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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11

MR. WILLIAM COURT GULLY .. G.
bray proposed Sir Matthew White Ridley. and his
nomination was seconded by John Lloyd. In dis
clIssjng the nominations. \. J. Bal:our. the Con-
eorvaiive leader. said that Nj. Gully WAS III
known in connection with The work Of the House.
as he had neither taken part in debates nor served
on committees His supporl by the Governm"n;
was unprecedented and. ne believed, dangerous To
the future efficiency Of the House
Sir William IIarcourt Chancellor Of the EN-
cheouer and Liberal leader in the IIousa. re-
nliei to Mr. B4lfour. lie severely criticised VIVA
he called the latjer's bad example in mak'nG IN"
election OF Speaker matter OF partisan discus
sion
don of Mr.. Gully 10y the vote given above The
Parnellites voted for Sir Matthew White Ride.
Mr. Gully expressed his thanks to the House i"r
his election and his appreciation Of the gIta
honor and responsibility conferred on MN. lie
was then congratulated 10y Sir William HarcuuIi
and Mr. Bdliour on behalf II the Liberal ana ''n-
s.ryative parties and the House adjourned for me
Easter recess until Aprl -
William Court Gully. son % nr James Man"
Gullv a noted hvdropathic physician. ~as born ~
London in 1S}5 He was educated 10y prVat" into -S
and at Trinity College. Cambridge. being admitted
to the decree Of NJ. \. n ls5'. In 1855 ne married
Elizabeth Anne Walforl Seioy. he was caied 10
the bar at the luner Temple in lN'. e",'m~ '' ID d
u hl. inn in SO lie was appointed Recorder c'
Wigan IN 1851. Ii' uurug"c-,iu4l> 'oni'-l-'
Whitehaven Division for Parlamen; in ~" an
h is Liberal and supporter col MI "''''''''' :
John Gu..y. the grandfather Of the new speaker
founded the fortuncs Of i!Ic family. ht tdt'e'i l
bisine.s th4t when ne wa twonty-one ~ found him
ssIf in a debtors pr son IN London Here ho ie1inei
bookmsker. III amasse1 fortune on tn t4lf ana
r later Hie Va Pr9IPgos IN g,u@y @ ana GSi at
the age Of eighty in NO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
OIL TAXES INOTHER JUMP.

MARKED Up s CENTS \ BARREL IN ONO AND s
CENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Toledo Ohio. April l0.-Oil :ook another jump OF
five cents to-day and the prices are now quoted
as follows: North Lima, I1i2; South Lima. '2'2;
Indiana. 20.
Pittsburg April 1o.-The Standard OIL Company
announced to-day that II would pay 81 % oarrei
for PENNSYLVANIA oil. This Is advance OF eight
cents since Yesterday. There has been no Inaterlai
change in the price In the speculative market
f. Mc(andless. of Pittsburg, IL in the citS
" NcC,ndless is of the most prominent. po-
ticians in Pennsylvania and his name Is aifeauy
mentioned as "A Msyoralty candidate IN me next
election on the Republican ticket. Mr. McCandiess
is Interested In OIL and. speaking yesterday ol 'ne
Wonderful lump oil has taken said: -L,
'aTwo months ago | knew this thlng was cothins
I spoke to a man who had travelled All over the S on
rogions and ne told me that the falling on IN pro
duction was startling All over the oil districts @
nnlis we're falling on and there were no new ones
70 h. found Tanks stood empty, ana pipe lbes uh-
,sod II was the natural result or shrinkage IN
onnniv Mess new wells are struck II Is going 10
co bnrl In chat district. so he says, ,,,
n r,i, on full time In and around Pittspurs LABOR
~ ~ coming TO be more In demand ana business IN
general Is revving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11

conpancd to the station by General Iurlinden Min
jyter Of War General Bosdcnrt and many Other
high officers. 4 arg" crowd IN the open space pc
fore the station entrance cheered him enthusiastic
Cally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
Won KoTZEys ACQUITTAL CoNflRMHD'
HE IS PROBING THE ANONYMOUS Lhi i''''
- n.11. 10 1--WE THREE

n. ,,n - SAID TO HAVE THREE
DuEI.s OF HIS HANDS
Berlin. April IO-The Emperor has cohiiii"'
ena,,a =. ,na oo,,rt.,nartIal acquitting Leberech'
yon Ko,ze NJ tho charges which were maze aS"''''
him OF writing scandalous letters ..osoord-
London April 1o-"The Daily News co' I,o,or.
ent in Berlin says Leberecht Won ha,a ho'N' lot
ter scandal He is trying to ascerlan Tho nersons
the real malefaetor well as thIse @ door II is
derstnod ,hat % he @ has three ducls impendins'
Z. KossrJrH ELECTED TO THE RElCho N'
Budapest. April lO-Francis Kossuth' s 30" elected
ll,ical heir of the late Louis Kossuth, "as q, tbs
to-day 70 represent the TarYolcza oS
hungariol Rechstag.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11

Paris April lO.-G"noral pn'h"sn". "h' VIII com
rnand the French forces 10 Madagascar. left Paris
for the South this evening 20 embark. H. was ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
REFUSED TO SURRENDER

nrr,,crn ,ro SURRENDER j. ;. BALFOrR.
,,,ono. ,,roo Apri lo-The steamer Tartar
n,nco ,,i,h rabez Spencer Balfour the fugitive
defrander Of English building societies on board
was detained here by low tides iesterday the
criminal Judge of salta sent officers on board the
steamer to demand the surrender Oh Or .ouI. me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
.rtr rfrE INQUIRY ADJOrKNED.

Rotterdam. April lO-The Elbc invesisalon was
to-day adjourned for another week couhsel LOT
the owners OF the Crathie asserting 10 the Nor'h
German I.loyds's claim TO the rlBn' ~ examine
Witnesses before a magistrate In ne mean tnle
TO prove the charges they have H'ane asa'hs' 'he
British shiD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25

who was enveloped in a worsted COM
forter and gloves which together nearly
concealed him, held aloft a small fir tree
on a pole. with a lantern hanging from
beneath the boughs.
THE clerk was so impressed with the
dignity OF his position that he took some
time to make his preparations, which
period was employed by the choir in
stamping their feet and clapping their
arms across them to keep up their
caloric There was a keen wintry wind
which carried all sounds away, now and
then, except the few notes that the
double-bass grunted out; but 1 caught
the most important stanzas and have
never forgotten them.
Imagine them sung to the few notes
of some monotonous old canticle ac-
companied by the dyspeptic means of the
viol and the ear-p3erc:ng discords of the
clarionet, with the hilarious cries of a
north wind in the old park trees joining
in. and you will have faint idea of the
beauty of this serenade.
THE CAROL.
Greet another Christmas morningi
Pass the mug of good brown ale!
Pomps and vanities a-scorning.
Christians. pull the Devils tall
Gentles all! Come, breach a barrel
To the health of our Squire!
When you hear our Christmas carol
Don't forget the Parish ChoirY
when they arrived at the last line
the small boy waved the fir-tree flag; the
double bass put a tremolo into his awful
scrape; the clerk with the cIarionet
allowed himself to attempt sentiment in
his internal blowing, and the choir gen.
orally took care that no one who heard
them ever could forget them in the
ewigkeit. OF course. they got their beer.
That is what they came for.
Past midnight as it was thew had
been expected, and were invited into the
baronial kitchen to a large bowl of
'frumety,' another relic of the Saxon
Yule, word derived from frumenta, or
wheat-corn. This, a kind of porrdge
made of screed wheat Gin Scotland of
'sowans, or oatmeaD sweetened with
honey and dried currants, is to be met
with in all north of England houses at
Christmas time. 1t is a memory of the
offerings made to Hulda, the Scandna-
Wan Ceres, to obtain her promises for the
harvests of the coming year. as the
burning of the Yule-log was brought
down from remote ages when fre-sacri.
flee was made to the Sun-God."
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ORIGIN OF XMAS WAYS.
ChriStmaStide ObServanceS
Date Back to Pagan Rites.
USE OF THE FIRST CANDLES.
Burned by Romans to Drive Away
Evil Spirits Scandinavians
First Used the TOy-COvered Fir
Tree in a Heather Festival.

At this season of the year when all the
world is bent on rnerrymaking it becomes
a matter of interest to trace up the ORR
gin of some of the customs which make
Christmas what it is.
Many pretty observances which de-
lighted the children and grown folks of
three, four and five hundred years ago
have been lost completely. Perhaps it is
just as well. for if they had been retained
others which were not of a delightful or
elevating character might also be in use,
to the destruction of the religious charac-
ter of the Christmas festival
Few mothers and fathers who will
adorn a Christmas tree for their little
ones with many colored candles on Christ
mas eve know that they will be doing
precisely what the Romans of old did
hundreds of years ago. 1t was a pagan
feast which the Romans celebrated, how
ever. the date being Feb. 2.
In the time of the Romans this day was
sacred to Februa, the presiding deity from
whose name the word February. or the
fructifying month. was derived On this
day the Romans burned candles in her
honor to keep away the malign spirits
who were always at war with a benig
nant providence; and it is said that Pope
Sergius. finding it impossible to extinguish
these heather candles, reapplied them to
the service of the Virgin. and instituted
Candlemas when the light Of the torches
was supposed to frignten the devil away
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London have not yet penetrated to- the
rustics. the old-time custom is still con-
tinued of the parish choir making the
rounds of the homes of the gentry and
singing Christmas carols.
A well-known New York society man
who the guest of a titled English
man at the latters country house dur
ing the Christmas season described the
doings of the parish choir to the writer
in this way:
1.-THE Carols still sung in the country
in some parts of England by boys in
smock-frocks, with ribbons tied to their
hats and shoulders, are a curious mix
ture of religious and profane: and I re-
call a verse or two of these noels that
are really comic.
Looking out of my window one night
was passing a Christmas week in the
north countree'-to learn what was the
cause of a subdued muttering and whis-
pering in the carriage drive. in front of
the old Elizabethan house. I saw some
dozen chawbacons, most of whom carried
lanterns, arranging themselves in half
circle on the snow outside.
"One White-haired old man. with spec
tacles and a knitted woollen nightcap.
held a clarionet and seemed to be the
precentor. He was probably the parish
clerk Another was presiding over an
enormous bass viol. while a small boys
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of solemnities In the great cities. Ike
Paris and Brussels and Vienna, it is ac-
companied by the most splendid music
and by rich decorations of the chapels
and affairs in the churches.
At st. Roch in Paris, a chapel is fitted
up in imitation of the manger in Beth
lehem. and is visited by hundreds of
thousands.
The carols are sung by princes and
princesses of the operate stage; the mid
night sermon is preached by one of the
most celebrated of preachers. The sing
ing is so fine that people often wait many
hours, standing crowded in the aisles,
rather than miss it. At the Madeleine all
the splendors of the Church Treasury are
brought out, and the affairs are agleam
with dazzling wealth, accumulated
through centuries.
IN PIOUS BRETON.
In the humble and pfous Breton vii
lagos, also, the midnight mass is attended
by the faithful. The peasants come
trudging over the snowy roads, and clat-
ter in their wooden shoes into the porch
of the blackened and dilapidated old
church. Each leaves his lantern and his
wraps with the old crone at the portal,
then pushes forward to the nave, where
he leaves his sabots and Detakes himself
to prayer. A few old-fashioned carols
are sung a lively allocution is delivered
by the country cure: and by and by, in
the gray of the morning, the groups of
men and women, in their broad hats and
long black coats. go straying home to-
gether.
IN FRANCE LONG AGO.
In the Middle Ages in France it was
the custom for the burghers of one town
to go in procession on the eve before
Christmas to visit the neighbors in some
adjacent burg, and to represent before
them a rude mystery play of the Ma
tivity.
They went in procession playing upon
rebeck, viol, tabor and flute, and some
times displayed much pomp in those pa
rades, all of which were in honor, as
their old carols say, of Jesus. the flower
of life
1t would sorely puzzle the average child
of the United States if he had to spend
Christmas in far-off Australia. Instead
of snow. ice and chilly blasts. the Aus
tralians have weather much like we have
on the Fouth of July.
Christmas there means a great open
air picnic, celebrated in groves of euca-
lyptus trees and surrounded by blossom
ing flowers. Aside from the weather.
Christmastide is observed by the Aus
tralian the same as in the mother coun-
try. topped off by fine dinner of fat
goose and plum pudding.
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the fiat roofs of their houses. and. plac-
ing plates of corn cakes in the sun. they
watch the crows, or "choucas," as they
are called. always lowering near
If a crow plunges down on a piece of
corn cake and flies away out of sight
with the prey in it's greedy beak, then
the young girls happiness is gone for
the year.
But if the bird flies only little way.
and lights on a neighboring zoof, then
it is from beneath that roof that she
expects her husband to come. within
the year.
Italy is always the time for some OF
those wonderful pageants which seem to
have been forgotten ignored else
where In Southern Italy in particular
the bambino is the object of passionate
alteration, and the sacredenss of Christ
mas sheds it's mellowest light into the
darkest osteria, and the humblest via,
where the ancient houses seem ready to
fall against each other.
The local pride displayed by the vari-
Gus parishes in the decoration of their
chapels and affairs is very great. At
Naples there is one long street in which
nearly every shop is devoted to the man
ufacture or sale of holy images. and the
greater part of these are for the Christ
mas festivities.
THE MIDNIGHT MASS.
The midnight mass, as it is celebrated
in most Catholic countries in Europe, is
one of the most beautiful and touching
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THE SLUMS SANTA CLAUS
Miss Helen Gould Cares for the
Waits and StrayS.
WONDERS OF WOODY CREST.
Twenty of the Neediest and Dirt
fest GEmins in New York VIII
Be Royalty Entertained During
Christmas Week.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-The Christmas
spirit is abroad in the land, and of all the
spirits it IS the sweetest and the best.
This birthday of the Christ child is the
special feast day of all children in every
land, and small must be the purse which
cannot spare enough to make one little
soul glad for a, Christmas Day 1t takes
so very little to spring the sunshine into
sad little faces that it gives one great,
big heartache to think that in one goodly
country there are ever any empty stock
ings on Christmas morning.
In the shimmering, glimmering world of
society these thoughts seldom enter.
Christmas to them means some unusual
burst of splendor, some unique entertain
ment which will make their friends open
their eyes with delight and appreciation,
and perhaps with jealousy because the
gods have not sufficiently endowed them
with riches to do likewise.
But there are some in this gilded world
of gold and jewels and hordes of millions
whose ambitions trend differently, brave
women who would rather salute the poor
than receive the courtly graces of the
rich One of these is Miss Helen Gould.
the eldest daughter of the late financier.
Miss Gould is in every way an ideal
Lady Bountiful. She is not afraid to
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the Christmas story-the birth of Christ
These representations of the Christ era
die, as they were called in France and
Germany. are still exhibited in churches,
Catholic and Lutheran. all over Europe
From the early hymns sung by the peas
ants as well as by the monks at these
mysteries came the Christmas carols, or
noels. as they are called in French.
Some of these managers are produced
with care and elabora ton, and though
they do not give the dialogues and con-
versations of the old times, they give the
holy representation in places with nova
BILE figures. who nod and kneel, and on
the entry of the three kings or wise men
of the East offer their presents with up
lifted arms.
THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
TREE.
In all these groups there has been from
time immemorial a tree. 1t may be seen
outside the traditional hangers in the
missals and early paintings of the pre-
Raphaelite Italian school In this tree or
near it are seen angels in flowing robes
singing out Of scroll Of Illuminated paper
the Peace on earth and good will
towards men," or GLORY, glory, hallelu-
jah.''
The correct German Christmas tree al
ways has an angel or a Christkind on the
topmost branch. with a tinsel star at the
end of a staff like any pantomime fairy.
ana IL the tree belongs 10 a very OElHOuO&
family there is usually at it's foot small
toy group representing the Saviour's birth
in the stable at Bethlehem. The tree rep
resented, though grown from a heather
root, is no doubt still the tanebaum which
from Germany has become naturalized in
America. France and England.
The extreme Puritans, originating with
the Presbyterians of Scotland. have al
ways set their faces against Christmas
observances, and indeed the Puritan Par
lament, of the Praise-God Barebones
period, abolished Christmas altogether,
and made it a heinous crime of lese-
nationality to exhibit holly and ivy on
their Walls-
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
1t is true that the feast of that date
had become an orgie and the Christmas
carol of that day was almost unfit for
publication; but with the return of
Charles II. and the Restorati ton. holly.
ivy and mistletoe came back with re-
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AVE ATQUE VALE.

You that have gone before me
To the dark unknown,
One by one who have left me
To walk alone.
Friends of my youth and manhood
Vanished away.
Like a drift of crimson sunset
At close of dayl
We held sweet converse together
OF soul with soul.
Probing the life of nature
From pole to pole;
Spelling again the story
OF days of old.
Dreaming of all the wonder
The years yet hold.
Half of nv own self were you.
Half of my life.
Sharing its thought and action.
Its peace and strife.
Now tho I call. none answers;
Vain is my prayer.
Vainly my question falleth
On voiceless air.
Nay. but the years pass swiftly.
And l, too, pass
Out OF the world of sunshine,
Like autumn grass.
On to the world beyond us,
The dark unknown,
To join the friend of my manhood,
No more alone.
There. where their dreams are ended,
And life's long quest
Jesus, o Lord, have mercy,
Grant them thy rest.
London Academy
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A few of them may have had mothers
who had once told them the delightful
tales of fairyland, and this vision of
comfort and plenty may bring back for
gotten memories of a happy home, dis
membered by the hand of death.
Whatever the thoughts of the waits
may be on the first entry, they are soon
lost. Interest in the food becomes the
great thing and they eat with phenomenal
fervor and endurance. After dinner most
of them are ready for sleep.
The days are full OF fun. There are
many horses and all l-inds of farm ami
mails on the place and the children have
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XMAS IN ALL CHIMES.
Santa Claus Has Many Odd
Ways and Customs.
IN THE UKRAINE DISTRICT.
Russia's Celebrations Are Largely
Religious, but in Some Villages
Young Men Choose Their Wives
on Christmas Eve-A Quaint Ar
menihn Custom.

Santa Claus has many different ways of
showering delight and happiness to the
people of different lands. But while
the way may be different, the result is
the same, and peace on earth, good will
to men, reigns wherever the doctrine
of Christianity has been taught.
Russia is particularly replete with odd
Christmas customs, and the many tribes
which go to make up the great nation
enjoy the season in way which puts
to the lie the popular belief that the
peasantry of Russia are a miserable,
down-trodden race. If they have trou-
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FOR MISS ROSEBUD.
A white SILK FrocI1. win Rose

A White Silk FrOcL. With Rose Vel
vet and White Lace.
A party dress for a girl of 16 is OF white
silk patterned with pink rose buds. Broad
white satin ribbon forms a point in front
and is carried up over the shoulders. where
1t is gathered to form epaulets; a frill
Of cream lace falls over these and is caught
up in front with a rosette of pink velvet
ribbon. Bishop sleeves are very fashionable
for the wool gowns, and they are made over
a fitted lining and gathered at the wrist
into band of velvet. while the fullness
at the top is either shirred or box plated
to make them drop prettily,
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Never give a man a foothold on that eacrad
and purely feminine territory the domestic
region, by asking his advice regarding any-
thing pertaining to it, or by running to him
with calamities arising from it. If a servant
leaves let her leave. Go and get another
forthwith instead of wasting time by fall
ing on your husbands neck with a tale of
woe N'9T9r an hour long. Men by nature. do not
they do it is a perverted taste. like that for
tobacco and alcohol. which women ought never
to countenance. far less foster.
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The Ideal Kitchen.

1.-THE Ideal Kitchen'' is treated at length.
described in detail by James Thomson, and
illustrated in December Ladies' Home
Journal Mr.. Thomson says that in the
model kitchen of the present the walls should
be of glazed tiles enameled brick to the
height of six seven feet In place of these,
painted brick or plaster may be used Soap
stone is also excellent The tiles or brick
should be carried clear to the floor. wooden
Dashboard must be used. The floor should be
of tiles, plain mosaic, stone or cement all
hard and dirt-resisting and easily kept clean.
Have little woodwork possible. and
what you are obliged to have let it be plain,
with few joints and crevices possible
Your cook will at first object to this style of
flooring but a few days care of this cleanly
surface will convince her.
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At Tetlow. not far from Berlin. fair is
held the first week in November Of every
year, which is popularity called the 'Marriage
Market" Dealers from all parts of the Ger
man Empire and Austria come together for
the barter ard sale of all sorts Of cheaD rner-
chandise. and the male and female population
for miles around come to Tetlow during thar
time, as much with a view to strike up an
acquaintance. which is to ripen into a union
for life, as TO supply the needs for the coming
winter, at this fair. Tradition has il thar
more marriages occur from acquaintance made
at the Tetlow Fair than anywhere else.