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twig yields some new triumph OF discovery,
when the sweet-faced mother and romping
father feel not the burden OF years, but are
warmed with the youthfulness which the
spirit of Christmas makes perpetual.
But the day fails of the fullness of its OBJ
servance if something OF the same bright
cheer is not brought to every home and ev
cry person. Those who move in the true
spirit of the Christmas time realize upon
this day, above all others, that men are the
children of one God, one earth and one COM
mon purpose. Good will and self-abnega
tion go hand in hand. They seek the poor
and unfortunate as did He whose memory
we consecrate. They would give repose to
the aching heart. True to the promptings of
the Christmas spirit, they would make it the
brightest, sweetest and best of all the days
that make the year. 49, Detroit Free Press.
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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
Gift Making One of the Most Gracious
Features OF the Season.


Gift. making is one of the most gracious
features OF Christmas, and one that ! pray
may survive all other outgrown customs"
writes Florence Hull Winterburn, in the
Woman's Home Companion. When love
and sympathy are close counselors there is
little fear that we shall make the mistake
of leaving out OF our little ones stocking the
particular thing he has set his heart upon
getting And if his choice is beyond us to
crafty, let us come as near to ii as we can,
and not convert this season INTO sort OF
convenience for ourselves, thrustiEg upon
his reluctant acceptance such prosaie artl-
cles as shoes, hats and other essentials OF the
toilet. Far pretlier is the German custom
Of bestowing gaudy triies that have no use
in themselves but are partHf the glitter and
fashion of the holiday When il is possible
nothing is so good to have as the traditional
Christmas tree. In after years memory
hangs upon it fondly, and we bless in our
hearts the kind hands that took 50 much
trouble to give us pleasure.
Then the stocking hung up on Christmas
eve has a romance all its own. The break
fast table dressed with holy-berries and
gifts piled under snowy napkins is a graceful
custom, and is far nicer than the blunt hand
ing out Of our gifts. Some trouble should
surprise. We all like it, but il is one Of The
greatest delights in childs experience. lie
finds out before we would choose to have
him that what is looked forward to most
eagerly seldom turns cut well. 1t is sad
philosophy vet true, that it is dangerous to
set ones heart on anything III this world.
But the love that hides its intention until
the hour of fulhlment, and then lets out its
secret III an outburst of generosity, is the
best substitute that is ever offered for the
special Providence-Santa Claus, and all
other gracious myths
An example OF generosity is seldom lost
upon children if it is true not artificial.
They are very wiling to live up to their lit.
tie knowledge, if we allow them the chance,
and part Of our duty 10 the day is TO en-
courage in our young people the same kind
illness we cultivate in ourselves. II is so
much easier TO learn in youth TO lie genial,
sympathetic and generous than il is after
embittering experiences have hardened our
hearts
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ham and in Denmark portions OF this gi.
gantic sweet appear every Christmas day.
The Christmas dinner is served in the huge
Indian dining-room, which presents a bril-
liant appearance. Gold plate is used and
CLEANS from table and sideboard a yue
log in the fireplace blazes brightly, and the
large party OF relatives who have been asked
to share the Christmas dinner includes many
of the younger members of the royal fam.
lily who on other days of the year are in bed
at the dinner time OF the grown.ups. There
fore they especially enjoy the OCCASION
Chicago Daily News.
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SOUR R<HOLTDAY>$ SUPPLEMENT- -

child, the New Years day with its good res.
olutions and big promises and renewed en-
ergies, come around, there are those who
say: Let us have done with these trite
occurrences" But, if ever there was any
thing in the old festival season, it is there
still. There are new generations who find
no staleness in the antique. but to whom
the same regenerative stimulus comes in
the anniversary time. We lived because
those who went before us helped us to live:
let US be like help to those who are bios
soming into younger life-S. s. Times.
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Keeping the AnniYersdru.

Age disowns novelty. 1t is true that. the
more wise man learns, the less he finds
that he knows. Yet tits also true that. the
older we grow, the more we see the world
repeating itself. In new music we hear
strains that remind us of old melodies; the
preachers illustrations, the poets SMILES,
the novelist's plots, all remind us of some
thing gone before, and seem like revamp-
ing of old stories. And so when the Christ.
mas anniversary with its tales of the Christ.
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There is one custom always gone through
with Christmas eve at the English court
the appearance OF the great baron of beef
This is cooked at Windsor, for the kitchen
at Osborne will not accommodate it, Also
there comes big woodcock pie, boars
head and the queens plum pudding This
pudding is a giant, for after part of it has
been sent to the queen for her Christmas
dinner, enough is left to furnish dessert for
all the queens near relatives-and at the
Russian court, in Roumania, at Sandring-
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The Festival of Motherhood.

Christmas is the festival of motherhood.
1t calls our thoughts back to our own be-
ginning-to her who gave US birth-to her
to whom above every other human being we
owe all that we are for good-all that we
might have been. and are not. We recall
her gentleness and patience with usher
aspirations and prayer for us. We plan and
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A Profitable Combination.

Talk about luck! That man Denslow has
it in triple plated chunks"
''How do you figure it out?'
why, his wife was born on Christmas,
and Christmas is also the anniversary of
their marriage. You see, the rest of the
year is pure velvet for him. Cleveland
Leader.
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An Enthusiast.

Ted-Tom is great observer OF the Christ
mas customs.
Ned-I should say so. He'll kiss an ugly,
girl just because he happens to catch her
under the mistletoe. Judge.
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THE LETTER.

Dear Santa Claus: My papa says
You're goin' to bring to me
Another mamma, Christmas time,
Ats as sweet as she can be;
But ] don't want no other one.
Don't put her in your pack
But please, good Santa, won't you bring
My own dear mamma back?
She said, before she went away,
AT she would take my hand
And lead me out of here, some day,
Into a happier land,
So don't bring no new mamma here
Ats younger than Ne was
To take the Hlace we've kept for her,
Dear kind old Santa Claus.
If you can bring new mammas round
Why can't you find some way
To bring boys own mamma home
And give hen to him, say?
] don't want no new mamma here,
Ats as sweet as she can be-
But bring my old one, Santa, dear,
To papa and 10 me.
S. f. Kiser. iit Cleveland Leader
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.
A misunderstanding.

II notice jerks doesn't speak to you.
whats the matter?"
II can't help it. | started TO talk to him
about Christmas decorations the other day
and he thought referred to the black eyes
he got in broil with mutual friend re-
Gently Judge.
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The First Celebration of Christmas

Christmas was first celebrated in the year
9S, but it was 40 years later before it was
officially adopted as Christian festival;
nor was it until about the fifth century
that the day OF celebration became perman-
emily fixed on the 25th of December
up to that time it had been irreguarly
observed at various times of the year-in
December, in April and in May, but most
frequently in January. Ladies' Home Jour
nal
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10
She Knew Him.

Tom-Did you give Miss Gotrox a Christ
mas present?
jack tried to. Offered her myself, you
know
Tom-And she refused you?
jack suppose that's what il amounts TO.
She said she didn't believe it was right for
girl TO accept very costly gifts.-Brooklyn
Life.
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English Christmas Custom.

The Christmas tree found its way into
England through Prince Albert, soon after
his betrothal to Queen Victoria. A peculiar
English custom is that of passing small
tree round the table after the Christmas
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We're sometimes nigh dead-broke:
But once year, at Christmas-time,
Our hearth is bright to see;
The baby's hand just touches heaven
When Daddy lights the tree.
For weeks and weeks the little ones
Have lotted on this hour;
And mother. she has planned for ii
Since summers sun and shower.
With here a nickel. there dime,
Put by where none should see,
loving hoard against the night
When Daddy lights the tree.
The tiny tapers glow like stars;
They mind us of the flame
That rifted once the stee-blue sky
The morn the Christ-child came;
The blessed angels sang to earth
Above that far countree-
We think they sing above our hearth
When Daddy lights the tree
The weest kid in mothers arms
Laughs out and claps her hands,
The rest of us on tiptoe wait;
The grown-up brother stands
Where he can reach the topmost branch,
Our Santa Claus to be,
In that sweet hour of breathless JOY
When Daddy lights the tree.
Our grandpa says twas just as fine
In days when he was young; .,-
For every Christmas ages through
The happy bells have rtfng.
And Daddy's head is growing gray.
But yet boy is he.
As merry as the rest of us
When Daddy lights the tree.
'Tis Love that makes the world 20 round,
''ris Love that lightcns toll. l-.--
'Tis Love that lays up treasure Which
Nor moth nor rust can spoil: M
And Love is in our humble home,
In largesse full ard free,
We all are very close to heaven
When Daddy lights the tree.
Margaret f.. Sangster, in Woman's Homo
COMPANION,
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Twas Ever Thus.

der the mistletoe, but Miss Autumn seems
10 be the only one | can find there.
Ned-lt seems to be an instance OF the
wrong girl in the right plaee.-Judge.
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One Cause of Trouble.

Shell wish Christmas really was a sea-
son of general-peace and good will.
He-Well, it might be if somebody hadn't
introduced the custom Of giving Christmas
presents.-Puck.
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think Of what we might have been had she
been other than she was. We would to God
that we were more nearly what she would
have us be. We say: "Would that all chill
dren might be so blessed"
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Made Him Wait.

''Mrs. Hopkins, where is that Christmas
present you said you had bought for me-
We'll, Mr.. Hopkins, you talked so much
about hard times that put it away until
your birthday. Chicago Record.
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John is such goose; he gave dear NAM
ma half dozen silver nutpicks and a nut
cracker"
''Well, isn't that all right
Poor mamma, she has dyspepsia, and
hasn't eaten nut for 20 years. Detroit
Free Press.
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And Itapa says at she
Is beautiful and good and kind
And says she hopes at
VIII likd her awful much and learn
To lovd her by and by.
My papa1s often seen her, and
He sayS her eyes is blue,
The SAND as mine is. and her cheeks
Has dinpples in them, too.
And she aIin't more an half as old's
My othelr mamma was,
And pal7a isays l ought to thank
Dear kind old Santa Claus.
But | ain 4 glad, and don't want
No other mamma here;
I'd rather have him bring me back
$My own sweet mamma dear
My nice, good mamma that is gone
SO far-sd far away
IN write 10 Santa Claus to bring
Her back to me to stay.
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JASPER INDIANA FRIDAY. JANUARY 27 1899

five seconds. The train, drawn by
m electric-motor car, weighs S2O
tons, or Just the same weight as that
for the maximum OF the
trains in the Paris tunnel. The
starting and stopping were made
between two white flags, the time
being carefully taken by the visitors
and other spectators.
The motor car employed was OF
the pattern used on the Nantasket
Beach railroad, and was equipped
with four motors similar to those
used on the elevated roads in Chica-
90. Attached to this were three
New York Central passenger cars
and seven fiat cars loaded with pig
iron, the whole weighing 32O tons,
including the motor car, which
weighed forty five tons.
The French engineers were great
'ly interested in the running OF the
motors cars on the Brooklyn bridge
They will undoubtedly return tc
France with many new ideas Of The
use and possibilities of electricity
as motive power, for nothing like
the heavy electric traction in thl
country is to be seen in any othe
part Of the world.-Indlanapoli
Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-27

Capt. Sullivan has been a lifelong
friend OF Senator Turpie and made
the CLOSING speech nominating him
the other day. While the opening
speech was made by Representative
McCarty, the youngest member OF
the assembly. Capt. Sullivan's
voice is not heard often In the legi-
lature, but he is listened to atten
lively when he speaks, because he
always talks good hard horse sense
Ind. Sentinel.
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The Ph 'Iippines.

Among other things Hon. w. j.
Bryan in discussing the annexation
of the Philippines in a newspaper
article offers these pertinent sug-
gestions:
1T has been argued that annexa-
ton would furnish a new field for
the investment Of American capital
If there is surplus money seeking
investment, why is it not applied III
the purchase OF farm lands, in de-
veloping domestic enterprises, or IN
replacing foreign capital? In 1896
we we're told that we were depend
ant upon foreign capital and must
so legislate as to keep what we had
and invite more. Strange that 1t
should be necessary to have al
English financial system in order tc
bring English capital into the states
and also an English colonial policy
for the purpose of taking American
capital out. Every dollar sent t.
the Philippines must be Withdrawn
from present investments, and we
must suffer to the extent OF the
amount withdrawn or borrow abroad
and increase our bondage to foreign
money lenders.
1T is sometimes suggested tina
the Philippines would furnish home
for those who are crowded out o
this country. This argument, too
is without foundation. The popu
llation of the United States amount
to only II persons to the squar
mile, while the Philippines alread.
contain about 60 to the square mile
lit will be several generations be
fore the population of the Unite'
States will be as dense as it is no'
! in the Philippines"
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Road Tax Waste.

1t is generally understood in this
state that the road tax system is
much of farce, and that the ordi
nary program of working out"
taxes and supervision" of the
work is a humbug. But people
generally do not realize what tre-
IN, ndous fraud it is. The Sentinel
has labored to convince the people
that any deviation from even and
exact Justice in any tax system IN
variably works against the poor and
in favor Of tse rich. But il is very
difficult to make them believe II.
The average farmer thinks he is do
ing smart thing when he gets OF
with less road work than he ought
to do, and therefore winks at sys-
tenn of lax enforcement of law. he
forgets two things. In the first
place he opens the door to evasion
of taxation BY others. We have al
. ready reached stage at which rail-
, road companies "farm OUT their
road taxes instead of paying them,
and save from one-fourth to one
half the tax by getting labor at low
er rates than the law allows on road
, tax work. In the second place the
farmer is more interested in having
, good roads than anybody else, be-
: cause he uses them most. For his
. own good he should do full work
e himself and insist on every other
5 taxpayer doing the same.
e The waste of supervision is enor-
, nous. BY special effort the state
[ statistician has succeeded in getting
: reports from nineteen counties OF
: the allowances to road supervisors
: for the past year. They are as fol-
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Sun is the Standard Decision by an lrdi.
ana Court.

The Judge of the DeKalb Circuit
Court, in a case decided by him,
held that the saloons in Indiana
operating under the Nicholson act
must open and close by the sun, not
standard time. A saloon-keeper OF
Auburn was arrested on charge OF
being in his saloon and having his
family in his pl.ce after IL O'Clock
at night. The law provides that
the saloons must be closed and va
Gated between II p. m. and D a. m.
and that the presence OF persons IL
saloon during these hours IS prl-
ma facie evidence of selling liquor
at prohibited hours.
The defendant was William +
Ryan, and he was arrested for hav
ing persons in his saloon after !
O'Clock on the night of Sept. Z
1898. He was indicted, and OF
trial produced proof that he opene'
and closed by standard time, an
that though II was quarter OF a
hour past IL O'Clock when be close
on the night in question by sun,
was not III o'clock by STANDARD
time. The court directed the jur.
to find that "the only standard Q
time recognized by the courts is tn
meridian or the sun, and that an ar
bitrary standard set up by person
in their lines of business will no
be recognized"
This is the first time the cour'
have been asked to pass on thi
point, and saloon men general
will observe the rule laid down.
Dispatch.
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There are differences in these al
lowances that cannot be accounted
for by population or work done.
But the most striking thing is the
total amount paid, which is an
average Of $2,l6l to the county.
These are fairly average counties,
and if this rate holds good for the
state, as il probably will, we would
have a total Of 9,S12 paid out
for compensation to road supervis-
ors. In 1897 the total road tax col
lected was 81 ,39l ,63S, and it was
presumably about the same last
year. The amount paid for super
vision was nearly ID per cent. OF the
total. In other words we are pay
ing on the average, 81 for supervi-
sion of less than So worth OF work.
There is no intelligent man who
does not know that this is folly.
The money is not earned. 1t can
not possibly be earned. 1t is
squandered. And there is not
farmer in the state who is not in
iured directly by bad roads more
than any profit he can possibly
make out OF lax and inefficient
management of road taxes.-lndi-
annapolis Sentinel.
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w. CT. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. M. l.. HOBBS
LIQUOR Question 10 Politics.

from the NatlOnti huNo'"
Some of our extremely cautious
friends have been disturbed, and
even anxious, because, as they state
their case. we are disposed 10 bring
the liquor question into politics
Now, as to the facts involved, we
have not been allowed any option
on the issue referred to. The liquor
question has been in politics a good
many years, and came in, not
Through the acti Of the opponents
of the traffic, but through the sys
tematic plan of its defenders. 1t
came in, not incidentally or casual
|ly, but organically, with distinct aim
ard purpose, and that aim and pur-
pose was and is to defeat every can
didate for office who does not, by
himself or his supporters, show ia
vor to the saloon power. Its attain
ed success in political action has
not been Uniform in all localities,
but its growth and power OF politi-
cal control has been both constant
land immense all along the line.
Now, what we might or might not
Ido. were existing conditions other
wise. is of no present Importance
1--we simply recognize the actual con
Iditions that confront us, and entel
1.-The field on that basis, just as We
think any honest newspaper ough
Ito do. Some of our contemporaries
have surrendered to the social anc
political domination OF the run
: power, which is precisely what W.
do not propose to do, because W.
believe that Christianity, humanity
land the cause of good governmen
have claims upon us such as
would be cowardly to ignore.
Our position in this matter is no
Sentimental, but intensely practical
We do not know of any issue beiol
1.-THE American people to. day that i
I more absolute practical than the pro
lection of American homes agains
devastation, or than the defense 9
} the principles of good governmen,
against the Vaccinations of dead
beats and bummers, and our dut
does not seem to US to be abate'
q because d signing men find 1t con
: venient to use the aforesaid bum
m.,s or because moral coward
dare not do what they know TO D
their duty.
We very clearly recognize tn
liquor power and its agencies a
/. causes Of the very large proportlo
lof the misery, poverty and publ
do bauchery that are hourly force
upon our notice, and as they hav
JIbrought their mean work and NEAR
Ter principles into politics, as we
a. out side of politics, scolding
the liquor power, and then scoldln
rather harder at anything that rea
lly antagonizes it, does not impres
Ius as either consistent or heroic
When every form of decent effort
under assault, we believe that Ii
! mentations and feebly expresse
> moral platitudes are about as eiiec
: i've as was Dame Partington's broo1
in resisting the inflow OF the Altar
20 tic ocean. -.
IN The liquor question is in polite
Reader what do you propose to {
about it? If you mean to help
in the battle, the regiments are n.
vet full and every recruit will
welcome.
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The City Mayor Of Huntingburg,
who always demands the written
consent Of the parents before mar
rying minors, recently received the
following unique letter; "Mr.
Mayor, that girl of mine she want
to be mary aud | don't care darn.
She got feller and they earn ten
lollars a week, tween 'em. lie
good feller. She all right. You
vii. mary them for me, and be SO
much obliged.
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-yAxTEp - SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w pcrsons in this state to manage our
'bvsipess i'm their own and nearby counties
I n malaly Office work conducted at home.
salary straight 5000 year ana expenses-
Monthly SIS References. Enclose sell .ad-
dressed stamped envelope, Herbert H. Hess
Prcst., Dept. n, Chicago u 20
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Wha, II Will Do.

An exchange says that alcohol
will remove grease stains from sum
mer clothes; and The Danville
Breezs very breezily and truthfully
ADDS: -,
"The exchange is right. 1t will
also remove the summer clothes,
and also the spring and autumn ana
winter clothes, not only from the
one who drinks it, but also from his
wife and family. 1t will likewise
remove the household furniture
from the house, the eatables from
the pantry, the smiles from the face
of his wife, and the happiness from
the home. A. remover OF things
alcohol has few equals. Is 1t re-
moving anything for you, dear read
er?
Removing so much, ought no
the traffic in it to be removed?
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A Tecumseh (Mich.) exchange
saws a woman was examining some
artificial butterflies i'll millinery
store. when her little daughter whis
pered to her: Don't buy any
mamma. They are not real butter
flies; they are only oleomargarin'
flies. y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-01-27

Democrat to Prohibitionist: Il
like you, but | don't like your poll
tics" \,
"Neither does the devil" said
the Prohibitionist.
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Take my vote and let il be
Consecrated, Lord, tn thee;
Make me brave TO do tiny will
'Gainst the brewery and the still.