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 '
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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
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"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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
Consumers should ask for, and be sure that
they get, the genuine Walter Baker & Co.'s goods.
WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited,
DORCHESTER. MASS.
Catarrh Can Not Be Cared
With local applications as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood cr constitutional dis
ease, and In ordr to cure It you must
take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is taken Internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this coun
try for years, and is a reRular prescrip
tion. It Is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on th mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results In curing- Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Propa..
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Sold by druggists; price, 75c
Hall's Family Pills. 25c.
New Form of Jilood Poisoning.
A 4-months-old infant, Maria Care
gitta del Domino, died at Nevr York
recently from convulsions and septicae-
I mm a. form nf h nnn nnisonintr
ot
j the parents of the little one,
as is the custom of Italians, had the
ears of the child pierced for ring's. Af
ter the operation a piece of fine green
iloss was run through the ear and fast
ened, so that the hole should not grow
together. The dye in the piece of floss,
it is believed, caused the blood poison
ing". "Hanson's 2&glc Corn Salvo."
Warranted to euro or money refunded. .A-.lt jo.ix
druffflt for it. Price 15 centi.
Opera in London.
j Anew house for Italian Opera is to
be built in London on the site of Her
Majesty's theater in Haymarket, which
as torn oown some years a?o. .Marcus
Mayer is to be manager and.!. 11. Ma-
pleson operatic director. Mayer savs
the new Impcrial Gpera Companv. lim-
ited will h caDital of sl.7o').ct.
and will produce Italian opera and send
their company each year on an Ameri-
can tour from October to April, while
the London season will be from May to
August.
The JIost Simple and Safe Usmedt lor a
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Brom.hiaI Troches. 'Thev possess rel
merit.
The oldest jierf umes were those re-overel
from Egyptian torn! s. datin? 1,500 to i,iKM)
years l elore the Christian era.
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his pay.
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