The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-10-08
" LiuOccufs AbrOuH."

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published = book called THE lnnoccnts
Abroad or. the New Pilgrims Progress, +"
being record Of the authors voyage on the
steamer Quaker City 10 the Mediterranean,
and his ramblcs in Europe, Egypt and the
Holy Land. The following will be found
excellent types Of the general style Of the
work:
BARBER SHOP II FRANCE.
From csrlies, infancy it has been cher.
day, in u palalal barber shop of Paris. l
wished to reclinc ut full length in cushion.
ed, invalid chair, with pictures about me
and sumptuous furniture; with frescocd
walls and gildcd arches above me, and Wis.
ias of COrintl,;0n columns stretching far be-
fore me; with his peri tunes Of Araby to in
tOxicate my senses, and the s!umbrous dronc
of distant noise 10 sOolhc me To sleep. AT
the end of m hour would wake up regret
fully and find my face us smooth and soft
us an infants. Departing, ! would lift my
hands above that BARRIERS head and say:
Heaven bless you, my son" So We search
cd high and low for BARRIERS shop We
entered one and said WANTED to be shaved
The barber inquired where my room was.
said never mind where my room was.
wanted to b. shaved there. on the spot. The
Doctor said he would be shaved also. Then
there Was III excitement among these two
BARRIERS! There was wild consultation
and afterwards hurryiny 10 and fro and
fevcgish gathering up Ut razors from obscure
places, and = ransacking for soap. Next
they took US into little, moan. shabby.
back room they got two ordinary sitting
room chairs and placed us in them with our
coats on Ny old, old dream Of bliss van.
l,.A; int IA in MI ! Gu
end solemn. One of the 'wig.making vii.
lans lsthercd my face for ten terrible min.
utcs. and finished by plastcrng mass of
suds into my mouth: lexpc;'ed the nasty
stuff with 8 strong English explctivc. and
said, Foreigners. bewarcw Then this out:
law slapped his razor on his boot, lowered
over me ominously for six fearful seconds.
then swooped down on me like the genius of
destruction. The f. rake of his razor loos.
cned the very hide from my face and lifted
me out of tho chair. ! stOrmcd and raved.
and the other boys cnjoycdit. Their boards
are not strong and thick. Let us draw the
il that | submitted, and went through with
the cruel infection of u Shave by French
barber; tears of exquisite agony courscd
down my checks, now and then, but sur
vivcd Then the incipient assassin held Il
basin of water under my chin and stopped
its contents over my face and into my bosom
and down the back Of my neck. with mean
prctencc of washing away the soap and
blood. He dried my features with towel,
and was going TO comb my hair, but asked
u lie excused said; with whitening irony.
that il was sufficient to be skinned; de.
clncd 10 he stalpcd. went away from
there with my handkerchief about my face.
and never, never desire to dream OF pa!atial
M A Il
suffered, suffered suffered here in Paris. but
meyer mind-thc time il coming when shall
have dirk and bloody revenge. Some day
q Partisan barber will come 10 my room to
skin me, and from that day forth that barber
will never he heard Of more.
TIE SEA OF GALILEE.
Pilgrims, sinners and Arabs are all abed
row and tho camp is still. Labor in loneli-
ness 10 irksOmc. Since made my last few
notes have been sitting outside the tent for
half an hour. Night is the time to see Gal
lice. Genessaret, under those lus,rous stars,
.has poihing repulsiye about it. Gcncssaret.
with the glittering reflections Of the con.
etcllatiOns tiecking Its surface, almost makes
me regret that ever saw the rude glare OF
the day upon it. lis history and its ascot.
,AiiOns arc its chicfest charm in any eyes, and
tAc spells they wraycarc feeble in the search
feel tic letters. Our thoughts wander con.
-aiantly to the practical concerns OF life. and
refuse 10 dwell upon things that seem vague
and unreal. But when the day Is done, even
the most impossible must yield to the
dreamy influences Of the tranquil starlight.
The old traditions Of tho place steal upon his
memory ard haunt lis rcyeries, and then his
fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the
supernatural. In the tapping Of the waves
Gupnn tic beach he hears the dip If Gl0stly
oars: in tho secret noises Of tho night he
hears spirit voices; in the soft sweep
. If theFbrsezc, the rusl. Of invisible, wings:
Phantom ships are on tho sea, the dead OF
twenty centuries come forth from the t0mbs,
and, in the dregs of the night wind, the
. songs Of old for ten ages find utterancc
again. In the starlight Gaiilce has mo houn-
darics but the broad compass Of the heavens,
and is theatre meet for the birth of Z reli-
gion able % save = world and meet for the
stately figure appointed to stand upon Its
stage and proclaim ito high decreea But IN
the sunlight one says: IL It for Inc deeds
done end tho wesds whicl. were
abolkeu in ti,is little acre of rocks and sand
eighteen centuries gone, that the bells arc
ringing to-day in the remote islands of the
: Tea and fur and wide over conunSOts5 TINT
clasp the circumference Of the huge globe (!
One can comprehend it only when night has
hiLdssSAn congrthties and crea>edA theatre
proper for % great drama !
s-a:a4 80 Eacts AJ0Mto CtsttSe. 30 st.r
Il 10 wen established fact that all domcs.
tic animals may he greatly improved In size
and yalua- BY careful brccdipg .spd culture.
one hundred and fifty years -aso the aver
s0c WEIGHT Of cattle (OccYcS) ut the great