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SHE TOOK THE CRIPPLED BOY IN HER ARMS

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
Vasallssa.
Baboushka clasped the little wander.
er to her great motherly heart.
"That. indeed, the wolves shall not,
my dear little Vasalissa. ! cannot give
thee back to thy aunt, for know no
better than 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. | 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 vasalissa quickly dried her
tears, and with her hand clasped In
Baboushkas she trudged cheerfully
forward until they came to tiny little
cottage set back from the road a short
distance. In its one window a 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 clean
swept, well warmed room.
A large chair was drawn close up to
tie hearth. As Baboushka entered she
glanced eagerly at this chair, and again
she muttered under her breath:
II had hoped be might have come
while was out"
"Good MOTHER .Ossip asked, "why
do you leave a lighted lamp in the win
dow when you 60 away"
$50 that" she answered, should any
one go astray in the cold and the dark
he might find his way to my poor
cottage. And now let us see II the bean
broth has kept warm all this time. |
made it before left home In the early
morning hours so that II any wander
ers found their way hither they might
not leave my roof hungered."
The bean broth had kept warm. She
babe Ossip throw few more fagots
under the pot and set vasalissa on a
stool in the warmest nook. Then she
brought three bowls, filled them with
=. bean broth and put them on the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

VII u tVul vi iilspSNtioii,
and, having seen Dorothy
on q previsus trip, he
had. remembering anoth-
er little girl who was very
happy on Christmas eve,
brought down a Christ.
mas box for Dorothy and
30 strolled along with her
father as he started home.
ward, that he might give
II into the hands of the
little maiden herself. But
when they reached the
brown hut Dorothy was
not there, and when re-
peated calls brought no
answer the two men,
alarmed, started In oppo.
site directions to seek her,
Mr.. Golden following the
almost obllterated path
up the mountain side,
where, a mile beyond, he
found the little one al.
most buried in the falling
snow, and as be stopped
to lift her In bis arms she
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

- FIGHT was falling fast, ana
~ the snow was piled high
III against the outer walls Of
the hovel where poor mou.
jik peasant named Kato-
ma lay dying in a little village ~ far.
away Russia.
Katoma knew that be was going to
die. It 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. II he had
been entirely alone in the world he
would have said to death, "Come; thou
art welcome"
But there was one other, bis boy
Ossip. The idea Of death became ter
rible when he thought Of leaving bis
boy all alone with not a copeck to bless
himself with.
When tell you that 1t takes 100
copecks to make ruble and that a
ruble Is less than 60 cents, you will
understand how dreadfully poor Ka.
toma was.
He could not die peacefully for think
ing Of Ossip's future. His dim eyes
turned fondly toward the pillow by bis
side, which the boys thick black hair
almost covered. Ossip lay motionless
In sleep. The sick man put one feeble
hand upon bis boys smooth forehead
and silently commended him to heay-
ems care.
The house was very still. The hour
was late. Ossips healthy, regular
breathing was the only audible sound.
II 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 Osslp's
head and his heart was filed with
these anxious thoughts the door of the
hovel opened softly. The moujik
turned wondering eyes in that direc-
ton, and there, coming noiselessly to-
ward him across the beaten earthen
floor, was a tall woman with soft
brown eyes full Of pitying tenderness.
She came close to the bed, on Ossip's
side Of 1t, and, looking down upon the
sleeping child, she muttered:
perhaps this is the one at last"
Katoma looked at her anxiously.
"Whence came you, good mother,
and what seek your
, Across the sleeping boy she an.
swered softly:
II have come for Ossip. They told
me in the village that thy days were
numbered, and l knew that OssiT
would need friend. will love and
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FT was a brilliant holiday store,
the windows and the shelves and
the cases ablaze with flligree
and thronged with dolls and
dishes and 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 regi-
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 80 that
they would present arms several times
In succession.
The other soldiers, poor things, were
compelled to remain the whole time ut
q "carry" or a right shoulder" with
out relief.
Naturally these two soldiers were
proud and Of aspirations reaching be-
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care for him as though he were my
very own. am called Baboushka,
and l keep my promises
Then Katoma, the moujik, died hap
py, for he knew that Baboushka was
a friend to all little children, and when
she gathered Ossip close into her moth
erly arms when the end came the child
ceased weeping for his dead father.
When Baboushka and 0ssip were
well on their way to the old woman's
home, in the next village, they heard
Z pitiful sound Of weeping somewhere
on the tree sha9owed side Of the road.
The old woman stopped at the sound
Eve will 20 and see who Is in trou-
bic. 0ssip. Our eyes and ears should
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

Pocatello, Ida, Dec. l5.-A water
train backed into a work train at
Bannock station, "A miles west OF
here on the Oregon Short Line, yes
terday and FIVE men in tbe caboose
Of the water train were severely in
iured. Both cabooses took fire and
were destroyed.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 16.-Thieves en-
tered the grocery store of L. Coles
Sunday night and made away with
half the stock in wagons. TO cover
up the crime the store was set on fire
and burned. The new residence Of
Mrs. Jennie Sanders was also burned.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

- FIGHT was falling fast, and
II the snow was piled high
~ against the outer walls Of
l the hovel where poor mou-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18
LOOKING FOR
SANTA CLAUS

The snow was falling on the noun.
tains, hiding their tops in a misty veil,
and the air was full Of whirllng fakes,
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 a
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mans rough Jacket, the
sleeves rolled over and
over to let out the small
brown hands. while the
edge Of the coat, on a line
with her heels, left a trail
In the snow. A red hood
covered the chlld's head,
dark curls peeping out
around her face, and In
the fearless, wistful eyes
shone a new light, for
Dorothy was going to find
Santa Claus. When her
mother had gone to heav.
en- a short time before,
they had carried her up
the mountain. and God
and Santa Claus were al
ways associated together
In the child's mind. So,
II God lived up there, San
ia Claus could not be far
away. Thus reasoned lit
tie Dorothy In the hours
when her father was of
working In the mine and
she was left alone with
her rag doll In the little
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brown hut which served find Santa
as shelter and home. Claus.
Santa Claus may not come here
now mother has gone" the little girl
said, "and It must be near Christmas,
90 l will find him, and perhaps he will
take me in his reindeer sleigh to see
mother and God"
Little Dorothy paused in her task
Of sweeping the one room Of their
home, and, putting some potatoes in
the ashes to bake, that her fathers
supper might be ready for him, she had
wrapped herself in bis old coat, donned
her red hood and started out to find
Santa Claus.
It chanced that day that one Of the
mine owners was down from the city
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-18

Dear' soou murmured dr0Wslly, see
S,.,. Mr "An'A " Ing the kind face bending
'' over her:
"Dear, good Mr.. Santa Claus, |
want
When she opened her wistful, dark
eyes again, the same kind face was
bending over her as she lay on her cot
in the little brown house, her father
holding her In bis arms, while beside
her was the most beautiful doll Of
which she had ever dreamed, and,
clasplng 1t close to her heart little
Dorothy asked with reverent Joy, the
dark eyes filed to overnowing:
"Dear Mr.. Santa Claus, Is you God
too?"
CALLIE BONNEY MARBLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
CONDENSED LOCALS.

Minnie Edwards of 216 North Capitol
street was knocked down by a carriage
yesterday afternoon near the corner of It'll
and E streets northwest and slightly in
jured about the foot. The vehicle was in
charge of an unknown colored man.
A Capital Traction car struck James
Walsh, fifty years old, near Pennsylvania
avenue and Sd street northwest yesterday
afternoon. The victim of the accident was
knocked down and slightly injured. His
home Is al 333 Missouri avenue
George B. Edwards, thirty-five years old.
of 1920 Corcoran street northwest, suffered
an attack of vertigo last night at 1888 E
street northwest. The ambulance was sum-
moned, and the sick man was taken to the
Emergency Hospital for treatment
The Commissioners have approved q
number Of applications from the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company to
string aerial cables with the understanding
that they are only temporary and will be
removed when the bulk of the underground
work authorized by recent act OF Con-
gress Is completed.
A young man who gave his name as Wal
ter Lowe was found In an unconscious C n
diton at 18th and c streets northwest Mon
day afternoon. He was taken to the Emer-
gency Hospital. where the physicians founl
he had received an injury over his right
eye, which. 1t Is believed was the result,
of an accident. The patient recovered in a
short time and was able to leave the hos
pftal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
Fire Hydrants Ordered.

The Commissioners have ordered that fire
hydrants be erected in the following loca-
lions at an estimated total cost Of 81 600:
North side of New York avenue between
18th and 18th STREETS northwest; NJ
street between 18th and 10Th streets
northwest; west side of 18th street
between 1 and K streets northwest;
north side of 1 street between 21st
and 22d streets northwest; Water street
between SD and Potomac streets north
west; P street between 21st and odd streets
northwest, corner of alley; south side or
Q street between 18th and 18th streets
northwest; south side of K street between
18th and 18th streets northwest, corner OF
alley; corner Grant road and South street
northwest; Grant road and Chappell Re-
serve roal; corner 36th street and Woodley
Lane road; west side of Wisconsin avenue
between Grant and River roads; intersec-
ton of Grant and Chappell roads; west side
Wisconsin avenue between Loughborough
road and Xenia street.
That the time for the completion of con-
tract No. 3O67 with the U. S. Cast Iron Pipe
and Foundry Company for furnishing cast
iron pipe special is hereby extended until
January /, 1893, without penalty or cost of
inspection delay being due to no fault Of
the contractor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE.
Successful Bidders in the City Com
pleting Their Contracts.

The awards have all been made on the
bids for pneumatic tube service, and some
OF the bidders are in the city completing
their contracts. Besides the Boston award
mentioned in The Star, awards have been
made for Philadelphia, New York, Chicago
and ST. Louis. The New York contract pro-
which was suspended for want of an appro-
priation, with some extensions. There will
be a total mileage of 2465 miles. at an an
nual cost Of S414. 1874
The Chicago contract was awarded to the
Illinois Pneumatic Service Company, Of
which w. E. L. holloway. president of the
Boston company, is president The system
includes tubing from the general post office
to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railroad station; to station U at the union
station, and to South Water station; to the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad station;
to Illinois Central station; to 23d street sta
ton; to Armour station. and to the stock
yards. This makes total of 81 miles and
is maintained at an annual cost Of Sal $50.
The Philadelphia service will be perform
ell by the Pneumatic Transit Company. 1t
comprises a service from the general post
office to the Reading terminal; to Broad
street station and to Station A; from Sta
ton A to Stations and c.; from the gen
eral post office to Stations s and D, and to
Bourse station; between Stations A and B.
The total mileage is 7.64, and the annual
cost Of maintenance $129, 914.
The ST. Louis Pneumatic Tube Company
Is awarded the st. Louis contract. There
Is a tube from the general post Office to the
union station and from the general post
office to the Relay station In East St.
Louis. total of 3.16 miles. The annual cost
Is S4S, 267
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
CANDIDATES FOR ANNAPOLIS. ;.
Entrance Examinations Held by the
Civil Service Commission.

Entrance examinations to the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis were held at the head
quarters of the civil service commission in
this city today. Seventy candidates took the
examinations, which were devoted entirely
to scholastic tests. The physical examina-
ton for fitness will be conducted by the fac
ulty of the academy at Annapolis. The ex-
aminations prepared by the civil service
commission for midshipmen at the Naval
Academy do not differ ma terially from the
regular clerks examination, which the COM
mission prescribes for employees in the gov
eminent service in that class.
The class of seventy this morning was de-
clared by Commissioner Proctor to be
very fine lot of young men. One of the as
pirants this morning is a grandson of Ste
phen Decatur.
The regular examinations for entrance to
Annapolis were held in various parts Of the
country by the commission in September.
and the examinations today were for those
who had not been appointed as ellgibles at
that time, and also to fill the places of those
who failed at that examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
VAsQUEz rs PASSIVE
sANTo DoMINeo's PRESIDENT RE-
CEIvEs OUR MINISTER.
Pleased to Know That Roosevelt and
United States Aim to
Strengthen Ties.

SAN DOMINGO. Santo Domingo, Novem-
Der 12-Minister Powell has had an OIL
cial interview with President VasqueZ, dur
ing which he assured the latter Of the great
interest felt by President Roosevelt and
the United States toward this republic and
of the desire on their part that there be
a peaceful solution of the pending difficult
Ties, this being the only means to assure
the prosperity of Santo Domingo and OF
inducing capitalists to enter the country
and develop it's rich resources.
Minister Powell's Assurance.
Mr.. Powell also assured President Vas
quez that neither President Roosevelt, nor
the people of the United States desired to
destroy the autonomy of this republic or
interfere in its internal affairs.
The American people were DESTROYS that
Santo Domingo should prosper by means
of closer commercial intercourse with the
United States.
Vasquez's Reply.
The President replied that he was pleased
to know the sentiments of President Roose-
welt and the people of the United States
and assured Mr.. Powell that his aim was
to strengthen the ties of friendship between
the two republics and assure closer COM
mercial relations with the American people,
whom he considered to be warm friends OF
the republic of Santo Domingo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
Washington Stock Exchange.

.Saies-regular call IL O'Clock m.-Capital Trac-
e xas at Ct S Fs e
70 e e 20 4 % Rghs 800 :.
Is s s al q aelse
m y e. ,s a. ds 10 st 1885, 10 at ls buyer
ia Raroad Rsnds.capitai Traction Railroad IS,
o d pa sksS ass s
ndeb A. loS bid Log 9s asked s Rail
Rairssd es lis bid IA asked S Columbia Rairoad
IS, 1854 bid 1861 asked. The washington Rail
I 0' Gas comeany
Gs, ser. A. III bid Washington Gas Company 6s,
m g. ~ BID 3D. United United States Ess s Lhs
ndb es io bid @ and
st Sd Mssoe Ha
Association lon, 5s, 1o4 bid. American Graphophone
Safe Deposit and Trust stocks-National Safe
Deposit and Trust - bid 200 asked washington
Security and Trust. sls bid. ss2 asked. Washing.
ton Safe Deposit, 55 bid. Union Trust and Storage
log bid, 10 asked Washington Savings Bank, 100
Railroad stoeks.-capital Traction Company, 125
bid. $50 ..ssd Mstropoliisn 100 bid So asked
seeond. i7o BID citaens 10 bid. iss asked CO.
lumbi. 100 bid caRit.l IsS bid West End, l4o
coin, 100 bid. ia5 asked.
spS i ss e b. asked
Y bid. Potomac, IS bid. Arlington. 30 bid. SO
asked; German american. 2s5 bid National Union
Riggs. 81 bid, 0 asked. Peoples, bid, asked.
Commercial. bid. Colonial 100 asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Rea1 Estate Title 93Z
bid. 95 ssked Columbia Title, AZ bid, asked.
Washington Title. bid. 2A asked.
Telephone and Graphophone Stocks.-Chesapeake
and Potomac. IS bid. IS asked American Graphic
phone CON-. ~ bid asked American Graphic
Gas Stocks. -Washington Gas, 75x bid, 76h
asked. Georgetown Gas, 75N bid.
18TH bid, 1854 asked. Lanston Monotypes ION
bid, II esked .-.ss. -.s-
pany, !z2k bid, 28H ASKED. Washington Mafket,
10 bid. Nurfolk and Warrington Steamboat. 30
asked. J. Maury Dove Z Co.. hon btd.
lex. div. New stocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
INIMICAL TO LIBERTY
ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT DE-
CLARED so TO BE.
Fierce Anarchistic Sentiments Uttered
at Fifteenth Anniversary Of Hay
market Riot, Chicago.

CHICAGO. Novmber 1.-THE fifteenth an
niversary of the execution, November IL,
1887, of the anarchists convicted in con-
nection with the Haymarket riot Of May 4,
1886, was observed by a meeting at North
Side Turner Hall last night. The meeting
was arranged by representatives of thirty
two different organizations, most of which
are of anarchistic. tendency.
Speakers in German, italian and English
were heard. The most interest seemed at
tached to the utterances of r. Grossman, a
new writer, who is under sentence Of five
years in Paterson; Nj, on a charge Of
melting a riot. Grossman, who spoke In
German, reviewed the events leading up to
the Haymarket affair, criticized the trial.
drew an inspirati ton from the execution and
compared his own case at Paterson with
that Of the Haymarket rioters.
Intense Anarchistic Sentiments.
The Italian speaker, Guiseppi Ciancabilla.
while understood by only few, of the 1000
persons in the room. drew applause when
he declared that labor had little to expect
from the arbitration Committee appointed
by President Roosevelt In the miners
strike -. - ,5..
George Brown Of Philadelphia who spoke
in English, arraigned all; forms of govern
ment inimicalI to liberty, and declared
that anarchys mission Is to destroy gov
eminent. He declared that when the bomb
exploded IN Haymarket square 1t showed
that the government in a republic is like the
governments all the world over.
mo matter what the form, government
is organized injustice maintained by vio-
lence," he declared. "The American people
had blown for themselves a beautiful bub-
BILE. 1t was the belief that government and
liberty were Identical That bomb exploded
the bubble"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
CLICKS FROM THE WIRE.

Former Police Captain Moynihan Of New
York was arraigned on the charge of ac-
cepting an unlawful fee. He pleaded not
guilty and an adjournment was taken to
November IS.
President Patton of Princeton, N. j., an
nounces that the Presbyterian and Re-
formed Review which has been edited for
thirteen years by Prof. B. B. Warfield of
the seminary, has passed into the hands Of
the seminary and will be known as the
Princeton Theological Review.
Representative Moody (rep.). who was de-
feated by James M. Gudger (dem.) in the
Asheyille, NJ c., district, has filed notice
that he will contest Gudger's election.
Thomas C. Lippincott, cashier and head
bookkeeper of the Montclair IN. j. Water
Company, pleaded guilty to embezzlement
and was sentenced to an indefinite term In
the Railway reformatory.
Public school No. I, Passaic, N. J., was
closed and the 375 pupils and their teachers
were sent horne, as there was no coal on
hand to heat the building.
Major Charles C. Rainwater, sixty-four
years old, died at st. Louis from chronic
stomach trouble. During the civil war he
served on the confederate side.
William Richards, eighty-two years old.
Of Wellsville, Utah. Crimean war veteran,
committed suicide by hanging. He par
ticipated in the siege OF Sebastopol, where
he was severely wounded.
The Liberal University Of Sfverton, Ore,
is. to be removed to Kansas City after the
first Of the year. - e
Theodore stegner Of Kansas City. WELL
known promoter. was indicted by the grand
jury on a charge Of promoting mining
fraud. 4ss.
Dr. Rudolph Baird, whose wife died Ia
October under suspicious circumstances,
was arraigned In the district court at Boul-
der, Col, the charge OF murder. Bail
was fixed at 5000.
W. G. Marshall, Cleveland druggist ID
rate druggists Of the United States have
formed . protective association that via