The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-12
9UcALIPH AID THE WATCH.
y MAKER.

An Oriental Tale Respectfully Ded-
icsted to al Asplrants.
There once lived in Bagdad .
worthy and industrious matchmaker.
cunning and skillfal in all matters
pertaining to his handicraft. and one
whose usefulness and worth were fully
understood and appreciated BY his
neighbors. Now, it 50 happened that
this Matchmaker was in the habit of
allowing the conduct Of his neighbors
to concern him greatly, and the habit
30 grew upon him that he greatly
neglected his business, and spent the
most of his time in devising ways and
laws through which his fellows could
be made to conduct themselves accord
ing to the standard he had set up in
bis own mind. Now, this 80 worked
upon the mind of the worthy watch
maker that he determined to lay the
subject before the Caliph; 50 upon
the first opportunity he presented
himself before the Caliph, and falling
on his face before him. he said, ''Oh,
Commander Of the Faithful, in the
name of Allah and Mohammed his
prophet, I appear before you; your
servant asks nothing for himself, but
only good gifts for thy subjects." The
Caiiph. who knew the good watch.
maker by reputation. and respected
him on account of his usefulness in
his calling, said. "Fear not, speak.
what would you have"
'Oh, Commander of the Faithful,
thou will admit that thou hast in thy
hands the sword of power and justice,
and that none dare disobey thy COM
mands."
THAT is true" said the Caliph !:
proceed"
Thou also knowest, oh, Command
of the Faithful, that yickedness
abounds and thrives in this great city
of Bagdad to the great shame and
scandal of the faithful. Let, now, .
crier 60 forth. aud proclaim through.
out the city thy command, that from
this day forth all wicked practices
must cease, and that this may be &C.
complished, let him proclaim also thy
command that all places where the
wicked or idle are wont to congregate
for pleasure or gossip. shall from this
day forth remain closed, and that no
other place of a like nature shall be
opened"
"Oh, thou Second Solomon" said
the Caliph, "thou hast solved in an
instant a question that has occupied
the minds of the wisest since the world
began. Great is Allah blessed be
the mother that bore thee. and the
father that gave thee life!"
The good matchmaker was 50 over
come with the success of his mission,
that his head fairly spun around, 60
that he could scarcely collect his fac
ulties, but when he did, and was pre-
pairing to 60. the Caliph stepped to
him and said. "What calling dost
thou follow, oh son of Solomon? ?"
"The making and repairing Of watch.
es," replied the matchmaker.
How long hast thou worked at thy
calling?" said the Caliph.
Ever since was old enough to
commence my apprenticeship" replied
the matchmaker.
"How fortunate for me-" said the
Caliph, '.for here is a watch, the gift
of the Sultan, my father, which needs
repairing-none so far, have l dared to
entrust it to, but thy wisdom has pre-
vailed with me. Listen now to the
instructions 1 give you. The watch
fulfills the design Of the maker in
every particular but this it loses one.
sixtieth in time, the wheel that should
complete its revolution in sixty occu-
pies sixty-one minutes, and now, oh
matchmaker, thy great wisdom will
make it plain to thee that if thou cut
test out cunningly one tooth from
this wheel, so that it Yjll only have to
travel fifty-nine steps instead of sixty,
it will complete the round within the
minute"
At this the matchmaker was great
" embarrassed. fearing to lose the
good opinion of the Caliph by expos
ing his ignorance in such matters,
and 60 he cautiously limited that there
might be other and safer ways to re-
pair the fault, but the Caliph still in
sisting that this was the shortest and
most direct method of correcting the
evil, the matchmaker was obliged to
tell him that it would only increase,
instead of remedy. the difficulty, that
this wheel was driven by another
wheel back of it, and this by another,
and 60 on until the main spring was
reached, and that the regulating of
this spring of action was the true
course to take.
At this the Caliph, feigning great
passion, burst forth, "What! dog Of
q matchmaker! Do thou who refuseth
to suppress one tooth of q wheel lest it
impair the watch, yet hesitate not to
suppress by violence hundreds of social
wheels, the springs Of action of which
you know nothing Of? Get thee gohe
and stick to the business thou art it.
ted for"
"Great is Allah, said the Caliph.
stroking his beard as the matchmaker
departed, . sadder but wiser man.
The Suns Recipes.
To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir !:
Some twenty years ago the San print
ed q reciepe for cholera which has be-
come known throughout the world Is
the Sun Mixture. Many lives have
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