The militia company drill / Oliver Hillhouse Prince -- Taking the census / Johnson Jones Hooper -- "Posson Jone" / George W. Cable -- The legend of l'ile Derniere / Lafcadio Hearn -- A family flight in the forties. The last Christmas / Eliza Ripley -- The balloon hoax / Edgar Allan Poe -- On review / John Esten Cooke -- Bill Arp addresses Artemus Ward / Charles Henry Smith (Bill Arp) -- Jud Browning's account of Rubinstein's playing / George W. Bagby -- A true southern lady / Francis Hopkinson Smith -- The fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow / Joel Chandler Harris -- Electioneerin' on Big Injun Mounting / Mary Noailles Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock) -- A Christmas guest / Ruth McEnery Stuart -- The moment of victory / William Sidney Porter (O. Henry) -- The little faded flag / Edward Lucas White -- The belled buzzard / Irvin S. Cobb -- The creation / James Weldon Johnson -- A mean joke / Don Marquis -- Buttin' blood / Pernet Patterson -- Crowded / Maristan Chapman -- The hazy household / Alice Hegan Rice.