The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-08-24
ALADDIN'S GENIE.
How He Finally Broke Away from
the Slavery of the Lamp.

MI AIbtIt SltdEllS bilnSS Ills serial,
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp, to d
novel conclusion in st. Nicholas. The
genie had refused to come at his sum
mons, and this is what followed:
Seated by the window. the lamp on
the table by his side, he abandoned
himself TO melancholy reflection.
The experience Of the late Aladdin
so far as recorded in the Arabian
Nights" furnished no parallel TO his
own. Chris felt that the genie had
treated HIM badly, and i'll a sudden
burst of Indignation he seized the lamp,
and rubbed it tierceIy. crying:
He must come-he shall. All, you re
here at last. are you?'-for the genie
stood before him; this time in the same
form in which he had appeared on the
occasion of their first meeting.
yes, I'm here, replied the spirit, in
a cold. hard tone that Chris did not
half like
why didn't you come before" de
manded the angry boy. Have you any
idea what a scrape you have got me
intoE"
"One question at a time, please"
said the genie. in the same icy tone,
and with a cynical smile. Il didn't
come before becausc-not to put too
fine point on i'll didn't feel like it.
As for the scrape you're i'll, that's no af-
/ fair of mine"
NO affair of yours gaSped Chris.
aren't YOU my slave and the slave Of
/ the lamp"
Your slaveE" snecred the genie
the slave of an old pewter lamp. in
/ such a bad state of repair that it would
/ be utterly Impossible 20 light it? / am
not l must say, with deep hurnilia-
! ton, that | was; but | am not now"
But you are!" almost shrieEled Chris
You can't help it, You are and at
ways will be-" :. ;,
Il am not. nor shall | ever be again"
returned the spirit; 80 You Deedn't
waste any more time and vitality in
rubbing the old lamp. l responded to
the summons this time only to explain
the situation to YOU"
But YOU haven't explained any
thing" cried the boy. IF it had been
possible to rebel, you'd have done it
when Aladdin owned the lamp. You
can't-you know you can't
1T wasn't in my power them said
the genie: but it is now. Just glance
at this''-and he suddenly produced a
few printed pages torn from some
book. and held it before Chris eyes.
why, it's the Emancipation Procla-
nation" the youth exclaimed.
That's precisely what it is, replied
his companion. an eXultant ring in his
voice Il accidentally learned of is
existence only this morning. BY its
provisions slavery is abolished in the
United States. Isn't that so:'
II suppose it is" faltered Chris;
but tit doesn't apply to YOU"
Il fail To see any exceptions or reSer-
1 vations which affect the present case"
said the genie: and have studied the
document pretty carefully. No, my
! young friend; | am no longer your
/ slave. And as for that thing
| He did not finish the sentence, but
suddenly raising his foot, he gave the
4 Iamp-which WAS the object TO which
/ he had referred so contemptuously-
! vicious kick which sent it out of the
window; then he began to fade away
Wait a minute" entrcated the boy;
''iuSt "A second, =
/ But the genie was gone.
/ Chris rushed frantically down stairs,
and began search for the lamp, which
he very soon found. He rubbed it, but
no genie appeared.
Mushrooms as Food in Europe.
A. an article Of food mushrooms are
/ becoming more widely and favorably
known each year. Immense quanti-
/ ties are grown for market i'll caves near
Paris. some of the beds being seven
/ miles long. one grower has twenty
one miles of mushrooms growing at
! Merry. In Italythe trutIle beds are so
valuable that they are guarded as care
/ fully as are game preserves in England.
, But the pOachers. quite equal to the
necessity. train their dogs to go among
the beds. dig up those mushrooms Of
marketablc value. and bring them out
to the edge, where they are waiting 10
| receive them. Mushrooms bring III 4
revenue Of 5000 year TO Rome, and
VI. Roquts calls the GeSpised toadstoOls
the ''manna Of the poor.
Mr.. Julius Palmer, our own authority
on mushrooms. says: Were the poorer
elias Of Russia. Germany, Italy or
France to see our forests during the
autumn rains. they would feast on the
rich food there going 10 waste. For
this harvest requires no secd-timo ANA
asks for no peasants toll. At the same
time the value Of mushroom diet ranks
second to meat alone America j one
Of the richest countries in mushroom
food. st. Nicholas.
The GoriiIa's Lung Power.
Recent Investigations have brought
70 light the fact that the gorilla is
equipped with q sort Of air bag in the
chest over the lungs. and connected
with the trachea or wind-pipe BY
striking this organ the animal is en-
abled to emit his terrible shrieks and
roars.
Bulwer-Lyttou knew all the odes and
other poems of Horace by heart. He
translated large portions of Horace
poems into English verse.
Goodness has slowly proved itself in
the worlds every day proving itself
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