Ml a m a ml i f d to if Ml 0 taaa 1 leXb IT. I am !tatfd I a-?1 M nei Mta 1 t ! wef"! a HI" an , an4 a Utned i.ug leliiUl, oavow v.TWfe' t,l , ait it'-, t0otM. i u. i, ' "Ti urtjbr.jT mui r't-?; ,,,cal 1,11 Jrti ' rr Pffl f Loia Htrl lit.t ID". Until" . uni'11" Mil. I act ... a ,l;lV. . Si . in'ai'-)1"!. title mini0 lit i-n-iiiii"" in ii . 111 ,h .1 IP lit " 1 cull' " It'll i -SSEff- Sap . k ; CHRISTMAS DREAMS. iii it IK 'V """0 . , I k i i aatfi v- k TTXJ I ,. i.-rr s r- AJiw cinovita I I v f . ...J.. iniihilhliliii i nf 1 Chrbim3 Cakes I E4 He. toaMinjs and f Tab Eaaaas a4 Their I MHHHIIIIIHIIIIIIi tiny ne Chrletme gfW Hie4,K aeaaa iota the where eld nla Iwn Ma Veam Km-4 whaia armfale af dreams and eweet A"' U paddta Ke village atrwt, 0i,7ti wv4 nw, MVP BUCM Hot qoaariy thee araamo mM. Why, nearly all lha yewnger lolh Uujht reame af Wing aid, Aad aa woe ehea In turia and hUta, entl IIMia thing, Inveetad la a dream akmrt m awtal pi rat king. rrIIEBB iwm to be lit t la doubt taat perrkbjo (aal nut- pod- dlag) waa lb obit and luora cornet dealgnatloa of tbla time honored delicacy. Tb word pudl)ng wa formerly used la the m-ium of atufflug fur ferreaeaU. rurrtdge, on tb tHbar band, was aed lu lUa w uta T our preeeet day pudding. Wlvo tUiakrapaar apeak of "pucrtdga after aieal" undoubtedly aueau "pudding afu-r meat" Aad la Rbappard'e Epi gram" (puUkthed UBl) wo read, "No matter for plumb purrU-e or ibrod . ohm"' P. IL DitebBeU aara: The pliua piMliMwg ti aut ohlvr than tba oartjr jraara of tba elcbtevnlh rmlury ml a(leara to to a iiuoao of llanurer Of att of aettlettiraf dlali. Tbe re rowtutkia or rkuart retarutba of fluma aatt otaar luiiredtmta waa a pur rldco or puttaga aud m4 a invldlug aiwl waa mad with very etrotig truth of ahla of teef." llirtalnia plum poddlue bare of lata year became tba tojra of faalibm. la tba good obi day. wba (be Vula Mt rrarkled la tba aparluua flra grate of the rVa a ad poor and lwn auow actually fell at ChrkeUaa tliuc, peiplo Ware wait routaat with plain botnrly plan pudding topped with danrlug apltnra. But roetotn ha rbabgpd with ho Untof and tba prosrat generation (or at toy rat a part of U miulre llnlrWln. I THE UTTIJE FELLERS I uUSlbltWi 1 IIMI , . MxJlji rii aLwaWa aVaiAaatatyOrllB fy( a-4 aparUa. M tba kill. VWVv-Jy If r a4CHiaan rfaigihalla )i laaad J MW V afMlMlakal V7 I .V bmm aw W aaVaVNa a A FIND ON THE BEACH By ML QUAD ICoerrtdrt, m by the MeThwa Neaapapar ynairata.) aarry. takia Cariataaa l i la attta IkWa a Kid I Ckiietiis aVaaaaa a aiaa alaapy. carry bead. Chriotaaaar Hary. oac afe tr ea aad yea. VMk Cb Kate Mler ateckka I T A ld wKa thought bar aeetty ania (1lrWBU paddlaf tur. bed with aM taatilimJ j , , Jewelry or gold coin. Tbla Innovation kHoaht araaaai af namaa th lanaoat an (ha a.uoeraet aver heard, And, atranoo t aay, a lad vvh awaad H aerta of aaotly ty wooanv. graaaM af aalUng j th roggadeet af bay. And thaa a araaia of eMp and a barafaat boy at play v Waa keoght up vary a.alt.ly by a fee). tlerna yMa gray, And ana old lady, amlllng Uwaogh the grief ah tried t blda, eughl bright and taodae vlalafM of a HHIa glH wha died. A ragged hj beggar gM, ph wwary, with Yuletide Feaet J Srvrnlrval Cmfwrf Anctttorg ) iihuiiiiim be no lew lUau to aul thirty ilutao, pbh ti la ruui-h aa run ruirtilrully Z eland wi oiio table ami In nue maat Hinuurf yog ran roaN X Ihn pytn tout f.ii. and thlM JfuureM. Iwklliig fuliiw 0 ooehf of Hi illlna and alMw In llie otber." Tak Noah to Satiety 0f J .mUkh UI l Mb fnitful In lit tea- Ouur. rvniemntrnt to in gueai ana aiiMD I'Wwatire an4 drllcht la (be be-"tU-r," I IbiaM gd eid oafi atxl for ataay a year Ihereafter the ealhig of vaat feoata waa arnianlMl ty atwctal revela of the eeaaim, ud to ee (bit Ihea were rotnliM lrd wtlh rfrr rer. atty I he re wwa aitxittHnit at ruurt la ICagtand and In awny of tba greater potil booar well "maatpf of th rxele." lie 'waa nerrwary peraoa age kxlred. aa may lw area from a paaaag In the lluueihiild lUmh of lb Nortbuuitieftand Fainlty , "M turtle uaeth and rruatmnyth yerly to g)f b)tn wbloh la ontyned to be In Maoler of I ho Itevela yerly to as l.iftlU htHia In rrlatmna for th I (kxa of bn-f , f,nirth. a chin of uvrrM-rlur and onlrrinBe of hU lord. I rietl; llflli, a nml a t.Muiue, abliM I'layra, lnHrludi'a and lrra- V Ulh, j.lrf. hwied; MVentb. Ing I Uat I plaid left bla LUhlp la A take.1; elwlith, a rue, rt utt" ,n ,J,h of ,rt", , t . tonlll. a tur ' tUfr fu' atoll the elevm.h. a hnunrb of "V" "r'' ."-iwroll rre. , lu.H.1; Die twelfth, paaty "x- Mm; lha thirtxriiih. a kid with Mful Cinderella jewehj alt ablate. - Wall, H waaat many atlnuto from th tloi thay U eight 1 etera th dream war aH ald t aad th ervee bad Ukaa Higbt, CHDISTDU EVE. roaanieorod about MB& Put Of greater laaportanr la what kaa beea ronaklered th tbroUxrV-M reaauw fur being of th plum pudding, Th earth aftar aytnbollcal in lerpretatloo ronteod that oa a-ront of tho very rtrhneaa of It Ingrrdlrnt th plum podding la emblematic of tbe coolly gift of th Magt A built Yal bablea. Tnle dough or pop (latlypopt ladle, a roalom Minted In aome part of giving awertn-at of a aprrlal kind lo children at Cbrtxtmaa. Then tasty moraela In tb ahupe of a doll-eyea, mouth and, all wer made of dough aad currant. Tbey wrr flat rake about th ate of a band, roughly a hoped a th figure of a wom an with th hand cttawed over tb breaat, and In th crooard anna wa a mailer figure, rvpreaentlng a child, the feature being rodely auggeated by mean of currant. There ran be no doubt that thai wetmt-which mad and given to children only at Chftatmaa reproatntrd - tb Illened Tmrtu Mary aad tb Iloly Cblkl. a practical and pleaatng way of bringing horn to th mind of the children th central facta and flgur of Chrlatma- i UTANK MlltKIIAM. who aod MM In lb aovea century. ka au acrouul hat proper t brlat la hi llino Ity It lb ap- at fornier may lav Jmtgiol th Brl cMiime altmik! ruualei full .tmlira that lm dlalie that at of uUiniH-o and mH w for allow n Ibua. for enii (nvaauirai ni mug, wiin mue, anal a lrl rnii: tlilrxl. a TTMI anew I white , II 0 th ral tonlaM, . - II Th mean loaaa Wi rlh T -. . brrvey amaa, , ,j I m la the Ml) ; Hi fourteenth, V Pie: the nflinlh. a pouhIh of , tb nljirviiili. a cualard. or t No. ,i tIPaa full dbthe laMrd aalli-i. frlraaea, quelipie M dvvlxil le, a many ". whh U maka Hi full aerv- a, ! 1 Jl i ' -W.WaV "Irthday Inatead f Chrlatmatr firth Hie thoiiKht. IMrthduy ar Mrthday ami flirWiiun la fhrlatma. Iluw, then, aulwtltuio the one for th otberT From th holy Ittrth, a tlrthlay to be euro, but mm calling for a general aud put an Individual relrliratliHt. gift have been given. The Drat wer by tb In men. rvro?uitr. If on hi happy bo Inatlnctlvely dV atm to glv. Wo cannot eplaln why,' hut wa know It I on. And though many may t loo unhappy or too aelf oen terer there are none poor that they cannot glv, and gviierouaty, of that ilrlt which make HA Mrrry Chrlat- And tho wind blewe traa Thrugh bwh an traa Aad wMatla alettg fee aWI a mil. And, ah, bark tkoeal pa th midnight ale Porno th falnteet tinkl f fairy ball, Thy ar ialaf near, They ar earning Kara, Aad thlr tweet Mond earalllag of Jay terete! I. It I lanU Claoa, And ha aannat pauta, ut down the chimney, h ajulahry lldaa, . laoh ttocklng All Till N almoet aallta Then gayly ehoekla and off b Maw happy he, Thaaalntt Of all th glri and all th byl He Mare hi pralee Through th holiday A thay eat their aweeta aad their toy. o atill He amllM And th time bag u Ilea Cenceetlng echamaa our haarta t H levee u all. And great and email Regret that he eomea but enee a year, William Bars lay Dunhaaa. lllappyChrietmasI ? Frmlifl Cned tgal Clt f -Trtbt Earar It lo i9m Whilt Hwm T a. m -r i . If through th year on ace what on believe Would lie acrvptabl to hla friend, why not buy It, If It can b airordL aud Inntoad of glvfatg It on no birthday keep It for ChrtttnnaT t Thero la real plenaitre In all thnt r thin to lb araann, even lu th ahop., 4ng. Try to put the aplrlt of It all Into , all yon buy. That nieana Joining tbe ipoga, ao far a owdeaa giving goea, ami rwvlvltrg from the clerk totereat and court eay. ( ft, Urg or amall; enrria or wor1a, 'hioney or love nothing mutter bui lb aplrlt, th Cbrtatmai aplrlU I. '; , - N tanta In Germany. Santa Oau haa bo ilateuco la Gt, PMuy. Th glfta ar received front Krla- Krlngle, a corroiHIon of Chrlat Klndleln, or tho Infant Chrlat, "from whom conjoin every good and perfect gift" ' Thty ar placed not npon to traa, bnt upon tho table beneath, to tdghtfy that In beatowlng opon on hla boutitk our Saviour has In no way dlmlnUhed hi own glorlou beauty. In flormany tho Cbrtatma tree la nev er denuded In th prwence of the chil dren. . It tamw In the main apart tnt nt of th catablliihnH'iit from Chrtal titita to New Tenr'a eve and la then tirlvoUlJ borne away by th nirmbro of tho houoehold, HGTHEOIDS! I ClYMiVxri O. 'it J ! K a, II B Chrkrtmaa of 18(9 found th happy, wide awak family of General Urant aettled la tho Whit Iloune. It waa Just fouracor year oa March 4 aluce Mr. : Waahlngton wa "executive inlalrcaa." ' During their eight year lu tb Whit ilouao th Oranta wer counted an un . tuuklty happy bom circle. All their holiday were marked with almprnrt pleaaurea and uunelflah cha hie.- Mr. Ornt waa very ayatematlc . la ber cbartUe. Bb made list and ' dlstributod Chrbttmas gin with wU dom and good acnae. There was no " end of cUe vpoa tbem aiMin after tbe ' war. and none went away empty. ' la 1870 rraskleiit Grant's father I pent Chrkwma at tb White House. ' The aou came borne from college, and '. Nellie aad her frleud made the old ' aouao ring with good tune. Mr. Fre mont gar them a dam-lug reception, aad tho eewtng club of whkh Nellie waa tho proaldcut had a wonderful ChrtHtuka entertainment, furnished moetly from the White House. General Orant, Uke tienerai uner man, had a grout love for children and their pleaaurea. Ou Christmas the matinee ' wn Tbe adventure and misadventure of Clown and Panta loon In tb wonderful pantomime of Jack and the Reanstalk," and the' White lions children wer determined toga "Now, father, please." urged Nelll( Orant. tad "Yea, father, you promised ne," said Jeaae, and Gencrnl Sherman aid, "Well go, all of un, and tako the whole tribe." Aad they dU-ancle and cousins, gereral dlattngutsbed generals and the president Officer of church and state were forgotten In th ridiculous pranks of "Jack aad tho Beanstalk." A great, banquet wa afterward served In the stute dining room by the new steward, Metah. All the distinguished guests Joined with tb children in games and ton. .Thero wer muale and prome nade, through tho east room. HE first century of colonial Iff eaw frw Bet time and daya for pleasure. Tb holy daya t tb Kogllah church wer aa a tench to tb rurltan nostril, aad thatr public celebration wa at one rightly forbUlderf by th law of Now Eag- laial New holiday wer not quickly evolred, and the eober gathering for matter of church and state for a tlm took their plar. Tb hatred of "waa too brchanllaa Chrhrtmasea apeat throughout KnsUnd. aa Cotton as Id. at "reveling, dlrtus. . carding, masking, munindng. consumed In coaipaUtloaa, In Interludes, In exceas of wine. In mad mirth," wa tb natural reactJM of Intelligent and thoughtful mind gainst tbe exeease of a festival which had ceased to bo a Chrtatlaa holiday, but waa dominated by a lord of tnlaru! wb did not besttat to b vade tbe churches la tlm of la hla notay revel and aporta. churchmen long ago revolted such CbrUtmaa obaervance. Of th Brat ,p!'grlm Cbrletmaa w know but 111 I to, snve that It wa pat, aa was many a later one, la work. V.j (o tbe Purltau had grown to bat Christmas mor and mora. It was, to use Khnkespeare' word, "tb bun that feared them all" Th Tory name smacked to tbem of stole and monkish custom. -Aay who obxerved It a a holiday by for bearing of labor, feasting or any otaar way wa to pay S s billing Oa, a deairou were they to "beat down ery sprout of Episcopacbv" Judge Bewail watched Jealoualy ta feeling of tb people with regard to ChrUtmaa and coted with pleasure oa each succeeding year tho conttnuaac of common t raffle throughout th day. Such entrle a this show hkt attttado: "Pec. 23. 1080. Carta com to tows ud shop open aa usuaL Some soma bow observe tbe day, but ar vexed. I, believe, that the body of people pro fan it and blessed be God no author, Ity yet to compel them to keep It!. . When to Church of England eatab ttshed Christmas services ta Boston a few year later we Had th , Judge waging bopeles war against Governor Pelchcr over It and hear him prakttnf his son for not going with other boy friends to bear th novel aad attrac tive service. Ha say. "I dehort mJa from Christ ma keeping aad charg them to forler."-Allc Mono Carta. ewawasawesaMaavi Yal Log Must 1 f Ash, la Devonshire the Tul log, to bo a luck b ringer, must consist of a bundle of ash sticks bound arpund with baada of the same tree, nln In number, ao more and no fewer. And every tlm th fagot cracka in th flame tbe good host must furnish a fresh bowl of Uquor to hi guest,' fSVMSTF aUh. aha! Baa aSadUar. aad it f taarn aaawh far alw. Anf h daraa ara pretty aay i it raairy I sfs what lea at wag a by ta aa grip wpaa ear haarwarksga that la ataghty tWt ad imV ta, M Saaty. aaa't irgf it agk M iaat fjaa aad aew. AW h tragi aaay fail ad la aa wrkm aav plaaa all ga tar aad ta asortjag auy aaag baaey, aad teas lb a waSa gat dies. Taarall ha sssetkra" ta that suckio w t Thtra. HaryT erary aaa. Aad ha imsagst r s shiat thera s aasar at two of raaa. . Vby, has M bravely, atailia'. aad well try aat tsr saipliaa laag aa Ct talma a mi bar ttgstkir. m ad paa, ffAshaho lank tslbr stockia' kaagaa' a k Sasarday Evaaand Pt Chriotaaa Wa Par AdwK Thea. Seventy year ago Christina was aa adult and a home festival It received all It honor, all lu Joyous tie from tbe Idea of father, mother and home. It waa the golden ring that held all the lov aad -aeotlment wo aaaoclat with thos three almost divine words. Son aad daughter might stray to tb very ends of tbe earth, but Chrtau as brought them bom again In the body If possible, but If not possible then in the sweetest lov and memory. If a child had don wen It looked forward k th Joy of telling It to father and mother at Christinas; If It bad don 111 It felt ur of pardon and help' at Cbrlatmaa. "Father Christmas" waa their own father, and by hi aid stood tho dear, sweet mother, ever ready to ponuad and plead for all her chil dren; glad to welcome, glad to forglv. glad to praise; full of sympathy tor very Joyful and sorrowful condltioa. AmU E. Barr. Mlotlato Superstitions. ' - What superstitious cluster, thick as ft berries, round the mistletoe! in oU time such were Its magic powers that It wa worn as an uuinKi. and potent love potlous were brewed from ' tt It cured wounds, enabled any a-li held It not outy to see Kuosts, but to I Compel them to speak. Ami that Its ; magic ta not all lost will be proved this Christ mastlde in thousands of our , home, where IU white berries lend aaactloa to th oeoulatory homage paid to pretty face. are you TT .... . Th Child Immartal. On Mary1 arm anft alept the child And dreaming still rareated 1 Th rtllow of her snowy brenit And as ha alept ha amlled. tla alapt and dreamed ha dreamed and , amllad Th centuries com and go, But still that bit of heaven wa kow rha mother and lha child. -Martha Bummerneld Bhuey. '' Sr4rsriAl fJm ' ' 1 s x I '.";. Tb Talawaa Islands, ta th China ar. ara to th north pt Borneo od form part of the rhlllppln group. Tbey atreUrh out for a dlsUaco of TOO mile and number nearly tbooaand. la tbe year 18S2 I was landed oa one of th Palawan from a Singapore tmder to get ap and run a copra planL I had with m four Chinese, sod th trader landed provtalooe for a year. Nothing of spertal Interest owurted until 1 bad been oa tb laland three month. Then on morning aa I want down to th boat to go on a fishing trip I waa amased to And track of a : woman' bare feet on tbe wet Bands. ' Whoever had vudted our bland In tbe darkness bad com ap out of fb ' depths of the ara. No boat or raft had landed oa tbe shore. Tb footprbits ' wer plain ss a plaster cat. and . we were immediately interested and more or leas excited. 'After thinking the matter over I decided that the woman moat have come from on of t two Islands north and south and de termined to give both a search. I set off to tbe norto and in th coors of an bour made a landing, Tht b Inrul bad an are of not mor thaa flv sere. I went over It carefully, bat ' not living thing did 1 find. It wa noon when I got back t my wn Island, and after dinner I set out to Hearth the ether. Aa this on had : more vegetation I took with an a boy. who wa about flfteen year of bkc and named Whang. It wa near sunset when we pot off after vain search, aad when w reached tb reef surrounding our to-1 land and a half a mil out from the leacb, the evening breeze died out to a flat calm, and we lay like a log- B fore taking to the Oar to scull ua Into the uli. r aat quiet for a mtnoto lis tening to the whispers of th sea. '.Vhsutf lesned over the rail of th boat r.nd watched the shark darting to and fro and leaving trails of fire behind them, and things were so still that I . i.til.l hear tbe ticking of my watch, when there came a strange Interrup tion. It was the voice of a woman la I n Klitt r. and It sounded close by. W iiU si raw up st the sound, won tlcrtug if our ears bad deceived ua, aad t stood listening th sounds cant nxaln. When tbey bad died away tb i oy tnruetl to me and whispered "Muster, let ns get ashore at once! riiere la a witch of the sea clooo by, and she will drag us downP I waited ten minute, and, bearing' nothing more, I picked up the oar and v sculled In to the binding, Thero I round the three Chinamen waiting for me. and tbey wer In a stats of great excitement Tbey had heard the laughter, and they believed-with th boy that a witch of tbe sea was bant ing about and meant to do ua harm I atmply contented myself with aay- -log that we would leav aom pro- ' vision on tb beach that night and aea if they were missing in the morning and with sleeping with one ey open to see that tho frightened fellows did not' steal tbe boat aud make off to om other Island We were down on the beach when daylight came, aad there wer fresh ' tract a again. The woman had circled about tb heap of provisions, bnt had , touched nothing Tb Chinese wer absolutely knocked out with consterna tion, and only my promir to watch toe bench that night and capture or shoot the witch calmed them down. I remained with them all that day to prevent them from plotting, and It waa uot until midnight that' I took up my watch ou the shore. It waa low tide at 3 o'clock. 1 waa concealed behind a heap of brush, and it was a starlight night At that hour a figure which looked Uke a human being came out of the gentle surf and began to walk up and down th beach. As tt walked away from mo I res up and went forward on tiptoe and waa within thirty feet of It when It caught the alarm and fled back to the water like a shadow, t heard an exclamation of alarm and splashes In the water, and saw the wake as the "tt" a warn away. I bad meant to keep cool, but the sight of the figure excited me, and ' Its escape when I figured on capture added to It and so, hardly knowing ; what 1 did, I drew one of my revolv- era and began firing aa the awimmer moved away. I fired six shots, but I heard no cry of pain or other sound. I went back to the Chinamen and' found them chattering m terror, and If they bad not been afraid, of the witch they would have made a rush for th boat and left me alone on tbe Island. I aat watching them till daylight came, and then we ail went down to tba beach. Th tide was coming to, bun; w found tracks as before. While wa were harrying? about arguing and dis cussing, the tide brought in tb naked limb and foot of a woman, a whlU wo man. It had been torn from tb body by tbe sharks, and It' waa tb foot whkh had made the track la th ssdb On of my shot had struck aad fctfad her as she awam away, aad .tb. od bad brought tba aavag sharks to to attack. Thero lay tb Bmb before aa. with th hash bard ud firm, though showing a brute ber and there. But no other part of tbe body came ashore. To whom the Umb had belonged, how ahp bad been cast away there, wber ah waa hiding, why aha dht hot eok our protection none of these ques tions can I answer. W buried th Umb In tb aanda and beard no awn of the nyonh of the aa, ggHrT : . - Z " 1 ' " " " " w r.- " f .IJ...I i .. , r. ,1 .i r '"" : i. ' I t , .:...,..; n,.'I r r ' " '( ' . .11 ' ... -.... The Phar mapy For Christmas Gifts A llodalt Malloo 0 Nice Prosont. Stptionory Malloo o Nice Gift. ASoloct Lino ot Children's Gilto , pull V ... .tlos. r HI-"-- I