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£■" ' !*• '■ ’it , ' T . ),T' -r (/ ; •,‘\ ■* ■ W' •*.' .'' >'toi f iP' •: If, lii THE M A S 0 N 1 (.’ JOURNAL i -L-' ' . r| 5!‘i' N'.-; r'^ iri?S II Wl .:^i|fs m '.Ml I- r ' *. 4® ,'»I".-.\.l.’: i j- .ii! M'l: Going out With the Tide. Kaisi* me lip in my be 1, wife; There’s the sound of the .-ea in my ear. And it sings to my soul in music That earth is not blessed to liear. Open the little window, wile, Thin come and sit by my side; We’ll wait God’s s'.vi'ct flood water To take me out wdh the tide. I se ' ihe li:irbor-bai' " ife. And my dear little boat in the bay; But whosiiall be able to giii !e licr When her niastu' liatii |:as-eii away? I know that her helm, so Irusty, Will answer no other hand As it answered mine, when I knew, wife. You were waiting for me or. the strand Our boy? are ail before us, wife; Wee Jack is beneath the wave, And bine eyed Freddie slecii.s, wife, In yonder yew bowered grave, Where the early daisies elnster Arourd his baby-Iied, And tlie thrusli sits clianting softer In yon tree tliat shades the dead. Tliere's a ctiill runs througli our hearts, vrife. When theliarbor-b. r doth moan; But a darker grief will bt yours, wife. Will’ll yo ‘re loft intl^e cot alone; But a few more flow.? ofthe sea, wife. And a f-w more ebbs of the tide, The I G id’s sw ’et flood shall bring you Again to your old inaB’.sside. Tlie red sui. is hov in the west, wife, ,\u l the tide sinks d*jwn with the sun; We will 1 art with each other in love, wife. For sweelly our livi s have run. Gi'.e me your band, my own love, aVs you gave it in days o''yore; We will clas]i ibom, ne'er to be sundered. When we meet on the fir offshore ! lodging urdil he may himself a .suitable residence ; three build ing societies, etc. Sir Moses says: "I Twelve years ago the wife of a as helpless as an infant, but shall vtTT ■ ts she not toiled and of Ihe locality named died, and a year and ed over onr helpless infanev ? a . - ■ "1(1 ii, to Jerusalem with gratuitous board and dead . —“neiov have procured for man named Swingle, a wealthy iarmer her lees ? Has she not toiled and * half afterward the widower, being sixty had some conversation on the subject of I years of age, mairied a young Jerusalem. Sir Mose.s Montfiore, now in the 92d ■year of his age, a few months hack paid a seventh visit to Jerusalem for the pur pose of collecting information relating to the -actual condition of the Jewish inhab itants of the Holy Land, as to their ca pability and inclination to engage in me rlianical and general agricultural ).iir- suits. The report is now published W'th a letter to Sir Moses from two of the lead ing Rabbis of Jenisah m, in which they refute the charges ol disinclination to work of the Jews of Jerusalem while there wa.s a possibility of obtaining suffi cient chanty to enible them to live. It is known that in or.ler to give a refuta tion of these charges. Sir Moses Montfiore determined to undertake a rnis.sion to the Ilo.y City and report on his observations. Sir Moses states that a whole village has been pointed out to him which luight be purchased at a moderate rate. All of the persons who reported to Sir Moses on this subject state 1 that there would be no difficulty whatever in securing as much land as might he required, either for cul tivation or b-iilding purposes. The Gov ernor and Kadi of Jerusalem assni-od him of the reaiiines.ii of the Turkish Govern ment to ren-ier everv possible a.ssistance to encourage any industrial scheme for the promotion ot the welfare of the peo ple in the Holy Land. The French and American Cous-'.ls also assured him of' their willingness to assist. Sir Moses states that a great struggle may arise in the fntnie between the educated or Pro gressist party—those who do not come to the Holy City from religions motives, but from reasons c..r.nected with special cir cumstances—and the strii tly Conserva five party, who.se sole object in going to Jernsalein was the preservation of their religion. During his s'hort stay at Jaffa Sir Moses Montfiore noticed some indica tions to that effect. Sir Moses gives a long aooonut of the different institutions established in Jerusalem for the benefit of the poor. There is a soup kitchen ; ■a loan society, whose object it is to make advances without interest; a hospice, which iprqyides every poor person coming general drainage in Jerusalem wiih a gentleman of authority ; he told me that all the refuse of the city is now cairied into the Pool ol Bethsaida, which, strange to .say, I was informed, is close to the house intended for the barracks, and the .soldiers living there appear not to expe rience the least inconvenience on account of it.s vicinity. If arrangements could he made to clear that pool entirely, to ad mit pure water i nl y, and to dig special pools for the pnrjiose of conducting there Tie city drains, Jerusalem might become free from any threatening epidemie. All the doctors in Jerusalem ass-jred me that the Holy City might be reckoned, on ao count of the purity of its atmospheie, one of the healthiest pl-»ces ’’ Sir Mo.ses speaks of the .skill of Jewish mechanics in Jerusalem, whereas it has been said that there are no Jewish mechanics in the Holy City. Sir Moses saw wjtch- makers, engravers, lithographers, sciilp- lors, goldsmiths, bookbinders and carpen ters, and, he says, "all did their work mo.?t »ati,i-factorily." A watchmaker into whose hand.? he gave a yahiable repeatei for repair, put it, within a very short time, into excellent order. The same man, in addition to hi.s skill ac a watch maker, displayed also great talent a» a Hebrew naligraphist. He presented Sir Moses Montfiore with a grain of wheat on which were written 19 lines, forming an aero,Stic on the .name of the venerable philanthropist. The traveller states that he has had every opportunity of convinc ing him.self that the Jews are eager and willing to engage in anv find of labor, agricultural or otherwise, which will oh tain for them the necessaries of life, and place them above the need ofthe charitv of their benevolent oo-eligionists. Sir Moses says that the great regard which he has always eiitertnined towards his brethren in the Holy Lan-i has now i-e- come, if pos,sifcIe, doubly increased, and he emphatically asserts that they are de serving of assistance ; th.;y are willing and able to woik; their mental powers are of a satisfactory nature, and all Is raelites ought to render them support. The Jews of Jerusalem and in everv part of the Holy Land, he observes, “do work,’’ and be furthermore says that they are more in ustrious than many men even is Europe, otherwise none of them would remain alive ; but when the work does not sufficientlv pay, when there is .no mai ket for the produce of the land, when famine and cholera and other mi.-fortunes befall the inhabitants, we Israelites, unto whom God reve led Himself on Mount Sinai, more than anv other nations, must step forwar-i to render them help, and raise them from their state of distress." He .suggests the building of houses in and around Jeuisalern with European iiufirovemeiits, also colleges and public baths. Each house sboul.l possess a plot of groui-d large enough for the cultiva tion of olive trees, tlie vine and necessary vegetaliles, so as to give the occupiers of the house a taste for agriculture. He states that many persons in the cities in and around Jerusalem have already an nounced their wilUngnesa to follow aori- cultural pursuits. Parton Discounted. A YOUNG MAN MARRIES HIS STEPMOTHER —THE OLD MAN UNEXPECTEDLY TURNS UP TO DIE. An extraordinarv story come from Sil ver Station, Ohio, wherein s young man is reported to have married his stepmoth er, under the belief that his father was who had lived in his family. She wa.s twenty -two. He had six children by the first wife, and three of them married.— Old Mr. Swingle was one of the most prominent men in the town.ship, a devout member of the church, and a man gener ally respected. In 1865 Mr. Swingle disappeared and was stippo.'^ed to have been robbed, murdered and rayeterioi’sly tuirned.—Eighteen months afterward a skeleton was found in a deep fo-rest near his house, and believing them to Lie bi.s bones they were fmriied in the church yani by the side of his first wife. A atone setting forth the circiimstaiicee con nected with Swingle's death was [ilaced at the head ofthe grave An adminis tiafor of the estate jf the decea.sed was appointed, and his property “qiially di vided among the children. The home stead fell to the lot of the olii farmer's widow, and the youngest son, also named James, continueit to live there and super intend operations on the farm In I860 he married the widow of hi.s father, and the couple were living in unruffled ea.-e with three, children that had heel. b. ri. to them, when in the early pari of last month the young farmer wasgiven a let ter at the village po.sloffice addres.sed p'l'o any living member of the Swingle fanii- Iv." The letter was postmaiked at Cleaveland, Ohio. Opening tlie letlei the farmer wa.i astonislied to find that it purported to I'e written by hi.s fialhei, long believed to be dead. It wa.s as fol lows: Cleaveland, Dec. 30—I am very sick aii.i /lenniless amoiu' .stranger.-i. I was on my way home wlien taken sick Sonic of yon come to me at once and I will ex plain all. I am at a sailor’s lodging house by the lake. James Swi.ngle The lettei was written in a cramjied and trembling hand, but it re.sf-ml.led specimens of the old farmer's writing of years ago. He was visited ami fuiiiid in Cleveland. He was very ill witli fever and became delirious soon afte. the arri val of his son, and it w.is .some da\s be fore he could be removed to belter quart ers. Three weeks [lassed before he w-as in condition to be taken home, and dur ing that time be could be iiuiiited to sav blit little about his .strange disajipear- ance. He said that he left while under the influence of an impnl.ue he could not control, and after traveling for a few days he was a.shamed to return, and re solved to go We,St with about fS.OOO he had w.tb him, and invest it. in some way ; and after be had increased it sufficientlv, to retnen home and surprise hi.s family. He went to California, and from there to Anstr-alia, where he made $115,UOO in five years and came back to California, where he lost it all. Thinking he was drawing near his death, he determined to return home, and was taken sick with the fever at Cleveland. He refiLsed to enter into anv details of his ten years absence till he recovered from his illness. He was brought come, but be died in a few days after liis arrival. The son and step moth er were remarried after the funeral. The skeleton was that of a murdered drover.—i&. youth. ha.sshe not tried to lean urir,r straight and narrow path ? And insj.t' ness she was our ministering angel Ut' but a mother coiiid be so patient; so ti I and afi'eciionate, ,?o gentle and self-ja"'*^ ficing as a mother ? If we have been tempted into fo„,iL den paths, if we have followed in y counsels and gone astray, if we luve cU sen evil companions, forgotten tlie sold couns.-i.sof our youth, who is ready top courage and lead us back to Ijono-Vnd viiine as a mother? She is ready to fof give, ts love and cheerish u.s siill Who can fathom a mother's love ? fj] IS oiii- frierd when ail the world forJt * ms. 8he will cling to ns, will die for a Leces.sary. A mother’s love is strong, tender ;„d true. Hard indeed must be the he.„t that can neglect and abuse a dear moil- er. She should never feel that she i., „ot welcome, . ever feel that she i.s a |,„ry to hei c .ildren ne er si o 11 I e geislire heart l.e (.allied by a„ unkind look or word. How little do we appieciat.j molhei’s leiiderness and love while -how little do we think ot heraii.uetr for us? Blit when she is gone ami,', -ee Ihe old armchair, the vacani [,)a,-eat the table, and hear no more of herdeHr voii-e, then .io we know she is gene, nev er more to return, and call her bach. H, has gone ; aiHl happily for us if -ay we have been faitl.f.il and uiaiieLr hap|iy, and could look forward to a meet- ng iieyoi.o this world. Labor Wanted. Mother. How my heart has been pained to see the coolness and indifference which is of ten manifested for an aged and depen dent mother. Age may waste a mother’s beauty and dim the lustre of her eye. her str'ength may depart, her limbs refuse to support her tottering fr.ame, or she may become J he true kings of a nation, the pilhn of government, are the farmers and me- cliaiiK-s, whose (iro(s of sweat are "wor- tbiei than diamonds in a coronet.’’ Wiih- oiit them the i-rideand glory of the Ee- public would fade and j.ass away, and lilt nation woiilil '.e no more. Says a iistingiiisheil^w liiei : "Tlie noiilest man of earth is he wlo puts hands cbeerliilly and proudly Io honest labor. Labor is a business aiid ordinance of God. Stisj.eiid labor and where is tlie glory and pomp of earth— the (ruit, fields and palaces, and ihi li-shioning ol matter for which men strive did war? Let the labor scorner look to iiimself and learn what are the trophies trom the crown of his head to the sole of his feet, lie is tlie debtor and slave toloil. 1 lie labor which he scorns has tricked him into the stature and appearance of man Where gets he garmenting and equipage? Let labor answer. Labor— which makes inus o in the mines and the f rrow and forge. Oh, scorn not labor, you, who never yet earned a mor.'el of bread ! Libor pitiesyou, (.roiid fool, and laughs you to scorn. Yon shall pass to du.st, forgotten ; but labor will live on forever, glorious in its conquests and monuments.” Increase the farming interests, andwe increa.se the number of merchanto, Etc- chanics, railroads, towns, profes.«ioni'U men, etc., and give life and animation to the entire commerce of a continent. All honor then to the noble working and may their number con.sUntly i”' crease is the earnest wish of every citizen.—Dalton (Ga.) E'rterprht., Keep the head cool by temperance f*‘ all things, and the feet warm by active exercise in the d ischarge of important du. ties—deeds ol kindncBS.—Ex.
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