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fThose fair Judaean pastures, wi
The prayer erf Priest and Prophi
post hear, in dreams ecstatic tn
. -Dost see in wondrous vision, th
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jf B00K?5
CKRI?
ADED was the book
keeper, for it had been
a wearisome day in
the office. An almost
constant hum, hum of
voices, and footsteps
going In and out, and accustomed as
he was to it, noise grated on the
bookkeeper's nerves, tor it was near
the close of the month's business,
when the trial balance would be on,
and the balance of the year expected.
He was tired, brain tired, nerve
tired and soul tired, and the long
rows of .figures seemed instinct with
life, littie dancing imps trying to
dodge and hide from his memory, lur
ing him on to errors which would
afterwards cause endless search and
trouble to discover.
The manager had gone home, and
the other employes, having finished
their work, were at liberty to go also.
"Going home, Mr. Smith?" asked
.the clerk, a fresh cheeked young" man,
whose voice fell pleasantly on the
1 bookkeeper's ear. He had been
r young, care free and sanguine him
self once, and he had a tender feeling
for young men.
"Not just now, Charlie. About an
tour's work here yet" He looked
after the jaunty, elastic figure, with
a slight sigh for his own lost youth.
Ke was old; he felt it in every nerve.
Joint and brain cell, and he wondered
how many years of rest lt would take
to obliterate the Impress of life's toil.
There must be figures imprinted on
his brain, he thought, and figures
danced before his eyes at night when
he would sleep, in never epding pro
cession.
"lt's going to be cold to-night. Mr.
Smith," said the janitor, when at last
the safe was locked and the book
keeper struggled into his overcoat far
too thin for the weather, old a d
worn in the battle of life, like him
self.
"Yes. Light the fires a little early.
Johnson, please, for I shall be on
hand before the others."
"All right, sir." The janitor looked
after him with a pitying smile. "Poor
old duffer. I expect he knows he's
got to put in his best licks if he holds
his job. It's a hard world,' that's
what It is."
It was a small cottage home where
the weary footsteps at last halted,
?nd there was a female figure on the
.little porch In front.
"Is that you, papa?"
"Yes, Mattie. How is my dear to
night?"
"How is my dear? Your dear is
-all right," she answered, with brisk
pleasantry, as she locked her arm in
his, and swung the door wide open.
*I know you are tired. I can feel
your muscles quiver."
"Yes, Mattie. How warm and sav
ory you smell in here," he said. Inhal
ing the pleasant odor and warmth
gratefully. It was such a cheerful
little sitting room, with pictures
tastefully hung, .?raped windows, and
restful easy chairs invitingly placed.
Just beyond, the little tea table
with its snowy cloth and glimmer of
modest silver and glassware, beck
oned temptingly, but Mattie shook
ber finger in warning. "You are not
oven to look toward the dining room
until I call you, papa," she said,
laughingly. "I should have had sup
per all on If you were not such an
unpunctual party. Sit down now and
get warm while I am gone."
. He sank into the red covered rocker
with the.slippers standing suggestive
ly before' i:, with a smile. It is so
good to be at home, and Mattie was
such a cheery little homekeeper that
bis mantle of care slipped off for the
.moment, and his weary ,eyes droned
dreamily in the warm firelight.
"I do believe you have been nap
ping, papa, " Mattie said, as she came
In ten minutes later. She did not tel!
bim that she had dropped a tear, and
a kiss as light and soft as a downy
snowflake 01 his tired eyes to awaken
him. as she stood beside him, her
heart swelling with a great pity and
love.
"Come, dear, waffles and tea will
rest you, 1 know, and Aunt Dean has
sent in a platter of fried chicken and
some of her fine, white clover honey."
"Quite a feast, my child," said the
father, smilingly, as he took his seat
before the plate of steaming waffles.
"Aren't you afraid 1 shall develop
gout If we live so high?"
lt waa their little joke, and each
laughed merrily as Mattie poured the
tea. ; "HQW is it to-day, papa?" she
asked, wistfully, aa the meal pro
triyT^tarlit" hills; -
hose ancient lore^fulfils";
st, the hope of Heavenand'Earthy
:e anthem of Love's birth ?
e aureole-crowned King.
r precious gifts to bring?
ith yearning heart and eyes
e,.Lord of earth^and stoiesjj
a 9 9
^orart thou' too.^asre?p^
man hearts must Keep?]
iter. like Bethlehem of old.
gifts of grace untold ?.
way, that holy nighty_^
TS, ,with Love's eternal flight
rt, ?trise and sing!
e,B?rthday^of thy^King {
Elizabeth juggles}
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greseed. She dreaded, too, to bring
in any of the day's worry or griev
ance, but she had been so anxious.
"Not much better, daughter. Mr.
Rollins was coolly civil, that was all,
and the manager fretted over a mis
take which was more bis fault than
mine. It is of no use to disguise the
truth, dear. I can feel lt in the air
that there will soon be a younger
bookkeeper at the desk, and the old
man will have to take what he can
get. I can see they put their heads
together and speak low, ard are
careful to close doors when I am
about They mean to let me down
easy, I suppose, and not hurt my feel
ings; as if anything would hurt worse
than to know one has outlived his
usefulness." And all the pain and
trouble of the weeks past seemed con
centrated in the trembling bitterness
of his tone. "There, love, 1 have1
made you cry-forgive me, dear. It !
will *be all right. Mattie. The Lord 1
CHRIST AND 1
BY OTTJLLIE
will never leave nor forsake me-we
have His promise," .and bis fingers
threaded her brown hair gently, and
with a smile of trust, though the tears
were starting, as she clung around
his neck, patting his withered cheek
and telling him how she loved him,
and how too dear and good he was
to be the slave of heartless men who
only cared for business and money,
and could not appreciate the honest,
conscientious service he had given
them.
It was her foolish, woman's way
of looking on the one side when her
i love throbbed so firecely that her
heart seemed bursting and breaking
with its weight. The tears seemed to
clarity the mental air, as au electric
storm takes out the malaria of the
material atmosphere, and both could
smile again as they went bael: ?.0 the
sitting room.
After all, what did it matter? Only
a few short years, and then rest-the
rest which remains, and whose deep
mysteries none come back to tell.
What would it matter there whether
lu finished his life work with one
or the other, so that lt was finished
honestly and faithfully.
He went to bed early and stretched
his tired limbs with deep thankful
ness for home and the homo love
which so took the sting out of life's
contest. Mattie was so like her moth
er, dear girl. God had been very good
to give him the devotion of two such
loving, faithful souls-and thinking
so of ber, he fell asleep.
It was the day before Christmas,
and struggle against lt as he would,
the bookkeeper's heart was still
heavy. The first of the year would
doubtless see the new incumbent,
whoever it might be, Installed in his
place, and ho watched every sus
picious arrival with a feverish anx
iety.
? There was more than, ever the air
of mystery In the office to-day, and
the manager whispered to the clerk,
and the clerk directed off-hand in
quiry, which might mean everything
or nothing to the cashier, and so it
went until his heart was like lead,
and his hands trembled so with ner
vous chill that he could scarcely make
his.figures.
"The manager would like to see
you, slr, in his private office," said
Tom, the office boy, In his ear, and he
arose, trembling.
"Well. Mr. Smith." said the man
ager, in ?ls easy, prosperous tones;
he had bis thousands invested, be
sides his position, and had no need
to worry over the price of coal or
breadstuffs. "You have worked for
us about ten years now, I believe."
The bookkeeper lifted up a haggard
face, in which there was not a trace
of color. It nad come, then, and he
must carry the news to Mattie on
Christmas Eve. "Yes, sir, ten years
come January,"' he managed to stam
mer out. If he had looked behind
him he would have seen the door
filled with smiling faces, but he was
too miserable to care who saw his
misery.
"And all these years you have
served us faithfully."
"I have tried to, sir."
.We are not much given to senti
ment, Mr. Smith, but it occurs to us
that it Is-only just, sir, that we cele
brate this holiday occasion with a
little token of our appreciation. Tom,
you beggar, come along here with
that package."
The office boy came grinning, with
a great bundle which he laid in the
manager's arms. "We have noticed,
sir, that you are growing old, as well
as the rest of us, and that your step
ls not as elastic as when you first
entered our employ," pursued the
manager as he cut the string and un
rolled a handsome fur lined coat, the
very odor of which suggested lux
urious warmth, "and that you hover
over the fire a little more, conse
quently, than when your young blood
kept you warm, and as we wish to
keep you with us for another ten
years, if you desire it, we thought our
most appropriate gift would be some
thing like our regard and esteem for
you, something warm and lasting
hang It, Smith, I cold the boys I
couldn't make a speech-stand up
here and try on this coat, for the
tailor is waiting to exchange it If lt
doesn't fit"
The dazed bookkeeper stepped for
ward like one in a dream, and held
out his arms mechanically, and the
manager patted and smoothed the
luxurious garment across the thin
shoulders, which had lost their up
right, sturdy carriage by long stoop
lng over the books.
"Such a time, sir, as we have had
getting your measure." remarked the
cashier, with a genial smile. "You
were sure to look around if we had a
word to say to each other."
"If the rest are through with the
floor, perhaps I can get in a word,"
M, CHILDREN.
ROEDERSTE1N.
From "The Christ Face in Art."
added Mr. Rollins. "I am authorized,
sir, to give you an assistant after
January, and with that help your
hours will be shorter, and the work
less confining."
"I don't mind the work, Indeed I
don't," cried the bookkeeper, laugh
ing like a boy, though the great tears
were rolling down his cheeks un
heeded.
"I've never been afraid of work,
sir, but I have felt that I no longer
gave you satisfaction. I cannot tell
you all this means to me," holding
out his trembling hands toMr.Rollins
and the manager. "I think it is the
happiest day of my life, sirs."
"What we meant it should be, a
merry Christmas, and may there be
many happy returns of the day to
you, sir," replied the manager cor
dially.
Mattie was listening with the anx
ious heart which she always carried
or late when her father stayed later
than usual, for the first sound of his
familiar step. The kettle was singing
a merry invitation to tea in the
kitchen, and a pair of fine, new slip
pers stood waiting before the fire for
a pair of weary feet. Mattie's Christ
mas gift to her father.
She threw the door open wide as
he came quickly up the snowy steps,
and she hardly knew him when he
stepped In, so wrapped in warmth
and loaded with bundles that he
looked like a veritable Santa Claus,
his face radiant with joy.
"Is It merry Christmas, papa?" she
asked, looking up in his face with
surprise and hope.
"A merry Christmas, dear," he
answered, lifting her expectant face
fer a kis3. "It was all a mistake, my
darling, and I will tell you all about
it as wc take tea."-Mrs. F. M. IIow
ard, in The Bookkeeper.
HAIL, CO
-Carte
Uncle San-"Why, I Thought It Was A
Home and Baise i
Tne Soffregisl Movement in
jiiBilow a Women's fievoi
the Destinies oi
New York City.-In a remarkable
editorial The World writes as follows
about a quiet revolution that is be
ing wrought by the women of the
United States:
A REVOLUTION.
Here are these three1 matters of
fact: The spread of the suffragist
movement despite the laughter of a
world of men: tho general invasion
of industrial fields by women; wives
outnumbering husbands two to one
as plaintiffs in the 945,000 divorce
cases of the last twenty years in the
United States.
It is customary to treat separately
the three issues thus presented. They
are all manifestations of one general
movement-a Revolution of Women,
due chiefly to the new industrial re
gime under which a woman can do 1
WOMEN LED REVOI
. New York City.-The Rev. Charles
E. Jefferson', pastor of the Broadway
Tabernacle, recently returned from
Turkey, where he was at the time the
Sultan's declaration of the new con
stitution was announced,, spoke, be
fore the Baptist Ministers' Confer
ence, in the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church Hall, on the "New Regime"
in Turkey.
He described the Sultan going to
church with his thirty wives and said
the Sultan painted his cheeks and
dyed his hair. No monarch In the
world, he said, had such a gang of
scoundrels and thieves around him
as had the Sultan of Turkey before
the next constitution went into effect.
Since th;:t time the 25,000 spies had
BISHOP DO AME ON 3
He Deprecates Prevalence of Divorc:
Philadelphia.-There was read be
fore the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ a report on '.Family Life."
prepared for a committee by the Rt.
Kev. William Creswell Doane, Bishop
o? the Episcopal diocese of Albany, in
which were exploited the evils pre
vailing against the hearthstone.
"Family life," wrote the Bishop.
"Is threatened, first, by the lowered
sense of the sanctity of marriage;
secondly, by the prevalence of di
vorce; thirdly, by the alarming in
crease in the restriction of the bear
ing of children. In this last matter it
is the duty of the Christian Church to
speak out. There has been a decline
in the birth rate in every Western
country, most marked in the English
speaking countries; greater in the
United States than in any other coun
try. It is largely due to the loss of
the sense of responsibility to God for
the fruits of marriage. It is a symp
tom of the spirit which shirks re
sponsibility and resents self-denial
nnd which results in the weakening of
NOW THE "TUBE V\
Paris. France. - Tho revolution
gradually brought, about in woman's
dress as a result of the Directoire
craze is producing some curious con
sequences. The dress designers and
makers, after having gradually
brought about what they describe a-s
a straight line in front, have now di
rected their attention to the back por
tion of the fashionable attire, and the
decree has .gone forth that the
straight line, bo h front and back, ls
to ove vail this wi ?r.
The result is create an entirely
Plan Uprising A; '.t
British in Tndia.
Vancouver, B. -The Wond says
British officers \ -king among the
Sikhs and* Hindis t the Pacific Coast
unearthed the details of a pronosed
uprising against British rule in India.
The slory Is to the effect that scat
tered outrages are now taking place
in India for the purpose of scattaring
the British troops.
The main rising will take place in
April nsxt at Ai" ri tear. Stocks ol
arms nf modern type are hidden in
various districts.
Newsy Rleanlnci".
Rear-Admiral Sperry's homeward
bound fleet entered Malacca Strait.
Swarthmore College has changed
its charter so as to become non-secta
rian.
An association of banks guarantee
ing deposits ls to be formed in Okla
homa.
The New York City Board of Al
dermen passed the anti-ticket specu
lating ordinance.
The City Chamberlain's trial bal
ance sheet showed $159.700.SO in un
claimed salaries held by New York
City. _
LU?ViBlA!
nn by Triggs, in thc New York Prcs3.
di Arranged That You W:rc to Stay at
i Large Family !"
the United States May Fore
lotiOD Which Will Affect
Hie Whole Race.
a man's work and earn what was a
man's wage hardly a generation ago.
Woman is no longer afraid of free
dom. She can make her own way.
Spinsterhood has ceased to be Inevi
tably a burden. Marriage when it
becomes a disaster or a despotism
need no longer be borne as the pen
alty of dependency. In her new spirit
of independence woman may turn
naturally enough to politics, though
the suffragist movement in the United
States is thus far least important
among feminist agitations.
Other revolutions have changed
maps, dynasties and governments.
A Woman's Revolution may greatly
affect the destinies of the whol? race.
An issue is presenting itself which no
prudent statesmanship can safely un
overestimate or ignore.
IUTION IN TURKEY.
been dismiss?d, the police had been
deprived of their grafting methods
and -that every one.was happy under
the new order, so much so, that even
the cab drivers accepted a small fare
without protest, but with smiles.
Forty Turkish women, the preach
er said, had been most instrumental
in carrying om the revolution in Tur
key, carrying dispatches to all points
of the empire in behalf of the pa
triots. These women had been joined
by thousands of others since the con
stitution had gone into effect, and
were establishing women's clubs, and
that the era of new womanhood in
Turkey had apparently dawned.
Women, he said, were doing away
with the custom of wearing veils.
FAMILY LIFE EVILS.
: and the Increase or Race Suicide.
character of the American people.
"Concerning this evil * * * the
committee desire to recommend thai
wherever possible legislation should
be promoted to secure the prohibition
cf certain appliances and drugr. and
corrupting advertisements; tho prose
cution of all who publicly and profes
sionally assist preventive methods, a
proper and efficient standard and sta
tus of those who practice midwifery
and the national recognition of the
dignity of motherhood and the provi
sion of adequate care, protection and
assisi anee for women before and af
ter childbirth.
"Differ as we may in the various
Protestant churches upon the ground
on which divorces may be allowed
there is a consensus of opinion in ali
the churches that divorce is a menace
to society and a threatening ruin to
thc home. The committee unhesita
tingly declare that in their judgment
there is at most but one cause for
which marriage ought to be brokew
by a court of law."
/OMAN" IN PARIS.
new-shaped human being, airead;
nicknamed "Ia femme tube," or "the
tube woman," because the few wom
en seen about so far in the very latest
style of Directoire dress resemble
walking stovepipes.
The new figure requires the wear
ing a corset of extraordinary length,
resembling certain ancient iron in
struments of torture. They are made
of rubber or elastic tissue and whale
bone, and reach nearly to the knees.
Many of those new corsets are on
show at the large shops.
Says Railroads Control
Most Federal Judges
Lawrence,Kan.-At a State confer
ence here over State legislation, J. L
Bristow, former Assistant Postmast
er-General, who will succeed Chestei
L. Long in the United States Senate,
declared that the railroads control
most of the Federal Judges, and thai
better care should bc exercised in th?
selection of Judges.
"Lawyers should bo chosen," said
ho, "who have not been affiliated with
the railroads or other big corpora
tions."
Notes Y vom thc Orient.
Pet!oleum has been found in UH
Boonah district of Queensland, Aus
tralia.
An American engineer has discov
ered a deposit of wo 1 tramite ia Crit
ish India.
Thc water power system ol' the To
kio Electric Light Company has bcei
completed at a cost of $4.000,000.
According to Viceroy Tuan Pani
lhere are IDoO opium shotts in tin
Shanghai foreign settlements, and hi
wanly orders from Pekin to dosi
them.
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The most complete line of Ladie3 Tailored Suits.. Shirt
Waists, Skirts and Raincoats ever brought South.
Call aud take advantage of the waiting rooms we have
provided for the ladies. Look for the New Store.
? J? Willie Levy Co?
822 Broad Street, Augusta? Georgia*
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But our goods are marked very low which also enables
you to purchase a large quantity of merchandise with a
small sum. Our stock is chock full of
CLOTHING!
Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions and
Millinery Goods.
These goods were bought right and will be sold right.
We can clothe and shoe the men, and supply the' ladies
with stylish dress goods and hara at very moderate prices.
Full stock of stylish milliuery. We invite our Edgefield
friends to call to see us when in the city. It wjil be a pleas
ure to show you through our stock.
Augusta Bee Hive,
Abe Cohen, Prprietor.
916-918 Broad St., Augusta. Georgia.
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y Augusta, Ga
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