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eaihft. •,'-. Am®fam however, 'ate wfcoUy side

^Ilsties, T h e main question, is w h y uhould UilQfctM'fl^tialtelktion b e . less t h a n it bus J - ^ e ^ i p k a o r f i » l Whs? should n6fc Ber : t r ^ e s ^ n f c y e b ^ t assessed irl18S? l o f

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'•**njf*l property has depraasedl in value? ~-"9fhy should not a conced<d addition" to V f i S e ' f i l n a o f UMoa'B rea l estate of $8 W,-

0 0 6 to |l,OOO,O00 annnal ly for a score of r3^»ttJ)»-CTpregentecL4)y -a1 corresponding 'InowjBS of assessment t Why| Bbould not

BRITAIN'S W A R VBOBUBM,

'When England h a s finished the con­ques t o f South Africa, which noth ing but t h e Improvable combination of t h e gjfoat powers against her ean prevent, what then!1 The w a r w i l l be a fertile field for t h e fruition of seeds already scattered, a n d h o w Great Bri ta in can escape an nn-4erairable harvest i s a problem'' that will' t e s t t h e statesmanship resources of the empire.

w h e n peace has been restored, at least nominally, i t wil l probably be f o u n d that independence has fled-from t h e South African, republics The strong hand of the conqueror w i l l 'force the D u t c h race down into t h e dust In Cape Colony, where the Dutch a t e in the majority, the BrltisTTgovernmenr*wiH a l w a y s ~ b e J e ~ pressively auspicious of their allegiance, since they would n o t be human-did they l o r b e a r t o sympathize wi th t h e i r subjn: g a t e d ^ h p m e n . '-'- '" '•„•!.',' '~*-t So3^-ig'i re'alotiftDie to; s u ^ o s e 1 "tha g no"

patjy.that'inajf- ''hft'yie \ p . 6 ^ r Ixt •En'gl|iijdi w i l l l e a v e aibyVatibstenegvofin't^nal^n^. pendence to these republics, unless* theJe should be a distinctively antl-impeiialitt dominant party. Hence future gen'e«-'tibiik of Brttona^filiieoeBB'ar'ily be oht te j lookout for a n e w enemy in t h e li'utol!-descendeii pppnlaticin in South Africa. * These are ret&ons w h y commercial p: en la.^Englan$ View wlthalarni t h e ultitQate ijffeo*tjon Brit&h coinmerce of the war policy of the government The highs Water rnark of Brit ish feonnneroial- pros-^Srit^Tias' probably; been''seen for mahy> JeatB'TO-comer—With^the^conttnual-ad^ vance i n the value of money, the-;trade of the country unused- to such rates', can hardly escape being^Wmporarily demoral­ized.,

• This war, while i twf l l probably be car­ried orj to a flplsb, since it h a s been be­gun, does no t rt fleet the real sentiment of the English people in general. They Will be loyal to the government, while at heart i n disaccord wi th the arnall group of men who Inauguratedhoatult ies . .u

3UNSHINE A N D SHADOW OH THE CRADLE OF THE SAVlOlJR:

Or. T*lln«tf* TelJ* I n '«• New Unit ttk-itereMtlnS: Wmy the Story of "tie I n -icaci imtion—Frnctlcal Vue» ot B e l l -'Kiona F « a t t v a l Day*.

•; •? ' ttaejBl^^Wnlob wiHr 25 per cant, of the ' . i" 'Aunty's population m,ore than twenty

.yy.^ ^ g — s ^ ^ ^ voflg t W r f f o t ta1B county's -. j, <3W burdens, now with half, the oouutjia

population p*j" at least 52 per cent of the .';'• county's tax hardens? These matters

.-,.. *»aol» the root of the controversy.. . T ^ -*If-our-eefteeined conteinporary-xeally -*-.-•» thought there have been any "raids upon

. 1 *•&<! cits" by the-lc-Rie, It would l ot ,'•- be' slow to ahow the; wija and hosrt,"

*nd wou,ld not beg the question Or keep 't^^-^mi::.;0¥^^wm~gTnlhi3 csatrQVEr.y

"' «od the Jfeowns'ate right. UtlcaUspokeg-, "I'»tetiofttt,notlwpo to convince an lutein-,. »ohtpub'&s by boating arouajt the'b.ush.

SpieyougbJ^injas't'.ea to the oitSaens in .TJIloSana &i& towns - either' to "counsel

---^tfaetr oily *° o 6«Q peraisteiioe- in wrong or. to show reuou&bly that there is sio* .wrottTtl Their present course is a

.«p«Uole of weakness. -

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" P o t m c s i n the s o u t h is very l i k t l y to b e o f a u n i q u e character, but j u s t now in ^ * ^ » m a I t s i e m s - t o b e oii t h e comic

^(Ojpera order. A few w e e k s ago o n e of the pro*b»te j u d g e s received the resignation of jsclwtdfc c l erk . The governor w a s noti-

^;#tu-^nasaras Ottttug' about in his mind 1 f o r a i m k n . t o fill tho.of lba w h e n h e re-r ^ v j ^ noSffwtroh frSha ,the jufige to . withhold t h e appointment, as there was , ? a « ; j A o a n o y after a l L 'Naturally this

.cauMd considerable (surprise a n d an ift-° -restlgation w a s sat o n foot which brought

^ l l g h t ^ m o e ^ r e t n a x k a ^ l a gameot5 |o l i -t l c s . I t alarn^ that a certain politician c&lMh t n W particular berth o f circuit

iWud£©t^varlou&-MasottBWa-nuuier-teb j f a j e ^ l ^ ^ a i B for it . AOeord-^gly

- « i^ ia t%elr^6s !da ,^ge l iT ier ana revolyea J tn iogentoua and d a r i n g scheme, which „ . „ . . „ __ ., . „

^ISej^^Ktoeeoted p r o m p ^ * t o pu6 I n K ese-^fouTy "SSa. i t^BrougEton & SravieB'a a ^ g Tcutioiu I n 1 l £ first pjacjjfliey gO^the

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T H B illness of Congressman Charles A. Bontel le at Boston retires from congress, temporarily a t least; thelastof t h e famous "Big Fohr ," who'constituted s o impor­tant a factor in al l matters legislative a few years ago. The other members wore Seth L . ' MUllken and, Nelson blngiey, who are now dead,, and Thomas B. Reed, who has retiw d from political l ife.

[Copyright, Louis Klopsoh, 18391 TVASuiifGTOi., Dec 24—The story of

the incarnation is here told by D i Ta l mage I n a n e w way, and pjacticalTuse Is made of these dajs of fes tmtyv text , Matthew i, 17, "So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14>gener«;. Bon?, and 'from David until the carrying

-away -intffi Babylon a t e JL4 generations, »tfd from TOO carrying a w a y into Babylon onto Chiist are 14 generations." „,

Prom what many consider the dullest andijaost^uninjportant, CjhaDter ^ t h f e . New Testament f take %V test and" find j it ,£ul!l of practicali. startlinClind "Srnal•>> •interest, This chapter-is the' fr'oiiit 4door *f the "Few Testonieiitr/ throtagh. which all the splendors- of evangelism and agosto-tieitf enter. Three t imes 14 genfera|idas; Eire spoken, of f in*my.'-t^xt3-that is*i. 42-generatlons, reaching d o w n - t o Chris t They oUj, ha^ relation to him. A n d at least 42 generations pastlaffeet n9. Jf ^ey^were good* we feel the result pf tfie :

soodnesj, I f they we're bad, we feel the result of their wickedness. If some were good and some w,era had, it i s ah' inter-; mingling inflihehce thrft puts its mighty; b.and?ufcon l is . And as w e feel the effect >f at least 4 2 generations past we will in turn influence a t least 42'generations to come; if-the-wdrld-shalLlast.l^Q^yeaTju So you see the cradle is more important than the grave.

I propose vto .show yon some of the shadows -utfbh *the- Christie cradle of Bethlehem and ^hen t h e sunshine that poured in upon the pillow of'straw. No­tice, among the shadows on that infant's bea that there was here and there a specimen of dissolute ancestry.- Beanti-fu l Ruth his ancestress? Oh. yes ! De­vout Asa one of his forefathers? Oh, ^ e s l - Honest-Joseph hte fatheri _Qh, yes! Holy Mary,his mother? Oh t yes! B u t . . i n . that genealogical taS le„were Idolatrous a n d . cruel Amman and op­pressive Rehoboam and some men-whoso abominations may'not be particularized. S o you see bad men may have good de­scendants. One bf^he most eonsecrnted men *i ever knew was the son o f a man who l&cd and died a blasphemer. Tnthe''

oppressive Rehoboam comes nnoV-niutclful and glorious

N,. We»t teirdon. . . . . . . . W E S T LTTDBN; Decr26r-=ehristmase'X' -evcr^ar_b«ok r^omejnstahccs..flt-nej^i:.

^rcises passed off very nicely o n Saturday evening.

'Squire Fremont and family are visit­ing" at John Green's.

Mrs, PhilUpoHammes of IJtica has bean -vislting-frlendB in this vlolnlty for a-few weeks.

Samuel Haas Is going to move to Lee t h i | winter, Saving htred'a farm there.

. . . . . Hp»ln'» Grs»t*« Need. - • l r , E F . OlMa" o f •Barcetona, Spatn>

spends his winters a t Aiken, S» 0 / Weak nerves had cnriBed severe pa ins in the back of his head. O n using Electric Bit­ters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left h i m . He says this grand. medicine i s what b i s country needs. All America knows t h a t it cures l iver and kidney trouble,-,purifies Jfche blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts v im, vigor a n d new life i n t o every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, Mred or a i l ing , you need i t Every bottle guaranteed; oidy* 60 cents. Sold by Bronghton & Graves, druggists. ' • 2

. YOLCASrto ERTJPTIOKS are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life o t Joy. Buoklen's Arnica Salve cures them; also Old, Run-ning-and-Fever Sores , Ulcers, Bo i l s ; Fel-ons, Gorna, Warts . Cuts; Brntees, Barns, Scalds, Chapped H a a a s , Chilblains, Best Pi le Cure o n earth. Drives o u t Pains and Aches. Only 35c^a box, Cureguarr. anteed. Sold by Bronghton £ Graves, druggiats. ' - 2

BISMAKCK'S IEOH N I R V J w a s the result

and tremendous energy are riot found where _ Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and B o w e l s i r e o a t of order. I f y o u want

use Dr . King's N e w Life P i l l s . They.de •velop every power of brain and body,

i w l | t i r ^ f ^ ' g * | f e n ^ | n | w b e n h » b f l - . " '^ l^t t to^t i f e iwmsBsnsea ihe found hsconld v jnojt remember a n y t h i n g th|fe i m d taken :•«.. ^ a c e , dnring^ ^ e g e r t o d o | i n d n ^ n c a .

- ^ i n i l i e ^ a a n w ^ o w j a n ^ place ex-7 i a M f i B d n i s f i n e I t a D t a i h a n d . Ifcwasrep-

' s 3 » B ^ t * a ! t e ^ C l ^ lidjneace o f liquor, n e n a d ki l led a man

i a n i i i » t to Bigbt l a y h i i ouly sa fe ty . He Tnsj - lTea a n i t u of m o n e y , i t i s clalmea, iScoa«laerat ionotbisrjes lgn»t iQn 0 in fa--^ror of h i s friend, t h e m%n who w a n t e d to b e clerk, e n d a-Blstei i n his departure ,on

- , -^he-next teain fiiUfrak b a t a t g b ^ M of ' KtotMa, A f ^ t ^ U m ^ S b B g a n l o d o n b t ' *fcealncetf*y of hia erstwhile friends^re-

" tnrn^drto] Alabi taa , a n d now, denik^ds — -aM*h&Tesfeuatlonberl i ;urnea 6> htm.

^Sher* I s d o u b t w h e t h e r he c a n legally •"** withdraw i t , andtt iematter h a s be«n r -

- ierred t p t i e courts.

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A clieap xfetSdy for ooughis and colds i s a l l right, b u t y o u w a n t something that wi l l rel ieve and cure t h e more se­vere said dangerous jresults of throat and lung troubles.. W h a t shall y o n do? Go to a warmer and more regulaT climate? Yes, i f possible; if notposs ibleforyou,then in eiffier case- take t h e only-remedy that TbM^eenir^mduoedln all civil ised coun-

_ ,. hnTagpnism * of" which .tfae BcthlehenX massacr«S\was oflly^ a feeble expifession W a r of ,tJte mightiest natidn pf the eavth operied against th^t cradle' The influchCe^tBat came forth tha£nigTh%

irf-rom that surrounding o f camels, and fheep aifd o x e n challenged the iniquities Of all the centuries'and wi l l not cqose un­til i t h a s destroyed ihem *iwh4t a pro-^imciamearo w e n t forth from that black and barbarian throne) practically saying; ySIay all thc-babes u'ndet 2 years Of age , f n d t h a t wide slaughter wiil"siirely~in clude.,the death of thkpnejcJbild that m o s t fcreatens^my-£dottflni6nf" ^Awful t i m e WaS it-rfor t h e occupant o f that, cradle! If he escape t h e knife o f the assassin, then t h e wild beast's paw, Or the bandit's clutch, or t h e midnight chill between Bethlehem, of Juckea and Cajro, will se­cure h i s destruction All the powers of J earthnund all - the'demons - of hell b o m larded^ that cradle

Obscur i ty of B e t M e n e m . . . Another shadow-upqa tbat^hr^stier.crar!. ' He Was t£e qbsl#lty o f T t h f ^ p l i p e ^ ^ piitbi' 'jBetWe1h'ei|5;||^fts arj-<6bsclr^V:yijr.' age: pavid,'t£e.^h|pherd b'o^.^i^fvlj^a.':

vet m^hif33f|g it^b^i^t6%sk^6r ,• i drink of <water 4ut of the?6idf wejJ| |o which he^used tof go in ^ildgjbitja^be rilh\ge*^<8ht$Il'9il^imp^]ilfl^tha^lt ind"t6rbe%epa*ated|in^ind'-ii^ Bethlehem then existing and s o was .can* id* Bethlehem of--^udffia. > There*' wa»»a«. jreafc capital of" apusa lemj th'efl •were?

f h e l o ben.ntifuP<ii)ffes .on'.^he^oejicn.., off Gfalilee,-any of-theni a g o b d p I a c f e i t ^ M -b'orn in; there-were-great towns famous i t t h a t time, but t i e nativity jve today celebrate was, inc,arvlllage- which"rGlifMir int imated had beenvcallediby some "the „. ^....% . ^.^ l e a s f c a m o n g ^ h r p r t l i i o r ^ d a f ^ C ^ r l s l ^ N f ^ - ^ f i ^ ^ " ^ t o nPthmg. fd l se l f .WaS t o . m f e t l » tOwn;_fa:niousH the s a m e refikless creatures, i for all tiine and'afljotcrnffy?,,. . 'tf herOe^

line of an a gmuiuuH -Christ Great -encouragement for those -who- had i n t h e 4 2 genWations that pee-ceded.thcm, howev.el1 close by or how-

eious and baleful and corrupt ancestry -To my amazement 11 found in those

parts of Australia to which many years ago felons were transported from' Eng­

l a n d that t h e percentage of crime was less than. i,R. those parts of Australia orig­inally Bottled by honest mcti and good women. Some who are now on judicial beafehes in Australia and in high gov­ernmental position and Q in learned and, useful professions and leaders in social l i f e are the grandsons and granddangB' ters of men and women who were ex­iled from Great Britain to Australia for argon and theft and assault and fraud, and murder. So you see' it is possible for the" descendants of those who do wrong to do right Perhaps w e make too-much of the doctrine of heredity. While, those^ o f us who c a n gratefully ^urnjin our fam­ily record t o healthful and virtuous pedi­gree, let not those svho have had abhor­rent natures" in the ancestral line despair o f usefulness and happiness and heaven.

W e Slioilia''lJe Eenlentc Since, we are all more or less affected

b y our aneestry we ought to be patient With those w h o go^wrong, remembering that they m a y bo the victims ot unhappy antecedents. H o w lenient it; ought to make u s in our judgments o f the. fallen! Per­haps t h e f l i S d 42 generations back of

mTrashing^em-the-wrong-wayi Five-hundred years before they were born' there m a j i h a v e been a parentage of in^ Iquity augmented by a-corrupt parentage" 200. years ago . .Do not blame a man* be-cause tie -cannot swim u p the rapids of Niagara. . D o not blame a ship captain

of his'splendid health. Indomitable wil l ^because he cannot outride a Caribbean whirlwind. T h e father of this man who does wrong m a y have been all right and

B s moffier'an-t^mT"^ut 8 W a ^ - b a c T ^ these qnauaes and tnesucoees"they bring, The centuries there may. haVe started a

bad propensity: which h e nbwvfee!sr- One o f the Ten Comnfandments giv&! on

mat-ggiSi^gik^^EgfaBt that evil 3oa> w h e n - a e ? eonv Of visaing " t t e ut-

"»3WS6«B»t teW a d t t i ^ r o t f S s holiday j * g ) f t y i i J ^ 8 a r a B J b % a S J 4 b x the in-er*a»ed work miwle neeessaiyJBi the post

• -'. offloes, by express companies "and by rail-\ lokdsandasBhJwnbybanktransactidns

—5a»d^therf»luable indication^, %W bB.|n ' larger than nau*L Generally ic has been

~~TBj^««ttsfactpry' ,to merchants, many ^ "^j^»ATU«f im«he Wg|est trade in . „ 4«&petieM^;wiiae.,rii«|r, i s v i cbm-

v imd ends of stocksleftover and some ex-oel^nt ^nge^uty^, ber offered to the public Mr'iooh a s ttoe merchants recover fr^Jh»3to^nay-r^fe; , J • . -.

ta»u^I^* , B06ahee^G*rmanSyrup:" , I t no lon ly , heals a n d st imulates the tlaBuee todestxoy t h e g e r m disease, b u t allaysin» flammatlon," causes easy expectoration, givjesja g0^nigh, t»axeB^ a n d cures the p a t i e n t B S y One bot t le . . Recommended many years by a l l druggists i n the world. Sample bottles a t Bronghton & Graves, druggists. . ' . ;. v . .

Consumption is preventable t .Science has proven that, and a lso that neg lect i s sui­cidal. The wors t cold or c o u g h can b e cured wiQiBhiloa*s Cough a n d Consump­tion Gnro. S o m ^ n t ^ f i i r e t n l H N ^ over fifty years. Bold, by Bronghton & GravSS. . • .• , . , ; . . . ? ' -• -•«=-'

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SKATS g o on sale tomorrow mo

onto the third Md fourth generation,' b u t says nothing about f&e second gen­eration; a n d i f evil- may skip one genera­tion why not two and three- and four and five" generations, making "a mighty lfa'p05' and alighting very hard upon the head and the heart of some poor-victim? Bet­ter be a iitflemercifuttow^rd t h e culprit lest after awhile some hereditary evi l born in the yearl6&D*or 1T0O, hdvlng skipped the centuries, alight j u s t aS heavy upon you. .. ' .-

Meanwhile keepKcarefully your family records, T h e old place for t h & - i i m u j

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iornt thei'e', btifc-a,f^erX'he bec|h^';gehegiii'; lnd:king-h'*-u« : ,«*^*'*T,r, sfSiijfi 'ifiSjfe '•-%<'. hints' never

i n later days by their deeds have givferf ^celebriiy to neighborhoods". thai - wonld never otherwise, hate been heard of be1, yond the radius ot a few hundred miles.. W h a t a plaee for Christ t o arrive at and to start from! The hero of the eterni­t ies ! »

0 men and women of . MesSianic' dfcr portnnlty+ w h y doz.you •agt'Jg&ky the place of your nativity memorable for your philahthropieSTrby t h e cliurches yiitt build, the free libraries' y o n open;-the col­leges you endow? X36 hack to the' vil lage wnere yon were hbrh.' as George, Pen^ody went back to Danvers, Mass, , and w i t h your wealth ble,ss - the "ncighhorhootL: where in childhood'you played and near, by where your father and mother s leep the , last sleep. There are scores of such villages in America being generously re- \ memibercd by prosperous men durinfe l i fe or helped in their1 wst wift afld.tesjtanienr, and thero are or hundred neighborhoods

-waiting-.!or ^ncli^ijenediciionJCmniJtjbjeiL prosperous.sons. By some such charity invite the Bethlehem angels to come.back again, and over the plain house of your nativity ring out the old nhthom. of "Good will to men." Christ, born in an obseuiss place» made it s « widely k n o w n by his self sacrificea and divine charity that all around the earth the village o f Bethlehem' has-Jtsuiffme Woven in gars: lands and chanted in " T e Deums'l a n d built I n hbnses of prayer.

B u t i t % time-We-See s o m e - o f the ;aun-shine breaking throtfgh t h e shadow* On that cradle. F o r w o m a s t haVejubtlafice dominate jthe Christmas jfeltivaL t Tlikt-was Walter Scott^is opinion wh'en in "Marmion" h e wrote:

A ChxisimasgamboToft wonld cheer . A poor m&n'ahoart through half the yaar.

P n r p o . e otth*TNW^'1 -• - f '* I t was w h a e > t h e p e « ^ t r a n i " M l f , w l f e

were On a v i s i t for purposes o f enroll?, ment that J e s u s wasvbom." The B i b l e translators g o t the wroo|r;word w h e n they said that Joseph and Mary had g o n e to Bethlehem t o be 'Haied." PeOpleW^enf no farther t h e n to get'tajpSd thanitHey do now. The effort of moat people a l w a y s has been to escape taxation. Besides that, these t w o humble tottr hdd tiothfiif t o t a x v T h e . m i s l s t u i ^ K t i | a t protected his headfrom t h e sun w a * hot wortntia:-'-ingT ^ e ^ o n w n ^ s n n d a l s ^ n f e t r ^ p t A e r -feet from being eut by the limestone-rock, o f which Bethlehem ls*Mbj!itiy m a d e n p ^ were not worti i taxing; ^ d ; ^ e f a c t i* that - -

the emperor G r e a t Brita&irand Partbiifc-androfr t h o s e tandsfhelud'ed sbouldj^tb'sonfeafepmnf-ed "place and g t t e thefr n a m e * in, be reg?* Isteredland. j ^ P M c e J f e e ^ ^ a t ^ l & j f f i f e R o m t o emperjfe They-sftocd^p-^a5ore the officer Of xf ie governntenvana^answer* ed t b e ques^ons": **Wha€ i s your n a n i e ? W h e r e were^an! bora?: wHercwere -you

under asStissin's foot, gives vti a little Jrtpressipn^gf the manneron which Her odVwpuld MVe treated the real child if he could oricie/^have 'got his hand on it", Butt-Herod-could—not-fiad-that-cradle^ Al l t h e detectives he sent out failed in >the spftTCh s Yet it had been pointed ouT by flashlight front the midnight heavens AlPtne neighborhood knew about i t The angelic chorus m the cloud had called musicals attention to it No sentinel

(guarded i t with drawn swords passing iup a n d down b y the pillow of that Beth lehem* caravansary. Why, then, w f ls i t

'that~the cradle w a s not despoiled of i t s treasure? Because it was divinely pro

ttected. There were wmgs hoveling that* mortal eye could not see There were armed immortals whose brandished sword mortal eye could not follow There were chariots of t h e omnipotent the m m ble^of whbsfc wheels only snpernaturals could hear God had started through ,the cradle td save our world, and noth ?mglcimi'4"Bt%'him.-Y

| pp^j#^i i^e^ro^e$ l i6 l i . : ' - AJid most cra-l a i f e ^ ^ - ^ e ^ e - ' u ^ S & d a . e ^ ' Gan-jyou -un-iderstaiyl w h y so many^'<iihildreni .with^all' ^9f ^||^4?sU^Jlfth^t^a.^saUfj3iem ^and' iill ; the i r - v 9^blng i ' tw^an , i^ro 'us^ and l iB^3^^;f leJ^u^^ex&e^ments , ' with' ex-rpldsives; and their ruhnipg^'agalnsj;- horses* ^Qfs;v4nd'4arih&f o f trolleys and- carts ;fast dri,tenj yet* somehow ge t through, e s p ^ a j l y ' b o y s o i h i g h spirit arid t h a t ,are^going-' to-amount t o m n e ^ I ac ' 'countTtpr^tneir^ebmn16• througK-'feHtright witij.only^a few wounds and'- bruises, -by the- fact ' that they* are divinely protected. All-your-eharges ofr "Do^a^do.'this" and "Dott^t do "'that'?, and "D.pn't go there" •seem~t&*aniount- t a noiWog- T h e y - a r e .the s a m e refikless creatures, about' w h o m you aire constantly- anxious*"and wonder­ing w h a t ] is the mattei* now. Divinely

StSroTStJfjyi!? • The most of y o t o childrenr woulcTTiave beeii ctead long ago but for t h a t . ^ V .

T h e y c a h go through more perils and fall fromvniore heights atid'stumble into more holes jand cough with more inflnen-i a s and.enanre more earaches-and.suffer with more runrouads and burn with more j - - ^ . , J - J . ^ . x. .. rf nignti and starting an-influence ffiaTTwfll

^rs^ajadrget -^hMugh-notpermanent ly^ fm^-aaat^tHa. last -deser«-svilU-grw^ damaged*. H o w m a n y children go through a l l ' t h e accidents of childhood without an, e y e dimmed or a. limb Iractured or

,ab finger broken? E v e r y healthy boy is2

a miracle of divine "protection. B e thank­ful^ a l l parents, that" if-is so and trust your darlings under What thje4)ook of Ruth calls the "wings of the .Almighty."

^Nehrly , all cradles pass under six' old fashisned--ailmeatSi i-

b e called by .dlffere|It so. T h e y may names, buf we all had them,'and we g o t Through, and yours , T hop?, ~wuT get through. 3Toung mothers, be not af-*'

•trigbtedY^mTrngh-thancrouds-iot^ iBm boveriiig' over your cradje3 catch a little o f this sunshine of consplatiori.

The S t a r t i n g FJACC. Another .gleam of light scattering some

of the gloom of t h a t CWfistie pi l low ib Bethlehem was t h e fact that i t ^vas. t h e Blowing place of the most wonderful of al lcareersi Looking a t Christ's life from mere worldly standpoints, i t w a s s m a s -

4-iogJSey.ond all capacity of pen or tongue or canvas to express. Without;taldng a year's curriculum i n any college, or" evert * day at any. 'edjooli ^ c t g«ytog things that the mightiest ,.mtellecta7£0^~subs# quent days'l iave quoted and triied to: ex ­pound." Great l i terary works haveHtor the m o s t part "been the result of much, elaboration. Edmund Burke rewrote the conclusion of Ins" speech agauixt^i'^arreat Hafitings-16 times. Lord Brdugtiara re> wrote h i s speech i n behalf of Queen Car­oline 2 0 times, but the sermpa on the m o u n t seemed extemporaneous. Christ was eloquent without ever having studied one o f t i e laws o f oratory.. H e Was .the greatest orator t h a t ever lived. I t w a s uot .a i i , eloquence^ Domosthenic or Cjce-ronic o r like that o f Jean Baptiste Mas-slllon o r like that which Wifliam Wirt, himself a great orator, w a s overcome wi th- in log cabin meeting-houses of Vir-S m i * when the bGnd preacher jitl6& qht in h i s sermon, "Socrates died, like a phi­losopher, but Jesus Christ d ied like a' God.'*

a pitoclamation & & been-made b y ' ! - $ * * • ^ ^ * " " ^ . . & * £ &

man spake like t h i s man.** Dramatic? Why, h e took u p a child out of the" au­dience and set him on a table and by the e m b a r r a s s e d H o w k — o r H a i e H ^ ^ ^h^a-njns i c land .

born"? your"iand; JaaaTswear tna(t' you wfiPaiap^ port f i e m§m ef CM^.jm&%&~~ mandment speaks t i w > w ^ ^ c o> ^ ^ ^ ~^^^

iqmty of rae i s f f l e r n p o n UKf ^ ^ r e s rTJm^aj (h |« jriltriOfi* atiff l&y«T ViiBt t h e onto the third and fourth ttneratioa" j f i ^ c ^ g f f l ^ B i y i n e J g o y m s ^ r t U , .

"" m i t e s over a rbugb

poor, sinful woman, blushing and con­founded, ont of the room by o n e sentence o£-saxcftsm; ^ogce -4ns^ower^-0 t - e jar paasik and ieiitaiCMtioii -wfieiTbe revealed himaeTf after M s rssmrecricrn by t h e pegollar w » j h e pr&asanaid the oinn "Mary." His pewe* of look show* by

Tfi^r had w j p * d i

: WBW the last handwriting expert in

i t t % u l f f e i e > | ?ftyle« of the MoUuenx. « handwriting k o g the proven pecallwi-- tkswltfc apparent earje, it must have oe-

• i n ' i handwrltinK being capable of *uch

' to prove wherrtally wrote the adirew OB

expirt. r ••• -rf«^

^unless he can

ftJl to «»thlB »•»».-- Stnatcw dWike to £ t t k f i f t y f«*hi *be teiciHoa. of tie 4Mta, lUd •• It ha. b*« all along jer-^ ^ « e » d * l p . that h»Te be*o Qttsy'* mtmm%mmmiimw ooai«tu»w nM l i h a M l i V a t a thtl ' »,'•-'- -.i

t^gnaii. .This Will be the event of t ie-year. ,.

. t r r « r » i a r O ! Tiy 0r*In-O !„ Atic ycur eroeeeitoaay to show you a package

of GSMN-?X.thensis- food drink that takes Ute place of ooffy*. Tno chfidrea may drink it irith-outiojurv«3 wa'liis thB«ault- Alt who try it, like it GRAIN-O hs& that rich seal brown ot Mocha or Jsva^but i t it) madn from pure grains, and .the most «Mt,*.ateBtomMh r«cetTt>cU nith-out(Jtstr«f«. Mthapric*ofcoffe*. locaadioc. perpacWgo. Bold by all grocers.

, SABT 4. Ctatos B^lnqvA^TXBS are with us as usualt JWM"»aM;.-M«ii&,. Toya.-Bw>kd and Games, Ops! and CiunaWare, Collar. Glove, Riblwn, Veil and Handker­chief W e ? . Witi many Othex^ A doll free w i t h V o h c ^ b purchase of 'Scents , or w e will give a ticket to all, Who ask for i t -. When.#«tur &$&:!&rimirGa b A y ^ t r ^ e 4 . | l 0 y o t ? < ^ M T e ^ of o m t l ^ o l r k - : .. .ftej^-jfeTOlttl,

tddyccnirdexioh^'NftT^tina from chroiilc oousiip«aoh,. Kui's

Ctetar Best Tea fc atf abeoWte cure and has been sold for fifty years onanabso-Integusmntoe. Price |5c and 60e. Sold by - B ^ i « 4 ^ . & - « Q | i w < - , . , •-- -' . • • W

Ihi Ki Hw i ^ ^ 8Mp*

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place. Thafe^ecordj put in such impress-. Ive surrounqmgs of chapter, bounded on, one side by the prophecies of Malachl and on.the_other side b y the gospeUof Matthew will receive stress and sanctity from its position.. T h a f record.is.nppr|i-priately bound up w i t h eternities. Do not simply say in your* family record, • *^orn at s m p i " a ^ | 6 - m i a died^atsuchfi* Bme;" but if there Has -beisii among your Ancestors some man^.or woman especially consecrated arid useful make a note of it t o r tSe encouragement o f ' i h l MlbWi lg fen*ration£ T ^ f a m u y ^ f e c o M s o * the Bihle—the.one in Matthew reachm^-trom Abraiam t o Chrisf and the other in LMke beginning -with Joseph and reaching back to the garden of Eden, wjth the sublime Statement "which Was the son o f Adam, which w a s the son o f God." ^1 charge ypu to this- duty of keeping t h e .family record by t h e 4 2 generatiOnii jwMt&Wre past and t h e 42 generationi which a r e to come. I f i s a good tfiinj|i--th8 h e w habit abroad of seeking for one's pedigree. ThJ old family records hardly ever w e n t back further than the grandxattier a i d jgrandt mo&er. N o t one of u s knows inya i ing about otn» grcaf-grandp>rentSi although ^ l e y m a y have been indescribably better than their children or grandchildren.

" U n d e r m Depra-re* ftttterU. t Another shadow On the Christie cradle Was that it stood under, a depraved king. Herod w a s a t that t i n e rnler and: the complete impersonation.of all depravi* ties. I t w a s aiiinifavorable t ime ibr itt-nocence t o expect good treatment. So dark was the shadow dropping on the cradle from that iniquitous throne that the peasant mother bad to lift i e r babe but of i t and make hasty flight. Ue* prayed1 habits of those in aatfifeSyt areVi apt to, be copied by" s t t^ect4 a i d ftoni the inmSor^is of the keroflte throne I Judge of t h e immorals of a nation. There w a s a malaria of sin in the air when the Infant Chris* first breathed ft. T h M e s t shawl could not k w p the babe warm Wheh i» that wintry month, w i t h ' h i s •nother, he/bec«me m fugitive.

IHiitortans say m a t i t was a t a time o t

*eac* that Christ w a s born, but Jya birth

miles to armo'tmee our aHegiance tot « u r K f e g , Tahq'JfjaSSt, C&sar i ^ u s f t i s " w * n t - ' ed t o know bjrvine record on wm^'lBfi*^ n n i n T a i a ^ a ± w o a r a 5 wPO^^entTnamesr or b a d themWJPHen, j u s t i o W many pep^ pie i n his .empire he conlct Sep^d* o n in case o f exigency. HOW m i g y men would' unsheath sWord for t i e - B o m a p eagle,' iim" nb%niittyWomen « m l d be-depjnded; i n tc* take.^are"9f t£S ^ o u n d e S Oii bat* tlefields? a a e t m n b l e . i s ^ t i i t & - t i e t | a g ^ . ftohl p x ^ E r T g e w e ' " ' --*- r -

ffie Way Peterrith*-great-«p^stierirm^d,-* i d e r i t . The i book says, T h e Lord turned and looked .upon Peters?** I t wics an omnipotent facial expression, fie looked upon Peter . Power" o f "distinct utterance, so that every one comdrieafc '^He -opened htsr mbhIBy ^sayingi*' -3B®»-.mumbling and thdlsSnel ufterance. H e Opened i & mOuti. 3SisFvoic^ which h a d bfeen evelbpedvhy^^pen-alr^si^iikuiSf w a s

^ a e ; j i s i»#w-

I wmy a wear mit too

done In'' tip: laundry/- • •_—: J1*' Let-'ine send yjou' a bo^

know it is pure, and,will hot jnftipe^an; of. our eustemers.- will^not; ,h|ye JS3ii3 4 laundry work." . '.*,-•,".."'•'• "•"'''" - • -V^-

T l i e box w a s sent, and one more family ;ti?fes-.njb- r for one week in your laundry, and ask your' laundrei^vllat' $' thinks of it. v - I f e '

^ i t e m ^ m

» * . • : * :

roses, and the last weak lung* make full inhalation, and the las t case fit. paresis' take healthful biain, and.the Jast Ulhes^

"become rubicund of cheek and robust'of chest an^ bounding of foot, and the last pauper wil l get his'palace, and the last sinner taken unto the warm .bosom o f a gardening God! Where did all this s tar t ! In.,that eradle within sound of bleafihg-sheep and _ hollowing cattle and amid rough.bantering of herdsmen and cathci ikivers* . WJiatJI low place to start for such-great-heights! O artists, turn jrpur camera' obsenra on that "village of Beth-

lehpm! T a k e it airiiih-the wffitrJ-Skl.e^ lowering, t h e flocks, shivering in the chllfe air. Mary, t i e pnle mSther, and Jeijus,''

• the chlhb JScwooder, that Paul Terbv ncse and Cuyp and Rubens and Tintoret­to and Corregglo pnd PexifgJho antf-GBrv

'landajO and Raphael put their best pen­cils In* that scene.. Lord God, by thy gracious spirit, fix that ' Madonna J n all our. BOUIS! So these tb.oilghtsj.come in upon us a t t i l S gladdest part of the years:

String softly, belli <xa G&xlstmu morn, -Waksiof tteTKiig o f Glory I

0wl»#*sf fe andnwiffe«ero« the saoir Tho old Juiltcnil fitory.

S ^ I have-shown you the shadbws and the sunshine of that Christie- cradle-ol Bethlehem. In theseChristmas t imes I realize t h a t t h a w are -many cradles under shadows;' t>b>'fuo story of empty cradles Olil ipatid dowttihb earth, in cabins and in palhccsl There nre-standlng in garrets or in storerooms Cradles that will never "rock again. "Kaehel moumihg for her children and will npt b e comforted be­cause they are not" B u t through al l the shadows break gleams o f sunshine, a s the-clouds of t i e Christie cradle Were cleft by glorious light. Escaped from theattug-"' " • m f ^ " ? * ^ f t ^ n S j ^ 8 n^:MiBS~*' gles through which w e baise--all-passed and.''mast y e t pass, those little ones took h e a v e n - a t - « n o bound. Instead of an earthly career it. is a heavenly career, wlttr* capacities; with Telodtiesv wi th op-pprftmities beyond o o r comprehension, liisteafl of celehrating on, earth the Sav-t lour's b i r t i .they stand in the Saviour's jpresehce". • Instead of t h e holiday celebtttte tlbhS-Of the old homestead i f i s to t h e m eternal jubjiee at a tablfr w h e r e t i e an-gelk o f Cod are the cdpbearcrs and amid festivities t h a t resound -with a laughter

lino* x glbis "flit cytr ear Heard/* Ko tip in Wiihid " them a merry Christmas, .for the merriments of

gfrojri Iteinples "Tl^sures:

feavenjring^out^ppa thj that- a r e ^ a l w a y r ^ p ^ r ' that never d ie . Oh, it: jk c o t a dull i eaV-

- s n r b a t a. ins!*nsas^sa^sfsr.-there aum^mt many children tficrc! Thty Jthrong the

S n p ! ^ d o n n ; f n r n W " i ^ , n 3 S B y ' %ar^^n|HiDSOTvafibn, t h a t no spea pe^ded o& T i e i * a | e io |noiny ; t h i f I hlive ever known could have C ean'be-dei .

m e n and' w o m e n whos h e f e r give in their names . T b e y swerve t i e 'laerd en?m«rs1y«. They, do not annomiw t f i e i al legitnee t o t h e King Who, in the, battle* to come , wlB-Wanta l l^s troops i - , .* rt.^.. v

I n all our churches there are so many i a b t . a n d - i a l f j disMplesv "so many one-' th i fS espousers. They;,T4their tlum>f tte, Bib le i§ true, a t any f a t e pajts of Itv-aSd they -hope thht someieSfr Christianity will disenthrall the nations. Th^-'stay, a w a y from church o n «comniuniC)n days and. hope-vfben they h a v e lived a s long a s t i e y can i n this world i f i i# c i £ »ome- * i o W sneak^into heavens, P ^ T H B . y o u r n a m e s ! T $ e ^egbtered o n m e c h u ^ r e e - * ord .down i e r e and.in t h e Lamb's B o o k of I^fe ngfc^tefe . ' M t . all "the"world knOW where S"ou smiiw-M-yo'ut--Stare to

f' o a s far a s Jtosephrantt M a | y walked, M On haVe to; go SO rpfe^bjjfp|e yoti fincl

jus t the r ight form Of w-orihip i i M j u s t the right creed, start m t h U , m o d e r n December, a s those villagers started in an ftncleiit Pecember, a n d a m l d the.con* gratulations of church" militant and church triumphant givee itt yliur n a m e * I t w a s Wmje Josepi and . Marly were'otS1

a Visit of tfuty and obeyjng , i reasonable command o f Emperor, Anguefus t h a t the s tar poifited to the p l a c e of nativity.

Another gleam of sunshine striking throughxlhe shadows a l ^ v e thlit Ghxistie; eradle was; the facte ot*** s p e c i a l - ^ ^ 1 1 '

Cteofectioiu Herod w M o^tep iu l e* i i p o | tfie «Ju1q #' destruction. Tfee mo^steirput a l l his wits together in stratagem, for the stopping o f that young l ife just started. H e dramatized piety* H e suddenly s o t fceKgiotti^ H e would -leave -Idf palace a n d .tali chariot and Jsave steeds w i i p | pedr^epHte*2ti^.i&He0

iJa nllits_et*ses4ai shouldoe cleanliness. Ely% Croim,Balni

cloaii*c»,soolb08ao<lhc!i!a the dfetksed' membrane Itcnrcscalsrrbnnaarlvca awayaicold ia. the head quickly. ! Cw«mi B a l m IipUcca Into ttq nostrils, spr«3;h jairfc-theme^rMeandtoahiotbtA, BoUafisim-

vuotpro&^eiiiuedi^i lai^dSlas,60ecnuat'Drar-jtsta t^|afJiita^Tr.latSh:c, lOccnU-bymall. Sit#BR01TOES^M%y3ti*ia.Se«!9t« Jfftr Tori. ..-.. - lY-- f-. .>.1 j ifvv-. .•<•.%:. ; ' - • , ; . , '; , -

IIPRIUTELIGITII6PLMT

cieaper tfaanyon can.bnydfli-gae oreHsctricity. We make two pct^ma<^fleifnr gen-eratlngACrrT.Ttore GAS, known as tto wet and the dry prooe*; Tie gas is

... J ^ t J ^ ^ y ^ S ^ J s ^ b l n e J i l f i i s ^ athTiot Seen nortrMt^^to^oa^Sd^r^Hime

;ittlffday»t: Qn^hiaoWni*' si^approved bf'-.fire SbeS oe' ^ BaSrds alldoveriKe TFn^Sts^^e^feieaaeliBe^4otif#. . _ . _ bnTlfUngs, 'lactones or

^wiawltid^bl«tlieffitimiiiatingpower Mi-p*r>**mt_ eheapaf: t h m - »njr otM«- «ra-

K resonant and spnorous voiced- o r i e vjould" noit have_ tMga the~ f b p ' o f t i e recks ojf th6 Mount of Beatitudes for a

f l a t pulpit i s SO high, as I de-" speaker

from that" point made any audience bear"ohe Word o f a Sermon.

B 3 s poWeS pf iyperbole: A camel try­ing t o crow;d its hump through the eye o f i s e w i n g woman's needle and all t h a t Iejisned'talk about a gate1 called the 'meev die's eye,'^> ondy belittling t i e hyperbole. 5oWer -of sarcasmt T i e hypocrite styled by- h l a i ' t h e w i o l e who need not a- pfiy-slciafc*' fliS-pOwelf of peroiatidrii T h e a a s h i n g of thetthnbers of the poorly btiSjt house e n the- beach of the Mediter­ranean. Power t o take advantage of cir-cumsfaieesr W h e n a n auditoir asked him whether'they ought to pay, taxes to\Coe-sar, .ChMst practically said,1 B l l any geht t l eman in this audience. ha% in his pocket a Roman penny, 1" wikh h e would just hand i t up to me ." And some one hand-

, ed-bJlm a p^hjay, s i c b : a s y o u can now-find in s o m e oY t h e inuseums, the obverse of it bearing*tihe face ot Tiberius, the em-perorv-afid the-ireverse the words "Ponti-f e i ^ x i m u s , " t i e other title o t t h e em­peror", and tben came the overwhelming a n s w e r of Chiist , ^'Bender t o Csesar the tnlihtl 'tnatvarg Csesar's and^cto God the things t h i t i r e GpS's." Magnetic and epigrammatic th i s inspired peasant! TJse-X&$ attempts h e declares a s '*pttarls cast before swine;'' unimportant'results h e de­scribes as the attempt to "gather figs of

| h t s f | ^ ^ . ' - ^ ^ ^ ! , W n y v *he P » a -. all nllegonrs. and Jiow^Jie.fLcuu

stmejtsjjtica: look out o f the^ 'House of Manyl Manmons?f A e y smnd- onL the^ BehcirtQiSe© tne fleets c a s t anchor Within the vale? t h e # erdwdsjie^aus. wi th greet? ings when the old fo lks come in ; tbey d a p their Katfds*nt at f eternal gladness; they dance i n aS etesf ia ig lee . i^ee-yOu? not, t ie? sttnshtne tMtfTpna^*mtO«^t!ae sha'dow* of"'that cradle until thejy are, all gone? ."<$'•.- -

— ^ - - EiMfc-*ife*- m Sluidiotni. But shadows, kav/e theiif "u*eSS There

must b e a btH&groundto every good p ic ­ture. Turner always p u r a t least dfie fleck of cloud o n his Canvas, and the clouds, of earth wi l l be tkeVbackgrouhd to bring out morfr mightily, t i e brightness of heaven. A n d will"it n o t be glorious if after all t i l s seene o f earthly vicissitude we meet again hi omt Patnfer's house and talk over t h e past in a n everlasting-Iioli-day. But-meanwhi le look out for the cradles. HbW much t h e y decide for this world and t i e neifl When. Wellington was born set Mornington, England,_that decided Waterloo a n d saved Europe. When H a n d e l was born in Hal le , Saxo­ny, that decided the oratorios o t "Judas Mapeabajas*^ and " E s t i e ? r and' "Israel I ^ E g y p t * * and "Jephthah" _and J ' M e s -sigh.** x W h e n Eli Whitney "was born n t Westboro, that decided the w e a l t h of all the cotton fields o t tne south. When Gutenberg w a s born a t Merx)-Germany, that decided the libraries o f all Chris­tendom. When Clarison' w a r born m Cambridgeshire* England,- tkat ldecided the doom o f human bondage. -s^SVien Morse w a s bom at Breed's Hill, Mass . , mat decided that tie," lightnings otrheav-eW should Ijecome gal loping courier* or stretch a tBrobbuig ipon nerve clear ua-fer the s e a . When Waahingrob w a r bora at Westmoreland, Va . , that decided American- independence. When Christ" w a s born a t Bethlehem, t h a t decided the. redemption of t h e World. O b , Jook onfc-tbr t h e females! May a Bethlehem star of / ippe\point d o w n t o e a c i one- of

temo^JIgittng.- Wrlte-usfoTfall Infor­mation. We want good sgento. Nafonfll

OH •**. • v *'

-i-AMtt-

CHAS.H.JACKSON He eurtes a larftes^ck; oTflrrt quaHty

goodrimdeanfit jrou np at prioei which WU1 be w t e a f « f a ^ He also puts seww^eoBudcttoSa. >( *

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