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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

the jumping-jack, andre, that
wasn't it! l am to paint Bertha-no,
Pm sure I don't remember what he
did tell me to do, but here is the
candy and here are the paints!''
You see that he had forgotten all
about what he came for. Wasn't
that just like a boy?
just then wicked thought came
to the jumping-jack. He winked his
one eye at the little blue mouse, as
much as to say, "You help me out in
this story and I'll make it all right
with you" Then the jumping-jack
said to the boy, 81 know all about
this, and tell you what to do. The
box OF candy is for me, and you are
to paint Bertha. You'll find her in
the crib over there. Put some red
stripes and yellow buttons on her,
and don't forget to give her new
purple left eye"
"That's rightv' squeaked the little
blue mouse.
The old clock was so surprised that
it could only say "tick-tock, tick
tock," over and over again, and
these "tick- tocks'' were SO sad that
tears of sorrow filed the eyes of the
needles in the work-basket on the ia
BILE.
The boy was foolish enough to be-
lieve the wicked jumping.jack. So he
handed over the box of candy, and
! then-oh horribie!-he went to the
crib and painted red stripes and yell
low buttons all over poor little
Bertha, and, having done that, he
painted one of her beautiful blue eyes
(the left one) an awful purple! Then
he tied a string to her, and climbed
up the chimney again.
The jumping jack thought it was q
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

orally known. l think not. The cleo.
trio piano plays just as we'll as can
possibly be done with hands and fin
gers, and all the expires sion and all
the accuracy are there. But never
theless it is not the skilled pianist
with intelligent fingers and sympa-
thetic face who is producing the mu-
sic, and one listens to it with a dis
tinct feeling that something is lack
ing. One wants to see the person
who is making the music. The in
vention, | suppose will be used large
ly in concerts, where several pianos are
needed and good time must be kept,
and it may do much good in teach
ing. But nothing mechanical can
ever take the place of the trained pi-
ano Observation-Disclosures in st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

peeped out from under the wardrobe.
"Squea-ea-eak! and l don't like
Bertha either!" she said.
'"Tick-tock. tick-tock!'' said the old
clock, land why don't you like Ber-
tina, Mistress Blue Mouse?"
"She frightens me-" answered the
little blue mouse, "and she pets the
horrid old cat. No, l could never
like child that keeps such bad COM
pany. Depend upon it, no child that
keeps company with cat ever came
to any good end-squea-ea-ea-eak!'
Now, while the old clock and the
jumping-jack and the little
blue mouse talked together,
Bertha lay fast asleep in her
little crib, and the old clock and
the jumping-jack and the little blue
mouse were still talking and Bertha
was still fast asleep when there came
the sound OF Sleigh bells and then
the noise of some slipping down the
chimney.
But instead of Santa Claus there
came out OF the chimney and stood
on the hearth very fat and very
sleepy-looking boy. He wore fur
clothes and fur cap, and the first
thing he did was to yawn.
you're not Santa Claus, are you?"
asked the jumping-jack.
"Of course he isn't!'' said the old
clock. 81 know Santa Claus for I've
seen him twenty times!'
"No, Pm Santa Claus boy" said
the boy; and then he yawned again,
for he was very sleepy.
"What on earth are you doing
here at this time of night?" asked
the jumping-jack.
"Why, father was SO busy" said
the boy, chat he sent me down here
with this box of candy and this box
of paints. One of them is for-let
me see-he said to give the candy to
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
"I'm waiting for Santa Claus" an.

'1'm waiting for Santa Claus" an
swered the jumping-jack.
waiting for Santa Claus!" laughed
the old clock; "why, you don't sup
pose Santa Claus is going to bring
you anything, do your"
II need it bad enough" said the
jumping-jack; II fell into the wash
basin three weeks ago, and by the
time l was pulled out and dried 1
lost all the beautiful red stripes and
yellow buttons off my coat; and this
left eye of mine faded from a lovely
purple into a dirty lavender. Ihave
been the sickest jumping-jack in town
ever since"
ooh, pshaw!'' said the old clock;
Handsome is that handsome does;
tick tockP'
"But l shall be all right in the
morning." said the jumping Jack,
'for my little mistress Bertha put me
here by the fire tonight, and whisper
ed up the chimney, please. Santa
Claus, bring a new eye and new suit
of clothes for jumping-jack, and
please, Santa Claus, bring me nice
big box of candy"
$50 you like Bertha, doyou?" ask
ed the clock.
mo, not very much" said the
jumping-jack; "she dropped me in the
wash-basin, you know, and then, too.
she makes me jump when l don't
want to. Last week she pulled me
so hard that the string broke.'
"Sque-ea-ea-eak!' said another
small voice, and the little blue mouse
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
A Lucky Dozen.

How is it that Santa Claus knows
SO we'll what boy would like best
for a Christmas present?
Certainly, nine times out of ten, if
Santa were a boys own father, he
could not make a better guess
Not only is it so in one house, but in
nearly every house in town. Not
only on one Christmas but a dozen
Christmases. year after year!
There had been beautiful winter
"a perfectly elegant winter" Jack
Burns said, "cold as Greenland;
steady, right along" and the ponds
were frozen hard, two feet thick.
splendid, hard, steel-blue ice. OF
course, it being that kind of winter.
and Santa Claus always knowing
what is appropriate, he did the right
thing. There were twelve bows on
the street, and he came around
Christmas Eve with twelve pairs of
skates.
1t was great surprise-it always
is, you know. And somehow before
breakfast everybody of the twelve
knew that every other boy of the
dozen had new pair of skates, too.
and there was an appointment made
to meet down at Long Pond.
As they were nice boys, they invited
their sisters to go along and wear
the new mittens and furs and hoods
So a general. public. Christmos ~.
was kept down on Long Pond.
Ihere was big fire on the bank.
and there was a hot lunch, and there
were races. and flourishes and names
cut, and finally a grand platoon.
skate, the whole lucky twelve abreast
Then Jack Burns skated out ahead
ana cut Long live Santa ClausV'
Dlck Jones sang out: "Three cheers
Tor Santa Claus!" and the fathers
mothers looked as pleased as thomch
inc rousing salute had been for them
Sara E. Farman. '"7"'
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Difficulty Easily Surmounted


Francis Nautet, the Belgian, who
undertook to travel from Brussels to
Paris in a conveyance drawn by a
couple of handsome dogs, was pass
ing through Louvroll, a small coun-
try town in the departmental u Nord,
when the mayor, on the strength of
the Grammont law against cru
city to animals, forbade him to pro-
coed. Mr.. Nautet thereupon had re-
course to a capital expedient for
overcoming the mayors scruples.
He packed his dogs into the cart and
dragged the conveyance through the
town himself, When he had got
clear OF the boundary of the town
ship, the Belgian exchanged places
with the dogs, and completed his
trip to Paris without any further
Northumberland Exchange.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
TODAY.

o night of nights! o night
Desired of man so long!
The ancient heavens fed forth in light
To sing thee thy new song;
And shooting down the steep,
To shepherd folk OF old.
An angel, while they watched their sheep
Set foot beside the fold.
1t was so long ago:
But God can make in now,
And as with that sweet overflow,
Our empty hearts endow,
Take, Lord, these words outworn,
Oh, make them new for aye,
Speak-"Unto you child is born"
Today-today today! Jean lngeiow
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
Giving Gifts.

Christmas comes at time of year
when poverty is most biting and
most desolate. Happily, it comes
before the severest weather ofwinter,
when well-considered charity is most
-effectual and goes farthest. A good
Barrel of -four, slowed snugly away
in the corner of widows pantry
about three O'Clock in the afternoon
of the Oath of December, will keep
small family from being very hungry
untilearly in the spring, particularly
If it is supplemented by barrel OF
meal and big bag Of potatoes.
This is also the time of year when
something solid and stanch in the
way of a shawl, or an overcoat, or a
pair of thick blankets warns the soul
and body of a person who has rel
ish for comfort by shivering through
November and December halfclad.
Such things convey to the person
who really needs them, and who
has needed them long, a sense of
Happiness that we may truly call ex-
,quisite. That windy corner, which
used to wrap him closely round about
with misery, he laughs at now, as he
buttons the top button of his new
coat; and she who shuddered with cold
and apprehension, as she lay awake
listening to the northern blast, now
regards it not, for her warm blankets
have given her sleep.
There was an old gentleman in
Maine who had an original taste in
Christmas gifts. He observed that
nothing was so likely to go for a
song at a spring auction as the
shabby old stove which had been the
family's best friend during the long
winter He often made the only bid,
and SO would frequently buy a very
,serviceable old. stove for about it's
value as old iron.
Then about Christmas-time, or be-
fore, as he went his rounds among
poor families, he ascertained the pre-
else spots where an old stove would
do the most good, and he distributed
his acquisition accordingly.
Reader, unless you have been your
self very poor, or unless nature has
endowed you with sympathetic i'm
.agination of great power, you can
form no idea of the difference made in
an impoverished home by putting in
to it good stove in the place of a
bad stove. The kind old collector
knew it, felt it, realized it, and thus
was often enabled by an expenditure
of a dollar or two to give seven
months comfort to a deserving fam
lily.
Giving gifts is a beautiful but diff
cult art. The fullest purse may fail
in it; the leanest may make the love-
Hest hits. 1t is an art that requires
thought, knowledge, experience, and
these guided and inspired by good
nature. Though the poor we always
have with us, yet Christmas, by the
common consent of Christendom, is
the season when the gift of giving
should be universally exercised.
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the door and, closing it after him,
cried "Confound it!' when ne STUN
bled over a chair in the darkness.
care you there, Helen?
eyes, Will"
owe told purse not to come up yet
awhile. wish to speak toyou about
something" The voice was q little
harsh; if it had not been harsh IL
would have trembled.
eyes, Will"
81 want to tell you what's come
over me the last few months. ldont
believe you really know.
She buried her face in the golden
curls. ooh, no, no, no." she said.
"But man ought not to keep
things from his wife," Will blurted
out. 1--WE been intending to tell you
this long while, and tonight / must"
ooh, don't!" she pleaded. Was she
going to tell her that he had been I'M
true to his babies mother? No, no,
no, not while the babies were there.
s.Tell me after a while, Will; not
here with one of them in the cradle
and the other on my knee"
II thought you we're Drawer than
YOU are, Helen, / used to think you
were very brave, but you've shown
me during the past months that
you're like most other women"
She looked up at him with a little
wonder in the brown eyes.
"But you have to listen to me now"
He put a hand down roughly upon
one of hers and held it firmly. '"The
bank is going to smash; we've done
our best. but I'LL to no avail. We
first got shaky when I was down to
that miserable watering place, audit
drove me wild; so wild, indeed, that l
believe l spent the most of my time
dancing and rowing with the gypsy,
Edith Kirk. I couldn't bear to go
near you or the babies, for never
should have brought you to this"
els that ALL" Will?" 1t was half q
sob, half a laugh.
"Isn't it enough? Don't you I'M
derstand. Helen? thought some
sneak had told you a little how
things were going, and that was why
you were SO changed. Yon don't
know what it means. Not cent in
the world. l never should have mar
ried you, Helen"
He turned away and leaned his yell
low head upon the arms of his chair
and groaned aloud.
What did Helen Hamilton mean by
it? She jumped up and laid the sleep
ing Nellie in her little white bed; then,
yes, she actually waltzed about the
nursery floor.
"Will!" What a glad cry it was,
and she ran to him and put her arms
about his neck. "Don't you know
I'll be 25 tomorrow"
"And you don't mind poverty for a
birthday gift?" said Will in amaze
ment.
"You don't comprehend. thought
it was something else. Pm the hap
piest woman on Gods earth, for OIL
I'll be 25 tomorrow.
Will didn't comprehend the begin
ming or the end, but if Helen could
bear poverty SO could he.
That was q merry Christmas. What,
were the town bells ringing? The
National bank was not to smash, the
junior partner was promoted to the
dignity of senior, for pretty Mrs.
Hamilton had come into an enor-
nous fortune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

Happy, happy Christmas, that can
win us back to the decisions of our
childish days; that can recall to the
aged man the pleasures of his youth,
that can transport the sailor and the
traveller, thousands of miles away,
back to his own Preside and his quiet
home.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
THE EVIL JUMPING-JACK.
BY EUGENE FIELD.

BY EUGENE FIELD.
Christmas Eve the old clock stood in
the corner and sang "tick-tock, tick
tock," until everything else in the
room had gone to sleep-everything
except the jumping-jack.
"Tick-tock," said the old clock,
and then it looked at the jumping
jack and asked, "Why haven't you
gone to sleep, too?"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27
The Electric Piano.

I have been asked dozens of times
if the new invention that plays the
piano by an electric attachment will
not decrease the number ofstudents of
piano playing when it comesto be gen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-18
VARIETY.

Hon. William H. Barnum, Chair
man of the National Democratic
Committee, died at Lime Rock on
April Both.
Tramp latter ringing the belly
"Please, mann, I've seen better days
-" Housekeeper-"SO have l. It's
real foggy to-day"
The boiler of dredger burst in
the harbor at Calais. The explo-
sion killed seven persons and in
iured several others.
Judge-'If L got as intoxicated as
you do, I'd shoot myself" Prisoner
IF you was IS tossicated as l am,
you couldn't hitter barn door"
Miss Rosie-"Do you think, Aunt
Araminta, that marriage is a fail
ure?" Miss Araminta (age 80, des-
pondently)-''I am afraid it is"
Yates and Hunter, commission
merchants of San Francisco, have
failed for $4,000 Outside of the
Pacific Bank the principal creditors
are Eastern firms.
She-"What does you think of DOR
duckie?"
He-"Oh, you're just the cheese,
so to speak"
She-"And will you love me when
| mold?"
The California Athletic Club has
perfected its match for May 2Sth.
La Blanche, the famous marine, will
meet Mike Lucie of Boston, known
as one of the hardest men In the
world.
What are you doing, Patrlck!"
"Wakin' up your husband mann"
But why?'' "Becase it's tin o'clock,
mann, when l was to give him the
dhrops to make him shape. The
Epoch.
A clergyman met man declaim-
ing against foreign missions. "Why
doesn't the church look after the
/ eathen at home?" " We do" said
ne clergyman quietly, and gave the
man a tract.
A Woman's Directory IS to be
published soon, giving the names
and addresses of 10000 Chicago
women who belong to various reli-
gious, benevolent and political or
CARNATIONS.
The largest taxpayer IN Germany
is Herr Krupp, Of Essen, who pays
| E648O on an income of G2I9,O00; and
next comes the Baron Willy de
TsOthschild, Of Frankfort-on-Maine
J 18th an income Of E2O5,000 and a
! ak Of G5940.
The new building now being con
structed for the San Francisco
| Chronicle is to be not only fire proof
but acknowledgement also. The
structure viii rest on twenty-seven
J cast steel columns, and these will be
! bOlted together and connected by
/ fiat steel bands, double-bolted to
each floor beam which they cross.
| The whole Will form a sort Of cage,
and it is claimed that this would
stand intact even if every bit of the
masonry should be shaken from its
/ p ace.
Mrs. Hetty Green, one Of the
shrewdest operators in Wall street,
/ is perhaps the richest woman in
America. her wealth being estimated
/ 10 be anywhere from S4O,000,000 to
! S5O,OOO,0OO. She inherited SO, 900.
900 from her father, Edward Mott
Robinson, who laid the foundation
of his fortune in the whaling bust
ness. Her husband, T.. II. Green,
had coined money in the China trade
before lie married her, but his wealth
is modest compared with hers He
is nearly 6 feet inches tall.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-18
LET IT PASS.

re not swift to take offense;
Let it pass!
Anger is a foe to sense;
Let it pass!
Brood not darby DER wrong
Which will disappear ere long;
Gather sing this CHEEKY song
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
: triie corrodes the purest mind;
Let it pass
As the unregarded wind,
Let it pass!
Any vulgar souls that live
May condemn without repTieve;
II the noble who forgive.
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
Echo not an angry word;
Let it pass!
mink how often you have erred;
Let it pass
Since our Joys must pass away,
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
" therefore, should our sorrows stay?
Let them pass!
Let them pass!
II for good you've taken i'll,
Let it pass.
Oh be kind and gentle stilii
Let it pass
Time at last makes all things straight,
Let us not resent, hut wait,
And our triumph shall be great;
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
Bid your anger to depart,
Let it pass!
Lay these lonely words to heart,
LET it pass !"
Follow not the giddy throng;
Better to be wronged than wrong;
Therefore sing the CHEEKY song
Let it passl
Let it pass!
All the Year Round.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
ST. PAUL.

Hugh Mcclure, of Chicago, was the
guest of j. F. Mcclure on Sunday.
He was highly pleased with the T. A.
picnic.
The farmers who drive to the city
speak in favorable terms Of the outlook
for the coming fall The crops are
good and all feel iubilant.
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 4th,
the Crusaders will give musical and
literary entertainment in Cretin Hall
for the benefit of the school fund.
Father Cosgrove is erecting new
residence in St. Vincent's parish and
the newly organized Total Abstinence
society are putting up new hall. This
promises to be one OF the best societies
in the city.
John O'Brien and 81. 81. G1lleu Of
Saltwater, were in st. Paul on Monday.
Mr.. O'Brien has prepared bond IN
the gum Of $500, 900, which is to be
furnished to the board of government of
the G. T. A. of America, he being
the treasurer of the Father Mathew
fund. The bondsmen. eight in number,
are prominent business men of Still
water and st. Paul The four St. Paul
bondsmen are Catholic Total Abstainers
On Tuesday evening a resolution was
introduced IN the city council providing
for an experimental permit to the City
Railway Co., covering period of six
raonths' for the operation of the West
Seventh ann Oakland avenue lines and
to the Midway district. The object Of
this permit is to give a practical test
during the fall and winter months.
Archbishop ireland and Thos. Cochran,
jr., urged the passage Of the resolution
in strong and con viucing terms. There
is rule Of the council (by the way. an
old one too) that if an alderman objects
citizen cannot be heard. Aid Sulli-
van requested permission for Arch bishop
ireland to address the council. Aid.
Fisher objected, saying ''I won't be a
party to any snap game Of that kind"
The question was put to vote. OF the
ten members present nine we're in favor
OF and Fisher against. Aid. Weber
who was in the chair, and he decided
that the Archbishop could speak. Aid.
Fisher did not make any friends by his
actions.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
Rochester,,

Special correspondence to The Irish Standard.
Ninety barrels Of oil were inspected
in Olmsted county by the state Gil in
spector during July.
The Rochester Building Association,
at their last meeting, opened new
series of stock, and sixty shares have
already been taken. One thousand do
lars was loaned TO different parties.
The friends of Miss Maggie McElli-
gott and Misses Bridget and Alice helly
rendered them a farewell reception at
United Workman hall Tuesday evening.
There was large number present, and
the evening was spent very pleasantly.
Refreshments were served at Mr.. Peck s
restaurant. Miss McElligott leaves for
Moorhead week from next Monday,
where she will take position in the
schools in that city. The Misses Kelly
will leave soon after and take positions
in the schools of west St. Paul.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24

Rev. James McGolrick, Foot ball. Still
water societies. $35 cash, League of the
Cross, St. Paul, smoking set and box
of cigars, st. Johns. SIS cash, Father
Mathew. $50 cash, Crusaders, 500 cash,
Timothy Keardon, $40 cash, Patrick
Butler, SIS cash, Thos Rerrisford, pail Of
candy, Nj. Treacy, sold fountain pen,
G. Z. Tuohy, chest of tea, j. W. Burns,
gasoline stove, J. F.. Mcclure, base
ball and bat, The committee who had
in charge the management of the picnic
are deserving of thanks for their intel
ligent efforts. They we're always on
hand and were kept busy all day long.
Some mistakes may have been made,
bnt they will serve good purpose at
the next annual picnic. The thanks OF
T. Il. men are due the management Of
the Duluth Railroad, and to Mr.. G. G.
Giltillan, the passenger agent, in par
ticular, for kind treatment. The evening
trains brought the tired but happy
crowds to their respective homes, all
we'll pleased with the delightful time.
Are those annual picn1cs to be kept up
and made part of our history? Ger
tainly they should be, and special
effort should be made to enlist societies
from outside Of the tripiet cities. We
were pleased to see huntsville we'll rep
resented in the person of James Car
rigan, that staunch and true temperance
man.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
.Mankato.

Special correspondence to tina Irish Standard.
The Mankato fair will open here
Ang. 80, and Gov. Merriam will be
present. w. II. Taft, the Milwaukee
expert, has been selected as judge on
that occasion,
About a year ago young man was
arrested at st. Peter for sending obscene
literature through the mails. He gave
the name of A @. Davis, was taken to
st. Paul and liberated. The same
fellow was arrested here on Tuesday by
u. S. Marshall Bracket. The nature
of the charge is not given, but it is pre-
sumed that it is the same, as large
quantity of vulgar stuff was discovered
in his room.
The Irish standard., 1889-08-24
MORTGAGE SALE.

DEFAJi,T having heen made in the navmen+
~ of the sum Of eleven hundred thirteen and
$500 dollars. 1s1113S8I which ia Claimed to 10
due at the date of this notica. nnon . cerfair
mortgage dnly exacntad and delivered Nv Henrr
Rode and Bertha Rode mortgaeors to John g
Oswald mortgages hearins date The 2nd Gan ~
therein contained dnIy recorded in The ~ o ai.
of the Register Of Deeds in and for tho Gonntv
of Hennenin. and State Of Minnesota IN ~
Srd dav If Jn,v A. = iSa8 at Q n,c"cE. M 'i i
book 248 Of mortea9es. On @I pace "a and ID M ~
action or proceeIlin@ HAVING haen inst;t,,t7 o.
law Or otherwise to receiver The 6aht sec,,ra1 a.
said mortoa~e or anv nart thera"f eoo"A0o Wy
Now therefore. notice a hereby aivon +ha+ hr
virtue of the power of sale contained in said
casa made and prnv;ded The aei5 ~ e '.11