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Show City Policeman Explain Causa W 1:1 usual Gathering. Two lusty Italian women th. t! day were gathering Into a tity of refuse lumber belL from a Philadelphia tory to making extensive Many of the sticks were too carry handily, so the daughto? King Victor Emmanuel were them in pieces in various ,!! they did not yield by striking across their knees, they placed Ir Santa Claus in Larrigans 5? iuhbekino0camps By Holman F. Day The Spirit of Christmas IHMuUWwnSJWwDijWll Dumphy had bucked at beans. Dumphy hod durked th dough-bo- y For most of a week he wouldn't speak, but ho chopped like four machines. Ho hadnt a word for no ona, not oven By BYRON WILLIAMS for me and Mike, Aad whenever we spoke or tried to Joke, he growled like a Cheesy tyke. When mil, the P. J Addled, or Charley Canuck would Jig. Dumphy would crawl to the dark o' the wall and sog there like a pig. Daytime he chopped like fury nighttime ha hugged his bunk, Pbyaog aa long as a boardin' house arm, and chawin' some bitter hunk. crowd It wondered, And the deacon-sefor we sartlnly liked the lad, Bat ha wouldnt let out what It all was about, though we saw he was havin' U bad. Boms allowed be wee homesick, while others said 'twas wuss. Christmas, the the coke a toe the hota, and announced he was ready for moro. coat There's sometimes family man. a grief for ye, And It' wicked y'd better believe. When y And that there' trouble piled heavy and double. On the poor little home that y leave. du There are sharks who are hungry when money Is a crew; with woods In Is the man And a away n wife Shiverin' babies and Don't hinder the Shylock who re out with a knife. d letter that cook choked and And the Was writ from a poorhouse and baby we dead." men, One after the other, w forty-liv- e KUsed where the kieses were marked by her pen. Kissed on the smooches of little ones' smacks. -- W lonesome old baches of peavle and patch. Bill. Jimmie end Jacks o' the Ax. heart-broke- ter-potte- too, lose be fair, square blubbered cook he blubbered, with tear tike dew. rbere wasnt a face In all the place but glistened the dud the crew had hung, ind Jo throwed galley-est'ar- d spoke of empty stockln bong, to Dumphy ror w knowed that Joke W all of u saw a plctur' of youngsters wonderin' why Jld Santy Claus, like other friends, had passed that poor house by. corner, where he f looked to Dumphy' curled with burled head, hi grief and tera stopped eyes end ears to ell we did or said. secret, Dang rat the man that' growled the boss, "but others can our is Jett as clus as that secret cuss, only family man.' and ten boss be fetched a thawed the yaller Ink. ;t Ilf ir a wrltln and be acratchlty-scratchebe wunk a wettlsh wink; I whispered, "There' an order for thirpay; ty day o' my ' men ye'll take that pen f the rest of end do a stunt my way. and V fought to get that them a couldn't write :hey had the boss attest their cross to meke their wrltln tight. be Vhen all had made their papers, stacked a regiar dome, lays ha, "It'a done! Le-- s rum and fun, Long-geare- m litre's a good health to ye, family man, From the depth of our hearts and the woods; Boughs for our bunks and salt boss In Junk And a very light load of world's good. Keep your neck near tha arms and your cheek near tha kUa, And neter come here to tha troubles o' This, Ood bless ya with plenty, and strength to the arm That aheltera tha wife and tha bablea from harm. Weve tasted of Ufa and we know what It lacks Ws lonosom old beetle of ptavlea and patches. Bills, Jimmies and Jacks o' tho A is. sidewalk ft. 1 A s Doesnt Work Both Wayt Yes," said the cynical manoic er, It Is mighty easy to trade ; reputation for money, but youre against It when you try te back." Automobile Magazine. Deafness Cannot be Cured. by local application m thcy'canaol Mae Ut? portion of tha car. lher U oalv oh wi ea(d cure deafnes, twl that tycoantutKmtm U caiiAod by r InrUmed contiUM mucous lining of tba husuchl in Tab. mc $ tube Is Inflamed you bats a rumbling perfect bearing, and when It Is enureivrtM. neos Is the result, and unlras tho imltinreoHra taken out and this tube restore t to lusuim. dltlon, bearing win he defttrnyed forever, y out of ten are caueed ly t merrb, a lip h ti mui. an Inflamed condition of the mucous perfares, We will give one Hundred Ool at for aay Deftfnena (caused by eatarrhl tbt a wMton by Ball's Catarrb Cure. tnd for rtccvm.trtt V. IOmIwk UiKShV Sold by PnisifNts, Ve. Bad's i'amilr Hlis are tbe beit. Octoroon Waitresses eating house Is to I too opened near the bank, at which waitresses will be octoroons of pool tint, epee Was genuine chocolate-crealy Imported from the Southern ta; A London Christmas In the South. Fireworks are being shipped Into all parts of the South for tbe Christmas and New Year holiday celebrations, Large ays the New York Tribune. consignments have been going out every day during the past three or four weeks, and these shipments will It continue until after Christmas. was estimated by two prominent local dealers last week that not less than $1,000,000 worth of Roman candles, rockets, pin wheels, crackers, torpedoes and colored lire powder will be set off south of the Mason and Dixons line during the last week of the dying year. In tbe South the Christmas celebration takes the place of the Independence day celebration, there being little demonstration there on the Fourth of July. This has been true for many years, both of the cities and country districts, but since the war the people of the South have entered more heartily Into the noisy oDscrvance of the Fourth. Colored folks will spend their last dollar for firecrackers and rockets. Christs Birthplace. According to an article by Paul Carus in The Open Court, Chicago, ths apocryphal gospels tell a somewhat different story of Christs birth from the canonical books. According to the former, Christ was born In a cave and thence trasferred to a stable, where the ox and ass worshiped him, while, according to the canonical gospels, the Nativity takes placo In a stable. The apocryphal legends proved so (irons that In spite of the canonical version of tho story, a cave near Beth"Its a blame dark night, but ye're lehem came to be finally regarded as startin NOW, and if for any caua the place of the Nativity, and a TheVn bablea cry termorrer night. church was erected on the spot to commemorate the event and still Gawd help ye, Santy Claus! stands as a lasting monument of this belief. but, boys, theie lu it 110M1S!" ten he clinched his list and mutteted Mike, aa be turned to Yere Benty Claus for us, because ye't got the legs to hike 'ah enowshoes to the carry, catch tote-teato North Twin, hen huff It again to strike the train and cash them order In, tea etlvver It to that poorhous where ahe has eald they be i re etartln NOW, and we don't allow for sleep nor stop-of- f seel a a blama dark night, but ye'ra alertin' NOW, and If for any cause termorrer iem babies cry night. Gawd help ye, Banty Claus." the I Sing It forever and ever, Throughout the aeons of Time! Carol It ever and always, Symphony blest and sublimel d pen-stoc- As A Western Woolgrower. Newcastle, Wyo., Doc. 21 xw a man In this place who claim tha one need suffer with backache u has proven In his own case that It be completely and permanently cm His name is S. C. Holst, and h. a stock raiser and woolgrower. "I was shearing sheep at the t, the first pain came on," say Mr He "I was so bad for two year j, wards that I could hardly it do, I snd when once down It was almost possible for me to get up again. I tried all the medicine I could and several doctors without even for a moment. I used Kidney Pills and they made man out of me. I felt as If there , new blood In my veins. I am a In the back as a mule and can lift t work as hard as I please without ache or pain in any part of my body "It Is now over a year since tl cured me and I can say there no healthier man in Wyoming than 1 and before using Dodds Kidney p there was not a more complete i'v cal wreck in tho w hole country tL was. Let the glad paens of plenty Ring and reverberate long! Catch up humanitys chorus, Gladsome and great be the song! Twine with the mistletoe branches Love for the fallen and sad! Uplift with sanctified kindness Those who are lowly and badl and jumpe women were posse? strength ami the they made kindling crowd of fully 200 r k pen-atoc- k ,nd - What It the spirit that drives us Back to our hearthstones that glow. to perish Leaving the heart-sicOut in the cold and tho snow! Some other hung sleeve and legglne the boss hung a rubber boot Twas Christmas eve, and we made believe. Jest the lark of a Christ hung one, too. only whole eock In the crev?. Some others hung sleeves and legglne- the boss hung a rubber-boo- t, 'Twas Christmas eve and we made believe! Jest the lark of a CbcJstmas toot! W hadn't thought of presents why, the most of us never had hung even A stockin up at the chlmney-sld- e when we were young. It was only a bit of foolin', and a part of our ev'nln' plan Was a Snnty Claus, and Dumphy was our only family man. W dug him out of hla blankets and hauled him out to the light, Ilia eyes were ted with tears he had hed. but now he wanted to fight. And screaming a string of curses, be atruck aa he raved and awore, Floored Joe Lacrosse and the swampin' boss, and announced he was ready for more. But no on was 'specially anxious and w backed away, because Good will to men was not Jest then In tb sye of our Santy Claus. to swat hint, Tha boss was but allowed he had better not. For 'twas trouble bad that Dumphy hsd, whatever It was he'd got. he butted unsociable And screaming a atring of curees, ha So back In hlaa bunk kind of goat raved and aa he awore, atruck While our pryln' cook was takln a look Floored Joe Lacrosse and the swamp-I- n at a letter that dropped from hla : 4 SV- gutter coming blocked a policeman hasten to the scene and ordered move on, A gentleman happeuj come upon the dissolving thmng , being curious to know the the gathering, asked a whlte-tikered son of Erin what It all meant "Sure, an Its only a coople n? i, lan ladles breaking wood." ha plied. Chrietmae, when hunger is fed Why must It ever go wanting, . Wasting and crying for bread! man, Wherever yeve built your nest; Ye've more than your share of the mu tootl good things, but there! We reckon It's all for the beat There's an arm for your neck and n kiss for your cheek When there's trouble ahead or your courage la weak. And comfort and courage and grit you will need. With s wife and some younkers to house and to feed. God bless you with patience and peace and with goods, In the very best wish of us men o' the woods, Ue lonesome old bachs of peavles and patches, Bills, Jimmies and Jacks, o' the As. c, s d to ye, family Tbe cook be had hung a shoe-paAnd Larrtgan Jo a eock with Jesus, Chrletmas, bedlademed season! Christmas, then sorrow and fear! who blessed u Surely the Chrlet-chilall It the to last yearl Meant woods. good health of across the them. The remarkable with which attracted a and boys. Christmas, the day of unbending! m Heros e Christmas, the time to bo merry! r when garland Christmas, hung Why do we fall back to furrow After the bell have been rung? Jake had heard at the lake that 'twAii sort of a family fusa. If 'twas family fuss we were sorry we wondered how It began. And thin na because young Dumphy was our only fumlly man. Now family men, I dont care who, be long at home with their broods, Ho hearts will ache nor grieve for sake of ue lonesome old chops o' the Tote-tea- birth-tim- Comes with Its holly again Would that the world's acceptation Guaranteed peace to all menl at For aL1 T Christmas In Bohemia. Bohemia alone, among all the Christian countries, makes Christmas a day of rigorous fasting. Even children aro expected to deny themselves all food from sunrise to sunsoL This day Is also a veritable collection day for workmen of every class, and the master of the house needs a pocketful of money to satisfy all the demands made upon him by tbe artisans, musibell ringers, chimcians, neysweeps, cobblers, etc., who throng the house from enrly dawn to wish him a "Merry Christmas" end receive from him a remembrance. Merry Christmas. rush of early morning. When the red burns through the gray. And the wintry world lies waiting For the glory of the day. Then we hear a Atful rustling Just without upon the stair. See two small white phantoms coming. Catch the gleam of tunny hair. In the Are they Christmas fairies stealing Rows of little eoika to All? Are they angels Aoatlng hither With their message of good-wilWhat aweet spell are these elves weaving. Aa like larks they chirp and alng? Are these palms of peace from heaven That these lovely spirits bring? Rosy feet upon the threshold, Eiger faces peeping through. With the Am red ray of sunshine, (.'hunting cherubs come In view; Mistletoe and gleaming holly. Symbols of a bless.-- day. In their chubby hands they carry. Streaming all along the way. Well we know them, never weary of this Innocent aurprlee: . listening always Waiting, With full hearts ami tender eyes. While our little household angels. White and gulden In the sun, Greet us with the sweet old welcome "Merry Christmas, every one!" Louise Alcolt. l? Holly the Holy Tree. In the middle of the Forest of Dean, England, there stands a building called the Speech House, around which Dyeing Is as easy as washtujvt grows a number of old holly trees. DYES They were looked upon by the folk PUTNAM FADELESS of the locality with so much venera- used. tion that, so recently ps 1830, boughs New Process Armor Plata were cut from them and used to take The Illustrated Zeitung sty t the place of the Testament In swear-in- Krupp has outdone Harvey is in In witnesses In the .adjoining plate with a new process that tea court It Is said that the ancient Brit- even greater results. The ne l ons held the tree as sacred, and plantcobs enables armor plate to be a ed it round their villages in CornwalL much thinner than formerly. HI When holly came to be couplod with Mr. Wlmlow'i Hoottuo Christmas other notions prevailed. Is For children treiliin. often, ttw uui. rw Rutlandshire It was thought untucky (UmniaUon.nlUr imm.curea wind out. to bring It Into the house before Vote With Husbands Christmas. In the Western shires the ' In New Zealand, where branches were taken home from the vot women the churches which they had adorned and suffrage prevails, a rule, in accordance with thevk kept for luck during the following or brothers, lbt year. School boys used to make bird- their husbands results are not essentially changf fun lime by chewing the bark. Because 0UN the leaves of Its lower branches are risoa Cure cannot be too h!c!'Tno11'' moro spiny than those of the upper, a court cure. J. W. Oliaivx, 3J2TWO the tree escapes damage from cattle, i MkmcapoUd, Mlnu., Jan. A which cause harm to most trees. Deer, Harvest Work. howover, attack It. Little Folks. The harvest of wheat alone ? about l.OOO.OoO men and 50,000 5 ' V; three months of the summer, !$, least 10,000 women are needed M i pare food for the workers. a j; vest of other crops employ lcs 11 Celebration at Lima, Peru. but the entire number of Probably tho most gorgeous Christ needed Ir, ga'hcrlng the crop mas spectacle in the world take United States has been e.stlmt(i in Lima, Peru, where a wonderful pro 1,520,700 that is, exclusive cession several mnos long wind farmers that reside on their o through the streets, bearing figure of hundreds of saints and tuo Racred and aid in thu harvest , pictures of the cnthedral. Many thouQalt ton hi n. sands of soldiers In their bright uniWhy cough, when for 25c of 25 dose forms, Indian women, decked with notice you get cough lately guaranteed ...fi ribbons and flowers, and assos Hit SKij'j heavily form, poM I'hUI. j laden with choice fruits and harnessLA CROSSE. WIS. ed with strings of golden bells all apThe Secret of Cold. pear In line, and on stands passod colds are duo to Habitual by the rarado are ol representations kept skin on the outside and dpi r0m 1,10 NutlvltyAt night mucous membranes on the the whole city makes merry with gut result of Indigestion, coupled tars, castanets and weird natlv to n dances, and the celebration ends with carolessness, according ' great public feasts where rich snd lty. poor exchange greetings Stop the Congti Works ttr Hie old LahiHt Etroiiio'Juiuma'iftbl1 Meani"fl of TUA . Christmas, Treasures In National Mu v Mne t Jh.tnilrthn,aklnK ftnd th haP ,th" The soologlcal collections of holiday time we far tlonal Museum have grown from fPP, the I ! Viv.a 1,0 oolohratinns of the mouse size, rivaling, ami vp?r D' of ,hat '""i'lestlonably cases surpassing, those In hu helot, higher meaning to the museum. Of Insects there are humble and the poor Roternment collection nonvly " be n s unto Too. specimens; of recent an'm?'1,1,1 Ye i bahu wrannnd In 1.000,000 specimens; besides 01' 500.000 specimens of other Ana suddenly them wn 1 s. vertebrate, about JtK) , of Ashes, more tlmn CO.onO blr p m 13(1,000 Rpeelmens of birds; batrachi Go n 1,10 40.000 reptiles and h'thest. earth L peace, good will toward men.2 more than 75,000 speeimaoi o mals. N-- wui.-hlng- Some Christmaa Notes. In Silesia there is a superstition that a boy born on Christmas day must bo brought up a lawyer or he will become a thief. Christmas mince pies In tho seven teenth and eighteenth centuries were made with crust so shaped as to represent the manger. In the fourth ceutury the celebration of Christmas was Axed by tho Latin church for December 25th. Before that time It had been a movable festival like Easter. In Franco It Is a common practice to celebrate Christmas by giving an extra ration to domestic animals, on the theory that all creatures should unite in rejoicing at this season. Mince pies aro first mentioned In 15K6 as In common use at Christmas time. Culinary authorities doclarod that they might do eaten as early as December 14. They were made of mutton, mixed with raisins, cloves, allspice, nuts, and other Ingredients.' The children at Bethlehem are atm told by thoir mothers that on Christmas eve a choir of angels always above the place where Christ Ring was born. Travelers Ray that on this even-lnscores, and soraotlmcs hundreds of children may be seen la the open air, looking up into the sky, waiting to hear the angels Ring. In Sweden there Is a superstition that the men of the extreme northern regions become wolves during Christmas week. g J - r na T i |
