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fHE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG, Pa.
Bob Stillwell's
Christmas
By ANNE CAREW
OB STILLWELL
mt dowu on lils
sled with bis
chin In his nilt
tened hands and
tried to plun
what he could
give folks (or
ChrlHtmns, for It
was only three
duys away.'
"I cnn't give a
thing 1" he mut
tered ot last, for
he did not have a
penny of his own,
and he knew thut
money wus very
seurce on the
farm that yenr.
The. S 1 1 1 1 w e 1 1
. children would he lucky If they all hud
mittens ond warm shoes nnd stock
Ings. Tet Bob knew thut his sister
Nun wns dreaming of a doll house,
little Peter wunted a puppy all his own,
and be didn't dure think of his big sis
ter Amy and big brother Elmer uud
Bis father and mother.
"Why not make 'em something?" was
the thought that came to him.
Bob Jumped up and went home whis
tling through the woods. Under the
pine trees he stopped and brushed
away the snow. When be got through
bis pockets were full of dried pine
eones, large and smull, and some pieces
of birch bark.
The day before Christmas Dob un
locked the woodshed door and looked
at the result of his labors.
' There wns a doll bouse for little Nnn
made out of an egg crate, with real
He Saw the Grandest New Sled.
wall pnper on the walls of the two
rooms, bits of carpet on the floors ond
some enrdbonrd furniture that Bob had
made, lie had even tacked little scraps
of luce at the windows for curtains.
For Amy there was the lovely pic
ture from the Sunday newspaper which
he had admired. Bob had remember
ed and had made a frame for It out
of strips of wood, and on the wood
he had glued tiny pine cones, pieces of
birch bark and dried moss, and as the
picture was a woodland scene you can
Imagine how pretty It was. Bob bad
found a chair rung, which he scraped
and polished with some oil nnd turpen
tine. He put some screweyes in me
ends, and Amy gave him a piece of
narrow red ribbon to mnke loops and,
behold, there wns a necktie holder for
Elmer I for his mother he whittled a
reel for her clothes lines, and it was
a wonderfully handy thing, and for his
father he bought a pipe. It happened
this way : He did some errands for the
mnn who kept the tobacco store In the
village, and when the mnn would hove
paid him some money Bob said he'd
rather have a pipe. So now they were
all provided for except little Peter.
How wns Bob going to get hold of a
real live puppy?
Tou go over to my brother's place
at the foot of Long hill, nnd you tell
hlra I sent yon," said the tobacco man
"Maybe be will let you have a puppy
and work it out for him on Saturdays.
He has a pnper route.
Til do It If he will!" cried Bob
eagerly. Hulf on hour Inter he hurried
Into the woodshed with a wriggling
little puppy under his coat Of course
be hod to tell his mother about that
, And how Bob did enjoy the secret run
ning to and fro with milk and scraps
of meat for the puppy i
When Christmas morning dawned
think Bob Stlllwell wns the most sur
prised boy In Little Klver. He was so
Interested In watching the pleasure of
his brothers and sister with the gifts
be had made with his own hands that
he stood smiling, forgetting to look at
the tree for his own presents.
"Look, Bobby i look 1" screamed little
Peter.
Bob looked and turned pale with sur
prise. The grandest new sled, pointed
a bright red, runners and alL His fa
ther and Elmer hnd made It together.
And there was a red woolen muffler
that Amy had knitted for him and oth
er thing that Santa Claus brought
him.
Santa In Disgrace.
'It would never do for the children
to hear about this."
. "About whatr
"I see where a department store
Bnnta Claus was discharged for being
Intoxicated while on duty and having
a fight with a floorwalker."
Thought for the Day.
The toxn of emperors and cobblers
ar cast to the same mold. The same
reason that makes ua wrangle with a
aelghbor cause a war betwixt prlncoa.
v-Uontatgna. ,
V-LruvJ3 Jul.
MACKI&'
NED WAYNE kicked his toes
egolust the door.
"Soy, mother, can't I go skat
ing?" he asked.
, "Not today, son," said Mrs. Wayne.
"It is Christmas eve, nnd I want, you
to go Into the woods and get some
laurel and evergreens to trim the
house. The servants are all busy with
the housework."
"Aw, bother 1" whined Ned.
"Dear me, Neddy, that Is not a nice
spirit to show nt Christmas time,"
sighed his mother, for she was much
worried about her little boy's selfish
spirit. Ned had a beautiful home and
fond pnrents, but
he teemed to love
his own way
above everything
else.
So when final
ly Ned, sulkily
enough, took a
hutchet and went
toward the
woods his moth
er did not see
that he had his
skates hidden un-
der his thick
overcoat
When he reach
ed the pond he
found all the
skaters hnd gone
home, for who
wants to skate
on Christmas eve
when there are
so ninny other
delightful things
to do?
So Ned took a
few turns around the pond, knowing
nil the time that he wns disobeying his
mother nnd feeling very unhappy all
the while.
Bv nnd by he took oft his skates and
went to the woods to cut some laurel
branches. It was snowing very hard
now. nnd he hnd to work fast, because
by this time it wns growing dark In
thn woods.
At last his arms were fun, ana he
staggered along
through the snow
trying to find the
path, but the
snow naa cover-
cd it up completely.
Ned was lost in
the woods on
Christmas eve I
ne began to cry,
nnd the tenrs
froze on bis
checks. Right be
side him was a
great oak tree,
with a hollow
trunk. There was
narrow open
ing in the trunk,
and poor, cold,
tired, lost Ned
squeezed his way
through the open
ing and found It
snug and wnrm
Inside, with a
thick bed of dry
leaves. He stop
ped up the open
ing with branches
of evergreen, and that kept the wind
and snow out
It was very lonesome In the hollow
tree. Somewhere an owl wns hooting,
T?
Took a Few Turns
Around the Pond.
Christmas Seals
Dy CLARISSA MACKIE
T was only a few days
before Christ
mas, nnd little
Amy Wells wns so
happy. The teach
er hnd given her
some Red Cross
seals to soil, and
when Miss Smith
had distributed
the red and white
and green seals
among her schol
ars she had ex
plained to them
all about the pur
pose of the Red
Cross society and
how the money
earned would be
used to help the wounded soldiers.
And she had not sold one single, soli
tary stamp of her twenty-live!
How she hnd trudged around from
door to door, only to meet the same
kind Rmlle and shnke of the hend 1 Amy
told her mother, and when Mrs. Wells
offered to buy all the stamps herself tho
little girl shook her head.
'I ought to be able to sell them out
side my homo, mother, dear," she said.
"That would be renl work."
Mrs. Wells sighed and smiled. She
couldn't very well afford to buy even
the twenty-flve stamps thnt Amy want
ed to soil, for every penny wns needed
In that little household. Mr. Wells hnd
died a year or two before, and Amy's
mother bad to sew for a living. She
was very busy, for she was trying to
finish some work so as to receive the
money In tlmo to buy something for
Christmas.
'Kiss me, little daughter," Mrs. Wells
said, with a smile, "and then carry this
dress up to Miss Granger on the hill."
The Grangers lived In a big house at
the top of the hill. It was quite the
largest house In Little River, and the
three Indies lived there alone with
two servants. They were Miss Belle
Granger, Miss Lucy and Miss Beth,
They were not very young, but they
were very kind nnd sweet.
The mold admitted Amy to the front
hnll, nil warm nnd glowing from a
great fire on the hearth.
"How do you do, Amy? Wouldn t
rou like one or these uttie mince
IPs
111
IS
1
A Great Tree With
a Hollow Trunk.
"I Hope You Will Have a Happy
Christmas," Mlts Lucy Said.
i
tarts?" And there was Miss Beth
Granger with a plate of mince tarts.
"Oh, thank you 1" gasped Amy as she
took one.
'Walt a moment and Annie will
wrap It In a pnper nnpkln so you can
carry It home," said Miss Beth as she
pressed a button for the mnid. But
when Annie came with the pnper nap
kin, which wns all gny with holly and
Chrlstmns bells, Miss Ruth put all the
mince tnrts In It nnd gave It to Amy
' flBetit- )
i?y Georde
McKirmi&
Temperance
rctes"
(Conducted by the National Woraan'l
Christian Temperance Union.)
I
Hurried Across the
8nowy Yard.
T was Christmas eve at the Bayvllla
Home for Orphans, and three little
boys sat In the chilly dining room
looking out at the flying flakes of snow.
It was after supper, and there was a
clatter of dishes In the kitchen.
"They say," snid Jimmy, "there's
going to be a big Chrlstmns tree In
the parlor toraor
dow, and candy
and presents and
everything, but
I'd rather hang
up my stocking
than have all the
old Christmas
trees. You betcha
I would!"
"So would It"
echoed Bobby and
George.
"Thnt trustee1
who was here to
day would make,
a dandy man fof
a father or an,
uncle," said Bobi
by.
"He's a w f a 1
rich."
"And he ain't
got any children
or any folks at
all."
"I wish he'd
dopt me," r
fleeted George,
"ne patted my head."
"He must be lonesome without any
folks," began Bobby. Then he leaned
over nnd whispered to his companions,
Fifteen minutes later three little boys,
the oldest ten and the youngest six, let,
themselves through a basement dool
and hurried across the snowy yard to
the opening In the hedge which led
through a patch of woods to the village.
Mr. Bnrtley, the trustee, wno onen
visited the home, lived In n big nouse
with a wonderful gnrden. Everything
wns blanketed In snow now, nnd the big
house wns dark save for a few lighted
windows on the lower floor.
Soon thev stood on the porch peer
Ing In at a cozy library, where Mr. Barti
ley Bnt In a mg
chnlr before the
fire, looking very
lonesome. A big
dog, a collie, snt
beside hlra with
his head on his
master's knee.
Suddenly the dog
lifted his hend
and barked. Mr.
Bnrtley looked to
ward the window
nnd saw the three
little frightened
boy faces peering
In. In a jiffy he
hnd jumped up,
opened the win-'
dow and lifted
them In one at a
time.
"Good gracious
me! What are you
doing out there?"
he demanded. ,
TO THE MODERATE DRINKER.
"Nations, as well as Individuals, art
accepting the unquestioned nervous
damage of alcohol," says Rr. Robert
S. Carroll In his book, "The Mastery
of Nervousness." Many appalling and
distorted statements have been made
to frighten the drinker from his cups.
But k would seem thnt when a com
mittee appointed by a government to
Investigate the harmful effects of al
cohol reports that the drinker's life is
shortened 25 minutes by every gloss
of alcoholic liquor, even the reckless
would hesitate. Six years nre knocked
off the enrthly existence of the over-
age drinker. The tippler answers thut
It Is his own life that he Is short
ening, nnd If he pleases so to live and
die, he alone Is hurt. There Is an
other tiling to be considered:
1 "Three out of four of the offspring
of overage drinkers show Inherited
defects, chiefly of the nervous sys
tem. Mnny an Intense, unhappy, mis
erable, high-strung neurotic of today
Is the defective daughter of a genial,
Jovial, easy-going, old-school gentle
mnn whose mint Juleps of good-fellowship
burn hot In the brains of his chil
dren. Numbers of fearsome epilep
tics go through lives of fierce uncer
tainty, the unhappy products of a
single ancestral spree. These Inno
cent victims are condemned, before
birth, to live with nervous systems nt
tuned to discord, cnpnble of express
ing life only through minor strains,
hopelessly deficient pitiable, de
pressed, morbid, blighted lives."
Mdmhonal
SOKfSOlOOL
Lesson
(By K O. SELLERS, Acting Director ol
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
, Bible institute, Chicago.)
(CopyrlKhl. I17. Western Newspsper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 16
NEHEMIAH ENFORCES THE LAW
OF THE SABBATH.
LESSON TEXT-Nehemlah 13:16-22,
GOLDEN TEXT-Romemher the Sab
bath Day- to keep It holy. Exod, 20:8.
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THE WINNING ARGUMENT.
"It Is Idle to argue from prophecy
when we may argue from history,"
pithily sold Sidney Lnnler. What
has really happened as the result of
dry law Is of more value as prohibi
tion argument than all the prognosti
cations of liquor advocates In nnd for
territory now wet. In a recent cam
paign Issue the Union Signal gives
column nfter column to this worth
while history argument Flrst-hnnd
testimony from 14 dry states (there
was no space for more) proves that
prohibition Is a boon and a blessing,
socially and economically; that it In
creases man power nnd money pow
er. "The success nrgument," says
the editor, "is the winning factor in
present-dny prohibition campaigns. It
effectually silences tho Hquorltes."
Thnt argument Is abundantly sun
piled by enthusiastic statements con
tinually given out by governors, nttor
ney generals, mayors, sheriffs, bank
ers, by business managers, labor com
missioners, and prominent residents of
prohibition states.
The Dog Lifted Hl
Head and Barked.
"Oh. thank you so much!" repeated
and' again he heard some four-footed Amy. thinking how her mother would
nnlmhl fnurhnna e fnv irn nnr-nntrlnr? COlOy ine luris,
over the snow, lie wns not exactly
frightened, but It surely was very lone
some,
Sometimes he slept nnd dreamed of
his nice worm home, nnd he thought
of his good, kind pnrents and bow
worried they would be, and he re
solved never
again to disobey
them
After a while he
slept and was
awakened by the
Round ot the
church bells ring'
Ing in the glad
Christmas 1 1 d
ings.
shouted back, and
presently he wns
In his father's
arms.
When Ned woke
Found All the
Beautiful Gifts.
next Christmas
came around he
would be worthy of all the blessings
that were showered on him.
And his parents always said, "Ned'
die has never been the same since be
spent the night in the hollow tree."
"Mother sent the
dress."
"My sister Is trying It on," said Miss
Beth. "Walt a moment, Amy, ana i
will get the money for you."
She hnd Just disappeared wnen Miss
Lucy Granger came bustling through
the hnll. "I wonder If you would mnll
these little packages for me, Amy 7
she said. "I am so provoked because
I have used up my Christinas seals."
"Of course I will mall the packages,
Miss Lucy." snid Amy ; then she added
shyly, "I I hove some Christmas seals
If you would like them."
'You have? How very fortunate r
Amy told her about the seals nnd
bow she had been unnble to sell even
nn of them. To her great Joy Miss
o h t,nH l.nov boucht the whole twenty-flve and
voices calling his put the money In Amy's pocketbook,
name, nnd he together witn a origin
for herseir. "i nope you hi
very happy Christmas, dear," Miss
Lucy said.
The next day Amy took the Red
PrnKs monov to her teacher, and Miss
up on Christmas Smith told her she hnd done very well.
morning ana r.uny --- ----
found all the ger nuto enr stoppea ueii
beautiful glfta door, and the chauffeur brought n a
thnt Santa Claus great basket lor Airs, we .
had brought to wns a new dress for Amy. with a arm
him he registered cloak for her motner. oesiaes . cummin
a vow that when doll. The Douom ui "
fliiori with eooa tnings to euu
"My Christmas week began with
oora" lnuched Amy as bright drops
fell on her round cheeks, "nnd It Is
ending In tears tool"
i.Tnr nf hnnnlness. darling, snia
her mother.
"Please, sir, we're from the home,'
said Bobby. "We knew yon lived
all alone and we thought maybe
you'd like to hire us three kids to spend
Christmas with you. We don't wan!
any tree," explained Bobby. "We Jusl
want to bang up our stockings and
wnke up something like home befoio
we came to the 'sylura.". Tears wer
In the boys' eyes now.
Mr. Bnrtley flourished a handkerchief
nnd tried to laugh, but his voice crack
ed so queerly.
"Now, that's a funny thing," he de
clared. "I was Just wishing I had
three nice boys to spend Chiistmal
with me nnd maybe live with me all
the time."
By and by Mr. Bnrtley called a man'
Bervant, nnd together they took the
three little boys up to bed.
Then they hung their stockings on,
the corners of the big four-post bed
stead, and In twd
DRY BIT8. r'
Grammar a la prohibition:
Dry : Comparative.
Dryer: Superlative.
Bone dry: In 1920 the United
States will be In the superlative cot
dltion.
The constitution of the United
States gives to each man the right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness. The liquor institution sends mnn to
death, slavery and the pursuit oi
wretchedness.
St Paul wrote to Timothy to use a
little wine for his stomach's sake, A
good many Timothys since then have
j too eagerly followed this advice and
I have gone to seed.
LIQUOR AND LABOR.
A department superintendent of one
A the big tire factories in Akron, O.
Bscs CO men In each shift. They are
making gas masks, miners' respirators,
ind other vital war material. That de
nartment is working only two shifts a
lay Instead of three, because of the
scarcity of labor. They pay off on
Friday. On one Saturday only six of
the sixty men in one shift reported for
work. "Ninety per cent of our labor
troubles nre due to booze," snys this
juperlntendent. If the government
would shut down on the liquor traffic
we could lncrense our output enor
mously. There Is no lack of labor.
The only trouble Is to keep It working
full time."
To Make Christmas Wreaths.
rjnnd Christmas wreaths may be
made by tying small branches of Doug
las, or other spruce, firmly about a
barrel hoop. Sprays of ruscus or other
colored material, and pine cones may
be worked In for color.
Mabel's Odd Request
One morning Mabel'a mother gave
her a bunch of grapes; when abe got
through eating them, she gave the
stem back, saying: "Mother, put some
more on here."
A Resolution.
"Wlah you a Happy New Yearl"
That'a goln' to be my speech.
I'm goin' to put the polltlci
Away back out o' reach.
I'm goln' to be forgetful
Of problems gatherln' thick.
An' wlh you Happy New Year
Down to Pohlck on the Crick.
Won't talk about the weather,
Xf the weather len't fine.
We'll aet tha log nre blaaln
If the sun torgeU to ahlne,
The iorrowi an reeentrnenta,
We will eend them on their way.
"Wleh you Happy New Tear,
That's all I'U have to say.
PASSING OF THE PENITENTIARY.
Citizens of Colorado are inquiring
what is to become of the state peni
tentiary a few years hence. Despite
asleep, while th the Increase In population the prison . th,8 Nehemlah entered upon a,
servant, Martin, Quota, Warden Tynan says, has been cleanglng process, (vv. 30-31). The use,
nodded In a cbalj ; reuucea since proiuoiuou wem iuiu ei- of th(8 word "'remember" in verses n,
tect at tne rate oi ten a monin. snouiu
minutes the!
A
were sounq
Nehemlnh remained In Jerusalem
twelve years, from B. C. 444 to B. C.
432. He wos then recalled nnd was
In Persia some years, pcrhnps five or
seven, but returned about B. C. 425,
the year Arinxerxes died, for we know
that he returned by permission of that
king. Therefore, the date of tills les
son would be sometime In the summer
r early autumn of 420 or 427 B. CM
16 or 18 years following lost Sunday's
lesson.
Tn thn section, vv. 10-14. we see that
the gifts for the house of God and
the Levltes, who led in worship, hnd
Seen neglected. Whenever the nouse
of God nnd Its service of worship Is
neglected, we may expect thnt the Sab
bath dny ond the worship of God will
also soon fall into contempt. Ezra has
ilmpped out of our history without a
hint ns to his end. He mny nave re
turned to Babylon, seeing thnt his
work wns completed, or have been re
called by the king. Perhaps he nroiignc
inck Information to Neheminii nt uie
Persian court, of the declension which
hnd already started In the city of Jem-
Vilem. Three times In tins ciinpier
the word "remember" Is emphasized.
Perhaps that offers a suggestion ns to
our outline.
I. "Remember" (v. 14) the Neglect
of God's House, (vv. 1-14). ine neg
lect of God's house grew up out or tne
Incursjon of heathenism Into Jewish
'.lfe. Nehemlnh realized that the pur
ity of the race depended upon absolute
wnnrntlon from the mixed multitude.
(v. 8). Nehemlnh also confronted the .
difficulty of having n priest ,(vv. 4, 5), !
who hod defiled himself and nlso dese
crated the temple, ond flnnlly the por
tion for the support of the priest and
the temple worship had been withheld,
(v. 10). This wns the state of things
with which Nehemlnh hod to contend.
II. "Remember" (v. 12) the Sab
bath Day. (vv. 15-22). Nehemlnh's
next nnd most difficult reform wns re
garding the fourth commnndment. ne
nt once set.nhout to learn the facts;
then relates what he snw (v. 15). The
record also tells how he testified
ngnlnst them in thnt they were selling
merchondlse on the Snbbnth dny. He
contended with the aobles thnt they
hnd done evil on the Snbbnth day. (v.'
17). ne testified ngnlnst them tlmt
the merchants and sellers of ware had
lodged about and within Jerusalem,
(vv. 20, 21). The root of the trouble
with Judnh was that they forgot God's
word and followed the devices nnd de
sires of their own henfts. The Jewish'
Sabbath In Its outward form on the
exact day of the week Is not binding
upon Gentile Christians (Col. z :iu, 1 1 ).
Tr wns riven to Israel as a peeP,e-
(Deut. 5:1, 2), as a memorial of their,
deliverance out of the land of Egypt1
nnil the house of bondnce. (Deut. a W
The Christian, by the denth of Christy
Is made dead to the letter of the law)
of Moses. (Deut. 7:4), but tne pnn-.
rinl of the Sabbath is older than eveni
the law of Moses and Is as binding!
nnnn the Christian believer as are uie
many other principles which underlie,
the Mosaic law. In Its exact form, the
seventh day, the observance of the,
Sabbath belongs to the old order and'
not to the Christian order, cnrist, wno.
rose from the dead (Rom. 7:4), rose.
nn the first day of the week, and we,
as Joined to Christ, nre not under otn
iiMtinn to the Mosaic Inw, but to.
Christ. Therefore, the Lord's dny, thej
resurreetlon dny. the first dny of tne(
week. (Rev. 1:10; John 21:20; 1:10-
20; Acts 27), Is the day or privilege.
not of obligation nnd is more sncrcti.
to ns thnn the Snbbnth day of these
Jews. The Jews In Nehemlah's timet
showed their contempt of the Lord's'
rinv hv mnklna it a doy ot proiit, neno
this exhortation which we see set forth
In this section. This shouia De a warn-,
Ing nnd on exhortation to us in those,
days of a secularized sobnatn
III. "Remember" (v. 29) the Holy;
Priesthood, (vv. 30-31). In this section)
we see that the priesthood had even!
nflioH themselves witn women. ar.u,
Women Hard at Work
Four million dollars to be expend
by women for women In a 8inKie m
was never before heard of. These m
days or nmozing tilings, (,( tills
what the -Young Woman's Christian
loclatlon has undertaken, fmV .w
New York Letter. Within two niootij
aiier me ueciimuion or vnr ,
spring, the association, with r0 i
experience behind It In work for girl
was in tne neiu witn its wur w.
.Aimnll r wmt ,1...
wuiitu i.v iimtvi iiiu in-run or Wfll)
and girls everywhere, both hero nil
abroad, who are in mornl or i)i)x,
dunger because of wnr-rhiinRwl con
tlons. Hostess houses fur women v
Itlng the training cimips, and eM
gency housing for girls who nre tnl
ing the places of men In Industry, J
Ohe of the cliler needs. Twenty wnrj
ers nre already In Europe, and oih.
are on the way or arriving. Thej i
opening cafeterias In France and ItJ
sla for the women who are doing nn
work, and are providing rest undrn
ntlon places for nurses nt the (ri
during their hours off.
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
EASILY nil
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected
An examining physician for one el
prominent life insurance companiei, in
interview . of the subject, made the
toniahing statement that one ream J
to many applicants for inaurance in
jected is because kidney trouble unci
mon to tne American people, and the LJ
majority of these whose application)
declined do not even suspect that tf
have the disease.
Judging from reports from dnid
who are constantly in direct touch j
me puuuc, mere is une preparation i
has been very successful in ovcrm:
these conditions. The mild and be
intlucnce of Dr. Kilmer's SwampRocI
soon realized. , It stands the highest
its remarkable record of succeu.
We find that Swamp-Root U iti
an herbal compound 'd we would
vise our readers who feel in need ol w
remedv to live it a trial. It u on
at all drug stores in bottles of two iJ
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to teit
grent preparation send ton centi to
Kilmer & Co., llinghamton, N. Y, f
sample bottle. When writing beam
mention this paper. Adv.
True to Life.
"I don't see how you enn read
trashy novel," declared mother. '
you see any merit In It at ulli"
"Whv, yes," answereu miner.
Intensely realistic."
"What do you mean? vny.uw
versatlon between the lovers Is utt
silly slush, nnd their actions ire
otlenllv nbsurd."
,
-v,,., that's what I mean, m
futher, mildly..
. ... ...im. with Roman ! I
'ri. th. mnM
SrrifrMU.d aid etrsniiB.. '
your eyes. aqt.
She Had a Pap Once.
Tho little clrl's futher had
or a inn? time In search of h'
Ills memory must hove grown M
the child's mind. One afternoon, n
helne rolled out In her gWtft
saw a little child run by to t man
yond nnd call. "Papa. i'F
..1-1 r,d tn her niotrjer
Hint? ,lll iu'"
remarked In a sorrowful tone, i
we hod a papa."
In Two Minutes
They Were Asleep.
outside In the
hall and Mr.
Bnrtley, button
ed into a fun
lined overcoat,
went striding
down the snowy
street to the
brightly lighted
shops.
I don't knotf
who was the hap
pier that Christy
mas morning, the
three little boyfl
with stockings
full of treasures
or big Mr. Barh
ley, whom they
called "Uncle
Dick." And the
best of it all was
this same ratio be maintained the pen
itentiary will be emptied in less than
six years.
Other dry states face similar situ
ations. If Kansas were not providing
for federal prisoners nnd prisoners
from other states, most of her penal
institutions would be closing up.
WHY HER COW IS LIKE KEN
TUCKY. First Lady Did you know I have
the dearest little pig, and I call It Ink.
Second Lady And why do you call
your pig Ink?
First I.ady Sura, because It runs
jut of the pen.
Second Lady Aw, lwd cess to ye!
But did ye know that I have a cow. I
have that and I call her Kentucky.
First Lady And why do you call
.v.. tr. t..inn nAnrtaH all three of vnnr rnw Ken tuck vT
mm lui. ai iicjr ituvv- i , - -
the little lnds who came to blm that;
Christmas eve, and they are growing
up Into such fine, big boys.
Danger of Christmas Fires.
The danger ot nre at ennsunas
times from candle-lighted trees and
other Incidents of the season ought
nnt tn he forcotten. for a little fore-
Second Xady Because she's golnu
3ry.
CONSUMER PAYS THE TAX.
When congress was considering In
creasing the beer tax the National
Liquor Dealers' Journal said. "The
brewers will make no complaint over
thought and prudence may prevent the war tax. The tax will not be one
some shocking accidents, in partic
ular, measures should be taken to re
duce the annual amateur Banta Claus
cremations to a minimum, if not whol
ly stopped. Exchange,
Optlmlstlo Thought
A man becomes learned by asking'
questions.
on them although they will act as the
clearing house for the government in
Its collection. The taxpayers will be
the ultimate consumers. Some of the
big glasses of beer moy be cut down
a trifle, or a little more foam added
to the ordinary glass will make up the
difference."
22 and K9 gives strong emphasis to thej
three cardinal 6lns against wnicn
hemlnh was battling.
IV. Summary: As In Nehemlnh's
time, so now. Sabbath desecration is'
the surest rond to national ruin, nnd &
Inrce nronortlon of our present calam
Itv can be traced to growing irrever-.
ence for the Lord's day.' Jesus swept
owoy tho cobwebs of Sabbath irrever-.
ence, but did not tear down tne nouse.,
He kept the principle, but removed the
bornncles with which the Pharisees'
nnd Jews had encumbered It. Jesus
taught that the Sabbath was made for
mon nnd not man for the Snbbath
(Murk 2:27, 28), and he set himself ns
on example in this regard, for he Is
Lord Of that day as well as the other
rinvs of the week,
The Sabbath is a day of rest and if
observed, workmen without exception
win nroduce more than Is possible If It
is not observed. Recent confirmation
nf this nrlnclDle can be found in the
report of the British ministry of muni
tions. To observe the Sabbath or any
other divinely ordained principle tends
to nrosoerlty (I Tim. 4:8).
The chief value of the Snbbath, how
ever, is In connection with the wor-
hln of Ood. The feeding of the spir
itual nature ; the rest which Is to be
differentiated from mere holiday or
pleasure ; Us need for adult and child
life j Its educational value j Its oppor
tunity for Chrlstlnn service ,nnd exal
tation of family relations, all show It
to have been created to nil a real need
and to manifest the wisdom and gooa
qsss of Clod. '
For Lameness
Keep a bottle of VJ
Liniment in youf statu""
spavin, curb, splint of w
enlargement, for ihotjj
diporsweeny.woundJ.JT
scratches, coflarorshoeo"
epraini and any la
It absorbs swellings a'
largements.anddispd'
and stiffness very
JL MTWmM Jam-rL
35c Per Bottle
At All Dealers
Each bottle con
tains more than the
usual 50o bottla ot
liniment. '
IILBERT BROS.
BALTIMORE, MD,
r7r5TS!
WANTED 100 LIVE Aw
In th south. Hlrt "Jnu i
Quit Suffering SaJsSfr,
Addrsss B. A. BMITU, MH-
I
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a oi r w ctcxopep' A,,9rPi!.''
KAIITV. If. fro. Do'lfTi
BUUABL AOHNOt, I '
W. N. U., BALTIMORE