Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-03-07


fury. He call d to give him warning ao'
piece of his mind On the morrow out b
shouli go neck and crop The tailor SAT-
nothing. The wife, woman like had her work
Where shall we go? she asked. "W
haven't penny in the world" 10
1T is nothing to me where you CO. salt
the landlord. $50 that I get you out of N,
rooras. want them for honest people
:We're unfortunate but we never near
to be shonest." Dried The wife.
Then tie husband in an angry word bad'
her h. Id her tongue.
Its Ill t e same he said 1--WE will 90 to
morrow aud DOW you go Mr.. L,ndl 'rd."
| Then they w~re lift alone. b.mo anina
/ their hard fate There was absolutely nothing
1t, eat in the house.
Il s lily looked at her empty -four barrel, al
AAar wee'ched family AMI then burst ints
hears. rs--
n It's no USE irving any longer" she said
I"If thu l,rd would only take US. That's al.
ask "
She put the chill leen 70 bed an sat down
upon a chair drawn by force Of habit to the
hearth of an empty st,ve.
| Her husband. between pain aud anxiety,
was less sane than mailman.
He paced the floor like tiger, talking to
himself. The BIT of t,l,w caudl, hutn'
low, the bitter wind ratified the easement
the rain beat against it.
1--WE shall be out in ali that to morrow
said the man." We've not a friend ia
the world"
We've got one friend, l hope,' said the
wife.
"Who is hep asked The tailor.
"God.' SAID the woman. 'May be
he II find way to help US. We haven t
been very bad, SAM
Better than to have starved before now,
said the taller 1--WE haven any partlcu.
lar right to expect miracles, that I know of
Hark what's taat?'
"a knock" said his wife. and trembling
least her l4ndl ,rd sh ,uld have Turned.
opened the door. Without stood the tai
gau"t figure of the ,dger in the atti,
Hes come fer some bread, thought the
woman and amidst her own trout lie she
grievsd over the thought Of refusing bis
appesl.
He made none however. This is what
he said:
MADAM, while ago took the liberty
of asking you tor brad allow me to return
the loaf with thanks
So be vanished A whole fresh l,af lay
in the womans hand She carried it 10.
This is more than expected, she said
"You see God is good
She lifted the side of the candlestick a
little. The light fned up.
| Now mother, cried child's voice from
the BID - I'm hungry"
Sal = broke it in two It parted with sin
gular ease. She gave little cry
L. bad evidently been part before and
joined together, and from the heart hand
'ul of crumbs had been scooped and in it
lay little whit packet
otis fairy-bread " cried Sally, remem-
beriog some old country ,gend
{ 's!4ook on it before the light goes out, +"
said The tailor.
Silly obeyed. She opened the packet
aud found two envelopes 10 the one was
this note:
"MADAM Your loaf Of bread saved my
| life. know you are 10 trouble, and yes.
terday my luck turned. To-day ana worth
fifty thousand dollars, having WOO law
suit that has been pending for years.
Please accept the enclosure, and believe me
your ever Obliged.
Attic LoDeER.
There was Eve hundred dbl .r note 10
the envelope, and when she saw it she
thought herself the happiest woman in
Cbri~tendom.
The gift was the saving of the family
Sally had cast her bread upon the water
to fad 1t again in very truth. And when
the tailor's hand was vel again, there wa.
a pa'ron for him who dressed in such man.
ner that Sam could NJ longer doubt him g
gent, man The attic lodger wears the fin
est broadcloth now and III. tobacconi.t bow,
Inv as he meets him on his way out. or sells
HIM choice Havanas over the counter -
He stops at the door in bis carriage, ano
lodges in the attic no longer but be new
er has forgotten, nor seems likely to forget
the loaf Of bread given hun by the tail n :
wife when he was starving
|
THE SkvEN WONDER, -rh. seven won
ders of the wor i are among the traditions
of childhood. and yet it l. remarkarls fact
that ninety mine persons out of a hundred
who might be asked the question could not
name them. They are thu Pyramids
mystery OF the past the enigma of the present
and the enduring puzzle for the future ages
o. this world. The temple, tn, WI Is and hang
log gardens of Baby In, the most celebra
ted city OF Assyrla. and tpe sidence of the
kings o. that country after tn. DIES rucion
Of Ninevah. The Chryseleph line statue Of
Jupiter OLYMPUS. the most renowned work
Of Phdias, the illustrious artist of Greece
The statue Was fora ed Of gol |, and was sit
ting on throne almost touching the sum
IN of the tim, |. watch was 10 feet high.
TIE temple OF DIANA at Ephesus, whict
was 220 years 10 building. and which was
425 t. ct in length and 220 in breadth and
supported BY 1877 marble columns OF The To-
NC ord,r. 60 feet high. The Mausol uu
at H&lcarnassus, erected in the memory OF
Mausolus, the King Of Cara. by his wife
Artemesia. B c 353 The Pharos at Al
exandria, lighthouse erected by PtoemJ
Softer, at tie entrance of the harbor If AL
exsndria It WAS $50 feet high, aud could
he seen at distlnce of one hundred miles
and upon which Was inscribed King Ptol
envy, to the gods, the saviours. for the ben
eht of sailors" LASTLY, the Colossus a
Rhodes, trazen image of Apollo, 10s
G'eclau feet in height. aud which was to b.
located at the entrance Of one of the harbor
OF the city Of Rhole..
FASTING AND ITS iNFLUENcEs. 1t is in
: terest'ng to not, how ancient and genera