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Peculiar Origin of a Familiar Phrase.
The,phrase "That beats Bob-t?:l" is
not uncommon even now in many parts
of the country, especially in the South.
Its origin is traceable to a race which
occurred about 1840, or shortly before
that year, on the famous Fairfield track
on the Mechanicsville turnpike near
Richmond, Va.
In those days Bob Poindexter lived in
Richmond. He was a sporting man,
wore fine clothes and owned a number of
horses. Among the animals was oue he
named Pizarro, a "plain bay gelding,
with black mane and tail, the latter
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There was nothing extraordinary
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he was advertised to appear on the track
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had been put up on other horses. To
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people went fairly wiid.
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and then went to pieces. For years
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CHRISTMAS.
Oh, the glorious Christmas weather, when
all hearts beep time together,
And we never have a feeling that is not
When the snow is falling:, falling, and the
sound of coasters calling
To their fellows on the hillside echoes
clearly through the night.
How the sleighbells tingle, tingle, while the
snow goes crinkle, crinkle.
And the furs and robes about us hardly
serve to keep us warm;
And our feet and fingers tingle to the music
and the jingle,
As we drive on swiftly homeward through
the thick flying storm.
How the lights shine out to meet us; how the
dogs rush out to greet us,
As we draw up at the gateway; and the
uur&es, ju a di^auu,
Stand there restless, stamping, stamping in
the drifting snow, and clamping
At their bits, impatient of us?like the
shadows in a dream.
How the blazing hickory fire flashes higher,
"higher, higher,
As we pile the wood upon it and draw
closer all around;
And the cracking and the snapping of the
logs, like wood-gnomes rapping
For release from out their prisons, has a
weird and wintry sound.
Oh, the warmth and love within there! Oh,
the stories that we spin there
To the children, of the goblins who live
out in all the snow; .
And at length we leave the fable, and recall
the lowly stable
Where the King of Love was lying many
renturies ago.
Till, as we all sat there thinking, little eyes
' ith sleep are blinking,
And the old dock in the hallway tells of
Christmas come again;
And the whole white earth rejoices as we
bear the angel voices
Sing again the old, old story: "Peace on
earth, good will to men."
Then to wake up at the dawning of a glorious
Christmas morning,
To find everybody happy with the warmth
of Christmas cheer.
Ah, when love is such a feeling, all onr better
selves revealing,
Let us dwell in love forever and have
Christmas all the year.
?James G. Burnett.
TEE CHRISTMAS PIKE.
I
BY MISS L. V. BULLOCK- WEBSTER.
n THERE shall I go for
\/\l Christmas," was a
y V question that much
disturbed my mind
last year; fori had
a 8 * many invitation8,and
only a few
daj8 to spare. I particularly
wanted to
jr=gSs \v<^ be back for the big
dance at The Hawthorns,
and with open weather, and
four good horses in the stable, I
grudged missing even oneday's hunting.
Still a bachelor's huntingbox,
seven miles from anywhere,
was not exactly my idea of the place to
Christmas in; so I turned over in my
mind the merits and demerits of my
various friends' establishments, but
could not come to any conclusion as to
which I intended to honor with my
HVACAn/IO
piw^avv.
The evenirg post settled the matter
for me.
i4The very place," I cried, when just
as I had finished dinner the maid
brought in a letter from my old chum,
Langham Carter, who was home on a
six months' furlough fiom India. He
and I had been close friends at school,
but we had not met again until one winter
when I went out to India for some
tiger and big game shooting. We were
both staying with Sanderson, at Mysore,
and good sport we had. He showed us >
bow to catch elephants, as only he knows
how, and put me in the way of bagging
my first tiger.
"What fun it was! and what a good
sort old George Sanderson is?very few
like him, worse luck,'* I mused, as
Langham's letter recalled that jolly time
wlnoli too had in?nt tnm>th(ir.
"Dear Frank," his note ran, "I am
going down to The Moat for Christmas
and I hope you'll come, too. You can 1
have a good mount on any of the dad's
horses?they are all your sort, -well bred <
and good performers. If you bring a rod
you can catch pikes galore and of sizes
large in the moat. Father and mother
and the girfe (you remember Nellie and
Nora when they were little) will be delighted
to see you once more. Come by
the early train on Christmas Eve and
I'll me you at the station. Don't bother
to write, just send a wire to say you're
coming." ,
60 next morniDg I sent my messa^l,
"Thanks, delighted to come," and flpent
the rest of the day in pleasant anticipation
of the fun I was going to have. If
tQere IB cue imng ? use, or iuve, u?v
to bunting, it is a bit of good fishing,
and a big pike is my especial in the fish
line; so I packed up raj rod and looked
out suitable tackle for the mighty monarcbs
of whom Lang spoke.
It was only midday when I reached
the Carters' station, fori had got up be- I
times. Two very pretty girls were waiting
for me on the platform; and I instantly
recognized cne as an improved
edition of tbe little Nellie I used to chase
and kiss under the mistletoe long ago.
She had been my first love, and we
made all sorts of vows and promises during
the winter holidays that I spent at
The Moat as a boy. Her comptaion was
not Nora?I felt sure of that?but I
thought she was the most beautiful
woman I had ever beheld. Medium
height, and fair, with curly golden hair
under an Astrakan cap, she looked quite
the reeular Christmas-story-book-picture
girl, with the advantage of a merry pair
of sparkling gray eyes and a laughing
face. In her arms she carried a mite of
a toy bull terrier, in a smart red coat.
As I pulled my traps out of the train
Miss Carter came up and shook hands.
"Langham was so sorry he couldn't
meet you. He won't be back till this
evening, so we?let me introduce Miss
Mildred Pal grave, who is staying with
us?thought we'd drive to fetch you in
? J ?.,k
steaa. 1 um uirmu we uc u puui oi.institute
for brother Lang, but you must
make the best of it and take us on our
merits."
Looking at thom I though myself
lucky, and thanked heaven that Lang
could not come, iDgrate I -was.
Mi68 Palgra- u held out a well-gloved
band, saying, *'1 am so glad meet you,
for Langham has told me so many stories
about you as a boy that I quite feel I
know you already. But they tell ma
that I must treat you with respect, for
you're a mighty Nimrod now, and a
slayer of wild beast?.1'
"Not many, I'm afraid. Mere travelers'
tales. Some of dear old Langham's
yarns," answered I, modestly, but I
was sccretly gratified at her taking such
a friendly interest in me.
"You've got to take Mildred and
Goliath (the tinv terrier^ in front and
drive," said Nellie, when my luggage
had been 9towed in the bottom of the
dog cart?and I was expecting to have
to sit behind; UI want to have a rest.
Old Banjo?wc call this cob Banjo because
he is so musical?pulls like a demon
as soon as his head is turned for
home."
Nothing loath, I helped the girls into
their seats, and we were soon at The
Moat, which was only five miles from
tbestation?a,very short five miles, and
I bated Banjo for making the journey
so brief, when 1 snouia nave HKea it to
have lasted forever. My companion
chatted on as if she had known me all
her life, and I fell desperately in love
with her and qnite forgot my boyhood's
sweetheart, who only reminded me of
her presence as we drove up the avenue i
by exclaiming. "This is where you
shot your first rabbit that Suoday afternoon
when we were all at church. What
a row there was about it I Do you re- ?
member? You were both t^d boys in i
those days." On the steps were Nora
and the Squire, who welcjmed me <
heartily, and Mrs. Carter met me with a j
pleasant greeting in the halL In a mo- I
ment I felt "at home," and it seemed 1
more like fifteen months than fifteen i
years since these kindly folks had last ]
seen me. ' j
As we sat at lunch Mr. Carter apologized
for Langham's unavoidable ab - 3
sence, and asked me if I cculd console i
myself with the pike foi one afternoon. ]
"They are all on the feed," he said, ?
"and Jobnson, the keeper, has got some 1
nice roach. I want you to try and catch ]
the Patriarch. Old Jacob, as we call
him, is a huge brute who abides by the
island. He is wily, but as no one has I
fished the place for a year we are hoping ]
he'll crive vou a show. Last year be i
broke two of my, friends, one o( them i
twice, and they swore he must be fifty i
pounds at least. He ate a good-sized |
A Christjvia
jtQii
Old Christmas comes i.
With frozen thumbs, ,
His long beard white with snow;
'Tis right good cheer
His knock to hear,
And grief to have him go.
duck last summer, and we picked up a c
half dead carp not long ago that weighed
over fifteen pounds, and had a big hole 1
in its side like a caver a. No doubt it J
wa3 old Jacob's work." I
I almost forgot Mildred in my excite- T
ment, and directly lunch was over rigged *
up my pet old rod, made of a bamboo
I bad brought from India, where it had
killed many a goodly mahseer in the *
swift Joaldoka, and put on live bait 1
tackle of abnormal strength and size.
Johnson and I were soon in the punt, ?
and began at the foot of the moat where
the water was shallow. I mounted a nice
roach, fresh and lively, of about two *
ounces, and under the keeper's inetruc- (
tions tried a bit or water beside a log. 1
My float was scarcely settled when I had j
a pull, and knew I was into a good fish,
and after a few minutes a respectable tenpcunder
was in the boat. On the way up 1
I caught two more and then came the 1
haunts of the Patriarch, and we grew
cautious and slow.
"No use trvintr a small bait for him,
sir. Put on the very largest in the
well."
So, dutifully, I selected one that was
fully half a pound weight, and, following
Johnson's directions, swung it well
out into a deep hole at the mouth of a
backwater that ran round a little island
in front of tbe house.
"That's the place, just where your float
is now," cried the squire, who with tbe
girls had come down on the lawn to
watch the fun.
A charming group they made?.that fine
old country gentleman, tbe picture of
health and good nature, with three prettj
girls. staDding by mm, ana l/oq, his
sedate old pointer, at his heels; while
gayly frolicking round them all was the
irrepressible Qoliah, who seemed to imagine
that the whole party had come out
entirely for his gratification and amusement.
As my bait touched the water
the excitable little dog pricked up his
ears, and advanced ot the water's edge,
surveying it critically as if he fancied it
might be some vagrant water rat with
whom it was his duty to do battle.
"Come to heel, Qoliab, come to neei, |
called Mildred. "You'll tumble in and
catch jour death of cold.''
But she called in vain, he heeded not
her warning, and I almost forgot
my fishiDg, so taken up waa I with
watching the comical little beast, as he
j dodged about the bank in fussy impor- ,
r
tance, bis red jacket contrasting prettily
with the dry grass and weeds.
My bait was so big and lively that it i
kept the float moving: brisklv, constantly
pulling it under, and as I had no spare
corks I was obliged to let it go, hoping
that a sensible patriarch would discriminate
between a bony roach and a float i
? j e? il. * _ ?1
aim preier iae lurmer, iu spue ui wo
attractive red top of the latter.
However the eccentric vagaries of the
said red top attracted all Master Goliath's
attention, and each time the float
bobbed up he gave a little jump and a
yap in unison. At length his excitement
grew so intense that we all burst out
laughing. To him it appeared no laughing
matter, but a serious subject which
required investigation, and when the
bright red top disappeared longer than
usual he could stand it no more, but
jumping with a dash, regardless of the
bitter cold water,swam out for the point
where he last saw the float.
Mildred's face was a study. "Oh, my
poor little dog 1" she cried. "Do get
him out at once, Mr. Galloway, and
kirn ?*> 1 Aftft A wnnmflnf ^ 1
UJ-lUg U1LU lUi 1/UU li 1UOO a UiVUIbUW> %
As well as his laughter would let him
Johnson was paddling to meet the bold ]
swimmer, and I leant readv in the bowe, i
with my sleeves turned up, to grab him i
as soon as he was near enough. . His 1
round, little head and big eyes and red s
coat made him look like some strange ?
new water-baby come to view the world.
When be was within six feetof the boat, ?
md I was just making ready for the 1
?rasp, there was a mad swirl that sent
the water flying into my face, a rush, a 1
iiuge pair of jaws swept the surface, and i
in a moment the Patriarch had pulled ^
poor Goliah under the water, and he was
l<njt fit nur nicrlifrl ?
All the girls screamed in chorus, and ^
Mildred gave such a weird, wild, ago- * a
nized cry, as she saw her iarlkig disap- c
pear to certain death, that I felt almost a
is if I were a murderer; for had I not a
seen fishing this would never have hap- I
pened.
Johnson had all his wits about him. c
"He's gone for his hold there under e
;he willow," said he, driving the slow 1
punt forward, and plunging the pole 1
Jeep into the water in hopes of frighten- 1
ng the monster off his prey. As he did {
so up came fish and dog, the latter strug- j
?ling gamely, bnt still held across his c
Is Pudding. J
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The children dance, j
And the babies prance. j
For the tiniest; toddler knows c
'Tis a world of drums ?
And dolls and plum?, ^
"Where the jolly old pilgrim goes.
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juariers in the crael jaws. r
I could not help myself?in a moment r
' dived from the punt right on to them, t
tnd quick aa thought with my left hand g
grabbed Goliath by the collar, whilst c
vith my right I struck a heavy blow t
icross the pike's jaws, whic made him (
eave go. t
Johnson seized my hand as I turned g
ound, and was helping me into the ^
Hint wnen tne Jfatriarcn, wiuny enragea j
it losing bis p*ey, made another dash, a
jrasping my arm just above the wrist in t
iij effort to get ac tbe dog. But bis ^
Nemesis bad come. Johnson had the f
;aff in bis band, and did not lose a sec- t
)nd in gaffing Master Jacob behind the c
iboulders. Luckily it was one of tbe j
)ld fashioned, bome made ones?a huge
look big enough to gaff sharks, with a (
aig holding barb on it?and struggle g
ind fight as he might the monster could ,
not get away. ' j
Meanwhile I had chucked the half f
ilead Goliath into the punt and straggled j
in myself; then, slipping a cord over the j
fish's tail, we soon bad him in the boat,
where a judicious tap on the head with ]
a leaded "pike stick" settled his hash. ,
The sight of his enemy seemed to bring s
new life into Goliath, and seiziog him ,
by a fin he shook and shook to his y
l?Aovf*a r?/\r\tor?t nm'fA nhlivimu af his
own broken leg and torn sides. ,
WheD we touched the shore I J
scrambled out with the plujiy little ,
terrier in my urras and restored him to <
his anxious mistress, who thanked me ,
ueartily and gratefully while she
showered, kisses upon her rescued treas- (
ure. I j
The squire hurried me off to the house,
wisely thinking that a hot bath would i
prevent any evil effects from this cold (
dive. My coat sleeve had protected my
arm so well that a few deep scratches 1
were the extent of my ills, and I felt as
if I would erladlv have lost a hand to ,
be thunked once more like tnat by my ,
darling Mildred. For I quite regarded
nfim on mr n?jn nnri determined I
Utl ".J ,
would propose that very night . alter
dinner.
For the first time in my life I felt
grateful to the uncle who had worked ;
hard and left me the money which hXd j
made my life so easy and pleasant; and '
I kept repeating to mysell the old
adage, "Enough for one is enough for ,
two," and thinking how I should spend
next Christmas at home, and how
Mildred and I would ask Langham and
~s
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Nellie and Nora to stay with us, and
how we would talk over this day's pro- ?
ceedings, and enjoy ourselves. tl
By the time I had dressed I felt quite [j
"good," and had no doubt9 at all about a
tne i mure.
"Tea is served in the drawing-room," /
3aid the pretty parlor maid, "and the
ladies are waiting."
"How's Goliath?" askad I.
"All right, air. Johnson has set his
leg, and tied up his wounds, and he's I
(Joing nicely. He is asleep now, sir, on
Miss Palgrave's lap."
"Say I'll be down in a minute," I answered.
And as soon as I brushed my
iair, and tied my scarf to my satisfacion,
I stalked down stairs as if I was
walking on air, to receive the renewed
:hanks of my idol, and to try and tell
3er that my life was at her service.
As I atfilked into the drawinc room
Langham rushed forward and shook me
warmly by the hand, exclaiming, "I am
10 glad to see you, Frank, you dear old
xiao. A thousand thanks for your boldiess
in rescuing Millie's pet. She treasire?
that little brute above creation?"
For a moment I was thunderstruck. (
tfy dream was over! Fool that I was, /
t served me right, and good seDse soon j
-eturned. Heartily could I congratuate
theru both on their good fortune, ,
ind I hope no one ever guessed my dis- ?
ippointment. ]
"Bar one thing," Mildrei broke in,
is she slipped her hand caressingly into I
lis arm. ]
4 'And rays it's just because I gave it to
ler," continued Langham. "You know
t ww my first present to her after we
vere engaged."
When he had done talking over our
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lutculuic, auu rsayiu^ uuw uunumui wo
vere that it bad terminated so well, we
ill went out to inspect the foe, the sight
>f whom made Goliath bristle with rage,
ind struggle to get out of his mistress'
irnu, and attack once more his would>e
murderer.
Certainly he well deserved the name
>f the Patriarch. He weighed fortysight
pounds and was long and lean and
ank, with jaws like a crocodile. Had
le been in condition in proportion to his
ength he would have weighed fully sixty
xmnds, and I felt quite proud of having
>layed even a subordinate part in the
capture of such a monster.
Johnson got a couple of sovereigns
rom Langham for his share, and well he
leserved it. If it bad not been for his
jrnmpt action I believe old Jacob would'
lave snatched Goliath from my arms and
eft his mistress la-lamenting.
We spent a jolly evening, and never
tave 1 enjoyed a Uhrismas more tnan i
lid that one, though this year I fancy it
ay prove even pleasanter still; for now
am going as Nellie's accepted lover.
)on't laugh; in spite of one day's infatlation
for her friend I discovered that
t was Nellie, my first and only sweetleart,
that I really cared for, and the
[irl I loved as the boy of twelve I now
ove with the strong and lasting love of
aanhood.
Oh, yes, the Patriaich and Goliath,
rhat became of them! Goliath went
ut to India six weeks later, when his
nistress married my old friend, and I
m afraid he will carry the marks of that
lay's adventure till his death. I trust
ie may never again encounter so cruel a
oe, for a pluckier little dog was never
rrapped in a skin.
And the Patriarch? We ate some of
iim on Christmas Day. In life he was ,
Brrible, ana in death he was horrible;
lay I never caste so vile a fish again,
'eace be to histmemory, we ne'er shall
jok upon his like again. His skin is
tuffed, and holds a place of honor in
iv hftlL and I look uDon him. indirect*
y, as the means of giving me my love.
What's Nellie like? Well, my friends,
ou'lleee next year when we are maried,
and then you'll agree with me that
he is the sweetest girl in the world.?
lolly Leaves.
The Origin of Christmas.
The actual date of the instution of
Christmas Day as a feast day is indeed ob- 1
cure. The best authorities have it that
t was established by a decretal letter of i
}upe Telesphorus. The date of the deree
is uncertain, but as this Pope died
^ "* 00 OAmo artrt nf a
k. D. 100 OQe UtU junivg dviuw bv*. w
;ues8.
, The reasons for making the birthday i
if Christ a feast day were many. One
eason, however, was found in the saciligious
manner in which the Saturnalia,
he old Roman festival in honor of
iatan, was celebrated. This festival oc:ured
in December, at about the time
hat Christmas now occurs, and under
he Roman emperors who reigned at the
ime of the death of Christ it was a
aturnalia in all that the term implies,
leginning on the 18th of December and
asting seven days. Feasting, revelry
,nd the most sacrilegious feasts and fesivals
were freely indulged in by all, the
listinctions of rank being for the time
orgotten and the utmost freedom perto
all classes, no bjsiness what
ver being done while the Saturnalia
asted.
That such heathen festivities should be 0
li3tasteful to the early Christians is not
urprising, and so it was that Christmas
vas instituted as a Christian feast day in
lonor of Christ. The Saturnalia as a
east day is gone and forgotton, but
Christmas we have still with us, and are ?
ikeiy to bave for all time.
To us Cnristmas means the 25fn of
December, and the 25th of December
"11-- A! nf nK.
neans Christmas. me bUUU^'uw vi vw .
lerviog Cnristmas on any other day
-vould seem more than queer now. It
vas, in fact, at that time the most movible
of feast days. In fact, there was a
lood deal of uncertainly and a good
leal of discussion among the wise men
is to the exact date of tho birth of
O'arist. And sc no fixed date was settled
on.
It was not until the fourth century
that the 25th ot December was finally
Sxed as being the date of the Nativity.
?. .??,.ori?0 nf Cvril of Jerusalem an
tt.1 LUC lUatauuv y _
investigation was had. The theologians
af the East and the West made a careful
inquiry, and after studying the taoles of
the censors at Rome it was agreed that
December 25 was the dace of tnc birth
of Christ. The opinion was by no means
unanimous, we are told, but the bulk of
it was in favor of December 25, and December
25 it was aud is yet. And it is
because of the decision of tiie wiso meu >
who settled the day for us some 1500
years ago that we are bow celebrating
Christmas on the 25th of December.
Montana never put up more hay than
Bhe has this past season, ana tne quaiuy i
of the hay was never better. Thousands
of tons were put up without being J *'
touched by a sprinkle of rain. ]
A Mnmmotb Competition.
$61500 in prizes for the beet seven stories was
rhat The Y'-uth'* Companion onerea: *xwu ior i
lie best Serials and $1500 for the best Folk-lore
ilea. No less than 2863 stories competed for
hese prizes. The successful stories are }ust anounced
to appear in 'Ihe C<rmitaninn during 1893
By sending $1.75 at once you will obtain the
aper FKEEtoJan. and for a full year,to Jan.w.
lddresbthf-Yoi'th'* Companion. Boston,Mass
leware of Ointment* tor Cntarrk That
Contain Mercury, 1
Is mercury will sureljfcestroy the sense of
mell and completely derange the whole aysem
when entering it through the mucous suracea.
Such articles should never be used ei:ept
on prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will ao is ten tola to
he good you can possibly derive from them.
lalTs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Jheney & Co., Toledo, 0.,contains no mercury,
knd is taken internally, and acts directly upon
he blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
n buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
hegenuine. It is taken internally, ana made
n TnlpHn Ohio hv F .T f!hprpv Ar Pn
Br Sol4 by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
HaVe Yoa Asthma f
Dr. R. Schiff mann, St. Paul, Minn., will mail
1 trial package of sichiffmann's Asthma Cure
ru to any sufferer. Gives Instant relief in
proret cases, and cures where others fail,
tfame this paper and send address.
"Tbat unrivalled complexion,'1 said a promlient
New Yorker, alluding to a lady acquaintance,
"was the resait ot usintf Garfield Tea."
Send for free sample to 819 West 45th Street,
New YoTk City.
Bfecham's Pilub cure bilious and nervous
illness. Beecham's Mils sell well because
ihey cure. 25 cents a box. u
ONE BWJOYS
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
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and fevers and cures fcabitual
constipation. Svrup of .Figs is the
only remedy of ifa kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste and acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
pffertn. nrennrpyJ nrrlv frnm most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who
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