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or in New York, is the same ; and the monej^-changers 

 of the Temple at Jerusalem in the time of our Lord 

 may be seen to-day on change in any of the larger 

 marts of trade. How is this ? Just because the Jew 

 is a ''thorough-bred.'^ There is with him no intermar- 

 riage with the Gentile — no crossing, no mingling of his 

 organization with that of another. When this ensues 

 "permanence of race" will cease and give place to 

 variations of any or of all sorts. 



Some families are remarkable during long periods 

 for tall and handsome figures and striking regularity of 

 features, while in others a less perfect form, or some 

 peculiar deformity reappears with equal constancy. A 

 family in Yorkshire is known for several generations to 

 have been furnished with six fingers and toes. A family 

 possessing the same peculiarity resides in the valley of 

 the Kennebec, and the same has reappeared in one or 

 more other families connected with it by marriage. 



The thick upper lip of the imperial house of Austria, 

 Introduced by the marriage of the Emperor Maximillian 

 with Mary of Burgundy, has been a marked feature in 

 that family for hundreds of years, and is visible in their 

 descendants to this day. Equally noticeable is the 

 "Bourbon nose" in the former reigning family of 

 France. All the Barons de Yessins had a peculiar 

 mark between their shoulders, and it is said that by 



