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Father calls me William, sister calls me |

Wilt, Mother calls me Willie- me Bill! Mighty ciad Tl ain't a girl Without tiem sashes, curls and things

but the fellers call

ruther be a boy that's

worn by Fauntleroy!

Love to clhawnk green apples an‘ go ewimmin’ in the lake

Hate te “che the castor-tle they give fr belly. Bcue.

Most all the time the hull year roun' theirain’'s no flies on me,

But jes’ ‘fore Christmas I'm as good as I kin be

Got a yaller dog named Sport—sick "im on the | cal;

Fust thing she knows she doesn't know where she is at’

Got a clipper-sied, an’ when us boys goes out te slide

*Long comes the grocery cart an’ we all hook a ride!

Bat. sometimes, when worrited and cross,

ile reaches at me with his

the grocery man ie

whip and larrups

An*then | laff and holler: “Oh, teched me!”

But jes’ fore Christmas I'm as goo! as Ikin he!

you nerer

Gran'ma says she hopes that when I get to be & ah

1 be a missioner like her oldes’ brother Dan,

oo AS Wwuzetup by the cannibl’s that lives in Ceylon’s isle, Where every prospeck pleases an’ only man is vile! ut gran'ma she had never been to see a Wild W eet show,

Or read the life uv Daniel Boone, or else I guess she'd know

‘That Buffalo Bill an* cowboys is good enough fr me—

Excep’ jes’ ‘fore Christmas, when I'm good as |

i kin be?

Then o]' Sport he hangs around, so sellum like and still— is eyes they seem a-sayin’; “What's er mat- ter, little Bill7"*

m yt ee pe

ote. g " es . or ae hts s ;

be abe pr ‘ ws > =a << oe _. ?. 3;See " Pye ea “gx ™!;

Whe cat she sneaks down off her perch, a-won- derin’ what's become

Wve them two enemies uv hern that use ter make taings tam!

But Iam +o perlite and stick so carnestlike to biz,

That mother sez to father: our Willie is!”

But father, havin’ been a boy hisself, suspic fons me,

When. jes’ ‘fore Christmas, I'm as good as I kin be!

“How improved

¥or Christmas, with its lots an' lots uv can- dies, cakes and toys,

Waz male, they say, f'r proper kids, and not fr naughty boys!

So wash yer face, and bresh yer hair, an’ min‘ yer p's and q's,

An’ don't bust out yer pantaloons, an' don't wi ar out yer shoes:

ladies, an’ yessir to the

eee

Sav sveseum to the

me!

An’ when they's company don't pasa yer plate tr wie again;

But, thinkin’ uv things you'd like to see upon that tree,

Jes’ ‘fore Christmas be as good as you kin bel

EUGENe Fain

THE CHRISTMAS JESTER,

Querfed the jester at Christmas time, “ What shall I make for a Christ mas rhyme? What shall Task of my pencil’s skill, So that the people may langh their Mll? This is the time for ofts and glee, Something the world demands of me, What shall | make for a Christmas rhyme?” Queried the jester at Christmas time,

O, but the jester’s jovial face, Ful! of niling, careless grace, ekery) with an air

nder, and half Cezpair, Had made you sure that } rc would be Shaking with tausical jollity rhen, can you tell why thoughts like these. Burned in the heart that no man sees?

| Touched (for m i OF puzzied a:

i4 son

What if che jester’s hand should miss Hands tha! aforetime lay in his? What if the n.. tu brings to mind Lips that aforetime } might find? What if the dancing, «wilt and sweet, Lack the mus sf sar me's feet, One to whom he lad quite reveaied All that he had from the world concealed!

Idle thoughis and they need act move What does a jester know of love? What does he know of pain ar ! Hopes that shatter and Louder and longer than a he rest j Rang his voice in x» Caristin4a: jesi; Quips and cranks, with a merry chime, Laughed through the length of his Christ- mas rhyme.

Mrs, Goorge Archibald,

ad loss,

res that tosaY

Some Yule-Tide Dent's.

Don't put R.S.V.P. on your present to your rich uncle.

Don't borrow money from your friend to pay for his present

Don't present your wife with a hand some mahogany cigar-box

Don't give your guest who has over staid his welcome a travelling bag

Don't misspell the word “presence” in the invitations to your Christmas party.

Don't attribute your bonbon head ache to the drum your enemy sent vour son

Don't decline a present simply because the expressage or postage has not been prepaid,

Don't expect your husband to bs pleased if you give him an ivory-backed band mirror.

Don't hang up more than three pairs of stockings if you are visiting friends in the country.

Don't send the unreceipted bill for her present to your fiance in mistake for a Christmas card

Don't impersonate Santa Clausin a Baa eh. sacque, rubber boots and au burn cide whiskers,

Don't eat two mince pies, a plum pud- ding, lobster salad and ice cream, and then complain that the climate does not agree with vou.

Paid tn Her Own Coin, As the holidays drew near, the teach- | er, who had been very confident that the children woul! chip in and buy her a nice present, began to draw a long face. She was an old hand at th: bnesi ness, snd when she failed to see the litt!> king of the schoo! go around among the | scholars with a pencil and a piece of paper in his hand, she knew ouly too well that there was no movement under way to raise a su’ seciption for her bene- fit. She thought over the mattera lo: g while and at last decided that the bs: thing she could do was to broach tx subject to one of her scholars. At the the first opjo.tanity she went up o little Jonny, put her arm around his neck, -kissed him, and then sa “Christmas will soon be here, my ce:r, and I love you all so much that I wenult like to give each of you a little present, | but I’m too poor to do that. It’s so ' nice to bea scholar, because each oue can give a little toward ihe teachor's present, and ree: feel itat al.” The neat day little Johnny went up to the teacher and said: ‘I've been speaking to the boys, ma'am, abont what yon said to me yesterday, and we ve deci:ied that it wouldn't be fair to give you any- thing.” ‘And why not?” asked the teacher. ‘‘Because,” replied little Johnny, ‘‘the only thing youever gay auy of us was a licking.”

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A COMPLETE HISTORICAL SKETCH

RUGBY FOOTBALL AT ST. DUNSTAN’S

THE PERSONNEL OF THE TRAMS, AND

THE GOALS IN LIFE THE BOYS NAVE

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STRHERE were no football matches ae played at St. Dunstan’s in ’89 or =. 90. Inthe former year there was practically no foothal] within the col- lege. A team as strong as those of ‘88 could have been placed upon the field ; but no games could be arranged with outside teams. This fact had a most de pressing effect upon the boys ; the most enthusiastie devotees waver- ed in their devotien. permanency of the sport within the college was questioned. It is always thus with sport. Be as enthusiastic as you may-—an out and out “crank” if you will—if you ean find no one ready or willing to test your metal your ar- dour will grow cold. Sport—foothall, lively and ali as it is, and possessing as it does qualities that stand pre-eminent in developing the body, intellect and character—-cannot thrive without com- petition.

even

But despite the stupor that seemed to take possession of the boys, the old ire was not entirely quenched. There were some kindred spirits who, when the kicking days of ‘90 came round, again renewed their worshippings at the shrine of old king Football. Grad- ually others followed suit, until the fever became general. But even then the tribute paid the once sturdy old fellow was not sufficient to restore his lost vitality. Something more than merely playing the game among the students themselves was required. Competition only could do the trick ; but it was ‘91 before that medicine was administered, and the enthusiasts onee more saw their idol occupy its former pedéstal. Then the “I told you so” of those jolly sports was fre- quently heard. Their oft-repeated say- ing that football was not dead, but merely resting, had proved correct. Two and a half years was certainly a long sleep tor such a tiresome old “friend,” and one almost enough to convince the most hopeful) that dissol- ution had indeed taken place. But the ideas of footballers on any point con- nected with their hobby are not easily shaken. It is only when the chanting of the requiem over their exploded be liefs rings in their ears that they are finally convinced,

The Abegweit Club likewise experi- enced the lethargy that characterized the sport in those days, But being anxious to revive it and give it its old foothold, they arranged a game with the New Glasgows, at New Glasgow, for May 24th. Anxious also to have a strong team several of the college players were requested to don the blue and aid them in the fight. John J. Macdonald, Sullivan and Hubert T. Macdonald, who had again re-entered college, accompanied the Abegweits to the land of the bluenoses, where they won the day by a goal and a try to a try. It was J. J, Macdonaid, who by a splendid “run in,” secured the try, which was afterwards converted into a goal. November of the same year saw these three players and also John A. Macdonald——hetter known: to Rugby men as “Jittle Jack ”—Jos. Gillis and Alex. B. Macdonald, of the teams of ‘*6 and ‘S7, wearing the Abegweit colors, and playing the fifteen of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on Vietoria Park on the 4th, the Wander- ers at Halifax on the 6th, and the Dalhousie College team in the same city on the following day. The games with the Dukes and Dalhousies were drawn, and that with the Wanderers wondy a goal to nothing.

Four matches were played in ‘91. The first took place on Queen’s Birth- day,when the college 2nd fifteen met the first of Prince of Wales. The game was drawn, neither side scoring a point,

On the 6th of the following month the first fifteen and the Crescents, of this city, settled the question of super- iority. The city team proved the stronger, winning the match by a try, or 2 points, to nothing. But one of the boys of eighty-eight’s team played in the mateh. He was J. J. Macdon-

ald. All the other of the ald reliables had said good-bye to Alma Mater, and

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gone forth to battle with the world John A. Macdonald captained the team, which was as follows:

Back-—J. T. Gallant.

Halves—J. A. Macdonald, St. C. Gallant, N. Casault, P. B. Gaudet.

Quarters--Wm. MeKenna, 8. J. Me Kenna.

Forwards—J. J. Macdonald, W. Daly, Jos. Gillis, J. F. McGillivary, D. A. McAulay, J. S. Macdonald, J, C. McKinnon, P, D. MeGuigan,

J. T. Gallant, McKinnon, Wm. Me-

portunity of show'ng their worth when they can put anything like a crack fifteen upon the field.

The New Glasgow team requested the pleasure of a game with the college for May 24th, 93. The boys were on- ly to glad to have the opportunity of onee more arguing it out with an old friend ; but as the Nova Scotians could not make satisfactory arrangements to come this way, the meeting did not

| materialize.

Kenna, Daly, Gillis and MeGuigan are |

now all fitting themselves for the priesthood. Gallant and MeKinnen

are both making their theology at St. Ann’s College, Church Point, Digby

| Co., N.S., and are also members of the | teaching staff of the same institution.

For a time the |

| placing a point to its eredit.

Daly and Gillis are at the Grand Sem inary, Quebec; MeGuigan at the Sul- pician Seminary, Montreal, and Me Kenna at St. Mary’s Seminary, Balti- more, Md.

| of Wales.

|} on Nov. 6th.

The only game of the year was with the time honored kickers from Prince The representative fifteens of both colleges met on Victoria Park But both teams were unsuccessful in wooing the fickle god-

dess. The question of superiority was

/ as much a known quantity before as

J. A. Macdonald, MeGillivary, and | MeAulay are doing good work in ed- | added nothing to the reputation of-the St. C. Gallant and 8. J. MeKenna |

ueating the men that are to be.

are students in medicine, the fermer at |

McGill College, Montreal, and the lat ter at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md.

Casault and Gaudet are in the United States. Casault is employed in a dry goods house in Boston, and Gaudet is accountant for a large hard ware firm in the same city,

J. 8. McDonald isalso located in the same city and is in the insurance busi- He has by this time discovered whether the Canadian footballer or his American brother affords the safer risk.

The College third fifteen, the “ Emer- alds,” inet the Shamrocks, a city team, ou Nov. 9th, and won by 4 points to 0.

Three days later, Thanksgiving Day, the first fifteen again measured strength with the foemen of a few months pre vious. This time St. Dunstan’s men played with better success, although victory did not rest with them. The game resulted in a draw, neither side The ball was oily once sent over the line, a college half-back placing it in Cres- eent touch-in-goal. J. J. Macdonald was captain of the team. Besides him the following players of the previous May’s team also kicked it out ; J.T. Gal lant, J. A. Macdonald, W. McKenna, Gillis, MeKinnon, McGuigan and »&. J. McKenna. T. Campbell, of the team of 88, also played. The

hess,

team

as follows :—

was

Back——J. L. Salamon,

Halves— Gallant, J. J. Macdonald, W. McKenna.

Quarters -F, Murphy, Gillis,

Wingmen— Chas, McEachern, D. F. Morrison.

Forwards—-McKinnon, MeGuigan,

Campbell, J. A. Macdonald, 8. J. Me- |

Kenna, P. C. Gauthier, Jos. Gallant.

Salamon is now a medico. His name is inseribed upon the register of the Medical School of Laval University, Montreal. After three more years John will have mastered all the details of the healing art, and have the right to place the customary “handle” to his name.

Murphy, Morrison and Gauthier are fitting themselyes to labor in God's vineyard, al City, being a student at the Can- adian College, while Morrison and (sauthier are imbibing theological lore within the Grand Seminary, Quebec.

MecEachern now sleeps his long sleep with the rest of the silent majority. He died at his home at Boston, Mass., during the fall of 93, Charlie’s early and unexpected demise was heard with great regret by his old student friends.

Jos. Gallant yet does battle for St, Dunstan's, And that he does it well and handily many are by this time fully aware. You must keep both eyes open, and have the firm deter- mination to fall on top, when it he- comes your duty to arrest Joe's pro- gress with the ball. :

Ninety-two was another matchless

| year, although the college boys made

several endeavors to bring on a game with their opponents of the previous year. The college considered it had a pretty strong team that year, and there- fore spoiled for a tight. The trend of affairs then would seem to indicate that more than the boys themselves had an idea of their kicking abilities. It appears to be the lot of St. Dun- stan’s footballers to be denied an op-

after the contest. ‘The game was an- other of those devoid of points, and therefore called a draw. St. Dunstan’s twice compelled their opponents to touch for safety and once sent the ball into touch-in-goal; but according to rule, these certain marks of superiority

team. McKinnon and MeGuigan were the only members of ninety-one’s team to play. The others were all new men to the team, upon which the honor of a éollege rests. Their spurs had yet to be won. P.. F. Duffy guided the boys in this gamc, and placed them thus :

Back—F, H. Blake.

Halves —A. A. Macdonald, P. F., Duffy, R. MeGuirk, L. Byrne,

Quarters--J, Murnaghan, P. Nally. °

Forwards— McKinnon, MeGuigan, R. EK. Hughes, A. Barry, Z. LePage, Julius Macdonald, |. E. O'Brien, John C. Macdonald.

Blake, A. A. Macdonald, Duffy, Murnaghan, Hughes and Barry yet play, talk and dream of football. Alma Mater yet looks upon them as trusty warriors eager and willing to do their utmost to place her in the fore- most rank of who chase the leather

Byrne is taking a rest at home before entering upon the study of medicine, McGuirk and MeNally are both trying their hand at tilling the soil: but yet they have not lost all interest in football.

Me-

those

1«Page is in Montreal daily meeting | with and solving debits and credits, |

the mastery of which was no easy mat ter to him when he first member of St

hecame a

class,

O'Brien is also in Montreal, being a theological student at the Nulpician Seminary. Julius and J. C. Macedon aid are both members of the teaching profession, and labor hard to tit the hopefuls under their charge for an easivr struggle with the world and its ways.

On May 24th of the present year the fifteen and

college socond

the |

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Junior Abegweits fought it out on |

Victoria Park. no points being

The game was drawn, made by either side.

Of the other games of this year | need not write, Their result, and the fleetness of foot and prowess of arm of

’ . | those who fought therein, have already

The former is in the Ktern- |

been told in the CoLLEcrum’s columns, My work is now done ; and the goal it was my desire to make when the idea of writing up the foothall of the past was conceived, -has been reached. Standing in the shadow of the uprights are the tried and trusty ones who fought for Alma Mater from the time Rugby football was first introduced down to the present time. In making their obeisance to the boys of to-day and those of the future I feel sure they do so with the fond hope that old St. Dunstan’s may never lack men worthy and able to uphold her honor in the manliest of all manly games. J. M.S, Ch’town, Dee. 13th, 94 For Over Fifty Years. An O_p Axp Wewtt Trip Remepy.— Mrs. Winslee’s Soothing Syrup has beed used for over fifty vears by millions of mothers for their children while teeth- nig, with perfect snccess. [t soothes the child, softens the gums, allays the pain, cures the colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea, Is pleasnt to the taste. “Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. wenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is incalculable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. | Winsloe’s Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind.—m, w. f. wkly—l y

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BILL NYE'S TRUE STORY

DESCRIPTION SACRIFICED TO DIRECT STATEMENTS ANO FACTS,

A Pince Where Life Was One Giorious

Indian Summer Wherein Lived a Vamily

Which Had Descended From Ite Ances-

tora for Centuries,

The story which is given below is ab- solntely true, and the facts, starting as they may appear, occurred in the moun- tain region of the South, a portion of our conntry which remains almost a terra incognite, although recently con- siderably written about.

I hope that the reader will forgive me for sacrificing so much of background and description to direct statements of important facts. Other writers who have taken hold of thia region have tone full justice, it seems, to the descrip- tiou of sky and landscape, leaving me, therefore, nothing to do but proceed with my story.

A word or twe, however, regarding the region itself may not be out of place.

It was that gorgeous season of the year when at this elevation, above tide water, the air is filed with purity and things of that character; when the eve is constantly deceived by distances, owing to the ruri y and limpid character of the atmo-p ere,

It was carly Autumn, and the black gum, with its dark purple foliage, had long prophesied with unerring truth the death of Summer. Earliest of Autumn harvingers, it had weeks be fore tinged the still verdant forest with ts rica and royal announcements of coming frost and shortening d ivs, while iow to keep it company the golden slory of the sassafras shimmered in the uplands, while the darkened and dying fotace of the persimmon sauntered leaf by leaf down through the stilly silence.

It is the seductive season when at ‘dusk the moist odors of dying herbs salute the seuses of those whu are pro- vided with those things and when the red nosed bdier cleams in the stubble, ihe qual calls down the valley to his or her mate, as the case may be, and the pensive mnle in the faraway paddock murmurs at the fate which has defraud- ed him of his lincage and mocked at his iutare,

hiere nature holds in her hands a heal- ing bal: for the invalid, and in the nec. tic of the dying year health to the hu.

since

inan enfferer may come again on joyous wing. At the elevation of 2.500 to 6,000 feet above the sea, and with not oniy an unbroken succession of glorions meun- tain pictures of wild loveliness, but with a mean annual sainfall wherever the eye may turn, nature seems to be in her most gladsome mood, and the one fuugers with unlimited means find at each wayside inn a cordial welcome and a festive board that fairly groans with its burden of hog. hominy and climate.

Here life is one glorious Indian Sum.- mer, and iu the pure heart the peewee is constantly caroling. In the glad an- tumn, the ginseng digger goeth forth for to dig, aud as the dust of evening yathers he returns bearing here and there rich dashes of coloring where the red bug has touched him up ia kindly keeping with the glorious hues of the season. Far up the cove I hear him sinzing a bar or two from his favorite opera, while at his cabin door a dozen head of hounds are neighing.

A brawling stream is laughing at his feet, bat he does not mind it, for others hive dove the same thing. Far down the valley his children hear his voice and come boiling over the stump fence, aliving cataract of progeny. At the door their mother stands in an easy posi- tion, holding a more recent edition on ber hip and peering out across the world,

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The wiole picture is one of repose, of restand of perpendicular rea! estate, The cry of che bittern in the swam» be-

DECEMBER 24,

while in the solemn elm the tree tend is

appirently computing the mean annual | rainfall : What a delightful haven for the tired one of earth! Here the jarring storm | of life is stilledin the wavyeless harbor | of repose, and the simple heart is hushed to rest in the arms of a beautiful soli- tade. Here envy and hatred, malice, | jealcusly aud all uncharitableness can. | not come. The innumerable shades of | vice that lurk and linger beneath the siaudows of a great city are strangers | here.

LDurglars do not enter here. They | do not care to steal the glorious climate | or to carry away the mean annual rain- | fall.

Here one does not see the doormat | chained to the door, for virtue is its own | reward, and unruffled slumber greets \ the trastful soul But I must not wander from my

story.

At the time of which I speak the war hid closed and peace had been declared,

Several 1 ople had written with consid erable care their ianpressions. regarding the war and had been suitably remnner- ated for the same.

The yarhorse had recovered from his

saidle galls and received his pension for injuries reccived while in the line of duty and had reluctantly allowed hiin- self to become identified with agricul- ture

What a curse war is!

Nothing canses so much ill feeling as war. -Cuuld it be carried on in sucha way as to promote harmony there could be no objection to war, but as it is now conducted it is certainly injurious to both man and beast.

Sutat the time of which we speak

' peace had returned, and in the mountain {| region the rnddy soil of the erect farm was dotted here and there with pallid corn.

The sure-footed mule might be | seen ever and anon, guided up and down | the steep mountain sides, stepping on the | crops with nnerring precision. If per- | chance he missed the corn in the ear he | would ake it right by stepping on the } corn not in the ear, and a wild ery of pain from the barefooted agriculturist would echo through the forest. Teu years had passed since peace had ; been declared, and where before the } War there stood only a few scattered | cabins and one settle:aent now the tour- ist noted another cabin and thirty-seven children. Where thirty vears before the road was rough and almost impassable, now it had been changed entirely and | the mndboles moved to other parts of the road.

The golden rod has shed its glory over the landscape, and the pokeberry hung Tich and tempting in the warm blue haze. To the southwest a fleecy cloud nestled on the sombre green shoalder of Pisgah, and a poison ivy was climbing upacucamber tree abont eight miles down the branch.

The morning dove cooed in a sad and homesick way far up the valley, andthe

PICKINPACK ON HIS ANCESTRAL ESTATE.

plowman in the distant field paused quite awhile to rest.

He: hal done so before.

All at once he stood up and listened. What was it that he heard: He almost held his breath in a strained attitude as he listened again quite awhile. In this vast solitude he could almost hear him- self think.

The veins about his temples stood out like throbbing whipcords, and his eyes grew startled and apprehensive as the moments sped on.

But let us pause a moment, not take long.

Let us pause to describe more care- fully the plonghman whe stands thus alert and listening Tnck Pickinpack was the offspring of a long line of peo- ple. They had been his ancestors, but aside from that they had attracted from chem.

It will

1894.

cen ics he,

ascended from their ancestors and thoss who had married into the family bad thus become related to them ip that way. ,

Tuck was an only child at one tine but as years went by a person with any knowledge of mathematics would notice that he had cezsed to act ia that capa- city.

For years the Pickinpacks had gone onamassing poverty and dividing it ay among their descendants, but Tack, eas ing aiavorite with his parents, had in- herited more of it than the other chil. (ren

At the breaking ont of the war he had not kept himself informed regarding its causes, and before he coubi thoroughly ascertain fally regarding it, peace was declared, so that he did nat in any War hold himself responsible for the war pat its results.

But what is the sound for which he stands and listens? Probably it is only &@ heise, BIL. Nyx,

N. B..-The above is a true story,

Paragraphed Jakes,

Judge—Are you guilty or ant guilty ? Prisoner—That’s what Tia here to find out, yeronner.—Chicag » Inter Ocean.

He—Charlotte, I love you; can vou not return my affectica ? She—!'m afraid Ill have to, as I haye he use for it. — Pittsburg Bulletin.

Moude—How could you erry 4 man that you did not kuow? Edith~[ cer- tainly would not marry any man J é@5 know. — Boston Transcript,

Such poker olayers as the ladies would make with training! When the girl iz asked for her hand she can always show a flush.—Sumith, Gray & Co.'s Monthiy,

Taicet—How do you like voar ew quarters! Counterfeiter (just in}—Oh Ft guess they are no worse than the hay dollars I made that brought me here« Chicago Record.

Fortune Teller—You will be very poor until you are 35 years of age Im. pecunions Poet (eagerly)—And after then? Fortune Teller—You wil] ger used to it.—The Sketch.

Teacher—Now, Robbie, if I gave you one pair of skates and Katie gave you two more pairs, what would you hays? Robbie — A picnic.— Chicago Inter Ocean.

“Great Scott, what are you writing your name in idelible ink on the cat for?” “Going to send her to the laan- dry, and I want to be sure she won't come back.”—Chicago Record,

The Joy of Christmastide.

This is the joy of Christmastide: It brings afresh to our remerabrence the slorious truths that God is love; that he fs our Father and we are his children, and that, being his children, we are bis heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ te au inheritance more glorious than portal eve hath seen or heart conceived. i

Ané this idea that God is our Fatherja_ imparted to us by God himseif. We cur selves could never have found it out by any study or searching of ourewn. Hihad to be revealed to us. And this ts ‘ anniversary senson of its revelation, the recognized anniversary of that time when_ in the manger at Bethlehem ( hristentered into the experiences of human life thathe might reveal to man the spirit which animac‘es the heart of God, the spirit of paternal love and fellowship.

In coming to God, now, my friends, we come no more with Moses by the way of the wilderness and of that monst which — burved with fire, but we come by the wag of the Bethlehem manger to the peaceful aud inspiring heights of Zion. wi

Happy Christmas! Day of better coy o> enant than Moses knew! Day of giad tid ings Wilch sill be to all people! Day of the revelation of God in Christ as the Fea cher of all and the Saviour cf allt May its yearly coming find the world more and more in harmony with God until in all the earth men shall know and worship: and rejoice in him as their nearest, dear est, truest, tenderest friend.—Thristiag Advocate. ss

English Christmas Charity Castoms Some of these oid Christmascustomsare not without their element of romance. Thus a pretty story accounts for a custem on kept up at Forebridge. The acconnt gene” erally current in the neizhborhoodistathe — effect that one Christmas day a certain ~ benevolent individual, h-aring some pocr. children murmuring that they had noe plums for a pudding, countea the houses at tha’ time in the village and made a pros vision for a pound of piums for each heuse, In aceordance with this geverous bequest, the chamberlain cf the corporation of Stafford every Christmas was accustomed to make apayment of 6 shillings for the purchase of pluma, which wers io be regi larly distributed to persons at the time rm siding in certain old houses in the liberty of Forebridge.

They Felt Badly Susie—Papa, did you get mamma a new pair of slippers for Christmas? Papa-— No, my dear, but » hy do you ask that question? Susie—Well, Tommy said thai the old ones were sick. Papa—Sick ? out? Susie—That’s what he meant aayhow,

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