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SALEM; N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1881.
NO. 52.
VOL. XXXII.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Merry voices, have your way ;
Thrill us, lovely, laughing eyes ;
Turn December into May ,
Underneath these frosty sides.
Laugh, ye grown-up children, too I
What, though sober in your glee,
Sweet old memories glimmer through
Of the days that used to be.
Ring the joy bells all around,
Hail the sacred Christmas morn,
For the peace of life is found,
And the hope of heaven is born.
Peace for every weary heart
Hope, for every struggling soul ;
Joy, that never can depart ;
Love, to consecrate the whole.
William WinUr.
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SETx TWENTY YEARS.
A CnRISTMAS STORY.
Miss Bridget was an old maid; that is,
she had been so Ions: recognized and
known as ''Miss Bridget" that her
friends and neighbors would have scout
ed the idea of her ever being called by
anv other name. There had been, to be
sure, vague rumors of an early fondness
on her part for some curly-headed youth
but whether that fondness had been re
ciprocated or not was a question only set
at rest by the general opinion that no
one could ever know Miss Bridget with
out loving her; so it was generously con
ceded that the curiy-headed youth had
cone to sea, and been shipwrecked and
drowned, and that Miss Bridget had
"worn the willow" ever since, and. would
always continue to do so, for his sweet
sake. '
The only reason for this sad and catas?
trophical supposition rested in the known
possession, by Miss Bridget, of a minia
ture representing a young man having
large blue eyes and curling light hair,
and clad in a blue jacket; yet on this
slender hypothesis was erected a com
plete seafaring romance, which the
younger of Miss Bridget's friends de
lighted in rehearsing for her edification
whenever they felt in a peculiarly tan
talizing humor delighted chiefly be
cause of tfie perfectly charming blush
the story brought to Miss Bridget's
cheeks and . the marvelously tender
smile with which it softened the rather
sad lines of het mouth.
Miss Bridget lived in a large old stone
house in a street which had once been in
the suburbs of the great city, and where
residences had been sparsely scattered
about and were of a more substantial
character than those usuallv erected.
But the great city in its progress had
caught up with this street, lined it with
blocks of flaring red brick houses, and
rushed onward, far out into the country.
Miss Bridget could have disposed of
her propertv at a very high figure if she
had been so inclined : but she did not,
and no inducements could change her
opinions on this question ; .so she-eon.
tinued to live there, isolated, though in
the midst of a constantly changing crowd
of inhabitants, and her dwelling stood
out from among its modern neighoors
among them, but not of them.
It was a stately, solid, square-built man
sion, with a home-like and comforting
look, not shared with any of "those
others."
It stood in the center of several lots of
ground, was possessed of a lawn and fine
old shade trees in front, and a flower and
fruit carden behind, and was shut in
from the outside world, and all noise
and confusion, by a high stone-wall and
a strong oaken gate, studded with big
iron nailhcads.
From the polished iron, mastiffs that
guarded the portal, to the brass knobs
and the brass knocker of the front door,
all was shiny and in order. The interior
of the house was a marvel of neatness
and comfort. The massive furniture,
darkened by age and daily friction,
though uu fashionable and out of date,
was stately and comfortable.
The bright cannel coal fire in the sitting-room,
that flashed in the large open
grate as soon as the brown leaves in the
garden began to fall, was a charm in it
self. The polished brass fire dogs and fen
dersmore for ornanwmt than use re
minded one of the stability and security
of olden times. And when Miss Bridget
could be seen sitting in front of the fire
'1 at dusk, with some of her young friends
about her, the scene of home comfort
and quietude was complete.
Miss Bridget's household was orderly
through a system which had been fol
lowed for forty years in fact, ever since
she was a baby, and a beautiful young
;. mother and a strong, manly f ather'sat in
the room she now occupied.
The same highly respectable butler
white-haired and time-worn - waited at
table ; the same fat and equally respect
able housekeeper managed her domestic
concerns who had. managed them for her
mother before her. The life in the
stone house was in fact, one of the last
rehes cf the life of a half century before,
hen it v-as a hope and a joy to have
lived at all, instead of a disease and in
sanity as it is nowadays. " .
Miss Bridgetc ormcd, in truth, a con
necting lint between the old and the
new. Her rccollp.i t.iona wrn nf fhn Tt.
and of the old but rather by tradition
than by actual experience, for she was
only forty while her associations seemed
ever with the young.
"With old peopleshe did not assimi
late; and almost da,ily she would be
found surrounded by young, charming,
and gaudy creatures butterflies of the
fashionable world who sought" in Miss
Bridget's society a nameless charm which
seemed to soothe the feverishexcitement
under which they lived, and to remind
them of an existence more beautiful if
less brilliant, and tender and sweet in its
every element of orderly repose and re-
unemcnt. Jhss Bridrct waa -nnsapRserl
Qf a competence, and of competent ser
vants, honest withal, to dispense it;
therefore her domestic avocations were
few.
1 , any f her friends wondered how
she occupied her time, since she was
never seen with crochet or Berlin-wool ia
her hands. True, she read much, and
of the newest ; apd her music was some
thing to be remembered, as of the utter
ance ot an harmonious soul through sym
pathetic fingers. Still, the greater por
tion of her time was unaccounted for to
the curious.
; Meanwhile there was wretchedness and
sorrow and starvation in' the by ways of
the great city that recognized in her an
angel of mercy and a constant savior from
the worst of evils.
There were poor, down-trodden crea-
ures who could have told how many of
Miss Bridget's hours were dispensed.
But she held conversation between her
right and her left hand on such topics to
be a vanity and unworthy, and there-
love these acts of hers passed in the di
vino record unknown of men.
That she waa ever amiable, kindly.
and generous, waa a general reputation
which she had achieved by the mere
force of her personality ; but those who A VOTS
so believed her would have been at a loss
for details to attest its truth.
Meanwhile there were none who did
not esteem her happy above most, for
that she was tranquil and uncomplain
ing. Ana these would have marveled
had they read her heart, and known that
hers had been a life of bitter disap
pointment, as well as of entire self-abnegation;
yet such it was.
I he intuition which grasps at truth,
even unknowingly, had seized the secret
01 her heart in its furtive decision on the
merits of the hidden miniature romance.
Twenty years before, Miss Bridget had
loved and been loved by the curly-headed
young man whose-portrait she preserved;
and the separation of the threads of their
lives, which ought to have been woven
together perpetually, had been a sad, sore
episode which had chastened and sad
dened a spirit full of bright enjoyment
and capacity for the perfection of earth
ly happiness, lie had been poor, and
she had been rich; and their story, like
most sad ones, was a short one.
A few months of constant association
and of growing love and then sickening
disappointment of blighted hopes, and
the young man had donned the blue
jacket in which the artist tainted him,
and had departed across seas, and they
had never met since.
Even correspondence was forbidden
them by her parents who loved their
only child with that ignorant love that
does not foresee; and as she was dutiful
and he was proud, the thread had been
cut, and they had drifted widely asunder.
It had been in the autumn that he had
gone away from her; and ever since, and
now, when the season had returned, and
the brown leaves pattered on the stone
walks in the garden, she had felt the sad.
nesa of her crushed-out longings ana
hopes press heavily upon her.
JSow, when the shrill blasts were wail
ing mournfully outside, and the Christ
mas tide which promised to be green
that year was only a day off, the de
pression of her spirits seemed almost be
yond the control of her dearly bought
self command.
It was toward dusk on Christmas-eve,
and she sat, alone by the bright fire in
the sitting-room, and that she might for
once accept the painful pleasure of rem
iniscence she let her memory carry her
back to those halcyon days twenty years
gone.
She had been surrounded by a group
of young and happy beauties all the after
noon; but they had dropped away and
left her all alone ; and so she sat, deep
in thought, when a loud rap of the
knocker startled her for a moment, and
she came out of her reverie, thinking it
might be the return of one of her late
visitors, or a new one; and so her face,
which had for a few moments become
hard with lines of unrest, softened into
its usual placidity. . t
The door of the sitting-room opened,
and the butler appeared, bearing a small,
rough looking box.
" It's a box, marm, just left here by a
sailor chap, who said he was sent by the
captain of a ship and told to leave it, and
no answer. "VVilll I bring it in here,
marm?'
" Yes .Joseph," said Miss Bridget.
"You may place it here at my feet, and
bring something to open it."
The butler placed it on the rug at her
feet and left the room. Jhjss .Bridget
examined the direction curiously.
It read thus :
"To Miss Bridget Culver,
. No. 2 Street,
REVOLTING SAVAGE RITES.
dxscbxptxov or
LITE ZH ATKXCA.
acxssxo
A Terrible Ftrfure ! Cruelty
Heed by FelUb. Priest IIbmh
Fleas, at Pnbllc tele.
The Rev. Ferdinand Meshini and the
Rev. William Connaughton have arrived
from Africa, where they h&ve been con
verting the natives along the gold coast,
around the "White Nile and in the Sou
dan. The society of which they are
members is known as the Society of Af
rican Missions. An interesting history
of the perils of mission life was graphi
cally related by at her Aleshinl. f rom
the reverend father's account human sac
rifice and slave trading are still exten
sively carried on. Father Meshini said
that at Lagos, near Sierra Leone, where
the parent house is established, natives
are quite well educated.
" The natives of the second genera
tion," the priest said, "may be called
members of a civilized community. At
Porto-Novo, Lagos, Abekouta and other
stations it ia not rare to find native
children carrying off the prizes from the
children ot European parents who are
domiciled in these localities. When
bov has attained the age of thirteen years
he is advised by the missionaries them
selves to choose a wife from among the
girls of the convent school. Agri
culture and the various trades are
becoming factors in the communi
ty. The country was frequently de
vastated by famine. Whenever the rain
fell too abundantly the fruits which con
stitute the staple diet of the natives, rot
ted and starvation followed. Corn not
being subject to such damage, and bear
ing easily two crops a year, the people
regard its introduction as a gut of Prov
laence.
ward, or his head U incased la the
tump of the leaves which form the
crown 01 the palm tree. The priest
loosens the rope, the tree spring back
and the victim is left twinging in the
air. Birds of prey soon dispose of his
body. Sat York VTM
MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME.
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Rsllrfew Millarati as
A aaeeratlilewa avrle, tit
Cmmaa.
New York."
It was bound with hoops of iron, and
bore the appearance of having traveled ;
but the outside gave no clue to its
source.
Tho butler returned, and after some
trouble removed the lid, and retired.
The contents of the box were wrapped
in a covering of oil 6ilk ; vjnd Miss Brid
get removed this, and found beneath a
worn-out and faded blue jacket, a
sailor's hat, and knife, and, wrapped in
a bit of the same silk, the companion
picture of the miniature of the curly
headed young man a portrait of a
beautiful girl, apparently about twenty
years of age.
Miss Bridget held these things for a
moment in her hands ; then she folded
them slowly together, and rising from
her knees, walked quietly out of the
room and up-stairs, leaving the empty
box on the floor.
When the maid knocked at her bed
room door, halt an hour later, to call
her for tea, Miss Bridget answered that
she was ill, and desired not to be dis
turbed until morning.
That Christmas eve the winds mounted
higher and higher, " and whistled more
and more drearily about the 01a stone
house, and rattled the window-panes,
and banged the blinds of the flaring
brick houses in the neigborhood,and was
altogether wild and uncomfortable and
pitiless.
At about midnight there came up a
terrific snow, storm, and at once anni
hilated all the possibilities of a "green
Christmas, ' which according to ancient
superstition, "makes a fat church
yard.
And on the Christmas morrow the
snow lay heavily upon the trees, and
was banked up in drifts all about the
stone fence ; but the sun shone merrily,
and flashed brilliantly on the bright
crystals; and early sleigh-bells awoke
Miss Bridget, where sho had thrown
herself, in her clothes, on the couch in
her bedroom, with her head resting on
the old, torn, and weather-stained blue
jacket, and the two minalures clasped in
her hand.
And late she rose and made her toilet,
and ' went down to eat
her . lonelv Christmas breakfast ;
and on the stairs she was met by the
maid, .who said there was a gentleman
in the sitting room who insisted on see
ing her. And so Miss Bndeet. who.
though in trouble herself, would incon
venience no one else entered the sitting
room and saw by the window a tall gen
tleman, with thick curling brown hair,
who, turning and seeing her, made three
steps and took her in his arms, and held
her -so close to his breast that if he had
not the curling brown hair, and the large
blue eyes, and the frank open face of the
minature we wot of, we should have
deemed it stiange, believing as Miss
Bridget had, that he was buried in the
sea, and had sent his jacket home as a
token a most foolish supposition truly
for "dead men tell no tales."
And so Miss Bridget did change her
name after all, and in spite of the confi
dent prognostications of her friends. But
she never could quite forgive het sailor
husband for the shock and the dreadful
grief she experienced when she discoverd
the contents of his Christmas-box.
Harper t Monthly.
"After the kings, the priests who
practice medicine are, perhaps, the great
est personages in this region. They need
only to threaten to leave, and generally
they at once obtain any concession they
demand from these sovereigns. The huts
of the common people are made of bam
boo tcane, thatched with palm leaves.
Fishing and hunting are but littlo prac
ticed, as they require bodily exertion,
which is not agreeable to the natives. The
disposition of these people is so mild it
is a mystery how they can indulge in the
practice of the cruelties, such as human
sacrifices, for which they have become
famous. The missionaries believe that
but for the fetish priests, who are ex
ceedingly shrewd and who have a strong
interest in perpetuating these bloody sac
rifices, as their power is based on them,
the country could be easily civilized.
Under the reign of Gnezo, the late king
of Dahomey, human sacrifices had be
come comparatively rare ; but his suc
cessor, Urery, a slave to the Icush
priests, has revived them and
now they are practiced with
greater cruelty than ever.
The nunibor of slave kHo annually per
ish in this way is estimated at several
hundreds. The king of Dahomey is, aa
is known, the most ferocioui and pow
erful ruler in the whole region. During
ten months in the year he makes incur
sions into the neighboring territories,
capturing a large number of slaves. In
this work he is chiefly assisted by his
two celebrated regiments of Amazons.
The prisoners taken during these expe
ditions are divided into three classes.
One class is sold to the Blave merchants
of the interior; another, chiefly women,
are fattened and sold to butchers, who,
revolting as the fact may be, even to re
late, openly sell human flesh in their
shops. The third class is reserved for
the sacrifices which take place in August
and September,' during the celebration
of the 'Grand Customs.' These cere
monies have a double purpose; pacify
ing the god of war Ognn, and other
deities; recalling the memory of dead
kings and sending them supplies of men
and provisions.
"Among these savages exists a belief
that a man passing into the future life
takes with him all that is placed in his
grave. For this reason, in Dahomey, as
in other savage countries, victims and
prisoners are placed in the tomb. Not
long since the king of Forto-Novo died
of poison administered to him by a
rival for the throne. The funeral cere
monies lasted nine days. During the
whole of this time numbers of victims,
destined for the 'Grand Customs,' were
sacrificed every night in the fetish forest.
The missionaries living in the neighbor
ing huts could hear the cries of the suf
erers, whose mutilated bodies, arranged
in lines, were seen every morning in the
public square of the town. The beads
had been cut off and nailed along the
walls of the palace. At 8 o'clock on the
morning of the ninth day the new king
and his suite, preceded by the fetish
priests moved in procession to the sacred
wood were the grave of the late kinghad
been dug. The sacrifice began. Seven
slaves were killed and their blood mixed
with earth to form a kind of plaster with
which the grave was lined. The heads
of the seven victims, with food of all
kinds, were deposited at the bottom.
Chinese Temple Theatres.
Miss Gordon Cumming says in aa arti
cle in the rail Mall GatttU: Of all the
odd methods ever deviied by any nation
jur comuioing amusement wiua religion.
I know of none so quaint as the theatri
cal entertainments provided by wealthy
Chinamen for the edification of their
gods. In Europe we hare had miracle
plavs, such aa still attract crowds to
Ober-Ammergau; but the intention of
these is emphatically to convey deep re
ligioua impressions to the anradeof the
people, whereas the temple plays in China
are solely intended to amuse and propl
tiate the idols, who are supposed, in
common with their worshippers, to have
a passion for the drama, and to share
their wonderful power of endurance as
regards tho length of the plays, some of
which are dragged on for three whole
days, from dawn to sunset. These tern
pie plays are the great and gratis enter
tainment of the people, who attend in
crowds. A densAy packed throng, alt
dressed in blue, nil every available cor
ner of the temple court (the plays being
in the open air) and of the steps leading
up to the altars, above which the idols
sit enthroned. The stage ia always
separate building facing the temple a
sort of kiosk, open on three aides its
beautifully carved, curly roof being up
ported on carved pillars. The court is
inclosed by open corridors with galler
ies, in which seats are provided for the
mandarins and principal citizens. In the
lower corridors many barbers ply their
trade dilligently, for skull scraping and
hair plaiting is a business which must
not be neglected, and which can be suc
cessfully combined with the enioyment
of the play. Vendors of refreshments,
too. find a good market for their wares.
Regular playgoers soon learn to dis
criminate between the different troupes
who travel about the country just as
theatrical companies do in Europe. Of
course, the very best troupes are engaged
by the great mercantile guilds for their
magnificent temple theatres, which are
always worth visiting. One of the first
which attracted us in Foo-choo was the
great guild of the Ningpo merchants.
We obtained a tantalizing glimpse of the
scene irom the root 01 a neignDonnr
house, where one of our Chinese friends '
was sitting with his sons. Wishing for
a nearer view, but not caring to face the
dense crowd, we entered the guild
(which is practically a club) by a side
aoor, wucn 100 it us ngni 1010 uu 1
1
1 sJI tbe ajcb ta Heave akail etar.
. un Ctu-totauta lr, oa JrHmee Umj;
Ao4 all tee beUe a earUi ebeU rtac.
On CbnaUrwM Day la tbe marnuvc
The MmiS rekeae aaala.
On Chrttmaa Vmy, oa Cfcrbnaes Day;
tbra Wtis all rejoice ameia.
I Oa CfcrtetmM bey ta Ute ooral&f .
$0 am sr the waits throughout Merrie
X-tUnd before the laaaeawe or tbe ret
ation chan red the character 01 the
rwtmif pralM from lis simpler ballad
sad the doctor eaptejUx Lim'f it
heaiiag all the woaala. while ta pis)
winds op with the followis; raite Lisj
as to the purpose of thcU vmt :
rteor mt tkST.inf CI A m ae Wares
Kiier or coffer fJ If T
But aoi by ris aloee omr aa
ceetora keep the ChrUtaas of oldra tltae
Strife were forrttea duriaf this toJ;
eaeoa etd hopiulitT rire4 rrrr
here, while CbrlsUaae rhsriUee wen
liberally esteadtJ to aU tbe poor e4
uSeriog. Evea tbe bretts wr act
forgot tea, it bdag customary to carry
aa etlre allowance of food to every aa
itaal oa the farm, so that ea tbe
dumb creature toijtt share ia the uai
verl good cheer.
The cuftioea of decklag baoee a4
Chorea with l brut ma evtrjrrwfi
.
tuuM W ,i ,1 1 iry4MUf njacW tAj ..xf. a
actual temple, where the kindly priest J'"" the
had a perfect view, and a stranger scene
I never beheld; the temple, the theatre,
and the side courts are one mass of rich
carving In wood aH atone, crimson and
gold, with the gray, curiously carved
roofs harmonizing with a brilliant blue
sky. On the stage there were most ex
citing hunting scenes, in one of which
an Amazon queen shot a tiger with bow
London," ia the latter part of the stt
tecnta ceatury. The Puritiana, carry ing
their zeal step further, denounced tbe
singing of tarols altogether, and would
fain have suppressed the feast of ChrUt
tnaa itself as pernicious and unjcripturaL
But the lovay time-honored custom
which clung to the observance of the
day were dear to the heart of alt, and
from the re-esKbUshment of tbe Stuart
dynasty downo the present time we
hear of carols being sung both on Christ
mas eve and on the morning of Christ
mas Day.
Some of these, u Merrick etqulute
Star Song, are poens of the highest merit
and others attractire only from their
quaint simplicity and evident spirit of
devotion:
God Christians riet, thl ts the aww,
Wbea ChrtUtbe Hattoc He was tnrn
AU in a taid loK
At IfethWbem in UalUaft.
Itekikv! oar terw He waa bora
On CTtiriatinaa day la tbe morning.
Other again are merely dorrertL
sung by children as they go from house
to house, collecting the accustomed
ChrUtmas bounty from alL Tie follow
ing belonrs to Yorkshire, aid the little
one were wont to carry with them a
ChrUtmas tree as a badge of their mi
ion:
Well- -day! wdla-day!
Cbnxttnaa tnoaroa etaey;
For tbe good Uim wUl ax etay.
We are no Ur f rocn Vwr loatonr,
Itut Dacbtw' ttuUren known before.
Ho (wluif pray,
We raaac stay.
Bat mart away.
For tbe Cbrtstmaa will not star.
But if the singing of Christmas carols
date back to the very earliest age of
Christianity, when the bUhop were ac
customed to chant them to their a ta
bled Cocks, other ancient practice be
lonini? to the day. aa. for iotlance. the
hanging of the mbtlctoe and the burn
ing of the Yule log. have their origin ia
lagn time and are borrowed directly
rcanutnavian
or god, ibor.
The hauling la and burning of the Yale
log was ooe of the most kiyous ChrUt
mas cetemonie of feudal day, a time
when old wrong were forgotten, strife
was laid aside and peace and plenty
reigned throughout.
A portion of the half contumed block
was carefully laid aside until the follow
ing Christmas, when it was used to light
the new log. and in the meantime it wa
'irfUMwlr mortf tAiUxr. aad ia lAjEi
paat even the street of Loadoa were th
adorned. Ivy aad alatleoe beiaj; rejected
for the decor tka of church- oa ac
count of their ! aociUoea, a4
crpreas being manifestly tatt4 from
it connection with lb Uxnb. boiiy be
came the favorite plant for thi prpoe
aad baa aiwsys rrtaioej u porvlanty.
Aa old son j indeed warn us agiat re
jecting this favored free a, under the
following dismal penalties:
Whoever acfent Wcy At try.
Ia fafm abea be Weft r3 .;
Kbraomr a bnuV At awe
It may WT aa4 bat baifc mrmf.
Fioally, a venerable aviperUitioe, set
forth the tweetsity of rreaotlag all
Christmas decoraljoo before the ap
proach of CaadVrmas day, as to rv's-a
theta after the :4 of February wm ce
sidrrrd to briag evil tuck npoa a bo
bold. 1 ferric a, who h lest hi vivac
ious pea to so taaay thritm theaseia,
give also a Coal word of advice as to
the proper closicg of this happy soa:
flow wiU tbe ri Miary. aa4 o
t wit It tbe bam 4 SumKi;
tlnMi sill. IwJt. I A1
Vbrwita y drw ibe Ci
anu arrow, it waa a nooio v iuc 1 i.f.t:.i- MMt,An
with beautiful fur. much handsomer than :u "ZCT x-VV' ... 11J .1 .ZZ
.-v.s T-J.- j It V..1 IZUO iw ' vuv.v, .u
mous light, shed unwonted brilliancy
the hairy tiger of India, and it had fierce
green eyes. It rolled over quite tieaa,
and the attendant tied it legs to a bam
boo and carried it off in triumph. The
illusion was not improved by the very
patent fact that it wore large white
souled Chinese shoe on it hind paws.
All the service of the play is done by
coolies in their ordinary blue garments.
The acting of this troupe was excellent
and I was much amused a few weeks
later, when visiting the Foo-choo guild
at Xincrna. to find the identical company
actinir the identical piece. Rather an
odd coincidence.
Tho body of tho king was next lowered
into the grave. Then were seen approach
ing nine of his women, draped in their
brightest colored garments and purpose
ly intoxicated with British "tafia," or
rum. Believing themselves to be the ob
jects of an ovation they cast smiles on
every side as they passed through the
throng. On reaching the edge of the
open grave they were made to kneel, and
before they had any suspicion were
stunned by a blow on the head and flung,
still alive, upon the body of their royal
spouse. Earth was then thrown in to
rover both living and dead. A short
distance from the crave a stake was pre-
Eared for the burning of the minister,
ut these astute politicians dressed slaves
in their robes of office, and while the
poor creatures were perishing made their
- escape. The sacrifices to the gods are
marked by greater and more varied re
finements of cruelty. The shrines re
semble dog-houses appropriate dwell
ings for their idols, which are hideous
looking monsters. These ceremonies
begin with a dance. In front of the
shrine a circle is formed by the leaders
of the people sitting down, while the
rude multitude remain standing. Hold
ing a tuft of human hair in his hand a
priest dances in the center, the circle ut
tering savage cries, clapping their hand
or playing wild instruments resembling
bells, tamborines and cymbal. During
the night the fetish priests provide the
god with one or more victims. The most
common form of sacrifice to Ognn, the
god of war, is to behead the human offer
ing and nail the body upside down to a
tree, the head placed above the feet.
'At other times a young tree U
stripped of its branches, bent down by
means of a rope, and so held by a kind
of trigger. With the exception of the
head the victim is inclosed in a wicker
work globe and suspended, head down-
The Habits or Birds.
Bird not only cough and sneeze, but
they dream and snore, making most dis
tressing sounds, as if strangling. They
hiccough a very droll affair it is, too
and ther faint away. One feat some
times ascribed to man ia in the case of
birds a literal fact they can sleep with
one eve open. This curious habit I have
watched closely, and I find it common
in nearly all the varieties I have been
able to observe. One eye will close
sleepily, ehut tight and appear to enjoy
a good nap, while the other is wide
awake as ever. It is not always tbe eve
toward the light that sleeps, nor is it in
variably the one from the light. The
presence cr absence of people make no
difference. I have even had a bird stand
on my arm or knee, draw up one leg, and
seem to sleep soundly with one eye, while
the other was .wide open. In several
years' close attention I have been unable
to find any cause, cither in the position
or the surroundings, for this strange
habit.
No " act old woman " 1 more wedded
to her accustomed "way" than are
birds in ircneral to theirs. Their hours
for eatine. napping and ainging are
regular as our. ts, likewUe, are their
haoits in regnrd to alightiog placea,even
to the very twig they select. After a
week' acquaintance with the habita of a
bird I can always tell when something
3;tnrMn(T ha occurred, bv the place in
which he is found. One bird will make
the desk his favonte haunt, and ireely
of chairs and
over the scene
Aoalagou to the ceremony of the 1 ule
log was the burning of the ashton, or
ashen fagot, vtbue the huge tuna:e
was blazing on the hearth jollity reigned
supreme in hall and kitchen, master and
... . a t a
servant alike joining in me games, wntcn
were apt to be 01 an arduous ana trying
character, lumping in sacas ana aiviog
for apples being among the most popular.
Svery time one ot me oana nppea
asunder the host was required by a time
honored custom to furnish hi guests
ith a fresh bowl of liquor; nor was the
demand unheeded. Indeed oa so large
a scale was the hospitality of "ashen
fcggot night," enjoyed ia the capacious
krm-house kitchens, that all thrifty
Devonshire housewives took especial
care that their chimney were well swept
in preparation, lest the huge blaze el the
Christmas lor should result la a disa-
v
trou fire.
In Cheshire it is the almost n&lvefsal
habit of farm servants to hire themselves
from New Year' Eve to Christmas Day,
thus securing a week of absolute free
dom. On the moraine after Christmas
they throng the street of Chester and
the adjacent town, dressed in weir gay
est clothe, spending .their wage liber-
ally, eojoylna: their holiday to im ut
most and leaving their matter aad mis
tresses at home to take care of themaelve
aad their work a well a they are able.
The various game and diversion
proper to Christmas Lve are mxnr of
them 01 great anuquuy, ana nave oeca
handed down from generation to gener
ation with little apparent change. iosp-
dragon. one of the moat popular sports
ia England, Is of ancient aad respected
pedigree. The raisins are pot ia a
broad, shallow bowl, or dish, aad
covered with brandy, which I thea
ignited, and the guest cndevor to
secure their portion by piuogtag inetr
hands into the burning fluid.
FUpdragoa, a popular game la the
western counties 01 Lapland, required
still greater heroUm, the guest belag
si pec ted to try and drink the coal at
of a can of ale or cider ia which a burn-
ins caadle had beca put with a view to
Thai aa tbe eofwrstitiwe Bart
'o one Wat b aw b tbrre WCt tfca!:
For kvb. ham tnaaf bwvws tb-r be
'Wtm! Uwra. cnat lrw to ana,
be anaay fobtim fxm ba
ITH&iUlfA ft.
A Trteraa Stery.
"I wa ia Washiartoa ia If IS; aad
while visiting over ia Aktaadria ia
that year I saw tbe first troop railed
out to f.ht the British a they entered
Weshiogtoa to be armed. I rrsmUf
it as w as if U had been yv-sietdsy,
for I stood oa the street a the Uj
marched by with bearing drura a4
Cjlng banner. Wahtagta was a
sirargtiog lit:! village thea. and Alet
aadrta w as ooe of the great citte of
the country."
The speaker was Colonel 5. I. Bet-
ton. now of CutLbert, Georgia, but re
cently of Butler county, A'absaa. He
stood and u.ked to a reporter for aa
hour at the Union depot !ua4sy aS;ht,
and his coaverwttloa wa mt laser
rstiag. Bettoo Is sereaty-aiae year
old, aad Is sUU hale aad hearty, a spry
a a boy of twrat v.
I went with LafajtlJ to France la
l$15,n continued the old gealkmaa.
'How well I remember tu W sil
ia the frigate Braadywioe from the
mouth of the rotoenac rlvtr September
11. 1811. Ther were forty two o."5-
ccr oa board, aad I caa tell yoa their
names aad their fat what became of
each of them. Oh, we had a big time
thea.
"Ia ridisg oa horseback from Ud
IcJgeville, Georgia, to Hartford, Con
necticut, once t traveled sixty five mile
la ooe day aad stopped at a b2 wed-
.sftnUUsaj A Veil Us Ell
Tb Kptr4,lMS Si"! b t4
are a aad as ta te
teVeeg ta tbe aitto:hrb tbaa latle
aiacfwwUs eraiasry. est the pvcs?4 el
the !taatlti laacisk fee lb U-aL
Many wu 4ca!d ptr?-s je iLal
the t::i cumUUm dwk. al U-sl
they caa bear ta a rrJiAl etUaC
aad txMM eUtrt sruc,lstf Vnal j
prof to berr IKa thee trt as rrj
chJfvw. It as a iXmmtj
that li-e ricwMcre of aasaViag dfds
the Us:c?o derived frees tbe
aa&oke aad the Cr. As a rxa-'Ut ej fart,
w have laavate wbe eaVf ;h 0
taecs a totes. Is cr we
hav bad trooU la enrvx psi '- ad
dicted ta the wee af tbe wd. aad. aUa
gvtbr t thiak thee k SiraI ev !
ta disprove tbe Cx aad swti Jia.
IVve svplr the art f aceU
tbaaTaa'-btAAs b dtrej.L" .
The rere4 saake cp of tie b&ad aal
those thai caa e Is lbs nisi. A rv1
number of blind re-jie bae to tbe
tsae of tbsir eye b? they weii
year 44. Wb they grow k? Ihrf de
velop charscterisik t-Uil owe fc'-lt p
pen wqmJJ oI y mm frees the bC.ty ta
a aad cosspare. Tbe hubs Ud g.a.
wbohaveaoi sKh rwcoUeel f wWat
tbiai ia the world tcok I ts. gvt
w bf oebcr a to e ef dives, aad tbey
dUp'v all the vaAilf of tbe eery-Uy
cb.il. w be ess see aad edavir lt'f ia
Ibe Vsokiax giaaa, TV? Wars ta
W'hsi c4ar mail lifts, aad la em
brisg at their be-. Ye will, twvbaf
thtaa it 4rex-lLl tbey ebscsasU
arreeeiale tbe tec 1 bv svf
: -hi whkh. ta tbeca. sl be laetti'
caMe aad iaeoaoisae. b.t it i xs. aid
1 caa prvtead ta aorKaat Ice is. Ye
wca:l tbiak that tbeir a la
a pwUic flare iWy o4i IssvfceVy
rssUsa that other peoj cee4
what they were do; wj:bol lsoch
tbets. litV r rc4 4 giveetl
bitioa. of r!U:hx ajd ryva '
they d.r4y before fxt bfe IV
spectator e-tery eytws of sx fixt-
II a a tsi.taa t snypas Ib4t
coespxaaau for tllsewsbv . tbe
ether seasee meV aotJe. There. I a
prrtutioa that a bUsd avsa caa e:ti a
aker ars.ee of heart r aad ef taach tbss
a avsa who Is bWwwd w.'.a lb . of hi
eje. There bv bees saaay teesiy
U4 ! aboat Ibe b cf e
SJtUtS that difded tbe tStrfg? that b
loegrd lo a kt a- evawwg tbe .
that temaiaed. It U tree that a Uid
pera ksra la lU a food dl that t
(roitjf ej be bis ese of besis. He
CSS tell teopi by Ibeie fojS ll
aay oaa caa lean to da tbi if ia w:l
tsae tbe trouble that a ICiad t is
w-,:;is - l 11 la sw'-L'v;; if. 1 bst
tried it ejaelf aad Lav incdrd. At
oa Co, after I ltddrrod at
Uatiosi ta tbe tsatur. I cowV4 u:i a Urs
autaUr of tbe pwpvl by lbvr baok at
say door, aad s sw I rere-;ire tbe
lap of taaay cf Ibo. F-f l
Vw.
TYiCTrastt otxsvo ot-m
TW ywar i AI
, TVs aAtVwi eee mi sal el t" mfl
j TVs trt&tmt w-a sew 1
I Tawf rr ' ai
I m mrm ar tawtr aw swrsus,
TW ywa Is - tXii
TW ywar Is 4- af 1
TW iiieaiia.li t4 M ka tbe rt
TW aubw v rw4 l-f 1
TW rtwx -.Maf as KUr-r ,
K'Vsi a Jm Mm,
TW -J mm wsswi tab m IW
AUe-wstaaftHUil arss.
TW ywar la Ai -mm c!
TW ywae la ii-mm J
cva, wcacea ibe eVwy sufM
(Ss. stm ytiias Vtars It lb IfM t
C. b4Us IW Ut ywee baarf Ws
A Wee UUa t-wbrn4 rw Umt'
Cm' US fWs wa.gl'w.ewl.ea, 4Br"x -Ob,
mmt. mtt, wm ana
TW yea is tAm 4J
TW ywar la m&$mm H
res. Warto tbai tadb mmt T- Uha
U mt twrwd b v tbat 1
rrywr IW bewwl wad wJ-i
Aad skcV eaCI wb "'
TWywaelaiAl nil'
diojr. where we dsaced all aifhL I
went ta school la MiUedgevUle ia 11?
with 163 boy aad girl, and of that
number only three are livieg ladsy. I
caa give you the names of ail tbe protle
living ia Stilled gevil e at that time, di
tinsuuhiog between soak aad female.
Colonel Uettoa was a stockhoiier ia
the first railroad en I erf rise ever inaugur
ated ia this country the IWllimor aad
Ohio, ia 12T. He wa thea la Wash
ington, aad suberribed for stock at tbe
vrry outlet of the eaterprise, Now ther
are ItS.OOO mile of rsifroad la the Vai-
ted State.
Colonel Ikttoa wvi aa ecr La the
United State Nsvv some fifty odd year
ago. He Is a wooderfully well preeerved
old pen lie man. He ear: I ae-vsr had
any pains at all. 1 am perfectly wll,aad
have worked like a slave ad tbe jrxt.m
And with that be held ep hi hand la
show that the had beeotae horsy froea
work. He i Just a jolly aad f all of f us
as aay boy, aad bids fa r to be to be a
hundred years old. JWj vw AU.)
, 1 o 1 lr iaviv " " 1 . ty
the floor, while another confine himself singeing hi lace and beard.
lO me DSCSI Ol luaiii, v w v
and picture frames. One hermit thrush
frenuentcd the bureau, the lookintr-claas
frame and tho top of a card -board map
which had arped around till the uppei
edge was almost circular. Oa this edge
he would perch for hour, and twittei
and rail, but no other bird ever ap
proached it. Still another would always
select the door casing and window cor
nices. ,
Every bird has its chosen plce f 01
t. niirht uraallv the highest perch oa
the darkest side of the csire. they soon
Wnmc accustomed to the situation of
the dishes in their cages, and plainly re
sent any change AUant JofA.y.
HFJLLTIL HINTS.
The best lunor protectors are dry feel
and warm comfortable body clothing, no
exposures, and an abundance of sleep
and rest, and no late suppers or diaaipa-tion.
Eating a small piece of edap at stated
tntereala is recommended by a Berlin
nfcyairian a a better remedy for dyspep
sia and sour stomach than aoda, magne
sia, or lime water.
A writer in the British Medical Jounul
aavs: The best remedy for cramp is a
band of cork. Cut a clean cork ia th'ia
slices and sew close together upon
. niMi nf ribbon or tape an inch wide.
It can be tied around the affected part
and worn at night.
As for the "mummers, their popu-
Urity has held good from the time the
loyal citizens of London entertained
Prince IUchard. son of the B'.ack mace.
ith,a splendid "mummer-it" ia the
tear 1377. ueary is., we are ioj.
came near being murdered by a party
of conspirator who were to be
disguised a Twelfth Night mum
mer, and Henry VI I L waged open war
against all maaqucraders, punishing theta
with imprisonment aad tae. But tbe
amusement of so many years was aoi ta
be lightly eipeiled from the affectioa of
the people, aad dowa to the pretest day,
la quiet country place, the mummer
have coae their round, fantastically
attired to represent Father ChrUtmas,
St. George, the dragon, the doctor, the
grand Turk and Oliver CromwclL Their
thymes are rude doggerel, later pemd
with absurd joke which never fail lo
plea the ear of their uncritical audi
cace. As a sample we quote tbe speech
of the Protector as he appears la a Welsh
mumming drama acted throughout the
town of Yealy for some three weeks at
Christmas time :
Here come L Oliver Cromwwtb
A roe may sapptw t
i any nation I bare reawreersd
With my copper awa
I made tbe Vreorh to tremble.
And tbe Hpealard for te quak ;
I fooxbl tbe 41y I toUluaea,
And Bnstd their bearte to arbe.
St George aad the Turk have several
combats, the saint coming 2 victorious,
Christmas Car I a.
Ia Shakespeare time carols were suag
la the street during Chxisima by watt
or watchea, who cspxted lo receive
gift for Ibeir iariajr. Maav a writer
of oldea time aad custom refer to tbe
wakeful "ketch of Christmas eve. It
waa af tar lb IMormaiioa that they ceased
to eiag Latin hyma la the chore be aad
substituted tbe sweet Christmas carols.
For there were two kiads of car la
vogue those of a devotional tat or,
w hit h were sueg not only la tbe churches,
but also through the street, f rocs ba
lo house upon OkrisUae eve, aad eves
after that moral g aad eveaiag. said
the twelfth day.
la those time toea were abl to spar
mors thsa ooe brief day foe ibe eelebra-
tios ef Cltrisusaa, aad Kept p the Insti
val for at least twelve day, tnher caroU
were of a livelier aatsre, aad were
especially adapted ta tbe revel aad tbe
least where tbe lord of taisrakbad potest
wy. The carols were also called w.
sail sosra, aad irobbly eeigiaated
aaoeg the Aae'.o Noemaa. wha were of
a coavivUl aature. No Cbns-javas ea
tcrtainase&t waa cotapUte wUbaut the
joy ou siegis; of carols, aad these caase
the motta, No soar, ao wpper." fee
every gueet at the tb was ei peeled to
joia ia the carol, one 01 tb rair ij
dowa by the aaoest evsioea was that
"the aackat master of lb revs I is,
after diaser aad surper, to eiag a cars,
a soar, aad lo coeaaraad other rUe-
mea present to slag with aim aad tbe
companies. -
MitteawskL a little Ui la XUrarU
which, aa its aaaa ladksie. Is a.til
is the mi i st of forest, hs lor ever two
hundred years bees riws over to tbe
sisgl industry ef vioiia saaklag. Tbe
very best ot snaterial is touad r.gbt at
their very door, ad la every yard la
the place ar sees rlotis spsdel rross
rope aad poses to dry. AU kind 01
trisrvd last ru meats, vioClas gsitars asl
eveabsajoa are sraaafacUrvd tbrr, sai
seat all over the world.
The Uaal Festival f Tfalra.
The F-.tMifod I tbe rrvat tvitacsvU
festival of tVa. wbxh bad tbe roes
racac3&4at ot iu Ussory la tbe reaao'-r
pstt. It wm rssltebed ia tbe iafaaey
tvf dv:uatoa aad kawVd ia lb
ritish l!r. The FisSdifl ba bees
tbe nurwry ef tbe bard aal bsri -s-'as la
WsJea. aad la tbe absence of aay erf Let
edcslisal farttk it wa lb tstrec
tor of lb ff e froea t-aae l&saaoii.
Aceordisgla aa cCi (VUh trial "there
are three ar.iecs of pri y aad reeerd
aaoeg tbe astiaa of the Kymry : (W sil)
UwydJa Usabchos, wbo tnl la lbs
woeVl la vested vocal ; II tbe
lllgbtv, wbo first lavtaled Ibe ot
recordlag aad revsert It g vocal e;;ead
Tidaa, tbe F slier of lb Msw, wba first
gv rxU to vocal sg aad a te'eea ef
irewedia. Froaa what tVse tbrr ar
t'reted, bards aad berd-sca eetf:aa:el,
tbe d gait aai resfoea perWaia la
which were arrsara statecaaiata-iV
by tbe three eririsU bsrls, Iiray44.
Alos." aad Gre. Three raaks ef
orders rossti:3ed what was ealed Bar
da or lUrdi.sta : That of bard e pt,
that of Ovydd ee rb-laecrber, sad that
of Drsid or Usirsartor. Tbe eaoUs sf
tbl lastitatoa w a4 I to tbi Lsy:
T Gwir ya erbya y bjd Tbe TrU
Agalast lb tfov VI I, froea wbxh It wJ
appear that tbe LUsteddfod or Barddsai
wa lastilaled tor tbe pirjewe ef f 7g
atlag truth.
Thy Lisseddfod was ibe focal ef Is-
tructios, aaorsl aad wl-gioQ, at Ibe
time of the aackat tr&ida. Tbe vbko
by wbxh iascnsetkw, or, a it was re,
ably termed, Troth. " wa fr-oasl
wm poeiry. Tbe P-vrd wrt.t lb rbi
ksepby 01 tbe Ov-ydd lata mof. aad lb
prusd or lasrrwrtoe, w&a wae a-a ssx-s-ter
of Soeh rt!.Xo a tb Ce'Uc Cjvary
pi wsewsrij. eesnua-saxs'.ad to hi fr-
tbe rewilt ef tb Br4 aal Ovydd. Tbe
Iruidxal vcr I bra revbsbly reitta
tb saost aaaisst poetry ef Brvta-a.
JVJwaaa.
nnos or the pit.
I.jv esr asw skd t s?ete rv-J-e-0m.i.
Tb j as ewy rvsr w uh
1 W'- C7.
"My pe ftl'-ow." ake al
ibebsisjt ak'i at iW l.av KusKrssv.
wbr base yc-Uvs Usai-g."V-'-
j-aa.
Tbe sail te b e jrvta.at y sbond
tbe tiUtfU tA.tw4e. Ti-is iw al
dre aaawv.C,y frees aaywbee
tmtm2 t r nr.
FSbel"f lb. ss, asanas. I've ? S
javsT J'ciV -rr, dewrr ib
I hixli l I y asAb, st.arfwa.
Cast l S f stcevt t . Fras-
Cvw. ssy a t iew7r.t. in.1 we swa
vecbirg saa4 ia ibd. a s'y rswy.
bdy esi biitsr. r,l. af - J rmmr.
it-im, m aay S.fwna a4at
ttiat ey seiae n as ar sw.
Jtmm a.Mi Sa Us f assa
Asa I se Se awa a s
SMf
Xccbr. a lle jvwf c'd t4 fee a
waZk a-'ur tea; lie tJil s.nms,
Kalacl Kaot. ei.frf.tg frees ssJsJUt :
"Use lb saooes bal ssr-jv, ter O--C
rs.
"Hss )reMr Kasi.'y k4 tb
cwra pC4e pr4W at lie tf ss.a
:bow. "Vrs; I as st;i."' axevd
lb bssy easa w itet Wcia p.
l ywjrrY.
Tbrr' sctb. bCf as ewvwt 1 b.'r
f tb astU x? to-rrr la aKnsai ta
(U sa ul ka'l c tb IfcCare.rf 4sy
that she La bees wy v.nit- tut iLttw
dar. Wa T
Tbe New Tek Gjl ssy that la
lb t"y af a -Wowdt! f twm.m a ysw g
saaa saakts lav te few b.if wJ y-ag
lady acts. Wa siewl fi3 tbat a
tesas"" peww Ja'etvvsfiewa JlnmH.
eaaSkT easc-VTVa.
T a u lw ;ib . gym
U tb eCat rasa.".
Ai teate tbe rsxt Sa aa Sm
Aasuaax tbe tesbes sad laaesAeas.
TW tie taewdc s
ft- bj wjubi tf eMul.
AS aliaeiis wS aal ewy
AW I i Wi IW rJw is
bws-wf ' f rso.V, s-ry f a
f.f. t m b" tss -
2 m Ibe mmXSM-is taewee '
ssVs
Caaallsllssm.
Tbefs Is a wruia we.4-4 trK-srw
it lb asbjsct cf raaa.basits, s g-nt
f aaciaata Is i'-s f Wt bcerera. Is
set .'y I be esfiase-1. bvt Us.
aloo- few sf uJ a'sut It, 3u4 4
to La ipee'i. iVebsps U a la
hjnv csaa-bsisisa aUeje Ibat lu
aacsasy atralis4s; 4.,mclir ras
aiWIiaai easy set '" IW aat mmftm
chars. lb vt-ry fsct tbat xs..Uai-
lass ei'J-ir ttises ss, ee rm ttis&cd. la,
Lwv-vr. dad l-y soeae skrtsi pee
e esse:y frt aal f r i v-tr-
a'rut tbat
A lesdiag oestios DupQle a
who gseair si.
4
Lsxs, woJd tb-ak whe
wd as4 aat srU rwrr e rs ra at
aad d act last f c &rh. Tb fact r
SB! lb eaaae.
It seewa lb4 Ibe Ute bseev4 jr--llrw
Cftaa. avaay aa'-bkitg aal )
djc-a! p svl c a I it. w bcaw ;.
kesa La-e Vera f ;&e! w ;:ictt ciastavdre-
ates af lb rvU:c ed cv vae to rmum
at d-frer i:A eteud Is ab
ev-rry vavrt f lb twrtb. It seenao
I Lav Lrew Ur la lb
lesstU'al rreo af it-is rVfwaN
tsfae.'v. wbee tbe arrCtr af tbi. l4 fee
s f vCs-s-si aai Usse'y w anus g- wranil
bisaealf bats faT a ctia to tie rue
loo tsarwlkh be baa a fee bag rwrpeet.
If as4 Staes'y cf aartiesa.
Qsrmaeae, rewcbC larvialbem tbtra
selvve, tb fherae. csvessirs sf E.
rep la lb Qssaierasry ed. s ad
tKel to ibis babU, Ui a Jia fesl
Is g f rreet ft s atrvtry ebewi
aJcee f ev-svst s trsm barsr&te' g a
a rrijae. Crbrsew -f tbrsr arelsj
b:te axLbrt-'usr'" j f a.- tX la tb
2er f avtrs-ed adbippe4 LsSMsa
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