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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Work On tho Stone Bridge.

WORK on the excavation for the north
abutment of the stone bridge is progress
/ ing rapidly and great gulf now yawns
at the point where the foundations are TO
be laid Stone Is constantly arriving, and
an enormous pile is now stacked up east Of
Main street, on the vacant lot
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

THE Twelfth West Virginia Infantry
was in the battle Of Winchester. The
war article in to-morrow's REGISTER
will tell you all about IL in an interest
ing manner.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
4. ]. AsFADDEE'S
MEMS HALF-HOSE
Manufacturers Wholesale Prices.

If ro..n..l uaifHo.e, cali aud see these oe-
r.-. hu.iuc elsewhere. You viii save money
.u ever, rair.
fil Dozen Mems good plain brown or striped
COTTON ual- Hose 81 pair.
iseD.r.n Mems Ezra Good Quality Slack Cot.
t.n uai. lIosc. warranted NOT Co fade only III
-.n..a r..r worth i5c.
.p Dozen Mem. Imported Super Fine White
urhr.--.u Hsif Hose, Chat would no" cost 10
,.nt-a Ss.r Co IMPORT our special price Tor
I.- two pairs Tor 25c., aud amy size you
wants
s., ID ..u Mems Extra Good Seamless fas'
s,.-< Co.-ou Half Hose, every pai7 warranted
MOTTO .ide This Is regular s'c hali hose
ar. our special price for this ioi Is i'c % p''''
Nrn.f. .II sizes.
I-5 Dozen Nsu Extra Fine striped balo'istAn
u..fH... news styles aud nice co'of>' d rex
-. hose. tor only i5c pai'.
f,tp.ler Mems Fast Black Lisic Thread Hall
u-.. .he uicc,t and best black halt hose
....n4 every pair Warranted fs'i color
r..s BIZ. 3D. regular 2,c. hs.i hose, cup special
.-... r.r tai. lot is ouiy -. % Pair We have
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
ALWAYS TUE LOWEST.

Best 500 Quality 46-Inch wide All
Wool Henrietta Cloth at 04c per yd.
Regular zoe Quality 46-mch wide All
Wool Henrietta Cloth at ACC to-day. at
STONE & THOMAS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Ioin the F W. Banner Is Co. Piano Club.
Have Come to stay.

Ladies' Cloth Top Shoes are no exper-
iment. They are THE shoes for this sea
son. We are not getting novelty prices
for them, but selling you a firSt-clasS,
reliable shoe, Dongola, Fox, All-Wool
Top. Plain or Patent Leather Tip, for
50. 90. J. ii. LOCKE ~ Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Join the +. W. Banner Il Co. Piano Cl
Honest Value for Your Money.

Honest Value for Your Money
You get this when buy these:
Mems Kangaroo Hand-Sewed Shoes
$500.
Mems Kangaroo Machine-SeweC
Shoes, 800.
Ladies' Dongola Fox Cloth FOL
Shoes, 200.
Ladies' Dongola Hand Turns, 81. so.
Ladies' Opera and Common Sense
0xfOrdS, Sl.00.
These goods are worth one hundred
cents on the dollar.
j. II. LOCKE & Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

RESERVED SEATS placed on sale this
morning at Houses music store for the
musical and dramatic performance,
Tuesday, April 18th, under the manage
ment Of Frank Hennig, for benefit Of
City Hospital.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
L. s.Goop seIIs Dry Good the cheapest
snecIal p,v ON Fine Bread.

SEVERAL familiar names appear in
the Battle Of Winchester article in TO
norrOyy'S RrGISTER
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
The Leaders.

Our ladies' Dongola, Flexible Sole,
Cincinnati made Shoe. $500
Same Shoe. Cloth Top, $500.
Our own make Mems Calf Shoes, solid
and reliable. $500
Ladies' DOngola, Oxfords, Plain and
Patent Leather Tip, Opera and Common
Sense, Sl.OO. j. ii. LOCKE N co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

POPULAR and accomplished soloists
n the violin, cornet aud clariOnet, and
vocalist and humorist with the New
York symphony Club. Tickets, 80
cents for Mondays concert. Seats re-
served at Y. NJ. c. A., without extra
charge
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
mac. 70 So AdvertI.ements.


F1r Rent-Four Rooms aud Bar.
Fo- SaIe-Steam Boiler.
Instruction iu Germau-C. l. hocele-
Noticc-Stafr Fair Grounds.
Wanted Retail Statesmen.
Wantsi-Mau to Wors ON Country Place.
Proposal. for Repairing stairway
Wr Give the FicureS-Ewiu Bros.
Wanted -Milhuers.
wanted Black, NTH.
Wanfai- Organizers FOR Benefit Association
Look to Your lnterrsts-AlcXaudrr hemple.
First Sale 90 Lot~-Charlestown Mining
Manufacturing and Improvement company
RELIGION, Notirr-Fir>t Presbyterian church
Trv Lists Cough Syrup-R. n. List
r. i.-ious Notice-Fourth Street NJ. +
Church.
Grand Openin--Jo-ep Jacobs
FOURTH rAGE-
rs.-.,,r Fytr.oriinnry- Geo. T. Stifel 4 Co
Irirrtakcr, and Funeral Discctors-O'. Men
del IA 60
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

To get one of the Fine Lamps, Trimmed
with Shade, for csc, would be good value
for 81 90. Next week, special Vase Sale.
NEW YORK y AND 1Oc STORE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
THE LAST DAY

Best 81 90 Henrietta Cloth Will be sold
at 64c per yd to-day. at
STONE & THOMAS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

THE Twelfth West Virginia Infantry
was in the Battle Of Winchester. The
war article in to-morrow's REGISTER
viii tell you all about it In an interest
ing manner.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

TuE Opera House Orchestra will give
their annual concert nc the Opera House,
Monday evening, April %. The orcheS-
ira will be- augmented and assisted by
the best musical talent OF PittSourg.
Miss Agnes Vogel. a PittSburg prima
donna who has been engaged 20 sing AZ
the rittsburg May FeStivalwiil be here
at the concert.
Tickets on sale at Houses music store
beginning Friday morning, April -.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

No WATER is used in making Vienna
Bread at the Wheeling Bakery. We
use nothing but sweet milk. 1t is the
most delightful bread ever baked. Sold
by all grocers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Hoods
Sarsapari!Ia

Is a concentrated extract Of Sarsaparilla,
Yellow Dock Pipsissewa, Juniper Berries,
Mandrake. Dandelion, and other valuable
vegetable remedies, every ingredient being
strictly pure. and the best OF its kind Il Is
possible TO buy.
It is prepared by thoroughly competent phar-
macists. in the most careful manner, by
peculiar Combination. Proportion and
Process, giving to It curative power
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 9l-For Western
Penusy wanna sud West Virginia, ttir. VAIL
able winds. stationary temperature.
For Ohio and Indiana, iair, winds shiitnI
81. ...-H.r|U ururfnHF
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

THE Wheeling Bakery'S Bread is al
ways uniform, always the best, always
perfect. Sold every where.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

CLIPPED from Canada Presbyterian,
under signature of c, Blackett Robin
son, Propr: ! was cured OF oft-recur-
ring bilious headaches by Burdock
Blood 1iittefs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

Mr.. c. Schnepf, the Opera House drug
I yist. made the following observations OF
J The temperature Yesterday: Z o. m, 80; =
I a. m. -. 10 IN. "a 3 p. m, 60; p. m, 20.
D Vaafhor eiOudv
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

HAVE you tried the new "PopeS Jubi-
lee Bread? l. is a great fayorite and
one OF the best loves made by the
Wheeling Bakery. For sale by all
rrocers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

SEVERAL familiar names appear IN
the battle of Winchester article In to-
morrow's REGIsTER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
The F. w. Baumer q Co. Fiano Club.

The object we have in forming thi;
Club is to supply a thoroughly good
Piano at price much below that for
which it could he obtained spot cash
by any individual purchaser, and on
the easiest terms ever offered or known
in the history Of the Piano trade. Think
Of II for one mOment-we are furnish
ing the members OF this Club a Style
Krakauer Cabinet Grand Upright Piano
for $3.50, which is considerably lower
than the spot cash price, on payments
Of one dollar (1Sl per week. which is just
about one-haf OF what 1t would cost tc
rent this Piano. We can do this be
cause the members of this Club unite in
buying $50 Pianos, and by being able
TO contract for so many at one time, fol
cash, we gain an immense advantage
from the manufacturers, and as the sale
is assured, we run no risks, while the
members get the benefit in price and
terms
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
TUFRF Is No RISK IN 1T.

The question of members receiving
Pianos is only a matter of time, not Of
chance. 1t is an absolute certainty as a
Piano must be furnished to every MEM
Der, and If members want a piano be-
fore they are entitled to one by lot, they
need not wait for it, as provision is
made for such.
+. W. BANNER & Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Popular Goods.

READ in the SUNDAY REGISTER how
the Wheeling battery behaved at the
battle OF Winchester.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
ESTABLISHED 1896.
G. MENDEL&CO.
1924 Main Street,
UNDERTAKES
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Telephone Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night

eur undertaking department is in charge OF Mr. B.
Zoos Who has been connected with our establishment
in that capacity for nearly half a century.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
Join the +. ". Baumer & Co. Piano Club

THE Wheeling Bakery makes spe-
clalty Of Graham and pure Rye Breads,
Sold by all grOcers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

in dress goods. All our novelties and
Henriettas at reduced prices.
IL. EMSHEIMER,
Is and % Eleventh street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
REAL ESTATE MARKET.

Regular s1.OO Quality All Wool Henri
eta Cloth at 04c per yard to-day, at
STONE & THOMAS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

EVERY ingredient employed in pro-
ducing Hoods Sarsaparilla is strictly
pure, and is the best of its kind it is
possible TO buy. In the course Of
preparing Hoods Sarsaparilla every
thing is carefully watched with view
TO attaining the best result.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

READ In the SUNDAY REGISTER how
the Wheeling battery behaved at the bat
tie Of Winchester.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

4e-lpeh wide Best si.OO Quality Henri
eta Cloth will be sold at &C per yd TO-
,.v ~ STONE a THOMAS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25
SMALL TALK.
Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PIthIly Told.

Minor Muttcrb OF AutcfcNt DN-s
PIthily Told.
The mercury was dangerously near the
frost line, this morning.
"TaE STILL ALARSii at the Opera House
this afternoon and evening.
ForR DEEDS of trust were left Tor record
at Clerk Hook S office yesterday.
The many friends of Mr.. F. Reister VIII
rejoice 10 know that he is slowly convaI-
escing from severe illness.
Rev. j. Sumner Stone and wife, OF New
York. are visiting at the residence oil MIS-
Stones parents in Martins Ferry.
Mr. G.. WIENER, Of Fulton, says 1t was
not his sister that died at the corner OF
Tenth and Market streets Monday.
ALI. the BARRIERS in the city are heartily
in favor of the early closing movement,
end il nav safely be put down as go.
Tpr foundation has been started for the
NOV dwelling al the corner Of Thirty-fifth
and Eoff streets. for Prosecuting Attorney
Jonn A Howard.
Mr.. G.. WILKINSON was yesterday ap-
nointed curator of the estate Of Mary II.
Johnston. deceased. Bond, Stow Char-
lotte Johnston surety.
Mn John Carroll. who recently gradu-
AfG0 from Ilt balAllANAN NNAASt - V ~N-sNs-
Surgery, will open dental establishment
shortly at 2l25 Market street.
Is part One OF the Circuit Court, yester
dav. in the appeal case Of City V Charles
Clark. there was Verdlct OF gully, ana
fine of 81 and crsts was assessed.
ATTENTION is directed to the advertise
nent OF the first sale OF lots OF the Charles
ton Mining. Manufacturing and Improve
-. fra her column Of this
issue.
YESTERDAY afternoon the north bound
"Pewiky' passenger train came very near
MASKING a two-horse team driven by a
couutrvmau. The engineer reversed just
in the nick Of time.
\ WORKMAN employed near the gas
works sprained one of his ankles very bad
lv last evening aud was taken to the Hos
pltal In the patrol wagon by an officer. The
name OF the patient was not known TO the
police.
THERr were but three cases in Police
Court yesterday morning. Sherman Kel-
lar was fined SO and costs and ninety
DAYS, in default, for disorderly conduct
and contempt of Court. The two remain
ing cases were DRINKS.
THE coming musical and dramatic enter
trinment, at the Opera house, next Tues
day evening, is attracting a good deal Of
attention. not only by reason OF the aid 10
accrue to the City Hospital, but also from
the great intrinsic merit Of the pro-
gramme.
Tbs funeral OF the late Thomas NJ. Reilly
will take place this morning from his late
residence on Sixteenth street, mass being
sung at the Cathedral. Some exquisite
floral offerings. will be bestowed by MOURN
ing friends. Several pieces were on exhi-
0itiOn at Hardels, on Twelfth street, yes
terday, and were greatly admired for their
beauty Of design aud execution.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

ALWAYS buy the Wheeling Bakery's
Fine Vienna and Domestic Breads from
your grocer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-04-25

RESERVED SEATS placed on sale this
morning at Houses music store for the
musical and dramatic performances
Tuesday, April 2sth, under the manage
ment of Frank Hennig, for0beneft Of
CITY HnsnitaE
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12

most wearers who put IL on look paly
purple or greeny yellow frights.
Having exhaused the odd. the bizarre,
the impossible head gear gives signs of re-
turning sanity. Witness these three heads.
The bonnet is of soft huted velvet with a
high pulled crown and handsome heron
feathers. Wide very rich passementerie
is laid flat over the brim and ribbon velvet
strings come out from the back. The
wide hat is of cloth laid smoothly over a
shape and trimmed with lace plumes and
n row of gold galoon. The third, French
felt is very small and fiat, with a wreath
of tips, spotted black and white wing
rolling back, and a cluster of velvet loops
moderately high az the back.
have left myself no space to tell of
gloves and hchus and heaps more small
things which are really the great points Of
the assurance that the sable boa
crushed up beneath this young woman's
chin is the very moral and pattern of at
least a hundred that habitually prom
enade on Fifth avenue every fine day.
When we have "a nipping and an eager
air" you see sealskin galore. This close
sitting sacque Is much more affected by
girls well in the twenties. Buds wear
the jauntier and more youthful looking
cape. Combinations of seal and sable are
popular-also seal and Persian lamb.
Mink has gone up 80 IN price and in fash
ion that to wear IL is well nigh a patent of
gentility. The girl who must be 'strik-
ing" or nobody gets her much-beplumed
hat and "whole-back" coat with big
carved buttons and collar and cuffs of
Alaska sable-which is a polite name for
the integument of the malodorous skunk.
Hats and bonnets both are fur trimmed.
I saw n girl to-day in n gown of creamy
tan Bedford cord, cut princess and edged
with three inch wide band of sable above
a four inch bands of velvet slightly darker
than the cloth With IL she wore IA cape
of sable fringed with sable tails and hat
of fine felt just the color Of the cloth. IL
had an edging of sable with second row
betwiNt brim and crown and the third
row around the hrim. In front all three
come together under group of three
furry heads, whose eyes were real dia-
monds. W ide loops of the velvet came
from the back, and \ single long string
was wound twice about the throat, then
pinned with another diamond 10 the
golden hair. ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12

on the smoking jacket plan or else the
softest, silkiest woolens, like velvet To the
touch. The robes are long and loose, the
Roman toga could not hold a candle TO
their ample majesty. They come quite to
the instep and are furnished with either
waist-cord or soft folded sash. The man
who can wear one well, with no sugges-
tion of his grandmothers may hug him
self in the belief that he can be hero to
his valet.
The golden youth feminine counterpart
does not take nearly SO much space for her
bath. What IL lacks in room, though, IL
gains in gorgcousness. Fancy n floor of
mosaic, wall paneled with mirrors gleam-
ing and flashing betwixt slabs of onyx or
pink or green marble. Fancy bath
carved from solid marble block In shape
of a lotus peta, a sea shell, Gala lily, or
white full breasted swan, Fancy the
water in IL milky with perfume and just
the tempered warmth of May-morning
sunshine Beauty rises from IL all one
tender glow, gives her sweet flesh the de
licious stinging of fine cold needle spray,
wraps herself dry in n swathing Of embroi-
dered damask, then slips into "A silk robe
that touches her only at neck and wrist
that trails yards behind her in simmer
ing folds and is overlaid with n smother
of lace cascades. For two such garments
meant for holiday gifts the moderate
sum of 800 leach has been paid. Needless
TO add their prospective wearers belong to
the Four Hundred and are mere types of
their class. Indeed, the shops just now en-
large ones ideas of luxurious possibilities.
To-day / sauntered through big estab-
lishment filed with nothing but lamps,
candelsticks, chandeliers and shades for
them. Don't ask me 10 describe them.
Multiply a riot of color by geometry run
mad, fling in silk and lace and bronze and
gilt, add China and crystal wrought i'm all
conceivable shapes, and II your imagina-
tion is vivid enough, you may get a faint
idea OF the gorgeous array. There were
short lamps and tall lamps, on standards
pedestals, vases lamps in clusters, fairy
lamps, goblin lamps-but never a one
whose cost was less than twenty dollars
above which IL ran into the hundreds. In
general way IL was deducable that yell
low is n long favorite for shades. At least
two-thirds of them were of yellow silk
shirred, shocked. festooned over big pa
CODA frames and finished with pleated
frills over which fell yellow lace. a few
of the very handsomest had big pink,
crepey poppy petals intermiNed with
white silk muslin, but shades of massed
howers-roses, lilies, sun-flowers, tulips.
and so forth--that were so fashionable last
year are this season i'm welcome minor
;ty. For sconce candles, punches Of chrys-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12
DECEMBER FASHIONS.
Women Are Making Themselves Gay
for the Holidays.
THE BATHROOM FIN De Steele
What IL Means to Live i'm New York City
The Wonders of Japanese Art and the
Wonders of Christmas Art Gowns.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-Have you seen
the bath room mn dc stecIe' There
are two favorite forms of it. That
most affected by the golden youth OF
to-day is big enough for parlor with
pool big enough to swim half a dozen at
once. Marble steps lead down into 1T; the
floor is of plain white tiles. The walls are
likewise tiled, but blush with the classic
contours of nymph and goddess. There
are shower and needle baths also at one
side. A wide, low, marble divan runs
along two sides of the room. Heaped
with rich rugs and soft cushions, it be-
comes an ideally luxurious lounge for the
half hour after the bath-especially If the
lounger has good cigar, good book or a
good comrade TO keep him in countenance.
Fifteen minutes in the pool, with coffee
and pipe after it, give silver lining to
the darkest cloud. IL is for such delight
full quarter hours that the big shops are
sh wing bath robes of either wadded silk
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12

anthemums make new and pret ~ shades
The clasp fits round the socket, 80 the up
right flowers temper the light without
danger of burning.
Next door 10 the lamp man YOU find n
curio collection from the land OF the chry-
santhemum, the Nikado's empire. And
such cole tion. Really TO walk through
IL is n liberal education i'm the wonders Of
Japanese art. Here are bronZes full of
japanese grotesquerie, yet exquisite in
curve and proportion 80 exquisite. sofine-
ly modelled that you do not wonder when
the dealer names $1,000 as the price Of
zach. a big gold lacquer cabinet. a famous
shrine I'm fac-simile. with miracrl 0ry
carving all over the front. isr "ts -
coo A Japant - belle en-rou' the { n
pie with her Offering ~ o. an tpr
little dog In leash rendered life, .rct
in the minutest detail. ist, td for
Sl,0O0-and cheap az that. for you see
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12

Tell you the time to buy
Bargains
is when they are offered.
This week they take
One-Quarter Off
The regular price of
400 Pairs
$3.50, $500, 50, s1tx
Mems Pantaloons
Also a third Off on House c
Also a third off on Smoking
Also a third off on Bath Ro
And will sell
5000, $i2.50 and $500
Mems Overcoats al
at $500.
AT Half Price
They will sell rs
Ladies
Plain and Fur
Trimmed Refers
and Long Garments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-12

the
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-12-17
AN EMBARRASSING sITUA TON.
SEASONABLE SCRAPS.

-':And why do they spell it Xmas, pa?"
Because, my son, it has so many ten
der recollections. ''-Munseys Weekly.
Christmas is the only holiday of the
year that brings the whole human fami-
ly into common Charles
Dickens.
"A mans pocketbook after Christ
mas does not resemble a cloud. The
cloud has silver lining, you know
Yonkers Statesman.
1t is worth remembering that the
value of Christmas present isn't de-
termined by what it costs, but by what
it typiies. New Bedford journal.
MANY at the Christmas table?''
eight of us. Father, mother and the
five children That's only seven"
E''Yes, but the turkey was ate. ''-Phila-
delphia Times.
"A Nice Present. -''That's fine
wallet you have, Henry Eyes. My
wife gave it to me for Christmas. !" Elm
deed! Anything in it?'' ''Yes; the bill
for the wlllet.''
About Christmas time little girl
was told that s'she was naughty, and
Santa Claus might not bring her a pres
ent.'' 'Well," said she, you need not
say it SO near the chimney
Companion,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-12-17

as soon as the children were out Of
hearing. ut does seem SO pitiful to
have 'em a-doin' this way"
II amt got nothin' agin their havin'
Christmas, eff you choose ter pay for
it," answered Miss Jane. her voice soft
er than usual. II amt as mean
as some folks ID like to make out
The only reason didn't give EN- Christ
mas long before this was because
didn't think you had money to pay out
for such foolishness.''
Il amt noways rich, as everybody
knows, thout bein' told,' rejoined
Reuben, "but I guess amt so poor /
can't spend a bit once a year for the
poor little creeturs. I'll go down to the
store soon's supper's over, n see what
en- do
Prude and Rebecca wondered what
made their uncle and aunt so silent dur
ing supper, and why Aunt James voice
was so much kinder than usual, but
not for moment did they suspect that
there had been witnesses to that pre-
| tended Christmas in the old henhouse.
When Reuben got back from the vii
lage at nine o'clock, and, after putting
his horse in the stable, came into the
warm, well-lighted kitchen, where
Jane was sewing by the center-table,
his arms were full of bundles. There
was little bedstead, two china dolls, a
tea-set, small kitchen, dolls car
riage, a bag Of candy, and half dozen
big oranges. He looked a little anxious
as Jane unwrapped one thing after the
other, for he half expected to be called
to account for such wild extravaganza;