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Warren sheaf., 1899-12-14
HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
The Great Prize Harpu Found in His Lost Stockings
How He Was Accepted

The Great Prize HAPPY Found in His Lost Stockings
How He Was Accepted.
"She was the prettiest and brightest girl
we had at our house party that winter"
related the smiling old lady who loves to
dwell upon the holiday festivities when she
was girl. "She was great favorite with
the men because of her dashing ways and
the air of good comradeship that she al
ways carried about with her Yet we could
never see that any one Of her suitors was
favored above another, and often wondered
II she would ill the appointed destiny of
woman.
In the party was Harper Allison. We
always called him Harpy. He was big,
athletic, good-natured and good to look at.
but we never thought of him as a brill
liant man. 1t was as plain as could be that
he was In love with her, and men of his type
are so persistent. They lay siege, and no
matter what may come, they continue the
siege. ..... ,.-
Il know that he proposed to her score
OF times, but he was always put off with
the laughing assurance that she was not to
be won by any of the stereotyped methods,
and that if he ever did find a lodging place
IN her heart he would see sign
christmas eve we all hung up our
STOCKINGS outside our doors, just as lark,
you know. In the morning we all had
presents to show but Harpy. He pretended
to be disconsolate beyond consolation. He
had put out great long pair of woolen
stockings, knit in black yarn and tipped in
red by tussy old aunt in Maine who al.
ways feared that Harpy never dressed warm
1y enough. He had not only been sighted
by Santa Claus, but the stockings them.
selves were gone.
After dinner there was sleighride of
the old-fashioned kind. As she raised her
dress to Chamber into the big sled we ali
saw that over her dainty shoes she wore
heavy woolen stockings, and the toes were
red. Now l know what I got!' shouted
Harpy, and before us all he tossed her into
the air, caught her as she came down and
kissed her indefinitely" Detroit Free
Press. s
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:: For The Children, God Bless Them! :.

be broken up by child's disobedience. She
that broke that chain must take the respon-
sibility."
"If broken, father, can it not be
mended?"
"Not unless wisely, justly done''
Christ says that we must love one an
other As she spoke she was facing rude
wall picture Of the child Jesus in His moth
er's arms, Joseph standing by. "Look at
that, father!" She pointed to the picture.
"They love one another, father, and =
Il love thee, good daughter,
This encouraged Katryne, and she broke
out into bold proposition: Then why not
let Lysbet come home ?''
"Katryne! No more!"
Only three words, but he put enough
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returned, and a woman followed her who
knelt beside Katryne at his side and said:
"Father!"
My child"
Thou wilt forgive me2"
And thou wilt forgive thy father?"
That was all. No, not all. Hans reached
out his hands and rested one on the head
of Katryne and one on the head of Lysbet.
The babe stirred now in its furry cradle, only
to look up and smile And somehow it
seemed as if the picture on the wall had got
out into the room, and the love and peace
in that group of the Holy Family came
down like wings, and the air of June had
made summer and song that Christmas eve
under the roof of Hans Van Schenkel-Ed-
ward A. Rand, in N. Y. Observer.
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At first Hans fumed. Then he gradually be-.
came quiet. At last he did what Dutchmen
have been charged with fondness in doing
he went to sleep, the beaver cradle still in
his arms. He had not ventured to drop it,
for what if the, baby cried again and the
nelghbors heard it? The baby had found
a protector, knew it would not be separated
and had gone to sleep. Hans followed. In
his sleep he heard voice.
Hans, thou hast the Holy Babe in thy
arms, the Christ-child, who comes this night
to every home. Wilt thou turn Him away 90
lie opened his eyes, and there was Katryne,
Al over the crimson were white doves from
the sea.
Thou wilt keep him, father?" He could
but nod his head. She went away, quickly
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force into them to show what his full opin-
ion might be. She made no reply, but drew
a quilted crimson hood over her locks and
slipped out of the door. When Katryne
returned Hans was in very painful mood,
and he remarked, in sympathetic tone:
1T is bad night, my child"
Yes, father, but Christmas will soon be
here"
"Is the watch out?"
Yes, father, and he almost ran into me,
as if he thought were a savage that had
just come down the North river in his
canoe and needed to be looked after.''
"Humph! The watch is savage if he
can't tell goodly woman of New Amster-
dam from one of those up:river Indians.
Unless he follows better fashions I will re-
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some time. Finally came story that the
sailor had died, and soon after the arrival
of these tidings there came through gate
in New Amsterdam's wooden wall a worn
and weary woman with babe in her arms.
Where she was received and sheltered Hans
did not know.
"She had my name once," he dcggedly as
serted, "but she is no child of mine now"
One might naturally feel that this wintry
night Lysbet and her babe would be ex-
posed to the coming storm. That swing
ing bell might say: "Rejoice, rejoice" but
was not there room in some hearts for the
feeling of anxiety? Hans was not at ease.
He could not drop this subject that had
come up for notice.
Families" he muttered, Fought not to
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"A founding, Katryne! Who cumbers
my stoop with founding? The watch
shall take it to Herr Stuyvesant this very
night.
Father, stay thee! Look!' and she
pointed at the picture on the wall. Its
like the Christ-ehild Wouldst thou turn
Him away this eve Of the blessed festival Of
the Nativity? No, no; keep him till / get
back, anyway, I pray thee" Katryne was
very nimble. Hans was very slow. Ere he
was fully aware Of it she was under her
crimson hood and it was slipping out of the
door:
q keepit only until thy return! . he called,
bat stout doorsof oak was already between
her and Hans. He was in dilemma. The
child cried when it was moved to bed.
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.sThe snow sliding down the roof, nv

The snow sliding down the roof, my
child.' -
1T is something at the door,"
Let me go, Katryne. The watch is up to
trick, dare say" He went to the door,
opened it, and there upon the stoop what
did he spy?
A roll of beaver skin!" exclaimed the
tat Hans, STOPPING and grunting. teUgh!
Christmas gift of beaver for Hans Van
Schenkel." What luck! He hustled back to
the fireplace, opened the beaver skin, and
here to his amazement was sweet-faced
child! 1t opened its eyes, cried once, stared
at Hans, and then, as if it had found a pro-
tector, shut its eyes again.
"Oh-oh-father! A poor little babe! Let
me have it! Twill take it to my bed.''
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port him to Herr stuyvesant. He viii beat
him with his wooden Leg
"Oh--oh, father!'''
.Yust, my child, I was only jesting, and to
show that thy father will care for thee. -
Il thank thee" After this pleasant and
domestic episode there was silence. Hans
sat before the broad open fireplace with its
frolicking flames and smoking his long
stemnled pipe, while Katryne made her
spinning wheel fly merrily round. In one
OF the pauses Of her wheel she said:
q heard voice, father
It is nothing. The wind, my child, blow
ing straight from East river and Helle Cat
Burr-r-r-r# Burr went the wheel, and then came
another pause.
= do hear something, father
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THE NEW YEAR.
We Should Meet Its Trials and Temptations With a
Strong Faith In God.


The return of New Years day invites
many people to the most somber reflec.
tons. Undoubtedly most of us can find
abundant occasion for these, but there is
such thing as pushing self examination and
selt-condemnation to the point of discour-
agement. The best temper with which we
can enter upon the new year is that of faith.
faith IN God and faith in ourselves through
Ills help. 1t is about as certain as any-
thing can be that the new year will bring
us new experiences. Our courage, our ca
paclty TOR endurance, our steadiness of char
acter and power of resistance is to be tested.
AT the end OF the year we are going to be
nobler men and women than we are to-
day, or we shall have deteriorated morally,
and forever afterward there will be narrow
ing opportunities. While we think of the
latter alternative it is well to strengthen
our hearts by the former Let us believe
that we are not going to fail and we have
taken long step towards success When
another New Years day comes around we
are going to be able to reckon solid gains
IN character won through the trials and
temptations and emergencies Of the years
experience. Watchman.
The night before Christmas is one of the
rare occasions on which the small boy is
threatened with insomnia.-Puck.
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RCNaas11taAs
<N,l t>LCo

.H& IN sterdam's fort close
by the blue water
that rippled around
Manhattan Island. Ding ding ding ding!
It was Christmas eve, and did not st.
Nikolaas' bell have right to swing mer-
rily? 1t seemed to say: christmas COM
ing, coming, coming" and in its joyful tones
one might have caught the echo of that ju-
bilant proclamation: "For unto us a Child
is born, unto.us Son is given, and the gov
eminent shall be upon His shoulders, and
selor, the mighty God, the everlasting Fa-
ther, the Prince of Peace"
Swing and ring, O bell! Christmas was
coming. Ring away, iron bell! To Gov.
Peter Stuyvesant stamping around the
little Holland town on his wooden leg, to
the townsfolks in baggy breeches or quilted
petticoats, to the weary sailors in the
lighters that had pushed up the canal divid-
ing De Heeren Graft (to-day's Broad street,,
or the seamen in the craft moored by the
shore, the thought of Christmas brought a
new joy.
Hans Van Schenkel stood on the stoop of
the shop where he sold beaver skin and 9th
er furs, but the ringing of the bell brought
no special satisfaction.
What is that bell ringing for?" he asked,
turning to his daughter Katryne
"It is ringing for Christmas, / think, ia
ther, and that is good news"
Verify, daughter, there is something bet.
ter than Christmas, and that is that snow
is coming, and thou hast home with thy
father"
II pity those hout-a-home- :" Then
she stopped and her blue eyes SO filled with
tears that they were like sapphires floating
in fountains of CRYSTAL
"Come, come, child, thou hast a good
home. What is the matter with thee?"
Thou knowest, father"
"Humph!" growled Hans. Then he broke
out: Il know what ails thee Thou art
signing for that sister Of thine, and is it
any fault of mine because she would, yes,
would, in spite of all I could say, marry
that English sailor, that Jack Lang?
warned her. When, then, she went into the
wilderness was it my fault ?'
Katryne turned away to hide the pearls
that fell SO freely from her blue eyes. She
thought of the day when Jack Lang and
Lysbet Van Schenkel stole through gate
way in the wall of the palisades running
where Wall street now is and giving name
it. The lovers disappeared there, and not
for a long day was Lysbet seen, but Jack
never. It was said that they were married
by an English clergyman, somewhere, at
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H. ItS)W And from the stee-
M\M pies far and near
MASN$A\V The bells are ring
"'M&SD ing, sw weet and
~ clear,
70 welcome in the birthday morn
or One in lowliest manger born,
Who died for men, and reigns a King,
All hearts take up the theme and sing
AS angels sang, Ger Bethlehem's hill,
Be peace on Earth; to Men good will,
When Christmas comes.
When Christmas comes,
And holly hangs upon the wall
OF lowly home and stately hall,
Then men put by, for one brief day,
Ihe cares that frighten peace away,
All thoughts that Vex; and festal cheer
Comes in this best day of the year,
10 gladden. hearts and homes, and make
Man better for his brothers sake,
When Christmas comes.
When Christmas comes,
We someway feel the whole world kin,
Then friendships fires are kndled in
Cold hearts, whose doors have long been
shut.
@'Come in!'' rings out from hall and hut.
Come in, come in this Christmas day
Put all old differences away.
Join hands and hearts as all men should,
In universal brotherhood,
When Christmas comes"
When Christmas comes,
Let US remember, generously, ... ..
The poor of earth, where'er they be, '@s~s s&
And share with them our Christmas cheer,
AS Christ would do, if He were here.
And what we do for His dear sake
Love will a fitting tribute make
To Him who came to earth in love.
So may each heart its fealty prove
When Christmas comes.
-Eben E. Rexford, in Chicago Advance.
Warren sheaf., 1899-12-14

The night before Christmas is one of the
rare occasions on which the small boy is
threatened with insomnia.-Puck.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
No Peaceful SoIutiop

Capetown, Sept. S.-The reports of the
Rad debate at Pretoria published here
create intense feeling, and the dis.
paraging references to Joseph Cham
berlain, imperial secretary of state for
the colonies, and Sir Alfred Miner gov
ernor of Cape colony and high commits
sioner in Africa, are resented. The
feeling displayed by the members of
the raad surprised those who believed
that a peaceful settlement would he
reached, and such a solution in the
opinion of many has been rendered very
difficult.
In spite Of a downfall of rain, 1,5OO
workmen assembled last night and
passed a resolution imploring a prompt
termination by the imperial government
of the present tension. which is causing
great distress. bringing the community
face to face with bankruptcy, alienat-
ing the moderate element here and in
the Transvaal and sapping British pres
tige. The resolution also affirms I'M
abated confidence in Sir Alfred Miner.
The meeting, which was orderly closed
with cheers for Chamberlain, Miner
and Rhodes and with groans for Kruger
and Screiner.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
WESTERN MONTANA NEWS
Smuggling Opium.

Missoula, Sept. S.--A unique way of
getting morphine to prisoners without
the knowledge of the authorities was
tried here this afternoon at the county
jail. but the watchfulness of Jailor
Clifford prevented it from succeeding.
Eugene Fenton and Tom Cannon, who
are in Jail waiting for trial on the
charge of stealing several hundred CT
gars from the Exchange saloon, are
pretty well in the clutches of the
opium habit and have been trying for
some time to get some. They ar
ranged with some of their friends to
send them some apples, and on the in
side of one of them some opium was
to be placed. The people of Missoula
are pretty well posted on the San Jose
scale, and every one looks at the APP
pies before eating them, and it was
for this reason that Officer Clifford ex-
amined the apples before giving them
to the boys in the Jail All the apples
were in good condition, with the ex-
ception of one of them, and this one
had the entire inside of it cut out. A
small piece was cut out at one end
of the apple and filled with opium.
The good apples were given to them to
eat but the one with the opium is re-
tanned by officer Clifford to show to
his friends.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Gorham-Burke.

Great Falls. Sept. AT the Metho-
dist church in Choteau on Wednesday
morning, Rev. c. E. Cunningham Of
floating, were married Grant Gorham
and Miss Marguerite Burke, both of
Choteau. At the appointed hour the
wedding march struck up and the bridal
party entered the edifice and marched
to the altar. In the lead were two lit
tie flower girls-Lulu Penrod and Sallie
Graves-carrying a basket of pretty
flowers. Following We're James Ringo
and Miss Annie Fuller, as groomsman
and maid of honr, and j. S. Gordon and
Miss Hattie Edgar, as groomsman and
bridesmaid. and the bride and groom
in the rear. They took their positions
under an arch facing the congregation
while the ceremony was performed
after which the bridal party retired to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. JEFF
frey, where, together with a few init
mate friends, luncheon was served
The wedding was a public affair and
all who attended aver that it was as
pretty a sight as they ever witnessed
on a like occasion. The groom has
been in the employ of Joseph Hirshbers
& Co., for two years, coming here from
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
TETON COUNTY NOTES.

The teachers institute for Teton
county will be held at Choteau on
Oct. %.
The Eastern Star lodge of Choteau
held a very enjoyable social meeting
on Thursday evening. only members
of the lodge and their friends being
present. Progressive whist and beam
bag throwing constituted the pastimes
of the gathering.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Salmond left for
their home in Oregon on Monday after
visit of two weeks with their sons,
]. c. and Frank Salmond.
Mrs. Fannie Chenoweth drove to Au-
gusta on Wednesday to get Miss Mary
c. Matthias, who will teach the Teton
school this fall.
The public schools of Choteau opened
on Tuesday with Professor Hammond
as principal; Miss Jennie Ralston, in
termediate, and Miss Angelique, pri-
mary teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. John z. Low arrived in
town from Wisconsin on Saturday and
will be at home to their friends after
Sept. Is.
H. f. Morrison, Charles Blackman, A,
]. Cowell and w. d. Coburn have gone
to the Big Hole country on a hunting
trip They will be absent about two
weeks.
The September term of the district
court began on Monday of this week
with a very light calendar.
Misses Ida and May Sutton of Mel
hart are in town this week. Miss Ida
will teach the school near Fish lake and
her sister will be the guest of Mrs. JEFF
fiery for a short time.
George Frey of Seattle is touring
through Teton county in search of cat
tie to ship to the Pacific coast
At the last meeting of the school
board Miss Lillian Shapley WIS selected
to teach the Dupuyer school, while Miss
Cord was assigned to a three months
term at Birch creek.
The official school census of the Du-
puyer district shows that there are 322
children, los under 6 years of age and
PIT over that age.
Mrs. John A. Kennedy and Mrs. ]. r.
Burd of Choteau passed through Du-
puyer this week on their way to ST,
Mary's lake for an outing.
Mrs. ]. w. Mcknight and daughters
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
A Court House Gag.

Great Falls, Sept. Now that the
scent of the coyote and wolf scalps has
left the court house less gamey in odor
the gang has turned its attention to
other pursuits. The latest is a little
scheme introduced by an eastern in
ventor OF advertising novelties. 1t is
dominated the kissing bug" and it
consists of bit of pasteboard, some
rubber bands and piece of wire bent
in the shape of a half moon. Between
the ends of the wire the pasteboard is
hung on rubber bands. Twist the
pasteboard hard and confine it in a
sheet of paper folded like a letter and
then prepare for a victim. When he
comes in tell him a long fairy tale
about a cousin of your aunt, away
down in Jersey, who dallied too long
with the ocean breezes at Atlantic City
or some other seaside haunt, and who,
after she was stung, sent you a dead
kissing bug" OF course the unsus-
pecting jay never saw one and is anX-
ious to at once inspect your curio. He
opens the paper there is a noise as if
of a tanning mill broken loose and the
victim says-words which the telegraph
companies will not transmit. You
laugh. Then the victim goes out for
more suckers, and at the end of the
afternoon you begin to wonder If you
are not the victimized. for you have not
been able to do anything else save to
spring that gag about the New Jersey
cousin-and laugh.
The court house gag is all right. Like
David, it has slain its tens of thou
sands, and there are many more who
are destined to bite al the bait.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
Matt johnson Was on Trial for Breaking
Nassi's Head.

Great Falls, Sept. Sin the district
court this morning the case of the state
against Edward Wilmington, or Wit
tington, was set for trial on the 18TH.
The case of the state against Mark
Henry Bevan was set for the same date
to follow the other case. ,..
The court was occupied to-day in the
trial of the state against Matt john
son, who is said to have broken the
head of one John Nassi at Belt. Nassi,
the corpus deliciti, was taken to the Co.
lumbus hospital and there treated for
some time, and at the end of the period
was allowed to go whittier his free will
listeth, and in consequence the corpus
deficit was non est at this term of the
court. The case was put on trial, how
ever, and proceeded through the day,
and this evening the jury is still out
trying to determine whether Johnson is
or is not guilty. The jury is composed
of the following gentlemen: w. A. Nc
Hardie, j. j. Mcdonald, A. ]. Hills, w.
S. Frary, Ira Myers, A. E. Rogers, j.
p. Bryan, F. P. Catlin, w. ]. Hickory,
F. e. Steffey, Nick Kirschen and w. ].
Salisbury.
Oscar Prescott, who is the defendant
in divorce suit wherein he is accused
of extreme cruelty toward his wife, has
been examined as to his sanity by a
jury composed of DR.. A. F. Longeway
and DR.. Sweat. The jury is not salts
fed as to his sanity on the testimony
presented, and will take up the case
again tomorrow.
Joe Hoffman, who is charged with
having shot up the town of Belt, was
acquitted.
Sam Stephenson returned this morn
ing from Cascade where he was coun-
sci for the defense in the case of the
state against Rhoda Parker. Rhoda,
who is a husky lady of color, was ac-
cused of assault in that she was
charged with having slapped in the face
waitress working for her. The trial
came off before Justice Terrell and Sam
succeeded in clearing his client.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Taking Great Precautions.

Missoula, Sept. s.-Agent H. p. Clark
of the Northern Pacific states that the
report is incorrect that the railway
company has allowed infected fruit to
get scattered about town. All con-
demned fruit has been faithfully de-
stroyed by Mr.. Clark's orders and the
company is doing everything that it can
to aid in the enforcement of the horti-
cultural law. At first some of the sec
ton men engaged in the destruction of
the fruit ate some of it and 1t was prob
ably this fact that led to the circulation
OF the report that it was being taken
away. Mr.. Clark says that the greatest
care is used to prevent any of this fruit
from being scattered and he is certain
that none of it has got abroad.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Wounded in the LEG.

Great Falls, Sept. S.-William Hunts
burger is at the Columbia hospital suf-
fering with wound in the leg caused
by 22-caliber rifle. He and James
Porter We're out hunting on Deep creek
yesterday, near the ranch of +. NJ. Ell
lis, ana Porter shot at a grouse, knock
ing its head off. Then the shot glanced
and struck Huntsburger in the leg. Po~-
ter was very much alarmed and had
Ellis bring Huntsburger into town at
once. Naturally, he was much relieved
to find that the wound was trivial and
would result in only about three or four
days confinement to his friend. Each
is about is years old.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
Wants Him Bound Over.

Missoula, Sept. SIX. F. w. Beesfore,
better known as Coyote Bill, has sworn
out complaint in Judge Houtchens'
justice court against one LEM. The
colonel claims that Letz said that he
would do him great bodily harm the
next time he ran across him, and he
wants Lett bound over to keep the
peace. Lett and the colonel are neigh
bors, about 10 miles up the Rattle
snake valley, and seem to have gotten
into little trouble. Lett has not been
arrested yet, but will be as soon as he
is found.