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CtItTG 0 THOSE -WH CLI
- YOU.
- There are many friendsaf s
Wh are Ikind while flewe
But en winter chills the
• The' depart with thiif p
On th broad highway of
t
ac
Fri ds of worth are far a
n one has proved
Olin to him that clings. t
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mmer,
• bloom,
lossoma,
!fume.
1011,
d few e
riends ip,
you.
o no harsbly judge you n ighber
,Do ot deem his life untr e,
f he akes no great preten ions,
Deet s are great though w rdi are few.
hose vho stand.amidst the i erupest,
Fir as when the skiesear blue, I
ill b friends while life en ureth,
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Till he reach the shore ga n ;
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• THE ,NOBLEIHER
A LEGEND OF PALM R
Aur llian's legions swarm di ar And. Palmyra
I
and t e city seemed doome : to fall into his
I
power ; yet Zenobia showed no igns of yield-
ing. er soldiers were brave'and rusty and her
two ge eralel.experienced and skill 91. But one
was tr ether us, although sh it niett
An-
tiochu had sold himself to e.
prince], bribe_ the emperor iad offered to Win
this pa eral to hie purpose ; to ma. e him peer -
nue of die city, td hold it ef f ,r 40B14, and
give la' for wife the peerless itgii Julia, Zen-
obia's d lighter.
IAnti 'dins was not proof ag hist his offer and.
resolve, to betray his eountry to i perial Rome.
To furt er his intent he soun ed • is colleague
general, Zabdas,: who held t e o ef•comneand
Zabdas was a dark stern manl, all Egyptian by
birth he had entered thesei • e •ft -he Paiute.-
rene qn en, and by his hravery aucl nowledge of
the art of war had gained hr many ictories. He
it was wihose victorious arm had be back Sapor
the Pere an Empeior, and driv alb] myriads bit -
fore himi like the sands of the c1esc, before the
simoon's blast.
This was the than that Ant oNi s sought to
make a traitor of. Ther met upon he esplei ade
before enobia's palace, which,b ilt upon the
brow of q. hill, looked down tip n. Pa I, yra. The
'Roman e bassy were even thenl wit in the walls
making known Anrelian's terms te.Z nebia. An-
tiochirs d rkly hinted at the offer h had receiv-
ed ham Rome. -Tke -Egyptian le • him to the
verge Of the hilL
A
Cass 'down your :eyes, nay lord " he said—
"you s -el om do—look down t e rno intain side,
down the marble pavement stre ehe • below, an
tell me w 'at you see ?"
" The eight's too great," ans e ez• Antiochuse
bewildere at the question. "Nou ht but the
fragment f a tattered robe thatling• to a Jut-
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'-being ton,.had raised me up so grea , tharnien
would bo before me as a god, a d el..e so mean
the dust nd"scum of earth wer jfit ornpanions
for me. ow answered I the he ald 7 1 dashed -
I
na,' bush." ' L' . . .. 1
1
"Two ears ago„"continsted Z lida , "a power
d as yo diel how, aewards fo . aeli ons wbieh,
ike Rom , essayed to *in melte it aid, The
messenger stood here, as we stand no ; proffer -
the villian over the parapet! T
hyenas di their duty ; and ther
left of him •
Antioch s slunk away. He had 's answer.
He knew h mut be wary of this iiig tiap. ; in
him he. ha, a foe to dread. s
Zabdas , used as he slowly entered the palace.
"Rome panders,, with ' him," he rIurmured.
"Julia the pricel 0 Isis ! price of • reachery !
and yet wh t angel but might tun. a d vil to win
so exquisit a 'need for sin ? , If he wrong her,"
he confirm d, passionately_a "if he betray Pal-
my-ra—if h should bleach the roses from her
che,ek, or s t the current of her tears abroach,
m
ay thunthr rive me, if I will not fall upon hitrt
'
like an aval riche and crush him ' to dnet !" ,
These words revealed the secre of his heart
e stern an iron man of war loved the gentle -
lie, Bu he was soon to learn how hopeless
aZsenthjis obiaad
Pas'i11°sent her answer to Aurelian, and
, - • 1,
informed 1i. ,4 that she would give him battle. to
the last. Z bdas approved of her decision, for he
was her chie counsellor, and she coflijulted him
upon her e ery action ; but ther was one whb
seemed ill a • ease at the prospect q the confiner
ed war. T 's i was Zabdas' favorite officer, a
young Romac named Graechus who forced from'
1 , I ,
his native ci. y by some dark injury, had sought
a shelter at Zenobia's -court. The beauty and
grace of Juli had at once enthralled his heart,
and. his • yo ng wed manly bearing made him a
rival to be fe red by hell other suitors.
Fieding h m thus moody ' Zabdas questioned.'
ilim";Sahsotp°its abuse.
1dadas
fall and you wear still this
lovesickesha etere" he said, "who then will lead
the soldiers o Palmyra against the foe i" -
"Antriochu-a" answered Gracchus, moodily ;
to whom, if , e survives the fury of the . battle,
and ,Persia's - '
e ltures And
flie all that is
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•.if
u a ,er, the queen has prom-
ised the hand of Julia."
The Egypti:n was startled by this reply.
"You drea.o !" he cried, excitedly.
"Dare I t st you ?"- asked Gracchus, swayed
by,a sudden t ought.
"With your whole soul, Gracchus," answered
Zabdas, impressively.
'Can -we hoop our hearts like mortal things?"
'cried Gracehu , impetuously. "Can we ghat outi
from them th 'r menarch love ?"
Why ask e this?" answered Zabdas, with
emotion. - "T you • , you I—love ?"
No, Zabd s; for I know your soul hath but ,
one mistress the world and that is Palmyra's
glory." -
" 0 yes—ye ,"yeturned the Egypti
" Well then,'our love----"
"1 tremble hen I speak, lest you devise me,
but it masters el e—it is my breath, my s-u,nlight,
myehgion' How I love Julia "
• "julia !" ec oed Zabdas,
gasping
. "Like the birds love dayda.wn, continued
Gracchus, too Da ich absorbed in his rhapsody to
heed his . fries d's emotion, "or the flowers, of
fresh rain tha brings them life .anc beauty out
•
of heaven: A d she returns the love"
ri; bitterly..
,
Zabdas shivered at these_wosds.
"Returns it ?" be cried, t emulously. . " y
I
are ,sure of that? She told you BO with her o
lips?"
'Gracchus smiled at the eagerness of the qu se
tion.
"Hath nothing else a voic but the inanimate
and bell -like tone°ue, that a,n were but the will t"
he asked. . "A look, a sigh—it is with thee
Julia declared her love, and these alone 11
nerve me to dispute the gol en prize with pro d
Antiochus." '
" He, Antiochus, love !" cried Zabdas, sco
fully, 1. and such an incarnatede gentleness s
Julia's ; and Why not ? the -nian is human. o
seek her ?" he added quickly. "1 would.spea
..
with!her • , and if she loves you ---Go. go.
I
Gracchus haitened away and the Egyptian w s
left to his own bitter thoughts. Still he had ke • t
his secret—held it in, though it came' spoutin
upward like a flood of burning lava ; and he wa
resolved it should burn him u —cpnsume hiroi
.to ashes before it found an utterance. ' Now
Julia really loved Gracchus, at was to be done.
Why, let them -and he would call on Heaven t
bless them both. A noble heart had the sam
stern Egyptian !
A shriek aronsed him from his sad reveries
and Julia came rushing towards him in B franti
manner. The cause of her alarm was quickie
told. • Gracchus had been that instant slain
struck by a base assassin in the corridor ----a ma
muffled in a inantle, She , had seen the blow,
but not the face of the striker. Her brain seem
.ed bursting, as with distracted accents she told
the dreadful story.
As he hastened to the melte of the assassina-
tion Zabdas, burning to revenge his friend, brief-
ly intorrotated her. I
"Yon s y you marked not well the man who
struck the blow ?" he asked. 'Was he tall or
short r •
" In I the, one glance I had of him," answered
oJfuAlian,4101 ewhere bout the stature
less, upon t
hchenisse.enmefd smn
Gremlins lay prostrate and mot
'spot where
Zabdas understobd it all. They reached
he marble pavement. The Egyp
knelt beside -him and raised his head tend
from the ground, ; He know death's image w
for he had been familiar With his dread pres
'since firalehe flashed his falchion on the ba
field. ' '
I ,
"Joy; joy, my Julia !" he e clairn.ed. "He
is net dead !"
!
" •
Not dead !" grasped Juli , with delight
and wonder. ,
i
"No, not deadt, but yet upon he brink of
unfathomed i lake that runs intotensity."
"What Means the rumor of attempted mu
er ?" asked a voice, and looking up Zabdas
held Antiochus with a. pitiless &pressi�n u
his face. ' The Egyptian sprang to his feet
confrunted his colleague sternly.
"See, noble Antiochue, the cursed hand of
some all-sacraligious wretch hath struck life's
the temple !" he cried. "But there's
,
et may live."
uch," replie - Antioch s, coldly, sur-
e wounded man, "the b QW WU sure."
d !I Were you far- ofl when he was
emended Zabdas, quick
me changed. color.
" hc answered, shortly.
awithe wound inflicted?
WHOLE NO. 155
Rome. They were brought into the presence
Aurelian..
hau
the Pride Wit
love forth on
the
ion-
tian
erly the temple."
ell, Upon inquiry
euce badly wounded,
itle- •into the temple.
to prevent the
, Zabdas standin
at his feet, as
Iwounded to the
do this act of ag
the GraCchus sprang
and told hini Of
rd.- cut aWay his ba
be- ak felled by th
pon
and
_
of
hty queen," he said, " the evil of
which you turned our offerings of
the winds. Palmyra is a, name for
something levelled with the dust of earth, and
its proud qneen but lackey to that power she
greeted with siich scorn."
"Taunt on," returned Zenobia, proudl
"were ,I year conqueror I should triumph over
you, so say your worst" -
Aurelian next addressed Gracehus,
--
"See the renegade to honor and to Rome, be
cried, "0» the road to death !" s
"Aurelian, ,answered Gracchus, calmly, "dea h
is to the soldier scarce a terror. Wronged y
your great predecessor on the throne, in Flavi s
Claudius' power mine was a life risk, and fleeiag
here I found a welcome, by my- lanel denied, and
for its love I loved it as my OW11. Kill me—but
I struck at Parthians, and the -Roman mercer-
iiLries, but not pon my sword rests there onedro
of fellow Roman's blood." '
A number 'f Aurelian's„ officers confirmed this
statement. he Emperor smiled benignantly• .
"It would 11 become my triumph. he said,
" to stain it ith revenge. Gracchus, take, in
place of that wrested from you by the Emperor
Claudius, par on and honors from Aurelian. I
While the oung soldier remained speechless
with surprise nd gratitude, the emperor. turned
to Zenobia an thus addresshd her:
:
." We fough against your pride, Zenobia, and
it is levelled n w—so ends our eninity. Wewho
were foes an h ur ago, the causeor quarrel past,
are friends aga n. Beyond the Tiber glitter bright
lands, where y a shall queen it yet, hon.ored an
loved. You h ye a daughter --2
Zenobia inte upted hira with a scream, while
every limb see ed palsied. •
"If she live she lives to 'perish !" she ex-
claimed.
" No ; I issued orders to preserve you both' at
every peril."
"1 have ren ered null your every 'caution,"
she cried, distr tedly. "Should the city- fall,
Zabdas is bourn by solemn oath, lest she should.
fall into Rome's marauding hands, to kill her in
,
it was ascertained that Zabdas,
had last been seer. bearieg. Julia
They hastened with all speed
needless sacrifice: They found
by the altar and Julia kneeling
f in prayer. The general -was
eath, but he had life enough to
)fly. -His sreord was lifted when
forward, caught him by the arm,
• he emperor's clemency. Zabdas
tered sword, and like a stately -
woodman's axe, his stalwart
orm sunk slowl down.
• "The gods bite; you both !" he murmured.
d with these ords the brave spirit fled. and
the noble heart ceased to beat.,
i
i)
altar in
hope he
s" Not
veying ti:
',' Inde
strek f" -
Antioc
'Nor
"How
neither sa
struck ?"
- " How ? a
wounds faMiliar to me ?" .
"True, true," returned Zabd
satisfied. ' -
He summoned his soldiers and
conyeyed to his quarters'and. so cheered Julia
with the assurance of her lover's recovery that
she withdrew with a lightened heart. A portion
of the solder a remained, and, at a iign from Zab-
das, closed in around Antiochus, much to his sur-
prise. '
"What means this ?" he demanded haughtily
—"A ca,ptive !" I
Zabdas raised his finger warningly—that finger
which had soon after pointed the decisiire charge
that brought victory.'
"If Gracchus dies, Anticlehut," he said; and
there was at resonant ring in his deep voice, "to,- .
morrow shall see yeti hanging from the batthi-
Y.
kn w you then the bl w is sure, who
w if given, nor were near when it was
I not a soldier—are not death and
, app'a.rently,
had Gracchus
ments. T
kept hisw
The bafi
as led aw,
ink .of Egyptiati has always
rd.' ,
ed traitor, and would -be -murderer,
y a prisoner. ,
Gracchus (lid not I die ; a1thougl his wound
as a severe °lie he soon began to.ra nd, and An-.
iochus was 'restored. to liberty, - but Zabdas had
a strict wet& kept. over his actions.' Gracchus's
1 ecovery wa
hat Julia
-er daughte
wayed by t
onsent tot
nd they we
eserted lie
thaetisflec
spring o
g oll
ade hatefn
The night
.r, .
abdas rece ved startling intelligence, brought,
y the trust freedman, Alcande, whom he had
s t to keep ah eye upon the scheming Antiochus.'
hastened by the gladi intelligence -
as to be his Zenobia, ' satiefied that
really loved the young soldier, and
e advice.pf Zabdas, had given her
e nion.1 , If the worst ibefelt then4.
onquered (arid° hope had almost
, it were better that , Julia died in
life, with her young heart's 'wishes
n live to share a • cortqaerer's bed,
by. its -shameful splendor.
w s fixed. for the n-uptials -when-
he traitor had ed frem the c4-anjoined the
€4iperor, and it was reported that he meditated
al treacherous as ault upon the city, to take Zen-
obiaeaptive, and to seize the person of the princ-
es at the very altar-and,force her to be his.
Zabdas took energetie means to frustrate the
villain's scheme' surrounded. the temple
th his choicest troops, and whilst the only
-
omen upon'earth that had eve; awakened one
t nder emotion in. his hinely heart exchanged her
v i ws with another—from her, even as a faithful
over her happiness.
•g, he watdied
The nuptui ls were celebrated and Julia and
G acchus wer united, and. in the bli
.)
ss of the mo-
m nt they ere- unconscious of the istrife that
ra ed without. Za,bdas met Antiochus as he led
th- Romans to t1 te attaok, slew him with his own
h nd, and droVe he invaders back. Bat this at-
ta k was only the preliminary of a grand on-
e.' ught that 4ur&ian had pla,nned that night.
oon his seia4 legions began te pour into the
deoted cityhe ew-macle bridegroom, eras forced
toleave his bride and grasp his 8Nttord and mingle
inthe strife. ' Z nobia hastened to place herself
atthe head of he 'soldiers to animate and inspire
m. And f realest in the battle's t toweie-
th
fron
ed. the warliklform of Zabdas the Egyptiart.
night loig the battle raged fiercely in the
stieets, and wheu morning dawned upon the en-
,' sa guined scene Palmyra had fallen and Zeisobia
I anjl Gracchus Were captives to the mperor of
.e
Trous eau in Germany.
," furnished by the bride's pa-
efly of linen, both household
enerally sufficient to last a life -
to the rank and means of the
rich mother buys what is best
The "troussea
rents, consists c
nd body linen,
t me, and adapte
ride, Thus the
a d finest in the shops; the less richeme buys -up
gradually, years 1efore the occasion, good strong
household linen, carefully kept in lavender, and
cit up and sewed by the girl herself When her
marriage is settled. The poorer classes do the
8 me, beginning ahnost at the birth of the girl;
aid the peasant woman grows or buys her flax,
gins it herself, a d lays by a provision of strong
linen, durable as sailcloth for her (laughter, as her
Mother and gran mother did before her. The
pilide of e German ' woman, no 'reader of what
ligossips as one of the
rank, is in her linen -press • and it is exhibited to
fr ends and discuseed wit
chef subjects of a female Oonyersation. It hap -
pe s rarely that any 'well -fitted -out WOMn has
to add any Material:store to her treasure. The
je elry is invariably - the present of the bride-
gre om. He presents to his betrothed the °Ima-
m nts suited to the rank and station he intends
to - ;lace her in. The rich man presents his pearis
an 1 diamonds ; the less rich one, his pretty gold
o aments, the simple artisan, his plain gold
br och, with a lock of his hair at the back, to be
worn by his loving Wife solemnly on grand occa-
sio s to the end of her days, and at the last be-
queathed affectionately to some loved harlividual
as ier best treasure. The wedding -dress is Jike-
%Vi81 graduated.; From the serviceable black silk
of tie artisan's wife, it ascends through all shades
of sefulness—brown, dark blue, gray, light gray,
to the simple white taffetas, and the wetly white
filth e antique. This constitutes no class differ -
enc ; every woman chooses naturally the sort of
which her friends and relations have ehesen
in't lair turn, and the wedding gown,likethe one
clio en by the Vicar of Wakefield.'s -wife, is as
useful as any other article of the " trousseae."
Besirles this, the prudent " middle-class mother
care ully puts into a, little purse the pieces of gold
proe'cled by the "governor" for another I pretty
gown, and gives it to the bride for by -and bye,
when it is wanted, when the wedding, clothes are
soiled, and the young matron does not wish to
wee the old-fashioned things of her "trousseau."
The Wedding gift, we are assured, give rise oc-
casionally to some little grumbling, but even
thesd are inanaged in the -same methodical style.
The ijrst principal is that the gifts are for the
"yo ng honsehold," not for the young lady.—
Accordingly they are invariably adapted to the
rank, station, and means of the young couple, and
arra ed on a preconcerted plan, so that dupli-
cates are impossible ; yet every giver's means and
indiv dual tastes are duly regarded. The result
is that as all is well considered and well -fitted
togetlicr, the young people start in life with a
well-fittccl house, prettier and more valuable than:
would be the case if provided by themselves alone.
From the richest to the poorest household, the
wed ng gifts are ever preserved, valued, a,nd ex-
hibited from pride or vanity or affection- • and no
giver'objects to see his gift treasured for life as
the wedding gift which is to last a life.
ele • ale
TO2-ING THE NAIL.—A man who had purchas-
ed a pair of new shoos, finding the road to be
rather a rough one, concluded to put the shoes
kave been for the shoes."
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under his arm, and walk home barefooted. After
a while he stubbed his great toe, taking the nail
off as ' clear as a whistle." "How lucky !" he
exclai ed ; "what a tremendous lick that would
THE THREAD OF A JOKE.—Old Mrs. Pains
was r ading the foreign news by a, late Arrival.
"Oot n is declining !" exclaimed the old lady.
"Well, 1 thought as much—the last thread I
used *as,rcenarlably feeble."
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VAR IETIES..
Green gages—Young Lovers' vows.
Latest Fashions for Evening Costume.—The
Close of day.
When women come to sit in the jury box, pos-
sibly infants may get to be criers in court
Men are generally like waggons, they rattle
prodigiously when there is nothing in them.
Nothing like a cold in the head to humble a
man. It is pretty sure to bring him to his sneeze.
Why is a caterpillar like buckwheat takes'
Because it is the grub that -makes the butter. -_y.
The man who is very urbane to his *fe before
strangers, is generally- " her bane. " be ind litheir -
backs.
There will be much rejoicing among • usbitnds.
All ;the Paris fashion papers have suspe '-ded pub-
lication.
The man who kan conceal his real kaxakter
a pashun, has g t a giant
when he iz drunk or
karakter.
A young man name4 Turn married a ousin of
the same name, on the plea that "one rood turn. .
deserves another."
A writer i11 one of o r religious exclian es says :
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"I would like to see thinking departinent es-
tablished in our theolical schools "
A Western editor c
'plained that justice ha
the remark that it was
A young man in Old
ing store, and was sent
the clothing store beta
"Them soldiers mu
set," said an old lady,
pass that some sentry is
There are two diaect
some men haw' poor
are not known, arid. the othere becauee t ey are
known. •
Ho' Ho !—William. Rowe was /arrest
Western town the other day for beating
with a hoe—as if a man hadn't a right to
own Rowe
The measles are in Brigham Young's family.
to go around,. and several dozens are left
It is unnecessary to add that there are not enough
a inea,sle.
CAN'T BEAR THE3I.--" never could be r chil-
dren," said a crusty old maid to Mrs. Partin D..
"Perhaps, if you could; you would. iike them
better," mildly replied the old lady.
A would be wit asked his uncle if the
of a bell did not pit him in mind of his ap
ing end. No sir." he replied, "but t
puts me in mind of Tours."
CAREFUL.—A bridge at Denver, Cal.,
this notice: "No Ivehicle- drawn by mor
one animal is allowed to cross this britle-,e
posite directions at the same time."
There is a new song called "Father will
the bill." Miss Joie e considers it a fine c
oition, but her papa can't see it, and Miss
bays it is because he his so dreadful deaf.
A gentleman who had unfortunately brok n
word, is anxious to preemie some cementthee
ill repair it. The same composition with hick
eople mend. their manners may possibly answer.
nsoled a man who come
note. been done him, by
" very lucky for him."
recently:opened a cloth -
to jail ifor it. Reason—
ed to another in n.
t be an awful ishonest
for not a nights ems to
not relieved of his watch."
ly opposite reas e ns why
credit—one beca se. th -
ey
d in a,
is wife
hoe his
tolling
roach -
rope
Sports -
than
u op -
settle
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Jones
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his
, The Inventor of Spectacles.—�n, a tom stone
t Florence is this inscription " Here lies S lvm-* o
Armato d Armati, of Florence, the inventor of
spectacles. May Gd pardon his sins. The Year
13'1'8A.'r'thur," said a ood natured father to his
young hopeful, "I did not know until to -day
that you had been whipped last -week," "Didn't
you pa ?" replied the hopeful, "I knew it at the
t the. '
I Ain't a going to live long, mother" said a wo-
b gone looking youngsterone day, to his maternal
parent . "Why not, pray ?" "Because iny pan-
taloons is all tored out behind," was the conclu-
sive answer.
A KIND OF CONUNDRUM —A dinner was given
recently to parties just back from Europe. One
of the hosts asked. what flower are our guests
like ? They came over in the China and they are
dining at the Astor.
BA.R.Num Itic.irr.j rude fellow once told Mr.
Barnum he had neva exhibited anything that
wasn't a bareface humbug: "Yes, I have,"
said Mr. Barnum, 11. the bearded lady wasn't
barefaced."
WILL-AINOITS P1TN.—A baek note—an old
dilapidated one, was shown us yesterday, with
piece of 'yellow paper pasted on the, back of it,
on which was written in a told, free .harid, Go
it Bill, I'll beck you !"
• An erring Indiana hen was recently found in
the back part of a hardware store, where the mis-
guided fowl had strugg,led for three weeks, trying
to hatch out half a riozen white porcelain door
knobs. . 813.0 was very Much reduced. '
"Well my dear," ;aid bur good pastor, at
Sunday school, to a tow headed urchin. I am
glad to hear you are getting to be a Ipetter bo."
"Why, sir," said little Joe looking Up with grave
earnestness, "gosh I ain't been sick 1'
CANDID, STATEMENT —An honest lady in the
country, *hen told of her husband's death, ex-
claimed ---"Well, I do declare, our troubles never
hen,: and now Mr: Hooper has gone too, poor
mcoamnel,a,lone ! ain't a week since I lost my bet
e
A preacher in Waushara, Wis., has bee x dis-
charged for being personal to. his hearers. He
said "If you should take a barrel and fili it with
Holy Ghost, another an4 fin it with whiskey, and
call this congregation lup and let you take your
choice, the whiskey would be gone firet," •.
THE QUESTION OF CREMATION, or bunfing dead
bodies instead of burying thein. for a long time
discussed, has again been mooted in respect to the
victims of wee. A medical commission has been
named in France to examine the subject. In ordi-
nary graves, the natural decompositi.bn of bodies
produces deleterious gasts,4he injuriOua action of
which is now admitted. 'by all hygienists. The
quicklime added in large common trenches to has-
ten the destruction of bodies does not prevent the
disengagement of infectious emanations froth all
these putrid corpses and penetrating through the
layer of earth which covers them, Thei busireese
M hand is not to substitute in ordinary c es..*
funeral pile of interment,, but to as
;mount of danger caused, after a great
urvivors by the inhumation of a great n
corpses withiut a narrow space, and to eine,
whether rtheir combustion would not have gr
advantage.
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