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" ' Let us not be desirous of vain-glory , provoking one another , envying one another . ' " ' As ye would that men hbwld ' vii * W pm > Ao' y »* iae iotfhetti likewise . " - " ' Behold low good aiid how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity . ' ¦** Bob not $ ae pear »« a , * ecanee heie j >« or ; meilHwr ^ pt < ert tJh « - « ffiiotediti ^ ej * te : ' ' *' JSrcun the Jiumepous anecdote * la these pages , Illustrative *> f t 3 ke , gingular superslitioias of tie ^ gnorant Arabs , we wjll _ select one or two , as interesting tp libue jjenecai jreader , and characteristic besides of fche life of these people :-r- ~ " Daring aa eclipse of the # noan wdiiph I witnessed « t laws , the di ^ hargjof « f jguns asd pistols , . towawli 0 x&i luminary , was so great , that , at Erst , I apprehended * ithert ! he approach ¦ of as hostile atrxnjr , or an internal revolution . It may be as well to mention here taat the common loilirfis , that a dragon is carrying on -a flreadfurt coirtert with the inoon , * u 4 1 b flbieg all in % Sb powwta devour her . The result of this coafiet ttefog , aeccwBng to 4 b » « iflgnh opinion , <» f » aa « t * eti ) nfi aattm * , tbe « sai * iaB 8 *© bring ifrto i »*» acfigjrftal iernigarc « % na < toat . it ifcestidred that , should the struggle continue longer than ! tnev&f-f < nx hanm * . the iahahitftnte-af 4 hk ? w « rld would be d « wiedip ^ prrpnfcujJ 4 ackn «« . or tbemoM woaldte jifc * of
-anejuU hencaeiihe toxocaod-consteroatjoa eMjr-eesed ^ m the cpnnteoancea aB— ^ jroung ana . ! - ola ^ snale ^ QdiiaBO « as > priest and laymen , bond ana free- —are "beyond citraception : A 3 * ay \ j describing flSs very . scene in a Jetter Jo a . friend of hers in » $ cetl » kJid 4 . says , * 1 ^ oifld not but i : feBlBoxry fin-ipairy ttf'fhwBTtoor-peo ^ e , u dheygfufl , witk their faces ^ ra 3 e from ' fo ar ^ l trembling frdns head to foot , gazing on tfee daAsiwtf -tniwsir-witk § ail « j » e ¦ ekrawrtaww ^ Oattd at the sarae ^ KM wyUUliagiin + afcrod Wiee , "Tbtte is s » tied kiaiiSo ^ mA IHVIiimmhI m lilin ' apoedeof < B » 4 i" In order to encourage the faithful , a procession , composed of about thirty- ; of their teachtt ^ j » ooB « d ^ , iwithiaHt » BB » awn » # the « i ££ afc * ^ uack jpaoe , . ( riiantiig npa ^ n j ptawra «>»^ & * aspflntions from the Koran . By the time the eclipse was over , the powder ; andsballs hwagw ^ wyatpd the people JtesnaeiEesx&Aac « d J % Mtnjutt hoarsaneaa , the ^ vaJ became ^ ca&i ^ w jaare ^ uieti ana wlen £ he jooon one © more xnade jber appearance ,. ' HsEh bejgan tp aa ^ Sc * &st she trad not teen ovetttome byttie -nionstw , fcutfcad ^ sinea « ii »** k £ - £ < ory . * The trafl $ flnTi | y aad composure of the jEnropeans daring this total eclipse of the ^ moon Ksinu ^ ilo tnu prase onv Ascab fi . iw > 8 g ^ cjUocilin < g Ty . - , wVjliwft mttbtst- ttmne jto-coa-- j fsowderaorw screaming . AH our attempts to explain the phenomenon to them , as well aa ' ewrjr ; e * wt ^ nd fwat wt tikar a&Mnidi ^ tft ttMir jpwwiMiffinjiji , j > cwed fratfikrwy j » 4 ;< ¦ ojjiy < jaoeniefl to katitate tflwae victims of ignorance and superstition . " . .. ,- . . , . :. ;\
The ibilowi&g ^ pe seriously recommend to the notice of . « mm J&tc neaderiu It < 0 fa £ ke 6 iu 4 lK > more ori g inal tfaan hysterics , investing the « ftpaoe »« Gs ? the la&Jr ^ witk ^ a ! vetfgjkms sanction , so to speak : — \ •• ¦ . •¦ ¦ •" :. ¦ •; ,: v ¦ : ; M AmoBgeA . tbe "many other absurdities common among the African f fwntflrC * Mr > l » tmt caUefl ^ enwiaSBaflt , or the feast for the 4 evil . The circumstances connected w&MtJBttitta &bfio «» ng 5-i- : . ... " The Jenoon , or devil , causes a lady to" fancy some article , either < ff dress or jeweHery ' and tintil her husband ^ the lady is always a married one ) procures her the article , the Jenoon tormente Irer in 'roe most pitHea g- manner . Bt ^; fn « 4 ortneater 4 b « dt urtiEfied to «•* the lady in possession of a fine pair of earrings , a handsome dress , a niee diamond pin , or rather for the
gold bracelets , but he mast have somgfkin ^ ifor hiinse }^ or trouble , and that something is nothing less than a splepflli jc « st of ' 3 idx £ exclusively . I , however , was permitted , by particular favonr , to attend one of £ hese feasts at Nabil , the ancient Neapolia , ^ nd am therefore able to furnish my readers with a brief description of it . ' " The room in which it was celebrated was beautifully illuminated , and surrounded witl ottomans , npou which th « ladies , amounting to forty , were luxuriously reclining , amongst whom was the lady possessed Jbythe Jfcfuoa . ' AJl ^ rf tbem ^ qre beautifully dressed , and atone of them , judgwg from their appearapce , were more fhaa forty years of age , thoogih there wrere- « waB w * o ^ r «» UtiSSL ' uk 4 bev tMnsi AJbulbtilbma ttaw&a , £ mk mutnwto L
aujnaer m bw « ght ja , »» r iuwan ( i 8 % ttm ^ ioapito SitLef JBtfhar / w » s , iif cour » e , jMfc . acdnoed- They * ll M&t down , on the nround , and some w 3 £ h wooden spoons , 'iHm&tiilwrs witaiiaieir tanfls , partook fteerytrf 4 l » fto « . I m » unoMt *» joiathelB , « rtdc « ai . tfd att ( b luMU «^ 4 toflBaBaiBrt » iieianHii ^ « ii ^ ja . ^^ . , , ¦¦ .. . . . ; ,. -. ,...,,. " After sapp i er , they all took tEeir former places ; and . a banc \ rOf niusic ^ Tieg sn striklip ^ op some of their natipnal tunes . All the ladies sat qtne * , ^ 6 H' -of -a saiihien « ne « f <^ ian ^ » Tomig ^ onMmrf « fcei * *« Htf 4 « n * ft , iantb < ma : t * aauat . ivhet * X . &mvmmm : W 9 * el $ tr * p « a ? al 4 > t | i « t %# a » w ^ nRhMiling jajpij ffy roiLod s « nd all of them worlwd ^ bMunselvcs into Buon * fixoz * , fitat from ^ reifkness fl » ey fell to the around , wnere -tBerlayi tiR ^ fecorer ing thtfli < Li « ijjtti , ¦ fliey a-at ^ iiwM Wil uB * tfwir iW iim— lUiUi—t « a „ iwiiwtjhi liini JEUb lady wibh fin Jcmon *** « iMi ^^| p ( il ^«» i 4 iif ^ tpman : SKhen £ h * yiatori had tittyhjcil acd Uietr
then- amneaDBeftt ^ , ssiie started q ^ foUpwed example ^ » na when she , IDfce tlie others , was Btretfhefl on tin noor , tim of Uttc ^ Byeetotofi ut oBe ^^ jto mlcefl wh < l prtJdtetalHM fancied , 'to ^ hidisat'Aiaifa n » « plfi ^ ei £ ogaHr ^| es < aeaitQ «« d 8 fv 0 wl 1 ai « iQlB 6 ; ofr 4 raB | tj asking whather &he wkhied . ^ tny j > jf 4 h « ai a and wheu the artScde which the Jenoon Tafly ¦ desired , was mentioned ^ 1 » lieve 4 ^ 4 hafift 5 j gB 16 sq 8 d « nirj starreJ up , « nA tins-TOB thengnal Aat the Jeaoon feaetvm nuartlaiml « cmtttA
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* UO « L&r * , tXF £ Of XA-BJDjUt ... . , . Jervrte Canekm . The Jjtfh tof , &wolaau > X ^ vdatia , of Jddkm ^ $ J Henry ' ifoxlejr , Author of " Pidissy the Patter . ^ 2 vols . Trice IBs . Chapman and BmB The reaxfing pnolix ^ and even the edhtilarly 1 few , have reason * o % e f cary grateful to Mr . Mortey far lire fmillent and pafisionate'ceaiiritkwfaialtltefaaiB studied and peprodaeed inflcotnldble flaansrt ^ SaSboArf ^ &nieii yojNw fiua ^ oi !^ now < anly manwu . Betouurd £ * iias ] r , Weaadipe , i Goia » d ^ efuaie ^ * nd C « r ( ia » were ailirortkinfiaring « iiNwt . $ i » ut Jhitherjbo the wiaters who hm& undertaken to tell us about them have done so in a perfunctory style , tantalising and misleading . Mr . Morley writes & £ these men becarrae lie Itaa arttwiied wa ; he has studied tfhem . Ibecanse le loves Ihem .
iJardaa is a . grevt name . Onoe it wap « liaascireAft ^ vwd « cbea « rljr Europe ; the signature to an the wiadem of ^ nc 4 geH ( v » d » m in ^ hieih , / as always , 110 inconsiderable amount x > fuir «^ dom-fer « 0 BAeA ^« nd jet ^ ( fo r 4 fiil that wid « celebnt $ , Oacdan 3 s now only a name , except 4 o a few ^ catteoed acholars . W < e have ourselves a somewhat tnnnivoroufl taete , a : vd in rsttgiag through vast Iihrariee of forgotten ceWbriiy , it tieems strange thatwe ( shovM never hcur-e fallen upon one of Cardan ' s troolcs z h « ^ rablisSed « me iMmdeed and thiflty-onei Mr . Morl ^ y lctts been tamsacking ^ eee-r-or » ach <» f « h * m jisTie ia the ten folio volumes of the collected ^ edifjion —«* 4 vr ^ vriaf -together all the scattered facts , dates , and hints , has produced , for < £ be £ r « t time , a biography of Cardan . For the first time , aad Cardan died in 1576 ! The labxHEr must iwre keen imunenBe , but it wae a labour of love . A curious ^ mftuoe we get in tkeee voluaaee of life in the sixteenth century ,, and especially of tlie ecfcolar ' s life ; but tl * e picture is only cuxao . ua j itlie
«» fea * i ^ » uag a » Bngepua ^ r , w ^ ated * hat * alt « f style wWclijalaiie laseserves wntings and « ivei & * m a « waart ^ % . ~ OprnJ * sooa beoM » B ^ I tujuated ^ nsors ox . coawnonplaaes i tylejalooe . peSsr Cardan ' s © DiniSs me far the j ^ et part of those whlefe aeomesfe d ^ pgesr fron » i ^ Sena « f < fa * ctwao . n , and can os&y arow- mtereet ma iristoricall y , L «* t « b take as a ssmpie liis prond araenee of metoposcojrjr , vod hear Ifoi Moitey 5 m it : — *¦ &sftw wards will etplaki the a » tore ^ rf ^ dK ^ Boe ^ < X lijaes smw the < &re ) nacL it « !«^^ ^ Ihe ^ ftp ^ c ^ tto ubtf ^ e . the poe ^ ihe au ^ tionr ^^ a ^^ SottkSS Abe oasmottan uto , U i « ke «« t Ajanroer time ; tintt » to may ., in -tl » jnonm * , when ^ ne EsbjvetHif itiuis aa « t |» ate « i ftst . a ^ iiBrahe ^ wa ^? nM ^ ped . « itbr K 3 araan « B ^ « u « li « e t 3 m hea ^ haw . b ya aia on nturpped ^ eat Jy Qall * s a jJimnolayat . ^ itca line * draro at ^ ual ^ TMaftCfla . ^ c ^ RWa ^ ui othCTriitifria wit ally « cr «» 4 fce * i » leS > rAead , t « inninK claw . » f ^ . *^*«^« P ^** % ' ^ iw »?'« ¥ •*« . ¦ fcPBKfcHR ^^ jtti . ibb wni amta vW # uet
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W H ** fli ^ e br * m , . tx ^ om , W . ic «^^^ m « ll £ T ^ 6 ^ kii ^ , »^ MhmAJbn-will ke ^ Kraas ^ od Aitem ^ £ « i % «»*» pt ti ^ % a » HaaM& ^ tffitlwr jiiwiiJiJrgbnft t ^ BgMj ^ rihyv inrt l ^ i ^ p » n « iof t ^ itl » « ita ^ ^ adi 3 ietttoeniu ) £ ¦«*« , 4 hat « vtnmm ^ o ^*** rt ^* i » a ^^ : &emm * \ i \ t ** m ^^ wm «* nttar ^* aa » y » woo « MiiB « f rtiM «« Btcci | tn « s 4 anife * £ n& £ marin < 4 u « £ « Mtoi > 0 a < sndUwtah *« Iw ^ d to « ¦¦ ci . ohaAeni . : V m \ mmn w ^ hi ^^^ S « ABr i ( A , S « k' ^ little to the left of where the rimrpto ¦ ir ^ nrm'fl ^; T # 111 ^^ ** 8 ? jii- - - i-y . * ' -4 ' t , ' . ! : f--- " 'il ¦¦ : !;¦ < * Hi . "Jw . 'rt el " .- ' ,. ' •> ; 'i .- \ - . f 4 ( / v , rr , " 3 ,.,.: .., -V «» ; Tlie prubfishea wodc » iirfilregmeot rf i ^ eOTfire 1 ffe «^^ wK ^^^ made to explain on thosanlejirmd ple * ^ BTritettili > e of 1 m ^ tt ^^ n ¥ 1 o ^ «^}^ av « I . tM foot , they . being discussed ai *« atepW ^ wtoi ^ % i « B « h ^ 1 »« w upon the forehead . Such w «* ft * nsmife tftrtwned , * y % mWing one fifeetocime © -tm «» tier ' : AMmIoW W « d npoa —trmwnitta tiiheervBtMBB ; yitu ^ bawd ny « i < fcr « rth—i »« ta * hhiw ttaagM ?? nwttar ; Irt ««| fc 8 fo *» py iwae 4 '"< ttpi :, Aati ' ology' - attiw bawd Bpon * iao » -iig «^^ M « i ^ Sfpaef ^ ytMi ^ <« ra »^^ >~ ; - ¦¦ \ ; -- > , : ' .: ^ .. If we * ne to fi » di anywlwiw watter * t for jwegeai si « e » it wi be in Jbifl
^« odc * fJE ^» e ^ t ^ * r-wiei « B Gaida « iTi 6 ^ « w «^» r » ed « xp € r * aastce of life . Mr . Morleyiiafl extracted ^ erearpage »« f joceiotjpla ^ . ° tro - iyiJi , 3 > 0 ErOTf ft ^ j ^ i ^ * . ¦ / . ? -. ¦ . ! ,. r ^ .. . ^ . « yiwirtue » * M fair « Bdiionwa ^*» il j' ]^ fi ^ t » dfi we jMco ^^ - ^^ in ^ yt ^^^ "MP ^ -: ¦ ' : ?• ¦ • ¦ ¦ - • ¦ ¦ " ¦ •¦•¦ ' ' ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ¦ - - ^ - , ¦ . ' - . /•^ - * S £ so « rti ^ a | toodimaiear J »^ aa > mM ^ ¦" , . "tiwjoyoualy ^ » ieayou * re , ablt ) 5 « efl *«^« m dpmi ^^«^^ ,.,. , . ;; ,,. . * W * msmksx tkat * family is held fc <^ thef , w £ by fear orby iw ^ ^ ^> fc g » Mi obaldren , imne >« r farotben ; yMeati « ui * veryi « i ^ h tf of i ^ ei ^\( r ^ fl or . tiua Bw ^ W pMRk ' .- ' .. ¦ -. ; . , 3 , J j _ ; ¦• - ) : ¦ ' >¦ ' . V' * , i ; . ' -4 / . . »•!» . ' - > , > ' -r . * --r ; "* , * . ¦ ¦ ' \ rHiii ( " "* 'f ' ¦ - * •*? A ^^ aaArft ^ towifth » k ^ ieo mucUcarw 8 f « 7 iiiup « iU .- tiewfrwi taj » T » ed- . „ ^ BwJ r ac » ¦ MtMrtn e apA wotdK ^ eftmkih ^ , ^!^^^ *^^ ^ w . aeBtrryo . aer , ,.,,-,:. ^^ JBWt ^ A Mk ^ tib ^^ l ^^ fiej ^ 1
^ DdariBtiiei « i 4 k > U ^ mal . " ' .. !( . ; / . "" . . . / . . .. ' : •' . /• . i . ? , *'; , ;; .,. * * .. - ; ^ ITliare 13 great f ^ r ^ j of phra ^ in i ^ tft last precept , a feftcaty-fre fiM eiftewh « reaa Cardaa , ^ uch as «^ iani ' ''Ite ' tB ^ fitei ^ ''t : «»^ . ^ a ' ' wi » ^^^ iBiy ^^ 'Jt # ^ fi ^ a . alittle ieai , «* d * oi tr a ^« It ioji * r - 35 ^ 5 ie . » o * 3 n « 4 i » p ^; lepf net t&Rgettto add'itihmtiMr . Jkfi » fley Stnudf bead < oA « Miariike ifoUc ^ i « H * iyi ^ : ofnihe >< 8 A'wwlwa amongifaimihkiov ^ estiokeepfeikMrsnn >< ^ -tte »^ for :: »» at » ampte , is one w ^ ich B * oon or ISefldon anight tare fa ^ erodr ^ Ai ^ jnay lie aiw * i | Atim < iij » < mi 1 v manciiaushter ' ttbon ' truth . lMit % iv ' a iia ^^ lld : 'SninatsHCftea « miaffiboaiiiNa irutU * Lw * yB w « alh malice aforeihoughi apTI > eTiiteTy ¦ bmbqWaiL ' < " ' ¦ ' ' .-¦ ¦ ¦ >'¦ ' . -U ' - ' - ' . 'i ¦ . ' , ; l : - -
story wants the iMerest which -riwafeed tbe life of P&lisgy .. Cajcdam ' ^ strangely ^ onstdjbuted auiid—Jus eupearBtition , hie soiencc , hie weakness jrnd -his strength , las lust few fame , has daring ardour of research , his dissolute and studious « ways—are happily set fbeibre us . He was " one of the few men who . can be at once -versatue and profound . He sounded new depths ia a great , many sciences , broug-ht wit into the service of the dullest themes , dashed wonderful episodes into abstruse treatises upon arithmetic , and left belrind him in kas ^ writrogs proof a £ a . wider 'knowledge ami a more brilliant genius than lasually went in those days to the making of a scholar . * As mudi as tuny man will deein'c in these buny times to know of Cardau and his opinions will be found in Mr . Morley ' s nnoium . ee ; Xi > r Cardan , with
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' PBQGaiBSS « QCF SCJM ^ CE- . ¦¦ ' -. - ¦ ¦" AsuwK tflScbaqfc Z&Qtmery ; or , Year-book of Fact * « i 'Science and Aft for 191 * . mt&fyi >^ A . Wm ; AM r r ^ Mtbner jmaf ^ . IPhib < isATOliMfcle j ^ OMaHmL . Jtt w % bt . Ibe anede inralnaMe fcy * lit «^ more cure and sj ^ te « , but ' suoh tiart ^ we corrimena ft ; lo tire attention ^ f &w ajeaderai , las a brief xegeKtoxry of' 13 kb grtxikhtg ^ tacpveiieg ' m . BoBQce ^ S&& the inoert -uarful applica ^ mw t rf Science to Art . Here you utay T « ad what hae Immor done au-Medtuutuos , Katuxal , iPhjloflopliv : j Chemifltry , , ABtronom ^ ,
Meteorology , € re « 3 » gy , , 16 o » logy , Botwoy ; Mmetato gy * < Geogf « pihj , JbMaqiutifiB , ^ c Xt 3 s coooj ^ Led iroxo : Biepoxtfi * f ^ odetiea , jfiromnewspaper cuttings , «« doiiiex « ni 3 « r aoaitrc&s . ; « nd « i « n ^ U . ed W 4 tibott £ « nj # &hmpi & , 0 Qgaxumr tion . line mere opaipiS ^ ott $ 8 useful . But 1 » a » oientrfic , * ge Itkeonrs v « e need sonaatlux ^ g joare , ^ ST « t to aoentSon ihe 5 nc < mgEui $ y of onoitti ^ g argaajj ^ CaxeaMrtry , and IBiodogy , iromthe » naah *< of « oi « nee > andi 0 f admitting Anti-^ nu tieB CO Among those anmals ,, -we must object tto the xude fcogmentarr ^ raj aa ^ bidh « aoh « abj « ot is tveiLted .
In Germany tUej havra publication of tfhevery highest value ,, CamlaWs Jiahresberieht ) wherein the yau-ious scienceB are coufided to the care of various and authoritative writers who * ' report progress" each in his own departjaeat . It is loo much to Iiope from England oa- America any such philosophic and eauteneive publication ; fcwt conopileEB of books like the oae before us aniglit at least take a hint from Canstatt . Oxib io £ idae gnaadeure < of Scienoe is its rapid and ever-o-enewing canqueefc over 1 fhe material world . 5 Vesh ironderdi rise around -us « very year . Yestea-day it was discovered that linen rags lay the aid of sulphuric acid wouiii yield more than their own weight of sugar , and that mivduet is s \ xbcoptible of oonvtorsion into a substan&e analogous to bread , both wholesome and mtbrirfciouB , a discovery which HersoheU aays rendece famine next to impossible . To-day it is discovered tfhat sunljghtis a painter -worthy of not
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Leader (1850-1860), April 8, 1854, page 331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2033/page/19/
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