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"A correspondent in the native district Of
Waiapu," SAYS the EUeHiHg Post Of New Zealand,
draws a frightful picture Of the condition Of
the Maories Fever is very prevalent, and IL Is
very saddCning 30 see how the haories neg
lect 20 use the most ordinary precautions for
isolation. They will persist in sitting 10 a
sitting atmosphere IN the presence Of both dead
and dying. In many settlements the popula-
ton seems TO have become fatalists and arc 70.
sorting 10 old supersiitions and using incanta-
tiOns and ridiculous travesty Of spirit-rApping.
These influences are most depressing, and no
comfort OF consolation is offered the sick people.
who are sadly neglected, preparations for the
death feast often taking place before the eyes
Of dying persons Harewera, an old man, i'll
with fever, was allowed TO wander, aud fell into
q swamp, lie lay there some time, aud ate
carthworms 20 satisfy his hunger. lie also ac-
tually bit a piece out Of his own arm and
sucked his blood. lie then crawled into his
own place, fell into the fire, and soon died.
Nuta, schoolboy. recovering from fever. Was
allowed 10 wander into the swamp, and died in
two days Of relapse, and was buried without q
medical certificate"
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FnrlIsh hI Sound.
NORTHEASTERN MagasInel


IL was In one Of our schools the other day
where picked up the following thrilling com
position written by l2-year-old girl, which
is one Of the best pieces Of English as she is
"spelt" that have yet seen: "a right suite
little buoy, the son Of a kernal. with q rough
round his neck. hue up the road as quick as a
dear. After thyme he stopped at the house
aud wrung the belle. His tow hurt hymn aud
be kneaded wrest. He Was two tired 10 razc
bis fare. pail face. and a feint mOwn Of pane
rose from his lips.
"The made who herd the belle was about "a
pair pare, but she through IL down and ran
with all her mite, for fear her guessed would
not weight; but when she saw the little won
tiers stood in her ayes at the site. Eve pore
deer Why do you I've hear2 Arc yew dyeing?
Know be said. / am feint.' She boar him
inn her arms as she aught, 10 n room where hS
mite be quiet, gave him bred and meet, held a
cent bottle under his knows, unlide his choler
raped him up warmly, gave him suite draehm
from a viol, till at last he went fourth as hal
as q young hOaTse"
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mage took me over good road from David6
Gate 20 the entrance of Bethlehem.
Az you 20 you meet crowds OF foot passen-
geFs and the characters OF the road to-day are
substantially the same as when Joseph and
Mary ionmeyed over the country on foot and
on donkey. Here isa dark faced BedOuin with
q black and white blanket hanging from his
neck down over his body. and half covering the
little donkey he IL riding. He has a great red
shawl upon bis bead and this is fastened by q
cord OF black big as q well-T0pe. De sits
straight as be rides, and his bare ankles danRle
above red turned-up shoes on both sides Of his
donkey.
By the side Of him walks pretty Bethlehem
Fif carrying a load Of vegetables IN q basket 70
sell at Jerusalem. She Is tall and her complex
ion IS fair aud her cheeks are as rosy as the red
peoples which line The side OF the road. She
has great hcad-dress covered with linen
shawl OF white, embroidered with red silk, and
over her brow hangs q number Of coins repre-
senting the savings Of years aud the property
she will bring 10 Der husband when she is mar
riod.
Behind there como three great, uRly camels
with fierce looking men on them. These are
the children OF tho desert, aud ore OF the desert
tribes Is sending delegation into Jerusalem.
They have guns with them, and they scowl at
me as ] 20 by.
The country OF Judea 81 OF limestone for
nation, and the road is made Of limestone. u
is white and dusty, aud the glare OF the sun
npOn 10 Is painful 20 the eyes. Just outside OF
Jerusalom h II lined with bare limestone
houses and 10 IL not until you pass these and
get out into the country that you appreciate
thc beauty Of the land.
The hills are then dotted with Olive-Rrovei
whose leaves shine like frosted silver under tht
clear sky and bright sun Of Palestine, and yoI
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ment and below which there Is an inscription
Ia Latin stating that On this spot the Virgin
Mary gave birth 10 Christ"
Just back Of this is the manger In which
Christ lay. IL Is said 20 be the identical man
ger in which he rested, and is woTshipcd as
such. This Is, Of course not az all probable, as
IL 10 made Of marble, and as managers IN any
country are not likely 70 be found Of that ma
teriRl. IL lisa part Of the superstition aud much
believed tradition which surrounds everything
connected with Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
The people Of Palestine to-day do not deal in
supposititi0us localities. They state everything
az fact. They will tell you the very spot on
which our Savior stood when be did every one
Of the great deeds Of his life, and they can
tell 10 an inch just where solomon met the
Queen Of Sheba, or where AbsalOm was found
hanging In tree.
Here in this crypt, near the Chapel OF the
Nativity, j was shown well where the holy
water Is said 20 have burst forth for the use OF
the Holy Family; aud into this well, 10 Is said,
the star that guided the Magi fell and still
shines, but only virgins can see II when they
look. Another chapel la this crypt marks the
spot where Joseph was resting when the angel
appeared 10 him aud warned him 10 take the
young child and Zee into Egypt; aud five
steps lower down 10 the Chapel Of the limo.
/ cents. where a lot Of babies were slaughtered
/ by Herod In the hope Of killing Jesus.
IN addition 10 these there Is the Chapel OF
! ST. Jerome, aud other cbapes, all Of which
] have their traditions aud all OF which arr
dressed up IN the clothes Of the modern churcl
until they bewildeF one who tries 20 imagin'
the scenes Of the Nativity as they really were
/ and ] was glad when, after fleeing my guide,
was able 20 20 up The narrow steps aud out int
the clear air and among the real people Of th
| Bethlehem Of to-day.
In the court in front Of the church saw
Bed0uin woman sitting ON q stone and nursln
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commanding a bIikaAD
IN the Third Division, whose legs as he be-
strobe the saddle formed nearly an angle
OF 45e with his body. They may recall how
on reaching the run dc TrObTiand sent IN the
99th aud 10th Pa. 10 drive in the reb
line, which had declined TO bulge at the
promptings Of the cavalry. but which stood not
on the order Of its going when pelted by Key
stones They may also recall that with the
Second Division in lead. under the gallant L. a.
Smythe the head of column turned TO the
right aud moved half mile or more towards
Armstrong; Mill, where the Johnnies were
found iutrenehed. Later tho music began,
when the enemy made a furious assault on
Smythes position In the endeavor 10 turn his
flank but, ably aided by Gen. Robert Nc
Allister's Brigade, Of the Third Division, the
assault failed.
For three successive times did Gen. John b.
Gordon in three lines charge with division
front. and three successive times was lie driven
from the field in confusion. Two batteries III,
lth IT, s., and SleepeT's 10th Mass accompanied
the corps on this expedition. h had no voice
In this fight, but beched forth n rattling greet
Ing the next day when the enemy pressed back
the Fifth Corps aud confidently struck out at
the left flank Of the Second Corps, expecting TO
double it up. IL wasn't doubling just then, but
the JOhunies did nj dOuble-quick.
Two sections Of the 10th Mass, the lett and
center, took a conspicuous part in the fray, and
for that part Gen. Smythe thanked the officers
In person at the close OF the fight, and Gen.
McAllister complimented them IN his Official
report.
In partial recognition Of their gallantry. in
this fight heavy eaTthwOrk was built near
where the battery did its effective WORK, aud
In IL the guns of the 10th were placed anu
there remained until the final campaign set IN.
The earthwork WAS styled Battery h
Having at different times within lew years
retraced in part the route over which this bat
| terry proceeded during the war, left Peters
burg recently in a buggy and rode out over the
| Boydton Plank Road 10 HatcheT's Run, whence
| / struck into the woods 20 find AmstrOngs
| Mill aud Battery L, aud discover, If l could,
some of the outlines Of the old field. was
very indiHerently successful, owing to lack oil
| time, as nightlall came ere completed my
| explorations. i met however, several very IN
teresIing characters. Among them was John
| T. Clemens who occupies a farm near Arm
strOng's. Clemens was in the rebel army. lie
was 1t Danville guarding prisoners during the
last campaign. Ills house stood between the
1 lines, and still bears shell and bulIet-marks
| He was very communicative and cordial and
| gave me a saber which Is found near tho Cox
Road under a pile Of brush, where Hank oil
| Johnny must have concealed IL during the lasl
campaign. The prOfTer of n - pound spherical
case-shOt j was compelled to decline as TOO
heavy for my alread y-OyerlOaded grip.
learned from him that the Armstrong HOUSE
was not now standing, but that new one had
been built near its site, which was now owned
| and occupied by one John j. Bragg. On
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She was 10 me a Madonna OF the 18th cen
fury, and she persOni6ed, / doubt not the
Mother Of Christ better than all OF the be-
decked and bejeweled paintings OF the Old
masters.
The stables Of Judea to-day are much the
same as they were in the days Of Christ, and a
Bedouin inn which visited i'm Jerusalem gave
me much better idea Of the place Of the Ma
tiyity than this underground chamber OF mar
Die. IL was sort Of q cave which led OIL from
one of the main streets Of the city.
This cave was made mp Of series OF yaulted
chambers which were soored, walled, and
rooted with stone. One Of these chambers
found used as a stable. 1t contained four
donkeys, one camel, and these ate out of a
stone ledge OF box in one end Of the chamber.
Upon a straw mat on another ledge half
dozen BedOuin men lay and slept, and while
looked a dark faced woman entered and spoke
10 her Bedouin lord. talked with the keeper
of the establishment through my dragoman
and learned that this was fair type OF tho
hotel stable Of the Jerusalem Of to day, and
the keeper told me his charge for lodging, feed
ing and washing a donkey was cents day.
He seemed not at all dissatisfied with his posi-
ton, and evidently considered his stable an eK-
cellent one.
Bethlehem was IN the time of Christ the
center Of one Of the best agricultural regions
Of Palestine. IL was noted for its fruit, its
STOCK, ana It's STURDY, aggressive pcop'o' ~
is much the same to-day, and in addition to
the manufacturing Of she'll mementoes the
town contains large number Of farmers, stock
breeders. aud shepherds. II has within the
past few years lost to some extent the features
which make il Of peculiar interestto all Chris.
tians and these features will in time be blotted
out Of all Palestine.
The new Palestine promises 10 swallow mp
| the old. aud a century hence the land OF the
| Jews will be Occidental and modern rather
/ than Oriental aud full Of the Anticipated Gus
toms and costumes of the days Of our Savior.
Already there is a telephone wire from Bethle-
hem 10 Jerusalem, aud the rails have been laid
for the railroad which is TO cross the plains OF
| Sharon and climb the mountains 20 the Holy
City. An electric street-car line will, a. some
time, probably be run from Jerusalem % Beth
lehem. aud under the stimulus OF Western
money and Western blood IL may again be a
land Of milk aud honey. aud its barren hill
| sides may again blossom like the rose.
As IL Is II seems sad that Christianity, which
| has done so much for the world, has had chance
10 do so little for the hand Of It's origin, and II
would seem that Bethlehem, tho birth place oi
| the Savior, should be the best, the purest, the
happiest and the h0liest city In the world
rather than an ordinary Eastern town with
/ nothing but its mast 10 commend IL.
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tive perhaps who is ~ years ola. The lives Of
- such men would, ii patched together, reach
back TO the days OF HeTod.
10 was IN Bethlehem Of Judca-a mighty
small place IN n mighty small country, III
Jndca were in the United States IL would be
considered one OF tie most poyerty-stricken
and the moanest part Of il. ltwOuld hardly be
called a State, aud III ID had one Congressional
representative az Washington il would get
more than ID deserved. ID would be one Of the
last parts Of tho country 10 be settled, aud 1t
would probably be a Territory still. great
part OF IL Is as rough and barren as the deserts
of Arizona aud Colorado, ana ITS whole area
could be crowded into the average Texas
County and leave room for 100 or so Of Bethle-
hens around the edges.
You can stand on the Mount of Olives which
Is more like "a hill than a mountain, and look
clear across Judea. On bright day you can
sec the thin. silvery Jordan tied rs a string 10
the great tin pan OF the Dead Sea on one side OF
YOU and the vast sparkling Mediterranean
away over the plains of Sharon on the other.
You could travel over the whole country In
few hours by railroad and you can see &C once
that its greatness was more a matter Of Oriental
imagination than the reality.
People who, like David, made a great fuss
about the l4-mile trim from Jerusalem 10 the
Jordan. are likely TO eGaggerate the size Of
their armies and their cities, and the probable
ity Is that Judea never bad a vast population,
aud that Jerusalem was never anything but q
6econd-class city.
II was at Jerusalem that Herod lived. This
was only six miles from Bethlehem over q
rough road aud Bethlehem was A sort Of a half
way station, 5 place where travellers stopped
over night on the way TO the Capital, or went
when the city was filed aud they could not
get rooms aud board.
The Bethlehem Of to-day is said TO be bigger
and more PROSPEROUS than 90 ever was ia the
past The great travel 10 the holy Land has
made business good, and il lives of OF cutting
up shells and carving them into paper-cutters
and backs for prayer books. The town is still
q halfway station for jerusalem and it is, j
think on the road 10 Hebron.
] visited 1t during my stay in Jerusalem, and
an hours ride in q comfortable American car.
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A Famous Shark Story.

One famous shark story has long been cur
rent in the Navy. A proiessed eyewitness
locates the incident In the Gulf Of Mexico, and
hxcs the date somewhere in the 70s.
According 10 this historian the ship lay AT
anchor in a spot where many sharks were visi.
bic, and the younger officers fell 10 fishing
through a portfolio with great hook baited
with q hunk Of meat Presently an immense
shark WAS hooked and drawn up 10 the port.
hole. Then a sailor reached down and with q
keen knife, ripped the 1sh so that only the
shell was left hanging 10 the hook.
An instant later somebody cut the rope and
the monster fell back into the Gulf
Aud dye think that shark was deadT'
asked the narrator. mot by a darned sight
lie swan round for q minute, and before we
knew what he was about gulped down every.
thing the sailor had cut out Of him."
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one Of the bic Palestine farmers Of to-day on
this road, and many OF the maidens from Beth
lehem whom j met ON their way 90 Jerusalem
were pretty enough and sweet enough 20
personify the ideal Ruth.
The road is high and the hills rise on all
sides Of yon as yon so on. Bethlehem itself Is
built on the side OF great ravine. IL is in the
shape Of a horseshoe, and il stands out against
the sky like one Of the fortified cities Of Eu-
rope. As you leave Jerusalem you find the
road grows more rugged, the hillsidcs become
more stony, and Won see where they were ter
raced into gardens in the days Of the past.
About ono mile from Bethlehem you see
square little building with white dome, and
are told that this is the tomb Of Rachel. IL Is
surrounded by Mah0metan cemeteries, and IL
is worshiped by MOslcms Jews and Eastern
Christians. found SIS walls covered with the
names Of travellers Of all races, aud the Arabic
letters shOne out under signatures in Greek,
Hebrew. and English.
little farther on is Dayid's Well, where the
mighty" men forced their way through the
Philistines aud brought water to David, and
farther on you get good view Of Bethlehem
ms ID looks today AZ the close Of this year 1891.
You ride on aud find yourself in one Of the
liyeliest and the most prosperous towns OF Pal
cstine. il is cleaner than Jerusalem and its
houses are newer The houses are built OF
stone. Few Of them are over two Stories aud
they stand close 10 the cObhle stone sidewalks,
without yards or gardens.
There is hut one style Of architecture, sort OF
a depraved Mahometan style. The houses are
more like stone boxes than comfortable homes,
and little attempt at Identifying them or OF
softening their rough lines is made. Lie
here is as hard to-day rs il was in the time OF
Christ aud the beauties and comforts Of modern
civilization are missing.
Tie Bethlehem OF 1891 Is largely town Of
Greek Christians and Catholics IL has about
5000 people, hut Of these only 80 are Protest
ants and only 800 are Mahometans. The Greeks
have a mOnastry here, and so have the Latins,
and there are a number Of schools under the
different Christian sects.
] found the big church which now stands
over the place where Christ is supposed 20 have
been born, at the western end Of the town, aud
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IL Is ia the crypt Of The church, away down
under the ground. that the stable OF Jesus was
located. You wind your way down dimly-
lighted staircases Of stone, and at last End your
self IN great underground chamber about IL
feet wide aud 40 feet long, the ceiling Of which
Is perhaps 10 feet high. This room 10 foored
with marble Its sides are marble, and 81
lamps are kept perpetualy burning within IT,
IL 10 called the Chapel Of the Nativity,
and it is the old stable Of Christ's birth re-
modelled. There il an altar NJ one end Of IL,
about which are many lamps, and under which
q silver star has been set into the marble pave
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dimmed the luster OF the fame OF sueh men as
Gems. Grant, sherman aud Sheridan.
IL came i'm this wise. One evening. shortly
after the commencement Of the war. after re-
ceiying my usual ration Of bareback, noticed
IL was full of little holes aAd being Of an in
auirinE mind resolved would solve the mys-
terry OF said holes. Procuring a cOld-chisel aud
hammer went 10 work. After chiseliug away
for a few minutes something hoped out quick
as a fash Of lightning and was gone before
could say Jack Robinson" Working carefully
on the next hole finally came on To the little
cnss. n small black bug not larger than PIN
head. light broke In on me as large as n
headlight; this was the reason why our much
inhabItated bareback vanished sometimes
the bugs carried IL Off
The next day resolved 10 warm my hard
tack 70 make it soft, my bread. mill being a
little out Of order. aud the Regimental Quarter
master refusing to furnish Us with grindstOne,
though often requested to do So" TO sharpen
our teeth with. So procured a hickory stick,
sharpened it at one end, stuck the bareback on
il, and held il mp tO.the Ere As soon as 10 got
warm out came the festive little cusses by pla-
to0ns aud companies. IL got too hot for them
they were not used TO such treatment
Eurekal ! had found il. and the country
was saved ] called 20 some Of the boys in my
enthusiasm, told them Of my great discovery,
and i'm less time than 10 takes me to write this
army.
Now. Mr.. Editor, ponder on this, look at it in
its true light What would those millions and
billions of bugs on the inside Of our brave boys
in blue have accomplished; what havoc they
would have wrought; what could Gems. Grant,
Sheridan, Sherman. OF the CanDOneer have ac-
cOmplished with a worm-eaten being, squiTm-
ing on the march or in battle like an angle
worm on fish-hook, as soon as the little cusses
got their work inn Ii makes my flesh creep
when picture to myself how they would have
tunneled our brave boys.
Is it. then, unreasonable II ] say ] saved the
army, and with il our country Without my
great discovery there would have been no flag
planting ON Lookout Mountain. no Tetaking OF
DeGress's Battery, no storming of breastwoTks
az Forts DeRussy, Gregg, or Fisher
/ am a modest man Of retiring disposition
have not taken out patent on this great dis
cOvery. don't even ask for honorable men
ton by Congress. / give il free TO the whole
world, resting in the consciousness Of Uncle
Sam patting me on the back and saying: Well
done, my faithful seryant.-2iTH Ill, Ottawa
Ill.
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BGc up by cash ofer-the statements
Bage's Catarrh Remedy. They say that their
medicine viii cure, perfectly and pernan-
emily, the worst case Of Chronic Catarrh in
the Hcad-that not only Catarrh itself, bHt
all the troubles that come from 1t, and every
thing catarrhal In its nature, are cured by
the mild, soothing, cleansing and healing
properties Of their remedy.
They can't say any more. Probably every
medicine for CataITh claims as much. But
fits one thing 10 promise a cure-its very
different thing 20 perform 10. The proprie-
tors Of Dr. Sage's Remedy want 20 prove
that they mean what they say. So they
mako this offer: IL they can't cure your
Catarrh, no matter how bad your case or OF
how long standing, they'll pay you $500 in
cash. You're sure OF the money or cure.
Isn't such medicine worth tTyingi
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paid the turbaned driver Of my carriage enough
for him 20 get a drink Of wine at a saloon near
by while ] went in.
IL Is known as the church Of st. Mary. IL
was built about 300 years after Christ died, by
the Roman Emperor Constantine, aud at one
time il was covered with lead. The Turks
stripped this off 10 make bullets when they
took the country, but the church is now again
IN the hands Of the Chris ians, and found
services going on when entered IT,
priest in long. black gown was reciting,
while the boys swung their incense lamps 10
and fro, and the great hall had a hundred or so
of men and women who had assembled there
TO worship. There were no seats. The women
squatted on the floor aud the men in most cases
stood or leaned against the many pillars Of the
structure.
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Greeley was One of the Greatest.

IL Is rather singular that the oldest two West
Pointers should be named Young and Greene,
for each of them Is a man Of 30 years. The
people who compile vital statistics have always
contended that the philosophers aud stu.
dents who pass quiet lives live the longest, sc
that the great age of these soldiers aud Of such
men Of busy life in the field as Won Moltke
the Emperor William J. aud other great sol
diers of modern times, not 10 mention the sur
vivors OF Waterloo aud our own Revolutionary
heroes is most interesting. In respect o
West Pointers" 10 may be added that Horac,
Greeley, with his famous ad vice 10 young men
WAS one of the greatest Of them.