A CHRISTMAS LEGEND.
A soldier In a scarlet coat,
One winter long ago, f
Went out and met a pretty maid
In woodlands white with snow;
Ehe stood beneah an ancient oak;
Her name was Mistletoe.
Her cheeks and lips were glowing red.
Like popples In the wheat;
Her locks were twined with milky
pearls, f
Her eyes were blue and sweet;
He looked and loved, and, kneeling,
laid
His saber at her feet
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From Icy regions of the Pole
The norther blew all night.
And hung the branches of the pine
With tinkling fringes bright.
And made beneath he aged oak
A frozen mound of white.
But when the "panes are thick with
frost
And nights are bitter chill,
And silence. In a crystal coat,
Has eased the silver rill,.
The pair of faithful lovers haunt
The wintry woodland still.
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When with the burden of Its years
The oak is bending low.
The soldier-holly, stiff and straight.
Stands bravely In the snow.
Its slender saber still unsheathed
To guard the mistletoe.
Minna Irving in the Criterion.
gj The Runaway j
Christmas Tree
All the little fir trees In the forest
A-ere very much excited.
"To-morrow we shall be cut down,"
they cried, "and then we shall be car
ried to the big city."
Now, none of the little flr trees
knew what the city was like, but they
murmured and rustled and whispered
of the wonderful things that they
should see.
Hut there was one little tree that
asked: "Do wo all go?"
"Yes," said the other trees; "to
morrow we start on our travels."
Then the little tree sighed and said:
"But I was promised to the children
of the lumberman."
"The lumberman Is poor," said a big
oak, "and these are hard times. This
year they must go without a tree."
The next morning, very early, the
.Children came trudging through the
enow and stood under the branches of
the little flr.
"This Is our tree," said one of them
proudly. "On Christmas It will be
lighted with candles, with an angel on
the t.opmost bough."
"Such a dear little tree," said an
other; "how we shall love It."
And tho' little tree trembled as It
beard them, but the children thought
that It was the wind that shook It.
Then they went away, and later
came men with axes and cut down all
tho young trees and laid them on a
great sled to ba carried away.
And la the evening, when the sun
made a red path of light on the snow,
the children came again, and .when
they saw that tree had been cut down
they cried: "Where Is our own little
tree?" And the little tree that lay
on the top of the sled answered loud
ly: "Here I am, here I am," but the
children did not understand, they rub
bed their eyes with their rough red
hands and sobbed.
"What's the matter?" asked their
father, as he came tramping through
the wood.
"Oh. our little tree, our own little
"HCCH A UK A It LITTLE THEE."
tree," wailed the children. ".It is cut
down and piled with the other tree3
that are to be sent to the city."
"We are too poor to have a tree this
year," said the tired man, sadly, and
the children went away mourning.
And the sun went down and the
moon came up, and showed the dark
forest and all the little flr trees lying
on tho great tiled, and presently the
animals of the forest began to creep,
creep among the new white stumps.
"So you are going to the city," Bald
the white-tailed deer, nibbling the
moss beneath the snow,
"Yes," whispered all the little trees,
excitedly. But the little flr cried: "I
don't want to go."
"Why not?" asked the white-tailed
deer, and the little flr told of the chil
dren. And the deer came closer, and for a
long time the two whispered together,
and presently a big gray rabbit Joined
them, and a white owl ilew down and
added wise counsel, and after a while
the deer and the rabbit and the owl
went away, and the little tree lay very,
very still until midnight.
Then when all the other trees slept
it rolled from the sled Into the snow,
and the wind, which blew through the
forest asked, "What are you trying to
do, little tree?" And the little tree
said, "Help me to stand." So the wind
blew under it until it was upright on
Its stem, and then the little tree went
hopity-hop, hoplty-hop, until came to
a sheltered valley, and there It lay
down and went to sleep.
It lay there sleeping and waking in
the sunshine until the men came and
carried off the sled full of young trees,
but no one noticed that the little flr
was gone.
And the night before Christmas the
wind blew and blew again until the
little fir tree stood upright on Its stem,
and the little flr went hoplty-hop, hoplty-hop
until it came to the house
where the ohildren lived.
Then out from the forest came the
white-tailed deer and the big rabbit,
and the little white owl, and the deer
pushed softly against the door of the
cottage, and the owl pecked at the
lock, and the rabbit hunohed and hit
NEARING THIN ICE.
wtrn nla hind tool until tho door mi
opened. And then tho Ittilo flr tree
bent its head and went In and stood
in tho cornor of the room, and tho
threo wild things ot tho forest wont
softly from' room to room, and ciuno
back with things to liang on the troo.
And last of all tho little gray owl flow
to tho topmost branoh and hung there
tho-pink wax angel with goldon wings.
'Thoy are good children,' said the
little whlto owl, as ho flew down again.
"Whon the winter Is cold, thoy hang
scraps of meat for mo on tho trees."
"And they put carrots In tho path,"
sold tho rabbit, "and cabbage, so that
I may not go hungry."
"And bohlnd tho barn they drop
armfuls of sweet, Juicy hay," said tho
deer, "that I may come- in the night
and feed."
And tho littlo flr tree said: 'They
are good children, and I would rathor
be hero than In tho big, big city. And
then It whispered, "Good-night," and
tho wild things .went away.
And In tho morning when Uie chil
dren came, thoy cried. "Oh, father,
father, look at the beautiful tree I "
And the lumberman came in and cried
In astonishment, "Who brought It
here?" And the HtUe flr treo whisper
ed and sang:
"I ran away from tho forest. I ran
away"."
But they could not understand, and
so they stared and wondorod, and at
lost the lumberman said, "It la too
late to carry it now to tho city, so It
can stay," And at that the children
cried. "A Merry Christmas to all!"
And tho flr tree whispered happily, "A
Merry Christmas!" And out in the
forest the owl and tho rabbit and tho
white-tailed deer- wishod cach other
"A Merry Christmas! as they hur
ried away through the snow. Evening
Wisconsin.
Peter Stnyreannt'a Nevr Yenr'a.
The custom of celebrating New
Year's Day in our own country is
largely due to the Dutoh. Old Peter
Stuyvesant made much of the day, and
cheery assemblages were held at the
governor's home In New Amsterdam.
The Dutch lnethod ot kissing the wom
en for "a happy new year" was ob
served and toll taken of all who wore
young and handsome. In fact, during
the reign' of Peter Stuyvesant New
Amsterdam was the moat thoroughly
beklsscd country in all Christendom
and formed a marked contrast to the
staid Puritans, who thought the ob
servance of this day savored strongly
of reverence for the' god Janus and
who made no note of their first New
Year's Day in the new world save to
record, "We went to-work betimes."
New York Evening Post.
Helping Santa.
C'lirlMliiui the Year Through.
Christmas candles burn out, decora
tions must be thrown aside, exchange
of gifts comes to an end. But these
things play only a secondary part' In
Christmas. The love which la U es
sence, the overflowing good-will, the
outspoken kindliness, the unselfishness
and cheerlnesB, need not be limited to
one day In the year. There Is no rea
son why we should not have them ev
ery day. Why should love not rule
through the circle of the year? A year
full of Christ Is a year which carries
Into every day the best of Christmas,
KM Hour.
McGorry (carpinglyj Thlm maken.
av almanacs hov got us be dhe t'roats,
bedadl
Mrs. McGorry How d'yez make thot
out?
McGorry Make ut out? Here, now.
We hov cowld weather New Year's,
phwln we don't nade ut; an' do dhey
give us aven a brlth av frost on dho
Fourt' av July, phwln our tongues are
hangln out wld dhe heat? Not so'a
yez cud notice ut, bedod! Judge.
A Xer Year'a Wlah.
God keep thee, dear, through all the
years.
Through all the Joys, the sorrows, team
Of life Its commonplaces, too,
God keep thee sweet, and brave, and
true Q,
Amid the doubts and fears that rise
In every life the mysteries,
Things that are hard to understand,
The movlngs of a mystic hand,
God keep thy reason sound and sure,
Thy mind alert, thy heart still pure,
God keep thee always this I pray
For thee, upon this New Year's Day,
B. McM. Bell.
In the Dark,
"Well, have you bought your, wife's
Christmas present yet?" "
"I dunno. She has all our Christ
mas stuff locked up In one of the clos
ets, where I can't get at It."
If Honer Drought llnpplneaa.
If money only brought bnpplnese,
there would be little Chrlatmaa cheat
n a majority of home.
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How Ho Wi'iit.
"And if you really ascended that
awful mountain why did you leavo no
vlslblo trace?"
"Tho footprint left by the astral
body Is not a tangible thing," respond
ed tho oxploror with a dignity almost
frigid.- Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hcpnratlon.
"I understand that she la aoparated
from hor husband."
"Yes "
"Oh. tell me all about It What did
the do?"
"Nothing. He died."
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Wetr I den In "Vct1lur.
News comes from Vienna of a new
Idea at weddlngB tho wearing of a
wreath ot roses by the mother of the
brldo. Upon arriving homo after th
coremony tho bride's mother removes
her hat and puts on a half circle ol
roses, composed ot buds with ellrer
potals and foliage.
ArinplnMon,
"Miss Prim Is very particular about
having everything appropriate. She
evon carries this Idea Into her excla
mations." "Sho does?"
"At least, I suppose so, The other
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Portland, Or., 5)ec. 10, 1909.
Tho ruling market quotations
in Portland today are as follows:
Dressed Turkeys, per pound,
20 to 22ic
Live Chickens, per pound.... 14c
Drosscd Chickens, per pound.
16 to 16C
Dressed Hogs, per pound 9c
Dressed Veal, up to 130 lbs.,
per pound 11c
Large Veal less.
Wo have 22 mnrkets. We can
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want tons nnd tons of poultry
before Christmas. Let every
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Wo never charge commission on
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GolUiMait 1.0C
Eflintl niton 1.0 1
Sil.ir Fillhn .61
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