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They Saw Themselves.

An, American traveller in Siberia, hav-
ing nothing better to do, one day per-,
suaded one Of his two native servants
to sit for his photograph. The result
was amusing and not amusing, accord
ing to the point of view. e.
The fellow had never seen 4 mirror,
and I dare say had no conception of
the degree Of ugliness exhibited upon
his countenance. AT. any rate, after
seeing the picture he manifested no
delight, though his companion, Con-
stantine, was very much elated, and
could not rest contented until had Sc
cured his picture also.
But, alas for the weakness of humani-
ty! Mikhaeloff was the pleased one this
time while poor Constantine was ter
rihly crestfallen.
The portraits seem to have brought
to their minds strange revelations, and
they retired from the tent in very
thoughtful mood, each trying to smooth
down his neglected locks Presently
Constantine had occasion to borrow my
scissors. and shortly afterward the two
returned, with scarcely a yestige Of
hair remaining on their heads, and i'm
p1ored me to make other likenesses.
The fruit OF the camera was to them
like the fruit Of the tree Of knowledge,
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ST. Patrick.

tub. st. Nicholas accused the man of
the crime, but he stoutly denied it, and
it was only when he was confronted
with the proof that he confessed. st.
Nicholas restored the. children to life
by miracle, and their father was con-
verified to the true faith.
Curiously enough st. Nicholas is the
patron slint Of thieves, also, and it is
said that the symbol Of the pawnbrok-
ers trade, the three cold balls, are
tracc.:ble 10 S.. Nicholas. Directly, of
course, the emblem came from the
Medici ia. llily ard the Lombard mer-
chan's. bet they in turn are said to
have derived it from the saint. An
other modern custom that is associated
with this saint is the Elton Mountain
Originally this bit of schoolboy foolery
vas conn .,tt.l with t. q appointment of
the boy Bishop Of St. Nicholas, who was
elected on St. Nicholas day, Dec. 8,
and performed the mock functions of
a bishop until Dec. %. -,
The practice of begging money and
giving salt in return at the celebration
Of the Mountain is the alleged orr
gin Of our slang phrase to salt man.
and the word freshman as applied
| to Il first year man in college, haE also
been attributed to the same source.
God for Harry, England and st.
Georger' was the battle cry Of Henry
V. at Harf1eur, and the patron saint
that King Hal invoked on that occa-
sion had, it was said, fought for God
frey Of Bouillon at Antioch and had
appeared as a foreteller Of victory to
Occur de Lion before Acre. st. George
was a native Of CECILIA and was born
] in To fYscf sol ON ii
was during this period of his life that
he rescued in the desert a beautiful
Lydian maiden from the dragon with
which he is always associated AS:
archbishop Of Alexandria he was inn.
prisoned, then dragged from his prison
by the pagans, killed and his body
thrown into the sea.
During his life he dared to upbraid
Diocletian for his cruelty, and at the
time the Crusades he was the most
| popular saint in the calendar. After
the battle Of Antioch he was adopted
as the patron saint Of England In
1874 the Order of ST. George, the
knights of the Blue Garter, was insti-
tuted, and in honor Of the occasion
there was a grand joust, in which forty
English knights opposed all Corners
! from France, Germany and Flanders.
The standard of ST. George was always
borne before the English kings. and
in the present time st. Georges day is
generally observed throughout Eng
4 land. IA $ y. 8ss Ia h.
The Patron Saint of France.
The patron saint of France is ST.
!! Dennis or, as it was originally. st.
i Dionysius. He was born in the third
century and became a missionary, ris-
ing finally to the dignity of bishop Of
y 3 Paris. He was killed in the persecu-
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MOTHERS DOUCHNuTS
The Young Husband Gives in to On
of His Young Wife's Tricks.

The Young Husband Gives in to On
of His Young Wife's Tricks.
''Lottie," said the young HUSBAND
as he sullily munched his provendel
couldn't you make some doughnut,
like mother used to niake?'
Il can try" said the young wife,
family, as she recoiled from the shock,
and no more was said on the subject
then. .-.. a.. ..-I..'. E~r 49,.
A day OF two afterwards Mrs Lottie
wrote to her mother-in-law asking for
a recipe for those same doughnuts
II am going to surprise Harold with
them some day." she concluded the let
ter. " ~. - s:g.. El.& =
The recipe came. 1t was in quite a
different shape from what she had ex-
pected, but it pleased her very much
Dear Harold will be so grateful y
she said to herself, but she hadn't half
gagged the depths and shades of dear
Harold's appetite yet. .. .a,..
.'Doughnuts,'' he shifted, as he sat
down to supper. "Oh, did you ever
| write to mother for her recipe?''
Eyes, and this is it, said Lottie, with
| q smile.
1T is? Not much it is! Why, phew!
| Rock salt and saleratus! And they are
as tough as gate hinges. Why cannot
| the women of to-day do anything as
| our mothers did? Now, these dough-
nuts have no shortening in them, and
mother
Don't say any more, Harold said
| his wife o11int1v .sYo,1,. r1OthoT D,o1n
those doughnuts and sent them by ex-
press. They are only twenty-four hours
old, and they are like the old-fashioned
doughnuts always are--made Of raised
dough. Try another III
But Harold sulked and Lottie went tc
the piano and softly sang:
| Mother, tan my little jacket,
/ AS you used to do long ago..
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of it's fulfllment- namely, beatifica-
tion-will soon be taken.
It has also been given out at the Vatl-
can that Joan of Arc will be enrolled
among the saints and adopted as the
patron of France. Her beatiica ton
will occur simultaneously with that OF
Columbus. .&r..& MN. 5......
Beatifcation is condition precedent
to canonization, and in the early days
Of the church it was conferred only
upon martyrs and piOus men whose
purity of life admitted them after
death into the immediate presence OF
the Deity. And it was for this reason
that each country, town, trade and IN
dividual had it's patron saint, VINO
could be moved by prayer to intercede
with the Almighty on it's behalf. Inc
beatified saint was and is in every case
the patron of one country, guild or
town. but to the canOnized saint IS ac-
corded the higher homage OF the whole
church, and the ceremonial necessary
to it's accomplishment is one of the
most elaborate and expensive known to
the ritual-so expensive, indeed, that
though the family of Charles Borro-
meo desired his canonization they were
obliged to be content with Qualification
yolved in placing his name in the
canon. -.-s
Authority to Canonize. Ell
The pope at the present time is alone
empowered to name the candidate for
this high honor, but the history OF the
rite shows that originally the election
was in the hands Of the people who Sc
lected the martyr or man whose life
and deeds seemed to deserve the title
of saint and then presented his claims
to their bishop. At this period ortho-
deXy was so necessary q part OF the
claim that even Origen and Tetullian,
great as they were, failed to be en-
rolled among the beatified. -
Subsequently the authority was vest
ed in the Pope, and it was by papal
sanction that the names Of such potcn-
tates as Emperor Henry I. and King
| Edward the ConfeSSOr were enrolled in
| the canon of the mass. At the time
! when the people made the selection
| the examination into the miracles that
| were said to have been performed by
| the deceased was less rigorous than at
| later period, and it was not until the
| advocatus diabli and the advocatus del
| came into existence that the merits and
| dement's Of each case were searchlngly
| examined The function of these two
officials is to take the facts laid before
them and argue upon them The, adj
vocatus diabl, as his title implies
makes the most of every point that
could stand in the way of the candi
date, while the advocatus del eXalts
| and eXtols the claims OF, the proposed
saint. Should the latter prevail the
| Qualification is decreed, and the cerc
mony is then performed in st. Peters
On the appointed day the pope an(
cardinals, clad in white, form a proces
sion which moves to the church. The
interior of the building is also hung il
white, and upon the ahangings are EN-
broidered in gold the arms of the pope
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HISTORY OF THE HISS.
The, Token of DfsapprOval Inherit
ed From the Serpent.

The, Token of DfsapprOval Inherit
ed From the Serpent.
If there is truth in the ingenious ar
gument advanced in the current num-
Der Of the North American Review by
DR.. Louis Robinson, mankind is indebt-
ed to the brute world for one of the
strongest of all the expressions Access
sorry to the language.
The hiss q universal expression Of
hostility, is, according to the writer,
not an invention of man. Its origin is
earlier than this, and it comes to him
through the serpent This singular
theory is not openly avowed, but it is
limited at, and arguments are educed to
give it credibility.
Throughout the animal kingdom a
hiss is the sign of dislike and hostility,
whether it be uttered by a snake, goose,
cat or man. The prey of the serpent
hears it with fear, and the unpopular
orator listens to it with 4 fiutter of ap-
prehension which generally spreads and
is shared by good portion of those
who are not kissing. It is possible,
thinks DR.. Robinson, that audiences
are unconsciously guided by a deeply
seated animal instinct when they greet
the unpopular orator OF sentiment with Il
storm of sibilatiOn
If this is so it opens a startling vista
as to the possible latent influences
which may be resident in main beyond
his knowing. There is much Of the ami
/ NAL in us after all. How can the hui
| man being who Kisses his disapproba-
ton instinctively and before his brain
has had time to fathom it declare that
he always acts from reason? Strangely
enough, too, the serpent as the primev-
al author of Kissing again figures as a
subject for contempt. The act is ap
propriately ignoble and mean. =.
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Another lady, but quite different from
the other-a slender, little, cast-down
lady, with a head that dropped like
lily Of the valley, and a dress Of brown
silk that had been mended, and darned,
and turned, and retrimmed, until even
Nahum Briggs, man and bachelor
though he was, could see how very
shabby it was.
Yet she was pretty, with big blue
eyes and shining brown hair, and
cheeks tinged with a faint, feeting col
or, where the velvety roses Of youth
had once bloomed in vivid carmine.
And the golden-haired little lassies
who chung to her dress were as like her
as tiny lily buds to full doomed flower
bells.
AS Nahum Briggs stood looking at
her there came back to him the. sun
shiny days Of his youth-a field Of
clover and a blue-eyed girl leaing over
the fence, with her bright hair barred
with sunset gold-and he knew that he
was standing face to face with the
girl whose blue eyes had kept him an
old bachelor all his life long.
This house is to let, believer" she
asked, timwidly. s..Es..ls 5s.. H
II believe it is, Barbara Wylie.'
! She looked up, starting with a sudden
| flush of recognition.
eff you please, Mr.. Briggs, I will
! look at the house. I am a widow now.
| keeping boarding house to earn my
bread. I hope the rent is not very
| high" ...u. -.-a- ~ H.
| We'll talk about the rent after
ward" said Nahum, swallowing a big
lump in his throat" Come here, little
girls, and kiss me; used to know your
mamma when she wasn't much bigger
than you are .. ..,..
| Barbara, with her blue eyes still
dropping, went all over the house with
out finding q word of fault, and Nahum
Briggs walked by her side, wondering
if it really was fifteen years since the
June sunshine lay SO brightly ON the
clover field. .--..,.
Il think the house is beautiful said
meek Barbara; will you rent it to
me?' ...- --,.
well, yes,'' said Nahum, thoughtful
ly; I'll let you have the house, if you
want it, Barbara"
with the privilege Of keeping few
boarders?"
No"
Barbara stopped and looked wistfully
at him.
But I don't think you understand
how very poor am Mr.. Briggs"
"'Ill tell you what, Barbara" sale
Mr.. Briggs, dictatorially, IN give yol
the privilege Of keeping just one
boarder, and him you've got to keel
all your life if you once take him."
II don't think I quite understand
you, Mr.. Briggs" said Barbara. Blu
one is rather inclined to think that sht
told a little fib.
What do say to taking me for 4:
boarder, Barbara" said the old bache
lor, taking both the widows hands il
his. Barbara, I'll do my best to be :
good husband to you if you'll be m.
wife"
Barbara blushed again and hesitated
but Nahum was not to be eluded.
''Shall take down the to let Bar
bara?'
"Yes,' she murmured, almost unde
her breath.
And when shall we be married, Bal
bara?' -, H..
TN the summer, perhaps said Mrs
!. Barbara, shyly. 3sss a z5s7s Z ss
| Tomorrow" said Nahum, decisively
and Tomorrow it was
The probabilities are that neithe
Mr.. Nahum Briggs or his brown ston
house will be in the market again IT
, let."-BostOn Globe
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. Unnecessl,a,rY,,:.

Mrs. Henderson has a family Of nine
children, and the skeleton in her house
is in the shape Of a stocking basket
which is never empty.
With this spectre before her eyes
she said playfully, in response to a
question from her mai -of- all work as
to what she supposed would be the du-
ties required in the next world:
well for one thing am quite sure
we sha Mt have to darn stockings after
10 at night, Bridget sf5
"Shure an that's thrue for you
ma am, replied the sympathetic Bird
get, for all the pictures ay angels thai
liver I saw was barefutted 4 s#
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iARlAT BETTER THAN PISTOL
4 Nevada Duel in Which One Cozxa-
Blatant Was DraceeI to Heath,


blatant Was Dragged to Death.
A unique and terrible duel was fousEsa
recently on Durphy's cattle raoch, BEAR
Carln, New, says the San Francisco
Examiner. George Rice and Westly
Hickerson, two cowboys, Were the prSn-
cipals, both having been friends for
some time. During the evening Rice
and Hickerson began playing pE.anks
on one another. Hickerson went 10
Rice's bunk, took his pistol and threw
it into Il stream running close by
Thereupon Rice swung his Msso anH
caught Hickerson, declaring ne wenaB
drag him into the creek and hold linz
there until he found the pistol. He Was
prevailed upon by his companions, how
ever, to release Hickerson. He then
said he would quit work and leave the
ranch. He and Hickerson sat down
together to figure up how much mozsa.y
they had borrowed from en- lsa9elN
to each other at different times anG I'D.
settle up. This matter was adjusts8s
amicably and they agreed to; cslaa IN
oil square, and Rice mounted his horse
to ride into town for the purpose ut
seeing the foreman and to notify mn.
of his intention to leave his service
and receive what was due him-
He had covered perhaps half the lis
lance to town, when. foE some reason,
ne wheeled his horse and started back
toward the camp. It is presumed 80
had thought the matter over, and COR.
clhded not to quit work H5ckeBezn
s;;w him coming, wLen without q Ssauch
to his companions, he mounted hisSlotsts,
:nu started out to meet Rice. They
! advanced until within about nifty yards
of each other, when HickeTsOn ITf2feia
his revolver and commenced firing
Rice leaned over on the opposite side
of his horse, Indian fashion, and besG,a
circling around Hickerson, ut the same
time undoing his lasso, and kept grad
ually drawing nearer to HickersAsa-
Hickerson had fired three times at his
opponent, but owing to Rice's Ha.seE-
yCTs, had failed to hit either horse or
rider. In the meantime Rice had drawn
close enough to his assailant He
| Strengthened up in his saddle, whirlea
his lariat around his head, and in "a
second the lariat had settled arounGE
his victims body, and Rice was wildly
dashing toward the camp, dragging his
now helpless man over the rocks AMI
through the sagebrush. The men En
the camp We're .lorror-stricken at the
sight, and before they could rush 10
the assistance OF the poor fellow Rice
had reached camp. 1t was but the
work Of a moment to undo the lasso,
and it took but a glance at the bruised
and battered face of the unfortunate
young man to tell that life was extiRct
Rice, however, could not believe .7lst
his victim was dead, and wanted tD,
ride into town for a doctor, but one OF
the cowboys said the best thing to do.
was to send for the foreman aud tbs
sheriff.
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ton Of Valerian at Catalla, and it is:
related that after his death he took up
his head, which had been cut off, and
carried it 4 distance Of two miles. It
is apropos Of the statement that the
French phrase, "C'est lie premier pas
qui coute'' originated, for when the
story was told to a witty French woman
she remarked, La distance ne vault
rien; c'est lie premier pas qui coute. =
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RHYMES ABOUT EYES.
Here In a handful

Here liz handful
Of rhymes about eyes;
Perchance they are truthful
Perchanee they are lies.
The critics may fount them,
And VOW they are wrong
But a fig for their censure;
And here is my song.
Blue eyes for laughter, .s
Blue eyes for love,
Blue eyes that borrow i
The azure above. .
Green eyes for glory, ..-.. "a
Gray eyes for greed, Ill., Il
Brown eyes for beauty; -s- -
Who runs SO may read.
Calm eyes for courage s.. ~
When contests begin;
Deep eyes for daring,
And squint eyes for sin.
Mems eyes for wisdom,
Maids eyes for mirth,
Babes eyes for secrets
Too sacred for earth.
Look now and listen,
The last rhyme appears;
IT'S young eyes and old eyes
And all eyes for tears.
These lines that I've ended
In sorrowful wise,
Think ysu they are truthful,
Or think you they're lies? -
-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
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and also those Of the saint to be beati-
fed, if he was Of noble family.
The ceremony is then begun by the
granting of absolution to all who are
present at the solemn rite, after which
a formal request is made to be allowed
to read the decree. This being granted
and accomplished the Te Deum is sung
and the image Of the saint which has
been placed on the altar is unveiled.
The entire congregation then offer the
act of reverence, and after the reading
of the collect the image is incensed and
high mass is held. On the same day the
pope in person visits the shrine at yes
pers.
Ceremony OF CanOnixatton.
At the ceremony of canonization the
image Of the saint is gorgeously decked
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He Could Wntt.

Ragged Robert-P lease, mum. il yo1a
could let me have an old suit Of your
husband S WV @
Mrs. suburb-He has only one suit.
md I was just thinking about me1faissGsS:
that. s55zz5 +:
Ragged Robert IN in no hurry
mum. { kin wait till it's. nended
Puck.
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md carried in a procession which ln-El
caudes the Iope, cardinals, bishops and
prelates. When the chapel is reached
the pope takes his seat upon the throne
and receives from those present the act
of obedience The master Of ceremonies
then approaches the lower part Of the
throne and asks that the saints name
be placed in the canon. 10 this the 4
pope responds that first there must be /
q prayer for guidance. and thereuponS
the Litany Of the Saints is said. "A
second time the request is made, and
with the same result, the only difference \
being that the .'Neni Creator Spiritus"
| is substituted for the Litany. At the
conclusion of this part Of the service
the canonization is asked for a third
and last time and the pope then sol
emily names the candidate as worthy
and DEGREES him as deserving a place
in the canon, also fixing the day to be
set apart in his honor. The Drothono-
tary is summoned to call the congreg,a-
ton as witnesses to the decree and this
MS followed by the singing Of the ''Ie
! Deum laudamus." J.E.,,S & " r. "a.
! The canonized saints name is here
after used in the Confiteor and grafton
| and then follows the dissolution and
/ blessing. Il. ,tT$
! At the offertory there is q curious
custom of laying symbolic gifts upon
( the altar The first cardinal presents a
i large wax candle which is followed
4 by an offering Of two turtle doves in
q golden cage; the second cardinal then
advances bearing two large loaves OF
i bread, one gilt and the other silvered,
and the next gift is one live dove in a
silver cage; the third cardinal presents
two tiny gold TASKS of wine, and the
next offering is large, gayly decorated
i cage filled with live birds Of all sorts.
/ AT the conclusion Of the ceremony the
! pope, attended by the procession, re-
tires to his chambers for prayer and
meditation. ....
4 Names for New Saints.
1T is the custom to bestow on the
canonized saint some new and especially
characteristic name, and as there is
already st. Christopher on the calen-
a dar it is possible that in the canoniza-
4 ton of Columbus this may be done.
\ But it, is a curious fact that the name
Christopher means the bearer of
{ Christ and in the present instance no
more appropriate title could be chosen
for the man who brought the creed of
Christ to this country. The st. Chris
topher of the present canon is by an
:. odd coincidence the patron saint Of mar
| iners.
Good st. Nicholas.
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Good st. Nicholas,

st. Nicholas was made the patron
stint If Ill IN because Oh one occa-
sion lie found out by divine inspiration
that Ill unnatural father had murdered
two Of his children, and after having
cut up their bodies put them into Il
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{ AMERICANS PATRON Sal NJ.
COLUMBUS TO BE CANONIZED BY
i. THE CHURCH OF ROME.

How Saints Are observation-disclosures
sive Ceremonies Attending the
Beattfication of Names for the
Cnnons of the, NIass-Patron Saints
Of Nations. .3 5 ii Is "
Columbus is to be canonized and
America is to have a patron saint, just
as England has her St. George and Scot
land her St An7.'ew says the New a' 7,
York Herald.
The pope made this announcement
at an audience given to the Columbian
minister in Rome, and the first step
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The, Patron Saint of France.

8{Ed The, Patron Saint OF France. ~
The patron saint Of France is ST.
Dennis, or, as it was originally. st.
sDionysius He was born in the third
century and became missionary, ris-
ing finally to the dignity of bishop Of
j Paris. He was killed in the persecu-