A New England Shrine. extern. ";smmyittmLX. i mm mm awful gladness; and the shepherd were sore afraid, for they thought the Day of the Lord was come. But the angel smiled upon them, like the sun shining in his strength, and spoke like the voice of the sea for might, yot sweeter than the turtle-doves amid the cednrs of Lebanon, and he suld unto them: "Fear not! For behold I bring you good tidings of great Joy, which shall bo to all people. For unto you Is born this day. In the city of David, a Eavloiir, which Is Christ the Lordl And this shall be a sign unto you: Yo shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying In a man ger." Little Jacob heard these words, but he knew them not, except the name of Messiah, for whom he often heard his mother pray In the evening time, but now, while the glad tidings sounded still, behold! from the iZ-JlJ. .1 '"ill J t , N' rOTHINQ makes a prettier addition to Christmas party than a holly bomb, and It can be fashioned by the mother of the little hosts with very little trouble or expense. The bomb, which Is really a huge tissue paper ball trimmed with holly, must have a light frame work of fine wire. Inside this framework are the presents one for each child wrapred In tissue pa yer and tied with ribbon. Holly ribbon (that Is, a Bream ground, strewn with holly) Is very pretty for this purpose.butbrlghtredrlbbonls quite as effective. Draw the long end of the ribbon through an opening In the wire frame and arrange the packages 10 that a hard Jerk from the little fingers will bring them down. Next cover your wire with green tissue paper, crumpled, toglve the appearance of flowerpet als, and then twine holly about the bomb and sus pend It from the chandelier. Each child Is given an end of ribbon, and then ill dance round, singing to the tune of the old carol, "The first great Joy that Mary had " All around the Christmas bomb, . . It is the joy of all; For when we pull the ribbons A shower of gifts will fall. Dear mother, give the signal, And let the presents come, ' For we are happy children Around the Christmas bomb. LITTLE C7 3fory L-Jrffen. 6y tfo?c 7erry Coo6?- "FATHSR, may I go out with you to-night on the plain?" Little Jacob pulled at his father's outar garment and looked wistfully up at him with great soft eyes like his moth er's. Rachel, too, looked up from the walling baby In her arms. "May he not go, David? Tou have, promised him to go for -some time, and the child here Is It will be quieter if Jacob be with you." "The boy shall go," an ir 'sick. r swered David, "but he must sleep how, for there Is no sleep for him there. The wolves have come down ' from Lebanon, and we keep open eyes and strict watch to-night; but let him be ready at sunset." Is my scrip filled, Rachel?" . "It Is filled, and the water-gourd Is ready." : So David left the little hut outside ' f Bethlehem and went to bis sheep " in the field; and when the sun came '. fcotly down at noon Jacob curled up : an a mat in the corner and slept long and sweetly, for he longed to be out at night among the sleeping sheep and the watching shepherds, and be kid bis own little sling and store ' af smooth pebbles inside the breast at bit coat, hoping to slay a wolf - almself. - ".Then the night came sortly over 1 Jndea; the gentle winds hushed their V whispering; the distant ripple of Ked- ;fon sung a sleepy song, and on the wide, brown waste otittte .plain' the locks lay like' heaps of fallen tlouds. V gray in the dim light, and noiseless ' wxcept when some tiny lambs bleated 'for the mother it eould not find with ' iU half-opened eyes. Jacob clung tightly to David's band; the silence - - .-4 -JA If ' s s achlldren s cJACP5 and the darkness awed him; the plain seemed to meet the sky; he could see only a broken line on that clear dark horizon where the roofs of Bethle hem, low and flat, crowned the hill top; his hand grew chilly In his father's and David saw the boy was afraid. He spoke to the other shep herds, who sat or stood among the flocks: "Let us sing the folding Psalra, brethren, for the child Is strange to the night, and remembereth not the Shepherd of IsraH is with us." So two of the men began, In rich, low voices, to chant: The Lord is my shepherd; And then the rest answered: I shall not want. And the first two sang again: He maketh me to lie down in green pas tures, And another response came: He leadeth me beside the still waters. So they went on through the beau tiful Psalm, and Jacob listened 'and '-L.i felt sure that Ood was there in the night. When the Psalm was over. he sat down on the plain beside bis father, or walked about the sleeping sheep, and held bis sling ready to strike a wo't In '.he forehead. But uo mm 4 As the last line Is being sung the mother raises her hand, each child gives his ribbon a big tug and a Bhower of presents falls upon the heads of the small bomb exploders. Every mother likes to have her children daintily and suitably dressed for the Christmas party. For little girls nohlng can beprettlerthan a long-walsted frock made of the sheerest lawn or dimity and tucked in tiny tucks. A deep fluffy flounce by way of a skirt makes the littlfl one look falryllke. Ulg berthas give a charming addition to these lit tle dresses. Soft woolen materials are being used for boys' Moused. An attractive Russian blouse suit Is made of cream colored challls and has collar, cuffs and belt of pale blue. wolves came; the night was st.ll and soft, the dark blue sky was all alight with splendid stars, shining and glit tering as they wheeled slowly across the sky so slowly that little Jacob could not see them move. He did not speak much, lor the stillness was like a finger on his lips, but he watched the heavens with wondering eyes, and when his father looked down at him and smiled Jacob heard him say softly: The heavens declare the glory of God, And the firmament showetfi His handi work. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge. Then Jacob began to wonder how the days spoke; If it was with noisy winds, or birds singing, or the sound of waters far off; and then he fell Into a kind of dream, leaning against his father's knee, for it was almost midnight, and David bad sat down to rest. But suddenly. In one breathless moment, both David and Jacob sprang to their feet, and all the other shep herds crowded up to them with pale faces, and open eyes, and trembling knees; for in an Instant, without sound or sigh, the wide heavens were flooded with light and glory, brighter than the sun at noon; the stars were drowned In light, the radiance flowed in waves of splendor from mid-heaven down to earth. And -then, in the deepest depths of glory far above their heads in the heart of all the shining, appeared a great angel, with robes of whiteness brighter than the gathered light, and a face calm with bright depths of Heaven came angel aftor angel, countless as the hidden stars, and radiant as light Itself; their stainless ranks rayed outward from the vast, calm shnpe of the Herald Angel like means from the morning sun, and with a great sound like the flowing of somo mighty stream, they sung the song of Heaven: Glory to Oofl in the highest! Ami on earth peace; (iood-will toward men. The wondrous sound thrilled all the high and glowing Heaven, and then, still with strains of glory and poaco ringing above and falling fainter and fainter to thoBe below, rank folded In on rank, the Angel of the Lord leading upward, and the awful splendor gathering up about them, they soared Into that glory, and the glory shroudod their departing cohorts, and the dark midnight sky, feebly starred now to the shepherds' smitten eyes, bent Its purple arch again above unconscious earth. David stooped and lifted Jacob In his arms; neither of them could speak, but old Simeon, the oldest of all the Bethlehem shepherds, bent low, and, with uncovered head, began the chant: 0, come let ua sing unto the Lord! Let us make a joyful noiae unto the Rock of our Salvation! With low voices they sang the Psalm through, as they turned from the plain toward EetMehem, forgetful of their flocks and herds, caring for nothing but to find the Messiah, the baby In th3 manger, the Son of Ood. And there, Indeed, in a rude cav ern, where the beasts of burden were sheltered and their poor masters fed by the way there, upon a shaken wisp of straw, a very babe In the flesh, lay the Infant Christ, with His awed and adoring mother kneeling beside Him, and Joseph the carpenter standing with folded hands, amazed but faithful, beside the new-born King of Israel. And while the shepherds told their wondrous tale, and they that were In the Inn heard It, and adored, Mary shut up all these things in her heart, and little Jacob gazed on the calm, sad face of the Mighty Child, and went away with a vision In his soul that never left It while life remained. "And the shepherds returned, glor ifying and praising Ood for all the things that they had heard and seen, as It was told unto them." This was little Jacob's Christmas. Chri.itmad In the Klondike. Alaska Ike "Wot did yer find In yer stockin' this mornln'?" Chllcoot Pete "Frostbitten toes. When Fairy Tales Were Really So. I wish I'd lived long, long ago, When there were mermaids in the tea, And brownies would have played with me, And fairy-tales were really so. I'd like on Santa Claus' sleigh Next Christmas Eve to have a hitch, And I would love to see a witch Upon a broomstick ride away. Of course, there still are lots of knighU; And there are princesses besides. But nowadays men don't win brides By going of! on dragon-fights. I wish I'd lived long, long ago, When fairy-tales were really so. Mary Street, in December Lippincott's. i ..... The Burlal-Placo of Roger Williams, Rhode Scissors on a Stand. It seems that the operation of cut ting the street skirt must be accora ullBhed with mathematical accuracy. It la an unpardonable sin to have It a '.rifle too long on one end or the oth- r, even though the difference Is so flight that It can be discovered by nothing less acute than the eye of a lear feminine friend. What soerns to be an Implement best calculated to prevent such an oversight Is the pair of scissors mounted on a stand as shown In the accompanying cut, which device forms the subject of a recent patent. The cutting blades can be adjusted at any desired point, and as the skirt draped on the model Is turned around It can be snipped off with the minutest precision. Wash ington Post. The IIoHt Could Not Leave. At a large evening party one of the guests stood In the corner yawning. "Are you much bored, sir?" asked his neighbor. "Yes, dreadfully," was the answer. "And you?" "Oh, I am bored to death, too." "How would It do to clear out al together?" 'I am sorry I can't. I am the host." Democratic Telegram. A Morocco Prison. The Moorish Government Is In capable of maintaining order, or of compelling Its own subordinates to do their duty. The Moorish Govern ors tolerate disorder If they do not connive at It and share In the booty. A case In point is the scene pictured on this page. In the city prison a number of Jews are thrust with great violence. Their houses and stores bad previously been looted. No charges were made against them, and the only complaint made about them Is that they did not surrender their property on demand of the mob. If if 1 ' - . III lf iT",r-.'A:'-,r-,C PSitrV' i MlT-f:, -x. .... SCENE IN THE TORTURE CHAMBER OF A PRISON IN MOROCCO any of the Jewish prisoners are sus pected of having money or valuables concealed, they are subjected to the "salt torture," which consists in fet tering the right band behind the back. It la lnxlcwd in a leather wal let, in which salt Is placed. The Jew feela his hand shrinking day by day, and It be really has the money, gives it np to save bis band from becoming permanently useless. A Government which tolerates such horrors is a dis grace to humanity. If it doea not alter its ways, the public opinion of the world will Insist on its abolition. Christian Herald. i ni Situated on the Old Dorr Estate, in Island. Ormany Studying: Ilread. In the production and control of a pure food supply by thoroughly scien tific methods the Germans are dis posed to keep their lead. The new Government method Institute for milling research, supplementing the two Institutes for research In the sugar and fermentation Industries, Is equipped with an experimental granary, a wheat and rye mill and a hnkerv. tnircthcr with admlnlatratlve offices and laboratories, the machin ery and apparatus being of the most advanced kind, all driven by elec tricity. The mill has two distinct plants, each milling two tons of grain In fen hnnra The nurnose of the ln- stltTite Is to carrv out practical re search and scientific Investigation on grain during storing, milling, work ing up and baking; to etperment with the baking of home and Import ant rrnln- to conduct research work for the Government, and to carry out official and private analyses or grain, flour, fodder stuffs, etc. Every effort will he made to Investigate thoroughly the numerous problems of milling and baking. St. Louis roar Dispatch. Good Advice. A man advertised recently In a London paper to forward, on receipt of postage stamps, "sound, practical advice, that would be applicable at any time and to all persons and conditions of life." On receipt of the stamps he sent bis numerous victims the following: "Never give a boy a penny to hold your shadow while you climb a tree to look into the middle of next week." Montreal Star. Saw-Tooth Grass Cotter. With the lawn mower of the type which Is generally In use at this time It is necessary to go over we ground a second time with grass shears or ... . . . . hook and cut the growth at such as V. mtwa folia . rt fDOfll Because of the slse and shape of these Implements it is not possible to posh them up. to a fence or railing! nor under low plants, so that their operation la never complete. To overcome this defect a new ma chine has been invented which might be likened to a circular saw revolv ing hortsontally. The bladea of thta machine are driven by a crank in convenient position near the handle. This permits of a finished Job being done. The knives can be pushed Into remote corners or about growing plants without . damaging then. Washington Star. r
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