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About Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1908)
ft. if THE EUGENE DAILY GUARD . o GUARD PRINTING CO., INC. Chutes if Fisher Published every day of the week. Sunday's excepted. Address all com munications and make all remittances payable to The Eugene Guard, Eugene, Oregon. Subscription Ktea Dally Delivered by carrier, per week I .H Delivered by carrier, one month 6" By mail one year (in advance) One month 50 Binglo copies Weekly Guard, per year 1.60 Advertising rates made known on application. Agents for The Guard The following are authorized to take and receipt fer subscriptions or transact any other business for The Daily and Weekly Guard: Creswell J. L. Clark. Coburg George A. Brury. All postmasters are authorized to reeeive and receipt for subscrip tions to the Daily amd Weekly Guard. MEMKHR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908 4 (. - -1- CHRISTMAS CAROL. It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old, From angels, bended near the earth, to touch their harp of gold; "Peace on earth good will to men from heaven's all-grac!nu klni;; The world In solemn stlllenoss lay to bear the angels sing. Still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings un- furled; ' And still their heavenly music floats o'er all the weary world; Above lis sad and lowly plains they bend on hovering wing, And cvi.- o'er the Babel sounds the blessed angels' sing. And, ye, beneath "Ife's crushing load, whosaforms are bending low, Who toll along thy climbing way with painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing; Oh! rest beside the weary road and hear the angeU sing. For lo, the days are hastening on, by prophet bards foretold, When with the ever-circling years comes round the age of gold. When peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendor fling, ' And the whole world send back the song which now the angels sing. Sears. NO PAPER TOMORROW Following our usual custom, for the benefit of the employes of the paper, there will be no issue of The Daily Guard tomor row,. Christmas Day. 1 ' A CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL Right must ever fight its way against the world. Truth must walk alone in its Gcthsemane. Justice must bravely-faoe its Calvary, if it would still live in triumph after all eflorts to slay it. These great truths must be. born in the manger of poverty, or sor row, or trial, or suffering, finding no room at the inn until at last, entering'it in triumph, they honor the inn that never honored them in their hour of need, their struggle, and of darkness. It is written in the book of human nature, it is the chorus of the songs of every nation it epitomizes the life of Christ, says the Circle Magazine. There comes a time in every individual's life when earnest, bonest effort, disheartened, distressed, dismayed, says: "What is the use of it all? Why Should I suffer poverty, sorrow, loneli ness and failure when I seek to be fair, good, kind, sympathetic, helpful and just? Why should I not have the good things I long for?" ' They are big questions they are the very sobs of the soul. But if we know we are right we should care naught for the crowd at the inn. It must be that there is something higher in life than the welcome at the inn, the approval of the world. There is the consciousness of work well done, of steadfast loyalty to the ideal, of faithfulness in little things, of lives made fweeter, truer, better for our living, of a lovelight in the eyes looking into ours that may b part of the glorious flowing of our days greater far to our highest self than any mere welcome at the inn. True living brings- peace to the soul, fibre to the character, kingship over self, "inspiration to others, but not necessarily money and material prosperity. They have their proper place and their use, but they are not the highest. If they were' the highest, candidates for heaven could be selected purely by "dou ble A" Bradstreet ratings; they would be taken ever from the crowded inn, not the lonely manger. At the inn they inquire: "Will it pay? Is it popular? Is it successful?" At the manger they ask: "Is it right? Is it true? Is it helptuiv The Rev. Dr. Ilobert S.' McArthur, of the Calvary Baptist church, of New York cnty, deserves credit for the good sense -he has displayed in discouraging the use of Christmas trees by the members of his congregation, asserts an exchange, which goes on to say: "The ministers of this country would do well to imi tate the example of Dr. McArthur, not so much because the Christmas tree is really a relic of pre-Christian times, but be cause their influence might help to some extent to check the criminal vandalism with which millions of small trees are cut down every year for the Christmas market, only to be thrown into the fire after a few days." Somehow we can't quite en dorse the sentiment, probably because we still think that senti ment should in some instances have consideration above com mercialism. The happiness of the little ones, enhanced by the cherished legends of Santa Claus and the time-honored Christ mas tree, should not be swept aside for reasons no more weighty than those given by Dr. McArthur. The whole scheme of Christ mas celebration should be preserved intact as long as possible. As a nation we seem to be losing every vestige of sentiment and we are none the better for it. China isn't so slow on salaries. That of Prince Chun, the re gent, who is for the time being the big noise, has been fixed at $101,000, with no restrictions on his "rakenoff." Even a Tam many politician would be satisfied with that. We also lead the world in other undesirable things. Last year something like 35,000 workingmen were killed by accidents and more tl;an 2,000,000 injured. Maybe that's why some men have sworn off on any kind of work. Should Secretary Cortelyou accept the offer, of the presi dency of that New York trust company, he will never lose his job by talking too much, as former S crteary Shaw did. ' Yes; togas cme rather high sometimes. Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin, confesses that it cost him $106,000 to retain his, and he considers it a bargain at taat. is m M Greetings toalCi We hereby express our appre- jl ciation of the remarkably generous patronage we have received and wish you a Merry Christmas and , a Happy and Pros perous New Year. 3& ' ' Successors to DAY & HENDERSON Large shipment of 30-lb. Silk Floss Mattresses just received, whlcb we will sell for $10.00, while they last; this is a savin got $2.50 Chambers Hardware Co. List your tiuioerlnnds. if you nave timber lands to sell, send your de scription and price. Fred Fisk, Mer chants' Bank building. Eugene, Ore gon. ' . ; , (.f X2 '""'''v GENE ' t . ' '. ,.. "''.. '..'. .. , ... J HAVE MOVED I No. II 5 East 9th Street I PHONE MAIN 122 PHONE MAIN 122 jReeicty . For BustosW o o 0 . i (iASOLIXE WOOD Sll 1 Call up or phone Site mers "Jl. R. A. "Allan.
