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if oi all you giggling girls and boys,
Fond Oay dads and bachelors melancholy,
And mothers ’mid domestlo joys Dolly—
maidens coy beneath the
A startling tale my pen employs—
A truthful tale and wondrous jolly.
Last night when I hnd lingered late
With fascinating Kit McDonough,
We paused a hit at Kitty’s gate.
And what d’ye think our gaze fell on, 0?
Hour old friend Hauta up to date -
A winter-whiskered fut Cyrano!
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By MEIRA HUNT.
,r—’ELL me, dear, was there
I ever such a bore!”
* sighed Mildred as she
[ threw herself upon a
m ) heap of cushions in the
pretty oriel window.
“What is the mat
ter!” said her mother,
who was spending “blind man’s holi
day” in the glow of the firelight.
“Has this rainy day been too much
for my sunshiny daughter?”
“Some woes will bear patching,”
said Mildred, “but I don’t see how
even you cau mend this one.”
“It must he very bad indeed then,”
laughed Mrs. Windsor, “for usually
you think me au expert iu that line.
Come over hero by the fire, my dear,
put on a bit of driftwood, and let us
find a rainbow iu the beautiful colors,
while you tell mo all about it.”
Mildred slowly drew herself up and
went towards the fire. The bits of
ragged gray sticks did not look very
promising, surely, but they were
tossed, nevertheless, on the ebbiug
lire, while mother aud daughter
awaited in silence the choery blaze.
When the dainty colors began to
dance about iu gleo, against the sooty
background, Mildred nestled at her
mother’s feet aud began to share her
trouble.
“It’s about Christmas,—not the do
iug-to-others part, nor the gifts
either, but how to give the gifts to
our very own, our nearest and dear
est.
“It is all very easy in a large family,
or where little children cau be bidden
to a tree laden with prettios and good
ies. But what is the uso of trying to
make believe that big people are little
folks again, and that it is great fun
preparing for two or three people,
where thore aro too few for a mystery
aud no ono to surprise?
“Wo have tried to invito friends,
but they so often have some here; excuse. for
“Christmas is nearly a
wonder,my own gifts for Santa Claus’s
pack are ready and waitiug; but what
can we do to make our own homo
Christmas happy?”
“You do seem to be all iu a tangle,
dearie, but I am suro we cau straigh
ten it out some way.
“Let me see; there nro how many
of us? Seven, are there not? Why
could we not weave a rainbow into our
plans?" would help
“There! I knew you
me, mother mine. Leave the rest to
me, and I will surprise you, with the
others. We shall have a Merry Christ
mas yet.”
The days intervening before Christ
mas were busy ones for Mildred, aud
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A JOLLY RETAST WITII PLENTY OF MISTLE
TOE.
mystery hovered over her goings and
comings, and reigned supreme behind
the closed doors of her room.
Christmas evening came, and with
it the few guests for whom it had
seemed so difficult to plan. The diu
ner table was bright with holly and
mistletoe. A tiny Christmas tree
occupied the place of honor in the
centre of the table. On it were baby
house candles, small flags, oovnucopias,
candies and mysterious little stock
ings filled with miniature bundles.
Bright red ribbons started from a
big bail of red and green, hung be
neath the chandelier, aud spread May
pole fashion to the edges ot the table,
where they were fastened with knots
of holly.' There was holly ou the
pictures, about.tho room, holly for
buttonhole bouquets—holly garnished
the dishes, and gave a real Christmas
flavor to everything. • ’
After the nuts and r*.sius, tho tiny
tree was lighted, auu the wee stdok
ings were distributed.
In auto-car ho flitted by,
Ills antiquated outfit scorning;
H« lifted, us lie caught Kit’s eye,
The striped cap his head adorning.
Behind him presents towered high— morning!
The very ones you found this
Ilelgh-ko for days when drifts were deep
Aud slelghbells on the reindeers tinkled;
When dreams disturbed our tardy besprinkled. sleep,
And Santa came with snow
(I dare not guess what style lie’ll wrinkled.) keep
When Kit and I ure grur and
—Frank I’utnum.
Wliat fun it was opening the small
bundles!
A bottle of cologne appealed to effout one
person, a little ring brought a
of joy from the youngest guest, a
dainty thimble for the industrious
one, a silver stamp box for tbo letter
writer, a brooch, a pocket pencil—it
wa 3 wonderful how many useful
things came out of those little stock
ings!
When all hnd been examined, the
genial host moved that the company
adjourn.
Then came Mildred’s triumph.
“Now, papa, will you lead the way
to the library, where we shall find, a
postscript from Santa Claus?”
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An artless youth and ^((. Wl Tn (?
Watched, mAld, while beneath L u ({L S'
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“Such conduct,” said the artless 1
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“•But ’neath different, the murmured mistletoe, perhaps, she, ,4
’Tis artless smiled smile;
The "Pray, look at youth this;’ he quoth he^ a ✓;*
It was tiny a sprig leaves of oh mistletoe^ greeny
•with artless rnaiden (■>
Up rose that jz
au with stealthily a solemn led mien, that youth A|!
And she
Forth from the i shocking scene,
?*.£..; forth' \ i
Ail silently she led him
' o (That artless maiden fair)
To the dim conservatory orchids * n \
’Mid the palms sprio and mistletoe rare-,
Then took that ot hair*. j
And put It— - in her C.P.LEiTtR'-;
At the library door the guests
started in amazement. There in front
of them was a large screen artistically
draped with a fine flag; across the
top were groups of small flags like a
standing fringe.
In a corner stood a bushy Christ
mas tree, bright with the usual glitter
and color. Iu front of the screen were
hung mysterious bags of cambric, one
for eaoh color of the rainbow.
When the guests were seated, Mil
dred took a small wand in her hand
and announced that, as Santa Claus
bad so much to do that evening, he
l.ad left a bag for each person on con
ditiou that every one should claim
the right one.
Waving her wand towards her
grandfather, she asked him to make
the first guess. Alas! it was wrong.
Ouoe or twice she went around the
circle before any one guessed the
right bag.
Theu Mildred says the owner must
prove a right to the bag before she
could deliver it. So saying, she
handed over a small envelope contain
ing a card on which were written a
few lines of peoetry.
More mystery and guessing! The
guests begau to wonder if they ever
should earn their gifts. At last some
one discovered tho clew; the envel
opes contained acrostics ou the names
of the gnests, and great amusement
was afforded by reading these aloud.
One bag was long aud narrow; the
recipient was tall and slender; the
color was that of his college.
Another bag was the favorite color
of the one for whom it was filled; its
shape was very wide apd stout. The
owner of this bag reoeived the booby
prize for being the last to guess cor
rectly. . •
He explained that he had not been
willing to select that bag sooner,’ ia
spite of his fondness for the color, as
j J he The feared prize to be thought ridiculous greedy, tin toy;
was a
the first prize was a toy watch jmd
j chain, presented with dne ceremony,
At last came the fun of opening the
bag*, comparing discoveries and thank
ing those donors who were present.
Hags of bright colors were provided
for the servants too; not one was left
oat, and the; were present to receive
them.
Lighting the tree closed the cere
mony, and Mildred had the satisfac
sion of knowing that her guests,
though few, Imk! been thoroughly en
tertained with the frnit of her own
thought and handiwork, while none
of the old charms that make Christ
mas beautiful had been omitted.
Tli« Dncln’i lament.
Backward, turn backward, O Time in your
flight,
Ten or twelve years would bo just about
right.
Make ail of my flsters young Indies again,
Make all of my brothers youug unmarried
men—
Blot out all my nieces, my wee nephews,
too.
Till after the holiday season Is through;
Carry me back to those old days when I
Didn’t have about forty-live presents to
buy.
Backward, turn backward, O tide of the
years.
They are sweet, thoy are cunning, the dear
little dears;
Thoy “love Uncle Jack very much,” so
they do
When Christmas begins to loom up to their
view;
But things of lnte haven’t been coming my
way,
I am lmrd up at present, and therefore I
pray: 0
Swing backward, Time, from the ecboloss
shore.
Make me nepliewless, nieceless, till Christ
mas Is o’er.
—Chicago News.
A Postal Santa Claus,
A postal Santa Claus visits the Bos
ton postoflice every year during the
week before Christmas. No one knows
his name, and those whom he helps
do not even know that they ha ve been
helped.
Many packages are mailed every
year to go to foreign countries or to
other parts of the United States as
Christmas presents, and for some rea
son postage is not fully paid ou all of
them. In such cases the packages are
either returned to the- sender or sent
to the dead-letter office aud the per
sons for whom they are intended are
disappointed.
The postal Santa Claus calls at the
poatoffice and pays all the postage due
on these packages and they aro for
warded without delay. Santa Claus
paid more than $20 in this way last
year Iiia and disappeared without leaving
name, and this year he has come
again to repeat his good deeds.
Mistletoe and Love and Kisses.
The Druids regarded tbo mistletoe
as an emblem of love, and believed
that it typified the beneficent feeling
of their gods toward mankind. It is
doubtless to this old Druidioal associ
ation of the mistletoe with love that
tho English custom, which still ob
tains, of enforcing the forfeit of a kiss
from any female who is caught under
a branch of it at Christmas time, is
traceable.
The name of Christmas, assigned to
the festival, was derived from Christ
and the Saxon maes 3 o or mass, and
the two worr.s were combined to de
note a special service in honor of the
birth of the Son of God.
The Peacock a Christinas llird.
The peacock was the favorite Christ
mas bird with our English ancestors.
The preparation of his peacockship
was elaborate and expensive, aud
oould be done only by au expert cook,
who usually sent the bird to the table
with his comb gilt and his tail spread.
Johnny Was Anxious.
Mr. Squiggs (reading)—“I see
that Professor Wiseman, the prophet,
has decided that the world would
come to an end next Christmas.”
Johnny Squiggs—“Before or after
dinner, pa?”—Baltimore American.
The l'mlding ol Old.
It is estimated that if all the
dings made in England iu honor
Christmas were rolled into one,
weight of it would be 75S9 tons.
this pudding 32,000,000 eggs
used.
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DCN*TS FOR CHRISTMAS.
Flat to Qln and What Not to Glva Tour
Friend*.
Don’t pay more for the Christmas
tree than you pay for the fruit.
Don’t send your gentleman adorer
a gold toothpick. He may have false
teeth.
Don’tsend your pastor embroidered
slippers. To travel the strait and nar
row path requires hobnailed shoes.
Don’t buy your daughter a piano
and your wife a washtub. If you
reverse the order, you will do justice
to both.
Don’t place your expectations of a
Christmas gift too high. Yon may
have to put your foot in your stocking
to find anything iu it.
Don’t make your friend a present
and be disappointed because he doesn’t
give something. Perhaps you have
surprised him.
Don’t give presents to people not
quite so prosperous as yourself and
tell them not to reciprocate because
they can’t afford to make presents.
Bo just before you are generous.
Pay your debts before you buy pres
ents. Your creditors may consider
that they have received au unexpected
gift.
Don’t give your boy a drum and
forbid him beating it, nor your daugh
ter a horse and order her not to take
out of the stable without your per
mission.
Quotations For Christmas Gifts.
The passing of the Christmas card
thoroughly signalized by the vogue
the selected quotation, which is
now made au important adjunct to
Christmas gift. The selection
a quotation which is appropriate
personal evidences the desire of
sender to express a special greet
The quotations given below may
be of value to our readers:
With some trifling present, Shakes
Rood will is great though tho gift be
small.”
With a pair of slippers, Dickens’
“We must go together.”
With a book of travel, Stevenson’s
“It takes the mind out-of-doors.”
With a calendar, Emerson’s
It on your heart that every day fs
the best duy of the year.”
With a pair of gloves, Dickens’
“We’re a pair, If ever ther > was one.”
With a change purse, Dickens’
“We must expect change.”
With a work-bag, the old Proverb:
“It is never too late to mend.”
With a silver plate given to a small
Eugene Field’s
“When thou shalt eat from off this plate
I charge thee: Bo thou temperate;
Unto thine elders at the board
Do thou sweet reverence accord.
Though unto dignity folk inclined,
Unto the serving be kind;
Be ever mindful of the poor,
Nor turn them hungry from the door;
And unto God for health and food,
Aud all that in thy life is good,
Give thou thy heart in gratitude.”
Christmas Twice a Tear.
children think that Christmas day
Should come two times a year;
that is not at all tho way
That It should he, I fear.
in the summer Christmas-trees
Are very, very small;
all the games and toys one sees,
They aro not ripe at ull!
dolls are very tiny ones;
The wagons will not go;
balls are littlerthan buns—
It takes them months to grow!
candy it is, oh, so sour!
The guns they will not shoot,
need of many au autumn shower
To ripen Christmas fruit!
—St. Nicholas.
Romans Used Christmas Greens.
It seems odd that Christmas Day
should be so bound up with customs
and observations which are but a sur
vival of superstition and heathenish
rites. The use of evergreens, for in
stance, is one of these. The Romans
ornamented their temples with them
during the feast of Saturn, while ivy
was universally used by them in the
orgies attending the honor of Bacchus.
The ancient Druids hung green
branches aud mistletoe over their
doors as a propitiation to woodland
sprites.
A Devonshire IJeJief.
A belief was long current in Devon
and Cornwall, and it is said to still
linger in remote parts of the country,
that at midnight on Christmas eve
the cattle in their stalls fell on their
knees in adoration of the Saviour, as
they are said to have done in the
stable at Bethlehem. Bees were also
believed to sing in their hives at the
same time, and bread baked on Christ
mas eve, it was averred, never be
came mouldy.
A Christmas Plea.
Don’t look up the chimney, sweetheart,
For Kris Kringle and his things;
But leave your door a bit apart
For Cupid’s dainty wings.
A Tip to Santa Claus.
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Jimmy—“There, now, dat looks
bully; I hope he’ll take de hint an’
put some new stockings dere ’fore ho
does anything else.”
GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
May Be State Issue.
The fact that the Willingham pro
bibition » bill was killed in the senate
makes the views of the members of the
upper house ou the subject of state
prohibition highly interesting. It
Beerns to be conceded on all hands that
the question is to be made an issue
within tho Democratic party next year.
Some of the prohibitionists want to
necessary and they will be content
with the election of a general assembly
that will pass a prohibition bill. Op
ponents of the Willingham bill express
complete willingness to have the issue
submitted to the people and to have a
prohibition plank id the party platform
next year, if a majority of the Demo
©rats want the state dry.
For Criminal Trespass.
Warrants were issued by Magistrate
Radford at Augusta for the arrest of
United States Deputy Collector A.
W. Wimberly aud George Peak, both
colored. The warrants have been
sworn out by B. C. Wall – Son and
Arrington Bros., both charging Wim-’
berly and Peak with criminal trespass.
The stores of Burma Miller – Cq.,
W. M. Nixon, B. C. Wall – Son and
Arrington Bros., prominent merchants
on Broad street, were searched by
Wimberly and Peak for conaraband
whisky. They are all reputable mer
chants, not dealing in whisky at all,
and they feel outraged. Mr. Wall was
waked up at night and required to go
to his store and open it for the search.
It is now claimed by the merchants
that Wimberly had no search warrant,
and was guilty of criminal trespass.
He willjoe prosecuted on this charge.
Incendiaries at Work.
The Chatham academy, at Savan- 1
nah, the central building of the public
school system, and the largest school
house in the city, covering half a
block, was destroyed by fire the past
week. The loss will approximate
$75,000, with insurance of about
§10,COO. There is no doubt that the
fire was incendiary. Several previous j
attempts at incendiarism have been
made upon a number of the city school
buildings.
SC,OOO For Keceiyer and lawyer.
At Atlanta, Saturday, Judge Lump
kin gave an order directing Morris
Hirscb, as receiver in the case of
Moody – Brewster, to pay to himself
in addition to the sum which he has al
ready received on account of compen
sation for his services as such receiver,
the sum of $3,000. Another order was
also issued to pay the auditor the same
amount for his services.
Many Favor Park Project.
A Washington special says: Old
soldiers in public life and old soldiers
generally are exhibiting much interest
in the Atlanta National Military park.
Since the park bill was introduced by
Senator Clay and Colonel Livingston,
there has been a good deal of discussion
of the project, aud it seems to be the
universal impression that no similar
project has ever come to congress with
so many chauces in its favor.
Two elements that are considered
particularly in its favor are—first, that
of merit, involving as it does the pre
servation of some of the most historic
fields in the great civil struggle, and
also involving comparatively little cost;
and second, the fact that very many
men now prominent in public life
were active participants in the battles
of Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Ezra
church, and naturally deeply interest
ed in the preservation of these battle
fields in the shape of a great national
park.
Augusta Fire Cost S044/J3O.
Figures relating to the big fire
which occurred in Augusta are begin
ning to reach insurance men. The
total loss given by tho insurance com
panies—$644,730—will pi-obably be
reduced by adjustment, but with the
exception of the Schneider property it
seems to be a total loss all round.
No Deceiver Named.
A decision was rendered by Judge
Newman at Atlanta in the case of the
Southern Home Building and Loan
Association. Judge Newman declined
to appoint a receiver on the ground
that the case had first been filed in the
state court before Judge Lumpkin and
that he had refused to appoint a re
ceiver.
Some time ago a plea was filed be
fore Judge Newman claiming that he
did not have jurisdiction, as the case
was first filed in the state court. Judge
Newman decided that he would not
interfere or appoint a receiver in a
case where it had first been filed in a
state court and was still pending.
Officer Goes After Hunter.
H mysteriously unter^t h o Vor Teft audit Several or ^of °th Jveeks e S At
Atlanta
ago, has occasioned much curiosity as
to how the fugitive managed to reach
this distant point on the northwes
coast of Africa without detection and
as to how he was located.
As soon as Hunter’s embezzlement
and disappearance was discovered the
matter was put in the hands of the
Pinkerton detective agency. They
traced Hunter all along the tray to the
am o e su an.
Au accredited officer will leave New
York at once for Tangiers, carrying
with him the proper papers for Hun
ter’s extradition. These papers came
from Governor Candler, bearing the
PHILADELPHIA WON.
Quaker City Gets National
publioan Convention,
jn ,U rQNyEjjP ()N un JI1NF KITH MM wcv, NEXT
HwUat . Was Harmonious “"<1 Place \v»»
Selected By Narrow Margin of
Ono Vote.
The Republican national conventio
f E tb next. The place and
date were decided upon by the nation,
a l Republican committee in session at
\y* s hi n gton Friday after a friemli
contest /m the honor of t #
tb * convention between the citv
] ec ted, Chicago, St. Louis and ' New
ynj.jp
The meeting of the convention was
held at the Arlington hotel, and was
presided over by Senator Hanna, the
chairman of the committee. Forty,
three of the forty-five states and all of
the six: territories were represented.
The proceedings throughout were
enthusiastic and harmonious, every
speech that was made emphasizing the
fact that President McKinley will be
re-nominated, and the convention will
bo, in effect, simply a ratification
meeting. The claims of the rival cities
were presented by distinguished citi
zens in open session.
The balloting occurred in the after
noon behind closed doors. On the
first ballot Philadelphia received 13
votes; Chicago 20; New York 7 , and
St. Louis 9. On the second ballot the
contest narrowed to Philadelphia and
Chicago. The New York vote went
to Philadelphia, and the St. Louie
vote split between the city of brother
ly love aud the Windy City by th
lakes.
An amusing incident occurred ia
connection with this ballot. After
was concluded and announced as Pk •
a delphia 25 and Chicago 23, T.
Jamieson, the national committeeman
from Illinois, suddenly discovered that
in the excitement he had forgotten to
vote . He demanded that the v te
should be recast, and this accordingly
Wtt s done, but it did not change the
resultj Chicago gaining only the vote
o{ the committeeman from Illinois.
Philadelphia won by the narrow mar
gin of 1 vote.
Immediately upon the announce
ment the Quaker City boomers, who
had been waiting in the lobby, broke
out into ringing cheers and the hotel
was soon given up to their jubilations.
Later many of them went to the white
house and called upon the president.
As the ballot was secret there is no
record of the city for which each com
mitteeman voted.
great seal of the state of Georgia, arc
from Secretary Hay, bearing the sea
of the United States government.
The officer who will accompanj
Hunter to this country will reach At
lanta not later than February 1st and
probably during the latter part of Jan
uary.
Candler Makes Big Eecord.
Judge John S. Candler adjourned
the criminal branch of the Fulton
county superior court Saturday for the
year, having completed one of the
most remarkable twelve mouths in the
history of the county. exaotJ
The court was iu session just
thirty days during tho. year, and dis
posed of 323 cases. during
The court cost the county vvho
the year about $4,000, which all
are acquainted with court affairs id
rcC ognize as a comparatively snail
amount. The number of days! for
holding the court every year has been
reduced from 120 to 30, and the cost
of conducting the court has been re
duced from $15,000 to $4,000 per as
num.
Tiller Pays Heath Penalty
Wesley Tiller, colored, who
tried at a special term of Hart supe
rior court and convicted of murdering
his wife last May, and sentenced to M
hung, was executed at Hartwell
urday by Sheriff Johnson. Tiller sho
aud killed his wife at the home of the
mother, apparently without the le fls!
provocation.
Child Labor Bill Tabled, bill
.
Realizing that the child labor
would be defeated if put to a vote in
the house at the close of the session,
its friends agreed upon tabling ll -
which taken by a vote e 1
course was
71 to 21.
Major SmitU Dined.
The dinner given by the Mscon
Newspaper club the past week, m
honor of Hon. Bridges Smith, a me!B
her of the club, his election a
on
mayor, was a very delightful occasion.
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and blis h erB does not expire
v* Sr’demand » 1 oith machinist*
is that the
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care ol I
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^onaTi^odation . . Q
of Machinists of
forced to become members . i
Typographicol Union. To nccfje 1
this demand would be tc viol** |
coutrac t between the publishers publics k
tho machinists, which the
re f use d to do'.