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they were all very glad to come, for the market was all sold out, so they could not get single thing to eat any other way.
 The next day, just as dinner was ready. and all of the little Rabbits were stand ing in row, first on one foot and then on the other, looking at the table, MT. Rabbit saw Judge Bear, Mrs. Bear and the cubs coming up the hill. He was frightened very badly, but when he saw Mir. Fox, Mrs Fox and three of the little Foxes coming too he almost flew out of his skin, and when MT. and Mrs. Crow appeared he was almost frightened in- sane. But they all came up and wished him Merry Christmas, and, although they looked at each other very angrily out oI the corners of their eyes, their manners were too good for them to accuse each other of stealing out in company like that. So they all sat down to dinner to- gether, and had a fine time, and as soon ns he had got over his fright, MT. Rabbit told such funny stories that they au laughed and joled like the best of friends. Mrs. Bear Mrs Fox, Mrs. Dog and Mrs. Crow said aftcrward that they were very glad the Christmas dinners were stolen, for they had such fine time at Mir. Rab- bits home, and, besides, they were saved the trouble of cooking all the morning.
 Mir. Rabbit enjoyed himself as much as any of the rest, but his fright taught him a good lesson, and l have never heard of a rabbit stealing q basket from that day to this.
The age-herald., 1901-12-15

aged because Santa had not come to their tepee, and forthwith made arrangements to go to him.
 On the Indian reservations of the South west Santa comes to the little red school houses dotted here and there along the trail. The teachers have arranged for his visit there every Christmas, and that day is spent under the roof of penty-distributin the presents that have been left there by unseen persons. It Is day of good cheer for these little brown people, who do not know much pleasure anyway. The boys forget their bashfulness, and mingle with the girls in their anxiety to show their pres ents. At noon the teachers set out dainty lunch, such as Is not known in tepee life. and the little fellows and their sisters gorge themselves. The afternoon Is spent in en- tertainment, partly by the little fellows and partly by the teachers and the older girls A neat program Is arranged, and songs, reel tations and charades follow. At eventide the little ones are carted home in buggies, and there go to sleep and dream of great things that are to come into their lives
 The holidays are a continuous round of pleasure to the reservation children of the Southwest, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. They play their rough games and eat the candy and chew the gum. Their principal play is going on the warpath. That is for the boys, while the girls play at jumping the rope, making mud pies and cooking. In- dian girls of late years have been elevated above their former position of waiting on bucks, to lace making, painting and study ing and teaching music, until some of them are quite proficient in this line. The little girls are not allowed to play with the boys on the same playground, although the teac ch- CTS advocate their association In the classes and schoolroom, so as to wear off any bash full tendencies that are inborn in the Indian lad.
 five years that Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Wichita, Tonkawa, Ponca or osage child knew the slightest thing of a holiday, the birth of Christ, or even that there was such person as Christ. But when the reservation schools opened, all of these things were taught, much against the desire of the old Indians, who did not care to have their offspring rear,1 in the path of the paleface, whom they so 'spised. The mothers used to move their tep, close to the reservation schools, and evet night they would try to worm out of the child everything the teacher had taught her dur ing the day. Progress with the red children was thus delayed, until an order against the women coming near their children during the school season was issued and enforced. The little girls are quick to learn, and the boys are apt and witty.
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believe I will take this basket of things to get square with MT. Dogs father" He took the basket and ran away up the road and hid It in some bushes.
 Mir. Rabbit put his hands in his pockets and started up toward his house, swag- gering as though he owned the county, for te now had more things for dinner thar0hnyone of the other animals, and he had not had to pay for any of them, either. As he passed Judge Bears house he saw the old Judge go in with a basket that was twice as large as even that of Mir. Dog. 1t was full of the most expen- sive things, and Mir. Rabbit was sure that they were better than Mir. Crows, Mir. Fox's or Mir. Dogs, for Judge Bear was a wealthy old gentleman. "I remember Judge Bears wanting to roast me in honey once just because I played q little trick on him." said Mir. Rabbit to himself. II believe I will try and get that basket just to get even with him." He ran up to the door in great hurry, knocked and went in at once without waiting for an invitation.
 "Oh, Judge Bear" he cried. there is an awful racket down the road. MT. Dog stole Mir. Crows Christmas dinner, and then he took Mr. Foxs, too. He is talk ing them home now, and he says he is coming up here to steal yours in a min ute"
 "He Is, Is he?" snorted Judge Bear. Well, we'll see about that. never did like MT. Dog, anyway, and since he bit one of my cubs l have very poor opin- ion of him. l will just go right down to his house and make him give Mir. Fox and Mir. Crow back their Christmas din- ners." He put on his hat and started off at once. Mir Rabbit walked with him a little way, then he said he thought he would go home and fix Christmas tree for the children. Judge Bear went on alone, and Mir. Rabbit started back, but instead of going straight home he went into Judge Bears house and took the
The age-herald., 1901-12-15
THE TRIUMPH OF THE TOTS A COLONIAL CHRISTMAS STORZ

a great tumult downstairs. The ladies screamed and tainted. The gentlemen drew their slender dress swords and barricaded the dining room doors. The Shayites raised a sofa on their shoulders and rushed with 1t against the large doors of the dining-room like a battering ram. 4 few more such blows would send the door down. The children upstairs listened to the uproar with quaking hearts. Then George had an idea.
 "Quicki" he cried. Let's get the army things from fathers gunroom!' The rest followed him like sheep. In the gunroom were long swords, few handsome muskets and a number Of flies ana drums. These last were what George had in mind. In few minutes each of the boys and several of the girls were provided with fife and kettledrum, and with these they ran back to the nursery. 'Now, out on the roofr' commanded George. They climbed out on the sloplng roof of the greenhouse.
 The shayites were preparing for final rush against the door below, when they heard long roll of drums that seemed to come from all about the house. Then came the shrill shrieks of flies and a burst of loud cheers from the gentlemen in the din- ing-room. "The regulars!' cried Mir. Mor- gan and his friends. "The regularsl" cried the Shayites, and, ceasing their attack, they fled, and in a few moments had dis appeared in the shadow of the woods be- yond. But still the drums rolled and flies shrilled, and, going out of doors, the won- dering guests found a group of shivering, frightened little folk huddled together on the greenhouse roof, who burst into tears when they saw the familiar faces of their parents and friends.
 What can we do to show these brave little men and women how grateful we are?" asked Mir. Adams, when all were warm again and had been cried over as much as mothers had wished. Please, sir, we'd like to eat dinner at the big table," said George. That night something happened in the Morgan mansion which had never yet occurred in Massachusetts. The little folk dined in state in the great hall, while their lordly parents humbly waited for them to finish and afterward had the table reset and dined themselves. But they did this with hearts full of joy and pride. "No such gallant children lived in all the other colonies" they vowed, and 1t is safe to say that no happier dinners were ever eaten on Christmas Eve.
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and velvet coats. Mir. and Mrs. Morgan welcomed their guests with stately courte- sy. but there were hugs and kisses galore among the little folk, to whom yisit or this kind was a most unusual and delignt1ui treat. After gazing Ut the table with ad- miring awe, the children went up stars to tell each other all the wonderful things that they had done and seen since las, they met, while their parents remained be- low talking politics and fashions.
 The little folk up stairs never knew how the time came to pass so quickly, for De- fore they realized it they found that night had descended and that 1t was tea time' Two tall footmen came in with lights and the nursery tea, and the youngsters knew that before long that wonderful table down stairs would be filled with guests taking laughing, eating the most delicious things and having the most delightful time that anyone could imagine. When they thought of this the nursery tea did not taste nearly so good, although they knew that they also would have very good dinner later.
 At length they heard the merry party down stairs enter the dlning.room. The clear toned laughter of the ladies echoed up the wide stairs, then there was slight noise of chairs being pulled up to the table, and then same soft strains from the violins. Two old negro servants, who were afterward to furnish the dance music, were playing sweet, soft old melodies while the diners were at the table.
 "oh, if we could only see themv' said Paul Noble.
 ''It must be so splendid.' murmured Mary Adams.
The age-herald., 1901-12-15
CHRISTMAS TIME
 ON TIE RESERVATION
BY WILLIAM R. DRAPER.

Little Jimmy hed Eagle and his brothers peeped from under their red blankets long before daybreak on Christmas morning. They cast an eye about the tepee, but not for stockings filled with presents, for Jimmy and his brothers learned these many years ago that Santa Clauses never cameto tepees. In the first place, there Is no chimney in the tepee, and, secondly, there is no fireplace
 The teacher was responsible for this of course this tale which buzzed in their little brown ears and made them sad. But the Red Eagle boys and girls were not discour-
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
A Inst Joke.

John y. Long, in the Massachusetts
campaign of 1878, was making his first
run for governor against General Ben
Butler. who had captured the Demo-
cratic nomination, and Judge Josiah q.
Abbott who was the candidate of the
old line Democrats.
The late Judge Thompson was max
ing speech for Abbott before a big
Democratic audience and. after prais-
ing the candidate as jurist and n
statesman. asked sarcastcally. And
now, who is this John L-L-Long" No
one answering, he proceeded: "Thcy
say he has made translation of Ilo-
mer's 'Iliad" What g-g-good is that to
us? All Democrats read Homer in the
original"
At this the person to whom the Judge
was telling the story laughed. but the
Judge continues: "Th-th-that's not the
real joke at all! The real joke is that
not m-nl-man in the audience so much
as smiled"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Shoulder Protection.

In the steel curb shoulder protection
which now forms part Of the equip
ment of almost all cavalry the troops
have a permanent reminder Of one Of
the most exciting adventures which be-
fell Sir George Luck, the lieutenant
general commanding the Bengal forces.
During the Afghan operations of 1873
to 1880 he took his regiment, the Fiji
teenth hussars, up to Kandahar and en-
countered at Takht-i-Pul strong body
of hillmen led by Afghan sowars, who
made things pretty warm for him for
few minutes. In the hand to hand
fighting he became engaged with a gi-
gantic Pathan. who broke down his
guard and would have clOyen him from
shoulder to belt but that his wife had
sewed on his shoulders in the lining of
his tunic couple Of steel curb chains,
one of which broke the force Of the
slash.
The incident so impressed the mill
tary authorities in India that what Is
now known as the Luck or lucky
shoulder curb was soon afterward ill.,
49, a--~~1 --AIilitarv Mail
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
AFRlEND's ADVICE
WILL OFTEN HELP YOU GREATLY.
READ WHAT A BARRE CITIZEN
SAVG

You may hesitate to listt n to the
advice Of strangers, but the testimony
of friends or residents OF Barre Is
worth your most ca eful a tention. 1t
is an easy matter to Investigate such
proof as this. Then the evidence may
be conclusive. Read the following:
Mrs. N. M. Nelson, Is West street
says; San attack Of the grip eight
years ago left me in poor health, and
as time went on grew worse instead
Of better. A second attack FRUSTRATED
me and still further weakened me
physically, Doctors bills amounted
to over 800, and it was just so much
money thrown away. To describe my
condition and tell what l suffered is
almost impossible. The slightest
housework tired me, and II on my feet
for an hour or so excruciating pains
across my back extended downwards.
At night when sat down to rest it
kept up its ceaseless aching and made
me nervous and restless. l often got
tout of bed and walked the floor for
hours. In time complications set in
and trouble with the secretioDs &C.
companied the backache. Medicines
failed to help me. became discour-
aged and I often wonder now how l
stood the suffering. One day my bus.
band brought me home some Doan s
Kidney Pills which he obtained at
Lester Green's drug store, Montpelier
| thought there would De no harm in
trying them and to- k his advice. |
followed up the treatment, and was
able shortly afterwards to VISIT my
mother in Nort1f1eld and nurse her
through q tit OF sickness. ! would
never have been abe to do so ad it
not been for D ANS Kidn y Pills,
which can be had at E. A. Drown s
Co.'S, No. 48 No. th Main street.
Barre, VT.
For sale by all dealers, price % cts
Foster Milburn Co, Buff 10, n. Y.
sole agents fur the Uni ed States. Re
member the name Doan's AID take
no substitute.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Don't Ne Afraid Of work.

One thing that keeps young men
down is their fear Of work. They aim
to find genteel occupations. so they
can dress well, not soil their clothes
and handle things with the tips of
their fingers. They do not like to
get their shoulders under the wheel,
and they prefer to give orders to 9th
ers or figure as masters and let some
one else do the drudgery. There Is no
doubt that Incidence and laziness are
the chief obstacles to success.
When we see a boy who has Just Sc
cured a position take hold Of every
thing with both hands and Jump
right into his work" as II he meant to
succeed, we have confidence that he
will prosper. But If he stands around
and asks questions when told to do
anything; II he tells you that this or
that belongs to some other boy to do.
for 1t Is not his work; II he does not
try to carry out his orders in the cor
rect way; II he wants thousand ex-
plantations when asked to run an err
rand and makes his employer think
that he could have done the whole
thing himself, one feels like discharging
such boy on the spot, for he is con-
vinced that he was not cut out for sue
cess. That boy will be cursed with
mediocrity or will be a failure. There
IL no place In this century for the lazy
man. He will be pushed to the wall
Success.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
where She Differed From Paul,

A Scotch clergyman called upon a
parishioner not long since. an old wom-
an who was not blessed with many
virtues. but who possessed very va
ried assortment of vices. He took the
latter as text for sermon and spoke
to her at considerable length upon the
subject, concluding with some extracts
from one Of st. Paurs epistles which
he felt to be apropos.
She didn't speak for several minutes
after he had finished. and he thought
that he had made an impression upon
her at last. He was mistaken. how
ever, for she suddenly turned round
with the remark: "Humph! That's
just where Paul and have differed
these ten years."
The argument was NOT continued
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
His Cnlucky Day.

Farduppc-W igwag is rather super
stitiOus. isn't he?
Borrowed Well. he refused to &C.
cOmm0date mo with loan this morn
ing because it was Friday. Philadei-
phia Record.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
The Sword Dance.

One of the most noted methods of
tripping the light fantastic" among the
Scotch is the sword dance. which was
originated by the Scandinavians and
old Saxons and at one time was in
dulged in by the Spaniards.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
New York,s First Iron Works.

New YOrk's First Iron Works.
The first iron works In New York
were 'set up" short time prior to
174O on Ancram creek, in Columbia
county, about fourteen miles east Of
the Hudson river, by Philip Livingston,
the owner Of the Livingston manor
and the father of Philip, the sgner Of
the Declaration of Independence.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

Kodol Dyspepsia Cre is not a mere slim
ulant to tired nature It affords the stom-
ach complete ord absolute rest by digest
ing the food you eat. You don't have to
diet but can 9. jov all the good food you
relieves the distressed feeling after eat
ing, giving you ne life and vigor EO
Drown 3 Co
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Rev. D.. Morris WEI hslev,

Rabbi Of the Gong. Bnal ISRAELI
New York. Jan. 3. 1901.
Ors. Taft Bros. Medicine Co.,
Gentlemen: Your Asthmalene Is an excel
ent remedy for Asthma and Hay Fever, and
ts composition alleviates all troubles which
combine with Asthma. Its success Is aston
ching and wonderful.
After having it carefully analysed. we can
state that Asthmalepe contains no opium,
morphine, chlorof0rm or ether.
Very truly yours,
REV. DIR. MORRIS WECHSLER
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

The Buffalo News tells story Of a
four year-old girl who was spending a
night away from home. At bedtime
she knelt at her hostess knees to say
her prayers, expecting the usual prompt
ing. Finding Mrs. b. unable to help
her out, she concluded thus: please,
God, 'scuse me; can't remember my
prayers, and I'm staying with a lady
that dOn't know any"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
The argument was not continued.

II had long suffered from indigestion.
writes G. A. Lei els, Cedar City. Mo. Like
found anything that did me good until
took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. One bottle
cured me. A friend who had suffered SIM
ilarly put on the use Of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. He is gaining fast and will soon be
able to work. Before he used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. indiRes ZION had
made him total wreck. E. 0. Drown
r. Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
The Mandrake.

III man pulls up mandrake"
says an old time writer. "he will sure
~ die soon thereafter. In common
prudence 1t is best to tie dog to the
plant and thus escape the evil thyself."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

Mrs. Haskins-I saw your husband
today In bicycle suit. l didn't think
you'd let him ride.
Mrs. Strongmind-My dear, that was
not bicycle suit, although it might
properly be called wheeling suit"
You see, want him to be appropriate
ly CARRIED when he takes baby for an
airing.-Philadelphia Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Auntrnllan 0nala.

Formerly most opals came from Hun
gary and more recently from Mexico.
In 1889 an Australian hunter. while
pursuing a wounded kangaroo, found
an opal. Since that time Australia has
yielded nearly 100000 worth Of
QUalS.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Forks.

For nearly two centuries in England
only the kings were allowed to use
forks. Their subjects had to keep on
eating pie with their fingers. Queen
Elizabeth had a jeweled fork. and we
are told that her favorite breakfast
was "a pie Of goose"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
A b C Of Diplomacy.

Andrassy. Bismarck and Crispi, the
three Observation-Disclosures Of the triple
alliance, were called the A G of the
diplomatic art. 1t Is noteworthy that
they also vanished from their terres-
trial sphere Of activity in alphabetical
order,
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

There are now In London and Its
immediate neighborhood 800 public
recreation grounds. varying in size
from Epping forest, which. with Wan
stead fats. is over 5000 acres in ex.
tent. to little city gardens and play.
grounds Of an eighth or tenth Of an
acre.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Hard WOOls.

The hardest varieties of wood, such
as mahogany. ebony and lignum vitae,
grow in tropical climates. but their
wood does not season as we'll as that
"f trees in the temperate zones.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Willing Worker.

Lady-Why don't YOU quit begging
and become one Of the working people?
Tramp Well. mum. cf amt workin'
people. den dunno who is.-ChicagO
News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

w. 7 Wesson. Jacksonville. Va writes;
"Your One Minute Cough Cure gives per
feet satisfaction My customers say it is
the best remedy for coughs colds, throat
and lung troub es Z o. Drown & Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Buckeye State.

Ohio was early called the Buckeye
State. the name being derived from the
presence Of great forests Of buckeye
trees when the country was first invad-
ed by the whites. .,x...,,..
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
After the Ball.

She-How nice to be at home again!
What crowd there was! don't sup
pose Mr.. Banker knew one-half Of his
guests.
He-Didn't he, though! Why. he had
four detectives in evening clothes there
Life.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Waxbinx silk stockinr..

Silk stockings should be washed in
tepid water with mild soap. Rinse
them in several waters. Shake them
well and roll them in cloth to dry
after pulling them into shape.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
The Day.

In all chronology the day is recog-
nized as the most obvious division Of
time. next to it being the interval be-
tween one new moon and its successor.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Fruitful Trees.

The orange tree is very fruitful. A
single tree will produce 10000 oranges
fit for use. A good lemon tree will pro-
duce 5000 lemons.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Meadow Saffron,

The foliage of meadow saffron (au-
tumn crocus), when eaten, causes
burning thirst. dilated pupils. irritation
"f the throat and vomiting.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

Mothers everywhere praise One Minute
Cough Cure for the sufferings it has re-
lieved and the lives OF their little ones 1t
has saved. Strikes at the root of the
trouble and draws out the inflammation
The children's favorite Cough Cure. E.
O. Drown 4 Co.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

"A dose in time saves lives" Dr.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup: natures rem.
edy for coughs. colds. pulmona y dis.
eases Of every sort
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

DeWitt's Little Early Risers never disap-
point. They are safe, prompt, gentle.
effective sn removing allimpurities from
the liver and bowels. Small and easy
to take. Never grippe or distress.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22
Onions.

Onions are regarded as an excellent
nerve tonic. but some other peculiari-
ties connected with them are prejudi-
clal to their use even for this.purpose.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-22

No one would ever be bothered with
constipa ton II everyone new how natur-
ally and quickly Burdock Bl, cd Bitters
regulates the stomach and bowels.