PHANTOMS OF CHRISTMAS MORN.
In tlic mail of the merry inomluff.
When the red burns through tno amy,
And the wintry world Uo waiting
For the glory of Iho day,
Then vo henr a fitful niKhl'iff
Just without upon the stair,
Sen two white phantom coming,
Catch the gleam of minny hair.
Are they Christmas fairies stealing
Rows of little socks to nil?
Aro they unRels floatlnrr hlthur
With their mcssngo of good will?
What sweet dpvll Uiew cIvoh aro weaving.
As like lurk they chirp ami sing:
In It palms of pence from heuvoil
That theso lovely spirits bring?
Itosy foot upon the threshold,
KriRbr fiiri'H ixeplng ihroiiKli,
With the first led ruy of surwhlne,
Cfinnllni; cherubs coni In vlw;
Mistletoe and RlmmlnK holly!
Symbols of blessed day.
In their chubby hnndn they enrry,
Streaming ull along the way.
WW I w know them, never wcury
Of this Innocent Mirprteoi
Whiting, watching, listening alwny.
With lull l.irt and tender eyjs,
While our little hounshohl niiRelu,
White and golden In thn .sun,
Greet us with the sweet old welcome,
"Mcrr- Chi 1st rna. ecry one!"
I His Rcvcmgci
I A CKrhlma.a Slory
It was Chrlsitnaa Evo that yoar
when John Maxwell went uway to
make lilti mnrk In this worlil. Alien
Tower wan Just eighteen. They had
been lovorH for a few years and were
now engaged. Something that Mho had
aald to him about tho quality of tho
present ho brought to her on Christ
mas Evo planed him. "Two yonrs
from now," ho wild, "I will como back
to claim you, Then I will bo a rich
man." These had boon John Max
well's lust words; and thcro bad been
n fire In his eye, and cortaln lines of
determination ubotit bin mouth which
augured that ho would mako them
good. Hut tho two years had passed
and six months moro nnd Alleo hnd
heard no word.
Sitting under tho old npplo treo ono
warm May afternoon, alio Idly won
dered whether his Hlloneo gavo her
pain or pleasure. When John had bid
den hor good-by tho thought of bin re
turn had boon tho .sustaining power
In tho moment of his departure.
Though sho had shod bitter tears over
tho story of hlu many failures; though
oho had received with gladness tho
knowlodgc of his first successes;
though sho had onco wnttcd with lin
patlonco for lotters that did not como,
sho. now felt It to bo almost n relief
nay, qulto for two yoars Is a long,
long tlmo, and" Alleo felt that In two
years uho had grown old not only In
yeara but In oxporlonco. Did It not
mako tho difference between eighteen
nnd twonty? Surely, when ono hud
loft their toons bohlnd them It was
tlmo to learn wisdom.
Ah! Alleo would not whisper to her
own thoughts that there had boon nn
othor teacher; that not so oasy would
huvo been tho lesson of forgctfulnosn
had not anothor lesson boon conned In
Us Btcnil, It was nil a bewildering
maze In tho Uttlo head under tho
masses of rich brown halt, with just
a glint of red among them us tho buu
gnvo them itu farowoll Ulss.
But a brighter red rtolo Into tho
roundod check na n well-known Btop
drew nearer, nnd a shadow for which
tho npplo trees wcro not responsible
was thrown beside hers.
."Good availing, MIbb Alleo," said a
choory votco. "I thought that I should
find you here. Tho evening Is too
lovoly for Indoor Ilfo."
Yea," sho answered, ''It Is very
lovoly,
"As It should bo," ho added, In low
er, moro Improsalvo tones, "to grace
your prosenco. Alleo," ho continued
throwing himself on tho ground bo
nldo hor, "ahnll I toll you why I am
8.o,(glad to find you hero? Decauao It
Booms tho moot fitting pluco to tell
you sumothlng olso, which, though
you must nlroiuly know, It la fit thnt
I should put Into words. They aro
poor words, darling. I am not versed
In eloquence; and oven woro I, horo
eloquence might stammer. Uut they
aro words old as tho world Itself. 'I
lovo you;' I havo but ono hopo In life,
and that Ib, that you will shnro It. It
la not much that I can offer you, doar.
I'orlmpa I should aay wait, before I
tiko you from your comfortablo homo.
But yet, why should I. If you love
mo, you will stand bravely by my side,
and wc will shnro whatever storms
Ilfo may huvo In atom for ua, na wo
charo Its Bimahl'i?. Al'co, what Is
your nnawet ? Will you bo my wlfoY"
Ah, It had como at Just. Onco tho
girl had trlod to check tho torrent of
Lis word, Ho had tut caught tho Ut
tlo, detaining hand In hla own strong
palm and hold It tlihtly, Tho small
heat" had drooped lower, A tihorr.
gasping sob was In hor throat, lettlnn
no word find lta way thoro. What
.was Biiq to uo7 Two yoara ago alio
had glvon another promise; two vctuu
of toll and hcmoslcknesa hnd Leaii
endured for her imlco; but for al:c
inontliH rfho had hoard nothing. Per
Jmpi' John I ud forgotten her- ,vi ah,
fihu had almost added, "as alio hnd'
torgotton htm." But of John. n.tnt
Dexter know nothing, and Dent Dox
tor she loved, So It was, that whon,
unit wonuaring ui nor long allonco ho
'ugam :vpwed hla question, sh slnm
ly ralsta to him tho uwoet, fair face,
and contci't with what he read thoro.
he atoopod nnd protsod hla fl- klsa
upon tho young red lips.
Curiously enough, their wedding
day was sot for ChrlatmnB Day, tha
third anniversary of Johu MuxwoU'a
J eavo-taking. Dent wanted tho ovent
y fixed for a nearer date. Alleo wan
' perslHtent. Porhupa alio had a apeclal
reason for fixing tho tlmo so far
ahead. Poor John Maxwell! Maybe
sho thought of him.
In alt these wcoks sho iiad told him
nothing of John. Somehow alio could
not gather courngo to framo tho
rrorda. And John hnd forgotten her.
Ho would never know, It wob better1
that ho should not Lovo Ib ever
jealous, and ho might upbraid her, or
think oven whllo ho had won hor that
alio might prove Inconstant to him as
to her first lo.pr. Some day when
sho was his wife, hla very own, 3ho
would whisper tho story Into his car,
and then they would bury poor John
together.
Romobody hns sold It was bad luck
for a brldo to don her wedding drcsa
before tho wedding day. It was nil
nonsonsc, Alice thought, as later, alio
stood before her mirror nnd saw re
flected thero her own form clad In Its
white sllkon robes.
Poor John! Sho wished she had not
thought of him, as sho atood In hor
wedding dress. Tho nlr was very
heavy tonight. It was this which op
pressed hor so.
"Como In," Bho called to tho knock
at her door.
The littlo maid entered.
"Oh, Mlsa Alice! law, Mlas, how
beautiful you do look. Tho gcntlo-
innn Is downstairs and wants to boo
you Immediate, Miss."
Tho gcntlemnn! Of courao nlio
meant Dent. Sho hnd a great mind
to run down Just ns sho was, to hear
If he would echo tho Uttlo muld'a ver
dict, and say that he, too, thought her
beautiful, Tho Impulse of vanity wn
not to bo reslsed, nnd gathering up
her sllkon skirts sho ran lightly down
tho stairs. The room was In shadow,
tho large, old-fnshloncd lamp on the
tnblo burning dimly; but sitting in a
corner on the sofa she saw a manV
form, a man who roso impetuously to
hla feet ns sho entered.
With a mnllo upon her lips nnd In
her eyes, and a bright spot of acarlet
In her checks, alio tripped across tho
floor nnd turned the lamp so that lta
light streamed full upon her, then
looked up into Dent's faco to son thn
look of love and admiration gathering
thoro looked to find It not Dent, but
noma ono who, for n momont, aoeirrfd
n strnngor somo ono whoso faco was
bronzed nnd bonrded, but with a
strange pallor gathering on It as ho
looked In vain for tho words of lovo
and recognition which did not come
looked from hor own paling faco, from
tho dying spota of scarlet In hor
chock, to tho silken train which
wopt tho floor In lta purity, and the
orango flowors sho hnd fastened In her
breast. Yes, she know him now: It
was John, como homo to claim her
for his vory own. Hla volco was very
hoarsa when ho spoko.
"I came for my brldo," ho said. "Is
sho hefo7 Is this dress for mo "
"Havo pity," sho walled, In nnBWor.
"Two yeara were audi a long while.
Ior six months I had not heard. I
thought you woro dead, or had forgot
ten mo"
"Men do not forgot." ho answered.
"Wo leavo that to tho womon who un
do us. Six monthol And It aoomnd
to you n long, tlmo to wait. Child, do
you know what I havo endured for
tho reward of this moment? What
waa hungor, toll, privation, homoslck
ncsa to mo? I almost wolcomod them,
for over bohlnd then nil watt thn
thought that all woro for you, for tho
nay winch wan slowly, slowly creeping
on, whon I might stand beforo you
and say: 'Alleo, I havo proved my
lovo with a price. You mnv nccnnt IK
darling, without fenr. It hna boon
purlflod through fire.' And whon. six
months ngo, my crowning Biicccaa
camo, I started in search of you; but
mo long hardships had dono their
work. For-montha I was at Death's
door, unablo to write, or to lot othori
wiito. Then, whon I grow Btronger
I said: 'I will wait until I enn no to
iter.' You woro aholtereod. Mirnii fm-
happy ayo, I waa so mnd aa to thlmr
praying for mo I even thanked God
that your prayeru hud rcatorod my Ilfo
and roaBon. I am aa tho mnn who
tolled nil hla Ilfo in search of a gilt-
toring diamond, and whon at lonirth
ho picked It up triumphant, ho dlscov-
ereu u to uo a plcco of shining glass."
"John, John! Forgive mo," she
pleaded, clinging with both hnnds to
hla arm, her faco upturned in lta pal"
beauty to hla. I loved you then. Dn
llovo me, I loved you then."
Through tho open window atolo her
worda, parnlyalng tho form of nn un
soon llatenor, who hnd at that momont
appeared upon tho scene. What did it
mean? Ho heard not tho mnn'a nnaworlng
words "Forglvo you? Novor!" but
saw only his laat, mud, pa8slonato om
braco na ho snatched hor unresisting
form In his arms and covored hor fnco
with kisses which scorned hnlf hatred
and half lovo, then released her nnd
wont out Into tho night.
Tho next dny a Uttlo note was put
into John Maxwell's hand, nnc as ho
tore It open, tho strong man tromblod
like a child. Ho had grown culmor
slnco tho night provloua, though nil
tho Joy and lightness' had died out of
his life.
"You have had your revetife," sho
wrote. "The man I was to marry saw
you take mo In your urms, mA heard
mo say that 1 had loved you. Perhaps
1 deserved my punishment, hut It Is very
hitter. You loft mo two years. If you
hud loved mo you would not havo done
so. I wus a child, uud 1 forgot voU uud
learned to lovo another. I. no longer
ask you to torsive me. slneo you huvo
wreuked. upon mo your rovengo."
Hla own Ilfo utrotehed bnro and
blank and desolnto beforo him. For
u momont ho felt n wild Joy thnt bo
hcrB might prove. Tho noxt, uftor n
brtof BtruccJc, hla manhood con
quered. Hla rovongo ahould bo some
thing nobler than n girl's wrecked Ilfo
something which, after long nnd
lonely years, ho might recall without
a blush of shanio.
Dent Dexter was alone In tho cot
tage ho had prepared for his brldo
alttlng with bowed head, when John
Maxwell sought him out. Tho Inter,
view between them was very brief;
but for nn Instant, as they parted,
their hands met In n long, silent clasp.
Ono man had given happiness one
hod renounced It, So tho wedding
dny was not nostnnned. "hut Alice's
flntrnra ttnm1t1n.1 nn r1,n nnnln fntnnnil 1
her wedding dress, and tears dimmed
hor oyeu aa sho bent to fasten the
orango blossoms In her breast on
Chrl3tmnf? Kvo.
Sho know that Dent had takon her
back to his heart and home, that Home
how all had been explained to him;
but qulto how It all happened bIic
never know until, a yenr lator, hci
husband bent over hor where sho lay
with her baby boy sleeping on her
breast, and told hor all tho Btory, end
ing with a proud glance at tho child.
"Ho gavo us our happiness, 'darling.
Wo will nnmo our boy nftor tho man
who wreaked on us such a revenge."
CHARLES DICKENS' "CAROL".
TreineiidoiK Work DonA by tlio Antlioi
In I.ojk Tlinu Tno Months.
Pre-eminent among Christmas
hooka may bo placed tho "Christmas
Carol" of .Charles Dickens, which hat
always ranked among tho most pop
ular of his works. Jtaroly has a book
which mado so great nn effect nnd
took so hlh'h a placo in public favot
been produced under circumstances of
audi high prcsBitro and In bo short n
spaco of tlmo. Tho "ghost of an Idea,"
which, as Charles Dickens said In his
profaco, gavo birth to "thla ghostly
Uttlo book," camo to him during n
visit to Manchester In Optobor, 1843,
nnd tho story was completed before
tho nnd of November, tho tlmo avatla
blo for lta composition bolng such
spnro hours as woro not actually
needed for tho two numbers of "Mar
tin Chuzzlowlt," then In progress. U
was n tremendous pleco of work, and
wns not without a remarkablo effect
upon its author, young and vigorous
as ha was.
Writing to Professor Felton nfter
tho book was published, ho said:
"Over which 'Christmas Carol' Charles
Dickens wopt and laughed, and wopt
again, and excited himself in a most
extraordinary manner in tho composi
tion; nnd thinking whoreon ho walked
about tho black streets of London fif
teen and twonty miles many a night
whon nil tho sobor folks hnd gono to
bed. To keop tho 'Chuzzlo
wlt' going and to do this Uttlo book
in tho odd tlmo betweon two pnrta of
it waa protty tight work."
Tim ClirUtinas Pudding.
i'rovldont housewives aro now pre
paring their Christmas plum pudding.
Plum pudding la much improved by
standing several weeks boforo it is
UBed. An cxcellont reclpo for Christ
mas pudding consists of three-fourths
of a pound of suet chopped very flno.
Mix with It whllo chopping a tablo
spoonful of flour; threo-fourths of a
pound of raisins, seeded; thrco-fourths
of n pound of currnnts, tjiroe-fourths of
n pound of sugar, three-fourths of a
pound of frcdh bread crumbs, tho gra
ted zest of ono lemon, one-fourth of u
pound of candled orango peel and cit
ron cut Into thin shavings, one-half
teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon,
cloves, nutmeg and allspice. Mix tho
dry mntcrlals together thoroughly and
then add six eggs, ono at a time, nnd
ono-hnlf cupful of brandy. Add an
othor egg if too stiff nnd moro bread
crumbs If too soft. Wet n strong
cloth in cold wator, wring It. dry, but
tor it and dredgo It with flour. Turn
tho mlxturo into tho contcr and draw
tho cloth together over tho top, leaving
room for tho pudding to awoll n littlo,
nnd tlo It firmly. Olvo it a good round
shape. Put It into a pot of boiling
wntor, having it completely covered
with water. Cover tho pot and boll for
flvo hours. Do uot lot tho water fall
below tho pudding and In nddlug moro
lot It bo hot. After It ia removed from
tho wnter lot It rest In tho bng ten
minutes to harden a little. Thou cut
tho string and turn it carefully into a
dish. Beforo sorvlng pour a Uttlo
brandy, if you like, over the pudding
nnd touch a match to it just before
serving.
The Christmas Traveler.
When Christmas day dawns many a
trnvoler will bo unfortiinnto enough to
find himself fur from homo with no
prospect of getting thero for the cele
bration of tho greatest holiday of all
tho year, To muny of theso thla neces
sary nbschco la a bitter inisfortuuo,
but thoro are othors who huvo not tho
good fortune to deem It such n mis
fortune They havo perhaps no Bottled
homo or no relatives or no especial
friends with whom thoy yearn to bo on
tho festal day. But theso peoplo aro
comparatively few in numbers. Most
of tho peoplo who aro traveling on
Christmas day aro doing so becauso
clrcumstnnccs mnko It necessary. Thoy
nro longing every minute of tho day to
bo where they could join In tho merri
ment and festivities with thoso who aro.
dearest to them.
Time's Now I.oaf.
A now lent la about to bo turned in
tha Book of Time, and each ono of us
la almost a pngo nearer to tho Finis
which concludes life's history. Tho
woll-thumbed pages of tho past horo
Illuminated with tho prismatic plctur
I ngo of hopo, thcro blotted with tho
tenrs of aorrow aro turned down for
ever. Their contents aro beyond ro-
vlsal. Tho Horns havo been trans
forrod to tho records of eternity, and
what la written thoro ia wrltton there
cau bo no erasures. But tho whlto
loaves of Futurity nro before us a
now page la Immediately under our
hand.
PEOPLE
EVENTS
I
(YWt 3. ULtVtLAIKU rUrULAK. 0
Mrs. Qrovcr Cleveland Is tho most
popular woman in Princeton. Her
charming, unaffected ways captured
tho hearts of tho people. Barely a day
passes that sho In not out on tho streets
walking with her threo daughters. Sho
nods to all tho townspeople and hns a
pleasant word for most of them. Her
visiting list is ono of tho largest In
MBS. anOVER CLEVELAND.
Princeton nnd mnny names aro on It
that do not belong In Princeton's ox
cluslvo society. Mrs. Cleveland belongs
to tho charltablo societies nnd takes a
personal Interest In their work. Sho
visits sick neighbors and takes nn nc
tivo Interest in everything that goes
on.
Sho is ob charming as when she wont
to the whlto house a bride.
Sho devotes most of her tlmo to her
household, her threo glrla, Ruth, Eb
ther, Mnrlon, and her boy Dick. Dick
la now two yeara old. Tho glrla are
cared for by a governess. The quiet
Ilfo Ib as much to Mrs Cleveland's
tasto as It la to that of her husband.
She was first to fall in lovo with
Princeton and suggested it ns a future
home, Sho had gone to Princeton with
Mr. Cloveland, when ho waa to speak
at tho sesquicentennlnl. Sho was im
pressed by tho quiet, dignified air of
tho town and wanted to go there to
livo. Tho Idea pleased Mr. Cleveland
and ho bought his present homo from
Mrs. Slidoll. His lectures at Princeton
nro a fenturo of tho university. His
grave Illness threatened a long-cherished
plan of the Princeton people.
Thoy are looking forward to tho. In
stitution of a big law department, over
which ho will preside.
GALLANT OFFIOER RETIRED.
Rear Admiral Lewis Wood Robin
son, who was recently rotlrcd from tho
navy, hns probably seen as much act-
tivo service at sea ob any man In tho
navy.
Ha waa graduated from the Poly
technic Collego of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia, In June, 18C1, from tho
course of civil engineering, nnd in 18G-1
received from tho snmo Institution tho
degreo of Mechanical Engineer.
On September 21. 18C1. ho entered
tho United States navv na third ns-
aiatnnt engineer. Ho participated in
tho capture of Forta Jackaon and St.
Phillips nnd of tho city of Now Or
leans, In April, 1802, and other minor
ingagcments In the Misslss mm river.
Including tho attack on Vlcksburg by
Farrngut's licet. Juno 28. of tho same
yenr, resulting In forming a Junction
with tno upper fleet Ho left tho MIs
Blsslppl in Auguat, 1862, and after n
short crulBO down tho coast of Texas.
engaging on tho way tho batteries nt
Velasco, roturned, Joined tho blocknd-
ng lleot off Mobllo nnd nnrtlclnatcri
in tho capturo of tho schooners Juni
per, Sea Lion, Hunter, Marshall' J.
Bmltli and John Scott, and tho steam
ers Eugenia, William Bagaly and
Gray Jacket.
Slnco tho civil war ho has served
REAR ADMIRAL ROBINSON
ictlvoly. His last day of duty In tho
Jorvlce was as inspector of machinery
of torpedo boutB and destroyers. .
Countries Exchange Territory.
A'emall strip of Prusslnn territory on
tho Bolglan border la likely to bo mado
over ontlrply to Belgium In oxchango
for another strip of lnnd, n part of
which tho Prussian town of Eunon ro.
quires for n projected public building.
It Is expected that tho negotiations be
tween tho two governments conccrnod
will shortly bo concluded to tlio satis
faction of both and that hereby an end
will b put to little inconveniences to
which tho bordor inhabitants have
hitherto beon subjected.
m
Persons, Places
and Things
CANADA'S TRADE INCREASING.
Tho era of good times In Can Ida
does not seem to havo reached lta lim
it. Tho tldo of commercial prosperity,
which begaii less than five yeara ngo,
la still setting full nnd strong. Tho
fore'gn trado for tho last fiscal year
was tho largeat In Canada's history,
amounting to $148,000,000 moro than
tho volumo of her foreign trado of
189C, or an increase of nearly CG por
cent within tho brief spaco of flvo
years.
Ono gratifying result la that tho ex
ports of Canada havo contributed In
a larger measuro to tho general In
crease of trado than havo tho Imports.
In this connection It Is pointed out
that a debtor country la relatively ac
cumulating wealth when its exports
oxceod lta Imports, and Canada's ag
gregate of exports for tho last flvo
years has largely exceeded that of her
imports. Previous to that tlmo tho
balanco of trado was all tho other
way. In domestic exports alone It Is a
significant fact that thcro la a total
betterment of about J120.000.000 in tho
balanco of trndc since 188G. Tho for
eign trado of tho Dominion ns per
head of population la exceeded by only
a few countries In tho world.
MONUMENT TO A HORSE.'
In tho beautiful Lakevlow cometcry
nt Seattle, Wush., can bo aeon as
strange a monument and gravo as ono
can find. The monument waa erected'
by W. I. Wadlelgh. It marks tho gravo
of hla favorite cattle horso Buck. This
horso had been his constant companion
for years. Ho was a magnificent ani
mal, n thoroughbred which stood fif
teen hands high and waB so affection
ato that ho followed his master about
like a dog and seemed- to fret and
pine away'lf ho left him only a short
time.
Tho Inscription on tho monument Is
as follows:
: "BUCK," :
: My favorlto cattle horso, :
: Died September 20, 1884, :
: Aged 18 yeara and G months. :
: For thirteen yenrs my trusted :
: companion In blackness of :
: night, in storm, sunshmo and :
: danger. :
On th6 north aldo la ono word, "Cor
ralled." On tho opposite Bldo you read:
"In Advorsity, Faithful."
Near tho resting placo of the horso
la his master's grave. Mr. Wadlelgh
had preferred to rest by ,tho sldo of his
noblo horse,, instead of by his family.
PHYLLOXERA IN FRANOE.
The bitter cry of tho folic In tho
French vineyards goes up with greater
and greater intonBlty. And, in fact,
tho matter is moro serious than is gen
erally imagined. M. Esclary, president
of tho Llguo Vlulcolo do Franco, in a
letter to tho press, tells u woeful talo
of tho phylloxera, In which ho saya
that tho Department of Herault, lor In
stance, is passing through n tcrrlblo
crisis. In recent years tho valuo of
its vineyards hns decreased by no less
than a milliard of franca. A sacrlflco
of flvo hundred million francs is tho
prlco for restoring It to what It was,
and 240,000 persons nt tho present mo
mont And themselves unable to meot
their liabilities, notwithstanding that
their Btorohouses and collars aro glut
ted with good wine. They ask for a
year's graco to try to get things
etralght, and they deserve . universal
sympathy.
"The Cuplit Kneclul."
Nenrly every fnmoua train In tho
country hna n nickname, which In tho
majority of Instances more ndequately
descriU'j tho train than docs its ofll
cial name, says tho Now York Evening
Post. This Is particularly true of a
train that comes into one of the big
sheds at Jersey City, nnd Is porhaps
favored moro by the station porters
than any of tho othor trains that dls
chargo parsengers there. To tho train
masters and superintendents down
south It Is "known as "Train No. 36,"
and on tho tlmo tables It Is cnlled
I "Tho United States Fast Wall," but
io every jiuimm m mo section oi mo
country through which It runs, and
to many travelers, It la "The Cupid
Special." Tho train gets Its namo
from tho number of bridal couplea it
carries. It seldom comes up from tho
60uth without bringing from two to
six brides and grooms.
Current News
and Views
AMERICAN OHURCH IN BERLINi
Thanksgiving day United States
Ambassador Whlto laid tho corner
stone of an American church in Berlin.
Tho alto Ib In tho center of tho Am
erican colony and tho now resldcnco
portion of Berlin nnd cost $40,000. The
sum of $41,000 Ib now in hand for tho
erection of tho now edifice, and most
of this was obtained from friends
In this country, tho monoy for tho
cite having been raised among tho
Americans In Berlin.
Tho American church In Berlin la
REV. J. F. DICKIE,
nearly flty years old, writes William
E. Curtis in tho Chicago Record-Hcr-nld.
During the cirly part of Its his
tory worfshlp was hold In private
houses, afterword In public halls, nnd
for tho past fifteen yeara In the rooms
of tho Young Men'a Christian Associa
tion. It is undenominational, includ
ing among Its worshipere members of
several different sects, tho only condi
tion for admission being a belief in
tho articles of tho Apostle's Creed. Tho
present pastor Is Rev. J. F. Dickie,
D. D., formerly of Dotroit, who has
been thero seven or eight years, and
it Is chiefly through his enterprlso
that tho funds for tho now building
havo been raised.
WOULD OPEN UP AFRIOA.
If John R. Do Barry's Immigration
restriction bill, which Is now in tho
hands of President Roosevelt, should
become a law tho civilized world will
havo to set about opening up tho
"Dark Continent," says a Now York
writer. Tho United Statea haa been a
dumping ground for some tmo.. Afri
ca bolng much , nearer Europe, tho
hordes of worthless human scum could
reach.lt for a very small part of what
It costs to como to America. Mr. Do
Barry, who has been Immigrant in
spector at Buffalo for moro than ten
years, explains that in tho early days
Immigration consisted of a class of
peoplo who never did and never could
create anarchists. It required at least
$100 to reach this country from any
European port. Tho foreigner who
could savo ?100 was a careful man, a
saving man, therefore a good and wor
thy cltlzeu. Tho driving competition
between steamship lines has mado
travel so cheap that ?1C will bring an
idlor, n criminal or an enemy to all so
ciety to our shores. He could go to
Africa for 50 cents.
OLDICORONATION THRONE.
TIiIb queer Uttlo monument is really
ono of England's disused coronation
thrones. It can bo seen at Kingston-on-Thames,
and Ib n very modest seat
compared with tho gorgeoua ivory
throno of tho Mogus Emperors. Sovcn
kings of England were crowned on thla
stone.
Cheese of Illstorlo Interest.
An object of considerable interest
was sold In London tho other day, no
other than n preserved fragment of a
"Protestant cheese." From tho in
scrlptlon on tho base of tho glass
shudo wo learn that In gratltudo for
his nblo vindication of tho 'Protestant
ascendancy In Parliament on April 25,
1825, Hla Royal Highness, tho Duko of
York, was presented by tho inhabi
tants of the County Palatine of Ches
ter with tho largest chefiso ever made
149 pounds in weight of their own
producing, Tho duko gavo a small
portion of this cheeso to Mary Isa
bella, Duchess of Rutland, and It is
this fragment, preserved by Professor
dimming, which camo under the ham
mer, realizing $9.
Horned Horses In Clrcoce.
Recent excavations in Greece have
resulted in tho finding of tho head3 ol
several horned horses and tho shin
bonea of rhlnoccrl. Greece seems to
havo been tho land whero tho prehis
toric homed horso most flourished. Out
of six placea in tho world where the
remains of tho horned horso have been
found threo aro in Greece and ono in
Samos, in the Grecian archipelago. Tho
portions of horned hersea recently un
earlhea wero found In Euboea, whero
Professor Woodward has been making,
experimental excavations looking for
palaeontological remains. Ho has been
oxcaratlng also at Pikerman, near tho
plain of Marathon, for somo tlm.
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