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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.
BY CharIen Dickens,

by Charles Dickens
There seems a magic in the very name
of Christmas.
A Christmas family party! We know
nothing in nature more delightful.
How many old recollections. and how
many dormant sympathies, does Christ
mas time awaken.
This is the season of hospitality, mer-
riment and open-heartedness, and many
are the hearts that are gladdened by its
coming.
The most minute and trivial circum-
stances connected with those happy
meetings crowd upon our mind at each
recurrence of that season.
Who can be insensible to the out
pourings of good feeling, and the hon.
est interchange of affectiOnate attach
ment, which abound at this season of
the year.
Would that Christmas lasted the
whole year through (as it ought), and
that the prejudiccs and passions which
deform our better natures were never
called into action among those to whom
they should ever be strangers.
Christmas timei That man must be
misanthrope, indeed. in whose breast
something ike a jOvial feeling is not
EOuSOu-1A nnOSO oOLlO pIcdSduJ
association is not awakened by the re-
currence of Christmas.
The Christmas tree casts no glowing
shadow. But, as it sinks into the ground,
l hear whispering going through the
leaves: 't1his. in cOmmemorationo of the
law of love and kindness, mercy and
compassion. This in remembrance of
Me-"
On this day reflect upon your present
bleSSings-of which every man has
many-not on your past m sfortunes, of
which all men have some. Smile again
with a merry face and cOntented heart,
then your Christmas shall be merry
and your New Year a happy one.
This is kind. forgiving. charitable.
pleasant time; the only time know of,
in the long calendar of the year. when
men and women seem by one consent
to open their shut-up hearts freely. and
to think OF people below them as if they
really were fellow-passenger to the
grave, and not another race of creatures
bound on other journeys.
Happy, happy Christmas. that can
win us back to the decisions of our
childish days; that can recall to the old
man the pleasure of his youth; that can
transport the sailor and the traveller
thousands of miles away, back to his
own friends and his quiet home.
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Christmas Day.

Holidays with religious sanction are.
SO far as we can know, as old as the
human race. At any rate, the earliest
records we have of such obServanceS
present the religious feature. 1t is es-
sential to their very purpose, the evok-
ing of the t'wondrous kindness, " which,
growing out of feliow-feeling, confesses
a common dependence upon a divine
power. This going out of the human
heart to something higher, hOlier and
more benefcent than man, is more uni-
versal than a cursory glance would lead
us to think. There are many who are
moved unconsciously to themselves by
it, even as without thought or effort they
breathe the breath of their natural
bodies. Prejudice, bigotrv, selishnesss
and narrow ignorance may impede, or
may mar the mystery of sympathy.
But the reach of the true holiday, in the
bOundless Christian spirit of charity, in
cludes in its BENSON all the children of
the All-Father, of whatever nation, or
class. or creed. or kindred. National
holidays and neighborhood commemora-
tons have their limits of theme and
are nothing if not tolerant, and do not
fill the true Specification unless they
rise above mere liberation, and embrace
| in kindly thought all the children of the
Father of all.
Upon these essential verities. spiritual
and intellectual, hang, as tinsel and or
nament, the innocent sensual enjoy
ments of the season, as the fringe
adorned the official garments of the
priest in the Hebrew Temple. The
senses are the necessary ministers to
the mind and heart, the body is the ser
want of the soul. And we are TO take
heed that the servant does not dominate
the master. The family circle is today
the center of satisfaction and the scene
of the purest happiness in the hope of
those who would keep holiday. May
all to whom these words shall come
heartily enjoy it. and realize that the
sympathy which makes the whole world
kin, causes all in a house to be of one
happy mind.
The burthened mails, the loaded
trains and the busy messengers have
been over-taxed discharging their trust.
The absent are brought near by kindly
tokens; the needy are not forgotten.
and there are reunions everywhere in
spirit as well as in personal presence.
The thought of the poet that the moon
looks down on many brooks, but the
same moon is reflected in them all, is
pertinent in higher sense to-day. In
a higher and in a more poetical sense as
well; for truth is the essence of poetry.
Many are the nations, many the men,
many the temperaments and conditions,
but Christmas lightens the faces of them
all, if they will but reflect from their
own hearts the Frightening beams Of
the Star of the Nativity. Philadelphia
LEDGER.
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am de use of . future fodder-in-law eu
you can't tax him fur temp
Did he give you the ten dollars?''
asked the Justice.
Sam JohnsIng then went on to state
that when he asked his future father-in-
law, old man SNOWFALL, for 3 Ten, the
latter snorted like g cow pony when he
hears a brass band for the first time.
but finally cooled down and said as soon
as he cashed of little check he would
hand over the X.
81 said all right and went of" said
Sam. ''but seems dat after was gone
Oldham Snowfall asked his darter, Matil-
dy. to let him hab de funds. but nebber
tole her il was for me. She said she
couldn't find her portmania. and asked
her brudder. Bob. who am sitting on the
bench dar, wild his head tied up, fur de
ten dollars. He said he would get it as
soon as de bank opened, as he didn't
hab no small change; and he hunted
me up and down on Austin avenue and
asked me ter loan him ten dollars. and
said would next day. but nebbcr
meant to do no such foolishness, no.
how. You see, ledge. none of 'em tole
de udder dat hit was me what fust
started de business
"Well. what has all this to do with
the assauItP'' asked the Justice.
Next day, New Yeah's Day. ]
called at de SNOWFALL mansion on Aus
tin avenue. Dey was all dar. axed the
old man if he had de ten dollars he
promised me. He said sartinly, and
went Ober to Matildy and axed her for
de money she had promised him. and
she said sartinly. too, and goes ober to
Bob fer de money he had promised
Bob said OBJ course and hope may
be struck dead in my tracks eff dat fool
niggah didn't come up ter me and say:
.Brudder-in-law what's gwine ter be.
has yer got de ten dollars yer promised
me?'
"What followed?''
II jess ris up, and putting my stove
pipe on de side of my head, said: i
tenders my resignation as future SON.
in-law. de same ter go inter effect from
right now. If yer suspects dat Sam
Johnsing am SIGH sucker as ter play
matrimony in a family dat hain't got
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A Characteristic Story OF Dickens and
"The Christmas Carol"

Toole was acting in 1.-THE Christmas
Carol" playing bob Cratchett. A
little delicate girl, one of the children of
the dresser at the theater, whose pale
face and interesting manner fitted her
well for the part. played Tiny Tin" "
The sickly little girl was favorite in
the theater. and especially so with Mr.
Toole. During the performance of the
piece the artists sat down to regular
supper of roasted goose and plum pud-
ding. which was, in the present instance,
genuine material. ToOle was in the
habit of chOpping the viands up and Civ
ing them to the children performing,
and they, when they had eaten the first
helping, returned like "Oliver," for
more. Tiny Tim," like benjamin. .
appeared to eat seven times as much as
her brethren. She was first to return
her plate for more and always made away
with more than an ordinary adult could
eat of goose. supplementing this colos-
sal repast with plum pudding enough
for half dozen. Toole gradually felt
an aversion growing in him for the
child. Her pallor and sickness seemed
TO him suspicioasly allied with indiges-
ton, the first fruits of gluttony. He
struggled against this feeling for time,
but it mastered him, and he could not
think kindly of the little one.
One day in a fit of disgust he sawed
off a piece of meat and bones from the
savory bird. and flung It into her plate,
with piece of plum pudding, which
left little for the others, hoping that for
once the child would be satisfied. But
she wasn't. With punctuality worthy
of a landlord, she returned for more.
Toole was shocked.
"My dear" said he, ''you will make
yourself sick ifyou eat so much. I gave
you enough for three or four big boys.
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They Out-vOted Him.

"You make this affidavit against the
SNOWFALL family, do youP" asked the
Justice, of Sam Johnsing, holding up
the document
"Yes. sab. I does. Dey puts on a
heap O. style and puss. but dey am de
ordinariest family in de whole city OBJ
I Austin. Oar amt ten dollars in the
whole family. know, because 1 has
been dar.'
"You must not use such language,
demonstrated the Justice, ''but please
state your case.''
"Wen, sab, was engaged to be
married in de spring-time to dat ar
piece of calico ON de mourner's bench;
and on de day befoah New Years I
made up my mind to tap my future fod-
der law for ten dollar bill. What
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-IEHnUSOHs
Hark! the death-knell of the year is
tolling. Hush It's a solemn moment:
step softly; listen! That old, old year
brought many sorrows, many joys, to
this strange world of ours. Into the
heart of youth it poured loves golden
treasure; it parted friends whose hearts
were linked in bonds of true affection;
it kissed. perhaps, with kiss of silver
the dark, rich tresses upon some PEN
sive brow.
In that short space of time MANY a
weary pilgrim lad down his burden and
went to his reward; many a youthful
knight, with spotless shield, entered
the lists of life S great tournament.
Old friends have left us and new ones
filed their places; we have all changed
for better or for worse-and If the old
year has been kind to us, we lament his
fate: if harsh, we bend in worship to
the king who claims the vacant throne.
Hush! the bells are tolling family; it
is almost over; the end is near.
"His face is growing sharp and thin,
Aiack! our friend is gone.
Close up his eyes tie up his chin;
That standeth there alone,
And waiteth at the door.
There's new foot on the floor, my friend,
And a new face at the door, my friend
A new face at the door"
Let us cherish the last words of the
old. dead year,
al am fading from you,
But one draweth near,
Called the angel guardian
OF the coming year.
"1ay You hold this angel
Bearer than the last:
So bless his Future,
While he crowns my Past -
Standing on the shining threshold of
the coming days, while old joys and
sorrows fade slowly in the distance, we
may repeat the solemn wish of the
poet:
'Let the dead past bury its dead"
The old year with its suf1erings has
purified our strength; its misfortunes
have given us experience; and we go
onward down the pathway of the COM
ing years with bright hopes for the
future, and no vain wishes for the past.
- Youths Companion.
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4 CHRISTMAS HYMw

The air was still Ger Bethlehem's plain.
As IL the great night held its breath.
When life eternal came to reign
Over world of death.
An nature felt thrill divine
When burst that meteor on the night
Which. pointing TO the SayioP's shrine,
Proclaimed the newborn light
Light to the Shepherds and the star
Gilded their silent midnight fold;
Light to the wise men from Rfar,
Bearing their gifts of gold.
Light to q realm Of sin and grief:
Light 70 q world in all its needs6
The nghrOf Hfe-a new belief
Rising DER fallen creeds.
Light on q tangled path of thoEns,
Though leading to martyrs thrones
a light 70 guide till Christ returns
In glory 20 His own.
There still 1t shines. while far abroad
The Christmas choir sings now, and thenS
'AGlory, glory unto our Godl
Peace and goodwin to meu!'
IT. Buchanan Read.
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-Conjugal conversation. Time
every evening during the holidays.
Scene-the domestic hearth. land oh!
Charles, I've seen such lovely thingsr'
':Huhn' ''And they are SO cheap!'
''Huhr' ''And / want to buy "a, and
a, and a, and a, for dear mother
and the girls ''Huhr' land some
thing for the children" s.Huhr'
land there are some bargains in house
keeping things" '.Huh!'' land /
want to buy little gift for you, Char
te." ''Well, how much money do you
wantP"-Bost0z Transcript
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Ledger.

Before we greet our readers again.
most of them will be bankrupt, while
we. who have repudiated Christmas
with all its Entertainments and appurten-
ances, will keep right on seeking one
thousand dollars week into bank and
doubling our commission with the
undertakes for whom we furnish Gus
tOm.-N. y Dispatch.
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--Sa England Christmas is at once a
religious, domestic and merry-making
festival that is observed by persons Of
Ill ages and ranks.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-12-28

Jeremy Taylor said that the first
Christmas carol was the song of the
angels on the birth of the Savior.
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The birds neck wrunR and took 1t to
Our friend, now trembling In his shoe,
And taxed him dollars sew ral-one
For the duck and four for the fun.
Dog-gun the man who will not cay
For fun like this on ChriStmas-Day.
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This man so happy, and 80 full OF fun,
Grams wen the Christmas stockings, ands
when done,
Laughs loud and long, and links MS eye,
because
He thinks his boys are "fooled" bout Santa
Claus.
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New Years.

'tRirg out. wild bells. TO the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light
The year IS dying in the night.
Ring out, wild bells, and let him der
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-29
a voice From wilson County
Cor. to the World.

Cor. to the World.
LEBANON, Juue 26.-The action of
the great harmonized aud united
Democracy of Tennessee, which as
sembled in Nashville on the 10th, is
here received with almost unani.
nous shout Of joy and approval.
There are, it is true, some extreme
State credit Democrats in the town of
Lebanon alone, who are opposed to
the platform, and are now making
what they consider a fierce and violent
attact upon it; asserting with an air
of egotism that has astonished the
whole community, "that the great
headlights of the Democratic party
of Tennessee when they met
in Nashville and put forth this
platform of principles, they knew
not what they were doing; that it was
a bundle Of heresies and inconsistent
cies that no man on the face Of the
earth could or would defend; that even
the gallant Bate, as they call him,
when he came to study and consider
it, would flicker and desert it." The
writer Of this article happened to con-
front theso gentlemen, and never in
all my life was | so overwhelmed with
such indignation, at the assertion that
Bate would ever flicker on any occa-
sion where his country or his party
had called him, a man who cons
stitutes the soul of honor, the en-
bodiment of chivalry itself. Says /,
Gentleman, you certainly do not
know or understand the man. Bate
never Aickered when the hail storm Of
cannon balls were falling thick and
fast around him, and he would hardly
desert cause for few popguns shot
at random. My word for it, he has
planted himself on this platform as
the bearer Of a united Democracy
and when that goes down as he said in
Nashville. when he accepted the nom
ination, Bate will go down with it.
These gentlemen are making little
Roadway for the boilers and against
the gallant Bate. I have seen no one
they have converted, or convinced thai
Bate would ever flicker. | have me-
many from the country since the nom
nation, and have yet to find one tina
will flicker either on the platform o.
Bate. Old Wilson went solid for tn
platform and Bate in the convention
and you may rest assured that wheI
It comes to an election she will neve
flicker" but will roll up the bigges
majority for the glorious Bate and hi
platform that was ever given any can
didate in this State since the days 0
old Jackson,
AN OLD JACKSON DEMOCRAT,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-29
new ERieFpflse,

Active pfesfesE Ia making toward
converting the old Bradley Block, for
some years known as Latting's soap
factory, into a cotton seed oil mill.
The new works will cost upwards of
$50, 1000 and are destined to be the
largest in the city. Fifty thousand
dollars worth of new machinery has
been ordered, and a large force is at
work, excavating for the machine
foundation. Mr.. Louis Hanauer is
President of the new company, and q
dozen or more Of our leading capital
lists are stockholders. The owners Of
the steamers Henry Frank and Cha.
p. Chouteau are also largely interest
cd, and the boats named are expected
to bring liberal consignments of seed
here for crushing purposes. The seed
mill men had divided the seed terri
tory so that everything from Point
Comfort, below Arkansaw City, was
to 60 to New Orleans, all the Arkan-
saw river seed to Little Rock, and all
seed north Of Point Comfort to Mem
phis. The new mill will draw seed
from all territories, without regard to
boundary lines fixed by other deal
ers.
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CHOICE BEEF TENDERLOINS.
III. SEESSEL, ST., e. SON. 95t
Peach POacher.

II am only picking some peaches TO
make little pie" said Doc McGhee
yesterday evening, from his perch in
peach tree at Mr.. VIM. Bridges
place on Rayburn avenue, to hired
hand who stood beneath him.
Haven't you enough peaches2"
gently asked the hired man.
II reckon l have"
Come down."
Coming, coming, come, " sang Doc
as he slid down the tree, and struck
the ground.
Doc was taken to the lord Of the
manor, with his basket Iof stolen
peaches. The lord ordered him turn
ed over to policeman. His hail
stood on end to-day when tried, moi
SO much from fear as from the fac
that he had taken the cotton string
from his kinky tresses. He will havt
plenty Of leisure in Jail to fasten i
down fat a1ain.
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HUNG.
fhe Jury in the SIundinger En-.
beEzIement Case.

At the regular hour, this forenoon,
the Criminal Court was convened and
the jury in the Mundinger case asked
for their verdict. They reported that
they had not yet reached a conclu5
sion, and Court was adjourned over to
two o'clock, when they will again be
called.
Judge Horrigan has the right to
keep them confined until the end Of
this term, September 10th, in case
they do not come to verdict. Those
who know the Judge best think he
will not exercise his authority thus
far, but will discharge the jury to-
morrow morning if no conclusion is
reached by that time, in which case a
mistrial will be entered.
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does not usually occur until 9 o'clock,
After the lapse of some days--I do not
know how etiquette requires
that the lady shall return the hus-
bands compliment by sending him a
similar invitation, nicely sealed in a
perfumed envelope on a silver tray.
He acknowledges the invitation with
many thanks, and if he accepts, which
it is presumed he is quite sure to do,
he first INDUCES in the bath, prigs
himself up in his best array, patron
ICES his perfume bottles and his
pomades, and at the appointed hour
appears promptly at the door Of his
lady's apartments.
She is there to receive him, dressed
like queen, wearing orange blossoms
in her hair and on her bosom. She
conducts him to q little table, where
he is offered wine and cake, or choco-
late and cakes aud fruit. After this
pleasant repast she regales him with
song and music on the guitar. She
also has, in the midst Of her apart
ments, a room which she holds sacred
to her husband. and which she never
occupies unless he is present. 1t may
be supposed that this sacred room is
her pride above all things, and to
adorn and watch over it is the chief
occupation and Joy of her life. They
remain together in the lady's apart
ment until breakfast, after which they
again separate. Thus there is con-
tinual interchange of courtesies and a
perpetual courtship. They tell me
that this pretty way of doing continues
as long as they live, even if it be one
hundred or more years.
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Personal.

Mr.. Sinnott's bondsmen are Hons.
Casey Young and j. NJ. Harris, and
the bond is $500.
Mrs. W. G. Smith and children leave
this afternoon on the steamer Ste. Cen
evieve, to spend the summer months
with her friends at St. Genevieve, Mo.
Major W. H. H. Benyaurd, accom-
panied by his valet, the notable B.
w. f. johnson, better known as the
Arkansaw Major, will depart for
Chicago to morrow morning, where
Major BeDyaurd has been ordered for
service in the U. S. Engineers de.
partment.
Last night Memphis Lodge No. 6
Knights of Pythias, elected the fol
lowing officers to serve the ensuing
term: N. w. Luff, c. c.; Thomas M
Scruggs, V. c.; Z. Lallemand, P.
VIM. Frey, NJ. E.; NJ. Butler. NJ. F.
R. A. Taylor, X. R. and s.; Isadort
Sugarman, NJ. A.