The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-11

not, for Pygmalion
had all the quail
ties that make a sovereign detested,
and none that make him loved
He had sister, the Princess Dido,
who was married to a man of immense
wealth, worthy nobleman of Tyre,
named Sichaeus. You might think that
a king would be glad to have the
friendship and support Of a man OF
that kind, especially in that far-away
time, when thrones rested, at best, upon
somewhat shaky foundations, but Pyg-
malion was so puffed up with is own
Importance and so confident OF his pow
er, that he sometimes "lost his mead.
He had one passion that subordinated
everything else in his nature-the love
of gold. and he was in the habit OF
overriding anything that might stand
in the way Of acquiring 1t.
In spite, therefore, Of his close rela-
tionship to Sichaeus, Of the love that
he should have felt, but did not, for his
beautiful sister, the Princess Dido, ne
determined to become possessed OF the
wealth of Sichaeus, and to that end ne
had him put to death.
But the widowed Dido managed to
outwit the avarictous king, her brother,
and, knowing quite well that she would
follow her husband to the land Oh
shades if she did not put herself be-
vond the kings reach, she secretly or
ganized a band, Of followers, men ana
women. and fed from Tyre, taking With
her the riches that Sichaeus had left
She and her followers sailed away IN
ships.
Dido had all the spirit and ambition
of a royal race, and her purpose was to
found a city in some new country where
she might reign as became the daughter
of Belus Committing herself and her
companions, therefore, to the care and
protection of the gods, she had her
ships pointed toward the distant coast
Of Africa, and after prosperous Voy-
age landed at a point opposite to Sicily.
The natives received her with many
manifestations of friendship, and when
she asked them for only SO much ground
as might be inclosed with bulls hide
they readily gave their consent
Their amusement however, turned
to dismay, and then to downright ad-
miration, when they saw how the
shrewd princess had interpreted her
own proposition.
I don't know who suggested the idea
to Dido; perhaps she evolved it out OF
her own head; but when the natives
had consented to her request for as
much ground as might be inclosed with
a. bulls hide she had the hide cut into
very fine strips, and then tied together
into a very long string. With this string
she and her followers managed to in
close a pretty good-sized piece OF
ground, upon which they at once built
a citadel as the nucleus of a town.
And that is how the great and pow
erful city of Carthage was founded,
city that afterward produced Hamilcar
and Hannibal, two of the greatest sol
diers and chieftains of those times; a
CITY that rivaled Rome itself in great
ness and power
One day a great storm swept over
the sea off Carthage, and in the midst
of it the people could see several yes
sells struggling with wind and wave.
They were some distance from shore,
but their tempest-driven course showed
that they must soon be wrecked upon
the rocks that lay just outside the har-
Dor
Word of their condition was brought
to Queen Dido in her palace, and she
gave immediate orders that her people
should do what they could to aid the
mariners if they should be wrecked.
But suddenly as if by some super
natural power, the winds subsidized, the
waves laid their foaming crests down
upon the surface of the sea, the face of
heaven was swept clear Of the dark
clouds that had obscured it, and the
vessels sailed quietly into port.
The people received the strangers
with generous hospitality, and the
queen sent messenger to the leader
of the expedition, requesting him to
appear before her in the palace. Con-