* “Hail to the Yule log and the mistle-
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Noel---A Ballade
For Christmas |
A Canalboat
“How are we going to spend Christ-
mas" exclaimed the good natured Mps, |
Captain Boggs, seemingly a bit sur- |
prised at the question, for canalboat
| folk are sensitive of any criticism aim- |
| ed in their direction.
The vells chime happily across the
aight
The night that crowns the almost dy-
ing year-— :
And soon the morning, wita its dawn.’
ing light.
Proclaims that Christmas day at last’
is here
The children high aloft the boar's head
bring,
And 2s they march their merry carois
sing,
White Christendom joins in their tune-
“ul lay.
For at this season ali are glad and
say,
And men and women. with their
nearts aglow,
Shout out with one accord on Christ-
mas day,
“Hail to the Yule og and the mistle
toe!"
Emblems of many an oid time honored
rite,
Of boisterous mirth and homely, hon.
est cheer:
The Yule log, flaming high and biazing
bright:
The mistletoe, to youths and maidens
dear
See for snapdragon how they form a
ring
Or in a.countradance their partners
swing?
Lord of misruic makes gooa his so
briquet,
And all his mandates eagerly obey
He wields the scepter and with lond
hallo
Cries lustily, with none 1o say nm
aay,
“Hall to the Yule loz and the mist
ton!”
All ¢'imes and cinsses own the season's
wight
Iv rates
peer;
The humblest tome presents o happy
sign ;
The sternest judge forgets to look se.
vere. .
The very birds fly ny on tighter wing:
The blustering north wind seems to
lose 1s Sting:
The old nnd young the golden haired
and gray.
Devote the hones to mersiment
#aitky the peasant and the
ina
play,
Anu fur across the crispy, crackling
show
We hear a chorus from a fiying sleigh,
“Hall to the Yule log and the mistle. i
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“HAIL TO THE YULE LOG AND THE MISTL!- |
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The chosen theme of many a fancey's '
flight,
A ballad monger or a sonneteer
Yearly his Christmas poem will indir: |
Of n coy maiden and her cavalier. !
Shakespeare full often had his mere; |
thing, 1
And Milton tuned bis harp to nob'~ |
string: :
Irving the scenes of Christmas cond |
betray,
And Dickens its true spirit could econ.
vey. :
To soug and story a rich debt we |
owe, : :
And with trinmpliant cheer this tribute
pay, |
toe!"
pe:
And as the sacred season circles near
! ro o
thoughts and themes are come down we'd be glad to have you
a eu is | and show you a bit of canalboar hos
Our lives become mere gentie and sin- | Pitality.”
banished quite;
cere;
" Our hearts can find uo room for dole
or spite.
Paeans of praise from thankfu! hearts
upspring
To celebrate the birthday of the King.
All humbly for our brother's wen! we
pray
And ask a blessing oun our future way;
Our generous gifts on others we he.
stow;
“Peace jjpon earth, good will to men
we say.
“Hall to the Yule log and the wmistle-
i toe!"
/ ENVOY.
Spirit of Christmas, we accept thee-
yea,
Right willingly we bow beneath thy
sway’
We join our songs to those of long
ago
With this refrain, for ever and for aye,
“Hail to the Yule log nnd the mistie-
toe!"
‘room is at a premium, was the pre-
; most of the time, and it
, store it.”
. Small knobs jutted out from the face
given on one of the boats here New
“Why, we're going to spend the day
gust like other folk. Some think be- |
cause we live on canalboats we don't
have any comforts and eat like sav-
ages. My, but I'd a heap sight rather
live down here than in a flat like my |
niece's. She's got six rooms, and they |
f
‘don’t begin to be as big as mine. i
“If you think there ain't room just
look here,” and Mis. Buggs displayed |
the secrets of a sult of rooms, the in- |
genuity of the arrangement rivaling |
the den of the New York bachelor girl. |
Out of the main cabin, which served as
living and dining room combined, two |
alcoves jutted. besides an infinitesimal |
corner dubbed the kitchen, but which |
' was even tinier than the modern apart-
ment house kitchenette,
While under ordinary circumstances
the kitchen was part of the cabin
proper, two doors ut right angles to
each other could be drawn out, which,
meeting, formed a roow by itself. A |
shiny coal stove or range quite filled |
the compartment, leaving just room
before it in which to work, while above |
it every inch of wall space was utilized
with pots and kettles and kitchen uten-
slls of every sort,
A low cupboard opening into the
hold contained more articles of kitchen
use, as well as vegetables and canned
goods. Bunks were displayed in the
two other alcoves, which were in open
view of the cabin. But from the re-
cesses of the boat Mrs, Boggs pulled
out a sliding door, which completely
divided the space inte two rooms, and
when curtains were drawn into the
cabin the occupants enjoyed all the
privacy desired.
A big divan could be opened up at
night into a roomy double bed, and an-
other bunk, “just under the eaves,”
was sufficiently large to tuck two
small youngsters away. Chests of
drawers bailt in, wardrobes and cup-
bosrds in out of the way places sup-
plied room for bedding, clothing and
the boots and shoes of a family or |
children,
One of the biggest surprises in the |
boat, one which conveyed a hint that
might be applied in small houses where
served fruit lockers.
“We all do up our own fruit,” went
on Mrs, Boggs. “You see, while we
go up the caual we are in the country
is much
cheaper to put up our own fruit than
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buy it in winter, and this is where we
Going to the stairs up the companion-
way, she pulled out iiny drawers.
of cach step with which to open the
drawers, while within there was quite
room enough to allow pint fruit jars
to stand upright,
A cold storage room: was tucked
away in the hold, into which a small
door about two feet in height opened.
The dining table was a folding affair
which turned up against the wall of |
the cabin when not in use '
When some surprise was expressed |
at the presence of a sewing machine
in the room Mrs. Bogus said: “Oh.
that’s nothing! Many of the boats
have organs as well, and there is one
fitted up with a porcelain bathtub. So,
you see, we have some of the luxuries
of city houses and plenty of good air
and sunshine. A concert is to be
Year's eve, and if you should like to
A Christmas Game.
The “chest” may be arranged in any
way that will hide one of the players.
The game is bused on the old poem,
“Mistletoe Bough:
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
The holly branch shone on the old oak
wall,
The baron's jetatters wae
Ang the Christmas holiday.
The “retainers” all form a ring about
the “lover,” whe I= blindfolded. The
retainers sing:
Here we are so blithe and gay,
Keeping our Christmas holiday.
One will hide in the chest hereby.
To guess who it is you must surely try.
With that one of the “retainers” runs
and hides in the improvised chest.
The “lover” is led to It, and he may
ask questions of the hidden ome, who
may reply by “Yes” or “No,” disguis-
ing the volce. By these answers the
“lover” must tell who the retainer is.
If he falls he must try again. When
he succeeds, the hidden person becomes
the lover,
blithe and
| ~May R. McNabb in Pittsburg Dispatch,
(after they were started in Persia.
LIV. (1481 riders on post horses went
{stages of the distance of twenty miles
| the king the earliest intelligence of the
events that passed in the course of the
war that had arisen with the Scots. A
' Scotland, the king now commands his
thither and come back again in six
rays."
After Christmas.
Bald the Christmas tree by the old back mm mt
fence ™
To the one just over the way:
“It seems to me it is hard to be
Qut here in the cold today
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Sald the Christmas tree by the old back :
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To the one just over the way:
“1 wish out there on the mountain side
They only had let me stay.
My roots were strong, ! was warm and
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While the merry snow flew by,
But now I am trembling, old and weak."
Sald the other tree, “80 am 1.” i
Baid the Christmas tres by the old back
fence
To the one just over the way:
“A little boy threw a rock at me |
As he passed along today, :
And last week, up by a beautiful doll,
A sled was hanging high
For that bad little boy
death.”
Said the other tree, “So am 1.’ i
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I'm tired to
Said the Christinas tree by the old back
fence
To the one just over the way: |
“A little gir! that 1 gave a ring !
Came by, and I heard her say,
‘You ugly oid tree, who cares for you!
And she made up a face 80 wry
I wouldn't believe folks could so forget.”
Sald the other tree, “Nor would 1.”
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Said the Christmas tree by the oid back |
fence
To the one just over the way:
“It's hard to die so far from home,
But 1 guess we've had our day,
And the children maybe in years to come
Will think of us with a sigh
And the joy it gave. 1 am reconciled.” :
Said the other tree, “So am 1.” {
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The Cow Decided.
A peasant living in the village of |
Predeal, near the Hungarian frontier,
lost his cow. About two months ago
he happened to be standing at tke
railroad station watching a train load
of eattle about to be sent across the
frontier. Suddenly he gave a shout.
“That's my cow!" he cried, running
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The family doctor should din it into
the mother's head all the time, that
the health of their children lies in the
feet. Keep the feet dry. Never let
them get wet. No child should be al-
lowed to go out in snow or rain, or |
when walking is wet, without Rubbers.
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- The last judicial apportionment
rate : made in 1901 and it may appear with the
Judges congressional, senatorial and legislative
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 2.—The census 2PPortionments which will appear in the
returns for 1910 have blighted the hopes
of a number of
separate Judges, and co
for the creation of judicial
have to wait for ten years in some cases.
The law fixes 40,000 population as the
mark a county must obtain to secure its
udge. There are fourteen counties
of the State which are in judicial districi He '
with others and there were hopes in -;
ford, Huntingdon, Warren and Elk that
own J
the increase in
them their own
All four fall short of the number, Bed- | Perscription for di
ford having 38,879, actually less than in ' organs understa
1900, while Huntingdon has 38,304, a gain | given to
of about 4000 in ten years.
counties, with Mifflin form the Twentieth
District, and for years agitation for anoth- ! because t|
er Judge or a redistricting has been go- | dition of
ing on.
arren is in
counties of the State for SUS
uently bills
cts will |
. ly appreciates the
the skilled ph:
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These two | tability, hysteria,
the delicate
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a district with Forest and
next Legislature as a result of the cen-
Scarcely one woman in a thousand real-
influence of her sexual
: organism over her whole life.
ician who has
te to the ah og ee de. 4
cate nerves ve
who understands how
are these organs to ev
tion would insure | function and attribute of i
It is only
time and
ion, spasms and
various other forms of nervous disease
hese originate in a diseased con-
woman! organs.
is a i reme-
dy for women's special ailments.
is less than 500 short of 40,000. Elk is makes weak women strong and sick
about 4500 short. | women well.
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Special Christmas Offerings
We invite all Christmas shoppers to see our large
stocks. Bring your lists here for Christmas presents,
and we will help you with your selections and save
money in prices. We give 2 small list of the many
useful gifts.
LEATHER AND SILVER BEADED BAGS—Leather
Hand Bags in the new large shapes from 50c. to $7.
Beaded Bags in white and dark; values 85c., our
price 50c.
Silver Mesh Bags from 50c. to $6.
HANDKERCHIEFS—Handkerchiefs for all in boxes
and separate; in cotton, silk and linen.
SPECIAL.—50 dozen Linen Initial Handkerchiefs for
ladies; regular 15c quality, our price 10c. The bet-
ter grade hand-embroidered initial; regular 25c.,
our price 15c. One lot all linen Handkerchiefs,
hand embroidered, flowers; regular 35c. quality,
our price 25c¢.
SILK AND WOOL MUFFLERS—AIl the new things
in Silk and Wool Mufflers for men and women.
SCARFS—The and finest line of Silk Scarfs in
Persian, gold beaded effects, from 40c. to $5.
HOSIERY—Fine Hose for men. Ladies’ fine Silk
Hose; real value 75c¢., our price 50c.
Better quality Silk Hose; real value $1, our price
75 cents.
Children's fine Hose in black and tan.
GLOVES—Men's, Ladies’ and Children's Gloves in
wool, silk and kid.
scarfs. Silk Massalene, nay < Chine. Pans a
Me aang, CIP Sie Yolo de
shades.
SHIRT WAISTS—Just a large new line of
Shirt Waists in the tailored styles and fancy
lingerie.
RUGS—]Just received a assortment of fine
present. Prices
These will make a
lowest.
COATS AND COAT SUITS—We have made special
low prices on Coat Suits for this month.
FURS—This week we have again received new Furs.
Everything in the newest models in neck pieces and
muffs to match.
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. Wom-
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