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brakeman to help carry out this tree.
which mas served its purpose here, and
somewhere-at a safe d stance from
the train-set 1t on fire. There's just
a chance it mas prove a beacon light;
and anyway, Id feel so much better to
see It done
Not any Of the men would have de-
MED this little woman anything that
she might ask, no matter how absurd
the request might appear TO them. So
the d~ismantled tree was carried out.
and dragged far up on the top Of the
drift. and there they touch he'd il off and
left il. blazing wildly up towards the
black and stormy sky.
1t was late in the afternoon before
the foraging party had reached the
little settlement, several miles away.
and after getting well warmed and
rested they had started out on their re.
turn, carrying plentiful supplies for
their fasting comrades on the snow
bound train. Bnt in the early twi-
light they had missed their way. and
after hours of aimless wandering
through the painless snow. chilled and
overcome with dro wsiness, they had
thrown themselves down to sleep. even
though they knew that to sleep then
might mean to perish. They never
dreamed that they had almost reached
their goal, round which they had been
circling for so long.
Suddenly. through his balf-closed
eyes. one OF their number saw a light
fash out in the distance. and, half
dreaming, he fancied it a star. At
that moment he was a child again in
his fathers house, and it was Christ
mas Eve. His mother bent over the
bedside and tucked the blanket close
around her boy, and .! how warm It
seemed. Her goodnight kiss was
pressed upon his brow, and as she left
the room she drew the curtain back so
he could see the sky, whence one
bright star i. shone down upon him
through the silent night. His star in
the east perhaps, and as he remem-
bered the sweet old story the star
grew brighter still and seemed to
beckon him, like a Heavenly guide.
e the dream faded away and con
seriousness anne struggling back
the bewildering numbness
nearly mastered him. but still
the star CLEANED on.
a star, a light, a beacon fire, a refuge
at hand. With difficulty he
aroused his sleeping comrades, and
they raised their shout for help
The wind caught up the sound and
carried it across the great white sheet
of snow to ears that were strained with
listening. Then came shrill answering
,rles of encouragement. and brave men
anne p%lunging onward through the
riffs in haste To find and aid in bring
ng IL the wearied and haif-frozen lit.
lie band.
Happy tears were glistening in Hrs.
Aliens eyes that night as She lay
N her improvisei bed Of cushions nm
Ter the great-coat of the kind con-
Iuctor. for she knew that there was
ct a soul on board that train, but had
allied IA blessing down upon her and
wonderful Chris vpias tree.
WITH the hrAl rays Of the lhtlstmas
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Ing, was sure hs had seen Re t-4och @.
s Erea; green trse
Al e he mothers bad TOW tge-
taken into Ms Van Aliens cl-S.
osnce- and several Of the Older girl,
had oSen called -P1a = help behind
the shzw,S
The excitement slouS the cdillra
Uonents-ily increased aa5 jusl - the
darkness q Christmas Eve was sus1l6.
inE the wearied and Supperiess pzssez-
gers in the dinly-igA;ej train down
came the Screening >hAwl> and . br.l-
tantly-hghted Christmas t-ee bu0t on
theis b~wildered gaze Then such a
shout went Up a. filed tired E;iIe Ms
Van Alien With keen deliSh.
Cousin Henrietta NARROW and your
eigh: childreni You Ii;ile dream how
the unexpected gifts - carefully pre-
pared for ron are being scattered now.
Your coats and shawls vii. serve 10
Keep these little >now-bouni children
warm through the ~longoomiug night:
and your toys and bright picture books
E-~- p" ask w u -A#- 4+-AE- Is = aEa-EAS
hours OF their long cold Christmas day.
There had been ! general invitation
given 70 everyone upon the train. and
no 4 young or old, was forgotten
Mrs Van A.hen had found something
IN her seemingly in~exhaustible treas
u-e box that was appropriate for each
Even the conductor was presented with
a handsome pocke;snifc. and the
brakeman who had - calamity
plunged through the deepest drifts 10
u down the Christmas tree had q new
warm muller wound about hi> meek. er
her own hands
lfthey had been Mrs Van ALIENS
chosen guests in her own home. the
evening could not hare passed mora
merr.ly And for the time M u gave
his or her personal discomtor. or dis
appoi ntment even g passing thought.
When the lights on the tree had at
las, burned out and the sleepy chill
dren were sbou, 20 he tucked into their
impr0vised beds, Mrs Van Allen "a,
up0n her now empty Christmas
chest, with her ewes fixed dreamily up1D
The dismantled tree Turning at last.
she beckoned the conductor to her side.
Something has been worrying ne.
said, in her rapid way. The
ioraging party has not returned. and 7 .
,annot rid myself Of the dreadful idea
hat those poor men MAY be lost and
wandering about, half frozen. in the
now"
More likely they have found com.
.ortable quarters in some farmhouse
or the night, and early N the morning
hey Will turn mp, bringing supplies
or NJ breakfast" was the ~reassuring
Perhaps 50. she asseu,ed. doubt
ully. But still, there &, the other
nance, and feel that something
ught to be done. Maybe its only a
7oman's foolish fancy, but won't you
o me this favor? Get that obliginr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23
CHRISTMAS CRINKLES.
Some Pertinent Remarks on SEASONAL
Questions,

Some Pertinent Remarks on Seasonabl,
Questions.
II requires nc outlay of money tc
wish people a merry Christmas.
Don't give yourself to more than ont
girl as a Christmas present.
Don't spend in gifts the money you
owe your wash-woman.
Presents are not numerous in the
Zones where the parents carefully
teach their four-year.olds that Santa
Claus is a mythical parsonage.
Price-marks on Christmas gifts are
not to be regarded as emblems of yer.
acity.
The woman who can circulate most
through the stores the first three
weeks of December can approximate
more closely the value of the presents
her friends receive. William Henry
Siyiter, in Puck.
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gularly appropriate and welcome gifts
the duplicates Of those with which
Mrs Van ALLEN had adorned her i'm.
promptu Christmas tree.
a delightfully."- chatty letter accom-.
panied it. which contained the follow.
ing sentence: ut was at one time my
intention 10 have taken you by surprise
on Christmas day, my dear and un.
known cousin, but Providence having
mysteriously disarranged my plans, |
have now decided to defer my visit un.
til the spring. judith Spencer, in n.
Y. Observer.
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81 thought it better to get you some,
thtlg useful" said Mr.. Dossill to his
wife, 80 ! have brought YOU a couple
of good brooms for your Christmas
present.
That was very thoughtful OF you.
my dear" replied Mrs. Dossill. "a
share your ideas. and have bought you
a good strong coal scuttle for you to
carry up fuel from the cellar in."-
Jndre.
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flows ThIst

We oser One Hundred Dollars Reward =,
II ~ Oatarrh that cannot be cured by
"a D. lHENEY q Co, Props. Toledo. O..
nv, t"e undersigned. have known = 7
l.,-.E ior the last l5ycars, and believe
I'm leE'eet.y honorable in al business
an, .44' ana financially able to carry
W., .oaya,Inn made by their firm.
40 o. Walding, Kinnan K Marviu
"uo;eSa.a Druggists, Toledo. o. '
49, : Ca'arrh Cure is taken internally
en- directly on the blood and mucous
49, "i lhe system. Price, Toe, per
49, ~ N9!d by all Druggists. Testimonials
''ee' Halls Family Pills, sc.
ra fLoEA-.Do you know that a tree gets n
~ ya.o. r ny, ! get one every few weeks
haDe Fields Washington. W
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1t is the girl who says she doesn't
believe in accepting presents from
young men who is nos likely 20 ce
popular this month. Washington Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

/. oNE REA,ox wHr-s,11
wais dom ,,l see WHY tt he s M.
W % fihe ilwitting ne Cbiesq5oc 'y
feet are no larger tb..N eith
glr.s She Now c9,Los
'hat ish ! SO. -DetroI, GFS .aarr
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kERR-"Wbere isrl
line / saw him he ,'.a h9
man should tell the T trs, I'1 |
Y. Herald. - ma
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-Jack-''Do you expect anything for.
Christmas?' Tom - Eyes, a notice
from the bank that | nave oyerdrayyv
my account" Detroit Free Press
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ElE!CG an n t a CuTe,

On r V p,r. kovser, N. c.
hs'T1V Sears oI1 was taken with mumps. also
s Seu eyer finally | had that dreaded d,.esse
tbis sac. Inc most eminent physicians in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

4 f4le NJ mother tod = re
B~5sn1.oz Olce Eppr a IKE
a. o. SKIES taatrs-z
WITH 4zEe! tbsrsc1;es su5lz.
OftAat great lQst Serens and Eait..
The shepherds saw 1-s Water nigh
Ard ne glorious stars thsi s&1s
A. a1tGFu un1e upo1 5 tine
shis stCTy q re tziior.d FeAs
Tells q the zcrs tee sual-e
o. 0oe Who prayed xioue 4a1 rtpi
While Ills x-srfed followers s.ept-
An how lis ho-1 Isl Nary is2rs
CoD1trgl-1 once Epc1 zrz&
And o ny darlias a. M 81.
All echp~s o. fhe distant mir.
Bring hatsweei ssory oack &c ne
o. Bethlehem and Ca,vary.
~ . ahs gs5le CHRIS tas' died,
For sinners olcs lpoa
aae mighty deeds ma nea hare tod
II ponceroDs tones Of s~9e1trArrA
Like misty shadows fade aEay
BIT his sweet story 6ldA. FOR sv.;
And Ike ne stars tast sang Of Oh,
We sing q; Once upon a time
-Eugere F3el1 ia Chicago SATURDAY Ereziar
Herald
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70 no avail. | had run. W@
hlng scrotulous sores on M
Ielt SIDE Of neck and face' ~
l was small and weakly M
Wseh eight or nine years ~
old, and in fact was ~ y ~
.esrly q skeleton. Siy " Al
6otties Of DR.. Pierce's wv y
uolden Medical Dtscovs
cry wrought marvellous VIZ ~
changes. Although the SN
sores were healed in eight MN
m9nthS | did not 9Iit AHSW \
;skklhg 1t until | was sure GYSHNU D
III !, nad been entirely rout. WITH <
from my system. The - v
dreadful disease are , u noLLEMAS'
mind me Of how near dea fI',s winch ever T
e ssbHea by the "D%iscovcry''"' or was UNI
and have iSsrs soo old and weigh us pound
w Vance Ueen sick in 1--WE years.
iours respectfully,
HARVEY NJ. HOLLEMAy
agt, Tor Seaboard Air I.in,
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1T still remains a mystery!
consent hasn't hit on BACK !,
versal football colors '8'A y
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10 Worlds Fair Photos for ona

The London museum contains the first
envelope ever made. II was probably
found IN some mans pocket addressed in
his wife's hand.
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always pays a man in my business 10
yen" OF time, murmured the burglar
ei, 20 himself, gently dumping the third
a god watches into his capacious bag
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IT'S impossible to have tbe
q chemist, because he alwar,
Boston Courier.
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Good Positions. Good salariesl

THE National
Cyclopedia OF
American Biog.
%raphy," Vol.
H., page $50,
says:
n. W. Jen.
nings, the foun-
der and man
ager Of Jennings
Business Col.
lege, Nashville,
was born in
F%dgefeld, s. c.,
March 10, 1888.
IN 1855 he be-
tame ~boohkeeper
for the Trion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

The Grip Of Pneumonia mar
With Hale's Honey Of Hor nh
Pixies Toothache Drops CQmI
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IT is probably when he 4E1
a man filings his money to t II,
ton Transcript. '4'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

For a Cough, Cold or "a,
"Bro%n's Bronchial Trocho
ate relief. Sold only in blye
THINKS before he speaks-l
suffers.
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
VOTERS.

Should the bill passed by both
branches Of the Alabama Legislature,
providing for the Australian ballot, be-
come law, II may work unusual good in
that state Alabama has more than
40. 900 people who are illiterate to the
last degree, and are consequently inca
pable, while in this condition, Of exer-
cising intelligently the right Of suffrage.
These under the proposed new ballot law
will be disfranchised. BY this act an in
centive for an education may be given to
at least portion Of this large number of
people In order that the full rights of
citizenship may be restored to them. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
An article in the Forum, by Hon j. G.
wickliffe, suggests that the only feasible
and logical remedy for congested ignor-
ance, fraud and bribery at the polls. is
the repeal Of the Fifteenth amendment.
Then the several states will have TO use
the Australian Ballot law and various
tax and education tests to prevent cor
rupt voting
The defeat of the Force bill and the
overthrow of the Republican party
effectually estop any more legislation
giving the ignorant negroes greater
privileges at the polls than an intelligent
white man has.
The negroes must not be legislated for,
because they are class; they
need not be legislated against, be-
cause they are citizens. If intelligence is
made requisite for voting AMI they
are not ambitious enough to become
intelligent, they will not be iu any worse
position than idiots, or lunatics or crimi
nails. They are in much better position
because they have the means Of improy-
ing their condition.
It is not a greater hardship that an
illiterate negro should be refused a vote
than that an intelligent, noble, white
woman, of our own race should be
refused the same privilege.
Any sympathy for the negro applies
with greater force to the case Of tn,
women of our own blood and race But
It is not the negroes or the women that
we are considering; it is the purity OF
ballot, the sanctity Of our suffrage, the
success and permanence of our govern
ment.
They all rest on the basis of interest
in our affairs, intelligence to compre
hend them and patriotism to uphold and
defend them. Voters may come from
c lasses possessing those qualities.
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
cIgarette smol.lng women.

NlEAfttto NhoAAAhS nomehs
Hartford Post.
The prominence OF cigarette smoking
women In modern fiction, especially in
dealing with the refined products Of civ.
ilization on the Continent, must have
been noticed. If smoking by women
were one of the commonest and most
natural things in the life at great Euro
pean centres, we should not be surprised,
but we do not believe Il Is yet so common,
at least as public practice, as the fiction
writer's would show. We think that
the novelist is attracted to the
cigarette smoking women rather
because there is an element Of
irregularity about her, something
new, somewhat startling TO American
readers, and therefore likely to take
There Is no question that cigarette
smoking is common among the "fne
ladies' Of Europe and particularly in
that class from which Marion Crawford
has drawn some Of his recent characters
The curious but pure creature who ran
away with Don Orsino's heart be FIRST
met In a studio, where she was sitting
for her portrait. When fatigued with
sitting she borrowed a cigarette, placed
herself carelessly on a divan, smoked
with Don Orsino and the artist,
and talked suggestively. In Craw-
fords latest, The Children Of the King,
the langurous, superbly lazy Marchesa
calls for a cigarette whenever she is in
troduced upon the scenes, and her
daughter. the heroine who is credited
with a noble heart and head, falls into
line and smokes after dinner. Paul
Bourget. the talented Young psycologi.
/ a 90 IL.
has cigarette smoking women In his
latest, Cosmopolis, the scenes Of which
are laid in Rome aud in which he makes
the people who are good for anything
turn out unhappy and the soulless Great
ures survive their troubles, he has a
galaxy Of cigarette-smoking females
Mrs Humphrey Ward did not resist the
temptation to add TO the picturesque ef-
fects Of the pretty French artist who
nearly wrecked the life of David Grieve,
by frequently putting cigarette
la her mouth. And so Il
goes with our modern novels, not
particularly the worst but the best. The
cigarette practice is not fixed upon char
acters for the sake of making them ap
pear bad evidently, for some Of them are
intended to be particularly good. The
apparent purpose OF lhe uoNellst3 in sf
frequently and conspicuously calling
attention to the cigarette is to make ths
characters striking-give them a qu6lii,
which will seem 'ioud" without being
wicked In these days when woman il
rising to assert her equality with mar
In every lire OF activity we know Of nc
great reason why women have not a,
much right TO smoke cigarettes as mer
if they want to But whether it Is coins
to add anything TO the female character
for the purposes Of the novel is serious
/ question. The conspicuous cigarette
win soon get tiresome and lose It's effect
as an index Of character
Evening journal., 1893-02-22

GOVERNOR LEwKLLINe has stated In
proclamation issued to day, that the
reason why he made terms with the
Republican House Of Representatives
was that the officers Of the militia were
STAINED with treason. and that the
sheriff had posse or ''horde Of drunken,
rufHanly deputies" to resist him. That
Is sample OF the depths Of political and
social degradation to which Republican
ism. Prohibition and Farmers Alliance
frauds and fads and fancies will reduce
commonwealth. Il is little wonder that
old John Brown hourished in Kansas and
finished In Virginia. 1t is little wonder
th4t in times Of profound peace the same
commonwealth produced ingalls,, a
statesman out Of job; PETER, an imita-
tion statesman with a job; Simpson
and Mrs. Lease statesladies hunting jobs
and these riots, treasons and ruff
aanisms. 1t is not strange that
the Louisville Courier-Journal observes;
THE press has received with much favor
the Courier Journals new words Kan.
sasinine' and 'Kansasininity' No one
can speak Of the latest political develop.
ments In Kansas without feeling the
need Of such words.
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
HARRlsoN's FINANCIAL POLICY.

hARRlSoN's FINANCIAL POLICY
On all financial questions this admin.
istrntion has been a failure
In a time Of profound peace and
great prosperity General Harrison came
into power with an overhowing treasury,
imposed higher taxes upon the people
and promised greater prosperity. He
retirss with an empty Treasury, borrow
ing gold to buy silver, and deferring
payments, on his own appropriations, to
prevent an actual cash deficit.
That is the greatest failure Of modern
times. II is unprecedented. No minis
try in England. no administration in
this country. ever made such stupid.
reckless blunders No country in modern
times ever presented such financial
spectacle. Il IS not paralleled by any
financial situation Of Turkey or Egypt
those sick and moneyless national
patients Of Europe
When Mr.. Harrison took Office he
stated with the candor OF ignorance
at that time incomprehensible, but which
his subsequent acts have explained
he had not given the silver question any
study" aud did not understand It. 3"
That has been proved to be shamefully
true. He not only does not understand
the silver question; he does not com
prehend any other financial question.
He signed the Dependent Pension bin
yociferously, the sherman Silver bill
with eager Ignorance He put his name
10 the Mckinley bill enthusiastically and
saved the pen as a relic. He has pursued
q policy IN direct antagonism to conserv.
ative political economy and sound
finance
The consequence Is an empty Treasury
borrowing gold TO buy silver.
It is a greater defeat than Napoleon III
suffered at Sedan; greater shock than
Waterloo gave Europe.
II it were not for the inexhaustible
wealth Of this country, the unconouer
able energy Of the people, and the rescue
the Democrats, under Cleveland and
Carlisle, are ready 70 offer, these United
States would be paralyzed.
II is aimost inconceivable how this ad.
zuinfstfation Of the man from Indian.
sholis. uto did not understand the
SILVER question, could have been more
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
And were none saved?
Patents and What They Protect.

A business man in this city who is up
to his ears in the work necessary to
gather capital to float an enterprise, and
at the same time to keep information of
the nature Of it away from busy rivals,
found time last week to say: "Did you
ever think that a patent does not patent
in this country? Well, it's a fact. All
that the patent Office does is to give you
a paper with some writing on it, but if
another man steals your idea and goes
to manufacturing your invention the
patent Office viii not lift a finger to pro-
toct you or to stand by its own decision.
The fact that you've got patent is a
point in your favor, but you've got to
hire lawyers and fight the thief in the
courts, and if he can stand it to hire
lawyers longer than you can that settles
you, and you might as well make him a
present of your invention. There are lots
of men in the country who are getting
rich on the discoveries of other people.
All they had to do was to take 'em and
fight the real discoverers into poverty.
The patent Office, to be respected and to
be of any use, ought to have the power
to cause the stealer of a patent to be sent
to prison. New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
A Bewilasred sunsower.

Sir Robert Bali tellsan amusing anec-
dote illustrating Moore's words, "The
sunhower turns TO her god when he sets
the same look that she turned when he
rose An explorer, he said, intent on
proving the truth or otherwise Of this the
CRY, took out a sunhower seed TO the arc
tic regions and planted it there. In the
course Of time the plantcameupand fow-
cred vigorously-lust. however, at the
season when the sun never sets in thearc-
tic circle; 80 the poor sunfower, true to
its natuie, followed the process of the
sun. expecting II to disappear at night in
the ordinary course, tut as the sun didnot
set at all, tho flower strained itself round
andround until 1t twisted its own head OF.
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
scntrh Reticence.

A Scotch laborer was dying. He had
four little children. After lying silent
for awhile he said he would like to see
them, and the poor wife brought them
to the bedside. All he did was to take
each of the three elder children by the
hand and to say, "Gude day"
Then he said to the youngest, a wee
thing years old, "Will ye gle me a
bit l1iss?"
The mother, lifting up the wondering
child, said, "Say ta-ta to your father"
"Ta-ta," said the little boy in a loud,
cheerful voice, and then ran out Of
the cottage to play. The poor father
closed his eyes; the tears ran down his
cheeks, but he said no more. The abun-
dance Of his heart choked his utterance.
He was weary, too. and so guide day
was his only word Of parting. "Twen-
ty-five Years of st. Andrews"
Evening journal., 1893-02-22
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS MEET
The Junior Branch of That Order Elect
n0fcara

The Junior Branch of That order Elect
Onicers.
The Delaware State Council of the
Junior Order United American Mechanics
held its first annual meeting yesterday
afternoon.
The officers of the State Council were
elected and installed az follows: A. c.
Calhoun, council No. A, Harrington
junior past state councillor; f. W.
Pierson, council No. :, of this city, state
councillor; +. S. Jones, council No. 2,
Middletown, state vice councillor, w. j.
Moreland, council No. 5, of this
city, state secretary; w. J.
Downey, council No. 1, of this
city, state council treasurer; w. o.
Lynch, council No. 5. Middletown, state
council conductor; j. A Suydsm.
council No. 2, state council warden
George NJ. Fisher, council No. /, of this
city, state council inside watch; Sam
uel Reed, council No. T. OF this city,
state council outside watch; S. G.
Vandegrift, H. G. Johnson, w. o. Lynch,
F. J. Kesler, f. NJ. Mcclure, representa-
tives to the National Council.
An invitation to attend a fag-raising
to-day at Chester was accepted. A sup
per was served at the Hotel Willis