The National tribune., 1895-02-14

MY VALENTINE,
by Ida sicy RGybert, RoseUiHe. n. ID
Such wiching little creature
i my valentine.
| Mirth doth glow In every feature
| Like the sweet sunshine
ssucy eyes with mischief dancing,
1 Eyes of Gee pest brown
! Chestnut curis and smiles enhancing,
, Brow that wears no frown
And to-day dainty letter
Came-hcr valentine;
Did send oneP No: fnr better
She herself is mine
ST. VALENTINES DAY.
DEARI. II. W: This is St Valentines Day
in remembrance OF st. Valentine. tho patron Of
lovers. an Italian priest, who lived in Rome dur.
ing the reign of Claudius III.
ST Valentine was a devout Christian, and
for this YVES brought before Claudius, who COM
naandea him 10 worship the Emperor's gods.
Refusing 10 DO this, YVES sent TO Asterins to be-
judged. but Asierius himself became converted
and declared Valentine guiitless.
At this the Emperor became errsged and
ordered Asterius 10 be beaten and imprisoned.
His commission OF juageship Was taken from,
him, and another judge was appointed 10 sue
coed hia.
Valentine, having been brought before the
court for a second trial. WAS condemned to
death. His execution took place at Rome Feb
ii. go
/ VI hen the Nafk CiDuus "a lRUSTAfcc anu super
stition rolled by. aud the liEh; OF the Cbrisiisn
religion daWaed on the Roman Empire, tho
! Church instituted days on which special homage
/ should be paid 10 the memory OF its martyred
/ saints aud Feb. Ii, the day which the pious
! priest was beheaded. was chosen in memory OF
/ him; hence. the term ST. Valentines Day.
il happened that a young Roman of high
rank was drowned in the River Tiber when on
his way TO visit his aiiianced bride; and as this
sad event occurred on the anniversary of ST.
/ Valentines death, she afterward observed Feb
ruary Ia in memory of her departed lover.
But custom changed. and dead saints were
/ neglected for living sinners" The names of
| the Roman maidens were put in box and the
lovers drew them cut, the maiden whose name
each drew being his valentine for the following
! year If nuy one was dissatisfied with the
valentine be drew, gift 10 the maiden cancelled
his obligation TO pay her homage, tho name
was returned 10 the box and he was allowed to
/ draw a second time.
American sentiment, not generally approving
of lotteries, adopted different custom. aud the
flowers. or the pretty booklet. fluids the way
Z 10 the chosen as the best expression of love
on ST. Valentines Day.
A legend OF modern times tells US that during
the present century st. Valentine obtained per-
mission of ST. Peter to revisit the earth on con-
dition that on his return lie would give a full
account Of Isis trip, wbeTeupon he reported the
clamoring over woman's rights, and that love
was thing OF the past
/ 4. No; that good old parsonage was mistaken.
| Love is not dead. 1t has endured the vicissi.
tudes of time since the day it was implanted
into Eden, and will never die $50 long as hu-
man hearts beat aud youth makes the whole
world beautiful"
The maiden Of to-day clasps with eager hands
/ the dainty missiye. aud rs she reads the sweet
worded message she says in her heart like the
maiden of old: Best be ST. Valentine hys
day" Ida d. Bonnoy. Slate Lick, Pa.
THE MEDAL ALMANAC.
In the columns OF the Conversation Club,
! Dee 81, 1884 w. Il. Longstreth presents the
readers Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE with a
perpetual almanac" as he terms ia rule
1 for finding on what day of the week any day
in any year occurred. His rule is only appli-
cable to the 18Th century.
A. L. Seaman gave a rule for the same object
Ia the issue of July 70, 1894. which have
tested by dates that j have where the day of
the week was given with the month and year,
and in other centuries than the 10TH / have
| found his rule correct; think his almanac will
4 have the largest sale. and entitle him TO hold
the medal. IL. Purdy, Springfield. VT.
Sister AsEIE's RESPONSE
DEAR LOYAL FRIENDS AND HOME WORK
1 FRS: Our TRIBUNE has Just arrived, aud find
hear from him again, and as lie calls upon the
old members for opinions. hasten while the
spirit moves" to give mine
quite agree with him in thinking our cor
ner would be more interesting were il more as
il used TO be. While still an Interested MEM
Der, yet cannot say the dear old C. C. corner
is now TO what il was in DAYS past
Now what first drew me TO il was the inter
esting puzzle department and Curious Corner.
il MAS weeks before j noticed anything but
those, sending in my solutions every week
Que day happened to read farther down,
and 10 my great surprise Saw my name in the
Honor Roll. Then it was / first discovered
the Club Whispers after which they, too, were
| oil great interest 70 me. i can ia fancy see the
| names of host OF earnest members whom now
! we seldom hear from.
Now, desr irieBds il seems TO me many a
one may feel as j did, when they found our
corner spreading its W ngs and soaring far away.
j confess ii made me homesick for the old
time chats thai were SO bomelike; il seemed as
II We knew each other the moment we read
them. j felt ss il an old friend had grad ually
gone so far away as to almost get beyond reach.
There. brothers and sisters, Annie /. has had
her say. and feels better.
Now a word on the cbain.ietter question. /
do not like them. have received eight with
in the past few weeks. Now, "a letters is out
OF the question for me 60 copy. think IL better
500 or GOO Cancelled STAN ps 10 the party request
ing them. but broke the chain, as quite likely
others did. many times. ! wish to thank all
the kind friends in our Order, and many out
side also. for their kindness in helping to send
Sister Clara TO a warmer cline, and also in aid
OF Brother Lou Staring. The spirit of the
| givers is shown in Sister Hattie's letter. which
| follows. Yours most loyalty
Annie l.. Williams Saugus. Mass.
The following is an additional list Of donors
! TO the Clara Rnshton and Louis Staring funds:
| Mrs. N. A. Bob, Morehouse. n. Y; Edward T.
Brown. Seneca. Kan; Geo. c. Smith. Quitman,
no.' Mrs. ID O. Reid. Moline, H.; Belle Smith,
Minooski, Wis; Earl King. Pleasant Prairie,
| Wis; Philip. Hattie. and Annie La Munyan.
Philadelnhis, Pa; Mabel Smith. stoughiop.
Mass; Phoebe NJ. Foster. Delevan. Ill: Miles
| w. Buch, Tyrone, Pa; JAS. Donahoe. lpdepeud-
ence. Iowa. ] would like to call the attention
Of the l.. IL. w. 10 sheet music omposed nv
! Brother JAS A. Balloon, Lawn Hill Iowa sey
eral copies having come TO me- He would like
10 receive orders from C. c. friends-Annie L.
HOW THEY GAVE.
| DEAR SISTER AHSrE: have not had THE
| NATIONAL TRIBUNE for the last three month";
until this week. subscription having run
out about the time stated, and through nm.
Rvoidable circumstances was not renewed
Hence j knew nothing that was going on In
the C. Q. This is the first paper i have read
since our beloved Order adopted its new name
find a call for help in IT, and while and
mine cannot do much. owing to sickness in the
| family and ~ ..f f.