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THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH. Journey in Palestine to the Site of Ancient Hebron. OimrmMrm ID ihr War < Hldl-*o.n. |, 1,1 III I'll. I I I OIMIIUU* Ul.fll.K. I .. M.I I M... . . ..ii.iiu . oi ihr u|>i>o.< .1 loi til Ike riilrlr<h AbiMh.iin , liui nil % -.M, i. ,1 flu. . A pereon bardly want* to oliiub the great pyramid or journey to Hebron, if he 11 in xearob of a pleasure excursion, bay B a latter from Hebron to tbo Bait Lake Tribune. Only courageous traveller*, who are deter imuedtGBee the Holy Land thoroughly, and not ofteu ladle* at that, endure the tedioua jolting lor tv. uuty lour milei and baok in order to we where the oa of Maobpelab i*, without seeing the oavt. For tbiH very reason , however, a letter from thu very ancient any ought to be doubly interesting. At halt past 'i o'clock one May morning Mr. Floyd aod I te oar breakfast at the Hotel Feil in Jerusalem, and hail ao hour latter were in the saddle, with our faces set toward Mam re. The Light air was quit* raw, and I was glad to poll the carpet out of the saddle bag and wrap it around me. It wan well to start thus early, how- ever, tor if we were now sbivering under the burden of extra clothing, we would ODD be panting under the vertical rays of a tropical sun. We were fortunate in hav- ing Mr. Floyd'* own hones, magnificent animals, almoeit too spirited, bat as bravt and sure tooted u any horses ever were. Inexperienced reader* muni not think of an American hone in this connection. No American hone oould be induced to perform the (eat* that our faith fill beasts were continually required to perform. Now for a mile the trail lay over huge boulders, smmiart which UM horsee picked their way with mysterious **e. Now flat, slippery rook* lay in oar course Anon we descended teepe that made me shudder, and anon urged our bone* np accents so precipitous that we had to wreathe both bauds m the horses' mane* and bold on for dear life , a* should the belly girth* bunt, the saddle* would sorely fall off behind. More than once did.1 actually decline lor ibe moiueut to follow where Mr. Floyd led, so impoamble did it seen to force a patwag* through. But the wont riding of all was over smooth round ton*8, about the si^e of a oooanui each ; and not a little of tb* road was thas paved. At anoh time* one depreciate* the danger* *f travel by rail and by aaa, wbieh are relatively aa nothing. We i:nt descended into the valley 01 Gihon, oroatiug neat the lower pool oi the same name, whert Soloruon wae aoointoc king. We Uieu tkirted the lull ot hvi Counsel. To the right wen the twenty five substantial HMD* bouses and boipita of tbe Jerasalem German colony. To thi left, on the summit of the bill, was ao ok rain, eaia to mark tbe lite at Caiapha* oountr) boue where the Jews i x>k oouna* together that they uiigbi " take Jesu* by subtlety and kill him." 1 do not under tand that thu mean* that pala* of tbe high priest t > whig* Je*us waa led Imme diateiy after he bad bum seu*d at a uialv factar, and where Peter disavowed hli dis cipleebip in a fit of weakiieM. That palac m im if en I y stood on /item near the Coeaa culom and tomb ol David, *omewher* near tbe ruin wbiob i* M day pointed on a* the place. Naturally the ablet priest and cubed and elders of the people would elect a more retired plaoe for consultation over the uelarious business in wbiob the; were about to engage. At any rat*, that 1 the popular idea, and the hill baa receive! it* name from thin tradition, itetidu tlii ruin Blood a lonely, curious-shaped tree which was pointed out to me aa the trad I tioual tree upon wbiob Judas hbng him elf. As the -tree appeared to be aboo twenty yearn old, I regard this an a high); probable sat | > nitioti. Does not tbe wooni chapter of At. in state that it was iu thi Potter's Field tbat Judas suicided? Two miles further on we came to an ol< cistern, where, it is gravely averred, tb tar appeand the leooud time to the wise men who were hunting for the Kedeeuier' birthplace. You will a*e tbat all thes biblical luoideute have been endowed with realism by hoary-beaded tradition, au tbat not a few embellishments have been added, the sot*) merit of which consists iu their delicious originality. Taking the road to the right we wer soon treading ground tbat bad not onl been trodden by Christ and tbe apostlei bat alno by Abraham, laaac, Jacob, Jeeepl David Solomon, Baal, Samuel, and niosto the patriarch* and prophet* of the Old Testa ment. Fraught, indeed, it was with nacre aMooiatioD*. Over on the opposite side o tb* valley a* we left Rachel's tomb was tb modern village of Beit-jela, tbe mo* attractive one I have yet seen in tbi oountry, a town of som* 4,000 inhabitants all Christian*, and the majority Latin am' Greek patriarch*. It is worthy of mentio merely a* being tbe /el /.ah of lit Hamue x. 2, and the Xelah of Joshua ivm. 28 Thither Baal wa* sent by Samuel after hi remarkable anointment, with the aeiiur anoe that he should there receive informa- tion concerning his father's a*aee that bat been lout. Amidit the present denotation there wer trao** ot former prosperity. The ledge* on tbe mountain side* wen onquestion kbly the remains of terraces once rait vated. The hills, which now look *o tt*ril and rocky, were then doublleej* ooverec with earth, wbiob the rains of tune hav washed down into tb* valley*. Ev* where the land U cultivated to-day, it ia choked with *ton*s, deepite the fact tba in clearing it *ooagh wer* removed to buil the walls, ton feet thick, around tbe tielt One would think it hard for need to fa anywhere elite except on itony ground i Palestine. Tb* watoh towers, near the few cultivated spoto. also told tbat a crop or vineyard an no safer to-day from th hands ol vandal* than in Hible time*. We paused to water our horse* at a pon where the miserable train passed midwa between two plaoe* ol aoriptural interes These were tb* modern village of Ilulbu half a mile to the left, aad tb* runie tower of Beit Bar, about the sam* distance to tb* right Hulhol represent* tb* ilalhu of Joabua xv. 68. It i* a mis*rabl* vi, lage that olooMr* about a nneque on lofty hill. I think it i* th* only villag between B*it-]'la and Hebron, a diltanc ot twenty mile*. Owing to It* *l*vated osition it wa* visible for many miles be IN we reached it. The tower of Beit Bur nqoMtionably marks th* ail* of the Beth ur mentioned by Joshna ; and ito name is anifestly a corruption of Beth /ur. ay be worthy of record that I have only en one or two modern village* iti thr oly land tbat 1 did not at first ke for uninhabited ruin*. The turn- e down aspect of thing* is universal. Of oourse tbe oave ol Maobpelah is the rincipal attraction to tourists in Hebron , nd yet nothing oould be more inaooeoaible tan this same oave. Baokaheesb, tbat all iDqueriug power, ha* opeued tbe mortjue ~ Omar, tbe Coeuaonlum and other bibli- al places ot interest that are in the bauds " the Moslems , but this wonderful cave is >rbidden to tbe infidel Frank, despite all ilioitatious. Thi* i* the more to be re- retted, masmuoh ss it is at oooe genuine, bile Golgotha, the Bethlehem manger, ethsemaue and tbe rtst are only approxi ately or doubtfully known, and also cants of an antiquity far out dating the hristian era. In order to reach tbe plaoe rom this establishment w* ride along a tony lan* through vineyard* lor two miles, id tbeo through tbe narrow and almost toby dark streets of Hebron for some ays farther. Tbe eity ha* a population ! nearly 10,000 inhabitant*). Tbe people re tbe most bigoted and intolerant in all lestine, as their Mcluiive regard for the oave would indicate. We were repeatedly DBulted on the street* in Arabio. and those own who deigued to confer with u* wen lied dogs by the populace. The priuoi al business seemed to be the manufacture f rude gltcs trinkets and water skins. I nveeted a oent in glass ring* and got uough to flood the market in America when get baok. The oave U covered with a huge mosque MX) feet loog by 115 broad. The founda- tion stones are some of them twenty feet >ng, and bear the ancient Jewish bevels. 'wo tall minaret* make the mosque the most conspicuous feature of Hebron in dis ant views ot the town. I aball not attempt to describe what I think no living Frank has nspeoted, tbe oave itself way down beneath ven tbe basement. Thi* is studiously ;uarded even from the indiscriminate gaze if Moslems. Tbe accounts! published from learsay are confused and contradictory. Sooner or later Mohammedan fanaticism must yield, and than will then be some mportant revelations in tbe way of diaoov ird antiquitie*? There an monument* if display whioh I believe some honored celebrities have been permitted to view ; Ht that ia exactly to* satisfaction *o eyed by every pilgrim, tbe privilege of Ming where th* eaves are not. The** nominal atpulobreB wire erected wh*n tb* church, then called Si Abraham, wa* in ihe bands cf th* Fraoka. It is believed hat there are two oaves m nality, a* th* rord Maohpelab means doable, aod that arg* number* of Israelites have bean here n tombed. I always wonder, wheu T read tbat Abra lam, Isaac and Jacob, with their wives, 4arab, Kebekab aad Leah, are bar* buried, why it was that Jacob or Home one elee in tb* family didn't aee M it tbat Rachel's joues wen also brought her* to real. Cer- tainly that touching story of Jaeob'n ardu- ous courtship would justify a feeling tbat Itaobel should have been pnlerred above Leah. Tbe Jew* love tbe very dost about this spot, aud repair to the stouee in the veoer able walls to weep, chant, lament and df |i wit written Hebrew prayers in tbe deep earns between tbe rocks, just as they do tt tbe famous wailing plaoe iu Jerusalem I secured one of these prayen a* a sou venir. and then pawed around to tbe rear of tbe u-ovque to view some subterranean oavi tie* above and around the nal Maoh How characteristically oriental wa* that negotiation between Abraham and th* Hit lite* for the oave! Epbroo protista agaiun receiving anything, although all tbe while expect ing liberal compensation. Abraham barten him out of bis fictitious generosity; the tree*, cave, and all things on the ground are separately specified in the deed; mediators were employed to conduct all tbe negotiations , aod nually the contract i* publicly sealed iu the presence of all tbe people tbat went in al tbe gate of tbe city. The aame thing in all it* details might happen here to-day or to- morrow ; and no other method would be viewed as orthodox. We WSLI down to th* lower pool ot Hebron, every important town ha* ito p wl, and caw where David banged the murderen ol hi* rival Isbboah nli. 8 Karuuel ii. Then we were in vi ted to pay a baokeheesb and go to aee tbe red earth from whiob Adam was mad*, tb* precise spot where Cain *lew Abel, the tombs of Abner and Jesse, aud some other a t tractions of tbe same sort, at wbiob oar faith stumbled. Tbe remaining attraction of Hebron is Abraham's oak. This curiosity i* in tb* front yard of our so called convent. It is a gigantic, rambling tree, twenty three feel in girtb, and covering an area of ground ninety feet in diameter. The life ha* pretty much departed oat of the main body of tbe tree, only tb* end* of tb* great branches being tipped with foliage. There an a fe other small oak* to be seen, but tbi* 11 the only conspicuous reminder of wlm wai doubtless onoe a forest. I picked some o tb* leave*, which are as eminently small as those of oar own oak* are- large. Doubt less this oak ha* a vary great antiquity, bat I do not inppoew it i* the identical tree be id* which Abraham dwelt. If tbe site ha* been accurately marked It oannol be more than a soiou of tbe original tree. Tb* 7 mans, who hav* possession, hav* pat a low wall around the root* aud propped op Ihe venerable wid*-spnading boughs. It I* now stilled, I believe, that th* pbraee " plain of Mature " in Oeoeaii xiii 18, ought to have been rendered " oak, or terebinth, of Mamre." Wall, h*n dwelt Abraham, it is pleasant to suppoae, on that eventful day when lie wa* startled by the announcement that H xloin bad been plundered, and hi* nephew Lot wa* a oaptiv* ; and from here ha **t oat in pursuit of th* enemy with hi* .U - servant* and hi* allies, tb* Amorito*. Her* while he " sat in th* tent door in th* beat of tbe day," a few years later, the angel* of the Lord appeared onto him with tbat wonderful promise. Hebron is doubtl*** tb* oldest eity in Palestine, perhaps a* old a* Damascus in Byria. It was built seven yean before 7/oan ia Egypt, w* read In Numbers xiii.;82 but alas, DO one will toll us wnsu /,o*>n wa* founded. Hebron i* mentioned again aod of the more irrpirlact references, whiob may be helpful to others. Tbi* wa* tbe first capital of David, and her* be reigned even yean and a half. From her* he wen ap to Jerasalem, over the same road wbiob we travelled, and took tbe city from tbf Jeboiites. Hebron waa first allotted to Cable (Joshua x. 8C. xiv. 6-5 and xv. !> 14) ; but wa* afterward* made the city ot reluge for Judab, and t .veu over to tbe Levins. Jew*, Romans, crusaders and Moslem* have in turn owtoed the city, llere Abdsu wa* buried, aud Uavid bit- terly lamented over bis bier, favting for the re*t ot tbe day. It was but two or hree miles south of here, presumably, that Baul met tbe PhiliitiLes in the valley of Blab, and plucky little 1'avid won undy- ,og lame for inrusell by (laying hi* ten f oot tall opponent, tbe boastful Uoliatb. This, too, waa a distinctively oriental conflict. Tfa* Bedouin tribe* frequently battle to- day by ohosing champions, aod then abid- ng by the result ol a personal encounter. This i* certainly a little leas sanguinary than tbe Occidental method, aod therefore mote humane. Tbe Anakiuis, tbe giant race which formerly dwelt here, mentioned in the sixtb oha[ ur of Oeneeis, are much talked about by the natives to tbie day. With characteristic EaaMril exaggeration Abraham is referred to an of the size ot forty -seven ordinary men. Og, the Kiogof Uanhan, was so tall that the water* of the deluge only reached to hi* ankle*, etc This i* more than Oen*ei* require* as to believe. A l II l l l IN A Hlh.dr.l. The City of Mexico, the scene of many peculiar cum**, i* ju*t now agog over tbe performance* of a thief, which are gener- ally admitted to surpa** anything on record. A few days ago several men west to the priest in o barge of tbe Bauta Crtu Church in this city and asked periaiaaiou to hold funeral services over the nmains of a deoeaaed friend at 4 o'clock ibe next morn ing. Tb* prieetgave his permission, agreeing to be present. Tb* men then said they would lik* to leave th* corps in the oboroh over night, and to this the clergyman also mted. Borne time after dark the men appeared at the church bearing > oon.n. wbiob they carried up Ibe main line aod deposited in front of the altar. About midnight the aaoristan wan awakened by the barking ot hi* dog*, aud felling that vomelhiog must be wrong he dressed hastily and stepped from his room into tbe chancel. A dim light wa* burning near tbs by mean* ot which he could M* t figure moving slowly on the other side of tbe channel. Making up bis mind that rubbers were in th* church he ran quickly to bt* room for a pistol, and then made a asareu of tbe church. No oue wa* to be seen. On the altar be found everything ate, but when be cam* to examine tbe mages of the aaiut* be soon law tbat tbe costly jewel* witk which they had bee* ornamented were gone. He then redoubled 11* i if or In to nnd tbs thitf. but after half au hour passed in searching e very nook ol tbe jreat edioo* be wa* more myntitied than ever. Just before be determined to (ive the alarm be thought of the corps* ii down below the channel rail iu tb* shadow, and tbe idea oame to him that perbap* there might be something wrong tbout it. Lighting a caudle he stepped of tly to tb* bier and peered into tbe face of tbe supposed dead man. As be looked he notioed tbat tbe e>elid*of tbe " corpse" twitched nervously under tbe light, aud st tbe aam* instant hi* own eyes Isll on *o m of the glittering jewels which lay be* de tbe ruau iu tbe ooflin. Overjoyed at finding tbe thief, the aacrii- tan tlirusl his revolver U,U the lace of tbs " oorpse" and ordered him to get out. Tbe cold steel on the man's forehead oouvinoed him that the order must be obeyed, and a mo*t extraordinary rmnrrtetion took place then and there. When the man had gained hi* feet tbe sacristan, still covering nun with bis pi*tol, gathered up the jewels and then marched the culprit to tbe prieet's House, where be wa* turned over to the polio*. Mtztca I'eipatcH. K.I M>l><- If Worfc. Mr. Jamee Vance, a ranchman, who reeides in Houtbwsnt Dakota, who lias worked in the in me*, hauled tioOMfcudt of pound* of machinery through the Black 11 ilia, served bis s| prentioeship a* oowboy and " rounder up," wa* yesterday corralled by tbe lariat cf a Sun man and induced to aland and deliver ap tome interesting maitjr on tbe subject of stock railing, whioh is becoming t j be the great and money-making businea* of tbe wet-tern prairie*. " Tell u* about your round up*. What are they aad how are thiy managed ?" Ths roundup is tbe great event of tbe stockman'* year. It's hi* Fourth ol July and generally last* a mouth aud a half. Tbe Territorial paper publishes such notice as tbie," laid Mr. Vance, taking a slip ot paper from hie wallet : ' Roundup No. o. Laramie Plain* Roundup will meet at the Lower Bridge, near McGilli* ranch, on the Big Laramie Kiver, on June lat, and proceed ti work the oountry be tweeu tbe river and the Black Hills divide an far south a* Bed Buttes , from thence it will work in two division* as far south a* Twin Mountains ; thence baok to Diamond I'eak, working up Buuldor and intermediate orecka up to tbe source of tb* Dig LaraiuM River." " Tht." proceeded the gentleman, " i* an official announcement to all the stock men, and they combine aud join in together. Tbe range* are generally about ten mil** iu extent, though some of them are thirty." " What's a roundup party " That'* an, expreeuon w* have, and means about ten waggons and a* many cowboys, aoook going with each waggon and every cowboy ha* a itring of about six or Mn puuiea. Tbe out ' com** off at o'clock in tb* morning, under tb* charge ol an experienced foreman. Everybody is on horseoack, and the foreman cpsrateasom* tbiug ID tbi* manner : He send* on* party out on the divide as out picket*, and ctbai parties along Ihe oauous aud gulaha*. with orden to drive the cattle up to thi roundup centre a point previously upon. again in tbe Bibl*. I hav* collected a f*wj thieve*. I " > 1,1,1,.. I U Oll.l. I- Tbe Bandwioh Island* boast of two natural wonden, the largest extinct and tbe large*! active volcano in ibe world. Tbe former is located on tbe Island of Maui. tbe summit being nearly 11,000 feel above tbe level of tb* sea, and tbe crater over I- miles in circumference. One oan look down into tbe orator a.OOO feel, tb* ides now terraced and covered with aoau dal-wood, giant ferns and a wonderful profusion of tropical [lowers aod sbrubn The active volcano i* situated in tbe laUnd of Hawaii. Tbe orator IB on a spur ol Manna Loa, 4,000 feet above sea level. Tbs orator I* not a cone, but a great pit on a level bench, nine miles in circumference. You go down, down over this aim out per- pendicular wall of -*00 feet, and stand on tbe floor of Ibe crater. This i* tbe plaoe of eternal burning*, tb* bouse of ever laating fir* ot Hawaiian mythology. Tbs area at the bottom of the orater i* not a li iuid ma**, bat for mil**) and mil** all around then cpreadi a scene of unearthly grandeur. Five or six lake*) of fin lie to tbe left and right . tbe floor beneath i* so hot on* can scarcely walk over it ; lava GO/SB up through th* fissure*. Huge cones 20 or 30 feet high, made by bobble* of lava, rise through tbe seams and are cooled by tbe air. ll . 1.1 1 n Ik* II ..,.*. They were going off on a journey " Which (ball I carry, " he asked" the baby or tb* dog?' "Too had better carry the baby," she replied, " aod I will take charge ot Iteauty, dear little fellow. I wouldn't have any- thing happeo to him for tb* world." Nev York Sun. Tbe times are oat of joint wheu gate* are off the hinges. M. Paitoor ha* been voted 60,000 f ranon by the Frenoh Chamber to enable him to continue his researches on hydrophobia. Count Herbert von Hismarok ha* been appointed Minister to Tb* Hague. Ths appoint tueut is exciting considerable com ment. on account of tb* annexing proolivi- ties of Onrinany and extinction of tbe mall heirs to th* crown of tbe Netherlands. A pame nger on th* wr*ek*d steamehip Amsterdam allegee that the stearage paraengen robbed tboss ol tbe cabin, and that tbe Babls Island official* assisted the The boy* will be gone several days . ' Ob, no. A good oowboy will ride flora SO to 40 mile* in a morning, coming up W bin pouy herd aud taking out another on of his poniM. ju*t M be need* them Sometimes a oowboy will ride down tbree or four po&iM a day. When tb foreman ' covers hi* dog,' a* it called, tbe cattle are gathered in tb prairie iu email herd*, aod then come the fun. On tbe wiry, litUe, fleet foote Indian |>onie*, who'll dodge aud baok u stop iu a twiukling, tbe ouwbuyii rush into tbe herds, and shouting, yelling and swear icg, separate the herds, and drive out tbo having tbe brands of tbe different owners " Then every man ha* his own brand I Most assuredly. Then are DO Iw brands alike. Some are slit*, some letters some boles and some figures. In fact, ther i* every conceivable form of mark. Whe a man want* a brand be get* it op and ha* it recorded in the oftioe of the county cler in a book that la especially kept for tbe purpose. All the oc oovs are not iu "cutting out" that is, gti-.iug cattle that have the name brand alto*)* Others are busy iu holding the herd to pre vent stampede. Thus all th* herd i worked out." " What's done with those tbat are left ? " Those when the owner is not know are called CM rays, and calve* that are awa from their motheraare called 'mavericks.' What do you do with these?" Tnese mavericks are branded with tb mark belonging to tbe largest female her iu the neighborhood." ' How and when in tbe branding done ' " Always at the windup of tbe rouudi, i The cattle are all driven into a oorral where a fire i* burning and tbe braudiu irons heated. A oowboy rid** in, aud swinging a lariat over tb* bead ot a calf or around hi* hind legs, secures tb* band end of the lariat to bis aaddle pommel. Tbe calf u quickly thrown aud bis leg* wallow- ing 01. tbe ground. The brand U enber burned in tj bis side, or hi* shoulder or romp, or perhaps the ear is slit, and it's don* iu a second, quicker than I'm tilling yoo. There's a great noise mad*, but very little confusion. They have tbe basinee* now syatomatized *o tbat everything goes like clockwork." Cincinnati Sun. TfIB -n.> K - Of < in> a Ur ! thr \t>dwlr. f .j4. ml Ut.l. ( Inu V6n. formerly editor of tb* tmtricuH, is a oonlribu'. >r to tb* wluuius ot tb* Brooklyn t.it^it. Of *.Cbm- JB brotherhood ota*cetion Lesayt : lotli" lowery Kiugdooi men get tired of life, of ociety, ol the ludlesn struggle for existence ad retire to some retreat where they oan _>aan their remaining day* in .juiet study and beucfaoUou. Thes* retreats itui-au) oorretpjud to the mouanterieii in Christian and*. They are invariably long, briok mildingD. one tt-jry in height, simple and Holemo in arobiteoture, and located either upon Ih* mountaui* or in the Jej tun of uresta. An.uud the building u a wiudow- -H wall, symbolic of tbs bui-y lite forever hut out from view. In tbe ground* and upon the surrounding laud nature U Mted, but never iuterlered with. The flowers bloom and die . the tree* grow ;narled and crooked, the weeds aud oreep- ers thrive until sometime* it would seem a* if no human temg lived in the vicinity. Clover examination will bow that every ilaul [ r oduoiiig beautiful flowers or whole- Home food aud fruit is carefully watched and watered, aud every resource ot vvgesa- in nun lying buuiau wauts huabamded 10 the I ait degree. Thi* also Is a *ym- Mthiimot takiciUerboo4 who tenant the** r*tre\lH. To them the wet ul flow** sod tree repCMent the good of humanity ; th* weeds, the evil. Tbe duty of true mao- uood is to sdd and develop those who are ngbteous, bul not Uutijure the wrong doer, leaving to ntur* th* task ol (iimiuatiog th* lattr from her great economy. These retreat* do ool belong to speonio orden M in tbe Western civilization, out are founded By one or more persons for tb* simple sake of rest. Tbe forms and ceremonies of admission amount to nothing. Aoy person who ha* failed m life, who has lost those he loved, who ha* Binned aod repented, who is old and unable to work, I* eligible. He presents himself, giving hi* name, address and history, traonter* to to* brotherhood all he poMaetes, promises obedienoe to all lawful oommanda of tbe PtUp+ftOC, lOyMVy , f F lOUvVD IT* *Qd yutpathy to his tallow members, and devo- tion aud aid 10 all human beings in siok- neii or du>ireas. B* is then admitted, given a new nan** **j4 a n*w oortsme, Signed a r*joui,,i*wttsc:|ad a* to UIH dot >, and the initiation u- ootnolet*. 1 r m L w on bia lit* it) fixed. BliMy and xinvwrt-i MOD. the onlti\at1n of ttie rtelJaud garden or tu luiproveuieut ol the retreat and th* instruct ion of brother* who bavs been leas favored, are bis daily duties. At times be is Bent out tj obtain subnorir.uoM for tb* common fond or > nun* th* sick or teed tht starving, but tbs** occur infrequently. Tbe government of ttiese hroaberbood* is a pure autocracy. A Broiaw ktapsnor go\eru for lit*. At hi* death be a| |>jinta a successor . if Ik* ppoinlmei.! lapee or be not made, tb* brother* elect on* of their own number Tbe regulations art about th* aam*) M iu monasteries, omitting tb* element of nil gion. Cleanliueaa, wbnely, industry, abas tlty, intellectuality, oharity Mid huruaoilv are the even stars ol their besven. No woman IB allowed to cross the tbixihold of tbe retreat : no wine, stimulant or narcotic IMluuUed nx|.l tur uiadmai * ; BO quarrelliug, loud eonveraation, game of nbanoe, indelioate or vulgar talk is allowed. 1 'inubadienoe i* | juiabed by rcprimaod, sup*nsiou, tompurary ostra omui or *xi'ulou, 'according to th* degree of ths > ffeuoe. Inl. i. . I I II I Plr.e .In.., IM Ihr > l**<Wflrr J (>. Chkntilly is the coming lace. Bonnets grow smaller, hats larger. Shot silk* will be worn another season. The fall fabrics show spotted aud sprigged demgns, It is said that trained dreeaee will be worn (gain iu th* fall. Fastidiou* women declare tbat lac* 1* becoming too popular. Then is a decided preference for yellow dowers at the moment. Woollen braid rosette* and bauds trim many pretty seaside bats. Colored muslin and lawn toilet* rival white for August wear. Tbe Mother Hobbard bathing mit i* suitable for slight figure* ooly. Spanish laoee an to be set aside for rea old Chantilly, revived for fall wear. Dark-bine aerge remain* tb* favorite fabric for yachting and mountain oil*. 1'earl uray and mushroom colored mobair dreases are popular at seashore reports. AU little girl*' drmss an mad* now with kirts that reach well below the knee*. Tbe baby wmiit is worn by nine-tenths of the young ladies at Saratoga thi* summer. Tb* Mane Antoinette tiobu of laoe or muslin, elaborately frilled with laoe is re vivad. The Kr-KlB ( el Dale. Women are beginning to abolmh the ear- ring a* one of their per- >oal adornment*, although it will take a long time to wholly banish Ibil favorite bat barbarous orna- ment. Tbe recent :i uhetio movement in drees, which introduced, along its Bbsurdi- tieo, some truly MDiible idea*, ha* moob to do in educating woman to a bettor standard of taste regarding personal adorn mento. Tbe most exolusivslv fashionable women do not now weai ear rings in the daytime, and only' tbo*e with jewel* or rare stone* in tbe evening. Finally, they may be dis car Jed altogether, and tb* mousy pout for diamonds in this direction will be invested in brooohee, pendant* and bracelet* Hartford Timti. There oan be no> doubt thai tbe aiugular excellence of tbia year's wlitat m Michigan ie to some appreciable degree owiug to tb* unusual prevalence of sunuy day* whils the crop i* growing. Il would be nafe to go a step further and nay tbat the <{ualiiy of tntm -tu* plutupaeat aud swe*toeMof the berry-it always aud everywben largely dependent upon th* uumber of hours that tb* sun shines u]K>o it. I ruit urops ot all kind* are peculiarly afirotod by tbe direct ray* of the SOB. No good strawberry can be ripened in oloudy weather. It* flavor is mad* Dp of sun bins. Ao apple which happens to batg in tli* shade ol a cluster of leaves Is almost worthless. A leaf resting upon it marks a space void of color, without any flavor within. Grape* require a high tem- perature for perfect growth and ripening, as any one wbo ban been 11 1'ut in Bay and the neighboring islands the latter i trt ot tbe nutumer can testify ; but the grap > crop of 1HT5 in Fran** was much inferior to that of tbe succeed ing year*, although tbi temperature wa* higher. A study of the meteorological phenomena of 1*7 ">, Itt'ti and 1H77 tailed to how any reason for tbs inferiority of tbe vintage of 1H75 exoept tbat during that season tb* number of houn of nuuibiue was much less than in tbe following nna*nm Th* clear, sunny weather which so largely prevails in Michigan is to be credited with a gnat influence in ths production of grain aud fruit of aoob excellent quality. lo ini'st part* of tb* Slat* fog* aod mints an a rarity. I'erbap* there U not another eity in tb* oountry *o free from vapor* as Detroit. Strangers coming here uotioe the clearness ot tb* air and Ihe high average ot sunny day* in tbe course of a season. With all the bi***iogs that oan oom* upon a* io tbe way of weather, than is after all nothing lik* thr light of the sun to cover tbe earth with the fruitage of beauty aod plenty. Dttrtnl Pott. A n.Mrr.lr Hi Mn. Blank" Here i* a fanny item wbiob says that a married man cn be dis- tinguished by tbe way in which be oarnen an umbrella over hie wits, carefully ahi*ld- ing himself aod leaving her *xpoesd to tb* dripping*.." Mr. Blank" It i* not true, though." Mrs. Blank" No, it is Dot. Ton nevtr do it. You were a good deal more awk- ward al oarryiog an umbrella over m* before w* were married than yon have been inoe." Mr. Blank-" Ah I" Mn. Blank- H Y**;I had aevsral boo- nets and two dn*M* ruined by tb* drip- ping* in those day*. Bul yon have become r ao much more cartful. , Mr. 1 Hank " Ye*, indeed. I hav* 1 3 psy or your thing* my**lf now." | Logan i* said to be ' I y*n old.