LEGEND OF THE TOPAZ.
Wh>
the Jewel la (ailed
of (iratltude.
(lie Atona
wus u Catholh* it wus a |s*rlod, if a
Jew n dash, if he was a Lutheran a
semicolon ami no atop at all Indicated
him u nonbeliever.
Ro a man’s morals, character and
appearance were is«lnti*<l out by the
puttern of bln paiiapdrt, and the author-
ltl«*s could tell nt u glum'«« whether he
was a gamester or a preucher, a Phy
s’ Ian or u lawyer, and whether he
was to ls> put under surveillance or
allowed to go free Sunday Magazine.
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The topuz Is culled the »tone of grirtl
tilde, nud the old Itoiimn books record
tiio following legend, from which the
Htuuo derive« thia attribute:
The blind Emperor TheudoaluH lined
to lning n brazen gong before his pul-
J. V. M'TIMMONDS
ace gntea and alt beside It ori certain
TAXIDERMIST AND TANNER
days, bearing and putting to rights the
All work guaranteed first-class
grievances of any of Ills subjects.
MnierlitllNtl<* Mnn.
in every respect
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Those who wished for bls advice und
Sir James (’rlchtvn Browne, the Eng
help hud but to sound the gong, und
KCGH ANO KOIIEH A SI*K( IAI.TV
Immediately tidmlsslon Into the pres lish physician, speaking before some
P/IO0«
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HENLEY RANCH
ence of t'nesnr was obtained. One day members of Ills prof«*sslon, protested
u great snake crept up to the gate and against the tendency to adopt t«x> mate
struck the brazen gong with her colls, rialistic an explanation of mnn. The
and Theodosius gave orders that no one raw material of a medical practice be
should molest the creature and hade calm* a mere contrivance of matter and
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force; th«* brain of this poor consumer
her tell him of her wlsli.
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of
pills
and
potions
a
“
glue-like
sub
The snake bent her crest lowly In
homage und straightway told the fol stance, nine-tenths water, with a little
phosphorus thrown In." "They left us
lowing talc:
Iler nest was at the base of the gate man,*’ said Sir James, with a smashing
way tower, and while she had gone to figure, "u motor car, self made and self
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.
find food for her young brood a strange started, with no passengers and no
beast, covered with sharp needles, had chauffeur, moved by n series of explo
Invaded her home, killed tin* nestlings sions or redistributions of energy, ami
und now held poss«*ssion of the little rushing on to Inevitable «Instruction.”
dwelling. Would Caesar grant her Jus
A Prayer.
tice?
Send som«* on«*, Lord, to love the best
The emperor gave orders for the por-
ciiplne to la* slain and tin* mother to be that Is In me and to accept nothing less
restor«*d to her desolat«* nest. Night from me, to touch me with the search Klamath Falls Branch Oilice
Ing tenderness of the passion for the
Exchange Livery Barn
fell, and the sleeping world had for
gotten the emperor’s kindly deed, but Ideal, to demand everything from me
with the early «lawn a great serpent for my own sake, to give me so much
glided Into th«* pnlace, up th«* steps und that I cannot think of myself and to
Into the royal chamber and laid upon ask so much that 1 can keep nothing
each of th«* emperor’s closed eyelids a back, to consol«« me by making me
strong liefore sorrow comes, to help
J. W. SIEMENS, Proprietor.
glen mlng topaz.
When tin* Emperor Theodosius awoke me so to live that while 1 part w’ltli
many
things
by
the
way
I
lose
nothing
be was no longer blind, for the mother
of the gift of life - Hamilton VV. Ma
snake hail paid her d«*bt of gratitude.
Cleanliness and Good Work
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PASSPORTS IN FRANCE.
Maud«- Wns Wllllnir.
for
Guaranteed.
A strict housewife said to a now
Tlie Kind That Were Issue«! In the
Also Agent for LONDON AND
maid, "I forgot to tell you. Maude, that
’rim«- of I.oiils XVI,
If you break anything I'll have to take LANCASHIRE FIRE INS. CO.
Th«* mysterious cards of the Count It out of your wages."
de Vergennes each containeil a brief 1
But Maude, whom t vo days had
history In cipher of thus«* to w hom they |
heartily sickened of her berth, replied
were given, lie Vergennes was I.ouls I
with a merry laugh: "Do It, ma'am; do
XVI.’s minister of foreign affairs, and
U. I've Just broke th«* hundred dollar
when strangers of a suspicious charac
vase in the parlor, and if you can take
ter were about to enter France he is-
that out of $4 for I'm leavin’ at the
sue«l to them these strange «’arils,
emi of the week why. you'll be mighty
which acted as passports, anil were
clever."—Argonaut.
also Intend««) to give information con
cerning the bearer without his knowl
"I’urutl iwe I.oat.”
edge.
Milton's "Paradise Lost” was com
in th«* first place, lb« color Indicated menced between 1630 and 1642 and
tin* nationality of the man who car completed about the time of th«* “great
Anvnne «ending a «ketch and description may
Quickly imcertain our opinion free whether an
ried It. Tin* person’s age, approxi fire of London” in September, 1666.
invention Is probably patentable. Communica
tions strictly «'»nttdent lai. HANDBOOK on Patents
mately, was told by th«* shape of the Its author composed it in passages of
•ent free, oldest agency for securing patents.
Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive
card. A tlll«*t around the border of the from ten to twenty lines at a time and
tpr< lai notice, without charge, in the
«•urd told whether lie was u bachelor, . then dictatetl them to an amanuensis,
ninrrled or a widower. Hots gave in I usually some attached friend. It was
formation as to his position and for first published in 1667 by one Samuel
A handsomely lllni«tr»t a S weekly. J.areest elr-
cnlatloil . f nny «•■■lentlUe J .nrmil. Terr«!«. »1 a
tune, and th«* expression of his face ; Simmons, and a second edition appear
year: t .ur ni..ntu», |L Bold Lyull newsdealer».
was shown by a decorative flower.
ed In 1674. For these two editions
MUNNS Co.36’“’'New York
Tilt* stranger's religion was told by Milton received £1«» and his widow
branch Office. C25 F St„ Washington. D. U
th«* punctuation after Ills name. If he f*< mnn> —hnntiii« < :»--«»>l«l<*
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