cirl selected one of the desired color, and held it up for inspection. He took it from her, and looKing it careiuny over, asked, "Whore be the strings that ties under the cunning littlo chin ? " Another was chosen. "How will this do, sir?" Ho looked It carefully over, and then asked, "How much ?" "Five bite is the price." He gave a low whistlo, for probably the thought had never occurred to him before that wee people's clothes could bo so expensive. The big hat was lifted, and he gavo his head a scratch with one hand, whilo he attentively regarded the cap which he hold in tho other. "Will that one do, do you think?" "Are you sure it's for a little girl?" "Certainly, it's a girl's cap." "Are you sure it's blue?" "Oh, yes," replied the girl, quietly smiling. "Then I'll take it." "Is there anything elso you would like?" tlm front hit camo off. and tllO head was thoughtfully scratched. "Yes, I want a pair of socks to match." Tho socks wero chosen, blue, of courso, and the question asked again: "Anything else, sir?" "No, I guess not." He walkod slowly out, looking around at tho different articles, and wishing, I know, that he was a millionaire, so that he could buy lots and lots of things for his darlings. He paused over a show caso, and looked intently in, I heard him remark: "Wouldn't Sallie liko one of them, though? Yes, but Sullie's got a poor husband, and ho can't spend ono lmmlrfiil dollars or more for kowksws, for that's what Mike Hawloy paid for the one ho cave his wife last Christmas time; think I will just inquiro the prico, and porhaps I can save up enough bofore the noxt littlo gal comes. How much, gen tlemen, might this chain bo? Tho one with tho pretty tassol on it?" I told him tho prico was ono dollar and a quarter. "One dollar and a quar ter! There! I knew Mike Hawloy was lying when ho said he paid one hundred and ten dollars for a chain not one whit prettier than this 'ere. One dollar and a quarterl Why, I will not have to save very long. By jingo! I wonder if I could not surpriso Sallio with it to-day?" Instantaneously he turned both pockets insido out nnd counted his change. "Two dollars and seventy-five cents that's all. My ticket homo costs mo one dollar and a half, and I have got to spend two bits for something elso, and so I guess I can't get it to-day, thank ye," and his faco assumed a disappointed look as he spoke. I mado up my mind that Sollies face should brighten with tlio possession of that chain, so I asked him if he could afford one dollur for it. Sunshine immediately overspread his eouuteuouce, and ho said, "Now, that's real good of you of courso I could afford one dollar for Sallie, because I have it. My motto is: Spend all you've got, but don't spend more than you've got." He mado his ehoico among tho chains, and while I put it up in a white box with pink cotton, ho went on to tell mo how lie met Sallie Black at a ball, and fell in love with her right off. "Ouess it was mutual, too," laughed he, "so wo decided we'd tackle together. Farmer Sutton, he that brought Sallie up, gave us a big weddin', and made Sallie a present of a watch, but she's never had a chain. How her eyes will snap when she sees this ono," said ho, as I handed him the bundle He opened his coat aud placed it in an inside pocket, so that he could not lose the precious present. Happy man! Happy father! How big his heart is. Can yon not see the little house, all surrounded with fields of grain, and perhaps a rosebush climb iug over it, that he calls home. He enters the room with a quiet step, where his wife and baby lie. How her eyes sparkle as she puts tho watch-chain around her neck. "Something . for the littlo gal, too," says he as he dives down into his pocket and brings forth a bundle; she nnwraps it, and exclaims over the beauty of the tiny, tiny things. lie then gives Sallie a detailed account of his day's experience, and when the baby wakes, together they try on the cap and socks, and both decide positively that no other persons were ever blessed with such a lovely little "gal." A noBst's Foot. Those who will take pains to examine a horse's foot will find it a set of elliptical springs, separated from each other by a spongy substance, and the frog a cushion to rest the foot upon, the whole being admirably con structed for a heavy body to resist jars, from which the natural inference that cutting and paring the hoof and frog is not only nselees but positively in jurious. Gravity is the twin brother of stupidity. Learning In the German Army. A recent circular of the German Minister of War haa exhorted Colo nels to urge their subalterns toward the study of modern languages. An advantage which the German army -or at least the Prussian sec tion of it-has over the armies of other countries is that studious hab its are the rule rather than the ex ception among officers, because it is Lrnnwn that, nrnfieienov in an v branch of knowledge whatsoever is almost sure to bring its recompense. This does not apply to languages only, but to science, art and even to accom plishments which, from a military point of view, are generally consid ered of minor importance, such as musical taieot anu iwmij " v. tion. There aro some ledgers at the Berlin War Office in which hundreds nf nfflenrs are entered as being pos sessed ot special gifts, so that when . -iTi n C the government wants wen v. any particular service it can always lay hands on the proper men. If, for instance, it were desirod to have the military resources ot Persia exam ined, the records would be searched for tho names of officers having ac quaintance with tho Shah's domin ions; or, to tako a more familiar ex ample, if Louis II of Bavaria were to visit Berlin the staffchoaon to attend him would probably be solectod from among officers noted for their great love of music. A German Colonel who remarks special aptitudes in one of his officers is bound to tako note of them, and make a note of the same to headquarters. Meanwhile it is his duty to encourago the officer to perfect himself in his attainments. It is not too much to say that if tho War Office ' wanted to compose off hand a staff of good fellows for the entertainment of somo captive poten tate, it could dosignato at once a batch of officers skilled in comic act ing, singing, or endowed with a knack of turning society versos. In deed, something of this kind was effected when Napoleon III was a prisoner at Wilhelmshohe, for all the cflicors appointed to Attend him spoke French with a fluency that astonished him, whilo ono ot them hurl hoen chosen Dumoseiv Docauso he had written a number of treatises on tho conquest of Gaul, and was likely to prove companionable (as ho did prove) to tho imperial author ot the "Lifo of Ciesar." Starting from tho idoa that thoso who have to work a complicated machine should know nil its capabilities, this German sys tem of cataloguing tho divers talents in the army is most piacticai. ror ono thing, it insures that any work which tho War Office undertakes shall bo done by competent hands. London J cws. Desolation of Palestine. The Eov. J. W. Starcey writes to the London Times of the dcplorablo condi tion of the Holy Land, which he has re cently visited, ne Bays : " Nothiniz can well exceed tho deso lateness of much of it. Treeless it is for twenty or thirty miles together, forests which did exist thirty years ago (e. g., on Mount Carmol and Mount Tabor) fast disappearing, rich plains of the finest gardon soil asking to be cultivated, at best but scratched up a lew incnes aeep in patches, with no hodges, or boundar ies, mountain terraces, natural or artifi cially formed, ready to be planted with vines, as the German colony are doing at tho foot of Mount Carmel ; the villages nothing but mud huts, dust, dirt and squalor; tho inhabitants with scarce clothing enough for their decency, their houses ovens ; largo tracts without a horso, cow, sheep or dog ; no pretense at roads, except from Jatla to Jerusalem, and this like a cart road over a plowed field, the rest, like sheop-walks on the Downs of Sussex, but for tho most part like tho dry bed of the most rocky river, whero, amid blocks of stone, each makes his way at a footpace as best ho can, or on smooth, sloping rocks or over loose stones thrown down from the old walls on either side, which no ono offers a finger to remove ; nothing upon wheels, not so much as a barrow, to bo met with in a ride of 300 miles. Everything taxed ; every fruit tree, so none now are planted; every cow or horso, etc., every vegetauie sold out of a private gardon. Every eighth egg is not taxed but taken by the Government. Nothing like a small farm house is to be found far or near. If there were, the owner is liable to have sol.liprs or revnnne officers auartercd upon him, to be boarded and lodged at i T mi. - l - 1.1... :.. i 1. - uis expense, mo iuwiis ure unuj iu me extreme. None more so than Jerusalem itself, where, however, taxes are levied from every house for lighting and clean ing the streets, while a sprained ankle or a splash into a hole of blackest dirt is sure to be the result of a momentary carelessness. Nothing is done for the good or improvement of the people or the land by the Government. Aot only so, but every offer, and I heard of several made by private individuals, or by com panies, is at once refused, or refused un less a bribe be first given to the authori ties. This is a picture, I believe, in no way overdrawn, of that land which was once flowing with milk and honey. What might it not become again, with fair usage and good government? But there is no hope of Palestine while it remains in the hands of its present rulers. Palestine is worthless to the Turkish government. The whole revenue is stated to amount only to 10,000 or 200,000 per annnm. Capitalize this at 5 per cent., and it comes to but four mil lions of money. If it were six, or even ten millions, what would that be for Europe to raise for the purchase of Pales tine? A sum sure to be repaid a thou sand fold in a few yean' time. And what would not 10,000,000 in hard cash be to the Turkish government at this moment? Every time two women meet on the street and kiss, the thermometer sinks 17 degrees and people hustle around and bank np their cellar windows. Gathering Wild Flowers. Yonder on the wooded slope fk, feathery shade-tree blooms, like a pended cloud of drifting snow lingerim among the gray twigs and branches; chasing across the matted leaves beneath a lively troup of youngsters, girls boys, make the woods resound wia their boisterous jubilee. A jolly baJ nf fiirritivps fronh from tlio - o 1 oturiflvl week's captivity spring buds bnmti.'J wUl. lifn with a Twnt.nn etnM ftf .'A that finds escape in an effervescence ol ringing iuukub m a uiu ui lneeswu. iabber. How well I know the kn.! exhilaration that impels them on in J 11 .1. 1 . WCl.! . .. .. .... ... .-"jaiij reciuess ironu, as mey saip irom ston j to stone across the rippling stream J utntYiTi" 0nh nthpr An Hia a..i.-. O.uaufr . H I- I ULTTjr, 1 crossing poie wuicn spans uie deep, 8ti! current. Now I see them Luddlj around the trickling grotto anions J mossy boulders in the steep gully T0E 1 UI1, D11G1V UIUHU1MH, DAUg UllUDll'd into a crystal pool. Alas! how qoiclw ll U1UD HWIUD1 Ul UCjJUllCUS j rilled by the ruthless mob! Now . elamber up the great gray rocks beneatl tne drooping iiemioc&s, stooping m headlong zeal to snatch some tremble cluster of anemone, nodding from its velvety Ded 01 moss, aow plnngind aown un intuitu ttuu uncus, 8ueuUin innocent blood among an unsuspectin! colony of fragile bloom these clowir blossoms so welcome in the early spris V no does not snow uie oioouroot tL. shy recluse hiding away among tl mountain nooks, that emblem of chay purity with its bridal ring of pun gold? How oiten nave i seen its tend loaf-wrapped buds lifting the matt leaves and spreading their galaxy J snowy stars along tne woouianu path! Then there was the shy arbutus, to: Wherehn all the world s bouquet is thei another such a darling of a flower? Aii where in all New England does tL: darling show bo full and sweet a face 1 in its home upon that sunny slope Ik in mind, and know so well? Was evs such a fragrant tufted carpet spread bt neath a hesitating foot? Even tun along the bchen-dapplod wall upon tJ summit, i see tne lingering strip snow, gritty and speckled, and at very ediro, hiding beneath the coveriij leaves, thoso modest little faces lookiiJ out at me faces which seemed to llnJ a deeper pink at their rude discovery. -t Harper s Magazine. Moths. A word in season, if it is the ri word, regarding moths, will be equivalt iu utility to the old adage, "A stitch timo onvnH nine." An obscure student economic housewifery, who hasattentiv lir rptrnrilo.l for a aeries of venrs theiiL'ti' of ditl'erent vegetable substances on til life and destruction ot insects, lias disco ered the proper food for the greedy mo' ail mount, it is ciieaper iiiiut luuuraj camphor, has no smell, and is mw available. A pound or two of black per, ready pulverized for table use, t t,.i-u.l front v mrionir vnnr furs nnd wooli nan ousilv lie fthnkp.n all out In the autu by some hand willing and happy to lined to sneeze, anu tne gunueuw n fnimrl nniniiircil. A IaiiV who nacked her personal effects in the loose coufus; 01 ICO Utile lime anu sirenijui to uev thereto, hurnea tnein ou to one oi great store-houses, and left them untoo u,l ilnriiiir ft n iihHence of three venrs. ! hurl tnasnil thn nenner with random lavi ness through each trunk, box, and defeD less bug ot Duniues. one louiiu ner trimmed and all-wool garments perfec unharmed after their three years cf ei exposure among the quantities oi ot: f. initios' ironila nnenmiihiteil in the nro moths' boarding-houee. Not only t triumph; another divuigea expene; brings to light a handsome mutt', wlii kuln,r ulllipmoill'll llV Ot.lliT fllTS tO UU' suits, eecaped use for 15 or 20 years, a was seldom looueu at. neu peppei and without other extra care, it is clc fresh, and undaniaeed to-day. A" tc runic ntiipct attained, better a few eace atory occasions, and a funny confusion sorrowless tears, or an hour's huim cough, in looKingvyer a iruns, u u f.iutorthnn it run be earned i ol her way. In fact, this is the ciiiaf ; in which pepper should be used, ui. one wants to scare tbe moths out of o: stomach at the cost of wearing oui . burning up the delicate tissues of the ner man. Pepper to be trodden ue foot in the shoes on a cold journpy, li the case of a constitution where the I needs to be coaxed down to the feet, indeed, useful also; but the evident c. object of nature in providing black m is to defend mankind from powerful r bers, of form and color so indefinite t even in the matter of identity they o deceive their most familiar victims. Arab Auguries. The Bedouins t. auguries from birds. A single raver one's pnth is a very bad token, but ; are extremely lucky. They say Ail rorrn Fnlan inin t.WO preen t. t. Dl ones a fair omen. The Bedouins u ninny other snperstitions about ania The superstition as to the flesh of rock badger, which Falmor noted m Peninsula of Sinai, is unknown here: there is a similar idea about the mon. which frequent Mount Kara, is said, were once men who came to ' the Prophet. He set before them s a n.l irnlur 1irnrtino' them to dnn former and perform their ablutions IUD JUklCl. AUW jjv.iu. ... J lit, Trnf.ni- unil wrmliprl with the BluK, I were transformed to monkeys for disobedience. As they were ou -; Tint oaton This leges closely akin to what one reads m tn v Uions nistory oi eariy atum nas and the Wabar in the great st desert. Both these words are mo. names, quite current in the present thongh not recognized by the 1 The latter is an ape, the formers mo: with a tail. Except in this mot story, I could find no trace of the sr.. stitious rejection of the flesh of any -..I i). vin.u nf rle-sh b1 ,;..i ;na ottaha.t to them. 11 who suffers in any member of w . seeks a cure oy eating a r part of a hvena. The byena is also -t in the neighborhood of Suez, for i of mine who shot one near the r .r.Aa.1 hv the Bedon- givo them a leg. A similar r I tacnes w tuo umu t " (Wndheyhy) .rare species of ant ujuuu tar in iuo - . .j it draws an obstinate bullet UH wonnd. The Scotsman. If nature ahonld one day bpk to reveal her secrete to ns, on. n what errors, what mistakes anal' r in our paltry sciences! r