NE W Y C U A ER 1PRICE 1.50 A YDR
ESTABLISHED 1865.
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CHRISTMAS MORNING.
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Down the cold and barren~stairs,
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0 TIUE younger genier
ation who know New
York only as it has
. been for twenty years
past, growing better
all the timDe despite the
sneers of pessimists, it
ssible to realize that only a few
arther back there was such a C
*the center of the city as the Five 8
Nowadays it does not take un
ourage fo'r a moderately athletic ~
walk alone in broad daylight
..h any public street in the city.
? it.was not safe to do so, arnd even
.emien rarely ventured alone after
'into the region known by the old
stie. Now the horse cars run through
center of it: Broad streets have been
~tisrough,. and old buildings replaced ~
,ith new. Factories~ and stores stand ~
- where were formerly tumble down rook
'eries, that had stoo)d since the last cen- 1
turv. and that were swarming with the
most degraded poor and the most desper
ate criminals. When the Rev. WV. C. Van
M~eter,-withh a few friends as earnest and
determined as hinmelt, first started a
mission school within the borders of this
valley of the~ shadow of crime, he was
repeat&ly warned by the police of the
danger3 he inictrred, and it was some
time after the werk was st.arted before
he dared to t,.ke, even under escort, in
the middle o :he day, the ladies who
were anxious to aid by teaching in the
school. It seems now like a story of a
foreign land and another age, but I saw
in 1834 or 18'>3 a party of a dozen ladie
and gentlenwn mobbed as they started
homeward fromn the school one Sunday
noon. hustled into the~stroet and assailed
with volleys of obscene oaths and rotten
vegetables. and so beset by a horde of
half drunken men and women that they
were glad to escape with whole bones
ad ruined garmnents. . And the police
seemed powerless to prevent or punish
such outrages, for this was no unusual
ocurrectie.
The region about whiat is now Paradisee
squzare, for the distance of a couple of
blocks in every direction, was honey- 1
comibed with blind alleys and secret pas
sages, some of them running under- y
&round from one block to another. Iti
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anid to pleas
as a city of refuge for criminals, and,
1ough they warred and preyed upon
ne another with entire lawlessness, they
:>mbined as a unit to protect any one
mong them from the processes of the
LW. Aside from the criminals the pop
lation consisted almost entirely, if not
uite so, of the poverty stricken, for
ire poverty and desperate crime then,
s very often in history, went hand in
and.
The children, who were coaxed one by
e into the mission schoolroom, were
crowd of little savages. Their -ignor
nce was something amazing. It was
ot very uncommon to find among them
oys and girls ola or 7 years old who
id not know their full names, but who
outly declared that "Sally" or "Bill"
,as the only name they had, and once
r twice children were found who actu
ly did not know whether they had ever
ad fathers and mothers. Some had no
omes. God only knows how they kept
live, for they slept in holes and corners,
nd fed like vagrant cats and dogs on
rhatever they could beg, find or steal.
mpossible? Certainly it is, but it is
ue, nevertheless.
Among the wildest and shyest of all
ho came in was a boy who was the
riginator of at least one famous joke,
aough without intention. The teacher
sked him his name and he said it was
eorge. Being asked what his last name
as he said that was his last name.
"But you must have another name,"
rged the teacher. "Is it George Smith,
r George Johnson, or George What?"
"Nope," he said, shortly. "'Taint
,eorge What, nor George Nothin', it's
eorge. I hain't got no oder name."
But the joke came when the teacher,
'ishing to know whether he had learned
nything at all, asked him, "Do you
now who made you?"
At the same instant a boy behind him
tuck a pin Into George. Such tricks
ere very common among the little sav
ges, but it did not hurt any the less be
ause itwas not unusual. George jumped
rom his seat and shouted at the top of
is voice "Goddemitey."
"Well, that's right," said the teacher, h c
'ho had not noticed the trick. "But sI
on't shout so." The story was told fo
fterwards, with enlargements, until it dr
ecame a "chestnut" many years ago. at
It was a long time-some months-be- vc
re the teachers could learn much about a
1e boy, for he was distrustful to the
st degree. He kicked the Rev. Mr. ha
'an Meter on the shins very violently, in
rid twisted himself away like an eel th
hen that gentleman, according to. hi s
abit, laid his hand affectionately on the Sa
)'s shoulder. George thought he was Jw
ing to be beaten, and took his usual gS
recaution of eluding the preliminary th
old. He had, it seemed, never known nc
-hat it was to have anybody take hold fa
him in kindness, and was no more to
e handled than a young bird or a squir- m
1 There was hardly anything, in fact, in
1at he did know, as the good mission re;
eople reckoned knowledge. IIe knew e
ow to swear fluently, as his acci-I hc
entally correct answer as to his Ig
[aker indicated, but he did not TI
now, and it was a long time be- st<
>re he could be made to understand, .
aat swearing was wrong. In fact, he Ith
id not know what wrong was. So far
s his experience of life went, every
ody did precisely what seemed at the
ioment desirable to do, unless pre
ented by superior physical force, or by
odily fear. Stealing was to him a per
ctly legitimate mode of acquiring any
biing that lhe might happen to want,
nd the only reason why it should be
one secretly was that too much osten
tion about the act was apt to provoke
terference on the part of the owner,
'ho might and probably would want
be article himself. Lying was simply
be easiest way of concealing anything
bat he (lid not care to reveal, and the
nly inkling he had of the objectionable
haracter of the act was that anybody
whom he told a lie would beat him
vagely if he did not lie cleverly
nough to escape detection. As to the
abbath, the first knowledge he had of
e difference between one day and an
ther came from his noticing that once
a a while these people who had whole
lothes on and who spoke gently came
ato the neighborhood and opened the
ttle mission room and tried to get the d
hildren to go into it.
George was among those who were. C
oaxed in with much difficulty, but after
oing once he went regularly. The room it
;as clean and pleasant, and as the au
umn days came on there was a store
ut in and a fire made it warm. Thait
'as a novelty to him-being allowed to f
it urdisturbed in a warm room. The
tory the good teacher obtainedl from
imn after winning his confidence was
p~alin'g by its very absence of detail;
ut it was only one of many like stories,
adl she0 ('ould do very little to alleviate
he miery that w'as all arour9i her. hi
Gerge' lived with a woman whom lhe T
ed been taught to call Aunt Sally. o
'hethe'r she was his aunt, who his
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3atters concerning which he absolutely h<
:new nothing, even by hearsay. Aunt si
sally was negatively good to him. it ap- ba
aered. She did not beat him, except- tI
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everybody. 4 Economy.
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away all ouqhC
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wever, much of the time. She let him Ii
ep in her room, and when she had CIo
od she gave him some. When she was ia
inking heavily she did not bother me
out eating, and George had learned, as Ha
ung as he was, to keep away from her, yoi
d get his food for himself. How or in
zen he got it, only God's ravens could w
ve told. Such cases are not as common the
New York as they were twenty-five or ch,
irty years ago, but they are found now wh
d again, even in these days. Who Aunt ma
ily was, or why she took any interest hoi
iatever in him, he knew nothing about. wh
e was a fact, and her interest, faint aul
ugh it was, was a fact, and he had fat
t come to the age of reasoning about I
,ts. He only recognized them. he
De day-and it chanced to be Christ
is eve-a lady and gentleman appeared w
the little room as visitors. They had b
id of the mission work, the gentleman a
plained, and had come from their
me in a nearby city to see it and tot1
re what little help was in their power. hem
Lere was a story back of it, but this w
>r was not told till afterward. Their
me was not Harrison, so I may call bu1
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"M wife." said Mr. Harrison, "is nu
infully, ohnost morbidly, anxious to pri
everything she can for poor children, thi
pecially for orphans. And about
ristmas time she seems especially sue
~rvous about it. There is a story about kn
of course, biYit is too long and tooth
tinful to tell now." This to Mr. Van
eter, whose earnestness in his chosen stc
ork made him rejoice in every new
rund friend, and whose enthusiasm was ag
Intagious-.a
Before long the story was known. th~
rs. Harrison's father was a wealthyfc
anu facturer, whose two daughters
ere the children of different mothers,
id developed as they grew to woman
od strikingly different characteristics.
ie elder one. Sarah, was the daughter
'his first wife, who had deserted him
id her infant child to run away wvith
ie of hi clerks, Hie knewv little of her
ory after her fiight, but in the course
a year and a half he learned that she
d een forsaken by her lover and had
unged into such a terrible course of
ssipation that death had been merci
ily speedy in overtaking her. A year
ter he married the second time.
Again a de ughter was born to him,
ni as the two children grew up they
ere treated. as nearly as possible, ex
tl alike. Everything that money
luld buy, or affection dictate, was at
eir command, and every Influence of
finement and educationi was exerted to
them for a high place in society, but
hether it was some taintQn the blood,
a morid broodit.g over a mother's
a and shame, something led the elder -
mghter to turn away from good and
ek evil from her early youth. The
ther sought in every way possible to
ert the misery which he foresaw for tn
and for her, but it was of no a
a -ward youth was followed
~-~~ ness as the unhappy W
r r home, and would of
en ~ iof her time there.
i t ' ged absences which fal
e f' every way to con
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-ly painful way. Among the gentle
a who visited at the house was Mr.
rrison, and it happened that, while the cb
mger daughter was the one he sought dr
marriage, both the girls fell in love he
,h him. Sarah's passion was none
less violent because of its lawless
racter and its utter hopelessness. and Po
en she learned that her sister was to h<
rry the man she herself loved, she left
ne finally, after a terrible scene in to
ich she swore vengeance, defied all
hority, and spurned the love of her
her, mother and sister. *
'or three years nothing was heard of ry
Her father, old before his time s1
h sorrow, mourned for her truly, and u
ald at any time have received her
:k with open arms, but no word came,
I he knew too well the futility of fo
ing to track her or to lure her home t
din. At last one evening she presented m
self and demanded an interview, it
ich was readily granted.
t was behind closed doors, and no one
the father ever knew just what
sed between them. He told his wife
daughter, however, the substance or
Sarah had demanded a portion of his
tune, and had offered for it to hide ki
self from him forever, to take another
ne and lead her own life in her own
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'I told her," said the sorrowing man.
iat she should always have a horne
;h me, no matter when she came to
im it, and that I would never see her
nt for anything if she would come
k to zme, but that, if she persisted in , t
life she plainly said she proposed to .
3 I would do nothing for her before P~
after my death. And then she left C
saying it was forever, and cursing()
-cursing me, her father, who even*
v would die for her if need be."
or a time after this nothing was heard
the prodigal. Then one Christmas
she wreaked her hate, or vengeance.
he chose to call It, in an awful crime.
s. Harrison's only child, a boy not i
ite three years old, was in one of thet
blic parks of the city, in charge of a i
rse, when Sarah approached, and, by ti
tending a violent fancy for the child, S
-ewv the careless servant off her guard. 18
.ether she bribed the girl, or really ti
~ceeded in tricking her, was never IV
own, but it was two hours later when d(
Lt frightened individual reported to a!
s. Harrison that her boy had been d~
t would be impossible to describe the '
ny of the parents, and useless to de- u~
1 all the circumstances of the search W
it was made. The servant gave a suf- -
ently accurate description of the
ange woman, whom she had never
n before, for the family to know~ who CI
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St'CH ACHIRIST3!AS.
Skidnapper was, but Sarah had bad
sulicient start to get on a train for c
w York, and all efforts to trace her .
re ineffectual. Had the newspapers
?fn at that time learned the particulars
the story it would have becojine as fa
>us as the Charlie Ross case, but the
nly shrank from the exposure that
ud have been inevitable, and thoug~h ti
the decive skil that enuld be pro- th
us. A con
red was employed, no publication w
de in the press.
iix years had passed from the day t
r was stolen when Mr. an i Mrs. Ht
on entered the little mission school
Five Points. It was her own l<
Lt had made her so peculiarly anxio
benefit poor children; but, though s
.s forever searching for her own lit1
e. both she and her husband had
)st given up the hope of ever findi:
n. While Mr. Harrison was talki:
thI Mr. \'n Mieter, however, her ea
:s were scanning the faces of all t
rs i: the room.
4.didenly she turned pale. "C
orge!" she said, or gasped, rather, a:
thout anotlher word she flew rath
L: ran to the other end of the roo:
opping on her knees in front of t
r little waif who had, drifted in
angely, she seized him with both han
a looked eagerly, almost wildly, it
eves. -
'What is your name?" she said tot
.rtled child.
-George." he said.
'George what?'
"I dunno," he answered, beginning
r, for he had developed a sensitiven<
out his lack of a proper complime
names, and, moreover, he was h.
ghtened by the now -frantic womai
ange behavior.
3uddenly she tore open his jacket a
a poor, ragged shirt he had on, a:
>king on his breast found the birl
irk she sought. Then, quick as a fia
:he whole thing happened so quic
it it was over before her husba
ched her side-she gathered him ir
r arms, dirt, rags and all, and kiss
n until it seemed as if she were tryi
devour him. Then, of course, s
nted.
It did not take long, though, for t
aer ladies in the room to bring 1
ck to consciousness, and then such
ne as is rarely witnessed in this woi
t an end to anything like the ust
er of exercises. Mr. Harrison n
turally a little slower than his wife
:ognize ti,e child, but only a little, a
o bewildered boy was shortly e:
aced and kissed as few children in t)
)rld ever have been.
uch a prayer as Mr. Van Meter utti
while the- tears streamed down ]
eeks and every person in the ro<
opped on his knees, has seldom be
and even from his eloquent lips, a
a few more minutes Mr. Harrison pi
sed to leave. It was obvious enou
him Ahat he had to take his ch
me, but the good missionary was t
ll acquainted with the neighborho
let him go unattended.
"You would be mobbed before you h
net block, if the people saw you c:
ing away the child," he said, and
is presently arranged that a policem
ould be summoned to escort the pai
> to Broadway, and a ,carriage shot
taken there.
This was done as quickly as possib
r there was real danger of trouble
news had been spread through t
igborhood before they got away.
happened, however, all passed
.ietly, and little George had seen suc
ristmas as he had never dreamed o
"Aunt Sally" was found, and evi
ort was made to induce her to refor
e consented to go home, but .whetl
e remained there or not I do
Low.
Snsational as anything in fiction, if
st? Yet, excepting in. some few deta
is a true story.
A Moneyless ChrIstmas.
A Christmas without spending mon<
idwinter holidays without dolls or p
re books, tops, toy cannon or jumpi
ks, colored candies or any "st<
esents" of any kind whatsoev
nist's nativity celebrated without
ristmas tree or a Christmas carol o:
theing of the children-no evergre
rub sparkling with glass, no Sai
aus and no pantomime. Could suci
ing be in a Christian land?
Yea, verily.
And it is not so very long ago tI
st such a Christmas was the r'ule
re-fourths of the United States-mn
is the rule now in consierable s
ms where there are no large tow:
easily do we get accustomed to wI
and so naturally do children belit
at the system they first noticed has
iys been the system, that most peo:
not know, and even the older o:
a forgetting, that the Christmas of
.y is comparatively a new thing.
But what was the old time Christm
.d with what sights~ and sounds war
hered in? Well, in the first place
as-in all the rural regions at any r;
a time when no money could
vasted.'' Children must have th
n without extra expense, save as es
ild had carefully saved his penni
3to deliberately handing out a h
liar to a boy for Christmas-the av
father would as soon have thoug
giving him a deed for the farm.
is a season for rabbit hunting and slI
rig if there was snow enough, and
ding if there was ice, for a good d
r and an extra piece of pie, and the
rhaps. for some home made present
A little later toys began to come it
about 1850-in the central west, a
ch toys! Blocky horses, square ce
red cows, dogs made of clay and bum
ack in the fire, and so forth and
rth; a collection of them now wot
row a group of children into conv
ns of laughter. Be it remember
at less than fifty years ago Cincinns
>uisville and St. Louis were the oj
:ies really known to the great mass
ople living west of Ohio and north
*nnessee. and nine-tenths of the peo
der 24) years of age had never seer
:v of 10,000 inhabitants. And in th<
ys rural America celebrated Christn
erally without money and with<
x.'h) price.
Plenty of people who do not like to
led old can recall the time when,
Sthe book stores of the rural regio:
two o:r three kinds of "story bool
uld be found, and as to holiday bo<
.d holiday goods as such-well, ti
ul be found in the cities, probab
t not one child in a hundred, taki
Everbodyu to
come and see
Models of taste
lial welcome, t
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g Chria,tm:s Decorations.
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r. The decorations for the Christmas
in festivities should be, especially in the
as churches, typical and representative of
us the divine love and mercy and good
be ness, which made itself manifest in
le human form upon the earth in order
Ll to draw us back to the lost paths of
righteousness, love and peace.
er The evergreens, which retain their
he greenness through all the changes and
seasons, are therefore naturully the
h, be.st foundations for decorative pur
ld poses. All kinds of evergreen are used;
most common among them are the
e ever present holly, the bay and laurel,
typifying peace and victory; the lau
which signifies immortality.
so and, when procurable, the rosenary in
ds token of "remembrance." Ivy is some
.to times used, but many reject it because
it was always bound above the brows
he of Bacchus and was always found as
the essential element in the decorations
of the Bacchanalian revels; but it has
also the signification, "everlasting life,"
and as an emblem of these it may be
to introduced on any, even the most sa
s cred, occasion. Mistletoe is, I believe,
nt quite universally excluded from the
dlf church on account of its inseparable
i's association with the rights of the
Druids.
ad Evergreen crosses are generally con
ad structed upon a frame work of wood;
for flower crosses there are tin frames,
which are made to hold water and
sh thus better preserve the freshness of
ly the blossoms. For screens and chaneel
ad work wooden frames are generally used,
to and these also are kept from festival to
ed festival, so as to be always ready for
ig use. Stars, wreaths, triangles, crosses,
he anchors, &c., are all appropriate for the
church, and decorated texts and scrolls
he of suitable inscriptions always form a
er part of the decorative work. Masses of
greenery and banks of flowers look well
a about the pulpit; but care should be
- exercised in placiig these that no
lal prickly branches shall be where the
'as officiating clergyman might touch
to them and wound his hand. Great care
ad should also be taken that the decora
a. tions about the gas brackets or candel
>s abra are so placed that there can be no
danger of fire.
In the home the expression of indi
vidual tastes and lighter fancies may
11s find fuller and freer expression. The
m same decorative plants are used, with
en the addition of sport-producing mistle
ad toe and more varied and brighter col
-o- ored blossonis-for pure white, the
gh type of innocence, purity and holiness,
td appear more appropriate for the sanc
00 tuary.
od In many homes, as well as in many
churches or Sunday-school rooms, the
Christmas tree is a very important and
a enjoyable part of the Christmas festivi
L- ties. A simple evergreen branch, with
it two or three bits of candle,a few bright.
an papers or cards, perhaps an apple or
ty two and a few cakes, or possibly stray
Id candies, often, I doubt not, waken a
feeling of perfect delight in the hearts
of thuse little ones whose daily life
Ssees scarcely any brigrhtness which is
unknown to those who are accustomed
he to having elaborate and costly Christ
As mans trees and gifts. Yet to all the
of pleasure is very great an unmistakable:
na and the history and meaning of Christ
.mas to the follower of Christ should
ry never be allowed to be lost sight of.
m. The foliage of a C'hristmias tree may
ier be brushed here and there with mucil
iot age, then sprinkle conmmron salt upon
it, and a very pleasing result is attained.
A very pretty drapery for the tree is
made by cutting long strips, about four
I'inches wide, of tissue paper, then cut
ting it closely partly, but not entirely,
across the wid th, nmaking fringes; if the
strips then be dampened and held over
a hot stove the fringed edges will curl
7and make it. quite ornamental: Strings
ic- of cranberries and of popcorn are also
ng much and effectively used for this pur
>re pose, as wvell as chains of gold and sil
er! ver paper, tinsel and chains made of
a little intertwined rings of different
-a bright colored paper. Pine cones var
en nished and sprinkled with salt, or
tabronzed, are very ornamentail; while
tanuts wrappIed in tinfoil or gold paper,
1 a and emplty egg shells adorned with de
caleomtanihe pictutres, tiny balloons, bi rd
cages, coaches, stars, et'c., may be mnade
iat ofstiffppaper anid covered with some
in that is guilt, silver or bright colored,
ay, are all easily made, aed have a bright
to- ly decorative effect.
2s. Little socks, or hearts, or other fancy
iat recep)tacles can be made of mosquito
ye netting and filled with candy, to the
el delinrht of all little people; and bright
al- eai ds, books (or pictures are really pret
lty alditions.
ies ALNottoes mayi be made of whlite cot
tO- toni wool. The letters biefing first cut
out of card!board, to whbich the wool is
as, glued. .i3y pullin mg up thle wool a little!
~it after it is ory a put;Ty oPr snowy appear
it anee is obta ined. Tihey sh o: ld th. he
te fastened ~ upon au da:rk bac:ukgroun111.
beLetters decorate (w it h rice resceble
ei arvedl ivo(ry, ot- if they beC dlitbped in
ei rd sealhing# wax~ diissolved in 'alcoho!,
ch coral. Tlo ma ke the~se a thick coatinug
es- of paiste or' iue i- p'ur on tie caur(board
alf letters, aund w ile it isyet warnm ihe'
er- grainus of ric Par dr*ioppedi. into it. Lu.!
hlt ters resemblingP .ro-tei ,.ilver muay:.
It obtainted I"y co ve*rin th~Ile cardboardmit
~d- foutndatto" letters. waithI et ushedl tint f''il.
~or Ani artis't ic taste can faushion ,a lanid
Sscape scen'e at thue hoit tom of the tree:
"'with ti ny picket tenlces. rust ic bridges,
an old miill, etc.. noiuuzni m'ss for
m neadoPw, red sand for roadlway, white
or silver sand for* pauths, twigs oif cedar
ad for trees, au piece of b>okhig-glass fringed
yr- with moss for lakelet, etc.
r.t The tree suggestioins here offered are
so intended t'o conie within the meanus oft
Lid all, and children do so enjoy them,
u-atnd so long and happily remember
them, that the effort required would
seem to be but a snmall price toi pay for
ti, niemnories of pure joy wvhich last
ly throughout a lifetime.
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ple Chsance for a Speculation.
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ut City, or the "Future G;reatt." It isntt
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Jefferson Davis's Ancestry.
[Fron the Philadelphia Press.]
PJiILLIP'sBURG, Dec. 13.-This town
has as a citizen a representative of the
fatmily of the late Jefferson Davis, in
the person of Mr. John M. Davis, a
staunch l'publiran. Mr. Davis, who is
a gentleman about 70 years of age, gave
the following account of the family:
"My father's ancestors came origi
nally from Wales. The founder of tbe
Davis family to which I belong, and of
wh,iclh .eierson Davis was a member
was so unfortunate as to lose his wife,
she having be-.n stolen by Indians
shortly after settling in Maine. of which
State he was one of the very first settl
ers. After waiting a respectable length
of u me he married again, and began to
rear a second family of children. One
day he heard that a band of Indians
had some wonen for sale somewhere
upon the Canadian border. He at
tended the sale, when he was surprised
to see among them his former wife.
He bought her, took her home, and
from that time until his death lived
happily with both his wives.
"A grandson of his and a great uncle
to myself," continued Mr. Davis, at
tended one dayan animal show at
Newfield, Me. While passing one of
the elephants it playfully reached into,
his coat pocket, taking therefrom a plug
of tobacco. When it had tasted the
tobacco it became enraged at Davis, and
seizing him, threw him across the tent,
to the great amusement of the specta
tors. Mr. Davis became very angry,
and, to obtain revenge, waylaid the
menagerie and shot the beast. For this
he was compelled to leave the place,
and all trace of him was for many
years lost by the family.
"Mv sister, Mrs. Smiley, who, with
her husband, settled at Haverhill,
Mass., was enabled, by the assistance
of other members of the family about
the lime of the Centennial, to find that
the descendants of the hero of the ele
phant escapade had settled in Massa
eiiutetta, and that from theni had
sprung the famous ex-President."
-via
The Hottest Spot on Earth.
[From the Boston Herald.l
The hottest region on the earth is on
the southwestern coast of Persia, where
Persia borders the gulf of the same
name. For forty consecutive days in
the months of July and August the
thermometer has been known not to
fall lower than 100*, night or day, and
to often run up as high as 128* in the
afternoon. At Bahrin, in the centre oT
the torrid part of the torrid belt, .as
though it were nature's -intention to
make the region as unbearable as possi
ble, no water can be obtained from
digging wells 100, 200, or even 500 feet
deep, yet a comparatively numerous
population contrive to live there,thanks
to copious springs, wbich break forth
from the bottom of thegulf, more than
a mile from shore.
The water from these springs is ob
tained by divers who dive to the bottom
and fill goatskin bags with the cooling
liquid and sell it for a living. The
source of these submarine fountains is
thought to bec in the gJeen hill of Osman,
somec 500i or 600 miles away.
"HIobsion's Choice "
Did you know that the familiar
phrase, "Hobson 's Choice," preserves
the memory of a very good and useful
man.a Hobson wvas born in 1544; he
was for sixty years a carrier between
London and Cambridge, conveying to
and from the University, letters and
p)ackages, also passengers. In addition
to his express business, he had a livery
stable and let horses to the University
students. He made it a rule that all
the horses should have, according to
their ability, a proper dlivision of work
andl rest. They were taken out in reg
ular order, as they stood, beginning
with the one nearest the door. No
choice was allowed, and if any man
refused to take the animal assigned
him he might go without any'. That
or none. Henceihe phrase "Hobson's
Choice."
In the spring of 1630, the plague
b)roke out in England. The colleges oif
Cambridge were closed, and among the
precautions taken by the authorities to
aivoidl infection, Hobson was forbidden
to go to London.
He died in January, 1631, p)artly, it
is said. from anxiety an d fretting at his
enforced leisure. Hobson was one of
the wealthiest citizens of Cambridge,
and did much for the benefit of the
city to which he left several legacies.
H-Iis deat h called forth many poemTt
from miemb ers of the Un iver'sity.
lby the poet Milton. then a student at
Chiit'( College.
Remonving a Met hod'ist Coiioge.
The' North Carolina Ant.uaJ Metih
dit'onri'eiene, in session at Gireen.s
h"'ro. ha voted after a heatedl :onite.,
to remove T'riity (ollege. the leatdin4
to~ Raleigh. The college i's at p,resent
iand6 tihe. qutest ion of removal has
baeen t he main issue of interest to
'lie Me;hisilt denom:iationu of the
sa.te for tume time past. Th'le actioin
of the t oniference is finual.
Mortgages in Louisiana.
The Newv Orleans Times Democrat
est imates thbat from $3,000,000 to$S4,4 00,
')00 of fo.reign capital have been placed
ott Louiianai amis in the fornm of
nourtgage loa:ns, at varying -rates of
interest, wtthin the past year. The
Trimies- Demiocrat fears udisaster from
this excessive borrowing. It says: 'It is
a very wise mian who knows how to
.expenid borrowed mioitey judiciously,
and if the cautious, industrious farmers
of the West and Northwest were
wrecked lby it. can we hope to do) better?
We fear not."
The Ette of Mr. Davis.
N EW OntEas~ s. December, 19.-The
Plecayune-s M ississippi City special says:
**The whole assessed valuation iof the
late.Jefferson D)avis's p roperty in Harri
son County is $7.940. The personal
assessmen t was $8l. Beauvoir is asses
sed at S4,50i0, andl the signatures which
appear an the will are those of parties
who were called into the probateeclerk's
office to testify to the handwriting of
the deceased, aind the parties were not
witnesses to the signature as might be
suippo'Ced."
r
J. GREEN
Population ;of the Southern
CHATrANooGA, TENN., Dec. 16.-The'
Tradesman has reports from the Gov-.=
ernors and State Comptrollers of the.
Southern States giving their estimates
of the present population of each State.
These estimates are based largely upon
careful inquiry instituted by the State
Comptrollers on behalf of the Trades
man. The estimates are as follows:
Increase f
Sae. Populaiton. 10 yeair.
Alabama............... 1,648,453 31
Arkansas............... 1,247,771 55
Florida.................. 424,895 58
Georgia.................. 2,165,541 47
Kentucky............. 2,200,C 10 33
Louisiana.............. 1.251,340 33
Mississippi............ 1,546,753 36 ,
North Carolina...... 1,813,024 291
otth Carelina...... 1,200,000 21
I'ennese........ 1,800,000 28
rexas.................... 2,314,812 45
Virginia................ 1w8a,5 23
Total-.------.........19,489,150
The total was14,638,936 in 1885, show-.
ng an increase in the ten years in the
w hole South of over 33 per cent. The
3overnors estimate the whites and -'
blacks as follows: Whites, 12,218,430;
clacks, 7,270,720. The white popula
ion, according to these estimates, has
ncreased a little over 3,200,000, whIle
he colored population shows an in
,rease of about 1,600,000.
BY THE CLOCK OR BY THE SUN.
[nteresting Decision as to Legal Time E
dered in the Georgia Suprezae-Co.rt. T
ATLANTA, Dec. 16.-The Supreme
ourt of Georgia has decided that the.=
ourts of the State shall not be regu-j'
ated by standard time. Avedc
wras rendered in the Supreme Court oe
obb County just before.12o'clockoa,
sunday night, according to thera3lrc
tandard time, though it was after.1 -
>'clock by sun time. The Judge re
eived the verdict and held that-it was
)roper.
'sue Supreme Court, Justice Simons
lelivering the opinion, holds that the
;un time and not the- railroad time s
roper guide for courts and in The ad
aministration of law and the perfor
tnce of legal duties. But it is held tat r
;he fact that the verdict was rend
n Sunday morning, by sun time,
ot render it illegal; that where a
a heard and argument concluded
the jury has been charged and has'
tired to make up a verdict befo
aight on Saturday, nd no
is reached until Sun y, e re-et e
:f the verdict on Sunday is proper.
This decision is especially mu
in the South, where many towns
3ities use both standard and sun fi,mna.
Blaine is 1892.
ST. Louts, Dec. 17..-Col. C
Kerens, the Missouri statesman, wha.
is an intimate friend of Blaine, and ap
pears to have more influence with
rinson than all the Republicans of the
State combined, arrived home to-mig'h
from Oregon. He is very enthnaie
ever the Blaine 1892 cry, and said t~-2~
if Mr Blaine's health would stand-the<
strain of a.camnpaign he would surely
be the Republican nominee in 1892
Among the most interesting bits of
political news here is the annodne
cient that Jeff Chandler, the -wefi
known Missouri attorney, will be a
3andidate against Senator Vest next
yearas a protection Democrat. Gov
Francis has announced-that he is not
i candidate for the Senate.
The strain which President Harrison
s putting upon the local Republicans
ni the matter ftea nmn of'a
P~ostmaster is-killing of several of the
sandidates. Col. Schwarts, Mr. Keren's
riend, is still considered to have sey
~ral lengths the be&t of it.
Death of a Protninent Physician. -
[Special to the Register.)
WALHALLA, S. C., December18.
Dr. L. B3. Johnson, the oldest and'iost
prominent physician of this -plae; ;
lied to-day, 'at 1 p~ mn., from paralysis.
l-e had been many years a resident-f
Wahalla and enjoyed a lucrativepr
:ice. He was held in high esteemy
ill our people for his manry noble quai
ties .of head and heart. As an. able -
physician he was known throughout
:he State. He will be buried here to: ~
niorrow at 2 p. mn.
A scorchlng Eay.
[From the New York Sun.>]
The ifeport that Mfrs. Shaw, the fair
md great Amierican whistler, has had
m photograph nine feet high taken of s?
bei.rself, is respectfully commended t A
rne attention of the Hon. Benjamin
Harrison. If he will have a photo
;raph nine feet high taken of himself,
tnd compare with it a tintype a dinth 2
of an inrch high of the same subject, he
wilh u:rderstand how much difference
here is be.t ween a subjective and an
abjective view of his Administration.
Killed a Mfan for Cheering for JeffDavis.
BURLINGToN, Ia., December 18.
Samuel Tragdon, who was serving a
life sentence in the Fort Madison peni
tentiary for killing a man for cheering
for Jeif' Davis, has been pardoned by
Giov. Larrabee.
Mfiss Liberty, who holds aloft the
torch on B3edloe's Island, in New York '
Harbor. rejoices in what isr literally an
iron constitution, and so we don't think..
it worth while to recommend to hier
the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription. But this is the one gre~st
exceptionl whic~h proves the rule. Tor'~,
all the rest of womankind the "P,
orite Prescription" is indispensatle.
The young girl needs its strengthening
help at that critical period when she Is
blossoming into womanhood. The mat
ron and the mother find in it invigora
tion anid relief from the numerous ila.
which beset their existence. Andladon
well advan2ced in years universally
acknowledge the revivifyingand resto
rative effects of tis favorite and stand
ard remedy. Thre only medicine fur
women, sold by druggists, under a post --
tive guarantee from the manufacturers, -'
that it will give satisfaction in every
case, or money will be refunded. 7Tnw
gruarantee has been printed -ona4he
bott'e wrapper, nd~ faith
out for many es, -