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1. Ex 4 h .1 “l 2’“. . .. s. A V: ,r ., ,V F ..».ra,«v_.v~vv\z.fx,f.A‘,A Man, =-_.,v~ .,‘./'_' “fin/s,» . -",- x. . ', "la'fvr, flefifl'Wri,~ Ma‘s/"(‘v' ,1." .-“~"/ y‘wflfa' u“ «..r' x ‘1’ VVI‘V ~, , Y V” s - v v.9; wvygvuv s 3 in the- lwill keep. I’ll just hang about here till daylight and wait for my gentle- mail. "And I’ll follow him to the end of the earth.” ‘ Meanwhile Henson blundercd on ibiindly, fully under the impression lthai. Merritt was still upon his trai1.i cm..." 1 One of the hounds, a puppy, three} ,parts grown, rose and playfully pull- ed at his coat. It was slicer play, but at the same time it was a terris bie handicap, and in his fear Henson lost all his horror of the dogs. nil...rirumm..mi} I I 'I 1 1 l "muinf “1.0050, you brute,” he panted.I “Let go, I say. Very well, takc’ tiiatl’l Ile paused and brought the heavy stake down hill on the dog’s muzzle. _ ‘ There was a snarling scream of pain, CHAPTER LVI. and the big pup sprang for his as- . . almOSt: Before this time lg'm‘-”"“"5' sailaiit. An old grev hound came Henson took his weary way in the. I Shun .buarrested. But rm going up and seemed t.“ tafce in the swim direction of Brighton. He had but to have my 'fivengeancc first," “On at a glance. With a (mop growl 3' 10“ pounds he 00”“ can ms own’l 'llle last words 01.1an With intense be bounded, at Hanson and caught- and ROL nee-1'13” enough to get awayidelibcration. There was no mistak- hsm by the throat Before the pan- from the country, and at any momâ€"I my. their Significflncm Henson (helm demus. impact of that fine free Spring ant .110 mlght be arrcsitod' EC wasied it Wise to try anOthCY Lad“ ltlenson went down heavily to the afraid to go-back 1to his lodgings for nl' was “Tong,” ho said. humbly. ground. few of Merritt. rlilat Meriitt would “Help!” he gurglem "I. am Very verv sorrv; I lost my kill him if he got the chance he felt, “01.. ‘ ’ . “- - ” . .w . . . , -.'e and not irlrlitened, Mciiltt. . l '. certain. And Merritt was one ° 5 lull" _ 0“ But there is time yet. You, always The WOI‘l'r £110.?“ doggeg pullout types-Who 0.5”“ make more money with me than With fixed. the pgnclerous weight pressed wfmt‘l’l .any time my the gratlficatmn anybody else. 'And I'm going all the breath from Henson’s dis- OBI_?}Ftpen3eallcfg;tL ‘ .t . !_ abroad presently."’ tressec‘ lungs. He gurgled once again till . was pic y tel am to . JO “Oh, you're going abroad, are and gave a little shuddering sigh hgfngmg about for his .Oppomumt'y‘ YOU?” Mel‘l'ltl} 811m. SIOWIY- “00mg and the world dwindled to a thick 0.1 the whole the best thing would be to travel in & Pullman cm. and put Sheet of blinding darkness. .'to walk straight to the Central ._ . . i w . - . _ , H up at. all the Com ts ot ItuiopdAnd (To be Contmued. Brighton Station and take the firstl I'm coming as Chim- Secmtary to the ) , Men, summing? 3.5.3.4 yo’m "lodgings under his wry cy:3 “Help! help! teeth had been firmly train in the- “301.11ng to town‘ There Grand Panjandrun’i himself. Sounds â€"â€"'+â€"â€"â€" he comm Sec ("atesâ€"Who 35 Val? knew an allurinn' kind of programme ”" E nothing-find; from him it would ilci “I. .5 5, ' . ' w l " - u (11 l a u d_ bossible to borrow a hundred or; 11 glu’ you ‘3’ h n 0‘ 10 n S x to get away with if you willâ€"â€"â€"" {323$ zéferg‘?;sigdcés 3:2; And there _ “Got a hundred pounds of my own SCHEMES INVOLVING" MIL' ' Henson-trudged away fo’r a mile or in my pocket at the present m‘om- LIONS OF Pounns. so over the downs. Then he cameien'“ was the mmxpecmd reply‘ AS .7â€" you gave me away, consequently I Ratepayers Thlnk the County (1 A . th. . . ' , . , . - camasurflhsnmmewwmmmmm to earth anam ‘5 4 sh do .H id t he planked down a hundred canaries ' ' ° ' ‘ a w sum“ 0 like the swell that he is. So I rise from the ground, a heavy clutch: . . r' v u - i m r n or ' our ‘ *‘ ‘> -‘ was on hls shoulder, and & hoarse! don t “ant 5o 1 to in y it By a maJonty of G- votes the Lou Voice was in his eat ‘nlmmy Am}, I’m $01112; to finiSh You don County" Council‘has decided [0. “Got; your) the voice said. upngfll; allay. . spend £1,700,000 orthe ratepayers’ knew they’d kick you out yonde? 13".”.ng Smile was Domedpvel.‘ Hen“ money in the erection ol a stately and 1- guessed yowd sneak homé} son 5 head. lie couldsee the gassed home for themselves and the Council across the downs. 'And I've Part 97ml m 111133111“?an 1001 Ill 30 stall‘ on the banks 01' the Thames. { cmwmr eunuuunwfinnlswwestpsmw -'. , â€" - 1. 0‘ f" l_, r ' i ' 5.3 acres an ing on esnlinser= piif‘s'iigii; 1.51132 ak?::ks(Â¥ioii%%:t2:dl at MW”?- 5 “3’” W ind the Urith the. side OPPO-‘ilw incl bigger man than Merritt, ~but heI knouea fingers downf. “16 Flex? “‘9‘ Houses Of Parl‘mn‘fim- F0" “)0 was taken unawarcS, and his halves”Stunt and he had mm?“ Hewitt? LlulSlUOn Ur “‘0 Site the estllrlafedl had been sadly shaken of late. thumb to the bone- With a “cry 0! cost is £600,000; for the building; Merritt forcud him backwards until, Iago and pain the stone was dropped. and foundations, £1,056,090; inn” 10,. he lay on the turf with his antagmiâ€" HPI’S’IO'}, S'lat’chcfl it "p and. lam-V the COHSLFUCUOH 01' a Dilbllc I‘IVOI‘ 6117-- ist kneeling on his chest. Ho dared Into“ Morn“ Ofl 1313 Chest “'lth 3' bankment in front of the “181111.10le not. struggle, he dared not exert blownl-mdcr, the Chm" , I. terrace, £44,000. The charge on; himself. Presently he might get a Mtg-“m 1011“? OVCI- 0n.m-e glass the county “we inv‘il‘pf‘l liy an cxâ€"l chance, and if he did it would Di and Henson was on his feet. in an Illâ€"lpenditure of £1,700,000 ,8 about! hard with James Merritt. Stalit. .Fhe great stg'r'le fVOl’lL down £84,000 a year, decreasing by about! “What are you going to do?” he, perilously .near to ‘filel'l‘ltt s‘ head. £935 a year as we debt is paid on", gasped. i btill snailing and irothing fiom the SAVING EXPECTED. pain Merritt stumbled to his feet and Council Is Spending Too Much Money. fairly t 13,92,133} .d"°“',.,fi “83 inlgéied St‘me‘ dashed a blow blindly at the other. Against this has to be M F110; Gulf} _'S “in “l I one 00 ' . in point ol’ size and strength there SilVlng_Wh‘Ch'l-‘i fl“Ute Promematlcal" 1T- gomg to bash YOU? brains Henson -â€"to be effected by the abandonment, was only one in it. Had . . stood up to his opponent on equal 0t “10 PFC-9011‘? UmCGS NOW occupied terms" there could only have been one by the comm“ and the Sm” db 41" out with this," he said hoarsely. His eyes were gleaming, and in the ~diln l'lrh; ~ " - . . . ,... . £13,: 11‘1.I:;§°‘:t0},1n‘7afo 5?: like a 16.132161; issue. But his nerves were shattor- annual 00“ 01 £38,709 103' The «I: l: g _- file a 1 9- up he was nothing" like the man he Finance Committee estimates that chaé with you first, and then down this comes on the top of your skull, and .it’ll smash you like a bloomin' eggshell. Your time’s come, Henson. Say your prayers." > had been two mouths 38-0 At the the ‘ultilnate increase on the net first onslaught he, turned and fled to- charge beyond what is now paid Wlll wards the town, leaving Merritt be £50,000 a year. standing there in blank amazement. Appfll’el'ltly beilause two “the? CUSt' .. y.” , . - . ,, “Frightened of me,” he muttered, 1y schemes involving millionsâ€"the! whgbcgg‘a I whmed‘ And “But this ain’t the way it's going to condemning of 92 .llOll-])l‘()\'l-'.lctll Morritt rocked ' heavily on thel finish.' schools. and the electrification and] 0th,,er bmwtbmm ,Lhnoqt stifling} He darted off in hot pursuit; he i-e-acqiliSitlon of the lease of the h. 'L. r f... u’. ‘ M " n .raced across a rising shoulder of the COUDCil’S NON/her“ tram“’ays~“'el‘0 1m. “at? he said, scollliigly. lhe until after the East“ Pleasing mixture of 0'in and few ini hi” and “it on. Henson's retreat The adjol‘f'md 11:8 tin-0.11: ‘wndv d" hi, Hfth latter turned and scurried back in vacation, the " ‘ ’ “e n mu" “ lthe directim f L rl-r ‘- 0‘ hit fr. to 'ndul e in the 00,1qu hoarse than “sum “Not, . ' 1 0 ongCLan Giango, (. 0e 1 9; make up "I. pi‘aVer' And you ‘1, 1~e,,.u_ With Merritt hot on his heels. He at new home for themselves. ’ ‘ - ‘ - ‘ .3 coulo. not shake the latter oll’. HIGH TAX 1113,1111 lar dab at all that game! Why I’ve . . , -- . . -, ’ . _, Merritt was ploddinw dOn‘gedly on 1 I , . . - .. , x I seen the u omen snivcllin like babieslpretty sure Of his a 5 He was ’1he Loncon, iatepeyel is actualgr majority of members luxury of . .~-- rsine. .- - . - . v i when you’ve been ladlln’ it on . I . . 1‘9 Showing Signs oi lesentment at the. lard as n. 115 ~ - _ ' ' - . . . . Heavens. what & Chap you would hel r1 (1 ( d r11 1; ‘1‘ lielfaq. €00ch lll'lllg crushing weight of taxation that tb tt 4 H ' 1d rd, 41 a an 0 (im \lllg, (mite in a . ,, , . 1 ,.,,, 1- r” . on -e pa cl. 0“ you won \1 nwmemunlv “NW h 1 t,” I l .1 thlcatcns to simmech uni. lLl . x.- ‘ , v v , . . r the chaplain!" ’3" Hon‘um" "’ r“ U C 19““ y .Ilorough oi Camberwell Municipal Unless, help came un xâ€" “MCI‘I'itt. .VOII’re crushing the life} Association has decided to issue in- , , )cctedlv Henson W'n‘ - ' ‘ '- . . - v out 01 me. ' inn,“ ‘Thcm “mg .uflf“? 9‘11” m sine Vitations to the entire ratepayers Merritt ceased his l‘OCkillg for a a Whom. mi ,1}? ,J, D; 8” ta 115mg} mt’ societies of London to attend a conâ€" . L I ' \ ' ‘_ , . moment, and the laughter died out ‘3 g M“ amu ' ’u “0113 ferc-nce to discuss means for putting dean vas more. or less a primitive Place, and most of the houses there & Chad: to the alarming wabh 0‘ local taxation. Whatever the cause of the present of his. gleaming eyes. u l _ . , n he :3???E,YE:11:01:8(1bfnfiislgafiggziy had- been in darkness for hours. chaplain's pet, but I can't spare “‘5: lQUE'SliDpezl, he. stumbled. midi state of things, the outlook is unâ€" yuu. pm going. to smash “mt yew Merritt, With a whoop of triumph, doubtcdlv Vorv Serious. wily brain of yours, so as it won’t “'35 “Dally “1’0” him- But it? was In Camberw'ell, a man who 13 tryâ€" be useful any more. I'll teach you 91”?!" 1‘ $413813", and he “'35 30011 80‘ inur to live decently upon an income to put the harks on to a. poor chap ’lԤ_agaul- SUH- “emu-t was “1050' ole say £3 a weekâ€"(illite ‘1 big in‘ like IIlYSCIf~U bfmmd; Henson Could almost feelIcolne . lunfortuiiately bv comparison “Merritt, I swear to you that Ilhls hOt breath 0“ his neck- And he! with, the avci‘ageâ€"iwohld scai'cclv nevel'-â€"â€"" was brimming hem’il-Y 3"“ (“Sims-‘1" pav less than £32 a vear for his: “You can swear till you’re black in“?! him-$0”: WhUE‘St he could hear house,“ To this his raccumulatedl face, and you can keep on. 110"" steadily mom'iltvs lungs were rates would add £14: 83., bringing swearing till your’re lily-white again, working- HC'CUUM 500 the lights Of his; rent bill up a periously nearnalll. andythen it won’t be any good. You Longdcan Grange helm" him; Wit 3,» week ‘And the results are of gave me away to Taylor becausei “1‘3" seemed 3510118“ Way Off, Whilst COurr-C incl-e disastrous still tie the you were afraid I should do you that Steady I’lll‘slllt behind had SUHW‘ mm: ’ ‘ l with the laborer's income of; harm at Littimci‘ Castle. That Ilaisyi thmé‘.‘ 1:?1011t1058‘aud nerve-destroying 25s” 0,. the Skilled artisan-S wage. lit-ll oi a girl there told me so. â€" laboul ll» 3.) .,]._ q - .k. r“ - - j . 1 Thp‘ “my 7 u I. a u, of i... a WCLt a ion in We: . ie "0115-0" smmmd- rt “'35 "at me ‘ 3' b e 10 "(ma Rough the conclusion is irresistible; lise rules least part of his humiliation that a Village “0W; Ilrmls‘)“ gave vent tOl lllt'I‘C girl got the better of him in 0m?“ Cl‘y 0' (lStI‘eSS. but nothing . - - ' u' - ’ . â€" this way. And what on earth had: 0‘4"“: 01‘ it bl”? the mocking echo of $10,120,; ogveillglyowmn" and 4“ It’s at she known of Reuben Taylor? Bun lllS 0WD VOide from a. distant belt oi" en ' the fact remained that she had ll‘CS-S‘o. MCI'I‘ilL 511019 Out 3» Shortwl “Hâ€" known, and that she had warnedESWâ€"iermx"; lllllg‘ll- He had not expected MOUTH ORGAN FACTORIES. Merritt of his danger. It was the flagrant cowardice like this. He now prevailing are directly responsiâ€" onc unpardonable crime in Henson’s, "de a sudden spurt forward and q'hOWWIn‘DCII-lal factories. 01' .lhOI dccalcguc. the one thing Mc‘rittlcalight HOMO“ by the tail of his mouth Organ, 91‘ mouth hm‘momuc. could not forgive. icont. as it is perhaps more correctly Henson's time was come. He didl With a howl of fear the latter toroltermed. are at Tl‘OSS'in'g'GU. in ll“: not need anyone to tell him that!hlmSC‘lf RWflY. and Merritt reelediBlach FOI‘C‘S“. lermany. THOSE! lfl' Unless something in the nature of .1 ilmcl~‘.'\'val'(l.s. l-le. came down heavily strunicnls, it appears, are sold in miracle happened. he was a dead 0V9" ‘1‘ big Slime. at: the same momâ€":grealcr quantities in the United man in. a few moments; and life had 8115 116115011 l'l‘OCl 011 11 llOng-Slake- [States than in any other country. never seemed quite so sweet as it He grabbed it up and half turncd‘At Trossimgen one firm alone has tested at the present time. upon his foe. But the sight of Mer- fifteen branch facLoriOS. employs Q, “You gave me away for no reason ritt’s grim face was 1.00 much for 000 hands. and turns out 6,000,000 at. all." Merritt went on. “I'm a him, and he turned and resumed his mouth hm‘moniacs every yeap_ pretty bad lot, but I never rounded flight- once more. _ on a pal yet, and never shall. More He yelled again as he reached the than one of them have served ineilodge-gales, but the only response THE FRENCH BAR. b’l'l' but I always lot “mm {50 theiri war? the hm‘ki‘lg and howung 0f ,thel The liar is not undul}r paid inl own way, and In: been a good and dogs in the thick underwood beyond. ._ i . , . _ ,_ _ . . ‘ . n n . . ~ - ll‘lalltt‘. liens, in i.()..ii.paiison with faiilnul servant to youâ€"- lneie “as no help tor it. lloubtlcss:, 1,, T1”, I .L, _ ‘ W qr H, “It was not you," Henson gurgled. the deaf old lodge-keeper had becnllh‘i ""5 ‘5? "0“) 5’ flu“- l‘Ulrfl’jflJfil “that I wrote that letter about, in bed hours ago. Even the dogs 5"",“11' (1110:” 91 _t\\0 LLOllS-Vlldlous butâ€" â€"-" were preferable to Mei‘ritt. Henson gm” from Tammi“ 10_$‘1_“'000 3 "Chuck it,” Merritt said, furiously. scrambled headlong over the wall year. but the great lilaJOll‘ltY even “Tell me any more of your lies and and crashed the thickets beyond. or “MS” m “1“ .fmnl‘ .mnk have .to I’ll smash your jaw in for you. It Merritt pulled up, panting with his‘l)“ Cummll “'1”! “WCh 551ml”? “1' was me. I spotted Scotter in .‘lore- eXertion. comes. 'llie pi'ncliCe oi the law is tel Wells within a day or two. .'.\rd “Gone to cover,” be muttered. “I not nearly so reinune-ratix'e as the! Ni Scotter had Come. for me. .-\n.l don". fancy I'll follow. The dogs of i'nodininze, or, rather, of surgery. I goi past Bronson in BrightOA l‘y there might have a weakness for Lcadiig operalm‘s until-'0 their $100.,- tlw skin of my teeth. I turned into tearing my throat out, and lls..son[0t‘(i or $150,000 ‘i 5’03?- BABYLON ills A FRAUD ITS SPLENDOR WAS LARGELY IN THE IMAGINATION. Excavations Prove That If Adorn- ments Did Exist They Were Very Portable. The wellâ€"equipped expedition under Dr. Koldwcy has now been working[ for [We years upon the excavations of the immense mounds which mark the site of the Babylonian. capital, says; Mr. W. St. C. ls'oscawen . in The London Globe. With every modâ€" ern appliance required for excava- tion, including a light railway, it must be said that, taken as a whole the results have been disappointing. The. discovery of the great proces- sional street leading from the Temple of Bitodacli, to the Istar Gate, cer- tainly brought with it many inter- esting historical associations, for it was along this way that most of the greatconquerors, from the. days of Khammurabi must have passed. The encaustic decorations of the Istai' Gate, in blue, yellow and green tiles, are of much importance to students of Oriental art, for i them, no doubt, we have the works which inspired the ceramic artists who decorated the palaces of the Persian Kings at Susa. From an architectural point of view, the ex- cavations have considerable value, for theydiavc shown the very'sliallow foundation? on‘ which the traditional splendor of the Temple of lielno rest; ed. The Babylonian Kings, especially Nebuchadezzar, weary us with the descriptions of the gold, Silver and precious stones which ‘ they lavished in the decoration of the great tcni~ pieâ€"“making it bright as the day." Shrines plated with gold, walls iiiâ€" laid with silver and precious stones and doors covered with shining bronze are among the objects of adornment specified. The very ex- tensive explorations of the site of this great temple have shown that, if these adornments did exist. they must have been of a very portable an immense group of more than a. hundred monotonous brick No sculptures lined the walls, as in the palaces of Nineveh and Kalar, and no winged bulls or lions guarded the doors. Even more remarkable than the. disappointing results in reâ€" lation to archaeology has been the astonishing absence of inscriptions. N0 GREAT LIBRA l'i’. N) trace Whatever has been found of any great library attached to the temple. This is not surprising, howâ€" evei', for it was the Temple of Ncbo at :liorsipha that, from llâ€"C. 2000 until' a _.few centuries before the Christian era, vas the chief centre of light and learning, not only of Chaldea, but of alle western Asia. Still, however. if no university libraâ€" ai'y was found, we should have ex- pected to find some royal records. rooms. l Ystand beside me. and made perfect whatsoever work I didâ€"Nugal, the war god, the most mighty one of the gods, went beside me. to destroy my foes, and smite down my enemies." We now come to a really valuable historical passage, although, unforâ€" tunately, there is much that we would wish to learn missing. The King says: “The. Assyrian who from. ancient times ruled all men and calls- led them to submit to his heavy ;yoke, I who pity the week, directed iby the lord of lords, and by the igreat strength of Ncbo and Merodach. imy lords, I swept their feet from the land of Akkad (Babylonia) and lifted their yoke." Here, then, we have a brief reference to the revolt which broke out either at the end of the reign of Assurbanipal, B.C. 625, or during the reign of Sinsariskum, the Saracus of the Greeks, and of the expulsion of the Assyrians from Babylonia. ' THE TEMDIJQ OF NINIP.’ There is a certain amount of sar- lcasm in the words of Nabupalassar, when the King uses the general term, f‘the Assyrian” instead of Kings of Assyria. The remainder of the in- scription relates to the building of the temple of Ninip, the god of war and hunting, of which the King says: "The temple of Ninip, which was within Suanna, the sacred quarâ€" ter of Babylon, which in remote time a former King had caused to be built, but had not completed, to 'rcstore that house I collected the workmen .oi Belâ€"Samas and Mero~ dach.” Then follow the usual de- tails ‘of the construction, ending with the words; “That temple which I re- neWed and gave to Ninip my lord I made to be brilliant as the day." .Theinscription concludes with the usual request that those come after him will respect his records and be obedient to the gods. The last words are very poetic: “When this temple grows old repair thou its decay, and the writing of my name which I have written place with thy inscription, then the word of Merodach the great lord, which changes not. by his word the renown of thy name will estab- lish to all time.” Meagre as it is, acâ€" character, for all that remained was LhiS'lituc glimpse or the 135i” (la-V3 of the Assyrian empire and of the nsurper who compelled its downfall .will be welcomed by all students of Oriental history. It is to be hoped that the explorations on which so much labor and expense are being expended may yet meet with better results than hitherto have been at- tallied. . â€"-â€"-â€"+â€"-â€"-â€"« WONDEBFUL OPERATION. Child Without Bone in Arm Has One Inserted. Right At the annual gathering of the Glasgow .Uiliversity Club at Sunder- land recently Sir William Macewen, Who was concerned in an extraordim ary operation upon a child over 20 years ago, introduced the patient, now a fullâ€"grown man, to the mediâ€" cal men present, and explained the foundation cylinders and, tablets. Uf'nature of the remarkable case. course, many cylinders of Nebuchadâ€" The child wds born without a. bone. llezzar have been found. with the us- in the right arm, the boneless limb ual uninteresting inscription full of piety and empty of historical infor- mation. In the last report issued by the German Oriental are published two inscriptions, how- eVer. one. of which is of more than ordinary interest, for it differs from3 limb, the majority of royal inscriptions of the later Babylonian Kings in giving some historical information. first inscription 'is on placed as a foundation records his accession, for the instalâ€" lation his foster-brother, Samassaâ€" mukin as King of Babylon. The most interesting passage in the inâ€" scription is that in which the King States that he confirmed the “rights and privileges of the people of Baby- lon." He records the gills he made to the Temple of Marduk, and con~ eludes with the usual pious prayer. ll)1'c:50,nt, THE SECOND INSCRIPTION is of much greater interest, for both in style and matter it differs from all other Babylonian textsâ€"its near- est approaCh in. style being the cor- onation inscription of Nabonidus, engraved upon a black stone pillar now in the Imperial Ottoman Musâ€" eum at Constantinople. The inscripâ€" tion in question was written by order of the. usurper, King Nabupaâ€" lassar, the founder of the New Baby- lonian Empire, who, in ILC. 6253, reâ€" volted against the Assyrian and pro- claimed himself King of Babylon.. The text is engraved upon. a barrel cylinder of terra cotta, and con- tains forty-one lines of very clear writing. leing a usurper, the King opens! the inscriotion with no elaborate pedigree, and is. indeed, sweetly canâ€" did in speaking of himself. The open- ing lines seem to indicate that the King was a priest and scribe as well as a‘ General,'i‘or he. exhibits special devotion to Nebo, the god of learn- ing, and'his consort Tasmit. Ile commences thus: “Nabupalassar, the righteous King, the Prince proclaim- ed by Morodach, the offspring of Niriâ€"mena. the noble Princess, the Queen of Queens." We now come to a very candid passage: “During my youth I was as the son of a nobody (paI‘VCllU)." He then states the wise knowledge of Ncbo and liliei'odachl sought for him and instructed him in law and justice, and then conâ€" ferred upon him the government of all nations. lie says that the gods to rule countries and men proclaim- cd his name and established his rule. MlLl.’l‘.-\llY EXI’J‘Dl'l‘S. We now cor-1(- to a. part of the inâ€" scription which refers to the luiliâ€"| tai'y exploits of Naliupalassar. “llo caused a favorable guardian spirit to hanging helpless by its Side. The mother, who took the child to the Glasgow Infirmary, assumed that SOClULY lllcl'0;tlio arm must necessarily be aliipuâ€" tatcd. But the surgeons determined to make an attempt to save the Small sections of the bone. taken from the tibia, or lower portion of Thci the legs, of other patients, who were 3. Cylinder' under treatment for the cure of bow~ record by; 1uggedness, were transferred to the Assurâ€"bani-pal, King of Assyria, and‘ boneless arm, there to continue their growth and to become amal- gamatedâ€"in fact, eventually supply- ing the place of the missing humerus. Sir William IlIacewcn kept in touch with the boy, who, at the age of 14, left Glasgow for Sunderland, where he had worked since. The young man (says the Yorkshire Post). bared his arm to the guests and gave the company abundant proof of the sustained serâ€" \’lCOil.l.)lC‘l‘lOSS of the limb, despite several accidents, including a com- pound fracture. which had befullen it. _ --â€"~'+â€"â€"â€"â€"- . SNEEZING COMPETITION. A sneezing comretition hlwlfâ€"a-«lozen Old Women took place recently. in a Certain La-ncash-irc town. The competitors were at lib- erty to use any means of bringing about a sneeze, a tin of the best snuff being actually provided for the purposs. Everybody present at the unique contest went into conlvulsions at the sneezing feats of the cont-estâ€" ants, one of the old dailies keeping up the performance until she fell down exhausted. She vas awarded the prize, consisting of a sovereign and a silk handkerchief. , ~44» BUILT BY ONE MAN. At Stivicliafl, near Coventry, ling~ land, may be soon a clrurcli that. among English churches, at all events, possesses the unique distinc- tion of having been built by tho unaided ell‘orts of one man alone. The name of this persistent and as- siduous Workman was John Green, a ston'cmason. of Coventry, who laid the first stone. in 181.0 and complet- ed his self-iiiiposed task seven years later. 'bet ween w“-.«,_ ¢â€"4-w~.â€"c l-‘U ll l'? [(l N 1’ A RIJ AMIGNTS'. The name of the lawmak-ing power in the [initrd Hiatus is the (.‘Aoiiljgress, in France the Assembly, in. Germany lhe lleichslng, in l-l'o'lanvd the States Hun-.u'al, in Spain (he. ('orles, in (w‘rmco the Route, and in. [HIV {mark the lan-dsihing.