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20, The NIlstIetoe Boughr,
Boston Globe.

Ivy" says a learned professor was
sacred to Bacchus, and was used at the
Dionysian love feast. Another name for
Bacchus was Kisses, which also is the
ivy, but whether our custom of kissing
under the mistletoe is relic of Kisses
and the Agap9-doesn't matter in the
least.
"Bird-ime, it is significant to observe,
is made from the berries of the mistletoe,
whence the same words signifies in Greek
both mistletoe and bird-lime How many
a luckless human bird has been Timed
under the mistletoe at Christmas. Some
authorities refer the kissing custom to a
theory that the mistletoe was the forbidden
tree in Eden. The plant was Also used in
religious ceremonies by the Persian Magi.
THE stately ancestral homes in Eng
land are now being richly decorated with
holly. and ivy and amber berried mistle
toe, and the hearts of the female inmates,
from the fresh faced house maid to the
languid Lady Jane, are beating faster as
they hang the parasite in the most con-
Yenient hooks and corners in which they
will take good care to be caught on
Christm s Day 1t is good custom
may it flourish! And may the time be long
distant when there shall no longer be one
day in the year on which a man may kiss
the girl he likes, sans peur ct sans re-
prOcheio
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Christmas at Bethlehem.
youths Companion.l

L1OuJlS compartment
Not the Bethlehem of Judea, but its
modern namesake, founded by the
Moravians in the beautiful Lehigh valley
of Pennsylvania. At 2 o'clock in the
afternoon of Dec "a, the smallest
children assemble in the church for a
Love Feast, which is chiefly a service
of song. During its progress buns and
mugs of coffee are served to the little
folks. Near the close of the meeting
to represent the light which came
into the world with the birth of
Christ During this part of the ceremony
the congregation sings The ladies of the
choir wear bewitching little caps instead
of bonnets, and look very charming as
they sing to the accompaniment of the
organ and the trOmbOnes alternating
English and German hymns.
The service over the children disperse
to their homes, where Santa Claus has
been busy giving finishing touches to the
"Putz, which designation is applied to
the whole Christmas decorations.
1t is not a tree alone which these IA
vored ones have, but there is given in these
homes a whole landscape formed of rocks
and moses, making hills and valleys
where all the animals out of Noah's ark
wander.
There is always stable which shelters
the holy family, and the adoring shepherds
may be seen approaching it from distant
hills There is also fsh-pond with real
or toy fish sporting in it. Sometimes a
fountain plays in the midst of the scene,
but the pipes which conduct the water are
apt to leak in the most prosaic manner
and stain the housewives carpets, so this
browning glory is rarely seen.
The Putt remains for weeks, a con-
tinued delight to the children, who ar
range and alter it to suit their own fancy,
till all its beauty and freshness are gone.
At o'clock Christmas Eve, the distri-
button of presents being over, the older
children repair to the church, where an
other service is held similar to that of the
afternoon, with the omission of the buns
and coffee. At its conclusion the taper
bearers wend their way through the vii
lage streets with picturesque effect.
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The Puritan,s Denunciation.


In the Puritan view these festivities Of
Christmas had become wholly pagan, or,
what was worse, popish, and it was in the
tide of such feTvid fanaticism as that of
Prynne and Stubbes that the innocent
gayeties as well as the excuses of the time
were swept away, and swept away so com
pletely that it was centuries before many
descendants of the Puritans could look
upon amy celebration of Christmas as
otherwise than sinful
Into what stupendous height of more
than pagan impiety," exclaims Prynne,
whose rhetoric is his only amusing point,
"have we not now degenerated!" We
can not sanctify a Lords day, observe a
9Th of November or any other day of
publicke thanksgiving to our gracious
God, or yet celebrate an Easter, Pente-
cost, or such like solemn feasts (much less
a Christmas. as we phrase it, in plausible
pious sort (as too many paganizing Chris
tians now conceiD without drinking, roar
ing, healthing, dicing, carding, dancing,
Mosques. and stage-plays. How doe
we Christians spend or celebrate for the
most part the Nativity of our Saviour but
with such heathenish sports as these,
which Turkes and Infdels would abhor
to practice2"
Truth: The want of money is the root
Of much evil
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NJ. THOMPSON,

TToRNEY-AT-LAw AND SOLICITOR IN
a Chancery Offfce-Campbells Block, second
story rooms and 8. Entrance on Merchant
street Honolulu H L 447-ap6-u
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Christmas and the SaturnaIia.
youths Companion.l

A custom of the Roman Saturnalia,
which came unchanged to our time, is
familiar to us all We mean the three
days holiday given to the slaves The
slaves in our southern states, down to the
close of the war; enjoyed this privilege
Throughout the Roman empire slaves
went about bareheaded. except on the
three great days of the Saturnalia, when
all were permitted to wear the cap of
familiar shape, which still figures as the
liberty cap, upon the tops of liberty poles.
On those days the slaves are supposed to
have been allowed to say anything they
chose to their masters. Probably, how
ever, they used this liberty with discre-
ton.
The first Christian congregations in
Italy were largely composed of slaves and
of the common people, though among
them were found educated and highly
gifted persons. The early Christian teach
ers had the greatest difficulty to keep
their converts from joining in the pagan
festivals, to which they had been accus-
toned, and which were even needful to
anleliorate their hard lot and mOnotonous
life.
When the Saturnalia came round, the
Christian slave or freedman found him
self struggling between the habits of his
old life and the claims of his new faith.
II ne WlJnSJOod the OIu, ne ulSseu tne
only holiday which would be his dur
ing twelve months of labor If
he yielded, his religious life might be
injured by contact with idolatrous rites.
1t is not strange, therefore, that Chris
tian pastors, seeing the strife of habit
with conscience, should seek for the golden
mean between license and prohibition.
They acted upon the principle that though
there must be unity in essentials, there
should be liberty in non-essentials, and
love in all things. They took what was
good in the Roman holidays and. associ-
ated it with the birthday festival of Him
who came to bring peace on earth and
goodwill to men.
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a Heavy Affair.

A London Christmas is a heavy affair.
In fact, it is mostly tradespeople you see
there on the streets at such times. The
butcher, for example wears a bouquet
in his blue blouse. And this coarse, greasy
subject has fOwers-most by artificial
paper tlowers-stuck all up and down the
dead arCasses-horrible,- which hang
in rows and dozens about his shop doors.
Other decorations, in similar bad taste
meet you all the time and at every turn.
And eVerybody's nose is red.
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HONOLULU. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, MONDAY MAY 10. 1885
advertisements.
G.. BIRKS & CO.
53 HIGH STREET.
Peckham. London. =. u
Colonial Merchants.

Indents executed for all kinds of English
and Continental Goods, against Bank
Credits or Produce, facilities for drawing
against the latter. Agencies accepted at %
per cent on net amount of manufacturer 5
invoices, including cash discounts varying
from L to per cent. Purchases in i'm
or tiers own namS
Twenty years buying experience for
export.
Reference: Continental Bank, 70 Lombard
Street, E. C. 465ap3
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Alteration of the NATIVITY.

Mr.. Howison, in his Sketches of Upper
Canada, mentions meeting an Indian at
midnight, creeping along in the stiffness
of a beautiful Christmas Eve. The In
dian made signals to him to be silent;
and, when questioned as to his reason,
replied, Me watch to see the deer kneel;
this is Christmas Night, and all the deer
fall upon their knees to the Great Spirit
and look up
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Ar ter Dinner Speakers.

The after-dinner orator whom I now
have in mind, is on his legs before the
company, digging his fork into the ia
ble-cloth. his lips quivering, his eyes
wandering and blinking, and an OBJ
servant doctor would say that with a
little more strain upon him the poor
man would go off in a fit. As to what
he did blundcr out, the least that's said
the better. The poor fellow finishes
and falls into his chair, glaring wildly
he has made his after-dinner speech.
Mr.. John Bright is co~nspicuously one
of the very best public speakers in Eng
land, and this is what he once said
abost after-dinner speaking at a BAN
quet in London:
Il must confess that since dinner ter
minated l have been actuated by some
thing like a feeling of envy. Ihavc en-
We'd the speakers who have gone before
me the facility, the huency, with which
they have been able to perform the task
that has been allotted to them. I be-
lieve there is no task so severe to which
a speaker can be put as to make a
speech which is not absolutely uninter-
esting on an occasion like this Now,
mark, the great speaker speaks OF
speakers" How, then, about the
great bulk of us, who r pot speakers
at all? If Mr.. Bright can with difficulty
do it, what is to become of you and I,
dear reader, who have not the gift OF
gab?-HoWard Paul in San Francisco
NeWs Letter.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
Diplomatic Secretary Fish.

Governor Hamilton Fish was noted
Tor his department., and he took great
pride in sending to the courts Of En-
rope in a diplomatic capacity gentle
men whose dress and manners would
not excite comment. He was much
concerned, however, when it became
his duty to commission Horace May
nard, of Tennessee, as Minister to Tur-
key, and Godlove S. Orth, of Indiana,
as Minister to Austria. Neither one
was remarkable for his observance of
the social proprieties, and it was some
time before Governor Fish could devise
to give them a lesson in dress. At last,
go the story goes, an idea struck him,
and sending for Orth he said something
like this to the Indiana statesman:
"Mr. Orth, l have a favor to ask
YOU"
Anything I can do for you, Mr.. Sec
rotary, I'll be glad to-"
''Thank you, MIR. Orth, thank you,
sir, you are very good. Mr.. Maynard,
you know, is an excellent gentleman,
but he is not accustomed to the ways of
society as you or 1 are," and the Secre-
tary smiled pleasantly at the guileless
, Orth, who had on a sky-blue necktie
and unblackened boots. After having
clinched his point he continued: II am
afraid he will invent some startling in
novation on the costume usual among
gentlemen when they are out in society.
He may startle the foreign courts with
| a red necktie and a sack coat, and now
what l want to ask you, Mr.. Ortiz, is to
| give him a hint, as you are both going
over on the same steamer, about what
you or l should wear on social coca.
sions-the dress coat, black trousers
and waist coat, and the simple white
tie. You will know precisely how to
do it, and you will oblige me greatly
by attending to the matter of so much
Importance, as you, as a member Of
polite society, know"
The hint was taken, and Mr.. Ortiz
was noted among the diplomatists at
Vienna for his faultless attire. Mr..
Maynard, with his long black hair and
Indian features, was not so apt q
scholar.-Ben: Perley Poore in Boston
Budget.
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MOOn.Blindness.

"Moon-blindness," said an old sailor
gazing at the upper rigging of a Cali
fornia clipper near Wall street ferry,
yesterday, "why, of course, there's
such a thing. I've seen it often. Ihad
a touch of it myself once. I don't see.
though, how the English zeal admiral
makes out that the loss of the gun
boat Wasp was due to moon-blindness.
1t gets its name, not because o man
who has it can't see distinctly under
the moonlight, but because it is caused
by sleeping with the moon shining on
the face. You know at once when YOU
have it. In fact, you often get stone
blind, and remain so for a month on
more I can't imagine how it could
occur near England, for people are not
likely to sleep in the moonshine there.
"1n the China sea and the Indian
ocean it is well known. The Lascars
frequently have it, and when a passen-
ger steamer remains for a night at a
port the captain generally warns ever
body who wants to sleep on deck
and most of them do in those hot lati-
tudes-to be careful to keep we'll under
the awning. l remember once land
ing a passenger at Singapore quite
blind. He persisted in sleeping on the
%forecastle head, as we lay for a night
in Penang, and the moon shone on his
face for five or six hours. When he
awoke his sight was gone, and he
thought it was still night, though the
sun had aroused him. w went back
to Calcutta, and when we reached
Singapore on IL next trip he had re-
covered, but he hated the sight of the
moon ever afterward.
II never knew a case of moon-blind-
ness that was not cured. You have
only to keep in the dark until sight
comes back. Mine was only partial
blindness, though the sight of one eye
was nearly gone. I was well in a week.
The attack is generally accompanied
by a bad sick-headache, but most peo-
pie are too much frightened to think
about that. l never heard of a woman
being afflicted with moon blindness."-
Ae1U York San.
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a master Of ceremonies at all the state
receptions and dinners for the next four
years, with all the consequent social
prestige. is q pleasant position to look
forward to. Nearly every state in the
union has al applicant for this Office,
and the District of Columbia is strongly
asserting her claims.
In accordance with the spirit Of the
civil service rules, the record of the
year in the treasury department shows
that m hundred and thirty-tive ap-
pointments made there were dist ibuted
fairly among the states. Thirty.fve
states and territories were represented.
Pennsylvania was favored with thirteen
appointments, New York with: twelve
and Ohio with nine.
Everything points to a complete sue
cess of the inauguration ceremonies.
Inaugural headquarters has become a
lively place and committees are demon
strating their fitness for the work of
preparation. From the non-partisan
spirit in which citizens are lending help
it would seem there will be u demon.
stration free from party feeling on in
auguration day.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17

Some one recently wrote to Kossuth
asking him to help him obtain payment
for a large sum to which the Hungarian
revolutionists became indebted to him
in l848. Kossuth has answered him in
a letter full of a certain, frank, pathet-
ic dignity. The ex-Dictator who once
boosted that he had held the for
tunes of the'house of Hapsburg in the
hollow of his hand, tells his correspond
Ont that he is absolutely unable, not
from lack of will, but from lack of
means, Ito render help to you or any
man in Distress Kossuth expresses
his regret that the nation which had
taken on itself so many obligations to
which it was not bound should have
neglected to pay its lawful debts; but
he declares that he himself is absolute
ly poor. His. hands are pure and
empty.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
A Perfect Preservation,

Mr.. R%unaround was out late the
other night, and the next morning at
breakfast, in order to ''justify'' himself,
he rem rked to his wife:
"Pet, we have been married twenty
years, and you look almost as young as
you did then"
"You have not changed a particle"
she res onded sweetly.
"Not changed!' he answered in sur
prise, remembering his gray locks and
ruby nose. why, how can you say
that?"
because things preserved in alcohol
never change" she answered.
Mr.. R. but cred his napkin-ring IN
der the impre sion that it was amufin,
and the meal prog. essed in silence
Washington HatchcL.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
INDIAN CORN.
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE,

JAN. 5.-1n the Senate, a bill was offered
by Mir. Beck providing for the formation OF
y revenue commiSsiO i, to be composed of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. ex-oficio,
five members Of the Hous Of Rppres MIA.
tlves, amt tire Senators, to report to Con.
Der concerning changes or notifications In
the tariff and internal-r.venue laws which
may be Thought desirable. A resolution
was introduc 1t and referred extending the
thanks OF Congress to the officers and
crews si OF TIE Greedy relief exped!t on: A
uutes relating to the lea ing Of indian lands
for grazing PURPOSES. 1t requires that all
such lease, shall be submitted 10 tile Sec
retary OF the Interior, and imposes a pen IL
ty Of S! per head upon all cat le driv.n up
on In lian lands except under lawful au-
Interstate Commerce bill followed.
JAN. Gin the Senate, MI. Hawley in
troduced a bill to establish International
copyright. G nsideration of the Oregon
Central Land Forfeiture bill being resumed,
along discussion enSue 1, at the conclusion
OF which The bill was passed.
JAN. I'm the Senate, the chair present.
mission that Captain Eds had maintained
q channel in the South pass. A resolution
was passed appropriatiny S5O,C to relieve
tie sutferinss Ut de>titu 9 Indians. Mr..
ilum0, IN presenting o petition by cOlOnists
IN Oklahoma, asked that Congress pro-
nounce on the occupancy Of these lands by
white settlers. Mr.. Dawes replied that iii
the present cOnuitlon of the title the tract
could not be opened to settlement. Mr..
Morrill, made a speech In opp 'sllion to re-
ciprocity treaties. In a debate OH the In
ter-St'te Commerce bill Mr.. Ingall, said
the Senate was suspected by the people Of
a desire to do nothing Oh the subject.
JAN. Sin the Senate Mr.. Allison offer
al q Dill relating t , ices OF pension claim
agents, embodying the same provisions as
those contained IN the Pension bill recent
" passed by the House. After a long de-
bate 1t was referret to the Pensions Com
m;ttee. A re o ution was offered request.
INK the President to communicates 10 The
Senate an historical statement concern ng
the public policy Of the Confederate G ".
eminent during the late War. which l..;,
been recently filed IL Tao War Department,
by Gen. Sherman.
JAN. 0.-In the Senate, Mr.. Morgan with.
drew his motion to reconsider the Oregon.
Central Lanu-F"rfeiture bill, which no.
goes to the House. The COlumi tee u.
Public Lands reported %favorabiv til. bill /.
amend the Il .v.sed Sta uteS r'lati#g to tn
entry, OF coal-lan IS ny reducing tuc prize,
such lands from 80 20 81 j + ace :"
tIie lallttS are more tliAlI iitter mite. fr,
any completed raiirol l.. II fr IN S3:to,
where the lands are wiii,in THIS lin l..
Interstate Comm ne b !! WIS 'ii>"l ~rN.
SONS Length SEM. ~ I.I..n.3y ... ,c.,.
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. There are queer superstitions about
the moon among all peoples. The HUI
rons call it the creator of the earth and
the grandmother of the sun. The Chi
quitoes call the moon their mother, and
the Navajos make it a rider on a mule.
The Botucudos of Brazil ascribe most
of the phenomena of nature to the
moon; in which they are like the super
stitious women of civilized Europe and
America who wait for the increase OF
the noon to change their dwelling, tc
cut their hair, to be married and tc
baptize their children. A belief existed
among the ancient Mexicans and Peru.
VANS, the Natchez of the Mississippi
and the Appalachians Of Florida, that
the sun was the radiant abode of dead
chiefs and braves. To the Esquimauz
be ong the honor of having discovered
that the moon was the paradise for the
good, while the wicked were consigned
to . hole in the earth.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17
The Art of Soup-Making.

There is a constant controversy 90.
ing on as to the economy, digestibility,
and necessity of soup at the commence
ment of dinner; some maintain that a
dinner without it cannot literally be
called a dinner; others, prejudiced
against "slops," discarding it from
their tables altogether; while a few who
would gladly, perhaps, take advantage
OF an opportunity to reduce the meat
bills, have only the will, being ignorant
of the way. The average middle-class
wife or mother may have sighed over
the items of ribs and ~sirloins of beef,
and legs and shoulders of mutton, and
said to herself, "Ah! we must take to
having a little SOUP" With praise
wo thy promptitude and zeal, she has
%Perchance opened her c~ookery-book, Of
the old eNtravagant style, and closed it
%sorrowfully, a sadder, if not a wiser
woman, the brain all dizzy from the
string of ingredients, and the long line
OF knuck(es of veal, shins of beet,
''old FOWLS and slices of ham. which
she is commanded to 'throw into the
stock pot" if SIC would insure sue
cess.
Now, with soup-making, as with all
else, once master the theory and the
practice is comparatively easy; while,
on the other hand, years of practice
without a perfect knowledge of the
why and the wherefore will prove o.
no avail. Let me illustrat nv mean.
ing clearly: The would-be soup-mak-
er, i'll scanning u re ipe, discards it as
impracticable because she lacks one or
o of the ingredients mentioned,
while she who grasps the modus oper-
andi, owing t. her theoretical knowl-
edge, at once substitutes 9th rs, or per-
haps dispenses with them altogether.
No doubt, in many families, the pref
udice against soup has arisen from the
fact tina it is usually prepared and
served in large quantities, instead of,
as at the tables of the rich, in small
portions. though many of the kinds
which l hope to enumcrate would fur
nlsh in themselves a substantial meal
for Il growing child. At any rate, the
advantages Of commencing dinner with
soup are manifest in the saving Of the
meat bills, and economy practiced in
using scraps of all kinds for the max
ing OF the soups, and the comfortable
sensation experienced after a little has
been taken; for let any person who
ieels' as the saying goes, ''too hungry
to eat" swallow a few spoonfulls Of
soup, and the feeling of exhaustion will
quickly pass away. Indeed, a we'll
known authority has said that nothing
tends more to restore the ont of the
stomach, and make easier of digestion
that which is to follow, than q little
soup.-CasseWs Family Magazine.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-01-17

1t has been discovered that raw on
ions are more eficacious in the cure of
snake bites than whisky. Should the
time come when raw onions are the
only cure for snake bites there will be
a falling off of 80 per cent. in the list
of such casualties in this country
Peck's Sun.