Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1894 — FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

THE LITTLE LOAF. In the time of a great famine, a rich man invited the poorest children of the city to his house, and said to them:— “There stands a crate full of bread. Each of you may take a loaf from it, and you may come again every day until God sends better times.” The children at once surrounded the basket, striving and over the bread, because each desired to obtain the finest, and finally wentoff without a word of thanks. f Only Franziska, a clean but poorlyclad little girl, remained standing ata distance, then took the smallest of the loaves left in the basket, kissed her hand gratefully to the man, and went quietly and becomingly home. On the next day the children wereequally ill mannered, and Franziska this time had a loaf which was; scarcely half as large as the others; but when she reached home and her mother broke the bread, there fell out quite a number of new silver pieces. The mother was frightened, and said:— “Take the money back at once, for it certainly got into the bread by accident.” Franziska did as she was bid, but the benevolent man said to her:— “No, no; it was not an accident. I had the silver baked in the smallest loaf in order to reward thee, thou good child. Ever remain as peaceloving and satisfied.” He who would rather have a smaller loaf than quarrel about a greater will always bring a blessing to a home, even though no gold is baked in the bread.—[Daughters of America.

FREDDY’S GHOST. Freddy was a little boy, about four years old, and he thought that a boy of four was old enough to sleep in a room alone. . So his mother said that he could try it one night and see if he liked it. He did so, and slept very well, being very tired. The next night he went to bed at an early hour, and woke up in the middle of the night. The room was dark, and he did not enjoy it very much. He imagined that there were nlen in the room, who were going to carry him away from his mamma. He thought he heard noises, and, no doubt, he did, for it was a very old house. Then he saw something white move and nearly reach to the bed. (The window was quite near, so he could look out.) Then he got so frightened that he called to his mamma, and she came to see what the calling was about, and Freddy told her that the noises had stopped. She tucked him in well, and told him to go right to sleep and not to listen to the sounds. She forbade him to call her, and told him he must go to sleep, and when he awoke it would be light. He turned over and was nearly asleep, when he heard these same noises, and he could not call his mamma, so he laid and cried. When he saw this white thing reach out for him he got on the other side of the bed and crouched down under the covers. Then he heard the clock strike four, and the first rays of morning were beginning to peep in the window. The wind’s sound lulled Freddy to sleep, and the next time he woke up it was light. And what do you think he saw reaching out toward the bed? Why, it was the lace curtain, and this is what he thought was a ghost trying to steal him and take him where he would never see his mamma or his papa again. So Freddy was never again afraid to sleep alone in the room.—[New York Recorder.

THE ROSEBUD PRINCESS. Once upon a time there was an old king and a queen who had only one son. They were getting old and they wanted their son to get him a wife that would be good to him and take care of him. One day they called him to them and said: “My son, we are getting old now and we want you to get you a wife. You must go to all the princesses’ palaces and see if you can get one to suit you.” The prince said all right, and he went to see all of them, but none suited him, and he returned home and told his parents he would be contented as he was rather than have one he did not like. It was not long before his mother and father died, and he was left alone. One day he was strolling around and he saw a lioness, and he had either to jump across the river or be torn to pieces. The lioness was just fixing to spring on him when he gave a leap and jumped in the middle of the river, where a large sword fish came after him and he had to catch to a rosebush gnd draw himself on. the bank. . The rosebush had a beautiful rosebud on it, and he stooped to smell it. and lo and behold, there was a beautiful princess in the rosebud, about two inches high, and he gazed in amazement when he saw her. She told him to take her home with him for she was to be his wife. He took her home with him and gave her the prettiest room in the palace, and the next morning he went to see her and she was as large as he was. The next day he invited all friends and they were married in great splendor and happiness. After they were married she told him that the lioness which got after him was her mother, and the swordfish her father, which had changed their form to make him see her. One day they got a message from their parents saying they would h over and see them. So they prepared a great feast for them. When they came they brought all kinds of jewels as a present to them, and they lived happily together until life’s end.— [Atlanta Constitution, Jr. Bishop Blyth, the Anglican bishop of Jerusalem, says that the influx of Jews into the holy land is assuming vast proportions. Within the past few years more than 100,000 of them have returned to the home of their ancestors, and they are coming l* ever-increasing numbers.