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IN ARCTIC REGIONS. A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL. ICE AND SNOW. AMID How the Members of tbe Peary Expdl tlon Paused the Day Teaching: the Eskimo American Manners Loath to ! Qult the Dinner Table. RS. PEARY, who spent 6o many te dious months with her husband in the Arctic regions, was determined that the holidays should not pass her by unno ticed; and so, though she was liv ing in the most primitive fashion, with a frozen world all about her, she made hearty though simple prepara tion for festivity. They spent, she says, a day in deco- ! rating the interior of their Arctic home ; for the Christmas and New Year festivi ties T n tha I irani- r t tVio twn rooms ' n , .:u i CUT- (Villi!'-' Y l ! f I 1' llt'il U I II I t 1 IIIIIA" quito netting. Wire candelabra and candleholders were placed in all the corners and along the walls. Two large United States flags were crossed at one end of the room, and a silk sledge flag was put up on the opposite corner. I gave the boys new cretonne for cur tains for their bunks, and we decorated the photographs of our dear ones at home with red, white and blue ribbons. We spent the evening in playing games and chatting, and at midnight Mr. Peary and I retired to our room to open some letters, boxes and parcels given us by kind friends, and marked: "To be opened Christmas eve at mid night." On Christmas day we had what we considered the jolliest Christmas din ner ever eaten in the Arctic regions, and then we invited our faithful natives to a dinner cooked by us and served at our table, with our dishes. I thought it would be as much fun for us to see them eat with knife, fork and spoon as it would be for them to do it. After our meal had been cleared away, the table was set again, and the Eskimos were called in. We had nick names for all of them, and it was the "Villain" who was put at the head of the table, and told that he must serve the company just as he had seen Mr. Peary serve us. The "Daisy" took my place at the foot of the table, and her duty was to pour the tea. The "Young Husband" and "Misfortune" sat on one side, while "Tiresome" and the "White Man" sat opposite. It was amusing to see these queer looking creatures, dressed entirely in the skins of animals, seated at the table, and trying to act like civilized people. Both the Villain and the Daisy did their parts well. One incident was especially funny. The White Man, seeing a nice-looking piece of meat in the stew, reached across the table and endeavored to pick 4 1 "It was amusing to see these queer looking creatures." it out of the dish with his fork. He was immediately reproved by the Vil lain, who made him pass his mess pan to him, and then helped him to what he thought he ought to have, reserving, however, the choice piece for himself. They chattered and laughed and seemed to enjoy themselves very much. Both women had their babies in the hoods on their backs, but this did not hinder them in the least. Although at times the noise was great the little ones slept through it all. The Daisy watched the cups very carefully, and as soon as she spied an empty one," she would say: "Etudo cafee? Nahme? Cafee peeuk." (More coffee? No? The coffee is good.) Finally at ten o'clock the big lamp was put out, and we told them it was time to go to sleep, and that they must go home, which they reluctantly did. The Coinlns Event. Now Santa Claus hooks up his teams, Among the snow-girt dells, . And happy children hear in dreams The jingle of his bells. They watch the lofty chimney tops With eyes of eager youth, And seldom 'tis a young one drops To what Is really truth. Oil stains may be removed from wall paper by applying for four hours pipe clay, powdered and mixed with water to the thickness of cream. t i IN 1620. The VI rat Christmas Celebration on This Continent. It was In the year 1620 that the Puri tans passed their first Christmas in America. By referring to a copy of the old Bradford manuscript it will be found that the early settlers evi- dently determined not to celebrate their first Christmas in a new land except by ! hard work. William Bradford writes of ! it In fhle mannpr- "Yfi 16 day ye Wlnde came faire, and they arrived safe in this harbor. And afterward tooke better view of ye place, and resolved wher to pitch their dwelling; and ye 25 day be gane to erect ye first house for com mon use to receive them and their gicds" To look back upon those ear ly days, when our forefathers by hard labor toiled for a house for all, makes one realize in some degree the advance ment of our country. Bradford contin- ues as follows: "Munday, the 25 day, we went on shore, some to fell tymber, some to saw, some to rine and some to carry, so no man rested an tnai uaj, but towards night some, as they were at worke, heard a noyse of some In dians, which caused us all to goe to our Muskets, but we heard no further, so we came aboard again and left some twentie to keep the court of gard; that night we had a sore storme of winde and rayne. Munday, the 25 day, being Christmas Day, we began to drinke water aboord, but at night the Master caused us to have some Boere, and so on board we had diverse times now and then some Beere, but on shore none at all." .r5 A score of intelligent and well-informed persons, assembled in a drawing-room one evening, were asked to give the habits and peculiarities of the mistletoe. Without exception they de scribed it as a parasitic plant growing upon the oak. This almost universal be lief comes, no doubt, from associating the plant with the oak which the Druids venerated. It is, however, regarded as exceptional when a mistletoe flourishes on an oak-tree. An eminent authority declares that there were a few years ago less than a score of oaks in all Eng land on which this parasite was found. The Meaning of Chrl-Unias Day. The keynote of Christmas joy is "Peace on earth, good will to men." The first Christmas Day that ever dawned brought rejoicing in its wake. On that day there was born in Bethlehem, Judea, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. For those weary with sin, for those oppressed with sorrows, for the troubled in mind, for the weak and helpless He came. But not to these alone. To the joyful and happy ones, to those rich in this world's goods, to the successful and prosperous Ke came. To the whole world He appeared. None were forgotten by Him. And now to the outcast and to the weary one, to the rich man and to the joyful child He says the words, "Learn of Me." If you suffer Christ pities y.ou. If you be lonely He is with you. If you repent of sin He will keep you in safety. If you have great possessions He says unto you, "Give to the poor." The Ynle Feast. Let England have her plum pudding. and let us have our own particular American dishes on Christmas Day. A comment was made by an English woman upon Americans in general yesterday. When asked what she had noticed specially about Americans during her two years' visit to this country, she smiled at first and said nothing. But when the request was re peated and emphasized by the quest ion: "Now what are you going to say about us when you return to England in fact, what are you going to say behind our backs?" she replied. "I shall probably say in criticism that you disfigure the streets of New York by having an elevated railroad, and that all Americans are trying to be as much like the English as possible, and I do not see why this is. I should think -you would want your American individuality preserved." For a Christ mas dinner this year let us have some dishes that belong to our own country, and which not even Merry England nor chivalrous France can furnish. The dishes are not expensive, and of course additions may be made. What folly it is to pray, "Give us our daily bread," if we have devoured wid ow's' houses, and go to church with the cash in our pocket. The only wholesome bread for us Is that we take from God's hand as his gift. 1 Th Mistletoe. i r i ' V j :w Of ft ' SHERMAN SHIFTS. CAUTIOUS IN HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST SILVER. His Endorsement of the Cleveland Sound Money Policy His First Public Slip At Heart a Tool of the British Gold Owners. There is no man in the United States whose financial ideas and policy have been subjected to more adverse crit icism and bitter denunciation at the hands of the Democratic party, than have those of the senior senator from Ohio. Not only have his monetary views been assailed, but there has been very little hesitation in impunging his personal integrity. This has been especially true in the South, and his action in bringing about the demonetization of silver in 1873 has been condemned with a unanimity sel dom witnessed Large u umbers of the so-called "cuckoo" Democrats were a short time ago absolutely furious in the character ization of his "treachery," "perfidy," and subserviency to the interests of the money powers. Today, hundreds of Democratic news papers, and thousands of Democratic office-holders are lauding Mr. Sherman to the skies. Not directly, it is true, but none the less so In fact. The sound (?) money policy of Cleve land and Carlisle is receiving their most enthusiastic endorsement. What is that but endorsing Sherman? The only difference between Cleveland and Sher man upon the silver question is, that the former is the more extreme and unyielding of the two. This probably comes from the difference in their men tal characteristics. Cleveland is dull, dogmatic, obstinate and outspoken. Sherman is keen, smooth, cautious and diplomatic. Cleveland takes a position and clings to it tenaciously. Sherman can and does shift his attitude as pub lic opinion changes. But their views are essentially the same. Both are in accord with the great "money power" of New York and London. Both make the interests ot Wall street paramount to the interests of the country as a whole. . Both be lieve that the financial policy of the government should be so shaped as to directly benefit the money centers, upon the theory, perhaps, that if Wall street can enjoy a superabundance of pros perity, the rest of the country may catch a little of the overflow. It never occurs to either of them that the country could get along without Wall street, but that Wall street could not possibly get along without the coun try. Both seem to think that the whole industrial system of the United States is merely an adjunct to the busi ness of banking. Mr. Sherman is not in favor of retir ing the greenbacks just now, but that Is not because of an indisposition to favor the banks. He is shrewd enough to see that such a measure would not be pop ular at this time. He is therefore will ing enough to issue bonds to raise money for the current expenses of the government, but not for the withdrawal of the greenbacks. By this course he can reach practically the same result, so far as the maintenance of the gold re serve is concerned, and also cast a little odium upon the tariff policy of the Dem ocratic party. Upon the money question proper, Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Sherman are as near alike as "tweedledee and tweedledum." So when the "cuckoo" sings his praises of Cleveland, let it not be forgotten that the financial virtues of Sherman are in cluded in the refrain. The term "Sherman Democrats" ex actly fits a very considerable number of people in the United States at this writing. SOME REASONS WHY.J M. W. Meagher Gives Good Reasons for Favoring Free Coinage. I favor free silver because I am an American, proud of our institutions, and opposed to foreign domination, whether exercised by monarchs or by gold syndicates. As a result of the single gold stand ard I am humiliated daily in watching the United States treasury report to as certain whether the Rothschild London syndicate, through pique, petulance, caprice, whims or greed, has withdrawn its protecting hand, which alone saves us from national bankruptcy, and, hence, I advocate the repeal of the de monetization act of 1S73 and all sub sequent acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, without consult ing thereon any foreign syndicate or co terie of international "sandbaggers," euphemistically termed foreign nations, to the end that we may regain the in dependent position we occupied from the foundation of our government until the fatal year 1873, when we became a dependency of the money sharks of Europe. I advocate the free, unlimited coin age of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 because I favor a stable cur rency one metal acting as the correct ive of the other. The cornering of money by the Shy locks of London, Paris, Berlin, Frank fort, and New York citizens of differ ent countries, patriots of none when it consists of gold only is materially facilitated by the hoarding of It by the timid of every land. I favor the free coinage of silver and gold that the people of the United States may be enabled to escape finan cial ruin and, otherwise, inevitable in dustrial and commercial disaster, se quentially from the gold coin bonds, mortgages and notes, by which they have bound themselves to discharge their financial obligations in that which, by no possible means, they could or even can now obtain gold. I favor the free coinage of both sil ver and gold, because the silver dollar to-day is too expensive as token money, or the aere representative of money paper would do equally as well and not , sufficiently valuable being worth only ' 50 cents as redemption money. I I favor the free coinage of both met- j als because I am opposed to 50 cent dol- j lars for the poor the only dollars they handle to-day and 100 cent dollars for foreign bondholders and New York plu tocrats the only dollars they will deign to receive. I favor the free coinage of both sil ver and gold, because I favor an honest j for the way worn, weary, easily satls dollar there should be no "good, bet- j fied, old fashioned man and woman, but ter, best" money it should all be good. M. W. Meagher. MERELY A POLITICIAN. Secretary Carlisle Neither a Statesman Nor a Financier. Matthew Marshall, in New York Sun: If the secretary of the treasury were a statesman and an expert financier he might devise means for increasing the revenue which would command the approval of all parties, but unfortun- j ately he is neither, but only a politi- ! clan. The speech he made in Boston a week ago last Saturday proves this. In ( order to free a Democratic administra- tion from the blame of selling bonds at J high rates of interest in order to pro- j cure money, he told his hearers that . it was done in order to maintain the j redemption in gold of the legal tender i notes, suppressing entirely the fact that j of the notes thus redeemed many mil- lions had been used in paying current expenses and that thus indirectly the bonds were sold to make up the de ficiency in the revenues. When the bond sales began, in January, 1894, the cash balance in the treasury was about $84,000,000. The proceeds of the bonds then sold and in the follow ing November was a little over $117, 000,000, and those sold this year have yielded a trifle more than $65,000,000, making the total derived in the two years from this source $182,000,000. If, now, this amount had been devoted strictly to redeeming legal tenders and to no other purpose, and there had been sufficient revenue coming in to meet ordinary expenditures, the treasury would now have in gold and redeemed greenbacks a cash balance of $266,000,000. On the contrary, the balance is reported at about $181,000, 000, and, when the treasury books are written up at the end of the month, it will probably be reduced to $175, 000,000. This proves that of the pro ceeds of the bonds sold, according to the secretary exclusively to redeem the greenbacks, the difference between $266,000,000 and $175,000,000. amount ing to $91,000,000, has been diverted to other purposes. The secretary's mis representation might be pardonable in a political stump speech, but it is un worthy of a high officer of the govern ment. FALL IN PRICES. Gold Men Will Cause This Overproduc tion of Wealth. The trade journals, Dun's Report and Bradstreet's, have been presenting fig ures showing the severe decline in the prices of many staples within the last few months. The latter journal gave a review of the subject in its issue of October 26. Many articles have fallen in price continually since last April. Ambng these, corn has iallen in six months, 1 from 56 to 37 cents a bushel; oats from 33 to 24; barley from 52 to 42. There has been a continuous decline also in beeves, sheep, hogs, mutton, beef, pork, lard, beans, apples, currants, turpen- ; tine, alcohol, brick and lime. Twenty-three staples, which rose in the quarter (the "boom!") from April 1 to July 1, fell off again between July 1 and October 1. These were wheat, which rose from 60 cents to 73, and fell to 66Ts; rye, which rose from 55 cents to 59V, and then declined to 45 cents; flour, which rose from $2.40 to $3.50, and declined to $3.15, and the fol lowing articles: Pigs, bacon, hams, su- ! gar, molasses, peas, potatoes, peanuts, ; hemlock leather, oak leather, jute, steel j beams, quicksilver, Southern coke, i crude petroleum, refined petroleum, Hn- j seed oil, tar, carbolic acid and paper. . The Manufacturer. j An examination of the foregoing will enable the Atkinsons, the Aldredges and champions of goldism generally to wax eloquent over the prosperity of the farmers and other producers. Prices are going down, down, down, and no j human being can tell where they will i stop, if ever. I It would really be quite interesting to have Judge Aldredge make a careful computation showing how much more j debt and taxes a farmer can pay with corn at 57 cents per bushel than he could with the price at 56. There is ) scarcely room for doubt that he would be equal to the feat. Business Prospects. Trade is slowly recovering from the gold contraction, the Baring failure and their widespread consequences, writes Del Mar from London. The rev enue and other receipts for the half year ended October 5, 1895, were 53, 951,404, against 52,940,704 for the like period of 1894, and the balance in the exchequer was 2,316,368, against 1, 351,221 in 1894. The foreign trade re turns' show an increase all along the line, the mining and manufacturing re turns are satisfactory. However, to bring the cost of production within the narrow limits afforded to the existing currency, labor has to be crushed down to the point of starvation. During the last five years (all years of depression and gloom) there have been no less than 13,427 strikes (so says Mr. James I Kelley, of Bermonssey), an average, if j we omit Sundays, of about nine strikes a day, or one for nearly every working . hour. Mr. Kelly's figures seem to have j got fearfully swollen In some way or ! another, but he is not alone in the mat- j ter of turgid statistics. Tour chief of , the statistical bureau at Washington. 1 with his four hundred millions of gold In circulation in the United States, is even more wild. FOLLOWING FANCY. How the Up-to-Date People Find Pleas ure in Winter. People are fanciful and 'it is Fancy, after all, that is happiness, and the mo tive which dictates to the world. Some one fancies that the cozy fire at home and the environment of favorite books is enough to make life worth living dur ing the winter months. That will do the up to date cavalier and the new woman require a change many changes in fact, and they seek in the dull winter days to find the climate they wearied of in spring and wished would pass away in summer. Sitting behind frosted window panes and gazing on the glistening snow crystals they sigh for the warmth and brightness they months ago and, in no other country j may these whims, these fancies be so 1 easily gratified as in America. Abso lute comfort in these days, and in speed and safety, too, instead of the wasted time and discomforts of the not distant past. Ponce de Leon who sought the fountain of Eternal Youth on the shores of Florida consumed many of the pre cious days of later life, and died before attaining the great prize. De Soto was lured in the same direction and found at Hot Springs, by the aid of Ulelah, the dusky Indian maiden, the wonderful Drouct Df the "Breath of the Great Spirit," but before he could return home and apprise his friends of the great dis- ouupi;uu ... . . . . covery and enjoy the certainty of gold and youth, which he believed he had in hi3 grasp he fell a victim to the miasmi of the Great River and found a grave in its muddy depths. To-day the seeker after health simply boards one of the magnificent trains of the Missouri Pa cific System, and after something to eat and a nap, wakes up to find himseir in this delightful winter Resort, ready ' to embrace health which seems to be ; invariably renewed by the magic of the 1 air and water. In De Soto's time the ' secret of the Fountain of Life was sedu ! lously guarded by the savages, but now j a hospitable people opens its arms to receive the tourist whether his quest be for health or amusement. Fancy some times tires of Hot Springs, strange as it may seem, but Fancy says "the fields beyond are greener" and the climate , of San Antonio is tnore desirable and , thus another ride in another palace, and new scenes and new faces please the eye and satisfy the restless cravings of this ! master of man. Thus from the Father , of Waters to the waves which wash the , western shore of this great country the , tourist is led by a whim, but most de lightedly captive. Mexico has been I described as the EgjTpt of the new world, and the comparison is fitting, i and he who dare not face the dangers ! of the deep, and prefers to retain his ! meals as well as his life, should make j the journey to the land of the Monte ' zumas, and there learn the story of the , ages within the faces of a people which ' change less in the passing years than any other on the Western Continent. This Is the land of Sunshine and Color; of history and romance; and as bright . eyes will smile at you from under be j witching head gear as may be found In ' Castile or Arragon. i Fancy ' carries one to California of course, and this journey, as it once was termed, is now so easily performed as to have lost all of its terrors and left only a most emphatically delightful trip to be the subject of many future conversations. The land of fruits and flowers and fair women; Fancy can ask no more after this tour unless it has been satisfied for once; and still it is Fancy which takes the wearied traveler back to the home and the familiar sur roundings and the friends and loves of home. There he may contemplate new journeys and new divertisements, but there lingers in his memory a pleasure , he would not part with, and he hopes soon to again enjoy the comforts af ; forded by this Great System of Railway which has taken him safely out and brought him safely home and has not robbed him of the joys which Fancy brings. F. P. BAKER. Tha region in the immediate vicinit3T of the Dead Sea is said to Le the hottest on earth. Take Parker's OlngfrTonle bone with you You 111 find it to eicefd your expecta'l ns in abating colas, and many ills, aches and weaknesses. Wisdom is the principal thiu ; ; therefore get wisdom ; and with all thy getting get understanding. I'nln In not conducive to pleasnre, enH'cia ly when occasioned by curns Hnitrcorns will please you, for it remt ves I hem perfec ly. Honor women; they strew celestial roses on the pathway of onr terrestrial life. Boite. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No. 1 Asthma medicine. W. R. Williams. An tioch, Ills., Airil 11, lbU4. Bearing up under trouble and distress is all well enough, tut many prefer to l eer up. AAAAAAAAAAAAAlAAl-AAAAAAAAAAlAAAAAAAAaAAafcAAAAAAiAlAAAAAAA Get rid at once of the stimrinir. f esterinir smart of C or else they'll leave ugly ffffrfVff?fifffvfifVfffvv?f7Tfiifff?vfvVTfffvfv?fitfrifr Timefy Warn i ng. The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of Walter Daker & Co. (established in 1780) ha led many misleading of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter Baker' & Co. are the oldest and largest manu facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are used in their manufactures. 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