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rolling up of eyes are amusing and in
teresting. The little preachers are very
human. Sometimes one pouts, shrugs
her shoulders and refuses to go on with
her part. An understudy, however
stands ready to take her place, until
friends have cOaXed reasoned or
threatened the little pouter into obedi-
ence. For the most part the little
preachers speak as nature teaches
them. Standing with one arm round
the others waist, the principal points
to the figures in the manger scene. She
asks who he is and the beautiful lady.
is she his mother and the venerable
man, is that his father? How came he
to be laid in a manager? In answering
these questions, her companion gives
clear outline of mans creation, fall
and redemption.
The carriage of the Bambino was
formerly the property of the Prince of
Forlonia, who left it in his will for the
use of the Bambino in visiting the sick.
As rule people desiring the Bambino
send their own carriage for it. When
they are without that luxury, the car
rage of the prince is used A priests
stole, hanging from the carriage win
dow, tells the pOpulace that the BAN
bino is en- route to visit the sick and
every hat is lifted, every knee bent
Ages ago, it was customary to leave
the Bambino for some time on the bed
OF the sick, but an audacious wo-
man, desiring to appropriate the holy
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Bow fbe Pope WM Begin tbe new Year

The Ushering in of the twentieth CEN
fury is of more Importance to the Catho-
lie world from its sacred aspect than any
political or diplomatic crisis which might
occur in the secular world. One of the
most solemn ceremonies in the history of
the church will be celebrated in all of the
great Catholic divisions of the world, be-
ginning at noon on the 24th day of De-
cember. which is the beginning of the
New Year of apostolic history.
Pope BOaiface VIII instituted the Gus
tom of breaking down the door of the
Basilica of ST. Peters in Rome and after
ward directed that the custom should be
observed at the beginning of each CEN
fury, in perpetuity. Since that time x has
been observed only by the Jesuit fathers;
but the Jesuit church of which the holy
father is the head. has preserved this
ceremony and it is now carried out to the
utmost detail in all of the Jesuit churches
of the world.
The holy year begins with the first
vespers of the feast of Christmas. which
is fixed at the meridian of the day pre-
ceding Christmas, or what We commonly
call Christmas eve, and every jesuit
church in the world at that hour has its
holy door sealed. The workmen are pres
ent and are prepared to receive the card
inals, prelates and priests who approach,
awaiting the three strokes of the silver
mace, in order that the procession may
pass through. His holiness approaches
the door. seiZeS a silver mace. raises 1t
over his head, strikes the door three times
demolished.
It is not taken from its hinges. the
lock is not broken the door is broken
down; there is an aperture made and if
this aperture is large enough to permit
his holiness to pass through he turns
and salutes his consorts, who fall upon
their knees then he leads the way
through the embrasure into the cathed-
rails interior.
Immediately after the procession has
gone beyond the door, or rather passed
through the aperture which has been
made by violence" the pope returns and
with a silver strowel casts some lime upon
the floor and then selecting three stones
which have been placed ready at his hand.
puts them in position. blesses the door
the trowel the lime and the stones. re-
assumes the head of the procession and
passes on. Immediately the door is re-
sealed to await the coming of another
year of jubilee" which is intended TO
occur each twenty-five years only.
The pope now proceeds to the altar
where, as the most devout peaiten-, he
gets upon his knees. In the meantime tine
dean of the college of cardinals. fol-
lowed by a retinue of prelates. passes on
through st. Peters and approaches the
holy door of the Basil.ca of st. Paul's, and
there representing the pope. performs the
same ceremony. After these two cere-
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Roy Lambertson was discharged
from Bellevue Hospital, New York
City, last week, and started at once
for his home in Yarmouth. N. s, where
he will eat his Christmas dinner. Last
Christmas he had no dinner to eat and
passed Christmas day on an iceberiA
Lambertson is a youth of IS years,
but hardship and sickness make him
look much older. When the brig Sea
Serpent was moved to the Roberts
wharf in Brooklyn early in March,
Lambertson went ashore, and after
shaking hands with his shipmates pro-
ceeded to Bellevue Hospital where he
was treated for gangrene superinduced
by frost bites.
You are a sailor?" said the physi
clan who examined him.
Yes, sir, a sort of fisherman"
Who brought you here?''
L came from the Azores in the Sea
Serpent"
and how did you get to the
Azores?'
Part of the way on an iceberg and
part of the way in the barkentine
Nelly"
Now" said the physician, tell us
how you received your injuries. And
a y
a sea serpent story"
This is in substance, the story told
by young Lambertson and cOrroborated
in part by letters from Nova Scotia to
the hospital authorities:
Father and l went out fishing on
Christmas eve last from Clark's Har-
Der. We were after mackerel and were
doing well. but had not been long out
when Bay of Fundy fog surrounded
us and we concluded to put back. The
old man steered and l roWed. as there
wasn't breath of wind to fill the sail.
After cropping our way east for half an
hour we struck against something, or
something struck against US, and | was
thrown clean overheard. l know now
that the keel of our boat cOllided with
the spur of an iceberg. When l rose to
the surface l heard the old man shout
ing, but | couldn't answer him, and it
seems to me that the spur got between
us in the first place and them we were
separated altogether by the entire berg.
AT all events l haven't seen the old
man since, though he is alive and We'll,
thank God. | am pretty good swim
mer, and after floundering around some
time l managed to get on a ledge of
the berg and maintain myself there by
bracing my shoulder against slight
projection overhead knowing l could
not keep this position very long. 1
climbed with great difficulty to the top.
though really there is no such thing as
top to a body which-has no shape
that one can make out. 1t was like one
of those huge rocks you may see taken
out of the earth by blasting, and it
rolled and tumbled about in all sorts of
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monies are performed the cardinals and
priests retire to their respective basilicds
/ and there perform the same ceremony IN
private; that is they demeltSh and pass
through holy door of their own to their
particular apartments. Afterward for a
whole year. these doors are sealed and
impossible to all pilgrims and all peni-
| tents. 1t is only at the feast of the
nativity. when a penitent may pass
through. and then only with the blessing
and upon their knees.
Accompanying the holy father and i'm
mediately behind him is the high peniten-
tdry. who directs whatever shall be done
who stands between the pope and the
throng of people who are present to wit
ness the ceremony.
1t is particularly interesting to know
that the CHURCHES of the Jesuit fathers
throughout the United States have pre-
served this custom with rigid direcruess
but also that it has been made an an
nual observance. The year Of the iubi-
lee which occurs every tWentV-fiVe
years. at the meridian of the 18th dav Of
December, is with them an epoch. On
SUch occasions programme is prepared.
arrangements are made. and the penlt 9Its
or the church are hidden to be present at
the ceremony; and it is a most solemn
occasion. a procession is formed which
is presided over by the archbishop. who
to rep1 esent the pope. Behind him are the
priests and lesser diguitaries of the
church; and following them is the multi
tude of penitents In the utmost silence
and with bowed heads they await the
demolition of the door.
The ceremony of breaking down the
door is peculiarly attractive and extreme
" picturesque. At the church of St
Francis Xavier in Sixteenth street New
York. the ceremony is performed with
the same exactitude with which it IS con-
Quoted at St. Peters in the presence of
the pOntihCate. One of the fathers is
delegated to represent the pope and with
silver mace in hand he approaches the
door and strikes upon ii three solid
blows The archbishop and the priests
the prelateS and the accompanying throne-
kneel and with bowed heads await what
is to come. Two blows delivered bv a
priest who has been delegated to repre-
sent the high penitentiary resound from
the other side. The representative of the
pope then strikes one fierce blow with his
silver mace, and immediately uallets and
hammers are at work from the other
side, and while all are kneeling and prav-
ing. the door is burst open. and as soon
as the aperture is sufficiently large 5ae
procession passes through.
NO one. not even the archbishop raises
mis- head at this time. Particles of the
refuse are. however seized by each per-
son in passing. and devoutIy preserved
The ceremony is conducted in absolute
silence ard is the most solemn occasion
of the Catholic wear.
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image and it's benets had another doll
made of the same size and appearance
as the Bambino, then feigning illness,
obtained permission to have it left with
her. Dressing the false image in the
clothes of the real Bambino, she sent
it back to Ara-Coeli. How the fraud
was discovered and the Bambino re-
turned to its Shrine is POLITICALLY related
by T. B. Aldrich. On a stormy night,
so runs the legend, the franciscan
monks were Weakened by furious ring
ing Of bells and laundering knocks at
the west door of the church. Hasten
ing thither they could see nothing but
a wee. naked ping foot. peeping in
from under the door. Opening the door
where stood without, shivering in the
wind and rain, the little naked figure
of the true Bambino OF Ara-Coeli. The
false baby was sent back and the real
baby restored to its home, never again
to be trusted away alone. That is the
reason why attendants go with it in
it's coach to the homes of the sick. The
cures which are attributed to the i'm
tercession of this miracle child, have
spread it's fame throughout the CEN
turtles, until today
ut is loved by high and low,
And adored alike by simple and wise"
Ida ROSE M'CABE.
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ways. When I thought I was on top
the berg would keel over until I found
myself on the side. and at one time il
turned complete SOmerSault and
threw me once more into the water. 1
mad a good mind to give up then and
accept what seemed my fate but /
thought of the folks at home. and that
my father being probably drowned. the
family would have to depend upon me.
so | made another effort. The berg was
rolling and presented many sharp
points here and there. one of which I
seized and by this means lifted myself
TO the ledge from which [ had been
thrown. Realizing that L could not
maintain myself in that position I
climbed once more to the top and this
time found myself in a SauCer-shaped
cavity. Whipping out my knife L
hacked away for dear life until L had
scooped out a still deeper hollow. and
after much hard wOrk{I collected quite
a pile of pebbles and sea weed on
which l rested my feet. Meantime my
body from the waist up was exposed
Even at this | was in danger of falling
out or off, when the berg rolled over
as it frequently did. | was therefore
obliged to be constantly on the alert
From the situation L was now i'm /
could think and think The berg had
the warm current and was drifting in
a sOuthWesterly direction. The part of
1T above water was about twelve feet
in altitude, and L had hopes that if L
did not Succumb to hunger and thirst Z
might be taken off by passing ship.
Exhausted from my exertions. and
though fearing that sleep might mean
death. / could not resist the drOwsfness
that came over me and so fell asleep.
When l awOke after a few hours it was
night and the stars were in the sky.
Though my hands and feet We're
numbed. l did not feel as cold as one
might imagine. 1t is useless describing
my sensations. L thought of the sad
Christmas mother and the kids would
pass without me and, perhaps. without
the old man, and L prayed to God to
save me. L was glad when the MORNING
came-Christmas morning-but I suf-
fered fearfully from hunger and thirst
especially from thirst. Christmas day
passed over me like Christmas eve. and
at the dawn of the 26th [ gave up hope.
But one should never despair, even
though hundreds of miles out at sea on
an iceberg, for that evening 1 was taken
off the berg by a boat from the barken-
tine Sea Serpent of CharlOttetown p
E. l.. commanded by Captain Ferguson
and bound for the Azores. The cap
tain treated me well, and after staying
on the Azores a few weeks 1 came to
New York in the Sea Serpent, a Liver
pool brigantine.
THAT is about all concluded the
young fisherman from Nova Scotia.
"and say, doctor, I don't want to spend
no more Christmas days on a berg"
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Che Christmas crib;
Story Of It's Origin

Reproductions of the manger in which
the child Christ first saw the light. or
the Christmas crib, as it is commonly
called, made its way to this country
less than fifty years ago. It's coming
was almost simultaneous with that of
the Christmas tree. For both of these
nictorial COMMUNICATIONS of the
greatest festival of the Christian year
we are indebted to Germany The
Christmas tree in America was long
confined to the home of the German
Immigrant. PopulariZation came to US
through England, where it was intro
dl,ced by Queen Victorias consort
prince Albert, on the occasion, it is
said. of the first Christmas of the pres
ont Prince of Wales. The Christmas
crib unlike the Christmas tree, was
originally and remains largely ami ex-
pression of religious faith and feeling
In the churches of the old world, it
never fails to interest the traveller In
the Catholic churches of the United
states. it has long ceased to be nov
city. while in the homes of Germans
and many foreigners, fac SMILES of the
crib of Bethlehem, hold place Of honor
beneath the Christmas tree. This lat
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-23
CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER: A CT
DREAM.


Tell me now for the best or worst.
Who is the last. who is the first
Of aH the pdlnierS that EastWardS 20.
l. ggtng theic packs across the snow?
The first is Adam, and woe is he.
For the way is heavy to far Judea.
The second is Eve, and her eyes are Jim.
But her smile is for Adam, and none but
him.
The third is Lilith. and fair is she.
As only spirit OF air can be-
The babe she strangled this very night
Lies in its cradle. stark and white.
The fourth is ,Adah The fifth Is Cain,
Sick to die and forget again.
The sixth is Lot; and see but seven
That come to pray to the Lord of Heaven.
Kreeling low by the stable-stall
Hear We the cry of the pilgrims all?
Give me love, Lordr and Give me
peacer'
'tBlI we the worm in its gnawing ceasei''
Make ne a woman that am but sprite
Tot TO lie moved of grief or delight!
Ana tie, child that hes in the manger-
He s 5tali. in His sleep and He answers
al.
H,, kath given a clod of Eden earth
To weary Adam. that he may have mirth,
Seeing the seeds of his sowing grow
A, they did in Eden an age ago.
He hath given a rose from Eden gate
IL Eve and she mourns not her woman s
fate.
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byn1ns 81 Gbristna>tide

HARK, THE HERALD
ANGELS SING"
Hark! The herald angels sing,
GLORY to the newborn King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild;
God and sinners reconciIed."
Joyful, all ye nations rise,
Join the triumphs of the skies,
With angelic hosts proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Christ, by highest heaven adored;
Christ, the everlasting Lord;
Yelled in flesh the Godhead see.
Hail, incarnate Deity!
Hail the heaven born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Son of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His Wings.
Hasten, mortals, to adore Him;
Learn His name and taste His joy;
Till in heaven ye sing before Him,
"Glory be to God, most high"
Charles Wesley.
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"HARK, WHAT rIEAN
THOSE HOLY VOICESp"
Hark! What mean those holy voices
Sweetly sounding through the skiesP
Lo, the angelic host rejoices,
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.
Listen to the wondrous story
Which they chant in hymns of joy:
"Glory in the highest glory,
Glory be to God on high!
EPeace on earth, goodwill from heaven,
Reaching far as man is found;
Souls redeemed and sins forgiven,
Loud our golden harps shall sound.
"Christ is born, the great Amounted;
Heaven and earth his praises sing;
Oh, receive whom God appointed
For your Prophet, Priest and King"
John Cawood.
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" WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED
THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT.


THEIR FLOCKS BY NIGHT"
While shepherds watched their hocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around
Gear not" said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind.
"Glad tidings of great joy bring
To you and all mankind.
"To you in David's town this day
Is born of David's line,
A Savior who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:
"The heavenly babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manager laid"
'All glory be to God high,
And to the earth be peace;
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men
Begin and never cease"
Tate and Brady
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GIT CAME UPON THE
MIDNIGHT CLEAR"


r1IDNIGHT CLEAR"
It upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
"Peace on the EARTH goodwill to men,
From heavens all-gracious King
The world in solemn stillnes lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they comes
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
Ger all the weary world;
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on lowering wing,
And ever DER it's Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
For lo the days are haste, 1g on
By prophet-bards foretold,
When with the ever-circling years
Comes round the age of gold
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling.
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing.
Edmund H. Sears.
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you mustn't always judge. man by
perhaps not. unless he's a painter"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-28
THE SE2FS' LIBERTY.
Emancipation Meant Much to the
H.. DOwntrodden Peasant OF
Russia.

One evening our village priest found
middle-aged peasant, Anton Save
lief, reading book of psalms, says
Prince Kropotkin. He was reading a.
psalm of which each verse began with
the word REJOICE" q. &C.,.
what are you reading" he was
asked. 49,.
"Well, father, will tell you," was his
reply. Fourteen years ago the old
prince came here. 1t was in the win
ter. 1 had just returned home, almost
frozen. A snowstorm was raging.
had just begun undressing, when we
heard a knock at the window; it was
the elder who was shouting: Go to the
prince; he wants YOU We all - my
wife and our children-were thunder
stricken.
What may he want from you?' my
wife began to cry. | signed myself
with the cross and went; the snow
storm was binding me as crossed the
bridge. Well, it ended all right. The
old prince was taking his afternoon
sleep, and when he woke up he asked
me if knew plastering work, and only
told me: Come tomorrow to repair
the: plaster in that ROOM So went
home quite happy, and when I came to
that bridge found my wife standing
there. She had stood there, all the Line,
with the baby in her arms, in the snow
storm, waiting for ME. What has hap
pened, Savelich| she cried. WELL I
said, mo harm; he only asked me to
make some repairs That was, father,
under the old prince. And now the
young prince came here the other day.
l went TO see him, and found him in the
garden, at the tea table, in the shadow
Of the house; you, father, sat with him,
and the cider Of the canton, with his
mayors chain upon his breast. will
you have tea, Savelich?' he asks me;
take chair 'Petr Grigorieff' - he
says that to the old one-'give us one
more chair And Petr Orig
know what terror for us he was when
h, was The manager of the old prince
brought the char, and we all sat round
the tea table, talking, and he poured tea
for all of lis. We'll. now. fl her, the
evening is so beautiful, the balm comes
from the praries, and. l sit and read:
'Rejaice! I,ljoice!'" s.&....
This is what the abolition of self
dom meant for the pcasants.--Atlantic
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-28
a GOOD BILL.

Senator HardeIty has niroluce1
bill providing for the Apo ntmen,
vt State Live Stock Inspector de-
lining his duties and fixing his COM
pensation The object of the blu ia
to prevent the sp cad of cotag Gus
diseases among livestock and with
slight amendments should become a
law.
The bill as drawn provides that the
inspector shall reside at or near the
Capital. This should be amended 80
as to fix his residence ON the line Of
the railrold as near as possible to the
center OF the live stock industry Of the
s. ate. Thi' would he NOR. aconomi
cal and give better satisfaction to
those engaged in that industry. The
ne 'essity of his residing in or near
Carson Is not applrent to the live
stock men in this part of the State.
Another nbjec ION Ito the bill ~ it's
p 'esent shape is that it provides that
when the Inspector shall he satisti I'd
that live stock is affected with con-
taGiOus di seas -. which he NAV think
best to quarantine. he shall imme-
diately~. notify the District Court of
the Judicial District or one of the
JUICES thereof in vacation in said
county IN which said di seased stock
may be mnd. II this wee amended
so rs to compel the Inspector t.,
no'lf' the nearest Court or Judge 10
the IN 'ccted stock it would save time
and money and give much better
satisfaction.
The bill also provides that the
Sheriff upon the order nf the Court or
Judge shall summon ten freeholders
who are stock raisers tc pximine the
infected stock and certify their find.
mQs to the Conrt or Judge. II
would save delay and expense to re
duce the number Of freeholders to
three. In some sections of he State
1t woul'i be almost impossible to gel
ten treeholders to examine the in.
tec'ed stock without compelling them
to travel long Distance when three
could be obtained without unneces.
sary delay or great expense.