The moit pertinent and itartllag quu* lion evw ftiked it thia : " What U truth ?" A Roman governor propounded it onod under olroumatanoea whloh greatly worried and perplexed hit official mind. Aa he mi not the drub man or, the last—not by myriads. So far m I know there has been no aablafaobory anawer. 8ome people (r»di oali and oome-oubera of various sorts) fancy that in thia. the bail end of a rather<»braggart ind oonoelted century, they have fiuahed i fair deed covey of|trutha by firing apeoa* latfve ehotgana into every wiyiido baah and bog. Bat have they done it? No, gentle reader, no. They have pat vm orowa and iparrowa, Iho tame orowa that pioked the boneo of the oave dwellm, and the aarae ■parrowa that iold two for • farthing In the time of Pilabe. Thweweie plenty ef too la tf old, and there are plenty now. The anoient dootora, Indeed, prescribed aomo horrible staffs u aaediotaei : they mod oleotnarios of viper's fleah and reoom* mended pomegranate aeeda for toothache, became thoae aeeda reaomble haman teeth. Very ahallow and ailly, to be sore, thia sounda to na. Bub If yon wanted to find things that oome very noar matohlng them la modern praotioe, I could ahow you where to loot. On my table I have a list •f about 300 now ' romedios ' introduced to a euff«ring world within the paat twelve months^ ' Moat be aome good onea among thomi' do yon iay ? Poanibly. Time will teil. Meanwhile let na atiok to whatever we arc aore of. • Wa learn how to oure dlaeaaea,' aaid Celaua, * by experlenoo, not by rvMonlng.' as' Seme of the groateat traths in medicine,' aaid a learnad 3ootoh doctor, * oame by the hombleat meana ; not by ayntheala or Teneaeotion, but by the obaervabtom of peaaanta and the experiment! of motherly women,' Oonoernlng a medioino dlaoovered by one ■nob woman, thouaanda of atoriea havo been told and lettera written; Here ia an eiumpie : 'For many yeara I bare anflend from Indlgeatlon and weakneaa: I aeemed to hava no energy for anylhinf. I had a poor appetito. and what little food I ate oauaed ma vielant palni at the oheat and b»twMn the ahouldersi Frequently I had attaokaof glddineaa, and"! when I atooped I Buffered from an unnatural ruah of blood to the head. 