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Henry M. Holm?*, Ch. Q. Mgr. HOLMfcs A MOO Wo have juBt received as woo?l 1* 'ttory, shipped direct t propriale N>r Christinas and great p o sure in showing Iliin era. What's a more accepta:>l We have just receive I a imlid: HOLMES a MO! UiderIf PH< i gwxototc iOtOOC O04 | C!msio:xs j I Dr.y 0 Its Early t Massacres by ] ...History I the Romans O *?*0*e*0*ev004*X>C OCIOWX i It Is a generally accepted belief tlm on the dale that we cull Christmas da Christ was born. This is questione . by some chroniclers, but the doubt doi little harm, ssjs ilie Urookiyn lOagli Every one is saththd to take tiiis dat as the nativity of Christ, and it inn teis little whet her it i3 historically coi reet or not; one day in the yi#r. it I believed by all good Christ inns, shout be set aside for the celebration of th birth of Jestis of Nazareth, and th 25th of December Is as good a <i;vy a any on the calendar. It Is necessary to go back to th Roman era to find tl.e flrst ivoorde reference to u festival on the dui known to us ns Christmas day, so thti It jn I'd not be entiso for surprise I through a'l the pa t afvs the roe. i d r the oxa. t day on which ? !:rist wa born she:-Id have become lo. t. ll'stor tells us that the first fen t to I ceh bra ted on the _:.ih <>f December \v:i established by t m: <- It::--, c; peror ? Route, who llou.'i: !'. d ahi.ut l.s."> yeat after the binli of Chi : t. Alter thai there ve tmin.v n -f< inter to tin? ii.'-t i u; ? I' Uu? in w si el oullo tin* Christinas. wh<> gatliorod on tlii day to celebrate the birtli of (lie (Jo Man. It is not until a century afti tlio time of ( o; .modus tliot wo linil particular reference to the perseeutio that the Christiana underwent at (I hands of the paean emperors bavin culminated in a grand Christinas da massacre. . Diocletian was the Roman who di clilod to celebrate the ilnte by kill:it off a few Christians, lie did so wit a vengeance. The most horril.ic de? perpetrated during the diva! was t Christmas day. when the asst nd.lt Christians, gathered In their place ? meeting, were set up- u aril slauglitei ed, while tlie Romans looked on i groat glee at the night of autipnga people being put to death for their r< liglor's sake. When Home was no longer a paga state, the feast lagan to lie celebrate In the Christian stylo, although son of the songs that wore sung and son of the rites of the festival would giva ly shock the strictly orthodox chord goer of the presi lit day. At that tin there were no excursion trains to can those who wished to take pari in public celebration from point to pain and the electric telegraph had no* hot thought of. Consequently those wl celebrated the birth of Christ In earl days did so In widely separated emu Li ii'n, puiAJi'iuiit'Tt <?* ? uin,) ai'imiiiir periods of time ami according lo n set programme. It was every con inanity for itself, and no one to erit else the ot Iters for not being earofi about the date. As a matter of fact, the ancient eel brntion of Christ's nativity was Ie: entirely to the discretion of the ditto ent bodies, and as every eominunit Sit" | After He Comes J; be has a hard enough lime. Every4 thing that the expectant mother 9 can do to help her child she should J do. One of the greatest blessings ?.sir* can give him is health, but to do this, she must have health hcrJ self. She should use every means < ? to improve her physical condition. # Sue should, by all mean?, supply J herself with | Mother's Friend. It will take her Iea * A f I through the crisis K? W: M easily a n d fei ,\v, l Y$\. quickly.. Itisa T 7 \ f at?\ liniment wnich |W N. T1^ \ gives strength J a*irl viijor te? thes (>u ^setise will BES^ muscles are. Van \.W< which bear the / J strain, the less S* ' pain there will be. A woman Hvij'g in Fort Wv. ne. } lnd? says: '' Mother's Friend did ' wonders for nid. J'lni/H; Ciod for 4 i your liiiiuv ut " j Rend this from HutVd, Cat. 4 i "Mother's Friend is a blowing1 t<> all women wiio undergo muu.c s j ordeal of child birth." 4 i Oct MotherS friend at the J druq store. Si por bottle. I Till BRADHltD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Writ# for our froo Illustrated book, " Before i Baby le Born " ItMftXrifmttWtfW mmF V r*o>. !" -'v^. * 4^r-1- > ;'V- - -V' ' * . ' " S K m- 'i'l '" 2' ' V. Maurice A. Moor** >Rl?*S FHAKMAC , peiMil order o,% Imported Wedgeo U8 t'rOm l?>ngluud highly ?pNt w Year git s. We will ta&e r r>3 work ot art to our eustoui!e present than JluyU'i's Candy? ly aliijunout, tr sli tiud duliciou*. DRE'S PHARMACY, . <>tt l -LJnion 0N? Q8.? mmm mnsmmturnigmtim nj-i > iiwtmmv. a*tjh t tm I 3 had divergent Interests the time was ? arranged to suit the exigencies of the <> case. If Christmas day happened to 2 1 come upou a time when there was too (* much work to lie done to permit of a ? holiday, then it would be postponed ^ | until a more suitable season. Owing ? i to this Indifference to precedents the 0 exact <lute when the birth of Christ & ought to be kept was hopelessly lost. It, On nnl,. Ihlnn nl! ., ,, V V/ll WIII.J ?? VIC till IUC 4111x clouts agreed?namely, tliat the festival !S In commemoration of the birth of Christ ought to be' the most uiaguillit cent of the year. In some cases it was s( kept up for days ami the nmnn'ug of the festival was forgotten long before the revelers returned to their homes e a?alnIt Is Interesting to observe that the custom of giving presents at Clirist| mas time, which has survived to this j day. was lu-guu in the tlrst days of the ' Christmas feast. So was the custom ' that is kuown as carol singing. The 1 songs of today are based on the event that makes Christmas day a time of rejoicing, but at tliat time tliey were not overparticular as to the subject ' chosen by the singers. In fact it would ' he difficult to find In some ol litem tin ^ excuse for the singing of such ditties at I , a religious festival. II It is a striking feature of tlds Christ'' tnas celebration that from its earliest recorded history there is no sent intent in connection with it buttl.ose of kindliness and good feeling. However '' much the old style of celebrating ' j Christmas might be objectionable to j the twentieth century critic of orthodox teudeiieies wlto frowns at the frivolity J of some of the customs, It was always * a time for the better side of human ' , nature to lie exhibited and for people 1 | to take gifts to each other in a spirit of ' peace and good will. This kindly spirit " i lias been maintained until nil ^ver the 1 | world today it is seen in the merry* making, the ltnppiuess conveyed by the 3 ! glorious institution of Santa Clans, the ! steaming hot dinners presented to tlie poor, the frolic and the fumnuking in a almost every lioute, and the gathering '' together for the yearly reunion of those whom circumstances separate for the ' greater part of the year. May the season never cense to bo famous for its ' power to bring out the better attributes '' of men and women, as it did of old! n OrlKin of Mlncc Pte. English p.nut pudding and mince pies both owe their origin, or are supposed !' to, to an occurrence attendant upon the 1 birth of Christ. The highly seasoned ingredients refer to the ofi'erlug ol (L* Hpiees, frankincense and myrrh by the wise uieu of the east to the Christ '* Child.?New York World. :e n HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE t, jj I dess 'ey's not a boy In town 'At's luckier 'au me, Tauae iiiannnH she Jus* let me have V Mv liisfsn?i TrUmna frun I. ' An' 1 don't want no dinner ner (i ' No supper, too, at a use I jus' ct up a rooster, an' IO J ct my hearses paws I IP | 1 hale to cut nice roosters, hut |. 'Ey's candy, don't you sect . As' liT tellers owns what's on i'1 , -Kir Firs tsus (?. | Trismus ft Tn'cl r~ I foun' six candy chickens, an' V Ltiinehy I foun' a hen. 'At lien had e.iinly leathers onl IS It la: ted u> . d. an" nen T1 letn eldckers h.i.1 no mother, an* t I thought what will tint do? if 1 thou,:ht an' li. 'ti .lit an' thought, an' ncn jf I ct ihem ehii kens too! Vj An' in n I pl.iy.ii my drum, an' pa g tssiiyo, "Mop at row!" rays ha. ' Can't Ji'l* fillers play what's on E Kir 2 Flislsus M { Trismus 2 | Tree t An' nen I looked srnun" an' looked, L | An' lien I fu>?, "What aila *5 I 'At furiiii tonkin' elli,mailt, M | Tuu-e he has cot tw.i ln!|sf" (4 i One on cut It end he had, an' nen ) et tin hi'. : ??' one. 1 dess 'at i ill pliant was glad, 2 ' Atause will I: I was done 2 , lie looked like lie wa> eu,v in', "Fleas* yf I'ai up a rest ol inel" V All li'l' fellers inilio* what's on Kir Firs! sua S? Trismus * Tree I *> Z 1 thought I'd eal some candles, too, d* i Hi,i '< i didn't isslc jus' ri lit; ' 1 Oi?i . > oii'v last* good when It's tini ;< an' J'i'c a: ni;,'hi I An' nen a lahlifi's esr i fried. An' nen I'mijs: "See here! 5 Vou h. s jus' eat 'at rabliit, too, ;V Atause it wants its ear!" W N?;W ral ldls s Vy want 'cir ears, 'Ai's very plain to see. >, An* li'l' fellers helps what's on <v '**' -I <y Firstsus Trismus . I * Tree I f 8o I don't want no dinner nee ^ No supper, an' I dees i-, I won't want any lir< akfuss, tauss , I got to take a res'! t* 'Ky's taggers, an' 'cy's lionscs, An' pen 'ty's poptorn, too. An' gingerbread! J don't know when 5. } e\er will get frewl ?> I dess 'cy's not a l>oy In town ^ 'Al'? luckier 'an mc, v* Tsuw JjT fellers owns what's <y? 6 'M* ff s, Firstsus ! Trismus S Tresl * ? Baltimore Amartoan. H I' ' ... ; .. Z ' >J "fjft -'A I -O As ihtit * <4 c ?e$o*o*G<>ceoovo***?vo*o* ? I Old I S V, tL * ^ j*!-?* Vt* "i^/ .\t: - >' \*j> i~^s j> v-*' ' " ; X A Chr?stma3 |" By ... J"} i Bear Story ' KL> MOTT * ; J 5x^G^G?;-C-VGS>&O>CV04C< 3^C-.U i If you are ever at this time of year up on the <"Mtl I'usradanky sit down at the Ruck horn tavern, select any on > of tlu? grizzled woodsmen you will flU'l already sitting there, exehange n dim-' at not too Infrequent Intervals for a i certain tipple that is popular with the j natives and Is called ruui and tansy, j and refer inquiringly to Old Beelzebub. . the remarkable l-ear of Spook Hun ! gully and the amazing Christmas pros ; ent he made to one I'aley Shuco. As the story goes, the oldest settle un-nt lu all that part of the original wildwood was at Passadanky. The deep gully and the creek that roared I through it wore there when the 11 rat settlors ontne. Neither had any nntne. and It was not until folks heron to see ' ghosts aloe:; the ei.-ek And in the gully j that np;. , r s'e no:.a helot; : f t theiu was hi!... C. lit o. rr J fcl' v r . | ; II 1 / :! i'-l i I . I I * V. . 1/ ?i ' t // m / mpt- - *'' fe? ^ ' J ;! t1 4 /; W>L /// ,f, i -.i \ Wl ill J \ Jffl l ( * /// ml 't-rfr . Ill* MAT>lt 1 L?E \V!T,1) I I.VN .r. they will it'll you. shot a deer o>:c day li full, anil In; stepped up to ii to rut Its throat. As lit- wis standing a- trido tla? deer Ik* supposed was dead it rust? suddenly itu.l wim bounding down the creek, with S'lns <-n its ha< k clasping Its neck orul vociferating loudly that help would tie welcome, .lob b'enk. who was hunting along the creek, saw the deer In its wild Ulght and emptied the content ; of his rille Into it. lie not only killed the deer, hut bored IS litis Gruhb with his rifle hull as wt II. , Not long after that a specter deer, bestrode by u specter rider, appeared at Intervals In the woods, dashing wildly down the creek until it reached the spot where 1'Vnk's rifle Imd done Its ftt'ftl work. and there ulwiv:- vanished. Then folks took to calling the 1 creek Spook Run and tin- gully SpooU Run gully, an.I by and by a lumber company put a big dam across tlie creek and a log shoot tlnoe miles long ! through the deep, chirk, crooked, ' ghostly gully, down which the logs 1 were sent from the woods to the mill ' dam as swift as the wind, and down this shoot on me dashing, astride a log. ! daredevil I .ii Topson. having drunk more than generously of log driver rum ami wagered that he would make the fearful ride. lie made it. including the wild plunge from the mouth of the gully to the pond, fifty feet helow. When he was taken from the poi^, alter ti:s awtut rui?> ami plunge, lils hair, which hud hr. u black whan bo started, was ns white as snow. "And it'd 'a' been queer if it hadn't turned wii.t-j.ny of ilie 1'ussndnnk.v narrators vlll tell jott. "lie rid that log them throe u.lles in less than four inlunti s." litM '.be reason tills feat of Bill Topson's has partieular place of honor in the chronicles of old I'assndnnky is because it was the culmination of the career of Old Beelzebub as a wonder working b When that hear was loss than a year old. Jrp'.itliu Wiggins, the pi It gatherer, killed its father and mother and chased the orphan cub for days, with tl;e hop:- of adding its pelf to the other two. but failed i:i his pur, pose. Al'ur awhile that orplianed bear returned to the vicinity of lis old home, and. as everybody will toll you up there. It came back with a grudge i against .Icplitha Wiggins. 1 "That b'ar entue hack," they will say. "and if lie hadn't 'a' come, tliere'd a been more sheep and pigs along the Old Pnssodatiky than there was for the next threw or four years. And he?| was so overpowerin* full of Satan that folks give him the name of Out Beelzebub. And .leptli.v Wiggins had good reason to be sorry lie ever pelted that bear's father and mother, for what j happened to bini when lie begun to get j me oruers tor umcK snoop pelts??or dors that on mo in thick ami fast, til- | though nobody never knowed what in j tlio world made sotch a call for black sheep pelts. What happened then? . Why, black sheep pelts got scarce. 1 should say they did! And what laado i 'em git scarce? That h'ar with a gr ?e ag'in Jepthy Wiggins? Thai vengeful b*nr Jest lugged off all the j black sheep there was in the district. Not n smell of a white sheep did lie tcteh. "Rut that innkln'.of a bltck slieop. skin famine in the district wasn't a oircu istnnce to what that schetnlu' b'ar done In layin' out his plan of vengeance ag'in, although it was Included in it. lie wouldn't 'a' gone us fur as he did, thong!), if ho hadn't liappt ued to see t Rill Topson siioot through Spook Hun gudy on tho log that day. He see Hill siioot the gully and como plunglu' out Of that hoie in the rocks dowu Into the pond, and he didn't ferglt It. He rememb* ;i <1 It. aud It give him the ChutiCf to give Jepthy Wiggins what be thought would be the worst wipe ylt." It seems that Jephtha W gglna was the greatest i?e!t guibetc.- in the Old Pussttdtitiky country, and he had ft daughter earned Prudence. I'm ley Slineo! n M etig \v:> ilsnutti, was li? 1 . w il? : ut: an e. ,.n.l la feeliug waa rceip;ucftt. "Now," us tin Passudnnky in. ".m rf will tell you. "i t u in >\vi in?1'T what i- : thi i uii'py Oil Ikcb.e1 ub had to w't.i thai. Notlitn', inchbe. 'Taln'l li .eiy he tared a snap whether Pi:le.v no loved Prudence Wiggins. Lim ? ; !iy Wiggins eared. Hi? had other hi as S'or bis daughter, ai d well that at ..in' hear knowed it. Jcptliy war.n d P,,une Nimbler pestor.-luiis In his . . .illy, and he could git 'em by marri u* Prudence to the squire's noli .1 ruin. Jorum didn't want to git in;, tried, and Prudence didn't want to marry Jorum, hut Jorum and Prudence didn't have any say in it. The squire uud Jepthy Uxod it to suit theiusolves. The weildin' night coitte. but no Jorum. Along in the forenoon of the next tiny in cotue Jorum to Wiggins'. "'Old Beelzebub kidnaped me as I was on my way over here through the wo. ds yisterday!' on id Jorum, 'lie run mi: straight and fast to tiormley's b'ar pen, way haek at the '. ad of the big swamp, and In p' me there ail night.' " .f. I '.itlia \\ igv "'is swore i at lie would hunt down thn vengeful an.l vindletive bear and strip old his pelt if it took hint all the rest of his days. "It was gittin' along to'rtls Christmas time when 1'aley plucked up cburnge to ash Jept|jy ng'ln for S'rud nee. leptlty tritied on uim. grin::ai* the aggravatitiest kind, and blnrled out: "'Yes. you kin have her Cunt Is. if you fetch me two black she ; ins for a Ohr stnuls pre. .-.t! If you d .u't. you ciin'l never have her!' "Now. of course, that was just as good as tellln i'aley tl: : these wasn't nnj u. e. lie never k . wo<! to lii:; d} in' day what it cold I 'a' 1 ?<n that sent him roam in' and roumiti' ti.at day, but he went it-i taiiiin'. and the tirst tiling lie Un iwed he foil 1 himself on the edge of a seruhby h kin' eltarin' iu tin? Sour Mothier district and lie si en n man eluhliin' w- t lie s'posit] was a tame b'ar. Tli.it r.led liitu niuiv'u ever, and lie shouted to the Uiau: "'What ore you peuiidln' that poor b'ar for?' "'It's my b'ar' i!" matt shouted back, 'and if you don't like what I'm (loin' come here a ' I'll pound you awhile and give the li'ar a i *st!' "And what did 1'iii y do hut go over there, and i s'p .,e ilmt wheti he got through with 11 11 e' :> n i f th.e Soar MeiMer dlstrii t tIn- eitim n was a leetle the worst whipped man ever seen in them parts. " There!' suit! I' lev 'When you run mr'in no, \ on li vi ii'i got no b'ur to fool with!' "At I t1: i Pnh-y sr > that it wnr Hart Sp"oiit It" iieon liek.n' . ii.i tliat too b'nr was '?!il Heel/ohnb. Pahty hndll't gone inoi" than a hundred yards on his \vu;> when, loo'.:in' over into Hart's Held, t;e ;-i, two of the big;,-1 st and blackest sheep that ever cropped sorrel' "'The only two black rhcop in the b.nl! blame eoun ry!' Pa ley gleaned. ji'mI here I'v gone mid 't >1 - t hnntn>t?red the li*' oat of the man that owns 'em! Tc -sod Prudence away Jest to take the part of a rambunctious old sueep steuiiu' l?'ar!' "1'n ev actually batted himself r.g'in his !i ul with 1 s 11 t utnl lifttd up his voice ami we,). A i' or uw lie he cooled down i lee He 1 f.f an 'dee. ! " T!l go ! nek ei ;l apoh glxe to Hart,' sa'd he. 'and cTcv h'.m twenty dollars for them sheen! That's its much as his hint eh arm' would fetelt!' "wo ? a-i,v went hack. The b'ar laid ou me I .. km' himself, a.ul Hart j _ I ?npi if 1 : ' ' )'M PpJ \C^5> J IS ' "UBItB UJi COMES AO'LN 1" vas sett in' on u rook by the door. El's head was swelled, ami oue eye was shot, and bis wife was doin' of him up. in rags. | " "IMzeu henbane!' be yelled as good as lie could. 'Here be comes ng'ln! CIt the gnu, Salty, and load him full of load I' "'Hold ou, Bnrt!' Paley shouted. 'I've conic bnek to npologizo aud offer yon twenty dollars for tliein two hlaek jtlieop,' '""I Paley was soft enough to tell Bart what he wanted 'em for. " 'Say,' yelled Bart, 'when you see a white li'ur comln' to'rds you earryln* the in sheep pelts, an.l it makes yoti tt Christmas present of em, you kin have 'em, and not before! I'll take 'em dotvu and sell 'em to Jepthy Wiggins! balry, git the gun!' "Sairy, she started as if she waB goto' to git the guu, and Paley dlda't watt to argue with Bart any looser H. give one awful glare at Old Beelpe SAUER1 Something Something Something TRY PIIO'M bub, who laid there with one eye peeled 1 up at liiui, and wished that ho had a < gun himself to loud the pesky b'ar with I lead. Hut it was a mighty good thing for raley that lie dldu't have uone." It s?>oms that l'aloy resumed his ' roaming, and Hart Spvout nud his boys i billed the two bhtek si.icp, took their , sluus oft and hung them in the shed. " 'I'll take 'out down to Jepthy Wiggins tomorrow,' said Hart, 'git a good, stiff price for 'em and eook that contained Paley's goose at the same ' time:"' I Ilart wont out to got the pelts next 1 morning. They wore gone! So was 1 Old Hcclzebuh. The amazing hear had stolen the sheep pelts and had uiatle 1 tracks for the woods. Hart and his 1 ! boys started to find the trail. The I a -sadanky story is that Haley ! Simco found himself at Spook Run j mill pond that morning and was thinking that the best tiling he could do would he to throw himself iuto it when j lie heard a great noise up in the gully. | "Ho looked up," the I'assadanky nnr- i rator will tell you, "and there he see a ] sight that made him turn cold. Some- ; : thin' was whiz/.ln' down the log shoot | and so fast l'aley couldn't make out what it was till it shot from the mouth of the shout and came cliiubhi* up the bank, right where l'aley stood. Then 1 toe ooiiit-iiiiii give itself a shake. Two big. Mack shepskins tumbled o!T of It. and then* v as Old lleelzebtlb. but lie vas'wliltt ail over! lit? .'! e one i look at IV.ley and tore away inlo the woods and was never scon no mo-n. . As Haley turned to look niter him. more he see Hart Sprout st: .din'. and I art was most as wiut ? a-; 11:. b'ar. for li/ had seen the httii thing and knowed what it in ant! "That ride down the leg slutut had scared Old Hee'zebtili's hair white. What did lie do it for. tlu-n? So us a i white h'ar could carry (hem i.lieep pedis to Haley and in :ke hint a Olirlstmas present of Villi i'.y duin" il.ai Old Bool- i fcobnh get even with ''or :>j -oat, and by Haley Simeo hnvln" tile pelts to make Jepthy v. g..:s a Christmas pros cut of 'eui, and so fordn' Jenthv to give Paley lus daughter Prudence, Old P.eelzebub shoved his grudge deep into Jeptliy. n;:d he went off a-feelln' good. "Well, all jhere was to it after that v as that Pa ley got down to Wiggins' Christinas eve and knocked .Tepthy speechless by hand in' over the Christinas present. And .lopthy had to hand rrudeuce over to Paley, and they was married that very next Christinas day. The way It turned out, though, Jeptliy was never sorry that Old Iteelzebub If.ttl h;ought tilings to seteh a pass, und If the vengeful b'ar had ever kuowed that, it's more than likely tliut lu*d 'a' come hack and tried his plans ag'ln Tepthy some more."?New York Mail uud Express. i YULETIDil CUSTOMS. Ilow tlte Day Is Observed In Many Countries. i In England in the early Anglo-Saxon days Christinas was celebrated with almost sntumalinn revelries, the lords ^ of misrule holding _ foil sway, but the *-1 first breath cf Puiitanlsm scorched the zeal of the revelers, and it became a hel! nous offense to so rejoice and be meri ry. The year Pi!" saw the abolishi mcnt of all saint a' daj... and tlio.su who J observed the three grand festivals of Ci list mas, Easter and ^Vliltsuntlde. ; Wcie licit vil. lined." W'tiii the re&lo[ ration a >?a.< countenance was not at a 1 pivniiuin, but rather a merry one, and j all the observances of these festival days were revived. In old Seville and the other beautiful cities of Spain Christmas is largely | an out of door celebration. The Anglo! Saxon Idea of hearth A ^ ' at d iioiuo t.i foreign _ j to thr Latin temperj anient, and the gra- ' ?-,a;n | emus CUIUHIC lends I j ] itself to ill fresco * ** ] nu try making- All Is movement, color. \ tumult, dance and song. The great plazas are kaleidoscopes of human movement. The cathedrals and churches are thronged. Piety and gayely mingle. Inspired by the ancient poetical thought of cheering the Virgin during the pangs of maternity, young men and ^ ^ maidens throng on _ Christmas eve before her shrines In I 1 vi 1 V Italy and play upon their guitars and mandolins, singing songs of praise.' It is their part, too, to decorate the beautiful old churches most profusely, a loving service at which they spend the greater part of the night, refreshed by a collation after midnight mass. Germany is the land of Santa (laus, the home of the beautiful legend of Kris Kri?igh\ whiiu Is n corruption of Christ Kind loin, or ^ ^ Christ (thn<J. While | _ the good child llnda Xl) its uttie stocking Germany Laden with Kris Krlnglu's gifts, the 4 4 naugaiy chlkl tlnds nothing but a birch rod nlamrt tttari ta miming F>fs,, KRAUT. ! : good, ^ ; for a change, ; economical. it-? WAONON. lm. llohul (Si. \r:;n ?be fur?. 8u*h /? an <-Tperieiieo inuk?-a tho small victim intensely miserable. In Australia Christmas comes daring the midsummer sra^n. The mercury a\n.v r. gister 100 degrees or more. Fain^ j. Hies, Instead of being united, are dlIll vided, for tills Is the Australia ? "? 'tTlZ p- ?# lisll traditions are preserved. Plum pudding Is the dessert and lio.ly the decoration. Moreover. the Australians have a decoration of their own?a crimson flowering shrub which they call Christmas bush and which blooms only In December. CHRISTMAS HUMOR. 1 Iliinrh of Short, Crisp Tatatld* Mirth toy the Fanny Fellows. (Jfa > Mrs. Cobwlgger?Ob, my! I more dead than alive. There Is altogether too much asked of me. I was never UHed to housework, and IPs killing mo Inch by Inch. The first thing you know I'll be down with nervous prostrutlon. Cobwlgger?Shall I call In the doctor, my dear? * Mrs. Cob wigger?What use would that bo? Flo would only adTlse what I've bccu telling you I needed all along ?complete rest. Cob wigger? By the way. did you sew on that button? Mrs. ( o'.twigger?Oh, Henry, how can yon bo so brutal! Any one but you could see that I am completely used up. 'Cubwlgger?So you're too tired to take a couple of stitches? Mrs. Coi-wigger?Yes: I can bnrdly raise my bead. Col.v.iggor?If It's really as had as that, tvv dear, something has got to be done for yon at once. Take this tv entv dollars and go out and do some Christmas shopping.?New York World. *t * * Tii.? best way to tell whether a present Is a cheap on? Is to observe whether the price lias been rubbed off. K It Th" Tarty?Quito a rush of the nmtrl^P' menially Inclined, Isn't there? Treacher?Always at this time of year. It's cheaper to marry- than buy Christinas presents, you know.?New> York Journal. It it H Bessie?Do you rcn 11.mbelieve there Is my Santa Clans. Tommy? Tommy?Course not, but don't tell run 1 said so, or she'!! think I'm getting to i n!' to nave caudy and toys and JI ngs. Just because your wlfo tells you to buy her soiuethlug useful, don't think she will in* sntlrtlinl If you send her home a barrel of flour. C. It It First Chick?How did Mr. Turkey make ont in the race, yerterday? Sci on:! Chick?Ob, be completely lost , .< bis bead. ( H K * "Mrs. Small never minces matter?," said I bo star !>o:mler to iho new acquisition. "Not oven when she is preparing the pies for the Christmas dinner?" asked the latter. ? ft ?. Asklns?What makes yon look bo Sheer fill. Iauiks? hanks twin* boards)? 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