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FREEHAND, DECEMBER 24. 1896.
Those "Official" Figures.
The "official" figures furnished by some
of the states which wont for Mckinley
at thu recent election afford many sur
prises. The growth of the voting popu
lation seems so tremendous that the in
crease can he accounted for in no other
way except that the election ollicers in
(ioul)tful states did the counting irres
pective of the the number of ballots
which has been polled.
Cleveland curried California in 1 sir.' by
147 and Bryan received 22.0(H) more vote ■
than Cleveland received, and yet McKii
ley carried California.
Cleveland carried Illinois in 1892 1.
20,993 and Bryan received 33,470 mor
votes than Cleveland received-—yet Mc-
Ivinloy carried Illinois.
Cleveland carried Indiana in 1892 b
7,125 and Bryan received 42,000 nunc
than Cleveland received —■yet McKinle.
carried Indiana.
Harrison carried lowa in 1892 by
23,729 and Bryan received 4.541 more
votes than Harrison received—yet Mc-
Kinley carried lowa.
Cleveland carried Kentucky in 1802 by
10,020 and Bryan received 12.330 more
votes than Cleveland received—vet Mi
Kinley gets twelve of the thirteen Ken
tucky electors.
Harrison carried Michigan in lso2b\
20.412 and Bryan received 41.000 mor>
votes than Harrison received -vet Mc-
Kin ley carried Michigan.
Harrison carried Minnesota in 1 *9.2 fr
21.003 and Bryan received 10,711 moiv
votes than Harrison received—yet Me
Kinley carried Minnesota.
Harrison carried Ohio in 1802 by 1.072
and Bryan received no.ooo more vote
than Harrison received -yet McKinley
carried Ohio.
Harrison carried Oregon in iso 2, am
Bryan received 9.000 more votes thai.
Harrison received—yet McKinley car
ried < >regon.
The vote of Delaware. North Dakota.
Maryland, West Virginia and other state
i> equally as startling, and would seem
to indicate an increase of voters of
nearly one million in four years an in
crease beyond the hounds of probability,
and which can be accounted for only by
wholesale ballot corruption.
McKinley goes into ollice with hi
certificate of election stamped with an
indelible stain of fraud which even tin
White House cannot hide. •
The fake reports that were sent
broadcast through the country after
McKinley*s election, telling of mills re
opening, factories starting and thous
ands of men being employed in indus
trial centres, have petered out. There
were .none who did not wish this neu>
was true, but many had their misgivings
and a few weeks time has proven that
those who doubted these reports were
correct in their conclusions. Thecera
of promised prosperity lias not yet ar
rived, despite the booms which gold buy
papers have conceived in their sanc
tums. The news of business revival
was part of the gold bugs* campaign of
deception, and was as false as the argu
ments. threats and promises made be
fore the election. Business and trade
is just as dull today the country over a -
when the money question was unde
cided. and the great victory which wa
won by plutocracy and monopoly can
now be seen in its true light. The dup
ed merchants and laborers who voted
against their personal Interests will
have many idle days during the next
four years to meditate upon the slick
style in which they were buncoed last
November.
When Raby was sick, we gave her Cautorla.'
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she bad Children, she gave tliein Castoria
Wear Well shoe.- are warranted to Im
precisely as represented. Von make no
mistake In that store.
Bargains in furniture at Sweeney A
JleiTon's removal sale.
IJ.xpert Farriers Wanted.
With the stringency of the money
market, the general depression of trade
md the unstable condition of business
of all descriptions, there is, as a matter
of course, a tendency on the part of em
ployers of all kinds of labor to reducm
their working force as much as possi
ble. Jn many large establishments
liiere is a regular pay roll of cmp'oye
who are not actually needed save for
emergencies and the occasional rushes
which occur in all lines of commercial
life. As there are always men who arc
willing to do anything to turn an hon
est penny, it is not unnatural formany
of the in to drift into the country ami
apply to the farmers for temporary em
ployment. There are comparatively
few experts in furtnwork wlio are out
of positions; the rank and file is re
cruited from all trades and occupations
with a fair sprinkling of those w ho are
for the first time in their lives driven by
stern necessity to do something rat lie i
than suffer the pangs of hunger and tin
desolation of iiorneJessness. It is scarce
ly to be wondered at, says the New
York Ledger, that this agricultural
contingent makes rather poor work of
a business which more than almos:
any other requires experience, fore
sight and accuracy, if reasonably good
rc ults are to be expected. It lias long
been the popular idea that brains be
longs to the commercial man and brawn
to the farmer, and that the latter was
quite well enough equipped if he pos
sessed that quality. That he needed
quite as much brains as the banker,
broker and merchant or professional
man only dawned upon lisa short tine
em. Now we have agricultural experi
ment stations all over the country,
each wit li a corps of trained agricultur
ists whose business it is to make tests
ol the relative values of farm products,
both animal and vegetable. The com
mon farmhand would be of little us
in places of this sort. Sometimes, to be
-uie, it is necessary to hire any hands
uat offer, but this does not pay except
in emergencies. It is much more
profitable to hire a better class, men of
accurate methods and industrious hub
its, instructed in farming.
A QUEER Family.
"I here .- in Tennessee a family of
three M.-ters which presents some of the
most startling peculiarities unagin
il h," said a gentleman from the state
n (pit lion to a New Orleans Times-
Democrat representative. "The three
sisters live together on a farm, their
•ole means of subsistence, and work
arly and late to earn a livelihood. Two
>1 them work in the field; tlie third
locs the cooking and other housework,
i hen- is but cue per iod of t lie year when
my member of the trio has anything tc
•ay to any other member. All during
the winter, spring and summer they
'o about their business with the seal
f silence on their lips. When fall
amies and 1 lie crop is harvested they
break I lie silence, and then only to
quarrel over the division ol the pro
ceeds. When each has succeeded in
getting* all that she thinks possible si
• nee reigns again until the next hnr
\est time. The sisters have made *a
name for themselves. They are known
ar and near as the 'deaf-and-dumb
triplets,' although this title is scarcely
ippropria te."
It has been estimated that 90 per
cent, of people in trade fail at some
time in their career, and for a merchant
to remain in business over 30 years
Aithout needing aid from bis creditors
is a remarkable incident. People ol
good memories, says the Detroit Free
I'n s. have seen great fortunes tumble
uto not hingness, and families tbnt have
ooastcd of their wealth reduced to
penury, through sudden changes thai
i--it the commercial world. Kvery yeai
idds new in - lances of i best* sudden re
crscs, and while they should teach peo
ple to be considerate to one another
ihey should also suggest to persons
now rich that they cannot control the
wheels of fortune, and they should not
be too boastful and too liarsh in tlieii
stimate of others.
"I object to the 'nicely' habit," said
lie man with the pipe. "I can't iinder
•tand why it clings to some very es
r,iable people. Then) used to be a
professor at Harvard, a great scholar,
100, who always *aid: 'Nicely, thank
;• ou. when anybody asked liini
I low do you do?" or even 'How are
ouV imagine a man being'nicely !'"
I can't," said the young lady on the
it her side of the library hearth. "It's
oo much to expect of any woman to
magine a man being •nicely.* 1 have
•ten acquainted with several who were
at her nice, though," she added, half
misingly.
It was a Bangor philosopher who
ummed upa church fair in these terms:
'A church fair is a place where we
pcml more money than we can afford
for things we do not want in order to
please people whom wc do not like anil
:o help the heathens, who are happier
limn we are."
TWO CHRISTMAS EVES.
An Armenian Maiden's Escape and
It 3 Happy Sequol.
I Christmas amid the mountains of
! Armenia. The scene of our story
, is a little oriental village, in 189—,
nestled amid the rugged cliffs at. the
head of a smiling valley. The site of
I the hamlet was a ravine running up the
mountain side into a rocky pass, as
though the great valley opening beyond
had been whittled to a narrow point
that it might penetrate the hills, (ireat
precipices yawned on either side, and
towering cliffs which seemed to have
grown gray with age, even as the snow
on the higher peaks of the mountains
seemed the hoary lock of those
ancients, which there had for centuries
watched over the old world. Near by
Mount Ararat, where rested the rk
after the flood. It was here Noali tilled ,
his vineyards and the human race be-
SHE LEAPED FROM THE PRECIPICE
gun anew after the floods subsided,
for Armenia is one of the oldest lands i
and its people trace their lineage direct
to that Biblical emigrant ship which
colonized it w hen the world was young.
From many a quaint, flat-roofed dwell
ing urose Christmas carols to which
sol't-voiced echoes sang responsive
choruses among the cliffs, and at least
one church bell tried bravely, singly
and alone, to supply an imitation of
Christmas chimes. It was a peaceful
picture, upon which the stars twinkled,
approvingly as they bespangled the
slopes with frost-diamonds and coated
countless sparkles from the pallid snow.
The Armenians ore a devout people, and
make much of the Christmas festival.
This little hamlet was in many respects j
not unlike Bethlehem, and near it were
many shepherds who guarded their
Hooks by night, as did those of Judea
when the angels sang of peace on earth,
good will to men.
At the home of Abnua/ar, the head
man of the village, there were quiet
festivities, decorations of holly anil 1
other evergreens, songs of praise and
stories which for generations had hand
ed down cherished traditions and
legends of Armenia. There were the
aged grandfather and grandmother,
Abun&zer anil liis good wife, three little
girls ranging from six to twelve years
old, and Zillah, the 16-year-old daugh
ter, with her affianced lover Aktliar,
the stalwart young herdsman. She
was a beautiful maiden, with regular
features, large eyes aglow with love,
the small but symmetrical form char
acteristic of so many women of her
race. In her picturesque costume she i
was marvellously handsome, and her
tones were us musical as the tinkle
of silvery bells or the low notes of Ak
iliar's flute, to which she sometimes
sang u soft accompaniment. The pleas
ant scene in this home was duplicated
in many others that starlit Christmas
Suddenly the scene changed. The
church bell rang in sharp, short strokes,
a spirited alarm, confusion succeeded i
calm, and there were excited exclamr
tions and hurrying in hot huste .is .
rider (lashed madly down the one central
street, shouting: "Save yourselves,
Christians, the Kurds are coming!*'
But there was no time. Close upon
his tracks came hundreds of swnthy
horsemen, turbaned and tierce, with
loud Mohammedan maledictions
shouted in deep-voiced hate, and eyes
which gleamed like live coals from be
neath beetljng brows. In a moment
pandemonium seemed to have broken
loose, the guns spoke sharply, seime
tars flashed ir. silver and turned crim
son, and soon the flumes from burning
buildings cast their lurid glare over an
earthly hell wherein fiends held high
carnival in shedding innocent blood.
Abanazur and his family, with ot hci s,
gained the church which stood on the I
edge of a precipice, and there made a
brave stnnd, but it was useless. ■
Breaches were made in the walls, the :
place carried by storm, and hundreds j
slain before the altar dedicated to peace
and decorated with Christmas symbols j
in readiness for the morrow. The lloor
literally ran in blood, anil Zillah ii.
speechless anguish beheld the men of
her family and her lover cut down, and
women subjected to tortures which
chilled her to the soul. With other I
women and girls she fought heroically, !
but finally found herself breat bless anil
disarmed in the embrace of Rusiein,
the huge leader of the Kurds, who had
often in days of peace paid her atten
tions as often repelled.
Suddenly she drew the steel bodkin
from her hair, plunged it with unerri.' g
aim and the strength horn of despera
tion into the giant's heart, and as he
sank to the floor she bounded to the
side of the church, seized a lighted
taper, opened a trap door in the lloor,
hurled the light Into a supply of powder
stored there, and springing through a
side door leaped from the precipice as
scores of other women had done within
the horrible half hour preceding. There
was a flash, a thunderous roar, and the
solid church seemed to be In aved h.gli
in air, while in the luriil light of the ex
plosion dead bodies of men and women
i could be seen dmong the f-4 ng
| ments, and with them scores of live
Kurds struggling as the.v ar nsr,
scorched and blackened, toward the
sky. The fragments, huniun and other
wise, came down again and darkness
succeeded. The surviving Kurds bute!,-
! ered nil who survived, of the villagers,
except the women they bore o(T as cap
tives, but at the foot of the cliff they
found but. the mangled remains of
scores of brave women who had pre
ferred death to slow torture and devil
ish indignities.
An hour later all was strangely still,
burning ruins smoldering with the dull
I glow of expiring embers marked the
graves of hundreds, u:.d the spot 0:1
which but a short time before smiled
happiness and home. Hut beautiful
Zillah was not dead. She had fallen OP
the soft bodies of the slain, had much
to her surprise found herself but little
hurt, and had crawled off into the nnr
, row wooded paths which threaded the
mountain fastencsses near, all familiar
to her. She sought refuge in a moun
tain shepherd's cave, who at morn vis
ited the village in search for survivors,
but found none. The fierce Kurds
had made sure work of their bloody
task.
A few weeks later Zillah, through
many hardships, found her way toth*
seaside, and thence to America, coming
to a great western metropolis with
, other Armenian refugees, where sh
found shelter with the Armenian eol
ony. which did what it could for these
unfortunates, human remnants saved
from the furnaces of affliction which
consumed so many noble lives in dark
ened Armenia. Mourning for those she
loved, almost despairing, she struggled
bravely with her lot, and the sweet
faced girl found friends and favor
I among the free people who pitied her
• woes and appreciated her faithful work.
Patiently she toiled, but her pilkw
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THE SUMMER GIRL WHO STAYED UNTIL CHRISTMAS TIME.
was wet with the tears of sorrow and
her heart bled under the stabs of piero
ir.gr grief. Brave and noble girl! How
many like her, pieces of drift wood from
the wrecks wrought by Turkish cruelty
and fanaticism, have been stranded
upon our kindlier shores. Zillnli turned
in prayer toward the God of her fi
thers, and sought at. Ilis feet the con
solation earth denied. Even prayei
cannot heal a broken heart; it can bin
console and slightly assuage such grid
as hers.
Christmas eve in the little Armenian
colony occupying corner of a foreign
THE REUNION IN AMERICA.
section of t lie great western city. The
hall was decorated fop the occasion with
the usual evergreens, and oriental hang
ings served to recall in this modern land
the familiar bejongings of lost homes
among the Armenian mountains. Theje
was a subdued cheerfulness among
, the people present, n tributejo Christ
mas, but they could not rejoice*rtbutTly
wit. 1 'king voids in so many stricken
hearts and the Moslems still oppressing
the Christians among the far-off Ar
menian hills. They sang, however,
Christmas carols strangely sweet which
recalled pictures of unforgot.ten homes,
and hymns in which sad minor chords
seemed to vibrate with unshed tears.
What wonder that real tears welled up
from tortured hearts, and that they
sparkled in pretty Zillah's mournful
eyes? Good will to men these exiles
could know and feel, but peace on earth
was not for them, even at Christmas,
while Turkish scimetars still flashed
forth the lightnings of fanatic hater?,
and innocent blood reddened the soil of
| far Armenia. There was to be a new
arrival of Armenians to-night, and they
were to recite at this gathering of their
compatriots the story of their adven
tures and their wrongs. Similar tales
j had been often repeated by similar
refugees. but the stories had a tragic
, interest ever new, while they recounted
renewed horror-sand the constantly re
curring tragedies which added to the
I list of the lost-, and the grand army cf
sorrowing survivors. As the coming
of the visitors was announced the music
ceased and all arose to receive them,
the hum of the great city without faint
ly heard in the hush of expectancy with
in. and the Christmas chimes from an
American church nearby ringing cheer
ily. though soft and subdued, through
the frosty air.
The door opened and there, marched
in the little band who came from the
valley of (he shadow of death, and first
among them Abnnuzar and Akthar, the
iather and lover so long listed among
the dead. You should have seen Zi!-
1 nil's beautiful face, transfigured, the
love-light in her large brown eyes, and
heard the musically glad little cry with
which she sprang into their arms, snug
gling close at last with her plump arms
about Aktliar's neck and his stalwart
arm encirclii g her shapely waist. Who 4 ,
is ordinary Christmas happiness to
such joy as hers, measureless as infinity
deep as the sea? Does not love fill even
, the vast spaces of Heaven? And the
men were as deeply moved as the maid,
for they had been us certain of ho;*
death as she of theirs. Precious indeed
are these gifts which fate,stem and un
relenting at times, seems to snatch
■ torn the def.d to reward the love of the
.iving. Never since angels sang at
Bethlehem had Christmas seemed glad
der to any human soul, than was this
memorable Christmas eve to the beauti
ful Armenian maiden. After the storm
the eabn. Aktliar and Zillnli were wed
■ soon after, and Abanazor became no in
mate of their happy home. Under the
starry flag which, thank God, tolerates
no religious persecution, they live in
security, doing their durty as Christian
citizens, loving their adopted land with
passionate oriental fervor, and eontrib
uting as they can toward the needs of
those still suffering in the beloved home
tonntry. They are loyal to the core
hut hope the land of their adoption may
do something to stay the hate wliic 1
t iiinsoned the land of their birth. God
grant that their hope be not in vain.
A simple story, the annals of lives
touched with sorrows deeper than those
{ most of us in these happier lands hove
known. Remembering our mercies at
Christinas time, let us not forget the
griefs which have burdened and op-
J pressed such as these, but apply to them
in fullest measure all that is meant by
•'good will to men." To quote from the
good old book, which was theirs pvc.i
before it became ours: "These are they
who come out of great, tribulation, and
they washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Ldmh- Kor
the T.nmh which is in the midtyt of the
throne shall be their shepherd, and
shall guide them unto fountains of the
water of life; and God shall wipe away
every tear from t heir ryes."
| 4 I. EDGAR JONES.
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millions of pwonw, permit us to apeak of it without gnening,
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the world has over known. It i hurmleaa. Children like it. It
elves them health. 11 will save their lives. In it Mother, have
aomething wlueh la nhaolutely aafe and practically perfect as a
child'a medicine.
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Castoria allays I'otrerishuosM.
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Caatoria onroa Diarrhoaa and Wind Colio.
Castoria roHovoa Toothing Troubles.
Caatoria onroa Constipation and Flatulency.
Caatoria neutralizes the effects of oarbonio acid gas or poisonous air.
Caatoria does not contain morphine, opium, or other narcotic property.
Castoria assimilates tho food, regulates the stomach and bowels,
giving haalthy and natural sleep.
Castoria ia put up In one-size bottles only. It ia not sold in bulk.
Den't allow any one to sell you anything else on the plea or promise
that it ia just aa good " and " will answer every pnrpose."
Eoo that yon get C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A.
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aignatnro of wrapper.
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