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Christmas, with ten cents as its cost. than
the richest nabob with his millions.
Twenty cents for meat and bread, five
cents for popcorn, five for candy. two for a
stunted tree limb. two for candles. one for a
sheet Of tinsel paper. and Tom started
homeward, jolly as a lark.
We'll have enough to eat till tomorrow,
and IL Christmas in the bargain" he muir
INJURED. chcerily.
Motherless Elsa greeted him at the door
of the chill. dreary room they called home.
Mr.. Newton, shivering ON the sparse couch.
tried to smile.
What luck. my boy?" he asked.
Something to eat, and better luck to-
morrow" responded Tom.
All. how nice if we had a fire, Toni" said
Elsa.
ELSA. fire! Why. l got a great pile of
wood before l left"
Father was SO cold. I used it all up"
h I'll get some MORE"
Staunch. energetic Tom had secured the
vicinity for stray bits of fuel. Too often.
however. a sparse armful represented the
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truder sharply, and then turns away, cry
ing:
Ere's yer nice roast chicken, gentle
men, all hot; needn't go in de house for
dat"
Where did you get that chicken?" re-
peated the inquisitive passenger.
Look a YER" says uncle, speaking pri-
vately. is you from de Norf?:"
Yes"
is you Il friend OBJ de cullud man?
"1hope I am"
Den don't you nebber ask me wharI got
dat chicken again. 'Ere's yer nice roast
chicken, all hot!"'
The train started.
MRS. IovEJoY sent her hired girl to the
store with a demand for some obscure arti-
Gle IN a Christmas plum-pudding. Mary re-
turned in half ar hour. with the report:
Please. MN. I couldn't get it."
Get what?'
They said they didn't keep it, m'm."
Keep what?"
What you told me to fetch, NM"
What was that?'
Dunno. nm; 1 forget"
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say. but Pau and I got thinking it over. We
never paid for those windows. and Marsh, I
reckon, has very little turkey usually in his
Christmas. We're going to act square and
pay for the windows, and do the right thing
by giving him my gobbler."
There was deep pride and joy at the man.
ly confession in Mr.. Wallace's heart. but he
did not express it in words. Tears dimmed
his eyes, however. as he watched the two
handsome. honest lads go down the road
to the distant house of Silas Marsh.
miser and W~oodcutter.
you want to hurry. boys" he a after
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new pair Of skates-no, it is another one Of
those mean little story books"
"Oh, Bum. let's have papa put out the
fire Christmas. so Santa Claus can come
down and not get himself AL burned"
You're just like all the rest O. little girls,
always 'fraid somebody's goin' to get hurt"
And he turned his back toward her indig-
nantly and sat for a long time gazing
steadily into til. freight and forming its
Pickering flames into the brightest pictures,
and all with Christmas for a foreground.
Pretty soon Beckie began to speak slowly.
Bum l b'lieve there be pictures in the
fire. l see a little old woman; I guess it's
Santa Claus wife, and she's got-oh, dear.
I'm SO sleepy-atea set. and-I wish mamma
would come home-a big wax doll. that
every-time-it-lies down-it-shuts its
eyes-and goes-right-to-slee-" There
she was. Inc there was Bum opposite. both
fast asleep. the ruddy glow from the CRATE
lighting up their faces and bringing out
their clear, rounded contour as if by magic.
Yes. there the two chicks" were an hour
later when father and mother came in soft
ly from their shopping tour.
Aren't they sweet?" said the mother,
with a look for approval to the "other side
of the house."
Pictures by the freight. Better frame
EN- and put EN- to bed"
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Lie 6lOTIu udu COl1O uOWH lullOuoly OVs
cry step they took they a knee-deep in
the snow.
At last. alarmed and disheartened. they
placed some branches against a tree, SO as
to shelter them. and sat down to rest.
We must be near Marsh's cabin" MUIR
INJURED Ned. apprehensively.
Yes, but the dark and the storm! What
will the folks think? See the turkey 1utter.
Draw him in from the snow. Ned"
Hey! What's that? A wild fowl. I de-
clare!" rang out a gruff. familiar voice.
Don't shoot. Mr.. Marsh. It's me, Ned
Ned Wallace, and that's a turkey. and it's
for you and-oh. dear! Can you give us
shelter till we get dry and warm?"
Silas Marsh. gun in hand, stared sullenly
at the two boys. but he led them to his
cabin, just across a thicket.
His hard face softened as. once in the
cabin. Ned. a little shyly, told his story.
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BY MAURICE BEAVER.

received to celebrate on was a solitary quar-
ter Of a dollar.
True, they had given him his board and
lodging but he knew that he could earn
that, and a Jew dollars extra. almost any
where IN the village. He was seriously
thinking OF celebrating the approaching
change OF year with a change Of employers
as ne proceeded toward the principal bust
ness street of the village.
The situation Of affairs that called forth
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that's all, ma"
~
What are you going to give your wife for
Christmas?"
L am going to make her y p
20, yes, you are going to make her Il pres
ent OF Il handsome set of Jewclry. 1t takes
me to guess things"
Nc, I'm going to make her a p
"A present of Il nice horse and buggy, so
that she can drive all over tow by h"rsel1?"
No. as I was saying. | was going t" make
her a promise on Christmas to give her
$ omething handsome on her next birthday,
which occurs next August"
-
Mrs. FLIrPANT had received Il legacy
from IL dead uncle Christmas Day. and Il
lawyer who called to settle up the affair
took occasion to inquire her ag'. Tho
matron, who had long since dotted tn
widows Weeds" attempted to look prira
and much younger than she really was, IL
she replied:
"Thirty-tive years, sir"
Then, turning to the daughter. he said:
May l be so bold, miss. as to inquire youG
age?"
"Certainlv. I I'm Il little past thirty-two-
most three years younger than mother"
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sarcastic and cutting remark:
Presenting, husband. that you were too
busy to come home to dinner, | haIr
brought yours to you" and then departed.
The husband invited his companions 70
share his meal, and. remov wing the covers,
from the dish. revealed, not /; smoking
roast. but instead q slip Of paper. on which
was written:
"1hope you will enjoy your dinner; it is
the same kind your family las at home"
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BE lN2U1S1Y1VE.k

yer nlcc.roas1
chicken" cried an aged
.colored man, as the cars
stopped at IL North Car
DINA railway station on
Christmas morning g.
"Ere's your.nice=roast
'chicken.n tatcrs. IL Il
nice and hot" holding
up his plate and walk
ing the platform.
Where did you get
that. chicken, uncle? 2"
asks a passenger.
Uncle looks at the in.
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notes-a mothers gift, hidden for years,
but found at atime when their favors meant
health. life and JOY to three patient souls.
And in the flare of Il roaring, rollicking.
laughing fire. such as the Ntwtons had not
known for months previous, that Christmas
night the little angels seemed to smile down
on the happiness of the grateful, joyous
father. daughter and son in their humble
home.
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Nc FNGEk6,
>.,NSo =!
BY DwIGH WELDON.

III! DuC IL Was. cOld.
Little Tommy New
Iton. blowing his fin
Igers and stamping his
feet, and in a wailing.
f~rozen-upt tone crying
out his poor basketful
of wares, voted it so:
and if any one in the
wide city had a right
to act the thermom-
eter it was Tom. for
mittenless hands,
poorly shod feet, bare
neck, and %scantily
covered form were
the main points of
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OUR CHRISTMAS J0KELEIS.

1-NH-v~--

INNING little Johnny
had been watching his
mother make the holiday
tarts. Finally he asked:
Ma, has your tongue
got legs?"
Got what. child::"
Got legs, ma"
certainly not; hut
why do you ask that silly
question:
oh, nothing. only |
heard pa say your tongue
was running from morn
ing till night, and ] was
~ -...
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CHARITY BEGINS at HOME

E was Il man noted
somewhat for loung-
ing around billiard
rooms and neglectins
This family. and was sit
in his usual place
OF resort, with several
~compatriots killing
time one Christmas
Day. Suddenly his
wife entered the room.
bearing a covered
dish. which she de-
posted upon the taol
beside him, with n
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PICTURES IN THE YUkE-koG.

JUST see, Beckie! see!
! in the fire! There's a
regular Christmas tree;
and there's lots ofthings
on it. And see! There's
old Santa Claus him
SELF"
oh. what a story! If
Santa Claus was in the
fire he'd get his gray
whiskers badly burned.
wouldn't he?"
"Oh. pshaw, Beckie.
You amt got no mayer
nation. Il can see him,
and he is hrinpin'ma a
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cutters. Nss and
1t afforded heat for an hour, and co,, ;.
the supper. and then stringing the nnn "Aea
and cutting the tinsel and triumi,ar 'y.h
Chrlstmas-tree, not forgetting y rria Nv
gold angel as its guardian, Tom ana I ~
never noticed the fire go out amid ,bnir A'sa
element. TX
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them; the SHOWS deep in the woods. and
we're going to nave another fall. right
away"
Mr.. Wallace was no false prophet. and his
warning required to two anxious wayfarers
in the forest three hours later.
Somehow in seeking short cut from the
main road to Silas Marsh's cabin Ned and
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Should I forget that welcome task?
In my bright smiles all mortals bask,
Why, should I up some day and leave,
Thenceforth there'd be nc Christmas Eve.
A title two-year boy is I,
Dust old enough to yaff and ky.
I knows what makes old Kismus be-
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I toll it's fleeting hours away,
At misty morn. at evenings gray
Without the Christmas bells, SO high.
There'd be 40 Christmas Days, say II
Ho, no! ye silly creatures, pausel
I am the monarch, Santa Claus!
Who'd bring the presents, may I ask,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
Bad Health OF the Rich.

Bad health affiicts the millionaire n it
does the pauper. Many a modern Midas
has the dyspepsia, and he cannot eat the
dainty things which his French cook
brings him. Amos Lawrence, Of Boston,
did not dare to tempt bis stomach b. eat
ing with his family, and had to coni'ne
himself to oat meal Cruel. Jay COCA
lately telegraphed TO a London doctor Tor
a cure for neuralgia, and the pills which
he received in response did not help him \
bit. All the millions in the world vii!
not stop the jumping toothache. and Mrs.
4. Il. Stewart paid S32, COCA year TO three
physicians during her latter days aud died
AT last, and she was not happy under the
process. All OF Mayor Rowitt's wealth
will not drive away insomnia. Insomnia
is the ghost Of many a rich man. and ]
doubt that Hewitt would give many
thousand dollars TO know that IL would
never visit him again. He had in Wash
ington during his congressional career u
halt dozen different houses and could not
buy sleep at the highest rental rates.
During part OF the time he lived al
Wormley's hotel and had the whole top
floor reserved for him He would travel
from one bedroom 10 another night after
night seeking "A soporiflc pillow, but his
efforts were often in vain, aud the crow
ing Of the cocks, tbs yawling OF the cats
and the barking of the dogs drove sleep
from his eyelids. a baker, who was
probably happy when he made 50 II day
lived near Liewitt's Washington house
This bakers name "a Kaiser and this
Kaiser had a dog. The dog disturbed
Hewitt night after night and Hewitt
made such IA fuss about Il That his trouble
was published in the papers throughout
the country. Kaiser, however, would not
sell the dog and the rich man was forced
to listen to it-FraHk o. Carpenter III
Kansas City Journal.
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Jolly Prisons In Australia.

There is a Jail in Queensland where the
lady boarders have quite agood time OF II
One Of the fair creatures lis allowed at
all hours into the ~jailer's house, where she
plays the %jailer's piano late at night and
keeps the warders awake" In another
prison, at Townsville, n hard labor
gentleman has learned to play chess, and
has worried through 700 games in three
months, bat he speaks very unfayorably
OF the officials, who actually refused to
allow him To 60 10 Adelaide to AXE part
In the chess tournament, although he was
willing to pledge his word that he would
return some time, or perhaps a little later.
Jail life in Queensland, according to the
recent commission, appears 10 be rather a
rosy existence--if you get into the proper
sort OF Jail. The commissions stories al
most remind n Of the state of affairs at
~Darlinghurst prison forty years ago, when
troopers who had to escort good looking
women from Sydney to parramatto took
three weeks in travelling fourteen miles
Modern Society.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
Velocity of Earthquakes.

The course which an earthquake runs i
usually very rapid. From the moment
when the first shock was felt at Lisbon 10
the period when all was over, and nearly
sc. 900 people were killed, not more than
four minutes elapsed. y few seconds, We
learn from "Our Earth and Its Story, " are
usually a more frequent time for the shock
or shocks TO last. Yet, while Caracas IN
Venezuela was almost destroyed and Il, 900
OF its inhabitants killed by the earthquake
of 1872, within the limits Of half a min
ute. there are cases in which constantly
recurring shocks last for weeks, months
and even years, rs if the lab0ring earth
was still trying to relieve Itself oi some
Of its superintendent energy.
For example, the Calabrian earthquake
of February, 1888, was not quite hnished
before December, 11s6, and it is a com
mon observation that the preliminary
shock is usually followed by one Of greater
severity, and this in IFS turn by others
less intense, like the distant clapS OF
thunder which herald the passing storm.
But in this brief span the most frightful
havoc can be wrought, and the wave OF
destruction p~ropagated, from the most
distant regions. The %rumbling earth
sound travels, for instance, at the rate OF
10000 or II 900 feet per second, and the
earth wave, on an average, about ! 2OO
feet in the same space Of time, though IN
Charleston, as we have seen, a much
higher rate was attained. Toronto truth.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
Curio,iti., OF IL Mexican Town.

Close 10 the city the Guanajuata quar-
ries yield a beautiful stone, which has
now IA clear pea green and nov a bright
pink color, and which is very fine Tor
building purposes, with the one drawback
that the slabs obtained, while they may
be had OF almost any desired area, are but
three or four inches III thickness. For
columns, however, this Is rather an adj
vantage, as may be seen IN the portico -
the gr .at theater now building, where IN
grouped pillars have an appearance n.
most OF mosaic from the striated effect Z
the stone aforesaid. The market place L.
Guanajuata IS laid at ali sorts Of plano.
and angles, aud il is q most picturesqL'
and interesting district. Especially l. !
rich IA arbolarias, or herb stands, wher
are sold the simples affected by the h.,
polloi, not only vegetable IN form, but
e~chinoderm shells, deers' hOofs, mar 8
mineral remedies, armadillo shells, pole
cats split open and dried, and many other
kindred inviting rostrums. Here, too,
are sold various charming sorts OF pottery
the lovely iridescent ware, the discovery
of whose manufacture in Mexico has ere
ated a yeritable Juror among the alfectors
Of ceramics-the red, double spouted, can
teen like water bottles, and the strikingly
effective ware OF Guadalaiara, which, by
the way, may here be bought for a t%ri1le,
70 cents the bottle, while in chihuahua
OF Mexico il costs from 81 70 s3.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Girls Going on the Stage.

al don't think | would advise II girl to
90 on the stage. The only reason for not
doing so is the hardships she must go
through to get a position, the percentage
of failures is so much larger than that OF
successes. Why, leaving out the Noes
kas and the Clara Morrises, you can count
on your fingers the ambitious young girls
who have become successful stars. The
great cause of failure is vanity, both with
women and men. A girl says to herself
Il have Il pretty face, or a handsome ng-
ure,' and when she is before the footlights
that is all she thinks OF. 80 much study,
oh. SO much study is necessary to success.
II a girl has talent and a steady head,
and must work for a living, then, | say,
let her try the stage. Dollars and cents
are the best incentive, because when 1t IS
a matter of bread and butter she feels
that she mrst study must constantly
improve.
'.The temptations of the stage Well,
they are not so great that O girl WITH the
aualities Of success can not resist them
The rules of theaters nowadays are 50
strict that a giIl who obeys them has no
difficulty in going right. She must TAX
care Of her health and she must study,
or she will o succeed, and if she does
both she has no time 10 go wrong, no
time for midnight suppers or much com
pany. She must have sense enough to know
that the compliments and attentions OF al
mirers are not always well meant. There
is, indeed, very little vice on the stage.
Oh, | have known So many beautiful lives
on the stage.-Annie Pixley in New
York Mail and Express.
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4 Russian Village Club.

The following are the rules Of a club in
n small Russian town in the Tchernizotf
district: |. 1t is prohibited to enter the
club with creased boots. 2 Tradesmen
are not allowed to enter the club in their
working clothes, which eXhaie the disa-
greeable odor of fish, grease or leather.
3. A dress coat must be worn at all New
Years or Easter dances. Any one APP
pearing in a velvet waistcoat or 4 green
necktie is fined / ruble. The fines cover
the expenses for the band. 4. The mem
bers are especially requested not to use
the window curtains as pocket
chiefs. Offenders Of this sort will be ex-
pelled from the club. O.. During dances
members smoking in the ladies' room
will be fined 70 oopecks, the fines to be
expended in toilet powder and eau de
cologne for the ladies. u. During the
quadrilles flirting is prohibited, and no
one is allowed to step over the borders OF
decency. Z. 1t Is strictly prohibited TO
get indecently drunk, as has happened
before now. 8. II is prohibited to strike
a partner in the face. o. In case Of dis
agreement at billiards it is strictly pro
hibited to hit n partner with a cue.-Ch-
cago Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
TURNS Museum.

The Museum Of Antiquities" has
everything that the establishment could
steal, beg or buy for centuries past. 1t Is
probably the best, or rather the worst,
collection Of Egyptian antiquities in
Europe. / say worst, because consider
It n sin to desecrate the sacred graves upon
the Nile, and mummies are dead men and
women. whose friends laid them away
with ali the bitter sorrow Of bereavement,
In white shrouds glistening with tears. A
woman's head that l saw today had been
detached from the body, and lay in the
corner Of a case-gray hairs creeping
tilnidly down upon the outraged brow. In
what remained of the gentle though dis
colored features, rudely unswathed and
torn from its casket Of rest, We're traces
OF q sweet aud matronly woman. What
an inconsistent, barbarous century this Is
in some respects We make it a state
prison crime to steal corpses as long as
they have any friends living to protect
them; and, after that, We pillow through
them, build over them, rob them, burn
them for fuel, and exhibit them in circuses
and menageri:s.-Wll Cartoons Letter.
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TO ADVERTISERS.

On the fifteenth month Of its career
the TINES proposes to broaden the field
Of Ito operations and plant the paper on
all the trade lines of Richmond, so that
it, policy may be felt as the cnterprising
newspaper Of tie day and the organ Of
the intelligent public opinion of our peo-
pie on the advanced line Of progress that
Richmond and the State of Virginia
should take.
Our paper is not the expression from
one man or a set Of men, but was estab-
lished to organize a power of many men
whose intelligence ard patriotism may
give a truthful and strictly just tone to
public sentiment Every citizen can
find a place in our columns il he has a
cause to plead, and the humblest will
find a champion whenever his rights are
assailed. True democratic principles do
not mean party, but perfect liberty under
the law, and such laws as shall mean
perfec, justice.
The TINES will not treat any public
question with the spirit of party-temper
or individual prejudice, but will aim
always TO strike the truthful interpreta-
ton Of events, and thereby to attain the
support of all good citizens of all classes
to the end that our city and our State
may be the best possible place TO dwell In
in peace and prosperity.
At the opening of the new year, there
fore, VI invoke the support of the bust
ness men Of Richmond. We do not
publish cheap advertising, but afford a
reputable medium for good advertising,
that Is displayed to the best advantage
In a paper that is put before the public
In rivalry with any other paper in our
section.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-03
II POINT OF r A

The TINES, even before the Presidents
message gave the whole plan Of a great
reform and how the Democratic party
should work 1t, maintained that per.
sonal bills impressed with the political
individuality Of certain big leaders would
not succeed in accomplishing the desired
results In reducing taxation.
Mr.. Morrison, or Mr.. Carlisle, or Mr..
Mills, or Mr.. Anybody Else who draws a
bill to cover a large number OF arti-
cles on which import duties should be
reduced, Is certain to form the line Of the
party under a mere personal leader in
stead Of on a great principle, and the
fate of such q bill viii be the same a.
others OF its kind and for the same rea-
sons, viz: That each feature where there
Is a proposed reduction will cause a log
rolling combination against all other
features that the Protectionists oppose.
1t looks like the plainest thing in the
world that If a dozen or twenty articles
are put in the same bill the opposition
will have as many points to unite on.
But il the majority in the House will
agree to demand q reduction OF abolition
Of the import duty on n article to begin
with, the principle advanced in the plat
form of the party and stated in the mes
sage will rally everybody except the few
who want that article protected.
If the Democratic party delays In TIE
face of a popular demand.it will loose the
confidence OF the people on the eve of a
presidential battle. The ringing tone of
the Presidents message has awakened
the people to a sense of the gigantic out
rage that has been perpetrated on them
in the shape of a tribute of 500, 900 900
a year paid to protected monopoly in the
form of double the price for the neces-
saries Of life.
Now If Congress pauses to answer The
popular cali the spirit of the movement
of reform and the prestige Of the onset
will be lost. 1t is not necessary to at
tempt 10 take the whole fort but to show
& determined purpose to vindicate a
wronged people.
We cannot fight this great fight with a
long scattered line. Let us take the out
post at any rate, and with the press of
our superior numbers.