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AtlvcrtiHin ainUu.
Tbe kartre and rsSVMe elrenJatvm m th Cxn
bria f'AD cwrncrw-nJi it to tbToraiiu i . n
1'lr.r.tlun oi iidrcrtiian. turori will (e n
rti at ttio ZoJlowitiK tlr rate. :
i. rutillstod ok'.vt
rtitrsu. c.txitai.t cor .txt.
uv ji..n invso.
1 lech, tltot
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1 e montlK...... .......
1 ljatr
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' 'a II n.'t pal I within months. "i.00
1' a it not I iJ withlu t!.o jf'r.. V Jt
.'sni riti"f outM r tl my
""JtLauioiml i.cr year will be ma:t.,.l to
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linplnrfi it.mi. CTt Iciertlcn lOo. per lis ; e.cb
ntiaiiii infrtioo be. per line.
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Auditor. ot!eet t. iu
Stray and itmllar Notice. .... ......... . I r
Rnolutioni or proctrtln of any corji ereton
or of-tWv. j .J commvmcaltont drnynti to cail turn
run t0 a f wietter of limited or trii.ttid.ual ir.tt ett
mull blpaitt jot Of dvrrtUrmntt .
Job PaiKTiKa ot .11 kinds ce.tfy andrpv:i
oaily jecuted at low.tt (.ricei. tou'tyoa lour
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JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher.
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tr-ntli ao.l wbolriiuici?e. Mre .xiootot. 1
'linti ttie or lin-rt klU'l. and eannot tie fold In
cmi etitlon wtt:i ttie uinltitnde ol ttie low tft
'h"rt w nut, .him or I'tioKkair. .-wtr. Sold
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CARTERS
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Pirk TT-'nilTri:tninl rt-Iiv. a! the troiihl, lnr!
i1"n( in a Irif uim yt:it of tho Ttro. xuch aa
Ii4.ziiifai. Nau.-H. LiroMiuf.s. ki-fui .fbr
rniinir. 1'aiu in inf hU. ,t. While tliMrnioMt
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II'-Oil.vi Ii". iH Cihtik'k Ijtti- t.rvra Pii.tJ
art- tiiMil vul tftt'lf' in (it'j ai c. ninnir
. ixl prvt,t Huf tins Biin;riti.? fs .in,!int. whilf
thry al s ,1-rtM't nil ila.s. .r,!i.T.a vf Ll si.maich,
ii:iiuliil, Uii livr at . I n-tpittic tLc ImjwiU.
Eveu if tiify only curtsj
AcYr thT wiitiltl to almost pn.-U-a to thnae
ho .iitrT fruin thiH tlitrrsln r complaint:
but f.irtimtif.'! l!i-ir p.sh:.- il.vs r,t n-
lirr. in.!nos w i-1 ,iu- ty tli-iu il t,n.l
Ihn,. i:i.' puiH Til'm'ii. lit iiiaiir imys H.mI
tHr will li. t l,"vi'.,ul l-j d'i :tuol.t thriU.
Uut oTtcr uii k It In al
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is t'w I a.!P uf no maiir livrs t'-t hr h wlnr
rrk.- ur ifn-it bcO.iT. t'ur rilis ciri? It
hiV .th.-rs. ii.t nit.
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an'l titj :w In lal:-. irt ,.i ivn T'lu-i nuiii
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SEKD YOUil ORDERS FOR
BERS
TO
H. CH1LDS & CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale
Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES
ANO
RUBBERS,
511 WOOD STREET,
PITTSBURGH.
The Teacher
Who aiHifuvl hir pupiU to rrTtjthn
th. ir jniu.U .y tlie u...j of Aver- Sar
f.tjanK;t, ap.r.-ii;4te, ti truth that
h. li!y lif.iliu is iss.,iiil to niriital
vi.t. Ft.r i rs ,tni f i, ;;, u!f ami ftehia
rou-.titiit;,,n, wh.-th.-r y...tn ,,r oM, this
m. ili. iiifl U r-m.irVuh'.V tv-nciVUl.' .
sure yen K,-t .Xyer's S.irsnparlUa.
i "K,vl',,T rrhi7 nn.I f.M I take a num.
i. r r 1- it.rs ( .,e,'.s tH!-s..,an,l.i,aii.
am cr. it y h. u. t,rr,!."- Mls. jajls 1.
i-usiiuHn, isi.in.-ham, t.ia.
" I l.av t.ik. n Ay-r'n f .r!irariITa
VI it'n kr. ;.t U-n.-tH t.. iuy j;n.-ral l..-al:h "
M1-.1 Th:r;i I., t. rrrur, l iilmyra. .Jld.
"My .hinalitiT. trrelve yeam ot aire
Juia 8::r?.-r.-.l l. r the j-ait year lrom
Genera! Debility.
A f. w we. v. sin. . we IS ;rn to p!re
l-.r Ay. r'i Surs:,.ril!a. H. rl.ralth h.i
ere.-My inipn. ..-.!. " Mr. Ilnrri.-t II.
I a:::,-.H, S..u;h tl..-lnisfor,l, Miu.
"A'x.ut u tfiirajn I iH'sran tiiirp A rer'a
fr.irs:i.uri: . as a rnnr.ly Ji-r i!.-l'.ility
1 ii.-iii.t:-;.. r.-si::r..ui; fiom uiaUtxial
elH.MUH in iL.. atniv. I u !ua very
'"". 'f:"ll. 1-.it 1.,.. tlea of the Sar
.';" ;. "'' -wi-nal l... soI Ayer-
i --I. 1ium j-, - ,tly improve J uiy Li-alih.
I m d'.nv ,l,!e t,i ami f.-. l that I
c.v tm. -T k;iv t, n Uuu li l,,r vut ex.-rllrnt
M. l VtlruX ?7.-F' A- I'J-taiu. South
tisi'r-Vt1.I",1-'1a',r "'"'"n ywa oil, 1.
js ,njr AjeraSa:,pariIU ith tr.l ef-
I-.'T- B J- Graham, l'nite.1
lrthren , l,llr h. tu.khannoc, AV. Va.
" I suffrr J from
Nervous Frostratlon,
b.-.-n r.'h1.14 an'1 '-'lch. and bar.
a... prolon.l lif.-are to lLe Uie ot
Kialuilc;13"'-
Mrs. Ann H. Fartisircrth. a laIr 79
Af er Mv.-ral wwkv ...ffrriT.w from
I er, .,, rr.,sir t,n. I j.r.H -.irr.l i bottl
. l . J 'T'-rarill. and before I
11.1.1 ink. ct lt u usual Lea,m
ri't uru.-cx. . 0
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
rKKrAKEO BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mast.
I rice 1 ; ,ix bottle. ',. Wort, i . !ottle.
' 'i CAN FIND PAP.fl
In-.' n ..III.. Al f i. I.urrau i
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TIIAMvSCIViXG.
In tli Dttya of Auld Lan(
la one of the ol.l volumes of The Specta
tor the Freni-h are sai.l to ttp.-ak of the
"gloomy month of NorrraiWr, hen the
p.-ople of tiiglautl hung- aa.l tlrovra them
nrlv.-a."
Not no .liil the rhihlren think of this
much maligned month in the early daya of
our Aiiierienn Independence ! That' day
w as one of glorious rides in the woods,
thi.-h were st il curp- t.l w ith ri.-h-tintrd
autumn lean-!, ami of merry nutting ex
riirniuna, tor nuts were alv.nvn asMoeialed
w ilU tl.e t!iou''au oi lliank.sj-iviiii; !
I-ouj; h. fort- the holiJays the parenta le
pran a it:.-. .if pr.ive ronsulutiuns ahout
tlifir -ut and the talde.
"Non, hoys," the f.ithrr would say, it"a
time thrit the old kinv golililcr w. .-uirMl-ed
from t!ne to he k.-jt over. Take good
care of hi n. t;ive hiai warm Indian mush
for lironi; fast these cold morning, with a
little rod pepper in it. tiive him all the
coru he eaii ..U l'erhap Ma will find you
aonie r.-ftiM- ri.'e, wliirh you ran boil" for
him. A"e must have tho "old fellow fat for
Thanksivinir, you know."
'uh, 1 huiik-jiviu? is comiaer! Thanka.
pivinq; is i-m:iii ! ti..oJy! goody!" shout
tin- Utile on.-, elappin thtir liun.li and
(iain.'iii ulio'it in hi;ii slee.
"Mi" ijuict the cuu.uoion by gently aay
n, 'Why, Ta! ch.n't yon think we t-hnnll
hiretM-aot the larpest turkrra fattened
(.randpa and rrandma and uiicle and aunt,
uli pi rliitp sajuieol their ywuu toik..s,i.re
o .iaj, n know. lo you think om- wiil
1 . no-i .'-h V
' ell, i cne.s ma is 'loiit right. 8hnt
up (lie neiat bel, boy liow iimuy chick
i hs nud .'.i.pk-i will yon want? M.iv ai well
shut tip now- all tha"t vou net J. with those
faiteuitig for market.''
I'OTLTBY AND LA ETC It. V
A the tlay drew near a dirLsion of lw'-or
v.i.s ilk..l uur, and tlie work for each
xivn, und t lie time t-i he do voted to it,
l.-ri l.-d nimn. Sohool dutiea must not he
iegle-ted; hut work for so jrr.-iit an event
is a New i.ii.vuud Tliuuki VH15 Pinner,
otu liin 1 si.aie holies, ill e-irly in .riiiii,
md i.t the I'.it" winter evenintr, without
nf rinir iiit on the lesson for tlie next day.
The hov's, poultry und errys not needed
n tlie i.i.mU i.ti-i eh oice ln.it un l v..-i;.-tar
ie. f.niii 1 r. ...!y sales, i:i I'r.jvi.len. e or
I'.o.Mn lo-ty or h'l'ty 1 lil. s distant. These
sun tnrnisii the luinn. . lor that great
)ty, n a!s.i lor ijriH-eries tor the n inter. N.
:l't ini, vn'iv killed and Int to eo..l one
;.i,':: and .lay ; the hoys "took ta m." ill
pi. irrt-s.-, ducks, turkeys and rhi.-k-
1 :.s, soinrtiiii.-s woikin? alt ni-lit iu an
out house w uh a to.i.l tire nu.ier tlie
kc 1 !e s. t." iliieh latter wits tilled with
n u e.-, k. pt -l boiling heat, lor the occa
sion. 'n the eveiiin-. h. fore tu.irTci t-.Inv. tne
l-o.sa, po.ihry, ctjiis nud oth-r pnlu, e were
pa i in a l.a.i- l.ait,':;.'t--ao.i. Alt.-r a
sii;,.a!:,i.ii..i upper, the l.'th.-r started on
his 11 II it 1 -til's .mrn. y not always a s.::'e
..'ic ii. tnosf nn-..-tt. I-I .l.iys w'nd if he
as ii. I nr.. re. I, be i.-A.-hed the eity mar
vel i v .i.ivin.ak. -iicli j rndiiee always
eo.i.in 'i 1 .1 .1 r.a-iy -n'.e, tainl no tiine was
hsr i-t inal ia; the needed purch.i-.es, t
titr.t he eoiil.l besriu hi. return journev
. irly iu ti.v allerii.on. ;y uudnihl he
r-i.eiie. hoe.u- and was uoi.siijr rcccivfJ by
the waiting family.
rnrp.xrivf; for titr r-rTs.-T;a.
The pre'i: in nary work fjr the festival
mi.; i-ow l,e -in. The -inr.-l-rr.aii" has s.!l
t ie p.o.trre !:.!?cd, nrd he is r-M.ly u join
i:.c !..; , 1:: j...-k::i fct.d dre.-.si;." it. Ibe.
s. ! ofi! . ls; , ior a week, and ulm,- prc-pa.-es
tn.r at au.l mi, 1 lor ti.llu-e-pies,
";" '' the ct.ildr.-ti Iwri;- ts Lop ir, w bile
. i.ers pare I1 e app! )mjiiuJ or eri.nl the
spier no ;-u-es ready tr- nn I .eoiil I he
l.o'iv-iit then stone the r.ns.ns, or m-.h !i and
dry the rui ranis. Then wood r.iu-t !.
l r..y,'li: i.i anil piled near the two lar-.'.-t.riek
oven, for the wo.iJer i.l baking of
the next .lav, when the laiitrhteis tahe
cliarcc one oven, rtml Ma of the other ;
in Koth of u Inch liili.ee pies re to l- haked.
The two bii.-L ov.-ns were proiuptlv heat
ed, rnd wli.n the ihjK were .l.-.m.-d out,
w ere til Jed w ith pies. mid as fast a" thev were
do-ie the ovens were r.--he.ite. and filled
tune and lime again, till a brw.i.l lielf in
tils ' hi eheese-rwin." covered with w hite
pi'prr. was loa '.- l uiih minee-pjes. These
pi. -s had most delu ate ud 'i.iky" crusts.
The pumpkins reai, ricii, sweet pump
kins nre now t" be pared, slewed Bud silt
ed ; -p:. v. in t.itliu.iu-d ij lanlitiei 1., 1
j 0..1. I .1 or giouud ; apple, are to be pared ;
r.- tj ln-l e.tt.-n; rodee tu be roiint.-d ;
in.- v 1 id lor constantly renewirsr the heitt
pi t'tc -xeea to t;e kept close hy ;" all bciu-;
ev-1- n.in -1 : it ti save the Liutl.i r from any
a.l lilionul 1.1 l.r. for w iili eo inniiy williii-.
hcloert, lur, d htl" would have spoiled
ha'i the ple.iaure.
(iio.tt pan. of bread put to rise, while
pics and pliuii-puildin,- are I, -ike. I. The
liir-e wooden brrad-trnut'li tilled with the
rst, ohl f.isli ioncd brow n-hn-ad tiough
nn.I the li.u.an su.-t-piiddiug, dark with
1. n.-k h. n iv. s, stand by, waitintr for the
i ri. k e.ve.1, w hieh will Ik- re-hente-J and re-
i i-lvc tlirsu ir the uftcrnoon, hohliiirj them
a'l ,i:x'it, a . J until they are taken out rich
and hot Ii.r Thanksgi viug 1'innrr. Who
ca Id have had Thanksgiving linnerthen
wiliioiit the time-honored brown-bread and
Kl.ct lll.ll!". , I -' ?
Tlie day .la w 11s at last. The nuts are to hst
rn. krj by those not otherwise enrrtee..,
nud tbe eli --unit, placed ready to he Uiiled
w hile tli-hing the diuuer.
CiOIN.j TO CIlrRCTT.
Tee t' irt done, the rdd-faMon"..
femil y-eavris, is filled wit!. t'i..:.c olii n
sj... . .", 1111! ( o.u ley .41. I I i-!.. evi lent'T
e-'i -ions ot the .li-.--iit v ot the occasion, d.s.
rmrelT carry them four ni.Ie. to han-h.
lie. .re the -en ion tl.. niii.i-:. r s.,'ci it.lv
iiii-..'s a ! ac sh ct fl.i- l'roi 'i i: li..n ol
Th.uiksjix in;; nnd reads a ln .lo inm-iii,
f . iiiTtne reason for 'Tliank-s.-ieiiiL' ti the
i .r ot nil ...l," and closes wth the only
thiaif hi h M-cni.-" to interest U.e yoniie'r
111 em I.ers nf the coniircgatiou.
No d.'n'.t fl.e verinn-i was vry ecTIfvir.r
f.it'n r Miid ,o! but it must he' e..t..V'Md
ti-e gi i 1. y.,ung people seruied not at nil
. I... -...nt tw turn their face, hnuieward
In. h they did.
t. ran. li.a and rnnHmii are Jnt eoming
the la::c, w.";h the old grav horso and
"1.1-liow s-tn,.pe.i chaise," anJ the other
r;uets are n.-t far 'ehi:id.
The gret-t-nrs over, dinner is soon on the
trh!. a!I stand by tiieir chair. w hile
tl e l.l.-ssi'-g." much lain-er t'lan nual, is
ask-.d. Tiien the elder t'M.k their places ;
and the youn ones are seated with about
as inneli racket as Used to follow the prayers
nt cha.-ch. during w hich raisin? their wrata -
all sto.i.1, au-l when tiie A.nen was ssid.
ins'Hiiily alait down the .e-tswitha loud
nolc.
Tnn rrsTrm a.td risnKt.
rv're the mistrcas was placed a hnrre
e'.!.-'cn pic, 0r11-1mci1t.nl with loaves and
f.- ers, n.u.le of the lightest ot pastry. Oo
ti:l er siile ..f the tahlc were rrcat platt.T
o; roasted .luck, chicken an.t goe, with
the uppro,).:.!! gravies, gravy delicious
tn-r. 4 L'e- is carrot, and turnips, like
a iai:ii in alternate layers oi diii'ereut
r ! !. were plai-ed on one aide, and a
M-i.-li dish of ruby cratilverry annee on the
Ot- -Kits s: le.
'. ooked-neek Kjuash, eookcl and pre-a-ed
" jint ri.-ht, ' pi.-kl.a, aj.j.lcdiiitter,
vish pla Irani the ri.-11-eolored, hot h row 11
bread and the whitest and sweetest of
I'l- il bread, and plates 01 gulden huttr,
fl'e. up every available space of thnt long
la . s
What a I . ..led lal.le! And howr tewptins
wi.s cvci il.intr niadc more a. hv th.i
happy !.. s oi all ageKthat iviti rounded it.
lis bounties were partaken t leisurels.
The u.-c.l giainlpaicnts entertained the
yr-iii.g l'o.k willi 1.11111 y reiinist-ii- & of
VmI they then culli-d 'the old tiim,'' .
when no Thaiiks.'iviii? dinners were prc-
.;i -.- I, I, lit v I. ell thev pill tie.k of food olteil
s. tiii ..i d Lxiilv tin-:, 'th loaJ1
. ni, .ml hunie or cotiliision, the meats ,
and v.-.'. tnhlc were removed. The plum I
. i- 1 1:.. . .. .1...
an.l lll.lian pi. "lollies rir oe.ui.- uir
host he 1 ore the mistress. Afterward. came
pies 01 everv variety uiiuce, pumpkin,
apple, custanl and cranl-erry, w ith plates of
home-made cheese. Thca" hountie di
tril.ute.1, next came tea and isorl'ee.-etha
latter a luxury not in daily use, but onlv
OU state occHsi'otn. Sotnetiuiea "rye cotJ'ce '
wjs substituted. Apples, ipears, walnnts
and eUestuuta were uow placed w ilhiu reae h
of all.
Kroiu tKc dining-room now all adjourn
to the parlor for the crownint; honors of the
fenst. Tall and dignirieJ the father stall. Is
by a tnhle. ou which i. a punch-lmwl tilled
with "leiiioii punch," .urrouuded by tiny
wine-glasses, which he proceeds to fill,
w ith a merry twinkle in the eye and a grave
liW.
lie puts the first glaa to LU own lipi
with,
"Here'e heulth, happlnessj and Ion life
to all, and many returns of thia happy day,
if it be tiod's w ill."
A glass is then liandeil to each one.
When all hud tasted, the children sprint
forward to get the lirt kix '-all roucd,'
which was the finale of thia titue-honoreJ
ceremony.
ftcr uttpper, with nuts, apples, pear
and cider on the table for anv who wished,
the children begin their plays "odd or
even," "hull (full," "blind man . buff,"
"hunt the slipper," etc., while the eider,
ones who are not obliged to return to
their homes that night look on, well
pleased with the enjoy went of the young
ones, and sometimes taking J.art LU Uio
fames themselves.
s-ui h was the New Futrland Thanksciv5Tt
Iay ot many years ago. Who rau wonder
that ihe day as our children kuow it seems
tame and commonplace in comparison T
TIIE ONLY PUMPKIN.
A Thanksgiving Story by claba VCKVTlt.
It was on Thanksgiving nicht. after all
the friends and relatives w hi had spent a
merry evening at his house bad taken
themselves away with loud lam-nter anJ
invitations to "come over soon," s hen red ont '
ol the darkness sis the wagon rolled. away
alter the children had l eennn llo lsrd,uml
while his m was still punine :i-..iy the
nlv r and tjhle linen that Farmer "reuch
wriit out aloue, with a lantern awtngin; in -his
hand, to take a List look al lue -MUHiio
an.l covv-l.ou-c, ntiel n.jke rnre, tli.it tho
fjr. st bnrii-loor was pr..er!y fusterci.
lie should have returned in ten minutes,
but li nty had passed, when ilrs, t rcntii,
locking at the clock, asked herself in sur
prise, what Henry cotild ha e found to do
And w hen .-n more followed w mlioul hrinsr
iui; him, she grew alarmed, aud lo.-im; a,
f h.iwl over her head, went to the b.'rn. :tl- '
ling: Henry! Henry!" There whs no
an-wrr. "Henry!" she called again, her
voire takiiiii that.hrill tone w huh Ini.l
briuvs w ith it. "Henry! Where, re y.u?"
h-hc stoa.,1 hy tho .ini-dMr now-, and it wjs
wide open, and rithin all v silent and
dark, i here was not a sound, not a tcim
mer ol light froi.i the lantern. Jsiireiv her
h r.sban-1 would not have left the bum ..pen
l.ke that? Purely if he were there, sli..-"
should hear l.ii:i. "Oh lieiirv .'' siie cried.
I'on't trv to ta-r.re lue, s'eiirl ivr indeed I iu
so x'
74 ' " e.
There s!;e pan-cil, .rtr-ick dnm1. w ith ter
ror. She hud taken a at. p forwHrd, an ! her
foot had struck something soft and heavy
that lay on the Intra 11. mr. islie jfiltse."l
w hat it was her foot had touched. Mo- did
not utter his name ii..w. She knelt down
atd ielt mImiiiV. The tinst thing she touched
was a cold, limp baud. Then ieU upward,
an.l touched a face, cohlalso. Mie gathered
it up to her breast. lark as it wa she
knew well euongh that it was tlie head that
liad rested there ao often, her hand went
t.ir-.u:;h his cur'.j ai.d a muau escaped her.
'I lead.'' she sohhed, "dead, dead." And
then her voice came back in a wail that
tan; out upou tho night-air and brought
from the kitchen ilollia. and liill. "tiio
help."
Hill, a great, atalw-nrt fellow, lifted the
master in hi. arms and carried him into the
kitchen. How .Susn i'reuch .ipl ha. k into
Ihe honse bho never knew, but as she ku -lt
by ttie s-ttee and wondered wh-ther, wirh
all those babies up stairs, it was ril.t for
lu-r to pray to die too, hope cnuie buck to
lur in a w..rd from Iliil.
"MNsus," he ai l. "hos, Pn.ii,p
an't, no such a thing; he's stunned like.
No doubt he's hurt - mighty bad, but not
lead. 1 wouldn't say so it I w: rn't sure.
Til fetch him into bed, mis-sua, and o for
the doctor. He'll come to he'll come to.'
Thi n it seemed to the -poor women as if -U
a vcti had opened its jrat.-s an V gicen her
a g'ioinse of glorv. ijiie bent over hint as
he lay c.i his pillow r.n.l 1-i-ard tiie . baiter
of the horses' hoofs over tlie hard r .s. t, 011
the hi-.'iiway leading tow it-ward. How 4ng
vro...i.l ii i.c '.eiasr tlie doctor cai-ic ; Mcii
while. h,- batbcil the poor oVedii; le-ad,
while Jlollie chsfid the eo, hands? A':d
at last she saw, that he lived, tllis even
opened; but when sue ajMike to him, he
answered her only with groans. The door
opened, and tliank Hiaven: tTii" doctor!
but, worse than that. Kill, with horror in
l.is eyes, and a baud (sointitig ov-r Ills
shoulder toward the red yhtrc tliat lhcslieii
up toward the sky. The barn was on lire;
and while the poor wife within the int
tered room had oue thought only, "Will he
I l-vc better tluin the world l-c.-iik-, live or
dieT" despite the fruitlcsi aid that came
too late, though it wa freely orl'er.-d. baen
and stable, hay and rattle, were licked up
by the devoiuitig tlamrs Au l ail the etiorl
ol the iieiM,.,rs. only avail- J to uvr the
little hoinrstead andonreow.
"A pooeT1iaiikrivt'i-f for Mrs. French."
. said many a kindly matron as she heat -1 the ;
to a. next iiM.rniiia.'. Vet .Susan i'reuch was
at t at very hour ihar.king ti- I ; i"..r, a. the
doctor n ent aw ay, he s-iid : "K.-cp t:o Tour
heart. Susan keep anyone bmrt. -M'e'll
git hi in through yet. 1 ou'll not be a widow
this tlHle." , -
lie would live, and what iliil t-lie care for
ha-:i or st I.rt nil goK so thstsbe I. a-1
hi. r. Hot there was a wenry time before her
dayaof feverand d.-lirinin. ilaya of weak
niisa-ry, wlicu theiroug luau had bit come
like 1. freti'iil chiiii. Susan's ciu-rks j.rrcw
thin, and h.-r hinds bcau to show tiieir
boneti. Often she wondered w iietlo-r sh
could keep oa h--r feet much lonscr, but aha
did; and nl.er three iiiomhs iUoess Heur.
gid .shout ag in. gaunt and s:.!!n, and w:.s
enough hiin-elf to make it neee-s.-iry that he
should be tol l w hat bad happened."
"I sun pose my lantern broke in the bav."
he said, when he could speak. "1 (V.iin i ihe
d.ir open, and went ia, and th -re w.isa tuau
there, I crnp,,led him. and be struck me
ihut all 1 know, hither my lantern did it,
or the man w as there to tire the bai n. How
ever it was, it is nil over now. it will trtke
Susan, you took care oi my ocket-bonk 7"
SI10 came aero, the. room and bw.k his
linn U. parlini;," she said, "have patience.
Your pocket-hook has not been tound. I
tliAtiht yon niight re.nemher w here "
"1 always wore it iu uty vest,"" he r-aid,
''you know that. I kept my coupon bonds
iu it I kept all I had ahoiit nie. Tht re were
siv hundred Hollars in money ton, and re
ceipts 1 dare not lose, for they are signed by
- rascals, s-" evr--. -.-,..... t - 'of re
. t.-ieving my losses is cone, cone forerer. I
ruppose I was robbed as I lay senseless, tnd
I ihoulit my owu person iK-ttoraud safer
thaiiaiiiv liauu. Lmok at me tiou, aini-rr-ar.l.-.
slinking shadow, that a child rnnld
master." -
Hut yon'll cet strontr atrain,'" aai.l Susnn.
"nud we've tiie house iiuit tiie lioi." lint
Henry c t-.o weak to feel any hope or
eoiinpc. He took to his bed arain, n-id lay
' ttiere when U was time for a farmer to be
. busy.
However, be did not die, and there was
another ly.nvalescenc. Sns.in had 11.1t hml
timr to bs ill. Sh-dared not. What shu -co
no I do, she bad done. . Hot a farm needs
i smasier. lithey raised en. 1111:11 for fiMid
t hat ear, fh-it w as nil they coul.l do. And
it was a pour vctir. No" fruit to CH-a': of ;
v.-,-i tol.!cs tall uud mean, and cornaiiis-
-;ii.ltllK-HU
v',
1-.
erCii1'.
I - ..a.. i aa.U Saa..afU ll.e
farmer swore to having paid his debt, there
was 110 receipt to be found, and a mortgage
of the land whs the consequence. 4 iften the
discouraeed man declares! that he wished
tho thief had also murdered biin. Hut
Susan French kept her courage up, and now
tluit her hu sound was fairly on his feet,
would have been perfectly happy, could aha
have made hint so.
And th us Than ks?ivinr;eame about agnln,
and friends shook their heads once more,
and said: 4-I'oor Mrs. French would have a
different Thauks-iving from what she'd,
been used to." -Aud many inviiati.Mis w ere
Bs-nt to those who huJ entertained so freely,
while thcr could; but Henry would hava
none of them, and, to tell the truth, little
toes wen- ont. and little dresses were iio
fresh and holidav-lik. '
"We'll keep Ihiuiksgivirujat horns," aald
Stis '.n rrcneli.
'Th:llIksg:yin!, auij TTcnry, aarT.y.
Wel!, it won't he much of a one, and I
aii't sny ( feel thankful ranch either."
"And then there ain't anv pun kens," awld
little Lilly, "and no turkev."
"There is a pumpkin,'' raid the mother,
triuir.phaully "a, gowl one I've kept
watch over iL It's all right. And, Itliiuk
Toast pork with apple sanee ns tjood as)
turkev. We have rot two barrels of apples.
I shall keen Thanksgiving.- 1 wouldn't miss
it, and, Henry, you go to church and take.
.'"'in, and I'll get dinner fr vou 1 and
Lillv and Susie."
"Chnrch !" aairl TTenre French.
"Yes, church," said hi wife. A nil sit
had her way. And now, burin? tidied tho
house, she went ont doors to look for etrgs,
I hit her search was not a success! ul at
tisuaL speckled grey had taken to hidin;
her eggs, and according to calculations
there must be three or four somewhere. At
last Suan be:.rl a cackle, mid lookT-ir,
espied speckled pf-y's head protrudin-'
from the ruins of the barn, licams and
boards had so fallen as to make a hiiline
d:icc for speckle, and thither she was w end
ing her 'way. Susan followed In 1". She
-ouM see, by rrntichin-.' low, the great w':ite
pearls thnt where to make her one pit 111 pkin
pie richer. She put in her hand and drew
thetn forth four 6ve and Ihen What
was that lying there that bln"keiied thins-.
Was it ves, it was a soft, flat Heket-rMiok
Ili. pockf-t-hook in uhieh Hi-urv I'reuch
had ciiiie l liis weaTth ab-.mt liii person.
Susnn drew if nut, anl. rem'-ling, lookeil at
jr. It was warped an ! me'ted. but somehow
' only on the outside. As she tore it open she
saw that wit!: in was diseu'ored, but not
burnt. Their little fortune wa.srfe; there
was hope and courage for Henry now.
Susan jot back into the khehen .in 4 flung;
herself upon her knees itid wept and prayed
together and jrewstroirvr again. '
"I smell tire." said little John, hfirryln
in after chnrch. "Ain't it good though.
la, dinner is ready."
"And I'm ready for it," said thefamtsr..
' How briifut yon all loo k, girls. What is it,
the 011c pumpkin?" He spoke bitterly as
be utiere.l the last words and drew his chair
t the tab!-. There stood tho pork, the
potatoes, the great golden pie, a dish of
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apple-sanee, ami another covered.
"What's that?" asked little John.
"' 'Ii. John !" cried Susie.
."Hnh ' said T.iilv.
- "W iil you give thaiiki, Trtnryr' mii M
wife.
"J snpposej ought." said TTenry. "Wc'va
pet a house over us this year. Next, per
haps, no mntier." . He bent his head.' aud
tillered a few words of "ha akst-i vim,, think
in.' of all that a rJlc-.tppointH imm docs
think even then. Then he leaned back in
his chair. .
"Take the cover off the llttlo cJUi Pa."
cri. d Lilly. '
"Why, what U in the little dish sjktd
H-nry. "Why d yoa all look so?"
Vfrs. Frcm h reaehel across aud liitad the
lid : and Henry knew.
Kvcrythin? was s.i'e the eoi-son-boniTs,
the money, ihe receipts that of the wicked
creditor included. In contrast with his sta'o
yesterd iy Henry fell himself a rich man,
and he h i 1 the oppcrt'initr of Mar-jng fa;r
and eveu with the w orld agaiu, at lut.
Fnsan was not the bulv one Jown wiios
diceks tesrs ran that day -tear of joy aud
thankfulness.
And it nil came nbont, ass-sTTenry to-dn-r,
because my Sasan kept up her heart so well
was thankful to Heaven forall its nier -ies,
and made the best sho could of our "only
pumpkin."
OPINIONS ABOUT INSECTS.
Ewiio of Them Superstitions anil All of
Them Interesting.
.. Th" Koran fays all files fha!l perish
s.-i ve en.-, t he ! e fly. . '
It is feiriiil'M n death warnins In
(.'el-many t j I enr n. cricket's cry.
' T!;e T'-ip'tyy Indians jn isriiith. America
any t!i-tvi". ,t--:tir;"the form of .1 fly.
II ii ; i-, in s-oi'.ie 11 rts of our own conn
trr, -tvo"c.1 T.- foiiow unusually loud
c!.in!u j .f crick-sts. '
Fi.es ro f-c.i.ietinie-s renrded as f nrn-i'liiti-sr
pr-ignivtsticatlona iu the vreathcr,
and evrii ,f T'thereventa.
Sisaui.ir I. ia the sixteenth century,
be', ii t ct thHt spiders indicated gold, where
tl-cy were fontxl in pbundauce.
A It hoi-gh a sacretl iusr-ct among the
Eiryptian. tho lieetlo receives but littla
tiotU.-.: in (o k lore, lt is unlucky iu Eng
land to kill oue.
li: G-r::iauy it i rnj.l to indicate pood
li:c!; 1 . have a spii'.er xpiini; his web
i.o-.viiwariis. tc.wArdii you, but bad luck
when hr ri-ess tuwanis you.
The v;r:i.s.sht); per i a sulTicit ntly unwel-cciTt-.c
visitant cfl.iru.scif iu this, cottutry,
but in Germany bis presence is further
an id 1 0 atiuotir.ce strttri;;- jucst .-.
-A Wc-iOi traditlcti says becscfirae frr.m
l'at.t1:.-e, le-tvinif the g.tr !c:i -when mitn
fell, fc'.jt i.-ith Ood'v bleainz, so that wax
Is iiet-cssa ry in the celebration of tho
triads.
- The anetenf rreneral1.- mairtsineil that
the "e wira a clo-s connection Iwtween beea
an.! ti e soul. Porphyry upestks of "those
SsjuI- which tho :n?ients called keea."
It Is k:i: 4 thit upon tlift back of the
sovan year lsrtist there sometimes nppear
i..?irks likd n letter of the alphabet. When
this looks like a YV it ia thought that war
in rntKirent. ; - -
t.ernisii triises regard stair leetle.a as
diaiwHic, mu 1 lul beetle nre ciesteeted in
I1eIat.1I, Kioro rpeciAliy n brotir.e v iriety
km wti ns "iwiitlie." It is also believed
tliist to st-e a beetle will briti.i; on a rain
rfrrtn the 1.1TT rtay.-- -
There .ire f aid to lie no spiders in Ire
Lim!.r.or will"Fp!ders spin their well in
..n I ri-!i oak nor on a rei.ar roof. A spider
Is s i?d to l:ave saroi! Jloharrirr.ed frctn his;
ptirsirtersi by Fpfnnirjn; its Yreb across a
cave where be smght refuge. The same
la s,uid of David in tbe Cave of Aiiullam.
Don't It a Clatat
"L.TTin,, exclaimed the yortth, as he
In id his arm timidly on the back of her
chair, "now that you hare promised to be
uiitje. It unrely does not seem like asking
too much, if 1 "
"Well, Ceonre?"
C-orge took ber hand In his, swallowed
onoe or twice opaamodicaUy, and pro
ceeded: "As your aflianeed husband, Laura,
wLoru voa will some day promise iu the
sight cl Ligh heaven to love, honor, aud
er cherish, jou will not ti-ink me prc
simiinij, learest. I hope, if IT "
' Wt II, George?"
" if I vrutitre to clp.Im the privilege of
a k cf n kis-"'
Th? lovely maiden laid her bend trust
ingly on tho 3-ouni man's shoulder, a
tender licht thonc in her dreamy eyes,
ami her fratrrant breath swept tho cheek
of the rapturous lover as the softly mur
mured; GtorRe, dun't be a clam!" Chicago
Tri'jue. . 1
Thinkssivin, Then t?A Now.
M.my of the States formerly regarded
New Knghmd's Thauksgivintr wiih feelings
akin to those which move the stirl' High
binder to sniff at "the little coverumeot
Sunday, that thev call the Fast.
Hut time and the appropriateness of the
custom have worked the dav into general
observance, ao that now in 'almost all the
States, the day is not only observed, but
the precediog week bristle's with prepara
tions to honor the Nation 1. Harvest Home.
"Thanks-iving" ori-inale.d iu the pious
sentiment that to the Lord of the Harvest
were due the public thanks of the harvest-,
ers. The Pilgrims of Plymouth be-an it.
Prompted by their symnathv with the
Jewish "Feast of Harvest, aud bv the tit
iicss of things, they set apart a duv on
which to rejoice together, "before" the
I-ord," for tlie yield of "twentv acres of
Indian corn" aaid "six acres of barley and
pease."
Iu the spring of 1621, "when the leaves
of the w hile oak were as big as the ear of a
mouse" thnt being th Indian season for
planting they "set" the coru aud sowed
the barley and peas.
"Squaii'to," thefriendlv Indian who had
been kidnapped by lawless Fuglishruen.
showed them "how to set, fish-dress and
tend" the coru.
So thoroughly dij thev mnnttre the
(round w ith herrings, thnt their old chron
icler writes: "Jod be praised, we had a
pood incren.se of Indian corn, and our
barley indilferent good; but our pease not
worth gathering, for we feared thev were
too late sown."
It was one year after the Pilgrims had
sishted from the deck of tiie Mavtiower th
aands of Cape Cod. "Our harvest beinir
gotten in," writes the chronicler, "the
tiovcrnor Bradford sent four men on
fowling, that so we might, alter a special
manner, rejoice together alter we hud
jjnlhcrcd the fruit of our labors."
Thus began New Kngland'a Thanksgiving
a Harvest Home, celebrated w hen seven
loir huts housed its founders.
Nine years after, the Puritans of the
Massachusetts Colony observe, their first
Thanksgi ving. It coinuieuiurHted the ar
rival of the provision ship which saved the
jveople from starvation.
Guv. Wint'irop, seeing that the snpplvof
food was likely to run short, had sent the
ship l.vou to I'ngluod for a load of pro
visions. Morula iiu.l contrary- winds de
tained the ship so long that the people oi'
Huston were forced to live on clams, mus
cles, grounJ mits and acorns.
They became discontented and mnrmnr
ed. A day of Fastinc and Prayer was np
IiinteiL U'iiithroj, had put hs last batch
of bread in the oven, and was distribution
hi. lust hanJiul of meal to a poor uian.
Suddenly some one jaw a ship at the
mouth of the harbor. The half starved
--ople flocked to the beach. The good
shin l.vou dropped her anchor, and her
: me
cargo of provisions was cU-trihuted accord
ing to each man's tiecessities. The dav 01
Fastintj was changed into a day of Thaiiks
giving. The festival met the social wants of onr
rions, but precise, ancestors. Thev ha!
ut little time for merry-making, and thev
rejected Christinas because to theui it was
. associated w ith superstitious notions and
unseemly practices. liut some festival was
needed to interrupt the monotonous toil o!
, the year and give expression to their social
uud pious feelings.
. Thanksgiving strnek its roots dcepl-r in
New F.npland'K soil, because it symbolized
both the Oodward and the man ward side ol
the peupb- s life?. It expressed thankfu1-n.-ss
to the Kountiful Liver; it extended
hospi:a!ity and charity to man.
Associated with the ingathering of harv
etsati't families, it he nnie the climax of
New Filmland's social life; the crisis of it
feasting , its day of "holy convocation."
Now, as when first set apart from the dsvs
of the year, it is both a domestic and e
religious levtivaL It is the day that brino
back cbildrru and children's" children to
the old home. Its point of attraction is the
family, that vital unit and subtle nexus,
w hose spiritual graritati n moulds a tear,
preserves the man and guides a nation.
Thanksgiving compacts together these
old homes, "new Jerusaleins'' are thev.
scattered throiu-hont the land. Benra'h
the family roof-tree pleasant memories ar
revived ami old vows renewed. Children'.,
children become sensitive to the famiiviHei.
and loiv with the hoiuc-sentiuient. There
the tirr l heart rests, the disconsolate are
exhilarated, and the pat, with its sacrcii
moulding associations, becomes the prcs-wJlt-
Thonssnda will go ont from this Harvest
Home with hearts pulsatintt to a mother t
touch, determined that their life shall irrow
into a harvest of noble tlee.is ai d holv
eharities. The Jewish Feast of Harvest was
a time of dedication. All through the Inn.'
the people, swayed by the generous gir'.s of
tiie car' ii. dedicated the harvest with
thanksgiving, find themselves' with pravi-r
nud holy vows, to Him whoopcuetii ills
baud aud illel.li all w i.h good.
AN AN EC"D0TE OF GREELEY.
Bow the Fin Old Mm Started oa a Fat
rlotlc Karapag;o.
Horace Greeley, as is well known, was
k rery pronounced non-resistant, yet he
was one of the most pugnacious men In
the v.xrM..
A curious Inst fince of this inconjrruous
te:nTcr.tnicnt nad its result came under
tiia writer's obyervntion on one occasion,
occa'-lo iintr l.;m fsfime tstirprisc.
It w,tj the gjeneral opinion that the old
fellow was a coward nt beirt, nnd made
use of his non-resistant professions as a
screen to protect himself from personal
icjnry at the hand 4 of nn opponent.
It was a Snnday morning in New Yotl;
at the Tery couimencement of the war,
j ist.--.fter the crest K ill Knn scare, end
the) Govcrr.metit authorities nt WashinK
ton tvcr.s f .-.ttit icallr cnliin;; for troops.
The Mi tr.jpoli ati Hotel, of New York,
then, the Rrcat tip-town txcbnn.ge, was
fijed by a motley crowd, ilriukiu.ar, smok
ine; "d discussing thesituatlon cf belea
guered Washington.
Amor-.g the crowd were several array
offie-rsi in full nniform, pmoklns their
cirrufi .tad criticisin;; Liincoln as eom-n.-inder-iii-chief
in a encerimj way, when
a commotion ocenrred in this doorway,
andGrettiey, with hU old felt hat ou the
beck of his heiul, rushed through the
crowd aud up to the pro tip of cflicssrs nnd
tul.lres.--ed them somewhat; nfler this
style:
"Why nre you loafing alont here, you
miaer.tble cowards? Why nre yon not
report in yourselves nt Washington? This
U a resc-rt for hknlkers. Areu't you
ashamed of yourselves?''
The biggest fellow of tbe pronp wns
tsrriliy nnry, and liftiu l.id heavy
sword, he thuudered out:
. "Repeat those words, old man, and I'll
eplit your f-kull
Greeley threw off the old felt.hat, ex
clainiini;: "Strike as soon nsyoiipleiise; I repeat
what I have already swid."
Every oue preseci expected that the old
man xv..;ild lie cut dowu; instead, the fel
low tut ned on his heel, sayim.;:
"Couie away, boys, I trou t strike tho
d lui.i.tic"
Greeley Kve them one contemptuous
look, aud took bis departure .
Tit for Tau
Dudcly Cnnehucker wbo is not ns bi;r a
fo.it as l.e iooks Lul jou, iui, y,iu i.y
card to Aii th Huudclipper?"
serxatil "Yt-s, t-ir.''
; Daddy "What d:d tshetbay?' .
tiervjint "ohe toid tuo to tell yen, rir,
thnt tho was is.nry that tbe? xvua not in."
Oudely "Ah, indeed: l'leasc tell your
imihtixssM that I khiiI 1 xvata glad I Uulu'ti'
cxil." Motkiuz Bird.
ANGLO-Ji-WloH NAM ZS.
Tlie Meanings of Cowan, Hart, Lion,
Sachs, Urown, Wolf, Fislier, Klc.
It is not quite correct to say that Jews
ever change their original names-. In
the synagogues they bear throughout
their lives the Hebrew names in the
traditional Oricutal form of S.".nd-so
son of So-and-so given to them ahortly
after their birth.
The instability of tho names by which
they are known to the world is due to the
fact that originally, like ail Oriental
peoples, they had no family names, and
that wherever they bavo concregatcd
very closely together tho 5ecul..r use
of the traditional pcnealcgic.il forms has
been tenaciously preseTvpd. In sonic
countries, such as Germany and Austria,
special legislation has been found neces
sary to compel them to adopt fixed sur
names. As, nt different times, they have come
Into closer contact with the Gentile
world, they have themselves seen the
necessity of surnames; audit is not sur
prising, if, under these circumstances,
some of them should have chosen the
most sonorous and distinguished they
could Cnd.
The foreiprn surnames nnd place names
preserved by the Jews of Envilitud form a
small epitome of tho history of t:.e Is
raelitisliOispersion. Side by side with the
Hebrew Abraham are the Egypt i'tu Moses,
and the English Mordaunt, the Greek
Alexander nnd Marcolies, the Latin Mar
cos, and the Arabic Mocatta.
Those derived from mediraval bouse
signs are 11 itbschild, Adler, Ganz, Schi.T,
Strauss, Silberkron, etc.
Some of tho occupation nnmes are in
teresting. Rophe. is Hebrew for r hys
ician, nnd R.ippopoi t is a corruption of
Ilophe d Oiorto; J !lfou is Heluew for
money changer, aud Mocatta is Arabic
for mason.
More strictly Angio-Jewih nro tho
natural assimilations nt Hebrew aud Jew
ish names to English forms.. Thu,
Coh'iuau is a corTiipiion of K.tlmnn,
which is an abbrevinti-ju rf Krloiiyreos,
the Creek translation of the Hebrew
She in Tob (Grind Name).
Eitiny 1 s derived through TVindi, f-om a
Latin translation of l'ot Tub (Goo J
Hay).
Phillips conirs from the Hebrew L"ri rr
Meier, both meaning "liglit," through
the Greek equivalent Phoebus nud its
German Polish diminutive Pheibul.
Saville is a more natural corrnpiionof
Samuel than ia generally imagined, teo
ing that in Germany the Scriptural r.atno
has been shortened into S.tnvel, and in
England we have tbe authority of ?Jr.
Welicr, fitbicr, to iprl! it with a ,'wc."
Freeman is from the German 1'ricd
mann, a translation and a;,ocopatiou of
(ehalom ben Menacbcm.
Hayman is derived throna'i nymnn
nndnyanfrom the lb-brew llaim (life).
Jes.-el is froi.i Eche.ckel, ths Ili-brttv pro
nunciation of Eztkicl.
Yates is from Goetz, on r.bbrevii'tion of
Gittscbalk, which in Low German
means "God's servant," and is a Lteral
translation of Eljakim.
Among -.iijipler chancres r.ro Cw,,r
Cohen, Lew 111 Ievl, Victor Avigdor,
Archer Aflicr, Jessop Joseph, nuu
Soman and Siowman Solotiion.
Cuiions instances cf misdirected trans
lations are hfforded by the names Mer
chant and Chapman, both of which aro
Au .-licix.itioiis of the German Ktufinana
or IlaiideUni.iuu. Originally, bo-vi-VL-r,
neither of these names meant "mer
chant" auicng the Teutonic Jews
Ivaufmaun is a corruption of cT-ppel-man,
of which the first two syllables nro
a German diuiiuutlve cf Jacob and tho
third an abbreviation of Mcii:icliet:i, tho
whole being a contnxtiou ol Jr.cobben"
Mcuachem.
Handelsmar.n haa a similar history, be
ing derived from Elchanon ben Men
achem. through Hantil. a recognized Ger
uau ilimimiuvc ol Llthauou.
In the same way Scligman i3 a contrac
tiou of Selitj en Men.ichcm, and Feltier
' man a corrupted contraction of Phuebus
(Uri) lien Meiiaeheui.
Kritz, whii.li one of those d iys will per
haps In; Any'.icized :nto Cit.is derived
from the initials of Kohrn Tzr-Hk (priest
Of righteousness). Sebatz, which in Jlun
Piiry has actually been translated iuto
Klticz, the Magyar for "treasure." is from
Sehlirtch Tzi'.iir (Mjsican-r of the Con
gregation); Habad is from Pen Ah Ti-.-th
Dim (S--.li i f 1 ho Pi-i-sidetir. cf ti e ilouso
of J.u!;.ioi-i.t), jsacl; is from if" nr. K ;J..sh
(Hr.ly P..s!eri!y), an.l wheu the ii.iu.u of a
town bi-Kiiiii: ii if wit !-. s is add ! :i. for
example. Sera IC ado -h Soever ( Holy pos
terity of Speyer) it becomes Saks or
Sachs, which bus been fefiu-.-r.tlv mis
taken f'.r an abbreviation cf Siiehseu
(Saxony). Brim is from Pen Mibiii
ilost. 15rati l-orrnpt.id into Hri!;n.and
translated into Iirowi-). frur, 1 H.-n Ktboi
Naclniian; Baul, from lien Ki'ilii D.-vid;
BersHl, from Hen F.abbi S-.iomr.n, tlm
I-evite, an.l Hril, ftom Ecn Riibiu J u iah
tin' Lex"ite. -
T ho exi-gcfical nnmeg arc also prrttTiar
ly Jewish. They consist of eot-.i v.-tlcnts
for Hebrew names derived frot.i colloca
tio sin liiblical texts.
Thus the comparisons in J-coV-i bless
ing furtii-h equivalents for lieiijun.in in
NY al f, for JiidahiD Iion, and for Naph
tali in H-irt. Fisher is au equivsk-nt
fir Ephraim, liecanse it was foretold
(Gen. xlviii , 10) that be piiojid nmU'.piy
excees!ii!ly, and the lisli ia a symbnl of
frttitf iihus.i. Itisalao Komotimcs a suls-stit-uto
for Moses, becaus? Pharaoii's
daughter, in iviua: him bis nnme, utid
(Exc-lits ii.. 10.; For I drew Lim outof
tin: water."
Gouisnijth has In-en soinc-titnos adopter!
as r.u t-quivaic-ct- for Uri, 011 the tIe!'l-'tll
of the verse in Exodus (xtxb, 4) which
describes liez.nleel In n L'ri as ctttiuinji ta
work iu pold." This is the case with the
Englidi family cf Golcismid, which Is
descended from a certain Ribbi Uri
Halevi. St. James Gazette.
AN ENTERPRISING PUELISHER.
Tho t-tran;e Liberties lie Toole writU a
Oi-eat Author.
I have heard cf all sorts of liberties
lieimr taken with nn author, but I don't
think that I ever beard of anything qnito
ns "cool" ns the conduct of nn enterpri
intr editor ofiveertaiti youths' paper.
This xv.irtiiy ;entleenan, in talking with
a friend, admitted that he tor, k Hnlwcr's
ncvcls, ch inced their names, cnt out ami
udded cbnptersto adapt them to the Tastes
of Ins rea.'.er.s, nad riui them as eeria.s iu
his peri.ie.ic il.
Ti c .i:ly honest tiling r.hr.t this pcr
forrnar. ' e is the absence of linl wer's name
from t he tit le panes of the iiarbled stories.
Tins . mis-ion ilu. , of course, not to any
4 r;iie:itiiisliiie.-s i.i the editor's part, but
10 his desire t in i!ie the stories appear to.
be. new and original. Critic.
The Dear t rttluie's Coii.isteiiey.
Mrs. Homespun "i declare I would
just like to b: able t 1 vote ouce."
Mr. Homespun "Why, my dear, I
thought xo't were t.;io:;g!y opposed to
woman sulliago."
"So I am; and I would like to rote in
order (hut I Uiiuhl vote atrtiust tbel
J thiiiij.''
CAN MEAL COOKERY.
.Provision Jlade for His Ciuert by a Tlos-plt.itil-!
Itajali In Sumatra Observa
tion of the rfanrl t nUiuc.
A friend c-f t!;o writer, who 'rr rinr
tb.tu fort yer-r-j litis ben in the? emt.loy
ruetit of tho Dutch Ut'veru::ie:if, bars
per-rinid witr.e.s to tho prev.-i.ei.-c.r cf tur.
iii'aiis:ii in Sli tiT.tr 1 i:;i l ) rcccr.T. t i 'in-j.
li-) wis oncu uuil.iiii: !.' ioTt :!;c invest
igations iu tlie iu: t r: .r of ti:'. - i.siatid.tud
was bel:i3 ctuc-rtaiii' d in tiie Trv st hos
pitable mitn:i':r by tLc rmtive F.-ijah. r
chief of the place l.e was th'.'ii in. A feast,
had been inmle tov.hicJi ho was bidden,
nnd to '.vi.ili l.e wi.iit, taking hi-j owu uu.
tivc trcrvatit with him.
The b(t:ouet hud proesdrd fur fMn
timo without interruption, went ?i t last,
oscro'.vnof tho feast, a beautiful brown
ronst j lint was brought from tin: back of
the !.ousJ to the om-n airy j .lace where the
repast was being held.
This was cut up without rctr.nik and
Landed round, nud tbe Du'c'i eitlenviu
was on tiie point of catini bis portion,
having raised part of it tj bislip, when
bis servant rushed f iv.i:d aud stjppud
Lim. saying:
"Muster, t:inbtc-r, do f.ot tit; it Is a
bov."
The chief, on b'-iirr j".--?t lotted, fid
rnitted, wit ii li' 1 small pride 1 1 t he extent
of his hospit.lll! y, t!:f.t hearing l !. at. the
white man wi uld fe ist with him, ho bud
ordered a young l.y to bo killed a:;d
cooked in l i i iiouor, us the strealest del
icacy obtainable, ittid th it- tho ioi-.t
fori: them win t he best part, tho tiiitt'u.
Early traveiers i: New Z..kiand always
express n-totii-hiiicr.i . xvhi-u liu-y ii-Mfver
the ca-'nib-tl profien sitics of the inhab
itants, tli;.t f,o rer,!bi i.nd pi '.isatit n-Hii-tiei
c-d a ptop'tr conid Lu&jVuo oli occasion
euch ferocious ravages.
K ntle, v ii - wrote a very readable, intel
ligent, and but little known ncejnnt of
t lie Maoris ve yearly in the present cen
tury, spev-ks of the irentlo matmots and
kitieily ways of a New 'Z -aland chief.
wl.Cill dfltiivanl liu discsVered ti U-;iu
i:ive-terle cannib-il.
H relate that li visited tho placo
wbi va was cooking the bus! y of a young
slave girl that bis fntnd Lad kil'.ed i r
the purpose. The l end xv.ts s -vercd fi-.-'u
the body, the four quarters, w.th t'1.0
ptintipal bones removed, were ccm
pressed and packed into a Mi;:-.ii r-ven iu
the ground, ai.d coveted xvit'i earth.
It was a case of unjust i li-ible c.-vnibnl-istn.
2so revettgo pratiiled by the
tieed, and no exensa could b ; ip. i -io t! it
the body was eaten to j erle-t ..itir tri
umph. Earle say3 that be learned ti.nt t'.
flesh takes muny hours to eooi- ,t!:- t i: is
very tough if not thoionhly c. but.
that it pulls it) pie-.i-", like 11 pi 1 f blot
ting paper, if xxt-,1 done, lie tii'tilinues
that the victim was a kiatjus -.1.1.:, pleas
ant l--okip.g pill C'CIC. and e: hi; lis d
frefjiiently to -ee about tliu P.--.. Geniio
itiaa's M ifa.i-ie.
HE VOULU BE MAS")m
Where American ltocica Would Not Bs
at A 11 at Ilouie.
The French ralu in Al. !e.-s h.-.s I:::provctl
IbC condition cf Ar. b worn, 1 y er: act
ing ven'-etince from the b.tiibr.rjd who i'.I
trer.ts his wife too futrt!reot:s:7. The
touristwbo sees s.11 Arab r. i rcl.( J through
the st eets by mounted Frc-ncli s'..trs,
will be told, if he inquires tho liiau's
oGVnsc:
"it Is bis wife he hr.s bon beating; tliey
all do it, these Arabs."
As the Arab buys Lis wife, ho rear.-irdi
ber as bis chattel, ta Ijc tlriveu otid betten,
to be work d and tr atcd i s a slave.
A story illustrates the Arab's method,
of showing that Le is master in his owu
family.
An Arab chief, bavin ; t iVen sti ftiT'e
tiouaU' farev. ell cf Lis hottsi.-hold.di-pat-ted
for Cot stantine. lu a few liay-t lio
returned, prtatly excited, and bade his
favorite wife bring Lim four posts nt.d a
corl. L-ivl.it g Lor to the iots driven
iuto tho jimrtiid, ho Iw r-nn to be..t her.
" Wh -t lutssj he doner' nah-d the x illag
ers, nttr.-icti d 1 y tlv woman's cries.
"She is the be t of rivc.i ard Vi others,
the ieail oT thctrib. !''( x.-lairtcdanut her.
Tbe ir.furiated ciii. f stopped to o.-viiain
that at Cotifeta-.ntinu be 1 ad y oa an A rub
woman air li 5- Lir l.ti-band of iil lis- f.;
r.nd Dm C.a'd, barked by the Fn.n.-h
authorir:e-s, had actually t'iveu a judg
mont in her favor'.
"I felt that, all K?a were insulted
through thr.t woman:" CTclaitucd tho
chief. "Aud I nm i,surir Myself that
I, ut leaat, am mat-tor ju u.y OWI1 fauiily.'
A RAILROAD WITHIN THE ARCTIC.
Enterprise or lsa In ihe Nrij;Lhor!ioorI
of tl.o Xoitti Tole.
An Important en?ineerfn;c enterprise
now ia progress a railrrs a iu tho AroUc
Circle.
The Swedish and Norwegian rnilread
now bti lid iuz from Lulea, on l V.a (i ilf of
Bothnia, to LofTodcn, on tho North Sea,
is partly Kitnattd wi- kin tlie Arcticctrcle
ami is kouif l,c;o mi'.cs further uoi th than,
any railroad in Cacr.da.
An interest i'lpj meteorological f set stated '
In nlat icn to tLls work is 1 bat tho snow
fall is found to be actually less than in ,
rome more southern laii: udes, while tua
darkness of the 1-mg wmter ni.-l.ts has
been partly compensated, by the lif;ht oT
the surra.
TI e object in view in eonstrnrtins thia
line is to t.ip tho enormous th posits of
iro ore in the Cellivara Mouutaiu-, the
approximate exhaustion of the ere in t!i
Eilboa tliatrict renrieriejr Tery daairablo a
now field of ncn phosphorie Ckritsuisabla
fsir steel rail making.
Jn. Iht Oirren.
Gubblns In one of the raro momeDT-s he
d..votes to th cu.itlxati.iu of his ii.telit .,
was rvadiug ultuJ Lzui 14 Wwrk ou uatwr.-.l
history.
"Tbe camel Js ur nnims.1 that caa work
a week vi ithout drtiikiiur,"
"And I," vemarked Gtibbins, eomn-.enl-lng
upon tiin text, "I am su r.iiiin.-.! tiu-.t,
can drink a weak, withiuut workin;."
Judtte.
How It strikes a Stran-er.
"T"hnt aro yon dolmr?" e'cmatide.1 it
citizen of a countryman who ws critic
ally examining the furtner's electric bvdi
LukiS. "Sav, miKter," replied tbe countryman,,
strai rliti-nin;' up, "ihere'n biiii.iu the.
matterwi h your door bell. TLc Liu -Vc.
got pulled char into the lu-le."
Tho Matter wiiu TThisi-cy.
"Whi'key una 'e c".nse jl 4.1 yoro,
troubles nn' sarrers," repli.d Jim's Mpirit
ual adviser.
"list's so, Parson. 1 feels n,ihty
troubled xxben I hasu't got any i.'o Lit."-
Texas Si.ti'ii-s.
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tl-.at wt- never for et ,md tho tax col-
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