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rco c k T H E PUlJlilSHBD e v e r y WEEHESRAV. ■a? 3 i ! B » © T X3ST r e , . a . w x EDITOR AND p r o p r i e t o r . T E ^ R M S : BAT j ES OB APVBRTISESrO : p S s S | s i = E I g i S S \ E 5 E E ; « (TWELVE LISES MAKE AQUAEE.) S ■ A liberal disootmt will be made t6 tho£ ■who advertise by the year, for any greater amoui C. C . ' W ' l T H E I ^ T I N E , Proprietor. T h e U n i o n a n ^ t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n . T E T i l d l S : : — $ S , 0 0 A . Y 2 3 A K . . TOLIJJIE I I T I L HIRKIM E E , WEDNESDAY, AEGEST 1.8, 1880;, E U P E E 5 2 , 14WS OP NfiW l?ORK—By Intborlly. [Every lavr unless scribed therein, sh? throns'- ronghout twentieth, d: as certified 1 title 4j chap. •oretiSy .o_ Revised.e SI the Beori parti, R dHkp. 8K. an act to extend the>< J 5 weis of boards of snp er- visors, except in th e countjeaof JSreTr Y o rk an^d Passed May 11,1869, thtee-fifths being present. The People o f the Sfute o f Mev> York, represeaxl- ed, in inmate and Assemilv, do enact ae/oUowar . ^ S ecwok I. Tbe boards of supervisors of each rj iounty in this State, eiwept New i ork a n d JEangs, -ct peace o f such town, to for and 6h the .credit ol town ofBcors may deei pair any toad of xoadi such town, or which si be exercised w ithout the assent o f tw o -thirds of all the members elected to such board, to be do- kvt v-ttoo '«ays, -whicli shall be en- id no special ordinance --------- A —ly shaU be- rvisorsishall have pow- thirdsi.to authorke an ' ^ 5 rates ol •SSsflropilp ____ _ ______ and within lority,. p rovided snoh legal- ----- mended by the county id also, on like recom- iny manifest clencal or le county, shall he mad » \erified andd shallh b s a ll 1 O necessary for i gqARr.ai?. ■ A N A O r a u thorizing the consolidation of.certain ■ ra ilroad conysanies, ^ Passed May 20,1809. 9 W M A 3 E » a r x > x - 3 £ ‘G t?‘ » g c ‘ 3 E o . 3 S i THE QARDilf OP EDEK. There seems to be a rfidsflirable ex- 1 of the discovery of the sit© rden of Eden, if we may sfedit S i r H e n r y Rawlinson, t t e dis-'‘ pectation o f the cliseovi o f the Garden o f Edei c r e d it S i r H e n r y Haw] tinguished Assyrian explorer, ahd President o f the B o y # Asiatic Speie- o f that Society, in, at which EdAZETTE ESTABLISHED iB e S ef and iereof. lto^°o^f1^noHZpany^ Olvnd a delivered to snoh jjersons respectively, or 8ent to them by mail when their post office ttd- dress is known to the cotnpany, at least thirty daJs before the time of holding^snob-----‘-“~ ^fandhotofoohtoUda- shall be deeme by , th e name p] : a RaUro^° om^ny^ rate of fwe for way ffit * s s L ‘a s a * foS ff i”.a'irpif tions, w ithout further demands, p roperty, rif, ____ _ ____________ _____ interest shall be as effectually the property of the new corporations as they were of the former cor porations parties to the said agreement a n d a c t; and the title to n il real estate, taken by deed or otherwise, u n d e r the laws o f this State, vested in either of suCh corporations p arties to said agree ment jind act, shall not be deemed to revert or be in any way impaired hy reason of this act, or anything done by virtue thereof, bu t shall he vested in the new corporation by v irtue of such ' ofconSolidationr' \■ \”ie rights o f a ll creditors o f a n d a il liens g g 'f i, i g y s s ' S a s,s?.uS 3 State, shall be.assessed ai IlSlfig imsssrn -------------nartor t\\*’\\ ?ior^°o’ t r K S a ^ ‘» ^ ^ stoe are now applicable to the railroad compa nies of this State which may be consolidated with any other company or companies by virtuo of , this act. i^9. No c whose raiir< lijaes, shall I , ___ _ _____ , ............. consolidate. 210. This act shall tahe. effect immediately. CHAP. 738. AN ACT to provide for epforcinr the hen? of innkeepers, hoarding house keepers, meehafi- licB, workmen ------------- ---------------- i.. _____ j V u n d e r j l l ? m t h t o l in this act eontairied shall be held ^correct trapseripte therc- laid onginal law .. 4 E B A . 3 SSI£(SON, . of state. \ NOTE THE BRIGHT HOHBS OHbt.\ '^*Sovd when the sliu is shining.” These motto words u dial pore. And wisdom never preaches To human, h e arts a better lore • All boding phantoms scorning; And while we’re passing on the tide Of time's fast ebbing riVer, Dot’s pluck the blossoms by its side. And blesa ihef£:raoiotiS 0 £ver. As life is sometiQ3les.^ete. • , RBTHitN QE THE POVE, Only a waste of waters. Only atidolesssea, i- Which is not life, which is not death, But death in life to me. Only the years oriloomlng, Bolling their silentwav.es Over the bygone trouble. Oyer Life’s hidden graves. Only a'drear ont-looking Eor a h,Qpe.,thatis long delayed, And a weariful prayer for patience. And a wish t h a t may not be p rayed. W hy am I ever watching ? . W h a tc a n le v e r s e e ? - ' Only a dove that is coming Erom a far-off land to me. Only a,branch i t is bringing, • . Which tells of a clearer day, ' A nd bears mo aprOmise o f peace a n d life. W hen the waters haye.passed away. much of that cheerless gloom . that pressed upon her heart, and a d d ^ life to her inanimate frame* ' The glow of health gradually returned, and she shone in the maturity of her beauty, > o f no common lustra in the irity a star o f ----------- f^hionahlie islands A .year had not eh fore the. hand of, the wealth chant on the island; was offered her< H e was all the young maiden ' adrairea-^generons, nohle and •virtu ous, .and o f years suited to- h e r pwh- She accepted, and beegme a hi wife. i f no common lustra ,h 'world of that> delightful happy a f t e r ^ e a r . and girls grew up ‘around aroui iiiisband was deepl;^, engaged in an extensive and’ lucrative husiness, and twelve years passed by before she ^ h e r ; her able to accomplish her wishes, in all which time she:;^had pever made any inquiry .aiiout or once heard of her former lover. How, Mr. ie f e r e re tired from 'business, a n d proposed ac companying -her to America.. They arrived at P h ilad e lp h ia in safety, and i i i t t j t 0 f i i i i y t . T H E B R O K E N W o w r “ But let tbQ world say what it will The Sorrow may aivhilo intrude, , For wisdom's voice is faithful still. Still to be blest,—is to be good.” t,’*^said Em'-- H e will not come to-nij_ ma, as shejooked out of still and depopulated streets, dark rain clf'”'^ — f her chamber . - , _____ , -_^--pulatei streets, and saw the dark rain cloud gathering in the S k y ; “ he will not cometO-night -^it is past his hour—^he did not use to b!e so careful about the d not use t lather—bu I'w ill not indulge in disquietude— he has.promised—” The word died up- )Uected the cold- ithwhicl has.promn oh her: lij ness—^th* biguity with which that promise had been repeated, wdien Theoddro- la ^ v isifed heir j and- in a confused and embarrassed manner, though with much parade o f disap pointment, assured her that it would be impossible for'him to conform to his engagement, and marry her at the imembered her at the moment, and the strange, mysterious ;entimentntim( that crossed her mind. tim thei thought len, for the firct how bitter a thing she had often “ M an’s vows are brittle things.” lite, but she had his promise; she had caUun. x n«, vi^ uccu more mingled with the smiling family circle, he seemed the same he had al ways been, and she was happy. ^ But he retired before the fam ily; this cost her a night^s rest. I t -[vas not his usual manner, and she wondered w! at this particular time, h e should h) rest. I t y/sti and she wondered why^ ar time, h e should have SO much ‘more business than lisual. Still, she endeavored to put the most fevorable construction upon every thing, she strove to acquit him in her own heart. detection. Emma was iUmher of ac- e was also a ite, in parties they together, and there B are up, r, the heart equently hen the his fondness on another. \rl forgave him, and fovj became a crime against She ] The genei forgivenes her own heai _________ ed to lead a more geflqded' life, and in prosecuting'‘her resolve,. she found am p le e v idence o f w h a t she most feared. H is visits grew less and I^s frequent,.untilat length they were discontinued altogether. , Woman-like in the deepest o f her sorrows, she aa it Were, within herself and ’seenr© in the confidence lhat not even her dearest friends or ‘ :new anything of her dis- it, she nqrsed hey grief ip put on a smile a§ fweet, i f not as gayj before th© world. But- ter roidally As she played this new find ___ . .irt, her feeliugs gradual' obtained the -yictory o-ver her ftami she piped and piped away, day by d a y ; the palenesaof departed health blanch\ ed her cheeky and she roved in tha stillness o f the evening among the tomh^ o f her fathers, in the chureh- •ard, like a thin shadow ftf the, oast. ' ' • • ’ ’ . p 'l ^ e w at the her family had some relatives in Ber muda, they resolved tose»d her there. and* mother, the old ser van t; her former friends who'remain ed ,‘all welcomed her to her anoient hom e. T h e shrubs she had p lan ted - in the yard' had grown up heautiful trees. H er name remained where she had engraven it, on the sash o f her chamber, twelve years before* She sat down by it, called back the recol lection o f times passed byj and wept. Tet these were tears o f mingled; joy and sorrow. Mr. Eefere took a fine estahlish- ment in Chesnut Street, and lived in splendid style, Emma used to ride out daily in an elegant carriage with her infant fam ily; and, as had long been her praefiee,” she carefully sought out such objects of distress as she deemed it would be charitable to re lieve. One day, .as s h e ------- — ■\ thesuburbskof the city, s half-clad mah lyjng on and a tattered child crying imanto sti _ why he dis- hose i t was. , I came out hoping, to get a place for it in yonder' house, and could not; i t is ah starved, and I have not the : a tattered cl She directed the means to for mysel gave him a small sum. him, to call at her house the H e received i t with tears and promis ed, compliance. A t the hour a] man -with h is help] the kitchen for the call o f his benefac tress. Airs. Lefere sent for them into the breakfast room, as soon as the family dispersed, and desired to know V what means he had brought him- Jf to poverty and want. The man spoke out honestly. In- temperance,_ he said, was the great cause, but his troubles had driven him to that. “ I was a partner in a mer cantile business—^I married— was deceived. The mother of. this poor child, after involving me in ruinous debts, eloped with a libertine, whose addresses she had long received.. I drowned my sorrows, and sank my laracter in habits o f vice and intoxi- ,tion. I have been twice imprisoned r crime—\am destitute o f friends and iployment. \ And what is your name?\ inquir ed Emma. “ Theodore 'W —— he replied, af ter a moment’s hesitation. The kind Iqdy turned pale, and trembled ; she recognized in him the ice faithless Theodoi*e.' “ A t last, then,” said she affecting to becalm, “ you have learned to keep ir promises—^you have called at the ,e appointed—I will proyide for yourself and child,’’ “ Ah,” said he, “ you know me. When you asked me my name, I dare 11 you an untruth ; but I hoped been forever blotted frow'your memory. I watched your prosperity, and cursed my own folly, until I had exhausted all my powers. But broken vows come back to their author in the end, and mine have ruined me for- H e covered h is face and wept. She left; him, and having ^ consulted Mr. Lefere, procured h im a situation in an honest occupation, and placed the child at school. Thus was the maxim verified, “ A ll is for the ber’^ --------- •'■ —^ \\\ tuous,” and out its oy?n r.ei fiS f A n ignorant fellow,'who was about to get married, resolved to make him self perfect in the response o f the marriage, service; but by. mistake he learned tli& k ^ e e of baptism tkose of riper yeq,rs.‘ So 'wheu the clergy- jnan asked him i n . the church) ‘‘ W iiti tbou have this woman to he thy wed ded -wife?” thq hride^rob.m replied.in a aolemo tone, . ’ . „ / i “ I renouncet them aU ” The astonished minister sa^ , “ I think yon fire fi foolf* to which he re plied!' , . u A ll this I steadlastly b elieve,’^ add directed next day, ad promis- tears, but strode on his way, mutter- ,ing between his teeth ; “ That cuts o|f ray supply of cigars for the ^ n e x t tw e n ty-four hours. I don’t care, thoujgh, for th e brown-eyed object really did cry as i f she hadn’t a friend in th e world; H a n g i t I I wish I was rich enough to help every poor creature out . o f the slough of tespond!” ' W h ile Ealph Moore was indulging in these very natural reflections, the dark-orbed H ttle damgej w h om h e had confronted -was dashing, down the ■,-with a quick, elastic step, utter- jardless of the basket o f unsold nuts that still dangled on her arm. Down an obscure lane she darted, be tween tall, Tqinous rows of houses, and up a narrow wooden sfcairea.se, to a room where a pale, ghastly-looking •woman, with large browpi eyes like her own, was sewing as busily as i f the breath of life, depended upon eve ry stitch, and two little ones were con tentedly playing in. the sunshine that .temporarily supplied the place of ab sent fire. I “ M aryl' hack already? Surely, you have not sold your chesnute so soon?” ■ . “ Oh, mother, mother, mother, see-!” ejaculated the breathless child. A gentleman gave me a whole quarter!” I f Ealph • Moor© could have seen the rapture which his tiny silver gift diffused around, it, in th e poor w o man’s poverty stricken home, he would grudge 011 less, the terapoyary priva tion of cigars to which his generosity had subjected him. BREAD q^ST UPON THE WATERS .relesslydown whose large curls o f fiax- lly to with on ?the upti brown eyes, , . . _ _____ eh hair, were app^llng 0 pitifully to his own. “ W hat do t want with eflesnuts?” • . . '“.■But, please sir, do buy ’em,” plead ed th e little one, reassured b y th e rough kindness o f hjs tone. “ Nobody seems to care for the.ra, and—and-^ “ Nay, little o h e ; don’t cry in such a heart-broken •way,” said , Ealph,- smoothing h er haiy down with carek “ In grateful rememberance o f the silver quarter that a kind, strung bestowed on the little chestnut gi twenty \hh M ( ____ of bread on the waters of life, and af- fears it ha ’ Eali y years rgo. p Moore hi lad thrown his morsel rs o f life, and af- had returned to ter many years it The little out o f chestnut girl passed as entirel;^ out o f Ralph MoQre’g^memory as i f h e ^ lead - ing eyes had never touched the soft spot in Ms h eart, but M a r y ^ e e nev( had gWen h< the stranger who e'silver piece. . * si: :1: * * * Th'e crimson window curtains were closely drawn to shut out the storm tempest o f the bleak December ......in, upon which lay Book of Constitutions.” In her left hand she held the pot o f incense, tiny Masonic Emblem of the immortality of the soul. Immediately beneath her stood winged Time with his sGythe by his _: j . —hich cuts the brittle thread of id the hour glass at/ his feet, , - ------- is ever reminding ns that our lives are fast withering away. The withered and attenuated fingers of the Destroyer were placed amid the long aiid gracefully flowing ringlets of the with cut glass, re I polished silver was only waiting forr thene presenceresence of Mr.'Audley.r. t p ot M Audley. “ W h at can it be that detains papa?” id Mrs. Audley, 'a fair, handsome atron o f ahont thirty, as she glanced at thcrdial o f a tiny enameled watch. “ Six, o’clock, and he does not make his appearance. “ There’s a man with him in the study, mama—come on-busittess,” said R o b e r t A iid ley, a pretty b o y elgsren ears old, who was ^residing hy^the “ I ’ll call him again,” said Mrs. A u d ley, stepping to th e doof. § |B u tas she qpened it the brilliant gas light fell full upon the face of a hum ble looking man in threadbare gar- mfcs, who was leaving the house, die her husband stood in the door way of his study, apparently relieved to be rid of his Visitor, “ Charles ” said Mrs. Audley, .whose cheeks had paled and flushed, “ who is that man, a n d what does he want?” “ H is name is Moore,’! believe, and he came to see i f I.-tvould bestow up on him that vacant messengership in the bank.” “ And will you ?” ' “ I don’t know M a r y ; I must think about it.” . “ Cbarles, g ive him the situation.” “•Why, my love ?” ’ “ Because I ask it o f you as a favor, and you said a thousand tim< ; deny mt tionate kiss. “ yon M a r y ” would not deny me anything. I ”” k note this got his address somewhere about me.” A n hour 6r two later, when Bobby, and 'Prank, and little Minnie, were tack e d s n u g ly in bed, in tb© spa©ions- nursery above a|aira, Mrs. Audley toI4 b e p h u 0 a n d w h j she was'interested in the fatei o f aJ inan whose face she, had not seen for twenty years. “ That’s right, my little said her husband, folding her fondly to his breast, when the simple tale was con- ,eluded j “ never forget one 'who has been kind to you in the-days-w h e n you needed kindness mostiL Ealph Moore.was sitting, the self same night, in hiii poor-lodgings, be- side his aiftng wife’s sick bed, when a liveried seiyaht brought a not© irOm -that ririi and prosperous bankdirec- . a@F- A* Child was asked, “ Wh&t k fafth-F' SheansWeredi “ Doing God’s _____ , _________ , Will and asking no qnOstloiis.” A .1 T he voyage had » salutary effect} the; |beantiful 3^1yi J ’ - . . . ................................ pie.ceo^ p a p e r ,^ f ^ % EBMABKABliE MS SONIC INOID'ENT. Prom the Colorado Chiefiainyre es tract the following; The first Masonic funeral'that eve occurred in C a lifornia, took place i the year 1849, and was performed ov er the body of a brother found i n the Bay of San Francisco. A n account of the ceremonies states that on the body pf the deceased w a s found a sil ver mark of a Mason, upon which -ed d ie in itia l s o f Ms n a m e . .her investigation revealed to t h e beholder the m ost sin g u lar e x hibition of Masonic emblems that was ever drawn by the ingenuity of man upon t h e hum an skin. There is noth inig g in th e history or traditions o f Rre< in th e history or tradil masonry equal to it. l^eautifully dot ted on his left arm , *” —d ’ ink, w h ic h tim e coul peared all the emblei iprenlieeship. ' ible, the square and :m, in re and blue iould n o t efface, ap- of the entered T h ere, were th e H o l y squa ^ ’the the twenty-four inch guage and the compass, common gavel. There was also the Mosaic pavement representing the ground floor of K ing Solomon’s Tem pie, the indented tressel. which sur round© it, and the blazing star in th< center. On his right arm, and artisti cally executed in the same indelible liquid, were the emblems pertaining to the fellow craft degree, v k : the the level, and the plumb. inthian and com] In femovii wing ti body, t h e trow el presented, itself, w ith all the other tools o f operative Mason ry. Over his heart was the pot o f in cense. On the other parts o f his body were the bee hive, the “ Book of Con stitutions,” guarded by the Tyler’s sword ; the sword pointing to a naked heart; the All-seeing eye, the anchor and the ark, the hour glass, the scythe, the forty-seventh problem of Euclid, the sun, moon, stars and comets, three steps emblematical o f youth, manhood 3 garments from bis .11, m igub g l u u u u , III damask rose, introduced into Eng land in the time o f Henry the V I I I . ; the Damascus blade, so famous the world over for its keen edge and won derful elasticity, the secret o f whose manufacture, was lost when Tamer lane carried off the artist into Persia; and that beautiful art of inlaying wood and steel with’ silver and gold, kind of mosaic engraving and sculj ture, called damaskentng, with boxes, bureaus, swords and guns, i ornamented. It is still a city of fl( disconsolate mourner. Thus wei striking emblems of m( full: gentation. ed in one It was a .s probability, su< never saw 1 lity, such as iCtaclee such as id,Uj in all OiU 111 ail as the fraternity will never witness again. The brother’s name was never known. THIRT-y CESITTEIES OLD. The oldest relic o f humanity extant, i the skeleton o f the earliest Pharaoh incased in its original burial robes, and wonderfully perfect, considering its age, which was deposited eighteen !nty m o n ths ago i n t h e B r itish im, and is jaaidy. considered the most valuable o f its archseological treasures. Thelid o f the qoffin which contained the royal mummy w a s in scribed with the name of its occupant, PhaTfioh Mykerimus, who succeeded the heir o f the builder of the great lyramid, about ten. centuries lefere Ihrist. Only think of it—^the mon- ,rch whose crumbling bones and leath ery integuments are now exciting the wonder o f numerous gazers in London, reigned in Egypt before Solpmon was born, and only about eleven centuries im, the grand-son lark o f the tave been ob- fathers f W h y , the deluge could scarci literated, or gopher-wood of the arir have rotted on Mount Ara rat, w h e n th is m a n o f th© Cfirly w o r ld lived, moved, and find his being. H is flesh Rfid blopdwere eotemporary with progenitors o f the great patriarch, hones find shriveled skin are co- temporary with the nineteenth centu ry, and the date of the crucifixion is only about midway between his era and purs, '■ THE DEPTH Ql'gPl.ql, Some yearsago Prof. Bessel, o f Ger many, eoramenced a, series o f astro nomical measures for getting the exact distance o f the fixed stars, a thing that had never been done. The instrument which he' used, in connection with a ppw;erful telescope, in his experiments, was a sun-measurer. After three years hard' labor -he was so fortunate as to sun. A il astrbnomem confirm the_^cqr- rectness o f Prof. Bessel’s calculations,. B u t this distance, great ,as it is,is noth\ ; ing to he compared to the di the milky way. Sit \W^ilKara 'saysrthat the star© or suns that com- le the 'inilky way are so very remote he says there are stars, or xather ne bula, five hundred times more remote. Now make your calculation; 120,000 ©‘reduced to minutes, and th( whelming idea! 1 der such a thought; we can’t realize it. It is too vast even for comprehen- ty. A t a meetii London, on the 31st o f May,; he was inaugurated, he made a speech, in which he expressed his conviction that the BabyJ n w r itin g a n d m o n um ents now in. th e possession o f the British Mqseura would turn out to be intimately connected with the earliest B ib lica l writings,and th a t, b efore long, the whole o f the early history given in the Book o f Genissisj^ftrom the time of Abrahaiq, downwards, would be found existing in its original form among these primitive stone records. H e also announced that in a short time he THE OITT OF DAMASOUS. Palm’ :m; in a desert; Nine- lyra is hurii veh and Babylon have disappeared from the Tigris and Euphrates; D a mascus remains what it was before the [ays o f Abraham—a centre of trade iud .travel—an island o f verdure in itial desert— “ a presidi w ith m a r tial and sacred associations extending It ing thK igh thirb imascus centuries, at Saul of [parsus saw the lig h t a b ove the brigh t ness o f th e sun ; the street w h ich is called Strait, in which it is said “ he prayed,” still runs through the city. T h e caravan com e and goes as i t did „ i as it did a thousand years ago j there is still the sheilc, th e ass, and th e ' water- wheel;^ the merchants of the Euplim- Mediterranean still “ occu py thee with the multitude of their Avares.” Thi •veyed 3 was afraid to ei s given to man to have but one paradise, and for his part, he was re solved not to have it in this world,” i© to this day what Julian called the “ eye of the East,” as it was in the ne of Isaiah the “ head of Syria.” Prom Damascui our bliK ricot of Portugal called whi^i low- a l IS o f in o f Syrian £;ardi A OLEEIOAL ANECDOTE, Some tnirty-five or forty years ago, a Mr. 'Williams, a clergyman of the old school, som ew h a t eccentric, cam e to Salem from the country to exchange desks with one of his brethren in the ministry. Durii intermission he ‘ Paul me.” Mi East If comes. to his daughter; lie down. I f St. don’t disturb f . Bentley, who pres East Church, who had been very inti mate with Mr. W illiams, but had not seen him for.several years, hear” ~ asserting t h a t the-Eart “ Nevertheless it moves” is true o f erything, as well as of the planet we live o n ; and i f these new discoveries, or any others, interpertto us, in itive and simple sense, legends have been lost in :he tradition, the Biblii inched in the inti- at he was towi veral years, hearing m, hurried off, after hisis oldld friendriend a call.; dinner, to make h o f a c “ Where is brother W illiams ?” “ Where is brother Williams ? inquired, as he met the daughter. “ H e can’t be disturbed, sir, e v St. Paul should call.” “ I rmist see h im !” was the impa tient rejoinder, in the inimitable man ner peculiar to Mr. Bentley. Eesistance to such a witst was out o f the question. The room o f the sleeper was invaded, and with no gentle shake and a corresponding voice, Mr. W il liams was aroused. He was delighted i his old friend Bentley, reiterat- •1.1. p ____ __ i,:« ffJ iams, you are a little inconsistent;” . “ H o w so, brother B e n t l e y !” “ Didn’t you tell your da«ghter you was not to be disturbed even i f St. Paul called ? y et youEeem glad to see , no, brother; not inconsistent at all. I was—-1 am glad to see you. The apostle Paul! why; I hope to Spend a blessed eternity with him ; but you, brother Bently, I never ex pect to aeeyou again.” SKOBTNESS OF finME IN DREAMS. One o f the most rera'arkable pheno mena connected with dreams is the shortness of time needed for their consummation.- Lord Boughton says “ that in dictating, a man may fre- : quently fall asleep after uttering fi few i words, and b e awmseaed b y the aman uensis repeating th e 'l^ t Word to show thfithe has, written the whqle; but though five or s ix seconds only have elapsed between tfie delivery of the senteiiee and its'transfer to paper, the speaker may have passed through a dream - extending through half » life time.” Lord Holland and Mr. Bab bage both, confessed th is theory. T h e one was listening fd a friend reading aloud, and slept frofli the beginning o f th e sentence im m e d iately s u c c e eding ; it during Ibis time,] h e had a dream, to write, m „ succession of evepts, awoke in time to hear the conclusion o f a friend’'s an- wer ±o a question h e h a d j u s t p u t to lira. One man, ivas liable to a feel- e g o f suffocation accompanied by a iream o f a skeleton grasping his throat whenever h e slept in a lying position, id had an attendant to iaW^e him at e moment h e sank down. But tho’ rfikeried the moment he began to ; sink, the time sufficed for a long strug gle with the skeleton. Another man' '\'cssed the Atlantic,] n Europe, and fell len embaiking to retum,; bad not lasted, more than: ]d natural name-of Babylon. H e Stated that there were Babylonian documents which gave an exact geo- n y IS laid, answering precisely to topography and the geodesieal •ticulars o f H oily_W ly Writ. In them he has found t h e four rivers, or r a ther t h e four branches o f “the river which went roi>doTi ” ir rivers, or n The river wl ________ out o f Eden to water the garden,” mentioned by the very same , names, Pison,Gihon,Hiddekel and Euphrates, H e has also m e t w ith accounts o f th e id the buildim ~ narrative o f those events. I f be should rpalize a ll he anticipates, he will have given to the world one o f the most in teresting archseological and antiquari an discoveries ever made. A m o n g Biblical critics^ it has long been a m a tter o f discussion w h ence cam e the two different accounts o f the' creation of the AYorld, o f man, and of his histo ry from h is em anation from t h e Lands of his Creator ..down to his destruction by the Deluge, ivMeh form the first pine chapters of Genesis. These two narativ^ have been distinguished re spectively as the Jehovah and theElo- him records,beeause in the one the Dei ty is spoken o f as Jehovah, and in th© other in the pluralform as Elohim.— ProhablySirH.Rawiinson’s discoveries will throw light on thesubjeet,and thus ’ 'ch \h han^ will I and Biblical ^ mesubjeet,ani the obscurity whi hangs over that portion off thehe sacrec’acred 'ext. I f this should be the case, he ’ ■ up that icurrtj 1 o t s t 1 the case, he w ill be a benefactor to theology and Biblical lore, as well as to history and arch aeology. There is nothing amazing in the fact th a t t h e se u l p t ^ e d arcM v es of Babylonia, necessarily the chief memorial of tradition and belief a- moEg the Chaldeans, should he reflect ed in the annals of a race which came forth from Chaldea; still,theprospeefc of comparing the-originals Ayith the derived reports, and of finding the au thentic sources from which Elohlst Jehovist drew their statements, is lich will naturally excite vivid Biblical scholars. ;peetations; id cannot fail curiosity. The cauf been ad^ lienee, notwithstandini ; made against them b’ the out-^ the well- itical or religious, Which ,ve laid hands <n hi 3 o Galileo •th mdved.—- simple s _ n lost in t sacred m ist o f ieal account cannot clearness, while the intent iord must be d distinct but gain in clearness, Avhich dictated the recc carried out with increased di£ and force. The character o f a ll such investigations has ever been in the highest sense Scriptural and Christian. ighesfc sense Scriptural and Christian. ; may turn out that the id traditions of Eden, of and of Babel, and that Abraham Chaldeans- *f the Flood, way into other lands long before A- braham^s time, which woi Recount for their universality. „ . jat any rate know w h a t t h e B a h y lpni- Rn records can tell about the Garden >uld p a r tly L et us. k)f E den. ________ , ’ ion can be identified graphical bewilderment, l e f i t a ------- “ be done. W e have oUr doubts I f Hiddekel, Pison and Gi- without I so completeij in^ a ’cpun- try where ho natural eonvhlsitihs have taken place within recorded history. Neither the heat nor'the sand bave ,e Eaphyate©, less they . But the turn which'g ,,iji.v.,.s. l i g h t o n t b a t p a s s a g e i n i .(chap. 37, V. 12 :) “ H a v e the gods o f ;the nations delivered them'wMeh'r destroyed, as < lezaph and th< ich were in Telassar?” in Ezekiel, <^chap. 28, y - i has bech in Eden, the fathers hi • H aran ahi of Eden whh And on that 113;) “ Thou Garden o f God.- -FhiiadetpMix, * Led^-^ , Two Hishmea, stopping a t the Islan d H o q se, T o ledo, lit their gas, and with •windows open sat down to -- - — a chat. The'Tiungriest Of Tole- Gsquitoes-' soon flocked in . and drove, them desperate. The elerk,'iTho' w.as summoned to d evise some defence against them told them to close the win dows and p utbut th© g a s ; they a'cted oni the suggestion; and' placed themselves between th^ sheets. Just as .they be- 1 to doze, a lightning bug, wbioh t strayed into the room, caught .the I o f one o f the travelers. H'e roiiS'- his corapaniOR with a jpuheh.—^ amje; dFamie, it’s no uset- Efer^s [ qfThe eraturs searehip’ for lv^ jarth doi fatherTohiSsluggish boyia^t dbhT you see that the flowers are out of their are, and I would do the'S^me, i£ I n a d as d irty‘a bed asrTheyIha5re*”i’J I good tramiag. ^ ' -I \ y ; : . . v r ;2 '-.iT c 'ritcl n
