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r“ " ‘ TWO-SUN'BE‘AMS.
Might through a casement, open widt. '
.- A sunbeam found its way, "
’And down upon the cottage floor
1 A shaft of brightness lay.
Sent from the gay, glad outer world,
i 'A messenger apart,
in glorified the humble room,
._ And cheered the matron's heart.
it coaaxed the little one from play.
' And mocked, with true delight,
The vain attempts of baby hands
' To grasp the lance of light.
“Catch if you can," it seemed to say.
‘ “I’d willing captive be,"
’And danced before the wondering eyes
To the tune of baby glee.
Bright shone the little golden head
As it flltted here and there,
.As though the sun itself hadlent
01 its shining store a share.
’And mother caught her darling up,
; 'In the midst of his fruitless chase,
.A-md showered kisses, warm and soft.
On the pretty baby face. - .
“You cannot catch the sunshine,
.Though you followed the wide world
I through;
.You’re mother’s little sunbeam, dear,
. 'And she has caught you. too!
“Two sunbeams have I in my home;
lDark would it be, and drear,
Without the bright ray on' the floor.
And the bright face shining here!
“God owns the sunlight, but He gave
This precious beam to mother.
Content am I to call one mine
And entertain the other.”
Straight througli‘the casement, open wide, ‘
The sunbeam crept away,
And twilight shadows, stealing through,
Foretold the end of day.
The outer world in darkness lay,
But mother’s heart was light,
For a golden ,head and a baby face
Kept home forever bright.
——Ella Randall, in Golden Days.
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HE sun was setting red and sullen—
T ly over a battlefield in western
Asia, upon which two great armies had
been contending since daybreak.
Barely 15 years had elapsed since the
death of Mohammed, and already the
strong arms and sharp swords of his
soldier disciples had spread the-faith of
Islam through every land from Syriato
Morocco, and now the turn of Persia
had come at last.
The native warriors fought as stout- .
1y as men could do; but they were .
matched with men who had never met
their equal in war. .
Caliph Omar, wiping his heated
face with the sleeve of his robe, watched ;
:keenly the giving away, little by little. ‘
of the pointed Persian helmets before
‘the white Arab turbans, and hurled up- ‘
on the wavering enemy, just at the de—
’cisive moment, the thousand picked |
, men whom he had hitherto held invre- ;
serve. '
“Fight bravely, my sons!” was his
'last charge to them; “for God Himself
lfights for you. But should ye meet with
a. Persian chief, wearing a lion-skin
cloak «and gold-inlaid helmet, whose
Ename is Harmosan, the satrap (gov~
'ernor) ’ of Yezd, kill- him not. but bring
POURED IT ON THE GROUND.
him to me alive; for men say he is the
bravest warrior in Persia. and I would
fain see‘him with my cum eyes.”
This sudden charge of fresh and vig-
orous troops upon men exhausted with
a long day of hard fighting was quite
irresistible.
The Persians gave way on all sides;
the sacred standard of the shah was
trampled in the dust and the few who
still strove to hold their ground were
overwhelmed by numbers.
The whole field was ina whirl of flight
and pursuit, and only in one spot, where
asolitary clump of palm trees broke the
gray, unending level of the boundless
iplain, a clamor of shouts and clashing
weapons showed that resistance had
'not yet wholly ceased. ’
Beneath those, trees, with his back
against the largest trunk, stood a tall,
noble—looking man, in the prime of life,
with largeblack eyes, which flashed as
gflercely -as the sword that played like
‘lightning amid the wild faces and toss-
‘ing arms of his swarming enemies.
More than one broken arrow head was
sticking in his breast plate; the silver
‘buckler on his left arm was hacked and
.dented,'as if by the blows of a sledge
hammer; his armor was dyed red with
more than one wound. ,
But he still held his ground unflinch-
:ingly,. striking right and left with the
‘strength of a giant. and never once in
3vain. -
But such a fight was too unequal to
glast. The brave man’s arm began to
'wagt weary, his strength tofail. Closer
land closer whim gleaned the merciless
. swered the prisoner. "I am in thy pow-
' er, and'I ask no mercy. Let the fate that
---de Chavannes, given on the authority
.days to live.‘
spear heads. and. in another moment
’ellwould have been our, when sudden-
lly a poWerful voice broke through the ‘ AN ONYIX MONUDIENT,
din of the fray:
, “Hold your hands, brothers! per-
=chance this may be the man whom the
‘commander of the faithful bade us
I
spare!” .
The Arabs made way for the new;
comer (who was no other than the cap- -;
and he '
tain of the caliph’s guard),
looked keenly at the hard-pressed man
‘for the signs by which the famous
satrap was to be distinguished. But he '
The stranger‘s cloak i
looked in vain.
was gone, and his helmet so battered
and stained that the keenest eye could
not have told the color of its metal.
“Persian!” cried the”. captain, at
length, “art thou Harmosan, the sa trap
of Yezd? If so, our swords have no
edge against thee, if thou wilt butyield '
to the caliph’s mercy.”
But the Persian answered only with
ablow, which, had ithitits mark, would i
have ended the captain‘s wars once for 1
all. A gigantic Yemenee rushed for-
‘ward only to fall dead beneath another
of those irresistible strokes; but nowi
the Persian’s sword snapped close to
the hilt, and he was left defenseless.
“We have him now!” shouted the cap-
tain. “Seize him and bind him fast!"
Despite the stranger‘s tremendous
struggles, he was overpowered by num-
bers, and securely bound. But to all
the taunts of his captors he deigned not
same stern silence, even when he- was
dragged into‘ the presence of the caliph
himself.
As he listened to the recital of his
prisoner’s exploits, Omar eyed him with
a look of grim approval; and the cap-
tive, in his turn, surveyed with equal
admiration this prince of the desert~
who, master as he was. of nine powerful
kingdoms, was sitting cross-legged up-
on the bare ground, in a rough cloak of
camel’s hair, and supping on a handful
of dates and parched corn. '
“Knowest thou,” said Omar, at
length, with a stern look, “what fate
awaits him who hath shed the blood of
the faithful?”
“I have fought for my country,” an-
awaits me be what it may, it is all one
to me.”
Omar’s eyes sparkled; for, brave as a
lion himself, he loved nothing better
than a brave man, whether friend or
foe. .
“Methinks there is but one man in
Persiamhost who could speak to me so,"
cried he. “Art thou Harmosan, the
satrap of Yezd ‘2‘”
“I am,” replied the Persian, drawing
himself up proudly.- “I would not tell
my name in the battle, lest it should!
seem that I did so because thou hold-st
hidden thy men spare me; but. it mat-
ters little who knows it now. I am Har-
mosan, the soldier of Persia, and thine
enemy!"
Even the fierce Arabs around him
smiled approvingly at the fearless
words. and more than one voice. was
heard to mutter: _
“This is a bold fellow, and worthy to
be one of the faithful! Pity that he
must die!”
“Persian,” said Omar, “Imay not give
thee thy life; but to show how the
prophet’s followers honor courage. any
other request thou canst make is
granted before it is urtt'ered ! ”
“Give me a cup of water,,then,” an—
swered I-Iarmosan; “for since this day’s
fight began, my thirst hast not been
quenched."_
Omar nodded, and a black slave
brought forward a. large ’silver' cup. ,
filled to the brim with clear, sparkling
water; but. instead of drinking, the ‘
prisoner held it doubtfully in his hand.
“What now, friend?” cried the caliph,
impatiently. “If thou fearest treach-
ery, be easy; for I pledge thee my word
that none shall harm thee till thou hast
drank that water.” _
Quick as lightning, Harmosan dashed
the cup to the ground and said, with a
mocking smile:
“Bid thy men, then, gather up that}
water from the sand; for, by thine own
pledge .1 am safe tillIdrinkit!”
There was a moment of amazed si-
lence, and then the outwitted Arabs
rushed at him with a savage yell; but
high above the uproar was heard the
commanding voice of Omar:
“A caliph’s word is sacred, my chil-
dren. Bring the brave Persian another
cup. of water, and as I once bade him
drink and-die, so now 1 bid him drink
and live."—-Goldeu Days.
“'orked Until the Last.
An anecdote of the late Pierre l’uvis
of M. Octave Mirbenu. deserves to take
a permanent. place in the annals of
painting. “Feeling himself very ill,"
says M. Mirbeau, “he sent for his med‘
ical adviser. ‘My dear: friend,’ said he,
‘I want to know exaétly how long I
have to live. For weeks past. in order
that, 1 might take better care of my—
self. 1 have neglected my work. I
want in complete my fresco before I
die. I ask you for the truth—the real
truth!‘ ‘Eh bien!‘ gravely replied the
doctor, 'you perhaps have eight. more
The same day he'went
into his studio and commenced to work
furiously. For a whole week he painted
ten hours a day. only abandoning his
canvas when with increasing weakness
the brush fell from his hand."—-—Studio.
Little Conrtesles. '
There is often something luminous
about achild’sdefinition. ' Every Amer-
ican will agree with the little lad in
a board school in England who in an
examination on Scripture subjects gave
an original answer to the question:
“What- ean you tell me about Moses ‘2"
“Please, sir, he was a gentleman," re-
plied the little fellow. .
“A gentleman!” repeated the in-
spector. “What do you mean by that ?“
“Please, ‘sir, when the daughters oi
Jethro went to the well to draw wa-
ter. the shepherds came and drove them
away. and Moses helped the daughters
of Jethro and said-tn the shepherds:
fLadies first. please. gentlemen.”—
Youth‘; Companion. _
Beautiful Natural Wonder Found in
a Missouri Cave.
It Is of Great Size and Is Given a fllgh
Value—The Enterprising Owner 0!
It Is Planning a Number of
Great Things.
An- immense natural monument of
the magnificent marble known as
onyx is to be. seen in the inner depths
of a cave situated on a lonely mount»
tain property recently purchased by
a wealthy westerner named R. D. Kel— .
10¢m of Des Moines, la. The cave that .
be. ,
contains this agate giant is located in
the mountains of Camden county, Mo.,
and is known as Ha Ha ’I‘onka, deriving
its name from a river which has its
source there and which was so named
by the Indians from its limpid loveli-
ness, which they likened to laughing
water.
To get to the wonderful agate monu-
ment. which is as perfect as though
chiseled by a sculptor and well worth
a trip across the continent to see. itis'
necessary to penetrate into :1 deep cave.
The easiest way to travel is to row
on the. surface of a subterranean river,
which flows from somewhere in them--
_tcrio“r of the mountain, and which
leads into the heart of the cave whose".
walls and roof, seen in the lightof the
torches of visitors, are a glittering mass
of mineral marvels. The discoverers
of this cave had rowed but a short dis-
tance on the subterranean river when
they were astonished and wonder-I
stricken to see the great onyx mon—
ument rising before them. It was per-
fect. in formation, immense in size, and
worth at. the lowest valuation $100,000.
So perfect was the formation of this
monumen t. says the Detroit Free Press,
that. it. was at first. hoped it would be
possible to transport it. by some means
to one of the museums of the country,
but it was found that its size precluded.
the possibility of such an undertaking.
For the present, therefore, it will be
allowed to remain in the cave for the
benefit of sight-sects who wish to gaze
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THE BIGDNYX SHAFT.
(Said to Have Been Discovered) in a.Mis-
souri cave.)
on such a wonderful monument‘before
it is destroyed. So proud is the- owner
of the property of his cave‘and monu-
ment that he. proposes .to build a rail~
road 43 miles long in order to bring
the lonely spot. on which the subter-
ranean river is to be found in touch
with the outer world.
The Osage tribe? of lmdians formerly
; inhabited that portion of Missouri in
which Ha Ha Tonka is situated and
gave it. its name. The topography and
physical features of the country in the
vicinity of the spring are characterized
by scenery as grand and imposing as
can. be found anywhere. ,There- are no
lofty mountains, no altitudinous peaks,
whose snow-capped summits repOSe in.
a climate of eternal frosts, but instead
there are beautiful forests, open wood‘
lands. impulsive mountain streams, ter-
raced hills, cavernous canyons, caves,
grottoes and parks, a natural bridge,
island, lake and subterranean river,
high frowning silurian walls, rugged,
corrugated and sinuous, upon whose
grizzled, countenances are chiseled an
age so remote that one gazes in. won-
der and awe upon them; beautiful val-
leys and cozy coves where forest birds
sing and wild flowers bloom in endless
profusion. It is a wonderful spot and
a worthy hiding place for the great
monument.
In the great cave explorations have
been made for nearly one and a half
miles. As the boat. glides along, new
wonders are continually unfolded.
Stalagmites hang from the ceiling,
which glitters like a. star-lit sky. Far
in the interior of this cave, the stream
drifts your boat to a shingly bank, and
standing upon this bank one can see
the wonderful stalagmite monumenttof
pure white onyx standing 35 feet high
and 15 feet in diameter.
The onyx of which this monument is
formed is the finest to be found in the
world. As is generally known, the ma-
terial is used for cameos. It is mostly
brought. from India, 'and some of the
most beautiful from northern Africa.
It: is not. usual to find anywhere in the
world such greatmasses asis to be seen
at Ha Ha Tonka.
In America such an immense section
of the stone was never before discov-
ered. It is a'pity that it cannot be pre-
served intact forever.
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Identified by Pigeons. .
“One of the queerest ways in which
the identification of a dead man was
ever established,” said a prominent po-
lice official of Kansas City, the other
day, “was that. of a man named Davis,
who was a carrier pigeon fancier. He
had gone out to fly his birds and fell
dead of heart disease. Nobody knew
him and not. a line was on his person
as to who he was. He had two birds with
him. I tied a slip to one’s tail on which
l wrote: ‘Come to the police station'
and turned it loose. In an hour after
his son but! appeared and identified hit
“that.” , ‘ , _
A GLIMPSE AT HIMSELF.
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l A Reflective Man of Mature Years
Sees a. Strangely Familiar
Face In a Mirror.
“Here,” said the man of mature years,
according to the New York Sun, “was
_ an experience that I fancy others have
had. You know we don’t realize the
i change in our own appearance as the
' years go by; we feel young, all right,
and imagine that. we look so, and never
realize that we don’t.- But coming
down from an upper story of a tall
building in an elevator the other day,
and thinking of something else, I hap-
pened to see a face in a mirror in the
side of the car.
; somehow. It was the face. of a man
of middle age, tolerably well preserved,
.but with hair pretty gray and with
; marks at the outer corners of his eyes
‘ showing where the crow had stepped
on him; lightly, to be sure, but the
marks of crow’s feet, nevertheless; the
face of a man of years.
blan‘ce to my own.
startling; but. a m
and that for a moment I had seen Ly-
self as I was.
“But. when I got home I looked in
the glass there. And did. I see any mid-
dle aged folks now? Not. by ajugfull
I saw the man I wanted to see. A
little gray, perhaps? Yes! a little
gray. Crowfeet? Yes, if you want
to call ’em so. I’m no spring chicken.
I don’t set out to be that,'that is, not
this spring’s, but I’m a young man,,sti11,
for all that; and'I’m going to remain
so for many years to come, despite
what. the mirror in the elevator said."
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A CHRISTIAN AT‘ WORK.
As an Example of Patience This
' Country Editor \Vas Four
Time \Vlnner.
“We received :1- unique compliment
yesterday,” said the able editor of the
lturalville Bazoo, addressing the. editor
of the Pett-yville Plain Dealer, also able,
who had dropped in for a journalistic
chat. “We were toiling at- our multi—
farious tasks with our usual avidity,
when a. lady entered and inquired of
the office boy if she might see the
‘Christian at Work.’ meaning, of course,
the religious publication of that name,”
relates a writer in Puck.
“ ‘Yes, ma’am.’ we heard the lad re-
ply. ‘There he is athis desk over there.
He has losit seven subscribers this week,
the press has broken down twice, a
constant reader mauled him Wednes—
day, his side in politics has lost out,
scription was so crooked it couldn’t lie
off from the end of the woodhouse, he
has got the rheumatism to endure, and
a wife, mother-in-law, and six always-
hungry children to support, and yet
he hasn’t sworn to amount to any
thing since I joined the force.’ By
come a successful diploma-t if he lives.”
‘Yes,” returned the visiting scribe;
“or a great humorist.”
Threshing by Hand.
In the older portions of the coun-
try, especially among those who grow
little grain, the steam three-her is much
less inr'demand than it used to be. Un-
less there is grain enough to make a
full'day’s work the job will not pay.
A great deal of extra help has to be
hired. and the money thus expended!
will. hire the small job threshed by hand
in. Winter. thus giving work for several
days when. there is little work to be
had, and when for the poor the necessity
of earning something is the greatest.
There are other advantages of hand
threshing. Much of the ' newly-
threshed straw will be eaten bystock
that would not touch the some strat
if it had been thrashed- by machine
weeks before, and had lain even since in
the stack—American Cultivator.
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rain-hone In. 17-4.
“It had a. curious interest for me,
But, old and. .
gray, the most. curious and fascinating f ,
thing about it was its striking resem- '
This was almost .1
ent later, when I i
looked at it I saw a slight turn of my
own head reproduced with a. corre- :-
sponding movement by the head in the ;
mirror, I realized that what I saw was -
indeed a reflection of my own face; ‘
the last load of wood he took on sub '
still and thrashed most of the boards |
George! Pensmith, that boy will bev' '
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