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EITZARFTH AICH!NCLOSS DEAD.
oldest Member on the Rolls az Firth venue
Prcsb, tPrtan church.

Elizabeth AuchiCcloss, tho widow Of
John Auchincloss died Yesterday at her
home. II West Fiftv-sevenh street in her
eighty-sixth wear, Of old age. She had been
for some time the oldest member on the
rolls Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, having been a member of the old
Cedar Street Church, out Of which the Filth
Avenue church grew. Mr., Auchinclos-
was born in this city, IN Liberty street. the
daughter Of MIR and Mrs Gurdon Buck,
In 1885 she married John 4. Auchinc oss
who for many years was senior member
of the dry goods firm Of John A. 4 Hugh
Auchincloss He died in 1879.
Mrs. Auchincloss had spent ffty-two
summers at Newport, where She was one
of the first summer residents, She leaves
five children. Miss Ellen Auchincloss. Henry
b william s., John W and Hugh d. Aucnin-
Gloss.
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pICk POCKET (AtGHT ~ 4 can
Took Adv antagc Of the Moment when
Lights 60 Out AZ a Crossing.

A woman. who said she was Miss Alber-
tina HELLER. a dre-smaker Of lOli Park
avenue, was riding in a northbound Sixth
avenue trolley car yesterday evening when
at the enty-third street crossing a man
seized her purse at the moment when the
lights temporarily go out. lie started TO
rum out of the car but several men held
him and turned him over to Policeman
Miller, who took him To the Tenderloin
police station.
The purse. which contained 20 cents,
was found on tho floor of the car. The
police gave it back to Miss HELLER so she
could ride home. The prisoner said he
was John Cartin, IA stage carpenter
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DRCGGED AT HIS OWN noon.
YOUNG Bookkecper Found Unconscious
by His Parents.

william Oppenheimer, Young book
keeper of 1872 West Twenty-siXth street &.
who is employed in a dairy at Fifty-frst
street and Sixth avenue. went to the dairy
yesterday forenoon to do some work that
had been left over. When he failed TO
return for dinner AT noon his parents be-
came alarmed and started out TO look for
him
the door If their home An ambulance
was summoned and tho young man was
sent 10 the New York Hospital. whore he
had not recovered his senses up to a late
hour last night,
The police are Of tho opinion tina, ho
was drugged. Oppenhemers family ~ i'll
that he never touched liquor and that he
had a small sum Of money when he left
home His pockets were empty when he
was found
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CHURCH PROPERTY FOR SALE.
Total Amount Of SASS 600 Worth In
the Market In Manhattan.

Two and quarter million dollars worth Of
church property is for sale at present on
Manhattan Island, The reason for this UNI
usual condition are the extension of the
Tenderloin. the encroschment Of bust
ness, and the Pennsylvania railroad tun-
mel Besides, there is an effort to change
Methodist conditions on the West Side,
which affects six churches of that denomi-
nation and values approximating $500
OW. SO there are really proposed changes
at the moment affecting s2.75o.OC0 worth
of church properly on Manhatt an Island.
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POLITICAL THINGS lOU HEAR.
CHICKENS BEFORE THEY'RE HATcHEp.

"
folitlcal forecasts zen Gays peiore
''e''''' "'' "'o'' az ,oh N"''ns "'i" .'
, "'l' % ','lno fo"'"
'','''' '''.'''' VI 'h "'o ""s
~
,a' w Ill ~ -. ,,ai, ID L.,r
way home arm in arm. As thew careened
up tn. street one of them saw in the gray
light of the morning handsome house
WIN a sigll on IL ror sale.
, puN 'ia' i'' y"u 'o-'ioiio" "'''"
ing, shu one -, :.
, wa as oruilk aS you are q SCH I"
10 you Sa'd 'he o'her'
DEvERY GOING TO LOOK AT HILL.
v;ui. - pa,...,, ,.,u . . A.
=, "'''''', - Deoe'y WIN "'n'c' W 'ne
SiaoiNoo Hq'are baroeh meeting tonight
AT the head of his own cohorts. He'll
sit where Hill can look right into his face,
,,u, hos prop,i..d bim.olf mot IN sov =.
word ms, look a, Hill Mr Devery doasp't
,h,,L uiiI 4. much 81 n veto. yet, Tor an ,ha
sinmp ihere,nre in the Itil Hs vc.tarda y
eft,rnoon he producod n yerso d. very
worked in ,one noetrv the other night in
, cart toll speech Yesterdays product
was for private circulation. This " il:
MNa's;a knock. never a boost.
.Is a,,hodr ,y.r ,o,s II;u 10 a., sor,a-
thing decent i II he n snake charner said
Mr.. Devery.
DIDN'T NIX
Thomas u Dowd az salamanca who ,s
making sneecbea nm Ststa for tho Collar
,;t, -, -, 80. L., it, A., n
~" w" ~" "',' '"S"' w. ''"'
mas WI" ifi-h "N''ha' always eers MN Dig
audience In western and southern New
York. OF his father an earnest lover 81
his race and his creed n former Conpress-
man from IN. Nleoanv-Ca,taraugus. Cham
,auu,ia district used to tell this experi-
euce;
IN u' ohel">SInah was WalhlnR from one
,rr., er,iI.s ,h.n 81. oI,ar H. Dond -
inc mi. farmer. wagon came along Tho
congressman asked for n lift and GOT I'm
on The seat with MIR Dowd After little
conversation in the nature of personal
inuIirv NV Mr. Dowd a. TO his seat COM
panion. Mr.. Dowd asked.
~CathoJ,9.
NO" saij the Congressman. .Prasbv-
tartan
Irish? asked Mr.. Dowd.
No. said the Congressman ENGLISH
Whoa horse, said MT Dowd. Then to
NV '"HS''9H'''a"' "'' OUT
'hAp"NhS'
Since Candidate Coler on the stump
brought Diocletian into the campaign the
Democratic orators have felt nj liberty
to drag in any personages Of mythology
or ancient or modern history. Devery's
mas, b,,.o ll.,oj Lir, o, po,,a,, ,Iod;a.r,
. N
ahn I" hioonN nenIeS o' ,hc fr'lch h'Foin-
non 'ne cahniua,r I"r ,vhHres. WHO
T TSt stu ~ III ''a, iSri' 'ai h ,n" ,n"nron
NN.l'IN dN' 'il ' 'l'' itiN I'LL '''hJ'H''l
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President Roosevelt Attends Church,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 President Roose-
welt attended church to-day for the first
time since the injury to his leg compelled
him to return to Washington from his West
ern trip last month He drove to the Dutch
Reformed Church this morning with his
daughter Ethel, and listened to sermon
by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Schick
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-27
HELPING HAND FROM POLITICS
Offers Of BaIi for Negroes Arrested In a
crap Game RAID.

Early yesterday morning the police Of
the West Tllirty-sevcnth street station
raidod crap game in the rear Of saloon
on Thirtv-seyen,h street. between Eighth
and Ninth avenues
The news of tho raid in which a dozen
negroes were arrested spread through the
district, and within thirty minutes the
station house was crowded with big and
little politicians eager to give bail.
Among them We're eS-CommisSioner Of
Water Supply William Dalton. the Tammany
leader Of the Eleventh Assembly dist rici ,
Alderman Reginald s. Doull. Caleb Simms.
the BLACK Croker" of III" district, and
another politician who told the reporters
that he was Jimmy Jones
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ACID THROWN INTO HER FACE.
Act OF Yelled Woman Who Called q
Isuf'a io Girl to the Door.

BUFFALO, y. V, oct. Eighteen
yeGr-old Gertrude ANmacher of 5ia Elm
street answered a knock a. the kitchen
door Tonight. 4 yelled woman stood
outside and asked the giris name When
Gertc told her, the woman threw vial
Of carboic acid in her face and ran "a
Miss AXmacher's face was burned, but
the acid did not reach her ewes. She saws
she does not know why she was assaulted
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TOOK BETS FROM BOYS.
Gerry Agent Arrests a Man Near the
Morris PARK Track.

Henry Levine, 81 years old, of "a Fast
Third street, was held for trial yesterday by
Magistrate Mott in the Morrisania police
court on the charge of enticing minors To
bet on the races.
Levine was arrested on Saturday after
noon at the entrance to the Morris Park
racetrack by Agent Fogarty Of the Gerry
society, who found him taking bets from
boys bet ween the ages of IA and 49, Levine
pleaded guilty
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1t IL followed by a

finishes its rehearsal. 1t il followed by a
shouting, eager throng.
hen the meetings are over and the
drum and fife corps returns, the population
that remained behind il waiting to greet
the members. Then the Teasing begins
and lasts until the weary policeman on the
post orders the feasters to -cut Il out"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-27
sylvester Malone In q Runaway.

Sylvester Malone, nephew OF the late
Rev. Father Malone Of Brooklyn and execu-
tor Of his estate, was driving in a victoria
In Central Park yesterday afternoon with
his wife and two children when the horses
became frightened and ran away. They
were caught after q chase Of q few blocks
by . mounted policeman.
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ADLAi HERE FOR HEARST.
ID. u. Iiili Also viii speak At Madison
square Garden Tonight,

Adlai +, Stevenson. who was once Vice
President Of the United States, put his
name on the register Of the Hoffman House
last night. Mr., Stevenson has come East
To speak at the Hearst Democratic meeting
at Madison Square Garden tonight. He
will be- one of eleven speakers. David B.
Hill Is No. II on the list
The box In which Leader Murphy Of
TaInmany will 81 viii be hung with tiger
Alma
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-27
Jay Cooke Is Better,

SANDCsKY, Ohio, Oct. ?8.-The condition
Of Jay Cooke is much improved tonight
Dr. Merely returned to Sandusky tonight
and he has no doubt that Mr.. Cooke will
recover.
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Mr.. Woodruff said we will do better
than this for Odcll
james Shevln, Hugh McIaughlins
deputy lieutenant, said: "Coer will have
more than double ~" plurality he is credited
with in this estimate"
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To Cure q Cold In One Day
Take IAitivc Bromo ouinlne Tablets. All drug
gsts fefuAd the money II II fails to cure. f. w.
groves Signature on each box. $50, -Adv,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-12-24

IGHT was falling fast. and
the snow was piled high
against the outer walls Of
. the howell where q poor mou-
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&~
care for him as though he were my
very own. am called Baboushka,
and keep my promises"
Then Katoma, the moujik. died hap
Nv, for he knew that Baboushha was
a friend to all little children. and when
she gathered Ossip close into her moth.
eriy arms when the end came the child
ceased weeping for his dead father.
When Baboushka and Ossip were
well on their way to the old woman's
home, IN the next village. they heard
q pitiful sound of weeping somewhere
on the tree sbadowed side Of the road.
The old woman stopped at the sound.
I'VE will go and see who is in trou-
bic. Ossip. Our eyes and ears should
always be kept we'll opened so that no
si.n OF distress may escape u.s."
Guided by the sound. they came to
q stone where. waiiina and shiverinG
in the darkness Of the winter night.
they found Il LITTLE girl scarcely as
large as Ossip, who was not at AL weil
svowB for his eight years.
Babeushka Shelt down by the child
and. gathering her cold LITTLE feet late
4 wwn clasD. snutterTd:
.Esraaps ibis is the child
Then she said aloud, 'HAat IL thy
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-12-24

The Dispatch wis ,rs the pe, pie II LcxlDR-
ton a Merry Chris mas and q nappy View
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-12-24

EN the snow was pIleO uiSu
\H against the outer walls of
the howell where poor mou-
iik peasant) named kato-
ma Law dying in q little village in far
away Russia.
Eatonla knew that be was going to
die 1t was Christmas eve. but there
was no gladness in the season for him.
His wife. whom he had loved very
dearly, was already gone. For three
consecutive years now his crops had
failed. A few weeks before the wolves
had devoured his last cow. If he had
been entirely alone in the world he
would have said to death, Come; thou
art wclcome."'
But there was one other, his boy
Cssip. The idea of death became ter
rib,e when he thought of leaving his
boy Ill alone with not a copeck to bless
himself with.
When I tell you that it takes 100
copecks to make ruble end that a
ruble is less than 60 cents. you will
understand how dreadfully poor Na-
toma was.
He could not die peacefully for think
ing of OSsip's future. His dim eyes
turned fondly toward the pillow by his
side. which the boys thick black hair
almost covered. Ossip lay motionless
, in sleep The sick man put one feeble
hand upon his boys smooth forehead
,o., e;lo,4J1 commended him to hoav-
ems care.
The house was very still. The hour
was late. Ossip's healthy. regular
breathing was the only audible sound.
If only kind heaven would raise up one
friend for his boy out Of the millions
Of good people this big world swarmed
with. Katoma felt that he should not
mind how soon he was laid away un-
der the frozen sods.
While his hand rested on Ossip's
head and his heart was filed with
these anxious thoughts the door Of the
howell opened softly. The moujik
turned wondering eyes in that direc-
tion. and there. coming noiselessly to-
ward him across the beaten earthen
fieor. was tall woman with soft
brown eyes full Of pitying tenderness.
She came close to the bed. on Ossip's
side Of it. and. looking down upon the
sleeping child. she muttered:
Perhaps this is the one at last"
katoma looked at her tanxiously.
Whence came you. good mother.
and what seek you?'
Across the sleeping boy she an
swered softly:
Il have come for Ossip. They told
ME in the village that thy days were
numbered. and knew that Ossip
would need q friend. I will love and
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- Copyright. 1905, By EdWin L. Sabtn ------

hands CT little boy. sure enough, but
he wasn't allowed to hurt me. See.
haven't mark on me-" And he e1-
hibited himself proudly. J
True, he was still in dress parade
condition.
Thunder and Marsw chCckled the
first. And look at Ce! DO you mean,
to say that you never were stepped
on?"
"Oh, no." replied the second. II
didn't lie around On the floor. / was
put away just as soon rs he was done
playing with me. His mother had
made him very orderly little boy" I
$50 you never stayed out all night
in the hall or in the middle of the sit
ting room?'
Never" said the spick and span SOL
dier
And did be shoot at you with his
rubber gun ever?"
Never" said the spicl and span SOL
dier
And he didn't bite you to see how
soft you were?"
Never" said the spick and span SOL
dier.
''Or drag you about among the chairs
with a string"
Never" said the spick and span SOL
dier
"Or sick the terrier on you?'
Never"
"Or take you to bed with him and
roll on you?"
Never. was always placed on the
shelf in the Closet
''Or kick you or whack you or throw
you"
Never. Watch-I can present arms
as we'll as ever"
''Or kiss you and hug you with all
his might and cry for you when be
was sick through eating too much
candy%
Never. He used to forget me en-
tirely for days and days. Did your
boy really do all that to you?
Yes. all that and more" answered
the battered soldier softly.
"And did he kiss you, you say"
asked the spick and span soldier a bit
wistfully.
Yes; he kicked me and he kissed
me-" laughed the first.
and did you enjoy it?" pursued the
second curiously.
Il had the time Of my life" declared
the other. How did you find things
up to your expectations"
The spick and span soldier hesitated;
then he replied:
Possibly. I can't complain. But
but somehow l grew dreadfully en-
nuied. l almost longed at times for
more excitement. more energy. We
got tired Of one another. After day
or so we exhausted all our programme
Of proper exercises, and he was so eau
tious Of wearing me out that l was
laid aside. and-and, finally, here l
am. l don't suppose he even knows
that I'm gone"
Dear me" mused the other. I'm
glad my little boy was not like yours.
OF course there are the knocks; but.
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GUARD MOUNT!
yend their present narrow quarters.
They pined for a wider sphere. AS
they stood and stared with stern, fixed
gaze through the plate glass into the
gay street they talked together in toy
language, and none. not even the most
versatile linguists among the people
passing and repassing, knew that they
talked.
"Oh, to get away from this eternal
guard mount over a lot Of frippery"
sighed the one.
with, all my heart" agreed the
other. The monotony is frightful."
I'D gre half my solder to receive
orders to report to some little boy"
continued the first. "Oh. for change"
But the majority Of little boys are
so rough and careless" responded the
second. Il understand they scratch
you and bend you and otherwise NAL
treat yea without cause, and soon
you're done for. prefer duty OF
more quiet. instructive nature. where
l may teach by means Of my deport-
ment rather than by violent action
We'll. should enjoy hard drill
and a tussle, believe" asserted the
first.
Our organism is too fine for such
active service. my lad" indulgently
corrected the second. "What-scratches
and dents? No, no. Give me post Of
more elegance. where my uniform will
be treated as it deserves"
Christmas day had been over and
gone i month when after their separa-
ton the two soldiers again encounter
ed one another. but this time in a great
heap of rubbish at the city dump,
where the dump man had unwittingly
thrown them out.
'Hurrah. Hello. old chap" e1claim-
ed the first soldier delishtedly.
Hello returned the second, with
rather more reserve. Goodness! Been
! through the Seven Years war;
Well might he put this query. The
! other soldier was perfect wreck. he
| had lost an arm and foot. his head
was sharply inclined forward upon his
chest, he had only one eye, his body
was ew;sted askew, his gun was bro
ken. his cap was missing. his features
we're battered and distorted, and as for
! bis uniform Of black and yellow-there
was hardly spot OF paint en- him.
Five been having my tussle," an
| uepnoea the first. with cracked laugh
But Ysu-wAy. you evidently found
iust what yea were lsskins eer:'
Yes eaplaiasd the secend, Il fell
ipts an excellent PeBt. 1t wss the
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wT was a brilliant holiday store,
the windows and the shelves and
d the cases ablaze with tiligree
E, and thronged with dolls and
dishes ard engines and trains and
skates and sledS, and hobbyhorses
that galloped. and COWS that mooed,
and mice that ran, and-and every
thing, absolutely everything, that ever
enters the most rapturous Christmas
dream.
In the center of the large show Win
dows, fronting upon the gay street,
stood two soldiers. They were by all
odds the finest soldiers in the store,
much superior to the personnel COM
posing the different troops and regl-
ments and companies stationed here
and there along the aisles. The pair
were made of tin, to be sure; but they
were of heroic stature, eight inches
tall, richly uniformed in black and
yellow, and could be wound up SO that
they would present arms several times
in succession.
The other soldiers. poor things, were
compelled to remain the whole time at
carry" or a right shoulder" with
out relief.
Naturally these two soldiers were
proud and Of aspirations reaching be-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-12-24
LOOKING FOR
SANTA CLAUS

The snow was falling on the noun
tains. hiding their tops in 4 misty veil,
and the air was full Of whirling flakes,
which were rapidly covering the brown
earth with a carpet of white and oblit-
Grating the trail up the mountain side
where trudged, or. rather, stumbled,
along a grotesque childish figure in
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SHE TOOK THE CRIPPLED BOY IN HER ARMS.
not been able to find her way back to
the camp, and how she feared the
wolves would devour her before any
one should come to look for her. Then
she told Baboushka that her name was
Tasalissa.
Baboushka clasped the little wander
er to her great motherly heart.
THAT. indeed. the wolves shall not
my dear little Easalissa. l cannot give
thee back to thy aunt. for I know 10
better thar thou dost where this great
company OF men and women may be
camping for the night. But thou shalt
60 home with Ossip and me. Thou
shalt share our fire and our porridge.
and all that is mine thou shalt share
with Ossip. l can keep the wolves Of
hunger and cold away. and If thy aunt
comes to claim thee she shall find thee
rosy and happy
Then Vasal!ssa quickly dried her
tears. and with her hand clasped III
Baboushka's she trWlged cheerfully
forward until they came to tiny little
cottage set back from the road ! short
distance In it's one window 4 lamp
was burning brightly.
The window and the lamp belonged
to Baboushka's cottage. She pushed
its unlocked door open. and the chill
dren entered with her into a clean
swept. well warmed room.
A large chair was drawn close up to
the hearth. AS Baboushka entered she
glanced eagerly at this chair. and again
she muttered under her breath:
Il had hoped he might have come
while was out"
Good mother" Ossip asked, why
do you leave lighted lamp in the win
dow when you 20 away"
$50 that" she answered. should any
one 20 astray in the cold and the dark
he might find his way to my poor
cottage. And now let US sec if the bean
broth has kept warm all this time. |
made it before | left home in the early
morning hours SO that il any wander
ers found their way hither thgy might
not leave my roof hungered."
The bean broth had kept warm. She
bade OsSip throw a few more fagots
under the pot and set Vasalissa on a
stool in the warnest nook. Then she
brought three bowls. filed them with
the bean broth and put then, OH the
table. Over them she asked blessing.
Before her own wooden spoon had
made two Journeys from bowl to lip
she heard timid knock at the door.
She ran quickly to answer it. \ tall,
pale lad stood outside. In bis arms lie
carried small mite Of boy. about
whose shoulders was wrapped worn
and soiled woman's shawl.
The tall. pale Lad looked into the fire
lighted room with longing eyes. His
teeth chattered with the cold as he
asked: "Good mother. may we ask
shelter for the night: The cold bites
bitter hard, and my little brother Pc
trusha is out siekly cripple"
Then Baboushka opened wide hel
door with an eager hand and fast beat
ing heart. Perhaps. at last. this wa!
the CHILD. What she said aloud was:
"Taat Indeed thoa nayest. Bot wh.
art tasca sbread es such Bitter nigh
| with the little eae:"
She teak the eqiReteA boy In he
| sesax, tsrsze arms and cRssisa aia
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HOW BABOUSHkA
FOUND THE
CHRIST CHILD

here alone in the bitter nighttime!"
At which the child's tears flowed
afresh, and between her sobs she told
the kind. soft eyed woman how she
had been travelling with a great COM
pany of men and women who were
leaving their own village to seek bet
ter land across the seas - our own
blessed America. make 10 doubt -
and how. when they had encamped for
the night. her aunt, who was the only
relative she had in the world, had sent
her into the woods to gather fagots to
put under their soup kettle. and how
she had wandered so far that she had
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oh. our companionship was sweet!
bet he's crying for me at this instant.
poor chum! Still. it is as well that
nm carted to the dump. l am old and
tlisfSured and a back number, and
wanted to 80 before he would cease to
miss me-"
The spick and span soldier was ST.
lent.
Hi. yi!w soliloQuized the veteran.
with sigh and with cbuekle, stftfiy
rolling over on his back. I'm past re-
pairs, but It was sweet-aye. ie was
worth il. had-the-time-of
-my-lise"
And with his sne eye he lgazed
through 4 cslnk la the debris up at the
stars. q