M fit 111 I Mil 4V gVsCHWEIER, THE OOISTITTJTIOI-THE UHOI-AH) THE ETTOSOEMEIT OP THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. V()l, XXXIX. MIFFLINTOAVN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEIiUUARY 4. 1SS5. NO. 0. un fi i v r i ri v . iw irrwx a aa.'vti r i vnr r 11 jvk: 1 r wa av fvi i 1 i mtrv an.aa ia, i ria f a gin w gprnm mi piiiwi. , Jear bauds: for3- . (,,'!; ttie turn ul" Je:"ml 1 arc -"' Tt-.J ti, u, 'i i.v, ii love strip or.:u . !.v: i.t may see ' . ,,i i-u t h..-a siuall word qa. ik, or out of .-.mli .ir.tr, ljtuUs.tr feet tliat go J" . with ..urn tel last or it"r iu , i , kn-n i-.iiv if She. mistake ' "': 7,i- t u- rl t-r that we would U.-HWfcl "1" nr l r. a-t, n l'r:iie some reed. 0-"" I . ii m. ill it l, Orcr i- , i" " W c m:t t-e uiule. v. nritwf !." wutu.e ' s,i,.b . iinir way to go can be f vivrr-l. b .;t:.ew line along tue way, "!.; i st wL,:e "". &.iai.y :' '''''- uwtLnii; for "t bund I Love e '"" " yoU auJ pfrt, ri-sn. i.. ili,u. .-me by and by, flL-tW crave ia'i.rs-ti. you aud me. P. i., l.: Its.li.a.i. o ui.ii. inn .. 5.;,i:n-rri :; in vim mid showers. M'akea vr.i- to-uiut u -.'.brrii:.. t I... to-su-rrow s light, W i-atie;.:; ! e know Tlcn-S -u. li a lit.'.e way to go. lilt IJlMI l Mill. More tU:i a c-.iw ago in incitlfut octurml !iiili t.n k, tiiuilly, the form iJnarriCne. ai. l SraVrVd l t.'iu one geu aurii.utoaiiu'.hri, '.fiirini; a if iiiit-xiUfj wine. , , . , Oue nwriila '''k- autumn of 1 .uO a i-uaw-r!?'.i under full sail i,tearl L the LaiU.r of Newport. Tiiis trra'.rd only tlie oidinary interest iue to tLc arrival of how-bound eraft, U: tbeN-a UuJ, oiiuuiauded by Capt. UuxUiu, xs due at this time lrow Brntol, and lo ..ue felt any surprise at teUiglK-r steer toward lier oit. The oiOiu's fneiiil asneinliied on shore to give tiiui irreetiiii,'. As they waited iudgai'ed, they queued that the ship, mad of lterlng bT course for Nar Biujsett ta, as running directly to nid the Uai-b. What Could it mean? Voices nut out a warning of the dan ger. Nobody rei'lied. Nobody beard txUL As the I'eiij'ir looked they were tied with astonishment. Not a man to to le seen on deek. On, ou, came IT vex-!, as if steered by a ghostly kml, ud stun k the shore half a dozen w"r"" ... i. , jiWtiUoul me spot wiiere me gioup tas suiiduiir. Boita were instant! y put out to search into the iaur of this singular proceed ing, Xot a liumau being tt ;ts found on butid Uit slup. ( 'uly a little dog of all tteliviiig I'n-atures who hail euiljarked it Bristol, rriuaihed in the vessel. A Hie was .it ill burning in tbe ca bvise. and there were signs that some preiratlou had been made for Lueak- T!ie captain's journal was in order, tut tie lotf-hook was missing. The Wu too, were gone. A dressing gown kf t the foot of the sUirs, as if hastily ttiowfloff. No tiaees of violence or wiSiet were visible. Great was the BJsiUrry! llany the conjectures as to its ause. Sjuie siipjuised that captain and o til hrfu the victims of pirates. But then Low aeciMint for the orderly toiniitiuu of the ship? Had the sailors, trmrieil by a s-iua!!, taken to the lmals? Hml there l-n any panic, and of wliat latuic? It waaeiL-i) to a.k iiuestious ULm.ble to answer them. No solu tluD of the enigma could lie found. People shook their beads w hen it was HitliUolied Niiue believed that invisible bad tranited the crew to Uititberspljeieuiid hud guidexl tbe ves sel to its Laven. Htre was an instance, which showed tt we weie surrounded and jiossessed 5 spirits. Only s. t-ptics could tlout testliuony hke this. Thus, for sixty 5m the ai,lly 1jv-.I and the fate of '-pt. Hu,ani and his couipauy re BuiilieJ an un.led problem. tatl' in the year in JO the ship Soldau a New oik, commanded by Captain Hearj Kol.son. ran on to Falsterlio 'ls '.ii ttie I'.aP.ic sea, aud Wing con Bdrrnbly daiiiiig.-d was taken to the tilu rt Vted for repairs During us suiy t aptaui Kolison heard rumors aii old inau, supposed tc be an Atbrnc,, who led uu eccentric life in little I,. The captain paid a "at to Ins country man, whom be found iraUe uf aspect and walking in the "lo cast by the ,1JAlat,eof eighty faw. hether the fact that tbev were WBpatiiots uiil.. Lis lips, or "that a f'tv coiiM-ience felt weary of its bur . who can i Speech seemed to relief, and he related to Capsou the Tel of his life. uame is Thomas Hanwav. At Jeof l;i 1 shipi,l w ith Captain "Wlaiuou Uiard the Sea 15ird. luck u h.,d. ThecapUin seemed J, Wii from the lirst. The mate ii . , Uw to- H W:ts a KoimI-IooW-" Wlow, blai-k haired, black-eved, clieeke.1, with white teeth which k'"-,r1 !'''"h1 d,'id v,)m' ,ie slH,ke ' "e ''ad a dashing manner, """at Hiked. But after w. irt to sea be cbangej He "lew sharer than the "- shaip as a caning knife. 1 Uiou u 1 Ct,ulJ ,,ave ever &,m-u li!lu ''andsoiue. There was nZ,U"K '" hissich that rouse 1 the 'rit in me. ne vvoij turu rouiil ith t""r M"W al"' give Uha stab bin worm, i never couui he did it. When I reieate.l the wa. to "'y'"" I couldn't see .', "'ere was in Vm t. nnta f 1 wwitd. n,.i i i . .l . "U. ill fill i IltM!. til. THI L- .K'"- iu his fat-e when he S'J.e. Xuted ii-s iu? miftv smile t!iat iW:iv f ...... i.:.. Ui i uiiiu i mean gixni I a"i '""'y. We had passengers . ..uuaij ail(i ti .. iiL.i i,. --aUTT .ll.ll.M .v... uai u C""'1 ver-v l'asant to . could tell stories aud sing muT V, wavs like a ttentle- e h i " U ','"9e V"1 tb'm " Huuftj .!" ,'1"1'lre 'u board, lie MU. was l",l,te t( th-,r f .. nd hail l,,.ir fall a nitli ll.ir In.. a eiei in which he was owner. I heard him say that Mr. I ..." capital othcer. I'erh:tis "uiftjT lt""wl' swear at us kin, J ,t'V lf tue lwys' nnther had Um i i ,1"u't l"iuk s1"' w'JuU ave le, ..Tn u r. Kuudell's stories for for u ,y ""Kht hear words not good " to kiiuw. But after aU we had a nice tiaige, pleasant weather and a short run, aud they made me for get the ugly things. I was voung and strong and cheerful. I made up my mind that Mr. Hundell was to lie oliey ed, so long as be was my mate. I made up my mind too, thai once back iu New York I Wouldu't shlD a.r:iiii with Capt. Hnxham. I think this resol i i.nrtiii. i Liiuiiv una resoie helted me to bear a good many haixl words In this I Iielieve I should have succeeded had it not l-ren for Jac Ileusdale, an loutish sailor, who was always having trouble with Mr. lluu dell. lleusdalt; wan my watch-mate, audi was doomed to hear continually his threats of vengeance against the man he bated. 'You're a fool, Tom, to let him lord it over you so. He treats you like a dog. Why don't you turu ou him and show your teeth?" I was temnted the next afteruooa to follo-v Jack's counsel. 1 asked to be let oil duly. I had a bad headache and wauled to get below. Mr. Kuudell lookeu ai me Willi a mocking smile as asked him t let me off. "(Jo to Samp son with your headache," he cried iu taunt iug touts. He would have said go somewhere else if Mr. Wand hadn't beeu standing near. He looked as if he wanted to spit at and spurn me. Night after night, did Jack threaten what be would do to Mr. Uuudell, but he never did it, aud I be gau to turn a deaf ear to his promises of revenge. 1 got tired of hearing him talk on oue subject, aud 1 was thankful when we nearel ISnstol. Now my trouble was half over. 1 liad bon e the mate's cruel treatment coming out and I could bear it going back, so I said to Jack. He swore at me and called me green hand and fool. As we were going into the harbor fresh trouble arose between Ileusdale aud the mate. Jack made some bold answers to Mr. Kuudelll, aud the latter took a rope's end to him. He dodged it, and ran aft aud made as if he would jump into the water, but remembering he would lose his chest if ke did this, he turned back aud went to his work. As Mr. limidell passr-d he gave me nuuie order. 1 de spised him at that miuute. 1 dare say I showed what I felt, for pretending that 1 didn't move w hen spokeu to, he brought his fist dowu uioii me like a trip hammer. It was hard to keep up courage under such treatment. When 1 reflected that 1 should have to bear this, aud worse, jerhaps, ou the voyage back, my good resolutions faltered. Jack was always at my side to nurse my wrath and to tempt me. He said there wouldu't 1 any passengers going kick, and that the mate would treat us like brutes. "Quit the vessel," he said. 'Come with me, and I will show you w here to get gold. We'll leave these fellows and live like princes." Jack wad a serpent in humau form. I listened to his words, gave up my struggles, adopted his evil counsel aud tried to desert with him. I'.ut our plan was thwarted. Some of our messmates got wind of it and betrayed us. We were taken prisoners, haadcuffed aud put on board the Sea Bird jut as she was ou the point of sailing. Jack would tight but be was noon overpowered by two strong men. "Curse our luck," he said, as he felt himu lf a captive. The cap ta'U aud the mate seemed like evil spirits. No pity had they iu their hearts for the ioor tars who had borne insults and cruelty till they could bear them uo longer. 1 know we were ueseners ana deserved punishment, but we didn't deserve to be mocked at always. Air. Hundell would cut a joke at our expense every time he iassed us. The cptain ma.le his jilies, bw, and the crew smiled and w inked tlU 1 hated every one of them. I had got to be a bad fellow then, but I grew worse. It seemed as if the mate showed more malice every day. Jack didn't apiiear to mind his language, but when we were together he would swear revenue and vow to throw the mate overUcird. One night I was at the helm. A rough sea was running, and 1 c v.iidn't prevent the ship from pitching heavily. Mr. Uuu dell gave me bad words, which raised my Mood, .lust then the foresheet slipped, and be ordered Jack to haul it aft. Jack said be couldn't do it alone. The mate went forward to lend a hand. In another luinnte the man that had made both of us miserable was battling with the sea. 'Twas a black night; black enough for any deed. I can see now just how the sky Uioked not blue, but slate color. Kvery star seemed like a staring yellow eye. They all wiu-ied as if they would pierce my soul but 1 cared for nothing, even when the mate's call for help should have touched my heart. They roused the captain and crew. All Hocked on deck. Cries of murder filled tb air. Ileusdale and I were knocked down, secured and con fined. t)jr doom was sealed. We both felt sure of that from the lirst, but we were not left long iu ignorance of our future. The captain visited us every day aud assured us as often that we should be hanged as soon as we got into iH.rt. Not a word of contort tell from his lips, not a rav of pity Warned from his eyes as he told us what we had to "l- It was through uiru niai oaum nie. I no longer cared what I did to anybody. One idea rilled my uniit that of saving my life. Why should Jack and I let the captain reach land if he was going to tie us to the rojie's end when he got us there. 1 was deter mined against it. We began to try our irons to see if we ould get them off. For some time it was iniossible, but by diut of working we m maged to get theiu ou and off again. This was the lirst step toward freedom. We were hearing Newport rapidly The captain i.ai.1 us a last visit, aud grinned spite fully as he told us w should be in jail before 12 o'clock the next .lay. The time for rising had come. W e slised our irons aud went on deck. All is con fusion iu my miud as I try to remember what followed. 1 know that capU.n aud crew were sent to their last ac count. One murder had seared my conscience-the others were easy -but I didn't lift mvhand against the cap tain. Thank Uod for that. Neither did 1 lift a linger to help him. As I said before, my mi-id is in whirl when I think of the bloody business that made the day black as a pit. Two na tures were in memy old self and the devil and since I had been treated like dog the devil had swamped lom lleu- The deadly work was finished, and Tleusdleand I were masters of the i sh p. We had our liberty, but what should we "do with it? How escape the just.c. awaiting us on shoie? v-irt We could not return to without our capuin. That would be a confession of crime We could noten- the Sea Bi d. and take ourselves aiiiv from ugly question. When we came ll. sight of lilock Island we irot into om row Unit and pulled toward laud, leaving me vessel to her fate. We lay iu the oinug tin dark; then we landed. All signs ot scuifle had beeu removed from tbe deck. We must complete the mys tery and make away w ilh the long boat. W e loaded it with heavy stones, towed it into deep water, drew out the plug aud suns ii, men we pulled for shore. landed and set our b.wt adrift. That could tell uo stories. We weie safe. We took the first road westward and walked all night. I felt like oue stun ned. Yesterday ateiu-d like a horrible urea in. Where was my joy at finding myself iree auu my own master? If it had not been tor Hensdale at my side, I should have thought I was dreamim still. We walked for miles without shaking a word. - Jack seemed the same as ever, but he saw i was downcast aud didn't trouble me with talk. About sunrise we found ourselves within a few miles of Stoninif. ton. Here we separated. Jack divided with me a suiri of money, taken from the captain's desk. "Cheer up. old fellow, aud eood luckl We'd better jiart. It won't do for us to be seen together. I know where fortune is waiting for me. There are brave men down in the (ulf, who make mouey easy enough. They've asked me to joiu 'em. Now'a .my time. A rover's life isu't so bad. Gold, spices. silks to be had iu plenty if a fellow's got pluck, t.o with me, Tom, or join me later. We musu't keep together here." "I have had enough of rover's work, Ileusdale." "Come, come, don't bedowuhearted; you'll do. But," sjieaking low, "you've got to take care of yourself. Good luck. Tom, and if you won't joiu me, eood bye." He wrung my hand and was gone. 1 never saw him again. I had the luck he wished me. I found a sloop bound to New York. I took passage in her. though I felt I was treading close to danger. But I didn't stay iu New York. As soon as I got there 1 heard that a vessel bad arrived iu Newiort without a man ou board. It seemed as it punishment was already for me, I didn't wait to hear anything else, but shipped for Coienhageu. From there I came to Y'slad, where I have passed mauy years. 1 learned the Swedish language and soon found enough employment to maintain me. Ever since that dark night aud dread ful day 1 have lived an honest man. There are times when 1 think God may forgive and that an innocent life of sixty years may weigh in his sight against the sins of my youth. "May 1 ask why you tell me this hor rible tale?" inquired a young man h had listened to the above recital. "Because you say you are going to be a sea captain, aud 1 want you to know something of the injustice shown toward sailors, also the results arising from their cruel treatmeuL" "They are rascals, villians, crimi uals!" "Yes, aud who helped to make them all these?" "1j you think I shall turn into a tiger when 1 go to sea. "You will have power, and power la everywhere a dauger aud aud you will have a mate." "1 don't believe one word of the story." The account was found among Capt. Kolison's patters after his death. rtie Hera of Fort En. flemoral (lainM. familiarlr known as the "Hero of Fort trie," wl not pleased when Oeneral boon was pro moted, although he was then upward of eighty years of age, and uunt for mili tary duty. Tall, spare and erect, wilh u,....wi,it.a hair ami keen eve, he ure- DUV. - H U.W . ' sented a striking contrast to his small, vivacious and energetic wue, wuo was t.d lim. A.Miinirtiininar on. of the most celebrated of the cfiujwa ctlt brea of the United States. Amiable, courte ous and affectiouate, Mrs. Guinea became a heroic litigant, ami we.ni irom court to court seeking to establish her rights ait the lawful heir of her father, n...,i nl.rk Mr. (Mark was in his 1awuoi m j dav one of the most ambitious young - - . . . i .. . . l i. men of ew uneaus, wuo uuiuou iue confidence and respect of the people with Governor Claiborne. He was a high-spirited, ambitious young Irish man, full of energy aud wealthy. Em barking in politics he was elected the first delegate to Congress for laouislana, ha tnrtrnt til A VOWS to bis Wife. who had not, at the time of his mar riage to her been divorceu irom uer urai i..,oi.o.i nonfactioner named De Granite. Their child was Myra Clark, subsequently airs, ciamo. an "" iugton he became infatuated with the beautiful Miss Caton of Bltimore, and tie retnrned to New Orleans deter mined to have his marriage with Muie. De Grange prononnoed illegal that he might wed Miss Caton. Pecuniary embarrassment fortuuately arrested this resolve aud induced a fatal sick ness, duriug which h repented and sought to make reparation to Myra by making a will in her favor in which ue acknowledged her as his legitimate daughter. When shortly afterward he died this will could not be found, but a previous oue was produced which con tained uo reooguition of Myra. Under tms will his real esUta in the city of New Orleans was administered on and sold. Nor did his daughter Myra, then a child, know anything about her par entage and history until she had grown up aud become the wife of Mr. Whit ney She at once commenced the prosecution of her claim to be recog nized as the legitimate daughter and heiress of Dauiel Clark. This she continued, and when, after the death of Mr. Whitney, Oeneral Oaines ad dressed her, she consented to become his wife onlv after he had promised to second ter litigation. Tbe great nuui uer of persons interested to defeat her, and their large means, rendered the contest apparently a most unequal one. But what has been wanting in means, influence and array of great legal talent has beeu made up by the singular heroism, pertinacity, patience and in domitable will of this remarkable lady. . "Beware" said Livater, "of him who hates the langh of a child." "I love God and little children," was the simple but sublime sentiment of ltitcher. The man who Is curious to see how the world could get along wimout mm, i m i.v tiflkinir a needle into a mill pond and then withdrawing it and looking at tne noie, Faithful Mitlhera, How much there is sometimes in a single word. One word can often move the heart more deeply than the whole of an elegant sermon. Speak the word 'household." or "fireside," or "home," to oue who is w aiideriug frieudless, and, perhtps iu a strange laud, aud how quickly the tears will start, the bosom heave and the lips quiver. Memory goes back with lightning seed to the days of childhood w hen the loved house hold gathers in an uubrokeu band around the fireside iu the dear home. The happy voices that are scattered far away, or hashed iu the silent dormitory of the dead, are plainly heard by memory's ear, and above the rest sounds the loving mother's voice, as with one of the sweet songs tf .ion she sang her weary child to sleep. As memory brings up so faithfully scenes of the o.d home, and just as faithfully his lire siuce he left that home, how our wan derer wishes himself back again au iu noceut child ou Ins mother's lav listen ing to the old Bible stories that are ever new. Tne stories float in his memory, and thoughts of them and his mother cause the tears to roll down his cheeks. Oil, the memory of a loving, faithful mother can soften the hardest heart! How her advice, precepts and love can help us w hen she has long been mouldering iu the grave. When we think of home how our thoughts will go liack to the place where mother was, and when we look forward lo the beau tiful home beyond the river, faith and imagination see mother there. Oh, mothers of the youth of our country, do ycu realize what a power for good is in your liands if you w ill only use it? Are you so living before your children, so training them that when they go out iu the world away from you, or you are taken from them, their memories of you will be as a guid ing star to keep them in the right ath? 1H you realize that God has placed the children with you to take care of for Him? Io you stop to tlnuk that the way iu which mothers train their chil dren will now inllueiice the whole na tion, aye, lu years to come? If you do, why do you leave that little on of ten der years out in the street awy from under your own eye and ear, to learn more of evil iu eue hour than you can uproot iu a lifetime? How are you training your sons that in time to come are to fill offices all over the laud? Are you training your daughters to be true women, worthy to Iwcome wives aud mothers of the nation? Oh, woman, take care of the precious talent God has given you; and oue way to make the best use of it is to make your home the most pleasetit spot ou earth. Gather your household around a cheerful fire side, where the cold, wintry winds of uukiuduess aud neglect are not allowed tt, come, but from which the membeis will carry a glow all their lives. Lltf-bt ob the Oldf-! ol HMitiirtcal Problem. The current quarterly statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund is ex ceptionally interesMug It contains the report drawn up by Major Kitchener, embodying the results of the survey made by him or the great alley or the Arabah. which was, in prehistoric I iuies, the cout iuuation of . the Jordan Valley, dowu to the eastern arm or the Bed Sea, now known as the Gulf of A k aba. It will be recollected that some eigh teen months ago a project w as mooted of connecting the Jordan Valley with the Bed Sea by means of a caual cut out in the Arabah; and as the Dead Sea aud the Jordau Valley are considerably below the sea level, it was conjectured that if a cutting wai made for some twenty miles from the head of the Gulf of Akaba an opening would be effected by which the waters of the Bed Sea would flow down the remaining por tions of the Arabah into the Iead Sea and till the Jordan Valley up to an I even beyond the Sea of Galilee. Not with the object or promoting a scheme which, if accomplished, would have sunk beneath the waves a considerable portiou of the Holy Laud, but with the view of demonstrating its impractica bility, besides obtaining more accurate knowledge of a region which must have been traversed by the Israelites ou their w ay to the promised land, the Palestine Fund dispatched at the close of last year an expedition, the services of Major Kitchenor, it. t., having been enlisted, to make the necessary survey. As the result of his observations it appears that the Watershed of the Arabah is distant 4 mues irom Akana, and that it Is 000 feet alwve the sea level. Thirty miles further up the valley the sea level is again reached, so that tbe proosed canal would involve a cutting of 75 miles through a limestone floor covered by gravel, the ueptn or the cutting ranging up to 7uu feet. The construction of such a canal, though perhaps not a physical impossibility, is practically so, inasmuch as the cost of the undertaking would be so enormous that the necessary funds would nover be forthcoming. The result of the expedition lias, however, been to do something more than obtain precise information re specting the physical cliaracteristics of the Arabah. as a consequence oi personal observation of the region he traversed aud a careful examination of some novel and rather startling views expressed a short time siuce by Baker Greene respecting the route toiiowed by the Israelites ou their way from r.gypt to the lauu oi promise, iajor Kitchuer has fully indorsed his views aud expressed his couvictiou that Mouut Sinai and Mount 11 or are iden tical. According to the accepted belief the Israelites, after crossiug or round ing the head or the Gulf or Sue., turned to the south aud entered the pe ninsula which lies betweeu the Gulf of Suez aud Akabi; that in this region the holy mountains was situated where the tradition of tbe law took place, and that, subsequently, they wandered for close on forty years in the adjoining desert of the Tih before makiug their way to the eastern frontier of Kdoni to Moab aud the traus-.Jordanic region. This view of the jourueyiugs of the re leased captives was assailed by Baker Greene, who poiuted out that it had uo other foundation than the gratuitous and unsupported assumption that Mount Sinai was situated in the penin sula of that name, and was at direct variance with the account riven iu the Pentateuch of the route followed by the Israelites on quitting Egypt and wilh all the opinions held iu Judea on the subject down to the fourth century of the Christian era. According to the Scriptural account the following were the incideuts of the journey between the Egyptiau fro tier and Mount Sinai The Israelites went three days into tlie wilderuess and found no water; at their nextstagt they came to Marah, where the water is bitter, and the next restiug place was Elim, noted for its wells and palm trees. From thence they entered the wildsruessof Sin, which lay between Elim aud Sinai. Here was the visi tation of quails, the Israelites dyiug iu great uumliers, the place being called Kibroth hat Taavah4 "the graves of lust," They then reached Kephidim, where Moses, having gone on before, caused the water to flow through the riven rock, and thence they came to Mount Sinai. This account. It is now urged, is con sistent, aud not alone consistent with a journey by the old caravan road which existed in the time of the Pharaohs from Egypt across the desert to the head of the Gulf of Akaba, and thence up the Arabah to Mount II or. The Egyptian has annually followed this route from Suez to Akaba. No water is found until the end of the third day's journey, at Nalml. At the next stage, now called Abu Muhammad, the water is salt aud bitter, and two days more jfMirney brings the caravan to Akabah, celebrated for its w ells aud ulni groves. I lot Akabah w as known to the Israel ites as Elath I)euU 2:S; KiugsD: -Jti the Greeks as Euttia, and to the Ro mans as Alia, aud as Elim and Elath are only different plural forms of the word el, "a palm grove," Mr. Baker Greene's solution of the olde t of his torical enigmas lies in the identifica tion of the Elim of the Book of Exodus with the Elath of Deuteronomy and the historical books, the place justly celebrated for its wells and palm trees. If, however, the Israelites took this course across the desert, they would then turu their steps up the Arabah, as they confessedly did not pass round Edoiii on the East till a much Liter eriod. But half way up the Arabah, on the eastern side, stand Mouut llor, as it is rather unfortunately trauslated, but lit. -rally liar ha H.ir, the Mount of Mounts, which could have been uo other than Mouut Sinai, aud which would fittingly receive such designa tion. It is curiously confirmatory of the accuracy of the route thus indicated that iu the Arabah, about twenty miles from Akaba, ou the way to Mount llor. is a marsh w hich in Major Kitch ener's reHit is named Et Taba, and on i:s liorders are the lemaius of au auc- cient Bedouin cemetery. It was, how ever, in the w 1 lei ness between Elim aud Sinai that the Israelites died in kivat uiiuiliers, the place being called Kibroth hat T .avail, 'o that now, after the Luqie of .'i.txM years, this Sot liter ally bears the same description, "the cemetery of Et Taba." It would le impossible here now to s. militarize the arguments aud the evi dence adduced by Uaker Greene in sup- vrt ol his version of what he terms "The Hebrew Migratiou from Egypt," but Major Kitchener's continuation of the soundness of his conclusions will. !' doubt, induce Biblical critics and iVihers to examine them carefully. St, Paul unquestionably placed Mount Sinai iu Arabia, and it was not until the second century that Ptolemy is MiMiosed to have extended Arabia hvireit to the Tin and the so called Sinaitic peninsula. All Arabian ge ographers made the Arabah the west ern limit of their country, thus exclud ing llie euiusula It is also notice able I'a.it EiiH-bius an 1 Jerome placed the scene of the incidents which hap pened in the lieighl-oi hood of Mouut Sinai iu Edom. and when the Crusaders entered that country al the beginning of the twelfth century the great chasm of the Sik, which enters Petrea from the east, was pointed out as the rock riven by the wand of Moses. Mount llor was declared to be Mount Sinai, and Aila, the uioderu Akaba, was de clared to le the Elim of the Bjok of Exodus, noied for its wells and palm trees. llnyhtNMl vt '.mlnMt Mug, Dr. A bin ill was for half a century principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. He lecently talked alwut school-boys as follows: "J.ewis Cass was a very wild boy. One day his father. Major Cass, came to me and asked me if I w ould take his son." Certainly, but why do you ask?" Oil! the youngster is headstrong and bard to manage. 1 am an officer, aud cau govern soldiers, but that boy is too much for me." 'What does he do?' "Plays truant, runs away from his work, steals off without isermissiou to go a giinniii, fishing and swimming, and is full of all kinds or pranks.' W ell, send him to me aud I'll see I what I can do with nun.' "The boy was placed under my charge. Several mouths later I met his father ami asked htm how his son was getting along. 'Well, sir, said he, if Lewis was half as fraid of the Almighty as he is of you, I should never have any more trouble with him. In relating this incident Dr. Abbot fairly shook with the laughter which the recollection of Majwr Cass answer excited. It is scarcely necessary to add that. controlled by the preceptor's extraor dinary power of discipline, the strong motive energies which led young Cass into ail sorts of boyish mischief were directed to nobler objects. The results of the wise management which quick ened the ambition aud roused into ac tion the faculties of a powerful nature are recorded iu American history. It was, however, intimated that at Exeter the future statesman eviuceu more talent for practical affairs than for the details of scholarship. n siieaking of the school-boy traits of Daniel Webster, Dr. Abbot men tioned au unexiecled fact. He said that "Young Webster showed au in superable aversion to declamation. As the boy is father to the man it might have been supiosed that the lad who was destined to be pre-eminent in ora tory would have exhibited an early fondness for declamation, but no ler suasion could overcome his natural diniihjnce." Dr. Abbot remarked that "There was a inpular iniscppreheusiou with regard to Webster's scholarship. It was gene rally believed that Webster was a dull aud unsuccessful pupil, but such was not the Tact. II is mind rarely seemed to be occupied with his studies. His large, lustrous, thoughtful eyes were gazing about the room, or looking out of the wiudow; but at recitation tbe pupil who apiseared not to be engaged iu studious preparation always acquitted himself well. He often showed a far better grasp of the subject than those who were more familiar with the minor poiuts of scholarship. While Dr. Abbot was telling these anecdotes his toues became more earn est, and his eyes lighted up with a glow which these agreeable recollections kiudled. It was quite obvious that age had not wholly quenched the urea of earlier niauhouJL - Try tbe CUr Hall. He stood in the door of a tobacco store aud stauied the snow off his feet and gave each of the half-dozen men around the stove a sharp glance in tin n, as he slowly closed the door, he remark ed: "What I was goiug to say was that I shan't hang up my stockings to-night. When a feller passes his nights in a box in the alley he w ants his stockings on Irs feet If any of you gentlemen feel Ii ke adding a ray of sunshine to the cloud ed life of a poor jay bird like me, why why " He waited but no one had any reply to make. "It is more blessed to give than to receive you know!" he presently con tinued. "Of course I don't expect to see any of you plank dowu a dollar bill, pat me on the back, and tell me to go off aud Christmas myself on turkey aud cranberry sauce, but I was thinking that if any of you " The men around the store coutiuued to talk about Cleveland's inauguration, and after a bit the stranger went on: "Cast your bread upon the waters. I'm not exactly water, but I'm the next thing to do it ice. Haven't been warm siuce the 1st of November. Of course I can't exiect a diamond pin, suit of clothes or a new overcoat, being an entire stranger to all, and realizing that my looks are again me. However, it would seem as if that is, it would seem yes, it would as if some of you " It didn't seem that way to them, however, and no oue gave him the least attention. The stranger was about to begin anew when he knocked dowu au umbrella. The noise aroused the clerk, who walked forward, took him by the arm and led him to the door, aud then made a move with his right leg which greatly assisted thestranger to jump ten feet into a snow-bank. He took his time about crawling out, but when he reac'ied the sidewalk attain he looked at the door for a long time, peered in at both windows, aud finally walked slow ly off with the remark: "And it would have taken so little to make me happy! All I Intended to ask for was a plug of tobacco, a good cigar, a dish of oysters, a square Christinas dinner aud money to get to Buffalo ou, but I was received with indifference aud dismissed with a kick. Guess I'll try the City Hall." llurriiauea aul KarthtiuaWe., The fact that the first series of schocks in the Spanish earthquakes was succeeded bv a hurricane is more sig nificant than it seems to have beeu hitherto considered. The question w hether earthquakes have or have not atmospheric relations is more important aud this Spanish hurricane has a direct bearing ou it. It has indeed already been demonstrated that the. re is more relation between terrestrial magnetism aud seismic phenomena, aud there is some reason to t-etieve that atmospheric pressures of quite delicate extent are often if not always resjioinleJ to by active volcaimes, while in some cases these strauge barometers indicate the approach of storms with trustworthy regularity. But when au earthquake is succeeded by a hurricane the inference must be that lf the occurrauce of the wind-storm is more than a coinci euce it must be caused by a profound atmos pheric change of pressure; such a change xs could only be produced pi ba ll! y by an electrical storm of exceeding Violence. Whether earthquakes or this particular earthquake, have electrical origins, or are themselves the cause of electrical disturbances, it is at present impossible to determine. It Is quite possible t.iat the severe concussion which constitutes an earthquake slux-k may generate electrical ch.uiged iu the atmosphere. It is less easy to ierceive how such a shock could produce au alteration iu the local or regional atmos pheric pressure considerable enough to cause a hurricane. Of course it istqien to the investiga tor to deny any connection lietween the hurricane and the earthquake. But it must 1 remembered that is by no means au isolated ease. In the West Indies the phenomena are reversed, and earthquakes accompany hurricanes, or foliow them, and in Ceutral America the hurricane frequently succeeds the earthquake, Theief ore there is ground for the belief that a connection may lie traced lietween the phenomena, aud it is by follow ing up such suggestions aud indications that the true origin of these disturbances can alone, if ever, be dis covered. It may be that many earth quakes which bee u r at a distance from volcanic centers have an elect r'cal or partially electrical origin. Certainly If hurricanes and shocksoccuring together have the same genesis, it will not doto conclude that the latter is subterranean, for uo deep-seated chemical process could produce a hurricane, and if the hurricane occurs it is most probably because both the phenomena are due to atmospheric conditions. The .ques tion is one of considerable interest, and we trust that there have been observers in Spam cool euotigh and enterprising euough to collect some valuable testi mony as to the exact nature of the facts in the case. China, Despatches from Pekin state that the German officers who have entered the Chinese service as instructors are meeting with many difficulties. The Cbiuese soldiers and subordinate officers are unable to comprehend fie compli cated drill used iu the German army and cannot be convinced that it is use ful or necessary. The Geruiau officers also condemn the poorly built forts armed with antiquated Armstrong guns which comprise the coast defences and demaud that the forts shall be rebuilt aud equipped with modern ordnance. The Chinese are dismayed at the prob able cost of the new order of things and resist the recommendations of the Ger maus by declaring that the new struct ures and uew equipments demanded would furnish opportunities for im mense frauds. Provincial Madarius are, as a rule, openly hostile to the proposed innovations and the masse i of the peo ple are sullen aud apathetic. Tbe country is divided on the Frauco-Chtuese imbroglio. The masses are iu favor of war. The wealthy, who are obliged to contribute to war ex penses, favor peace. Had the Chinese fleet twenty efficient men aud trained ollL'ers aboard each mm-of-war, it could sink Admiral ("outlet's fleet with ease and safety. The Empress is de voted to a war-like policy. Thinking with itself. is the talking of the son I Tradition, of Waahuigtoa, A tourist recently said I have sieut much time receutly iu the crass-grown streets of Alexandria, Va., chatting with the old cit'zeus about George Washington, and gathering together such traditions of hiiu as have come down to them from their fathers. Mr. William Carue, the youngest man I talked with, was perhain X years old. He is a newspaier correspondent anil literateur, aud he hal for years been interested m gathering traJitious ot Washington, Mr. Came said: "the last of the old men who knew Washington personally passed away about twenty years ago, aud it is very late to attempt to get au thentic information about him. I was boru in Alexandria, and I have been engaged all my life iu studying Wash ington's character, aud have talked with all the old citizens of Alexandria for the past thirty years aud more in re gard to him. I knew George Washing ton Custis, and I remember him as coming here every 221 of February and on the Fourth of July. He would take his stand on the steps of the City hotel aud would begiu to address the crowd on the greatness of Washington aud to tell theiu anecdotes and gossip con cerning him. 1 have made au especial study of Wathingtou as a young man. The traditions of Alexandria represent him as a very proper young fellow, six feet tall, rather stalely iu carriage aud very fond of horses. He liked to try hew horses, aud it is said that during a single day he rode ten different horses into Alexandria. Every one tells uie that he made a fine looking figure ou horseback. He sat straight and had thorough command of his steed. This straightness he kept uutil the last. He is said to have d.niced a great deal as a youug man, aud to have beeu very fond of balls. I have no doubt that he danced somewhat, but 1 do uot think he ever unbent himself to any extent. "The dance of aute-revolutiou days was far different from the voluptuous waltz and the fantastic geruiau of the present. The minuet, for instance, is more like a funeral tread thau a ball room skip, and Washington could easily move through this w ithout appearing anything but eminently resiiectable. 1 have no doubt that he drank a glass of wine or whisky now aud then, as was the custom in those days, but 1 don't think he ever frequented the taverns or gossiped at the groggeries. As to his relations with women, in all my talks with those who have know u hiiu 1 have never found reasou to beliete that he did anything iinpro-r. 'As to his circumstances as a young nan, they were rather poor, aud he learned habits of business which stood him well iu later years. He did uot be gin to make mouey until he became a surveyor, and then lie made it very fast, earning .' a day. lie had plenty of chances for simulation, and among other things he Knight two lots in Al exandria. Ou oue of these he built au office and to this he came every day duriug a pait of his life to do his busi ness here. He never lived at Alexan dria, but rode up from Mount Veruou Au old gentleman whom 1 met atxive the BraJdock hotel, told me he bad for years heard George Washington Custis talk of his adopted father. Said he: "Ousiis looked up to Washington as a god. He descrilied him as straight as au American Indian, and as free iu his walk as the savage. From the stories I have heard of Washington, 1 have tried to picture hiiu in my muni's eye. He was a tall man, padded w ith muscle, He was six feet two inches iu shoes, and he weighed 210 pounds iu his prime. He wore about No. 1 1 shoes, and had gloves three times as large as the aver age. His hands were so large they were a curiosity, and his whole frame was bony and large jointed, lie had a broad chest, but not a full one. U was rather hollow, and he was troubled lu his last days with a cough. His mouth was firm, aud his lower jaw gripied the otJier w ith a determined grip. In later years he lost his teeth, and the false ones he got did not lit well, aud pushed out his lower lip. He had eyes of cold. light gray, which could look stern and angry upon occasion, aud w hich seldom smiled. He was as wide at the hips as at the shoulders, aud kept his straight ness of statue to the last. He had large legs and was a good rider and runner. 1 ou have heard the stories ot his won derful strength of arm, aud how he threw stones wide distances, llisno.se was rather thick aud coarse. 1 have never heard that it had a blossom on it. "He was rather fastidious as to his dress, though he wore plain clothes when not ou military duty, lie always shaved himself, but hail a servant to comb aud tie his hair every moruiug. I have heard Mr. I ustisay that he rose very early at Mouut Veruou, often be fore daybreak, and as early as 4 a. ui. He would, at sunrise, go to the stables aud look at his blooded horses. When he came back he had a light breakfast of corn cakes, honey, aud tea, or some- thiug of that sort, aud then he ate uotu ing more uutil dinner. 1 am speaking of his later years. Afier breakfast he rode over his estate, aud at o had re turned and was dressed for dinner. Dinner was a big meal at Mount Ver non, aud Washington ate nothing after it. He usually drank five glasses of Madeira wine at desert, but I have never heard of his being drunk. He was not opposed to the moderate use of liquor, aud w hen he was first elected to the house of burgesses of Virginia, among the items of his election expen ses were a hogshead and i barrel of whisky, thirty-live gallons of wine, and forty-three gallons of beer. In the Vir giuia bouse he did uot cut a great figure. He was uot much ot a seaket, but he was popular, or he could not have held his place for fifteen years as he did. I have uudersttiod that he treated his slaves very well, but that he made them work aud would allow uo foolishness among them. Washington liked the theatre, aud he was foud of darn ing iu early life." I'ui. for Tattler. Miss Hannah More, a celebrateJ writer who died about fifty years ago, had a good way of managing tale bearers. It is said that when she was told auythiug derogatory of Another, her invariable reply was, "C.me, we will go and ask if it lie true. The effect was sometimes ludicrously painful. The tale-bearer was takeu aback, stammered ont a qualification, or begged that no notice be taken of the statement, but the good lady was inexorable; off she took the scandal monger to the scandalized, to make inquiry and compare accounts. It is not likely tnat anybody ever a second time ventured to repeat a gossipy story to Hannah Mare. One would tbiuk her method of treatment would he a ore cure for scandal, NEWS lil BBIEF. The French language is dyiug out in Louisiana, A Berlin house Is making cravats and seal fs of piqier. Counter; anes and pillow shams are now made of paper. A rifle ball travels faster than the earth does ou its axis. War is being waged on skating rinks iu Iawell, Mass. Boston is about to erect a $25,000 statue of Paul Revere. A girl at Louisville, Ky., has been fined for kissiug a uegro. Pumpk iu-pie festivals are reddening the social sky iu Illinois. A transatlantic steamer carries 20 tous of ice ou each trip. Pauperism is reported to be greatly ou the increase iu Frauce. --The length of silk iu a cocoon av erages 1,"20 English feet. England has over lot) manufactu rers of bicycles and tricycles. The coal fields of Arkansas have au area of 12,000 square miles. Over 21,000 meu are out of employ ment iu Allegheny county. Pa, Ashtabula, Fla., has a hotel for the exclusive use of colored people. Bachelor apartment houses are re ported a failure iu New Y'ork. Theatricals are reported dull In al most every part of the country. Fifteen republics of Spanish Amer ica have exhibits at New Orleans. Cocoaineisexpensive. It lommauds 224 au ounce and $.t,oou a pound. Loudon has a firm of fern tie archi tects who do a rJourislnug business. The Edison electric light is about to te inl induced into l.tconia, N. 11. A New Orleans photographer has succeeded in photographing lightning. Corn cobs are used for fuel in sec tions of Nebraska, and sell for il.5 a load. The Garfield moni.lneut will be placed east of the Capitol iu Washing ton. Many settlers on the frontier live by killing wolves. The skins bring $1 each. The Confederate kittle flag w as de signed by Colonel Walton of Louis ville. Au Arkansas family traveled 05 mites to see a show at West Plains, Mo. Stretch is the name of the newly elected Sheriff of Snohomish county, W. T. Sassafras oil which is used for fla voring soap aud soda watei costs I a gallon. In England uow everybody wants to sell, aud nobody wants to buy, real estate. A large mauufactory of postaco stamps of old issues has been discov ered at Zurich. Sir Henry Bessemer, of Bessemer steel fame, now nobis fourteen patents ou his steel process. Two crops of barley have been raised on a Peun Valley, Nevada coun ty, lanch last year. Cranberry culture is coming into prominence along the western coast of Washington Territory. All the Presidents, except General Harrison (who was in office but briefly) are said to have had blue eyes. King county, Washington Terri tory, has one woman Justice of the Peace and oue woman constable. A worm, which thirty years ago, destroyed many trews iu North Carolina, is again making havoc this season. St. Johubury,Vt.,has voted to ab olish the teaching of music iu its pub lic schools on account of high taxes. An international congress of elec tricians is to be held in St. Petersburg, to discuss electricity as a substitute for stt am. Threatening letters have beeu sent to Chief Justice Sumner Howard siuce the recent polygamy convictions in Utah. Within two or three weeks some of the peach treesat West Duxbury.Mass., have beeu in full bloom aud others par tially so. The shipments of wool from Mon tana during the past season have in creased over forty -t cent, as compared with 1S6.1. The native populallou of Hawaii is reported to be diminishing, having in the last six years decreased about four thousand. There Luas beeu an alarming iicrease of crime in Paris receutly. Organized hands of juvenile burglars have been discovered. Roller skating riuks are the rage throughout the country, aud are repor ted to he making inroads iu the receipts of mauy theatres. The electric light has receutly beeu advantageously used by divers while working in tne water I'eiieath a vessel which they were repairing. The baud of the English Grenadier Guards is unable to accept au engage ment at Nuw Orleans lu Jauuary be cause of previous engagements. The value of each vote iu election contests was shown at a recent election in Barlow county, Ga., where prohibi tion was given a majority of two. Interest iu lemou grow in is in creasing iu Florida, aud some peopltt predict that in a few years it will re ceive more attention than the orange. Santa Cruz is making a general war upon eucalyptus trees upon the streets of that city. The people are cutting them dowu to make way tor other shade tree A huge lemon was recently picked at raiiasoffkee, Fla. It measured 21 inches iu circumference oue way, 22 inches tbe other, aud weighed 4 pound i 1 J ounces. Chinese soldiers are said to have beeu without any uniform or distin guishing mark previous to the present war, except a small badge worn on their breast. Porcupines, rare for many years. have beeu appeariug ia large numbers in portions of Orange aud Sullivau counties, N. Y.,aud elsewhere in tint state. A package of glass glolies of the value of $15 was received at Portland, Oregon, by express receutly from the East, the express charges on which amounted to over !). There are uow iu the United States four hundred and fifteen street rait way companies. These companies employ aliout 35,000 men, and ruu 13,000 cars. More than 100,UOO horses are in daily use, to feed which requires annually 150,000 tons or hay aud 11,000,000 bush els of grain.
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