the fiiicd seats id no:re itliters id ofnoisu5 tilltll.lt ry.. lklln, lt-lif-bothLETTERS TO SANTA GLAUSLetters to Santa Clous from the llt-r lor tie boys and girls of the city are he-of* il ginning to reach this office. The Ictus to t0r8 aru very Interesting to Old Santu. llow- wi,0 iias i)Cyn given nil those which iiDlby | have reached here. Ho le anxious for TIl° more, as the old fellow wants to know 11(1 lust what his boys and girla want on0 ou* Christmas morning when they crawl C3I1~ out of their beds. a tl,c A tow of the letters that have been1,alt received, addressed to old Saint Nicii-favor I „iae arP published today. Some of iho children, It will bo seen, are prao rot’H lical. Two requests for a pair of ctloa ^jl0CS (lvo made to Santa. It is not foas-j Mgyiy that tbc old fellow will forgot to bring the shoes to his littJo friends.^ni-j There remains fourteen dayc until* ',R* I Christmas. During that time the cor-*| youngsters or every other part of tliu 3utn‘ I country will be anxiously awaiting l'101 the arrival r the day for which they t°A’nhong frPm becember to December, core- t/)0 appearance of the toys and the coiid cjirjstmas gifts in Uio windows sends end- {jie gpifiis of the boys and. girls scar-itfon jng They know that Christmas is their Il0ar and that tho loDg wait for the ctors j-,rrjvai tlf $unta Is nearing an end.W£H Aud tlwtt they get busy thomBelves IasMand let Santa Claus know just whut icto-j it j3 tiiat they moat want for Chrlst-18 oI|mas.- °M Letters to Santa sent or brought to ® ^or I tills olfico will be turned over to tho 1 old fellow and with his permission ilnrts wjjj jje published later in Tho Repub* ^Hilcan.t*1*8 The first letter of the year to be ou: sent to St Nicholas by a Shelbyville D l0' boy or girl, was left at The Rcpublt-i*-' can office yesterday by tho Saint himself, who paid a hurried visit to thewcl1 cily, to keep an eye on tho boys and half gjPjsstir.j The leitor is from four year old P*avl Julia Marlz. Julia cannot yet write.'tool but she Is able to print tho letters, thutj g0 Bhe has printed one for Santa Claus. She says sho wauts some m,-,) handkerchiefs, a Noah's ark, a doll.R B- Bomo dishes, a sewing box and a cup-1 of board. The little girl is tho daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Harve Marti, of wh-i west Mechanic street was —Jiuy Dear Santa: My name Is Irraa Schmoe and I live on Center street Ploase send me a little rocking chair I and a chair for my doll, ako a trunk I for tho Mg doll you'll bring. Some | candy and some oranges. I will thank; tit s'llB|you for all this. llheTithoternJntcdiscforcntplrcthowhtcprotmeeiTLtowr