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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-24
PRODUCE MARKETS.
Richmond, Va, Oct. e, 1902.
QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-FLOUR-Quiet
Flour re Choice At to fancVs s 5oas s.
Buckwheat Flour-Duil: Cornmeal-Dull;
western. 5S3kc.- Rarley-Ouiet.
Wheat-Spot firm; NO red 7Sc. With
few exceptions bulls had control of wheat
ali daV. the market .sa 10 adyancing steadily
as an outcome Of friendly sentiment, sup
plcrnented by threatening Weather West,
stronger foreign market, a big cash de-
mand everywhere. partly for export, and
strength in corn The close vas sc.
higher than last night. MAY closed at
#1Sssc.: December at isa1c.
Corn-spot steady: No. 3, Sic. Strength
ened by prospects of stormy weather
West. higher cables. good S speculative
support, light offerings and indications
changed corn was firm all day. closing
1s@5sc. net higher. January closed at
52Hc.; May. 4sssc; October, G61sc.; No
vember, 6S2.c: December, 56bc.
Oats-Spot steady; No . oats. 3ic. OPP
ton ma rket. while quiet was firm with
corn December closed at 1885,
Beef-Quiet Cut Meats-Firm. Lard
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a MURDER MYSTERY
Charleston Detectives Confronted with
* a Battling Situation.
(By Associated Press.

CHARLESTON, s. C.. Oct with the
H Hos ri today the police department and
the coroner's office are confronted by. a
murder ra1a mystery that promises t. baffle
t ti,e case.&aTha- identity of the deceased,
. tbe man manner III IN Which he came to his
death and the. identity, and q 4. Whereabouts
Of his assailants are all n = w !.
on ! la last Sunday morning in an uncon-
Wound on his head. and the negro Vas
Mithout having regained consciousness. 4
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LUTHERAN SYNOD
Rev. CA. Marks, of Richmond. Makes
an Address on Missions.
lsnecial DISPATCH to The Tlmes.l

sTAuNroN. VA, Oct. 2s.-Following
are the officers elected by the Lutheran
Rev &. IS. Freed. president; Rev. Peters
Miller. vice president; Rev- L. L Smith.
secretary. and T.. s. Walker, treasurer. !
.o,cIock6this morning. and their principal
work was the establishment Of fund
for aged and disabled ministers
The afternoon was spent IN making ap-
within the bounds Of the synod.
Tonight Rev.. C. "A. Marks. Of Rich
mond. delivered an interesting address
on missions
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TO
A YOUNG COUPLE
Forty Applicants for Positions
Called to See the Groom
at Brides Home.

Especial Dispatch to Tho Times.)
PHILADELPHIA. October 2S.-F'ully
two-score and probably a larger number.
Of postal cards bearing the following in
scription We're carried through the nails
on Monday:
call Tuesday, F. NJ. in regard to
position.
H v. FLEMING.
1920 West Susquchanna Avenue.
Philadelphia.
Their effect was made manifest on
Tuesday at P. AZ. when the callers
came near preventing q wedding cere-
mony by their importantly.
Horace Z. Fleming and Miss Margaret
Scott. of 1920 susquehanna Avenue. were
married at $3.50 o'clock on Tuesday eve
ming. In the Union Methodist Episcopal
Church. Twentieth and Diamond Streets.
Miss Scott was not an unwilling bride.
yet there were tears of vexation In her
eyes as she walked up the church aisle.
while the groom maintained an outward
calm only after an inward struggle.
The postaIs wero the cause OF 1t all.
Some person, either a friend intending a
joke or an enemy inspired by malice.
sent the postals to many applicants for
work who advertised in Monday morning
papers. signing AR. F1eming's name. Civ
ing the address Of his bride, and naming
an hour when preparations for the we'd
ding were to be at their height. Some
of the applicants were on time, others
were late. but from 5 o'clock until the
ceremony was performed. and afterward
during the reception, almost a steady
stream Of nursery maids. cooks garden
ers. chambermaids, mattresses and other
servants iourneyed to the Scott home.
and called for Mr.. Fleming.
All were sent on their way, but not
rejoicing Some OF the disappointed ones
were inclined to blame Mr.. Fleming.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are on their
honeymoon through the South. striving
to forget the UNDERSTANDINGS incident to
explaining the Joke" to so many anx-
ious place hunters
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SAN DOMINGO REVOLUTION
After Severe Fighting, Government
Forces Recapture Monte Christi.
(By Associated Press.)

SAN DOMINGO, sANTO DOMINGO,
Oct. 2o3s-The Government troops have re-
captured Monte Christi after a severe
fight. during which both sides sustained
heavy losses. General Navarro. the for
mer governor. who revolted and took
possession of Monte Christi. was cap
tured and brought a prisoner here. Many
arrests have been made in connection
with the revolt. All is now quiet In Santo
Domingo.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
has returned here from Monte Christi
Santo Domingo. She confirms the re-
port that the Dominican Government
troops have recaptured that port. The
fighting, which was very severe. lasted
two days. The foreign residents OF
Monte Christi sought refuge on the Gin
cinnati while the battle was in progress.
The Cincinnati left here to-day for Port
De Paix, Hayti, to protect foreign in
terests there.
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way Low RATES TO RALElGH
NJ. c.
One Fare for the Round Trip.

on account Of the annual meeting of
+ ,ha North Carolina Agricultural Fair.
the seaboard Air Line will sell tickets
- rata Of one fare for tho round-erip.
Mn. So cents. Tickets to be sold October
S5th to goth. inclusive nnaI limit No
aar;and va Railroad facilities unsur-
trsmber Cd. Rats from Richmond for sths
round-trip. $50: fronn PefsRsburE 1AAl
Three trains daily between Richnona
and Raleigh. 81
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Married in Washington.

The following marriage licenses were
issued in Washington yesterday:
Frederick p. Ptahler Pittsburx, and
Lucy Duvall Griffith, Charlestown, w.
va; Clinton BaHenGer and India Thomas,
both OF Hamilton Va; George s. Nor
feet. Winston-Sa Salem. n. c.. and Hazel
inc Dooleya city: Owen Layton and Nettte
Powell both Of Spotsylvania, Va: Ray
mond l.. Skinner and Ella C. Ldth. both
of Oatlands. Va: James n. HuGhson
and Judith a. Crawford, both OF Louisa
Courthouse, VI. s:
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INJUNCTION GRANTED
Richmond Men Interested in District
ofColumbia Case

The washington Star OF yesterday
prints the following:
Justice Hagner late yesterday afternoon
isued an order temporarily restraining
..4e authorities of the District OF Columbia
from continuing the work of extending
Massachusetts, Avenue in the northwest
part Of the district The issuance OF the
restraining order followed the presenta-
ton to the court of a petition IN which
the connplainants are Whitenel II. Urqu-
hart, Stanhope Boiling. trustee. and in
their own right, Andrew r. Ellerson and
Va.
The petition sets forth that the COM
plainants are owners OF part OF the
tract Of land known as "Resurvey on
Lucky Discovery. or Scotts Ordinary.
located along the westerly line OF the
Georgetown and Tenleytown road. near.
Fairview Heights. It is alleged that the
nor authority from compliments, nor has
the land been dedicated for the purposes
of extending Massachusetts, Avenue.
The petitioners also claim that the Dis
trfct has recognized the property as pri-
vate and that it has given no notice to
the owners of the intention to make ex-
cavations on the land
The damage to the property complain
ants state, will be OF such nature that
adequate compensation cannot be secured
at law and multiplicity Of suits will re-
suit Comp1ainantS asked that the dis
trict authorities be permanently enjoined
from entering upon their land
Der 3Ist, as the day for hearing on the
au Attorney John B. Ridout apears for tn.
petitioners.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. n. C.. Oct. 23::-sPIR-
ceipts IS casks. Rosin-Steady at $1,000
LIS; receipts. 1877 barrels: Crude turpen-
tine-Firrn at s1.75G3; receipts. 40 barrels.
Tar-Firm at $40: receipts los barrels.
SAVANNAH. GA, Oct. 23.-TURPEN-.
TINE-Frm at SIC: receipts. 1.1S5 casks:
sales. 936 casks; exports. T5 casks. Rosin-
Firm: receipts. 10 barrels; sales, 3,127
barrels; exports, 405 barrels.
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Took Refuge on Board.
fRy Associated Prcss.)

WASHINGTON. Oct. 23-The Navy
Department to-day received cablegram
from the commander Of the Cincinnati,
at Cape Hayden. saying that the revolu-
ton has broken out afresh and that IS
women and children took refuge on board
the Cincinnati The dispatch says the
insurgents are scattered and the local
revolution quelled.
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coTToNsEED OIL NrARKET

NEW YORK. Oct. Embarrassing ar
rivals here and more bearish news from
the South caused eakness in cottonseed
oil to-day. with a considerable decline in
price Prime crude here. 35c.; prime
crude. +. o. b. mills. 29c.: prime summer
yellow, 3s1k631c.: off sumemr yellow.
36lac.: prime white. 42c.:: prime winter.
yellow. 42143c.: prime meal, s2762S.
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Pastor Called.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.) 81
-WINCHESTER. VA, Oct. 8-Last
night the congregation of Grace Lutheran
Church by a unanimous vote extended a.
call to Rev. G.. S. Bowers. now pastor Of
town tow Sid, to become the pastor.of Grace
Church. rs
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-The market is
quiet to-day in all departments. The de-
mand is mainly for quick deliveries of
ers complain of difficulty in placing
orders. Prices firm for both cotton and
wooilen goods. Silks and ribbons firm.
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cal lsteady at 4a5k per cent. closed Of
Tered at per. cent. prime mercantile
paper 6 per cent Sterling exchange
steady with actual bushes in bankers
bills at 81 Sc. Soa4.ss.s25 for demand and at
81 Sc. 6a5 for sixty days bills; posted rates.
s4S41s and s4.S7ls: commercial bills
x 80 1914 So 25 Bar. silver. 50ss; Mexican
dollars sas. Government bonds irregular;
State bonds strong: railroad bonds irreg-
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF R1cHMoND, OCT. %. 1870

PORT OF RICHMOND, OCT. g, 1902.
ARRIVED
!. Steamer Berkeley. Catherine Norfolk.
merchandise and passengers. Old Domin-
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. Nerfo,s-
and James River landings. merchandise
and passengers, Virginia Navigation O.
steamer Winyah, Simmons, PhIadel.
pfia. Pa, merchandise and. passengers.
Clyde line.
SAILED
Steamer Berkeley Catherine Norfolk,
merchandise and passengers, Old Domin-
Schooner John w Bell. Lanford, James
River, light
PORT NEWPORT NEWS, OCT. %, 1902.
SAILED.
BargeC lontona. Providence,
Schooner Margaret H Vance, Norfolk.
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NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-BEEVEs-Re-
ceipts. 115 head: dressed beef steady; city
Texas beef, 6@7hc. Gables quoted Amer
lean steers at 12Q131zc.. dressed weight.
refrigerator beef at 11@113sc, per pound.
westerns in better demand and firm pens
fully cleared. Veals sold at s5GS.75 per
100 pounds: western calves. S.; small
ceipts, 6s7s head; sheep in fair demand
about steady; lambs easier, except for a
limited number of good grades and desir-
able weight Sheep sold at $1,000 per
ans at S5.371a@56o; DIRE sed mutton. 6@71sc.
per pound; dressed lambs general sales,
fsal9lkc. Hogs-Receipts.# 5 924 head, steady.
state and Pennsylvania hogs sold at 1900
y. 225 per 100 pounds.
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C-.eon Mill ire.

fEy Associated Press.l
CHARLOTTE, n. C., October cS.-Firs
to-day destroyed the dye house and an gina
room OF the Springsine Mills. at Chester,
y. c.. ertailing a loss OF between ssloos
and $4,000
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, I'D. Oct. Dashboard
Air Line common 29l4 12299ts: do. preferred.
47l4 OATS. Seahoard As, S5al@s5; Seaboard
IS 1CtSlS bid,
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PEAN1IT MARKETS

NORFOLK, VA. Oct. 23.-PEANUTs-
Quiet administrative at SIC for best
stock. Fancy, 3@3Bc..;; strictly prime, Soc
PETERSBURG. VA. Oct. 2s.-PEA-
NUTS-Iarket quiet.
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CATTLE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. ILL, Oct. 23.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts $500 head, including 5000 westerns;
slow and steady. Good to prime steers,
S7.25@S; poor to medium, s.. 75@6.ao: stock
ers and feders,5 2514 .25; cows. s1.4O@4.5O;
heifers. s2.25d5; Gamers. S.4oa2 40; bulls:
steers, sSG425: western steers. sS.75@650.
Hogs1Receipts to-day. $4,000 head; to-
morrow, 200 head; left over, 5000 head !:
opened lO@20c. higher, closed with advance
to choice heavy s6.e0a7. 25; rough heavy,
. s6.so@6.so: light, s6.30@e.so: bulk of sales,
S6.75G7. Sheep-Receipts. 1900 head; sheep
and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers.
S. SOFA; fair to choice mixed, S22.5NGS.50;
native lambs, S35NG6.69
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Cotton. dull. middling.. $40; net re.
5ceduts, 200 bales; gross. 1856 bales: sales,
$40 bales; stock. a, 245 bales.
Total to-day at all seal orts,-Net re.
ceipts. 44.41 bales: export to-. Great
Britain II ,6a5 bales to France, 1854 bales;
to the Continent. 1885 bales; stock 59l,s
Consolidated at all seaports-Net re-
ceipts, 259 533 bales: export to Great
Britain e1,20s bales: to- France. ss4
bales; to lie Continent, II, $50 bales.
81 Total since Septembers LIST at all sea,
ports-Net receipts. 1,ss7:41e bales;-export
TO Great Britain. 49,. 274% bales; to France.
l5s 9as bales: to the Continent, $50, $50
bales.
NEW ORLEA4.s, Oct 2s.-cOTToN-
The spot cotton market was quiet. but
steady; quotations unchanged. Futures
opened t2G3 points up under the influence
OF the Improvement in Liverpool and
worked up ld2 points additional. In syn
patlly with New York prices declined 7as9
points and continued steady throughout
the remainder. Of the day. There was free
trading in January and March but very
little in the other positions. January
seems to be the favorite month for bull
manipulation, but it went down along
WI the others. AT the close the list
showed net losses of 1GS points:
Z Cotton futures quiet and steady: Octo-
Der SOFAS co. November. S:0s@s.10: Decem-
her, 8.14GS.15; January. S.1S9S 10: February,
81 81: March, 824@s.25, April, S.25Gs.27;
May, s.2s@S.29.
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Hirher At $4.s5@7.1e. Cattle-steadys at
SOS Sfeep-Steady at $.50G3.40. Lambs
.Dull Fat $225lf4. %.
TOBACCO. MARKETS
LynchburE, Va, Oct.

Iyncnburg 3, s. y 90 OCT. q. .19U1.7
Receipts OF tobacco Ia the warehouses
Seinrs principally ins prinings. the qualify
az .w hfch has not been satisfactory
Prices for common grades rule high For
the better grades prices have shown
.sl 9gnotations are as follows:
s IS = 800 W OZARK GRADES.
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ding futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos.

Cash quotations were as fOllows-Flour.
firm. No . spring wheat, re-; No. 3,
sSa7l;sc.;; No; 2 red 7la7ll4c. No. 2 corn,
No. 5 white S1@s2212c. No. rye, 49Ac.
Good feeding barley, 4o9l2c.; fair to
S1.21; No. i northwestern, S1.S3: Mess pork
per barrel. S16S561690: lard, per 100
pounds, s119l1. Osl.; short ribs sides
Noose). sl1- 2oI11. so; dry sailed shoulders
ed, s11;s7 x Whisky. basis Of high
l6ISa24,sc.;, dairy. 15a2lc. Cheese Steady
at lols@l1ac. Eggs iirm; loss off cases
returned, lie. Receipts--Wheat. 1So,60O
bushels. corn, 900 bushels; oats, 200
bushels; hogs $1,000 head.
BALTIMORE. ND. Oct 2s-FLoUR-
Dull land unchanged. Wheat-Strong;
spot and the month"; 74ss @74sc.,; Decem-
Der. 75s.@7ec.; southern by sample, es@;Sc
Corn-Strong; new or old November, 531ec
BID: year 55G1Sohc.;s southern white corn
65d6Sc. Oats-Firm; No. 2 white. 36936lac.,,
No western. 5s,sc: Rye-Firm: No: 2
and higher: fancy imitation. 20@2lc.;
fancy creamery 25aosc- Eggs-F,iirm and
higher: fresh. 24d25c. Cheese-Firm and
unchanged Sugar-Firm and unchanged
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COLON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Oct. cs-The cotton mar
ker opened firm with prices los points
higher and continued to work upward Tor
a brief period after the call on buin n
most part the result of light receipts at
nearly all points in the South and rumors
that Chicago interests We're bulls on cot
ton. However. before id-day the scare
former aggressive short selling: The
cables from Liverpool. public and PR,
vate.5 indicated reluctance on the part
can rise.
In the afternoon the market displayed
weakness and prices ran downward rap
liquidation and some foreign selling. Tho
South and local traders were heavy SELL
ers at the close. Total sales were csti-
mated at 225.t00 bales. gN
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Money Loaned Salaried People

retail merchants. Transfers. boarding
houses without security. IarEest business
In u principal cities. sTOL0AN.i Room
Il. lilo Main. Street
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PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
Petersburg. Va. Oct. %. 1902.
e Sales have been large for several days
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The stock market had another very
huiet day. and there was very little fuct-
llation in prices.
Louisville and Nashville was strong in
the early trading and climbed UP to 1909
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NEW WORK QUOTATIONS.
QUOTATIONS. FURNISHED THE TIMES
By SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
1902 r MAIN SpTr1-1

llo2 i. MAIN sRTEET.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-19
YULETIDE IN AUSTRIA.
Customs and Legends of the Non
German Population.

German Population.
Yuletide as kept by the nom German
population of Austria is very pictur.
esque. On Christmas day the Poles iE
Galicia first attend mass and then si,
down to family supper. The chief dish
on the table contains cOnsecrated eggs,
which the father distributes. After eat.
ing, all eyes are closed and all heads
bowed down to the table in the belief
that Jacobs ladder is then descending
from heaven to earth and down the
ladder angels are coming to bless the
worshipers and to carry away their
earthly troubles to heaven. Among the
CZechs the legend runs that he who
most strictly fasts on Christmas eve
will see the holy Christ in his dreams
that night. In the evening the real eel
ebration begins. All lights are then
extinguished in the house; no fire, nc
light Is visible. The children crowd to-
gether in fear and remain perfectly ST.
lent, as otherwise they know they will
receive none of the presents brought
by the Christ Child and laid at the en-.
trance of the house. The older fe-
males amuse themselves by throwing
heated lead into water and gathering
from the forms it assumes some hint
as to the appearance Of their future
usbands.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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TIE CHRISTMAS BIRD.
How to Prepare and Cook "a Goose,
Old Young.


A goose Is the typical Christmas
bird. although most families dine on
turkey that day, and some like pair
of ducks and fine roast of beef. The
goose must be young, or what is called
green goose. Yellow and flexible
feet are sign of youth. A goose is
dressed and trussed in the same man.
ner as a turkey, but the skin should
be thoroughly washed.
Sage and onions are the traditional
seasonings, and very good way to
stuff a goose Is to boil and mash some
white potatoes and season highly with
onion juice. sage, also salt and pepper.
Dredge the outside lightly with salt
and pepper and thickly with -four.
Lay the goose on rack in the baking
pan and put few tablespOonfuls Of
water in the pan; haste often. Twenty
minutes to the pound is the average
time to allow for the baking. Garnish
with blood oranges cut In sections on
parsley. celery tips or any other green
garnish.
Make sauce from the contents OF
the pan. thickening with -four, and
after straining add the giblets, which
have been cooked until tender in wa
ter and chopped coarsely.
An old goose cannot be cooked salts
factorily in this way. 1t will need to
be parboiled and then braised.-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
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FEEDING THE BIRDS.
A Happy Christmas Custom Among
Swedish Peasants.

A Happy Christmas Custom Among
Swedish Peasants.
Christmas is celebrated in Sweden to
an extent unknown in our country, and
the celebration is not over until Jan.
13, or twentieth day Yule." A very
pretty feature Of the festivities is thus
described by writer who has visited
that country: One wintry afternoon.
at Jul-tide las the season is called, L
had been skating on pretty lake three
miles from Gothenberg. On my way
home ] noticed that at every farmers
house there was erected. in the middle
of the yard. pole. to the top Of which
was bound q large. full sheaf Of grain.
"Why is thisT' l asked my comrade.
ooh. that's for the birds, the little
wild birds. They must have q merry
Christmas, too, you know" And so It
is; not a peasant in Sweden will sit
down to a Christmas dinner within
doors until he has first raised aloft a
Christmas dinner for the birds in the
cold and snow MISUNDERSTANDING Dis
patch.
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A CHRISTMAS
GREETING
y ! poem Of the Yulst'as y
==SN

"a SONG for old Christmas
"a For jolly old Christmas,
- a The monarch of merriment. fun
and good cheer!
Let all the bells Ginning
Ring out with rhyming
For Christmas good Christmas. King
Christmas is here!
Pile up the log fire
Still higher and higher;
He loves the bright blaze of a wide open
hearth.
No shadow of sadness
Must darken our gladness.
For Christmas, blithe Christmas, now
rules the broad earth.
The stars are all winking
AS II they were drinking
Time out of ethereal champagne that ht
brings.
The winds shout In chorus:
Long may he reign DER US!
Good Christmas, King Christmas, the
greatest of hngs!'