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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25

spect, and although shadows intervene
now between me and the place where
the stockings used to hang l can look
back upon those times with perfect con-
viction that at no period in my existence
have i experienced such perfect Joy as
when I could hear the prattle of many
childish voices at peep Of d~ay-voices
that were %impatiently awaiting sunrise,
longing eagerly for the fire to be lighted
in the nursery. that they might spring
from their beds and hasten TO see what
ST. Nicholas had brought for their en-
5oyment.
There were six Of those little folk born
20 US within ten years. AS they stood in
iine, side by side, their little heads formed
the stepladder TO happiness over which
any fathers fancy might climb with that
calm enjoyment which supersedes every
other worldly pleasure.
Every Christmas eve was a gala time
in our house then. II was a delight to
contemplate their eagerness and limo
ence. to answer their multitudinous ques-
lions, TO indulge them IN their raptures Of
expectation, TO administer TO the fond
fancies which are all in all 20 child life.
all in all TO the fathers and mothers OF
such children.
1t was no small task to induce the lit
tie ones 10 retire Christmas eve. but
winch dl idSt tney were asleep the Joys
that l experienced in playing the part
OF Santa Claus and in filling each little
stocking with longed for toys were great
er, / know, than any that can ever come
10 me again.
Now, even though the sadness is mixed
with that precious season of the year. IL
viii ever remain a glorious event 10 me.
for with It comes the memory Of the
days that were. My own boyhoo6 sinks
20 insignihcance in the contemplation OF
the happy faces, rosy cheeks, eager
voices and light footsteps l have seen
and heard around my own hreside among
my own children.
The father and mother OF O. family
should be the hapiest people in the world
at Christmas time, even though some Of
the merry voices may have been stilled
by the changes which time invokes. but
when the children are all there, laughing,
dancing shouting, singing, running,
stamping, blowing horns and whistles
and pounding drums. words utterly fail
10 depict the acme OF happiness q parent
feels. the heart falters and is dumb when
JOY such ms this becomes its portion.
The happiest Christmas days l ever
lived were with my own children, when 1
knew them TO be happy.
CHARLES f. CRISP.
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Abe Hummel's Christmas.

The ~pleasantest Christmas surprise OF
my life was given 10 me by my mother.
The memory OF II will linger forever In
my mind, and to recall it frome time TO
time forms the most pleasing reminis-
cence OF any that l have in mind.
1t happened On the day before Christ
mas. l left home as usual In the morn
ing to attend to my law business. which,
unfortunately. is Of such a nature that l
hardly knew what il is 10 have a vacation.
and was busy all day-so busy that /
scarcely thought Of Christmas at all.
When 1 went home hat night it was very
near midnight. and l toiled YEARLY up
stairs too tired 10 notice anything. l
opened the doOI OF my room, walked half
way across the floor. and then suddenly
reali nd that 1 was standing in the midst
of 2 most enchanting acene.
Ntp-n | left home In the morning l left
bel - me an ordinary bedroom, not I'M
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25

and in laughing. chatting. playing jokes
and telling stories.
Then dinner!
What a gathering Il was, TO be sure!
The table in ordinary use was not half
large enough to seat the company or TO
accommodate the viands, and our inge-
nuity was put 10 a test to max II larger.
What a dinner 1t was! There was wild
turkey. coon, rabbit pie and 'possum.
with vegetables galore, mulled cider, tea
and coffee and such pies as only a mans
mother ever succeeded in manufacturing.
l don't think a woman ever learns 10
make a pie until she has a son who Is
old enough to appreciate 1t.
After dinner nobody wanted to move;
everybody had eaten too much. Gradu-
ally. however, digestion got in its work
and we came to life again.
In the middle of the Afternoon we boys
got the horses and sleighs ready. That
consisted I'm filling the boxes with straw
and buffalo robes, placing the boxes on
traverse sleds and hitching -four horses to
each outfit. Then we went from house
to house. picking up all the boys and
girls in the ne!ghborhood and piling them
into the boxes pellmell.
I can hear those sleigh bells now
some Of them were COW bells to be sure
1 can hear the shouts Of laughter, the
singing, the witty sayings; 1 can feel the
fun of that day to this hour.
What q ride we had, covering about
twenty miles! One rig was overturned
in a snow bank, and it looked for an in
slant as though a dozen enterprising
BARRIERS had begun business in that re-
gion. We dug the girls out, however,
put them back in their sleigh and drove
on. happy. merry. full Of life and energy.
We reached our destination about dark.
IT was a large hall that had been warmed
for us, and there. TO the scraping of fd-
dies. the rattle of bones and the PUNK
of banios. we danced and frolicked
nearly all night. There was a supper,
too. Of baked beans, cold turkey, cold
coon, bread and butter, %pie-such pie
and hot coffee.
It was broad daylight when we got
home. That Christmas was thirty-six
hours long. and it was the happiest one
I ever spent.
CHARLES FOSTER.
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Three Christmas Stories.

Christmas! What O food OF memories
the word revives. To tell OF the happiest
Christmas | ever experienced is almost
an imposslbility-there were so many
happy ones when my father was alive
10 teach me how TO enjoy them. The
first Christmas that / remember seems
now like a scene from a long-forgotten
comedy. / was a very little boy then.
but the day is impressed uron my mem
DRY by a mishap never to be forgotten.
Who has not some time been given a
drum by his dearest friend and closest
~conhdant-hls father? The drum that 1
received then was almost as large as l..
and the very first use to which l put IL
was tina OF a s~tepladder. My ambition
at that moment was to reach the lofty
altitude of an arm chair. The drum
head, however, refused TO sustain me
and I fell through with a beng. How
long I might have remained there II 10
impossible to say. for I never could have
sxtstsAts1 nyssif aiens. The hearty
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which my father INDUCED in

laugh which my father INDUCED in
when he rescued me from my predicament
Is still a bright spot i'm my recollection.
/ remember very distincly a story that
my father once told me about an Incl
dent Of his own boyhood. / had climbed
upon his knee one Christmas eve and
asked for IL. What Is the first Christ
mas you remember" was my question.
"Oh. It is a very long time ago." an
swered my father" Your grandfather
gave a dinner to his old friend, Daniel
Webster. Although / was scarcely out
Of dresses. l had been entrusted by the
butler with the very responsible function
OF decanting the Madeira. The manner
In which 1 performed the task was re-
vealed later on, when the great states
man. after slipping his wine in evident
dismay, suddenly said. Mcclellan, you
were always noted for the excellence OF
your Madeira, but this is the most ex-
tr~aordiDary wine I ever tasted | hope
the spirit Of Daniel Webster has forgiven
me. In my zeal | mixed the sherry with
his best Madeira"
Another incident which I have to recall.
fo- IL made a great impression upon me,
occurred some years later. | had grown
almost to manhood. My father, older in
years Of course, was still the same bright,
happy influence. filling the hours always
with the consciousness of his presence
and love. The chimes Of a n~elghboring
church were rung at midnight TO welcome
the anniversary of Christ's birth. l had
been up very late enjoying the happiness
of Christmas Eve, and hearing the bells
l opened the window to listen TO them.
Directly beneath me l espied my father,
who was looking out of his window. too.
"Hello!" | cried. What are you doing;
trying to catch cold?" Hello, bOy!' he
answered. II always like to hear the
Christmas bells. for l feel so grateful TO
our God hat he made the day a posi-
bility."
| have never forgotten that remark and
the reverent manner in which IL was
uttered. The crisp night air and the ring
Ing chimes impressed It wildly upon my
memory. That dear, good friend, my
father, speaks to me yet in those words,
even though he has rome to be with Him
who made Christmas a possibility.
GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN.
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az we say. by which we mean that they
were down: all but one. an artist, not
yet visible. He bore an ancient and dis
tiHguished family Name, but he was not
very ocular I'm our boar ding-house, one
could hardly say why.
Our l~andlady's daughter. n pretty, gen.
tie girl, had i~ngeniously contrived 10 lay
some little gift at every. plate upon the
long table. She was pleased with the
nutter OF kind words and thanks which
greeted her thoughtful effort 10 give 10
so many exiled people a sense OF home.
and her young face flushed with pleasure.
AS we sat there chatting and smiling
and warming each others homesick
hearts and hers as well as we Gould Tor
Christmas sake, the late boarder came
down.
Merry Christmaa, Mr.. -" cried the
landlady's daughter. She turned her
sweet face toward him with a happy.
trtlstful look. lie stood for an instant
black as n cyclone. Then he broke fortn:
Merry Christmas. l should think! Merry
Christmas. ! should say It's cold enough
I'm my room TO freeze out -.
He mentioned n place 10 which enc Is
not in the habit OF abiding ,on Christmas
Day. and flung himself down TO his break
fast amid a silence such as a maj might
recell with a pang upon his dy.rg day.
That night when / drew the curtain
I stood for a while and looked wiah less
than the usual shudder at the piazza
roof. where the Irish girls heart, In n
ia- of alcohol. rested in the cold moon
light. painless and calm. And / said:
Child of ignorance. sleep well. You
have served Il nobler end than any man
who trains his hand to sacred art. while
his uneducated soul is grovelling In BIAS
phemy!'
And from that day 10 this I have prayed
a separate holiday prayer: For all per-
sons doomed to board at Christmas
time."
Then. now and forever II is by what
we lose that we learn to value what we
have. From that breakfast hour to this
| nave known how TO add TO my Litany,
BLESS God for home on Christmas Day."
And thus ends the moral Of this brief tale
Holiday Law.
If you are in a home stay there. If
you have any TO go to, go there, and
thank heaven and pray pardon for your
souls. If. out Of madness, or OF folly, or
of that ignorance which is a compound
Of both. you obey not this sacred clause
I'm life's long code.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD.
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luncheon there. 7 bought n couple %
bottles for that enginesr-the coolest man
ever met. III we had run into a river. I
really believe he would have quietly sung
out.
say duck your head. we're IN for IT,"
l received the bill next day. but won't
say now much It cost me to settle Il. This
Chrlstmas Day l lake dinner with my
TREND In New York. anG, instead OF pay.
ing for ten Of his friends. he pays Tor ten
OF NINE. NEIL BURGESS.
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APoetess on Christmas.

HE holiday sea-
son recalls to
me one Christ
mas morning in
my childhood,
when l had at
tained about my
seventh year.
l was a de-
vout believer in
Santa Claus, or
st. Nicholas, as
l was taught to
cal the dear
myth. who was
to me a living
reality.
He had never
b G O n munih-
Gently liberal
with me. but he
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-25

III Al :
Christmas d a y s
man ever expert
ences are those on
which his children
are & a [ b e e d
around him enjoy
ing the annual in
vitation OF Santa
Claus and the joys
he brings 10 them
I'm so many and
such varied forms.
My own life has
been particularly
haDDy In this re-
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JuStihabIe.

Little Dot just hate that girl
Mamma-Wsar are commanded TO love our
enemies.
Little Dot-Yes. I know, but she isn't q
enemy. She's a friend.-Good News
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Henry CIews' Christmas Story.

Christmas should be observed I'm thi,
country with the same enthusiastic spiri,
as IL always has been and now is I'm Eng
land with the young folks. As soon as
one Christmas season Is ever in England
children at once begin 10 look forward
20 the next one. and so Il goes on through
their entire lives. n when they reach
mans and woman's estate they then with
their own little ones start lie over again
I'm their merry-making whenever Christ.
mas comes round. SO It goes from Gen.
GRAFTON TO generation. all kinds OF chill.
dren's games are introduced in the even.
ings Of Christmas week. nelghbOrs drop
I'm TO participate and the servants are also
expected 10 take part. IL is n period u
equality. All join I'm 20 do their share
for the general amusement 81 the annual
gathering. Some sing and all dance and
romp with all the vim and hilarity they
can muster. The misletoe bough hangs
over the door. and makes lots OF kissing
for the little ones. and they not unfre.
quently drag the old people in besides 70
the merriment OF all the rest. No family
ever thinks OF sitting down 10 the dinner
table on Christmas Day without having
roast beef and plum pudding, and plenty
Of both to 20 around twice at least. The
plum pudding IS burning hot. In that way
UlllN NfEn IL hAAINA NANN -" AAANWA WIS
ding cake. such as we "A V In this coun.
try on bridal occasions. II then being
cold and encased in small boxes instead
OF one huge dish. Otherwise both are
made alike. having the same ingredients.
/ have tried both TO my hearts content.
and have become satisfied that none but
a sturdy John Bull can eat eXtravagantly
Of either the hot or cold without being
sure 10 get the nightmare and dream x
his great-grandmOthcr or some other an
tique Individual not particularly cheerful
to dwell on in ones slumbers as compared
to sweet repOse. AS l was born in Eng
land and spent my childhood there. I
speak from the book. so ! cannnt u.In
noticing the great difference between
u. observance OF Christmas In the Oh
country as compared with the new. I wish
the English Christmas merry making
could be adopted here. Certainly families
should at this festive season always come
together urder the parental ROOF. n rs
a season 20 revive youthful rtcoilecti0ns
and drive cares away. IL prepares ana
guides the mind OF both young ond 0l
10 start the new year happily. There is
nothing like making a cheerful start on
the LIST of each January. n az that tlma
ones life is made joyful. II almost &c.
variably lnsures a happy new y'1r. aul
this, repeated year after year. inallt "'lI-
dens old age. as then all the occurrence
Of youth and middle axe crowd tie
thoughts, n the older one gets inn
more vivid become the rccoilectlous of
the incidents of early ne.
HENRY CLENS.
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Not PnssIhln.

Higgins-I hear De Slim fell In a 1T yes
terday.
Wiggins-It can't be so. He had on an
English made suit Of clothes. -DetrOit
Free Press.
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ITTI-NT|T |INT| =
New York, October 81. 1882
Christmas Sentiments Trom scr. Hnlforl

Christmas Sentiments From scr. Hnlford
A happy Christmas IS the rule. anything
else would be an exception. Christmas
Is not a national festival. It belongs to
the world I'm recognition OF the Urspeak-
able Gift TO ail men. No human V.oce
has better sung ifs carol than tsat az
Charles Dicken. and so. when the day
comes, God bless us every ore
l.. w. HALFOED.
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like that which any bachelor might oc-
cupy. The room In which I found myself
was simply gorgeous In It's beauty. Dur
ing the day my mother had by almost
superhuman EFFORT transformed the whole
room until II might have been q niche IN
Aladdin's palace. On the floor was .
mAmieeaas Smyrna eksps4k xhioA hxA
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Out OF 1t.

His overcoat he saw for salt.
lie gazed az IL a minute.
Then with a sigh he murmured. a.
Alas. l am not IN a."
Washington star.
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RARE YULETIDE TALES.
A BI0 CIRCLE OF STORY TELIERs
RECALL CHRISTMAS MEMORIES.
Every Tale n True Ono-The Speaker OF tho
House Presides over This Convention
and Sets tho Ball Rolling.
Copyright. 1892, by Bachelor & Johnsonl.

HE happies t
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-04-16

To read the Eastern papers one
would imagine that the streets of
Western cities were paved with silver
and that silver mines grew on trees
and that silver ore Is used for ma
sonry. That the earth delivers up
molten silver after the manner OF The
small boy who smoketh his first
cigar. That Europe was grooming
under her burden OF the white metal
like burro as the pack is bound
upon his well-sharpened spine. And
that the whole financial system of
the United States could be soaked for
ten dollars under free colnage.-ver-
nal Express.
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Il IL evident from the open utter
ances OF the Virginia Enterprise and
Reno Gazette that the Republicans Of
Western Sevzda-oF at least that por.
ton Of the party that hangs to the
skirts Of the Federal Administration
are Harrison men and ayowed enc
mics Of he vital issue that affects the
welfare Of the people Of this State
free coinage.
Il f. also true thai many Democrats
In the same section, men who expect
Federal Office on change Of admins
trztion, are Cleveland men. The sole
aim and purpose Of these two classes
Il TO come in for the ssloaves and
fishes" at the disposal of whichever
party IL successful. They care moth
Ing for the welfare Of the people Of
the State 30 long as they hope TO &C.
cure fat Federal offices.
Mr. Cassidy, staunch friend Of
silver, a. anybody knows, who was
mp At Reno last week in attendance
upon the Democratic State Central
Committee, clearly saw and wrote to
bis paper, the Sentinel, that what is
said above Is about the way the lead
ers Of both parties stand in Western
Nevada. That they will try TO run
the primaries aud elect Harrison and
Cleveland delegates at Virginia City
and Winnemucca Is apparent. Party
men throughout the State should be
on the alert 70 prevent such an out
rage on the popular feeling OF the
people Of Nevada. No man should
be sent a. delegate TO either Mime
apolis or Chicago who is not pledged
10 free coinage and will under no cir
cumstance support the nomination
Of either Harrison or Cleveland.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-04-16

The election booths prescribed no.
der the Australian ballot system)
used at the late election ia Sacra-
mento are described as follows: They
consist of light, folding steel frames,
covered with awning canvass. The
front il open from the knees of the
voter 10 the floor, 30 that the elector
cannot be seen IN the act OF preparing
his ballot, bur the public can see that
no one is with him in the booth.
Around these curtains of canvas are
buttons on three sides. The size of
the booth is three feet in width. three
and . half feet in length snd six feet
high. IN the booth is shelf upon
which is the official stamp and other
material for the voters use. IN front
OF The voter as be stands at the shelf
Is a card Of instructions printed IN
large type. These booths will be
placed inside 2 rallied enclosure In
full view of the public.
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The silver movement In Nevada is
beginning 10 assume definite shape.
The voters OF the State are commend
ing TO realize that they must place
their own interests first and II neces.
sary force party affiliations to the
rear OF the procession. It is said that
"God helps those who help them
selves" We can lose nothing by
giving the motto q fair st.-Silver
State.
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Toet bSuf Horn Tor silver, Mr.. Gazette
The Reno Gazette is devoting its
columns these days 10 climate aud
immigration, subjects 10 which the
people of this State are not interested
The climate we have, and the immi-
grafton We do not want just now. We
have more people in Nevada than are
able to make living, and TO invite
others 10 swell the number is down
right wrong. Mining is the great in
terest of Nevada, and when that Ian
guishes all other industries are dor
mant.
Better whoop up mining and free
coinage, Mr.. Gazette. The climate
doesn't need any boosting and the
immigrant is much better off where Is
than packing his blankets over the
sagebrush deserts looking for a job
with no prospect of finding it.
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The Attorney General of Arizona
has decided that mining claims, like
other property, must be valued by
the Assessor. County Assessors have
no alternative but 10 include mining
claims In their assessment returns to
the Supervisors OF their respective
counties.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-04-16

TIE Ohio Legislature has modified
tbs Australian ballot law % that i
will not apply TO the school OF special
elections, therefore greatly reducing
expenses vitbout sndsngsring The
rights Of the people
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The Chronicle says the bottom has
dropped ont Of the Postofacs site
corner Of Seventh and Mission streets
in san Francisco. The well borers
struck black muck and decayed veg
etzbIes at depth Of % feet.
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The twenty-three persOps who were
indicted in Mendocino county, Cal,
for participating 10 the riots al Fort
Bragg when the Chinese tunnel work.
ers were driven down the coast. will
be discharged for want Of evidence.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1892-04-16

The Central Neyadan says S. Wen
ban is daily expected in Cortez, and
there is strong probability Of bis
closing the mines on account of the low
price of silver. The bullion has for
some time past been stored 10 San
Francisco.
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The Polls

To open at PM and close at P. NJ.
The Test
OF voters at these Primary Elections
will be: Il am a citizen of the Uni
ted States and will support the nom
inees of the Republican party"
Central Committee men in the sew
eral precincts are requested to select
polling places and appoint Judges and
Inspectors of said election. And they
will report the names Of persons elect
ed at such election to the Chairman of
the Republican County Central Com
mittec at Ely, who will forward them
certificates of election.
By order Of the Execntive Com
miitee.
VIC. LYONS, Chairman.
Ely. Nevada, April 2, 1892,
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Democratic Committee Meeting.

A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC
County Central Committee of White
Pine County will be held at Justice Wober's
Office In Ely on
Thursday, April a. 1904, az 2 r. M.
full attendance Is requested as business
of Importance will come before the meeting.
7. IF. O'NEIL, Chairman.
JOHN WEBER, Secretary.
Ely, April 0, 1892. I'd
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PRIMARIES
WILL BE HELD
ON SATURDAY, MAY IA, 1892.

The County Central Committees will please
take proper steps for the holding of the Pri-
maries In their respective counties.
JOHN II. DENNIS, Chairman.
Q. A. JONES. Secretary Pro TEN.
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NOTICE..

w REAs. ANNIE RICHARDSON,
my wife, has left my bed and board, this
j. to give notice tina; will not be responsi-
bic for any debts that she may coutraet from
this date.
MATT ANTOSOyICH
Hamilton. Nevada, April. Q. 1892.