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disgraced the family by up an running
away with that Will Martin an mar
ryin' into that good-for-nothing
Martin family, ! said that I'd never
own her as my daughter ag'in, an I
never will. said that she should
never cross my threshold ag'in, an she
never shall"
81 know that the Martins are
Door, shiftless lot, an that Will was
as trihing as any of 'em. Like enough
il was born in 'em to be so. But there
never was anything bad about 'em,
an he's dead an gone now. An when
I think of poor Jenny workin' the way
she has to work over there in Hebron
to support herself an her two little
children, an you with plenty and to
spare, know it isr't right. I can tell
you now, father, that l go to see Jen-
nv ey'ry time I go to Hebron, an if
we weren't so poor ourselves. nm If
nv husbands invalid mother didn't
have to live with us, I'd bring Jenny
an her children right here to live"
s.I'd never darken your door ag'ln
if you did"
81 guess ma would. It's burning
shame, pa, that You won't even let her
90 to Hebron to see Jenny. It's kill
ing ma. To think of her own daugh-
ter living only. fifteen miles away and
her mother not seeing her for nearly
six years! It's wicked. If 1 was ma
I'd go no matter what you said. >"
sYour ma knows very we'll that she'd
have to go for good if she went at all y
replied her father, coldly. Then he
added.
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light and joyous that she looked up
quickly. He picked up la'mp and
said:
"I want to go into the parler min
ute before supper.
A moment later he called out
cheerily:
"Come in here an see your Christ
r/S1ift, ma It's such a beauty L
caa 4 Il until morning"
'sBetter wait until after supper any
how. It's oil on tine table.
stNo; come in here first.
When she reached the open door OF
the parlor she saw her husband on his
knees between a little boy of about
four years and little girl of two, his
arms around their waists. A little wo-
man with thin, pale, tear stained
face showing beneath her cheap little
mourning bonnet, was standing be-
hind Jason.
"Why-why-Jennyl .
"And this is Walter Jason, named
for me, and this is Marthy Isabelle,
named for you" said Jason, joyously:
"Come, come ma; stop huggin' an
cryin' over Jenny an take look at
YOUR gran children. What do you say
to them for n Christmas gift?"
She knelt down and took them in
her arms, saying incohereutly:
"Jeuny-Jason-- --oh, dear-I--l-
YOU dear, little things! Gran'ma's
babies! You darlings! You darlings !!
You're the best gift, the sweetest gift,
the dearest gilt in all the world The
little peace child that came to Beth
lehem was not dearer to his mother
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Is, "I got her nice silk umbrel' with
Q silver handle las Christmas; paid
!, four dollars an seventy-nine cents for
it; an I'll be switched if she's had it
out O. the case it came in but one
solitary time, an then she knowed it
/ want goin' to rain. Beats all how
sayln' your ma is of things. There's
the silk dress pattern I got 'er two
years ago this Christmas, not even
made up yit. Iwant to git her some
thing this Christmas that she'll have
to use an enjoy. What kin you sug-
gest, Mandy?"
His married daughter, Amanda Jen-
ness, now stood at her molding board
rolling out pie crust. She was dumpy
little body with laughing blue eyes
and q good-humored expression Of
:countenance. But now look of de-
I, termination came in her face and she
TUNED suddenly and faced her father,
with her back to the table and the
rolling pin held IN both hands across
her checked gingham apron.
q: 'fYou want me to tell you what to
get for mas Christmas gift, pa?"
"Yes; blamed if I know what to
git?"
II can tell you in one word, pa"
e 'You kin? Well, I'll git it if it
don't come at too high tigger. Never
had better crops in my life than I had
this year. My onions an tobacker II
bring me in 5000 more'n I expected to
git for 'em, an the ROBBERY crop was
something tremenjus an didn't have
to sell quart for less n twenty cents.
Your ma done her full share O. work
an Pm anxious to git her something
real hanson for Christmas. What
shall it be?" ..
His daughter looked at him steadily
for moment and then said slowly and
distinctly:
"Jenny!"
A sullen frown took the place of the
kindly smile on his wrinkled face.
His eyes flashed ominously and his
voice was harsh and cold as he said:
Haven't told you, Mandy Jen-
ness, never to mention that name to
me?"
81 know that you have" replied
Mandy with gathering courage; "but
7 never said that l wouldn't do it, and
when you asked me what I thought
mad like best for Christmas, | just
4old you what I knew she'd like best.
She'd rather have my sister Jenny
than anything money can buy.
Then she added, undaunted by her
fathers frowning visage:
81 firmly believe, pa, that ma is
shortening her days grieving for Jen-
ny. She just is! I'm going to say my
say while I'm at it, whether you like
it or not. ] know that I owe you re-
spect, but owe my own and only sis
ter something, too, and one duty is
Just as important as the other. i'll"
"Wait minnit, Mandy" her father
said, rising and buttonlng up his
sYerooat. "Wheu your sister Jenny
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fifth birthday and in a heavy black
case was daguerreotype of her with
the beads around her neck. The lit
tie pictured face smiled up at him
from the frame and there was mist
before his eyes when he thought OF
how many, many times those bare lit
tie arms had frightened in warm en-
brace around his neck. and Of how
many times those smiling lips had
kissed him and said:
"I love you best OF anybody in all
the world, farver."
Everything in the trunk was q re-
minder of her in her baby days, OF his
little Jenny. he sat down on the
floor beside the trunk and took the
things out one by one, the stern look
in his face softeuing and his heart
growing warmer.
He smiled when he came to q little
white sunbonnet and remembered just
how Jenny had looked when che came
toddling out to meet him, wearing it
for the first time.
It was 9 o'clock when he went back
to the kitchen. His wife looked up
from the weekly paper she was read
ing and said:
"Why, Jason, you ain't been up in
the attic all this time? Is'posed you'd d
come down an gone to bed long ago. "
"I'm goin' right away. Set me out
some breakfast on the table and fix
the coffee so I kin make me cup
fore I start.
'I shall get up an get you good
hot breakfast myself, JasoI.
"You needn't to, Marthy, it'll be SO
early"
81 shall get up just the same. How
husky your voice is, Jason. I'm 'fraid
you took cold up there in the attic.
What ever we're you doing up there
all this time?"
"Oh, just lookin' over some old
things. / didn't take any cold. Bet
ter go to bed, Marthy, if you're bent
on gittin' up at 4 in the mornin'."
Why. Jason, how'd you happen tc
come in at the front door,"
1t was o'clock at night, bitterly
cold and stormy, and Christmas Eve.
Jason had just come home from He
bron. His wife had heard him drive
into the barnyard and had made haste
with her supper that it might be
ready and hot when he came in. She
had also bathed her eyes hastily il
cold water that he night not know
that she had been crying. But he
would know if he had any tliscernment
at all, for she had been csying nearly
all day. her heart had been 30 heavy
with thoughts of Jenny.
"How'd you happen to come in al
the front door," she asked.
'You mustn't ask questions 30 near
Christmas time" he said In Q voice &c
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going steadily for about three days
and then the furnace Is allowed TO cool
for two days more. IT the heat is not
kept absolutely even the dolls become
stoop shouldered or have twisted
countenances like those frequently
sold on the bargain counters of depart
ment stores. When the heads are
taken from the kiln they are Of faint
amber color and are known as bisque
ware. (
For ordinary china dolls coarser
quality OF clay is used. and after
being taken from the furnace the first
time they are dipped into a glazing
solution and then baked again.
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JAPAN's NEW. MONOPOLY.
All the World Must Now Go to Her for
Its Supply OF Calnphor.

All the World Must Now Go totHer for
Its Supply OF Cainphor.
One OF the unconsidered tr1fies that the
Mlkado has picked up as the result Of the
Chinese war Is the monopoly of camphor.
That drug is produced only In Japan and
Formosa, and, though variety known as
Borneo camphor Is obtained from Borneo
and Sumatra, 1t cannot compete with the
product of the evergreen laurel of the Eastern
Asiatic Islands. Inasmuch as camphor, apart
from Its many and varied therapeutic uses,
is an essential ingredient In the composition
of nearly all the new explosives, the demand
for it is very large.
The Japanese are we'll aware Of the valu-
able monopoly they have blundered upon
rather than sought. and have already begun
to limit ths export by imposing duties. AS
natural consequence. the price OF the drug
has risen rapidly since the war came to an
eud. and bids fair to rise higher. Happ ly,
the commercial instinct of the japanese
statesmen Is as sound rs their political IN
stinct. and they are not likely to abuse the
monopoly they have acquired by forcing the
price up TO prohibitive rates. - 81.
The chief concern of the Japanese Govern
ment will, for some time to come, be the find
ing OF money 70 pay 'or the ships and NUM-
tions of war which will secure the Mikado in
the possession OF the spoils he has already
won. Properly handled and wisely admins
tered. camphor should prove q. valuable
source Of revenue, and contribute rand
some quota toward the cost OF the military
preparations which pertain 20 the peace OF
the Dragon Kingdom. ra.
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Christmas Carols.

To have the dawn Of Christmas Day
ushered in with carols and sweet music
is an observance still in existence.
The origin of carols is supposed to
have been the song which the angels
sang at the birth of the Saviour of the
world-the Gloria in E1celsis-the
first one ever sung, and by heavenly
host. Although the source OF. lnsny
Glorias, not one has ever approached
the glorious one sung in the f1elds
near Bethlehem about twenty centur-
les ago. -... ...
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Origin of Christmas Gifts.

At the time of the Roman Saturnal-
ia, friends, masters and slaves feasted
together, and gifts were exchanged in
a manner similar to the present time.
In fact, from the earliest times the
giving and receiving of gifts and the
offerings to the poor have been the
way in which people have expressed
thanks and shown their joyfulness. 1t
Is the thought, aud not the expense OF
the Christmas gift that pleases the re-
cipient.
In giving presents al this season
they should be chosen with love in the
heart, and the thought of suitableness.
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than you are to me. Kueel right down
here by me, Jenny an Jason, an let
me thank the Christ who was born on
Christmas Day for this an for the
beautiful Christmas there will be un"
der this roof tomorrow !"---Detr oit
Free Press g.
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( Across the hedge a scream hsard,
And saw Priscilla run.
Pursued by a gigantic bird
Out in the winter sun.
4 The gander tapped lis wings in al
And, Kissing, pressed the pace
While she with feelings of despail
Led the unhappy chase.
NJ scaled the hedgerow double quick,
4 g And as the garder came
In range raised my walking stick
7 And with unerrins aim
y Landed upon his head whack
fs Which proved the maids release
* From harm-for be turned on his back
And closed his eyes in peace.
.ss.Our Christmas bird is ready quite
To dangle on the peg"
( She murmured, ''til with rare delight
q We eat him wing and leg.
She smiled and said, "You'll come around
j On Christmas Day to dine?'
>6&asYered, with bow profound,
E.sPIl be there snow or shine"
In juicy pride the gander lay
= Most luscious, brown and fat. :.
! Upon the dish that Christmas Day
q While we about him sat.
Across the board upon me fell
y Her smile, which was the springs
s Till WAS dazed and couldn't tell
!. t,ol,e ha
5 We ate him till he was wreck
& y A wreck of loveliness-
\ And then unto her fairy beck
And cali, must confess.
i I went for loves most precious sake
Glove set my dreams astir)-
Behind the Powered screen to break
z. The irail wish bone with her.
! won the better part, and wished
She seemed my wish to read.
& While with her eye in mine she fished
With subtle skill indeed.
Just then the Christmas chimes with aest
e Trembled across the dell,
She blushed as If they did suggest
The merry wedding bell.
~ Ny golden wish, made on that day
OF revelry and mirth,
Has been falflled-perpetual May
For me begilds the earth.
That wish bone, like the horseshoe old.
y. That brings good luck galore.
Now, mended, hangs with charm untold
Above our cottage door.
r. E. Munkittrick.
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A New Years Surprise.

Miss Bluffer-"I should like to give
my darling Cholly surprise for New
Years. What shall it be-" ...
Miss Caustique-"rell him your
age" Town Topics. ......
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CHRISTMAS TOYS.
MOST OF THEM ARE MADE IN
ONE GERMAN PROVINCE.
Nearly Every Thuringian is Maker
of P1aythings-Turnin Out Dolls
Where American Manu- 81.
facturers Excel.

DEALER in toys
was crossing the At
lantic a few years
ago on his way to
:rhuringia, G g r
many, where most
of the worlds play
things for children
are made. Among
the passengers on
shjpboard, says the
Chicago Record, was
an American lady
with her daughter,
a bright. t.eyed, curly
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ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
By J. L. HARBOUR.

DUNNO what in
creation to get
y o u ma for
G h r j 8 t m q S,
Mandy" a n d
J a son Hogarth
looked at b i s
daughter inquir-
ingly as if expect
ing her to suggest
some suitable gift.
but she was Dusy
at that moment
testing the condi-
tion of q cake IN
tn e oven b =
thrusting o broom
straw into it, and
when she had
risen to her feet
her father said:
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There are twenty
factories or more,
all of them small
and quaint, in which
dolls heads alone
are manufactured.
They employ from
$50 to 500 workmen
each, the best paid
of whom-the ar
fists who make the
clay molds-receive
only from $l5 to
$25 q week, while
some OF the girls
who paint eyebrows
and rouge the dolls
cheeks draw only
twenty-five or thirty
cents a day.
When an Ameri-
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Breakin, the Ice.

Dashaway-"While Miss Pensto elk
was under the mistletoe last night l
talked with her five minutes and didn't
know it,"
Cleverton-"Eow did you finally
find out?
Dashaway-''She sid she guessed
there wasn't any use in standing there
any longer"
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Freddy (the day before Christmas)
--"Sauta Clause is going to have some
trouble coming down our chimney"
Johnny-"How is that?" Freddy
81 went up to the roof yesterday and
put a stray cat in the chimney, and
she hasn't come dowr! yet. "-Harper's
Young People.
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!, Fashions Great Function
. The New: York horse show cleared 4100, COO
In net profits. ~, F'@'
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were quickly emptied, and by Christ
mas every one of the heads had been
sold. Since that time the dealer has
had most of his dolls modelled from
real boys and girls, aud he could, if
he chose, give their names. A pic
ture OF the dolls head: modelled after
the child on shipboard accompanies
this article. Ls
For some reason American manufac.
turers have been unable TO make toys
that please the children of this coun-
try half as we'll as those which come
from Thuringia. Perhaps they haven't
the art of the German peasants, whose
fathers and grandfsthers before them
were toymakers; or, perhaps, the
necessary materials are not ct hand !;
or tmay be that they simply lack the
patience. But, whatever the reason,
American Wholesale toy dealers are
compelled to send to Europe for their
dolls heads, and almost everything
else except certain iron and mechHni-
cal toys.
Almost everybody in the province
e - Ly or 'oF y,Io ufhinue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-19
In the Interest of Farmers.

Farmers everywhere in the west
and northwest are becoming interest
ed in the cheap farm lands of Vir-
ginia where the soil is good; the eli
mate is free from the extremes of
heat and cold, and where the best
markets of America are within easy
reach.
The Farm News" of Springfield,
Ohio. has planned a half-rate land
seekers excursion to Virginia to
leave Cincinnati at p. M, April 2.
They will be received by the governor
of Virginia and commissioner of ag-
riculture, the latter conducting them
through the state. At every stopping
place committees have been appoint
ed to take them in hand with a view
of showing them every phase of agri-
cultural life in Virginia. No other
trip under such favorable auspices
can possibly be made. Special low
rates have been made at all hotels.
Send your name to Excursion De-
partment, Farm News, Springfield,
Ohio. or address U. l.. Truitt, G. T.
2. A., Cincinnati. Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-19
The CITY Council

CITY Council Room, Rock ISLAND,
March IS, 1S95.-The city council met
in regular semi-monthly session at
O'Clock p. m, Mayor Medill presid-
ing, and all the aldermen present
except Schneider. The minutes of
the last regular meeting were read
and adopted.
Aid. Corken moved that the read
ing of the minutes of the adjourned
meeting of March 6, 1895, be passed.
Carried.
Aid. F. W. Schroeder moved that
Charles Schroeder be appointed clerk
Of election in the Second precinct of
the Second ward. in place of Edward
Butler, resigned. Carried.
Aid. Bladel presented his resigna-
ton as alderman of the First ward.
Aid. Foss moved that the same be
accepted. Carried by unanimous
vote.
Adjourned to Monday evening on
motion of Aid. Corken.
A. ID. HUEsING, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-19
THE NEBRASKA APPEAL.
The Petition for Relief for Drouth suf
ferers.

The Petition for Relief for Drouth suf
The following is the appeal in be-
half of Nebraska sufferers to which
Rock Island is now responding:
At a conference held in Lincoln
Wednesday, Feb. %, to consult with
reference to relief measures for the
droutt-stricken district there were
cleric al representa- ives from the Epis-
copal. Congregational, Methodist,
Christian. Presbyterian and Luth-
eran churches. A majority Of those
present are engaged in travelling
over the state, and are familiar with
the prevailing conditions in the 40
counties now receiving aid. And
the undersigned were appointed a
committee to publish q statement of
the facts. 1t appeared from the re-
ports of county officials and other
sources of information that there are
at least 100000 people to be sup
ported until another crop is raised.
For the support of these the state
relief commission has left from do
nations and the state appropriation
$4,000. This makes no provision
for feed for working teams and other
live stock. or for seed grain. That
these people may become self-sus-
tanning. at least 81 10000 worth Of
feed and seed will be needed.
Signed by W. F. Ringland, presi-
dent of Hastings college, Presbyter-
ian. III RrosS SuDerinfeDdont Of Com
gregational F. NJ. society for Ne
braska; C. NJ. Curdy, corresponding
secretary of the Nebraska Christian
Missionary society; John Hewitt,
rector of Holy Trinity church; ID. W.
c. Huntington, consignee and treas
urer for the NJ. f. church; L. P.
Ludden. pastor of the Grace Luth-
eran church.
The Y. NJ. c. A. rooms are open to
receive donations, and j. F. Robin
son and j. w. Stewart will receive
contributions of money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-19
A SEA GAPTAIN'SST
What a Grand Old Sailor Told
a Press Reporter.
HIS SECRET OF LIFE
What He Has Seen and Found in
Nearly Every Port of the
Globe and the Value He
Has Received.

1 met happy old sea captain at
the barge Office yesterday. and had a
pleasant and profitable conversation
with him. l think he had travelled to
all quarters OF the globe. for he men
toned Sitka, Stockholm and Rio
Janeiro, in addition to all the prin-
cipal seaport cities of the world.
If one wanted to find healthy.
ruddy specimen Of humanity, this
captain furnished it to such an ex-
tent that l remarked about it. He
laughed and said:
but you should have seen me a
number OF years ago. Why, even q
pale-faced cabin boy looked healthy
compared to me then. Commanding
ship is no easy task, and l suffered
from rheumatism, debility, and, it
seemed to me, many of the ills that
we hear so much about. won't tell
you all the details, but l will say
that for the last nine years l have
been, not only healthy, but robust,
and / believe it is all due to one
cause"
Naturally l was interested and
urged him to tell me his secret.
Speaking very deliberately, he said:
Il have found that by care and the
use of just the right thing. l can pre-
serve my health and prolong my life
almost indefinitely. Indeed, l think
l have discovered the secret. No
matter where go, l carry it with
me, aud l tell you that in whatever
port l stop, l can always find it. Do
you ask me what it is? will tell
you. Warmers Safe Cure-nothing
else. l have purchased it in the
Mediterranean, in Australia, and, in
fact. in every quarter of the globe,
SO it must be that people all over the
world are learning. as have learned,
how valuable it is. Now, don't think
l am telling you this to advertise the
medicine. for l don't know the peo-
pie who make it, and, indeed. don't
know what it is made of, but l do
know that for broken down men,
weak women, and. l believe, sickly
children. it is the grandest discovery
of modern times, and l don't hesitate
to say So"
left the old captain, whose ship
was about to sail, much impressed
by his sincerity and earnestness.
Certainly he is living example Of
what the world calls health, and
hence what most of us consider hap
piness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-19
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