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VOL XIII.
COLUMBUS, K C TH URSD AYDECEM BER 19, 1907
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B.Ut bier mother was fH
migfit forget it ainonggo many things!
wjiy naan t she asked for only that
one present? She dtda't want those
other things, anyway, and this was
the day before Christmas no word
could reach Santa now.
The day passed feverishly for Vida.
7p stairs and down sbe wandered
from window to window, from person
to person anxious, unhappy, impa
tient. Would the long hours never
go!
At test twilight came and the dark
ness fell. And in the corner of the
great hall sofa, facing the clock on
the stairs, Vida, a disconsolate littie
body, fell asleep.
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This beautiful Christmas card jsras selected by the Queen, and depicts
-he old Danish custom of hanging up a bundle of hay by peasants for the
Haras to nest in. Like hjs Majesty's card, it is charmingly reproduced in
water colors.
CHRISTMAS IN SWEDEN.
They tell a lovely story, in lands beyond the sea.
How, when the Ring of Glory lay on His mothers knee,
Before the Prophet-princes same, bringing gifts in hand.
The dumb beasts felt the miracle men could not understand)
The gentle, patient donkey and the ox that trod the corn
Knelt down beside the manger, and knew that Christ was
born.
And so they say in Sweden, at twelve each Christmas night.
The dumb beasts kneel to worship and see the Christmas
light!
This fancy makes men kinder to creatures needing care,
Tney give them Christmas greeting, and dainty Christmas
fare;
The cat and dog sup gayly, and a sheaf of golden corn
la raised above the roof-tree for the birds on Christmas
morn! m
We do not live in Sweden, but we can feed the birds,
And make dumb creatures happy by kindly deeds and words.
No animal so humble, no creeping worm so small,
But that the God who made us has made and loves them all!
If we to them are cruel, like Christ we cannot be!
And this shall be our lesson from our dear Christmas tree!
GIWMUFF
from the edge of the roof and hack
"Oh, papa, papa." she cried, excit
edly, "come hero, come hero right
away. See, there Is something out on
Ithoroof!"
Her father opened the window
quickly and climbed out. Vifla's
heart beat so wildly she could scarce
ly speak. Bar father was picking up
a box it was about the size of Aunt
Jane's cooky jar, and it was round.
"Weil," her father said, as ha
climbed back laughing into the nurs
ery. "Here is something old St. Nick
dropped, and from its size I guess it's
meant "for you."
Vida's hands trembled so she could
THE WORKINGS OF CONGRESS,
Her mother wakened her wfro4H scarcely tug off the round ton of the
was time to hang up her stocking, f box. Just as It was about to yield a
and then, n spite of her warning, and
in spite i her long hours of worry,
hope was born again, and when Vida
kissed her mother good night visions
of gray astrakhan muffs danced in
her head.
Merry Christmas 1 Merry Christ
mas!"
It seemed to Vida she had but
closed her eyes, and there stood moth
er and Aunt Jane beside her bed, one
with her little worsted shoes and the
other with her red eiderdown wrap
per to hurry her oyer to the nursery,
sudden fear fell upon her heart.
"Papa, perhaps perhaps he didn't
mean it for me. Perhaps he dropped
It and it belongs to some other little
girl."
Jier father's eyes tw
"Look at the bottom of the box, lit
tle one," he said.
Vida turned the box upside down.
There was her -name Vid Sumner
Lane, as plain as plain could be, and
while she was staring at it open
mouthed, out dropped not a little
gray astrakhan muff, but a beautiful
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IT had begun way
back in Novem
ber the Sunday
after Thanksgiv
ing, when Sallie
Carter came" In
late to church
with a gray as
trakhan - muff.
The sermon was
too "deep" for
Vida, who had
her hand at her
fare and was aimosi
asleep, when a flash of
gray In the next pew
caused her to turn her
head ever so slightly
and peep through her
chubby fingers. There
it stood on the velvet
cushion beside Sallie,
trim, warm and lined
with pearly gray satin.
exactly like Mrs. Car
ter's own beautiful big
one, but smaller by half. A great
longing began to grow in Vida's heart,
nd she peeped again, tbs time at
Sallie. Sallie's golden curls had fallen
riotousiy over her shoulders, hiding
much of her face, but Vida could see
-enough. And Just then the sermon
came to an end.
But from that day on till the 17th
f December Vida thought of nothing
but a gray muff how she would look
carrying it, how it would feel, and
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how every Sunday afternoon she
would let poor Dorothy Haines carry
t for a whole block, just as she had
seen Sallie lend hers to the little lame
girl in their Sunday-school class.
On the 17th of December a great
snow fell and all the earth was white.
At night the stars came out and the
moon was full. It was the first snow
storm of the winter, and Vida, by the
light of the blazing logs in the nurs
ery fireplace, wrote her annual letter
to Santa Clans, posting it in the win-
do wsill. In the morning, sure enough.
it was gone, and Vida's heart was
light. She smiled at Sallie from her
pew, feeling that still another bond
was soon to be established between
them, and, on the way home, found
and praised new beauties in the gray
astrakhan muff. And so amidst
greater good fellowship and happy
expectations? the anxiously awaited
Christmas drew-on apace.
The 25 th fell on Sunday that year,
and Saturday morning dawned bright
and clear. The long, fat icicles hang
ing above the nursery window glist
ened in the sunlight, and the hemlock
boughs swept the ground under their
weight of snow. Vida and her moth
er were standing together at the nurs
ery window as, with a jingle of merry
bells, the Carters' sleigh drove by.
Vida sighed contentedly.
To-morrow," she said, "I shall be
carrying a gray astrakhan muff."
Her mother looked at her question-
ingly. ;
"Santa Claus will bring it to me,
VidaTsatd in answer to the look.
Her mother laughed merrily.
'Why, Vida, dear," she said, "you
asked Santa Clans for seven other
things you said so only this morn
ing You couldn't expect him to re
member them all, ana ne s as
n frtrdrthe muff as the French doll
or the tea set. It's foolish to count
on any one thing when you made so
o it i told you to De bouw
m an her busy mother hurried
off in answer to a call from Aunt
Jane.
Wrt count on it! Why,
done nothing but count on it since
o..t nans had found her note. Not
where her father stood awaiting her
at the door.
"Merry Christmas! Merry Christ-i
masl Oh, papa, I said it first!" she
cried, laughingly, as her f ather caught I
her in his arms.
But what had Santa Claus done to
the nursery? He had decorated the
four walls and the chandelier With
greens, and in the corner opposite the
fireplace he had stood a giant Christ
mas tree, bedecked with glittering
knickknacks of every description. It
was wonderful!
Vida drew a quiet breath, and gave
a little happy exclamation. Then she
flew straight to the fireplace the
muff should be there.
Of the seven presents six were not
forgotten, and there were others she
had not asked for: a pearl-handled
knife in the toe of her stocking (she
had remembered how much she need
ed a knife only yesterday morning) ;
an album for her postal cards why
hadn't she thought of that? She had
over a hundred postal cards that Un
cle Jack had sent her of course she
wanted an album. A cuckoo clock.
that even as she looked, flung open
its little carved doors and shot out
the cuckoo. It was 7 o'clock. Surely
no little girl over had a more beauti
ful Christmas!
But Vida's lips were Quivering, and
a great lump swelled in ner throat.
The muff the beautiful gray astra
khan muff was not there. Santa Claus
had forgotten it.
But Vida was brave. And she
would not let those ytho loved her see
her cry or suspect her . disappoint
ment. She turned away from them
and went to the north window, fight
ing with her tears.
The kitchen roof stretched out un
der this window, and for days not
even the print of a bird's claw had
broken its mantle of white. But
now Vida looked at it in wonderment.
for the beautiful crust was sadly bro
ken, and a long line of tracks ran
soft chinchilla one and a little collai
to match! And Sallie Carter peepet
through her fingers that Christmai
morning at the happiest little girl it
all Christendom. Kendrick Ferris
in St. Nicholas.
ARE YOU GOING
1 1 HOME? i i
IE
OiY HUOH J. HUGH Ed-
Are you going back for Christmas to thi
valley wbere the stars
Rise clear above the mountains, crowneC
with timber lattice-bars:
Where the farmsteads nestle closely ui
against the hills' ascent,
And the brook creeps hither thither iz
its maze of wilderment?
Are yon going home for Christmas to tht
old house bv the tree:
To the old folks waiting waiting througr
the many years that be;
To the faces and the memories and phan
toms that recall - -
The music of the summers before you left
it all? 1
eyes are growing dimmer that loot
d
of a
Boutins Kature Only.
Senator Culberson Tuesday intro
duced a biH to prohibit corporations
Erom making contributions in connec
tion with elections and to provide
for the publication of lawful contri
butions in connection with elections.
. The bill is in the nature of an
amendment to the law of January
26, 1907, prohibiting national banks
and other corporations making con
tributions in connection with elec
tions an4 in addition to the law as it
stands he proposes a provision mak
ing it "the duty of every chairman,
campaign manager or treasurer of
any political committee or other per
son who received contributions in
money or other things of value for
or on behalf of such political com
mittee, or in the interest of any can
didate for a political office for the
purpose of aiding or promoting the
election or defeat of candidates for
presidential and vice presidential
electors to file with the clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
United States a statement in writing
showing the amount of money or oth
er things of value contributed by
each person, firm, corporation, co
partnership or association, not pro
hibited by law, for the purpose afore
said."
Mr. Culberson stated that the act
of January 26, 1907, provides that it
shall be unlawful to make money con
tributions for political campaigns
but he thought the law should go fur
ther and require specific statements,
as otherwise it might be evaded. He
hoped that the committee on privil
eges and elections would use his bill
as the basis of an improved measure.
Congress Doing Little.
It is evident now that Congress will
not do very much before Christmas.
The House of Representatives has
been adjourning from Monday to
Thursday and from Thursday to Mon
day and will keep it up until it ad
journs for the holidays, which will
mean until about the 6th of January.
The Senate is doing a littler better.
The Senate is .looking forward to a
fight on the money question. Sena
tor Tillman is: spoiling for a row with
the Republicans, especially represen
tatives of the administration. Clay, of
Georgia, and Culberson, of Texas, are
ready for a debate. Aldrich, the king
of the Senate, blocked the game of
the Southern Senators the other day
by promising to have the finance com
mittee, of which he is chairman, bring
in the information desired and make
proper recommendations. But, barr
ing a lively discussion, nothing is like
ly to happen between how and the
day of adjournment.
The Senate was in session a little
more than an hour Monday and aj
1:15 o'clock: adjourned.
Very little business was transact
ed beyond the introduction of bills.
The resolutions of Senators Clay
and Culberson calling upon the Sec
retary of the Treasury for informa
tion concerning the recent bond is
sue of the government came up and
their consideration was
until another day.
Senator Tillman presented
tions instructing the committee) est
finance to investigate the recent bond
issues, but the absence of Mr. Aid
rich was urged as a reason why they
should not be acted upon.
A resolution calling upon the See
rectary of Agriculture for informa
tion concerning the reclamation oi
swamp land in the United States and
abroad was adopted
The House adjourned at 12 JC
without transacting any business be
yond the introduction of bills. II
was stated aathoratively that the
house committees will not be. an
nounced this week.
NAKED TRUTH.
Francis Wilson tells of an en count
er of wits that took place between
the late Eugene Field and a New
York Woman.
It was at dinner, and the
was in evening dress, which was
er decollete. After a skirmish be
tween the two relative to the respec
tive merits of a well known author,
it would seem that Field came out
second best.
"Oh, Mr. Field," exclaimed the wo
man exultantly, "you must admit that
you are fairly beaten at your own;
game!"
Field bowed politely, and with n
smile promptly rejoined: "At any
rate. Miss Blank, I have one consola
tion: you can't laugh at me in
sleeve. Lippincotfs.
The Louisville CouriepJournal
thinks it is worthy of inquiry whether
the agricultural interests have not
been the subject of unjust discrimin
ation. If they have been, aa
contend, subjected to taxation for
purpose of helping other branchea of
industry, it is not surprising that mem
should be deserting the occupations
that are under the ban and crowding
into those that have been specially
favored by legislation.
The
own the valley side.
Evermore a watching watching for
swinging boyish stride;
The hair is growing whiter and the facet
thin and drawn
Of those who 'mid the twilight stand wait! in the absence of Senatory Aldrich
ing for the dawn.
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ie Country
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The farther you are removed
from town to railroad station, the
more the telephone will save in
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r 4 ...
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drives to town for the doctor. Tel-!
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Uur free Book tells how to or-.
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Instruments sold on thirty days
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vour thousand wavs
Along the lines of living to boyhood'i
dawning days!
Go set the old home ringing with laugh
ter's music-bars.
And find your lost youth waiting in th
valley neath the stars.
Youth's Companion.
Christmas Shopping.
The bargain counter rush is here,
Ana loiKs, in accents sober,
Are vowing that another year
They'll, start out in October.
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