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aALuM ADvHRT1snME w rs.
MONEY TO LOAN.

have recently made arrangeme nts
whereby L can place loans in Salem
through my Roanoke agency. Parties
desiring to negotiate loans may either
call In person or address as below.
Terms easy. w. W. CARPENTER,
2lo}5 Commerce St, Roanoke, Va.
5 II i'm
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EAGLE dairy restaurant and ice cream
parlor, l44 Salem ayonue. best tablcsor-
vice in the city. Breakfast, 25 cents;
dinner IS cents; supper, rs. Parties
served c, Il. LUKENs, proprietor,
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OUT FLOWERS AND FUNERAL DESIGNS.

have the OK elusive sale or the cut flowers for
Roanoke and Salem OF C. Strauss u Co. MIR Il.
F. Mexican, at Christian Barbce's, will have
charge In Roanoke and will receive orders for
anything wanted. My greenhouses at s lem,
Va, arc Wei stocked with choice plants, and l
would be pleased to have your orders outside OF
Ro8nokc. Telegraph me for funeral designs aud
cut Howcfs. J. SHAkTzKR,
fetyx Florist, Salem, Va.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
OF tho Principal Business
Houses Of Roanoke.

'oiiowins 10 published daily toA
sne benefit OF strangers ami the nnh,,.
generally. II includes ell trades a.,
professions and cannot fail to prov. =.
interest to all who intend ,rsnsa,,,,
business in Roanoke:
ARCHITECTS.
No Ola . DE- sAUsSURE, Archi -ocs.. e,
WIN. L. RID. Masonic Temple.
ATTORNEYs-AT-LAw
MoHUGH q BAKER, Room 800 TORY B,,,a,,.,
BOOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS, ETC.
1. BAChRACH, 81 Salem ave.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
FRANK X. AAY. Room al0 Terry Building
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
NAT. BUS. COLLEGE, srd ave. q Henrys,
DANDY, n1AN,FR, FANCY oARr sar.u
d ZOE DREAM EURNIsHEH.
oATOGNrS. 80 Salem ave.
CLOTHIER. TAILOR AND HATTIE.
Ns' NA' OaWrOAs mhuak0rl, q Hxte1
COURT srEN0aRAPHER.
CHAS. e. GRAVES, oflce room Cog Terry BIZ,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
q; W. SISTER, 4o7 Second st. n. 0. (cosnps. e..
kcts, robes, &c). Tel. 100.
FURNITURE. CARPETS, ETC.
COPPER g STONE, 10 Salem ave. g. Q.
GROCERs
F. H. WALKER, Campbell st., / door east OF,
HARDWARE, wHOLEsALR AND In
TAIL.
6H TOHnSoS D. JOHNSTON. IL JEFFERSON s,ra..
HAY. GRAIN, So.
DANIEL q HoLLADAY, IA Kirk, rcarp.u
LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPENuElM u CO.'S EXCHANGE co, IT,.
merce and Campbell streets.
LUMBER. LATHs AND sHrsaLs,
". II. CLARE " Co., Office 1Uy Henry stras.
TIMEs' building, p. o. boz iS8. Ryervth'.,
that goes Into building at mill prices. BY II,
MERCHANT TAErOIis
LRwls, TIMES Building.
PAwNBROKERs.
3. NYBURG, 80 Railroad ave., 60.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, nc.
h. v. LINEBACK uecessor to Eutsler, a IS. ID
avenue.
PLUMBING. aAs-FIrTrNa, 40.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING Co. a,
III South Jefferson Street.
PRACTICAL HORsEsHoER,
HAIEY Hran oil
Fourth ave., between Jefferson and Henry sic
REAL ESTATE.
SIMMONS q TlNSLRY, i0 Jefferson st
RENTAL AGENTS.
III. H. O'MOHUNDRO, 4 s. Jefferson street,
sOAyENeER AND GARBAGE WORN
PRYOR woODsoN, 22a Fourth ave. H. W.
SEWING MACHINES.
INV HOME, ]. "A. CAMPBELL. Agent, ~.
Henry street.
SHOEMAKEKS
ID. MORGAN. the Shoemaker. Makes and 70.
pairs all Kinds OF boots and shoes at IO4 Nelsor
street, opposite market house. Satisfact!ol
guaranteed
STEAM LAUNDRIES.
DIXIE, Franklin and Second sts, tel ls1.
sTENoGRAPHERs q ryPEwnIxAHa,
q. 81. AOGsKTT, room IL Masonic Temple.
TRANSFER COMPANIES.
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY, Packssl
Room, South Jefferson ct. tel. 119.
CITY MARKET.
OHOIOE MEATS.
BREADY lkoeps the besp stall 8, karEe, House
e. b. GAIT, stall No: (ssueage speciality
j. w. HOGAN, Stall 2.
THOMAS NELSON. stall No,
w. N. SALE, stall No. 16.
CURED HAMS, BEEF, LARD, 70.
IL. j. KEMP Especially beef tongues), stall IA.
EREsH FISH, CASTERS AND PRODUCE
d. &. oDELL BROS. City Market.
DRESSED FOWLS, VEGETABLES, Aa,
8. j. AKERS, City Market
j. w. sIMCOK, City Market.
PRODUCE, FISH AND OYSTERS.
HUDSON DEAL, 10 Salem avenue q. 4.
wholesale and retaiD.
ROANOKE DRESSED BEEy CO.
N. RENSCH, Stall No. 6.
NOTTINGHAM & HALLETT,
THE LEADING
COAL and WOOD DEALERS.
We always have Lump Pc.
u
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brethren church Convention.

Rev. D. c. Moomaw and wife, B.nuie
Moomaw, w. H. Mooma ", Misses Laura
and Ollie Moomaw, Miss Susie Hun.
Mrs. E. Nininger, Marshall Niringer.
Mrs. John Firestone and daughters and
c. NinipgeT left on the noon train YES
terday for Shendun, Va, to attend the
annual convention OF the Brethren
Churches of Maryland and Virginia,
which convenes at Shendun to-day and
continues until Sunday.
MAGNETIC Nervne quiets the nerves
drives away bad dreams, and gives quiet
rest and peaceful sleep. Sold at Chris.
tian & Barbeo's,
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PROFESSIONALS.
TRADE MARKS.

PATENTS. TRADE MARKS.
Examination and advice as to patentabIl,ty o,
'nWy o y, Send Tor Inventors Guide" or
PATRICK O'FARRELL.
attorney -at-law. Washington, b.
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paACTIcAL STAIR BUILDER.

J.J. GARRY,
Corner Roanoke street and Sale N avenue.
Reterencss-E. II. Stewart, DR.. j. ID. Kirk,
~. Daniel. Architects Nol.nd q de Sanssu
Gustaf Bott!ger, Wi.son q duggins, =. u. w
ter. Contractors and Builders j. :. baebour.
w. Shields Pollard Mahoaos HOS as
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WILLIAM LUNsFORD. A BLAIR ANTRIM
II UNSFORD & ANTRIM,
~ ATTORNEYS.AT-LA
OFFICE-Rooms 4 and S, over CONNER.
cial National Bank 415tf
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g. NH. GISH ALEX. j. BRAND,
Roanoke city, late Judge Page Co. Court
HISH e BRAND,
VI ATTORNEYS. AT.LAW,
No. Campbell street 8. W., Roanoke.
dec IL ~
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ID. HORGAN, the Shoemaker. Makes and 70.
pairs all kinds OF boots and shoes at IO4 NeIso,
street, opposite market house. Satiefa ct!oi
guaranteed.
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MERGE street.
8 to 10 a. m.
z to p. m. 10 3 2m
t. w. MILLER. s. E. JONES.
MILLER & JONES,
4xA ATTORNEYS.A T-LAW.
Office: 511 Terry building. Courts:
Roanoke city and county and adjoining
countess supreme court OF appeals AMI
U. 3. courts. Special attention to
j. ALLEN WATTS. VIM. GORDON ROBERTSON.
EDWARD W. ROBERTSON.
WAITS, ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Room 6o1-2-4 Terry Building.
J. o. SHEPHERD, w. 9. eoocu.
SHEPHERD & GOOCH,
~ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Rooms, 4o2 and 404 fourth floor, Terry
Building, Roanoke, Va. 10 90 tt
& GRIFFIN, WIN. A. GLASGOW, Jn
No Bed .ord City, Va. Roanoke. We.
GRIFFIN & GLASGOW,
Attorneys-at-law, rooms Gil, 61s and
GA, Terry building, Roanoke, Va Prac.
tice in courts of Roanoke city and
county and xdjoining counties.
1uno20-tf
Il. K. SCOTT. a. p. STAPLES.
GCOTT s. STAPLES, attorneys.
~ at-law, Roanoke, Va. Office: Terry
Building. SLIT
p. II. BILLIARD. j. p. LEE. C. b. SHELTON.
nILLARD & SHELTON,
~ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Roanoke, Va.
Office: 3oS, third floor, Terry Building
IL 81 I'm
FvERETT PERKINS,
~ Attorney at.law and Commissioner
in Chancery,
Lock box ITO, Roanoke, Va. Room 10,
Second Floor, Kirk Law Building. Q "a tt
CHARLES c. Herring,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, "a
Roanoke, Va.
tt Room 3, Kirk Building. GA
JOHN w. WRIGHT II. LACY HoGE
wv RIGHT Sc HOGE. Attorneys.at-
w law, Roanoke. Va, Room 6,
Moomaw Building, Jefferson street.
Courts-Roanoke city and county, and
Craig and Boetourt counties. Special
attention given to collection Of claims.
MAJ 4 1y
T. LYLE.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Office: over Lyle's Drug Store,
z "a Tyr Roanoke, Va.
q HAMILTON GRAVES,
=. ATroRNEY-AT LAW.
Roanoke, Va. Office, 116 Commerce
street, over The Roanoke Savings
Bank. lI171v
W. o. HARpAwAY. ARCHER L. rAYHR
Commemorative Attorney.
HARDAwAY 9 PAYNE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA
Rooms Nos. 4 and Kirk Building,
Roanoke, Va. tt
Z. o. DHRE'
Attorney-at-Lsw, Rooms andY
Masonic Temple, Roanoke, Virginia
! mar5-iy
| ID. $. GOOD -
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Roanoke, Va.
Room No. IA, New Kirk Builing, OF.
posite Kenny's tea store. oct4-tf
NAKEY & WOOLWINE.
W Funeral Directors and Practical
EN- balmers., 12o Third avenue, Roanoke
Calls answered in city or cot iy. ReE
| idence telephne No. 90; Office, 81. APPLY
HOTELS.
HOTEL ROANOKE,
ROANOKE, VA.
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STEAM LAUNDBIES.
DIXIE, Franklin and Second sts, tel. lS1.
PHOTOGRAPHERS d TyPEWRITHHa.
y. 81. HOGSKTT, room IL Masonic Temple.
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SEWING MACHINES,
NEW HOME, j. "A. CAMPBELL. Agent. NJ
Henry street.
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TRANSFER COMPANIES.
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY. p.ckss
Room, South Jefferson st tel, 1l9
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-27

Even IN the strongest constitutions the stock
Of vitality is not inexhnustIble. All day at the
desk, without due modicum Of ont Of door
exercise, is calculated to pnmp the inherent
vIgor out Of healthy man or woman with rs
much certainty as water is pumped out OF a
ships hold by donkey engine. Application
to business is praiseworthy of course. but this
may be overdone. Expand your lungs, stretch
your limbE with vigorous exercise OCCASION
ally, and above all, II you find that overwork
has made inroads uron health, try course of
Hostetter's Stomach Btters. which stimu-
lates digestion and regulates the bowels, liver
and system generally. 1t is the king OF tonics,
and possesses qualities which, say physicians
commend 1t TO the use of invalIds in general.
Beneficial in malarial, rheumatic, kidney and
nervous complaints
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
Aispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
lprofession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by al! drug
Rists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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They Wanted to Know.

James Ferguson, the Scotch astron-
oner, was very anxious, even as a
little boy, to understand the mechan-
ism of watches. His father refused to
allow him to play with" his watch,
and so James waited until a stranger
called at the house one day to ask his
way.
will you be good enough to tell
me what time it is?" asked the boy.
The gentleman told him.
Would you be willing that 1 should
look at your watch?" continued Fer
guson.
Certainly" replied the gentleman.
The boy took the watch eagerly.
After he had examined it for a mo-
ment his next question came:
"What makes that box go round?"
"a steel spring" replied the owner.
How can steel spring in a box
turn it round so as to wind up all the
chain?"
The gentleman explained the pro-
cess.
Il don't see through it yet" an
swered young Ferguson.
"Well, now." said the traveller, who
had become deeply interested in the
boy, take long, thin piece of whale
bone, hold one end of it fast between
your thumb and forefinger and wind
it around your finger. 1t will then
attem t to unwind itself, and if you
fix the other end of it to the inside of
small hoop and leave it to itself it
will turn the hoop round and round
and wind up thread tied to the out
side
Il see it! see it," exclaimed Fergu-
son enthusiastically. Thank you very.
very much.'
1t was not long before he made a
wooden watch, which he enclosed in
case about the size of a teacup.
The boy was afterwards set at work
to watch sheep at night. Here he had
nothing to watch but the stars and
his future eininence in astronomy was,
in a way, founded upon that boyish
out-of-door observation.
Blaise Pascal, who wrote remark
able treatise on the laws of sound, was
constantly observing the familiar oc-
| currences about him, even as a boy.
When he was only 10 years old he sat
at the dinner table one day striking
his plate with his knife and then list
ening to the sound.
What are you doing with that
plate. B!aise?' asked his sister.
"See." he replied. When strike
the plate with my knife it rings
| Harllr'
Again he called forth the sound.
'When l grasp it with my hand so, )"
he said. 1.-The sound ceases. l wonder
why it is?"
Thus had both boys begun to study
each according to his own bent. with
no urging fIom older people.-Youth's h's
| Companion.
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Riding u Camel.

Perhaps you rode camel at the
worlds fair; if SO, you will ap preciate
what Mrs. Amelia Is. Edwards says
about it:
The camel has its virtues. SO much
at least must be admitted. but they do
n It lie on the surface. My Button tells
me. for instance, that he carries a
water cistern in his stomach, which is
meritorious. But the cisteIn amelio-
rates neither his gait nor his temper
which are abominable. Irreproacha-
bic as beast of burden, - is open to
many objections as stecd. 1t is not
pleasant to ride beast that not only
objects 10 being ridden, but that cher
shes strong personal antipathy to
1.-THE rider.
You know he hates you from the
moment you walk around him, hest
tating where and how to begin the
ascent of his hump He does not hesi-
tate to tell you so in the roundest
terms. He snarls if you but move in
the saddle, and stares angrily around
at you il you attempt to move him in
any direction save that in which he
himself intended to go. If you per-
sist he tries to bite your feet. If Bit
ing you doesn't answer, he lies down.
Now, the lying down and getting up
of camel are performances designed
expressly to infiict grievous bodily
harm upon the rider. Thrown twice
forward and twice ba ckward, punched
In his wind" and damaged in his
spine, the lucl<less novice receives
four distinct shocks, each moro sud
den and unexpected than the last.
For this execrable hunchback is fear
fully and wonderfully made. He has
superfluous joint somewhere in his
legs and uses it to revenge himself
upogi mankind.
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MusoAT AND rs PALACE.
Whore Criminals Are torn TO Pioces
and devoured by Lion.

Outwardly the resemblance to Alden
! is kept up as you approach Muscat-
The same canoes came alongside, which
naked niggers propel with gayly col
Ored paddelS; the same long row of
white houses line the shore, but unlike
Alden, Mnscat has fertile valleys in the
hills behind. There is the valley called
Paradise with its palms and gardens
and refreshing shades, the result of ir-
rigation, and wells worked By slaves
and bulloclIs in the Indian fashion
namely, by sloping path, so that when
the bullock and niggcr descend the
bucket comes up.and when the bullock
and niger ascends the bucket goes
down Not far from Nluscat is the
green mountain. celebrated still for its
VINEYARDS and its wine. From here
it is surmised that the Portuguese
brought the parent stock of those fine
vines W hich we call Muscatcl.
You land on an unintercsting, dirty
beach, With some old cannon of the
Portuguese period pccping out of their
sandy graves. The coolest and best
house in the place is occupied by the
british resident and the British post
and telegraph establishment. 1t is Il
point which gets what breeze it can
from two seas just underneath the
southern fourt. The second best house
is the imam's palace. but before we go
to see him let us say a word about that
curious title imam and the present
owner of it.
Originally the ruler of Oman was n
sort of priest king. Imam literally
meaning priest, for in olden days the
men of Oman were called .'outsiders''
by their Mohammedan brethren be-
cause they recognized their own chief
solely as the head of their own relig-
ion. This is why they called him their
imam or priest and king, like Melchis-
edcll, to whom. oddly enough, in the
Koran is given the same title. Imam
Saeed did not like this title at all. He
preferred to have name which would
put him more on a footing with other
sovereigns, so he called himself the
sultan of Oman, which title his success
sors also assume. But somehow or an
other the people like the old title of
imam best and stick to it.
Sultan Tourkee died few years ago,
and with his death came on again the
usual succession trouble. He had
always educated his second son, Fay
| sui. to succeed him, his eldest son,
Mohammcd, being a mere negro by an
African slave mother and totally with
out education. so that his claims to the
throne were Of no account. He causes
no difficulty, but lives next door to his
| brother, Sultan Faysul, in the enjoy
ment of a pension of $500 month.
The palace is entered by formid
able looking door decorated with large
! spiked bosses of brass. This opens
into small court in which is con-
tanned the most imposing sight of the
placc-na.nely, the lion in his cage to
the left, into which Faysul introduces
criminals of the deepest dye to be de-
vourcd by this lordly executioner.-
/ tortnightly Review.
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4 Riddle
They were three robbers. aye,
And they rob ed n rel red rose;
And they came from out the sky,
And they went where no man knows
One camc-a rohber bold
And sable c0It he wore.
And belt of dusty gold,
And he robbed her eIsure storei
One came when the day was :@'snS,
And rent the curtain gray
or mist that round her hung.
And he stole her pearls aw~S-
One came when the DIV WAS dead,
And no one saw him pass
And he eau hit her petals red
And threw them upon the grass
Three robbers bold were they.
And they robbed red red rose:
And they came and went away,
And whither-no man knows.
St. Nicholas
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Animals Can Count.

Not less interesting were similar
experiments with horses. In the viii
lage of Pekoe the doctor found peas
ants horse, which was used for plow
ing and which had acquired the habit
Of counting the burrows and stopping
to rest regularly at the twentieth. So
confident was the plowman of the
horses calculation that at the end of
the day he used to estimate the
amount of work done, not by count
ing the burrows himself, but by simply
remembering the number of times his
horse had stopped to rest.
In another village the doctor found
a horse that was able to count the
mile-posts along the way, and that
had been trained by it's master to stop
for feed whenever they had covered
twenty-five verSts. One day they
tried tho horse over a road where
three false mill-posts had been put up
between the real ones, and, sure
enough the horse, deceived by this
trick, stopped for his oats at the end
of twenty-five versts instead of going
the usual twenty-five.
The same horse was accustomed to
being fed every day at the stroke of
noon. The doctor observed that
whenever the clock struck any hour
the horse would stop and prick up his
ears as if counting. If he heard
twelve he would trot off contentedly to
be fed, but if there were fewer strokes
than twelve he would go on working
rcsignedIy. The experiment was
made of striking twelve strokes at the
wrong time whereupon the horse
started for his oats, in spite of the
fact that he had been fed only ar
hour before
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August
/ Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me 10 good. 1 could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
anto the Stomrch distressed Iue. I
could not sleep. I had taken al.
kinds OF medicines. Through g
neighbor I got one of your books.
] procured bottle of Green's Aug
.ust Flower and took it. l am to-day
stout, hearty and Strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health
Mrs. Sarah ] Cox, Defiance, O. Q
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Early Treatment of Smallpox.

1t was several years ago that Gala
vardin drew the attention of French
practitioners to the advantages of treat
ing smallpox according to the plan or
igionally suggested and carried out by
John of Goddesden and Waters. The
treatment in question consisted simply
in keeping the patients absolutely
away from all solar light and this solar
darkness had to be from first to last
complete and uninterrupted, otherwise
no beneficial results could be looked
for. The same authority has recently
published the results of his experience
with this method covering period of
some sixteen years, showing that il
this plan be carried out the great adj
vantage cnsucs of their being no period
of suppuration, and, in consequence,
the subsequent soaring is infinitesi-
NAL
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The PrIuce OF Turnips.

There were two brothers VINO were
both soldiers, the one was rich the
other poor The poor man thought
he would try to better himself, SO,
pulling off his red coet, he became a
gardener, and dug his ground we'll,
and sowed turnips-
When the seed came up thers was
one plant bigger than all the rest; and
it kept getting larger, and seemed as
if it never would cease growing, so
that it might have been called the
prince of turnips, for there never was
snch one seen before, and never will
be again. At last it was so big that
it filed a cart, and two oxen could
hardly draw it; and the gardener
knew not what in the world to do
with il, nor whether it would be a
blessing or curse 10 him.
One day he said to himself: "What
shall do with it? IT l sell it, it will
bring no more than another: and for
eating little turnips are better than
this The best thing, perhaps, is to
carry it and give it to the king as a
mark of respect
Then he yol<ed his oxen and drew
the king. What wonderful
thingl" said the king; II have seen
| many strange things. but such mon
ster as this l never saw. Where did
you get the seed? or is it only your
good luck? If so, you are true child
of fortune
'Oh no." answered. the gardener; 81
am no child of fortune. l am a poor
soldier who never could get enough to
live upon; so laid aside my red coat
and set to work tilling the ground. 1
have a brother who is rich, and your
majesty knows him well, and all the
world knows him; but because l am
poor every body forgets me-"
The king then took pity on him and
said: You shall be poor no longer.
| will give you so much that you shall
be even ri her than your brother"
Then ne gave him gold and land
and 6ocl S, and made him so rich that
his brothers fortune could not at all
be compared with his.
When the brother heard of all this,
and how a turDip had made the
| gardener rich, he envied him sorely,
and bcthought himself how he could
contrive to get the same good fortune
for himself. However he determined
to manage more cleverly than his
brother, and got together rich pres
ent of gold and fine horses for the
king, and thought he must have a
much larger gift in return; for if his
brother had received SO much for only
turnip. what must his present be
worth.
The king took the gift very gracious
ly, and said he knew not what to give
in return more valuable and wonder
fIl than the great turnip; SO the
soldier was forced to put it into n cart
and drag it home with him.-Grimm's
| Fairy Tales