The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-12-27


Sing Songaof the angels when Jesus was born
-hhhtier
I'm making Christmas presents al
ways choose a useful gift. If you have
q friend who is hard drinker give his
family an order on an undertaken, or
else present him with cemetery lot. -
PHILADELPHIA Chronicle.
There's a song in the air. there's star in the
sky.
low cry;
And the star ruins its nrO while the beautiful
And tbe mansor OF bethlehem cradles
King. ~. q. Holland.
--''Cupld" You ask how you shall
best prevent q quarrel with your mann
orataP Be still, 0 loving heart, and
draw comfort from the reflection tlat
your best girl isn't going TO break away
from you until after Christmas anyway.
- LOtoeH Courier.
Tho morning dawns with brighter ray,
! To herald new natal day
or peace and love.
| For lOl In wonder mauRer lies
| Tho Holy ChHd-whie songs arise
fIOm chOirs above.
| 1iC comes--Iio cOmes--let earth rejoicing tell
/
-WlliGm H. Chisholm
The Christmas cards this year are
beautiful, aud 1t Is a pleasant custom to
send them to friends, but the best
Christmas card that we know OF. says
| the Mobile Register, is one tied on to
The leg Of turkey, with the name of
some deserving poor man or woman
written on It, who 10 not able to buy any
Christmas cheer,
1T Is said that the custom of MAX
ing New Year calls is on the wane.
Last year "best society In New York
merely hung out baskets" To travel
about a,city all day. in suit hired for
the occasion, dropping cards into
basket. is about as wild and hilarious
fun ~ TO sit on fence and see your
best girl 90 by with another fellow
Nof1Yst0wB Herald.
Else only been like Santa CLAUS
said a little sevensyear-old girl found
BY her mother dragging q basket In
Philadelphia street Christmas day.
Mamma said last night Santa Claus
never comes TO the pDor, so ! saidl win
give some Of my toys and tings to tho
poor children myself, So got NAM
mas basket and put in the iings, but !
didn't find any poor children, and ]
gotlost and didn't know what to do"
Charley wanted to give Clara
Christmas present, but couldn't make
up his mind what II should be; 40 the
next time he called he frankly told her
the difficulty under which he was labor
ing. want TO make me q present,
Charlayp' Clara exclaimed, In we'll
disguised establishment. "Why, Char
ley, you forget yourself" Charley
took the hint and offered himself on the
spot
.s-As Christmas Is near at hand. we
may expect soon to see in our st. Louis
exchanges such items as this: IA Chi
\ cago young man, In rash moment
4 tod hia girl that II she would hang up
1 her etDCiEing on Christmas eve no would
tlll II 10 tho bfim with something nice.
l Ho hrs elncc seen herstOcking, and Is
undecided alhother to get, into IL him
Sali OF bny her q sewlnQ-machinc. -
NoryiSi0leR Eef0id,
The ca north erecso through tho skeleton
| Ii chanting tAc year out drearIly,
/ But loud lok Il blow. Tor at homo We know
The dry loga cracklo cheerllz,
/ And the fIOxea ground u IN fettors bound;
But plle up she wood We can hurn IT
/ For ChEistinaa hea Como, aud N every home
| 10 summer our heNrts can turn ~
! WassaI} Mnsenil
~ yWE Ssssaiii W " M = 1O''
Asves happiness " alh fcr Chri Is u.s., has
"A lively writer Of Girls Gossip"
/ Id the London 1tyith makes some COM
| Y1ents on che ChrIstmas-card mania,
The force Of which will impress itself on
| many people. Just now, She says:
tsltho docs mot like 10 throw them away
they aro too pretty; and yet, after the
first weak or two, no one ever looks at
them. The worst Of sending cards Is
that one ID almost sure 70 forget some
body, and get into ascrape. / think |
shall advertise next Christmas in the
daily papers; 'Madgc Manners offers the
compliments Of the season to all who
care to accept her good wishes. No
cards 1t would save . quantity Of
trouble"
Capacity Of the Chicago Stocking;
"Papa,n said q gushing young damsel
OF Chicago, III want you to give me
this Christmas q seal-skin sacque and
muff, pair Of diamond earrings, thai
beautiful wrlting-desk we were looking
at the other day and bushels and BUSH
els OF French candy. Will you, papaP'
and the dear things eyes danced in
glowing anticipation. while her feet
beat a tattoo on the velvet carpet that
sounded like muItled thunder. ''Ah.
my dear child" replied the proud
father, as he gazed at his daughter with
q penslve. upward-tendency -in.pork
look. "indeed / will. just hang your
stocking up In the back yard and Twill
fill it for you, darling, If | have to chuck
in q house and lot. ~ Rochester Post