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A Legend of the Flight Into Egys,.

"Arise, and take the child and his mother
into Egypt" and they fled through the
solemn darkness of the night.
Tue pext day they came upon man SOW
ing, corn. Some mysterious influence at
tracted him to the travellers. From the
countenance OF the mother, or from the ear
nest eyes of the child she bore in her arms, a
softening gleain of grace descended into his
heart. He was very kind to .thenI and per.
mitted them to cross his field, and the young
mother, folding her bahe yet mere closely to
her heart, leaned forward, explaining to him
that they were pursued by enemies, "And if
they come this way" said the sweet, love
voice, "and ask il you have seen us -
II shall say you did not pass this way was
the eager interruption.
"Nay," said the blessed mother, "you must
speak only the truth. Say: They passed me
while was sowing this corn.'" r.
And the travellers pursued their journey.
The next morning the sower was amazed to
find that his corn had sprung up and ripened
iii the night. While he was gazing at it i'll
astonishment, Herod's officers rode up and
questioned him.
eyes, I saw the people of whom you speaks
said he. "They passed while was sowing
this corn"
Then the officers moved on, feeling sure
that the persons seen by the sower were not
the Holy family, for such fine ripe corn must
have been sown months before.
RUTH O'CoNNoR.
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"If all the mothers in the world were dying
that hard old pine would not care" said the
boy, bitterly. Let us 60 back into the val
ley, sister; there we will find good people,
with kind hearts, while here there is no one
to care for us"
"There is one who cares for us even here,"
cried the sister, spying the Christmas roses,
and in moment she had scraped away the
snow and plucked them. sWe had forgotten
the Christ child, and that tomorrow is His
birthday. Let US take the roses to the
church, and there pray that our mothers life
may be spared"
So they hastened down the mountain to the
village church. where they found the good
pastor busy trimming the altar for the Christ
mas festival He took tho flowers and put
them, with some feathery moss, into a tall
white vase. Then he knelt with tho children
and prayed for their mothers life, and tine
roses nodding on their stems smiled as though
the gift asked for were already granted.
When they returned home their father met
them at the door and exclaimed joyfully,
"The fever has turned and your mother is
better. Thank God"
The Christmas rose had fulfilled its destiny.
All, mel the black pine was right, We were
all made for a wise purpose, and We shall
learn what it is in Gods own good time
*The Christmas rose is not rose it belongs to
the family Hellebore, black Helebore, so called
from the color of its roots. Its large white
flowers are produced in winter, and it grows only
in cold climates. The flowers are white or tinged
with red
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-24

Then despair possessed the workmen;
When that toilsome day was done,
Mournfully they plodded homewardi
fingered there the Silent One.
How he labored in the starlight,
While cool night winds round him stirred,
While the world in silence slumbered,
Their is no recorded word. ("
But the first faint flush of sunrise
Showed the beam set in its place,
While the stranger met the workmen
With smile upon his face.
Speaking low, In accents gentle,
Like some distant anthems strain:
''Unless the Lord doth aid in building.
All the work of man is vain"
As the mists drift from a landscape.
Swept the dimness from their sight;
Knew they then twas Christ, the Master,
Who had labored through the night.
B. w
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CHRIST MAS.

Hang up the vine and the holly,
Sign the cross over the door,
That joy coming in with the Christmas,
May go from the place nevermore
Gather love gifts for the children,
Guard well the mystical way,
That tht, Christ child comes at the midnight
To bless with bright favors the day.
Bring in good cheer and be merry
Dance and ring out glad song;
The stars of Bethlehem desert
Looked down on Christ happy throns.
Go We in hovel and highway,
Guests to bring in to the feast;
Angels shall unawares greet ye
In those the world counteth as least.
Sound the sweet Christ loving anthem
Echoes will bear it on high
10 the angels made joyous forever
BY Christmas of love in the sky.
Bow down and worship tho spirit
OF the feast, the invisible Kings
Lo, He cometh in scarlet and purple
To gather worlds offering.
MARIE LIE BARON.
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THE LEGEND OF CHRIST CHURCH.

Near the southern coast of England,
Rising dark from hills of green,
An ancient church with Norman towers
By the sailors eye is SEEN
Seven centuries have written 5
Strangest stories on each stone,
Making thus a vast palimpsest
With rank ivy overgrown.
OF the legends, rarest, sweetest, .
Is the story of its birth,
When the mighty frame was lifted
Skyward from its native earth.
In the time of William Rufus,
Norman monks both brave and good,
Laid with zeal its strong foundations
For its timbers hewed the wood.
Day by day there labored with them
One who from the forest came;
No one knew his home or nation,
No one ever asked his name.
AS wild violets on the hillside
Bloom when southern winds have blown,
BY the deft blows of his chisel
Flowers sprang from solid stone.
And the woods felt all the magic
OF his gentle artist hand
Yielded shapes that filled with wonder
ALI the skillful Norman band.
When at eventide the master
Paid the wages of the day,
Needing not, the wondrous stranger
Wended to the hills his way
Then the puzzled workmen queried:
''Who is this, who asks no hire,
Yet whose perfect skill leaves nothing
Frt1est tlft could Ter desiFe::'' !
None gave answer to their question,
But as whirling mountain SHOWS
Heap great drifts among the gorges,
Steadily the church arose.
Till the hour came for placing
The great beam which spans the nave;
For its length the oak tree, bowling,
ALL his mighty fiber gave.
No oak on the hills of England
lowered so far above his kin
AS this monarch, strong, sound hearted,
Fit church walls to enter in.
All we all fall short in something.
Measured by the laws demand,
And the oak beam failed in inches
By the distance of hand.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from th
Foetoftce-whether directed to his anot herr
or whether he has subscribed or MOTIFS responsible
for the payment.
Q. 1t person orders his paper discontinued he
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will con.
tinue to send 1t until payment is made and collect th
office or not.
8. Thecourts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers periodicals from the Postofce or
removing and leaving them uRcalled for, 10 primo
focse evidence OF intentional fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the subscriber
hemittancee by draft check, money Order OF regis.
tered letter may Re sent at risk All Poetmaetere
are required to register letters ON application
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FnnlisI, Cnrnse.

Itwas at the morgue Three ladies, whose
dress and bearing showed them 10 be Of tha
so-ealled better class, were gazing sadly at the
body upon tbs marble slab. Two OF the
ladies. were certain that they were those Of
dear George The third was not wholly con-
vinsed She stepped forward TO make an
other examination aNo, girls, she Suddenly
exclaimed, lit IS not George. George. had
false teeth. The ladies departed. The at
tendant gave the corpse reproarhfnl glance
as he muttered: sYe euld fool, il red lips
yer mouth shut yea had foine funeral r.
Boston Transcript
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r,.. Great West Leads the wsrld.

Ttte Great West Leisus TUG w VAANs
II was at Fort Keogh one summer not
lang ago. when an explosion occurred IN
the boiler which blew it some distance irona
ihe fort into o swamp The men started
after ii. when they got there the mus
! {ouitoes were SO thick that it was impossible
70 work, The men got inside the boiler,
and the musauitoes punched their stingers
right r through the plated iron. The men
,,;echad the bills ON the inside and kept on
e.inehing them until hundreds and Il, hunarsas ass
Of gausquitoes we're fastened to ihe Doaier, +
'rhs Inen built q fire inside Of the boa.er 20
scare M the other mosquitoes, ami the latter
started TO fiy away ..,.s
10 Nv with the rest and actually carried the y
heavy boiler and the men out O @ sne wan y I'm
- ~ tris.t Is haul the boiler into the for6
IL How did they get yla 9f the Inasapisoss, ,s.
and and left them there ap-St Psal Glos's
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-24
THE SIGN DIVINE.

''Who knockss'' the waiting angel said
"What sign is thine!'
''In holy war my blood was shed,
From battles heat my soul has sped
That sign is mine"
II cannot bid the gate unfold
For sign like thine"
"To holy works gave my gold
Gave all-the sum was manifold
That sigu b mine"
'Thy works are grand hut thou hast not
The sign Divine I'D,
40 angel! have safely brought
The ieeord of the deeds wrought;
That sign is mlne.'' -
mot that Not that Thou must yet bring
..., A sign Divine.'' l
20 angel, angel, tell the King ,,rt. P ..
That for him gave everything;
-r That sign Is mime
''Thy life was pure but give thy Lord
His sign divina''
20 angel, angel! tell the Lord
That all my life taught His word :;
That sign is mine.''
"He knoweth all; but thou must make
The sign Divine"
10 angel! did gladly take
Great burdens on me for His sake
That sign is mine.''
20 waiting soul. thou hast not brought
The sign Divine"
'Sweet angel, for the Lord fought,
Yet at His gate have not got
His sign Divine"
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have hoped for her if her baby had lived"
said the doctor; and gave my child to you.
Can you not bear what have borne!
"Oh, Janet, my child, his words We're heal
ing, and tho sorrow that from that hour I
tried to bear was taken from mel"
At first when mother ceased speaking, the
world, and love, and life seemed TO me to be
blank and hollow, but ina few moments l
rose from my seat and kneeled at her knees.
"Oh, mother, dear-my father?'
ale died long ago. Janet, do you love
meio
"Then, as we kissed each other I knew that
in all our lives of happy love dear mother
and had never been SO near together.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-24
Another Lockout.

Editors Wife from second story Window
yon lon't get in this house at amy such hour
of the morning as this. "a
i Editor tappealingly But, my dear, i was
necsssarily detained at the Office You wee
we had late news OF tremendous big lockout
and sss4s &
Il Wife All right, you've got newsof another
now. slaninling down the window Cincin-
mart Telegram.
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Essablisiring . Precedent.

A woman ont in Kansas heard that her
neighbor had said that she was weak in viii
and exercised no discipline over her children.
She Immediately. called in. her boy frcns the
back yard and waiioped him So that his yells
could be heard bali q mile Then She felt
satisfied the ueighbars would pronounce tho
other q liar. -Shoe and Leather Reporter.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-12-24
!. Not ) Came Of Chance.

j Hotel Proprietor-We don't allow any
gamesof chance here
Gambler This ISN'T q game OF chance. MY
friend here has no chance. Chicago Ram
bier
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An Autumn Ditty.

The rays of old Sol lately down on US darted,
But his reign for d season Is Ger;
The flies and musqnitos at last have departed
And life is worth living once mere. IS II
q -Roston Courier IS
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RATES OF ADV YERTIsING.

Reqular advertising payable quarterly, as due.
transient advertising payable in advance.
Special Notices are so pei cent more than reg
uar advertisements.
local advertising, Is cents for the first Insertion:
10 cents per line for each succeeding insertion:
lines counted in Nonparicl measure.
Job Work payable on delivery.
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Job Wagon an4 Taafning.

haze s.t WAGON oh t4,e streets of Deer
Lodge dnrins ysortsing hogrs every day, aala
am prenaradto deliver Trunks or Packages
to and from anv residence promptly and at
reasonable ra,as Also do heavy tealning
and job Hauling at low rates Leave ohaeis
at A, Kieinschmidt & Co.'S.
SO9hf GEO. aUckhh'
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Water That Had Been scandal,xed

An artesian well was recently bored at Co
iumbus, Miss. and the water therefrom b
very cold and possesses rare chemical proper
ties. A city negro, with cup in his hand,
was standing at the well day or two ago,
when brother from the country jumped of
his wagon and asked for drink of the cele-
hrated water.
When the colored gentleman from the
country had swallowed the water hs snacked
his lips and said:
1Hi! that watah's good, shos yo' BON"
The other, with an air OF great Importance,
replied:
"ln course hits good; hits houn' ter be
good, fur hit comes 1900 feet from de under.
pinnin' of de yearth. am hits been scandal
ized by the besi gFnas from de state univer-
sity, an wat yo' think he says hits got In
hit?n
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| dunno. I'm sho. y

4Well, he says dere is ten grains oxhide gas,
ten grains cowbonic gas, ten grains foxforus
acid. an seventy grains hydrephobia In dat
watah, hits boun' to be good watah, sah ~
Youths Companion. tg 4s ga
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
A Chicago Ghost Story.

From the Chicago Journal.
A Chicago gentleman who is a prom.
inent operator on the Board OF Trade
and a vestryman in one OF our Epis-
copal churches, the other day related
an experience that fell under his own
observation. Some years ago" he
said, "my father, with whom lived in
an Iowa town, had a severe illness,
from which he was convalescin5 at the
time of the occurrence | am about to
relate. One evening on going to his
room he inquired where Levi Whiting
had gone | said that Levi Whiting,
who lived in our old home in Western
New York, had not been there, but
that he had been dreaming. He said
that Levi was there, that he had had
a good visit with him, and failed to
convince him that it was dream, oil
which | had no doubt at the time.
As far as we knew Levi Whiting was
in good health, but few days after
this we heard OF his death, and on get
ting the particulars it was found that
he had died in New York the same
hour of this occurrence in Iowa. NY
father was a member OF the Presbyte-
rian Church and an exemplary Chris.
tian, and, as far as know, never saw
a spiritualistic medium in his life, but
he always firmly believed that the
spirit of his old neighbor paid him a
parting visit before leaving for the ce-
lestial abodes."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
A Lass, A. Lass!
Rurdstts in BROOKLYN Eagle.

Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.
woman" says "Ouida," lis the
enemy OF freedom" True, most true.
She is apt to marry as soon as she
comes OF age. She is the dependent OF
parents and nurse in her cradle, in
bondage to her teachers all her school
days, slave of fashion from the day
she graduates until her wedding day,
after that she is ruled by her husband
or tyrannized over by her servants.
Then she is a servant unto her chil-
dren until they are sill married, after
which she is "bossed" by her sons
and daughters in law, and at last she
lives and dies in loving, gentle bond
age to the grandchildren who prattle
about her. Yes, indeed, it's little
enough of freedom d woman knows.
"Oh, you poor women" We heard
amid the chatter and clamor of'Van-
ity Fair" "0h, you poor secret mar
tyrs and victims, whose life is a tor
ture, who are stretched on racks in your
bedrooms, and you lay your heads
down on the block daily at the draw
ing-room table; every man who watch
es your pains, or peers into those
dark places where the torture is adj
ministered to you, must pity you
--and-thank God lie has a beard. :.
And SO, ii you properly tyrannize
over a woman, You will find ha'
p'orth of kindness act upon her, and
bring tears to her eyes, as though you
were an angel benetiting her."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
Wit and Humor.

Ii takes the imagination to enjoy
wit. 1t takes thought on the part o
the hearers as well as the speaker
Humor is plain, truthful description
of a humorous scene. Dickens Is q
truthful humorist. Baron Nun
chausen is all imagination. He is q
wit.
There was a startling instance o.
wit in the answer of Person when
some one said: Byron and Tenny
son and the modern poets, sir, will bt
read when Homer and Virgil are for
gotten" o
YES" said Person, "and not til
thenW
This witty answer has to be thought
over by the reader before the wit i:
seen.
Humor requires no especial imagin
alton. 1t is the truthful description
of some iAcident in real life, which has
happened. Humor is description o
what has been. Wit is the imagining
of what might be. Any little scene il
actual life, if described truthfully, viii
be humor.
Take the simple scene of two mar
ried women taking leave of each Other
at the gate on mild evening and de
scribe it truthfully and it will be hu
NOR. To illustrate, two women shake
hands and kiss each other over the
gate and then commences the CONVEX
sation:
GOOD byl'
"Good-by. Come down and see us
soon"
II will Good-by."
"Good-by! Don't forget to come
soon"
NO. won't. Don't you forget to
come up"
81 won't. Be sure and bring Sarah
Jane with you next timn."
81 will. I'd have brought her this
time, but she wasn't very well. She
wanted to come awfully."
Ibid she, now? That was too bad
Be sure and bring her next time"
81 will. And you be sure and bring
baby"
II will. l forgot to tell you that
he's cut another tooth"
"You don't say so! How many has
he now"
Five. Itmakes him awfully cross.
al dare say it does this hot wealth
err"
"Well, good-by! Don't forget tc
come down"
mo, | won't. Don't you forget &c
come up. Good-byi"
"Good-by" (louder.l
"Good-by" VERY loud
The above simple dialogue is pure
humor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
Eli Perkins ON Women Nasons

Eli Perkins IS a Royal Arch Mason,
and ut a Masonic celebration in Wash
inston he undertook to answer the
question, why Women Cannot be Free
Masons.
Women sometimes complain that
they are not permitted to enter the
lodge and work with the craft in their
labors, and learn all there is TO be
learned in the Institution. | will ex-
plain the reason. / learn that before
the Almighty had finished His work
He was in doubt about creating Eve.
The creation OF the living and creeping
things had been Accomplishments and the
Almighty had made Adam. who was
the first Mason, and created for him
the finest lodge in the world, and cali
ed it Paradise No. 1. Laughter. He
then called all the beasts of the field
and fowls of the air TO pass before
Adam, for him to name them, which
that no confusion might thereafter
arise from Eve, who He knew
would make trouble if she was allowed
TO participate in it, il He created her
beforehand Adam. being fatigued
with his first task fell asleep, and when
he aw6ke found Eve in the lodge with
him. Adam, being senior warden,
placed Eve as the pillar OF beauty in
the south, aud they received their in
structions from the Grand Master in
the east, and when finished, she imme-
diately called the craft from labor 70
reireshment. Instead OF attending 70
the duties OF her Office as she ought
she left her station, violated the obi.
cation; and let in an expelled Mason,
who had no business there; and went
around with him, leaving Adam to
look after the Jewels. This fellow had
been expelled from the grand lodge,
with several Others, some time before
Finding that Eve was no longer
trustworthy, and that she had eaus
ed Adam to neglect his duty, and had
let one in whom he had ex'
PEELED, the Grand Master closed the
lodge and turned them out, setting a
faithful tyler to guard the door with
a flaming sword. Adam repented o.
mis- folly and went TO work like mar
and a good Mason, in order to get re
instated again. Not so with Eve
She got angry about it, and commenced
raising Cain, and did it again when
she got Abel. Laughter.l Adam, on
account OF his reformation. was per
mitted to establish lodges and work in
the degrees, and while Eve was allow.
ed 20 join him in his works OF charity
on the outside, she was never again
permitted to assist in the regular work
of the craft. Hence the reason why a
woman cannot become an inside Ma
son.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
How to Begin a Letter.
BOSTON Record.

Boston Record
1t is maintained with a good deal
of vigor by some newspaper writers,
chiefly women who have submerged
all their life in their profession and
who have left themselves very few in
dividual relations, that nobody writes
letters nowadays. Men do not write
letters, it is true, unless they are in
that brief period which makes up the
existence OF the sutton. But women
have by no means given over entirely
the art epistolary, ssnd there is a word
to be said about tho form OF the mod
ern letter OF intimate friendship. 1t
is scarcely worth while in this day OF
expressed cordiality to begin a letter
for a person to whom one writes very
often In the conventional manner.
The division of the paper and the my
dear friend" on separate line does
very we'll for all the courtesies OF cor
respondence which are outside the pale
of close ties OF family OF affection.
But it is coming to be more the fash
ion, born OF kindlinsss, to begin with
a cheerful, informal sentence in which
the "My dear or the name OF the
person to whom one is writing appears.
There are, ofcourse, grades ofintimacy
in which this way IS impossible; for
example. il should never be used in
addressing a person much older than
ones self. or Younger person who
has not the power 70 recognize the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-28
The Most DenseIy Populated
Portion of the Earth.

Iron.-It has been for long time
asserted and believed that the island
OF Barbados. with 165 square miles,
and population of It's, 900, which Is
.054 persons to the square mile. was
the most densely inhabited portion of
the earth's surface. From a commu
nication of Mr. John Worthington,
the consul OF the United States at Va
letta, Malta, it appears that in the
matter OF density OF population Bar
BADGES must yield the palm to Malta.
That island contains % square miles
OF surface, and contains la, 500 in
habitants exclusive OF the British
garrison and visitors and non-resi-
dentsl, which is an average of l 500
TO the square mile. The city OF Va
letta contains great plethora ofpop-
ulation, its area being 0.31S square
mile, and its population 24S54, a
population of rs, 157 10 the square
mile There is one specially populous
quarter OF Valetta, known as the
Manderaggio, the area OF which is
0.0o4 square mile, or 2.56 acres,
wherein dwell Q. 544 persons-a pro-
portion of 636, 000s souls to the square
mile II we exclude the one-third OF
the island which is unsuitable for cul-
tIvation and the area occupied by
buildings, the population OF Malta
reaches the large number of2, cooper
sons to the square mile.