THE CHOSEN LAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1284, 21 September 1880, Page 3

THE CHOS EN LAND.

Tnq Paris correspondent *f Sydney Morning Herald writes : — Thcr projected restoration of the King, domof Israel, alltfded to in a recent letter, seems to be taking' the shape/of a serious. froject, and one /of probable I fulfilment, t m «ren believed; that Mr" < Gotchen is charged to urge <ra the Sultah'sacceptanoe apian' for /forming into a united Jewish provinoe the districts, of Galaada,od Moah,. which comprise* abbut 900,000 hectare*, •nd/art now- inhabited only by a few nomad tribes, i The Ottoman Government would retain .its Mseriain right* over this . territory* which was formerly the part of Ahe Promised Lantf set! aside lou Hie tribes of Gad,- i Bbuben,' and Mamnasaeh, and would receive, in return for ita concession, a handsome number df • millions from oertain Jewish capitalists, whohave undertaken that! they shall foe, forthcoming. iSir; Mose* Hotitefiore; and aeteral other wealthy, Israelites are greatly itterested in this plaikV "which, ion the 6ther hand, does mot * nsem to (bohrepugaanfe to the , Sultan. The (new Pronnoe (which would fonnthe nUcle.n»o£ the<restor«dißhigdom) would be. subjected to the, authority of a Pnnoe of Jewish race and! religion. As soon a,s!tbeooalsentof the Turkinh/GJoref nraentahall haye .b«en obtained,. two railway* are to be madev the- one running from Jaffa, to JerUi^Utri, the other from . Haifa to the othefr ; side oi . the Jordan ; and, at the fame time, a canal will be cut fromj the Mediterranean to the Q-ulf of Akaba. No doubc seems to exist as to the/p6sHJbilities irfiPafeitibeJ as a great producer of fruit, w}ne, aqd oil, if adeemed fromiuilts loqg alumbsr of neglect and abandonment. Competent authorities say thatj^j^^inor.raigh^^asily be made a granary oapaole" of suppling, the wants qi Europe. ' The Biblical designation of IShe'ProWisea Land ' a"s ' <K a land flowing with milk and hoWeyV* and the wonderful : buncheaibf'grftpW^ brought back by the spies from Bschol,'' appear to be strictly .correct illustrations of the quality of the ; country from the agricultural po^nt of View.! The climate- is i delightful; and the general* : olete'f noss /of the Jewish racejT'|i»D l iii,bejf,,e«fely trusted, if this interesting ,phyi v flhau^ be ptit ' ipfio execution,, npt only to make tfie mpst of the natural , advantages of Faleniine in soil and climate, but' to re* |>uild Jerusalem^ an 4, to, rcsu.9Ciiatc the old nistorio capital andj the country at large, in more ancient aolendour. A land " flowing, Vjith'hpney 1 must evidently have been^ a iand iull of flowers ; and flowers are s'i£Q r glorious, wherever gardens are found in JPalest^ne, atthcraglt ,itj does not appear itiat <ny of t|ie splendid mod*ern additions to ihe modest! Euro* Pean flora of a ( hundred yearij ago have come to usirom, Asia Minor.' , .

Mile. Sara Bpmtardfc's q even changes of atjtirp Jn.the part of the heroine in Froufrou have, at£raoted much attention Among jkhej, 9^Mp«B jn.sucb, matters,. In tjho first aotshe-wearij.flfrel; a gray ri^iM ( .habit, then an evening dress, consisting of a Pompadour tunic oyer. a skirts oi oream 'oolovTrMfoiilard; $k the second act a peignor, or loose go\^n of white* muslin, then a robe of garnet-hued satin, with fiill-pufl»a sleeves and a " tablier" of figured silk : in the third act, a' 1 white muslin tunic over an under-robe of cream* coloured foulard, with little' puffs ; in the , fourth act, a dress of gray taffotrs trimmidwith aattin^ and a petticoat gathered in front and trimmed ■ with fringe and pearls ; lastly, in- the fifth act a robe of black cr^pe trimmed with black velvet, and a large fur mantle.