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'"'^^Cha.rLotte- Or > Little Karina Suzanne H jorth was j vailed Zanna for short. She lived in Norway, away up on n mountaintop. Although she had been born in NorW* way, she had not always lived there. ' TP a ? * r?r wn nappy years slio had lived in America, and then (when Zaun a was thirteen years old) they had returned to the house on the rocks //which Mr. Hjorth had built for them afy close by his great mill. . ] At first Zanna thought it was bea.itifnl to live on a mountain so high that, in order to reach her home, she "J** had to climb up two hundred and thirteen steps. Zanna counted them "y* all herself, and wondered how her sturdy Norse grandfathers ever had the patience to cut these rough steps I out of the solid rock hundreds of years ago. There were just two hun dred step* too many for Mrs. Hjorth, whn aftPP Iwn n- ttipno " 1 - ' - . ? ? .. W w. bill vv UIVCUIJHD. UIways lost her breath at the uri/cky *2* thirteenth step. So after that her liusbnml always drove her round by the winding roadway, which was very - much longer. But little Zanna always liked to climb the steps. Back of their home was a noisy. Tushing waterfall which splashed and foamed night and day, and turned the inlll-wheels, and then tumbled noisily down and down the rocks till ii became a commonplace, demure canal, vv |? anna often used to ride on the r little canal-boats to see If she ? coiml not find some English-speaking tnur'sts whom she might invite to wtoer home. But she neve. found any, and i^ccad. used to wjrch the pcas, ant folk coming the market. Zanr.a thought she would never tire u of locking at the fair skinned, flaxenhaired maidens with their ampl; woolen skirts and bright-colored kni "bodices, quaintly cut and fastened ? together with curious brass or silver clasps and buckles. After awhile, however Znnnn no-I *Vame used to the rosy-cheeked peasants, and then she began to grow very f lonely. 1 think she was really a little ^homesick for the children and flowery ?< ' valleys of her American home. "Of course I have you and papa and Baby Joanne," she said to her mother one day. "And I don't think I would get lonesome for any one else if only some green grass and ie* pretty flowers grew up here. But it's ,just rocks, great, bare rocks every1 where. And it always make mo wonder whether the giants didn't try to 'build houses with these awful rock blocks, and got angry because they couldn't, and then just threw then, round. Why, that big flat rock bac'? of the kitchen Is twice as big as our whole yard over the ocean!" '* I think Zanna grieved more tht j most little girls, for she used to ha,e * magic touch with all growing things and loved her "plant children" far > more than dolls. "Never mind," said mother, wh j beard the sigh and guessed for whi.t I Iher little daughter was longing, "it ~ACH!\l5TnA5 flYfW 'O day oj exultatit/.v,^ Oj- Jc.suV vVorvdrou^ birth! C herald oj salvation, v Good Will and peace on earth?] Vith jgadnatt arvd rejQKinft We rtail thy blc3?cd morn, ijO'jd hallelujahs vtoicinb. Tor Chnjtrhe Lord ^ born*O haj>py Christ mat mominbj1 vO DcrhlchfrxV}"Dri^ht ^tarf. The eastern sky adorninb, ' Ji; And {yjidtn^ from afar^ inc Mafej, tribute brinoinboV "To Christ, the neW-born KinbJ While anfeel ho3t$ are ynfcmg ? 4And heavctV) archc} nnb! Y/e Kail fkcc, dav/n of Madrvyj, B5? FVociaimin^ peacc't'crrY.cn, tft X^Jpdlinfi carc and sadncsj, L\csl"orit\6 joy aOain! ? kSL Vc Worship ar\d adore ri\ca>? [I OJejuj) tt& bUtt day' fcBlJ&oyrarc wc jail before rrvee, , And oWn H\y t50\terer$>j\ Jytoy! P v Dabc oj B**klekcmN mai\ter, gB*??P lov^y ^KcpKcrdjj King, |V' v Koly Infant ?tranfcer, u cciv'c My lovte We brirvb! ly- Jesus nufckly ^avJiour,. |& Ai^Our Kaam We di^e to thee *vc reek my blejjcd Javbr j^^TKWh *11 chcrixigy" T"< - V* -W "9T* - \ li ouT/fer Jordan If is too bud vve cannot have our nar- ? den. dear, but things might be very fc much worse. It is better for us all to p live here with father than to have | all the flower-gardens in America." Zanna thought so, too, and like a brave little girl tried not to think about the bare, ugly rocks. I have often noticed, haven't you, that if we don't, let ourselves think of what we | .. can't have, it makes it easier to do without them? So Zanna thought instead of Christmas. and of what she would like in her stockings, and on the beautiful tree which she and Joanne would have together. In fact, she thought so hard about it that before she knew it the next day was to be Christmas. You all know how early she got up to peep into hen stockings, for you 01 probably do the same thing yourselves. Everything was lovely by the yy nursery chimney-place, and when she hurried to the breakTast-room she was just In time to meet the postman 1 with his arms full of presents from her little schoolmates In America. ^ "Rut Zanna hasn't seen the best of all yet." said her mother. "More yet!" exclaimed excited Zan- Ol m. "Why. I can't think of anything else I want!" I?, "It is so big." explained her father, with a twinkle in his eye, "that old Saint Nick couldn't think of getting down the chimney with it." Oi "Couldn't get it down the chimney!" s, "No. In fact, he couldn't carry It CHRISTMAS at all. He had to get four horses, instead of reindeer, to cart It here In Al wagon loads?four hundred, I think. _ They left It out by the kitchen with Miss Karina Suzanne Hjorth's name on It. Get on your wraps and we'll Bee." Surg enniioh' T? o?. __ HJorth said. The big. flat rock was | covered ^eep with?what you'll never guess, ' :o I'll tell you right now? with four hundred cart-loads of soli! Rich, black, woodsy earth several feet deep! And Zanna was so happy she could hardly keep the tears back, for Bhe knew that this strange Christmas present would be a joy to her all her life long. And when her mother gave her pres a package of seeds of every kL/< mignonette, phlox, pansles and 8?Zanna thought she was the ^ S^Ty happiest girl in Norway.? Youth's Companion. % j ' jj THE WOK_nSHIFEK.^n iY WINIFRED WAT-SON GANTENBElNg Down a little village street Krule three strangers, grave ami slow. lV?>tnen eoniing from the well. Workmen whom they i-hunt-ed to meet Turned to gaze, and wondered low What they nought in Israel. Is it hut a star," they oriel. That has guided you so far? Lo. the skies of Palestine Heani with many a light beside! What so paltry' as ? star That a torch can render mean?" Then the -tratigers went before Where the- little Christ -child lay. And the ehildren in t!:e street followed at the open door. .Ml torgettnl of their play Came trie dusty, hurrying foot. Shepherd, saint and sage and child Knelt beside the manger bed. Hut the people m tne street Turned away and lightly smiled At the rapturous words they said, Kneeling at the Haby's feet. lust a little peasant child." Said the people passing nigh. Shone a halo round the bed When the sleeping Ha by smiled? 'Twus the lantern hung near by Shining dimly on llis liead." Shepherd, saint and sage and child. Kneeling at the Halty's bed. Heard the angels sing that morn. Hut the moth, stdl and mild. listening to tlic words thov said, lvnew the glory that was horn. The Christmas Ghosts. Iiost of the Past, in the near shadow biding The heart's unspoken call. 'ith hand unfading ail our treasures hiding Deep in thy chambered hall, aw To ?iav%s curtain back from Memory's portal And to our sight display hat we called lost, but what thy care immortal Has only stored away. lost of the Present, shape so quickly flying. Smile through thy little hour: ess on our bps one kiss of love undying, Drop at our feet one flower. aost of the Future, holding in suspension The coronet and cross, tr thought of thee be hope, not apprehension : Our proving, gain, not loss, line through the eloud that veils thee from our faces; CHIMES Some beckoning joy disc low?; id. like the aurora in far northern places, -trighten our Christmas snows. Edward A. Church, in Christian Reg iwtni* * Rooster?"Did you say anything tde to tho cook?" Turkey?"I*>. Why*" Rooster?"He saya he's going to t you dead when he ;eees you Christas Ere " I \r ) 14 )_ CHMSTTIAS il CHATTER I. YULE TSOE 9WII?S-AN?- 9U9RK^ ! 5in^fcV^ 'S 5MNG d yoiA^L, of Ckrirtrrvasi j ^ <3f"ockinQS Jull of toy^ Y?,Plce5c a>; LitHc ^lHj arvd boy^. NoW tkcy all arc emptrcdi) Loh jfor. mc and you- , ? VrtrjrCf that a praHV think; h For 5at\l"a Clauj to?do? \ <3clccfc<J/ SI The Holiday in Inwcctdoni. ( "You ought 10 <t?n a jolly tine < Christmas box. Master Caterpillar, li if you hang all your stockings up!" s ?Royal Magazine. <1 Inevitable. a The seasons come, the seasons ga? Christmas is here before we know it. When we must take our hard-enrned cash v And indiscriminately blow it. s ?Puck. 1 c True Christmas Colors. Red and green are the true Christ- I j mas colors, and there cannot be too 1 much repetition of the3e hues at this c season. in addition to the holly, ; t with its brilliant fruit and foliage. | t bay. box, cedar and the other ever- . < greens are combined with broad, j c nouv rea satin runions, streamers j and bows. These combinations up- ' f pear most frequently in wreaths and ; l garlands. t A Christmas !*raycr For the Home. Lord, look upon our family, kneeling to- , < gether before Thee. ! And grant us a liolv, happy Christmas ' ' Day. r t With loving heart we bless Thee: ror the gift of Thv dour Son Jesus Christ. 1 . f or the peace lie brings to human homes, j J l-'or the good-wll ile teaches to sinful men. i ' For the glory of Toy goodness shining 111 s liis face. I With joyful voice we praise Thee; Willi deep desire we beseech Thee; 1 llcip us to keen His birthday truly in this t household. , And answer, for His sake, these our Christmas prayers. x In praying and praising, in giving and receiving. In eating and drinking, in singing and { milking merry. 1 In parents' gladness and in children's \ mirth. . In dear memories of those who have departed. In good comradeship with those who are 1 here, I In kind wishes for those who are far away. In patient waiting, sweet contentment, gen- I erous cheer. I llod bless us every one, this day, with the y blessing of Jesus. Remembering our kinshin with all ine;i. By well-wishing, friendly speaking and kindly doing, j liy cheering the downcast and adding sunshine to daylight. ' By welcoming strangers (poor shepherds H or wise men). 1 By keeping the music of the angels' song in . his home, (jod help us every one to spread abroad ( the blessing of Jesus: l in wnoHO naino wo koop Christmas: f And in whoso words we Thy children pray > together: * Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed t be Thy name. p - Henry Van Dyke. j _____ _____ , "Christ mas." Hark! The Christinas bells are ringing! Sounding sweetly o'er the moor. Sending tidings of rejoicing. Leaving seme at each one s door. Oh! The joy on that glad morning c When in the sky a fiery gem. S Lighting up the land surrounding, . Called the star of Bethlehem. 1 "Gloria in Excelsis, Deo!" Pure angelic voices sing. ? Sweetly sounded this their anthem, i "Glory to the new-born King!" 1 f The Star of Hethlehem. t When Jesus Christ, a little child, In Bethlehem was born, ] There shone a star across the wild More glorious than the morn. It glowed and gleamed, it blazed and beamed. Above the lonely hill. s All! blessed star of Bethlehem, , It lights the nation still! * ?Denis A. McCarthy. ? I A CHRISTMAS DINNER. Crape/ruit vVirK cKcrrie/^C?urroui\d.jd by) Cream or cclefy loop. Lobitcr parrle/ r . Roojt ^urKev vJim oyster Srtjtit\b. cheOnul punfe daronvl t*?vf pc >S*og. pcaff, cranberry jam OrorvOf ?aiaa. cheejc boU>. vJbfcy IruhViduoTplum puddilSfi> (iunw/hded byj tW'jS 1 I REVOLTING CRIME "wo Women Killed and Anoth- j er Will Die. AVANNAH IS EXASPERATED! 1,000 Reward by Mayor For Arrest With Evidence to Convict the Perpetrator of the Revolting Deed. Savannah, (la.. Special. ? Victims f a revolt ini: crime, Mrs. Kliza (Jrible, aged 70 years, ami her daughter. !rs. Carrie Ohlander. were found ead in heir home. No. 401 Perry treet, west, here Friday, while a hird woman, Mrs. Maggie Hunter, omul just inside the front door of lie house, is at the Savannah liosital dying. IMivvioiitiv cf nln tlml Mi\ r was the victim of a criminal asault just before she was killed. Police believe that the murder uslg an axe taken from the woodshed 1 the rear of the dribble home, bent Irs. dribble to death, struck down Irs. Hunter and. after assaulting Irs. Ohlander in the wide. long hallray where the bodies were found, tinshed his terrible work by heating in or skull with the weapon. Mrs. Gribble evidently was attaekd from behind as she sat in an easy hair reading. On the floor beside er body were found the newspaper he was reading and her spectacles. One or possibly two blows were lealt her. ller grey hair, blood mated. shows the imprint of the blunt ixe. It is probable that Mrs. Hunter ras the lirst to be struck down; that lie met the murderer at the door as ic entered and was struck before she ould escape. Then the murderer, stealthily apiroaehing aged Mrs. Clribhle. killed ter. It is believed that Mrs. Oldnnd r was attacked as she left her room o enter the hallway, was assaulted md killed. Mrs. Hunter's skull was rushed in and her death is a matter >f but a few hours. Other theories are entertained by searchers for the murderer but the lolice ar proceeding on the theory hat a negro man is guilty. Many cnertain this theory and feeling is incuse here because of it. Friday night Mayor Tiedemnn of savannah offered a reward of .*1,0011 or t!?? capture with evidence to eonict the slayer of these women. It is now almost eeiraiuly known liat a negro, the negro who was at irst snspected, is the a? 11 illy man. Persons have been found who state that his negro was seen entering I lie <i ribdo home with tlie fatal axe in his land, and was seen closing the shuters to the windows of the house. ;uid o leave the premises, all at the hour vhen it is believed the murders were ommil ted. This negro's description has been minted on hand bills and sent I creed iroadeast over the city and county villi the reward offer, and all nearby owns have been notified ami are on he outlook. Police officers in nutomn>iles have covered all the roads for niles surrounding the city while josses on foot have scoured the daces where automobiles could not :o. Keeping Sectionalism Alive. Washington Special.?As a part of he fight being made against the ac eptance hv the government of the Initio of Robert K. Lee as a permnlent addition to the llall of Fame in lie Capitol building, the Vice l'resilent Friday laid before the Senate a esolution adoptt ' by the Michigan ommandrv of he Loyal Legion on November 4 This resolution eliaraeerizes as an insult to the nation the suggest ion (hat if the statue of Fee >e rejected by Congress Virginia will I'lt lulrttw tin* lirntt'/ii ctotno iVashington. Murder of Captain Rankin. I'nion City, Tetni., Special.?In all >f its brutal and bloody details, the itory of the murder of Captain Quenin Rankin et Walnut Lop, on Reel'oot lake, by a band of masked and trraed night riders, was retold to a ury in the circuit court here Friday. }ol. It. Z. Taylor, Captain Ilankin's ompanion on the night of the murler was the chief witness Dispute Orer Division of Game Ends Fatally. Pensacola, Fla., Spcial. ? After ipending a day in the woods on a lunt Thursday, Henry Williams and Seaborn Critehfleld, well-known danters of near Bonifay, became engaged in a quarrel in which the later was instantly killed. They startid a fight over the division of the 'ame. Critehfleld drew a knife and unged at Williams, it is said, where i.1 u:_ ??i J ijniii iijc iouci uicw ins ic FUivcr anu Ired, killing his adversary. Williams vas exonerated by a coroner's jury. ? Aerial Fleets. Washington, D. C., Special.? Emphasizing the statement that all Che first class powers, except the United States, are providing themselves systematically with aerial Heets. Gen. James Allen, chief signal jfficer of the army, in his annual report submitted Tuesday to the Secretary of War, urged the adoption of a definite plan* of aeronautical development in the army. | PALMETTOJ 1 ? News Notes of ll> | From All I'arts s f Tobacco Crop Vei Jj 1 (Vlntn'ria. Special.? ?aso:i in South Carolina loscil. The crop is the j*r' he history of the State, c" lie report issueil by _____ Watson. The crop a'.i. SL'lt.ottl pouinls. which narket for to hirers at lirst hand. The" i.7">..*i01 more pounds prod in im the vear than in anv pre rear. ' * The figures jriven in tin doner's report are not fo? transactions in the wan lor the actual nnmlW? -v loha-eo produced ai market hv the farmer There were trail. mlit warehouses during . jf I teeeilllier. The following figures si mnnllis the loa rkel ill" of I lie lulv. pounds 1.I.S.'id; valiu :t27.:ij. Auirusl. pounds 12.8iO.419; , - - 'j -Oili.ri.io.74. ' September. pounds 10,1 value *810.07.1.28. October. pounds .'{.97(5.807; $:i2i.tin.is. November. pounds .'t0.'l,0t>7; valu $28.4.1.1.81. Total i-omuls .'il.820.."?0l; tot ^ value --r2. il ~. Hi7."i:i. ?>. Saved Y:y Colored Servant. t'hester. Special.? Mrs. (Jeo Freciniid was badly burned on . iirrk and hands Monday i 3 invr ai lo oYlo.k while entrap painting a hearth witIi a patent .eparalion. which evidently contained '^*8 some highly conduist ilde substance. ^ Tin- tire ear.uhl in her hair and clothiiii:. and in a moment she was a , mass of dames. With a scream she rushed into the hall where she met her faithful old colored servant, Louisa llarrett. who gathered her ?** tier jiriiis mm siiioimri'ii on: tin* ' iin<l li'.il for whoso herois"- * " have heen burned to barns nn* exleremely pa% } physicians in cltanre ap| serious results, although several lays before it ?*at how serious the hums about will he. Ral'd Dog al Chest , , J V J t'liester, Special.- *1 lie i..iu. ?),? paiyrn has either broken out i it eoutinues late in Chester eo lew ilavs ::y?> Henry Uailev tF ten Iiv a eollie ilo-r which miiioti. -is of a mad <!oy. The ! killeil. its he;;?l s'-ut to ('olur I i j tle-re the atiitna! was |>ro:inui *J 'he a uiiiil doj. I tr. Ihliley went Colunihia to take the I'usleiir treat--^ Aj j incut. At last advices he was reporti ? <! to he ire'lim; aiotnr favorably. '(} ? 4^ : Citi-ens to Rebuild Mil! at Jonesville. |^'v Jonoviilc. Spet ial.?The citizens ( ? t t!u* town of .Innesvillc held a j meetinjjt a few ilnys ayo to discuss # ' plans for the rc-cstahhshineiit of the * ? j hosiery mill, which was burned over j! a year nun The new mill will be I known as the I'aliuetlo Hosiery cdih-^U ' pany. The capital sleek , w'iicl | amounts to sTA.iltltt i- he'.'i'jf mist \ J C and a charter applied for. It isWl^ Imped that this enterprise wliiehr^^^ means so inueh for the town of Jonesville will lie in operation in the nearJ^Ci future. y>r\ Greenville Has $20,000 Fire. < Jreenville, Special.? Fire hreakim out in the Hales steam laundry oi Main street at 11 o'clock \Vi'iliie?dajtlJ ni<rht completely "iitled the nuilitin^.D^^f with a property htss ajjifrotratinjjl ? SJtl.UOit and, partially insured. Soon | after the alarm was turned in, it^Va ' like ;\i least a dozen struc-i** tares were doomed, but prompt work r--g^: confined the blaze to its point of ori- f 1 gin in the basement , J. ? n Fire Damages Car Shops of the Sou- (Ui them Railway. . Columbia. Special.?Fire in the car J shops of the Southern Railway here Thursday caused damage amounting IJ to $-J').0'()0. The building was com- Wj pletely destroyed and several passenger coaches which were there for repairs shared its fate. The flames 1 threatened other buildings in the vicinity but after a hard tight the firemen checked the fire. Child Fatally Burned. Oaffney, Special.?The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Godfrey Tl was probably fatally burned early ? Monday morning. The mother wm at the barn milking, leaving the lit-4 V#. tie 5-year-old girl and her brother who is 3, in the house. The clothing of the little girl caught fire and waa burned entirely off before the mother could reach her. It is about 10 milee J from Gaffney, but Dr. Nesbitt was soon on the scene and did everything for the child that could he done, but very little hope is entertained for her recovery. Heavy Demand on the Treasury. Columbia, Special.?South Cam* k: Una will have to meet obligations to the extent of over $400,000 by tho I J first of the year, with only $100,000 ki* in the treasury at the present time, according to a statement given oat P from the State Treasurer's office. Tho sum of $145,000 in interest on the bonded debt will have to be provWM ? for by December 31. The different notes given by th^ State will menee to fall due Jt? December ' and in addition tl ^ current ex