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CHRISTMAS GEM. On Christina Ev. tn betla wer rung. On CLrlstmas Eve the mass whs sung; That only uiKlit In ell tht year Saw the tolel prlett tue chiillce rear, Tli thimsrl dunned her klrtle sheet. The hall was dressed in holly green, Forth to the wood did merry meu f To guttier iu the inWUatoe. Theu opened wide the baron' hall To assiil, Irtiitnt, serf and all; Power hild hit rod of rule aside, Aud Ceremony doffed his pride. The heir with roses in his shoes, That iil;;lit might village partner choose The lord, iinderogHtlii, share The vulvar game of " just and pair." 11 hailed with uncontrolled delight And general voice the happy ulgUt That to the cottage at the crowu Brought tldiu.s of salvation down. The fire, with well dried logs supplied, Weut roaring u the chimney wide. The huge ball table's oaken face, Scrubbed till It shoue, the day to grace, Bore there upon its massive board No mark to part the squire and lord. Theu was brought iu the lusty brawn By old blue-coated serving man; Then the grim boar's head frowned ou high. Crested with bays and rosemary. Well can the green-garbed ranger tell How, wbeu and where the monster fell. What dogs before his death he tore, ' And all the baiting of the boar. The wassail round iu good warm bowls. Garnished with ribbons, blithely trowls; There the huge sirloiu reeked; hard by Plum porridge stood, and Christmas pie, Nor failed old Scotland to produce At such high tide her savory goose. Then came the merry maskers in And carols roared with blithesome din. If unmelodious was the song It was a hearty note and strong. Who lists may iu their murmuring see Traces of ancient mystery, White shirts supplied the masquerade Aud smuttered cheeks the visors made. But, ah, what maskers richly dlght. Can boast of bosoms halt so light? England was merry England wbeu Old Christinas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest alt Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year -By Sir Walter Scott. In "Marmion." A RACE FOR A WIFE; OR, A CANADIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY. BY PIERRJC DUVAL. How did I come to brio; home a wife from the colonies? Yon would like to know, would you? Well, aa it's Christmas, when all ought to be every thing that's nice and obliging, why, I'll tell you; but I warn you there is rery little romance about my story. Two years ago, when I finished my college career, my anxious parents settled it for me that I had been work ing too hard, and needed a thorough change of scene and complete rest and relaxation; naturally arguing, that, as I had brought on indisposition by study, a cure would be wrought most speedily by my endeavoring to forget as soon as possible all I had been at so much trouble to learn. My dear old mother thought I was thin and looked pale. I did not feel pale, but had no ob jection to take advantage of my fan cied ailmeut.in so far as to agree readily to their proposal to pay a visit to an uncle who had settled in the Dominion not far from Ottawa. It is nothing to the purpose of this story how I jour neyed over " the pond," and saw much that was interesting. Suilice it to say that I arrived at my destination a few days before Christmas, and received a most hearty welcome from my jolly old relative. I do not wonder that he was glad to see me, as the long Cana dian winter, when out-door work was at a stand-still because of the depth of the snow and the severity of the weather, is a tedious affair; and any thing which breaks the monotony of life is welcome. This very monotony was to me a complete change; and most of all did I enjoy the sleighing, which was both necessary and delightful. No one, who has experienced the exhilarating sensation of skimming along the deep snow and it was deep that year be hind a pair of spirited horses, as fully alive to enjoyment as ever their driver could be, is very likely to forget it. Was it cold? So the thermometer said, even suggesting ever so many degrees below zero as the measure of it; but it never felt so cold as an ordin ary sloppy winter day in the old country. JJut this is nothing of the story you wanted me to tell. A day or two bpfore the 23th, my uncle got a letter from an old friend and neighbor asking him to spend the festive day at his house. lie would probably be considered a very distant neighbor in Kngland, being some twenty-five miles away; but in Amer ica distances are so vast that such a space seems a trifle, and did not count at all as likely to alTect our acceptance. As female society was somewhat scarce in our part of the country, and I heard that at Mr. Preston's we should probably meet a large party, I readily acquiesced iu my uncle's pro posal to go; so we went. My two rela tives, for my aunt was of the party, drove in their sober sleigh, while I was fitted out with the new vehicle just arrived from the city, and the two young horses. Of the party nothing needs to be told, except that it was a' complete success. We ail enjoyed ourselves most thor oughly, and were only too sorry when ihe dawn of the next day warned us to break up and go home. Now, among the guests was a young lady to whom I had been introduced, who had taken my fancy greatly. She was young, and, of course, pretty, but seemed dread fully shy; and do what I might, I could draw her out but little about her self ami her belongings.' I had noticed during the evening how she seemed bored by the attentions of a man evi dently much her inferior iu birth and education, but seemingly well-to-do, and I had done what I could to relieve ber of his perpetual attendance, but still she did no more than respond in a formal and correct manner. . I had heard that she was a relative of a far mer some distance off, and had no other protectors, being an orphan and some what of a stranger. It was not till afterwards that I learned that there was a sort of tacit understanding of en gagement between her and Bob Saund ers, and that to the outward observer the girl was not a willing party to the arrangement. Our host was a hospit able man, and the good things of the world had been freely set before the guests, with the usual and natural re sult of sorting out the more reasonable from the over-indulgent, and before midnight it became painfully apparent that Hob had taken as much as was good for him, and it further became equally evident that he was not capable of driving Alice home again. She, poor girl, was in a terrible state of alarm and chagrin, and I overheard her ex pressing her disgust to a friend and declining to trust herself to his care again. What could I do? I was the only one of the party who had a vacant seat, and I could not, in common politeness, do less than offer her my escort to see her home. Rob scowled awfully, when she firmly, but politely, declined his attendance; and when he heard that the upstart Englishman had carried oil his girl, his language, I afterwards heard, was Jot a little unparliamentary, and he swore he would "upset his darned old sleigh and the gal and all, if be swung for it." Of this, of course, we were in blissful ignorance, and I had hardly settled down into the full enjoyment of our morning drive, before Alice burst into hysterical tears, and buried her face in the buffalo robes, and sobbed as thought her heart would break. "Oh, Mr. lJurton," she gulped out be tween the sobs, " I am so much obliged to you for taking care of me. Please forgive my crying, but 1 am so unhappy." 0 Slurs,' :"-M'w ON HE CAME, AND AS HE X EARED US, IIIS CCRSES AND IMPRECATIONS I did my best to pacify her, and suc ceeded so far as to get her to confide in me how she had yielded to the persecu tions of her lover in so far as to con sent to his visiting her. This was chiefly in deference to her guardian's wish and not because she could really like or respect such a man. We had not gone far in these pleasant confidences when I heard the jingling behind of other bells, and Alice turned to me in a tone of great alarm. "Oh, Mr. Jinrton, I do believe that is Mr. Saunders behind us, and he is driving like a madman. Put we are nearly to my guardian's. Please push on and get out of his wav." Put though I w!ii;ijd tuy good horses up tu their best pace, they had gone far and were getting pumped out, while our pursuer bad a fresh and splendid team. On he came, and as he neared us, his curses and imprecations got plainer and plainer, and it was evident he had lost control not only of his temper, but also of his horses too, and I was soon painfully aware that we were all of us in imminent danger. Urging my steeds as well as I could, I steered for the side of the track, so as to keep my precious freight furthest from danger, but I was unable to get out of the way, and in two seconds more crash came the brute right into us, and I remember no more. How long I was unconscious I don't know, but when I came to myself I was lying in bed in a comfortable but homely room, with a very singular ignorance of how I came there. "Thank God! he is alive," I heard whispered, and, opening my eyes, I saw the tearful face of Alice gazing at me. The rest is simple of explanation. I had broken some bones and got a tremendous knock on the head, but some how managed to pull through the shock, and thanks to the devoted nurs ing of my dear Alice, quite enjoyed the process of getting well again. She, dear girl, was not much hurt, because of my precaution to drive so the radian did not drive into that side of the sleigh. Does it want much explaining how we got so to like one another that she concluded to visit the old country as my bride? I think not. How did we settle with IJob Saunders ? Well, we did not have much trouble with him. When he got sober again he was so much ashamed of himself that he sold out his belongings and moved out further west, where the last I heard of him was that he was an ardent apostle of the Pine Ribbon Army. A cold miet, weighing thirty-five pounds and valued at 16,000 is on ex hibition in San Francisco, CaL It was found in the northeastern part of the state and is the largest and finest one ever unearthed. LITTLE BESSIE. An Interesting Christmas Story, Deacon Amos Dorr was a thoroughly good man and a true Christian, and was noted for his deep love for little children. Mrs. Dorr, his wife, was a good and upright woman; but was noted for her deep lave for property. Many years before our story, a little child came to gladden the hearts of the worthy couple; but only for a few brief years was she permitted to remain with them. Then came a day only a week before Christmas when sweet little Allie lay sick unto death with that dreadful dis ease, membranous croup; and that year the Christmas snows were softly falling over a little new-made grave, as the grief-stricken and childless couple, sat by the chimney corner, in which no gay little stocking was hanging, ready to be filled with the little toys so care fully prepared by loving hands. Hut, as the years rolled on, the cares of the world entered into the mother's heart, and nearly crowded out the memory of the little child. Not so with the father's loving heart! Ah, no! For the sake of his lost darling, all other children were regarded by him as so many precious jewels, to be guarded carefully, and most tenderly loved. The one great desire of the Deacon's heart was to adopt a little girl; but never a word of this had lie spoken to his wife. One cold November evening, when the wind was wailing mournfully around the old house, bringing to mitid the cold winter so near at hand, the good couple were quietly seated in their cosy sitting-room, engaged in their usual evening occupation, the Deacon reading, and his wife knitting. Just as Mrs. Dorr was endeavoring to calculate to a cent, how much that day's churning would " fetch," the Deacon's voice broke the silence, as he methodi cally folded his paper and placed it on the table beside him. " Seems as ef it grows lonesomer an' lonesomer every year, Nancy,"remarked the Deacon, with a sigh. " LomoinerV' repeated Mrs. Dorr in a tone of surprised inquiry. "Why aint lonesome; I have work enough to do to keep me from getting lonesome, I hope. Sv'hat in the world's come over you, Amos?" "Well, I don't know," replied the Deacon slowly, " Put somehow or other It seems terribly . orter still, like, round the house lately. Nancy," catching his breath "Nancy, why can't we take a child?" "Takeachildr repeated Mrs. Dorr in amazement, dropping her knitting into her lap and catching her spectacles from her eyes. " What an idea! as much as I have to do! Why, I should go distracted to have a child round under foot; and the expense of bring ing up a child, too, 'specially a girl You must be crazy, Amos, to think of such a foolish thing." " Well, well, wife," hastily replied the Deacon, " I didn't knaw but you might think well of It, seein' we're all alone, so; but I shall get along well enough. Mebbe John's children will come down next summer and stay a spell." "Dear me! 1 never did see such a man in all my born days," Baid Mrs. Dorr, resuming her knitting, "you ain't never satisfied unless there's half a dozen young ones at your heels." The Deacon took up his paper and went to reading again, thinking that enough had been said upon the sub ject, for that time at least. This was Saturday night. The fol lowing day Mrs. Dorr was forced to go to church alone, as her husband was suffering from a cold, and declared that he wasn't a-goin' to keep the con gregation in a quiver with his cough ing." Left to his own devices, the good Deacon, like men of smaller growth, fell at once into mischief. Or it might have appeared to Mrs. Dorr had she known that her husband availed himself of her absence by writing a letter to his favorite, nephew, John Ferris, in Poston. Put fortu nately, tho good woman did not hear of this letter untlll a long time after. And when that time came, "things had changed, and Bhe had changed;" so it did not matter. The next day the Deacon walked down to the village and mailed the precious missive, and in the course of a week there came a letter to the farm house nephew John. "Why that's John's writinT ex claimed Mrs. Dorr gla.nclng over her husband's shoulder as, with an impas sive countenance, he proceeded to read his letter. " It is from John," he pres ently announced. 0 'Do you want a boarder, Nancy? good pay guaranteed. John wants to know if you'll board a four-year-old girl for a while. He says she's quiet and well-be-haved; I guess John's sort of a guardem, or something, for the child." M Why, I don't know," said Mrs. Dorr impaling her back hair on a knitting needle and folding her hands medita tively. " P'raps I could manage to somehow. Winter's a good time for boarders, for me, on account of butter'n clieese. Put a child well, I'll see be tween now and morning." The Deacon wisely forbore to say much on the subject; for he very well knew how his wife would decide. So he was not at all surprised when she said the next morning that "she'd thought it over, and she guessed she would try it, but she should want good pay." Secretly delighed to hear this, the Deacon immediately answered his nephew's letter, and in a few days was gratilled by the arrival of Mr. Ferris with his little charge. "I will see that the child's board is paid as long ;i3 you will keep her, Aunt Nancy," said the gentleman. " She is a dear little thing and has neither father nor mother. Her father died while in my employ; and the mother being dead some time before, the children, had to be separated. There were two others, another girl and a boy. They are in the asylum," lie added briefly. "Why aint thin one there too?" in quired Mrs. Dorr. " O, I took a fancy to her," replied Mr. Ferris carelessly. "I wish she could have a good home somewhere. I shall look after her until she does, I think." Mr. Ferris stayed with them only a day and a night; aud with many an in junction to his little charge to be a good GREW PLAINER AND PLAINER. girl and mind Aunt Nancy, he bade them good-by, and was whirled back to the big city. Little Pessie was rather lonely at first in the large, old farm-house; but she was a cheery little soul, and soon began to sine and chatter from morn ing till night. She followed th Deacon about like a faithful little spaniel; and theu the good man was positively un happy w hen she was not with him. It was a pretty sight to see the sunny haired little maiden trudging about with the quiet old farmer, holding fast to his big, liliie-niitteued hand with her wee scarlet-covered one. Every animal on the place learned to love her, and, strange to relate, Aunt Nancy at last fell captive to her infantile charms, and, unknown to herself, a big place was thawing out in her heart for the little child. And now Christmas was come, and the Deacon, half suspecting what was taking place in the mind of his wife, resolved upon a grand stroke. Christmas eve, the child was un dressed as usual, and placed in her little cotwhich stood in a corner of the room where slept the Deacon and his wife. Not close by the bed where Allie's crib used to stand, poor little orphan girlie! Away off iu a corner by herself, just a poor little lonely boarderl Ah well! thy good angel is hovering near, little one! Mrs. Dorr, after setting things to rights in the Kitchen, for the night, re turned to the sitting-room and found it empty; but in the chimney-corner hung oneof dearlittle Allie's stockings, filled as Mrs. Dorr quickly discovered with the very toys she had had in readiness so long ago, to put into this same little stocking. As she stood silently gazing at it, the tears slowly gathering and falling, the bedroom opened and disclosed the Deacon stand ing there, with such a look of love and longing on his kind old face, that it instantly became manifest to her, what her husband desired and expected from her hands, as his precious, Christmas gift And all at once her soul seemed flooded with tenderness and love. Love for the little child so safe in Heaven, and for the little one so quietly sleeping in the little crib which the Deacon had drawn up close to the side of the bed. "Nancy," said the good man, holding out his hand, and leading his wife to the side of the crib, "Nancy, will you give me this little child? she is the one gift I crave." "O, Amos!" said Mrs. Dorr brokenly, "she aint mine to give; she's the. Lord's; but l guess she's meant for you anyway. I I've been growing hard and sting-y, Amos. lean see it now. i n most lorgot my own nttie girl, and everything else, but my own 6elf. Put I'm a goiu' to have a 6hare in this little thing" she exclaimed stooping to kiss the little sleeper. "I declare, he looks as Allie used to," she remarked, wiping her eyes, as they turned to leave the room. 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Home's famous F.leetre Maa-ntle Kelt. Tliouaands the t'nlon hae been enn-d. i.tantly fil. Patented and sold 10 v ran wear Bum a belt. F.lectrle Haaweaaorlea five with male bHta Avoid wortlil- Im Itationa and Irogn companlea. F.lertrle Truaaea fur Kaptare. 7" cured la'tta. "enl alanip for ianiililet. Or. W. J. horne, inventor, 191 wabasn av., Chicago. Ihs Companion fcaar II II r ''rrvr-ir-. i I tCTRIC-.WV J In erer T :i lS tare Kleetrirf -Wtr Mn,Sir ft CO., 37 Teirpla Place, Boston, Mast 7 TUB SETI1 THOMAS Ocsl Vatch in America for tho Price. Th. Ora.l Hur.ry PEncuEnon horses. 200 Imported Brood Mares Of Choicest Families. la n c iTnl'iw ii im All Ages, bota Boxes. IN STOCK. JVamajvtJ nnrt A iLdk TV t.Btrw1!? TS A i ai a a I .f .V o vvr iw -1 ll mwnI.i1 with vtonriml lwnlllin.1 In tha I'frcheron Htud liooka. The l'crclieron lathe only draft breed of France poaaKaainK a atud book that has the support and endorsement of th French Oorernment. Hend for 120pa.a Cataloerue, llluatratlons by Heaa Ueaaaur. M.W.DUNHAM. Wayne, DuPage Co., Illinois Hare bea hrtily enjoyed by tlie citizens cf nearly erery town and city in the United Htatee. Marreloue i'ures have been WTformrxJ, and wit nessed by thousands of people, who can testify to Tut woNDKRrui. nri.iso Powr.B of Hamlin's Wizard Oil. IT 11AS NO EQUAL FOR TBE CUBE OF RHEUMATISM. NEURALGIATOOTHACHE, EARACHE, HEADACHE, CATARRH. CROUP. SORE THROAT, LAME BACK, CONTRACTED CORDS. STIFF JOINTS. SPRAINS. BRUISES. BURNS. And Man Other Pains Caused by Accident or Disease. It is snfe and sore, ds its work quietly and (rives nniveraiil nut iff not ion. For sale by drafcirist. I'rice.SOc. OurSonKBooW mailed free to every body. Address WIZARD OIL COMPANY. CHICAGO. Pages Arnica Oil The bet .Hive In the world for Burn.. Wounds ana r' df all kinds. Bolls. Kelona, Chilblain. Froaea Feet, I I h. Hrirbet's IU h. Hun Kyt-a. CbaQpea Manila. Sore Throat, Kt'ald Head. I'imples oa law Face, and all akin diseases. For I.I ver Complaint. St k lleailurhe, f'onttti atlon, ue I'uKe's Mandrake Pills. Above remedieii sola by DruKiNtn or sent by mall for 35 centt by C. W. Snow & Co., byra-uie, N. Y. JONES PAYStheFREICHT 5 Ton Vaen Hcsvlea, Iraa lxrl, tttr.l ht.rrm.. araa. Tar Bran ead Br.m Sal a $60. I.err tilt acaia. far frr. priae Bat ai.loB Ibl. aatwr aad aadraaa JONES Of SISBMAMTM. lUMlllAMTUN. N. T. D GUE1H IFDTSJ. When 1 a cure I ao uoaaieaii tuara.jrto .top tuaai tar a time aad than have them ratura araln, , I ueas i a eaSS. calrora. I hare mada the dttraae of FITS, BPILBrar er FAU.IiQSICENKrtSa Ufa loBjatady. twmmtmg remedy to cure the worat caaaa Beauae ether aaaw falled ( ao reaaon for not bow receiving a ear. ry.i4aa once for a traatlae and a Frae Bottl ef my InfallWaa ramedf. Olv Bxpr. and foat Ortlc. It ut yaa OotttlDSfor atrial, and 1 will car yoa. " Iddraaa r. U. U. KOOT, tw 1-aarl 8t, Hew Tertu i The olitett medtetne tn (he wortl Ts proTJTfl ! Dr. Isaao Thomoson's R fi:i.i:iika ted iji u ati; This article It a earefuHv prepared Phvtlrlan'i pre scription, and ha been Inconstant ue nearly a rente nr. and not a IrliNtandlns the many other preparations that have been Introduced Into the market, the tale ef thii srti" le Ii ronatam Iv Increaxlrir. If the dlreo tloni are followed It will never fall. We particularly Invite the attention of nliy.lrlan to It merit. JOHN L, THOMPSON, RONS CUTKOV. K.T. TT riTiDDU 5w ' via . : r: : ' . . HEADACHE, ASTHMA. NEURALGIA. Quickly relieved by wring; Cuahaataa's M e a t h ! Inhaler and by eontinund u etfrct a curw. Batlw faction (ruarantred or money retundd. It la.U frooa six mrntba to one year. Pnee M eenta; by mail er at drug-rut. Circular mailed, on application. H. O. CUSHMAN, Three Rivera, Mich. JOSEPH Gl LLOTTS STEEL PENS GOLD MEDAL PARIS DCP0SITI0N-I873. THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS A STHIYIA CURED! Ikrtable $1.00. ef nrarrl.ta erhvm.il. Sample KUI K aw tamp. UK. It OHII'rsAV u PaaL Mia a. FACE, HANDS, FEET, J .11 iV.l.imMMlrtn. I lt1Tln SW elal Development- Hnir and Scalp, Hupei fTtious Hair, nirtn nitr, ioie nira. Moth, Freckle. Ked Koae. Acne, Black Hrada, St ar, l'lttlnir and their traatmaat. Hend loc. for book of 60 pasrra, th editlotw rr. T N. rerlsr..AUajr..y, Kat'd lOS. WUIRE For it Dressmaking! I.adies who wear Ffatherbont In fir, VTiiit$ er Crfsre dohtthted with It. Soft and pliable. At luluuly unbreakable. For ale every whore. Try IU HOME TREATMENTS readers lulTerlng from Organie Weakneaa. Marw ene or Chronic Ailment, should writ t DR. WILLIAMS, 189 Wia. St.. Milwaukee. Vie., 'or a M-pag book, giving th proper treat ment la full, ad thua avoid quaekerv AGENTS WANTED WrVllUSSi JU r ATTEKNS, fo making Rngw, S bv mall for Ml. CIRCCLAR " 1'RKK. Y- ROM fe CO. ' 1X1LEUU, OHIO. nE WANT YOUI VrZ'Z: pmfltable emnlrrvment to repreaeot ua la every counlv. Balary $. par mont h and evprjl"". ar a large) eommlraton on aajea If preferrad. UoOtla atapl. Kvarron buva. Outfit and particular Free. . 8TAAUAiU BiLVtilwXiili CO UobluK, XU3& UNtOPIUM Haklt Palnleaaly fjaa arn on im.i ami nj rA I a. aaa. bJ w until you are henente'1. Terms Iaiw. llamaa Keaaedr aPaTete, lad. UnfflC BTUDT. Ttook-ltMplne. Pnstneis forma nUrni I'enmanihlp, Arlthmctlo, bhorthaad, eta, VZVlW coTl'e, T.UrcttU" rNCYCLOPKI)IAA5ACEiT8f r nshlelnformstlon.KNCVCLOI'KlUA t'LBLl3U 1 itiii CO., M Wooiter street. New York. BBBwjawjawBBBBBijwjHa wjiiMn a nr rfiif exTfaTI KIDDER 8 PA3TILLES..r;mS?i LO.hy mall, htowell AOs " P naxMntown. Jrlaaa. nnrrilTO v. a. i.khmamn.oiiciuh II A I lN I of ratenU, WA8HINUTON, IM I wall I O D. C. Br-n-i for Circular. nnilir" and Merpnlae Itaalt Caeea In let I lUII II I Bedava. K-ert.i Iimnj patient enrw4 Ul IULiI la all part. Sr. Kanh. tlviaey.aUea. "PENSIONS! Mrvl laws. A.Vr.McCormlck k f, ft F'CstK'e Psy.BAewtf, rite ror mmiiars ana 9on, Wsahlngtoa, l. C, VTTiniVT ( FAUMSr Mllrl aimste! Oeaa T llittltllA iiotne! Northern Colony! 111, ratei clrcalar free. A. O. BLlss, Centralia, Va. TELEGRAPHY l"r.hXmZ.tt I aiahed. Writ Valeatlae lira., Jaoavlll,Waa. W.N.u7b.--452 ZXfimsSiiiL i i -vawi kjrr awra,aiii.- - Wr.4.ll.WaWk nnnno 1 1 AnillM MwrwlilaenaalS Car 4 Is) If UPiUU i;&.ilr