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Fl HUT JUDICIAL PMTMICT.
Conipfiblntr Jackson, J<js<*phine. Lalrr and
AlMmath cuunlirs. circuit Juda**. M. K- H md -
uh , W v. Hah- dint net attorney. H. L. Bcnaor;
r»,juiber L>our«l ot equalization, A. U. Auldon.
jAciMM#« coumr,
BeiiMtor. h . H. Holl, representatives, J. A.
Jeffrey, B. M. Nealori, Geo. W. Dunn; county
Neil; commissioners, 3. Furr*
W K. Bra-iMhiiw;clerk, N. A. Jscoba; sheriff,
n. rslierstne. recorder. Grant Hawlintrs; treas­
urer, M. B. Welch; ttrisesMor, Geo. A. Jiwksoi ;
schoul Hu perl nl endent. G um . Newbury; sui-
vvyur. H. W. K< nnedy; c«>runer,D. M urowtu
stcxik Insprvior .ins. Helms.
JOMKPHINB couimr.
Joiur "enator, W.S. Vanderburir; represen­
tative,^ Q. HiriJth; county judsrt, J. M. Ch heat;
voiuraiMioiP’r-. j. K M-yivriu. T. F. Croxton;
clerk. C. E. h « r:»i<»n; sheriff. Jos. G. Hiali;
treasurer. A. Bari lull; assessor. C. M. Blllos;
school superlntciideiit.Allce Canton ¡survey or.
B. O. MoCuUooh; coroner, W. F. Kreuicr,
KLAMATH COUXTY.
Joint senator.
A. Onrsweliof Lake; repre­
sentative, V. Lunn ot LldKe; county judge, v. 8.
jsoorv, commissioners, Jas. T. Henley, Joliu
Wells; clerk. A. L. Laaritt; sheriff, A. A.
Fitch; treasurer, Alex. Martin; assessor.A- T.
Wilson; school superintendent, Lucy Gordon;
surveyor, A. Cast el; coroner, H. G. Galbreath.
LCKK COM XT Y.
L»l»it amntyr, U. A. Cogswell of Lake; repre­
sentative. v.Uonnot Lake, county Judge. E.
M. Bi attain: commitwonurn, J. MclTheny.
A. V. Lane;clerk, W. A. Maasingill, sheriff, F.
F. Lain*; Ir< usurer, J. H. Field; ass* «nor, F. E.
Harris; school superintendent, J. J. Monroe;
surveyor, U. K. Moore; corout r, J. W.
Howard.
TOWM OF JACKHONVtLLg.
Trustees. J. Nunun, president, G. M. Love,
T. CaanTon, J. F White, K. Kubli; recorder,
Bdar. J. Day; treasurer. Jus. Croneiuiller;street
coanuifMloucr. Wit. Heely; marshal,C. Purcell,
'l l.trust« < n-»I l.u’kaonville hold their reg­
ular sessions on Urst Tuesday in each mouth.
NKKT1NQ OF COUHTH.
The supreme court or Oregon meets at
B'llrin, regular terms commencing on the first
>1 <uduj s in March a«id October; also at Pen-
'il' i .n, <*>*i ii fu<*itcing on first Monday in May.
i . m . cull .'io i lor I iu ni si Judicial diet net
Sits in Jackson county on firat Mondays in
April, September and December. In Klamath
county mi second Monday lu June and first
Monday in November. In Lnkecounty on the
thirl vi-.uliij hi May and I he second Monda)
in < h i./h. i. In Josephine county on the hrat
Mo.idays tn March and August.
Foi .» * s.n mi ‘.!<»uin> tin ’comity, probate ano
commissioners' courts meet every month,
coiiiuu ncing with the first Monday. For Jose­
phine coil.ity, the first Monday In January,
Apt II. July and September. For luikvcourity,
every alternate month, cc iniuencing the first
Monday in January. For Klamath county,the
Urai Wciliiuaday in Mari u, June, September
and November
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
OUR FALL STOCK IS NOW OPEN
liity'oi'H Lxeopt ional ly Good ’Vendues. A MYTH OF THE RHINE
VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE ORIGIN
PRICES THE VERY LOWEST, -s«
OF CHRISTMAS TREES.
We
Men’s Suits, complete, from $5.00 to $20.00
How the Custom of Decorating a Spruce
Has Spread to All Christian Nations—A
Legend of Martin Luther—Memories of
Tiny Tapers and Sweet Surprises.
Cash or Goods paid for all kindaof Farm Produce,
Soliciting your patronage and guaranteeing satisfaction, I am
___________ Respectfully,
j. NUMAN, Jacksonville.
K.
MISCELLANEOUS.
AT COST !
AT COST 11
SILAS J. DAY,
NOTARY PUBLIC
REAL ESTATE ACENT I
AT COST!!!
Abstracts Made of Titles to
Lands.
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
Of al! kinds drawn up, especially pertaining
to the settlement of estates.
S. ROSENTHAL
CIOTHIFR,
of Medford, THE
Is determined to CLOSE OUT his Entire Stock of Goods—
Collrrtor of Aeronati Prompt Kemittanrri. which is a FULL and FIRST-CLASS ONE— and offers th
MONEY LOANED.
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whole
1 nveal rnent securities a «]M‘cialty. Jackson
County Scrip bought and raid.
I have a cinplete set of maps of all survey­
ed lands In t his county, «nd receive Abstracts
monthly from Koseburg and the State Land
Depart incut at Salem of all new entries made
lam thus prepared to make out homestead
papers and can save to parties the expense of
a trip to the Roseburg land office.
I have a Nvmbtr of Fine Farm* and
othsr de Arable property m my
hand» for naie.
at
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If you want REAL BARGAINS get our prices, as we
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O regon .
SV” Pro a# pt reply inaile to all letter».
Charges in accordance with the times.
ltefera, bv par ini»« Ion, to Hon. H. K. Hanna,
Judge of 1st Judicial Districi, and to any
buaineas house in Jacksonville.
Bl LAS J. DAY.
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SOUTHERN OREGON.
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Jark. anrh'r, orrgcn.
WIII pravi ic<> in «Il u.urt. of thè alate,
drfct in tue G>url Iloti»«.
P. P. PRIM A SOI,
AITUHNKY3 AND COI NSULOIUS AT LA W,
./.okaux.UM, Orrgnn.
Wtll praellee lu a1*, court. of thè state. Ottici'
In tue Court House, acconti tloor oli thè i-ltchl
of entrane ».
J. R. NEIL.
ATTOKNKY ANI) COUNBKLOH AT LAW.
• «rA*.- env»U . Or.
Vili practlet la ili court« <»t I he State. Office
In thè Court Houno, R imi door oli loft ut en­
trante.
Lionel K. Webater.
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Special attention given to Cohctions
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[Seventh Street, Medford.
Main St. (formerly Tylerg’lry) Ashl'd.
Pirst-clase Bunneas ant’ Normal School
for both Sexes.
1 *4fhril, Oregon.
>>»ce <m Mam street. In Childers' Building.
Lal*« promptly attended to day or night.
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Nothing will be nicer to present to your best
friend than an ARISTO or SOLIO PANEL pho-
ograpli of yourself, especially if it is made by the
Offloe at reai.lvi.ee, aoutii casi -orner Canti
The course of study In this institution it
ih h tM recta.
tborouirh. embracing all the branches be.ong
iug to a tirst-class education. Languages,
drawing and vocai lessons in class being
included inthc English course, form nt» extra
O. F. DEMOREST
charge.
Young ladies w shins to follow the higher
HKSIDKNT DENTIST.
art course or musical course ktp afforded
special facilities in each.
iMirerJ, Oroo«.
Th«* usual rnoditleation’s made when more
than one of the same family attend the Acad­
emy alt be same time.
Tnere will a>so be attached to the Academy
DR. CEO. O’d. DE BAR.
a day school for boys in a separate building.
Jacksonville is conceded to be the mo Kt
P H Y dl C1 AN ANU s l HG SUN,
healthy place in Southern Oregon and easy of
JaeLwnrtlle. Ore n.
of access. Hogue Hlver Valley Railway C o .’ b
trains run within a block of the Convent.
Office nn>j reahlcnoe on Canlornla Street.
For furl her particulars address the
Callaattended prompt» ibiv or iilirhl
SUHKR1OKESS.
Jacksonville. Or.
pbyhician and surgeon .
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ä II KU KO N.
Mrdiord, Oregon.
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We are now making a dozen Elegant Presents
SISTERS OF THE HOLY NAMES
; FETSCH, ;
For Particulars and Specimens of
Penmanship, address
DR. E. P. CEARY
PHYSICIAN A Nil till KG RON.
MEKCIIANT TAILOR!
Will make you a Fine Sult of Clothes In _
the latest Sty is.
IrtiforH, Oregon,
' >^‘SC ,.ln . »pern House. Residence oppo­
site Presbyterian church.
FROM $22.00 UP.
DR. E. B. PICKEL
IV Give him a call before Laving your Ruits
ordered elacwlr re. SatigfaciiouGuaranteed.
PHYSICIAN A Ni» SU HURON.
N-il ird, Oregon.
‘’*"Bpr..mpBy Wended to day or nl»ht.
Office on ilh ttrvvt.
oís . odcers a hall ,
bkntistb .
A. FETSCH
Front Street, Medford, Or=«p.
BEEKMAN & REAMES*
M «Morti, O,egon.
BANKING HOUSE,
ite ora
'«‘‘•'‘'«■’I In Medford for
5 ‘i
From a .•oiilinu.t
pX ¿iu.~‘r h‘UH«-en year, we are pre
MweeaaMVS ts V. V. BEEKM.tN’ft flAUK
0R- W. 8. JONES,
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AND
81) HO HON
*•*/•«<. Wrtvaa.
•c# m Ra*lin'. mo
upstair».
MANHOOD IIESTOREOS”
tion of a fariou.- Freacn physician, wi:I quk kl.s no e v nef «!! her-
vous cr dis’-a-scs of the generative our: ;is, such a? Lost Man bopd,
Tntuimnia i‘;d!i8lh toe B ick, Seminal H.nU3n>n .
Debi if' .
riSsUi.illhC^ to Marry, Exhaust, g Lr: jns. V....... !e
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Ci ns'ir.'ition It stops ail l-.-sses by dry or nig.it P?e\ onts qn • e -
ircc rt/'discnarire, v. hieii if notebook«! ¡puds to Sper mntorrhcea and
Jn tbe horrors oi Impoir- . V. OWKSE <• ’cai >- ; th ; li ’tr, th*
BEFORE *«o AFTER kidneys and thenrinary
_ organs of all impurities.
ter c rt .ro tmoM.' l win
¥*l*eat "»tit I m . (’t’Pi D’^NF is the only known remedy to cure wiiheiP mi operat<on.
nt
ala A
?mine>' n-uunied If six boxes >< n not eucet a peinnuienLcu^
|L00abox-8>x for 15.«). by imail. Send for free circular and testimonials»
Addres-i 1>A v<; 1« me DICIN K CO.» P. O. Box 2076, San I’m: ?feco, CL'ri. Por /fcf« A
Sold at City Drug Store, Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE. OR.
HE ÜNDBR81GNEI» HAVE Fg.KMRD A
eo-partiKTship with an autlvorix.sl cap Ital
of $5.1,11110, for the purpo-ie or 'mrrving on a
General Banking linones» in all Its branches
in Jacksonville, Oregon. Olfi.ce at th., old
Mund of Beekman’. Banking H ouse, N. W.or­
ner California and third atre, 4s.
C. C. BFiBKMAN.
THUS, «a. KEAME8
MANHOOD RESTORED!
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neZ rildra?i“aiUI.’-««’l P‘”>erln Generative Organs of either sex caused
vrntM'ul errors, excessive nseol tobsceo.opium orstlra-
int'.riiitv.« -nsuniption or Insanity., tan Lo carried In
by mall prejwjd. VlthaSi order we
vest poc1» t.
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.„«e, to care or refund the n oner. Sold by all
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(From the Newark, N. J.,Evening Post.) i
On the summit of a pretty little knoll in
the heart ot the village of Clifton, N. J ,
stands a handsome residence about which
cluster the elements ot what is regarded by
button with gas or electricity, we, who the country people round about as little
have our delightful memories of trim­ short of a miracle. The house is occupied
ming the fragrant evergreen, of helping by the family of Mr. Geo. Archer, a former
K m
it blossom and bear fruit full of sweet attache of the police department
surprises, and who have lighted the York City, but who now holds a responsible
tiny tapers amid much merriment, not position with the Standard Oil Company.
iinminglcd with tender awo at the Mr. Archer’s family consists of his wife, a
thought of the s’arlight whoso rays sprightly little woman, who presents a pic
have beamed upon U3 since that first ture of perfect health, anil a son twenty*
Christmas long ago—we can testify to seven years ot ago. No one would suppose
the beauty, the poetry, the warm glow­ to look at Mis. Archer now that she was for
ing love, surrounding our Christmas nearly nine years, and less than two months
tree, which blooms perennial in our ago, an in- ali i so debilitated that lite was a
beerts long years after the mystery of burden. Yel such was the case, according
he ats.—Boston Transcript.
to the statements made by Mrs. Archer and
her relatives to a reporter who visited their
UNt CHRISTMAS tVE.
pretty home recently.
In 1885 she strained herself in running to
Oisgttiscd as n Beggar, «he Christ Child
Seeks Shclter -A German Legend.
1 catch a boat. Then ensued a long spell of
H"re is a Christmas story that has illness, resulting from the tax upon her
»ecu told the little children in Germany 1 strength. Doctor after doctor was consult­
or many hundreds of years:
' ed,and while all agreed that the patient was
’Twas the night before Christmas. A suffering from a valvular trouble of the
ittlo child was wandering all alone heart, none could afford her the slightest re­
hroiigh the Btrccts of a great city. Peo­ lief.
“Oh, the agony I have suffered,’’ said
ple were hurrying hither and thither,
•.nd express wagons were being rattled Mrs. Archer, In speaking of her Illness. “I
hrough the streets. Even the snow- could not walk across the floor; neither
dakes seemed happy with the expecta­ could I go upstairs without^ stopping to
tion of the coining Christinas morning. let the pain in my chest and loft arm cease.
But the little child seemed to have I felt an aw’ul constriction about my arm
no homo and wandered on from street and chest as though I were tied with ropes.
to street. No one noticed him except Then there was a terrible noise in my right
perhaps Jack Frost, who bit his bare ear, like the labored breathing of some great
toes an«l made his fingers tingle. The animal. I have often turned expecting to
north wind, too, pierced his ragged gar­ see some cieature at my side. The only re­
ments and made him shiver with cold. lief I obtained wa« when I visited Florida
Home after home he passed, looking and spent several months there. On my
with longing eyes through the windows return, however, the pains came back with
in upon the happy children who were renewed force
trimming Christmas trees and hanging
“Last July,” continued Mrs. Archer, “1
stockings for old Santa Claus to fill.
was at[8pringfleld , Mass., visit'ng, and my
Cold and alone the little wanderer mother showe 1 me an account In tho Spring­
softly tiptoed his way up to a beautiful field Examiner, tolling of the won derful
window through which he could see a cures »ffected by •'•te use of Dr. W.litams*
tree loaded with gifts and glittering Pink Pills for Pale People. My mother
with lights. Ho tapped on the glass, but urged me to try the pills an.l on November
a little girl coming to the window 25th last I bought a hex and began taking
frowned and shook her head, saying: them, and 1 have taken them ever since, ex­
‘‘Go'away. We are too busy to take cept for a short Interval. The first box .lid
not seem to benefit mo, bat I persevered,
care of you now. ”
by the requests of my re'atives
Back into the dark street he went encouraged
After beginning on the second box, to my
Coming to another happy home, where wonder, the noise at n.y right ear ceased en­
lie heard the song and laughter of mer­ tirely. 1 kept right ot. and the distress that
I used to fee) In nty chest and arm gradually
ry children, he climbed up the broad disappeared.
The blood h.is returned to
steps and gently tapped on the door. It my face, lips and ears, which were entirely ■
was opened by a tall footman in white devoid of color, and 1 feel well and strong
hat and gloves. He looked at the child again.
“My son, too, Lad b.-en tre-sined wiOtî
then sadly shook his head and said: gastritis
and I induced him to try ths Pink'
“Go down off the steps. There is no Pills, with great benefit. I feel that every­
body ought to know ot my wonderful cute,
room for such as you here. ”
Again and again the little child rap­ and I bless God that I have found some­
that has given this great relief.”
ped softly at door or window pane. At thing
Mr. Archer confirmed his wife's state­
each place he was refused admission. ment and said that a year ago Mrs. Archer
Later grew the night and colder blew could not walk one hundred feet without
the wind. Farther and farther the lit­ sitting down to rest.
’ Pink Pills for Pale People
tle one wandered. The street was are Dr. not Williams
a patent medicine in the sense in
lengthy, when suddenly there shone which that term is usually understood, but
ahead of him a single ray of bright are a scientific preparation successfully used
general practice for many years before
light. He hurried on, scy ng, “I will in
being offered to the public generally. They
go where the little light ’reckons me. ” contain in a condensed form all the elements
He soon reached the end of the street necessary to give new life and richness to
and went straight up *o the window the blood, and restore shattered nerves.
They aro an unfailing specific for such dis­
from which the light was streaming. eases
as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
It was a poor, littl'J, low house. What St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu­
do you suppose the light came from? A matism, nervous headache, the after effects
tallow candle. Looking in, the little of the grippe, palpitation of the heart, pile
sallow complexions, that tired feeling
one saw standing upon a small wooden and
resulting from nervous prostration; all dis
table a branch of a Christinas tree. eases resulting from vitiated humors in the
Near the fire sat a lonely faced mother, blood, such as scrofula, chrouic erysipelas,
with a baby on her knee and an older etc. Th. y are also a spécifié for troubles
peculiar to females, such as suppressions,
child beside her. She was telling them irregularities,
and all forms of weakness.
a Christmas story.
They build up the blood and restore the
Ti e little wanderer crept closer and glow of health to pale or sallow cheeks In
closer to the window pane. So sweet men they effect a radical cure In all cases
from mental worry, overwork or
seemed the mother and so loving the arising
excesses of whatever nature.
oh'ldien that he took courage and tap­ These PHU are manufactured by the Dr.
ped gently, very gently, on the door. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady,
The mother stopped talking; the little N. Y., and are sold only In boxes bearing
firm’s trade mark and wrapper, at 50
children lookod up. “What was that, the
cents a box. or six boxes for $2 50, and are
mother?-’ asked the little girl. “I think never sold in bulk or by the dozen or hun­
it was some one at the door. Run dred.
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On» may read in the folklore <)f the
Rhine district of a mysterious tree that
blooms only on the night before Christ­
mas, and the old myth assures us we
have only to go to a certain spot to find
it all to be true. As the first authentic
accounts of a Christmas gift tree are in
the annals of this same Rhine neighbor­
hood, may we not believe that the holy
mystery supposed to be concealed in th>
blossoming tree was commemcv.«ted and
perpetuated in the decoration of the
Christmas spruce? At all events, it is
in historical records of Strasburg from
the year 1605 we first read of a real
Christmas tree. The man who has left
the record writes:
“During the Christinas holidays a
spruce is set up in Strasburg homes, on
which are hung horses of many colored
paper, apples, consecrated wafers, clay
cuckoos, sugar, ’ ’ etc.
The use of the tree spread very slow­
ly during the 200 years following, and
we next read of it in 1646 in a theolog­
ical work called “Milk of the Cate­
chism. ” This time it is not mentioned
lovingly, but the author inveighs
against its use in the home in these
words:
“Among other frivolities with which
more than with God’s word the holy
days are celebrated the Christmas spruce
is found, which is set up in the houses
and decorated with puppets and sweet
things. Finally one shakes it, and so
its blossoms fall. W lence comes this
custom I know not. The whole thing is
child’s play. Better would it be if one
allowed the children to keep holy day
around that spiritual cedar tree, Christ
Jesus. ”
Next we hear of it from the stand­
point of the jurist in 1737. In a very
learned treatise “On the Gifts Bestowed
on Our Redeemer’s Birthday” a jurist
arfiviiig for position of docent at Wit­
tenberg speaks of the candle deck«id
Christmas tree, under whose boughs the
gifts to the housefolk are spread, gifts
whoso justification he sees from a legal
standpoint
Late in the eighteenth century the
tree was tuor9 fteouently mentioned,
and it was even the great Goethe who
introduced it to the literary world in
his “Sorrows of Werther. ” Goethe
first saw a Christmas trie in 1765, when
he was 16 years old at the house of
Theodor Korner’s grandmother. He
says, “It was hung with all kinds of
sweets, mangers holding the Christ
child, the Virgin Mary and Joseph
standing beside the oxen, asses and
lambs. ”
Do you remember Werther’s visit to
Lotte on the Sunday before Christmas,
when he finds her alone, preparing
packages of presents for her small
brothers and sisters? Just as he, suspect­
ing nothing, pours out his ecstasy over
their friendship the d<x>r suddenly
opens, and the Christmas tree bursts on
his view, with its glimmering wax can­
dles, its cakes and apples.
Germany’s other idol, Schiller, does
not himself write of any Christmas tree,
but in a work by a friend of his we
learn that at Christams time, 1789, he
became betrothed to Lotte von Lenge-
feld and withdrew fioni an engage­
ment to “pass the holidays under the
Christmas tree” with a family in Jena
in order to be with her.
The following Christmas he and his
wife Lotte stood beneath a “brightly
glowing tree” in their own home.
The first time the Christmas tree was
enshrined in verse was in 1805, just
200 years from its first historic mention-
From that year tho custom of decorat­
ing a spruce at Christmas spread rapid,
ly all over Germany until about 1830 it
went over the border into France and
was introduced in 1840 by Helen, duch­
ess of Orleans, into the Tuileries,
■i'jw over 40,000 trees are decorated
innually in France. The French people
observe the custom with all their char­
acteristic enthusiasm and warm piety.
They have a very pretty way of protect­
ing the roots of the tree and planting
it again after the holidays are over.
The Christmas tree found its way into
England through Prince Albert soon aft
er his betrothal to Queen Victoria. A pe­
culiar English custom is that of passing
a small tree round the table after the
Christmas dinner, from which each per­
son plucks the gift previously placed
there for him or her.
Nor are these the only countries to
follow the Germans in their Christmas
festival. In Italy, the Netherlands,
Russia and Sea’ dinavia the little ones
are made happy by the blooming of the
Christmas tree. Indeed an old German
legend ascribes the origin of the custom
to Sweden, whence it was introduced
into Germany at the time of the Thirty
Years’ war. But this is only legendary
and has no more claim to our belief
than that other legend of Martin Lu­
ther taking a forest tree into his house
and decking it with numerous lights to
symbolize the glory of the starlit heav­
ens.
In our own country the history of the
Christmas tree is young, and although
many foreigners think the only kind
we have ever seen is one from which
the poetic s iitimeut is fled, one ma-’»
of iron anil lighted bv the Dressing of e
juickly, dear, for it is too cold a night
to keep any one waiting in the storm. ”
The child ran to the door and threw
it wide open. The mother saw the little
itrunger, cold and shivering, clothed in
rags, and his little feet almost bare.
“Oh, yon poor, dear child! Come in
prickly and get warm. Hava you no
home? No Christmas to celebrate?”
The mother put her arms around the
itrango child and drew him close to
her. She sat beside the fire with the lit-
tlo oB* on her knee, and her own two
little ones warmed his half frozen hands
and, bending low over his head, kissed
the little wandorer’s brow. They gave
him the bowl of bread and milk that
had been put away for their own ureak-
fast, and when he had eaten it tho little
girl said, “Now let us light the Christ­
mas tree and share our presents with
this little child. ”
So busy were they lighting the tree
and getting the presents ready that they
lid not notice that the room had filled
with a strange and beautiful light
They turnod and lookod at the spot
where the little wanderer was. His
ragged clothes had changed to garments
white and beautiful. His tangled curls
•leemed like a halo of golden light, and
his face shone with a light that they
oulcl scarcely look upon.
The little room seemed to grow larger,
the roof of the low house to expand and
rise until it reached the sky.
With a sweet smile the child looked
upon them for a moment and then slowly
r^e and floated through the air, higher
evbi tnaii «he clouds themselves, until
he appeared like a shining star in the
sky and at lxst disappeared from sight.
The wondering children turned and
whispered to the mother, “Oh, mother,
it was the Christ child!” And the
mother said in a low tone, “Yes, my
children. ”—Exchange.
What CiirtaC »aught.
Before Christ catne men did not know
Sod. They did not understand his fa­
therhood and affection. They had all
along supposed that whoever would en­
joy God’s favor must purchase it in
some way, and so before the coming of
Christ men crouched and trembled be­
fore God as though he wore an al­
mighty tyrant and they worshiped be­
fore him with sacrifices of slavish fear.
But the coming of Christ brought a
new element into human faith. He
taught not the Jew alone, but he taught
all men everywhere that God loves
them; that he loves them as sinners;
that he loves them with a love that is
more devoted and tender than any
mother bears her child; that he is not
only ready to forgive them all that is
past of transgression and sin, but to
make them heirs of a glorious and eter­
nal inheritance; that all God asks of
man is love.—Christian Advocate.
A Bcrvian Christina* Dinner.
The poorest family in Scrvia will
pinch themselves all through the year
so as to have money enough to buy a
pig at Christmas. Skewered to a long
piece of wood, the pig is turned over a
blazing fire until cooked, the guests
watching the process with increasing
interest. After dinner stories are told
and songs are sung. Santa Claus, who,
in the person of an honored guest, is
present to receive instead of to give
present», departs after the feast, deco­
rated with a long ring of cakes around
his neck and laden with such gifts as
his friends can bestow. The feasting
room is symbolically strewn with straw.
—New York Journal.
Cbri.tma. Thought*.
Christmas is almost in sight, and
stockings are much longer than they
Why Santa Claoa »rives Kcindeer*.
were last year.—Dallas News
That Santa Claus comes with rein­
A praiseworthy Christmas decoration
deers simply means he’s interested in —lining the pockets of the poor with
• the wee little fellows still in lapland.
gold and silver.—New York Journal.