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. . . V V. A". Tr . HiGIHG r.HSTLETOE tinCigaretteo .1 and Old-: a-nuld, deHgiitful Tur- . ' : . , J r : 1 s h-Blend . vT he of CustontS Assdcfatcd I ChrfetraM FestivitiiiJi est; pileaf -t al-; aysJJiureii TOplesomegr alwaj Plant ; Is Surrounded r. Wlth Many S Digest of Happenings Collected 1 f or; our Busy Reader ber8tttlons In European Countries p?-rSlgn "oij l -Omen' JnBomel r'' Parts of lretaniaS?MIl; v. - 1 , , ., , , --. ,-a. .ir" ."i1 , m k '. i.i Children Fashioned Toys m ' . 1 t 1 I " ' mini 1 zJ VSV-,j5jfV;i.PV-T-V December 22 Prominent - amoiiff claims and counterclaims regard ing the fighting"SfaFIand jYance is the admis sion of .Berlin that the Germans have last a trench some 180 feet in lenjpsoutherast pf Betlv From no point has there; come a etatement that , would give verity- to unofficial claims made to a : great ' vic tory by the Germans .in Poland. ' Tn Poland the Russians are -preparing strong positions near Rawa and Nida. We are attacking them everywhere." Petrograd claims 7 also.: to have re, pulsed another, attempted sortie from przemysl and to have captured a large number of Austrians. , - Au&tria reports the; appearance of strong Russian forces': in - Galicla;-. but declares that in the - Carpathians at-' tacks by the Russians have been . re pulsed; that the Austrian troops have advanced to Tuchow, south ; of 'Tar now, and that a great battle is devel oping north of L-upkow pass. The German emperor, , having re covered from his recent illness, ac cording to an announcement ' from headquarters at Berlin, has returned to the front. - ':h;y.i From Athens it is reported that the allied fleet has bombarded the .1 in terior forts of the Dardanelles, but no details are given. - Prince von Buelow, the former im perial German chancellor and now ambassador to tlaly, has been rceiv ed with great cordiality at Rome by King Victor Emmanuel. : December 21 The Russian offi cial report says engagements on the left bank of the Vistula have been nothing more than outpost affairs. In these the Russians would seem to have been engaged in holding the Germans, while the Russian main force was forming along the Bzura River, where a battle is beginning to develop, and the German attack is said to have been repulsed. Part of the Przemysl garrison has made a sortie in force in an attempt to open the railway to the southwest, and is giving battle to the Russian be sieging army. With the Germans strongly intrench ed and the ground in bad condition, "the Mttes offensive movement in Bel gium and France is making slow pro gress. At several points, however, the. French official report records the cap ture of German trenches The offen sive is being pushed with considera ble force in Flanders and from the Belgian border south to the river Oise, where the line turns eastward. The Germans keep up violent coun ter attacks, and by these and the use of mines, in some cases have prevent ed the Allies from following up their advantage. A message from Antwerp to The Amsterdam Telegraph asserts that the Germans, preparing for a possible re tirement, ai e constructing a line of defense accross " Belgium from the Scheldt along the Dendre River to Maubeuge on the French frontier. This, if true, might; be considered only a measure of precaution. . While the motor section of the South African "defense force is gath ering in the remainder of the scatter ed rebels, the main army is forming in German South Africa frontier where the advance guards are in touch. ; December 20. The allies, accord ing to Paris, continue to gain ground in Belgium and France, ; Berlin, how ever, asserts that the operations have resulted , in repulses to the allies In various places in some instances witb beavy casualties. . Paris says that the French artillery in the region of Vfer dun. - ' The British protectorate over Egypt las been declaredin all ' the garrison town by the firing of a salute of 101 funs and the raising of the British flags. Prince Hussein Kemal has been appointed sultan of Egypt M. Ribot, the French ; Minister : of Nuance, has ; advised the appropriai Won committee of the chamber of dep uties that France ; will not lackTre Hirces to continue the war to a fln fah without faltering. ''.' Great Britian has recognized the French protectorate "Over Morocco.'' I The British fleet in the Pacific has een reinforced by the arrival at Cal feo of the Australian battle . cruiser Australia. The British admiralty ' denies that ay British were sunk .during " the German raid on the east coast of Eng Jani. it says, however," that two men Were killed and 15 wounded aboard th destroyer Hardy; t The latest German , statement,; on ne situation is laconic. 'In Poland," - it says, "we continue to pursue .the treating enemy. Austria is more ; communicative than Berlin,' for Vien- 514 declflrpa TJneeian main ' forCftS are being pursued on . the entire bat e front trr o 9K( Wiilfta from J allicia to that point in Poland norths or Lowicz, where the Bzure river vmnties into the. Vistula Vt":- December 19. From Warsaw comes ord that a great battle isin pro ss 30 miles to the westward; "that TVlfeO Xdn3 V btwf- in a strategic position and that -ert.e fighting is in progress, with Jrfbrt omenfca' Soti mfebobi Ger mans and:Russian8t. n ; , " In : Belgium and ; France .: the ' allies are , carrying' on the offensive , opera tions , begun a 1 few- days ago, : slowly and. steadiiyl. Progress is. -noted in the' French official statement and it' is;be Ueved infantry on the two sides of the Western battle . front have come to grips .in .manyi places.the number of wounded, indicating the desperate na-" ture of ;the struggle.; v'; Further , details fipm! the English! coast towns bombarded by the German squadroa, disclose an vinoreasing" num ber ,'6f victims.. At the two Hartlepools alone the? number of dead now joffi cially announced, is 82 with 250 wound ed, i At- Scarborough 17 were - killed and it is thought the full casulty list has ; not;Tet been . made out. -One Brit ish' Uigbt cruiser and I a torpedo , boat' destroyed which" engaged the - Ger-5 mans lost five men kiiled, and. . E ;num" ber - wounded. That - the German' ships were' hit several times-tby the English coast batteries is announced official ly at Berlin .bu it is asserted that the damage,was slight. - v ; ' Austria follows up the German an nouncement of a victory in Poland by the statement that the Russians are retiring along the whole front in both Gallicia and Poland, and It is 'said this may mean the withdrawal of the in vesting . forces ' of Russians i from Przemysl. . . -. " I)ember '; I8.r-The f German f wair4 ship raid : on the English coast y ester day and their escape in a mist takes precedence in news from the Euro pean war zone.. " The Germans' evaded' patrols . and mines, end poured shells into , the towns of Hartlepool. Scar borough and Whitby. - i -"'' , France ; estimates' that the war s for the first six months in 1915 will cost her $1,185,888,578 or about 200,000, 000 monthlyv r ' ; ; '.; i Viepiia has admitted officially, ac cording to a 'Rome dispatch; that. 100, 000 Austrians were killed or wounded ' in the unsuccessful campaign against Servia. .- Vc ;' aj utf-if i The German embassy at Washing ton has rece'ved advices from the German minister to Chile Isaying that in the recent 5 fight between Brritish andiGfrman -warships bff theFallCi: land islands the BrHish ships -were badly damaged and one apparently was sunk. .... Basel, Switzerland, reports that; the French armies apparently hae taken the offensive on the front from Bel fort I to Camte Marie-Aux-Mines and have converted Thann into a strong hold. r Washington has sent the cruiser Tacoma to Colon to protect the neu trality of. the canal zone. According to a Renter dispatch from Nish King Peter and Crown Prince Alexander have entered Belgrade at the 1 head of the victorious Servian army. - a - , December 17 From Nleuport, says the French official' statement, the Franco-Belgian troops have; debouch ed and occupied the line from the west of Lombaertzyde to the farm of Saint Georges. Lombaertzyde lies about one nad a naif miles northeast of Nleuport and Saint Georges is about one mile southeast of Nleuport. Farther ot the east there has 'been a gain of -nearly a third of a' mile in the direction of Klein Zillebeke. ' The French war office admits the success of Gel-man infantrymen? in gaining a foothold at Steinbach, In Alsace, although declaring the French still hold the heights overlooking that place. : "- ' v The German ' cruiser Dresden, the last of the German squadron of five defeated by British warships ni .the south Atlantic, according to latest re ports has sailed from Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan, where she took refuge, with one or more British cruisers in pursuit. The British official press bureau announces that the :. sinking of the battleship Bulwark was due to an ex plosion caused : by the accidental igni tion of the ammunition. , r 'i t December 16.- "New decisions 'and measures consequently will be taken to repel the ; enemy, says the Austri an statement Apparently that means that 5 the "Austrian army directed against Servia will- assume a defen sive line. ; The progress of the war in North ern Hungary is less definite. 4 Sunday's German wireless , report, with candor equal to that of the Austrian; bulletin, spoke of the.; severe resistance iwhich the German and , Austrian arms are encouraging in South Poland and Gal icia, adding that it was evident tat the Austrian forces in the. Carpathians are . hot strong enough to clear the Russians out ' of Hungarian territory. The Germans ' claim a distinct gain in their position: in Northern Poland, although they ? are not believed rU be as near. Warsaw as ; the report last week indicated. , On v the ? other, hand the Russians announce a "strategic "re-, alignment of v their - forces, . which strengthens their positions. t r 1 14 a late reporf tonight the. t Aus trians announce that they . have reoc ctipied the important'" point of Dukla north of the Przemysl and Cracow, but nearer to the former, with' the capture of 9,000 prisoners. '4 J HHjDR&N are conservative beings,' even ; bid fashioned, when It comes, to choosing1 toys. They aren't up ; to date and as full bf the modern spirii of progress and intention as the toymakers be .lieve them to gZfflV: Thus spoke one wlfo la . a-. sort of professional Santa Claua---that is, ' he has played the part at so many Sun day school Christmas parties that ha sometimes Imagines he is growing cot ton whiskers. . "They display the same quaint, sim ple, old-fashioned- taste as their grand fathers and grandmothers when they were children," he continued. "Most of them, do, anyhow.. Every, year the toy manufacturers break loose with a new : crop ; of automatic racing cars, aeroplanJM, ; submarines, ' fire engines and tdclr donkeys; If the children were constructed on the same nervous clock-work plan, ; they would give ld Santa Clans no rest unless he kept up with all the modern laventionsr lk stead of toy- soldiers they would de mand mortar batteries, and they would not be satisfied with mooley cows, but would demand that they have" pedi grees and give only certified; milk and cream. ' :-ir; ; "They would not, accept a Noah's ark unless it was a combination of HEAR along our sirtet Pan the minstrel tkrongt; Hark! ThegpUu so sweet. ' On their haa&oys, Christmas songst Let as by the fin 'Eoer higher Sing them till the tdght expinl N December ring J. . Eoery day the chimes t Loud the gleemen sing In the streets their merry thymes. Let us by the fire Eoer higher Sing them till the night expire! CHEPHERDS at the grange, Where the Babe was born, . Sang uHlh many a change Christmas carols until mom. .. Let us by the fins 4. psr higher Sing Hem till the night expire nyiESE good people sang . Songs devout and svoetl: While the rafters rang, -There they stood uH& freezing feet. Let us by the fire Eoer higher Sing them till the night explrel : 7V TUNS in frigid cells V A At this holy Ode, , For voimt of something else, : - . Christmas songs at times hate tried. ' ' Let us by the fire ' Eoer higher ' ' , -Sing them till the night expire! rjHO by the fireside stands, ' v Vr Stamps his feet and sings: , f But he who blows his hands Not so gay a carol brings. , Let us by the fin - i Eoer higher , , Sing them Ull the ntght expinl j1; J Walrus, Slaughter. ; That the walrus is rapidly hearing jxtinctIon is the warning sounded by the Daily Industrial News of Nome, Alaska. 5 That -paper describes' the slaughter caused by one crew in a sin gle season.""1 The ' catch amounted 4 to 723,- of which : 420 were cows'? and . calves. ? Many ' were fatally wounded or" shot dead and never-recovered. kA full grown bull, walrus - weighs" a ton. The walrus 'is a tempting bait to !the hunter because of - the amount s of wealth found v In his skin, the oil : and 1 A Christmas Carol P BEOLY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW the steamship liusitania and. a modern cement ' bungalow,; '.:J with sleeping porches, '.twlnnicrew propellers,: elec tric . searchlights, wireless apparatus, second 1 chattel mortgage-in fact, all the comforts of ship and ; home com plete. They would require Mr. Noah to carry a pilot's. license as well as a college' degree In natural history. All the animals would have to be trained to do tricks and poor Noah's family would have a fine time herding them while, wearing, wooden raincoats and Stove-pipe hats. ' - ; - "Fprtunately children, real children, are not constructed that . way. They want their, arks, on the old-fashioned plan, whereby you lift off the roof and find Noah minus his head, and most of the animals trying to hobble on three legs.Jvji.-.f- -S'-".-f. ;""'v. v-;rv i x "Automobiles lxj miniature, with real upholstered seats - and ' rubber tires may -fascinate a small boyftoraf few hours, but f you'd better a place your f aJtastafa 'A gooU ? old-patternJrocklng horse, with saddle and stirrups, and a mane and tail of real hair. . The rock ing horse is not going out of fashion by a long ways, and I predict that in the horseless age, if that time ever comes, our children's children will be jerking the mane of a wooden 'horsey and '. whipping him on his 'painted flanks and trying to teed him crack ers. Also, they'll be . falling off ; his back and bumping their little fore heads in the old-fashioned .way, and hbrsey will have .to be thrashed and locked, up in the clothes closet for his bad behavior. '-.:y;r y; "And as for dolls, you've got to give them real ' "baby dolls' and not grand ladles in the latest tango gowns and hats.! For the last 60 years or so doting parents who are well to do have been trying the experiment of present ing their little girls ,with waxen fash ion . models only to find the precious one 'crying , for the rag baby, of the laundress' daughter. Children show the real mother Instinct when they (.rmra. the ilav-chllcy which - is too dressy and up to date. I have one friend the father of a large and lively family. I make him happy every ; Christmas time by pre senting his kids with a. bunch or cheap, mechanical toys. After about half an hour f. of winding them up, the little ones tire of the clicking wonders and return"to their woolly dogs, rubber dolls and other simple favorites. That fx -when father's fun besrfns. He in sists on winding up the toys and run ning -them all Christmas day, osten sibly for the pleasure of his' young sters: He does not cease winding until the toys begin to get put of order, and then he has the additional pleasure of trying to repair them. . . . - Sometimes I think that a manufac turer could : make a fortune, selling toys just for. grown-ups. , Seeing a bunch . of adults busy : working me chanical toys reminds me or the tune when the whole family insists 'on tak ing little Johnny to Jthe circus. . . ANNUAL "HOLLERt" DAY . . rV tirhed children have their. Christmas toys .- rt4i ..ill tM wfTh lonirhtAr I And thus, in truth, by rfrlfl and tHys . . the rich ivory in the tusks. The dis appearance of " .the ; walrus means , the extinction of the Eskimos, whoMepend largely' on . this" animal, for food' sup .ply, fuel, lights, boats and leather. ; T-r: ' z: ' : When Was He In the Legislature?. '); ,The legislature, pa?" "The aver age legislature, my- son," replied J. Fuller Gloom, 'Is a- debating society wherein nobody knows what ne Ib talking about; and does not care any thing about ; what anybody else '.is talking about."- ';-.. . - - ' HB good , dt eustom jofhkiij I Ing mistletoe from tte ceB mg at the Cnristmas festivl-.5 ; ties Is said to have its origin -In the idea , that' since- the plant did ' hotx have Its roots-, in the groun4no part bf it should ' ever be permitted to touch the earti.; ', : L Among the Saxons the fact that mis tletoe7 was suspended r from the roof of a: dwelling intimated to the way fare that the hospitality of the house waB ftt bis disposal, : and beneath , its branches friend ; and 't stranger, vassal, and lord, gathered in eemradeship and jood eheer,"-' rfjThe religious aspect jot the mistle toe tradition, wliieh had its origin in the truidiGal rites and tl gathering of it by 1 the arehdruid with his; gold en sickle, merged later. into a purely social symbol, and the idea of simple .hospitality developed' into one of. mer rymaking and a Somewhat riotous en ; tertainment 1 f'j4 The. kiss of the Scandinavian god dess expanded into the custom of a kiss given for 'every berry that 'grew, oxi the bough. Small wonder tha V in spite oi the mistletoe having origin-, ally existed In the odor of the sanctu- I ary,vthe church came to regard it as . an entirely, pagan symhol and refused to allow It to participate with the lily' and the! evergreen izt the Yuletide .decorations.; ,: . There ; is an ancient belief that the mistletoe was the tree from which the holy cross .was hewn and that after this was made the plant withered and ever afterward became a mere para sitic growth, clinging for support to other and iaturer.rtrees,-v;i-';i Other stories,-, however, credit it with divine gifts in the healing of dis eases and the expulsion of evil spirits. . ; ttam, the high priest of the ..Celtsv 'r;' celved in a dream the intimation that by means of the plant he would be enabled to save his people from the plague which was decimating them. To celebrate their ' delivery he Insti tuted the feast of Noel (new health), a midwinter holiday, which has come to be considered coincident with . the new year. '; V A v ; In ; many parts of the United" King dom the silver; berries and the gray green ' leayes bf the mistletoe : are looked upon as anything but an em blem : of .good, cheer;., on the contrary. the plant Is regarded with dread as be ing the brlnger of ill luck and the sign of ill omen. This superstition exists both, in Devonshire and In Ireland, and, strange to say, in neither of these places does the plant flourish, owing. report ixas it, to the fact that both incurred the displeasure of the Druids and were in consexmence cursed ' in such a way that their soil became in capable of nourishing the sacred growth. . .. .. . ' -In the sixth book of" Aeneid a lengthy descriptipn of, the mistletoe is ; given. ' by Virgil, who makes the Sybil describe to his hero the exact spot in hades , where he . will find it growing. . There is little doubt that the- strange ethereal appearance 1 of the little opaque berry is largely re sponsible for the mystic .character It has enjoyed among the people of di vers nations from , the earliest histor ical times. - '1 . v HE WA8 THANKFU L.r "John." said the Loving Wife, 'T in tended' to get you a nice new necktie for Christmas but I ' am ashamed to acknowledge that' in the rush of the shopping I completely forgot it." - "Thank you, nevertheless." said the Happy Husband. - Grim Wit of Douglas Jerrold. " ;. Ugliest of trades - havet their: mo meits of pleasure. . If I were a grave digger,, or even; a-hangman, there are some -people I could work for with a great deal- of enjoy ment---Douglai Jerrold." 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