The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-26
MEN AND WOMEN.

THE SOUDAN AND BIBLE HISTORY.
The Jewish World devotes three col
umns of its pages to the Soudan, the
wild and desOlate region which has lately
come into such prominence. We are re-
minded that the S0udan is a Bible land
The Jews in the time Of their bondage
worked at the Quarries at Syene the
modern Assouan Of the first Nile cataract
The Soudan, it is claimed, is the kush of
the ancient Hebrew times, the Ethiopia
of the ordinary Bible translation The
Jews and the Soudanese were old time
enemies. More than five and twenty CEN
turtles ago the streets Of Jerusalem rang
beneath the tread of the wild tribes from
the ''southern country" and if there be,
as Is not improbable, a Jew among the
20, 600 troops who will shortly cross swords
with the Arabs Of the Soudan, he NAV
boast that $500 years ago his ancestors
under Asa, king of Judah, chased the
dark skinned hordes, pellmell, from the
land they had invaded under Zerah, the
kushite, or Ethiopian.
WHERE THEY TAKE LIFE EASY.
The people up here take life very
easy, and most emphatically are not in
the habit OF rising before dawn and work
ing away hammer and tOngs till midnight
Such action would stamp you as a crank
or-an American, Here the merchant
strolls down to his business about 9 o'clock
and gets fairly under way by 10. At
noon he takes an hour or an hour and a
half for his lunch and then struggles
through the afternoon till 1 or & O'Clock,
when he shuts up and goes home to his
dinner, and does not open shop again till
next morning. When the stranger with
III his gates demonstrates at this method,
he is reminded, with true British courtesy,
that the Nictorians live just as long.
digest their food better and enjoy far
more pleasure than, the American, who is
slave to his counting house and an
anxious student Of his ledger From
Victoria ". ~ Letter.
THE AUTHOR OF "QUEECHY."
For many years the quaint figures of
the Misses Warner have been familiar to
the dwellers along the Hudson in the
vicinity of West Point. They were at
war with all modern frivolities and ap-
peared on all occasions dressed in the
prlm costume of century ago Still the
ladies were well read and kept themselves
thoroughly informed about all that went
on in the literary world. Their life on
Constitution island, or Martlaers Point.
as it was lately called, was very retired.
They lived with their invalid aunt, Mrs.
Warner, and were devoted to her care.
They were indetatigable workers and
arose at o'clock every morning. Pough-
keepsie News Press.
"PUT YOUR HELM DOWN"
"Put your helm down." cried the quasi
nautical military captain-"h hard down"
Obedient Atkins with becoming prompti-
tude unshipped the tiller, and, tlinging
it in the bottom of his boat, awaited or
ders. The incident may briefly convey
to the reader the average amount of boat
lore with which the leading companies
of Lord Wolseley's first whaler- embarked
battalion touched the waters of the Nile
at Gemai. Blackwoods Magazine.
LOW NECKs IN THE WEST.
There is something exceedingly pro-
vincial about this prejudice against
dress. We are glad such prejudces are
confined to the east. The broader ideas
of the west concede to people the per-
sonal right to regulate their own cos
tunes. There should be but one require
ment about low necked dresses, and that
should be insisted upon rigidly, namely,
the neck should be pretty. Kansas City
Star.
LITTLE LEARNING.