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The Last DeIIverx.

The last delivery of this holiday time
means a great deal to a great many
people, and in very different ways.
There are provident people who begin
before the autumn is fully spent to pro-
vide themselves with ali they need for
the holidays, whether in the way of
treats to themselves personally, or with
those things which are to be produced
for others on Christmas morning as
though Santa Claus had Just brought
them down convenient chimney. But
suci- DTovident persons are by no means
the rule, and the shop-keepers are
doubtless sorry that they should be so
few, for il would be much more comfort
able for all concerned if the business
of the last week before Christmas could
be distributed over the four or FIVE
weeks before. AS it is, almost too much
is crowded into the last few days, and
how the patient statesmen and women
stand the strain to which they are sub
ject at this time and still preserve their
courtesy and gOOd-nature is almost in
comprehensive. 1t must be that the
spirit of the season upholds them, and
il is pleasant to think that this is so,
for it must be known to any one
who has walked through the
great bazaars at ChristmRs-time
that no amount of training could
so discipline frail human nature as to
make it, without other aid, proof
against the assaults which the men and
women behind the counters have to
meet with a smiling front hour after
hour and day after day as the time for
Christmas shopping draws to an end.
To these hard-worked people the last
delivery means very much. It means
lighter work and shorter hours. To
others, alasi it means no work at all,
for many persons are employed just for
the rush which eliminates with Christ
mas, and the last delivery takes from
them their temporary occupation.
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this cause how exult-how long for
their glorious martyrdom.
But patience--my day will come. My
grandmother knew that the coming
Christmas was to be her last on earth,
and she poured out her whole soul in
supplication to God to send protector
to her child. One came, but if there is
God why did he not harken sooner?
One precious possession besides her
treasured child my grandmother had
kept all these years, so securely hidden
that it had escaped the prying eyes of
the vigilant officers, This was picture
Of the little boy who died before the
evil days fell upon her. A little Joyous
faced framed in curls, manly, steady
little feilow-So like the husband who
had died for her-all that was left of
happy home. This picture she had
never mentioned 70 Marie, afraid at
times to even think of it, so ubiquitous
were her prosecutors. But now she
must soon die and she would give her
self the sad pleasure of bestowing this
treasure upon her child for a Christ
mas present.
Christmas eve the two lonely ones sat
encircled in each others arms, and the
mother again recounted the cherished
memories of her brave little boy, again
told the beautiful Christmas story and
the customs OF huppy homes in other
lands.
Then, it being very late, and the
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
An Appropriate Gift.

Among the various things that
ladies can make for holiday gifts is a
mirror bolster. Take a piece of pink
silk fifteen inches long and foun and one
half inches wide; make a fringe half
an inch wide on the ends; then care
fully mark the lettering wished in fine
lines with lead pencil along the cen
ter of one-haf of the silk and outline
the letters in black sewing silk. Sew
the silk up into bag and I'll tight with
Tie the opened end together with mar
row pink ribbon of the same shade as
the bolster and allow a lengt a of about
half a yard of the ribbon to hang down
from the bow; on the end of this attach
another bow. The last ribbon bow is
intended to be tied on one side of the
mirror support where the suspended
bolster will ALWAYS be ready for letting
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
The NIIstIetoe of Parnn OrIrIn.

The mistletoe is looked upon as the
Christmas plant. A great many people
believe that the distinction Is owing to
the fact that it blossoms in some coun-
tries at this time of the year. Such
belief is founded on fiction. The mistle-
5oe has been an emblem of Christianity
almost since the time of Christ. It
first came into use as such under the
reign of Pope Gregory 1, who sent
some missionaries to Albion (now Eng
land) to spread Christianity among the
Druids Some years afterwards a pill
grimage Christianized Druids visited
the Papal city bringing mistletoe
branches and throwing them at the feet
of Gregory as an evidence of their re-
nunciation of DruidisIn. 1t will thus
be seen that the mistletoe was first the
emblem of Druid-pa ganism.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
some christma. Carols.

II you hear q man protesting loudly
during the week against the promiscu-
Gus slaughter Of seals You may depend
upon il that he very grudgingly bought
his wife q sealslSin sacque for Christmas
Now is about the time when the fond
wife will begin to hook change out of
her husbands pockets with which to
buy him present, so as to make him
believe she loves him
People who think that Christmas is a
season Of peace on earth and good will
toward men probably never saw q man
diminishing around at FIVE o'clock on
Christmas eve with a perturbed mind
md five-dollar bill buying presents
for wife and nine dearly-beloved chill
dren.
The loving wife gave up IS for a
shaving set as Christmas gift for her
husband He has shaved with il just
once, and now his face looks as If he
had been pitted against Sullivan with
hand gloves He will present his wife
on New Years day with the razor, with
which to pare her eorns- Women have
long heads
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
For = Christmas Dinner.

I shall always remember the bad
luck our ffer had at Fort Ripley, MINI.
some years ago. He went on ''sick re-
port the day before Christmas and as
the doctor ian old time contract physi-
cian) had no patients in the hospital,
the hfer was admitted in order that the
post chaplain could not use the ward
for divine service on Christmas. The
chaplain and the doctor were not the
best of friends, and the latter doing all
he could TO provoke him by admitting
the ffer as a patient, he per-
formed a manenver which completely
overpowered his enemy. Now that
fifer may have been sick, but if he was
It in no way interfered with his appetite,
and lying on his sick bed, with must
ard plaster on mis- manly chest, his
thoughts were on the glorious dinner of
the morrow Christmas day arrived
and with the first drum tap our ffer
arose, bat he ate sparingly Of breakfast
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
Welding to Yu1etide.

Many are the men who when they
realize that Christmas is approaching
look into their affairs and conclude that
this year the day must pass by without
any special cele bratiO Not many, we
fancy, reach this conclusion out Of pure
meanness, as did the miserable Scrooge
whose tribulations Dickens has made
known TO us, but, as a rule, these deci-
sions are arrived at upon very sound if
very sad Investigations into accrued
profits and pressing liabilities. This
little venture has miscarTied for one
head of a family, another one has de-
pleted his savings in paying the doctor
and the apothecary, and still another
has learned something of the laws de-
lay and the expensive costs thereof.
He tells his wife and he tells his children
that this year there will be no Christ
mas gifts. He says this over and over
again, and he believes himself that
there will be none. This has been
his lean year, and those who belong to
him must partalSe of his leanneSs. AS
the holiday approaches he sees in the
streets and in the newspapers more
evidences of greater preparation. As
this activity increases, his avowals OF
an inability to do proper part in the
customary celebration become stronger
and more frequent. He doth protest
credit him, and secretly believe that
Christmas will be celebrated as usual.
And so it is; for the good man weakens
at the last moment, and hurries around
from shop to shop, and makes liberal
purchases in time for. the last delivery.
And the children are not disappointed.
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said About Cbri.tma..

a warm Christmas, a cold Easter.
a light Christmas, heavy sheaf.
a Green Christmas, a white Easter.
AEsrSsn Christmas makes fat gravc-
yard.
A wind on Christmas day. trees viii
bring much fruit
II Christmas finds a bridge, he'll
break it; If he finds none he'll make
one.
If ice will bear man before Christ
mas, 1t will not bear q man afterward
The shepherd would rather see his
wife enter the stable on Christmas day
than the sun
II the sun shines through the apple
tree on Christmas day, there will be an
abundant crop the following year.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25

peace"
There is a charm about the Christmas
period which IS felt at no other time.
1t asserts itself as the December DAYS
begin TO run and grows warmer and
more intense until dawn of the glad
morn which marks the anniversary of
him who brought to earth a grander
. thought und nobler ambition than man
had possessed. Just what that charm
is, language may not describe, but we
know that it spreads everywhere that
the name of Christ and his glorious
mission have been told; we also know
that it inspires to joyous association, to
good humor, to friendiness, to love,
and to the recognition of the joys of
others.
Ana this year more than others, does
the Christmas charm fill the hearts of
the people. For 1891 has been one of
gladness, of prosperity, of present
blessings, and future promise. 1t has
been q time of plenty, and the
poor and the lonely have been
ministered TO, if not by him who dweIt
among them while he sojourned on
earth, at least with that generosity and
thoughtfulness which prove the spirit
OF the Savior is yet with men.
Love seems to ill the air at this joy
Gus season, the harsh voice Of passion is
dumb for at least twenty-four hours
and strife has been silenced. There are
heard songs of praise and Thanksgiving
mounting keavenwards, and whatever
may have been true last month,
to-day the conviction has come home to
many troubled and anxious heart,
that, after all, happiness consists in
what the blessed Jesus taught-''Peace
on earth, good will to men"
It will be an ideal Christmas which
will come to many a hearth for IL will
find peace and plenty; families gathered
round the groaning board; pa ITS
happy in the love and respect of dut full
offspring, and children merry with life,
and in seeming thoughtlessness still
cOnEiderate of those proud fathers and
mothers who have ever taught them
that of all the anniversaries which the
Christian world observes, the sweetest,
the most peace-giving, the one which
has sunk deepest into the heart OF man
and done most for the race, the alto
gether best, is Christmas day, for 1t
symbolizes all that Is pure and noble
and good in mortal, and as well sym
bolizes the starting point on the road TO
immortality.
Then pealed the bells more deep and load;
stC3od Is not dead; nor doth he sleepi
The wrong shall fail.
The right prevail,
with peace on earth, good viii to men
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
The Holiday Season In Dark Town.

Deacon Burnside (of Brewster station)
Go slow, chile; dOan' you drap muffin
on dis 'casion, case we specs city-foll5s
dis Krismus, an coons frum town nevah
knows when { quit stuff der skins
when you puts billed birds in front nv
'em.
Young Rube disciple of the deaon)
Dis am de las chick on de roos' uncle
an eff yO' fren's frum de city doan'
swell up 'nuf on dis load OBJ white meat
den you'd better chuck in er lot o. snow
balls fur deSsartl
Deacon Burnside-You pore chile;
you dOan' know de joys OBJ 'ligion. Wat
yer heerd las Sabbat' bout it bein'
mo- blessed t glib den t take doan'
pear t hab tak'n er grip on yer in
telek'.
Young Rube-I doan' l1no' muffin bout
interlek, but nevah knob city molSe
yit dat didn't think dere wer heep mo
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
Chrfstmss RIinn.r

Devoted Wife-Hsve you any EN-.
broideped Christmas slippers?
Dealer-Plenty of them You wish
hand-wOrked, presume7
Yes, want pair that Will look a.
though it took all summer to do them. -
Eyes, Madam. we have that kind.
they make man almost weep when he
thinks of the days and weeks and
months of silent labor all for him.
''Well, here is my husbands meaeurs.
Don't send any bill except for the soIes.
Charge him few dollars extra for hiE
next pair of boots"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
cHRIsrMAs PRopHEalRa-
Some Great Surprises Promised Tor sAs
Year 1881.

sons <Srcab surprises Promised Tor sao
Year 1854.
Christmas has always been prophetic
time. II il falls on Friday the follow
ing year is looked forward to as one of
great surprises An ancient manu-
script in the British museum has
the following to say of Thurs
day which has a bearing on the
events of 1891. It must I've conceded
that in some respects it hits the right
nail on the head:
"If Christmas day on Thursday be
windy winter ye shall see:
Windy weather In each week
AND hard tempests, strong and thick.
The summer shall be good and dry;
Corn and beasts shall multiply;
That year Is good for land 20 thu
Kings and princes shall die by sklll.
II child born that day shall be,
II Shall happen right well for he;
OF deeds, he shall be good and stable,
Wise of speech and reasonable
Whose that day goes thieving about,
He shall be punished, without doubt;
And IL sickness that day betide,
II shall quickly from you glide"
Last winter was a windy one.
The crops have been wonderful
Kings and Princes too have died by
skill. The minor prophesies can only
be summed up by those directly inter
ested.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
An obsoIetn Custom.

The custom of arranging the Yule
log in the hearth Christmas eve is now
almost obsolete. II became customary
in France at the beginning OF the
christian era It spread rapidly and
was soon adopted by all christian
countries In some parts of Russia the
custom stin thrives- So also In Ireland
only in different form, a turf fire being
substituted for the "bock log"
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Disappointed Hope.-

Mr.. D. ?. Works Christmas eve.l-
Wen, ] got the sack, after all
Mrs Works-Oh, you dearl Did ma
get the sealslkin or the other7
Mr.. Works. got the other-the saes.
the bounce-discharge I've cot No
job, understand
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Mrs. Rubenstein-You know dot dia-
mont ring you gef me lasd new years,
Sol?
Mr.. Rubenstein-Yase.
Mrs. Rubenstein-Vich you rudder hef
dot fer gollar-shdud, or a new necgk-
tie?
Mr.. Rubenstein-Vell, drinks take
der-er-necglItie
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SIBERIAN CHRISTMAS.
Y GRAND PAR
by
MARIE YALHAsKY,

Y GRAND PAR
entson my moth
er's sid e were
banished TO ST.
b eria in 1854.
7 h C y w e r e
among the first
eXiles under the
admins trative
process, that is
ext led without
trial. They were
refined, educated
and wealthy.
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God, she now stands "where winter.
and where storms nre calm, and thu
eternal hills are beautiful"
think of her always l will have no
present I viii have nothing but an
opportunity to work for those / love,
who are stin in exile. 1 write only 70
arouse attention To help by ever 50
little 10 better than to sit still. When
read Of those who give their live N
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YnIe Tide MemnrIe..

This Is the month, and this the happy morn,
Wherein the Son OF Heavens eternal King
OF welded maid, and virgin mother born,
Our great redemption from above did bring,
For so the holy ssges once ala sing,
That he, our deadly forfeit should release,
And with his Father work US . perpetual
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joy in takin' things den in gibbin' up =
cent An also can't hep seein' dat
de preachers who am all de time tsllCin'
bout gibbin' nevRh glib mp muffin.
Deacon B1rnside-'Fo' de light o oe
moon, Reuben, spec you turn inter er
rock er salt befo' sun-up! Massey on us'
de chile mus be hoodcOed, suahl
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just The Thing.

Maiden, am sOrely tried
What to do this Christmas-tide.
Costly gifts 1 would bestow,
AT your feet my fond heart throw;
But
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powder, heliotrope, for instance, using
about one ounce for this affair Orris
root mixed with powder retains the
odor longer than if the powder is used
alone
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-07
Congress the Peoples Bulwark.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE
Rev. Father James Henri.

Rev. Father James Henry, pastor of st.
Lawrence O'Toole's and the oldest Catholic
priest in the st. Louis Diocese, is dead. His
death occurred at Liverpool, England, at
the residence of his brother, whittier he had
gone to recuperate his failing health. Father
Henry left st. Louis last June. His health,
which had been poor for several years, had
become critical. and he took trip to Europe
as the last resort. He went to Carlsbad,
Germany, and after remaining some time
went to Liverpool, and has remained there
at the residence of his brother. Michael
Henry, a retired merchant of Liverpool.
His health took turn for the worse upon
his arrival in England. His intention was
to sail for home on October Z, but a cable
gram announced tSat he was too i'll to make
the trip. His death was due to Bright's dis
ease and a complication of disorders. The
remains will be taken to st. Louis and be
inferred in Calvary Cemetery. Father
Henry was without doubt the most popular
priest in st. Louis He was an Irishman, but
was educated there. During the Know
Nothing riots in 1855 he passed through some
thrilling experiences, and at the head of his
own organization defended his church from
the mob
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John F. Mines tFelix Oldboy,.

John F. Mines, better known as "Felix
Oldboy," the name he wrote under, died in
the workhouse on Blackwell's Island, New
York, Thursday, from alcoholism. Mr..
Mines was born in Troy in 1856, was grad
mated from Trinity College, and from the
General Theological Seminary in this city,
Although ordained an Episcopal min lister,
the name of Felix Oldboy" he was well
known all over the country. Some time
ago Mr.. Mines, who was confirmed drunk
ard, placed himself in the hands of DIR.
Keeley, to be treated by the alleged "gold
cure" method. Mr.. Mines wrote many arti-
cles advocating this cure for drunkenness,
his last appearing in the North american
Reufe,U Unfortunately for the reputation
OF this cure" Mr.. Mines was arrested on
Tuesday for being drunk, and was sent to
Blackwells Island. When he arrived there
was taken with fit, several of which fol-
lowed in quick succession, from the last Of
which he died in the workhouse hospital.
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polyte Maze, Senator for the Department OF
Seine-et-O Disc. He was born at Arras No
vember s. 1889. In 1859 he was Professor OF
History at the Normal School, in 1868 at the
Lycee of Douai, and in 1870 at the Lycee OF
Versailles. Then he was appointed Prefect
of the Landes, but resigned in 1871 to return
to the Chair of History at the Lycee OF Yer
sailles. In 1875 Versailles elected him
Deputy, and in 1881 reelected him. He was
defeated in the Department of Seine-et-Oise
in 1885, but the following year was elected
Senator. He was a Moderate Republican of
the Ferry group and exerted great influence
in all debates relative to public schools. He
was Il successful lecturer on literature and
the author of several valuable historical
works among which are'Les sGouvernements
de Ia France du XFIIe au XIXe Steele, 1854;
ia Republique des Etats Unis d 'Amer1que,"
1869 and "Kleber"
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Obituary Notes.

ALcIpE PIERRE GRANDoUILLor, famous
French journalist, is dead in Paris.
julius WALKER, the Oldest jeweler in Buff
falo, died there Thursday, aged u years.
DR. HoRATIo N. HULRBURT, one of the old
est and most skillful physicians Of Chicago.
died Thursday.
CHARLES JEAN JOSEPH THIRoN, veteran
French actor and Societaire of the Comedie
Francaise, died yesterday in Paris. where he
was born in 1881.
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Henry d'Esca,nps, Archeologfst.

The death is announced in Paris of Henry
d'Escanps, arche eologist and man of letters.
He was born at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadalupe,
November %, 1915 and received his educa-
tion at the Lycee Charlemagne in Paris. He
museum formed in Rome by Marquis Cam
pana. He received four premiums at the
Academic des Beau1 Arts for works on
painting, statuary, prints, and coins. He
tiques du Musee Campana'in 1865. an "Eloge
de NJ. Diem in 1865. an "Eloge de Georges
Rouget" in 1863 and discourse on "L'Art
DECORATE" Several works, unpublished, on
architecture and sculpture obtained for him
Academcal rewards. 1t was at his house
that Victor Hugo went hiding to escape ar
rest during the Coup d'Etat.
Senator Hippo1yte Maze.
The death is announced in Paris Of Hin.
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Mrs. Lille Connell Arlington.

Mrs. Lille Connell Arlington, wife ct ID.
C. Arlington, OF the Westinghouse Elecric
Company, died Thursday evening at
O'Clock at the residence, in Williamsburg.
The couple had been married only a little
over year. Mrs. Arlington had only been
i'll about two weeks.
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Marriage Licenses Issued Yesterday

USE Browns Bronchial Troches for Coughs.
Colds and all other phroat tTroubes.-'Pre-eni-
1ently the best. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-06

Lament Over the Grave of a Wife,
The Poets Doom, Reflections, "
son Hearing the Eulogy of a New
Friend, =" vengeance, - Let Me Weep"
''The Poetry Of Tears and Alone. "
Such are the titles Of these ~unavailable
poems.
1t appears that the articles accepted
were Of much the same character, al
though they probably displayed marks
of genius which induced the afflicted
editor TO accept them: Autumn Mus
ings,' The Last Song Bird The
M~ourner, +" The Bereaved, =" Shadows
Of the Past" Solitude and Passing
Away"
If any poems of a more cheerful or
der were received. they were certainly
not considered worthy Of any notice in
that number of the magazine. Youths
Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-06

SHERIFF TEMPLEToN, If Park
il evjd-ntly possessed OF a rich
vein Of humor. n IN wu b. the follow
ing, told 10y the Livingston Post.
When Shelby Ell Dillard disappeared
fter shooting n f,iend In the hand n
few weeks sgo, the justice Of the peace
at Red Lodge jumped at he conc,u-ion
that shelby bad ''bij the fiat" and
.elegraphed to sheriff Templeton to
are { AID ie.uru him to Re =
l. dye If found. Pending the arrest
Temp" "a i'm elf down, ami
WrOte a telegram To thejustice, intend
ing to send il if he wss successful in
LAYING hands on shelby. As the lat
ter WIS not a fugitive, the arrest never
was made, but 'ha t leCram was too
good 20 h. en-. 1t read:
Have arrested billiard. meet us az the depot
with a brass band. God and His angels viii do
the rest.
A more happy allusion To recent Red
lodge happenings a scarcely b. con-
ceived, and il j. n pity that shelby
didn't runaway and fall into Temp
eIntche-, 20 that the telegram coud
becom historical.