The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-30

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with gold and silver if what you tell me
is true.
After supper the merchant went on
board his ship, brought the cat, and
said to his host that they might now
all go to sleep without getting into their
boxes. But the people would not trust
themselves to do this, and he alone
slept without box. Then he let the
cat loose, and as she saw the rats and
mice she began to catch them and kill
them and to throw them altogether in
heap. The rats and mice, however,
as soon as they saw what she was, fed
for shelter wherever they could. When
the day broke, and the people Of the
house got up. there was great heap
of dead rats and mice to be seen in the
middle Of the room; and only now and
then would there run either one or the
other of them across the room; but
they peeped timidly out Of their holes.
And after three days there was not one
of them to be seen. Then the master
Of the house filled our travellers ship
with gold and silver in return for the
cat, and the merchant set sail in his
ship for home.
When at last he reached his own house
his old servant came to him to ask what
he had brought him for his penny. The
master drew out piece of marble,
which was beautifully cut square, and
answered.
''See, this is what I have bought with
your penny.
The servant rejoiced at the sight, took
the stone, carried it into his hut and
made a table of it. The next day he
went out to fetch wood, and when he
came back, 10! the stone was changed
into gold, and shone like the sun. The
whole hut was filled with its light. The
honest servant was frightened at this,
Master, what is this you have given
nc !! it cannot be mine; come and look
at it,
The master went to the hut, and
when he saw what miracle heaven had
worked, he exclaimed:
"My son, see now that it must be
so! Him whom God helps, do all the
saints help, also. Come with me and
take your own"
And herewith he gave him all that he
had brought home with him in his ship,
and his own daughter for wife as will.
Some Bears who Kept House.
In the beautiful gardens in the Re-
gent Park, the Royal Geological So
ciety entertains crowd of distinguish
ed guests, trying, with true hospitality
to make them all feel at their ease, and
to give each one, as nearly as possible,
what he has been used to at home.
All the world is represented here.
Hot countries and cold; the arctic re-
gions and the tropics; African deserts
and polar SHOWS; Indian jungles and
South American forests, and our own
Temperate Zone, all send their strange
inhabitants to the gardens Of the Royal
Geological Society.
A fight Of steps at the end of the
broad walk leads up to wide stone
terrace, and at the top of the steps you
look down on your right into square,
paved court, with high pole in the
middle and little sleeping rooms on
each side. Three OF four fat, clumsy
bears are tumbling about on the pave
ment in rough, good natured play keep
ing each an eye On the parapet above
to see if there is any chance for buns;
and the minute they spy visitor, it is
a race which shall get to the pole first,
and then the lucky one climbs up, and,
al NIL re
himself on the ball at the top, and
stretches his head out as far as possible
with wide open mouth, ready
to catch the bun or cake, which
somebody on the parapet holds out
temptingly over the railing. 1t looks
as if he could jump off the pole into
the midst Of the visitors and gobble
them up, buns and all, ifhe chose; but
this kind of bear can't jump; he can
only climb, so it is really quite safe,
and he is obliged to wait till the bun is
thrown to him, and if the aim isn't
good the coveted morsel falls down and
is eagerly snatched up by the bears
who sit on their hind legs round the
foot of the pole, casting comical, i'm
piOTlng gl2nce AT the people
above. And then how disappointed
the poor fellow on the top looks; but
he waits patiently for better luck, and
presently somebody puts cake on the
end of long stick, which is always at
hand. and pokes it safely across into
his great red cavern of mouth. Bears
are excessively fond of sweets of all
sorts, and in their native woods like to
steal the honey the wild bees have
stored up in hollow trees, though some
times they get we'll stung for their
pains.
A pretty. winding path through the
shrubbery at the end of the terrace
brings US down a slope where the
white bears live. They have q beauti.
full stone house. covered with Towering
vines, and in front > pond with .
tagged path around it, on which, as
we approach, the huge creatures are
pacing up and down, waiting for din.
ner, growing savagely every now
and then at the visitors who
stand in tantalizing nearness, just
out Of their reach. Their whole do.
main-house, garden and ponds not
only fenced in, but rooted over with the