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Ter cousin, you know. It'll make it
pleasant for Martin, when he comes"
But Mrs. Carey could not take matters
so easily as did her more phlegmatic
spouse.
~ didn't put no icin' on that cake,
she fretted, 'and there wasn't a raisin
left tor the pies, arter I'd mixed up the
puddin'. might have sent for some by
Deacon Beardsley's boys, If I'd only
kuowned in time. And then the floor
in the frcnt bedroom-I hain't no carpet
for it, and
"Oh, bother the carpet, mother. II
Viva can't put up with what we've got,
she must 60 elsewhere; but I'll risk her.
Where's the paperl"
The snow lay white and pure, like
ridges of pearl, over all the fallen logs
and uusightly stone walls, frlnging the
solemn old cedar trees aud turning the
woods to cathedral arches carved in
dazzling marble and alabaster, when
Farmer Carey's old box-sleigh, costly
lined with buffalo robes, jingled up to
the door, just about dusk, and Viva
Grey ran into the kitchen, like little
fur-robed fairy, to Mrs. Carey's no small
ast lnishment.
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Dixie. "

It has often been remarked that th'
familiar air of "Dixie" will elicit NOR
applause here than any other piece ol
music that may be performed. 4
medley of national or patriotic airs VIII
usual, contain "Dixie," aud that par
ticular tune will be greeted with de
gree ofapplausc that quite throws every
thing else in the shade.
This fact is attributed to Southern
sentiment, but it is far from correct
The Northern soldier sang "Dixie' anT
marched to "Dixie" in the great cam
paigns. Every Union band used to play
it and every Union soldier has lightened
the knapsacS and accoutrements by JOIN
inc in the lively tune with his comrades.
Besides this, "Dixie' is a lovely piece
ofmusic, aud IN the opinion OF eminent
composers is superior to almost all the
national airs of the world-;onspicuousIy
to those of this country.
Don't let anybody make you believe
that only southerners aud Southern sym
p,,hizers love "Dixie. ."--Neo York Her.
III
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"Hear me out, father. | loved girl
who would grace the home OF any man,
and had reason to believe that she re-
turned my love. A triding difference
somehow made GOODNESS between US. l
was in the wrong. Being made aware
that | had misjudgcd her, was about
to seek reconciliation, when ] learned
that she had fallen heiress to fortune
which lifted her far above my humble
sphere. have always said that l would
never marry heiress. Still less would
lay myself open to miscouceptiOn now,
when the world would say that her
wealth alone brought about our recon-
citation. l shall never see her again. "
"But, Martin"
ooh, father, am very miserableH
One moment Martin Carey's head
dropped on the kindly shoulder of the
old man; then he Strengthened ~ again I,
erect and stately as young pine tree.
"It you please, sir, you will not speak
of il again. Let it die into the past.
You would have liked her, l think. She
is a distant relation Of mothers family"
"Twan't Ruth Ann Wilcox, who went
to York. teachin' school last falls'
"No, sir; it was not Ruth Ann Will
cox"
And with this Mr.. Carey was forced
to be contcnted. Evidently, Martin did
not like to be questioned; so, in bis in
most mind, the old man came to the con-
clusion that it must have been "Deacon
'Siah Parsons step-daughtcr, that was
half-sister to mothers cousin, Job ALL
ways"
"But, Martini" he ventured to say,
after they had skinned along over the
hard, frozen ground for some minutes in
silence, "do you believe you young folks
could have kissed and made friends II II
hadn't been for the money she's fell
heir to-"
~ do, father"
"There, swowl" cried Farmer
Carey, brandishing his whip-handlc.
''Tsin't doin justice to her to let this
consarned money part you bothl Martin,
boy, think twice about it"
81 have thought, sir, and my mind
is unalterably decided. Could l bear to
be called fortuue-huuterl Father, say
no more; it only re-opens the old
wounds, and, although I feel your kind
ness from the bottom of my heart, in
deed, indeed, 1t can do us no good"
from the uncurtaincd windows the
red freight streamed out across tn
gathering darkness Of the fast-closini
night, as the sleigh drew tingling up II
front of the door, aud Martin Care!
sprang out.
His mother was at the door to receiy'
him In true motberly fashion, and th'
next instant be entered the chcery o'
kitchen, whose walls were all festoone'
with wrea.hs Of henlock, ivy, and sbil
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down, with his hands in his pockets, "
cried the farmer, his brown face light
ing up at the sight OF his only son.
"Martinl Martin, my ladl Why l do
believe old Whiteface knows himl"
And the next moment Martin Carey
was seated beside his father in the box
sleigh, cheerily answering the torren. Of
questions which the old man eagerly
poured forth.
"And mother is well2" he asked,
when he could get chance to speak.
"Yes, and"
But here Farmer Carey tethought
himself of his promise to brown eyed
little Viva, and awkwardly turned the
current of his words.
"And she'll be glad to see you, my
boy! But, Martin, You don't look as
hearty as you did last September. You
are pale!"
"Am Il'
The young man was evidently little
embarrassed.
Farmer Carey dropped the reins
aghast.
"Ihere's nothing wrong, Martin !
You haven't been getting in debti Be-
cause if you have, my boy, we aren't
rich folks, but there is the farm, aud if
a mortgage, or"
"Nsy, nay, father" answered Martin,
pressing the old mans hand and gather
ing up the reins with sad smile; "a
aim in no such difficulty as that; thank
YOU all the same. Nor did l mean 10
cast shadow over your quiet life with
the reflection OF my own SORROWS. But
since you have questioned me, I will
confde in you freely. l have fallen IN
love-"
"That's nothing to look sad about,
the farmer answered. "Why, it's what
did myself, son Martini"
at was a pleasant, brief dream, faith
er." went on Martin, "but it was soon
over. I'm only workingmau, father,
with just enough to live on"
"a workingman!" broke in Stephen
Carey. "Aud what OF tha!l Amt they
the bone and sinew OF the landl Why
boy, you ought to be proud Of the
title!"
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Potato Pen wipers.

Several hotels IN this city use neatly
peeled and cubed potato as a place in
which to stick the pens, kept handily
near the register. A man from else
where got to talking with Clerk Roney,
Of the Colonnads, about the idea yester-
day. "Why use potatossi' asked Mr..
Somebody, Of Elsewhere. "They clean
the pens,, said Mr.. Rouey. 'Tae asid
Of the murphy neutraIizes all the cor.
roding principles OF the writing fluid.
I've figured that it will take 175 bushels
Of potatoes to supply city hotel counter
with these potato pen-wipes. The pots'
toes have TO be big ones, selected fol
their size, and as soon as one gets black
snosbes has 70 be sent for. n-PAiladt5'
pAia Pssa. ...-----.-----.--4
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Christmas Decorations.

The custom Of decorating churches,
dwellings and places Of business with
evergreen, holly, laurel, bays and mistle-
toe at the Christmas season has a heatben
origin, being a perpetuatlon OF an OBJ
servance OF the old British Druids, whose
belief it was that kindly sylvan spirits
sought these ornaments OF living green
and hoycred near them, untouched aud
unharmed by nipping frost, until the
death Of winter.
Those same old Druds attached much
ortancs to the mistletoe, investing it
with a peculiarly hallowed aud mystic
character. Tney regarded it as an
emblem Of love and believed that it
typifed the beaefcent feelings of their
gods toward mankind. It is doubtless
to this old Druidical association Of the
m;stletoe with lore that the English
custom, which still obtains, OF enforcing
the forfeit of kiss from any female
who is caught under branch Of it a:
Christmas time, is traceable.
We ire also indebted to the Drdiis
for the Christmas game OF "suap-
dragon, which is played, as every one
knows, By trying to snatch raisin' from
blazing brandy in an otherwise dark
room. But probably few of those who
have played it are aware that the old
Druids were accustomed to worship a
fame of burning spirits, into which
they cast and from out Of which they
pluckcd certain objects.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-12-25

Lo~D DuFFERIS has been appointe1 brie.
ish AMBASSADOR TO France In the place VI
the late Lord Lytton.
Anv,crs from Pexin. China. state that the
Nonoo,iau instruction IS at an end, ana tnas
;orry.rwo insurgents have bean Dehesded-
Muck damage was done BY storms VI
Great Britain.
RrpoRrs of the ravages Of influenza in
various parts OF Europe are being constant
ly received. The eoidemc is spreading rap
idly in Jutland, Holland AMI D'nmar<.
The Chinese Empire has officially noinsd
the State Department at Washington tna'"
will take no part in the WorlIs FAR.
A CROWDED ferryboat capsIzed in the Elbe
At Harourx. Germany, hunire1s OF p-oyie
being thrown into the water. Ten OF tnc
passengers were drowned.
cmrrs Foreign Minister, Matts, N his
circu,ar letter TO the Eurooean and Awer's
can ,,ecations. saws that President harrison
and Secretary Tracy have been misintormed
of events in that country. ant repeaA rnHs
Justice will be done in the Baltimore nnar.
A puxRcE fjeht between the Irish factions
occurred in Waterford CITY, during ""'cn
Michael Davitt was badly hurt
TIE burial OF Dom Pedro. ex,Emp:r@ g
Brazil, took place at Lisbon. tortuxI - Z
hearse was drawn BY eight hor~ 1ne - n
coffin was covered with norat ~ ~. !. q - -.
the members Of the roynl lsnllfs 4. -. -.
officials Of The fore1Ep @ 49, - =
With tno excePFoo q ~ - -. "a 4 1. -
accompanied - 1ens9'1e e n - ~
where tln NY Ves d1Pc1''o =
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inc laurel leaves. woven in with glowing

| ing laurel leaves, woven in with glowing
scarlet berries.
"Why, motherl" he cried, "this is
genuine Christmas decoration ! Who
would have dreamed of there being so
much skill left in your fingers"
"'Tain't mel" cried Mrs. Carey, look
ing triumphantIy round. "Dear mel l
never could ha' twisted the things to-
gether so cunningly-it was VIVA"
"Vivial"
Martin Careys handsome Greek face
grew pale as marble, as he repeated the
word. At the same moment a light,
graceful little figure glided into the
room, and came to his side.
"Yes, Martin, it was I. You'll let me
wish you a merry Christmas, won't youl
And, Martin"
"Welll"
She stole her little hand softly into
his.
'I'vc got Christmas gift for you, il
you will accept it-myself."
"vivia-stop a minute, viyial' he ex-
clsimed. "Is this a dream, or are you
really standing here under the shadow of
the old roof-tree, lifting the weight from
my heartl Viva, my love, my dar-
ling"
"Your wife," she interposed, gently.
ooh, Martin, would you have allowed q
barrier of gold to separate usl Here's
though am, should have been the
poores. woman in all Christendom II |
had lost your love. Aud yoa need never
fear the worlds careless imputation Of
being fortune-hun:er. You did not
come after me; came after you
And when Mrs. Carey came in, with
the best damagk table CLOTH on her arm,
Martin and Viva were still standing in
front OF the fireplace, rapt in one
another's low, caressiug words, the old
lady stopped short.
"Nlartin-I didn't know
"But know, mother" cried ont the
genial voice Of the farmer, close behind
her. "AIartin, say, lad, IT'S all right at
last. Mother, we're goin' to have dear
little daughter, and her nano is Viva
Grey"
And when the clear, cold light of the
blessed Christmas Day dawne1 radiantly
over the glistenin2, snow-covered earth,
and the red fingers Of sunset wrote across
the orient say the sweet old words,
"Peace on earth, goodwill to man.
Martin Carey walked with Viva to the
! village church, and there received the
sweetest Christmas gift that earth could
have in store for him.
He had married an heress in spite OF
all his protestations and that is the end
Of most mems resolutions.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Brazil is country of extraordinary fer
dlity.
Two pounds Of beef are consumed TO
me of mutton in England.
The waters of thc,Grand Falls OF Labra'
Tor have excayatcd chasm thirty miles
ong.
People in Japan are called by toe
lamily name next and the honoric-'hu''
"Smith Peter Mr."
A man in Concord, Mich, makes a
diving by raising English sparrows and
.elling their heads for the bounty.
An industrious hive of Andrew County,
Missouri, bees lately made arecOrd OF
Twelve pounds of honey in twelve hours
John Stowe of Birmingham, Conn.,,
recently elected a live frog, which ne
declares he swallowed two years pre-
viously.
Melons were first callel cauteloupes
from being cultivated at Canteluppi, a
village near Rome, where they had beea
introduced from Armenia by mission
aries.
The earliest inhabitants Of Greece were
probably the Pelasgi, an Aryan nation
who came from the high table-land cf
Asia. passed around the Caspian Sea into
Europe, and settled in Greece and Italy.
Western Washington loggers tell Of an
immense log. recently hoated down the
snoqualmie River, which five oxen had
difficulty in hauling. 1t was fire log
thirty-two feet in length aud eighty nine
inches in diameter at the largest end.
Twelve thousand silk worms when
newly hatched scarcely weigh one-luar-
ter of an ounce, yet in the course oil
their life, which lasts only about thirty
FIVE days, they will consume between
three hundred aad foIr hundred pounds
OF leaves.
There are naturaists in this day and
age who believe that horse hairs will
turn to living snakes; that toads Will
live for thousands Of years in the cavity
of a rock without food or water; that
the barnacle goose was developed from
the she'll fish of that name, and that the
bird called Sora is species Of the winged
frog.
The City of London is pat do"n by
geographers as the centre OF the landed
hemisphere. In ether words, IA Illus Of
about 5000 miles on the curved surface
of the earth, with London as a centre,
would describe a circumference enclosing
more land than any G00O-mile circle that
could be drawn from any other city IN
the world.
Down to the time Of Homer, whc
flourished 9O7 B. c., as little was known
of the surface OF the earth as is now
known of the interior. Greece was then
regarded as the centre OF the earth,
which was surrounded at the distance Of
500 miles BY the ocean river. Later the
land was extended farther aud limited
form given to the old Continent.
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msdIcaI ExbIorinu Station.

The New York MlieL Record has
sent DR.. Edmund C. Wendt to Europe to
investigate the sanitary and climatic
conditions of the principal cities OF
Southern France and of the Italian
Riviera, as well as of Naples, Florence
and Rome, to determine whether thai
part Of the country is really so beneficial
to the vast army Of patients whom ply
sicians annually send TO winter there, as
is commonly imagined. Or. Wendt says
that many patients who ut considerable
expense have spent winters in these
Southern cities, have expressed doubt as
to any benefit that they have derived,
and his mission is to determine whether
these doubts are well founded. He will
spend the whole winter 10 his inyesiiga-
tions. .-,sss Orleans Picayuas.
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South and West.

A Ng,y YoRH syndicate has decided ID
build beet sugar factories throughout No
brsska AMI adjoining States, wiIn near
quarters IN Omaha.
A SATISFACTORY test OF the new navy
emo. elsss no,yder was made a. tnaian Head,
Nd s eo
a EEAD-oN railroad collision occurred hye
miles aooys JonesDoro, III. between a
freigat sraiu and construction tram En-
oinsar &. $. FiDpin and Two laooreFs were
Riljet AMI eiglt others injured, some NOR
tally.
(,pvar damage was inflicted in tae san
Francisco AMI San Gabriel valleys IN Call
fornia ami at Pasadena oy wind stron'
A q. raber was killed at Norfolk. la YER
6u,o CANYON and the Glendale sec-oa tne
storm was tae widest ever known. butcinss
-ve,.a ,yrsc yei cars derailei and orange
trees stripped.
TIE grip again became preVaienD N DS..''
more. Nj, lany cit zans OF Auante, oi'
suffered frou tae same ep.de nic. Inc uIs-
ease appear.d ia tue milier form N many
parts OF Illinois.
RICHARD FuRLAxD and Bert Baubers werc
LiIled James Aitclel was injured, ana
barn was set aire aud destroYed oy Ine e.-
nlo.ion OF a tArssaing mac1!ns on L. hoycSs
farm near Mayyiiie, Mich.
COLONEL WILLIAM Z. MERRILL, unItea
Stats En- .inesr in charge or the Ollo
Piver and ITS navigable tributaries, droppst
dead on a train near Z geiell, H. he was
born in Wisconsin in le2o.
The annual meetin: OF the American
Federation LABOR. the first ever nel1 Ia
the South. was called to order at ErsweIi
Hall Birningnam, Ala, by President Sau-
uei Gonpars. Nearly 30 delegates from
every part o. the Uaitsd States and Canada
were IN atteudance.
he Virginia Legislature ia session a;
Richmond re-ciscte joan W. Dahiei O"''ei
States senator without opposition.
On one Of tie leading thoroagnteres IN
CHICAGO. H.. few nights ago hve daring
highwaynlen suddenly surrounded one OK
Uncle SANS biggest mail wagons ana az re,
yolyer point forced the postal empioysS Z"
throw oue ssysral sacss.
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Washington.

SPEAKER CRisr has appointed Jonn i.
Waterman bis private secretsry. Ihonas
q Toyvlee OF Missouri, has been ap2olntel
Chisf CLERK Of the House Of Representatives
at Washington.
A TREATY wiSh Germany has been ar
rama, by tia state Department az Wasa,
inoton unier wdich American grain ana
,,orE are TO he admitted 20 the German Eh-
1ire at Greatly reduced rates OF duty.
Rrcv.PDG. Dow. a fourteen hundred
doIIar clers in the mail division OF the rrea-
s,,rv Dspartn snt. died in Washington a few
days ago. He had been employed IN tna,
dsnartnent for sixty-two years. havin{ Oeeh
aunointea a rnessang GER in 1879, during FE's'-
dent Jacsson's administration.
A COMPARATIVE statement Of the esti--
mates OF appropriations needed ior the next
cscsi ar has been prepared at Washington
~, Nsssr. Courts ard Cleves the respective
ciari,s 10 the House ald Senate committees
an Anproogiatons. This statement SHOWS
an eyes. M estimates OF regular appropria-
tions fn7 th, fscll year beginning July l.
lS9, OF 81. 80 So. as conparef WITH zoe es
timates a year ago for t1e current hsca'
year.
TuEny was notable gathering IN the
Wasbinc,on home OF Mrs. ;. :. Cox TO WIT
uess tne PRESENTATION 10 neg, on oensll OF toe
officers and men OF the Lite Saving service
OF the Treasury, OF magnificent VASE Oh
silver, inteni TO ex9res' tne appreI.as, IssIr,
OF tas members o. the service Oh the iao0's
OF her Iace husband in its UeaaH.
Tar Republican caucus COMMITTEES, which
hor been enaa red at Washington tor week
in filling the vacancies on the Senate con,
mittses. made fnal report 70 tns Iuii
caucus Of Senator'S, who receiver .us nss -
ASSIGNMENTS aad laid them over Tor ap-
provai.
TIE Brazilian Goveroment has asked 'ne
State Department at Washing ON TOT an an
extension OF time for the ratification OF sos ,
treaty OF arbitration Tecen,y eo'0
between Brazil and the United States
Tay President approved the report o. the
rran,,ni,g Roarl In the ,ass OF Lommander
an1ustus Y. Kellogg, United States Navy,
VINO was therefore placed on the retired nsc
witt through pay.
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men beat the reptiles head into quietudc
with levers. 1t was found that this
portion of its body measured nearly
thirteen feet in length, while the tail was
not quite ten feet long; aud near the
place where the saw had divided 1t, the
snake was twenty-onc inches in circum-
ference.
or course the frantic bullocks did not
exert their strength iu concert. They
we're too crazy with fright for that. Had
they pulled together, and in a straight
line, undoubtedly the serpent would
have been torn either from the tree, or
from his hold upon the bullocS's neck.
-Yout IS Co,npani0n.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

IT was recorts from Boston that Henry
L. Norcross. a note-5roSer. OK Somerviiie.
Mas. was beieysd to he the BON )-thrower
wao tried 10 a.sas,i11te ML.iola.re Russell
Sage in New YORK City.
RS. IRWIN MCDOWELL. widow OF Major
General Mcdowell, die at ner no ne IN We"
Ycrx City. Mrs. AcDowefs maiden name
was Helen II. bur zen. Sne was born u
Troy. Y. Y, on January o. 1926.
CAPTAIN SEYMOUR PAGE, the Oldest cit.
zen OF Falls VIhsgs. Conn, Is DEAF; aged
ninetv-fve years. Mrs. Theodosa Lamp
on def N Strat;orL,. Conn, few Gays
ago, aged lOJ years and six months.
The grip has broken out in epidemic form
in Philadelphia, Penn, and many otner
Eastern cities AMI towns. It's rayages are
widespread.
EDWARD N. FIELD, the son OF Cyrus w.
Field ana held o. the late stock broking
firm OF Field. Lindley, Wiechers & o.,
which failed Tor more tain a million o. dol
lars in the .ass week OF November, has been
taken from the asylum and lo11ed IN folc5
Headouarters, New YORK City, crimina'
charges having been prsferrei sainst him'
JOSIAH Minor. at one time tho law part
ner o. Franklin pierca, died at Concord, "
H..aged seventy three. tie was Judge OF tue
Court Of Common Pleas and prominently
identified with many financial institutions.
SURGEON MELAycraoy L. RvTa, o. the
United States NayJ. died at the Naval hos
pital, Brooklyn, y. Y, in his .orty-ssventh
year. Doctor Rutl was one OF the best
known men IN tas Un.tei States Navy: ne
was an intimate fr'eni of secretary tracy,
and it was he wac carried the Secretary
from his burning bouss in Washington
waere his vi ami daughter lost tnsir lives.
A COLLISION occurre on the New York
Central near Fishkiil, ". y, in wnlch BON
engines were completely wrecked the hre-
man OF the express. John Smith, OF Albany.
was seal e 10 deatn and theenglneer, james
Kelly, OF Albany, fatally scalded.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad was pur-
chased at Pitts0ury, Penn. By the Pennsyi-
vau:a fcr 50, 10l, go, the latter assuming 'ue
bonded inde stcIness oil s2lDaOOl.