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Secretary.
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neir, told him his love for pretty Margaret Hay, a factory-girl, living in the factory boarding-house, wearing | calico dresses, and earning a mere liv- ing, tho old man was a maniac in his iTy
He would not see that tke girl was pleasi in manner, refined in taste,
jt i good man
| father’s fortunes had gone all awry. | Some commercial panic was the first
| there was no escape, and he failed for | more than his entire fortune.
| only to be met by a proud, fierce refusal | to be under any obligation toa disobe
| him anonymous sums of money were in
| of the impossibility of helping one who
| be crazy!”
| my own way, dear.
| wife’s face gave a fresh haope to Charles | Austins heart,
i and rang for the poor breakfast his | landlady provided.
| again behind a child—a little girl ina
| with
A CHRISTMAS CARD,
BY ANNA SHIELDS,
T is at once painful and per
/ plexing to be answered bv a" SS f a heavy 7 igh where one « \ Rr | Yo pects am eNXclamatior of KRW pleasure and admirati
ae ’ s0 it Was not wonderful “4 that Mrs. A istin, under these exact conditions.
looked anxiously into her husband's | face. She was holding up for his in spection a large wax doll, one of the
treasures for Madge, the blue-eyed dar] in who was counting the Claus should ex
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tli Santa me very stitch « Miss Doiiie’s elab “ate stume was the work of Mrs. Austin's busy fingers in hours when Madve was dreaming of full stockings and Christ s trees, and the last stitch set. the result was displayed for ‘papa’s” ap } \ i W papa Was quite as devoted a par entto Madge and two year-old Harold as Mamina, and took deep interest in all nursery matters, It may be that the vy of two other curly heads and tmby faces that had bmehtened the or a fe brief and en been Iidden by coftin-lids deepened t I the children \ ‘ame later t aching hearts But it is very iat the little Aus we ns muc! ved and petted inidren vid b nd did not dre re h : of ¢ Iitinas treasures than 1 r parents did loving] fsupplying thein So it v with some alarin, too, that Mrs. Austin put aside her t triumph or neeclework and threw her arm around her husband's neck
**What ts it, Charhe’’ she asked He drew her into a loving embrece
herore he said, sadly ‘Lmet my father again to-day. Mar garet, it will kill meto have ‘hines go He was downright shabbv, fer ind broken; looking so old and <i i lon } ) rs f Vy ¢ bu i of k t leaid all I< in er id tried to f Ain i ut stopped short d waid i i know you, sir! You will cease mney 2 And i could not ma : iti ti street here vw hoking sound in Charles nshins ve he ceased speaking, ) ing al he kept pa ‘k the sob would ha followed. Mrs. Aus tin’s tears were falling fast. “At Christmas ti>-., too.” she said. ‘ems useless to rend presents, Chartie; he -has sent them back every year rhe story this conversation referred to wes an old one, a true love marriage vde in the face of disinheritance and ternal displeasur Mrs. Austin had na poor girl, emploved in the fac
Austin, then a man of ch and good social position ; a lai purse-proud, arrogant, and fall of his own imp ‘te When his only child, } laohized, indulged son and
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end thea an?! ther Charles Austin utterly unaccustomed to be crossed in any fancy, refused obedience. never be fore exacted, and the conversation ended
in a stormy quarrel and the young man’s expulsion from home.
But with a good fortune that does not often follow disobedient
Was at once
sons, Charles taken into the employ and favor of his mother’s brother, an eccen tric old bachelor, who gave the young couple a home jn his d6wn luxurious house. It was a new life to the old gen tleman, and he tookethe keenest interest inall the household affairs as Margaret managed them, loved and mourned the older children, and dying, when Madge was but a year old, left his entire large estate to his ‘beloved nephew, Charles Austin.”
And while the sunshine of prosperity had no clouds for his wayward son, the
blow to Simon Anstin, and an effort to repair the loss by speculation only added to disaster. He missed the cool, clear head of the son who hei of late years been his active timber, the jud--ment he had first trained and then ‘/usted to guide his large business. He was angry, and his angry impulses led him into dire blunders, until he grew so involved that
At once Charles hastened to him, offering his entire wealth to save him,
dieht child or his beggar-wife.
Over and over again, as poverty be came more and more bitter to the man broken and aged, did his son implore him to allow him to help him, offer him a home, love, care, Obedience even, only to be thrown back with angry scorn.
A proud man always, Simon Austin cherished his wrath as the last remnant of the old arrogance, and would not bend one inch. He found letters telling
the bank in his name,‘and ‘w:.te back refusing to claim them. He mistrusted every offer of service, as dictated by lis son, and returned to Charles every scrap of aid sent to him, often perplexing Jus son by sending what had pot come from him, though he always refased to be licve this.
And being old and broken in health he sank lower and lower, unable to fil lucrative positions, and taking the work that gave him barely food and tne poor lothing
sadly the son and his wife talked
~yould not let any pppeal touch him until suddenly Margaret ¢ried “Charles, I have an idea! Let me try to wia your father over. I will send him a Christmas card.” “My dear, he wonid not open the en yelope ’ ‘but it will not go in an envelope Don’t ask any questions. Let me try, and see if your father will not dine wita us to merrow.’ ‘Dine with us! Margaret, you must
“Not a bit of it. Just let me have
** Do you ever fail to get that 7?” was the laughing query, for something in his eu
* 7 2s - * * It was a very mean room in a very poor house where the sun of a bright
Christmas morning wakened Si:nou Austin. Everything in the shabby
place told of the lack of woman's care and love. Dust hung upon everything: disorder reigned, There were no dainty dingy and crooked; the carpet torn and dirty.
Very wearily and slowly the old man dressed himself, lit a fire in the grate
Dinner and tea he was supposed to buy ontside, but very often mis mud¢y coffee, stale bread and tough chop or steak were the soio re- past of the twenty-four hours.
It was Christir:as Day, and no busi ness took the old man abroad; so, after the untempting tray was removed, he ‘ook a newspaper and drew,shiveringly, to the fire. But before he had read one column there came a knock at the door, and thea it opened wide and closed
guaint Mother Hubbard cloak and hat, lerge blue eyes and clustering golden curls, and holding a large fiat basket full of fresh, hbeantiful flowers. While the old man gazed at her in silent amazement, she Said, in a sweet, child- ish voice;
«If yon please, dear grandpapa, I am your Crvistmas card!” :
You—yvon are what?’ he said, utter-
ly bewitldes ed.
“If you please, dear grandpapa, I am your Cucsistmas card!” " © Who sent you here? What. is your
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then, half frightened at the stranes face and the poor room, the child's eves filled ind her lyps trembled [ want to ! Yyhe VW ' rt red ’ \ ! Austin said, fndin hiis s a cing her into his arms very Don't cry lear, | will t \ { Jou plonse | CAUSE ney ' coll is and all the toys Santa Clans | r nd brother Harry, What did san bring vou’ ery deep-drawn sigh ; “Wesit because you are up s0 many | Stairs? But Le always comes to our honse, and mamma said perhaps, to
day, he would bring us our grandpapa' We haven't any now, you and maimm if he dide would we *: the same and he w: hay An grandpapu, so we will. And het child put her little arms round t} bent low before her, and lifted the tue quivering and tear-stained
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’ Oh, please, men don't cry; only raughty girls aud boys ! Oh!” and agaia the terror found voice in the plea: ‘Il want to go home
Yes, yes! I will take you home Bring your flowers, child. “This is no pia 2 for flowers or Or cards!
Down the crazy old stairs the old led the child, tenderly watchful the little feet did not slip nor Through the sunny streets the cold, she walk d ing of her home, and papa that she had been taught te love
That was the crowning amazemen‘ child in a few short hours coull e been tanght to talk of the estranged parent as this child talked. She told the old inan of the prayer she said night and morning, ‘* Please, dear Lord, send ndpapa home!’ of the talks with
Chrisitmsa
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stnmble vinheeding veside him, pratt!
he s . of the dear vrand
iother abont the wumknown relative whom she was to reverence ana lo © should he ever come home, openin:; to the hardened bat, oh, such lonely ! zl of rest and affection, that
tit would be bitter as death to t uside now.
e was no need to pull the door the stately mansion to Simon Austin led his grandchild. Eager hands were waiting its portal wide; eager eyes were waiching for the oming of the pair. Tender arms and ng hands led Shaon Austin into the Margaret's kisses fell warm and upon his wrinkled c¢! : hands remoy ed the shabby at: baby Harold clung to his knees, shouting:
“Dandpa’s tum! Santa Tlaus brinced
bell of which
to oven
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pride could stand sincere Welcome, s0
pride collapsed.
“You really want me, Charlie?’ the old man faltered, ‘It is not mere char ity?”
“Hush!” whispered Margaret. ‘Do not grieve him by such a word, He
will never be happy until you come home, dear father.”
And so Christmas once again gathered up the tangled threads of estrangement and knit them into strong bands
hoine-love
No Use for It. Yale—Are you going tostudy political economy?
Harvard—Horrors, no Why, my father’s worth at least three millions. ~ To Be No Hustlinz.
Deleice—What shall you wear this winter’ _ Daubette—Oh, clothes, 1 suppose, see ing there will be no grand Upera !
A CO-OPERATIVE TOWN.
An English City Where Everybody Joins ia Ownership,
Oldham (Lancashire), alihongh com- paratively speaking, a modern town, and peopled almost exclusively by the working classes, holds the lead in many respects, but especially in its co opera tive movements. No town in the king- dom owns as many joint-stock or limit- ed companies, which in their turn have created other co-operative combina- tions.
Its co-operative stores consist of two societies, cach with a membership of nearly 11,000, - These societies were the pioneers of the “limited” movement in Oidham,, and the cotton industry was the first business they began with. Such rapid strides has it made that Oldham is known far and wide as the ‘divi.” The co operative societies spread still further, and now, in conjunction with the societies in adjacent towns, own a large corn mill, thus sharing the profits to be made from grinding the grain.
There are in Oldham district, in the cotton trade alone, about 150 limited companies, the majority of which have been formed since 1872, with capitals varying from £10,000 to £15,000, chiefly divided into £5 shares. These companies, seelng tue profits accruing from buying the raw waterial, at once formed the Oldham Cotton Buying Company, Lim ited, almost every company having shares; consequently itis to their own interest to do business with the.com pany, and thus share in the profits. But they do not stop here. Seeing the large profit made by theinsurance companies, they decided to form one of their own, and the Federative Insurance Company, Limited, sprang into existence, each company holding a nymber of shares, and encouraging it by transferring their insuring business to it.
it is no uncommon thing for some of the cotton companies to consist of 400, 600, and, in some cases, 700 sharehold- ers; almost all residing in Oldham. Scarcely a family in the town but what owns shares in some cotton company or other
The company movement does not stop with the staple trade (cotton), The butchers were not long behind, and then was formed the Oldham Hide, Skin and Fat Company, Limited, which effectu ally demoralized private enterprise in that direction. Even the bill posting and advertising business was invaded, the priaters forming the Oldham Bill Post ing Company, Limited, through it post- ing their own bills and advertisements. The p-ublicans were not left out in the coll, and very soon two aerated water companies were in full swing, each pud- lican, sa long as he dealt with the com These he must relinqui-h when he ceases to deal with them. In fact, there is. no business, mot even poultry farming, whith has escaped the company craze, anditis a by-word “that at one time you could have floated a dog kennel in Oldham,
Come and See the Kmas Tree.
Wiy pause and think,
And think and pause,
About what you'll get
For Santa Claus.
But cone along
And jom the throng,
And be convinced to buy some more
At G. G. Jury’s Jewelry Store.
A clock or watch to give you time, Rings of many different kinds, Brooches, ear ring+, for big and small, At prices that will suit you all. Spectacles and silverware,
Or pretty pins to adorn the hair ;
Scarf pins, buttons, or chain and charm, And Nickle Clocks that will alarm. We've wedding rings that cannot linger, Haste, bring yeur girl and fit her finger. Now I trust you will remember
A big discount throughout December. Prices never known before
At G. G. JURY’S Jewelry Stere.
pany, hol ‘ing so many shares.
name!’ “Mamma brought me here! Madge Austin. dear vrandpapa—
I am and
North Side Qneen Square, opposite P.O. dec20—th fri m w th & wky
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holidays in Silk Handkerchiefs and Ladies’ Furs of all kinds, snould also look at our Christmas Slippers, regular beauties and so
cheap,
Charlottetown, December 20, 1894—dv
Call at our store
Gift to your friend.
Wool Squares, Clouds, Hoods, Shopping Bags, Purses,
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need not say that the peo- ple are after us too, be- cause we are selling Winter Clothing in Uisters, Over- coats, Reefers and Men’s
x and Boys’ Suits at the low-
est prices ever heard of in Charlottetown, good Kur Coat. worth $20, selling for $12.50, and Overcoats fworth $13 sell- ing for $9, and so on down, We cannot explain to you in this space all the bar- gains we are giving for the
The way to be happy is to buy at
b. . MACDONALD & CO’S.
we
you want for a Xmas
Fur Muffs, Capes, Collars and Caps, Fancy Tidies, Toilet Covers, Linen
will
The Best Value in the City at
{MOORE & McLEOD'S.
How Would Some of These Do?
Ladies’ or Gents’ Kid Gloves, lined and unlined. Silk Handkerchiefs—the best stock in the city. Shirts, Collars, Ties, Cuffs, Braces,
Handkerchiefs.
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Rogers Bros’. A 1 Spoons, Forks and Knives ...... Victoria Silver Spoons, Forks and Knives.........+.+20 Sets Carvers in Plush and Leather Cases............20) Children’s Knife, Fork and Spoon in Plush & Leather CURB a6 bss i jeie « 4000s does ee'ee He nrebe~epes eel Scissors in Plush and Leather Cases.-........00020+-20 Mire. Dette BOG Ties < 6esk cae s ccas chan cee wesc ee OO COM
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cery line. Give us a eall.
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For the Xmas Season.
During this Month I will give the following Discounts :
cent. discount.
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PREPARED FOR THE SEASON.
We are now prepared to supply first-class Groceries at very low prices. Black Basket Table Raisins, Muscatel, Layer, Vostizza, perfectly clean, and Patras Currants, Candied Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Flavoring and Spices. We have also a choice line of Confectionery, Chocolates, Creams, Mixtures and Penny Goods in different varieties, Plain and Fancy Biscuits, and everything you need in the Gro-
S. B. ENMAN & CO,
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Next to Woolen Mills Co's. Store, Queen Street.
THOSE TUNEFUL FROGS,
LOVE SONG OF THE SPECKLED ~. SWAMP HABITANT,
Uperettain the Marsh at 8.30—Only the Males Raise Up Their Veices, and Their Tuneful Melody is Sometimes Not Ap- preciated by the Cold World, —
The frog is the latest member of the auimal kingdom whom Science has put under a microscope and compelled to yield up information for the use and amusement of man. It appears that this gent? man, whose vocal activity is one of the features of sc-burban life most likely to attract attention from city vis itors, is equipped with a complicated and extraordinary musical apparatus.
When the frog wishes to express his joy he bursts forth into song. He lifts up his voice and makes the woodland ring. Only the male frogs sing. The females constitute the andience who sit in the front row and enjoy the music. and it is the speckled green frog who is the prime soloist of the woods.
These operettas only take place at night, and about 8.30, after an overture by the katydids and the early mosquitoes. The frog, however, does not come out upon the stage witha roll of music in one hand and a smug smirk on his face. Neither does he proceed to scatter sand upon the floor from a cornucopia, and preface his performance with a song and dance after the manner of vaude ville artists.
He jumps right into the middle of his song without even a preliminary bow to the front row in the audience, and,after a@ succession of short, sharp notes, uttered in quick succession, he lets it go at that, Then he may receive either an encore or be the objective point of an- tique eggs, or bits of stone from the hands of some of his auditors, in which latter case he makes a rapid dive be- neath the waters and is lost to sight.
Who has not heard the sweet musical strains of aspreckled frog ringing out on the calm evening air, immediately succeeded by a ‘‘kerchunk” as he dis- appears beneath the wave? That hap- pens when his song fails to meet with approbation. There are always other frogs about when these songs are sung. Most of them are females, otherwise there would be no song, for a male frog sing- ing to his fellows would not be allowed to get furtherfthan the first two bars
Stories have been told of a frog in the darkness who, seeing others of his kind whom he took for ladies, burst forth into loud melodious notes of joy and was suddenly cut short in his mesical career by a shower of missiles from in- dignant male frogs whose meditations he had disturbed. This only happens to the yonng bucks of the frog tribe, for the older heads are too shrewd to make fools of themselves when there are any other than female frogs about.
One of the extraordinary things about frog music, as discovered by a writer in La Science en Famille, is the fact that the frog keeps his mouth closed when he is singing. It will therefore be seen that it would be useless to tell him to “shut up.”
He can sing through his skin. He is provided with a pair of resonant cham- bers like drums and he makes his music by snapping his muscles against these disteuded membranes. Then he can breathe through his skin and supply all the wind that is necessary without open- ing his mouth. Handel in his ‘Israel in Egypt” has imitated in a passage of the oratorio the motions and leapings of the frogs.
A French scientist, after long listen- ing in the woods, has made out and re- duced to writing the song of the frog, or “swamp music,” as he calls it, and has discovered. that the frog repertoire is varied and extensive. Frogs can carry on conversations at long distances and can communicate to each other emotions of fear or hunger.
Their songs, however, are all love songs, and, as has been said, are only indulged in when there are female frogs about. It is then that the frog distends his drums to their utmost, throwing his head well back and his legs far apart and raising his voice, as it is called, to the very highest pitch of the musical scale. A big, old green frog can thus make himself heard for a distance of more than two miles, and the French servant. who has studied the subject says the females are by this performance thrown into ecstasies of delight.
The song of the frog has thus been registered by the French savant: ‘‘Brekeke-brekeke, brekete! Kpate too Brekete! Brekete! Brekete, kwarr, brekete too-oo!” This closely resembles the famous cry of the Yale College students, taken from the frog song of the Aristophanes, and which is heard at every football match. It is supposed to express frog joy of the uttermost.
A Little Different. While the hotel proprietor in Canada writes ‘Don’t blow ont the gas,” the notice found at the resort hotels in Mexico runs as follows: ‘‘There is a matter to which the management re- spectfully desire to call the distinguish- ed attention of the guests who exceed- ingly honer the hotel with their pres ence. Inasmuch as many lives have been lost aforetime through the inad- vertency or apprehonsible carelessness of persons who have, instead of turning the small! brass cock attached to the gas burner which hangs from the ceiling or is attached to some portion of the wall —it is confidently hoped by the manage- ment,” etc.
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Stoves are being put up and the house- keeper requires much patience. If the mica in the doors looks smoky here is a recipe for brightening them. Slip the mica out and put it to soak in a dish of vinegar fora few hours, then remove and polish with a soft, dry cloth. This process will bring back its old-time brightness s
the performance begins |
MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, Ls94.
FOND OF FINE FUNERALS
French People Make the Last Rites an Occasion for Great Display,
The love of the French for display in burial ceremonies has been pointed oat es characteristic of tae nation. The people have a pathetic way of saying “although it costs much to live in Paris, it costs still more to die.” This is, ina measure, true, and that it is so, says the Baltimore Sun, is due to the fact that the government has a monopoly of the work of burying the dead, and has es- tablished a sevle of prices by which the style of funeral is regulated, from thai costing hundreds of dollars te the one which opens the fosse commune (com mon grave). Asarule the French are fond of fine funerals. For statesmen of the first rank the government decrees a state faneral, which is an occasion of
‘great display and frequently leads to political demonstrations; but private
funerals are also costly, and many a man who has lived with the utmost '‘ meanness all his life is laid to rest with 'priacely pomp. The door of his resi ‘dence is hung with black curtains, em broidered with silver; bis monogram, in silver, is on all the mourning coaches which follow the hearse; the drivers are dressed ir black with knee breeches. high boots, three-cornered hats and long 'crape streamers on their arms; the {horses for the hearse are caparisoned with sweeping draperies of black and silver, and on the hearse itself are plumes and silver figures of angels and cherubs. Then, too, the custom of send ‘ing out notices of the death and invita- j tions to the funeral is very common, and sometimes those notices are as elaborate and as elegantly engraved as the most expensive wedding cards or invitations. to a ball.
In striking contrast with the decorous funerals of the rich are the scenes when the body of a very poor person is to be laid in the grave. The city is strict in regard tothem. The body can only be kept twenty-four hours from the time of death, and it must be buried in a coffin made of thin deal boards, unpaint- ed, unvarnished and so slight that it is always wrapped up and fastened with ropes lest it should come to pieces. It is taken to the grave ina hearse which is hardiy better than a dray. At the fosse commune the priest is allowed to include six funerals in one service. Fully to explain the necessity for the fosse commune, it is necessary to say a word about French graveyards. They are governed entirely different from ours, and their object seems to be to afford graves to the millions who are cead, without taking too much space from the millions who live. In certain parts of the cemetery graves may be bought out right, though at enormous prices, and remain forever in the possession of a family. In other sections the graves are bought singly for five years from the date of burial, and at the end of the specified time the bones are taken up and buried in the fosse commune. The fosse commune—the lowest grave of all —is a ditch twelve feet deep, twelve feet wide, and as long as the size of the graveyard permits. Here the coffins are put side by side in two rows, the heads meeting in the centre. When a certain number are in the ditch it is closed and on another layer of earth more coffins are afterward laid. When the ditch is filied to the surface another one alongside is opened, and so until the available space is used up. Then the first ditch is reopened and fresh coftinus are put in place of the old ones, which have decayed. ;
WISDOM OF THE ELEPHANT-. +
He Knowe When He Has Beer Swindled, and Vigorously Resents It.
One day, says a writer of English mil- itary experiences, a heavy gun stuck in the muddy bottom of a stream and the tandem elephant was unhooked to shove behind, or lift the muzzle of the gun with his trunk. But he would not; he only bellowed and swayed uneasily, shiftins from one foot to the other in the sticky wnud, <At last, with piteous, shrill trumpeting, he touched the «turp point of the iron right on the ricasgze. “He says he is afraid of hur! :g himself, sahib,” explained the nial: “To.” answered the officer in jest, “tell him to spoke the wheel.” “Pro:mise him backsheesh, sahib, anc he wii.” ‘Very well.” The elephant carefully found a securer footing, curled his trunk round : lower spoke and made the wheel re- volve; then the shaft elephant nat in his ponderous weight and the gun slowly rose out of the mud and rolled up tke opposite bank.
The triumphant mahout demanded hbacksheesh for his Hooshiar Hatui (wiec elephant). ‘Youscamp! You want the backsheesh for yourself.” ‘‘No, Sahib,} dare fiot cheat him, and if you don't give him backsheesh he will remember you are no gentleman and will never work for you again.” ‘All right,” said the officer, tossing the man a couple of rupees in succession. ‘‘How shali | know you don’t cheat him?’ -“Come and see him fed this evening, sahib.”
That evening by moonlight the officer was summoned to see Hooshiar Hatti eat his supper. The elephant was sway- ing to and fro, fanning himself with a branch, and round the fire stood huge chupatties—flat cakes of flour, butter and sugar—-purchased with the back sheesh for the Hooshiar’s supper: The mahout took up one of these cakes and offered it to the ‘‘wise one,” who weigh- ed it carefully in his trunk and then deposited it, with a satisfied smack, in his raw-looking mouth. ‘Now, sahib, this second chupattie is light weight. See him find it out.”
The elephants are accustomrd to a certain ration weight, and when the Hooshiar took this cake by the edge an angry twinkle came into his wicked little eye, and, quick as lightning, he slapped the mahout in the face with the leathery mass. ‘‘See, sahib,” vried the man in glee, “I dare not cheat him: And he picked himself up and offered a larger chuppattie. ‘Here you foolish one! Did lever cheat you? This one is over weight.” The elephant under- stood, and ate in forgiving tranquility,
For Christmas !
Sets of Carvers, Game Carvers, Spoons, Dessert and Table Cutlery, Silver Knives and Forks, Razors, Razor Strops, English Pen and Jack Knives, Scissors in cases and by the pair, Christy’s Carving Knives, Bread, Cake and Paring Knives, Children’s Sets. Peerless Lamp Stoves, Table
Mats, Fire Sets, Chopping Bowls and Knives, Vases, Coal Hods at 25c., Apple Corers
Sleigh Bells, Granite Ware. Cluk Skates.
Fancy Coal and Slicers, Wringers., and last. but not least, Acme
Don’t you think that there is something in the list that would make Xmas very happy to someone besides yourself. Just try and we ean do the right thing for you.
D. M. RICHARDS & CO.
Ch’town, Dec. 19, 1894—1 w f
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