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Teddy Bear Series, all the rage.
Chatterbox for 1907 better than ever
The Red Line Series, for little tots all about
the Sunbonnet Twins and Polly Parsons
Books of Adventure the right kind for boys
Billy Whiskers Series, or the autobiography of a
Goat. Funny but full of sense
Linen ABC books
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THE THREE WISE MEN.
Who War Th.yT An Unsolved
Christmas Mystery.
Ono Christmas mystery romnlns un
solved. Who were tlio wlcc nm of the
cast tlio mngl who followed tho star
of Hethlehcm from nfnr to do homage
to the newborn Saviour?
The simple story as told la the Ttlhlo
Is one of the most familiar In Christ
inas lore. Any child could recite It In
detail, ralutcrs and sculptors hnvo
innde It the theme of the most Inspired
products of their brushes and chisels,
but to this day tho Identity of those
wise men remains a mystery, A
soarch of the Kroat pnlntlnns In which
tlio subject Is treated produces a be- j
wlldornient There are half a hun-
dred different Ideas presented. Tho
varying versions of thu books of tho
ages nre us many.
It Is fair to assume from tho fact
that tho visitors were received at court
by King Herod and that they carried
gifts of value that they wore In their,
own country men of royalty or close
to It. Herod evidently deemed It well
to treat thoni with deference, for dis
quieted though he was by their news
of the comet that was to lead them to
th birthplace of the Redeemer he dis
sembled and told them that when they
had found the newborn lie would re
tnrn to worship with them.
Much of our Information about tho
early days of the Christian era comes
from tho monks of the fourteenth cen
tury, who delved deeply luto historical
sources since lost to the world. Their
story of the three wlso men has receiv
ed wide credeuoe. According to those
monks, the wise men were three Kroat
klnirs called Caspar, Molcholr nnd Jlal
thsar. Caspar was tho oldot and
from the north. At the time of the
birth of Christ he was sixty years old,
and for more than two-thirds of that
time lie had ruled In Arabia, ltaltlm
ar was black, a native of Saba, from
the east, and forty years old. Ths
youngest was Molcholr, from the south,
whoso country was Tarshlsh. He was
twenty years old.
Impelled by some mysterious power,
tucy tlropped all the cares of state and
followed a tingle star thirteen days
and nights without eating or Bleeping
till H !"d tv.e:rt H Jeruraloin.
Then t';o story follows that of tho
Bible until they returned to their ovu
countries.
Tlio story iloos not stop hero. It tclU '
circumstantially tho lifter life of the
three wise men. Ti e i,'ood Apostle St.
Thomas Journeyed to their country and '
baptized them, and all three wont out
to pronch the doctvlr.o of tho Christ.
They were slain by barbarous gen-
tiles, ami laterv tho Kmpress Helena,
mother of Coustautlue, recovered their
sncrod bones and took them to Con
stantinople. Thence they wero carried
to Milan nud finally found an ultimate
resting plnco In Cologne, where they
now are. New York Tost.
truth. ,
"But," she said, "yon must forget all
about It until Christmas day."
That night us she was being put to
bed the child astonished her mother by
adding this to her evening prayer:
"riease, God. muke me forget all
about the little white muff Santa Claus
is to bring." New York Times.
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To Walla Wsfla"
Hor Little Prayer.
Former Comptroller Kdward M.
Orout of New York city tells a pretty
llttlo Christmas story.
He sold that a llttlo girl relative of
was visiting hor grandmother on
Thanksgiving day. Already the child
had begun to speculate on what Santa
tTlaus was to bring her at Christmas
time, and, as children especially girls
will do when they are at the home
of au Indulgent friend, she began to
rummage through closets and drawers.
In the course of her Investigation
sho came upon a brand new white muff.
It was tho very tiling she had wanted,
and sho knew that Snutn Claus' chief
purchasing agent grandma had ob
tained It for her.
Taxed with It. grandma admitted the
Strange Christmas Superstition.
In north Germany a person must not
spin during the twelve nights of Christ
inas lest he or she should wnlk after
death, nor after sunset on Saturday,
for then mice will eat the work. If It
Is desired to have money and luck all
tho year round, one must not fall to
eat herrlugs on New Year's day, uor If
you wish to be lucky must yon rock an
empty cradle or spill salt wantonly or
cross knives or point nt the stars. If
a dirty etoiu Is left on the table over
Christinas night It will make the an
gels weep. If you point upward to the
rainbow It will make the angel's feet
blood, and If you tall; of cabbages
while looking at the moon you will
hurt the foellngi of the men in It. Tit-tilts.
In Sn:;cn Timcj.
In Norman and Saxon times al ox
was always roasted whole over tin
Yule log at Ch!is:,u;:n.
Tlio way in which tho prnpmed elec
Uic line is viewed by others than those
directly interested is shown in thu edi
torial from the I.a (i ramie Star:
Word coiiiiM from Will hi Wnlli ;f -i
movement in Unit city for ex ensiom
of tin i lei-trie railroad to Wailowu
county. The oitr."iis of the 'Vashing
I ton ciiy have a shirt made tow ird i
j iyHtcin of ckcti'io lines i.inl it is ih '
: reasonable t-seelaliun that a d:ni- of
! its size and advVincemeiit of YVY.ilu
W;klla will ! in the ib'bl for a i-idiat-
lug system of electric lines to tench the
i surrounding territory ttie same ax are
now being rapidly (lovloped from
'. Spokane, r.o'.se and similar localities.
! In reaching out for Wallowa county.
Walla Walla lias an eye on a splendid
territory nod one that would brin
distinct advantage through the med
ium of eleetrio rail connection. A
great deal toward the material devel
opment of this territory ha already
h 'en uitcnmpiMl'.tl a:oi th-To Is 10
ouht whatever that
would bea;reat factnr in stimulat
ing mote rap'tl development. The ad
vantages both to Walla Walla and to
Wallowa would be mutual uud
about equal. The citizens of
Wallowa nre now in about the right
frame of mind to ,ako up au electric
proposition that would vnmipt them
with the outsid world and of course a
poin: of connection that would give
tlic.ni advantage of competing lines of
steam mads would be preferred. The I
suspension of work on th extension
of the Klglu branch has something to
do with this Ming. There is hardly
n doubt that Wallowa eounty could in
normal times raise $100,000 for an
enterprise of this kind and of course
Walla Walla can ra isn as muuh and
pro! ajily several Units more. Wal-
l.'wa has one advantage w hich Walla
Walla needs if much is to lie done in
electric, tailway development and that
j advantage Is an abundance of power.
I The streams of U'aMowa county for
. every mile have power enough to op-it-rate
a good many miles of electric
road. Wallowa's wealth in this par
I tituilar Is almost without limit, while
Walla Walla caunot extend lines
much further unless it be Into sections
that have the cheap 'power already
at hand.
While the present condition of the
times will not permit or immediate
railroad construction the halt is only
temporary and even under the present
cloudy appearance of things an eleo
trio line from Wallowa to Walla
Walla is not visionary. In countries
whore there are no natural resources
of power electric road construction
has been making rapid advance.
There is a day oorniug i n this country
when electric roads will be as common
as wagon roads now are whether they
run from Walla Walla to Wallowa or
from Walla Walla to U Grande.
The Winter's Muffs.
Muffs are exceedingly graceful in
design this year, and w hile flat effects
are still seen, the round muff is grad
ually averting itself not the actual
si.nni, round, old-fashioned muff, of
course, hot rather a compromise be-tA.-eu
this model and the later flat
style. One such mutT is a partly
rounded aflair made of ermine, anil
trimmed with mink, two entire- bocies
K ing used. These bodies start under
tho heads, curve upward, and then
take opposite directions, pointing
downward, ending gracefully in tiny
tails. Woman's Home Companion.
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