The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-29
Jewels of Eastern Lore. Philadelphia Times,l.


 A maid in the east used to say, "Sa~ cieey is like a disA.s A wise man oaca heard these words and said Fair maid, ~Aas do you mean" "Sir." said the maid, "if you wish to know what mean yoN must have dinAeE with me" Agreed" sad the wise man, The maid laid before the sage plates of salt, pepper, fish aud other articles. each by ltself He could cat none of these, Last of all the maid brought a d,sh ot cuFSied tish, aad the sage had hts dinner Hut where Is the meaning ot your saying ?" said the sage. "l have explained t." said the maid. "l doat see it." said the sage, "Why." said the maid. you would not eat the salt. the pepper. the ash, each by itself; ha. when they came together you had your dinner" "You are quite right, fair maid" said the phi losopher; ",he SaR is tho witty man. tho pepper tho tart man, the fish the dull man. and. all together. make the one so- c,al man. There IS philosophy in the kitchen"
 A despot in tho east once said to his tAwulug couttieix; He that gnes round my kingdom in Inc shortest possible tiRe shall have oae Q! these tSa gema" A courier went Fou sd the king and said: Sire, may l have tho ptiEe" How so T' sa,d the king, Way, you are the kingdom, are you notf' said the eour~ tier. The despot was SO well pleased w,th the eouttiev taat he gave him both gems. The other eourtierS said in a whisper. "Flasterers psey upon iools,"
 One day king tn the tar east waA Sc .,ed in the hall of justice. \ thief was hTough, before him he inquired into hts case and sa,d he should rec c,ve que hun. dted lashes with a eat.o'-nine taits lu- stantly he recollccted an old eastern say- ing, "Wha, we do 10 others in this birth they will do ut in the pext.' and said to his minister have great mind ta let this thief 20 quietly. fjT ha ;s s;ss sss give ,ns these one hundred lashes in the nent birth. Sire replied the minis- ter, know the saying you retn to ls perfectly true, but you mus, understand yna are simply returning to the thief 10 ,hia birth what he gave you in tho last" The king was perfectly pleased with the reply. says the story, aud gave his minis ter rich present
 4 man ln the east where they do not require as much clothing AS tn the colder climates. gave up all worldly concerns and retired to wood, where he butt . hut and lived n it His only clothing was piece ot cloth @hich he wore round his waist Bu,, as III luck would have it, rats were plentiful in tho wood, so he had to keep cat. Tho clt required milk lo keep It. SD COW had to be kept. The COW required tending. So cowboy was employed. The boy required house to live in Sa house was built for hun. To look afei the house maid had to he en- gagged. To provide company for tho maid n few more houses had 10 he built and people invted to live in them, ln thlA manner littie township SpTan up, The man said The farther we seek to go from the world and i,s cares the more they multiply"
 Once the hammer said to the anviiI "t can strike harder than you can bear" The anvil replied: "I can bear bardss than you can strike try," The hammer redoubied its energy. and the anvil vas as firm as ever. Hold on. genilemea." said the ron that had go, between the two, "ihe world gs,ned by n." "Qu,ts right" sad the furnace. in It's own abrupt style. "V,e and win competition ls the sec'ct of the worlds success"