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A.'C, HOSIER, Piblistir.
BED CLOUD.
XEBRAS&A
THANKFULNESS.
Tor nJl that fioi !n merer s ends;
yorbonlth nnd chlMren.'hoi i and friends.
For comfort in the Utne of need.
For erery kindly word nnd ileed.
For happy tliuujrhts nnd m. talk,
J'nr truldanco in our chilly walk.
For Qvorythlug Klo thanks'
Tor benuty in this world of our.
Tor verdnnt jmutt and lovely flowers.
Tor kon? of bird, for hum of Jmnjr.
Tor the refreshing summer breeze.
Tor hill um! plain, for M renin und wood.
Tor the (rrent ocean' mighty flood.
In everything ifive tliankal
Tor the yweet leep which eome with nlht,
Tor the returning innroitur light.
Tor the bright fun that chimr on high.
For the sttirs. glittering in the sky.
For th-e. and everything w "'-
O Iyrd. our heart- we lift to Thee,
For everything give thanks!
Mitt KUrn Imlidla TupjKr.
THANKSGlVINa.
Origin and History of This
tional Holiday.
Na-
Horn on New England Soli, in the Pays of
tlie 1'ilgrlm I'ailierH Hnw nnd When
It Ilecamn National In It
Chsrart-r.
"From Eastport, way down in Maine,
lo the waters of llsu Ooldcn Gate, from
tlie lakes lo the gulf, all over the Na
tion, Thanksgiving is now observed as
ja National holiday. It is a peculiarly
' American, emphatically a New England,
institution. It had its birth in our
trouble and distress, when :i bare hand
ful of men had passed ft few months on
the rock-bound coast of New England,
and when, indeed, there was little to be
thankful for: ami now in our prosperity,
when the Nation spans a continent, we
vhow our re.-pect and remembrance by
:m observance of tlie da.
Not that the idea of giving thanks
originated with the Puritan who had
Micce. fully harvested twenty acres of
corn and a few bushels of beans. Oh,
no, the idea of thanksgiving is as old as
hi.story itself. Ihereast of the I aber
nacles was a feast of thanksg'ving. The
Feast of Demeler, called the
Eleu.-inian Mysteries of the Greeks,
was closely all.ed to our day.
The legend is a pretty one. Demeler
"was tlie goddess ol corn-fields and har
vests. Out day Proserpine, her pretty
daughter, wa.s out in the garden gather
ing flower-', when horrid old Pluto, tlie
God of Hell, spied her, and "smitten"
with her beauty and grace, he lost no
time in carrying her oil'. Of course, her
mamma sighed and cried, ami asked
every one she met for her daughter.
None had seen her. Hut Proserpine
was having a good time chough; that is,
siie went at once to eating, and when a
woman's happy she'll eat. The way to
the heart is through the mouth. She
ate a pomegrante seed in Pluto's king
dom, so that she could only spend six
months with her mother. This made
tlie old lady mad. and she refused to
live longer in Olympus with the gods,
"but took up her abode on earth and con
ferred blessings on all who paid her
court. She taught Scleus. King of
Eleusis. the principles of agriculture
to plow, sow and reap; how to make
"bread anil rear fruit-trees. Before this
men had lied on nuts and acorns. She
became patron saint of Eleusis. and in
her honor were established the mys
teries which were celebrated in the fall.
The Romans celebrated a harvest fe
1ival in honor of Ceres, and in England
the old Harvest Home v was the au
tumn holiday of our English forefathers.
THE PILC.UIMS.
Ten months had passed since the little
band of sturdy pioneers and martyrs
from the decks of the Mayflower in cold
December had spied tlie sand-hills of
Cape Cod and the rocks of Plymouth.
Death had wasted them away; one-half
their number slept the sleep that know
no waking, and the fifty survivors living
in low-posted log hut-, such as a West
ern cow-boy would not corral a buffalo
calf in to-day. had raised twenty acres
of corn and si of barley and peas.
Yet these men gave thanks. "God be
praised!" wrote one of them. "We had
:i good increase of Indian corn, and our
barley indifferent good, but our peas not
AVorth the gathering." Edward Wins
low tells the story in such simple lan
guage that it is worthy of reproduction:
Our harvest being gotten in. our
Governor sent four men out fowling so
that we might after a special manner
rejoice together after we had gathered
the fruit of our labors. They four in
one day killed as much fowl as with a
little help beside served the company
sihout a week. At which time amongst
other recreations we exercised our arms.
many ot tlie Indians coming amongst
us. 'and among the rest the greatest
King Massasoyt with some ninety men
Avhomfor three days we entertained and
feasted, and they (the Indians) Avent
out and killed 'live deer which they
brought to I he plantation and bestowed
on our Governor and upon the Captain
(Miles Standish) and others. And al
though it be not always so plentiful as
it was at this time with us, yet by the
goodness of God we are ss far from
Avant that we often Avish you partaker
of our plenty."
The lirst New England Thanksgiving
-was. therefore, in the fall of 1621.
Though no public record fixes the exact
time, yet it was probably in October,
since it appears to have been largely
iin out-door festival, and lasted a week.
Perhaps the Pilgrim forefathers had in
mind the Jewish Feast of the Taber
nacles, but it is more probab'e that the
.Harvest Home of Merrie Old England
that they hail left came vividly before
them, and they desired to reproduce
this best of all the Old World customs.
The second year after this celebration
-was a much more solemn and impress
ive one. for the colony had been deliv
ered from a threatened famine. The
.spring and summer of 1623 had been
dry and sultry. From the middle of
May to the middle of July no rain fell.
Drought parched tlie ground, the corn
-was fired and the barley ceased to
grow. A day of fasting and prater
Avas appointed. It was on the 17th of
-July, and the people prayed nine hours.
Toward evening clouds collected, a
.sharp breeze arose in the east, and Avhca
.morning dawned rain poured in tor
Tents. 'This rain lasted fourteen days,
and was the salvation of the harvest.
Governor Bradford ordered a day "of
thanksgiving, and the second was kept
in a gnive and formal manner. It
lacked the hilarity and license of the
Harvest Home, the jocund laughter and
merry frolicking of the men and maid--eas,
and the pranks of the Lord of Mis
"rule. and perhaps they would have been
out of place among those sturdy pio
neers, on a foreign and hostile shore,
.snrrounded by savages and Avild beasts,
s)A hardly having tie means of living
tfroni year to year.
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The early Colonial records, rrlqch arc
by no means perfect, upeak of no ob
servance of Thanksgiving untH JGG3,
and In this year the 2."th of Nuveinbc
AA'as observed. The record are frrtl
again until 16S0, when the 20th of Octo
ber was appointed bv the Court a a
day to lx celebrated by all the inhabit
ants of the Colony. November 111,
1G90, was al-o observed, and the next
year the Colonv was merged and Iot
its .separate existence.
The celebration of Thanksgiving Day
had Wen observed in England on mw-
cial occasions Ionir before the Pilgrims '
landed. V hen the bpani-h Armada was
defeated Queen Elizabeth ordered a dav
of praise and thanksgiving. It was ob
served with bonliret and m'rrr-rnaklng.
gayly-dre-ssed crowdi thronged the
streets, and all London was alive with
merry music and enlivening sounds. Ou
the discovery of the gunpowder plot in
1 GO.1, at least sixteen years before the
Pilgrims landed, a thanksgiving w
ordered, and the day was observed as a
sort of gala occasion, nnd still eiistri a
Guy Fawkes' Day. When George III.
recovered from "his insanity a grand
procession of dignitaries marched
through the streets of Iondon and a
thanksgiving -ervice was celebrated in
St. Paul's Cathedral lefo.-e the recov
ered monarch. When the Prince ol
Wab-s recovered from the well-nigh
fatal illness in 1.S72 like services tven
held.
There were occasional Thanksgiving
Dav.s appointed iiv other Governors out-
-ide of New England. In IG1-5 and
1GG5. William K:e!t. the Dutch Gov
ernor of New Netherlands, ordered a
dav of thanksgiving to lc observed,
and Peter Stuyvesant did the same m
1G&, on the occasion of the annexation
of the Swedi-h Colony. Perhaps the
derived the idea from that of Ley den.
in 149.V, for that city hail obsenvd a
dav in October ever since the city av:i
deiivered from the Spaniard:.
During the Revolutionary Wa
Thanksgiving Day was a National in
stitution. It was recunm-nded b
Congress, but after the Peace Thanks
giving in 17M, there is an interregnum
of Thanksgiving until 1 ""J. when lVei
dent Washington recommended a da
of thanks on aeeouut of the adoption
of the Constitution. In M'X). when the
insurrection in several of the States
was crushed on', a second Thauksgiv
ing was held, and in April. 1-S1". at tin
end of the second war with England.
President Madison, ftl the request of
Congress, appointed a National
Thanksgiving for Peace. Generally
the Pilgrim Governors recommended
the observance of the day. and soim
religious ceremonies were observed
In New England it is especially the
day of family reunions. The prayer
book of the Protectant Episcopal
Church, ratified in 17.S'J, recommend
for a day of thanksgiving the first
Monday in November, unless the civil
authorities appoint another day. In
1S17 De Witt Clinton. Governor of New
York, appointed a day of thanksgiving,
and the custom has been observed ever
since. Governor John-on. of Virginia,
is-ued a proclamat'on for one in 1. ".",
but Governor Wise, his successor, de
clined appointing one. saying it was a
religious matter Tie had no authority to
meddle with. In 1S."S eight Southern
States appointed thanksgivings. Dur
ing the civil war, when disa-tereame to
the I'nion anus, days of fasting were
appointed and observed. Then when
victory perched on our banners, in 18C2,
President Lincoln issued a proclamation
recommending a special thanksgiving.
In the following ear fresh victories and
an abundant harvest furnished further
opportunity for the Nation to pour out
its thank-, and since this time the Presi
dent has each a ear issued a proclama
tion appointing a day usually the last
Thursday in November as a day of
thanksgiving. The Governors of the
several States and Maors of the princi
pal cities generally follow suit and is
sue similar proclamations to that of the
President so that the day may now In'
regarded as much of a holiday as the
Fourth of July or Christmas. It is a
day of happiness and good nature, of
good feed anil social intercourse. It is
a day when of all others the mind should
go back to the early struggles of the
brave Pilgrim pioneers, and the people
-hould celebrate it in the same spirit
thalMacaulay claims ruled 2a the Golden
Age:
riien none were for n party.
Put Jill were lor the St:ite;
Then Mie rich mini 1ich.-1 the poor.
Ami the poor man loved the Kicut."
Cin tin nuti En q u ircr.
CHINESE CUNNING.
The AA.y in Which Ch'tiese SmncRlc
TheniM'lves Into the Country unci Ue
Certificates to (Jet Their lJ.if;aj;r.
The steamer Arabic brings two hun
dred and eighty Chine-e passengers
from Hong Kong. Of one hundred and
twenty-one in transit, seventy-seven arc
for Victoria, forty-one for Honolulu and
three for Panama. Those ticketed di
rect for San Fraueiseo number one
hundred and lifty-nine. Twenty-six
haA-e not the certificates required by law.
Sixteen lm-e Chinese consular cer
tificates. Ten have no certificates of
any description. They were accepted
as passengers on the guarantee that
their return passage money would be
paid if they were not landed. Of those
in transit to Victoria, it is safe to assume
that a certain percentage will attempt
to land here on the claim of prior resi
dence through the Federal Court. Those
who have Chinese consular certificates
issued by Colonel Bee will probably be
allowed to come ashore on bail, while
their cases are continued, until a de
cision comes from Washington.
Information has been received here
concerning operations of the Chinese at
the north which serves to illustrate in a
new way the ingenuity expended in at
tempting to enter the country. Chinese
who go from here to Victoria, or some
of them, go from Victoria to Westmin
ster, on the Frazler Kivor. They cross
the river at this point and are in the
United States. A walk through the
woods brings them to Whatcom. Here
they take a beat for Port Tovneud.
They are in tlie territorv of the United
States, but their baggage is in Victoria.
Kow shall they get it? They go bol.'h
to the customs authorities at Port Town
send and get a certi'.icate which enable
them to go to Victoria and return.
They secure their baggage in Victoria
aauVan come back on any coast vsssel
without molestation. There are cus
toms officials at the north end of this
trail from Westminster, but the officials
are few. Collector Sears thinks that
few Chinese take this roundabout wax
on account of the trouble and expense.
While the City of Peking Aas here about
a score of her Chin ei-e passengers, whe
were unable to land, elected to go tc
Victoria. The north is the back-dooi
route to San Francisco. San Franciscc
Bulletin.
The manufacture of photographs it
tliis country requires forty tuns o silen
and three of gold annually.
LOCKS AND KEYS.
Thm Tfttat ftrpravltr of Ialmt Oi-Jr-U
Th Jrafc y of fUalrtr.
One of the liveliest example of the
total depravity of inanimate object i
found In the generally evil and iropifc
behavior of lock and keys. We do not,
to be nurc, in thw country subject our--clyt'S
to such a tyranny of key. a do
ou transatlantic neighbors. Tlie jsog'
iin basket or bunch of keys L not with
us t.ie mdopensable accompaniment w
the ucuvkeeper. nor do we have the
tiny padlock on our silver sugarbowl.
x-C ;he case with a certain thrifty Oer
mura I'arone;. with thirty wrvanw un
dei U-t control. We do. "however, have
'teys for certain purjHyscn: that i to
say. sr have thm unle they are Iot
Kevs are usually Io-L There U about
the very hap nnd material of key-
w.rtdiar elusi'ene.- and a lipperr fac
uliy ol hiding in uahrard-of place
Tl.o :Idi of gowni. the Iming- of muff
:-Sig Jid pockets, the -dges of rug-and
ci.rpJM's cracks in the floor and chink
of'aL'f and every -ort. are the vell-be-it.vrd
hiding places of the slipperx
".non;j called key. That devouring
ftpa- in the back of a lounge or up
LolVred chair is particularly dear to
tne heart ol a key a a piacof conceal
i ject. und many are kc s. big and ht
tle, u;4ich have" found their Nirvana in
She-e t-eful depths. For the true antl
holy delight of a key is undoubtedly to
- abb to lose itself totally and hoj'-ls-ly,
and et all the while to lie perdu
io na. the outer world that it can iL-t-n
wiln fiendish joy to the agoniwd
March for itself, and shake it- shoul
Ler.s 'ith glee at the vanity of the
.ue-t
It was the wife of the keeper of au
Mrthod-ix boarding hou-e in the Wet
.h( was kneeling at morning family
prayer with her head devoutly lnl
ijpon a loiinge. and at the instant that
her worthy husband's "amen" was pro
U.iunced sprang to her feet, exclaiming
;vaeiou-ly:
"There," Mr. Ilrown, Ihrre is the kev
of the cellar door. I knew I loat it
s mewhere about this lounge."
Fancy the genuine disappointment
that key. which had been lying
chuckling while the family -ought it in
v:,in, at being thus ignominiou-ly
bi ought to light, and that. too. by the
h: ml of the housewife, who should lurvc
tK'-.-n thinking of other things than
-curdling th" crack of a lounge.
Key-, however, although u-ually, ar.'
no', always lost. Sometimes one realh
do;s keep a key and then mriad indeetl
art the b"wihlering combinations of
venation which can be produced by a
loc'J and key which are really giving
the r minds to it.
A favorite trick is for one's ordinary.
eeryd.iy lock, the lock of a desk or
dracci in constant u-e. to suddenly be
come intractable. One can put in the
key, but the lock refu-es to turn; then
the Ve refuse- to come out of the key
hole one twists and turns and wrenches;
one tries a drop of oil, a soupcon of pro
fanity, all to no purpose; suddenly with
an alarming snap the key consents to
turn jn the lock: nay, more, it will keep
on turning indefinitely round and round
withuit the slightest effect as far as un
lockiig is concerned. One turns it
furiously, one pushes it in slowly, one
tries to draw it out with a sudden jerk,
on- breaks one's nails picking at it At
last the key comes out with a sudden
ness which semis one violently back
wards. Then the family is summoned.
Do come and see if you can do any
thing with this abominable lock. It
must surely be broken."
The doubting member of the family
smiles incredulously and takes the key.
It fits into the key-hole and the lock
gives way without a murmur.
I Utonght there was nothingthe mat
ter with the Avy." says the doubting
membe throwing an unpleasing empha
sion ' key." It is quite u-ele-s to in
sist tha; it "did refuse to turn; nobody be
lieves it. and th key quivers with de
light and the lock thrills with a joy
known only to the succe-sful practical
joker.
Again, who does not know the awful
A'agarie.; of which a trunk lock is capa
ble? The refusal to catch when the
trunk is packed; the refusal to turn
when o ie stands by impatiently waiting
th inspection of the Government
official.
Once more,- who ever locked with
especial caution a door or box again-t
some intruder that he was not himself
the first person to wi-h an entrance,
and inv iriably was without the key?
Latch-keys and locks, too. are sub
ject to the most bewildering changes.
The ke.-hole of a latch-key has been
known late at night to slip and down
the doc r vith a rapidity calculated to
bewilder the brain of the most steady
and sober-minded citizen striving to
gain ad-uittanee to his home.
All the.-o various examples, however,
of the iniquity which is capable of
dwelling in locks and keys only prove
what m iv have been before stated, that
an impish and tricksy soul dwells in
each lack and key. and these two are
never s.t truly happy as when, sepa
rately or in evil combination, they are
able su jcessfullv to A'cx a frail human
being so that " every part about him
ill. vers.
lioslon Courier.
A ROMANCE OF TO-DAY.
Ah Alatuin3 Komeo Itesctie III .Toilet
from au Insane Asylum.
At 3-50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mr. T. L Hewlett, of Ilu.itsville. Ala..
and MissSallic A. Ragsdale.of Meridian.
Jiss., erc quietly married at the par
se nage of the Methodist Church, at No.
7G3 Fiftto street, by Rev. Henry C. Set
tle. The ceremony was strictly private,
the only witnesses being the mother of
the bride and Mr. Clifford, a friend of
the family. This ceremony terminated
one of ihe most singular romances ever
encounfep'd outside the pages of a
novel. The story, as gleaned from Mr.
Hewlett. Ills bride, lier'mother and Mr.
Clifford, of the Broadway Hotel, who
has known the Hagsdale family for
many yoars. is as follows:
The groom is a young gentleman of
excellent social standing" and holds a
position of special agent of the New
Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway, which
position requires him to travel a good
deal. Something mere than a ycir ago
he A-isiied Meridian and stopped at tlie
principal hotel of the nlace. Avhich is
owned and operated by Mr. L. A. Rags
dale, who i- also a wealthy aad leading
citizen of that place, Mr. Hewlett be
came acquainted with Mr. Ragsuale's
family, wiiich consisted of his wife, son
and a very pretty daughter, who. al
though but fifteen years old. was devel
oped far lieyoud her age. A friendship
sprang up between the young people,
which" soon ripened into love, but Mr.
Hagsdale objected to the match on the
score of his daughter's youth, and after
a fraok discussion itAvas agreed that
they should at least wait until the young
lady had completed her education.
Mr. Hewlett was called away from
Meridian on business, but returned be-
;ore the father hd cotaokd ike sw
raagrnwjt to wmd h! daughter U a
Vjordicgofwhool atfciasc!os. Va. 1W
Iots Mi Kadalc wm rcadr to isrt
Mr. Hrwlcii tra again callrd to Nfrr
Orleans on baias. and Mr. IlaJal?
wreat lo Hot nrinjr. Ark . to be trr-at-1
for rbeuma.:n. Mr. Hrwlrtt wrote
to hi" s-arertbear; aftrr hi arrhal la
New Orleans, and record a rwjdr tat
.ng that her father wouk! takr hr to
Ihr m hool at Stausloa lo a f-v day.
Mr. Hewlett rcpln-d. but waito-d n rain
for an anwer. aad iiaatlr, -bccauag
alanaetl. h wrotr to friend in Mr-rki-n
mqitiriag what had Wcotn of Mi-
ltagdale. The rcplv wa thst father
and datightcr had left Mcridtaa fo
Stauntoa.
Acting on that Information Mr Hew
lett wrote to MIv Itagda!r at Maun
on. but failing to gel a reply acer
ained by inquiry from the facslty tl.x
sbe wa"not there. He agala wrot' to
his fri'nd. and afur ome delay the lat
U'r informctl him that he had -een a bt
er from Oxfortl. i).. aildrn. d to Mr.
itaglale. and bearing the bu-int- can!
of Dr. Moss, the Suerintndent of a
private inane asylum in that place.
Thr detracted lorer did not know
what cours to pur-ue at tirsi. aoI con
sumed valuable time in a-oertaining
po-iitively the wbereabut! of hi- ums
ing sweetheart, and al.-o in d.severing
where her mother had gone. He tint!
Iv verified hi- .su-pielons by means of
n intercepteti leltr from the insane
.x-vlum, and about the same time heard
th'it Mrs. Hag-dale wa- in Hot prings.
He at once telegraphed to the mother,
who hurried to (.Kford antl managnl to
abduct Iwr daughter from the a- lorn,
and got her to Cincinnati, where M '
Hewlett had arranged to meet them,
liut unfortunately Dr. Mo a-eertained
the vherealxmU of the mother anl
daughter, and getting jo-se ion f
Mi-s Hagsdale. carried her bcu-k to th-H-lum
de-pite her prote-t-. even threap
ening to have Mrs. Kag-dale incarcerat
ed aLo.
A- -om as Mr. Hewlett arrival i:i
Cincinnati able lawyers were einployxt1.
.tnd Mis- Hewlett wa- relead on a
writ of hahea corjms. Mr. Hagsdale
ami -everal acquainlance,s of the famih
were -ummoned as witne-se-, and. be
f.ire a court of lunaticode inquirendo. it
was clearly proved that the young lady's
mind was perfectlv sane.
j The affair created a great local sens i-
tion at Oxford, ami resulted in an order
being i-Mied that the Insane Comrui
sioners should visit all private asy
lums four times a year lyr the
purpose of investigiUiou, without
warning the- Superintendents of their
intention!;. Mr. Rag-dale admitted
that he did not lndieve hi- daughter in
sane, but would give no reason for in
carcerating her in the asylum. 'I he
same Court of Inquiry gave the custody
of Miss Rag-dale to her mother, declar
ing that Mr. Hag-dale was not a tit
person to have charge of her. The
father finally consented to the marriage
of Mr. Hewlett and his daughter, but
declined to be pre-ent at the ceremony,
and after the trial went to New York to
attend to some business. while the moth
er, daughter and Mr. Hewlett came to
this city, where they determined to have
the marriage occur.
It is said that the joint property
of Mr. and Mrs. Rag-dale amount to
-750.tHK). Mrs. Hagsdale told a report
er last evening that she thought her
husband had behaved as he did in or
der to force her to accede to a propo
sition of his concerning the dispo-al of
some property. She said, moreover,
that her husband had been an excellent
i business manager, but that he ha 1 a
stroke of paralysis about six years ago.
and that at times lie had acted erv
strangelv. Louisville CourtcT-Jow-iul.
A ROMAN BARBER SHOP.
About One ThituJtml. Might llunlree nntl
NliH'ty-SI Yr.r ;?.
Sce?icA tonsorial studio in Rome.
B. C. 12.
Dramatis Person? -The artist, th
journeyman and afterwards a pnetor.
The Artist Thou scurvy Daeian
slave. I'm half disposed to hurl thee
to the beasts in the arena. ,lhou
could'st have sold a flagon of our new
j elixir unto Pompilius had'&t thou but
nghtlv used thv tongue.
The Journeyman O, worthy master,
I did try my best; but he. the young pa
trician had gone broke in playing.
T. A. Silence, dog! Here comes a
wealthy Pnetor.
Enter Pnetor.
"May ail ilie gods to thee and thine
be favorable! Would'st trim tin per
fumed locks or from thy manly cheek
the silky hair remove?'
P. (sitting) I would be razored.
T. A. (frescoing his victim with
lather) How likest thou the blade? It
came but yesfrday from Alexandria,
and is the best the rosy Orient makes.
P. It pulls like Hercules.
(Pause.)
T. A. (after nibbing some soap in the
' Pnetor's eye and winking at the jour-
j neyman) Thou hast a Tiead. O noble
I Pnetor. like to Apollo's ambrosial Jocks,
such as I ne'er before have handled.
But what ba-e hand last scissored '.hem.
'Twas vilely done.
P. Thine own. last kalends.
(P-iue N
T. A. (ga-hing the chin and nibbing
I in some alum) Thy scalp is
rhtlv
'?!
fevered, noble sir. and capillarv drv
j ness has begun. Would'st th.i try
our ntw elixir? I had the secret from
an Egyptian hag. 'Twill make each
ringlet glossy.
P. I tried it once on a day. It made
it smoother than a new-born babe.
(Pau-e.)
T. A. (slitting the cheek and soaking
I up the blood with papyi us.) Excuse
! me. Praror. it Avas but a scratch. I
; could not help it. for thou turn st thy
1 nose as if for sternutation. Would'sl
thou sneeze?
j '. I may. Thou hast been drinking
barlev wine and eating Tuscan rirlic.
j (Pau-;e.)
j T. A. (dropping the lather brash down
i the Prcctor's iieck) I have sorue on-
drous hair-oil in yon "r. ami faiit would
sell thee ome. 'Tis very ch-ip aad
j' better stuff you'll never Snd in Rome,
j P. No! by the gods! (Rises at d pay
j three sesterces).
i 7'. A. (biting the coin to s?c ;f it i;
genuine.) I have a fine assortiiKnt, no
j ble sir: see'st thou aught that tl na de-
sirest?
j P. I do.
T. A. (smiling and nodding to tLr
journevinan) What is it, noble Pra
itor?
P. The sidewalk. Life.
An up-towh wine-house keeps in as
ice-box over one thousand bottles of
New Jersey Champagne." In a draw
er near by are the labels and caps o!
nearly every popular brand of Avine.
Three or four dollar wines are thua sup
plied at a moments notice for LoO.
The trade is reported large and remu
nerative, but confined chi6flr to coun
trymen. A. J". Tribune.
FOR OFR YOLWG RU)ERS.IH ftAs wi.
rHE OLD HEN'S THANKSGIVING.
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fONY'S THANKSGIVING DINNER.
ft tory f Vork VcrMl-!!
Mr I'otjniJ llirpl Mr.
A dinner that a rrgular di&r -a
"good Mjare meal"--wa a raniy k
Tony, a luxttry in whieh be )ka Ja
dulgtd. jkxt lrttle vtieet Arab" tkat
le wa, ai yri he xaaaagrd to prt
consideml r euoymat ami ot life in kk
u-.va quvr fc-skkxt. Very icdHHdat
he wa.-: njl at all lirl to hour r r
trk'ted by rttbv, for tle very zog1 rea
son that te had neither horn. pna.-Mt
uor guard a a-. It U true that Uti hi
de; en dent comltttou had it-t dWdidran
Uiges. Fr ins-taJjce, th'r wer tiiaoi
when a warm Led hi a eory hoae wuttUl
itAve beiB more de-irable thaa a al la
barrel. r jjncfcmg box. or omf oorarr
of the lnrt-s along 'e-t slrrtK, fir
Tony w tlmt very common character,
a New V rk vagraut Probnbir W had
parent- nc-. bl it was so bag ao thiit
be could r'iiMmlr nothing ab-nt ihent.
Ill- earl t'-t rertUetkits were of lxiag
k'eked or culled out of a dark eelLtr.
tin mh home he had ever known.
How Jid he live? Well, br could iot
have tobl ou him-elf. for tvro rea-oi-.
In the fir-t place it wa- a queer, .shift
ing, shiftlev, Mrt of life, ban! to le
icrilx; and in the .second plao. in al
dition to his other misfortune-, Ton
w:u- lMjrn dumb, and so lived a more
lmlylife than the othr little agn
bonds who could at least talk and .-wear
uid quarrel with fne another.
Perhaps Tony wa- rather inclined to
be la.y. At any rate he never seemed
to think of -ueh a thing as working for
his living; but neither did he Leg. un!-s
it, could Ik called Ugging to stand
2 round Washington Market and jeer
I ungrily at the meat and iish. the but
ter and cheese and joultry there dis
played; or to creep half-way down the
tep of .some underground restaurant
and siiifT the odors of clam chowder or
beefsteak. I dare not say that he
would not have snatched a sandwich or
a sausage had the opportunity offered,
but he was so little and puny that he
newr dared venture. Now and then
some good-natured soul would throw
him a stale lart or mold crust, or a
bone that had at least a sinull of chicken
about it. and o he managed to keep
life in his little skeleton of a IxmIv.
But Thanksgiving time was the hnrd
est of all to Tony, for, really, the me!l
of turkev and chh-ken is not particularly
filling.' however apprizing it maybe;
to see others feeding, or preparing to
feed on the fat of the land. alwa. - made
Tony more hungry than ever. Ou thi
particular Thank-giving Day he Wl
even more empty than u-ual. for. not
feeling well, he had slept through mo-t
of the previous day in a ?unnv .-pot on
top of a big woodpile near tlie wharf,
and. of course, hat! eaten nothing: and
not having Dr. Tanner'-strength of will,
he thought that he was in a starving
condition. He hung around the mar
ket until It closed about noon, but nil
the dealers were too bu-y to notice him;
and as for the buyers - well I Mippom
that thev had qent all their spare cash
for the ontenls of the basket they !
carried, -o Tony fared badly indeed.
After the market closed he loitered
about the street -lands and re-Jaurant.-for
awhile, but no one noticed the pit
iful little face with its hungry cya.",
except a bnital policeman w!.o gave
him a nip with his stick when he crept
suspieioti-lv near a comer pie-stand. So
Tony wandered on up Vesey to Green
wich street, and strolled along. -linking
into doorways wiien the elevated rail
road cars thundered by. for he could
never get oier the idea that the huge,
clattering tmin was going to tumble
into the street. Bv and by he turned
into a cros street Avhere there were no
shops, and strolled along, peeping into
basement windows. Oh what delicious
odors came from those kitchens- It
made Tony almost ravenous to -mell
them, and at last he made up his mind
to beg for something to eat. But at
one place the cook was scolding, at an
other the kitchen maid looked so for
bidding, and at the next two spoiled
children began to hoot at him. ?o he
hurried by as fast as he could.
At last he came to a neat-looking
block, and the fir-t door in it -tood
open, for the grocer's boy had ju-t car
ried in a big basket- Tony summoned
up all his courage there wasn't much
of it at most and ventured in. He
found himself in a pretty little dining
room with a table in the middle, all
ready for dinner, too; for atone end he
saw a big turkey, nnd at the other a
pair of deliriously-browned chickens.
Not a soul was in the room: the cook
was chatting with the grocer's "young
man " in the back kitchen. Alas! for
poor Tony's principles, if he ltad any.
The temptation was too strong to be
resisted. Without leave or i:cerwe ne
snatched one of the chickens from the
pj.vter and rushed out of the boose at
full speed- He dared not be seen
on the street Ansh his booty, but ia
s'inct'veiy scuttled down the first ba
nient steps he came to: and there. I am
sorry io say, without the slightest twinge
cf conscience, he feasted on his stolea
goods. No words can do justice to his
enjoyment of that meal. Hunger is
akl to be the best saace. and of that
Tony had pienty. He stripped the
bones clean. More than that, he ate
the smaller ones, and AvL-hed well I
am afraid he wished that he had grabbed
the other chicken for his brcakfasi-
His dinner eaten, lie cnrled himself
up in a corner of the area and went to
sleep his unu-Tiaily hearty meal had
made him sleepy, you see- And what
do you think was the next thing he
heard? Why. a sweet, girlish voice
saying, eagerly:
0 mamma! mar I keep him? I
want to so mnch and he opened his
eyes to find himself held fast in a ten
der embrace, while two dark bine eyes
looked lovingly at him aad beseechingly
ty L -Hw ? &a s? ?
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lh cua wis 1 tajilr rrlfcxfcwa lr4.
xtui WtKc l3rJUfcilA im-Ut rv&ArmyU
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it mm ikal Uv. 4Ti.Jt !r!cv bfl
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Add tgiher the trtiir In tie y
hntH-t of Um? Up letter- of the cotomttt
in ijue-ljon, A lng Um Wrt lir. r
the MHtnul. I) the fourth. H lte rihil
awl I the sixieeulh, nd tho tu il
1h the letter MMighL
lor example, take the word Jane
Jane tells m that the tlr'thHter of bet
name h In tun of tlie eolmni., the oti
begltiiting with It and that UnaiBf
with II. Now. H is th Monl leUr It
the alphabet and H l the eighth hrtlrr
as any one ho enn etwnt kuuu . Adti
tw and eight and ou havu ten. Tu
tenth letter of the alphabet i J.
In the otme wu Jane's whole nam
can quickly ! sjelled out. The nev
letter. A. apjM'-ar.' in lut one column
N is in the cidunms bended H, I) and It
which are the -eeond, (ourth ami eighti
letters of the alphabet. lMtig nddm
they give the fourteenth letter, or N
And so the K t- ju.-t a.i ea.dy found. -U
olden D(i,s.
BURNS AND SCALDS.
A Mmplo Urn, .1r tlit lJ WUMn th.
Itraeti of i:rry On.
There are very few home wIiom In
mates haAc not at w)ine time or otlei
Mifl'eretl more or h- .severely from thr
eflocU of a burn; there are fw pron
who ever forget the .severity of the nin
that succeed- a bad b.ini. nn! yrt there
arc verv few who mak anv urorUiou
for the proper treatment of uch
wound-. Thii neglect nric from in
dilference or fnm ignorancsr, but chiefly
the latter. A burn ireaud In tim Um
not take nearly so long to heal, and gen
erally li'iil Inrtter than II othtrwifl
would. Tin object of the pnvent pt
Mr i- to make familiar a few of th?
remedies whieh an generally applied io
burn -rt'im-dh"! - mple in themelve
that they ean be apphi by any jHron.
Tlie lr-st thing to ailv t a burned
r
or cahleil part i Carnin oil upread on
lint or linen. The main object in the
treatment of a burn U to keep the af
fected part out of contact Avith the air
but the part of the treatment to whieh
our attention should W UrM directed 1
that which will leen or nmore th
min. Ice or cold water U sometimes
tuetl. ami sometime water moileraulv
wann. or a gentle beat, give relief.
Carron oil o called from the famou
Carroa Imn Works, where it i exten
sively u-ed - not only leeni ihe pain.
lut covers th part with a film which
effectually shuts out the air and prpTont
the skin getting dry.
Tliis Carron oil can be prepared in a
very simple way. It consi-u of equal
part.- of oliA-e oil and lime water. OHti
oil. or salad or Lucca o". it the )et
"iiited for the purpo; but. if not easily
obi lined, linseetl oil anwi the put
jHit very well. Ume water can be
easily made by any one. if it can not be
procured othcrwl-e. Alout a teapoon
ful of the lime uwd by builder, if tlie
purer kind U not obtainable, added to a
pint of water and well shaken, i all
that is required. It i then allowed In
settle, and the water when required I
drawn otT without disturbing the sedi
ment at the bottom. Pour the oil on
lim water. tir or -hake well, and the
mixture is ready for ne. It it poured
freely between two fold of lint or lh
lint dipped in the mixtuio. the hnt ap
plied to the wound 3nd held in poiiuta
or the bandage. The wound may be
dre-ed twice a (iay. but in dnA.-ing tht
wound should be exX-ed to the air the
.vhortest poible time. If the lint ad
here to the wound, it mnt not
ijulled ofl. bat fir-t moistened thorough
iv Avith the oil, when it eoroes otTuanih
h
in some cases It is not advisable U r?-
rnove the Hat. Under such clmiro
stanc?:, th leal way to proceed i t
lift up one fold of the lint, drop the oil
within the foki-. repbc the fob! a k
fore, and -eccrB the bandage. Carro
oil is one of thos things that no house
hoW should be at any time withit-
Con.-idrhuc the riinpHeiiT of lb care,
how ea-ily olive oil aad Itnac-iraior ca
be obtained. let in koje that for the
sake of n-llevmic even a few xninnU'
pain no reader of this paprr will be in
the futnre wkhout a bottle of Carron
oiL Chambers' Joururxt.
There L a curious series of tree on
the farm of Mr. P. Mariner, near Penn
Yan, N. Y. The original tree, aa elm.
was blown do-svn over thirty years ago.
The trunk, which remaiaA.'! fifty-eight
feet long, and from this trnmx a'row cf
twenty-six voting tn-es hsAe sprang,
many of w-fclcii are fully fiftr feet hsijh.
Ti:e "young trees seem lite brascbea
froralhe old trunk, but ther are "sreli
grown, perfect trees. Bujclo Ezprzs.
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A fW dA ig thef JjMainiI hi
JttUee SlAekUhl'i (Hrl wuiut
wIkix tgiutJug uHrtti at u
rlT-rted the aUuntiun f e-vtrrt rMi
jfetl. The nuiiWD Hjii a t,eiall
ihl hag. bVMiKil. dirty. liAri anl
wRh a Mka vthtrh int ttvrrA k)rp with
in it mim1 n edge IUr tanW-tl hair,
galhermj up at the U -t iwr !4wwt.
lcxAed a hMp ol tttlk.aiMj lh Alrm ikf-knl
to ami jttvxnned anMl th &.
Slf l4irml a the h-l rt's-trtr
In n Mule girl, a brthl. jMvmalMrtilj
(ll chihl. hi had ewe lfcwr U tTtI
ty sgaiiMt a man kttt 4e rUttue!
had abu4tl hr Slmjcw lo ny, jj
tlMMMh the old Honun h tWre a th
ehil!" guitnllan. ! UaJ hm u&
Utirtied Ut testify Uk 14m mat 4d of
the cne, VhiI leUetl n Ker ewnii
tkn that he tUl imn iMry U lh de
(eUie titan hir aWttnre etht jl4y
have ih'lte.
lCvery itM4$K of womnitilK-xl And alt
f vuimihr tor ahumml ehthihuo) eMtH"l
U nv Wilt tUrfy Mtl'! from
the wuttiaM imlwre, nwl the only
Hvely Mlent w hlri hof httnUlil lu
teilert (eeinwl caKt)k of rrajttg thai
day WW thai of at4uo4ti to-ward m?
litile one 8he cwrl th child ami
trrel her nl ljlH$. nwl tfM. forget
ting that 4ie si(ta court ot M-lfr.
he raWrtl h(r rifwchMl 1kl and tviiKn
thai she womM 4riM the hihi If ha
had thv fjwT at tliat motnAL
Tle sbnadtMM! oran itiatje uh tm
ImpnsOH upon the mitl of a nporirr
who wm rtt tltt he xV.e of br
to ne or two jejl wWkii he mt with
Inter in tle i!ay. ono of whjiu hapjettri
to h i mn who hod lived In Ihwrer
from It Vftry nnrJy dajf
A Mjn a thj old woman i naznn
rii4 menlhineil the oh! man brightoned
up awl remarke!:
"Why. that woman ! in h, or
jf the viry hando:net and mt
wealthy In the town in tH ar
Ye, indeed, rrd tm wt t u d thn
bt. txi. I tell xmt thTQ tanr a
matt to-day who Jww a gix-1 deal to
that old woman khkdae'. Why. h
wa an aw ful goodharid Roman. II
there wk' anyboly art hi ml lrk or In
trouble, nothing lbi hn had wm Um
gxl for him or her. There wjw a
partner of mine who workeij .rth ms
in a livery-table. and he tj4. taken
ilo wn with th motintaln f'ver. l
lepl then in the jttabh. had h Wank
viA and that Hrt of lhig. but a fa'l
verj- comforiablr for a k man.
T)ii- old woman heard f it. xo4.
down be came Uj m. him hhe Imtud
how he wa. aad had htm laka lo a
room. She gol a Jo of htret4 jul jnl-Jow-ca-rt
and th Uiig Kvcrrj
rooming ho came with a ehraa V. ot
lid-clo0j, and nic Itie JeIjoT
for him to eat. I felt rtt ineb thin
a cotton ihe9i and liars p4lor-li
were slmrMt unkmwn in Uw dapt.
Uut h? bad pleaty. fe Urffo gooi
car til that lrWx. sA aybejir rtd
who a sick. Sho wa ao awful good
hcriel wowwa."
" What coald haro lKottUi her dtrjt
in what 4e U nose?" akI th? old
man liaer.
Wiky" rejft! ih-rl maa, a!ly
SiK bgaa to tlrhk Htvaf than; ;
tr4. oo. aa4 sow sfea no eartJily uac
Dtnver Tnlmxc
Oacx urxw. a tha a Hg drsak frost
a irokisn toto wJuVh a ferrI of b?rr kat
been esszHkd. lie Wcaij Ycrj" mudi
intoxicated. When bv caau? u fcim.ek.
he wa Trrr mceh sthaml of hw cco
dact. He ws.4 truly pesiittnat and salt!
to hb frietMl: I have aitrav trr-j a
Bea-t until ihls naltky lfp. aad 1
promise you J11 never make ta i
tnyself again- HoMqh TnxncripL
The. habit of Intemperance by mc km
olace haj occx.io&cd more injury lo tier
public zed jaore trouble to te )m aH
other caues; an-d "were I to edmmemem
mr AdmiBi.tratkn agaia. the firt we-
tioa 1 would a.k rep-ectir,? a cbha
for office would bei -Doexkc e awt
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