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Kit and I are gray and wrinkled Frank Putnam 1J i a l J V Qy MEIRA HUNT me dear was there such atborel herself as a WELL of cushions in the oriel window What is tho mat said her mother who was spending blind mans holi- day ¬ in the glow of the firelight Has this rainy day been too much for my sunshiny daughter Some woes will bear patching said Mildred but I dont see how even you can mend this one It must be very bad indeed then laughed Mrs Windsor for usually you think me an expert in that line Oome over here by the fire my dear put on a bit of driftwood and lot us find a rainbow the beautiful colors while you tell me all about it Mildred slowly drew herself up and went towards the fire The bits of ragged gray sticks did not look very promising surely but they wero tossed nevertheless on the ebbing- fire while mother and daughter awaited in silence the cheery blaze When the dainty colors began to dance about in glee against the sooty background Mildred nestled at her mothers feet and began to share her troubles about Christmas not tho do ingtoothers part nor the gifts either but how to give tho gifts to our very own our nearest and dear lest It is all very easy in a large family lor where little children can be bidden I to a tree laden with pretties and good- ies But what is tho use of trying to make believe that big people are little folks again and that it is great fun preparing for two or three people where there Are too few for a mystery and no one to surprise- We have tried to invito friends but they so often have same excuse Christmas is nearly here for a rondormy own gifts for Santa OIansII pack are ready and waiting but what can we do to make our own home Dhristmas happy You do seem to be all in a tangle sane but I Am sure wo can straigh en it out somo way Letmo see there are how many if ust Seven are there not Why ould we not weave a rainbow into our tans There I knew yon would help e mother mine Leave the rest to- e and I will surprise you with tho there We shall have a Merry Christ as yet The days intervening before Christ as were busy ones for Mildred and I JOLLY HEP AST WITH PLKNTT OF 1IISTLE TaB hovered over her goings and Wings and reigned supreme behind e closed doors of her room I Christmas evening came and with the few guests for whom it had kerned so difficult to plan The din Vr table was bright with holly an- dIIUetoeA tiny Christmas tree copied the place of honor in the tee of the table On it were baby knee candles small flags cornucopias candies and mysterious little stock- ings filled with miniature bundles Bright red ribbons started from a big ball of red and green hung be- neath ¬ the chandelier and spread May polo fashion to the edges of the table where they were fastened with knots- of holly There was holly on the pictures about the room holly for buttonhole bouquets holly garnished the dishes and gave a real Christmas flavor to everything- After the nuts and raisins thq tiny tree was lighted and tho weo stock ¬ ings were distributed What fun it was opening the small bundles A bottlo of cologne appealed to ono je e t r r t z v- But s e The It m J s ot e person a littlo brought a of from the guest a- ldainty for the one a silver stamp box the writer a brooch n was how useful things came of those stock- ings all bad been examined the that tho company adjourn Then came triumph Now papa will yon the way to the library wo find a from Santa Claus At the library door the guests started in in of was a with a fine across the top wero groups of small flags like a fringe Iii a stood a busby Christ- mas ¬ tree bright with the usual and In of the were bagi of cambric one for tho When the guests were seated Mil- dred took a and in her and that had much to do that had left a bag con that every ono should tho right one- Waving her wand she him to make the first guess was wrong or twice she around the circle before any wen Ruessed the right bag r z Then Mildred sayatho owner prove a right to the bag before she could deliver So she handed over a envelope contain ing A card on which were written a few of More mystery and I The guests began to wonder they ever should earn gifts At last some onf discovered the clew the envel- opes contained acrostics on the pt the guests and amusement was by reading these aloud One was long and tho recipient was tall and slender the was that of his college barr was the favorite color- of the one for was filled shape was very and The owner of this bag received tho booby prize for being the last to guess cor- rectly ¬ He that he had not been willing to select that bag in spite of his fondness for the color to be thought greedy The prize was a ridiculous tin toy the first prize was a toy watch and chain presented with tine At came the fun of bags discoveries and thank ¬ ing thoso donors who wore present of bright colors wero tho servants too not one was left and they were present to receive Lighting the tree closed tho and Mildred had satjsfac- sion of knowing that her guests though few had en ¬ tertained with tho of her own thought and handiwork while none of thoold that make beautiful had been omitted- A I Postal Snutn Clans A postal Santa Claus visits the Bos ¬ ton postofflco every year during the before Christmas No one knows his name and those whom he helps- do even know that they helped f Many packages are mailed every year to go to foreign countries or to other parts of tho United States as Christmas presents and for some rea ¬ son postage is not fully paid on all of In such cases the packages are either returned to the sender sent to the and the per- sons ¬ for they are intended arc disappointed- The postal Santa Claus calls at the postoffice and pays all the postage duo on these packages and they are for ¬ warded without delay Santa Claus paid moro than 20 in this way last year and without leaving AyuLt 8DIiTALLo y 1 f TWAS on fli merry Yulc nioht J An artless youth and r I beneath- APndyrK ° 9 y companlon5 l looked quite dis i I gusted 1 And he looked ti f Fraid Such conduct said the artless youth Most ihockino seems to me the tlttot perhaps dUrerenV murmured Artless youth he 3mllt d smile 1 Pray took 1 was mistletoe i with tlnvleaves of rcen J Up rose tht maiden solemn n- And steaUhUy youth Forth shocking scene = Alt she led him crth 2f o1 That artless fair Tothc dim conservatory I F the palms and = Then tools that sprig mistletoe And put If In r LETtR ring shout youngest thimble industrious for letter pocket pencilrit wonderful many out little ¬ When genial hot moved Mildreds lead where shall postscript amazement Thero them large screen artistically draped slag standing corner glitter color screen hung mysterious each color rainbow ¬ small hand announced as Santa Claus so evening be for each pereonon dition claim towards her grandfather asked Alas it Once went < r must It saying small lines peoetry guessing if their ¬ names great afforded bag narrow color Another whom it its wide stout explained sooner ns ho feared ceremony openingth comparing Bags provided- for out them cere- mony ¬ the been thoroughly fruit charms Christ- mas ¬ week not have been them or deadletter office whom disappeared that siUntly maiden rAre front front his name and this year he has come again to repeat his good deods A Derontlilre Ballet A belief was long current in Devon and Cornwall and it is said to still linger in remote parts of the country that at midnight on Christmas ore the cattle in their stalls fell on their knees in adoration of the Sarlonr as they are said to have done in the stable at Bethlehem Bees werealso believed to sing in their hives at the same timo and bread baked on Christ- mas ¬ eve it was averred never be ¬ came mouldy Tile Peacock a Clinitmm lllrd The peacock was the favorlto Christ- mas ¬ bird with our English ancestors The preparation of his peiicookship was elaborate expensive and could be done only by an expert cook who usually sent the bird to tho table with his comb gilt and his tail spread DONTS FOR CHRISTMAS What to Glee and TVbat Not to GU Your XTUnd Dont pay more for the Christmas tree than you payrfor the fruit Dont send your gentleman adorer- a gold toothpick He may have false teeth Dont tend your pastor embroidered slippers To travel the strait and nar ¬ row path requires hobnailed shoes Dont buy your daughter a piano and your wife a washtub If you reverse the r r10u will do justice to both Dont place your expectations of a Christmas gUt too high You may have to put your foot in your stocking to find anything in it Dont make your friend a preset and bo disappointed because he doesnt give something Perhaps you have surprised him Dont give presents to people not quite BO prosperous as yourself and tell them not to reciprocate because they cant afford to mako presents- Be just before you are generous Pay your debts before you buy pres outs Your creditors may consider that they have received an unexpected gift Dont give your boy a drum nnl forbid him beating it nor your daugh- ter ¬ a horse and order her not to take it out of the stable without your per ¬ mission Quotations For Christmas Gins The passing of the Christmas card is thoroughly signalized by tho vogue given the selected quotation which is now mado an important adjunct to every Christmas gift Tho selection- of a quotation which is appropriate and personal evidences the desiro of the sender to express a special greet- ing Tho quotations given below may possibly bo of value to our readers With somo trifling present Shakes ¬ peares My Rood will Is great though the gilt be small With a pair of slippers Dickens We must BO togettter With a book of travel Stevensons It takes the mind outotdoon With a calendar Emersons- Write It on your heart that every day Is the best day of the year With a pair of gloves Dickens Were a pair If over there was one With a change purse Dickens Wo must expect change With a workbag the old Proverb- It Is never too lute tomend1 With a silver plate given to a small child Eugene Fields When thou sualt eat from off this plato- I charge thee Bo thou temperate Unto thIne elders nt the board Io thou sweet reverence ncuorl Though unto dignity Inclined Unto the serving folk be kind Bo over mindful ot the poor Nor turn them hungry from the door And unto God for health and load And nil that In thy life Is good Give thou thy heart In gratitude ChrUtinni Twice a Year Somo children think that Christmas day Bhould como two times u year But that Is not at all the way That It should be I tear For In tho summer Ohrlttmastrees Are very very small And nil the games and toys ono sees They are not ripe at all The dolls are very tiny ones The wagons not go The belle uro littler than buns It takes them months to growl The candy It Is ob so sour The KUDU they will not shoot There need of many an autumn shower To ripen Christmas rultl St Nicholas nomaD Vied Clirlitmai Greens It seems odd that Christmas Day should be so bound up with customs and observations which are but a sur ¬ vival of superstition and heathenish- rites The use of evergreens for in ¬ stance is one of these The Romans ornamented their temples with thorn during tho feast of Saturn while ivy was universally naod by them in the orgies attending the honor Bacchus The ancient Druids hung green branches and mistletoe over their doors as a propitiation to woodland sprites A Christmas 1lea Dont look up the chimney sweetheart For Eels Ktlogle his things But lone your door a bit apart For Cupids dainty wIns A Tip to Sunla Claus Iftl fill lllt lll ll = JimmThre now dat looks bully I hope hell take do hint an put some new stockings dere ftca he does anything else I j t lj yYlji1iiir t i MANY INDICTED- BY GRAND JURY United States Court at Savannah- Has Much Work Ahead SOME STARTLING DISCLOSURES- A Number of People Are Charged With committing Fraud Through the Malls Savannah Gal special says The grand jury of the United States court which adjourned Tuesday afternoon found an indictment against fourteen parties alleged country merchants on tho charge of conspiracy in using the United States mails in the further ¬ ance of a scheme to defraud Among- the parties indicted wore D A Tyson who is well known as the founder the Tyson Long Distance Telephone company operating in the southern part of tho state W L Jones M E Hutchinson J H Hutchinson 0 B Reeves and J T Hammond Thero were seven or eight others named in tho bill which have not yot been made public on account of tho fact that all of the parties indicted have not been arrested Somo of these parties it is alleged were catspaws for the others simply allowing tho use of their names which were printed on letter heads B Frank of the firm of Steiner Loobman k Frank of Montgomery Ala was one of tboprlucipal witnesses against somo of the men Mr Frank is the man who first brought the dealings of tho men to the attention of the United States author- ities ¬ He shipped case of dry goods- to one of their number and when hn went to find what bad become of it discovered that it had been turned over to another of the crowd by the original purchaser without having left the station to which it had been shipped In a few days he got an or- der ¬ for another barrel of goods from souo one not far away from the point where tho other had been sent but reo fused to send it Instead be reported the first case to the authorities who moved promptly in the matter > When it became evident that Mr Frank in was earnest in running them to cover he was tendered payment for- Ms goods but refused it until he could get those who tried to defraud him punished The principal towns in which those men operated were Dub- lin ¬ Glonwood Ohopee Vidalia Ma nasal Lyons and Bixvillc They wore strung out over a largo territory Among the witnesses called were D M Bedenbaugb agent of tho Georgia and Alabama railway ntGlonwood R 0 Teague agent at Mt Vernon E A Walker at Vidalia Agent Luns ford at Manassas Agent Hyman at Claxton and Agent Tippins at Belle- ville ¬ They were armed with the re- cords ¬ of their various offices to show what goods had been received by the men under investigation and what had become of them so far as they knew A merchant from Macon was also one of the witnesses Goods have been ordered from parties in New York Chicago Cincinnati Columbus Ohio Atlanta Savannah Macon Baltimore- and other places Tysor who is con- sidered by the conrt official as one of the leaders in the scheme has twice before bean indicted on the same charge but for somo cause was never convicted It is tho old and simple scheme of using flashy letter heads and interchanging names Tuesday morning Mr S P Shottcr president of tbe 8 P Shotter Co J F 0 Myers treasurer end Charles J Deloach secretary of the same com ¬ pang gave bond in the sum of 82000 each to answer charges in the United States court of violating the inter ¬ state commerce commission act by underestimating the cargo of tank cars loaded with turpentine and thus securing cheap rates Itations Short at Mafekln The latest news reaching London from Mafoking shows that Colonel BadenPowell has been forced to re into tho rations of the garrison and inhabitants but water is plentiful there BRUMBY mOWS WEARER The Expected Favorable Change Dora Not seem to MuterUlliit A Washington special says Admi- ral ¬ Deweys flag lieutenants condition caused much anxiety at the Garfield hospital Friday The indisposition to take nourishment or auy stimulants and his restless sleep proved to Dr ABler who arrived from Baltimore late in the afternoon that Brumbys chances for recovery were not While the patients temperature has not been so high be becomes weaker and weaker and tie expected change for the better seems to have taken the opposite course l < rwe 4ttija > FULLER BEFORE BAR Placed On Trial at Mason For Murder of Mrs Pottlo HE ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY- Trial Attracts a Large Crowd to COlin roomMany Witnesses Are Culled to Testify The trial of Allen Fuller tho negro charged with tho murder of Mrl Pot ¬ tic was commenced Thursday morn ¬ ing in the superior court nt Macon- Ga before Judge W H Felton The court room was crowded to the doors when the case was called Fuller- was brought into court carefully guarded by the sheriff and his dope ¬ ties and took his seat beside Messrs Washington Dessau and Claude Estos who have been appointed by tho court- to defend Lira Fuller nhowed no especial nncas ness during tho proceedings- The principal witness against Fuller- was the negro Redd who charged by Fuller with tho crime The stato represented by Solicitor General Hodges assisted by Messrs flnrdeman Davis and Turner who have been retained for the prosecution announced ready at 020 A technical omission in the bill of indictment was waived by the defense which also an- nounced ¬ ready Thirty witnesses were called for tho e prosecution and four for tho defense The utmost strictness was observed in the court room i No outnidcrfl were allowed inside the bar tho usual courtesy being de- nied ¬ even to the newspapers To the arraignment Fuller pleaded not guilty in n firm clear voice with a rising inflection that had a somewhat unlooked for effect Tho calling of tho jury began at 10 oolock The de- fcnso was very deliberate and the work of securing the jury slow and te- dious The first witness called was H Dl Dodd who was perhaps more intimate- ly ¬ acquainted with tho dead woman than any one else He was on the stand for two hours and was closely questioned as to all the details of tho case Ho identified tho body and told of tho finding of it Howent carefully over all the details of the search the finding of the grave in the field below Smalls ginhouse and all the sus ¬ picious circumstances surrounding it Mr Dodd was elosey questioned anti crossquoRtioned He identified the scissors found on Fuller when ho was arrested as being tic property of Mrs Fottlo Ho alto identified the satchel found in Fullers house as tho property of the dead woman 1 Nothing however was brought out by this testimony that has not al- ready developed in the case or been told in the newspapers Dalton Lucas who had boon with i Fuller on the lay after tho killing and on tho following Suuday was nn l important witness called polln Lu- cas ¬ wife of Dalton testified that Ful- ler ¬ had brought two satchels to her house when he moved his things She identified the satchel when shown liar She was not cross examined by tlio attorneys the defense The testimony of Lucas and tile wife in regard to the satchel was rb garded as the most important testi- mony ¬ given in during the day IN SULTANS DOMAISS I Tom Ilnnter Mltline Auditor Pound In Par Away Morocco According to a Washington dispatch Tom Hunter the missing auditor of the Atlanta and Went Point railroad- has been located in Morocco and the United States government is endeav- oring ¬ to secure his return to this country and to the scone of his alleged crimes Atlanta Ga For some timo the officials of the Atlanta and West Point have bad I teachers out for Hunter Some of the best men of the Pinkerton forces have been at work on the case and a few ago President George 0 Smith f received a report from them showing i the missing roans whereabouts They had traced him from the time he left Atlanta Ho went to New York and there took passage lor Ireland from there be went to Morocco where ho is i now one of thd wanderers who to a large extent compose the sultans mi- gratory ¬ colony WOILKEUI ON SUNDAY Ferenth nay Ailvnntlil In the Role of Man With the Hoe In the Homo Ga city court J F Eaton n Seventh Day Advaniist was found guilty of working on the Sabbath Tho evidence showed Eaton hoed and worked a corn patch one Sunday months t The defendant jutificd his act by scriptural authority contending J3at i urday and not Sunday is the holy day Boutcnco was suspended unto I i January The case will probably be taken to the supreme court th u v 1 1 pr
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VOLUME VII CHIPLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY DECEMBER 231899 NUMBER 2T
I SANTA CLAUS UP TOaDATE-I SIO1 u r d L e 1A3r t
Sol all you giggling girls and boys In auto car he flitted bfGay dads and bachelors melancholy His antiquated outfit scorning
Fond mothers mid domestic He tatted as he caught Kits eyeAnd maidens coy beneath the holly Tho tripod cap bis head adorning
A startling tale my ca employs Behind him presents toweredA truthful tale andgondroue Jolly I The very ones you found this mocnlngl
laat night when I had lingered late Ifeigh ho for dry when driftsWith fascinating Hit MsDonough And slelghbell on the reindeers tinkle
We paused a bit at Klttjs gate When dreams disturbed our tardy sleepAnd what dye think our Raze tell on 01 And Banta came with snow besprinkled
Tour old friend Banta up to date I dare not guess what style hell keepA wlnterwhlikexed fat Oyranol Wheu Kit and I are gray and wrinkled
Frank Putnam
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such atborelherself
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oriel windowWhat is tho mat
said her motherwho was spending blind mans holi-day
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in the glow of the firelightHas this rainy day been too much
for my sunshiny daughterSome woes will bear patching
said Mildred but I dont see howeven you can mend this one
It must be very bad indeed thenlaughed Mrs Windsor for usuallyyou think me an expert in that lineOome over here by the fire my dearput on a bit of driftwood and lot usfind a rainbow the beautiful colorswhile you tell me all about it
Mildred slowly drew herself up andwent towards the fire The bits ofragged gray sticks did not look verypromising surely but they werotossed nevertheless on the ebbing-fire while mother and daughterawaited in silence the cheery blazeWhen the dainty colors began todance about in glee against the sootybackground Mildred nestled at hermothers feet and began to share her
troubles about Christmas not tho doingtoothers part nor the giftseither but how to give tho gifts toour very own our nearest and dear
lestIt is all very easy in a large family
lor where little children can be biddenI to a tree laden with pretties and good-ies But what is tho use of trying tomake believe that big people are littlefolks again and that it is great funpreparing for two or three peoplewhere there Are too few for a mysteryand no one to surprise-
We have tried to invito friendsbut they so often have same excuse
Christmas is nearly here for arondormy own gifts for Santa OIansIIpack are ready and waiting but whatcan we do to make our own homeDhristmas happy
You do seem to be all in a tanglesane but I Am sure wo can straighen it out somo way
Letmo see there are how manyif ust Seven are there not Whyould we not weave a rainbow into ourtans
There I knew yon would helpe mother mine Leave the rest to-
e and I will surprise you with thothere We shall have a Merry Christas yetThe days intervening before Christas were busy ones for Mildred and
I JOLLY HEP AST WITH PLKNTT OF 1IISTLE
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hovered over her goings andWings and reigned supreme behind
e closed doors of her roomI Christmas evening came and with
the few guests for whom it hadkerned so difficult to plan The dinVr table was bright with holly an-
dIIUetoeA tiny Christmas treecopied the place of honor in thetee of the table On it were baby
knee candles small flags cornucopias
candies and mysterious little stock-ings filled with miniature bundles
Bright red ribbons started from abig ball of red and green hung be-
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the chandelier and spread Maypolo fashion to the edges of the tablewhere they were fastened with knots-of holly There was holly on thepictures about the room holly forbuttonhole bouquets holly garnishedthe dishes and gave a real Christmasflavor to everything-
After the nuts and raisins thq tinytree was lighted and tho weo stock ¬
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from Santa ClausAt the library door the guests
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with a fine across thetop wero groups of small flags like a
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that every ono shouldtho right one-
Waving her wandshe him to make
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Then Mildred sayatho ownerprove a right to the bag before shecould deliver So shehanded over a envelope containing A card on which were written afew of
More mystery and I Theguests began to wonder they evershould earn gifts At last someonf discovered the clew the envel-opes contained acrostics on thept the guests and amusementwas by reading these aloud
One was long and thorecipient was tall and slender the
was that of his collegebarr was the favorite color-
of the one for was filledshape was very and Theowner of this bag received tho boobyprize for being the last to guess cor-rectly
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He that he had not beenwilling to select that bag inspite of his fondness for the color
to be thought greedyThe prize was a ridiculous tin toy
the first prize was a toy watch andchain presented with tine
At came the fun ofbags discoveries and thank ¬
ing thoso donors who wore presentof bright colors wero
tho servants too not one was leftand they were present to receive
Lighting the tree closed thoand Mildred had satjsfac-
sion of knowing that her gueststhough few had en ¬
tertained with tho of her ownthought and handiwork while noneof thoold that make
beautiful had been omitted-
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Postal Snutn ClansA postal Santa Claus visits the Bos ¬
ton postofflco every year during thebefore Christmas No one knows
his name and those whom he helps-do even know that theyhelped
f Many packages are mailed everyyear to go to foreign countries or toother parts of tho United States asChristmas presents and for some rea ¬
son postage is not fully paid on all ofIn such cases the packages are
either returned to the sender sentto the and the per-sons
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for they are intended arcdisappointed-
The postal Santa Claus calls at thepostoffice and pays all the postage duoon these packages and they are for ¬
warded without delay Santa Clauspaid moro than 20 in this way lastyear and without leaving
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A Derontlilre BalletA belief was long current in Devon
and Cornwall and it is said to stilllinger in remote parts of the countrythat at midnight on Christmas orethe cattle in their stalls fell on theirknees in adoration of the Sarlonr asthey are said to have done in thestable at Bethlehem Bees werealsobelieved to sing in their hives at thesame timo and bread baked on Christ-mas
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eve it was averred never be ¬
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Tile Peacock a Clinitmm lllrdThe peacock was the favorlto Christ-
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bird with our English ancestorsThe preparation of his peiicookshipwas elaborate expensive andcould be done only by an expert cookwho usually sent the bird to tho tablewith his comb gilt and his tail spread
DONTS FOR CHRISTMAS
What to Glee and TVbat Not to GU YourXTUnd
Dont pay more for the Christmastree than you payrfor the fruit
Dont send your gentleman adorer-a gold toothpick He may have falseteeth
Dont tend your pastor embroideredslippers To travel the strait and nar¬
row path requires hobnailed shoesDont buy your daughter a piano
and your wife a washtub If youreverse the r r10u will do justiceto both
Dont place your expectations of aChristmas gUt too high You mayhave to put your foot in your stockingto find anything in it
Dont make your friend a presetand bo disappointed because he doesntgive something Perhaps you havesurprised him
Dont give presents to people notquite BO prosperous as yourself andtell them not to reciprocate becausethey cant afford to mako presents-
Be just before you are generousPay your debts before you buy presouts Your creditors may considerthat they have received an unexpectedgift
Dont give your boy a drum nnlforbid him beating it nor your daugh-ter
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a horse and order her not to takeit out of the stable without your per ¬
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Quotations For Christmas GinsThe passing of the Christmas card
is thoroughly signalized by tho voguegiven the selected quotation which isnow mado an important adjunct toevery Christmas gift Tho selection-of a quotation which is appropriateand personal evidences the desiro ofthe sender to express a special greet-ing Tho quotations given below maypossibly bo of value to our readers
With somo trifling present Shakes ¬
pearesMy Rood will Is great though the gilt be
small
With a pair of slippers DickensWe must BO togettter
With a book of travel StevensonsIt takes the mind outotdoon
With a calendar Emersons-Write It on your heart that every day Is
the best day of the yearWith a pair of gloves Dickens
Were a pair If over there was oneWith a change purse Dickens
Wo must expect change
With a workbag the old Proverb-It Is never too lute tomend1
With a silver plate given to a smallchild Eugene Fields
When thou sualt eat from off this plato-I charge thee Bo thou temperateUnto thIne elders nt the boardIo thou sweet reverence ncuorlThough unto dignity InclinedUnto the serving folk be kindBo over mindful ot the poorNor turn them hungry from the doorAnd unto God for health and loadAnd nil that In thy life Is goodGive thou thy heart In gratitude
ChrUtinni Twice a YearSomo children think that Christmas day
Bhould como two times u yearBut that Is not at all the way
That It should be I tear
For In tho summer OhrlttmastreesAre very very small
And nil the games and toys ono seesThey are not ripe at all
The dolls are very tiny onesThe wagons not go
The belle uro littler than bunsIt takes them months to growl
The candy It Is ob so sourThe KUDU they will not shoot
There need of many an autumn showerTo ripen Christmas rultl
St Nicholas
nomaD Vied Clirlitmai GreensIt seems odd that Christmas Day
should be so bound up with customsand observations which are but a sur ¬
vival of superstition and heathenish-rites The use of evergreens for in ¬
stance is one of these The Romansornamented their temples with thornduring tho feast of Saturn while ivywas universally naod by them in theorgies attending the honor BacchusThe ancient Druids hung greenbranches and mistletoe over theirdoors as a propitiation to woodlandsprites
A Christmas 1leaDont look up the chimney sweetheart
For Eels Ktlogle his thingsBut lone your door a bit apart
For Cupids dainty wIns
A Tip to Sunla Claus
Iftlfill lllt lll ll
=JimmThre now dat looks
bully I hope hell take do hint anput some new stockings dere ftca hedoes anything else
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MANY INDICTED-
BY GRAND JURY
United States Court at Savannah-
Has Much Work Ahead
SOME STARTLING DISCLOSURES-
A Number of People Are ChargedWith committing Fraud
Through the Malls
Savannah Gal special says Thegrand jury of the United States courtwhich adjourned Tuesday afternoonfound an indictment against fourteenparties alleged country merchantson tho charge of conspiracy in usingthe United States mails in the further ¬
ance of a scheme to defraud Among-the parties indicted wore D A Tysonwho is well known as the founderthe Tyson Long Distance Telephonecompany operating in the southernpart of tho state W L Jones M EHutchinson J H Hutchinson 0 BReeves and J T Hammond
Thero were seven or eight othersnamed in tho bill which have not yotbeen made public on account of thofact that all of the parties indictedhave not been arrested Somo of theseparties it is alleged were catspaws forthe others simply allowing tho use of
their names which were printed onletter heads
B Frank of the firm of SteinerLoobman k Frank of MontgomeryAla was one of tboprlucipal witnessesagainst somo of the men
Mr Frank is the man who firstbrought the dealings of tho men to theattention of the United States author-
ities¬
He shipped case of dry goods-
to one of their number and when hnwent to find what bad become of itdiscovered that it had been turnedover to another of the crowd by theoriginal purchaser without having leftthe station to which it had beenshipped In a few days he got an or-
der
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for another barrel of goods fromsouo one not far away from the pointwhere tho other had been sent but reofused to send it Instead be reportedthe first case to the authorities whomoved promptly in the matter >
When it became evident that MrFrank in was earnest in running themto cover he was tendered payment for-
Ms goods but refused it until he couldget those who tried to defraud himpunished The principal towns inwhich those men operated were Dub-
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Glonwood Ohopee Vidalia Manasal Lyons and Bixvillc They worestrung out over a largo territory
Among the witnesses called were DM Bedenbaugb agent of tho Georgiaand Alabama railway ntGlonwood R0 Teague agent at Mt Vernon EA Walker at Vidalia Agent Lunsford at Manassas Agent Hyman atClaxton and Agent Tippins at Belle-
ville¬
They were armed with the re-
cords¬
of their various offices to showwhat goods had been received by themen under investigation and what hadbecome of them so far as they knew
A merchant from Macon was alsoone of the witnesses Goods have beenordered from parties in New YorkChicago Cincinnati Columbus OhioAtlanta Savannah Macon Baltimore-and other places Tysor who is con-sidered by the conrt official as one ofthe leaders in the scheme has twicebefore bean indicted on the samecharge but for somo cause was neverconvicted It is tho old and simplescheme of using flashy letter headsand interchanging names
Tuesday morning Mr S P Shottcrpresident of tbe 8 P Shotter Co JF 0 Myers treasurer end Charles JDeloach secretary of the same com¬
pang gave bond in the sum of 82000each to answer charges in the UnitedStates court of violating the inter ¬
state commerce commission act byunderestimating the cargo of tankcars loaded with turpentine and thussecuring cheap rates
Itations Short at MafeklnThe latest news reaching London
from Mafoking shows that ColonelBadenPowell has been forced to reinto tho rations of the garrison andinhabitants but water is plentifulthere
BRUMBY mOWS WEARER
The Expected Favorable Change Dora Notseem to MuterUlliit
A Washington special says Admi-ral
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Deweys flag lieutenants conditioncaused much anxiety at the Garfieldhospital Friday The indisposition totake nourishment or auy stimulantsand his restless sleep proved to DrABler who arrived from Baltimore latein the afternoon that Brumbyschances for recovery were notWhile the patients temperature hasnot been so high be becomes weakerand weaker and tie expected changefor the better seems to have taken theopposite course
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FULLER BEFORE BAR
Placed On Trial at Mason ForMurder of Mrs Pottlo
HE ENTERS A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY-
Trial Attracts a Large Crowd to COlinroomMany Witnesses Are
Culled to Testify
The trial of Allen Fuller tho negrocharged with tho murder of Mrl Pot¬
tic was commenced Thursday morn ¬
ing in the superior court nt Macon-
Ga before Judge W H FeltonThe court room was crowded to the
doors when the case was called Fuller-was brought into court carefullyguarded by the sheriff and his dope ¬
ties and took his seat beside MessrsWashington Dessau and Claude Estoswho have been appointed by tho court-to defend Lira
Fuller nhowed no especial nncasness during tho proceedings-
The principal witness against Fuller-was the negro Redd who charged byFuller with tho crime
The stato represented by SolicitorGeneral Hodges assisted by Messrsflnrdeman Davis and Turner whohave been retained for the prosecutionannounced ready at 020 A technicalomission in the bill of indictment waswaived by the defense which also an-
nounced¬
readyThirty witnesses were called for tho e
prosecution and four for tho defenseThe utmost strictness was observed inthe court room i
No outnidcrfl were allowed insidethe bar tho usual courtesy being de-
nied¬
even to the newspapersTo the arraignment Fuller pleaded
not guilty in n firm clear voice with arising inflection that had a somewhatunlooked for effect Tho calling oftho jury began at 10 oolock The de-
fcnso was very deliberate and thework of securing the jury slow and te-dious
The first witness called was H DlDodd who was perhaps more intimate-ly
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acquainted with tho dead womanthan any one else He was on thestand for two hours and was closelyquestioned as to all the details of thocase Ho identified tho body and toldof tho finding of it Howent carefullyover all the details of the search thefinding of the grave in the field belowSmalls ginhouse and all the sus ¬
picious circumstances surrounding itMr Dodd was elosey questioned
anti crossquoRtioned He identifiedthe scissors found on Fuller when howas arrested as being tic property ofMrs Fottlo Ho alto identified thesatchel found in Fullers house as thoproperty of the dead woman 1
Nothing however was brought outby this testimony that has not al-
ready developed in the case or beentold in the newspapers
Dalton Lucas who had boon with i
Fuller on the lay after tho killingand on tho following Suuday was nn limportant witness called polln Lu-cas
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wife of Dalton testified that Ful-ler
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had brought two satchels to herhouse when he moved his things Sheidentified the satchel when shown liarShe was not cross examined by tlioattorneys the defense
The testimony of Lucas and tilewife in regard to the satchel was rbgarded as the most important testi-mony
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given in during the day
IN SULTANS DOMAISS I
Tom Ilnnter Mltline Auditor Pound InPar Away Morocco
According to a Washington dispatchTom Hunter the missing auditor ofthe Atlanta and Went Point railroad-has been located in Morocco and theUnited States government is endeav-oring
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to secure his return to thiscountry and to the scone of his allegedcrimes Atlanta Ga
For some timo the officials of theAtlanta and West Point have bad I
teachers out for Hunter Some of thebest men of the Pinkerton forces havebeen at work on the case and a few
ago President George 0 Smith freceived a report from them showing ithe missing roans whereabouts Theyhad traced him from the time he leftAtlanta Ho went to New York andthere took passage lor Ireland fromthere be went to Morocco where ho is i
now one of thd wanderers who to alarge extent compose the sultans mi-
gratory¬
colony
WOILKEUI ON SUNDAY
Ferenth nay Ailvnntlil In the Role ofMan With the Hoe
In the Homo Ga city courtJ F Eaton n Seventh Day Advaniistwas found guilty of working on theSabbath Tho evidence showed Eatonhoed and worked a corn patch oneSunday months t
The defendant jutificd his act byscriptural authority contending J3at i
urday and not Sunday is the holyday Boutcnco was suspended unto
IiJanuaryThe case will probably be taken to
the supreme court
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