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Christmas Eve GO0d]E58
take care of; and if I were you

take care of; and if I were you |
should take the name of Smith"
Under ordinary circumstances jim
my would have been elated by his
good fortune, but somehow the world
had not interested him lately. He
had had terrible cough for weeks
his business exposing him to the
climate-and just now he felt tired,
and had nasty pains In his side, and
seemed to be burning all over.
He moved in on the morning of
Christmas eve, and explored the
house with kind of numb curiosity.
He spent most of the morning in the
shop parlor in the armchair in front
of the fire.. He did not even go out
to the quick-lunch room for the beau
tiful dinner that he had promised
himself He had taken lot of milk
from the milkman, and he kept drink
ing that. He did not seem to care
about anything but milk, and. every
thing felt strange. and uncanny. The
figure on the manteIpiece-a white
bearded old gentleman which he be-
lieved was called Santa Claus-was
the strangest and uncanniest of all.
The fire was almost out, so he put
on some more coal. He saw that 1t
was nearly four o'clock. "Lumme!''
he muttered. 'I've let the day go, al
'aven't done no business. This won't
do. III take down the shutters, am
open the shop"
1t had been hard autumn, and
the people on whom Paxton alley
preyed were short of money. So Pax
ton alley was short of money, too.
If few entered the shop, there were
enough outside. A dozea cold, red
blue noses fattened themselves
against the glass; dozen shrill
voices clamored; dozen little hands
pointed with griny, chilblainy fingers
here and there.
Jimmy remembered when he was q
kid" how he used to spend hours at
the toy-shop window, and how the
woman he lived with then had thrash
ed him for spending on marbles
penny of the money he had taken for
papers. 1t was his own money, he
held, or he wouldn't havs done it.
For, by some freak of nature, Jimmy
was honest But now he could hard
ly sit up in chair. and he didn't
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believe he could walk; but when a
woman came in for a ten-cent doll,
he managed to crawl to the window
to serve her
There was wild chorus of recog-
milton when he appeared betwe en- tho
dingy green curtains that slid along
a rail. Jimmy" JIMMY" Want
any one to run your errins, Jirlmy?"
Yer might give US somethink, jim
my?" He heard all these greetings
and dozen more.
He shook his head and returned to
and he seemed to lose things for a
few minutes, until Bill Black came
in for three little toys. Bill was
looked up to in the alley as man
who did big jobs" and the Blacks
were generally reckoped Well-to-do;
but Bills transactions hadn't been
very profitable lately, and he had to
be careful, because he knew that the
police had their eye on him. So they
were hard up, like the rest.
HOu14u LAC 0IOShAAI
he asked, casually, when he had
taken the toys.
NO." said Jimmy. and if l had
it 'u'd be at the lawyers, Bill, an
don't yer make no mistake"
Bill growled under his breath. "I
yer didn't look half dead I'd knock
yer head orr, yer young hound" he
said, "insinywaitin' ag'inst AN honest
man. Coin to offer to do anythink
fer yer, the missus was, wot I'll soon
put stop to now"
He gave Jimmy a ferocious scowl
as he went out, and Jimmy resolved
that If he found the stocking he
would take it to the lawyer at once.
He went to the door and faced a
crowd of excited, faces that ranged
in rows from the front Of the shop
right across the alley.
"Jimmy!" they cried. "Give us
somethink! Yer might, JIMMY"
Jimmy always said afterward that
he only did it because he thought he
was dying, and the toys would be no
use to him, and the pains in his
heart "drawed him out Of himself"
He tried to speak, but his voice was
only a whisper. So he beckoned to
a big boy and whispered to him; and
the boy stood up on the doorstep,
and shouted to the crowd: "Jimmys
goin' to give yer toy each. Jim
my"
The big boy went sprawling before
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literary, and he talks about books
most of the time. Well, Alice is SO
deceftful that she pretends she, too, is
literary. / hate deceit
But how do you manage to keep up
the conversation when he"
Rob prefers a conversation in which
the other party is listener, dear. OF
course / told him when we first met
that I dearly love to read
"Oh, well, don't know a girl any
where who reads as many fashion
magazines as you"
"M'h'm. Well, / knew that Bob
meant to make me handsome Christ
mas gift this year, and-er-perhaps add
himself to it."
But how"
Have you never heard of feminine
intuition, dear? Consequently l just
mentioned to him the fact that / am
collecting turquoises. l knew by the
way he changed the subject that he
had taken the hint and thougDf it ac-
cidental"
9th; do show me"
He asked if was fond of Thacke-
ray. I said | dotted on him; I'd have
said dotted on white mice If he had
confessed fondness for them-I was
SO happy. Well, yesterday I dropped
In at Alice's. L found her in the
library; she seemed nervous and I
stayed to find the reason"
"And did"
"She asked If did not consider q
set of Thackeray the incest Christmas
gift man could make to girl-a girl
he liked very much? l replied, Yes
IL the girl had saffron hair and eyes
which were located at right angles!'"
And She"
''She replied, Oh, she was in earn
est; she knew man who meant to
give lucky girl just such set. Then
she intimated that he intended to hint
his hope that the set would soon be
housed under his own roof"
But who"
Il said, yes, the girl was lucky II
she had genius for martyrdom; that
the man who would make girl such
gift would be the man who would
expect his wife to prefer subscrip-
tion to magazine to a new tailor
made frock and an addition to the
library to trip to Palm Beach,"
Good! I'm glad you said"
I'm not myself, dear. Rob was In
the next room and heard every word.
Alice had helped him to select a
Christmas gift for me, and when I
came in she told him to wait willis
she met me in the library, so he could
hear my cries of delight when / heard
Of the selection! Did you ever know
such an unmitigated cat!"
Gracious-never!" cried the girl in
brown. Il didn't tell you, did /, that
the gift which SO delighted Alice was
set Of Thackeray? Rob was there
and Alices mother stopped me in the
hall, as l went out, to ask the ad.
dress of the dressmaker who made
Mabels trousseau."
Copyright, 1907 by Wright A. Patterson.
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passed it to me, keeping her eyes fixed
On the tea-cosy the while
Then we talked about other matters
until it was time for me to CO.
Goodbye" she said; and thank
you for taking so much trouble"
1T was no trouble" l assured her.
One must do the polite thing, you
know, at any cost.
Il can only hope" continued, chat
in time you will be able to forgive my
nephew for such an act of gross i'm
pertinence."
"Ah, yes!" she answered warmly, Il
think-yes, am really very glad it
was Jack"
"Oh!" calculated sharply.
Rather than one of the Others" she
concluded hastily.
w.
wandered disconsolately in a less
frequented part of the avenue trying
to think things out. 1t was now close
upon month since my last tete-a-tete
with Kitty, and during that time had
never once been able to catch her
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
The Holy Nlcht.

Gods angels have not visited this
world once for all. There has been
more than one holy night" sun
through the cloven skies the music
Of the celestial singers floats down to
the ears of those whose hearts are
attuned to hear the song. Every
Christmas eve is holy night. God
has a multitude Of messengers who
have been trying to tell us as the
Christmas season is passing that the
Christ child may be found not far,
away.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

LII q was an objectionable uber-
ty." said Kitty.
The temptation" l began.
She cut me short with an angry lit
Tie frown.
THAT has nothing whatever to do
with it, she remarked Jelly.
"On the contrary" said l, sit pal
liates the offense, if it does not alto
gether excuse it. Let us consider the
facts of the case. You were spending
Christmas with your aunt, Mrs. Glen
storridon, in the country. One evening.
.as you were passing along darkened
corridor, on the way to your room,
you met certain gentleman"
III HE wasn't gentleman" she inter-
posed quickly.
OH" exclaimed. 81 certainly
thought that your aunt's guests
He wasn't true gentleman" she
added disdainfully, cor he wouldn't
have acted as he did"
4 discourteous gentleman, then
who taking advantage of the darkness,
deliberately kissed you upon"
Don't be ridiculous!'' she snapped.
II asked you to help me-"
am endeavoring to do So" said l.
Then do it property" l assumed
an air Of profound gravity Kitty re-
garded me thoughtfully out OF a cor
ner Of her deep blue eye. "You see,"
she continued, Il don't know who 1t
was and-Well, you know, it makes
1T rather awkward for me-"
! Didn't you see his face?" asked.
NO., she answered. "He came up
behind, and-and it was ali oTs@ IN
a second" She shuddered PRETTY. sit
was quite dark" size added, and
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alone. Indeed, on most Of the occa-
sions when l called she was orr a
piece of bad luck had not hitherto
been accustomed to; and when / did
find her in. she was either surrounded
by friends, or engaged in elaborate
sewing operations which necessitated
the constant attendance of her maid.
once or twice, too, caught sight of
master Jack in town, when by the
calendar he ought to have been pursu
ing his studies; and the circumstance
coupled with his obvious anxiety t.
avoid me, filled my mind with vague
foreboding.
What the deuce does it mean?"
asked myself, as I strobe along with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

Drlly saw his shirtfront. He was in
evening dress, you know"
But were there no distinguishing
features, such as a shirt stud, ora
nodstache?" suggested.
oh, yes!" she responded quickly,
she had q moustache: and / think he
was tall. because he had to bend down
when when he did it. His shirt stud
wss plain gold one. believe"
Well, said |, how many tall men
we're there in the party who possessed
m0ustaches and plain gold shirt
I stlids?"
Let me see" she unused; there
was Capt. Jack Harland, Mr.. Porter,
and your nephew Jack"
I frowned severely. Jack was an
Experiment young rascal, whose pre-
umptuous attentions to Kitty Main
waring had disgusted me on several
occasions.
eJack," ! said, is quite capable of
behaving in such disgraceful man
ner.''
Yes, she assented, almost cheer
fully; "but don't think it was Jack.
Att least" she added with bright
slnile, Il want you to be dear old
/ mean, a good, kind-hearted person,
and find out for me-
1T shall be done!'' I cried, rising
both to the occasion and to take my
leave.
II is one thing to make a promise
III all the glow Of generous moment.
and another thing to keep it in the
cold, practical light Of after-reasoning
However, ] did the best that / could
Ii the first place wrote to Jack. who
was then at Harvard, and, without di-
vulging the source of my information
stated briefly what had come to nv
knowledge, and asked him If he could
throw any light on the matter. If was
some two or three days before | re-
ceived his reply which was character.
sstically brief and ran:
dearest Uncle:-I received your |
letter containing a vivid dissertation |
cf what you term the shameful out
rage. Now, | don't mind confessing |
eO you that am the culprit because /
Bon have been young yourself (oncel
nd know that the path Of youth Is |
stTewn. etc. Besides, there were az.
Genuating circumstances in this case
Like the decent old sort you are make
q ragns 1or me with the girl, and for
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
ST. zMCK'S NATIVE LAND

The city of Amsterdam, as you may
know, claims ST. Nicholas as it's pa
tron saint, and throughout all Holland
his birthday, December &, is celebrat-
ed as st. Nicholas day. During the
first week of December the shops are
gaily decorated and everyone turns
out to visit them. At the candy stores
large quantities of ST. Nicholas cake
are on sale. This is : crisp ginger
bread, made in the form of little men
and women, and may be bought in
different sizes. Vrijers, or sweet
hearts, is another name for them.
After dinner on st. Nicholas eve
the children of the household sing
songs of praise to their dear old saint.
and very often, right az they are In
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

the midst Of a song, candies and nuts
and other goodies come down to them
through the chimney! Then they go
to bed and early in the morning find
their stockings and their queer lit
tie wooden shoes-whicll had been
left by the grate-c.ammed full of
presents, just as American children
find their presents on every Christ
mas morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
A joyful Christmas.

Blow ev'ry horn at early morn
And beat the noisy drum,
And let us make the echos wake
For Christmas day has come.
Let joy bells ring like everything
And all the world be gay.
And let us shout the gladness out
On joyful Christmas day.
Let sorrow go and Yuletide flow
The King our tribute pay;
In music sweet his praise repeat
This is his natal day.
ROBERT r. CARREIT,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21
Behind the Times.

well, one thing is sure; you amt
no lady, nohow," was what a Con-
necticut "lady" said as she stood with
arms akimbo looking at Mrs. Grace
Tnompson-Seton. as she saw her out
in tho Rockies riding 9 horse. astrida.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-21

xk%f 4 was an objectionable liber-
ty," said Kitty.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Tells What CaTbOzOne
Has Done for Him.

Mr.. G. W. Chamberlin, living at
HUNT. Madison county, Tenn, tells of
the wonderful curative powers of the
CarbozoHe, He says:
Last spring I was so debilitated
and run down that / was unable to do
anything. I had no appetite and ev-
erything I ate disagreed with my stom-
ach, and all the medicine l took did
me no good. l decided TO take the
Carbozone, aud by the time I had
taken q few doses my stomach was re-
lieved and I was soon feeling better
and gaining strength every day. |
continued its use until l used six bot
ties, and by that time I was we'll aud
strong. Before using Carbozone J. was
easy to take cold, and was always
taking medicine. Strange to say I
passed through the winter and was not
subject to colds and am now in the
best of health and attribute this great
change to the use of this wonderful
remedy. It takes the place of all other
medicine in our home and it gives me
great pleasure to commend it's use to
all suffering people.
Truly,
G. W. CHAAIBERLIN,
Jackson, June 9, 1907"
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
What is CarbOzOnc2

Carbozone is germicide. It destroys
germs. Carbozone is an antiseptic
1t destroys septic poison in all of its
forms.
When taken in the stomach it at
once DESTROYS the germs and neutral
ICES their poison. Under its magic
effect the stomach is enabled to digest
all the food that the appetite calls for
and you are soon eating heartily and
getting full benefit Of your food. If
your stomach gives you trouble, try
the CarboZope and you will be sur
prised to see how quick the trouble
will be corrected. CarboZone corrects
the trouble by removing the cause.
Most fever remedies are dangerous,
but there is no darger in the use of the
Carbozone. Quihine is bad to take,
but the Carbozone makes a pleasant
and refreshing drink. Try it and you
will then know what to do ia all
feVers.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Pity the Poor Railroads

Mr.. A. B. Sticknev, president Of
the Chicago & Great Western, re
Gently discussed railway rates be
fore the Transportation Club of St
Paul Taking the complete stats
tics for 1905, he found that the aver
age rate of interest paid on all the
railroad bonds in the United States
was 3 65 per cent. and the average
rate of dividends paid on all the
railroad stock was 1902 per cent.
Here" said MIR. Stickney, ''is
the average margin of profit of all
the railroads in the United States.
There is no other business in the
country which is done on so small a
margin of profits as 3.02 per cent.
dividends. No other invested CAPT
tai gets such small returns as the
capital invested in railroads. .
Obviously, if the capital invested
in railroads can now earn only lit
tie over three per cent a year, rail
road rates are as low as they ought
to be. When anybody mentions
freight rates the railroads always
trot out these average dividend sta
tistics, and prove thereby that rates
are already so low that there s nc
profit at all ia railroading.
! If anybody asks how much of the
stock upon which average dividends
OF 3 OF per cent. are paid is watel
and therefore entitled to no divid
lend whatever, they reply that Their,
can t be any water because the CAPT
talization per mile of American rail
roads is much less than that of Fog
lish railroads which is eXactl
| like arguing that Florida is an idea
summer resort because it is muci
less disagreeabie than Panama :
"The Cheat of Overcapitalization
in the July Everybody 5.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Healthy Mothers.

Mothers should always keep IN good
bodily health. They owe it to their
children. Yet it is no unusual sight
to see a mother with babe in arms
coughing violently and exhibiting all
symptoms of a consumptiye tendency
nd why should this dangerous condi-
ton exist, dangerous alike 10. mother
aud child when Dr. .3csehefs Ger
man Syrup would pub COP 10 ~ al
oncer No mother should be without
this old and tried remedy ia the house
for it's timely use will promptly cure
any lung, throat or bronchial trouble
in herself or her children. The hoarse
cough or cold can be speedily cured
by German Syrup; so can hoarseness
and congestion of the bronchial tubes.
1t makes expectoration easy and gives
instant relief and refreshing rest to
cough-racked consumptives. New trial
bottles 25c; large size 75c. At al
druggists.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
circuit Court Procaedings.

The Circuit Conrt met Monday
for the regular July term The
grand jury, sworn and charged, is
as follows: O, g. Graves, foreman;
n. w. Hopper, o S. McCormick, J.
L. Cochran, W. A. Ellison, w. Z
Peeler r NJ. Jacket, John Haw-
kins, J. Fl. Massey, Joel Sawyer. j.
p. Selph, G. w Baxter and w. G.
Coekrill
The charge was delivered, and
the first call Of the civil docket was
finished at noou.
The court sook up the first case
before tho q $aer four-W. o. Sam
ford vs.. w FL Turnage
The jury .spancted was as fol-
lows: Henry EIall, John Craig, A,
S. Miller, Tom Lavell, W. N Arm
strong. r L. Ellis, W. T. Watkins,
A. ]. Evans, Sam Smith, Lawson,
Harris, S. A. Deverell and J. r.
Marshall This will be known for
the balance of the term as Jury No.
/. Jury No. was not completed
Monday.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05


Nelson s B lSine 5 College in Mem
phis for six month S course.
Mr.. Claud Simonton has the
contract for painting the large, new
sch .olhause al Riehland, also for pa
per 1as the house of Mr. Gage Chap
ma at Randolph and work has be-
GU an both.
The dwelling of Mrs. Dora
Benton, of Atoka, came very near
being destroyed by fire Sunday.
The FIRE caught 10 the roof from the
stove fue, but luckily was discov
cred in good time and the flames
were extinguished without further
damage than the burning of d small
hole ia the roof.
Mary D., the infant daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. e L. Smith, died at
her fathers home Friday night, and
| was buried at Mt Carmel Saturday
afternoon The funeral services
were held at the residence on Syca-
more street Saturday afternoon at
o clock, conducted by Rev. w. r.
Potter, assis Ed by Rev. W d. Jen-
/ kins. She had congestion. and was
sick only snort time. She was q
bright. int resting child of nine
months, and the bereaved parents
have the sympathy of friends in
their great sorrow.
We we're showna stalkof cotton
! Monday grown on Mr. Es' es White Z
! place, near Bride, that was about
fourteen inches high, and had thir
teen well developed squares on it.
The stalk unmolested would have
bloomed within a week The stalh
was taken from fve-acre field. II
was planted before the rains, anC
was very thick, and after the dam
| ages of the cut-worms and colo
weather still had stand left 1t i:
very much earlier than the average
cotton field. There was still con
siderable cotton to be worked on
the first time at the beginning OF til,
week.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
STATE PRESS GLEANINGS.


The decision of the Supre me
Court holding the Memphis cha rter
bill to be unconstitutional carries
with it no reelection on Gov. Patter
son or anybody else. Many acts of
the Legislature have been held UNI
con Stitutional, and many decisions
of the Supreme Court have been
overruled. Infallibility resides in
no department in human govern
ment.-BrownsvilIe States Graphic.
The friends of Senator Carmack
are elated over the Memphis char
ter bill being declared unccnstitu-
tional by the Supreme Court of the
State. But we beg of them not to
inaugurate Carmack as Governor
until Patterson s time expires
Brownsville States Graphic.
Trenton is enforcing the vagrancy
law recently enacted by the Legis-
lature Loafers are being arrested
=.asf.is a. r. s 49, trstS
ways. IL is a good law and should
be properly enforced everywhere.
Union City Commercial.
Gov. Patterson did we'll to ignore
the call Of Memphis for an extra
session of the Legislature. Memphis
gets her whole share of Legislative
attention during the regular session
without the necessity of calling
extra sessions-Union City Com
mercial.
All persons with tuberculosis ID
an advanced stage are to be debar-
red from entering Texas. DR.. w.
Fl. Brumley, State health officer
says that within few days he viii
issue q proclamation establishing l
rigid quarantine against all person:
afflicted with the disease in an acute
degree. In. doing this he place.
tuberculosis in the same category
with yellow fever aud smallpox
Somerville Reporter and Falcon.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
In Memory of Miss Lizzie stone

The death angel entered the home of
Mrs. E. Short Saturday night aud
took from their home an aged lady,
Miss Lizzie Stone.
She had been in bad health for
number of weeks. She was seventy
three years old at the time of her
death Her remains were Inferred IA
Ciopton Cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The bereaved family has the d. p
sympathy of many friends. e. w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Bal. unexpended...
The highway districts stand
shown below:


The county highway commits
sionerS have contracted the work
ing of the roads in number of the
districts for the present and also
the coming year, and expect to make
contracts for the working Of the re-
mainder, and as the amount of
money in the treasury belonging to
the different districts is small and
no taxes will be collected for some
months TO come, the districts will
soon be considerably indebted to
the contractors, and it may be well
for the court to take some action in
-s4@sr.,aa -.4iss-ii- - IIs.e ,-s--.-.---y--
Respectfully submitted,
s. E STEPHENSON.
County Judge
June %, 1907
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1907-07-05
Boz Burn Quickly Healed.

81 am so delighted with wi. at Cham
berlain's Salve has done for me that
| feel bound to write and tell Sou SO,
says Mrs. Robert Mytton, ~ John
street, Hamilton, Ontario. "1y little
daughter had a bad burn on her kuae.
| applied Chamberlain Sa We and il
healed beautifully" This salve al
lays the pain of burn almost 10
stantly. 1t is for sale by J. l.. Nc
Nicely & Co. and E. L. Rorer 81 Co.