i or Vo s D GIRLS e SOME COOD SHORT STORIES j. S/ FOR LITTLE READERS. . ' ,7a11 of Little Paul-Tho Dog Under- > tlortI Gernrafi-A Capto1 Itomance- Conrcrtetl When Children-floaven on : Y : 7C ttli-1farv's Morse. , , . , F , r 0 IM L < . 3 Y mamma's In de housepital , I wish t't she'd come home ! For I can't play when she's away- Why don't my mamma come ? I get so lonesome here , I don't know what to do ; Arsur's away mos' all 'e day , He goes to school , you know. 'N' when he does come home at last He likes to play with Ray ; Says little boys makes too much noise , 'N' don't know how to play ! I guess , if I was as big as him , 'N' he was little's me , 'N' 1 was 'way to school all day , : ' I'd try my best to be t Jus' awful good when I came home , 'N' make him happy , too ; 'N' wouldn't play one bit wid Ray- . Fink dat''e way to (10 ! lily g'amma twies to do her best , v - , She's kind , 'n' loves me so ; But it's so long since she was young She doesn't seem to know , his' how a fellow feels Mho's lonesome as c'n be ; ,1 'N' all 'e cake 'at she c'n bake 1 Won't make it up to me. My papa's gone de whole day long , A-workin' hard's he can- ; tell you , I will help him lots - When I'm a grown-up man ! But dot's a long ways off , you know ; , 'N' here I am at home , 1 t 'V' mamma's in de housePital- Oh , my ! I wish she'd come ! / A Capitol Romance. A quiet litle romance , of which only those moSt interested are suposed as ' yet to know , has grown from the fertile agricultural department , says the . Washington Star. Once upon a time f there was a pretty girl in a far-off x ' - Western state. Hard times pressed IS heavily upon her aged father and mother. With the brave thought to earn sufficient money to lift a mortgage I ! from the small farm , the young girl 1 came to Washington , and , after many f rebuffs and disappointments , secured a position in the seed division of the ; f i I ( I Agricultural Department. Quietly and faithfully she did her daily duty , saying - ing much more of her salary than she ii spent , and dreaming of a time when the savings would be enough to lights - i en the mortgage and the dear old hearts s 1 at home. When .the seed division was abolished her hopes sunk very low. All efforts to find another place were fruitless - less , and Washington seemed big and strange and lonely. Before giving up \ and going home , she made one final throw for success and future happi- ness. She wrote a letter to the newly- elected Congressman of her home dist - t trict , and asked him to aid her with his influence in obtaining a Government - ment position. She imagined him to be a benevolent , Peffer-like old gentleman - man with a fatherly disposition. He happened to receive her letter as he was starting to Washington on ante-con- gressional business , and he answered it in person. He was neither old nor Feuer-like ; he was young and good- looking and susceptible. His business in Washington lengthened itself out un- t accountably. The pretty girl has gone home now , but this winter there is ' going to be a happy young bride in a c modest little home on Capitol Hill , and ) \ that western congressman is going to challenge every fellow member who ti shall dare to lift a word of protest against the abolishment of the seed di- vision. 4 Converted When Children. Many of the brightest lights in the ' + history of Christianity have been converted - verted in early life. Some one gives a ( few examples as follows : The brightest - est lights in the churches were cent - t _ _ verted in early life. Adam Clarke , the ' commentator , was converted at four \ years of age. His influence will shine in the moral heavens while the sun shines in the natural heavens. Alfred . , Cookman , the great revivalist , was converted - verted at ten years of age. He will shine in the kingdom of God as the stars in the firmament of heaven forever - ever and ever , and thousands will rise in the judgment and call him blessed. Isaac Watts , the great poet , was converted - verted at the age of nine years. His influence fluence will be felt through the endless ages of eternity. Robert Hall was con- verted at twelve , Jonathan Edwards , at seven , and William Penn at nine. Ior Understood German. \ "It will by no means do to assume , " e said Mr. Goslington , "that because dumb creatures do not respond prompt- 1y to our kindness they are insensible to it. This truth was brought home strikingly to me once in the case of a dog that I once owned. That this dog J T ' ' - , was na. impervious to gentle treatment was clearly shown by the fact that when you patted it on the head it would ' wag its tail ; thereby showing not only ! that it inderstood the kind treatment , but that it was pleased with it all through. But I observed that when I spoke to the dog when it was not look- s lug at me , it paid no attention. This was surprising , and at first rather disturbing - turbing , but the dog seemed in other respects so kindly that I did nothing about it. 'One day when a German friend of r . mine was visiting me , and when I had I -called the dog with the usual result , asked my friend to call him .to see if d L i { hc' would mind him any better. He did call , and naturally enough , being a German , he called in German. To our great surprise the dog turned and came joyously bounding toward us. The simple fact was that the dog understood the universal kindness of touch and eye , but the only spoken language ho knew was German , from which country - try , as I subsequently learned , he had been imported only about ten days before - fore I bought him. "The only question now was whether I should teach the dog English , or whether I should learn German. I thought it would be easier for me to learn a new language than for the dog , and that is how I came to take up the study of German. " Mary's Intelligent horse. A little Massachusetts girl tells the following story of her wonderful horse : This is a true story of Mary's horse. He was just as black as a coal all over , except a pretty white star on his fore- head. "Once in two or three weeks Mary had him take tea with her and her little brother and sisters. She went to the stable where he lived with Kate and Nell , two pretty twin ponies , and said to him : " 'Come , Jack ! Don't you want some tea ? ' "At that he came right up to her , and found out the buttons on her dress and tried to pull them off and then untied her apron strings. " 'Now , Jack , ' Mary said , 'tea is all ready. Come along-and ! lie followed her along the sidewalk to the back door cnd up the three steps into the house. "What a clatter his iron shoes made along the entry to the dining room ! Harry and Annie and Fanny rushed out , crying : " 'Ole , mamma ! Here's Jack coming to tea ! ' ' "Then mamma filled a large bowl with tea , put in plenty of milk and three or four pieces of white sugar ( for Jack had a sweet tooth ) and cut a slice of bread into pieces and put it on a plato with a doughnut or piece of ginger- bread. And Mary said : 'Now , Jack , come up to the table ! ' "You see , he was too big to sit in a chair , but he came close up to the table and stood there and drank his tea without - out slopping any over and ate up hIs bread and cake. And when he had done , what do you think he did ? Why , he went up to the piano that stood in ' the corner of the room and smelled the keys and looked around at Mary. That was to ask her to play a tune before he 1 went home. ! "Then she said : " 'Oh , you dear Jack. I know what you want ! ' "And she sat down and played some merry y tune while lie pricked aP his ears and put his nose down close to her fingers , he was so pleased. Then he rubbed her shoulder with his nose , and , Mary played another tune for him , " 'Now , Jack , ' mamma said , 'you've had a nice time , but you must go baclt to your stable. Kate and Nell will miss you if you stay longer. ' "Then Mary opened the dining room , door , and Jack followed her down the long entry and out to the stable , just lute a dog. " Meavett or. 1Barth. How much more happiness and joy and peace there would be on earth if every Christian would take the following - ing words of Charles H. Spurgeon to heart ! It was said of an old Puritan that "heaven was in before he was in heaven. That is necessary for all of us ; we must have heaven in us before - fore we get into heaven. If we do not get to heaven before we die , we shall never get there afterward. An old Scotchman was asked if he ever expected - pected to go to heaven. "Why , man , I live there , " was the quaint reply. Let us all live in those spiritual things which are the essential features of heaven. Often go there before you go to stay there. If you come down tomorrow - row morning , knowing and realizing y that heaven is yours , and that you will soon be there , those children will not wcrry you half so much. When you gc out to your business or to your work , you will not be half so discontented when you know that this is not your rest , but that you have a rest on the hills eternal , whether your heart has already gone , and that your portion is in the everlasting dwellings. "Lay hold on eternal life. " "Get hold of it now. " It is a thin ; of the future , and it is a thing of the present ; and even your part of it which is future , can be , by faith , so realized and grasped as to be actually enjoyed while you are yet here. The Passion for Souls. Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst , himself a noble example of burning zeal for Christ , says about impassionate men : It is the impassioned men that have made history always , religious and secular - ular both. They are torch to the heaped- up combustibles ; they are pulse to the general body that is listless and wait- ing. No man has moved the world like Jesus Christ , because no man besides him has embodied so wide , so profound , and so divine enthusiasm. People are passionate in everything but their passion - sion for men ; and that is the one Christian - tian passion. Church to Compete with Saloon. The Congregational church at Flint , 'Jich. , has introduced a decided novelty in church work. The trustees have' authorized the pastor to threw the church doors open on Saturday afternoons - i noons in order that farmers and others who come to the city may , notwithstanding - standing the saloons , find a place to warm themselves , and spend a plea-Cant hour. Music will be provided , and all vri11 be welcomed by committees of ladies. Success is full of promise till men get it , and then it is as a last year's nest , ' fromm which the bird has flown. 't uC uv gEIDAY BUSINESS. SHOPPING NOT AS LARGE AS IT USED TO BE. Ilnndreds of Millions Less Money Spent in lluyiug Presents-Shoppers suet Shopkeepers Svcro Most Busy In 189 : -lfhat L'radstreot's Shows. 4 : . . ; - . { A year ago the free-trade papers were pointing with pride to an increase in the volume of last November's business - ness as compared with 1894. They stated that the real movement of goods for the Christmas trade begun in No- veinber. Let us see how it has been this year. Bradstreet's , December 7 , told us that the totals of last month's bank clearings - ings were smaller than for October , and that "the falling off shown from Octo- ! her is not unexpected , in view of the re- 1 cent lull in trade reported from week to week. " This seems peculiar. Here we have been approaching Christmas , when there should be an extra boom to business , over and above the free- I trade boom that is said to be in existence - ence , yGt Bradstreet's has reported a " 1111 from week to week. " Again we quote from that authority : "Rather more than the usual number of decreases ( in bank clearings ) are shown to have occurred during Novem- her as compared with November a year ago. " This is disheartening Christmas cheer. Let us turn to Dun's Review for something brighter : "Business is still sluggish as if gorged by excessive indulgence of the appetite for buying when prices were advancing. In nearly every branch stocks not yet distributed to consumers stand in the way of new orders , and competition of a producing force largely exceeding the present demand puts down prices , that decline retarding purchases yet more. After the holidays men look for a larger demand. " This is about as cheerful as missing the last car at night and having to walk home. Not even the expectation of a larger demand after the holidays can be inspiriting , because business men know perfectly well that there is always a sluggish season after the holidays , so they are likely to "look" in vain for that "larger demand. " To the protltic- ers of raw material , to wage earners and to manufacturers , Dun's Review gives this cheerful Christmas greeting : "In this country the manufacturer meets with a much reduced demand , and prices are gradually sinking. " Not even free wool can brighten the gloom of the holiday season , for Dun's Review says of this branch of trade : "Manufacturers have much machinery idle at present , and orders thus far are not encouraging. " A later issue of Bradstreet's , December - ber 14 , confirms this opinion when it says that "among more conspicuous trade features are the disappointing Christmas trade at several cities. " It also gives a comparison of the bank clearings - ings of the country during the first two weeks of December this year and for five preceding years , which we reproduce - duce as follows : Week ending Year December 5. December 12. 1890 . . . . . . $1,316,000,000 $1,186,000,000 1891 . . . . . . 1,328,000,000 1,213,000,000 1892 . . . . . . 1,450,000,000 1,354,000,000 1893 . . . . . . 1.118,000,000 915,000,000 1894 . . . . . . 1,163,000,000 1,019,000,000 1895 . . . . . . 1,24 7,000,000 1,129,000,000 The rise of the Christmas trade under rcow York's Best Interests. r ' Total Forei 9a Oran flf Cr , ( W YORK TICde Produ leI i I STATE arane 'g 1890 lni , 77 ; I n r t 7 I 1600Tllion ; dollars" s. ' Is is rn t3 ' - 12.00 fiilion Odlars , I U n _ P10- 3 . $ , oo9- ; 1800Ti11ion f .9 894 I _ 7- ' - S 5 1400 f Ti1lion Oollais L s 3- z- 2- 4- t' n ' (1)11 ( ) safest IS the Tare haPpit , n . to the U 3 4 Eni' .Geueral Prospe rl y a f thEE U an administration favorable to protection - tion and its decline under the free- trade administration form strong contrasts - trasts that should attract the attention of all traders , whether wholesale or re- tail. Even this year the holiday trade has not yet reached its proportions in 1530. It looks as if we were having a r egu- . tar old , dull democratic Christmas time. Let us hope that it will be the last one. -American Economist , Dec. 23 , 1595. - - . . , , - _ - _ - - S RepulI'.cnn "Sunday Scitool. The Republican club of the city of New York is perhaps the most aggresSIve - SIve and effectual political-social organization - ization in the country , and from a small beginning this club has attained a membership of between six and seven hundred. In connection with all clubs , societies and organizations there is nearly always some feature peculiar to each , The Republican club of the city of New York is no exception. The peculiar - culiar feature of this organization Is what has become known ap the "Repub- lican Club Sunday School. " There is scarcelya Sunday afternoon of the year when , between the hours of 3 and 6 , less than a hundred members of the club drop in and discuss the political topics of the day. This afternoon of political chat has become , perhaps , the most popular feature of the organization - tion , and it is not unusual of a Sunday afternoon to see in the club rooms Hon. Chauncey M. Depew , Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss , General Samuel Thomas , Hon. William Brookfield , His Honor William L. Strong of New York , Hon. Elihu Root , General Horace Porter , Frederic Billings , E , W Bloomingdale , IIon. John Proctor Clarke , George W. En- ; lisll , Hon. C. H. T. Collis , Commissioner - sioner of Public Works , New York City ; Judge Joseph M. Duel , Col. C. H. Deni- son , Alfred Dolge , Commodore J. F. Hitchcock , Col. Charles H. Homer , Senator - ator Frank D. Pavey , City Chamberlain - lain Anson G. McCook , Mr. Theodore Roosevelt , Hon. A. H. Steele , Judge T. F. Wentworth and many others of national - tional reputation. ! - - 7'hose Markets of tile 'Workl. iilarklI2q UnilfdStalfsShar e f ihe : ITlia 'Srket3 Sthh -I , 1. Lc tt0c t ) TotalEzl7 } t a ! ExJart ; iS92 1895 ' BBi1lionOdlars 7 , ,59 . sI I - , _ J 8ilti ; t DoIlare ; Y ' 3 5 Pw 5 S' . .4 Button Dollars ; , N 3 3 3 ' 2 Billion Dollars 31 , ISi31 'I I O11I ,53 133 (0 ( Ou Tt ] ProduttsllrclcsedJfa ' ' the KI ri9 G aim an else . Countrits bl I all thedI 10 fo are cop t url l 1 r. , i1 s lfnt7tTlEi q 't1lswotf Mss lal ll. . r Holding on the Dollars. The careful buyer has been holding on to his dollar. The purchasing POwel' of the people having been restricted - stricted this year , there is a large accumulation - mulation of goods both fn wholesale and retail houses , especially of clothing. A big drop in prices will occur after the close of the year and then , perhaps , the wage earner , who has been at work only during six out of the twelve months , may be able to make a modest purchase of some winter clothing. He will not , however , replenish his ward. robe as in 1592. Reeognico the Situation. Selfishness is out of place among the majority in the present congress. Revenue - enue is needed and revenue must b2 supplied. There is no opportunity for a successful revision of the existing tariff law. The friends of protection cannot do this until they are In control - trol of the entire administration. They must simply frame a bill that will provide - vide the needed funds in the best possible - ble manner , disregarding individual claims for recognition. Our comparative - tive statement of duties collected under the McKinley law and the Gorman bill should materially assist those to whom the work say be intrusted. All should cheerfully recognize the situation. The Tariff for Delieicncy. The customs revenue derived from the Gorman tariff last month was considerably - siderably below the average , which , from September , 1894 , to October , 1895 , had been $13,558,456 , whereas last month's customs receipts were only $11,455,314 , or over $2,100,000 less than the average. This also was only $4- 500,000 less than the revenue derived from the McKinley larif during the first fourteen months of its existence , yet the president ignored the fact that there was a deficiency in the revenue. What Time The ; Proven. The American people' cannot be fooled all the time by the ward politician - cian or "bummer. " It is now plain to be seen that a reduction of the tariff means a disturbance of the business interests of the country. The democratic - cratic party has demostfated to the American people its incompetency , inability - ability and unfitness to rule or govern this great nation. . GEORGE ALEX RITTER. Nauvoo , Ill. National Lank Earnin „ s. Harrison , 1890-93 , annual average . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00 per cent Cleveland , 1S94. . . . . . . . . . . 2.25 per cent Excess for Harrison. . . . 1.75 per cent we 3Iust Ilave It. Additional revenue is needed for the national government. It is the duty of the house of representatives to provide I ror it. I - r Thought lie Ilnd Qult. Colonel McLaughlin sent hie Swed- I ish foreman out a few days ago to do some work around the mouth of an old mining shaft , and he took a green countryman with him as an assistant. In a couple of hours the foreman walked up to the colonel's office and remarked : " colonel I anudder . " "Say , , want man. "Why , what's the matter with that man sent out with you ? " Inquired the I colonel. "Oh , he fall down de shaft 'bout an hour ago , an' he don't come up. I l t'ink he yumped his yob.-San Francisco - cisco Post. 111gh , Low , Jack. Fine ice means very cold weather , then comes a high old titno in skating rinks , and skating ponds , on slides and rides. and fro go home tired and overheated. It's the same old story of cooling off ; off with wraps and on with all sorts of aches anti pains , rheumatic , nouralgie , sciatic , luni- bagic , including frost-bites , backache , even toothache. They who dance must pay the -piper. We cut up Jack and are brought low by , our own folly. What of it , the dance will go on , all the same. It is generally known that St. Jacobs Oil will cure all such aches and pains separately or collec- tiv&y , and the cry is on with the dance. The fan Is now an inseparable adjunct of all dainty evening toilettes. Parker's Ginger Tonic. Of the many good things to be found in American homes , we do no believe that any are held in higher esteem , or have done better service than Parker's Ginger Tonic. It has groan to be a household necessity and is serviceable in almost every ease where there is weakness and infirmity. There are forms of female debility that make life a burden. The same is true of persistent - ent coughs and colds , and distressing stomach and nervous ills. They have held high revel in many homes until banished by Parker's Ginger Tonic and we are proud of the record that has made so many hearts grateful. Piso s Cure for Consumption is the only cough mediciiio used in my house.-1) . C' . Albright , Mitllinbura , Pa. , Dec. 11. 1 ! . The value of the dianoud is not what it does , but what it is. The Greatest i ledical Discovery of the Age. K MEDICAL DISCOVERL DONALD KEIIHEY , hW ROKBIJRY , PMSS. , Has discovered in ore of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor , from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases , and never failed except in two rases 1 ( both thunder humor ) . 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