Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1884 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24 Lbb

THE FRIARS CHRISTMAS

H. O. BLAKE. la the Convent ol St. Joseph, high above tie 1'lDChOU FlLSS, Fifty monies before the altar knelt to say the Chrintmaa mass: tow they knelt, but little cared they for the soletna words tney taid, AU their thought were on the dainties for the Carlstnia dinner spread. Much they murmured at the Abbot for his slow and measured drone; "Will be never clote the service?" 8nddealy A clearer tone JUrg above them: "For Ills coming, who to save a world irom sin l eft th j glory oi the heavens for the manger of au inn, 'Ja this mockery your welcome? 13 It thus you keep the day Blessed lot ever by the Christ-Child that on Mary's bosom lay? 70a feast while others famish? In the homes of want below Sfea are Marvin? find them feed them. For Ilia sake ariae and go!" Jtoted and rasocked from the convent City friars t-ck their way JJowcward tfcroucn the holy stillness of the blessed Christmas day; Bhick against the drifted snow-baxika showed their azures as they went, Alach they looked the bird of rapine on an evil trrs.nl bent. Xlrds of rescue, not of rapine, were the blackrobed brotbethood Ule the raven heaven-appointed to supply the prophet's food, JTo the needy and the dying gilts of life and strength they bore. Ia the homes of want dividing ail their cherished Christmas store. Uitcd and cassocked tip the mountain through the drin licht of day Climbed the fifty weary friars. Long and dreary was the way; At It end no Christmas dantlcs waited for them In the Hall. Uread and water formed their dinner. 01 their CbrUtmaa this was all. Bat tueir joy what heart can measure when above the Abbot's drone Ai be lad tbelr vesjjer service rang again that clearer tone: :Te are blesed in blessing others; whoso lendeth to the Lord Flaäetn here and mora hereafter his exceeding great reward. 'drift the Gift rewards true Eiving. lie is ever lond of them ,V7h.O with gifts of heart and service seek for nira in Bethlehem Ye Lave found him." Into silence died the lingering not', s away; In the Lahh the Abbot whispered: "Nunc pret amur let us pray." The "urrent. WIT AMU FLEAAATKT. TJamma, why is papa bald?" "I am his fourth wife, dariiDg." tin. Ingalla says that woman is a tilent power in the laud. That will be news to thousands of husbands. What do you want?" asked Tat 'NotaJcg," was the reply. "Then you'll find it in the jug where the whisky was." A Pennsylvania pirl has bet fifty kisaei Against a winter wrap on the election, and lost. Once in a great while we envy the lit Of another fellow's boots. A recent novel begins: ''She sat there si lently for some time " "We didn't read any further, for when a book Btsrts oat with a deliberate falsehood it annoys us. An Irishman, speaking cf a friend he met la the street, eaidj "fie h so much altered that I scarcely knew bim, I am thin and 70a are thin, hut be is thinner than the both ol us put together. When a Detroit girl wa3 recently kissed she exclaimed: "How coald yon!" "It will give me great pleasure to explain," said the young man, and he explained by rerepeating the operation. "Xo." raid an old maid, "I don't min a hu;ud Very IiiSCh. I have traiued my do to growl every time I feed him, ani I have just bonsht a clot hint:-store dummy that I can scold whan I feel like it," 4,I do hate to tee a woman work," said Gus to his wife. "I hare noticed that trait in your character; you always roll over in bed and torn your face to the wall when I get up to build the fire," was the tart reply. fc'aid a good sister in her testimony at a camp-meeting: "My husband opposed my coming to this -acred spot, bat I can truthfully say that in coming here I have received a blessing, and I know when I reach home -my hn&band will get a blessing." No one turned, to doubt her. Columbus Dispatch. ITrs, Bridget Farley, of Stratford, Conn., who is Over ose hundred and four years old, jocerUy visited a neighboring town on a ahoy; mg tour. There is probably no other otjott under the sun that would manes a woman of that age to venture so far from heme. Nothing out death will prevent a wouaa from going a -shopping. TaVag the hint. A young man walking down Broadway one evening, with a pretty and sentimental girl on his arm, passed a playbill in front of one of the theatres. .Looking at it. h gaid. "Would vou like to Dee 'How She Loves Him?' " "No, thanks," fhe responded with a blush; "I have seen it for pome time." The next month they were married. Troud mother "Do you know, my dear, I believe onr baby will be a singer, perhaps s great tenor like Brignoli or Campanini?" üired father "He Etrikea high C mjghty often, it that's what you mean." "Ye?, the tones are so sweet and shrill. I hope we will be eble to have his voice cultivated in Europe." "By Jove! good idea. Send him cow' Philadelphia Call. Charley wanted to give Clara a Christmas preeent, but he couldn't make up his mind what it should be ; so the next time he called he frankly told her the difficulty under which he was laboring. "Want to make me a present, Charley!" Clara Exclaimed, ia wellUisgnised astonibhment. "Why, Charley, you forget yourself." Charley took the hint and offered himself on the spot. "Say, Charles," said Mr. Buysell to his clerk, "if you'll buy a sealskin aacque for your wife I'll give you $25 toward the purchase." "I will do it," replied the clerk; bnt, Mr. Bcysell. why this barst of liberality?" "No liberality about it. my boy, If your wife comes out ia a sealskin, don't you we it will save me the expense of having to tray one for Mrs. Buysell." "How so?" "Why, you don't suppose ahe'd wear the aame'kind of clothes as my clerk's wife jweaxa, do your Cnicago News. Still baa a Chance, Slftltura.1 'Crusty old bachelor: "I hear 8mythais going to be rrarried next week. "No. it baa been postponed," "Bo the poor fellow has been granted reSpite. Toor devil, be may get off yet' Prood of III Wir. New York 8an. "Yes," said old Farmer Jones to a traveler who had stopped with him over nfiit, "I've jrot as good a wife as any cn in these parts, If I do say it." "I am not married myself," returned the traveler, "bat nevertheless I can appreciate the pride which a husband may take in a goon wife." "Why, tranper," went on the good old farmer earnestly, "I've known that woman to git up at four o'clock in the morula', xaiik sixteen cows, and git breakfast for twenty men, an' haye the hull thing done afore sunrise." "You don't say so," exclaimed the stranger. "Yes, sir, and not onct only, but week In an' week out, an' yen kin see as well as I kin that she ain't a strong woman, noto ur." That's What Made It Im Mad. Ephraim Peabody told this anecdote with, great reliah: He was at a 8wi.s railroad station, when, a email-sized, choleric, half-pay British office! with OLe leg was bopping ronnd and swearin s Timorously at hli courier for some neglect of duty. The xuan explained the matter

ccolly and respectfully; but the officer seemed to be in a greater rage than ever, and attracted unusual attention. At last his wife, a quiet person, said to him in a law tone: "ilj desr, don't you think you may be wrong yourself?" "I know I'm wrong," he shrieked with an oath, "and that's what makes me so mad."

A Story of Grover Cleveland. Gath I am glad bv this reference to tell a story of Governor Cleveland, which may now be regarded as a characteristic of the man. He had written to John Kelley, the famous "personal comfort" letter regarding Senator Grady, and turning to his private secretary, Daniel S. Lamont, he is said to have asked him: "Lamont, would you, as a good politician, write that letter?" "No, Governor," Faid Str. Lamont after reading it, "I would not" "Tben I can't be a good politician," responded Cleveland, "for I am going to forward it just as It is." And he did. 'Can't Ifave Iter." "Never marry but for love," said William Tenn, "but see that thou lovest what is lovely." Jobnathan Edwards, the great New England theologian, so heartily endorsed Penn's sentiment that he refused the hand of his own daughter to a young man who wished to marry her, because she was not "lovely." The yonth called upon Edwards at Stockbridge, where he was preachiog to Indians and writing his famous treaties on the "Will," and asked to be allowed to marry his daughter, "You can't have her," said the preacher. "But I love her." "No matter; you can't have her." 'But she loves me, too." "I eay you can't have her." "But I am well off and can support her." "You can't have her, I tell you.' "Why not, Mr. Edwards? What have you against me?" Nothing." Well, then, why can't I have Emily?" "Because I think you are a pretty decent sort of a young man; too good for her." "What? Mr. Edwards, what in the world do you mean?" "She's got a wicked temper, and you wouldn't be happy with her." But I thought she was a Christian?" "So she is young man, so she is. But before you have lived as long as I have, you'll tind nut that there are some people in this veer' J that the grace of God may get along wit tut you can't." KXUTTY I'KOIILOLS. tvx readers are invited to lomleh crlslcjü tals na, charades, riddles, rcbusoi and other "knotty problem." addressing all Communications relativ! to ti li department to Z.B. Chadboorn, Lew is to a, tfa'.ue. No. 10t". A Curious Ouart raped. In MaJapawiar he reMdea, a nd from the light of day he hides, That curious little quadruped, Of sloth like aspect, it is said, ills name ic just as droit aj be; It bss six letters, as we see. Or, in one sense, it has but taree; nd I asfcure you, sot in fan. That these are vowels, every one. EL30.MJ.K. Mo. 10 18 A Kindled Flame. sty colors first I bring to view, l.iki teaman brave ortoldicr truo, And then to second 1 begin, J.Ike politician, with nois-.ydln. Jfju tlc$c together, rishtiy turnine. Voll will find them literally "burnio?'." iL &. Nrs. No. 1040. A Numerical Pnzzle Jane was 1, 2 when 3, 4, 5 called, and C taw that ehe was greasy pleased. I mentally noted the 7, 8, 9, 10, as I thought I might find it upefnl should I wish to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (5, 7, 8, y, 10 Ler into a regard for him. ÜÜCLS Claudk. Ho, 1050. An TJblqultons Character. My home is in the country p'aces With the children running racs, In tneir innoceree p-r.rMtrc, In their mucin. f, I am hiding. Now with city crowds Cfmpetln)t, Calmly social call comp'etint;; In the classic halls of science. With Bcolaxs making close appliance. With them in their recitations. With them in their recreations: leading in their curiona dancing. Through their cajitheaica prancing. In the sanctum with the preaone; lu tbe schoolbouce with the teacher, hearth for me in all the.e places. Asa una me peeping in your laces. No. 1031. An Enigma. You see in my resplendent name Au actor lanklng bigb lu fame. Or, else, rerchauce, a prima donna. Whom all delight to praise and honor, Reverse me now, and you will find Pome actors of a different kind, W bo get no praise In poets' ver-ec. And olt are doomed to blows and curves. Wo. 1059. A Problem. A rectangular garden, 342 feet long by 210 feet wide, was surrounded by a ditch five feet and half an inch deep, dug within the rarcen lines, and the earth thrown out raised the remainder six inches. How wide was the ditch? As. Mo. 1053. An Anagram. Hence, Insensible roups 1 1 Fay," And let your betters come this way; Let them observe me close, and see If they can well decipher me. How wonderful are nature's wsys! How many mysteries meet our gazel Tbe thunder clouds that roil on high, Tbe stars that deck the azure skyHow little do we understand Of bat we eee to vast and prandl Tbe fcumtn intellect how small. Compared with nature's wonders all! It fails In power, it can not clasp urh knowledge in its feeble grasn. The Prise. The sender of the beet lot of answers to tbe 'Knotty Problems" of December will receive Stakeppeare's complete works, nicely bound in cloth and illustrated a very desirable pt.e. Each week's solutions should be forwarded within six days after the date of the Sentinel containing the puzzles answered. November's Award. The best lot of answers to the "Knotty Problems'' of November exceeding VO per cent, of the whole came from 1). A. Cloud, Indian a polls, and to him the prize is awarded. The other solvers who succeeded in reaching or exceeding 75 per cent, were Helen Wilson, Dora KB..CH.8, and Wena. As wer. 1033. Home-spun. 1034. 1, Spear, spare, pears, reaps, parse. 2, Mates, a stem, tames, steam, meats. 3, Gnus, guns, snag, sung. 1035. An olt naid. 103G. Paris, hfacon, Tekin, Canton, Teheran, Madison, Andoyer, Balem, Dover, Lyons, Concord, Lowell, Troy, Mobile, Saint Panl, Denver. 1007. A pinion. 1038. Augustus. lfti'J. AzazeL Crowning Infamy of Ills Lite. lAtianta Constitution. The crowning infamy of Mr. Blaine's life, if it were possible for anyone of his infamies to stand out from the others, is the manner of his dismissal of the libel suit apalcst tbe Indianapolis Sentinel. When the Sentinel met the slanderer of 0 rover Cleveland by showing that his own record needed clearing, Mr. Blaine rushed to the courts with a great show of indignation. He now withdraws the suit on the extraordinary ground thst there is no justice in Indiana courts. Buch vile accusations against the people of a State could bnty come from a man whose whole life is bat veneer.

TTASIIIXGTO. A Talk With Dr. I'.artlett Where thel?w President Will Worship Reverends Lindsay, Huntley and iiartletU

Wapiti jcGTox, Dec. 19. The announcement that President Cleveland ia to attend the New Ycrk Avenue Presbyterien Church, cf this city, düects attention just now to a trio of reverend gentlemen who are to do tne praying for this great Government in the ceit four vears. It is something of a stretch of imagination to assume that the present chaplains of House and 8enate are to do the praying for those bodies during the four years to come, yet it is pretty safe to assume that they are each eood for a two 3 ears' term in addition to the one they are cow enjoying, for they are popular with the members, end as there is no change in the politics of tbe r ext House or of the Senate in the next Congress, there is likely t be no change. Not that there are not plenty of applicants for these places. On the contrary there are numbers of reverend gentlemen watching them enviously at the present moment and wishing they might be so fortunate as to drop into this comfortable berth. True the position of chaplain only pays 900 per year, but when it is considered that the service only occupies about one and a half minutes per day, or in other words that the reverend gentlemen get the enug sum of about $5 a minute for their services, it is seen that the place is rather a desirable one. Indeed there is usually a good deal of rivalry for the places, and often as many as a dozen or more candidates. At the last election of officers of the House there were twenty-three candidates for cb&pl&in. The present occupant of that position, however, Hey. J. B. Lindsay, who Is rector of SL BSV. J. 8. LINDSAY. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown, had many warm friends In the city who electioneered stoutly for him. Numbers of ladie, among them the mistress of "Stuart Castle," Mrs. ex-Senator Stuart, worked industriously for him, driving about In their carriages and obtaining pledges from members to vote for him. At the Senate, the Chaplain, Rev. E. B. Huntley, is quite as popular, and it is therefore prettv safe to look to these, with Kev. W. A, I'artlett, as the triangular official prayer gauge of the next administration. The applications for pews at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church have been very numerous Bince the fact that Pseident Cleveland was to attend there became known. "It really mates little differpnee in our attendance, however," said the psEtcr, Iv. V A. IUrtlett, talking of the matter, ''for we have hac all the people we coutd accommodate all along, and might have had many more if we could have taken them. Every seat ha3 been taken, both on tbe floor and in the galleries, and that, too, with people of prominence here." "Do you find as many church members and church-goers in official life in Washington as you expected ?" was asked. Quite as many; more, indeed. I have beeH surprised and gratified since I came hereto Und so many Christian people in prominent places in official and social life. Why, do you know we hive rrominut Society people in oar caüach auä hieaibers ol Coneress who never miss a raver rceetbg? It's a fact. Often I have known Members pf Congress to come right from the House of Senate to the prayer-meeting, and ladies and gentlemen who are preminent in society t"Npe first t the prayer meeting before fo'wg out to evening entertainments hen they occur on prayer r.EV. K. B. HUNTLKY. meeting nights, going from the church home to drees for the reception or party or whatever takes their attention in tie later evening. As to the Sunday service, tbe church is filled with people prominent in public life, as are many others of the churches of the city. I speak more especially of our own because I know more of it We have had in the past year four cabinet officers and their families, several Justices of the Supreme Court, and as for army and Davy officers, Admirals and Generals, and others of prominence, the galleries are full of them, as of Congressmen and their familiee. Yes, I am more than gTatiii?d with the evidences of regard for Christianity araons the people who make and enforce the laws of tbe Nation." "Have the Presidents generally tweu church-goers or religions men. da you think?" "Yes. May of tbm have beenmeuibers of the church, fad nearly all attendants and believer in thtir doctrines. Washington was a OrTout T'umbT of the. Epieoopal Chnrch. r.rl hi pew is pointed out at the o'diUu i iit A lex an dris, where be used to attend. J.,;Teraon at tended St. John's Cnurch in Geoigctown, 0 whith Dr. Lindsay, the Chaplain of the House, is now rector. He is understood, however, to hav been rath er skeptical, haying imbibed seme of these views in his long experience abroad. John Adams, the third President, was, I believe, a Unitarian, a member of the chcrch. Madison attended the Episcopal Church, and was, I think, a communicant Monroe was also an attendant upon the Episcopal Church. John Quincy Adams wan a Unitarian, but attended the rreEBjitrian Church which stood on the spot where ours now stands, and was a trustee of the church during m part of his Presidential term. Jackson attended our church nntil the pastor, Mr. Campbell, refused to take Mrs. Eaton as a member. Van Buren attended the Episcopal Church. Harrison was a Presbyterian, as is his grand) a, tlie present Senator from Indiana, who fi a member of onr church. Tyler, Tayto-, Pillmore and Polk all attended the EpL3opal Church. Mr. Pierce was a constant attend ant upon o-r church, and was the only one of the Pr iidents who went to prayer meeting. He was quite regular in his attendance upon the evening prayer meetings. Buchanan attended our church, although not a member, and promised the pastor Dr. Ourley, that he would unite with the Cbnrch and give his attention to religious matters after retirinu from otfice, which promke be fiithloilj kept. Llncsb ana

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Johnson also both attended our church, takirg great interest in its work, though not members. Grant and Haves both attended the Methodist Church, Poundry, thangh not either of tbem members Garfield was.

as every body knows, a member of the Discip'e Church, and once a preacher in it, while tLe present occupant of the White Hons attecds the tptscopil service." "Whit about the etories floating about the country to tbe effect that you are a personal friend of President elect Cleveland, ana so bitter a Democrat that you refused to men tion Lincoln's name in your pulpit?'' There is not a word of truth in either," he smiled, "and I am glad t3 have the op portunity to deny the lat mentioned, at least. I have no recollf r ;- i of Grover BEY. W. A. BARTLETT. Cleveland, though I knew his family well, and was a bjy with his elder brother. Of course I did tee him, often, but I can not remember him at ail, as there was considerable dilference in our ages. As to the other story, it is absurdly untrue, and grows out of a communication written by some anonymous correspondent to one of the city papers complaining because In a sermon u;on W ashicgton I did not chance to mention tbe name cf Lincoln. Instead of being a bitter Democrat, as the story alleges, I am, and always have been, a Republican in sentiment, and should have v ted for Blaine at tbe last election if I bad had the opportunity. Though I don't suppose that fact will at all disturb the relations which are to exist between Mr. Cleveland and myself." Mr. iartletts observation regarding church goers and church members in public life is corroborated by talks with the chaplains of the Senate and House. "I am gratified to find so large a number of people in public life who are church members and church goers," said Ilev. 13. B. Huntley, the chaplain of the Senate and pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Church. "I find a strongly marked feeling of respect f jr religion as a motive power for good, among public men generally. Thf.ra are a number of church members, too, in the Seuate. Mr. Edmunds, the presiding oScer of the Seiiate, is au active member of the Ep'wrpal Church, a member of its General Assembly, and a devout man. He always says 'Amen' at the end of the orsyer, out loud, too. Senator Cofquitt is a Methodist, while his collegue, Senator Brown, u a Ceptish Senators Hampton and Butler, uf South Carolina, are, I am told, members of tbe Episcopal 'horch, as Is Senator Pendleton. Serator Logan is a Methodist." Chaplain L'.ndtay, of tbe Hons, finds his observation quite corresnonding with those of the gentlemen mentioned ab 3 re. Quite a largo percentage of the House membership he mentions ai members of churches, the fact having come incidentally to - his notice, in most raies, by the voluntary statement of the members themselves. "They often clme to me after the services at the opening of the House." he said. "and. talking of this or that subject, tell rue of their church connections. Yes, I find my connection with' the House a very pleasant oi;e, and the regard shown for Christianity very gratifying. Only a day or two ago I took a friend Into the gallery before the openiog services took place, and he told me afterward tost he was surprised to ee ihn indication cf respect and reverence from the Iarre number of members present. There are a good many active Chribti&a men among the members of the Houre. Mr. Hunt, of Louisiana, for instance, is a member of the Episcopal Church, and a'so a member of the General Convention; Mr. Breckenridge is a Presbyterian, having been, I understand, educated for the ministry ; Mr. Basley is a menv ber of the Episcopal Church; Mr. Buckner, of Missouri, is a Presbyterian; Mr. Brodhead is a member of the Episcopal Church, ai ia Governor Dorsheimer too; Mr. LeEevreis a Catholic; Governor Longa Unitarian; General King, cf Louisiana, an Episcopal; Mr. Mor.ey, It Missouri, a member of the D'.sciples' Cburcb, as is Mr. Willis, of Kentucky; Mr. Murray ij a Methodist; Mr. Maybury an Erh copal. "and a member of the Bishop's. fonscU; O'Hara, the. colored member. Vj a Catholic; Poland a Cüftgreg&UcftVust; Gen eral P.ofc.crans a Catholic; Randolph Tacker ference, and Mr. Wil-oJ, 0f West Virginia, an act;ve Baptist." Mr. Lindsay, who is rector of the Episcopal hnrch which the 6econd President of the United States, Jetterson, attended, carries with him to hU House seryices a considerable of the Episcopal forms, the prayers being each day selected from tbe collect and memorized for the opening service. He, of course, omits the surplice, bat fuide fron thio the service is in the church form, the two brief "collects" being followed by the Lord's Prayer and the brief benediction. Chf plain Huntley, of the Senate, who is a Methodist, follows no particular form, makitg his prayer brief. The number listening to ids openirg services in the Senate is nsnally small, compared with tboae in the House, where tbe attendance at the opening hocr usually reaches pretty nearly a hundred, while in the Senate it ia otten nomore than a dezen. Artm. CHRISTMAS OABOL. BV ASMS COGGSIIALL. Pang out, sweet chimes! King clear and loud! Teal forth, sweet Christmas b-jllt Tell us tbe old, old story again: "Glory to Gcd and good will toward men." Fill all the land with your melody sweet, and let Heaven come nearer to earth 011 this good Christmas time. Is there a heart not in unison with your music, dear Cnristmas lime? Time turns backward in its Sight at your rigning Bound, and again es a child we welcome the Christmas tide. Memory brings back the evergreens hung at the door, toe wreathes in the windows, the air heavy with incense of the woods, the crowded church, where the hum of voices seemed like the low murmur of the distant sea, the evergreens twined on chancel, pillar and. shrine, and the old, tweet story retold by the low-voioed priest, while the organs welled as in glad triumph with the lighting up of glad voices. "Sound the glad tidings, exultingly sing." How we rejoiced at the Christmas offerings, and how firm our belief in that good "Santa Claus," and his power to ride through tbe air and down the chimney to nil the stockin trs. Ah, ia there a soul so cynical as to sneer at the Christmas time?-the golden gala of youth? Why, I believed that the turkey at oar house ia demensions could not be surpassed in any lana or home. And each ulum-puddings! Buch merriment! Ah well! It ill comes back with the chimes. What a human tide parses along the brightly lighted streets to night,motf ot thtn laden with gifts for the loved ones. Tbe city is all bustle, stir and glitter. All seem bright and happy. Par away from the mad crowd, among peaceful bills and lowly valleys where tbe Frost King haDgs Lis snowy wreaths and icy garlands tnd writes with his frosty finger his Christmas record on the window pane, lights gleam out on the snowy earth. Lights from the homestead windows, lights to welcome tbe children home, and tbe brightest light learns from the window of "mother's room." Ah, her room; our mother's room! Where sitting at h feet we first heard thsitory,

a Presby U."iau fclder; Mr. bcaiea a lresby terian; Mr. .amner an Kplfcooal; Mr. Ynr.re a Method! and a member o? the Con

Her room, where in tb JffX?.; by the fiVelight, and JistaJ! .'8tnt Christmas chimes, we kneK f r bleeeitp. It is the brightest, bv1.11"5 00 memory's wall. In many a fax K-i!i0me tbe lights gleam out for the absent v llren. With pride the silverhalred motbff Ii08 for their coming. "Home for Chrijitv is flashed along the wire? J3 tbe farm-bouse, and a glad surprise fill? lb? mother's heart while a tear falls on the t sisgram in her trembling hands. The stars glitter and the earth is glorified, and the lights threw long, bright rays on tbe snowy path, and the mother's f ce is pressed to the window pane to catch the first glimpse of her loved, long absent ones. Joy to the mother, they are here! and thy seed heart is full of sweet pace. da rely Heaven ia nearer to earth for thee. "Christmas Eve!" Tbe wondrous Santa Claus come to the children with the. What visions of dolls, game, books, cjndies aid all sorts of goodies; drums, trumpets, whiatlee, with all scrts of squeaks and discordant blasts; and the wonderful Christmas tree with its brilliant lights, gay colors aid mysterious packages, some of which may contain tbe long wished for skates, or hucre jackknives. It is all enchantment, all the color of the rose tbe rainbow that spans their young lives. Not all the asony in the mancer, all the wonder of tbe story of the Star of Bethlehem, of the following and guiding of tbe wise men to the lowly cradle of the coming Kin; not all the sad beauty of the old, old, story can fully eatisfy the juvenile heart like these. But axe we not cniidren of a larger growth? In spite of the solemnity of the occasion, in spite of its deep and tender meaning tbe gifts and goodies and merry-making are all dear to us, children in heart as we are. Tben ring out merry Christmas chimes; fill the air with your joyous music. "Bound tbe glad tidings Messiah 1 King-' Weave the bright holly, tbe emblem of peace and good will. In every 8outhern home will tbe holly be twined, in every Northern home the hem look and pine, and beneath them all bleesings, peace and good will and fun and frolic. And then the Christmas stories. What a charm Dickens bss thrown around Christmas. Who has not felt contempt for old Scrooge who thought of Christmas only as "A time for paying bills without money," and that every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas'' on his lips "should be boiled in his own plumpnddinps, and buried with a 6take of holly run through his heart." And how startled Hcrocee must have been when he saw Marley's face on tho knocker of the door (for Marley was dead.) And yet we have pitied jioor Scroope for having been visited by p hosts cn Christmas Eve, when iu hw agony Le awoke thinking he was holdiBg the haod cf one of them, when Instead it wa his own bead post; it was that Christmas drrara that made tbe flinty hearted fellow a wiser and better man. How oar hearts have melted at the woes of old Toby. Poor old man ; so crushed by work aa i poverty that all he could hear in the Christmas chimes was a rejoicing at his misery, for all they said to hi oi was "Put 'em down, put 'em down facts and figures, facts and fignres, put 'em down, put 'em down." How the sorrows of Meg and Lilian have melted us to tears. Have we not all beard "The Cricket on ti e Hearth ? Ye?, the great master has made it so real that we hear the chirp, chirp, chirp, and tbe kettle's hum, hum, hum, and laughed at tbe race of the cricket and the kettle grown sober at the poor carrier's triah and laughed aain with Tilly fclowboy fallen in love with snnDy Dot, pitied John, despised Tackleton, and wept with Caleb and his blind daughter Bertha. Then the "Haunted Man." Haye we not all looked over our shoulder with fear, as we crept tremblingly up the stairs after hearing the etory? 80 masterly have all the Christmas tales been told : No master like Dickens ever sounded the breadth and depth of human nature its loves and hates, jovs and sorrows, smiles and tears. "And in its gravity from the darkness ef the paneled wall like life" hanga his face entwined with evergreen?, and below the words, "We will keep your memory green." In merry England the mistletoe will be hung ia ivied church and proud old hall, and on lowly cotta.ee walls. Kissing under tbe mistletoe wa? handed down to ns from our Saxon anceB'ers. In the feudal a?es the gathering and hanging of the mistletoe was performed with great solemnity. Holly

was first used by the early Christines at Rome and the Romans sent booths tf holly to express good wishes, and &re still following the good old customs; walle i de;k our dwellings with evergreens and weave our wreathes and garlands cur hearts go out to the jrjrs and ei&lted Jms wbo brought the 'glad tilings of "Pence and pood will toward roea" and wno uttered thoee morals that should be ergraven on every heart.' "Po unto others as yon would be done h." Mtihiuks e&rth's children come nearer to thi polden iu!e ft the Christmas time. We ffm to grow less selfish, lher9 is less of ' thine and mine"' and more of fel'owship and love. There is gootJ will towards men. But alas! ts over with tho merry tirre, and we sre Blavus scain to pride anu and selfishness. But the lowiy teache spirit Btill atideth with usetill, bringeth light, still calls to us "Come up higher." And the soft chimes to night fill our hearts with a geous p-ece ar d "good willtowaid all." lbdianspolis, Ind. tintuoious Drliui ljm. A WRit, p.iihy or humorous definition c"' tn fnrniebes happy illustration of the proverri3l brevity which is tbe tout of wit A boy once said that "dust is mud with the juice squeezed out" A fan, w Jearn from another juvenile Bonrcc, is "a thing to bruth warm oU with;" aad a monkey, "a small boy with a tail;" salt, "what makes your potatoes taste bad when you don't put anyon;" wakefulness ,"tyes all the time becoming unbuttoned;" and ice, "water that eiaid ont too Iste in the cold and went to E'eep." A schoolboy asked to de Sine the word "tob," whimpered out: "it means when a fellow don't mean to cry and it bursts out itself." A yaung3ter was asked to give his idea of the meaning of "respon eibility," so he said: "Well, supposing I had only two buttons on my trousers, and one came off, all the responsibility would rest on tne other button." A little six-year-old daughter of Harvey Bait of Monroe township, came home from school the other evening and triumphantly announced to Ler parents that she could spell "pup." Bhe was asked to spell the word and did so correctly. She was then requested tn spell "pig." 8he hesitated a moment and then, as a new idea seemed to strike her, glanced archly at her interrogator and said demurely: "Oh, I'm not in the pig class yet!'1 Delphi Times. noTHford'a Acid Fhoeptiat A 00D THUM. Dr. Adam MIMer, Chicago. IU., says: "I have recommended Horsford's Acid Phoshate to my patients, an J have received very avorable reports. It is one of the very few really valuable preparations now offered to the afiiicted. In a -practice of thirty-five years I have found a few good things, and this 1b one of them." Tonne Men I Bead This, The Yoltaio Belt Company, of Marshall, Mich., oner to send their celebrated ElectroYoltaio Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial tor thirty days, to tien ( young or old) adiicted with nervous debility, lrea of vitality and manhood, and aU kindred troubles. Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis and many other disease. ComElete restoration to health, vigor and manood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as thirty days' trial is allowed. Write them at once for Illustrated pamphlet free. FI TP All nts stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Kerve Ueatorer. No flu after fl.vt day's use. MarTelO'ia cures. Treatlxe and to trial bottle free to Pit Ca teal to Pr. khuq, tti Arx4 u, ?hUa fa.

DANGER FROM CATARRH.

That exceedingly disagreeable and very preval ent disease, catarrh, is caused by scrofulous taint ia the blood. Uood Sdrsparilla, by Its powerful purifying and vitalizing action upon the blood, epeedlly removes tbe cause, and thus efftcts a radical and permanent cure or catarrh. Those wkosuScr fiom its varlel symptoms nccomfortable flow trva the nose, ofloniive breath, rindna d bursting noises in the ears, swelling of the ro, parts of the throat, ncrroas urostration. etc should take Hood's fi&rtparilU and be cured. Tbe Uet Uedioino. "I have suffered with catarrh la ray Lead for years, and paid oat hundreds of dollars for medicines, but have heretofore received oaly temporary relief. I bcau to take flood's EarsaparlUa and now my catarrh is nearly cured, the weakness ofrxtybodyis all pone, my ar petite Is good in fact, I feel like another person. Ilood's &ara rarilla is the best medicine I have ever taken." IIks, A CcNSUGUAif, Providence, K. L

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Fold ty all druggists, fi ;1 six for J5,! Jlade oaly by C I. HOOD & VO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar. He Corners Her Again. Kentucky Slate JoumaLJ "Johnny, take the broom and go ont and sweep the leaves off the pavement" "Goggone the leaves! What makes 'em fall elast?" "The good Lord causes them to fall each year to remind ns that the end of our season of life is ever close at hand, and that we, too, must soon fall." "Well, when they come atafn in tbe eprin?, what is that to remind ns of?" "That's to remind us that if we are good we, like them, will bud out new and bright in paradise." "Yes, but then leaves don't bud out in paradise; they're j ist on the same old trees on our pavement, Accordin' to that, we outrht to bud out again down here where we fall off at" "Hurrv on out Don't stand there and talk so much." "Yes, that's a good way to pit out of It" A Valuable Medical Treat it. The edition for 18SÖ of the sterling Medici! Annual, knou as Hor.ietter'8 Almanac, is now ready, and may be obtained, free of cost, of druggists and general countrv aealera In all parti of tbe I'nitrd suits, JueaWo, a-id, iodeod, la every civilized portion of the Webtern Hemisphere. This almanac has been issned regularly at the commencement of every year for over OBoE.'ttiot a ctntury. It combines, with the soundest practical advice for the preservation ud restoration of health, a lare amount ol intercRUng aud amusing lifcbt reading, a od the calendar, astronomical CiIcuIetloLfc, chronological items, etc. are prepaied with trtatcare, and will be fomd entirely accurate. Ihelueof Ilostetter's Almtnac for 18-5 will probably be the largest edition of a meOical work ever published In any country. Ths Tropric-tors, Messrs. ilostetter A Smith. I'ltti-hur.', l'a., on receipt of a two-cent stmp, will forward a copy by mail to any person who can not procure one in his neighborhood. The five-year old eon of a family the oter day stood watching his baby brother, who was making a great noise over having bis face waehed. Tbe fellow at length exclaimed to the baby: "You think yu have lots of trouble, but you don't know anything about it Wait till you're big eaoush tj jret a lickin'. and then you'll see; won't be, mamma?' Pad treatment or stricture often complicates the disease and makes it difficult of cure. The worst and most inveterate caes speedily yield to our new and improved metbeds. Pamphlet references and terms sent for two three cnt stamps. World's Dispensary Medical A.ociaM-ti, liafftlo. N. Y. 1 a m k ' a .1 Hi Die formula ly which Visiter's Herb litters is compounded is over tuo hundred years old, end of German origin. The entire range cf proprietary medicines cannot produce a preparation th' cn Joys so ligh a reputation in community ivhcrs it is made as It . the lest remedy for Kidney cr.i Z-iiTr Vom plaints, Dyspepsia, Cramp in the Stomach, Indigestion, Malaria, Periodical Comjdaints, etc. As a Blood rurifier, it has no equal. It tones the system, strengthening, invigorating and giving new life. - .TheUt Juda njr. Lanraffc-r Co.. Tt, an alNO Jurist and an honored citizen, once wrote; "MieTycr'e Herb Bitters is very widely known, and has acquired a great reputation for medicinal and curative properties. I have used myself and in my family iievcral bottles, and I am tfcfiod that the reputation ia not tinmen ted." MISnLER TIEED BITTEES CO 525 Commerce St.. Philadelphia. Parker's Pleasant Worn Syrup Never Fails fc" SlJS SC Ö fv Webawii'adeap'weialtvorthis V'!-tf re-üett HOL for ÜOYS V "k: U f..r j,r. V mala C. r $ V-'. ,V l"'-iunj'fir,coniorl,( Yjt- ttomfi Myle. i" l Uiv Im t vea YSarwW' Immi timtwiP'.'ic. CM10 1 i-r-ilMM rrnrin 1 no niorü jvy if 11 ir tnt ro" ltrwed for ort'liar .J2-,h. a.r.J !U rve oO l tr r.-"t iti v. t-i.r N rrnH- no nnnlfTi" Any coaler 1 :.:-r.t r.'i a fair rwhtwili rotiürw what whkiv. t:v- Uvi n IriiL nii vhi will la permnnriil friert! .f Till". SOI.Aft TIP. Itfwirr of ImiinlMMi eai!-.t by iiAOitu neariy J-' Solar 'rip' t'-d'.H- 'f r:do-mrfc iJd "ion klbkbUi. V iäj. " iü J Ml U ou ff'la of vtch paU; flernidu Asthma Cure. Ntfvrr hih t'i ittst ic.rlv nln; the wyl violent attack, aurl insure c.nifi.rt:! l.- slc;. Used Viy irthal-Hinn, ihu n-a.iti4 r ivta c direct, reIjycs Oit vMTI, f..;i!;tatc free fipefl. 'ration. and effect. pjjrjCC ',!t:'c a" otcr retnelics f.nl UuillaW A tri.d w.U convince the most slf?it!C.il Li its ira:nnji:ite. ti:rei:t and nver failing clü."-i. Prv c. "--. arvl SI .OO. Trial p..:Lii;e jw- Of r.it Iiruftists or by mail, f.r namp. Out t!.i: ott 1 baaponltle remi-dy Mir the tio ritn-M ; b in tbouMuitia of rM ot th kUi.l and of l-ur nrttnn l)TbnClirinl. lnW1. pntrnn- i rtiT f.-iiJh tu ltl!Voj tht I wi 11 nl T W ( C iTTl. ES KM. h". t .lire! ' " tlh V A U17 A BLR THEATISKon HiUitirwMiit nffi-rrr. Owe xamil f. W. aXVia b äUrVl M.L'l rari t . V

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Serioaa consequences are liable to enine if ca tarrh U not attended to in season. Tbe dihcaae frequently destroys the -ose of fcnic'J and e!iui developes into trcnchitla or pulraouary cc2amp tion. Undoubtedly many caes of coritnMfoa originate In catarrh. Food1 j4nrrn'a enres catarrh, and tas even efToctcd rt-xerkatl; cjree of consumption itself. In iu .ef.y :.:rrs. a. book contauiiDi: naitiueuts of many cures by Hood's 8arsar.aril'.a wül he eut f.'ee to ali who send address to C, L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mg. Catarrh and Irnpu.ro Blood. "Hood's SartRparilia has It 11 me raore for catarrh and impure bood than riythicg else I ever used." A. Ball, PyracuBe, f Y. "I suffered three years with catarrh, and my general health was poor in consequence. When I took Hood'eSarsaparlila I found I had the right remedy, The catarrh U yicidics, as Hood's Sarsapari'la la cleansing my b.ood, and the funeral tone of my system is improving."' FaaNWasHBiaN, Uocieter, N. Y,

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