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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

ST iukS ucdFu AIAf,
Angels whispers made it known,
And the shining OF u star;
Not with banners fair unfurled
Came the child OF our delight.
In the stiffness of the world.
In the silence Of the night
Not In pillared palace tall.
With Its tapestries Of yoli.
But within q stables stall
In the meekness manifold;
Not In pomp Of proud estate
Came she child OF our delight.
Known to shepherds. Watching late.
In the silence of the night
Yet on all the anxious earth
Never such birth had been!
Never momentous birth
That could mean so much to men!
All the stings OF Death were shorn
When the child Of our delight
Came. and Life and Hope were born
In the silence of the night
Following the wandering star.
Wise men brought unto His feet
Precious favors from afar.
incense and frankincense sweet
What things precious shall we bear
To the child OF our delight.
Praying that he find them fair.
In the silence Of the mighty
Now the sound of trumpets blown,
And the thunderings heard afar,
From glad steeples make IL known
OF the shining of the star!
Be the banners bright unfurled
To the Lord OF our delight.
In the 2lacness OF the world,
In the glory OF the night!
A. W. BELLAw.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

sumptuous ornaments worn by the pa
triarch and his assistants on these &C.
casions were presented by the late
Marshal MacMahon, in the name of
the French Republic.
The first ceremony ends at midnight.
A long procession, brilliant with ia
pers, then descends into the grotto of
the Nativity. The patriarch carries
in his arms q waxen image Of the child
Jesus, reclining upon pink silken cush-
ions embroidered in gold.
Before the niche Of the manger the
patriarch hands the "bambino" to one
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

confirmed to France in 1882 by the Con-
gress of Berlin. The old ceremonial,
established br ordinances Of Louis XIV,
has been strictly maintained. The To-
cal clergy pays royal hOnors to the
Consul OF France. When he is in
stalled Te Deum is chanted.
In the professions at Bethlehem. at
the Holy Sepulchre and elsewhere the
blue cushion on which he is to kneel is
carried before the Consul. On Christ
mas Eve the French Consul comes from
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

of his deacons and then recites the
Evangel of the Nativity according to
St. Luke. Until two in the morning
the psalms and songs continue, and are
finished by TIE Deum. All Bethle-
hem wakes the whole night long and
camps, by the light of tapers, around
the immense church. The spectacle is
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

principal scots, the orthodox Catholics,
the Greeks, and the Armenians, and
converts were built in such numbers
that they overshadowed the church.
The interior, however, still reserves
its ancient form. Once out of the
gloomy entrance, one finds himself in
. great hall traversed by four colon
nades and surmounted by a modern
roof, the beams of which appear.
Here and there, at the bases Of huge
red monoliths, crowned with Corin-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19
A Peep at Santa Claus.

What shall santa bring you. my darling?'
asked 3-year-Old Jeanette:
"You have playthings and books In plenty,
What more can you wish for. my pet?"
~ want new head for my dollie.
And some dishes, for mine are all broke,
And-I think that Is ALL" she said. slowly,
"'Cept for my kitten q cloak"
And what does my boy want from Santa2'
l asked Of my lO-year-o old elf
VI want"-with wink full OF knowing
"Iust a peep at the old man himself"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19
NORA'S VICTORY.

T was Christmas
and the occasion
was to be appro-
priately observed
by the people of
Thompson's Cor
ners. All t h g
children, and old
folks, too, h ad
Gathered at the
school house t o
take part in the
exercises and wit
ness the distribu-
ton of presents
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

The time Of Merry
Christmas
Is bound to mako him
sad,
For. loaded like a wagon,
Hes very nearly mad.
The packages he ha ndlcs
Are quite sufficient
cause
No reindeer carry him
about
This modern Santa Cls
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-19

II may be but . fancy,
But ! shouldn't think,
! own.
eomn ambulistic postmen
We're ever. ever known.
And I'm suro no post
mans baby
Would ever deem II
right
To mako Its weary father
Tret with It half the
night!
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
Literary Blunders.

We oil make and we all meet with
many amusing literary blunders. The
worst OF IL Is that we readily forget
them. Every one should keep a book
Of these delightful things, which please
us with q sudden sense Of superiority.
Among misprints Is knises. .'Some
swing on hooks, same run knises
through their hands," said IN article In
the Edinburgh ReUielC. Here every
one would amend by knives or krisses-
knives was the real reading. In The
Monastery" Scott wrote about "nurslnR
evil passions" This was printed
"morsing," and the verb ITO morse
was defended by writer's In Notes aud
Queries.
II has lately been pointed out that In
the ~"Surgeon's Daughter" Scott is made
to say that the ''Nautch girls perfume
their voluptuous Eastern domes,"
whereas the real reading must be per
form their voluptuous eastern Dances
But we are not aware that the coquille
has been corrected. In "Pendennis" a
boy is said to excel In running" and
"pumplng." This must mean Jump
ing" though tho actual competition
would have It's merits. There are no
rulings IN Yorkshire, tridiDg is the
right word, but there is a "World Bid
ing" in Mr.. Morris "Heimskringla."-
London Saturday RertclD.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
Nnnolson 81 a shaiehen.

Nine. Vincent, a prolific writer on
historical themes, has recently com
p,sSed a sketch Of Napoleon Bona
ossks's matchmaking prOcllVities. Ac-
cording to her researches, IL would
seem that the General was the greatest
matchmaker that ever lived. After re-
peated refusals the doughty little sol
der himself finally won the hand OF
Josephine, and devoted his matrimonial
Instincts 10 the affairs OF others. No ex-
euse Uas admitted from q bachelor.
10 officers who pleaded that they might
be killed in battle be answered. "The
more reason for haste" To those who
urged thas they could not ind a wife.
BE that my care" be said, aud the
sane evening the affair would be ar
ranged. The poor received dowries
and trousseaux. One day by decree the
Emperor married of 5000 soldiers at
once. Another day his great court
dignitarles were obliged ca masse TO
marry. While the General was still In
his apprenticeship one might have q
day In which 10 fall in love and court
his bride OF Napoleon's selection, but
later there was no question OF = night
for reflection or an hour for wooing.
No sooner thought than said; no sooner
said than done.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

Her death rate Is IL BIO per 1,OUO,
the $40 being a Chinaman who was
killed by request. When we compare
this with the death rate Of New York,
which is PASS. wa ask ourselves, Why
will people remain in New York so much
as they doP The reply to over 800 pos
tai cards sent out by me In New York
among people who move in the best So
ciety and ont again is that they prefer
to do so.
This brings US to the solution OF the
problem-viz, that more people at the
present time prefer to live In New York
with a death rate of "a. SIS per 1000 than
in Spokane at IL per 1000.
Spokane has three transcontinental
roads-viz, the Great Northern, the
Northern Pacific and the Union Pacific.
The general public does not generally
know this, but / was there recently and
saw them. Spokane shows the greatest
growth Of any city In the United States
| from 1850 to 1890, according to the CEN
sus report.
This is q good feature, yet all cities
and countries have their great features.
A man In Wyoming raised 500 bushels
| Oh UOl1LOtS W lu0 dGAOs n ohONhI
here in Montana raised 1900. They
were to have gone to the Worlds fair,
but Major Handy reported the potato
exhibit as now complete and asked for
more art. Side pork and potatoes, he
said. we're being fully represented,
while sculpture and tapestry were shy.
Each of US is proud OF his own coun-
try. Even my own State, North Caro-
lima, has it's speciality.
Our good health and miraculous
mountain dew are what we boast OF.
Thousands of people are constantly
risking their lives by not living in North
Carolina.
Montana Is a great State, noted for
It's wealth and poverty. As it grows,
however, it is harder to buy. Even the
legislature has advanced its rates. and a
United States senator probably comes
higher than most any other furniture
found in Washington.
Great Falls look like q very prosper
Gus town with wonderful resources. If
0 desire to buy q lot for future use in
a growing town, Great Falls offers a
good location.
The chinook wind is found In great
abundance in Montana. 1t comes from
the warm and spicy japanese current
and loves to woo a band OF cattle up a
canyon and freeze them to death. We
met one OF these simooms at Billings.
1t came with a wild whoop from the In-
dian ocnan and swept away the mar
who had given his ~iannels to the poor.
We exhibited in a pleasant church and
dressed in the little DOT where the
oyster is prepared for the festival. The
air was Intensely cold. The range was
| there. We heard that a good many cat
tie had died on the range, and so we
were afraid OF it. 1t has been a hard
winter on trail cattle aud the editor Of
a local paper in Anaconda. He writes
that with him times were never so
scarce nor money matters so blue as al
present. The exchange OF groceries for
good feeling aud little suits OF clothing
for little words OF kindness is less active
than at any time since be entered the
journalistic field. The grass grows very
short in the Journalistic field this sea-
son, aud running dynamite paper with
silver as low as it is often tempts him 70
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

utterly AZ variance with the Christian
mode OF living, but / believe that the
following brief account OF the life OF q
Wolpai woman will hot only be inter-
esting. but will prove that, uncivilized
as they and all the North American In-
dams are supposed TO be, the women OF
this tribe are measureably far behind
our American housewives In either In
dustry, domestic tact and ability or In
morals.
When the child Is born. she Is prayed
over, after the custom OF the tribe. and
then q strangely ssperstitious ceremony
is gone trough-viz, the baby is rubbed
with wood ashes ''in order that her
bones may not become loose" Until
she is 10 years old she lives a life OF per-
feet childhood, rompiBg, climbing, play
ing with innumerable toys and doing
everything that a civilized child would
like TO do, but dare not. AS a result
the little Wolpai maiden OF 10 years old
is we'll knit and robust and has set up q
natural foundation OF health with which
to begin her life OF usefulness.
At this & she dresses like her elder
sisters and is az once led into the Sc
OttNs VI AuE hlNNnNn dNQ lu,tt QNtCa 4
the manufacture OF baskets, pottery and
other useful wares, and before she Ia IS
she is skilled In carding and dyeing
wool and In weaving. blankets. petit
coats aud other garments. DR.. Shufelst
says that ''in the number Of stews, rag
outs and broths" which a Wolpai mald->
en- can make, land Ia the endless diver
sity OF hominy, mush, popcorn and piki
bread, she will hold her own with the
most ingenious American housewife"
Bnt the most peculiar IL ing about
these women IS the fashion In which
they wear their hair. IT Is arranged on
both sides OF the head, like the horns OF
a mountain sheep, In two enormous
whorls. This is accomplished BY wind
Ing the hair around somo pliaee
switches OF willow and has q m,sst cur
Gus effect. Considerable care q taken
in the preparation OF this paH OF the
toilet, and 1t Is u s'-ange contradistinc-
ton TO the customs Of the Apsches,
Utes and Navajo Indians, whosa hair
hangs In unkempt, loose m2Skesu
After marriage the WolbAI maldons~
| cease 10 wear their hair 10 whorls. IL 10
then parted In the middle aud tied In
a kind Of cue, after the same style as
the men. The girls OF this tribe choose
their own husbands. In the household,
whore everything is clean as a new pin.
the wife reigns supreme, and daughters
inherit their mothers property.
The pottery. ornamental basket work
and woven material OF this tribe are OF
peculiar excellence and would DO doubt
fetch high figures in competition with
many Of the commercial products OF our
stores. But in the matter OF buying and
selling the same custom that 10 OBJ
served by the Lunls holds here-vil, no
purchase can be made indoors unless BY
the consent Of the wife.
w. +. RoBERTA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28


return to his old job as overseer OF
Snowshed No. o.
And yet he says: "Heaven has blessed
me with this wonderful gift OF writing
for the papers. Why should l conceai
it? Some of my best things are writ
ten," he says, latter l have gone nome.
They are done In the quiet hours OF the
nightly the foreman of our paper.
The editor is a kindly man anc speaks
well of those who come to Anaconda II
they subscribe for the paper, u oiteh
he changes his estimate of them II they
do not and says they are no good. Ihls
keeps him busy and worn down men
tally, for a great many do not subscribe.
The children OF his brain die young and
have to be buried at once. The devil
always airs the room or burns a rag al
ter the editor has been using II Tor
thinking purposes.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
MONTANA MUSINGS.
WHERE WEALTH AND POVERTY GROW SIDE
By SIDE.
Visiting Soma Representative Towns In a Great
Sas-Surprising Mr.. Burbank With Hot
WaflEs-An Incident Illustrating
the Educational System.
ooprrlah., lsss. oy Eagar v: We.

This brings US to Montana, having
passed Spokane, the great city CT eastern
Washington, d city with a water power
which would jerk a million spindies II II
had the factory built, for the sheep
grow rank here with an underground
of lambs that enjoy life to its fullest ex-
tent. A lamb born In one of these vast
green valleys, with the world before
MIN and with no remorse or real estate
on his hands, has a gesture OF the TALL
as he Jumps stiff legged in the bunch
grass that would indicate a pure, sweet
joy-one that the world q neither
given or take away.
When 1 passed through Spokane three
years ago, the city was doing business
In tents, Business is still intense, but
not SC much so.
Three years ago." said a Spokane
merchant. II did business in a tent
and sold more goods than / do now In
q handsome brick and stone building"
Spokane pronounced spokan) Is the
great railroad center Of that part OF the
country. A map made recently shows
the city to be the center Of half a dozen
short roads besides the transcontlnental
lines.
She is a pretty city surrounded By an
enormous scope of lands which are now
offered for sale. She has a minimum OF
3D. 900 horsepower. II is estimated to
cost less at $40 per horsepower delivered
free on board the cars than coal at So
per ton.
1t grlnds wheat at a quarter OF a cent
per barrel, produces electric light at
one-tenth OF a cent per hour for each To-
candles light and supplies IS miles OF
car line with power at 81 per car per
dav
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
That fatal Oh"

Old Bachelor lin want OF a house
keeper)-"And where did you say your
last place VASE"
Applicant-"My last situation was at
Enemal. SIR"
Old BacheIor-"What's the name OF
It-Animal?"
Applicant-'No. sir; Enemal."
Old Bachelor-"Where the dooce Is
that?o"
Applicant-'Its hin Sufick, SIR; Lord
Stradbrooke's."
Old BacheIor-'How do you spell it?'
Applicant - Hatch, Hee. Hen,
Hatch, Hay, Hem, Hatch, Hay, Hell,
Hell, sir"
Qld Bachelor relieved -"o-o-o-o-
OIL Henhan Hsllv'--Judy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
A Common Trick.

"How much for this bottle OF per-
fume?" Inquired q stylish young man
OF the night clerk 10 q Broadway drug
store the other evening.
Fifty cents"
MAGE it a dollar and q half and I'll
take H." replied the young q
AniKlng a small label TO the bottom OF
the bottle the clerk wrote Isl. so" on H..
handed the perfume TO the young man
and received half q dollar.
That's a common trick" be OBJ
served TO an astonished customer; "tbat
young fellows 10 love with a girl; be
hasn't much money, but he wants 10
make an impression"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
PURELY FEMININE.
SOME OBJECT LESSONS IN DRESS By A
WOMAN.
Napoleon as a kaichmaksr-Greas Wonsn-Ihs
Empire Hsaddrsss-SOms Interesting In
formation - Things Surs to
Please he Ladies.

DR.. Rost, Of the New Century Club In
Philadelphia. has been showing US now
much time we waste In the making aud
arranging Of our gowns by donnlng the
regular India dress for the benefit OF the
club. The dress she showed the ladies'
was a rich piece Of violet silk emorold-
cred with stars in pure gold, costing
about SOS In India. II was eight yards
long, with a woven border OF palms In
gray and violet. The silk was thrown
around the hips at its full width,
making a pe,ticoat, which was tied
with a knot at one sidS then adip pleat-
a. together OF about a yard OF It into
Snr inches was tucked firmly into the
belt thus made. The silk was then
passed over one arm and under the other,
which would leave n arm bare on q
Hindoo woman, and the remaining cor
per OF the silk made a b%ewitching hood
drawn over the head. Here were a
spripg bonnet and a new gown all out
of one length OF eight yards OF the soft
est silk. The disadvantages OF the
dress would be that n bare arm and q
bit Of flesh above the belt under the
other arm would show unless the long
sleeved jacket Of silk or velvet, which
is sometimes worn 10 india, be put on
before the simple robe.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
INTERESTING IMPORTATION.

Nine. Madeline Lemaire and Nile.
Breslau, who are serving on the jury OF
Salon Of the Champ-de Mars, are the
first M who have held that posi-
tiOn in any salon.
Mrs Humphrey Wards novel, david
Grieve,n has been translated into Swed-
ish. It appeared as a serial in the lead
ing Swedish Liberal paper last year,
and is now being published in book form
IN Stockholm.
There are women writers on the morn
ing and evening newspapers In London
as we'll as on the society one every enc
sneers at and reads With ayidity, and
more than, Que school for training wo-
men as journalists have been opened.
Hosiery has ueyer been prettier than
u Is this year, the latest fancies being
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
Hrnsr women Of To-day.

For centuries we have been taught to
look upon the Grecian type OF beauty
as the ideal OF all loneliness. To tell a
woman that her nose or left ear or right
eyebrow was pure Greek was the high
est compliment one could pay her.
Now IN an ~icOnoclast traveller to
declare that the Grecian woman Is
short, broad, and stout, with a pale
creamy skin, dark hair and beautiful
eyes, features fairly regular, but
not classical. The prevailing I'm
preston that she leaves upon the Eng
iishman is that she has a squat figure.
For the women Of Greece destroy their
figures on account OF she ~sedentary
Wives they live. Il is the custom Of the
country for women TO remain In the
privacy OF their homes, y casual trav-
eler catching only an occasional glimpse
of them at the upper windows OF some
private dwelling or shop. In rural
Greece the women take a more active
part in everyday life and work ia the
fields with their wells hanging loosely
over their heads, ready 70 be folded
across the mouth should a strange man
approach.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
professional Rspartes.

Apropos Of the lawyers pitching into
experts on the witness stand 10 murder
triais. the case IS recalled where the
lawyer looked POLITICALLY az the doctor
who was testiiyiug and said:
sDoctcrs sometimes make mistakes,
don't they?"
1.-THE SAM as lawyers" vastbe reply.
'sBut doctors mistlkes arc buried sir
feet under ground" said the lawyer.
yes said the doctor. "snd law
yers' mistakes sometimes swing six feet
in the air. "-BOStOn Herald.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
SYMPATHETIC Soul.

One OF those hard, practical New
England women that occur In maya
Zines ~oftener than In life, called on an
artist in this city. at bis invitation, not
many days ago. She looked faithfully
over his pictures and studies, though
there were many OF them, b%etoseninT
great industry. and after the inspection
was finished she said 10 q severe tone
'Yes. it's very pretty, but / should
think you'd get ~dreadfully tired Of do
ing such things. Don't You ever want
10 20 o and work?"-Netc York Sun.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
ruron,a, caloni.l Po,...lon..

An eminent French g~eographer de-
ciares that Great Britain to-day owns
2s. cas-. $50 square kIioIeters Of foreign
territory-a kilomet being 8 little
over six-tenths OF q n France, $685.
All: Germany. 2.4N, $50: Belgium.
2.241.25o, and Portugal. 2,203, $50. Tbe
population OF the British colonies
tImated At s4s,e4j.OOO. N NEren
Al, 40. 900. the Hslgip/
the PortususseI # IA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

characteristics OF n Remarkable Tribe Of
indian In Arizona.

Indians In Arizona.
Special C~orressoadsncs ar ns Rfaster.
TOMBSTONE, A. T., May 2s.-In the
Indian village or .city" OF WoIpai In
northwestern Arizona there exists and
has existed for centuries q condition OF
civilization which is neither socially
nor morally much inferior TO that pos
sessed by the American people OF to-
day, with whom the members OF this
tribe have had but little communication.
1t Is particularly among the Wolpat
women that the degree OF civilization
seems to be most remarkable. Oh course
they have strange customs which are
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

An enormous flow Of natural gas hss
been secured from a well sunk 4
Geneva. n. Y, which will be nsed %
manufacturers in operating and llgHC
ing their plants.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

Acompany is said to be IN operation
At savannah, Ca, VIII
cottonseed oil By 3
rubber.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28

The dealers generally, without excep-
ton, related experiences just as anus
ing. In many cases the wave vibration
had been caught by pictures hanging
on the wall. In others, by ornaments
on the mantel or stand. AS soon as the
pictures or ornaments were changed or
removed the trouble vanished. In
many cases the trouble was due to the
castors in the plano. The modern floor
is not nearly as plumb as it might be,
and II the weight did not fall equally
on the castors trouble was almost GER
tain TO result. Moving the plano an
inch or so would often remedy this.
Then the piano lock sometimes caused
the rafting. But by far the most ire
ouent trouble was with regard TO arti-
cles In the room, or In reach OF wave vi
bratlon.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-05-28
Chrl,tenlnr Basketsa Ia MOses.

Empire Headdrsss Versus 1880 Couture
Partisan cOifeurs have become quite
excited over the desperate rally Of the
1880 modes conducted by mOdiSteS and
vow that nothing shall tear them from
the Empire headdress, now so univer-
sal. A Victorian gown with an Empire
headdress is not half so incongruOus as
the Psyche knot we were all wearing
two years ago with our tailor-made
gowns. All things seem c%ongruous
when they are beautiful aud becoming,
and any anachrOnism is better than the
hldeous ringIet Of the real 1880 colt
fure.