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The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

Twclfth-Night, came-such sway, in
deed, that they grew to deserve and
wear the name of the Captains Of Mis-
chief; those rcvclrics where the great
iu'c-log was kindlcd, a log so huge
thai its slow core OF heat might burn
and shoulder for all of six weeks, or
till Candlemas-day cleared ava the
last remnant of the Christmas merry
making, and where the boar's head, and
capon, and roast swan, and wassail-
bowl, were the least of the dainties, and
''lashings of good drink there was,'
moreover. Our timid ancestors re-
garded these things, in spite of sacred
carols sung by clergy and people,
fathers, mothers and little children
carrying the blessed tapcrs burning in
their hands. as but signs of n time when
reverence lived only in the crust of
things, and the heart was hollow rotten
ness, and so discountcnanced the keep
ing OF the festival ut all that their chill
drcn grew up to q strange unfamiliarity
with its lon -descended customs, and
where they heard of them in
any report, heard of them only
as things to be avoided. They
showed, it would seem, less reverence
Tor the day, however great might be
their reverence for the facts and tcnets
OF their stern religion, than have the
cattle who fall on their knees in stall
on the night Of the Nativity, if popular
superstition is TO be listened to, Inherit
ing the instructive motion from the old
OK and ass which, according to an
Gent paintings, fell on their knees
in the stable where the ancient
manger was a cradle. Thus in many
portions of our country the last two
generations were the first, with the
general decline Of Il too severe asceti-
cism, to\bring about an almost univers.
al observance of IA holiday which GER
i is'"Iy S% eail $sSs s.% = Ie%s ai we p pso.
pie. l.
our abbrcviaM o,no noc ho'sye have
not been able A. ,'n'cs' of the
heathenps n,iaP. some crent
the festoon, fNen in the hangN
"H'rcaths of eyergu
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
THE THREE 9RANDMOTHERs.

TIAfu NOu WOUlu IluEIy tLiS AclIOW,
SAID Grandma Won Breeks Won Starch,
iIl her b~assOoniest chat Is the only word
! kaii think Of with which to describe
tl&n,) tones, ''if you couldp"
Mes. ma'am.' replied Gertrude,
mn KY but firmly.
H,he idea is simply preposterous!'
dedl yred Grandmother Hufiey's fifc-like
voi6A
k.saeposterous indccd'' responded
the tassOon. ''More than preposterous
d graceful! Amechanic! a common
worAng-man! a housc-paintcr!"
"de's u fresco-painter," timidly cor
rected Gertrude.
s'Which amounts to the same thing"
sroaped the bassOon.
t:Mjchael Angelo" began Gertrude.
h"4,avcn preserve us!' shrillcd the
file; .she's bringing some Irishman
into the discussion now. BE silent,
I6iSJ Wen not hear another word
Afoa3 you. And understand distinctly,
ONE and for all, that ii that person
callyhere tomorrow, which no doubt
he Will have the impertinence and as
Suraece to do. you are to dismiss him
tnsta&tly, or we Uil."
~"Ahd endeavOr to begin the new
ycsyN-the bassoOn took up the strain
agtip-''in a manner befitting u de-
ecendaT of the illustrious General Won
urr9ks VOn Starch, whose unexampled
oesydy made him and Bergen-op-Zoom
-tiecit1 Of his birth-famous, not only
~throukhoat Holland, but the entire
rotld! at . time when you were not
Arsned Of,
.>s er Greak-gran Peeky, she had sat
e0ttly Scking to and fro in her cushion
fOdker, munching her caraway bis
Suits-a store of which she ALWAYS car
elm "a little sachel suspended at her
e-seepily regarding the group of
lkers, and saying not a word herself.
p that was nothing strange for her.
sscarceiy ever spoke save in monosyl-
4hles, and never even in them when
ednme Won Breeks von Starch and
kiNtress Huticy were laying down the
~ IA favorite occupation Of theirs, by
f-by), to servants, trades-people, or
N -daughter Gertrude. And the last
ginyt that could have occurred to either
~ ZIP asniable lawmakers would have
gbeertt hs idea of appealing TO the old
latiy, fdl IA opinion on any subject
whasevdt II suiiiced them that she
Pes,N wiltOW grumbling the greater part
81 I've EXPENSES OF the household out of
the fcQfhe which was TO cease at her
deaf and yet allowed them to manage
~ teings pertaining to it in their own
I%srtrudc-so namedb by Madame Won
Ds'ecks Won Starch in honor Of the pa
1Eon saint Of Bergen-Op-Zoom-had lost
6Oth her narenfsin her infancy, and her.
1ntRer having been reduced 10 poverty
Ore time before he died by various
GtnAlcmaniy vices. she had been left
slSly deFndent upon her three grand
0cthe.s.
~ these GreSt-gran Peeky was the
moAher of Grandmother Hufey, who in
n&nsa was The mother of Gertrudc's
0n4Aer, while Grandma Won Breeks
Vypn Starch held the same close relation.
yoip 70 her father
MfIne;bas.oon grandmother was at the
- Ut the American branch OF her
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lnndly (she ~ tbeen a Won Breeks Won
Pin herself end had married a cousin
g same nameJ--a family OF great
lssfess and many bags Of geld in their
Attfrland some century and q half
pgx She was tall stout and solid, with
rdfnd face. big hhck eyes. abundant
p5oi}g'ay hair. asd n carriage that i'm
: dhstely suggested 10 the beholier the
81 Sylable OF her aristocratic name.
The fife grandmother. five years her
9n.pl9r. wAS directly her opposite, being
'9pctt, slim and Timber. with q sharp
~ face. extremely thin. fair hair and
faqsd blue eyes.
Iteat-gran beeky, notwithstanding
(er s~ighty-three years. was by far the
looking Of the three (tlOugh she
lcok, l mutt confess, when munch-
akiher caraSay biscuits, somewhat
very nice meditativs old rabbit).
-WaXad nus<kilu.
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I'D % for the Holidays.

No drcary 'ndors walt our coming,
when rap most SITS from ghost apart,
Horncwarl no to Heavens thanksgiving.
The har,c Gathering OF the heart.
Did we We a happy Christmasp No,
we did not suppose Il was all wrong
the CT itren Of q King. i~ourne,In0
here for y--but We spent every hour
Of that pld ant festival time In bitter
sorrow AM epining; We; who had been
so happy, I'd expected that on our
heads, nj 81, would never he placed
sorrows own of sorrow;'' that tho
dark angcl .zrael would never darken
our happy me! 4
lie had tttcn to us-our darling
that he wd Il be home for tho HOLIDAYS,
written IL q little ilLspellcd letter
which his ,ar, boyish hand had hur-
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II conservatory Ito and rem
the door of which she was alSa,s
escorted BY, either Madame Won Br%cls
Won Starch or Mistress Hufiey)S he
found there q new pupil with a nns-
nlicent bass voice, and that new IL
pal was the fair-hAired. blue-eyed yd6 ~
fresco-painter. Not one word OF 3liis
meeting, nor OF the meetings that B l.
lowed IL two or three times a weekf Or
six months thereafter. did the nauAty
girl breathe to either of the three ga d.
mothers. and the two Younger Oftf nc
trio eXultcd greatly over the strict w.
lance with which they guarded 10
future bride (accOrding 10 their l4rg-
laid plans) of Diedrich Won Breeks,3 le
rich Holland merchant, due in NV
York with the new year. But theit.ex-
u~ltation came to an end ON New-Y4 IS
Eve: On that evening the ConservstDr Try
OF Music gave a pupil concert, and the
very first duet was sung by Miss Ger
trude Won Breeks and Mr.. EveU,l
Iremlett. In vain had the IA or
begged to be left on. of the programme;
in vain had he summoned to his aiA a
mysterious throat disease. His Bro
lessor declared that sing he must Or
lose his place in the Conservatory, all,
what was still worse, prove himselkan
'~tngra-a-te!' And so the three graz |.
mothers, sitting in great state near no
stage, were hOrriled-that is. twok II
them were (great-gran munched ker
earaways rs plseidly as ever)-by ~
ing and hearing their grand-dauglk ar
made operate byc to, in q very 4 Il
love making way, before a most fat,-
ionabie audience. by the young nSSn
who frescoed their parlors. NJ
In . moment the whole truth flasltSd
upon their minds. aud how they sat IL
the rest OF the concert, so great Ms
their Indignation, they never krdS.
But at last, much TO their relief, It ca1ss
to an end. and the omincus silence WA
which they received the pretty culpSt
prepared her for the storm (the aftsyy
c:laps OF which ! have recorded at TIL
beginning Of my story that burst updh,
her head as soon rs they reached homtS
When IT. was over Gertrude was allowed
. seek "a nHerc she threw .as1
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can tell you nothing about II except
the vague sense of nights that were as
days, and of days that were rs nights;
OF sad, solacing words from people who
meant well, but who were all uncon-
scious OF widening n wound. Was it
Longfellow who said: Before n great
grief we are dumb" There was q
blind CROPPING of the little arms-a
fond, tcvcrish caress. and the last
whispered words:
Papa, m-a-m-ma, ! am going
h-o-m-c for the holidays" and then:
III Lord looked down on the flower
And His heart went out to It's need.
tbs 1nsi the plant for my garden,
A plant OF celestial seed
ANA into the gates that were golden,
And DER the ~faiclcss plain,
Hnh c 2sc by the wonderful river OF life
j know we were not alone in II sop<
row; that the first snow fvn. on ether
little graves that cover prcciohs' dust;
that ut other tables there are vacant.
chairs; that ever since the King of Is
racl cried in his bitter anguish "Oh-
Absalom, my son! my son! Would
God had died for thec"' hearts have
been broken and homes desolatcd, as
ours is in these sad holidays.
And yet, dear heart! remembering thee,
Am ] not richer than OF Oidl
sue IN thy Immortality,
What change Gun reach tho wealth I holdr
m Mhnt chance can mar the peace and gold
my love hath left In trust with mc2
:" can not feel that thou art far.
since near nj needs the angels arc.
ana when the sunset gates unbar,
Shall. not see thee waiting stand,
ANA white against the evening star
The welcome OF thy Reckoning handY,
-DefrOn Froc Prose-
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That OF the baS-
grand d.
mother, though
much more mel
OdiOus.
ooh yes. thank
you said Ger
trude, wit h u
blush; and turn
ing to the piano
again she played
thu whole air
skillfully a n d
gracefully.
''It's q beau
tiful thing said
the painter. still
standing in the
doorway; ''but l
think the song
b~eginningin this
way" - and he
pre- d to
whistle again,
when he encOun-
tered the frozen
frown of Mad
anne Won Breeks
Won Starch, as
she stepped into
the room from
the balcony, and
fled.
And the next
day the piano
was closed and
locked, and the
fair performer
q prisoner in her
own room; and
M
Huffey. meeting
Mr.. Everden
Tremlett rs he
came IN work,
requested him in
n brief sem
tencc to get
through hiswork
and go about
his business as
soon as pos
sible.'
But love bless
his merry little
heart! - laughs
ut lock $ and
locksmiths, and.
the very next
time Cert ude
went for her
RinUinp lpssOu
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remaining. the
date was decid-
ed, whether cor
rcctly or not
making really
very little mat
ter. so long as
h fact for
which the date
is desired isthus
hallowcd with
rene m brancc.
Nor do we now
actually X ccp
that identical
date, since the
change from
Old style to
NcwStylcbrings
the time rouni
to quite another
day still.
With nil the
celebration that
Christmas re-
ceives the world
over. we doubt
II il anywhere
has such. vari-
Gus and general
celebration ason
our own shores.
In the N b,
n mid SHOWS
and hcmlock
boughs. the day
has II delightful
donicsticity. n
II OF shut-in
comfort and
wcll-be no; far
Their soutn fire
crackcr and
pistol shooting
give il n strange
tmosphere;
and still further
south its songs
are given to
k,I,,,, I,,.o..
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

Il wish you a happy New Year"'
sad Pingrey. "Oh. that's easy enough
to say" replied Henderson; but what,
will you do towards making my New
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
When ded jhIrvns wakes up deW think ole
Santa CT done spread hlsssi die time

- --.7e we worn
richly ira u. and evenSssaam land
reading his motheSSaaw at the
laughing YER II, and To"r glitter
same tin} something like az tharR
on its so Il and crumpled pSg~
was u ST at the door, and the WELL
known ,stle--he was always whist
ling-an( then he was In our arms
the SAM bonnie, bluc-cycd hoy with
that hig fearless look; the same mis-
chicvouS mple In his chin; the Same
loving lie that seemed the most
precious weight in the world to us,
that vii lever die or be lost in this
weary Ii
Home ( the holidays! IL was lis
first yca u school, and ne had plead
cd SO fd this homecoming, that we
could nd efusc, and all u plans had
included m-for what would q Christ
mas Iii n have been without orr
boyp-a we had his sled, "The May
ilowcr,' ut, for there was q furry Of
snow, a we tried not TO let him see
how fo} and foolish we were about
him, or " VIC followed the sound oe
that VIII ting voice through the house
and wo} red II there ever was such
another Far boy, and planned out just
what so Iof a man he would be!
That 3 week before Christmas
All in a }oment n hand cold as ice was
laid on liz h~earts-the show that had
fallen Its white chilllncss brought
death With 4, for il fell into our sum
mcr gardenkHd covered the one tender
flower blOo1 sng there.
81 thiuk/ wsid tho Cardcuer c-laspiuu
uThH0hNn with u gentle hand,
"Thisvtf Dnin sRach too tender .
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women I'D accorded any portion Il
that PLACID and power which is their
due as the others and co-cducators Of
the human zee. -Hdrper's Bazdr.
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or the plains Of Palestine. In what
ever manner 1t is kept, Christmas is
II day peculiarly belonging to home
and all that pertains To the sacred
ness Of the hearth. One can not but
feel that women should hold in es.
pecial regard the day that did more To
take them out of dishonor and establish
them in honor than any other single
day that cvcr dawned over the earth.
When one sees the difference between.
the savage woman and her captor, be-
tween the Greek woman, even, and her
cultured lord, between any slave and
her master, and sees, on the other hand,
the pretty nearly perfect equality now
given by man tn woman, il not polite
ally, yet at any rate materially and in
personal consideration, one realizes
that the forces which came into play on
the first Christmas-day OF all were
forces which lifted her from u low es-
tate TO a throne.
IL becomes her, then, to burn the fire
upon her Hearth in its honor, as il il
were an altar flame fed with spices and
tanned by the breath Of prayer, to hang
the ground-piHe upon her door. that all
VINO enter II may enter in the name of
the day. and the holly-s,cms and
laurel in her window, that all who
pass shall know the spirit that reigns
within, and to east her wreaths upon
the mounds in the church-yards in the
name OF Him who has risen from the
dead, and that none of all the house
hold who may have gone into the shad-
W beyond shall Tail to have their
share in its remcmbranccs. 1t becomes
them to spend thought and care and
money on their gifts and on their TIA
bles, and to see that their poor also are
not forgotten, and to-teach their chill
dren to sing carols nounSstker rs
mere music, or as pan Arry-
making, but as exprcssl
ignition of all that
means, which, having
cr into the reverence
Shipping world, raise
mothers. For only ID
amona, those people
\Qd the
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Year a happy one!, Anything l cam
sad r,ngrey, "Do you mean itp'
cried Henderson, dramatically. do
you mean itP' well, well, goodbye.
farewell Whats Che matter with
your asked the mystiiied Pingrcy.
why, you are going away forever,
aren't you9 You said you would do n Y
thing you could to make me happy.
Farewell, old bxAIarcwell." And
Henderson wall around tho
corner while ringrey
space Of
script.
National Republican., 1883-09-24
A Forward Official,

Mr.. Chief Examiner Lyman, of the civil
service commission, will do we'll to restrain
his admiration for n while and manifest
less eagcrncss in the bourbon hunt for
Malone. Tho powers of a civil service cx-
aminor are no doubt well nigh imperial, but
rs yet they do not extend SO far as to touc Ii
the personal liberty of a citizen or a senator
in matter of which he admits that he has
"no knowledge" The fact that he has
"hcard of it"-i. c., that Gon. Malone
is tho chairman of state central
committee whose treasurer has solicited
contributions from mombors Of his party,
including federal officials, does not confer
upon him judicial powor. Shrugs and hints
that it is ian interesting questi on how far
other members of the committee" are in
shocking bad taste, sayoring of an attempt al
intimidation. There is no doubt that if the
! pending campaign in Virginia was for con
grcssmen tho bullying and throatening o
Dezondorf, whose circular Mr.. Lyman dis,
cusses, and all who abet him, would DO in
dictable undor section $500 of the Revised
Statutes, which is as followers:
1.-two or more persons in any state or territor,
cousplre 10 prevent by force, dtimitdtioR o
threats any citizen who is lnwiunyentted to yott
from giuiag his support or advocacy in legal man
ner toward or in favor Of the election OF any law
fully qualified person Hs an oleCtor for presden
or vice president or as a member Of the congres
of the United States, or to tJUr9 any person 4
person or property on account of such support q
advocacy, each of such persons shall DO punishe
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than 5000
or by imprisonment, with or without hard lNbo
not loss than six months nor moro than six year
or by both such fine and imprisonment,
We quote tho above as showing that i
elections for congressman such conduct q
National Republican., 1883-09-24

Dczendorf and his obettors are now engaging
in would be q felony, punishable with inn
prisonment at hard labor They arc endeav-
oring by intimidation to prevent citizens
holding office from giving support to their
candidates. This they do when they falsely
charge the illcgality of tho solicitation. Mr..
Lyman lends himself TO tho work when no
volunteers TO raise question upon assumed
facts, not brought TO his knowledge, as to
whether or not Gen. Malone is vio-
lating law by being chairman
of committee having treasurer.
If all the ingenuity and malice of bourbon
lawyers could make case, however technical,
against any roadjustor leader, Mr.. Lyman
must know that they would make love to the
business. Mr.. Lyman may DO sharper than
they, but if ho wants to bo prosecutor he
should 90 into court with complaint instead
of into the newspapers with dark hints base d
on matters of which he says he has no knowl-
edge. A little decency in tho hunt against
Malone would now bo an agreeable surprise.
National Republican., 1883-09-24
A New Liberal Leader i'm the South.

The Winston IN. C.) Republican of
the thirteenth instant contains most re-
markable address to the people of North
Carolina by p. II. Winston, ir., giving his
reasons for separating from tho democratic
party and joining the republican party. 1t
occupies five columns, and only its great
length prevents us from reproducing it entire
at this time. 1t is the most powerful indict
ment of political party and its purposes
we have seen since the great speech of Henry
A. Wise, which gave know-nothingism its
deathblow in 1855 1t is not the clamor of
disappointed Office seeker, for its author
has never been defeated for a nomination in
any caucus or convention of the democratic
party. 1t is not the production of n fossil,
nor yet ofa venerable man who has come down
to us from n former generation; ON the contrary,
Mr.. Winston is but thirty-six years of ago, a
successful lawyer, brilha orator, and, as
his address shows, trenohant and powerful
writer. lie has not been seeker after place,
but has beon potent in tho councils of
the democracy. llo Is greatly es-
teemed in North Carolina as high-minded,
philosophical citizen, devoted to progress,
education, tho maintenance OF law and
order and tho elevation of the people,
His fearless and manly orraignment of the
bat-blnd bourbon party of the day, and his
splendid presentation of what the opposition
to it embraces, come like strong ocean brcezes
to invigoratc the minds of republicans made
sick and weary by tho malaria, dry rot, and
mean contentious which northern journalism
! is for the most part disseminating among the
people. We welcome Mr.. Winston to thu
ranks of tho national republican party, an(
doubt not that the North Carolina ropubli
cans and liberals will SEQ to it that he is as
signed to duty in n sphere appropriate TO the
dignity of his character, the patriotism Of hi
conduct, and the splendor of his talents.
National Republican., 1883-09-24
A RnlIylng Cry for culture.

We have received the prospectus of the
Higher Republic, q journal Of progressive and
literary dogma, being tho organ of the Gull
turo League of America. The protector in
his inaugural remarks that
certain number Of prominent thinkers have
lately made the world aware that they arc under
the cloud of gloomy apprehension, and the
shadow Of IL they have flung along the open pros
poct of our American future to the grcatening Of
their own stature for chief result. They say that
license Of freedom bids fur to choke all fountains
ofsacrou tradition with scum of cheap prophecy
and that scientific opinion even is joining in tho
universal contempt for authority
But the modern Noah who sends us the
| literary ark above named, in which those who
will may escape tho dclugo if the shower
should increase makes us comfortable by
words like these:
| The answer to these Jcremiahs Is furnish ed by
the consideration that the only sacred dogmas of
art aud culture and literature arc intuitve in the
individual himself; that they arc the very water
mark of the human mind
! We doubt not we have here the very pilot,
tho water mark of whose mind is to make
Obvious the quicksands and reefs of culture
by placing them clearly upon his chart, the
Higher Republic.
But again.
| There Is II conception of literature that views it
as II condition Of inward harmony and perfection
which the Imagination may illumine, but which
| transcends the accidents of expression, and be-
longs to all men to hold in common.
Tho readers of THE REPUBLICAN will OBJ
serve that here an appeal is made to our
strongest suit. We yield to none in tran
sconding the accidents of expression.
Tho aims of the H. r. are, as tho conclu-
sion shows, most rare and modest.
| of tho special functions of the Higher Republic
one will consist in the presentation of digest OF
current thought and tendencies in n continuous
record that shall be, if it please Heaven, news di.
| gested into nourishment. In its symposia chosen
and representative minds will be induced to forego
the sweets of lengthy discourse, and will offer their
best with simple brevity.
Anybody can belong to the Culture league
who will pay 81 as a years subscription to the
| Higher Republic. All associations of every
kind are ex-ofico branches of the concern for
that purpose. No other dues are to DO paid.
Our circular was accompanied with a latter,
in postscript to which the unknown writer
says: "Will you kindly communicate the in.
closed to the younger and brighter members Of
your society" We will.
National Republican., 1883-09-24

THE fnct that frankie Hatton and George C..
Gorham have not yet selected n man to I'LL the
office of commissioner of patents vacated by the
resignation of MI. Marble suggests that II gentle
man by the name Of Arthur may have concluded
to take hand in the affairs Of the government.
If this surmiso should prove to be correct, the
country wouldn't feel badly about IT, though II
would make things unduly chilly for frankie and
Georges PhiiddelDhid Press.
THE REPUBLICAN has been trying for some
time to make c. Emma Smith, of the Phila-
delphia Press, understand that "Mr Arthur
is President who insists on taking "a hand
in tho affairs of government" However
should the President at any time desire tc
farm out" any OF his duties it is not likely
he will call on c. Emma Smith, of tho Phila'
dolphia Press, who was the originator Of
and the principal sharer in job that
cost the government over three hundred
thousand dollars. G. Emma Smith will know
| tho particular steal made in the name Of re-
form, that is hero referred to, and c. Emm,
Smith will not dare deny the part he played
in the steal. The REPUBLICAN will gladly
publish c, Emma Smiths denial if he shOult