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Show the edge of the table by ' ' then. Jim Green began to cry. And It wasnt a drunk,' maudlin wash? cry that makes one tired, bnt heart-breakheart great, man, nor noisy, hut low loud not full cry, and heavy with .bitterness and remorse and tbe useless wlsblna that aoms things. And you hadnt-do- n while Jim cried we all looked away and kinder above each others beada and 1 eneaked my cup of whisky from the tsble and emptied It without mak-i- n any aplsshin In tbe pall where Hank tempers hla hoss shoes. After a spell. Jim got where he could speak, and we was all willin be should have the floor. .He said hs didn't know how many bouses he Bad helped to build, but expected be bad done his share, but be did know, with a sad certainty of one heart be bad broken by bis ciceej-- me. ln wayward wicked ways. Jim didn't say whose heart It was. but we all knew it was bis mother's And the had died alone and neglected Jist a year ago. So many things happen just a year ago! Then Jim begun again, tl 1 (be could talk like his father and said that while he- knew he had killed tbe one who loved him best and the one that be loved best in the world, killed her with cruel shame and sorrow with God's help he was resolved to make her glad in heaven tonight, that he would never touch another drop of liquor as long as he OLD AGE PENSIONS. GREAT PROBLEM NOW ENGLAND. II Is rrwpsss Ton Wb Iklttlsn Xu UP IN to Qln from tow t Weak U (very Du fawwl Ilia Sixty-n- r lb lawn It Is beginning to Is every reason why appear that there ths United States should keep an eye os to really momentous agitation la Englanu over e pensions. It la rather startling, when you come to think of it, this idea of granting a pension to alold-ag- most everybody 85 years old who wants it. And yet, stated on 1U broadest Hues, that is what the British government seems committed to tackle at the next session of parliament If the powerful agitation for tbia plunge Into state socialism succeeds in England, it will be a question of only a little time before those who would be benefited Sf 8, B. McManus. I want to tell you this New Yearl a year ago Bight, what happened la Hank Harmon blacksmith (hop. Taint much to tell, nor over much for an outsider to barken to, but tt mean a mighty tight to me and the hoy, an I, for one, Jist like to think of It an talk It over and kind of hug and embrace the words, eipressin It a It were, and hold the sentence like a hitter eweet morsel under my tongue. My etrength dont In any wise lay in relatin' things and Incidents, and It will be a good precaution, when I warn gou not to break in into me and ae in'ermnt tne, for it wilt take : jlt , t. 9 if it bed any ease or meantn at all, except to me and the boye as understand It com - f plete. Jist a year ago tonight we met In (lank Harmon blacksmith shop to celebrat the day by genin' ao para a drunk, that we could dlsremem her the miaerable homes we had eneaked away from and the heart wives and broken and down-lookchildren we had left In thera.W hung a boss blanket over the biggest cracks In the (Idea after Hank had fastened the door, and then we waa In ehapeful condition to guasle and pour down our red-ho- t, thirsty throata, JUt aa plsen-hmuch of Joe Howarda red-ho- t, whisky aa we could manage to get with our tremblin hands, to our weak, waterin', disgraced mouth. After this, w know what would moat likely happen, Judgin of course by what had we would fall over happened befor amongst the cinder nnd bos hoof ,re an drag; - jelua and&UM0, teeth nnd scrap Iron, wher w would sleep like hog hog aa had lost their until tha cold and the nncomfortableness would wake and aober ua enough to ernwt home ty our wretched houses, which we would make wretcheder and miserable? by our cornin'. We talke&f this tonight, and we all iuumj uiy story look a I! in ot ct 11 h H Qr r-- 4 PUT THE IIOSS BLANKET CP. remembered everything that waa dons and said, aa If It waa writ on ths black walls of tbe shop with white heat run nln' iron from the forge, and w all agreed too, never to try to dlsremem her that night the night when God or soma of hla ahinla'., holy angels come down to ua and shamed ua Into bein' men. decent, sober, Christ-lovl- n There is reeollecUona," Jim Cameron said, that altera ought to b recollected and kept like a blaxln torch In front of ua. Some of them fer safety sake and torn fer shame Bale,1 an( JUs furthermore said we ought to wear the memory of them disgraced and wicked daye about ua aa an an dent tailor or someoid nattrworw dead goose about his neck aa a keepsake that be had been low 'does and sinful. But drunkards as we all certainly waa, and what la more, vergin dost old drunkonto bein' ards aa was no likely salvation for, we want any of ua ao very happy and comfortable and easy Into our minds, at the beglnnln of that night a year ag In Hank Harmons blacksmith shop ip the alley, Jist off the Rudy something, bullygard In the city of Sardln-poll- s, where we boys lived. We put tbe ho blanket over the gaplnest crack to keep the wind from flarin' HMhW I Into au uUt uai and wobbly on an old tabl where Hank writ hi accounts, amongst a lot of nail snd bolt and rivals and small gearin', with a jug of Jo Howards-cheapes- t, helllshest whisky In ths middle aa n kind of devil center piece. O, cant I. and cant all of ua cronlea jist remember exactly, how that Jlggly, trembly, dirty old table looked and 1 am hound that It had the delirium tremene. If anything In the world bar-ri- a n man can have them. 1 can smell the oil that Hank spilled when ha filled the lamp with hie nervous, tbaky hand and It run along amongst the old Iron and - under Hank's da; book and dropped over the edge onto the floor nnd went down a crack. And there was the white jug with the blue letterin'; "1 gaL," with a aheaf of blue wheat below to make It look taaty and 1 elL And this was our New Tear's tablet men made in the image of Ood! And men for their folk and neighbor! to he proud of except they waa drunkards There waa Jim Cameron one; me, two; Jtra Green, three, whose father had been n preacher nnd Hank Harmon, ns owned the ehop. As I said we wa'nt over happy and comfortable that night, considerin' wo had auch a reckless layout and - an early start 1 have frequent noticed, that you can't always kick conscience under the table or aettee aa you can an unruly dog that whines and barks when he has no call to. And somehow conscience haa a habit of get.Ua around and toihe.way on tuch doin days as New Tears, Christmas and the like. And four consciences as hadn't had their just deservin' nor Innings for many a month, slipped their halters that night n year ago and managed to make things unpleasant tor their owners. I suspect the troubled waters menUoned In tbe aertpturee means somethin' like this. But any way we waa troubled onaccountabty. Not ao onaccountabty either, for wV wasnt so old and hardened and crusted In aln and drinkln, but what we all could think when we give ourselves a chance, which we made sure not to do over frequent, because It was not agreeable. On thing that made ua feel a trills down and dismal was that ths beeper of the Happy Home saloon, Joe Howard, had jist moved a day or ao back, out of his old house down by tbe gee works and the tannery, Into hla hand tome new residence frontin the park and the library bundin'. - It waa tbe prettiest,' tastiest, ImposlnlSt house tn the Circle and he had made every dollar of it out of auch fellows as me and . the rest of ua And then Jim Cameron had moved that very day New Tear day from the home hie father had given him end every brick end hoard In U waa Four like a livin', lovin' thing to Jim had moved Into a little old untidy frowey bouse with a bowed la roof and anglin abutters, In a part of the town where - folks - didnt generally try to get And Jim knew, and we all knew that he and the rest of us and a lot more had built Joe'e house In the park, and that every nail In It if It was counted a dozen tlmea, wouldnt count np ae many ner a tenth as mfiny as ths tears shed fer Its puttin up! . We callated that one of us had handed enough hard earned money over his counter to pay for the grand stairway, every Inch of which was ths premium work of an artist and a man aa made grand stalrwaye for a livin and never botched, sad 1 reckoned, jist matin a tiuflaurln' aU mate, that I fcA rnnti, traded' enough with Joe one time and another to as much, or may be more, than pay for tbe plate glass windows not mentionin tbe stained ones that lqoked like flower beds set into hla walls, with wreaths and 'roses' and young children and blue sky and grass .and things And there was my wife and youngsters at home If auch a place at we had finally got to could be called a home with tbe windows filled with old quilts and cushions and not enough In ths cupboard to sat to much mors than prevent them from goln to bed hungry. And this was New Tears night! It wasnt n cheerful, glowin outlook, no odds how perseverin one tried to be ehtrk gleeful over It. Hank Harmon remarked as he took his place at the table, with his back agin tbe door to prevent anyone from droppln tn onexpected. that likewise, makln a rough, uneducated eallation, he hed helped Joe Howard In the build-i- n of his mansion, as the newspaper called Joes house quite a considerable, even to the ptnchln of his fam-ll- y 'fof provision and eWlbht'i Hank callated hs had dons as much toward ths house, as the puttin In of the chandeliers, with pipin plumbing ths furnacs throwed In tor fair measure and good feelln. And apeakln of the furnace. Hank happened to recollect that there wasn't a stick of wood or a pound of coal la hla house, and NEW TEARS NER3 TODAY. WAS DIN- - dren to hear, too that I, like our friend who haa jist left ua, will never touch another drop of Intoxicating liquor to long as X lire." And he picked np hie hat and went away, And me and Hank waa left alone. Bnt Cameron hadnt much more than hut the door, when Hank, aa owned the ehop, kicked the box out from under him end coma nigh to npsettln the Infirm old table end while he put on hit ragged overcoat, kind of careless remarked only anyone that knowed Hank would have known that he was in solemn, awful earneat that It didnt took ieigkberty heratviita leave company like this, but ha be damned -- IS I guessed no, ' Ill guess (Hank wasnt e swearln men. never) be aaid, I know I must do as Jim Green nnd Jim Cameron have done, end with God to help me nnd God and you, William Wren, to be my witnesses, I. Henry Harmon, will never drink Another drop of intoxicating liquor so long as I live. And the rickety old door dragged back to Its place end he was gone, and 1 alqne. There was but one decent, manly thing left for me to do, and by thle time It wea the only thing ! wanted to do end (tending up with only God for wltnese end He waa enough I promised aa the other boya had promised, and then, with fi thread of a prayer that would tangle Itself with my other thoughts, I took the Jug and smashed It upon the envlL eee While It come to us unexpected that uew and decent life we should begin Jist Ilk a message from God. almost, it was put upon us to help ourselves, jist all that was possible. God stood JIM BEGAN TO CRT. his wife waa tick end hla children not weatin with bein overclothed or overfed. And reminescenlng along thle line, we naturally got dismal end down-heartand some of us It was me for I needn't pretend to confuse or forget anything tost happened that night moved that we unanimously taks a drink and I accordin pulled the cork from the white atone jug, with the blue letterin nnd wheat sheaf. But Jim Cameron nor Hank nor Jim Qreea held yp their cups, bat I filled mine In a manly, dont-car- e way and ed ciostby us, though, and waa always In reach when ws most needed Him. It was a hard won victory, but ws won 1L In conclusion. as they say la story books. It is only fair to mention that Jim Cameron and hla wlfs have possession once more of their stone dog and geraniums, snd Jim Green lives with them, and there Is another baby In the house whose name la James Cameron, There are no blankets is f T home today, nnd the window Hank Harmon 1 ns happy nnd prosin n' perous as n decent, man can well be. and In every one of our homes there was New Tears dinners today, that makee my month water to even think of now. a hnrd-workl- God-fear- Hint. Holiday W. E. H. LECKT. by such n policy will be bringing It up in the UnLted States, despite tbe .fact that labor hereto better paid and that pauperism is not proportionately so extensive. In accordance with the laws of human nature, an old-ag- e pension will seem to prospective recipients none the less desirable because It Is less needed, especially if some one else pays the bill. - Every argument now pen-slobeing urged to behalf of old-ag- e to Ecgtand-fiatural- ly applies, tn kind, though usually not In degree, to the United States, snd If tbe protests of many British statesmen against tbe principle of the tning prove powerless against the united voices of British labor, the Implication is, to put It mildly, that the American cousin might do well to keep an eye on the progress and the outcome of the debate. W. E. H. Lecky, the historian, who was a member of tbe select committee, and who made a minority report condemning the whole scheme, wrote as There Is, as It seems to me, follows: a fundamental and most dangerous e misconception which the term pension tends to accredit The pensions, largely of the nature of deferred pay, given by the atate or by private employers, for specific service duly rendered, to thoee who have been In their employment or under their control, have no real analogy to the proposed atate endowment of aU old persons, or at least of all respectable old persons, who, at the close of a life of Independent Industry, find themselves insufficiently provided with the means of livelihood. Such an endowment drawn, from the taxation of the country would-b- e - essentially of the same nature aa poor law relief. However much It may be disguised by other names. It would be an eleemosynary grant resting on no foundation of natural right There Is no real ground for the assertion that because an Industrious man has failed to earn n sufficiency he has n moral right to be rewarded few hie industry out of the proceeds of a tax levied upon bis neighbors to whom be has rendered no service, or none which- - haa not been paid for IS wages,! , Mr. Lecky knows how to write, and hla report made by far tbe most Interesting reading in tbe whole Blue Book. But tbe scant attention tt received showed how unpopular was the side the author bad taken. In the committee he was the only member who voted for it. "1 can hardly conceive, he writes, anything more certain to discourage thrift and to sap the robuster qualities of tbe Engllsn people than that the belief should grow up among tbe whole working population, Including the most industrious, the most respectable and the most Independent, that they should look forward to the state and not to their own exertions to support them during their old age." But Mr. Leckys words, however ifluch their logic may appeal to American minds, arc lost to England, where pensions on the opposition to old-ag- e part of a public man is likely to cause his political extinction. It the question had not assumed this political aspect It might be possible yet to reach some form of compromise In extending the present elaborate relief." as Mr. system of poor-la- w Lecky suggests; but that does not look likely now. Even so conservative n man as Cardinal Vaughn has caught the prevailing fever. ' Surely,1 he says, the rich are bound to tax themselves, or to be taxed, for their poorer brethren. I am always at loss to understand Why the colossal to cornea should not be taxed at a higher rate than, say, the average net income of the upper classes. It Is fitting that surplus and extravagance should be more heavily taxed than ordinary and legitimate expenditure." ns old-ag- THERE a De holidays tosteppm' 'long; Dabs worry in my cup, W!f Christina hurryin so strong Dat pay-da- y kaint ketch up. the trembling table, and straightening A NEW YEAR'S STORY. cut-gla- ss FrMpcrlif for 1900 Indications point to great prosperity for tbe coming year. This is a sign of a healthy nature. The success of a country, as well as of an Individual, depends upon health If you have any stomach trouble try Ho tetters Stomach Bitters which cures dyspepsia, indigestion and biliousness. lived. a time and tor was stillness There the edges of the old blanket flapped like big, ragged evil wings and the uncorked Jug sent out a smell that put one in mind of venomous snakes and close by danger, while the smutty, creacked lamp flared 'up and then almost went out as if even that little puny, crippled light waa ashamed of Its company. Pretty eoon, Jim Cameron pulled his legs out from under We are both homesick for the grass and geranium and big trees In the front yard, and the atone dog on the door step, end the little room where oar babies died. I think we shall go back pretty soon, because you eee with God's help and God for a witness and Hank Harmon and mjr neighbor, William Wren, for wltnessea, I now solemnly promise with mf dead chtl - The best of Christmas joy. Dear little girl and boy, That come on that merrymaking day. Is tbe happinw of giving ' To another childs that living Where Santa Claus has never found bis way. sus-pec- himself up as best be could, bein so tall and Handin as be did right under tbe eaves of Hank's shop said, Boy. I have a notion that amounts to dead certainty, that my wife and I will move back to our old home before long. Tbe Christmas Dlaaaa Tab! a. Place the table for tbe Christmas dinner to tbe center of tbe room under tbe chandelier If there is one, end then eee that tt la perfectly level snd tbe leaves well fitted, writes Mr. 8. T. Rorer In jhe Ladles' Home Journal. From tbe chandelier bang a large pray of mis tie to.- or holly tied with scarlet ribbon. If there be a mantelpiece In the room, bank tt with holly and fern. Arrange a pretty corner, blending ell the green used in decorating. Cover tbe table flrn with a heavy cotton flannel cloth, and place over tt tbe spotless linen tablecloth. Place lg the center of the table a mat of Christmas ferns, in tbe center of which stand a high fruit dish filled with polished red apples, grapes snd auch other fruits as may be obtained. Cover the bate of the dish with iprsy of holly; oa each side of this place or chins dishes filled with bonbons, olives and salted almonda Tbe water bottle and a dish or two of celery may occupy tbe other places. ' Deafness Cannot Be Covad local applications, aa tbey cannot rnoeh the by disCa-e- d portion of lha ear. Tnere Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucus Inline of thn Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear-.n- g, and when It U entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out nnd this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forerert nine eases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but nn Inflamed condition of the mucus surfsoes. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, Send for circulars, free. Toledo, Ol CHf.VEy Sold by Dru aglets, Jac. arc the beak Ball's Family Pills DlaUsct Chrlatossa laflaancec, Tbe savor and flavor of Tiny Tins" turkey would have been far less subtly delicious had it been set upon tbe luslon of the novelist, nor fancy of the churchman, that there are Influences at work at Chrlstlanmastide which make ordinary things extraordinary, and common thing precious, and little things greet That leaven which baa changed the face of the world, and moved the heart of man, and made peace where there was no peace, 1s In every Christmas present, thought and . , . happy gathering. Do AUaas I Winter A powder. Tour feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp. If yon have sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allens e. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 26 cento Sample seat free. . Address Allen & Olmsted, Le Roy, N, Y. Foot-Blas- "Your sou le devoted to art, isn't het taked Reynold I suppose so," replied Easel. "Hes continually drawing oa me." Philadelphia North American. To euro your Catarrh or Cold in Head use London Balm. AU druggists refund money if tt fails to relieve. 2Sc and 60a. - The B. O. R. R. win have S3 new compound consolidated freight locomotives by the last of January. Fifty were ordered In September from the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the order haa just been augmented by U more. These loeomotices. when completed, will represent tbe highest typo of heavy freight power. t HOLIDAY RATES. gly Oran Waatarn Railway. . On December 23, 8 28; 81 and Jaioiry I the Rio Grande Western Railway wiUappiy a rate of one single faro for tho round trip between any two stations on it linos. Tickets limited to January 8. It takes this opportunity of wishing all It patrons a merry Christmas and a happy New Yean Geo. W. H bibtx. General Passenger Agent. The dining ear service of tho Dearer A Rio Grand Railroad la proving a great convenience to ths traveling pnblle. Eto gant dining ear are attached to all trains leaving Denver on this popular road, whore meet ere served In e manner pleasing to all travelers, and at moderate prices. Tho enjoyment of a trip through Colorado's wonderful scenery that abounds along the road Is enhanced by tbe dining ear nod other conveniences that have been adopted. For Information; time cards, rates, etc., address 8. K. Hooper, General Passenger end Ticket Agent, Denver, or H. M. Cusb-- . Traveling Passenger Agent, 100 West Second South Street. Salt lake City. Tims on Diseases Annihilated. to keeping with Its pest unapproachable record. Union Pacific R. R., the Great Overland Rout, will, on October 15th, place In service an cut I rely new, strictly first-clas-s limited train to be known by the old fsnilllsr name of Ths Overland Limited." This in addition to the present excellent schedule which will be continued. The NEW OVERLAND LIMITED will leave Salt Lake City daily st 11:46 a a., Ogden 1 :U p. aa, arrive Denver t a. u., Omaha T:Up.m., sad Chicago 9:80 a. ws., la ample ym for all eastern connaetea to New York, Boston, Washington, and both most handsomely equipped ala, ead fastest train ever given to to- - western peopto As usual there wlfl be no change of cart to v, tsi Omaha Chicago, and oely on change to principal eastern eittae. Fvtbo particulars at company's sfEaa, 081. Mala ttroet. Salt Lake City. tond," m |