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I'ENTIST. SOMERSET, PA.
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MCHABT TAILOR
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SOMERSH COUNTY BANK !
(ESTA13LISIIFJ) 1877.)
CHAELE. I. HAEE1SCN. UJ.FE1IH.
President Cashier
(VlleetloDi made In til ptrta of Ui t'nlted
State.
CHARGES MODERATE.
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JENNER X ROADS. PA.
ICortinua to manufacture, mt Biv old atmnd. mil
grmiiee ot HOISKHOLD ri KSll CRF.. which
1 sell mat mt cbemp mt any other dealer in Somer
set Coontv, I will mlso ttke orders for tir City
mmde FurnlKire my customert mty wish to pur
ehaae I keep sample-books mt my place of buf
neat, ftom which telectlont can be made.
urasmms a specialty.
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with care. I mmve two hemrses lor burial porpos-
es a HUck Hearee tnd m hit. miw.im i-
ter espeHally for mttenrtlna: cm in ran
Funermls
1 1 Reel" on i.u . 1 it. - 1 -
11, ..-,.1. .fui White forties lor hildren. I'
1 keep on ttnd mt mil timet 'mn. 1
mkets ana
ill
i ,so keep in stock a nice lir e of City a.ket. eoe-
. . ,n. 11 .daiiM nn eittf nricet. IHaa I
fail to call oa me when In need of anything m my
. line. 1 emu do mt well by yoa aa yoa can do else
So
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mehe,ete. A neighbor, who bmd taken Simmons
Ljver Kegolmtor. told me It was m sure cor. for my
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much, mnd in on. areek s time I wms ms strong mud
heart as I everwma. II it tht but mtdxcxnt I
trrr took for DyqKfM.
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mrdicine of tht (times for disemws peculiar to
malarial regions. So good a medicine deserres
universal cuninienoatlon.
Cor. Sec.Southern Kaptist 'l heologtcml Srmlnmry.
Safer and Better man uaiomei i
I have heen subject to severe sie!ls of Con res
tion of the L,lver, mnd hmve Iwen In the habit of
taking from 18 to SO grains of Calomol, whirh een
erslly laid me np for three or f.r day.. lately
I have been taklnv. Simmons Urer Kegrnlttor,
which gtve nie relief, without any interruption to
business. J- Hl'OO.
Muidletort. Ohio.
J. H. ZEILIN A CO..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PRICE SI OO.
iull-'ss-lvr-
HAPPY CHILDREN.
Hrnw ) Make. Tltem Kres them la
Hetllk, sssiel They will usaie) Tar. of
lh Rent,
The Joy ol every well-regulmted household
comes chiefly from the children. Thousands of
affectionate parents do not ttke care of their chil
dren. Through Ignorance more than culpable
negleet they suffer them to ftll lick tod die,
when knowledge might btve saved them to love
mnd home. Dr. Dmtd KENNEDY offers hi
" Fmvorite Keme.!y " ts eni.haUcaliy a medicine
forth, children gentle in its action, containing
me karnfvl igriitnl a-teerer, going straight
to the Blood, w hich, when impute, is the sett mnd
source of disrmse. Ftvorlle Rmedy" it the
Irieod of chll hood, and should be Uund in every
nurserv in the land. Keep It in your bouse for
vour children's sake, at we;l ts lor your own Try
it ted you will tie tltd you saw this article.
Make no mistakes. The mertielne it Farorlie
Keroedv " and the proprietor's name and address.
Dr. David K EN N EI) Y, Kondout, M. Y. lnedul
ltrt bottle.
Um Hard. fer a;se thlac Dr. Dm
vid Kennedv s " Ftvoriie Kemedy ' to exactly
what it cltims t J be. and deserves the prai.et thtt
are showered upon It by t'l who htve used it, Mr.
Inrmel H Snviier.ot rauaenie. v. j
little dmngbterwms coverel with Smlt Kbeum Mom
betdtoioot : Dr. Kennedy's 'Ftvovite Ksmedy
cured her. This was two years mso.
u: m .0 im the Habit of Pvfina tny tort of
nmtent medicines In our columns, but we happen
!. 11. li.vlrf Xenoe.lv. of Komicat.N. Y .,
and can liersonmlly teflily to ihe excellence of the
meitlelneahlrh the Doctor emlls ' Fmvorite Kem
e.lv And Ii m w..rd of curt will persutdo mny
hnd to e It mnd thus nnd relief from suffering
v. neofe.lonml etiquette shell hinder as from smy-
lug that W jrd. t or aiseare. 01 tne dmjou, numn
... . .....1. It has no enual. We would not be
withort it lor five timet the dollar that it oosts.
Pi Ties. I roy. fl. I.
ISAAC SIMPSON,
lirai ill SALE STABLIS.
PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA.
If Mn Wtut ft B my Ceod md ej
BUGGY,
New r Second-hand, emll on me. 1 also keep
eovjatmniiy ve nun 1 -.
Fine Hand-made
Harness, Saddles, Bridles,
Whips,
Brushes, tap Blankets, and evervthlnr to be
tound In a Firm-eitte Saddlery Good Tea ma
and Hiding Hortee tlwtyt ready for hire.
When in need of anything in my line,
give me a emll.
ISAAC SIMPSON,
mty.M. goMtnarr.P.
pXECCTOK S NOTICE.
Estate of Peter Bermey, dee'd, late of Somerset
t .,.m.t fin Pa
Letters testamentary oa the above estate hav.
. . . . lk n.ila e4 n 11 sail TiW t hi
r.r.V'irv"'!?..
or,, rer authority, notice neieoj pi.en
i i ! i i . i, Mk. immediate Dm vmwnt and
those having claims or demands will plemea pre-
sent them duly mulhertlcmteO lor settlement on
Saturday. January . Is, mt the reaidenee ol the
lxecmiuro OEUKJE H. KEF.
decs Executor.
nner
A CHRISTMAS BONO.
It came upon tht midnight dear.
That glorious song of old.
From mngels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold ;
'Peace on the earth, good -will to men
From Heaven's all gradoua Keg!"
The world ta solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels ting.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings nnfarled;
And still their Heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above Its tad and lonely plains
They bead on hovering wing.
And ever o'er its Babel sound!
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woes oi sla and strife
The world hat su tiered long ;
Beneath the tngel strains have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong ;
And man, at war with man, heart not
The lovn-aong which they bring;
Oh, hush the notae, ye men of ttriie.
And hear the mngels ting !
And ye, beneath life's crushing load.
Whose forms are bending low.
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful sups and slow,
Look now ! tor glad and golden boors
Come swiftly on the wing ;
Oh, rest beside the weary road,
And bear the angels sing !
For lo, the days are hastening on.
By prophet-bards foretold.
When, with the ever-etrcliug years.
Comes round the age of gold ;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient Splendor fling.
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the tngels sing.
OX CHUISTMAS EVE.
"Good evening, Joe, and a merry
Christmas to you.
"The same to vou, s:r, ana many
of 'em, too."
As I came along B street on a
crisp, sparkling Christmas eve, I en
countered the old night watchman.
Joe, standing on tne sidewaiK in
front of a brilliaptly.lighted man
sion, gazing up at the windows,
through the half raised curtains of
which were to be had glimpses of
a Christmas tree.
I had lived only six months in
B street, not long enough to be
come acquainted with any of its in
habitants. Jiut 1 naa maue menus
with the old night watchman beiore
I had lived a week on the street. He
had come to mv door, as is custom
ary toward a new resident, to inquire
if I wished his services, ana 1 was
so struck with tin appearance of the
man that I had ever since availed
myself of every opportunity to talk
with him. Rarely have 1 met one
of his -lass who possessed so much
intelligence and good sense, tie
was tall and muscular, with a grip
like iron, which I had seen tested
several times when unruly boys or
suspicious-looking loungers came in
his way. lie was yery proua 01 me
character of his street, and often re
repeated that in the thirty years he
had had charge of it there had been
uo robbery and no disturbance of
any 6erious character. A strong
hearted, ncble man he was, too. His
rugged, kindly face, with its crown
of gray, tangled hair, was worthy of
e . . , . , v-. it . 1
a Iiailiter 6 BlUUy. tveu iue pruuu
reeidents of the street esteemed him
highly, and befriended him in many
ways.
As Joe stood on the sidewalk that
bright Christmas eve 1 noticed that
he was much more serious than us
ual, and less inclined to talk. Alter
my greeting he turned and began to
move slowly up the street, letting
his club fa'l on the sidewalk with
dull thuds as he walked. At this
instant the door of the great house
was thrown open, and a bright
stream or light came out, in wnicn
stood a sweet little girl.
"Joe," she cried "Joe, are jou
there?"
Yes, Miss ell,' he answered,
"this' me.'
"Here, Joe," she said, "I m not to
come in now, because maj wouiu oe
'off duty you Lnow, but 1 lound
this on the very top of the tree ; and
see, it has your name ou it" hand
ing him a neat little package "and
its such a splendid tree, and every
body is so happy. We are not
strangers to-nieht, Santa Claus and
I, are we, Joe?" And with a merry
little laugh she vanished.
"Blessed little mile," said he, in a
choked voice. Then, after going a
block or more without speaking, he
added: "Sir, if you don't miod
walking up and down my beat a lit
tle, I'll tell you a story as makes
this the merriest Christmas eve of
my life. It isn't any tamily secret,
or I wouldn't be the one to tell it
It's a history as everybody knows,
and to-night it's over, happily, bles
sedly over, so far as it can be, con
sidering him that's gone."
I walked quietly at his side un
til he was pleased to speak.
"The gentleman as lives in that
great bouse," said he. "is Mr.Chaun
cey. He is one of the richest men
on our street When I first came on
here, thirty years gone, he was a
young man with a handsome wife
and two a pretty children as ever
you saw. Miss Alice, she was the
oldest, a golden haired little beauty,
and master Frank, he waB a fine boy,
almost a babv then, sir. From the
very first Mr.'Chaur.cev was kind to
' .. . ' u v
me. hen tee lanniy wouiu ue uu
in the eummer. he used to give me
the keys, and I was to look in every
night and morning to see thht noth
ing went wrong. When the family
got back I always got a handsome
extra, for Mr. Chauncey never was
mean. It wasn't bis love of money
that brought the trouble about, but
bis pride his pride, sir; for if that
old gentleman was king of England,
he couldn't be more stuck up about
his name and family than he is
now. When Miss Alice was about
ten veara old. Mrs. Chauncey died.
I remember the night well, sir; but
that's many a year ago. After that
I didn't see the family much, for
the shutters they was always kept
closed, and when I met Mr. Chaun
rey he had his head bowed and ney-
- . .. . T 1 .
er seemed to nouce bp. i uteu iu
talk with David, the Butler, some
times, when I was passing up and
down o' nights, and be told me as
Mr. Chauncey paid no attention to
anything but them two children,
and especially to Master Frank, and
how he'd always Have tne litue lei
innt whatnea oeen learninaiurouKu
i ... a a. i : .1 u
C
i them children had, although Hwas
! Mis? LicTtook all the care of her
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
brother, who was three years young
er than she was. iney say it was
touching, sir, the way she'd play lit
tle mother to him.
"Sorrow always Las to give way
before sunshine, I've noticed, and it
wasn't so many months after the
mother died that the great house was
thrown open again, just as I've seen
happen to a dozen other houses in
the street here, and then I beeun to
see Miss Alice and Master Frank.
I used to see a great deal of them
children after that, for the boy he
waa a wild one, and would often
scamDer on the streets at hours
when he should have been at home
in bed. He didn t Bund anybody
but his sister; but she could do al
most anything with him, for he was
a eoft-hearted little chap when you
kuew how to touch him right, but
headstrong and self-willed, as boys
are, sir. As years passed, them two
come to be as handsome a pair as
ever you saw Miss Alice with her
sweet blue eyes and lady-like ways,
and Master Frank with his fresh,
eager face. The only, thing that ev
er troubled them was the boy would
never stick to anything. His father
tent him to college for there was
nothing be wouldn do for Master
Frank, but he was back home in less
'an three months. 'I didn't like it,
Joe.'he says to me one night 'What's
the need, anyway, tor me to do what
I don't like?' And so the boy stay
er! at home, drove his pony carriage
round town, sailed his yacht, and
amused himself with lots of other
young fellows, whose company did-
not do him any good.
"But there come a time, sir, when
he was changed. I couldn't tell just
how it came about, nor no more
iust what the change was, but I'd
1 . . , . i i -
see Mm when ne come uuiue iaie
sometimes, and there was a differ
ence. He got quieter, and his voice
when he sooke to me was as soft
and gentle as it used to be when he
was a boy. Ur.e nigni ne come
home earlier than usual, and I said
to mvself that yonng mans m
trouble: for he walked right by me
and never looked, nor said good eve
ning, as he always had before. An
hour or so later, as 1 was coming
down the streefagam, 1 heard Mr.
Chauncey's front door clam as if a
hurricane had blowed it, and tear
, .. . if..i..
ing down tne steps came easier
Frank.
I don't know how I dared take
the liberty, sir, but I did. I steps
right up to him and takes hold of
bis arm. 'Master Frank,' says I.
'there's trouble going on for you.
But I've known you since you was a
baby, and whatever 'tis, I m the one i
as says it's nothing wrong.'
" 'No, Joe,' he says, in a voice as
wasn't his 'it's nothinz wrong.' He I
could't stand still, so I walked along
up the street at his side. Suddenly
he stopped. 'Good by, Joe,' says
he; 'I won't be here any more. I'm
married.' And before I could say a
word he was off clean gone in the
darkness, sir. A baby mieht have
knocked me down as 1 stood there.
Mv breath was took away. I tramp
ed up and down all that night, pon
dering and thinking, and I could
make nothing out oi it.
"And I didn't make anvthing out
of it till or.e night I met the oid but
ler, and he told roe as how it was,
. ar .-..r' -1.
SIT. 11 seems Piaster i inua. uau uici
a young l.iuy and fell deep in love
with her, but when he mentioned
the matter to his father, there was
his?h wcrls. for Mr. Chauncey had
set his heart on seeing his boy mar
ried to a girl he'd picked out; rich
she v. as. of course, sir, while the one
Master Frank wanted was an orphan
and hadn't a cent in the world ex
cept what she made giving music
!e;sons, or something of the soit
The boy didn't say no more, and
kept so quiet his father thought the
business was all over, but Master
Frank, being headstrong and U9ed
to having his own way, went and
married the girl anyhow. When
he come home that night and told
his father what he'd done, Mr.
Chauncev iust got uo and said : 'You
can go sir, you're no son of mine.'
Then after Master Frank had rush
ed out of the house, his father told
David, who had stood and heard it
all, to call his daughter and the ser
vants. When they came, he told
em all, then and there, as how 'twas
and said whoever as mentioned Mas
ter Frank's name in his presence
would leave the house, even if 'twas
Miss Alice herself. Then he stalk
ed up stairs to the boy?s room lock
ed the door, and put the key in bis
pocket. And that's the way thing"
was going on, sir. Miss Alice, she
was crvinga'most all the time, and
she said to the old butler : 'David,'
says she, 'search day and night for
my poor brother, for I never Ehall
rest till I can heir him.' Search we
did, David and I, up and down, by
night and by day. for either one of
ns would 'a died for that boy, and
yet quicker for Miss Alice. But it
"wasn't no use, sir; we never found a
trace of him, and the girl he'd mar
ried was gone, too.
"Tbints eiit on gloomily enough
in the big bouse after that. Miss
Alice she" didn't seem minded to
marry, and Mr. Chauncey he go.
sterner and siler.ter every day. I
used to meet him sometimes pacing
up and down the walk at night, but
I never said no more nor good-evening
to him. for somehow he wasn't
the same to me in my mind as he
was afore. He hadn't done right by
that boy. Not that I don't blame
the br y too, for it wasn't square for
him to go agin his father to that
length, nor yet to bring trouble on
his sister ; hut bless you sir, boys
don't stop to think of what's ahead
when they're only twenty two year,
as this one was ; and if they get a
pretty face in their minds, they
don't consider father nor sister, nor
J anybody but the girl they want to
marry.
"More than ten years went on,
and never a word of Master Frank.
Mr. Chauncey and Miss Alice had
gone traveling in Europe, and taken
David with 'em, and the big house
was shut up, when one afternoon, aa
I waa sitting at home, my wife says,
Joe, there s a poor
sick woman
floor to-day,
-.i t ,v,;w;t if vrnn'rl .mr
ouu a v,B .. j - -
wouldn't come amiss.' My wife was
idling, sir, or sbe'd gone up herself;
DECEMBER 23, IS85.
but as 'twas, I took the broth and
went W hen I knocked, a bright
little girl opened the door, and when
I went in I saw lying oo the sofa as
pretty a young woman as ever I sot
eyes on. But I saw another thing,
sir, standing on a little table against
the wall, right where the sunshine
was falling, was a picture of Master
Frank. 'My husband's picture,' said
the lady, seeing me standing stock
still before it I didn't know what
to say, I was so took aback. Strange
sir, but when you've been longing
for years for something to happen,
when it does happen you don't do
the thing as would seem natural.
So instead of going to work to find
out about that boy, there waa I
standing and thinking of nothing ex
cept how out of place I was bringing
a bowl of broth to Mrs. frank
Chauncey. I don't know how long I'd
'a stood there with that bowl of broth
in my hands, if the little miss hadn't
brought a chair and asked me to sit
down. Then I got sense to say,
'Excuse me, Mrs. Chauncey, but my
wife thought aa how you was poor
folks like us, or she wouldn't 'a
made so bold as to send some broth,
thinking you'd just moved in and
hadn't got a fire made, maybe.'
""We are poor, very poor,' she an
swered me, and thank your wife
very kindly.'
"Ob, she was a lady, sir, every
inch of her. You didn't have to
look long to see that 'Might I make
so bold says I, as to ask whera your
husband might be now, ma'am?'
You see, I wasn't a bit natural, for
I felt kind of awkward before the
lady, and didn't just know how she'd
take being questioned. 'He is dead,'
she answered, 'or at least they tell
me so. I can never believe it Were
you a friend of Frank's?' she added
suddenly. Then I told her as well
as possible for I wa9 half stunned,
sir, thinking of that boy as how I
was only a watchman, and couldn't
think of calling myself a friend of
the rich Mr. Chauncey's only son,
but that I'd watched him and loved
him ever since he was born ; but
she stopped me. 'My Frank had no
father when we were married.' says
she; 'he was alone in the .vorld, as I
was, and I never knew ha had been
rich.' Then I saw in a minute as
how 'twas. The boy hadu't told her
a word. He'd been too proud to let
her know what he'd done, and yet
again too proud to acknowledge even
lo her that bH father hadn't acted
square with him. I didn't say any
more then about -Master r ranks
people, but I kept her talking until
I found cut just how things were.
It seems after they got married,
they went off to another city.
and mater Frank he tried to get !
work, but somehow nothing suited
him. And how could it, sir. when
he never'd been put to nothing
steady? Still, they managed, one
way and another, and were happy
as two doves together.
"They'd been married seven years,
and had a little girl and a little boy.
when the foundry where Master
Frank was acting as clerk went un
der. They'd had the gumption, sir
or she had; her young husband
never'd a done it to lay by a pen
ny ; so when he got an offer to go
with a company to the Brazils, he
left what they'd saved for her, and
off he went. 'I hadn't the courage
to say no,' says she, 'although it
broke my heart to let him go, for he
was so eager, and sure he would
come back with plenty of money.'
The party had gone out exploring
some big river, and making out how
to bring thing that grew there down
to the coast. He'd been gone about
two years when she got a letter as
said he went out in a boat one day
with two more, and they'd never
come back. The place was wild and
an easy place to get lost in, and
they'd most likely died off some
where in the swamp. Still she kept
on waiting and hoping; but her
money was a'most gore, and in the
little place where he left her there
was nothing to be done ; so she'd
gathered courage and come back
here again, thinking she could get
scholars among the people she used
to know. The worry and the exer
tion had broke her down, and there
she was, sir, too weak to lift a finger
And the idea, too, of a lady like she
was living in such lodgings ; but she
got thb cheapest she could that was
decent, and that's how 'twas. You
may think it odd her telling me so
much, sir, and I a stranger and a
working man; but soon as she found
I'd known her husband, it teeaied
to do her good to talk.
"I was just going, when out came
the little girl from an inner room
leading a little boy about four years
old. If there ever was anybody re
peated over again, there was that
boy the image of bis father at his
age ; the same ro?y cheecks and cur
ly hair clustering around his fore
head, and the same handsome wil
ful face.
When I got on my beat that
night I thought it all over. Miss
Alice was off, and there was nobody
but me to look after Master Frank's
wife and them two blessed children,
and what could I do fit for such as
them, anyway?
"I used to go up to see 'em every
dav after that, and Miss Nell that's
the little girl and little Master
Frank they come to call me 'Joe,'
iust as their father had done afore
'em. Little by little i toia Jirs.
Frank Chauncey the whole truth
about her husband to that day. She
didn't seem to care about the mon
ey, said as how the father had cast
Frank off. that was an end on l ana
never a cent would she touch if
'twes offered ber.
"After that things got awful. Mrs.
Frank she grew worse every day, till
a kind of low fever came on her.and
everything fell on that blessed little
XelL Oh, she was a rare one for
such a mite! The way she'd dust
round, and take care of her mother
and the little chap too, beat all I
ever see, Bir. The money gave out,
oi" course. Money always has that
way with it when it's most wanted,
I've noticed. Mrs. Frank she gave
me every blessed thing she could
i epare to Bell for her, and I bad to do
jit, much as it went again me but
i she. never dreamed how little 1 got
. -. . . t .u
, do, eir. .
' "I was thinking to-night about
eralcl
j Christmas-eve just one year ago. I
was coming along the street early in
the evening.when what should I see
but that little Nell standing looking
at a big SanU Claus in a toy-shop
window. It a'most broke my heart
to see her. Master Frank's little
daughter, there all alone in that
poor way. but the mite, she was
never down-hearted. When she
saw me coming, 'Joe,' says she, turn
ing her wise little face toward where
I was 'Joe, that's a fine looking old
fellow in the window there. But he's
very proud to-night,and he wont look
at me. We're strangers, you see, and
I can't stop to be introduced, because
I must run horc: - rostas I can with
the medicine for mamma ;' and be
fore I could say a word that brave
little thing was off. I went inside,
and I got what I could to give them
children in the morning, but the
thought of Master Frank'ti son hav
ing nothing but a tin horse worth
tec cents for his Christmas, and that
too, coming from me, made me hide
the things away soon as I got home.
I couldn't give 'em myself, but my
wife she carried 'em up next day.
That was a hard winter for Mrs.
Frank. She couldn't get her
strength, but she never lost her cour
age, and always believed things
would hold out till she was able to
work, and then all would go smooth.
And so it would a done, for she isn't
one o' them fine ladies as sits do.vn,
when trouble comes, without know
ing which way to turn.
' But one night iu the spring.when
I was walking along my beat, I gave
a jump, for there was the big bouse
all lighted up, and Iew Mis? Al
ice herself at one o' the windows.
You can be sure I didn't lose any
time ia hunting up David, nd he
told me as how Mr. Chauncey was
all broke up, and he believed be was
ju.it pining away about Master
Frank; for the first thing he did
after he got into the house was to
go up to that boy's room and un
lock the door, which hadn't been
oper.ed summtr nor winter all them
years, and go in and shut himself
up. It wasn't no use his repenting
now, I told Davi J, and the boy dead
and gone; but that's the way folks
does mostly, sir; when there's no
mortal good in it, they come round
right Master Frank was gone, but
them as belonged to him waa here,
and the thing to be done was to
take care of 'em. And Miss Alice
went about it without stopping.
She's a big hearted little woman, if
ever there was one. Miss Frank
loved her right away. She didn't
want to take a thing from her at first;
hut there's no standing out against
Miss Alice. She alwavs has her
way somehow, and 6he took 'em to
some nice rooms she'd fixed up, and
there wasn't enough she could do,
especially for them children. She
went and told her father all about
'em. too, and bow Master Frank was
dead, nobody knew when nor where
The old man just hid his face,David
said, and didn't say a word. After
a while, 'Alice,' says he, 'their home
is here. But not yet I couldn't bear
t yet or Mrs. t rank she couldn t
bring herself to go their neither, till
just a little wiiile before Christmas,
without saying a word he just eeut
Mm. Frank a letter, and begged
her fur her husband's sake, and for
the sake of his old father, who
never'd known a happy day since he
thrust his boy away from him, to
come and take possesion of what
was her own, as it would have been
her husband's and he alive. What
with the letter and Miss Alice urg
ing her, for the children's sake she
consented. And to-night they went
sir. They've been trimming a big
tree at the house tor them little ones.
And old Mr. Chauncey he has been
as eager as a boy, and Miss Alice
couldn't make it nice enough to suit
him. Last night when I was pas
sing he came to the door. 'Joe,' say9
he, taking hold of my hand, 'God
bless you, Joe !' It isn't for me to
tell what more he said, but as for
giving up watching my houses as
I've taken care of this many years,
I couldn't do it not till I am forced
to, eir. But if I'd been dressed in
purple and fine linen I couldn't felt '
a;a
uiu
prouder nor happier than l
when he spoke to me that way.
"When Mrs. Frank and the chil
dren were coming, it seemed as if
the old man couldn't bear it after
all; and up he went to Master
Frank's old room,nd there he staid
But when they got there what did
Miss Alice do but take the little
chap he was dressed in a little
bluck velvet suit, with a plaid scarf
over his shoulder, just such aa Mas
ter Frank used to wear, sud lead
him up tt where his grandfather
was. She just pushed opeu the door
and put him inside, and came away
as fact as she could. They waited
and waited and. Miss Alice she wan-
ted to ligrt me tree; ana tne young-
, ... I .
est didn't come.
So she told David
to go and get him. When David
went he eaw little Master Frank sit
ting on hi3 grandfather's knee, right
there in his father's old room, and
the old man was crying like a baby:
and that boy he was patting his
cheek with his little hands. When
Da vid said Miss Alice was lighting, as an augury of an abundant crp. j riages. It aims solely to make im
the tree, the little fellow jumped to According to folk lore it is consid-i prop, marriages more difficult to
go; but his grandfather he seized . ered luck for the ftstival to fall on ! bring about
bold of him, and said, quite calm a Sunday, bringing mor.g winds,1. '
like, that he'd go too. So do'tn hut a fair dry summer to children I A Year- Depredations oa the Mail.
they went the old man and the i born on that day ; unlucky on Sat- j .
boy, hand iu hand. David couldn't j urday, in which old people will die, I The ch ief postoffice inspector, Mr.
stand it no longer, sir, and out he, as well as children born on the an-. W. A. West in his annual report to
came to talk to me. And now j niversary. Fruit and corn wiil fail, the Postmaster General, states that
they're all there together, God bless j and the' winter be severe and tern S-'O arrests were made by posto"ice
'em. and there's rest in the biz house i nestuous. Then there are the old : inspectors, 179 were convicted in
to-night such as there basn t
been
this many a year, because the
right
thing has been done at last
We are again opposite Mr. Chauu
cey's mansion. Tbe bright lights
were extinguished, and the calm
moonlight flooded its silent front
Both of us were so absorbed in
thought as not to notice the approach
of a gentleman, until he laid his
hand familiarly upon tbe old watch
man's arm. I was amazed at the
strange expression that came over
the old man'e face, and still more
t - l. ' .nrMon m
mation. Christmas charms and love oracles . Treasury from delinquent ex-post-
. (have peculiar efficacy. While the masters the sum of 15,352.
"Master Frank P said he, in German maiden melts wax into wa-j -
hoarse whisper. ter through the end of a key. hop-; It was a witty Frenchman who,
"Joe "said the stranger eagerly ing thereby to discover the form of on visiting Germany, exclaimed in
"tell me for God's lake, are my wife
ICli UJC, JUS VJW O vnv, w.w mr
and children in my father's house?
WHOLE NO. 1797.
I have traced then there, but I can
not believe it."
"Yes, my boy," answered Joe,
"they are all there together. The
Lord be praised for this night of
peace and forgiveness.
With one bound the young man
was at hU father'9 door. We heard
the heavy night bolta drawn back,
and the figure of the old butler ap
peared in the doorway. Instinc
tively we turned away and walked
down the street. At that moment
midnight chimed from a neighbor
ing church tower, and merry peals
of bells rang out a welcome to the
glorious Christmas morn. Uarfxrs
WeeUy.
Christ mas) t'usiuai.
Eat, drink and be merry," would
seem to be an appropriate motto for
the festal holiday season, and the
hospitable home is garlauded with
Christmas greens and the bustle of
social entertainment pervades every
nook and corner. It is a gala time
with the children, who are on the!
tip toe of happy expectation, for
I Santa Claus never forgets bis little
people.but alwavs brings them some
eo,.d thing, and" the Christmas tree
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TV A A 1 f?UI V-1 T KJKJ Ull liSllU ILIA IU IVi l
Clleti V tU nr. Kan , t V, i t f. i
age rich and rare, a happy custom,
for which we are indebted to the
" Faderland."
"Over, the sea there's a wonilerfnl tree;
We heard of it first ia Germany,
Bat now old England gathers its fruit.
And here in our suit it has taken root."
In to rue homes four Christmas
trees, one iu each corner of a big
room, are used. The parents have
one corner, the older children one,
the babies the third corner, and the
servants the fourth.- A German
Ccristmas combines a religious fes
tival with the gift-giving. The chil
dren are taken in to see the illumin
ated tree, but not to receive anything
from its well laden boughs until
they have sung the sweet Christmas
carols of their country. They all sit
at the base of the tree in their little
quaint costumes, their soft hair neat
ly disposed of in Margurite braids
and their round, grave faces shining
with expectancy, for however trif
ling the gift Kriss Kringln brings
they are taught to be thankful, and
they are sure of a white sugar apple,
with one very red side to it and a
waxy green stem, the only part of it
they may not eaten.
The-e are no waits boy singers
to rou?e us at midnight here, with j
their weird, sweet, carol singing, and j
their clamor for gifts.
" God rest you merry gentlemen ;
Let nothing you dismay ;
For Jesus Christ, oar Savior,
Was born on Christmas Pay."
But the bells chime at midnight
and ring out the old tender story
that eighteen hundred years ago the
Clialdeau shepherds stuted on its
mission of peace, and everybody
makes merry in his or her approved
way.
It is in England that Christmas
has its lull value. There it is both
a holy day and a holiday. The roast
beef of old England and the plum
pudding of national reputation are
renowned iu story and song.
' They serve up venison, salmon and wild
boars,
By hundreds, dozens, and by scores.
Hogsheads of honey, kilderkins of mustar 1,
Plum puddings, pancakes, apple-pies and
custards.
The boar's bead enwreathed with
rosemary is the processional dish of
the old manorial balls and the Ox
ford feasts and is borne in with sol
emn state upon its decorated platter.
The Christmas goose is a favorite
dish of the common people, turkey
being more of a New Year's treat
Christmas week is a season of jollity
and hospitality, and a culmination
of all the blessings is reserved for
the day itself.
CHIUSTMAs sl'PKKSTITIOXS.
Popular Idea Connected With the
"Hallowed and G radon Time."
Christmassuperstitions take many
forms. Though the day was not
much observed in Scotland it used
I to be considered unlucky to spin, as
i - ..i i j i
causing came to go maa ana iame.
Bread baked on Christmas Eve is
said never to grow mouldy. Yule
dough kept unbroken through the
year is a preservative against fire
and sword.and the Normans thought
from mad dogs also. The crumbs
kept till spring and mixed with corn
the Danes and Poles give as a med
icine for horses and c.ittle. To this
day, in many parts of Wales, Christ
mas puddings are boiled, one lor
each of the apostles except Iscariot.
The la3t is o.'y to be eaten as the
year is up to insure good luck. In
Devonshire a hot cake dipped in ci
der is taken to the orchard and de
posited on the forked branch of an
. ... Rrft fi , ,
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ciutr iiiruwu iinu
the air, the com
pany singing the while:
'B"tr good apples and pears
Bams full, bags full, sacks frtll."
hoping thereby to secure a plentiful j
; fruit year, and shouid the sun shine
on Christmas dny they look upon it
lines: j united States courts, six in State
Winter thon.lr i d 2i await trial and the
Rich man's food and j other cases were variously disposed
Poor man's hanger. . 0f. During the year 450 poetoffices
The people of Krone, on the Mo-' were robbed, 256 burned and 33 pos
selle, wrap a wheel in straw and,!tal cars burned ; 4,259 cases were
rolling it down hill on fire, augur j investigated and disposed of; 4,912
whether they are to have a good vin-; made up and referred to inspectors,
tage. It is supposed to be favorable ; Of the cases referred, actual losf oc
if it reaches the river alight Straw,! curred in but five hundred. Dur
strewn as it ued to be in churches ing tbe year 11-5,200 was collected
at Christmas time, was deemed the from all sources by poetcfSce in
best preventative against sleepless-1 spectors, and 113,000 was returned
nees and the best protection for fruit, to the rightful owners. Inspectors
' trees.
her future husband ; or, with her
7 . ,
companions, taps at the door of the;
hen-house, fully persuaded that she
to whom the cock crows in response
will be first married ; or, not content
with tb.Lt, names four oniona after
her several suitors and determined
which will be the favored wooer by
the one which sprouts before Twelftn
Mght ; ;he Russian girls place each
ber separate heap of grain on the
door, and know that the owner of
whichever the cock selects to eat
from will be first a wile. In all
countries venturesome maidens have
peered alone into the glass, or, more
courageous still, into a well at Christ
mas midnight, hoping to see the face
of him who is to rule their lives.
The Yule log baa been beset with
Christmas superstitions and observ
ances ever since those Scandinavian
feasts inhonor of the god Thor.
Old feuds were forgotten, aa the li
quor bubbled in tne wassail bowl
amid singing and dancing. It was
secured, charred and brought home
long before and carefully lighted
with a brand from that of last yetr,
which was carefully preserved as a
charm against lire. Indeed, in York
shire, a portion of it thrown upon
the tire was supposed to have the
power of allaying storms.. In France
cherry, plum and oak are the woods
chosen, and, sprinkled with salt and
water, many healing properties are
ascribed to them, in Devonshire it
is formed of ash faggots bound to
gether, and for every crack in burn
ing the master ts supposed to fur
nish an additional draught of beer
or cider.
Travelers raised their hats to the
Yu!e log as it waa brought in, and it
was considered a bad omen it a
squinting person, flat-footed woman.
or any one witn bare feet entered
while it was burning. AU who
helped to bring it in were guaranteed
against spells of every kind. If fea
sible, it might be kept lighted till
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! ""' "V.-" auvurwrnias
:oraoiw musa oe swepi ..v. wr
M, J"7 Te9 89 'f" T"7
nlk tna tats ill n rrnaa ml aa H.inth r
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the house or family is sure to ensue.
MiMletoe for Htsating Purpooea.
No English lady considers herhome
decorations for Christmas complete
until a spriij of mistletoe, no mat
ter how small, is hung over one of
the doors inside the house. Upon
this day "if a gentleman discovers
a lady standing under the mistletoe,
he has a right to kiss her." If this
ancient and honorable custom be
comes as popular ia America as it
has been for centuries in Europe, it
will be largely due to the Emporia
(Fla.) Gazette, which, by the way,
is published in Volusia county,
Florida, which is famous for its
summery winters and orange groves;
for this journal has prepared pack
ages of mistletoe a parasite and a
native of Florida which it will sfn J
to any address upon receipt of five
two-cent stamps to cover postage,
etc Tne Gazette has published a
'"Florida Catechism," which gives
full and accurate information upon
all subject of interest to tourists and
settlers, which it will mail to any
applicant with a sample copy of its
paper, upon receipt of two t-.vo-cent
stamps.
Married People Would be Happier.
If home troubles were never told
to a neighbor.
If expenses were proportioned to
receipts.
If they tried to be as agreeable as
in courtship days.
If each would try to be a support
and comfort to each other.
If each would remember the other
was a human being, not an angel.
If each was a king to the other as
when they were lovers.
If fuel and provisions were laid
in during the high tide of summer
work.
If both parties remembered that
they married for worse ss well as for
better.
If men were as thoughtful asfor
their sweethearts.
If there were fewer silk and velvet
street costumes, and more plain.tidy
house dressing.
If men would remember that a
woman cannot be always smiling
who has to cook the dinner, answer
the belt half a dozen times, and get
rid of a neighbor who has dropped
in : tend a sick baby, tie up the cut
finger of a six-year-old onskates,and
get an eight year old ready lor
school. A woman with all this to
contend with may claim it as a
privilege to look and feel a little
tired sometimes, and a word of sym
pathy wonld not be too much to ex
act from the man who, during the
honeymoon. Tfould not let her carry
as much as a sunshade.
How the Marriage Law Workm.
The operation of the Marriage Li
cense Act is leading to various trou
bles. In this city a colored citizen
was refused a license bees use he
could not tell his age. In Tioga a
luckless swain, having traveled thir
ty miles in order to get the consent
of the commonwealth, was refused
because he did not bring his girl
along, and in his excusable anger
swore that he would go to New York
to get married. In Bradford county
a groom sent his father for the cov
eted document and did not get it,
the clerk refusing to deal with prox
ies. In all these cases the officiat
ing clerks, in their anxiety to com
ply with the statute, probably over
shot the mark. There is no reason
why a third party who can make
the necessary oath should not get a
certificate, there being no other legal
hindrance. The colored man who
did not know his age should not
have been debarred of matrimony
in the vicinage if he looked to be
old enough, and could swear to his
probable age. i ne license act was
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HENRY H0FPHAN.