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Show H JIlMAhn AS 10 THAT. J AccordlnRto one ol our dliiatclm thla morning, Mr. Webb, thaupntleot IlohammeJaiiltirj, hat commenced lilt work In thlt country. lie IiiJoted ai H 1 1 havinjaald that tbe Koran Inculcate! H j amon other tblngt polygamy. If Mr. H Webb li not misquoted be I' lilmtolf H Ij mlilnfoMieJ, which ll leit robablu. H The Koran don not Inculcate the doc IH I Irluo ol a ilurallty of wlvei, It only H j." allowa IU praotlco with ceitiln mlrlc- H tloua. Tho teat run thui. "lake In H f rnartltgo of the women who ileaie r you, two, tbnu or four; butllye fear T that jo cannot act equitably, one; or J these whom your rliftit liauJa bave 1 ' acquired." The opinion of the Moliammedena la divided at to tha correct underttand-lug underttand-lug of tblt taiaige. All airre tbtt four wlvet It the greatest number a j I follower of Mobammed rau legally HH take. Itul while tome hold that the wordt quoted allow tbem to enlarge H tlielr liouielioldt to that extent, othtit ( contend that the tamo wordt rtally B t forbid them to lake inoro than ouo t ', wife, tluco no bonnet man, they tay, W' can take another wife without "fear" K' of being unablo to treat all alike. H , Tbeio are tho facta at regard! the B Koran and the doctrine ol poljKaruy. tobaewlneny fotmajepectallyhari- ' fill, more' the pllr. Our cotetuporary coillnnH Th real Irnth It that tb erutade aalnat elf irette htt ltn bmeahi about by tbe loM lint ilillitrml amnke ihelrl, tiielrrliet(niMt pnttlng tlitiu within llio retch ntllieaeraireanill liov, and In-cmiae In-cmiae tluy lidiiro nuyt, totiatoo lu any foim wool I lie morn Hun likely t (In, It l twiimxl lint the elxtrntie It harmful, ritrr, anl tlat tfio Inltrwtt of toclnty an I rlvllliatlnn deman I lit tiipprewloti anl annihilation The mot ae fv e cm-ndrrt cm-ndrrt agilnt llio Igaro e, It It to he ol,vrtol, are thoe who litre no practical knnwlMlcnoflt unlci" ll lor lin enit un gn wtnir I'll, an I wlio are ao well e mti-nt with their Icnoraiieo t to decline In make In inlry or Inveillgttl in. Huipwetho oiuw of lbe"crutJe" li at ttiteJ, It not that autlloltiil JiKllflcillon, prn;? Uurrly It It bad cnoutli for men to engage In a practice which gradually weaktut ovary nerve In tbe body, without bavin; lit bilaful wjrk tgl n when tbelletli and all tbo function! aro tender an I theroby mire ajiuepti-blel ajiuepti-blel We aay, all honor to tliote luglilaturei which lia a go no a far In Ibodlrcctlonof tta-nplngou' eiioli an Infqiltyat they coulJI Would that their illirta Were oftener turned In tuoli a channel anl !ai lu tbotewbloti excite (KilHIcal ttrifo and aoalal dlf contenll The Chronica concludea with n disclaimer of an) Intriitlon to ileftnd the uie of tobtco, but It thowt n pi-cullar conception of how real rait tlonary work agelmt an evil elnuld be carried on, orelto It la oorly ekllled lu the uae of the weapon! employed. |