Best Fruit at the Top.
Oh, the apple trees up in tho orchard!
Like woo chubby faces I nee
Tho ruascts and pippins, aly peeping,
Between leaves a twinkle at mo!
And on tho crisp breeze, a* I'm longing
In vain for tho beauties to drop,
A blithe, haunting song seeing to whisper,
"The ix'st fruit is found at tho top."
Oil, tho gnarled ami inoss'd houghs upward
tossing 1
They cradle mo now in their arms,
Ami onward I gaze on tho orchard,
Tho rivvr, the uplands and farms.
80, gazing far, far out from childhood,
That blithe, breezy song no'erwill atop;
Fame, station, art' won hut by climbing;
"The Iwst fruit is found at the top."
• Qtorijf COOJMT.
A SPANISH HEROINE.
Poverty is certainly a blessing in one
respect, at least, inasmuch as a fool
without money has fewer opportunities
for manifesting his follies than the
wealthier animal of the same species. It
would have been a piece of good fortune
if Geoffrey Kendall had been born to
work for his living like many a better
man, since it is to be presumed that
hardship would have rubbed a little
common sense into his soft brain. As
it was, his father left him a large for
tune, and tho use he made of it was
something between a joke and a tragedy,
He was the legitimate prey of all sorts
of sharpers. Hs got himself into terri
ble scrapes and had to buy himself out
of them at enormous cost. Without
any real wrong he acquired for himself
an unenviable reputation among the
scandalmongers of the town.
Ho was a vigorous young fellow, with
a big beard, mild eyes, and hands as
white as a woman's. He was, moreover,
something of a dandy in his dress and
manners. Yet, withal, a kinder, better
tempered sonl you would not find in a
day's walk.
What such a woman as Alma Thorpe
could have found in him to lovo is a
mystery, unless, indeed, it was on the
principle of woman's tenderness for
children, birds and other weaklings.
She was quite his opposite- a quiet,
sober little woman, strong-wtlled and
quick-witted, with a wonderful fund of
patience for her blundering lover. Hhe
seemed to have no object, no hopo or
ambition aside from his happiness.
Y'et, like the fool that he was, tho time
came when he tlnng away this jewel for
a piece of glittering sham. Luckily, he
was made to pay dearly for his folly.
Kendvll and Alma had been engaged
for nearly a year, and their marriage
was to take place shortly, when a lady
appeared on tho scene, who created a
sensation in the town. She called her
self Donna Sanehica, an 1 was accom
panied by her brother, Don Mar. o
Dam as. They were supposed to be
Spaniards of distinction making a tour
for pleasure. Donna Sanehica was a
woman of thirty, large and luxuriant
figure, with coal-hlack hair and eyes of
the same hue, as bold and keen as a
hawk's. She was not long in working
herself into the best circles, where she
speedily became a great favorite. At
the social gatherings her mellow voice
and charming manners made her scores
of friends and admirers. It was ob
served by tho'wiser ones, however, that
she devoted herself to the younger and
wealthier men.
" I have one jiassion stupendous for
the American gentlemen," she admitted,
with engaging frankness; "he is so
brave, so superb, Santissima!"
;;i lt was at one of these gatherings that
Kendall met her. She seemed to pene
trate his character at a glance, and
turned the batteries of her big black
eyes full upon his weak head. It was
simply a foregone conclusion. Like
any other moth he Hew to the brightest
caudle. She charmed, astonished, be
wildered him. He had never seen such
a brilliant woman—so brilliant, so un
conventional. Moreover, she admired
him. He could see that, and his vanity
gave a great throb of delight. That
night when he went home I fear that it
was of the snperb Spanish heanty that
he dreamed, and not of the pale little
American girl.
Without intending any treachery to
his betrothed, he spent a good deal of
his time with DonnaHanehica after that.
He had 9 right to admire her, he said.
She was his friend, his dear fricDd, that
was all. Ho day after day he visited her,
and came gradually to neglect Alma.
The townspeople began to talk. Rumor
•aid that yonng Kendall and the Span -
ish lady were engaged to be married.
Some envied him, whilo others, more
sensible, pitied Alma, and cursed Ken
dall's blindness and stupidity.
As yet Alma had aaid nothing to Ken
dall upon the subject, though it had not
escaped her. But she patiently sought
to keep him true to his faith by the
thousand sweet devises of a loving
woman.
At length even her patience gave ont.
One day, after a week's absence, Ken
dall found a few moments to spare from
his S|ianish infatnation to call npon his
betrothed. He met her with a sheepish
*nd embarrassed sir, ss if some con-
sciousness of hi" own 11101111 nnmnnli
noHH woro troubling him. Ho bent to
kiHH her, as usual, but 8,10 Bto Pl lo<l lmck
ami confronted him firmly, yet with u
white face ami trembling lip.
" All that is over between us, Geof
frey," "ho Haiti, quietly. "This pro
tense is folly for you and pain for ino—
there must bo an end of it."
Tho tone sho spoke in startled him;
he looked at her in alurm.
" I know I have treated you shab
bily," he replied, deprecatingly. " I
ought to have been here more, I know—"
"Htop!" exclaimed Alma, interrupt
ing him. "Yon ought to have done
nothing which your heart did not im
pel you to. I should scorn to hold you
to me by my sense of duty. Now that
I have lost your love, I give you back
your word. Go your way and let mo
go mine."
" Donna Sanehica is ouly a friend,"
ho attempted to explain. " Why should
you be angry because she admires mo?"
" I am not angry with anything which
lias passed between you and that
woman," she answered, with a touch of
irritation. " Xeithor is she your friend.
A woman can see deeper into the soul
of one of her own sex than a man. I
see that hers is black and evil; I see
that she does not love you, however
skillful she alTects it. She will ruin your
happiness and embitter your whole life.
Oh, uay poor Geoffrey, can you not see
where she is leading you?"
" Yon wrong her," answered Geoffrey,
taking refnge from his own conscience
in a pretense of anger. " Hhe is a noble
woman and you are jealous of her."
She turned and looked at him silently,
with an expression of contempt; then,
without a word, she walked quietly out
of tho room. But when aloue she burst
into tears, and wept long and bitterly (
over her sore heart and broken hopes.
As for Geoffrey Kendall, ho stood for
a moment bewildered with conflicting
remorse, shame and repentance, hoping j
that she would return. But she did j
not, and in a very miserable frame of
mind he left tho house and sought the
company of Donna Banehica.
"Ah!" cried tho estimablo laly, run- '
ning to meet him with both hands ex
tended, " you have returned, my friend.
Behold mo happy, independent. But
what has happened, seuor? Your face
is chalk and has agony into it."
" I am very unhappy," responded
Kendall. " I have been ill-treated."
" 80 !" cried tho lady, striking a dra- j
matic attitude and grinding her white
teeth. "Who has insulted my friend ?
Tell me his name nnd I'd hare his
heart's blood ! (.'ami!"
" No matter," said Kendall, with n
vague perception of something false
and grotesque in all this extravagance ;
"It's all over, and I come to yon for
comfort."
" Ah!" said tho donna, suddenly
abandoning her fierce air for a languish
ing one. "It is sweet for to have the
opportunity for to comfort my dear
friend. Ah, Dios! would ludt die for
yon ?"
" I believe yon would," said poor
Kendall, looking into her dark eyes,
where ho fancied ho saw unutterable
things. " Here is a woman who loves
me," he thought. " Alma has discarded
me why not soenro tho happiness in
my power?" 80 on the impulse of tho
moment he spoke.
"Donna Banchica." said he, "I love
you. Will yon bo my wife ?"
To have witnessed tho woman's face
at that moment would have been a treat
to a cynic. Bho looked modestly down.
Mho managed to got a blush to her yel
low check; her bosom heaved rapidly,
and a tremendous sigh escaped if. Yet
all the while tho traces of a malignant
smile of triumph rested npon her lips.
At last she looked tip with some
skillfully evoked tears in her eyes.
" No, senor," she replied, " I cannot.
<>h, tho heavens 1 what agony for mo to
say it r
" Why not 7' cried Kendall, aghast.
" Do you not love mo?"
"Ah, idol," she cried, "as my own
soul! Ah, misery! But let me con
fess. Wo are poor, senor—my brother
and I. We are exiles from our own
country. Because wo arc noble and
poor wo cannot live among our equaln.
Wo have great pride. Wo leave our
homo and wander like tho Arab."
" What difference dooa that mako 7"
said Kendall, in a generous glow. " I
have enough for both."
"But my poor brother?" cunningly
interposed the donna.
" And for liim as well," answered
Kendall. " Will ho not lie my brother,
too ?"
" Bantissima ?" screeched the lady,
flinging her robust person against him
with am h force that he reeled against
the wall. " What noble ! What superb I
I adore yon f Yea—yes, I will 1e your
wife, and my brother shall lie your
brother, eh T'
" Of eourae," assented Kendall.
Ami so the matter was settled
Tilings took their natural eourae. The
jxHir but noble Don Canaia was to take
Kendall into his favor, and, being given
to the ntterances of the highest senti
ments, soon won the young man's per
fect confidence.
There were times when Kendall's
heart misgave him, when even his dull
J perception* were troubled with a vague
di*tru*t. At these times Donna Han
chiea's passionate protestations sickened
him and tho brother's pompon* airs
maddened him. At such times the
memory of tho days when Alma's love
was all to him would ami to liini with a
miserable heartache. Ho would com
pare her sweet, pure presence with tho
lurid and unhealthy influence of the
Hpanish woman and wonder at hi* own
blindness.
But Donna Hanchica wa* a diplomat.
Hhe knew how to deal with his dark
moods so as to profit by them. At such
moments she would look at him re
proachfully and sigh as if her heart
were broken. Then Kendall would
melt, and cursing himself for a hard
hearted villain, submit more abjectly
to her blandishments than over.
They were soon to bo married, and as
the donna claimed his whole time, it
came about naturally that the solemn
don, her brother, consented to take
charge of Kendall's affairs. Ho devel
oped so keen a talent for business that
in a very short lime tho young man's
property quietly changed hands. Of
course, being all in the family, it made
little real difference in whose name the
money was held.
But one morning Kendall culled at
the residence of the Hpaniards and
found them gone. A letter in tho
handwriting of tho donna was given to
him by tho housekeeper. It rati as fol
lows:
Farewell, most obliging of men!
Business engagements* call us else
where. Horry that yon have been dis
appointed. Wo have leave our most
distinguish regard in place of the
money what we have taken. How say
you the fair exchange is not the rob
bery? Hantissima! no. Wo have tho
pride and the honor. Aha! Also my
husband, Don Can&is, have remark that
it is the just payment of you to him for
the long privilege of making nie, his
wife, the love. Is it not so? Your de
voted HAXCIIHA.
Kendall read the letter in a state of
stupefaction; then quietly tore it to
pieces and went away wt'th his head
drooping and a deep frown upon his
face. Tho smallest examination into
his affairs showed how egregriously he
had been duped. Of all his jiatrimony
not enough had escaped the clutches of
the adventuress and the husband to af
ford him a decent subsistence. In spite
of his overwhelming shame and anger
there was a feeling of intense relief in
hi** heart. Ho had imagined that he
loved tho .Spanish woman, but now he
felt that i' wonld have licen a sacrifice
could he have married her. He was
really quite satisfied to pay even so high
a price at financial ruin to have es
caped it.
His resolution was speedily taken.
He wrote a long letter to Alms explain
ing everything, but offering no excuse
and asking for no hojie. He then left
town silently. For two years he was not
heard of. At the end o' that time he
returned, a grave and thntightfnl man,
with lines of sorrow and hardship in his
face. Misfortune had come late, lint it
made a man of him at last.
He had not yet called npon Alma,
when he met her in the street one day.
He made no attempt to avoid her, but
took ber hand quietly.
" Alma," said he, " I have come back
solely for tho purpose of seeing your
face and taking new courage from it lie
fore I go ont in the world again."
" Are you going away V she askod (
with a faint shadow upon her face.
"Yes," said he. "My ro|>criUnce is
not yet worked ont. I have repaired
the rain caused by folly, but I have not
suffered enongh for my treachery to
you. Thcro is a worthy and admirable
life before me. I must attain it."
"Can yon doit alone?" she queried,
with sweet gravity, 11 Do yon need
help?"
" None conld help me but yon," he
replied, tremnlonsly, " and I have
sinned too grievously against yon for
forgiveness. I need it—oh, how sorely ]
Not once in all these months have yon
been absent from my mind. I have
lal>orod with yonr image at my heart, to
lie worthy of yonr pardon and approlia
tion, but I fear it wa4 a hopeless task.'
" I am tho beat judge of that, Geof
frey," she replied.
There mnst have lieen something in
her downcast face of A doe per import
than her words, for his face suddenly
brightened and he took her by the
waist.
"It is trno, then, Alma ! I am for
given T*
Of conrse he wa*. And some one
said that, woman like, she loved him all
the dearer liecanse he had no nearly
broken her heart. That may lie, but I
advise him never again to mention in
the hearing of hia wife the name of
Donna Hanchica.
High-priced guides abound in the
White Mountains, and to exterminate
them an Appalachian mountain clnb
has been formed, with 400 members.
The plan 1* to out paths, blase trails,
open waya to lwantifnl spots, build sub
stantia) camps, and in other ways make
guides unnecessary. Paths have already
been cut to the anmmits of Moosilank
and Adams, and orach work is to be
done this year.
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
A I'rlMMM* HMlna llsbli.
The change in the riding habit worn
by the Prinoes* of Wale* La* been the
Nubject of much talk and discussion
among lodic* in England, and may be
interesting to horsewomen here. The
new riding habit i* made with a *hort
skirt gored to the knee*, BO that the
position of tlio rider i safer in the wul
dle, being on incumbered with the heavy
fold* and useless length of drapery
hitherto worn. The *kirt cannot be
blown about, and is thus prevented
from revealing the foot and ankle,
which can never look graceful when
stretched over the Hide of tho horse to
reach the Htirrup. Tho Hkirt worn by
the princess is not much longer than an
ordinary drawing-room costnrne, and
light, easily raised by the wearer with
out tho danger of causing a stumble,
which so continually happens with the
riding habit initially worn.
I In t lot**
Of all the dress stuffs in the market
tho cheviots are tho favorites of the
season. These come in checks, plaids
and stripes of every color, the prevail
ing tones being dull reds and browns
with a cross of yellow, neutral grays
with blue and invisible green and nega
tive reddish-purple shadeß. Some are
rather large in the square or stripe,
and perhaps a tritle loud, but the aver- 1
age run in warm combinations of color, .
which, by giving the effect of a single
tone, lend an air of simplicity at a dis
tance. Cheviots are never combined
with other materials. A certain rigid
air is maintained in these costumes by
the avoidance of bouffant draperies in
the overdress and a strict adherence to
the Amazon cut in the basque- a se
verity a'bich is favored, and well suited
to this fabric. It is not becoming to j
the fac<-, and iH a hard material for un- 1
skilled hands to manage, besides being ;
somewhat heavy for midsummer wear; '
but the English rules which govern so
many of our toilets at present have or
dained its use and may not be dis
obeyed. lla:tr.
NfM* Mid Nnle* for \l umrh.
A Buffalo girl wore a $l5O pair of hose
to get married in.
A barber shop at Jackson, Mich., has
four girl apprentices.
One stock raiser of Texas expects to
send 20,000 head of cattle to market
this year.
Hir Frederick Lcighton's picture of
Nellie Grant Sartois is said to make
her look like a girl of fourteen.
Mrs. Howe, the mother of 4 the wife of
the late Vice-President Henry Wilson,
is living at the old homestead at the
age of ninety-four.
The majority of tho girls married in
Warren county, Ky., last year were
more children, their ages running from
thirteen to eighteen.
A New York physician of extensive
practice has been effecting many cures
of his lady patients complaining of lame
backaby prescribing slippers and woolen
stockings for a week, to bo followed by
wearing low, broad heels to their shoes,
in place of tho high French heels that
had caused their ailment*.
The Ducheese d'Alencon, the cx
•pieen of Naples, and the present em
press of Austria, have often ridden
horses standing, ami have uttered those
atndrnt crio* which come from the
throata of the nymphs of the ring. They
have dashed through the classic lioop*
with pnjier and without paper.
A woman lielonging to the aect called
Perfectionists undertook to run herself
to death at Dallas, Texas. Hbe got the
idea from a Scriptural passage about
" running the race to the end," that ll
she ran till she died she wonld go direct
to heaven. She conhl not kill herself
by pedestrianism, however, and resorted
to drowning instead.
Panr|r.
Dnstcr cloaks have gone ont of fashion.
Terra cotta shade* will be mncli
worn.
lied is the prevailing color in fall
goods.
Low coiffures and close hair-dressing
are in fashion.
Long mitt* are the favorite hand wear
at thi* moment.
White toilets aro destined to great
popularity this fall.
Hmall broken chocked suitings and
plaids will bo worn.
Women with long, stick-like arms
shonld not wear tight long sleeves.
Hkirts and their draperies continue
to give the figure a lance-like shape.
Hhaded effects will probably appear
in the heavy plnshes to be worn next
winter.
In England monrning is worn only
one year for the nearest relatives and
crape but six months.
Terra cotta in all shades from dark
salmOh to deep copper is the favorite
color for fall cashmeres.
New plnsh goods have extremely long
pilo, which is cnt in irregular depths,
to form the fignrea of the fabric.
Plaid, striped and shaded goods will
be combined with plain or solf-colored
if ' '
fabrics in the composition of the fall
dresses.
English spy is tho name of a new color
in silk stockings intended to wear with
black gowns.
Heavy satin in rich shades of color,
with stripes of long pile plush or che
uillu, will be used for the most expen
sive dress accessories.
A pretty way of fastening the strap*
across a puffed or shirred waistcoat is to
fasten them high on one side and low
on the other, insLeud of straight across. J
Horn A. the new silk goods show moire
stripes alternating with stripes of bro
caded or damask flowers and leaves en
croaching on the edges of the moire
stripe.
Muslin dresses with embroidered
flounces reaching from belt to hem, and
kerchiefs embroidered to match, are
pretty for tlio country or for watering
places.
The demand for ostrich feathers has
increased and seems likely to go ori in
creasing, for the fall huts aro not lik'-ly
to bo less abounding in plumage than
those now in wear.
White lace stocking* ere worn over
colored ones of silk or Lisle thread
matching the dre> * for evening toilets.
The low slipjier display* all tho beauty
of the lace inserted in the instep or tip
the ankles.
Tho latest tablecloths arc of fine
linen rnomio cloth with fringed edges,
and sham openwork six inches above
tho fringe. Home intended for lunch
eon cloth* hare color introduced in the
o]x-n woik and in the fringe.
The latest novelties in stockings show
shaded (ombre) effects; for instance, a
shaded stocking has a tor? of the most
delicate shell pink tint, shading gradu
ally to deep crimson on tho calf of the
leg, and again to i .ell pink at the top>
where it is sometimes finished with a
lace frill.
The earliest water color design* of
dresses for fall show no decided depart
ure from tho general make up of cos
tume* worn thi* season. I'loited collar
ettes of mull, plain white and dotted,
lace edged, embroidered, and jerfertly
plain, are much worn, with scarf bow*
to match.
A Novelty 111 Money Order*.
Postmaster-General .lame,* has hit
upon a plan of facilitating the trans
mission through the mails at a cheap
rate of small sum* of money. The new
device is an improvement upon the sys
tem of postal order* recently adopted
by the English postal authorities. The
improvement consists of three column*
of figures, one to represent dollars, the
second tens and the third units. Two
denomination* of these orders are to be
issued—one for all sum* within $2.50,
and the other for all snms within $5.
The $5 card lux* four figures and a
cipher in the dollar column and all
the numerals in each of the other
columns. The postmaster selling the
order will designate the amount to be
drawn by punching tho figures in the
respective columns. The orders xi ill lie
payable to bearer, and the post-office
will not le resjionsible for their saf de
livery any more than for fractional cur
rency, for which they are intended a* a
substitute. Both acts of order* are
to lie printed on bank-note paper, to be
finely engraved and other precaution*
taken against counterfeiting. It is ex
jieoted that the department will lie aide
to sell them at from two to three cent*
1 for a 82.50 order, and from four to fire
cent* for a $5 order. The postmaster
I will enter the amount of the order in
f writing on n stub, which will ho the
1 only eheck the department will need,
I and will contain only the amonnt of the
f order, the date of issue and the name of
1 the office upon which the order is
f drawn. This will do away with a great
I deal of clerical labor, since the namea
j of the remitter and payee will not lie
entered at all in the records as is done
in money order transactions, nor will
• any advices bo issned. In order to pre
vent the nse of the postal orders as cur
rency, they are to bo redeemable only
I for three months after date of iasne.
| Tho bill introduced by Mr. Money at
tho last session of Congress providing
for a reduction of the charges for money
orders and allowing an increase of
amounts that may bo sent through the
mails from SSO to SIOO will be reintro
j dnoed next winter. It mot the approval
of the postoffice committee last winter,
but Mr. Money did not get a chance to
report it. The reduction of charges
will l>e about one-half and tha passage
of the bill will lie coupled with measures
looking to the adoption of the aystem
explained above. In this way the two
systems will supplement each other,
money orders being available as now for
any purpose, and the small orders being
for service for newspaper aubaeriptiona
and for other purposes for which frac
tional currency was formerly ttsed. The
redaction in the price of money orders
will also make the price of safety but a
trifle more than that which it will he
necessary to pay for the proposed new
postal orders, with their attendant
risks.— Wonhinf/lon Letter.
Flies err- caught by molnsass. Man
and women by "taffy."
,/i.t
I'KARI.M OF THOI'OIIT.
Nothing in no good a:< it teem* lief ore
hand.
Love dies of disgust and is buried by
oblivion.
No man can be wine on an empty
stomach.
He who has lost his honor can lose
nothing more.
There ih no grief like the grief that
does not sjx-ak.
One ungrateful man injures all that,*
are in distress.
Politeness is the expression or imita
tion of social virtues.
Never anything can coine amiss when
simplencss and duty tender it.
\\ hen one gets so much humility that
he is proud of it, he is just too good to
live.
Del iterate with caution but act with
, decision; and yield with graciousneas or
| oppose with firmness.
There is no f< eling, perhaps except
the extremes of fear and grief, thatdoc s
! not find relief in music.
It is better to do the most trifling
thing in the world, than to think half
an hour of a trifling thing.
Costly followers are not to l>e liked;
lest while a man maketh his train longer,
he makes his wings shorter.
Men will never know us by our faith,
for that i within us; but they know us
by our works, which are visible to them.
There never were in the world two
| opinions alike, no more than two Lairs
jor two grains. The most universal
quality is diversity.
Talent is the rapacity of doing any-
thing that depends on application and
industry, urid it is a voluntary power,
while genius is involuntary.
A man has no right to occupy such
high moral grounds that he is constant
i ly so far above his fellows that he can
be of no earthly assistance to them.
Let a man take time enough for the
most triii.il deeds, though it lie but the
paring of his nails The buds swell irn
jK'Tceptibly without hurry or confusion;
as if the short spring days were an
eternity.
What Ancient Religions Taught.
Worn* n were admitted to the Grecian
priesthood, sharing its highest dignities.
In .Sparta was a law that men should
worship the goJs with as little exjense
as |>ossible.
<>l the Iloman Sibyls it is said that
Apollo threw then into a kind of
; ecstacy in which they could foresee the
1 future.
With the Greeks superior power,
not moral excellence, was the essential
element in their conception of divine
lieings.
So fearfnl were the Athenians that
they should omit the honors of worship
| to some deity, that they even erected
altars to unknown gods.
The Greeks offered sacrifices, but no
prayers to their deities, for it wa* be
lieved that not even Jupiter himself
could change their inexorable decrees.
, It is claimed that Zoroaster received
his book of laws, the Zenda Vesta, upon
a flaming mount from Ormudx himself;
also that he finally ascended to heaven
on a thunderlxdt.
The Greeks believed that departed
human souls lingered around their
former habitations and families to pro
tect them; and hence their Lares and
J Penates, household gods.
The idea that heavenly luminaries
were inhabited by spirits of a nature
intermediate between God and man,
first led mortals to address prayers to
the orb* over which they wore supposed
I to preside.
Among the Greeks the unity of God,
the immortal progress and destiny of
the soul, and other sacred doctrines,
were taught in the sanctuary to an in
itiated few. bnt elsewhere they were
veiled in symbols.
The Parseos were a persecutes! com
| pany of the followers of Zoroaster, who
fled to India. They are a poor, harm
less people, industrious in their habits
and honest in their dealings. They
worship one God and detest idols.
A sect of devil worshipers exists
among the Parsecs. They believe in
one God also, and that Satan was once
at the head of the angelie host, and will
eventually be restored; hence they think
it well to conciliate him.
Orpheus, one of the old sages and
bards of the Greeks, taught that souls
are in this world as a punishment of
sins committed in a pre-existcnt state;
that the body is a prison in which the
seal is kept till its faults are expiated.
During the last ten day* of the year
the Parsees Where that the spirits of
the dead come to the earth to visit their
relatives, therefore they never leave their
homes at that season but make great
preparation for their reception.
The ancient Persians worshiped Are ®
with peculiar reverence because they
thought it represented, though imper- 1
feetly, the original Are from Ormwdr, J
the vitil principle of Ufa and motion. ™
Also, because Uiaibe moat purifying of
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