HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-1-8, Page 7Christmas.
'That Christmas time had come again was vary
plain to 80o,
'TWas glassed in every feats you passed and
writteu legtblY •
In restless, clanelug, raelrY g'ant3e c)f 1°InP10g
girle aud hove;
It was arson in the show-windowe oramoned ull
O f pretty toys.
You cold feel it in collapsing puree ; 'twits
present everywhere.
Could fancy that you heard the limn of Chrlet-
nuts in the air,
And ecu the aecient CbrIstnatte fowl (of coming
deem well wet—
Pieturing himself with legs upraised) now drop-
ped his tweet strut.
In whisperines and furtive Welts abundant proof
there was;
The prevailing epidemic was due to Santa
Claus,'
Seated beside the dying hre alone on Christmas
eve, '
sought from busy cares of life to got a brief
reprieve;
With the help of a Havana a passing joy to
win,
In shadowy castles reared of smoke by chasing
hopes therein.
Wife and she s'oepy children had long since
gone to boil,
The rosiest VitliOLIS ewimming in each trustful
.urchnes head,
,01 what upon tam morrow their stockings would
reveal:
Beside the ere they hung a -row, to my purse a
mute appeal.
I was pufaug ; remin'scont of the bygone merry
days,
And pigyuisa,,ng myself at last among the 'silver
g
And (sequence natural to the ease) at last I fell
asleep—
A sort of "cat -nap," waking doze; when brain
cloth vigil keep
While it speeds iu course erratic through the
lotus laud of slumber.
And tangles warp aud wad of sense iv visions
Withont number.
Perhaps I dreatned (no this as may), but there,
before nw eyes,
Appeared a being robed hi white, as if from
Paradcse,
And yet not all ethereal ; of fair proportions
she,
,Of gentie mini and pleasing glance of eyes she
turned to me.
or hair in waves hung down her back—Usa
long and beautifut,
Environtng in softest folds her neck, a3 would a
frill.
.A world of love bes.mod in those eyes of the
serenest light,
And a was sure an angel was revealed unto my
sight.
An angol very practical, as presently she
proved
,(Thongh wanting wi6gs); she straight toward the
children's eteeeings moved.
In either hand she b.re a loaa of prettiest of
toys;
.She seemed to know precisely what would suit
my girls and boys.
But how she crammed those tope all in the
stockings, I leos't know,
Yet in thoy went with great dispatch—a .quite
inviting show.
Now, 'tis certain that Saint Nicholas is the only
proper source
Whence children get their Christmas thiugs —he
was qiiite old, of course
,(He was known in the Justiulan age ; hundreds
of years age)
!lie" rheumatics" must " distress" him in the
Z000 of Ice and snow,
Ais it is hard to got abort, be presents gives by
proxy ;
And this angel was his deputy; to doubt wore
heterodoxy
'Thus logically I reasoned; whento me that
angel seed,
.As she tapped uie on the dexter cheek, "Come
John; do go to bed."
The Two Little Stockings.
Two little stockings hung side by side,
Close to the Ilrepl,co, broad and wide.
" Two?' said Saint Nick, as down he came,
Loaded with toys and many a game.
Ho ho 1" said be, with a laugh of fun, •
0111 have no cheating, my pretty one ;
a know who dwells in this house, my dear;
There's only one little girl lives here."
.So be crept up close to the chim ey-place
And measured a sock with a sober face.
•just then a wee UWe nobe foil out
And fluttered low, like a bird about.
" Aha what's this ?" said he in surprise,
.As he pushed his specs close up to his eyes
And read the address, in a child's rough plan
" Dear Saint Nicholas," BO it began,
" Tho other st )cking you see on the wall
I have hung for a child named Clare, Hall
She's e poor little girl, but very good;
So I thought perhaps, you kindly would
Fill up her stocking, too, tomight,
And help to make her Christmas bright.
If you've not enough for both stockings there
Please put all n Clara's ; I shall nos care."
Saint Nicht brushed a tear from his eyo,
" God bless you, darlieg," he said with a sigh.
'Men softly ho blew through the chimney nigh
A note like a bird's when it soars on high.
When down came two of the funniest mortals
'That over were seen this side earth's portals,
Hurry up ! said Saint Nick, "and nicely
prepare
All a little girl wants whrsre money. is rare."
Then, oh, what a scene there was in that room
Away wont the elves, but down from the gloom
,Of the s io,y old chimney comes tumbling low
A child',3 wale wardrobe from head to toe.
How Santa Claus laughed as he gathered them
in
And fastened each oue to the sock with a pin I
Right to the toe he hung a blue dress,
" She'll think it came irom the sky, I guess,"
.Said Saint Nicholas, smoothiug the folds of blue
And tying the bood to the stoeking, too.
When all the warm clothes were fastened on.
And both little socks were filled and done,
"Than Santa Claus tucked a toy hero and there
And hurried away to the frosty air,
Saying" God pity the poor and bless the dear
child
"Who pities them too on this night no wild!"
"The wind c•iight the words and bore them on
high
-Till they died awa,y in the midnight sky,
While Saint Nieholae flew through the icy air,
Bringing " Peace and Good Will" with him
avery where.
—SAItATI KEABLES HUNT,
Our Hired Girl.
hired girl, she's 'Liz tbatn Ann ;
An' she can cook best things to eat I
She ist puts dough iu our pie -pan,
An' pours in onhapin"an's good an' sweet.
An' nen.sbe salts it all on top
With cinnamon; an' nen she'll stop
An' stoop, an' slide it, ist ae slow,
,In the old cook -stove, so's 'tivon't slop
An' gits,11 spilled ; nen bakes it—so
cft's custard pie, first thing you know t
An' nen she'll say :
"Clear out o' my way!
',They's time ter tyr rk, an' time fer play. -
Take yet dough an' run, child, run ;
Er I cam't git no 000kin' done I"
'When our hired girl 'tends like she's mad,
An' 6.1.ys folks got to walk the chalk
When she's around, or wished they had 1
I play out 00 000 porch, an' talk
'To tle Raggedy Man 'at mows our lawn;
An' lie says " Whew 1" an' non leans on
,His old crook -scythe, an' blinks his eye
!An' sniffs all round and says " I swan 1
Ef my old nose don't toll me Hee
It 'pears like I smell custard pies 1"
An' nen hell say:
" Clear out o' the way
"They'thno fer work, an' time for play. '
Take yer dough au' run, child, run ;
Er she °ain't gib no cookin' done 1"
Her Ideal.
Buffalo News:
'She wanted to reach an ideal;
She talked of the lovely in art,
49he quoted from Emerson's Besays,
And said she thought Howells had
lehe doted on Wagnor's productions,
She thought comic opera low,
. And she played trying tunes on a zither,
Keeping tiine with a sandal -plied too.
',She had dreams of a nobler existence—
A. bimated, corsetleas place
'Where women would stand free and equal
As (moons of a glorious race,
But her biscuits were deadly creations
That caused people's spirits to sink,
And she'd viewe on matters religions
That drove her relations to drink.
1311e'd opinione on co-education,
But not an 'demon coke;
ehe could analyze Spencer or Browning,
But the row kitchen retige wouldn't bake.
"She wanted to be esoteric,
And she wore the most classical clothes;
But she ended by being hysteric
And contracting a cold in the nose.
She studied of forces hypnotic,
She believed in theosophy quite,
'She understood themes prchiS10ric
And said that tbe faith euro vyas right.
"She wanted te roach the ideal,
And at clods unpootie would rall,
' And her husband wore fringe on his troutiere
And fastened them on with a nail,
•
Chang, the famous Chinese Mont, has
become a naturalized British otibjeot and
>,ttn (lancet relives:la worker.
DEACON'S CIIRISTMAS
1.
Christmas Eve, 1793, and bitterly cold.
It had mowed all the day before and all
the night, and had only held tip about
noon on the day which was now nearing
its close.
Iu those days the diatom° from New
York in the direotion of what is now the
town of Fordham was traversed by stage
comehes, drawn by spanking four -horse
teams, travelling by the old Boston post
road. On this Christmas Eve the leesdero
Plunged and plowed their way through the
imam, snorting and emitting clouds of Aeons
from their nostrils.
After a while the vehicle paused before
a wayside tavern in Wincheeter county,
bearing a swinging and arathrevolutionary
sign, the presentment of a soarlet-elad and
handeoine cavalier, and the insoriptiou,
"Marquis of Claremont Armo." There
were but two passengers in the coaoh that
night, a tall traveller in a elonched hat and
thaggy overcoat, and a little girl whom he
carried in his arms.
As the horses were baited and the mania.
man and groom went in for a "drop of
something hot," the traveller slighting
turned quickly a road leading northward
from the inn. The man was good.looking,
though foreign and sunburned of aspect.
Yet he did not seem a stranger to the place.
On through the snowdolad lanes and by
the white fences he went his way, finally
turning up a private walk through the
piled -up drifts towards old Deacon Mar-
ehall's homestead.
"'Tis sweat to hear the honest watch.
dog's bark bay deeponouthed welcome as
we draw near home "—but this rnan
fervently prayed that no watch.dog be
aroueed by his noiseless approaoh to the
old home.
He saw the old farmhouse as he had so
often seen it in boyhood, with it red walls
and whitemapped roof, wish the candle
light faintly shining through the rinse of
the window panes. 't
Oecasionally a sigh so deep as to be
almost a sob burst from the man's bosom.
The child was hashed and oonteht in its
Where arms.
As he passed through the trim yard gate,
passed the old familiar butternut tree, he
said to himself ; "They will be glad to see
her and love her, but oh, God it's hard to
part with her."
When he reathed the farmhottee door he
set the little one down on her feet in the
equare, old-fitehioned porch.
" Now baby, remember never to be
afraid to do what papa tells you to do.
You ere going to see grandpa and grandma
and when your visit is out papa will ciente
and bring you lots of sweeties and toys.
Now you mast go right in when they open
the door, and papa will go away for a little
walk."
The child clung to him for to moment—to
terrible moment to him—and then stood
bravely quiet, as he gave three rousing
blows to the old brass knooker and tben
swiftly retreated into the shadow of the
trees.
He saw the door open and an old white-
haired man with a candle in his hand look
out. He saw the gleam of the fireside in
the old home for the first time in many
years. He sow the child fearless and
confident of weloome enter and then—ba
still brave heart—he saw his mother, a tall,
gentle -faced old matron, with snow-white
hair, &ravages, stoop and lift the child in
her arms and kiss it, as one who drinhs
after long thirsting.
The door closed, and to few moments
later the man outside was in the return
coach for New York, on hie way to be lost
among the unknown thousands of the great
city.
IL
Ten minutes before this scene Deacon
Marshall and his good wife at before the
blazing fire in the clean, snug, old-faith-
ioned kitchen, while the busy housemaid, to
stout, rosy Dutch lass of 18, plied her
evening tasks. The appetizing smell of
browning griddle cakes and fragrant to
filled the room. Ths bitter winds howled
outside, enhancing the blessed sense of
home warmth and comfort.
"It's mighty bad weather. I hope all
the ohildren will get here to morrow, wife,"
said the descoln.
" All the children, Ezra ?" answered the
old lady in a tone ot reproach. "You
know one will not be here. I always
think of him in the holidays away out
yonder in Mexioo or Wexas araong them
outlandish people.
"011, Ezra 1 he was a wild boy and a
headstrong, but there's more sorter of sin
than one, and you were worse than he
when you drove the bey ont into the wide
world 20 years ago ; 20 years ago come
New Year's eve."
Had the deacon lived in this age he
would have rung the "chestnut bell," for
he had heard sermons from his wife on
his sorely repented ein fall mantna time
and oft.
The best of women will preach.
" I have such a strange feeling about me
this minute. I feel as if my boy was right
here by me," she went on, forgetting that
her " boy" was now a man of 35 or more.
At this instant three startling raps on
the knocker sounded through the old
house.
" It's that goochfor-nothin' Jake Mellen
waiting till this time o' night to fetch them
grooeries. Don't leave the slaplooks,
Katrine, I'll open the door.
And the deacon took up to candle and
stalked through the pomp to the front
door. He opened it. What a strange
sight to see 1
Against the dark background of night
and storm, the figure of a cherub child, a
wee maid of 5 years, fair as to pearl, with
bright eager eyes of heavenly blue and a
soft fleecy mass of pale gold egcaping from
her blue satin hood, and falling over her
white far coat.
She advanced fearlessly and piped out
" I'm baby Marshall, and papa's bought
me to danma. My mamma's dead Ion'
time ego, and las' summer my break
mammy Oosy die too, and baby want see
danma.'
• Another moment and the grandmother,
with the thrilling cry of a woman's soul to
an answered prayer, lifted her grandchild
to her heart.
Oh, the dear contact 1 WW1 it real—the
firm, warm, little body she clasped—the
pressure of the smiling, rosy lip ?
Where is papa? Oh I my dear, where
in papa ?" she cried, while the detmon
looked on as ono raised from the dead, and
Katrina gazed on the new-found treasure,
and thonght of the atoriee she had read in
Dutch folk lorerof the angel of the Christ-
maa tide.
" Papa don," cooed the little one. " He
tam for baby offer 'while. Take die," and
searching the recesses of her little pockets
she produced a letter.
The grandfather with shakiny, hands and
faltering tonoo road, "Mother, dear mother,
I have brought you my motherleao and
only child. I know you will love and care
for her as your own, and / don't think
even father will be hard to her- When I
want her I will come for her, bnt it may be
long yeara 'first, it ever. I lefid an honest
but wild life, and a Texan ranch or a Rio
Grande camp is not the phase for her.
'or my child's aake 1 part trona her. Be
good to her, mother. 'Your loving son,
Wu, E. Nauman."
A moment later an old man was strtmg.1-
ing through the saowdrifte towards the
village as fast as his rheumatic) legs could
carry laim, Too late! He only herd the
eche of the coachman's horn as the homes
tore down the turnpike to New York.
Baby Marshall was in her grandmother's
lap and in:ailing brightly in her faee.
/latrine piled the table with hot griddle
°ekes, fragrant tea, sweet butter and golden
honey.
Farther and farther the stage carried the
wauderer from the old home.
111.
Christmas bells riuging over the land 1
Christmas Bendable glinting the farmesob.
ing carpet of snow and picturesque tree
boughs hang with icy diamonds. In the
ohunshee meek man song swelling out on
the clear, frosty air.
'Unto us a son is born,
Unto us a king to give,
Christ, the Loral "
Old Mrs. Marshall always walked to
(March Christmas morning, and SS she
listened to the sweet tide of song her head
bent lowly down and a prayer welled up
from the poor old mother's soul : " Lord,
I have waited so long. Let me see my
boy's face again before I die! "
In that moment the church cloak chimed
12 meridian.
In that moment, its ohe recalled after-
ward, peace spread its white wings above
her and an angel voice seemed to whisper,
"Ali is well.' Wkien she returned the
family had assembled for the Cbriatmas
dinner.
• There was Rube, who had a good farm
in the highlands, Rabe, the steady -going, a
broad.shonldered, eturdy Saxon, with °his
pretty, dark.eyed wife dressed in a new
bleak silk with a real lame collar and ea& ;
Marisnne, the belle of the family and the
youngest, a lam of 18, blonde, debonair and
roguish, with her goolalooking fiancee
hovering beeide her, the sou of a well-tad:la
farmer to the vicinity, whose daughter
Marianne had jut been visiting for a few
days. There, too, wee Alfred, the dootor,
a portly, wellmeaning mem, and to little of
a dandy in dress, as became a physician
and bachelor, popular among the invalid
ladies of Westchester. The deacon trudged
in from hie own meeting house, where
minieter and deacon had been holdiag
private session of two hours over the book -
sliding of some poor soul predoomed,
acoording to their belief, to damnation.
There was a gener&I hanchshaking of father
and kissing of mother. The deaoon did not
believe in kissing or indulging in the pro-
fane luxury of a smile on the te'ithhath day,
but Christmas, even essoording to his creed,
was made for rejoicing.
Amongst all the family that day a queen
had besu enthroned, the waif who had
arrived the eight before. A big, box hod
come to her by Sam Dolan, tee carrier,
and its contents showed that the wild
Texan rover had not spared expense on his
nate daughter. Gay in blue elle aad lace
and ribbon, the httle thing tossed her
curls and beamed delightedly, first on one.
then on another, consoious of being the
object of everybody's admiration.
At last she cuddled up in her grand.
motherni arma and fell softly asleep. Poor
grandma! she felt repaid for those years of
waiting and weariness as she cradled the
little one's head on her breast and brashed
her pale face against the fluffy silken hair.
Just as everybody grew keenly Winery
Katrina rang forth a welcome peal from the
dinner bell. o (7-1 wanet,
After the deacion's grime what to chorus
of praises went up I Was there ever such
delicione, fat, brown turkey as mother's?
Who ever made such clear jelly ? And the
tiny pig, roasted whole, with the apple in
its month! and the mince pies, and whole
pitchers of ruseet eider, ice cold!
The perfumes of Araby the blest arose
from the banquet.
--
IV.
But every feast meet have its end. The
day lowered as evening came on; gusty
clouds °hued each other. across tied' sky,
and Rube, full to repletion, pushed book
his chair and said he must be " gettin' up
Ms team pretty soon, as he'd promised his
wife they'd stay at her mother's, seven
milts further up, for the eight." Just at
thin moment Katrina, who had gone to the
well for a pitober of fresh water, looked
in at the door and beckoned mysteriously
to old Mrs. Marshall, which caused her to
make axone° and, leaving the room, to
seek the spot to which the girl pointed.
In the gloaming, beside the old " moss -
covered bucket that hung in the well,"
goad a tall, stalwart man, who, as his
mother advanoed, trembling and uncertain,
held out his arms.
" Mother 1 oh, mother 1" he said, with a
hoarse sob in his voice.
With ouch a cry ae only a mother oould
understand, the poor, fragile creature threw
herself upon the broad, sturdy bosom of
the man before her—her lost child of so
many yeats. What prayers, whet ilent
tears, what longinge of heart had
drained his mother's life of strength for
his sake!
" Mother, I told you I had lived an honest
life." '
" Willie, do you think I did not feel that
to be so?"
"Well, I mean to say that I am ashamed
to face no one; but when I went away that
day I expected never to return until my
baby was a young woman. I wandered
down to the city and felt lonelier amid all
those strange faces than I would on leagues
of prairie with not a living thing in sight.
I heard the bells of old Trinity chiming
and pealing, and jest because I was so
lonesome I turned into the church. I hod
not been in such a place for years. The
music lifted me right nut of myself,
mother, and as 1 thought of the old home
I bowed my head and said a prayer, the
first for many a year, that I might return
there and find a welcome. I will always
remember that jag then the olook tolled
oat 12. It marked the hour when I made
up my mind to go home again."
She led him along as when he was a
little child up the olden path into the well -
remembered room.
"a1y son—baby's father—has come back
home!" she said with a quiver in her voice,
and buret into passionate team.
Baby screamed joyously," Papa! papa I"
Every one rose to their feet with startled
Mee of welcome, except the deacon, who
turned &then pale, and with a groan fell
back in his chair. His son sprang to his
side. " Why, father," he said cheerily,
" is thio trour welcome ?"
Hie bye touched Bee white, scant hairs,
o tear glistened on the old man's face.
" My son that was dead and is alive,"
the deacon murmured, "Thank God I
thank God 14—Lizzie Cutler, in the Home
'Thurnal•
When a htisband sees a bird trimtaing
his wife's bonnet he &Immo thinks of the
Accutately alid strictly speaking,
there is no foundation in nattire or in
natural laws why a set Of word a upon
parehment ehould convey the dominion o
land."--Blackstene.
TEA TABLE GOSSIP
LOY/i IS WAND,
maid wont out to promenade
• All See ell, turner Morning
Her hair was Oanged, ; 0110 wee arrayed
In brand new togs of neley Shade)
So built around that theY displayed
Her natural adorning,
Her face was anything but sweet,
Her step aught else than airy;
No garment that elle wore was neat,
And she had No. 7 feet'
But yet the eaan sbe OfbrIa0 tO meet
Called her his " little fairy,"
—Man proposes and woman poses.
—An aching tooth may be little, but lite
ervy.
—Them are over a hundred railway
stations in London.
—A woman in New York furnishes love.
letters at $1 apiece.
—This year ie the centenary of the
chinaney pot" hat.
—Weetminster Hall is the largest room
M England unsupported by pillars.
—There are 200,000,000 copies of the
smattered throughout the world.
—The barber is a man who will serape
on acquaintance one moment and out him
the next.
—A woman forgives where a man formate
and that is the reason sine continues to let
him mail her lettere.
—There are said to be 1,500 Chinese
laundries in New York city, earning over
$3,500,000 annually.
—There are few men who can live with-
out an income, and perhaps fewer still that
can live within one.
—The Crown Prineeso of Denmark is
the tallest prinoms 10 ±10 world. Her height
is 6 feet and 3 ineheo.
—" Is the swimmiag teacher busy ?"
"Yes, ma'am; he's immersed in his bush
nese jaat at preset"
—The Camel—Here keep your tail out
of my fodder! The Elephant—Well, you
needn't get your book up.
— Queen Viotoria haa a large hand and
takes a 7•i glove. She wears about two
dozen pairs during the year.
—Lady Pauncefote is noted at Washing-
ton mg a pedestrian, and often walks from
house to house in making calls.
—He was a mean husband who begged
his wife not to make any more cake until
he had paid hie life ineuranoe dues.
— There is some discussion about taxing
posters in London. In Frame the yield
from this resume is $1,400,000 annually.
—Customer—You will at least give me
credit for my good intentions. Tailor—
Oh, yes, but no more credit for clothes.
—The deaconesses of Northern Germany
have started a home for spinsters, or, as
they call it, for "standing alone ladies."
—At the beginning of the present century
there were in the United States five mil-
lionaires. Now there are seven thousand.
—The most bashful girl ever heard of
was the young lady who blushed when she
was asked if she had not been courting
eleep.
—" You were dissatisfied with your pastor
some months ago?" "Yoe." "Hoa he
resigned yet? " "No; but the congrega-
tion is."
—James—What, that fellow a society
mon! Bosh! Jaok—He ia. James—
Imposaible. He damn's; park his hair in
the middle.
—The farra.house of Gl&dstone's anises-
tors,edstemes, lords of Arthurshiel,
is e it=standing in Lanarkshire, at least
200 yams old.
—Mrs. Growl—I must discharge that
new girl. Husband—Why? Mrs. Growl
—She does her work so well I ean't find
fault with her.
—Catting off a wife's nose is still
favorite mode of punishment of jealoae hue -
bands in India.
—Minister—You ought to whip your boy
for fiehing on the Sabbath. Deacon—I
intend to, sir ; bat I thought I'd let him
clean them firet.
— "That Sallie Harkins is the greatest
girl for getting bargains at second hand."
"Isn't she? • I understand she's going to
marry a widower."
—" So you called at Mr. Jones' abont
that little bill," said the merchant to the
clerk. "Yee, sir." "And what did you
find out ?" "Mr. Jones."
—The English fads are still popular.
The very brightest criticism you can poss
on a play or an opera, a book or painting,
ie to say it is "rather good."
—A wocasn expects recognition in this
world on &meant of her husband's position,
and a man ex,e‘cts reoognition in the next
on aoconht of his wife'a religion.
—The" Limbless League" is the latest
political organization. It flourishes in
Pennsylvania and bas 2,700 members who
have lost either an arm or a leg.
—Justin H. MoCarthy, son of the Irish
leader, ie just 30 years old. He has pub•
lished eleven books and seven plays. He
is tall and thin, with a very small head.
Ho prayeth bEst who loveth best
All things both groat and small;
For the dear God that loveth us
He made and lovoth all.
—Wardens and keepers say that, as a
rale, twenty.year prisoners don't survive
their terms, and that as a rule, also, they
are the best behaved men in their charge.
—" Our engagement is broken, Mr.
Fluffy." "But I—I—" " Exauses are
not necessary. Take back your ring. No
man need come to woo me with a brass
band."
—Among the largest land -owners in the
world io the Duke of Buccleuch, who has
deeds for 400,000 aores. His possessions
include the romantio ruins of Melrose
Abbey.
--" There will be an oyster party at the
rectory next Tuesday," announoed the min-
iater, "and one of our kind parishioners
hae offered to supply the oyster for that
occasion,"
--Qaeen Victoria, drives out at 4 o'clook
every day no matter what the weather ratty
be. She is clonally accompanied by the
princess Beatrice, the lady-in-waiting and
an invited gueet.
—"1 would rather be Shuman sandwieh,
With the gospel on my breast and back, and
rescue souls, than preach in a frescoed
temple to a handful of old men and women
who have gone to church so long that they
have sacred rheumatism," is the way a
Chicago clergyman shook up a small but
select congregation.
—The first number of a now weekly peri.
odioal called Mistress and Maid has jot
been publiehed in London. Its object is to
find good servants for employara and good
places for servants.
—A Scottish paper statect that Hon.
Oliver Mowat, Premier of Ontario, whose
ancestors were connected with Dannet,
Caithneasothire, hao presented two oilver
°elvers for nee at the communion in the
parish ohuroh of that place.
--Habitual drunkardo, it appears, have
alwaya their pot idiosyncrasies. One Wo-
man Was ha prison 167 times in 11 years,
fdr Smashing windows; a DISI1 oleo well
known to the police stole nothing /HO
bibles ; with another epodes were altveda
the coveted articles; and in two other
female omega shoes and ohawls were the
objects invariably that were misappro.
priated by them.
—Miss Camile (the actress) --It is disap-
pointment that drives men to drink. Miss
Critique—Yes ; I notioed a great many
go out between the acts at the play llast
uteht.
—Among the vast engineering prpjects
that mark the dosing decade of the century
is the proposed tunnel under Northum-
berland Straits to unite Prince Edward
Island with the Nova Bootie, mainland.
—Mother --When the new minister calls,
Tommy, you musn't make any remarks
about his olothes. Tommy (after the min-
ister is seated)—Ma told me not to say
anything about your clothes. I don't see
anything tho matter with them.
—The ten largest citiee in the United
States are :
New York 1,54501 Boston........... 441,507
Chicago 1,099,133 Baltimore 438,547
Philadelphia,,1,046,252 San Francisco 297,980
Brooklyn 604,377 Cincinnati.... 2a6,309
St. 460,357 Cleveland 261,546
—One of the most beautiful sentiments
to be found in the English language is that
written by Horaoe Mann in which he says:
"Lost, somewhere between eunrise and
sunset, two golden hours, eaoh Bet with 60
diamond minutes. No reward is offered
for their return for they are gone forever."
'Who's that weary looking fellow
Who perspires at every pore,
And who looks as if existence
Was the biggest kind of bore?"
"He's a man who's life's a burden
And who wishes it were o'er—
He's a bargain connter salesman
In an uptown dry goods store."
—The situation in Ireland at this mo-
ment is very muoh the same as that whioh
suggested, many years ag,o, the following
lines to an Irish author:
"0 Irishmen, yer the most peculiar nation,
The queerest people above the sod;
rightist' like dtvvils for conciliation,
An' hatin' each other for the love of God 1"
—Beauty ts a very fine thing to have,
but style is vastly better.
—A man who lit his pipe in e, powder
mill had a brief bat powerful tenon ou the
evila of the use of tobacco.
—Poor Smitla, when he had to sing baby
to sleep during the holidays while " mom -
mer " was oat shopping, used to sing it :
" Bay, buy, baby."
A President's expenses amount in four
years to about $80,000. His income for the
same period being $200,000 it isnot difficult
to see that he has an exoellent chance to
start a bank account.
Hints to Housekeepers.
Ear faded green blinds rub on a little
linsedd
Egg stains can be removed by rubbing
them with common table salt.
Pat bits of camphor gum in trunks or
drawers to prevent the mime from doing
any injury.
To treshen leather chairweate, valisea,
bago, etc., rub them with the well -beaten
white of an egg.
To prevent tin pans from rusting rub
fresh lard on them and set in a hot cyan
until thoroughly heisted.
To keep flies off gilt frames boil three or
four onions m a pint of water, than apply
with a soft brash to the frames.
Soak clothes that fade over night in
water in which has been dissolved one
once of sugar of lead to a pailful of rain
water.
When washing fine white flannels add a
tablespoonful of pulverized borax to a
pailful of water. This will keep them soft
and white.
To banish red ants from the pantries,
strew whole cloves around the shelves. The
same is also considered a good moth ex-
terminator.
When whalebones have become bent they
may be used again by first soaking them in
tepid water for a few hours and then drying
them.
To keep flat -irons dean and smooth rub
them with a piece of wax done up in a
Moth, then scour or rub them on a paper
strewn with coarse salt.
Oil of turpentine or benzine will remove
spots of paint or varnish from cotton or
woolen goods. They should be washed in
map suds after the application.
If paint has been epeatered on window
panes, wet the spots with water and rub
thoroughly with a new silver dollar; or
they may be washed with hot, thrum
vinegar.
To set delicate colors in embroidered
handkerchiefs, soak them ten minutes
before washing in it pail of water in which
a dessertspoonful of turpentine has been
stirred.
Badly "Gone."
Now York Herald: Johnny (entertain.
ing the young man before " Sis " entered
the parlor)—I 'lewd you'd never come book
here any more.
Young Man—Why so, Johnny?
Johnny—Sia eaid yesterday you was
clean "gone."
A w0B4O141'0 TRASBDII.
41•1••••••1.
"' Sob" Soariettei Christmas Drunk Nay
(lost Min Hie Lite.
" Bob " Scarlett, formerly a baggagernan
on'the Grand Trunk and one of the beet.
known fi,guree around Toronto, lies dying
at his boarding-hQuse in Regent street,
Toronto, from the result of injuries re.
ceivod 00 Christrnae night. Aboat 10.38
00 Thusday night he was in the Aquatic
saloon, Yonge street, demanding liquor,
but Mr. jarnes Douglas, the proprietor',
refueed to serve him. Bearlett at this got
mad and started to raise a row. Mr.
Douglas then put him out. The next heard
of Scarlett was at Qneen and Ontario
streets about an hour later, when Deteotivo
Alf Cuddy and a street oar driver saW hini
staggering towards Regent street. He ar-
rived at Joie boarding house about midnight
with his face and nook badly battered and
oovered with blood. At first he was un-
able to speak, but after resting asked that
a doctor be sent for. Dr. Mental answered
the summons and found Bearlett suffering
from the effects of a terrible beating. He
had been kicked in the groin and stomach,
and other portions of the body were badly
bruised. He claimed that he had been
beaten in the Aquatic and that Mr. Douglas
had kiaked him in the stomach. Mr.
Douglas positively denies that he is in any
degree responsible for Scarlett's condition.
He merely shoved him out of his place,
and believes that the man's injuries were
received on his way home. At 2 o'clock
this morning he was very low.
Condensed Fashions.
Thistles are popular as pin heads.
Sleeves are full and high at the top.
Turquoise blue is to be a ruling oolor in.
hats.
Boas made of °mike' feathers cost a pretty
penny.
Almost every fall cape has a high Medici
collar.
The crack price in London for a gentle-
man's evening suit is $100
Half.low bodices and long sleeves are to
be seen on new dinner dresses.
Royal blue will be a conspicuous oolor
this season, especially in millinery.
Embroidered or painted or embossed
leather jackets are worn with all kinds of
dreeses.
English brides are said not to buy any-
thing like the amount of finery that their
mothers did.
Heliotrope as a tint for gowns and bon-
nets is dying very hard, but it is no longer
a fashionable color.
Florists now resort to rooeolyeing in
order to produce the colors demanded by
eooentrio ladies of fashion.
An English dressmaker who is trying to
me,ke o " hit " has made a bodices for a cus-
tomer whieh is high on one side and low on
the other.
Little Things That Tell.
It is the little things that tell—littler
brothers for instance, who hide away in the
parlor while sister entertains her beau, eta.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are little
things thst tell. They tell on the liver and
tone up the system. So smolt and yet ao
effectual, they are rapidly eapplanting the
old-style pill. An infallible remedy for
Sick and Bilious Headaches, Biliousness
and Constipation. Put up in vials, con-
venient to carry. Their usa attended with
no discomfort.
A Suitable Gift.
New York News:Brief—What would be
an appropriate present for me to give ray
typewriter girl? Grief—If she is anything
like mine I would recommend a spelling
book.
Looks Bad.
Harper's Bazar :
"What's tho prospect?" asked the gosling,
Of the proud and haughty turkey;
And the monarch of the barn -yard
aruftly answered : "Pretty murky,"
A Chinese criminal, to avoid the conse-
quences of his gent, killed himself. The
law, not to be entirely outwitted, exhumed
him, cut off his head and exhibited it as a
warning. To any ono ignorant of the man-
ner of his death the lesson was jest as im-
pressive as if he had been decapitated
alive. There io a certain earnestness about
the sluggish Chinaman after all.
Colonel Greytop— Miss Uptown, I would
like to introduce an old friend of mine—a
soldier—one of the Balaklava six hundred.
Miss Uptown—Om of the six hundred f
Oh, Colonel, hadn't I better see mamma
first ?
—Half a million clerks etre employed in
London.
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Rochester Herald: Nellie Pearay, who )
was hanged in London the other day, car-
ried a searet to the grave. Her last request
to her eolioitor wae to insert in the Madrid
newspapers over her Initials an advertise-
ment with these words: "Have not
betrayed." Who says 8 woman never kept
anything?
.a. Good Test.
Elmira Gazette: " Let me tell wife,"
said Allen G. Thurman when informed of
hio nomination for the Vice -Presidency.
" Let me wire my ma," said Senator.
elect Irby of South Carolina when to breath.
less messenger told hi txt he had been
eleoted. The world will agree that the
wife and mother who win the firat thought
under such circumstances are all right.
Not Over Complimentary.
Epoch: Mabel (oonfidentially)—I was
awfully Stink on you once, Jack.
Jack (gratified) --When was that?
Mabel—Before I knew you.
An Awkward Predicament.
Roehester Herald : A bundred and forty
religions and only one heaven. Dear,
dear 1
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