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, " 1 ......... , NORTH-WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA "WE LABOR FOR ITS INTERESTS. One Year, $1.50. Six Months, $1.00. V.. VOLUME? I'll.'1 WINSTON, FORSYTH COUNTY, N. C; TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1881. NUMBER 4. " - ' i i i' .. u. . , A. -J ?: - J 'I f w "i jpt t lllin it on Reader I! PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY T JAMES A. ROBINSON, , Owner and Editor. '.. Subscription Terms In advance: One copy, one ytr( poMage paid) 1 50 Oo copy, six montkfc.. ................ 100 One copy, (liree months. . ........ -. 5 A cry m-.rk on your paper indicates that your subscription has expired, or is due, and you are re spectfully tolicited to renew or remit. Commu.iications containing items of local news are rject. tly solicited. The etlitor will not be held responsible for views en tertained and expressed by correspondents. Advertising rtesmade knuwn upon application. Winston Cards, I.O.O. F. Winston Ijodiie. No. 1 06. meet every T 1 1 - . .1 - 1 I II Johnson new building, at 7 o'clock. Visaing brethren -cordially invited to attend. I. H. Nelsoh, N. G. J. A. RoBiifSON, Secretary. maro-iy Knights of Honor - Meet every ad and 4th Tuesday night, in each wioBth, at 7X o'clock, in Johnston's new buihling. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. A. B. GoifREt-t.. D. I. II. NELWiir, R. ' mar3-iy) EUGENE E. GRAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WIXSTON, N. CY Office : Over Wachovia National Bank. . apr2o-iyJ ' W. T. VOGLER, . Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler,' Majk St., Oppositk MaRCHAtrrs IJ07EI., WINSTON, C. : Keeps constantly on hand ClVks". Watches, Jew ,lry, aad bil'ver-plated wareof all kinds. SPECTACLES A SPECIALTY. Repairing of every description done promptly, : 1 work warranted. L . ian 14-ij 7, aid all iy. J. H. Johnson, : COACH-HA WINSTON, N. C I would respectfuly inform the citizens of this and the surround- ind rmtnlrr'lhat I am re pared to do all kinds of buggy wfirk, in the best saaaner. Work made to order and. warranted for twelve months. 'Best materials used. Vehicles re paired wit h neatness and dispatc, and at reasonable yrices. ' . sepa-6n I. W- DURETAM, TSTN'STOX, N. C. Practical Marble Worker, AMD DSALB1 IIT MONUMENTS, Tombstones, i 1 ... Iron Railings and , Granite Work ' OF ALL KINDS. Write for Price List and Designs. f LIVERY STABLE. H. S- FOY, Proprietor. ZMrtin Street, "Winston, C. I would respectfully inform the citizens cf Winston, Salem, n the surrounding cxmntry, that I have a iarje number of fine horses, p ha; tons, buggies, &c. in say stable, and am prepared to furnish .FIRST-CLASS ACCOM? JDDATIONi TO ALL Prompt attention gWcn, and charges moderarc. M.J1 Wave ample room, and fiords idrovers can be readily 2cccmmo.luted. Patronage of all solicited. mar ll-iv o CJ to - S o -2 te 3 S " .2. 9 o a 5 S d O I AT THE G3LD STAND ! Ivemotleletl and jlmprovetl DRUG' STORE ' ' o L DR. V. 6. THOMPSON - i I sgain at his old stand. West side Court House Square, and is better prepared and equipped than ever to serve the public with . j JS Purp-i Drugs, ' i Chemicials, .Paints, Dyes JVnd every thing usually fouruj in bral-class Drugi " Store -- ' .Physicians and Country Merchants are rt&pccfjuiiy mvuea to can , and examine my stock ' before purchasing. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO PRESCRIP TION DEPARTMENT. JlHY MEDICINE NOT IN STOCK WILL ' SUPPLIED AT SHORTEST POSSir.LE";TIME. 1 1 V. n. THOHPSO. I O ID CO 1 r-H -H h6 r.es-5- r : u a Q C-T CO ? 0 35 O E- Gii r-- (ill as Chimes. Rini out. wild bells, to the wlild sky. The flying cloud, the frsty light: The year Is dying In the! night; Riner out. wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring In the hew, Ring, happy bells, across the snow ; The' year is going, lei 111m go; Rinsr out the false, ring In thle true. jting out the grief that saps ' For those that here we i he mind, efe no more : illne out the feud of rldU 'and poor, Ring, in redress to all rhahkijid. Rlner out a slowly-dying Caiise t r A ... f . ! Ana ancient iwuu ui h"1j cmhc .' Ring In the nobler modes of life, Vith sweeter manners, pure laws. Ring-out the wan, the care the sin. , The faithless coldness Rine out. ring out, my f the times. dtournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel n.; - Ring-out false pride In place and blood, Tlie civic slander and spite; .- Ring in the love of trufi li and right. Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul 4 sease, . liist of gold ; Ring eut the narrowin Ring out the thousand jwarg of old, Ring in the thousand years iif peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, r The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Kinz out the darkness if the land. Rinc in the Christ that is tolbe. New Year's Day. ! i I ! There are three natuial, phenomena which afFord diyisiona w time ; First, the rotation of the eartthon its axis,- which gives rise to the tolar day-tbat is'. the interval hetwein -the periods' when the s comes to the same men- dan er line drawn direfctly north and south; secnd,i the time from new moon to new moon, or Ifrorn fulljnoon until it airain appear hith its whole surface illuminated ; tuird, the revolu tion of the earth aroun 1 the sun, caus ing the season and mar dug the period called a year, j As tie time which elapses between one ful moon and the. next following it could :e more easily observed than any oth T change, and this J.was found to, be nearly equal to thirty solar days, and welve of these periodical appearances! of that body brought the different seasons at nearly the same time; the year -was made to consist of twelve lunatibns, or of three hundred and sixty . daVs, Hence the reason why the circle tvas divided, as it still continues to be, nto three hun dred and sixty! elual I arts called de trees., .; . J f J . ' ;- ' The first proximatidn,; however, to the true length of the kear was made by means of the styl lis or gnomon, probably the first astro aomical instru ment. This was mere! y a rod or pole set perpendicularly, tvhich cast a shadow on a level plain, xt was men found that there was ohe period wnen the shadow was longest, another when it ,was shorter, and two periods, the equinoxes, when it Was of the same length. It was also oaservea mat me interval between one of these and its return was about the! ( one-sixth of a lunation," or five davs more . than twelve lunar months. This difference between the civil yeajr obtained froni the phases of; the mon, ana tne as tronomical year, deduded by the aid of the gnomon and othen means, lead to various mtthods of ad juspng tnem to each otneibThe Egyi tian, Chaldeans and Assyriansas the Mohammedans still do reckonecHby lunar months, twelve I of which eom posed the year, while the Mexicans, fo - Fonie unknown reason, divided their I year into eigh teen parts. TheGrefcks, as early as the time of Solon, endfeavorea to mane the calendar or lunar year and the as tronomical agree by idding a month prprv four vears. whicli was too mucn, and waa probably redtified by observ ing the ripening of tbt fruits, uma, the great Roman lawjgiver, wuo uieu B. C. 672, added Janulry and Pjebrua-r-e to the vear. whichl before hall con sisted of only ten inonths. He, as j Ponrifex Maximus, Cttief Priest! intro- , duced, B. C,46, what is called tlie Ju lian Calendar.' The yjear was rrkade to consist of 365 days and increasd every fourth vear one day by counting tne sixth day before Match twicd. But the tropical year, or period frjm one equinox to the same equinox again, is not exactlv 365 days ind six nours, as Julius Caesar supposj-d, but between ten and eleven, minutes iessr ine small fraction in the dour se of a centu ry amounted to three Kburths of a day. It thus caused the vfernal equinox to fall earlier every year and Pope Greg org XIII. being'desirfcus that i should fall on or near the 21jt of aiaif li, tne day, on which it happened when the Council of Nice wad held, in SJa, ai- rected that the day succeeded the. 46h of October, 1582, instekd of being called the oth should be denominated the 15th, thus correctind the error f ten days which had ariken between At and 15S2. He also cjrdered that 1-eb-ruary should be-made to consist of twenty-nine days in ijl years the num ber of which was ext etly. divisible by four but not ! by one hundred, and in every century which' could be evenly, divided bv 400. But this arran gemen the difference between civil and as- A!- I.' .,t.. tronomicai nine nmu uiu w uiiio uaj in nearly 3,600 years, j The New Style, as it was called, vas immediately adopted in all Calho ic countries, but in England and hei colonies the Old Style'was retained u itil 1752. As tlie error then amounte 1 to eleven days, Parliament enacted hat the 3d of Sep tember, 1752, shoult j be reckoned the 14th. The New Sty e was adopted in Denmark, and Sweden in 1753, and is how used in all C iristian countries, except Russia, whei e, it is said, mea sures are being taken to introduce it. But if the length oft ae year has varied at diffefent periods, md among differ ent nations, the tim of his commence ment has also been far from uniform. In many countries there have been two beginnings of tllat period, the one civil and4th other ecclesiastical. The Ringing the Christnj Jews began their year for civil pur poses in the month Tizri, which an swers to September, but their ecclesi astical in the month Jsisan, corres ponding very nearly to the month of April, at which time they kept the Passover. : Athenian yt ar commenced with the month Hecatombeon, which began the first new. moon after the summer solstice, June 21. , .: Sentiment. The ideal baby is a liltle fellow with the daintiest tinted cheeks, the cur liest hair, the sweetest' little "coo,'.' and with angels' wings just sprooting from his shoulders. - The real baby is a young wad of humanity, with open valves, screaming all the time, fuzz on his bald head, like thistle-down, and as for angels' wings well they don't fasten them on with safety pins. Sunshine is God's legitimate agent to give life and light. It enters into everything which is for the comfort or well-being of mankind ; without it we would eke out a short, intolerable exis tence. As in the material world, so in the inner life. A man without sun shine in ' his nature is like a plant growing in the dark ; it is weak, it is sickly, its vitality is poisonous. 1 f No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, pure and good, without the world being bet ter for it, without Bomebody being helped and comforted by the very ex istence of that goodness. J j " . ' THE EVENING STAB. - j i ' 1 '1 Along ihe gransy slope I sit, j i And. dream of other years; j . My heart is full of soft regrets, My eyes of tender tears, j The wild bees bummed about the spot, Th; sheep be.ls tinkle far, Last year when Alice sat with me ; B -neath the evenirig star. j j The same sweet star is o'er me now, Around the same soft bourg ; But Alice moulders in the dust, 1 With all the last year's flowers. I sit alone, and only heax The wild bees on the steep. And distant bells that seem to float . From out the folds of Sleep. . Jiichard Henry Stoddard. Let it not be imagined that the life of a good christian must necessarily be a life of melancholy and gloominess ; for he only -resigns some pleasures to enjoy others infinitely better.' Pascal. As the shadow in the early morning, is friendship with the wicked; it dwindles, hour by hour. jBut friend ship with the good increases, like the evening shadows, tilL the sun of life sets. Herder. j One of the wisest and most compen dious remarks of Lord Bacon is, that he who marries will see much trouble ; but he who does not marry will see no joys. - .' " No one can ever be happy where the virtues of bis childhood home are wanting. If under his. father's roof there was cleanliness, order, discipline, hospitality he will never tarry long In a household where these qualities are not to be found. Every child is an apostle for the propagation of the at tractions of the home of his youth. So that mothers and fathers who rule their own household well, are exerting an influence on posterity which can hardly be overrated. . . ; ; . A wife should be her husband's near est and dearest friend, therefore his equal in the qualities of the heart and: mind ; as capable of advising as of con-j soling him ; a true woman, to be hisj helpmate and companion, not agod-j dess to be set on a pedestal and adored with prostrate homage ; not a doll to be tricked out with the gauds of osten tation and degrading partiality. Ex. Scientific Economy. A vine with tuberous root and a her baceous stem has been discovered by M. Lecard in Soudan. It yields abundant and delicious grapes. - i The French Chamber of Deputies has" voted a credit of 50,000 francs to en able M. Pasteur to extend his research es upon the contagious diseases of ani-r mals. i k ' ' ' i Children's gardens have just been established at Amsterdam for the re ception between school hours of work ing people's children, and have proved highly successful- ; ' Mr. FredericK Itansome has succeed ed in producing a good hydraulic ce ment from blast furnace slag by mixing it with a additional quantity of lime and kalominii)g the mass. ! Dr. Purjesz, of Pestrh, relates a case of poisoning by 2 grains of sulphate of atropine, which was entirely cured in three hours by the administration of a centigramme of muriate of piloc arpine ever3' live or ten minutes until sixteen centigrammes had been taken. ' When, says the Ployt. Kotizblatt, a few. drops of ether or alcohol are let upon atpaper equally moistened with cadiuni and iodide starch solution, and the volatile liquids are set on fire the paper will ''be found, after their evapo ration, to be turned blue, owing to the formation of ozone. jj Of our whole export of hog products Europe takes about 90 per cent, of the bacon and hams, 30 per cent, of the barrelled pork and 75 per cent, of the lard, or about 6-5 per cent, of! the whole. Great Britain leads in these imports. Our next best customers arei Germany, France, Belgium, the West indies and South America. A smallj export is made to Africa and to various islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. From the inquiries conducted by Professor Hermann Conn, of Breslau, since 1S65," it appears that short-sight edness is rarely or never born with those subject to it, amd is almost always the result of strains sustained by the eve during study in early lyouthl A better construction of school desks, an improved typography of text books and sufficient lighting of class rooms are the remedies proposed to abate this malady. A San Francisco, gentleman reports that an important trade is being in augurated between California and he Asiatic possessions of Russia, a country noted for its vast herds ot cattle, which run in the wilderness and are self-sustaining, costing nothing for food and shelter.. Three thousand barrels?. of mess beef have lately been shTppi from that region, to California, and a large trade is expected to follow, "the salt and barrels in which it was packed were produced in this country. Laugh and Grow Fat. suoet Stops. I. . vs. Toung man. - Some money. Starts paper. j' Very funny. II. i , Runs awhile. . '"" i Breaks, of course. Clears the way v For Another Horse." A service was recently announced at St. MattKew's Sydenham, London " for children of the upper classes.". Whereupon the following amendment to the well-known saying was prompt ly offered by a newspaper commenta tor: " Suffer little children of the up per classes to come unto me." Jf upon a snowy day a gentleman sees another gentleman slip and fall, he laughs ; whereas, if he sees a horse slip and fall, he does not laugh. Why is this thus ? Because, if the gentle man that laughs had fallen, the gentle man that has fallen would have laugh ed, whereas the horse wouldn't. The son of a merchant recently re turned from his studies at a business college, A friend of the merchant was asking the old man if the boy had ini- proved his opportunities. " I should say he had," was the reply. " He can imitate anybody's handwriting, and Is so expert at figures that I am afraid to let him touch the books," . - , , SPECIAL FROM JOHN G. WHITTfER. The street-car mule, from dav to day, Plods on his sad effective way. Whpne'er the driver plies bis whip The street.oar mule. hind legs slip. He kicks his way far through the car, And the driver views many a falling star. . - O mule ! 0 whip ! O driver sad! The world looks on, the world is glad. For drivers are cruel and whips they stiag, And sorrows about a mule's head cling. One hour after an "old master " had painted the name of a patent medicine on a big rock a cow came along, licked it off, and died before sundown- When the simple name of a medicine kills a cow, human boings want to beware of the stuff itself. A cow was never killed by licking the name of a patent medi cine in a newspaper, ana no otner kind can be recommended. "I would rather-vote for a long- eared donkey than for you,'4 said an independent voter to a Galveston can didate, O, come, now! you ought not t allow yourself to be so influenced by family ties,"-responded the candidate.- The voter has been puzzling his head ever since to find out why the crowd laughed. When the English take a vacation they sink the shop. An Englishman traveling in Switzerland met a French lady with her daughter. They made up a. party and did the lakes together. The young lady was suddenly attacked with toothache, aud the party traveled twelve miles to find a dentist who ap plied a little laudanum. Subsequently it was ascertained that the English man was a dentist. When" asked why he did not relieve the fair pa tient, he dryly replied; MI am on a vacation." " ! "What! that coffee all gone ?" Yis, mam. There isn't a blessed drawin' left in the box." "Whatr four pounds of coffee used up in our small family in one week ?" " Small family? Musha, thin, mam, theres' two of ye, an' the maid, and there's me an' me foive admirers, who has aich a night to hisself, and how ye can make a small family out of tin o" us is bey ant me entirely; I don't know what ye'U do whin I come to fill in th' other two nights o' "the week wid young men who wants a sup, 6 hot coffee for to keep the chills way." . Fashions. Shirred waists are very much in fa vor with young ladies. Wide velvet collars bordered with fur are very stylishly worn. Masculine styles for ladies' street costumes are still popular. ; Plush coats are very stylish, and are worn with skirts of any material. Cords with tassels have largely ta ken the place of belts for street and house wear. High-standing Bernhardt ruches and fraises for the neck are more in vogue than ever. Stockinet for " Jerseys " is now sold by the yard, and makes up into.charm ing cuirass basques. -I Plaque buttons of pearl,' with grapes and leaves, cherries, I currants and blackberries of enamel, are very hand some, r r Jackets of velvet brocade have taken the place of Persian silk,;but they do not mould the figure like the soft East ern brocade, I Little childrean wear small fancy plaid shawls laid over the shoulder scarf fashion, crossed in front . and fastened at the side a la Highlander. Novel scarf pins represent dimininu tive oysters and lobsters, miniature newspapers, letter envelopes and pearl bootjacks, inlaid with mock ru bies. . Very elegant fichus are imported made of brocaded velvet in .Persian colors and trimmed with ' plaques and passementerie ornaments of cashmere beads. The Rob Roy or baker't cap are now dignified by the name of Leonardo di Vinci turbans, being similar in shape to the head-dress worn' , by the re nowned j ainter while at his work. Cream-white brocaded , net fichus having the 1 flower designs outlined with small pearl beads and bordered with a pearl fringe are very dressy and becoming, and can be worn with any oilet. . ;"Schrimp"-plnk is a color in satin much used in,Paris in combination with a brilliant shade of light blue; and garnet velvet is much employed for itrimming white evening dresses, either of satin and brocade or of the new striped gauze. ty The long redingotes are still worn by -misses, but the newest styles are made' with short fronts: and tublier drapery. In this style tho fashions for adults are followed, ancyackets with short fronts, which resemble gentle- men's.dress coats, are wrfn over very full skirts, absolutely without drapery. Large bouquets of flowers are now placed in the centre of i the bodice, somewhere about the sixth button from the top. This is the very I newest cap rice, which perhaps will not be heeded by ladies with opinions of their own, who prefer to be guided in this matter by the moie stringent laws of the be coming. ; i - A. STYLISH COSTUME. A' short dress of black satin is made with basque' plain in front and box plaited into fulness at the back. Tpe skirt is slightly open in the 'front breadth, each side lined with cardinal satin. A panier drapery is drawn over the hips and mingles with the back of the skirt, which is looped in various places. The bottom of the dress is cut up In spaces about three inches apart land a plaiting of red satin is inserted. giving fulness to the edge of the skirt and producing a beautiful effect. An adjustable train, which inay be fastens ed on the crochet buttons and loops, changes the character of this from a street to a full-dress costume. In the Bkirt of a very beautiful combination of sjlk brocade and a rich shade of dark maroon plush a pretty effect was pro duced by the trimming of the frolit breadth of the skirt, which represents the two sides as being fastened by but tons and cords. A large buttonhole was simulated at intervals on the skirt and .a crochet ball suspended from cords, which were carried across th puff to a large crochet! button. " The effect was artistic and very stylish. The back breadths of all but princess dresses are always covered with'draped material of camel's hair or cashmere for street and all but very dressy occa sions,; when satin surah generally forms the foundation, enriched with velvet, brocade and plush. Beaded and embroidered trimmings, cords and fringes are mingled effectively with these. The' basques are usually fin ished in one or two deep points in front, With postilion or plaited backs, plain coat sleeves trimmed at the wrist and plaitings or a roll of silk' cut at intervals, through which a lace or silk scarf is inserted at the neck. El bow sleeves and a few puffs at the shoulders for very slender figures are the variations for other, than, ordinary wear. These are finished and enriched with black or white laces. , Crushed Truth in a Rising Atti ' ; tude. Monday afternoon a stranger, whose whole appearance was a dead give away on: his empty pockets, entered an office in Exchange Place, and asked : J ' j I ? Do I look like a missionary about to sail for India?" - ' j V No, sir," was the prompt reply. ''That's right, I like people to be frank with me. Do I look as if I could convert any great number of heathens if I should turn a mission ary?" No, sir?" . , j" j' Good again. Would you advise me to turn missionary ?y. ' I ' No, sir?" - j : j - Y Thanks. I see you are a business man. I'm another. I came in here, calculating to tell .j-ou i that I was a missionary about t4 sail for India, and ask, you-for. a small donation.; You wouldn't haye given me; a cent would you?'? ; -"No, sir." . ."That's plain, and it: pleases me. Now, then, I'll tell you the truth. I've no money, nothing to do, don't want work, expect to:have a close rub this winter, and will be much obliged for .the loan ot ten cents." ' j". Can't spare it." i"Not even when I tell you the truth?" : v ;"No, sir." j" Then you don't care whether I. lie or tell the truth?" , j 1"No,.sir. I can't $ee that it affects me any." j J j " Very , well. It does me good to find a frank, honest man, and, on the whole, I'm not disappointed. If you had lent me a dime it would have gone for whiskey aud been wasted ! . If you had believed me I should have lied to you. Seems as if ybu might recom mend "me to some one in the . block on whom a pleasant lie wquld have effect; hut I won't nress the matter. Au re- voirf Wall Street 2?ews. j Tea and Loyaliy. A Liverpool firm of grocers, in advertising their teas in the local newspapers.remarked that "Tea-drinkers will do well to send to Lewis' for half a pound of Lewis' excellent tea for one shilling. Lewis's .are well-knqwn for " their loyalty to their Sovereign, and they have no hes itation in affirmingj that their tea at two shillings a pound is good enough for the Queen to drink.' . j Winter is the sleep of the year, and alsoitasnower. Hang up the Baby's Stocking. 11 1 Hangup the baby's stocking; Be sure you don't forget The dear little dimpled darling ! She ne'er saw Christmas yet ; But I've told her all about it. And she opened her bisr blue pvfts " r . And I'm sure she understood it, ' She looked so funny and wise. Dear! what a tiny stocking! 7'. It doesn't take much to hold Such little pink toes as baby's Away from the frost and cold. But then for the baby's Christmas It will never do at all; " Why, Santa wouldn't be look leg For anything half so small, I know what will do for baby, I've thought of the very best plan I'll borrow a stocking of grandma, The longest that ever I can : . And you'll hang It up mine, dear mother, night here In the corner, so ! And write a letter to Santa, And fasten it on to the toe. , Write " This is the baby's stocking That hangs In the corner hei e ; You never have seen her, Santa, For she onlv came this vear But she's just the blessedtt baby ! And now. hefbre rou ero. Just cram her stocking with goodies, t rom tne top clean down to the toe," Christmas at Hillside. Christmas eve! How the young hearts of Christendom beat at the sound of that blessed holiday ! It has kindled the eyes and quick ened the steps of the young folks at the Hillside, for the house has been astir all the week every one oh the watch for each member has a secret, and many a merry joke is played by the children on each other. Mamma baa gone into the city sev eral times and always kbrings home a bundle, to b hidden away carefully until the happy Christmas morning. But there is plenty of work the even ing before, and mamma says that the little ones, must be off to bed early- on Christmas eve, there is so much to be done by the good spirits in the silent night. is "Just tell us one sweet story before we go, mamina, said Violet. " Would you like to hear about the Krist - kindlein, children?" -asked mamma. '! " O, yes, that will be so sweet j now we are ail quiet," said Rose. With these.the group of children set tled themselves around mamma before the open grate, the ruddy blase of the bituminous coal the only light in the family room, . . With an' arm around little Rose and little Paul upon her lap, with Violet and Fred on stools at her feet, mamma commenced,: One of the dear friends of little child- dren tells this sweet story. It is an old legend that on Christmas eve the Krist-kindlein came in the form of a bright, beautiful boy, with waving auburn hair, the softest hazel eyes and with the sweetest smile that ever lit up the face of childhood. WithJiim came an angel, a beauti ful, strong, angel, on their errand of love. i . - The bells were ringing out their merry peals from every belfry in the city; the ground was covered with crisp snow ; the sleighs with their sil ver bells flying in every direction, the shop windows brilliantly lit and filled with all sorts of beautiful shining toys; the people and their children, many a little urchin stepping up to the win ddws to peep at the happy families within. ' ' Above this orowd floated the Krist- kindlein and the angel, but the people did not see them in the clouds. De scending now and then, the Krist kindlein would stop at doors that he was about to enter, but .the angel said, Not there, there is discord among them," and so they passed on, for the leving Krist-kindlein could not press a kiss upon the cheek of such. They came to another and more humble home looking in through the window, there was a poor widow and het son, their faces shining with hap piness. The home was very poor, but a picture of neatness. On the table stood a fir tree with a few colored candles,- a few bright balls, some red ap ples and sugar toys, and on tne top. with outspread wings, a small candy angel. ; ' ' The two did not seem to walk as the children of men did, moved along with a gliding motion, passing through doors without opening them ; and thus they stood before the astonished pair, a soft halo around the head of the beautiful boy, but they did.not see the. smile upon Tiis lovely face. " You are very happy," said a sweej voice, " on thin Christmas eve." " We ought to be," replied the moth er, " when it is the eve of our dear Lord's birthday." " '"You -seem very poor," continued the voice. " We have our daily food and cloth ing, and we want no more." " But your next-door neighbors have everything that riches can give." ",Yes," said the mother, " but with out Christ we have Him ; and don't you see this oeautiful fir tree? It was sent to us by one of His dear servants, so you see we have friends too." " Where does that good friend live?" inquired the voice. "It is the good Frauleln Weiss ; everybody in Heidelbergjknows her. She has a Christmas tree to-night for the children of the poor. Johannes has been sick and could not go out on such a cold night, so she sent us this pretty tree and a goose with all its dressing and onions, and mince pie for our Christmas dinner." Ought we not to be happy ? But I wish I could see the one that speaks such kind words." " That cannot be now," said the-an-gel, " but will be seen hereafter, so be content," The Krist-kindlein then kissed the two upon the forehead, and then silently passed through the closed door to search for the good Frauleln. , jThat was a blessed kiss, for with it came the Christ child; the love, the joy and the peace of heaven ; for these wre truly the children of the king dom. . ! . passing on they came to the good Fbiulein, -whoii they found in the midst of her group of happy children. ' jA large fir tree stood on the table, glittering with colored balls and can dip, decorated with every variety of prptty things made of gilt and silver Jjaper by Fraulein's own hands, as sisted by numerous young friends, ready to help one who was always trying to increase the happiness of others. $he had gathered many comfits, too. soi that none" would go away without 'something substantial from the Christ mas tree, j"hey were all sparkling, but none sojbright and merry as the good Frau lem, and the Krist-kindlein pressed his kiss upon her brow and left the same blessing upon all whom she pointed out as loving and good. frauleln was forty-five years old, butt the Christ-child dwelt within that hert with all the freshness of youth, anjd when she lay down upon her pil--lo on that Christmas eve, it was with me sweet kiss or .benediction flooding her warm, loving heartC - And so all that night, beneath the st4rs of heaven, the angel and the ivnst-Kincllein passed around, and ere thfc errand of love was quite ended, the day had dawned and many a kiss was left upon the sweet faces of the young sleepers, dreaming happy visions about the coming day and the joys of the bright Christmas season. It is true that none had seen the faces ofj the two, but who can doubt that just uch spirits are present in all where the spirit of holy, heavenly love animates the household. Mamma folded her hands and kissed her group of rapt listeners, for her story was done. Y That is a beautiful story," said Violet " I wonder who wrote it." I . think a kind old story writer named Hans Anderson. All the children loved him : but he aid will never write any more sweet 8tries.": -. j' It. was a pretty story ; I wish the Kpst-kindlein would kiss me," said Rose, . r Yes,' my children, it is a beautiful fancy, and it may be true with us all if jwe will have it so ; we may all have hat blessed kiss of the Krist-kindlein." " , i How a Dutchman Got Even. JOnce on a time there lived a jovial Dutchman, whose'name was Hanness Von Shrimpelffel.He had a wife. He also had a little grocery where beer and sph personal property was sold. He gaye credit to; a-' parcel. df dry custo mers, and kept his books with a piece o$ white chalk on the headboard of the bed-room. jOne day Mrs. Shrimpelffel, in a neat fi took it upon herself to clean the house and things, so she1- did . and cleaned the head board and with soap aid water settled . the old man's ac counts, wiping away every chalk mark. . Pretty soon before long the old ven der of things came into his house and saw- what ruin his frau had wrought. Then he said i , . g j" Mein Uott, Frau Shrimpelffel, what for you makej a ruined man of me ij guess hot ? You make wipe away al 1 65em names and figures" what I owe tfceni fellers what's going to pay me be fire they get ready, and I lose more as z-wei hundred tolar!" .His frau left the. room in fear and "dragust. When she returned he had recovered the head-board with chalk marks. Then said she: " Hanness, you have make them all right again, don't it?" " Veil, mein tearer frau, make the figures all right, but I put down some letter names as demold fellers votyou E iped out!" ow a Mean Man got Beaten I Yesterday morning a poor man who ad just arrived in-Little Rock, and jvho didn't have enough money to buy a cheese sand w ieh at half price, bor towed a shovel, and stopping in front of a wealthy mail's house, shovelled he snow from the sidewalk. Then e rang the door bell. Colonel Slip- ry, the owner of the mansion, came o the door, "If you please," sa:d the poor man, "I have shovelled the snow, from your sidewalk," "If I please?" r.Yes, sir, if you please." "Well, what bre you going to dojabout it?" "Being jvery hungry I thought that you woll give mei cents." 1 The Colonel is the stingiest man inArkansaH, and the dea of surrending 25 cents was a' den- rate one. .See here," said the Col- nel, "I wanted that snow to stay here it was. If I hadn't wanted it ion tne siaewaiK ltsnouva nave put up ia shed. 1 wish, sir, that all the snow ?in town had .fallen here; for I was praised in the North, and this" snow is the only Northern idea that I J have; . , 1 ever seen intrdueed here, I ani inclined to have you arrested for tres pass. Put that snow back where you found it. Put every!flake of it back." The poor man turned and scooped up a shovelful, when the Colonel exclaim ed: 'I Go ahead; I'll let you off." The poor man went away and the Colonel chuckled over his breakfast. I've saved twenty-five cents," he mused as he parsed through the gate and started uptown. "I was just thinking about hiring some one to clean it off." The poor man went away and after awhile returned with a lot of tramps and shovela. When the Colonel came hone to dinner he found a bank of snow ten feet high in front of his door. He paid three dollars and a half to have it removed. National Sports. HORSE AND TRACK OOSSIP. Lucy, the pacer is offered for sale by MrKeys. U , Mr. Lorillard's imported stallion, Mortirmer has a lame foot. Major John R. Viley, at one time President of the Kentucky Racing As sociation, is lying very ill at Lexing ton, 'Ky. ; "Coal Oil Maid," a wellrknown trot ter, formerly owned by E. M. Johns, of Norristown, died a few days ago of diptheria. Mr. Moncure Robinson, who was se riously injured on returning from the "chase" in Baltimore, recently, is said to be convalescing rapidly. BlueGown cost about f 17,0tX) and wa fully insured. The noted pacer Bay Billy, word 2.1.5 has gone into winter 'juarters at the York Prairie Stud Farm, Muncie, Ind. ; ' Mr. James ! E. Cooper purchased re cently of Mr. John Cook the black stallion Onward, by Charles E. Lowe, a son of George M. Patchen. W. Lakeland, of Mobile, has recently paid $2,500 for Duke of Kent, 3 years, by Bonnie Scotland, out of Fannie Barrow (dam of Bonnie Carrie.) Mr. Dan Mace has sent his 0-year ,old. trotting stallion Adonis, by Ethan Allen, dam Charlotte F., by imp. Scy thian, to make a season in the stud as Lexington, Ky. .- Colonel Richard Ten Broek, the noted Kentucky turfman, is now the agent for a patent compressed air-nio-tor that is said to be a wonderful thing in its way. . Jem Mace, ex-champion pugilist of England, and at present au extensive bookmaker in Melbourne, Australia, recently jaid 200 guineas for Haidieeof the Hill, a noted thoroughbred. Kaiser, a bay horse, 10 years old, by skirmisher, out of Regina, by King Tom, has been purchased from the celebrated Cobham Stud Farm, of Eng land,', and sent to Poland. The principal winners at different ages in England last season wore : Ad vance, aged, 1264 ; Rosy Cross, t years old,JEl(J35 ; Isouomy,5 years old, 4197 ; Exeter, 4 years, s2!4; Robert the Devil, 3 years, 12, 171 ; Bal Gal, 1 years, 10,606. . The veteran base ball player, Dick Pearce, says he wjll get up a strong nine to represent lit. Louis next sea son. Billy Edwards and Patsey Sheppard have a " set-to " in Boston for the ben fit of the Bostoa Base Ball nine o It is claimed by the British sporting papers .that 'the Thompson Brothers, the famous bookmakers of Australia, lost $100,000 on Trickett's defeat. Ed. C. Holske, the fast short-dis tance heel-and-toe walker, has chal lenged Dennis Driscoll, the pet East ern walker, to a 25-mile raH for f MK) a side. Warren Smith, the Halifax oarsman, has arrived home from' England, and he is by no means convinced that there is a sculler in England that can defeat him. Harbridge, who caught at different periods for the Hartford, Chicago ami Troy base ball nines, is at pn'sent at tached to the sanitary jxdiee force in Troy, N. Y. It is said that Mr. Gooree Fox. of tle Pennsylvania Rifle Club, reputed to be the best long-range hhot in Pennsylva nia, purjo8es .to retire permanently from rifle shooting. Harvard 'Col lege will have no repre sentative single sculler next year. Its crew ,of eight, however, will it is thought, be nuerior to thv one that represented Harvard last summer. The ex-pugilist, Ben Ifogan, who fought a draw with Tom Allen, arid was for a long time the manager of a variety theatre in the oil regions, has turned preacher, and a short time ago conducted a series of meetings in Ntiic, York city. - : The exriment of crossing the'brfok and salmon trout has been entirely successful at the State hatchery. The offspring are -aid -to be a well-formed and handsome fisli, and are likely to "form a valuable addition to our better class of food fishes. The Yale College crew have eon constructed with a I'he.-ter firm to build a steam yacht, the dimcnsi jus of which wilIbe-45 feet in length, 6 feet 4 inches wide and four feet hold. The builder guarantees the boat to make twenty miles an hour. . John W. Cozad, the noted profession al short-distance runner, was killed re cently by his backer in Denver, Col. Cozad induced a friend to la k him in an -WJ yard race to the extent of i 1 S. 000, and at the same time entered into an agreement with his opjouent to lose. The race was sure for Cozad, but he was beaten, aud before he returned to his quarters was shot. A Sunday school missionary, who availed himself, of the best help he could in establishing a Sunday school, "Ton - visiting it some time after found the HUpermteoueui aiu uoi ojjeij m wuooj with prayer. Asking why this omis sion occurred, the official replied : " 1 am not well enough acquainted with the Lord." - It is to be feared a good many people are in a like situation. However, this superintendent said: 44 If. you will send a preacher to preach to ua I will pay $1 for every sermon he preaches." Now there is a church and a minister in the place. "Why are you like a crazy man, my dear?" asked a wife, seating herself beside her husband, "Don't know," replied her husband; "I give it up." "Why," replied the -wife, hitching close up to him, and putting on one of her sweetest smiles, "I am your other eif, and you are beside yourself." "T 1 : - j ! : 'JU--' and l" r?
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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Jan. 25, 1881, edition 1
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