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OODDIE'O CHniOTMAO PRAYER.
"Rod b'ss ill the family drtrt
Red b'ei iiiammi, is, (oo
Rod h'rsa Iltli sister r'an-
An' Mine m itri), nice mi' ntt
"Red b'est nil the rhll'ren poor,
Alt' mikn nil the nick folks wfll
Am' dear Rod, p'casc tlon't forget
To send a pony, bit Nil' anrll,
"II x bt gractou In your lambs,
An' keep lit out of itiy life,
CHAPTHIt XV.
In the month of December, when the
days were short nml Jnrlt, ami a black
frost and biting east wind made winter
bard to the young and unbearable to the
old, Sir Much Grantlcy shuttled oil this
mortal coll and was burled In tho family
rault In Frlerly churchyard by the side
of all the Sir Hush and Sir Johns and
81r (Irrgorys who had preceded him. He
died as he had tired, unbred and un
regretted. Ills selfishness stood him la
' good stead up to the last.
He was burled with all becoming pomp
and ceremony, and Hoy, his son, reigned
la his stead. lint poor Hoy' reign was
but a short and troubled one In the
house of his lathers. Sir Hush's affairs
were found to be In greatest confusion.
Ihe property was hearily mortgaged, the
farms had depreciated In value, the rents
had been left orerdue. Poverty stared
the young heir In the face. Margaret,
who had partly guessed at tho state of
things, stood by him, with her strong
tnlnd and good common sense, to help
him through his calamities.
"There Is nothlHg for it but In let
the hoBc. You cannot afford to lire In
It," she said to him.
Let Frlerly! Oh. Margaret!"
"It It tho only thing to be done. Hoy;
face It like a man. If you let It well.
you will Ih able to tire comfortably as
a bachelor In London, and when you
marry, you must marry well, and then
you will be able to come back to your
own again, pay oft mortgaged, put the
farms In repair, and start fresh again.
You see how Important a good marriage
It for yju."
"You mean a rkh wife. I am afraid
that I am not at all likely to restore
the fallen fortunes of ray family In that
way. The only woman whom I could
ever hare married Is lost to me."
"You arc not, I suppose, going to re
main a bachelor for erer because of a
married woman!" cried Margaret, with
real irritation. She could not Mlere It
possible that he was still mourning orer
Kitten I.ayhourne there are women to
whom a steadfast falthfulnes appears
In the light of absolute stupidity. Was
net Kitten married ami safely got out of
the way? What oa earth possessed the
boy to be thinking about her still?
"Hat. Roy, you are the last the rerr
last- It is your duty to marry. The
baronetcy will become extinct If you do
not:' cried .Margaret In desNilr.
"Somebody must be last, I supiiose.
Juit as somebody 4e must be first You
arc a wonderful woman at counting your
chickens, Margaret; but. to begin with,
where Is the rich wife?"
"There Is Felicia."
"I am not wicked enough for her,"
said Roy, with a little smile to himself
oTer sundry speeches of hit cousin'
which still lingers In his memory.
Marfgaret looked Indignant and serere.
"I really do not pretend to understand
the character and manners of the young
ladles of the present day. I am afraid
that Felicia It becoming rather reckless
in her conversation since her father hat
left her so much alone."
"Exactly, and I could not marry a per
son who was reckless, eren for her
money," laughed the young man.
"Well, there are plenty of rich girls
to be picked up In London, and if we
must let the Hall, we will go up to town
and lire there. My own money will en
able me to take a small bouse; and you,
of ceurne, will lire with me. You will
be aWe then to lire comfortably and
suluwiy upon the remnant that can be
aared out of the fire., together with the
rent of the house. You can hare your
horse and your brougham, and do every
thing that is fitting to your position. As
to your food, that need nerer cost you
a farthing. Whatever la mine la yours."
They went np to London, and Mar
garet Installed herself and her household
goods In a small house In Connaught
Square. Here, too, Roy had hit own
rooms awl bit own belongings, and he
stayed at home as much at he liked, and
went away also as much as he felt Inclin
ed. Nobody, either, could bare said of
Kir Roy Urantley that he llred the life
of a woe-begone and despairing biver.
He had plenty of friend, and lib friends
took euro to make but life pleasant to
him.
One afternoon, in the month of May,
Itoy found himself in a certain tiny
drawing room In Mayfalr, where. In these
days, he was always sure of n cordial
welcome. The house altogether waa of
the most minute dimensions, and was
as thoroughly dirty and dingy as "bijou"
residences within a stone's throw of l'ark
Lane hare c habit of being. The vrtf
door, as it was opened by the tall foot
man, teemed narrower and lower than
other people's front doors, and the foot
man himself, as he preceded the rlsltor
up the narrow wooden staircase, looked
too large for the bouse.
One end of the room was filled com
pletely with a wide, low sofa, across
which Eastern embroideries and piece
of Italian brocade all rather dirty
were flung in careless confusion. At one
end of this sofa Invariably reclined a
black poodle, at the other was his nils
trees. Iiy Mrs. Talbot's side was a
email table, upon which were arranged
a hand looking glass t In silver, sev
eral bottles of perfumes of diffcrcntf
kinds, the poodles silk bag or French
sweetmeats, and the photographs of her
pet admirers. To those latter Itoy had
been lately added In a resplendent new
frame of crimson plush.
Gertrude. In her white muslin drap
eries, lay back among her embroidered
cushions aud sniffed at her waits bot
tle. Felicia, who had found herself a
amall, low seat on the other side of the
little table, had seized upon a Japanese
fan and was agitating It violently. Itoy,
upon n footstool between the two ladles,
was made much of by both of them,
and seemed to be enjoying himself
amazingly.
"Nothing makes one so hot as a fan,"
said Gcrtrudo. "Do keep that thing
Atlll. Felicia i you net all my nerves on
edge."
"It I dellclously cool and breezy out
of door," aald Felicia. "You ought to
go out, Gertrude. I wish I could drive
you, but I hare promised to call for
papa,"
l am going out this very minute In a
hansom," said ttcrtrudc, jumping up.
"Sir Roy, will you go with me? I am
going to pay a call. I am going to see a
charming, lovely, delightful little woman.
Somebody quite young, quite unsophisti
cated; better than all, quite new."
"I wouldn't go with her If 1 were you,
Roy," sakl Felicia, when the door had
coed upon the.r hostess.
"Why not will It create a scandal If
I go in a hansom wltn the beautiful Ger
trude?" "Don't you know cannot you guess,
Roy, who It Is she wants you to call
upon? It is Mrs. Desmond."
"Kitten " A pause. Felicia would
not hare lifted her eyes for the world;
htr glore buttons seemed to glTe her an
Infinity of trouble.
"How does she know her?" Roy asked
presently, and she could hear that his
voice was altered.
"Oh, It Is very simple. Gertrude met
Mr. Desmond In the park two days ago.
I was with her. aud he Introduced us to
his wife, and asked as to call en her.
I I would net go If I were you, Roy."
"Did she look happy?" he asked.
"Oh, yev I suppose so; she was rery
well dressed. You hare not got orer It,
I am afraid."
Mr. Talbot came back gay and gush
ing; the hansom was summoned, and Fe
licia was drlren away In her brougham.
"I I don't think I'll come with you
to-day," said the young man hesitating
ly when he had helped Gertrude into the
hansom.
"Uh, Roy" She dropped the "Sir"
when they were nloue "you promised;
oh, do come.
"Well, I will go a little way. then,"
and he got into the cab. "You can
drop me, you knew."
"To Lowades square," said Mrs. Tal
bot. She bad no mind to drop Ruy any
where. And Roy went with her. "I can't help
myself," he said to hintsoif; but It was
the old story of the moth aud the candle.
had forsaken, hut to whom her faithful
heart hud clung, through all absence and
time, he stood before her at last! She
reached nut her hsuds to lilni; she felt
the strong grip of his ns he grasped thrill,
one in each of his. He only spoke her
name honestly ami huskily i
"Rosamond.
And she she It was who spoke first
who found the words, poor, weak, trem
bling words that shook with the great
ness of her Joy.
"Yes; it Is I Rosamond come back
to you at List my llrlan my only love
my heart's delight nerer, nerer to be
'parted from you again. For I am free,
and I am yours for erer."
Oh, why why then did he not clasp
her In his arms? Why dM he not draw
her to his heart, and rain such kisses
upon her eager lips ss she h.vd dreamed
of and thirsted for so long? Why did
he stand so, and look itwn her with that
awful look of deepening horror aud woe
In his eyes? Why did his cold hands
slacken thus their eager hold, and fall
away at last, uerreless and helpless from
out of hers?
"Rrlan! Rrlant" she cried, with the
sharp ring of a nameless terror; "do you
net hear me? Do you not understand?
I am free!"
"You are free?" he repeated slowly
and painfully, bringing nut each word
separately with a sort of labor, as though
each oe hurt him tit utter. "Your -husband
Is he dead?"
"Yes, yes do you not see my clothes?
I am a widow. Heaven forgive ttic if I
am too glad, but how can I help my
Joy, when, from the day that he died.
I knew that 1 might lure you once more?
I did my duty. I was a good wife to
him, but, oh, how I suffered! Rut now
It Is all over and I have ewne back to
you, ami llrlan! Rrian!" she broke out
wildly, for still he stood there blanched
to the very lips, and stared at her with Red b'rss sll tur Ittle frlru
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Rrian, on leaving hU wife to go oat
sltHie. Intended to wend his way to hU
dab. Had be gone there straight from
his own door, be would have received a
certain note which bad been waiting for
him there all day, three bourn earlier,
and so little does It take sometimes to
alter the whole history of a man's life
had he done so, It U probable that most
of the events which ensued would have
so far been changed or modified that they
would not have been fraught with cer
tain Important circumstances to himself
and to others. Rut as he was strolling
Idly along he met an old college friend,
who hailed him Joyfully and linked his
arm within his. So that it was Just 7
o'clock when he turned lelsurrly up the
steps of his own club.
The hall porter gave him a letter as
he entered. He stood with It in his
hand without looking at It for several
minute, talking to an acquaintance
whom he met In the ball. Then Rrian
looked down at his letter, turning It
round as he did so.
And suddenly he recognized the band
writing! It was years since be bad seen
It. A whole century of new thoughts
and feelings seemed to divide him like
a yawning gulf from that other far away
life, in which those even rounded char
acters had played so important a part.
It was like an electric shock to Rrian
Desmond to see It once more to hold a
letter from her once again in hi hands.
A letter from Rosamond! An unstamp
ed letter, too sent not by pott, but by
hand. What could it mean? He had
thought of her vaguely, dimly, as a some
thing dear, yet dangerous to his peace of
mind, that was on the other side of the
world. She bad been to blni but a dis
tant memory of a past which was orer
forerer, a something which be bad hoped
and prayed might nerer again -cros the
new life he had built up fur himself.
Often he had thought of her thus. In
mUty dreams, thinking that he and she
had drifted apart forerer, and would
meet no more, tare in that other world
where thoe who bare loved and deajHtir
ed shall meet again under other condi
tion, and f perchance at last happy!
And lo! she was here at bis very
doora In Iondofl alive, and writing to
him! He tore open the letter and read:
"I have come home, and am longing to
see you. I arrived late last night, ami
am at the Langbam Hotel. Come to Un
as soon as you receive this. I shall not
leave the house until I hear from you
or see you. ROSAMOND."
He glanced quickly up at th clock.
It was tne minutes past seven. He tore
upstairs three steps at a time Into the
writing room, and wrote two lines to ids
wife.
"Do not wait dinner for me. I shall
not be back."
This be gave to a club messenger to
take to Iwndes Square, and springing
into a hansom, drove rapidly away to
the Langham Hotel. He had given him
self no time to think or reflect. He did
not consider whether It was a wise or
an unwise thing he was doing. A wild
joy possessed him. Rosamond was back,
and he was going to see ber! He could
think of nothing else. After all the long,
black, empty year they were to meet
again.
She was very tired of tho desolate
hotel sitting room by this time tired and
weary. She had almost given him up by
now,
"He cannot be In town!" she said to
bcrsolf, In despair. "I wish, now, that
I had written before from Alexandria.
Dooa he have hi lettors forwarded, I
wonder and will he get my note In the
course of time? How can I And out?"
All at onco her quick ears caught tho
sound of approaching footsteps along the
corridor. She sprang to her feet; her
hands, womanlike, went Instinctively up
to smooth her ruffled hair; her eyes
shone, her lips parted and her heart beat.
How wildly her heart beat! For he had
come at lastl
Through a mist she seemed to see
him, a mitt of her own glad tears. The
lore of ber life, whom the bad lovod and
those horror-stricken eye. "Are you not
glad? ifcteak to me, for heaven's sake!
What Is It? Vtby do you look at me
so?"
"When dM he die?" was all he saM,
In a number, dreary voice.
"Eight months ago."
Aud then be flung hp both arms wildly,
with an exceeding bitter cry of anguish
"Ah, It was my wedding day!" and
fell prostrate before ber upm his knees,
burying his face in his outstretched arms.
Rosamond spoke never a wonl. She
stood erect and stiff, cold as Ice. and
mntionles as marble; not a word brake
the stillnes of her agony, save those
awful choked sobs from the bowed form
at her feet. Afterward she could not
recall what she had felt ami thought in
those first moments only that in some
vagae fashion Fate was revenged upon jg S, I
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"An' Uml ti'rsi i.le Hants Clsus,
He Is irh a pretHlltl msu'
An' tell hi hi not tortrt
To brlag s gHH. tH. If he rsn,
"An' s hot ef merhlrs. ten.
Ah' s lot ef plrtitrr bok
An' t ICMtJehrst rail nf imIs,
Ulf tacks, nails, screws, w' htkt.
"An' Orsr Dixl. mm, ether rises
To Oil In coraert tslf. yaa knew,
Ulagrr eakrs ta' nuts sa nt
An' s lot ef rsady, ttm.
"An" I wmjMa't mlinl some skates.
tl'H rl'e my ele l imt fries')
Aa' I rerkosi ills Is all
8 deed night, dear Hod. amen "
-Detroit free Press
man's life, and how now it was he who
ruined bers!
(To be continued.)
thriv
Can You Kolvo Thl7
How much crvater tlmn
fourths Is four-fourths?
At llrst alght It seems an easy ques
tion, tiut put It to your arithmetical
friends and you will probably Ami that
It will divide them Into two pnrtli.
one contending thnt the answer In one
fourth and the other ns positively af
firming, thnt It Is onMlilnl, while Ixitli
will be ready to prove the accuracy of
their respective solutions.
The party of the first part (to use a
legal phras) mny argue their point In
tills way:
Five shillings Is the fourth part of a
pound. If you have 1." shillings, or
three-fourth of n pound, nnd Home
body gives you niiother fourth part you
Jmve a sovereign ergo, your four
fourths Is one-fourth greater than
threo-fourths.
Rut Uils will not suit the other party
at all, ami they will proceed acorufully
v&smm&ai
Talbot's Christmas
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HV IKA.NIH IIAKT. jV?
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JAMES." said Gerry Talbot sudden
ly, looking up from the letter he
bad Just receive.), "you needn't
mind about the rest. The dinner
will not come off, after all."
The decorated end of the big, sumptu
ous studio looked oddly distasteful to
Grrry Talbot sluce the rending of Mitt
Wakefield's telegram, which had shat
tered hi enthusiastic plan. He had In
vited ber aud ber brother and hi wife
to a Christmas studio dinner which be
meant to make aa festive as wislli!e. Of
course, her rejection at the last hour
had been a gentle Invention prepared to
avert a greater disappointment, for he
had lot her know unmistakably how It
was with him, and be had been so hoM-.
fill nf success that he had selected a
ring for her Chrttmas gift a little gold
en circlet set with n clear white soli
The streets were thronged with bust-
table, tne like of which nnnt of .hat
humble parly had ever looked upon. Hut
It was a kindly madness that possessed
the host of that bountiful dinner, for
his stories wero of Din pleasatitett and
his watchful care was uullngkiiig. His
guest rewarded his efforts by a spouta
neons enjoyment of all llmt was set be
fore (hem. It was good tu see Ihem
wait upon blind Joints, who could not
help himself, and upon lams Hetty,
whose crippled hands made dlllli'ult the
use of ktilfo and fork.
Talbot rose to replenish a half einplled
plate as tho hall bell thrilled merrily.
There was a pause; then James' quiet,
well-trained voice said' "Yea, madam;
he Is at illnnrr In thn stuilln."
The door swung Inward. Tiilhot knew
that he waa not dreaming when aim
came loitard him with uulatrelrlied
hands and a ripple of riplnnalinii of
which he heard not one word. Indeed,1
to him one Isolated fact lilted the world
i tlnit she wa smiling up at him with a
great promise In her eyes.
"A little friend of mine wauled to
give her friends a Christmas dinner, and
I persuaded her to let mo share It," be
explained Jauntily. "It has been a great
treat to me."
Miss WakeNeld read the whole Iruth
for herself as she looked Into the gml,
homely face that rellccted their host's
(raises In every glance. She said noth
ing but herejes told what Talbot Himld
I ave given all he Mwsesed to hear from
her liis. Then Mr. Wakefield and his
wife ventured In. and Talbot bethnMcht
himself to ask If they had dined, which
they had not.
Lou and Tallmt made room fur three
plates here and there, and as then was
a plenty of crullers and turkey and icet
cream, all went well lo the ftf end of
the function, when the eleven originally
invited Klllesls rose and made their
adieus with glad hearts sad InstmlNg
faces,
Miss Wakefield stood liefure the grate
while her brother and his wife ctamlacd
a row of pictures half hidden behind the
holly wreath. '
"I was so sorry ta disappoint yntt yes
terday," she said, "but poor Ted' tele
gram was so urgent that we were afrakl
he was worse, aud hadn't the heart to
refuse htm. When I discovers! that we
could take an early train hiosie I mad
Hp my mind In run In and wMi yo a
Merry Christmas, anyway, and we
came, ymi see."
Tallmt thought nf the rlag. He bad
taken it (row Us hMIng place. "Tec a
long while I have wanted to ask ywa la
a crept this ami what furs with It," b
aid simply, holdlNg the glittering baaMo
toward her.
A red glow crept Into ber face. She
made no audible answer, bat when the
young couple at the other end of the
room sauntered toward them they were
smiling.
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to point out thnt the arjctunent is nil "w Christmas shopper, glad of heart,
wrong, alnce . ,f you have 1, JUZ
ami aomebody Is p-m-ruus enough to lut ml ,,,,yinK( Talbot nojlei two lit-
add R shillings to It the donor la only
giving you one-third of the amount you
already possess (" times :t equals 1,'),
therefore your sovereign la only one
third more than your IS shilling.
It In n pretty problem, and expert
accountants Imve been known to wran
gle over It for hours. Loudon An
awera. CountlniC the Iliittona.
"Yos," aald the tailor, "Councilman
Crooklt ordered n four-button cutaway,
but he changed It to a three-button."
"la tlie tlireo-liuttou more atyllsli?"
asked the other.
"Oh, no. Rut a he wna K'dns out
lie mw aomo children on my dooralep
playing that old Kunie, 'Rfcli man, ;or
man, beggnrman, thief.' " Philadel
phia Press.
l.oulcul Deduction.
"All, my friend," aald the pasaenger
with the uubarberml hair, "what can
be more delicious, titan clour, cold wa
ter In the early morn, fresh from tho
pump."
"Water," rejoined the hanlwnre
clrummor, "la certainly n ood tiling.
Iiy the way, are you In the milk busi
ness?" Ciiitloo.
Rill Why didn't the author of the
piece romo out nnd ahow himself
when the audience culled for lilm?
Jill Well, you see, he'd Just been
Kittlni; mnrrled, nnd lie's got light
eye. If be went home with black
eyoa, lie wna afraid Ills wife wouldn't
know lilm. YonkiTH Htutoxumu.
One Woman's Wlmloin,
'AIna!" Krnunial the dlaeouniKCtl hus
band, ' "I nm tumble to find work, nnd
there Isn't a tiling In the house to eut.
What are we to do?"
"Oh, I know!" exclaimed his wife,
who had a abort-order Inspiration.
"We'll take In boardera,"
Caxe of Hi-lf-Love,
"Woo Jh mo!" allied tho CKOtlatlcnl
youth who bad been handed tho Icy
mitt. "Tliere'a no ono to love me,"
"Sir," rejoined the heartlea.? mnld,
"you acorn to forKet youraelf."
Ills Kent Love.
Eva Tho count Is Kod"lf to marry
tho Montana hulreaa.
Edna (In surprise) For tho lovg of
goodness!
Bra No, for tho love of money.
tie girls gazing wistfully Into a confec
tioner window.
"Yes, Mln, I would. I'd do It fast
thing," said the taller of the two. "Oh,
my, wouldn't It be nice tu be rich an'
Invite all your friend to a big turkey
an' Ice cream dinner!"
They were rery poorly clad, thin
featured aud ill-nourished, hut not un
pleasant to look at. Talbot was con-M-lous,
sll at once, nf an Inexplicable
Impulse to gratify the child' wish.
"So you would really like to glre
your friend a Christmas dinner!" said
he, smiling down at her astonished eyes.
"I hare a great mind to let you have
your wish."
"Oh, dear me, Mln!" gasped Lou. "I
can't hardly believe It, can )oii? It
sounds Just like a make-ladleve thing.
Won't Mis' I'osey he s'prlsedl An'
Jonas an' Meg an' Tom. Oh, won't they
be Jest too pleased!"
"How many shall you Invite?" Talbot
naked gravely, taking out his notebook.
"Well, there's Aunt Katie an Uncle
Tim an' the baby. Mis' I'osey. Jonas
Roggs, Meg nn' I'at Fooley Mln, can
you think of anyone else?"
"Lame Relay an' Moll."
"How ninny's that?" asked Lou.
"Twelve, counting us three,"
"Don't you think It would be ulen
to hnvo a little present beside each
plato?" asked Talbot.
Roth girls gasped, but looked Immense
ly pleased.
"Suppose you two go round with inn
ami pick out what you consider suitable
lor each of your guests, because I should
not know what to select."
When Lou appeared at the studio on
the following morning she was a very
different looking girl, and any one would
have known by the pure joy of her
voice that some great and festive event
was at hand. Talbot had finished tho
decorations which had been so harshly
Interrupted by Miss Wakefield's mes
sage, and the result was extremely grat
ifying, especially after Lou'a rapturous
acclamations.
At precisely 1- o'clock the bell rang
for the first time to announce tho nr
rival of Aunt Katie and Tim and thu
baby, all polished and prinked to the
verge of painfulmws. Next ciiufe Mis'
i'osey, n little, faded, bowed, undent
woman in rusty black, -with long gold
loops In her wrinkled ear. Lnmii Iteity
thumped in on her crutches, closely fol
lowed Iiy Moll, In borrowed finery, of va
rious sizes. Mug brought blind Jonas,
and a merry little wraith of u man called
Tom Doom.
Talbot shook hands all around with
a "Merry Chrlstmasl" after which they
all took their places at the beautiful
CHRISTMAS TREE FIRCO.
Ilnw Hie Hunurr of I'urlor CoiHsura
(Ions .tiny II Mlnlnilrril.
Severs! a it-id en Is on Carioln eve
ami day nsrh )er res-all the fart, appar
ent only on that day. that the Christ
ma tree I quite a ilanaeron as It is
pretty, and that the proud father per
sonating Santa Clans should tike lb
precaution to equip himself with asbes
tos whiskers. About the nsaal Number
of fire are recorded In the country each
year as a result of the Inilainmable na
ture of the Christina tree nnd It dec
oration ami tbelr careless handling.
Thl warning alway follows Christ
ma Just a the ontery sgimt ley pis.
tol I raise. I after the Fourth of July.
Of course mi rose Is fr. from tburaa,
and a pia rent ly no holiday can lie ob
serve.! In the ronventlonal fashion with
out rnk of acrtdcM to the merrymakers.
Sputtering eandU on a Christina tree
are a very real danger, and the name may
I said of the tret, themselves, tks
wreath of etergeeen aud the mMletoe.
After a day or two they bes-omc dry ami
InmtwntahJe to a high degress, and In the
Joy of the lelebratkou risk are run ami
precaution neglected. A tree thus Uxid
mi down with prewM and decoration
may become in an Instant a torch capa
ble of starting a dimstroa Hre, as many
cltle discovered the other day. to their
great cost and to the serloiM dlscomfurl
of their fire dciHirtmenta.
Ry taking preventive measure thou
sands of dollar will be waved every year.
Tree should be Itought late and kept
out doora until used. In the ease of
First regular E'lsiish I'arlUuimt
asseiiililed at Oxford
IVrkln Warbeik. pretender ta Ih
throne of EiikIsh I, executed tt
T) burn
-l'riN'tsmallou lMd by lleary
VIII. declaring Tboniaa llsekst
not a taint,
-First 'rMb)triau meeting heats
In ICnrland ard.
IIKI-The Utile ship I'ortMH from
Kaaiau.l arrives! at l'1mauik,
Mas.
Irtll llettry MeMabone eiettlled at
Tyburn fnr conspiring IHah mat.
aaere.
I lltW Treaty of Lieban signed hy
Charles N. ami the Great ICIeeter.
Treaty of alliance signed hetwrn
I'eler of Itnssia and Augustus II.
of Poland.
Dael between Dale nf Hamilton
ami Unl .Mun Roth killed
1787Oaeen Caroline of England died
I7TS Tare hundred chests of let
throw n overboard at lloaton I
eisHwe nf tks duty luiptittd by
ICn gland.
17T7 Artirle of Confederation of Ik
Cnlted Male agnt to. Ansrr
Iran Courre recalled HI Us Dean
from Fart tnd appointed John
Adnt. . l'Mge of the Anitr
Iran fort on Delaware river by
the Itrltlob. Frt Lee, N J , m
the llndsnn. oppo.li npwr New
York City, rantnrrsl by the Rrll
lib.
17ST.Xlr llavM Willie. ICagiWh ptlat-
er. bora; dM IHII
I7MI North Carolina ratlsVd the Co
til HI Ion of the t'nltasl Klste.
I71l-Catberlne II. (lb Great), rm-
he of Itnls. died at St. IV
teestmrg; bum TA.
I7H7 Tbnriow Wl born.
1NWV llrltWi ami KiUu force lJ
in Naples.
ISfa, Nspolr-.H Issued a deerea declar
ing Ike IIHtlsh Isle In a state nf
blockade,
IHII (Ireat rtota at Nottingham, Hag
land. .. .Jnhn llrlght. great ling
Hsh statesman, bom.
181.1 Rattle of l.el..W-.
IK1.1 Second I'eaee of Paris.
IHIIt-llells of Notre Dame, Paris, bap
tised.
18.11 Melbourne ministry dissolved.
lKltl Crarow auncied to Austria.
IKIKAsssiMlnailisn of Count Rossi, first
minister to i'iut IX. at Roma.
IHIO Hteamrr lmUUna ciplodcd at
New Orleans. Nearly Ha) killed.
IHKt lw.hu Man4s difficulty between
failed Hairs ami Peru settle.!.
1M17 Relief of Lweknow
lWRi-deo. Sumner demanded surren
der of FrsNlerkktbnrg. Va
IfMil Treaty nf peace between Den
mark, Prml ami Austria rati
fied.... lien. Skrrmaii began bit
march tn the ia.
ISO) First (1. A. It. post Instituted at
DrcalHr, III.
1870 Duka of Aosla elas-ted King of
Spain.
tresti. green trees the rl.K will I mln- LS7.1 IWyclical letter lHed by Plu
Imlted. (uinlle should not be too che I X. against Old Calhnll,.
together aud should lie eonstaatly watch-'tkH,, u, .,....., .i. .i.. . u...
!. At, .11. m I.i...vm . ,. . IHM-Slsmlanl time adupte.1 In State
be at hand, also a toiige on a mI lung
enough to reach any point of the trros
or celling. So, at least, say the fire
fighter, who fxtry year have tbelr own
Christmas spoiled by Ihe neglect of these
very obvious precautions.
Old Idea. About Christina.
Uvea as late as lTo!! there was svmt
doubt as tn the exact date of Christmas,
Ihe old count bringing it tu the fith of
January, the new count giving us the
liTitli of llecember, which I "Ihe day wn
celebrate." in Devonshire, HngMnd, It
I believed that If the sun shines at noon
on Christina day a plentiful crop may
be looked fur In (he following year.
Tho Thoughtful Giraffe,
The absurd and lung legiieil giraffe
Hatd: "Here Is h thought makes inr langh
If we giraffe nlmuld
Wear sKm-Miius, linw enuM
Old Hants tiau elen till Imlfr
OROCKCI) oi r.
FSf 1
east nt Ihe Rocky mountains.
Four standard adjusted to be au
hour aHirl and lo differ by exact
hours from (ireenwleh wert
adopted. Thn division are east
ern time, central time, Rock)
mountain lime ami Pacific time,
being respectively "fi degree, t
degrees, Ilk" degree and IVO de
grees wt of (ireenwleh,
lhi! Chester Alan Arthur, twenty-first
President of the I'lilted States,
died In New York City, bom lfCKk
IKKS Rear Admiral Charles II. Raid-
win, Union naval veteran, died In
New York City, horn Ihrra IK".'J.
1801 Hx-KIng Milan of Servla re
nwiuced all rights to thn throne.
IN Town of Kuchan, province nf
Khorattart, Persia, destroyed by
au earthquake; over P.'.OOO peo
ple killed.
I8!U .lose Salvador, anarchist who
threw bomb In Rnrceloua thea
ter and killed many persona, gar
ruled. 181)7 President McKlnley signed the
treaty adopted by the Universal
Postal Congress, ...Ruv, (leorge
Hendricks Houghton, rector of
the Church of tho Trnustlguratlon
(Ihe Llttla Church Around Ilia
Corner), died In New York, aged
77.
181)8 Michigan Slate Supreme C'oun
18WI
11)01-
1003-
n
deelarml boycotting Illegal. L-
Admiral Dowry transferred to rl
his wife thu Washington lnniaoktZ
given him by the American people
warren .. iigimrl, Vice Pre.
Idimt of the Dulled Stales, died.
-James J. Jeffrie defeated Out
Ruhllii in a battle for the world's
pugilistic championship nt San
Friindsco,
-A canal treaty with the new re
public of Panama signed at
Washington,
The nh v.-- v,..i. i . 1001-Klng hdward VII. of lflngland ar-
nl.nl Uar-Uu 've to more, rived In Portugal on a vltlt ta
on, old man.
King Carlos,