Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-06

bears q striking resemblance in feat
ures to a big Arab whom / met al
Mecca. He was standing at the en-.
trance to the shrine of some saint,
and shouting continuously to those
who came to worship there. We
passed that shrine early on the morn.
ing / first saw him, and when we
came back at night he was still at 1t.
Two or three days after that we
passed again, and he was crying lus-
tily at the old stand.
Il asked our interpreter who the
man was and what he shouted, and
was informed that he was begging.
Nobody gives him anything, l re-
marked. Tie wants too mucn, said
the interpreter. How much?' ]
asked. About seventy-flve dollars
in your money, was the reply. That's
a pretty good lump to ask for, said,
surprised. What is he shouting?
He says this: Il am Abrek Ram, the
son OF the Ramdad, who dwells in e.
Katif, by the Persian Gulf / want
tifty-seven dollars to take me back tC
my fathers roof. God is good, and is
the father OF ALL Il call you all to
witness that might just as well ask
800 as not, but / am not greedy; $57
is all need TO take me back to my
fathers house, and that will do. Re
member, oh faithful, that to give tt
the poor is the only sure way to
heaven. The saint, at whose shrine
We come to worship, was sanctified by
benevolence. Shame not his holy
name by refusing to let your heart;
and purses respond to the petition OF
son of the faithful, and always re-
member that IOnly ask for $57, when
l might just as well ask for 800. Al
lah is over all, and he could just as
easily send his child Sl00 as $751; but
L only ask you for the smaller sum. j
might make this chance to do good
cost you a deal more, but there is nc
greed in me. Come, now, who will
be the first to win the blessed saints
favor, and honor his shrine by faith
and charity, before l raise my dc.
mand?"
"This sort Of thing the man kept
up necessarily for several days, till
the priests OF the shrine felt ashamed
of his noise and requested him ia
stop, lest by his failure to get so large
a sum he should brlHg discredit upon
the shrine through his importantly.
But the fellow would not cease, draw
ing attention TO his modesty in not
asking more than $57, and to his un-
bounded faith in God and the charity
or the faithful. Our party was con-
siderably amused by the calm gall of
the fellow, and one of us proposed to
stagger him by actually giving him
the sum asked for. We took up a
collection which amounted to $50
and gave it to him, looking for him
to collapse with surprise. But there
was no sign Of collapse. He count
ed the coin slowly, handok back SO,
and remarked calmly: Allah is great.
l might have got 800 IL / had asked
for IT,, but $57 was all l needed and
all / will take. Truly the saint to
whose shrine Icame stands high in
Paradise. Your reward will be cor
responsibility great, and you should be
kldu Oildb Il ulu uOb illdkt ~ OOoO gOu
800. Farewell, and he pushed his
way among the crowd of pilgrims,
who made room for him respectfully,
as for a man OF sanity faith and
much in the favor of Allah. New
York Tribune. sryu f. s-
THE exact measure or an oath,
both in money and punishment, was
taken at Lebanon, Pa, the other
day. John A. Sattazahn was heard
to utter nine separate and distinct
oaths-"not cuss words but big oaths, /"
as the prosecutor put IL. Alderman
Miller figured out that the communi-
ty had been damaged S7.67 worth by
the prisoners utterances, or at the
rate Of fraction less than 85i cents
for each swear. Sattazahn couldn't
produce the money, and he was sent
to Jail for eleven days, or at the rate
of twenty-nine and a half hours im-
prlsonment for each offense.