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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

think Of one other night when they had
sat like this and watched Beth taroash
the Group, and how they had felt that if
God would only spare her they could
have nothing in life to treuble them again.
How gentle and tender John had been
that night!
And then there was the time that Beth
was burned and john mad walked with
her the whole night long and would not
even let the mother rest him, because "she
was weak and he was strong" he had
said. How the memories came %thronging
upon her! Oh, if she could only wake
and find that this year had been a dream
"a horrible dream-and there had been
no quarrel!
The clock licked on, the fire sputtered
ftfully, but the silence of the vigil was
unbroken. John Thorne raised his head
and looked at Margaret as she lay with
closed eyes. Her white, suffering face
touched his heart. How much older she
looked. 1t was only four years since she
had stood a bride of nineteen and given
herself to him. Why, could it be only
four years? 1t seemed like an eternity.
The breath comes slowly. The little
hands are very still, and yet, . baby
fingers, through the solemn watches of
this night, thou'rt gathering up the tan
gled, broken threads of these two lives,
and with a touch no other hand might
use, art weaving them together, deity,
surely, with heaven-sent skill!
There was a slight stir. The mother
and father felt a culver pass through the
little form. With startled faces they bent
over her. There was a gasp, a sudden
throwing up of the little hands-then all
was still.
In an instant his arms were around her,
her head on his breast.
Margaret, my wife,"
80 John, John !" she said.
The clock struck twelve. A New Year
had dawned.
In the twilight of a summer day a man
and woman stand beside a little grave.
There is an air of subdued sadness about
them that tells to whom the little mound
belongs. and yet when they speak it is
hopefully and cheerfully. 1t is a tiny
grave-"only a baby" a stranger would
say-but we who have stood beside such
know that love and grief are not measured
by feet and inches.
The glory of the setting sun fills the
place. 1t lights up the faces of father
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN DIXIE.
A Quaint Custom the Survival of
Slavery Days.

A Quaint Custom the survival OF
slavery Days.
In some parts of the South, notably
Alabama, the observance of Christmas is
kept up after the manner Of slavery days.
Two weeks before the festival brawny
colored men in the employ of the planta-
ton owner search out a timber tract, tell
the tree of greatest size, cut off the trunk
where the circumference is greatest, big
enough to admit of it filling the space of
the open hearth, fasten heavy chains to 1t
by driving. in spikes, haul it to the near
est river or pond, sink it and anchor 1t
we'll below the surface. On Christmas eve
If is dra wn up, taken to the owners man
sion and in the presence OF his family,
relatives and friends the dripping log IS
placed on a roaring fire in the hearth 10
reduce the water-soaked wood to ashes
Is a slow process and sometimes a week
.lapses before this is accomplished. IN
the meantime the plantation darkies do
not work while the incineratien is in pro-
rress, On Christmas eve the hostess
serves the company with eggno and she
s~unnIies them with eatables while the log
sizzles in the fire place. The banjo and
gnitar are brought into play and the old
melodies are sung and jigs and other
dances are gone through with zest. The
white folks take a hand in the fun max
ing. too, and with song and story make
the colored folks happy. AT some OF these
gatherings 300 persons take part, the old.
canacious mansion giving ample room for
all
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
BISHOP is EXPELLED

Tarascon, France, Dec. 1.-two
squadrons of Hussars have been dis
patched from here to Barbentanne,
where the Inhabitants have imprisoned
the officials sent to take over the
church property under the church,
state separation law.
Arras, France, Dec. 15.-When the
bishop of Arras was expelled from his
residence today, gendarTnes several
times compelled a charge of manifest
ants who barricaded he doors of the
seminary.
Eventually the doors were broken
open with trees. ;
VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS FOUND.
Perrin, discovery of great
Importance to philology and history
has been made in Cairo by Carl
Schmidt, a German sayant, an author
ity on the Coptic and early Christian
archaeology OF upper Egypt.
Some insignificant sheets Of parch-
ment, supposed to be Coptic manu-
scripts of small value, were offered to
him for sale. He noticed that the Ian
guage was not Coptic. He concluded
from the recurrence OF the word .u-u."
which among modern Nubians meana
king, that h text was written In Mr.
bian.
This is a great discovery. ~fnaauquch
as Nubian, although still spoken, long
has ceased to be . written lanstneA
- 80 al
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
SISTER PLEADS FOR GILLETTE.

New York, Dec. 15.-With a prayer
for the salvation of her brother, 'ches-
ter E.. Gillette, under dealn sentence,
constantly on her lips Miss Hazel Gill
lette, school teacher Of 10 City. has
gone to Eerkinler in a last supreme eff
fort to save the young man from the
electric chair for the murder of his
sweetheart, Billy Brown.
Miss Gillette has been practically
Frustrated at Zion City since her
brother was found guilty.
The young woman has prayed con-
stantly for the deliyerance of the
youth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
strange Origin Of Christmas Tree.

Strange Origin Of Christmas Tree.
Nest Of us know that the Christmas
tree comes to us direct from Germany.
And we know of the tree worship of the
Druids which obtained in England and
France, and which probably had some in
fiuence on the later use of the tree in the
Christian festival. But we do not all
knew that a similar festival with the tree
as a browning feature is observed among
many heather nations, and that it comes
from sun worship, which is older than his
tory. The revival of the sun after the
winter ~solstiee has ever been the subject
of rejoicing and of celebration by cere-
monies which represent the new light
brought back to the world. Our tree,
with 1t. small candles, its gilded knick-
nacks and toys for the children, is a d.
rect descendant Of this old festival in
homer Of the sun.
Traces of it exist in Iceland, where the
Service tree" is found adorned with burn
ing lights during Christmas night. The
English yule log is q faint survival of this
festival. But it is beyond these that I
wish to draw your attention, back further
even than the Druid mysteries of the Gal
lie forests. 1t is to China, that home of
all wonders and of all history. 1t has
been shown that as long ago as PAT B. G..
a tree with a hundred lamps and lower
was placed on the steps of the audience
hall. This appears again in the records
of Princess Yang, who lived 1855 A.
D., and who caused a hundred-lamp tree
eighty feet high to be erected on a noun
tain. 1t was lighted during New Years
night, and the illumination was seen for
hundreds Of miles, eclipsing the light of
the moon. This candle tree is no longer
lighted in China, being replaced by an
unusual number of lanterns, which are
hung everywhere. A suggestion of the
tree, however, still survives in Japan. AT
the New Year two evergreen trees are
placed without, on either side of the door.
Their tops are tied together with the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
with the children, al those who would de-
stroy him.--Cincinnati Post.
The week before.

IT'S the week before Christmas, and all
through the place
Each woman goes shopping, with worn,
And heid in her hand is a long, fearsome
list
OF names that could simply by no means
So shopping. and shopping, and shopping
Bumped, showed, pushed, and tangled In
This the week before Christmas, and father
Though mother and sisters are all Of them
Poor father reflects on the stats Of his
wealth
Aud broods on expenses that tell on h
health
hut once in the year come the glad Christ
The rest of the years for poor father to
pay.
Puts on her glad garments, adjusts her
cute curl
And sends for the lover with whom she has
fused,
20 tell him she knows he's the one she
should trust,
And-this is the week before Christmas.
you know.
.sTis the week before Christmas, and
through the home
The children are watched as they aimless-
ly roam,
And when they approach any wardrobe
or chest
They are told they must stop-and o
And o. the sweet childreni So fat
are they
At Sunday school-Santa will come Christ
mas Day.
IT'S the week before Christmas, and ali
through the land
Each poet Is toiling with pen In bis hand
At work on the parody based on the
That somebody Jingled out once on 4 time
But where is the prophet who wishes to
The row that the week after Christmas
will bring?
wv. D. Nesbft. in Chicago Tribune
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
POWERS 70 KEEP DOOR OPEN.

London. Dec. 15.-Great Britain. Italy
and Fsance have signed an agreement,
with the approval of Meneiik, king of
Abyssinia, for the maintenance of the
integrity of Abyssinia and prescribing
the common action of the three ower
in all future contingencies concerning
thai country.
H. onan1 dnnr nv nn.ners
agree not to object to the extension to
Addis Abeba of the railroad between
Jiboutil and Diedaota. A second agree
ment signed by the same three powers,
regulates the entrance Of arms and
ammunition into their east African pos
sessions
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
Curious Custom of Oxford.hfre.

In some places in O%xfordshire, Eng
land, it was the right of every maid SER
to ask the hired man for a bit of
ivy to trim the house. If he turned a
deaf ear to her opportunities or forgot
her request she would steal a pair of his
and nail them to the gate in the
yard or on the highway. This was sup
posed to debar him from all privileges Of
the mistletoe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

wiaeglassfuls Of brandy, o~ne-quartcr
pound Of citizen. CIT fine. Mix all these
tho night befvFe. In the morning be-
fore putting it in the cloth stir two ia
haespssnfuls of wheat -four, beat the
elsth and spriakle with flour. Tie tight.
ly and boil fssr hours. Put n plate turn.
ed en- the under part in the pot under
tse pudding. add cinnamon and nutmeg
IL liked. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

and mother as they lay, with loving
hands, forget-me-nots upon the green turf.
and then, hand in hand, go forth. A stray
sunbeam falls across the white stone. We
stoop to read the inscription. 1t is a very
simple one:
BABY BETH.
AGE THREE.
"And q little child shall lead them"
Housewife.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
Tommy Got One.

Tommy Con Christmas morning.
Where does Santa Claus get all his stuff,
mamma?
Mamma-Oh, he buys it.
Tommy-WeIl, he must be a Jay to let
anyone palm off a tin watch on him =
Town Topics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
Easy to he Happy.

Mrs. Nexdoor-Aren't you always
worried half to death when it to
buying a Christmas present for your
husband?
Mrs. Sunshine-Mr, no! I buy my
husband something l want for myself,
and he buys me something he wants Cor
himself, and then we trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
HARTJE APPEALS TO
STATE SUPREME COURT

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 15.-Auglstns
Hartje, the libellant in the recent d.
yorce case against his wife, which
Judge Frazier decided adversely to him
last wednesday, took an appeal to the
supreme court today.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
LET'S KEEP SANTA CLAUS.
Mcmory of Happy Days of Long Age
Protects st. Nick.

HE memory of
happy days Ilsng
ago should ever
protect 8 a n { a
Claus. When ys~
boy locks you
~squarely in the
y and says !:
Papa, Clarence
Nc Gufy $ ! d
there isn't any
Santa Claus and
I punched him.
for / know there
is" what are you
going to do? For
give the blow and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
plum PUDDING.

One pound Of grated bread, one and
a quarter pounds of grated suet enc
pound Of ~raisins. enc pound d brown
sugar, twelve eggs, wen beaten; two
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

His PIuiut.

The Christmas cynic's here again
Te ~irritate the seIl.
He says that he gets necktses when
He needs a ton Of coat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

Somebody a y that Newport liz get
ting fearfully common. People with
oaly $5.O00rOoo are moving in.-Ex.
change.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
CANAL KNOCKERS ARE
SCORED IN MESSAGE
BY ROOSEVELT.
President Tells Congress Pan
anna Work Is Progressing
NiceIy---Men Healthy.
WIVES NEEDED THERE
Executive Naivcly Adds That Com
plants About Cooking Vanish
When Spouses Arrive
On Scene.
WIVES NEEDED THERE
DID HE BITE
MR.. ROOSEVELT?

las a matter of fact, but a SIN
gle mosquito, and this not of the
dangerous species, was seen by any
member of our party during my
three days on the isthmus, '-Presi-
dent In canal message to congress.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
Liked the Old way Be.

"Pa. I've wrote Sanity Claus a mother
letter."
What about, George"
81 tole him ne mustn't come in a auto
mobile; / want him to come IN a sleigh
Detroit Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21
Tb.t Costly season.

.Wbat makes your father look so blue
.s-s-h. Somebody thoughtlessJ
mentioned the fact that Christmas is conn
;nS."-Chicago Post
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

sacred band of straw, and various objects,
dried Holsters and oranges are fastened to
their branches.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

night and such weather as onl,
New England can infiict on suffer,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

I came to the conclusion that, speaking
generally, there was no warrant for COM
plant about the food. Doubtless it grows
monotonous after awhile. Any man ac-
customed to handling large masses Of men
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11
lrIcked by Dyspepsia.
The Doctor Couldn't Tell Where The
Trouble Lay

seven years ] have h.en
" H-pcpsia and chronic. a.,,,
t- have consulted th- moist
ID be found on Diseases.
..i- None. however. seemed
' ' iflculty or give relief In
O.. .- medical treatment have
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1921 t' r' purpose.
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own eyes OBJ. Countless other houa-tl.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11
AUTHORS ATTEND
DINNER TO Mr.. ALDEN
Venerable Editor of Harper's
Celebrates Seventeen
Birthday.

NEW YORK, November To- Nearly.
every branch OF American hteratiir. ,yae
represented DO Che old Harper publisaina,
house. in Franklin Square. when d.. s.,.-
enuoth anniversary os the birth of Henri
Mil.s Alden. for thirtv-scvcn years editor
Of Harper Magazine. was celebrated ~
dinner and reception rendered by George
Harvey, Tonight
Among those who entertained th. vou-
cradle editor with MI Harvey were writ
c's who have contributed TO the r,-
rodlcW az one time or another TN,
.f~t manuscripts of some were read b,-
Mr. Alden. while others i'm their younger
years went 60 him for advice
some OF those who did themselves
honor by attending We're George Ade
achaid Harding Davis. edward pnix
S'WeI Ford. Howard Pyle. Frederic Rem
nsion owen Wistcr and the Prince and
iIln'ess Iroubotzkoy (Amcua Rivos,
'thrFS OF prominence who attended ,ye,.
rev. Ir. Lyman Abbott Thomas u An
aIlc". John w Alexander. Poultnev rio
low. d"hn burroughs. George w Cabio
w D" carleton. Andrew Carnegie. HAYDEN
'"rrutncrs JuuIS Chambers John cor
nm r-iznn"th Cutting. John Russell Da-
wilson. Julian Hawthorne ana William
Dean HoweIs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11
National Horse Show. New
York, n. Y, Nov. 18Th TO
oath. 1906, via c. & O.
and Old Dominion Steam
ship Line.

Saturday. November 18th the Chesap-
peake and Ohio Railway will sell round
trip excursion tickets from Richmond to
New York city with return limit OF No
vembcr 27th. at $1,000. including meals
and state-roorn accommodations on steam
err both ways.
Leave Richmond 400 p. NJ, arrive New
York 800 NJ. next day.
TIC most delightful excursion Of the
season.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11

ST. James's Methodist Church The
large lot an the front. where the audito-
rum Will be bulit. The plans contemplate
a large and handsome structure. The
present building was des 9ned for the
Sunday school
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-11

HISTORY OF CONGREGATION


Freed from it's burden OF debit ST..
Jamcs's Methodist Church VIII this MORN
ing Doe dedicated hl Bishop IIenlrlN. OBJ
Kansas city. NO. who arrived in the
Dity yesterday afternoon Bishop Gtu-
drinks sermon viii OBJ, the elimination
of the dedlcdtOry services. which naNe
been coutnung every night for the past
few days. and. ass the bishop IFS one OF
the most noted divincs in the Methodist
Church. there Will b. probably "a very
large attendance.
This is the fourth and last year of
Rev W. a Cooper. the pastor OF the
church. and IL is with the greatest rc-
rret that the members $50. him reach
the finishing of his service with them.
IIe was popular. and Dee was tried and
true ION every sense of tlr words. 1o
his energetic and efficient work is 10 large
lv due that the church now stands ready
for IT'S nu.l conservation.
Bishop Hendrix Will conduct tho services
iu 81. James in thc mornins ami after
noon. At night h, VIII preach m rrn-
ity Church.
History Of St. James.
Iu 1890 tn, Wesleyan Workers. society
of lay members attached 10 lrinlt>
Methodist church. determined 90 organic,
80 mission Sunday-school 10 Boz known aS
Wesleyan Mission School tho same Do
Doe under the supervision of and fosterci
ly the Methodist -Suuday-scuool Society
of Richmond an1 Mancne-ter
no carry ont tho purposes Of the Yves
l,Aau Workers a fram. building at the
southwest corner OF Clay and Twenty
ninth streets. which had hovu formerly
occupied as saloon. was secured. and
November i6 l>+. was selected ass thr
lItr for Obj. or-nuization OF tar mission.
Ar $3.50 O'Clock q. ~. of that dag tho fll-
lowing persons We're present and enrolled
Ass otii.DrS tcl.Nrre or scholars.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

Lyttleton, most pleasurable anticipa-
tiOns We're aroused. 1t generally was
hoped that The Maceans of Bair-
ness" might fulfill the promise of
Warp and Woof," but unfortunately
all the good qualities which the first
piece possessed are absent from the
new one, which is trite and undramatic
and 50 it manifestly is too early yet to
hail Mrs. Lyttleton as the feminine
Pinero of Fashionable BelgraVia.
The Macleans of Bainess," in fact.
is likely to be withdrawn from the Cri-
teron before a fortnight has passed,
| and no lengthy description is called for.
The wonder is that Mrs. Patrick
Campbell thought the play worth pro-
ducing, but perhaps its authors distin-
guished social position made the temp
tation irresistible. Two failures in
succession, however, are likely to bring
an end to this actress present season
at the Criterion. which will then be
free for the English production of THE
Prince Chap" which will be presented
by A. II. Candy with a London COM
pany including Hilda Trevelyan.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
ON MILK DIET FOR SIX YEARS
Boy Who Refuses to Eat Solid Food
Is Getting Along Very
Well on 1t
Special Gable to The Herald.

special CaDle 10 Inc t1erdlu.
LONDON, July 14.-There is a boy
living at Penarth. Glamorganshire, who
his existed entirely on milk since his
birth six years ago.
His name is Arthur Keene. He lives
with his mother and father, and he is
one of four children.
He will not take ANYTHING but milk.
The choicest morsels of foods have been
offered him, but he refuses to be coaxed
away from his milk diet.
On one occasion his mother forced
food down his throat, but it made him
ill at once, and he asked for milk. His
diet each week consists of thirty pintS
of milk mixed with sugar and water,
which is by no means an excessive
quantity for even a 12-months-old in
fant.
Yet in spite of this scanty and mo-
notonous diet, the boy is fully devel-
oped, of normal size and of good
weight. He is inclined to be bit rick
ETY., and is rather nervous. He attends
Penarth Council school, and is of
most cheerful disposition.
He has puzzled the doctors of Pen
arth. They have carefully examined
him and they confess that the case
battles them completely.
one doctor saw him last Sunday and
expressed the opinion that it wa eX-
traordinary that the boy should be so
we'll after living solely on milk for six
years.
Only one other similar case is on rec
ord-that of a 6-year-old girl living at
Monticello, Virginia, U. S. A.