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Show I ......... ' IEM THE SALT LAKE TIMES. . I' . j ""- , ni'' I' ' -- - -- - - " I VOL. fi 16 PAGES SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY, DKUKMHKU I2. 18.00. Jl Hi PAGES NO. 74. "" ' THREE LETTERS. Copyright by American Press Afweelntloa. fcQ- - BK.Nl)youbyfTpr jy-- I. Your present. fcS' JV Vf,ry I A T ? lir "r friendfhtpH put v VJ?M tuull.atearj '!Jl A '" "orry " U'KU'L VX;N iffr'"-- J Kow that if. Christ- - it$&f Bertowthnnnniiom. ('(V "ther Klrl. W:'rA- - !y .AV, Von hatoful nuinl t 'LZr& Farewell) ! i back twaa hia reply) nur not ramo with th? tn, tw; Ami nvllv, fl':ir, I'vo soutfUt iu voia Sfmt'Kiri 10 give them to. I'm in flrspair, iinrt nly you Can hctu m ih'tt in plain. Coine, say you'll lw another Rirl, A i uike thoin hack again, Iar .luhn. you'r ripht (she wrote apaln), Ut'tnrn the tjifts to nif, Aii'l (tt'tr (Inn, as yon Muggwt, Your bistr I will be. Tom MAflfiOKt of the maid, while the other was ii:ihvi with admonitory gesture. When h. pokeh'M voice was soft, but like one who liaaauthority.Rtid his iimn ,or wan solemn, unit not like ' !;o manner of any mail whom they had cur r .11 Thin child b '0110 ro r.v;l-- brin. "If there 1)0 evil done I I tnif-h- i her tliis morning that for nil sii,, love ..i,r 1uil thia is the day that cnmt- -i umrates his birth. To thatblcsncd con-ii- when. liol reigns I soon, I trust, hbldl go. f,- - I have kept t lie faith agniiwt such adver-.- rlesasyou have never met. I nam yon, oh, you proud magistrate, lift r.o arm i.f punishment against this child; fur as truly as Hod reads all hearts heieuk m hers" as sinless u record a Mortals can cn.r make. The judgment of Gml he ,,u if you permit wrong to ho done his child. " lie HMike as 0110 ivtsjiiiod, an ! . Mood with one hand uplifted ho seemed like a prophet among them. "Who are you?" the uwgi.-trat- asked with hesitating voice. "God's servant, and I say that this maid shall be blessed uud her children shall rise and call her blessed, because she has t bin Uuy served him." 'hcti the magistrate and the deputies heard these words they spoke with miu another for some momenta, and when they lifted their eyes again the old man had none as silently and mysteriously as ho came. j SANTA CLAUS-18- C0. (".ipy.'ht l.y American Vrew Assoohtloa. , W K VM t U'trrv sweet and low, U Z Hufilen in the mldnlgh t ' tLrit Found the tvlls ticnis the saiow rSl Through the rusi'iuenui of iny 'Ml """" t! Ami I cry a lillitie Amen! tit' Te the burden of their lay, At lliey in:riiir KCcin to siiy Nintu C'lutH hns ro:ne uK.in. Flow the liells imprint a smile On t.ho ehiM ill happy sleep! IIo;.' they sleepl v:l souls A., til 7 e.mllkl fro-:- i deep to ileepl Il'iiv they to weary men tJntwn hah h'tiH-I'- with the years! - teHdM h's mssf tftfrfhtM vT"ls 100" AN" JOU;r K,,;G- - ferJ 4, mMm ; mmMm IX TUB FHOZKS KORTtI I S - MlJi'WflNl TlIB 8F.RKEIt OF THE WltALS tWl (M 'i'4?efeLl W-- Aral TO SANTA CLAt'S A I1AI- I- ;K 1 7 vHA 7. PfiJ The max who plenty ha-s- iffr71M' ' f"f I r"V5 ALL FHAKE THK COMMON VIEW, f J- -f jjV, - ' "God bless St. Nicholas." 4y i'lC&-'- ' IIu.v llit'y teacil. 'iiiiil joyou teaiit, Kauu (Hlaus lias come agai For too often earo nud di mht Wit'l tliir rJciJiwy nistiT, Jiaitt, Cast in:? d.irkups:! II atiout Qut'in-- the sunlight of the brain. So a y eomi's o'er me then Whii'h no norl:i caa ever frame, When tbo inri'y h.'lls proelaini Kaiita C'laiiri ban come aj;aiu. Yi t inethinlia that Santa Clam, T!iiu;;li un;;pen, dwells ever rieRj; And tlii'Diiirb natunCaupust. Iaw. Priiv;n untvnsliiirly ffood cbner; And tlKit nil tho sodh of men. If they listen in this life, lleai- nl love nil earthly ittrife. Kama Clans haH come again. Tor 1 Hee without, within, fcunn'hmj; vhoo mishft 6lon ly rrushfw b: rife nnd sin, And h itli viKdiim nids tbo right Bo. no e.iattr what baa liefii, V'll I know that every hour, Clad in sweetness, love and power, bunta Claua has cmie ujjrain. W U.I am K. 8. a sweet faced Falu. maid leading a child with whom she was making merry, but when, looking up, she met the awful glance with which Deacon Ahner received her sho fal-tered and stood waiting to hear him speak. For an haur the magistrate and tho deputies consulted together. Then tbo e was commanded to take the girl ami execute the sentence, but. a he approached her Samuel put her behind him uud fared the officer. His look was terrible, and the constable knew t he strength of his arm, so they stood silently facing tine another. Suddenly a noise like the coming of horses was heard. The door opened and t here entered some of the king's oflin rs, and with them the governor of the colony, Mr. Iete, "In hia majesty's name, if know whvre Kdward WbKlley and William (iotTe, two of the judges who Caused Charles the First to be lieheaded, lie concealed I charge, you to deliver them!" said an ollicer. "The regicides!" said the magistrate, sjieaking in broken tones, j "Aye, the regicides. We pave heard they are concealed here." "Had one a venerable beard?" "Aye. William ffoffe." " 'Twashe, Cromwell's general," said the magistrate, as though speaking tohimself. " "1'was he," said the deputies solemnly. Then Ahner said to the ollicer, "One of them was here an hour ago." "Rut is here no longer," said Governor I.eete, speaking for the first time. "These men tame to lue many days ago and asked for shelter. As I had not then received the king's command to deliver t hem I permit-ted them to lie in the cellar lieneath this room. For though I am loyal to the king I and my people honor Cromwell and his lieutenant. My maid Dorothy has for many days taken them food, and sho and I alone knew of their presence. I charged her to tell no man. Hut when the king commands I obey, and I have brought the ollicers here. Yet I am glad to say that within the hour, being warned of your coming, but wot by me, they have escaped. Von will see their tracks in the snow, and they are now rapidly sailing in a vessel on the Long Island sound. What do you here, Dorothy?" "Thoy have sei4nced ir ; to the lash, master, because my ..me to you, and 'twas this v yqui,Kj1i Aan who greeted me thj!"-"'ol,- 'th these vrorda, 'I wish you a,"J" Cr, Ustmas.' ' ) ' .."TcoW.;.. a J "Ves, naslH- - Jem J" I "And were mt to aoL,niLter it?" "But for Samuel thcAwiuld already have whipped me." V "God lie praised that this maid would; have suffered the lash rather than betray either her word or these persecuted and goading forced thm to break n path from l be governor's house, where the girl lived, to the place where he met her. Then ha said to her: "Why, Master Samuel?" "Why? You know well why. You know what is to happen the day I am my master, and so sweet do you appear this morning, my Dorothy, that I wish it was today, f'.r I have your promiso to wed me on that day. Now tell me, how is it that you are out bo early, and what is under your cloak?" "I will answer neither of your questions, ' Master Samuel. Are you not content to have me here? Come, put me 011 the sledge, for I must be back to Mr. Ijeete's at once." The young man put his strong arms gently about her aud lifted her to the sledge, where she stamped the snow from her feet, and then, with an arm thrown around a stake, she held securelyon, while j Samuel started the oxen away. Then he came and walked by her side. "Why did you peek so curiously from' the door a moment ago?" he asked. ; Bhe knew that he was half jesting, half curious. Rhe would not answer him, but she said: "Oh, Samuel, you made me for- - fiiii A Herliiretl AppetHfl. 1 (jfj'T) Mr. Bingo What part of the turkey do you want. Tommy? Tommy Bingo (who has liven stuffing himself with caridy all the morning) I don't know as I wantany (hesitatingly). I don't feel very hungry. Mr, Hingo Come, that won't do. You must eat something, my son. Tommy Well, you might give me a drumstick ami a winor and some of tho breast and a little stuffing and gravy and and the wishlione. I know I couldn't eat any more than that. " - DOROTHYS CHRISTMAS. A TALE OP THE FIIlsT HECOnSITION OF THg DAY I!? CONNECTICUT COLONY. V'SC "EAVY snow t l&Air; ond fallen in the lIsfiSKSiSW' ..iniKht.sothatupon '''fjtS. I 1 13 1' 1 ',e morning of t ho k1S8i3B f t i 3r'"' "f December, JtJT . M 1062, the broad M'm1 fon""n of Guil-f$5K- f if W tovvn m the 13' Wf Connecticut col- - Wf ony, was hidden - 'by it, and as far as e' iijB , 1L the eye could see iff II had been unbrok- - T v a v cn excel,,; ''y trees ' v i , Xand houses. Ab-- tj ner Ailing, a stern a, f man of authority, stood at t he w indow of V his kitchen on tluit morning, looking ' through tho little panes of wrinkled glass, I ' that he might discover whether the storm 'u was over. Although a few flakes fluttered in the air, yet they began to glisten as the rays of tbo sun that were breaking through the clouds fell upon them, and when Abner i perceived that the day would soon lie fine t he called, saying, "Samuel! Samuel! Hear I me!" L A sinewy young man, of rosy cheeks, and f. eyes that were bright lieeause of health U and exercise, put a huge log upon the tire- - 1 place, and having brushed the snow from arms, went to Abner that he might his master's commands. magistrate will come by noon, I Ibis for the storm is over. Samuel, yju break a way through the snow upon highway at once. Take the stub oxen, for the steers are not yet get my purpose, I wish you a merry Christmas, sir." He ft inked at. her perplexed, wondering what she meant, for he had never heard these words before, and he knew that no one in the town hwl ever repeated them. "What do you mean by that? What thing is this you wish me a merry Christ-mas? What is that?" "It is Christmas day, Samuel," said she softly. "I do not comprehend. It is Wednes-day." "This day it was that Chrisc was born, and in the countries across the sea it. is the habit of the people to bring it to mind by saying as they meet, 'I wish you a merry Christinas.' " "Dorothy, von perplex me. Who told ... A BRAVE DEFENSE. - "Lie not to me," said he, "for it will be even worse for you." "I sjieak the truth always or I speak not at all," she said gently. "Then you will not deny that you were at the store this morning?" "Xci; I will not deny that." "What had you under your cloak?" "I cannot say." "You will Bay. Why were you there?" ; "I cannot tell." "You said these words to Samuel, 'I wish you a merry Christmas.' " "Yes. I said those words." "Well, who bade you a merry Christmas this day?" "I cannot tell yon." righteous men, Ooffe and Whalley. She shall henceforth Is? not my maid but my daughter," said the governor, embracing the girl. Then turning to the magistrate he said: "I will remit her sentence, and lieeause it is indeed the Christmas day I will remit the sentences of all these prison-ers. lt my house lie opened this tiny. let all come and make merry. It shall be made a merry Christmas for all, as I used to know it when I was a child in Fng-land- ." And it was as the governor had ordered on that day and after. And then through Dorothy Deal's suiTering and peril there began in that colony the habit, ns in other lands, of merry making and good cheer upon Christmas day. The prophecy of the regicide GofTo was fulfilled. The children of Samuel and Dor-othy became men of authority, and they did call her blessed. K. .T. Edwards, The f.HKt or the Kiplorer. Ujoobu Bung (of the Caunibal Isles, at Christmas dinner) My dear, what part do you prefer? His Spouse The funny bone, please. L'joohu Bung I don't think he has any. I heard him say the other day that at one timo he was a professional humorist. you tins?" "Ah! a heavenly minded man did tell me oh, what have I said! Pay no heed to my chattering, Samuel." She put her hand pleadingly upon his. He perceived that she was very thought' ful, and there was self reproach in her tones as she said, "I cannot tell you now; I will some day, Samuel." He mado no answer, for ho was per-plexed. They had now come abreast the gate of tha governor's house. He lifted her from the sledge and let her gently down Upon the door step. An hour after Samuel returned to his home, having broken his share of paths. He put ou his leather apron, rolled his sleeve over his mighty arm and blew a lire at the forge, and a moment later the music of the anvil revealed hU euergy. Tim Ilrat Dar of AIL. ' heavy enough for such a snow as this. Having received this command, Samuel put on a fur caji and muHler, and with heavy mittens on his hands went away. "Surely the magistrate will not come today," said a gentle woman, with soft spoken voice. "It is fifteen miles to Xew Haven when the roads are good, but with this snow on them it will be as good as twice as far." "Will not come, mother, did you sayf Before the sun was up the magistrate was on his way, I trow." As he spoke, Abner, spying something that gave him interest, looked intently across the common. At last he said: "Come here, mother, and tell me if that is i not the maid Dorothy that I see yonder in i the doorway of Governor Leete's store." j Tho wife went to tho window, and the eight that she saw caused her to lie silent, ! longing to see more. Across the common, i 200 yards away, stood the store where the 1 governor of the colony, Mr. Leete, had his j , business. The wind had drawn the suow ! against one side of it so high t hat, with the ; overhanging fringe from the roof, there was formed a bank of white, broken in two j ' places by the faint outlines of tho win- - i ' clows. From the door, on another side, 1 there was thrust a heavily hooded head that seemed to be slyly looking each way as if fearful of discovery. At one moment this head was thrust out, and then for an j instant was wit hdrawn to be again put out , a little farther. j At last the door was opened wide and ! there stepped out into the drift the figure 1 of a woman. She was well wrapped and j! the walked wit h ease. I "That is Dorothy," said Mother Ailing. "It i; a strange performance" said Ab- - ii ner. "Why does she come so slyly from I tho governor's store at this early hour i when the men have not yet all gone out to ; break the roads?" 1 jki you not ten isamnei it was a neaven-l- y man? ' "Aye. That Is the truth, I did not mean to sny so much, but I lie not." "Who?" This word was uttered in thun-der tone. . . "I must not say." She spoke gently, but her tones were firm, and when he saw that she would not reply he went away, and at noon the magistrate had come. They came for Dorothy, and led her to the building whence she came so cautious-ly in the morning. Here was the office as .well as the store of Governor lieete, and here t he magistrate held court. There were two or three who had been convicted of offenses, aud among these condemned Ab-ner placed the sweet faced maid. The magistrate listened to theacensations that Abner mado, that sho was deceitful end had spoken lies, and when that was finished the mttgistrate said to her: "You have heard these accusations. Do you deny them?" "In that I have said or done evil know-ingly I do; otherwise it has been as he has said." "Did you say a heavenly minded man had said to you, 'I wish you a merry .Christmas?' ". "I said that. It is true; and he said, 'Re-- joice, for if we rejoice in the death of Christ for us we may rejoice in his birth.'" But she refused to tell who this man was or why she had slyly gonoto the store that morning. The magistrate therefore, look-ing sternly at her, said: "There is no doubt about it. YTou are guilty of a lie and deceit. You will be taken hence, and you will first receive ten lashes, and after that will be put into the pillory for one hour, that your punishment may warn others and convince yourself." The girl seemed not to hear these words. She put out her hand as if for support, and when some one grasped it she seemed not to know it. It was Samuel who had taken her hand, and he stood bv her side. His l.?M AH 'i,U inft1 il few &A , Her l.ltttn Surprise. .. Mr. IJlobbs I suppose this bill is for my Christmas present. Hut where on earth is the present !' Mrs. lilobhs I thought I would surprise you with the bill lirst. The church tWls nn ringing, The eliilibvn ore sharing, The season is bneirnit? Its A'elrome ef elver: No m ire tlieiT is Milling, Kacb snrruu- i liyinjr. Ami clail heart s are trying Thut Christmas is here. 8AMUEL AND DOROTHY. LASilKO. Tutting It IMrMsantly. Tailor Here it. is Christmas time, and yon have owed this bill since last March. Do I understand this to be a refusal, sir? Travers Not at all. It is what I cull a Ciwistmas refraii. "She has a bundle under tier cioaK. 1 ' knevr that Dorothy was a maid disposed to I bo fon I of frivolous things, but I did not j think that she was sly," said the mother. ) "To lie sly means deceit; that, is some thing that must be punished. Ah, there i Is Samuel with the oxen. He breaks the i path well. But now be sees Dorothy, and j will, I trow, stop and speak to her, for I f l,i e surmised, mother, that he likes that maid too well." "Ha iocs, husband." "So l;-'- as he Is my apprentice at the " forge an 1 anvil he shall woo no mnid, least cf all this orphan, who, I greatly fear.with her soft ways, dots cause our governor to relax his duty at times. He even permit-ted her to wear a brooch upon the Iird's iU: V tv must discipline the maid today. Truly I will summon her U fore the magis-- 5 trate, 1 lie not; I will. See, Samuel is peakiiu' with her." The git had gone through the snow un-til she was i:ear the nieetira house, some sixty yards away from the store, aim there he young ma met her. Hu had seen her as i.he came from the store, and alt hough hi r head w;ts well hooded, yet tiej- - n;; 111.111 knew her ad we!! as if he M "m" eyes, that always greeted Mm, and lict h.-c- that "hvays be.'.tiiv. up- Mr' a silu. turned the oii-n- uiucl Deacon Abner went to him at once and reproved him. "You spoke too long with the maid, Samuel. I bade you go and break paths, not to chatter with a frivo- - lous young woman." ."The pat lis are broken." "What did you gad with the maid about f Tell me. Did she tell you why she went out Into the snow so early?" ' "Sho did not. I asked her, but she would not tell." j "Oh, there is some mystery. The maid is deceitful." "Nay, master, Dorothy is not deceitful. A li was never on her Una." "I will accuse her before the magistrate, and when the governor returns home I will narrate this thing she has done." "There is no evil, I am snre; but there is some mystery. Tell me, master, what does it mean when any person says, 'I wish you a merry Christmas?' She said a heavenly minded man had told her that." "Oh, she said that! What heavenly minded inati? She is deceiving you, Sam-uel, and we will know the truth of it. Pay no heed to her words." Then Ahner went away, and with mighty strides crossed the common, and having entered the house of Governor lieete de-- ; vianded that Dorothy lie summoned. j J At this moment there entered the room QUEER AND CURIOUS. A doll at Leipsic writes legible letter and sentences. A school teacher at Herneville, Pa., is but 13 years of age. Cutting off a wife's nose is a favorite mode of punishment by jealous hus-bands in India. A colored woman has sued a Texas newspaper for W damages for having spoken of her as a white woman. In some of the English, law courts the Biblo is wrapped in a clean piece of paper before being handed to a witness. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Johnson, of Telfair county, Cta., have an son who can walk and talk and weighs 03 pounds. A French attorney was writing out a ' brief. He was in splendid health aud was writing rapidly when all at once he etopjied, and from that moment could not tell his own name. Memory went j out f.T.'ra Uim like a flah of lightning, i face was white. He had come into the room in timo to hear the sentence. "It me take her place. If punishment is needed I will bare my back to t he lash, and sit in tho stocks for her," he said. ,rNTo, Samuel;" thus Dorothy spoke. "You cannot take hnr place," said the magistrate. "Then, let me say here before yon all that this nnid shall not be whipped and pilloried. I will kill the mnn who lifts his hand against her," and the young man threw hisarm around the girl and held her inaliriiienibraie. "Do you wish to kill her? Eur if she is whipped it wd!l kill her, and if her me." - Now the magistrate and deputies were amazed, for t hey had never before seen so strange a sight as this, so they consulted with each other what they should do, and they ilxed upon a punishment for the young man. But when they looked up to pronounce sentence on him they saw an-other sight which amazed them even more; for there stood before them a mail of strange ttpieranee. His heard was as white as the and long, like that of a prophet. His hair fell upon his shoulders. His dross was concealed by a long cloak, and he had placed one hand upon the head THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH. Itamtnn. Wlif- - It Is InipoKihle for the Nahetl I'yft to Seo tho UoiiiiiIiiosa. Generally Piieuking, we Fay that the curvature of tho earth unionuts to about seven inches t the tdHtute, mile; more exactly, it is G.iltt inches to the mile, or IM'i'i inches for a mile Any amount of artificial as;dstanco with optical itiHtnuncntri docs not niako it posiblo for tho eye to perceive the least iota of curvature, even though the ;a. is directed frinu the highest cniiiienco. This is liecause the vision is not capable of comparing heights and distance. The effect of the known curvature of tho plolio tuny be illustrated in the following 'iiunner: Take down your glolie, place a book, pjine of glass or even a ruler ugninHt it either of tb 3 two objects first named being best ac'apted to such an oxpori-- I ment: you will observe instantly that the book or pane only touches in one piint, tho globe's nnrfaeo falling away in all directions from the point of con-tact. Now Rupo.se the ocean's surface to be calm and frozen, and a shift of glasn many miles square laid upon it. At one mile from tho phice of cotitact the glass will stand out nearly 8 inches (this measurement being upon the ocean, the mile is 11 nautical one), in fact, will lack Vnt .(MS of an inch of lieing 8 inches from the pane; a three, milt 1 it will bo 11 fii't. at nine miles 51 feet and so 011. The nuinlH'rof feet of depression is equal to two-liiir- of tho square of the num-ber of miles for any observable distance. Tho atmosphere plays an important part in estimating tho visibility of ol)- - ' jects. On this account part of this de-pression must bo canceled to make good the phenomenon of refraction, which causes objects of all kinds to appear higher than they would if there were no atmosphere. Careful measurements have shown that tho error from refraction averages more than of that from curvature. The rule, therefore, commonly used for correction of cur-vature and refraction is: Square tho number of miles and take four-sevent-of it for the correction in feet. Thus, if an object is visible, at a distance of five miles we may know that its height is at least feet. Or, if the height of a visible object is known say 10(1 feet take h of this, multiply by seven and take the square root of the product (which gives the distance of the olvjeeth in this in-stance a fraction of over thirteen miles. A man swimming ii the ocean can per-ceive a tower 200 feet high and nineteen miles away at-- a mere speck on tho hori- - ion; lint if the man were elevated 100 feet above the surface of tho v:ater lie could plainly perceive u tower 100 feet high at a distance of twenty-si- x miles. St. Louis Republic. THE SMUGGLER'S WEDDING. firing a Story of a hrlatuiai of th Long Ago. Down among the cliffs of Devon thosa mighty ones which gnard the southern Knglish coast, eastward from Sidmontb, and not far from the quaint, rock hound village of Vere fsaUd Venn, the come-ly, brown haired fisherman's daughter, reigned over the sturdy hearts of th sea, subjugating alike the brawny flaher lad who swept the channel through tha starlight, nights of winter and the man-- o' war's-ma- home 011 leave, while half tha coast guards lapsed into chronio jealousy, and a few wild .pints, t he special care of t he coast guards, who traded secretly with C'lierlmurg, were among her most ardent admirers. It was on Roliert Dare, young, hand-some, fearless and the most accomplished smuggler of the coast, that Isaliel's choice fell. Devonshire smuggling over fifty years airo was a daring, almost chivalrous, enterprise, and from this and other causes it was tolerated by the people. Many a magistrate has traced his cellar's pride to a Yere llshing boat, and a lord bishop hag sent from afar for the pale French essence en' it had blushed itself brown in bond. Nor were mysterious sources wanting to sup-lil- y the means. When Robert Dare needed funds for a voyage he used to say that ha was "going ip the landslde a little," and that night he would come hack with tha needful. The third week in December, 1k:w, opened a cold, blustering time. Wreaths of fine snow wound round tha doorstepsaud hung over the small.diamond paiied windows of Vere. Times were hard; t he coast guards vigilant. Prudent must defer the marriage of Roliert and Isabel, which was to have come on at Christmas. The cronies of the Ship Inn deplored tha prospect fur the poor and shook their heads in sympathy as mild expiation for their comforting "rummers" of grog. "(jood evening, doctor," squeaked old Solomon Quigley, the parish clerk, J r jrerri! 1r. idm-Ui- ram beaming in. For Dr. liowlhy-cam- e from Hovey manor, whera J.ady l'e had commissioned him to buy a hundred and fifty geese for the Christmas j dinner of the needy. But Kxeterand Honi-to- n had absorbed the supply, so said the farmera present. Then up sioke Robert Dare: "(Jeese are plentiful and cheap in France. I will get them by payment for my time." Dr. liowlby assented, the company ap- - 1 ' - r - "ip tain stared over his long clay pipe at Robert in a look of dazed solicitude. "Good night, my darling Relle," said Robert, kissing her at her father's cottago, "and may good luck attend me. I musj go up the landside a little The Seagull sailed out of the cove of Yere, and in due time sailed back again, a harbinger of good cheer for the poor. "A welcome cargo," said Dr. Bowlby, "Take care of thetn 3 JMght, Roliert." "Yes, a good selection," muttered tho grizzled captain, peering into tho recesse cf the boat, "ve ry good. There is abso lulely nothing but the geese," ha whis-pered dejectedly to himself; then louder to his neighbor: "I say, Mr. Quigley, there is really noth-ing but t he geese, yon know." "Nothing," piped Solomon, "unless there may lie any ganders among 'em." "Hah!" said the captain. And now tha Ship Inn is a bower of evergreens, for to-morrow is Christmas eve. "I hear," observed Mr. Quigley In a low, commanding tone, as he slowly filled his pipe, "that Robert Dare and Isabel Venn are to lie married "Yes," said the doctor, glancing from the punch bowl to the captain; "by license." "I wish I may die," wheezed the land-lord, "if I warn't told that Robert had bought Rose cottage, in Seaford lane." "And he is gone off today for furniture, said the captain; "mysterious, very." "And quite a party is invited to the breakfast at Venn's afore they're off for a Ixmdon honeymoon," gasped the landlord. "There's the wkar and squire and tha doctor and the cappen and Mr. Quigley and I, and some of the littler folks." It was a pleasant wedding breakfast, in whii'h the joy of the young peoplo blended with the happy spirit of Christmas; the flag waved from the tower of the old gray church, aud the notes of the bells floated down the valley until they were lost among the rocks. "It is not true," said Robert In respond-ing to the toast of bride and bridegroom, "t hat I ha e purchased Rose cottage; we are going into an established busiuess at Exeter; but perhaps it is lit that I should explain pome of the features of my last trip across the channel. The sage and onions that will till the geese of our poor friend:, will only succeed a far (tiftorent stllfliliL'. Mv neicliiiors all." and here Roliert. smiled brightly on the grizzled captain, '"stowed in each goose, aud now safe from the Philistines, was several guineas' worth of the most costly lace.'' IaiiiiI was the laughter and cheering, which only subsided as the last toast waa given: "A merry Christmas to all friends hera and everywhere, auu a happy ew Year when it comes!" At this juncture tho g captain, who hud been misse l for a r:: :. cut, reap-peared wi'.hnilorid f.icoaud air. lie had token oil his uniform j.':et witli its gilt buttons and availed liimsa'f of tha' doctor's overcoat. Thus, with a ltgHtned conscience, he joined in the to.wt v..i its' "three times three." j The hen Is of several rcrpectc.l f:milies' In professional aud trade life in the west rl England are the sons and daughters of1 handsome Robert Dare and beautiful Isa-- b iVeuu. .foax ALDZS330VS. The Colors of Clgnri. One of the most interesting things to me, being an exnembor of the trade, is to study the simple little brands or the ends of the cigar boxes in the tobacco-nists' stores and wonder how many of the people who use the contents know the nieamW of the word, "claro," eto. Nowaday a smoker calls for a light, medium vr dark colored cigar us his fancy dictates. To the dealer, however, there is it nicer and more exact method 1 ,,,,. ,.,.r ,1,0 l,.,,lu l f... stance, stands for the lightest shade of all and is mostly found in the cheaper grade of twofers. About the palest in color of the ordinary cigar Is the "Colo-rado." Then conies "Colorado Maduro," next "Maduro," and lastly "Oscuro," which is the darkest, heaviest cigar made. The "Colorado Maduro" and "Maduro" shades are the most sought for in the best grades of domestic cigars, while consumers of imported brands run to "Maduro" and "Oscuro." Tt seems diftlc;-- to get a really good imported cigar that iff not dark colored. All of them are strong, and while many men affect tho darkert, high priced kinds, I beliovo that but few of thorn really enjoy them. As good a cigar as any man need smoke can now be bought for ton and fifteen cents. A few experts may find value and solace in a tin foil covered twenty-fiv- e cent weed, but when anything over a quarter is paid it is money thrown away for ornaments like tin foil, band, fancy lining.s to box, etc. At present prices of tobacco and labor a manufacturer can't put a value of fifty cents is ore cigar unless ho folds in twenty-fiv- e cents' worth of postage stamps, and yet litany people smoke these expensive sorts. Chicago Journal, Terrorized by a lialloon. An account which recently appeared in The Novoe Vromya of a balloon voy-age from St. Petersburg to a point not far beyond Lake Ladoga conveys a striking picture of the benighted con-dition of the Russian peasantry, even within a few hundred miles of the capital. The balloon in question, con-taining a Col. PomostzelT and Count Covanko, descended ut a place called Moustoi, iu the government of Oletz, 800 versts from St. Petersburg, and this is what followed: There was a general panic. The j jieasants thought the anti-Chri- was j descending from the sky, and that the end of tho world was come. Women screamed, children cried and all the ' inhabitants were well nigh out of their! wits iroin tear, ooon rrom me wooit came tho women who had been gather-ing mushrooms, running its fast as their le;,'s could carry them. "A house," they cried, "has coino down from the sky with wonderful strangers in it!" The peasants thereupon hid them-selves in the village as best they could, with tho exception of a few bold fellows, who took their ' hatchets aud cudgels and proceeded cautiously to the forest. It was long before these latter, who as-sisted to convey the apparatus to the village, could prevail upon their fellow villagers to Come out of their hiding places. Tho aeronants spent the night in this village, and in the morning marched back, the bidloou being packed on a sledge, becav.;e there was not a wheeled vehicle in tha place, C!ackening the nose c4 cns trnflcv the eyes has been found ca cectrial pre-ventive of snow blindness, cr the injuri-ous effect cf tho glare from illuminated uiuw upon c. ;s unaccosiaied to it, t f j ir. George F. Root, the composer ot i "Rally Round tho Flag, Boys." i1 other songs, wrote the famous song on the j morning following Lincoln's second call tor t rnot. j : 0 "A. '. The new Canadian novelist, Mr. Thomas Ptinson .farvis, whose novel. "Geoffrey Hampstead," recently has been published, Is a barrister by profession aud a resident f Toronto. ! |