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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
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Ser llutspeidnete Der ourd elm sep0bn.
Iidss WittsI jur Seiunobeit uieosr berseitelt
wuroe. nahoem er einise Sabre lang on elmer
fdmsreu 9un9entranfbeit uuo Der sefiirtteten
8ranibsit. Sduinoiuht seIitten bate. bat elm
erobss 0erIarsen feinsu WitIeioenoen oas
Wltiel Der Seilung betanut ju MAIDEN. aue
Dieienigen bic 20 perlansen, pirb sr freunolidit
(SonsnfrsD cine abidrift Der 8ubsrsituns
idlden. nelde fie ole cine fbere Seiluug fur
S4minoiuht, aitbma. Gatarrb. 8rontttas uno
ale SaIs. uuo 9unseu.Sranfbeiten finoen wer-
ben. Or bcift oas ale 9sioenot isin SeiImittel
probiren peroen. oa es isbr mertbpou III Sis.
i,nisen meIde Die 8ubsreitnn9 usrlan9en tusIts
ibnsn nidts toften miro, lno Elm Segen fur he
isin mag. uo0sn sefdaisft gbrw. ebparD
U. W ilfon. BrOoflpn, y. o.. aobrelfreu.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
@rose waHersnotb.

Mus DeutihIanb pirb unterm IL
Wdrs semeIbst: SIN ben &bsin.. SaaIs
unb 9ledars Hieberuneen berrfht srob
Wafersnotb. 9ie Slutbsn iinb iibs
bic nfsr setreten unb baben iid init eIs
mentarer @etpalt iiber bic angrenaen
ben aanbfadsn ersofen. Sait bai
san3e 3errain iener Maf1ernebs 1T iiber
i&ipemmt. @rob III Der bon ben Slu'
iben on 2eib, 2eben unb @isentbum an
serihtete Sdaben, sr6Ber bic @efab,
ipeiteren idweren llnbeils.
Die Stdote unb Ortfdaften MiIbbaIt
amber gnaim iulrttembereiiden Sdpars'
ipalofreiie, 9leuenburs am &bein in
babiiden Srsiie 2brra1, 9forsbsim an
3uiammenflub Der gna uno Nasolb in
bapiiden 8rsife 8arlsrube. 8a,binesr
an Der @ns uno 8istiebeim i'm plrttem'
bersifden Nsdarfrsiie unb pieIs amber,
Orte fteben gum 1beiI unter @aHer.
Snfolse Der llebsridnemmuns bat be,
Giienbabnberfebr aufesb6rt, 8ei Srie'
ienbofen i'm tpdrttembereifden Donau'
freiie 1T infolse Der nnterpai9uns bee
8abnfDrpers elm 9us enteleiit uno eir
S6affner 1T babel um's 2eben sefomr
men. @rpbiit Der S6aDen bel Sreibure
i'm 8relssuu. Die Slutben baben BIZ
bortise Bride tiber bic Sreiiam ,erf5rt.
Der 2anbcommlidr Siesel unb BEL
Stabtbirector Sonntas, fpelde ben
8ampf eesen oas entfefeIte Clement
leiteten, Iino babel ertrunfen. nno uu
Elm Saar bate ben grbsrObbersos bon
8uoen. .tpelder NIT ienen sufammen bic
2lrbeiten, bic Bride su retten, beauf'
iihtiete, baSielbs Sdidial setroifsn.
Bie ourd Elm Nun5er 1T er bem orobens
ben grtrinfunsstobe entsansen.
9ie &inSie bat ibre Damme. ipelde
ibre Slutben einensen, bur6broden uno
ers,ebt ibr Baiier tiber bic ansrenSenoen
N,eberuneen. 98eit unb brett elei4t bic
@esenb sinem See.
Die Sobhutben Fnb auf S9neenies
oereans uno beftise 8eseneIiis i'm 8er'
ner Oberlano 3uriidsufdbten. Ser
8bein 1T bort Iber ieine llfer eetreten.
8eionbsrs i'm &anton Neuf1atel berriht
Dafasnotb. 1ie Sledsn 2ocle uno
Warteaur fnb pollitanbIs iiberidDsmmt.
Die 8abnuerbinbune 1T unterbroden.
@ie aus Wien semelbet tpirb. baben
bic losselaHenen @lemente aud bort &C.
pdtbst. Ssit "a Stunben tobt Elm
idrsdlider S9nseiturm, ipeIder nidt
nur aaen 8erfebr erfdpert, ionDern AUDI
bersits materieasn S1aben anseri4tst
bat.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
Sas Iette e@altiabr ees Jabrs
bunbertS.

Das Sabr 1896 il basIsbts im sssen'
ipdrtisen Sabrbunbert, ipeldeS Der
ShaIttas beS 29. 5ebruar sdbIt. 81
foIsen ibm 3tpar nod Sabre, bspor bas
Sabrbunbert au @nbe sebt. ba au1 baa
Sabr 1900 nod in bas 10. Sabrbunbsrr
bineinssb6rt. (Bir fiir&ten uns idor
Dor bem lsieenidaftliden Streit, bei
um bieie Sraee entbrennen bdrfts.
.. &eb.) Das Sabr 1900 III inbefsn
fein S6aItiubr. ba bic 9beiIbarfeit be,
Sabrsssabl our6 4 nad bem 1888 elm.
sefiitrten sresorianii6en aaIenoer nod
ni6t aaein ausreidt. Inn Elm Sabr sun
S6aItiubr su MAIDEN. Ser iulianii1s
8aIenOer. bsr ale Sabre Elm S&aIt.
iabr aniebte, madte bas satr su lang,
ba er ibm bur6fdnittIi4 365 Gage.
Stunoen eibt, tpdbrenb eS in Wabrbeit
nur 365 Stunben. 48 Winutsn, 48 ST.
tunbsn i'm MitteI bat. 9abur& ipurbsn
nun anfanss Winuten, balb aber Stuns
ben uno Gage, bic benz foleenben Sabre
susebbrten. nod in baS borbsrsebenbe
bineinsenOmmen; bic Solse mar, bab
Der 8esinn oes SrtibIinss. bon benz bas
Oherfelt unb ale betpeeli1sn 5efte. ipie
Bsibnudtsn, in INNER ipatere Sabres'
seit bineinrGdten. Wenn bic 8ufen.
bic beute nod ben iuIianiiden 2aIenber
beibebaIien, nod einise Sabrtauienoe
bel ibm bebarren, 70 perben fte Meib'
nadten idlieBlid feiern in elmer 3eit,
mo baS Sis idmilst unb bic erfen Sriib'
Iinssbldibsn iid entfalten. @inen praf'
tiiden Aussleid, um ben Sriblinssans
fang unperdnbsrt auf ben 81. Wdrs su
lesen. iduf bamaIs 8resor xiii, inbem
er benz 9lane bss @alabreisn Nlosiius
2iIius aqsemeine 9eItuns peridaffte,
bic Sabrbunberte nidt alS SdaItiabr 3u
betradten, ipobl aber bic burd 400 tbeil.
barren Sabressablen. Die bamalS i4on
beftebenoe Differens bon 10 Tasen ipurbe
beieitist, inoem nan mad BEN 4. Ottober
1852 iofort ben l5. October i6rieb.
Da bic 86lfer ber eriediidortbobpren
8irde bieien Calender nidt annabmsn,
10 1T bic 9ifferens bon 10 Gusen iebt
stpiI6en ben beiben 2aIsnbern auf IL
eenadien. ba bieielben 100 unb 1900
ais Sdaltiabr beibebieIten unb iie tpirb
i'm fommenoen Sabrbunbert auf l3 ftei.
gen, ba ebsn baS Sabr 1900 fsin Sdalt'
iabr fur uns it. Derielbe Sag ipirb
alio iebt bon uns NIT elmer Inn 10 bbbe,
rem Datumsnummer be5ei6net alS in
8uBIanb. Im ruiiiidsn 8sibnadts.
fsfe (25. 9ecsmber) idreibsn mir ben 6.
Sanuar. Das Sabr 1896 ii iomit bes
reits baS Iebte Shaltiabr beS Sabrbun.
oerts. uno tpenn mir in bieiem SABRE ben
80. Sebruar idreiben. 70 sefdiebt eS erit
na1 einem 8eitraum bon 8 Sabren, i'm
Sabre 9O4 pieber.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

Die nnitte bss Tdtotpirsns, bic in
Oeutihlano fat nur bel ben Watroien
iibIId 1T, bat in @nslano aud bersitS bic
bbberen 8reiie anseitedt. 98ie oas Ba.
tsnt.Bureau bon 8iharb 2lberS in
@6rlib mittbeilt, tras: in @n9lanb cine
srobe Ansabl Der MitsIisber bes Sauies
Der Serbs umfansreide Tdtopirunsen
am san3sn 8brpsr. giniss Der Ssrren
bssnGssn iid BLOB nit ibren SnitlaIsn,
bic iie auf 8rut, nnterarm ober Sanb'
rddsn ii& eintedsn lieBen. gnbers
tpisber baben Wappen unb Mafen in
ben peri6ieoenfen Sormen uno Sarben
unauslDlblid auf ibrem S6rper anse'
bradt. SsIbit Elm f6nisIider 8rins ioa
eine fInitlerii6 aussefabrte 8ei4nuns
auf leinem nnterarm eintdtotpirt traeen.
Bon einem pOblbefannten Wiitslieoe bes
llnterbauieS ipiro oeriidert, sr ioipObl
pis feline fiinf 2inber ieien nit auf benz
86rper idtoipirtem 9iamen. Sitel uao
Der poatdnbissn Mbreie perisben, bamii
lie bel etmaisen unslddfdasn iofOri
tsnntlid ieien. 8ei Der Broseour bes
16topirenS. elmer aus Nmerifa auf
unS lbsrfommenen balb barbarii6sn
Site. ipieIt bas Snbiso in Solse ieinsr
llnidaoIidfeit ssseniiber anoeren 5arbs
tOffsn cine srobe Roae. I'm bas Ser.
bsilsn ber Wunben su perbinoern, be'
nust man nit 8orIisbs 9annin. Dis
elsentlibs Operation bes 2dtotpirens
mirb nit gang feinen Naosln, oeren
msbrsrs an einem @riff iiben, ppasosen
uno bsbarf srOben @ei4idss unb ebsr
iolber AuSbauer. (W.)
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

Sn einsm pbiIabelpbia'er WabIbsan'
tanbuussfalIe ioaen Wiomsntpbotosra.
pbien als 8eipeismaterial fiir ftattge.
babte 8ssinfluiiunssn unb llnseb6risiei.
ten porseIest nerben. glidt tpeniser ali
so bis go FOLDER photographer iinb {,
8. bel bsr bstrefsnoen Wabl in gripars
tuns bsr Dinss, bic ba fommen ipiirben,
genommen tporbeR. rlnb biefe Mueens
blidsbilber tperbsn ben gnidauunsS.
8sipsis lisfsrn, .ipsnn SameS s.. 8Ins.
Der bemotratiide @anbibat, bor @sridt
bic Wabl bon Sames y. Gnbsrion, bem
2spubIifaner, aIs uneiltis anfedten
piro, neil fur benielben 1000 bic 1900
Stimmsn in unssiesIi@er @eife abse.
ssben obsr seadbIt tpproen iein ioaen.
Inter bisisn Woment, photographer 1T
4. y. sine Scsne aus Der IL. Sipiiion
Der 5. Durb in PbilaoeIpbia. ipel&e
ssist, tpis Elm Polisiit einen 0tann gum
Abitimmsn in baS Wabl.2ofal brinst.
Gine anbere Photographic seiet, tpie stpei
PoIi3iifen por bemielben Saus Stimm'
sebsr bel absabe ibrer Sttmmen beeins
fluisn. Sin anberes Bib seist ben
StimmpIab Der 16. Disiiion, mo Elm
Poli;iit in ber Tbdr itebt, Der iosbsn els
men 9lnti' Gombine.98dbler binausse.
tporfen bat. Nuf einem pierten iiebt man
in Der 1bir bes Stimm'PIobss einsn
Polisifen. tpsIder cine sanss ansabI bon
Mnti. Gombines Dldnnern bonn @intritt
abbdIt. 9is alass seeen bic 70 bewirtte
Dabl foa auf srobe gsrlesuns bsr
Bablseisse burd bic @abI.8samtsn
Iauten, be bersdtiste Wdbler absewie'
fen uno unberedtiste uno ,,Repeater"
suseIaien baben. Bel oieien 8etriss'
rsisn ioa bic poIi3si seboIfsn baben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

Dis srbBten W6Iber Der Grbs ioqer
iid mad elmer gr0rteruns auf bsr lesi'
idbrissn 8eriammIuns Der ameritan,'
ihen Naturforider in ben fanaoii&en
propin3sn Quebec unb Ontario befinoen
unb cine ofmefIide ausbebnuns bon
2700 8iIometes, cine norbidoli6e bon
1000 3iIometer beiben. JnbeRen
m5sen bic Hieberuneen bes 4maaonen'
ftromes nod aussebebntsre Malbfrefen.
bon $500 8iIometer 2dnee nno 200C
aiIometsr Brsite aufpsiien, unb bssis,
li6 Snnsrafriias ipre&en bic Reiienoer
bon @dIbsrn, bic iid bon Horben mad
Stipsn iibsr 4800 8ilometer ausbreiten
Nud Sibirien beiist isbr auseebsbnt'
glabslbolaipdIoer, in benen bi: Stdmm'
isbr biat iteben unb Elm Sinburainoer
duberft ibplsrie it.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

Cine natlrIide Sontaine, bic pobI
sin3is in Der Art baftebt, befinbet fid bel
Der Stabt 8iama in Der ensliihen 30.
Ionic Rsu. SIo.DaIes in MuitraIisn,
ettpa sc Utsllsn iiiolib bon Spbnep.
Die sanae Staot. pelte sipif6en benz
"a. unb 35 iIbliden 8rsitsnerabe unb
ISL. @rab bitlider 2dnse bon Green.
mid am Stiasn Osean liest. itebt auf
pulfaniidem 8oben, uno stpar auf Bas
iaIt, Der nod an pielen Steaen in md4.
tigsn 8eseln smporraet. Cine bon Der
giatur sebilbete unterircii4s 80bre bon
6 Weter Durdmefer, baS beriibmte
@inbIod ,,8IotpboIe", srhredt iid burd
bic 6eIisnriife na6 oem Ossan su. uno
beim Nnpraa Der Weqen on bic fslfse
Sldlie piro bas SeepaRer nit elmer fol.
dsn 8raft burd bic Rbbrs setrisbsn.
pab ss unter oonnerdbnIidem @erduid
cine intermittirsnbs Sontaine bon l0C
bis 100 Weter SObe .biloet. Dis oai
Naturpunber berporrufenbe 8bbre ssb
,und1lt isnfredt in bic @roe uno lduft IT
lbrsm unteren gn6e in cine aus 8aialt,
idulen eebilbete, go Meter lanse uni
nad oer See Offsne SDbIe bon number
barer Sd6nbsit aus. Wsnn Bel ftiir'
miidsm Wetter bic oft bausboben Bosel
in oieie SDbls espsitidt ipsrosn. 70 fOm
primirt fb bic 2uit in bem binttr be
86b,e liesenben S6blsnraum 70 fart
oab baS WoKsr bis iiber 100 Meter tibe
Oas obere Gnbe Der 86brsnmtnoans il
bic 2uft aeidleuosrt wiro unb, tpieoe
berabhiirsenb, ii6 our6 bienadfoIsenoel
DsIlsn basfelbe Spiel tuispsrbOIt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
NreiSaufaabe.

Die fouisIi&s Minbemie semeinniibi.
ger BiHsnidaftsn su @rfurt bat bei6Iof.
fen. fdr bas Sobr 1896 foIsenbe BreiS.
aufaabs gu fteasn: ..Die ldbt ii6 biz
Grsisbuns Der tpeibIi&sn Suseno in ben
bbbsren 8srufsilafen unisrss 8olies
BON Is. bis 90 2ebensiabre am stped.
mdbieRsn seialten z" Auf bic beht
Der sinIuufenoen slbbanbluneen 1T eir
grsis, bon 300 Mari als SonOrar &C.
lest.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

sa- arautsr.. aimburser.. S&wei'
acre, 8rids unb 2isberfrans 8dis Be
Sreb. s. Biomaper. $50 2adapannt
Ibenue.
Die feiniten Drudarbsiten Der Stabt,
aisfsrt bic Office ees ,@o9snbIatt".
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
Rua. unh aetihfn,.nrnder

Bud. unb sIeeihsn,. 1rnder.
Grtb. u. @aentr, Drndartsitisbu aEt,
tn snsIiida unb btuif@sr &pa@s, 5ff eada.
panHa Mnsnus, ssssnsibr bsns 0tHIfs sStsss.
erpssriss Hnb 'prosiHeasn.
SraHbsw q @ iIlfr .eRastfoIsr pen
gsabis & Stna), ff6wtnn apr.
.gsse. 8. @tbmaytg DsIiiassasH,
$50 eadaRaHHa NvtHus.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

s@ DaS ,@odsnbIatt" entbdIt ale
Ra&ri&ten unb foifst Rur s2,00.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20
6eiebdffssam5ei8er.

eprs&t pOr isbst umbsr uus iibsr,sast ss4.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1896-03-20

a&tet barauf. bab BIZ
BON eu@ ssfauftsn Siits
porfebenbeS nbeIsmarls
baben, ba bies cine Ga
rantie bes rs@ten Yreifea
unb Der bsrri&enben
@obe iR.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

great sound of Chanting, tne effect was one
Ill never forget This singing and the
music were the most characteristic features
of our Christmas festivities, the one in
which we all participated as performer or
listener, and the one which afforded the
most universal pleasure and delight. Thus
all of Christmas eve was passed. Christ
mas morning my striker, boy about 1s
or 10, black, careless, shrewd, impudent
and faithful, woke me up by crying:
"Crismus gif', majah; Crismus gif'
sab. I'ze de fus'. Wot ye gwine to glib me
IA drinkp'
He lodged bunt and got his drink
Thus my first Christmas with the colored
troops began. We Of course had our indis-
pensable military duties to perform and
we formed the regiment in hollow square
on the parade ground TO listen TO divine
service. Then the day was given up TO jol-
interest of the day, especially with the col
ored men, oentcred in the dinner table. 1t
is sufficient to say that they got the best
dinner they had ever had. After that they
whiled away the time in singing and dane
ing, swapping stories of their old life In
slavery, now ended for them and soon to
be for all wherever the stars and stripes
floated; ran races and engaged in such
games as their plantation life had made
them familiar with and generally were
boisterously merry, filling the air with
their shouts of glee and unctuous negro
laughter. They were tired and happy lot
of big, black, overgrown children when
taps, "lights out, sOuudsd that night and
ended day that to many of them no doubt
seemed to set for the first time the seal of
reality on that wonderful possession, per.
sonal ownership. THos B. KIRBY.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
HER CHRISTMAS.
[Copsrieht 1900. by the Author. l

lSOpJiibhO loJot ny lnt AuInOT'I
1t was a glorious Christmas morning,
and Miranda stood in the doorway and
watched the sun climbing over the snow
capped mountains.
She had risen early and hurried through
all her duties. Long before her father
was up-for he was won't TO sleep later
than usual on high days and holidays-sho
had prepared the turkey and pudding and
ret them aside, and had been TO the dairy
for the cream and butter for breakfast.
Then she had dressed in her comeliest
gown and come and stood in the doorway.
Miranda, though, was not pretty even
at her best. She was tall, slightly built
and Of almost an angular form, with fea.
lures characteristic of the part of the coun-
try in which she lived Her home was in
the extreme western part of Maryland, in
the Allegheny valleys, or broad plateaus
known as "The Glades.
Here she and her father had lived and
farmed since she had been q child. She
had never known any other section Of the
state, and the sparkling, tumbling streams
which dashed past the house on their way
to either the Potomac or the Mississippi
seemed as though they were part and par
Gel of her.
At one time she had been considered the
sprightliest girl in all The Glades" And
there had been women who had envied
and hated her, and men who loved and
courted her, but she had simply judged
men and women alike, with smile,
pleasant word, and passed them by. This
Indifference, which both charmed and ex-
asperated at the same time, she had allow
ed to go on until Robert Dodd, neighbor-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24
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the only inan who had passed down one
valley that night. and as society had al
ready rejected him his name was pretty
roughly handled by the loosely defined cir
cles, where the force of judgment makes up
for the weakness Of the law in dealing with
crimes which are difficult of detection and
uncertain Of punishment. A word was
pronounced against him as powerful as the
levitical curse. He was indicted, tried
and condemned, but afterward, through
the intercession Of the governor, was COM
muted to n life sentence In prison
He had not complained nor asked n hear
ing In his own defense, for he we'll knew
no benefit could be derived thereby, but
from the first Miranda had disputed tho
accusation and had fought his cause with
stubborn persistence. Many a grievous
hour and anxious night had she spent with
out fruition to her hopes. Still, she had con-
tinued to work and strive and plot until
finally after ten weary years success had
crowned her efforts. Time had lessened
the vindictiveness of evil tongues, and the
people, fearing they had overstepped the
limits Of Justice, wished to case their con-
sciences so had signed petition for Rob-
ert's pardon.
AS she toyed with the thought that he
would be home that morning Christmas
seemed TO havo n new significance from
what it had had in the past. The tall
peaks and cliffs around, which had been
snow covered during the night, stood in
broken outlines against the grayish haze,
while star, as though it were the star of
Bethlehem, seemed to float far away and
dissolve into n ruddy glow which slowly
formed the sphere of rising sun. Then the
icicles hanging from trees and bushes glis.
tened, like thousands of Jewels studding
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-24

She stepped out and went quickly down
the valley. A wind had risen, and as she
had on neither hat nor coat her thin figure
swayed against the keen whips of cold.
Everything along the bluffs looked gigan-
tic in the gloom, which seemed TO widen
and lengthen as she went on. The rows of
summer cottages at Oakland and Deer
Park-fashionable mountain resorts-were
all shut and deserted, and the great snow
bound hills on each side offered nothing
but blank silence.
"Robertw she called. "Robertl"
A little farther on she saw something
lying still and black against the snow
Her pulse quickened Was it RobcrtY APP
preaching, she found 1t was Jim Clayton
whats the matter, JIM" she asked
bending over him.
His pale face gazed up at her through
the moonlight.
"I've been waitin and watchin all day
up yonder on the mountains" he said in
a weak voice. but couldn't sec we'll at
night so / slipped and fell. Isis Robert
come YETI"
"No. Have you seen himS"
Miranda waited breathlessly. 1t seemed
to her long time before Jim spoke Then
he said in low, wavering tones:
IL reckon I'm about done for, so might
as we'll make a clean breast of it, was
waitin for Robert. l never meant to let
him go home"
"What do you mean9" she asked, bend
ing closer to catch his words. She could
not realize the situation and stood as If
rooted to the spot
"I've always had bad temper and /
meant to kill Robert just as killed that
man ten years ago and then threw the
blame on Robert. He wouldn't let me
pass, and-and so l did it. My mind
hasn't ever been easy since. But, now that
I'm about to go, I'll try and even up
things. Roberts been pardoued, and
and you'll forgive me, won't youY'
He reached out and laid his hand over
| hers in "A tremulous way.
"Goodby," he faltered. "I hope-I hope
| you'll forgive me "
Then he died, lying there on the snow
| Miranda unlooscd her hand and hurried
back toward home again.
1t did not take her many minutes TO
reach there, and as she burst in at the
door Robert, who had come up the other
| side of the valley, came forward to meet
| her.
"Mirandar' he said, reaching out both
arms.
She put up hers and clasped them around
his neck. She did not speak, for events
had crowded down upon her so suddenly
that she could not give vent TO words
But aftor awhile she drew away and looked
at him.
He had changed certainly. His shoul-
ders were stopped, his hair was sprinkled
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WHAT DO YOU MEANp" SHE ASKED.
with gray, and about his eyes and mouth
were burrows prophetic Of hard life and
intense feeling rather than Of age
Could she forgive Jim Clayton?
As she told the story of how she had
found him down in "The Glades" and of
all that he had said, both Robert and her
father listened attcntively.
eve must 90 to him." said her father
Yes" added Robert, "and the little
that we can do for him must be done now
at once. -
There was no malice or unkind feeling
of any sort in his voice, and she wondered
how he who had been wrongcd so deeply
could forgive so easily. He seemed to
know how to sympathiHc in way that but
few Of us do, and which, when we lack, is
only taught MS by the trials and ordeals
through which we ourselves pass. 1t was
something that she had never before seen
in anybody, and 1t brought back to her
with full nGaning the thoughts that she
had had that morning of Christmas.
As they went out Sno kuelt and prayed
to the great and glorious Saviour that she
might be worthy to he Robert Dudd's $ wife
Then she prayed for the soul of the man
who had caused her all her sorrow.
FRANCES :. NEIRs.
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CHRISTMAS IN CAMP.
HOW 1T WAS OBSERVED BY coLoReo
TROOPS.

The Ole Bull of the Accerdion--A Sable
Nightingaie-Ch Christmas Gifts-A Happy
Lot Of Children Of Jasrger Growth.
T'enlisted after graduation at Yale In the
Twentieth Connecticut regiment and was
commissioned first lieutenant of Company
+. Our service during 1869 and 1868 was
with the Army of the Potomac until after
the battle of Gettysburg, in which we par
ticipated, when the Twelfth corps, under
the command Of General Hooker, eight
ing Joe" was sent west to form part Of
General Shermaui's army. About this time
the government was recruiting regiments
Of colored troops, measure / approved,
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Ing farmer, who was socially under cloud,
on the charge of having committed some
small misdemeanor, became visitor at
her house. Then one evening she had
shown preference for him over Jim Clay
ton, ami Clayton, noticing it, had unhitch-
cd his horse from the fence before the even
ing was over and ridden away. The coin
cident had not escaped her that she had
provoked one mans anger by adding to
another mans bliss. Still, Of such things a
girl may not testify, and the next morning
she felt heavy shock when the cry of
murder rang through the valley and the
guilt was laid at Robert Dodd's door.
The victim was a stranger, who was sup
posed to have been passing over tho noun
tains to the western states. Evidently an
alteration of some sort had taken place,
and the result had been fatal. Nothing
further was definitely known, but 1t had
been proved that Robert Dodd had baen
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JOYS OF MATERNITY.
VIGOROUS MOTHERS AND STURus
CHILDREN ADMIRED

why so Many Women Are ChrdE~-s--R
Problem That Has Puzzled PhErSsAxxu
for Centuries.
Reproduction is law Of nature, ana
no picture of joy and happiness can
equal that Of the vigorous mother ana
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A Simple Good VIII.

with their own peculiar method of cele-
brating such occasions. AS the New Year
dawns the wife will show you $40 gold
piece and announce, "This was Charlie 8
Christmas present to me-" The husband
will show you $40 goldpiece and say,
"This was Annie's Christmas present to
me-" They always give that and always
have given it. They lay the coins away
and merely exchange them year after year.
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ache, catarrh OF
tho stomach, hys-
terra and heart
trouble. fainting
spells and leu I
corrhma. Can \
you wonder that
l sing the praises q