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WHAT THEY WILL DO.
Future Plans of the Retiring President
 and His Cabinet.

AeseA' 0A hAAS As1AAAAaiH 4EGs1ASAs
 and His Cabinet.
 The out of office programme of the president and his cabinet is almost set tied Cleveland after the 4th of March will taiye up tho handling of tho fortune he has accumulated in and out of office, and his secretary Of war will be with him, as heretofore, in all his deals, hay. ing his eyes politically cast toward gu bernatorial honora.
 Both Secretary 0lney and Attorney General Harmon will return to the law practices they have kept tethered safely during their time of service with Cleve. land. Secretary Herbert Is said to be slated for good thing in connection with the Cramps projected ordnance plant.
 Carlisle is certain of the future. as q dozen threads are in his hands, and any ono will lead to a comfortable berth for life. 1t is thought he will become gen. eral counsel for tho Equitable Life As surance company at $95, 900 q year.
 Morton need have no cares for the flu ture He was very wealthy before he entered Gleyeland's s cabinet, and, while he has added nothing to his fortune dur ing his four years in the agricultural department, he still has money enough to keep him comfortable for many times his natural term of years He will SC back to his farming in Nebraska
 Francis of the interior department will return to Che St. Louis wheat pit.
 Postmaster General Wilson, practical. ly without fortune, will be deprived utterly of the support he has derived from his place in the house, and, having been so long divorced from the active practice of law, will be in the worst po sition of any of the cabinet people. Cleveland would like to do something for Wilson in 2 judicial way, but op- portunity lacks. He may accept all offer he now has under consideration to be- come president of the Washington and Lee university, the oldest institution of learning in the south. Chicago Trib. nne.
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WOMEN OF ARMENIA.

English Customs Arc Slowly Reaching
 Then-The Mothers Rule.
 The Armenian girl is little troubled with education, beyond household du- ties, spinning and needlework-and ab this last accomplishment she is always an expert, especially at embroidery unless, indeed, she attends one of the excellent Armenian mission schools car ried on in many towns, where she will learn English, French and possibly her own language, for Armenians not infre- quently adopt tine vernaoular of tho country wherein they 1.-Two. She will al- so acquire Q thirst for fiction, English and French. The Armenian girl is deep- ly sentimental and likes to read of love, and marriage is, of course, the ultima Thule of her ideas. This little matter is generally arranged by her mother, and nowhere are women Of moro importance or hold more weight in the family ooun- cils. The mother is at the head of tho patriarchal establishment, in which her sons, their wives and often her nephews and nieoos dwell. She rules her sons and sons wives, the latter, perhaps, with a somewhat severe haad, especially dur ing the first year of their married lives, when, except to attend church, they may not go out though, when the daughters.i law in their turn become mothers greater liberty is permitted them.
 In more advanced portions of tho com munity Q girl s choice is practically un- restricted, and it is well that it is so. for the Armenian church strenuously op- poses divorce. and the marriage bond is only soluble by death. Not infrequently the girls choice falls upon an English man or other European, and many merchants and telegraph officials in Persia and Turkey find them excellent wives.
 The Armenian national costume con- sists of voluminous skirt of heavy bro oaded material, tight sleeved bodice of the same stuff, much embroidered about tho front. with handsome flligreo silver belts marking the waist. The head coverings are lehus of fringed embroid- cred silk, and Q multitude of chains and coins hang round their necks. l. winter the embroidered bodice is ex- changed for wadded one, and huge felt shoes are worn over the ordinary boots to keep out the biting cold. Though the Armenian women do not wear veils to conceal their features as point of re- ligion, they not infrequently do cover their faces with gauge or Q corner of a shawl.
 Some of the younger women, however, nave disOarded their native costume fof that of London three years ago, and they are evidently not quite at ease in their newly acquired oorsets They copy the fashion plates in English papers and produce wonderful com binations of pink, biue and violet. which are further adern : ed with quantities of brilliant jewelry. They are full of curiosity regarding the life of civilized nations, particularly in the matter of marriage, and never miss an opportunity of obtaining information on the subject. --St Louis Dispatch.
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Thousands of Elk.

Thirty thousand elk are wintering in the Jackson $ Hole country of Wyoming, according to the estimate of the game warden, who says that in one herd which he saw the other morning there were 15, GOO of them, stretching over . distance of six miles The sight he said, surpassed anything he had ever seen and utterly amazed him. The elk trail over the snow was like flint ice, he said, so hard had the snow been packed down The animals are seen by thcEse' |. aiiY morning moving along the snako riyes from the Great swamp to the Gros Ven tre hills, and ef :ia!si lie walls of the calves stray ills lton Sher mothers may be heard
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CHRIS MAS GIVING.
The Poor Were Not Forgotten In the Days
 of Long Ago.


 The Poor Were Not Forgotten In the Days
 of Long Ago.
 There is an ancient custom for the rector of Fiddle Hinton, in Dorsetshire, to give away on old Christmas day, the 9th of January, annually, pound of bread, a pint of ale and minoe pie to every poor person in the parish and this distribution is regularly made by the rector to upward of 300 poor persons. At Stafford there is an old charity for providing poor people with plums for their Christmas puddings, asd a kind hearted man at Burnham left a sum sufficient to provide the inmates of the poorhouse of tho paEish with Christi mas dinner, followed by a proper supply of ale, tobacco and snuff.
 At Prince Risborough, in Bueking- hamshire, there was a very singular Christmas usage. Up to about 1918 bull, boar, sack of wheat and sack of malt were given away to the poor by the lord of the manor at about o'clock every Christmas morning. This practice was then discontinued, and for about five or six years beef and mutton were distributed in place of the above articles. Mir. Grubb-flt name for the dispenser of what Rittmaster Dugald Dalgetty would call "the provend '-of the par sonage house, the then lord of tho man. or, whose father first stopped tho abovo customary distribution, produced to the commissioners of charities case which his father had laid befo1e justice. rel ative to this custom, with viow of ob taining the opinion of counsel as to whether 1t could be sustained as a GUS. tom at common law. and whether he should be subject to legal process if he omitted to make the distribution.
 It appears from tho document that the custom had then prevailed for q considerable number of years; that it was mentioned in the local histories, but that it's origin was lost in obseurity. The practice, while it lasted, seems to have been productive of much intoxica- tion and riot. Tho poor are said to have paraded the town during the whole night preceding tho distribution with an incessant clamor, effeetually banish- ing all repose. On the following morn ing they marched in crowds to MT. Grubb's house, and these assemblies of ten comprised many strangers as we'll as parishioners On the doors being opened they all rushed to tho feast prepared for them with so little decorum and for bearanee that often ill their zeal for priority they inflicted wounds on ono another with their knives. The whole remaining portion of Christmas day, it ia stated, was spent by many of them iD the public houses. The justice before whom the matter was heard was of the opinion that this custom was not sus- tainable as q common law right, and the charity commissioners reported that they had received no sufficient evidence that the custom could be considered as a charitable donation the continuance of which could be enforced. --Selected.
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A Norwegian Nightingale,

Frau Eva Nansen, the wife of the famous explorer, is great traveller ID her own way. Now that her husband IS safe and sound at home, says the KleIne Zeitung, she is about to set forth upon ono of her long musical tours through Sweden. Finland and the cold north. She is one of the most accomplished of Scandinavian soprano songstressos, and one night recently arrived at Stock holm, where she sang before crowded audience in the Festsaal of the Acade- my of Arts. King Oscar was present. and after the concert invited the Nor- wegian nightingale to supper wlsh hlm- self and tho royal household.
 Newspapers as L1aief UaTchers'
 Some hint as to how ex.Ghief Byrnes of New York was successful as thler taker comes out in the claim of gen ex- detective, Tom Adams, who asks $do'- 900 for the press clippings ne had M fur nished Byrnes. It seems these cilpplnss are an essential to the rogues gallery, and contain pictures and descriptions or every well known rascal the world over So it seems the newspapers are the pest thief catchers after all.
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Replies to Barry's Challenge.

TORONTO. Nov. 9o.-Jacob Gaudaur has replied to Barry's challenge to row for the championship. The champion says he will not go to England unless he Is allowed fair expenses. but if Barry will come to Canada he will row him for any amount. Should the Englishman decline to do this Gaudaur will row him on the Thames next spring for e25o $ side.
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puck1e's Literary Monument.

Buckle devoted nearly 20 years to the collection of materials for his History of Civilization. He wrote only DOT tion of the introduction, which remains n great mol.ament to his literary and philosophical teachings. If the work had been finished on tho same scale as begun, 100 volumes would not have suficed-
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ssWhat,s In D Name?p

The Swiss name for mistletoe is don nerbesen-thunder besom-and, when suspended from the rafters, is believed 10 protect the house from fire.
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1t Wasn't His Fauis.

Jacks Mamma-There were three slices of cake in the pantry, Jack, and now there is only one How does that happep2
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02
cold wind

COlu Wlnu
She ran to the door.
'Oh, why did you cone out so
soon-in the weather. You WIZ
take cold and diep she cried,
Il hal batter, think; don't your
asked Rick, taking her hand aud
looking into her eyes.
Lady Delight remembered.
Roxy has gone away she said
i did not come to see Roxy. L
don't care to zee her agaiD, eveI!-
On, my little L ,dy Delight, in the
long nights so near TO my death, !
Ieai ned that | did no. care for her
"A ior. love noDodS but you. In
those dark weeks | have w-pt Ike
"A heme.slck child for slight oil
your purple dress aud golden head
BatI know how l have treated
,ou.-OAn you take me bacEP
i hoped you wouId come,' said
Lady delight SIMPLY. SO have
just stayed
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AN OLD HYMN,


A pathetic aud yet charming
story is told of th- 'rgln OF the
we'll known hymn, 'BIest be the
tie that binds, which was written
by Rrv. John Fawcett, an English
Baptist, who died In 1917, having
spent nearly sixty years in the
ministry.
It1TT2, after a few years spent
in pastoral work, he was call
ed to L ,ndon to succeed the Kew.
DR.. Gill. His farewell sermon had
been preached near MOinsgate in
Yorkshire; SIX or seven wagons
stood loaded with his furniture and
books, and all was ready for de-
parture.
But his loving people we're heart
broken; men, wO.n9n and children
gathered and clung about him and
his family with sad aud fearful
faces. Finally, overwhelmed with
the sorrow of those they were
leaving, Doctor Fawcett aud bis
wife sat down on one OF the pack
iug.cases aud gave way 10 grIei.
20 Johnl eIed Mrs. FAweett, at
last, Il cannot bear this! | know
not how to gt!
Nor |, either returned her hns
band, 'and We will not go. The
wagons shall be uuloaded, and
everything put in IT'S old place.
His people we're filed with ln'
tense TO-, and gratitude at his de-
termination. Doctor Fawcett at
once sent letter to London ex
plaluing the case and theuresolute
ly returned to his work on a
salary Of less than two hundred
dollars a year,
This b, mn was written to com
memOrate the event. Wien Nc.
Cofling, a missionary at Aintab, IN
Armenia, SCI out ia 1880 to ex
pIore the Taurus Mountains, be
was 10 penetrate an entirely new
aud dangerous Fl Id. This tAct was
fully realized by the inhabitants
of Aintab. and they gathered 10
the nun Der OF ti(teen h 'nIred at
the roadsides, ani babe farewell to
the missionary and his ia nily in
Armenian words OF this hymn
VII ten nearly a century O|tore ol
the devoted 70 kshire pretchrr.-
Youths Companion.
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llHs ennnclatlon of bel

down hut, half; hshernan's home
ha'f farm house, on the dits OF
Jersey. 1t was but a brown dot
upon lh- wiie yellow sands, where
The b'ue sea turned a llue o. white
surf for miles in a line upon the
bare salt shore, an yet there were
other brown dots, with nOS aud
then a more preteltlO1s house, all
the way 10 the town oyer the NIL
in The hollOw-B -lletOwn, a rather
CAV sea side resort. AT least. II
had a pretty gay bOtel, and sum
mer bOarders rom the neigh0orlne
cities. The hotel was the L'rch
House, where Lady Dellghi's
father, Skipper Doyle, sold his fish
frt QuenllS; but bis daughter never
eau lAlther, and could not have
learned her nice speech and the
gentle manners cf the city people
Her nelghbors remarked this and
observed that she was like her
mother who was intelligent and
refined. The present Mrs. Doyle
was not ietelhgent and refined.
She was energetic and uprepress'
ed-or, as the nelgAhefs1 said
driving and scoldlng, and perhaps
it is not to be wondered at when l
add that the good woman had
several sons aud honestly endeav-
ored to do her duty by them They
we're not like Delight, Out they
we're her brothers, aud she lovet
them all, from the sJear olc
twins TO Dan who was 10, and Old
enough to raise the potatoes an'
catch the fish when his father wa
ill-as occasionally happened. Tit
famly,s only other sources Ot III
come were ueriyed from the prodI
giols labOrs of Mrs. Doyle, wh(
raised chickens, cultivated aspira
gus. made butter and sewe1 straw
Ii was strange thatln none OF these
undertakings Delight had neye'
been allowed to share mach. Mrs
RDoyle, though the mother of man,
&ehildren, had no taste tor the car'
# them.
Il cau't pntter around all da
With the children, Delight. Yo
y have a knack at getting alOn
wi h them. Just keep them troo
under my feet today, for I've g
to get the eggs and asparagus
market, wash, churn, and hnis
. OFT dozen of them straw hats
SO Delight, winning, perSuaslv
kept the four little boys under h'
rule, while she ran with them I
, and down the yellow sands in til
bland summer weather. Whe
she vas 10, taller and little mo
sedate, she often chancpd to met
Rick Revere, who strolled wit
them, or took them out IN h
hoat. The R~veres were mo
prosperous than the DOyles; tn'
had more fishing boats. a larg
farm; and then Grandame Reve
vas Delights godmother. 1t W
{ she who gave Delight her pretI
purple dresses-ln the autumn
fine merinO, in the spring
organdie; taught her to sew e
n oalsitely, and encouraged her
rs ask for flowers. She was sple
- did old lady, pOrtIy and brayc
= snowy caps; and Rick had her bI
e ewes aud handsome present
& Skipper DoyIe's family slwa
liked him; bat after Lady Delig
was IS, his firm tread was oft
/ heard Oh the bare floors, his I
ing laugh under the low roof.
walked on tue shore with
u. sometimes when the children we
n not with h,r; or the two row
away toward the sunset and part
liDgerlpgly in the moonlight.
You'll be taking Delii
away from us some day. NJ
no Doyle remarked, fixing her bls
eyes on him sharply.
'' i hope So he replied, fearles;
and she was iein TO turn aw
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

Jones-Are you s-rlons Ia your
atren,i,ns 10 Miss Hnlks9
BJnes-Wrll, b | guess ~! Her
father did me out OF $40, 700 on
Wall street deal last mouth, aud
IN get that back 1t have to marry
the hole family for it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

Lady TO butcher)-See here, |
tbou ght ordered a calf tongue OF
YOU. Lo ok at thai; it's as long as
beef songne.
Butcher Beg pardon, madam,
that is a cali's tongnr; you see us
a female calf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

Fair Maiden from Martinsburg)
How savagelv that COW looks at
me, Ftrmer H.yserd-lts your
red psrasol mum. Fair Maiden-
Dear me, knew it was a little out
Of fashion, bat didn't suppose a
COW wOuld notice It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

The discussion over Johnny :
tsillngs had reached The stage oil
personalities. It's easy to see.
mad an voocife,ated MIR. Chug
watpr (which side OF the house Il e
boy gets his temper from 1t is.
JOSIAH replied Mrs. Clugwater,
'and it's likewise easy to see where
he gets inability TO control it,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

this way
81 Roxy Reed came from her
own crowded tath-r's ftmilS 10
make one or skipped D)yle's. Sle
had curly black hair, she vas
plu up, she Was cOqlettlsh. Mrs.
.Do le pluued herself on her young
relatives grAcrs. As for Miss
Roxy, she set her cap instantly for
Rick.
Hes engaged to D-lighr,' said
Drs. DON le in low tone.
Il don't care answered RIxN.
He's the only good looking fellow
around here, and Iii get him If |
cam
Delight overheard this conyerSa
ton, but Rick dId rot. He dld
not recognize Roxy Reed as bold
and inscriptions; the red cheeks
and limpled shoulders aud veil OF
curls cast a glamour ever his ewes
And at first 1t was only offering
civility to one of the family when
he took ROxey out in his little
white boat, the Petrel, which WAS
large enough to hold but two. Bat
the girl was full of animal spirits
and buoyant life, which was ex'
ceedinely attr, asS..e; it was pain
that Rick was soon fascinated.
She is full of fun aud Witty -
capital company. | don't see why
you don't like her,i he said to De
light.
Il lid not say that | did not like
her. answered Lady Delight, WI h
gentle surprise.
NO, but you never seem to care
tor her society. You hardly spoke
word all last evening; but rocked
that dreadful baby
'The baby isn't WELL interrupt
ed Delight, 'and mother is worn
out with the toothache.'
Privately, she theught Roxy
might have taken care OF the child
under the circumstances.
oh! beg your pardon, but yod
| know am not partial to babies
At least | prefer them asleep, look
ing like slumhering angels. BJ
George! but it's fun enough just t'
hear Roxy laugh
This speech hurt little Lldy De
light. 1t did not sound like Rick
who she knew was found of child
rem, and who had always bren ten
der and considers ate. Bat sh
only said: 'Yes she had notice
, Roxy's hearty laugh and :No sh
could not 60 out la the 'Petre'
to night. and certainly he nigh
, take Roxy
Soon, so soon, there was an Ell
? of the sunset walks and mOOnligl
rows. Rick and Delight drlltt
! apart. and she never lifted Il hng'
c To detain him. i never knew VIII
hr loved me- she said to hersel
and now do not know Why Ii
leaves me-
r She was ALWAYS Outwaidlv cal
J and gentle, though sometimes,
i sight Of Rick and Roxy togethe
e she would tremble like leaf. The
; had come to avoid each Other-t
Y look no more lnlO each other
a faces; lt was f,r less pain to Lad
u Delight at least to be apart tha
to be near. Aud Rick-Rick kne
o he was wrong. | can only say
J. his excuse, that he was not Il
Il first man bewitcbed by a WHY al
e handsome glrl from allegiance
e his true love. He seldom cane
8 the house but Roxy met him
II the shore, by Btant Rock, whe
u the little Petral was moored.
: Mrs. Doyle found her sister Of le
Ie assistance than she expected, S
er made 10 complaint.
q Let him take Roxy, IT he
I'd such fool as not to know tn
I'd Delight is worth two of her,
shall be suited, With a purslug
BIT the coarse lips and grimace oi
S, narrow forehead.
,k All the little world about Llt
Deligt could see how matters II
y: The brothers who seemed
rough or too young to understau
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Daughter-Papa went away In
, ery gooi spirits this morning.
Mother-Good gracious! That
reminds me that l forgot to ask
him for some money!
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Mrs. Mcbride lenterlng the
kitcben) Bridget, didn't | see
that policeman kiss your Bridget
'Well, mum, sure an yez wouldn't
hev me lay mesllt opin to artist f0r
res,stln' an off ,or. NUM-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-02

Mother-'If you wanted to go
dshing, why didu't you ask me In
stead of running of and golngF
Johnny (irom experieuce) BE
cause | wanted to 90 fishin.'
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JUST BE GLAD,

JUST BE GLAD,
q. heart Of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so,
What we'vemlssed of calm we couldn'
Have, you know.
What we've met of stormy pain,
And sorrows driving rain.
We can better meet again.
lit below.
We have erred in that dark hour
We have kn0wn,
When the tears fell with the shower,
All alone
Were not shine and shower blent
As the gracious Master meanF
Let us temper our content
With his own.
For, we know not every morrow
Can be sad;
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OUR DEBT TO GREECE
REV. DR.. TALMAGE RECOUNTS THE
osueATi4 IN AN ABLE SERMON.

The Great ,o,eaks of Grecian Infiu.
ence To Literature and Art-Thermopy.
lac and Bunker Hill-How to Repay
the Obligation--Paul's Peroration.
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half fretted, half flattered,


'IVnat shall 1 do with the chu-
dren when Delight marries -
Tom, and Ned, ard Ben and W'll,
and-the-baD,r for soon there
were eight sens under the roof
tree.
But, come what might, Lady
Delight never fretted nor trowhrd.
She embroidered the baby's fan
neis, swung it to sleep IN ham
mock made of fishing net. play ed
with the twins, Taught the others
to spell, and sewed for the whole