MORNTNft ENTERPRISE WP)TNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 191?.
ILECFRIC!
And from its fir boughs seems to come a
great light!.
Then the voice of the Master Is heard to
decree,
'Thou shalt suffer the children to come
unto me."
Ah, if we but follow his precept, I ween.
We would all be St Nicks and send well
laden teams
With presents and gifts that would banish
all woe
And make happy the Christmas in Pov
erty row. .
John Hevat
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K- . : - ' '.
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JACK HORNER'S
CHRISTMAS GIFT
'Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.
THE little verse kept continually
running through Jack Horner's
mind as be sat In his library
with uo light but the fitful flick
er of the burning coals In the fire-,
place. It was the night before Christ
mas, and throughout the bouse not a
sound was to be heard.
For some time Jack's wife had been
ill, and the care and constant atten
tion he had given her showed plainly
in his worn looking face. She was
Bleeping now, so Jack had seated him
self before the glowing coals to allow
(lis thoughts to contrast the morrow
with other Christmases that had gone
before.
He had been married five years. How
happy those Christmases had been to
both of them, each giving a token full
. "I SHALL HAVB TO WRAP UP MY LOVB FOB
YOU.
of heartfelt love and each receiving
with a feeling that kings could receive
no more. And even before this, years
ago, when they were sweethearts and
they had been sweethearts for a long
time the night before -Christmas had
been so much to them that each lay
awake the greater part of the night in
order to be up all the earlier in the
morning.
Arid, after ail these memories, here
was Christmas eve, and his wife was
very ill. She wouldn't be up is the
morning. No; the house would be
quiet, and she would feel worse be
cause she could not be up, bright and
happy, a sort of living synonym of the
day.
His wife called him from his reverie.
He went to her and did her bidding.
She looked up at him with the peculiar
smile of a woman who is grateful for
the constant love jt a good man. Then
she said in a low voice:
"Jack, you look so dreadfully tired.
I feel terrible to be sick and keep you
worried and up all times of the night
and day. Dear boy, you haven't had
any sleep in a month, have you?"
"Never inind me," replied her hus
band and kissed her. "How do you
feel now?"
"Fine. Tomorrow's Christmas, isn't
it?" she said with a sigh. "Well, you
know. Jack. I haven't been able to get
out, so tomorrow I will have to wrap
up my love for you and give it to you
again for a Christmas present. You
won't mind me giving you again that
little trinket 1 gave you long ago, will
you. Jack?"
And she laughed quietly.
Fatigue and care passed from his
mind. He. too, laughed softly and
patted her head.
"No, 1 won't mind," he replied.
"That's a magnificent present"
"You are so tired," persisted his wife.
"Go to bed and have a good sleep. The
nurse will take care of me for one
night"
After a time Jack started for his
room. His wire naa succeeaea in
turning his thoughts In happy channels.
As he was leaving the sick woman
smiled and said to him:
"And, Jack, don't forget to hang np
your stocking." .
Playfully he promised and before re-
tiring duty kept his promise.
How he did sleep! There were muf
fled noises all around him. The doctor
had been summoned, and the nurse was
going to and fro as softly as she
could. Jack's mother had arrived, and
she, too, was hurrying here and there.
Though It was after midnight many
lights were shining in the house. San
ta Claus or some one was very busy
But Jack slept on, dreaming dreams
never to be recalled. .
It was nearly 7 o'clock, when the
first rays of dawn peeped into his
room, that he awoke. The noise had
ceased and the lights were out He
arose quietly and tiptoed out of his
room to the dining room.
He was not thinking of It but he
noticed immediately that the stocking
he- had hung from the mantle was
gone. Then he heard hts wife's voice
calling: .
"Jack, are you looking for your stock
ing?" It said. "Yes? Well. I have it
here. ' Come in. : Santa Claus has been
real good to you."
Going in. Jack saw his mother and
the nurse, and there beside his wife he
could see the end of his stocking.
He pulled It out It was empty.
"Oh. Jack." exclaimed his wife with
feigned disappointment "it must bave
fallen out of the stocking!"
Then he heard a something a noise.
a cry, a squeak, an indescribable some
thingthat came from beneath the
covering. He wanted to yell, to cry.
to do a highland fling, but he didn't
He stood very still.
"Let's name it Santa Claus," be said
at last New York Globe. '
I IN POVERTY ROW J
T
WAS the night before Christmas,
Slid all through, the street
Swept the cold wintry blast and
the fast falling sleet.
No voice of kind greeting the grim
silence broke.
From rooftop and chimney there issued
no smoke.
No window was red with the fire's warm
glare:
No odor of garlands was borne on the air
No shop where the splendor and blaze of
the light r
Shone out on the gloom of that chill win
ter's night.
There was darkness above, there was
darkness below,
On the night before Christmas in Poverty
row.
For warmth, light and comfort, alas, there
was not
In the shelterless homes of that desolate
spot,
Where the storm and the wind might en
ter and roar
Through broken down window or half
fallen door!
No children who lived in that poor.
wretched place
Could you find with a bright and a sun
shiny face.
No stockings were hung there; no glad
ness or mirth
Could be found on the eve of the good
Saviour's birth.
No carols .were sung in that region of woe
On the night before Christmas in Poverty
row.
ROYALTY AND CHRISTMAS.
The Emperor and Empress of Germany
Bestow Rare Gifts.
In the German royal household each
member has his or her own individual
Christmas tree. The gift of the em
press to her imperial spouse is usually
some souvenir from a famous battle.
Throughout the year she has her agents
scouring the earth for rare trophies
and spares no expense in procuring the
one that strikes her fancy. This Is
placed at the foot of the emperor's
tree. In this way and by other means
be has gathered a fine museum of war
relics. One Christmas the present he
received was a pistol used by General
Jackson at the battle of New Orleans.
- The empress also makes presents to
indigent clergymen. The package to
each of these consists of an outfit of
clothing, a Christmas card and a cake
baked by her own hands. The kaiser's
gift to his wife is usually a fine Jewel
or some article made by his own bands.
In England the celebration of Christ
mas lapsed after the time of Crom
well and the Puritans, who regarded it
as too much of a pagan festival. Its
revival came about through the writ
ings of Charles Dickens and the royal
observance of the day by the prince con
sort and Queen Victoria. After Prince
Albert's death the queen modified her
ebservance of the day for a few years.
SANTA GLAUS
IN SALT LAKE
. Corn Mills.
Corn mills are orten mentioned in the
Bible.. The original corn mill much
resembled the modern druggist's pes
tie.- Moses forbade corn mills to be
taken in pawn, for that he thought
was like taking a man's life in pledge.
TO a thrifty Mormon household came
the patron saint of Yule. -He
was puffing like an engine, he
was laden like a mule.
For he knew a row of stockings
such as nowhere else is seen
Would be yawning there before him in the
home of Elder Green.
So he shoved his pack ahead of him and
started down the flue
While he muttered. . "This is something
that I hate like smoke to do.'
Then he followed with reluctance through
the smooty. smudgy air.
Quickly landing where the hosiery was
hung in many a pair. ' .
There were papa's socks and twenty pairs
of lengthy, wifely hose;
There were socks for Eddie. Willie, for
Eliphalet and Mose;
There were stockings of Matilda's. Esmer
alda's and Susanne's;
There were Charley's hose and Molly's,
Cora Belle's and little Dan's.
Amaryllis. tJeorge. Alphonso. Peter, Jo
seph, Maude. Eugene.
Arthur, Lizzie, James. Amelia, Mary. Fran
ces and Irene. .
Briggie, Reed. Lucile, Clorinda, Arethusa.
John, Estelle.
Mattie. Lucifer, Elfrida from his lips
their titles fell.
But about the shelf there dangled other
hose whose owners' names
He could not recall to save him as he
watched the dying flames.
Seven pairs, all baby sizes, each in age
not quite a year.
"Gee," cried "Nick, "been something doing
v - since the last time I was here!
Glad I brought a stock of rattles and a lot
of teething rings.
Utah always gives a market for such kin
dergarten things. -
From 'race suicide' she ever has discreet
ly held aloof.
And there's not a home In Zion free from
stork tracks on the roof."
Strickland W. Gillilan In Judge.
Careless of Peeling.
"He doesn't seem to care whose feel
ings he hurts."
"That.soV"
"Yes. He even reminded me of the
$5 I - borrowed .of him a month ago."
Detroit Free Press.
LAND DRAINAGE A NECESSITY
Well Drained Soil Will Give Best Re
turns Care Should be Exercised
In Laying Tile Drains.
Reply to J. C. Tally, Stevenson, Ala.
Drainage comes first,, if the land
needs it, and tile drainage ia the mod
ern and sensitle way of draining. If
the soil is low in humus, stable manure
or vegetable matter must be added;
if It Is lacking in one or more of the
elements of plant food, these must be
supplied in commercial fertilizer,
stable manure and legumes; if It Is
sour, an application of lime is nec
essary; if the soil is compact and there
is a hard pan, deep plowing must be
done. But if it needs drainage, stable
manure, commercial fertilizer, vege
table matter. lime, and deep plowing
will be of little avail.
There are many thousands of acres
of land that are. dry enough to induce
farmers to try to farm them and are
wet enough to soak all the profit out
of cultivating them. Erainage on
such soils Is very urgent.
Drainage rray be VFry simple rr a
very complex rroblem. It may yeqinre
exact engineering so that every avaiV
able inch cf fall may be utilized or the
location of the tile may be so apparent
that the average practical farmer can
easily locate it with the eye. Between
these two extremes there are cases
requiring varying degrees of skill.
If it is a complicated proposition the
fsrvi'ces of a reputable engineer should
be secured; if there are merely wet
spots in your field, or if your field is
wet with plenty of fall, you should
be able to locate and lay your tile with
no difficulty by following the methods
outlined in the Uniontown, AlaB.ama,
Canebrake Experiment Station bul
letins, Numbers 3, 5, 6, and 10. Be
sure -that no mistake is made in tiling
your land. Tiling land is expensive
and should be done right.
AWAY WITH CATARRH
A FILTHY DISEASE
A SAFE OLD-FASHIONED REMEDY
QUICKLY RELIEVES ALL
DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS
"If."
Horace tearnestlyt Dearest. If I were
you I couldn't IWe without -me. Lon
don Tatler.
If you are subject to frequent colds,
or if you have any of the distressing
symptoms of catarrh, such- as stuffed
up feeling in the head, profuse dis
charge from the nose, phlegm in the
throat causing hawking and spitting
dull pain in the head or ringing in the
ears, just anoint the nostrils or rub
the throat or chest with a little Ely's
Cream Balm, and see how quickly you
will .. t relief.
In a few minutes you will feel your
head clearing, and after using the Balm
tor a day or so the - nasty discharge
will be checked, the pain, Boreness
and fever gone, and you will no longer
be offensive to yourself and your friend
by constantly hawking, spitting and
blowing. '
Shake off the grip of catarrh before
it impairs your sense of taste, smell
and hearing and poisons your whole
system. " In a short time you can be
completely cured of this distressing
disease by using Ely's Cream Balm.
This healing, antiseptic Balm does
not fool you by short, deceptive rfelief,
but completely overcomes the disease
It clears the nose, head and throat of
all the rank poison, soothes, heals
and strenghtens the raw, sore mem
branes, making you proof against
colds and catarrh.
One application will convince you,
and a 50 cent bottle will generally
cure he worse case of catarrh. It is
guaranteed. Get it from your drug
gist today.
A up on a 1 1 p.
"I wish that old codger would ghi
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"If. be should do so you'd next be
wishing you knew whether the tip was
straight, or not" Louisville Courier-Journal.
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In the fancy of childhood what Image so
bright
As fur trimmed St Nick, tbe good genius
of night.
With his broad, ruddy face and kind, lov
ing eye.
As bright as the sunshine of midsummer's
sky;
With his Jolly red cap and the big laden
pack, -Which
he merrily bears on his broad,
sturdy back! -Can
it be that St Nick has- forgotten the
poor -Or
the homes that are barren and drear
as the moor?
Has he gifts for young Croesus and none
for poor Joe
On the night before Christmas in Poverty
; row? . " :"
Ah, St Nick, there's a spirit the spirit ot
sleep
That comes to the child who but wakens
to weep
When In dreams he beholds a great tree
' all bedight ' -
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