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kerchief out of the pocket of his fur
 lined overcoat and wiped away the tears that rolled from his eyes. "Ah, my boy,'' said the old gentleman in broken tones. The was the gem of the herd-the finest reindeer that ever drew a sledge.'
 "Yes, sir" replied Georgie politely. He was interested. and he liked the lit tie old man, with his round. red checked face framed in snowy hair and beard. and with heavy white eyebrows that l almost hid his sparkling eyes T will take a seat beside you, young i sir. until recover from this grief" the gentleman said, with old fashioned
 courtesy.
 '.Yes, sir" Georgie replied, with great | ceremony.
 eI see tIlat you are interested. What
 is your name, young sir? I've surely
 had some previous acquaintance with so well behaved a small boy
 "Georgie Sutton is my name" said | the little boy modestiy. s.Oh, yes; now place you-red house on c street; chimneys not we'll cleaned last Christmas; caused some damage to toys and clothes. I trust, young
 man, that your parents have had that | chimney cleaned recently?" the old gentleman asked, with some anxiety.
 ..Oh, yes, sir; the man cleaned it last
 week"
 ..Glad to hear it; glad to hear it, sir. as believe I am booked for call there l on Christmas eve. Yes, as I was re- marking, this is my beloved Dasher. Last year I decided to buy an automo-
 bile to replace my sleigh and reindeer, Dasher, when he learned of my inten- ton, was broken hearted animal. He lnined and died of a broken heart, poor
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Can you keep house-that is, look after servants?"
 .Oh, yes.''
 Come and keep mine, then. My housekeeper is drunk up stairs. and chaos reigns''
 But the children"-
 Bring them along. don't mind children. Come, we can buy that tree and go right home with it.'
 Thank you; no, couldn't tonight Miss McGarvey would worry. I will come tomorrow
 "So the children cannot have their Christmas because of Miss McGarvey." Tt is not altogether that, but I must insist on letting this wait till tomorrow.
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sented by the government with two handsome bay coach horses to be kept at army headquarters in Washington and to be used exclusively for carriage work by the general
 The house which Thackeray built for himself in London and is now known as 2 Palace Green, Kensington, was put up for sale recently by the son of the auc- tioneer who sold it for the first time thirty-seven years ago. It is red brick mansion, screened from the road, and the lease, which has forty one years to run, is held direct from the crown: Many persons thought that Thackeray, when he decided to build his own house in it's own grounds. was putting too great a strain on his pen.
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looked so eager to get home the sight grew quite maddening. Presently he found himself trying to elbow through a solid mass of humanity before store window. In it was a moving panorama of Santa Claus making his visits, laden with gifts, on all sorts of roofs and down all sorts of chimneys
 Strelling was obliged to pause or else walk over two children in front of him.
 Now. Dick. you must come." said a small voice
 Just a minute,'' piped out still smaller one. Say, do you think he's going to get down our c1imney?"
 'I guess so, but you mustn't mind if he doesn't. You know mamma said he was real poor this Christmas
 ''He ain't either. Just see all those things
 .'Well, those are for some one else.''
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til lunchtime. Then he ate his food in a listIess way that caused his grandma 10 eye him sharply.
 Better send the boy out bit this afternoon. Susan." said she to her daughter.
 T have no one to send Ted is need ed for errands. and the servants are all busy" Ted was Georgie's twelve year-old brother
 But it happened just as lunch was over that grandfather came stamping in, shaking the snow off his coat and hat and looking as red checked and jolly as Santa himself.
 They gave him some lunch, although he said that he had already partaken of food, and then grandma exclaimed:
 ''The very thingl Father can take Georgie out He will be another boy after a brisk tramp through the frosty air.
 Why. to be sure will." said grand father Run away. Georgie. and get sour wraps on-"
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CHRISTMAS TIME.
 .as Oh, merry, merry Christmas time, Each year you have your fling, And to poor peppers pOcketbOOk You do not do a thing!
HIDDEN-PROvERB FABLE.

The Avaricious Young Farmer-How
 the Bitter Was Bitten.
 [Concealed in this fable are five words, which, when properly arranged, constitute we'll known proverb. Try to find them.]
 W YOUNG farmer whose love of N bargain was greater than his N honesty went to an insurance
 company and took out policy entitling him to draw $25 a week in case of sickness or accident. This is the way to live in idleness,' he said.
 The farmer had only one good lung, an impaired circulation, faulty diges- ton. weak heart and numerous other physical defects. He vowed to the in- surance company that he had the best of health and that the members of his family all lived to a great old age.
 His health suddenly improved, and he became the most robust man in the countryside, living to be over 100 years old, the wonder of all who knew him. The insurance company pocketed his money, but he never was i'll enough to draw penny upon his policy.
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the finishing touches on my Christmas toys. Goodby, boy, and tell your re- spected parents that I'm deeply obliged for their thoughtfulness in having the chimney cleaned
 Then Santa Claus, in his fur lined overcoat, with the sprig of holly in the buttonhole, clapped his fur cap on his head and hurried away just in time to escape grandfather and the director of the museum, who came down the hall from the opposite end.
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ing animal, yellowish brown in color, with black markings near the eyes and white rings near the hoofs. It had a short white tail. The horns, rounded where they sprang from the head, spread out into beautiful palm shaped branches. The animal resembled the elk, near which it's case was located, but it was only about four and half feet high-not much larger than an or dinary deer. The attendant had called it Lapland reindeer.
 Georgie noticed an old gentleman sauntering along looking into the eases. As he reached the reindeer he uttered an exclamation of mild satisfaction. Slowly the old man took a white hand
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PERSONS OF NOTE.

The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, who recently faced the somewhat dis cordant music of, the Edinburgh stu- dents, is not unfamiliar with the ob1iga- fions and sufferings of lord rector. The last few months have been telling somewhat severely upon the aged diplo- matist, whose recent city "entangle- reentse did not little to add to the burden of his years. The marquis. who is now seventy-five years of age, has done very little literary work since his en1baseadoria1 retirement five years. ago. The marquis services to the state, which have covered the period from zsE5-uhen he was attached to Earl
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but events have shown that the specu- lation was sound one, for the house was sold for $75,000.
 R. r. Paranjpy, B. A., an Indian who was bracketed senior wrangler in 1900, has been elected a fellow of St. Johns college, Cambridge.
 Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be unable to reach London before the beginning of June and will probably be the latest ar rival among the colonial prime minis ters who go to London for the corona tion, as they did at the jubilee, as guests of the home government. The royal visit, which, in Sir Wilfrids opin- Lion, was an unqualified success, has. however, somewhat delayed the course of public business in Canada, and the
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V tears began to come thick and fast.
 "Now, Dick, mamma will feel aW- fully sorry if you do that. You are all most a man, you know. Please don cry"
 The five years of manhood made a heroic attempt at self control and dug his red mitten industriously into his eyes, whereat the little mother of nine kissed him affectionately
 Now come along. Mamma is wait ing for us in the bakery. And, oh, she'll think we're lost if we don't hur- ry."
 We don't have to pay money just to look, do we?''
 NO but we ought to go"
 Strelling, strangely interested, had listened to every word, and several times the tears had been very near his eyes. As they turned to go he bent down and put dollar in the girls hand.
 - Buy something for the little chap with it,'' he said in a low voice.
 The child looked at him in surprise.
 "Oh, IT wouldn't dare to keep it. Mamma wouldn't let me. Thank you, sir.''
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ling, feeling the note of pride in the an- swer "But it seems the right of all children to have gifts at Christmas, and I have none to give to. I would like to ask you to let me add to this trifle a Christmas tree and the things to put on it. I hope you will give me that pleas- ure."
 He found himself speaking to the poorly dressed little woman as though she were an empress. Somehow her soft voice and gentle dignity made him think she ought to be, though her face was quite indistinct under her veil in the darkness.
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the following simple disinfectant recipe: Six drams of powdered saltpeter and six drams of oil of vitriol. Mix them in a teacup by adding one dram of oil at time. The cup to be placed during the preparation on a hot hearth or a heat ed plate of iron and the mixture be stir- red with a tobacco pipe. The cup is to be placed in different parts of the sick room. This is very valuable in cases of typhus fever.
 Miss Margaret Haley and Miss Cath crime Goggin, the two young teachers who have compelled the great corpora tions of Chicago to pay tlieir fair share of taxes, are overwhelmed with invita- tfons to speak on the tax question General Nelson A. Miles has been pre-
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Thank you" she answered, 'but I don't think we could quite manage a tree.''
 "oh. I'll get a boy to carry it home for you.'
 Tt isn't that she hesitated.
 Mamma thinks it would bother Miss McGarvey.' put in Connie.
 "Why?''
 'Oh, Miss McGarvey is almost al- ways sick. and''-
 Here the mother quickly interrupted: 'The lady Connie means has been good enough to let us share her rooms with her for g short time till I can find an- other home, and I try to make her as little trouble as possible
 Strelling understood. They had no home.
 Now, there's a great big house, with plenty of room for Christmas trees my house, you know. Why not bring the tree there and make all the noise you like ?''
 Tt is very kind of you, sir, but IT don't think we can accept so much"
 Why not?'
 Your family night .'I haven't any family. I'm all alone, and I just want to make two children happy. 1t seems can't any way I can fix it.''
 But it's so-so''-
 Yes, I know what you're going to say" put in Strelling impatiently, quite as though she were very much in the blame and he was offering an ordi- nary courtesy. Come to think. it is unconventional, unheard of. You are a lady and afraid of-of-well, I don't know what"
 Nc, I don't know what"
 There was a gleam of I1umor, almost smothered laugh, in her reply.
 He took courage at this. When q woman can see the humor of a situa- tion, embarrassment begins to disap-
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Russells special mission to Vienna down to 1896, have been conspicuous enough to entitle him to the highest British honors.
 Mrs. Marcia Mayfield is editor and publisher of The Clear Lake Press of Lakeport, Lake county, Cal. Mrs May field is native of Kentucky, though she has spent so much time in New Or leans that she is generally regarded as Louisiana woman. Mrs Mayf1eld has built up The Clear Lake Press until it is now one of the most f1ourishing weekly newspapers of California.
 Dr. J. c. Smith obtained from the British parliament the sum of S25, ,oo0 for
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chusetts; secretary, s. E. Nicholson of Baltimore.
 Alfred Edward Morgans, the new pre- mier of Western Australia, is a Welsh man by birth and is sixty years of age. He spent many years mining in Mexico, where he was a personal friend of Pres ident Diaz. When the gold discoveries in Western Australia began to attract the attention of the mining world, MT. Morgans went there and settled at Cool gardie, for which constituency he was returned to the legislative assembly in 1897.
 Queen Margherita has taken to auto mobilism, like almost every other mem- her of the royal family of Italy.
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The Ugly shark.

The hammer headed shark is one of the most remarkable of the denizens of the water. The other members of it's family are marked by the strangeness of their forms.
 The head of the hammer headed shark terminates in two thick branch es, very similar to the head of ham mer, and the eyes are at the extremi- ties of these branches, the mouth being in the center. Like all of the shark
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A Doubtful Compliment.

An Englishman once arrived at a town in eastern Europe with large number of gold bars, etc. The boxes containing the precious metal were placed in a wagon for conveyance to the bank, and the guardian took his seat with the driver.
 "Ah," said the latter as the heavy wagon rumbled over a somewhat frail bridge, tits long time since drove across here. The mayor gave special permission for your excellency to use it.'
 'Indeed!" said the Englishman feel ing highly hattered. Isn't the public allowed to cross 1t"
 No" said the driver; tits been clos ed as unsafe for years"
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next parliamentary session will be a little later in it's sittings in consequence, keeping the premier in Canada until the last moment before the date of the cor- onation.
 The American Antisaloon league, in session in Washington, has elected these officers: President, the Rev. Dr. Luther B. Wilson of Washington; vice presidents, D. Stuart Dodge of New York, Bishop J. w. Hamilton of Cali fornia, John D. Long, secretary of the navy; Bishop Benjamin w Arnett of Ohio, Judge James A. Pollock of North Dakota, Bishop c. B. Galloway, the Rev. Father James M. Cleary of Min nesota: general superintendent. the
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Will you please give me your name and ad- dress ?"
 The small wo- mans voice was firm, and there W Q s no t hin 8 more to be said. He drew a card from his pocket and gave it to her. She held ii near the light to read it. Then she gave a little cry and stood very still, look ing at him.
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Of fear. Then the kindness of his voice em- boldened her to listen.
 Ut is very good of you, !" she stammered out in her em- barra S s m e n t. My little girl may take the money, and I thank you very much. But we did not ask it."
 Certainly not. I finders $ ta n q that" quickly
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a DdQ mess OI his happiness.
 He was not a man to care for clubs or a sport ing life. Every o n e S a i d he ought to have married. But ev- cry one did not know that he had had his TO- nance nearly hf- teen years be- fore, and that, being possessed of t h e r a r e qualities of con- stancy and depth of affection. he
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tribe, it is most ferocious fish and a terrible antagonist, sometimes reaching the length of ten or twelve feet.
 The tail of the above mentioned shark is divided into two lobes, the under- heath one of which is small, while the upper one is the same length that the head of the fish is wide. This curious formation is also shared by another member of the same family-namely, the fox shark-in which the upper lobe of the tail is much longer. but not so broad. It gets it's popular name from the length of this tail though 1t can hardly be looked upon in the light of g fsbruSh."
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An Aged Queen.

The queen of Hanover has now at. tained the patriarchal age of eighty three years. She married so long ago as 1S43 George ". the blind king, who was reigning king of Hanover from 1851 to 1866, when the Prussian government deprived him of his throne and an- nexed his territory. Her majesty was the daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Al- tenburg.
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AOW dO JOh know ?"
 Now see here, Dick" said the girl remonstrat- ir gly, If you go wanting things you'll m a k e m a m m a cry, cause if Santa Claus don' t bring them she can't. She hasn' t any money"
 T don't care. I want some thing in my stocking. And the small voice
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they won't want me. They'll be bu sy makin g plans for the children. Now, there are the Blakelys. No; they'll be busy too. So MT. Strelling finally came to the con clu sion that there wasn't a place on earth where a lonely old bach elor was wanted on Christmas eve. It was such a
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that person with no one belonging to him did not seem to have any excuse for living.
 As he sat alone at the restaurant ta- bIe he found himself descending into a regular vat of the blues.
 After all, what did his life mean? Just toiling for money. And for whom? :? There was no relative he cared a pin
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pear.
 Well, why not come ?"
 "B e c a u s e, though I believe your intentions are of the kind est, I cannot come. But, :" she added eagerly, If you can help me to get some work so that l can keep my children I shall be very grate- full"
 wv hat can you do?"
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 On Comet, Cupid, Donder
 AI and Blitzen;
 NJ To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall;
 Now dash away, dash away, dash
 away all."
 One of the presents left by the genial saint the previous Christmas had been a beautifully colored book of verses about Santa, giving many interesting Biographical facts, including the poem from which Georgie had gleaned the foregoing lines.
 Now that it was only few days until Christmas. Georgie was fired with en- thusiasm to reread the book. Nobody was about to help him, and Georgie was not able to cope with a book alone. All the people who could read words of more than two syllables were busy. Georgie glowered over the pictures un-
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MR. STRELLING'S CHRISTMAS BOX.
BY ALICE E. IVES.
COPYRIGHT. 1901. BY ALICE E. IVES.

for And it seemed all at once to be borne upon him with most painful sharpness and force that he had made
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When child is i'll, freedom from all excitement and irritation is of the greatest importance.
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LUST LOOK AT THOSE HOOFS.'' cleft in the center When the deer sets his feet on the snow, the parts of the hoof spread and support his body much as the wide surfaces of snowshoes SUD- port the body of Canadian
 Georgie nodded his appreciation of this fact.
 The reindeer's thick coat of fur changes color at different seasons of the
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, <AIIy IIIIII5. have been doing typewriting in an of fee, but six weeks ago lost my place, and since then I can find nothing to 5n
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previous to this time everything had run like clockwork in his comfortable es- tablishment. Then his hOusekeeper had suddenly married, set up a home of her own and left him in the lurch.
 There had been two housekeepers since, and the present loud voiced in- cumbent was up stairs temporarily in- capacitated, owing to a too close ac- quaintance with MT. Strelling's wine. The cook had left in disgust, and the housemaid, in a bewildered condition, had just informed the master of this chaotic household that there was no dinner. So MT. Strelling turned back into the hall, donned his hat and over coat and went out into the wintry night to search for a restaurant. If there was one thing that Mir. Strelling did dislike it was eating in restaurants
 I'll drop into the Heckets' and dine with them," he thought '"They always make me welcome" Then he paused No, won't. It's Christmas eve, and
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ling came down to the dining room on Christ mas eve, he found there was no dinner.
 He was a rich bache- Tor of forty. living in his own house, and up to about two weeks
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