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Ihristt:ss Recitation for a ChiId-"No
Santa Claus"

Good evening, friends! please nardor
me,
l should nottry to speak;
have just been frightened 80 tonight
1t almosC makes me weak.
foiKs Ts, sald-al, yes. and big folks, too
There is no Santa Claus
That all the pretty sweets and tovs
Come from our pas and mas"
Our. pas and mas! now think of that,
Why each Of them deny
~ : niii 10 tFuthfuiness itself,
My pa front tell lie;
And pa and ma told me last night
-, Twas true as true could be
That Santa Claus brings cvery TOW.
Ana every Christmas tree.
Why, even now think of it:
Last night, while in my bed,
l neard the stiangcst, strangest sound;
looked, and raised nv head.
When there before me, large and fall
49,, Clothed i'll a woolly gown,
IWas--something and its big, big head
was nOdding up and down.
l looked Mt it, it looked ut me;
did not faint at ALL
1t shook it's long, white finger. 80,
And then heard it call
"Hush, little oOne-there, make no noise
| tell you this is true, o'
ThntSeata Claus some night this week
Will surely visit you.
$50 busy is this Santa Claus
Preparing Christmas toys
Tops, dolls, drums and jumping lacks.
For little girls and boys;
New story books and picture cards.
Silk handkerchiefs and ties,
Full candy bags, nuts and things
VI every shape and size.
$50 faithful is this dear old Saint,
lie sent me here to say
lie always comes ut night because
He is busy through the days;
But children who will hang their socks
And stockings by tho fire \ c0ia
VIII lind them filled from toe to ton
with all their hearts, desire"
Perhaps you say this was dream;
l cannot think it was;
am sure ! saw the messenger .uI
| Of MIR. Santa Claus; G..
And who can tell-well, no one knows
But IN our very sight rr:ai
This dear old Santa Claus may come
And visit us tonight.
Please do not think my heart too light,
Or say my hopes arc vain;
L cannot help being very glad 9.09
Ihat Christmas comes again.
The cruel tale that frightened me
| was only jest-because 'AaT5a
L always knew, / know tonight pt
There IS Santa Claus.
@' REBEccA REAv1s LEE.
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% many GafcaSElc comments on this
that some Republicans became panic
stricken and urged Speaker Henderson
to have the flag removed. II proving
too late to do this. q big signal flag
was draped over it, conceaiing it from
view. However, the Anglomaniacs
won after all, for the British flag waved
proudly on the front facade of the
Capitol all day long.
While the ship subsidy bill, az .at
present submitted 10 the Senate, haa
been APPENDED almost ont OF rec0gni-
tton, practically every change has been
in the direction OF moro scandalous
IavcritisIn to tho American line and
loss care for the freight carriers Of the
farmers produce, which should Ger
tainly get the subsidy il any are to be
80 specially favored by the govern
ment. The original bill granted two
sorts of subsidies, one for freight alone
and one for speed alone. The former
class, however, cannot draw . subsidy
for trip on which it carried less than
half its gross tonnage in freight. In
estimating the percentage of cargo re-
quired for passenger steamers it was
provided that the space permanently
devoted TO passengers and mails should
be deducted from the gross tonnage,
and the cargo be- 80 per cent. of the re-
mainder. When the American Line
officers drew up the subsidy bill they
supposed it would catch the money
from the Treasury both coming and
going. Senator Frye adraitted that
the st. Louis, for instance, would re-
.ceive -$108,448 annually from the tom
mage subsidy, and $173,04O under the
speed subsidy, q total of $2S1 ,4s8 per
annum for this single ship of single
line.
Il seeIns. however, that the cargo
capacity of the st. Louis is really only
about 1,400 tons, while it's gross ton
mage is 11,829 tons. Substracting the
space used for passengers and mails,
there still remains so large net ton
mage that the ship could not possibly
carry enough freight to earn any sub
sidy at all under the freight clauses.
A meeting was held a week ago be-
tween Mr.. Griscom and other shin
owners and Senator Frye, atwhich this
mistake was pointed out and the para
graph providing that no vessel should
be cleared with cargo of half its
gross tonnage vas changed to read $50
per centam of the capacity for carrying
commercial cargo"
The subsidy is based on the gross
tonnage just the same. In the case of
the st. Louis cargo snbaidy will be
given on over. 1000 toms every trip
provided it carries cargo of half its
capacity for carrying commercial
cargo which is half Of 1,4OO or lust
700 tons. Think of it! A subsidy for
carrying 11,8S9 tons of freight to be
earned by carrying less than 700 tons.
AS MT: Hanna admitted in the Senate.
the bill has undoubtedly been greatly
improved by the amendments. I'm
proved for whose benefit, however, is
the nnaaf.inu .iss,tf So = =.
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500 Reward. sion.

The readers Of this paper will ba niea,a7 ,o H..
that there is nt least one dreaded disease chat ec
sncs has been able to cure In all Its stages and that
is Caiarrh. Halls CatarFh Cure Is the only poai
I've I've cure now known to the medical fraternitv.
Catarrh being constitutional disease REQ Sires !.
tssn Halls Catarih Cure is
and rrucous surfaces osths system therebv %s,
ssfoytng tho foundation OF the di ease and efvino
me pm 9eps strength by bulldog up the constitus
propriesors have 70 much faith In It's curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Doiiara for
any case that 1t falls to cure Send for list Of tea
qA-sold by Druasiats, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the baat
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Incorporated Towns Of the State.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The popnla-
ton OF certain incorporated places in
south Carolina, having population of
more thar, 2,00O but less than 25, 900, is
as 9Ollou,o.
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10 Bold by DruEEiats, 75c.
aalrs FamiIy Pills are the beat.

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handle Clothing
made merchant taic Clothing that has
Of satisfaction money got the Clothes
we sell Is not usual that select from
and the price viii be less than you expected.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
RICHMOND INVESTMENTS.

In orr review last Sunday Of Richmond
trade in 1899 we called attention to the
fact that with a slight increase in cant
"a, emnloyed In the manufacturing bust
ness the products of our mills in 1899 was
about s10,OC0,0N. or nearly SO per cent
greater than in 1896. To our mind TINS IS
ono of the most significant exhibits OF me
many extraordinary exhibits made in the
record of 1899. and the fact cannot be too
often referred to nor too widely clrcu-
lated. It shows. as we before pointed out'
how much more profitably capital is en-
allowed in Richmond to-day than 1T was
ro,r years ago. 1t must not be inferred,
however. that this great excess Went en-
iirelv into the pockets of the 1nanufac-
rurers. Their profits were undouDteo!y
greater. but a part of the excess went
into the pockets Of those VINO sou
the raw materials and into the
nockets Of the men who worked in the
factories. All branches Of business are
more profitable now than they were four
years ago. yet raw materials are bringing
a higher price and laborers are receiving
better wages.
When these conditions are fulfilled you
have prosperity. Prosperity does not
mean that few rich men here and there
are getting richer The country is pros
porous when all the people are at work
at living wages. and when there Is Nv
ing profit in every branch Of industry and
trade. We believe that those conditions
are fulfilled in Richmond to-day. and.
therefore, it can be safely said that gen
eral prosperity has come to this commu-
witty
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03

candidate without afrording the slight
est excuse for the adoption by Mr.: Mon
tague OF a course that would stir up dis
5sension within the Democratic party
And this in conclusion:
AS a friend. and adnlirer of the talented
and as one who cheer
fully supported him for his present posi-
ton, We warn him against a course which
win stir up fractional differences within
his own party. I1ds own merits and
popularity. and conciliatory course to
those who now oppose him, offer the
surest means of success. and II he is
wise he will turn deaf ear to those who
seek to use him IS an avenger of their
own folly.
There is a candid statement for you,
and we always admire candor. The Pro
gress says. If we understand it Alright,
that If Mr.. Montague would succeed in
being renominated for the position which
he has so acceptably filled he must court
the favor Of the political machine, other
wise, no matter how popular he may be-
no matter how faithfully. and efficiently
he may have served the State-the ma
chine will fall upon him and grind him
to powder. The worst part Of it is that
there is a great deal of truth in this.
The man who seeks Office in Virginia to-
day does not consult the wishes OF the
people, but he consults the wishes of the
machine. If he can succeed in getting
the support of the machine his chances
for nomination and election are good; if
otherwise. his chances for nomination
and election are poor. Just how long
this condition will exist we do not guess.
but that this condition does exist in E;r-
ginia to-day no man can deny.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
The WAY TO GET OFFICE.

The Charlottesville Progress reads At
torneTs General Montague a friendly lee
tire sud warns him against pursuing
a political course such as has beeen in
timated by some of the Richmond cor
respondents. The Progress refers to
rumor that those who central politics in
Virginia have made up a ticket for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant-Governor. and Attor-
ney-General. and that Mr.. Montague's
name is not writ on the slate. The
Progress also hears the rumor that Mr..
Montague has been advised by some of
proposition that no man may be hon
ored with public position in Virginia who
does not submit 10 the gentlemen who
now assume to make states and dispense
public patronage.
The Progress thinks that this is very
bad political advice. and warns Mr..
Montague against needing It,. 1t says
that Mr.. Montague has q host of friends
and admirers in Virginia who would be
glad 10 see him retain his present posi-
ftion. and that 1t may be questioned as to
whether any combination would prove
successful in defeating him, but that
AR, Montague would lose more friends
Than ne could possibly gain by maxl:1S
canvass based on hostility to those
democratic leaders who for any reason
nrefer some other gentleman to himself
Il slso says that the members OF the
Democratic organization. as individuals.
haya s rerfsct right to prefer some other
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THE FLAG OF ENGLAND.
(kipling's Reply.)

Ckiplns'S zReplyD
Winds of the world made answer: They
are yllilnpering to and fro.
And what should they know OF England
who only England know?
The poor little street-bred people that
-fume and buster and braS,
They are lifting their heads in the dark
ness to yelp al the English flag"
The North Wind blew: From Bergen my
steel-shod vanguards go.
1 chase your lazy whalers home from the
Disko foe,
BY the great north lights above me Work
the will of Cod
And the liner splits on the icefield and the
dcgger fills with cod.
'.The lean. white bear hath seen 1t through
the long. long Arctic night.
The musk OK knows the standard that
tiouts the northern light
Where is the flag of England? Ye have
but my bergs to dare.
Ye have but my drifts to con1uer. 60
forth, for it is there
The South Wind sighed: From the vir-
gins my maiden course was ta'en
over a thousand islands lost in the idle
main,
Where the sea-egg flames on the coral and
the 1ong-backed breakers Groom
Their endless ocean legends to the lazy
locked lagoon.
..AIy basking sunfish knows it and the
wheeling albatross
Where the lone wave fills with fire be-
meath the southern cross.
Where is the flag of England? 1e have
but my reefs to dare.
Ye have but my wave to furrow. Go forth
for it is there
The East Wind roared: From the Kur-
lies, the Bitterseas, I. come,
And me men call the home wind for I
bring; the English home.
Look-look to your shipping: by the
strength Of the mad typhoon
I swept your close-packed Praya and
beached your best at kouloon.
''The desert dust hath dimIned it, the fly
ing wild ass knows.
The scared white leopard winds 1t across
the taintless SHOWS.
Where is the flag OF England? Ye have
my sun to dare.
Ye have but my sands to travel. Go forth,
for it is there =
The West Wind called: I'm squadrons the
! thoushtless galleons lie
| That bear the wheat and cattle lest the
| street-breu people die; -
They may make might their porter, they
make my house their path.
And I loose my neck from their service
and whelm them all In my wrath
| IS.
| But whether in calm or Erack wreath
whether by dark or day,
heave them whole to the cougar, or rip
| their plates away, Fs
| First Of the scattered legions under a.
shrieking sky, i Is
Dipping between the rollers the English
flag goes by.
The dead, dumb fog has wrapped 1.-THE
frozen dew hath kissed
The naked stars have seen It. a fellow star
In the mist. s. 5a
where Is the =aag 81 England 3 =. have
but my breath to dare,
Te have but my waves to conauee. Go
/ forth. for It IS thero!.
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just a Woman's Way.

When her duty's manifold.
And her hours of, ease are Few.
Will a change come DER the spirit
OF the woman vino Is new"
When she's drawn upon jury.
Or is drafted for the wars,
Will she like her freedom better
Than the '.chains" she now abhors::
When she's running for an Office
And gets cleft and has the blues.
Won't She wish that she was back in
The Oppressed" old woman's shoes:
When the ship of state is steering
Mid the storm of mad abuse.
Won't she wish that for the ballot
Shed ne'er thought she had use?
When she finds that she is treated
Like a man" q, tho she's ionged
For inst that, won't she be tempted
Oftentimes to think she's wronseo!
wher no man e'er gives his seat up
In a car or deigns to hold
Her umbrella when it's raining,
Won't she wish that she was old
Won't she think the men Just horrid, :"
Left to hustle for herself.
Where she's looEed on as q rival
In the race for power and pelf?
When mans reverence no longer
Is accorded as her due.
When he treats her as brother,
She'll be sorry that she's newt
Buffalo Courier
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"mEssAGE TO GARCIA
A New Years Sermon to Those Who
Would Get a long

Would Get Along.
In all this Cuban business there IS one
man stands out on the horizon of my
memory like Mars at perihelion. When
war broke cut between Spain and the
United States, it was very necessary to
communicate quickly with the leader of
the insurgents. Garcia was somewhere
in the mountain Businesses of Cuba-no
one knew where. No mail nor telegraph
message could reach him. The Presi-
dent must secure his cooperation; and
quickly.
/. What to do!
Some one said to the President
There's a fellow by the name Of Rowan
will find Garcia for you, If anybody can
Rowan was sent for, and given letter
to be delivered to Garcia. How the
fellow by the name of Rowan took the
letter, sealed it up in an oilskin pouch.
strapped it over his heart, in four days
landed by night off the coast of Cuba
from an open boat; disappeared Into the
jungle, and in three weeks came out on
the other side of the island. having
traversed hostile country on foot. and
delivered his letter to Garcia. are things
have no special desire now to tell IN de-
tail.
The point wist to make is this: Nc
Kinley gave Rowan letter to be de-
livered to Garcia: Rowan took the letter
and did not ask, s8..Where is he at?" By
the Eternal! there is a man whose form
should be cast in deafness bronze, and
the statue placed in every college of the
land It IS not book learning young men
need. nor instruction about this and that
but q stiffening of the ycrtebrae which
will cause them to be loyal to q trust, to
act promptly, concentrate their energies:
do the thing-.'"carry a message to Car
cia!" ~ 4
General Garcia Is dead now, but there
! are other Garcias. - 4 ?
! No man who has endeavored to carry
but an enterprise where many hands
were needed, but has been well nigh
appalled, al times by the imbecility-o of the
average mantle Ana t1ity or unwilling
ness 4 10 concentrate ION "a thing and do
{ IL. Slipshod assistance, foolish !natten.
Etion. dowdys indi nerence and half-heart-
/ ed work seem the rule: and no nan sue.
sceeds, unless by hook or crook. or threat.
he forces or bribes other men to assist
him: or mayhap,S God in his s goodness
performs q miracle. and sends him On
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in. Now. he never spen' de Chris mus
way fun home sence he bon into de
worl', en- what wants ter ak you, sun;
ez a steady voter fun mawnin tWel wen,
night is ter write letter ter William en-
tell i'm ter come home fer Chris mus en-
Of he done had a leg or arm shot of,
ter please SEN de money for de leg cor
de arm, ezS de case may bel long wid i'm,
kaze times is mighty hard. en- de only
man what's prosperin' in dis settlement.
ie de sheriff, what levels on you ie
mou.t be, howsomever. dat his heao
shot off, In dat case. don't say nuttiii
bout dis letter, but sen de pension iel
do head. which will bring my gray halrs
in sorrow ter de grave er yo's truly
Atlanta Constitution.
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Is it Coming to This?

The keeper pointed sadly to the inmate
Of the padded cell
is trying to get some one to answer a.
sconundrum for bin. =
What is the conundrum r. a1xed fhs
visitor. who was some tt.nG OF gueaser
himself. IS !.
ss..yVhy,} Il goes this way: What 10 it
that is not. but VIII be. syet.tt u now,
viii not see its end 3. e
s5S...1Iy dear man. ~ said the visitor
...ye.'N and The apsWsr ~ i -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
His Letter to tho President.

An old colored citizen, who has son in
me Philippines. dictated the GLOWING
letter to the President just before Christ
Mr.. Prssident-Dear Frlen' en- slr: My
son.. William-of des same name ez what
yoa' own is-wux took OK ter dc Philistines.
long erbout watermillton time dis yeas...
KNOWN he wig good cook, de guv'-8
mint helt a meetin' en- listed i'm, long:
wids res er dem. Hes been dar ever
5senee. ssimuiatin' de sojera wild hia cook.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
!. COOP NEW YEARS SERMON.

Il one .. the znost widely circulated pam pam
I h,e4e. 81 the day IS Ebert Hubbsrd's
~ Message 10 Garcia. s Mr.. Hubbard
cenApcts 4 pr.nffnS estah .!shrasns AZ Essr
9Ar,sra, E1ss co. y. Tn and 50 editor OF
~ YAtliet.as 1lassssns. He e = clever 2,
- way peculiar 70 himself
go, be recalled that
= bstwesa SPAIN and
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The oLouisville Dispatch prints inter-
views with the bankers of that city, all
of whom say that conditions are excel
lent, that money is in plentiful supply
and that Louisville has made satisfac-
tory progress within the past year. We
quote the following from one of the in
tcrviews:
Wonderful activity and unusual pros
perity has been the rule throughout the
country for some months. and with no
ill-a;tvised legislation there is no reason
why we should not enter into the new
year with all conditions favorable for a
continued era of prosperity.
Yet the Dispatch in its editorial columns
is still insisting that the country is per-
ishing for Bryan and free silver.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03

All subscriptions by mail payable in ad-
vance. Watch the label on your pal,eI
81 YOU live out OF Richmond. and see wheh
5>.our Tsubscription expires, 50 you can re-
new b~e the paper is stopped
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The Times IS always indebted 20 1Tienos
who favor 1t with society items and per
sonals, but must urge that all sucn oc
sent over the signature of the sender
Ali unsigned communications VIII DC ~
iectel always.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES. s1.So year.

THE WEEKLY TIMEs-,ssucd and mail
cd IN two parts. Sl.OD year by mall
anywhere In the United States.
Snccixucu copies tree.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
CURRENT TOPICS

Representatives of the Carnegie inter-
ests are visiting in the Birmingham sec
ton, which has given impetus to the
runor that Mr.. Carnegie has his eye on
the South and that he is preparing to
enter that field at no very distant day.
Mr.. Carnegie said several months ago
that Pittsburg could make steel cheaper
than any other place in the world, but
significantly added that there was one
other place in the United States which
might be able in the course of time to
make steel cheaper than Pittsburg. 1t
was generally understood that his refer
ence was to Birmingham. and it is now
a settled fact that Birmingham can make
steel at a low figure. 1t would be
great triumph for the South. indeed. II
a Carnegie steel plant should be estao-
lished in the Birmingham section.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-03
TWO STIRRING POEMS.

IIabouchcre's "Whcrc is the rag Oh
England ?,'-Kipling's Reply.
The following poems. Where IS me
Flag of England?" By Henry Laoouclleie =,
and 1.-The Flag of England RudSard
Kinlinr's reply to Labouchere, have re-
Gently been reproduced in the Review OIL
Reviews, and will be read with especiai
interest at the present time:
WHERE IS THE FLAG OF ENGLAND:
Labouchere.)
And the winds Of the world made answer,
North, south and east and west;
''Wherever there's wealth to covet,
Or land that can be possess'd;
Wherever are savage races,
To cozen. +coerce and scare,
Ye shall find the vaunted ensign;
For the English flag is there!
"Ay, it waves DER the blazing novels
Whence African victims fly.
To be shot by explosive bullets.
Or to wretchedly starve and die!
And where the beachcomber harrles
Isles of the southern sea.
At the peak Of his heilish vessel
TITS the English flag flies free.
.sl,he Maori full oft hath cursed It.
With his bitterest dying breath:
And the Arab has missed his hatred
AS he spits at its folds in DEAN.
The hapless felah has feared 1t
On Tel-el-Kebir's parched plain.
And the Zulll's blood has stained it
With a deep, indelibe stain.
at has foated DER scenes of pillase,
1t has Haunted DER deeds of shame,
It has waved DER the fell nlarauder
AS he ravished with sword and flame.
1t has looked upon ruthless slaughter
And massacre dire and grim:
. 1t has heard the shrieks OF the VICTIMS
Drown even the lingo hymn.
"Where is the flag. Of England?
Seek the land where the natives rot;
Where decay and assured extinction
Must soon be the peoples lot.
Co! search for the once glad Islands.
Where disease and death are rife.
And the greed Of callous commerce.
Now battens on human life!
'Where is the flag Of England?
Go sail where rich galleons come
With soddy and loaded cottons,
And beer and Bibles and rum;
Go, too, where brute force has trlumDnsd
And Hypocrisy makes its lair;
And your question will find its answer.
For the flag of England is there