| Show = = = = = = > Influence ol the Cradle Hong V Years ago In the northern part ol iermany there lived a peasant family conilillng of a lather mother andlhree children the oldest 01 whom war a boy of 14 yean named llelnrlch At tlniet were hard and work scarce tlili boy decided de-cided to go to America that land nl plenty In the eyetol all European peat Inland I-nland try hit fortunes An opportunity oppor-tunity oflered itself very uneipectcdly i to work hit way to New York at a cab In boy i he accepted It and In due lime landed In New York only 10 In hit pocket and an utter stranger alike to people climate and customs At first he tried to gain a living In Ihe great city lie sold ppersran errands held I horieiblickedihoet anything by which he could earn an honest penny but hit Ignorance the Cngllih language wat a great hindrance lo him and lie open went hungry tied I and tomellmet even he had no bed lo which to goAl go-Al lash In the spring he won the la vorol a goodnatured huckster who dally drove Into town with vegctalild and Iterrles to tell and wat taken home by him to help In Ihe garden for the summer The pay was a mere trifle but he was lIre ol a pleaun home and good food i At cold weather drew near and vegetable vege-table and fruit were gone Ihe work gave out and he wan forced to find an i other home and other work Thli lime > he drilled Into a woolen mill and here he remained for five yean gradually i tiling In work and pay but at the end i ol this time hit health giving way In the close alt o1 the mill he found employ H a meal In a tawmlll where hit work kept r him In the open air M In such ways at these he lived lorI it lor-I yean now on a farm or plantation un K III hit Ihlttyfourth year found him working In a lumber mill In the far r northwest At first he had heard occa I ilonilly from hit pitenlt but he had 1 gradually orgotten hit native tongue and now communication wllli hit mother h1 ceased ter leachlngt were lading from hit mind and he was be f coming at hirdenedatlhoie with whom he lived He had never married and 1 almost lorgolleii the feeling and com Ion ol a home In this long life ol cheap boarding house among rough uncultivated unculti-vated men At length an Evangelist cam lolibor among the mill people and lllnrUb was drawn Into hit Influence btcamt converted and Joined the church Then came the longing to better hit ways ol living to have a home of hit own and stronger than all else the i with to have hit mother wllli him lie I wrote to her and also to the pallor ol the village where the lived asking ol her clrcumttancei and alto whether the would come lo Iho new country and mike her home with him At he hid forgotten hit molhert language he wit obliged to ask a Herman gentleman belonging be-longing lo the tame church to be hit aniiniienilt At length the answer came Ills lather and hit two tlitert were dead and fur five lUll till mother hid been alone She would 1 gladly come to him II he would tend her Ihe meant lie at once replied and wrole also lo the pallor asking him lo assist lilt molher In her preparation for tho Journey and lo tea her safely embarked on the iteimer tending him at the time time a turn ol money amply lufllctcnt te cover alt tea penict Then he bought with the tav ingt ol yean a little neat ol a home In lie rountry tlocked It with chicken I turkcyi a cow a pig hone and buggy and mulct for the larmwork I and with Ihe kindly help I ol the wile nl hit Ocr man friend he lurnlihcd the little house completely Meantime the little old mother hiil tailed hopeful and confident notwithstanding notwith-standing the act that the did not understand under-stand a word ol the language ol her eons country She woo going to him and that wat enough lor her She had no lean I Me would care lor hher own ton A long at she remained on the ileamer the hid no dlfllcuUv lor there were plenty ol her own people aboard but when the landed In New York her trouble begin tired with her Journey confined and bewildered I by the babel of strange sounds and the I roar ol a great city the hardly knew a which way to turn but the carried In her satchel a letter written for her by I the captain ol the iteimer the had just left addressed to Ticket agents and conductor ol train and tiling orlh the old moth era destination aid route the was to take and asking all to help her on her way lly the aid ol this letter the at length reached the illligenear Ilelnrleht larm spent with the long l journey and the I anilely Hopefully looked around bat among the many face around her none smiled her A welcome Trembling and almost In lean she handed her letter let-ter lo the itillon agent He knowing lint eepecial l hit mother un dertloodlna moment and with a wel 1 corning word and mlle he took her shaking hard under hit arm and led I her oft to It I prime room Here le I sated her and detpalched a moergcr In haiti lo the arm for llelnrleh who hd not eipecled hit mother until the neat day At last heaniebut time had in changed their fares Hut neither re cugnlied the other Piotis not my mother llelnrlch eiclilmed repeatedlv alter vain cITorlt to communicate wlih herAt her-At last the old mother limiting and piling with hope and fear begin lo croon a little hrmn with which the ud to lull her children to sleep In their baby dijt llelnrlcht attention was Immediately arretted He Ililened a moment and then with a cry ol Mtlne Mutter1 he caught tie old woman In his arms and held her cloely to him For a lime only the lobt nl Ihe mother were heard then hruihlng the lean front hit own eye he gently toothed and pelted her lie walled fun Jier lo rest and drink a cujiol lea and then helped her carefully hole hit bugg and Ihey drove aft lo begin their new Die together a look olierrne happiness it moat traniflurlng the mother worn lace ten rom Ih Moon In a catalogue i > l Menlcin acrnlllet M Castillo the astronomer hells 01 one ol these air stone which etploded More It reached the surface tcatledug Irigm ntt over an area nl if square mites Meaiurementi and ettlmitet place the combined weight ol these Irigmtntt ol tlone at 1 not lest than J XIO toni At one tpot two Immenie lilt plates ol Ihe eorollle were dlicovered lying cloie together the two weighing about So font M Caitlllo uyi that here li no doubt but 1 that inch slopes foil from the moon |
