Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1897 — Page 9

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CHRISTMAS LULLABY.

Bylaw, my babe, bylow, 'tjJ '"s Here on thy mother's breast, V#: And, cuddled warm by her loving arm*

Droop down thy bead to rest— Poor, weary head, bo

filled with doabt

Of life and what it's all about!

Bylow, my babe, bylow. Curl tp in flower wiae Thy rosy feet and white limbs sweet,

My bod of paradiseDear, tender limbs, too frail to share The burden e'en which babes most bear I

Bylow, my babe, bylow, Let tired eyelids kiss, And from thy sight shot this world's light

And thy world's light from this— Lore radiant eyes, twin stars that shine Through darkling doubt with trust divinel

Bylow, my babe, bylow, So shone the star of love Long years ago, with guiding glow,

The newborn Christ above And found an answering heavenly ray Within the manger where he layt

Bylow, my babe, bylow, The star still rains its fire, And the Master mild in the heart of a child

Bids echoing flame aspire. And sphere and soul in concord sing, "The King is born, and love is king!"

MARION MILLS MILLKR.

UNCLE WILL'S GIFT.

A TRUE STORY RELATED BY H18 NEPHEW.

On Christmas day Undo William ceivetl a card inscribed as follows: tWillinm Bunting, Esq., debtor to his nephews Alexander and Fred "and to his nieces Norah and Dorothea, for money expended in his behalf 0 16

Undo William paid the money at once, bat ho wroto to say that ho should like to know how it happened that he owed us 16 cento. It was Alexander who had sent tho bill In—for a boy of

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WB SPENT THE ODD FOURTEEN CENTS ON A WHITE JAVA MOUSE, businesslike—and wo deputed him to answer Unclc William's letter. Ho did so. Be replied that tho 16 cents was tho sum •pent in excess of tho sum subscribed by Alexander, Fred, Norah and Dorothea for the purposo of giving Uncle William a Christmas present Then Uncle William wanted to know how, If this was tho case, It happened ho never got tho Christmas present from us. Alexander said that he did not feel Inclined to go into any further details Ho sont Undo William back tho bill properly receipted and a llttlo note to say that tho correspondence on this subject must now terminate.

Perhaps tho thing does seem a llttlo Strange, but tho explanation is perfectly simple, and I givo it. I am Norah, and Alexander and I arc twins. Tho other two are qulto young. It was I who first had the notion that wo ought to give Uncle William a Christmas present. When any of us has a notion, she or he calls a meeting of tho others. That was what I did.

I said that Undo William was always giving us presents and yet wo nover gave him anything. It was truo that ho had said nothing about it, but I was sure that he must have felt it. Christmas was now noar, and it would bo good opportunity for us

This was agreed, Alexander and I each contributed 80 oenta—16 cents more than Fred or Dorothea. Thus tho totnl sum was •1, for which a very good present might have been bought soinothing which would havo shown uncle overy fcimo ho looked at it that his nephews and nieces thought about him a good deal and tried to please him, even at some personal sacrifice to themselves. Wo did not decide what the presont was to bo at once, because Alexander said that would havo been grossly Irregular Wo vxsre to havo committee meetings every uay about It and discuss it thoroughly Fred was appointed treasurer of the fund He put It all In a waistcoat pocket and got me to sew the pocket up for him in case of accidents.

At the next meeting Dorothea suggesteduhnt we should buy chocolates (French) in|a box. It was objected that Uncle W \llam never ate chocolates. "No," said ithoa. "he doesn't, but ho sometimes them away. Then next time he to givo anybody any he wouldn't to buy them." Fred thought that It Would be dishonorable to give chocolates, and we agreed with him We then decided to buy a tobacco pouch, which certainly would have been a suitable present There are very few shops in our village, so

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that this was osnal and committees always had refreshments We were left with 64 cents to spend on the pouch. However, we found that we could get very good pouchcs for 50 cents each. 1 wanted to get a black one and Alexander wanted brown yet, but to take the votes of the whole) committee on it We spent the odd 14

tee meeting. Dorothea said that if Alexander and I had refreshments the rest of the committee ought to have them also. So we had chocolates—10 cents' worth. We agreed to purchase the black pouch. Fred suggested that there was just a possibility that

mouse. Alexander said that he would tel egraph about it, and did This was the telegram:

Usrcuc WILLIAM—Do you like white Java mouse Tame. Eats anything. ALUAIDEH.

In about an hour the answer came back Most certainly not. This caused us some consternation. It was thought better to go to town again on the morrow and sec if the man in the store would take back the mouse. In the meantime Fred's pocket was unpicked and the entire fund handed over to Alexander In order that he might reimburse himself Alexander said that he would keep accounts. and if- there was anything over be would got some very cheap present—perhaps a card. The pouch was. of course, now impossible

Ho and I went together as before. While we were having refreshments at the station he did bis accounts. "They don't come out very well," he said rather dolefully, "but perhaps we shall be taking the mouse back just when some one is wanting to give a quarter for a real Java one.

He felt in his coat pocket as he spoke, and then he looked moro doleful still. The mouse had escaped. during the journey The accounts wore thus: Expenses of first visit to town $0 86 White Java mouse 14 Chocolates..... 10 Telegram 2C Expenses of second visit 86

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"We aro 10 cents to the bad," I said, "and we haven't got .any present. The refreshments have come to so much this time." "All committees and delegates of committees havo refreshments," said Alexan dcr dictatorially. "It doesn't matter. I've paid the deficit so far, but Uncle William will havts to make it up. It's all his fault If he hadn't been there, we shouldn't have wanted to bo generous to him."

So we sent Uncle William the bill. He is still rather puzzled about it. Fred and Dorothea think tho thing was mlsman aged I don't No more does Alexander

CHRISTMAS AND CHESS.

Fiction and Fact Concerning the Origin ol the Game. Tho oldest gamo known is associated with tho season we now designate as holiday week According to the Brahmans. ohess was invented in the second age of the world, about the time of the shortest day of tho year, by the wife of Ravan, king ol Lauka, then capital of Ceylon, In order to furnish him with amusement by an imagery of war, it being supposed he was per sonally unablo to participate in its excitements and dangers while his chief city was closely besieged by an enemy.

Similarly the Chinesoannals relate thai an inventive mandarin, 3,000 years ago, whllo on a military expedition—when the sun shono tho fewest hours—whose labori ous offects undermined the endurance and esprit do corps of his soldiors, devised thr gamo of chess as an exercise which would at tho samo tliuo not only amuse but in splro them with martial ardor.

The oft told story of Palamedcs is but repetition of tho mandarin anecdote, onl.v that he was thon at tho siege of Troy and, presumably, had many "sparo moments'" during those weary ten years. But it is wholly impossible for chess olther to have had its beginning In the manner purported or to havo been accepted enthusiastically and intelligently by acamp of Ignorant, barbarous soldiery Like friendship, it must havo lioon "a plant of

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and in Its infancy represented tho attack* and stratagems of two or three opposing forces. These tales are fables—creations of tho fancy—while tho veritable history of the game may be divided into three epochs: (1) That of tho ancient Hindoo gamo called chaturanga, which is coeval with the most ancient period of Indian chronology and extends to the beginning of the fifteenth century (S) that lasting but 100 years, ending in the sixteenth cen tury, up to which time the moves and powers of tho chessmen remained principally as hi the chaturanga, though the men were ranked in two arm its instead of in four and two of the kings were trans formed into queens (3) the modem epoch in which the moves of tho quecii and of the bishop have been greatly ex tended and the privilege and practice of castling" has been introduced. The game has consequently undergone a gradual im provemen* 1\nd extension as skilled ex ponents have brought to bear upon it their Ingenuity and experience.

A UBKRT p. SOUTHWtCK

A ChrlntaUM Reinluisc«nc«. One of the most remarkable features of the siege of Paris in 1870 was the enormous Increase in the appetites of the citi•ens of that unhappy city The author of "France In the Nineteenth Century," who was a witness of the scenes she describes, wrote: "Thinking about food stimulated the craving for it, and before the end of the year there were serious apprehensions of famine. Christmas day of that sad year Mune at lost and New Year's day, the great and Joyful fete in al) French families. A few confectioners kept their stores open and a few boxes of bonbon* were •old, but presents of potatoes or small packages of coffee were by this time more acceptable gift®."

Nothing during tho holiday season was plentiful In Purls bat champagne and Galman's mustard The rows upon rows of the last named article in the otherwise empty windows of the groceries reminded Englishmen and Americans alike at Qrumio's cruel offer to Katharine of the mustard without the beef. since she could not have the beef with the mustard.

The following Is the bill of fore of adin-

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that Christmas day.

JUexa&Asr and I took the train mart aftap-l "Scmp from harm tmsat. Mince erf cat noon to a larger town, In order to bur the Shoulder of dog, with tomato aaaee. Jugpouch. Alexander was to pay everything ged oat, with mushroom*. Roast donkey and to be retmbamd out of the fund. and potato** Rata, peas and eatery. Mioe

Tt» two return tickets wwe SO oenta, on tout Plum podding." and we had retnshmenta at the station It seem* most too rtdiculow for baUat, which came to ie oenta. Alaxandeaaaid bat the msmu la genuine.

THE SOUVENIR CRAZE.

Suggestions For Decorating Odd Pieces of CHINIU The souvenir spoon now has a cup to stir about in. The craze for souvenir

So we decidcd not to^ buy cither| jjas devastated the east, especially the older towns which can' point to STStwhto that have figured in history and Uncle William would like it. The man In are eligible, therefore, to figure on chocothe store said that people often came in late pots or ice cream dishes. Much of offering as much as 25 cents each for mice it is pretty and artistic. The prevailing of that particular kind. When we got! style is a fine white ware with gold decback—tho mouse traveled in Alexander's oration or with delicate color work in pocket—we at once held another commit- gower gpinyg or garlands. The souvenir pictures are reproduced in black and

white on the different pieces by a pho tographic process. Souvenir china varies greatly in bean ty and value, according to the skill displayed in taking the original photo-

Uncle William would not^ care about the graphs. The favorite subjects are houses where notable people were born or where interesting things have happened. f?ow, as all houses are not built with a view to composing well in pho tographs and as some photographers focus by preference on the barest surfaces and uiost unlovely sky lines it often happens that one leaves soup in the bottom of one's plate for fear of uncovering a thing distressing. Landscapes are not much used on souvenir china. A gorge, a glen, a waterfall or a lover's leap is a local asset, but of less consequence than a colonial or Revolutionary building.

Scenery does not show up on a cracker jar or a salad bowl as does a house, and on an average it offers less to talk about.

For the wise housewife has always in mind while choosing her souvenirs of summer resorts or-places visited the assistance each piece can render in breaking the ice of conversation. The objeot of her collecting is, for example, the completion of an afternoon tea service made up of odd pieces, each from a different place and each carrying a picture that tells a story. Ice cream sets, after dinner coffee sets and berry sets are favorites. Any sort of dish is sought that can play its part in ploa^nt,informal entertaining.

Ideal pieces in this respect are the teapots and the cups and saucers that come from the old town of Danvers, Mass., and that show the house of the gam breV roof whose legend Lucy Larcom wove into a poem. In the days of the Boston tea party a certain patriot forbade his wife to drink tea in his house. She called her gossips together, and they drank tea on the roof with double enjoyment. Such a tale starts off an afternoon tea very comfortably.

Few women pass through Salem, Mass., without bringing away a cake plate that shows the "witoh house," or the Rogei* Williams house, or the house where Hawthorne was born, or the one he immortalized as the "house of the seven gables." The women of Concord remember Emerson's question, "What is pie for?'' and buy pie plates with his face or his house for ornament. Plymouth, Marblehead, New Bedford, every town in fact with a history is oon tributing to the decoration of the American woman'8 tea table.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, DECEMBER 18, 1897.

ELIZA P. HEATON.

A Sponge Bag.

A useful article for the traveler is a waterproof bag for holding the bath sponge. It is a very simple thing, but, like many trifles, adds much to one's convenience.

The one shown is of heavy old blue linen. Cut a strip 20 inches by 6 in size. On this outline with white linen floss a design like or similar to the one

given. Fold the linen in two and seam to within eight inches of the top, whioh should be turned in to form a hem two inches wide. Tift outside and lining, which is of waterproof cloth, are made separately, then placed together with seams inside. Make a wide casing at top where hem terminates, and throtgh this run white linen tapes. Thin rubber may be substituted for waterproof oloth as a lining if preferred.

MART EARLK.

NOTES ABOUT WOMEN,

The recent elections for the London school board resulted in the choice of eight women members instead of the four who formerly belonged to it So the world moves.

When yon are at a club meeting, keep perfectly calm and sweet tempered. Don't open your month till yon are sure yon are in order, parliamentary speak* ing. and not then unless you have something weighty cr at least witty to say. The flippant, half spiteful way some women have of speaking np in olub meetings, often interrupting one another, is ruinous both to good feeling and good order.

Miss J&ney Ooerd, a well known young Pittsburg journalist, has done what hundreds more women should do —gone into business for herself. She has become editor and proprietor of the Sewickly Valley, a handsome weekly paper devoted specially to local interests in Sewickly, a beautiful suburb at Pittsburg. Her undertaking will raooeed brilliantly.

The occupati»s In which women mostly engage are crowded to deathThere are 10 stenographers for every place, 10 newspaper writers to each vacancy. These nearly all write well# loo, though not one in 50 has genius. tJnder the otnaam stances the best thing girls entering the field erf labor oaa do is to find something different.

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For Picture Frames and Mouldings see R. L. Alder & Bro., 509 Ohio street.

Grand Raffle at Alex Sandi son's, 677 Main street, on next Thursday and Friday evenings, December 23 and 24.

Tel. 428.

•Wilvert, 713 and 1115 Wabash avenue, manufactures all his Christmas confections. Thev are all pure.

After a while you will learn that "The Modern" is the only place to have your pictures framed, for we are up to date.

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Queen & Crescent Route, only hours Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Superb trains.

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CHRISTMAS CIGARS

Finest line of

MEERSCHAUM PIPES

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BRIER PIPES

Gold arid Silver Mounted, with GenutnV Amber Mouthpieces, at rery low prices..

LBOMANN

622 Main Street

Mr. ft Mrs. Hear? Kstzealwcfc,

Funeral Directors

And Enbalmers, Livery and Boarding Stable. All calls promptly attended to. Office ooen day and night. Telephone 210 S&. 19-95 N. Third street.

J8AAC BALL A SON, FTJNERAL DIRECTORS,

GOT. Third and Cheery streota, Tcrre Hante Ind., are prepared to execute all order* is their line wltfineatness and dispatch.

Embalming a Specialty. ______

N. HICKMAN, TTlSriDKTaTJLKIES. MM Main Street. AU calls will receive the nost caxefol attention. Open day and ntjebt.

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What more suitable for a Christmas presentacceptable—than a selection frornjhe following line of Wi^gffg handsome Holiday Gooods: *1

DIAMONDS, looSy6fi up. WATCHES, all kinds, all prices-fS.SO up. A fine line of Clocks Beautiful display of Jewelry

Rich American CufClass Exquisite Hand-Painted Pottery fi| Florentine Bronze Busts and

Statuary

l|§f Sterling Silver Novelties Spectacles Opera Classes

Pocket Books Mirrors Knives, ,,

v. stick Pins, Combs, Etc..

Holiday Goods were never so reasonable in price or so attractive in appearance. We will be glad to have you call and examine. Open evenings until Christmas.

J. M. BIGW00D

607 Main Street.

LANCASTER BLOCK COAL CO.

Miners and Shippers of Superior

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K/XSrD'REW, Manager, 921 Wabash Ave.

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Fills your Prescriptions accurately and at reasonable prices. Also handles Christmas Novelties in PERFUMES AND CIGARS Third Street and Washington Avenue.

Jpliri Kickler

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Fine Whiskies, Cigars, Etc.

SPECIAL OFFER of High-Grade Champagne at 50 „cents per bottle.

HO South Fourth Street

Your Ghilstmas Dinner

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MORTON T.aHIDDEN

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We carry a full line of Drugs, Medicines, Proprietary Articles, Cigars, Etc., Making a specialty of CHRISTBffAS CANDIES.f The finest goods at the most reasonable prices, iti

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