11 is cue of the striking anomalies of
tin- age licit nI tin- time when so much
is being done for education. our Icgis
hilivc I oilios ;nv declining in intellect
mill learning. Sin h is acknowledged to
he tin- fad in the British parliament
and in Iho congress of the Tinted
Slates. Sim-Ii is also true of our state
legislatures. The Boston .lonrual calls
on the people of Massachusetts to take'
action to secure a respectable body of
law--makers for next winter. It de
clares that the character of the legis
lature has been declining for many
years, and has at length reached n
point where it n fleets on the ancient
commonwealth, whose standard was
i nee so hitrh. The neeessity of elevat
ing the standard of bitelligenee of the
lawmakers of tliis country.
.lerusalem is now united with Joppa
by railroad, and trains run from one
of these ancient cities to the other every
day. No lotnrer will the pilgrims hi*
obliged to plod over the barren sand
sind round the hills of Judea in order
to reach the spot where the great
events of biblical history were enacted.
He will find the Journey as easy as
that from Chicago to Milwaukee. Ho
will not be obliged to subsist on dates,
tiys and the flesh of goats, but can
partake of first-class meals served in
French style. Still hi some respirts the
change will not he desirable. The eity
associated with so many sa red mem
ories will hen me like a modern town,
and so lose iis meat charm. For every
devout pilgrim that henceforth goes to
Jerusalem there will he tiffy gay tour
ists and plcasim*-seekers.
