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D e t r o i t — « p — lu » DafroM
poorhouse «Ms • saMtor o t tor-
tune, now mteua the tort««*. gko
fhunlngharald. To the south and
west a eload o f fire baa lowered
over the Held« of Boos, where one«
Both gleaned barley behind the
reaper«. The night a ir la burdened can 'a u th e n tic a te la g ' e in te to
with silent melodies. The atrange
starlight uiantles the village with (bp following experience:'*
He eaw the charge of too Light
» Stranger happiness.
Strange
omens crowd the hour.
People are gutheriog down by
He was naraed by Florence
the old Inn. They stand In stleneo;
Nightengale.
He waa a gun ranner for Oar-
thatyl.
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* Ha pulled toe RmpreSs Cartolto
pers: ''Strangers from Nazareth— out ol a ditch by her anttO.
a child la born."
He was present at the Indian
They A lso Serve ......................
Growth
Peter Vacuum ............................
Iron W ill ......................................
God and the Groceryman . . . . . .
. . . P. B. Kyne
___ Tarkington
............. .. Gibbs
Jalna, the $10,000 prize novel,
L ights U p ............... ........ . . . 4 . .
. Chas N. Buck
. . . H. B, W right
. . I De , ■ La Boche
Grace Richmond
Land of the F r e e .......... • -- -
Destiny
, . . ........... Seltzer
. Rupert Hughes
Silent Storm s . , ..........................
. . . J . . . . . . Poole
MANY OTHER T IT L E S AT A SH L A N D ’S BOOK
STORE.
ELRARTS
Now the people fall bark to
a n te mow for a -company of night
watchers ^roin the sheep flocks,
their tMHffined faces bright with
excitement and wonder. They am
from tbb Boas liUls. They'tell ex­
citedly the story of angels stag­
ing praises to God and announcing
, the birth e f a King and Savior.
They have come to see. Following
them through the old liouse Into
the adjoining caves, where even
meek-eyed beasts share the wonder
of the night. There are the stran­
gers from Nazareth, and there In
the manger their new-born Child.
The simple shepherds kneel before
the Child and tell the story of the
sky. They declare the Child la »
King.
Scarcely are the shepherds gone
before a slight commotion heralds
the coming of bearded strangers,
travel stained, but richly garbed.
They had seen the star months be
fore sad they had followed from
the east. It was a king they had
come to find. They bow down ami
worship. Tliey pile gold beside the
twaddled babe and fill the cave
with the odor of Incense. An el­
der from the synagogue brings a
scroll and reads, “And His name
shall be called Counselor, the
HJglity God. th e . everlasting Fa­
ther, the prince of Pence.” Then
understand—you hero witnessed
the mightiest miracle of earth.
Here Is the place where Divinity
became humanity that humanity
might become Divinity.—William L.
Gnston.
*
Mutiny.
Captain Roland Walpole, mem­
ber of the ‘British fam ily ef that
name, is now 100 years old. Ha
sits a little apart from toe othat
inmates.
A Scotch cap ie eet
« ktohly on hie head.
On his
breast are Medals with bam th«t
bear historic names — Crimea.
Alma, Balaklava. Inkerm an. Se­
bastopol, Lucknow. D elhi, Fak­
ing. Egypt.
ihm as Points Cftricajpo
Educated as a soldier, be liv ­
.yor Out aa T ypical
ed to fight under five flags. He
Politician
was a student In military en-
LONDON— (LP) — “BIG B ill”
glnereing at F re ifu rt, Saxony,
Thomson's
private war on Eng­
when he started the career of
volunteering which iee t ed him land and the political success of
throughout hie active life-
He his method ef attack strikes the
Joined the' Turkish service under British press a * • cross between
Omar Pasha and took part in a strip of comics and an unbeliev­
able nightmare.
the principal Crimean fatties.
The' persistence of Big B ill’s
During one i f the campaigns'
attacks prompted a section of the
he was a patient o f Florence
press to take a seml-serlous view
Nightingale for I f days.
bf the a ffa ir and Moved the Eve­
He next saw action in Persia ning Standard to comment edi­
and la te r took part in the In-'
torially:
diaa M utiny. H e wae sent back
“ Perhaps the most
serious
from the Bast on sick leave, but complaint that America
could
w ithin 14 heure of reaching Eng­ make against us would be that
land he was on his way to Ita ly we do not take enough Interest in
as a volunteer for g arib ald i, thé her and her affairs and life in
general.
ME). J»M. WaMern MfUSi m UnMe.) patriot.
The Ita lia n rumpus over, ba
“ But if we are ignorant of
went to China to become a gen­ America, we must remember that
they are Ignorant of us, and that
eral under L i Hung Chang.
The American m ilita ry observ­ Ignorance is a fertile soli in
er fn the Crimea, General George which not only misunderstand­
Chriatma» Kaleidoscope
HHWSTMAS places a ka- j B. McClelland, wrote him that ings but also fantastic legends
leidoscope In my hand. . there waa a sizeable w ar on In can flourish freely.— The remedy
Fantastic designs of rare ’ tho United States and M id the for this lies in knowing one an­
coloring and exquisite form I
other better.”
show themselves— pictures of • Union A rm y had need of tech­
The D ally Telegraph finds dif­
nical officers.
people, and places, and epi­
ficulty
In seeing the connection'
sodes — dreams unfulfilled
Walpole packed his grips and
between Thompson’s threat
“ to
. . . persons whom I have
became a eavalry officer under
loved and lost pass before
puneh K ing George's nose’’ In fT
me. They all -but speak.
matters of local Chicago politics,
I seem to catch a distinctive
but
adm itting that the threat had
note and a familiar ring of .
much to do with Thompson’s po­
laughter., .
.
.
places
teeming with sweet memo­
litical g u ceoe n . says:
ries and hallowed associa­
“This attack and the sudden
tions come, too, and are '
alleged
discovery that British
gonel . . . Ghosts of un­
propaganda was rife in t h e
accomplished desires, un- ■
solved problems, unattalned .
schools, in typical of the simple-
goals, pass In review. . . . It
minded directness of “ Big B ill”
Is Christmas! Joyous in Its
aa w e ll aa hto astonishing politic­
present gtndr.ean bHt thrice
blessed In memonee! A day
The komemade Christmas g ift al astuteness.
“ But how do people swallow
to which moetr. If but the
has a deeper slgntfigance than
laughter of a child, Is richer *
sueb guff?” I am asked. The
most any other g ift which might
than royal feasts, and when
answer is that it rings true to tho
a tried friendship to more
he giren and many women of
vast m ajority o f the pleasant im­
heartening tlmn richest wine.
artistic tendencies are b u y these
migrants who constitute such a
—W. P. Pennypacker.
days preparing the most attrac­
©. H IT . Wetter» Newspaper Union.)
large seetlon of Chicago's voters.
tive gifts for th« loved ones at Aa for “ Big BUI” himself I find
Christmas time.
bard to describe. The myn is so
Painting to en a par ia popu­ amazingly naive that ha actually
la rity w ith embroidery work for believes that h i i threats have sent
home made gifts.
The fortun­ King George into hiding behind
ate woman who wag skillfu l with doubled guards within one of hie
her needle and coaid fashion the palacea.
most attractive typo of home
“ But so fa r aa really harbor­
(made g ift has in many instances ing any animosity against t h •
turaed her attention to w a rd hand King, that is to M y an animosity
palatine on silks of choicest tex­ for which he could give a ' rea­
ture which first bocaass popu­ son. it is probable that If he were
la r last year, and which to prov­ shown a picture of the British
monarch he would not recognise
ing popular again thia y e a r.’
Beautiful scarfs, handkerchiefs, tt. Beside«. “ Big B ill” to not a
sometimes
elaborate
costumes reasoning person. Ho to simply a
That is
all sections of the country, and ¡are painted w ith beautiful de- shouter o f statements.
«ueh
teposelble
threugh the explosion of fireworks, signs. The needlework to still an why
antagonist. Ho is proof against
both ridicule and argument.
In
the words ef big adoring wife:
W hen A m 'm a/i Kneel
’You can’t heat my big boy.’ And
There are many quaint • animal
of
such are politicians in Amer­
superstitions connected with Christ­
ica.”
mas night. One of them to the
legend that the oxen kneel hi their
stalls to worship the Infant Christ
at midnight on H I* birthday.
I t would seem ns If most every­
body would appreciate as a Christ­
i n e » gift a Handy Andy who would
hold guard over a ball of cord,
keeping It ever ready for use, like
the little pasteboard-faced elf in
this picture is doing. No, the
spiral neck and spindling .legs of
the little .sprite aren’t . Just for
‘‘looks"; they form the axis on
which the boll of cord revolves.
The flower ;>etal skirt 1 Oh. Just
a way o f “dolling up" the trinket
eo that It Is “ornamental as well
as useful." The figure stands on
• box which holds rubber bnnds,
tags, thumb tacks und other needed
articles.
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For Christmas Table
Every boudoir a bower of beauty
—such to the sentiment which now
prevails In the home. Wherefore
’tla not to wonder, when .milady
g o * n-Chrlstmng shopping, that
■lie laeprone to buy boudoir acces­
sories that tempt her eye and be­
guile her fancy. You may be sure
that these exquisite Marie An­
toinette hand mirrors will prove a
fascination to every woman.
THE VICTOR ORTHOPHONIC
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Wed, I f It to a splendidly "worth
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march of, take note of this ador­
able cushion and footstool set Both
stool and cushion are made of black
felt, this material being strongly
featured for home decoration Just
bow .
The decorative flowers are
made of felt in all the gay colors,
standing out ta bold relief ngulnst
their black background.
Nothing
handsomer for th« living row© than
these sets!
EASY PAYM ENTS
Canadian Field
Peas Are Raised
STEWART^WARNÉR
T H E RADIO TH A T I S D IFFE R E N T
Nothing more striking could be
chosen as n decoration for the
Christmas table than a pair of sil­
ver peacoeks or a large pheasant,
either In silver plate or in pot­
tery.
Growers In Oregon who do
nat have « « W en t hay aad are
anxious to Trow an additional
acreage next spring may. use data
and Canadian field pea*. This
co*btoatton crop gtoee a good
quality hay and has given a saf^
An OW Christmas Custom
Bean wuavil. prevalent In some tofactory yield at the experiment
Blessing the apple trees Is a
Christmas jrustom still observed to places in Oregon, cannot be con­ station when Mwn real Mrly in
the Kngltfh counties of Sussex and trolled in the field, the mperi-
Devonshire.
mant station has found, since
flame fields of Lejjino clover,
the WMvUe maltfply rapidly in
the giant ■ form of White elover
the etored beans, fumigation with
uhtch 'h as given such excellent
carbon bisulfide or heat 1« rec­
yioMpitoafler Irrigation conditions,
ommended. Thia treatm ent‘ Is
applied aa soon after the beans hate' been certified by the Ore­
«re harvested and dried as pos­ gon Agricultural collage. These
sible. The seed to than «tore<f In fields are free fron» noxtoua
wMVfl-procf bate ae o tter recep­ wuedfe and alslka clover. Sources
of this eaod may ho obtained on
Salem — Fbrty Marino eohn- tacles.
appWoattoa to too eoliego.
ty dairymen start cow-testing as­
Albany may vote on naw ©bar­
ter plan/for better street lights
sociation.
*VBUU HOME M ADE MOUE
ENJOYABLE
to R a d io -L e t us shot» the a * and
w ill do. We are w illin g ta tet Z®*
on the market, can he used w ith yo
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feb Ihrofe sWtoith twrtto eut to
a vwy useful ltttto box, Just
q <^ugh to routain Ite todle-
sable por.’d»r'«i»d puit te w
L it is fashionable for tficee
ratte: ehto» doll fan tories to
. up «betr abode lit every well
Dinted boudoir, ’tto a clew to
int fo’givu" at Cbrtotnms.
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