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" F, 1 r . r know they are bie jtmie , n +a The madness,' tho folly, thiykiff With the past but a 'el r 1 lop Your face shall not ve All the Yeats of my waitin and 1ioping, All the years of vdy:Aitndfti Ygref Iknolth *' They h oo h The eyes lt t oponlc To behold the dear heaven at last, I know it li broken, broken, I welcome conteutment once more, The soul, that funcy embodied In the light.of its beautiful eyes, You have chosen to drag from its alter To the depths where it sullenly lio; 'ui l tl,bodelue 6i pp'e'ti :t .For over'its hadoffdt'df asS s'id I welcomo contentmont once more. I kuiow they tr e ' My youth, _o s, And yet, like o robes o the aigo s Were the dreams of that sweet summer For they fed on the uapdia o hoa ', * A ~ igpt, A44. boklud. tigwatd, antl :upwatd, TT the vptdufeeoktd1 11t A$ttf;right.. p' lBit now they..are ver,over t-indnesdth follyl, o ifer In, the xa4;ofnidY lfo,'A1>l ls fp}ture, Yojtr fa s all not a;rte aggtn. n MISS . ACKTIWAITE'S DALyNDS Long ago, in the good old time which people sigh for, folk were hunig for stealing. rrbyd t>iiy$ r ay j careless fashion, which would bring Judge Lync to his feet for the benefit of the f-bw,etrit h(dice li they wbre strung up without mercy, i <sand not half the fus4 wa rpade, btt the execution d'a' womin ih'o Miad stolen a loaf of bread that would be mnade now ,over;4h,e executit ioC;: a wholesale poisonor or thetn ndnight, as,. sashin ol'Womep' tzhb,hlldren. 'No qualmlf CoAbfenc'wereieltutl d aii believedthat, oapitdl :punishment done away with, no one's property would be safe an 9yr., Conseguentfl$ ,when Miss, plack thwAteidst'he atinadics tile fae that an'onenigh't:.esid'peoted =iW1' Very nervous thought tdltltiotisehol(j: Of 9preeajoryJ18aklivage) brgther,, apl r fdrtndy p +Jjitr + moro, who Was on a visit at tno house were out of the question, but there ,a'new tto'"le ilhdthi w6rei, very onqof them had, to th nowfe every one bl e bee 1i 01 ttibrre the diamdndawee lefi betwee:i izem,)nt when she had Kownt them to 'be -,fe and the one when she pa4 mi'se em. - Miss Bc ite ' .froni the cougtryb "woefully' .tired,. quit( worn odt, for she was a delicate llttkc creature, Who could not bear as muet dancing as some women. can, .and had undressed herself in' ti hrr an aIl wrapped herself in her white night gown, when the wind; which was high thattightnsent a sharp plast . through a window frame not over-tightlyiacta A -and.fiirted the'curtain with the'candie. The-oosequence was'a 'confidgretIori on A small scale. Miss B3lacktinvaitt rushed out screaming. Her brothei 4and the servants rushed in. Bucketi of Mater were thrown oly the~ fiamie and noise enough -made to shiam NeWYork fhre comparig of the' 01~ tinol Final.ly the fire wasextiniish~ and'ta lady returned to.her plilloW; ,X the morning her diamonds were d She remembered having put themn in a certain box filpo) her dressing table, in. -tending to close and lock it before re tiring.~ She had'not done'so,fotfhi terror.sheihad forgotten. all Nlbot'thle *jewels, and they had eIttier been lost ot - stolen. It was 10 o'clock when shittedke, '4 and her window was wide open. Buti it was too far from' the- ground for any one to have obtained entrance in thai way. And at .flrst Ma[or Blackt)iwaite, who would no~ srpect his ,servants 0f Sdishonesty, .declared' hia ditutifi 4inusl have hadthEiii irl "er iand 'aid put 3:. them down sogewherethor.. 7ttat tiel had been i,hrdwn tipon Kfeioor iy i in the room itself, in all the halls, ir the major's room, to wbilh hf Id iAstei had (irst lown for aId, in Miss Whit. hee'as any possibiltt 6f' tlieir havi lng concealed themselves ip that oddl fashloon which would alharsfr convine one that,"J)ngnmmate objects" could en joy tb6 dbItdty anid tribniations oi thelu possessors and maliciously play lildgi and seek. But, In this case,Lthe miss Nig objfeti were not found egtigea~ edI ay 0cr%i or ocyice, or under any rug, or behilnc lifterof thifeb , drtam diafs, t, was determined that they, w,eg *tol.en. And, if stolen, that one of the 'roo4eMij)r' D aokthwaite Walked iht hekitcena with a veryguie n 'ot. enneand called tii8 ~h~a'baWl p e ' ple, he oppisI !~hy Phwukalth ' te fs lath Tier dif lIds ny a. an hbey are not 'to be roand h y said $dl$teldePe iduh. a what It.a d y ou*noiab.lill abo searched-over one of you-I make no die l iip A ll send ' for a con. stable and have ti e u attor inv tig - esty; I sincerely hope it, friends." There was a. dead silence when the r dark were set, and eyes turned auspiciously upon each other, and when the major had l I 1 t "Aa j% ,rlwTaJWTbhY Indignation reigned supreme. 0"Col does hur think us thieVes?" yelled-old John-ap-John, the coachman. "Search us-what does hur meant" And the cook, jolned ip, n'd theJ~ut Ieri'ahd tile houseliil"a it 'fi the 1tly knife-boyl blubberdr , .OnlIPeter Morgan sat without demonstration, be. sil th qreo r M r , stranger, tv 'o li t l4 the stables ;fhin l st . v "The master has a right to search us if lip likes,'ho igi we ig i in tbe sanpo bpR, ilone W.rse i}t, ihap the other irve'ro linest, wpiy wh'at "batil cana co> i><'"S ; : : A.nd At'th t'oldohn=aj14Jhlui' brtke pgit furlo(iyO .( H.iiraust e itte; ifg don't ind tilhe name Qf go e y41 e 1. .ti never was git Johtap- o n fr.1 And then tihewho6e kiti'iei i fell foul of unhappy Peter Moigan andl abused him. Before the quarrel was over the consttbles.afrived. The .servkiite. aiitheir. dhests and boxes were searched and nothing fgiud} But,thlle,,ngne,wouldjave been fodl enough to puit Gde 'jewels where they could find them after steal in,hem.. -.Suspoilon wus not lessened by this fact; It still lay heavy upon the - anxious men and women. And they -were veryiwrotelied;.ulideY,t,rfor,i ybe-, 1-kfes the,ter,ro, of It .fgtlse;. agentsttiolb,-;4 "good .harac er'" was, inngrteIt; to tllen as a stock in trade, and:one u il ivhose honesty ited a 'lOtntsklpdtild hardly find service again. T11br44 o:c tliey wore pot Apleasedj but-.lther comforte{t by the l;ewstht t1 mgjgr was abdut. to "tPe' ,he truj by7il aid 'oy, inid it't.hiey ,vro a1'P a i.: inotfe4 't hiii (rese ic# oin' thatr hid t#II,t.vvi1 pqip a ul:"?sg Id. p John' "Better donfess be are r , any more trouble." . An4 helooked at Peter Morgan. Evry oo else looked at him too, iputth y pedo lo,hipg;b ftata .y af ter Iuc i be arat.i s' et g dful the little trgop ilied-lito the arioranud stpod,;aefor the major, Miss Blackth. . and her friend. And at once all eyes wero rivotpd upon .a. 1 hick i3ble corded abqut so as to bind withlu its . -leaves a"great iron door,key'. - The major was araver than before. lie arose and addressed the conclave -with an airsthat-prgved how much im portance 1\d atta'hed' 'to tlio supersti tlous ceremony which was aigut to be performed. "My rriends,' )e said. t4 to ask heaBItMdEM Tid' 'giulty con fMhdtiiale ~ oli I will treat m leniet4 ntU no 'o spokce OrE0 ofthe thre per~s na to ~ rIiI pallef1 pon them$ to witness, to his ler fecti honesty. And the key remained linmovable, and old John returned to his.cdrner,. angry 's}ll,'bt'fee$ine he Ihad proveu himself enti''ely above sus picion. In turn his fellow-servanits followed. t,h v"onen liUI'sting Into tears as they retired, leaving the key still unturned bettveen tLh'great~ Bib)le le'aves. An(i at last It camne to Peter Morgan's turn. T4e nn came for ward boldly enough andi too firm 'hof4 Qg Wle I lie A ho Aie'1 totuLtr itlea6r4dirhnms with whitch tho n8overaOion of 'ilsIn. po,cence co Qiepce9q. iU"God th' 4atti r4Gaogh~e $n-6 '&Tut thore fdW6hlbould' utte &u,6th er w,ord, the key turned in the Bible 'ltiiedt fMfrly around kbefore all those -eyes which were riveted upon it and [t e sarei gOooltse1f diopeda Peter 1idorgais'hand. y'For iall :thati I - ever touched tile dti ond&," fhe dried,ditt no one there bel.yed hIm. .The test of 4the Bibfle ul'ey W#as ednMlderead Iufaillble $dd heo * ae sent to prison to await his trial. 6 t wvas provest tt on tYie morning aftei6the loss of the dIardopas, P'etor Morgan had gone oyer to the village, the,rpoer(ige. Now,. pressed upon the pilnt, Ile declared that hle hlad sQild :at silv&EVtoh ftbutAdidt 11l8' *t'd eayish, iecAtiae 1 if't8 ar Jiejidoont lhitae finy,hV g oein ghNen to'his (HfAtr IjKde- ri h , whniAvose servant he had, been'" lut 'id liad -sold ,it to iV * *'uld it,be'gIvehlid In, the'erfd litt was1l dooedi to TU .nged by thle heek umtil, he was .dead," nunn' the old unl. b bt >itbe' 9' } onco 0, key ha urned l do Peter's guilt - had vanished and That her sympathy was thrown away. As for the major he would not havew interforred with the laws of thi6 co'in try had it bon possib ,and T ap " John and ht no fate to so much suspiclon upon -themn-and the ay , eargqn wl tol}.he was to die, 6;ld, In Ukre. krpAt-, ep hg t h tically about to g4in spe@ch w os. who had power in their hands and tell them that she was sure of her Peter, and that he was the best son who- ever lived, and to beg them on her bended kue.t>,levpa1VotdAu* t ,to-I4A 11111 an71 clergymon were with him hourly and eg"g 19 ,,m R adyl a ,l aek;u of tQnorne a.iudlq was xeAd pat obstinacy,but allin valit. , No opfes. hion fell"from isiipd. Ihste heishti snithing which seemed those who heard it. "I know the key turned in my.hand,, But it wasnt't God's doing.. batan had a hand in it, for it told a lie. I never saw the di (ind i"' Af &C And ih thi ino e diedfil a found him. ;. Xeter's , old mother:am e to .11a.lu pMison that day,:and -tpeir ,parting was; a dreadful thing to see, but still he said: "I am innocent!" and she was taken hway, and he marOhed, with guards about him and his hands bound, toward the awful spot where he was to meet his fate,aud the oJrfYfA i *is pored: t t. "Confess the truth, my son, and go -tieaven waslied fxom falsehood" , iHe 'swered:. ; - . 1 ; "I have spoken the trdth; o'' Widy nothhigindr. " ' '" -,Ad so tho brougghJ; 44m to tl4 gal ows-le -ol. gallows df Gwelt-town, 11rown with time, and not too staunch or Stout where many a thief and mur derek4 country'e ere e- it wacoto so tfo the pop la -4.4o r rv . S.p! not sold to a few curious for spicy hor rors as they.. are to-day even' n our, goodailty of XQw. York. stood up at iho ahtoaAd gk zd st the figure mounting It. ' Peter Morgan saw them and grew )hot with shame. To die such a death, 'e aq , Ws wors thai TOly. Ileaor.a, , elo~l l ,i lhia e jbr ghthji tos ydE yi and atql a l i old ioti r woul arvo deserted by him. Tears came into his ey J oA 0ri . first time he trembled, and Theile d&y an, seeing, A-eokortO iim once more to tell wlhof the diamonds were and confess his guilt. - )3ut.Peter ,Mog qn ttuyed fy}p hid toai'd tl aUd, ltted oxec= tant of his death stiugl69.1 Nonil tIne memorial a last dying speech has been permitted to those doomod to execu tion. And knw)g tgsgg poke "Frend: Istad hrea- ayig rnari ~ii WL, the $l16 a oeat niever touched the diamonds. I know no more of them .than the youngest baby here, I die mnurdered;" Then ho gave himfgj ute the ex $cuEtoiiel' anid tldecierg'yman4.-nd the black cap was drawn'over,Ihis eyes and A prayer was sadthe afgrial given a,jl t he drop fell. Then odourred what seemed~ a mis dhianca. The gallows 9f &wlttown was old and much decayed.' The vic tiim was a, l,ieavy 'man. As he swung oll something gave way.. Instead of beaig properl,y hanged,, eter Morgan fell heavily to the ground, stunned and bleeding, with bits'QE rottozi wood, and ropes, and loosened nails-sdattered over lilin. ; ib'ragments ok. a bir4s niest -two young birds,. above, which :the mother bird screamed and fluttered, and Miss Blackt4waite's,diarmeridal At the top of the old .gallows, as all Gwelt..town -know, had beenz for years a mnagpie's nest, atids the mother:bird haq often plckpd ci'ums fromn the silli of Miss Blaokthwaite's window.- On that morning, when sheiwly' 68 YWith -hei' wmndow~ opOti, the bfrd,4jllcted likQ' all its race ,with what is . delioately called ,kleptomnanla, ifad helpd leraselCto, the dianlenges, hie, madpe.was tie thief, not poet Voter Morgan, Whom ty plcked up allye, and carried hora in Some r god people wore a little dis a pointed, blit thiere was no hangfug in Gwltowna that day, flie nnjor anid ~1alter,he,'gemcedehat repsara. tiohi lay aIn' their s.pawer--ra GPetp r Mdiatdried in',if) Ifthalyf pe piase4ii-and1 his mo6ther, inew ~pobVty no longer.' In cousp of tjene thegew r e ,strl to-day,thedargans of! 4welt-town rIdl o y jes teir coa Qfarms, n:. l1 It ni a o~ ' beak, aind the motto: ; ', l f! "tillthlf' J )QAf iW batd tudX y 4J1iD*a 4A6b i 1ops d pr9dULeo an eh etlopedia? .wa of an ex. i'ort, and he bald "That depends upn h od pur sued In making it.. 4merlean Cycl99 1450 rea penny w ' Thi ngravings S wor cost.ato: O. The best lithographers w Tyed and mang tAgd o <i ioWt 1a ho qdeng "MYelllts zieth'f employed " in :9conpiling 4 otiona;res. iditors are engaged f0 ;the. difterent depAitments. There Ia-the roligious editor, the mnedical e4it he historical gqd(to;' t) b , tit~t tJri d the Monri The best authorities in the lpbd are chosen. to edit ti ;WOe 04, .,4idl$ are paid. i In :the proceps pi14tib an alphabetical rule,is b . T,sT44'gd eheyclol di, f.ttah i6 aU "i d $ 1idy66e p da B3rit'ashi a 16 d as regards tie subjects ' ey treat of. The modern enoyoopo! however, has very much of a newspa flavor. . It is based upon the Qrinolp t ' American jbdrzaLis . ft s ' I d Intended to hi t e'aplr t of1h' rTll biog raphies of prominent mdn are made an especial featur6dr(hpl leyican Cy clo *imalia I" toeugreatest etL ing hn the art of book makin ug ta ,itted hi this country. Charlet A. Dana, of the Tin, was and' is the editor in chief. lie fixes the prices paid td contributors. Ho knows the value of pVer word that (s4yite. t jn . a 1 anded in by 'a speifalist 'and aother comes in from an obscure proaesslonal man In any, sieoe, hb chbo the b4t J' L i r, ,0Q tgru M a of t;ari.clea; howeyo ost ,farstohere than that. There aa a4j e contributors who receivej000AlC 1aOQQq0 fq a;short - si nitor m io * 1owevrra 'is t4aftl4rity oh n 0jfor o,f Rt .ec a Teco i h kol . sive information on th# subject and,on many others connet .witll' eurgery. tUf equr,_okit aid .&tr m0bi4 os "Then,. again, We run page after page at the cost of $20. Many of the writers are men who hold the foremost rank in literature. Von a unty tede t q lg=p ia-o onoyclopiodias?" "That is a dilicult question to an stwr. ggY'e have run into the millions on sales, but it should be remembered ,that en.y9loprcdis1 are .4erj'k gold In ulk. 'the Instalment plan is always .dbitetl. Our contributors pay for egcli .yolume as it,is issued." ,. "In case a volum Ie Is lost,' can' it be dulicated?" "That depends on who the loser may be re'guiascon'ti'ibut6r,.djje Mo has been buying volume after' volume for ,7rs, can' cettipily be accommodated. A genuite det of encyclopedlas e ss.a $200, 'conisAquentil they 4 J Aold In instalments an,d the purchaser Is pro. teoted," 'acts Abbut the Sea. .The da le the reselNfd j iMy run.ill~ the iWkrs of ihde NU is the cistern which finally catches all the rain~ that falls, not only upon Its own surface',but up nthe surf'a ortiJagq aiiditpon 'the roobfs dd"'oui hines. 'All tis:w9tril& re ied -agNihi by evaporation as fast as it is supplied. It is estimated that every year a layer of' the entire sea fourteen feet thick is taketi up into the cloi4s.- This ivapor is fresh, and if -all the water -cofid, be. remlovedl in the same,way ag none of it ret'iadi it iiskalailatbd thait thdre rvould .be,left a,layer ok purQ gith 230 feOt thick. in th9 bed,of' the A%ticl. This is-.1pon thle;supposition.' that threes feet'deth if *tiator'contalins 'ond inchtietl of gaIt, din that thei ara*e At 4 4Qt h . but 09 feet the tepeittilform( Vrbpt a trifle bet ' dtlis i ua-~ tor. The colder water Is below. It Is reported that in many deep bays on the coast of orwpy the wat~ often begins At de k rf~ e o Waves do not travelethat is, the water does 4ot move forward 'although It We iMeau nowaves by f~r 4hiellt a lse n9orp rptto er sa about flfteg;4lepje agghtggo the waves.- In shallowI Water the proper. tion -Is less, and this nofAkas a choppy ~The fdcp til strIkes on 'I31 rook w ltefroeeof wggotdowLa 4 the dpti bid a /ls .7 T #$1(&# le aie KA 1phR Qg s p409a arod ot irbn Whe 14y~ ~~tQd, ep utit ifcl; 'eAt' ti {t elinS the . aid,o't wharni4b ; the bottow, and a cover shuta dver the cup to keepothp wac from washing the sand ou'. n t tis way we learn the chiacter of te9j kb" tiv It will be ne n at o.76ethat wvo can th e: oea rr o our. atelythti 0 t t 'learn thb elevation-of the i d oge g jp a o a r ue than a hiv of nent - S a Zasea, prsenta: some interes ing constderations. If the At. lantic wero lowered 0501 feet it would be ,red uced t&hiit itsfeibhidiit, It ii, it r l rthan three betweQg ifwfouha?i(nd idard rreliano. 1te a ean voreloWered a60 foee, Afric, wouid be joined, to; Italy and three separate seas would-remain, The TAj Mahl is't A ra,;idIa.' It was built by. .tmel rperop JhapgIr as a. tgtoleum, _ vlie' tQ,ontOm ,the remains of his 4Wife:Nourmabal. .'eW pergoi}a who.tea LW?11a Itokh 'know L a,t>t1 thight o .he I$arom.was a real personage, that she'wasindbd: as beau: Itiful "auid'"gifted aIs thbeat in1 that tie love.bewegnher anthe emperor E-the Nel in ..of'foore'spoe - as (tend8r ab thip-pot:depioted ,iv,'and that trlf ay p t won.s pqijl rldc. It isa a wotk 3 says. Bay rd Taylor,, "Inspired by love nnd' ebsoirat&t to beau}y." Itc 'R ifs aft'0,9 00 me n Wxc Piyei We ntyt je ihecon tructiop, of this iyork. " .-is, built of f@ { In ,iete nd a Sodta on; ndiibing from ai e# Frac.o- an 0, .ArQthe cpr? ners ,ot .ti e ea;hIo terrace ta Lyft min{r 'ag Iti the centre of tie; i h build,ng rises a dome flanked by cupo. las of similar form. Every part, evwen the basen)en),,t, e ,p i he upper alleries f, tle mideets Ibd with rmlen\aldeeigas iarblo,ofr .di1or-: tut cglor,p : gall y of ,pale brown n \bluish . v o. re . ;and ., there, apije exterior and interror, are deco0 r it, opaes sc ' piloua stones. Mihe .whole koran Is eat to be written ii.' psalcs of cprecious stones. on the Interior walIsr 'cThe dome ds said to cbntain theodbetest' echo in -the world. : .agfd'trsaia .thtW if therenverre EdtIi da thi sIkh of ( ldone woni repay .t'he jouny. thituh9r., Iecopppares it ,te af0.s4619&. th,e air, "bxtgg doWn 4o ;ear}h and flxe,d 1,ot: 4e ,wenya're of' ;Lges. '. j70t1.io2 ighit iti seemsspao' diry( abdi.whetA seen frohn' a listapce so like a fabric, of mist inds hle a , hat even as .you ay ~ou9ie.1t a. :'lintbeg (9 its surppit rou1almost doubt its.reality. IAnother curious' old:custom. relates ~o births, and. Abhe towns of Haarlem ~nd kldeirgJik @looe,ow,iwith pride t.s right~ Idi 1578g when the Spaniards o ok 1{aarlem' After its'i fam6uus siege, li~esnt notics tihtt all honses wherein la3ta' tilWiera iia neo. 'fid b4he .bJhfl isyeheir kipcKerasmuftlede in White- for's mnonth' and so os'eape sack ung. TIgenceforth' births, in IHaarlem. hre celebrt~'rby what lbag now become In 'o9n916zi 'cii tlie door, called a 'k lopper."E Hugo broughit fgql their aemily oneOht~ ag?oW iRe---a square of lace with his coat of arnme finely em. 6roiferedWdtid dagd with flnb1 old dIechlin. '.PhIs is'litted 'hr white for a Airl,half ein ytifor aboy. 1%toned >Ve 1o,rw&s hunit outi day.arid eae 7go (Nd, agalpi, at nh. Th et-h pague hereo o 1ourio 'r ef, lace,' NIi i oividfin etage r fs1nilyssea4,i came ,anhling around a ~ppeor" with vainly large. offers. (rthe ii1 ien last ias hung encrious disli was prcyared1 the othey a for Witihta'veler .it. Mexico. nthi tb,rnlvant :partook.Vely Aheart'llyi cithe daity -nioirself bhba the travelor ttrfl$tedthetoooWi to drtif( i g s- etouttireo ossuspIious t odo;rpionst.' and aninvesiga' i on pi'oved' this to be , 'the *der of Mfexico thus ut i 4g 0: yd~i ocorpions; wvhi k~JJa jt, hundreds : ataip ey Ngl1.Lp W'y ,?Tbe4,nobtlity. -ot,,Austrla, is"of the haughtiest, the poor est,wr a There. t c niot tra t 0 middle a a. who rog gL rlhto t took om Le ' . ver wan. d, the . yhad rich possessions, r of con sumers and p e brought the inevit 1' uces. The emperor ha rivate for tune, larger o y subject. Several of t ers of his family and obility are also very rio t the , majo ty of t4 have t of' iti o e oLI e e e ny e amd to 0 ing to more th n 3 or 5,000 a yeai y But4jr r i r n Y' p ed of G% r in leu i, cc 4nu' It ha'buen, coinon for tib6 penni less .noblemen of.. some of the - petty statOs 'of' nuropd-to 'give their title to sotre foolish' American girl,, wlio, 'in nine[ casos out of ten, : uses 'it in ex change for her dollars. -. That t'nember of the Auslrian nobility vho~ to., save, ilinself from starvation, should marry one begotten..gpI trade, would at once be absolutel'y ostraclsed by' his act, and such a case is almost positively un known. To such an extreme is this feel'hjf %xolifriene se Qir td - tbi u.pr fei Conal iai..an'',i ate:, O e94L relations with the nobility. They. would shut the doors in the face of the most eminent advocate, physician or surgeon, unless,he came on professional business, just as soon as they would with -tho dmallest shopkeopet'.: They! have a'seoety alt, to themselves; they have no clubs to speak of,because there are not; enoughlof .then able to main tain such organizations, and tiey do $ery.,little."entbrtaliing, ,They :even look tdwn i'fon' the 'diplotmatic' corps; and outside of the two of iir'eb tig b 11 o,dinnerq .given by the tPae 'or eYjy .ealMn, t1e'istbero' ft t o1p,uever have ..agy Qppprtttp1y.,of } 11flqin'g.t .ari$toaraay. Mqny of. thet younger sciols of the,.uproveriphed' nobility l}old cQinmissions la the ,army.s ? 1'$eliierr'rw111 rnttrielt any of. those to .marry .without, this consent..W s9 can ioi}ly,ba,pbtaliedj wlien' either the f.amily .of f heyoung man or the young, woman put up a ;suilldlent itbguarautce support to his family in case the oilicor dies. The P'orslaii's .ak'of CIcanliitcse As the Perslaus are 'olthy beyond be lief in their personalhabits, itis no un usual thing to see.a high dignitary giv ing himself airs in i coal: gli.tering with precious 'sto'ie~s and resp>lendent, with. g'old, whtle yermin are daintily picking their way between thes clusters of diatuonds on his breass,' :futi:viewv of his royal master. Thieir public baths although they itumaber by the hundred in pach of the larger towns, prevent cleanly. pabits rather than promote them. The water'in'tiideotmbii tanks not alone serves f9r, the ablutions of hundre,ds, but is' chan*ed'dnfy' twice a'wdek as a unje,w,illeg thg towels furnished are never washed, anrd only hung out to. dry in the bi'pilingr istn along-lhe mud walls of the bathing establishment. DiesdNde or aggi'avated by uin. cleaniliness are, therefqge,. frightfully common in Persia, even' itmong 'sma'll' children, .As ,for their clothes, they p)ut 'them on, like the Chinese, layer after iyOe', as the WeathOr growa cold br, and ieel .themselves again in the name fashion as the sun waxes fiercer and' fiercer. They always sleep, men aind weOmen, i at least one full suit of biothessarld during the winter in a half klozen, covering their heads tightly kvitb (a' qttilted al~ 11 cap; arteifvards girawing thle coverlet over the head, and tihus prevdtuttbg tho'fresh air from getting into their lungs Srondtoewalof tusliew ti flef .i,7ifldi I' Jhb % Wbed i'f4 *i4 ~a gthder ,op 16k bQv~ 1~I r 4 s;:,, } ;#~ttu,deVeopoDu6tt 0 4~ Ite tII~~UO ihu A {i huri pther (qge.pit. o:the,ihileuce p f)oeg S?JlLr4'L OrOi'stI9B of_ rellw Git"oup,i -- h1 i ymptono They Pro tuoe "Th're i$ peiillhr tso ii'or pSOfns wilosed aettQti -s tt( dlllate lh&ipti lkht stead of.CQptLO4ug iitet;, JIk,opiug t9 arreg the secret}on%of ,oteakigr to stitilae the brain, causing delirium rind iard1yz thO%nds 6f Uliezierv'es f Imatio' ;;to stimulate the 'pitih\cord q)l then, par%lyzeptk.s.t o,iecr}aprtli aotion of the heart api thou o. bri g it to a stand-stil. "These drdgdard biAlla -dduntf (thb deadl.y'ltlithAde), htyoady+ ain; (helnbage), andii Btrtgm6hium (".linson ;weed', or.thorn-apple), i'4ese all act alike, biut vary in strength ;Jihe order Ih .Whlcii thhtve' been' naied Lieing'that of thelr destruefivo iualit ties, .'laey allay pain, but Apt, to the catpe ? tent as oppn,,and,in ue ,eep to soni degree. ' The "symtdtfis prddudit are 'ik and are as :,follows;,>vtei: givet'n in poi9uj 9,: Igatkandryms.og the mouth and ,throat,.4a1,ea,. voIit. lug, dizziness, indistinct or doublov's ion, 'delitrlum, great excitehicdat, con v0i3s0ou1s followed by Stupot and duoon solousuess. The pupils of th,yus.19 dilated to their ,utmost, and light'does not affect theni, '' face is reiden'd with eruption similar:to that of scarlet fover; th eyes hre 'fixed andEbrilliadt ; the gait is& tottering'; ind'the eielHuli is stich as , to cause silly talk anc? fret quent,bursts of careless laughter. :The berriea root and leaves of,belladonda bie .aoh caused fatal poisopig,s ,T.ie activo principle, atropine,:is a .ex, treinely -powerful drug, produqiug the same effects when taken In yer,y gipnte doses. Polsonibg may, res.glt fr;on ape, plying a belladonna plaster to.the tkiu, es)ecially if the snrface is broken. Mfost cases of belladona paoioiiiio. Suit 'from mitakes h prescrib ng or adiiAtatering dreiUs. 'Its e' if crimKiath is rare. - "Straionuin nor Jjitnsoi weed;" 1e sicir a coifnmon plant andIccesslble'td every onb.,that,oIsoing'ffbn'th'cYeJ less swallowing of its seeds is not at all' uncemmon.: Soarcely a year passes'"but ome child, dies from, this cahswin the 3ty... The authorities are certainly re popsible for.. 'snchl accidents,. as. it Woud o an,easy, natter tq oauso every plant tl4 ktpi e,bNdesprgyed Pe(ofie le ..eeds,, e Tmat ur..an ia,a iimilaL planj is often ~m~ O qjUPI 9f to ret (or ahe v 4tims,help ess I'ho yit ii3 i L'!,' ' 1o0.e of beliana'olabnYIt itI likely that |ome of the "drugging" einploye . by tie i'rotessional thteves in this oouhtry:Is rdieiW1thi prenarations' of"straoiliuu& seeds, r HenbAine' (hyoscyamus) is poisonous in'every part. Leaves, roots'andseeds produces offects : like those observed. fter poisoning..by belladonna, but the doge rqulred tp produce such -rsu its ;is nuoh larger., TWenty of the seeds have been known to produce poisoning, and the satne maybe aid of the "jim sOn vce." The treatnnt .ptpiponi, y; .a any of ~these throo plants.ls to:remove: all that nmay remain in.the.stomnach by the most 'promnpt.and effective m~neticav, in case these de not act,' 'thd Stomachi 'ubo musbibe brought'-idte lsd) ;Then gie castor'o1l to' remo Ve ariy'of' the bolson 0d18 mdter~tiditd aiay have liadeed "be.. ~yQiul the stbach, "As- there is. no ;trustworthy chergios1l antidote, mior-. phine.may be given cautiously on ac count of its action being opposed in ~moet particulars to. that of these poleons. Oditee and aled6hol shou~LI be given if the1 lieerL .becomoei.very ,weak, as slipWn by sthe4 pulse. .Animal char ~coal and-tannin have been -givent al-~ ~thofigh thr'ddas otayre beahy vey* .good* ra oaor, admh\istmring IPoisonsir, *X'g. We are'heariii ,a'g'oo'd''deal' of late aboul peJans in' food contrihning >rotein comnpoun'ds~su.,trt as the case1n of milk; and the.mnyosin of lean meat and flesh. ;The' protemn compounds are prone to db :cay--that is, to be decodhposed by the :action of the rinents catled b4cterla or ,microbes. In c.e in torms of decompo altion substances of a .more or less plionous-nature, called ptomialnes, are formed from protein. - It appears' t hie ht this waiy ^Tbat; poisonota 'conripounds are formed In cheese, meats, etc. Wfiple ,the true dtigestiv' ferments,suen as the pLyi11'n of saliva aind pepsins of gasti'c ulce, are..very: different from .the. fer ents .just spoken of, yet' microbes exist in the digestive apparatus of 6'vdi: the healthiest people, arid withhii a alhorttdime, tit has bee-f oun,d'thrt, potagnous~ compgids, forgued pre)pably by,the~action-of rgicrobes, often ohtur within our bodids. . 'Tho iiv4ural inference-idt 1 66i Lively,.pr6vcd, I lik 15tilatth6teLniy be cases :\ w prqoIet 61 eer tpin kii/Qs ofdqoiid ttus iansfo,nied - Into injurious substancesa while pastsing thrtough-the Aliunuentaf'y cgnals'1'drhaps th~is f4 the~ teab6otxly drt'ahi fersons OS1q &tir *$1k itot pti or apips t ji 1 ijnposiblo i.hat nanuy of tihiic4iphtch one kind of ~ood o anothey' cansds tiIck4esnay, in f0fe t ttdtat;4h)