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ands. Having traded at several ports' they were one day obliged to take sheiter from A storm in a harbor which the canta,n was very unwilling to enter. The natives there, he said, were dwarfs, but tbere were many of them and they were of fierce disposition. No sooner had they dropped anchor when the people he hao spoken of came swarming aboard. They wera about two feet high and covered with long. reddish hair. "Do not strike one," said the captain, Tor they will murder us all"
 The dwarfs cut the ropes and, stripping the ship of the sails put the crew on shore and hauled the vessel. across strait to the island where they made their home. doing it all with much chattering of strange tongue and many threaten .1g gestures.
 Left alone the castaways made tnelr way to a great building which they saw uplifting its towers in the distance. AS they came nearer they saw that 1t was A palace, very lofty, very elegantly built and with door of solid ebony. Opening the door they entered spacious nall
 with A high-arched roof. On one side or the hall was a fire burning in a great hreplace and before it a number or large
 wooden spits such as are used for roast ,ne meat. On the other side was pile Of human bones
 As they gazed in horror door opened and a giant entered. He was as tall as
 a palm tree and his complexion that Of
 the blackest negro. He had but one
 eve and that was situated in the middle of his forehead, where it burned like a live coal. He had long sharp teeth ana his upper lip hung down upon his preast' His ears were so large that they came down to his shoulders and stood out from his head like those of an elephant. The l giant seized the travellers one by one and l examined them to see if they were lat. ] He evidently found the captain plumpest, | for. letting the others go, he grabbed that 1 unhappy man and, splitting him, roasted
 and ate him before the faces of his hor-
 rified companions.
 1 When it began to grow dark the mon- | ster lay down before the door, barring
 all egress for his captives. and went to
 sleep, snoring horribly all night.
 l In the morning the giant arose and
 went out, locking them in the palace.
 After a consultation they resolved to punish the monster that night according | to a plan conceived by Slnbad. When i at nightfall the giant returned he
 roasted and ate one of the sailors as 1 before. Then nine of the boldest of the l company heated splits in the fire and, ad- 1 vancing to the sleeping creature all to-
 gether, they plunged them into the single 1 eye The giant howled with paint, but i blinded as he was, could not catch, his
 tormentors or kill them, though he felt 1 around for them and made the palace 1 ring with his terrific howlings. At last ] he rushed out of the building, and fear ing that he had gone for help, the men l took to their heels and made for the shore. Here they found plenty of timbe,
 and constructed rafts, each capable oi | bearing three men.
 They waited for daylight to embark and just as the day was dawning they saw the
 blinded giant coming toward the shore led by two other giants and followed by
 many more. Hastily they showed theil
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he rod upon diamonds worth a king sess them. To have felt cobblestone of the streets of Bagdad beneath his feet would have given him more pleasure at that moment than the diamond worth a kings ransom upon which he placed his foot At last, overcome with fatigue, he lay down and slept in the midst of his perils.
 He was awakened by something falling close to him. 1t was large piece of meat which had been thrown from the cliffs. Then Sinbad knew where he
 was; he was in the famous Valley of Diamonds, stories of which he had heard
 but never believed. He had heard, too,
 of how merchants came once year to the edge of the valley and, threw pieces
 of meat into 1t. The diamonds stuck to the meat and the eagles which are much
 larger here than elsewhere, swooped
 down upon the meat and carried 1t to
 their nests to feed their young. Then
 the merchants drove off the eagles and
 took the diamonds. Sinbad saw in this
 a chance of getting out of the valley.
 
 He filled his pouch with the largest of
 the diamonds, tied large piece of meat
 to his back and lay down fiat upon his face.
 An immense eagle swooped down, seiz- ed the bait and Sinbad with it and car ried the burden away to Its nest. The
 merchant to whom the nest belonged (for each merchant had his own nesD was naturally much surprised when he drove off the eagle and saw what the bird had brought him. He took Sinbad to the camp of the merchants. who all mar veled at his story. To the owner of the nest he offered half of the diamonds he had brought up from the valley, but the | merchant would only consent to take one-the >largest-saying that 1t would l bring sufficient to allow him to live in ease all the rest of his life.
 | The next day the whole company sci l out for the nearest port. from which they took shipping to their homes. Sin, l bad's ship touched at the island of Roha where the camphor tree grows, and ex- I changing some of his diamonds there fol goods he traded with profit among the 1 islands, and SD made his way back tc l Bagdad, where he immediately gave large | donations to the poor and settled dowr | to live a life of quiet ease.
 ], When Sinbad had concluded the story | of his second voyage the company arose I and went to walk in the cool alleys O | the garden, picking ripe fruits, or to re | pose in the vine-covered arbors, where i spiced drinks were served them in jew {, eled cups, while musicians played thei l sweetest tunes, the night birds sang ant ] the fountain from its basin of marble i rose sparkling beneath the Orient moon | Sinbad took his homeward way with { | purse of gold and instructions to com' l again on the morrow.
 1 When the gallant company had dinet
 the next day the music stopped and al
 listened attentively to Sinbads story O
 his Third Voyage. The blood of adven 1 ture still ran hot in his veins, and afte brief time spent in idleness at Bagda'
 he again joined himself to company o
 merchants and, travelling into Persia freighted ship at convenient port an,
 set out for strange continents and isl
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the one of the day before. When the dinner was ended the famous sailor be- gan the narration of the adventu. es of his second voyage.
 He had intended at the conclusion of his first voyage to spend the rest of his days in peace and plenty and die a quiet old man within the walls of Bagdad. But the desire for travel took possession of him once more, and embarking with a company of mer- chants he went trading with great profit from island to island of the ever summer seas. One day they landed upon an island covered with fruit trees, but could see neither man nor beast. While the rest of the party amused
 themselves by gathering fruits and flowers Sindbad sat down between two trees beside a sparkling brook and, having eaten the provisions which he had brought with him, lulled by the stream, fell fast asleep. When he awoke his companions were gone. He gazed forth at the ocean only to see the ship disappearing below the horizon.
 Bitterly he lamented his folly in for
 saking the quiet life of Bagdad, and, taking the remnants of his provisions
 with him, went on further into the isl- and to search for inhabitants. He found
 none but coming upon a large plain he what was apparently a great white dome lying upon the earth. It was very smooth so that he could not climb to the top of 1t and there were no open ings in It's sides. It must have been 100 feet in circumference. As he gazed upon the object wonderingly the sky suddenly became darkened and an im- mense bird appared oyerh cad abscur-
 ing the sun by its great wings Sind bad crept close to the strange object which he now knew to be roc's egg,
 and the roc sweeping down, sat upon the egg all night without perceiving the presence of the sailor. Carefully Sind bad took off his turban, and, unrolling it, twisted 1t into a rope, with which he bound himself to the leg of the huge | bird. It was an uninhabited island he was on, he was certain, and there was | chance that when the roc flew away in the morning, taking him with her tied to her leg. she would carry him l to some place where he could get help l from his fellow men.
 At the first peep of day the roc left | the egg, and, soaring far up into the | glory of tho morning so high up that i Sindbad could not see the earth or l the sea below, carried him swiftly l through the air and settled down final | ly into a valley. high walled with | precipitous cliffs, impossible to scale l As soon as the roc touch ed the earth Sindbad united himself from it's leg
 and the bird, seizing a huge serpent
 in it's beak flew away.
 | To his horror Sinbad saw that the whole valley has filled with serpente | of immense size-big enough to swallow
 an elephant. But they were all hasten
 ing to their caves in the cliffs now, fol
 1t was daylight and they came out from
 their rocky retreats only at night. Ther
 Sinbad saw another strange thing--th.
 whole valley was carpeted with dia
 monds. some of enormous size. But tn,
 dangers of his position were such that
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rafts into the sea, and with improvised
 paddles urged them off shore. The giants
 seeing that they were likely to escape
 picked up huge rocks and began to throw
 them at the frail rafts They threw so
 accurately that they sunk every raft, ex-
 cept the one on which Sinbad was float
 ing with his two companions. This raft,
 after being exposed to the fury of the sea
 for day and night, was cast ashore
 upon a strange island. They found fruit.
 with which they satisfied their hunger
 and spring of water at which they
 quenched their thirst.
 At night they lay down to sleep upon
 the shore, but were awakened by the
 kissing of serpent of surprising size,
 which, gliding toward them, seized one
 of the men, swallowed him and disap-
 peared into the woods. Eagerly all the
 next day they scanned the sea, but saw
 no sail. When night came they climbed a
 high tree. in fear that the serpent would
 again attack them. Late in the night
 came gliding and hissing again the huge
 serpent, and, wrigglng up the tree seized Sinbad's companion, who sat lower down
 than he, and departed. An anxious vigil did Sinbad keep in the tree top, straining his eyes for the dawn.
 the morning light acros the pitiless ocean, he saw no sign of a sail All day he paced the shore, watching In vain for the sight of a ship. His peril aroused his ingenuity, and, as night came on again he took pieces of timber which lay thick upon the beach and with lash ings of vines fastened one across the top of his head, one across the soles of his feet and others in front, behind and on
 either side of him, so that he was, as it were, in a crate.
 The serpent made its appearance soon after nightfal and ran hissing at Sind bad as he lay in his wooden cage upon the sand. But, try as 1t might it could not get at him to swallow him. the long
 pieces of wood preventing. But 1t kept up its attempts until morning, when 1t
 went away to the forest in rage. Sind 1 bad unloosed himself and, as he sprang 1 to his feet, saw to his great delight a l ship in the offing. By waving a big I branch he attracted the attention of the | people on the vessel, who sent boat | to take him off. TO his surprise Sind bad found that the captain of the res- 1 cuing ship was that captain who had 1 left him on the island where he had fallen asleep in his second voyage God i be praised" cried the captain. when he l recognized Sindbad, i've feared you had 1 wandered away and perished. I am 1, heartily rejoiced to see you. And here are your goods which have always kept l in the hope that some day you might reappear."
 | So they went from port to port of the l Indian seas trading, and at length Sind bad saw his beloved Bagdad again and l brought with him fresh stores of wealth. And here," continued Sindbad to Hind
 bad, "are hundred pieces of gold. ! Come tomorrow and hear of my Fourth Voyage" Praise be to Allah and Ma homet His prophet" replied Hindbad.
 and he took his departure, bearing as he went the joyous notes of the musi-
 clans, who had resumed their concert.
 When the morrow came Hindbad was
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Tn the year 1704 French 0rientalist' Antoine Galland, while travelling In the east discovered a manuscript of the Arabian Nights" He translated the stories into French, and thus made them known to the western world. What was their country of origin and just how old they are nobody knows though volumes have been written on the subject Prob ably the stories came from various coun- tries, India, Persia, Arabia and China and are of various dates. The editions which have been published in various Ian guages would fill many Libraries and what has been written about them many oth- CTS. It has been claimed that they are more widely diffused and read than almost any other product of the human mind: Yet the name of the author of a single one of them has not survived. "eindbad the Sailor" Is one of the best known ana most characteristic of the tales. It is curious to compare the story of the Cy- clops in sindbad's third voyage with a similar story in the Odyssey. Was Homer indebted to Sindbad or Sindbad to Ho- mer?
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Next Sundays one-page classic will be Anna Karenine," by Count Lyoft TolstoL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-11-09
PARA cURAR UM REsFRlADO

QUININA. El boticario devOlverA cl dine
ro 81 no le curst. LID tirlna de Il. w. GRO
We sc halla ell cad;t caita.
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lntelg!etanl0 un ngl5Sjg
Continuation de la "a. pagina.) }

(COntlnuaclOn de la q. paSlna.
Nosotros 10 sabemos todo. Tenemos
una buena policia para 1scalizar los ac
tos del gobierno. Sabemos 10 que pasa
en- Washington como 10 que pasa en-
Puerto Rico Sabemos muchas cosas. Sa-
bemos que ell bast6n de estoque de Bal
bas, lie fu6 regatadO por Sh0nton 4 Post
como SOUVENIR, 4 10 que no tenemos NADIA
que Objetar Sabemos como Sc han enri-
quecido ciertos miembros del gobierno,
y Ell cue forma es han remitidO reports
con1iden tales. Sabemos hasta las cOsas
mas ntinas del gobierno Sabemos la
car,a de Washington Ward sobre ell Sc
cretarlo particular del Gobernador Col
ton, cuyO c.?2n descaha Ward para uno
de sus amigos. &apatnos t0d0 v todo, Y
p0demos decirle d, nleT0 09be~nador
que nosotros le ayudaremo> an muehas
cosas que el no conoce, y qu oor ta,ta ie
espacio dejamos para otra op,JtaHtuad.
No queremos obstruccionar la obl. bne-
na de Cotton; por el contrario estarem9
a su lado, para rom.per ese centro peli-
groso y solido con que Sc defender los
carpet baggers ',venga de arriba de
abajo No somos anti-americanOs por sis
tema, y 81 atacamOs 10 malo puertorri-
quelo y 10 malo americana. Puntualza-
mos las cosas detalle por detalle. LIE lla-
mamos la atencion sobre ell grupo de
serviles peligrosos, que buscan su interes
personal 5Sabe cuales son las frases de
los carpet boggers respecto a usted Pues
aqui las tene He has has hands tied.
5Que quiere decir ESQ? Pues simplemen-
te que ell Gobernador Cotton no segui-
ra cooperando con la anmoralidad. That
IS the question. La politica funestisima
de esos carpet baggers de un lado, ha de
traerle disgustos. Levante su cabeza y
aplastelos, que entonces su triunfo sera
grande Observe el mismo juego en- el
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partido republicano responsible de la an

partido republicano responsible de la an
ti-americanizacion del pals. Ell Goberna-
dor 10 ha dicho :Serenaos siemspre omeri-
can0s, pero que 10 seamos con vergdenza
y con dignidad y que coopere con nos
otros nara Ia destruction de todos esos
aventHr,s e1igrosos que abundan en-
nuestra terra, y que deshonran la gran
naci0n americana.
Ese .juego de intrigas debe desapare-
GER. Esa politica de ambici6n personal
entire los Jefes de Departamentos debe
acabarse con ella Esos ataques de repu-
blicanos contra repubIicanos dehe enten-
derse como mera especulaci0n de perso-
mas contra persona&
Tenga cuidat1o con esa clase de p0Liti
ciGnS { insplrese en- la opinion pnblica.
Observe y observe Sc habra salvado.
Esperemos con calma los aconteci-
mientos, sin miedo y sin precipitaciones.
Estamos al lado del Gobernador para
ayudarle MISUNDERSTANDING
CH ANTECJ EP(t
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Un aran incendio
Ell CONGRES0 EN- PELIGRO

Nueva York, martes-Dicen de Madrid que ha sido
dcsrudo por formidable incendio teatro de la Ear
zuea. Ell fuego propag6 los edcios nmediatos, que
1nandose colindantes
Cuando estaba ardiendo la casa que hace esquna la
eaIe de Zorrla estuvo grave esgo ell Congreso de
aos diputados, Immediate los edifcios siniestrados
Afortunadamente 1ogr6 localizar ell fuego.
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la ley n,arcial suspendida
BARCELONA Y GERONA

Nueva York. martes-El gobierno del Sr. Moret ha da
do decreo restabeciendo las garantas constitutional
les Barcelona Corona En- ambas provincas catala
es garantizado e orden, ucio de las autoridades
que 10 han communicate asi al Sr. Moret.
La esancia Barcelona del general Wevler ga
rantia.
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Para idea de bonda cdad de los nsumentos
vende El Bazaar MUslcA EUTERPE'', lease la ela
Mnncpiosy Bandas Paicuares
cuales ha vsndidO dicho Establecmiento
MUNICPIOS-RfeP PedIas Vieque Juncos Baros, Guayani
na Manat, Veea-Baa, Comero San Sebastian,
HahIo, Moca, Salinas Yabucoa Bayam6n.
JUNTAS Isabel Oayey uana Dz Guayama San
Lorenzo, Toa- Baa, Lajas, Ponce, Banda Mari
BaTceoneta Subscription popuar, Banda
de Bene6cencia Barco de Guerra (Aliance) Zen
Onlebra)
Todds incuso Pianos de las meies
Francesa Aenanas Espanoas rs
OHRTIFICADOS de gaan,a los PIANOS Epciaa
PIANOS ALEMANES AMERICANOS Complete nstu
ds Ouerdas Percusi0a,
Unico estabecmiento musical en- tOda Ia lsIa.
Jose Laza Ca
San Rico. BOX Oale de- Ia No. lG
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CHAMTECLERC.
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N(OT"0CQAS

, Ia Juota EA'olar de Alasco ha de-
ciddo tra.jadar j otro barrio de la.
misma 1nunio iuaiid&'I, la escuela rural
del barrio de Ri s\rliba Dor Ser mry
escaso el n1mero Z, }ioS q'le ella
asistian.
Sc ha con:edido una licencia L. me'''
biendose nombrado interiname fte al
doctor Jordan.
PARA cURAR UN RESFRlADO
EN- UN DlA tome LANAT1NO DROMr-
QUININA. El boticario devOlvera cl dine
ro 81 no le curst. La tirlna de T.. w. GRO
We Sc halla ell cad;t caiita.
Seg1n los datos administrators por
el maestro principal. de Adjuntas, la
natrlcula en- las esclle3as graduadas es
de 401 njnos. y de S42 en- las r1lralcs.
Esta vacante una cscueaa rural.
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Service Especial del boletis nepesasll
GABLEGRAMAS,
Ell discurso de Mr.. Colton|
COMENTADO POR ssEI. SUM-

Nueva York mares.-El gran diaro neoyorquino s'The
Sum- acknowledgements el discurso inaugural dc
Mr. Cotton cuya mission de gobernane en- la Isla conse
ia Ciflc..
Analizao el descontento de Ia Isa dice que Farte
ustfcable parte ha sido creado por razones poll
4cas.
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Puerto Rico no eS
an banco de aln1ei Jas
UNA ERASE AFORTUNADA

Nueva York martes-Ei sensational artfculo de ''The
New York Sum- contiene esta declaration que
tadisima. t~~r
Dice que ell malestar polico econ6mieo que exte
roriza la sa srve para demostrar que la anex6n
de Puerto Rco los Estados Undos adqurieron terri
tero habitado por humanos un baneo de ame
Jas
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la represalia jsponesa
Ell CASTIGO DE LOS COREANOS

Nueva York, mares-Dicen de Toxic que el tono de la
prensa de la capital japonesa cada mas exatado
pdiendo al gobierno que haga escarmento los
que garantice la peninsula vecna la esta
bilidad, la vida de los japoneses.
La prensa al gobierno de proceder visible
gligencia.
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DON Manuel 81 en- Madrid
A ESPANA ANTES QUE A INGLATERRA

Nueva York. martes.-Se ha dspensado derante
reception Madrid al rey Don Manuel de Bragaza la
capital espaola feseja expendidez al rego huesped
Madrid ofrece anmadismo aspecto La multitud acla
ma al rey de Portugal Don Alfonso con crecente en-
tusiasmo.
Los festejos estan resultando soberbios
Little Falls herald., 1909-03-26
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.

The cheaper the shoes the louder the
squeak.
The wife OF henpecked husband is
usually set in her ways.
The man who persistently sits down
is sure to become hard up.
= No matter how we'll mother may
feel she is continually on the mend.
Neither boil nor cabbage amounts
to anything unless it comes to head.
If young Spendthr1ft would settle
down he might soon be able to settle
up.
You can not always gauge the I'M
portance of man by the angle at
which he wears his hat.
There is quite difference between
the door jamb and the jam that
mother used to make.
There is the wreck of time - ex-
claimed Jones, as his clock fell from
the seconds story window.
Most anybody can retail butter. eggs
and vegetables, but we have never met
a man smart enough to re tail dog.
Sometimes when woman throws a
brick at an old hen in the garden, it
IS harder on the scenery than it IS on
the hen.
Some folks have rats in their
garrets, some have rats in their
cellars, and while not a few young
ladies' have good sized rats in their
hair.-From April Farm Journal.
Little Falls herald., 1909-03-26
CUSHING

March 25.-The funeral services for
Nels Oberg were conducted at his
home by Rev. Norstrum of Scandia
Valley on Saturday afternoon and the
remains were Inferred in the Cushing
cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. q. Weum
ana Mrs. Anderson of Lincoln at
teuded Nels Oberg's funeral Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs Henry Schafer is on the sick
list.
Rev. Olson held Norwegian and
Engliah services In the schoolhouse
Sunday and will be here again on
April 18th at two O'Clock.
John A. johnson 10 home on an
extended visit with his parents.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. 90.
Kjeldergaard, March 24th, q son.
Rev. Lindahl will hold services in
the school house Sunday. =
Mrs. Emil Carlson spent Tuesday,
and Wednesday in Little Falls.
The Baptist Ladies' aid will hold q
sale in the town hall Saturday after.
noon.
Little Falls herald., 1909-03-26

Onamia Pioneer: Val. Herman of
Hold1ngford tarried over night at this
place last Tuesday. It is reported
that he was looking the town over
with view to establishing a heading
mill at this place. Mr.. Herman is a
man Of large business affairs. He has
two sawmills in operation in the
vicinity of Wahkon and operates a
heading mill at Holding, where he
also has two large brick business
blocks occupied by hotel, drug store,
saloon. etc. He is county COM
missioner from his district in Stearns
county and is live. energetic man
who would add greatly to the business
life OF Onamia should he become
Interested here.