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COUNT TARNOWSKI
| Count Tarnowskl li the newly ap
pointed ombassador from Austria
Hungary to the United Btates. He li
a Pole and his home I* In Gallcla.
About fifteen years ago he was sec
retary of the Auatrlan embassy In
Washington.
PRESIDENT ASKS TERMS
PRESIDENT WILSON VOICES HU
MANITY'B LOUD CRY FOR
WORLD PEACE.
President Wilson Asks the Warring
Natlona to Make Known Terms on
 Which They Would Consider Peace
—Action Causae Surprise.
I
| Washington.—President Wilson has
appealed to nil the belligerents to ills
cuss terms of pence.
Without actually proposing pence or
offering mediation, the President hua
sent formal notes to tin; governments
of all Ilia warring nations suggesting
that "an early occasion be sought to
call out from tha nations at war such
an avowal of their respective view*
aa to tha terms upon which the wjir
.'might be concluded and the arrange
menu which would be deemed satis
factory as a guaranty against Its re
newal or the kindling of any similar
.conflict In the future, as would make
It possible frankly to compnro them."
' Wholly without notlco and entirely
contrary to what administration of
flclala hava described Is his course,
tha President dispatched notes to all
tha belligerents and to all the neutrals
for their Information. Summnrised In
tha notes, his attitude Is as follows:
"The President Is not proposing
peace; he Is not even offering media
tion. He Is merely proposing that
aoundlngs be taken In order that we
may learn, the neutral nations with
'the belligerent, how near the haven of
!peace may be for which all mankind
longs with an Intense and Increasing
longing, lie believes that the spirit
In which he speaks and the objects
which he aeeks will be understood by
all concerned and be confidently hopes
'for a response whlrli will bring a new
light Into the affairs of the world."
This latest development In the rap-
Idly moving world events toward a
discussion of pence was not permitted
to become known until the note* were
wall on their way to the American
Ambassadors In the belligerent rapt
tals. and probably already In (he hands
of some of them
I It was a moat dlntlnct surprise to
•U official Washington. which had
barn led to believe that with the for
mal transmittal of the proposal* of the
Cent nil Powers, the office* of the I'nl
ted State* would await further moves
between the belligerent* the msslves,
and that certainly. In view of the
•peech of Premier I,loyd George and
the announcement In Ku**la, France
and Italy, further action by neutral*
would depend upon the next careful
and delicate move* In the great dlplo
matte spectacle between the bellig
erent* themselves
The whole tenor of official opinion
throughout Washington when the
President * action became known *a«
that It Immeasurably Improved the
prospects for some aort of exchanges
looking toward an approach to peace
discussions between the belligerents.
•Ate OF ISLANDS
PASSES ONE HOUSE
Copenhagen, via London. —After a
•Ingle reading the Folkethlng adopted
the bill ratifying the treaty for the sale
of the Danish West Indies to the Uni
ted Btatei. The vote was 94 In favor
of and 1 against ratification
"There'* manjr o slip between
cup and lip,*' aw* an excellent
Uroverb. W® suggest therefore,
that the two enda of the Panama
Canal be named the Cup and the
JUp, respectively.
CONGRESS QUICKLY
PUSSES EI BILLS
ADJOURNMENT FOR HOLIDAYS
TAKEN BY CONGRESS UNTIL
JANUARY 2, 1917.
PASS 5 SUPPLY MEASURES
The Urgent Deficiency Legislative,
Indian, District of Columbia, and
Diplomatic and Consular Approprla
tlon Bills In Three Weeks.
Washington—Congress adjourned
for the Christmas holidays to recon
vene January 2. In the three weeks of
th« session the House passed five Gov
ernment supply measures, the urgent
deficiency, legislative, Indian. District
of Columbia and diplomatic and consu
lar appropriation bills, more than
ever were passed before In the brief
period preceding a holiday recess.
One of these bills, the urgent dlflc
lency, has passed the senate.
Railroad legislation suggested by
President Wlson failed to get much!
attention in either branch. The House
Conferee Committee decided to await
Initiative nctlon In the Senate, where
beginning January 2 the Senate com-1
merce commttee will hold hearings on I
the proposed railroad arbitration
measure and the bill authorizing the
president to take over the railroad,
telephone and telegraph lines in case
of military necessity.
At the conclusion of the hearings
the railroad measures In some form
will he pressed as amendments to the
pending bill to enlarge the interstate
Commerce Commission. Senator
Newlands, chairman of the committee,
hopes to get aetlon before
adjournment.
The Senate passed the Immigration
bill -with Its literacy test provision
and It Is now In conference.
The National prohibition constitu
tional amendment was reported favor
ably from the Judiciary Committee In
each House and will be pressed by its
champions, at every opportunity, al
though they have little hope of secur
ing the necessary two thirds majority
at this session.
I LOUSE conimitlMi OIHO reported tho
Dorlnnd food In vent! Ration resolution
with a favorable recommendation and
the Hunan p. Anthony constitutional
amendment for woman Hufrritge with
out recommendation. Neither resolu-
Hon advanced to roniilderatlon In the
house.
PRESIDENT WILSON NAMES
NEW SHIPPING BOARD.
Three Democrats and Two Republi
cans Selected to Serve For Gov
ernment.
Washington. President Wilson
nominated the following to bo mem
bers of the Government shipping
board:
William Denman of San Francisco;
Bernard N.'Raker of Raltlmore; John
A. Donald of New York; John liar
ber White of Kansas City, Mo., and
Theodore Rrent of New Orleana.
Tha board will have general super
vision over freight rates In American
water* and I* empowered to organlte
a $50,000,000 corporation to build or
buy merchant ships
The »hlp* built or bought will be
available to lease or charter by pri
vate Interests, but may bo operated
by the government should private
concerns fall to take them The Intent
of the law. aside from restoration of
ships for American commerre remov
ed by the war I* to open up trade
route* which private capital doos not
consider yet profitable enough for It
to enter.
Mr Denman. who gels the longest
term of six years. Is a Democrat and
a lawyer with experience In Admir
alty cases
Mr Raker, nomlnnted for a five
year term, has had wide experience
as a «hlp owner and for thirty years
was president of tho Atlantic Iras port
line lie Is a Democrat and Mr Iton
aid, the third Democratic member,
was nominated for four year*. He has
had a life-long experience In the
steamship business.
KING CHRISTIAN SIGNS
SALE OF ISLANDS TREATY.
Copenhagen, via I-ondon.— King
Christian In Cabinet council ratified
treaty providing for the »alo of
the Danish West Indies to tho I'nlted
States.
This follows the passage by both
houses of the Danish Parliament of
the bill for the ratification of the
treaty. The exchange of tho ratifica
tion Instruments will, take place In
Washington probably towards the end
of Januarv
The average male American ma.v
not know wh.V there should have
been a riot in Rome over Wag
nerian music, b>it the rioters have
his sympathy.
r3nr , ) r, irlstrtias
Carols."
TTIE ancient .Christmas carol
"Holy Night" Is Gorman In Its
origin ami Iv confederal by
many |K*n**«iß to be tbe moat
beautiful of all Christmas carola. It
ha* sometimes been ascribed to Martin
Luther, but the consensus of expert
opinion Is that It U touch older than
his time Qiid Is one of the oldeat
German folk songs.
The carol "God Heat Ye Merry, Gen- I
tlemen." Is Fngllsh in lt« origin and J
(lutes back* to about the beginning of l
the seventeenth century, although the
author of the fords and the composer
of the music are unknown. The line
old melody sung to thin poem pos- 1
■esses all the best qualification* of a
sterling hymn tune and will probably
last as long as the verses with which
It is always associated.
Originally the old carol was sung In
polyphonic harmony with the melody
pluccd In the tenor, as was the Invari
able custom of the seventeenth cen
tury Mnlern transcriptions of It,
however, have placed the melody In
the upper voice part Instead of the
third voice (tart, as formerly. This
carol, too. Is one of the most popular
and m«»st beautiful In the entire range
of ( 'hrlstiiias muxie.
Tlie carol "I>raw Nigh. Immanuel."
Is one of the oldest pie. cs of coherent
music In existence. :inl both the words
find music fur anteilaie any of the
others. The music is an old French
melody, dated from the thirteenth cen
tury, although, of course. It has been
harmonize.) to eouforui with more mod
ern standards.
There Is a most curious but beauti
ful musical effect at the close of this
ear«d The v.onls of "luiiw Nigh, fui
ni.in'iel" are a I suit lUO years older
than the music, being taken from tlir
Mozarabie breviary ef the iwelfih cen
tury. in. I I! is generally believed 11mt
they were taken from the liturgy of
Hie »-aii\ christians at Toh*lo. Spain.
here the Mozaroblc breviary was for
mutated
A*» ither carol. "The First Noel." has
n traditional French melody and prob
ably originated in llreton. although the
exact oilgin of this fine old song is
somewhat in doubt.
CHRISTMAS PLAYS IN THE
HOM£ THEATER.
The draiuatle Instinct la strong in
most children and should "be encourag
ed. savs Mrs lllanche Cole Uoscdule lu
the New York Kvenlng Son. To the
young child lis exercise serves to while
• way many rainy hours; to the older
child It can be made a source of Inspl
ration to noble deeds and a means of
gratifying the longing for romance and
the desire for adventure.
Where there are two or more young
children Santa Clans (days of all sorts
will occupy fhe pre-Chrlsfcmaa days.
The most popular and simplest one
Is that in which one child represents
the beneficent saint and the rest of
the family go to bed after hanging the
stockings. '1 he saint fills the stocking!
and makes what other preparations
his imagination can compass, then usu
ally Incomes a child again and goes to
bed himself? not .Wishing to be left out
of the Christinas morning fun so soon
to follow.
All Christmas stories may be drama
tized. The story of Grctchcn. who set
her shoe by the chimney and found a
poor sparrow In the toe. will be acted
out with ns many embellishments an
the story teller has been able to add.
There 1« a story of two children who
awoke to find Santa Clans in their
room. They accompany him to toylaud
and back with many adventures on the
way Tills lends Itself well to play
also. Itelicvlng the distress of a poor
family on Christmas morning Is a pret
ty play The generous Samaritans go
laden wlih toys to the unhappy ones,
snd play ends in a Joyous dance.
While tli«* dra unitizing Kplrif Is on
thin rlillt'icn will not Ktop with Christ
num til: s. t»;»t will piny Cinderella,
(ioldllm-ls S•n t i i*e N lit kin iind any oth
IT M lllll !e ftuty which I* familiar to
tticui
PRANDMAS
WH
\VA 6 A GIRL )
TEOTONB DRIVE BACK
FOE AFTER SHARY BATTLE.
London.—Kxcept In northern Do
brudja, where the troop* of the Cen
! tral Towers continue drive the
Russian* anil Kumanlan* towards
Ressarbla, there has been little lm
i portant activity on the battle fronts
j of Kurope
The Russian troop* In Dobrudja.
IVirograd announce*, were forced to
retire nc.thward under heavy attack*
from numerically superior hoslle
force*.
NOTED VIRGINIA SURGEON
DIES AT RICHMOND
! Richmond. Va.—Dr Geo. Ren John-
I *ton, a noted surgeon, died *uddenly
' here of heart failure. He was a fol
low of the International Surgical As
sociation and Past President of the
American Surgical Asoriatlnn . the
Medical Society of Virginia and the
Southern Surgical and Gynecological
I Society.
j Dr. Jobnston was a great-nephew of
f.ep. Joseph E. Johmton. Confederate
! Itaie; Army.
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■CSEilariflf
ONCE on a time in a queer little
town
On the shore of the Zuyder
Zee,
When a'l the good people were fast
asleep,
A strange thing happened to me.
Alone the nigfht before Christmas,
I tat by the glowing fire,
Watching the flame as it rose and
fell,
While the sparks ihot higher and
higher.
Suddenly cr.e of the sparks began
To flicker and glimmer and wink
Like a big, bright eye till I hardly
knew
What to do or to say or to think.
Quick as a flash it changed to a face,
And what in the world did I see
But dear old Santa Claus nodding
his head
And waving his hand to me!
"Oh, foiI OTT me, follow me!" soft he
cried,
And up through the chimney with
him
I mounted, not daring to utter a
word
Till we stood on the chimney'*
rim.
"Now, tell me, I beg yon, dear
Santa Claus,
Where am I going with you?"
He laughingly answered: "Why,
don't you knowT
To travel the wide world through.
'From the crystal palace, far in the
north, ■»
I have come since dark, and see
t'hese curious things for the little
folk
Who live on the Zuyder Zee."
'hen, seating himself in his rein
deer sledge
And drawing me down by his side,
Ic whistled, and off on the wings
of the wind
We flew for a midnight ride.
But first such comical presents he
left
For the little Dutch girls and
boys—
Onions and sausages, wooden faced
dolls,
Cheese and gingerbread toys,
Soldiers that marched at the word
of command, ,
Nccklares, bracelets and rings,
Tiny gold watches, all studded with
ge-ns,
Ar.d hundreds of exquisite things.
Straight to America then, where I,
Perched on a chimney high,
Watched him scramble and bustle
about
Between the earth and »ky.
Many a stocking he filled to the
brim,
And numberless CMistmas trees
Burst into bloom at his magical
touch.
Then all of a sudden a breeze
Caught us and bore away to the
south N
And afterward blew us out west,
And never till dawn peeped over the
hills
Did we stop for a moment's rest.
"Christmas it coming!" he whis
pered to me.
"Yoa can see his smile in the sky.
I wish merry Christmas to all the
world.
My work is over. Ooodby!"
Like a flash he was pine, and I was
alone,
For all of this happened to me
Once on a time in a qneer little
' town
On the shore of the Znyder Zee.
"Who Gav« Ua Christmas Day V
A hai-py. hoppy Christmas
H# youra today!
Oh. not ths fulling meaaurs
Of floating enrtlily plr.murs.
Hut Chrlntrnua Joy abiding.
Whlls yeara ara swiftly gliding.
Do youra, 1 pray.
Through him who gavs us Christmas
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Cribs of the
Tyrol
THE Christmas cribs, showing th»
first resting place of the Infant
Christ, which one sees occa
sionally in the churches of this
country are not to be compared with
those of Europe, especially the remark-
Bbie ones made by the peasants of It
aly anil of the Tyrol In the lattei
country there has been of recent years
a decided revival of interest in these
.croups representing the nativity of
Christ
It is not unusual to see one with sev.
eral hundred figures. Not alone th«
birth of tlie .Saviour, but the adoration
of the shepherds, the arrival of the
kings with their soldiers and courtiers,
the flight into Egypt, Jesus in the tem
ple, and even the marriage at Cana
are represented.
The Tyrol's cribs have been famous
for centuries, and the people were Just
ly proud of them until the spirit of
"modern enlightenment" invaded the
land and crib building was denounced
as child's play. Enterprising antiqua
rians and art sellers eagerly bought up
all the old cribs and then sold them at
good profit to tourists.
Many fine specimens have disappear
ed from tlie land, but fortunately a
few of the best were acquired by na
tional museums The best two Tyrol Is
known to have Imd, the "Ursuilnen
krippe" of Innsbruck and the Moser
crib of Bozen. are now In the Bavarian
National museum at Munich. A third,
the Jaufenthaier crib. Is in the Vienna
museuhi.
Originally It lielonged to a family In
WllU'ii, now a inirt of Innsbruck. It
contained 154 animal figures, 24 build
logs itnd 251! human figures. It In
cluded sulld woodenrvlngs, figures the
heads of which were wax and others
whose heads and limbs were movable
Rome of these date* back as far as the
year 1700. Seven scenes were repre
sented.
The Moser crib of Hozea was mnch
more extensive. Moser's "city" was In
Itself a masterpiece and Included pal
aces, gushing fountains, monuments
of King David and towers with six
city clocks striking the hours of the
night. It was valued at more than
$5,000 during Moser's lifetime.
The Ursullties' crib was particularly
famous on account of the gorgeous
dressing of the figures. The angel 9
were clad as courtiers of heaven In
the rich court costumes of the seven
teenth century.
These masterpieces are now lost to
Tyrol. It can hardly cause surprise,
then, that serious minded men began
to entertain grave fears for their re
maining works of art. This fear had a
practical result lu the formation of ■
society whose object was t» prevent In
future the reckless exportation and
selling of old cribs and to revive the
spirit that produced them.
Tyrolese cribs may be divided Into
two general classes, the oriental type
and the Tyrolese. In the latter class
the crib owner takes It for granted
that Christ was born In Tyrol, hence
scenery, people and dress are purely
Tyrolese. In all the cribs the stable
of Bethlehem Is either the ruin of a
castle (according to legend, Christ first
saw the light of day in the ruins of the
tower of David) or a part of a temple
to show that the stable of Bethlehem
was the first Christian temple, or else
It Is a simple cave on the mountain
side.
The stable of Bethlehem and Its In
mates always remain the center of the
great scene, the rest Is merely the set
ting. The crib means much to the
family. After weeks of careful, pain
staking labor everything Is ready, but
the holy family la not there. After
supper on Christmas eve the parents
domestics and children gather about
the crib, tile gospel scene is read aloud,
and the Utile ones, quick to detect the
absence of the "Christkind," are told
that the holy family are still seeking a
shelter and finding none. Hjie sadness
that at first expresses Itself on their
Innocent faces soon gives way to Joy
as they recall that perhaps there Is
room In their own home —at least they
will make room At midnight the sol
emn church bells'fall all to mass, and
when the family returns, lo! there lies
the Infant In the manger, while Mary
and Joseph kneel In humble adoration
at Its side.
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Lesson XIV. Fourth Quarter,
For Dec. 31, 1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Rev. xxil, 6-14.
Quarterly Review—Memory Varies,
12-14— Golden Text, Rev. xxii, 17.
Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M.
Stearns.
Lesson 1.-A plot that failed. Acts
xxlli. 14-24. liulden Text, Jer. 1, 19.
"1 am with thee, saitb Jehovah, to de
liver thee." All the purposes and plots
of men against (,'od and His people
will in due time fail uud come to
naught, but every purpose of the Lord
will stand. The greatest verse in this
lesson to me Is verse 11. the visit of
the Lord Jesus and ills wonderful per
| sounl message. "He of good cheer.
I'aul!"
LESSON ll.—l'aul before Felix. Acts
xxiv, 10-21. Golden Text. Aits xxiv,
10. "Herein I also exercise myself to
have a conscience void of olTense to
wurd God and men tilway." A mail
who believes (iod frtl'.j i* able to be
meek under strong persecution! spe
cially after a direct message from the
Lord Jesus.
LESSON 111,—The appeal to Cuesar,
Acts xxv. I I'J. GoldAi Text. Matt. x.
2">. "It Is enough for the disciple that
be be as his teacher and the servant
as his Lord" The devil und Ills fol
lowers are persistent persecutors, and
as he has the power of death (Ueb. U,
14) he uses it fiercely, but only with
God's permission
LESSON IV.—Paul's defense before
Agrippa, Acts xxvl, 1, 24-32. Golden
Text. Acts xxvl. 19, "1 was not dis
obedient unto the heavenly vision."
A splendid opportunity to testify be
fore earth's diguituries. and Paul cer
tainly did improve it, and all who
beard it might have become the Lord's
people if they had been willing.
LESSON V.—The voyage. Acts xxvll.
13-20. Golden Text, Ps. xxxvll, 5,
"Commit thy way unto Jehovah; trust
also in Him. and He will bring it to
pass." This voyage Is suggestive of
the voyage of life, which is often very
stormy, but If we can truly say of
Him, "Whose I am and whom I serve,"
we should also add. "I believe God.
that It shall be even as It was told me"
(verses 23-25).
LESSOR Vl.—Shipwrecked on Malta,
Acts xxvil. 38; xxvlll, 10.. Golden
Text, Ps. xxxlv, 22, "Jehovah redeem
ed) the soul of Ills servants, and none
of them that take refuge In Him shall
be condemned." One man brought
good cheer to 275 others because he
had a message from heaven. He also
brought tidings of the Living God and
nis salvation to the people of Malta.
Let us lie such messengers.
LESSON VII. World's temperance
Sunday. Horn, xiv, 13 to xv, 3. Golden
Text, Itom. xiv. 21, "It Is good not to
eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do
anything Whereby thy brother stum
bleth." The llrst thing for any kind of
sinner Is to lie born again, redeemed
by grace iltom. 111, 10, 24). Then be
cause of the Judgment seat of Christ
for ull Ills redeemed (xiv, 7-12) we
must live unto lllni, not to self.
LESSON Vlll. From Malta to Rome,
Acts xxvlll, 11-31. Golden Text, Rom.
1, 10. "1 aui not ashamed of the gos
pel. for It is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that bcllevetb."
Whether in Jerusalem, or on shipboard,
or at Malta, or in Caesar's household,
Paul could honestly say, "I am debtor;
I am ready; I am not ashamed" (Rom.
I, 14-10), and It'was always the king
dom and the I/ird Jesus ixxvlll, 23, 81).
LESSON IX.—A living sacrifice, Rom.
xll,, 1-8 Colilcn Text. Itom. xll, 1,
"Present your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable to God. which Is your
spiritual service." Because of all the
benefits of Ills grace, as set forth In
chapters I to vlil. we are asked to let
Illrn have full control of all that He
has purchased, that lie may prove to
us and to others through us His per
feet will and love, to Ills glory.
LESSON X.— Jesus Christ, the first
and the li'st. Rev. i. Golden Text,
Rev. I. 17. IS. "Fear not: 1 am the first
and the last and the Living One, and I
was dead, and, behold. I am alive for
evermore." Note all the wonderful
names of the wonderful Prince of the
kings of the earth and the oneness of
believers with Illm and remember that
He Is always In the midst, even where
only two or three are gathered.
LESSON XL— Faithful unto death,
Rev. il. 1-17. Golden Text, Rev. 11, 10,
"Re thou faithful unto death and. I
will give thee the crown of life." Note
specially His various titles in the sev
en epistles and the promises to the
overcotners. He reveals Himself to
each company and to each Individual
believer according to our need. I}ls
tlngulsh between the crown of life of
11. 10. and eternal IITo of John x. 28.
LESSON XII —The Holy City, Rev.
xxl. 1-4. 22-27. Golden Text. Hev. xxl.
3, "Heboid tlie tabernacle of !od In
with men. and He Hhull dwell with
them, and they shall be Hl* peoples.*'
Thlg la the New Earth beyond the thou
wind year* when lie shall have sub
dued all things unto Himself and God
shall be all In all (1 Cor. xv. 28). May
the IlKht of that city make us blind to
all else.
LESBOS XIII. t'nto us a Son la glv
en. Isa. Ix. 2-7 Golden Text. Isa
Ix, 0, "His name shall be called Won
rterful Counselor. Mlgbty God, Everlast
ing Father, Prince of Peace." Fie who
was born In Bethlehem. whose goings
forth were from the days of eternity,
was born to rule In Isrnel. -and He
surely will, according to the prophets
and also the words of Qubrlel to Mary
(Luke I. 32. iWi.
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A complete census of German.*'
has just been taken in a single
night, and it is expected that il
the war lasts another .vear those
efficient statisticians will be aole
to complet© the Job in ten min
utes.
England has given Constantinople
to Russia, but in this countr.v there
is a law against dealing in fu
tures.
When you take Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula i»
plainly printed on every bottlt
showing that it is Iron and Qui
nine In a tasteless form. No
cure, no pay.—fiOc. adv.
,•
Children Cry for Fletcher's
The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been
In use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
/It' sonal supervision since its infancy.
S'&zS'yX/■GUC**4(, Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children —Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute Jor Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It "is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
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been in constant" use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
"Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
Where Did
Santa Claus
Come From?
THESE post-Christmas days shine
with a light softer but perhaps
more comfortable than that of
the great feast Itself. Fartlcu
larly Is this true of the first flay after
Christmas, especially when that day Is
Sunday. In England, of course, as In
the time of the late Samuel Pickwick.
Esq., who brought about the renais
sance of Christmas, this Is called box
ing day, not because it Is the occasion
of flstlc encounters, but because it is
the time appointed for the distribution
of those more or less spontaneous ex
pressons of good will which are called
Christmas boxes. Its more orthodox
title Is St Stephen's day It Is, you
know, the day on which the Illustrious
King Wenceslaus, with the assistance
of his page, did his noble almoning.
We arc not old English kings, so In
stead of having our page bring flesh
and wine to the poor man on St.
Stephen's day we give a dollar to the
youth from the si 111 vexed Bermuthes
who chaperons the elevator In our
apartment house, and for weeks be
fore Christmas we affix to the flaps of
the envelopes containing our letters
little stamps bearing so called por
traits of St. Nicholas of Barl. Theo
retically this last process provides a
modicum of Christmas cheer for cer
tain carefully selected and organized
poor people,
However this may lie, tlie fact re
mains that tlie day after Christinas Is
a very good day indeed. The excite
ment of giving and receiving has pass
ed away: there remains the quieter Joy
of sober contemplation. And when
the day after Christmas is Sunday this
ci/ntemplation will not be disturbed by
the arrival of the postman, who, a re
lentless bill lii-liieer. Is, like the Greeks,
to be feared even when bearing gifts
And, In spite of tlie remarks of every
humorist who ever borrowed from his
mother-in-law 2 cents to put on an
envelope wliicji should carry a Joke
about her to an editor, this post Christ
mas meditation nearly always is pleas
ant It is assisted by the consumption
of wife-bestowed cigars, which (again
despite the humorists) are better than
■ man buys for himself. It is a pleas
ant .meditation, for its subjects are
things given and things received, good
deeds done and good things experi
enced.
It also contains, this day after Christ
mas feeling, a quality of reconciliation,
not of reconciliation with ancient eue
mles—this was all orthodoxly attended
to on Christmas eve—but of reconcilia
tion with affairs, of readjustment.
Where Bayberry Candles Coma From.
It*Vus the women of Illngham, that
quaint old Massachusetts town, that
first brought down from their attict
their grandmothers' old candle molds
and began making the sweet smelling
green bayberry candles for a few ap
preciative people who wanted them to
burn In ho:nes furnished In antiques.
The women of charming old Deerfleld,
in the same state, shortly followed suit
and then the housewives of Cape Cod
saw their opportunity, all of them us
ing the molds that had been In th
towns for generations.
Queer Christmas Dinner.
Roast ostrich was the prime dish at
the Christmas dinner of the Young
Men's Christian association of Los An
geles. Cal. a few years ago. More
than UWO persons were served from
one bird.,
The newspaper men of New Bern,
■•■lated by the Chamber of Com
merce, are planning to give the edit
or* o fthe state a rare treat when
they meet In their annual convention
at Morehead City next summer and
after the business sessions have
been concluded *
There are mllfeona of Menhaden,
better known as fat backs, now oft
the North Carolina coast and fisher
men down around .Morehead City and
Beaufort are said to be making record
breaking catchea of these fish, these
being turned over to the fertlllz
factory at the former place.
A peculiar circumstance occurred
on the farm of W. K. Funderburk, two
mllea west of Monroe, when plow
»en turned up a nest or adder snakes,
containing 20 In number. They were
15 Inches In length and apparently
nested for the winter season. The
makes were all lr a very small space
and colled together In a round ball.
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Danger signal.
If the fire beil saoald ring
would you ran and stop it or go
and neip put out tne 11 eel it is
mucn the same way with a coagu.
A cougu is a danger signat as
muCii as a fire oen. )(oj snouiu
no more try to suppress it t.iaii
to stop a fire oeu w.ien it is
tinging, but suould care tne du
, case tuat causes tne eoagniu o *.
mis can nearly always be done 0/
! taking Cnambt-riaiu's Coagu liein-
Many tiave useu it witu most
beneficial results, it is tAp.cialjy
valuable lor tne persistent cougi.
tnat so olten follows a bad cold or
in attack 01 grip. jlrs. inouias
..eeciiiiig, Andrews, ind., writes,
; l) uring tlie winter my husband
.akes cold easily and coug ,s a.1.1
ougus. Chamberlain's Cougu
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adv.
Much of the peace sentiment in
Jermany is based on a si.g.itiy
over-confident asmimjition tnat tne
elites nave beeti conquered and
s.iouid be persuaded to realize it.
Mr. Bryan deserves all the honor
accorded him in' Washington. He
iuit the Wilson administration be
cause he feared it was too militant,
but, unlike many others of the
same mind, he did not rush Into
A arms of a candidate whq was
practically committed to war in
both hemisphere*. In loyalty to
,j.uty principles as as fait.i
rulness to an idea, he bus given the
country a fine example of>'fidelity
and common sense.