Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1875, Page 2

= ~ : , . A QUAKER'S CHRISEMAS EVE. | moria! designs with which Miss Ennerhy | Manmy began with trembling fingers to WINTER. Am Od Rotie is HOLIDAY GOODS. HOLIDAY — entered on her duties, Mr. Larrantee was unpin her dress, while the children hung —_ Tt was ove day in the ear y histwrvof De. = ———_____—__ L AS WELL AS >iPILS IN THE —_ — How slow and seft the snow-dress fails ca i away oo hustnees ar after ber argand ber with Sry of Gistress, and Grace oe = ee ae troit tat Jo: a pees agen ay Poem BUY UsE &» on Upon the vine-deserted walls, arrivei, and si on! ascertain ¢: deavored to hold it tozether. jus green firs waver ins water waa, rooably have weighed nine pounds - SCHOOLS OF Ww ite Ab ifrome gracious soul intent that bea with ber tally On one point; | Oh. Mammy, dou't undo it! Stop open. Saves bere rec Biles and robes anauved an { dim Pint Deen any seals in the tertilory towe ch | ORNAMENTAL CHRISTMAS ane ASHINGTON Upon the one sweet deed it meant, chileren should be taught to be self-reliant ing your dress! Don't let him whip you!” Portela bag him on. As there was no way to weigh him NEW YEAR PRESESTS. ¥ Since in its grace such bounty lay, and induced todevelop th¢ir moral muscle. eri Nelly. “On, Mammy! please Bird who bath f cedom the margetodrink. ° |he went bis way noweighel. (Patent.) WARREN Choare 7 Should wrap eaeh bare thing on the way, She bad, therefore, no doubt of his bat = | aerial eee favidibio shot it When Jobn Snow crawled over the pio- SUCH AS Races Till all things white and whiter grow, tien when she commenced the ening ON you mind, honey. Itdon't make | Sere rasset fern with glooms eliow grease, neer jogs, rolled in the mud and eaten jonony- | a hapdsome Plain Black . “xcept the shadows Earth must throw. Process by commanding Mammy,after the ro diffunce!” and the withered old lips were | ei ee ee ie star ch sip’ cake until be was 14 years old. his motver | Five Busck Cashmere and Rest ‘The tender gray, the peaceful white, ehiloren were und aoe ak thelignt | trembling like the poor biack fingers. | Of fairy y-wele; from farze La gl dies. If his father Pon bishatongaged | Miskertockes Bettines eed Plaid Berinoe, A Quaker setting make to-night; and leave them to go to sleep by themselves. | “Mammy ain’t got long to stay here, nohow, | | MRA ope ged wih con neal att be would have put a weed on hishat,engaged | Blekerbocker Buitings ond And so this moonshine, which is shade Toa great many x and intelli- ‘an’ st doa’t make no diffunce ‘bout de path | Mi-t froxea fu plomalets: many a tep-r taf: @ cheap hou: sean sed continued business Hy seo Hameitemed Hkfs, Only a little lighter laid, gent people—people who bonestiy desire to ttin’ narrer. "Taint you all's fault, cbil- Adoins the wine-stained brampie, and the blade, at the old si without any interruption. Bosery, Gloves, Scarts ‘Boeck Ties to greet ve. OBA ETOR Variety of articles Inte my heart-still mood has crept, be kind and reasonable—it were vain to por- [un, an’ ef yo’ ma was livi » “twould be | ‘And brouzy twigs of trees bereft of chade. | But he wasn’t like some men. He married a riewier, nee erpecially adapiod for Prese. their Sch With such a glow as sunrise kep' y the agony of.*ome children on being left herr, bless de Lord !” = cousin who bad two or three childrea big Ail at reduced prices to suit the times atthe Okesp ys select from a large aseort = ‘When youth and Benjamin were mine. alone in the dark, the unreasening, uneon- “ my mamma comes back,” said Il. . enough to fight John, and so the boy’s aunt Corner. J. W. COLLEY. valued: enir for ® fri Ab! swift the slowest years incline, troliable terror of that something which by Grace, sobbing and looking defisntly at Miss Recker woite aon est. ant. oe grordsarefair became his mother, and his father became Foal ernctonarre te Ration soniind Gunteidiint aegnastih Gentes And sunrise has no story now ita very Iack of form, its Pentel, Renae COR Tet MAE WARE JO8 | Remomnnrnes shinee eee eeeay bate grt so, | eee _ baemtant eet Geen, | BS ansane To move me like the night and snow. definiteness, becomes so awful, so dreadfal, been doin’ to Mammy. — like dark smoke. at! the ladea afr. In due time John Snow had a sister. No, | DLIDAY PRESENTS. ‘ so indefinitely horrible, that the anguish of — She ran to the door of the solitary cham- | 4 upen small marish ‘conf-rs. | he hadn't, either. It wasa girl, but he didn’t | FIC — Sean az Reve Shageme opportunity te weet If those unquiet bells would cease substantial tortare cannot becompared with ber, and against it with ber hel; Ason oer with pales wreaths of hers know whether she ‘Twenty per cent. discount made on all sales by remembrances of the Lad: Clashing their peals across this peace, it. The child’s whole soul is pervaded by a littie fist, cried over and over again, “Mam- Rar tower ia MADAME DEPOILLY. j fact, our st ck has baen selected with ench cars It seems the hour's rare silentneas terror which cannot beshakea offby any ma! mamma! please mamma, open your a yy | that im if may be found sometuing that will men — [ — might chide and bless, Seams cane sye p ha pat ay eompo being — som ont mer FE eae mamms. ‘730 Leth etreet, between G and H. | *°C87 Feauirement And lift the lowest heavenward js the subject terror no power an’ make ‘em stop troublin’ Mammy. i | : 7 To greet the birtnda; of the Lond. to subdue. and Its whole nervous system lies can go to sleep again. Won't you come, eee oa ee wancaiee.__ Seems SF | BEAUTIPOL PRESENTATION BOOKS. I can pot think the jes Ls at the mercy this sha, shadowy foe; mamma?” FUR ” arter, Can utter what a pure voice tells; it is reeling and Staggering and fainting, and | An lunperative gesture from \iiss Ennerby +h, | gianier) Wares’ F amily Bt ‘The Spirit heeds no brazen tone suffering ® shock which wiil tell in after-life induced Uncle Sawney to repeat his order: LO | Bopater's Bibles, Pi Boone, ‘To whisper triumph to His own; 4 gurely as & shot in the eye or 8 cut on the ‘-Orntassan yo’ coat.” = PApiRS RID GLOVES, | Dame, Prcker ‘The blessed healing falls to them brow. » why is there no . Bergh who Oh, make baste, mamma!” cried the chil- Bis ZnS Gi face Soke oe ‘Who touch unscen the garment’s hem; can prevent cruelty to elildren? dren, in agony. mae EE Oe thor. wel ch W And hidden deeds are wafted h: ic A great many excellent persons without Mammy pulled off her sleeve, baring one deeds 2t ‘7 Pennarivaniasvonue | 22lEnarume ws, Japanese Goods, anda tee end Than chantings of an angel choir. nerves fail So Spprectate this state of feel- arin and shoulder, while she turned toward ne | ayy Zannst bs mcutionst in lee Horanna still the mad lips ery, ing, and Mies Enverby was not only with- te weeping child and said, in @ volee thick (CHRISTMAS ODS. = While stil! the mad is crucify; out nerves, but by no means an exeslient with tears, “Come marin spelen ma * q WE WILL GivE But angels watch and women weep, person. She was cold and hard andcruel, asin’tdar. Her do’ wouldn't a shot ais ith ‘to bel ter brother, and not @ step-uncie, but there i fut tet ‘ And theirs the Rising after sleep. aud full of vindictive feeling toward those long ef she had ha’ been. Come away bany. vo tien, Foo ey Te ‘lumbereth; was the fact staring bim in the face that the BUY USEFUL ARTICLES a —-- ft ee above ber. which she could gratify only by Dou't cali her no mo’. It jes makes Mammy fair the pure white silence of dim death child’s step-uncie was also its step-grand- b & numb « ben — pe sow How careth He for Christmas song grinding those whom Providence tem. | feel wus.” I the fi phantom faintly warming father, and it might be its own cousin for all = poy Miday Btock To whom all days and songs beloug? porarily under her heel. Mammy, with un- | Sbesiowly bared the other black shoulder ‘Diue, whil flush and flee; | he could make out. oo eee Only an ebbing love has need erring instinct, at once discovered that Miss and bony arm, and Miss Ennerby motioned bang jewelry For two or three years John moped around FOR THE WARREN CHOATE 4 «o., Its high-t'de reachings thus to heed. Ennerby was ‘poor white”—that is she had | to Uncle Sawney to advance, while the chil- 85 the Indians and fur-buyers, and then in @ BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. Always the willing angels sing not hada crowd of negroes at her command, | dren with frantic cries rushed forward and jut tears. fit of desperation married one of his aunt- | om Sesuun Sew, 2en Pean.acve To worn-out workers listening; and ridden about in her own carriage—and, | threw themselves before her, Nelly spread- Iv. stepmother’s daughters and became brotin HOLIDAYS. | — ~ A! ways our Christ is In the earth, with the aristocratte tendency of herclass’ | ing her little baby bands over Mainmy’s | gayly snow flounces earthward in the in law to his consin half brother, son-in- HoOLipay NOTICE. Always his love has human birth— despised her accordingly. Theold woman | bare back, and Grace laying her fair curis Or frozen glisters with an icy € to his aunt-stepmother, and the same to his | In joy that crowns our later morn knew ber piace too well to make any inten | aud flushed cheek on the withered black To windward of the elmbole; birds in dun father step uncle. He might have lived on To give those in search of Holiday Presents an > As in Judean Christmas born. tonal display of contempt, but she conduct- | breast. Pi Whistle inthe hedge, | and been happy if the public had let him portwel'y to mamive their «cat variety i ed herseif with dignified formality fmore * Go away, Uncle Sawney,” said Grace, pope alone. but school-teachers went on and made CLOCKS, B . Paul b wriwe And yet I mind how every year. offensively suggestive than the -most elah. | sobbing so that she could hardly speak; “go out that he was his uucle’s auntand his CAMELS HAI& SHAWLS, all prices aLan ars AnD yer ashi evens ah tenance nn rate Mpertinence. and Miss Eonerby felt it } eae Bes et ey! pa—Aic 7 bgt here they roam; — a. i —— was BROCHE SHAWLS, ail prices. | ROBEM AN GL: Ss™ ARE ~ i Soe ‘ with a Keenness she could not disguise from | let—let you—whi—w! ammy. I'm goiu’ | ur ever sweet-songea robbin ricbly auitid, no relation to himself, and be pined awa; : ett With worldly hope and wisdom rife, herself. . vom | to—tell-tell him tell papa, soun as ever he | Ya Teas ri and died. * <i SILK MUFFLERS, cheap and siogant GRAM AN STUDENT Comes to the quiet nest once more. The gratification of the latter could be | comes home.’ It isn’t a great big four-story with a base- LINEN HaNDK EROHISFS, 6 conte. | a Bringing the smile ner father wore, measured only by Mammy’s dismay at the ever, Uncle Sawney!” said Nelly; mentan4 bronze trimmings, but John Snow's GLOVES in great variety | SLATE AND MARBLE MANTELS. And little gracious gifts, to tell order to leave the children alone; and indeed ima is golbg to open her door an’ come | este » Tatr endas weatber-beaten tombstone was unearthed at = s cf Gnd other articles tn too great variety to enumerate, She keeps by some bigh miracle So great was the ic created in the nur- | out. an’ I’m goin’ to ’plain ‘bout you troub- | FCs Tool, re, and slowly | the Detroit eastern bay market by some dig- HOSIERY AND ENDERWEAR very cheap. | HAMILTON & PEARSON The simple heart "neath costly lace, sery that even Miss Ennerby would have | lin’ Mammy.” i creep Saturday, and it is well that bis fate be BLACK SiLKS, 91.00 per yard. will have their Stores open every Broo That needs a double grant of grace. made a temporary compromise had it not | This appealed to Uncle Sawney’s supersti- | To a fringe of diamond icicle: the waters are astecp | Erna Dai re ee BLACK CASHMERES, 65 conts per yard the Boliday seaso, comm t Though aii the year Ruth’s tender eyes involved @ triumph for Mammy. Asit was, | tious feeling, and he had again lowered his | No skaters whirror whirl, as erst. upon the impric, har of wusie: oak t _ - og . b ie To mine are op*nings of the skies, | she isted in the enforcementof her order, | arm, when there was heard aquick, firm ‘oned gray Saft fs dele ‘ing of words, a “ =e FULL ASSJBTMENT DBESS GOODS, at 6 Though love unsaid be love compiete, and It was with grim satisfaction that after | tread on the piazza, the front door closed Smocth water; no chubby children slide and shoat | the little schoolma jam says about them, on ott emlicace this opp imuisy, as they pleating pasa oe Mammy gone | fore them. “He looked with some surprise at | Pilethe ifaminiog loge withtn,and lt them crackle | Had inet is t> rush down hill wilt thom #0. BVERYTHING CHEAP FOR THE HOLI. | thessme quality cewbere, ond “ ne 1D mn one «no it they wil allow an cae du And so. perhaps, these louder chimes, down stairs, that the children seemed to re. | the picture presented, but after @ hasty bow | Bright holly and green mistletoe cheering our | Often during this winter, gets its name from pce fT mete gli pee Fe Sine cane tase ree Ge eis, o, HY mes, | sign themselves to thelr fate aud quietly go | to Miss Haterby he cauaht Goace an taco hearths we keep: its nature—that is, from'ever so many for- Days Gecd0 208 tip im t inpecancune tee Hae iat tent kaow that Mammy stole | arms, and asked, smiling, “Why, what's the | Warm alint the politued chairs and glasses, while cigh words, all signifying to slide In Ger- 5. © WISWALL aco, | us = in} * and was = i hat yule low deep. 5 2 j These spires with grand and silly art, repeater nin Somes poe m| Sees | Works Sree al eae to Mnerante” °° | wat ches Gear babes tit drseming, with « halo user | anye ee Duteh, {t's.a slede; in Denmark. | 4.0 ¢ son: bide Bin: thini mae | M. W. Galt, Bro. & Co., Climbing to reach the Central Heart; step was heard, Mammy would throw her-| ‘Uh, papa,” said Nelly, still protectively it ee ne iene fairy ap- | (he country of Hans Christian Andersen, it : j These broken lillies, and Se rast call on the Maar bektnn the bed, and the iittle | clinging to the old woman, and unable, even Tae small fairy ap- | is known asa siaede, but in Iceland, Mhere 39 | Of eet where leaning sngels hush— ones, taking their first lesson’in deception, | though her father bad come, to check her i Goat e voice of mystic bells over earth's | he long continued show makes a boy famil | , 5) .¢ NOVELTIES }. Béay he to clearer cyee than mine Would shut their eyes and felgn sleep til she | soba” “Oh, papa, Uncle Sawn—Sawney swound, iar with his sledge, he very naturally calls | — spellings ‘ae. bes = a bliss bad retreated, satisfied with them and her | was—was goin’ to whi—whip Mammy.” And sweet sad fays of memory to haunt us in their | it bens wich | r a Sellsemed Proper and FOR | Jewellers, piseanctcshen bys : “system.” —” “All right, Uncle Sawney; go ahead. No sound! sociable.—at. merry. asses & woendns troubied Kies, But one night they fatied to hear her com. | douse Meningie ae 10? Sala Mr. Lar. eee oe A LITTLE FIVE-YEAR-OLD BoY was being THE HOLIDAYS ' ome Pon get acta ny ep ing, and she stood a moment listening. Mam- | rantree, but his laughter met no response, instructed in morals by bis grandmother.| AND APPROPRIATE 10 ALL SBASONS. 5 {Fannie Ie Konissow. in Harper's Magazine | ™y was ‘An’ Jack, he were in lub | and he felt a little puzzled, having thought A Parish Incident. The old lady told bim that all such terms as | HAVE NOW ON EXHIBITION THRIR (Fannin K. Rominsow,tn Herpes May wid de King’s dorter, an’ were always a-cas. | it all a play got up to amuse the children, | In a rural Presbyterian congregation in the iby golly,”“by Jingo.” “by thunder’ cle, 7 STOCK POR THE HOLIDAY TRADE, for Januarg. sin’ 6] 6 eyes at her; but de Kinghedidn’t | and was dismayed to find their grief unas- | western section of Canada, the people for | were only minced oaths, and but little better GENUINE DRRSDEN | PORCELAIN COMPRISING CaREPt L SELECTIONS want Jack to hab his dorter,so he guv a gret | sumed. He looked around with indignant | various reasous, were desirous of achange in than any other profanity. In fact, she said, | PALVTINGS, CHOICKR GEMS BEAU TI 4 _ee a 7 « MY.” ball an’ axed everybody but Jack. Sode ole | yet perplexed astonishment, for he could | the pastorate. A meeting was called tocon. he tell @ profane oath by the prefix | ¥ULLY MOUNTED: BREWER TONS POP- | OF NOVALTItS PROM ABROAD OF MAMMY. bar (he were a great frlend of Jack)—de ole diy realize that Mies Rnnerby hed tran. | sider * how the desired change could | beeffect- |\-by” All such were oaths. “Well, ‘tuen, ask PASTEL L AIRTINGE, BASEL THEIR OWN DIRECT IMPORTATION, a bar, he say, ‘I'm gwine ter roll in de ashes, | scended her autborit; is ex! 5 yet e*. were a ri ie pas’ imdmother,” said the little hopeful, A fe NE ‘H HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN, AND BY JENNIE WOODVILLE. Jack, an” den Tl go in de ball room an’ | waravident thee something very seriousand | was learned, laborious, amiable, and ex- WHICH HAVE Ley “there's & big oath in the newspapers, CHROMOS AND ENGRAVINGS IN a : baeerer ened shake myse’f an’ make such adus’ dat de | painful bad occurred. cellent man, he was exceedingly id | telegra; It was @ stony, neglected field, powdered | Kj: "t hard: ; an’ ‘by stood in embarrassed si- | uninteresting asa her. It was resolved, with ox-eyed daisies dotied witt dande- Rede hardly see; an’ while his eyes is Miss Ennerby 14 preac! old a gave it up, PROPRIATE FRAMES; ARE NOI TO BE POUND BISEWHERRK. a 4 r ber j_| the boy is still bewildered on the subject of | 8#sortment of GILT AND VELVET | _declbtr - ‘ou kin run away wid his dorter.’ | lence, becoming suddenly conscious tnat she | therefore, that a deputation should be sent % FRAMES in the District; FINE FANCY . y lions—golden dandelions that looked like | So ole Mr. Ber, be went an” iald fons inde | had maade @ false move aod Placed her ‘‘cas- | respectfully to ask him todemit his charge. |PTfmity, ARTICLES that cannot be found elsewhere Rich HOLIDAY Goods, Spots of sunshine on the green grass and | chimbl » an’ got hisse’f full o’ ashes, an’ | tle’ im danger. Alas for the airy fabric! | Noone was ready to undertake the difficult HE sat in a railway car, His head was | in the District; GOLD, SILVER. TINNED Smong, the crevices of the rocks and the | while dey was a.dancin’.he went an’ shuk | Uncle Sawnes’s fingers were buried simoct | les aay % 2 last two elders were | thickly covered with @ mass of red hair. Be- | AND WORSTED PICTURE CORD: PI AT LOWEST PRICES gnaried roots of the oak trees that were seat- | hisse'f, an’'—, out of sight in the grizzly wool that crowned | induced to go and talk with the minister | hicd bim ina seat sat a man with hardly | TURE NAILS. RINGS, &c., with @ fall line aims tered here and there. There were carriages “Aunt Mari: Miss Ennerby opened the | his head, and his ar, fell more stupidly than | about the matter. They went on their mis- | any bair on bis head. He said to him, “I | of PAPERHANGINGS, WINDOW and —— Fem about, —s horses, door. ae ever, while he rolled his ores, Os a@tany or sion with: Bo Jitele as but were age — t — where nd or} SHADES, cae eenameings.. witeew ‘We bave just opencd our fine assortment of some wer branches trees, Oo answer. Ennerby advanced: | in particular this time, on mera reatly reliev co! manner in | 0 r.” “Oh, yes, I was,” replied Orcers for S. r . . iene sway om nepont we move | ie te i, "Newmar ar tan am: | Hee e Samoa | Sm i ed mt et a |g a PAREPREMAIRER RAMGGS, cuneate cons ano rome, P lon. “Ma’am?” answered ehild, faintly. No sooner relief arr! an Mam- istene jnietly to their tingly id | a row 1” EI * Such as PARIAN STATU! S, In this field, away off beyond the house | «Who was that talking? = my’s heroism deserted her, and now from | story, and at once acquiesced in thelr desire | Pu'keepste Eagle. Gec22-St JOUN MARKRITER. sot |< * tahitian Fas @ square wooden railing painted black, | No answer. They were truthful children. | head to foot she was shaking with nervous | that be would resign. Elated with their suc- Tux Harvard Advocate iain te ilove | a. SSOStt=CSsti‘(a‘i— MA3O and within it were grassy mounds, some “Aunt Maria!” again called Miss Ennerby. | tremor. cess, they hastened to report the results to ing incident of th Garset Tecitati eee = HOLIDAY PRESENTS. a4 Soon dug another long deep hole aaa te oan?” sald Mammy, with an unsteady a gE a lived am al All wore greatly sratified at the | iit dente translating Wale Oh en * DECORATED Fier J Voice. tloex im scene?” TOs pect suc! D le arrangement; “A — earth lay scattered around it red and fresh. down this moment.” ‘Mine Ennerby cleared her throat once or | nd feeling some sense of gratitude to the a ae et incermexond soy - EA and neighbors had drawn near,some | Four little hands clutched Mammy silent- twice, and hesitated so long that Mr. Lar- | minister for his many years of service, and | Of for lage — within the inclosure. others leaning against IPPERS. i 18 e tor and and a rippling smilie through the ar ~é A i 's ° i d ‘teol read, ut witl L&T SLIPPERS, ‘ railing. ‘The ~ ¥ but convulsively, cr fag em otear a rantree turned with perbi iscourteous | especially for his ly. compliance bh wo ding to beg humbly for iss! impatience to Mammy: “Mammy, is any- es, they determined to presenthim | Class. on y ia a syns nel een ai colors Tichis’ nissee aca Bessa ar €rently lowed, > Wi sun slow! remain, but it was of no avail; she was sent | thing really the matter, or is this just tom- address and @ purse. A publicmeet- | Bancrorr thinks that though the French roel ieee <> -.. ADK And bathed the grain in @ flood of mei- | down stairs, the door waa locked, and two | losers forthe ebininace ing of the congregation was held, at which | invented the word enn of alfuations thoy Ri NG SHOES, oy low light, and fickered among the leaves | littie motherless babies were left to cling to | «:’Tain’t de kind 0’ tomfool’ry I been usen | the pastor was invited to be present, an ad- know the least of it. Which reminds us that OES. that trembled overhead, c! Splemn on | each other in an agony of terror, foolish and | ter, Mas’ Jack. Miss Kdner wore 'bout hav. | dres waeread tolice containing strong ex- | a certain history of the United States has the summer air fell the words, “I am the | wild and groundless of course, but so real to | in’de ole woman whipped, bless de Lord!” | pressions of appreciation and gratitude for | never been translated into French—Cin. Com- DALTON, | T resurrection and the life. ; them and so inexpressibly horrible that few | answered Mammy. his manifold labors and of strong personal | ‘mererat. ha Fay “Earth to earth; dust to dust; ashes to grown persons ever have anexperience ap-| “Whipped! You!” Capitals fail to ex- | affection for himself, and the purse was Suecessor to H. Burns & Co., afters, Kid Gloves, Mair ashes” And each time there was the thud proaching it. press it. He turned to Miss Ennerby with | handed to him as a token of their continued | s#g-Dr. Holland thi the cure for gossip “ ‘Suite, Of falling earth and the rattling of clods and The next day Mammy petted and caressed Hashing eyes. esteem. On rising to reply the pastor was | is culture. He says good-natured people dect?-8t 903 PENNSYLWANIA AVENUE the w answer that so many aching | them even more than usual, and took them “She persisted in disobeying me and defy- | deeply moved, and spoke witha faltering | talk about their neighbors only because they ~ SS istles, bmce Collars aud can recall; and there were half-re- | out under the trees, and then she said to ing my authority over my pupils, and there | voice. He stated that, influenced by the | have nothing else to talk about. F. HUNT'S OLD STANDS. Tit Pressed cries and choking sobs: and still the | them, “Nebber mind, chillun. Don't you all | was nothing efUbut to have ber Punished,” | statements of the elders who had called on | s-When you hear a young man say he's | I. F- HUNT'S sap, mnt atoek tn Chetty 04 plows tecett overy’ grave was surely and inevitably filled; an- | be akeered Vornight, "eos Mammy gwine to | said Miss Ennerby. him. he had resolved, at much expense of | duwn ona mustache, youre pretty certain : 715 MsReEF Stic other mound was raised and spaded into beright at thedo’. Mammy gwine to lay “She didn’t, papa,” said Nelly. “We was | feeling to himself, to resign his charge. | to find, on closer observation, a mus- | STALLS 567-56%.569 CENTER MARKET. | gects-tDecas Between ?th and Oth ctreate shape; stones were placed, one at the head, | right down close outside the do ef Miss Ed- | ‘fraid ofnights, an’ Mammy didn’t want to | Pausing for a minute, as if overcome with tache is down (and pretty soft down at that) STALLS 318-320 NORTHERN MARKET. | ~ ~~ - another at the Took, to mark the sleeper's | ner locks it; an’ ef you all gits’fraid, you jes’ | lock us up in the dark; an’ ole mean Miss | emotion—not a few of the tender hearted be- | on him, too. Cc. M. Tewson & Co. place, and then she was left alone, the sweet say ‘Mammy!’ kind o’ easy, an’ Mammy, | Edna maked her go away, an’ then Mammy | traying their sympathy with him—he went FOR THE HOLIDAYS. young wife and mother. she gwine ler say ‘Meow, meow !’ like’twere | stoled back anyhow and meow’d, and Miss | on to say-that in view of the affectionateand d ! HAVE OPENED As Mr. Larrantree and bis sister returned | a cat meowin’.” Edna caught her, an’ ole mean Uncle Saw- | touching address he had just received, so G. G. CORNWELL & SONS, The undersigned will have ote ;. 10 Bis desolate home; his eyes rested on his |: What you going to say ‘meow’ tor, Mam- | ney was , very numerously signed, and accompanied pittion pad onto uate Sue close AND 4RE OFFERING children, Nelly and Grace, two little mother- 2” asked Nelly. “Will you do me the favor to explain this | by so generous # gift he’felt constrained to BENE GROCERS. | furpenna eee Perfect Calicoss at Bc. per yard Cent ie eee Ire oe tang bairand inno- | "+ Cos I kyarnt anser no oder way, honey,’ | matter, Mise Hanerby?” abandon his purpose, and would therefore re- REEF AND VEAL Joo se double width Rep Poplin et S0c., sell. cent blue eyes like those In Comin out in | said Mammy. “Ef Iwas to talk’ human | Mr. Larrantree was one of those men who | main with them, and devotehis future life to | RAISINS. a pees ing everywhere at Gc . the feld. gat on the piazza-steps in | course Miss Edner would coteh me. Gord | turn pale when they becomeangry, and Miss | the best interest of a people who were so LUNDON LAYERS, SOUTH DOWN LAMB, Job 2 Ready little white bere tered tied back with | biess my babies! Now don’t you all be Ennerby began to feel insecure as she saw | warmly attached to him, and who so highly DEBRSA AND MUTTON, all Liven Tow black ribbons; and Mammy sat between them | skeercd, ’cos car ain't nuffin’ to be skeered | his features whiter She hesitated, and | valued his humble services. The reply was CBOWN Some Snperted ieege To which the attention of old cust end the made Twill = ty ew pans — and cape and a black dress "bout, nohow; de good Tae a nese = Nelly continnes: “Bini Feeney #0 obviously sieeatet by genuine simplicity FULTANA "| public generally is especially iuvited. B THE HOLIDAY: ou BD! an’ an’ in’ UV » an? "t letus come in her one rpendinnd phones ‘old, pnd = z eh day, you sleep, papa, on’ co} that no one at the time 6 coura; BROWN V. 0, UNEXAMPLED ATTRACTIONS: ‘ALENCIAS, extra fine for cooking. 'S. THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON’ i > 4 =} ge to ler uv His han’; an’ Mammy’s gwine ter , we gets ‘fraid every night, an’ want | rise and explain. The minister is still pas- black forehead full of wrinkles, and a broad | roll yo’ bed close side de de® ant den ieee y night, P! ps she | Mammy—” torof the same parish. The incident trans- flat mouth containing only the yellow re- gwine ter lay right down by it an’ stay dar “well, baby, what has Mammy todo but Ze FOR Pk mz im NTS ™M ired some ten or twelve years ago, and con- MON PEK! * j mains of teeth, and the rim of hair that | fli spang day. to stay ‘with you?” asked he, pressing his | tains a good moral. Harper's fiagaeme. BaNGE PERL 3 cor. fine Htmed stitched Hkts, fancy boxes, @1.00 peeped out from under her turban had been | ‘Sure enough, the door was again locked, bearded face against the litte tained ——_—_—_———— OTe. sn wasnwee. aealieadan Gina: or “ 4 for many a year. The little black eyes | and Mammy sent down stairs. Presently | cheek. HE CAMEIN SHAKING with Le pei PBINOKOS ALMONDS. eo retained their brightness and z | there arose little soft, hesitating, doubting | “But. papa, don’t you know, Mammy | langhter, which fairly oozed out of eyes PEOANS. 7 % Ped but the balis bad turned yellow and the | voices, “ Mammy! Mammy!” stoled back at the crack of the door an’| and the corners of his mouth. Drawing a FILBER’ BOOKs, | Job 56 dor. grown flabby, and Mammy could not fasten | “« Meow!” came from the hall. meow’d, an’ Uncle Sawney was goin’ to whip | chair beside that occupied by the editor, he CREAM NUTS. eee. clothes se deftly as shehad | « Mammy!” her, an’ you was gone away, an’ we kep’ | coughed affably im his face, and, drawing FRENCH OMESTNUTS. £03 Me ds. alt Lines their mother’s; but, ah! how ind! tly | « Meow! meow!” callin’ mamma, an’ callin’ her, an’ callin’ | some manuscript from his poeket, said: “I’ve ee eva oups And elegant Gen, aber en have repelled the idea she | Then there were little giggles and whispers n’ she wouldn’tcome. Papa, is mam- | been a ting. Up something good for you— | perrre. Pans Gent's Hemmed-stit: useless, and her | and the next time Mammy’sname was called el?” something bully, and yet it’s so simple that BANANAS. FANCY GOODs, | Ladios” Silk How obedient they | they could hardly doit for laughing: “Mam- , Sawney,” said Mr. Larrantree, | it is a wonder nobody else has th t of it. FLORIDA ORANGES, Gent's Sik Muftiers, authority! and how | my! Mammy!” your stars if I don’t cut your | It'll be a ‘clean scoop on every Paper in LISBON GBAPES. @0 TO iy shakes and jerks she | «Meow! meow!” ears off to-morrow. Miss Ennerby, I may | America. (Here the editor took up a heavy MALAGA “ Sadie’ Embroidered Set administered! = How trustful of Oh, Mammy !” forget myself if we discuss this matter at | lignum vite ruler that was laying on his ATAWBA” eans SOLOMONS & CHAP MAN a Fs her love and emulous of the she was Me-ow!” present, 80 I will not detain you for the pur- | desk before him, and rubbed his nose with it Bens TEARS. dect2-tr 911 Pennsylvania avence, | N. Laces, lavish in wep yd Yes, —_—- you | Mammy was alarmed lest Miss Ennerby | pose. the door for Miss Ennerby.” ee You know they’ve elected AD¥ APPLES, fine color. — | We, upwards. were wrinkled and and old ugly; | sould overhear them, and this time gave | This it being unmistakable, Miss Enner- | Michael C. Kerr speaker?” The editor an- Fics. : 1930 PE"NSYLVANLA AVENUE, different designs 1 you were ignorant and narrow-minded and | such an expressive «‘meow”’ that it produced | by curved the corners of her mouth and un- | swered that he did. “Well,” said the visitor, | CANDY. | a onlery from a itious—but you were true to your | an unrestrained burst of ler, where- | graciously withdrew. speaking very. zoey “here’s a lot of jokes An IMMENSE STOCK, and st PRICES a Torker is nurslings, and tender as true; and Ses eae Spon Maromy ventured to wi “‘ Hishe, | " He buried his face in the child’s curls, and | about his name—‘Mr. Epon Beer and—” that doty competition: over 99 varieties. from | roe bargains in HAMDEKRRONIENS, COL. | é you a rel a pn S — VE the sounds present!: subsided when he raised his oe a Ie poner a bo roepe ro ag irate Pease hesicen mixtere to most delicate LARS and CUFFS, GLOVES, SILK MUFFLERS, | Witte ‘and Bed Bordered Napkins, Turkey Red ‘ther reason affect. | again in iggies and wi - | make the tones cheerful, his voi cho! fearful crash, and u ingle B , ‘al | Doyles. Aj tir, Larrantree and bissister approach- | my placed her mouth to the crack at the sili | and hoarse. “Fasten Maramy's dress, piegy. | on the hoe he editor felt his pulse, aud DE Soca panei pound. DRESS TOnEEE Ebene Se Chere! | Double width Black Alpacas at 25, 30, 7. S00. ed, Mammy stood up and the enildren sprang | of the door and wi » “Go orn to | wiggy. And now, Mammy, if you know | leaned his ear against his heart; then, with a nd boxes. variety suitable bristmas | Job double-warp and double-tace Mobsir, extra ferwardte — sleep now, chillun, ’cos sumbody might hear | what is for you, you Will make Tip | smile of satisfaction, rifled his pockets and Basket fall, presents, call on |" weight, at se. : “Papa,” said Grace, “what you all been | you. Don’t make me meow ho mo. Mam- bring in that valise, and you and Nelly and | rang the bell. When the porter appeared, he CANDY by the bol. LUTTRELL & WL: | = FOR LADIES’ SACQUES- > doin? Mammy said for us not to go, you | my ain’t gwine away.” Grace will open it; and if you dov’t like | said, calmly: “Jim, put him in a barrel, and GANDY sold to FATES E, | Movcow Beaver in blue and black. Would be mad. Would you be mad, papa?” And Mammy did not go away. The gig- | what is in it, why you can just send It back | take him to Rush medical college, with the CANDY sold to CLUBS at lowest 1930 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, | Hee ae eis cams, and his eyes were | giing grew faint and the whispers few, abd | lo where it came trom. Thats all papa has | Trituacs compliments, You can keep his | WINER. | | | nig? 0. blind with tears: “Mammy was right, baby— ——_ the drowsy lids fell over the sweet | to say about it; so here’s the L~ (4 clothes for yourself.” Then he resumed his the HOLIDATS dect2-4t Corner 2th street. | Foli stock Plaid Drees Goods from 12%, 15, 20, 250. Pape did not want you to go. an ine eyes, and all was still; but Mammy | ‘Tip brought in the valise, and Mammyand | werk—an editorial on the brutalities of ‘SAMAIC — Daily additions of choice @oods to the above. An’, papa, what you reckon?” asked | never moved till morning's cheerfal beams the children eagerly forth its con- | body-snatchin; Tribune. BT. CRO! PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! ™ Nelly. “Mammy was tellin’ us "bout Mr. | the shadowy terrors of fhe night. | tents, Mammy receiving her gorgeous tur- B Yous 1BISH W. | C. M. TOWSON 4 ©o, Se oS ME: MOU An’ she cried ’caase | Only when it had become « broad day,” and | bans'ant ceive shes” Sith Le eens inae. | SE 00K Bevone You SpraKk ‘esterday af- SUOTOH WAIS NICE! HANDSOME! DURABLE! | 636 Pounsylvauisavenue, near 7th street, Mr. Wolf ate Mr.Rabbitup. Mammy keeps | she knew her babies no longer trembled— | cent delight that the children derived from Pa @ very heey tee - ay APPL Ay | _decil co South ade cryin’ when ain't anybody been doin’ a thing | oniy then, chilled and weary, she gathered | their bos and babies, the old woman qiga led youn, on oe ae yea Black SILKS, from @1 to $4, very cheap. | }yM. BALLANTINE, toher; an’ papa.” continued the child, be- up! er stifl old limbs and softly crept away. | and her nurslings throwing aside with equal peoentdpd perce a pce Beem she was MUsOaTEL Colored SILKS at lowest | W 425 71u Sreeer, inning to cry herself, “I want mamms, an’ ‘ight after night, ‘Mammy! Mammy!” facility all thought of their recent trouble. accost wees follows 7s it Fil es resemb- OATAWBA. Lyons — Wie ats. | _ World call attention to the largest and most oom. door is shut; an? we can't gct ine Can't we [ queieom’” Suswered ® voice at thesill of | Mr” Larrantree's Mere etchascIane | dod tyee know any beliart toe oat oa eee. roche SHAWLS: Woolen BLAWLS | Mie seek OLIDAY GOODS vA r 8 ve ec! a ~. , af goin, papa? Won't you wake mamma up?” | ".SGhMammy!” Irmok agreeable: ny her baswace ad mere te | aida.” Very much Gveroume with meontines: Maberes ey num. Ladies! LOA Pa anpKmncurers | {ibe Deen his privilege to oftsr to the public, con- ‘Sow could pi pe qifeow! meow!” anor = the “crossing” in time for next day's itratn, Hon and embarrses pons pangs oredr oy NEW ENGLAND ‘Hem: es, poor ill one in: ‘nnerby, wearing &/ and she departed without bestow! a 9 B 2 and the children grew tired of play or were | reg fiaanel seque: ber bale ial 7 ‘on the on e stitehed and Initial. — Iilustrated and Bound PRESENTA- v Hegerstown GLOVES, and many other s. Ke yg lit- | kiss on the children, or bequeathing her | #me, but the wind blew so, I could hardly Pings enotel sade Sets 10M Bovk of STANDARD WORKS, in calf end balf-calf tek ith sweets, it almost broke her cand! ‘one ‘sah incott. close the door.” “Well mind your eye, Miss, R. RILEY, ; Prose P Rauie ty ane tat chek earch eee Rand andl a oooonn Patsed fa the ater ene, | blessing to Mammy—Lippincot and don’t do it again,” repesied tie ‘voice, dectl-6t 713 Market Space. heme binLES, reaver ths di de 5 eI en er as! ishmen| amuse- ggg ged Caner, iL while thera ps trombled and the chica | ebeag uinaenaaeny oP Bees Patgoed Faces Rep, tbe young lady dlecovered. te ee someben ene Voices cried over and over again, “I want | my! Paint is not confined to the natural and | had been conversing With a well educated fine CANDIES, TOYS, Bre ne ont Te eee ae aa dion, my mamma! I want my mamma!” Little was said at the moment, but that | maturing beauties who aredoubling the criti- | and certainly cers feretiter pos parrot. Ev- JH. ALBER'S, jork Boxes, Dressi Sez And as pight after night the biack ribbons | little was to the Miss Ennerby | c@i capes of the thirties and the forties, but | idently annoyed at the bird for deceiving her Confectioner, s, Gold Peus and Peacll Were laid aside, and the motheriess children | was angry at havi been so successfully | 1s reaching the faces of the young women. | so, the js lady turned her back to the a decds-St™___—'1015 1ith street. bet. K and Lb. 3 ‘ond puton their little white nightgowns, Mammy | imposed upon, and Mammy was not only | This painting of the lily is matter of regret, | cage and was intent upon examining some SPECIALTY FOR BOLIDAY PRES. — | a min Welding Deck for 8 Facked her poor old brain for marvelous tales, | angry at having been discovered, but alarm | for the American woman is known in all | flowers. Suddenly the sume roe oe eee Awe Savy oy CIGARS, | pest Ws for Sts. . And got down on her stiff old knees by the | ed as tothe consequences for her children, | Civilized lands for the beauty of her com- | seemed to be, said to her, “What ean 1do for with bands, 220, formerly sold for $4. M.GOLD' | _! ine tine to make vour: ome. dect? tr little trundie-bed. and placed her left arm | her ideas being very indefinite as to the ex- cpio | = Aopen perm mngi tM. a Zou, a “Ifyou bold yous tongue I shall STEIN, 611 Pennsylvania avenue. dec2? im PTF Dz Fols GEas, nder Ys head, while race’: ‘nnerb: cognized in the term above ngs,” ie WiititiCn aaa. ‘ ‘ er with her right hana’ till she was Ifttie ans ead atthe ag the next a nom, 1 cape aan ee young Mise, turning _ as ste spoke, winnstt’ euuten. JLLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS aE EES KLUM PUDDING from London, and sore, bobt eveni! was abou! on 1e one, -| and vering ly proprietor si ~y . comeeneusie up hy: pany EO eee ‘canon eo Miss ‘Eoserty oa on Ten or fifieen years the calling of the | in her The denouement ‘was all that ‘OBA’ rea. 1 L QUEM. aT GBavA 3 LLY pene break in the chain of events that Unele Sawney, detaining Mammy until he | Woman who worea Inted visage was un- | mignt be imagined.— Buffalo " Bal EENE. SHILLINGTON’S BOOKSTORE. GLA ° Mawes ‘aa aoe ey crtaen When BOE: was administered Ney penne Bk - Se tek cee ae Set oid. tas toa Nicht DREssES FOR CHILDREN—A HOCK WINES. i KS. fF Surly heads. were motionless and The litte | on Gg Renee esate be saministered People who Judge a painted face with the eyes | mother writing in the Household says that YAUDENERIMER, with large lilustrations. itpe had ceased to ask why mamma slept so Tan Se peg ge Sawney was thee sdve whieh leads her to this lavish pp lt Se a vi BOOKS. dee’ iw _N, W. BURCHELL, 1532 Fat. jong. acting in pacity this year, he was . use of color is, ofcourse, that she may be- ‘ OLIDAY OUNC! % Fh en mtg ery a ps crystalized ag gry pe ne oe fal, and if she really did become e spd ACROBATS, H WAY AN UNCEMENT. figmeet er caer or oes | tiene Rota | area Bete ye Bree i Bet Fi eo to own si ive 5 3 IOVELTIES, now for a On oUF te .. Before she did so, however, she re- | neither the children, who were waiting to be | mistake is radical—she does not become 80. overyoaing juested that Miss Ennerby would be very | taken to bed, nor’ the housemaids. whe, ee ee ee ee = - class - eo with the children, as they were of & feeling that something unusual was about | to look upon—utterly unkissabie, WEBB & BEVERIDG! MOHUN B: nervous temperament, and had ben accus- | to take place, were bozering, cuncusiy in Oe ge Gecll-tr 2015 Penns. av., oor, Lith street. “Tahall not deny tem any reasonable in- | tppsrent tat Genie Seca et ee to, man that the ugly woman should be ONN'S CONFECTIONERY, said ‘Tanerby, Ey tate ven : Shiltren have no right tobe ustrouss I shail | ie indeferibabion Uae Suture Sissons | SiN bo Saved woae mothe seater Unt whee au WATEE cuan- make it my business to conquer tea- | aghast. Oe ee ee eh ben os .” “Good Lord, Miss Edner,” he & Pure akin, resorts to it, he is moved, to “Ido not mean to say that they are ner- | «I darzn’t toch dat - Mas’ Jack ud is wou exclaimed, commiseration and He Sitisititaprenty is sos Saas | Sete efistetaten Solis ot'Stin as | incepta idea anes ‘atten. | ‘slong.” something to her WEBB & BEVERIDGE, fon to he fact aT they are of ® nervous “I will be responsible to your master,” said po roses are red ‘Ho. 1009 P as ‘and be favored with | Mies Enperby. cathe Beheh nekes or Sethen Ioves roses; FOR THE HOLIDAYS, “Permit me to differ with you,” said Miss | Mextmny very much as Ti he would ite to | mar ity and delicacy alonebelong to Boyeiton bvascgees owe cts es | Pie PrN Meee Galines | alle ed emanar ” os he | @void the io and pS oF nae, tae tain fips Gad with; besides which, Nelly and ‘were | and bis name is Nature.—Alberts Rhodes, in ok trembied for the frantically to oy 555 The Galaxy for January. ad met ber once or twice at this nelghbors io the extent of ner authori, 7, and did not | feet Sve inches long, snd ten ar ns in- that was all. : bow in a state of such depression that he at once the ald first offered, and cepted