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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD. N OTHING makes a prettier addition to achlldren’s f Christmas party than a holly bomb, and it can he fashioned by the mother of the little hosts with very little trouble or expense. The bomb, which is really a huge tissue paper 1 hall trimmed with holly, must have a light frame work of fine wire, lnsido this framework are the presents—one for each child—wrapped In tissue pa per and tied with ribbon. Holly ribbon (that Is, a cream ground, strewn with holly) Is very pretty for this purpose,but brightred ribbon Is quite as effective. Draw the long end of the ribbon through an opening in the wire frame and arrange the packages ho that a hard Jerk from the little fingers will bring, them down. Next cover your wire with green tissue paper, crumpled, to give theappearanceof flowerpot-, als, and then twine holly about the bomb and sus pend It from the chandelier. Each child is given an end of ribbon, and then' all dance round, singing to the tune of the old carol, ■“The first great Joy that Mary had—’’ All around the Christmas bomb, It in the joy of all; For when we pull the ribbons A shower of gifts will fall. Dear mother, give the signal, And let the presents coine, For we nre happy children .. . Around the Christmas bomb. As the last line Is being sung the mother raises her hand, each child gives his ribbon a big tug and a ; shower of presents falls upon the heads of the small bomb exploders. Every mother likes to have her children daintily and suitably dressed for the Christmas party. For .little girls nothing can beprettierthan a long-walsted i frock made of the sheerest lawn or dimity and tucked In tiny tucks. A deep flufTy flounce by way of a skirt makes the little one look fairylike. Big berthas give a charming addition to these lit tle dresses. Soft woolen materials are being used for boys’ blouses. An attractive Russian blouse suit Is made of cream colored challis and has collar, cuffs .and belt of pale blue. /ra r/2, gooc)-U>/W /a /»eo\ peace LITTLE cJMWj 6y TTo^c Terry Co otic - sick ‘FATHER, may I go out with you to-night on the plain?” Little J acob pulled at his father’s outer garment and looked wistfully up at him with great soft eyes like his moth er's. Rachel, too, looked up from the wailing baby In her arms. ‘‘May he not go, David? You have promised him to go for some time, and the child here is It will be quieter if Jacob be with you.” “The boy shall go,” an swered David, “but he must sleep now, for there is no sleep for him there. The wolves have come down ,from Lebanon, and we keep open eyes and strict watch to-night; but let him ibe ready at sunset. Is my scrip filled, Rachel?” “It is filled, and the water-gourd is ready.” So David left the little hut outside of Bethlehem and went to his sheep In the field; and when the sun came hotly down at noon Jacob curled up on a mat in the corner and slept long and sweetly, for he longed to be out at night among the sleeping sheep and the watching shepherds, and he hid his own little sling and store of smooth pebbles inside the brea of his coat, hoping to slay a wolf himself. Then the night came softly over Judea; the gentle winds hushed their whispering; the distant ripple of Ked- rou sung a sleepy song, and on the wide, brown waste of the plain the flocks lay like heaps of fallen clouds, gray in the dim light, and noiseless except when some tiny lambs bleated for the mother it could not find with its half-opened eyes. Jacob clung tightly to David’s hand; the silence and the darkness awed him; the plain seemed to meet the sky; he could, see only a broken line on that clear dark horizon whore the roofs of Bethle hem, low and flat, crowned the hill top; his hand grew chilly In his father’s and David saw the boy was afraid. He spoke to the other shep herds, who sat or stood among the flocks; “Let us sing the folding Psalm, brethren, for the child 13 strange to the night, and remembereth not the Shepherd of Israel is with us." So two of the men began, In rich, low voices, to chant: The Lord is my shepherd; And then the rest answered: I shall not want. And the first two sang again: He maketh me to lie down in green pas tures, And another response came: He leadeth me beside the still waters. So they went on through the beau tiful Psalm, and Jacob listened and wolves came; the night was si-11 and soft, the dark blue sky was all alight with splendid stars, Bhlnlng and glit tering as they wheeled slowly across the sky—so slowly that little Jacob could not Bee them move. He did not Bpeak much, for the stillness was like a finger on his lips, but he watched the heavens with wondering eyes, and when his father looked down at him and smiled Jacob heard him say softly: The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showeth liis handi work. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. Then Jacob began to wonder how the days spojee; If It was with noisy winds, or birds singing, or the sound of waters far off; and then he fell into, a kind of dream, leaning against his father’s knee, for it was almost midnight, and David had sat down to rest. But suddenly, in one breathless moment, both David and Jacob sprang to their feet, and all the other shep herds crowded up to them with pale faces, and open eyes, and trembling knees; for in an instant, without sound or sigh, the wide heavens were flooded with light and glory, brighter than the sun at noon; the stars were drowned In light, the radiance flowed in waves of splendor from mid-heaven down to earth. And then, in the deepest depths of glory far above their heads in the heart of all the shining, appeared a great angel, with robes of whiteness brighter than the gathered light, and a face calm with awful gladness; and the shepherds were sore afraid, for they thought the Day of the Lord was come. But the angel smiled upon them, like the sun shining In his strength, and spoke like the voice of the sen for might, yet sweeter than the turtle-doves amid the cedars of Lebanon, and ho said unto them: “Fear not! For behold I bring you good tidings of great Joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you Is born this day, In the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord! And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped In swaddling-clothes, lying in a man ger." Little Jacob heard these words, but he knew them not, except the name of Messiah, for whom he often heard his mother pray In the evening time, but now, while the glad tidings sounded still, behold! from the bright depths of Heaven came angel after angel, countless as the hidden stars, and radlnnt as light Itself; their stainless ranks rayed outward from the vast, calm shape of the Herald Angel like means from the morning sun, and with a great soiyid like the flowing of some mighty streafh, they sung the Bong of Heaven: Glory to God in the highest! And on earth peace: Good-will toward men. The wondrous sound thrilled all the high and glowing Heaven, and then, still with strains of glory and peace ringing above and fnlling fainter and fainter to those below, rank folded In on rank, the Angel of the Lord leading upward, and the awful splendor gathering up about thorn, they soared into that glory, and the glory shrouded their departing cohorts, and the dark midnight sky, feebly starred now to the shepherds’ smitten eyes, bent Its purple arch again above unconscious earth. David stooped and lifted Jacob In his arms; neither of them could speak, but old Simeon, the oldest of all the Bethlehem shepherds, bent low, and, with uncovered head, began the chant: O, come let us sing unto the Lord! Let us make n joyful noise unto the Rock of our Salvation! With low voices they sang the Psalm through, as they turned from the plain toward Bethlehem, forgetful of their flocks and herds, caring for nothing but to find the Messiah, the baby In the manger, the Son of God. And there, indeed, In a rude cav ern, where the beasts of burden were sheltered and their poor masters fed by the way—there, upon a shaken wisp of straw, a very babe In the flesh, lay the Infant Christ, with His awed and adoring mother kneeling beside Him, and Joseph the carpenter standing with folded hands, amazed but faithful, beside the new-born King of Israel. And while the shepherds told their wondrous tale, and they that were In the Inn heard It, and adored, Mary shut up all these things In her heart, and little Jacob gazed on the calm, sad face of the Mighty Child, and went away with a vision In his soul that never left It while life remained. “And the shepherds returned, glor ifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.” This was little Jacob’s Christmas. Christmas in the Klondike. Alaska Ike—"Wot did yer find in yer stockin’ this mornin’?” Chilcoot Pete—"Frostbitten toes.’ When Fairy Talcs Were Really So I wish I’d lived long, long ago, When there were mermaids in the sea, And brownies would have played with me, And fairy-tales were really so. I’d like on Santa Claus’ sleigh Next Christmas Eve to have a hitch, And I would love to see a witch Upon a broomstick ride away. Of course, there still are lots of knights, And there are princesses besides. But nowadays men don’t win brines By going off on dragon-fights. 1 wish I’d lived long, long ago, When fairy-tales were really so. —Mary Street, in December Lippincott’a. felt sure that God was there iu the night. When the Psalm was over, he sat down on the plain beside Ills father, or walked about the sleeping sheep, and held his sling ready to strike a wo’f in the forehead. But uo JUST OPEN And Several Bills Will Soon Bo in Evidence, About 4000 Having Been Introduced on the Opening I)ny of the Sixtieth Congress. —Week’s cleverest cartoon by Jamieson, in the Pittsburg Dispatch. THOUSANDS GO BACK TO WORK, GENERAL REVIVAL OF CONFIDENCE Industries Shut Down During Financial Flurry Resume—Railroads Are Re-employing Men They Discharged and Mills Aro Reopening. New York City.—According to dispatches from various sections of the country many hundreds of workmen laid off in the height of the recent panic have returned to their jobs. Those reports of a resumption of pro ductive activity are piling up steadily, and although the movement Is neces sarily a gradual one it offers unmistakable evidence that the late depression and curtailment of production are passing and that business confidence is returning with a rush. In the East the most significant news comes from the New England mills, where many plants were closed down recently, and the remaining mills had almost all curtailed production. Tho three shoe factories of the Rice & Hutchins Company, at Marlboro, Mas3., which havo been running on half-time for three weeks, open up at full time, with their entire force of 2200 hands at work. The American Woolen Company in Moosup, Conn., also resumes full time, as do also tho Madison Woolen Company, at. Madi son, Me., tho Apsley Rubber Works, at Hudson, Mass., and tho E. & T. Fairbanks Company at St. Johnsbury, Vt. The cotton mills at Dover, N. H.; at Biddeford, Me.; at North Adams, Mass., Anthony, R. I., and Manvllle, R, I., which have been closed for sev eral days, have opened up. Tho New England Cotton Company’s mills at Fall River also resume work. In many sections of New England, notably at Pawtuxet, R. I., and In tho Blackstone Valley section, between Worces ter, Mass., and Pawtuxot, there has been no curtailment of output what ever. The operatives at these places, numbering between 20,000 and 30,- 000, have all been working at full time, and it Is said any possibility of curtailment which has been threatening has now been removed. Outside of New England there Is also abundant evidence of steadily returning confidence and a general revival of business. The Valley Iron Works and the Brown-Bonnell mill, at Youngstown, Pa., which are proper ties of the Republic Iron and Steel Company, have already reopened with their full working force. A general resumption of work at the other Youngstown plants Is announced to take place in the course of the week. From Baltimore, Md., Cohoes. N. Y., and Rochester, N. Y., also come reas suring reports. The Standard Steel Car Company, at Newcastle, Pa., has reopened, as have, also certain of the plants of the Illinois Steel Company and the plant of the National Tube Company, at Syracuse, N. Y. At West Carrollton, O., the Friend Paper Mills open up after a shut down of several weeks, with 1500 employes. The National Cash Register Company, at Dayton, O., reports that several hundred employes, recently laid off, will resume work. A striking and significant sign of the returning confidence In the Far West is to be found in the wholesale resumption of construction work along the Harriman railroads. The work was stopped short when tho money panic became serious, but this week sees the. revival of the entire series of projects, Involving the re-employment of several thousands of workmen. The Lane Cutoff, near Omaha, the construction of the line betwoen Portland and Seattle and the rebuilding of the Coa»t line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, are among the works affected. Orders for equipment havo also been entered on an extensive scale. Twenty-five loco motives for the Mountain divisions and 1500 pressed steel cars are among the Union Pacific’s orders. Another centre o\ rovlving activity is St. Louis, Mo., where the Ter minal Railroad Association has a $12,000,000 Improvement projected. Work was postponed indefinitely, according to a recent decision of the offi cers, but will now bo resumed and rushed to a speedy completion. It is an nounced. The Illinois Traction system is also continuing Its construction work at St. Louis, Involving-an expenditure of $5,500,000. The general revival of confidence seems to have commenced beyond question. The disappearing premium on currency Is one factor which adds materially in the improvement of the outlook. It seems safe to say, In view of the dispatches, that with a promise of conservative action by Con gress, the business of the country will gradually return to the prosperous condition in which It was prior to the late financial flurry. In this connection It has been declared that cancellations of ordors to factories by some Jobbers and wholesalers of dry goods, particularly in New York City, gave false appearance to the general situation. Certain cancel lations, it is sal,d, were duo to a desire to get lower prices. Orders to | factories had been given In the height of prosperity when prices were high. Then the jobbers saw a chance to beat their contracts by recalling orders and giving new ones at bottom figures. But some nf them, ashamed at taking this advantage, have changed their minds and will accept goods at the prices promised. The facts of the general situation, anyway, prove that there were not so many workmen laid off as was believed. For instance, all the railroads entering Chicago, tho greatest railway centre In the country, dismissed 30,000 men. They employ, probably, forty times that many. All the other railroads of the country, as far as can be learned, dismissed only 14,000, and that figure includes the 8000 let out by the Union Pacific. But there la the strongest indication that these men must go back to work soon. Strange to say, while the roads were dropping their men their business was growing. It is an actual fact that the gross earnings last week of the railroads entering Chicago showed a largo Increase. It Is the belief of tile traffic men that a like Increase will be shown this week. Though the two great trunk lines of the East—the New York Central and the Pennsylvania—have laid off thousands of men, the Chicago situa tion m^kes It evident that these men must go back to work. Increased | gross earnings of the roads entering Chicago must later mean like is-1 creases for the lines east from the lakes; for traffic Is continuous, f“ Chicago is not the terminal for all the goods hauled there. . Tho business men of all the smaller cities of the East surrounding the metropolis are convinced that the threatened hard times will not materialize, and they have gone back or are preparing to go back to »| normal basis. GLUT EUROPE’S LABOR MARKET. Disastrous Results of Return of Thousands From America—Germany May J Adopt the American Plan of Excluding Undesirables. Berlin.—There is some alarm lest the hordes of returning emigrants I without money will critically glut the already overcrowded labor marko I in Germany. It has been unofficially suggested that the Governmen ■ Imitate the American plan of excluding undesirables. . I Labor organizations are greatly troubled over the prospect of an lnD “, I at a time when the question of employment is acutely difficult. Common J tieB, even the barest necessities, are rising to almost famine prices. f It was stated at a meeting of the Municipal Council of Schoenebero'i a suburb of Berlin, that there were 30,000 skilled and 36,000 unskm er l workmen Idle in Berlin alone. A proportionate number are Idle in otD I Industrial centres and in the farming regions. . , r | The trades unions have already been compelled to qut In half tne I doles to the unemployed. Similar conditions prevail In Austria, to wn I country more American emigrants have returned In a fortnight in | departed. The prices of food are rising and troubles are feared. Clubwomen Start Crusade on Evils of Christinas Gifts and Customs. Chicago—A denatured Christmas —a holiday with the "evil” of gift giving eliminated—will be the order of things within a few years, If the Chicago Woman’s Club be successful In a crusade. The movement was suggested to the clubwomen by Mrs. I. S. Black- welder, President, and Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotln. Both declared that Christmas as It Is celebrated now aud its attendant evil, the shopping mania, are symptoms of (Jegeneracy, Dog Cleans Sewers by Dragging Brush Through TuW-l Paris.—Yet another vocation been found for dogs at Nice. “ p new sewerage system now being “J structed is said to be one of the in tho world. Among the sewe one too narrow for a man to trav j In order to clean it a s® al ‘ .J 1 terrier is used. The dog la ,jj with harness and trots through j passage, pulling a cord after h > Jj which a large brush is attachea. -j workmen pull the cord th 1 and thus perform the cleaning.