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A Christmas Burglar
ABA! A burglar in the room!
I hear his steal! Iiy Ircad ;
Be's slinking somewhere I'mmuji
the gloom
By yonder trundle bed.
Across the creaking chamber floor
lilt fearful footstep! full.
What form wot that stole thrtugh J.V
door
And out along the haUt
"What form wat that, clad all In while
. And tearcely thrco fort hlght
A burglart Or tome Christmas tprite
With mischief In hit eyet
What! Tout Abroad before the day
Bat lit hit round, red lampf
What taket yon from your slumbert,
pray,
Torn little, owUsh tramp t
Tou came away dmon here becautt)
Ton really felt that you
ilut wait for Mr. Santa Claut
And tee if he vat truet
you braved the darkness, unafraid
And all itt terrort grim, .
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I have a number of good properties, both ranch and
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It is my candid judgment that never again will
those seeking a home in Ashland be able to
buy it as reasonable as now.
Ashland has the best twelve months in the year
climate that I know anything about. This
coupled with its scenic appect and general
attractiveness make it a fine place to live.
Specialty in Sisklyon County Lands
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Citizens Bank Building, Ashland
Telephone 21
Thij is a
Victor-Victrcla
Why not put a Victor-Victrola
" in your home this Christmas?
The musical instrument that every one
can play; that every one can afford.
Its remarkable variety of music and entertain
, ment gives pleasure to every one, and its wonderful
tone is a delight every day in the year.
You surely don't want to be without a Victor
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for there's a Victor-Victrola to suit every purse
$15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200,
$250, $300.
Come in today and hear this wonderful instru
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Exclusive Agents Phone 218
And this long, dreadful journey made
To prove your faith in himt
Wall, back to bed, for he IS true;
Your precious faith hold fast.
Old Santa Claut will live for yon
While dreamt and childhood last.
And when at length yon take your place
Among the world of men.
In every little Chrittmat face
He'll live for you again.
Jamet J. Montague in New York
American.
Edwin Booth's
Christmas Gift
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REMEMBER a Christmas I spent
Edwin Booth's company many
years ago, said the theatric:
manager. "He bad bought a summer
residence at Cos Cob, Conn., the pre
vious summer and invited me op to
play Santa Claus and do the chimney
act. His property was a fair sized
little promontory of land bounded on
one side, by the Connecticut river, on
the other side by bong Island' sound,
and the New York and New Haven
tracks formed the base line. If there
is any road atl'ected by tramps it is
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that same New Haven road, and when
I arrived, two or three days before
Christmas, there was a line of them
waiting their turn at the gate that re
minded me of a highly successful ad
vance sale, one tramp near the gate
even offering to sell his advanced po
sition for 10 cents. Booth was much
worried about the dangerous looking
fellows, and It struck me that a dog
would be highly appropriate as a gift.
I wired to a friend in New Tork, and
the day before Christmas the biggest
Siberian hound I ever saw was wait
ing at the little station for me. Booth
was Uckled to death, and we managed
to chain that dog just inside the main
gate near the lodge, and then we shook
bands. It was an awful big dog, big
ger than a little donkey that arrived
on the next train with a gocart as a
present to Booth's little daughter, Ed
wlna. "Well, we fixed op the presents that
night I dressed up in fur rugs and
traps as Santa Claus and had arranged
to drive the donkey into the reception
room and distribute the gifts from the
well 'laden gocart
"The dog waS to remain in the little
shed we had extemporized for him, but
he didn't. He was there on business,
and he attended to It promptly. The
chain broke like a piece of twine, and I
broke for the balcony, which I Just
managed to reach from the cart Of
course there was a racket,' and I got
Into the window, and by the time we
had armed ourselves with antique
swords and a Revolutionary musket the
noise had subsided sufficiently for us to
venture forth.
"The dog was Just seen in the moon
light disappearing over the stone wall,
hundreds of dollars' worth of presents
were scattered in the deep snow, and
donkey meat and fur were an inch deep
ill over the premises." Buffalo Express.
Christmas In Rom.
Christmas in Rome is a quiet ' and
solemn affair, with religion featured lu
its observance. The observance begins
the day of Christmas, when the image
of the Christ Child is brought out, till
Jan. C, wheu It Is aguin put in place.
St Peter's is brilliantly Illuminated,
with myriads of candle lights Bickering
their significant tribute to the central
fact of the church's life. What ap
peals to Italian art lovers Is the gift
which 1b as usual as the feast. Every
child is presented with a plaster cast
of the Nativity, and even in the phase
of the holiday which la joyful and es
sentially "merry" the underlying senti
ment Is always conception of the man-
' ger and the birth. There are family re-
unions and social festivities, but al
ways it is the religious feature which
is most significant Century.
Phone Job orders to the Tidings.
The Christ Cradle
A Christmas Ballad
'By MARGARET J. PRESTON.
"Christ cradle" la the old Saxon name
(or mince, pie.
TWAS the time of the old cm
tadcrt, And back with hit broken
band
The lord of Lancarcan castle
Bad come from the Eoly Land.
It irat Chrlstmat eve in the cattle;
The Yule log burnt in the hall,
And helmet and shield and banner
Threw shadows upon the wall.
And the baron was telling storiet
To the little onct at hit kneet
Of tome of Iho holy places
Uo had visited oversea!.
Then he spike of the watching shep
herds, '
Who taw tuch marvcloui tights
Ami the song that theangels chanted
That first of the Christiws nights.
Be told of the star whose shining
Outsparklcd the hrightrnt gem;
Be told vo the hallowed cradle
They showed him at Beihkhem.
And the eyet of the children glistened
To think that a rack sufllctd,
With only the ttraw for blankets, '
To cradle the baby Christ.
"Kay, dry up your tears, my darlings,"
Right gayly the boron rricd,
"For nothing but smiles must greet wm
I'm home, and it's Christmastldet
"Come, wife; I have thought of cra
dle Another than this, I sail.
Which thou in thy tktll shall make me
To honor this Christmas day.
"We would not forget the manger.
So choose of thy plotter! fair
The one that it largest, deepest,
And cover it in thy care
'With flakes of the richett paltry,
Wrought cunningly by thy hands, '
That thus it may bring before nt
The wrap of the twaddling bands.
"And out of thy well ttored larder
Bet forth of thy very best.
U aught that we have too precious
To honor this Chrittmat guest t
"Strew meats of the finest shredding
( The ttraw was chopped in the ttaU)
Bring butter and wine and honey
To lavish around them all.
"Bet raisins and figs of Smyrna
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
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Tools for Men arid Boys
Carving Sets
Roasters
Daisy Air Rifles
Wagons
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We have Ihem from a Tack :
Bammer to as good as are Selected line of Tools for
made. Men and Boys
Sleds
Casseroles
Ball Bearing Skates
Percolators
Electrically Heated Cooking Utensils
Numerous other Xmas Items
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That draw to the cast our thought;
Let splqet that call of the Magi,
With their gifts, to mind be brought.
"Let tweets that suggest frankincense,
Let fruits from the touthern tea
Be given ungrudged. Itemember,
Bit choicest he gave for theel
"Then over the piled up platter
A cover of pastry draw,
With a ttar in its midst to mind ut
Of that which the wise men law.
"Christ's cradle it what we'll call U,
And ever, sweet wife, I pray,
With such thou will make ut merry
At dinner etteh Chrittmat day!"
Gypsies' Christmas.
The gypsy Christmas is a love feast
and a carnival in one. The wandering
folk come together in tribal celebration
to choose their queen for the beginning
year. Each clan has its own usages
and superstitions. In Roumanla the
cradle, so they say, of nomadism, the
gypsy queen is crowned with roses, and
roses tip her scepter and bcr wand. In
place of holly and mistletoe the hardy
little rosebud which blossoms at this
season on the apex of the hills is hon
ored not for its sweetness merely, but
because of a fair Christmas legend
which the gypsy folk would make dis
tinctively their own. Chicago Tribune.
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SIMPSdDM
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Christmas Pie Has
Long Family History
HAPPY the Christmas reveler who
has a digesUon to tackle the
Christmas pie. The modern fad.
dlst in diet is trying to rule out the
plum pudding and the mince from the
Christmas feast. '
Shame on him! Better a night of
groaning to the few than a ban on a
time honored custom for the many.
Lay In a stock of soda mint, pepsin and
saltwater. Be sporty nnd take chances
on the plummy goody.
First it was old Sunta under a ban
a dreary world it would be without
SautasCluus now it is the toothsome
Christmas pie bulging with raisins,
flaky of crust and redolent of burning
brandy.
Truly the modern progressive who
lives by rule is akin to the old Puritan
to whom the Christmas pie was an
abomination savoring of Foiery. In
deed the Roundhead had more excuse
for his abstinence; it was a test of or
thodoxy. lie felt bis morals would be
injured by eating a pie whose savory '
contents were typical of offerings of
the Magi and whose form was often v
that of a niunger. , -
The Christmas pie is of ancient and
honorable lineage, and its name of
"mince pie" came centuries later, be
ing given In derision by the Puritans.
Are we such weaklings that what our
ancestors have thrived un for centuries
will slay us in one ealing? Surely the
stomach gpedullst, that product of
modernity, must harp slipped up.
Our grandparent did not eat one -measly
little slice of the Christmas pie
in fear and trembling. Boldly they
swallowed huge hun'.-s, not on Christ
mas day only, but during the entire
season of Christmas, unto Twelfth.
Night. Was It not writ, "As many dif
ferent bouses as thou Bbalt eat mince
pie during Cbristmnsrlde so many hap
py months shall thou have during the
year?"
And they began the mixing of that
Christmas pie early and with great
ceremony. It was a gala occasion
when the plum pudding was to l stir.
red and each incinlwr of the household
down to tho infant in arms must have
turn at the spoon. Philadelphia
Press.
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Get an all-wool suit from Paulse-
rud & Barrett, made to order and
made to fit from dependable cloths.
Send for our price list on whole
some groceries. We handle the pure
est and best and sell at right prices.
White House Grocery, Ashland.
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