Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-11-09

the turfman's saying, Eclipse drsi,,he iest
nowhere ye, thi. queen Of Isncssiershire
is mo mean city, with its more than half
a million Of population and lie solldly-
built stone blocks, covering compac,ly an
area Of miles esst snd west BY miles
north snd south, and including suburbs 8
miles by ~ The population In 1881 was
674,0O0 and Il grove rapidly. We did not
see the better part Of the city on our Tor.
mer visit and were not impressed with il
except ss place Ct prodigious business ac-
tiviiy. But Il is more than that. Its
public buildings are superb; lie private
msnsiors Of the wealthy costly and elegant;
and several lovely parks sdorn the differ
snt lccalities, where they have been laid
out A walk on the dock gives one q
bretzy ,nif q "furrin paris." ships from
The four quarters Of the earth are unlading
their careos or taking them in. was e.
pecisily interested in locking at one from
India, yesterday, ~ saw the familiar bales
Of oriental commodities comirg out Of her.
and on the Shari. resdy for shipment, the
materials, in part, for laying a railway in
central India. What do you think they
use for ties instead Of the familiar wooden
beams, which latter the white ants would
gobble up as fact a. laid down, unless sa,u-
ted with = solution Of kreosote by = most
expensive proces-? Actuslly the rail- are
laid upon inverted bdns Of heavy oorruga
ted iron, Of Dimensions, say feet long,
IA f.. vide by 6 inches deep; edges slanting
instead Of perpendicular; holes for bolts,
fastening the rail The white ants are
"fetb bic folk" but formidable for numbers,
ingenuity and persistence in getting At any
thing for which they have an appetite. i
we'll remember to what straits they at me
to keep my darling library from being de-
voured bodily and wss rather glad thsi
the Ingenuity Of man bsfiled any omniver-
Gus foes Of the Orient, on the railroad quss
ton at least. We had another connecting
link with an old life to day, when viii
brought, in a neat parcel closely wrapped
what proved on exposure to be veritAb'e
mango; Of rathsr inferior favor, but enough
like India to ,si us quite Wild With delight
especially Marie, who sucked at il with re-
vivirg memories Of her native land light
ing up every feature. 30, ! remember
perfectly, para, how ustd TO like them;
| recognized the favor Immediately" And
| was carried back tweniy.four years TO the
time, when, seated in her ayoh's lap, III
tie haxsn-haired lassie, she would eai man
goes BY the hour, until bands, face and
dress were smeared with the yellow Juice Of
the luscious fruit; and like this quickly re
vived taste for forgotten fruit will her la
tent knowledge Of her native tongue, come
back to her in very little while, when
sights and sound. recall her vanished
childhood. | cherish the hope Of having
her speak Hindustsni TO the poor heaihen
women 10 Lahore and Calcutta, yet tell
ing them OF Jesus' love. How | long to
speak again to the men what now knov,
but did not in ls54-'6l. The LORD will
bring il to pass in dre time ! feel sure.
I received a letter to-day from one of the
Bexley Heath converts, telling Of growing
ioy and peace and how the good work i
going on under the faithful passOrs, with
continued blessing. Jus, such letter AZ
does ne most good an the trying interval a,
the beginning Of every fresh work, before
We get rooted in a new circle Of friends, for
Jesus sake.
or l0th.-Last night the drizzling rain
and sloppy streets were not promising, bat
we cleaned hArdr on the dear LORD and
found a larger audience gathered at the
Home than on the previous evening There
was an improved "atmosphere" also, With
more Of sympathetic look and action. And
blessing crowned the service; 20 confessed
Jesus Lord, and We came home not heed
ing the horrid weather in the least.
Glasgow reminds me Of Louisville very
much, though could not tell you Why;
and Scotch cooking is more like the home
article than elsewhere in the British Isles.
w nen the Wnirhc VI eee"ees1 NS"e ~
the Clyde sAlutes ouresr', we could almost
imagine, for a moment, that la Belle Rlv'
iere" was not far of. For the rest, every
thing is intensely Scotch. The names on
the signs are without mixture, as in Lon
don. The Scotch scatter TO other psrts.
There are more Scotchmen In London than
in Edinburgh, l am told, but other people
do not come here to live. The permanent
population il unmixed.
Prolific Israel here as elsewhere. The
children swarm. / can see "Slr Gibbiss"
by the score every turn | take in the streets
where poor folks coDgregate. The chill
dren are rtettier, as a rule, than In London
Such glorious heads sfauburn hair as you
can see constantly on the streets, the own
ers little thinking what a possession they
have; perhaps to them only troublesome
harbor for yermin. Bare feet are painful
ly common, many grown women thus de-
nuded, while the shawl over the head Is
the common covering Of the poorer classes.
II is rather an improvement on the tAwdy
bonnet so commonly seen elsewhere. The
wafer supply IL from Loeb KatTine, where