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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-25
Gave luster of midday to objects below:
When what to my wondering eyes should ap

Gave luster of midday to objects below:
When what to my wondering eyes should ap-
pear:
But miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
With Little old driver, so Lively and quick,
knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they
And he whstled and shouted and called them
snow. Dasher! now. Dancer! now. Prancer
and Vixen!
On. Comet. on, Cupid on Donder and Bit.
To the top of the porch. to the top of the wall.
Now. dash away. dash away. dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane
When they NEE: with an obstacle, mount to
So up to the house-top the coursers thev few.
With the sleigh fu.i of toys-and ST. Nicholas,
too
And then. in a twinkiing. heard on the roof
The prancing and paving of each little hoOf.
As l drew in my head and was turning around
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with q
bouLd.
He was dressed al in furs from his head to
And his c.otnes were all furnished with ashes
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like peddier just opening his
His eyes. how they twinl,ed, his dlmples.
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like .
cherry
His drol little mouth was drawn up like a
bow,
And the beard on his chin was - white as the
snow.
The stump OF pipe he held In his teeth.
And the smoke It encircled his head like .
wreath.
He had broad face and little round belly
That shook when he laughed like bowl full
of jelly.
He was chubby and plump-a right jolly old
And i laughed when saw him in spite Of my
SELF.
wink Of his eye and twist Of his head
Soon gave me to know had nothing to dread.
He spoke not . word. but went straight to his
work,
And filled all the stockinss-then turned with
And laying his finger aside Of his nose.
And giving nod, mp the chimney he rosa.
He sprcnG to his sleigh. to his team gave
And away they an nsw Ike the down Of .
Butt hsard him exclaim. Gro 10 dsove out Of
= HAPPY, Csr,stnas 70 III and to an god
-Cmsue c. NSsrs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-25
SWEARING OFF.
How n Prospectively Good Man Became
Discouraged.

How q Prospectively Good Man Became
Discouraged.
On a New Years morning, when an
eminent citizen, worth million dol
lars, entered drugstore on Griswold
street to purchase piece of court
plaster to cover q sore on his nose, he
found stranger with his back to the
stove and a resolve to lead better life
plainly written on his shirt bosom.
Morning" said the man at the
stove. 81 hope you haven't come in
after nip this morning"
The eminent citizen. worth million
dollars, redeemed up, but made no re-
ply.
u hope" continued the other, s'that
you have resolved with me to lead a
better life from this day out. Beware
of whisky, partner; it biteth like ser
pent."
The eminent citizen, worth a million
dollars, began to breathe hard, but he
held in his reply.
.Let's break off swearing and cussing
and running out nights" placidly con-
tinued the stranger. eve been there,
and tell you it's no good. Put your
hand n ght thar, partner. and promise
me you'll quit
''Sir!" exclaimed the eminent citizen
worth million dollars.
And look here, my friend" whis-
pered the other, "let's stop lying.
It's bad, bad habit, and the man who
INDUCES in it is sure to lose the respect
0f the world ,,
Sir! I feel like knocking you
down. said the e. c. worth .. m. d.
IS It's outrageous for you to talk that
wayr'
.And I want you to leave the
sstore" added the druggist. as he came
from behind the counter with blood in
his eve.
"Well, I'll leave. of course" re-
piled the stranger, "but I don't see
anything to get mad At. Seems 70
he was hustled out and the door
banged on him, and policeman came
and ordered him to move on.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-25
THE OPENING YEAR.

Xhe Old Year, with it, record.
Il rome forever more:
The New Year. full Of promise,
Sands waiting ut the door.
Ali could We live It overt
So sigh We OF the pest
Live we the new. Is wish ~ now
That We had lived the last
Thst past It's lessons teechinI.
with guiding light should shina
TO warn from self-depevdenCa
And lead to grace divine
with high resolve, and holy
With:purpoee. firm and true
Let us 70 forth with meekness,
Gods viii and work to do.
Then golden moments wasted.
And days all dark with Gin,
Shall not 90 sadly color
The year We now beQu-
N. r. O6seiVsr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-12-25
THE SAvIOUR'S VISIT.

The blessing Which Rests upon the Christmas Tre0-
A Beautiful Legend.
There is legend that upon certain Christmas Eve
Christ came down from Heaven and walked upon the
cart and as He walked He strange sights. The
weather was bitterly cold, yet whisted and sung.
they passed Him by, snatches of sweet home melo
dies and pous anthems; while indoor lights cleaned,
and threw their radiance upon beautiful trees standing
green in the winty atmosphere. and loaded with spark
ling gifts ..What does this mean?" at last asked the
Saviour of passer-by. 1.-The dear Lord help thee!
where hast thou lived" replied the man, mot to
know that this Christmas Eye and these that thou
seest are Christmas trees?"
And why is Christmas Eve celebrated? and what
is the meaning of the Christmas trees?"
And for answer the crossed himself, and led
the way into small house, where the suppertable
laid and where there several children. Sit down
and eat said the man, land afterward we will explain
to Thee the mystery of the Christmas tree.
But the children clamored about the Saviour. and
touched His robe and another stroked His BEARD and
their father would have rebuked them but the Saviour
said: ..Nay suffer little children to come unto Me-"
and the man said more. but the mother looked Curl
ously at Him and put the best dishes before him.
So they ate their supper, and were very merry, and
when the fragments were all removed the man led
the way to an inner room, where, behind curtain,
stood beautiful Christmas tree, lighted with candles
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would be available for public inspec-
ton. Suppose / want to give Brown q
present; / see you laugh" said the
young man. pausing in the middle Of
the narrative. ''Well, to satisfy your
critical soul I will say Miss Brown.
You 60 to this place and look at the in
dex Of the book until you find the name;
you then turn to the proper page and
under the name Brown you find list
Of things she wants. You make your
selection, as Your taste, purse or other
circumstances would suggest and then
make q mark to indicate that some one
has decided to make that present. The
next person that comes along win
make q selection. and so ON until the
entire list 10 taken. In that way, you
see, Miss Brown will get the things she
wants, her friends viii have the salts
faction Of knowing that their presents
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arc appreciated and everybody win b
happy"
''But you must excuse me. Here u
the gymnasium, and I win have to
leave you," and with these words the
young man lightly bounded up the
steps and disappeared through the
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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Heinrich" said the man to his eld-
est boy, what is Christmas Eve, and
why do we plant the Christmas tree?"
because" replied the boy, lit is the
eve of the birthday of Christ our Lord,
and to commemorate His love and sacri-
flee for us we plant the Christmas trees
and fill it with gifts for one another"
Then the young voices rose high and
clear, singing the following words:
'.Once in royal David's city
stood q lOwly cattle shed.
Where q mother laid her Baby
In q manager for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little Child.
He came down from Hea-en to earth
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was = stable
And His cradle was q stall:
With the poor and mean and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
And through all His wondrous childhood,
he would hoEor and OBEY.
Love and watch the lOwly maiden
In whose gentle arms He lay.
Christian children all must be
Mild. obedient good rs He.
For He is our children's ,attern,
Day by day like us he grew:
He was little. weak and helpless,
Tears and smiles like Us He knew:
And He feele:h for our sadness
And He shareth In our Fiaduess.
And our eyes ut last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeminR love.
For the Child SO dear and semitic
Is our Lord in Hes- en- above;
And He leads His CD sdren ON
TOthe place where Be - gone.
Not in that poor low. stable,
With the oxen standing BY,
We shall see HIM: but in Heaven,
Set at Gods right hand on high:
when like stars His children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
The Saviour was deeply ahected-so
says the legend-and, blessing them.
left the good people il . state of So
preme happiness and exaltation. Helm
rich became . Bisnop, thereby adding
greatly to the honor and dignity Of the
family; but the Saviour wept with joy.
and wherever tear fell there sprang
. beautiful evergreen, 50 that now
there are evergreens enough for Christ
mas trees throughout the land: and
ever since that time, when Christmas :
Eve comes, Christ revisits the earth,
and. wherever the Christmas tree =
planted, and the Christmas lights shine,
In cottage or in palace. He looks upon
them and blesses them.-Jenxis ys1s.
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LITTLE o,aL AND EDITOR.


ssCo1lA Yoa 1lna 1ooa 1se . ChxlDtna0'
The editor, . man q kindly hear,
looked quietly up from the work 81
which he was engaged and saw By his
side girl Of perhaps nineteen. per.,
haps twenty. II was she who asked
the. question. It was not exactly .
pretty face that looked 20 appealingly,
into that of the gruR.; overworksd ed
itor. but there was in it such look Of
sweet womanly spirit, such . pleading
ly-wistful expression in the soft gray
eyes, that the editor felt his heart 20
out in pity toward the little miss whose
cheeks the Ice King had kissed into
rosy blossom.
$50 You have written . Christmas
story, my lass" he said, in CHEEKY
voice, land would like to have it up.
pear in the paper Tomorrow"
Eyes, SIR" replied the girl, in .
voice whose ripping sweetness only
served to link more strongly together
the chains that were fast encircling
the editors heart, "Papa has been
very sick for nearly three months now.
and we are SO poor, and thought per-
haps if I wrote story you might 10
good enough to pay me something for.
it-not much. but enough to buy some
trinkets for the children, little Ethel
and Reginald, so that they would not
think Santa Claus had deserted them
entirely. If you knew how hard I
have tried to get employment, and how
have cried myself to sleep many and
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the pleasure of giving them. I know
how it could be done"
THE SCHEME UNFOLDED.

Suppose" he continued. "there
should be established in convenient To-
calities kind of q clearinghouse for
Christmas presents. At these places a
large book could be kept where people
could enter their names and the things
they wanted most. After certain date
have the books closed. Then the books
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-14

The people Of this country are IA
miliar with Blind Tom, the musical
prodigy, but all of them have not
marked the wonderful incidents in his
career. Born a slave, anG deprived OF
almost every sense but that of sound,
he has astonished and delighted the
people of this country by his wonder
full power as pianist. He is Geor-
gian, and must now be over 40 years
of age His musical gifts began to at
tract attention before the war At its
close it is not wonderful that it was
supposed that he could be played as a
great card The custody of Blind
Tom was given to Gen. Bethune, his
former owner. lie travelled with him
for some time, and then turned him
over to the care of one of his sons,
who contracted an unfortunate marri-
age and was killed by railroad train
! oOliiNOallliS ihoiO eh"h q 9odA oAh1S'
The widow is now trying to get pos
session of Tom, and is using his moth
er to effect this purpose, who must
now be quite aged. Toms parents
entered into an agreement as to his
custody with Gen. Bethune, and this
viii play an important part In the liti.
CATION that must ensue. Without tn,
care and attention of his old masts.
and mistress and their children, Tom
would never have had an opportunity
of developing his wonderful power OF
musical imitation. He has just sufli-
clent intellect to know them, and to
entertain for them the affection exhib-
tied by domestic animal. He is
utterly unable to care for himself. and
1t IS more than questionable if his
mother is any better prepared to look
after him. The writer can recall him
crawling about the house like a puppy,
attracted by the sound of piano, and
although long since past the age of
surprises, we never expected to see
Blind Tom a party litigant before the
Supreme Court Of the United States-
Macon (Ga,) Telegraph.
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Sent for Tie noctor.

"Oh, Doctor exclaimed lady,
rushing into a physicians Office, come
to my house quick My little Freddie
has swallowed a mouse.
"Oh, well, that's nothing, You 60
back, and let him swallow a cat. >
They tell an amusing story Of the
great DR.. Alternately, the famous
London physician, whom lady sent
for in great Distress saying her little
son had swallowed some glue.
The doctor had retired, and, not
wishing to be disturbed for 50 trivial
matter, he asked how much the glue
was worth. Five pennies, was the
reply. "oh Wei, she doesn't want
to pay five pounds to get i've pennies,
does she Cincinnati Enquirer.
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PORT TOBACCO MARYLAND AUGIsT1l 1919,

"T must have sent the wrong letter.
and now that Alder will get the othe'
What fool wasl"
And She FASTENED her steps home
ward to prevent further mischief lro'p
the unlucky mistake.
But she was too late. The houSo
was shut up; no signs of life about
no Avis to lie seen On the dining
table lay a note, which said:
DEAR AUNT: Since you have ae-
cepted Mr.. Alder's proposal for me-
you cannot blame me for marrying
him We are going to the minister
now, and will be happy to see you ~
our home whenever you choose y
come. AS ever, your niece, AVIS
Miss Angerona's feelings were mol
greatly improved when, u few weeks
later, she read the marriage notice o'
Major Anthony Ilartletop and MIS-
Candace Flukes.
And so Miss Angerona Dilworti
had lost both her lover and her niece
all through her own treachery, an'
Major Hartletop never repented tn
lucky escape he had made. -Hele'
Whitne4 Clark
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Not TO BE Fooled Again.

A shepherd once. to prove the quick
ness of his dog, who was lying bef re
the fire in the house where we were
talking, said to me in the middle of a
sentence concerning something else: Il
am thinking, sir, the COW is in the po-
tatoes. Though he purposely laid no
stress on these words, and said them
in quiet, unconcerned tone of voice
the dog who appeared to be asleep
Immediately jumped up, and, leaping
through an open window scrambled
up the turf roof of the house, from
which he could see the potato field.
He then (not seeing the COW there)
ran and looked into the farmyard,
where she was, and, finding that all
was right, came back to the house.
After a short time the shepherd said
the same words again, and the deg
repeated the outlook, but, on the false
alarm being third time given, the
dog got up and, wagging his tail,
looked his master in the face with 50
comical an expression of interrogation
that he could not help laughing at him.
On which, with slight growl, he laid
himself down in his warm corner with
an offended air, as if determined not
to be made fool of again.-Bqptist
WeeElH
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Foote's Handkerchief.

The Marquis of Carmarthen, afterward
duke Of Leeds, was foreign secretary in
Mr.. Pitts government until the year
1891, when he resigned on account Of
his refusal to withdraw the demands
made on Russia. Lord Carmarthen was
one Of the finest gentlemen of the time,
high-spirited, wonderfully handsome,
and renowned for his grace of manner
ELEGANT Carmarthen, . so he was styled.
He was very kind hearted. Once Foote
went into Whites club with friend
who wanted to write note Footc,
standing among strangers, did not look
quite at his ease. Lord Carmarthen
walked up to him, and, in order to re-
licve his embarrassment, said "Mr
Foote, your handkerchief is hang
ing out of your pocket" :"
Upon which the ungrateful wit
looked suspiciously round and thrust his
handlserahiaf in his pocket, saying,
company great deal better than do. J,
- Temple Bar.
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Noted Mems TaStes.

General Sherman likes red-headed
ducks and rock fish. Samuel J. Rdm
dali is a daily eater of game, and his
table is supplied with pheasants and
quail. EX-Secretary Lincoln is a
reather dainty eater, and humors his
palate with quail, terrapin and rock
fish. General Sheridan is particularly
fond of canvass-back ducks and di;,-
mond-back terrapin and these must
be very choice Justice Harlan, Of
the Supreme Court, buys generally
canvass back ducks and rock-Gsh.
Judge McArthur likes canyass-back
ducks and shad Wade Hampton
likes blue wing teal and black bass
lie often goes hunting and fishing for
these. He is one of the greatest fish
ermen in Washington. Mr.. Arthur,
when in the White House, bought
large amounts of game -diamond-baek
terrapin, woodcock, and canvass back
ducks were a standing order. secreta
~ Bayard is peculiar; nothing but
salt water trout and terrapin will sat
isfy him, and it is said that ne wont
let any one cook these but himself
He prides himself on his manner of
getting up terrapin. Ex-Secretary
Frelinghuysen was great gane-eater
especially Of canyass-back ducks and
pheasants. His bill for this kind Of
food is said to have amounted to six
hundred dollars last winter, and this
was only for his private table -Ar
lt1DUJH
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The wild Rose.

wRI1rES TO iurSG fitlEAb.
Fair nro the flowers the tardy Spring,
At Int fulfilling ull our hope
With laIgcss lntc, is wont to fling
Along our Northern slope.
Tor US the couslip sheds its solii
For u- The May flower breathes rerlumej
And in our meadows, low and cold,
White violet- bloom
But some rcsplcudcnt morn Of june,
Whor snnbcams drill with icfyid power,
And sea waves chnnt nurmurous tune,
Como, sec our perfect flower.
From sunset skies Of molten red
Her deeply glowing hnes were wrought;
From pcarly shell in oceans bod
Her palcr tnts were caught
Her tender Precneiy gently fills
with graceful, soitcuei shape
The outline Of the rugged hills
All round our Cape.
She flashes III the deepest wood
We truce her By the brooklet's edsci
But most where pillows harsh and rud1
Beat on the cruel ledge.
Hcr dauntess smile we love to greet.
Lies centrul radiance through her flows
Her fragrance mikes the east wind sweet
Our beautiful Wild Ross.
So, to cur duty's sober dnys,
by salt waves apped by sharp crng' torn
So to our scnbrc shaded ways,
Set round by brake and thorn
In modest pride of gncious youth,
With heart Of love, with soul serene.
With dewy purity and truth,
She comes, our Eglantine
-Ettsa Scud{spin HGrPer's Magazine
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now Arabs Live Without Much Mnter.

How is it that Arabs contrive to live
in the waierlcss deserts of that much
talked -of-region. They arc, to begin
with, abstemious in their habits, and
know every crevicc and hollow in the
bills where water will collect. They ru
gard this fluid more, perhaps, III the
light Of a luxury than as necessity aud
use it with wonderful economy. They
would never think Of wasting il on the
exterior Of their bod es, and consider
that once in forty-cight hours is often
enough to repIcnish the inner man.
General Colston tells Us that when
Bedouins came to his camp water would
be offered them, but often be refused
with the remark that the visitor had
drunk yesterday. by cpltiyating this
habit of abstcmiousness they are able to
cover immense distances, which would
lie impossible for European, unless he
we're accompanied by baggage animals
Chambers Journal.
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She Sat Down on Him,

There is a pushing young painter
who loves to wear long hair, and who
is not apparently an enthusiastic sup
porter Of Pears soap; and this young
painter has very profound belief in
himself, and his own charms, and his
own genius, and above all, in his
power of captivating the hearts Of the
fair. The other evening our young
painter found himself dining at q
friends house, next to very attrac-
tive young lady, whom ne promptly
endeavored to impress as much as
possible. After telling her all about
himself, and his picture, and his talent
he finally informed her that he should
never marry "Why not?" inquire,
his fair companion. IF did marry
the young painter replied, q shoula
make so many women unhappy
should have thought you would ohiy
make one women unhappy was 'h0
young lady's prompt comment walcn
reduced that long haired egotls1 "
silence. He does not like that glIi
now, and avoids her when they mess
Whitehall ReoieU, London
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-08-14

You have never dined, reader, at
Chinese restaurant. You enter and
perch upon a stool near a large square
table. The next moment the attend
ant has put down in front Of you
teapot filed with fresh, boiling tea,
tea-eup one third the size used by
Americans, two ebony chop sticks.
porcelain spoon, a tiny liqueur bowl.
and saucer filled with chocolate
huid called se-yu This is hybrid
between salt and dilute Worcestershire
sauce. The first course is cold roast
chicken, served with picked perfumed
turnip The flesh is tender, snow
white and free from sauce. 1t IS cut
into small pieces, but these are ar
ranged 50 as to preserve the outline OF
the fowl. You seize piece with your
chop-sticks, dip in the sauce, and then
eat it in solemn silence, The next
course is fresh fish, steamed, boiled, or
fried whole and covered with dark
and very aromatic sauce. With it is
served a bowl heaped to overlooking
with rice. 1t is cooked as only the
Chinese can each grain soft and ten
der, and distinct from its fellows.
Next appears a bowl of chicken soup,
on whose surface floats few thin
slices of some green vegetables Then
follow roast duck with picked carrot,
chow chop-sue ca ragout of chicken
liver, lean pork, balnboo-tip, celery,
bean-shoots, and onlons), dried fish,
steamed chopped pork macaroni and
chicken, and dainty dumplings filled
with spiced hashed meats. With the
foods are served tiny pitchers Of liz
ueurs. One is a brown rice arrack,
the second date brandy, and the
third an orange gin All the dishes
are well cooked and served, and are
novelty to the most blase gourmet
The made dishes especially are new
and strange Won chin Poo, il Chj-
cogo NelnN
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SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifca-
ton of the blood. If this is neglected,
the disease perpetuates its taint through
generation after generation. Among its
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, ErysipeIas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Phy-
steal Collapse, etc. If allowed to con-
tinue, rheumatism, ScrofuIous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases.
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by it.