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THE HENDERSON GOLD LEAF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1899. There is no truer, kind lier spirit than that which prompts a woman to aid in the comfort and uplift, ins of her ow n sex men.' -tal, moral or physical. We aduiire as heroines V , "II.ttKC 11 v a 1UC -s Purpos to rescue or nurse or teacli their unfort , unate Msters, but equally admirable is that spirit which impels a woman who has found help and comfort in sick ness to use all her influence in bringing the same relief to others. I shall te flad," writes Mrs. Benj. II. Fair- il l-.iiostmrjf, (rnnLliii Co . Vt., in i,r..ial letter to ; .r k V Tierce, of 1,.,-Ti,;... N. V.. "if t'-timonv to the , c, :f your treat , .. :i! will iielp to influence i women. troubled ..!;! tlie "licenses peculiar . , nr sex. to write you. I i;I:nl to le al.le to tell ... t the 'reat K'xxl your ;i. ni' s lirive done me. ....! !f-eii trouliled vith ... ration and its attend . a. ht and pains and :.. rv..iitte several times; tiuully made worse by K ::.!-tarrfa(;e. I wrote you. , .it Dr I'ierut's Favor. l-rt-si rijAiuii and the : ien M' dical Uiscov. , r . for arxjut three or four ,. i:!hs and cau truly say. . cured me. I hhall never cease to be grate- No woman afflicted by such agonizing ! discouraging complaints need hesi- to write to Dr. Pierce. She may . ,; assured, no matter what her circum ?..nt cs may le, of his respectful, earnest, : rly sympathy and best professional . :: xts in her Ijehalf. He stands among the most eminent practitioners of the . ;.- '.irv in this special field, and his ; : a e will lie given absolutely without '. 5...rge. A free p;ij,er-lound copy of Doctor i :,r. . s thousand page illustrated Com-Sens- Medical Adviser will be sent :"..r J i one-cent stamps, to pay the mere , of mailing; or for 31 stamps, a ier, handsome cloth-bound copy will The Lost Cause '..me t us this W-k full lf jrood tioi.U". lli' niimbiT in prof tis-l iliiir. loiitnininir iti'l.i:igrt and half r , u -- of lli-- Ilavis tablets mid inoini- ji.iitr lit Hirliinoiid. Vh.; I'rerddriit I ii ir- birt !ipie in Kent lick v mill lining in Mif-Usippi; 11 liiif portrait of ('!.. I .1. U iiliiiiu-. latf iiiniiiaii(l r of Virginia, i: v.-ion of I " C V. I ! i.- eontnins. in addition to . s r .-r matter, the following: npev -.!,!it on tli- punting of It K. I..1V portrait in blue; orders from (ien'l M 1 i-11 1 ji 1 1 ; inleitHiinu uci-oiintri of the i.aMonal niHflinjf of the Do unlit err of ! i.f l'oiife.l. !ai-y in Ivielinioinl. Va ; ad .lnssepi by Mrs. (Cen'l) Hapiil link' and i.'Lerf; war rein in two-nee and varioiiH ; litel er-t lllg IIOteH, II 111 k 1 11 U IllOst ellHrill jhiT lllid uttraelive lllllllbl'l- of this Cmi ;. l-rat: pnbliratioli. I'i.it diHe will contain ail mfoi-iiia-imiii ainl notes of interest in eon nei-l ion itli the ureat reunion of ( 'onfedf-rate veterans to lur liehl in Louisville, Kv., Mftv, l'.JOO. IMileil by Mrs. I'.asil )iik and Miss Fiorenre liarlow, Louis villi, Ky. 1'rice, 7" rents per ear. HIS PROTEST. S. ESt J.. 1 nat s ine: l'urvfvor of toys, b ic- a-lnac and Kviirttliimr ula urtjlf Every year it tiets worso and 1 tiave to Knit uiy sleiidli-riimieis off netting through By Dec. 25. Perhaps people think it's a good thing Flitting over large tracts Of frosted scenery lake a kind of Braided coryphee. How wiiul.l anyone el-e like to carry Alioiit 4,iwto,(Mio Noah's arks V round on his shoulders. To s;tv nothing of .'MK).000,M10,000 (id Is Ami 7."i,ni ih)0 cat loads of Mi-ct'llaneoiis and ansorted nonsense'.' T say tuitliiisi of showini? olf In ;i million departnient stores and siniiliiij my evenings Kii-king around making .lojimsly ldotic remarks in people's r.n iiis. llesiih-s which 1 have to kei-p up that I'ainful expiession which the artists have I e-ii;iiei1 to indicate .lovial p.iuhter I've een wearing tltat laugh fill my face lias warped that way Arid I can't straighten it out. And what do I s.ct tor it all-.' Nut .1 lilaine Hull!?. 'l ite prown-up people kick because. I'm a fiaint. Jut as if 1 didn't have to be a fraud In order to be at all. And the. children blame ine When the Noah's arks lieak or the red paint ."sucks off the tov cow. And fur about 340 days of the year l iu expected to go back to some heathen Tlace up North and chummy With walruses and polar bears And keep mum. Mow would you like that programme oillelt? It I wasn't under (.'tit i art I derlaie I'd go u a strike. Chic-igo Record. iMMY CMS RH LITTLE WOOL i'h.- talk seems to be just now all about Roberts- the muchly married man from I'tah. It seems that 11-d.erts was duly elected to Con-;iv- and it seems also that he is pusM'il of three wives or three win s are possessed of him. Thero seems to be some uuestion as to v !. ether or not he should be seated. It has sett leil down to a 'natter of whether the New York World or the New York Jurntl shall be a winner. Tie- f.nruiil opposes ami the World is f ! him. Thus the two yellow sheets ' neulv breaking their necks to -who is victor no matter appar ent !v abottt the justice of the case. The Roberts case is. -ill right. " He has been duly elected and up to the hour of Congress con veil ii! he has not been convicted of any thing wrona He is before the law innocent and if he has a eertiticate of election he must be seated. There can be no sentiment in the case. Of course the fellow is morally wrong and perhaps morally rotten. But that is not the case. If you are elected to oflice and you have your eertiticate of election and some fel low objects to vour beiur seated be cause he thinks vou stole a horse in Kansas, that makes no difference The thing- to do or to have done, is In arrest vou and take you back to Kansas and trv vou for the alleged crime and if you are guilty sentence v 'u and make vou pav the penalty o :'i In other words under the con stitution Hoberts is innocent Thero is perhaps little difference aft'-r all between Hoberts and scores ai'i scores of other Congressmen Hie real difference is that Roberts '"iliclv introduces his mistresses u h : ! e (Jeutiles go about it in another w':iy. And we were about to say ti' tt the Roberts way is perhaps the ' i to decent wav. Danville Bee. saymold Storey What are you ? ing to give your wife for a Christ ias present? Tudder Man I'm trying to liml out which she would rather have a ten der young turkey or a new set of teeth. Chicago Tribune. i'o.vder and shot, loaded shells, etc., at H. Thomason's. I If , y V5 SI V I-. 3fi Jt 9X. -ana B WW m THE ORDEAL BY GIFTS A CHRISTMAS STOKY KY PETER M'AP.THUR. Copyright. 1W, by I. McArthur. EC A USE Jean w u s horn on Christmas day no one w as surprised at her many little peculiarities. She certainly was "not like other girls," and, although it may seem like making too great a concession to the superstitious, it must be admit ted that her most Striking peculiarities were due to this ac cident of birth. Of course it had iiotliiiin- to do with her tin likeness to other ''iris in heiug more beautiful than nnv of them but it certainly was the cause of a strange inoroseness that seemed to overwhelm her every year when her birthday came around. It was first noticed when kVio was a child, and wise people said she would outgrow it. but they were mis taken. Every year her birthday brought a period of discontent, and because of a strain of Scotch reticence in her nature she Would not explain what was weigh ing on her mind. It is true that as she grew older she changed somewhat, but it was in a way that made this peculiarity more marked. When she was old enough to have admirers, it was noticed that she almost invariably broke off with them at Christmas, and wheu asked to explain her conduct she quoted from an ancient ballad she had read at the seminary: Who on Christ his day Is boruo Shall redo aright both lovu and seorne. "Because I was born on Christmas," ehe used to say, "I have a power to know which of my friends are true and which are false, but if I explain this power to any one I shall lose it." Of course this sounded very absurd In the last years of the nineteenth cen tury, but it was finally demonstrated that her power had a thoroughly rea sonable foundation. But it compelled her to weed down her friends and ad mirers to a pitifully small group and might have destroyed her life's happi ness when the real I'rince Charming came to woo but for the fact that Cupid always looks after his own. From the time she was 17 till she was 22 Jean dismissed from one to a dozen admirers every Christmas without ex planation, and people were beginning to believe that she was doomed to die an old maid. In the November of her twentieth year she became engaged to an attractive young man, and some thought the spell was broken, but she dismissed him so contumeliously at Christmas and with such outspoken Bcorn that it became a saying among her friends that she would never get mar ried until a young man appeared who could hold her fancy through the Christ mas season. She admitted the truth of this statement and continued to wait the coming of the right man. When Harry Finlay came to the town to act as cashier in the local hank, he Immediately struck up a warm friendship with the beautiful but decidedly peculiar girl. Well meauing friends warned him of her Christmas habits, but in his eyes the touch of mystery only added to her charm. He paid court to her ardent ly and with such success that toward the end of autumn she consented to be his wife. But when he asked that she wait for a year until he received an ex pected promotion to the position of man ager she showed signs of uneasiness, and when, in addition, he asked hep to WELL 5IEAX1XO Ff.IK.NDS WAKXED HIM OF HER CHRISTMAS HABITS. be patient with him until he could af ford to get her such an engagement ring as he thought should le placed on her finger she was almost moved to tears, lut would not explain why. The truth was that she reciprocated his love so warmly that she would gladly have mar ried him out of. hand and avoided the -r"atfll5i H - .,, r - """feCakUtons SarfaClauihuttaMdi.toaall.thtalan j Sfl IIIL ir ggLI LTJ lOfrtigiMeiayW 'TIS now tb virxJlrrs winter train thafj dirrHMO? Uf tb hill. MSFlSir f courjs I WJ1" 1 " j T;'H' j mMji!3b!tGSSvmmalhmJII' 1 t. AB fun of t msn&seris the stockios loos to fill 4" Awd ome of n Is brotftsr ""a1. ' " ( J?tS&fmf&ffW P" NT-aa Jt-mzj roKc rr,y Christmas mrry when at mom I rt and Jra. j J r nur IU ,U"' ! J. I ;p J 8 JP f ' y " Isscausc rm prett, sure it i, the Saota Claus Cxpren , J , tvw brought w yfa yfiM Claus Cprw. Jsr- It ' W&Wiimliil 1 ' JS" 1 Hoov on ,h k,v'5' tr, coms nrtao4. f" Thai w M 9flt may become ths frlcns of Ihtte me. j V JT l4&fc5 W TS..aija aj.iiitf fel j i Toe hooey horse is full of smite, ts elephant Is srao. M Ao son ay to m so wtD b'm ureo his JoBy tralo. Ifi$rar mf. Tbe carrr brovr. the turtte', era the loctoo i, vejte, : Whose iroo seer is &n oov aooss the soovy rial. V f n I I Tbe moo, oo the yeBov stick rs frioome vt oerVtht ' Ao4 af that osBfbrful tris. I tburk my nil staa . V -ji if ,'t&.ZV3K I hear the whistle Wow as throueti tbe trostas saoe I ftaocs. t 11 Will surely be to asM him wejeo I -am a arsae bif man 1 Jy ji f jFb--$r If 80 y upofl cb,r ,,wv "? " -I " To yt me work os Is m work t I have woo success -. L JY 3hyht Ji r ,rr Mr& T"i 0fe!L-, I IU, . ? V " 1 " eootw. 1 am the proue conductor of re Santa Claus tbrs. j lf ' """' - - AUrWTTirjCK. jj Christmas test, but now he was laying himself open to it. Indeed he was ap proaching it with even worse prospects than any his predecessors. Harry suspected the cause of her uneasiness and asked her to explain, but much as she would have liked to warn him of the snare into which all her previous admirers had fallen she could not do so, for she had registered a vow to keep her secret. She did promise, however, that If he escaped the danger she would ex plain everything to him after Christmas. "If you love me truly and are the no ble, generous soul I believe you to be, there is no danger," he said to him. "I am not so sure of my nobility and generosity," he said, "but I am very sure that I love you, and I will walk as cir cumspectly as I can." As the Chri.-tmas season came- around Jean's anxiety increased: but. like the healthy, big hearted soul he was, Harry practically dismissed the whole matter from his mind and went his way as if he were not undergoing a test on which his whole future happiness depended. As the little jeweler in the town did not have a very large assortment of presents Harry found it difficult to select a suita ble one for Jean. He wanted to give her something out of the common run, but as he felt thi't in view of the necessity for saving money toward housekeeping he must not spend more thau $10 his ditfi- WELL, I CALL IT A SKIN GAME culty-was greatly increased. In order to help him out the jeweler gave him an il lustrated catalogue and to hi him to select the design he wanted and he would send to the city for it. Harry acted on the suggestion and worked over that cata logue for almost a week. He marked at least 20 designs of pin, brooches, brace lets and such trinkets before he decided on a brooch that took his fancy. He then took a rubber and erased the marks he had made before designs he had re jected and then sent back the catalogue by a messenger with a note saying, "Get me what I have marked." On the day before Christmas the jew eler sent 1 1 i in a package and with it a bill for .J0. Harry expected a bill for only $10. so he opened the parcel to find out if possible what was the cause of the extra charge. lie then found that, besides the brooch, the jeweler had sent him a brace let he had admired very much and which he at first thought of ordering. But he didn't order it. and, besides, not being able to afford it, he had no intention of beiug imposed upon in this way. Taking the jewels with him, he hurried to the dealer and asked hini to explain. "Why, I sent you only what you order ed," protested the jeweler. . "I ordered only the brooch," said Har ry. "I'nrdon m," said the jeweler. "You sent me word to order what you had marked, and I did. You marked both the brooch and the pin." "Oh, no; I didn't," replied Harry. "I rubbed out all the marks I made except the one for the brooch." - Instead of pursuing the argument the jeweler went to his desk and brought out the marked catalogue. Sure enough, the two items were marked. He had evi dently overlooked the mark before the bracelet wheu erasing the others, "Hut I don't want the bracelet," he said. "1 can't help that," replied the jeweler. "You ordered it. and I simply tilled your order." "But you surely are not going to insist that 1 take it V" "There is nothing else left for me to do. The mistake was your own, and I can't be expected to bear the loss. The jewel is a very pretty one, but I could not hope to sell it here within a year, and I must pay the New York house for it." "Well. I call that a skin game," said Harry, losing his temper. The jeweler promptly lost his temper also, and they indulged in a rather undignified quarrel. Finally 1 1 any paid the bill and exclaim ed as he did so: "If 1 live in this town 50 years, I'll never buy another thing here." "Well, I'll not be losing my best cus tomer," replied the jeweler, with a sneer. When Harry readied his room, he took Out the two jewels and looked at them. They were both very pretty and tasteful, but he Telt that they were more than he could afford just then. "Why." lie said to himself. "I might as well have added .So0 more to the amount and bought her the engagement ring." Having the jewels, he decided, of course, that he must give them both to Jean, even though she might think him extravagant in spending so much on them when he was saving up for their home. While thinking the matter over it sud denly occurred to him that he could make things look more reasonable if he sent the brooch as a Christmas present and the bracelet as a birthday gift. That would justify them both. Replacing the jewels in their boxes with appropriate cards, he took them to the postollice and mailed them s that she would get them the first thing in the morning. When he went to Jean's home to have his Christmas dinner with her. he found her radiantly happy. The gloom that he was told always oppressed her on Christ mas was n. .v here in evidence. Her greet ing to him was more affectionate than it had ever been before, and he felt that, he sides wishing him a merry Christmas, she was doing all in her power to make it so for him. When they were finally left alone in the parlor after dinner, she said she wanted to thank him again for his Christmas present and birthday gift. There is only one way for lovers to ex press such thanks, and after a furtive glance toward the doors and windows it was so expressed. After the customary pause of happy silence Jean whispered as she hid her face on his bosom: "I felt sure all along that you would pass the test all right. You are so noble and so generous. I loved you so much that I wanted to tell you all about it, but if I did there would be no test. I know it was silly, but I vowed once that I would test all my friends this way, as well as any one who made love to me, and you know it has given me the repu tation of being odd." "But what is the test?" asked Harry in surprise, at the same time rejoicing that he had passed it successfully. "Can't you guess? No, no; you could never guess, for you are too thoughtful and generous ever to think of doing any thing else than what you did." Harry puffed out his chest and felt good while he waited for her to proceed. "You see, it is just like this: I was born on Christmas day, and superstitious people say that is what makes me differ ent from every one else, but no one has ever guessed the real reason. All the other children had a birthday as well as Christmas every year, but I had to be satisfied with one day for both. Besides, I usually had to be satisfied with only one present. When I was a child, that used to make me feel cheated, and I brooded over it till I was morbidly sensi tive on the point, hut as I grew older it occurred to me that it gave me a chance to find out which of my friends were really thoughtful and caredJr me very much. They were the ones who remem bered my birthday and Christmas, just as you did, and the ones who boat me out of a present I just had very little more to do with. Of course it is not the presents I think so much about, but the thoughtfulness, though when I was youn ger the presents used to count too." "And so that was what was at the bottom of all the endings of friendships that have happened with you every Christmas?" "Yes." "And was it because Tom Harland did not think to give you a Christmas pres ent and birthday gift that you broke off the engagement with him?" "Don't let us speak about that crea ture." "But I want to speak about him. You have never explained why you broke off : L. "I VALUE THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT PROMPTS THEM." the engagement with him. Surely, if you loved him, you didn't break off just because he was one present short." "I never loved him." "But you were engaged to him." "Yes, but I didn't know then what Ioto means. Even if he had passed my fool ish test I would still have parted from him, for I did not know my own mind when I consented to be engaged to him." "But it was at Christmas you broke off with him. Wasn't that because of the test ?" "Well, yes, it was, but he failed in his requirements in a way that I had not previously dreamed possible. Why, that man actually brought me an engagement ring for Christmas, and it was to serve as an engagement ring, Christmas pres ent and birthday gift all in one. That was beyond anything in the way of true economy that I had ever heard of, and it opened my eyes to the kind of man he was. But you must always remember, dear, that it is not the presents I value, but the thonghtfulness that prompts them." As Harry recalled his quarrel with the jeweler and his regret that he had not spent 30 more and got an engagement ring, instead of the two presents, he didn't feci quite so proud of himself as he did at first, but lie wisely concluded to accept the good that the gods had scut to him, and he let Jean praise him to her heart's content. He felt, however, that something should be done in the way of atonement, so he went around to the jeweler's next day and, after apologizing profusely for the many unkind things he had said when they had quarreled, asked for a catalogue from which to select an en gagement ring with a solitaire in it that he can order as soon as he has saved up enough money or secured the promotion to the position of manager that he is waiting for. Jean, of course, is very happy and thinks, after all, that it was not such a hardship to have been born on Christmas, as it enabled her to dis cover what a noble, thoughtful and gen erous fellow her fiance is, and he, hav ing had such a narrow escape, will doubtless be very careful to show the qualities for which he accidentally, though perhaps justly, gets credit. A Child's Query. When little children travel Across the snowy plain Upon the eve of Christma9 Upon a flying train And Santa brings them presents To make them blithely hop, Does he unto their stockings Adown the smokestack pop? CHISTHAS AND THE CHILDREN. (Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitu tion.) ISTFULLY THE little folks talk they talk like anything 'Bout Santy Claus a-comin', an' what he's goin' to bring; An the mother never scolds 'em or tells 'em 'bout the noise; ,v. vz sweetest little v-- - ' '-'J1' Ot little boys!. VV' ' v rS" - Rpnanse thev know that Santa Clause knows - --j rvs everything they do. An' while he's loadiu up his sleigh he's watchin' of 'em too! An' them that minds their mother?, i hey gets the most of toys They're just the sweetest little gills the best of little boys! They've just been writin' letters to Sinty Clause each day An' tellin' him just what they want an' showin' him the way To where the house isso's he'll know jut where to leave the toys Fer just the sweetest little girls the best of little boys! They're cettin' mighty anxious fer the days an' nights to go. An' all of 'em ate happy an' they make their mother s-o! She never has to scold 'em or tell 'em 'bout the noise, 'Cause they're just the sweetest litlle girls the best of little boys! Tommy What are all the men trying to get to the North pole for? Willie (scornfully) What, don't vou know, goosey? Why, Santa Claus lives there. Brooklyn Life. i. jar i mid Ok. W-TJ 1 ttttt nmrTi -T-.T-..- . --rTT : I U LLiLlDtj li MAMliA. 1 I HOW THE AMERICANS CELEBRATED ! CHRISTMAS IN 1898. nellKlons SerTteea In Camp and at the Choi-Che An Extra Good Din ner For the Eighth Army Corps. Friendly Filipinos Feasted Hlffh. BY W. Q. IKWIjr, TENTH PEXXSYLVAMA TOL- tTXTEERS. IS donbtfnl whether the ori ent ever before saw an American Christmas, and it is certain that the capital city of the Philippines cele brated its first American Christ mas this year of our Lord 1S98. It is also certain that, in suite of the difficulties, the day was rightly cele brated, for American soldiers, especially those engaged in this war, do not do things by halves. This first American Christmas celebration here in Manila will be long remembered by those who partic ipated in the festivities of the day, and it will not be the last by many unless pres ent indications belie themselves, for American customs are fast becoming im planted here. j While the men of the Eighth army corps, the army of occupation in Manila, had been looking forward to the Christ mas season for a long time, it was not until a week before Christmas that the real preparations for the proper observa- j tion of the season in the army were tak en. When on Thursday before Christmas the St. Paul came in and brought from the friends and relatives of the men at home so many kind remembrances, it was at once decided to have a big Christmas celebration. All kinds of presents were received in the mail, and nearly every man received a box of eatables. At once preparations for a real Christmas obser vation were begun, and there was feast ing throughout the army. On Christmas day all business was suspended in Manila, and all observed the day. In the morning there were re ligious services held in the different com mands by the chaplains, and these were largely attended by the soldiers. These services recalled to the men the many things which they have to he thankful for. Although they have undergone all the trials and hardships of a campaign in the rainy season of this tropical cli mate, the death list has been very low, and the men have endured the hardships remarkably well. Aside from the services held in the several commands of the army, there ; tigcres fantastically dressed. i xraa n Enonm Efrriip n!1 in trio srrpnr piBthodrnl f c,. To-nntiim fnr thA snl- - diers of the American army. There was I .i i .1 r i u gruuu soieuiu uigu iiiiik, uuu i n v . x u- J ther McKinnin of the First California conducted the services. The great cathedral was crowded. There were profuse decorations for the occasion, and the great paintings and fine statuary, which since the surrender of the city have been stored away owing to the oc cupation of the church as barracks by the Spanish prisoners, were brought forth. There were services in the dif ferent other churches, and these were also attended by our soldiers. The principal feature of the day, how ever, was the diuner, and every com mand had a change from the plain bill of fare provided by Uncle Sam to some thing more palatable and appetizing. It had been a long time since the men had partaken of a meal under something like civilized surroundings, and there were many things to make Christmas dinner enjoyable. Christmas day here in the Philippines could not have been more perfect. The weather was fine. In the morning there were cooling breezes, and later the sun poured its rays straight down. The sentinels were kept busy in dodging the heat and. hnnting the shade. All duty not absolutely neceisary was dispensed with for the day. There were all kind. of snorts in the different commands. A i treat field day had been arranged to he held on the Lunetta but owing to j the unsettled ! postponed. state of affairs it was ' The natives celebrated Christmas with many oueor ceremonies, and with ' them the Joyful Pasco Dias was a great ; day. The Filipinos know how to enjoy j a holiday as do no other people. They hare their holidays every week, hut the ! greatest of all are Pasco Dias and holy week. To the Filipinos Christmas was a week long, and there was another week of preliminary rejoicing. For more than a week before Christmas the early morn ing hours here in Manila were filled with music. Bands paraded the streets in the different parts of the city. The bells of the great cathedrals rang out their mel low monotones to awaken the people fot early mass. Music was one of the principal features connected with the nntive observance of the holiday season. There are few peo ple more musically inclined than the Fili pinos, and on all occasions music is a principal feature with the natives. They have all sorts of brass, string and reed instruments, and some of the latter are most rude contrivances. They make reed instruments from sections of bam boo, and these are of all sizes and con sequently of all pitches. At the holiday season one has a chance to see more of the musical instinct than at auy other ; season of the year. AH day Christmas these native bands played in the street. They lent their aid toward making the festivities of Christmas eve and Christ mas night enjoyable. All through the holy week Manila was filled with music. Christmas, or Pasco, as the i panish Is, had its good things for old and -oung. The children were at the height ! their joy, for Juguetes, the Santa Cuius of the Filipinos, came throughout the land and everywhere distributed good things. For a week before Christmas figures fantastically dressed to represent Ju guetes were hauled through the streets on decorated carts. Everywhere these were followed by crowds of native chil dren. When the people of the Philippines turn out to enjoy a holiday, they are clad in their best and airiest attire, and especially is this the case at Pasco sea son. Early on Christmas morning the streets were filled with natives of all ages and both sexes. The men were clad in the customary ermine garment and the women in bright colored frocks, with an embroidered piece of pina around the neck. The little pickaninnies wero dressed in tasty style, as Filipino styles go. and were as happy as the rest. The natives all attended the church ceremonies, for with them, as with us, these are the real features of the day. All through the holy week the church festivities continued and ended only with the advent of the new year. With our soldiers the principal ques tion at Christmas time was as to going home, for all were thoroughly tired of soldiering in the tropics. The bright prospects for the speedy return of the volunteer forces was another cause of rejoicing and making merry. When another year has passed and another Christmas season is celebrated in Ma nila, this city and the Philippines will have been brought more fully under American influences and will have em barked 'upon a new era. Menu For Christmas Day. To feed were best at home; From thence the sauce to me is ceremony; Meeting were bare without it. Shakespeare. DINNER, sour. Cream of Celery. PISH. Fried Soles, Sauce Tartars. ENTREE. Muahrooms on Toast. KOiST. Wild Turkey, Wild Plum Sauce. Qualla io Puree of Chestnuts. S1LAD. Lettuce Salad with Small UaUa of Cream Cbeeae. HOT ENTRKIIKT. Mince Pies. Plum Pudding ie Burning Brandy, DESSKBT. ftstache Ice Cream. White Oake. Brandicd Fruit Fruit and Coffee. inPERlSHABLE. The Christmas hells will talent lie, The Christmas lights grow dim. The brightness faded from the tiee May leave it gaunt and grim. But Christmas cheer was never to; Its echo lingers on. With memories of long ago And hope of joys to dawn. So, o'er all time U might extends And ready homage wins; As one glad Christmas season ends Another straight begins. Washington Star. "What is the use of this article?"' asked a shopper. "I rally don't know," replied the clerk: "I think it is intended to be sold as a Christmas present.'1 Puck. B. Acts gently on the Kidneys. Liver and Bowels ClEAN5E5 the System r, EFFECTUALLY OVERCOMES JrTpy ' fi PERMANENTLY ,,cnC!AL I f" Buy TmP dEMUlfif - MaNT O X (JuivrniaITgSyrvpcs roe vu by aii muofep ou tot fu mm. CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. Its True Promptings Would flake the Day the Urlghtest and Best la the Year. UK DAY OF all the year the best 1 ud dearest among the time marks of our recur ring calendar is Christmas. It is the day for peace and harmony In every heart and at every heart hstono. We celebrate tlod's chiefest gift to man and discordant thoughts or contentions have no place at the joyous festival. All should rinir clear and true and sweet as the Yuletimo chimes. The spirit' of Christmas is that of Hini whose birth it commemorates. It softens evil, sorrow and hopeless ness with the ma;ic touch of charity. for in charity is the embodiment of all the Christian graces. It gives to goodness a brighter lustre and to re solve a nobler purjiose. It is a spirit born in every heart that can know its inspiration, "without regard to creed or race or station. Of all the days to which man has given special observance, Christmas alone hath grown in its jvower, its beauty and its value. It has been. stripped of the grandly devised liturgy and dramatic representations that had their root in heathen cusr toms dispelled by the true Christian spirit, but the change Jias been one of purilicalion and marks beyond cavil a clearer conception of the sublime fact that the Son of Man is the Son of God. That which is divine in our common nature grasps its kingship with Him whose spirit is the spirit of the Christmas time. How potent, how more thau human, is this spirit appenrs beat in this uni versal obedience iriven to us sway. All, with unvarying regularity and with hearty approval, bow in glau submission to its established customs and emulate the example, if they do not indorse the faith of those to whom it is indeed a holy day. Strange miracles are wrought by this same Christmas spirit. It brings smiles to the face of melanchoI itself. It gives life to a hope that seems dead. It exercises the evils 01 natreu, mance and envy. To old a:1 it brings the keen, fresh joys of y.-u li and to child hood a clearer nip:T::ition ot the spirit that preside ai their Christ mas revels. But above all, this spirit which is the divine spirit of Christmas, makes it a day of loving remembrance, of doing good to others, of seeing that all about us have at least one bright and happy memory of the dying year. I he admonition ot this spirit is not alone for'universal rejoicing, but for individual contentment and thanks giving. there is an ideal reached when merry children dance about the sym bolic tree glittering with tbe remem brances that fill the cup of childhood's joys, when each branch and twig yields some new triumph of discovery, when the sweet-faced mother and romping father feel not the burden of years, but are warmed with the youth fulness which the spirit of Christmas makes pcqietual. Hut the day fails of the fullness of its observance if something of the same bright cheer is not brought to every home and every jerson. Those who move in th' true spirit 01 tne Christmas time realize upon tb'.sdfy, above ail others, that men are the children of one God, one earth and one common purpose. Good will aid self-abnegation rr hand in hand. They seek the jKor and unfortunate as did He whose memory we conse crate. They would give repose to the ahing heart. True to the promptings of the Christmas spirit, they would make it the brightest, sweetest and best of all the days that make the year. Detroit Free Vea. The Best Christmas Gift of All. In choosinza CLritmaMgift for a friend what can afford more prenviit or lastintr plfiixure than n HubHcriplinii to The 1 ovlU Cumpanumf I he delight with which it i welcomed on Christ miu morning is renewed every w-'k in the .veer. The charm of it is disclosed little by little ai tbe months run their courw. There is no household in which it will not prove an inspiration. Those who wish to present a yearn subscription to a frieud may nlso have the beautiful new Vvmpvmoa niendar for 1900 sent with it. This Calendar in a re production in twelve color printings of three exquisit desifrns by a celebrated American artist, a member of the Ameri can Water-Color Society. In addition to this all the issues of The Companion for the remaining wet-kn of 1809 are sent free from the time subscription is received for th new volume. Illustrated Announcement Xotnber con taining a full prospectus of the volume for 1900 sent fr to any address. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, 203 Columbus Avenue, Koston, Mass.
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