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The Exeter Times, 1892-12-15, Page 12THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th 1503,. .4. CHRISTMAS TEQi7C HT. Christmas has so far degenerated into en affair of gift giving as a xuatter of custom and expectancy that we are in danger of forgetting all that it stands for ei the commemoration of love to Heaven and earth. It is not singular that one of the fleet thoughts hi regard to an ex- pression of love should take the ahape of a gift— of something that shall increase the estate, the well-being, the good for- tune, or the happiness of the receiver, But certainly the first thought even in this should be concerning the extent to which the gift to our friend expresses also our love to Heaven. What love to Heaven, then, do we eyinee when we give to our friend some costly present, which, if not beyond our right to give, may be beyond right to receive ? The custom of bestowing gifts is surely a lovely one, and we would not for a mo - n eat look askance on it ; but the =- tore of making costly gifts is not a love- ly one. The recipients do not need them ; often the giver cennatafford them. But some small thing --a bit of one's own handiwork with needle, pencil or chisel, a curiosity, a novelty, a book of the day, a flower_something of this sort is always suitable, and an giving theta one makes no invidious distinction between those that have money and those that have not, and no accidental comparison of receipts can create any after gust of bitterness. And with this done for the love of friends; in the doing of it the love of Heaven finds place. For the simple gift made en purchased leaves free all the surplus l e• ween its Itrice and that of the costly one to bo expended in bringing coanturt, relief, freedom front debt, some greatly desired but =looked for benefit, €fir some person or family of restricted means, whose hearts will be warned and whose burdens made lights, and whose .lives are f<tr easier and happier for the act. Before we bey On year the sin telt lanalt for people wile hive nuuurc)us lamps, the silver things for the dreesing t:el+le of r people whine giver is. a burden to them already, the enamel, the jewel, the curio of price. let us p:tute end t•tlte iaat) con- sideration the question whether em not n little more tune and than; rt will not find a suitable gift for these wise need iautliin^ in a gift but an expressi>n of remembrance and affection, and if we do not knew already or by se:welling cannot final out people to than the money thus not expended would bring unbounded blessing, always remember- ing that those who sometimes most need this blessing aro trot necessarily these whom the world calls poorest. Two CfR1STL :S GIFTS. MAN was found murdered ire the village of Nor- ton, Bast Ten nesse°, and the authorities are rested a stran- ger named Al:' feeds. Of course Alfreds had no businessin the community, and this of itself partook of the nature of a 3 crime; but, aside from this, evidence of serious ixn- port was not wanting. Here is the ease 'briefly set forth. Alfreds and a man teamed Jenkins were seen together one evening walking along the road, and the neat morning Jenkins was found, :with his head crushed in, lying in a patch of briars. At the preliminary trial before a justice of the peace Al- freds declared that he and Jenkins had parted company near the briar patch where the body had been found, but as this declaration was not admitted as `pvidenee Alfreds 'was handed over to. the grand jury and was, as everyone expected, indicted for murder and Jul.- prisoned to await the action of the car- unit eouxt. The jailer he anobscure village is often a leader in society, and the jail er'sdaughter is naturally a person of much moment. Old Inas Springer had, `during many years, been jailer in Nor- ton, and his daughter Ruth had de- clined several good offers of maxriaga. She was exceedingly bright of coita- 1 tenanee and it was the mysterious and stir 'no sympathetic `face, no voice of soft encouragement. Weeks passed. Muth was away on. a visit, : Christmas morning. The day was bright. A man came in with the prisoner's breakfast.' "Do you think the weather is likely to deluge between now and to -morrow. morning?" Alfreds asked. "Why so?" "Because if it should cloud to -day will give me My last glimpse of the sun. Has the young lady returned?" "No, not yet." "When do you expect her?" "Don't know. nee hired to chop wood and work about the place and not to. listen to the news of the family." "Will the hanging be public?" "As publie as out of doors can make it." "Do you think there'll be many peo- ple present?" "Oh, certainly. People look for awuse- ment during the holidays." "I must say=that you are coldeblooded." "And why shouldn't I be; why shouldn't I hate every man that's un- fortunate?" "Why should you is the question?" "Because I served a term in the pen- itentiary." "What had you done?" "Told the truth." "T4 bat, they sent you to the penance. Vary for telling the truth?" "Yes, they asked me if I coxnuxitted the forgery and I said that I did." "Ob, you are a satirist." - , t piece of goand split a u I mustP "Well, P go knotty wood. Wires must even if Cb atuaas do come. I suppose you can take care of yourself to -day, and as for to -morrow, why, the sheriff will have to take care of you,," Ile' passed out and a merry voice was heard. The prisoner's blood leaped. Ruth had returned.. AU smiles and airs of gayety, she entered the corridor; and she was not alone; the sheriffand the railer were with her. "Mr. Alfreds," she cried, "I have brought you a Christmas present. Here is your pardon." "Oen the door," said the sheriff. Be- fore Alfreds' swimming eyes the iron bars were shadow lace work. "Come on into thesitting-room," said the girl; and she led him out Ile sat in a rocking -chair. A long time passed before he said anything. ,And have they discovered my inno- cence?" he asked. "No," she answered, "Let me tell you what I did. I made all the jury- men and the prosecuting attorney and the judge and hundreds of other people sign a petition uslsing for your pardon, and then I went all the way to Nash- ville and made the governor sign your pardon. Don't yon think I'm smart?" "I think you are an angel." "No you. don't --you thine I'm a hap- hazard rattletrap. I told the gov- ernor about your hair—think of talking about a man's hair—and I said: 'Gov- ernar, tae's got the loveliest eyes you ever saw' but I must not talk this way, for you ain't in prison now." ; Ile got up and. stood with his face turned toward the door. "I must go," be sad. "Are you going very far away?" NOTES AND (.7,0111VIENTitl. The amount of money lost in registered letters for three years past in the Cana- dian poet gages was over $21,000, Of this amount SI1,000 was in bank billst which had hem sent by Montreal bauks to their western agencies, and which were burned in a railway accident. Theso bills did not represent any real cash loss to the banks, as they were their own paper and their only value was the east of printing, The total cashless in registered letters in three years has, therefore, been only 510,000. The Government charges a fee of five cents for registration which has brought in a revenue of over half.a million dollars in the time speci- fied, "Dairy;ngfor Profit or the Poor Mans Cow," by Mrs. E. M. Jones, Brockville, comes to hand in the nick of time. Now that the feeling is so general in our midst that something ought to be done to improve the product of our dairies, this excellent work fills the hill to a nicety. We have no hesitation in say- ing, if the timely suggestions throw Da by this *hie and painstaking woman, ate anything like faithfully attended to, there will soon be a vast change for the better in the quantity and quality of our table butter. Just fancy one of the author's cows in her sixteenth, year giv- 8,290 lbs. of milk, out of which was churned 651 lbs, of gilt edged butter ; and a grade belonging to the bathe owner inside of twelve months, 372 lbs. the bulk of which was sold at 30 cents per pound. Who says that dairying can's be made profitable? Get the right breed and give them proper care and feeding and you will not have long to wait for gratifying results. suit rummy:nen xo rot r. boast of the uoiglaborhood that she could parse anything. I say mysterl- ems, for parsing was a vague mystery toe many people who were glib in repeat- ing this bit of commendable brag. Ruth, from the first moment of Alfreds' impris=onment, showed a sympathetio intexest in him. He had dreamy eyes, waving chestnut hair, and was there- fore innocent. In the afternoon, when the jail corridor was lighted by the sun, she often placed her rocking chair near the door of Alfreds' cell, and sitting there sewed and talked to him. "Would you let me out if you could, get the key?" he asked, one day. She pretended to pout. "Why should I? You'd run away and then I'd not lave anybody to talk to." "But if I stay here to talk to you I shell be hanged." "Yes, but a woman would rather talk to a man, even if he is to beehanged for it, than not to talk at all." "What an odd little creature you are, Miss Ruth." - ri; •oh, you think I'm odd, do you? That i„ on't very kind of you. I was in hopes that I was something besides odd. Anybody can be odd." i."But anybody can't have your sort of oddity." le, "obi, then, I've got the oddest sort of oddity. I don't know whether to like that or not Do you know that you are the only man I ever met that didn't try tea Ba tier me?" Avaluable paper of statistics is just to hand from theDepartmentofAgriculture Ottawa. It gives the average imports into Great Britain for the past three years from Canada and the United States, as well as from other British possesslone, and all foreign countries, It is a noteworthy fact that while the Unit- ed States leads Canada enormously in wheat, nets, barley, pork and meats of all kinde, Canads leads in cheese in 96,- 029.853 6;029.853 shay its against 75,094,648. In apples 'he United States has but a trifl- ing lead. the figures being 1,336,709 barrels from that big country, and1,323, 070 from Canada, In this commodity, ib is gratifying to notice that whereas the quantity from the United States is decreasing, the quantity from Cana- da is year by year increasing, Peas is the only grana in which Canada leads the United States, the former sending 1,917, 345 bushels, and the latter only 22,796 of peas anti beans together. In . pork, Canada supplies 7,000 lbs and the Unit- ed States 20,000.000 ; bacon and hams, Canada, 6,000,000, and the United States 444;000,000 ; beef salted and fresh, Canada 15,000 and the United States 207.,000,000. In eggs Canada gets the better of the united States in 217,725 dozens to 300. CAT,cnau rr Trip` READ -1,4 nndcnbte By n disease of the blood and as oily H blood retieble purifier can Pffeet a perfect care. Hood's Say Faparilla is the best bi000parifier and it has oared many very severe cases of ,catxrrb. Minard's Liniment cares Diphtheria. "I didn't know it, but if I am, why, I rgust'be thankful for the distinction." "Oh, you must, must you, Mr. Sar- casm? Why don't yontoll me something about yourself?" she asked, after a moment's pause. "I have—I have told you that I am innocent." "ole, that isn't anything. Anybody can be innocent. 'Where do your people live?" • "I haven't any people." "Well, where do you come from?" "I have come from a place where there was nohappiness to a place where nothing bet misery and disgrace can be expected." "You make me sad when you talk. that way, Mr. Alfreds." "And would you expect me to inspire gayety, Miss Ruth?" "No, I don't think I ought to expect that. But you are not without friends, Mr. Alfreds. Most all the ladies in this town are interested in you." "Women are ever interested in a man who is about to be hanged," he replied. "Oh, don't talk about being hanged. I don't see how they can hang you, you are so nice." He laughed. "i don't; I really don't,. Now if you were some ugly, good-for-nothing thing, it would be dif- ferent. You follow my advice: When you are taken. into court look just as pleasant as you can." "Unfortunately, Miss Ruth, the jury will not be composed of women." "Well, don't you fear. I think it will come out all right." But did it come out all right? The court met three days later, and after a very short trial Alfreds was sentenced to be hanged. It was no surprise to him. He was to meet death sixty ,days later, on the day after Christmas. It was dark when he was taken back to his cell, and he clung to a hope that Ruth might come to console him; but the weary hours passed and loud -mouthed dogs bayed the tura of _Bight. Morning, Airs. 4. A. Williams Lynn, Mass. For the Good of Others 1A TIME° and PLACE Now is the Time to Buy, and'' the place is at DOTJPE ccrs' Rev. .hrr. ii Liiiaass ITeartL1ij en- dorses IRood's Sarsaparilla. We are pleased to present this from Rev. A. A. Williatns, of the Sillsbee street Christian Church, Lynn, Mass. • "I see na reason why a clergyman, more than a layman, who knows whereof he *Peens, should hesitate to approve an Article of Merit and worth, from which ho or his family have been signally benefited, and whose cormendae tion may servo to extend those benefits to others byinereastugtheir confidence. Uy wife baster many years been a sufferer from severe Nervous Headache forwitich she foutacl little help. She has tried many things s t at promised tsed v 1 t hut per- formed little.Last fall t friend gave her aet, tlo of hoods Sarsaparilla. It seems surpris- ing what simply ons bottle could and dict do forter, The attacks of headache decreased in naunber and were less violent in their inten- sity, while her general health has been tan - roved. leer appetite has also been better. From aur experience—with egggn "How far?" "I am going to stay here until I prove to you that your meroy " -"Excuse me," interrupted the jailer, stepping into the doorway, "but you are no longer shut up." "But he can stay to dinner, can't he, ,papa?" "No, he'd better go." Alfreds did not leave the neighbor- hood. Ile was shunned by mere and frowned upon by women, now that he had the disgrace of murder without the romance of hanging. He did not ate ,tempt to seep Rath, and had sent her BRING You 4. Pin;saNTNaw." Hood's Sarsaparilla I have no hesitation lu endorsing f tt4 t i zeas} HOOP'S PILLS are the best family cathartic, gentle au'1 effective. TrY a Boz, T'rloo25c It .has been deeidect to put electric light in the Wingham :Methodist church, .1esSrs Crossley and Hunter, evangelists, commence special cervices in Goderieh either on the 18:11 or 25th of December, the exact date not yet being decided upon. There are now 18S pupils attending Goderieb Collegiate Institute, and the trus- tees are looking for a sixth teacher to enable the stall to keep up with the wore. There is sae secret or patent in the pro- duction of '•Myrtle Nave" toba000, It could be produced by any mauufacturer., but no anauafaeturer could inane if pay at the price, unlesa an a large tune. lie meld purehase on alauge scale and sell on a large teal°. He eonld not sell below tbo present price without -a loss even if be could purohaee <n the lowest advantageous ternae. To get a large market therefore, without winch he wou13 have no induoemeuts to go oat, would be the eeotk of many years. That ie the reason why Mersey. Tuckett 8:Billings have the command of the market, and they are only by keeping wise enough to know that they can retain it 1 1 D r -mO T ONT. the price Omen to 1t and pan figures.._ —_ __.___ --- ■... ,.� FOhI EIEBITIIIN( Men's Felt Boots $1,50, Men's do. with loose Sox, $2.25, Three large boxes Matohes, 25c, Six plugs. Tobacco, 25, 20 lbs. Tea dust for 1, 28 lbs nice Sugar for $1. SUIT TO ORDER, $10.00 Men's Coats, 1.25 1 Woman's Coats $1.75 i Heavy Underwear 37 ; Underwear, all -wool 60 *CS MEI AND X'iAS 000DS C l FAPE1t THAN EVER. Give us a call. We always lead its good quality and low prides, DOUPE & CO. LOW '''-:IBES, – S'UAR : D2ALING,_ UONEST FOODS, — IT bum CASE The undersigned begs to express bis thanks to the people ofEEen$all and surround- ing country for the very liberal patronage bestowed on him during the past three months and by honorable dealing and good goods, AT LOW PRICES, he hopes td further GEMENT AND EXTEND THE PLEASANT ACQUAINTANCES word not to attempt to see him. A de- tective came from a distance and after a time an arrest was made. A man was brought to trial, and the proof was so stre:leg that he was convicted; and, given to frankness and the truth, he acknowledged that he had committed the murder. Shortly after sentence had been passed upon him he turned to Al - /reels, who stood near 'him, and said: "I thought you suspected me when I brought your breakfast to you last Christmas morning, nearly a year ago." Just formed. We cannot help but look upon the extensive patronage received evidence of your appreciation of progressive ideas on 1nerehaudizing for in this, as in all other branches of trade progress is the word, Ilhiililitintliltiiltiiili6i{Ii1111 Rltutlinittimiu minviiinumo ifituillitilciuusclunumiltiltimicatiinimliniinmiiliiim Progress is our WatoliwordAnd• iiilnimiupmilu><iailunntnnilmiimmmifnmrmintlliniliitfl{iia uncinunit a uninumiiltomin iillitiimlmliWiuuuh it was another Christmas morning and the day was bright. "May t come in?" Alfreds stood in the door. "Oh, surely, if you are not afraid of me." Ete sprang toward her and caught her hand. "I bring you a present now," he said, "the present of my soul." The jailer stepped into the doorway and said: "Come on now, you young, folks. Dinner is ready." Opp Rte. Only Too wining - Generous Sit-Year-Old—Papa, there's et poor, little cripple neat door that hasn't any use of his arms. I'd like to give him for a:Christmas present some of the things I got last year. Papa (with tears ofparental pride in his eyes)—So you shall, my boy --so you shall! Give him that nice little drum Annt Mary sent you. --Chicago Tribune. as all Your kind appreciation has been, and -will be 'a strong incentive for us to continue In our system o LOW PRICES ilainiangalM ME ALL PROFI"'i`Spimmim- ssamsemeaiid QUICK itJ'iCiURNS To give an idea of what we are doing, to those who have not yet had themselves its to see forelY y veswe take the liberty of making a few quotations. ; • 30 yards Grey Cotton for ,1,00 22 lbs. best Granulated Sugar for 1.00 28 lbs, Brown Sugar for 7 bars of Dertoit Electric Soap for .25 2 three lb. bars of Laundry Soap for 25 ' (Regular price 20c each.) 5 3 cakes fine Toilet Soap for 19 each. An elegant line of Bedroom Lamps $6 seitai-porcelain Tea Setts for 5'00 X5.50 Tea Setts for 4.50 50c Japan Tea for 35c., 40c Japan. Tea for 25c Also a 50c Black' Tea for 35c. an opportun- We give : s and we would respectfully invite you to make a trial The above are all excellent goods, not rh that we advertise only what we are prepared TO DO, and will purchase. Remember a - resort to anything dishonorable` or stoop, to trickery in order to evade theresponsibility of our advertisements. uiENSALL, DEC, 15,.1592. w-Basi\LIT,DmaR,..