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MONDAY, IDECEMBER 29, 1890.
CARRIER’S ADDRESS.
we have prepared a New Years’ Car-
rier’s Address for our army of News-
boys, 'who will visit their customers
with them bright and early Thursday
morning, and we bespeak for them a
liberal reception. Anything from a
dime up to a hundred dollars will be
greedily as well as thankfully received
by them. -
An Erie Depot Burned.
At Port Jervis the new railroad station
the finest on the road, was - entirely de-
stroyed Friday. The fire originated from
a telegraph or electric light wire.
The Price of Glass to Go Up.
A meeting of the manufacturers and
jobbers in the plate glass trade will be
held in New York city in the near fu-
ture. At the recent New York meeting
was decided to advance prices 30 per
cent, but since then western men have
made a stand for 25 per cent advance.
The avowed purpose of the fraternal
combine is to keep plate glass prices at
the highest figures possible and at the
same time keep it low enough to shut
out all importations.
An Orange Causes Death.
Jeremiah Woodrufi', one of the best
known residents of lower Derby, met
with an accidental death Friday after-
noon at three o’clock by strangulation
caused by a piece of orange sticking in
his throat. He was almost 80 years of
age and was unusually active for one of
his years. He was a widower and three
sons and two daughters will inherit his
estate, which is estimated to be worth
ot least $100,000. At the time of the ac-
eident he had just returned from a drive
to Derby on business. He was looked
upon as one of the-closest business men
in Derby and made his wealth princi-
pally by farming. About two years ago
he was fleeced {out of $4,000 by bunco
steers-rs.
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A. TRIBUTE 1'0 TERRY.
An Incident in Connection "'ith the Fit:-
John Porter Case Recalled.
\Vhile recalling the incidents in the
life of General Terry at his funeral in
New Haven, agentleman brought out a
fact in connection with the Fitz-John
Port-er trial which few have probably
heard of, and which those who knew the
late general’s chalacter, will appreciate
President Hayes, it will be remembei-
ed, appointed as an advisory board on
the case General J Ohn M. Schofield,
General Alfred H. Terry and General
George W. Getts. General Terry ex-
pressed a desire to be excused from ser-
vice on the ground that he had been
quite fully convinced of General Por-
ter’s guilt from the testimony brought
out at the courrt-inatial, and that there-
fore he was an unfit person to act in the
capacity. General Porter, on hearing of
this, sent a personal request to General
Terry that he would not refuse to act in
the matter. No matter what his person-
al opinions were, he preferred to nave a
man of his character on the board rather
than any other.
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Washington held high cal nival last
Friday and Saturday. Everybody that
owned or could hire or borrow a rig,
sleigh, cutter or sled was out on the av-
enue. The President, with his family,
'was seen spinning along in an elegant
turnout behind a handsome pair of sor—
role. The Russian legation were out in
grand style, driving three magnificent
horses abreast, coupled with the regula-
tion Russian yoke and gorgeous with
plumes and feathers. The scene on
the avenue has not been equalled within
the past eight years, it being c=1that length
of time since Washington had so much
flnew.
Fred .T. Dubois, Idaho’s long-term
senator-elect, is an Illinoisan by birth,
thirty-nine years old, who was marshal
of the territory from 1882 to 1886 and
ounce then has been its delegate in Con—
gress. He is 9, graduate of Yale in the
class of 1872. George L. Shoupe, who
is to draw 10153 with J. W. McConnell to
see which one of them goes out next
March and WhiCh on March 4, 1893, was
born in Pennsylvania fifty-four years
ago. Heis a Pike’sPeaker, has an en-
Viable war record, is a stock raiser and
mine owner, was governor of the terri—
tory and is now governor of 'the state.
McConnell is a Michigan man, a, pros-
porous banker, now in his fiftieth year.
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Amongthe speakers at the New Eng-
land dinner in Brooklyn were the Hon.
W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky and
the Hon. John S. Wise of Virginia.
The first of these distinguished Yankees
by brevet responded to a toast in honor
of “True Sons of the Republic,” and the
Second eulogized Captain John Smith.
Judge Bartlett, who presided, reminded
the Brooklynites that, but for an acci-
, .dent, Long Island would have been part
I {$111 parcel of New England today in-
ébd’ of appertaining to New York.
defineral Sherman discoursed, in a very.
inharactOristic vein,about theIndians. He
adoesn’t see that the Sioux have made
=any progress toward civilization since
his official visit to them in 1867, and
1thinks the oversight of all the tribes
mhould be turned over to the army.
'“‘They must become self-supporting,
‘with a little help now and then, or their
doom is sealed," he said. ‘ .
THE D.
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DECEMBER’S GREETINGS.
GOODS ' THAT ARE USEFUL,
AND ‘ SUITABLE FOR
HEISE 0E GIFTS.
DRESS, GOODS.
36-inch Wool Stripes, - 25c.
25 pieces Colored Faille Francoise, 89c
We are showing some wonderful
good values in Serges, Heuriettas and
Camels“ Hair Suitings,
60c. and 75c. qualities.
in our 500.,
Right in the height of the busy season are made
the following changes of price in
SUITS.
$35 Suits now $25 00
25 '1‘ 1‘ . 15 00
22 “ _ 14 00
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$18, $15 and $12.50 Suits now $8.
- 50 Combinations containing ten yards Cash-
mere, two yds. Fancy Silk, for $3.49.
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that have never been offered by the
. jobbers at less than 421 cents, and
never retailed for less than 50 cents.
They are fully 44 inches wide, in
plain colors, both light and dark shades
and at the 101v price of
25 cents per yard.
. This We guarantee as a bona- fide pur-
chase of a lot of F ress Goods that
cannot be duplicated.
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FIVE HUNDRED PAIRS
LACE CURTAINS.
In lots of three and six pairs.
Bought at a great sacrifice to the manufacturer,
and will be sold at an equal sacrifice. The
assortment includes Nottinghams,
Irish Points and Tambours.
”HOLIDAY GOODS
. lz'Of Every Kind in
Silver, Brass and Leather,
Are now on Exhibition.
THE D. M. READ-CO.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.
[Some few medium lengths in Body
Brussels, 750. per yard.
Large assortment of Body Brussels, $1
per yard.
Made-up Carpets, all sizes, very cheap.
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. The assortment of Foreign and Domes-
tic Rugs for the Holidays is very
large.
CLOAK AND FR DEPARTMENT
50 Tai101 made Jackets, $2.50, were $8
100 Newmalkets, at $5, were $10.2
Fine Cloth Wraps, trimmed with brand $12 twere $18
Seal Plush Sacques, $15, were $22.
Seal Plush Wraps, $22, were 30. 00. _
Misses N ewmarkets, in variety of styles, $5. 00, $6. 00, up to $20. 00.
Astiachan Capes, $4. 00, 5. 00 and 6. 50. ' '
Black Coney Capes, $6. 00.
75 Misses Jackets, $2, were $6.
Tailor made Cheviot Jackets, $7, were $10.
Seal Plush Jackets, $15,
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were $25..
French Beaver Capes, $15.00
\ We have made these prices solely to attract trade to our Cloak Department during
the holiday week, for we know of no more Serviceable gift and one that will be more ap-
preciated than a good garment. 2' - r . ‘
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HOW “THEY PASS 71-15111 . LONELY
LIVES IN GETHSEMANE.
1116,3081] of the -0rder inJiontucky a
Member of thc‘ mngtdnus - Bourbon
Famfly—Theylinlsoastizilnflho Morning
I!!! Go to Bed at"? atnght. .
There' is, perhaps, no.lifc which the av-
eragcperson 13.30 11 ttcrly? unable to com-
prehend as thatliof‘theuTrspplstg‘monks,
which is passed inxwell'cnigh nperpctual sl- .
lcnce amid the most rigoronsfp'hysical and
mentaLausterities.A1pmfcssLion~of‘publie
humility can be understoodflbutthe priest
.or layman who.puts- onstheirobcrand cowl -
of the Trappist brotherhoodfeffacu bim‘
self and all knOwledgMof 'hiinsclf. He
may pass halfacentury -in"astall.next to
abrother whose name he does not know
(beyond that which is written up above
the entrance into, the narrow and bare
vanltinwhich. he sleeps), w.hose national.
ityevenlie never suspects. Whathis his-
tory may be, what connections he may
have outside the walls nobody but the
abbot may know, unless, piece by piece,‘
during long years of immurement,.hints or
suggestions may be obtained and linked
together. ' ‘
The-vow of silenceisnot so rigorous as
is commonly supposed. A Trappist monk
may not speak to another or anybody, save
the abbot, without permission. He may
speak to the abbot upon any matter con‘
cerning his daily work or religious duty,
but notiieedlessly. Aneedlcss word sub-
jects him to penances, to remorse and
.mental disquiet. The vow, of course, is
voluntary, and there is nothing but the
conscience and earnestness of the monk to
enforce its redemption. So well is it.kept,
however, in its best meaning that there
are not three members at Gethsemane, in
Nelson county. who know the name of the
president of the United States or the gov-
ernor of Kentucky. The severity of the
rule is so great that few American born
monks are to be found in the establish-
ments.
A MONK’S CURIOSITY.
In Gethsemane a large majority of the
monks are French, German and Irish.
They eat but-one meal a day, consisting of
soup, made of vegetables and bread boiled
in water, and a little rice. In summer
this meal is served at 11:30 a. m., at other
seasons at 2:30 p. m. ImIJent it is taken at
4:30 p. m., and consists-of bread and water
alone. The monks takofrom thirteen to-
twenty ounces of food 'per day each, yet
they do manual labor in the fields and
workshops, and it is noticeable that all of
them walk with 'a lightand springy step,
. and even those well along in years are
more vigorous and active than men of
their years in ordinary condition. One
can best realize the severity of the food
. regimen when it is remembered that, win-
tor and summer, the monksrise at2o’ clock
in the morning and retire at 7 and 8 o'clock
in the evening.
Father Edward, abbot of Gethsemane,
himself a gentleman of rare education,
courtly polish and much kindness of heart,
says that only those unbome by the deep-
est religious devotion, with the one idea of
prayer to relieve the world of its burden of
sin, can ever endure the life. Gentlemen
who have suffered disappointments and
are Seeking seclusion—a living burial——
have tried it in vain. The heroism of the
life is never seen, it cannot be made a
spectacle as humility sometimes is, and,
therefore, only the mind that lives upon
the true religious exaltation can endure it.
The stories that sifhthrough to the out-
side world, with more or less romantic de-
tail, concerning the individual monks of
La. Trappe are many. There is one told of
a brother at Gethsemane, which is old, but
full of dramatic suggestion. He was a
soldier of Napoleon, so it was said, and
after the emperor’s first abdication took
the cowl of the “Brown. Brothers” and ul—
timately came to Gethsemane. Forty years
he lived in silence, hearing nothing of the
world’s history, but with one item of curi~
osity left unquenched. When he came to
die and was lifted from his hard’couch and
laid upon the harder floor, strewed with
straw. where all followers of the order
must meet extremes, the abbot, asis cus-
tomary, told him he was at liberty to ask
any question he desired. 2
“What became of the emperor?” the old
man asked promptly, and then, for the
first time, learned Napoleon’s fate, long
years after that restless clay had become
ust.
AN ARISTOCRATIC FATHER.
Father Peter, the. kind and gentle old
guest master at Gethsemane, smiled at the
story and did not deny it. He said there
was a soldier of Napoleon who had died
there. who, at some engagement, to pre-
vent the landing of sea. forces, had swam
out with a knife in his teeth and cut the
cables of the boats, which were carried out
by the tide and the landing prevented. So.
perhaps, the wholestory is true.
In the outside world there is an unre~
strained desire to ' know who the monks
were in the world. The present abbot,
Father Edward, was Count Edward de
' Bourbon, or the illustrious Frenchfamily.
Itissaid he is a cousin of the ill.star‘red
Louis .XVI, or it may be of Louis XVIII.
Certainly his elegant and'courtly-bearing,
thegrace and beautyof his manners,.tlie
‘noblecast’of his countomncomndithc inde-
finable charm of :his .prescncedndm 'cate that
loftiness ogcourage andpurposevwhich are
popularly ascribed to royalty, if they do
notoftenactually accompany’it.
ABclgianbaron died therein seclusion
at theage of90. Brother Josephrfor many
years the guest mastervprewding Father
Peter, the presentkind andhospitoble host,
was a famous-Trench. tenorotmany years
ago. Hcdlcdjn.1886,and;is buried inwhat
the monks callitheir “play; ground, ” the
little cemetery marked with huge black
crosses. Despite the annuity of the life,
the monks livento good old age. 2 Therein-e
now-two at "Gethsemanexwho have. been in
the order overzrfifty‘years swimwear-290
years old. They'all lookforwardttodeath
as the glorious day whenrso tospcok, the
sun of: happy» eternity will rise upon them.
~Iouisvllle Co mist-Journal.
A Vegetarian Cat.
The vegetarian propaganda is .making
headway. Thelatost consort 2to=theacause ‘
is Demon, a young~cat,3hlack:as:nl3ht,.who
showsa remarkable «preference forrvego-
tarian and fminaceousr overacornivorons
diet. Notyetschooled..down\intovhcnst
wayd, bewas discovered veredzidrmingE’ instil-
umph from the dining tables larg-ccucum-
bar in preference to a lamb outlet, which
lay equally-within his predatory reach. 1
bad. fixed mushroom spawn: inboxcs. in the
wine cellarand. forgotten the circumstance
until Demon, having slyly accompanied
no there, was found devouring a. duo
mushroom, stalk and all, withmnch avid-
ity. Raw potato is preferred to meat; the
hard crust of dry toaStis cracked up with
anal tound him the other morning
$32111“ and eating an egg shell. There
are no mice about,b11t Demon neither
5 Itorves nor thrives. -—Lopdon Field.
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