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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-12
COURT ORDERS.


ONCE Of II. r. Florance,
l1OS east Main street,
Richmond, Va, May -. 1873
Pollard y. C.'s Executors,
Pollard, =. C.'s Devisees and HEIRS
IN CHANCERY.
TO ALI, PARTIES INTERESTED;
py decree pronounced in aboye-named
40 a. February 2 1898, by the ClrcuiS
Cri-t Of Heprico county, the undersigned
Va appointed special commissioner 70
tsEs me following accounts anc make VIZ
following inquiries, and report 10 salo
court. a ,,a,,t,,.fa.
o. the late T.. G. Pollard win tnen p'i''
An account Of all the estate OF the
AID 10. q. Pollard, real and personal:
An account OF the TRANSACTIONS OF INC
Executors of he said E. G. Pollard. set
Ting separate accounts with each eAec"-
tor. -. a. ~
the AID 10. q. Pollard that may be Iels
sftsr having the costs and expenses OF
s6,oiofsf rsfion. and the debts and ia
bgitles OF the said estate, among MS issa-
IL tslrir0 which account the commis-
s.ouer shall inquire and report whether
Inc plaintiff. w. G. Pollard, 49, or is nov
the residuary legatee. ..,.e,, nv
O. Any other matter deeIneu P.itraa ~ ~
himself or that he may Do require" ~
any party In interest to report
Take notice, that ] shall proceed "a az
my office on JUNE %, 1898, at II A ~,
O'clock 10 execute said decree. wnen ana
where you may attend. If you th,nk pro-
uer so 10 do. X. X. FLOkANCh,
my 2s-su4t Special Commissioner,
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Mis-. D,cs,uson,s Music school.

The closing of Miss Bessie Dickinson 5
music class will take place at her resi-
dence. No. 512 north Eleventh street
Thursday night. Those receiving hrst
honors were Misses George Cardoza'
Ocie Woodson, Page Shelburne, Marie
White, Louise White, Matte Rose Nan
ME Hutcherson, Carrie Robinson, Halle
Fore. Lellie Childrey. Second honor, Miss
Della MAYNARD. Gold medal was awarded
to Miss Lellie Childrey; silver medal to
Miss Mamie Hutcherson. The Ferguson
brothers furnished sweet music for the
occasion. The honors were delivered by
DR.. George Cooper.
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COMING BAR ASSN MEETING.
The Meeting at Old Point Next Month
TO he Especially Interesting.

The Virginia State Bar Association was
organized at Virginia Beach in july 1852
when a notable assemblage OF the most
distinguished lawyers IN this state was
held for the purpose at the suggestion OF
the late Francis II. Mcclure, then a
prominent member OF the Richmond par.
Judge William j. Robertson. former
member of the Supreme Court OF Appeals
OF the State and lawyer whose learn
ing and ability were recognized IN this
and other states, and whose recent death
has been widely deplored, was Its frst
president.
From that time to this the association
has held annual meetings alternating De-
tween the seashore and the mountains,
and this year II will meet at the Hotel
Shamberlin, Fort Monroe, Va, on the
9Th, 9th, and 7th of July; Special rates
have been secured at the Hotel Chamber
a.. for members of the association and
their families. and arrangements have
aIso been made with the different ram
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PROPOSALS.
ONCE of City Engineer,
Richmond, Va, June >, 1879.

ONCE of City Engineer,
Richmond Va, June 3 1873.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ 7,- KE-
CEIVED AT THIS OFFICE uN Niant
W w NJ Tor SHEET ASPHALT, ASPHALT
IA Io9Cc.Ks. VITRIFIED BLOCK, AND
nRfCK PAVEMENT. as per lists IN TINS
Office. ..,a,.o, ,,,or annlication
t5ronositions under one seal from the
,o,,io na'rty must be accompanied by
s aItiy check for $3.50 as guaranty for
fsithfui execution Of contract. -,
The Committee on Streets reserves me
,,llt .o reject any or all proposals offered,
Ilsn' -. ward the contract as they may
determine. W. - Sitv Engineer
ia g-Gt 80 --S
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The undersigned having purchased the
ir crest of T. c. Hicks in the firm OF
Hicks. Howard & Co., they have TINS Gay
ia a. arm name of HOWARD g. BRAUER,
aud will continue the business OF
WHOI,ESALE GROCEkS AND FROlIS
HERETOFORE conducted by Hicks, Howard
e Co. under the firm name OF Howard t &
Iicbmond Va. Thanking our friends ana
patrons for past favors, we hope 10 re-
ceive continuance of the same.
WV O. d. HOWARD,
CHARLES L. BRAUER.
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ucGilI Catholic Union.

On Monday evening the McGil Catho-
lie Union will have a very attractive ana
interesting programme arranged for It's
members, consisting of musical and lite
rary numbers. with Mr.. j. Louis sullivan
as director.
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referring TO the above notice. l desire
~ saw that having sold my interest IN
70 9rn, Of Hicks, Howard & Co. 10
s saHle 80 - HOWARD q BRAUER, l ask
onntjnnation of patronage from my friends
60 80 ~ new firm, assuring them their In
terest will be looked after in the future
as in the past
very respectfully, - r,,or>e
ia 10-5ts 4. y. t1lNho.
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Cards Bill-Heads, Statements, Letss-
Heads Note-Heads. Circulars. Handouts.
Dodgers. Sc, printed by the Dis. Dispatch ,tei,
Company al low prices. will siyo you ,or
good work at same prices you pay ios
Inferior work. SEND us your oraers ana
We Win guarantee satisfaction 10 ~Vs''
particular.
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Richmond, Va

Richmond, Va. June z. 1895
THE CONCERN OF CARTER & RY-
tN6 &c to-day dissolved by mutual con-
sant NoRVEI.L RYLAND assumes all
obiieation. and is solely authorized 70 re-
eeve and ackTS nov Sasne as P wil be- con-
tig,,cd nv said NorveI Ryland, under the
ola name of Carter a. Ryland, for the
present i G1t1,r y SYTNAND
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sUITs AND SKIRTS.

IN he sacrificed. Large assor r,,1n srn1
} p 10 whoeyer gets one OF them VIII get
, something for half true value. I'D
Tailor Made Suits, cork sInrs lined
cheyotSs ort IN w 1thcN Taffeta, were $40.
, nov Sn III $50 and $3.50 Tailor-Made
suits at 7.4s choice. liz, h,ozar
} Wash Suits, In crash, WIFI Oi@AeA
, 'oCTssh Suits. blazer jackets, nicely
h1 nns lot a of Duck Suits to close out
az Nice Ice Quality Crash Skirts. good
Sn AIHIeIinen Skirts. circular shape OF
. 81 BACK and Figured MOhair Skirts at
!. A,z11w s,egant line of Black and Navy
s,cilian Skirts at s3.9S and up.
a White Pidue skirts from sl.so up
|, sHIRT-wAIsTs.
D White Lawn Tucked shirt-"aiS'S
D al Fine M White Pique shirt-Waists at 81;
Handsome Black Lawn "aiS''
n 81 and up.
, DRESS GOODS.
. Pretty Check Dress Goods, for
. sK Kits S "a Serges at 25c. yard.
: NAVY and Colored FlanneIs' TOT
D bathine suits and skirts, at ZOc' ydru'
D WHITE GOODS.
y most tempting Layout" Of Piques,
D india Linens. and Lawns. IL aonI
take hut a few days 70 put these Where
D we won't speak Of 'em-tna' > III 'oN'
D pGss end e1-4c. Check Muslins, sheer
D and fine, at &c; yara, Na,nsaak
a lSl-2c; M Nratty at Rifui .Sc. yard.
: s1 iee Fancy Fan Striped Muslins at &C.
q y@ . and sOc Fine White Piques at
= 1s 2-3c. o,,ory Cloth the
o $3.50 klna: o ar II lion Of Short Lengths
a "a - Pemnants of White Goods mark
a ed at half price
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
- s.inch Mohair Examines. real 81
" value, at zoe. yard. e.,.,,,. =,
o finch Black ias Coz MU yaIues. '''A
q "T pr,attv Black Striped Lawns that
were i0c, now &c. YARD. l..
o Wa" &c pretty Black Examines. In new
a patterns, so az 2oc. yaru'
LINENS AND COTToNs.
a ss,nch Unbleached Linen at 25c.
n ya adc oualitv 7O-inch Unbleached
Linens at 4Oc. yard; 49, ,ao
Q a-inch Turkey-Red Damask' the &C.
. 5a-inch stillers' Linen at &c., instead
. Of l5 S2G; Pnlow-case Cotton at s1-'c.
y Sd I6.i Unbleached sheeting at El-2c'
. yard. .s cotton ToveIs at SC.
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Colonel Bigger. Condition.

There was no material change yester-
day in the condition of Colonel j. Bell
Bigger, who is i'll at his residence. near
Ashland
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WASH GOODS.


of light fabric, unless there be ngnt
price; or, in other words, they harino-
nize and go together companfonaoly'
We have II in our own power 10 as
simulate them successfully. and do So
as the subjoined illustrates:
1215c. Pretty Satines at DC. YARD.
PIC. Solid-Red Ducks to go at DC
yard.
12Re. Quality Percales, in pretty
patterns. at 6Ac. yard.
lOc. Lawn, in rich, pretty patterns
and colorings, at DC. yard.
Extra-Heavy Crash and Linens AZ
i-3c. yard
Csc. Plaid and Stripe Linens, silk mix
eG, at l6 2-3c. yard
Pretty 10c. Dress Ginghams, al
new patterns, at &C. yard.
5c ward for Pretty Striped linen
Ginghams, for underskirts, that were
10c. yard.
MILLINERY.
Price Is a great inducement In Mil
nnery; but Low Prices and Exceptional
Art are indispensable; together they
constitute the most delightful COM
pleteness Of wish and desire.
Pink and Red Roses az &c. each.
Violets. the I0c. kind, at sc. bunch
Ladies' Fancy Straw walking hats'
that were 75c., now CSC.
GENTLEMEN's FURNISHINGS.
Mems 75c. Negligee Shirts, with at
tached and detached collars and GUNS
at soc.
CSC. Black Satin Bows and Club Ties
ct 2Ikc.
4-piy Best Linen Cuffs at 7c. pair;
pairs for 25c.
Mems Wash Ties at 25c. dozen. In
pretty patterns, are worth SOC. dozen.
25c. Gentlemen's Colored Band Bows
at loc.
LADIES' AND CHILDRENs RIB
BED VESTS.
lot of ChiIdren's Ribbed Vests. to
close out, at &c. each.
Ladies' CSC. Lisle Ribbed Vests. re-
duced TO 1212c.
children's Ribbed Vests, all sizes, at
&c.
Infants wool-Mixed Lightweight
Wrappers, the 99c. quality. at Sc.
radies' Bleached Ribbed Vests, all
sizes, at &C., worth lOc
SPECIAL VALUES IN MATTINGs.
Last weeks great Mating. Sale to
be succeeded by ore that Is far sure
rior In point OF value-giving. Tho
items herein quoted are the best
goods at the smallest prices.
Extra Heavy China Mattings, In
large variety OF patterns, worth
70 1-2c., at Sc. yard.
2Oc. Seamless and Reversible China
Mating, very heavy at l5c. a yard.
A few rolls left of those Pretty
Tananese Mattings, worth 2Oc. yard,
left TO go at 81 a roll of 40 yards.
Large assortment of Best Quality
China Mattings, all 4Oc. values. at
30c. yard.
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|BOna-Fide Bargains.
ri OTHING, HATS, AND
MEMS FURNISHINGS
II. 2. SHEPPARD'S,
Fourth and Broad Streets.
NEWS SUITS,

,v.yvool Cheviot. in Gray colors. and and
-t eHnCtS .....s....s-. 5000 -, -
o.. .tyles Mems Suits. in fIalus,
-ts and Cheviots; bargains, only
i.,>-,s Atwood Suits for dress wear,
@yf.rk and Blue Cheviots, Checks,
ts and also the genuine lndigo-Blue,
ss,recx flannel for .................N.o0
Na.' CHILDREN'S SUITS.
d, Rows Au-WQol Suits, In sizes to
u wears. two diherent Styles ana Pa %
pEys All-Wool Suits. same sizes as
- in -four assorted styles and pat
t-s worth s.; go this sale az ..:.. ,l.4S
t rows Suits, all wool, and ali sizes,
,t co.'s s2qS. S3.4S. S3.9S. S4.fS. and s..
- suit IN lot has been reduced.
]. R. SHEPPARD,
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l21sc Black Percaline yard wide. at
&c. yard.
BrG SALE OF ODDS AND ENDS IN
MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. 4
Large line Of Skirts. nicely made q
and trimmed, marked from 800 to 50
each, are worth double these prices. q
lot Of Gowns, made OF fine cam
brics, lawns, and muslin, nicely trim y
med in Hamburgs and iaces. marked n
Pants OF every description marked =
at such low prices az Ii to $50.
40 dozen Handsome Percale and =
Lawn Shirt-Waists, In rich. pretty :
patterns, at &C. each, are worth 6sc. .
each. a
UMBRELLAS AND PARAsOLs. q
100 Gloria Umbrellas, win natural q
50 Check and Fancy Parasols, In dif- q
ferent styles. at 81 choice. =
Large line Children's Fancy Para y
soils at &c. and up. d
HOUsEFURNIsHINGs q
your mind with comfort, We wish a
their values TO have an association Of
satisfaction in your mind at the same
slime. and their prices to be thorough =
delights.
GRAYITEwARE. &
Large Granite Wash Basins at Toe.
each.
Granite Cuspadores at i0c &
Granite Dish-Pans at l9c.--worth =
&c. each.
Large Tin Dish-Pans at sc.-worth {
Tin Twin Match-safes at ic.--worth
&c. 4
e-pound Japanned sugar-Boxes,
i0c.-the l9c. size.
1l5-Piece English Porcelain Dinner =
Sets, nicely decorated imported to sell I
at $40, TO go &C $40 set.
Dinner Sets. handsomely decorated.
for six people, sold everywhere at Sc; 4
our price this week, 1898 set
Nicely Decorated Tea Sets. 5s pieces.
worth anybody's s., to go at 81 9s set.
Best White China Pitchers and
large Decorated Berry Bowls at
15c.--were Csc. 4
GLASSWARE.
10 barrels more OF those Fine Flint (
Gloss Tea Tumblers just received, to
sell at l 1-2c. each.
Large crystal COlu-Iea fltcnerS at ,
12c. each-worth &c. each.
Berry and Ice-Creasn Saucers at 4
| 1c each.
SPECIALS.
Large Hardwood Ice-Bowls at Sc
Iron Hanging Match-Safes at lc.-
I worth 10c.
&c. Soap Shakers at &c.
| 10c. Tin Mouse-Traps at &c.
Tin Cake-Cutters at for &c.
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& CoPARTNERsHIFs.

GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
Richmond. Va. June II, 1888.
Quotations: Wheat-Longberry, $50. TO
81; mixed, SIC. TO 81; shortberry, 9oc 10
81 No. 2 red, 81. Corn--White, virginia
bae lots. 80 to 4Oc; No. white, S9c.; NO.
. 1bite SS1-2c.: No. 2 mixed. 3Sc. No. 3
mixed. SIC. Oats-No. 2 mixed, SOc.; NO.
8 mixed, &c. Rye-No. 2, nominal
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COAL, WOOD, 80.

~ p,lcher. Bent. L. Purcell
w. s. PITCHER & CO..
COAL, WOOD, AND COKE,
,.psuAII. AND BOWIE STREETS.
RICHMOND. VA.
railroad tracks in our yards give Us
special facilities.
Quahty' New Phone 40.
ue 7-Tu. F&SuSm)
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Richmond, Va, June l, 1898.
TAKE NOTICE, THAT THE FIRM OF
HICKS, HOWARD 6, co. has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent
T. c. HICKS,
O. y. HOWARD,
CHARLES Z. BRAUER.
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Orders for printing sent to the Dis
patch Company win be given prompt at
tention. and the style OF work and prices
will be sure TO please you.
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There Is Not an Article Here Published,
Nor One in Still Greater Assortment Unpublished,
Innings.

Irkc. Percalines. In all coiers. az foo.
yard.
121ac. Black Percaline yard wide. at
&C. yard.
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RACK DRESS GOODS.

4s-inch Mohair Examines rea4 q
'a uIin,cb Black Mohair Sicilians at
'Of Pretty d9 Black striped Lawns that
were i6c., now. &c. yard. e. rov
soc. Pretty Black Etal,iihes' III He"
natterns, 20 at Csc. yard.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

ther and mother lavished all their love
and their generosity upon this one eve
lamb of theirs. l can remember what
a scene of falryland their house was
at Christmas for the little girl and
for her troops of friends, for all that
love could suggest and wealth could
secure was brought and laid at the
feet of their darling.
"And what a dreadful change when
the fifth Christmas came. In the Sep
tember before, the little girl, a bright
and beautiful child, suddenly sickened,
and within a week she slept on the
sunshiny slope of a gentle knoll look.
ing out over the beautiful blue river
sweeping by with a murmur as of
angels wings. For weeks the father
and mother refused to be comforted,
nor would they go away to other
scenes. There the little one had
filled their hearts and lives and there,
they insisted, should the empty shell
remain. Elsewhere in the world there
was nothing; in that spot were, at
least, the memories of their idolizcd
one. l was with them a great deal,
and as often as l could l sent my own
children to visit them, and from these
and other playmates of their lost one
they derived much comfort. But
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

enough during the early twilight OF
Christmas eve, but as night came on
and there were only shadows and
stiffness in the great house where lights
had cleaned and children's merry
laughter had filled their halls, the de-
preston became so overpowering that
| began to feel as if crisis were ap-
preaching and that something was 60
ing to happen to make great change,
either for the better or for the worse,
and end the painful chapter. Once
or twice as the evening dragged slowly
along and the streets became still, l
started nervously and gazed anxiously
at the chimney place, feeling sure that
Santa Claus would come down that
way, or if he did not l would very
soon go off in a fit of Mysteries. If you
have never had such an experience,
you should pray that you never do.
About midnight, and Just minute or
two before the bells of the city rang out
their Christmas welcome to the day,
l ventured to suggest that probably
they would find some forgetfulness in
sleep, and as dds so l arose and with me
the mother stood up, leaving her hus-
band sitting with bowed head. She
stepped forward to touch him and,
as her hand was laid upon his shoul-
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

cry whose gladness cannot be de-
scribed, heran to me and, snatching the
baby from its covering, he kissed it
and laid it down on the bosom of his
wife with its fat little fists digging
into her cheeks and neck. l don't
know, nor does anything human, what
the baby's power is, but in minute
the woman began to stir uneasily, and
to move her hands about as if search
ing for something, and then, with a
cry like her husbands for gladness,
she opened her eyes and her arms, and
the baby, with satisfied coo, cuddled
close to the mothers breast.
"That was the crisis, and as the
father dropped beside the side of his
wife with the child in his arms, and
prayed fervently, l broke down COM
pletely and cried as if all the sorrow
in the world instead of all its gladness
had come into that lonely house this
Christmas eve. So they called the
baby Santa Claus, and as she grew up
she became indeed, as you say, veri-
table Santa, bringing only good things
to all the world that lay about her."
"And do they know nothing of her?'
/ asked.
Everything" she answered. "Her
mother was a widowed relative of the
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
Growth of the Soul.

Though times and seasons are not
as important as many would have us
think, still nearly every thoughtful
person at the coming Of new year
remembers how old he is and wishes
he were not quite so old. Let us turn
our minds away from the tabernacle
Of flesh, the least real thing in our
lives, and think a little Of the inward
growing old. For the body every add
ed period is a loss; for the soul every
added growth is almost incalculable
gain. How old are we? How much
older than n year, two years, ten years
agog How much quicker to recognize
the Divine voice? How much stronger
our hand and clearer our voice against
evilY How much swifter our feet to
bear the message of good will to menY
How much gain has there been in pow
or and willingness to serveY How much
more faithful are we in the chaos Of
small and common duties and cares?
How much truer are we in friendship,
warmer in the home loves, more pa
tient with the mistaken and the badY
Round our tree of life, as IL has strug.
gled up toward the sky, whether
IL bear the spring buds or the sum
mer green, or the dead russell Of the
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

der, there came ring at the door
bell so sudden, so powerful and SO in
sistent that the woman screamed and
fell to the floor in faint. Instantly
her husband was bending over her,
and telling me to go at once for doc
tor who lived directly opposite. / ran
away in obedience, quite forgetting
the cause of all the disturbance. jerk
ing open the front door, almost STUN
bled over basket sitting there, and
then / nearly tainted, too. You men
never know why women do such things
as they do, but they do them just the
same, and the minute | saw that bas-,
ket / knew what was in it, and | knew
that there wasn't any need of going
after the doctor then. And | didn't.
! simply picked up the basket and car.
ried it back to where the stricken
mother lay, with her husband over her,
chaGng her hands and kissing her
white face as his tears fell upon it.
without n word to him, ] opened
the white silken flannel which was
folded thiclily all over The precious
package within, and as dug down
into the soft folds | found something
warm, and then | came to bit Of
filmy lace, and under that the sleeping
face of baby, six or seven months
old, turned up the light and the
baby opened its big blue eyes won.
deringly and, with q chubby fist held
up at the light, it crowed as only
baby can crow, The man leaning over
the woman had not even noticed my
return, but this babys crow was TO
him like call from some other land,
and hc turned toward me, With a
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

autumn leaves or the boughs OF win,
ter, these things are marking their
line, and how old we are is being
written day by day SO clearly that he
who runs may read. God gives us
eternal youth in the vigor with which
we press upward, and in all best
things gives us such rapid growth that
we may soon gain eternal years.
1--WE live in thought, not breaths, in
deeds, not years,
In feelings, not in figures on the dial;
We should count time by heart throbs,
he most lives
Who thinks most. feels the noblest,
acts the best"
Washington Home Magazine.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
Christmas in New York.

Jacob A. Riis, in an article in the
Century Magazine on Merry Christ
mas in the Tenements," says
In hundred places all over the city,
when Christmas comes, as many open
air fairs spring suddenly into life. A
kind Of Gentle Feast of the Taber.
nacles possesses the tenement districts
especially. Green.embowered booths
stand in rows at the curb, and the
voice of the tin trumpet is heard in
the land. The common source of all
the show is down by the North river,
in the district known as "the Farm" !"
Down there Santa Claus establishes
headquarters early in December and
until past New Year. The broad
quay looks then more like a clearing in
pine forest than a busy section of
the metropolis. The steamers dis.
charge their loads of fir trees at the
piers until they stand stacked noun.
tain high with foothills of holly and
ground'ivy trailing off towards the
land side. An army.train of wagons
is engaged in carting them away from
early morning till late at night; but the
green forest grows, in spite of it all,
until in places it shuts the shipping
out of sight altogether. The air is
redolent with the smell of balsam and
pine. After nightfall, when the lights
are burning in the busy market, and
the homeward.bound crowds with
baskets and heavy burdens of Christ.
mas greens jostle each other with
good'natured banter-nobody is ever
cross down here in the holiday season
it is good to take a stroll through
"the Farm" if one has a spot in his
heart faithful yet to the hills and the
woods in spite of the lotter.day city.
But it is when the moonlight is upon
the water and upon the dark phantom
forest, when the heavy breathing Of
some passing steamer is the only
sound that breaks the stiffness Of the
night, and the watchman smokes his
lonely pipe upon the bulwark, that
THE Farm has a mood and an at
mosphcre all It's own, full Of poetry,
which some day painters brush will
catch and hold.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
Johnny's Suggestion.

Johnny ION Christmas eve)-"Mam
ma, can't you give the baby something
to make him sleep tonight" Mamma
why, Johnny?" Johnny - BE
cause if Santa Claus hears him yelling,
he might think we're all just as bad
Current Literature.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

and spend two or three days, but they
would not hear TO leaving, and, fear
ing something, | knew not what, /
determined to slip away from the
brightness and cheer Of my own home
and 90 into the drcary darkness OF
this one of my friends. II was sad
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
&8A u MUSTERED OUT. 388@

family who died only a few weeks pre-
viously, leaving two or three children,
and this little girl was sent to the
stricken parents as Christmas gift
in this way with the hope that has
been so happily fulfilled. w. j.
hampton, in Detroit Free Press.