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vv'vv_v7_ -v_-vvvvvvv.._'v FOR THE LADIES The on Year’s Blessing- ! are fading from you. but one draweth near Called the Angelâ€"guardian of the coming year If my gifts and graces coldly you forget. Let the New Year‘s Angel bless and crown them yet. ther: he and I are one: perfect all I leave undone. I brought Good Desires. though as yet bu For we work Let him end an t seeds, Let the New Year make them blossom into Deeds I brought Joito brighten many: hpppy da 5; lot the New 'car‘s Angel turn it into Pro se. If I gave you Sickness. if I brought you Care. Let him make one Patients and the othe Prayer. \V’here I b at len It may rise truimphant into future Strength. if Ibrooght you Plenty, all wealth's bounte ons charms, _ Shall not the new Angel turn them into Aims l‘ ht you Sorrow. through his care ‘i I gave Health and Leisure. Skill to dream and lan: Let hipm make them nobler,â€"work for God and man. If I broke your Idols, showed you they were dust. Let him turn tthnowledge into heavenly Trust. If I brought Temptation, let Sin die away Into boundless Pity for all hearts that stray. If your list of Errors dark and long appears, Let this new-born Monarch melt them into Tears. May you hold this Angel dearer than the last,â€" So bless his Future, while he crowns my Past . *[Adclaidc A. Proctor. New Year's Festivities- There is no more appropriate entertain‘ Went for New Year's than a calendar party- This can be very simple and informal or. quite elaborate. fancy and purse of the hostess. V The invitations can be vei‘bal, written or printed, according to the The souvenirs, which should be cute little calendars, can be purchased at a bookstore or made at home. Avery novel one has a bird’s nest full of eggs in an old tree with two birds perched near by on a branch. Be~ low it appears in gilt letters “A Happy New Year." A very attractive one has a girlish figure dressed in furs with hands filled with holly and mistletoe berries. pears the quotation : In one corner ap- “Faith and Hope and Love here meeting, speed thee on thy New Year’s way. ’? A third one has a water-color sketch of golden buttercups with the following lines : "Ye bright little buttercups, Pour out your treasure 0f sunshine this happy day, And curry good wishes And love without measure, And every hop iness. every pleasure, 'l‘o brighten an cheer the way." “ with deeds of kindness y ear begun. Bright with love unfading Be its setting 0 Choice Recipes for (looking Chicken- Bnoxun Cmcssxs.-â€"Select a two and one half pounds each : with salt. inside down, broil fifteen or twenty ens and serve immediately. Cincst Cornersâ€"Clean, cut and boil a good sized chicken, skim out and let get cold ; have some butter softened but not melted, spread on the pieces of chicken, beat three eggs, dip each piece of chicken in Have some butter hot in a spider, put in the it, then into rolled cracker crumbs. - chicken and fry brown. CHICKEN Quaintâ€"Beat! four eggs sep‘ arately, the yolks and whites. To the yolk8 add one tablespoonful of flour and two of Have ready 9. cup Put the omelet batter in a hot greased spider milk and a pinch of salt. of chopped chicken warmed in cream. for two or three minutes, then nour in the chicken and stir together, set in the oven live minutes or until done. Then take out carefully on a hot plate without breaking. Jsme Cmcxnmâ€"This is a very nice dish for lunch or supper. Dress and cut up two large chickens, boil until very tender so the bones will come out easily, skim out the chicken and when cool take out the bones and chop fine. For two fowls use half a box of gelatine, dissolve it in water and pour over it a pint or more of the liquor which the chicken is cooked in; season the chicken with melted butter and salt and pour the liquor over it. Put all in a. mold or deep dish, set to cool awhile then put in the ice chest until ready to use. Slice thin and arrange on splatter with parsley or celery leaves. 000 and prepare the day before you wish to use. WHITE Faxcasssa or UHICKEN.â€"Dress and cut up two chickens, wash thoroughly in three waters, put in a. pan and sprinkle with salt and cover with boiling water close- ly and let stand twenty minutes, then pour off water and put the chicken in a. stew an, add a few stalks of celery chopped no; those who like the flavor of onion add a small white one sliced; add a little salt, pour over the chicken equal quantities of imilk and water, cover closely and let stew [until tender; prepare gravy in a small saucepan by mixnng one spoonful of flour with cold water until smooth. then add slowly half a pint of boiling milk and three fourths of a cup of butter, set on the stove ' until it comes to a boil, stir together and A fourth one has a spray of bachelor but- tons done in water colors on rough white paper with the quotation : “ May the blessings of the old year fol- low 111 the new.” Ivorine is used for many and dainty souvenirs, and a bow of ribbon is tied in one corner. iVater color paper is used for others. A silken cord and tassels is very pretty to hang them up by. On many of the more elaborate calendars we find a quotation and design suited to each month. The twelve pages or leaves of these novel ! are fastened together by means of a cord or ‘ ribbon and as time rolls on each page in turn is thrown over to the back to make room for the next. The refreshments for such an entertain- ment can consist of sandwiches, oysters, salads, croquettes, cake, ice cream and coffee, No matter what the entertainment is, let it be suited to the glad holiday season and make it a joyous occasion. Attractive souvenirs in the form of tiny booklets dec- orated with sprays of flowers, snow scenes or flocks of birds with New Year’s verses can be made at home where one is artistic. These little works of art are always wcl. comcd by the guests and afford a pleasant topic for conversation. It is always well to have some good music suitable to the occasion and two or three poems, (Tenny- son’s “ Ring out Wild Bells,” for instance) read out by one'of the guests. Below are given a number of quotations which are appropriate for New Year’s book- lets and souvenirs. “A bri ht New Your 1 wish the, t.‘a_lm 0 its peaceful stream ; All JO)‘ and merry sunshine l'pon thy pathway beam." "l‘hcuh'cw Year brings happiness only to lose. t’hom the Old Your has taught how to con- qtlcl‘ their foes; lo wgo pounts up his blessings will certainly in That the year. though despised; was a friend not unkind." :k‘arcwcll. welcmnc : Welcome. farewell : bush is the tale that ourlifc has to tell: \\ clcomc the new king with gifts still un- . known: lurcwrll to the old king who gives up the throne." “list to the bolls ns_they swing to and fro. l' or the year that is passing so solemn and ' slow! now llllll‘k to their changing so merry and I‘ 0311‘, l can hear their sweet voices rin . ' lln New Your.’ " E DDS " in the coming years unfolded. Bright and sad hours lie: “'uiting till you much and live them. As the year rolls by." " t‘lose to life are angel wings: Close to thy path are NU: s of love : Surgessand strength the Riastcr brings, ‘ \\ ho rcigus'tho angel bests above; sweetly the how Year doth outshiue. \\ hispcring still of love Divine." " an hupplnms and love sincere. Gladden and bless the coming ycnr.‘ “The year is gone! The ‘ear is come! The fresh how Your. the right New Year, 'l‘hat tcllcth of hope and Jov. my dear! Let on model our spirit to chance and change. Let us lessen our spirit to hope. and range Thmu'gll‘iot‘i‘lansures to come. through years un- But never forget the time that‘s flown.“ " Happiness vades the brass : 'hlnyat thod’brisvo a glad 'ew Year! Slay it bring the golden days. _. Having nought on earth to fear: " " May your friends. he ever true. May your atlas be ever blue. And sweetest flowers grow by the way You cuter on today." " Inlay this token to you hear Many greetings warm and true; Sunshine dare, a rosy future. This New Year be given to yoa' .1 I I l l l l 1 add a cupful of rich cream, pour the liquor off the chicken and pour this gravy over it, cover and set over a kettle of boiling water a‘ few minutes ; if the gravy is not salt enough, add a little before pouring it over the chicken. FRIED Cmcxnmâ€" Clean and cut up a. young chicken, wash and wipe dry, rub each piece with salt, beat too eggs well, add two spoonfuls of melted butter, half a cup of sweet milk ; have sifted half a pint of flour, stir in slowly, adding more milk if needed to make a batter, dip in each piece of chicken and cover well. Have ready a kettle of hot beef suet, drop in a few pieces at a time as you would fried cakes, drain and serve while hot. CHICKEN Cooxsn 1x BATTERâ€"Take a very young and tender chicken, joint it ; wash and wipe dry and rub with salt. Make a batter with three eggs, half a cupful of sweet cream, a large spoonful of butter and flour enough to thicken, (lip each piece in the batter, put a little butter in the spider, when hot cover the bottom with the chicken and cover, closely for ten minutes as the steam helps to make the chicken tender. Then uncover and let it brown. COQUlLLES Dr. VOLAILLE. â€"-To.kea chicken that will weigh at least three or four pounds, cut and cook till tender, take the skin oil and with a fork pick the meat from the bones. With a sharp knife, cut the meat in small square pieces. Take a cup of the liquor in which the chicken was boiled, add a spoonful of chopped parsley, tea-spoon of chopped onion, put it in a spider over the fire ; rub together one teaspoonful of flour and two of butter, then add a spoon of the hot broth, stir all into the broth over the fire and add half a pint of sweet cream, sea- son with a dust of cayenne pepper and salt. Take from. the fire and set away to cool. then add half a cupful of sweet cream and a large spoonful of butter; stir it in well. Slice a box of mushrooms over the chicken, then pour the gravy over the whole and dip it into shells, bake in a hot oven fifteen or twenty minutes and serve while hot. Bread Snowflakes- Make a. rising of one good yeast cake, one cup lukewarm water, one tablespoon white sugar, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon gin- ger, a pinch of cayenne pepper. Soak the yeast cake in water until soft, thicken it with flour and put it in a warm place to rise. Pare and slice one dozen large potatoes, and let them be in cold water until your rising is nearly light. Then put them on the stove in cold water and let them l)Oll. If the slices are thin, they will cook quickly. Mash them fine, strain through a colander, put them in a gallon jar, and pour over them the water in which they were boiled. Add halfa cupfnl of white sugar and one-third of a cupful of salt, ther. fill the jar two-thirds full of lukewarm water and add your rising. The jar should be full when finished. Beat the mixture well for a minute or two, then turn a plate 1) side down over it and in a little while it wi lbe- gin to look white and frothy, but will not run over» I make my sponge when getting supper and the next morning, before break- fast, mix it hard enough for loaves. It should be well kneaded. Cover it with a pan and after breakfast it is ready to be made into loaves,whcn it should be well kneaded again. Do not let the loaves t- too light before bakin them. This is e finest of all bread if ma e and baked right. A Few SEE-Desserts. No. l.â€"To one half pint of milk add the same of coffee ; sweeten a little. When boiling hot, add two tablespoonfuls of corn- starch, wet up in cold milk. Stir well and pour off. when it thickens, into shapes. Serve with cream. pair 01 young chickens that will not weigh over split them down the back, clean and wipe dry, season Beat the yolks of three or four eggs and rub on the outside of the fowls, then dip them into fine bread crumbs, grease the gridiron and place it over a bed of hot coals from charcoal or hard wood, place the chickens on the gridiron with the minutes then turn over: when done have a large hot- plstter ready with a little melted but- ter on it. then spread butter over the chick- No. ‘2.-â€"-One Flavor with lemon. No. 1. No. 3.â€"0ne p of blanched and Heat and add two even tablespoon cream. ing). Pour into a meal of cold water. three minutes. boiling for some time. mixed is preferred to either alone. A scald it before using. whole and then use half; do not try an egg value for this purpose. is made by filtering. done, and then allow it to stand a few minutes to settle. LONG DISTANCE RIDES. Perform onces back. Foremost among English feats of horse- manship we have one which for generations has been represented in the circus ring. Dick Turpin’s famous ride from London to York has taken its place among nursery legends ; Some Famous stands as a record of its kind. The high- way man, riding with the very best reason in the world-«the safety of his neckâ€"cover- ed the distance of over 200 miles in a little under twelve hours. This performance stands alone as the longest and fastest jour- ney ever made on the same horse. Most of the long rides of which record exists have been made for wagers ; such records are therefore reliable. Squire Osbaidestone s undertaking to ride 200 miles in ten hours, which he accomplished so successfully on November 5, 1831, is one of the most remark- able fcats of endurance in the saddle, and has the merit of freedom from cruelty. The Squire rode his race on the N ewmarket race- course, changing his horse every fourth mile. Four miles is a safe limit for such a purpose, as that splendid hourseman knew. Three-mile laps could have been covered in time relatively a. little better but a sound horse in fair training could do his four miles without distress in such time as to make that distance, with the consequent reduction in the number of changes, the most suitable for the purpose. Mr. Osbaldestone used sixteen horses for his task, and rode stand- ing in his stirrup: like a jockey, while he kept his mount at best speed from start to finish of its fourth-mile heat, having quite a “ set-to ” with his pacemaker at the end of each. The Squire was a hard man and in good training, so suffered no bad effects from his exertions. A most creditable performance by Austra- lian mounted infantry in April, 1889, also deserves mention as having been conceived and carried out in a truly sportsmanlike spirit. The members of the Gympie Mount- ed Infantry, having been out in camp for maneuvers at a place called Lytton, near Brisbane, arranged to race home, a dis- tance of 116 miles. \Vith a discretion the German and Austrian executive had done well to copy, over-riding was provided against by the stipulation that no horse shouldw in a. prize if he arrived AT THE “'INNING POST distressed, or in such condition that he could not do a further distance of ten miles, Eleven men, fully equipped in marching order, started from Brisbane at 2:40 p.m. on \Vednesday, April 23, The winner, Private Edwards,riding 1:? stone 10 pounds, arrived at Gympie at 2 p.m. next day, thus traveling the 116 miles in twenty- three hours and twenty minutes. The route lay over roads heavy from continuous rain, and included the crossing of a range of hills which threw out several of the competitors. The second man, Sergt. O’Neill, actually rode a better race than the winner, as his horse carried 14 stone 3 pounds, and came in only a few yards behind Edwards’. The third and fourth men also arrived home within fifty yards of the winner. The horses ridden in this remarkable race were all thoroughbreds,and were in perfect train- ing. It is hardly necessary to observe that along course of preparation is essential to fit any horse for such a journey. This Australian race has value as furnish- ing trustworthy data on which to estimate the traveling power of men and horses, for which purpose the Austro-German competi- tion is absolutely useless. Every man who got home in the latterâ€"and of the 119 Ger- mans only seventy-two appear to have reached \‘iennambrou ht in his horse in such a condition that i it did not succumb altogether, its career of utility was at an end; each unfortunate animal bore testi- mony that it h been taxed cruelly beyond its powers, an proved in its state not how far it could travel, but that it could not travel the distance asked of it and survive. Our ancestors perforce made most of their journeys on horseka until public convey- ances became general, and, asmight be sup- posed, long-distance rides against time were not uncommon. One conspicuous casehas lately been unearthed b a descendant of the rider. Mr. Thus. Obie, in 1614, rode from London to Shrewsbnry, a distance of l5<i miles in fourteen hours. He started from London at 3 o’clock on the mornin of August 4, and reached his destination be are 5 o’clock the same afternoon. We are not told how often Ill! CHANGED 301L513 ; but the then condition of the roads, if they deserved the name at all, makes it certain that he did so with considerable frequency. As an example of sturdy endurance, this pint of milk, sweeten ; one- half cupnt of stoned raisins. When hot. add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch. Cook and serve as in int of milk, one-half cupiul pounded almonds, one~ quarter cupful of sugar, almond to flavor. fuls of cornstarch. When a little cool, add beaten whites of two eggs. Serve with whipped No. 4.--One quart of milk, flavoring and one-half package of gelatine. Soak one hour in the milk, then let it get warm (not boil- . It makes a very delicate blancman ge. â€"~[G ood-Housekeeping COFFEE FOR Bussxvasnâ€"Mix one cup of ground coffee with one egg and one-half cup Put it into the cofi'ee pot, add six cups of boiling water and boil for Stir down and let it set on the back of the range for 10 minutes. Eight tablespoonfuls of coffee are enough to make coffee for eight persons. Use freshly boiling water, not thatwhieh has stood in the kettle Mocha and Java gran- ite pot with a V shaped spout is the best ; \Vash the egg and break it shell and all into a bowl ; beat slightly until the yolk and white are blend- (d, add to the cold water and coffee. If but i"'alf the quantity is needed prepare the to half The shell of an egg is useful for settling coffee on account of what little al- bumen may cling to the shell, so if the shell is washed after the egg is broken it is of no After~dinner coffee Before serving the coffee pour a little out and turn back into the pot, this clears the spout and the first cup will not be muddy. If no egg is used adda little cold water after the cofi'ee is on Horse- nevertheless, it was actually performed, and performance deserves a more place in our records of horseman: ip. last century, but none quite equal to it. her, 1849. for life, not t Hun blo ened them as rebels against Austria. made their way enemy, Russia, demanded the SURRENDER or run FUGITIVlâ€"‘s, Stratford Canning was a power at Pera. answer to in. demon tion of Kossuth and 'his com-patriots, “No.” Russia and Austria forthwith recalled their representatives from the Turkish capital, and war seemed inevitable. Turkey, quaking with fear, turned to Can- ning; his advice had led her into the scrape; he should see her through it. Sir Stratford was not a man who did thin s by halves ; the responsibility was tremendous, but he did not shrink. He took upon him- self to promise that England would stand by Turkey in the struggle. and appealed to Lord Palmerston to ratify the promise without an hour’s unnecessary delay. In those pro-telegraphic days the sible position in his country’s service than he does now. As in this instance, the question “ Peace or \Var i” might be decid- ed by his spesd ; and where railways did not exist, his speed often depended on his horsemanship. Thus when Lord Palmerston looked about him for a man to convey his message of approval to Canning, he sought not only one on whose energy and trust- worthiness he could rely, but one who could turn to the very best account the means of travel available. He saw the right man in Capt. Townley, a famous rider to bounds and an intrepid soldier. Him “ Old Pam” yourself nor others.” On the 20th of Octo- the assurance of ssomxn’s svrron'r. Dispatches had already been sent by the Austrian Government to the Ports, and if these arrived before Capt. Townley brought his, all might be undone. Everything was in favor of Austria winning the race ; three special relays of messengers were waiting on the dispatches, and if Townley meant to arrive first, his work was cut out. He prov- ed himself e ual to it in the teeth of difiiâ€" culties whic might well have pardoned failure. He had 820 miles to go, changing horses wherever and whenever he could; the roads, never of the best, were dee with mud, and he had to cross the Bal ans at night in utter darkness. Twice the horse he rode fell with him; and not half the journcyhad been cov- ered when an old gunshot wound worked most fainting with fatigue and loss of b ood. But he won his race: at 5:30 on the morn- ing of the 28th October he reached the British Embassy at Peru, and learned that ll by paying what he mus t hanmoney, to gthe owner of the plain of Esdraelon. By his magnificent performance had not been in vain. Sir Stratford (fanning was enabl- ed to announce that the British fleet had been ordered to the Dardanelles and Aus- ; E trio. and Russia, baffled, sullenly withdrew the demand they dared not attempt to en- force. Wmmut doubt the horses used m th‘slceotly that. the restrictions preventing the ' Jews coming to Palestine have been remov- ride suffered severely. But how would it have fared With Capt. Townley’s mission had he been merely a bold and enduring rider, and not a horseman who knew exact- l ly how fat-fie might tax the powers of his] Making ; licated for the use of the Jews having no mounts ? e must have failed. " the more haste, the less speed,” be cool have ridden his first horse to death half-way through its stage, and would have found himself hopelessly “ thrown out.” Condensed “Skimmed ” Milk. A correspondent of “Food, Drugs, and Drink " says : In none of the reports pub- lished by you do I see any records of prose- cutions of vendors of ” skimmed ” condensed milk. I am the more surprised at this, because you give so goodly an array of cases of prosecutions for adultcration of ordinary milk. In 1891 the mortality of infants under one year in England and Wales was 151 per 1000 of the population; 149 chil- dren out. of every 1000 born died within one year, and out of every lOOO deaths 231 deaths were children under one year old. You have done great service by warnin the public against purchasing a urious com ens- ed milks and infants’ food. )ut what are the Food pnd Drugs Acts inspectors doing mallow the uninterrupted sale of the articles‘.' It is one thing warning the public, and another thing entirely to punish the vendors. I have no objection whatever tosecing “skim- med” condensed milk used with tea or cof- fee, although even then it is an imposition upon the purchaser unless it be sold, as ” skimmed” condensed milk. It is the lar e sale of “skimmed” substances for feeding babies that 1 think should be re- garded as one of the worst, as it undoubtedly is one of the meanest and most heartless, of frauds. The number of poor women who, ignorantly, use “skimmed” substances is legion, and we shall never reduce infant .nortalit until the sale of such articles is rigorous y dealt with. “ Cool and collected”-â€"-The ice bill. " Do you believe in the transmi tion of souls, Joe 1" “ What’s that, sir? ‘ “ Why, for instance. that that cow bashed a prior or- istence in another form â€"â€"perhaps been a being like myself.” ” Oh no doubt the cow's been a calf.” rominent q \Ve recall other feats of the some kind in the Finally may be mentioned the brightest example of pluck and endurance in the saddle known to usâ€"Capt. Charles Town- ley’s extraordinary journey on horseback from Belgrade to Constantinople, in Octo- ‘I‘his ride of 89.0 miles was not inspired by s rting motives; it was a race ll: rider’s ; a splendid response to the call of duty, and no more. How it came to be made is briefly told. It will be remembered that in the year mentioned the rian war of independence came to a y close, and the patriot Kossuth and many of his friends were compelled to seek in flight safety from the fate which thfiat- e to Vidin, and there re): mained, trusting to the hospitality of the Turks. Austria and the Porte’s hereditary threatening war if their demand was re- fused. The Sultan was disinclined to give up men be regarded, in a manner, as guests ; but fear of Russia might have overcome his scruples had the British Embassador, Sir Stratiord Canning, not appealed to his sense of honor and dignity to stand firm. Sir and the Turks had grown accustomed to look to him for guidance at critical times; hence, when the Czar ressed for a plain d) for the extradi- the answer dictated by Canning was “ Queen’s Messenger” held a more respom dispatched, with orders to “ spare neither her the messenger left Belgrade, carrying at the various points on the road to carry 1 .of a large tract of land comqmisfin open and drenched him with blood. Save 5 thousands of acres east of the Mn when he stopped tochange horses, and once l . for six hours to sleep, he spent five days a and near the Damascus mflway' and eleven hours in the saddle, lattcrl al- the tmct. t i w JERUSALEM non am The Italy City Undergoing n Bun-mus hangar-nation. _ " Jerusalem, the railroad centre of Pales- ne‘ n I The words have an nautical sound to most people, as with the mention of Jeru~ salem and Palestine is gone emaciated some fact of sacred history or Roots of the crusades in the middle But since Baron Rothschild has begun out his gigantic colonisation schemes Pa ' ‘ c has experienced an awake ‘ , the Holy Cit has found itself movedmbg the mi‘ghtoy in: chine of progress and the dosing 0 pre‘ dicted for Jerusalem by Napoleonsm us not impossible of accomplishn'ient. The Corli- can’s prediction was that Jew would one day be the capital of the mid. The last few months have work tchange in the city so long regardedw having few attractions beyond its rell ministeri- A letter ived by Professor A. J. Marks, of‘ 0, cm the Rev. A. E. Davis, a woman Missionary who has spent eleven 3 cars of her fifefn crusa- lem, gives a striking picture of the c sages now under way. “ Palestine," says the writer, under date of August 16, “ will soon asmoansppesr- anco truly European. ltsprinefiralic' ities fast being connected by modern railroad: and before long the toot of the l eomotive whistle so familiar to your road ears, and yet so novel to the native Byx‘hn, will be heard every hour in Jersualenr, which will be the railroad centre. Our rail- way-is about finished conneet' d‘ ‘t- {y with the Mediterran coon? iybfdffch ms 18 coute ated to Haifa and o to the Jordan. “The passenger mt’imnlias JUST sass COMPLW, To look at it one hardly realizesihat he is still in J erusalemâ€"it is so thoroughly mod- ern. . The freight house is in course of erection. In seven days from now the first train vull be run from Joppa, and we are ’ cal associations. nsfi arranging for a celebration of the event. Xfixkeh 11; of no small import to us. Th . a- amascus railwa is mgvemfn ra - idly: Starting at the gi‘mtpfmm o? p it Will. run down the plain of Acre along the coast _of the Mediterranean and branch out to Haifa. Thence along the famed plain of Esdraelon, with the hiils afflulilee to the north and passing near Nazareth the road reaches the Jordan by way of Shuuom or J ezreel. At this point the banks of the Jordan are of solid rock, and in the centre of the stream stands a natural pier of the same material. From this pist- east and west will be erected suspension spans. con- necting the west bank of the river with the slopes of the Jordan plateau on the east. The road will ext-end from the Janina over the slope of this plateau and along the crest overlookingandinclosing the esoternshore of the Sea of Galilee. Reaching thelplaoeau prop- er near El’all and thence north to~Damasous direct it passes through the moat fertile and beautiful lains of Palestine. An English company as mapped out a road to connect Damascus on the north with Gum in the ex!» treme southwestern portion of Pidsstine, it the plain of Philista. The distance is almost 200 miles. It will be seen that ere ! long our little country will be covered with . a network of railways. In the last few months a wonderfulchangc has bcemwrought in the cit-ypf Jerusalem. Several hundred new buildings have been erected including old RESIDENTS ARE ALL sunrmsnn and know not what to think of. it, because there does not seem business encugh to warrant all this expense. The reason of lthis outlay and building ucfivfiy‘is to be found in Baron Rothschild’s purchase lately so no ordan _ This year he wxll send 1090 Jewish families to Near Acre he has a! nrchas- ed a large tract, on which will bedocated three large colonies. About three weeks ago the Baron gained control of this land this he has bound himself never to sell the lain to any one but Jews. At present the urkish Government refuses to all the Jews in. deed of the plain. However, it is expect- Acre ' residences, shops, hotels and hospitals. Th1 ed the government’s consent vl‘l soon be , gained to the transaction. It- is only re- ed. A number of his colonists will be lo- cated in the houses being built for them in this city. A Mr. Scheick has been given. a contract to build houses along the line of the Joppa road for milcs A large institu- tion is under constructionlwhich wfll‘be ded- one to care for them. Houses for the ac- commodation of 100 fumiles will be built on the Bethlehem road, near the station." A Rapid Death- It is a white and dreary plain. There is a line of straggling gum trees beside a feeble water course. Six wild horsesâ€"brambles, as they are calledâ€"have been driven down, oorralled and caught. They have fed mthe leaves of the myall and stray bits ofealt bush. After a time they are got within the traces. They are all young, and theyJook notso bad. \Vestart. They canscareely beheld in for the first- few miles. Then they begin to soak in pore iration. Another ve miles and they look drawn about the flanks, and what we then ht was flesh is dripping from them. Ana Ier five and the flesh has gone. The ribs show, the shoulders protrude. Look 1 A er's heels are knocking against the whi eo. It is twenty miles now. There is a gulp in your throat as you seen wreck stagger out of the traces and stumble over the plain, head near the ground and death its back. There is no water in that direction, worn out creature. It comes upon you like a. sudden blow. These horses are being driven to death. And why? Because it is eh r to kill them on this sts e of thégy’b than to feed them with tillafl' at a too. And now another sways. Look at the tafobbing sides, the quivering limbs. He is. “Driver, for heaven's sake, can’t you see 1” “ I do, so help me God. I do. But we've got a; get there. I let them out atanothcr mile. And you are an An lo-ésexon. and this is a Christian lsnd.-â€"[ thiomptss in Australia. . I ‘. ~n -..; ..*‘-u\ \s .4"- "‘I w. “IQ-nu»... . w...” a“ --.. ~o\-~e- ....;..c,s.;....w_..Maud“. '. N... .