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gTHE REASON WHY
T heard a story lately, vhlcta I thluk U
very queer!"
And Robert's self was on my lap. bis
lips Te at my ear
"A dreadful, dreadful Btory a sudden.
awful pause
"Somebody said the other d7 there alnt
no Santa Claus.
"Would you believe It. auntie? They
paid 'twas all a trick
About the tiny reindeer and the visits of
Saint Nick.
That all the chimneys were too small.
the stoves were all too hot.
And lots of Just such stuff as that, I
can't remember what.
"They said that years and years ago,
with fire-places wide.
And all the doors upon the latch In all
the countrywide.
Both old and young for myths and
dreams had quit a pretty passion.
But now belief In Santa, Claus had ail
gone out of fashion.
"And when I cried that I could prov
'twas all a wicked lie.
They only shrucged their shoulders and
said I'd better try;
I never will believe it. I know it can't
be true!
For if I've never seen him, Eay, auntie,
haven't you?"
Ah. yes. my li'tle questioner, quite often
in mv dreams.
Thouph when 1 wake I only see the cold,
white, still moonbeams:
Iozimr I often think I hear the sound
or norn ani noor.
A .4 . 1 . : . . . .
nuu waMi una ine eim-iree Dougns a
tapping on me roof.
But I have other reasons than those
plain to eye and ear
For trutinir in the story that we hold so
true arxi ui-ar;
I never shall outcrow It, nor lose
faith, berausf
The world will never get beyond a need
of Santa Claus.
Youths' Companion.
THE DAY OF DAYS.
A thousand years have come and gone.
And near a thousand more.
Bince happier lifiht from heaven shone
Than ever shone before;
And in the hearts of old and voting
A joy most joyful stirred.
That sent such news from tongue to
tongue
As ears had never heard.
And we nre glad, and we will sing.
As In the days of yore;
Come all. and hearts made ready bring.
To welcome back once more
The day when first on wintry earth
A summer change began.
And dawning on a lonely birth,
L'prose the Light of man.
T. T. Lynch.
Then the children knelt down on the
floor of the car beside their improvised
beds. Instinctively the hands of the
men went to their heads, and at the
first words of "Now I lay me," hata
were off.
The cowboy stood twirling his hat,
and looking at the little kneeling fig
ures. The cattleman's vision seemed
dimmed, while in the eyes of the trav
eling man shone a distant look a look
across snow-filled prairies to a warmly
lighted heme. The children were soon
asleep. Then arose the question of
presents.
"It don't seem to me I've got any
thing to give 'em," said the cowboy,
mournfully, "unless the little kid
might like my spurs. I'd give my gun
to the little girl, though on general
principles I don't like to give up a
gun."
"Never mind, boys." said the drum
mer, "you come along with me to the
baggage car."
So off they trooped. He opened his
trunks and spread before them such an
array of trash and trinkets as took
away their breath.
"There," said he. "just pick out the
best things and I'll donate the lot!"
"No, you don't!" said the cowboy.
"I'm going to buy what I want and
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our travelers who were
snow-bound In a Western
passenger train on Christ
mas Eve speedily became
acquainted with each other, and sat
about the stove at the end of the car to
"talk it over." One of the men was a
drummer, another a cowboy, the third
a pig cattleman, and the last the minis
ter who tells the story. They finally
fell Into conversation with a poor wo
man and her two children, the only re
maining passengers, and found that
- other, who had tried to maintain
missal from since her husband's
If by sewin sKthe unequal strug
h. was giving up to Uve wjto
and going home
and ma." " x n had
."he little threadbare childrc.
n nromised a joyous Christmas-
.ere. and when they found that the
lockade would prevent their getting
arther, lor the present, they cried
oitterly until sleep quieted them. Just
oefore tbey dropped off the drummer
remarked:
"Say. parson, we've got to give these
hildren some Christmas."
" "That's what!" said the cowboy,
"ii agreed," added the cattleman.
Tjre children were told to hang up
ir Ktorkinzc
' "W ain't got none." quavered the
tittle girl " 'ceptin those we've got
,n and ma says It's too cold to take
"I've got two pairs of new woolen
jocks." said the cattleman, eagenj.
iln't never wore 'em. and you're wel
m tn 'em "
' t,. children clapped their hands.
,ut their faces fell when the elder re
""wiftSanta Claus will' know they're
,ot our stockings. He'll put in all the
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"NOW I LAY ME"
pay for it, too, or else there ain't goin"
to be no Christmas round here."
"Thats my judgment, too," said the
cattleman, and the minister agreed.
So they sat down to their task of se
lection. . They spent hours over it in
breathless interest, and when their
gifts were ready there arose the ques
tion of a Christmas tree. It had stop
ped snowing, and tramping out into the
moonlit night, they cut down a great
piece of sage-brush. The mother
adorned it with tinsel paper and the
gifts were prettily disposed. Christmas
dawned for two of the happiest chil
dren under the sun, and a happy moth
er, too, for Inside the big plush album
selected for her the cattleman had
slipped a hundred-dollar bill.
The lay or Days.
Christmas is the day of all the year
best and dearest among the time marks
of our recurring calendar. It is the
day for peace and harmony in every
heart and at every hearthstone. We
celebrate God's chiefest gift to man
and discordant thoughts or contentions
have no place at the joyous festival.
All should ring clear and true and
sweet as the Yuletime chimes. The
spirit of Christmas softens evil, sor
row and hopelessness with the magic
touch of charity, for In charity is the
embodiment of all the Christian graces.
It gives to goodness a brighter luster
and to resolve a nobler purpose. It is
a spirit born In every heart that can
know its inspiration, without regard
to creed or race or station. Of all the
Mays to which man has given special
0jrservance, Christmas alone has grown
inyts power, its beauty and its value.
It husfv,1"11 fcirippea oi tne grandly de
vised litk',rsy and dramatic representa
tions tha had their root in heathen
customs, dialled by the true Chi
lian spirit.
After ' Chrlt-.niv
As a generau. nlng affectionate
fathers and mothers rejoice in the hap-
gift of a fancy bedecked
box of candies is at all times
a tnnet wplcnmp rrift flnd fis
J bonbon candies are very ex
pensive to purchase in large
quantities and are so easily made.a few
recipes for Christmas goodies may be
useful to our readers. Years ago peo
ple believed that candy was harmful,
but that notion was set aside; and it
is declared really beneficial of course,
when eaten at the proper time, in
proper quantities and made of pure
materials. Home-made candies are al
ways pure, the best materials are used
and the cost is much less than is paid
fcr the same grade In the stores. It
is a nice plan to make your own
Christmas candies, and you can send
boxes away to your friends who will
prize things made for them much more
than anything bought.
To send candies away they should
be made to look as dainty and pretty
as possible. Fancy baskets , can be
cheaply bought that will be pretty
after the candy is used, and lined with
waxed paper over a fringed inner lin
ing or some delicate colored tis
sue paper. In packing place waxed
paper between the layers, and when
the basket is filled wrap the edges ol
the lining paper over the top so that
the candies are covered, then gather
the fringed tissue paper into a rosette,
and tie with baby ribbon.
In making peanut candy, to every
half pint cf shelled and blanched pea
nuts use one cupful each of molasses
or sugar. Boil together until the miz
tura is brittle when dropped into cold
water; then stir in the half pint of
por.nuts before taking from the fire.
Pcv.r into buttered pans and mark off
iuto squares or lengths before it cools.
Hickory nuts, English walnuts or al
monds may be used in place of pea
nuts. To blanch nuts is to remove the fine
skin which covers the nut under the
slrell. This will easily rub off in pea
nuts, but other nuts require different
treatment. After removing the shell
cever the nuts with boiling water, and
lot them stand until the dark skin
will easily rub off, then put them into
ccld water. Dry between towels.
I
tired
board
very
Etrict
doubt if any class of men
in the world appreciate
their holidays so fully as
the jackies, writes a re-
naval officer. The life on
a warship is at beat
confined . and necessarily
and severe. There Is the
suggestion of a prison In the steel
walls and narrow quarters and the
regularity of the hours and meals. The
life of the jackies is made up almost
entirely of work with very little play.
We learn to enjoy our Christmases the
more when at last they come round.
On Christmas, for once in the year at
least, all rules, of which there are bo
many on board a battleship, are
thrown to the winds and the jackies
are given the entire freedom of the
ship. The order which is usually giv
en them is that they can spend the day
exactly a3 they like, and take any lib
erties they choose short of blowing up
the ship.
It sometimes happens when the ship
is in some attractive port that the
sai.ors prerer to spend the- day on
land, and they are of course always
granted leave of absence. It is sel
dom, however, that the ship is bo de
serted that the cabins are not for the
time converted into a veritable pande
monium. There i8 no formal celebra
tion of the day ordered by the gov
ernment. The sailors are simply giv
en their liberty and they do the rest.
If a chaplain chances to be on board
the day is opened with some simple
religious services and there the juris
diction of the captain may he said to
end.
In England children hang their
stockings at the foot of their beds. In
America the whole family suspend
piness of their children, but the rule their stockings from the mantelpiece ot
has its exceptions.
"Is Mr. Smart at all givn to drink?"
inquired a merchant, anxiously, of his
confidential clerk.
"No, indeed: was tne veciaed an
swer. "He never touches Adrop. But
what put such a suspicion Into your
mind?"
"Why. I noticed that he las been
two hours late for the las three
mornings, and he looks for Vl the
world as if i-e had been on a fgular
rattleman. . Eave his boy a drum t
erk.
for Ckist-
the sitting room, to save Santa Claus
the trouble of ascending the stairs and
entering each room to distribute his
wares.
On the eve of St. Nicholas day, Dec
C, parents in France used to secretly
give presents to their chl'dren as Nich
olas had given the purses. The par
ents denied that they gave the presents
and said they had been left by the
saint, who on this night traveled tip
and down the earth and entering un
seen and unheard through the windows
of the houses reward the good children.
Kepect for Our Vf mr fthlpa.
4a the opinion of James St. C. Hunt,
who has just returned from Panama,
it pays a nation to own gunboats.
with a record behind them."The rev
olution at Panama." Le say. will do
no harm to American property. The
rebels have been very careful to touch
none of that, for recent events have
taught them what the consequences
will be."
Riid UreH Kegaliitions.
Harvard students of today would
be likely to rebel if they had to con
form to rigid college rules on the
subject o.' their dresss, and violation
of which rendered them liable to a fine
of not less man 30 cents nor more
than $1.60 for each offense. And yet
this was one of the features of the
code of discipline that prevailed at
Hravard from its foundation well into
the last century.
On Book Sold for 93 500.
Book fanciers will be interested in
the reports from London of the eau
the reports from London of the beau
the other day for the record price of
$3,500. It was a special copy of the
"Songs of Innocence and of Experi
ence" (1789-94), which the author had
decorated by hand for hi3 friend, Ed
ward Calvert, in whose tamTly this
copy was cherished for many years.
New Care for Rheumatism.
Hester, Mo., Dec. 16. An unusual
case which has recently come to light
here is exciting the keenest interest
among medical men. Mrs. Ellenor
Guardhouse suffered for over forty
years with Sciatic Rheumatism so se
verely and so constantly that her case
has been regarded a3 chronic and ab
solutely incurable. At times the pain
was almost unbearable and Bhe could
not rest day or night.
Some months ago she was induced to
try Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy re
cently introduced in this neighborhood.
The immediate results were magical
and she continued till she had taken
eight boxes, and now she declares she
has not an ache or pain left. She be
lieves that she Is completely and per
manently cured and as she has not
used the pills for some months and is
to-day in the best of health the doctors
who were at first skeptical are amazed.
A slide down hill seems ten times
as swift and fast when you are on it
as when the other fellow is.
Mother Gray's ttweet I'vwucrt for Children
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At all druggists, U5c. bampie fi.ek. Ad
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e win to try again ana lose; we
lose to try again for the same thing.
TVlsh All a Merry ClirUtmns!
And tell them of Garfield Tea. which
cures Indigestion and liver disorders and
insures the return of many Happy Christ
mas Pinners by removing the cause of
dyspepsia and ill-health.
Any sensible woman would rather
win an argument than be right.
IF YOU I'SE BALL BLl'E,
Got Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large U oz. package only 5 cents.
Keep out of brawls and you will be
neither a principal nor a witness.
Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lunps Viu.
O. E.ndslkt. Vanburen, lnd., Feb. 10, 1900.
It is no disgrace for a man to be
poor if he doesn't owe you anything.
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If a girl is silly and has lots of
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Hall s Family i'ills are '-tie best.
When cooking beets do not cut the
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The man who earns his first thou
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Many of the starches now being used
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A somewhat remarkable addition
has apparently to be made to the cas
ualty lists from South Africa. The
other day a man who 13 engaged on
the Englisa steamsuip, Canada, writ
ing home to his relatives, referred to
the capture of a big shark at East
London. When ripped cpen. the mon
ster, which measured eighteen feet
long, was found to have quite recently
swallowed a soldier bodily. The
man's body and uniform were intact
save for a small portion one shoulder,
which had been cut off.
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Keep them white with Red Vriun Ball Blue.
All grocers Kell large 'J oz. jiuckae, 5 centa.
A fat boy is known among the other
boys as "Tubby."
To Cure a Cold in One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Cmnine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure,
Enjoy your little while the
seeks for more.
fool
A Christmas Philosopher.
He asks three great gifts Health.
Wealth and Happiness. Then give him
Garfield Tea: it brings Good Health, pro
motes Happiness and makes the pursuit
of Wealth possible.
Food for thought is sometimes sup
plied by the fish that gets away.
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