The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, July 21.—Three o'clock.—The market
101 50 Bank Shares 3155
Ital;an Loan
4c
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fae snmt follows nt h . :
3 per Cent
End of mouth 7O 10 Mexican Loan 23 50
Credit Mobilier -
End of month... 272 50 Spanioh Threes
Credit Foncier ...1142 Home Debt —
Ead of month... Deferred ..

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RAILWAYS.

Orleans • Cash
882
Northern
11531
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
575
Western
570
Eastern
• • 556
Sardinian
42
Austrian
562 Lombard
40U
North of Spain 6l
Saragossa
69
Roman dq

THE OieIGIN OF TEA.

Darma, a very religious prince, son of Kasinwo,
an Indian King, and the twenty-eighth descendant
of Tiaka, a negro monarch (1023 n.c.) landed in
China in the year A.D. 51.0. Probably a Brahmin
or a Buddhist of great austerity, he employed all his
care to diffuse a sense of religion, and for this
purpose denied himself rest, sleep, and relaxation.
He lived iu the open air, and devoted himself day
and night to prayer and contemplation of the
nature and beneficence of God, aiming at eventual
absorption into the Divine Essence when purified
by long prayer, fast, and vigil. Flesh is flesh,
however. After several years, worn out by want
of food and sleep, Darma the great and good,
involuntarily closed his eyes, and after that
slept soundly, reckless of anything but rest. Be-
fore dawn he awoke, full of sorrow and despair at
having thus broken his vow,snatched up a knife and
cut off both his offending eyelids. When it grew
light, he discovered that two beautiful shrubs
had grown from them, and eating some of the
leaves, he was presently filled with new joy,
courage, and strength to pursue his holy medi-
tations. The new plant was the tea plant, and
Darma recommended the use of it to his disciples
and followers. Kempfer gives a portrait of this
Chinese and Japanese saint, at whose feet there is
already a reed to indicate that he had traversed seas
and rivers, and had come from afar. The le-
gend seems to prove that from the earliest times
tea was known among students and austere
people a 3 a dispeller of drowsiness. Its first use was
no doubt accidental, as was that of coffee, the
virtues of which, the Arab legend says, were dis-
covered by some goats who had browsed on leaves
of the coffee plant, and became unusually lively
after their meal. It is a singular fact, too,
that Jesuit writers who visited China in
the reign of James the First expressly state that
they used the herb tea common among Vie
Chinese, and found that it kept their eyes open, and
lessened the fatigue of writing sermons and hearing
absolutions that lasted late into the night. No doubt
the figure of Darma and his reed could be found on
old China,—Dickenes 6, All the Year J?gund." 4

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EXPLANATION,
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Barometer corrected and reduced to Z.. 2 deg. a sea level.
r., rising ; f., falling ; a., steady—indicate directien of mol
mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer exposed
Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours.
Weather : b.—blue eky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog
I.—lightning ; m,—minty, hazy : (I—overcast, dull; r.—rain;
t.—thunder. Rain-fall. snow or bail (melted) during last
Sea disturbance.

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. Z.—calm
h.—hail
:B.—snow

24 hours.