Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1884-11-06

the sailor.
Not long since three little children, o
boy Of ten years, with his two little sisters,
one seven end the other four, living In
Klum in Eastern Prussia, wished to 60 to
Sedalia, in the state Of Missouri. to join
their parents who were settled, in America.
None OF their relatives were so situated S
to be able to accompany them, aud hence
they were under the necessity OF taking their
journey alone. An cunt in Berlin furnish
ed each of the yeang travellers with Tes-
lament, on the frat page Of which she wrote
the name axe, birthplace and destination Of
the bcsror. aud hcneAth ahc urvts In large
letters, in German, English. and French,
the verse, "Inasmueh as ye have done IL
unto one Of the lcsst OF these, ay little onea,
We have done il unto re" She told them
whenever they found thsnselyss 10 any
tronbe OF, difficulty, TO just stand still, ,opeu
those Tastaments and hold then up before
them. The children started from their
German home, Travelled until they reached
the steamer, crossed the AtlanIc. landed in
thousand eniles westward iuto the heart VI
Missouri, shJwisg their Tesiamcnt snd
verse, whcn needful, to all with whom they
came in contact; and in No case did they
fail 10 receive every tindpess. tendsTsess
and protection sAst could be sves. every
heart warming with love, ssd every hssd
being stretched forth 10 helpfulness 70 the
little ones cast upon tho kindness OF passing
strangers whom they had never seen before
and would never scn again. That such
Journey should be successfully prosecuted
across thousands of miles OF lssd aud sss,
through peoples of different lsssuaGes, viii
no passport save verse OF the New Tessa-
ment; that three such veifs, nnsttendsA by
relative or guardian, should thus receive
the tenderest care Of . hundred strangers by
virtue Of that talismssic verse. and safely
reach home and friends, speaks volumes for
the prevalence and heart-conpelling power
of the words Of Jesus. This Beautiful true
story is condensed from thst interesting
book, just published, entitled The Cor
ruptions Of the New Testament
The English House of Lords having pas
sed the bill permitting marriage With - DO
ceased wife's sister, an enterprising New
York journal has set out to sound American
public opinion on the subject The reporter
found q number Of representative men and
each of them expressed himself willing, II
it were necessary" to marry bis vife's sister.
This touching exhibition Of self-sacrhce 10
all very we'll a. far as il gees, but the pie
ture is altogether incomplete without soss
presentation of the attitude of the sisters
themselves. Possibly they have no especial
longing to see the law repealed or tho gen.
tlemen sacrificed, even after reading In The
paper of their willingness in case Essed.
/ On the first birthday Of chinese male
/ infant he j. sested in large sieve, VIE
money scales, . foot measure, pair sf
shears. . brass mirrsr, pencil, ink ssd beck
and other articles arranged in circle -
round him. The object which hs handles
first is a sure prophecy Of his futnre eccups-
ton. If such custom prevails in Germany
We would say that the first thing Bismsrk
did was 10 kick over piece Of American
pork and grab beer mug. And IL sim
liar custom prevails in Italy, the majority
Of the male infants Of noble birth ssize .
hand organ and monkey.
GIVE the new Summer bssrdsr what
ever he wants, says an experienced ooustry
shark, "and you will get his money. He
will eat cucumbers and milk, and green
apples, and honey, and pickles. and tAeH he
will send for tho doctor and go without eat
ing for a week, while all the tiue bis board
hill i going on "