Smyrna times., 1858-06-10
The Seven Sleepers.


The story of the Seven Sleepcrs is the most
romantic of the Legends Of the Church. 1t is
as follows:
When The Emperor Dacius prosecuted the
Christians. seven noble youths Of Ephcsus con.
cealed themselves in a spacious cavern, ON the
side OF an adjacent mountain, and were doomed
to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that
the entrance should be firmly secured by piles
OF stones. They Immediately fell into a deep
slumber, Which was almost mlracuously pro.
longed, without lnjurlng the powers of life,
one hundred and eighty seven years. At the
end OF that time, the slaves Of Adolus, to whom
the inheritance of the mountain had descended
removed the stones TO supply material for some
edihce. The light Of the sun darted into Ii e
cavern, and the seven siccpers were permitted
to awake. Soon after rising from their sleep,
which they thought h2O lasted only few hours
they were pressed by The calls OF hunger, and
resolved that JambIcus, one Of their number
should secretly return to the city, to purchase
bread for the use of himself and COMPANIONS
The youth, if we may still employ that appIi-
cation, could 10 longer recognize the once IA
mllar aspect of his native country; and his
surprise was increased by the appearance of
large cross irIumphantly erected over the prin-
cipal gate of Ephesus. Ills singular dress and
obsolete language cOnfounded the baker 10
whom he offered an ancient medal of Dacius.
as the current coin Of the Empire; and JambIl
GUS on the suspicion of having discovered a
secret treasure, was dragged before the iudge.
Their mutual inquiries produced the ANA zlnp
discovery that two centuries had nearly elapsed
since Jaunblcus and his friends had escaped
from the rag: OF a pagan tyrant. The Bishop
Of Ephesu', the clergy, the magistrate, the peo.
nla and j. ~ l. -
tened to visit the cavern of the Seven Sleep.
ers, who related their story, bestowed their
benedIctlon, and at the same instant peaceably
expired.
Is LAGER BIER INTOXICATING ?-The iury in
the case of the People agt. George Maurer,
which has been on trial in the Common Pleas
New York, the last three days, stood nine in fa-
vor of verdict for the defendant, (the People)
and two Opposed-the twelfth juror being away
in consequence of illness. This shows that
after a careful review of the question is lager
bier intoxicating 7" a majority of gentlemen
chosen without reference to prejudice believe it
is so. There needs but little to convince man
that it is. Those who testified to having drank
gallons of it without feeling any effect were
men who had been in the habit for years of
drinking large quantities of it. Ii seems to be
been brought up from infancy in the habit of
drinking much lager bier, till it becomes Il
second nature for him to swallow it, can drink
100 glasses day and not feel the worse for it.
But that does not prove that it is not intoxica-
ting. IL it did, it could be demonstrated by a
similar system of reasoning that arsenic is not
poison; Tor almost any person can AXE arsenic,
in minute quantities at first, and continue in.
creasing the dose till, in the course of time, he
can swallow quantity which woud send a
dozen men unused to taking it TO their graves.
So it is with lager. Take man strictly tenn
perate aud healthy, cause him to swallow TWEEN
ty or thirty glasses O! lager, and it would soon
show itself to be intoxicating. The test should
not be made with men who are saturated with
lager, but men unused to any kind Of spirituoue
liquors. 1t is, however, claimed that lager il
healthy; taken in moderation perhaps It is
undoubtedly It is the least hurtfu liquor people
can drink, and the least likely to inox icate -
Therefore, il people will drink liquor OF some
sort, let them take that which is least injurious
and putrs0sze lager.--N y Express.