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Two grand concerto afternoon and
evening. Trains leave the foot OF Court
street every thirty minutes, commencing
at 2 and : o'clock pm. Round trip 10
cents. General admission 10 cents.
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wuRrzDvRoER's Rheumatic Eminent.
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The Senator'S Dog.

From the New York Tribune.
Senator Kenna, and Senator Blackburn
are great sportsmen, as every one knows.
Each is the owner OF a pointer, the relative
merits OF which they are frequently en-
gagged in discussing in the cloak-rooms Of
the Senate, much 10 the annoyance OF their
more staid colleagues. The other day
Kenna said to Blackburn, lighting fresh
cigar:
"Joe, you may talk rs much as you like
about your dog, but mine won't 60 out
with me when the cartridges don't tit my
gun"
An audible smile went around the room
and everybody thought; well, for once,
Joe Blackburn has been beaten at his own
game. The junior senator from Kentucky,
however, was equal 10 the occasion. He
lookedat Kcnna for minute and then
quietly remarked:
"Well, Kenna, admit that your dog
exhibits an intelligence almost akin 10
reason, but / don't mind backing mine
against him. i was in the fields one day
with that dog, and man / was not ac-
quainted with came along near us. My
dog pointed at him. i called 10 that dog,
but nothing would induce him 10 move.
So went up 10 the stranger.
"'Sir. said, would you obligc me
| with your manner
Certainly replied the Stranger my
name is Partridge"
Without another word Kenna took
| Blackburn's arm and both disappeared
| In the direction OF the Senate restaurant,
followed by the shouts OF their friends.
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LINENS AND DoMrsrIcs.
Carefully Note the Prices.

Fruit OF the Loom, Lonsdale, Gem OF
the Spindle, Flower OF the Valley, Mason.
vile and Androscoggin blcachcd domcs.
ties you know the brands
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choice Photograph.
Al billiards, over Floyd 4 Moneys.
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For sale Cheap.

JET PALACE wants money.
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Pine Watches, Etc.
AZ your own prices at Mulford's auction
sale.
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JET PALACE public sale.
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Another fine Front.

JEr PALACE wants money.
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READ Jet Palace new AL.
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BARGAINS IN rARAsous

Aud Parasol lace Covers.
100 silk Umbrellas, Gold and silye
Heads, at sl.76.
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Table on cle,h. Tasle on CIe,h.

We will again ofior 200 pieces best quail.
ity Table oil Cloth IN beautiful colos, also
white marble, eycrybodys price, 35c.;
Among the stock Of Dry Goods VIC pur-
chased OF Mr.. Isaac Humphrey for 40c. on
tho dollar, We found lot OF satin lined
toietboxc we will givc.them away, free
Of charge. tomorrow, 10 ladies' calling for
them. They are " inches long, and will
be found very useful.
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Notions. Notions. Motions.

Pearl Ball Buttons, plain and orna.
mental, l0c, elsewhere, 25c per dozen.
Fancy Ball Buttons. all colon, &c per
dozen. Pearl Buttons, all sizes, 2ic per
dozen. Best Rubber Dress Shields, DC,
worth zoe per pair. silk Gloves, black and
colorcd, 25c per pair ladies' Dusters,
75c, worth Sl.60. White Aprons, our In.
yinciblo six.tuck aprons, l5c; beware OF
poor limitations. 100 pieces Carpet In II
ward lengths, zoe, suitable 70 wrap Ice In.
balance Of our best fancy Mating, all ai
i2lc per yard. Extra bargains In floor Oil
Cloths.
shoes, SHOES, slippers
5000 pairs sample Shoes and Slippers,
oil Of the very best make, for less than
half price.
All shoes costing from $3.50 tos2 wewill
sell at 81 per pair.
All shoes costing from 81 10 $3.50 we viii
cell at Sl.25 per pair.
An shoes costingirom % 10 $3.50 VIC will
sell At si.75 per pair.
Ladies' hand .scwcd French Kid Toe
slippers at DOC, worth il.5o per pair.
At TIM
FIRE SALVAGE COMPANY.
zoo nsss street.
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ron BARGAINS THIS WEEK

Dom, fail 10 call at the popular house Of
l. GOLDSMITH g. BRO,
AS MAIN stree, aud y, aud N Bea,e
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Christmas Reunions.

1t is a day when everyone who has
had home and has one no longer is re-
united to the vanished home and the
loved ones that made it 50 dear, wheth-
er they still linger here or have passed
beyond. It is a day when these who
never had a home are united in visions
to an ideal home, a place where the
heart MAJ rest and find peace. Ii is a
day when parents love to gather round
them all their children and grandcbjld
rem, and rejoice with them over the
great gift of God to the world, and in
the multiplied mercies and blessings
which that gift includes.
Not all are able to give golden gifts,
or gifts bought with gold. But who is
so poor that on coming Cbristmay Day
he may not bestow pleasant word On
some Que poorer than himself ? Who
is 50 downcast that he may not give q
token Of sympathy to some fellow NOR
tai in distress, smile Of friendly re-
cogn1tion to some forlorn one ? Even
cup OF cold water given in the name
of a disciple shall not lose its reward.
God give yon merry Christmas.
And bright and glad New Year:
abundant health, sufficient wealth.
Firm friends your day to cheer;
i trusting heart that knows no art,
Aud soul that knows no fear.
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|" Christmas Box, y

There may be some boys and girls at
the present day who have not heard of
the once famous but expensive and
burdensome practice of giving Christ
mas Boxes" but the time was when
every servant and underling looked up
on the Christmas Box as something he
bargained for on entering upon his
situation. 1t .gas given on the day after
Christmas, which day was for this reason
not inappropriately called Boxing
Day." When or where the practice
originated is not known, but it fingered
longest in LONDON. These presents
called Christmas Boxes were given by
masters to servants, tradesmen and
apprentices. Housekeepers were sup
posed to give them to the clerks IN
shops, and the shop-keepers to the ser
wants of their customers. The practice
is referred to III the following poem:
..Gladly the boy, with Christmas Box in hand.
Throughout the town his devious route pur-
sues; s5
And, of his masters customers implores
The yearly mite; often his cash he shakes;
The which, perchance, of coppers few consists,
Whose drlcet jingle fills his little soul with
JOY"
The practice at last became such an
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christmas In ireland.

ALI the relatives Of an Irish family
assemblies at the house of the head"
OF sometimes at that of the ''most we'll.
to-do member" and keep up the time
with wit and wassail. congratulations
ON the success Of the year, and words
Of comfort 70 those who may have fallen
in fortune; while the young exhibit
their gifts and boxes, sing, dance and
amuse themselves with their healthy
i,ilarity. Inextricably mingled with the
delight Of the Irish home and heart as
such and every other festival, are
thoughts and feelings which have in-
spired one Of the most beautiful and
touching Of modern ballads by Martin
McDe1mott, Of which the opening will
be sufficiently suggestive:
''When round the festive Christmas or by the
Christmas hearth,
That glorious mingled brought ia poured
wine melody and mirth!
When friends long absent tell, low toned their
joys and sorrows o'er.
And hands grasp hands, and eyelids Fill, and
lips meet lips once more,
OH in that hour, 'twere kindly done, some
woman's voice would say,
Forget not those who're sad to-night-poor
exiles far away"
On the day succeeding Christmas, St
Stephens day, numbers proceed from
house to house soliciting contributions
toward the burying OF the wren; T" in
fact, the getting up Of the merry max
ing at night time. They carry wren in
rustic wicker cage, CT a branch of pine
decked with ribbons, and sing:
| '',fhe wren, the king of all birds,
||An ST Stephens Day was caught in the furze,
Although he is little, mis- honor is great
| Rise up landlady, and give us g. treat.
Up with the kettle and down with the pan,
A penny Or two-pence to bnsy the wren;
Your pocket full OF money and your barrel full
Of beer,
T wish you merry Christmas aud happy
New Year.
at night bonfires are blazing in front
Of the house or inn where the "wren
boys" and their friends meet, and there
is considerable capering, toasting and
love making, both in and out Of doors.
The aIlusion to the wren being the king
of all birds involves q story common to
the legends Of Germany and other
countries as we'll as those il ireland.
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into]erable nuisance that shop keepers
rebelled and stuck a notice IN their
windows announcing that no Christ
mas boxes would be given, aud in 1886
the Secretary Of State for Foreign AT
fairs issued q circular to the different
embassies asking for discontinuance
Of the customary gifts to all the ser
wants in connection with the govern
ment Offices. Since then, though the
custom has not died out, it has been
greatly curtailed, and now for the most
part confined to giving presents to
children or to near relatives.
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MsrrE Christmas.

merry Christmas" merry Christ
mas" will on Tuesday, 25th inst, be
heard or al, siees--ln ali homes, humble
Or high-in all sorts Of voices, little
lisping, childish treble, soft and low,
wonanly, deep manly, and "shri!l, pi-
ping and whistiins' of old age.
Throughout Christendam this or it's
equivalent will be heard from The r,s-
ING ct the sun, and long before it, un-
til it's going down, and long after, dur
ing the whole day, from a second after
tWenty"four O'Clock in the morning uu-
ii! second afte1 twe.lty-four O'Clock
at night. Some naughty youngsters
will stay awake in order 10 surprise one
another at the earliest possible moment,
and viii anticipate Christmas IN eager
nass to be first, even if they do not sac
relisiously put OF the clocks FIVE min
istes Or 80. In tho early morning, too,
lohg before daylight III these dark win
ter days, mothers aud fathers, tired af
ter their work On Christmas tree or at
she stockings. will be awakened with
kisses and huggings, sentimentally
warm, though perhaps not 30 according
to Fahrenheit. '<The little nuisances!''
Such things could never happen in we'll
regulated households, Of course, but
bat whose household is well regulated
at Christmas ? Christmas upsets the
proprieties. Sonls Of the little rogues
will get uE lulImomptu waits" and in
the warm house will stand at the door
OF fathers room singing as much as
they CAN remember OF yer ses approprl.
ate to the event.
1t the thoughtIess father has put
drums and trumpets and whistles and
toy pistols in his boys stockings, and q
VIOLIN and Z. harp or some other fash
iOnaOle Instrument in the stockings of
the girls, lie will have some impromptu
Wagnerian orchestral effects at short
range. What merr;ment, too, what
Jokes, what surprises over the gifts
The relief from the secret keeping,
which has simply transformed an inno-
cent family into a nest of mysterious
conspirators, is immense; and the
stories OF how "You came right into
the room and saw me at it, or II did
it under your very nose, and you neve,
SUSPECTED IT. are told, and t he listener
has to hide the fact that she knew it all
along" Fiom early mora till noon,
what blessed moments for all good
Catholics f!
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Up AND DOWN IN LIFE.

Twas Christmas Eve--tile eleighbells humnl
Their tnre Of rnirth aud Joy,
When, cold and hungry, wandered forth
A little beggar boy;
The drifting snowtlakes chilled his brow
brow serenely mild.
But few remarked the beauty Of
Ahonleless loeggar child.
On, on he sped, each passer-by
Regardless of his tears
Regardless of the want that there
Enbittered childhoods years
Regardless OF the breaking heart
Within that little form,
The naked teet, the frozen hands,
Exposed to winter storm.
And would he ask again for help,
So often asked before?
No wonder then, he sobbine said,
oh! why am SO poor1
Why did mother leave her pet
And 70 beyond the sky?
And Nellie, too-oh! how : wish .
That I, like them, might die
''For we'll know they feel no cold,
They want no bread to eat.
Nor kIow bow hard 1t Is to beg :
For pity in the street:
And Santa Claus, wonder what
Has SO much changed his mind
When mother and sweet Nellie lived,
!. He used to be 80 kind. 81
He used to bring US nice warm clothes .;55
And good things otthe best, II. s3t55
,pBut Oh! I'm growing colder still.
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Christmas Dinner.
Now good digestion wait on appetite,

Now good digestion wait on appetite
And health on both
No other festival is go universally cell
ebrated throughout Christendon as is
Christmas, aud no festival carries with
it quite such q spirit Of juyousness
apart from its own Inherent reasons for
ioyousness. Century after century
poetry and art have been adding to the
associations of the Christ chiAd's day
new and beautiful conceptions and as
sccations more than making up for the
gradual dropping off of the grosser ira
dltions when THE mightiest ale was
broached and the boar's head grimly
stared" as the ''wassail cup" went
round.
But if there is less s'wassail" the an
nual feast known as the Christmas din
ner remains an interesting feature in
the programme of the days celebration.
There is less novelty in modern
Christmas fare than in any other yearly
feast except THANKSGIVING. The time
honored mince pie ranks first as stand
ard Christmas dessert, although plum
pudding may take it's place, When both
are not provided.
In place OF the bears head and stout
sirloin, we long ago adopted that na-
tional bird, the turkey, which in the
past few years has given way in some
households is the goose.
For the housekeeper it is an agreea-
bic fact that the preparation for the
Christmas dinner can be made 50 long
in advance. The apples for the mince
pies, for instance, may early be select
ed for peeling, and the fatted heifer
killed for suet and mea.. This relieves
the preparations that under any circum
stances will pile up as the day ap-
prOaChes.
A standard receipt for mince pies:
Select from the round three pounds OF
beef-it is best not to have it fat-and
boll it in water enough to cover it.
Smoked tongue is a valuable ingredient
to add with less Of the beef. Chop fine
and mix with it three pounds of suet,
four pounds of apples, four pounds
stoned raisins, two pounds Of currants,
one pound Of cltron, a quarter Of a
ponnd each of lemon and orange peel,
the juice of four oranges and four lem
ons, four pounds Of csftee sugar. two
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I. a. s.

The meaning of the Letters I. Fl. S.
That question has often been answered;
but it may be said that the precise
meaning of the letters 1. H. 5. has
been a matter OF much dispute. Some
contend that the monogram means lat
least that it's letters are the initials of
Jesus uominum Salvador esus,
the Saviour of men-others that they
are the initials of 81 have suffered u
The truth, however, is that they are
the first three letters of our Saviour'a
sacred name in Greek ''IHSOUS." and
that as such they were commonly en-
ployed as sacred device on the Chris
tian tombs during the days of persecu-
tion. They are yet to be seen inscribed
in many places in the Roman cata-
combs. The interpretation 'Jesus, the
Saviour of Men," originated with st.
Bernardine of Vienna In l443. and hap.
pened in this way: The saint had oc-
casion to reprove a certain man for sell
iug cards with dangerous devices
stamped upon them. The man said
that he could not cain living in any
other way, but if ST. Bernardine would
suggest anything, the cards with the
dangerous devices would ne abandoned.
Thereupon the saint recommended the
letters /. II. S., saying that they stood
for Jesus, Hominum Salvator,-Jesus.
the SAVIOUR of men," They were at
once adopted and their success was
complete.
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Tie Irish Dominicans.

The Dominioans were established in
Dublin in 122244, and have held uninttr.
rupted possession for more than 600
years. In the beginning Che Cister-
clans shared with them their goods,
and gave site tor a church or monas-
terry on the ground new occupied by
the Four Courts, running up Church
street, and extending to Ormond quay.
These buildings were destroyed a. cen-
tury later in a confsgration that raw
aged greater portion Of the city, but
were restored yery soon after. During
the 1nyasion of ireland by The Bruce
in 1913, the Church and Priory Of the
Douluicans were levelled in order that
they might not afford protection to the
invaders, but when The Bruce retired
they were again built by the citizens.
From that year until 1886 the Domini-
cans lived in peace. In 1884 Henry
VIII. declared himself head Of the
Church, and by Act of Parliament con-
fiscated ali the ecclesiastical property
Of Ireland; thus commencing that
fierce prosecution that ragged with such
violence for 800 years. The Church
and Priory of the DominicaDs were
converted in the Kings Inns, and the
Four Courts arose On the spots hal
lowed by the labors Of our Fathers in
the Faith. Driven from their homes,
but not from the city, they settled
down in Cook street, and remained
there until fercer prosecution arose,
and at length they were obliged to
abandon it. In the last century they
again got a footing in Bridge street,
and finally removed to the old Church
aud House in Denmark street. For
more than twenty years the Fathers
have been laboring to complete the
Church of St. Sayiour's, and with the
aid of kind benetactors. they have sue
ceeded. They now propose to erect q
priory worthy of their ancient trad-
tions. The corner stone Of the new
building was blessed few years ago
by the Most Rev. DIR. DonDelly. Bishop
of Canea. The work is progressing
favorably, and, although large debt
has accumulated, the Fathers hope to
shortly complete their object with the
assistance of their friends. -s%
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through, don't swear at the stockings
Darn 'em. darn 'em

There used to be superstition that
the luck that happened to one during
! the week between Christmas and the
first day of the coming year was fav-
orable or ominous provision Of ones
fortunes during that year.
| We can get along without William
Tell, we can spare Pocahontas, but we
cannot dispense with Santa Claus. Al
ways the fancy Of the chlllren will hear
the patter OF his reindeer boots upon
the roof as they lie waiting for Christ
mas dawn.
There is {! pretty superstition much
in vogue among the young, that those
who plight their troth to each ether on
Christ mas day will be happy in their
children thereafter. As Christ was
sinless, so their sons will be good and
their daughters pure.
Christmas IS only Sad when it is sci
fish, and that is what it ought never to
be with any of Us, child or man, and it
is what it will not be if we but Yemen.
Der, that the first Christmas gift, like
the first Christmas soug, was and is for
every one of us. Freely ye receive,
freely give.
Beautiful and right it is that gifts aud
good wishes should fill the air like snow
flakes at Christmas tide. And beauti-
ful is she year in it's coming and in It's
going-most beautiful and blessed be-
cause it is always the Year OF Our
Lord.
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christmas i,ecora tons.

The commop practice Of decorating
houses at Christmas is custom bor-
ruved from the Druids. They believed
that the Sylvan deities might flock to
the evsrgreens and remai1 uninjured
by frost till the warmer season returned,
The most common eyergreans used for
decoration purposes were holly, ivy,
rosemary. bay, laurel and n,istletoe.
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| And something pains my breast
Alas! poor child, tbs hunger's pain,
| Assisted bv the cold
But see! he meets muf3ed form,
| And soon his want is told.
"Go home, you little rascal, 80,
| Go home and go to bed!
This is all the orphan gained,
Harsh words instead Of bread.
I; Twas strange to see the bitter scorn
! Those infant lips expressed,
The agony, the throbbing Of
That little manly breast.
| To see the shadows on that brow,
Before SO fair and mild,
But soon the pearly tcardrops came,
Again he was child:
For when the tempter whispered low
a bitter word profane,
His mothers face beamed on her child.
He heard her voice again.
But OH it was holy sight
Forgetting all his care,
He wept repentance, Offering Up
To Christian humble prayer;
Els knelt upon the fallen Snow.
That mortal ne er had trod,
And angels bore his lisping prayer
Ir triumph to their God.
=
Again it's Cnristmas Eve, again
The sleighbells speak Of joy.
But years have passed, and with them. too,
The little beggar boy;
There stand the same old tree that ne'er
Refused from storm to save
'Twas there he 1nelt, r pleading child,
When earth no pity gave.
But now noble, well-wrapped form
Is hurryipg along,
As anxious to regain his home
AS any in the throng
But stops and turns to look at ono
A. bent and shrivelled form,
An aged man, in Christian land.
Out begging in the storm.
He cutched the young man b. the ar1o~-
''O],! sir, some pity take,
Think thou upon my poor old age.
And help for mercy sake.''
Go home, you aged rascal, go,
Go home and go TO bed,
This. sir is all have to give,
Harsh words instead Of bread
That poor, old man, a single tear
Relied down his withered cheek,
His bursting heart forbade the words
His feltering tongue would speak;
he thought Of happy days gone by.
Of loving onces now gone,
Then turned FROM hear.lass man, to die
Unpitied and alone.
stop. stop, old man, did not mean
TO add insult to wac,
F,ut tell me. has thy memory failed
Dost remenber long ago?
'Twes OF. Il Chi jst1nas Eye like this.
Thy lot was hope ana JOY.
But coldly, harshly did'st thou treat
a homeless beggar boy,
Bat TOW forget, forgive, and come
Where plenty eer hath smiled,
Where lo7ine hearts viii g1eet as both.
My wife and darling child
4 shade Game DER the old mans face.
DuS twas q shade Of joy,
And bending lu7v hie aged form,
Re blessed the beggar boy.
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WISCONSIN,.

Thomas Dorgan, who had been suf-
fering for q long time with coLsump-
tion, died at his home in Hudson on the
7th inst. Deceased was well and favor.
ably known in that locality, having
passed his boyhood in Hudson. The
remains were buried in Saltwater. He
leaves. wife and one child. :s3s 81
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MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY
The Great Festival SO Univer
Sally Celebrated Throughout
Christendom.
ABOUT THE "CHRIsTMAs Box"

The Festival in lreland-Word Of
Comfort and Heartfelt
Congratulation.
CHRISTMAS.
For the Irish Standard.
Oh mother earth, your whitest mantle
Draw around your bosom now;
Brightest stars come forth and twinkle.
Making diamonds in the snow.
Pale, cold moon shine in thy splendour
From the hlne eupyreal height;
Flood this world Of sin and sadness
With fair streams OF silvery light.
For has not the heavens stopped earthward
With its treasure, with It's king?
Sing my soul the soo. of gladEess
That tbs blessed angels sing.
Glorie in exe]cis Deo
Loudly swell the glorious strain,
That prnciaiyns the Earth expectant
Ea,ems Prince h.,s come to reign.
GARNER.