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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
A Christmas Carol.

Listen; the bells in the steeples
In jubilant gladness ring
To welcome the coming of Christmas
And the birthday of the King
Who was born IN the lowly manger Of Bethle
hem, long ago,
When the song of the herald angels
Was sung to the world below.
Thou hast clad thyselt in raiment
OF spotless white, o earth,
Like bride on her marriage morning,
To celebrate Christ's birth.
o, were our lives as spotless,
Our hands unstained with sin,
And the latch of each heart were lifted
To let the Christ-Chi in.
Bring of thy pine and holly,
o earth, this Christmas Day,
And wreathe in their green the altar
Whereon our gifts we lay;
Gifts of most grateful homage
Laid low at the feet of the King
Who leans from His throne to listen
To the sound of our worshiping.
Bring TO the dear Lords altar
The souls white flowers to-day.
Let the rose of thy love shed incense
Sweet as the breath of May.
Let the lily of faith eternal
Lift its cups of myrrh to Him
Whose love is the star that leads us
Through ways that are dark or dim.
o, earth. send back to Heaven
The grand and the glorious strain
That startled the wondering shepherds
On far Judea's plain.
Glory to God in the highest
Sing it again and again.
On earth be peace, on earth be peace,
Good will, good will to men.
-E6en B. Rezford in Ladies' Home Journal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08

ing the North Pole. There the snow fairy
lives. But mind you get to the country by
yourself, only accompanied BY this swan,
who will AY with you through the air until
you get there. Take no food either, nor any
weapons, because the people of Alcandora
detest weapons. Now go, and make haste!"
The young man at once took the bath in
the mercury and he found afterward that he
was covered with a skin of that peculiar
metal, which prevented any penetration of
the frost. Then he jumped on the swans
neck and few nortbward. In due time he
arrived in Alcandora and the first man he
met he asked where the snow iairy lived.
"Her castle is on the North Pole, ;" the
man replied, 'but hurry and get there be-
fore it gets dark, because she intends to
make trip to Russia tonight, where she
has to deliver a load of snow every "a
hours"
Alfonso hurried, and he just got to the
fairy's castle as she came out of a second
story window sitting on a great big snow
cloud and evidently ready for ner journey.
The young man told the fairy that he had
come from Queen Seroina with the message
that she was indeed very sorry for having
angered her, and that she was prepared to
make any reparation required for her wrong
doing, provided the fairy would change her
again from her form of a snow queen.
The fairy realized at once that this young
man must be very devoted to Servina to
have undertaken such a perilous journey
for her sake, and therefore she replied:
young man, 1 admire your devotion,
and for your sake will forgive SerVina on
the condition that she goes to the grave of
everyone of those dead convicts and kisses
each one on the forehead"
lfonso Was deliohted He fhanked fha
fairy, remounted his feet swan and few
back to the Queen Servina, who impatiently
waited for him. When he returned the
Queen was still in the shape of q
snow woman. He at once told her
what the snow fairy had said, and
Servins expressed her willingness to
comply with the command. The hundred
corpses of the hundred convicts were brought
before her and she stopped down and kissed
every one on the forehead. To everybody's
establishment each corpse at once became
alive again as soon as she kissed the cold
brow, and when she had kissed the last con-
vict's corpse, behold the snow melted from
her form and face and Servina was again as
beautiful as ever.
She was greatly rejoiced and so was AL
fonso, especially when she made him her
husband and king. This, of course, made
the other courtiers mad, that they had not
gone to the North Pole. But it was too late
now, because Alfonso had carried off the
prize.
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THE SNOW QUEEN.
ERNEST H. HEINRICHS.

mountain I would not forsake or leave
you," he said, "and will see what can be
done to move the severity of this snow fairy
to revoke her sentence"
'Ah! am indeed very sorry" said Ser
vina, 81 never thought was doing so very
wrong in letting those prisoners freeze to
death. What is the difference whether they
die in their dungeons or in the open air, 1t
/ the same is it not?"
"Well, this is no time for arguing that
point said Alfonso; ''Iet me say goodby
and will 60 to wise witch, whom know;
perhaps she will be able to help you and
bring back your former self"
go, Alfonso, and believe me, I promise
you that will marry you and make you
my king if you are successful. will also
make vow that in the future, meekness,
humbIeness and kindheartedness shall be
nv queenly characteristics. Thus said
Servina, and then the young man bid her
farewell.
He Immediately went to a wise witch,
who was renowned and famous all over that
country for her cleverness, and told her OF
the occurrence.
"What am 1 to do to find this snow
fairy?" he asked the witch. "Tell me
where she is, and will invoke her to for
give Servina for this time"
The witch then told him that he would
have to bathe himself in bath of mercury
in order to make his skin able to Withstand
the coldest climate. when you have done
that" continued the witch, stake this swan
and ride on it to the land of Alcandora,
which is a country immediately surround
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
NOT FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT,
An Old Yankee willing to Sign the Pledge,
But Not TO Keep Il.

An Old Yankee willing to Sign the Pledge,
But Not TO Keep It.
New England Magazine.l
Major John was a stalwart, rudy, mid
dle-aged gentleman. fond of good clothes
and good cheer. He had the habit of going
into the village tavern about IL O'Clock In
full dress and taking his repast alone in
great dignity, with something to drink as
well as eat. One morning. somewhere near
1880, the parson, who was about on a tenn
perance mission, found him at table, sur
rounded by his viands.
'Major john" he said, 'I wish you
would sign this temperance pledge, not of
course because you need it, but for the bene-
fit of the rising generation, you know"
Certainly, parson," said Major John.
"Bring me a pen, landlord"
So the Major wrote his name in a bold
hand; and the parson went his way rejoicing
for the new sheep in the temperance fold.
But the very next week the psrson, in that
very same tavern, found Major John at the
very same table, taking his breakfast, and
with not one bottle less"
"Why, Major" he cried, ''you signed the
temperance pledge last week"
$50 did, psrson," says Major John;
''but then 1 did it, you know, for the benefit
of the rising generation"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
In Far Cathay.

It daily meets my dreamy eyes,
That old world scene by farther seas
And all unchanged; the water sighs
Still in that bay, and still the breeze
Sings low, sweet songs amid the trees.
Here stands house-quaint shadowed DER
By clust'ring branches; wavelets I'LL
The river whispering near the door;
That white path meets the threshold still,
And birds chirp love with bill to bill.
That rude old bridge still spans the stream,
The passers few are passing yet;
The boat is there-it doth meseem
The sailors sleep-mayhap forget
For ne'er was sail since furled or set
The bay spreads out-clear, placid, bright
A summer sea fringed round with green:
Afar some isle. maybap, in sight
Rising from out its breast Is seen,
And houses mirror in its sheen.
And all is still-nor voice, nor song,
Comes the enjoyment to abats
OF that fair scene-fair, though wrong
1t tells-(of flovers-father's hAtel-
Upon willow pattern plate.
III Sutton ErtssHss N Detroit 1Fss Prssa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08

WithaI she was exceptionally proud and
naughty. Many of the handsome young
courtiers Of her dominion had prayed her to
elevate them to the position of her husband,
but Servins always said that queen was
only to be married 70 king. This, how
ever, everyone knew to be impossible, be-
cause all the kings living just then were
already married.
Thus sffairs went on; and although the
courtiers continued to show their unswerv-
ing love and devotion to the Queen, she
never encouraged any of them.
One dsy, it was about the middle Of win
ter, the country was covered with deep,
soft carpet of snow, and the lakes as well as
rivers were frozen over with a strong cover
ing Of ice, Servina announced to her court
that she intended to hold q great skating
festival and tournament on the ice In the
park lake behind her castle. Everyone was
delighted with such an announcement, and
preparations for magnificent day of enter
tainment on the ice were at once commenced.
When the day at last arrived everything
was in the grandest perfection of complete
ness. The day was clear and the lake was
as smooth as glass. 1t was in the afternoon
when Servina and her attendants arrived,
and from that moment the fete began. The
Queen at once entered into the frolicking
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
From Night to Morning.

Last night heard a bird singing
A plalntfve, pathetic strain.
As if in the strife of its tiny life
1t had caught the note of pain;
And said: 20 world of sorrow,
Art thou with wrong so stirred,
That thy grief and woe in tears must flow
Through the song Of little birdT'
But this morning heard the bird singing
A jubilant song, and sweet,
And every note from that swelling throat
With happiness seemed replete;
And said: 20 world of gladness
Though hast sunshine enough for all;
Though the night hath fears, and sorrows and
tears,
Joy comes at the mornings call"
Emma g, Dopd, N XoWtRs Oon1paRioA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
A Canine Tourlat.

DdILIUOI6 bUusI
In the course of hearing yesterday in the
case of a child bitten by a dog, Judge
Stewart said: ''The power possessed by dogs
of finding their way back home is remark
able. remember reading of dog which
was sent from Scotland to a man in Patapsco
Neck. Some weeks later the dog reappeared
at his home in Scotland, having found his
way to a vessel bound to that country. How
the dog did it is more than can say"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
Not Bound for the Stars.

Savannah News.1
The steamer City of Jacksonville, of the
st. Johns river service, got into dense
fog while on her way down the river the
other night. A travelling tourist, anxious
to go ahead, went up to Captain Shaw, who
was at the wheel, and asked him why they
had stopped. ''Too much fog; can't see the
river" replied the precautions captain.
"But," said the tourist, ''you can see the
stars overhead" yes" said the captain,
"but until the boiler bursts, we are not
going that way" The passenger went to
bed.
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A1-FNIGMA

A species Of quadruped. brown, white or eray.
Or black-perhaps other hues-totdI will say
By ladies It's used, to give them an air
OF having abundant luxuriant hair.
Or printer, who works at less than the others
Is termed complete by the regular brothers
BITTER SWEET,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08

S40-oNE HUNDRED AGES TO GUESS.
]. What is the foreigners age?
2 The criminals age?
8. The age of the gray-headed sinnerf
4. The inn-keeper's age2
g. The cow-catcher's age?
8. And the age Of the man at his dinnerf
Z. What's the tanners age?
8. The peddler's age:
8. The age of the wealthy plumberf CN
10. The wood-dealer's age?
II. The coal-dealer's age?
II The age Of the frisky drummer?
ID What's the coachman's ageH
IA. The cabman's age7
Is His age who wields the plough2
16. The clothier's age?
II. The truckman's age? (3)
IL. His age who loves rowf
10. What's the servants age1
~. The overseer's agef
q. What the age of the collector ~
q The butchers age? (2)
q. The storekeeper's age,
"a And the age Of a protectorf
Is What's the poor mans age,
28. The worshiper's age.
n. The age of man at prayer2
& The profane mans age,
%. The drinking mans age,
80. The age of a man on tearf
81 What's the travellers age, CD
81 The brakeman's age,
38. And what the age Of the preacherf
81. The weighmAster's age,
30. The sovereign's age,
80. And what the age Of the teacherf
81. What's the age Of man,
Tl4k.. ,rlFrn
80. And what's the age Of the lover7 90
40. The widows age, -.
Al. Ths infants age,
a. OF the man that's half-seas overt
a. What's the age of a son,
A. The age of a daughter,
As. OF the man that's older than your
46. The deadhead's age,
~. The Congressman's age.
S. The age Of the letter IS. O."
49. What's the prodigaps age,
so. The acrobats age,
81. The age of an under-sized fellowf
81. The locksmith's age,
81 The turkeys age,
o. And what was the age Of othellof
s.. What's the ,vagrant's age,
IS. The emigraht's age.
81. The age of the sailor at sea3
81. The soldiers age, (2)
80. And what's the age of tresi (2)
81. What's the mfller's age,
81. The prophets age,
63. The age of the barbarian3
81 The farmers age, (2)
IS. The cashiers age,
Sc. And the age Of the herbarian3
81. What's the DOCTORS age,
81 The scoffer's age,
90. His age who meets his girl?
20. And what's the dupe's age,
u The nobleman's age,
IL The mans age two points from an earlf
q. What was the age of ''Uncle Tomr'
H The age Of Burke of oursf'
q. The age of an English poet3 (2)
70 And the age that notes the hours7
~ And what is the age of the flannel shirtF
o. OF the man who's back on his rentf
" The age OF country parson9
30 OF the man on plunder intent?
81. And what is the age we live in?C0
~ The age Of the mathematician?
u. And what is the age Of the cloth maker3
"a. And the age Of the loud musician?
50. What's the age of the fleeing Irishman2
So His age when brought to a halt7
81. The age of the story.teller?
%. And OF the fermenter Of malt7
SO. What is the age Of the man that is mean
W. The age Of the dealer in wine? (3)
9l- OF the man that's got the best of it?
" And the age of the grunting sWine7
3d. What's the age Of the man who has dined
" And the age Of a man depressed2
30 And what's the age of the darkey7
W. And or him not SO dark as the resrf
81. What's the age Of the telegraph boy?
96. OF the man completely 'strappedr'
99. OF woman before she's married?
LOO. And the age Of him who rappedH
DRoMIo.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
A COMMON CAUSE.

army and navy, members of the Imperial
Guard, Government officials of high rank,
professors, students, gendarmes, merchants
and q few peasants. A common cause made
all equal, and a member of the Imperial
Guard clasped the hand of his brother
peasant. All class distinctions were for
gotten in the struggle for freedom.
DIR. Ursurof, the President, was hand
some man of perhaps 40 years, who had
identified himself with the Nihilists for the
last ten years. Madam Anne Popof, in
whose house the meeting was held, was the
Vice President. She was afterward arrested
as a suspect and died in prison.
Her history was particularly a sad one.
She had beautiful daughter, Malanys,
who at the age of II was arrested with
number of other students; she was Of deli
cate constitution, and the shock and con-
fnement brought on rapid consumption, and
she soon Joined the numberless victims gone
before The father died of broken heart,
and on mis- death-bed, begged his faithful
wife to avenge their child's death by every
means in her power. Possessing ample
means she became devoted Nihilist, and
many were the plots arranged in her home
under the very eyes of the police officers.
There were also present several young
ladies, students of neighboring college,
fair young girls just budding into woman
hood, most of whom are now in exile, while
others either succumbed to the long journey
to liberty or died in prison. My heart is
sad, indeed, when on taking retrospect of
the past, I see arrayed before me the faces os
the noble men an womend who offered them.
selves sacrifice on the altar Of freedom.
That evening for the first time saw
Sophie Perovskayr whose name will be
handed down through all eternity. She
had noble face full Of sublime enthusiasm,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08

843-D0UBLE LETTER ENIGMA.
In pence makes pounds;''
In dollars" round;
In ''sue" and see;
In ''prides" abound,
A primal is an object meet,
Oft filed with cleaning gold,
Unless the owner is complete,
Last of his wealth untold.
BITTER SWEET.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-08
s42-pouBLE AcRosr1o.

i. To begin again. A dish Of stewed meat
3. One OF the chief divisions of a poem of some
length. 4. Cracked with cold
Prin1dLS.-A large mass of stony material.
Ff1dLs.-An idol formed OF wood.
Con1bined-Liquiform asbestos.
DICK G.
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ANSWERS.

s32-L Ate, bate cate, date. fate, gate, hate
dill, fil gill, hill Jill, kill mill, pill, riII sin
till, will 3. Bane cane, Dane, fame, Jane
Kane lane, name, pane, sane vane, wane.
$751; Dee. don.
S3ESixteen miles fan hour. The distance
B G being twice the distance A B, the distance
9 c. will be twice the distance A A.. Now this
distance A A. represents the rate of speed Of
the vessel A Tess the speed Of the passenger on
hour, and twice this, or 10 miles an hour, viii
be the rate OF speed Of the vessel @.
S35-Day-star.
eS6-Stumbled. tumbled, 'umbled, bled, led,
Ed.
8H-L Murat HAlstead. 2 Secretary Win
dom. g. Thomas De Witt Talmage. Joseph
Benson Foraker. 5. James Gillespie Blaine
SSS-The mouth, with tongue and teeth.
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S44-CHARADE.

A first Is now before you, fast,
Plain as can be-nothing last:
Perhaps you're total, though, and see
No first in place where it should be.
DICK @.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-30

The JeuRNAI-MINER IS more than gratiied to be able to state to-day that ito efforts to improve the mail service for this section has at last resulted Tn complete success. Of course 1t can- not provide against accidents and de lays to trains, but hereafter. as will be seen below from paragrarh of general order number a3s, issued by James L. Wilder. superintendent of the eighth division of the railway mail service, [ throu h pouch will be carried from San Francisco to Prescott. The order reads as follows: "TEain IT (S. P. railroad
 will make up pouch fer Prescott
 Arizona, to include mail for Whipple and Chino. This pouch will be for
 warded via Mojave. California, and by train 2 Atlantic & Pacific line Train I9 (S. P. R. R.) will leave pouch at Techachapi labeled train I; to contain mail for above offices to b. included in pouch for Prescott" hi. is the service.which this paper has been asking for, as mail from San Francisco will nov arrive at Prescott Junction a, S:3s p. m. instead of being carried tt Los Angeles and thence east.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-30
kin., VI H H Hilb.r., Baldwin ( John.

kins, VI H H Hilbsrs. Baldwin & John. | stoia.
 1893 Tine History Ce, Ross < Van Horn, vs W D Powell, Stewart & Doc. l704 Emma Gonzales, E N Sanford, VI T W Simmons. 1888 F II Murphy, Baldwin 4 John stsn, VI W A Clark, Herndon & Hsw- kins.
 1878 zslia Aarcou (by her guardian, Ress A Asrcou), L F Eggers, vs w J Mulvsnen, HsrAdon ( Hawkins. 1891 Herman Ssdlsr ct al, E N Sanford, 70 Alice Mosller, John \ Rush; demurrer. ISl69i Frances A Bashford, Hernden & Hawkins, vs II H Carter. Wilson X Nsrris; answer.
 1897 Geo Puntsney, H Baldwin, vs Lucy Puntsnsy. Hsrndon & Hawkins 1; answer.
 1898 T @ Bullock, E N Sanford, vs Alice Nosllsr; default.
 HOO Barnes Manufacturing Go, E " Sanford, vs c 4 Weeds, Wilson & Nor ris; answsr.
 l70l James Shirley, E N Sanford, vs Ferdinand Sospsl ct al, Hsrndou < Hawkins; answsr.
 l702 P and 10 Railway Go, EA Sanford, vs Alice Mosllsr; default. l703 Piedmont Cattle Go. Herndsn X Hawkins vs The Congress Gold Mining Cs, Baldwin & Johnston; an. swsr.
 17O6 Wm Dulin, Wilssn & Norris, VI Arizona Union Mining Go and Stand ard Milling and Reduction Go. John Howard; demurrer.
 HOT A Head, Robert Brown, vs Louis wollenbsrg ct al, E V Sanford :; answer.
 15oS John 6 Jsnss, Baldwin & Jshns- ten, vs Arizona Union Mining Go and Standard Milling and Reduction Go. John Howard; demurrer.
 l7ll Armina E Collins, Rosa X Van Horn, vs s c Collins; default.
 17l3 Joseph DouGherty, Herndon & Hawkins, vs G W Young; default.
 1715 wm Murphy ct al, Baldwin & Johnston, vs Senator Gold Mining Go Hernden & Hawkins; answer.
 TIC Dennis May, Robert Brown, vs Senator Gold Mining Co. Hsrndon & Hawkins; answsr. l717 T L Bacon, Herndon < Haw- kins, vs w A Heisler; default. l719 Bashford & Barmister. Hern- don & Hawkins, vs Jacob Smith, Ross X Van Hern; answer. 1T20 H 0 Blackford, Herndon & Hawkins and Wilson & Norris, vs Uni ted Verde Copper Co, Baldwin 4 Johnston; aswer. 172l Piedmont Cattle Go, Hernden X Hawkins, vs Congress Gold Mining Go, Baldwin X Johnston; answer. l721 Aillie Martin, l. F Eggers, vs Jesse Martin, Robert Brown; answer. 17A J W Clay; Burges and Bald win & Johnston, vs Kansss City Min ing Co, Herndon < Hawkins; answer. I725 D Sullivan. Baldwin X Johns ton, vs Patrick Ford,
 I726 w O'Neill, Baldwin & Johns. ton, vs Yavapai County.
 TIPS Jerry r Ford, plaintiff and re- spondent, vs James Shirley, defendant and appellant, L F Eggers; on appeal.
 I735 School District No. 9, Gila Go, (by the trustees thereof) 0 McCabs, Dist Attorney Gila Go, vs K " French, county school superintendent Ysvapai county, ct al; complaint and petition for nandamus.