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PREPARING Tli= CBIti>I'!'S� �VD1yIIfo.
A CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE.
Au Indolent Ill the Ll1. of an Obeervlttg
Traveler.
Severai winters ago I had arrived at
Odessa from Asiatic Turkey. The en -
lucky yellow flag, hoisted by command
of the visiting surgeon of the port. com-
pelled the brig I was in to toss about in
the roadstead for a week before it was
admitted to the quarantine harbor.
The - um: required so .eat RT: clothes
for fumigation. and at the end of an-
other week the authorities permitted
the to land 'end *sins up illy quartets in
the lazaretto for 14 days more. "on stis-
pioion of plague."
The Odessa lazaretto is built in the
form of a quadrangle. Each room is
separated from its neighbor by a doable
wall, between which a sentinel takes
his dation to see that neighbor. hold
Iso communication with each other.
There is a small oourtyard in front of
each room, and a double iron grating-
O0*RD[D BY TWO SOLDIZEIL
one row of grating a few feet before the
other -keeps the prisoners from any
personal contact with the outer world.
represented by the restaurateur and
his aids. the surgeon and the chaplain.
the room . ' ,., • mine were oon•
a a young womaii wW5
a portion of their time to sing -
g to the mn,io of a guitar and 000a.
tonally a tambourine. Much of the re*
Was spent in eating drinking and sleep-
ing, to judge from the long intervals of
silence. But there were noisy episodes
which conveyed strong proofa that the
lady could soold as well as sing, and
sometimes the quarrels rose to a terri-
ble pitch, a thump, followed by a
scream, tarnishing the climax. It was
Christmas day. The snow fell heavily,
deadening the sound of the church bells.
which, through a broken pane, remind-
ed me of the holy festivaL I expected
to hear my neighbors sing hymns. My
own time was devoted to my books-.
the only relief to an enforced solitude.
Toward evening, while the guard
'Sept, I distinctly heard the voice of the
man Greek. He seemed to be growling
rather thali speaking, and in the inter-
vals of his silence I heard the female
sob. Not a very "merry Christmas,"
thought L Sometimes one voice roll
above the other. The one was shrill. the
Other laud and angry. Then there was
• souffle; then all was tranquil Night
had fallen, and I had hoped the parties
had gone to sleep. But again the mur-
slur, the expostulation', the outbursts,
disturbed my quiet, And now the want -1
.m became voluble. and.paamodio bursts
tit grief alone interrupted the torrent d
her eloquence. Often the man called out
what appeared to be "Silence!" adding
a few word*, none of which was die-
elnot enough to be caught, fn a minatory
tome. Then came another .trnggl,
worda, bitter worts, stifled cries. a heavy
fall, a scream, silence again.
I mold wee sleep. What had been the
Woe of the last quarrel? Had the
"peaoe and good will" taught by the
Redeemer, whose natal day the onto
Christian world was celebrating, ulti-
mately prevailed. and were the recent
antagonists illustrating the Horatian'
maxim that the falling out of lovers thi
the renewal of loved Or had the Iasi
fall so dunned the feebler at the two
individuals as to render the revival d
e1thQ lora or anger temporarily im1ior
diNe7
I wit Deg bmg in Armbt It was past
Ialdnidhs Wine was tetiliraeGt: iuy' data
Aron. cries and heavy anti, vehement
prosoahatices Anil earnest apmergpbes to
tAs were of tits man. I lmonired lordly
at the wall 1n NiNsrt silence He set-
dently Slid not brad the imooking. l
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r
Balled out in good Italian. "Be quiet I"
It was of no avaiL I roused up the
guard and aaked him what was the mat-
ter with the gentleman. My custodian
suggested he was drunk. I could not.
however, divest my mind of the idea
that a deed of darknes had been
crated.
The night wore away. I could not
sleep. I no longer heard the voioe of
the woman. Even the man's voioe wee
huabt•� ., lnstaielot,i *.3tnalample
my ear was ,..ailed with knockings on
the floor and a noise as of a saw or file
at wrzk. When She mi besateur mom
round in the morning to take orders for
breakfast, I told him what I had heard
and .ngge.ted that the lady might be
ill and need medical aid. Ile went next
door, bnt was sent away with the inti-
mation that nothing was wanted. Two
or three more days elapsed. The time
had arrived for my release. On the very
day indeed when I was to be emanci-
pated my neighbors were also to be
freed. I heard the o$lcent arrive next
door. Some words were uttered, follow-
ed -by an altercation. Then the man cried
bitterly. What could be the matter?
More ofoerr acme. The man WAS fetter.
ed and taken away. Where was the wo-
man? Ile had stabbed her in his anger,
and ander some absurd notion that her
existence would be forgotten by the au-
thorities he had taken up two planks
and deposited the dead body of the poor
girl beneath them. This explained the
operations which followed upon the .i-
lence. When I was released. 1 saw my
quondam neighbor sitting in a veranda
of the place where I went te reclaim my
fumigated apparel, guarded by two sol-
diers He was a little old man of ma-
lignant aspect I remembered having
seen him at the harbor with a handsome
young Greek whom 1 supposed to be
his child No one knew exactly what
their relative position was. It was
enough that he bad shed her blood on
Christmas night
W. A. Gucaixr-
The Treating aabit
It was Pope Telesphoraa, who died
before the year 150 A. D., who in.ti-
•an.-- _ - sniff:T3Cr.v.•.�-..:..++oK a-•-r.---..r..r
Tin SIGNAL : GODF.R,IQH ON TA RIO.
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,. ,ut,Jt.•
Nita WHO HAVtM01N.
Great wag • taaaer.
&divas was • druggist.
Mehemet All was & barber.
' Virgil was the son of • potter.
Milton was the ern of • so•ves'er•
D•moatlatss was the eon of • cutler.
Horse was the son of • ebopkeeper.
Oliver Oromwell was the son of • brewer.
lkirdta•1 Wolsey was the sun of • poor
butober-
Whitfleld war the goo of au innkeeper at
Gloucester.
Columbus was the ton of a weever end a
weever busmen.
Robert Burns was the son of of • plow-
man aa Ayrshire.
Fraitkho was a journeyman printer and a
MOO of a tallow ohaadler and a soap Dotter.
Commodore 'Vanderbilt was • ferryman.
and rowed • small boat to Staten Ialeud,
Cinoiooatus was plowing In bi. vineyard
whop the dialgorrhlp of Rome wee offered
ham.
KEEP CLOSE WATCH i
Look to it that You are well Guarded
Against that Sterility Enemy, Kidoey
Duea.e-Soutk American Kidney tar•
is t h. Only Remedy Which will Relieve
at r nos and Care.
Michael lloldullin, of Choi'', writes:
" I had been troubled with gra4e1 and keds
ney dieser". tor eight years Ao times the
pain wee .o severe 1 could not lie to one
pwit.on for any leagtb of time. I took
Soul it Amer.'oaa Kidney Can a000rdi.s to
licentious. 1 got immediate relief. Th.
.steadied wealtrowo.ollidelar 1 Das mete.
fv to the remedy being a wonderful Dor. "
This steelvier:onemy will not quit you by
uuog p111 doses. It most be • kidaet open
le—a liquid that will dissolve all floe bard
.uh.tances.id carry them off through oa-
uro'. channel. South American does tl s.
It ie • luiuid and never tails to cure. Sold
,,y J. E. Devi..
A.l there was el sass -
A sostraber d Dame into the Federal lines
in North Carolina. and was marched u to
t to officer of the day to give an account of
bi nsell. whereupon the following collcge7
,mit-3rd.: -
"
What1. voce name! "
• • My cim.s Sam."
SIM what
•' No, cob, sot -Sam 'Watt. 'Tse fist Seen.'
' W hat's your other name !'•
" 1'.e got co maetr now ; massa reseed
away -yah ' yah ' 1 s free otgger sow "
• t\.i1, what's your father and mother'.
Pre pet none, ash -amber bad nen..
1'.e ilia Sart —ain't nobody else."
„ Haven't you any brothers or fitter. ? "
" No, nab, Heber bad nurse. No brudder
water, zo fader, no moder, no mses-
ootbin' bot Sam. When you wee Sam you
tee .11 a her • is of or."
Statistics of IIJve weak ea Sand Jsllj 1,
Net 1. °start..
Ho•st': Working booms. 436,921; breed•
lag mares, 69,940 ; unbroken horses. lib, -
809 ; total, 613,670.
CA'rn.s : Wcrki.g oxen, 2.320 ; miles
cows, 940,236 ; store tails, 365,406; yoose
.1d ether cattle, 874 364 : total, 2,182,326
SUNUP : Oyer 1 year, 897.685 ; ued•r 1
v. sr, 792.665 ; total, 1,690 350.
Hots: Over 1 year. 235 479'; under 1
e• r, 1,C49,4P4 ; tc tel. 1,284.963
I ort.ray : Turkeys, 890.228; geese, 409,-
715 ; other fowls, 7,135,398; total, 8.435.-
341
'1 he number of live stock gold or •langht
ered donne tis year ending Jun. 30, 1897,
•'.n as follows : Horsey, 43,511: earth,.
503,007: sheep. 732,872 ; hogs, 1,399,967
toultr y, 2.965,221
The clip of wool in 1897 was 5,139,884
pounds.
The number of colonies of bees M 166,811.
• SCIATIC, COUCH
Eccreeiating Paine -Have You Suffered
Rheumatic or Sciatic Pains ?oath
American Rheumatic Con will Relieve
in 6 Hours and core.
.aaf1•ered intan.ali _with rhentaation_
and sciatica in my left hip. I tried a greet
many remr dies and a number of Styli -
mars, but they could do very little for me,
only raving me at times a Glue temporary
relief. I saw South American Rheumatic
Pure advertised and decided to give it a
trial. The Bret few does benefitted me
wonderfully, and after taking only two bot -
.lee the pales disappeared, ard then hu
teen no teturn. I consider my Duro a mar•
vet, as I had been en bed for tee year. that
had I heen given the whole no versa I oould
ant ire no my left rid•.'• E. Erten, Mer•
riokvill•, Ont. Sold by J. E. Davis.
for some time it was irregularly held in
December, April and May, But for Den-
taries before there had been a feast of
Yule among the northern nations whose
great enjoyment was in drinking the
waren bowl or cup. Nothing gave
thein so much delight as indulgence in
"carousing ate, " especially at the sea-
son of short days when fighting was
ended- It was likewise their custom at
all their feasts "for the master of the
house to fill a large bowl or pitcher, to
drink out of it first himself, and then
give to him that eat next, and so it
Went around," " This may have been the
origin of that popular American custom
known As "treating " It is certain that
upon our Christian observance of this
glorious day have been ingraftsed habits
taken from rade and barbarou people.
Ptrst Goose --What's the difference
Between a Christmas turkey and a
Christmas girl?
Seoond Goose -I donne.
Ii'irst Goose ---Why, one is dressed to
kill, and the other 1. killed to drew.
Reenleder of a. Old Oadee•.
Pandredm of old oonntry people, espe-
cially of Irish birth, will remember the
Christmas, candle which is lighted and
placed in the wtodow ai midnight of
Christmas eye and allowed to barn there
on the .ocottsiw nights until 1t is all
consumed It is one of the mod inter-
esting of all the eminent' associated with
the religions celebration of the Christian
festival It s symbolic, of coarse. of the
"Light of the World," but some hold
that with the misdating. the holly and
the festive practices of the season it goes
hart to Druid or page* origin and i.
derived tram some olden symbolism of
the returning warmth of the sen How-
ever this may be. it is not generally
&haws elnt tie custom bas.e.s pre-
served in Oanadtaa to this day by a few
old country people. (Imperatively speak.
ing, to whom Christtsats woe MST
at
15. holy menage triaged 11•11 was
Medi, shining in their WOO*.
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sbe Mad Lost It.
An old woman whose hahaod war 111 in
bed sent for the doctor, who came and saw
the old lady,
" f will send him wore medicine," he said
on leaving, "wl. ' he tekon in a re-
oamb.nt posture.
After be had i tie old woman sat
down, greatly ooze,
"Toe recumbent ,umbent posture !"
. he kept tepeatinir. 1 haven't got ode."
At lest ane thought, "1 wall go and toe if
old Mrs. Smith bas got one to ttnrt me."
Accordibgly she went and said to her
'ielebbor i _
-Have yea a recumbent posture to hind
me to pats eine medicine in !"
Mrs. Smite. who wee ea ignorant as her
friend, replied :
"1 bad one, but to tell yen the truth I
have lost It,"-1'eareon'u Weekly.
OM Tor Rrlei o1 the Chesney.
Probably eine women out et ten if asked
te dale the beeriest moment or hour in
their thee, would stye an &newer based epos
o wns exporienoe of the effgotlota ; and I
suppose they are right. I know that tbere
is reetly no joy .o deep, so high, an allper-
vadirg in a wnm.n's life as the joy of levy.
But not In its &vowel, not In its scoured
safety. for one of the "fares' of poor %oman
nature is, that the mor. 'otiosely we forays
• thing the mon Bahl* we are to be disep•
pointed and dieillosio zed whoa we pet 11.
Ths "top hrink of the nhimnry` is the nne
end only hrink w• desire. and, if by some
prndiginue effort we e•nnre tt, we end it
emit, haltered, coarse and olumry and we
•hrow it as far net of the window as era
MO Tarag•
It Is wh.l. ere ars reselling for that tap
hrtek that w. enjoy 11 : while we pees a rt
t sit hial in braver and feel that the *bele
hoses imamate tipsily a pedestal wharves he
m y noose.
leld yes ever see a girl, er, what ie hotter
• WIDOWS told eno.gh to knew whist b'ot
Roan., erepertrr fee her lover Mier a (gag
at NM
Rea Acct t imagist as she awakens le : That
•
is is day he will oome I Aad le a mom.at
de M out .t bed, and .usoa'sg the Mavens
.is s.tietmly tbau a sailor's toile if fine,
alio rajoto.s beoau.e the day Is Is harmony
witk her mond ; 11 stormy, ebvereneiy de•
flea the weather, and te11s hermit that go
brave and Ito ardent a lover as her., would
tbruugh fire and water, sad tornado and
earthquake ratter than fail of au appoint-
tt.wt.
SIM drmesa from the skin and with • tan.
4.. .ad .orup&ou. oars, although common
sense would tall her that only the outer gob
could be known or appr.utated. lib• patio
bar bur • tulle lows or • trifle higher than
urinal ; sloe feels that sever. did it
curl ao badly or wave so stiffly, and she
• told really be provoked, but -he u oom-
log
And the dainty Neokhtggs, and the ohoio•
amuse the deer. y boots, and the frilled
ohms la: and et last the peaty gown, and tie
Iaum .00 the oroameate. and the roes to the
bosom or the little hunch of vaolets opera
the corsage 1, Aud thee, the room where
.h• will roomy, him 1 How see touches the
drepen.s into new folds, picks a withered
leaf or two out of the flower vases, moves •
obair, a lone table; and easel, & bit of dra-
pery that everything may do its best to
honor the pieta when he will presently
aim* as the centre of all. And bow sa=e
only the shades and the curtains are low-
ered and dr.ptd to just the most hpoorning
light, until finally he rings at the dbor, *be
fakes one last furtive gleoc..t herself, and
her surronndincs, and then -the door opens
she hall the top brick of the chimney, and
!.e Happiest. Hour of km Lae M over. -SI as
Vaasa 1.Idi
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rttremorreitours sore for mel ole&
gusting sod sad disttsaring diseases as Bs•
some. tilt abeam. letter, Barbera' Itotf,
Scald Head Ulcers, B:otohee. It cares aft
eruptions of tb• al.ta and intakes It *oh
and white. -IL
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Limited, bare made arrangements with
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fit Wet -et, to Garry s tall lise et their ooda.
Thinktio sea Stat
Furniture at Factory Prices
from him. and by debut se keep their motel
1s town, and have a rood abases of Rettln
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toilet,. Lams year
earmer
ter eaSibOa
is m• lite of
Pastry, ' Puff Pate, Tarts,
andter Patties or ,
Poit' Bolls
trNlthe sestaelld•stwYOpd.,.smbilis°
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withtint a p
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