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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

star. It seemed to move towards him, beckoning. A paroxysm of coughing in the room overhead caused him to start and turn his eye away from the heav- ems. Next, low groans reached his ears, and he could hear Mother" Jacobs moving about in an excited manner as if working over her invalid. Then silence reigned for an indefinite time.
 By and by he heard slow, uncertain steps decending the stairs and In min ute old Mrs. Jacobs entered the room By the dim firelight she appeared spectre, grim and shadowy. She came to her accustomed seat in front of Pete and dropping down she reached out for his hand. He's gone. Petie," she whisp- cred hoarsely.
 Here's the flowers" whispered back Pete, every utterance causing a pain to pierce his breast ''The good lady sent ,em for to put on the coffin" He, took tissue pape~ parcel In which lay folded some snowy blossoms. damp, cold. AL though the old woman did not under stand the child's whispered words she took the little parcel, somehow knowing what 1t contained. For just a moment she bent above him and laid her with she moved quietly. brokenly out of the room and went up stairs to place the cold blossoms on the still colder bosom of her dead.
 The star grew larger, brighter. brighter and shone in through the window like sun. Then the room became filled with fiowers-fowers white, cold. beautiful. On his bed, made comfortable with fine new covers and pillows which the good fairy" lady had sent, lay little Pete, his great purple eyes seeing things that no one else could see. And he heard music-music unlike any other he had ever heard It filled his ears like the songs of birds and the rippling of noun tain brooks. Then would come to his bedside the beautiful lady, smiling over on him as she had done when she had kissed him on the brow that day.
 Aren't you better. darlin'?" his mother would whisper to him as she sat over by his side. holding his hands.
 T knowed he was sick the day my dear ole man died" said Mother" Jacobs, whose attendance on the sick child was untiring. "I brung i'm jelly roll an the blessed little soul never ct a bite of it.
 But while they were speaking the great eyes of little Pete fathomed the mystery they had been trying so long smile, for he felt his twisted legs artS crooked back were straightening out like other boys The hurt in his spine and the pain In his chest were being soothed away The fever that had been for days burning in his veins gave way from his little feet to his booy, then-one icy touch on the fiutterlng heart
 The great star burst into effulgent glory Flowers. flowers everywhere lay white about him. Music soft as dreams stirred his innocent soul and lent a drowslness-the purple eyes closed, for the Grim Visitor'' had crept in at the door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

Day after day little Pete sat by the window watching the throng of passers- by. Sometimes he shivered wlth the cold. for the window was so old anu loose in the easement that one couiu put ones finger in the great cracks round it, and the chill January Wlnus whistled in fercely, cutting httle Feee to the skin.
 Now, had the child been warmly eau he would not have minded the ulWei- come cold draughts so much, put ms clothing was meager and threadpare. The fire in the room. too was so starved for want of fuel-only few coals being fed to it at a time-that the warmth It made was hardly sufficient to heat the metal of the rusty stove 1t struggled Tn for existence
 Rut Pete preferred to remain near the window and shiver. rather than hug the miserable fire in the corner or the gloomy, cheerless room.
 From [ o'clock In the morning till almost that late in the evening Pete was alone. save for an occasional call from old Mrs. Jacobs. an upstairs neighbor, who dropped in to fix the fire for him. Sometimes the poor old woman would sit and chat bit with the lonely child. but as her hearing was impaired and Pete's voice very weak, conversation with her caused him more pain than pleasure.
 Pete's mother was a scrubwoman, and as her miserable, ill-paying work kept her busy from morning till dark, she could not return to Pete her only child (and a cripple), till the working hours were through. So she had arranged with Mrs. Jacobs, who, with her con- sumptiye husband lived on the floor above. to look little after Pete and watch that his fire did not go out.
 One day as Pete sat in his usual place by the window looking out old Mrs Jacobs came in. She brought a bit of jelly roll to the child. saving: got IL for the ole man, hopin' it might tempt his appetite. for he ain't ct nutnin Ter days. to mention. But, no" and the old woman shook her head-'fr set I'm to coughin the minute he set eyes on if so I lest brought 1t to you. efnen she put the three-penny roll on broken nlate she got from the table and ser IL in Pete's lap. Pete looked up at her and smiled his thanks, but did not toucp the roll The old woman was too full or her troubles to notice this. Drawing cnair close in front of Pete, she sat down and began to speak In voice that shook with suppressed emotion: It's about over. He can't hol' out much longer. An then then" She stopped abruptly, and leaning over till her face was close to the child's, she looked long into his deep, wide. purple eyes, her own. age-dimmed, sorrowful ones niling 10 the brim with tears.
 Pete made no verbal response, but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

the room. ., no.. A,u , don't care for herself. She just wants to bury the old man decent. She wants flowers to put on him as soon as he's dead. The city, what hasn't any heart, will take him an put him in the Potter's Field. I don't know what that Is, but it must be a dreadful place for Mother Jacobs Is good woman an she wouldn't mind unless 1t was awful bad. for she knows she's too poor to have everything like shed want It.
 The gentleman stepped to the back of the ladys chair, and>laying his hand gently on her shoulder, said; Come, Anna, please go. I'll remain here and look after both the Jacobs and this little fellow. I'll do everything that l think would meet with your approval. You must not stay in this room any longer. It is zero in here"
 For a moment the lady did not an swer, then turning her eyes full of unshed tears toward her husband, she said: 'If this delicate child can endure this room all the time, certainly ought to put up with it for half an hour. No, dear, I shall remain with you. Now, we'll have the child lead us to the rooms occupied by the Jacobs"
 T can't go upstairs" said Pete. Tt hurts my back" Then conscious that he had called attention to his deformity life he had tried to hide his. crooked back and twisted legs from the notice of people, for the children in the neigh borhood had made him sensitive by polk ing fun at him, calling him hump back" and Crooked Pete" Only hls mother and old Mrs. Jacobs loved him and never laughed at his misshapen body.
 You go up, Tom and III stay here with our little man. I'll trust you to find out what i5 needed up there" said the lady. After the gentleman obeyed her wishes she turned again to Pete with a question: Now, dear, what are the gifts Santa brought you for Christ mas, and which are you willing to dis pose of for the sake of an old sick mani"
 Pete carefully unwrapped the parcel he had kept under his arm since return ing to the house and held up gaudy, cheap picture book and wooden jump ing-jack T only play with them on Sundays, when mamma is home, he ex- plained, looking at the simple toys with world of admiration in his eyes;
 Put them away, dear little soul" said the lady, strol1ing his hair. You shall keep them and the sick man may have the flowers too."
 The gentleman remained only a few minutes in the sick room up stairs. He saw enough to make hirl thankful that his wife had not accompanied him thither. Before leaving Mother Jacobs he had taken list of food and clothing necessary to meet the needs of the old woman and her sick husband. leaving a sum of money on the table fortune. Then he hurried below to find his wife shoveling coal into the stove with a lavish hand, remarking to him as he entered: "Tnis dear child told me 1 must not put 90 much coal on the firei that they can only afford one hod. of fuel a day. But have told him that there is a -ood fairy who will bring them lots and lots of coal and provi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15
The Search For The
 Candy Tree.
BY CHARLES LINCOLN FILTER.

[Note.-This story IS founded on real incident that occurred in the city of New York;
 Wolf Logan aad never seen a candy tree. But he was only four years old and there were many other things that Wolf had never seer. which he really knew existed and meant to look upon yet. He knew there must be candy trees, because there wat nowhere else from which candy coulo come He had taken pains to ask about apples and peaches and oranges. and lemons, and oceans, and nigger heels. and had learned that they all grew on trees; so he knew that candy also must grow on trees. But Wolf lived in a great city, where there were no forests or wild flowers, and so he had very poor chances of seeing candy tree. He hec not even looked upon a hickory or a walnut tree, much less candy tree; and as Wolf was very fond of chocolate drops he wished very much that he could find the trees on which they grew. There were so many chocolate drops in the city that Wolf knew in reason that chocolate-drops forest could not be far away. He fully meant to find the forest when he grew Big.
 Grandmother told Wolf one morning that he was sett,ne to be Bi. Boy.
 
 Wolf knew that 1t was about time for him to set out upon his adventures. He Induced Grandmother to put on him his overcoat and mittenD and pulldown cap and then he went into the little yard by the house to play While Grandmother wasn't looking ne slipped out of the gate and down 2 the corner, where the street cars pass with so much noise. He knew his way that far. But from here he started walking into an un- known and very crowded world.
 The farther Wolf walked the deeper he seemed to penetrate Into an en- chanted land. He had never before been so far alone and things seemed so strange and wonderful to him. Shadowy figures came toward him out of the fog in the distance, and as they walked away became shadows again and dis appeared. Some of the men appeared so very large to Wolf, and as they passed without apparently seeing anything they seemed to belong to another world. Then, how loud the noises were. and how In the distance they rumbled aud
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sions, besides remembering some pretty clothes and toys for little Pete He has told me his name, you see, and we're already well acquainted" Then she put the lid on the stove and bent over Pete. who stood full of wonder, studying her face. We're gong to become the best of friends, aren't we. dear?" she asked. smiling in his yes. You are such good little man-so noble in soul"
 I'm crooked-awruI crooked, whis- pered Pete. watching for any change that might come in her face when he confessed his deformity But, seeing none, he went on: My legs are twisted hump on my back But you don't mind"
 No, dear. no; l love you all the bet ter. And your sweet little heart Is not bling voice. Turning to her husband, she inquired: - ow did you find the people up stairs?"
 The gentleman shook his head. "Ahem! were in bad shape; but I've left enough money 10 meet the rent, etc.,, Tor a while; besides 1 shall send load of fuel and provisions as soon as we leave here"
 And the sick man?"
 Again the gentleman shook his head. The. grim visitor will come-tonight fear
 IHc lduy flduc IlO itplJt Dhb AACi AH@Ns grew a shade paler as she thought or the cloud that hung darkening over that house. Putting her arms caressingly about Pete she said to him: Now we must go, dear. for we must see that fairy before it gets too late for her to get into the shops She will have so many things to buy for you and your mamma, also for your old friends up stairs"
 You are the fairy" said Pete. T knowed it as soon as l saw you" But she only kissed him twice over the great questioning purple eyes, eyes that seemed full of a mysterious light that penetrated to her heart. Then promis- ing to come again some other day she said good by and was gone.
 Till the daylight faded from the sky and cut off all outside view Pete sat by the window overlooking the street, un- conscious that chill was creeping over him and that tightness filled his chest and made 1t painful for him to preathe' On the table were many boxes and bags, in the closet the coal box oVernoWed, and in his hand was small siiken purse full of money that the fairy had put there when she said good-by. But -of these things Pete was not thinking. He was watching-watching for the Grim Visitor" whom the gentleman had said would come up stairs tonight.
 Suddenly the snow stopped falli tg, the wind hushed and Pete saw coming out of the cold. gray sky great. beautifui
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Riddles.

There is beast that all men fear Lurking about most everywhere. It has no eyes. no mouth, no nose; Yet everywhere 1t swiftly goes. It eats with awful appetite Most everything 1t finds in sight It fig a joy and yet a dread, And 1t may truthfuily be said That without 1t we could not live: Yet o'er its deeds we often grieve- Answer-Fire. What is 1t that '.ssSss
 Has a tongue and can't talk.
 Can run, but can't walkf
 Answer.
 A wagon. Aa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

your sleep7"
 My name isn't Johnny" answered Wolf.
 Then what could 1t be. VIC I could guess.'
 ''Try It," said Wolf. interested
 ''Katzenjammer."
 NO"
 Buster Brown.'
 NO"
 Wolf Logan"
 That's it." And Wolf clap hands.
 ''Iow did you know7"
 "Oh. people who wear stars know everything"
 Wolf gazed at the policeman's wonder.
 '.Do you know whether these olate trees?'
 "Chocolate trees? Whats thai
 Why candy trees. where the late candy grows"
 The biz policeman laughed.
 Well shouldn't wonder. Her go out under the trees over tn see If you can find any chocolate lar He tossed the other policeman a1t and the latter sauntered off UT tas trees and Wolf noticed no one tn5a rlin to get off the grass. After aw s the other policeman talked to lost sight of the searcher after but 1t was not. long till he and, sure enough. he had a bat chocolate drops.
 So you found them, Mike. di asked his companion. ''That's Just what did," retu other
 Candy trees in Fairyland. Mi fsaa that rightT'
 q don't know as to that. but here are the trees and the candy, and szw a beautiful fairy while l was gone"
 Then Wolf was certain he had found the chocolate trees, and when the po- lIcemen took him home he was chatter ing to them and eating chocolate drops quite contentedly, and the folks met him with such demonstrations Of Joy that he was sure he must have done something very wonderful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

With feet getting numb. wings getting stiff He hops about helpless on big snow drift: A creeping of paws-a quick spring is heard An old Thomas Cat ends the poor spar row-bird.
 HELENA WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-15

Poor little sparro w bird, out In the snow; F,Vervthing frozen. no place to go; Branches of trees standing out piedh
 and bare; Hungry cats proving about every
 where
 All his oomnanions are dead long ago. Frozen and buried under the snow. Food Is so scarce, but boys everywhere Throwing hard snowballs at him
 through the air.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12

A man never can see why one girls party clothes shouldn't it another girl; they are made just loose enough to cause alarm, and just tight enough to hang on.-Atchison Globe.
 It is possible in these practical days to go clear through love affair from the blush to to the divorce. without writing a line of poetry. Globe.
 If you are more tha0 II years old don't try to be cute.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
CURIOSITY.

Leads to Investigation and Truth.
 What shall we do to be saved? was the title of one of Robt. IngersOlTs lec- lures. People of faith and people of no faith focked to hear it. Thousands are asking, What shall I do to get rid of dandruff?" The answer is, Kill the germ that causes dandruff falling hair and finally badness: and the only thing that will do it is Newbro's Her picide. That is the very latest discov- cry of the laboratory, and it is the only preparation that claims to, or that will, kill the pestiferOus dandruff germ. It also is delightful hair dressing. free from oil or grease or sticky substances. Try it and be convinced of it's actual merit. Sold by leading druggists. Send 1Oc in stamps for sample to The Her picide Co, Detroit, Mich. H-GOodman, druggist, special agent.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
THE NEXT BLANKET SALE
R. L. Bake Will Offer Some Unprece-
 dented Bargains.

It has been stated that on or about hold another big auction sale of Nav ajO blankets. He has a large stock, part of a contract he entered into last season, which will arrive soon from the Navajo reservation. Beautiful and eX- cellent as the blankets were which were sold at the two weeks auction sale which closed last Saturday night, they will be far surpassed by those which are coming.
 In the course of the late sale about roo blankets were disposed of, and most of them were sold to people liv- ing in Phoenix and the neighbOrhood, all of whom have had opportunity to become judges of Navajo blankets; they are more capable of distinguish ing the genuine from the imitation, and they were satisfied with their bargains. for nexeF before had genuine blankets gone foF such astonishingly low fig ures.
 No doubt the tourists will avail themselves of the opportunity which will be presented them in the ap- preaching sale, for it is certain that the blankets now coming will be sold even cheaper than those of the late sale. MT. Bake will not have much time to devote to this sale. It is es- sential that his preparations for his European purchasing tour next sum mer should be completed as early as possible Therefore the blankets will be sold for what they will bring.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
HIS ENDLESS TASK.

Santa Claus arrives home unusually late Christmas morning.
 My Gear,' says his wife cautiously trying to get a whif of his breath, you certainly owe me an explanation for staying out so much longer than usual"
 Well it was enough to drive me to drink grossly replies Santa, dumping his overcoat and empty sack on a chair.
 What wasp"
 Why, I struck some of those open work stockings and tried to fill them, and as fast as I put the things in at the top they fell out through the holes. Judge.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12

Tucson; A. Leonard Hall, New York.
 Among those registering yesterday at the Commercial hotel were: J. w. Baker, Bisbee; Mrs. c. A. Haff1y, Dr. William P. Sipe, Flagstaff; Fritz Ros- enstein, San Francisco.
 Charles Short and wife. Los Az geles; R. St. Sucien, Washington, D. C.; w. J. Robinson, Washington, D. C., registered at the Hardwick yesterday.
 w. H. Barnett of Tucson and H. Strong of Val Verde registered at the Commercial hotel yesterday.
 Those registering at the Ford hotel yesterday were: Miss Bertha Beatson, Chicago; Miss E. Chapman, Maine; Mrs. A. E. Turner and daughter. City: Alexander F. Jeffs, Seattle, Wash; Lola Anderson, Buckeye; H. E. Walk CT, Olympia, Wash; Ike Irwin. Pom eroy, Wash; c. w. Clement and fam fly, William D. Cameron, San Fran cisco; c. Whitten and wife, New York; w. II. Colby, Tucson; H. H. Waulsey and wife, Kingman. Kan; John J. O'Shea and wife. Humphrey. Neb.: Mrs. F. H. Hains. C. w. Strong and wife, Chicago; Jay D. Stannard, Henry Oshorst, Denver.
 Those arriving at the Hotel Adams via the Santa Fe last evening were: P. J. McHenry, Quartzsite, Ariz.; Dixon Fagerberg, Prescott; John Leggott. Hamilton, Ont; NJ. J. Haney, New York; M. Connolly, New York; Mrs. Henry Goldwater, San Francisco; J. A. Savage, Denver.
 Mir. George H. Smalley. private sec retary to Governor Brodie. is recover ing from an illness which has confined him to his home for several days.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
NO NEED OF FURTHER WAITING

Miss Esmeralda, how long do you think a young man Ougt to go to see a young woman before he declares his intentions3s'
 What a question to ask, Mir. Throg- : ',lin s'
 ''Wouldn't you think six months a long enough time?"
 ''Why, yves"
 Well, I think it's nearly six months since I began coming here, Miss Es- meraIda, and"
 "Six months to a day, MT. Throg- gins'-Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
ITALIAN WEATHER

have heard quite a dry story, Of a lovely western town
 Where a macintosh goes begging And umbrellas are unknown;
 Where the rubber shoe abides not And gum boots ne'er appear,
 For three hundred sixty-five days The sun shines in each year
 There they have no need of crossings, Nor sidewalks do they use,
 While the scraper and the footmat Never meet with Phoenix shoes,
 That's the way I heard the story By truthful CD people told,
 But 'tis looking just the least bit Like some one had been fooled.
 The dusky storm clouds gather Over peaceful Phoenix homes
 And from the cIouded mountain tops Condensing moisture" comes.
 The flying dust is flowing now, in rivers wide and deep
 The dry and healthy atmosphere Is laid away to keep
 Now-mackintosh and rubber shoes Are worth their weight in gold;
 "No need of walks in Phoenix" Is tale that once was told.
 To clean the travellers muddy shoes, Footmats and scrapers? No indeed!
 A bath tub of clear water And a sponge, best suit the need.
 Just three hundred sixty-fve days You'n find the sky is clear"
 Is the story oft repeated Of the Phoenix atmosphere. There seems but one conclusion Where the mind can safe arrive
 That Phoenix has five hundred days To our three sixty-five. A TOURIST. N R. D., Jan. 10, 1905.
Arizona republican., 1905-01-12
PERSONAL.

Those registering at the Hotel Adams yesterday were: J. Wilson Bernard. Denver; H. 4. Morgan, Chi cago; Thomas D. Bennett, Bisbee; T. c. Norris, Prescott; J. H. LaRue, Tempe; Charles Strcng and wife, Bis bee; Otto Kaiser, William F. Crosse, J. D. Simpson, Emil Schloss. Los An geles; L. E. c. Jordan, San Francisco; Ii. M. Hubbard. New York; c. R. Bax- ter, Grand Rapids; M. 4. Stratton, Yuma; H. J. Boomer, New York; F. $. Clark. Prescott; Mrs. J. B. Henderson,