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bisque doll, toys, glittering balls, mar
velous sugar dogs and bears and eel
phunts," candy apples and hearts, pop
corn, colored tapers just ready to be
1ighted-you know it all, it was just
what you had for your three-year-old
baby-and upstairs Baby Beth was
dying. All week long, with the fierce
ness of a tigress fighting for her
young, Margaret Thorne had fought
for her childs life. From the moment
that the first hoarse cough smote upon
her ear and Beth had said: Mamma,
it hurts me here when toff," she had
lost no time. All that doctors. nurses,
servants, friends-even mother-love
itself-could do, had been done, and
now in her darkened chamber the
mother sat with her baby on her knees
and waited. Towards night change
had come. The harsh cough ceased,
the painting breath came more quietly.
Didn't she seem easier?" she had
asked, and the doctor had answered
briefly: eyes" Then, after an interval
of waiting: "Wasn't her breathing less
labored?' The doctor made no reply.
Doctor" piteously, ''don't you think
she is better?"
DR.. Lemoyne turned away. He had
practiced many years, and witnessed
many scene like this. but to his kind
heart each one was new.
''My child" he said, ''she will never
be any better-she is dying"
til curious to see the effect, upon
different temperaments, of such a
shock. Some receive it with cries and
lamentations; others with silent tears;
some with blanched faces and tighten
ing lips; while a few shut the teeth to-
gether and make no other sign. And
under it all is the mother heart and
the same wound, and who shall say
that there is great grief, but here is less?
Margaret Thorne made no cutlery,
shed no tear-she would have "to-mor-
row and all after life for tears" to-day
she had-her baby. She bent over the
child and half stretched out her arms
with the impulse to take her and go
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tinkle of sleigh-bells. Surely, that is
a sound in the chimney. Suppose
poor Santa Claus should get stuck
there some night, and be srnothered
before he was gotten OUT Bessie sug-
gests that But Daisy says: ''He
couldn't. He isn't like toAts' And they
are glad to think it.
Tom, with a troubled conscience
he did nip that piece out Of the mince-
pie on the pantry shelf-asks Willie if
he believes that Santa Claus ever puts
rods in bad boys stockings to whip
them with. And Willie replies, with
thrill in his voice, for he feels that
the very idea is an insult to his old
Saint:
"No, of course not. He is too nice.
He is like grandpa"
Then Tom says that he has mind
to go downstairs and take peep And
how jolly it would be to see Santa
Claus legs coming down! He says this
every Christmas eve; but he never does
it, and he never will.
''Tinkle! Tinkle Tinkle!" Certainly
that is on the roof. Some one is NOV
ing in the dining-room. Tom covers
his head with the quilt, and does not
say what he was going to say, about
asking Santa Claus to take him out
with him some night as the milkman
did one morning in his sleigh. Tom
feels that this is solemn moment,
and that he had better go to sleep.
And suddenly it is morning. They
have all been sound asleep How fun
any all those hours are gone! 1t seem
such waste of time to wash and dress
and have curls brushed, but it must be
DONE Then down clatter the little
feet, and there sit mamma and papa,
and their opinion is that the stockings
are very FULL as indeed they are The
old Saint has had to put some Of his
gifts on the mantle piece or on chairs.
And oh, the dolls! Oh, the tea-set!
Oh, the carts and horses and steam
engines! Oh, the wonderful beautiful
giftss
"How did Santa Claus know that 1
wanted my doll to have parasol?"
cries Bessie.
And there is nothing but JOY in
Toms heart, for he has little photo
graphic outfit.
'Santa Claus" he says, sis the
kindest person ever heard Of"
Oh, it is out of the stockings that the
great Christmas fun comes for the
| children. Let us have them always by
our fresides while there are children
in our homes.-M. K D., in N. Y.
Ledger.
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HANG UP THE STOCKINGS.

For It Is Out of Them That the Great
Christmas Fun Comes tor the Children.
The Christmas tree is all very we'll,
it is splendid" in fact, and how
beautiful it looks with the candles
lighted and the bright tinted balls and
bells and eggs and hearts and stars
shining all over it; but it is nothing to
the stocking in the chimney-place on
Christmas eve. Have the tree by all
means. But if you want to make the
children happy don't omit the stock
ings. 1t is English and fashionable to
have the tree, with all the aunts and
uncles and cousins asked, and gifts for
everybody, and music and dancing
and games, and cakes and oranges and
candies and lemonade and funny reci-
tations. and all sorts of things. But
oh, the stockings! When everyone has
brought a pair of the longest and big
gest, and papa has taken pains to hang
them so thatsthey are strong, and all
is quite still in the street and it is bed
time, what wonderful ideas come into
the little minds, and what pleasant
memories into those Of the grown-ups
little exhibition Of hope and faith.
The child who trusts most ardently in
the benevolent Santa Claus will be
most likely to put faith in Heavens
mercies in his after life; for Santa
Claus always comes when he is expect
ed, and when mother and father hang
the stockings up he is snre to put
something in them.
How swiftly the little feet fly up
stairs when mamma calls: Bedtime,
darlings." How little frocl1s and
aprons slip from pretty shoulders: and,
when the prayers are said, the heads
are ready for the white pillows, and
every little eye shuts up at once.
The children are going to sleep
right off, y to bring morning nearer.
But when the lights are out, it is
not SO easy. Surely, that was the
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ssNow, Tom," said Toms father,
you must go to the fireplace and call
up to Santa Claus, and tell him what
you want him to- bring you for Christ
mas
Tom thought deeply for a few min
utes and then strobe bravely over to-
the fireplace and, sitting down before
the fender, began:
''Well, Mr.. Claus, want a three,
wheeled bicycle, because I always fall
off the other kind and break my neck
want lots of marbles and tops, and
railway engines, and steamboats,. Got
that?"
There came no answer.
go ahead" said the father, "He
heard YOU"
"And I want pony and a dog, and
a wagon, and lots of books and tin SOL
diers. In fact, Mr.. Santa Claus, you
might bring me little of everything"
-Harper's Bazaar.
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A New Year Song.

Who comes dancing over the snow,
His little soft feet all bare and rosy?
Open the door, though the wild winds blow:
Take the child in and make him coy.
Take him in. and hold him dear:
He is the wonderful New Year.
Open your heart, be it sad or gay,
Welcome him there and use him kindly;
For you must carry him, yea or nay,
Carry him with shut eyes so blindly.
But whether he bringeth Joy or fear,
Take himl God sends him-this good New
Year.
at WorU
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the tiny mite on her arm and called
him papa for the first time! And
they had called her their New Years
Gift and said she was to bring new
love into their lives! And in that night
of anguish, just before, when Margaret
lay lowering between life and dea tn,
how he had prayed in an agony of fear
that she might not die, that he might
show his love by life of devotion to
her! And how-ah, how he had broken
those vows!
The breath comes slowly. The little
hands are very still-and yet, O baby
fingers, through the solemn watches of
this night, thou'rt gathering up the
tangled, broken threads of these two
lives, and, with a touch no other hand
might use, are weaving them together,
deity, surely, with Heaven-sent skill!
There was slight stir. The mother
and father felt a CULVER pass through
the little form. With startled faces
they bent over her. There was gasp,
sudden throwing up of the little
hands-then all was still.
In an instant his arms were around
her, her head on his breast.
Margaret, my wife!"
20 John, John!" she said
The clock struck twelve. A New
Year had dawned.
In the twilight of summer day a
man and woman stand beside little
grave. There is an air of subdued sad
ness about them that tells to whom
the little mound belongs, and yet
when they speak it is hopefully and
cheerfully. 1t is a tiny "only
baby" stranger would say-but we
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...-.. the Dough,
That Tommy to his mother said:
"'Twill soon be Chris tmaS now! .--'
~ hope that Santa Claus will bring
lot OF things for me this year
I'll be as glad as anything
When Christmas mornings here.
~ hope he'll bring a scarlet sled,
For gliding swiftly down the hill;
And that with candies green and red
My stocking long he'll AL.
e. want little gun to pop .
The kitten when she's fast asleep;
want 0 pretty humming top,
Iwnnt some bleating sheep.
IL want book of fairy tales,
Iwanta nest of picture blocks;
want boat that swimS with sails,
Iwant o jack in box"
ONE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
This morn said Tommy, full of glee,
AS to his mother dear he ran:
Old Santa Claus indeed must be,
A very nice old MANI
Then shouting in his boundless JOY,
He soon relief in dancing found,
And was indeed the happiest boy
For miles and miles around
~ know he heard me when told
You,mother. wha I wished he d bring
Beneath her spectacles of gold
She smiled at such thing.
It's So" said Tommy. with bound
That showed he hadn't any cares;
The toys wished for just found
Way up the garrett stairs"
Puck.
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The New-Year Resolution.

When first. on New-Year's eve, it sprang
To life with a determined MEN,
t'Twrn live forever and a day."
You would have said it you had SEEM
And when it spoke it's strict intent,
With sternest voice and rigid word,
twill never yield to any wile!"
You would have said if you had heard
Yet day by day it bore itself
Less loftily, and day by day
Its accents lost their tone severe,
And slowly, softly died away
Twas then with satisfaction he
Who made it saw its power wane,
And hushed it to a silent sleep
Till New Years eve should come again.
Mrs. George Archibald. in Judge
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A TRAVELLING SAVANT.

Farmer Cribbs-I've got yer now.
Take yer hand off that turkey!
Gentlemanly Tramp-You wrong me,
sir, in speaking so harshly. I'm walk
ing delegate for the American science
association. was simply feeling the
bird 8 pulse to ascertain if the approach
ing Christmas ceremonies had any eff
feet on his nervous organization.-
Judge. .-.
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Christian at Work.
His Annual Custom.

Spatts- Young Glim has broken with
Miss ThinIy.
Bloobumper-His love has grown
cold, has it?
Spatts-It isn't that. he thinks he
can't stand the expense of a Christmas
gift-Detroit Free Press.
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Didn't Need Any.

81 don't see any mistletoe in your
Christmas decorations, Miss Marjorie,
said young Blifl1ins.
NO; we went everywhere and
couldn't find any, but" she added,
brightly, II told mamma that you
wouldn't need any
He didn't.-Chicago News
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who have stood beside such know that
love and grief are not measured by
feet and inches.
The glory of the setting sun fills the
place. 1t lights up the faces of father
and mother as they lay, with loving
hands, forget-me-nots upon the green
turf, and then, hand in hand, go forth.
A stray sunbeam falls across the white
stone. We stoop to read the inscrip-
ton. It is very simple one:
BABY BETH.
AGED THREE.
"And little child shall lead them. :"
Caroline II. Stanley, in Good House
keeping.
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Price-What made jerks take his
wife to see that horrible prize fight?
Wheaton-She had finished her
Christmas shopping and everything
else seemed SO tame to her.-Inter
Ocean.
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Christmas Cigars.

LADY, want dozen cigars for this
case.
Dealer--I'm afraid I've nothing good
enough in stock to suit you.
Lady-Oh, yes. just any kind will
do. They are to be given away as a
Christmas present.-Inter Ocean.
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Children Who Sing in Russia.

In Russia there is always a great de-
mand for little ones who can sing well.
Girls with clear, sweet voices and boys
with notes like thrush are carefully
cared for and cherished as they are in
no other country. In America we are
very fond of children who can sing.
But they are not so absolutely neces-
sary to us as they seem to be to the
Russians.
The night before Christmas in all
Russian churches there is sure to be
gathered together a very large assem-
bly, of people-so many, indeed, that
the church is crowded out to the door
steps, and people stand looking over
each others shoulders, trying to get
just peep into the church. The altar
is sure to be beautifully decorated
with candles and with images of
the Christ-Child. And up to midnight
very solemn services are held. Sud-
denly, at the stroke of the midnight
bell, everything ceases. The church
is very brilliantly lighted, and as the
lights food the church, child's voice
is heard pealing forth a Christmas an
Guem. nfiStOS! hIlSGOS! hiISLOS! Is
the burden of the song they always
sing, and those who have had the
pleasure Of listening to child serv-
ice held at midnight in Russia say that
it is worth the trip all the way there
just to hear the lovely child-voice sing
the ''Kristos" solo with the grand
chorus of one hundred baby voices
which follows in Christmas refrain
N. Y Ledger.
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somewhere = anywhere = away from
everybody. 1t was the instinct Of the
wounded animal. Then she fell into
the monotonous swinging motion of the
knees, familiar to mothers, patting
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All the style.

Dora-Oh, Bertha, what do you sup
pose am to have for a New Years
present?
Bertha-Can't imagine, I am sure.
Dora-Papa's going to buy me
French prince or an English duke
Judge
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As on Our WAY We Sob or Sine.

aS OU OuE way Vo SOD OF SluSs
ONew Year gladl. o New Year bright
What are the treasures that you hold?
What is the fate you hide from sight,
Wrapped in your mantle's fleecy fold9
There re the smile of May and the kiss OF
June,
Sun and shadow for meadow hooks,
Swaying lilies and woods atune,
Signing breezes and laughing brooks
There are blessings that will touch with bliss
The fragrant days that wing their fight;
And Sorrow waits, thai she may kiss
Our brows through some long, silent night
There re golden opportunities
For us to soothe, or bless, or cheer
Some lonely heart-to kiss away
From saddened eyes bitter tear.
o New Year brighton New Year sad,
If joys or griefs to me you bring,
Help me to make some others glad
AS on my way sob or sing.
Claudia Tharin, in Good Housekeeping.
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CHRISTMAS, 1898.

WAS when the
leaves, all
gold and
red.
Were lightly fit
ting from
tho hnnnh
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There re the smile OF May and the kiss OF
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How He Tanned Her.

He didn't. Chicago News.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-18
& Begins This Morning.

PleparationS for the free exhibition
of Oriental Rugs announced for Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, in the car
pet department of the Minneapolis
Dry Goods Company, Syndicate Block,
Minneapolis, are fast approaching COM
pIetiou. Everything will be in readiness
for the public this morning. 1t is i'm
possible to give more than hint of the
luxurious magnificence of this exhibit
ton. 1t must be ssen to be appre-
c;ated.
Among the art treasures to be dis
played is pure silk rug over 400 years
old, valued at 81. 900. 1t has the royal
coat Of arms of the princes family for
whom it was made. 1t is a rarity
among rarlties, and is we'll worth COM
ing long way to see.
There are scores of others hardly less
interesting. The exhibition is bound to
prove source Of satisfaction and de-
light to every one who attends it. The
collection in variety and magnificence
SurpasSeS anything of the kind to be
found in any New York importing
house.
The occasion Will afford an opportu-
nifty for forming higher conception of
the marvellous beauty and richness of
coloring Tor which Oriental Rugs are
distinguished.
A similar exhibition has just been
held by one of the other houses of our
syndicate connection, and the daily at
tendance ran up into thousands. If you
have not already received a catalogue,
call upon or send to the Minneapolis
Dry Goods Company, Syndicate block,
Minneapolis. for one. 1t fully describes
each rug and carpet.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-18

manent successor. Mr.. Hobe has re-
sided in st. Paul for many years, though
he is yet comparatively young man.
being born in Risor, Norway, about
thirty-three years ago. He attained
thorough commercial education in the
country of his birth and in Denmark.
ana was for some years engaged in COM
mercial pursuits before he started on
his journey to the Western hemisphere.
Mr.. Hobe. some years back, was con-
nected with the Nordvesten, in this city,
and later on went into the real estate
business, in which he has been decid-
edly successful.
The new consul is man of integrity,
energy and push, and is highly re-
spected among the Scandinavian popu-
lation throughout the state. and has, as
matter OF course, been the recipient of
great many congratulations since his
appointment became known to his many
friends The Norwegian-Swedish con-
sulate in this city is the third in rank in
the United States, and the Office is, of
course. of much Importance to the many
ScandinavianS in the Northwest.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-18
BLOTTING OUT LAKES
Made by Recent Rains-Park Mat
terS Postponed.

The board of public works is just at
present at work on the preliminary or
ders sent by the council for the filling
of dozen or more ponds of water in
the First and Second wards. Some of
these miniature lakes are large and
others quite small. All of them are
said by the health commissioner to be
very dangerous to the health and the
residents III the vicinity and need atten-
tion flOm sanitary standpoint If from
no other. The cost of doing away with
the nuiSances will have to be assessed
against the property benefited. The
expense will be from $500 to $1,000, the
amount of work necessary making the
difference in the cost. Some of
the lots can be filed at lit
tie expense while others will have to be
partially filled, and owing to the great
body of water, then connected with the
sewers. The report OF the board will
be submitted to the next meeting of the
board of aldermen. The hearing on the
assessments for the Phalen and Indian
Mound parks is set for today, but an
adjournment will be taken in both
matters. This is occasioned by the
action of the park board in reducing
the area of Phalen park. The reduction
of the number of acres IN Phalen will
necessarily result in the assessment dis
trict being much smaller, and may ell
large the assessment district for the
Indian Mound park. The hearing on
the matter of widening Lake Como and
Phalen avenues from sixty to 100 feet
will be taken up by the board today.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-18
SHE FLEW THE TRACK.
Bertha Beechwood. Young, Giddy,
and Frivolous, Badly De-
'ceived Joseph.
The Soprowful Husband Asks
That He Be Freed-A Coon
Imbroglio.

Joseph Beechwood asks for decree OF
divorce from Bertha Beechwood, be-
cause of her unfaithfulness and de-
sertion. They were married in 1889 at
st. Paul. He is forty-six and she is nine
teen years old. She left him in February
1890, and he alleges that she has since
iivedwithEdward Hennlng. ShewaS con
yicted in the municipal court in March
last of adultery with Peter Anderson,
and went to the workhouse.
Joseph Allen, cOlored mail carrier,
is ordered by Judge Brill to appear i'll
court OH Saturday and show cause why
he Should not pay money to Elizabeth
j. Alien to enable her to conduct her
suit against him for divorce and TO turn
over to her certain property.
John PaulSOn relates story Of fur
ious attack by wild animals upon his
fifteen-year.old daughter in a suit
brought against Henry F. Logan, in
which he demands $1,000 as damage
done to his daughter. Logan kept rae
coonS in the cellar and basement of his
house in this city, and it is claimed that
they were ferociouS and wild. Christie
PaulsOn was passing the Logan house
on her way to work when the raccoons
came out of the house and made fero-
clous attack upon her. Ii is asserted
that they bit and tore her clothing, shoes
and overshoes, pulled her down upon
the ground. and bit and lacerated her
feet. She was rescued by a neighbor.
who took her in his house, whittier the
ferocious animals followed them, and
where the ravenous, ferocious and blood
thirsty brutes were killed by police
officer. 1t is alleged that the girl became
insane for time, and was so shocked
and injured that she could not attend to
her work for ten days. 1t is claimed
that Logan kept the vicious raccoons i'll
his cellar without food until they be-
came ravenOuS, and their natural feroc-
ity and viclouSness was intensified. 1t
is also complained that they were neg
ligently allowed to go at large.