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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
WINTER.

White falls the snow, but not on bowers;
Dakota's plains are bald and grey;
Dead are all the prairie flowers,
Far the birds have flown away.
The sun conceals his cheerful face,
Behind gloomy sky;
While piercing Winds at whirling pace,
In blasts, go shriekIng by.
Summers charms have passed and gone,
On times eternal wing;
Leaving dead grass brown and lone,
Where blossoms just have been.
Nature has joined in icy rest,
The cold and silent number;
And heaven, with snow, has shrouded her
breast,
Like queen in endless slumber.
Solemnly gaze Oh her cold. cold form,
Her face, ike the purest lily,
Is wreathed in rest by silvery dawn.
While in robes of death she's chilly.
Think not, as you look onNature's tomb,
There is no one near to guard it;
Every print in the snow that is seen,
Is record 10 show what made it.
So it is with the human heart,
All life's acts are on Ii stamped:
Like tracks in snow, though made in the
dark.
= The heart tells where thought has tramped.
Silent and cold is mother earth,
Like many dear mothers at rest;
Whom i'll life, we hope, through another
birth
To meet in the land of the blessed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

molly, so prUfuSedly used to decorated
churches and cathedralS. once hung in
festOCns from the walls of the temples
sacred to Odin and Thor. and the Gus
toms of drinking healths at table is a
relic of one of the most prominent feat
ureS of the Scandinavian rites. In fact,
nearly all the obServances not strictly
Sacerdotal. peculiar to America, Eng
land and Germany. may be traced to a
Scandinavian origin.
ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
The name of the presiding genius of
the day. Santa Claus, is also simply Il
corruption of the German appellatiOn
Of St. NichOlaS-Saint NicklauS. The
sleigh and reindeer popularity as
cribed TO him by tradition betOken his
Northern origin. and around the head of
the Christian saint is woven the holly
and the miStletOe sacred to the heather
gods. The custom of giving presents
on Christmas day is of mixed Latin and
German origin. This custom was fea-
ture of the ceremonies in honor of
the feast Of God, and in Ger
many was practiced at the feast
of RnpTuht. its observance being
afterwards transferred to Christmas.
The Christmas bells were also feature
Of the heather Yule celebrations, and
the WdSSall DONl, formerly an INSOFAR
able cOncOmitant of Christmas festivi-
ties, and not yet entirely abandoned, is
of pure heather origin. The wassail
bowl was brought into the feasting hall
and the sign OF the hammer of Thor
made over it. The giver of the feast
then pronounced the words WAS hail."
his guests answering drink hail" The
first great step toward the conversion
of Norway to Christianity was made
at a Yuletide feast held by Olaf
Tzyggvason. the hero king, who held
the crOsshilt of his sword over the
great waSsail bowel and required all his
assembled vassalS to swear in future to
honor the cross of Christ and not the
hammar of Thor. the singers. who under
the name of waits" in England and in
certain parts of this country. go from
house to house during the Christmas
season. are the representatives of the
haTpers who lived at free quarters dur
ing the Yule festivities. In fact. the re-
ligiOus ObServances alone excepted. the
modern Christmas as celebrated among
German and EngliSh-speaking people
has a much stronger flavor of heathen-
ism than Of Christianity.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

where it was hung up in great state,
with its white berries. and whatever
female Glanced to stand under II, the
young man present either had right,
or claimed one, of saluting her and
plucking off a berry at each kiss" But
it Is not relegated to the kitchen at the
present day, for it is to the full as well
come to the parlor and the drawing
room as to the servants hall. 1t is only
at Christmastide, however, that the
mistletoe has any efficacy; and John
Gay, the author of the ''Beggar's
OPERA" in his poem "Treyia." says:
When rosemary and bays the poets crown,
Are bawled in frequent cries through all the
town,
Then judge the festival OF Christmas near
Christmas, the joyous period of the year;
Now with bright holly all the temple strew
With laurel green and sacred mistletoe.
But this more particularly referred to
the Christmas decoration of the
churches with the mistletoe. Among
the mistletoe superstitions is that of the
HOlstein peasants, who call it ''the
spectres' branch" inasmuch as they be-
lieve that the mistletoe not only rem
ders spirits visible to human sight, but
will compel them to speak at command;
il is also looked upon as q sure taliSman
OF success in the chase, and most in
faliible specific for green wound.
Shakespeare but once only alluded to
the mistletoe. and that is in the third
scene of the second act of Titus An
dronicus," where Tamora says that Bas-
sianus and Layinia have
''Ticed me hither TO this place,
A barren, deserted vale, you see it is;
The trees, though summer, yet tOrlOrn and
lean,
O'arcoroa win, moss and hafafal uistIatoe
The use of the mistletoe in Christmas
sports ana pastimeS is an innocent and
harmless one. Mr.. Pickwick, it will be
remembered, did not disdain to take adj
vantage of having fair lady under it
when he was spending Christmas at the
house of Mr.. Wardle, and giving her
resoundiug kiss; and the boys and girls
of the present day should not be bit
backward in following his example. As
a present day poet expresses it:
Under the mistetoe, pearly and green.
Meet the kind lips of the young and the
old;
Under the mistletoe hearts may be seen
Glowing as though they had never been
cold:
Under the mistletoe, peace and good will,
Mingla the spirits that long have been
twain;
Leaves of the olive branch twined with it
While breathings of Hope fill the long carol
strain;
Yet why should this holy and festive mirth.
In the reign of old Christmastide only be
foundg
Hang up loves mistletoe over the earth
And let US kiss under it all the year round!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
FEAST OF CHRISTMAS.
Origin OF Many of the Gus
toms Connected With the
Day.
Selection of December 25 as
the Day for the Great Gel
ebration.
Heather Rights Adopted--The
Influence of Northern
mythology.
Christmas Greens and Their
Meanings--Fun for the
Little Folks.

Christmas day. although universally
observed in all Christian countries, IS OF
much more recent origin than Is gener-
ally supposed, its celebration pOstdaTing
by more than 500 years the death of the
Savior. Also contrary to the general
suposition. its celebration did not orIEi-
nate with the church Of Rome, but With
that OF COnStantinOple, where it was in
trOduced during the fourth century of
the Christian era. Previous to that
time it had been the custom to
commemorate the anniversary OF
the death rather than the birth
Of sacred persOnages, as Is in
stanced in the feaSts of st. Stephens
and st. John. which long ante-dated the
Christmas ObSeryanceS. The heated
discussions between the orthodox
Christians ana the Manich 2anS which
arose in the course of the fourth cen
fury. and in which different views of
the immaculate conception were taken
by the contending parties, led to the
commemoration Of the birth Of Christ
BY the former, as method of express
ing their belief that Christ, not only in
his life, but in his birth, occupied pc
sition distinctly different from that of
any of the saints recognized by the
church.
SELECTION OF THE DATE.
In the early part of the fifth century
Christmas mas made one of the three
high feast DAYS of the Church of Rome.
the other two being Easter and White
Sunday. Long and acrimonious dis
puteS arose as 10 what day OF the year
should be set aside as the day of the
SaviOT'S birth. Records and traditions
were carefully scanned, but nothing in
any degree indicative Of the date of the
birth of Christ could be discovered. and
il was proposed that advantage should
be taken of the fact that the feast OF
Sol was still very generally observed
among the nations. but lately and i'm
perfectly freed from the rule of Roman
mythology. and the heather celebration
turned into q Christian feast.
This was opposed On the
ground that, whatever might
have been the date of the birth Of
Christ. it certainly did not take place on
the 18th Of Decen Der. the day of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
SHE LUNCHES LIGHTLY.
Yet She Is in Perfect Health and
Cheerful,

A lawyer of rather ponderous proper
tons has been surreptitiOusly keeping
a list Of things which his typewriter
eats at luncheon. She is in perfect
health, robust, pretty and cheerful. He
is suffering from govt, and the other
effects of Overeating. The heaviest
luncheon which she ate last week, ac-
cOTdiHg to the lawyer, cost exactly IL
cents. 1t was made up of the following
courses: One pear. cents; one Vienna
roll. 3 cents: four bananas, cents; one
pear, 2 cents.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
From the Heart.
Judge

The manager of matrimonial agency
is responsible for the statement that
when he proposes a candidate for the
hands of his lady patrons the young
girls invariably ask:
whats he iike?''
The widows inquire:
"What are his business prospects?"
While the old maids breathlessly
calculate:
"Great heavens! Quick! Where is
be?''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
Fully Identified.

80 Lawdl" cried old Elder Peters, at
recent negro camp:meeting. "Hab
marcy on dat POI sistah settin' undah
dat big ellum tree-de one wild de green
dress an red shawl an blue bonnet an
wicked eye an fiat nose! Her wild de
big brass buZzum pin on an all TO- front
teeth out an otherwise humly eZ she
kin we'll be-good Lawd hab marcy on
hprff,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
MATRIMONIAL MIsHAPs.

When young man gets married it is
the greatest mistake Of his Hfe.-LaW-
renee American.
After a man has been married a few
years he never lodges when his wife
throws anything at him.-EXehange
A man whose wife is not blessed with
an especially mild temper says that he
goes through his meals to the tune of
Marching Through JaWedyer." -
Washington Capital.
1t often happens that when a young
man is disappointed in love he commits
suicide. When he is disappointed in
marriage he either ''gTins and bears it,
or gets q divorce.-NorrisiOWn Herald.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
Observation-Disclosures

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Miss Chestnut-Have You and Clar-
ence set the day?
Miss Walnut-Mr. CallowhilI and
are strangers.
Miss C.-Why-
Miss W.-We were on a train. We
went through q tunnel. OF course |
was frightened, and clung to Mr.. Cal
lOWhilTs arm. and
Miss C.-Clarence-d didn't presume
Miss W.-NO, Clarence did not pre-
sumo.
Miss C.-The mean thing. I don't
blame YOU dear.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

1 know a baby blessed with precious little
rest,
And yet she is precious little baby;
At dusk she goes 10 bed, at dawn she lifts her
head
To ask: Mamma, how far away can day
be?''
She wakes each night at nine to see if there's
q sign
OF morning sunbeams slAnting through
the shutters;
She's reused ND at eleven by some night
dream of heaven
where it is always daytime papa
mutters.
She wakes to drink at one and then at three
for fun;
And then at four. at five. by fits and starts;
She's ND to other tricks; she's up for good at
six
She's uppermost il both her parents
hearts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

by high feasting among the races of
Scandinavian and Germanic origin more
generally than by those of different
blood, and in England and America can
still be found many traces of rites and
obServanceS dating back to the heather
days of Denmark and Norway. The
first missionaries sent to the Seandina-
yians found it to be impossible to per-
Suade the people to give up their 1ule,
and with great skill managed to change
the heather feast into a Christian cele-
bration.
RELICS OF HEATHENISM.
Tuletide was changed TO the twelve
days during which the Lord of Misrule
held his sway, ana it was not until the
middle of the fifteenth century that the
regular appointment of this officer was
abandoned in the English court. The
old heather obSeryanceS were generally
adopted. but one, the eating of horse
flesh, the horse being the animal sacred
To 0din. being strictly prohibited. The
miStletOe, plant sacred both in Dru-
Idle and Scandinavian mythology, still
hangs from the ceiling of English and
American homes, and in the former
country the ceremony of bringing home
the yule log. one of the most solemn
rites of the heathcn season of festivity,
IS still very generally praeticed- The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

Mr.. Brimson-Now rs got yo' whar I
wants yo'! Do L git yo' gals ham in
marr'ge?
Mr.. Gallison-Yo' does, chile, f you
luff me out o. this.
Mr.. Brimsou-Do git equal podner-
ship in yo' kals'mine bizpess ?"
Mr.. GalliSon-Yo' does, nah son; yo'
does.
Mr.. Brimson-Do get tip on all yo'
regular policy numbers
Mr.. Gallis0n with long-drawn sigh)
Gut d. ropel
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
THE TREE IN THE wINDow.

Northern mythology were most highly
hOnortd, and nc heather custom had so
strong hold upon alb classes of the
community, from the highest to the
lowest, as the celebration of Yuletide.
For twelve days all work not of alb
sOlute necessity was suspended.
the kings and earls gathered
their retainers about them, every
house was open to all corners, and meat
and drink were provided in enormous
quantities for all who chose to assemble
around. the board. 1t is noticeable
fact that Christmas is still celebrated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
Where Friendship Ceases.

Emeline-Mamma will give her con-
sent only too quick when you ask
her, but lam afraid papa will hold off.
Jack-What makes you think that?
He has always been very friendly
with me.
Emeline-Yes, Jack; but this is a
matter Of business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
The Latest Man.

Texas Siftings.
Harry-Who's that passing on the
other side of the street.
Charley-Dear boy, you'll have to ex-
cuse me. I'm really too fatigued to look
further than the middle of the street to-
daV
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
WHICH?

MatTimonyis Of a mans troubles
The end, SIS We plainly may see;
But then comes the serious question
Which end it may bef
Judge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

One of the most ingenious novelti es
of the year is continuance to keep he
youngsters eyes closed when anita
Claus is making his visit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25

DR.. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY
cures the worst cases. no matter of how
long standing. 50 cents, by druggists.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
MENACE OF PLUTOCRACY.
Enormous Aggregation of Wealth in the Hands
of q Few.

Enormous Aggregation of Wealth in the Hands
of a Few
From an Address by Thomas G. Sherman.
Whereas, forty years ago, a man worth
500 900 was, even in our great city of
New York, an object of some remark and
envy, such man is now utterly obscure
and unnoticed, and is considered to have
laid merely the beginnings of a very
moderate amount of the capital which
would be necessary for him to MAKE
living.
Whereas, forty years ago, there was
but one man in the United States who
was even supposed to be worth So, 900 200
i refer to John Jacob Aston, who was
famed on that account, and who proved
not to be worth quite that amount when he
died-there are several AstOrs now, each
of whom is generally reputed to be worth
at least $50 900 900, though they are
very quiet about it. And there are prob
ably ten times as many men to-day who
are worth $40 900 900 as there were forty
years ago who were worth 81 900 900.
Whereas, forty years ago, the nOvelists
who wrote in the Dumas and Jules Verne
style, and who wanted to draw picture
as eXtravagant as that in which Jules
Verne draws III his story of GA Voyage
to the Noon, . imagined men worth
about twenty million dollars as able to
overturn the whole world by their wealth;
there are now several men who are worth
over one hundred million each. This
state of things is developing more and
more rapidly. In every corner are
men and women buried in OBJ
security, until we learn by some
accident that they are worth their
ten or twenty millions. A single mem
Der of a banking firm in the city of Phil
adelphia lately died leaving six daugh-
tiers with more than twenty-One million
dollars to divide between them. One
lady in my own city of Brooklyn is worth
certainly not less than thirty million dol
lars; some say as much as sixty or sew
entY millions. We see evidences of this
enormous accumulation on every side.
And 1t can be demonstrated with great
ease by statistics which are undis-
puted, that at the present day
less than one hundred thousand
persons, constituting as a matter of
fact only about one two hund"edth part
of our working force, are possessed of
incomes which enable them to save about |
three-ffths of all the wealth that is an
nually saved in this country. And as
wealth is principally all reproduced |
within less than thirty years, this means |
that within thirty years 100, 900 persons |
are destined to own about three fffths of |
the entire wealth of the United States; |
land, houses, Improvements, goods, |
chattels, personal property of every |
kind
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
Giving Children Medicine.

Boston Herald.
''Such time as l have had to get it
to take its medicine is a wall with
which mothers are constantly greeting
physicians when their little ones are i'll.
And it is certainly the rule with children,
ordinarily the most obedient, when it
comes to taking medicine, however pal
atable it may be, they prove uncon-
trollable unless force is used. The
fault Is invariably the mothers. 1t is
clearly her duty from the first to exact
of her child absolute obedience, and
especially to insist that it take what is
offeredIt from spoon or cup. When per-
suasion will not avail the best way to
make child take medicine is this: Press
in the cheeks with the thumb and fore
finger of the left hand, inserting the
spoon with the right hand. In this way
fluids may be poured INTO the mouth
without fear of their being spat out, or of
the child swallowing the wrong way -
The practice of holding children fat on
their backs, across the knees, forcing
the mouth open, and after pouring in
the medicine to pinch their nose, is a bad
one. Not only are they liable to stTangle,
but there is some danger of forcing the
medicine up the tube leading from the
throat TO the ear, in which event a seriouss
inflammation would, most likely, Be set
up. Xxx sssfss5,z5z
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
Grand Arm.

Grand Arm.
HE.lao, LIS
Fmy of Repu1
Pm Of eight
riy aI day at t
HDat-l- what sta
c-taeo to the
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05

prevail; and the mountains were COW
cred.
And the, waters prevailed upon the
earth hundred and fifty days.
And God made wind to pass over the
earth and the waters assuaged.
The fountains also of the deep and the
windows of heaven were stopped, and the
rain from heaven was restrained.
And the waters returned from off the
earth continually; and after the end of
the one hundred and fifty days the waters
were abated.
And the waters decreased continually
until the tenth month; in the tenth
month, on the first day of rhe month,
we're the tops of the mountains seen.
And 1t came TO pass in the six hum
dredth and first year, in the first month,
on the first day of the month, the waters
were dried up from off the earth.
And in the second month, on the seven
and twentieth day of the month, was the
earth dried.
Extracted from Genesis, chapters vii,
viii.
The foregoing is probably the oldest
historical record in existence of the ply
steal disturbances caused by the most re-
scent of the earth s central revolution,
or third motions, and, beng such, is
among the invaluable evidences which
stand as proof of the new theory, for
there is no effect without an adequate
cause.
Concerning the record itself, it may be
that of an awful legend, descending from
generation to generation, through the
dark unlettered ages of man s pre-histo-
ric existence, from the time of its occur
renee until caught up by the pen of the
historian, and it may be Otherwise-thei
world is iudra M.pCuAT WIJIr7T I'D go
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
obstinate Blood Poisoa..l,sIsl.s55

W. L. Eagle, Elm street Dallas,
Tex, under date ef s9nneE1, 1889, says:
''I was affiicted#f a most obstinate
case of blood poison and was advised to
use Dr.. Gillespie s Extract of 13 Roots,
switch did, and after using six bottles 1
find myself greatly improved. 1 con-
slider it the best blood purifier on the
7aarket, and advise all who are af1lietea
with aag. disease of the blood to usesit&
End yeur m1serg safd en5eysfFe bYs
using pr Thurm0naas. Star CaeaFsh
Cure.#
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the postofice at Fort Worth, Tex:
Monday. Aug. 5, 1889 To obtain any OF
these letters the applicant must call for ''adver-
tsed letters and give the date of the list. Also,
all letters advertised shall be charged with cent
in additionto theregular postage, to be accounted
for as part of the postal revenue, as per section
$50, page 34S, United States postal laws.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05

Judgesz6Eir of Dallas, formerly.
conzEs sdge Of Bell county, Tex. says
8 nave given my little boy two ,sAek3les
seof Gillespie IS Extract of l3 RhHts and 1t
has entirely cured hiusofs sg2cfn1a.
Robbins SVfsEffnd have large assort-
ment Of best styles Of wall TAPER.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
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