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Who Burned the Bridges.

Correspondence of the SPEcTAToR.]
Editors of Spectator:-In your issue of
December 9th, was very interesting and
rather amusing article-''Some Vivid Con-
trasts'' compilations from the Dallas
(Texas) Mercury, by W. ]. Oliphant. In
regard to General Shields he was, no
doubt, wonderfully stirred up about that
date. It has never been recorded in histo-
ry, 'sWho struck Billy Pattersona" but
luckily, in vivid connection with this, we can
- hriduas AmonO
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HosPITALITY.-Says Washington Irving:
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire
of hospitality in the hall-the genial flame
of charity in the heart.
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IIiSiietOe at ChriStmas-T Tide.

The hanging Of the mistletoe is cause
of much frolic and laughter in the house.
1t is the rule that whoever is passing under
the mistletoe bough must submit to being
kissed then and there by whoever chooses to
take that liberty. AS bough usually
hangs from the centre of the ceiling, spread
ing over large space, it follows that there
is much lodging or much kissing; | am in
clined to thing that there are both.
The origin of this use Of the mistletoe is
not known: but we do know that more than
eighteen hundred years ago, when the glad
stars sang together over the manger in Beth
lehem, and wise men brought gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh to a young Child in
the peasant mothers arms, England was a
chill, mist-covered island inhabited only by
savages, who wore garments OF skins and
lived in huts of mud and stone. Among
these savage Britons there were pagan
priests called Druids. These priests we're
a mysterious folk, who lived in woods, far
away from other men, and who, in the
gloomy soltudes of the forest, performed
strange secret ceremonies. The sacred
groves" as they are called, were Of oak,
for the oak was divine tree according to
the Druidical religion. Within these sacred
groves, the priests, it is recorded in history,
offered their sacrifices, and IN some manner,
not now known, they employed the mistle-
toe. But all mistletoe was not sacred to
the Druids. They would have none but
that which clung to the sap of the divine
oak. To them the apple-tree mistletoe,
which modern England uses so freely in
her holiday festivities, would be worthless
and common thing.
When, in the latter centuries, England
was taught the Christian religion, the peo
pie retained many of their heather rites and
customs, changed from their original mean
ing and purpose. At any rate from the
Druids had come the modern usage of the
mistletoe bough, strangely preserved in
festivities which commemorate the birth
of Him whose pure worship destroys all
heather superstltion.-C Christian at Work.
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"SPALD1NG's CLUE always up to the
ticking point.
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gETM. M. RGcAELESEER,
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Now, Central, you're posted; come! give
your views.
In brush at the front, what's the powder t
use?'
He winked at a star as he puffed cigar,
And slowly replied, { In a brush at the front
l never use powder, but-SOZODONT."
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FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS-.

OF ROBERT BEVERLY, PRESIDENT
OF THE FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS,
TO THAT BODY, MEETING IN ANNUAL SEs-
SION, AT INDIANAPOLIS, IND. DEC. 2ND,
1885.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-16
Funerals in FooclAOw.

From my post of observation on the
veranda have watched some very GU
rious funeral ceremonies. especially dur
ing a festival answering to All Souls
Day, when the whole population turn
out, and 20 forth all over the country to
visit their ancestral graves, which are
scattered about in the most promiscuous
fashion, on such spots as the so0thsayers
have declared to be especially pleasing to
the dead. Each family carries offerings
pig roasted whole, rich cakes, and all
manner of sweet cakes and sweet rice
wine These are the realities of which,
happily for their descendants, the dead
cannot partake, 50 after they have been
duly laid out upon the grave, and q re-
Iigious service has been read BY one of
the party from the ritual for the dead,
these good things are replaced on the
trays, and carried home again for the
family festival. But the dead are sup-
posed to need MANY things in the far
country clothes, horses, furniture,
houses, writing materials: whatever ID
conducive to comfort here must be trans
mitted from earth to the spirit world by
the simple process Of burning. Fortu-
nately it Is not necessary 70 burn real
afticles-paper or paste5oard limitations
will do IS we'll 50 thousands Of persons
are employed solely in the manufacture
OF these articles, while thousands more
devote their whole lives to coating paper
with tinfoil, to- be made into shoe
shaped ingots OF silver, and imitation
dollars, and the sembIancc Of other cons.
especially strings OF countless cash. all If
which are destined fOr burnt offerings to
propitiate the dead For It need not
follow that affection prompts al this i'm.
menae annual expenditure In honoring
the dead. It IS generally the result OF
most slavish the grOssest bondage Of
superstition for every Chinaman be-
Iieves in the power Of the dead to avenge
neglect By causing al manner Of evil TO
theliving 80 trouble Of every description,
disease, failure In business, loss Of sons,
and al other coneeivablc Affections, are
due to the curse Of the malevolent dead,
to whom he may not be even diskantIy re-
lated. The avenging spirit IS very prob
ably some neglected beggar. who hae
been allowed 10 live and die unpitied but
who, after death. becomes power Of
evil, whom 10 sane man dares to neglect
CasselEs Family Magnsiue.
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There IS money la baseball IOWA
any said J p Allen. onD q The d..
rertozs of The Providence club 10 New
York 6an reporter The time VAS nhen
4 man who put bis money into club
was quite sure Of coming out more or
less ahead. but that IS past. When the
National league had control Of AZ tho
best players II the country few years
ago. and had no opposition, salaries were
low. and player who received 81. 500 for
his seasons work did well. ia 1891.
when the American association was or
Ranized ia opposition 70 the league, the
players salary & once began 70 20 up,
as each side tried to outbid the other.
When the two organizations formed
what Is known s. the national agree.
ment, the clubs retained their players at
the same salaries.
Several other associations were then
organized IN different PARTS Of the coun-
try, and were admitted under the protec-
ton Of the national agreement. This
served to make good ball players. espec-
tally pitchers, scarce, and forced salaries
up still higher, until at the present time
first class pitcher will not look at 4
manager for less than 81, 500 d season.
Radbonrne, Of last years Providence
club. received the largest amount Of
money that has ever been paid to ball
player. His wonderful pitching. which
won the championship for the club, cost
about s., 600, as he did the work OF two
pitchers, and received the pay Of two.
'sSome Of the salaries which base-h~ll
players will get next season are /:
O'Rourke, Gerhardt, Deasley, Ewing,
and Ward, Of the New York club, IS, :
900 each. Mullane was to have played
with the Cincinnati club for 81, 000
Dunlap has contract with the new
league club Of St. Louis for s., 400.
These are only q few Of the higher prices
paid, while the number Of men who get
from So, 600 TO So, 600 is large. At these
prices club with a team costing only
@l5, 900 to $40, 900 is lucky: but il has
not much chance Of winning the cham
pionship. To this expense must be added
the ground rent, the salaries of gate.
keepers, and the travelling expenses
which will be about as much moro.
AS high priced club, the New York
club leads, while the Metropolitans are
nearly as expensive. The income Of
these two clubs last year was nearly
$3.50. 900, yet the Metropolitans lost
money, and the New York club was
only q little ahead The first year the
Metropolitans were in the field their sal
airy list was light, as were their travelling
expenses. and at the end Of the season
they were over $50, 900 ahead.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-16
BIN Arp with the TeothaChe.

When the teeth come, they come with
pain and peril, and keep the poor child
miserable, and when they 60 they 60
with . torture that no philosophy can
endure oh, my poor jaw just look
how il is swollen. am a sight. A pitt
ful prospect. look like d bl0atad bond.
holder on one side of my face and no
bends to comfort me- | wonder what
would comfort man in my fx. have
suffered more mortal agony from my
teeth than frcm everything else put TO.
gether. samson couldn't pull them
hardly, FOR they are aIl riveted to the
iawbOne. have been Living in dread
for over month, for / knew that eye
tooth was fixing up trouble; and SO yes
terday morning it sprung q leak at the
breakfast table, and jumped out Of my
chair. The shell caved ii, the nerve
was touched. and in my agony / gave
one grOan and retired like I was fu.
neral. Five miles from town and 40
doctor. Don't put down what SUI.
Tered All that day. and the night follow.
lng, for you can't. Much pouItices and
eamphOr and paregoric and bromide and
chlorOform, and still the procession
moved on, and the jumping, fhrobbino
egOny sent no flag Of truce mo cessation
of hOstilifies. What do care for any.
thingf Please give re some more oil
that campbell I've burned all the skin
Of my mouth now, but IL Is d counter
trritant and sorter scakters the pain
around. II had some morphine
would take il. for I want rest. I en-
tired. Oh for one short hour Of rest.
Atlanta Constitusioa.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-16
Successful song. Making.

e What is the latest popular ballad ~
Yaniti, replied the publisher
Frank Howard, the author Of I'll
Await Nv Love and Only D Pansy
Blossom, wrote it; that Is. he wrote Is
much of It as he did Of the others have
mentioned. He is ballad singer with
Thatcher. Primrose q Vests minstrels.
and his income from song royalties is be-
tween $500 and $500 q week. No, he is
not remarkable musician. He under
stands music and has q. nice voice. Hun.
dreds of better musicians fail IS writers
Of songs. Howard is the son ct an Iowa
clergyman. Half . dozen years ago
Milt Barlow, the minstrel, found the
young man travelling with 3 liver pad
peddler ii the West. Howard, by his
songs, drew the crowds and then gave
way to his partner. who sold the pads.
Barlow was struck By the sweetness
of Howards voice and hired him
for twenty-five dollars week 70 sing ia
Barlow. Wilson, Primrose & Vests him
strel company. lis voice and his songs
made him popular and he now receives
800 week salary. The way his songs
are composed would astonish many bet
ter musicians Howard will wnite the
words Of q song and then with three Or
four members 81 the company will pros
coed to hammer . suitable sir out Of tbs
hotel pianos. They viii work hour after
hour for days. correcting. changing and
cullinp ont bar after bar until they at
last agree that an appropriate Dir has
been made. Then It is written out and
tried iii public. IL at all successful,
Howard sends a cnnu IN his ns1hisehe4.
and i IS put upon the market. There s
i story among ninstreis that Howard
paid another singer, HAIRY Talbot,
twenty aollarS Tor the words and music
81 I'll Avail Ally ri - i was j
good piece Of judgment on Howard :
part. for he hes made Two Of three thou
sand dollars out 81 that song alone.
Ase YORK aKaa and Etffs
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Snuhbed FOR Once.

Bismarck once had to bear . snab
from q young nOblcman of the house d
HATFIELD. This gentleman, being left d
charge Of q legation during the absence
of the minister, sent home dispatch
embodying views favorable to the polIsy
which the chancellor had until then besa
pursuing toward the country where he
attache was residing. But it so CHANGED
that the chief of the legation had been
summoned to Berlin on purpose to r.
ceivc instructions for a change Of policy
SO that when the attaches dispatch 4
rived it gave no pleasure in Wilhelm.
strasse, and the chancellor spoke tessIy
Of its writer as a s'Schafskopf (mutsOa'
headl. Hearing this, the attache r
signed. He was man OF high spins
who had many friends at cOur', enc !
was pointed out to the chancellor y =
august peacemaker that the young iei0A
had not been very well treated. sons
what grudgingly for he does nO1 ~
to make amends 1.-The chancellor was y
duced 10 send his secretary to she n.
attache offering to reinstate him y
the recipient Of this dubious favor org, az
himself up stifFly and said Germany y
not fallen toso low point that she ns, \.
to be served by . Schafskopie, anu ~. y
the rest you may tell the chancellor - Y.
have not been trained TO turn SO'D"
saults. Temple Bar.
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POPULAR sCIRNnp

Iiqne6ed oxygen il lich,...
and little heavier than al ala. enan VI
ing e q French chemist S ~ secs's
cplatea its specific gravity y N ~ q q
According to Mr.. ]. Hary,n.. 800
Of the asylum at Worcester oe Doaa
imperfect supply Of oxygen, !, Z !
breathing . vitiated atmosnh !. snpl
suffice % produce q men,sI n,l
known IS melancholia. uasolda
The deep sea Is illuminea =.
deep green sunlight that 49, y h
through vast stratum Of ~, passea
therefore, lost al tue red and o ~asst "a
by absorption. The deem sps ' n, an
are nearly all orange. oranvc - -. ssa'' tsAa
let, even down to ], 600 fatROms y scas
The largest FRACTIONAL elec,,;a
IN the world has just been mad. sl .N
physical laboratory at South EsSa sos sae
It's disks are seven feet in disms ag'oa
plate-glass three eighths Of An ;a ale.es q
ana weigh $50 pounds each to-. 49,
under unfavorable conditions tha .'s''a
chine has given a constant s,,a ~ q.
sparks fourteen inches long. 1 2
By = method Of spectroscon;o
ton Mr.. w. n. Hartley has resc ShOss' J,
conclusion that ozone is d constsn, "
stituent of the upper atmospbcrs @A =, eoe,
is present there in larger ouantity '1 .a !
nearer the earth's surface, and A., ' s.s
the cause Of the blue color a. th ~ = 7
Either in its g Sc Gus form or conSos ~;
into liquid, ozone appears Of ! dsss
A new horseshoe, that Is n a..;a.,
Improvement over all Others hitherto /.
use, is now attracting the atten,ioa !. v
horsemen. It is in two parts, the MAN..
designed to remain permanently ~ WI, 4.
foot, where il will last for an indss,i,.
time, as no wear comes upon 4. y.
other, that which contains the corks ~
is joined to the upper in an inuenio@
manner. The lower halves Of the 49,.
are interchangeable sharp corks forjr,
weather and dull ones for heavy dronos,
horses, or they may be removed euti,sI,
at night to prevent injury to the anins
while in the stall.
A matter Of surprise and wonder !.
those who witness it for the first time !,
the rousing to life of whole colonies 4
infusoria by the addition OF drop y
water to few grains of earth or aust
These microscopic organisms abound
everywhere in water containing decom.
posing vegetable or animal matter and
some forms may in a dried state remain
for months or even years apparently
dead, to be revived when water Is again
supplied to them. Mr.. Jabez IIogp M
been experimenting during the past three
years with one form of infusorial life
the rOtifers or wheel animalcnles-
has even kept dried specimens for time
ct q temperature of 200 degrees Fahrea.
heit, and afterward exposed them to il.
tense cold, neither process killing then
nor greatly diminishing their vita
powers. Mr.. Hogg supposes that as The
animal dries II shuts itself up like a teIs.
scope. its skin taking an egg-like snap,
and that . secreting organ coats thebOdI
with . gelatinOus envelop which pro
tects it from further change.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-16


One d. fhe most excellent features ol
Chinese life IS seen So its reverence for
Tie homo Parental care of the children
aud child reverence for ago arc among
the most prominent virtues The homo
II the central idea 81 the empire. The
emperor ii the father OF the people. i
IS common impression that woman has
no h0nored place II China, but instead
Of this being true there j. no place IN
the world where the mother IS more hon.
ored than il China She is virtually
supreme. and that quality in men which
boErays the spirit Of childhood devotion
Is regarded As among the best. Mencius
said
The great man Is no who does not
lose bis child heart. He does not think
beforehand that his words shall be sin
ccre. nor that his acts shall bo resolute.
He simply abides ia the right
Whatever reverence for age you may
find commended In the Hebrew scrip
lures, in Plato, in the Egyptian ethics Or
ii Christianity and il al these you may
find d constant exhortnti0n 70 reverence
age -you will find the same sentiment IN
China woven into the network Of law
and the whole civil economy. The Chi
nese repository for September, 1910, re-
lates that festive honors to the aged be-
came an occasion of national recognition.
the ceremonies being performed BY the
emperor in recognition Of the guardian
chip Of the nation exercised by the old.
So deeply has The sense Of domestic
relationship pervaded the Chinese life
that it is not destroyed, but rather
strengthened, by the fact Of death. The
h0nors paid to the living are continued
at the grave, and Il woald seem that
these devotions to the departed approach
as near TO the idea of worship as sopa-
rate feature, as any phase Of Chinese life
we can recall The home associations
are extended beyond the limits of this
world, and hence the grave loses much
Of its dread. while the great fear Of the
average Chfnaman is that there may be
some failure to perform the customary
rites in honor Of the dead. recall an
instance Or a Chinese residing in Cali.
fornia whose father had died in China,
and great was his fear lest the proper
gifts might not be made that serious
illness was the result.
It is a. conviction shared by all China
men that their bodies, when dead, must
find their final rest ia the 'Flowery
Kingdom on account of the disturbed
fortnnesof the spirit that would attend
on any other resting place. The Chinese
in this country do not expect to die in
this country. It is the last dream Of
these children Of Cathay that they shall
die ut home, and every one who comes
here makes provision for the return of
his body to his native land should death
befall
The Chinese burial ground at San
Francisco is not left undisturbed for
scarce month &c time. The bodies
are taken up after about two years in
terment, and the bones are shipped to
China, il order that the ancient customs
and convictions may be complied with.
In San Francisco the annual festival
Of the dead is conscientiousIy observed
by the Chinese, when every kind of food
known to their culinary art is bountiful-
II prepared and taken to the cemetery Of
the faithful By the faithful. REQ. Or.
RsEford.
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4MM $50 MN&Ss MM#AAA#s
Hand me that collar button. ID.
manded George WelIsbY. k0rnfnr with
SD annoyed air toward his little GIRL.
Learn 10 let things alone. viii Yon1
There now, tune up and howl
George, don't speak to tic child that
way, said AIrs WeIlsby, dcposikinu 5
shirs On ! chair.
Well. why can't she behave herselfs
Every time she sees that / am aettfnr
ready 10 60 any place. she makes point
Of hindering me- Let that cravak alone. =
Put down papa'a cravat, darling.
She's too young to know any better. 2
No she isn't. Other peoples children
know how 10 behave. I'LL bet I'LL miss
the train. / am sometimes tempted to
wish that she had never been born
s.Oh, George. exclaimed the wife.
4 wouldn' & say that 2
ssConfound Il. she worries me -. T
haven't more than time 70 catch The
train, hurriedIy kissing his wife.
Kiss me, too, papa.
i ought not, you are 50 bad, y scBOp-
ing and kissing her. ssGood-bgc. viii
be back il three or four days.
Dir. Wellsby IS . commercial traveller.
kind and tender hearted man, but sub
jected at times to nervousness. Seated
with vivacious acquaintance, speeding
over the country, . little voice would
steal in between the roars of merry laugh
ter and say:
Kiss me, too, papa
Inthe sample room of the village hotel,
between the inquiries Of purchasers, he
could hear the voice, and at night when
he lay down he could see the little hands
reaching toward him and could hear,
Kiss me, too, papa. ,
At morning when the sunDeams fell
across his bed he thought of the bright
little face at home and said:
God forgive me for wishing she had
never been born.
: WeIlsby, what's the matter. old fell
lowg asked companion.
They were in . conveyance riding to-
ward an interior town.
II don't feel very well to-day"
Do any business back here2 !"
/" Yes, did very we'll.
Il didn't do anything. but won't let
IL weigh me down. Got letter from
the house this morning. The old boy
IS kicking about expenses. Got bottle
Of cocktail here
II don't care for any,
"Then there must be something tne
matter with you.
On night train going home. He
could see the little hands ..CIack,
clack, clack-kiss me, too; kiss me.
too
Whats the news2p he asked OF
friend, when he had stepped upon the
platform and called hackman
Nothing, / believe; evorything's
quiet
mo scarlet fever Or diphtheria raging.
is therc2p
mo, not that I have heard. ?
The familiar scenes brought rest to
his mind. He looked back upon his
trip with . shudder, like one who
awakes and contemplates 3 nightmare
through which he has just passed.
'.Gocd night, he said, paying the
hackman "A light burning. Julia is
expecting me, be mused, ascending the
steps
4 CHASTITY face met him at the door,
A voice ii agony whispered: ..Oh,
George, our little girl is dead. 49, Louis
yille C0urier-.Journ0l