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CONCERNING OLD CHRISTMAS
pine«
'Tia
Discussion as to the Festivo
Day's Origin.
Vi
Mos
E'i
Ami
Ha« Been Commemorated In
Verses.
has
rank
tbo
and
It la («ratifying to See How Completely the
Home Feeling;
aprnad is the
will us we W
Obnitma»."
flood*
Each
his
and
of
who
and
nal
the
of
gift,
Kew York Advertiser,
There is some discussion ns to the
origin of Christmas day. It appears
that in the earliest, period of the
Christian Church some comrrfuoities
of Christians colehrated tho festival of
Christmas on the 1st of January,
others observed it on the 6th of that
month. In some of the Eastern churches
it was kept about the time of the
Jewish Passover, near the end nf
March. There is also some evidence
of its having been obsorved on tbe 20th
of September, being the F'east of
Tabernacles. In the year A. D. 325,
when the Emperor Constantine legally
established Christianity in the Romnn
Empire, Christmas was oh
beginning of the new year, while I,,
tbe Eastern Church it was celebrated
the 6th of Junuary. Pope Juli
•ventually effected u
the 25th day of December
lisbed.
bave been called in question by some,
but John Cbrvsistom the eloquent,
nreacher at Constantinople, i
fourth century, confirms them.
It is a curious circumstance that
some difficulty has been found in
accepting the date of December 25th
tbe probable day on wbicb Christ
was born, because the close of Decem
ber being usually tbe height of tbe
rainy season in J
neither flocks nor shepherds could have
been at night in the fields of Hathle
hem. This strange objection is cou
nidered of such importance that it is
incorporated into almost every ency
clopedia nnd dictionary wbicb treats
of Christmas. It is one of the curiosi
ties of literature. Tho present writer
has been in those parta at this season
of tbe year, and has found no difficulty
in "keeping watch by night" in the
open fields of Palestine. What in pos
sible for a Western tiavoler, unused to
living in the open air, in the ni
teenth century, must have been far
easier for a hand of Eastern shepherds
at the beginning of the Christi
In Christian countries all
world the recurrence of Christmas has
been celebrated with festivities of
various kinds. In none, however, has
it been more joyfully welcomed than
in old England. In that country it
the custom
after tbe usual
over, to light large was candles
throw
wood, called the Yule
Block. At court
tbe wealthy
of Misrule," was appointed to superin
tend the revel, ana in Scotland a simi
lar functionary used to be appointed
under the title of the "Abbot of Un
reason." In the year 1555 these oflie
were abolished by an act of Parliament.
The reign of the "Lord of Misrulo"
All Hallow Eve and lasted
The favorite
or which those functionaries
gaming,
juring, dancing, blind man's butT und
dipping for apples. In theso festivities
the people went to great excesses, and
find St. Bernard of Clairvaux, in
Ihe twelfth century, sternly reproving
tbe people fo>- giving so much attention
to tho festivities of the season and very
little to ita solemn commemorations.
And later, in tbe year 1664, M or ley,
Bishop of Winchester, reproved the
morry monarch, Charles II., and his
court for desecrating the duy by gam
bling.
In olden tiroes the favorite dishes
v , for a Christmas di
cock, tbe boar's head with an orange
in the mouth and set. off with
mary, plum puduing and mince ph-s.
Gradually the peacock made wuy for
the goose, and now tbe goose seems to
have abdicated in favor of tbe turkey.
many centuries tho "bringing-in
of tbe hoar's bead" formed the chief
ceremony as a Christmas dinner. And
until recently the ceremony
lerved at Oxford, where at Queen's
College, heralded by a jubilant flourish
of trumpets and accompanied by etrai
of morry minstrelsy, the boar's head
was carried in a silver dish into the
banqueting hall by a serving
who, as he advanced at tbo beau of a
stately procession of tutors, graduates,
undergraduates and ladies, sang;
"Caput anri defero
Reddens laudes Domino.
The boar's head in bund bring I,
With garlands gay and rosemary,
1 pray you all synge merrily,
Qui eétis in convivio.
oil at the
and
estab
These historical statements
prom
the
it is said that
the
the
in
of
the
to
of
of
I
tho
Chrism
:ss in church were
1 to
tbs hearth n huge log of
he Christmas
d in the houses of
officer,natnod tho "Lord
began
until Candlemas Day.
pastimes
presided
the nea
J''
ob*
of
The boar's head I understand.
Is the chief service in the land,
Look wherever it be found
Hervite
cantico."
At Cambridge a similar custom was
loss classi
observed, but the uarol
cal. It ran something in this strain:
The boare is dead.
See, here is his head;
could have done
Than his head off to strike,
Meleager like.
And bring
What
doe, before?
Plum pudding is the universal
blem of Christmas, and it. iu strange
that amid all tbe antiquuri
which has been dovotod to the history
of Christmas we do not find the least
light thrown upon the invention of
plum pudding. Every school boy
knows that there were pancattes in the
days of King Alfred. In
book, published i
recipe for pi
in tbe Tattler,
but we can find nothing of its history.
Fur centuries tbo Christmas plum pud
ding bas been brought in, all ablazo
with brandy sauce ignited, but
kuow nothing of its history save that
the chroniclers tell us that in olden
times the pudding was eaten first and
tbe meat afterward. It
resuarch
old cookery
1076, there is a
pudding, and Addison,
mends the dish,
stimu
lating stuff, this Christmas pudding,
for an old English doggerel
The sturdy Saxon, pudding fed.
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clapped in his strong right fist the blade.
He'll make it whistle.
thus ;
But mince pies
historic. They
were popular under tbe name of
"mutton pies" as early as 1596, and
later authorities agreed in substituting
neats-toDgue in lace of mutton. They
were also known ns shred and Christmas
Ï ies. Beinen tells us that mince pies
a his day were haken in in a coflin
sbansd crust, intended to represent tho
which tbe Holy Child was
"Swearing ovor the cock and
pi©, by which we understand the
peacock and ir.inoo pie uf Christ man
in referred to by William Shalfespearu
more than once. It has also found its
manger
laid.
pine« in tbe serrico or song,
omplo :
'Tia thu pi
for ex
nf old <'l,ri>tinas. both
! stable.
Vi
•rthy of pine 'ncnlh coufccth
yoke,
warmly 'lis welcomed to
V Christ in;
Mos
Which liai Is M
cheer and joke.
the humblest cottage will postp
pottage
tat
ill.
id
E'i
its
the
by
Ami Little Jack lb
Could verv well all of i
icuuties descry.
"Father Christmas"
has been canonized unit elevated to tbe
rank of Santa Claus. St. Xioholus,
tbo worthy Bishop of Myra, in tbe
fourth century, in held lo ho the patron
naint of virgins, sailors and children,
and
rohbern also. Ah the patron
not fewer than 1172
Of lute y
a matntr of fact, of highway
her
lilt of
there
churches dedicated to his name, and
Decerabor dth commemorato* his
name, tbo festivities of Santa Claus
gradually merged into t.ho=e of
Father Christmas, ID days later.
"Hare Old llpn Johns
celebrated Christmas Masque—"as it
presented at Court in 1010,"
represents Old Father Christm
his round hose, long stockings, close
doublet, high crowned hat. with a
brooch, long thin heard, truncheon,
little ruffs, white shooH. with bis scHrfs
and garters armas, and his drum beaton
before him, with a merry motley train
of his numerous sons and daughters
who are designated Misrule, Carol and
Mince lie and Onmbol, and Wassail
and the New Voar's (lift.
the religious observance of Christ
the three Magi take the placn of
Father Christmas, und occupy a promi
nent. position in Christmas cards. The
legend of these three Wise Mon of tho
East, or as they are styled in the origi
nal Greek of St. Matthew's Gospel,
the Magi, who visited the Saviour
with precious offerings, became, under
monkish influence, one of the most
popular features of Christmas obsorv
ance during tbo Middio Aces. In fact
they were raised to the position of the
three icings, although Scripture
where ioforina us that these individuals
kings or that their number
restricted to three. The old Christmas
legend, however, converts tho Magi
into kings, restricts their number to
three, gives their names with a minute
account, of their stature and of the
nature of their gifts. Melcboir
King of Nubia, was the smallest
of tb
gift, nf gold. Iteltbuz
Chaldea, was a
stature, and made -
a
the
At
his
ti
I
< >
tbo
o
by
triad, and gave tbe Saviour a
King of
of ordinary
offering of in
cense. But tho third, Jasper,
King of Tarsbish, was tb» tallest of
the group, "a black Ethiopian, and
gave an offering of myrrb. Those th
Kings cumo with many rich ornamrnts
belonging to Kings' array, and also
with
with great treasure. It
jiress Helena, tho mother of Constan
tine, who ia said to have r 1 ' covered
the burial place of those " three
kings," and to hr- removed their
bones to the Cathedral of Ht. Sophia
in Constantinople. Emm thence thoy
transferred to Milan at tbe ti
of tbe Moslem conquest, ami in the
year 1164 tbo Emperor Frederick I.,
the Uarbaroesa of history, presented
them to tbe Archbishop of Cologne,
for a small consideration th«
curious traveler cau visit these sacred
relics in the boautiful Cathedral nf
that city. But assuming that there is
doubt us to the relics (for
belief is a disqualification for
traveler», of these three Wise M
there is the greatest possible doubt as
to their names. Bishop Patrick, in his
Reflections, written in 1671, asks with
assumed naivete how these t.. oe names
of the tbieu Wise Men (which, by the
WHy, have been endorsed by the author
of Ben Hurj Melchior, Huitb
Jasper,
another tradition says they
Apellius, A inertia and Damascus; a
third that they were Megalatb, Galga
lath and Harasin ; and a fourth calls
them Ator, Hator and Puratoras, which
I last, be anys, he should choose iu ta ia
uncertainty au having the more kingly
ules, camels and horsos laden
tho Em
is
nf
is
and
•e to be of service, when
d
sound.
As we are determined to enjoy Christ
in a (Jhristinnly manner wo
cause for searching in the ancient
heathen rites for either our Christum#
(Honors or oui Christmus decorations.
Plum pudding amt mi
notoriously indigestible, and must.
Iy have lieon heathen in their
origin. The wassail bowl was singo
larly injurious in its effectc., und has
gradually given way to mure temperate
drinks. The peacock has also given
place to tbo turkey, and tbo buur's
head
doubted Iy become
food at Christmas,
i told
rations aro hoathJn. The mistletoe was
held HBcrod by tbe ancient Druids. It
worshipped on tho tree by the
Druid priests and brought in tbo altars
a sacred olTer
this account hi» loom
the Christmas i
cburchoo but has
y rites of
.•ould
pie
J.
beef. We have
Christian in
Bllt W«
Christmas deco
of Thor nnd Woden
ing. It h
ever found ita way i
decoration of
been reserved for tho initial
hymen in tho home. What
Christmas he to many without the
"kissing under the mistlotue?" Nor
has tbe ivy, so emblematical of all that,
is alfectiunato and true, found a rer%
favorite place in the decorations of
churches nt Christmas. It is of itself I *
somewhat funereal as a symbol, and j
it is said to have been used in tho
worship of Bacchus. It ia the holly,
which has always been esteemed the
special decoration for Christmas, and
which findB a place in a vory ancTent
Christmas carol, thus:
Here comes holly that is so gent
To please all men is his intent.
Alclujab.
Even the Yule log is heathenish, but
Cbris
flrn in tho
hearth at Christmas. To tho reflective
mind it seems almost impossible to
keep a cheery Christmas in a "borne"
which is simply steam-heated "with
all other improvements."
But from time immemorial it hao
regarded u most essential
feature in the observance of Christmas
that i; should he a season dovota some
what to tbe good of others. Christmas
dinners for tbo poor are not
invention They date lung before tho
improvement of our tene
had over been thought of i
They belong to those good old times
when the knight, tho squire and tho
peasant all sat down at one festi
Hoard to enjoy good Christmas eboer,
We road iu an old chronicle of a goner
ous old 6quire who every Christina«
morn wont into tbe stable and cowhouse
and fed with bis own bunds the horses,
sheep and cows, because,
Christmas was a day of joy for man and
beast.
There are some capital linen written
not many years ago which seem to
prosa this sentiment. They
When you, with velvets mantled o'er,
Defy December's tempests' roar,
Oh, spare one garment fr<
To clothe the poor at Chris
of
what in the wi
world i
tiou than tho blaze of
u
a
a
modern
t houses
discussud.
;
of
saui,
■
blazing loads of fuel, while
homes with in-door summer smile,
Uh. spare one faggot from t lie pile,
To warm tbe pour at Chrietnu»«..
I
Y<
'
Wben von Mio coatlv banquet deal
To guests who
Oh. aim
To iced the poi
I
lie feel.
el fr.
meal,
Christmas.
When Ren'
earn controls,
happiest souls,
bowls,
Ami gives
joy
Old fro
Oh. si.
Ch
The author of Hound About Our Son
Coal Fi
Si|iliro
enants
•n euys in his day the English i
of Christmas morn had all his !
ter his hull by i
broached, !
and the hlackjack9 wont plentifully
about with the louBt, «ugnr, nutmeg,
nncl good Cheshire ebenso. Tim great j
Christmas sausage, called tbo bacUiu,
must be boltod by daybreak,
the young follows would
by the arme and
d neighb
daybrenk. The strong beer
else
her about I ho
k«t place until she was BHhamerl of
her laziness. In fuel, three centuries
Day
• fount. E
•ntrsd in ;
the idoii of upon handed hospitality. !
At Christmas be morry and thankful with !
:■
id !
And tea.s' th.v poor
oighb
rs, the groat
tl
The I'uri
le of Oli
ppressed Old Christ
The Long
Christ
tinned until tho
d thu restore
< I
mpletaly
and jollity.
nt
Parliament prncini
Duy, ami
death of tbe Protector
ed a last
it
ti
of t;
The high-.'•lino lord»
if Cr
roll's making
2. baking;
Hiechiefest food they fou
.| i
Was
I
broth
< > lilt'
lint tbe
ingly coarse
n of tho exceed- !
J irreverent ohserv
duy roost sucrod in i
had a good off
tbo elevation
carol. Bei'
carol
tbHt. it w
or prai
Restoration
ols were sung
, but
o
itutinu i
is first SO
of tone in the Christman I
the Puritan period Christ* j
sensuous in its char- !
scarcely regarded
, ami
after the
iocs not appear that :
iu churches. Thor
Is. An e.x
is fourni in
ancient carol, which appears in the
MS.S, dialing sumiwhore about
;ds have become tho
by
Ü.
ption,
llark-i
10SU A. D. Its
foundation of many a good modern
carol. It
s tn
When Chrvst was b
of Mary, free,
; with mirth and ;;lee.
In Bethlehem, tin
Angels si
Herdsmen beheld the«o
To them appearing with
And savil G.ul , < m is t.
gel", bright,
t light.
his night,
oelsia gl
This King is coming
inkind,
Declared i
o fviide.
I
fere th
eng have w
Hid
I it vxccisis gl
But even ti
Brady,
of
ihe
the
f Tuts and
who may bo' considered tho
a of tho first church hymnal,
hut very poor
ill inrii*
n to the ti
pu«
tho
ilinary
T
following v
poetry.
cate their somowhnt quaint and simple
character :
But when
When
They fo
Bethlehem they c
j is Infant lav.
as tli
'I
\V'i
; .. feed . ..
IBs Mother Mary kneeling
the Lord did pray.
The popular Christmas hymn, ' 1 While
shepherds watched their flocks l.v
posed by Nub urn Tate*,
when he wus Poet Lnureato. somewhere
about thu year lTOd. Another great
favorite, "Ilarlf, tho Herald Angels
Sing,'' was written by Charles Wesley.
But one of our host modern carols,
which has found a place in tho new
edition of the hymnal, and which
begins "O, little town of Bethlehem,"
is from tho peu of the lato Phillips
Brooks of BoHtou.
On the whole,
regret in the departure of that Christ
which ebaraterized the rude and
ugh duy b of Old England. To quote
da of Washington Irving, it
"flourished iu times of spirit ami
lustihood, when men enjoyed life
gbiv, but heartily and vigorously."
mrceiy agree with'tho
iter when he Buys that in
tbo moilorn Christmas there is "
nf dissipation and less of enjoyment."
For Christmas is still a time of de
lightful oxcitnmont, nnd it is gratify
ing lo see how completely the homo
feeling is aroused ami bow widespread v
is the desire to spread peace and good I j
« wish each other
igbt,"
S.
day
whs
ing
wns
the
have nothing to
d
The
On
he
But we
eminent
i
n
of
will around us
"A Merry Christmas.''
his
to
in
he
ard-lli
I Wedding.
Salisbury, Md., Dec. 15.—-Mi
J. Hitch, dough
Salisbury, and Charles II. Ward of
Ashury l'urk, N. J.,
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
this afternoun iu the presence of a
large number of relatives and friends.
The ushers were Arthur Leonard. Arley
Carey, Edward C. Fulton and Ciuren
Hitch. The bride came into the church
leamng
hort II. Hitch. Hho w:
chancel by tho groom and bis best man,
Ernest B. Hitch brother of the bride.
The Roy. A, J. Vanderbogart, rector of
St. Peter's, performed tho ceremony.
Klintsly aft or tho ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Ward left for h short bridal
trip,after which they will go to Asburv
Park, their fut
Mary
f Robert Hitch of
urriod
offl
tbe
of her brother, Her
at the
m. ,
v„ m* rl a ï S
I * i/m-H „ " on
j v
!ra,D ttHt
and
ing
8t
I
home.
.aged 55 years, of
nt reel, wan
1*.. W. A B.
of
nf
&
a
is
of
of
uk
ilroud
Poplar street
•(■using os ho wan leaving the yards
of tho Pusny ,t Jones Co. The body
it is supposed
gel hurno ho ti
I and did not notice tho ap
proach of the train. Deputy Coroner
Chandler took churgo of tho body, Do.
ceased was a rigger and
lender of tho I'., W. & B.ritiiroud
bridge uoar the mould of the Brandy
wine. A wife and three children sur
ght
ok
-as terribly n
hut i
his has
he wilde
at
Wlcoi
Salisbury, Md., Dec,
15, -Mardela
Springs proposes to buvo a shirt factory
iu operation by tho beginning of thu
ear.Cooper Brothers have secured
u large contract for making shirts from
a Baltimore firm and have placed
order with the Singer Co. of this city,
for 25 cowing machines. This enter
prise will give employment to consider
able labor and distribute ;t great deal
of money among tho people of Darren
Crook district.
Stut«'« Attorney
Cambridge, Md., Dec. 15. —Phillips
Lee Goldsborougb, wno was elected
ptrollor of tbs Stato treusury last
ill resign the office of
to
ten
No vom her,
attorney for Dumbest r
about January 1st.
(Heated the purpose to appoiut Janies
Higgins to succeed Mr. Goldsborougb
as .State'« attorney. Mr. Higgins was
tbo Democratic cHodiduto for the office
in 1895, aud wan dofoatod by Mr. Uolda
boruugb.
Htatu*
ty
The court bas i
AilriickK-W
U.Urtmg.
William H. Addict's, counsel for the
Haiti
be
& Ohio Railroad Co., and
Anna Wetberill, n daughter of
John Price Wrtheril), were married in
ät. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, yoa
tordajr wood,
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FRENCH II0U5E GOWN FROM HARPER'S BAZAR
(« epJTlRht, J8'.*7, by Harper .t brothers.)
bp;«huo, ami is especially likod for tioune this
extremely fnshionutdo this
White if
gowns. A most charming model, ill
(rated above, ia made of ottoman cloth H )
of an ivory white shade, trimmed elabo
lately with gold ami silver embroidery,
ihe skirt is untiimraod, nnd has across
the front a flounce which forms n
double skirt. Ihn waist has a full of
front of ivory surah, which forma a
blouso nt tho belt. At the neck is a side
yoke made of the embroidory; and
long tabs, also trimmed with ein
broidery, fall down on the skirt. The or
back is tight-litting, and has a deep and
B
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f.O A FICSSIOS.
Acknowh'dRm
Kidnapping.
Kansas City, Mo. Dee. 15.—Albert
S. Wam«r, the lawyer arrested yester
day at Riley, Kan., charged with com
pliuity In tho kidnapping of young
Conway at Albany, N. V., last August,
whs brought
Warner
of
to KHnsas City.
h found
farm belong
ing to a man named Goodrich, three
miles from liiley. After a chase of
nearly four months i
nessoe, Minnesota and New Mexic
wns run to earth by Joseph McGa
the Albany detective force,
detect)
Georgia, T
ho
of
feu
to
the
be
ogetber
tin mod
with a Pinker»
The
Wh
approached Warner gave bin
George Johnson and protested
>'orkeci at any other
upation than that of a farm hand.
On his way from Junction City, where
he was taken from Riley, Warner broke
down and admit led his identity.
Warner'
name
that he had
akn-up
a farm hand
3 wns dressed
. H
n n suit of joans, with a yellow canvass
jumper ami a thick woolen cap. His
faco w
of red beard.
client
thick growth
In spite of his disguise,
of refinement in
his faco betrayed him as a man of
education nnd led to his arrest. When
questioned by a reporter, after his
rival in Kunsas City, Warner said: "I
expect to meet a lot of you newspaper
fellowo, so I've made up my mind not
to talk."
Later Warner told briefly how lie had
escaped from the East and eluded the
long. He hud been in hiding
in Jersey City for some time, he said,
and,becoming tired of his concealment,
he decided.to give himself up. Un the
way to the police station the eight of a
bicycle
however, certain li
offl
curbing opunod up an
of eacane. lie stole the wheel
and rode to Philadelphia. After a short
that city he started West,mak
ing his way lo Kansas on his wheel by
ensy stagoB. Bn claims to have been
8t Riley for seven
I
ci.de obtained from a
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 10.—The capture
of Warner in Riley, Kan., io du» to bis
misplaced confidence in a woman living
hero, with whom ho kept up a corres
pondence after engaging in the ah
ciuction of littlo Johnny Conway of thin
city.
This woman imparted her knowledge
nf Warner's whereabouts to a
promised to «bare with her whatever
might be realized from the information.
rly in November, offered to
null the information to a newspaper for
& 1,000, and after some delay tho propo
sition was accepted. Tho fact
parted to the police that, Marner w;
living under tbe name of Richmond i
a small town near Kansas City. Hearch
based upon this clue resulted in W
ner's arrest at Riley Center.
Young Conway was abducted August
I6th. Ho was held for 83,000 ransom,
Thu gang with which Warner operated
is said tu have planted tho abduction
of a child of John D. Kockefollui 's
household, as well as a number of chil
dren of woalthy parents in various farts
of New York State.
ter
he
of
who
Thu
the
he
to
It
-
S'HI
— er und Terrible
to the ear of affection is the sound of a drv,
metallic cough, thut seems as if a rattle were
sprung in tbe chest of tho beloved one. I las
ten to loosen it with Bale's Hopey uf Hore
hound and Tar. the new medicinal agent,
which is admitted to be the best remedy for
pulmonary complaints at present known.
The cures it is accomplishing astonish the
faculty and delight ihe people. All druggists
keep it. Price 25 and 50 cents and $1. / - •
waving to buy largo.
Pike's Toothache Drops
minute.
in
lonrlilce.
f (iazoito and Jouru
Special Cor roe j I
Milford, Doc. JÜ.— Fred Riter and
family will start Junuary 1st for Klon
dike. They will journey in u
schooner, wbicb Mr. Riior is building.
The vehicle looks like on Hrk, and will
be hauled by a pair of inuieo.
itb einbrnidory. The cut of
this comfortable and graceful gown is
a paper pattern issued by
Harper's Bazar whoré it. appears. Small
, prettily draped at'tbe top, have
tbo nbuuldere. and are fin
ha«q
H ) QPV
rulllos
iehed at the wrist with white tulle
frills, while the draped collar is also of
n whit« silk tulle, finished nt. tho back
of the neck with n full bow. A violet
a satin ribbon sash goes under tbe long
a side tabs, and ties in fyont with how,
and ends that reset; to foot of Ihe skirt,
This gown can ho copied in silk, cloth,
or cashmere, and is oxtremoly gracoful
and smart.
B
MO.WM KKT
Mny bn Krcrted on
LA FA VETTF.
» ritid nr
in Rattle
f the llrandywine.
The following is the text of u bill
presouted to Congress by Congressman
Butler of Pennsylvania, asking for
appropriation of #6,000 with which to
erect a monument on the battlefield
of the Brandywinu to tbe memory and
patriotic services of Gen. Lafayette;
ument
of
A bill to erect a
Brandywine battlefield, Chester county,
Pennslyvaniu.
Whereas, The citizens of Chester
county, Pennsylvania, have
tho Braodywi
ho
of
rod a
Revolutionary
battlefield, at Birmingham, and
willing to convey the same to the
United States govern« a it by deed in
feu simple, on condition that Congress
will appropriate sufficient moneys with
which lo erect a
commemorative to the services of Major
General Lafayetto and the Revolu
tionary veterans who lie buried on
id battlefield; therefore, be it
Resolved, That a monument bn
erected to tho motuory of the late
Major General Lalayôtto and tbe
veteran dead who fell in the battle of
Brandywine, at Birmingham, Cheater
county, Pennsylvania, in gratitude of
their gallant services in behalf of tho
liberties of mankind and tho cause of
America; tberefora,
Be it enacted by the Sonatu and
House of Repreiontatives of tbo United
States of Ameriou in Congre _
bled,that the sum of six thousand dol
lars,
necessary, bn, nnd tho same is boroby,
appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not. otherwise appropriated,
to he expended under the direction of
the Secretary of War „
Birmingham, in Pennsyl
monument referred to in tbo aforesaid
resolution to Congress.
Section 2. That a committoe of three
persons shall be appointed by tbo
Secretary of Wnr whoso duty it shall
be to recommend a suitable design for
said monumont, with such inscriptions
and emblems thereon as may properly
commemorate tbe historical events
which occurred at Birmingham and
vicinity auriog tho war
lutioh,
ite
bin
itable monument
in
of
"I
the
the
a
much theroof
may he
in erecting at
ia, tho
an
by
bis
to
for
i
's
f tbo R
ubjeot lo tbo approval and
adoption of tbo Secrntury of War.
•Section 3. That it shall bo tho duty
d committee to select a site for
tho location of aaid monument nf tho
ground offered by the citizens of Ches
ter county, and to moke all necessary
arrangements for the unveiling of tbo
earn© and tbo celebration of the first
nunivursary of the battle of Brandy
wine following the erection and
ument as shall bofit
of that evont.
part of
ix thousand dollars shall
til the title of said site
he vested in tiie United States.
of
plotion of said
the hittorical eiguifica
•Section 5. Provided, That
said sum of
ilable
he
OCEAN C1TT IMPROVEMENTS.
Mill to At
u Loan
etlon of n .1«
:ottM C rs -
Ocoan Citv, Mr!., Doc. 15.—A bill
ill he introduced in tbo next Legisla
to permit Ocean City to borrow
from 825,000 to 850,000. This money ia
to be expended in public improvement«.
Under the direction of William J.
Wnrrington a jetty is to be constructed
the beach about North Tenth street,
running out to low-water mark, which
will make it about 200.feet in length.
It will he made of a solid line of very
heavy oak piling, sunken lo a depth
ill probably prevent them from
being disturbed by the força of the tide
aril
-
las
for
the
•
whici
«s. While thore i
absolute
vet for tbo erection of this
believed that it will be tho
necessity
jetty, it i
means of^ broadening tbe bench
checking "'tbo forco of the high sea. ; \
protecting ull tho beach to thu
smith for soma distance. It tbi
thon others will he con
d
and
cted.
roi.'o find relief by enriching tb«i
lO'id'it f-ant*!>nrilla, which la
blond w
irua bkoU puriner
PEACE SOCIETY'S MEETING
; Resolution Condemning Punch
Bowl Gift Rejected.
'DUPLICITY AND EXTRAVAGANCE"
"Worship of the Gods of War
and Wine."
n I ration la for I'
Adoption of I'r
Alight Have Cnuant
ley's Arbitra
Not Temporal
-Alolilo
The Dolawaro Peaeo Society held its
annual meeting last night week iD the
FriendR School Building, Fourth and
West streets. David Ferris presented
tbo following resolution, denouncing
the punch bowl presentation, which
resolution was, howevor, rejected:
"Wo feel it right to outer our protest,
and oaroeit disapproval of tbe duplicity,
the usbIbhh waste und wild extravagance
and intemperance that preceded and
accompanied tbo bringing of the
ship Wilmington to this city. Duplicity
ing money contributed for oua p
pose for anotiier purpuse; waste in
spending many hundred dollars to buy
a punch bowl of no use but to en
courage intemperance and debauchery.
It fiomued to bo the devotion of our
city on that day lo the worship of M
and Bacchus, tho heathen gods of wnr
and wine. ''
It is explained that tbe reasons for
tho rejection of the resolution
complications would arise; that the
society was not a temperance, but a
poaco society, and being for peace, the
resolution, which would cause an
tagonism would bo contrary to the
object of tbe society.
The following resolut i
ed, and will be sent to Prer, ident Mc
Kinley :
"First. Our object is to discounte
nance all resorts to deadly force; to en
couraee moral efforts fur Ihe uncondi
tional abolition of war, and tho estab
lishment of permanent pence ; to accom
plish this wo will employ popular con
ventions, appeals, petitions, lectures,
the press and the pulpit to con"ince
( , tbo people that war is a crime nod op
! posed to the best interest« of mankind.
"Second. A system or arbitration,
mediation and conciliation should exist
in business, in government and in
tional and international tribunals to
take tho place of tho militury system ;
and peace departments supprneilo
departments. We believe the failure of
tbo United States Sonata to ratify by a
two thirds vote the Anglo-American
arbitration treaty, after being adopted
•'J Great Britain, wab a groat mistake,
but it received the endorsement of a
largo majority of tho Senate and the
American people, so we feel encouraged
to believe that u treaty of the kind will
yet be consummated not. only botweon
this country aod Great Britain, but
between all enlightened nations.
"Third. We congratulate President
McKinley upon tbe noble stand in his
inaugural address, in favor of the treaty
of arbitration nnd for peace, and these
noble words in that address: 'We want
ust avoid
that
or
adopt
i
of conquest;
the tr mplntiunof territorial aggreBMb
should never be enteren
til every ugenev of peace bns f;
'Peace is preferable to war in i
every contingency.' 'Arbitration
true method of settlement of in
individal dif
ferenceo. ' We aro gratified by tho
general trend of the late message,
December 5th, beginning with tho
sursnee that * Pe
well as local
and good will with
ail the nations of the eiirtli continue
unbroken.' lie also ways: ' Events bave
od to strengthen ilm general
(arbitration ),
g ural address.'
The best sentiment or me civilized
world i
of differences bet we
resorting to tbo horrors of
Tho election of officers resulted
lows: President, Howoll H. England;
Vice-Presidents, the Rev. W. W. Camp
bell, W./H. Saylor, George A. Rhoads;
Secretary, Allan D. Clement ; Treasurer,
U. J. Barnard; Executive Committee,
the Rev. W. W. Campbell, Ezra Fell,
Pbilena II, Feli, David Forris, Solomon
E. Barker, Richard Barnard.
nly
tbi
quest i
views
expressed iu my last i
.ing toward tbo settlement
nut i
itbuut
ful
1' reckles. tan and all beauty-roarring blem
ishes vanish from the face who
Soap is used.
Menu's
Kills 1 rnd«-r Nuptial».
Salisbury, Md.. Dec. 15.— Miss Annie
E. Trader, youngst daughter of Sidney
L. F, Trailer, aud .Samuel Ellis, teller
of the I
k of Delmar,
married
fternoon at tho home nf tho
bride's parents, in Booth Balisbury.
The wedding was a quiot one, only tlin
immediate families being present. Tho
Rev. C. W. Pretty man, D. U., per
formed the cororouny. Tho couple loft
for a trip to New York. They
Hide at Delmur.
bit
ill re
Cowßlll-Willlaii
Special C'oiTep&onüeuco of G§zh
Camden. Dec. 16. — K.
Cowgill and Miss Nettie Willia
married yesterday «fieri
residence of the liridc's
Thomas' C'hupol by the
Warner. Miss
den played the
guests included Mr. aud Mrs. Juh
Hinsley, A
and Jou*-nnt
Lockwood
at the
father, noar
Rev. W. M,
Nannie Cowgill of Cam
dding innreh. Tho
Hinsley and family
tbo Misses Godwin. Mr. and Mrs. Cow
gill will reside at Dover.
Th* Terr«
Terre Haute, Ind.. Dec. Hi.—Tbe
Hauto car works, or.o of tho
try, will change
January 1st. Papers for the
e being drawn.One thousand
will ho employed.
l-.ni! y Heel Sold.
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 16.—Ed. A.
Tipton ha« purchased frffni S. S. Brown
Lady Reel, (lam of Hamburg, nod a
brood mare by Rayon d'Or. Tho price
8*15,000 for tho two. Hamburg's
dam was rated at $13,000.
CUE 1ST.MAS Til H E A YEAR.
V
largest in tho
bands
Transfer
nt
Some children think tliat Christmas day
Should cometw<> times « year;
But thut is not at all the way
Thai it should bo. I tear,
in the summer Christ
I
trees
Are very, very small ;
Ajid all the games and toys
They aro not ripe at nil.
The dolls
very tinv
will
hitler than buns—
mthu to grow !
The balls i
It takes the
The candy it is. oh.
The guns they will r
There's need of many
To ripen Christmas'fruit.
!
it shoot ;
autumn show
—St. Nicholas.
Wonted—trustworthy und active gentle
ladies to travel for responsible, es
tablished house in Delaware. Monthly
865.00 unci nxpensos. Position steady
Reference. Euoloso self-addressed stump
ed euvelopo. Thu Dominion Company
Dept. R., Chicago.
weak i
People wonder why their
why they get tired so easily; why they do not
sleep naturally; why they have frequent head*
aches, Indigestion and
Nervous Dyspepsia. The explanation is
simple. It Is found in that Impure l.lond feed
ing the nerves on refuse Instead of the elo
glh and vigor. Opiate
d
compounds simply deaden and do not
flood's Narsaparllla feeds the nervr
al sleep, perfe
•dy for all nervous I
ell .. glv
ion, is I he
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Isthe One True Wood Purifier. AlldrugglStS. |1.
Hood's Pills take, easy to operate. 2BC.
CATARRH —
LOCAL
AfTert Ion
.«thing b
djr or change of
ite will c
t a well
..
dy.
Ely's Cream Balm
ulcHly Absorbs!.
Is
op«
? *
ihe Nofftt
Allays IiiIIh
Heals
COLD'N HEAD
of
Smell. No i'f
drug. Full sii
or by mull.
ELY BROTHERS. 66 Warren
ii.
uy. No Injurious
10c. at Druggists
. Now York.
Trial
Union Teachers' Agencies of America.
Bar, !..
. Kilns. I». O.
PittBb-.
urc. F
w York. N. Y
. Canada: New Orlonns,
IA 'ittblnglon. D. C.; San
St. Loulfl, Mo., and
uda of fio-ition* to be nilact
to UNION TEACH.
. Pa.
within
A idiez nil apnlli-iitiont
ERS AOENl'IF.S. Salt-burg
ft-w I
HOTEL SCOTT,
142S, 1427, I
JA i itbfft Street,
MILA hELVHIA .
Opposite Broad Stre
Sintlon.
ifortublo.
HcRtaurn
I bar
fl
AMONG THE WHEELMEN.
Hi eye lea
without
road lines uggregat ing
in length, un i
now carried ßs baggage
charge,
il
A
•rican
68, C00
or about JO ,(100
laut February. Coast I
and river sleamers and ferrieH having a
combined length of route of BIG,000
miles
i Ioh si
also carrying bicycles the
forms of baggage and
charge. Thu principal
both the Atlantic
included in
sumo as olbwr
Without oxlra
coast lii
steamers
and the Pacific cr
this list,
lines to C'hi
in li
j all the big
Japan and Aualralia
b I he same policy. In France
»II iciilioa'ils carry bicycles as ordinary
baggage, nnd the incre
within the last year, d
rouage, has be
* effect if
ns shown in tbe
-Pacific
of receipts
to wheelmen's
very suhstnutial.
noted in this
• of t he Long
■ *.'id Railroad Co., which last year
i.rrind about 30,000 cyclist passengers
ml ibis year about 150,000, euch puy*
i g a full first class fare.
Cyclo path constructi
nlong tho
lines of country roads will he pushed
usly in 1898 than
the practical experience
shown that the
•om posed
usbed sandstone,
easily, forms a
surface, with just
ouch grit to "bite" the the and pre
vent slipping, drains quickly, rosisie
the formation of mud and for 10 months
in the year supplies an ideal wbeelwuy.
It is superior to the cinder surface in
that the latter sticks to tbe rubber ti
and is
passing wheel«,
more vig
fore. F
thus far gained it i
best surface for cycle paths i
of a thin dressing of
Tbi
be*
material packs
smooth, elastic
easily picked up and loosened by
and in tiry weather iu
off and scattered by strung winds.
A cycle path should be nut less than
five feet (better
bli
six fee) in ita nur«
rowest pari,
The
executive committee of the
League of American Wbeol
ranged for the purebuae of a largo sup
ply of maps from tho Geological Hurvoy
Department of tho United States
t end will dispose of these
tnong Htalo Division« wb
ha«
gov*
i 1
they can
d to facilitate touring and en
courage the recruiting work of division
officers. These maps aro nf the fines;
quality, being made at great, cost from
accurate government surveys,
show all
bn
They
ads and streets, town and
ty lines, am) even the locate
I other buildings, and
therefore splendidly adapted :
wants of touring cyclists. Theso maps
being mounted on m uslin and folded
in convenient form for tho pucker,
ahd will lie ready for general distribu
tion by February.
of
ho
the
urn as
on rt
teporl
in W«
III!
The monthly meetings of the Societies
fur the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil
dren and Animals w
weak,
in attendance: Dr. E. (!. Shortlidge,
" ,8 "°P Coleman, L. C. Kent, Willard
Hall lorter, Edward Andrews, Mrs
John P. Wales, Mrs. A. D. Warner and
Margarets. Hille«. Agent Stout
esenteil tb i
hohl yesteriJnv
,'ith th
foil
g managers
Mi
report of the work
ovum her, which showed tbo following:
Society for tbo Preventi
to Children- Numb
her of inveatigati
of white chiidru
of cole
of Cruelty
plaints. 31 ;
. 31; number
involved, 46: number
children involved, 4; total,
following disposition wan
mode of children : Left; with parent«
itb father», 4 ; placed ivith falbere;
1; loft with mothers, 13; loft with
ptivato fnmilioH and relatives, 5; at
pointe etatioo, 1: placed in ivi ef-ilelone
Home, Philadelphia, Si eent to Kerrie
loduetrial School, 1 : eent lo Home for
Friendless and IJoetitule Children, 2
eent to fit. Michael'e Free lluepital for
Babies, 1; total. 4J.
Society for (be Prevention of Cruelty
to Annuaispi'hB ronort showed thet
20 complaints bed Doan received - '>5 in
»eetiRBUone made, and S3 wiruinca
Biton Olfendere. The »Hence, follow :
I.ealinR horees, 4 ; driving lame horse.
; working horses with sore backs. -2
m e. with sore hacks, 2; with mra
back and ehouldeer, lj marinading
m-raes, h; overloading mules, 1 ; eick
and disabled bornas, 11; uegleel to pro
V i.c food for horse, ] ; neglect to pro
vide food end water for stock, 1 ; over
crowding chickens in coops, 3
working horses, 1; total. 25.' One
b i"o J tO , b0 ki i led * 'Twenty-four
horbes, I* mules and 8 cows wore re
lievuii. Total, 4L
of
Tho
i !.
U ;
Mlll-hmnmu.
bpeclnl CorredTxmdenco ot i>uz«u« ano .lo >rnal
Laura 1 , Dec- 1C.—J°hn W. ,J||]
Mias Ilc-ater Flummar ware married at
Uwijauiio Hill's residence, on Mundsy
by Ids lier, (j sorge i(. JUoUisadi.
<1