| Show 'vr PEST Chrisima " """ HANT me a laughter Let it be pure ana strong ing of the hearts brimmed ox Wth the story of the day— Of the Explained it a case of love at first "Was sight?” The first tlfiie “No second sight he saw her he didn’t know she was an heiress"— Judge echo of childish voices That will not die away 170 rrr-5ALTJ st LAKE CITY UTAH Oftheblareof the tasseled bugle And the timeless clatter and beat Of me drum that throbs to muster Squadrons of scampering feet But 0 let your voice fall fainter Till blent with a minor tone You temper your sond with thebeauty Oftnepity Christ hath shown Andsind one verse for the voiceless Anayet ere the song be done A verse for the ears that hear not And a verse for the sightless one Forthoudhitbe time for sindind A merry Christmas glee Let a low sweet voice ofpatnos Run through the melody Emotion Comparative Gratitude although It may exist In a very earnest form Is by no means the strongest and most consuming of the human emotions When Lawrence Barrett’s daughter was married Stu art Robson sent a check for 5000 to comedian’s The the bridegroom Felicia Robson who attenddaughter ed the wedding conveyed the gift "Felicia” said her father upon her return “did you give him the check?” "Yes father" answered the daugb ter "What did he say?” asked Robson “He didn’t say anything” replied Miss Felicia "but he shed tears” "How long did he cry? “Why father I didn’t time him I should say however that he wept fully a minute" “Fully a minute" mused Robson “Why daughter I cried fully an hour after I signed It” — Rock Island Union How the Crew Was Saved A thrilling story of shipwreck and when of rescues by dogs was told There Is strength and flavor in this Nathaniel Miles fireman of the SwanIt pays to use Hewlett’s GOOD TEA sea steam trawler Hector returned LUNETA TEA for it goes farther home today than common Teas The Hector carrying a crew of nine on went ashore at Kilronan hands "If I buy you a seat In the Stock the Irish coast during the recent will you agree to go to heavy weather Exchange "I ain’t crazy for work dad work?" "Great seas swept over the vessel" Make it a eeat in the senate” — Louis- said Miles "and at length we heard ville the order ‘Every man for himself' We had lifebelts on and with the ex ception of the captain mate and chief Into the surf we plunged engineer At first we could make little or no then a couple of huge waves progress For carried us toward the shore where two dogs belonging to B R Jeffers r Into the The gift will grow steadily better m Jumped the deposit increases the water caught our Jerseys in their at 4 per cent teeth and dragged us ashore” — Loncompound interest Ad account may be opened by mail with $1 don Daily News YES Give Walker Bros Bankers Back Intermountain Salt Lake The older terest name Changing High Praise from a Classic When Insurance Commissioner STATE OF UTAH Department Dooly Block Salt Lake City Willard Done Commlaitoner Insurance Noviubsi Lite Insurance A Investment Oo Continental Salt Lake City Utah Gentlemen: Retarding the results of the examination I 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year Short hand Courses to KQ Davie Prin "Best In West by Pull Business and ' Write for Information FOR Drunkenness and Opium Diseases Tksrs It as priviliT m is STITUTt 141m trMtsd tt as OtkssM THE awe Imbm Ssstk Tsnpls Street Silt Lkt Cltr tkir JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MERICAN mothers find one ' day of Christmas merrymak-1 ing distracting enough for their children how would they like to live In Russia where work is often while all the suspended for a fortnight people keep holiday Even the poorest peasant has a tree and it Is harvest time for beggars for no one will refuse him anything In some of the country districts the boys dress as animals and led by other boys as keepers march through the streets beaded by a band of boys making dreadful music with harsh sounding Instruments These processions go from door to door pound until they are admitted and all given food and drink and two small pieces of money All over Scandinavia a week is given to Every one goes to six merrymaking Christmas HE English Is not unlike ours save that we do o'clock church on the dark Christmas not have their pretty cus- morning and in the evening every They tom of "bringing in the yule” In al- home In the land Is illuminated trees around which most every family in England the boys have wonderful grown people and children dance and and girls gather about the burning child is Scandinavian The very sing log on Christmas eve to sing carols and tell Christmas legends Often the good to the poor on Christmas and takes gifts and food to poor families In the children who as- and City millionaires to who buy merely show off doubtful "old masters” at people grow the less la fabulous prices “Their Mr the anything knowledge of art’ they have In Henri said "is about equal to that of which is hard to pronounce of the Chicago sausage manufacturer who said to Whistler: “ ‘What would you Insure charge to do mo la oil?’ Ten thousand’ said in sure Whistler promptly " 'But Insurance suppose I furnished the oil?’ said the millionaire' ” © a blazing tree hung with cakes and gifts It Is a pretty sight to see the children march In to see their tree singing as they go "O Tannen Baum” (O Fir Tree) to the air of "Maryland My Maryland" In many German towns Just as the bells ring to usher In Christmas every window In every house is quickly lighted Then the children are up bright and early even the tiny babies to go to six o’clock church Often each child bears a candle to Illuminate the church The German Krlss KIngle has one horrid habit that our Jolly old SL Nfck would scorn He generally leaves In the stockings a bunch of switches In case they should be needed before his next calL the Sausage King Robert Henri the eminent New York painter was talking about those Art Oldest Copyright Savings Bank Christmas 'Book rnyme or Chris! imas — Sind me a jovial sond— And though it is filled with Mail orders promptly filled Everything guaranteed THERE LIE of Five Who Died of Smallpox In 1811 Found In Bellerlca Mass Jswelry is the most acceptable gift that can be given for Christmas We have everything in jewelry— something suitable for every member of the family: Brooches necklaces bracelets and lockets for the and cuff buttons for girls watches chains the boys We want you to see the new edition of It We send it free to any address our catalogue however illustrates but a small part of our stock Write us your wants Prices reasonable VICTIMS Grave HE little folks of all the world do not keep Christmas as the children of this country do In fact each land has its own peculiar ways and our people being drawn from almost every originally clime have introduced into our celebration of the day a bit of the Christmas features brought from mother countries We have the Dutch Santa Claus the German Christmas tree the English plum pudding and carols and our own peculiarly lavish gift making live country The boys and girls of far distant sist at the dragging in of the huge countries are spending the day In such log He Deserved a present different ways that it may prove of InAn English child would not feel it Christmas It was morning and terest to young and old to hear some- was Christmas if there was not a bit Brownton was taking the air when a thing of the distinctive Christmas cus- of mistletoe hanging In the hall under man strode up the toms which the unwary are kissed soundly path Little and big eat the rich and blazing "Merry Christmas guv’nor” be said plum pudding and all Join In the sing- Insinuatingly “I’ve called for my ing of Christmas carols and Christmas box” box?” said Brownton “Christmas HRISTMAS in Holland is the Are you the “Why I don’t know you gala day of the year for the village dustman?" children They have a pretty I’m the chap who played custom of ushering U In “No sir Just at here the cornet outside last year and midnight on Christmas eve the men HE Servian children have a and boys dressed in fancy costume you told me to take my ’ook" strange custom On Christmarch through the streets in long pro“Oh you are?” said our hero feelmas Eve the father of the cession manner holding aloft ing his biceps in a menacing brilliantly family goes to the wood and cuts a lighted star as they chant the "Gloria And why pray should I give you a in Excelsis” The little girls clad in straight young oak which he drags Christmas box?” Into the room the awaits where family white stand at the windows and bow “Well guv’nor " explained the suphim saying as he does so: "Good evento the star as It passes plicant "I haven't been playing this ing and a merry Christmas!” Then the children shout back: “May year" he And perceiving that bad ' been God grant both to thee and mayst thou parted spared some agpny Brownton have riches and honor” with a Christmas sixpence With this they shower their father HE children of Belgium on with corn and the tree Is thrown on Christmas Eve are dressed "Koleda” Bulgarian in gay colors and form a pro- the fire to burn until Christmas mornIs greeted with pistol In Bulgaria "Koleda" as Christians which cession marches through the ing when it streets led by an orchestra and sing- shots Is called Is marked with many quaint One Is called "Koledars” ceremonies ing carols Each child holds aloft either a Christchlld in a manger or a cruthe name given to a band of boys cifix mostly who go about proclaiming that the season of fasting Is over and herHE French children rarely alding a reign of feasting and merrihave a tree Sometimes they ment Each Koleda party numbers hang up slippers to be filled seven — the Old Man the Old Woman Instead of stockings and there is the Crumb' Picker (who collects the ERHAPg! the finest Christmas of all If not the most great chanting of “Noel Noel" the presents and money while the Old lavish is spent by the chilChristmas song Man and Old Wotpan play the fool) dren of Germany It combines the Like the Scandinavian children lit- and Four Singers who carol out the The attire of the Christ child — which we Americans are tle French boys and girls never forget Christmas Songs’ prone to forget — and Santa Claus the birds but Instead of placing Koledars Is most grotesque and their The whole day la full of cheer famsheaves of grain on long poles they procession is Joined by a huge crowd who ilies feast and go to church of take a great deprestownspeople are bung along the eaves of the ents are simple but In every home Is houses light In the antics of the Jesters r f 1 t Closely adjoining the site of tho Boston & Maine car shops in Billerica the Surveyors discovered a gravestone marking the Bpot where 100 years ago five persons victims of sraallpcyx were burled ' The stone is still in good condition although mossy with age The foot stone as well as the headstone is solid giving evidence of careful work on the part of the ones who placed It there The grave was evidently chosen a century ago as a secluded spot and when found trees underbrush and shrubbery nearly hid It from sight The words on this headstoqe are: Erected In memory of and to designate the place where Asa Grost Jr Levi Frost Eleanor Farmer Sarah Hodgman and Samuel Batchelder were burled who died of smallpox August 1811 At first the Boston & Maine considered getting the consent of" the state to remove the stone and the dust of the bodies but It has been decided to let the grave remain where it is So these tjve persons will rest where they are and their bed of the last century will not be disturbed No relative of the ones burled seem at all concerned about the grave and It is doubtful If any descendants of them are living In Billerica or Lowell a(sthe present time SOME They ODDITIES SIGNS IN Do Not Mean Just What Say but Certainly Attract Attention They "Teeth extracted while you wait” is the rather superfluous announcement of a dentist while another advertiser appeals to ladles in this seductive manner: "Ladles having old feathers can he and made equal to new” Equally open to misnoconstruction are the following tices: "All gloves In this window 60c per pair These won’t last long at the price” "Dine here once and you’ll never dine anywhere else” and "A competent person wanted to undertake the sale of a new medicine that will prove highly lucrative to the undertaker” But perhaps the best of these amis that of a biguous advertisements Japanese laundry which runs thus: "Contrary to our opposite company we will most cleanly and carefully 2 cheap prices as follows: Ladles per 100 gentlemen $1 50 per 100 After these one rfeads without a shock such notices as the following: Under a pair of boots— "Unwesvable $3" In the wlnjw ot a small stqre In Portland— and on a card Immediately underneath-- 1 i— “our own make” Izaak Walton The customer had waited fifteen minutes for the fish he had ordered was very quiet as he sat there but Internally there was a seething At the end of the sixteenth minute the waiter who bad been in total eclipse for fifteen minutes and a half bustled up “That fish will be here sir In five minutes” Five minutes elapsed three times Then the waiter bustled up again 'The fish will be here sir in a minute” The customer turned to him ‘Tell me” he said quietly but with a certain emphasis ‘‘what bait are you using?” He Masterpiece of Advertising A physician of Montpelier France was in the habit of employing a very When he came to ingenious artifice a town where he was not known he pretended to have lost his dog and ordered the public crier Jo offer with beat of drum a reward 6f 25 louls to whomsoever should bring it to him The crier took care to mention all the titleB and academic honors of the doctor as well as his place of residence He soon became the talk of the town "Do you know” says one "that a famous physician has come here a very clever fellow? He must be very rich for he offers 25 louls for finding’ his dog” The dog was not found but patients were Slow Progress A friend met a youthful and lazy author on the street "How Is your novel getting along?” he asked “Oh I’ve begun It” answered the author proudly The two did not meet again for several weeks At the next encounter the friend again asked: "Well how’s your novel?” The author paused a moment "Let me see” he said “where did I tell you I was In it when I saw you the last time?" ' "You said you’d begun It” answered the friend “Well— I’ve still begun author guiltily fessed the It” con- Goods and Goods At the approach of the angel with the flaming sword Adam bent upon Eve a glance of profound consternation "We are caught” he exclaimed " “with the goods on!” “Not dry goods at all events!” gigas gled the first mother nervously with a consciousness that it waa too late for a bon mot however clever to save the situation— Puck vj |
