The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-07-22

G1W I.i11 oaI.EAss. suNpAY, JULY q III.
JUVENILE COLUMN.

In the tribe of Negdeh there was morse
&whoee fame was spread far and near. and q
Hedouin of another tribe, by name Daher,
aesired extremely to possess it. Having
Esred in vain fog it his cameis and bis
whole wealth, he hit at length upon the
|<bllOwing device, by, which be hoped to
eaiu The object of bis desire. He resolved
|'Fo stain his face with the jaice of an herb,
eiothe himself in rags, to tie me legs and
|neclk together, 80 as to appear like lame
berrar. Thus equipped he went to wait
4.<or Naber. the owner of the horse, who, he
z& new, was to pass that way. When he
1naw Naber approaching on his beautiful
z8seed, be cried out in weak voice: ~ am
& 4 moor stranger, for three days have been
unable to move from this spot to obtain
FOOD. ] am dying; help me, and heaven
will reward You" The Bedouin kindly
Offered to take him upon his horse and
&psxry him home; but the rogue replied, II
seannos rise; I have NO strength left,"
Naber, touched with pity, dismounted, led
his horse to the spot, and, with great diff
6cuity, set the eeeming beggar on its back.
Bat no sooner did Daher feel himeelf in the
4eaddle, than he set spurs to the horse and
$galloped of, calling ont as he did 30, 1t
Eis I, Daher, have got the herse aud am
fOR with it," Naber called after him to stop
land listen. Certain of not being pursued.
hs turned and halted at short distance
from Naber, who was armed with epear.
tssYou have taken my horse," said the lat
Ter, ssaince heaven has wiled it, wish you
Soy OF 1t; but do coDjure you never to
sell any one how you obtained it," "And
&wby notf" said Daher. "Because" said
Tho noble Arab, "another man might be
really ill, and men would fear to help him.
l8oH would be the cause of many refusing
30 perform an act of charity, for fear OF
being duped as 1 have beeD.". Strcck
with shame at these words, Daher was
silent for q moment, then, springing from
+ha hnFnq- returned n
him. Naber made him accompany
him to his tent, where they spent q few
days together, and they became fast friends
fcr life.
A SAD STORY.
The saddest story that we ever read WAS
Ehat of . child in Switzerland, pet boy
Just as yours is, reader-whom his mother,
eone bright morning, rigged out in a beau
Eifrl jacket all shining with silk and but
toms, and gay as mothers love could make
It, and then permitted to go out and play.
he had scarcely stepped from the door of
the "SBiss Cottsge," when an enormous
sngie swooped him from the ground and
bore him to its nest, high mp among the
Eacuntains, and yet in sight of the house
cf which he had been the joy. There he
was killed and devoured, the eyerie being
At point literally inaccessible to man, 30
thae no relief could be q desded. In tear
ing the child to pieces, tire eagle so placed
he gray jacket in the nest that it became
D fixture there, and whenever the wind
blew, it would futter, and the sun would
hine on it's lovely trimmings and orna-
nents. For years it was visible from the
lOWiands, long after the eagle had aban-
1oned her nest. What sight it must have
been for the parents of the little victim.
4 BEAUTIFUL LEGEND.
~ A charming tradition is connected with
the site on which the Temple of Solomon
was erected. It is said to have been own
a tnd Svn ferT hrnr nj
whom had g family; the other had none.
On the evening succeeding the harvest, the
wheat having been gathered in separate
shocks, the elder brother said unto his wife
Ny younger brother is unable to bear
the burden aud heat of the day will
arise, take off my shocks and place them
with his without his knowledge" The
gouDger brother being actuated by similar
motives, said within himself: "My elder
brother has a family, and 1 have none l
will ariee, take off my ehocks and place
them with his without his knowledge"
Judge of their mutual aetonishment, when,
pn the following morning, they found their
hhocks undiminished. This course OF
events transpired for several nigths, when
bach resolved in his mind to stand guard
bnd solve this mystery. They did so, and
pa the following night they met each other
aif way between their respective shocks,
With arms full. Upon ground hallowed
With such associations as these was the
Temple of Solomon erected-so spacious
ind magnificent, the admiration aud won
Her of the world. Alas how many 10 these
lays would sooner steal their brothers
Ehole shock than odd to it single leaf.
PROSPERITY OF FRANCE "A contempo-
eary says: :" Six years ago France was
bankrupt in name and fame. The re-
sources of the country were in n great
measure ruined, the State Golfers were
empty, foreign army was mustered or
French soil, and the enormous sum of one
billion dollars tc be paid as q war indem
nity to Germany. The cash has been paid
he Germans sent home; and to day Francs
Enjoys a state of financial prosperity ex
eeptional even in Europe. From January
1876. to September, 1876, the direc
axes yielded ten million dollars, end
be indirect taxes twenty million dollaT
more than the amounts estimated. Agri
eulture is the basis of French prosperity
Her peaeantry are sober and industrious
the bulk of tSem owning their own houses
and ,cheeIfGlly paying their taxes thu
Finances are we'll administered, and henc'