Montour American I HANK C. ANOI.B, Proprietor. Danville, I>R. |)EV. J], IVHI. o*o«o*o«o*o*oo*o*o*o*o*o*o t Reunited! Flo A Kidnaplntf l.ead* to ■ F O Happy Christmas | - J ? By ANDREW I). MORTON V o o • CopyitKlit. 19lt). by American I'l-en* • 0 Association. O 0*0*0*0«0*0«00*0*0»0*0*0*0 I have a faint recollection of stock ing* hanging i" li><* mantle. n lovely fare over my crib ntitl n lady taking un> up and kissing '»<* passionately I nmember illatlsi'll; tlmt she w-ns weeping. Then sho put me down on my pillow, and I wont to sloop. This Is all I remember of a Christ mns for many yours. I was brought up by cny falhor ami had no know I •duo of my mother. The Christmas ■enson. which was so enjoyable tooth er children, never brought happiness to mo. As it approached my father grew gloomy, and I \\ as sent away to ■pond Christmas day at some other homo. When I became old enough to won der why 1 did not have a mother like other boys 1 wished to know, yet dreaded to ask. One day—lt was the last day of atudy before Christmas, when 1 was eight years old, coming from school —a carriage drew up at the curb beside me, the door opened, and a lady beck- J oned to me to come to hor. 1 did so. and, taking my hand, she gave me a very sweet smile and drew me Into the carriage. Then she shut the door and ordered the coachman to drive on Her expression was so lovable and : loving that 1 had no fear. The streets were full of shoppers making their last purchases before Christmas. There were children peer- j tog Into the windows at the display ■F* "I WHAIID MV FATHER'S VOICE." Ct wV.eli \vere TflreaOy t>eglnu!tfg | to ue lighted artificially. Sitting by i the lady, remembering the many dull j Christmas flays t had spent and an i other dull one before me, 1 felt a com ' fort, a pleasure, I had never ex perl enced before. How* I wished that she i could go home with me to make a Christmas for me! She, too, seemed j to me to lie thinking of the same : thing. She said nothing to me. only ] held tuy hand in hers. I longed to J Uirow my arms about her neck ami ask her if she would not be my mother It was between 4 and 5 o'clock In the i afternoon when I was taken up. nnd as i It was winter, when the days are short, U soou began to grow dark. "I'm afraid." 1 said to the iudy, "that i papa will lie worried about mo. He 1 a!»vays expects me togo home direct from school." The only response 1 received was n pressure of the hand sho hold In ,i ' few moments 1 said again. "1 think I will get out here nnd go home." She replied to this by putting he.- ! arm about my waist. There was 6 Jine thing in the act that indicated an i:i : tention oa her part to prevent my le:i v I Ing her. For the first time It occurred j to nse that I was being kidnaped. 1 ' thought of my father waiting for me and wondering why I did not come home, aud this troubled me. but it did not occur to me t hat I should meet with any harm at ihe hands of th • lady. Presently the carriage drew up tt< j front of ii dwelling bouse The ladv inn out and. si ill holding my hand, drew mo after her. She took me up t<> is house and into a pretty room when .i bright lire was blazing on a hearth. "You are very kind." I said, "to take j aie to ride and bring uio to your house but I'm sure papa will be troubled j about me. Unless I'm togo home at o«iee I think you had better let me send ; a message to him. Have you a tele- ! phone?" She thought a moment, then said: I "Certainly. Telephone by all means." j She took me to the telephone, looked in the address book, found my father's number and instructed the central of flee to call it up. Then when the von nection was effected she placed a stool before the phone and handed me the receiver, standing beside me as I talked. "Is that you. papa?" I asked. My father was evidently relieved to hear my voice and asked me at once what bad happened and where I was. 1 told him that a beautiful lady whom I had never seen before had taken me to drive and then to her home. "Tell him," said the lady, "that you are to spend Christmas with me." I did as she bid me and added at her request that she intended to make me some slight atonement for the many Christmases that I had been deprived of the pleasures common to other chil dren. There was silenco for a few no vents; then my father asked me to describe the lady. I did so, and he aaked me If I could give him the street and number, but I could do neither. Ttien the lady told me to say to him that she was Cornelia; that I would be carefully guarded and he »«•< ' '» f""* ' aiKHii mi* at M I I ben *he hunt tip the Ire rltff and led me back Into the room I with the lire no the hearth Now. the lei mi- ''ornrlla at one* *r | rent ml mi hi I out lon \ year before « lien I h.id entered the third trrnile at *• Ikhil iii) fniher hud brought dim n a desk from the turret fur my use. I *m to keep my books mill papers In It, nnd It TS *ie lily Vu<!) fle*\ In tTT> evening In clearing It out I had looked over several old papers that were In 11. and In one I had seen thla mime Cornelia More than this, the content* of the impcr had Impressed mo I could not remember the name signed to It. lint It was a woman's name She was evidently very 111 and very penitent about eotnr sin she hud committed Now that my father knew I was safe I sat down on n sofa Imklilo the lady and before the cheerful Are She put her arms about me and rested her cheek iigslust mine. I was very happy "So you are Cornelia." 1 saM. "What do you know about Cor nelia?" sho osked quickly. "Have you heard your father s|ienk of me?" "No. pnpa never mentioned the name: I saw It on a paper-a letter. ' I think " "What paper. What letter?" "One I found In a desk papa had the butler bring down from the garret 1 for me to use for a home school desk." "What was written on the paper?" "Somebody was very sorry for some thing she had done to Cornelia. She said she was very I "Who was very slcu?" "Why, the person who wrote the letter " "Who wrote It?" "I can't remember the name." The Indy asked the last few ques tions feverishly. She eagerly asked another. Would I know the name if 1 heard it? I replied that 1 thought I would. Then she asked if it was Amy. "Yes." I replied: "that's It. Amy." ! The lady gave me a fierce hug. then asked tremblingly what I had done j with the letter 1 told her that I had 1 put all the papers I had found In the | desk together and given them to the | housekeeper to put away. ! "Come with tne." said the lady. "I i wish you to tell your father some ; thing." She drew me to the telephone, I called up my father, then, placing mo i In position to talk, told me what to J say. "Papa, ask Mrs. Crlmmins for the papers I took out of my desk. You will find one among them signed Amy, with something In it about Cornelia I will hold the wire till I hear from you." I heard n click and knew that my father had gone to do as I had indi cated. Cornelia awaited another call with feverish anxiety. Ten minutes had not elapsed when there was a ring. Then 1 heard my father's voice saying: "I have read Amy's letter. Since all is explained I see no reason why your location should remain a secret Tell | the lady that if you give It to 1110 l will come to Join you immediately." I received permission to give the street and number, and within twenty minutes there was a sharp ring at the doorbell. My father entered. He and the lady stood regarding each other for a few moments: then he knelt fore her and said: "Forgive me," He rose, bud they were clasped In eacb other's arms. But 1, having no mind to he left out of these transports, rnnning up to them, said: "Won't you take me in too?" My father took uie up and held nn» in his arm*, while the lady put hers about tne also, covering uie with kisses. "To thluk," she said, "that you should have been the means of brina ing this matter to light!" "1 have been a fool," said nty fa ther, "to believe anything that Bend said:" then to me: "My boy. this is your mother Prompted by a malicious woman who wrote a confession which she had not either the courage or sufficient time before her death to send, I treated mamma very cruelly." "Are you the lady," I asked of my mother, "whom I remember taking ine up from my crib one night when you were crying and kissing me?" "That was a goodby, though you were too young to know It. I left you suddenly on Christmas eve." "And 1 have a faint remembrance of stockings hanging from the mantel." "Everything was ready for your first Christmas—that Is, the first yon could appreciate—when—when"— "1 listened to a she devil." said ui> father angrily, "and caused all this suffering." "It is all past now," my mother In terposed. "Another Christmas is be fore us. When I kidnaped our boy I did not dream 1 was to bring about a reunion for us all." At that moment dinner was an nounced, and my mother proposed that we should ail sit down together. Hut father would not hear of it. He had a carriage at the door and Insisted that we should goto the home from which mother had been driven a decade before and make the reunion complete uuder our own rooftree. Never can 1 forgot that Christmas My mother in a short time made great preparations, but it was not these that were a delight to us all—lt was ih.tt we were a reunited family. A Complicated Case. "Of course, doctor, Gorman measles are seldom serious?" "I never met but one fatal case." "Fatal?" "Yes. It was a Frenchman, and when ho discovered it was German measles that tie had mortification set In." Philosophy is nothing but discretion. —Selden. How It Is. "How is it. if Love is blind, that we hear of love at first sight?" "It is after love at first sight occurs that I.ove usually goes blind."-Chi cago Record-Herald. t"« PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleante* and beeutifie# the hair. Promote# a luxuriant growth. Never Fall# to Reatore Gray II air to lta Youthful Color. Cuci wa!p ri watee It hair taliuig. Til 111 la for men only, If wnmee read It the) may laugh at lb* men thereby rauslna family disturbance* II t* about Christina* snooping. In which women are interested, but It la alHitil men's shopping not women's B<> much has been written concerning the matter of women billing Christina* presents for ti en that It seem* high time to show the oilier side of the shield Amouit all the domestic tragedies incident to this life none la so |Miigiisutly pitiful as the annual tragedy that t.ikes place when Mr Man goes firth surrepti tiously to purchase Vuletldo gilts tor Ills ladylove, be she wife, widow or maiden. "What would she like, 1 wonder?" sigh* Mr Man. The sigh Is long drawn out, like the linked sweetness of the first kiss liy the time he en ters ihe big, bewildering departineut atoro which ho has passed by a thou sand times without entering and which Is to him an unknown wonder hind he quits sighing and begins see ing The Itrst things he sees are the scores of pretty salesgirls, including some not so pretty. Hut of course not one of them Is half so pretty as the girl, wife or widow for whom ho is going to buy that - well, now, what? He begins to sigh some more. All, u box of gloves—the very thing! And yet what size does she wear? Suppose ho got her three sizes too large tor her dainty hands! Aw ful! Then he goes to the other extreme - or extremity—and resolves to get her a pair of those beautiful satin slippers which lie discovers on a counter Hut, again, what size? If he should make the sail error of gel ting a single size too large she would stare sarcastically ut him and Inquire; "Do you think I'm from Chicago?" Cloves and slippers are marked "ta boo" In Ills calculations. Well aud good. Her hands nnd feet are dispos ed of Now. how about her head? Why, a ael of those back and side combs—the very thing! All women like pretty combs, of course. Isut may bo his particular woman is sensitive and she might Imagine that he Imag ines that she doesn't keep her hair tidy "Oh, 1 s'poso she knows when she needs hntr combs!" sighs Mr. Man, turning to the j 7" 1 l next counter. Her . p— head Is out of J J the question. So "C\\ far as Christmas My A Mf J \ presents go. she IVlNfl 7 j \ 1« decapitated jT "nw'jl |i Well, that still ':;1 J leaves u consid- L, f 1 erable portion of p Hf the lady adapta j ' 6 t0 adorn- y ments. l "Where are the i . H Cremonaa?" asks 'X I & the man. | \K \ ' "We don't sell L L-'' jfccJNJ} violins In this y st or e." replies —-—■—— ... Miss Saleslady. "Goto u music "WHERE AltE THE , ... bouse. CIiEMOSAS* ..... „ . _ "Viollnal Tm looking for a lady's house dress, a sort of wrapper"— "Oh. you mean n kimono!" giggle* the girl, passing on the giggle to the next girl, who is likewise generous. "Didn't 1 «ay kimono, miss?" th* man says a little testily. "Third floor: take elevator." saya th« giggly girl. Mr Man finally finds the kimono de part menu The itock Is bewildering. He never Imagined there were so many kinds of kimonos In the world, lie had associated the kimono with the Japanese rtud supposed they were nil Japs. He couldn't fail to get one to fit. They were all so loose and flowing that most anything iti the shape of n Japanese kimono would fit any woman an well as It was Intended to flt_ So at last the search Is ended. Rureka! Found! "The latest and daintiest thing Is the French flannel kimono." says the chief saleswoman, whereupon she shows Mr. Man a Inte and dainty creation tu pink flannel which looks no ~il more like a Jap- anese klino it o *>"- > n£) than :i caterpillar V looks like :i but tin- saleswoman ! '] . ? Oli. 'bout your | s size—hundred u' i twenty pounds." | a swells She is quite pluiup to cHATTtso amiably begin with. EN ROUTR. "I guess you're mistaken about her being my size." she says somewhat scornfully, secure in her possession of the fact that she weighed 145 on tfce penny slot machine only this morning. Mr. Man is embarrassed and help less. "I'll—l'll be back In a few minutes." he says, having definitely determined to get a French flannel kimono. Mr. Man goes dowu to the tlrst floor, wnere the giggly girls abound. For ten minutes be wanders around through the aisles, casting longing glances at the salesgirls. Now and then he pauses and eyes one girl In particular. Final ly the floorwalker, who has been eying Mr. Man. steps up and asks: "Anything in particular, sir?" "Yes; I'm looking for a girl about Khe size of rav-1 mean tho ladv I'm GHIGHESTER SPILL! DIAMOND BRAND IADIF.S 112 5?* 10 for CHI-chhstek S A DIAMOND BRAND FIU.B in Ri d and/\ i Gold metallic t><>xes. sealed with Blue{o> Ribt.°iv TAKE NO OTHER. Bn,rf,,urV7 Dnmlst ml nk tor <ll M 111 H.Tf It 1 V DIAMOND lilt A Ml PILLS, for tweiity-flv years regarded as Best. Safest. Always Reliable" SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS TRi*i> EVERYWHERE «yi.»it in tin; h (ircaem , 'I*»•» t «"i«« !•»•*.» with ih» WHnt I te«l half I* J«*t a limit ih<- *tfp "W«M. what of Hf nalt* »!•* *HI«Pt "I want »n borrow that girl for •»«■«! Ore minute* " "The deuce fnti do!" "I'm, to 8" npatalm to the frrttH kimono *«•>■ 11«<ti anil try on a kimono for im I mean for my—th* ot hi>r bid? Hep?" The floorwalkpr mi; atao hp *nillc* Itut Chrl*lmna la coming. a>< id him fpfl clipprful "Hpre, Miaa 1.0u." aaya the floor wnlkpr lo Hie billow? blond Ml** |.oii accept* the assignment gracefully nr couiptinle* HIP gentleman "I' •« *!»■• third floor, i ha it liik amiably ptt route nml trlpa on Krem It kimono afipr French kimono Ai Hint otip III* snug Mr Mutt pay* the price The dainty i garment la hnti dlpd up nnil ai-nt * ' " lo 111* addreaa. I • nnil lila trouhlpa 17 lire Kill are they? Thprp'a n | Rpiptol. It Imp Wgf ppna thni Mr Man Is buying I his ki Urn \ denreat girl In the Bj become In* own j ¥j/ j[_ Now Year's ilny j I t r~ Slip hna cou tided / I I & j to him thut Kill' I i believes In useful I " - I Chriatnina gifts. "v\ something dim* to near, for In stnncp, iiihl lip Mn "A* foksd tins paid SlS.s."> Ttna NOTK. for ii nice French flitnnpl kimono Vpry well. It is three days till Christ mas pvp That very night when he reaches home Mr Man tinils tills note, left by messenger: Mr. Man—All la over Between us I will *end your ring and the <lor collar unit the bracelet tomorrow I was in Goldensteln & Abraham's this afternoon and saw you maKlng eyes ai halt the plrls In the siore. then I saw you openly ainlnK with a blondlned creature I drop- 1 ped my veil down so you couldn't recog nize me. 1 heard you say "third floor' when you went to the elevator with her 1 went up to the next car and watched 1 you buy a beautiful French kimono for j that horrid wretch! Is It necessary for me to say more? AL.L.YCE. So you see there are tragedies 111 men's Christmas shopping Hut did this really happenV Aslt the tintti. No Law's Delay Here. In Pcrak. in the Malay peninsula, lawyers lind no business, for a modi fied form of trial by ordeal decides all disputes. In place of the legal practi tioner the pleader is a native boy who Is assigned to one or the other of the sides and is given a bamboo tube in 1 wbh !i is sealed the pleading of tho person or party wliotn he represents. When all is ready two stakes are driven into the bed of a stream, and by aid of a bamboo pole the heads of tlie two boys are submerged at the | same time. Hy grasping the stakes they are enabled to remain under vva- i ler for quite awhile after their natural : Inclination would bring them to the surface, but at last one of them gives in and, releasing tils hold of the stake, comes to the air. lie Is immediately seized, and the tube he holds Is cast j aside. The other lad Is led ashore, his tube opened, and the document con tained therein stands as the decision In the ease. Scott Relics at Abbotsford. I The present estate of Abbotsford was formed during the years 1811 to ISI7 from various small farms, the first ; one purchased bearing tho "inharmo nious designation" Ciarty lloie. After 1 Sir Walter Scott's death in 1534 a com mittee of friends collected £B,OOO to ward the redemption of the estate, and Mr. • .'adell, the publisher, contributed the rest on receiving the rights over Scott's works. The library and mti seuui had been given some years be fore by the creditors. As his son. ' Lieutenant Colonel W. Scott, died ou his way home from India, the prop erty descended to J. It. Lockhnrt. his son iu law, and thence to his daugh ter's husband, J. It.l lope-Scott, whose daughter held the estate for some years. Many Scott relics are preserv- 1 ed in the house, notably his chair and writing table In the study and his hat j and gloves in the hall.—London Stand aril Hard For tho Eskimo*. One of the difficulties of the Mora vian missionaries In Labrador Is to make the old Testament, with Its wealth of pastoral detail, intelligible to the Eskimos, not one of whom has ever seen a horse. "Sheep and cattle," says Uesketli I'rltchard in "Hunting Camps In Wood and Wilderness," "they cannot realize or conceive of, for there are no iloi est lea led animals save dogs in that portion of the penin sula. They comprehend the story of Esau, the hunter, and that of Samson and the lion, which animal can be j translated at, polar bear, but of Abra- i ham in the land of Mesopotamia they ! can form no picture. The nearest ap proach to these ideas Is drawn from the harvest of ihe sea, seals and lish taking the place of tlocks and herds." 1 Mistletoe a Menace. Few people who know mistletoe only ; as a desirable feature of Christmas j decorations understand that the plant is a parasite dangerous to the life of | trees in the regions in which it grows. It is only a question of time after | mistletoe once begins to grow upon a tree before the tree itself will be j killed. The parasite saps the life of j the infected branches. Fortunately It ! Is of slow growth, tit king years to de velop to large proportions, but when j neglected it invariably ruins all trees | It reaches. The only method of ester- ! mlnatlon is the cutting down of ills- ; eased trees.—Exchange. A Japanese Peculiarity. "When a Japanese sen-ant is rebuk-1 ed or scolded," says a traveler, "he j must smile like a Cheshire cat. The etiquette In smiles is very misleading : at drat. I often used to think that ; Takl. my riksha 'boy.' nieaut to be Im- | pertinent when he insisted on smiling when I was augry at him. liut when j he told me of the dealh of his little child with a burst of laughter I knew I that this was only one of the curlou* I details of etiquette In this topsyturvy j laad." Christmas on A Canalboat "Ho# are We going lo apt ml Clirlal lilai" ph i.. lined ihe good mitiiri'd Mi* Ca.'ialn Hong*, seemingly a Im sur prised Hi Hip question, fur eaiiallsial folk are sensitive of any i litli lam aim ed 111 lliell direction "Why, were going to *|n-ud the day jilsl like other folk Solne I 111 II Ii lie cause we lite ou canal bout a we don't have any eolnforta and eat like sin aires. My. hut I'll a heap sight rather lt«e down here Ihtlli In a lint like my niece's She a got six rooms, and they don t begin to tie as big hs mine "If you think there ain't room Just look here." and Mia. Hoggs dispia.iisl the secrets of u suit of rootua. the In genulty of the arrangement rivaling the deli of tlip New \ ork bachelor girl Out ol the mil 111 cabin, « lib served aa living and dining room combined, two alcovea Jutted, besides an llittiiltealmal corner duhlied llie kitchen, but which was even tinier than the modern apart ment house kllebeliette. While under ordinary circumstances the kitchen was part of the cabin proper, two doors 111 right angles lo each other could be drawn out, which, meeting, formed a room by Itself A shiny colli stove or range quite liiled the comparttncut. leaving just room before it in which to work, while above it every Im It of wall space was litll 17.1 «1 wlili pots and kettles ami kitchen uten sils of every sort. A low cupboard opening Into the hold contained more articles of kitchen use, as well as vegetables and canned goods. Hunks were displayed in the two other alcoves, which were iti open view of the cabin. Hut from the re cesses of the boat Mrs. Hoggs pulled out a sliding door, which completely divided the space into two rooms, and w hen cumulus 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 built In. wardrobes and cup boards in out of the way places sup plied room for bedding, clothing and the boots and shoes of a family of children. One of the biggest surprises in the boat, one which conveyed a hint that might be applied In small houses where room is at a premium, was (lie pre served fruit lockers. "We all do up our own fruit," went an Mrs. Hoggs "You see. while we go up the canal we are In the country most of the time, and It is much cheaper to put up our own fruit than Ti) * ÜBV P HIOHT HATHKK I.IVE DOWN UKRK." buy It iu winter, ami tlliß Is « here wa store It." Ooing to the stairs up the companion way, she pulled out liny drawers. Small knobs jutted out from the face JI each slip with which to open the drawers, white within ihere was quite room enough to allow pint fruit tare to stand upright. A ihiJil -ii rui,o room was nicked away in ilie lIOIJ. info which « small Joor hlioci I\. i. fv-et in ojiened. The dining nil ie was a folding affair which I units) up against the wall of the cabin when not iu use When seme surprise was expressed at the presence of a sewing machine in the room Mrs. Hoggs said: "Oh. that's nothing: Many of the boats have organs as v.ell. and there Is one fitted up with a porcelain bathtub. So, you see. wo have some of the luxuries of city houses and plenty of good air and sunshine A concert is to be given ou one of the bouts here New Year's eve, and if you should like to come down we'd lie glad to have you and show you a bit of caualboat hos pitality." ———————— I A WHITE CHRISTMAS. Til Kit E is one way to make a white Christmas even though there may be tiot a flake of snow In sight. l,ct the whiteness be in your haart. Put aside all thoughts o? guile. Forget all the big or lit tie bitternesses you may be en tertaining against some other person. Cast out all envy, all covetousnpss, all unklnilness. En deavor to harbor In your heart only such thoughts and feelings as the Nazarcue knew when he dwelt by Galilee. Cultivate hu man brotherhood. Practice Chris tian charity. Look beyond and above your workaday horizon. Get out of yourself. Get into the hearts of others. Then you will be sure of a white Christmas this year fi SIT 111 t & Second only to sun light. The g A | 112 | | I 1 ■ clearest, steadiest and best arti- 8 . II Ifhyjlll Fam^,T««rHeOil i yMjyj I I "froat"ch7mney. Coata no mora than S S I ■ Bill | IBS inferior tank-wagon oila. k I 1 9 IB BJ.I 1 ISi 5 WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO. I I 111 II 5 IrtW-"" «TT»»U«0. PA. Bill 9 I'll t II ■ AiaomakeraofWavarly Bjw*lal H ( 1 3 MR ■ 111 I SIS Attto Oil and Wnvurly OaaoUnea || Christmas In A Scotch City Oln«r r "» Hir commercial metropolis »112 Hrii»uin(j mit |> it* well it lull million hi habitant*. run be i hnwo a* an interest lull llliimruti«»n of iin> manner in whli li oil*' fourth i>f tlii" |H'i1111#• uf iht- country *|tend tin- holiday* Many day* before the *tgr* (mm* on Ariryll street « lliormfuhfari* a* liu«y ,i< any In the In ml are irayly mill profusely d«w filled Willi Hiillji nii*l evergreen*. Alhiv* Hourly every pnimiiiv *lkii* of wei romp mill i In- compllmenta of lli<a sea *<ui are exhibited In holly leave* iiii lhi I*! inn« cii' tin* plorfu keep open lull" Cither nidi* of lit llmroUKhf ire In ii mass of liliittlnu. cheerful Until, mill there la h tnovltiK twins of liiitiiiin lly liet ween llut when llit* stores rinse they close milll tinting day All the worktnn people now (jot their I 'lirMnma holiday. On Christmas forenoon the lortl pro rout or mayor presides nt the minimi meeting iiihl tirenkfuat jflvcn tiy the director* ni the royal Infirmary. 11 In { lordship make* it *|ieech, after w hl'h 1 there la n distribution of jtnod thlmrs j to nil the (iiitlenta In the lante llislitu I Hon Then lie visit* sundry other In I »tlt nt lon* for the eare of the sleU nml j poor, where them nre Christmas ireetna i ii n«l feastlut:. lij the way. Christmas; •1 i.v Is one of the lortl |irovoat'a busle-t (iii.vs At 'J o'clock. iteeordlliK to iiii- | nunl custom for year* past. he pre side* 111 the iini*. till flintier given to from ro poor ui<*u. wanton ] nml ehll Iren In the rlty hall, Alliloti stmel. Ills lorilshlp and the city magistrates occupy the slase it nil tn!:i> i dinner with the poor During there pnst. which consists of Roup. beef, an entree, plum pmltliug. ten or roiTee am! fruit, stirring Srotch airs nre on the bl:{ orpin hy the pity orgnnlst. At tlie close his lordship tiutkrs a speech. which Is reported verbatim In the newspapers it is usually a mas terly production. Out wit idly the aspect of the city resembles thai of Sunday Neverthe loss thousands of people nre moving about. 'I'll" myriad of riveters In the miles of shipbuilding yards along the Clyde have come to the rlty with their i wives and families and are attending (lie matinees or evening pantomime ; performances that have already been running. These pantomimes nre a fea ture of city life In Scotland during | the winter Usually three open at !lie big I heaters in Glasgow Christ mas ! eve. They are rehearsed for weeks before. The playwright usually chooses : as his theme a fairy tale. "Jack the I Giant Killer.'' "All Baba and the For tv Thieves" and "Aladdin and the Wonderful I .amp" have been favorite themes As a rule, the playwright re tains enough of the tale so that the : young folks can recognize the char actors. but taken altogether the pro ductlon becomes really a dramatic burlesque of local life and character, interesting, entertaining and even ele I vntlng to old and young. Actors and actresses of renown take the lending 1 parts, while there are dazzling cos- I tumes, magnificent scenery and a gor ] geous ballet thrown in. No wonder : It Is that often until the middle of ' spring the pantomimes enjoy u con j lluuous ru.n. I.atterly they become j in a sense classics, for their libretti ! undergo weekly Improvement at the 1 suggestion of local wits noted for the i pungency of tlirlr sayings and the | fund of dry Scotch humor they pos sess. It is no exaggeration to say that I these pantomimes are visited by some ' persons each nlt'ht ail the season ' through and by others fully a score of i times. | Then there is the usual exodus of I your.K men lo the country nt Christ ! uiastlde. It Is a common saying among Scotchmen that all ronds lead to I.on I don. This Is changed to Glasgow In some cases. There Is scarcely a fain 1 lly of note In the Highlands thai litis not a sou at the universities of Glas gow or Edinburgh studying for the professions of law. medicine, the pul | pit, the array or the home or foreign 1 civil service With what hope and pride the adveut of the young student Is looked for at the little railroad sta ' tlon up lu ihe mountains on Christ mas eve or morning! If lie lives on an estate the next day he Is given a ; side by his rustic countrymen In their annual Christmas day football match The game is usually a stoutly contest j ed one. umpired and referred by the j laird anil beads ot the estate. At the ■ corner of the Held is placed a cask of | good Scotch ale. from which the play ! ers regale themselves at half time ! Then the game resumes, and the sec ] ond half is fust and f.irlous. Around the ropes nre the young women of the estate looking on with plensuro and discussing their choices in the dance ! list of the evening —Brooklyn Eagle Santa Clauo Ir ths Zoo. Bald Santa Claus: " 'Tls Christmas eve (The animals looked pleasant), i And each of you will now recetve His yearly Christmas present, i Hut I'd be Blad If every truest | Would mention what tied like the best." j The tapir sa.d: "That pleases me. I'll state succinctly, therefore. I If I may be so bold and free. The only thins I care for Would be thoso matches on the shelf. | With which I'd like to light myself." j His wish was granted. Then up spake A timid little adder ! "Sir. but a trifle It will take To inaKa my Christmas gladder, i A slate and pencil, if you please. I Would let me ilo m.v sums with ease." 1 The reindeer said, "You may believe I'd be a liappy fellow j If 1 were sure I would receive A good sized umberrellow, | And also I d like four galochc. Yes. and a rubber mackintosh." —Walton Williams. H/MAN OltSt ION. Surgeey and the Anstsmtf* In Iht OHin Dsyt f'nr a I >tik time Alexandria was lh» mtly toed I «l center of the world anil the physician ilali-n bom slsmt IW A I)., had to Journey from Home lo ♦hi- Afrln: i rlty "ten to »<■# a ekele ton II# 1 sent Ills mudetit* to the Ger man battlefield* to dl«*«" t the leslles of the tin 11' tin I I'ttemlew while lie him self »t««*l a|te 4 n « im»*t r u-uihllftK bu man lieing' 11 it matt dl«*«ctlnn « < retired In H-i|n*na In the fmtftPe.itli century, tt li e ;«>! 'in M iirvilin* Inter tt!>« |irnft«< tr of anatomy tin do ibteilli of th" 112 » women «1 »■ tor*. If in i the trr< I, 'ft. l.eoii>rd« da Vim I, 'i't of""i - |«t Hup per." « ■ ■ Ut but til*- Se lion I . lileii Intit «'!• ii«e when Vp« illti* t- '! r-v i i*l 't iilMint th« Ml *.»!. ■ I ntiiry. Kvt nln • larntp.!" n I. r i limes anati : t- ! o|„ , the id net of at ta l k« I»* t |e pillin e In l"t'*» l»r John Hliti n of l'!il!» *t»i,tUlti wn* mobbed : i g»i -e rol r I toctura' riot* In 'ov ork «'i urreil tweut> lhre.« j' l -r i 1 w • due lo the belief lit .< t.- medical - tn'e.its rob bril grc.\ .t. •-.'■vu.titv It was lb* lack of of p Tin ilty lo ol»|t»1.1 «iib!eef* re uirirly • :i i"d to tlm practice of ••rave r* : ' intr anil orl-'lnnted what l>r l\i*' c;'Ts "a set of Hie lowe-jt p>ilde \ In - 'h" resurreptioniata " —New York World. Ci You Help Others? It In* Im e-i trlieh snld that for ev cry one n'o stand* alone ihere are twr've lo 1 n against him How I* It with you? Are you one of thos* air: Inst whom others lean for help and encouragement, or nre you lenniug against some one anil drawing your inspiration and courage from him? I» depends entirely on yourself whether you take a positive attitude In your work or whether your negative char acteristic shall dominate. It Is muck easier to po through life making as little effort as possible, hut it is ■ poor way if we nre going to make life yield even a small modicum of what It hoids for ns. If you are work ing earnestly and hoping for success there Is ouly one way to nttiiiu It.and that 1* through your positive cliarac terlstics.—Philadelphia I.edger Julius Caetar. Cnesnr wns assassinated March 15, 41 B. C., and was at the time of his death tifly-six years old It Is not | alone as a military genius that his famo endures. By almost common consent b» was the most remarkable | all round man of antiquity—masterful ly great nof only as general, but as writer, statesman and administrator In addition to these high accomplish ments he was a great mathematician, philologist. ar"hlfect and Jurist. His | conversational powers were extraor dinary, and from all accounts he was In his manner one of the most at ! tractive of men. Henry of Navarre and ths Rod. Ilenry IV. of France was a firm be liver in the adage. "Spare the rod and spoil the child." In u letter to the governess of his son he wrote in Oc tober. 1007: "Madame—l have to com plain that you have not Informed me lof having flogged my son. I deslrn ! and request that you will flog him I whenever he Is disobedient or other j wise troublesome, knowing as 1 do | that nothing will do him more good. | I speak from eij>erleuee, cs at his age I was frequently bln-hed."—Paris Gnu | lois. Twenty Volume Novels. 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