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How Mother Got the Money

A country schoolmistress had much
trouble with her pupils, and to avoid
it had examples placed before them OF
an explanatory or illustrative charac-
ter.
The effect was often unexpected. On
one occasion, in going over their usual
reading lesson, q line was chosen by
the lady on which TO test the merits OF
the scholars
The line read: "And he Was a man
OF unlimited credit in business"
Now, Johnny, can you tell me what
is meant by the word credit whsnu sed
as in this lesson?"
81 dunno. marm." said Johnnie,
looking sheepish.
You don't kno~, said the mistress.
well, listen. Surprising your mother
was to be short OF money at the end of
the W. elk and needed provisions, DOW,
what would she dor"
She was satisfied that her illustration
v IS plain. and awaited the ans wer
which came thus:
"Well, marin, / dunno. what she
would do unless sh pawned dad Sun
day coat, for she's pawned everything
else"
The subject WAS Instantly dropped
and the teacher now says she has lost
faithin that style of illustration. New
York Dispatch.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

from the plane of humanity and from hu-
man sympathies- They prefer to regard
him as only a man, but the very best the
pobest, the grandest of his race. All
sreeds, all schools, all PHILOSOPHERS honor
him to the fullest Even the Jews, who
are charged with putting him to death
and hating his memory, sincerely respect
him, though they do not allow the super
natural claims made for him. 1t was only
oneof their sects, the Pharisees, who clam
ored for his execution. The body of the
chosen people hold themselves guiltless of
his blood. The educated Brahmanists,
Buddhists, Mohanmedans, Shintoists,
Parsees, place Jesus in the front rank of
mortals. The savagest iconoclast, the rank
est infidel, always speaks of him with ad-
miration. OF God there is no end of opin-
IONS of Jesus, morally, humanity, there Is
but one.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26
THEY ARE DEAD BEATS.
Editor McEwsn's Maledictions

We have scratched the names Of
some fifty persons from our subscrip-
Cion book. They are men and women
who can take and pay for paper if they
would, but they are newspaper heaters
and can beat the world lying out of a
just debt. We could collect the money
by law but we trust that they will get
out of work, out OF coal aud wood out
of coal-oil, out OF meal, out of meat,
out of flour; and we hope that they
will have the headache, toothache and
backache all at once-and that if they
have milch cows that they give butter
milk in instead of sweet milk-and that
their horse die with the big hesd. and
all their chickens die with the pipps-
and three children be born in the
house at once and all of them crying
while the mother suffers with the
backache and the old man crawls with
the blind staggers to see where the
other fifteen, ten pups, six black cats
and the slopcans are then they will
know how to beat newspaper men,
Mobile, Ala Southern Watchman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

40 Stu1v7-, ors1nISc groVos ana cotton neios,
running brooks aud wayeless bayous,
trackless forests and hunted animals The
language was crude, yet endowed with the
spirit of poetry, and when he sang it in
that rich voice TO a strange air full Of
pathos and sentiment it always seemed TO
me somehow that the black singer was
inspired by dim recollection of his an
cestral home in some vast African forest
and on the bank OF some great stream.
This man was the leader of band Of
choral singers formed by one of our lieu
tenants. who had a musical turn. to sing
Christmas and war songs And how they
did sing theml Christmas eve was passed
i'm this way. Sweet and touching were the
Christmas carols they sang. but they were
at their best when they gave musical voice
to the fact that John Browns soul goes
marching on" This they sang as though
inspired and when n thousand voices Joined
in the chorus. filing the frosty air with a
great sound of chanting, the effect was one
LII never forget. This singing and the
music were tho most characteristic features
of our Christmas festivities, the one in
which we all participated as performer or
listener, and the one which afforded the
most universal pleasure and delight. Thus
all Of Christmas eve was passed. Christ
mas morning my striker, boy about 1S
OF ~. DiitCks CarolcSSs SnTeWO, lnpuueut
and faithful, woke me up by crying:
"Crismus gif', majaiis~ Crismus gif',
sab lie de fus'. Wot We gwine TO glib me
IA drink
He lodged a boot and got his drink.
Thus my first Christmas with the colored
troops began. We of course had our indis-
pensable military duties to perform, and
we formed the regiment in hollow square
on the parade ground to listen 60 divine
service. Then the day was given up TO iol-
| lily and merriment OF course the CHIEF
| interest of the day, especially with the col
ored men, conferred in the dinner table. II
| Is sufficient TO say that they got the best
dinner they had ever had. After that they
| whiled away the time in singing and dane
ing, swapping stories of their old life in
| slavery, now ended for them and soon K
be for all wherever the stars and stripes
fioated; ran races and engaged I'm sucl
! games as their plantation life had made
them familiar with and generally wer'
boisterously merry, flling the air will
| Theirs bouts OF glee and vrctr5u5 nosr'
2 ~ -.4Sor. They were n tired and happy 10
| of big, black, overRrown children wheI
taps, lights out. sounded that night ant
ended day that to many of them no doub
seemed TO set for the first time the seal o
reality on that wonderful possession, per
sonal ownership THos. b. KIRBY.
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A Long Trip.

From the far northwest Of this country
to Norway, Sweden and Denmark seems a
great way to go to spend the Christmas
holidays, and yet thousands Of Scandina-
VANS do IL every year. They go to Now
York city in trainloads during the latter
part of November and the first part Of De
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The trip across the continent is short
ened by good nature and a recounting Of
experiences, for they are a simple folk and
readily make friends and exchange conf
dences. They are home loving people,
and after being here for a few years and
accommodating little money they almost
inXariablz return to Scandlpayia to visit
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At Christmas time last year
So many friends that now gone were here.
So many hopes were glowing then unapoken;
So many faiths were strong that now lie
broken
And loving hearts that trusted without fear
At Christmas time last year.
At Christmas time this year
SO many of us find the world drear
And barren desert wherein blooms no rose,
With mountain peaks surrounding it whose
SHOWS
Have chilled our hesrts and turned life's foli-
age scar
At Christmas time this year.
At Christmas time next year,
Who knows what changing fortunes may be
nearf
Take courage, then our night shall turn to
day.
From bright'ning skies the clouds must roll
away,
And faith and love and hope shall all be here
At Christmas time next year.
Kate Sherlock.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

In England goose is more often the
Christmas bird than turkey. To those
who think of substituting a goose for q
turkey the caution is given that the for
mer, though 1t may present an ample and
tempting appearance as it is brought TO
the table, crisp and aromatic, will serve
by no means generously, as only the breast
is available. Under the modern treat
ment of removing the tough leg tendons,
thus gaining all the drumstick meat, there
is no edible bird to compare in economy
with the turkey.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26
nd to ten OF thoir successes here.

and to tell OF their successes here
Those who have gone home to visit this
fall are generally men IN the prime of life
who have established interests here, and
who viii return in the spring, after two
or three months of enjoyment and wonder
telling among their relatives and friends.
All these emigrants carry much ready
money, with which they are liberal 60 a
fault That which they have ia entirely
due TO their own energy. They are pro-
ducers of the most valuable kind They
come here with the idea of becoming citi-
zens and landowners, and although they
retain their affection for the old home and
tho old life they never forget or belittle
the advantages that they have received
here or the allegiance that they have prom
Used to their adopted country. A large
percentage of those who are now visiting
M their birthplaces will bring wives back
with them.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26
Can't Co Home For Christmas.

No drearier mortal can DO imagined than
the man who cannot go home from college
Cor Christmas. He hangs around the de-
serted buildings with most forlorn air, or
hovers over his study fire, II he has a study
fire, in vain attempt to get warmth Or
perhaps he takes a different tack and
thinks to find Christmas cheer in a lark all
by himself. Alasl the spirit OF Christmas
Is essentially communists; to be thorough
ly enjoyed, it must be shared. No theater
can appease the loneliness of the solitary
one, and the only solace he findsis in sleep,
where he can forget that he Is a man who
cannot go home for Christmas.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

Inasmuch as Christmas,
whether the date he correct
or incorrect, stands for the
birth OF Jesus, everybody
must revere the day, because
everybody reveres him. A
great many men who do
not at all believe in his d.
vinity believe in his tran
scendent goodness, his love
of humanity, his spirit OF
self sacrifice. They do not
think that his being the
Son Of God would add TO
his merit, but would rather
detract from 1t, because his
Godshiu would remove him
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

There is a married couple in Washington
with their own peculiar method OF cele-
brating such occasions. AS the New Year
dawns the wife will show you a $40 gold
piece and announce, "This was Charlie's
Christmas present to me- j." The husband
will show you a $40 goldpiece and say,
This was Annies Christmas present to
me. They always give that and always
have given it. They lay the coins away
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

Although Christmas is
now universally regarded as
tho anniversary of the birth
of Jesus Christ, although
during the fourth century a
rigorous examination was
made by the theologians of
the east and west as to the
exact time OF his nativity
and Dec. % finally agreed
npon, It seems almost GER
tain that that is not the day.
AS that is the acme of the
rainy season in Judea, It is
not in the least likely that
shepherds would then be
vVatchinO their fiOcxS on the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26
CHRISTMAS IN CAMP.
HOW 1T WAS OBSERVED BY coLoREo
TROOPS.

The ole Bull OF the AccOrdion-A Sable
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gifts-A Happy
Lot of Children of a Larger Growth.
II enlisted after graduation at Yale in the
Twentieth Connecticut regiment and was
commissioned first lieutenant of Company
+. Our service during 1862 and 1868 was
with the Army of the Potomac until aftez
the battle of Gettysburg, in which we par
ticipated, when the Twelfth corps, under
the command OF General Hooker, Fight
ing Joe" was sent west to form part of
General Sherman's army. About this time
the government was recruiting regiments
of colored troops, n measure approved,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

WANTED For United States Army
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Fourth and Broad StS.

ence We think paganTsm was extinct
ages since, and so it was In form; but its
animus continually crops out In our creeds,
our opinions, our modes of thought, In all
our conduct We are as men much the
same now that we were I'm Egypt, Judsea,
Greece and Rome. The kernel of human
nature is ever the same.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26
AZ Christmaa.

Without. the frost winged breezes blow
Across the void, above, below,
And the rose in every cheek IS stirred
With the downy kiss Of each snow fake bird.
Within, the cheerful Yuie log fire
Brims with musio's high desire,
Sheds light and cheer below, above.
Bespeaking the warmth OF homely love.
Baltimore Telegrazn.
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plains at night, when, as is recorded, they
saw the star of Bethlehem rise in the east
to guide them to the sacred manager. Some
of the earlier churches celebrated the di-
vine event In January, some in May, 9TH
ers in June, and any one of those periods
would have been more probable than is
Dacpna her
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

holidays, especially to children, whose fes-
tival it is often called Hardly an Ameri-
can any more than German child but-has
delightful associations with Dec. %, the
very poorest In this country receiving pres
snts from their parents and every oppor-
tunity and encouragement for joyousness.
Unfortunate indeed is the child who has
not remembrances of a happy Christmas.
We all feel that childhood can never return,
and that 1t is our duty to contribute what
ever we can to make it bright and pleasant
Christmas IL really blessed In what 1t
means and brings, whatever their circum-
stances, to the world of children.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

year. Then nature began the renewal OF
her active powers, and the gods, who were
originally but the celestial personiflcations
of those, were supposed to revive their care
of and interest in man. Consequently
those peoples marked the period with fes-
tivities and celebrations of many sorts
And when Christianity arose the old heath
en- spirit was transferred 20 evangelical
agencies and reproduced In evangelical
rites
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

The Planet women's Protsstive club
hereafter will meet at Hayes Hall /,
725 North ID street on the 4th Friday
at 8 O'Clock. Mrs. Julia Fauntleroy,
president: Frances +. Scott, secretary.
The attendance last Friday night was
As.
BENZ ScoTr,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

Wilkins-Miss Oldfryte sat directly be-
meath the mistletoe on the chandelier, but
Providence saved me.
Bilkins-Providence2
Wilkins-Yes; Providence dropped the
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ing newly incarnated, so that life is but a
series of births and deaths through ages
Plato dehnitively believed and taught this,
and many philosophers before and since,
maintaining that with each rebirth the
soul, which is indestructible, advances
and ameliorates.
JUNIUs HENRI BROWNE.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-12-26

Some rationalists hold
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others that it continues in
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The larger parto Of the world
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The time of fixing the re-
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CHRISTMASANA.
gUNlUS HENRI BROWNIES PHlLo-
SOPHIE REFLECTIONS.

a Day That Is Not Only Revered by All
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