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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
A BETHLEHEM FAMILY.

lost In the Alleghanies or the
Rockies, and the Mount of Olives is so
small that you can go out of Jerusalem,
walk past the Garden of Gethsemane
and be at its top in an hour. Standing
here you can look clear across Palestine.
On bright day you can see the thin,
silveTY Jordan tied as string to the
great tin pan of the Dead sea on your
left, and the vast. sparkling Mediter-
ranean away over the plains of Sharon
on the right. King David made a great
fuss about his all-day's trip from Jeru-
salem TO the Jordan, but the distance
is only fourteen miles, and
the Sabbath days journey from
the Holy City to Bethlehem is
not more than six miles. The Jews
dealt in big figures. They looked upon
everything concerning themselves or
their people through the right end of
the opera glass, and their imagery is
truly Oriental. The probability is that
Judea never had very large popula-
ton, and it is very doubtful whether
Jerusalem was large city in compari-
son with the great capitals OF today. 1t
now contains just about 10000 souls,
and the walls around it nclose less
than half section of land. You could
crowd the whole city on goOd-sized
more than a garden patch.
LOOK AT JERUSALEM.
Both towns lie in the hills of Judea,
and they will show you in Jerusalem
just where Herod lived when he got
excited about the coming of Christ and
massacred the innocents. l walked
over the same floor upon which Pontius
Plate stood when he gave up the Lord
to be crucified. The walls of Jerusalem
are thirty-eight feet high. They would
reach the top of a four-story house, and
they run around Jerusalem, cutting it
out in the shape of diamond. Outside
of these walls the steep hills run down
on every side, and across the valleys
formed by these you see other hills, and
the whole country is rolling. The big
diamond inside the wall is filled with
mass of boX-shaped limestone houses.
built one on top of the other and
crowded into streets which cut each
other at all sorts of angles. The roofs
of the houses are fiat. There are no
chimneys and no windows. Many of
their rooms look like vaulted caves,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

new houses. They have grown up
since the building of the railroad, and
the Holy City has had suburban real
estate boom. These houses are OF lime
stone. They have no gardens about
them, and the white walls and the white
dusty roads. as they glare IN the winter
sun, are painful to the eye. About
the gate you find calnels with
dark-faced Bedouins upon them.
They have guns with them and they
scowl at You as you pass by. Here are
ragged farmers on donkeys with their
black and white blankets hanging from
their necks down over their bodies aud
hall covering the animals they ride.
Now you go by Russian pilgrims, who
are on their way into Jerusalem to wor-
ship at the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher, and here pass turbaned
Mohammedans. who scowl at you.
There are plenty Of beggars. A bare
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
Wise and Frugal.

Chicago Record.
"How much do you charge for beer?''
said the stranger. as he stepped briskly
up to the bar.
give cents"
And for some of the lunch on that
tablet"
"Nothip'."
"Well, I'll take some of the lunch.
don't believe a man ought to drink beer
at noon, anyhow"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
SWEET DISHES.
Half Dozen Easy to Make and
Not Very Expensive.

Boston Globe.
To make orange salad. choose not
quite ripe oranges. peel and slice them,
dredge them we'll with sugar and soak
them in brandy. liQueur, or liqueur
slrup, as you prefer, tor an hour.
A very pretty dish is quickly made in
this way: Cut the top from a sponge
cake and remove ali the center, leaving
only the base and sides. and put this in
a glass dish. Spread it inside lightly
with strawberry jam, heat a bottle of
the whole preserved strawberries in
little sirup for moment, and, just as
you are about to serve them, moisten
them with little sherry or champagne
Tor one oil the liqueur sirups). and pour
it Into the case OF sponge cake. pouring
"a little of the strip oyer this outside.
II you think this too sweet, peel, slice
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

lehem Madonna looks up at me from my
table as L write, and photographs of
Bethlehem shepherds in their sheepskin
coats, registered by my camera only a
year or so ago. make me think of those
famous shepherds who first saw the
star the night before Christ came. They
watch their tiOcks On the same plains
today, and III coming to Bethlehem from
Jerusalem l drove right over the fields
upon which they lay and saw the star.
THE JUDEA OF TODAY.
Palestine is much the same now as it
was nineteen hundred years ago. The
greatness of its history has magnified its
size, and it is hard to appreciate how
email it is. You could lose 1t in one of
the counties of Texas. You could ride
across 1t in a few hours on a railroad
train, and today second-class ticket
from JOppa to Jerusalem costs You only
dollar. Between the seacoast and the
FOUNTAINS lie the rich lands OF the Phil
!stines. They are the famed plains of
Sharon, and they are twenty miles
wide and sixty miles long. The
mountains of Judea would be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

and core couple of apples, blanch
them for minute or two in boiling
water, with little lemon juice, drain
and add these to the rest. OF course
you can use any fruit for this dish. Its
great advantage is that it can be pre-
pared in few minutes.
Another form of it is to line glass
dish with slices Of the cake, pour the
hot compete On it, and when cold cover
it rockily with whipped cream.
Here is also pretty apple compete !:
Peel and core some nice apples, throw
ing them as you do them into cold water
calculated with lemon juice, then blanch
them in the same water till tender
enough to give, if pressed with the
finger; then lift them out carefully and
arrange them on the dish they are to be
served on; now add loaf sugar and
either essence of lemon or vanilla 10
flavor it, boil it all together till thick
aud pour it over and round tue APP plies
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
THEY HAVE NO CoRNs.
Ballet Dancers Declare They
Gould Do Nothing If They Had.

Mile. Cerale, premiere assoluta. was
asked by Boston reporter whether it
was true that ballet dancers suffered in
tensely from corns, as, he said, it had
been reported.
II have travelled with ballet troupes
off and on for fifteen years all over the
world" said she, land have had lots of
opportunities to hear all about their
woes and ailments, but [ never heard
corns mentioned. Dancers are least
likely of all women to be so troubled,
for they make no secret of looking out
for the comfort ana well-being Of their
feet before everything else. can pick
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
A South African Servant.

Troy Times.
The servant girl of South Africa is
willing to work. but is jealous of her
personal dignity and rights. and knows
how to maintain them. At least that is
the impression one gains from this adj
veftisement in the Cape Argus
'sWanted-A place as general servant
by a young girl (1S), father German,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
A Cheaper WAY,

SomervIlle Journal.
Mrs Younghusband Il wish you
would step into the grocery store on
your way to town. Charlie, and ask
them to bring me up package of sand
for the canary birds.
Mr.: enthusiastically the use
OF doing that, Estelle? We are all going
down to the beach Sunday, you know.
and on Monday morning ali we shall
have to do will be to empty our shoes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
A Fair Shot.

Washington Star.
"John," she said after some silence.
"What is it, my dear?"
''Men say that women talk a great
deal, don't they?"
Il believe they do"
'"And they think it proper to make
Jokes about her alleged difficulty in
making up her mind"
''Yes."
John"
"Well, dear?'
Are there any women in Congress?'
'N-no."
land, yet. Just look at IL"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

floored. walled and ceiled with
stone. and those which open on
the street are of this character.
The streets have no sidewalks,
and the shops are merely holes In
the wall. The streets are vaulted and
winding, and in going through them you
think of the catacombs and appear to be
going through long vaulted caves. The
town is so densely populated that one
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

on the stones. There is no bed clothing,
except their blankets, and they squat
upon the stones when they eat
their meals. A ragged, dirty Bed
his rates are about five cents a day
per animal. The manger of Christ was
probably one of these holIowed-o out
stone boxes, and the Virgin Mary, in all
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

n THIS DAY, the
day before Christ
mas, L want you to
take a trip with me
TO the birthplace of
Christ. l visited it
a few years ago, and
the notes of my pen
Gil and my camera
lie before me. The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
out ballet girl in crowd by her feet

out ballet girl in a crowd by her feet
every time.
when chorus and ballet are mixed
together In their street dress l can read
ny tell which is which, for the dancers
all wear larger shoes than most of their
sex. They 90 in for comfort In foot
wear, because it means bread and butter
to them. The chorus girl, of course.
has the common weakness of her sex
Tor squeezing her foot into the smallest
possible shoe. The dancer can't afford
10; she must wear an easy, wide Shoe"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

room often constitutes house for a
family, and these narrow streets are
packed with people of all descriptions.
They are so narrow that no carriage can
enter Jerusalem, and in going to Beth
lehem l had to walk from my hotel
through the city and out of David'S gate
before l could get conveyance.
"a SABBATH DAYS JOURNEY"
The ride from Jerusalem to Bethle-
hem can be made in less than an hour.
1t is one of the most interesting jour
neys of the world, and it is through a
most interesting country. Outside the
walls of Jerusalem you may find MANY
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24
BETHLEHEM OF TODAY.
A VISIT TO The BIRTHPLACE OF
CHRIST.
ITS CURIOUS SURROUNDINGS.

q Practical View of Palestine
A Glimpse at the Stable Where
Jesus Was Born-How Christ
mas Is Spent at Bethlehem
Sort of Garden Patch
Town.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-24

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
His Size.

"Some years ago." said the story
teller, Il was out west on, or near. an
Indian reservation. l had about forty
miles to 90 to a ranch ana was to make
the trip in a wagon, as l had some
household effects to take along, includ-
ing a jug OF whisky. Some mission
aries were stationed at my starting
place, and one of them recommended
as my escort an Indian named William
Penn, good Indian, and one who was
active in the Sunday school. He didn't
look it, but his recommendations were
excellent, and ] accepted him. In the
stable, before leaving, / offered him a
drink of whisky from my flask as the
day was very cold, bu: he grunte and
shook his head. / offered it to him
again, just after his friend the mis-
sionary had told me good-by, and he
refused again. After we had been on
the way an hour felt chilly and took
out the flask and small glass. The
Indian looked at it wistfully as poured
it down. didn't think he wanted any,
but handed him the glass
Ugh" he grunted. with a vigorous
shake of the head; '-me no Sunday
school scholar; gimme jug Detroit
Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
USED a CURLING IRON.
Delicate Surgical Operation Performed on
a Suffering Woman.

"NNha-'
A few days ago party of Utica la
! dies went to the St. Lawrence for a ten
days stay. One night recently two
gentlemen relatives hied themselves
away to the river to stay over Satur-
day and Sunday. Saturday afternoon
the gentlemen went fishing, and their
/ success was abundant, for they car
ried back to the little cottage dozens
of excellent fish. In the morning the
breakfast was made very inviting by
the serving up of a fine mess of the fish
caught the night before.
According to the Utica Herald, one
of the young ladies in the party had
the misfortune, while eating her break
fast, to get a small fish bone in her
throat. 1t did not strangle her, but
gave her considerable discomfort and
every effort to dislodge it failed Fears
were entertained that unless the bone
was taken out it would cause infam-
nation, and so the sufferer was taken
in rowboat and visit made to a
neighboring island in search of assist
ance. The bone could be seen Just
back of the 'tonsils, but how to get at
it was the question. In the search for
aid dentist was found, but he had no
instruments with which to perform the
operation. At length, as trial, visit
was made to d rather pretentious cot
tage on one of the islands where some
wealthy people were staying, and
though they searched they could find
nothing among their household uten-
sis that could be used for the purpose
of fishing for the bone.
'Why wouldn't curling iron do?'
suddenly asked one of the young
ladies. with a fash of inspiration in
her eyes.
Why not, indeed?" was in the mind
of everybody. And then the wonder
was why this had not been thought of
before.
A curling iron was procrred, and
though little nervousness was exhib-
tied on the part of the operator-the
sufferers brother-he soon succeeded
in catching the bone between the Jaws
of the instrument and drawing it out.
Then every body laughed and all were
I happy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
RAID OF THE FLEAS.
Lively Insects Make Visit to Fashionable
Residents OF Gotham.


New Workers have plague. The
wicked flea has come to town. The
Fashionable district between Eighth
and Eighteen streets and Third and
Fifth avenues has been invaded by
IDEAS.
They come not as single spies. saws
the Morning Journal. but in battalions.
They have entered every mansion and
hotel in this large district. They meet
the house owner at the door They
dance on the dinner table, hold con-
ferences on the sideboard and prone
made in the drawing-room. They take
maps in the bedrooms. swim in the
bath and train their muscles in the
gymnasium. Wherever the house
holder flies he finds heas.
1t is rumored that the feas were
brought to the district by a wind from
Ellis island. Il zephyr which passed
over some Russian immigrants on
Ellis island blew over the lower part
OF the city and conveyed the feas to
Union square and vicinity. The fleas
were SO lively that it was thought thev
came from France. In fact, they had
the vivacity of French feas.
Fleas reign throughout the entire
district, ard their acrobatic feats are
the amusement and delight Of many
spectators. They occupy the city
houses of those who have gone to the
country. They make themselves IA
miiiar with those who are still stavinC
IN town They are jolly. lively and
lrrepressible In fact, they are the
huUorists Of he insect world.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30

ent weather he was sheltered by can.
vas which Brother Joseph tackled UP
for him.
Then came a time when he could not
leave his loft, and his suferings were
intense. Brother Joseph sat with him
every day. He would not have left
him for all the vows in the black vol
umes. He brought a jug of wine under
his robe, and kept Phillip alive on it.
They could not think of a doctor.
One night he poured out their last
drop of wine from the jug. 1t did not
matter, for Phillip would need no more.
The vesper bell over the monastery
gate rang ont through the valley, and
the boy suddenly gave his hand to his
friend.
There is the bell, Brother Joseph.
1t is calling US VIII you say some
beads for me?"
The bell, lad, will never call me
again. shall stay with you" said the
monk, kneeling down by the boy.
There was long silence.
''And after?" asked Phillip, very
softly.
Il will go back to the world and do
my work in it," said Brother Joseph,
solemnly.
"And you will not forget Phillip,
friend?" asked the boy, in last breath
''When l do, lad, may God forget
Brother Joseph"
In the cold and barren loft the vii
layers found the boys body with the
monks cloak thrown over it. Each
mad gone his way into ''new life"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
a MENTAL PHENOMENON.

The Brain of a BIan Who Could Play
Twelve Games of Chess Simultaneous
Iy.
The most wonderful deformitv in the
human brain that has ever been noted
by the scientists and made matter OF
record was that of the phenomenal
chess player, Richard Rockwoode
Rockwoode could play twelve games of
chess simultaneously, but no more, not
even being able TO begin on the thir-
seenth. After death his brain was
carefully examined by skilled anatom-
6sts, who found, in the region known
10 phrenologists as locality" that the
molecules of that portion of the brain
had actually arranged themselves into
n combination of squares resembling a
chessboard, and that each of these
squares had certain marks upon il,
supposed u represent the final posi-
tions of the pieces III the last twelve
games played by the great expert while
he was blindfosded. The doctors who
make this wonderful report declare
that it is true in every particular. but
that the arrangements of the atoms OF
the brain into the chessboard squares
referred to could only be distinguished
by microscopes of the highest power.
More than forty years ago. when Sir
William Dean Bakl1er made an exami-
nation of the brain of Forbes. the ship
builder, and reported that the MOLE
cules of the brain had arranged them
selves (the gray matter separating
from the other constituents of the
brain and lining up'0 into a rude form
u vessel hull, ne was only laughed at
The Rockwoode investigation proves
that Bakkcr knew what he was talk
ing about.-St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
GIVING IT To MARCO.

naturedIy began to pick them mp,
when crowd followed him. laughing
and hooting and sending his apples
rolling down the mountain side until
he cried with his loss.
Brother Joseph came along just then
and shamed and drove the crowd away,
and restored the remaining stock to
Phillip. The boy loved him from that
hour.
There was something in their mutual
isolation which drew them close to-
gether, and they were fast friends. In
the springtime the country around
.hem was gorgeous, and they both
owed nature in their own ways. They
occasionally went for long walks. and
when Phillip grew tired, or his leg hurt
him. Brother Joseph carried him up TO
their favorite promontory, where they
would sit down and talk. The lad was
ashamed TO be carried, and when
Brother Joseph laid him down be
always hlushed like 4 girl Then they
would sit n silence few minutes and
enjoy the glorious exit OF the days sun
Brother Joseph talked great deal
about the earth. and air, and sun. and
sky. and knew Phillips history from
his POOR and rather imP7omptu cradle
to his present age OF twelve, but he
never spoke Of himself
One evening Phillip said: II wish
were as good as you are, Brother
Joseph
The monk started
Nay, Lao, do not say that again"
But do You are as good as the
rintrlrs, of saint .ais ptailB~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-30
Before breakfast Bromo-Seltzca
Acts as q bracer-triai bottle lO cents,
THE KAISER IN FIELD TRIM
Germany's Emperor SkiIlfuIly Combines
Politics with War.

Politics with War.
For the officers and men IN general
the autumn field maneuvers afford lit
tie amusement They have to be up
Tong before the sun, their work all day
is of the hardest kind, they are quar-
sered in stab bles and peasants houses
almost as comfortless as the bare
ground, and if they had any hours of
leisure they are not where they could
possibly enjoy any social relaxation;
but in fact the care of their men must
necessarily occupy all Of their time, to
say nothing of preparations for the
morrow.
It is a little better for those who are
nnmediately in the suite Of the en-
peror, either as guests or as officers
commanded TO headquarters, as for
instance, the inspectors of different de-
partments, the umpires, and high OH
rers Of other army corps. These have
no great responsibilities after the day S
lighting closes, and at once return to
she headquarters IN some town, where
fhey are properly lodged and fed The
emperor usually gives a dinner every
evening to the principal officers and
officials in the neighborhood, as well as
70 the principal citizens residing near
by. He seizes the opportunity of the
grand maneuvers TO make the acQuaint-
Rnce personally Of the principal people
ia the different sections of his country,
and combines politics with war in al
Efficient way. The social features of
the grand maneuvers do very much
to bring notable people of different
parts OF the country together, and
thus little by little to efface the jeal-
ousies which naturally exist among
citizens of the different states who
have only been united since the Franco
German war. The year 1892 was the
arst in the reign of the present en-
9eror that had no imperial or grand
haneuvers, for the obvious reason that
cholera was present in many German
towns, and particularly in France close
to the German border. They will
probably, however, take place this
year-1S93-as usual, and in the neigh
borhood of where they should have
been last year, namely, about Metz.
IT is much to be hoped that they will
be carried out SO as to bring the people
Df this province into contact with the
emperor and his surroundings. The
result cannot fail to at least modify
those feelings Of antipathy which peo-
pie of the lately French provinces are
still said to entertain for their German
conquerOr. The French press persists
an nurturing the idea that Germans are
more or less coarse and cruel masters,
and that Alsace and Lorraine cannot
long remain separated from the land of
Napoleon. Nothing viii do more to
alter any such feeling than to come
into personal relations with the chief
of the German nation, and to see the
manner in which he handles troops.
He commands with skill that does
not encourage the idea of Alsace and
Lorraine changing hands during his
lifetime at least-Poultuey Bigelow,
ia Harper's Magazine.