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antique decoration of precious stones makes
1t worth several million francs. Then come
the shepherds, never less than three, an
old one with a white beard, young one,
carrying a lamb, and a third, In middle
life, who Is seen playing music on rustic
instrument The richer BethlehemS multi
ply the number of the shepherds. bringing
their flocks with them, who crowd the OK
and the ass and rub themselves against the
pillars of the holy stable. There are other
shepherds, bringing eggs. pigeons, milk and
so on. Other churches have even photo
graphic panoramas of the actual scenes of
Bethlehem.
/ think I never shall forget the Christ
mas pantomime. along these lines, 1 once
saw at Marseilles upon Christmas eve.
1t was at the Palais CRYSTAL, where the
gawkish and lovable provincial ideas still
linger on. These pantcmimes, in particu-
lar, are legends of the middle ages, modi-
fed and patched as centuries have rolled.
The Savior is made to be born in Provence
and the event is ineXtricably mixed up
with the affairs of petty mountain ham
let.
There are the shepherds, the miller, his
loutish son, who is the village butt, a
stolen child, the grandmother the mayor,
the police, the brigands, the angel Michael
and the Holy Family.
Quaintness of the Antique.
In the prologue the brigands steal the
youngest child of the miller and bring him
up as one of themselves. Then in the piece
years after. when every one is grown
up, he tries to rob his fathers house.
Michael strikes the youth with blindness
and leads him to a mountain church. The
millers family follow star to the same
church on Christmas eve. There they come
Upon the newborn Savior, lying in the
Manager. The miller's brigand son is re-
stored repentant to his family and mracu-
lousy receives his sight when he confronts
the child. The the chief brigand is forced
10 kneel and be converted
Such is the outline of this absorbing
pantomme, which is replete with humor,
practical jokes and folk lore. But to the
simplicity and freshness with which these
actors manage to preserve the artless viii
lage play of long ago it is hard to give
sufficient praise But the French sailors
and soldiers from the galleries stare with
open-mouthed appreciation; the good peo-
pie OF Marseilles watch placdly the I'M
folding of the plot they know so well, and
the actors on the stage preserve with
relish, which their pay alone could not
afford them. each loutish trick and each
simplicity that custom has bestowed upon
the play. The curtain goes down with
the clownish son of the miller Offering
packages of candy TO the infant Savior
candy that is supposed to have been
bought alcng the Marseilles Cannabiere
The wicked son embraces his mother and
sister. The grandmother quarrels with her
aged husband in corner of the stable.
And the hardened master brigand welters
in his tears.
I may have spoken of this pantomime
before, this Marseilles pantomime of
Christmas eve. And doubtless shall mem
ton it again. 1t is my pleasantest re-
membrane Of the Christmas eve in
France. STERLING HELLO.
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said ii with a mixture of vivacity and
cynicism, spite and sadness.
"A few days before Christmas time and
until after New Year the young girls and
boys-especially those who already dream
of the sweet and Incompatible joys of
wedlock"-here again the same look came
into her face-"go out in companies to
seek the may of the cold season. 1t is in
possessing any virtues"
The Legend Is Told.
"And as they wander through the
Depths" the fat man interrupted, 1.-The
depths of the mysterious and poetic forests
of Armorica, where once white-bearded
Druids whispered
ITO their golden sickles?' put in the little
Israelitish manager, one of the brightest
men in Paris.
But, no; will you stop now?" inquired
the noblernan.
"Silence. silence!''
Attention."
THE boy who first finds the celebrated
plant
(Which is a parasite" the fat man al
most whispers, glancing at a brilliant
youth just entering, with an old woman on
his arm.
lis made king of the feast They carry
him in triumph, with his branch of mistle-
toe,' back to his home. The mistletoe is
solemnly hung up above the entrance door.
Then all the young girls pass one by
one underneath 1t, and are kissed without
ceremony by all the young fellows present.
after feast of hot roasted Chestnuts
and cold cider, they burn the branch of
mistletoe on a tile or fire pan, which they
thrust into the blazing chimney. The
ashes are distributed, to be preserved in
little bags which are hung around the
neck. And often the little bags are buried
in the middle of wheat fields to bring good
crops. 1t is for it's power, also, that the
mistletoe bough hangs outside all Breton
taverns, to prevent the drinkers of 'gwin'
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THIRTEEN OLD NEWSPAPERS.
They Have Reached or Passed the
One Hundredth Milestone.

The Rutland, VT, Herald has started in
its second century. 1t was 100 years old
last Saturday. The anniversary was cele-
brated by the publication of a centennial
supplement and the reproduction, by pho
tographic process of the first number Of
the paper, which, Of course, was published
December s, 1904. According to the census
made by the present editor of the Herald
there are but thirteen American newspa-
pers which have reached the century mark
The names of these papers and the dates
when they were founded are as follows:
1756-New Hampshire Gazette Ports
mouth, N. H.
175S-Newport Mercury, Newport, R. I.
176LConnecticut Courant, Hartford, Conn.
EMBELLISHMENTS Spy, Boston and Wor-
cester, Mass.
1779-New Jersey Journal, Elizabeth, NJ.
17S5-Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Ga.
17S6-Hampshire Gazette, Northampton,
Mass.
179O-Salem Gazette, Salem, Mass.
1792-Greenfield Gazette, Greenfield, Mass
1792-New Jersey State Gazette, Trenton,
N j.
1T92-The Guardian, New Brunswick Nj
1793-Portsmouth Journal Portsmouth,
n. II.
1794-Rutland Herald, Rutland, VT.
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fl ON seeing DEVILS korrigans and sorcerers
on their way home at night"
I humbly suggest that this may be the
true explanation of the saying that "a
good wine needs no bush.' Not, as Is
usually explained, that the bush hung out
of old English tavern5 was to show the
presence of wine, like BARRIERS pole. But
that it was a bush of mistletoe, hung up
to guarantee hard drinkers against de-
lirium tremens. A good wine needs no
bush, ie., will not injuriously affect the
nerves.
The cafe the brasserie and the restaur-
ant play a special part in Paris on the
Christmas eve. On that night all Paris,
like all Gaul, Is divided into three parts
the church, the restaurant, the street
Some time on Christmas morning every
body goes to bed. But even the children
do not hang their stockings up Instead,
they put their shoes beside the chimney
The child wakes up to find a big doll or a
woolly lamb a-standing In them, and the
other presents ranged around. Among the
novelties in toys this year-'creations, as
they call them-is an Yvette Guilbert doll
who sings (by photography a chanson of
the celebrated divette. There is a little
model of the exposition OF 1900, with all
it's parts "demountable." And there Is also
a great snake, darling by means of power
within it, lifting it's head and Kissing at
every obstacle upon It's route.
Dine at a Restaurant.
Partisan children have three dates on
which to get their presents-St. Nicholas
day, the 9th of December; Christmas morn
ing, the 25th of December, and Twelfth
Night, on the 9th of January. The latter
Is much exalted, as 1t will appear. So
that the children's Christmas is divided,
like all Gaul again, into three parts, not
to speak of New Year, when their elders
have their presents, and when candy Is as
plentiful as bread. The little nusances
thus being literally disposed of, they are
not permitted to dominate Christmas eve,
but only bear their modest, natural part,
according to their age and worth.
The reason of the cafe, brasserie and res
taurant Is fer convenience of the universal
custom of the French to take supper
after midnight on the Christmas eve. In
proper families of conservative Ideas this
s'reyeillon' is held as a strict family feast,
at home. The idea of going to restaurant
would scandalze them. Tho smaller chill
dren sit around the board. But they keep
quiet, The place of honor is for the big
brother home from the army, the other
brothers. home from school, the elder sis
ters, the grandparents, uncles and the rest.
It Is a time for the whole family to be re-
united Sober talk prevails, and even tears
are mingled with the gayety and pious
joy.
follows naturally after the midnight mass
of Christmas eve, when all have come
home hungry and with cold feet. The old
fashioned dishes are "boudin," or black
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nightly patronized-as II they owned 1t
by a group of theatrical managers, dan
GERS of the opera, actresses and singers.
They talk so much that they forget to drink
their drinks 1. e., their one drink each The
dancers take hot milk; two theatrical d.
rectors take balloons of beer; the third
takes orange-hower water; the singer takes
curacao, and both the actresses take cog
mac. An amiable young prince, who Guilt
Yates their company for the improvement
gllsh whisky and water; for he Is very
English.
Prettier in France.
They were talking about mistletoe and
its pronunciation. "Miss-luh-toe-ay," said
the fat man; and it is a serious thing to
contradict him. He is excitable. That is
the reason he takes orange-fower. Miss
luh-toe-uhr' said the young prince firmly,
looking at him with calm, steadfast eyes.
1T am of Brittany" said the fair singer.
"and gut will do for me. There is a song
We used to sing:
files ct gars de Bretagne,
Voici lie jour,
D'aller cueillir par la campagne
lie gui d'amour!'
1t led 20 deal of informing conversa-
ton, which might have been supplemented
in one particular however. by any Ameri-
can or Englishman familiar with the chan
mel coast at Christmas time.
Without doubt the gathering of the mis-
tletoe, IT'S veneration as luck-bringer and
its kissing prerogatives are part and par
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knew about it, being Of the faithful soil
I,a

knew about it, being Of the faithful soil
herself
''Voici lie jour,
D'aller cueiller par la campagne."
what is that you are singing to us
there?' the fat man of the orange-fiower
water began grumbling hunorously. He
had not heard, being occupied in convinc-
ing the actress that she knew nothing
about her business.
lie gui d'amourr'
completed the little singer, making large
eyes at him mockingly. Then she eX-
planned:
1.-The 'gui' is valuable for three things.
1t is talisman against the spells of
witches. 1t brings good luck. And it af-
fords young girls an opportunity to be
well kissed and yet without the slightest
improperly.
"Garconr exclaimed the prince, Ego out
and fetch branch of miss-luh- toe uhi'
There are no young girls here" She
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N "A L-thdC Il lIsG-
proof safe in the
War d e , n r tment
there is a jealousy
guarded collection OF
accounts and vouch-
ers which have not
been, and probably
never will be, trans
mitted to the proper
accounting officer Of
the treasury for set
Element, although the
law requires that All
accounts whatever in
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WOnnn,a Wit.

From Youths Companion.
A laughable little story is told Of wo.
man on the witness stand In a French
court She was asked her age, and she
answered that she was thirty years old.
But" said the magistrate. did you not
tell me you were thirty when You appeared
before me two years ago?"
II think 1t very likely" she replied, sn1il-
ingly acknowledging her falsehood. and not
at all abashed. Il am not one OF those
women who say one thing today and an.'
other thing tomorrow" q,
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Use of Synonyms.

From Truth.
Gladys-"Mamma, my teacher was talk
ing about synonyms today. What is a
synonym"
Mrs. Catherwood-'A synonym, darling,
is a word you can use in place of another
one when you do not know how to spell
the other one"
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From the Chicago Tribune.
81 think / met you at the horse shows
Colonel - Il
BEG pardon, sir. but I'm not colonell
I'm a dog raiser"
"Ah, yes. Glad to meet you again. KEN
nell Fine evening, ein't it?. -- s
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eel of the Breton peasant life. But Paris,
until winter before last, knew practically
nothing of il. The very important industry
of gathering mistIetoe in Brittany and even
Normandy is ninety-nine parts for Old
England and only, even now, tribe for
gay Paris. If you were at this moment,
say. at Saint Malo, you would see the port
of that antique city covered with noun
tains of mistletoe. 1t is brought in by cart
loads, like hay. Two, three or four steam
els load fer England in single day. one
of the reasons is that England has not
enough mistletoe of her own. The other
is the fact that the French mistletoe-
growing il must be admitted, for the most
part. on apple and poplar trees-is much
more beautiful.
The Partisan Version.
II is the difference between the French
and English The English have the Gus
tom, and they buy French mistletoe.
Frenchmen have mistletce, and they adopt
an English fashion.
The Breton peasantry has been more
faithful to the sacred plant of their old
Celtic ancestors.
20 files ct gars de Bretagne'-
the little singer of the Cafe Montferino
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Martin Luther's Christmas Hymn

Translation by EuseEe Field in Chicago Record.
heart OF mine! lift up thine eyes
And see who in yen manger liesl
OF perfect form, Of face divine
1t is the Christ-child, heart OF minei
dearest, koliest Christ-chlld. spread
Within this heart of mine thy bed;
Then shall my breast forever be
A chamber consecrate to theei (
Beat high today, O heart OF mine,
And tell, o lips, what joys are thine3
For with your help shall prolong
Old Bethlehsm's sweetest cradle song
Glory TO God whom this dear Child
Hath by His coming reconciled.
And whose redeeming love again
Brings peace on earth, goodwill to meni
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ted guest of Paris" exclaims the fashion,
able Gaulois' "Tout-Paris,' the darling little
branch, forever green, with it's pretty.
white berries, Iris-hued. like pearls, enam-
cling with their milky gaze all the I'M
changing green that wraps them round.
1t Is not the pale green of the northern
seas, with deep sea eyes, but the unalter-
able, holy green OF the supreme "speranza"
hope in Italian-which shows that French
men like to use foreign language when
they know a word or two of Ii.
You must not say "gui,' but "mistletoe"-
which Is a hard word for French tongues
to get around. Last evening, about half
past midnight, I was sitting in the Cafe
Montferino, just beside the opera. We had
usurped a corner table in that section
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FOR wAKEFULNEss AND NERVOUS
NESS ,
Use Horzford's

Dr. J. F. NELLY Washington, d. O.. saysi
Il have used with complete success In trea1
from mental excitement also Indigestion ana
find 1t a very pleasant remedL,'.-a--y--SA-~
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Men and Women Who Supplied War
Information for Money.
THE ACCOUNTS WERE NOT Audited
Large Sums Paid to Those CIassed
as Military Experts.
A CHAPTER OF WAR HISTORY

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
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At Home, in the Restaurants and in
the Churches.
CHILDREN Do NOT HANG UP STOCKINGS
The MistIetoe is Quite the Thing
and So English.
A GU Amt NTO MIME

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ID IAannx.,l.ar q 100
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ISTLETOE IS THE
latest thing in Paris,
both as a fashion
and a fact. Already
clubmen wear it in
I h cir buttonholes
and ladies pin 1t in
their corsages. That
Is what 1t is to be
quite English, in the
French conception.
Au gull "Gui" is the
Breton word for mis-
tletoe. at has be-
come the most pet
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blood sausage, and chocolate soup - two
things easily and quickly cooked. There
might be also fruit, cold chicken, galantine
and so on.
In richer and more worldly circles the
reveillon is more sumptuous spread. Its
special mark is lobster, truffled pheasant,
meat jellies, champagne hot house fruits
and candies.
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jestically over the mountains across the
river, the dry leaves of the old red oak
near the house soughed in the mild breeze
the Potomac, silver here and there in the
moonlight, glided on as peacefully as
though its current had never been tinged
by other red than the glow from the fire.
light in the lockkeeper's house under the
shadow of the mountain. In the ball room
Long Nose" was calling the figures for
the Virginia reel, Honor to yer partners"
"Fust couple forrard and back" Except
for the prevalence of gray garments among
the men, and an occasional empty sleeve
or crutch by the chair in the card ROOM
who could tell there had ever been such a
thing as war in the land?
MammyS supper was as great a triumph
OF the Captains craftsmanship as of her
cooking, for powder and ball were too
scarce to be wasted in a single improbable
shot, and every time the music of Mars
beast regretted being within call. There
were partridges stuffed with little balls Of
sausage and baked,-"One o. old miss
ways"-there were three wild turkeys
cooked to turn; a ham,-part Of the one
hog that was killed that year-there We're
squirrels and rabbits galore, and real cof-
fee with sugar and cream. What more
was needed the Captain did not know.
Unless-there was no sideboard for the
gentlemen, that was an impossibility; but
the key of apple jack" had held out to
the extent of an enormous bowl OF eggnogg
for which Nanny had been saving all the
eggs for q week, even letting her beloved
"honey" go without his "aig braid" for the
time.
AS the night was waning the Captain
saw his sister-in-law crossing the hall,
with her youngest boy fast asleep in her
arms He FASTENED to relieve her of the
burden. As they entered the chamber"
the down stairs bed room sacred TO the
mistress of the house. and the usual family
sitting room also, Molly seated herself by
the fire apd-held out her arms for the
chiId.~fJIit the Captain did not hand him to
her imrHedlAte1y. He stopped to let the
firelight fall on the little face lying against
his breast.
How much he looks like Tom! And yet
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Lessons calculated THAI ia the very nrst
wear after its completion tonnage oil
Is 90 600 wouId pass through II. The New
Work presidency of the canal company
wzs offered 20 Gen. Grant, 1T salary OF
Ia O01 francs q year. The general de-
rifna1 IL In letter that he wrote 20 Ad-
rafral Amnen. afgerwaTd published, he
said that be thought the canal would be a
failure. and he could not compromise him
self by forming a connection With IL
Down at the lsthmus the frame piece
iinxlsd uerpetaA.lv. and evcry body danced
fo Is music. Gold Vas 81 high premium
in Colon bia. as il usually - III every other
Sauth American country. But the canal
eorppanv took care OF is people. IL -
deemed thetr Colombian rsper st the
ga treasury az aboat - per cent. above
tne prevailing rAte, and with the adFan-
taxe 81 the discount the employees formed
al sorts II profitable Alliances With the
Colon merchants. Canal contracts offered
wonderful. opportunities 10 en2erprisiHs
vou~r Freuchmeu. A young man Tuss
graduated from the Paris foiytsehnie
s~hool weat 70 Panama wltn a capltsl oi
SO franes lie was aSarde@ contracts
for fKeEg Co francs 81 work Dad he
exhaust his slime and energy IN iAaoE
nader the hot isfhmian sun tie las too
smart A Frvnchusan ter that. Ills contract
called Tor excavation al - ira0es per c~ble
neter lie sGolei IL a. francs per cubic
rastve leaving himself = proui 81 - francs.
Teen ne Sasle4 back 20 Paris AID Is IlylnE
a ne-rv nfe. The second contractor Eza
,na.rt. 100. Ne also saeiet the eoniract 10
a laird mar st francs Per eGose meter,
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sahlect. giving tui details of the enter
Ffise. The v,ceroy granted him charter
ie' nlnety-ninc wears November 30, 1851,
seabrmed January g. 1850 for the estate
lshmeni al , stock company for the ex-
sesilon OF the canal De Lasseps gave
ainset up entirely 10 the project, and
force 81 emerge aud perseverance
alsei the necessary capital and began the
'e;k IN iS59 lie was hcset by many ditii-
ssiies Eminent English engineers.
saehg them Robert Stephenson, ques-
eansd is practiCaaiiity; the British gov
eanent regarded Is - political project,
~ refused 90 give % encouragement, and
snlons complications arose with hoth the
Nktsh aud Egyptian governments. But
= Assseps triumphcd over all. and Au-
- -. lst9 bad the satisfaction OF seeing
= saleFs ut she Red sea aud tho Mediter-
Assaa mingled in tbe Bitter lakes. The
asas vas formally opened on November
be Lesseps' birthday, with grand
sssAon'es, ga the presence OF
empress of the French.
- smperor az Austria, the crown
kssee 81 Prussia. Prince Amadeus Of
az, Prince William oi Orange, aud
say other distinguished perSonges, who
20 entertained with magnificent hoSpi-
49, ~ the khediVe. De Lesseps was
rssefased ey almost al the sovereigns OF
STORE In February. 1870. the Paris
e$fapaica. Society awarded hin the
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teries, vas compelled 20 par large sums 20
the legislators. Among the other swim
dlers Who fatiened on the company was
one Ariou, who also escaped from Paris
Nearly every newspaper IN France received
bribes-
When. in November, Is22, jules Della
haye. in the chamber OF deputies. ex-
posed the Panama cana rascality. nam
ing Minister Of the Interior Floquet as a
brlbe-tAker, there was intense excitement
in France and throughout Europe Then
came the suicide OF Baron Reinaeh. the
cAief plunderer. Ii vas feared that there
would be 3 revolution in France. 80 en-
ragged were the peopie. The government
promptly arrested the officers OF the COM
psny, including Ferdinand dc Lessons. his
son Charles aud EiHei tae famous euvi-
near. who stole s14 eso Css9 on contracts
TIE prisoners were tired and these sen.
fences imposed: Ferdinand De Lns.4rs
FIVE years InprIsOu ment and 3 co francs
nne; Charles de Le-ssps, I've years ira
prisonnsnt snd ), 900 francs fine: Marius
Eon,Ane, swo years imprisonment aad
3. 40 francs fac. Henri CoIgu, tao years'
irnprison TnsnE and 3 600 frAns nns. GINS.
taEe ffel. tao year, imprisonment and
2. 90 francs tine. The Imprisonment OF
tue elder De Lesssps was RENTED. bat
Charles - SILL IN confinement TIE sen-
fences Cid much 10 sabaue the rnbIfe
clArnor sad n an election held shortly
.fserward the Doodle legislators were All
retired. The Socialists made urodtw5ou.
gains and the red aas waved rioriouslv
untiI The sssassinAtsoa q Carnot united