own absence almost under the directions of those whose professional
opinions were adverse to his own, may be called chivalrous. His
liberality and kindness of Colonel of the second Middlesex Artillery
Volunteers had gained him the affection of the entire corps; in short,
where it might naturally be expected that he should win respect, he won
the love of those who were thrown with him.--_The Engineer_.

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THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.--Regulations were lately issued by Rustem Pasha
for the guidance of travelers and others visiting the Cedars of Lebanon.
These venerable trees have now been fenced in, but, with certain
restrictions, they will continue to be accessible to all who wish to
inspect them. In future no encampments will be permitted within the
enclosure, except in the part marked out for that purpose by the keeper,
nor may any cooking or camp fires be lighted near the trees.

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ON THE MECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC CURRENTS.


The object of these articles is to lay down in the simplest and most
intelligible way the principles which are concerned in the mechanical
production of electric currents. Every one knows now that electric
lights are produced from powerful currents of electricity generated in
a machine containing magnets and coils of wire, and driven by a steam