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THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-SUNDAY. vvjvn3ioton_j*__""' WHOLE JVORLD KIN. ALL JOI* BAWDS I? WISHIMO atVKUYO**?? A GOOD TIME, 10 OB \uT_U bb?K gasta asas Still Uvlag Reality ? ?a* chiidr??, ? ? spits ?e ?as Kffor?. ot Seme t? Sha??* His |Vra??iiSlU-f. (Written for th? Dispatch.) Bell? ringing. muBlo playing, dancing, singing, fsaailng. ?re the outward and vtvtbl? sign? of an Inward happlne?? that belong by right to Christmas. That part of the religion of tha day ?very one un? derstand?. It may be possible to find In the dark lgnorano? of the big cities of so-called Christian countries Boma who don't know that the rejoicing 1? ?upposed to be In celebration of the Saviour's na? tivity, but none could be ?o Indifferent So ?th? circumstances ?urroundlng ths pres? ent day manner of celebrating tha birth? day sf Christ as not to know that for a ffpjpjj at least, care should b? banished. For en? day tha whole world may b? kin. It any man, woman, or child goe? hungry on the 2?lh of December, it is th? fault of ths hungry one. for ampia pro irtslon Is made everywhere for the realiza? tion of the S? riptural promise to fill tha hungry with good thtng?. Between religion and worldllnesa there has always beea tin? dividing line at the Christmas season: Religion ?ays ?et your Joy be manifested In song of pralsa to i he providence that made It possible for tho Saviour'? nativity to be celebrated; while th? world land with it. according to th? sternly pious, goes the llosh and th? devil), aay-a? I? *- rejoicing take a Bachanalian form, let these who like It pray and sing paalma, give a? a cold bot? tle and a large, fat, tender, hot bird, and we will show you how la make merry. Oa on? point, however, both religious and worldly-minded Jain hand? and are thoroughly agreed namely, that whatever Shape tho Christmas lestivlties take, no one must be int shivering in the cold who 1< desirous of -coming in and sharing the gayetv. In purBoanca of this uni? versal spirit of charity there will be tha usual open doors and wttll-nl'ed boards. At the open sesame of the spirit of Christ? mas time back will turn the bolts and bar? of the convict's cell; out of the window will fly the gaunt gho?t ot poverty und hunger, to temporarily roost on the roof until, with the passing of the festivo season, he is permitted to return again; away from hospital ward, poor-house hall. an.I tramp's lodging house, will be driven the brooding shadow Of ?"-are. and laughter will everywhere take the place of weeping. The meanest home will find Bome way of showing ap? preciation of the fact that Christ's birth glveB ?very one a tii/ht to rejoice. To none does Christmas bring more solid happiness than to the children. Does not the generou? hand of Santa Claus scatter lavishly the most gorgSOSS pres? ent?, bringing to children of rich and poor alike an abundance of toys? True, he goes by different name?-. In England Santa <.*laus is old Father Christmas, a beii'-volent old gentleman with a white beard and a CJhristsaSS tree lor a walk? ing-stick; In Germany lie la kindly ?"'hrist Klnd; but call bin by what name you will, ho is us welcome a? any feature of the Christmas festivity. ?Soine zealous people of tha Church are desirous of shattering the Santa Cluus dream of chil? dren and -SZplSlnlng that the old chap 1? a pleasant Utile tie lion emanating from the loving desire of -p-SJSOta to make the little ones hippy, ?ut so far these efforts have -Bat provi-u very suc? cessful. Santa Claus Is a recollection of childhood that in after lite one cling? to as to memories of green Melds ami purling brooks, and no one Is quite willing to let the arguments against the little Action prevail. Least of ail, are the children willing, so that Santa Claus will fly around with as much vigor as ever during the Christinas ttSBOn of 1S?7. Look for him. He forgets no one. TALE OK TWO \\ " >1 ? ,1t. They llave tin* Some Ha me?Contest for a II.?,i?.-. (New York Tribune, 14th.) When the ease of tho two Sarah A. Knights?one of New York sad the other of Havre de Grace, M.I., it* ths contest for the ownership of the hotsSp No. 11 west Twenty-eighth Btreel .ame up in the -Bopreroe Court yesterday, R H. Hud long, counsel for the Maryland Mrs. Knight, withdrew her case, on the ground that she had been laboring under a mis? apprehension of tho f.nis, and, Juste < Cohan consenting, this curious -sags ended. The caso has bet n considered one of the most remaikable that have como lie? fen the court for a long time. In UM Mrs. Sarah A. Knight, a wealthy N. w York woman, purchased the house in 018 pute for $6G,<J00. The title was made out to Sarah a. Knight, of Baltimore. Th? i was a woman named Sarah A. Knight in Baltimore at tno time. She has -since moved to Havre du (irate, Mel. Ac cordlng to her story, a rich New York relative had promised her y.ars bet?re that sho should be rich -some day. She heard of tho deed to -Sarah A. Knight, of Baltimore, and de? cided that her ship of fortune had ar? rived. Sho searched Baltimore for an? other Sarah A. Knight, she alleged, bul could lind none, and this strengthened her belief that the property was hers, she wa? aware that fie deed to Sarah A. Knight had been executed by Nathaniel Bailey, but who Mr. Bailey wa? the wo? man did not know. Subsequently she deeded the property over to Thomas ?'. KnoH, a friend, and then the New York "Mrs. Knight heard of the transfer. She began an investigation, and, upon learn? ing the facts, sued to regain rightful session of the piopeity. Tho trial be? gan last Friday, and the testimony show? ed clearly that the New York Mrs. Knight was the real owner of the property. Mr. Budlong arose at once when the court opened yesterday and said he wish? ed to withdraw the defers*?, "W.- - f unable to get at the real facts in th? before trial." he said, "and we have ! laboring under a misapprehension. I will not tnko up the time of tho court with a useless defence." "Then you abandon the caser' asked gustloe Cohen. "Yer." wa? the reply. Kx-Assista rt-DlstrU-t-Attorney Osborne, Who appeared for the New York. Mrs. Knight, asked permission to put Mr. Bud long on the stand. "This woman of Havre tie Oraos has been use 1 a? an In atrumt-nt again?! tho city and county of "New York," said Mr. OshOrn?, ".'nd eye. Want to get all th? facts we can for the basis of another action." In answer to question?, Mr. 1'udion.c ?aid he? had i tha Hayre d? ('rare Mrs. Knight before the execution of the deeed to 1 mit i i v Dr. Robert Johnson, of V- hau done some work In the case, but ?lento?1 that he (ths had employed htm. "Mr. toborn* Intimated that Dr. Johnson had been the go-between In the ?asi., and that hs would be pros??cute.l erlmnuilly. Justice Cohen gavo Judgment la favor of the plaintiff, nnd doc! ir-wl the iii-??d to BnoH null and void, lie siso dl-reoted that the defendant pay Mr. < '.?born? an extra allowance or $2,ouo costs Aa Old Virginia Crridls. (("hl-afio ?nter-e it-can.) Mordecal BardeBty, th? ftral -white child boin In IndUnai>olts, wan rocked ilnouKh infancy in a cradlt? in the pos?, ?mon ,,f MS. Brandt, wife of the Hev. J i, Brandt, pastor of the Christian Tab a(?. [nd, The ciadle 1? ought i e Virginia to Indiana ht an early AHoM'th- . liana have been rocked In this sanie relic, whiiii is ?till doing ?erviie In Of the hewn from th. '.,*, ln?>i?-4 i,,,,K, ,,,? ,,,,?, ,,? )o-l(/-co?u?ut.j **+ eJos?dj/ reserab'.cs ebony. TSRISTMAS AT KLONDIKE. AN ACTUAL CHRISTMAS SCENE AT KLONMKi:, DRAWN VNDER Til Jj }-' *jJJ ?^B HALFBREED CHILDREN ILLIONAIRK KLONDIKER THE W RlTKlt BTANDS BESIDE HER ^UOHTEB, OUOhiii THH FAMOUS WIFB OF THE HER OWN STORY OF HOW CHRISTMAS IS SPENT AT KLONDIKE IS A FASCINATING ONE I THE KLONDIKE.1 11115. EXCEL RELATES HER TWO CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCES. ?HRISTMAS-TREE FOR HALF-BREEDS. roys Found Their Way Unexpected? ly Into the Alaskan Realon, and \\ i-rr it?> 11 a-,lit for Any Price Asked. By Dos-Team to the Party. (Correspondence of the Dispatch.) NEW YoKK, lvoember IS.?In the ten? der memories of Christmas that come to me, now that I am once more among ihe friends and relatives In the East ?*hOB| I left to accompany my husband lo the ice-bound regions of Alaska, th?. i. are none that I cherish moro fondly than my two Chrlstmases in the Klondike. The absence of those things that we have been accustomed to, but which we can? not have, BaSSSB us value more highly the |ii?:-.ia-slniis that aro at hand. If an eastern wunian, wife and mother, arlabas tu lean how to appreciate a little of the hlisaliaja Of this life and to cease pining for those things which are beyond her reach, then let her make a trip to the Yukon and spend Christmas among the miners of that northern region, it will not bo tho samo thl:i??; quite, however, us tlio Christina-, th it 1 BpSttt there with my husband and children, for since then the gold seekers have Hocked to Alaska. to their sorrow, most of them, and new ( (?iiKis have at least th'* advantage of it Ion and numbers In making pro? vision for a merry time. The Hist Christmas I spent In the Yukon District was three years asjB, Wo lived la n log house at Fort Cudahy, fifty miles from what Is now Dawsun City, and besides myself there was only SIM ?hite married woman there. It was a comfortable little community happy and peaceful. Th?. gOad-fsver hadn't be? come ?'?'Uli'iiirc then. My husband invited two of his forlorn bachelor friends to spend tho day with us and I made ex "?Hi?? for u feast that was to bo B real Christmas treat. Turkey? Ohl Sear, no. Turkeys don't waiuler uround in the Klondike waiting to bo shot for Christmas tables. Mince pie and plum pudding? Not In th?, Yukon. Our dinner consisted of a, huge haunch of roasted btar meat, cut from tho carca?? of an animal that had been shot hun? dreds of miles away, and glad enough wi? were to get such royal fure. 11? ar unit Is very much like roast pork and quite a dainty dish when properly pre par. d. We talk?*?! all day, with the n blocke I aspad up on the blazing h?-..rlh, und the i.'Ugh log walls of our house reflecting cheerily the light from the flames that danced and sparkled ?round the chimney corner. Outside it ? - - ?..?? ? ?.am. nr.\A uinrld <?kl ri Ml I,,. ? feather in tho Klondike is not ven omfortlng. The wind howled around ou 3g house and the snow fell steadily Hing around our sturdy little habita ion a white covering that effectua 11* :ept any draughts from Unding theii .-ay In between the Interstices of th? .-alls. We wanted none of that intrusloi o chili the warmth of our little Christ? mas party, for the thermometer outsldf Bgfstered 00 degrees below zero, and thai 3 cold weather. Inside we were as eoz> nd warm as any eaatern homo heated y modern appliances could 1??-, and in ur quiet way, many thousands of miles rom what w<? called home, we all en oyed ourselves and wcro happy. I am ure tho men were grateful for some lomelike flr-slde to gather around on hat Christmas ?lay in the Yuk??n. The next Christmas day I pasasd in ho Klondll;e-that Is to say, last Chrlst aaa, was very different to the previous ?no, and approached BBneewhat BSSrSf to he Ideal Christmas of the East. We BO ually got up a i?arty at the post, and lad a Christinris tree and Bajase, and a eai, nld-faahloned time. No one who has :een us on this occaalon could have ?1? iled that the Kl??n?lik.? regloB bad sd anced to the height of civilization. It ill came about through the efforts ??f the lev. James Naylor, an Episcopal mlnls ar, erho had burlad himself in the Don like and devoted his life to B70**h Baaong he half-breeds there. He had gatherer] it the post a numerous contingent of lit? he half-breed children who had teen Christianized and civilized and made per namiit attaches of the station. Having aught them the meaning of Christinas, dr. Naylor decided t?i show them that t was a time to be glad and not sorry, >y giving a party in which Santa Claus vas to make his initial bow to a mixed lUiiienee of whites and half-breeds, and ?o through his customary performance if distributing toys and other gifts. Bat vhere should wo get toys in that region, ?.here every one was only too thankful o procure sufficient to eat and wood ?nough to cook It when procured. We lecured our toy? by a great stroke of uck, but before telling you about that. [ want to mention that our three little ?hlldren had not been deprived of their presents from old Santa. We couldn't jive them much, but something had to be done, and so the three little stockings ?vere hung up on the rough log niant-1 :ho night before Christmas and Santa [*laus didn't overlook our little Wood sullt house. When the children awoke in the morning they had an abundant lupply of presents and candy, procure?! In the same way that Mr. Naylor got his presents for the little half-breeds' party. The good angel was a man named Wll lon. who had recently arrived in the Klondike. Whatever put It Into the Hear man's head to stock his packs full at children's toys and candv I can't think, but he was a real blessing to us, and It paid him well. Every white mother In Alaska was willing to pay Its weight in gold for any pitiful looking little toy that bore the trade mark <>f a city store Mr. Wilson ?old his toys and candy at hi? own prices, an?! so Santa Clans managed to keep his contract with the little folk in the Klondike for one Christmas at least. Well. Christmas day. 181X3. cam? around it last and we got ready to drive o* ?? th ' mission where the great pai raa te be given? ThenaoeBetof at Ooadlks lowest, ami frosts bites I my BOSS that showed Itself above t ur. We had about thro?: quarters of nile to drive from our log house to t nlsslon, part of this ?llstance being ov i river bridged by solid ice thick enou o bear the weight of a locomotive and ;raln of cars. My husband hitched up our team, co listing of half a dozen sturdy slelj lops, and I climbed In with the thr hildren enveloped In furs to th? ?r >v irows. We made the trip to the missl? luried beneath a pile of furs, with tl logs trotting along at their best pas Iowa th-? valley, across tho frozen rivi :o tho door Where hospitable Mr. Nayl? IWalted us. Inside ah was merrlrnei m?l langhter. The members of th>? litt lalf-breed colony, about a score of chl Iren, were In such a state of gleafl 'xp.i't;?Clon that they were ready t ?tand on their heads with Joy at ever Creak arrival. I had fixed the children u <i Bl to make their dresses look prettj >ut they lia! t" peddle around all th evening In their fur boots. The half-bree hildren were a',1 gottefl up l:i their Sun lay best, and the aeene was g most ?if ightful one. Rut that wonderful Christ mas tree! Nothing like it had ?>ver bee se,n In the Klondike I,-tot,, Mr. Wilaoi :he toy angel, had done noMy. Th-r sera real dolls, gayly att?red and win 'enuine eyes and nos?1?, instead of th? featureless base-ball heads with whlcl the Kljondlke children had be?n n--l t. satisfy themselves. There were horse: that bring Joy to the Juvenile h.-art. Th? md all th-- other ecceatlio contrivance! and wagons, dancing figures, tiny drums toys were packed In bags made from mosquito netting, that havtng been th? >n y material available. Tlu-n Santa L'laus came down and distributed th? laya. The little half breeds wer?? making Santa's aoiualntance for the first time, mu? thought him perfection, but my eldest girl was Inclined to be critical. Santa was glitten up for Yukon weather, A huge furry "parka," with the hood turned up arotanii the face, was Santa's rayai robe, and In lieu of a genuine white beard, he had peerdersd his own whiskers to make then look like the typi? cal appendage of tho dispenser of pres? ents. No one knew who he was, the "parka" and the whitened beard dis? guising him effectually. Ho did w?ll with, the distribution of tho toys, and every ?ittle heart was gladdened. After that ?s?- went In for a series of Old-fashiOMd games. Blind man's buff prov.-.l the favorite, the half doz.-n adults In the room threw thems.-lves into the spirit of the occasion, and I, for one, confess that I en Joyed It as much as the children. The mission house, like our own home, was built of rough, untrimmed logs, t*ut some attempt had been made to deco? rate the interior, and there being plenty of light and warmth and the cheerfulness of children's merriment, it needed no very strong stretch of Imagination to for? get about the freien earth outside, and fancy that we were celebrating Christ? mas around the warm fir? side of our old home in the East. Refreshments were provided for the children, and the party daring that It had been a thoroughly Jolly Christmas. <?ur three children fell asleep under the rugs on the way home but they all held on tightly to theli Bros ?at?. Reel toys were too B4 .. their little Uves to be carelessly treat?*.1 These were my two (Hti-latmssea la the Klondike. The notion that there la necessarily much carousing in that reglor IS entirely erroneous. Every one wan quiet and well behaved, rowdyism being S thing unknown ?luring my sojourn in the Yukon. Rut, oh! the satisfaction of being In the East for Christmas time once more. PHILLIE KNGEL. Christmas Times tn BUI. CF. I.. S. la Atlanta Constitution.) Thar ain't BO times like 0? times, boys, n?> ?natter what they say No times that'? asar gum' ter come like them that's gone away, An' so that tak?-?? me back agMn ter val ley, plain, an' hill. An' all the frosty ft.'Ids we knowed, an' Christmas units In Bill! Thar warn't a single county?an' thar wuz lots, vou know? Coulii ateow up Bieer fuses, or a fully cotton row; An' aa t- r Juicy Mountain Dew?It flowed trota every still, An' thai- warn't no purtleT women than the gals ere sparked in Bin; Thar ain't no times like ol* times, boys'. I min' MM Christmas night. When th-.' court-hous- floor wax sanded. an' th.- flddlea g??ln' right, How we whirled our n?sy paniners in the liveliest kind <>' way, An' kissed '?-in, In the corners, an" danced inter th? day! An' how thar como six w?*4dln*s from that <*hrislmas dan????, an' how (I tell y.?u. I kin ful it whar my heart'? i tin' now) I didn't mtnd the sl'.pp'ry snow that laid as white as foam. With my arms eroun' the wldder on thf high road, goln' home! An' how she said she never?never?never COuld lYr?-:'! The hiuihan' what had gone before?wua mournin' 1er him y It ? But when I tol' her that I'd keep that grave o' his right greon. She leaned aar'ln my buzzora?havln' no whar's else ter lean. ? . . . . Thar ain't no times like ol' times, boys, no matter what they say! Thar aiiVt no ?^hristmaa times like th*?m We knowe.I hu fur away; But Christmas takes me back agMn ter vall. y. plain, an' hill? F?-r th. daiieln' an' the wldder that Christ? mas night In lull' It Should He the Cas??, (Pittsburg Chronicle.) "You are familiar with the prepara? tion of wage scales, are you not.1" asked the Casual Caller of the Snake Editor. "Well, what if I am?' replied the lat? ter, warily, ?-> as not to commit himself "I merely wished to ask If the prepar?. tlon of such scales Is not done by a com? mittee of weighs and means." His Cheerful View. (Chicago Journal.) "And yet," observed the optimistic tragedian, "there are certain advantages in playing one-night stands." "Yes?" "Yes; you don't see what the news paoers say about you in the morning." MOEST?'S, 111 Bast Main Street. II We have a large stock of 5tricUy First-Class Oood? which ? | we will sell at very Low Prices. As we do not propose to carr*,* 11 over any goods you will save money by d.?aling with ns. It ?| pays to bny puke goods. If you do not want your supplies now, j leave your orders and we will deliver them at any time you say. i What do you think of these Candy price? : \ '' " - mrrx==.?JS=st' - n . _ I \ Chocolata Cr?aam 'Drops, tsroj Mureott's Bonbon (Thoeolate? 1 pound? fov.?S?, ?pawitound.............7-. X I for.25e. ??iew Mixed Nuts, loo.., or t . I ? Cream Almonds, per poand.. 15?. pound? for. > -,. ? I French Mixed, two pounds! Christmas Tree Ornamerr? i tor.lata I L*rg? Htock, prettier thaa erer I ? Hand-Made Cream Mixed, boiiip- Mu?t be seen to appreciate. Cr j thin-? nice, live pounds for.91. i uucopias?all sizes. ? We have a large quantity of Fruit Cakes made ?peoially for ' l Xmas, all sizes. Made of select fruits. ? Also, other varieties of Cakes?Almond, Angel, Citron, ? j Pound, Wine, Jelly, and Sponge Cakes. ?Small Cases in ?-rreut < variety. 11 Ice-Cream in all flavors and shapes. Special designs for Christmas Dinners, f Candy Boies in great variety. Fireworks! Fireworks ? 1 "..works! Firecrackers, 12 pacl.?. ? for 25c. Koman Candles, ?*> balls, 10c per dozen. _ (?Ji? 13.H?,'-?14*-'4) ? ?" CGi-t TOY EMPORIUM, 105 BROAD, NEAR FIRST. J. E. QIARLES. The largest and cheapest assortment in the city. el I % i IS1 [da '-.?-113tj HI?H?H4Mt.MM^HI?Mm>HIMIIHUMII>*> HH4*?HMM-MHlMrm^H4MMIMMMMMMMMM< CHRISTMAS GIFTS. We have everything made in gold and silver for Christmas gifts, and we sim? ply ask the public to inspect our line and satisfy themselves as to the quality and prices. D. BUCHANAN & SON, Jewellers, III East Broad Street. + + + + ? + + ? ++++^?^++?H^^ MMHMU*) ?? ? *> ? *? [de 15 W,Su?tW] V CRIMP AND CORRUGATED ROOFING. You can get no better or more durable roof than one covered with our V Crimped or Corrugated Steel Roofing. Most fires originate in tl o roof. Use our Steel Roofinc: ?J 1 save 90 per cent, of the risk. V a have it all lengths. Sheets to suit your buildings. QIVE US A CALL. BALDWIN & BROWN, Headquarters for the Wilson Heaters (the best mad?), V Crimp and Corrugated Roofing, Conductors. Gatter?, Bxtras, ?fee., Hardware, Carriage and Wagon Material, Paint, Lead, Oils, Varnish, Glass, Putty, Sic 1557 EAST MAIN STREET (Opposite Old Harket), WAREHOUSE TRACK, No. 12, C. & 0. RICHMOND. VA. (no ?S.8n,TaawJ_ JJf - , a, BOOK AND JOB WORK KEATL? ?XE0UTJU> AT THE DISVAICH JOB OFFIOaV