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POETRY.
WYOMING AND INDIAN MELODIES
and Other Poems. By Richard Lynott
O'Malley. Cloth, llmo.. 120 pages; for
nale by the author at 85 centa per copy.
Readers of fugitive newspaper verse
no doubt have encountered poems by
Mr. O'Malley, who has gained some
measure of local renown as "the blind
poet" of Avoca. The present collection
of his works In rhyme Is not offered
with a view to challenging; exacting
critic-Ism; the selections Included with
in Its covers arc the unpretentious ef
forts of a young man whose versifica
tion proceeds spontaneously from an
ardent love of nature uncurbed by
technical precision or by familiarity
with classical models. Their composer
Is to be Judged rather as one of tne
modest workers of this great Industrial
section whostr learning Is derived at
first hund from the ever-inspiring uni
versity f nature than as a pedant or
a scholluxt erudite in library lure. We
huve exumlned the eighty or more
poems in this volume, ainl have found
that many of them reveal originality,
freshness and merit. One In particu
lar, by reasnn of Its dramatic vividness
no less than because of local Interest In
its theme, is worthy of reproduction.
It is entitled "Campbell's Leap," and is
as follows:
On Cumpbcll's Ledge, at early morn.
Hang out a hunter's echoing horn; '
'While hoof or steed and hoof of
(J uve voices to the glen below, ,
Till every rock and hill around
Kiting many an answer to the sound.
But hark! the notes no longer fly; . .
Their echot-H on the distance die,
Sighing their last wlthuut reply.
Fierce frowns the mount In all its pride;
l,o, half-way up its rugged side
liuhold dismounting from his horse
Anil bending o'er u deer's red corse,
Campbell, the huntsman of the dale.
Mold Campbell, of Wyoming vale,
There silent stands his charger, fleet.
Whose rounded form and tdendcr feet
Tells of Ills value true.
While bends the huntsman o'er the roe
Ami murks how sure has been his bow,
lie heurs a wild hulloo.
Springing erect, his quick eye spied
l-'ast clambering up the mountain side
An Indian swarm, a demon band,-
Rapid he glanced from left to right,
tie-king in vain a course for flight;
"1'was denth to move, 'twas death to
stund.
One moment stood he motionless,
As If In doubt, as In distress,
And 'reft of every hope;
One moment more his dark eye flashed,
Into 'thu saddle then he dashed
And galloped 'gainst the slope.
I'p, up he struggles, up he climbs,
ills foemen IhunderliiK at his heels;
The footing crumbles, and at times
lie thinks that death e'en now he feels.
Still upward, upward, on he strives;
Btntden he hears the clash of knives.
And, glancing wildly back,
At one spear' length away he sees
Three of his foremost enemies
l'rcaa hard upon his track,
Striving to wound his noblu horse,
Striving to check him in his course;
Vain, vain Is the!.' uttauk.
With desperate thought, with desperate
strength,
Hai kwiml he darts; and In, at lengt'.i,
lie smites the nearest brave,
Who, groaning, flings his arms on high;
l'ale grows his cheek and dim his eye.
While trembles in his breast the gluve.
Yelling a tlrath-yell wild and shrill,'
lie grasps his friends In death's own
grip;
Impetuous roll they from the hill;
Their comrades trample him until
Confusion reigns; their own they kill.
And la each other's gore they slip.
Now Campbell, with rekindled hope,
More fiercely speeds aftaliist the slope,
L'rglng his steed amain,
lint O that war-whoop, howl and yell
Too plainly snow, too plainly tell
Ills foemen come again.
Still keeps he on that dcathful track,
And ever and anon looks back,
Patting his foaming horse.
Still whirl his foemen on behind;
They seem Impelled by fury's wind
And not by human force.
And well, full well, the huntsman knows
Why such a band, such demon foes
Are loth to hurl the lance;
They crave him to glut their fell desire;
They crave him to glut 'their hungry lire
And cheer their brutal dance.
Lo, now the topmost peak they gain!
'or draws the rider on his rein,
But pinnae headlong still;
While clone behind whirl tierce the foe,
Gaining at every step they go, '
Veiling their war-whoop .hi 111. 1
Now skims he 'long the rocky ledge,
And boldly seeks Its boldest edge;
And slumbers fair Wyoming's vale
l-'ull many a fathom there below,
And Husguehanna seems to trail
Like some blue cloud with curving tall,
yet Campbell, vigorous and hale,
That til.zv height Is scanning now; .
Ills eye Is bright, his cheek is pale,
A purpose bold Is on his brow. ; )
One moment breathes he In the ear
Of his true Weed one moment mere
And lo that steed, nigh quick as thought,
His four slim feet together brought.
Sodden a dozen warriors grim
Dart at the rider there;
Grapple a dozen hands at him,
But grapple empty air;
For Instant as the lightning's wlng '
The charger, with a wondrous spring,
is distant like a dart.
Down, down both horse and rider sweep;
Down, down full many a fathom deep,
W hile sii'k shrinks every heart. . 4,
Silent the Red-men stare beneath; '
Silent -they hold their throbbing breath;
Silent they quail at such a death.
Still earthward man and charger dash
Resounding on the stream they crash,
While o'er them foams a towering splash.
They cut the waters like a blade,
An Instant dart from sight.
Hold man, bold beast of might
Hold man, bold beast. So undismayed
That was the grandest leap e'er made
By Ked-man or by White!
But see, O see the river's brim.
Where plays the bubbling tide!
A horse and rider struggling swim
To gain the further side.
And now they reach the verdant shore;
Uold Campbell smiles again.
Fondles his charger o'er and o'er.
Stroking his silky mane.
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He mounts the saddle as before
And homeward turns his rein.
No man was happier, none more gay
In all that vale for many a day,
As told and retold be the tale
To trembling wife and children pale.
Wyoming cried, with Hps aflame,
"Would ye extol bold Campbell's fame?
Give to the ledge bold Campbell's name."
The critical eye might find In these
lines numerous faults; but they would
be faults as to which the average reader
would be indifferent. This Is one of the
most serious of Mr. O'Malley's verses;
in other efforts he permits his fancy to
tilt among lighter and more winsome
themes. With due allowance for the
conditions of Its authorship his little
volume must be regarded as a praise
worthy and meritorious venture, pre.
waging even better work in time to
come.
RECENT FICTION.
THK OTPSY CHRIST and Other Tak-s.
By William Sharp. Cloth. 12 mo.. Car.
nation Series, ll.W. Chicago, Stone He
Kimball.
Of these seven tales the one which
supplies the title is perhaps the most
effective. It Is a weird story, having
for Its theme the curse of Kundry, the
wanton mocker of Christ, made familiar
In Parsifal". James Fanshawe, who
claims lineal descent from this ypy
wanton, tells this story to a friend Just
prior to his death, alleging tnat through
all the generations since Calvary his
race had borne signs of the Divine dis
pleasure, notable among tliem being.
Just before the death of each, the ap
pearance on the hands and feet of the
stigmata of the Passion. This is the
central point In Fanshawe'B narrative:
"It was in the year of the greatest mo
ment to the modern world: the year of the
death of Jesus of Nasareth. It Is enough
to say that some of our people were on the
Hill of Calvary on the Day of Anguish;
that among them was a beautiful wan. on
nailed Kundry; and that as the Sufferer
passed to Ills martyrdom, she laughed In
bitter mockery. Turning upon her and
knowing the darkness of her unbelief and
the evil of which she was the embodi
ment, the Christ stopped und looked at
her. ...
'Hail. O King!' she laughed moet.lr.g
Iv. 'Vouchsafe me. thy Sister, a sign ihat
thou are indeed lxml over Fate; hut thou
knowest that thou canst not do this fill g,
ami goest to thy death!'
"Then the Christ spake. "Verily, thju
shnlt have a sign. To thee and thin i 1
bui ilea th the sluns of my Passion, to be
a shame and horror among thy people lor
ever!' "Therewith He resumed His weary way.
And Kundry laughed and followed. Again,
during the Agony on the Cross she
laughed, and again at the Inst bitter cry
of the Son of Clod; but In the darkness that
suddenly came upon the land she laughed
no more.
"From that day the woman Kundry,
whom some have held to be the sister of the
Christ, was accurst. Kven among her own
people she went veiled. Two children she
bore to the man who had taken I. or f his
tent: children of one birth, a male child
and a woman child.
"They were In their seventh year, when,
In u wild Asian land, Kundry came out
among her people and told them thu: the,
the Sister of Christ, had como to de
liver them this message, tint out of the
offspring of her womb soon or late would
arise one who would be ih-lr Redeemer,
who would be the Gypsy Christ. When
the young men and maidens of her pto
ple mocked, the elders reprimanded tnem
und asked Kundry to give some proof
that she had not the sun-fever or the
moon-madness or other distemper of the
mind. Thereupon the woman appalled
them by showing upon her hands and feet
tne stigmata of the Crucifixion.
A theme thus grewsome is fancifully
worked out; and the reader of the tuie
will have to be strong of nerves not to
succumb ere he concludes it, to tne
author's dramatic force and skilful
handling of the tragic and the weird. Of
the other tales. "Madge o' the Pool" Is
an effective study of the Thames' water
rats, with a vivid delineation of their
utter scorn of law and order; "The
Coward" depicts a French officer's ex
altation of personal pasRion over duty
during a critical incident of warfare on
the Morocco frontier; "A Venetian
Idyl" portrays in softer light a love
romance of an Italian maiden and a
gondolier; "The Graven Image" exhib
its the author's penchant for the occult;
"The Lady In Hosea" shows how an
unfaithful wife may by accident be
spared the trouble of embarrassing ex
planations; and "Froken Bergllot" Is a
dreamy etching of artists' loves, separ
ation and final reunion. Mr. Sharp
evinces In each of these his abounding
cleverness, but Is ever the conscious ar
tist whose pride Is In the manner of his
workmanship rather than In the mes
sage of It.
H:
GALLOPING DICK: Being Chapters
from the Life and Fortunes of Rich
ard Rvder. Otherwise Galloping Dick,
Sometime Gentleman of the Road. By
H. B. Marriott Watson. Blue cloth,
lSmo., $1.25. Chicago: Stone & Kimball.
Three of the six chapters in this at
tractive book have already been print
ed In the periodical Chap-Book, where
in they have been enjoyed for the wit,
the daring, the swagger and the devil-may-care
humors exhibited by the
precious rascal whom they purport to
describe. The other three chapters are
fully as Interesting,, and the episodes
as a group give an entertaining and
more or less accurate Insight Into the
manners and morals of the restoration
period, when In England the shade be
tween knight and knave was more of
ten a streak of chance than a matter
of deserving. Mr. Watson has perhaps
overemphasized the swagger of this
period; but whether he has or not, he
certainly has given us a book done with
considerable felicity of art, and treat
ing of themes that make a large appeal
to human Interest.
THR SIN-EATER and Other Tales and
Kpisodes. By Fiona Macleod, author of
"Pharals." Cloth, li'mo.. the Carna
tion Series, fl.OU. Chicago: Stone &
Kimball.
These three talcs are in the vein of
"Pharals". to thlB extent: that they
reveal In quaint, almost shadowy way,
the poetry of the highlands, "the beauty
of the world, the pathos of life, the
gloom, the fatalism and the spiritual
glamour." We are frank to confess
that we do not In the least understand
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them. They are like minor chords In
music which depress the spirit without
vouchsafing any tangible reason to the
mind. But they are original, and there
fore interesting. The rollicking side
of the Celtic character has been done In
prose times without number; but Miss
Macleod Is a pioneer in this field of the
Celt's mysticism, craftiness and super
naturalism, and for that reason we
read .with alert interest what she tells
us even though the message be as a
riddle to our understanding.
THE 8ISTER OF A SAINT and Other
Stories. By Grace El lory Channlng.
Cloth, 12mo, the Carnation Series, fLOO.
Chicago: Stone A Kimball.
Of the six charming stories In this
dainty volume four are laid in Italy,
within sight of the blue Mediterranean,
one acknowledges modern New England
as Its scene of action and the sixth
passes to Its conclusion In the sunny
clime of seml-Spanlsh New Mexico. It
speaks well for the author's sympathies
that she has been enabled to enter in
each case easily and naturally into the
spirit of the locality, and It speaks even
better for her art that the humanity In
her six stories Is uniformly paramount
to distinctions of geography and race.
She does not consider "problems" nor
deal in mysticism or allegory; she Just
studies human nature with lively sym
pathy and warm charity, and the result
will certainly be appreciated by every
reaUer of her book.
THE GODS GIVE MY DONKEY WINGS.
By Angus Evan Abbott. The Carnation
Series, H.uo. Chicago: Stone & Kim
bull. Lest the reader be struck dumb by
this title It Is well to say without delay
thut the book is better than its name.
It is nothing outlandish, but only a col
lection of really clever and philosophical
comments upon customs and things
purporting to be uttered by an itinerant
packman with a habit of ruminating
upon the phenomena that came un
der his eye. There is much In
the book that we should like to quote.
It Is so droll, quaint and withal pro
found, but that would hardly be fair to
the publishers. We must, In their In
terest, draw the line at the twelve ob
servations In which at the book's end
the philosophical packman crystallites
his studies of the human animal:
A man's gods are of use to him some
times. A huff often pays when it puts the sulky
one to no Inconvenience.
Our greatest strivings are after that which
exists only In the imagination.
Have a shrewd regard for superstition,
but do not let it make you miss a
meal.
If you dam a stream, look out for the over
flow. Do not Judge a man by his breeches.
A clever deed brings Its own retribution.
She can keep a cheery face who knows all
is well.
Mountains, rocks and floods are seldom
found between true-love?.
He that Journeys afar can tell a strange
tale.
If you wish to And the man, And his
wench.
Pack, paunch, and pocket filled, fill the
pipe, and away.
THE MAGAZINES.
The New Year Munsey's Is another
pictorial triumph. That so many and
such good pictures as are to be found
within Its covers can be sold for ten
cents, to say nothing of the reading
matter that goes with them, is an ever
increasing wonder.
In the current Chap-Book la told this
"ower-true" tale: "Kipling is writing
a. story for the Ladies' Home Journal.
Kipling! However with his usual
breeze and the vinous quality of his
style, he concludes u chupter thereof:
'And the fellows tossed down a glass
of old Madeira, and turned to leave .ue
room.' Little Bok, in a panic, wires the
brawny Jungle-man: fan you change
"tossed down a glass of old Medeira?"
Ladles' Home Journal rules forbid men
tion of wine." Kipling wires four words:
Make it Mellin's Food.'" But that
isn't the only good thing In Chap-Book.
There are others.
I! II II
Two Interesting studies of authors ap
pear In the January Citizen Arthur W.
Colton's paper on Charlotte Bronte,
whom he pronounces "the most notable
woman of the century In EngllHh litera
ture, with the exception of George Eliot
and possibly Mrs. Browning;" and the
regular department sketch of William
Congreve. Both are well worth read
ing. LITERARY GOSSIP.
The year 1895 was notable In American
book making for a distinct advance in
mechanical quality. One can readily
remember a time when to this Import
ant side of literature no special atten
tion was paid. The publisher took his
manuscripts to the printer, gave him
the size of volume desired and the sum
he was willing to pay for It, and the
printer did the rest. If the printer
chanced to be a man of taste, with no
special anxiety to do his work as cheap
ly as possible, the resultant tome was
fairly neat and durable; otherwise, not..
But the "nots" were largely In the ma
jority. Of late, however, a change has
come over the spirit of the American
publisher's dreams. No longer does hs
dream simply of getting a book on the
market; he Is at last beginning to study
the blbllomanlacal longings of that
market and is nowadays wont to try to
pique and lure this fastidious taste by
carefully elaborated novelties In respect
to the book's material guise. We do not
profess to know Just who is to be
thanked for this agreeable revolution,
the least of whose meanings is better
eyesight for the next generation; but It
Is a consummation devoutly to he
praised. Two leaders In this good work
of putting good literature into fitting
settings are the Chicago firms of Stone
& Kimball and Way & Williams. They
are rapidly gaining an audience, and
their success In this detail surely pre
sages competition In kind.
Under the caption "A Promising
American Realist" Munsey's for Jan
uary has this to say of a young man
personally known to several Scran
tonlans: "Stephen Crane Is a young
man who has been called names. The
publication of 'The Black Riders,' last
year, called forth from some enthusias
tic critic the assertion that the author
was the 'Aubrey Breadsley of poetry.'
The majority of readers were satisfied
to accept this statement, being un
able to find In 'The Black Riders' much
more sobriety that Is discernible In
Mr. Ureadsley's bizarre drawings. An
other critic has said that Mr. Crane's
new book, 'The Red Badge of Courage,'
Is written by the 'American Zola'; and
still a third announces him to be 'the
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something startling in 'The Red
Badge.' and It la well we were. It Is
a story of exceeding strangeness, with
no visible plot, but dabbled profusely
with singular fancies and word pic
ture. Mr. Crane rejoices In surpris
ing his readers. He scorns, convention
ality, and lies awake at night thinking
up new expressions. When hi char
acters swear it is with 'crimson oaths';
bullets 'spang into trees; stars lie
'like glittering pebbles on the black
level of the night;' and the sun Itself
breaks loose from accepted metaphor
and is 'pasted In the sky like a wafer.'
"From all this It might appear that
Mr. Crane's imagination runs away
with rhyme and reason; and In the
case of The Black Riders' such was
assuredly the fact. But In The Red
Badge' there Is a more substantial
qualtty than mere eccentricity. His
writings, to be sure, are an acquired
taste. One must become hardened to
having everything described as 'mur
der red,' and to having one's composure
startled by lurid similes. This
achieved, there comes a realization
that Mr. Crane possesses a power "Of
his own, a knowledge of truth, and
an ability to portray it forcefully. The
battlefield Is no longer the conventional
scene of heroism, but the arena of very
human emotions In which fear is real
istically prominent. Mr. Crane la only
twenty-four, but his literary career Is
already eight years old. He began
writing for the press before he was
sixteen, and his first book 'Maggie, a
Girl of the Streets' was published
some three years ago without creating
an appreciable sensation. Hamlin Gar
land, who Is something of a realist
himself, said In a review of It: 'With
such a technique already In command,
with life, mainly before him, Stephen
Crane la henceforth to be reckoned
with.' The further development of the
young writer's ability has fulfilled this
prophecy. Mr. Crane will doubtless be
reckoned with mercilessly In many
quarters, so long as he persists In his
riotous style; but it Is to be hoped that
this will not discourage him. He is one
of the most original writers of the
day."
AITTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
Hleronymus Lorm. the famous poet,
philosopher and critic, of Germany, la to
tally blind.
Heseklah Butterworth Is traveling in
Chile securing material for a new story
of adventure for boys.
J. M. Barrle has taken a house In Glou
cester road. South Kensington, and In
tends to make London his permanent
home.
Professor Archibald Gelkle. director gen
eral of the geological survey of Great
Britain and an author of wide repute, will
soon make a lecture tour In America.
Hall Calne does his best writing at tils
Isle of Alan home, Greeba castle. In Lon
don his home is near those of Herbert
Spencer, Alina-Tadema and other celeb
rities. Dr. Ellas Leounrot, a country physician
of Finland, has been called the "Christo
pher Columbus of Fuinlth poetry." The
doctor has written one or twe eplo poems
celebrating the early history of the coun
try. One thing of which the late Baron
Tauuhnits. the great publisher, was es
pecially proud was 4 he fact that, although
Lelpslc has long been a hotbed of social
ism, no strike has ever occurred at the
Taui'hnlts printing works.
Since the death of Dumas the chances of
Zoht, for election to the French academy
are thought to be much brighter than ever
before. Already his claims are being
urged by his friends while his old-time
enemies are preparing against a contest.
Count lo Tolstoi is a vigorous hater of
England. He says the English and the
Zulus should be herded together as the
two moot brutal nations or the earth. His
chler regret, he declares. Is that he can
not spare the time to write about the
English people.
Robert Louis Stevenson's unpublished
history of his own family is to appear in
a forthcoming volume of the Edinburgh
edition of his works. It ends with the
story of the great achievement or his
grandfaher's life in the building of the
Bell Rock lighthouse.
London publishers, seeing that authors
have organised themselves into a society
and that booksellers have followed 'their
example, have determined to have an
association also. They declare that they
do not Intend to cause antagonism, but
will simply look after their own Interests.
Thomas Nelson Page has decided to
make Washington his permanent home.
The new house which he Is building on
New Hampshire avenue Is likely to be one
of the show residences of the city archi
tecturally. The site cost ,'SO,O0O and the
house Itself will be constructed regardless
of expense.
"It Is not generally known," says the
Minneapolis Journal, "that Paul Bourget
was for some time a resident of South
Dakota. Before 'the bottom' fell out of
speculation of horses he was a member of
a French horse ranch company, operating
on Lame Johnnny creek. In the Black
hills, and gave the concern his personal
attention for some time."
James Whltcomb Riley denies .that he
either Is writing or has thought of writ
ing a novel. He modestly adds that he
does not believe himself capable of a work
of that character. Mr. Riley Is living in
retirement, doing only such occasional
work with his pen as seems to him to be
of the nature of recreation. He will not
All platform engagements this season.
Colonel Charles King, the military novel
ist, with his half pay salary and his reve
nue from his books, Is very comfortably
fixed in life. He Is a handsome soldierly
man of about 60, with gray hair and mus
tache and a bronzed complexion that life
as a civilian has not bleached. Colonel
King lives In Milwaukee and is now ad.
Jutont goneral of the state of Wisconsin.
WHY DO WE DO IT.
Perhaps some sage can tell me, for Indeed
I'd like to know
The secret of the titles that I hear wher
e'er I go.
There's Brown, who studied medicine, at
taining some renown,
Whose wife I hear referred to now as
"Mrs. Dr. Brown."
What reason for the custom can the wise
ones give to me?
Why not as well refer to her as "Mrs.
Brown, M. D.?"
Because O'Shea Is on the bench why
should we always say,
In speaking of his charming wife: "There's
Mrs. Judge O'Shea?"
Is she a Judge by marriage? Was she
wedded to the court?
There should be some good reason why the
title she should sport.
If one should wed a Justice, pray advise
me, would she be
Entitled to be known by all as "Mrs.
Jones, J. P.?"
If not, what reason can we give for speak
ing as we do
Of ".Mrs. Major Cannonball" or "Mrs.
Bishop Pew?
Do titles go to families for use of ev'ry
one?
And if they do, why aren't they used by
daughter and by son?
Why not a "Miss Lieutenant Sharpe?"
Why not a Junior, too?
At least let's be consistent in the things
we try to do.
Chicago Post.
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The Fancies of an
English Christmas.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
London, Jan. 1. Christmas has come
and gone, and. In looking back at It, I
find that my most vivid recollection
of the day are centered about the
splendid performance of the ever-beautiful
"Messiah" at Queen's hall. In the
afternoon of the day. Of course I waa
most interested in the soprano part, and
took my score with me and followed
Marie Duma, the soprano soloist,
through the work, and with the keen
est of enjoyment and Interest. Mr.
Randegger, of course.conducted. as It is
his choir, and everything was beauti
fully done. 1 could not help thinking
of the dear old Wilkeg-Barre Oratorio
society, to which I have the honor to
belong, and of our performances of this
magnificent work, performances which.
Indeed, could well afford to challenge
comparison with those of many a fam
ous choral society, and In many a larger
musical center than our pretty little
Wilkes-Barre at home.
On Christmas night the Christmas
dinner claimed our attention, and we
certainly did it full Justice. A baked
ham, a roast turkey and a roast shoul
der of beef, constituted the principal
solids of an English Christmas dinner,
which I suppose does not differ much
from our epicurean programmes at
home, except, perhaps, in the crowning
point of all. the plum pudding. Around
this delightful, though I mast confess
rather substantial form of dessert. there
hovers an air of Christmas sanctity
with which nothing less than uv Vaih.
er Christmas himself Is clothed. The
mere mention of plum pudding calls up
visions of resplendent Christmas trees,
of stockings hanging at the fireplace,
of Santa Clause and his twinkling blue
eyes, and In fact, all the Jovs of Christ.
mas. For plum pudding belongs to
v uiiBiiiiHB ana to no other festival of
the year, and any well regulated Eng
lishman would never dream of such a
thing aa having It at other times of the
year.
Saered to the Day.
There are those, of course, whose
rabid radicalism causes them to disre
gard any and every ancient custom of
Merrle Old England, and I dare Bay
their Irreverence carries them even to
such mad lengths of depravity as to
have a plum pudding Just whenever
they like It. But this is sacrilegious. It
is nothing short of desecration; and It
you ever come to England, let me warn
you to beware of the company of such
misguided and fanatical persons. Seek,
rather, association with those whose
conservative Christmas tastes lead
them to duly respect the custom found
ed by Jolly Old King Cole himself (they
say) the custom, as I was saving, of
partaking of this too. too solid delicacy
at but one period of the year Christ
mas week. This and this only is the
time of all times sacred to the English
plum pudding.
You will no doubt wonder by this
time what this delicacy Is like. I will
tell you. Who should know better than
I. for did not I assist one cook, only the
day before Christmas, In the dread rite
of compounding our pudding for the
Christinas dinner? Hearing from one
of my chaperones that morning that
the pudding was about to be manufac
tured, I seized my opportunity, and de
scending to the kitchen, offered my ser
vices to the pudding genius thereof. In
a pure spirit of helpfulness. She, how
ever, did not receive my kindly over
tures with the unmixed Joy I had ex
pected of her, and questioned my mo
tives, suggesting the Inappropriate one
of curiosity as chief. We had some
words, I must confess, but it ended In
America remaining triumphant In the
field, installed as England's assistant
for the nonce, whether she liked it or
not.
As English Plum Padding.
So here is what went In: Only
Six pounds each of raisins, currants,
sultanas, suet and sugar; then 3 pounds
each of bread crumbs and flour; 2
pounds mixed peel of lemon orange and
citron, the grated peel of 1 dozen lem
ons; 3 grated nutmegs; 60 eggs; 1H
pints brandy; 2 pints milk; 1H ounces
sweet almonds; ( ounces of bitter al
monds, 3 teaspoonfuls of allspice;
1 silver thimble, 1 silver thrlpenny
bit, and 1 wedding ring. We chop
ped up all the raisins or" "plums."
suet, almonds, peel, and so on, mixed
everything all up together and then
called the family together for the stir
ring of It. This Is a solemn occacslon,
and every one in the house, one
after the other, seizes the big wooden
spoon In both hands and gives the
dough an energetic belaboring, while
the cook stands by beaming at the
thought of the work we are all uncon
sciously doing. And at last It Is mixed.
It is then emptied into a mold, tightly
closed and carefully lowered Into boil
ing water, where this toothsome morsel
now proceeds to boil to the best of Us
ability, for eight mortal hours! Some
there are that boll them six, but our
cook knows better, she Just does, and
she boils ours eight. Let them as doesn't
know nuthin' make dough ' theirs,
but as for her, none o' her young
ladles shall get a distemper to their
stummages on Christmas day! No in-deed-ee!
As a matter of fact they say
that the longer they boil the better they
are, and In this matter individuals suit
themselves.
The Pudding's Induction.
Now, during the preparation of the
Christmas feast, it is boiled up again,
Just to heat it through and make It
light, and then turned out upon a hot
platter, and when It is to come upon
the table at the Christmas feast the
gas Is turned out, and we sit In dark
ness awaiting the advent of this
wonderful yule-tide dessert. The door
Is thrown open and the servant ap
pears carrying the beloved pudding,
over which some brandy has been
thrown, and then lighted and the
whole platter Is in a blaze of blue and
stiver alcoholic flames, in the midst of
which calmly reposes the pudding,
grand, complacent-looking, rich and
smoklng.and as edifying a sight as any
one might wish to see, with its pretty
sprigs of fire-lit holly sticking Into Its
brown dignity. In the midst of breath
less Interest this miniature conflagra
tion Is cut and passed around, its small
and flickering flames lighting up the
Cowlei. W. C, 1807 N. Mala.
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Regan, A. B., US Lackawanna.
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FURNITURE.
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CARPETS AND WALL PAPER,
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout, N. P., 110 W. Market,
Jordan, James, Olyphant
Bartbold, B. J., Olyphant
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
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PAINTS AND WALL PAPER,
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" TEA, COPTEE AND SPl
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Miss Kaiser Helps to Make a Genuine
Yule-tide Plum Pudding.
eager faces around the table In a moat
delightfully witchey way. The lights
are then relit and the brandled flames
on the pudding blown out, for fear that
they might be the Innocent cause of a
larger but less pleasant conflagration,
and we now proceed to enjoy the end of
the merry English Christmas dinner.
It is now, too, that we begin to search
In the portion meted out to us In semL
darknesa for any of the emblems
dropped Into it at Its making, and
many are the hopes and fears with
which the search is conducted. She
who finds In hers the sliver thrlpenny
bit Is destined to be lucky in money
matters throughout the coming year,
and she who gets the silver thimble Is
to be an old maid, according to pud
ding lore, while the recipient of the
wedding ring at once becomes the envy
or all the rest at the table, except per
haps, the New Woman among us. for she
is to be married first. These things
come true, I do assure you, for I have
tried tnem myself and I am now a con
vert to the plum pudding and Its proph
ecies. Other Padding Superstitions.
But those are not all the delightful
uperstitions connected with plum pud
ding by any means. There Is another
existent over here, that if one eats as
many pieces of different people's pud
ding as there are months In the year,
he will have that many happy months.
So, some of the more superstitious of
these Islanders are given to courting
dyspepsia, every Christmas week, by
eating pieces from twelve different
plum puddings. Some start out brave
ly, but courage deserts them half way
and they faint by the roadside, over
come by the demons heart-burn, night
mare or In extreme cases, even delirium
tremens. These unfortunate creatures
always end up by being sorry they did
not persevere until the twelfth, for they
are certain that they will have only
Ave, six or seven happy months in the
new year before misfortune overtakes
them. They catch cold and get sick.
they lose their handkerchiefs, they ar
rive at misunderstandings with their
friends, and so on to the end of the
chapter. "
I did not know that my friends re
garded me as such a superstitious mor
tal, but evidently they do, for though
It is but two days after Christmas, I
have up to date received no less than
nine pieces of plum pudding from my
friends all over the kingdom. The
strict regard for the truth which news
paper correspondents must always ob
serve forces me to acknowledge that I
have made the painful discovery of a
thimble In several of them. Whetner
their presence there was uy accident or
deslgu, I know not, but what Is still
more, I have eaten all the puddings
and have Indeed found them to be
"such stuff as dreams are made of." -Sadie
E. Kaiser.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
It is not always easy to start a fruit Jar
cover. Instead of wrenchtna ithe hand and
bringing on blisters, simply invert the Jar
anu piace me top in not water ror a min
ute. Then try and you will And It turns
uulte easily.
If the hair is dry and brittle, with a
tendency to Tall out, an English restora
tive Is the simple one or free application
of pure roroanut oil with dally brushinic.
This treatment continued for a few weeks
six, perhaps will. It is said, accomplish
tne Deal results.
Iron bedsteads take on now many col
ors, the virgin white In yhlch they were
oftenest seen yielding frequently to pale
pins or oiue or green, as tne erase may oe.
White Is cold, and the other tints, too,
are In harmony with furnishings and
draperies when desired.
A valuable assistant on silver cleaning
day Is a lemon. If sliver, after It is
cleaned, Is rubbed with a piece of lemon
and then washed and well dried. It gets a
white brilliancy which it seldom has oth
erwise and will keep clean longer than
with the ordinary cleansing.
Silk must never be Ironed, as the heat
takes all the life out of It and makes it
seem stringy and flabby. If, however,
you wish to press out bits of silk ribbon
for fancy work use an Iron only moder
ately hot and place two thicknesses of pa
per between that and the silk.
Clothes lines of galvanized Iron are bet
ter than those of rope. The housewife
who has set tubs put Into her house should
not leave the height at which they are
placed to the Judgment of a workman,
who commonly places them much too low,
so that a stooping position and an aching
back are the consequences of using them.
Old woolen stocking legs cut into squares
and covered with pieces or bright cotton
or old silk make good Iron and kettle hold
ers. Sheets whpn so worn as to require
nfendlng will hardly stand the wear and
tear or bedding. With any little rents
sewed up they are good to hang over nice
dresses In the closet or to put over furni
ture while sweeping.
The little Moorish coffee tables can be
had now at almost any price and In every
variety of finish; white, black or colored
enamel, cherry, oak and other woods.
Thy serve many uses, from their osten
sible one to holding a Jardiniere In 'the hall
or sitting room or as a bedside table for
the hall or sitting room or ss a bedsl'le
table for the candle and volume one wants
at hand.
In cleaning a badly-soiled csrpet great
precaution should be used. Brussels, tap
estries, Wiltons or velvet carpets may be
clesnsed with ox gall, one pint to a pail
of water. Use the ordinary scrubbing
brush, and afterward tan carpet should be
vigorously rubbed with a coarse cloth;
fresh water should he applied. A small
portion of the carpet done each day during
hot and sultry weather would keep It
greatly refreshed In colorings, as well as
sweet and clean.
Fur, after some years' wear, will look
much Improved If cleaned with new bran
previously heated In the oven. Kub the
hot bran well into the fur with a piece of
flannel, shake the fur lo remove all par.
tides, and then brush thoroughly. Th
fur will clean more easily If the lining
and wadding are first removed, but such
removal Is not absolutely needful. The
flat, oily look which mars the appearance
of the neck portions of furs long in use
Is mostly if not wholly removed by the
means of hot bran. Rub the fur the wrong
way.
Old Fine Climax Brandy.
From grape wine, has been fourteen
years stored and cared for In the same
way that Brandies are cared for In
France, and Is as fine in flavor and
mellowness as Hennessy Brandy of
Cognac. Ask your druggist for Speer's
Climax Brandy.
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GROCERIES.
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UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
Raub, A. R., 425 Spruce.
DRUOOIBTS.
McOarrah Thomas, 109 Lackawanna.
Lo rents. C, 411 Lacka;. L'.nden Wash.
Davis, O W., Main and Market.
Blees, W. 8., Peckvllle.
Davles, John J., lot 8. Main.
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PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna,
CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Harding, J. L.,216 Lackawanna,
kmMkm DOCTOR
ENOLISH .
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rally eoe
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The disease progresses so rapidly that
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EVA M. HETZEL'S
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medicine which acta directly on the skin,
removing all dlscoloratlona, an one of the
greatest purifying agents for the complex,
ton In existence. A perfectly clear and
spotless complexion can be obtained In
very Instance by Its use. Price, H.M per
bottle. For sale at E. M. Hetzel's Hair,
dressing and Manicure Parlors, 830 Lack,
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DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS.
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CREAMERY
Stone Bros., 308 Spruce.
BICYCLES, GUNS, ETC
Parker, E. H., S21 Spruce. r
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Roberts, J. W.. 13 N.jUuu
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