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I RGSEUUKG REVIEW ! ROSEBURG REVIEW glf AS THE FIIIEST JOB OFFICE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. CARDS, BILL HEADS, LEGAL BLANKS And other Printing, Including Large and Heavy Posters and Showy Hand-Bills Neatly nd Expeditiously executtd : .' AT PORTLAND-PRICES. IS ISSVET' TMtA" MORMN ,1. H. ;V JtRLL - Pvujiri.'tov, , Six Mo;it'" Three Mouth l t0 Thf.ru a;e ti.t u-ruu of tb.-fc i'au? t 'fiwe. ; rhfc Krvi w offers fin-? inlliOnviis ttv;iiivvri rs. VOL X. - ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 18, 1885. NO. 37. IF)) f 71 .Roseburg G EN KKAL 13IBEGT0E i ' KOV KH V FA ELA.NM. ......... .l'rtvfi'hrii. Fitoxas A. JJcMMUi -k-. . . . ice 1 ref.i iciu. ; Thos. T. liWAFU- Secretary a state , IUkiei T.' MASsrs,Sccrctary of Treasury. j L. Q. C. L.vmak .Secretary of tlio Interior, j Wm. Ksil' OTT Secretary o V ar ! V. ('. Wiiir:::'i , ... .., Secretary of .Navy, j W, T. Vjr. Vnjt Master (icneral. ; A. U. ivp.r am .Attorney (icn-ral. ! Mgktusov It. Watt t- .Ctmt -lnfUce. j ' ST ATI". OK OI;K(;)N". i J. N . T(.i.i'H.. . i U. S. -r. i IJixor.K 11f.kma.xv tVusrcwmMai. ; Z.-l'V Mooi.v tSovcmor. n. 1 Kak'makt Sccrotaryof State. ; Cdwakm Htr.svn . ....... . Slate Tieftfiiit-r. 15. r. M 'Ki.i:ov . , ; . s'uf t. I'.ih. lnmetion. ; Y. II. 15vAi,s. ..V vi Printer. ' J. Ji. Wa. j.0, C J., Wm. . r.oti i.. AV. W. Tit AW" T . s. is,.,N.,...,.'.. m,,.: Jixr-f E'.imivi, ' ' J. IF. Sitl'PK. ;' IlKMiy lkx;Kl;ji, f u W I.'f.I K. ( " "- J". v ; ox, J U. V.'. a Y. K. Mwr.; .: ' r..w. isi .(!('!.. !:. '. v,. -w. Wr T.,,.:. . ... . '(..er i. ': ; :: o ', :h ! - K.. ' J. J". M'E'MLo. , .. i ' L. (', AViiFv:- (;. T. Fur;.. :.. I -ion:, r.. , . ''.'. . .-. s. ! : T; 'iatH'strt-ft:' fj''Oihc f'"-.i.nvfK.;t.i ii"el. ! V, f i-.i A. ? i 1 I A S .ii1 C. r.M.-.Air.fc a. c;'-A i.iv: v r; H!!.':!: 'i'rp.Yvser'H. VIA ) Li V I I "iiV.c supplied nn Be 5t ti-e -:j ,1 $t '; V MFALft '.' CENTS Vo I,' ,-'...!. ii!thxat s A-inTi f-;r 1 Alfo Agent lot VaiK-Jtn-ieteiy Kniiosyve. . iCITY DRAYING : -SOKE WITH ' DISPATCH , JOHN Vi' in nr-. GENERAL - Asiier Marks, W. I. Friedi.amder S. MARKS & Co. DEALERS IN - HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND 'D I1V X.yLUl filUi 1 Crocker. Glassware, Provisions, Cig-ars, Produce wool 'an tion Bought liC KI i IflGHJQST CASH PRICES PAID FOR THEM. v.'- i M.?j.oy:i:ijHSQN. ! ' : J i.; : 'i: : U . - A f-M ...f r a v :. SsiU liiu : a -f-.Hl h'no of i ,;'5- :? 'lats and A. Hill ?i nr. or Eict i ; A. mil .'u-:;!t;f Crockery and Glassware. Aah! faiifc, nt not k-fut," f, :ivM line of Ostrich Plumes and Tips, willi all 'mi. .;t -Lr-dics xt, Ttiri and Hat Shapes of latest pattern. t -.. Ail Kinds Of Fancy Groceries, ! -"it irrnprr - P., rerirrmerv, Autograph Albums, i Crockery and Stand Hand, and ; Queens Ware, Hanging Lamps. :TAjU.1J CUTLEKY ATvO SfLv Pi; WAKE, and TEN THOUSAND ' OTHLk TJIlNGb TO NTJaIEHOTTS to mention. j , Call. And See Me At The i ? -!osx Office Stand. I mjiTEu sb bought: lir.ilf.ioore i T Successor to DEALER s i 1 j Y : 0 0 BOOTS and SHOES, LOTJIINU, HATS and OAFS miUGS uiid. PATENT IflEDICIIVJES. , Cb paper than the Cheapest. Qoselmrjr, o O ; - r . .,; : fv. i Oiov have just rteeWed and now have on j i r..w.:. r-K t!-o h'Tsjest stoekgof a .;t br.'nia- ...u-::i.-.3. wi.cu 'added to their Stoves ti till Fa tt eiiis aa Heady-made Tinwar i i'":.' ifor.:rcv! t'- a?J.rr? t'ecy rvu ?.-r;t supply in their line ofany konse ia i I ti;ru Ih-'g-on, h;.;h 1J.i.y pm-posa sc'iir. i'hcr.pc than can be purchased elsewhere t in thsMi-Afc. -A l;UILi)l2'.u MATKKi'A"! i.-i the way ol Locks, Butts, fitc, we con iiiAr snpcnvr ia-uie-.!.:'cnts tf purchasers. Irv s. j cftn i;ivc yor, bA-ain in the following hrai:!s"of STOVES not equaled elsewhere: ! '.KKt m;.sz, v.v.y.uiC utility, vzximi, pacific, wide west, L l iUINBt-... OCCIDENT, -IRON KING, EMPIRE CITT i A.nl ether .Siores and Ranges. ; h-i :.'cst. of workiu.; m-o c:ustar.tly employed in the mannfactare of onrTINWAIt v-a -v.yws shOiild Iaru our :ri'Xr,. , ..' ' V o hav. l.arg.vm.3 to in GUNS, such as Winchester, Sharp and other i-'.::. z'i wcla as SjfcotsnDS and Pi;.tc!s. : y: aiso AVents I-r the WhKe, Peerless and New Homo SEWIKCf MACHINES, I van civil at ti:e U w -st rates ru i warrant as complete in every respect. t 4veriU and .vl. nt lowest rates, (iivc as a call, iospeet onr lock; lnqaire as to jrKcs, and w-3 prom' to suit you if anyone can. NEW RESTAURANT, i- RESIl OYSTERS. 1 M -al A.l All Honrs. ! KEPT IS FIRST CLASS STYLE. 'Ye that nryoEr.," . cali at: . o:cs. MERCHANDISE. GOODS, . UWBR1IH Boots and Shoes. of every Descrip . lioKeburg', Or. rry T:.;iety and Shade. 'Hr vj. r. r n. 1 Vrelvete. V... v "Dr3 Cooda.. "H,-i.K-ry. -f foiltii!". uir ishiuo- Goods. 0 a O Cijs,- Dcots and Slioea. old i'ancy 'Groceries and Tobaocos. Photograph" and J. D. .mflNRON IN ' BOTHERS, Orogon, u- Eu"b"ber Paints. DONT FORGET THE tW lnlsy Photo tiallcry Nowlocatal one door North of the Plain dcaki oftice, where you cn get San Franctsco work at less than San Francisco prke. Now is yor tioie to prehase for we will not be with you long. Ve also do enlarging from any old and faded picture of any kind, and make yon a Beautiful Taslal Portrait that will last always. CallanJ examine OTr work before going elsewhere. T. C. WARD; Photojjraghcr CO o txJ H r1 0 (D o 0 p (D 3) fa s o H M 30,0( )0 G:A.S:S CSTOF KTAL DISEASES! ' AS-' l'ilox, K-c(al ITlctux, XiWKlll!?."!, I'x-Hl'itSlf-i- SI til, l.ol'iiis; lit?ti. ETC., ETC., CURED IN 6 YEARS BYTHEBRINKERKQITSYSTEM Dr. J. U. rilkinytou Vrr'wU,r of tiiu I'irtl;i.d bvk uiul Rn Infikmarv and Vamtaria.x for Skeyois iDisK.vsKs lias boen aji(iiiucil Acut and I'liysicum for this in Ore;;"" & W. T. No si:vki;r siuuk ai. oi'Eratioxs, no r.vix no i-osM of iii.ooi). In 2 mouths, havo cured stivrral cases in wliioli severe eutiiny; ( erutioiis have failed. Am wniiiltcil to refer to Mr. 3m. . Weatlierford, drusiuist formerly of Sslum. Mr. Frank Cailiiier, maeliinest, Mr. It. A. iiiimjiy. HarribViur, ami otlicrs. If several patients apply, will spend olio, day in each month in U(setur. Adih-css for iaijphlet etc. i J. . 1'ILKIXCTON M. I). PORTLAND OK. Tlr. Pilkingtou will be at the McCJallen House, Roscburg' from Fri day evening, January 8lh to Haiurday evening Jaminy 9th, 188G. J. C SHERIDAN tiSucccssor tojr y R. S & J. C SHERIDAN, DKALEI! IN HARDWARE Stovcs and Tisivarc ;, Uoselnii'K, Orison rpHE undersigned takce pleasure in an 1 nouncing to the public that lie selling everything irihisjino at prices that DEFY COMPETITION! IK YOU WANT STOVES, AGRICULTUiiAL TOOLS IR02J; STL, ilAILS, HOESESHOES, TINWARE, CUTLERY Or anylliinjr in my liuc, call and examine my stock and Team prices before purchasing else where, as I am selling lower than ever. .1 C. SHERIDAN STANDARD FOWLS. Ply moil Hi Rock, Wyamlottcs, j ISrown LtIioVns. Havni-f l:en enffaed in the bn.siness of hrediii" thoroiii;hl)rcd fowls fr the paHt umlit veai-s, 1 am able to furnish as fine nmmiiu:iih of the ali'iv. nanied hroe.ls as ean be had either on this coast or in the'East. Plymouth Rocks, RinjrUj hir.l, t-S.Ui) t Jair, fi to SS; trios tej to VI. Wyandotte iingo Wrd, paii-s, ln; trios Brown Iteglnorns, Iik1c Wnls, w to sr.; ,Kt-,r!. to 7; trios. t to sl'i. EGGS m SEASON First and epccml in-einiums aw arded mv fowls at the last State Fair, and wherever else exhibited . My strains of the above varieties of fowls are known in most iwrts of Oregon and Wiwliiii-lon, Idaho, Cal. and British Columbia. No one who wants fine birds, and knows what jfonit stock is, will object to the prices stated, which are much less than at the East. Parties will please state just what thev want, and can't furnish it I will tell them so. CASH must accompany all orders. Send stamp IorUlU8tratedcatalo!ue. Don't w ait tilt soriii" Uc ore ordering. " FOREST G RO VE, OU EG ON. 3. B.WcHs, Faro&Co.'scApresa nnke a sjicsia reduction of 20 percent in favor of ail my eti rtom-jra . T JABKULEK, U. Practical Watchmaker, Jeweler and OplieiaD. ALL WORK WARRANTED. Dealer in Watches, Clock?, Jewelry, Spectacles and Eyeglasses,, A FUIA LINK OF CIGARS, TOBACCO & FANCY GOODS. THE OSLV KELIni.E OPTOMER IV TOWN for the proM;racljiiHliiH'iit of Spetacles. lH:lot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spectacles an J Eve glasses. Office in Hamilton's lirick Block. BELFILS iVatchmaker. XJAVIXO HAD 23 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS 11 WaichiiiBkcr in Orejpn, I feel confident of giving Satisfaction in all work ciitrtistod to me. I hare the County patent ri'htfor sale of Concrete Cement Pipe for conveviiig water t-j ativ place dc-8irel- L. BEWlig. APRK send six cents or nost-nre and receive free, a costly box of iroodg Vhiffl Will hrfn all aitliMU.,n more tnonev riirht HivthinitiHhiiiffBic. : . u wwrid. Fortunes await the workers absolutely Bure At one tddvtH THUS and Co., Augusta, Maiae THE GREAT REGULATOR PURELY VEGETABLE. Are You Bilious? The Regulator never fall to cure. I most cheerfully recommend it to all who suffer from llilious Attacks or any Disease caused by a dis- . arranged state of the Liver. : Kansas Citt, Mo. W. R. BEJRNARD. Do You Want Good Digestion 7 1 suffered intensely wilhFull Stomaeh,Ifend ; nthe, etc. A neighbor, who had taken Simmons Liver Segulator, told me it was a sure cure for my trouble. The first dnse I took relieved me very much, and in one week's time I was as strong and htnrty as I ever was. It l the best medicine , I ever took for Dyspepsia. i Richmond, Va. II. G. CRENSHAW. Do You Suffer from Constipation J Testimony of Hiram Warner, Chief-Justice of Oi. ; ' I have ttsed Simmons Liver Regulator for I ', mstipation of my Rowels, caused by a temporary St fc-rangeuwnt of the Liver, for the last three or , four years, and always with decided benefit.'' Have You Malaria ? have had experience with Simmons Liver Regu lator since 1865, and regard it as the greatent medieinc of the times for disease. pecu liar to malarial regions. So good a medi cine deserves universal commendation. REV. M. B. WHARTON, Cor. Sec'y Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Safer and Better than Calomel 1 I have been suhjeel to severe spells of Congestion of the Liver, and have' been in the habit of taking from 1 5 to 20 grains of calomel, which generally laid mc up for three or four days. Lately I have been taking Simmons Liver Regulator .which gave me re lief, without aiti interruption to business. Miodlepokt, Ohio, J. HUGG. J. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. UBBARD LLS, 1 (,'LAllKE it DAKER, Pioys. Having puivhaycd the above named mills of E. Stephens & Co., we are now prcpuped to furnish any amount of the best quality of I.UAOJlilil. ever offered to the public in Douglas County, will fu rnish at the mill at the following prices; No-1 ri.tiiih lumber $12 No, 1 (looi-iti',', 0 inch ... $24 No. 1 flooring,-1 inch .....S?20 No. 1 finishing lumber - , 20 No. 1 finishing lumber dressed on 2 bides H No. 1 finishing lumber dressed on i sides" '20 CLARKE 3c BAKER. We il M M SI SI SI C. SEAHOSLEV. . DEALER. IN JLuiiloi, Siifsli, Doors - .. mill 3XoitlcliiiM or T11K VERY REST MATERIAL. pOME AND GET TERMS LEFuRE PCRCHJS J ing clscwhcro. UiHeu nevr 'Depot, Rosehurg. A"t.iit for J. J, Wliilsctt's-Lumlier. Ageo & llniiau. New Butcher Shop We kwji all kinds of FRESH and PI OK LEU meats. STISFACTION ASSURED. . Hides of all hinds bought. THE OLD RELIABLE ltablislicl in 18G7. nrAURY, jNItrchai.t Tailor. First riglit-haiid room, up stairs, over Marks' Store. Repairs and Alterations neatly done. Mil, s. A. ill TC1ILYSOA, MILLINERY STORE! OaltuIiKl, OroKon. T ADIKS WILL FiSD .MY ST(H.'K LARGE AND XJ Complete. Prices moderate. BS53- - fiivM Mo a ty.M Mrs s a Hctciuxsos. ERRrs V.'lli bts m , ulx fit B to all aDBiicAntj. pHf I M fitHl to customers nriiLt o . . 2s.i.YS.iSS S!14- ltntetaBlIlutrtIori.prlfScl. iwMii ana airectiona for piahtln all The BTJVEH5 GTJTOE It Issued March find Setot.. I each year. 43 S16vpege x 11 lncheayvrtUi over 3,500 ! Illustration: Whole- Picture Gallery. GIVE3 Wholeeale Prleca iff reef to consumers on all good for personal or fcmHy nee, Telia how to order, and glvea exact coat of every tiling you naef eat drlmfc, wear, or hanra fan with. Theee IJTVAX.TJABI.B BOOKS contain Information gleaned " from the inarheta of the world. Wa will mall a copy FREE to any ad dreea upon receipt of 10 eta. to defray expense of mailing. Let ua hear fro in, yon. O Bespectfully, CmaQ - MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. 27 dc vxv Vfsbssk AvenHe, Caleaco. III. To t fee Fri Ik crs .iml Butclis I desire to say to all who have sheep pelts to bring them to me and I tvill pay the best market Cash r!rke for thetru Do not let" the pelts waste, but bring them right alotig. SOL. ABRAHAM. I'VJILIC LAyi8. Our Kol'le auk for country land And many millions suo.itf, Slako up that urgotit mighty band Who ay there's omcthlug wren?. Tliey claim the rijrht to work end Hve In Hub their native home. Rut law assumed by choice doth give . To few tbet others num. The title deeds have not been given liy hiin who lives above, 1 tut by conquest hath been riven Not by truth and love. Millions are driven to cities great To live in want and woe, And pay to lire In leased estate Where love can never grow. The murmuring brook to them Ix hushed And gurgling of the rill, And nature's music all Is crushed - By Mammon's iron will. Will Qod create a Samson strong . To lead this mighty baud, Thin mighty host bo great (with sung) ' To till their natire land? Cod bless the jioor In every land And families preserve, Deliver them from tyrants hand Of tyrants in rseive. Slay men of science be our prievia And justice lead our choir, Slav equal rights be our great feasts To this may we aspire. L. C. HiLt. MIITIIOOS Of' JSSTKVVTIOX Xa,. If the mistakes of liie astare to le made the stqm'mg' stone to future suc cess, it is time to ljegin to mend. Or thography should no longer be counted among the "last arts" in the schools of Douglas county. It is questioned whether any moro profitable course can be taken, than that all the schools of Douglas Co. High Bchool and acad emies included, be required to spend one year entirely upon reading, spelling and other spelljng-book lessons, with, perhaps mental arithmetic. The peo pie who cheerfully pay taxes to secure the benefits of the schools which they fail to receive, are tired of this miser able sham work. If no other method will accomplish it, let the trustees ar ranjc for every school an order of ex ercises, that shall include reading, two exercises in spelling, and some other exercise in orthography for every day in the term, and insist on its being strictly followed; including also an other tiling" Hat. the schools have "pro gressed" out of a daily lesson on : the elementary sounds of the English lan guage, puie and in combination. - The hurried, indistinct, and inarticulate manner of mailing and reciting in wme of the schools should be corrected by a daily exercise upon articulation and enunciation. That some one of the many "charts' for the teaching of these sounds be provided for ech school and the teacher required' to use. them can not be teo strongly urged. In tho study of grammar the schools seem not to hayo made that progress that one has aiight to expect. As a mental exercise analysis may le made profitable for a limited part of the term and the diagram method used for drill and exercise with advantage occasion ally; but they can never supply the place of "parsing" in imparting a crit ical knowledge of the relation and uses of language. Teachers and scholars likethe analysis lecause it saves labor. In ether words, it is a continuation of the lazy method of teaching, of which word memorizing is the beginning, as it disposes of words in groups and classes as elements instead of requiring a complete analysis of each one j-is in "parsing." ' Mental arithmetic is being too much neglected in schools7. In carrying on calculations in mental arithmetic, a lack of readiness and accuracy in the pupil is painfully apparent. It is enough to make tho ghost of Warren Colburn sweat to see scholais multi plying by eleven and twelve, using each figure of the multiplier sepaiately and dividing by the same numbers by long division, while the teacher looks on approvingly and never for a mo ment think that three fourths of the figures might be saved. Declamation and Composition, hard ly receive tho attention they ought. There should be ono half day every two weeks of the term, devoted to exer cises of this kind. It is quite common to have such exercises only on exami nation day, when much of the time needed for reading, spelling, and other studies is occupied bv recitations of pieces committed by the scholars. It would not be just to say.that these ox ercises ara always used to cover defects in instruction in the studies pursued by taking so much of the time that the examinations have to be hurried and superficial, bnS it is time for trustees to stop being hoodwinked by auch lit tle devices anddispence with the or namental fixings on examination day when matters of more importance must be neglected to hear them. System and promptness, in forming into classes is necessary but to strike a bell four times, each stroke requiring a change of position both on coming to and leaving a class seems rather to much of a good thing. So much machinery wastes time and tends to bring its use into contempt ' In general, the instruction in the schools is too literal some teachers de pending entirely upon the text-books. Some bright, faithful teachers have had their work' much restricted from this cause. The remedy is not cay to suggest. Versatility and good schol arship are not usually found together. The power of, and tendency to concen tration of thought which makea the scholars, often manifests itself in cling ing so literally to the fact learned, as to shut out all comprehension of its laterals relatives to other facts, or con ditions. The light thrown upon the mental vision is so intense that all else is thrown into the shadow by it. The fact stated is 80 clear to the teacher's mind that he does not see why it should not be equally so to scholar. It does not occur to the teacher tfiat it is nec essaiy to appeal to the child's reason, judgement, or perception by illustra tion or suggestion. Taken as a whole, the common schools have not made progress com mensurate with the progress of the age. In some rosjHsets, the matter of visiting and, as a whole the maintenance of order. there has been an improvement. There are loss disgraceful outbursts of rebellion against the teachers authority and less terms of school broken up bv such riots. There is an improvement in tho willingness to appropriate mon ey tor the support of schools and less illiteracy among the native population, but considering all things and partic ularly the lack of thoroughness in ru dimentary instruction in the English language, it is doubtful whether the schools havo more than held their own. What they sliall bo, depends upon the fidelity of parents, teachers, scholars, and trustees each in his proper place. It remains for the present generation to say whether the fame of liberty fed by the intelligence, patriotism, and vir tue of the people, shall continue to be the Signal Light of the ages. W. "JOHN" A Monosyllable Xante j H'hleh lias Ree Froliflc oj Iherleatlorts. As a family name it is sometimes found as a plain John, then as St. John and then its first changes is into Johns, then cornea Jones, Johnson, Johncock, Jonkins, Jenkens, Jennings, Jenkin son, Jenks, Jinks and Jinkinson. By additions we have Littlejonn Brown- john and Properjohn. No argument is needed to prove the - popularity of Jack. As a nickname it is fixed be yond all fears of abolition, and from a nickname it passed by easy stages to a reputable place among the family names. Jack is not very common, but Jacks is more frequent, and Jackson no longer excites remark. We have little idea how wonderfully popular the name Jack used to be. "Everybody was Jack till he was found to be some one else, so that 'every man Jack of them' was a common term for a crowd and its integral parts for ages. Every servant whose name or office happened to be unknown, went by the name of Jack, which when, articles of house hold use were one after another inven ted, came into play in giving them names also, and thus we have boot jacks aiid black-jacks and somoke jacks and jack-towels, "together with Jacks for this and that other puipose, until the name became so common as to be inconvenient Tliencame an idea that Jack must be a cunning sort of fellow, and so the appellation grad ually applied itself io tho smarter of the animal kingdom, and thus came the jackdaw, the jack-au. apes and the jackpike. But as familiarity is a potent breeder of contempt, the very common ness of the name threw it into disre pute as having something stupid about h; and we thus gained jack-fool or jack- pudding, or a buffoon, and jackass for a dolt." This is a sad fall for the name of the beloved deciple, but to such uses will a name sometimes come. It is curious to know that the name John became common in the Western part of Europe only after the crusades, when ihe pilgrims to the Holy Land always earned as a part of their outfit a bottle designed to hold the water from the River Jordan brought home for baptismal purposes. The great forerunner of Chiist came into public notice among the pilgrims, and it was probably more on his account than on that of the beloved disciple that the name assumed such a place in the pop ular regard. - ' - Dr. Gay ton, an - English physician who is believed to have had wider ex perience in small-pox than any living authority, has published his analysis of i 10,403 cases which have come under his observation. Amonrf 1 in l.lorv f a - a "..iy..vO showing perfect marks of vaccination the mortality was but 2.97 per cent. Among those whose marks were imper fect the mortality rose to 9,37. the patients whose marks of vaccination had entirely disappeared Bufferinir to the extent of 27.18, while of the un Taecinated no less than 44.70 died. Nashville Adrocat. CHRISTMAS. : NIGHT. UNCLE TONY EXPLAINS A BIT OP NEGRO FOLK-LORE. A Itoaritig Fire In tbe Cabin Fire-Plitca " "Dey Done It Back Yander" What "MuU Jim" Saw . Clirlatuiaa Night. - '"X rplillaflelphla Times. Christmas Night as often as It returned found Uncle Tony and AEaum Chloe en tertaining their friends and kin. Supper was long over, but a side-table was still at hand, on which were set ou a preat pan of parched ground-peas, a plate of mo lasses candy aad a huge jug of sugar-cano : beer. The cheerful room of the cabin was lighted flurlngly by the groat roaring pine-knot blaze in the cavernous fire place, about which in an immense semicircle tho company sat "JDey tells me, " spoke up Uncle Peter, a near neighbor, who, together with his wife, Aunt Calllne (Caroline), was much esteemed by both host and hostess, "dey tolls mo dat cve'y Chrb'mus ' Kight.de cows an" de ca'ves an' all dc crecturcs gits down an' says dar pra'rs so I heard tell deze many yarc. Whuh ver tink 'bou dat, Huh Tony?" "Dat w'at I yeh um say, " said Uncle Tony, adjusting his pipe and gnzing seri ously Into the flra. There had cornea hush amonff the cracking grouhd-nca shells, indicative of quickened interest and a certain reverence for tho old man's opinion. "Dat's wa't I yeh tun say, 13 uh Peter. (Some says hit's so some says hit ain't so. But er yqr ax me fer do troofe I hatter tell ycrup'n down fa'r aa' squar' dat ef dey don' do It deze ' days dey elioTy done ft once. Yesser dey dono it once sho's yer bawn!" , 6 Wen dat, Unkcr Tony?" asked a cho rus of young men aud women. ; Fo' any ycr all 'uz bawn 'way back yander gwinc on fifty yore, " was the Im pressive reply. 'rNow, look yuh, " he con tinued, "dish yuh w't I jjwine tell I ain bcc merse'f. But my Brudder Jim he see it, an' dat's 'nuf fer me. I let .yer.know Buh Jim ain' no lyln' nigger, an' ef 'uz livln' an' right yuh dis minuto he'd ho wlllln' tcr kiss eve'y Bible twii dfe an Baltlmo' on de hones' lack cr do case. ! Uncle Tony paused long enough to make sure that no one would have the face to hazard an objection to such un impeachable testimony, and then pro ceeded! . J "Well, Buh Jim say he 'uz out a- possum huntln oa a Chrts mus Night an' come 'long home 'crost 'c mawster's nel' an' pass Shoo do cow-pen, 'bout 13 o'clock. Buh i lm eay 'e aiu mo'n put 'o foot een dat cow-pqn to' 'o 'gun tcr git scared. He say e feel lack spcrrita mout bo floatln' all roun'tm eea do dark an' " u0h, yes, my Lawd," murmured Maum Chloo, turning up tho whites of her eyes. "An" e tuck'n git cole all down 'e back an' shuck an' shiver lak w'en f okes has da chill-un-fever. Buh Jim say 'o ain' gone hafo 'crost dat cow-pen. 'fo' lo an' behola 'e notice" sup 'n cu'ous 'bout dem cow, aa' e git scared wussermo'ner wusser.. Mebby ycr won blcevc It,- but Buh Jim eay q hope ter drap dead de ties' minute cf eve'y las1 one cr dem cow wt'nt down on dey knees wld dey nose plntln' up tou'a da sky! - " - " - a. . Ycs8crdcy 'z dca 'zackly datcr war. ! 'anw'en Buh Jim look at It 'o known ngat on aey 'uz at tier pra'rs, las o Learn fokca tell about : Buh Jim no coward, hut 'e eay de Lawd only knows how many eperrits mqjiter been creepln' roun"mogst dem f enco corfiders, and e dea broke and run t am dem diggings- one scared nigger fer tpueln "Well, fer do Lawd's sake 1" cried' Uncle Peter, and exclamations of awed sarprlso went round tho room. "I elm ter set up tlis v'y night an' see ef dey duz ft shonuf, " announced Aunt Calllne, "Ef I live an' nuH'n hftppen'I gwlno tcr see dish yuh funny khyc-uV on wld my own own eye. " 1 Several others declared their Intention of doing likewise with the ckaractcristia' "Mo, too," whereupon Undo Tony re marked: "I won promise you, yer see, nutt'n; i 'member dat now! All I say is, dey us'ter do It Dey done It 'way back yan- . dcr, dat time w'en de stars fell. lat I sticks ter. " ,. Till the End ot Time. (Frank I Jervis In The Curront.J "Mcrrio Christmas!'' Is there not some mlstako la the nomenclature t It is kindly Christmas, perhaps happy Christmas, but merry No! It is a time when children, and grandchildren, and the grandfathers, and grandmothers meet togother; when old memories are revived, old scenes re called, the hidden household gods brought forth; when . hands which have never been clasped for a long, long period. Ho enfolded In each other, marveling how they came to be separated. But it Is not a merry season. It makes a man mediiato on how many Christmas Days he has seen; how many more he is likely to see. Nonsense man; look at the children, the brltrhtoyed, rosy -faced children, like rays of God's blessed sunshine pouring through the house. Hear them laugh, see them loaded down with toys, tho whole world of life before them, no regrets behind; every breath they draw a pleasure, every thought they think a delight Is not this to bo merry r If it be not then there li no merriment on earth. IIow could I bo so recreant as to try and filch from Christ mas its proverbial adjective? It is, it shall be "Merry Christmas!" till, the end of time. , j Make Them Rejoice. ; Exchange. We bellcvo in presents of all sorts . day presents, especially for children and yuuug pec-pic xua&c mem rejoice. DCcauso they wero born, and rejoice ? with them. It la well for children not nnlv to receive presents bus to make them. Gifts need not be costly to be very precious, and If they aro chosen with reference to the tastes or needs of th recipient they : havo a double value, ' Snapdragon. One of thfl favnrttfc f!rn-lstmn 8kakesi)C&rc's time was known dragon. 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