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Ma‘- 0 HRISTMAS w height). my How siwifx the seasons 933 The plans we but yestern These same yearsbavels to scam: The ship when hopes set 58 Hath seldom friendly €81 HRISTMAS ,ualn! helgho, mylass, How slwitt the uncut seasons pass! The plans we me. e but yestermorn These same swift yearshavelaughed to scam; The ship whereon our hopes set 5311 ‘ Hath seldom met a friendly gale; The haven where-Kur longingb‘ bide 15 still upon the farther slde. ’ But. thank the Lord! time's wlsdom turned .F Its glow upon us when we learned That bare rooms bloom beneath the touch or love that makes the little much. Christmas again: our babes at play Bring “back (he vanished years thls day; Yea, glad am I that fate's decrees Denied us gold to give us these, And you. whose patient love hath lent A temler grace to banlshmentâ€" The realm we {hissed hath naught so dear To me as your fair presence here. So do I bless the seasons urned. “'hereln two hearts the lesson learned Thnt bare rooms bloom beneath the touch or love that makes the little much. â€"-Frank Putnam, in Chicago Times-Her- Whether this were n response to some (hnse who knew hi! 'l‘o-night. as he looked at the piles of mail matter on his desk yet to be dis- posed of. he pushed back his chair with a smothered groan and started to the door." moved by a wild impulse to get outside and turn the key on it all. .-\n obstruction in his path caused him to stumble. and he saw a curiousâ€"look- ing bundle in brown paper. clumsily tied with a coarse twine stringkving on the floor at his feet. , He renwmbered the clerk‘s having mvntioned a package from the state prisnnwxhis must be itâ€"mnnd pushed it impatxemly to one side; but as he did so something in thc‘ comm-shaped outlinm made him stoop and tear awgly a part of the cover. We found. to his amazement} a vinfin. and appended to it a soiled pencil-writ- (on note. evidently an appeal of some kind. "Tn tho flux-nor- They tel me that yer Ilnrt zlls tondfir to Prlsnvrs a! chrlsmus tlme and you llstons‘tn What they has to say. I‘ve hen Hear 20 years for klllln a man and Ive hen Sorry evrv day Fence I done lt l was a hot headed Roy uv‘L’nnd the man called pap a le‘ and sed thlngs azln mam. l’ cnuldnt noways stand that and I hooked him down. he was a pale slckly complected tender foot and he nsver got up agln. I never ment to klll hlm but my fist was hovy and sum mad thlng inside uv m9 slokarl m? on, they ngzver glvo me no sort uv a Trial but jes pm me In Hear fer LN». his fotks was rich and mine was pore and couldnt pay no lawyer. LAD ls zone blind and mam is old and they alnt got n0< hudy to look after em but Joseel. Joseel is the gal the! was min-to marry me. she left her hflmc when they sent me Hear and wen: to lrnh artwr xhe’old Folks sames they was hnrn. {If I could glt hack to Joseel and the old folks and the mountlns Ide nevrr llt my han agln no man agen ceptln (was: to help him so help me God, “They tel mc‘ as how you kin makp arFid- dle mlk lil the chlldern puts down their Playthings and taller. yer. Guvner I sénds you mlne along uv thls what I made when I was a Boy back In the mounting, the snmes I koted my gal with and played fer mam and pap round the fire sunday evnlns. shes aged along: with me but she kep her voire swe(~\ and stlddy ylt. "Take her Guvner and set down by your‘ self ln the still uv the evnin and let her talk to you (21‘ me. I aint afeerd shell fer- git. nuthln. the old Home on the side uv ’ the moumln and mam and pap and Joaeel . settin thar and waitin these 20 years fer 4 the Boy they wouldnt let go their holt uv not quit luvln no matter what he did. No. shell no: rergit nulhln. she's too much llke' (hem Wimmen shell» be mun you about. .eems like she knnws things as well as I do. prapg cause shrs Lyn lyin agin my Hart so 10”; and i( shé: want {ell ynu nuxhln Guv-v, ner {9'1 her fink m yer Wife. Its aboutl Wimm?“ 33.4.1 1"! \“m mostlyl “'lmmen ‘. Am: Sorrt‘l‘ And Wimmrn ls quickem men « to mamas xhcm things. I .gn-.mA nld grams“: «.ij a. were all. and it were not some deeper sentiment w him best alone could '1‘ h e governor sin along in his private office. Ilis clerk had just lefi 1m "That's all: its mk me 3 weeks to rit'e this lener. Goodby. God so with the old Fiddle and help her tel it. strata. “ABNER HILL." When the governor turned 8-way from the window there was a look on his. face that few had ever seen were except his wife., Hefl/liIted the violin carefully from the oar, tore away its wruppings and looked at it long and curiously. It was roughly mnde of nafiive pine and Maple and varnished with the llama-made varâ€" nish of the mountains. but the strings gave back ‘the true Viol tone, clear and ringing. ’ r , AL- A_‘L..- Bringing his chair closer to the grate; he placed the instrument imposition. drew the bow. and .there “in the still of the evening let h’er talk to him." He was a mountain boy himself, and as the first soft notes fell on the air plaintixe and piercing like the cry of the whippemmiil in early spring, he felt the youth stir in him and heard again the far call of the hills. He saw the log'cabin high up against the side of the mountain. where the laurel and the mmac grew and the ash made bright the scene with its dark fruit; where the breeze came laden with the odor of pine from the forest. and the-birds touched the highest notes in their shrill treble. He saw the b0) \\ ith his sturdy limbs his bold blue 0} es and his waving hail barefoot and scantih clad searching for the earlxest berries in summer and the first nuts in tht: fallâ€"free. joyous. innocent. happy. He sat with him atJhe feet at ‘he mountain lass and'listened while he ’poured the crude poe'try of his awak- ened soul into the sensitive instrument He followed him; in -the “long. long thoughts" of a lad across the distant crest of the ‘fDei‘fl’s 'Backbone” and wove With him mystic dramas amid the shades of the haunted ravine. which ‘aloue could interpret the mys- iery “iihin him. He siood beside him and watched the blazing pine knots ‘roar up the cabin chimney. while the old folks in the cor- ner~lt>oked at each other across the boy with that surreptitious tenderness of the eyes which takes place in those grown gray, and sure of each other. of the more open demonstration. He saw the “‘l‘iole'22 years of clean, humble living; the unaspiring. pastoral life of the southern mountaineer. com- panioned of nature; simple, fearless, brave; scornful of the false, rgverent of the true; tender to weakness. fiance to wrong; and, alas! uncontrolled as the elements anonnd him; crushing. in some .mad output of strength. the obstacle in his way. to stand afterwards in awful recoil before the unknown potentiali« ties of his own organism. as it told this idyl of the hills: ‘pnssion- ate harmonies pulsating like the over- charged heart; long. tender. yearning notes; sweet. caressing indantes; the very spirit of love in theguise of sound. Full and swellihg were the strains that issued from thethroat of the violin But now the music changes. Youth’s 2136 s\ mphonv is lost in the \\ ild major chords of passion Note dashes agfiinst note like hail against a pane All the tumult of the mou11t'11ns.theforest the marmg stream “hen storms r119 the heavens 1s sounded in that mad chro- matic aspendmg to 1ts cl1max. All of nature’s afterâ€"pennance breathes in the sighing minor of the desk-ending scale. Surely that was a human sob that rant: through the room; a fellow mortal‘s burst of sympathy. X0, it~was just the 01d fiddle; who “knew things ‘cause she‘d been lyin‘ so long ag’jn his heart." And now from out her quivering strings she sends forth a melody 50 diâ€" vinely pure, soimmeasumbly sweet, the coldest car must opfn to greet it. In it are the pral'ei's of mowers, the tears: of wives, the sobs of little chil- drenâ€"all of unlanguaged pain. all of unlanguaged‘love‘ It is the echo of that song which beats forever against the throqe of God in tender tireless cadence-the united voices of many women plead‘ing for the souls of men. - The éiolih slips from the governor’s hands and his head sinks upon his brea st. “WHAT DID MY OLD FIDDLE TELL The 016 fiddle ha: “told: her story straight. " When Witnesses wére found whqcor- .t-oboruted the statements qf the prisi- oner, and jail wardens certified to 20 years of exemplary behavin inside the prison walls, the governor stent for Ab- ner Hill to be brought to his private office. ' There was ushered into his pres- _ence a tail. angular man‘wiQh the worn face and" stooping shoulders of three- wThe day he expected him he placed the violin in a conspicuous position on flue desk. score years; hair scanty. muscles flab- by. eyes dun; nothing to bespenk youth but the faint red that c'rqpt into his sunken cheek when the servant an- nounced his name. A gingie stroke of sin‘and its after-writing can the brain had done the work of twicé 20 years. He stood inside the dooriwith down- mst eyes and nervous. fluttgring hands. The governor called his? name. and something in the kindly {LR-cents gave him courage m look up. . . 1 Something else in the homely. hu- morous .face that no man ‘ever looked into without lovihg'gave him courage to speak, and his eye caught sight of the violin. E ‘ - Reaching a tremblingihand out tohis dumb friend as though for confidence he “hispered. hoarsely: The governor waited for a moment. perhaps to steady his voicé: then. lay ing both hands on the shoulders of the other._his eyes reading with a father’s tenderness (he piteous, expeclant face, he said: ' V“Guvn‘er. what did ’she tell you fer me? What did my old fiddle tell you?" “Abner, she saysâ€"«the old fiddle says »â€"‘hat you can‘go back to the moun- tains. And. my man, may God go with you!" The convict stood for a :moment like one'struck dumb, a womanish pallor overspreading his cheek; 1then, with a cry which 'his listener newer forgot, he threw his arms around his Iiberutor find sobbed like a, hea‘rtbrokenlchild; ‘And the governor was (10* ashamed to admit that something tig ’iened in his throat and broke out at hi eyes, t00.â€"â€"â€" Nora C'. Franklin, in'Lippiii-cott’s Maga- zine A Chrlntmnl Trim. If you the merriest Christmazi would enjoy, , If you the deepest happiness would Keel, A genuine joility without alloy, A happiness continuous and real, ‘ Though paradoxical, I will agree, ’Tis yet a. truth that no one can gainsay, The greater will your ownexbjoyment be The more the happiness you give away. â€"Boston Courier. How ‘iouchlng the practice 03 giving, The pledge of peace. good will! pr touching the gift of the wife to he! lord. ‘ He'll know when he gets thq bil’l: ~Detm‘1! Journal. Bethlehem’s star lingers yet over child- hood, which it dignifies; womanhood, which it ennobles, and manhood,whgich it gladdenn. ~Chicago Standard. ‘ ”‘Jovlula, dear, you are grow‘ving handsome: every day.” “It's a way I Lave, dear, just before Christmas.”â€"â€"â€"Clevelapd Plain Deal- CT Ef yew still don’t love 'ewer enermy now is the gepermua2 heart-ghy t‘ilme uv yewr 11f. flew begin dewm’ lo.â€"I\‘. ‘1, Truth. A ”urban-Inn’- Obsq'rvauon. Oh. S ta Claus. there‘s 'ome mxstako Abo your wondrous 3.111; Thoug' fine the present that you make. You on't receipt thg‘pul; . Out of Season. She does not interest us new, The woman with a past; We care not why, nor When nor how She g6; herself thus elapsed. But in the merry Christmfis days, When all the world §5 pleasant, We’re looking tor, wiEh ' xioua gaze. The Woman thh a pre nt. , . â€"Chic 30 Record. I will not hang my stocking upâ€" I really can’t, consarn 'em! , They wouldn't hold a preSem, and It takes too long to d '11: 'em! -â€"Cleveland 'lain Dealer. The Bachelor’s Spckl. That Beantlrnl Slur. The Extent of 1:“. Good Time to Begin. A Way He mid. YOU?" a‘Waafixlngton Bur. THE PAR’I‘ITIUN 0F CHAN A Ancient Empire of the East Is Thought to Be Nem- Its m1. Run-Ia. Follow- Example of Germ“! -- Englnnd and France “’nteh the Situationâ€"May Involve St. Petersburg, Dec. 20,-j-It is an- nounced that a. Russian squadron under Rear Admiral Reonnow has entered Port Arthur, on the, Chinese coast, with the entire acquiescence of the Chinese government. The squadron intends to remain at Port Arthur throughout the winter. This is tine solely to the need I of a temporary winter station and in- volves no que§tion of forcible ol-cupa- tion or hostile demonstration, or any i intention against China, Germany, ‘» Japan or any other power, ! China Approves. V ' London. Dec. 20.â€"‘â€"The correspondent of the Times at Peking says: (‘hina'i approves of the Russian fleet wintering W, AA.) AL-.. “fl“ - ”V at Port Arthur. being persuaded that this action _is Lakes in the interest of China and necessitated'by the German occupation of Kineâ€"Chou. Rt-nly to Germany‘s Action. . Telegrams from all the continental Telegrams from all the continental capitals show that Russia‘s step at Port Arthur is regarded ns tantamoum to a permanent occupation and (1 reply to Germany’s action. A well-informed St. Petersburg correspondent saysthere was no agreemenjv between Russia and Germany and that, the latl‘er simply warned Russia when the occupalion 01 Xian-(Thou wag already decided upon. The Paris papers. without preiending to be llN‘UlVé‘d by Russia's innocent ox- planntions, are pleased with the actions of (he ally of France. The burden of Viennese comment is: What will ling. land do? The British fleet now in CM- nese waters consists'of one ironclad; nine war. England in Take 11 111mm,. 3 E London London; D911. 21. â€"â€"An unconfirme‘d (10111 B“ 112me is current 110m mm 11111101 the Jean Bar British 071519111 squadron 11ili be Sta.- immedim tinned :11 \\ oi Hai “oi this 11i11ter.Ifl tr,ue.1his indicaivs that Great Britain; is “midng in lmrmouv “ith Japan. 1 lnuurxen T110 latter 11011911 still (11111111105 “vi-ML ; “ 91. poudimr 11111ment of the 1 hincsc< Manama war indomnitv - 5 from the The en‘ning newspaper“ are much i ten (1:115 disturbed (“or 1hr situation. “W 1111.11 men km. do we {101% is the burden of their com- ii‘Span 51,1 piaint and 11191' all insist upon the .ers :11.d( necessin for immedime 11011011.! rendered The P1111 \Iall Gazette cthoes thei nounced Standard 3 inquir) :15 to America s attiâ€" : firearms tude, and says: 1 ‘ ' killed, t1 "Of course the partition of the coast, which is bound to come, will not be con- fined to Russia and Germany. Every n3.- vai state in the World is activciyconcerned in the disturbance of the equilibrium in the far east, Great Britain, France and Japan especlari): But the United States cannot be taken as a quantity to be ignored. The tame acquiescence with which the seizures are made is not worthy our report and is fa'tai to our future. We may remark that we shall not be without sympathize”, as the Japanese will most joyfully back any scheme to redress the bitter humilia- tion they have suffered at the hands (if Russia." ’ Frnnce “'11! Follow Suit. Advices received here from szris show that France is awaiting Great Britain's action. If Great Britain f0]- lows the load of Russia and Germany and ovcupies a seaport France will forthwith follow suit. _Tho. Cologne Gazette regards the oc- : ing defeat inflicted upon the Spanish eupation as merely a continuance of ‘ Gen. I’ando. Pando has reported to the cooperation 0" Germany With RUS' I Gen. Blancn that 100.000 men are need- Sifli in eastern Asia. ‘ I ed to break the backbone of the insur- The ofiiecrs of theChinese embassy I gent opposition in the east. here do not conceal the belief that the i mâ€" powers intend to seize Chinese ports? FORGOT HIS ORDERS' They discredit the’report that Great 3 Freight Engineer Can-e. . 59”,,“- ‘Britain has been requested to assume i “‘reck in Michigan. 11 protectorate over the You 'l‘se valley I Marshall” Mich., Dec. 22.â€"-An extra and the West river. éfreigbt train of ten empty coal cars . num- or Russia's Grab. Iand a caboose collided with a est- Washington, Dee. 21.â€"â€"â€"Minister Wu bound passenger train on the De 'roit. Ting hang. the diplomatic representn- I Toledo Milwaukee railway Mdndav tire of China in this country, expressed i near Wilderville. Both locomotive} the belief that the reported occupancyi were literally ruined by the impact, of Port Arthur by a.-ltussinn squadron The freight cars were piled high in a would prove to be but a temporary con- I mass of ruins. The baggage car was veniene‘o to the czar’s fleet granted by badly wrecked and Albert Arner. bag- the Peking government. 'I gageman, was seriously injured. His The minister also stated that itvwas ‘ head is cut, arm sprained and hips his opinion that, the Germans would ’ bruised. Line Repaixer McNifl. of Te- eventunlly withdraw from Kiaoâ€"Chon. cumseh, had his back badly injured. So far as known in Washington, there The force of the collision drove L. B. is no intention on the part of the Chi- , Williams. a passenger brill-“3111811. head neso government to seek the eiercisei foremost thmugh a door panel. His 01‘ the good offices of this government I 8031p is hfldl)’ torn and back injured. with a View to securing the withdrawal I Webb L0”. engineer 6f the passenger i of Germany. Minister “'11 is extreme- ‘ train, had a 16;: broken and his fireâ€" ly anxious that American interests i man sprained “5 ankle in jumping lhnll‘he extended in China. 3 from their engine. Engineer Ben Coon- . -â€" E fer, of the freight locomotive, admits V .ncvenue Co‘lecflono. ; that he forgot his Orders. He and his “asinng‘toxn Dec: 1.7â€"Thehx-nonthl5: fireman jumped and escaped injury. I Washington. Doc. x2’1 ~JUK‘ monthly statement of the collections of internal revenueshows that for the momh of No- vember Inst receipts‘amoumvd 10551? - 9 £290.51!) increase as compared \\ i111 Nm embm last year of $1 25’! 9‘27. For the last five mohths, however. there is shown m have been a decrease of $5,912. Alphonue Dnudet Deud. Paris, Dec. 17,â€"M. Aiphonse Daudét expired at. ‘eight E o’clock Thursday night. He was dining/with his family when ‘he was seized with a sudden syn- cope. V Physicians were summoned, but he died aimost immediately. 'Sundny Sport hi Mexico. City of Mexico,;Dec. 20.â€"-The bull fight Sunday aftefinoon was largely atâ€" tended. Ten horses and six bulls were killed. cruisers and 18 smaller men-of!- the United States. 20.â€"f-It is an- tut.» ..._- _._,,,,, loan to pay of! the indemnity of the war with Japan, and it is believed. says' the dispatch, that Japan and England are acting in concert to preserve China. from disintegration. favoring the idea of a protectorate over central China. with a capitol at Nanking. A German-Chinese commission has been arranged. according to a dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily Mail, to lsettle the boundaries of the occupied district at Kine-Chou. and it is evident. , therefore, that the occupation will be permanent. The same dispatch says it liq rumored in Shanghai that the Brit- ‘ Ssh intend to occupy Talien-Wan, south “4 pm: Arthur in order to guard the wm Uppnfi flu- ulvuion 0! Clin- Wllhout Fin-l ”em: Con-ultad. London, Dec. 22.â€"â€"Accordi‘ng w a spe- éial dispatch from Shanghai the Brit- ish squadron will make a demonstw tion at Cheâ€"Foo. on the north coast of the Shan-Tung promontory.’nsa warn- ing, it is supposed. that Great Britain intends ‘to oppose the division of China without consulting her. It is reported there that Russia has ofl'ered Chiba a ilnuurxenu Lose “easily In Recent ' Engagements. ‘ llama/11a Dec. '23.â€"â€"lt is announced from the palace that during the past ten (izns 1111 insurgents have lost 303 lmen killed and that in addition, the ‘Spani sh troops have captured 1? prison- .ers and (SJ armed insurgents ha1e sur- 3 rendered. The troops it is further an- nounced hme captured 96 stands of i firearms during this time Among the killed the statement continues, are three insurgent leaders and three otfi- i cers of the insurgent forces The Spanâ€" ish troops. during the same period ac- lcording to the official statistics, lost three officers and 33 soldiers killed and l had 13 officers and 213 soldiers wound- | ed Ssh intend to occupy Talien-Wan, south of Port Arthur in order to guard the Gulf of Poâ€"Chi-Li. The Daily Mail’s correspondent at Tokio says there is no excitement there over the news from Port Arthur. The press is calm and the public is indifferent. It is rumored also. the dispatch alleges, lhai ,a large Rus- sian military force is coming overland froth Siberia. Berlin. Dec. “llâ€"The Cologne Gazette embarrassed the government Tuesday by declaring that, the othqr powers would soon follow the example of Ger- many and Russia. nbw that the parti- tion of China had actually commenced. Other papers have expressed opinions in a similar vein. 1: has been hinted that Prince Henry‘s destination is an- mher point than Kiao-Chou, and mat he will receive the supreme command in the China seas, The Nord Deutsche Allvgfinine Zeitung hastened to issue a denial of these assumptions. declar- ing that they were not warranted by the facts. ' ‘ London, Dec. 22.â€"â€"A special dispatch from Brest says the French cruiser Jenn Bart has been ordered to praceed immedinmly to China. WXLL NOT BE RECONSIDERED. Presldent Likely to Pro-u Appoint- ‘ment 0! (‘hurlcu Pate Brynn. Washington, Dec. 22.â€"-â€"Senators who ha\ seen President McKinley regard- ing the appointment of Charles Page Bryan as minister of China find that the president has no present intention of reconsidering the appointment. Some suggestions lime been made that Mr. Bryan be sent to some other mmion and a. more trained diplomat be nt .to China. but they have not met wi in- dorsement at the white house. The president made it clear that he pre- f'erreu Mr. Brian for the place and was not contemplating any change in the selections he had made for foreign min- fitters. GREAT BRITAI’N‘ OBJECTS. THE CU BAN WAR. TRAGIC END Ex-Secretary Her‘l Leila Commi Dal-1n: a Flt o! \h-II !ortun-Ie \ nun; \\ from u Third-NI Washington, luv. 2 HerberL duugmrr 4 of the Navy ”l'l'btl‘l.l .( her home I“ 1111: ('it} a {all from the mini-91 on New Iiamprhirr m1 fishionuble pan of 1 Dupoul Circle: The l tragic femures :mxrrol great shock to the 1 friauls she had {nude her life in \Vnhhington Of a popxzfnr represem lrom the south and l‘ cabinet circie 0! 1mm lided over her fathrr‘ ing the Your yenr,‘ he the navy under: the It : ninistmtinn. 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