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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

THE fact that New Jersey has become
a mecca for unawa marriages." as
the slang of the newspaper puts II, is
the oest possible proof that the mar
rage laws Of New York n Peansyl-
yania are dangerous and hostile to good
morals. We are told that some Camden
marriages are ~scandaious. They are.
we reply. far less s~candalous than some
Of the things that you'd happen IL Cam
den were not SO near Philadelphia.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18


THAT the episode will end in war. we
consider highly improbable. England
may buster, but she can hardly fight
with us-at least not Just now. She has
too much on her hands. She would de-
pend far too much on US in case she was
involved in war elsewhere. The European
situation is far too threatening for her
to look for trouble in America.
Besides. Britain'e possessions in Amer
fca are too vulnerable. If we have any
flghting sense left. we ought to have pos
session Of every important city in Can
ada within a month after a declaration
of war. What is to prevent us9
This would be a pretty poor beginning
for a war-frcm the English point OF
view. -
THE position Of some OF our Judges n
their Grand Jury a~draonsttsns reminds
rs OF Tho speech Of ~efaudio,-
TINS new Governor
Awakes me all the enrolled peraltes
Which have, like unsecured arn1or, NUN
So long sSss. nineteen odsac have gons
And none of them been worn: and, for .
Now puts the erowsy and neglected ac'
Freshly on ma.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER Is, 1885.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18

AN ELEGANT NEW WATERS UPRIGHT
PIANO. 7 1-3 octave. 3-stringed. full iron
repeating action. ivory keys. three pedals
and all improvements for
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
Mods

couch which had always been sacred 10
his own use and covered her with rugs
Then he went softly ont and aStouished
the unsuSpccting servants by appearing
among them and ordering the carriage.
Could this b cid Theodore Roberts the
money machine, the selfish. lirus,ue. irrl.
table old man, this man who went from,
store TO store, ordering and buying and
spending money rs he lad never spent il
before. Could this b. the Mr. Roberts
that Mrs. Murray knew. this man who
went into that sickroou, followed by a
great hamper filed with wine and things
and house rcnts' Was this the man that
all the charitable Organizations Stunned.
this man who drove about halt the night.
leaving behind him trail " Christmas
rejoicing, mingled with such blessings as
he had never heard before
And who was it that drove up the hin
at last under the silent stars, with q car
riage full OF bundles and with a strange
soft feeling Juggling at his heartstrincss
He smiled rs he went, and yet he lad 70
keep wiping his eyes. Ho was GLAD il was
dark, so that no one could see
And what strange figure was this in The
study afterward, this figure that moved SC
Stealthily and that was so busy stufiing
the stocking until it was ready 10 burst,
and pinning things all over the outside Of
It until the bronze Mercury seemed al
most 10 stagger under his burden! What
lad come over the old gentleman whom so
many people cnvied and whom nobody
lovedg
just before day Mrs. Murray ming
softly in, found him sitting ty Ere.
watching the sleeping child
''It'H be a sad time for hce." ~. s..id
Her mothers gone, and lat, 5; to
become of the little thing DON'T .nw.'
81 don't see why the child = didn't
stay here, Mrs. Murray" said the cd gen
tlcman, with his face turned the other
way. 1T would be some extra trouble for
you, but dare say you would not mind it"
90 Ssir!' Mrs. Murray managed to artic-
ulate
Then the old gentleman turned around,
and she saw what was shining on his
cheeks
DO you see that stocking, Mrs. Muir
rayg he cried, in voice that she had
never heard before. That the first stock
ing that was ever hung up in my house.
1t looks homelike, doesn't itY | have de.
cided that we'll have stockings hung up
every year. And here's child that needs
home, and, thank heaven, I've n home
to give her.
The child sighed and stirred ana then
suddenly sat up
Did he Gomez she cried eagerly, with
a dazod look mt the bursting stocking, and
the old gentleman beside her gathered her
up in his arms and said:
"Yes, my little ope. he came"-Phila-
delphia Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
THE MlSTLETOE BOUGH.
Origin of the Christmas Tree and Decora
tion with Evergreens.

tion With Evergreens.
Among the votaries Of the early Druids
there was a superstition that the houses
should be decorated with evergreens in
December in order t,ia5 the sylvan spir-
its might enter them and thus be kept
free from the blast of the cold north
wind and the frost until milder season
renewed the foliage of their usual
haunts.
The Christmas tree is really from
Egypt, where the palm tree puts forth a
branch every month, and where a spray
of this tree, with 12 shoots on it, was
used in Egypt at the time of the winter
solstite as symbol of the year COM
pleted.
Who does not know the poem begin
ming
The mistletoc hung in the castle hali.
The holly brapch Hhono ON tho old oak wall2
Years ago over every mans door in
England hung a sprig of mistletoe at
this season. There still hovers a mystic
charm about the mistletoe, and many
girl now, with thrill of expectancy,
places q branch of 81 under the chande-
lier or over the door. According to a
former belief, when girl is caught and
kissed under the mistletoe a berry must
be picked off with each kiss, and when
the berries have all been plucked the
privilege ceases.
Among the ancient Britons the mis-
tletoe that grows ON the oak tree was
the kind held in favor. Because Of its
heather origin it is not Nsed often in
church decorations, Il fact which Is re-
ferred 10 by Washington Irving in his
"Bracebridge Hall, " where he has the
learned parson rebuke the unlearned
clerk for this very thing.
In Germany and ScapdinaSia the holly
or holy tree is called Christ's thorn, be-
cause IL puts forth its berries at Christ
mas time, and therefore is especially
fitted for church decorations. With its
glossy, dark leaves and bright, rcd ber-
ries, it is an attractive decoration for
the house.
The Jews used to decorate at their
feast of tabernaoles with evergreens and
flowers.
The laurel was used at tho earliest
times of the Romaaa as Il decoration for
all joyful occasions and is significant of
peace and victory.
In some places it is customary to
throw branches Of laurel on the Christ
mas fire and watch for amens while the
leaves curl and eracklo in the heat and
flame.
The evergreen tree is symbol used
tba rayiuu1 pf r,utt1rp which aetrp-
nomically, signifies the return OF the
sun. Hung with lights and offerings,
the tree has for centuries been one of
the principal characteristics of Christ
mastide. =NeM York Mercury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
CHRISTMAS EVE IN 5W. DEN.
A funny Verse with Each Git rho Gin
Eerbread NuIe Euck.

EerDreAu hule
Christmas presents in len are al
ways distributed on ChrisIuas eve, the
festival beginning with = u O'Clock tea,
with cakes, says Anna CronhJelm Wall
borg, The lighted Christmas tree is the
next attraction. Some one plays a merry
polka, and young and old form ring,
dancing around the tree. On q table,
lighted with numerous candles, are ap-
pies, nuts, Taisfua, oranges, cakes, can
dies, etc, III abundance, and, lOrdlng
the whole, stands huge Yule buck Of
gingerbread ami Adams and Ewes arm
in arm. These delicacies having receiv-
ed proper attention ana the lights in
the Christmas tree having been extin-
guished, all gather around the biggest
table in the house, where the head Of
the family presidcs with baskcttul Of
Christmas presents This istho 5upfemo
moment for wLi,a yuuug hearts have
been ionging for months, the welisealed
presents having gradually been accumu-
lated i'll mother S closet, where no curl
GUS eyes Were allowed TO penetrate
1t is customary 10 write some funny
verse On every parcel, which is now read
aloud. The opening Of the presents is
watched by all with the greatest inter
est, as paper after paper is torn off in
foverish hurry to find out what the
parcel may contain.
But the basket is not hotto,,,ioss, and
the excitement ada an end Santa Claus,
who plays such an important part in
America and England, is not known TO
the Swedish children. However, some
one dresses up a. tba ''pld Christmas
man" sor me amusement Of tho chill
dren. Selected.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19

Christmas eve III old England was a
time Of yigil- All were ou watch. az
were the ancient shepherds, waiting for
the appearance Of the star. This Gus
tom, to some extent, yet prevails in
places. One strange belle. which obtains
in England, and particularly in Devon
shire, Is that at midnight, at the mo
mont Christmas day comes 10 earth. the
cattle fall ta their knees, as the legend
says was done by the oxen that were
around the sacred manEor IN Bethlehem
at the time Of the nativity Yet it is a
sin 20 look on the cattle while in this
position on TO seek 10 find them SO.
a custom which yet prevails in some
Of the remote portions of the British Is
lands is to carry corn cake and hot cider
into the orchards and there offer them
up TO the largest apple tree as a gift 10
the king Of the orchards Exchange
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
CHRISTMAS At BLACK "hmmYs.

Tnor' gwiuc DO Chris mus, chiliuns.
But dunno bout Sandy Claws.
/ speck d. ole man 3 lrs.-a dis Chris ma
Amt no gyoIs IT, his ole cl.W=-
Ho bank done bus la JOS his money;
He wg I.Uen quiz, .tat what ..g -E5l-
spec le keep aEvgg dis t4r.- l-.u--
Al0ut De- dat 30. ai" o.. & ,--.a.
WHAT'S dat, DlaEs WEar go sic it,
Dat big box so scttiu oEt
Full o nuts All toys an G. > l.y
Done bruug ha,.A ly NIa--1 Joan:
4la-sa's mighty good dis C..irI.L..
Meks my ole 'Illt Ia.l. VIII joy
Dat Le 'ucub4L l.i Di..ciL NANNY
Wha' nus a HIM Visvn le III boy.
Huhi Mars John b. /. a. . POS umf
Praise Dc L1wd 70 Cat god m,lt'
4 NOR EuaA b. Chris Mu-. honey
Dat dc day Ve gu-us . eat.
CIar OF bed, ua.-, au Era sEiilm=-
Dlln SO h5ah Lg aEa. i -ayt
Time e A.ah dom sIriEhA.Ils r.ugiu.
Time dem rliugJ5rs jig dis way.
Gawn 6 bed AN quit dat tali,inf
Dis we're ain no time fus play.
If you ciuIuu5 doau' 10 quiet,
Eo' sea h ole Sandy Claws away
Pull dem lhivcTs up arDuu y8'
Shot 20 eyes up good au night.
T'mor' g.ine be Chris mus, chillun5.
An sandy Claws he cum tonight
-ElEgar1 Time.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
The Russian Chrisfmss.

In many parts of Russia, particularly in
provinces remote from the populous cen
tiers, Christmas Is celebrated more as 1t
was when first introduced. Families,
friends and often small neighborhoods
gather at one house for celebrations. The
mistress of that house ut once becomes the
supreme manager of all the services and
festivities, oven to selecting the young
men who shall each be the special escort
of a certain young lady. These "elec-
tions, " rs they are called, coming in tho
season for betrothaLs and associated as
they are with the mystic influence of the
mistletoe often lead TO festivals where the
olive branch joins the holly and orange
h.nssnms -Snlnirsasd
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19

At the time Of the Roman saturnalia
friends, masters and slaves feasted to-
gether, and gifts We're exchanged in a
manner similar to the present time. In
fact, from the earliest times the giving
and receiving of gifts and the offerings
to the poor have been the way in which
people have expressed thanks and shown
their joyfumess. 1t is the thought and
not the expense of the Christmas gift
thaS pleases the recipient.
IN giving presents at this season they
should be chosen with love in the heart
and the thought of suitableness.
York Mercury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19

Ii you want to make a Scotchman S
blood tingle, pronounce, If you can, that
outlandish word, Hogmanay." If one
attempt to chase this pathological freak
through dictionaries and lexicons, the
last state Of that man is worse than the
first. That way madness lies. But Hog
manay to the ScotchIAan is Christmas
and New Year 5 day rolled into one. 1t
is the tricht guild willie waught' that
turns to revelry the last days of the
passing year After Hogmanay, Sandy
drops back into his grim, industrious
life again.
Yule come an Yulc's game,
An We hae fcastcd wtcl.
Sac Jack maun to his flail again
An Jeannie tae her wheel.
Montreal Star
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
Hosannai Sing.

Awake, good Christians! Long ago
The shepherds walked at night
And saw the heavens with glory glow
And angels IN the light.
Hosaunal Sing hosanna! Sing
Hosanna in the height
New lifo they told 10 all on earth,
New life and blessing bright,
Forewarning Of the Saviours birth
In Bethlehem this night,
Hosanna Sing hosanna! Sing
Hosanna in the height
New life to all, new life TO all,
The ti,.iI - good recite.
New life 10 all, which did befall
At Bethlehem this night
Hosannal Sing hosannal Sing
Hosanna in the hoighti
Old Carol.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19

whether Clothes f well qr npt. That IS
where we excel Whether pc succeed or
not you can judge by the fact that the
best dressed men i'll Butler almost with
out exception patronizc us.
Poorly Made Clothes always look cheap
while .hosc yell rua1e have an elegant
appearance The clothes we make are
put together thoroughly. No slop shop
work is tolerated. Try us, and see If we
do not answer this description.
Cutting Your Cloth TO suit the size and
shape is good thing to push along, also
the outing of our nriccs 70 suit the de
mands of the public. You'll be astonish-
ed at the low prices at which we are max
ing mp our large and elegant stock of
Foreign and Domestic Woolens. Call
and examine our large stock.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
The Bird of Dawning.

A popular superstition is that ON the
eve OK Christmas the bird of dawning
singeth all night long to frighten ON
any evil thing.
II was from this belief that Shakes-
peare wrote:
Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Sayiour's birth is celebrated.
The bird of dawning singeth all night long,
And then. they say, no spirit dares stir abroad.
The nights are wholesome. Then no planets
strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power 10
charm,
80 hallowed and 40 gracious Is the time.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
VOICES o. TIE sETLs-

I.istaH 20 the Christmls t,.ls.
While al the world is praying
They are pealius. swelling. telling.
Aud this Is what IN, D.. Ms ar. saying:
We are The voices . v,da- and ,aea-
Vie are tLg Tongues ~ pr r.a.t assl priest,
We are the lips Of the ihilsur ~is.rcr-
Who dreamed of a star iu ti.l r,sFule cast
Hard by the gates oi the uy>iie-I morn
When the Christ was h.rll-
We are the prayers II the wandering lulll
On Syrian deserts all level aud l.u-
We are the chorus Of Ju6.t.H al,gE.ra-
tNe notes that from heaven Nyer, t..sy.l
I.-.. throat of su lE-sl- horn
When t-.- .-.-- ia-l.
Wo are the teardrous -.rav
We are the echoes Of yeSt.uI.-, ...
We ure the jubilaut voice Of to.Garr r3H--
10, peace on earth, Let thy good viii r,.-.i..
So our lips break silence ou Christmas lt sd.
When the Christ was born
Chicago Tine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19

TO his wife, as he shouldored his AK and
went down To- the min for the day
Chicago Times Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-12-19
Innumerable other articles

suitable for the purpose such Gloves, andkechefs,
Hosiery, Neckwear and the like,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09
IN THE CANYONS MOUTH.

Men have sought and found the
bubble reputation in the lannon's
mouth, but it was not the one at
tached to Joe Cannon's person. Joe
himself has been hunting the bubble
in his mouth for many years, and
thinks he has found it, and that it's
possession authorizes and entities
him to let flow through that orifice
into the channels of the Associated
Personalities an indiscriminat-
ing sewer-and out upon an unap-
preciative public, the stores of mis-
information he has gathered or in
vented. Joe mistakes notoriety for
reputation, and if his mouth gives
him the former he is happy.
The fact that cannon are often
more dangerous in the breech than
the muzzle finds no exception in
Joe's case. There was a rebound
from one discharge of that mouth
of his that sent him back into pri-
Vate life. 1t was so mephitic that
even Illinois Republicans couldn't
stand it. But the malodorous vapors
soon rolled away, and Cannon and
his mouth are back again in con-
gress. If there is any one thing in
public affairs that Joe and his mouth
are fonder of than another, it is the
old soldier and his pension. espe
c1ally the pension. There is a nat
ural affinity in the relations of can
non and soldiers which is sufficient
to account for this, although at the
time when that relation was very
much closer than it is now, and
soldiers We're capturing cannon. and
cannon were Strengthening soldiers.
this joecannon kept itself well out of
danger, preferring to remain intact
so as to be the defender of the old
soldiers whom the fortunes of war
might preserve as ammunition for
joecannon in his political warfare.
And so it comes that Cannon saved
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09

himself and his mouth to belch forth
denunciationS of the heartleSs Demo-
Gratis who have shorn the pension
100000 that should have gone, by
way of the tax lists, from the pock-
cts Of the producers into those of the
old soldiers who have convinced
themselves and the bureau of pen
sions that they are entitled to the
charity. This decrease, he says, is
the result of the "unfriendly' ad-
ministration of the law. With a.
courage entirely proper for can
non, Joe goes further and asserts
that it is due to the unjust admin
istration of the pension laws under
Cleveland
1t does not occur to this implement
of partisan warfare that the profess
sional old soldier has been so pes
tiferously insistent in obtruding
himself on the public in demands
for pensions and everything else,
and has permitted himself to be
so played by those other profession
ais. the demagogues, that he has
brought himself into disrepute, and
instead of being an object of venera-
ton by the generation that has
grown up since the war, he is re-
garded as an old bore, smooth
bore at that, and that. whatever
of maledictions the late and unla-
mented congress merits, the fact
that it has cut the appropriations
$4,000, 900 will be credited up to it as
one of the redeeming acts of it's exist
ence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09
A JUST VERDICT.

There will be found no two opln-
ions as to the accuracy ana the JUS
tice of the verdict of the jury Which
found Harry Hayward guilty OF the
murder of Catherine Cling. the gen
era1 apprehension was that ne would
in some way, go unwhipped OF the
iustice he had outraged. 80 deep
and wide was this feeling that, had
the verdict been one of acqulttal'
the administration OF law mlshe
have been disgraced by announcer IN
stance of the infection OF PUNISH
ment by an indignant populace.
Happily, and to the credit Oh our
methods of administering Justlce'
this emergency has not arisen.
The trial has been a notable one
among those of it's kind. The social
position of the parties, the dellpera-
ton with which it was planned ana
the methods used, served to give II
prominence among the murder trlals
of history. In it's elements II was
simple. but the defense sought 10
becloud it and complicate it, proba-
bly, as the only possible chance Oh
escape. The woman was killed.
Blixt admits he did it; that harry
hired him to do it. Adry testlnes
that Harry told him Of his 1nten-
lions before the murder; that ne re-
monstrated and told Mr.. Stewart of
the plan. The motive was plain, the
realization on the life policies taken
out on her life. These simple ele-
ments remained clear through all
the mist the ingenuity of the defend
ants counsel sought to raise about
the case. They could not be ignored,
and every jurors mind must have
come back to them as the few clear,
solid facts of the case.
1t is a reproach to our system Oh
administering justice that such an
amount Of time should be permitted
to be consumed in trying these cases.
There is a natural desire to give
the accused every opportunity to
establish his innocence, and the re-
Election comes that it is better to
prolong a trial than to give cause
for just complaint of undue haste;
but if lawyers were less anxious for
notoriety, less smitten with a love
for public posing, feelings fed by the
morbid curiosity of the populace
who throng the courts in such cases,
the trials would be shortened with
out any sacrifice of justice to the
accused.
But it were better that this trial
should have been spun out to twice
it's length, if that were necessary to
bring to justice this fiend who could
proceed with such heartlessness,
such ferocity of the beast, to plan
the murder of a woman in order
that he might obtain the money for
which he had had her insure her
life. Now that the defendant, after
eXhausting every possible defense,
is found guilty, we trust that the
progress of Justice will not be stayed,
but that she will march on with
steady, memorable tread to the full
fillment of the law. No maudlin SEN
timentalism for the convicted should
obscure the recollection of the ter
rible crime which made his life for
felt.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09
A CRUSHING BLOW.
The GirI's Father Had Changed
Clocks on Him.
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press.
Macallister McIlhenny had been dane
ing attendance on one girl for a whole
month, and as he was very careful he
was doing splendidly. He restrained
his impetuosity, talked business and
and the price of gas and fuel. and
went home every night by 10 O'Clock
timing himself on this by the girls
tather, who always came down at that
hour to wind up the clock in the hall
ana knew that the caller moved ac-
cordingIy.
But 1ll-luck always attends Macal-
lister McIlhenny and something is al
ways happening to break him up.
The last night he called he noticed
that new clock had the place of the
familiar one that had been a sort of
mascot to him, and he intended to ask
about 1t, but the girl was so nice to him
that it entirely escaped his mind. He
chatted on and on, never thinking
about time or eternity, only trusting,
In the unconscious way we have. that
at the proper time the old gentleman
would wind up the clock and restore
him to consciousness.
Thus it was that Macallister Nell
benny took no note of time
What the hour was he never knew,
but all at once he was recalled to him
self by the old gentleman's voice, and
he stopped suddenly.
Marie, Marie" said papa in a half
pleading, half angry voice, why didn't
you tell Mr.. McIlhenny that that new
clock was an eight-day clock?"
1t was a great blow, a crushing blow
to Mr.. McIlhenny, and once more are
his emotions shrouded in gloom.