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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22

he couId not utter a word, and he thought to
himself: The queen will be angry at my
silence"
But the queen was still smiling and did
not look angry.
She spoke first and said, in voice sweeter
than music:
BE welcome and sit down"
And, with finger which looked like ray
of light, she beckoned him to some purple
cushions on the floor.
Balthasar sat down, sighed big sigh, and
Selling hold of a cushion with each hand, he
exclaimed hurriedw:
MADAME, wish these two cushions were
giants and your enemies, that I might
wiring their necks"
And, speaking thus, he squeezed the cush-
ions so hard in his clenched fists that they
burst, letting out cloud Of white down. One
of the little feathers whirled round in the air
for some time and then alighted on the
queens neck
my lord Bathasar" said Balkis, blushing,
"why do you want to kill giants?"
Because l love you," said Balthasar.
"Tell me-" said Balkis, "is the water of
wells sweet in your capital?"
YES" answered Balthasar, much sur
prised
81 also would like to know" resumed Bal
kis "how they prepare dried fruits in ETH
opia"
ne hluS ulu uoC hnO" "hoS " So'' O1S
she pressed him:
Tell me, now, If you would please me-"
Then, with a great effort of memory, he
described the practise of Ethiopian makers OF
sweets, which consisted of stewing ounces
in honey But she was not listening to him.
Then, all of a sudden:
MY lord they say that you are In love
with Queen Candace. your neighbor. Tell me
truly, is she fairer of face than II"
"Oh! Madam, how could that be?"-and
Balthasar fell on his knees at Balkis feet.
The queen continued: Then, her eyes?
her mouth? /. her complexion? ?"
Balthasar, stretching a hand toward her,
said
Let me take the littls feather which has
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III.

But now there came big roar OF armed
horsemen and Balkis saw brave Abner who, at
the head of her guards came to release his
queen, of whose mysterious disappearance he
had heard the day before.
The mage Sembrobitis and Menkera the eu-
much who were standing by Abner's side gave
a loud cry when they their prince lying mo-
tionless with a knife in his side. They raised
him with the utmost care Sembrobitis, who
was we'll versed in medical science, saw that
he was still breathing. He dressed The wound
while Menkera wiped the froth from the kings
lips. Then they tied him on a horse and bore
him gently to the queens palace.
For a space of fifteen days Balthasar re-.
NAMED in a state of mad delrium. He spoke
continually OF the brass pot and of the moss in
the torrent bed, and cried out for Balkis. On
the sixteenth day, having opened his eyes, he
saw Sembrobitis and Menkera by his bedside,
but he did not the queen.
"Where is she? What is she doing?"
"My lord" said Menkera, "she is in private
conversation with the king of Comagene."
"I must see her!" cried Bathasar
And he rushed out toward the queens apart
ment before the old man and the eunuch could
stop him. When he came near the bed cnam-
Der he saw the king of Comagene coming out OF
it, all bedecked with gold and as bright as the
sun.
Balkis, lying on a purple bed, with closed
eyes, was smiling.
ooh Balkis! Oh my own!" cried Balthasar.
She turned a cold and hard gaze on him, and
he saw that she had forgotten everything and
he reminded her of that night in the torrent bed.
81 really do not know what you mean, my
lord Palm wine agrees not with you. You
must have been a-dreaming."
She rose to her feet and the gems in her
gown cashed like haistones and shone like
lightning.
"My lord" she said, now is the time when
my privy council must assemble. l have no
leisure for explaining the dreams of a diseased
brain. Take some rest Adieu!"
Balthasar felt as if he was going to die, but
he made an effort to hide his weakness from
the wicked woman, and, flying to his room, he
tainted his wound having opened again.
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At the same moment some brigands hap
pened to pass by and the two lying on the
moss
Then they tied them to the tail of a donkey
and went along their way with them
The black king hurting threats of death
at them, but Balkis, although slightly shlverlng
in the cold air of dawn, seemed to smile at
some inward thought
They walked through barren solitudes until
the heat of the day began to make itself felt.
She was laughing, and the brigand chlet
having asked her the reason why, she replied:
81 am laughing at the thought of having you
all hanged"
"Truly, my beauty!" exclaimed the brigand
chief chat is strange talk in the mouth OF
scrubber of pots! And your black gallant? ne
will probably help your"
On hearing these insulting words, Balthasar
was incensed with rage; he threw himself upon
the brigand and squeezed his neck so hard that
he nearly strangled him.
But the brigand stuck his knife into him, and
the poor king, rolling on the ground, looked at
Ballxis with eyes in which all life soon seemed
to be extinct.
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ING 1amn through the thick atmosphere of the
place. reeking brutes fighting with hsts or
knives for a cup Of fermented drink, Wn1le
others slept with closed fists, under the tables.
Balkis, perceiving some salt fish hanging
from the rafters of the roof, said to her COM
panion:
.T should like to eat of that salt fish with
pounded onions"
Balthasar ordered the dish, but when she
had finished eating, he discovered that he had
taken no money with him. He took little con-
Germ and thought they could go out without
paying But the innkeeper barred their way,
calling him slave and calling her donkey
at which Balthasar knocked him down with
his fist Some of the men, with uplifted
knives, rushed upon the two strangers. But
the black king, Selling hold of enormous
pestle used for pounding Egyptian onions,
crushed two Of his aggressors and compelled
the others to retreat. He felt Balkis by his
side which made him invincible The friends
Of the innkeeper, not daring to approach,
hurled at him, from the back of the shop, oil
jars and cups, lighted lamps, and even the
enormous brass pot wherein a whole sheep
was stewing The pot fell with crash on
Balthasar's head and split it. He was
stunned for an instant, but, gathering up his
strength, he hurled the pot back with sucn
vigor that the weight of it was increased ten
fold The crash Of the falling metal was
mingled with horrible groans, and with the
shrieks of the dying. Taking advantage OF
the terror of the survivors and fearing lest
Balkis should be hurt, Balthasar took her in
his arms and ran with her through the dark
and deserted streets
81 love thee" whispered the queen.
And now the moon, peeping from behind
cloud. revealed in Balkiss half-closed eyes,
ray of light damp with tears. They were go
ing down the dry bed Of a torrent. All of
sudden Balthasar's foot slipped on some moss
and they fell down holding one another In
tight embrace. It seemed to them as If the
world of the living had ceased to exist. And
when at dawn gazelles came to drink from the
hollows of the stones. the lovers were still
wrapped in oblivion.
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an evil and since BaIkis is a wicKeo

an evil and since Balkis is wicKe0
woman"
ITO be wise is to be happy" an
swered Sembobitis.
Then l will try TO be WISE" said
Balthaser But let us return at once
to Ethiopia. And, as he had lost all
that he loved, he resolved to devote
himself to wisdom and to become a
mage. He had tower built, from the
top of which one could see several
kingdoms and the vast expanse of the
heavens. He used to go to it's top
every night, there to study the heav-
ems under the direction of the sage
Sembobitis.
"Sembobitis,' he would say, "dost
thou answer on thy head for the ac-
curacy of my horoscopes"
And the sage Sembobitis would re-
ply:
MY lord, science is ipfallible, but
savants are not"
Balthaser, who had a fine natural
genius, would say:
Divine truth is the only truth, but
it is hidden from us and we seek it in
vain. And yet l have just discovered
a new star in the heavens. 1t is a
beautiful star, which seems as If it
were living, and, when it scintillates,
it looks like some heavenly eye look
ing kindly down upon men. l some
times even imagine that the star is
speaking to me. Blessed shall be he
who shall be born under that start"
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alighted on your neck, and will give you one
half of my kingdom, with the sage sembobitis
and Menkera the eunuch into the bargain"
But she got up and ran away laughing a
clear-ringing laugh.
That evening Balthasar had supper with
the queen of Sheba and drank palm wine.
$50, really" said Balkis during the supper,
Queen Candace is not so fair Of face as 1
am?"
Queen Candace is black" answered Bal
thasar.
Balkis glanced at Balthasar and said:
Zone can be black and comely.
"Balkis!" exclaimed the king.
He could say more. Seizng her In his
embrace he held the queens forehead beneath
his lips. But he saw that she was weeping.
Then no spoke to her in a low, caressing
lightly singing voice, as a nurse would to her
babe. and he called her his little flower and
his little star.
why dost thou weep?" said he, "and
what must I do that thou mayest weep no
more? If thou hast any wish, tell it me, and
I shall do even as thou wishest"
She had ceased weeping, and now she was
in dreamy mood. For long time he pressed
her to tell him her wish.
At last she said
81 wish to feel fear"
AS Balthasar did not seem to understand
she explained to him that for long time she
had been wishing to be exposed to some I'M
known danger, but that she could not because
both the men and the gods Of Sheba were
watching over her
"And yet" she added with sigh, 81 should
so like to feel, during the night, the cold and
delightful thrill of fear go through my flesh!
/ should so like to feel my hair stand on end!
Oh! how delightful 1t would be to be afraid
She threw her arms round the neck of the
black king and said, in the voice of beseech-
ing child:
Here is night coming down upon us. Let
us both go through the town in disguise. Will
you not conner"
He assented and she, running to the win
dow, looked through the lattice into the public
square.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22
WONDERED WHY.
Found the Answer Was Coffee"

Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer so, and
eventually discover that the drug-caf'
feine-in coffee is the main cause OF
the trouble.
ct was always very fond Of coffee
and drank it every day. ] never had
much flesh and often wondered why ]
was always 80 pale, thin and weak.
about five years ago my health
completely broke down and was con-
fined to my bed. My stomach was in
such condition that could hardly take
sufficient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time was drinking cot.
fee, didn't think could do without 1t.
after awhile I came to the conclu.
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give 1t up and try Postum.
I didn't like the taste of it at first, but
when it was made right-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became fond OF
it.
'In one week began to feel better.
/ could eat more and sleep better. My
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within five months I looked and felt
like new being, headache spells en-.
tirely gone.
my health continued to improve and
today am well and strong, weigh 14S
pounds. attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities of Postum"
Read "The Road to WellviUe." in
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to tame. They
are genuine, true, ard full or human
interest.
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"There is a beggar,"
she said, 'lying against
the wall of the palace.
Give him your clothes
and ask him to give you,
in exchange, his turban
of camel's hair and the
coarse cloth which Cir
dies his loins. Make
haste while I get ready"
And she ran out Of
the banquet hall, clap
ping her hands for JOY.
Balthasar took off his
tunic made of fine linen
and all embroidered with
with gold, and tied the
beggar's cloth round his
loins. He looked a true
slave. The queen soon
reappeared in the seam
less blue gown of the
poor women who worked
in the fields.
LET us go!" she said,
and led B alt h a S ar
through narrow lobbies
down to a small gate.
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s1ces, but religious feeling which
raises the hands and eyes toward
higher things. But the soil comes
first From It arises the musical char
acter of a nation and moulds itself In
melodies of its own and adapted to
its own peculiar clrcumst ances.
'"The root idea is the Volkslied,
which in northern countries sings Of
the blazing hearth and OF good cheer,
and in southern ATTITUDES OF tep1d.
starht nights. The highest Ideals oil
America are liberty and unity. But
where Is the great epic o. liberty
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Tho Modern Way.

A couple of young men on the Mar
ket street viaduct the other evening
offered a new version of an old saw.
After they had passed a couple of au-
burn-haired damsels one of the young
men took his stand at the curb and
gazed up and down the bridge.
What are you looking for?" In
CURED his companion.
Pointing to the red-headed girls, the
young man answered: I'm trying to
see a white automobile "-Youngstow
Telegram.
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which fires all bosoms? Where is the
great chain of folk songs which in
terpret the country's history?
Negro and Indian songs do not
speak of the great American nation.
The United States they know not.
The soil is not yet ripe. Travelling
across the boundless prairie / have
seen how much remains to be done.
But the seed will terminate and
there will arise the great American
song of liberty and unity and of the
true new American ideal. f will mark
the birth of American musical art"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22
Music's Future in America

cieties are springing up. These are
in community the most effective
means of creating taste for music
and should be established like libra
ries and museums.
In many places in America are
found excellent musicians. The many
schools of music are crowded; re-
striction of the number Of students
and corresponding relief for the over
worked tutors would be Desirable
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22

Musical societies such as the Bos-
ton Symphony, the Theodore Thomas
orchestra and the Kneisel quartet are
first rate organizations. but America
will only be able to take her place In
the ranks of the musical nations when
there is an American school Of music
as there is an italian, German or
French school.
schools of art grow out Of the
soil; out Of idealism and out Of true
religious feeling" he goes on Not
the religious feeling that finds ex-
preston in mere rituatstio observ-
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II.

The night was dark
and Balkis looked quite
small in the darkness.
She took Balthasar to
one of those drinking
dens where porters about
town used to assemble.
They sat down to a table
and they could see, by
dim light of an ilI-Smell-
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For three weeks he remained insensible, as
If dead, and on the twenty-second day, when ne
came back to life again, he clasped the hand OF
Sembobitis, who, together with Menkera, mad
been watching over him, and he said, with tears
''Oh my friends how happy you both are!
But no! there is happiness at all in this
world, and everything In 1t is bad, since love Is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22
Sorg of Liberty and Unity to Come
from United States, says
italian.

The future Of music in America is
discussed by Ferruccio Busoni in the
italian periodical Signale. in which
he pays a tribute TO Americas love
of music and the demand fo< more.
Even in the most remote parts Of
the cauntrT, he esyE. orchestral So
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22
A Tattoo Identification.

AS a means of Identification, should
they stray away, the children in a
New York institution for deaf mutes
are tattooed with their. names and ad
dresses, an ink being used that wears
off after a year or two.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-22

n1anets and the secret virtues OF stones, ana
MfGkera would sing liturgic songs TO hlm'
but he was not listening to them. being all III
tent upon looking at the little jackals VINO
were sitting. with ears erect, on the sandy
horizon
At last, after march of twelve long days,
,Balthasar and his companions smelt sweet
smell of roses and they soon gazed upon the
gardens which surrounded the town of Sheba
There they met young maidens who were
dancing under blossoming pomegranates
When they came into the town they were
amazed at the size Of storehouses, sheds and
1yorkyards, which were stretching in front OF
them as well as at the large quantity OF mer-
chandise stored In them. For long time they
walked along streets thronged with chariots,
porters, donkeys and donkey drivers until the
marble walls, the purple tents. the gold Gu
poIas of Balkis' palace came into view.
The queen of Sheba received them IN
court cooled with fountains of perfumed wa
ter which fell in pearly streams with clear
ringing sound. She was standing in bejeweled
robes and she was smiling.
When he saw her Balthasar was deeply
troubled. She appeared to him sweeter than
a sweet dream
my lord" Sembobitis muttered to him,
"be careful to conclude good treaty of COM
merce with the queen"
Take heed, my lord" said Menkera, "for
she is said to use magic in winning the hearts
Of men"
Then, after bowling very low, the mage and
the eunuch retired
Bathasar, when he was alone with Balkis,
opened his mouth, in an attempt to speak, but
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Contempt.

"Smuggins doesn't seem 60 carr
much for your opinion, does he"
well, judge not. When | sreaS
he says tut and when / wrst~ e.
says pif1e'i"
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His Talent.

els he a great artist?"
mo"
"But he gets good prices for his
stuff"
eyes. He's a great salesman"
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BgaeCfk>a8at~
IN those days Balthasar. called

Y those days Balthasar, called
saracen by the Grecians,
reigned over Ethiopia. He
was black but comely, simple
Of mind and generous of heart.
In the third year Of his reign,
which was the twenty-second
of his age, he went to visit
Balkis, queen of Sheba. &C
companied by the mage Sem
bobitis and by the eunuch
Menkera. He had a train OF
seventy-five camels, with
loads of cinnamon, myrrh.
gold powder and elephants
tusks. While they were jour-
neying Sembobitis would teach
Balthasar the influence of the
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Street Treatment.

Street Treatment.
Hewitt-Have they been treating
your street?
Jewett-Yes; they have been pour
ing oil on the troubled macadam.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-23
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Essex-Capt. A. L. Swan butchered on Saturday a six months old pig which weighed 24O pounds.
 Norwalk-Mrs. E. J. Hill. wife of the congressman, is suffering from pneu monia at Hot Springs, Ark.
 Middfetown. - Andrew Fitzpatrick left Monday for Arizona, where he in tends to go to work in silver mine. Woolen company's chimney. 100 feet and five inches high, was brought down Monday
 the houses of the borough was begun this week under the immediate super vision of Warden l.. E. Moulthrop.
 WoIcott-The Rev. c. P. Ketchen has accepted a call to the Congrega- tiona1 church in Marlborough and ex- poets to move his family there about April l.
 Berlin.-The sentiment among the townspeople against the reckless speeding of automobiles on the local thoroughfares seems to be increasing every day.
 Meriden.-The Meriden Turner so- ciety will hold it's convention next Sum- day at Turner hall. Delegates from dlI parts Ol uno SldlS VIII De present, also from Holyoke, Mass.
 New Britain-The insurance map for New Britain, showing the location of all the buildings, and their sur -roundings, which has been in prepara- tion since last summer, has been is sued.
 Somers.-The marriage engagement of Miss Flora c. Hurlburt, daughter of MT and Mrs. E. T. HurIburt, of Som CTS and Robert H. Frew, son of MT. and Mrs. John H. F'rew, of Enfield street, has been announced. The we'd ding will take place soon after Easter
 Hartford.-E D. Robbins of Hartford one of the attorneys of the New Ha ven railroad, has just purchased the new house which H. A. Fabian is building in St. Roman street, New Ha- ven, and it is understood he intends to make it his residence. MT. Fabian recently moved to Boston.