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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

SEVERAL bogus bulletins were posted
about town on Saturday, and a good
many people were sold thereby. Notably
the bulletin on the south end Of the Second
Ward Market House. ~. g..
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SEVEN CAsEs-A visit to police head
quarters last night showed that seven
cases had been registered. They were all
plain DRINKS and disorderlies, Judge
Cranmer will examine them this morn
inc
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SILVER PURCHASE.

LONDON, November 1S.-The Eeoaomis
has the following: at is stated, directly
or indirectly, that the United States Gov
eminent lately bought in London silver
to the amount Of 81 100000, for coinage
purroses.'
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FRANCE.
DIED.

MccoELoCH-At Rock Valley Farm, sunday
Nov. Eth, 1876, At O'Clock p. n. JLssIR MAY
youngest daughter Of Samuel and Rsbecca MeCol
loeb, In the fifteenth year Of her age.
Funeral from the residence Of her parents OF
Tuesday, Nov. l4th, at Ii o'clock a. NJ. Intermeni
at Short Creek cemetery. ."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

WHAT A DRUGGIST SAYs.-I have been
selling DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for ten
years, and It has given better satisfaction
than any other cough remedy.-A. g.
!Schmidt, Apotheeary, Hanover, Pa.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

AN ardent Democrat when he saw the
Regiaer ROSTERS Saturday morning went
into an ecstacy Of hurrahs. Folding the
paper and pushing it in his pocket he
said; @l'll save that for one year and
them take him out and look at him
.agaih..f That paper can be used as a
wrappenfor his downtown lunch to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

THE SOth Ohio Volunteers, many Of
whom reside in this vicinity, will hold
an annual reunion at Cambridge, Ohio;
December 9th.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
GREECE.


Il ATHENS, November I'm. Comound'
ouros President Of the Counsel Of Minis
tiers, speaking in the Chamber, said: The
policy Of Greece was one Of armed NEIL
trality. ,>.-. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

osE hundred and ten students have
been in attendance at the Female College
the present term. The Winter term will
open on Wednesday, November Is.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

POLITICS don't seem to affect the mar
kets. There was a large attendance at
both the Second and Fifth Ward markets
on Saturday, III.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

The Grand Central Hotel, New York,
leads in the popular demand for low
prices. It has reduced its rates from
81 90 to 50 90 and So 90 per day. cod p
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

No entertainments are booked for the
Opera House this week. Katie Putnam
and company will appear on Monday and
Tuesday evenings next.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

NoT1cE.-Great Bargains in Dry
Goods and Carpets and Best Style dark
yard wide Chinces for 10 cents per yard, at
Hos J.W. FERREL's.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TnE November term Of the Marshall
county court will commence to-day, with
Esquires Blake and link as Associate
Justices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

If you have money, you can get Bar.
gains now at the Dry Goods and Carpet
Store Of aY0]g J. W. !: F ~ ri l. /
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TIE bell for the tower Of the new cap.
itol building arrived on Saturday, and
will be put In itS place to-day ~ We ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

The Masonic Grand Lodge OF West
Virginia will meet in this city tomorrow.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

The streets on the Island were never
in 4 worse condition than now. Mud Is
everywhere, and quite deep.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

The choir Of st. stephanus' Church
will give a grand concert ut Germania
Hall on Thursday evening. ..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TIE excitement over the result OF the
election is gradually disappearing. The
next sensation will be-something else.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

NINE deeds Of trust and seven deeds In
fee were admitted to record last week by
the County Clerk.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TaE fines and station house fees report.
ed by the City Sergeant for the month OF
October aggregate 1891 80. s,!lil2Gi "
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

RABlp Dems. gazed at the Register in .
dazsd manner Saturday morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

THE Moundsville town Council have
appointed Mr.. ]. A. Ewing Mayor, vice
Capt. a. o. Baker, resigned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

THE Council Committee on Water
Works met at the City Building Saturday
night.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

Six marriage licenses we're issued In
Ohio county last week, viz: Monday 2,
Wednesday !, Thursday 2, Saturday !. 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

SCARLET fever OF a malignant type 10
reported rs prevailing on McCulIoch
street, East Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

Pulpit Porsrs.-Rev. Dr.. VIM. Smith
has been appointed Chaplain az the
Washington County (Pal Aims House.
Rev. j. G. Armstrong, Of 81! Matthew's
Church, this city, yesterday preached in
Trinity Church, Washington, Pa. n
A Presbyterian Church was organized
at New Comerstown, Ohio, yesterday.
Rev. Willetta occupied the pulpit Of
the North Wheeling Presbyterian church
Yesterday morning. o coll
Rev. ". NJ. Gilbreath, a we'll known
Belmont county minister, has taken
charge Of Lutheran church in Iowa.
The ladies Of the Bellaire Episcopal
congregation will hold festival ut the
City Hall in that place noxt Thursday
evening for the benefit Of the church.
Elder Ball preached at the Fourth
Street NJ. E. Church yesterday morning
land evening. Sacrament was admins.
tered in the morning. Love feast and
quarterly conference will be held on
Wednesday evening next.
Rev. Wilding, pastor Of the North
Street NJ. E. Church, last evening deliy-
cred discourse upon the subject, ga
Note Of Warning to Those Who Are at
Ease in Zion" t o..
The afternoon lesson at the Eng. Luth.
Sabbath School yesterday was Souls
Ministry" '.4ii "a. ..
Yesterday morning Rev. Clancy, Of the
First Baptist Church, delivered ser.
mon upon "Troubled Thoughts In the
evening his subject was Navigation"
Mr.. Clancy will lecture on 1.-THE Sermons
Of Jcsns' on Wednesday evening next
Tie services at the Zane Street N. E.
Church yesterday morning were conduct.
ell by Rev. West, and in the evening by
Rev. DR.. Kelley. Rev. Thatcher, the
pastor, is holding a quarterly meeting at
West Liberty. The special services TO be
Ihcld in this church by Rev. Wood, o.
Baltimore, have been postponed until
next Sabbath.
Ills said that enc OF the city ministers
Yesterday read these two verses, and
some one in his congregation thinks he
had reference to SamuelJ. Tlden:
"And Samuel arose and went TO Ell and
said: Here am /, for thou didst call me.
"Amd he CEli) answered, | called not
nv son lie down again."-l SAM, ILL, G.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

DURING October Judge Cranmer sen.
fenced twenty-five persons to the Jail and
city prison, ,s--s-s.s----s-.-ass----ss's ''z'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

LADIES line kid side lace shoes for
50 25, worth s. 25, at - ...-s.'.is .
Il. V.BLoNp's, 1885 Main street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

THE Duprez Ministries will perform in
Zanesville tonight. ...... -,,.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

IT seemed aa-ifleyerybody knocked Of
on Saturday to pranee around the news
paper Offices.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
EnucATLoNAL.

uTHEELiNG BUSINESS CoLIEGE,
F.tsbiIihed In 1850, olSSf, thorough courls Ia
BooF.keeping and is collateral branches. Al1C
thoro1gl instruction In the EngliAh branches, ant
boyI prepared In them for the Commercial CoulHO
sef,araie room for ladies'. individual instruction
gIyen each student. SESSIONS day and evening
Call nj the COLLEGE ofhe0 or address
JIM. FRAsHER& CO., Wheeling, ". Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

FIFTY paira Of those fine kid side lace
shoes left. Hurry up II you want to get
a pair before they are all gone, at
.t L. V. BLoND's.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
FAMINE.

The reports Of famine from Bombay
are worse. A water famine is feared in
some districts. r4. .a..tl
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TuZ couRrs.AcrRcu couRT-Judgs
aLeluin.-.This court was In session as usual
on Saturday, but transacted no business
Of special Importance. 2 " = ., ,,,
Dissemination Of the case Of schocE!eSy
rs. Hobbs ct al. still continues, and WI
probably occupy the attention oil TIE
court for several days. a
Adjourned until this morning ~ y
o'clock,
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po,,nr Cornr.-.Iudqe OtaameL.


The following cases was disposed oil
bv His Honor on Saturday morning:
J:bez GoSney and George Gould were
charged with drunkenness; 81 and costs
each. Gould paid his fine, but Gosney
was sent up for thirty days.
Bud speidel and Andrew HATS were "
for disorderly conduct. Speidel was fined
S. and costs, and HATS 50 and ocs.s
Both fines were paid ' SEQ lI7
John Munkemeyer, at the matinee
was charged with assaulting Fred Halle
The case was dismissed a. the costs o.
Hahle. Ao| ~ ~. W. w.
9 Eugene Cady and JOHN Canley were
charged with disorderly conduct, and The
examination OF their cases was post
poned until this morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

YESTERDAY was 4 fine specimen u In
dian summer. ..r.., r.s.gr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
UlRUSTEE's SALE.
sAruRnAY. Norembsr g, ls7e,
nor SALE

Square 10 In the city Of Wheeling, bounded by
jacob, Water, 4ist mud 42d streets, known rs the
Que InrE. Mansion House, Brick Tenement and
stable on tho property Street cara pas The pro
ALDEiSON 4 PAUL.,
iyl7 Ian Market Street
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

American securities have been adverse
ly affected by the political situation in
the United States, which is attracting
much attention. The Times to-day print
ed a special dispatch from Philadelphia
over q column long, giving the latest
phase OF affairs. The large Withdrawals
Of gold from the Bank Of England have
not had much influence upon discount
rates, because Of the scarcity Of bills Of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

TINS sort Of weather Is kind u. swearing
off the green. --' scat
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

THE Waverly Literary, Society will
probably reorganize this evening. "a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

A BIG rush for those ladies' fine kid
aide lace shoes, at Nv. BONDS.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

LET us return thank that the maniacs
with tin horns have let up. 3D. - F.
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nn23.Nl

a.sCJ PriEes amounting geo
Write for circulars or send orders to n: !. FG-
GARTY, 1877 Main st., Norfolk, Val CdAs' L.
HOWARD, New Orleans, In. ~
Tho First Regular gu lrerly Dollar Drawing WI
take place on January :, 1871. Tickets 81 each.
CapItll Prize $1,000. no0-eodaW
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13

A MoHr sprinkle OF snow iellon Sat.
urday. rssy NJ ars ~
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nor RENT

,7nr SALE or REST-EO. CO EIGHTEENTH
gtreet, two story and bali Brick House, hne
Iootp, tisSi Is dwelling and grocery gH and uate
in horIse. For sale on easy terms Ur rent. Az =
Lots where the old Foundry on me MAnu ss''A'
APplytO A. mi Markc. St.
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/. River Neews. ,

Tie Courier was the regular Parkers-
burg packet Saturday The Express to-
day.
The Hudson left for Cincinnati at 4P.
~, Saturday, with 4 fair trip. 4 r94
The Fanchon passed down Saturday en-
route to New Orleans.
The Tempest has re-entered the
Wheeling and New Martinsville trade:
The Carrie Brooks and Salt Valley
passed up Saturday night. ~. -
Inc AhoeS Is que from cincinnati 10:
aaS S;,,.,,, 900, .,,,,..,, :. A.,
fitisDurgh coai mas advanced at Mem
phis to SOc PEE box, and Lover Ohio
co a., 70 4Ve pst go, ,,...gsI. - Nv .,
Inc United =. etates snaS'poat Woodrnh
pulled n! q SnagS Oe'Ween'Louisville and
Ht ~,
the annual Ia m meeting o. the stock
n p9 9t Ine oneinn9H, foftsmoutn,
. nlg S sIIs.o = e.: tomeIoy racket Company
Board H! Of Directors were reelected, viz:
n Smio oaa' e. hyiei wash aonsheii, n
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For RENT.
EoR RENT

The third Mory Of our manufacturing esslbllsh'
mani, conner n Eighteenth and Chlrllne Sueeu,
iassIs occupleI By Kuhl FrObs = Canng Y,
SSoS Az other room aud power for rent All
WorkroouI heated BY steam. pon1rY HRos
nNlR s-~AA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
PETERSON d BAKER.

DANK AND INSURANCE STOCK FOR SALE
D 10 shares in German Bank.
IS shares Ia German Insurance Company.
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Cry Council meets tomorrow night,
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The beautiful s." no matter.
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NOR sALE-A choice building lot on i4th st..
L Just above Foo, part Of the ground upon which
formerly stood the Samuel IAughlIn reAldence, Is
Tor sale. II Is q desirable property. The house
adjoining Is also for Ialc.
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! or on MARKET STREET
PETERSON 4. laser.

Tha. valuable lot on tho corner Of Market mud
TwUnty.Ant strres, ChCap.
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Gheqnteltiqetteer
MONDAY, WOW. rs, 1875.

THERMOMETER REcoRD.-The follow
ing shows the range Of the thermometer,
as observed at SchnepPs drug store
Opera House corner:
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lyL7
FOn SALE OR RENT
ON Very Easy Terms,

Three store Rooms, with Dwellings attached
Nos. 2i23 to 1881 Main street, known ~ the "Olt
stOueman Property" Would exchange The whole
Or part, for city or county property. Enquire
len II. FORBES, ll+2 Chapllne 81.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-13
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lord Beaconsneld's Wariike
Speech. .W

LONDON, November 1.-THE general
RELAPSE on the Stock Exchange yesterday
Il attributed to Lord Beacons6elds war
like speech at the Lord Mayors banquet
How AMERICAN SECURITIES ARE. AZ
EECTFD H .r.r.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-06

A BRAuTIFuL SENTIMENT Clasp
the hands necklv over the still breast
they've no homework to do; close the wea.
~ eyes-tbey've no more tears to shed;
part the damp locks there's no more
pain TO hear-closed alike to loves kind
voice, and calumuy's stinging whisper.
Oh, if in that stilled leart You ruth
iessly planted a thorn: if from that
pleading eye you have carelesslv turned
away; il your loving glance, and kind
ly word. and clasping hand, have come
all too late-then God forgive vou |!
No frown gathers on that marble brow
n you gaze; no seorn curls the chisel-
cd lip; nc fash of wounded feelings
mounts to the blue -veiEed temples.
God forgive you for your feet, too,
must shrink appalled, from deaths cold
river. Your faltering tongue asks
can this be death 2 Your fading eve
irgers lovingly on the sunny earth;
your clammy hands feel its last feeble
fiutter.
Oh, rapacious grave! yet another VIC
tim for the vciceless keeping? What
no words of greeting from the house
hold sleerers! Nowarm welcome from
. sisters loving lipsp No throb of
pleasure from the dear old maternal
bosom Silent all!
Oh, If these broken limbs were never
gathered up! If beyond deaths SWELL
ing food there were no eternal shoreY
If for the struggling bark there were
no port Of peace2 If athwart that low
ering cloud sprang no bright bow Of
promise!
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-06

g. In the revolutionary times Of 'ss;
when the red cap of Liberty was q lit
tie too prominent in Europe. and Coin.
munisss were creeping from their holes
and corners, ard showing their faces
boldly, two stalwart leaders Of the peo-
pie one day entered the Rothschilds bank
at Frankfort. They asked for the ba.
ron, and were admitted into his pres.
ence. rss.z--
''You have millions" said they to
him, eve have nothing; you must di.
vide with u.s."
"very well. gentlemen" calmly re-
piled the baron. "What do YOU sup
pose, now, the firm of Rothschild 10
worth
"About forty millions of forms"
"Forty millions you think. eh p
Well. there are just forty millions Of
people in Germany; that will be TO-
rim apiece. Here are yours; now Of
course you are satisfed. Good morn
ing"
And the fiahte-gasted nobocrats ac-
tually allowed themselves TO bs bowed
out.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-06
LAM ENT.

] loved him not; ard yet. now be 10 gone,
feel am alone.
J checked him while he spoke; yet could be
speak,
Alas I would not check.
For reasons not 10 love him once sought,
And wearied all my thought
To vex myself aud him: now would give
Ny love, could he but live
no lately lived for me, and when he found
Twas vain. in holy ground
He bid bis tace amid the shades Of death
lwas'e for him my breath
Who wasted his for me but mine returns,
And ihis lorn bosom burns
With Sitting heat. hra,ing IL up in sleep,
And waking me 10 weep
Tears that had nci.td his soft heart; for years
Wept he as bitter ,earsl
"Nerciful God y such was his iases, prayer,
~ hese may she nere. share r.
Quieter is his breath his breast more cold
Than daisies in :hc mold,
Where children spell, athwart the churchyard
gate.
His name and lies brief daie.
Pray for him. gentle souls. whoe er you be,
And oh, pray too for msi
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-06

Make me no vews Of e6ssssney, Dear ffseud,
To love me, ikosxh b de. iby wheis lii>
Boaes r
Asd less A. esbsr til shy days shall end.
MY ~ ~eIe rash aEd wrong.
u shoa esrselsse another. hs 10 %;
would sot reach 0ss Sf my qsiet grsss
10 bind thy heart, " Il shOsld cho g 70 eo:-.
Love should not Be 9 sisvs.
~ p'a~id thsss. trust. win nan sesere n
10 clearer light than eilds thoseS hlrn -
Ao0vs abe jr.iousies and envies = q !
y ~ = 90 die 'i'e sisA -
Thcu wcnidss not Gel my shaduwy careJ
u sfser death. my soul should Iinser here;
Men . hearts crave tan eible. close irndefness,
Loves lresence, warm and near.
u would moi make me sleep more peacefully
ha, thou vert wasting al Thy life in woe
For my psor sake; What lore thou hast for me,
Bsstow It IRE goi
Carve not upon Q store when am dead
The praises which remorsefnl mourners give
To women's gra-es-a iardv recouipeose-
But speak them while live.
Heap not the heavy marble on NV head
To shui away The sunshine and the dew;
Let small blooms grow there, aid le, grasses
wave,
And rain-drops filter through.
Thon wilt meet many fairer and more gsyJ
1hsn but, trust me. thou cansi never find
One ~ho will love ard serve thee night aud day
With Q mole single mind.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-01-06
HARRY'S WAIF.

The snow fakes were holding high
carnival. Down thev came, rolling and
tossing, scrambling along in their mad
haste to he first to greet mother earth.
Whispering and laughing, hailing each
other with gentle touch, the tinv white
fairies fell softly on tree and rock, on
stately spire. aud !owly cottage. Even
in the crowded streets the merry spriies
held full sway, and demonstrated in their
own peculiar wav the equality Of man.
kind. Alike on the shiveriny form of
the beggar and the fur mantle of the
lady they nestled. and peered merrily
round at each other. Dropping in little
cold patches on the hare feet Of suffering
humanity, they yet found eutranceio o the
we!l-wrapred mortals, and crept loving
~ even into the muff of Ny Lady Spleen
did. They seemed TO base taken this
merry Christmas Eve for :beir own prop
erty. and to be disputing the right of
people to a single inch Of outdoor space.
They should have been escorted hv wind
and bitter cold to have succeeded: and
instead. they answered the merry shout
of the boys hy a gentle rush ut the ROSY
cheeks, which only sufiiced to make them
more rosy still.
All the world was in the streets.-
The shops were crowded with purcha-
sers Of all clases and stations; and wag-
ons filled to excess chased WILDLY round
the corners after their fieeting horses.
Even the poor were out. Tired moth.
ers. with single coin held tight in the
hard. rough band, and eager eyes count.
ing the many little ones. and the few
pence that could be srared to make
them happy. Many there were who
stood hopelsssly watching the hurrying
crowds around them, who had not even
bread, or q place to lay their weary
heads.
Harry Burns paced sorrowfully up
and down his warm. lighted library. and
felt himself as lonely and heartsick ia
the poorest could have felt that evening.
So much aud vet % little! With everv
luxery Of life at command, with an am
pie fortune, q handsome face, and a fine
.. .wart figure, he was vet poorer than
the little newsboys who crept to their
scanty beds that winter night. Abso.
lutely alone! Not q near relative in
the wide world. His parents had died
when be vas but clild. lesvine him
and little sister to the care of q mai.
den aunt. A few years. aud the faith
fal aunt had followed; and years stlll
later. but all too socn, his sister, his
last link Of blood. had gone after the
others to the silent lard, leaviny only
. little mound Of earth under q y ~illo..
and closed and darkened room in the
great house.
Only twenty.two. and not an eve that
would tighten at his coming, not a voice
to call him dear. Always reserved and
qiuet, be had never made an intimate
friend, and be was rather feared by the
few that knew him. Sadly ON that
Christmas Eve VI the swift.falling snvv.
fakes, be looked round the pretty room,
AID wished il peopled With pleasant
faces and hsrp. voices. After little
the thought struck him that be might
~ least give prevents TO the dowess,cs: