THIS OUHIUTMAfl DTAH.
lehold the town of Bethlehem
Dim iiiIiIiiIhIU Ioiik """
Vlicil nut ii rontnlii III the street
Wiih moving tu Mini fro.
i Id nt a-rti In u kuIiIh ilimr
Hi'lit nut li freliln Imr,
V ml aluwly o'er Hid IiuimIiIi' thatch
Arn the C'lirlatllMM star,
t allverpil every si'iittered alrrtw.
Ami liilii'hett thi olhe-linUHhn
Villi lirlMliliifRN llhii Hit aureole
Thai crown mi u liner brow';
t lit tin- iiiumier-hed where ntnt i
TIip I'rliii'H f Pence, ijuw born,
Vinl pound iiinn III In ru tit brail
TIip ulnrr or Hip nun n.
rtirrn iliuiimiiiil ymm or tniirn IIhvm
Mlnl,
Tu ilillkne whence, tliey ciilne,
Jritimtiliprril world hnve dropped frnni
PPUl'P
lii winding hert or flume,
inl iKiiiiitlri iiiiHiim Imvp m-iixpiI mill
WIUH'll,
Ami ulilite mill hue r.
tut oir nil hi ancient earth
That lr li IiImIiik yet.
t IiIiiiiiit on the iriiilc isi.
Amt villi iirutli' hore.
I brain, ii lamp tu dlng p)pi
TIip rav I tlurk mi more.
Jmllinmril liy rllhrr tonii or cloud,
lit ilrinlor never die.
Hill lilKht nml il.y liKhia ,P wy
Tliul trail in Nrmllp
- Mrriiolltii,
irSI r!aFdRrS Ls&9 16
Watjain wai In a hurry to net horn
tn order to moke hi fourth annual
tpiaranr In the popular and mirth,
provoking character of Hanta Claus.
Hie regulsr ismrr train paulng
through Ilallyboggln, where ha hail
Seen detained on huilnnas, would lam!
him at the union nation In Chicago
at precisely 7:30, which would mean
1 o'clock lijr the Unit ha rould ihimhI
bly net horn.
Up confided hi dimcully to Hip ym
pathetic landlord of tlin ho(p and the
laadtord aald- "There' a freight
leave llardwlck at 11.30 and you
ouaht to l ahlp to make connection
with Ih Kxmnnt express alap Into
Chicago f t makp anywhere near
limp. That will t three hour earlier
than Hip regular paMenger. hut you'll
havp to get a livery rig lo gpt ovir
to llardwlck and that'll com you S3"
Fhr inlnutp lalpr Iip ami hi tall
wprp narked Into a buggy and a tart
madp. The road were, particularly
had. however, and ahoul half way to
llardwlck the driver announced hi
cherful conviction that they would
ml the freight Watson tlipreupon
urged htm to apply whalebone to the
tpam with the promise of an extra
dollar If he made the freight When
they arrhed at llardwlck they found
that the freight wa, still there
WalMin paid the drlter, cllmhed Into
tha catooMi and dlapourd hlmelf n
comrortahly aa poealhle on the long,
allppery. ruahloiipd bench that ran tha
length of the car TIipii he looked at
hi watch and found that It w five
mlnutea paat the tltiie for the freight
to atari After a while he got up and
looked out of the car door
There wn nobody in sight, lie
stood there wondering whether It
would I wife to go In aearch of aonip
one, for the freight wa n little dW
tanca out In the yard. Aftar what
he thought wan half mi hour'a onld
inllon he got down and atnrted to
ward the engine, lie had got about
leu step when the clanging of n hell
JUST BEFORE
rtMZtiSK IS- I wt lr,,,l'. A
anrir mm bnck on tha run, Jiut iu
ho clltnliflil iihoniM tlin cat a began In
Jolt mid Iiiiiik from the. head of (In
Iniln ilmvn, mid the freight begtii
nldwly to buck. Then It catna In
nIiiiiiIhIIII.
Wiitnnu wiih thotnughly exasperated
In (lie fnuwo of threo or four mure
backward nnil forward movement li
settled Into sort of desperate real
niitlun and It wn In a tone oxpre
Iva of thl framn of mind that ha ad'
dreHNad the brnkemnu when that
worthy at lat ennui Into the car anil
climbed up to tlin cupola.
"Would you mind Idling m what
wo urn waiting for now?" nuked Wat
nun. ."Waiting for tha puavnger to go
pout." replied tlin brnkeman.
"Not the. 2:10 from Ilallyboggln?"
"Hure. That'a Imr I gue we will
atari now."
It wa i.tt mlilulglit when Wntaoa
rpuched hi home Mini? You ought
lo liuva een him Chicago New.
HKW YKAH'n BIlKAKrABT,
Im Juhmm II I m llrUalMUa lllle Mail
h NerlHM llallvr.
To a devout Jaauee breakraat on
New Year day I a religion rlta
rather than a vulgar autUfactlon of
tha appetite. No ordinary dlaheo ara
coniumed at thli meal The tea mint
ba mad with water drawn from tha
well when tha flrt ray or aun atrlke
It, a poutiiourrl of material ipecltiexl
by law form tha ataple dlh, whlla
at Ilia flnlh a meaiura of ipeclal aaka
from a red lacquer cup mini ! drain
ed by whooaver delrea happlne
during the coming year
In tha room I placed an "elyalan
tand," or red laoiuer Iray, covered
wth evergreen leave and bearing a
rice dumpling, a lolnter, orangea, per
Rlmmona, cheitnuta, dried Mrdlnr
and herring roe. All theie dtthea hava
a ipectai algnincatlou. The name of
ome are homonymou with word of
happy omen; tha others have an alle
gorical meaning The lobater'a curved
back and long claw typify Hie pro
longed till the frame I bent and tha
beard li long; the aardlne, which ah
) lm In pair, expre conjugal
bll; the herring I lymbollcal or a
fruitful progeny.
Theae dlahea are not Intended for
coiuumptlon, although In moat caaei
the apiietlte I fairly keen. The ortho
dox Japanese not only ec the old
year out; he rlac at 4 to welcome th
newcomer and perform many ceremo
nle liefore he bleak hi lat lotv
don Chronicle.
linn In Makr I'Imm t'addlaa nr,
A aauce without brandy I made ni
follow' One Inhlmpoonful of corn
tnrch. one tabletoonful of butter, oni
pint of boiling water, one egg, one-hall
cup of atirar. I'ut coriotarch, egt
and augar In a bowl and mix litem
well. I'our over them the boiling wa
ter and tlr over the Are until thick.
Add any flavoring.
.Nat a Hail lalra,
Johnny Tommy, let'a put our pen
nlea together and buy ma a lilct
Chrlatmaa promt.
Tommy All right.
"What ahall It be?"
"I guean we had better get her a pad
ded llper."-Texa Sifting.
Hxi'lT rlillilrn,
llleated are the children who cat
ntlll hang up their mocking mid bo
lleve Impllrltly that a really, trul)
Ranln Claut will till them.llruoklyi
Lire.
I.imiU l I lie I'll I lire.
It U not wlae to have w merry i
Chrlatma that you cannot have i
happy New Year. Chicago Tribune.
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CHRISTMAS.
N.?"' tUa - r-
Mlnliln VeiitllNllnii,
Borne year ugo Pi of K II. King,
of WIm-oiuIu. made nn experimental
atudy of the enrvt of ampin and de
ficient ventilation upon twenty ml lull
cw. The experiment wn msdti In
a hnlMapmcnt Ntalile, reprewnted In
accompanying figure, hnvln. three nut
alda door, thirteen laige li vninl
n door lending by a atalrttay in the
floor alwve. The 'piling wa nine fct
above the floor and the atabla ro
talnnil I60 cubic reel of apace per cow.
leading upwnnl from the celling were
two bay elfiite two by three feet In
croea Bpcllon. twenty feet hlgli. which
rould ba opened or cloned at will, and
a ventilating haft terminating near
tha ridge of the roof Inalde.
During the trial the cow ware kept
contlnuoualy In the atable with tha
hay chutea rlnaed during two day and
then with them open two day, the
trial being repeated four time, rYl
lowing thee four trial the hay chute
were left cluied during three conaeru
tlve day for poor ventilation and left
open the following three, making four
teen day In all.
It aa found that meaaurably tha
aatiie amount of feed waa eaten under
both condltloni of ventilation. Hut
during tha day of Inaufflclant ven
tilation the cow a drank, on the aver
age, 11.4 ounda more water eoli
day and yet loat In weight an aver
age of 10 7 pound at the end of each
period, regaining thl again when good
ventilation was restored, and this, too,
when they were drinking leaa water.
During the good ventilation daya, too.
J for each and every period, the cows
gave more mux, me average oeing
,SS pounda per head per day.
At the end of the fourteen days the
cow were turned Into the yard and
exhibited an Intense desire to lick
their sides and limb, doing so In
many we till the hair was stained
with blood.
Kxamlnatlon showed that during the
Interval a rah had developed which
'could he felt by the hand, In the form
of hard raised point, and the rasping
of these off caused the bleeding.
aril !. Wheal Abroad,
The calendar year 1009 will show a
smaller exportation of wheat ft nan any
year In the last decade, and an In
creased home consumption, both In
amount and per capita average, says
a report of the Ilureau of Statistics on
wheat production, exportation and con
sumption of tha Vnlted States.
The continued decline In exports of
breadstuRs lends Interest to the state'
ment. The exportation of wheat for
the nine months ending with Septem
ber amounted to only 27,768,901 bush
els, against 68,178,935 bushels In the
same month of 1008; flour exports were
6,388,283 barrels, against 9,423.347.
This reduction In exports of wheat
seems to be due to Increased consump
tion at home rather than at any de
cline In production. The average an
nual production for the last five years
has exceeded any earlier five-year
period.
llaral Ilrllverr and Itnada,
The Postofllce Department at Wash
ington has again sent out orders that
rural mall delivery Is to be discontin
ued on routes not properly maintained
by mall patrons, who are supposed to
keep the roads In good condition, In
many parts of the country the roads
aro maintained and kept In fairly good
condition, but thousands of miles of
roadways traversed every day by the
carriers are wretched, and later In the
year will become next to Impassable.
Ware It a matter of great expeaia or
effort to keep country road In good
condition It might be aomtthlng of a
luirddhlp to farmer, but the Intelli
gent ua of the pllt-log drag ha prac
tically aolved the problem of country
road milking and road maintenance,
and people nepil to get biiay In em
ploying them on the highway. In
many purl of the country, eepeclally
In lown and Mlaourl, hundred of
mile of roada nre kept In poaaabla
condition the year around by meana of
thl cheap and Inexpenalve implement.
When once a highway I placed In
good condition any farmer ran keep up
one mile of road the year around by
dragging It a row time n month after
rain Im fallen, it work that will take
the time of a jnun and team lc than
n half h day all told. Denver Meld
and Farm.
Kilirrlriir nllb Alfalfa.
In Hid rirl place, I .made two mis
take In aowlng With grain and of
coil rue made two full urea In getting a
aland that tutted me. For my third
endeavor I aelected a piece of ground
which had been In hoed cropa for a
number of year and heavily manured
each year, plowing It In April and
keeping It cultivated till July, when
I teeded It at the rata of 20 pound
tier acre.
On the night following my aowlng
we got a vnry heavy ahower, and I
got a magnificent atand. On part of
tha field I had aown wheat and red
clover the fall before. Bo that In the
fall after aowlng toy alralfa the red
clover jvaa knee high and In full
bloom, ahd a I did not wtah It to go
lo aeed I turned my cattla and aheep
Into It, thinking they would not trou
ble the alfalfa, but I found that I hid
made a great mlatake, m they fell
upon the alfalfa and eat It nearly Into
the ground. I gave ll up, thlnkluc
It wax entirely ruined, but tha next
aprlng It came up aa green at a bed
of lettuce, and since then, now rive
years ago, I have mown from two to
three crops each year, of the very
flneat of hay, and the stand of alfalfa
Is now- aa good as ever, and all wlth
out being manured or ferttllted In
any way. A. C. Oowdy, In Mlchlgar
Farmrr. "
lla Walla for I'm It Trrr.
An Interesting experiment In fruit
growing has been recently carried out
by the Count da Cholseul and de
scribed Iu Cosmos, When a south wall
Is uied for fruit trees the north sldo
of the wall Is practically wasted as far
as fruit Is concerned. Count de
ChoUeul kaa used a glass wall, and
grown fruit treea'on both sides. The
produce on the north sldo ts little In
ferior to that on the south. A photo
graph shows heavily fruited pear tree
on both sides of the wall. The wall,
C0feet long and 6V4 feet high, had fif
teen pear trees planted on each side.
In 1907 134 pears, weighing 91 pounds,
were gathered on the south side of the
wall, and 109, weighing 77 pounds, on
the north side. The variety grown
was the Doyenne L'lllver.
Wkf to riMl Berrle.
Lewis Itoesch, the veteran nursery
man, says the best time to plant every
thing except strawberries, black rasp
berries and perhaps peaches. Is the
fall, say from Oct. 15 until tha ground
freexes up. Tha next best tlma Is as
early In ths spring as the ground Is
dry enough to work. In case the
ground to b planted Is exposed to se
vere winds or else Is so damp as to
heave In winter all stock bad better
be planted In spring.
(Irttlnc Hid of Weed.
The best plan for ridding the fields
and pastures of noxious weeds Is to
cut all of them out before they
go to seed. It no seeds are al
lowed to form the crop will at least
be reduced next year. Many of the
weed pests are biennials, blossoming
and seeding the second year; hence
by keeping them from going to seed
the second year they will die and that
will be the last of them. The Canada
thistle belongs to this class.
Hpoctator Why don't they bgln
tha duet? "They are waiting for the
1 photographer." Meggendorfar niaet
ter.
WHe In a battle or tongues a wom
an can hold her own. Jluahand
M'ye, pr'ap ahe can; but the never
loc. TIUJIU.
WanUnno Why do you call 'that
boy or your "Flannel?" Duxno Be
cauo he Juat naturally ahrlnk from
woahlug London Tlt-WU.
"That clerk of youri seemi to ba a
hard worker." "Yea, that's hi spe
cialty " "What, working?" "No
teaming to." lioston Tramcrlpt.
Mrs. Illeecker (upstairs) Bridget,
have you turned the gas on In tha par
lor as I told youT The New Domestic
Jewel Yls, mum; can't yes smell It?
Christian Advocate.
Elderly Lady Doctor, I am troubled
with a hallucination that I am belnr
followed by a man. What sort of cure
would you suggest? Honest Physician
A mirror. Cleveland Leader.
Fortune Taller You will ba very
poor until you ara thirty-five years of
age. Impecunious Poet (eagerly)
And after than? Fortune-Teller You
will get used to It, Tha Sketch.
Jones That young man who plays
the comet la 111. Orecn Do you think
ha will recover? Jones f fear not.
The doctor who Is attending him lives
next door. London Spare Momenta.
Miss Homelelga Perhaps you won't
believe It, but a strange man trted to
klas me once. Miss Cutting Heallyl
Well, he'd have been a strange man If
he'd tried to kiss you twice. Illus
trated DtU.
"Why does your baby cry so much?"
"Say, If you had all your teeth out,
your hair off and your legs so weak
you couldn't stand on them, I rather
fancy you'd feel like crying yourseir."
Llpplncott's.
A. I used a word In speaking to
my wife which offended her sorely a
week ago. 8he has not spoken a syl
lable to me since. H. Would you
mind telling me what It was? File
gende Illaetter.
Father Why have you kept me
waiting, Johnny? Johnny A man
dropped ten centa In the gutter.
Father Did It take so long to find It?
Johnny No; but I had to wait until
ha went away.
Mrs. Hub What Is this thing the
expression Jus( brought? Mr. Hub
The settee you asked me to get. Mrs.
Hubb Msrcy, what a man! I didn't
say a settee; I told you a tea set.
Boston Transcript,
"Today ray wife and myself had
the most foolish squabble of our mar
ried career." "And what waa the sub
ject of your discussion?" "How we
would Invest our money it wa had
any." Kansas City Journal.
"I don't sea why you are dismiss
ing me," said his chauffeur, angrily.
"Didn't I take you out In your car
twice last month?" "Yes," answered
the owner, "but you wouldn't take ma
where I wonted to go." Lire.
A young man In Pratt said to tho
divine object ot his adoration: "Do
you thluk your father would object to
me marrying your She replied: "I
don't know. It he's anything like me
he would." Kansas City Star.
Mamma Kdgar. didn't I tell you
not to take any more preserves from
the Jar? Edgar Yes, ma. Mamma
Then, It you wanted some, why didn't
you ask for them? Kdgar 'Cause I
wanted some. Modern Society.
Cholly Bofthed Say, Mr. Kllltlms, 1 1
r lovo your daughter and want to
marry her. Is there any Insanity In
your family? Mr. Kllltlme No.
young man, there's not, an', moreover,
there ain't goln t bel Chicago Dally
News.
Oracle Oh, Mr. Nocoyne.oow lovely
of you to bring me theae beautiful
rosea! How sweet they ore, and how
fresh! I do believe there Is a little
dew on them yotj Nocoyne W-well.
yes, there Is; but I'll pay It to-morrow.
Tlt-Blto,
"Do you and you wife ever have any
differences ot opinion?" asked tha Im-1
pertinent acquaintance. "Only once In
a while," answered Mr, Meekton,'
"whan Henrietta changes her mind
about something and neglects to no
tify me." Washington Star;
A New Yorker, dining a Philadel
phia friend, desired to show htm all
the delicacies ot the season, One dish
In particular the Phlladelphlan ex
claimed over In delight. "That la
mod ot snails," said his New York
host, "Don't you have snails In Phil
adelphia?" "Oh, yes," responded the
Phlladelphlan; "but wo can't catch the
peaky things!" LlppJaeoU'i UagaalBS.
OMcVVC5lPP
I ELEVEN DAYS IK THE BUSH. J
3 - -... .., -m ,. . w yftvfj
W, D. I'ltcalrn, In his "Two Year
Among the Savage of Now Guinea,"
relates nn adventure which befell a
friend of his, Dob Bandorson, In north
Queonsland. This friend, who won a
man ot good education and an experi
enced bushman, was on on expedition
In search of new country adapted to
slock raising. He had with him
party of men with tcnta and all neces
sary provision for the Journey.
After traveling about four hundred
miles they found a good looking coun
try, and pitched their camp. Mr, San
derson wandered aorae distance from,
his party, and on returning at night
fall, found the place deserted. Ills
followers hod struck their tenU and
mods off.
He was four hundred miles from
dvlHxatlon, alone In the pathle&s
bub, the homo of wild and treacher
ous blacks, without a morsel of food,
and with no weapon but a rsrolrar.
There wa nothing for it but to fac
the Inevitable, and be started on kls
long Journey.
Day aer day he plodded wearily
along, without any covering at Bight
except the trees, finding here and
there a few borrlei, and often suffer
ing horribly from hunger and thirst.
One morning at sunrise he was de
scending a slope, when to his dismay,
about fifty vords below him. be saw
a large camp of blacks. One of them
bad juat risen, and was stretching
himself directly In the face of tha
white man.
Thla wai a moment to test the stuS
of a man already reduced by daya of
continuous tramping and starvation.
But Sanderson did not hesitate. With
piercing shouts ha ruMned down upon
the camp, firing his revolver aa he raa.
The blocks took It for granted that
be bad a large force at bis back, and
Immediately broke in confutrion and
fled across the river.
For several days longer the man
struggled on. Then on the eleventh
day he sank to the ground, quite un
hln to ro farther. Happily he waa
now near a cattle station, and a stock
man who waa out riding stumbled
upon blm. Ha was taken Into tho
house and every attention was bo
stowed upon him. and eventually ht
recovered hi health and strength.
DO NOT FKOLOKO CALLS.
.laarertaar ( Meat Tlmaa Makra Oaa
Uapopalar.
When paying calls on one's frleads,
whether formally or Informally, do not
utterly disregard the hours for meals,
for It Is not good form to linger until
the lunch or the dinner hour when
you have not been Invited for the
meal. If you do, you are likely tc
place your friend In an awkward posi
tion. Either she must ask you tQ re
main because she feels It necessary,
or she has the meal delayed waiting
for you to take your departure.
Do not put yourself in the position
of allowing either of. these alternative
to occur, for no housekeeper likes the
routine Interfered with, andajvex
pected guests are not apt to oerpbpu
lar. for In all well regulated house
holds tha table Is as conventionally
laid for luncheon as for dinner, and to
rearrange It at the last moment ne
cessitates considerable change and
special orders for the kitchen. All of
which many housekeepers dislike, and
therefore donot feel obliged to Invite
callers at the last moment.
It you are really wanted, you will
be asked during the early part of your
call, for the hoatens who wants you
will Insist that you take off your hat
and stay for a long visit. If she does
not ask you In this spontaneous way,
do not embarrass her by remaining
until the moment the meal Is an
nounced. No well-mannered hotteos allows her
mold to announce a meal' while a
caller Is present, and If the visitor Is
thoughtless the lunch or dinner Is
often delayed until It Is almost spoiled,
for cooked foods should be eaten aa
soon as they are done. This waiting
Is a trial to the housekeeper and a
cause ot Irritation to her husband.
If she has one, and the visitor respon
sible for such a state Is never popular
In that family.
When you oak guests to a meal. It
one ot them Is late, do not wait more
than ten minutes. At the expiration
or that time the meal should be served,
This ts only fair to your punctual
guests, who deserve to have a good
dinner, and not one that has been
spoiled by standing. Iu order to get
their guests together at juat the right
time soma hoatesaes resort to tha sub
terfuge of naming a dinner hour halt
an hour i earlier than they mean to
have the meal served. This gets tha
tardy one there on time, but It Is not
quite fair to the punctual ones, who
aro kept waiting. That old adage,
"Punctuality la the courtesy of kings."
should be observed by everyone.
"Washington PojU
A Blar SlMla.
In Arena, Italy, la u statue so Urge
that people eon cllrali up (aside K and
stand la tha head. .