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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

ana her lips had an overmasterlng
tendency TO tromble; Mr. Morris, TO
relieve her, looked as little as possible
in her direction,
But finally there was an end TO
apples and oranges, toys, strings OF
popcorn and candy, and the rest of his
errand must be accomplished: so clear
| ing his throat, and looking hard at the
ceiling, he said:
"My wife thought the incest thing
for the mother would be a ton of coal
and a barrel of flour
Poor Mrs. Hill--poor Mr. Morris. for
II was almost rs trying for one as the
other; he walked to the window and
examined the frost-worl; it was so
thick and fine that he glanced at the
stove next, and then at the empty wood
box and scuttle. The table, with its
dim light, row of spools and scissors,
with the unfinished coat in the chair,
told the story plainly.
Mrs. Hill! looked up at last, and tried
to thank him; and Mr.. Morris SAID how
happy they had all been in answering
Arthur's letter; and he looked so happy
as he said it, that no one could have
doubted him. Then he opened the
door and a man set large basket in
side and went away directly.
II shall see you again, Mrs. Hill,
and hope you and Arthur will both
have very merry Christmas. Good
night, and he had gone before Mrs.
Hill could speak, He went directly to
a coal dealer and ordered bag of coal
and basket of wood sent at once, and
did not leave the place until he had
seen them on their way.
Mrs. Hill was still sitting in the chair
where Mr.. Morris had left her when
the heavy step of the men with the
coal and wood, and their loud knock AT
the door, reused her from her reverie
The first thing she did after they had
gone was to make rousing fire How
it cracked and snapped! and she bent
over the stove and rubbed her stiff
fingers in the genial warmth. Then
she took Arthur's stocking, with the
yawning toe, and quickly mended the
big toe and put the toys in. The candy
bags and strings of popcorn she hung
around it, and piled the apples and
oranges in plate on the shelf above,
and stood the shining new sled beneath,
with the skates, mittens and wooden
scarf hanging over it.
What n fine show it made! and how
she longed to catch Arthur out of bed
to see it, but she wanted the room to
get warmer first; and then there was
the basket to be unpacked,
She folded away the coat-not fin
ished, but that did not matter now
and smiled brightly as she picked up
her spools and scissors and thought OF
the day of rest before her.
There was everything in that basket
at least SO thought Mrs. Hill Two
pies; loaf of cake; another of bread;
little heart-shaped cakes, sugared in
pink and white; plum pudding; but
ter; tea; coffee: sugar; cranberries; a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

bag of sweet potatoes; squash; tur-
nip; two glasses of Jelly, and a turkey.
The little table was loaded; it had
never groancd beneath such u weight
before.
Mrs. Hill hung the holly wreath,
which had lain on the top of the basket,
in the window; then opened the bed
room door.
Arthur" she said softly, bending
over him; but Arthur did not move.
She kissed him on the lips; he puck
cred up his mouth, opened it, and
closed it again, with IA deep breath, and
was as fast asleep as ever.
arthur, do you want to hear about
Santa CLAUSE The sleepy eyes opened
and he rubbed them with his little fists.
"W-h-a-t?"
81 thought you would like to hear
about Santa Claus; your presents have
come"
Arthur was wide awake-as what
boy would not have been-and sprang
out of bed.
Didn't he come quick?" and he stood
in the bedroom door, his eyes still
blinking, looking from the chimney to
the table, and from the table back to
the chimney, and then up to his
mothers face.
She drew him to the stove, and sit
ting down took him on her lap.
II didn't 'spect so much!' he ex-
claimed, finding his tongue at last;
"but amt it jolly-jolly!" and clapping
his hands together he threw his arms
so tightly around his mothers neck
that he nearly stopped her breath and
gave her sounding kiss.
"The stoclSin's full-an' you mended
the holc." and he got down on the floor
and peered up under it. sail sewed
tight" Then he pulled down the sled
and skates, tried on the mittens, wound
The scarf around his neck, scraped ac-
quaintance with the candy, and took a
bite out of a shining apple.
Words! words were weak for the eX-
preston of his satisfaction; so he
danced up and down the room, and
clapped his hands. and laughed and
| WnlSIltu, anu HhdiiJ buihSu 81 oOAhCi
sault, in the intensity of his joy.
Then he and his mother had theil
Christmas supper in the warm room
with the freight shining through the
cracks of the usually grim old stove.
And they talked of this glad evening
for somehow the bitterness of its be.
ginning had passed from the mothers
mind, and the old carol which singr
that might is passed." most iitly ex.
pressed the thought of her thankful
heart.
II can see start Arthur cried, ant
sure enough, the frost had melted {
little, and star was peeping in; oh
more than one! two, threc-yes, severa
shining down on the poor little home
as they had shone, long years before
On lonely Juda, and telling again tn,
. old yet ever new story OF the Christ
child's birth, and of love and peace OF
: earth.-Annis ], Holland, in Household
MONTHLY
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

The churvh belts raug .,..,.s, ...~
the organs deep note peeled forth upon
the night winds; lights strcamed from
the windows and through the doors as
they swung to and fro, while softly ON
the listening ear stole the sound OF
voices singing OF Peace on earth, good
will toward mem
But the peace and warmth and glow
had not reached French street, first
chimney, two flights down"
There was little dre--iust enough
to give it the name-but it seemed an
empty title
The curtain was not drawn-what
need of that? since the frost had
worked so thick screen that not even
II loving star could peep in with hap
Ply Christmas greeting. Mrs. Hill, with
an old shawl over her shoulders, sat
close TO the table, with dim kerosene
lamp beside herr
She was blue with the cold, and her
fingers were so stiff that the needle
went laboriously through the heavy
seam Her tired eyes filled with tears
now and again, but She dashed them
away every minute was precious; for
if the coat was not finished tonight,
and taken bacL-therc was sorry out
look for tomorrow And the thought
of the empty larder and coalhod nerved
her to frantic efforts at faster work.
ing; and when the CLOCK outside told
the hour of eight, il sent colder thrill
through her frame.
Arthur, in spite of the cold, had
pulled off one of his stockings, and was
looking ruefully at large hole in the
| toe.
Look he said, holding it up before
his mother, with a comical expression
on his little NOTED face.
80, Arthur, how you do wear youl
stockings out! mended them all W
last Saturday night"
"But it coined right through again.
and Arthur glanced from the yawnina
stocking toe to his mothers tired face
then back again to the stocking.
"Do you spose the presents will come
through?'
mo, | am afraid they WON'T" she
said, half bitterly.
But don't want 'em to,' and h!
looked up with a perplexed expression
at his mother, who was afraid his pres
ents wouldn't come through.
He examined the hole again, taking
its dimensions by thrusting three
fingers through it and stretching then
apart,
Yes, there was no doubt a gout
sized toy could squeeze through tina
| hole.
Can you mend it, mother?"
80, Arthur, don't ask me to do any
thing!" she answered, fretfully, ant
Arthur moved away little; for neve
in his life before had he heard hi
mother speak like that.
But the next instant she reached on
her arm, and snatched him passionate
ly to her heart
Arthur dear, mother is sorry tina
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
chrlstma. wac Awake.

The December VIDE Awake IS true
Christmas number and has, therefore.
the full Christmas flavor. from the
beautiful colored frontispiccc that
opens It to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
that ends it,
This frontispiece is representation
of the Ice Queen in her grotto, drawn
by lfeify Sandham to-accompany Mrs
Sandham's. article, ".The Vagaries Of
Santa Claus"
"The Bluecoat School," the famous
English school in which Charles Lamb
and other noted Englishmen were edu-
Gated, by Louise lmogcn Quincy, is
highly interesting and fully illustrated
by Joseph Pcnnell. "Mr. Van Gclt's
Case by William o. Stoddard. TO
this strong story succeeds an equally
strong Christmas ballad by r. Macdor-
aid Alden, "How Laila Found the
Christ-child," beautifully illustrated by
Merrill. -. ~
The new serials that commence In
this Christmas number are o. unusua.
excellence. They are W. 0. Stoddard's
Revolutionary story, "Gucrt Ten Eyck;"
Molly Elliot Seawell's navai story, 1.-THE
Midshipmen's Mess" and Theodore r.
Jenness's Indian story, "Piolxee and
her Peoples" all finely illustrated A
delightful Christmas play for young
people, Wishing" by William Grant,
Is given complete, with directions for
home representation.
Price 20 cents. S2.40 year.
d. LoTHRoP COMPANY, Publishers,
Boston, Mass
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
WITH TIE SPORTS.

Two-DALL billiards is game fast
coming into favor with the experts. To
count, player must hit the object ball
twice with the cue ball ut each shot.
A BAPTIST church in England, in or
order to induce cyclists to visit it, has
provided a safe shelter for bicycles
Others have set apart cyclists pew"
THE French Rowing club, whose
crew lately beat the crew of the Lon
don Rowing club on the Seine, has only
about two hundred members against
the two thousand Londoners.
THE golf championship this year,
conducted by the Honorable Company
of Edinburgh Golfers, was won by an
amateur, Mr.. Hilton, another amateur,
Mr.. Ball, being second. All prominent
professionals but one played.
GRACE, the great criclleter, has Joined
the committee for the promotion Of the
athletic section Of the new scheme for a
periodical Pan-Britannic gathering and
Anglo-Saxon Olympiad, when the ath.
letes of England, America and. the
English colonies will compete.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
ON MANY SUBJECTS.

LA BRUYERE use to say II poverty Is
the mother of crimes want of sense is
the father.
TIE little old republic is going to
make some of its own sweetenirg.
Switzerland is building its first sugar
refinery.
THERE arc looms in the old world.
The linen manufactured yearly in Eng
land could be wrapped round the earth
seven times.
THIS is not the only smart and in
quisitive" world. Mars, says r. ].
Crowley, the English scientist, is prob
ably in communication with other
planets.
The curious statement is made that
Elsie Gray, the Stalacta Of "Black
Crook" is pronounced by artists to be
the most perfectly formed woman on
the stage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

she spoke like that to you" and she
kissed the little cold face, while her
tears--so near the surface -rained over
her own face and his. 81 am tired, but
that is no reason for my speaking
GROSSLY to you; and mother will mend
the st ocliing before she goes to bed"
Arthur put his arms around her neck.
you'll have II happy Christmas" he
said, looking up into her face with
beaming eyes; and her tears started
afrcsh as she looked at his hopeful face
and thought of the gloomy prospect.
81 wish | could make fire and
warm you before you go to bed she
said, rubbing his blue checks with her
cold fingers, land give you something
to cat.
81 amt much hungry" he answered,
with brave smile.
IF finish this coat in time ! shall
get something to cat, and | will wake
you up and give you some" and kiss
ing him, she turned back to her work
and began that weary stitch, stitch.
Arthur hung up his stocking, and
going back to his mother pulled the
shawl away little and kissed her on
the neck-a form of caress which did
not interfere with the needle-and
with bright face opened the bed
room door and shut himself in. How
cold it was! for the door had been shut
all day, that what heat there was
might be kept in the kitchen. He
would like to have opened it, for a
ray of light from his mothers dim
iamp, but it would make her colder;
so he kicked off his shoes, not parting
with very much else, for it was too
cold to undress, and jumped into bed
and in few minutes was fast asleep.
dreaming, perhaps, of Christmas feast
ings and Santa Claus.
Arthur had not been dreaming long
when Il low knock startled Mrs. Hill.
What could it mean? And she trem-
bled little as she walked to the door
and opened it.
A kind-faced man with merry blue
eyes was standing there; he had very
fat pockets, and sled in one hand and
parcel in the other; and Mrs. Hill
trembled more than ever, but from
quite another emotion than fear.
Mr.. Morris explained his errand; and
as he stepped into the room there was
q sound of other footsteps in the little
entry, but he shut the door and un'
loaded his pockets and laid his parcels
down.
My children sent these things tc
Arthur" he said, laughing, as bags o.
candy, nuts and raisins came out il
company with jumping jacks" anC
picture books. II hope Arthur won
:. be offended" and he drew little dol
from the depths OF one pocket.
MY children are all girls, and thC
youngest one looked SO disappointed
when suggested that doll was no
just the thing for boy that con
eluded to bring it along"
Mrs. Hill had hardly spoken; he
leyes required great deal Of attention
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
HARD TO BELIEVE.
LESS than one-quarter of Chicago's
population is American.


LESS than one-quarter of Chcago's
population is American.
THE thinncst tissue paper Is one one
thousandth Of an inch In thickness.
A. d. NELSON, of Ashcville, s. c.,
has hen which not long since laid an
egg on which was plainly depicted the
American flag, without the stars.
THERE is n natural whispering gal
lery at Dry Lake, Lassen county. CAL,
where the slightest football OF man or
beast is heard many miles away.
A FAIR of gloves passes through about
two hundred hands from the moment
the skin leaves the dressers untilthe
gloves are purchased by tho intending
wearer. e
A GoLoREo woman residing at India
Springs, Ga, has been the mother of
fifty-three children. One Of her sisters
has had thirty children and another
orc has nursed twenty-seven.
A STRANGE discovery, was made by
Mrs. J. f. Hazard, of NyaclS, N. Y. She
was canning peaches, and in one OF
them, which she had freshly cut, she
found a penny lying close to the stone.
The fruit had grown all around the
cniu
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
MICROBES.

Bacteria are micro-organisms that exist
everywhere in countess numbers. They
are of many different species, but fortu-
nately, only a limited number Of these
species are detrimental to human beings.
1t is thought now by scientists that many
processes of digestion are assisted bythese
microbes, and that in some cases they are
absolutely necessary to preserve good
health. 1t only when they attack the
ileum, or lower intestine, that they become
dangerous. They can be expelled from
the system by a mild laxative like the
Laxative Gum Drops.s These gum drops
contain nothing deletehous. They are
mild and gentle; they contain no taste OF
medicine, but they at upon the liver,
stomach and bowels, expelling all undl-
gested food and cleansing the whole sys-
TEN. They are thus certain remedy for
Indigestion, heart burn, fatulence and dys-
pepsia. They can be taken without the
slightest danger, for they contain nothing
deleterious. In order to get the best re-
suits, they should be taken every night for
several nights. When this is done, the
patient will find himself entirely relieved.
Get them of any dealer The small boxes
are 10 cents, large size Is cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
PICKED PEPPERS.

SOME people are full of good works,
and some arc full OF good intentions
You will be remembered for how we'll
you have done, and not for how well
you looked.
The good you do in this life may live
after you but it won't grow any after
you're dead.
If man expects to have wings in
Heaven, he'd better not depend on the
marble cutter that is hired to chisel 'em
on his tombstone.
If man wants the best epitaph, he
had better put hundred dollars into
meat and bread for the hungry, than to
put it into words chiseled on cold
marble. Young Mems Era.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29


What do they want with me!
And yet her little friendly note
Derlares-thrlCe undcrlinef-
must not fail. Well, well, won u
She always swcetand kind
Now, lot me see. had not thought
Upon my wardrobe's state;
/ must look up my evening vest
BY Joye it's rather late
To rummage for satin tic
And fish out gloves TO match
Great Scott! my best shirts at the wash,
And this one needs patch.
I'll thread ueedle--if can
Il am the man who brags
or single blessedncssl and see
II can't mend these rags.
This threads too COARSE or else, perhaps,
My needle is too slim.
The light is poor or 1t may be
My sight is getting dim,
Why were mems fingers only made
To drag and thump and jerk!
I'm thinking how her little hand
Would get around this work
And how she'd smile ana bite her thread,
And look so wise and calm,
And-there I've stabbed my finger through
Oh, what an ass ! am!
The clock ticks on. must make haste,
Since she desres-alas
For those lost opportunities
Our ,houghtless youth let pass
But, as she's single still, who knows,
Some joys we may retrieve.
Perhaps she mend up life for me
Before next Christmas eve.
Madeline S. Bridges in Judge,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

An omnibus is run in the north Of
Yorkshire which carries first, second
and third-class passengers. A passen'
ger, who saw the announcement of this
fact at the opposite end of the omnibus,
wondered how this could be. When
they arrived at the bottom of u hill,
however, his curiosity was gratified
The omnibus stopped, and the guard
cried out: 'First-class passengers, keep
your seats; secondclass passengers, get
out and walk; third-class passengers,
get out and push"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
EARLY AMERICAN cAtTLs.
Genesis OF the Trade An Bovincs Ia the
New World.

New World.
The first cattle that were brought In
TO The American colonies were landed
at the James River plantation, in Vir-l
ginia, in the year 1891 They came
from the West Indies and were the de-
scehdants OF the cattle taken TO those
islands by Columbus on'hls second voy-
ag9 in theyear la9a. In 1901 several
cows were landed and again In l6ll
abb ut one hundred head more were
brought to'the plantation. This, those,
fore, was the genesis of the cattle BUSH
ness in America. In order TO encour.
agd the industry to the fullest possible
extent an order was passed forbldding
the slaughter of any animal of the bo-
vine kind under penalty of death. Up-
der this restriction the number OF cat
tie increased to thirty thousand
in Virginia alone before the end
of the year 1919. The first cattle
brought into the New England colo-
nieb arrived at Plymouth in 1924, and
were imported from England by Gov.
Wipslow. Three heifers and bull
made up the cargo; ''in color" the
old record says, "they were black,
black and white, and brindle." In 1926
twelve cows were sent to Cape ANA,
and in 1920, thirty more. In 1890 about
one hundred were imported "for the
exclusive use of the colony of Massa'
chusetts Bay" During the same year
one hundred and three were sent from
Holland to New York; so that by the
year 1880 there were a good many head
of "horned cattle" in the different colo
MES. The reader naturally thinks o.
these animals as superb specimens o.
the bovine race, but they were not
History, that is, the curious and inter
esting part of history, tells us that tho
average weight of fat cattle in The
Liverpool market as late as l710 was
only three hundred and seventy
pounds. What an evolution in one
hundred and eighty-two years.-Phila
delphia Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. 1 could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken all
kinds of medicines. Through a
neighbor got one of your books.
Iprocured a bottle Of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. 1 am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
'avedmy life and gaveme my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, O. 90
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

Those who are enthusiastic about
their canine favofites may not be pleased
to hear that dogskin boots and shoes
are becoming quite the fashion, and
that many of these skins come from the
lost dogs that are killed when not
claimed by their owners. To have an
active demand for dogsklns won't cause
much anxiety to those who take their
pets to town.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

"A surgeon being sent for to bleed a
lady belonging to the nobility, did the
operation in such a bungling manne'
that he cut an artery, of which miscu.
the la'ly subsequently died. In her
will she left him an annuity of eight
hundred francs ''as u balm to his
troubled conscience, and that by having
a competence he may not be obliged to
cause others to run the same risk which
has resulted in my death"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
A FEW POLITICIANS.

WHITELAw REID is of Scotch ancestry;
his mother, Marian Whitelaw Ronalds,
being direct descendant Of the clan
Ronald.
SENATOR MCMILLAN pays the heaviest
tax Of anybody in Detroit, the collector
calling upon him for a check for $685.
a34.40.
SENATOR BRICE has taken five years
lease of the Corcoran house, in Washing
ton, and is having it put into residential
condition.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

The Russians call the grip" Chi
nes catarrh, the Germans call it the
Russian pest, the Italians name it the
German disease the French call it the
Italian fever and the Spanish catarrh.
The Italians invented the term infiu-
enza in the seventeenth century, and
attributed the disease to the influence
OF planets
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
Safely Held.

School Friend-Seems to me You and
George have been engaged good while.
Why don't you marry.
Sweet Girl-Oh, there's no hurry,
dear. lie doesn'tcare bit for anyone
else. food News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

People overlooked the importance Of per-
manently beneficial effects and were salts
lied with transient action. but now that i
is generally known thlt Syrup of Figs viii
permanently cure hubitual constipation,
well.informed people will not buy other
laxatives, which act for time, but finally
injure the system.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

WE will give 500 reward for any case Of
cNtarrh that cannot be cured with Halls
Cat rrh Cure. Taken internally
+. j. CHENEY u Co, Props, Toledo, D.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

81 AN hard pressed for money" as the
romantic heroine said when the ardent hero
CT The play Rugged her on the stage to earn
his salary.-Baltimor American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29
Nh Wonder Ther Grimm.

Groaning is permissible TO the rheumatic
But the groans will on cease when they
take Ho- letters Stomach Bitters, which re-
lieve3 the agonizing malady with gratifying
prompt tudn. Indigestion, constipation,
ness, nervousness and lack Of ply
stamina, are among the ailments overcome
by this comprehcn siVe remedy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

harmless II regulates and pronlotes az tno
pro,jer functions OF womanhoodh improves
DIGESTION, enrichcs thd,hloud, dlpels a.ches
and pains, brings refreshing slccp ara re-
stores health and vigor. For every . iemain
complaint and disturbance, u IS tDe QnV
remedy so sure and unfailinG that u can 10
.gl.Grdnteed ,,s
fit doesn't benefit or cure, You have your
money back. ~
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-12-29

HALF the world really didn't know how
the other half lived TIL Columbus found it
out Philadelphia Times.