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_TWO SUNBEAMS.
' , Straight through a casement, open wide,
A sunbeam found its way,
And down upon the cottage floor
A shaft of brightness lay.
Sent from the gay, glad outer world.
A .A’ messenger apart, .
.‘It glorified the humble room,
And cheered the matron‘s heart.
fit 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 flitted here and there, ,
As though the sun itself had lent
Of its shining store a share.
And mother caught her darling up.
In the midst of his fruitless chase,
And showered kisses, warm and soft, ,,
0n the pretty baby face.
"You cannot catch the sunshine,
Though you followad the wide world
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 Ha gave
This precious beam to mother.
Content am I to call one mine
And‘ entertain the other."
Straight through 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-
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 thefaith of
Islam through every land from Syria to
Morocco, and now the turn of Persia.
had come at last.
The native warriors fought as stout-
.ly 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 hurl-ed up-
on the wavering envemy, just at the de—
cisive moment», the thousand picked
men whom he had hitherto held in re-
serve. .
“Fight bravely, my sons!” was his
last charge to them; “for God Himself
(fights for you. But should ye meet with
a Persian chief, wearing a lion-skin
cloak and gold-inlaid helmet, whose
name 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 own eyes."
This sudden charge of fresh and vigJ
crous troops upon men exhausted with
a long day of hard fighting was quite
irresistible. .1
The Persians gave way on all sides;
the sacred standardof 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 in a whirl of flight
and pursuit, and only in one spot, where
a solitary clump of palm trees broke the
gray, unending level of the boundless
plain, 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 atoll,
noble-looking man, in the prime oflife,‘
with large'black eyes. which flashed as
fiercely as the sword that playpd 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
denied. 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—
iingly. striking right and left with the
strength of a giant, and never once in
vain. ' ,
But such a fight was too unequal to
last.‘ 'The brave man’s arm began to
wax weary, hisstren-gth to fail. Closer
and closer to him glcamed the merciless
'spcnr heads. and in another moment
all would have been over. when sudden~
ly a powerful voice broke through the.
din ot' the fray: , '
“llold your hands, brothers! per-
chance this may he lhe man whom the
commander of the faithful bade us
spare!"
The Arabs made way for the new-
comer (who was no other than the cap-
tain of the caliph‘s guard). and he
looked keenly at'the hard-pressed man
for the signs by which the famous
satrap was to be distinguished. Blithe
looked in vain. The stranger's cloak
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 satrap
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 it hit its mark, would
have ended the captain‘s wars once for
all. A gigantic Yemenee rushed for-
'ward only to fall dead beneath another
of those irresistible strokes; but now
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!”
Despit’e the stranger‘s tremendous
bers, and securely bound. But to all
the taunts of his captors he deigned not
a word of reply, and maintained the
same stern silence, even when he. was
dragged into the presence of the caliph
limself.
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-
swered the prisoner. “I am in thy pow-
er, andII ask no mercy. Let the fate that
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, whethear friend or
foe.
“Methinks there is but one man in
Persian host who could speak to me so,"
cried he. “Art thou Harmosan, the
sat-rap of Yezd ‘1’”
“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 hasdst
bidden 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 approVin-gly 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, “I may 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 uttered!”
“Give me a cup of water, then,” an—
swered Harmosan; “for since this day’s
light 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 doubtful] "n his hand.
“What now, friend ?” cri the caliph,
impatiently. “If thou fearest treach-
ery, be easy; for I pledge theemy 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 owu
pledge ,I am safe till Idrink it!"
There was a moment of amazed si-
lenée, 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 I bid him drink
and live.”—Golden Days.
Worked Until the Last.
An anecdote of the late Pierre Puvis
de Chavannes, given on the authority
of M. Octave Mirbeau, 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 exactly how long I‘
have to live. For weeks past, in order
,that I might take better care of my-
self, I have neglected my work. I
want to complete my fresco before I:
-
truth!’ ‘Eh bienl’ gravely replied the
doctor, ‘you perhaps have eight more
days to live-.’ 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 Courteslen.‘ 3
There is often something luminous
about achild‘sdefinitiom. 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 can you tell me about Moses?”
“Please, sir. he was a gentleman.”re—
plied the little fellow.
“A gentleman!" repeated the in.—
specto-r. “What do you mean by that ‘2”
“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 to the shepherds:
"Ladies first. please. gentlemen.’ ”-—
l ‘Youth’s Companion. ‘
struggles, he was overpowered by num—.
l con.
die. I ask you for the truth—the real.
vANIsmNG ISLAND.
ina- Been Annexed Twice, But I. a
3, Coy Piece of Land and Fre-
‘ quentlly Disappears.
i Out in the Pacific is arstrip of land
f'which has a 1in11 of its own and will
:not undergo allegiance to any power.
.They call it Falcon island, says the
New York World. Our old friend, John
Bull, always on the watch to increase
his empire, was the first to encounter
it. In 1889 the British corvette Egeria
hoted a prominent island in the South
sea. Palm. trees were growing on its
southern extremity, a commanding
bluff, rising 150 feet above the sea.
In landing the commander was struck
with-the beauty of the island. It was
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You Don’t.)
not more than a mile in length and half
“a mile broad. As there was no sign of
~the island. having been not-iced, the
captain, after having christenedit Fal—
con island, planted the union jack on
“its topmost pinnacle. ’
-' The results of his voyage were re-
ported, and next year a transport ship
éwas sent. with orders to make further
reports. The captain of t-he-‘Egeria, who
happened to be in command of the
:transport, on arriving at ethe .place
'where he had left the island, was sur-
prised to find that it had disappeared.
Nothing was left but a low and danger—
ous coral reef, with the sea beating
against it. The cliff had disappeared,
'and with it the palm trees and vegetan:
Ftiion. England’s flag had sunk with
the. land. Two years later the French
government sent the cruiser Duchaf—
fault to the Pacific. She found her way
to Falcon. There was‘an island nearly
fthe exact counterpart of the one dis-
,covered by the English corvette in 1889,
except that the southern promontory
was 25 feet high, instead of 153, as re-
ported by the Egeria. The palm trees!
3had gone, but the island was still ver-
dant. The resurrected island was for-‘
imally annexed in the name of the
French republic, and the French flag
was left flying.
Two years .later a brig sent out by
France to revisit her possessions found
:‘tha‘t Falcon island had again disap-
peared and was simply a reef, dangerous
to navigation. Whereupon France, in‘
her turn, gave up possession.
Next the home government of Tonga
island, hearing of the disappearing
piece of land, sent an expedition to Fal‘
The isle was once again in evi-
'dence, the southern promontory being
now 40 feet high and the northern end
'now standing out as a commanding
bluff. The vessel took possession in
the name of King George of Tonga.
And. now the island is once more dis-
appearing. The l-atest reports state
that in all probability it is again sub-
merged.
SWEEPERS IN MOBILE.
How‘the Alabama City Makes Use of
Her Tramps, Pauper: and
Petty Criminals.
Mobile, in common with other cities
of the south, has a.novel and profit-
able way of dealing with her tramps,
.paupcrs and criminals convicted for
petty offenses. The early riser will
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A SOUTHERN IDEA.‘
(How Mobile Vagrants Have to Work Out
Their Time.)
sec squads of them chain-ed: together
'by the ankles, with» padded ankle
chains to prevent chafing of the skin,
industrious y sweeping the streets and
roadways and picking 11;» papers and
waste material which may litter them.
A bluecoat watches the various squads
and allows no waste of time, but keeps
,each man working until his sentence
of time expires; sometimes it is days.
many times weeks, while many of the
.men classed as “habitual tramps and
:petty criminals” have done the work
.for years and become recognized char-
acters in the sweeping force.
Queer Natural Phenomenon.
If two tuning forks of the same pitch
are placed facing- each other, the one
sounding, the other silent, in a few sec‘
lands the silent one will be giving out
is distinctly audible note.
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~ that it was an insult to be followed by
. ive was engaged, and: as she was the.
-~thus counteract the benefit of the remedial
, agents.
'ton Sh, So. Norwalk.
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TABLES TURNED 'on SLEUTH.
An Angry. Chicago Shopper Resentl
Ofllcious' Interference of
‘Vomen Detectives.
The tables were turned upon a, worm
an detective in one of the large depart-
ment stores recently, reports a Chi-
cago exchange, when a. woman whom
is-he had been following from counter
to counter turn-ed on her and not only
pulled her hair, but tore her gown. To
a policeman who was summoned by the
detectch the shopper said that she was
not a thief, and that 'the detective’s
espionage was an insult. No arrest was
made. The female detectives are known
to the regular patrons of the stores
where. they are employed, and it is not
improbable, when the shopper said
this woman, that. she was thinking
what opinion. the other shoppers might
form of her. . One store in this town
which "obtained a lot of free advertising
several years ago because of the energy
of its female detective has paid heavily
for it since. It was '1- store which by its
arrangement offered great temptation
to shoplifters, and undoubtedly it suf-
fered from them. The woman detectr
pioneer of her class she attracted so
much attention that she became un"
duly ambitious in her line of work. If
a. shopper happened to pick up an ar-.
ticle and walk to; another counter with
it, a. habit of many women, the de-
tective was right beside her, and she
felt that in the eyes of the sleuth she
was a. probable thief, even if no arrest
was attempted. The annoyance of this
woman’s actions became so great and
the number of arrests made by her was
so large that the old patrons of the
store fell away. They felt that the risk
of being mistaken for a shoplifter out-
weighed the advantage of the bargains
offered.
Photographing Elevated Objects.
Officers of the Italian engineer corps
are ,making effectual use of the tel-
escopic objective in taking photographs
of objects high above the ground.
Among other things they have been en-
abled to discover French batteries in
the Alps, which had not been known
to exist before that, and to make pho-
tographs of their external construction.
The application of the telescopic lenses
for such purposes was demonstrated
for the first time when the scaffolding
was built on top of. the dome of St.
Peter’s in Home to repair the lightning
rod. Despite the great height, an ex-
cellent photograph was made of the
scaffolding, showing a man in clear de-
tail at the top.
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