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Show TWO LADIES AT WORK. Santa Claus in Larrigans mh By Holman F. Day lumbcring'cahps City Policeman Explains Caus of Unusual Gathering. Two lusty Italian women the other day were gathering into a pile a quantity of refuse lumber being taken from a Philadelphia building preparatory to making extensive alterations. Many of the slicks were too long to of carry handil), so the daughter King Victor Emmanuel were rending them in pieces in various ways. If they did not yield by sinking them across their knees, they placed them across the gutter and jumped upon them. The women were possessed of remarkable strength and the ease with which they made kindling wood attracted a crowd of fully 200 men and boys. As the sidewalk was becoming blocked a policeman hastened to the scene and ordered everybody to move on, A gentleman happened to come upon the dissolving throng, and being curious to know the caase of d the gathering, asked a son of Erin what It all meant "Sure, an' it's only a coo pie v Italian ladies breaking wood," he re plied. The Spirit of Christinas Dumphy had bucked at beans, Dumphy had ducked the dough-boyF t moat of a week be wouldn't apeak but ha chopped like four ntachlnea Hk hadn't a word for no one, not even far me and Mike And whenever we apoke or tried to joke, he crowled like a Cheaay tyke Whea Bill, the P I , fiddled, or Charley Canuck would Jig Damphy would crawl to the dark o' the wail and tog there like a pig, Daytime be chopped like fury nighttime be hugged hta bunk Phyaog ae long aa a boardin houaa arm. and chawin' aome bitter hunk. And the deacon-secrowd It wondered. for we eartlnly liked the lad. But he wouldn't let out what It all waa about, though we eaw he wae havin' It had. allowed he was bomeeick. while there eald twee wusa. r Tote-teaJaka had heard at the lake that 'twaa fort of a family fuaa. 'twaa family fuaa we were aorry we wondered bow It began, And this aa because young Dumphy wae eur only family man. New family man, I don't cere who. be-long at home with their broode, dla heeute will ache nor grieve for aake of m loneeome aid chape e the woedA - W' s Christmas, the time to b morryl sre when garlands Christmas, hung .Why do w fall back to furrow After tho boll have been rung? Christmas, bediademed season! Christmas, then sorrow and fear! who bletsod u 8urely tha Christ-chilMeant it to last all tha ycarl k m Let the glad paena of plenty Ring and reverberate long! Catch up humanitys chorus. Gladsome and great be the oongl 5 - Throughout the aeons of Time! aver and always, Symphony blest and sublime! Carol it Twine with the mistletoe branches Love for the fallen and tad! Uplift with sanctified kindnesa Those who are lowly and bad! Wi Live every day on the' dial Just aa God wishes wa might! Making our Christmas eternal, Paving our way to tho light! ", rd only family man." pen-stoc- pen-stoc- Long-geare- y, top-ofr- y. BUla. Jimmies and Jacks o' the Asa patch. Doesnt Work Both Waya "Yes, said the cynical manufacturer, "it is mighty easy to trade your reputation for money, but you're up against tt when you try to trad Automobile Magazine. back. Celebrations the World Over i he wunk a wettlsh wink; Okie pared. "There an order for thirty day o' my pay; If the rest of ye'e men ye'll take that pea and do a stunt my way." and Wo fought to get that thorn as eouldn't writ They had th bees attest their cross to mak their wrltln' tight. Whoa all had mad their papers, he Stacked a reg'lar dome. Bays be.. "JCa done! Lee rum and fun, IOMEr hut. bofra, there lays Than b clinched bis flat and muttered d as b turned to Hike. "Ts'rs Banty Claua for us. because yeve got th leg to blk. It'e a blam dark night, but yar Tab snowihoea to th carry, catch tote-tea-startin' NOW, nnd if for any causa t North Twin, Than huff It again to atrlke th train and Tham babies cry termorrer night Gawd halp cash thorn order in. Santy Clauel" Then atlrvsr tt to that poorhouee there A hoc said they be Terre Startin' NOW, and w don't allow tor sleep nor -t IT n blame dark night, but ye'r startin' NOW, and If for any cauaa Them hahle cry termorrer might. Oawg help Banty Claua" Herb's a good With te ys, famHymaaT From t be 'Depth of oar heart and th wood; . Boughs for our bunko and salt hoaa In Junks And a very light load of world' goods. Keep your neck near th arms and your cheek rnear th kiss, And never com here to th troubles Thu. God Ideas y with plenty, and strength to th arm That shatters th wife and th babies from harm. Weve tasted of life and wa know what it lack- sW loaeeom old bache of pea vies and waa" rv-- by tout application! aa they cannot reach th SI, aaacd portion at tlin ear. Ttiera la only on any tt ears dultama, and that la by conHltadonal rtmanta. Deafness la esused by an Inflame condition ns tha maeona lining of tho Euatachlun Tab. 11 bom th la Inflamed tabs yon bar s rumbling aonnd or too perfect bearing, and when It la entMly cloced, llMl aeaa la tha mult, and naleaa the tnflammailea eon bt taken oat aad tbla tubs reatored to Ua normal con dltloo. hearing will bo deatroyed forerar. btaocaaw eul of lea arc nosed by Catarrh, which la nothing bnl an lnflamad condition of tha ntaeona surfaces, WawUl give one Hundred Dollars fur any nass at Du fneaa (caused by catarrh I that cannot b by Haifa Catarrh Caro. Send lot circulars, free. F. J. Utah hr Uhl 0 Telede, . Sold by DruggDts, 75c. Hall's Famtli Flits an the beat. tint heart-broka- tt A Western Woolgrower. j,. .) Newcastle, Wyo., Dec. 21. There Is a man in this place who claims that no one need suffer with backache, as h has proven in his own case that lisaa be completely and permanently oured. His name is S. C. Holst, and he la a stock raiser and Woolgrower. I was shearing sheep at ths time he first pain came on, says Mr. Holst "I was so bad for two years afterwards that I could hardly sit down, end when once down it was almost Impossible for me to get up again. "I tried all the medicine I could hear of and several doctors without help, not even for a moment I used Dodds Kidney Pills and they onade a new man out of me. I felt as if there was new blood In my veins. I am as stout in the back as a mule and can lift and work as hard as I please without aa ache or pain in any part of my body. It 1 now over a year since they cured me and I can say there is not a healthier man in Wyoming than I am. and before using Dodds Kidney Pills there was not a more complete physical wreck In the whole country Hun j Deafness Cannot be Cured. Christmas In tha South. Fireworks are being shipped into all There's sometimes a grief for ye, parts of the South forth Christmas family and New Year holiday celebrations; Aad Its wicked Fd better believe. When ye find that there- - trouble piled heavy and doubts, ays the New York Tribune. Large Oa tha poor little homo that y leave. consignments have been going out Thar are sharks who art hungry when money to du every day during the past three or And a maa to away la tha woods with a crew; tour weeks, and these shipment will n wife khlverta babies and continue until after Christmas. It n kntfo. with re Dont hinder tho Shylock who' out waa estimated by two prominent local read And tho tear-- e polled totter that cook choked and dealers last week that not leas than Waa writ from a poorhouee and "baby waa daad." 11,000, 000 worth of Roman candles, mea. On attar tha other, we forty-fiv- e rockets, pinwheela, crackers, torpeBiased where the ktaee were marked by her pea, does and .colored fire powder will be . Kissed oa th of little onee smack. smooch aet off south of the Mason and Dixon's W lonesome old bache of peavle and patch. , line during the last week of the dying Bills, Jimmies and Jack s' th Ax. year. In the South the Christmas too, blubbered, ho cook blubbered ho fair, square celebration takes the place of th InIlka tears daw. with altetened but Thera wasn't a face In all th place crow dependence day celebration, there be had th dud hung. the An Jo thro wed galley-eefalng little demonstration there on the Far w Vnowed that Joke to Dumphy spk of empty stockin' hang; Fourth of July. This has been true W all at aa sow a pietur' of youngster for many years, both of the cities and wonderin' why country districts, but since the Old Banty Claua. like ether friend, had war the people of the passed that poorhouee by. W looked to Dumphy' corner, where he South have entered more heartily into curled with burled bead. the noisy ooaervance of the Fourth. Sot hie grief and tears stopped eyes and Coloredfolks will spend their last ears to all w did or said. dollar for firecrackers and rock eta. matt secret," tho thats rat Dag growled th boea, "but others can Bo Jest aa clue ae that secret cues, our -- v Bing It forever and ever, raady for moro. k and Than hoes ho fetched a thawed th yaller Ink. And he ecretchlty scratched a wrlttn' and Mil What Is tha spirit that drives ua Back to our hearthstones that glow. to perish Leaving tha heart-sicOut in tho sold and the snowl good health to ys, family only family man. Wo dug him out of his blankets end hauled him out to tho light. Hie eyes were red with tears be bad shed, hut now ho wanted to light. And scream Ing a string of curses, he struck ae he raved and swore. . Floored Joe Lacrosse and tha swampin' boss, and announced be was ready for more, But no one wae 'ypeclally anxious and w backed away, because Good will to men wao not Jett then la tho eye of our Santy Claua, to awat him. Tha boss waa hut allowed ho had bottar not. For 'twaa trouble had that Dumphy haM whatever It waa he'd got. And screaming a string of eursea, h So back la Ilia hunk h butted unsociable kind of a goat struck aa ha ravad and aurora, cook waa taktn' a look Floored Jo Laeross and tha swamp. Whllo our'pryln' letter that dropped from his a at . Ins hoaa. and announotd ha waa coat white-whiskere- Christmas, tha day of unbending I Christmas, when hunger Is fed Why must It over go wanting. Wasting and crying for bread? m Some other hung iIhvoi and legglne the boa hung a rubber boot man. nrwao Chrletmee eve, and wo mad! Wherever ye've built your noet; believe. Jett tho lark of a Chrlet Te've moro than your share of the mu tootl good things, but there! We reckon it's all for the best. Thar aa arm for your neck and a Use for your chock When there's trouble ahead or your courage la waak, , And comfort and courage and grit you will need, With a wlfa and aoma younkara to house and to food. God bleaa you with patience and pesos and with gooda la the very heat wish of ui men o tho woods, Us lone ome old bache of psavleo and pate has. Bills, Jimmies and Jacks, o' tho A. Tba oeok bo hod hung a shoe-p- a o. tho cokes hung one, too, Aad lArrlgaa Jo a eock with a toe-t-bo only whole sock in the ere. Some others hung sleeves and leggtn'o-th-a hose hung a rubber-boo- t. Twaa Christmas eva and wa made believe! Jst ths lark of a Christmas toot! Wo hadn't thought of presents why, the most of ua never bad hung A stockin' up at tha ehlmnsy-ald- a avan wbsa wa ware young. It was only a bit of foolin', and a part of our ovnln' plan Was a Santy Claua, and Dumphy was our WILLIAMS of Jesus, Christmas, th birth-tiCornea with it holly again Would that th worlds acceptation Guacgnteed peace to all men! & at Here' BYe By In th rush of early morning, When the red burns through the gray. And ths wintry world Has waiting For th glory of th day. Then we hear a fitful rustilng Just without upon the stair. See two small white phantoms coming, Catch th gleam of sunny hair. Are they Christmas fairies stealing Rows of little socks to fill? Are they angels floating hither ? With their message of What sweet spell are these elves weaving. As like larks they chirp and sing? Are these palms of peace from heaven That these lovely spirits bring? Rosy feet upon tba threshold, - Ka ger face peeping through. ' With the first red ray of sunshine, Chanting cherubs come In view; Mistletoe and gleaming holly, Bymbols of a blessed day, Jn their chubby hands they carry. Streaming all along the way. good-will- Well we know them, never weary Of this Innocent surprise: Ing. Hstcnitig With full hearts and tender always eyes. While our little household angels. White and gulden in the sun. Greet us with the sweet old welcome Merry Christmas, every one!" Louise Alcott. Waiting--watc- h Some Christmas Notea In Silesia there is a superstition that a boy born on Chrlstmas day Christ's Birthplace. must be brought up a lawyer or he According to an article by Paul Corns in Ths Open Court, Chicago, tbs will become a thief. Christmas mines pies In the sevenapocryphal gospels tell somewhat different story of Christs birth from teenth and eighteenth centuries were the csnonlcol books. According to ths made with crust so shaped as to repformer, Christ was born In & cave And resent the manger. In the fourth century the celebration thence trssferred to s stable, whers the ox end ess worshiped him. while, of Christmas waa fixed by the Latin Before according to the canonical gospels, chnrch for December 25th. tha Nativity takes place iu a stable. that time it had been a movable festl- The apocryphal legends proved fio val In France It Is s common practice to strong that in spite of the canonical version of ths story, cave near Reth celebrate Christmas by giving ajs exlehera came to be finally .egarded AS tra ration to domestic anijpals, go the the place of the Nativity, And a theory that all creatures should unite church was erected on ths spot to la rejoicing at this season. commemorate' the event and still Mince pies are first Tnentloned "in stands as a lasting monument of this 1596 as in common use at Christmas belief. , tlma. Culinary authorities declared that they might oe eaten as early 'as December 14. They were made of Christmas In Bohemia. Bohemia, alone, among all ths Chris- mutton, mixed with raisins, cloves, alltian countries,, makes Christma A spice, nuts, and other ingredients. The children at Iletblebem are still day of rigorous fasting. Even children are expected to deny themselves told by their mothers that on Christall food from sunrise to sunset This mas eve a choir of angels always sing day Is also a veritable collection day above the place where Christ was for workmen of every class, nd ths born. Travelers say that on this evenmaster of the house needs a pocketful ing scores, end sometimes hundreds of money to satisfy all the demands of children may be seen In th open made upon him by the artisans, must-clan- air, looking np Into the sky, waiting chim- to bear the angels sing. neysweeps, cobblers, etc, who throng In Sweden there is a superstition th house from early dawn to wish that the men of the extreme northern him a "Merry Christmas" and racetvs regions become wolves during Christfrom him a remembrance. mas week. Hke-East- - s, J er.- Octoroon Waitresses. eating yhouse is to bo opened near the bank, at which the waitresses will be octoroons of the genuine chocolate-creatint, special ly Imported from the Southern stntea A London Holly the Holy Tree. In the middle of the Forest of Dean, England, there stands a building called the Speech House, around which grows a number of old holly trees. Dyeing is ns easy as washing whea FADELESS DYES nr They were looked upon by th folk PUTNAM . of the locality with so much venera- used. tion that, so recently as 1830, boughs New Process Armor Plate. were cut from them and used to take Th Illustrated Zeitung says that the place of the Testament In swear- Krupp has outdone Harvey in srmoi ing in witnesses In the adjoining with a new process that secures court It la said that the ancient Brit plate even greater result. The new pw ons held the tree as sacred, and plantcess enables armor plate to be mad ed It round their villages in CornwalL much thinner then formerly. When holly came to be coupled with Mrs. Winslow Hoot h Christmas other notions prevailed. Ia Hyrap. For children teething, soften thslng gums, reduces tm Rutlandshire It was thought unlucky flam mat top, allay, pain, cures wind colic. Jflcai to bring It Into the house before Vote With Husbands. Christmas. In the Western shires ths In New Zeeland, where woman's branches were taken home from th churches which they had adorned and suffrage prevails, the women Tot; s A rule, In accordance with the views of kept 'for luck during the following their husbands or brothers, so that ths School year. boys used to make bird- results are not essentially changed. lime by chewing the bark. Because the leaves of its lower branches are Plsos Core cannot be too highly spoken of aa more spiny than those of' the upper, a cough euro J. W. O'Biuu, 322 Third An, the tree escapes damage from cattle, K., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan t, IMJQ, which cause harm to most trees. Deer, Harvest Work. however, attack it. Little Folks. The harvest of wheat alone engagei about 1,000,500 men and 60.000 three isonths of the summer, while al least 10,000 women are needed to pre pare food for the workers. The har vest of other crops employ less mea Celebration at Lima, Peru. but the entire number of harvester! Probably the --most gorgeous Christ needed in gathering the crops of th mas spectacle in the wbrld takes United States has been estimated al in Lima, Peru, where a wonderful pro 1,620,700 that is, exclusive of thi cession several mites long winds farmers that reside on their own land through the streets, bearing figures and aid In the harvest. of hundreds of saints and tne sacred Quit Coughing, pictures of the cathedraL Many thouWhy cough, when for 25c and this sands of soldiers in their bright uni- notice you get 25 doses or an absoforms, Indian women, decked with lutely guaranteed cough cma in ribbons and flowers, and asses heavily form, postpaid DU. SJv IRVINtahleti CQ A CROSSK. WIS. W. N. TL) laden with choice fruits and harnessed with' strings of golden bell all apTh Secret of Colds, pear in line, and on stands passed Habitual colds are due to an ON the f are by parade representations o on the outside and dyspeptis scenes from the Nativity. At night kept skin mucous membranes on the Inside, tha the whole city makes merry with gut result of with tars, casUnets and 'weird native carelessness,Indigestion, coupled according to an authordances, and the celebration ends wltk great public feasu where rich and ity. , poor exchange greetings. Stop the Cough and Works oir the Cold Laxatiy Brooio (Jumitie 1 ablets. PrioaKa True Meaning of Christmas. , In all the mirthmaking and the hapTreasure In National Museum. The loological collections of piness of the coming holiday time ws the Na should not geCtoo far away from ths Tloual Museum-have-groto ha of all the celebrations of the mens size, rivaling, and In fact that somi year it Is the one that unquestionably case surpassing, those of any othei museum. Of insects there are belongs In its higher meaning to th ia th humble end the poor. government collection nearly 1,600 001 "And this shall be a sign unto you. specimens; of recent shell nearli Ye shall find the babe wrapped la 8pc,men: besides at I0,000 swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. B0WW) specimen, of other aquatic And suddenly there was with th vertebrates, about 200,000 specimen angel a multitude of the heavenly of fishes, more than 60,000 birds' host, praising God and saying; specimens of birds; more Glory to God in the highest, and oa 40.000 reptiles and batracbians. and earth peace, good will toward men." mala Ulan 75,000 gPecin of maim ! wn ij SI |