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THE USE OF HOLLY FOR
CHRISTMAS SEASON.
THE PLANT THAT HELPS TO BRIGHTEN UP
THE HOLIDAYS.
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It is the holy season. To many per- -
sons, the approach of Christmae ens
flounced °Wetly by elm appearance of the
red berry and its prickly green leaf.
Children are told all sorts of things
about the holly; that it is a fairy berry
from Santa Olausland brought lather by
the reindeers on an early journey.
.Really, it grows in the southern woods
nand is picked and brought in wagonloads
to the villages, there to be bought by
the buyers aud shipped to the big cities.
The handling of it is prosaic enough.
for there ere barrels and boxes te.be con-
sidered and such aetails, as freighting,.
unpacking, selling again, and finally dis-
tributing to the stkeetautwkers. But the
one who does not connect, b,olly with the
commonplace early surroundings is the
person who will enjoy the berry most,
for there is in it that which savors of
Mystery and of Christmas. With a sprig
of holly ono can have Christmas, but
without holly the merriest Christmas
lacks eometainge The two go together,
Christmas and the Christmas berry, and
you know that one is comiug when you
see the other. s ,
It is a wonderful thing to relate, but
holly is a 'whole Santa Claus to certain
people. These are the ones who handle it
for a living and who depend upon it for
all the good things of life.
There is the wholesale holly man, who
imports it into the cities. He works only
two months in the year,
and by the time
Christmas has dawned, he has begun his
vacation to last until another year comes
around. The wholesale holly man works
during September and October and per,
haps for a few clays in November. But as
soon as he has brought his holly to town
an4 sold it to the wholesaler his work is
done. It is the shortest business season
on record.
Those who work hardest at the holly
are those who gather it from the woods
:where it graive wild. While it costs
me:thing for the holly itself, it costs a
great deal in time and labor. Then, too,
the holly is difficult to handle, and it
breaks end loses its leaves and becomes
unfit for the market.
Once packed and delivered to the holly
anan, who, as •a rule, visits the holly
lel woods and snakes his purchases on the
'' ground, there comes -the city wholesaler
who makes a good profit out of it by
selling it to the retailer, who, in town,
sells at to the street men. Finally it
appears upon stands and. on .street cor-
ners, waiting to be bought.
Tire woman who buys a sprig of holly
for ten cents and goes home and places
it behind a picture frame feels that she
has made a beginning toward the ob-
servance of the holiday season. She 'who
buys a wreath and. hangs it in the front
window does more, for she not only an-
nounces Christmas to her family, but to
the passers-by.
If, one were asked to name the most
important adjunct to Christmas joy one
would probably say the Christmas tree.
But, on further thought) it is not the
bolly ? Few families indulge in a tree
annually, but a great many treat them-
selves to a sprig of holly. If holly were
to be banishecl off the face of the earth,
a great part of Christmas would disap-
pear. There may be some from whom
Christmas would go out entirely; for
there are those whose only Christmas
treat lies in the sight of the carts and
baskets of prickly holly that line the
roadways in December.
Holly is a queer stuff. While prickly
it looks very docile, and, though stiff
and hard to handle, it takes shape nice-
ly when trained by slender fingers ar-
ound. pieture frames and doorways. its
ivery prickles e aist it in the using
for they twine and intertwine, loop and
interloop; lace and interlace, until they
festoon naturally and hang gracefully
where directed.
The color of the leaf is another thing
in its artistic favor. It is a brilliant
green, not faded, nor dark, but a bright,
beautiful tone that goes well with every
drapery. Its gaudy little berry makes
a bright spot, wherever placed, :that
catches the eye and holds it.
Another point in favor of holly aaa
Christmas favorite is its durability. It
does not fade, nor wilt, nor do its ber-
ries or leaves soon drop off. In a med-
ium temperature, not too hot nor too
dry, say In the atmosphere that pre-
vail:: in the family living -room or in the
drawing -room, it will keep bright and
pretty for two months, and need only
to be removed when Easter favorites
drive it from its point of vantage.
Holly is the one thing that mast sure-
ly be used. at Christmas time. Mistle-
toe is very well in its place, under the
chandelier, and, as a kissing berry, it
should find. its way into every civilized
home, but holly is prettier and. much
more uheful for a decoration. It Is
cheaper and more plentiful.
Styles in trimming vary in holly as in
other things. One year it is the thing
to bunch all the holly into great vases
and. stand them where they can be seen
frOm the open door. Another season
the picture frames must have holly
U1 fainly
3,
attittec& bacl(at
bulge out from the wall, swinging with
their heavy load of green upon tho back.
This year the portiere gets its share Of
the Christmas 11011y. restoons of it are
strung across the front of the curtains
and draped back or looped as artistic
fancy may suggest. A long holly chain
can be caught from the two upper cor-
ners of a portiere and. looped again in
the centre high enough to make a clas-
sic curve. Or ono long clean of it can
nen.
Bed ribbons look well with holly and.:
should Match the berries as nearly as
possible. An irnmense red satin bow, Just .
the berry color, sets off the stems as
nothing else will do. The portiere, that
is to be caught back, can be looped with ,
a big prickly bunch. Let it bo tied •
securely and fastened upon the curtain
just at the spot where the curtain hook :
performs its office. It is pretty to al- •
low a, long string of it to trail down the
curtain.
Decorating the picture -frame is easy.
The holly should be wired together to
make ono long chain and this should bo
lightly caught around the frame so ns
to trim well the corners and the sides.
The old-fashionea way of twining with
holly can have a chain of it running
from picture to picture and. out to the
chandelier if one would be ornate.
Making a wreath is something that
falls to the lot of every holly -trimmer,
for.tho wreath is part of every decora-
tive gamma One in each window is the
rule, and one in every doorway, if you
can get enough wreaths. In these days
of pretty things all ready to use, it is
not everyone who will go to the trouble
of making a wreath, but if holly has
been bought by the wholesale, and there
is plenty of it to spare, then let simple
wreaths be put together and hung here
and there wherever they look pretty.
The making of a crown of holly was
one of the social duties of the girl of
50 years ago. .At the Christmas ban-
quet she was to wear the holly wreath
which was supposed to be imbued with
charms potent to drive sorrows away.
To this clay the wearing of the holly
wreath is a thing to be noticed at din-
ners. Gray-haired and well bearded men
can be seen. seated at table with the
holly resting upon their shining brows.
The maiden in holly dressed is a pretty
sight, and she who will take the trouble
to make herself a prickly crown will be
rewarded by the consciousness that she
is pretty to look upon.
The placing of the mistletoe upon the
chandelier is a thing that has grown
into a custom. A. little sprig, no mat-
ter how small or how large, is attached
to the central light, be it oil, or gas or
electric, and, allowed to dangle there-
from. To stand under it means a
Christmas penalty for the girl who dares.
Without holly and mistletoe there
might bo no Christmas. It is difficult
to imagine Santa Claus venturing into
a ]and which has no festive peen. But
with them there is Christmas in all lands
for no country is without its importa-
tions of the Christmas berry.
Augusta Prescott.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS.
What They Wear When They Go Into
Battle.
It is interesting to note the raiment
worn by fair ones with full purses, long
Christmas lists &MI frenzied faces. No
two dress alike.
Frock coat suits ere undoubtedly the
most general choice. These are made of
the varietal cloths, •the coat being long
and the skirt sbort.
A modish storm coat crops up as the
important bit of weer. Beneath it, the
details of ninny a costume are lost. Rub-
ber backed silk serves for fine storm
coats, with cravenetted wool pods as
second elloice.
Corduroy suits are smart and endlessly
servismable. Velveteen boasts almost the
same qualities, though most persons mis-
take it for velvet and. therefore consider
it too dressy.
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a Make hens keep you.
4 An increase of only two eggs a
month for each hen will more than
I pay for the feeding or
Hercules
Poultry Food
It will give this increase, and
more, besides giving the plumage a
A better gloss, and in every way keep-
s! ing them in tip-top health, also
making the chicks hardier.
For the winter laying o eggs
there is nothing as good on this or
any other market.
Keep your hens from fretting by
using HERCULES LOUSE KIL-
LER. Try it and see the difference
in the weight and egg production.
Nothing better for keeping the
henhouse clean than CLYDES-
DALE CARBOLINE ANTISEP-
TIC.
All Clydesdale Preparations are
sold under a POSITIVE GUAR-
ANTEE OF SATISFACTION or
money cheerfully refunded by the
dealer.
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note Ss alleged. to be a big !allies; off
in the number of marriages among
young men in comfortable circumstances
-that is, nien who are earning from
$1,200 ot $2,500 a year. There is Ins
falling off in the marriage' returns of
laborers and clerks wile, earn los than
a year.
A partial explanation of this state of
affairs, in the opinion of some men of
experience, is the growing, popularity of
the beebelor apartment house. The de-
cline in marriages of men of easy ca.
cumstarces, they remark, has kept pace
with the increase in the number of
houses Put up solely for men's use,
The laborer aria the clerk of snaili ins
coin° can't afford to live in bachelor
epartmente. They stick to boarding
house, and sooner or later -generally
i
saner -marry. With men of larger in
come the boarding house, bo it never so
imposing or well appointed, has dropped
0 into disfavor.
"From the marriage standpoint," said
1 one of the men who are concerned over
I the drop in the marriage statistics. "1
consider a. fairly good. boarding house a
i
mueh snore desirable institution, than
i the bachelor apartment. The latter
makes a man selfish, and it lessens by
! 50 per cent., I believe, his ellemece of
. getting married.
"Even the bitterest foe of the board-
' ing house must admit that in nearly
! every one of them aro to be found
charming women, excellent women;
women whom any man might be glad
and proud to marry. Men and women in
a boarding house are hound sooner or
later to come together. Then follow fre-
quent chats, walks together on Sundays
. and holidays, visits to placea of amuse-
ment in company, a chance to size each
other up pretty well, and in a good
many cases a lutppy marriage afterward..
"In the bachelor apartment it is noth-
ing like that. No petticoats are allowed
on the premises.
"Hundreds of the young rnen living
in the less expensive bachelor smut-
ments, two or three clubbing together
to take one auibe, are comparative
strangers in New York, and have few,
Iif any, desirable women aequaintances,
and the few they may have are not al-
ways located -within .easy visiting dis-
tance, or they may not be sufficiently
attractive on first acquaintance to in-
spire men to call upon them often. Had
they met these same women in a board-
ing house the acquaintance might have
Cost of Aramunition. ripened. into a sincere friendship, if noth-
The Got of ammunition in a modern nig warmer,. molt valuable to the man
Fat is of great account 1. Err rnov, Q. tt. DAY.
to a baby ; that is why
(rm. !lunette from the Ontario agriculture). Celle" OW* Canedsef
babies are fat. If your
.
baby is scrawny, Scott s
Emulsion is what he
wants. The healthy baby
stores as fat what it does
not need immediately for
bone and muscle. Fat
babies are happy; they do
not cry; they are rich ;
their fat is laid up for
time of need. They are
happy because they are
comfortable. The fat sur-
rounds their little nerves
and cushions them, When
they are scrawny those
nerves are hurt at every
u.ngentle touch. They
delight in Scott's Emul-
sion. It is as sweet as
wholesome to them.
Nearly every farmer who :egad stock the economy of production. ftsther,
has bis favorite breeds, and is firmly there is only one way of .e.ecometaig for
convinced that certain breeds are more 4thxepe;catureitiatimasndtv14 coil ;ccounrretta W. 04u:scull
profitable to feed than others. While of the iudividuality of the air7mals.
there is little doubt that some breeds There is little doubt, therefore, that awl.
conditions of climate, systems of manege-
of stack are better adapted to certain mels possessing goad, couetsitution and
meelity will make economieal nee of
their food, no matter Waist breea they,
ment, and environment than others, it may belong to.
is a significant fact that risen differ- The carcasses from, Mille need in tha
ent breeds of fleelaproducing animals 04tario exaiallooOt were sent tat ttla
slaughter nouse and critically cum -
have been fed side by side, under the pee ii by -experts, and the following
same conditions, no constant difference tables show the breeds arranged aopeirs
in favor of any ane breed has been cliss dor of their suitability for the maaaa
covered, so far as ability to make ecos facture of bacon for the English Mar-
ocomnemerrkneetding the
tree& arranged in order of suits,bil-
ig .tey for the manufaeture of 'Wiltshire
awIrgenicailt gcaoimnsesist eiseaonlyt tle
that the difference between the differ- sid,es. .
ent classes becomes apparent, the bei First Experimeat-1, Yorkshire; 2,
Temworth• 3, Berkshi ; 4, Dar= Jer-
breeds producing xnuch superior beef, aey; 6 Poland China; Cheater :Mate.
and consequently selling for a much oe
sacon aperintent-- , Yorkshire; 2,
higher price per pound. anatwor la 3, Berkshire; 4, Chester
nerd ei-periment-i, Yorksbire; 2,
ut, so far as they have g -one, the in- Temworthe 3, Berkshire; 4, Poland
tically fields true.
dicatione are that the same rule prao- China; 5, Chaster 'Mate; 0, Duroc Jer-
sey. ,
In swine the most extensive experi-
ment with breeds have been conducted saguesvorth;
Fourth Experiment -I, Yorkshire; 2,
3, Berksbire; 4, Megan
by the Ontario Agricultural College, Six white. 5, Duro° Jersey; .0, Poland
breeds of swine were compared as to ahi„:
the cost of producing 100 pounds gain Fifth Experiment -1, Yoacishirel 2,
show the standing of the breeds with
live weight, and the tables which follow Berkshire; 3, Chester white; 4, trun.
worth; 5, Duroc Jersey; 0, PcAand
China.
Send for free sample. regard to economy of production.
Ontario Ezpertments. ,- sixth Experiment -1, Yorkshire; 2,
Breeds arranged in order of economy Tamworth; 3, Berf.ahire; 4, Duroc Jer-
t
'Tartu e; 5, Duras Jersey; 6, Polana
Comparisons of the breeds of sheep
Ire not been very fully worked out, China -
Be sure that this picture to
the form of a label is on the
wrapper of every bottle 01
Emulsion you buy. ,
Scott Bowno
Chemists
Toronto, Ora.
50o. and $1.0O
All Druggists
of production. sey; 5, Poland. China; 6, Chester Whi e.
First Experiment -1, Berksbire; 2, A. mere glance shoWs that there is
Tamworth; 3, Poland China.; 4, Duroc much constancy about these tables. kb=
Jerseys 0, Chester White; 6, York- about the preceding ones. The York-
shire. shires and Tamworths hold. their place
Second Experiment -1, Berle.s'hire; at the top of the list in climb of these
2, Trimworth; 3, Poland. China; 4, Ches- tables, except one, where the Tamworthe
ter White; 5, Yorkshire; 6, Duroc Jer- were placed as low as fourth place. The
sey. Chester Whites, Duroc Jerseys, and. Poi-
Thead Experhnent-1, Yorkshire; 2, and Chinas appear at the bottom of the
Berkshire; 3, Duroc Jersey; 4, Tam- list in nearly every case, being essential.
worth; 5, Chester White; 6, Poland ly fat -producing breeds and suitable foz
thproduction of the type of hog pop -
China. e p
inclination of men to many young that Fourth Experiment -1, Berkshire; 2, ular in the United States, but entirely
so far as he knew, only them out of White; 5,
Tamworth; 3, Yorkshire; 4, Chester unsuitable for supplying the markets to
Duroc Jersey; 6, Poland which Canadian packers cater.
the sixty tenants /aid. given up bis quer- china, The farmer can not afford to shut his
battle is much greater than Is corn • 'ilten 'hang in. bachelor apartment& ters to get marriea since the place was Fifth Experiment -1, Berkshrre. 2, eyes to the • requirements of the mar-
monly imagined. Wrth the increase in
the range of modein ordnance the ex- ing iai
bard all day, get out of the way of mak- "Tenants come and tenants
see callsin t e evening, unless, year, but I have only heard. of three, get- Breed. is not a factor in influencing his consideration.
h go every White; 5, Tamworth; 6, Poland China. , investigations are certainly worthy of
Yorkshire; 3, Duroc Jersey; 4, Chester ket, and the facts brought out in these
pa culrly if they have been workirg first opened, six years before.
pease has naturally gone up steadily. indeed,they get interested in same one ting married," said Its. "Few of my .
'The first rifled cannon of 16 centimetres
woman,an dor that reason every year tenants are what could be called high " -
ther than 6,60,a yards. In 1870 a range that. Songs and Their Writers. 1 type that was affected by the tenor sot
(6a inches) calibre could not carry fur- th 4
eir chance of getting coaraied and their flyer& They are not rich enough for
desire for matrimony lessens. . How the popular song dies past all oist of the negro minstrel company, the
of 8,500 yards was attained. In 1875
"Not often, I think, does a man turn "They don't go automobiling and yacht resurrection is emphasized by the no- choruses bending theniselves effective!'
by using steel guns, 12,000 yards was
his back on a boarding house to. get racing, week days in businese hours. ties of the death in Providence of Sanaa to the pianissimo repetition by the en
reached, and, by increasing the calibre,
away from women, but once having tried They go to business in the morning and nel N. Mitchell, who was the author of tire troupe, and they thrilled many and
15,000 yards was attained. Since this
baehelor quarters, 'atm be is spared. don't turn up again till dinner time. some of the most widely known in their , many a suseptable heart. As poetry the;
time, by using new powders and by the
the exertion of showing attention or i "Naturally, I don't know how many of days We suppose that not one tbousand • were not; of course, pretentieus. Theis
lengthening of the guns, the range has
extending even slight courtesies to a . them call on ladies or how ma.ny of of the young people who greet with author never dreamed that they were
steadily grown. In 1888, on the occas,
woman, he promptly proceeds to make their evenings are spent in feminine so- avidity the new songs of this day ever They did give innocent pleasure to thou
ion of the jubilee of Queen Victoria, the .
the most of his freedom by getting more cioty, but I am sure there are many heard of Touch the Harp Gently, My sands, of pereons, and when they hoe
English artilleries.at Shoeburyness fired !
ss matrimony i who don't go in for that sort of thing at served their purpose they were pusher
I all. Their remotions are men! 1?retty Louise, and yet it bad a sale in
aside by the incoming of a new school. --
a celebrated round of shots under the I selfish every e,ve_,17,_ day and givine
There are two large house situated. in " tions, and they seem to spend most of copies, e mama this country of more than four million
name of the "jubilee round," which at- I a 'Mae 'UerPn.
t • 1 d a mange of about 20 000 yards. I . .
to say nothing of its immense Now Bedford Standard.
The Germans
a central, very desirable locality and run thew leisure in metas somety. popularity In England. a mus have
imitated. theEnglish and
nt board may of the sixty who is hard hit on account been thirty or forty years ago. Mr.
ae one big boarding house, where com• . "Just now I don't believe there is one
reached about 23 yards further under
. fontable rooms and excelle
by a man at less thou the cost of a girL How do I know that? any, shell wrote Sadie Ray, for a popular
the same condition& The French artil-
lery is not behindhand. It has now a eb bad minstrel performer, and it was sung and
cannon of 1m:inches, which, firing with • of living in a bachelor apartment house e.an,sgnh
ily itt
Whena tenant
. line isttheerenthgi
asomnsto ev
something whistlederynook and corner of this country.
and tum-tummed on pianos in
an initial velocity of 900 yards a second, and eating in a restaurant.
• din
COM send a projectile a distance of 13 Eight years ago the ,clientele of this rush out by special messenger notes, ad -Moat of the copies long since went into
miles. A longer cannon, which is not ' house was two-thirds men.dressed to a lady, and a good teeny ! At tbe pres- the ash barrels and the rest are in the
same hand -writing, begin to be rushed
daintily addressed. notes, always in tho attics. Look at the titles of some of Mr.
yet in service, could, it is thought, send ent :time thirty-five women and three
in to the teermt by special messenger. Mitchell's most popuiar songs: Dear
its shell 14% miles with an initial speed men are living there, and last winter the
"Come to think of it, I don't believe PSunnapa! Days of the Past; Dance afe
of 1,200 yards. When this initial speed. family numbered thirty women and five
bachelor apartment houses are popular on Your Knee.s; Amber Tresses
shall have been attained with the 34 men.
calibre. the range will reach 30 kilome- : "We can% get men boarders anyTied in Blue; Tho Lane That Led to
Calais. - School; My Love Sleeps Under the Dais-
tres- ust the distance from Dover to i mare " admitted the proprietor. "If a with pupae ,....N y atm
Mc
man does come he only stays a few
The ex enses of making v. cannon and weeks, and then cleaxs out, frightened, I '
• • • -
IIRI MA AND
So-called Engliehy coat suits -the sort f fi i 1 h women." 0C ST S ENTERTAINMENTS
the sporty country oontingent wears o r ng' eac s ot have enormously ire think, by the eight of so many
THEIR DANGERS.
creased of late. There are in German "Almost the onl male a. licants we
over in the lend of fogs -are seen. As a ; Y i Y PP
cannon of one hundred and ten tons that 'have aro men who want to pay seven and Far be it from us to detract in the
rule these coats are more ithan loose. the Krupp factory has turned outyhich eight dollars a week, and as we have no smallest degree from the joys and amuse -
Some from near -by rural districts de- cost every time, they are fired, exactly rooma at that price, naturally they do us meets which are commonly indulged itt
wend 'upon the shopping centres in $1,700. The projectile is worth $650, and no good. Men who can pay from $10 to ot Christmas time for the sake chiefly
enough wrappings and furs to suggest a the powder not less than $190. But this $25 a week pattern after richer bachel- of the little people. But previous exper-
cross between Kriss Kringle and an Es -
is not all; there must be added the pro- ors and make a bee line for a bachelor knee has taught us unhappily that
, quimaux. per fraction of the value of the gimp apartment house or a flat house which Christmas time is prone to bring a. sad
Footwear fashions of a snowy day
which can be fired only ninety-five times includes what they call bachelor apart- chapter of accidents, =ma sadder ,than
range from hew shoes (they have been
seen) to rubber boots.
before it is completely out of order. ments-amites of two and three rooms usual because of bheir occurrence at a
d.
Gloves, -when fashiouable, are of the Now a hundred anten ton gun costs
$82,500, and consequently at each dis - and bath, without a kitchen. Most of the peoliarar joyous time which with a
heavy pique sewn, mannish va,riety. Knit -
charge its value diminishes by $900. The now housekeeping apartment houses little forethought mighilhave been avoid-
ed. Perhaps it is in connection with
ted ones are en evidence. Also seen,
• . German na has had recently a 77 -ton have,,ffsome of these suites.
• gun, costing $50,000, which can be fired t of the better class boarding domestic thea.tricals that the wersb =d-
ales! are . the Am e w ii e g oyes a
have done duty for dress wear.
only 124 times. Each discharge repro- houses depended on men for their patron- dents have arisen. Ohildren and adults
.• alike have been dressed up, for °amnia°,
!Bents the sum of $20. The 45 -ton guns age.they would ha.ve to shutup in a, Mu
and almost buried in a profusion of sot-
bitAs for shopping bags, not all of them
are "latest hints from aris." The West
can be fired at least one hundred and iy Even the cheaper grade boarding
ton -wool intended to represent snow„
of clic in leather is held side by side l
'with a roomy cord bag, which bulges like
they can be built for $30,800. The price houses ner ahe biggest department
stores which at one time were crowded i paid to the aeady inflammability of the
without the least wegarcl having been
fifty times. At the Essen factories
In the shops open coats show waists
ally, for leas powerful arms the prices with men have fewer than formerly.
material and withoutany precautions to
the pack of Santa.
1 of each shot does not exceed $500. Fin -
ranging from heavy broadcloth and yea
fall to $170, $83 arid $65 for each shot. "Talk about women's hotelst I don't l.
keep it from coming into contact with
vetoers to filmy affairs of the lingerie see the least use of building any more .
a naked flame. Some most beararentling
e - I when there are dozens of boarding '
souse have resulted from this want of
Many women who wear fur coats cling A •
houses like this for instance, where there
variety.
Chnstraas Discovery. a'. is scarcely a pair of trousers to be Ben. care, and a very sad sequel te happy
to the ehirtawaisb suit of cloth, Louisine,•(George Clay Lloyd.)moments has been the consequence. It
taffet•a or other material. These imptov-
Twee the night before Christmas and Santa "1 will say this for most of the wo-
caanoe be too well known that cotton-
ed shirt -waist suits are very becoming, ' men here: they would rather have men wool burns with the fierceness of spirit,
As be rubbed his hands before the bright und than not.
i 1 zoult ete extinguish. Great caution
to many who do not look well in waists In his palace of ice and snow, and that the flame is very hot and. very
Claus sat
aro
Dela skirts of a different color. "I first noticed the tendency of men &fa
After all the great thing is to be dress- brands. to give ed comfortably, and very many women His cheeks bad a ruddier glow. y six years ago, when eight of my young draper --
used fox scenic purposes, which
this house a wide berth about I should also be exercisea in regard to the
e
Tho beard on his chin was the same, men boarders clubbed together, hired an
entire floor with the exclusive use of entirely, of non -inflammable or of not
seem to have accoMpliehed this. It must las hair was as NVh1t0 OA his palace of snow,. should consist so far as possible, if not
be admitted though, that too few re- leis eyes sparkled bright as a. diamond that a bath in a furnished room house for easilyageitea materiel. There is again a
move: the Coat when making a prolonged
stay in a, store.
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• Otiiy One Way Out of It.
(Cleroland Leader.)
Mrs. Cocoyne--Jack, we'll have to get
divorce.
Mr. Cocoyne-'Whet do you mean?
Mrs. Coeoyne-It'a either divorce or tufa.
Ntgliteen of the people who gave tis wedding
presents are going to be married next month.
Shall annty or wilt you?
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have.
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As he smiled on bis white-haired dame. Meal TIOt far from here, peeked up their similar danger connected with celluloid
night
" he said to meant to belonginge and gave me notice that they ornaments and toys. The celluloid ball
"'Tis the eve before Christmas,
qm is fiercely and easily inflammable, and if
his wife must beaten away,
"No; we parted the beet of friends. it does not ignite eoniethine else and
aro-reght :
'rhe sweetmeats and toys tor my girls and They simply wanted to bo in a. house lead to an alarming eonflegral'ion it may
. .
rar
Are anugly packed now in my sleigh.
•
"My boys and my girls have been good all
the rear.
I am pleased so well have they. done,
Though some chimneys be knell, I'll Visit
them all,
And it present 111 give each one."
Then ho harnessed bis little reindeer and
Whit
Ile sped with the wings Of the wind,
Itis heart wet aglow as be pasted o'er the
snow.
And left the cold northland behind.
Then onward he sped o'er valley and hill
Till he travelled the wide world through,
That hearts may be light as his own wad
that eight,
'When MOM/1g should break on t110 VIONV.
Then dIaorb.eard tittg-a•ding ting -a -ling at the
And quickly leaped from my bed,
knew very 'troll it was Santa Clans' hell,
And wanted a peep at bis tied.
/ peeped thf (nigh the door that was teaseling
Mar.
Expeeting the saint I should sob,
tut there atOod papa, With presenta. ha be,
And was filling irty stocking ter me,
stoltee,
Young Peoelea Poets Ulicluirt, Ind.
A Christmas atoll,.
I bad told him, Christinar morning, •
As lie flat upon my }met,
nettling fast his little otoekings.
Stuffed as full no full Could be,
And attentive iisteelog to me.
With a face demure and
That old Santa 'Claus wire filled thent
• Did not love a naughty dead.
"glut we'll be good, alma we, extuddert4
And trent oft my lo itt
Digging deep throng the,,eandiee,
In het stockings htd.
Wbue turned me to limy
Whore it tempting goblet stood. ; ••
tramming over with ditinty mead% ".
Sent mo by 4 neighbor good. ,
Where there were no women, they said. Itself inflict severe urns cmnd unjury-.
"In two years there -were five young This warning, is all elle more needed, it
Men and one widower who met their fate Beanie to us, as so many toys are now
in this houso and afterward got mar- made of this liighly-combuetible meter -
tied and went to houSekeepingaIn eacit !al. The festive season is associe,te.d with
nkt..1,11:tptyainiutalodtinellla
ease the Man and woman gat together danger
rtiflor.brsiif
at the same table, and three out of the yhtluar
may' be pigmented with poison, the col.
five women vete sielasupporting.
ored dandles on the Ohristinat tree have
"All the men were hard evorkers with
been known to be 0. source ef arsenical
only a. moderato salary, and I suppose '
poisoning
had they lived in i1/4 bachelor apartment at Cheistmas parties. while the
courting. moue they would not have elieerfuily admit, however that there
sweets may not be above suspicion. We
none Would have found time to go. a -
had a Chance,' liever was a time when coloring mater-
ials were as a mile so ianotent in char:
The manager of a. bachelor apartment eater an at the present,. thanks, meybe,
house, the tenants of which are Men of to the publicity given us. our owit col -
very moderate means, acknowledged the umns to the practice at one time in ova
other day to an old foaldoOod business • demi:, of using poisonous, materials for
man svho was deploring the .growing dis- this purpose if to bo forewarned is to
be forearmed,this little note :nay not be
written in vain. We feel strongly that a
warning of this kind is timely, and we
issue it not with the slightest desire to
, east a, wet blanket over a promised joy -
0115 time, but in the airmen hope that
this Christmas may not be marreil by
those sad occurrence whielt have ocea-
sionelly marked previous feetivale, and
which could have been avoided by taking
eate and by the application of ordinary
intelligence as to tho possibilities 1 do.n.
gar'
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Had to Oo.
alseliange.)
tinter (to *office boy)--Uotv do you onell
attriettlar 7
Office Dok (promptly) -I can't teen it at
en,
Editor taagt110-What aid you go to
school tor?
Otter got onidirl-gotstute 1 bed to.
ies; Speak to Me Kindly; Lit e Br ght
Eyes at the Window; Maggie With the
Soft Brown Hair; Our Comrades 'Neath
the Sod; The Sunny Smile of My Darl-
ing; Sleeping in Death's Camping
Ground; We Deck Their Graves Alike
To -Day; When My Love Comes Home
to Me; Put My Little Shoes Away.
There are persons who recall them, but
for the most part their singing days are
over, and rag -time is more to the taste
of the younger generation. Mr. Mitcbell's
verses were largely of the saccbarine
MS
c Nil E RE D
MINS OPERATIONS AIMED
Unqualified Success of Lydia E. Plnk
hem's Vegetable Compound itt the
Cane of Mara Fannie D. Fox.
One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the conquering of woman's dread en-
emy, Tumor.
The growth of a tumor is so sly that
frequently its presence isnot suspected
until it is far advanced.
r.r., Fannie b.
So-called " wandeting pains" may
come from its early stages, or the
' preselect:, of danger may be made mani-
fest by profuse menstruation, e.ccome
periled by unusual pain, from the
ovaries down the groin and thighs.
If you have mysterious pains, If there
are Indio:Alone of inflammation or die.
plettement, don't wait for time to con-
firm your fears and go throligh the
horrors of a hospital operation; secure
r4aio, 11. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound right away and begin its use.
Mrs. Pinitharn, of Lynn, Musa., Will
give you her advieo free of all eharge
if you will write her about yourself.
Your letter will be seen by Women only.
Dew Mos, Pinta:arm-
" I take the liberty to aingrattanto you oil
the tweeze I have hall with your wonderful
medicine. Eietteen months ago My month•
liesetoppod, bliortly after X felt so badly time
tubreitted to a thorough examination by a
physloitra And wee told that 1 had a tumor
on the uterus audwould have to undergo an
oppratiort.
' tame after I reattores of your sulvertieee,
meets and decided to give Lydia. E. Pink -
hares Vegetable Compound fa triel. After
treat% live bottlet as direttea the tumor Is
entirely Vita / have been examitad by a
physiciaxi and he says I have horde= of a
armor now. It hu alio brought my Menai
lire &puha 'nee Mere, and I tint sntlrely
Ire!: -Fannie D. Voas 7 Ureettrat final%
Bradfeads Palis
Entertaining Sister's Beau.
While the swain was waiting in the
parlor of a Lexington avenue home for
his inamorata that lady'e younger sis•
ter ventured into the room to entertain
the caller.
"Sisteral be down soon, Mr. Swill-
igin," she said. "Say, can you tell M4
when a door is not a door?"
The young man looked surprised. at
the ancient conundrum.
"That's a chestnut," he said. "A doom
is not a door when it is a air of jam.*
"That's right," said the young sister
gleefully. "Now, here's another: What
makes more noise than a pig under" -
"Little girl," interrupted the young
man somewhat testily, "Why are you
asking me to guess those old gags?"
• "Why, to entertain you till sista
comes in. Isn't that the way Belle
talks to you when she's here?"
"What makes you think so?" asked
. the young mem
"'She told ma that you bad proposed
several times, but that she was going to
keep you guessing every time you
called."
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Under Many Flags.
Possibly no possession has changed
nationality so frequently as the island
of Santa Cruz, in the Danish West In-
dies. Originally the land belonged to
Spain, and it was taken from Spain
to be ender the joint rule of England
and Holland. After a while the flag of
Holland was taken. down and the Eng-
lish flag alone floated, only to give way
to Speen again. The Knights of Malta
were the next possessors, and from them
it passed to a company of adventurers,
who lost it to France, which sold to a
Danish company, the land finally cota-
ing into the possession of the Spanish
government England again took posses-
sion in 1801, and eight years later it
passed, to the Danish government again.
Eventually it will probably become e
part of the 'United Stales, two bargains
having been arranged, but never com-
pletecL
A Truly Catholic Church.
Probably tae only church edifice in
the world. jffntly consecrated to the
Catholic and Protestant forms of wor-
ship exists at Heidelberg, whore in the
Church of the May Ghost. duel services
are frequently heitl at the same time.
A partition divides the church through
the centre of its greatest measurement,
virtually making two churches, and So
jealous were the people of Heidelberg of
tbe oddity of their pleas of worship that
when the Elector Charles Philip attempt-
ed to Oust the I'rotestants in 1719 the
popular unrisingS not only compelled tims
abandonment of the idea, but made it
expedient for the Elector to remove
las court to afennheim.
Germ:ewes desire to become a world DM,
Cost of Being a World Tamer.
(13altitnore Sun.)
er able to hot 1 Ito own in every tea la
Prey it, it testa, I notpay cr. The MeV/
118V11 budget aoon to be greseeted to the
itetchatag t in ad.
etvis foglloblrgiortv:Taut dition 10 ose
pro -
...,..,,,,,,,S, each t• cost SC,/t0,00o, besides it
large hurcase of torpedo -boats, the Whole
to cost an extra $49,X0,000, rtooides this
ochome of new veoselo, there Is to be a
inereasei in the size and armament et the
vet -el s alroady voted, ra.laIng the cost 01
each battleship horn $0,11,20.0J0 to $3,600,(s10.
The naval budget for 1904 in $.59,21.4,000, but
in 1017, when the now al ipe are le toning*.
a a n. the anuual cost et the navy VIII bi
$8.1.000000 apart from the sueraertantere
betiding proporalo. To the eW:ervation that
Gerniany le unable to stand the Cott Of
maintaining a itift navy as well at 1 bill
army, the reply is ready that France debt
this and that detective Is increasing her
population and wealth muoli more rapidly
than hot outlfty cot otrinamenta.
The best way to koop out of right
Is simply to wait, until the other isnoiti
Usgits,