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Show A WONDERFUL STORY. ENTURIES -- xZir51ft N 00 me have and gone n Angelinas over the Roman. He wii a good and great monarch.and hehad taken tor hi queen the fair daughter of the king of Jerusawere lem. They both loved and honored by their people and would hare been perfectly happy but for one sorrow that havered over them like a cloud. This waa that no prince had been born to Inherit lb throne and to comfort the parent with hi chil Ihh jrraitle. Often, at the quren walked our with her attendant, ehe would see one playing In the sunshine or rolling in the sand, laughing at a bright butterfly or softly crow Ing over a little flower. And her heart would be filed with f adored that no baby fingers ever wande-eover her face or filled her heart with the rapture that a mother feels as aba fold her little one close to her bosom. And tbe king, as he saw all the glories around him, would sigh that there were no pattering steps and laughing voice to,nuke the long halls of hla, with childish mhtb. wondered One day as Aneelmu through hi gardens, he sat down by a fountain and looked idly upon the As water, dimpling' in the sunlight. he sat he grew weary, his head fell forward upon hi arm, which rested on uheXaiiiiiiJE.'aluuliuAml tMkiafifitaPL Then a vision rose before him. He thought the day was bright, but he saw the moon shining, i&le and drooping, and while he looked a little bird flew toward him. Then two lions came and stood, ore on each aide of the bird, and shielded it from the wind. And when Lhe Hag. in surprise at this atrange sight, lifted hi eye. behold, the garden seemed filled with strange animate, which all bowed down to the little bird. Then, suddenly the air was filled with moving wings, and Acsrlmus beheld birds of both gay and sombre plumage, all tinging together, joyfully and And tmirt itlrt the mimic jymUly grow that It awoke the king, and tbe vision vanished. But not ao the mem- ory of It. Anrelmue pondered lorg upon the wonder he had seen; then he summoned bia counsellor and courtiers and all the wise men of tbe land, and when tbe hall wa filled the king apoke to the ai- 'i'-.- 'i reigned -- d 4 -- aembly. I have inmmoned you. my people, to bear the strange adventure that has befallen me. I cannot but fear that It prerage soma great event In my kingdom, but whether good or evil, I must bear from my wise counsellors." And thereupon be belated hi dream. At it conclusion the wise men withdrew and in a abort time the room with bright, joyous laces. "Rejoice, oh king!" they cried. "Hear what the vision foretells. The mood shining In tbe light of the sun wa our queen beside our king. The little bird waa but to portray a prince born Into the tan. The two bewats that Sheltered it were the good and the great of the land, wbo wilt give from their plenty to support and protect their future king. The strange antmale that bowed before our prince were emblems of the foreign nations that will yield to bte power. And the sweet singing from the throats of many birds tvm but the sign of tbe rejoicings that we your own people, will give forth to welcome our kings eon. Rejoice, oh king, and be glad, for the omen Is good!" . see the city of Rome rung with An heir to the song and rejoicing. throne bad been presented to the pie, and their hearts were glad. Now,-- It happened that King Atn- One day phrey, who reigned over a kingdom near Rome, had carried on continual war with Anselmus. But when ha heard of the birth of the prince terror DEATH Anwimus wrote to Amphrey to sntl bis IN VALLEY ' j daughter to Rome. . Eo the princess bade f.irtjwtll to net -- WILL. NOT home and set out upon her voyage. Sue WATER QUEnch was accompanied by many noble dames THljRST THERE. , ' V- and maids, and courtiers of high dngtce. rompanr-rthe ThS vessels The carrying R Lk. gay with floating silken p.unanu and . i d flags, and the satis were of brlghi-hueA rich dowry, suited to the colors high birth cf the prineeos. was tent nlo on the vestel, and everything seemed , oitD I, bright and joyous. Ja But after sailing few da; they decly encountered a heavy storm. Great black clouds mounted up in the unknown man "P , . . skies, piling upon each other, and threatening to empty ttalr deluge upon the now frightened voyag rs Tile to be folse If.ante calm, but oi lowed by iiKh wild rerluw a tetSom ,, The ' waves-?--, disturb" the deep. T g W4B Uot . moimtotaa-Elgh.jKaan tbosUrm burs?, , , ....a , mm. e 1 jaany fortunes, and year after yt r It, even where tire bun acorca- ' and sets them mad, The gold has been found, not onee, hut many times. This frightful place has more tales of tad mine than any other. The Pegleg, the Breyfogle. tbe Mansfield claim, the Loet Padre mine, tnI many1 mote have tempted prea-p- e, tors back to the pit of glaring L arc real mines. In SouthT ern Cr.l.fornla towns they will show men Taagfet Tbfti Ml th CREED, lh (iood ias-sttoo- the-fiou- r des-ert- O'-- 1 -- , ' -- -- n, ur Kn the-eart- h cllff-benk- s. Ihm TRAMP, a Stjrmg d 1 1 tniwec hide way-trai- - 5 A lav of tsod In a number of letters written at j The n ahead of ui tad struck long and short Intervals front' 1S72 to; an ojien switch and been ditched, and lk-- tr bjlxmtea M, Aleott, to five little two passengers we-- e hilbd outright1 girls In Allegheny county. Pa., tbe au- and five or cu otheia me re or lets thor of "Utile Women most charmingI'rte Press the ly and frankly diueloces her evtreordl-nar- y The killed and lying on nature, aud the missives, edited the depot platform ts car train came by Edward W. Bok. are given to the up, and among tne latter was a profespublic in Lades Home Journal. In sional tramp who had been j'ealing one of the tenderost .of these letters In- ride. Alter the dot tor hadTEuked Urn voked by the sad informatka of the overrule vagaoo.il, w :.o tot lost it-y- J JJttl P&tbetl at V .a-- ONE WAS j there wa no sign of ve.ood or crew upon the wide ocean. But suJitanly a voice rung out clear in the morning sunlight. Theie. dinging to a spar was the princes; of all the bort she alone wa .living. And as she sung from out the deep, the vessel suddenly tone, and tho prince, s mounting upon the prow, seemed safe for the time. Now, you must know that, when the princes left her home, an old nursy dull gave her a atone, which seim-and usilesg, hut whiih he bade the maiden guard a she would her life. The atone waa now hanglag about the maiden's neck, and It had the power In It of fuffl'ting anything she might with. As she looked about she beheld a whale folio wing Jdre risen yevscL and In tar terror she giarped the stone. Immediately a fire sprung up about tan, an 1 the whale was frightened away. But when night came, the maiden was weary and slept. And the .done slipped from her grasp and the chain on her neck loosened and the talisman droppfd into the sea. v Then the fire was suddenly extinguished and the whale came and devoured the sleeping princess. Then she awoke, and with a sharp knife which she bad fastened In her belt, she wounded. the whale till It made for the shore, feeling that it waa sick unto death. ohleman of Anselmus' kingdom, and when he aaw the whale, after It had grown light, he summoned bis men to come and kill It. And a they struck at tbe huge sides, the princess cried out: "Have mercy, and save me, for I am a princess!" In alarm the men at first ran away, but summoned by their master they again set to work, and goOfi rtib pflnetss was released from her dark prison. Tbe nobleman took pity on her when he heard her sad tale, and took her home with him. Then word was sent to Anselmus,' and he came with a great train of followers to welcome the maiden,. My child," he said, "you havs suffered much. But one more trial have you before X can call you daughter." Then turning to an attendant he said, .r i yr-- r "a "Bring that caskets!" Immediately a slave knelt before the r .1 . s? ' vkvy .5T j.'1 h V " princess holding on a velvet cushion ' t? TTVj ,y' Lhve easkets, The first waa of gold, l-V- ", X. kj - rVs V -v ' w'jr beautifully wrought and set with precious gems, but Inside it contained dead mens bones. Tbe second was of silver FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF FAMOUS DEATH VALLEY. embossed end highly ornamented, but inside It was nothing but dust and ashes. Tbe third was made of dull lead, plain or cold, not from recognized disease, tude offered to bring the white man to rest, the fresh hope or the patience and ugl to look upon, but Inside was a and not from violence, comes Is men a mine that had been worked by the which only God can give us. People great treasure, rubles and diamonds where the ribbon of salt, vyhlte even Mission fathers a hundred years be- used to tell me that when sorrow came and pearls beyond price. than the white sand, runs dowtto tho fore. They started, but as they went I should find my faith faulty because it the worth of the service he had re- had no name, but they were wrong, for "My child, you must choose one of sinkhole, 430 feet below the sea these caskets. If you choose that which Death Valley Is only a su! Itself ceived seemed less to tha Indian and when the heavy loes of my dear, gifted hall be of profit to yourself and to eight to sixteen miles wide, to the the service he was rendering seemed sister found me too feeble to do anyothers, you shall marry the prince and man who could walk acrosa It it Its more, and at last he refused to pro- thing but suffer passively, I still had In time become queen. But if you worst has never been born. With the ceed unless he was paid a pony and a the sustaining sense of a love that never choose unwisely, then In peace shall fierce sunlight blaztng down, bel!$st gyn. The miner promised, but the In- failed, even when 1 could not see end you return to your fathers kingdom. back from the sand, so that eve hi the dian demanded his price In advance, why this lovely life should As a Tbe princess looked upon the three shadow the thermomoter rioters and they returned to the edge of civlll-zatio- w hen It was happiest. caskets, and taking up the gold one read nearly ! to degrees, with the air full of got the pony and the gun and poor, proud, struggling girl I held to the belief that If I deserved success It Its Inscription. salt and the sand giving undr his started again. - "Whoao chooseth me shall receive tread, hed die half way. You eant The prospector returned with the would surely come so long as my amthat which he deserves." drink water enough to slake your usual specimens, but without the se- bition was not for selfish ends, but for "Ah. beautiful casket, you are fair to thirst, and travelers are found dead cret, The Indlanxhad left him one my dear family, and It did come, far more fully than I ever hoped or look upon, but 1 know not what Is old-de- n with canteens of water beside them. night, and had returned twenty-fobeneath your fair outeide. said the rock dreamed, though youth, health and The only fresh water In the ;iey hours later with the many hopes went to earn it. Now, when maiden. "I will pass you by, comes from the gloomiest featurt of and a silver crucifix with a Spanish FuThen she read on the allver casket: He brought these to show I might enjoy rest, pleasure and travel, all, the spotted, strange-staine- d I am still tied by new duties to my e "Whoso chooseth me shall have that neral Mountain. The single employe that he knew where the priests and give up my dreams, sure that to baby, has which he desires !" sufmanege! of a borax enterprise had got their golJ, but he had sho make alfalfa grow on a little plot-i- he fered another change of heart, and something better will be given me In "Nay, nay, oh silver casket! cried, "what ! desire may be wrong and only green piece in Death Vellcy. Back now gave back the horse and gun and time. Freedom was always my longing, wicked! Ill none of thee!" from this there are hills as white as refused to show the mine. Why? but I have never had It, so I am still Ttan the plain leaden casket was dour mountain, covered as cleanly by They dont ask Indians for reasons. It trying to feel that this is the discipline I need, and when I am ready the libraised; borax as If It had fallen like snow. might have been that he saw a white "Whoso chooseth me shall receve Around the base of the Funeral deer; a snake, a quail and a crow may erty will come." that which is ordained for him!" Mountain curves the Amarg03a rtar. have been on tlie trail together, or it Ah!" cried the princess, "In this Nobody has ever seen water flowing may have been, and probably was , SIFTINGS. there Is promise, tor whatsoever Is or- upon the surface of this river bed, Jut Just Injun cussedness. Faithful to the last the good shoedained must be tor the best. Thou shall the ghost of a great river, miles vide, t maker. be my choicer there between great perpendicular Th Kxoita. The secret of prolonging life is not "Well chosen, thou good and virtuous banks, hundreds of feet high. Nobody The negro exodus to Liberia seems to maiden," cried the king, as he bent and has followed the river bed to its source be assuming considerable proportions. to abridge It. If a policeman does not preserve kissed her on the brow. cr traced it to its disappearance. 80. One hundred and fifty negroes, from he gets into a pickle. order And the wedding of the prince and where down under the bed the vatrr Arkansas and Oklahoma, passed How hard the man who paints trifes princess was celebrated with great re- - j flews, tho Scientist say, but whether through Memphis recently for SavanIt Is a yard or n mile down even they nah, where they were to take ship for to bring the conversation arodnd to arjoiclnga. Philadelphia Times, . do not know. Even when the skha Liberia. The society which Is further- tists Speaking about ornithology, did you crack and let tho cloudbursts through, - HMtll BrtmMW. scheme is said to over the Amargwa ing the emigration know that larks were bred from swalrune no water cowill the all and secured alhave good iOf scientific professions once earth lows? The ca river thirsty sand. lied with theology, astronomy and medoperation of the negro preachers, and can fall. A man sleeping where good icine have, perhaps, become most drink it up taster than it great numbers of negroes all over the Is going on must be a good sortpreaching but la of e perDeath beautiful, tin Valley sellare saving their money and hostile. It waa common priestly say' son. man who explores It and the uncanay south t to In the middle little where their that preparatory property there ages ing ing A .Texas cowboy who was defendant mountain about It comes back, If Sawere throe doctore there were two comes nd wasted, la hh going to Liberia. The fare from n breach of promise suit, said he was in at all, gaunt fixed at 41. atheists, and It has been aptly pointed blistered are the Images of th vannah to Liberia Is lass sued, out that In all the starry boat of heav- mirror-lik- e eyes sea of salt, the blur of tht A Dakota farmer proposes to cure so en there la not a planet or etar called Halt. mounds clallam by having the socialists take biasing tun, the heaped-u- p by the name of saint or angeL that tell where somebody has found To send a sinner to endless hell la land. But they wont. They take beer. dead man and put him out of sight, no more a victory over sin than to corWhat this country needs most Is a The EtOae Tkww the bleached skeleton, not whiter tha ral the social evil within certain plague practical scientist who can invent an The last red rays of the setting sin on which It lies, and not tht spots is a victory over that vice, or to attachable steering apparatus for cy" lingered longingly upon the beauties gay colors of the' Funeral peaks, the banish all the Hawaiian lepers to Mo- clones. . of paradise complete. picturesque rounded tops of the Monts lokai la a victor over Tcprosf.The "Don't worry, keep your head cool, "Adam, faltered Eve, "am I the first Blanco, the quaint crags of the dead only victory fiver sin, as over physical your feet warm, look out for east winds, rivers girl yon ever really loved?" disease, is to cure it not to shut It up the rheumatism and dyspepsia and do He looked Into her liquid eyes and Wres almost every In any kind at nether world, there to your level best to die of old age. About the falley " f sighed. venomous thing that crawls In the propagate end fester and putrefy to . A queer case Is reported from Den"How can you doubt me?" lie murc. p. ver, 061. A man got drunk, stole his west Rattlesnakes, tarantulas, centi- the end of infinite UnnN-jR- dv ' mured, somewhat reproachfully. own trunk and kid It. ' He complained pedes, scorpions, even Gila monster- -, Henry- Hurds of the theft, the property was recovered, those hldeons slow that every r scientist says are harmless end every KtII Wkii She lM IL There are 197.148.420 scree of timber and he was made the prosecuting witA young woman of Stockton, Kan., frontiersman say are deadly. lands In the southern states, and the ness. The Judge being a quandry how who occasionally takes n flyer after j The valley never lack for victim. average yield of these forests la S.000.-00- 0 to treat so novel a case, decided that the thief was not accountable for hla act sundown In male attire, writes "pieces" There la gold there gold enough for feet per acre. for the paper on the evil of dancing. 1 7 ALCOTTS death of one of the slaters, Ms Alcott finder- - Th 00 one ha rerde3 wrote her sorrowing correspondent: i Peg leg discoverer, the first and lch-- ! wilt tell you my exroinr'. est of all, could never find hi way d as it and the test of youth and boulder that jutted through back to the health fige, and 6!ckness, Joy and the white cap of borax and revealed and wealth, I feel that it He below. wealth and tried the again on taoroiu Vxrnuh And ta-a ! aad haceir he must more wfit for on of It year by year. My patents He live while he searched. to have never bound us to any cburch, but I ft fcfs ore Specimens and his map to bis p. ik a, lima! u that the love of goodness was another man, who has kept up the taught the love of God, the cheerful doing of forjae. starch1' for twenty jems and hadn't Tl.i mer. who live with the shimmer the duty made life happy, and-tliof the whlta svnd in their eyes would found love of ones neighbor In its widest be smirlwd to hear people Old'Brevfego traded his way out of sense was the best help for ones self. casting about for a reason for this mans death, the desert wltn moie rich rock.' He Their live showed bow, lovely this "Why. he mod of the dceert, any of told of a cave In a canyon whe:e lie simpl faith waR, how much honor, the boiax men would tell you, which, crawled to find shelter from a e'.oud-tcre- t, gratitude and affection It brought them, and found the richest, flock that and what a sweet memory they left bebolnx kumprued into the language of n.eu who live In citie, means that his waa ever brought out of the gold coun- hind. for. though father still lives, his heart broke from the loneliness, tbe try. He showed ihe rock when he life Is over, as far as thought or usehojn.h hntss, the horrid silence, aai came out. anil 6tarted back to hi., mine fulness are possible. Theodore Parker be pul Id face in the alkali with niulca laden with water and pro- aud Ralph Waldo Emerson did much to visions. Of course, he was followed. help me to see that one can shape life grippe, t the sand and died. This n.ay ecera absurd to the tn.ia Hi find was too big to be left to one best by trying to build up a strong and who does not know what silence is. man. but old Breyfogle knew the noble character, through good books, A boat In tbe middle of the mean In mountains and the men who prospect wise people's society, au interest in all he dead calm is a roaring noise mill among them, and he doubled on his reforms that help the world, and a when compared to the Btlllnws 15 i trail, made false starts, and at last cheerful acceptance of whatever Is inDeath Valley, In the boat If you move shook the followers off the stent and evitable; seeing a beautiful compensayou rock and the'water splashes, and vanished. He never came back. Man. tion in what often seems a great sacriwhen you tou-- h the boat It gives mules, water barrels, tools, provisions fice, sorrow or loss, and believing allive sound. In lhe desert you caa hear disappeared. This was a gener- ways that a wise, loving and Just Father ate breathing cf your straying horre a ! tlon aso- buUa that country there are cares for us, sees our weakness and is quarter of a mile away, and when Be i J et nion cumbering among the ded near to help if we call. Have you rea snorts In the night you sart up and canyons, looking for a cave with a Emerson? He is called a pantheist or He feel the air tremble. If you walk your r)of studded wlih gold. It Is the vame believer in nature instead cf God footfall are muffled in the velvet story, with a few variations, all wag truly Christian, and saw God in nature, finding strength and comfort sand, there I no chirp of Insect, or tsrough. The Lot Padre mine I3 the only one In the same sweet influences of the cry of bird Even the vultures kep . with a radically different legend. Thr eff the great Mother as well as the Father of Of course, everybody deea not d'e of tale came from the Indian An old all. I too believe this, and when tired, the desert, any more than everybody P.tite came over from the Nevada side gad or tempted find my best comfort in In a city die during an epidemic, but and was rest uel from death trom the woods, tbe sky, the healing solitude ctor. U(1 111 hla gratl- - that lets my poor, weary soul find the tfanth .that U nut frnjn hnggr jttur.t llV a m old-tim- Am-phr- Wi M. I gold-beari- THIS SHALL BE MT CHOICE, crept into hie heart, tor he knew that when the child had grown to manhood he would avenge hit father. So wrote to Aneelmus, begging that peace might henceforth exist between thcm. And Anselmus was pleased am answered, promising to give help sad protection to Amphrey If he would sc knowledge the emperor's sovereignty and gtve.securlty for hie own word of faith. Then King Amphrey called his coun cil and showed them the letter of tne emperor, and asked their help la deeia ing what the tribute should be. After much discussion, a noble stepped forth and said: "Oh king, there can be but one tribute paid to Aneelmus that will keep to your-e- lf your dignity and honor. Anaelmua has a son; yon have a daughter, fair and Let tbe prince-an-d good and noble. princess become betrothed, and in time the glory of our kingdom will be united to the glory of Rome." And forthwith he wrote to Aneelmna, offering his daughter la marriage to the baby prince. And Anselmus was glad and tbe betrothal was celebrated with pomp and ceremony. After a number of years had passed, and the prince bad grown to manhood, and had proved hi nobility and valor. LOUISA consclousr.' ss for a faintly and achea. "Wall, pa.'d, v.h.U s tLe vfidiet of the Jury? You aie badly hurt."w aTTbeT??)Tf' I know that: I w in tin? I'm as fiat as a pancake. gether. I Will ever tramp agin?" "ihn afraid rot. .Ar my legs off? "No; you use fat.ly Injured, however. "That means I rn a gcuei "Yes. Wall. I'd Lev liked to got over Ds and had stinthin' to t 'la a 'oat an 1 brig over, but I amt non co I r ,m . M Was he p.ird v as on tie ear ahead. 1 hurt? "No. here he is. At that moment a ragged, unkempt and typical vagabond came forward and bent over the victim and Wall, Jim, thty ay you tav to go Yea. How ye fellin over it' "Sorter No use to kick, Tom That's right; you never was no hieker, nohow Got any friend? "No Want word taler: to .ny hotly? No. "Km I do anythin' for ye The dying man at him for a moment in silence and tta-- whispered Tom, ye ar' the only pardner I ever had as knowed the jirayer. IDal say it over to nte. The old trdinp pulled off h's cap and knelt down, and as the score of us uncovered and bowed our betda he repeated the prayer woriTfor word and with such feeling as astonished every- When he hail finished hd ruse Body. up and said: That's it, Jim, and kin 1 do anythin more? "Nothing more for him! answered the doctor, as he looked down upon the Your partner is dead! pale face. 1 g'-v- HIS HONORS TOOTHACHE. lie Proved to 11a More Than th Deo- il? Had Bargained For. A good story Is told of Judge W. D. Greer, a prominent lawyer of Paducah, says the Paducah Standard. Once during a v isit to St. Louis he had a severe attack of toothache. He sought a dentist's office and was met by a young man who was scrupulously neat and clean. The latter bowed suavely and tbe Judge began: I believe you profess to be able to extract teeth without pain? Yea, sir, was the reply, and If 1 don't do it Ill refund your money. The Judge waa seated in the operating chair and the last thing he remembers was the dentist Inserting a small tube in his mouth. He got a dose of gas and became unconscious. When he came to the young man was under a table, his erstwhile spotless shirt and collar covered with blood and bis clothes torn up almost beyond recognition. He waa desperately waving the Judge off, sayGet out of here! ing all the while: Get out of here!" He seemed very anxious to have the judge get out but he couldnt be induced to leave his retreat under the table. Why, young man, what's the matter?" asked the Judge. who didnt understand the situation. In surprise. "If I've done' anything Im willing to pay for it. The young man obtruded his head for a moment, glanced reproachfully about at the demolished furniture and his own sorry plight, wavered for a moment and then exclaimed: "Pay! You get out of here! It seemed that the judge under the influence of the gas had cleaned out the establishment and the dentist didnt get the tooth, either. LABOR NOTES. Eight hundred Boston brewery workers have left the K. of I, and joined the A. F. of Li. . , The trades unionists of Los Angeles, Cal., are boycottlngg the Chinese and Japanese restaurants. Switzerland, a pure democratic form of government, has had but 306 strikes In thlrty-fi,v- e years, and of these ten were lockouts. The bindery girls employed at the Roller printing office. Canton, O., went on a strike the past week for eight hours, and after much arbitration the girls won. When they affiliated w 1th the American Federation of Labor, last August, the American Agents association had a membership of 800; now they have 12,000. The American Federation of Labor was organized In 1881, and now has a membership of nearly 700,000, which is far above the high water mark of the K. of L. The Central Labor union of Fort Wayne. Ind., declared In favor of a municipal electric plant, and the effect was that the lighting firm which now has the contract compelled Its machinists to withdraw from the union. The Upholsters union, Indianapolis, Is only one month old and has 125 members, a majority of tbe trade in the city. -- The barbers, waiters, and haraeesmakers are organizing, and the union movement Is making rapid progress in that city. -- . -- |