, 011.. N *l`HE"W: I`ERS.u The most .uitab1e and acceptable beverage to offer to your visitors and friends during the festive season is Occupy the Proudest Position ofall Stoves in the \Vorld. Bedause tlieystand to-day the recognized repre- sentative of the highest.development~in artistic` and scientic stove-building. Their position waevnot gained and is not maintained by purchased inuence. AF;ti1`al merit and superiority must rise above ordinary com- petition. ` A ll mu. 1,, . _ -n;..|,A_ Wholesale Agencies in Toronto, Montreal and Wi`nni:peg. is0UvN1Rs ]Acratcd Ovens ;WHY ? THE GURNEY-TILDEN C0., LIMIIED, HAMILTON. For saie in Kingston by R. n. HORSBY 6: co. BOVRIL. II lllI|v IIIIH HPl}UllClI- ` But she only subbed the harder for 9. " time. and at longth."I1en she could | commmulher voice she crml out pas- ` mmmtoly. "Oh, my son, my son. how could you do it?" 'l`hn nun-`xv Inn-ml u-an hN`n1'I i|nx9r'n\H|- Soiivenlrs are sold everywhere. One wlll last a Iltetlmo. _h|un'n cllehoa BOURIL. With W. A. Gmdun. ;\nomIl's Ind =`_iuu"ainq. Ill DdIh:I$&..1jn_ HUB IKIIIIII IUYIIIVQ UV_-III Porsulurnxclnce. lntbotwuulolnnonnndnlcnlovlul Ihiullxill. cltulud Joanna! insult " Ooh-R0,.) annun| :::'!wxu1 0 thin. alhuwutl. Open for Evening Dancing , Classes or Assemblies. Well % lighted, well. heated and van- `ln1azed.vv1;n ne oor. \ l)|Il\| 3 `ill U ll - The curly head was lifted instantly. I and tho hamdsmuu. hoyish fuccgrmv Hul- lvu nud hnrd. Rcckl~ssxm;~'s uml pride) woro Hnbborton family traits, and Ben, though 1: younger son. was u true Hub- berton. (I. |.. _...',I ....LI.1_... I_..-....!..._ Ll._A I... mm mm now. new Inc Gala no Iv:-local Iuknn In nine. Thslrun uldvn lnnoul no va- tnnd on ta n CURE whnn I" I f3?"':... 3 upon ha ha (in uannlno MA: 101:. Thai we cant! thousand: and wllluuoni. 0 I IP00- uvnwrmon mum in main.-4| S in such can or him: IhornnI`I1. co` . I ' |>lI(`A._wq'Il' Ipgoulu we Iuh. in plain w-nu-no-r. upon nmlpc nip. (jrrv.-1:,` r pnohn. :1; var all ukgou lfull Iriohln I1! Ila ' laslluwrlwmr. n f In--'}i'J Ax Rem':'2"uv co.. -5: ,, A L__ 1!. .--.--_ -`.------ - cw`. I? "- For sale In Kingston. Out. 5! Ion: Wade and J nuns: Inland. druguhtn. 129.`.-2--'1`. bun u on umo. Thar use nl land :um-`. I npomhn ha mm The I: you win: the chonpcst _.. _J 1-; FURMTURF %' H. BRAME S jmijyw In wcnhcugllalhql. log Oojoul Ithllln DUI . Springlug to his fact. he took the poor little lady lu his arms and plncod her rurofully in tho big chair. Thou pulling ll stool forward he sat on it at her feet. nnd laying his how] in her lap said: "Tlnero. mother. Do _vo1u'ememhor. this is the way I used to sit when I was a little fellow? Now tell me all about it. ` What has happened?" Hut nhn nnlu nnhhnil Han lunrtlnr Fnr u `i A 1.7. New-nu lunar:-o-l'uI|ln llam- orv. In notonoy. shop `onnnonl. on` sites?! II I 2:..m:.~ 232:,-;..%:..;.;;-5.-3 ..... tuul VI H In oI"l9IIIl.In M uIlt.zo|u for -.'.'3;,"sa land air nut-luau. 9.`-2*-as launnu (hung Ian I! nnnignno. 'l`hslr,ugo,;-Iowa II_l_|IIIlltn puny- ii I'II- l'I IUII`II` . AJAX TABLETS P081111]! 1 ()0!!! ALL nu-van-0- ll In llam- on. lmnounu. Hlmplonna-0. oh. annual ruuluro In\tV|&aMtKll old onoun. and Mumnn or-`u y, I lnnuir :~!'.-.~'-'2`. Junnu mo. Tholrun IIIII rum- a um: In- annulus Ma `Whig Hall, A KING smm. IIU \VU|lllI UV HIKIVI IU IITIVK7 IIIU IIU IVI (jonfound it all. that's what sticks in my (-mp Nobody ever trusted me so tar `as I know. and I never would ox- pluin anything. no matter how suspi- cious the circumstnncns might be. So I ulwnys got blanned for everything. Hanged if I don't think thatevm moth-' or used to think I took all the cicuxn that any of the cuts stolo. .l"oolish. of course. to run away and no to son. but w_lnu: could is follow do when he is always gvtting into ecrupos ' and is too proud to deny anything even when he isn't guilty? Well. I've won hall` a dozen years of life and hnd a good ing out of it. but 1 don t rmncmbor that I ever did anything to be ashamed of. Hello! Who's there? Come in. the door isn t lnckocl. Why, mother. is it you? Crying? What on onrth is the mat- ter?" ` _ I 11...-_._1__._._ Ll- 1.... I,_ ._,L .|,_ _, _ , "Oil. MY SON! IIUW COULD YOU DO IT? "would tempt even me to give up knock- ing about the wurld and1enle down, as they all want me vb. 'By George. `I have a nation to do it; Mother says that grunddud wants somebody to look after the estate. and if heconld only trust me he would be glad to have me do W. (`r.nlnn-u-I it run olmoia uuhna gnly- WellJ this hag : been what -,I call 3 curl-mysaia Ben Habbrtan. mm '0-peat ` h at content -ii hothmw him- laltfinto u may chair inxhogreatguest , chamber Hvaa kin (011110 time and ' iqfh his`1eet oi} toward the cheery` "/o` ` n\ 9.A....__x.-- n=`1.____,L. ., Ln nu. gun. I ` "H ` "NowI_I'jmogino_;":heweht on, $91}:- hIg'%o himiibl! fin: `light hearted way. "that at ten dnya of this kind of life I > `: . A+l.l0!1'WOCI!R!l`l'lIAlll _-_--u--n- uluyvur. "1 nhrul go melancholy and if! my herola:g.holhonght. "I8 ilnolifo Int 3 YOIIIIIIIIIILOIII [with mother hadnwukqdnenoouogptoaannptn lwusfoduonnkchercventhn-Juli pmmiunotto. Wethllloknownwhu-:~ I an bythia tum. (min in doom : wmuuammoanomwmtasani ' .._-.A I_.__ L... -_.| |..L 1.- ..-4LD._ WYIFUTIU IV` IIIUUII llllll Will! I flu I, Mmutlqnohu-anndlookforuomahtnc o_nnhur.. Th1aisnoitherhndua-lea. Rn _..`;..J._ ._.L_- ........nA..I nA.|.- .....I '. "nlI|al'I."- r . ; his breath as ho_mIQ 'hhhoand` walked up |nd`doVl& It 5 few momenta Ell! DOWN` `man 0! :-'13 kind (`WM him un- til ulm had oxhunnul hill with mm- in -M unloading "1 Ln Iggl Mn. 64: Ill ff` - cl-Ill! II Ill`lIllI'l' lllll llI.I' X5 wmdnwbat at-moan! climb and lmvbo am to mnkonnh a manic. Gmufonnd him! no ought to know was :1 ubbarton mnldn`I ho I thiot. It was just liko him; though. to jump at tho. nchsion that I haddonenomching Ivory:-nointhofunllyhhuty wrong A thawing Hello! Whornhus?" II` Ln.` -..-~_ I-lnl -Inj.:Q ml 11 IIXF I\ 131. '4`!?;' :7" " " Fr`. " :'n Chri` n-1;`: in: mm. nannpwuous yuuun we lip In tho Iighthonau tower. Quin; out at the su- rtonn storm that used and Indicating by no menu plumtlyon the ovum: of the year. ' ` u! _|.._ :1 .. __-|__-|.-I.. _-.1 at I` .4-- 1 IVVU- ` The lighthouse keepr had In helper. ` no that nmtlly there were two men on \ guard at 84. but leave of absence for one 1 of then was obtainable at time! and it happened to year ncr Ben Hnbberlon hm] loft his grnndfaohm-`a house that tho" Iwoptr had {zone to` spend a few days with I in family In Christmas time. und Ben. \\ ho was the helper, was Aloun on the nut. Al": .. ._.>:.l .2 J.` I"I._l ss...s..u.;\-on Lighthouse 34 was situated about half in mile from the mainland on tho point if m H-1`! that lay irrvgularly parallel to the shore. leaving~ plenty of clear water beiwoen. '.l`he~cont. was rocky. and tho light was maintained na 3 mu-ning. for It veuel that should approach too nom- wnu liable to bo dmihed to pieces on hid- den ruck: anywhere within I miloor two. * m|._ I:_.|.n.._.._- |.-._A_ 1.-.: .. |...'I-.... ILIIII IIl'l. "Thou no quickly and tell him to come hero till I nipulogim. You have all of you been too ready to accuse that boy ull his life?" m1.x...-.\........1 nuoluuu bun-.-I On AHnn DUI ll$ Ill!)- Tbis~ scvmod rather hard to Alice, xvlmhad certainly uovcr accused Bun of anything, but that wise young wom- an held her tongue while Mrs. Hubba- tun hurried out of the room. -- - IA-u -~.---_.`--L- -1... ..-A..._..\A .-.... lvllll IIIKIVIIYIKI UIIII UI IIIU IUUIII. In I few moments she returned. ox- thiming, He is gone !" lJl'lI lullv .I. nllnlnxjuqu uull. "But I told him hu-st. night, " said his mother. urIV|_.... _... -..:..I.1.. -...,l L..II Id... 0,. IUII. But are you sure you loft it there?" asked the girl. Thu old man loolu-(1 nt her in surprise Then one mnutinn clmsotl another nor '3 his rugged features until presentlylie sunk buck in his chair with an expres- sion of grout (li.s;.m.-st nt llllllbvlf. "I'm snrvly getting ul(l. " ho exclaim- od. I put it in the safe nud forgot. tlmt I had done uh. Don't let anybody tell Ben that I suspected him." Du! I Only] Minn `nut ninth! unit` kin lU['l', ll UU |LIlllll\L||I llll LI\,'I (`||lL'l\LlL`B. I don't think Ben looks like xx thief. " _ 5110 said, but. uncle. you any you saw the money in your desk juso boforeho uunc in." Al` ,.....L..!.-I.. .I.'.l ....:.`| `ll - f_l'..l.l..... lluux nu. ....~.uu..u-an his own kin, but the (`use was too clear. That young rnncul, Ben!" he exclaim- ed nnd told um story of the money. '.l`1mn Alice hpd uccusion. if never be- fore, to be tlmnlcful for her quicknesxL HI 1|.`-|n'.` lldnlv nun: `nub: Into a thin? ton. ul l UPULI HHU Ul.l|4ULU\.l- I tell you, he stole the money, and I shall send fbf the police, " b`tOl`m(!(l the old man. and Ben :-5 mother. who had been pleading for mercy. gave up the struggle. l would have sent last night if it l1mlu t been Uhristums. " AI IIYI... ...LA I..... I.,.,... ..A,...I1..._ `I Y...._`.. II III llllll l.I UUUII \JllllB|lllLI3. Why, who has been stealing. Uncle Ralph?" asked Alice. ' Even in his anger the old man paused. ] It seemed a crmpl thing to accuse one of 1 Wuluuu In Unit). uuu W,Uu_Iu uuu auu unu. I Being quick wittod, Alice was also impulsive. and sometimes it was well that she was so. ()n she morning after Chrislsmas she passed old Mr Hubbar- ton's door very early on her way down stuirs and was greatly surprised to hear angry words inside. As the door was open she entered. I tnll vnn Inn cfnln Hun innnnv nut` 1 IJJUIU IUIJQ IICIUIU uni ulcnnu N ow Alice was a certain wide eyed, clear wittcd, young second cousin of this headstrong youth. They had never met till three days.beforo. but great things are done in three days when Cu- pid lurks around old fashioned country houses whlex-3* the mistletoe is used among the decorations. and Ben was very much mistaken in thinking she wouldn't. care. She would and she did. ..__ ..1..I. --.:A.L,\.` A11..- ......< ..I.... I LIUFU $1.55 . And opening his window carefully and noiaelessly he swung himself out on a huge vino that clung to the side of the ~ `house, and. loweri g himself hand over himd, he was soon p the ground. It was only five miles to town, and ho was there long before daybreak. `Many Alina mud n r-nrfnin win Avn I umunu. Lu`; 3 IIIDLIUK It Buluu nluu uu turn thlf for, but I wish 1 had a, hundredth part of it just to get grub Um I strike another job. I could get it from mother easily enough, but I'd rather go hungry than take it from her. ` thinking what she does. I1:-at if : nal! fnr inn tn an In-unnfd mlnxmg wmw uuu uuers. But it : best for me to go. Itwoufd not care so much about if it it weren't for Alice, Perhaps that's best too. `I ,don t know whether she would care. Probably I never will know now, so here goes." Ann! nnnnlnn his uxina-Inn: mu-nfnv *VVC."'7' 2 IIWHIIII VT? U Ij ue hadnu slant my-aunt Iva.` "E133" ".'{n an a... mm. In to- mllcli Ma mvcrin. `TVQH, " thunghc. `'1 his ncrq(I'rut-c. In! `It ; an- or If 0'!-loci. Ail matter 0 old um In pl 'IuIu. to--:i._n11_qy;1;.r&tg Ivllllllt VVL| U II-"VJ `V111: H ' Five bun dollars, " he mattered. [ with I nasty sort of laugh, under-_ his breath. ThQ`s rather a small sum to 4...... A-LIA) J...` `Lab `I unlal.- T lamp! 4:` vuuuqnuuanululuuus. uxgquvwuo ;` be too proud to make the scandal 16? nothing. He [will `call 0500 a cheap. price to get rid of good for nothing me,, and that will bo the end of -it. Poor mother thinks I'm guilty, too. but they ` V_von t teilfauybody else for -nhnmg'n.. lake; and it they can't mint me lot tha'm' think wht they will. ' - "`|u`i{m hung-hull rlnnnra ha -rnnttnl-all, i ` tHuf6r'a:m1neaa; um: aowwnins at. in. If I Itay.'theoidmanVri11Inrly mnko mrowinthemm-ningdnd there willbeagreatseandal. Iflgn, how!!! ` MA fnn vvv.-uul On vnnlrn Ohn nnaIIt`n1 `I5 KIIU III: I certainly did, said Mr. Hubbar- W3. ICIIIIUI T _*I?\HJ- There an thounnda at qudnt old fans: that could be quoted in praise of the masonry. Inn;-cl and migtletoe A low of nature. her` fruits Ind owers hag ruin and vines with their mystic dguianco scan: to linvoheeuaplam dominant trait among than who [Ith- Ind at thy Yuletide. . clrhtqu Ones: ` In olden tunes holly was used only to deck the inside of banal It Chrlstmns. A while ivy was used not only as I vim.- ` nay`: sign. but all; sung the over- \ green: at {nnemln For-Jotmcrly tho 1 nun win embowend with holly. ivy. cyptel. Nil. lam-ul and mistletoe. '1`-no nun II-Inmnlln nl nnnint All-I VIIIAII/IUIJ ILUILI ytxxcuu uuulnuuuu Families take it by turn: to encor- tain their friends They meet early. the beef nud pudding are noble. the mince pies peculiar. the nuts half plnythiugs and half eatnbles. the orange: as cold and acid-as they ought to ho. furnish- ing as with I superuity which we can uonl to Iuugh at. the cakes indestruc- tiblo. the wauail bowl: generous. old Englhh. huge. dommdingladleI.t.hrut- oning overow as they home In. solid with roasted apples when set down. Towurd bedimo you hegr of older wine pm! not seldom of punch. "Girls, though they beladiel. are hand man the mis- tletoe " ` 3`I'VlK9 cum CIIIIIICU. (llmuccr alludes to this ouatorxfin the fhllowing passage of tho Fmnkleizfs Talc : Jumos smcth by tho m with-dpnblo berd. And ho drlnketh of his bugle home the wine. Botoru mm atnudoth tho bruune of the tasked nu: nun The Same Old Chrlntmu. _ A description two centuries ago of the festivities 0! Christmas shows little, variation from present customs: `I`uIw\i`insI On`.-n ir he turn: kn nnfnr. .\.- itlv l'rum its 1't1i;;im1s 0h.~'(`!`\`llll('(` xnul .~i;,utiii-.ttiun ('lu`i.stm:x.~s has ll\\':l_\`.\ i:1'1'll H. li1m:ut' 1`cuslin;::uul jnllivutimi. Thi.-5 t(~inpm'uim-lit hats (i(`H(`(.`l.|dUl1 to us from tho dn_v.~1 uf thu old Gvrmzuiic uml b'cumliImvi:u1 nations. when thu timu was not. unido fur n-juicing uud p1C:|h`1u`I\ prior to the Christiun em. but 0V(`ll as hm HS tho sovontocnrlt cvntury in Eng- land mid thrmighout cuntixwntnl Enrupu the delights of the table wow pum- uiount. With our forefutliersn. mum- bnnr`5 head was homo to the principal tuhlo in tho hull with g1'ont'stutc and snh-mnity mi llru lirst. dish on Clu'istn1:t.-:1 day. In tho buok of "`Ulirist.nms.-u (Jur- ullvs, printed by Wynkyn do Wurdu in 1521. are the words sung at this nus- picious moment: 'l"hn hum`-2 hm-cl In hnmln brim: I uulu up yuu unn mu nu ululuy. own It was something like an lmprecatim: that the young sailor muttered under the old mun. ":15 won us your left!-1' tn your nmrln-r (':11IIc Ytm must mum lunnq :i',5uin.'thi.~4 time In pray. " Bun lunkml ur his mullu-1' nml thou ul .'\1i4'v. In lmth llmr lkm.-.~' ho smv what- hu luukml for. mu! (hon hu :III.~.\\'vrul: lL`ll ln- at Im-rr_\'(lhrisnnus nftvr nll. m':uuI`uul." ho e-xvlnixnml Wllll :1 humy laugh. And it \\'n.-1. ` l\ . . . . u. I l 'l5IID|I1\ `\ 1' l`iIHIl,' iI|ll'I _V UII. lIl`\ ||\|_\ . .`il||l \ 1 Ill ll'l I.lJlI.|l l'Ihlll\.(`. A single hlow sinuslml in tlm ll(`:1(l M n hogshozul. und in ' unuthi-1` in.-'t:mt lu- \\ -us scooping out tlm oil it hold with the punnikiu und I-`L-uttcriin.: it like maul us fur us liu could in ev:r_v iliruction The wind carried it. all N)\\'ill`(l the via- sol, and the great. wmnlm' at the sea wu.~ wrouglw almost. in :l minute. for as 1119: ` oil fell the why:-s abated, so thut; the- ship was iunncdixm:l_v in Hluuutll xvn -r ()vorb0m' wont hm` mu-h`ors us qui<-l as thu mptain could give the Ul'(l(`l', um`: she was safe. ' For thu rest of the night BM) \\':lf('ll~ od, tlirmx mu 0. little nmru all from tinn- tu tllln`. nnd in Um lnorning. llm I-.t.unn Imving abated. lll! l`O\\ ('(l min In ll]:- snmll bout to the ship's Bltlt` .-\s he stepped on Inn` deck the t_-zxpmin ;_:i'uutml him with Hll(`ll Illilllks nnul pruiso as (`mild (_ml_\' lw gin-u lxy mm who hml just lwrll .~n\'ml {ruin (lv.~Irn<-- liun. .l'hun u.-.'tlIup:i.~'.wIi}..'i-1's ('I'H\\ (l("l up to lulvn their say Bvn .`~:|\\'. to lll.~' :un:17.mnnnt. his grtuidfutln-r. his mother rmd .\liv-. uttv ,_ I`. .. _ _, _. .. | `. `I .._.:i VVIIIUJJUU \VIlll Blallllllllla (DUE Suddenly he sprung to his feet with :1 shout like a crazy man. and, rushing down the stairway four steps us a time, be seized an ax and a. big pzmnikin in the room below und run out into tln; storm. A thought hnrl come to him of Ono chance in n. million, xmd he \\'u.~ : uftvx` that cllzmct-. .|... I :'.. .1. . L... A __-_._.I , I 1-... _._l_l I` B|.ll'l.llnUU- N o earthly pilot cold have guided he-r among those rocks to the loo of the root on which `the lighthouse stood. but it was not written that she should he wrecked that Christmas day Lying helpless in the trough of the 5011., she drifted past rock after rock till B011 saw with mnazemont; that 5110 was oat- ing in behind the `roof, and still he watched with straining eyoa Q.-.rIrI..u I-u `In on.-nn n On lain Fnnf uflx n ULIU lallil` BMW. . `T\, Nearer and nearer she came, driven by the uwf ul power of the wors't aborm Ben had ox`-sr soon. Fascinated by the sight. he sat, as if frozen. watching for the tragedy that seemed inqvitnblu He thought of the little bout below. but it. wu.-ux hnpelt-58 thouglnu. '1`wemy_ men could not have hmm-hed her from the rocks ixrthe breakers than worn dashing up. and no one man could `have rowed M her a rod if she had been aoat. All he could -do was to'sit and watch. Ho could see the ship now from timo.to time us she rose and fell on the waves. but every time she sank from sight he thought must; surely be the lush He knew the cruel `rocks that lay below tho \ surface. \Y_ --__.l_I_ ..:1..L _'..1.I I....... ..._.u'.1...`l I..... Uul. Uu IIIJI3. _ It was 0. coaster, and she was certnin- ` ly beyond the confml - r thoseon board. for as he looked rocket -utter rocket went up in vain appcal..ns it seemed.- There waa no life saving statrion within 1 15 miles. ind en's eye was the only one thzr. saw. . \1`-._..... -...I ......_A.. ..|_.. ......... .I..:...\.. and watchxg as . oqiy a, main: which he soon saw another. - _ II: is oettainiya mcket. " he exclaim- ul. I.;2i:`.ug to himself as his habit was when he was excited. Some vessel is -in` dtitreua. God hei "her and ail aboard `if they can`! keep er offshore. and if , `she ~ is disabled in `any way thut'll be [hard `work against this gulo. If she :-x ' ' Iona Of these oonsting" -steamer! and her I 'machiuery's brbkcii down it's all day with hex`. for t.l1ero`.~x'uo anchorage out- si?' s the reef. and there's not a chance \ in 4,000 of her arrving in mind with- } o"ut`Btriking." It urn: n nnnatmv v-nil chn mu nnrfnin. The boro's head I umhmqtnndo In the chofu servycu in this lands. Luke wherever It be (tunic; 514.:-ultn nun nnhtinn um |uuAuL'u v . Tho boro`s IH`X`.d In hnndo bring I With gurlmndus any and roavlnnry. I pray you .-all synno marroly- ' Qm can: In convxvno. -l7`l Y\ ..- _ "WE IIIUIIIICI } C.IIU`7`I| IIIIII IIU HIIKI l`|lIClIl- I So you mad m-unddud have disoovemd that I am a thief. have you? How did you tlndjt out?" H\MI.-o I... |\nt` Anna in kills. in Id. I).\'.'m .-\. CURTIS. said F1K?(`(l Kwnny luwllnl ulu \'lllll|'ll. V Tho housos am nwnko and nblnze all night. for when tho long scrvivo at last t-nines to n.n cud tho congregation` does not go quietly homo, but breaks up into ' little groups. usually consisting of mm- iLv circles. that with chattering and lnnghtt-r hasten indoor to enjoy the bountiful supper which in tho rowowd of .thoii` piety mid at which by immeiuoritil custom douglmnta nud potted hood form tho p'lm'us do ma-xistiuivo. Those fmnily gatherings are perhaps tho vlweriost of all tho your. Tho stnuipzt-nose of tho hour. tho sumo of satisfaction` at having done their duty as good Catholics. the inspiration. no doubt. gathered from tho sorvico they havo just nttmidod and tho fact that the day already broken in- to in to he givenlnp to pleumrlng to the full extent of their ability. all theqo in- n(-ncea not only combine to put every- ` body into tho boat of humor. but to pro- ` dnco an oxnltstion of spirit: that drives i 9.11 can and worry into temporary ohliv-. 7 III. For those who are very piously diu- pooed this midnight mass by no mean: completes tho religion: pmgnmmo 0! the day. for it they so choose they may spin attend high man s: 10 o'clock, Vespers. 2 o'clock and bentllictiou. at 7 o ciock. than [tactically mending the day in the` chuck. l1 ... ._-.... I...-nu-an nun an plain-uh! no ully ul Inc cuunzs Not many. however, are no devout an all `this. and the majority 0! the men go in for a good time. ucoa-ding to their txute. whether it be to gather at` the tavern and play and: and chock-rs. ot to topic mo unothor with well worn itorioa ynrninhd with tohcco nndulur 4|. -5. no `:1 nnnnnn in Inn:-no rnninn. Fll'll'll`I UIl'HIIlli Wllll IVTIAVJ Clluuwu I -do vie. or go cam inhsnannn. (_V uuu IL-5 \\UuuI'.L1uA uu-Ipluuuu [U pun` pus:-9 of ornzuuunt them Inns Ix,-vu mldod .wthis \'(`spr service in Notro Dunno ('l1ur(:h a novel and striking ft-uturo in the sudden ilhnninutimi of tho great nltur. Just wlwn durlmnss has uish1'0ud- ` ed tlm vast L-rlim by xm-:uisu1' innnmur- ublo 0lr~ctric bulbs cunniugly onu<`ou.l(` in tho int1'i<`utc und orid curving:-1 the whole nltur fi-amt is iustnnrmicuusly il- luminutul. producimz an vffect whicli cannot. he iulequntuly described in word.~L In tho rural (list1'ivts the midnight H0!'\'lC0. If not so sumptuous In its up pnintlnvnts, is indubitubly morn pictur- csquo. for there, us the h01`u[)]')l`0:l(`.hl`, um) sons the grout ntona church that dominates the` pxu'iz~'h lit like a vast lun- turn. sud stretching from it on eithvr hnnd the homes of tho huhitunt:-1. ouvli nun dnillg its littlu limit in luyul imita- mm. llamlly rum the big bulls in tho tnwor begun to rim: out their clear (`all uptin thu crisp, vufd nir than the littlu lw-lls on tho lmrst-s` necks send back tinkling runpnnsvs us one uftvr nnntlmr tlm ruriolo nppoar upon the road and speed swiftly toward the church. 'I`Iu\ `II\!1A\ nlin n\\-nltn nnrl lIh`7. D11 lll\'1l.ll'l lll |llU Ullrnu. Nor is this the only import.'u1t ro- ligious function of the day. In many plucnsthom is also nu evening Sl'l'\`iC(`. whore ng-.1i11 tho prn('vodin;zs nro very c-luhomtu und ornuto und 1110 music very lnouutiful. Sinco tlm uxlvonb of electrici- ty uud its wuudmful ndnpmtion to pur- nnnnr f`|nv-n `\uu Iumn rnltlnd n. \LIl .u A? l\|- run. , .v.u--... .... ... nun ur. u.u.vu. \.i\ an muy ho S])L`OH1l0l`:-1 of the proceedings. To what. uxtcnc this is the case may be _jml_'zvd from the f:u~'t than for tho mid- ni.;.rht mass in llw .lu. church of 1\I wlu-ro the nnuin is ulwuys of un u.u'vptimml1_\' high order. '1`husu nut. Inning tlm right. to at sontiu the 1-lmrrh um)` 01-ntuin mm by 1m'I11o11t of u fox-, uml tllpsc sv:-ts nmy bu rusm'\'e(l in mlvmxcv, just `us tlwy many be for tho Ilwulor or the oporu. K!- in Ollie vlun nnl1v1'nunnr-hunt. !`(\. )UlI IIll|l.IIl uux. Why. ho had 3500 in bills in his writing desk. It I-Jcmns he saw it them Just before you worn: to his room. and there was no 0110 elso there up to the time he unissed it. " "So In) says I stole it. does ho?" Don't usu 8DI.`ll`WOl'dl. Run. Of, course you didn't mean it for stealing. hut l am afraid he will have yonan-v. a-d--and think of tho iqgmovl Why didIi'I you suck mu (hr mbney. Bd|'n?"' H: mm nnunnthinn hit: an innuun-h'nn UU\;IIHIl'B `ll huprl ll llllp NJH-V IKILIL l:l\)Il- The xnidnig.-.h!; nmss in Norm l);unu (-l`.m'oh or 51.. Janus (-mm-:11-:11, Mum- real. cw-hhnm-(1 as it is |u-I'om(:n1uz1'o- gntinns of n:un_v tlnmwuul pvnplv, is porh:1p.~; tho nmst imposing and mm in- ` spi1'iug 11-lig.:1ou.~x rituaxl to In: \\`jt11v::.~.n-cl ulmn tlxi`:u:mntium1r. The mm~`i_-:11 1'v:L- tu1'(-.~x uf tlwsv sm'\'i<-v.~' ul\\':1_\'.s' l`l'(`l`i\'L` <-axrvfnl uttcintion. with the r<--ml! that thu wlmlu [n'uce--liII.: is nuulu su iI|h'I`- I-sling us to alt-rm-t luximr mlnnlu-1-sot n . . v .._:II:_ . A, 4 .. ,.. \lIlH U! LIIU `)l'il1. The celebration of the day begins at midnight on Cill`iStlllil$-UVO, when, sum- mnucd by the chimes of the bells, all good Cutliolivs who um uwpagu it crowd to the sacred editit-us. which are and there mlm part in km cluhomte serv- ice lusting nearly two hour's. Tho splen- dor of this service. of crmrso. vuriv.-1 no- cordiug to Kilt! oquipmeut. and fau.:ilit'its of tho cst;1lli.~:huu~nt. hving coxupnrw ti\`ol_v simpln in Um rnuoro muutry ` L`|Hll'('il'.`h', while in tho l;n';,'u ellitices it bccumc-.s' ll. t-:upe1`l) religions fum-t.iun. 'l |u. vniilniuhr tn-ma in Nl'n`\'I| llnnn uppruprizttely adorned for the occasion. I JeairBapti1m3 Lobluuc of lower Cuna- du has - thiia ad\`antug.'e over his causing in the rest of the Domiulog, that his ` Gllristmas celcllmtious me no; coutiued to one day. but am divided between rrlmt gmnt holiday and New Year's Then again, he has tl1_o further advan- tage of am early start. for \Vl.ll10thO Eug- lisll folk am still slrcpiug suuglyiu their wxu-m beds. ho is 011tllNu(ll1lg mass at church or cntlaedml lncleed it` may be said with rrmh tluit (lliritmas ambng the French (janudiana is more of is holy day tlmn 0. holiday, us it consti- tutes" one of the four great church festi- vnla of the your. '- ` 'l`|..\ nnlnlu-nlvhvn nf Hun tlnv hnninn nr. l rnn~.-lnxlts \*.'l the (`nHlfnI`t.\`( ` ' ` Q" CHRISTMAS ceLeeRAjgno_N AMONG THE Fnypn CANADIANS. AN Imoslxe BITUALT ` Where` the Day In Mbro o! n_ lieu Day Than 3 Holiday And \\'lnero GIN: to tho. Llttlo Folk Are Not Credited to Slut! thus. v:=-a-...;~....`-;.,;_....'= "g. nncsmnnn E5, is |ol'iI|l.'\L ` I The night wore away. I could not; step. I no longer heard the voice (II and woman. Ex-ep the Inn : voice wan hushed But nnteulof the usual sounds my ear was nunilod mu: knocking: on the oor and a min of 3 av onlo ac wurk. v when lho nnmznuu cum round in the nvrplnnv-bio (9: midnight when I wql awakened by do!- orouq cries uqd rhuvy Iobl. Yehononl protestations and earnest npoutrophao in the voice of the man. I knockod loudly .ut tho wall .to suggest ailenon Ho ovi- deum did not hued no knocking. I IlUlU{ I was not long ingdonbt. It was put cnlledout in good Italian. "Bo quiet!" I: was of no mail I roused up `III cmurd and asked him win: was the mun ter with the gentleman. My clnpdhl suggested he mu drunk. I could not. 1 howcvtr. divest my mind of the ides that 1 den}! of dnrknouhld' purpo- tratetl ' _ ..x.-|.. ...... -...-- I .....hI -ma - IIIIU, ll EU-IU llllll `III! I\llU\$lI Ilv, llRJllHlI` ly:""Ycu know your grnnglfntlier ul- wuys suspcctotl you of luring wild. and uftcr you wont to sea ho always said you'd come to nmuo bad end, and I hurl hard work to get him to ask you hero for Chrinmnns, but uftcr you cauiia ho liked you over so much. He would not have nskod you to sit with him this afternoon if he hadn't. uud even when he dropped asleep uud you left the room he wasn't uugry. Ho said of course you how could you take that mom-y`! You ought to lmvo naked mo if you needed ,uuy. I know you said you lmd (`D1110 hurl: as poor as you wont uwuy, but I did not think you um-(led it right nway. 1 cam return it to `your gruudlutlwr. of course. but he is so uugry that he says ho will have you an-roamd in the mom- ing. und 1 do bollovo, Ben. that he would have made you his hair. How could you do 11.. Ben?" nan kn:-I I1-Ivunn I.YnI"II1`|I.fn nu:-I hi: \\'uutc to be with the young folks. But ` I331!!! UI IIIU nlal. Iluullnl. an I Ullu "Jpuico und good will" taught. by the , Reduu-iner. \\'h6so nnml day the out:-r Christian: world wus celobrntiiig. ulti- mately prevailed. nnd were the recent nufuuouists ilinstrming the Horatian maxim that the falling out of lover: is the rcne\\':il"of `love? Ur had the last fall so stunned the feebler of tho two individuals as to reads: the revival of either love or anger temporarily impou- ` Iible? ' I -..._ ....A I_.._ 4.. AA.-I-A '5 -o`. ---O ULIU \IlIIJ l\'lll'I hll llll ITIJIUI MUKI llllwltuu. Toward ovculug. while the gtunul slept. 1 distinctly board the \'0lCU uf the man Greek II:-a socmud to he gm\\'lim; rather `than spnuklug. uml Ill Hm inter- vuls of his sllcucul hoard tho fumulo sob Not In vn-r_v lnurry (Jinn:-m1u1.~;. " thought I. Snnu-tnnc.~2 mm vuicu rn ubuvu tho mlwr Tho, onuvwu.-4 shrill. thu mhor loud um! Iulgry 'l`hc~u there was L[SCl1f0; thou ull wustrnmyuil .\'i;:hL * haul fulleu. uud I had Import tho puruus had gone to sleep lint. u;;:nu tho mur- murs. the uxpusmla-Hons. tho outbursts, disturbed my qmcr. And now the wom- an becmuo vuluule. uml spasmodic bursts of grief ulnuu mturrupted the torrvut of hvr oloquuucu. ()t`tcu the mun called out what nplx-urnd In bu "silence!" uddiug u. few worxls. none of much was dis- tinct enough to be cmu.'lIt. mu mumtnry tune. Then came uuothur atmgglu. words. bitter words. stjtied cries. _u |.wa\'y full. 11 surcaxu. siloum again. I ......l.I ...o ..l...... \1'|.no hue! Imnn 0'11: llll|. ll 3\'nlUQIIlI. SIIIYIILIY again. I could not sleep What had been the issue of the lust quarrel`! Had the . _ v "-unnnn nu-1| nnnal n-III" rnnnhl, hr llun one row of grntun; u fmv feet before the other--lrcu|:~1 tho prisoners from nny 1)Ul`S0lll Contact with rho ontvr \\'or|(l. l`l`|l!`\`.\'(`ll[('d by tho n~st:u1mtcnr nud hi.~1uids. tho .~:ur;.vunn nnd tho clmplzun. In tho room udjmnmg miuu woro con- tinod n Grcolc nnd n yomn,i woman. who passed a portion of tl1(nrH|no1n sing- ing to tho Iunmu: of u ;,'uitm':u1d occu- sionnllyu mmhourino. Muvh of tho rest was spent, Ill c-.-mn;:. drinking nnd :~:l(--p- ing. to Judgo from the long Intervals ot silence. But them wore noisy ('.|)1sodI'.-1 which conveyed sn'on1.: px~mxt`s"_ that the Indy mulrl scold as well as sing. nnd 80ml-tilllL`R tho quarrels rose to 1 term- hlo pm-h. u thnnm_ followed by a scromu. furnishing tho climax. It wns (jlmsunns dny Tho snow fell heilvlly. deadening the sound of thoclum'h bx-Hr . which. through a broken pane. remind- ` od mo of tho holy I'n. l oxpoctvd to hCnX`lll)'IlL`1.;hh()I`.~I sing hymns My own time was dovorul to my hooks-- nho only rolivt` to un unforcotl solitudo '[`nnun-rl 1nI'nI|III4l u-Inln Olin lvnnln} The Odessa l:l7.:ll`0It0 is built in the form of u qmulruugfo Each room is. .-`epurated from its neighbor by :1 donblb wall. bet\\'uon \\'hlCh u 5`JlllllI(`l takes his stnnou to so(:tlIur.ne1;;l)lnors hold no commumczuimn \\ |lll ouch other There is u mmll. cm1rL\':nrrl In front of LIIUIUIJ Ul lllilub > 1 ; um-I1 room, and n (luublu Iron gmmxg- LUI` |u1uu.;.Iuuu. uuu uu Luu uuu us an` other week the amthuritics pcnnitmd mo to laud and t:1lu.~. up my quarters in tho Iuzurotrn for 14 days more. `'01) sus- " melon of plague. " _ 'I`1\n lhlnm.--n In-I-uvntln in hnilf. in {Na An Incident. Inltlao l.lc or an Oblervlng I Traveler. 0 Several winters ago had nrriyed at. Odessa from Asiatic '1` rkey. Tho nu - Incky yellow ling. hoisted by command of the v1'.~:icing surgccnof tho port. com- pelled thc brig 1 was in to toss about in tho Iuurlstoatl fur u week before it was udmittud to tho quuruutmo halrbor Then I was required to Slflld my clothes for fnlniguciou. and at the cm! of an- ..o|.n.- Ivnnlr t|\r\ unrluu-ioin.v nnnnifrnrl "A CHRISTMAS ERFERIENCE. As to gtho culimu'y characteristics of M the day. my readers mny-perhaps ba.in- terestul in a. list of dishes, some or all of which may be found upon every French Canudiun_ dinner tnblu on this occasion. They are: Pain (loro (toast with egg); pare aux, patntes (potum pie), poulctz suuco blauchmclxickeu with white s-.xuc-),- totwtiercs (meat piv), ;;1'au'.s'so do mLi(t'1'esh pork grouse), co- _-lmn uu luib (sucking pig). 1.-.ll8X`Ol.l (roast of fresh p('n'k---shoulder) and tarte uux suclles (pin undo of huws). ' J. l\1A(TI)()I\'.\LD UXLEY. Z... } uuquyeu Uu Luau wuuuuuu. uuuuuug unwcuva lulu Illlllllll Iyutuu Ah I have almmiy lean Bap-`~ tiste divides pm Ulxristnzll. .-By thin. I mean that two hnpomnit featnns of xi he festival as .-ldgmtul by English `peuplt on the 25th .f:;y.of December are `nes-rved by the I x'e..ch for the. 1st day of Jm111:1ry-nmuel_)'. the giving 0! pres~ cuts and indulgenw in especially good 9'.-n J UUIIIII JUIJ V II)` IJUIII Ben had grown very white. and his sh: were clim-hed tightly when his mother paused. but he said quietly: "Qn vnn nun` nu-unrhlutl Iunun annnunw-ad lll'l l ' With regard to the griug of pros- outs. in which the French take just us` much delight as the English, it is in- teresting to note that these ea-unnes. us they are called. are by` the - little folk credited not to Santa Claus, but to In petit; Jesn uud are perhaps all the more enjoyed on that account. A _- tn tlun nll]{ll!II'\.' nhnrnntnriiltinn nf ` _shooting mhgbg Rim` Iporea Ah I" hnvn nhuuv nt'nft' Jinn Rn ur.-r nu - --u .4-u.--......v. :mt1m,' 9 mu-t ) 1 I: nOIr\o. ..l' plum oi... III cinu. an llookul And lghhnod. Wonk. norvou pooplo Inning hurt troubles no ouily almond and ltighuood. Mnlburnh Hurt nnd None Pills Iortify thou:-vac. nnoro regular action to the i I hurt.uIdcunovorylorm of humor i 1 HIV! trouhk. lira. mod n HoIillnn.|`o- ronto. my: : "llbql-n`: out and New Pulls ound no 01 nuvonnm and pipin- tion. I vuoononounhuihihnuniu vault! sunk me. but am now pa-hotly ' `.5! I 3....;... .u:d;i::;|':o-f:r".ooutr_ipM.bn.' u... homplnint. nick lundncln. bilionoon, joundicennd allow 60 ll Lon- Uvor silt. Thy no 3 laggai Ilovtr pin; or muting pin. _ , &c"_Ingh\ lot shiny dqyn wi can unlu- I` W ' I.I|HJl. LTVIIIIIU \V\)l|IH \\"Il! |lIll.'I\.`I. I`llIll\'V` oil by an altercation. Thou tho mun cried bitterly` Wliut. could bu thn ninth-r`.' More oillcc,-i'auiiiio. The man \\':l.` funer- Oil and taken n\\'n_v Wlinre was the wo- nuui? He haul stabbed her in his anger. and under some absurd notion that her existence would he fox-gottvii by the an- tlioitities he had taken up two planks and deposi_tcd the (loud body of the poor girl bonbnth thmn. This explained the operations wliicli followed nponthe ai- lnm-o. Wlimi I wns rolonscd. lsnw my . qiiomlmii neighbor sitting in an vfomiitlu oi` the }Il:l(`0\\'lN`l`u [wont to reclaim my ` fllllllgld nppnix-l. miaralml by two sol- (1lCl`!4. Ho us in halo old man of mu- ligumit a. I rs.-ixioiiibvrml having seen him ziulin luirlior with M lixnidsoima young Greek whom I snpposml to be his child No one kii`t:w cxnctly what their relative position was. rlt was enough that be had shod hvr blood on Clmstnias night . -- ' III A (Inn-|-II `Sold by all Druggists and Grocers. ` breakfast. I mm mm what. 1 mm heard 1 ` and suggested that tho lady might. be ; ill and meal medical aid. H0 \\'I'ut4 next 4 door. but. was sent away with tho nm~ ; _ mation that nothing was wanted. Two 1 or three more days l'|l|[|S(`(l. The timc had anf_ivod for my rvlnasu On the vm-y day iudond when I was to be mnancr pated my neighbors were also to be (`rand . I hunt-II lhn nlnmxra nrrivn nnrt ill! IuuuI.7\A vvuuu I vvud \v uu xuuuur frood.- I heard tho omcora urrivo next door. Some words wr-m ultorcrl. follow- -_~,A n_____ ..|..____,..:__. m\._.. .I_, ._ _._ __.., .1 UCI lull- Soho said nothing. knowing that ho would hem` more presently. and he did, I for soon his mother talked on wt-ukly and. if she hurl mly known it, foolislr ` 1\v.'1"VrI1 lrunuv vnnuv as-nnalfulfhovn n`. |