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SIR GUY'S WARD. A TllKIU.INd STOKY niAPTI'.U \VIli. - " Win npuke aUiul Ihe P.u k * few nilnule- .go," he says, slowly : " ynu know now you an have it '... k again i! you will." " Hut not in dial way. Did you think I was hinting ':' gi owing rather red. " No : i.leiM- ilon i say anoi*<t-r word. 1 wnndci you > an be MO silly." " Silly '" somewhat aggrieved ; " I don't know what you me.in by that Surely a fellow may k a woman to marry him without lieing termed 'silly.' I ask you again now. Lilian, will you many me'.'" " No, no, no, certainly not. I haw' no intention of inatryin^ any one for yesrs to come, if ever. I think, ' with a charming pout, "il i* very unkind of you to say inch ihings lo me. ami ji.st when we were inch good friends too ; spoiling everything. I ihall never be comfortable in your lociely again; I'm Mire I never should have suspect- ed you of such a thing. If I had A pause. " You would r.ol have come here wit 1 me to-day, you mean?" gloomily. " Indeed I should not. Nothing would have induced me. You have put me out leriibly." "I suppose you like Chetwoode," says Archibald, still more gloomily. Having never been dem I anything since his birth, he can not bring himself to accept this crown- ing misfortune with becoming grace. " i like everybody, except Florence," returns Lilian, composedly. Then there is another pause, rather longer than the first, and then --after a violent struggle with her better feelings Miss Chesney gives way, and laughs long aud heartily. " My dear Archibald, dou't look so woe- hegone," she says. " If you could only see yourself ! You look as though every rela- tion you ever had was dead. Why, you ought to be very much obliged to me. Have you never heard Mr. Punch's advice lo young men about to marry ' ' " I don 'i want any one's idvice : it is late for that, I fancy. Lilian darling darling - won't you "1 won't, indeed," recoiling and waving him back, while feeling for the first time slightly rmliarraMed ; " don't cornea step nearer : nobody ever mode love to me be- fore, and I perfectly hate it ! 1 hope sin- oerely no one will ever propose to me again." " I shall r doggedly ; " I shan't give you up yet. You have nol thought aliout H. When you know me better you may i han^e your mind." " Do not deceive yourself," uently, "and . do not lie offended. 1 1 is not you I have an objection to, it is marriage generally. I have only begun my life, ana a husband must besuch abore. Any mimlwr of people have told me so." "Old maids such as your aunt I'riscilla, I dare say," says Archibald, scornfully. ' Don't believe them. I wouldn't bore you ; you should have evenhing exactly your own way." " F have that now." " And I will wait for you as long ai you So you may,' 1 gayly ; " but mind, I Jon't deiire you." ' May I take that a* a grain of hope ?" demand* hr, cauer!y grasping thin pool in.id..w ff a crumb with andity. only In lind later on it ii no crumh at all. " Don't be cruel, Lrii.tn : everyone thinki different- ly alter a while : you may also. You have xaid I am not hateful to yon ; if then yon woul'l only promise to think it over " "Impossible," airily: "1 never think : itis l"<> iali|{niiig. So are you, by 'he by. juit now. f ili.in'i itay wii Ii you any longer, lest I ihould be infected. Coiid-hy. ArcTiie: when you are in a plewanter mood you can le'uin 10 mo, hut until then adieu." So Raying, he catches her train in one hand and nun away from him fall an her llrct little feet can carry her. Down the palhwiiy, roun.l the liiuei, intc< anothei path run* *he, where suddenly she lind* herself in TafTy'i presence. " Whither away, fair maid *" asks th.it yoiilh, i iving :! cigai fron. hi* lipt that he in enjoying all alone. "I am running away from - rcliie. He wai 10 excessively dull and disagreeable thai I could not bring myself to waste anollui moment on him, no I ran away and Iclt him juit plante la," aayi Mim Chesney, with little foreii'ii gesture and a delicious laugli that, rinx" far thinngli the clear air, and reaches Archiltald'seaia in he draw t nearer. 14 ( 'ome, I lieitr footsteps," whiipen the, dipping her hand into Tafl'y'i. " Help me In l.idi 1 from him." So together llicy icampor it ill further away, until at last they arrive breall less bnt secure in the shrnhlierics that aurroiinil ono l-l'- uf tin- holl-r Whan, they h..d (|iiile recovered them- selves it occurs to Taffy that he w->uld like I" know all aliout il. ' What wan hi* *ying to you ' aikl IIP, it propoi nf I lir-nii \ . " Noilnii;.',' piomptlv. Taffy, curiously : " Well, certainly that wai very disagreeable." Lilian, demuicly . " It wa. " At thii Tally lays his hitnU upon her .iliinildr ninl give* her a good xhalir. "T.-U DM diii'.-tl\," says he, "what ho wan Buying lo \ " H w mi I?" innocently : "he says 10 :mi. Ii and none of It worth repeal ing." " \'> an he in 'km ' Imc to yon ?" " No. Oh, no," mildly "I'm certain he was," with HonviMion. 'And look here, Lit, don't you have any- thing to do witii him: ho isn't up I" ih.- mark by any mraini. lie ii too daik, and there is something ijiiri'r About hiicyn I IHI.T law a man who had out tha throats of mi mother, hit grandmother, and all hii nrarent ridat ions, any amount of tin m, uml his eye* were just like('hen..y'<. hun't n. airy him, wha'rvor yo.i il" " I won' 1 ," laughing : " I should hate to liav > my throat ' I'here'ii Chetwiinde, now," nay* Taffy, who begin* LI think himself a very deep and ileli.-.vte diplomatisi. " Hii IH a very dorent fellow i- It roim.l il you like." " I I'nlil, . 'itniily. It is (|iiite a com for' In know HII luy is nol iiideoent." "Oh. MIII know wlut I im in well em- it|li. There's iini'iir; iindri hmi'l alwut (.'bet- I w .\ , what h.ive you lic lining lo him lie il awfully down t fi I.M hi k itllday." 1 : ' onldly. " \Vhl ihould I do to Sir l,uy '" " I dun ' know, I in sine, but girlihnvria hoi rid way uf inomg a fellow wbtla pi-e l.oVK AND ADVENTURE. tending to be perfectly civil with him all tin- in. n- It is my private opinion," Kays Mr. Muigrave, mysteriously, "and I flatter myself I am seldom wrong, that he is dead i p. inn on yon." " Really, Taffy !" begins Lilian, im/nly " Ye, lie 14 : you take ny word for it. I'm rather a judge in inch matters. Hel you a fiver" says Mr. Miisgravp, " he pro poses to you before the year is out. " I wonder, Tally, how you can lie so vulgar !" says Lilian, with eriunoii cheeks, and a fine show of superior breeding, "J never bet. I forbid you to speak to me on thii sulijecl at; mi. SirCuy, I assure you, has as much intention of proponing lo me as I have of accepting him should he do so." " More fool you," says Taffy, unabashed. " I'm sure he i* much nicer than that melancholy Chesney. If 1 were a girl I ihould marry him straight off." " Perhaps he would not marry you," re- plies Lilian, cuttingly. " Wouldn't he? he would like a shot, if I were like Lilian Chesney," says Taffy, positively. " ' Like a shot' what does that mean T" says Miss Chesney, with withering sarcasm. "It is a pity you cannot forget your school- boy slang, and try to be a gentleman. I don t think yon ever hear that 'decent fellow' Sir (iuy, or even that cut-throat Archibald, use it." With thii parting shaft she marches off overflowing with indignation, leaving Mr. Musgrnve lost in womldr at her sudden change of manner. " What on earth is up with her now ?" hessks himself, desperately ; but the dress- ing-bell ringing at thii moment disarm* thought, aud sends him in-doors to prepare for dinner. Mrs Uoileau has asked no one to meet them except a lank and dreary curate, who is evidently a prime favorite with her. He is an honorable Mr. Boer, with nothing at- tractive about him except a most alarming voice that makes one glance instinctively at his hoots und. r 'I.e. mistaken impression that tho sound must come from them. This is rather unfortunate for the curate, as his feet are not (or rathei ire) his strong point. Nature having endowed them with such a tremendous amount of hesl, and so much sole, innocent of instep, as makes them un- pleasantly suggestive of sledge-hammers. He is painfully talkative, and oppressive- ly evapgelicil, which renders him specially abhorrent to Lilian, who has rather a fancy for flowers and candies and nice lillle lioys in while shirts. Ho is alto undecided whether il it Miss lieauchampoi Miss (lies- uey he moii admire*. They have eq ml for- tunes, and are therefore (In his clerical eyes) equally lovely. There is certainly more of Miss l'..'.ii. h.<m|i. but then there u a viva- city, a ahem " go," if on might say so, about Mis* Cheiney perfectly iireciitible. Had one of these rival beauties been an heir- ess, and the other rich only iu love's charms, I think I know which one Mr. Koer would have bowed before, not that I even hint at mercenary motives in his reverence, but as it is he is much exercised in his mind as to which he shall honor with his attentions. 1 think Lilian wins the day, because after dinner he betrs down upon her deter- niinately, and makes tor the fauteml in which she lies esconced looking bored and entiuyee to the last degree. Dinner has been insipid, the whole evening a mistake ; neither (Iuy nor Archibald will come near her, or even look at her; and no-.v Mr. Itocr'i meditated attack is the last straw that breaks the c%md'i hack. "I consider the school board very mo- h ' i blame. begins that divine while yet omo yards distant, speaking iu his usual 'latant tones, that never change their key- note, however long they may continue to iinnlt the air. ".So do I," say* Lilian, very gently and weeilv but with such unmistakable histe as suggest! a determination ou her part to brim; the undiscussed subject to an ignominious close. " I quite agree with you ; I think them terribly to blame. But I beg your pardon for one moment : I want to ask Mr. Chetwoode a question that has been haunting me for hours." Ill-ling, she glides away from him over the carpet, leaving Mr. Hoer who takes a ''ing time to understand anything, and could nol possibly believe in a rebuff offered to himself in person watching the tail ol her long sweeping town, and wondering cm i >us ly if all the little white frill ings beneath it may not have something lodo with a falling petlicoat. At this point he pulls hin.self together with n start, snd fears .secretly he is growing immodest. In the mean time Lili in has reached Cyril, who is sitting at H table somewhat apart, i;a/ing moodily at n Imnk containing prints nf the chief villages in Wale*. He, like herself, in evidently in the last stage of ion. (lending over him, she whispers in nn awful lone, but with u beaming smile meant to mi-t ri'. Ihe observant Hoer, " If you doii'l instantly deliver me from that man I shall make a point of going off into inch a death-like swoon a* will necessitate my being borne from the room. He i now H"""-' '" t e " nie about that miserable sel.nl board all over again, and I can't and won't stand it I'... ir child," sayi Cyril, with deepi.it sympathy : "I will protect you. If he ict, I swear to you I will have IIM li'imd. ' Uttering this comforting assurance in the mildest tone, he draws u . haii to the table, and together they explore in prill! Tin n there in a little mu,ic, and n good f carefully suppressed yawning, and then tho carriage* are announced and they all bid their hosier good-night, and tell a few pretty lies about the charming evening they have spent, etc. "Cyril, will you drive me home V Lilian lays to him hurriedly in the hull, whi'e they are being finally cloaked and shawled. A* she lay* it she takes care to avoid his eyei, 10 the doei not see the look of am mod serutiiu 1 1 a' lien in them. "So soon '." he lays, tragically. "U was an easy victory ! I shall he only too charm- mi, m> dear LilUr tn drive you to Ihe o'hor end of the rl,| if need be." s.i they stint and drive home togetl er i|y, Ihioiigli the cool, soft night. Lilian is sir rly silent, HO is Cyril, tie calm beauty of the heavens above them ling their lips mute. " Now Bloweil I lie itrimtlnent \\ iili li\ 'UK wpphlrcs : Hetneriii, UMI le,i The si.irrj '""I. r "' |r Wf West ; till thu moon. iLuiutf iu BMuded maj*ty, u Apparent queen! unrellerl her Merle** light, Ami ii er ihe ilark her silver mantle threw. The night i* very calm, and rich in star* ; brilliant almost ax garish day. but bright with that tender, unchanging, ethereal h^h' clear, yei full of peaceful shadowthat day can never know. " rii.-rr ..... ii.-w on the ilrjr KI a-i to night. Nor ilanip wi'hin Die shadow o the lreej The wind l< hitirmtttiiiK. drjr anil light." Lilian sighs gently a* they move rapidly through the still air, a *igh not altogether born of the night's sweetness, but rather tinged with melancholy. The day has been possessed by the spirit of gayety, now in the subdued silence of the night the reaction setting in reduces her to the very verge of tears. Cyril too ii very quiet, but hi* thought* are filled with joy. Lifting his ga/e lo Ihe olernal vault above him, he seems to see in the gentle stars the eyes of his beloved smiling back at him. A dreamy happiness, an exquisite feeling of thankfulness, absorb him, making him selfishly blin i to the sad- ness of his little companion. " How silent you are 1" Lilian says, at length, unable to endure her tormenting revery any longer. " Am I ?" smiling. " I was thinking of some line I read yesterday : the night it so lovely it recalls them. Of course they are as well known to you as to me ; bnt hear them : " Mow b uitiru! H the niicht! A dewy fr. lines* (lilt Ihe Kilont air: No mit utiM-iirei.. nor cloud, nor spe< !;, nor ulaln Breaks Die -ereneof heaven: In full orb d glory yonder moon divine Itolls IhrouKh the dark-blue lepthk." "Yes, they are prot.y lines: they are Southey's, I think,' 1 tayt Lilian, and then she ughs again, and hardly another word is spoken between them until they reach home. As they pull up at the hall-door, (luy, who ha* arrived a little before them, ccme* for- ward, and, placing one foot upon the step of Cyril's T cart, take* Lilian in his arms and lifts her to the ground. She is so astonish- ed at the suddenness of this demonstration on his part that she fit-get* lo make any .. if _ - much superfluous cloth in any man's gar- ment before. It may he saintly, hut it was cruel waste !" " How did you amuse yourselves?" asks Lady Chetwoode, hastily, forestalling a threatening argument. " As best we might. Lilian and I amiis- ed each other, aud I think we bad thu best of it. If our visit to tht(. range did no other good, it at least awoke in me a thorough sense of loyalty : I cannot tell you," with a glance at Lilian, "how often I blessed the * Prints of Wales' this nizlu." " Oh, ('yril, whala miteral.le joke '."says ' Lilian, smiling, but there i* little warmth in I her smile, an. I little real merriment in her usually gay tones. All thit, Cyril who i* sincerely fond of her notes with regret and concern. " '">' fC' vo Lilian a glass of Moselle !" says his mother at thi* moment : " it is what she prefers, acd it will put a little color into her cheeks : she look* so fatigued." As she says this she moves across the room to speak to Florence leaving Lilian standing alone npori the hearth-rug. Gny.as deiired, brings the wine and hands it to Lilian. " No, thank you," turning from him coldly. " I do not wish for it." " Nevertheless take it," Guy entreats, in alow voice: " you are terrible white, and," touching her hand gently, " as cold as death. Is it because /bring it you will not have it ? Will you take it froin'TatTy ?" A choking sensation rites in Miss Che* ney's throat ; the unhidden tear* spring to her eyes, ii U by a passionate effort alone she restrains them from running down her cheeks. As I have said before, the day has been a distinct failure. She will not speak to CUT, Archibald will not speak to her. A sense of isolation is op pressing and weighing her down. She, the pet, the darling, is left lonely, while all the others round her laugh au'l jest and accept the good the gods piovide. Like a spoiled child, she longs to rush to her nurse and have a good cry within the shelter of that fond woman's arms. Afraid to speak, lest her voice betray her, afrkid to raise her eyes, lest the tell-tale tears within them be teen, she silently and with averted head. | With a beseeching gesture he detains her, and gains for a moment her attention. He is looking pale, miserable : there is an ex- pression of deep entreaty in iiis usually steady blue eyes. " Lilian, forgive me," he whisper*, anx- j iously, trying to read her face by ih- moon- light : "I have been iitliciently punished. If yon could guees all I have endured to day ' d puts it lo her lips, npon he is conscious of a feeling of thank- folneu, the bare fact of her accepting any thing at hi* hands seeming to breathe upon him forgiveness. Lilian, having finished her Moselle, re ti.rni him the class silently. Having car ried it to the table, he once mare glance* to where h* ha* left her Hand Impossible,' return, she. h.ughtilv, in clear tones, and, motioning him contempt- uously to one side, follows Cyril into the house. tashJeaaWr W.asea.i T*ds>. When women were brought up to I* the Inside they rind Lady Chetwoode not only pet* and plaything* of men they were edu- up and wailing for them, but wideawake, caled to be happy in the place assigned Thu latUir is a compliment so thoroughly them. Their hands were trained to deftneis unexpected as to arouse within them feel- m embroidery anil music, and their minds ing* of the wannest gratitude. were left in a condition of quiescent content " What, Madre ' you still here: 1 says with their status. If thsy learned to read, Cyril. " Why, we imagined you not only the literature given them was that of | out of your first hut far into your second romance and entertainment solely. The > beauty sleep by this time." I higher learning was withheld, and conver- I " I "mised you all so much I decided upon satnm in their present never took tin waiting up for you," Lady Chetwoode an- | form of discussion touching the serious iwera, mulling benignly upuu them all : problem* of life. They were treated with a " liesides, early in the evening just after sort uf deference, bin il wan deference to you left I had a telegram from dear tteir cbarming incapacity, and not at all lo Mabel, saying she and TOTII will surely be ; their acquirements or intellect*. Doubtless here to dinner to-morrow night. And the ' they enjoyed the sort >,f worship they re- idea so pleased me I thought I would *tay ceived ,.nd were content with their position here to impart my new* and hear yours." of carefully iiuturedexemption from serious Kvery one in Ihe room who kuows Mrs. j carts. \\ hen the women whose strong Slryni- here declares his delight at the pros- pect of so snon seeing her again. " She must have made up her mind at the very last moment, "says Guy. " Last week aha was undecided whether she should come at all. She hates leaving London." "She must be at Mtcynemore now,'' re marks Cyril. help contributed lu the conquest of thii continent and the founding of this nation were required to manage homes which were in truth factories, their minds were fully occupied aud their lives Fatisfitctory. They wished the wool, carded and imin it, wove it into cloth, made the clothing of the family, preserved Lilian, my dear child, liow pale you ' the fruit* of summer for winter use, brought ire!" Lady Chetwoode savs, anxiously ; up large broods of children, cared for the taking Lilisn'i hand and rubbing her sick, comforted the afflicted, did their iheeks gently with loviug fingers, " Cold, household work aud often lent willing too! The drive ha* been loo much for you, hands to ihe work ol "the men folks, and you arc always HO cateless abont wraps. I Those women were doubtless happy. They I ortfered supper in the library an hour ago. j had no leisure for discontent or idle lo-ig Come and have a glass of wine before going i Ings for the unattainable. Their education to bed. " ' was practical, and embraced nothing that " No, tirink you, auntie: I don't rare for looked lo an intellectual development be- anything.'' yond the range of their lives and duties. " Thank you. Aunt Anne, 1 ihiuk I wili ; But what of the women of our own time : take something," interposes Florence, ami Wo educate their minds lo ihe highest alert- ably : "the drive, was long. A glass of ness. Increased wealth exempt; thorn in sherry and on* little biscuit will, I feel *ure, , large degree from the old necessity for work, do me good." Kven in the absence of wealth changed in Miss Iteauchamp'i "one little biscuit," j dustrial conditions have mule it .-heaper as is well known, generally ends in a sub- to buy the things women once .made tlanlial supper. I than lo carry on domestic manufacturer Come lo the library, then," says Lady (The result i* that women ot the edu Chelwoodc, and still holding Lilian's hand { class me to day Ur<ely women without ade- Iraws it within her arm, and in her own ; quate employment for their highly trained stately Old-World fashion leads her there. | faculties, without occupation of an absorb- Wl.cn they have dismissed the bntlsr. ing character for their awakviied aud alert ml declared their ability tn help one anoth- minds. er. La ly Chetwoode says, pleasantly, In this condition contentment i* well- Now tell me everything. Had you an nijjh impossible to human liomgs. The HUM! agreeable evening V tl.al .i cultivated demands active, strenuous " Too agieeable !" answer* Cyril, with and worthy work. The intelligence and tii-pici.un readiness . " 1 fear it will make j character of onr women fit them tor serious ill other entertainment* link inlo insig- . and earnest activities, and so long as cii niic nice. 1 consider a nighl at Mr*. ' cumatance.t deny uncli activities to them, Itoileati's the very wildest dissipation. We I restlessness, discontent aud nervous pros all sat round tho mum on uneaty t ration must continue to be characteristic ihairs mid admired each other: it would per- i of a ne\ lield iu subjection to until cou.h- liaps have been (if /mW) a more success- [ tions. The question IH not Whai are. we fill amuiertlcnt had <ru nol been doing thej going lo do about it ? but. What are worn- name thnrj for the past two months, tome I en going to do about it* Will they in of tin for years I But it was tremendously] future generations insist upon bearing their exciting all the me," , full part in the outei activities of life? " Was there no one lo meet you V Will they enter upon the conduct of busi " My dear mother, how could yo.i tut- j ness for themselves, making it the rule pec' Nlr*. Boileau of such a thiiiK ' rather than the exception thai women, like " Yes, there wat a Mr Hoer," says , men, shall have definite intereils and cu Muren. -e, lo -.king up blandly from her j palioni, finding l!ie real employment hickou, " a man of very good family, -a of their lime in the outer world aud , man . '' making <if home, ai men do, a retreat " No, a curate, " interiupts( yril, mildly for rest merely- The strongly felt need ot lie made hini'elf very agreeable ' H'-' , educated womankind for earnest employ- n 1'l.ire.mc, in her soft monotone, that ' mt-nl tends unmistakably to development .thing disturbs " He was so conversa- ! in that direction. Pint in lliat event what lional, and so well read. Vott liked him, I is lo be done with ihe children r Are they Lilian ?" to lie maiic a public care us in the old (Ircek " Who" Mr.Hoer ? No : 1 thought him in- commonwealth r A sufforable, -so dull, -sn prosy, "aays Lilian, wearily. She has hardly heard Miss Iteau- champ'a foregoing remarks. ' His uiMiner, certainly, is neither frivolous nor l^tijivagant,' Florence re- turns, somawhat lharply, but he appeared sensible aud earnest, rare qualities nowa- day*. " " liil I In u \.-n iiy he wasn't extravag- ant," breaks in Cyril, la/ily, purposely mis- construing her application of the wot i " My deal Plwnioa, OMMkstr I Coul I any thing show snc.h reckleis extravagance as the length of hii oat tails ? I never saw so Arc they to be nurtured by system and for hardihood, without the education, of lender sympathy and loving partiality of protection r Is softness of sentiment to be eliminated from their natures in the process of education ? Are we to breed a race of men without tender- ness and women without a yearning; to coddle and comfort their own little ones': After all, is it safe to considei the i|iu'stioii of happiness as the sole guide in determin- ing what conditions women shall seek tar thuir livts .' Wha" n the opinion ot wumcn themKe* on the subject ? That at last will determine the matter. i Mn J trrA 10 1 1 i i r.n The Opi-ftl j z aflbe lrl Ballreail Bulll I* Palmllar. A correspondent send* Ihe following ac- ount of the opening of the railroad front Taffa to .Teruulem. The event was file bratcd on the part of the Mohammedan* by an ad Ins* from an iniATi, one of their jriests of high rank in Jerusalem, aftei rhich three sheep were slaughtered on the platform ot the station asa kind of propitia- tory sacrifice, and on the part of the company I was celebrated by a dinner given in the evening under tent* at the Jerusalem ita- tion. Delal Paiha, aide-de-camp to the tultau, was present from Constantinople to represent the sultan in the opening exer- cises. M. Collas, the president of ihe road, and several eminent engineer? from Paru were also present, likewise the governor of Jerusalem and Palestine, together with the civil aulhorites and the member* of the dip lomalic and consular ooips. One bundled and fifty truest* sat down at the tables. The toad just completed, the tint ever built in Palestine ana Syria, i* a little over fifty-three mile* long, thirty miles of which are on plain land ana the remaining twenty three in the mountains. There are 110 tunnels on the read, the builders preferring to go around bluffs lhat might be tunneled rather thai to bore through them. The wooden ties brought from France cost SO cent* s piece. The road has five engines, all made in Philadelphia, and the can, which were made in the north of France, open at the end, with a passage running length- way* through them, ana there are compart- ments divided by partitions and doors. Coal is brought from Car lift and from Bel- gium, and '-'IK) Ions are required a day. lietween Jaffa f.d Jerusalem, not includ- ing these, there are five station*.. For the itation in Jerusalem, which i* one mile from the city, a little more than eight and a half acre* of land were purchased at a very high price not leu than *-J.i,<jOO land which thirty years ago was sold for tl per acre. The men who did most of the stonework - blasting through bills, lying walla to support embankments, and cutting stone for stations and bridges were from Bethlehem and the nearest neighboring village toil, called lien Jala, men whose ancestors have been stone-cutters from ancient times. The Arabs on the plain received .'Mi to '.','< cents per day, the Egyptians and other* 40 to "iO cents per day, whib the men who could work in stone received from 70 cents to ft per day. The company erected barracks along the line of the road, where laborers coula sleep free of charge, bui they provid- ed their own food. Twice a week physt cians passed along the line of the road wher ever there were workmen to render any medical assistance that might be required. The time between Jerusalem and Jaffa is Ihree and one-quarter hour* down and three and one- half hours coming up, and the far* ii $_'. jO first class and 91 for the scoon.l class. The riiarm i. > . i A bill to ameud the Pharmacy Act will coir.e before the Ontario legislature at the forthcoming session that aims one more blow at the liberty of trade. Il provide" that none bnt licensed druggists shall sell patent medicines. Under it uone bat the qualified druggiit will be able to net I such simple articles pven as Castor Oil, Salts, Senna, Turpentine, Horse Medicine, and other common household article* lhat havn been told in country stores ever since Can- ada was firit settled. It is undoubted that the general store-keeper is just a* capable of selling such medicines as any druggist. The people are not asking for legitlalion or any change and they appear perfectly sat- isfied with the protection they uoweujoy. Tho proposed change i certainly not for the benefit of the masses, but rather for the enrichment of a few who wish lora monop- oly. There are only alout IJ."i druggists in business in Ontario, outside of citiw, towns and incorporated villages, while iu the same territory t'uere are about .".'M.KI gen- eral stores and groceries, nearly all of whom handle simple r.iedicmes like the foregoing. It i* easy, therefore, to underitaud the lo.-** ot leveuue to them ihould the l!ill pa-t-i. While with Itwyer* and doctors ruling th roost we are hardly surprised at any law being enacted thai noli. lilies a combine, seeing lhat those two classes are in them selves the greatest combines the world knows, we yei - . hardly believe that Sir Oliver Mowat will yield to the pressure of the druggists aud prevent the people from enjoyiug the liberty of purchasing a simple remedy for a simple miimeni from the coi ner store. It is against ihe law now for a druggist to prescribe and, if this kind of thing goes on. the tune will nol lie very far distant where a simple pain in the first in- stance will mean prolonged suffering in the end, or an immediate visit aud iht- payment of oue or two dollar* to the .lo.-to. There air undoubtedly loo many medical men now, but if there weio twenty times a* many it would lie impossible for one always to be on the spot when wanted. If aeral storekeepers reaped then own iiv(hi*, and the rights of their customers. tii-v will straightway take thi* quiii";i in hand ami iai-u such a howl that doc'or* and lawyers will alike undcriUn ! they have had aliout enough legislation in their n.tcicsli and that now the people piopooo 10 have some in theirs. lil>ri.< <ir l nii. i. n. .- Kuropeau governments entertain curious ran with regard lo liberty of conscience that it, freedom of religion, which is theor- etically conceded by every one of the, r con- stitution*. In the Prussian Diet the Mm- isterof Public Inttruction declared the other day that parents who gent their children to school were at liberty to have them taught any creed they pic med providing it was a poaitive creed. He, however, denied the legal righl of Agnustic parents to have their 011 't'nug brought up according lo the doc- trines which they profess. In Austria the Cinvcrnnu'iit draws the lineal Methodism, while in Spain the recent troubles which have taken place iu connection with the attempt lo open a Protestant place of wor- ship iu Madrid show plainly that the Per. insular (iovernmeut, while guaranteeing the liberty of conscience prescribed by the Con stilulion, draws the line at Protestantism. The truth is, that there are few people or goveiument* who do not draw the line against religious liberty somewhere, resemb- ling therein Oliver Cromwell, whop-oclaim- it all creeds should be toleraV.d. but added lhat if anybody thought rt wiy en- titled thereby to celebrate mass t> Great IV-itain he would find himself nem.' iV/ mi* tacea.