The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-11-02
The Tomb Of Rachel.

Tn Hon. James Brooks, the senior editor of
| the New York Express, writes to that ioUrn-
al from the Holy Land
| Upon my return to Bethlehem, | rode by
| the tomb of Rachel-a small building with Il
whitened dome, and have within it a high OBJ
long monument, Guilt CT hric< and stuccocd
over. The spot is wide and solitary and not
a tree spreads its shade where rests the beau
| tiful mother Of Israel Christian, Jew and
Moslem all agree that this is lust the SPOT
where Rachel was buried, and all unite in
honoring it. The Turks are anxious that
their ashes may rest near hers, and hence
their bodies have been strewn under the
tombs all around the simple grave of Rachel.
The sweet domestic virtues OF the good wife
have won their love and admiration, as the
tomb Of Absolom, near the brook Of kanran
their deteStation-upon the latter they throw
stone to mark their horror Of the dis0bedent
while around the former they wish, when they
die, their bodies may be inferred
Nor is this wonderful. The wife, worth
fourteen years service as a shepherd must
have been worth having. The whole life of
Rachel, is, indeed. one Of the most touching
in Biblical history. The sweet Shepherdess
has left her mark upon the memory of man,
as well as on her tomb The tribute to her
is the tribute to good wife, and nfidel. and
jew, and Christian all combine to pay it.
The great women of the carth-the Renobias
and Cleopatras-have died, been buried and
their very place Of burial be forgotten; but
to this day stands over the grave of Rachel,
not the pillar Jacob set up, but modern
monument in its place, around which pilgrims
from every land under the sun gather, in res
pect and reverence for the faithful wife and
| good mother in Israel
| OF The following is told as a not unreas
able anecdote, though Of cource there is not
particle of truth in it. No Illinoisian is so
| green as not to know how to manage with n
| mosquito net -
what is that ?" said greeny from Him
| ols, as he was conducted to his bedroom for
the night at Barnum' famous hotel in ST. Louis
why, 'skeeter net, sar," said the servant.
"a 'skeeter net, hey - soIIloquized the grceny
eyeing the mosquito bar which was placed
around the bed to protect its occupant from
the Nocturnal visits of those musical and in
truslve insects then, looking around, he con-
tlnued, "Wal, there Is a considerable quantity
OF them about; guess | will set that trap"
Accordingly he tucked up one corner of the
net, and commenced to drive the mosquitoes
into it; after he thought he had got them al!
In ne took his pillows and laid down under
the bed and endeayored to sleep, but the fact
was, that he had only driven about half of the
mosquitoes into the net, and consequently
they foraged upon him extensively during the
night The next day, at the breakfast table,
his face all peppered with mosquito bites nc
declared to the landlord his conviction that
his "skeeter net was humbug, and when he
went on to relate his experience Of the night,
he came very near occasioning dozen cases
for the coroner, by choking his auditors with
laughter at his ludicrouS mistake
NIGHr SorL-ITs VALUE-The best of all
manures is the one which in our country is the
most universally wasted In Belgium where
agriculture is carried to great productive
ness, they order things differently" There
the estimate is, by nice C lculation, that it is
worth SO for every individual, man, woman,
and child We traverse sea and land, send
to Africa and South America to bring elements
of fertility, which, at home, we throw away
on every farm in the country. Whit an i'm
mense amount is wasted in our cities. 1t
must be the most valuable, containing the
elements of all kinds of food consumed by
man, and in returning these TO the soil, we re-
turn tn identical constituents which former
crops and animal had taken from the land
Night soil contains the phosphate Of lime,
which is Indispensable to the growth of ami
mails bones and to the nutriment of all plants,
and which is not supplied from the atmosphere
like carbonic acid and ammonia. All fluid and
solid excretions should be preserved by mix
ing with burnt clay, sawdust, ashes, peat or
wood charcoal, etc.
We have great deal to learn and, alas,
much more to practice, that we have learned.
-Planters' Banner
Mr.. VERDANT SENDS a MESSAGE BY TEr.E-
GRAPH.--A few days ago man entered the |
telegraph Office but said he didn't know much
about such business, although Che remarked)
he knew pretty well about the principle Of
the thing. So be asked the operator to write |
his despatch, which request was readily res
ponded to. This done, the inquiry was, 40 |