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long,
the
told
hap-
smiling
Avignon
time
when
things
legends
the
NCE upon a
long ago,
wonderful
of in
pened,
country of
in jPrance was not beautiful as
f£ is now. No white cottages and
green’ vineyards adorned the hillside.
Only a shepherd's hut was to be seen
Here lived Eudes, his wife and two
ohildren.
One cold, stormy Christmas night,
as Eudes was plodding homeward
after sheltering his flock, he was a
prey to the most melancholy reflec.
tions. He thought of his hard lot,
his poverty, and felt that the future
held nothing in store for him. AS
he neared his home the north wind
redoubled its fury, and he heard the
chimes of the nearest church ringing
omit through the frosty alr.
“Christmas chimes!” he thought
*“Christmas for happy and rich
people, no! poor shepherds like
me.”
His dark humor did not escape the
notice of his wife when he entered
his lowly hut. She sent®he children
to amuse him, and soon gaw him
smile as he listened to their prattle
As the evening wore on the
increased, seated before the fire
biazing in the chimney, Eudes forgot
hig discontent, happy at being shel
tered from the raging tempest. When
the family about to sit down to
their evening meal they heard a loud
knock. and a voice outside cried
“Open the door, my good man, fo
the love of the living God, whose
birth we selebrate this night!”
“Who are you?’ asked Eudes
‘{ am an old man who has traveled
many 8 weary mile in this
eold. 1 am at the end of my strength
and can go no further. Open the
door, il thou hast any kindness in thy
heart!”
Now, Eudes had a great deal of
kindness In his heart, so he opened
the door at once On the threshold
#toed a stately old man, beautiful to
behold with luxuriant white beard
and clear, bine eyes. There was
nothing sordid in his dress. He car
ried a heavy cane, upon which he
leaned with dignity and grace.
“Welcome, old man,” said the shep-
herd, cordially.
“1 thank three, my son. My bless
fags be upon thy house” The vis
itor spoke slowly, and his voice was
¥ke soothing music.
May I ask you to share our frugal
meal?’ asked Budes,
“i thank thee again. Thy repast
will be indeed welcome, and on lis
tening to thy words of welcome my
heart is already cheered”
Going up to the cradles where the
children were sleeping, he paused,
and contemplated them, “The
cherubs! How peacefully they sleep,
and how sweet their dreams must
be! On this Christmas night visions
of the Child Jesus doubtless smile
upon them.”
Fudes and his wife felt themselves
moved in a mysterious way as they
listened to the sweet volce:
“Long ago the Tledeemer was born
in a faraway land, where the air Is
Hght and pure, and where lilies grow
on the mountainside. The skies were
not overcast on that night, and the
stars sang together”
Boon after they sat down to the
tumble meal. The guest praised the
order and cleanliness which he saw
everywhere. On hearing this Eudes
began to lament because of his pov.
erty and his laborious life He spoke
of his discouragement and failure,
and referred to the future with utter
tiopelessnoess.
But the old man consoled him, He
spoke of the charm of a life so full
of liberty
“The Rhona, dreaming on the
RL
ia
for
storm
buat
were
terrible
not an unfortunate
“Think of those
It is in these
people die of
Those wh
mountainside, is
being,” he said.
are pent up in palaces.
splendid abodes that
weariness and disease
thy imagination pictures
and happy are often infinitely
happy and unfortunate.”
As he spoke his head was
rounded an aureole and a
his entire person
sur-
light
He
by
continued:
“Happy the humble man who, like }
thee, PBudes, walks peacefully along
the pathway of life. I have wandered
far over this world, and have seen
many strange things [| have lived
in splendid palaces of marble and in
the cottages of the poor, and 1 have
found the greatest happiness under
humble roofs.”
As he ceased speaking the
was suddenly flooded with light
poor shepherds recognized thelr
vine gz and pre
in prayer
“Have no
room
The
di-
jest
fear,” sald the
“1 am He who brings
Live in happiness and
thy children shall bring thee
will take t of thy heart
iso, the desir for what thou
not have. And I will adorn thy
rith flowers and fruits so that
shalt My name every day.”
Fiude i and ig « Wore
with awe, and when
their divine
Eueat
all
contentment
peace to
and
OF i &EnyYyY ou
canst
land
praise
spees
recovered
guest had
they
themselves
inished
They forgot His words, how
contentment and
under thelr lowly
foreot that the jot
heen called blesned
that stormy Christ.
never
aver, and peace
redznoed after
nev
had
on
ever
They
f the humile
the lord
mas night
The legend runs
Avignon hlossomed
ery Year after
‘pworth Herald
rool or
hy
that the
like the rose
eventful night
land of
ov.
that
In
|
i
In America alizost all children
hang up their stockings on Christmas |
eve, to be filled by kind old Santa |
Claus, In Germany they make more |
of Christmas than we do in Amerl
¢a. Everywhere the Christmas-itree
is used,
If a family
whole tree, a single branch only
stand in a conspicuous place,
swith the few simple gifts,
A week before Ohristmas St. Nich
olas visits the children, to find out |
who have been good enough to re |
celve the gifts the Christ-child wil)
bring them on Christmas eve
It Is a very usual thing to see
German Christmas-tree, way up in
the very topmost branch, an image
or representing the Christ-child,
while below are sometimes placed
other images representing angels
with outspread wings
After the tree is lighted the family
gather round 4t, and sing a Christmas
hymn
In France
ally seen rep
ger in which
figures of
child Jesus,
is too poor to have a
will
hung
doll
may be almost univers
rgental yf the man
“Christ born, with
Mary, Joseph and the
and cattle feedi nea“
by. Often these representations are
decorated with flowers, and lighted
candles burn softly before them
In Norway the have a
lightful custom on
roof of the
vard, a large
birds, who
Christmas feast,
In England almo
can do has
‘hristmas
Ions «
was
ng
de.
the
people
of putting
or on a pole in the
wheat the
ate thelr
barn,
sheal of
fully
for
appre
who
on
join
ME
very one
50 family party
Young and old
many of which bel
Christmas Um
ave
in the games,
ally to
From the
rooms a large
hung. If
standing
catches he
her rosy
Holland
eiling of if the
bunch of mistletoe 8
any little mald ht
under it the
r has a right
Hps
the
olden
one «
CRug
who
(ea Kiss
one
to as
little
shoe In
gifts, just
hangs
In
eyv-place ready for
little American girl
over the
of the
the
all
eve
s]0O
id on
day of
lord is
Everywhere Christ
wes are ringing out the mes
angels brought to Beth le
"Peace earth, good-will to
ympanion
me Way
the
December
Christ
And so in
irth of our Jesus
the
gage the
her a
men'—Youth's C
on
A CHRISTMAS LITANY.
ALICE CRARY.
By
*3
ine,
! Oh Christ and living
As Christmas garlands we entwine,
us each heart's In
a true
Adorn for
shrine;
We pray
Theo, Holy Jessy
world the Light,
. of all this
Ag Christmas tapers we
nray Thee, Holy Jesu
Christ, through every path the
Ww @
Cross
Oh
Thy shines rough the Star
today,
frad on
We
day;
Jessy
perfect
Holy
h alr hab ts and dis-
instantly and uncon
to tell te presence
injurio agents
until the
pray Thee,
of fre
almost
able
and
Peonins
cernment
sciously are
of deleterious
118
CLIMES.
Christmas Is always a season of
good wishes and loving kindness,
sign of warning to the senses. On
this account an Indian has an ane
ani sinus of svpremioy na
closed room.
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
“The near advent of the holidays
and the close of the year naturally
curinils operations in most primary
mrakets, though retail trade is cor-
respondingly augmented and every
indication points to a very large
distribution of merchandise,
“The difficulty experienced by the
steel mills in making prompt delly-
eries is the cause for some abate-
ment in the demand for finished
products, while the luli in plg-
iron buying is becoming more pro-
nounced, production rapidly overtak.
ing consumptive requirements, Cotton
goods are steadier, and larger pur-
chases of gray goods have been made
on. contract, The Fall River wage
schedules have been continued on a
basis of 8 per cent. above normal
and the wage agreement will be con-
tinued for another six months. Job-
bers are buying in a very limited
way and are taking their semianouai
inventories."
Bradstreet's says:
“Colder weather and the nearer ap-
proach of the holidays have stimu-
lated trade quite generally through-
out the North and West, and even
helped Southern trade, especially in
the western part of the cotton States,
As the week advanced there seemel
to be evidence that the railroad
strike was losing its Ror iveD one as
a trade deterrent, though the statis
tics of flour output at large North-
western cities show those centers
have been sharply affected
jusiness fallures in the
States for the ending
cember 9 were
week, 298 in the
284 in 19507, 220
in 1905
Wholesale Markets.
New York.——Wheat
No. 2 red, 126«¢
slevator; No. 2
f. o. b. afloat;
luth, 1.20% nomi: {
No. 2 hard winter, 1.2
£. 0. b. aloat.
Corn—8pot firm;
vator domestic, 72% delivered and
66% I. o. b. afloat all nominal. Op-
tion market was without transa
tions, closing unchanged to %e. net
higher. December
closed 69 7%¢c
May closed 70%.
Qats-—8Spot Brm;
Ibs. nominal;
32 lbs, 45% €
10
United
with De-
iinst 230 last
190
Woe x
209, a
of
and
like week
in 19306 220
Spot firm;
domenlic
nominas
rec,
NO, 1+ Dori
a 1
ELE
No. 2, ele
oo
wl
mixed, 26 fr 29
ral white, 26@
32 clipped white,
S442 lbs, 46 1% @b1. Option
market was without transactions,
closing unchanged. May closed
47 "RC
Butter ~
packages Creamery
34%¢c.: do. extras, 33%
Eggs——Irregular;
cases. State, Pennsylvania and near.
by gathered, white, 2@40; do.
hennery, brown and mixed fancy, 38
4 40: do., gathered brown, 30@ 37;
tern extra first, 44; first,
286 31; seconds, 26@
Firm; receipts, 3,480
specials,
receipts, 6.175
11 : “5
hy OF -
<5
Wheat
Dex ber,
Philadelphia,
contract grade,
1i8c¢
Lorn
ein
December
pr
63%
Firm;
er December,
ary, 614 63%
Oats-——Firm, 3%
2 white, natural, 49
Butter Steady:
creamery, 34
a6
Eggs
a 64c..
@ 1c. higher;
ir 49%
exira
nearby
Western
ye.; do prints,
yivania and
cases, J2¢
receipts, in
mark; West.
at mark,
cases,
Steady: Pen:
iearby firsts, free
do., current
returnable cases, J0, at
ern firsts, free cases,
do. current receipts,
@ 30, at mark
Cheese Firm,
York full creams.
do., fair to good,
Live Poultry
chickens lower
cther
at mark:
free 26
LA
choice,
163% G17,
Dull; fowls and
Fowls, 12% @ 14c¢.;
old roosters, 103%: chickens, 12%
@ 14; ducks, 14@ 15; turkeys, 18 @
18; 2913.
es ON Ioat: -No. 2 red,
114% for No. 8 red, 1.1115 for
steamer No. £ red, 1.07% for steam-
er No. 3 red, No."4 red and stock
rejected, and 1.03% for “can’t use”
rejected. Bmall bag lots, by sample,
gold at 106 @112¢. per bush, as to
quality and condition,
Corn Western opened firmer;
spot, 63% @64%e.: year 63% @
64% : February, 63% @ 64 '% ; March,
64% @ 64%. Steady demand
corn in ail positions,
moderate. Sales 5.000 January,
64c.: 25,000 March, 64%: 10,000
January, 64%: five cars new spot,
64%: car new spot, 64%; 5.000
vear, 64; 10,000 January, 64%;
5.000 year, 64%.
Oats—White, No, 2, as to weight,
47% @ 48¢c.; do., No. 3, as to weight,
4660 47%; do, No. 4, as to weight,
4660 45%. Mixed, No 2, 46% @
4Ge.; do, No, 3, 440044 %
Hay--We quote, per ton: No. 1
timothy. large bales, $17.50@ 18;
do., small blocks, $17.50@ 18; No.
2 timothy, as to location, $16.50@
17; No. 3 timothy, $14.50 15.50;
choice clover mized, $17@17.50;
No. 1 clover mixed, $16.50@17.
Butter — Creamery fancy, 34@
24%: creamery choice, 32@ 33;
creamery good, 30@ 31: creamery
fmitation, 22@ 25; croamery prints
344 36.
Eggs — Maryland, Pennsylvania
and nearby firsts, 230c,; Western
firsts, 30: West Virginia firsts, 30;
Southern firsts, 29; guinea eggs, 16
@ 16,
higher; New
17%c¢.;
EoeRe,
Live Stock.
Pittshurg~Cattle— Supply light:
$6506 6.75,
Shoop -- Supply light;
Prime wethers, 3 10 as 25; culls
and common, 2.60; lambs,
$5. Jems, 26; veal 303% $0@ 10.
pts heavy; active
Pa hea on, $8.604P 8.05; medi
ums, $8500 382 %t heavy Yorkers,
8.45 $50; ions Voight wine, 41
strong
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Close Calculation.
It is within the memory
middle-aged people that the custom
of school teachers “boarding around”
was the usual thing in country dis.
tricts. Although a custom which
teachers seldom liked, it is doubtful
if many of them had as hard a time as
2 young schoolmaster who described
his experience in the New England
Galaxy for 1817. The article was
written by Leonard Apthorp, then an
undergraduate of Bowdoin College.
The young schoolmaster was to re-
ceive $15 a month and his board.
From the first day 1 perceived that
i was at board on speculation, and at
the mercy of a close he
writes One day the whole
sonsisted of a single dum;
they called a pudding and five sau~
sages, which king shrunk to the
size of pi There five of
us at table
A
of many
calculation,
dinner
in coo
pestems were
few days allerward, on my
turn from school, my
lighted the sight of an animal
had never before seen
which the
had killed and brousgt?
triumph. When ski
to be one entire masse of fat, a
re.
dee
eve were 4
by
Ts
il was §
coon, Young
than, t hor
nned he seemed
ud of a
1 was over-
and went to bed early to
most delicate whiteness
Joved, dream
of delicious steaks which the
would bring.
Long before darlight 1
family stirring, and t
quick footsteps and repeated
opening and shutting of doors all
gave assurance of the coming holiday
I was soon ready for breakfast, and
when seated at table I observed that
the place of Jonathan was vacant
“Where is Jonathan?" I asked,
“Gone to market,” said they,
“Market! What market, pray? 1
» vy
nor:
yw
t}
ioe
of
heard
he alacrity
a
the
in these parts.”
“Oh, yes.” they said,
£0 cin
“And what has called him up so
early to go to market?”
“He is gone,”
!
KIPPY.
I thought it might interest you to
Father brought her home to me for
an Easter present. When we turned
down the cover of the box there was
the fluffest, downiest little chicken I
ever saw. The man had given father
some food for her, and we gave her
some of it. When she had gotten
used to our house we let her out and
put her in a larger box, with netting
over the front. Every morning, when
she would hear my voice, she would
pick and pick at the netting until we
let her out. Then she would hope on
my finger, run up on my arm, on to
my shoulder and cuddle up in my
curls.
As she grew larger the box got too
gemall for her, and as we had a large
space under the back porch we put
her in there, We put a broomstick
up for a perch, Sometimes it would
fall down, and then she would coma
to the kitehen window and tap for the
girl to put it up again.
We were going away the next sum.
mer, and as she was getting trouble
some we gave her to a man who kept
chickens. The last I heard of her
she had grown spurs and they had
to kill her.-Leontine Northrup, in
the New York Tribune.
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