II I He Somerset Ileiald Christmas Aphorisms. Christmas ha gradually evolved out of its theology and has come to stand U,t a CretivAl of love. Therefore all men love it thrTUiout the nnivers, love's born f love and ia worshiped for its ,JTIUSHH iit r- f inn , Weds-., "orau a - w :u : are. otierwle t"- 5 If i oa a sake. J rt t-:-.T be fcarcrd. .1 be fcm Uad on lil all VF' 'aPiup. raxaffen WX1 , , .ta su'c-'l" a tw tAke o ESTABLISHED 1827. fcua one pato3c to tbe sasce of ibe fcnsys r i-.'1 toe. Addnsa KEBSET IIX&ALD, SoEEET, ft. VOL. XLI. NO. 27. S03LERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1892. WHOLE NO. 21G0. Somerset L '2:Vs.n'-aT-law- SjIAZY PCBi.i Somerset T. i.s;.,1;:--atuw " . - I J. aoausR. Pa- aj-tt. Fa. a VAT-LAW. aunvoraa, Fa. f t . noLtrseV ha. s- -"""Vsrr-AT-LAW, II. 1 iIL V.r.:i--i--tis 1 I Fa. - - Fr-- Eou B"' "in J. G. OULA. t s ? I F J-K-Krhta-NET-AT-LA. A au. auttenet. Fa 1 I Tt'il. ii. .T , ,r 1 ...-.i'ubU4laMI3J5 1 3 a 4 .NiY-Al-LA. . it cK-icrset, ra. 1 e-: Eraia. 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IT ul -. r . - invac tx-vie i'-.'r a:ingi Lubricating Oils Na-rth and G asolir.e, '" " -A-e i ( r;:,t ;;m . paLienjje 1 i 1 j 'f-QDUCT 01 PETROLEUM. -'" -si ije M aiarticiy satisfactory Oils -IN IH-. -- erica n Market, BuauAKT. Pa. 3 FP.iSKLlH STREET. -'-'STO'.VN SUPPLY HOUSE V H. WATERS & BRO. PLUMBERS, "-ti v. . - ; wet baiii;n. !a w aw baH.ilnj. . i-.uiswm. Ream '-'it t,-t, M J -TtK KEATIVi twa- ta. f '- " Uu. line enbrar m " -tgl LB Ulf CXKUKJ, WILh iif aI. P A RT EVT rrT . I i fan a1 '-j. Ate Privet auoted oa -THE- FIRST NATIONAL BANK or Somerset, Penn'a. -o- CAPITAL SURPLUS S5O.0OO. SS.OOO. -o- DEPOSITS HCCCIVCOIM LARGE A N 0 S If A Li. AMOUNTS- PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AN 0 OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. j BOARD OF DIRECTORS : 1 UEca M. Hicaa. W. H. Villi, JaMES L. rTGH, ChaS. II. FlsBIA, Juhs R. Siw, Gso. E. Sctla, Fl W. BiXeCTXa'S. Edwxed Scn.i, : : : : : Pklsidemt Vjlexti- Hat, : : V:rs rKjiisyr 1IaklvM. titi.Ktfcy, : : : Cask:ar. j TLe funds Aci seour.tita of thi3 back art 8-onri;iy protwred inie!ratedCi:r- Lias Bs-vlAr-proof haff. The on!y Safe j Somerset Ccuntj National Bank Of Somerset, Pa. EiUi!Uhl. 1877. Crn;?i ti a liiiiMxl, 18 JO. CAPITAL. $50 000. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: t-Am. B. Hrr-;-r.. tciaen o thL Et k w:;' rf-or'.v the not ; rartitr i:z lo wca Bnct-5 r.t or wtai caa I fc attain trawil l-y dnL;i fr ry 3i.onni ; U nity a:ni raluM'stta -ciirtl of T'i- I boi.i liictied sfca, wiui most ai'pruretf time ! r.ec;ior. rca-le In all parts of the Tailed ! dt.UA. C'liATv muicw. flBILITT Till! MS TIKI CS. 121 A li". Foartb Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. im - - Undivided Profit $200,000. IXSURES TITLE TO REAL ESTATE. AutLorUed to Act as Eifcnter, Admiaislrilor, (oardiaD, Trnte, Airne, Kectirer, ic. t E LLS IX RELIABLE IhUSTXEXT SECURITIES. R?nts b-u ia its Saricr Vanlts from Kecf ivf dtpitB AE'l luaiM on mort pigfcs Aiid approved collaterals. JOHN B. JACK3N, - President. JAMES J. IhjNNELL, Vi rridenL C. E. McVAY. - .SecreUry and Treas. OT. BEAGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Hv tD and m.i-; :m rrrvi veio-'.uxry ur- fitavl :ri-iru Tr;:- x:.d ppiiir.Jtrs -umj cusn pit-Le vrienuxry i;brry. TeUriaary Oblrttrics a Sp?clalty. A cocir'N'Te of TeVrLArv nv!.ciii al vob tiArviy vji5 u Owl ic iu.J r- -1 utArLtt-vl hor-1 I tve Lreail- U-uiu:. or Ki -r . f r-;4T-i---t. 3 miics west of 5lvarr. Grantsvillo. - 3Id ST. CHARLES NOTE L CHAS. S. GILL, Proprietor. Rates: $2.00 to $3 00 per day. OT(Sco.1t. a; anl e nd ir,cnJrxTi:t ;,::t to aj Mil Usnd-I auacbi.-'. Cor. Wood St and Third Ave.. Pittsburgh, Pa. ATTESilOli FARMERS ! At SiiBrj" LiT S:ab".e, Somerset, Pa., ;;! be ft.und one of tU ni't irjaDt lot cf cisttfrs ew orc":bl to lh ccqo!t. Jost the thirp roa an? 6r sii:rit and at PEICES trlthia the reach of a!!. rpnr owner of A horse Lou!l tare A Horse Blanket to protect hi i-i-t from the cn-i sto'ics of winter. The best blanket in the market ia tbe 5 -A. aal they are to be bad at SIMPSON'S, A new tbir.f j-it oat Uiat cornea highly r?rc3iiiiecded ia the COBKFACEU COLLin. Tb,y hae terer been known lo al a Loa Try them. The finest line of HaroM, Saddles. BnUlee and bonereanA Kp pliin alwayi on band. ISAAC SIMPSON. - e- i La;ir Ulo, O. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa ralysis of the Throat "I Thank Gad and Hood's Sara parilla for Perfect Health." " Genlif men : For the N?ne5t ot suffering ha maa'.tr I to Ute a few faoti : 'or seteral rn.n I hir ulT.-rr-.I from eatuTB and rw.irt liuoitf, gc .tin j m bjd 1 couid But work aod Could Scarcely Walk I had a Tery t aJ pea of raralrsis ot the ttiroat Kme tr-r.f jji. Mr Uiroat emd closed and I d mmt amallaw. Th d tors A.t it " c.iue! !yhi art failure. ai:d save melK-ine, h:eh It. it ae.Tilius to )1r:'..n.'t. imt it U;d iwt -ra to i'.i me any pnod. wile ur:rd irif' to trj 4 .araiiriilrt. teliiug the of Mr. JosepU C. Scia, uo lud bevu At Death's Door but was e -.tiri.iy enre l l-y Hood'i SaruparJU. After tilV ii.i wlUi Mr. Smith. I eoncroded to try Ji;-. i j rvi;.a.-i:u. uvn I lud tiAia tw. iK't! I f..;t Ttrv trtiKli better. I have ci:Uiin 1 Lkii;s it, a?il am now IcvUng Acei ltrl-L 1 U.Aik Oud, and Hood's Sarsaparilla and my r-j?e fr rriy retfra.)a to perfect kvali." Hamvei I! ttu. Laceyvic O. UOOD j PI1X3 ds not purje. pau anpe, but act prcmp-Jy, nuliy and eficieatiy. Se. TOYS! TOYS! TOYSH We're not a tov house, but we Lave more toys tLan tov houses ia town. Not only more but hand somer, nicer, newer and prettier toyj tLan can be found elsewhere, and what's still better, , for a'.wt half regular tjy tlre price. This '11 be as merry a Christmas for poor people's children as rich people's children if beautiful toys will produce that effect. 5000 30GLLg, It's the greatest Doll Assortment ever shown in this city ; it's a riht you should not miss. Our entire first floor is triven tip to toys and do'!. Coaietosee us and bring the little ones. NATHAN'S, H"irtr jf Ii: jh fVue. FANCY WORK. Seme Great Bargains Ia IRISH POINT LUNCH AND TRAY CLOTHS BoceLt below ocet of transportation we are peliirj at jp--?r; tarcains white and colored Bedford Cord Table Cov er, (limped ready f.ir workiDi;. Jmp$ ed Canton Eidncel Table and Cush ion Covers, Ringed V'iash CusLion Covers, Bargirran Art Clotb Table and Ciaion Covers, all scauiped with Newest Ivos ; Hetn-i?titched Hot Illx-nit aai IUU apkic3. A cewsci !a.rp lice of hem-ttitched Tray and Carving Cloths from 60cta op." Stamped Hem-rtitched Scarfs from 35cts op. Table Cover from oO eta. up. A fall line of Figured INDIA SILKS, AU "ew Titterns and Colorings. Also, Figured Plush, Zi ar.d Z3 inches wide, in beaitif-il O riots id livy-r s. Art Satin S'juar.' for tt.e Ctniral t overs acd t chion Covers. "Waban !ISrettirig, 4-j inches wide.Wcen's per yiH. in Pint, IS:r.e. t'iive and Yellow. TH NEW THINCi for Draping Minta and ly and for Urap!n Over lrap-nes. A new line of Hed-nyt. from ic.np. ViU onr Table Linen, Tcsei, Napkins. MusUn, Bheetirg and Linen Department, by aU means. 41 FIFTH AVEXTX. KUibcsb, Fa. 1 i i a. -.4 y Silted HOME TWO U.yJS'JALLf GOOD OFFERS. Real Christmas Gifts, FIRST. Tie rm' Holiday Si en'anrM to paz Dr.ffhur ot quarterly pubUoa- iuws " TALES FROM TOWN TOPICS," Out December first, ail b-wi and book (Uads aad raii w j trains, price M cant, will be test FEEE To aQ wbo send SLOO for t month' trial labMTtpuoa to TOWN TOPICS. Th larjewt. neiew, Mronjit, met varied and ntenainin j week ly journal in tbe world. PECnN'D. To an who t1! od t .Oa, will be n-nt rv T'pt and " Tm r-m fom 7 Tt," fti date enti! Jannary L 14. eor73 t V. of tbe ttimitabie (j'auteriy.iregniar price fiAOl aiyl 14 nuc'.luuf ihe irrru4 ut taauij weckxiei irrmiar pire M.'"0 per year k e-TakeoceartheoiHerofferat ooee and re. Bi'.t lb poatAl sotea, orders or ew - York Ex ctaafe u Taws Tpic, 21 TTnt 234 St, 5. T. TOMMY TO SANTA CLAUS. E.icb Christrraa y.u come at midnight Arrvs tbe billuws of snow To f ii to tbe brim my attxkmK Wi'.h candies tbat rtcb!y glow. Yo'i know how I pHxe the reaenta You baig on my Christ rna tree. For jnu ence wrea little f-liow, AlJ of plajtliings loud like me. You woke cp long before daylight. And greeted Ue Cbristmu tuorn By p.und:n(f rcur red drum madly And blowing npon joar born. Yon fat on the bed dl:phled. To piay with each pretty toy: Ii it who waa it B.icii your slucking When you wee a liuie by ? . A. ilnniL'trkk, i lla-jKr't i'veay Veo- CHRISTMAS. Chri. tbe Lord, t born to oa? ! Uiaf t!c tuaue aitb hotly cij, H ut ibeiunrhJ!k-il '. In tle cliurx bef, yart and dim, bo'trij of tbe kne of Iii:a. Tbe Te D-fitn fwuli ! Meet tbe pjC w:ta opn hirk ; A-k If AiCLnst L :tiih: romiuAtid fcaei .ly la tbee d '.: ! , nu f W. ti.-'Af , ta frsrW lf'm?krrptMj. HOW IT HAPPENED. A Story of a Horn That Santa CUus Never Visited. BY JULIA TATlTT BiSHOP. It waa jt5t on the outskirts of town. Tbe wind, which sent whirling down the street-, making men button tbeir overcoats iDore cloee'y as they hu'ried b Oj6, caaght a (lender, childish figure and drove U Along at a great rate, tiap lii the ragged old shawl as though it would tear it into shreds. The face hid den aay under the tig sun-bonnet was a brave and patient little face, bat the clothing was thin, and the nose aad Lands were rvd with cold. It was a bitter evening to the little girl trudging home in the dutk ; bitter with out, if not w ithin. She was so light, and the wind was so strong, that it really seemed that she was being treated very much as the brown leaves were driven here and there j'it as the wind pleased ; but fortunately it blew her in the direc tion she wanted to go, and finally through a tumble-down gate, np a disorderly walk: and iato the front dr a little house that leaned oil one say while its chimney leaned olT another, as though they were minded to part company. A chorus went np from around the open fireplace : "There jlagie '. Is you Cjid, Maggie ?!' And then the woman sitting in the chimney corner said: "Well its about tiina you was gittin' home. You stayed so long I thought you must be a-waitin' for the corn to grow, 'fore you brun the meai." Whereupon the woman arose and be gan mixing the meal for corn bread. ALaK; silently drew near the fire, try ing to cniiisten the shawl with her numb fingers. The two younger children, a pale, sickly looking boy of 7 and a girl of 3, cama and etood one on each side of her, and laid their heads against her allectionately. "Tell cs whit yon saw, Ma." coaxed the boy ; but Maie replied evasively : "Oh, lots of tiling 1 More'n I could tell in a week! Sit down now, Joe that's a good boy, an' let Susie lay her bead in yocr lap. May le she'll go to sleep. Mother, !ias Cither come bock." "Not yet,'' replied the mother, as she patted the corn penes into their proper shape and Laid them in the ttiilet over the glowing coals. She sighed as she said it, and Mi'e, looking at the ind ow, a-.iinst.which the tLirk presiod close outside, echoed the sigh. She was but 12 years old, yet a good deal of hard ex perience can be crowded into twelve years sometimes. "Your pa went to town to look for work again, Maggie." Maggie turned away in silence. After awhiie the cooking was done, and the four eat around the Uble and ate the corn bread with a little cold meat that Lad been left from dinner. It was poor fare enough, but thrte of them made a nieaL Something was ia Maggie's throat, and she could not eat. After the supper was over and the littie ones were sound asleep, Maggie sat down in front of tbe fire, while her mother took Ler old place in the corner. "Mother," broke out Maggie, sudden ly, turning her big eyes upon the worn face in the corner, ! never thought abvut it before, but folks is gettin' ready for Chris' tuns. Tbe winders is full o'thicgi I seen 'em tbtsevenin'. I seen a man buy a doil bigjer'n Susie, an' bee red him tell the storekeeper to put it away an' he'd send ut it Chris' mas eve." "Chris'mas won't do cs much good," said the mother in the dreary tone that Lad become habitual with her, ''I'd drather it wouldn't come. 'Pean like it al'.ers reminds me more o' what other folks is got, an' I ain't. Maggie's eyes went from tbe com plain ing fiee to the glowing coals ti.it lay in a heap beneath the hickory forestkk. I "I with I could get somethin' nice for Joe an' Susie," he said di-jectedly. "'Pears like I'd like for 'em to knew they was ch a day as Chris' m as. Them Barnes boys t-A' Joe som'n 'bout Santy Cans the other" day, an' in come mighty near setlin' 'im crazy. He's a lookin for its, mother! Think o' that! Joe's a-louk in' for Santy Claus! lie's a gobs' to hang up his 6tock'! I tried to beg 'im out of it, but it wasn't no ue. I teP 'im we was so ?ore an' hadn't been yere long, and Sacty Claas didn't know we was yere, but Joe wouldn't blieve a word. 4He goes ever'where, with Susie!; I wiaht I coa'd give 'em both aome'n, jest to make 'em think it was true'." "Let 'em alone! Yoa ain't never had nothin' yourself, an' you've doue well enough V replied the woman irritably. She had heard a step on the walk and knew it. Maggie opened the door silent ly. The man that came in walked un steadily, and hastened to drop into a chair by the fire. "Well, I didnt git no work aj?in," he said thickly. "Never saw such s place in my life for bein' out o' work. Been a-huntin' for it all eveninV And with this declaration he managed to get his bead upon a table and went comfortably to sleep. And this was tbe secret of the poverty aad wretchedness that had been Maggie's portion since she could rmem)eT, Maggie lay for long hours that night listening to the vail of the wind around the little shanty, and thinking; with an guish of the two little stockings that would Ve hang op by the mantel Christ mas Eve, and how they would still bang there, limp and empty, Ch mini as morn ing, and two faithful little hearts would be broken on account of it. The tears str. axed down her cheeks in the dark at tbe thought. liar heart went out most of all to little Joe poor little Joe, to whom life had brought nothing but port ry and sickness. But at Last, out of her great trouble, a plan oc cured to her, aad she went to sleep quiet radiant with expectation. A mile away, down in the " bottom" was a pecan prove, where the public where allowed free aeces. Afraid as she waa of boys and negroes and tramps and even of bears, for her timid imagination filled tha grove with savage animals; oc accustomed as si.e waa to climbing, she yet went every day and managed to clamber awkwardly into treeaand crawl out upon litcbs aad beat down the nuts ripecel by tbe recent frust. She had a hard time. A slip and a a1I one day lamed her a little, and came near proving far more serious. Besides, the nuts on all the lower limbs had been pretty well shaken down, and she dared not climb very big!. Bit sbu worked all the harder. There were two little stocking? that tnntt b3 filled for Christ mas, aad who else was there to fill them? .Maggie set her teeth and beat awar at the limbs as though ber life depen led on it. At the end of a week she took her stock of nuts up to one of the grocery stores, and trembling saw them poured into the scale and weighed. Seven pounds thirty-Eve cents. She clutched tha money and went fly ing home as though ber feet had wias. This was a famous beginning indeed ! There were several more weeks to go on yet. Oh, the stockings should be filled ! and perhaps she might get some thing nice for little Joe, maybe, and can dy for the baby. She wrapped the pre cious coins in a bit of cloth and hid them in an old cigar box, away np on a high shelf. AU that day she went on tiptoe, and her eyes shone like star i. A hundred times she caught Joe and Susie np in her arms, hugging them tight and laughing for joy, though there were tears in her eyes. It was so delightful to picture Joe's face, when he should wake and s-.-e the little stocking stutfed fall. She had tnade up her mind that whatever she brought, it must be something that would till the stockings very full, indeed. At odd moments, when she could hide her eelf from the children, she busied herself mending the worn old stockings so that they would hold what was put into them. And how she worked ! The ne xt week was cold and stormy, but that didn't matter. She couldn't alord to lose any time. A wind-etorni one night blew down a great many nuts, and as she waa there first the next morning she reaped quite a harvest. But then an evil fortune overtook her, for Joe's cough was worse, and she was forced to 9 pen 1 part of her money for medicine, and be fore the week was out sl.c found it neces- ry to replenish their store of meat. These reverses left her on Saturday night with only fifty cents in her littie hoard as the result cf two week's faith ful work. But Maggie was not discouraged. One more week regained. A wild anxiety tool possufcaion of her to get all the mon ey possible and to bring such a Christ mas into that Little cabin as had never been dreame J of. If she could only get a dollar a whole dollar ! She stole up to town once or twice and peeped ia at the alluring windows where holiday goods were displayed and tried to pick out the things that she intended to buy. Fite more days yet before Christmas. Three days, two days. The last nuts were taken in and sold, the money was put into the cigar box, and she was almost perfectly happy. She had eighty-five cents. Her father came ia late, and was sober and sure y. lie complained bitterly of hav iiig come to a country that intended to starve him and his family, and so com plaining he went to his rest, and there was silence in the littie cabin. Slagsie thought that she would never get the work done the next morning and it seemed to her that her mother made excuses to keep her sweeping and scrub bing and bringing wood and water uatd it was nearly noon. Bat it was all done at last. Ia the fullness of her joy she got Joe and Susie both up and danced about the room with them a few times, and then, baring made some excuse to get them out of the house, she c'.imed upon a chair and took down the box that con tained ber treasure. She noticed as soon as she touched it that it felt strangely light, but it did not occur to her, even t'len, that anything was wrong. But when she stepped down to the floor and opened the box and it utterly emply, a look of horror and alarm flashed into her facs. "Motherr she cried piteously, "moth er! my money's gone! Did you move it mother?- Tain't no ne a-cryin for it Maggie," said her mother, in that olddreary tone. "Yoorp took in. II j see a ye putin some up tbur lout week, an' when things got so bad with Im this morniu', he jest took it. I tried to git im not to, but 'twain't no use a-Uikia' to Im." Maie had stood Listening as thiugh she only half comprehended whathal befallen ber. Her face waa deathly paid and she was trembling. "Mother," she said, hoarsely, after a little, "father didn't take my money, did he? the money I've worked so hard for? an' now it's to late too make any more, an' nothin' to put ia poor Joe's stockin', after all?" "lie took it, Maggie; an' I reckon he's drunk enough on it by this time," re plied her mother, bitterly. Maggie put the box away and sat down The hardest heart that ever beat migbt have melted at the sight of the poor for lorn Little face. She didnt cry she was too utterly crushed. After awhiie the mother called to Joe, who was fumbling in s box : " WhAt are you after, Joe V The child came proudly forward with a hammer and two nails. Here, Mag," he said, "come an drive these np for me. They're to hang our stockin's on. Tbe one at this end o' the mantel-piece is mine an' the other one's Susie's. Drive 'em in stout, Mag, for the stockin might be heavy." "Joe," began Maggie tremblingly. let's not hang up any stockin's. I don't believe there's anything in if. If they is any Santa Clans, he wouldn't come and see strangers Like as " "Oh ! yes he would," cried Joe, his dark eyes flashing. "If he's as good as they say, an' I know he is, we're the very folks heli be sure to come an' see. An' if he comes, Maggie, an' wasn't to find any stockin s, then he'd be in a fix." Maggie drove the nails in silence. Within the Last two or three hours her face had grown pale and drawn, as it rcifcht have looked after a severe illness. Later in the evening Joe demanded tbe stocking?, and climbing upon a choir, hung them on the nails himself. Hav ing done this, and stood back to admire tbe etfect, he wanted to be put to bed. " For if we go to bed early," he said, "maybe Santy CUus '11 come along here first, before he gives ail his things away." Mairgie could cot stand it- she seised the old shawl, flung itover her head and shoulders and fled out of the hous-i, tow ards town. .iobody noticed her nobody. People with baskets and bundles hurried by her, or joetled ajTAinst her, but none of them paid any attention. She went slowly along and peeped in at the window where she had selected the little toys that were to have filled those empty stockings at home. Some of them were stilt there. A man was buying one of them as she paused, and was saying in a big, hearty voice : "My littlechap'd think the world waa comin' to an end if be didn't get his stockin' full every Christmas." Maggie wandered on, the loneliest, the most desolate creature in all the land. Presently she heard the sound of chil dren's voices. It came from the base ment of a fine residence. The basement was on a level with the sidewalk, and Migjie, pausing before the glass door, looked wistfully in. A Christmas tree, glittering with tiny wax candies and bright with tinsel ornaments, stood on a table in the center of the room. Four or five prettily drewl children were marching about it sinin a Christmas song, and the table and chairs were strewn with the handsome and costly presents that they Lad receied from the gift -laden tree. It was jut a moment such things leave so little room for thought ! One ct the dancioi children jtrred the table a little and a tiny candle lost its hold cn the branch and fell. It lodged amor; the fi my folds oi s little girl's white apron and before she could move the i laze ran np and enfolded her ia a dreadful embrace. She stood still, screaming, and the ' other children ran here aad there with wild shrieks. But, suddenly, some one came Dursting in from the Btreet, threw an old shawl about the straggling child and knelt there, holding her fast. It was into ber mother's arms that brave Maggie gave her ! "I don't think she's hurt," she said simply, and was about to go out on the sidewalk again, wholly unconscious cf anything heroic in her action, when the child's father captured her and the moth er threw her anus about her neck and kissed her pale fjee, her own eyes wet 1 with grateful Uars. " Yes ! yea ! God bless yoa, my dear 1" cried dignified Judge Barr, shaking hands with her for the hundredth time. "And i yoa were standing on the sidewaik look- ing in? Thank God for that ! Poor lit- j tie, lonely girl. YouH never stand on I the sidewalk again and watch my chil dren play. You'll be right here in the house with them 1 Just to think ho j near it came ! I wish I could do some- thing fo yoa right now to-night. I j can't wait until to-morrow 1" ! Then suddenly Marie tamed and stood before him, her bands clasped and her face full of passionate appaL "Oa T she gasped, "could yoa fill two little stockin's?" To? Twenty fifty of 'em 1 why, where did she go, wile?" But Miie was already half way home. Sbe wa3 not c m-v-lous of run ning .he flew. Such a look was in her face as she ran in and jerked down the two Utile stockings thai Ler mother did not question hr. Birkaiiaaud into the basement where 'hey still awaited her ! Sbe held up the poor, worn, mend ed stocking, one in each hand. " Here they are," she panted. "Joe hung 'em up, his an' Susie's, aa I never had nothin' to put in 'em !" The judges was profoundly touched. "Do you hear that, wife? Do you hear that?" he said. "I'm going home with this little girl to-night. Yoa want to go along? I thought so. Fill these stock ings up, dear, aad send Sam in. I have some things that I want him tocarry." "Papa," whispered one of the chil dren, "let Sam take oar Christmas tree to little Joe. We don't need it any mor." "Well done, little man ! cried his fa ther; and tbe tr?e was despoiled of its lights and carried carefully out by Sam. Ma js;e went with the others like one in a dream. Ia a dream she saw the Christmas tree place! on the Uble at home, with all its caa lies and ornaments ia position, ready to be lighted ia the morning. Ia a dream she saw the stock ings hung, each on its own nail, both of them nearly bursting with their load, sad with the dearest iittie toys pinned all over them and even hanging to the toes. In a dream she saw bundles and baskets laid at her mother's feet. When they had ail gone sway, too, it must have been in s dream that he beard her father coming home, steady and sober, for be came and put Lis anus around her, and said : "Maggie, my girl, I'm sorry I have ta ken your money. I lowed to get on s drunk with it, but I couldn't do it, some how, and walkin" roua', tryin' to fightjit off, I lit on a job, d-jliverin Christmas goo-is; an' I've bsen at work all day. What's more, I believe tbe job's a steady one. Here's yer money an' s dollar be sides." But oh, the next morning! There was no dream about that ! When Joe open ed his eyes and str that beautiful Christmas tree, with all its branches la den with stars, and then turned and saw there barsting stockings that was a sight worth seeing! For didn't he scream and clap bis hands until he waked Susie, who added ber shouts to bis? And didn't be presently leap into Maggie's arms, crying : "I knew it, Mag! Ijust knew he'd come ! Yoa thought be wouldn't, bat I just knew he would" And Majgie. the child for whom no Santa Clans had ever come, laughed all the while tbe happy tears were raining down on the boy's eager face. How She Bought A Horse. She was an independent sort of a girl, recently in possession of quite a fortune, and she concluded that a horse waa a necessity in her new establishment, to she sent for a dealer and talked with him. What she didn't know about horses would fill a livery stable, but she tried to make the dealer believe she f . is a judge and told him to bring her some thing to took at The dealer tame and she went out to pass judgment. She walked ail around the animal critically, as profes-lonals do. "Is he well trained?" she inquired with the air of a jockey. "Certainly, miss ," replied the dealer. "She ia well gaited and fine in harness." "Cra-cai," said the girL "Is she all right in the boots?" "Yes, miss," gasped the dealer, "but yoa see I've only got shoes on her fore feet" He said that' because, really, he didn't know what else to say. The girl Laughed merrily. "I noticed tnat, but yoa couldn't very well have them on her five feet, couid you?" she gttrled. "I mean, mias," stammered the dealer, "that she ia shod only on the fore feet." "I understand," she said seriously; "but that can be cured without any diaiculty, caa't it ?" "Very easily, indeed, miss," assented the dealer, with a great sense of relief. "She seeaos to be all right in the fore shoulders, but her hind shoulders don't seem to be quite right, suggested the girL "There's nothing the matter with her there," asserted tha dealer. "She is per fectly sound." "There's no danger of her withers be ing spavined, is there?" she inquired, carefully. "I've seen horses liae that, and they always make me nervous." "No danger ia the world, raiss," the dealer aured Ler. "How old is sue?" inquired the girL By this time the dealer knew Lis maa and was confident. "Being la lady, miss," he smiled "I'd rather not tell her Si.". 'How ,'ccnsiderate of you!" she said, earnestly. "I'll take her." And the deaief seat ia a Lilt forfl-V, represent ing a net profit to hiai of J10X iMtrjJ How to Fascinate. Doubtless thousands of youn ptmp'e and not a small number of oil ones. wish every day of their lives that they couid leara the secrei of fascinitia cith ers by means of their grai!efu', exquisite manners. The secret is an orn on. It is easv to learn that it Lea all neirlecte-i by the wayside, while those who would give taeir uearest treasures to cuI it paB unknowingiy. It isocly this: Fill vour heart witlt good will to everybody, anl then prae- 3 tice at ail times the best manners yea know, particularly at home. If yea be gin at hi -me this chanaing manner wii. so to speik, get settled on you aad never leave yoa. Be just as polite to your sit ter as you would to your best girL Strive, to giia the good will of father, motuar aad brothers and sisters and chiiJn exactly as you strive to gain gl wiil abroad. There is no place f r praclin.ng roer D?rs like the horn cm-!; no pl."e, p-r-mit one to sar. where it is more? a:)Di- ated. It will be a cultivation of heart. j mind and body, this endeavor to W j nothing but affectioo for the people a& I! home and treat them as though ther ; were worthy cf as mac consideration at your bands as if thev were the Pre- dent of the United Sut-s and his faailTy. So they are worthy. Thea from thw home will fl t out around voa thoae sweet, maneti.: intliini which w1.1 draw yoa. the hearts of mankind toward Light Rooms. "I will z-t qil'.j enough darkftfj when I move inn my last home," sail a bright, cheery homekneper, as she thje-w open the shutter aaj left t'lt soutbers sua into her sleeping room. " I Otiak of all follies thai a housekeeper caa be : guilty of. one of tbe worst is ths drkee- T" ing ia of rooan and the habit of c4wir i window-blind. I think tbe snr?rb ' health of my family is to a great extent I. chargeable to the h ibit that we bave of j almost living ia the sunshfaa. Every bright day ai! of the shutters are thrown 5 open, aa 1 the entire house cets Ihe ben- ? etlt t.f the sua'.iht It drivrs away k .i t .'i i ... , . i injured by aa abundance of light r . , S -t"''"" i health ; and I for one co not intend to spend my days ia an atmosphere of gloom. That is my greatest objection to Living in a flit It ii almost always the case that some of the rooms are so dim and cheerless that they would give the beet-disposltioced person the blues. I prefer a snug cotLe.tith any 'fncon le nience which may attach to it, to stuffy, Ciosed-in rooms where all of the tight and air I get are. to some extent at least, second-handed. Two Vauabte Friends. A physician cannot be always had. Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, Eruie es and Bursa occur often and sometimes when least expected. Keep handy the friend of maay households and the de stoyer of all pain, the famous Red Flag Oil. to rents. Many a precious life could be saved that is tic racked to death with that terribld couh. Secure a aooI Bitot's rest by iavestiag 2 j aa.s f-r a b ottla of Pan-Tina tbe great rea-edy lor Com; as. Colds and Consumption. Trial bottles of Pan-Tina free at W. Benford Drua Store. uauitrarsvs aaa (uo-.i.o. iai iu.cro m:?i i - . , , . i. ! .- ti time has recenty Nren a-Io;tsa ia b.ae-devi.s, aa 1 puts us all ia rood tu- i , , .,. .. D, , , , , . , i 'inte LiTre pub.ic elihces in lr.ia. fay mor an I good hea.th. I c.ianot iooa? ae J i... u , ' I tM sv stem the pnaiarv clock every hour good sanitary conditions aad doranes-v t ' , ' . i " ' t etATts in fitA-tric curreo?, wLic.i ooens a Even rt-v cehar is a hsiX a-i I caa poi- , , . .. . ., . . . , , , w.r"c!o.k, aiicwicii iLe mair lonow b,y mat it. an 1 whatever tot and del- .o jcaciesneedtobe shut away from tae (,f,riCgin .praraias, of the light I put into close cupboar is or cover- , . . ; . , , . 7 , r e i e-ooodary clocks is absorbed, each tube ed boxes. I hav? sheets of canvass that i .. , , . , . , ... , , ohtcjj cied by leather rcrnurce. can beturownover them before thev 5 ... ... - .. . , . a Vpya rarefaction of the air, the mem- are put away, and a: wavs take pia so H , ,.. . , .. , . . . . r " , . K .,, , t raae lifts a bar, and the clock ia worked toarraiemystoresthatnothiBgwiabe,,. . nf , . Queer Finds. IWou Antver is still collecting stories of qseer finis. Here are eaveral good ones: For some time I was engaged in busi ness in one of the principal wateriag placea ia the south of England, and all through the summer I regularly took my morainv bath. One day a friend of mine, who waa bathing with me, aad who was good swimmer, pointed out S dark object float ing some way from the shore. He swam for it, and it proved to b a bottle, so tightly corked that no water had made its way inside. Upon opening it we found it contained American dollars notes to the amount of . Il"CXS AX GOLD STVD8. About 12 months a a friend of mine, a farmer, had a most remarkable find. He had a duck killed, ati when the bird waa being dressed, a gold stud waa found embedde in the gin ard. How it had come there was a mystery. SOt 8 AM) O ED IX CO it A L. Upon his return from Australia, my brother brought with him a large piece of coral, which he had himself broken of a coral reef. It ws put oa a bracket as as ornament but one day it fell on the floor and broke in half. Firmly embedded in the center wu a whole stick of modern black lead pencil. STl'FFKO AASB.'T. Soms 1') years ago a gentleman living in London had a stuilid rabbit sent him by a friend ia the North of England. A short time afterwarl the skia of the rabbit was daugl by a fire and the jMHtleman was much astonished, when i Laving removed a portion of the skin, bail's sovereign dropped out. A farther search resulted ia a sum of over J-x) ia gold and silver being found secreted ia the statu ag. No clue was ever obtained as t Low the money got into its strange hiding place. II iT OJ A sX(.0,UU STORE. Some time ao a yatlem ,tn and my self speculated in the purchase ofaa hotel at Folkestone. We determined to have the dining-room re-papered, and on the old paper being scrapeU otf found wood underneath, and one of the boards being taken down, we discovered that the whole room was lined with boxes of cigars. The store had probably been smuggled. ana Iain th-sre lor a numoeroi yeara. w t sold $1000 wortJi and kept the rema'ad- er, which, were splendid. Maxims Tor the New Year. I do sot point out this fact to yoa that! Tom Ac jerry has heretofore been one u shall this year b mournful. Make of the mosttrwfliDg tludcU at college . ....... . you it the beet vear of ail your life the hap- west, the brightest aad the best. Im- bue your heart with the freshness of the ! mornin?. vour sonl with the sparkle cf 4 the dawn. Resolve by good deeds and j thoughts to make this the most triumph- ant year of your life. As a series of short maxima to funr with too throu-h thia year, let me give you these: Make evervdav bczia aad end wita God. B content w.;h wltat yoa have. HAve a hearty.joyful finally alter ia your family circle. F.ltyo:r Louie with an much rod reading and bright nioaic as your men will allow. Think ill of none, bet well of all. If fortune favors you, think of otheis. Don't s' am ; be real. Tvep busy and you will kep healthy. IIes;e t all sacred th iugs. 'Love God. fu'..n7, i. Ladift' Iltim Shsrid an's Ducks- :i Sheridan, who was no ppirt.'maa, r ouce went nut on a h ting tn.nr.-i hi. i Everything tl.-w before him aad his ,; gua and he gt nothing. Oa Lis way home ! with an empty bar, Le saw a man who H locked like a larmer. staring over a I j gate at a flock of ducks in a pool. J I "What will yoa take," aiid Sher- i i idan, "fr a shot at those d ticks? " j I The man looked at Liia ia astonish- j ment j "Will half a croan do?" ' The man nodded, and Sheridan gave ."him the half crown, taking his shot at j 'he duck. About a half a dozen fed; dead. As he was preparisg to bsg j t.hem be Full to the man : "I think, on j tie whole. I Lave a good bancoin of ! JtJU." "Whr. said the man. "they re not auiae Churt,Tfsxr I They All Keep Tim 3 . An ingenious and apparently satisfac- y metho.i cf making a number cfj rjcss in tcesarae tmioin aecp uni- There is a similar rarefacti a ia ounec- tioa ai'it tae striking apparatus. The laws of health are taught in the schools; bat not ia a way to be ' f much practical beoeGt an-l are never illustrat ed by liviac examples, whicit in many I -ases migut ea-iiy be done. If some chuiar a ho had juat contracted a cold was brocght before the school so that all could hear the dry, loud cough and know its significance; see the thin" white coat ing on tne tongue and Later, as the cold developed, see the profuse watery expec toration and thin walery discharge from the nose, net one cf them would ever forget what the first syn ptoms of a cold were. The scholar shoe.l I then be jriven ?hamberla:n'a Cough Remedy freeiv, that all m -bt see that e 'en a severe cold could be cured in one or two days, or at least greatly mitigated, when properly treated as soon as the first symptoms sp pear. This remedy ia famous for its ures of coo ghs, colds and croup. It is made especially for tbeee diseases and is the mot prompt and most reliable mei icine known forln pirpni. 2 aal o) cent bottles for sale, The chief secret of comfort lies in not G. 1 sedcring trifles to vex as and in cuitiva ' tiogour undergrowth oiamail p'easrtres. No coaicieatioai jwrsoa caa eajoy his Christmas dinner if h knows anybody else within reach o be hungry. The consciousness that we have given food to the needy provides us with the finest appetite. Of Late years Ciristmaa has become far more a domestic and merrymaking holiday then a religious one. But it ia religions in the best sense, since it is day of peace and rest, and opens the hearts to humaa needs and humaa sym pathies. The most satisfactory way to observe Christmas is to do at leoat one good act to some of oar fellows. Christmas was formed, in the era of theology, for Christ and mass. Ia these practical and luxurious days it might sig nify that we ehou! 1 try to imitate Christ in dealing with tbe mass of mankind, who are usually more or less unfortunate. By so dealing with them ws should take all days Chriatmas days. Christmas is always associated with the good Jesus, who whether regarded aa God or man, waa the purest, kindest, noblest being that has ever walked the earth. He baa inspired love in saint and sinner, in devotee and skeptic alike. Men may wrangle about creeds; but about Jesus and His beautiful life there can hardly be any difference of opinion, for He pitied all who suffered and strove to heal every aching heart. Mail and Express. An American Aoroad. Many Americans abroad are exceed iagty annoyed at their Lack of skill ia the use of the European Languages. After a vaia attempt to make a Pariaian waiter understand French they swear at him ia English. But I have always remember ed when traveling abroad the art of the phyaiciaa who pat the remains of old perscriptioa into oae bottle the oil and the calomel aad the rhubarb and the asafetida and wbea he found a patient with a "complication of diaeaa a" he would shake u? his old bottle and give him a dose. And so I have compound ed a language for European travel. I generally take a iittie French and a little German and a little English, with a few snatches of Chinese aad Choctaw, aad when I find a stubborn case of waiter or landlord that will not understand I simply shake np all the dialects and give hiunadoae. It is sure to strike some where. If yoa cannot make him under stand, yea at any rate caa r'9 him a terrible scare. I never had the anxiety of sseae in a strange land getting thitjrs to eat. I like everything in ail the round of diet ex cept animated cheese aad odorous cod fish ; ai ways have a good appetite ; never ia my lifa missed a meal save once when I could not get any ; and knowing that "aine geroetete riendileisch schiebe" cowans a beefsteak, "ine messer" a knife, and "eine eahel" a iotk aad "eine ser tintle" a napkin, after that feel perfectly reek It s as to what I can or cannot get. : EiT.T. D Witt Talmage Lo Iadw Ume i I A Place of l?efug. ; Uct of Late he baa attended the lectures I rejrularly. One of the professors observ- this chanire of tte tw.er, and took ocrasioti to femark te his friend, Judge Cowing, who is acquainted with the younx man: "Im very glad to see that young man Tom Aojrry attending the lectrjres regularly. He seems to ! have turned over a new leaf." ! "Turned over a new leaf be blowed, eni:nd Ju'-e Cowir, "den't yea know why Le attends the ledates rei Lwlv?" "Te improve Lis mind, I imppose. " "Nothing of the kin L II me t the lecture rcom Uctee that is the only p'ace the bill collt-c'o-s don't hunt fur him. He iroes there to throw them of the scent. " Ti-r u .S-7U.17. Why It is the Bast. Tan Tina. 1- It cares Coughs and Colds. 2- Strecgthensweak LurgH. 3-Relieves sod cures Asthma. 4-asun3 yoa aaic LtGrippe. -"t6s Ciocp of its terror". -tSirr when all e! fii!. SI aad )cen?J. Trial botUrt ff Pan Tiua free at ti. W. BiNFORis drug store. It is not what its proprietors rf bat what Hood's Sarsaparilla doe, th it tells the story of its merit H ood's Sar,apa rilla rrar. Simple Questions Simply Ans wered. Why do people very often allow a cold to run on? E-cauee they think it will wear away. Why d"s the couh that at firet caused no alarm become deep seated and chronic ? R -ita-a? the proper remedy w is not u-d. The way tt bre-tk up any cough or cold, no matter if other medicines tailed to benefit you, ia to try Pac-Tma, The great remedy for Coujtha, Colds and Consumption, Z and 30 cents at G. W. BEtr-jao's drug atore. Mnv a maa wio is so tvloe-l that he n n't uke wiae w th fiih win H u vp u stor, ;n ln elevator amon Ladies j Wl.h i. i a Thestoi- km U rrvaarch of Christ mas day. U.-'rrkklja .."v. i A Little Girl's Exparience In i I iehthi-ii aa t ...... - - f erscf'JisGrv. L'itfi mi eat Saad B-sach, Mich, and are b!ene.J ,;th a daughter, fjor years old. LtM April ahe was taken down with Meas'ea, followed with a dreadful cough and turning into a Fever. Doctors at home an i at lvtrwit treated her. but ia vtin, she jfrew wore rapidly, octil she was a uiwn 'r-aadf it of bones." Then she tried Dr. King's New Discov ery aad after the use of two and a half bottle, was completely eared. They sav Dr. King's New D'scovery is worth its weight in gold, yet yoa may get a trial bottle free at J. N. Snyder's drug store. "Dear Father: We are all well and happy. The baby bas grown so much, and has a great deal more sense than Le used to have. Hoping the same of yoa, I reaixia yoar d matter, Moily ". Strength and Health. If yon are not feeling strong aad heal thy, try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe" has left yoa weak aad weary, rue Elect ric Bitters. This remedy ati.a directly on Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aiding those organs to perform their fa net ions. If yoa are aSicted with Sick Headache, yon will Had speedy and per manent relief by taking Electric Bitters One trial will convince yoa that this is tbe remedy you need. Lirge bottles on ly 50 cents at J. N. Snyder's drag store. She (with poignant grief j O, Jack. I bad hoped that we wou'd always be riends rt
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