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Show IKANTCKS in the f OF CHRISTMAS the ne rry iNui-niii-- IVlivn tlie ri-i- l luini .And tlie wintry wrhl MORN. , tuy Uiiui.-.ttli- - Fur the glury nt the ti.iy. Then we hear a fitful ruii.'Mg J nut wiilmul tiihiii the ;,ur, two while I'ImiiIiiiiik ei.iiii- r, ealeh the iiliuiii ul sunny Im.r. Are they Christina fiilrii'. eteahns Ituwa of little KuekM to till T Are they anyel tliialmj; hltiier Willi their of liuod will? What eweel apell these eltea are wtruvlng, Aa like lurka tln-uiul ping; la it palms of loai'e ft mu That theae lovely Milrita bring? uit-ug- Rosy feet Uion the tlm slinlil. Huger fut-i-through. With the llret n il ray of aunehine. l a eeit.e In view; Chaining Mistletoe uinl guuiulug holly, d ilay. Syinbula of a ha In their t'liuhhy lutinle tin y carry, Streaming all uluiig the way. cln-ru- Well we know them, never weiiry Of thla Innocent Kiiriniee; WulliiiK. watching, llutiiilng always. With full heart ami ey.a. While our Utile household ancela. White and golucn In The amt. Greet ua with the sweet old welcome, Jdi-ir-r Clirlat unis. .e try one!" () gMnXfiXsXSXSA! It was Christmas Eve that year when John Maxwell went away to make his mark In this world. Alice Tower waa just eighteen. They had been lovers for a few years and were now engaged. Something that she bad aid to him about the quality of the present he brought to her on Christ Two years mas Eve piqued him. from now," he said, "I will come back to claim you. Then 1 will be a rich man. These had been John Maxwells last words; and there bad been a fire in his eye, and certain lines of determination about his mouth which augured that he would make them good. But the two years had passed and six months mure and Alice had heard no word. Sitting under the old apple tree one warm May afternoon, she idly wongave her dered whether his pain or pleasure. When John had hidden her good-b- y the thought of his return had been the sustaining power In the moment of Ills departure. Though she had slied bitter tears over the story of his many failures; though she had received with gladness the knowledge of his first successes; though she had once waited with Impatience for letters that did not come, she now felt It to be almost a relief nay, quite for two years is a long, long time, and Alice felt that in two years she had grown old not only in years but in experience. Did It not make the difference between eighteen and twenty? Surely, when one had left their teens behind them xr Was time to learn wisdom. Ah! Alice would not whisper to her own thoughts that there had been another teacher; that not so easy would have been the lesson of forgetfulness bad not another lesson been conned In its stead. It was all a bewildering maze In the little head under the masses of rich brown hair, with Just a glint of red among them as tho sun gave them its farewell kiss. But a brighter red stole Into the rounded cheek as a well-knostep drew nearer, and a shadow fur which the apple trees were not responsible was thrown beside hers. Good evening, Mies Alice, said a cheery voice. I thought that I should find you here. The evening is too lovely for Indoor life. it Is very Yes, she answered, lovely. As It should be," he added. In lower, more impressive tones, "to grace Alice," he continued yonr presence. throwfng himself on the ground beside her, shall I tell you why I am so glad to find you here? Because it seems the most fitting place to tell you something else, which, though you must already know, it is fit that I should put Into words. They are poor words, darling. I am not versed In eloquence; and even were I, here eloquence might stammer. But they are words old as the world Itself. I love you;' I have but one hope In life, and that la, that you will share it It is not much that I can offer you, dear. Perhaps I should say wait, before I take you from your comfortable home. But yet why should I. If you love me, you will stand bravely by my side, and we will share whatever storms life may have In store for us, aa we share Its sunshine. Al'ce, whtit Is your answer? Will you be my wife? Ah, It had come at last Once the girl had tried to check the torrent of He had i ut caught the litUa word tle, detaining hand in hia own strong palm and held It tightly. The small hear had drooped loner. A short, gasping sob was In her throat totting no word find Its way there. What was she to do? Two years ago she had given another promise; two years cf toil and itcmcslcknesa hal been endured for her sake; hut for six months she bad beard nothing. Perah. haps John lad forgotten her-- an shu had almost added, "as she had forgotten him." But of John Dent Dexter knew nothing, and Dent Dexter she loved. So It was, that when, half wondering at her long alienee he again :cputted his question, ah simply raised, to him the sweet, fair face, and content with what he read there, he stooped and pressed his et kiss upon the young red lips. Curiously enough, their wedding day was set for Christmas Dny, the third anniversary of John Maxwell's leave-takinDent wanted the event fixed for a nearer date. Alice was persistent Perhaps she had a special SOME TRADITIONS Dent Dexter was alone In the eet-tahe had prepared for his bride. Hitting with bowed head, when John M.ixwell Roii'.'.iit him out. The interview between ihem was very brief; but for nn instant, as they parted, their hands met in a long, silent clasp. One ntan had giveu happiness one hail renounced it. So the wedding day was not postponed, hut Alice's fingers trembled as she again fastened her wedding dress, and tears dimmed her eyes as she bent to fasten the orange blossoms in her breast on Christmas Eve. She knew that Dent had taken her back to hit heart and home, that somehow all had been explained to him; but quite how It all happened she never knew until, a year later, her husband bent over her where ahe lay with her baby boy sleeping on her breast, and told her all the story, ending with a proud glanre at the child. "He gave us our happiness, darling. Ye will name our boy after the man who wreaked on ua such a revenge. ge ; A CKristmaLS Story g. fr j His Reveagel fl-- oil for fixing the time so Four Joint Maxwell! Mityl.v i lie thought of him. lit All llitse weeks she had told him nothing of John. Somehow she could Hot gather eomage to frame the words. And John had forgotten her. He would never know. It was heller that he should not. Love Is ever Jealous, and he might upbraid her, or think even while he hud won her that she might prove to him as to her first lover. Some day wheu she was his wife, bis very own. she would whisper tiie story into his ear, and then they would bury pour John together. Somebody lias Raid it was bad lurk for a bride to don her wedding dress before the wedding day. It waa all nonsense, Alice tliouy.lit, as later, she stood before her mirror and saw reflected there her own form clad In its white silken robes. Ioor John! She wished she had not thought of him, as she stood in her wedding dres. The air was very heavy tonight. It was this which oppressed her so. "Come in, she called to the knock at her door. The little maid entered. "Oh. Miss Alice! law. Miss, how beautiful you do look. The gentleman la downstairs and Wants to see you immediate, Miss. she Of course The gentleman! meant Dent She had a great mind to run down Just as she was, to hear If he would echo the little maida verdict, and say that he, too, thought her beautiful. The Impulse of vanity was not to be resisted, and gathering up her silken skirts she ran lightly down the stairs. The room was in shadow, the large, lamp on the table burning dimly; but sitting in a corner on the sofa she saw a mans form, a man who rose impetuously to his feet as she entered. With a smile upon her lips and in her eyes, and a bright spot of scarlet in her cheeks, she tripped across the floor and turned the lamp so that its light streamed full upon her, thou looked up Into Dent'B fare to see the look of love r.ud admiration gathering there looked to find it not Dent, but some one who, for a moment, w,,i,i,l a stranger some one whose face was bronzed and bearded, but with a strange pallor gat hoi in:; on it as he looked in vain for the words of love and which did not route looked from her own paling fuc?, from the dying spots of scat let in her fhcek, to the silken train which swept the floor In its purity, and the orange flowers she had fastened in her breast. Yes, she knew him now. It was John, come home to claim her for his very own. liis voice was very hoarse when he spoke. I came for my bride, he said. "Is she here? Is this dress for me Have pity, Bhe waited, in answer. "Two years were such a long while. For six months I had not heard. I thought you were dead, or had forgotten me "Men do not forget, he answered. We leave that to the women who undo us. Six months! And It seemed to you a long time to wait Child, do you know what I have endured for the reward of this moment? What was Lunger, toil, privation, homesickness to me? 1 almost welcomed them, for ever behind them all was the thought that all were for you, for the day which was slowly, slowly creeping on, when I might stand before you and say: Alice, I have proved my love with a price. You may accept t, darling, without fear. It has been purified through fire. Aud when, six months ago, my crowning success came, I started In search of you; but the long hardships had done their work. For months I was at Death's door, unable to write, or to let others write. Then, when 1 grew stronger. I will wait until I can go to I said: her.' You were shcltereed, cared for, happy aye, I was so mad as to thlnx praying for me I even thanked God that your prayers had restored my llfo and reason. I am as the man who tolled all his life In search of a glittering diamond, and when at length he picked it up triumphant, he discovered it to be a piece of shining glass. "John, John! Forgive me, she pleaded, clinging with both bands to his arm, her face upturned In its pain beauty to hia. I loved you then. Believe me, I loved you then." Through the open window stole her words, paralyzing the form of an unseen listener, who had at that moment appeared upon the scene. What did it mean? He heard not the mans answering words but Forgive you? Never! saw only his last, mad, passionate embrace as he snatched her unresisting form In his arms and covered her face with kiRses which seemed half hatred and half love, then released her and went out into the night. The next day a little noto was put Into John Maxwell's hand, and, as he tore It open, the strong man trembled like a child. He had grown calmer since the night previous, though all the joy and lightness had died out of hia life. You have hml your revenge. ah wrote. "The mmi I wna to marrjr saw In me take you ynnr arm, and heard me say that I had loved you. Perhapa : , - sib-nc- r; Fine hath room in connection: Proprietor. Trcwsuduui Work IHnai by tho Aotbor la Ijm Than Two Month Christm99 among books may be placed the "Christmas Carol of Charles Dickens, which has always ranked among the most popular of his works. Rarely has a book which made ao great an effect and took so high a place In public favor been produced under circumstances of such high pressure and in ao short a space of time. The "ghost of an Idea, which, as Charles Dickens said In hia preface, gave birth to this ghostly little book, came to him during a visit to Manchester In October, 1843, and the story waa completed before the end of November, the time available for its composition being such spare hours as were not actually needed for the two numbers of Martin Chuzzlewit, then in progress. It was a tremendous piece of work, and was not without a remarkable effect upon its author, young and vigorous as he was. Writing to Professor Felton after the book was published, be said: "Over which Christmas Carol Charles Dickens wept anil laughed, and wept again, and excited lii insult in a most extraordinary manner in the composi-- I ttnn; and thinking whereon he walked about the black streets of London fifteen and twenty miles many a night when all the sober folks had gone to To keep the Cliuszle-w- it bed. going and to do this little book In the odd time between two parts of It was pretty tight work. Tlta Christinas rnddlng-Providen- t housewives are now preparing their Christmas plum pudding. Plum pudding is much improved by standing several weeks before It is used. An excellent recipe for Christmas pudding consists f three-fourtof a pound of suet chopped very fine. Mix with It while chopping a of a of flour; three-fourtpound of raisins, seeded; three-fourtof of a pound of currants, three-fourtof a a pound of sugar, three-fourtpound of fresh bread crumbs, the graof a ted zest of one lemon, pound of candied orange peel and citron cut Into thin shavings, one-ha- lf teaspoon ful each of ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and allspice. Mix the dry materials together thoroughly and then add six eggs, one at a time, and one-ha- lf cupful of brandy. Add another egg if too stiff anil more bread crumbs if too soft. Wet a strong cloth In cold water, wring It dry, butter it and dredge It with flour. Turn the mixture Into the center and draw the cloth together over the top, leaving room for the pudding to swell a little, and tie It firmly. Give it a good round hape. Put it into a pot of boiling water, having it completely covered with water. Cover the pot and boll for five hours. Do not let the water fall below the pudding and in adding more let It be hot After It Is removed from the water let It rest in the bag ten hs table-spoonf- ul hs hs hs hs one-four- th minutes to harden a little. Then cut the string and turn It carefully Into a dish. Before serving pour a little brandy. If yon like, over the pudding and touch a match to It Just before serving. Tha Chrlitmaa Tra rater. When Christmas day dawns many a traveler will be unfortunate enough to find himself far from home with no prospect of getting there for the celebration of the greatest holiday of all fTA year. To many of these this necessary absence is a bitter misfortune, but there are others who have not the good fortune to deem It such a misfortune. They hare perhaps no settled home or no relatives or no especial friends with whom they yearn to be on the festal day. But these people are comparatively few In numbers. Most of the people who are traveling on Christmas day are doing so because circumstances make It necessary. They are longing every minute of the day to be where they could Join In the merrl ment and fiwtivUlea with those who are dearest to them. Time' New leif, t, A new leaf is about to be turned In 1 deserved inv lut It la very bitter. You left me two yearn. If you the Book of Time, and each one of ue had loved me jnu would nut have dune ao. 1 was a child, ami 1 forgot you and is almost a page nearer to the Finis another. 1 no longer which concludes life's history. Tho learned to ask you to lot git e me, since you have pages of the past here wreaked upon me your revenge. Illuminated with the prismatic picturHis owu life stretched bars and ing! of hope, there blotted with the blank and desolate before him. For tears of Borrow are turned down fora moment he felt a wild Joy that ao ever. Their contents are beyond L hers might prove. The next, after a The items have been transbrief struggle, his manhood con- ferred to the records of eternity, and quered. His revenge should be some- what la written there Is written there thing nobler than a girl's wrecked life can be no erasures. But the white something which, after long and leaves of Futurity are before ue a lonely years, he might recall without new page is Immediately under ear a blush of shame. band. puiii.-limeii- le well-thumb- ed Tliut I'mulleri Krlot to Um Aa ( hllbtuu That many of our i hristmas customs antedate the birth of Christ Is a fact unknown by many. Antiquarians iiil us that the Christians of the eailb'st iters found that it was not wlsi to entirely all the pagan celebrations to wiiic'i their recent converts were attaihed by use, history and trailiiion. One of the mu 'lent names given to our Christinas wts "The Feast of Tills name is distinctly Lights. traceable to a pagan festival, formerly occurring at tlie same reason as our Christmas-tid- e, a day annually observed before Christianity's time aa a Festival of the Sun." Then, too, In ancient Home, Saturn's E. DEAN, claim to notice was honored each DeUTAH PAYSON, cember by a feast of seven (usually) days, called Saturnalia. During these days the order of Homan society was reversed, the masters and slaves changed places. The slaves had every freedom of action and speech, and their masters served them meekly. The very Christmas trim itself is said to be but a Christianized bit of the old Saturnalia; and also the la hut the relic of Roman customs, although beautified by the early Christians In attributing the gifts to the ChrlRt-chilwhom the children were taught to believe passed over the houses at midnight, leaving gifts for all the good children, even as in Germany, later on, the children were e, taught to believe in the fairies, or Santa Claus. The custom, too, of decking the festival with evergreens, holly and mistletoe, dates hark to the dark ages, when the booths and huts were so decked, either to drive sway the bad fairies or to furnish resting-place- s for Between Denver end C licago via the the good ones. Santa Fe Route provide ns comfortable Tbs mistletoe owes Its charm to the means of travel as can lie offered fables of Baldur, I.nkl and others. Ae an economical excepted. sleepers Loki, the fire god. Jealous of Italdur's THE FREE are measure unsurpassed. They they popularity, was angered that llaldiirs are hauled on fast tiainB, and are in mother had secured an oath from nature that neither of her four elecharge of experienced aud polite portRECLINING CHAIR ers. ments should ever harm her Ron. All essentials for the toilet towels, But Freyja had looked upon ths rootless mistletoe an of too little consoup, water, combs and hrualieB are CARS sequence to be considered, anil thereprovided free of charge. fore had failed to secure its promise. C. V. WARREN, He could not himself, being tlie Genl Agt A. T. & S. F. Ry. and one of Natures cleinenKhu't 411 Dooly Eloek, Halt Lake City. Baldur; but he could make a "tool that some unsworn god could use. So BXJBEPWwiuhm.i1 he took the unsworn m'siletoe, and carved an arrow strong and sharp, and called upon the blind god of DarkR. S. ness to hurl it at his enemy. The god Public. responded; and Baldur fell (lead, shot "through and through. OFFICE IN HANK. But Loki was not loved, and ths other gods rertcred Baldur to life, and Now Train Service. gave Freyja command over the mistletoe, and she hung it high on the TLaee trains will be elogautly equipped ure trees out of touch with the earth, ao lyloeal and always on time. Patroula that Loki could no more use It There them when you travel, It hung ever after, and all treaties of CARD. LOCAL by purchasing your s were made under It. To stand WOOL 11, affect Id July the mistletoe and to give a kiss beneath was s solemn promise to be Trains Arrive and Depart at tha Varluui tatlous aa Follows I true and do no harm to the other North Bound party. louth Bound A. I A r. I Ar BTAtlGH I Lv. I The Druids thought that whatever No. 1 Nn.) PAYSON, UTAH. grew upon the oak was sacred; hence A M; lM 111 Ml, 7 as their regard for the mistletoe. The Ogdan a tit's ao Hearse in Connection at Reasonvarieties which grew upon the apple S.U Ar. aUjSuo and other trees were held by ths able Prices. 8 as too Lelil Junction Druids as of far less value. - - H Slit ns Lnlil Ainarican Fork R HOMEMADE CUPBOARDS AND IS 4 M Flanoitnt Grove Legend of 8r. Kirk. I! 4: I'ruvo 4 5 42 7 A French story proves the love and Kprinrvllle FLOUR BINS AT LOWEST PRICES. 7 Hf 4 04 Spuniilt Fork 7 m a ill protecting power of SL Nicholas for i'liyiuiu :Ci a is N 11111 young maidens, and It is from this a in :m that the custom of Santa Clans arose. Lv.j,lbIArr'. AM The saint heard that a poor gentlea in OiihIh man with three portionless daughters t uhi Ctatr Luka 1 was about to commit s crime In order &i II Milford to provide his daughters with dowII HI ; 4 9 I.niid ries. Seized with pity for the three a .12 Mndma unhappy maidens, Nicholas visited in Uvmla 1 ail their house by night and threw a well-fillFriano Fast Trains Daily purse Into the fathers room line dally from daily trains All Points East. QJ fart to Two a enIjUx. alt the thus window, open through Uh to all point aant. abling him to poition his eldest daughred Tourist lwpr a nd Free Bjiolln-- r Clara alt Lake to Chieaso without ter. Pullman Palace and Ordinary In convent schools the love snd care that SL Nicholas bore to all maidens Sleeping Cars. was proved in the same manner. On Bast. Free Reclining Chair Cars. Nicholas eve the pupils were ordered Points not carried o freight train. to hang up their stockings outside the W.taaengars Vlea-Gan. Mgr I re and H. BANCROFT, Perfect Dining Car Service. doors of their rooms, snd In tha hose S. W. BOO LB Oan. Trf. Mgr. to place s written request for the S. B. Burley. Gan'l Pmnngr Agt. saints patronage and protection. The City TleketOfioeZOl Main at. alt Lake City. nuns took upon themselves the duty Conducted Excursions. Personally AlosThorntoD.Agant. Payaon. of acting ss his deputies and filled ths expectant stockings with sweetmeats and other trifles, and in this manner Trains leave Fayson for Tlntle and taught .the reality of the saints cart. Intermediates at 6:43 a. m. and 6:52 pt In this is clearly seen the origin of m. For Balt Lake City and all points the fable and of the custom of Sants East and West at 7:50 a. m. and 8:11 Claus filling childrens Btocklngs on Oaa bnhad on the Magnificent Christmas eve. How the custom was p. m. Limited Train of t' J - . transferred from SL Nicholas day (Dec. 6) to Christmas day Is not known. Servto-b- id Pre-emine- nt ! (SoHsoriaf () Parlor. Cunloiut CAROL". CHARLES DICKENS' OF CHRISTMAS. gift-givi- d, Kria-Krlngl- fire-go- d, Wimmer, OREGON SHORT Notary LINE RY. You Cuba TUE Hnve 3ruiiey COFFINS & CASKETS of PETERSON, hum ed 3 Q , All the Comforts of Home Indoor sports on Christmas are numerous and diversified. The royal game of billiards is the feature of club life, indoor games and wheeling meets are sometimes held, ice iiolo snd hockey are attractions at the rinks, chess snd checkers have their votaries, while basket ball appeals to many who are attendants at the gymnasiums. Boxing bouts ure not unusual. The bowlers as a rule let up an that sport for the day. ns they have previously won thpir Christmas turkeys on the allpys and remain at home to enjoy the fruits of their prowess. Where do all the Christmas trees come from? In this country alone millions of them are sold every Yule-tid- e and year after year the supply is equal to the demand. One would think that after a time the forests would be depleted of the young growth of pines and fir and spruce that for the most part comprise the evergreen required by custom, but each season the market contains the usual variety. Mains and Michigan are the principal Sources of supply. Irak Chicago, S SI Fin! Ry. Best Local Train ice in the State. For rates, etc., Inquire of W. IL SIIEIIMKR, Agent, Tayaon. GEO. V. IIEINTZ, AbhL General Passenger Agent Leaving OMAHA daily at 6:00 p. m., for CHICAGO. T.G. WIMMKR Pmidnnt. f . H. TA NN EK K.S. WIMMER. Cashier Vira-Praald- golid ed gleotrio-Eigh- t- 'rain A 810,000.00. OF Dij Coaches, Library-Ca-rs Chair-Cars- , Ithorized 'lapltal Btook Dining-Car- s, PAYSON EXCHANGE and Palace Sleepers. SAVINGS For those who aieep well on a train, we have wliat you want. Fur those who don't sleep well we have an electric reading lamp In your berth by 4 which you can read all night if you wish, without disturbing others. In fact all the modern conveniences mth for SAFETY and COMFORT, are to he had If you travel via the C. M. A SL P. ny. L. L. DOWNING, Commercial Agt. Balt Lake City, Utah. BANK Ftiyaon, Utah. rranaaotB a General Hanking Biulanaa per cent lidrrml paid on time deposits v COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.' |
