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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-12-29, Page 7The Illelden Christaillablidae 'Under the far blue Syrian 'sky . Was born the Qinieueror ot !Death, Who bore erodeetiale teem on high? en Bethlehem and Nazareth. 'Tken o,anee the now and hetiee Hume ; one mile star, eignaled far and. wide And now we ring melodious (evince, To mark Vie eoly Ohristums-ticie. Come Young and old, from every side; Come rosy meiel and gerstle swain, 113 is the holy Christmas -lido That joyously we meet again. The holly hangs u. on the door; It is uo time eor work or woo; Now jollity emninends ehe door, Audjoy come) with the mistletoe. Bring in the Yulo-log's ancient dame, Tfie soused boar's road, a rich roast! Let sorrow go the way it eame ; Let care be to oblivion caet. The waits olear voicee sound without; Sackbuts and shasvms make wholesome glee Twined le the boar's hoed round. about With garlands doh and rosemary. And now the foaixiing wassail bowl Shall brig us comfort and delight; This es the season of the soul, From golden more to starry. night. Naught career() for the pe.ree.ig cold, The drifted sno ev or raging blast ; For Christmea never shall grow old, Fronl eons new or conouriee past. Then welcome, merry Christitias-tide ; Another hour before o go, ` The rosy girl ',dose at our side ' We" ki s beneath the mistletoe. Deep, mellow hells salute the air With benisone sent fir and wide ; Good -will and joy go everywhere Upon the golden Christmas-11de. Joel Benton, in the Ladies' Ironte Jouracti. Baby's First Christmas. Xiang up the baby's stocking -- Bemire you don't torgi.t, The dear little dimpled darling lies never seen Christinae yet. But I told him (al about it, And he opened his big blue oyes; I'm sure lie understood it, Ile looked so solunm and wise. Ah, 'What a tiny stocking ! It doesn't take much to hold. Soh little toes as beby's Safe from' the froet and nold. .nt for the baby's Christmite, t will never do at all, . Sa itie Claus would never look eFor =Ailing half 80 8111811. knoW wh,ae will do foe baby; late thoughCof eglesarate plan. . I'll borrow a stocking of grandma, The longest tenet ever I can. . And =the" shall hang it by mine; Hight in the ()ore or—so, And write a letter for baby, • And fasten it on the toe. Old Santa Claus, this le a stocking Hung un for our baby dear, ou never have seen our darling; He has not been w ith us a, year, But he is a beautiful baby! And, pleitee. before you go • Just cram this -tacking with presents? From the top a It down to che toe.' Christmas Bella. ' I heard the belIs on Chi istmas Day 'Their old, familiar earols play; And wild aid sweet, • The wordarepeat • Of peace on earth, good will to men! And thought how. as the day had come, The belfries a all Christendom 1-hed rolled along The unbroken eong Of peace on earth, good will to men Till ringing, singing On its weer, The world revolves from night to day; • A voice., rt ele me, A chant sublime, Of peace ou earth, good will to men! • But in despair I bowed Tpy head: "There is no neace on earth," I sa.id , "For hate is strong And tnoeks the song Of peace on earth, good Win to men I" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: " God is not dead, nor doth He sloop; The wrong shall fail, The dein prevail, • With peace on earth, good will tomen." --Lonarellow. • The chriesmae ahorter, Queried thejester at Christmas title, • "What shall I make for e. Christmas rhyme • What shall e ask of my pencil's skill. So that the people may laugh their fill ? / This Is the time forgifts and g,oe, ' keSoietathing the world' demands of me, What`shell.1 make foe a 0 hiestmae rhyme " •Queriea tlie teeter at Christmas time. ,011; hut thejester'sjoVial face, Full of a smiling, eareleesgrace, 'Touched (for mockery) with au air Of puzzled wonder, and heir despair, Had made you sure that his song would be Shaking; with musieel jobley 1 -- Then, can you tell why thoughts like these , Burned. in the heart that, no man eeee tVbat if the jester's hand should miss ?fiends that aforeeime lay in hie ? / What if the mietleto brine. to tided Lips that aforeti lie iris might find.? What if the daucing, sextet and sweet, Lace( the music of som nne's feet, • One to whom he had quite revealed 1 that he had from the world. concealed. • dle thoughts—and. they need not move- -What does a j es or know of love What doe he know of pain arid loss, Hopes that shatter and cares 11111.11 LO:114 Louder and lo • i.n ger than all the rest •,./Rang his voice a Cier.etmae .'Quips and cranks, with a merry ehnne. Laughed througlt the length of his Christmas rhyme. • SIDE LIGHTS ON PALS, Panama Canal Disclosureslhow Row tile Press Landed a Jdillion Dollars. ....•••••,••••••"r`l, A Government Xiterary "Fiell”—ILa Belle Jeanette Taker. Mier Bath in Ptak Crystal Encircled Whit Sliver—An Atelier for Fashionable Puppy Dogs—. LaNt Bence at the thatema de Ste. Crelx—lieuriot the Actress. anis Dec.—The Frenth people become daily more alive to the neoee- . sity of making at least one a their legislative ohambers—that which I Is the immediate reflex r of the popular hopes and wishes—a sort of stil(eks sguignal or puppet -show - eaVel in which every puppet heltsbers the head of another, and where killing and resuscitating aro continuelly repeated t9 the great joy and edification ot the spectators. Thus those who pey for keeping up the show always get plenty of eutertainment for their money. For Florae time paetthe liveliest ephemeral litereture in lie-anoe has been that which has reported and described the remarkable and unprecedented series of representatione given at the Chamber of Deputies. All over the country the papers have been having a wonderful sale ; their rrival with the latesb news of the parliernentery mud - fights, whittle have thrown the Dahomey coarmaign into the middle distance, has boonawaited with the keenest interest, and the public, appetite for scandal has been so stimulated by the generous feeding it has received that its veracityis now equal to the task of devouring injurious and defamatory reports which a little while •shags would have been left as indigeseible. Accusations brought against persons he high authority have been so amazing that public life has put on quite a phantesnun ginned character, and French politioiaus are made to out much the same figure as the unscrupulous but amusing statesmen Of opera bouffe. Fishing for comfort. " That fellow Cutter has rio maniere." et Why ?” "1 went to him a few minutes ago and said I'd made an ass of myself at that after - ..tion tea." r „. How does that prove him unman •zerly ?" Why, he didn't contradict me, con :found him I" ' Wanted Particulars. Lials Boy—Were you in the war? Whisker--lndeed L wee'and I aclan my narrow eseapee. One bali grazed my 81111. Little Boy—Couldn't you find a wider 'tree MORE ABOUT THE PANAMA SWINDLE. Panama business is, and is likely to be for soiree time to come, the one and only topic that engrosses public, attention Revelations, now the inquiry DAB fairly started, are succeeding each •other with such startling rapidity that bombs and dynamite are shelved as if they never ex- isted in men's minds. The French are an ephemeral race ; they are ever rushing after the shadow without grasping the substance. A public scape- goat was wanted to divert the effervescent mind, end poor old DeLesseps was the vic- • tim fixed upon. The inquiry cart serve no good purpose. It will only go to show how tieterly worthless and rotten thinga are ander the present form of governniecite and will probably only hasten the end which those behind the scenes have for some tone past foretold as a not far distant certainty. The rottenest days of the Empire were not in it with the events of the pest few years. The Panama revelations will strengthen the hands of the Orleanista, and the Comte de Paris or one of his sons will be King of France before many years are over. "When you wish to communieete with ethe spirits, do you do so by rapping 1" ''‘ Yes, three times at the beak door of the .fialoon." a Creditor—I oalled to see if you could pay tenet little bill to -day. Debtor—Oorne, •now, this is a little too much, You press erne aboub that little bill just as though I were a poor man. Mra. John IL Rockefeller has brought up ,her daughters very sensibly. They teaeh ;in inimion Bewley sehools, and 01141, when a Student at Vassar, used her pooket money to defray the expenees of a poor girl at the ,same college. OF cowed it was a goose that, laid the golden egg. Any meneible bird having a 'Snap of that kind would have kept it to itite if, A. men is aatisfieit to nuke a reputation ler himself, but worrier), bless her, weets to imake one for everybody in the ueighbor- hood, "Man propose "-- "Se, but, he needs ,encouragement." • Brown—What' do you use berb.wire fences for 2 Hayseed—So the hited man won'tatop tercet every thee ho elinOs over. The Christmas trees are as plenti Fel ati ever. In feet, the woods aro full of them. " Miss Budleng is travelling udder an assumed name." What on earth is who doing that for 7" "She's been ansreied and has assenaed her huehand'e name, They are away on their honeymoon.' The waggen- tongue hart nothing to say, • but it got? there about of the rest of tho outlit. aufficiently vile to be thus put out of eight, number ao more than 7001 and they are kept iean old ()hest of whten U. '..("nierry,Poux hes the key. It is net the letterprese, but Oho illustraelone which ere the came of a book or penephieb being (lathered only fit for " easier. '—that is the °hest ,elreedt'sroeu. toed, This way of looking. at things is quite in accordance with legal procedure in Vrenoe with eeeetea o L* pelebstied ob. itecnildeis. A. writer may ,desceud to the lewest depths of indeceney and ;coo little or no risk ef, a prosecution so Icingas the services of an artiet ere not enlitited te illustrate the text. Then there is imme- diets danger that the work will be treated as oorrupting and contrary to good morals, Of the two kind e of indecepcy, that , which takethe pictoriel formis held to be by far the more acanclalous ancl injurious. The distinetion between literary and pictorial • licenestexplains whythere are only 700-pub- eications at the National Library to which ;the Coneeryator refuse's access,unleesepecial oesiteone cen beehown why they are warned for purposes of study. GAMBLING ON THE INCREASE. Some curioue disclosures es to the amount of ,gatiibling that, goea 001 in some of the clubs frequented by the dessus du punier of Parisian society have resulted from a little enquiry into the Hiegel sale to the outside „public of the packs of cards which, used by the members of that essentially mart club, the Genie de le Rue Royele, it was believed were desfeoyed as soon as once plisyed with, Some of the Paris clubs, it has been calm. lated, spend from $2,000 to $3,000 a "yeat on their cards, the fancy figure of. over $15,000 being marked with the hypes "elution Artistique. At the Combs de leeRue Royale members are called upon to pay $2 tor each pack used, double twos stun beim; charged after three o'clock in the morning and triple after abc. A Paris club is rather a different place to its counterpart in New York, though in some respects a good many more pointsof resemblanceexut between the two than is generally realized by the outer world. • • LierleEn Nannies te0Airx11s. The approaching nuptials of the daughter of the Duishess'de Luyner, and 'the heir of the Duo de Noaillea, is the topic of the day in select 'circles' of the Faubourg St,, Ger- main. Two of the noblest families of France will be thus brought together, and there are romantic eletnents in the traditions of each. The Duchess de Luyner lost her husband in the war, becoming a widow when only 20, and in order to disprove certain ste,teinents •attributing cowardice to her consort, his body was laid Ill state and exhibited to all comers, to show the wounds he had received in the fatal campaign. This courageous conduct of theDucliese dispelled the rumors, and the scene took place in the great hall at Damplerre, the family seat, about an hour's ride from Paris. This stately chateau is one of the few which still remain to France in its ancient splendor, and will thorny be the seem of rejoicing, recalling the former glories. 4 PEEP INTO FAIRYLAND. • LOST, STOLEN, DEAD OR STRAYED. Amongst the most notable of surprises has been the death of Baron de Reinath, one of those very much " wanted" in the PAIIIIME6 matter. There are four hypotheees with regard to his disappearance. The first is, that he died from natural (muses ; the second is, that he killed himself to escape prosecution ; the third is, that he was inurdered;because while he lived, the repu- tation of many honorable persons was in jeopardy and the fourth, that he is well and in the flesh, although he has been officially enlist& This last was actually put forward at a recent debate, which caused Minister Loubet to throw bis port- folio at the heads of the Government critics, and he took it so seriouely that he thought it necessary to explain that stones could not be placecrin a coffin inatead of a corpse without a " violation of principles." This reason appeared to the Chamber to be absolutely ludicrous, and the laughter that followed such an inopportune mention of " principles " was inunoderate. The commission had aeked for the baron's body; the Minister of Justice had refused It. The Chamber supported the Commis - hien, and the Government, for refastng to sanction the disinterment and dime:tam of a gummier, was placed in a minority. The commissioners are not eo sanguine as to sup- pose that a post-mortem examination will lead to the recovery of two millions of dol- ls" which, according to the evidence, had been placed at the disposal of BaronReinach by the Panama Company; but they think If the mystery surrounding hitt death or disappearance were cleared up, light might be thrown upon &lat. matters. • ItOW TUE PRESS 'WERE MUZZLED. Goodness only knows what became of all the motley, but it has transpired that at least one million dollars went to square the Paris daily papers and get them to crack up the canal scheme, and so delude the previa. ciels that it was a solid concern and thus persuade them to subscribe more funds to complete the work. At least twenty-five papers seem to have participated in the " muzzling," and these reeeived sums varying from $200,000 down. wards. It haa been a fine thing for the papers. A scathing article againet the canal had only to be set up in type and a proof sent to the canal office with a message saying it was going to appear the following morning, when an official promptly ap- peared on the scene with a cheque book tilled up and signed in blank with the en. quiry, • How much to keep it out." Re- criminations all around are very rife, and the next few days will doubtless have many more surprises in store. In the meantime Prance has no Ministry, and no politician is particularly keen on forming one, i. e., of the righb sort of men capable of doing credit to the Republic. reennene "BELL" OF THE PRENCIE NATION. Thom who believe the French capable of any uarighttiousbess will not be stirprised to hear that there is a place in their Nal tonal Library, officially known as "Hell." It is there the very went of publicatione are kept, thaw which tho Conservater M. Thierry-lioux—who, by the way, is not more equearnieh then he should bea-oon eiders it prudent to withhold from the gen- eral body of readers and students who make use of the library. Few peraone would !ewe suspeeted the existence of such a Mil leetion Were it rapt for a curious action that hiss been bought to obtain poseemion of a certelh nuenicer of these publications, which aro said to have been confiscated during tho Empire and, pub away into this store. Thd " Hell" of the National Library takeit up very little room ; but the nanie given to it is very appropriate, inasmuch as ,it is difil- cult for a book to come oat of it that halt once gene in. Ws a cane in ee hide the merit hackneyed question conernencieg " Flloilia dem:ensue eppliess The publications eolith are eonsideeed Befcre olosiog the doors of the Chateau de Ste. Croix de Parny, a delightful enter- tainment was given there, a few evenings since. The immense conversatory was bill - Haut with electric lights, the glare being softened by colored globes; the beauty of the scene was enhanced by the play of illuminated fountains. The splendid ball room is only separated from this 'floral home" by the decorative archways. The minuet was replaced by a quaint Melts ballet, in which twelve young girls. all dressed alike, executed some graceful figures; for the premiere clanseuse, a large wreath was suspended from the ceiling, attached to it were long ropes of flewers, of which each daneer held one. The wreath was, of course, rotatory, turning with the dancers and after ming fantastic evoln tions, they finiehed with a, swift and giddy whirl, stopping suddenly and fsliing into graoeful attitudee, whilst the wreath de- scended upon the head for which it was destined. The airy draperies of these lsdies were of white tulle, sprinkled with silver stare and spangles, a ruehe of silk blonde • edging the skirts, which were round and short enough to disclose to view the pink Wen shoes with sendale, over eilk stockioge of the setne hue starred with silver. The corselets were of piek satin, pointed back and front; in the hair large silver butterflies were worn. The- effeet with the reflected lights of the globes ami fountains was successfully fairylike. MADAME PIENRIOT, THE POPULAR ACTRESS. whilst awaiting attention. The 000 Pan' exeellence is Of ffeelekin, trimmed • with Astrachan 'or 'never; but other feneifuf coverings of velvet), plash and cloth alio find favor. jewelled (tellers and bangles) helm also been de mode fer some time emend these pampered aristocrats of dog land. WICKBE SOLOMON GOT UM GO/eie AND In the December Gaifornian Mae/Mine TWomaa Crawford Johoston develops his theory that the precious metals used in the cbiastiubtion of Solomon's temple at Serum. Ism were brought trom Mexico by tkte Phcenleiates. He does not even mention Rider Haggard's discovery of 'King Solo moan Mines" in Southern Attica, nor does he pay any attention to that circular wall surrounded by timber and underbrush Alleged to exist on 'the Zanzibar coast. He eeleoted from the dret book of Kings the statemeata that "all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold ; none were of silver ; it was nothing aceounted of in the days of Solomon," aud "For the king had at sea a navy of Thar ehish with the navy of Hiram ; once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, apes and peacocks. The Pheenicians had for a long time an overland traffic as far east as the mouth of the Indus, • When Solomon conquered from the Edomitee a port on the Red Sea, he and Hirsanbuiltships there suitable for commerce with India and Ceylon, whence the apes, ivory and peacocks could be obtained. Extending the voyages from Ceylon to Java and Sumatra, thence to Malgrave Island in Torres Strait, pro- ceeding to the Caroline Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Heppe in the Austral group, thence to Easter 'eland, and on to the coast of America at Mexico and Per, the Plecenis dans left their trams All these island and mainland points contain remains of sub- • structions identical with those found under the remnants of Solomon's temple, peculiar • to Phcenician architecture. All along the route, from Tyre and Sidon to Mexico, the custom of human sacrifices to Baal or Moloch was firmly established. The plan of produoing fire by the friction of pieces of wood is another item of identity. After giving figures to show the enormous production of sold and silver in Mexico, proving that it was a country capable of being the Ophir of Solomon's time, the author winds up with this synopsis of, his argument, further details of which must be ought in the article itself : First—We find a correspondence between the architectural remains in Mexico and those of Europe and Asia._, Second—We find that the details of this art are nota distinct type but composite, and the product of a variety of sourcee. Third—We segregates this composite art, and reduce it to its original sources. Fourth—We determine the nation, and the condition under which the amalgamation took place. rafth—We show that they were the only peo- elle capable of making this journey and this amalgamation. Sixth—We know that they made such journeys. Seventh —We thew a motive for these journ. ye. Eighth—We trace the course they pursued. Ninth—We determine from historic record the date at veld& the journey took place. • Tenth—And. show that the religious beliefeof bothwere identical, and consequently conclude that in con-equence of this and the other mat rem referred to, the Aztec Ives the product of Phcenlcian adventure and civilization. Genes qv. on respeete (those who are re- spected)—that clever psychological study which has so enshralled the audiences at the Gymnase—is now followed by a revival which, under the circumstances, bears a Dame extremely appropriate. LIM'S filk8 (their daughters), by Madame Henriot, who enacts the part of the "naughty lady," ,ehich she created at the Theatre Libre. She is rather pretty, with golden hair, slightly projecting eyes, an impertinent nose, and a mouth that knows hew to smile. She is tall, possessing a voluptuous figure, which Can only be corn - Lured to a ripe autumnal fruit. For a long Lime she meceie, played at the Gymnase the role of the maid - who brings in the letters on a tray. She then migrated to Russia. where she met with some little aliment, and on her return revealed herself at the Theatre lebre, where Antoine converted her into a true and passionate acbress. She puts her whole emit into her 3.arte, which she plays ree if she lelt them, her voice vibrating.with intense feelieg. She has just defended at the Gymeisse-the audacious dramatic study by Pierre Wolff, "Their Daughters." One of her peculiarities is that she has brought up her daughters even more strictly than the most scrupulous and bourgeoise mother." France is proud of her women peintere, and justly so. Jeanne Jacquemin, who de- lineates festive scenes and gorgeously - dressed " mondainea," is animated with a true idea of art, for in her painting there is an underlying pathos, a mystery—in a word, "out " tier face suggesta her mind and temperament. Her eyes have a vague, feverish look, and her pale face, under the golden bed of her locks. reminds you of one of them faces she hereelf exhibits at the club of the "BYMbOtiattE•" JEANETTE'S BOWER OF BLISS. Paled takes the palm as regards the luxury rife amongst her gilded celebrities. La belle Jeannette, a lady of historic fame —or, rether, one who has appropriated more hank notes than Itatrele—hes time arranged Iter bathroom : To begin with, the light fails through a large skylight formed of dark -blue. The bath itself is in pink ceysta.1, encireled with Milver, With Mope of the same metal Further, it le draped with costly 1Vialined lace. In her own room exotics predominate. The Alencon lace curtains of her bed are caught up with benchee of lace flowers, while gethsrids of the sante trim the head of the bedstead. noos' TAILORING A LA MODE. An industry at present flotrithing in Paris is dogs' dremmaking. An enterpris- ing Palmieri has started an atelier, where fanteetically.fashioned and bedizened mate are meole for these canine favbrites, 1.4oxn- tamely -furnished "salles" are provided with eomfertable lotingee for the ladies, .eoft cushione and raga beteg disposed for the fotuefooted customers to recline upon, Courted Iler With a Brass Band. Charley—I hear that your girl has gone back on you. Johnny—That's right. " What's the trouble ?" "She got mad because I courted her with a brass band." " Well, that was a peculiar method, but I should think she would have felt compli. mented rather than angry." "Oh, it wasn't musw. You see, I couldn't afford& gold engegement ring, so I got a brass or and shetound it out.° Get Rid of Nenraluhs. There is no use fooling with neuralgia. Ib is a disease that gives way only to the most powerful remedies. No remedy yet discovered has given the grand results that invariably attends the employment 'of Poison's Nerviline. Nerviline is a positive specific for all nerve poetise and ought to be kept on hand in every funny. Sold every- where, 25 cents a bottle. It Always Takes. Boggs—Don't you think I ought to make a great football player? Simmons—No ; you haven't gots-the phy sique. Boggs—That's very true, but I hew a, great shock of bair to hang over my eyes ae I emerge from the melee in front of the grand stand. And think how it would show up in the photograph of the team ! The Ladles Delighted. The pleasant, effect and the perfect eafety with whichladies may use the liquid fruit la'alive, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions make it their favorite remedy. It is pleasing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yeb effectual in acting on the kidneys, liver and bowel. eke Wanted That kind. "Oh, my friends there are some spec- tacles that a person never forgets 1' said a lecturer, after giving a gtopitte descrip tion of a terrible aceideeto he had wit - matted. ra like to know where they gets 'em,' remarked an eld lady in the audience who is alwas losing her glasses. No Evasion Necessary. In a prohibition town. "How do you evade the law?" was asked of a liquor dealer. " What law ?" "Why, the law forbidding the sale of My friend,. you don'b seem to under- stand that this la a prohibition State." stwfuily runny. ' Trotter—Great Cream, mati, but this le fine eigar I Barlow—Indeed it is—one of the box my wife got me for Christmas. charily Struck Out. "I think that long hours juitify a strike, said Charley Nairgo. " Did you observe," the said mildly that the clock stile* just now." The FIBI de Steele Small Boy. Mrs. Hicks—Do you believe in a really and truly Santa il0118? Dick Hicks—Of COONS I do, VC0.131111A. (Aside) I think it is too cruel for children to undeceive their parents in ouch matters. Wenn suffering from toethaehe uLi Gibbons' Toothache Gum. Sold by all druggists. Many a man who is so refined that he Will not take red wino with fob will ride up 12 stories in an elevator among ladies with his hat on. Christmas cards first cantle into fashion 10 1848. The Russians admit that they loet half a Innen men in the Crimean war. 1.14T.JOH AND LEAR/1NT. 4t HalijO $002. Qhin' adefsenfim'irttt too oeaveraellaellr'dtrow°11Tli° Are 01' error's purty livelY yeAIt0edhhee'r'sle‘aw' enatrit aiqs athtnien,ifIrillialai,t out, An' it's when I take at elienire My on banjo frum de wall. 'Bout de time de eight is fallin' 4 A n' no;b1no yye daily iyklii1811 Ilan see de s-ttire sun; Wheo de qedet, res'ful shedders Iti beguanixe jos' to fell, Don 1 take de little banjo Frane its place upon de wall. Den my femily gaddees roily.' me In die fedi& o' do light, HZ 11,,,rilee de strings to try 'ern Eedey all is tuned er tight, An' ib seems we're so nigh healien We kin hyeah de angels sing, When de =tele o' dat banjo Sets my cable all a -ring. An' my wife an' elide chillene Male an' female, email an' bag, Even,up to gray-haired granny, TiileIelnehjalebebodueneatytloedo?inaujige4, Ohange de naovement an' de titpo, An' de ring,he little banjo Plays en ol' heart -Yemen' Jaime. An' soinehew my tteoa.t its tholes, .an' a lurap keeps tryln to rise, Like it wanted to ketch de weber Dat was ilowin' eo3nY eyes. An' I feel dat I ould sorter Knock de socks clean off o' sin, As I hear my po' graeny Wicl her tremelbe voice eine in. Den we all Wow in our voices Fur to he'p de chime out, too, Like a big campmeetin' choir Tryin' to sing a moenah them, An' our th'oatei let out de music Sweet an' solemn, loud an' free, Till de rafters o' my cabin Echo wid de melody. 011 de music o' de banjo, Quick an' deblish—solemu, slow— IS de greates' joy an' solace Dat a weary slave kb know; 80,3es' let me hyeah it ringine Do' de chune be po' an rough, It's a pleasure, an' do pleasures 0' die life is few °rough. Now de blessed little angels "Up 1 heaben, we are told, Don't do othin' all der lifetime • 'Ceptba' to play on ha'ps o' gold ; Now I think heaben 'd be mo homelike • Ire we'd, hyeah some musics fall Frum a real old-fashioned banjo Like dat one upon de wall. First sister—Why don't you cry? Second sister --Can't. Left my embroidered hand- kerchief at home. It should never be called pin -money, for it has an ugly trick when placed inside our pooketl000k to never stiek. The tired faces of the Christmas shop- pers on our crowded streets are a sure sign that bappinees is being stored up for the holidays. First Girl—He said your hair was dyed. Second Girl—That is false. "1 told him it was false and he said that was worse •than dyeing its" Miss Madison --Strange your recital was not a emcees. The papers said that the audience went wild. Pederulasky—That meana they stampeded for the box-office. A small boy in a 13,001 lyn grammar school has furnished the latest infortnation about girls in a recent composition. "Girls is pretty and afraid of guns. They wear toe -rubbers and look at the eloude and my, Oh, how perfickly " He was not the kind husband he ought to be, and his wife frequently told him so. The other morning they were having a tiff. "By jove," he exclaimed, "you're the hardest woman to please I ever saw. I came in late and you found fault with me and told me I had better stay out all night, and when I did that you got worse and reeled more row than ever. What the mis- chief do vou want me to do ?" "Come in early," site said mildly. " Unner-er," ho stammered, "1 never thought of that." • The obstrusive female, with a feather boa about her neck, gave every article on the bargain counter a rigid scrutiny. She evinced no disposition to purchase any- thing until her eye fell on a ready-made gown with Inc trimmings. "1 rather like that," she reluctantly acknowledged. "Very swell indeed," urged the salesman with frabby cheeks. " Would become yon very well, madam. Imported fur, tailor- made, and—" An exclamation of impati- ence from the obtrusive female cut him short. "Can't take it," she snapped. "Exouse me, madam but may I at& why?" "Too mannish." And she threw the gar- ment petulantly from her. "11 there's anything I hate it's a woman who wears masouhue attire." "But,—in—what--" the salesman was speaking slowly in the hope of getting his second wind, respect It has two pockets." • Thereat she retired in good order and with conspicuous dignity. While women have figured among the • thousands of martyrs who have sacrificed • home, and even hfe, to a noble cause, there are few'if any, cases in which colored women have figured in that light. But one has now risen from among that race, and is now in Boston. She is Miss Ida B. Wells, whose home is Memphis, Tenn. She is the • Charlotte Corday of her people, who for the public good (so she conscientiously thought) assassivated the Manias of Memphis in a fiery, denunciatory editorial, condemning the barbaric lawleesnees of lynching in "The Free Speech," of which ehe was the editor. Like all martyrs to a cause, the torrent of her convictions swept away all eautionsness, and to day she is an exile from her home, and threatened with hang- ing or burning at the stake, should she re- turn in 20 years, by the lawless mob whom she denounoed in the "Free Speech." The salvation of the colored people of the South may yet come through a woman. The fair girl had promised to be his wife and he was more than proud of it, says the Detr oit Free Press. Possibly she was not, because he had only his money to recom- mend him. In any event, she had made him swear to keep it secret until she should tell him to divulge it. 16 might have been she had others on the string whom the wiehed to let down easy. Such things have happened. One week after he had given her his sacred word of honor she made a round of calls. When she came home she was anything but angelic in her temper. She said little, hoWever, for she knew he would be around in the evening. He did that seven times a week, and was thoraugly unhappy because it Wan not pos. Bible to rneke ib eight or tem When he islet her betimes ette was so frigid that he asked her if the register was not turned off. "Did you,' 8110 Baid, "tell your sister and several other people we were engaged ?" "Yes," he reeponded, heeite.tingly. Her face fluehed mid her lips rieteered with anger. She was about to fly d the handle, but she took a second though' Ife could eee the change and he felt reit med. a Par- don me," she eaid, "for almost forgetting myself. You only spoke the ()rah. We were engaged." And the emphasis she crowded uato the " eVere " broke his heart Into 575 plena. AforrizA, and espeolallr nursing mothert'5 need tbe strength.. enin eepport 044 help that coulee with Dr. Fiereee Wevoriterre.serin-- tion. It ,lessen* the pales xindbura done of ' elaild- bearkns„e, insureO s healthY, vigorous, • off spring', eint peomotes an abundant secretion of notuisfr. Merit on the part of the mother. It is au in -. i vgeratng tame made especially for women. . peefeetly harmless in any condition of the, female system, as it regulates and promotes, eelthe natural f unctions and never corsilictam. with titem. The "Prescription builds up, strengthens. and cures. In all the chronic weaknesses and, disorderthat Afflict women, it ieguarcteteed tO beth aefit or cure, or e mi oney s refunded. For every case of Catarrh which thee' &Mee not cor ,e the proprietors of Dr. $age's Cue. tarth Remedy agree to pay $500 in cash. Nbu're cured by its mild,poothing, clerme- ing, and, healing properties, or you're paid. CIIIIISTIOAS LONG AGO. As :"illob”. Burdette Ilementheril it a*t. nkightlY leePS it, Mod Of the Christmas( preeente in these deem were designed by the manufeseturers. for the hSngSng stockingt writes Robert J. Burclette in the Christmas number of The Lo.dies' .iirome Journal. Anything to big to go into a stocking had to go over to. somebody's birthday, In any family where there was more than one child, the old reliable "Noah's Ark " was alwaye looked, for. We hailed with acclamations of astonished recogaition, Noah and Mrs. Noah, Messieme and Mesdames Shen, 'tarn and Japhet. There was no way of telling the men and women apart; they were exactly alike; but the elephant and giraffe you could distinguish at a glance,. on account of the spots on the giraffe. So also the dog and the cow; be- cause the COW Was always white and blue, while the dog was mvariably plain blue. Within twenty-four hours after the landing on Ararat, the baby would have all the paint sucked of Sheet, Mink and the hired men, and the doctor would be sent for. The red monkey climbing a red stiok was another regular Christmas visitor. He wan highly esteemed as a light luncheon by the baby. It never seemed to affect the infant unpleasantly, to himself that is; although. the cloudy symphony in red andblue aboutc his innocent mouth was apb to make the, beholder shiver. But it made the monkey look sick. Then there was a soldier on a. box, with a inajonserieral's uniform beat- ing a drum. You turned a crank, the general lifted his sticks high in the air, and. something in the box made a noise as mucls. like a drum as a peal of thunder ie like at, piccolo. These things as toys were of ne great value, but as practical and useful object lessons they were beyond all price,„, on the minus side. Trttstly Miler Wants me to pay tip, Bilker—And mitie wants me to pay down. Trustly—What's the difference ? Jqilker— In one instance you can get the elothes ottt .0f the etore1 and in the other yeti caret. Froin the elawti of Death. Some surprising effects have been re- corded from the use of Miller's Emulsion or Cod Liver Oil in the most desperate came of consumption. When all other remedies have failed Miller's Emulsion nearly always succeeds. It is the beste kind of a flesh and blood maker, and has been used with marked ammo by the physicians in the Insane Asylum, Penitentiary. Hotel Dieu, and Generat Hospital in Kingston, Ont. In big bottles, 50c. and $1, at alt drug stores. An Eye for Business. Fool Woman (in railroad train on colt day)—Pardon me, sir, but this window. sticks. Won't you undertake to open It? Gentleman—With pleasure, madam. t am an undertaker by profession. refenoUom's Rheumatic Repellant. The fame of this greatest internal remedy has spread from ocean to ocean and to many distant points in the United Statea where it finds ready sale at advanced prices. Sold by wholesale druggists of Montreal. Toronto, Hamilton, London, Winnipeg, and. by retail druggists generally. Rev. Plink Plunk on Fear. De man dat se.vs he nebber wuz afraid oE anyt'ing, deah breddern, hez evidently nebber had de experience ob totin' his beat. gal arou.n' for de inspexthun an' criticism ob his female relashuns. Daum Experience Has convinced many that to use any of the substitutes offered for the only sure -pop and painless corn care is attended with danger. Get always and use none other thaa Putnam's Painleas Corn Extractor, et druggists. • Didn't Wake lip At All. Dr. Chargit—Did the baby wake upmuck in the night? Mr. Noopop (grimly)—It didn't wake up at all. It never went to sleep. • BUSINESS EDUCATION.—The most elegant, circular in Canada is published by ther Hamilton Business College, Hamilton, Ont Send for it. The Bombay., Sorosis, the first woman% club in India, Is keeping up its work under many difficultiee, and wads a petition thate the president of each woman's olub 10 America will send at least one letter a year with the catalogue of her club. Strawberries four inches in diameter have been grown in Oregon, near Colville, this - summer. SL,),,,co.larevorettipdkcoloa, !..:110tolv3plAttire broidery Silk, 20e. Sheet of dAzy StitchOs au& 4 p 0eb. of Faney Work with. every _order.- LADIES' ART CO., Brix 079,811. Louis. Mo. FREEDETEOrIVE 14TOIRIE4 Pa et 14 goods Worth $2, amt large 100-n. Pict e Book, thetwill swab+ putt. you on tee road to a handsome fortone. Smut silver, to pay postage. A. W. KINNEte . L., YARMOUTH, 11,8. COME TO GLAD WIN COUNTY, MICHIGAN esnd bya farmwhile fn&ischtap.Goo so:ellwaeredim!ieorormarkeote near at hated, sehools plentiful andgOodeocie Great opportunities for People With small means. Land sold on small mimed) down long time. Ten thousand acres to seleot from.. For parlettirmette4ieaddrosre ess ne Gladiolas mu,. FA M. id ACRES CLEARED 80'1'121' andg bath, 14 nobles trete rat road, for $1,400. AGENTS WANTED Por our faat-eelling Subecription Bookie Bilden and Albttrott. Send for °Iranian. Ad dress Wu. 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