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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
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'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)