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A. C, HOSMER, Publisher.
RED CLOUD,
iiBBKar
OJV JT7J? CHURCH-STEPS.
t camo out of church; llio frrntut music wns
over,
Tho bells hml been rilixr.
Hut my heart wns still rJiiicitiK tlio Joyfullcst
enrol
My hcixrt ever aunrr.
3 went through thu verbst To bo loved, tabo
tinted
Fortheroln tlioKlad, ChrlMmn eunalilno ho
vvnlto.l,
(in llio church-step.
You see, 1 hml promised to mako htm n pros
cut llint beautiful day,
And though It was costly, I'm euro I wns
vklllltitr
To rIvo It nwnyi
And though on that moment myllfo wns do
pe mil njr.
Too proiul of my ovvor, I stood tlivro pro
tending, On llio church-Mops.
And whnt wns thin prcsont llio drnr boy ex
pected t
mmw Vou koopc, can't nil inir ?
Well, Often ho nuked mo bo linrd with his
eyebrow,
I hml lo ny ye.
IIo know ho hnd toii'itiercd, I mndo no re
sistance, But grvvo lilin my lovo for hi lovo and exist
ence, There, on the church-Mop,
-.V, V, llmvhte.
"First my mother the died, then my father ho
got married ; then my father ho died and
my mother she got married and now I've
got no father, no mother, no Christmas, no
turkey, no nothln'."
Christmas and New Year's Items.
llejoleo.-nur Nnvlor IIo was horn
On ( hrlntmn dny In thu m'vvrnnV.
Util VhrMiiuiH Oiwf In "Shthh ft."
Tlio. best Christmas presents nro
those tlmt will beautify ti homo for a
lifo-timc.
At Cliristmns bo merry nnd tlmnkfiil wlihnl.
And feast thy poor neighbor, the great with
tho small, riuima Ttirtrr.
v How to present a Cliristmns pres
ent to children sock it to 'em. Low
ell Courier.
Without llio door let orrow He,,
And ir for cold It Imp to ttlc.
We'll bury 't in u Christum pie.
And cvoimoro bo meriy. II llhrr.
In Englnml u barrel of oysters is n
rvory common Christmas pro.sonl to u
.country friend.
Tho night that ert no iinnio htld worn,
To It a happy nninn In given;
For In than stnlilo lay, new-horn,
Tho puiicoiut l'rliico or Karthund Heaven.
Alfrctl Ihtmmttt.
Christmas comes but oneo n year;
(but then it makes its presents felt.
Jf. O. 1'icaytmc.
Christ inn I llonr llio Joy bells rlnsl
Gladly In tho churches King
Of III mercy, or III power,
And the Kilts the unguis shower.
ilirliwi Lttttr.
I have always thought of Christmas
tlmonBagood time; a kind, forgiving,
charitable, pleasant in.J)icKen$.
As HIM tho holy Chrlstums-blrth.
IIo till, kooiI Irlcuds, our enrol Mill
lie peine on earth, bo peace on enrth,
To men of gentlcvvlll. riiaehcrnu.
Doviso liberal things for tho jioor,
that they may, by your gifts, bo re
minded of the coming of tho Christ
child. KS,lotKET..BOCfcCs;
f2?7m -osss
MHif23i
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Pa's Pocket-Book Before Christmas.
&-. Mzr&t 9A
II
How II Looked Alter the Holidays.
The poor will many n caro fnrKOt;
Tho debtor think not of hi debt,
Hut as they each enjoy their cheer.
Wish t Hero Chrlstnms nil tho year.
7mnid MiVtr.
Christ mas istho only holiday of tlio
year that brings thu whole human fam
ily into common communion. Charles
Diclccm.
"-Some say, Hint evor Valnst llio reason comes
Tvheielu our havlor's birth U celebrated,
The bird or dau nlnir slnireth all ulirht louir,
Bo halloa nl mid khicous la tho time.
3lai()Hne.
It i good to bo children sometimes,
anil never butter than at Christmas
when its mighty Founder was a child
llimseir, iarii.
Tii-a Itnfinr intirnl Unlinlt. tt,r,..t
Draw foi-ui llio tlieeitul duy fniin nislit,
t). Kutnor, Huich tlio i:t mid lluht
Tho light tlmt umio vhou opo was iKirn.
'Itmim.
f la tlio cflsim for klnilltnir tho iim
of hospitality l V 1"11. ' tho
sronlal flaroo of dkrity in tho hottrt
TVatMHilbn Jr
iiu ix'irni' i
"lirlrttendom
Now roll?
Tlifi llnlurii
iH pcc on earth, 3
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"It somcijPj- will kindly wliMlu
'i line 11 j)gspu Sonow J here,' w .
shall Im JUrj' glad to join in the
cJioru.'iBiM Turkem.
idle deed nnd klndlv thoushl.
Welcome llio merry ChrHmas In,
And heariibiother'scull.
'. xiirri-nrc.
The only tlinn in the long calendar
of tho year when men and women
seem, with one consent, to open their
shut-up hearts freely. Dickens,
The church bells fit innumerable
sects nro all chlmo hulls to-day, ringli.g
in sweet lu'cordnnco throughout many
lands, and awaking a great joy in the
heart of our common humanity.
Cluijiin.
Fogg says his son William is always
particularly well-behaved about t lit
time. Willi him Christmas Is indeed
tho season of good Will. lloslon Truth
script-
This hnppy day, whoso risen sun
Hhall et not through cteinlty.
Thl holy day when l hrlst, tho Lord,
Took on Him our humanity.
I'lmlie Cnru.
Who tntin-lit mankind on that first Clirlst
ma day,
Whnt 'tn In lin h mull! In iilrn. tint. tnUo
jiiui iiivii 1 uiit-ii win hi.
To nerve, not rule; to nourish, not devour;
To help, not crush, If need, to die, not live
' liiirif Kliia"'.
A
v. WillianiHport Cl'a.) young lady
iski'il by her "feller'' w'liat slie do-
was as
sired for Christmas. She said: "Call
around for me Christmas morning and
biing a minister with you." Two
souls, two hearts.
Sound over all water, reach out from all
laud',
The elioru of videos thncliisplnir of hand:
Klnir li inn Hint were miiik by tho Mars of the
morn,
Hint? BoiiKitof thcniiKclswhcu Jesus unsbnru!
IIMtllrr.
Ill making Christmas presents al
ways choose a UM'ful gift. If you have
a friend who is n liarddi inker givo his
family an order on nn undertaker, or
else present him with a cemetery lot.
l'hUatlcl)hia Chronicle.
There's u sonir In the air. there' n Mar In tho
sky.
Therou mother' deep prnjur and n bnbj'g
low ery;
And tho Mar ruin Its lire while llio brnutlful
nlnir.
And tho itmiiffer of llelhlehem er.idle u
Kbur. -J. a. ,iiii,.
"Cupid" You ask how you shall
best prcvunt a quarrel with your iiiain
i at it? Ho still, () loving heart, and
draw comfort from tho relleetion fiat
jour best girl isn't going to lueak away
from you until after Christmas any waj.
Lowell Courier.
'Hie momliiK dawn with brighter,
'lo herald a new natal day
Of peuin and love,
lorlo! In xuider mniiirer lie
'I ho Holy rhlld -w hlle i-oiiks urlso
I'l inn eliolis above.
He come IIo conn h let enrth n'joleliu tell
'the Ktury or Its joiiiik liiiimiuuel.
Ilili.im . ChhhiAm.
The Christmas cards this year are
beautiful, and it is a pleasant custom lo
send them to friends but thu hot
Chi 1st mas card that wo know of, savs
the Mobile- h'ajhtcr, is one tied on to
llio leg of a turkey, with the mime of
some deserving poor man or woman
written on it, who is not able tobuvanv
Christmas cheer.
IU said tlmt tho custom of mak
ing New Year calls is on tho wane.
Last year "best society in New York
merely hung out baskets." To travel
about a city till day. in n suit hired for
tlio occasion, dropping cards into a
basket, is about as wild and hilarious
fun as to sit on a fence anil see vour
best girl go by with another follow.
Xornstoim Ilcra'd.
"I'to only been like Santa Clans,"
said a llttlo soven-year-old girl found
byMier mother dragging a lmket in a
riiihulolphla street Christmas day.
"Mamma said last night Santa Claip,
novel comes to tho pt.or, so I said I will
givo houiu of my toys and lings to tho
poor children inyscff. So 1 got main
ma's basket and put in tho lings, but I
didn't liiul any poor children, and I
got lost and didn't know what to do."
Charley wanted to give Clara a
Christmas proM-nt, but couldn't make
up his mind what it should he; so tho
next tliuo he called ho frankly told her
tho dilllctilty under which ho was labor
ing. "Want lo iimko mo a present,
Charley!" Clara uelaimed. in well
disguised nstonishment. "Whv, Char
Icy, tou forget yourself." '('hurley
took tho hint and ollered himself on tho
spot.
As Christmas is near at hand, wu
may expect soon to seo in our St. Louis
exchanges such items as tills: "A Chi
cago young man, in a rash moment,
told his girl that if sho would hung up
her stocking on Christmas cvo ho would
till it to thu brim with something nice.
He lias since oen her stocking, and is
undecided whether to get into It him
self or buy her n ficwlng-maohlue."
KurriMuwn Herald.
-Tho old north bieeo thiouuhtho bkelolim
tret
I I'lianiliiK tho year out drearily;
I ut loud let It iilow, for at homo wo know
1 he dry lo eraeklo eluerllv,
And tlio tiiivii uroiind I In'fettor bound;
I; " J, ."' '"" "'""i "i' i mi mini it,
jMir Chrlxlmag ha c onie, and In every
To nuuimer our hem ts u.ui turn It,
' homo
Minimal wm.-alll
Mora happiness to nil, abroad and nt homo,
Was-ull! WasMill!
Hero s luipiilnos to nil. for Christmas lias
euuiol -.llhrrt Mnli,
A lively writer of "fiirl's (iosslp,"
in thu London Truth makes some com
ments on tlie Chrlstmas-cnrd mania,
tho foreu of which will impress itself tin
ninny people, just now. She savs:
"Ono does not like to llnow them nvvay
--they arc too prott. ; and yet, alter thu
lirst week or two, no onu evor looks nt
them. Thu worst of sending cards is
that ono is almost sure to forget sonic
body, nnd get into a scrape. I think 1
t-hall advertise. net Christmas in thu
dally papers: 'Madge, Manners oilers tho
compliments of tlio se:ison to all who
caro lo accept her good wishes. No
cants. ' it would s.ivo a quaiiti
quantity of
trouble."
Capacity of tho Chicago Stoekiii":
'Pupil," Mild a gushing joung ilanol
of Chicago, "I want vou to givo mo
this Christmas a seal-skin sacquo and
mull', a pair of diamond car-rings that
beautiful writing-desk we were looklii"
at tho oilier day and bu-iicls and bush"
els of French candy. Will yon, papa?"
nnd thu dear tiling's eve dauc'd in
glowing auticipalion, vv'hllo her foot
beat a tattoo on tho velvet carpet that
sounded like mulllcd thunder. "Ah.
my dear child," replied tho proud
father, as ho gaed at Ids dnughter with
a luiiuivo. Ujiwiird.tendeiiev-lu-pork
look. indeed I will, dust hang vour
?.V,";kL"rT i'P 1 tliu bank yard and Twill
ill It foryotj, darling, if )mve to chuck
In a house and Jot." JlochesUr 1'ost.
Lflrets.
I .JJjfn1iirt
the B.uiiiwn fimismis present.
"Thank Heaven," said old I'inkoiton
I'uckorptiHc, "Hint lhavo no brats to
buy Christmas presents for, or bothera
tions of that sort "
lust then thciu camo a violent ring
ing nt tlio front door-bell.
"What-t Who-! Why-!"
Ye, sure enough, hero was Mr. I'ink
crlon Puukcrpiirae, baelielor. with a
real, nvo naiiy smuleniv thrust upon
him, and m
aking nlj'Iit hideous with in
loud: "Awa awa
-awa a a-a!"
Obviously, tho lir-t tiling to bo .lytic
was to try and soothe tlio little savage
to sleep, or tho neighbors would bo
roused. Haoholorl'itoKerpurVs "Hush-a-b.,0
baby. I hydatid vis green," sound
ed very much like the wail of a doomed
man, as ho wildly swung tho basket to
and fio.
..,XvW,m
"Ha! sho sleeps at last, and now to
my revenge!" "Stay!" said the mon
itor within, "perhaps vou were an in
fant oneo yourself.'' 'This view of the
case never occurred to him before, and
ho hesitated. Another ring at Ills door
bell. "11a! twins this time, I'll war
ram." Ho hail barely tlmo to thrust tho in
nocent cause of Ids agitation out of
sight, when in walked his old friend
Slorgam to spend tlio uvcuing.
"Hello! what's that?" said Slorgam,
'sounds like an infant atllieted with
iiins, or" "Crls, only wits," replied
rinkerton Piiekerpurse,' in a sepulchral
voice, "it's a famous neighborhood for
cats."
'.
i 'ill!
SIM E& 1 409tKoSK I
Hut his friend was a man of family
himself, and was not to be taken in by
"eats." "Come!" he said, sternly: "I
tell jou, Pinkertou Piiekerpurse, yon
aro concealing something from me,t''
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ho there was nothing for it butito
bring out lite now liowling infant aad
cxiilaln. hilc doing so in a rut he
coiicient manner
His friend suddenly disappeared, mu
Pinkertou Puckcrpuise found himself
alone hugging hi bottle insiend of a
baby, for he had only been dreamlDg.
The very ne.uday he s'gned thoplodgo
anil his cheek for $1,000, which last ho
gave to an orphan asylum.,. Hop
kins, in Chrhtmax (Irupliic.
A Christmas. Itox. -
It wasn't a pretty box all trimmed
with paper-laeo and embo-i-cd pictures
and filled with bon-bons.
It was nindu of wood, and oneo iqidn
a time it camo to Mr. Haley's stot-j full
of soap. It was under 'Mr. Daley's
counter that very afternoon before
Christmas when l)akie Lane camo to
buy ten cents' wotth of raisins and'o
pound of sugar and a pound of crackers
and a very little p'ce.
"(joiug to have a pudding?" asked
Mr. Daley's boy, weighing out the
sugar. j,
"Yes" sa'il Dakie. "Anil I want
stick of candy, too, if you please, to put
in tlio baby's stocking. Th urn's 'a
....nt " " r
It was a very largo cent, anil it shone'
as it iisiKiuhad po'islied it. B
"That's worth two stick," said the
grocer-boy. "We don't often sou siioh
a shiny one. "What'ru you going to
have in ijour stocking?"
"Nothing, I guess" said Dakie; "I'm
too old. I'm going to bo tlio bnbv't
Santa Chiw." V
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-Mil, sain i no grocer-ooy, wrapping
up tho two sticks of candy; and Dakie
didn't seo him pay for one of tlteni out
of his own pocket. "That's it." i
A lady-ciistoiner at thu other end of
tho counter was giving Mr. Daluy a
good many orders, but he had ears 'for
llio conver-atlon going on between'
Dakio anil tlio grocer-boy, anil sho
smiled at Dakie as iho went past hinii
out of tho htoro-door.
Perhaps that would have been tho end
oi ii, n, on ncr way iiotno in her ear-
riago a little later, she hud not passei
uiiKie again with one arm lull of hi
small parcels, .lust at that minute ;v.
liig dog bounced up against him, anil
down went Dakio on tin- sidewalk: ttiuL
tiio paper of sugar burst open, and tlioli
ra'sius wore scattered about, and uioiov
thii'i half of tho cia'kers went into tlio
gutter.
"Oil. ileai' iiu!" said Dukli' in bo be.
gan manfully to repair as much of the j
mi-chief a-, he could. V
"No pudding now." thought thej
lady; and in a minute more sho wast
lining iiiivi'ii oacK 10 .vir. jaiey s sioio.
There tho soap-box was pulled out
from under tho counter, and into it
went all sorts of nice tilings; raisins ami
curtauts and tigs ami nuts and candio,
until it was quitofiill. Then thu cover
was nailed on, and Mr. Daley's man
was hurried away with it to Dakio's
honic, wheru it an ived almost as soon
as Dakie himself."
"Why, why, who sent it?" cried
uaKiC.
"1 don't know," said Mr. Dalcj's
man.
Hut Dakio knuw tlio moment ho road,
in big letters on tlio cover: "For tho
baby's Santa CI ins."
"It was tho ladvt" cried he. "Oh,
Imi'1 she beautiful!"
"Hu'ftil!" echoed tho baby. loHf.'
C'om;iuni'u;i.
How tho Sunshine Came.
A boy of twelve stood leaning against
a fence on Dutlleld street yesterday,
hat pulled down, feet ero-setl, and his
right hand going up occasionally to
wipo his nose, when along cntne
another anatomy about his sl.o and
asked:
"Sick?"
"No."
"Any tho family dead?"
"No."
"doing to run awat'"
"I diiuiio. I've ju'st been licked."
"Who dun It?"
"Dad."
"Did your ma ask him to?"
"Yes. Sho told him I bad been
aching for it more than a mouth."
"Snv," said the new arrival, "you
are in luck. I'm Irving my best to'git
dad to whalo me. 1 d givo fifty cuts
if lie had taunt d mo th.s noon and it
was all through hurting."
"Why?" "
"Why! Haven't I got three dollars
saved up to buy pap and inarm Christ
mas presents, and if I can git 'em to
whalo, mo before Christmas won't I
spend every cent of that money on my
self? How much you got?"
"Two'dollars."
" Hully! Yon aro all right! You've
bin lieko'l, and they won't expect even
a stick of gum from their pounded sou.
I'll go homo anil slam tho baby around
and steal sugar and kiok thu' eat and
uss mother, and if I can git walloped
to-night I'll meet you hero to-morrow
and we'll pool in and buy tnoro pistols
and s.calplng-knlfes and rock-candy nnd
hum and raisins than you over miw bo
fofe! Yip! Peel mo down, dt ar father.
hang my hidu o tho fence, mother
darling!" Detroit Free J'rcss.
rin
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Christmas Superstitions.
"It isn CllrlntlS fnnt. that (In, tnrtn n.l
traditions of our ancestors, connected
wth our festival, have been rctainud
nrid handed down from one generation
to another with very fow changes;
neno, hovvovor, oxcopt whero elvilia
tif n has softened nml honutlilml iiw.n,
i(k tho mlstlcton and holly, thu Yule-
jim ...... voikiiiiiu-i i-iimuus, aro as mil
ofjiiieanlng In tho Now York homes of
to-day as tliov wore in merry oli En
gland when Herrlck wrote:
V Kl'idlp tho Christmas brand, and thin
Till aunsst lot It burn."
Ilpno of tho earliest nmtoms Is tho
lororntlng of our homes ami churches
vlth evergreens at Christmas-time, for
out forefathers believed that the deo
orition of privato dwellings' in reiogni
tiofi of tho Incarnation of tho Divinity
vvntild, bymnrklng tho homes of llio
believers, preserve them from tho in
trtfsioti and ovll auspices of fiends.
ft is regarded as a very unlucky cir
ciiBistanco if any leaves or sprigs nro
dropped or remain behind on ffio'ro
njioViit of tho church or homo decora
'Io"bs, nml nil must bo elenred awny be
fnM Candlemas-day (February'.'); ami
inlno account should the sacred nilstlij
I iff hough-this standing symbol of
xiUgh-ntul-roady llirtation, without con
luieiisnoss or necessity wf harm hi
cum into tlio street or carelessly throvvii
,isio; for lovo luck It must be burnci
by-Jhu oldest unmarried member of tin
family, male or female.
If ono wishes to revive nn old Honinu
msfoni, let him send n holly branch -
l.isl friends as typical of good wishes,
unlit may have a double meaning Lv
milling n sprig of mistletoe, tho gleiua
I ijgjbcrries conveying a message ot hope,
f jrlf the holly carries good wishes wid
f irqslght or torcthought, tho mistletoe
lv nti assurance of "I surmount d:ili
ctiltics," and many a wife has been von
by tills little token of assurance.
Ffom tlio remotest times of tho burn-Ing-lif
tho Yulo orClirlstmas log, it ha
liuCall kinds of superstitions connected
witfc It. In some parts of Europe the
log.nust be of a certain kind of wood,
ni; it Devonshire it consists of fagots of
at'ilLound toirethor. nml mi ovtr-i rrlnuj
fthi the cider barrel Is expected by tho
g-ut for every crack mado by tho'bla.
"S'fi,o0,s' Ono log Is tho general ens
tcntl but wo have known a hod of coal
Rcledtcd for that purpose when wood
w is.inaccesslble. A bit of tho Christ
mis; log must always bo saved
to Ollght not year's Christinas
fhe with, and bo sure that
tlmiiru does not go out during the
nlfcltt, nor iint'l Cliristinas Dny at sun
dt tv4. In many homes music is played
dtriag tho ccrvmony of lighting "the
llrj.ibllt oti no nn 'ininf inu.l If Ii . liirlit.
ed l)4foro tlio jiropcr timo, which is at
sunset, ihiistmas l'.vc. llio Yulo or
Clutymas candles should bs lit soon
aferyi but for good luck tho light must
bo. taken from tlio Christmas fire. It is
very Jbad luck to snuff them, and they
ah itijil bo set on tho highest shelf or
tal.lin tho room. Tho oldest porsnn
pr.s(iit must extinguish them, but a bit
of,iaeh must bo saved to relight on
NiWiYcar'tf Evo, to s.'c tlio old yoir out
nn tho now year in. It is cons'idered a
vtvy bad omen for any one to leave tho
tnlloduring supper on Christmas Evo
ubJIqiH aro through, and soj that there
isuuV'ven number of guests, if you will
rnskinfricmls during the year. Ho sure
and huvo n cheese and cako untouched
in -hq house, nml lot no onu tempt you
to cu. them boforo tho proper time.
Nejur refuso to take or give food and
shelter nt Christmas-tinio.
It n very lucky for a child to bo born
on Caristmas Day, especially if the day
faliian Sunday. And tho girl who i a
brllofyn tlio L'Ath of December Is said to
havoiiothing to fear.
1 yitio other time is a black cat a
tn njo bln"k eat thought to be lucky
.but at Christmas. If ono conies Into
the hotise, it is a sure sign of money.
C lojeron but tho boys must presume
to i.oout-of-doors on Christmas morn-
ilng'iuatil thu threshold has been coa-
soc'.md oy thu Incoming footsteps of a
'ma.i.1
k'Milm folks what hab short talking
qu.irlols) on Christmas Day or night
woii'Q hab no luuk in friendship, lovo
pr"iioeket," said an old colored mummy;
and be sure you lsh some ono u " Mer
ry yristmas" boforo vou put vour
tehoisnnd stockings on; and for real
ooi juei; kiss the oldest person in the
iouioiiV.sf on Cliristmns mornimr, and
jio yotmgeston New Year's moniing.
Uarpcf's Duzar.
The Jones Skeleton.
l Pjiajc, like a whlto-winged dove, has
into. iiroodcil over tlio Jones family,
mmnc nay last wook tlio demon oi ills
ord etitered most unexpected! v. Jones
nvos trbttinir reatlv to en down town in
(the inojrnlng, and in looking for a linnd
fkcrchjef In the family bureau found a
druvoi that resisted him in fact it was
lock a most unheard of thing in that
I . . .a. . I .'
it nrst it only inauo Jones
causo tho resistance throw him
io room, and bounced him up
i chiffonier on tho other side.
)iitf,kfii ho regained cnnsclousncsvrtiiM
aaiftu'aiaria ami asKciiher, wuu wnuo,
ealf lls whero tho key was. Sho
salJliUaas In her pocket. Ho demand
d(Llt isho refused to give it to him; mid
tWP oatiiiod ono of those painful do-
ilcncos which nroso much more
iBiniaflng than words or blows. Jones
i and camo in for three days,
ed during tho whnlu time, for
suspicion had tnken possession
lie remembered that Maria
n distraught nnd nivsterious
llli a glassy look in lior eyes,
led tin fact that sovotal times
bell had rung in thu evening
had evaded his inquiry as to
(here. Ho know tho evil ten
tho ago and shuddered at tlio
Maria had .met a handsomer
he. (jreori-oyed jcnlousy took
i of his sonl and ate and ate
cart like a canker!
things' como to an end. Ono
s Jones went out, and as she
ast thu parlor door sho looked
Id: "Joptlia, if you hear thu
xlo I wish you'd look at him."
vna his opportunity now or
lo crept Noilly up stairs and
io pencoiui room whero tnoir
sleeping and lumen tlio gas
o merest glimmer; men no
urodreed n key nnd tilted it
ck.oi tuai arnwer atitt nuiicd
own. and thero lav beforo
ilcttirti of that other man?
Oil no! bllt n nnlr M tllnnnra i-mbm!
crcd In red, crecnf.ntiil yellow wih
icrra cotta "j. dfTJnn wreath of cgbii
tino on each too nll a "Merry Cliri-
mas" card tacked to tho pair. Poor
Jones! this was ovdu vvoiso tlian ho ex--pected.
It Is enough to break up any
man to thrust a pllr of embroidered,
slippers upon him, (mil as he stood and
looked, and shivered, antl lealled that
tho th!r.g.i vero four inchos too shorU.
and hlnoft heels, ho saw a paper stickl
ing ujf cuiously on one! side. It waf
addrev,itd in n man's handwriting ti
Mrs. .sones. Hal ha! tils, th mi, was a.
ciuoi
itfcas it was tho bll1 from tliomtii
whCMd.'d the shoes, aid it include
ono liir tho velvet anil Jnother for th
enibsrfndcry, and Joneiwas trviug t
(tCi tfl Itl'lllltK , I. I I.. .nll.t,.n.ln
wbon i, tremendous blow fell upon hi
luad ntl a fearful howl rent the air as!
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Iimfgrit shrieked: J J
"iw, ye niizablc. tlilcvcn, mnrnud-f fm
In blaggnrd, I'll tacho vo to stale lntd ,-Vl
diuunt peoiilu's houses Oh, howrj
i.nsusi h siuo ninstor himself, Dad 'cess
A fidnc looklnu nnulior yo's are, Indndol I
An' how munr Now Yenr r calls liuvo yo nada?" !,
An v here did o!o? o hajthoiilsU Uruol
omUcrable, outlandish vnlnotl i
I'll tacho ojer maiitieri, nn' kni ynntij i
At homo wltli the chllders on next New Vcnr J
.. "'''l ( I
J or pc or, IniK reent lreltnlllnc-d':elioarI '
jo moliid, now Just wish me a "UaipyNovr
curl f
to him. How was I to tell hid froia
entry olhcrthafe?" f
Jones patched up a pcaio with
Hridgcl, who promis'd to say jNiver a.
wurrd" to Mrs. J., but oh, wiih what a.
WCIirV heart doos thu uiiIi'DHV mnn
Willi for tho coming Christiuis De-'
iron ton ana Jrtoune.
Old Traditions
There Is an old tradition tlmt Christ
was born nbout midnight. Ifroiii this,,
bells are rung nt mlilmglit in England
and on tho Continent. In Ifinan Cath
olic countries it lias long IJuu custom
ary to inaugurate ChrNtnis with the
celebration of a niidnirlit mass, wlleb
is followed by ono at dWniaud nni'tli-
t. l.t.,1. .. ..m.i t.. ,i... .....' .. .i.J i.Im.1. !
er In the morning. Itivn(nn oliPEn- li jl
glish superstition that m (JlirUtinai evo- li a 'I
lite own were nlwnyn toto foutd on f if J
their knees at midnight; that the iocka V W
crew; tlmt tho cabl;tg scedeil etc. m
Tliu devotion of tho cxm wns iVriVvsvU y j'J
from an old itory that an ox mi ass, ;' 4,4
of Christ, fell on their knees in i sup- h si
iiliant position, anil that a col crew. V r "
I'lio custom of singing carols n'SJhrist-
.1..1VI. HI-IU 111 LIItT Sllll'IU Ut I11T u.lbU. lu .J
iius, which uns paseu into oup ion, is
said to have sprung from tlielongs of
shepherd nnd others at 'the jiirth of
Christ. Tho common fip-tninjof dec
orating houses and fliurchcs vah ever
greens Is derived from a nianon bo
lief that sylvan spirits wotldjtlo'k to
those evcrga-ens and l-emal . ilerc until
the coming in of a milder s a4n. Hoi
lv and ivv aro tho evergi-es chletly
used in i.uglaiid; these at: ilso wont
about thu head, antl the ijirases, to
"kiss under tho rose" anilllr"vvliisper
under the mistletoe," have rufurctico to-
tins practice.
Chrlstnms corneal Iloeoml! Hucomcti'
Urhcred with a nun ot p uit'i
Hot le In tho windows kiui Mm,
h'lhiiolocomodrlviuv paiit Pinleet him,
(iltls pieeodo hlin, hills pnUnn him,
Kvery mouth ilellKhts to u nue him;
Wet, nnd told, and lnd. ailOdark,
Muku him hut the wanr.or bark:
And yet ho comes no onooirooUlcd,
Unlversnrn tho hllttio Kodrttad,
And In every fo-tal hntiHot
I'roienco hulh iiblnuitouv.t'
Curtains, uhosomiuir rooiflfln folders.
imiifT upon ins minion MKsi.uers;
Alio no lins u million ecs
Of fire, Hnd cats a million t'ei,
Ann u very morry ami wi
vnry wiko aiei very uiorrvi
And leaves a kls bvtiealb
ho tiorry.
telvn lima.
Our Holiday Supplement Appreciated.
Tho Lancet offers those dollghtfully
chcuring remarks to tlio uildillc-aged
ilyspoptio: "Elderly peojilo nro often nolo
to lonincto with tho younger inenibers
of the family in tho enjoyment of Christ
mas cheer In a mnnmr which atna.es
their middle-aged relations. Tlio ex
planation is that tlio tllgostivu elements
aro long piescrved, so that n man who, in
tho prime of manhood,'wan n martyr to
dyspepsia, by reason of tho sensitive
ness of Ids gastric nerves, eats and.
drinks with the coiirngo and success of iv
boy in his later years, vvhon Ms nurvca
am blunted, nntl When, thoivforo, his
poptla cells nro Ablu to pursue their
chemical work undisturbed by nurvou
worries."
"Aro you going to mako Now
Year's calls this year?" asked Hurrolt
Chase, on tho day before Now Year's,
of Hronson Alcott, another Austin so
ciety joung man. "No, I nm not
going to mako any New Year's calU
this yenr, but I am golngo mako calls
uoxt year, which will bo to-morrow. It
Is a little Into to mako Now Year's call
this ycar.-r-2':J Sitting
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