A Laughing Plant

Among the ïniny cunous objecti of the vejietable kingüuin few ure mare ro murkuble than the bMxMifi plant of Arabia ThJs plant does nut itscll Uugh; Uut persons who cheW ts seeds Ht once lieyin to suiile, tind if they continue til ewt the setd they are apt to behave likv a clown in a circiu. The flower are nf a bi ight yellow, and tlie seed-poda are soft and woolly, nhiie the st-eds resemble blak heans. Only two or three ot the sfvds ever prow in one pod. The nativrs dry the secda and grind thein, and it ia the pntvder thus made that is usually nlfi. A penod who takcs a small quantily of the powder gener.illy laugh and ouu fantastic c ipers for abour, mi hour. He then falls ep, and when he awakes he has not the slihtest reineinOrance ot his fliïky iets. A ChlCHjro man wanted a divorce beciiisi- his w(e persistedin sinjih g hymns. 1" court l.iuirlieil at hini, and he wnuld have lil li Ï9 case had nut toe lawyer summoned the wifo to the wituess stand and tnrtod berttagliig. At tlie titth verse the colli t th re w up the sp'mge aud the divorce