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The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-18
DULL TIME IN STOCKS
PAST WEEKS BUSINESS LESS THAN
THE PREVIOUS BAD WEEK.
No Demand for shares on the yev
iork stock Exchange-Local Mar
kets without Features.

At New York, Saturday. money on call
Was easy at l per cent
Prime mercantile paper 3AQ4s4 per cent.
sterling exchange was dull and easy.
Win actual business in bankers bills at
Sf'Dh4q4-SOSs for demand and at $4ssAG
1875 for sixty days; posted rates, $4,000
All; commercial bills. s4.ss14Q4SS1z.
Silver certificates. 67QS7lh. Bar silver.
e0+4c- Mexican dollars, 53Ac At London
bar silver was 30 7-l6d.
The weekly statement OF the associated
banks shows the following changes:
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-18
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-A bargain;
lovely home, 2is acres In city limits, no
membranes, excellent buildings. fine for
est trees, asphalt street, sewer. electric
cars. gases and city water easy terms.
or will trade for smaller property STAN
TON & RUDDELL. 1914 North Pennsyl-
vania street, Room g.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-18

Sheep and Lambs-Receipts light; ship
ments light. Hardly enough here to estab-
hsh market Prices were about the same
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-18
BUSINESS CHANCE.

BUSINESS CHANCE.
BUSINESS CHANCE-$SO0 to =. .0oo easily
made by speculation. Address PATTI
SON e. Co. Omaha Building. Chicago.
BUSINESS CHANCE-To Let-New brick
storerooms. corner Belefontaine street
and Home avenue. Modern improvements.
suitable for drug store grocery and meat
shop. Apply "a Brookside avenue.
BUSINESS CHANCE-S500 and upward per
month easily made with small capital BY
systematic speculation. Safest method
Book and particulars free National
bank references. THOMAS & CO.. l67
Rialto Building. Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-18

FOR SALE-Lady's horse and low easy-rid-
ing phaeton. harness, etc. Everything
compiete for 800 IN sold now. This Is very
cheap. Inquire at this office.
FOR SALE-A nice dwelling house. con-
tanning four rooms; also. good. substan-
tial livery stable and feed barn, I'm the
town Of North Salem. Ind For parficu-
lars. address WILLIAM j. ADDAMS.
North Salem. or r. b. RIGGEN. Plumb
Vile. KY.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20

bark! Some one has entered the gate.
1t is-it is our son William! A mothers
instinct is never wrong. Yes-I recog-
nize his footsteps. Oh, we shall have
real merry Christmas. once more!"
And Mrs. Ulogue, trembling like an
aspen, sprang from her seat and quickly
opened the door. A rough-bearded
seedy-looking man stood on the thresh-
old.
ooh, William, my son." cried Mrs.
Ulogue, throwing her arms around the
stranger and almost dragging him into
the house, you have come home at last.
1 knew you would This is indeed
merry Christmas"
'Scuse me, ma'am," returned the
stranger, struggling to free himself
from the affectionate embrace of the
woman. ME names not William, an
l amt nobody sSon. My parents passed
in their checks afore / had time to get
on speakin' terms with EN-, an I'm a
wanderin' horphan.
ME names Henry Tennyson Naggs,
but me pards call me Skinny the
Tramp fer short. But 1 sees how
you've got vacant cheer at the festive
board, an l don't mind bein' your son
pro TEN, as the Latin sharps SEE, spe-
cially as left home without dinin'."
Here. Tiger called Silas, opening a
door leading into the kitchen; and as a
dog as large as newborn calf sprang
into the room, Skinny the Tramp made
hasty exit. AS he passed through the
yard he absent-mindedly picked up
new Ratchet, which he sold at the next
village for the price Of five beers.
So the tramp had a merry Christmas
after all.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
The Tramp.s Christmas.

"Silas," said Mrs. Ulogue, wiping her
tear-dimmed eye with the corner OF her
Bingham apron, this Is the anniversary
of the day our son William disappeared
from horne after you reprimanded him
for staying out late o. nights playing
pool or something"
eyes" assented her husband, sharp
ening the carver preparatory to dis
secting a nicely Drowned turkey. at Is
exactly ten years since he went away
and without just cause, too"
But don't you think You were a
little hard on him, Silas? 1t was only
3 o'clock in the morning when he came
home, and boys will be boys"
HE made a mistake in goin' away
replied Silas, clipping off wing: IAN
l guess no one knows that better than
William by this time"
Maybe so, but had strange dream
about our absent boy last night. and
something tells me that he Is coming
home, like the prodigal son, and have
put an extra plate on the table. at the
place where he always sa---. But
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20

great and joyful a festival as Christ
mas, IT showed, she added, lamentable
lack Of religious feeling to prefer slch
a request. She pointed out that pow
erty, sickness and death were sent by
God himself, and that the true Chris
tian should submit to them, not merely
without murmur but joyfully, kissing
the rod in remembrance of the gracious
declaration, "As many as love / re-
buke and ehasten." She offered to
call on the following day for the pur-
pose of exhorting Greta to submit to
the will of God with entire resignation.
The mother had now lost all hope,
and was returning to her home in
still more Responding frame OF mind
than that in which she had quilted 1T.
She walked on as in dream, scarcely
noticing the fast falling snow, while
longing with an intensity bordering on
agony that she might have been able
to procure even few common flowers
for her Greta. But none were to be
found. Even the snowdrops hid them
selves in the bosom Of the earth, and no
primrose nor violet would be seen for
months. Thus sorrowfully musing,
she continued her walk, and in few
minutes would have reached her mis-
cradle home, when by the light OF her
lantern she saw a few green leaves
peeping from the foot Of hedge which
enclosed a garden in the neighborhood.
STOPPING down, she scraped away the
snow with her hand. Yes, there were
leaves, large and lustrous, under which
she found few green blossoms, some
full blown, others in bud, but all pale,
small and without color, perfume or
beauty.
"Ah" though she, "as there were no
roses to be procured, these little flowers
have been sent that my child may be
spared the pain of knowing that there
are hearts so cold and hard that no
woes of others can soften them, and
who care for no sorrows except their
ownw
AS she FASTENED onward, the deep
toned bell struck the hour OF midnight
and the joyous Christmas chimes broke
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
XMAS DECORATIONS.
We Have Copied the Customs of Nom
Christian CountrieR

Among the votaries OF the early
Druids there was a superstition that
the houses should be decorated with
evergreens in December, in order that
the Sylvan spirits might enter them
and thus be kept free from the blast
of the cold North wind and the frost,
until milder season renew the foliage
of their usual haunts. The Christmas
tree is really from Egypt, where the
palm tree puts forth branch every
month, and where a spray of this tree
with twelve shoots on IL, was used in
Egypt at the time of the Winter SOL
stice, as a symbol of the year COM
pleted.
Who does not know the poem be-
ginning
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
The holly branch shone on the old oak
wall.
Years ago over every mans door in
England hung sprig of mistletoe at
this season. There still hovers a mys-
tic charm about the mistletoe. and
many a girl now, with a thrill of eX-
pectancy, places a branch of 1t under
the chandelier or over the door. Ac-
cording to a former belief, when a
girl is caught and kissed under a
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
mistletoe that grows on the oak tree
was the kind held in favor. Because Of
it's heather origin it is not used often
in church decorations, fact which is
referred to by Washington Irving in his
"Bracebridge Hail." where he has the
learned parson rebuke the unlearned
clerk for this very thing.
In Germany and Scandinavia the
holly or holy tree is called Ghrist's
thorn, because it puts forth its berries
at Christmas time, and therefore is es-
pecially fitted for church decorations.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20

| With its glossy, dark leaves and bright,
red berries, it is an attractive decora-
ton for the house.
The Jews used to decorate at their
Feast of Tabernacles with evergreens
and flowers.
The laurel was used at the earliest
times of the Romans as decoration for
all joyful occasions, and is significant
of peace and victory.
In some places 1t is customary to
throw branches of laurel on the Christ
mas fire and watch for omens while the
leaves curl and crackle in the heat and
flame.
The evergreen tree is a symbol used
as the Revival of Nature, which as
Economically 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.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
Tabbv's Christmas.

1t was early Christmas morning, and
the streets were empty. A boy with a
big turkey knocked at the kitchen door
of a large, pleasant house, and while
he was talking with the cook, cold,
homeless little Tabby Tiptoes slipped in
between his heels so softly that nobody
saw her. "Goodr she thought. Now
l can get warm"
She patted lightly upstairs on her lit
tie velvet paws, and found herself in a
snug and cozy room. A bright fire
snapped in the CRATE, and beside it hung
a small stocking, crammed full from
top to toe.
Tabby was so pleased with her warm
quarters that she turned a somersault
on the soft rug. Then she played that
the toe of the stocking was mouse.
She caught it with her sharp claws, and
gave it little pull.
But the stocking was overloaded al
ready, and down it came on the hearth.
The checkers and dominoes and sugar.
plums rolled to every-side.
Poor Tabby just had time to hide in
the empty stocking before Neddy
rushed into the room.
"Why, mammal! he called, Santa
Claus must have dropped my stocking!'
Then he put his hand into it. "A live
kittenv' he shouted again. "Oh, how
did Santa Claus know! That was just
what wanted!'
And indeed, OF all his pretty presents,
Neddy liked little pussy best.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
Tho Yule Log.

A custom at one time prevalent in
England, and still observed in some Of
the northern districts of the old coun-l
try, is that of placing an immense log
of wood-sometimes the root OF great
tree-in the wide chimney-place. This
log is often called the yule log, and It
was on Christmas Eve that it was put
on the wide hearth Around it would
gather the entire family, and its en-
trance was the occasion of a great deal
of ceremony There was music and re-,
joicing, while the one authorized to
light il was obliged TO have clean
hands.
1t was always lighted with brand
left over from the log OF the previous
year, which had been carefully pre-
served for the purpose. A poet sings Of
it in this way:
With the last yeere's brand
Light the new block, and
For good success in his spending.
On your psaltries play,
That sweet luck may
Come while the log is teending.
The Yule log was supposed to be a
protection against evil spirits, and it
was considered bad omen If the fire
went o1t before the evening was over.
The family and guests used to seat
themselves in front of the brightly
burning fire, and many a story and mer-
ry jest went round the happy group.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20

T was a stormy
Christmas Eve, and
the little town OF
. Tromsoe was COM
4 pletely enveloped
Z in the ermine man
{. tie of mid-winter.
Snow had been fall
ing all day, and as
[ h e night ap-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
Merry Cbristmas.

Christmas ought to be the merriest
day OF the year. From the busy man to
the little child, let the cheerful greet
ing, Merry Christmas" ring out gladly
to all. Christmas is the time when.
after weeks of expectancy, Santa Claus
appears to the dear children. The time
has come for the hanging up of stock
ings, and many bright eyes will look
on Christmas morn up the chimney for
a glimpse of Santa Claus "and his eight
tiny reindeer" The days will come
when belief in the beautiful myth Of
Santa Claus will disappear, but let 1t
last so long as it can and gladden. the
hearts OF happy childhood.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
The Christmas Tree.

The CbristmaS Tree.
Only star! a shining star!
More glorious than our planets are,
But watched by wistful eyes and bright.
And longing hearts, that wondrous
night.
Only a manger, thronged,
That to some public inn belonged,
Where sweet breathed cattle quietly
For midnight slumber bent the knee
Only the light of tapers small,
That on two tender faces fall,
Two tender faces-one divine
That stillt through all the centuries
shine
From palace walls. from thrones of
gold,
From churches, shrines, cathedrals old,
Where the grand masters of their art
Wrought faithfully with hand and
heart.
Only babe, in whose small hand
Is seen no sceptre of command,
But at whose name, with Freedoms
swordt
Move the great armies of the Lord.
Only a cross but oh, what light
Shines from Gods throne on Calvary's
height!
His birth, His, life, the angels see,
Written on every Christmas tree.
M. A, Denison.
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on her ear. Kneeling reverently on the
snowy ground, the mothers heart went
up in gratitude, and she prayed the ALL
Merciful One to look with plying eyes
on her sweet and cherished Greta,
pressing the humble flowers to her
bosom. In another moment, she had
risen and passed onward with her
treasure.
AS she drew back the curtain to offer
the dark leaves and little green bios
SONS to her darling, she made discov-
cry which startled her. They had
given place to large, exquisite white
blooms tinged with a delicate pink.
Roses! roses!" cried Greta, 80,
mother, who gave them to your"
"It was Christmas present" replied
the astonished mother.
At the sight of these lovely Christmas
roses, the dying girl bowed her head,
and softly kissed each precious bios
som. Then she fell back on her pillow
with a sigh. THE light that was never
on land or sea" came into the beauti-
full blue eyes, and her lips half-opened
with radiant smile. The prophecy of
the doctor was fulfilled. The roses had
appeared, and her sufferings were
ended. Her pure young spirit had
passed upward in one ecstatic burst OF
love and thanksgiving.
Since that time Qong ago) the plant
which grows under the hedges, beneath
the SHOWS of winter, has continued to
produce beautiful white blossoms and
retained the name of 1.-THE Christmas
Rose" which was given to it by tine
good women of Tromsoe.
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preached, large flakes were still be-
ing driven hither and thither by the
furious wind, which howled and roared
in the chimneys, shook the carefully
closed windows, and died away in the
distance Ike the last despairing wall
Of lost soul.
In one of the most miserable houses
Of wretched street, in the worst quar-
ter of the town, woman by the dim
light of pickering candle watched be-
side the sick-bed of her last remaining
child. She was weeping bitterly, but
strove to stifle her sobs for fear of dis
turbing the fitful slumbers of the suf-
ferer. AS the furious tempest SHOOK
the dilapidated tenement, she trembled
as If she already felt the dread presence
of the Angel of Death. No Christmas
fagot blazed on the miserable hearth,
the happy voices OF laughing children
and kind friends had for her long been
stilled, and the cold, sorrow, and pow
erty which reigned within seemed but
a counterpart of the desolation without.
Behind the lowered curtains of the bed
could be heard from time TO time the
short cough and labored breathing of
the>child, who at last, suddenly awak-
ing, raised herself on her elbow, and
looked across the room, where. as in a
vision, she again beheld the Christmas
trees of her earlier years, with their
accomplishments of tapers, bon-bons,
toys and golden stars, cleaning amid
the darkness of that somber room. She
was young girl of twelve or fourteen
years of age, and the sweet, pale face,
although in the last stage of emacia-
ton, still retained traces of delicate
youthful beauty.
With her dying voice she still con-
tinued to talk of the fete-days of long
ago, when she was a rosy, healthy little
child, and her brothers and sisters,
Eric, John, Anton, Hilda and Bertha,
crowded around her with their pretty
Christmas offerings; when her father
danced her on his knee, and her mother
sang sweet lullabys by her cradle.
Those days seemed far away. Eric and
her father had persisted in shipwreck;
then, one by one, the others had fol-
lowed, till death had left behind only
the grim sisters, sickness and misery
as the sole companions of the widow and
her child.
The vivid remembrance OF past hap
piness had brought strange light into
Greta's eyes, and soon these childish
"reminiscences gave place to hope. She
spoke of the spring which would bring
back the birds and flowers, and in Civ
ing life to all else would surely not en-
tiTely forget herself.
You know, mother, the doctor said
that. when the roses came. my suffer-
ings would be over. viii the roses
soon be in bloom?"
81 have seen some already" replied
the mother; "the governors wife and
daughter had them in their hair when
] saw them get into the carriage, but
those roses, think, only grow in the
lighthouses of the rich"
There was silence, broken only by
Greta's short cough. All at once, carried
away by one solitary fixed idea, such
as so often haunts the brain of the sick
she began to talk again about the roses
TO pine sorrowfully for their posses
sion, and by alternate beseechlng, coax.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
A Hint.

I wish you a merry Christmas!
Let's try while we're repeating
The dear old-fashioned greeting,
To add kind, unselfish act,
And make the wish a blessed fact.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20

On Christmas morning ! gave her,
With a reckless impulse, my heart.
The gift had a loving SAVIOR,
And she took Pin kindly part.
But II was a present and, therefore,
I'm afraid il lies on the shelf;
II was something she didn't care for,
And something wanted myself.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-12-20
The Stars.

Upon the nights black stem, behold
A million shining buds unfold
And light her gardens azure lawn
Where walks the moon from dusk to
dawn.
The diamond drill., 1895-08-24
THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Hardin Games out strongly for Fres
Coinage.

MAYFIELp, Ky, Aug. ae.--The Sec
ond OF the joint series of de-
bates between Messrs Bradley and
Hardin Wednesday was before the
greatest crowd of voters that ever met
in eastern Kentucky. bradley forced
Hardin TO come TO the currency ques-
tion and the democratic candidate de-
clared he was for free silver and that
he interpreted the democratic state
platform as demanding such.
In response to Mr.. Bradlcy's question
he said, were no elected governor, he
would appoint to succeed either OF the
two United States senator's, were either
of them 10 die, man who would be in
favor OF the coinage OF both gold and
silver upon exactly equal terms. He
hoped TO be able To appoint one good
enough and who would be able TO pre-
serve perfect parity in all the money
we have.
Mr.. Bradley made n firm stand on
the negro question. He declared that
II an attempt was n;icic To pass laws
allowing negroes equal privilege with
white people in hotels. theaters, etc, "A
race war would follow.
FRANKFORT, Ky, Aug. %. Senator
Lindsay will take the stump and make
arguments in favor of sound money.
Under the present condition OF things
democratic in Kentucky this means
that the senator will wage war ON Wat
uardin and his free silver ideas.
The silver men here avow that ITar
din and Blackburn have apcrsonal fol-
lowing sufficient 10 win. lIardin's
only chance for election now seems to
be combination Of free silver demo-
Gratis and populists Considerable
argument is being brought upon Henry
Watterson TO prevent him from oppos-
ing Hardin vigorously In the Courier
journal
The diamond drill., 1895-08-24

CmcAoo, Aug. 22.-Thc Coliseum
building, a great open structure which
was being erected by the Chicago Ex-
hibition company ON the block bounded
by Hope and Stony Island avenues and
Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets.
was wrecked Wednesday night at 1880
o'clock by the collapse OF the iron roof.
IL the disaster 20 the building had oc-
Cured little earlier there would have
been great loss OF life. as over half a
hundred men had just quit work for the
night. They had been installing the arc
electric lighting for the opening Of the
big show building September 9 with
Barnum a. Bailey's circus So far
as known at this hour there was
no ono killed by the accident.
Several watchmen had just made
their rounds OF the interior and were
standing under the walls, which are
unusually low for the size OF the
building. They happened TO be en- the
street side and when the crashing SUI
perstructurc of iron gave warning of
danger they had plenty of time 70 rush
10 place Of safety.
WHICH tiit tilNNotft NItlAtn VI AAOit Rt-
gan TO break loose from their fasten-
ings on the four sides of the structure
the strain was too much for
the thin, low walls of pressed brick.
With deafcning sound the mass
OF iron carried with 1t the four
walls in chaotic heap~towards the cen-
ter, and the work of destruction was
complete. The cost of the coliseum
was 10 be So25. 900, and as IL was near
ing completion for the open
ing show the loss is believed
10 be nearly 100000 Everything
was being done in "a hurry To keep the
opening date, and only last week three
worlSmen met their death while en-
gagged on the superstructurc. Two Of
the ironworlSers fell l50 feet from a
beam while placing bolts in an iron
arch.
The president OF the company and
the prime mover in the enterprise from
its inception is John Il. Dickinson. late
OF Fort Worth. Tex, who achieved ma
tional reputation as secretary of the
Worlds Columbian commission. The
site OF the Coliseum is known TO all
worlds fair visitors as the site OF Buff
falo Bill's wild west show opposite the
fair grounds.
The diamond drill., 1895-08-24

OCEAN CRY, Md, Aug. 20.-Seven
lives paid the penalty Saturday Of the
overcrowding Of small sail boat and
the unreasoning fright OF the
women aboard, who, by springing to
one side when the little craft
shipped some water, overturned 1t and
threw its occupants into the water
The boat contained ten persons, and Of
these ten only three were rescued
when the boat capsized- The dead are:
william Storrs aged As years, a sign paint
er: his wife. Mrs Laura Storrs, aged 81. thoir
two daughters, Ida May and Eva. IA and 10
years respectively. Lula and Lena Hall, sis
ters. aged 10 and IL years respectively. OF
Bishopvile DcL and Miss Myrtle stevens,
aged IA years. Of Selbyvillc. Del