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he also spells correctly, 'R-s-c-e-i-v-e.''
Then you quickly and with emphasis give
third word, Wrong" Instead of spelling
this word ''W-r-o-n-g," your friend
thinking you have disputed his spell ng
of the second word, will commence an
argument Of the point, and meantime the
twenty seconds Will elapse
TO STOP A WATCH-Have on a pair
of gloves with a magnet concealed in
one of them. Holding the watch in one
hand to the ear of any one, its ticking
will be heard. Held in the hand with
the magnet, the watch will stop. BY
changing the watch from one hand to
the other, it will seem to be obedient
to your will
A LONG TASK-Taking up a news
paper or a strip of wood, you remark
quietly that the strongest man present
would be exhausted before he had car
ried all this wood or paper out of the
room: Looks Of disbelief will pass
around, and your assertion viii, no
doubt, be challenged. To the person de-
claring himself able to disprove you,
give small piece of the wood or paper,
desiring him to take that outside first;
on his return give him another and so
on. BY the time he realizes that he will
only have to go two or three millions of
edge the full proportions of the joke.
MAGICAL ILLUSIONS Suspend
sheet or screen of white cloth across
door way, and behind it a convenient
distance place a good lamp If You
recede from the screen your figure will
become enlarged to a gigantic stature;
and, on the contrary, If you approach it,
and stand exactly between the light and
the screen, your figure will be more ac-
curately defined; but by jumping over
the light you shall appear to persons
looking upon the screen as having as
cended to such a great height as en-
tirely to have disappeared. BY nimble
attitudes and grotesQue movements and
a tasteful Introduction of some animals
the effect will be much heightened and
laughter will be excited.
TO STICK A COIN AGAINST THE
WALL-Take a small coin, such as a
dime or quarter, and on the edge cut
small notch with a knife so that
little point of the metal will project. BY
pressing this against, door or wooden
partition, the coin will remain myster-
iously adhering. against the perpendicu-
lar surface. --lR Y.io-- stH
THE VANISHING DIME-Tbis is
clever trick and may be done with good
effect in the following manner: Prev
iously stick a small piece of white wax
on the nail of your middle finger, lay
dime on the palm of your hand, and
state to the company that you viii make
it vanish at the word of command, at
the same time observing that many per-
sons perform the feat by letting the
dime fall Into their sleeve, but to con-
vince them that you have not recourse
to any such deception, turn up your
sleeve. Then close your hand, and by
bringing the waxed nail in contact with
the dime it will firmly adhere to it, Then
blow upon your hand and cry ''BegonF'
and suddenly. opening it and extending
your palm, You show that the dime has
vanished. Care must be taken to re-
move the wax from the dime before re-
storing it to the owner, If it should have
been borrowed from one of the company.
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Christmas Bn1fs and D0Gea>
Christmas means Christ's mass.

Christmas means Christ's mass
Don't forget your servants and wash
erWoman.
Don't try to do shopping while you are
are hungry or tired.
The Armenian church celebrates
Christmas on Jan. 16.
Don't buy a gift in the presence of the
person for whom it is intended
Don't give a present merely because Won
expect one from the recipient.
Don't forget to remove the price mark
from gifts before you present them.
In all the states and territories Christ
mas day is observed as legal holiday.
Don't attempt a shopping expedition
without a carefully compiled list of ar
ticles desired
stocking is hung UP for the first Christ
mas.
The Christmas turkey, not the Christ
mas conversation, should be stuffed with
chestnuts.
Better small gift where love is than
a costly present for the sake of being in
Don't forget to use discretion in select
ing Sits 1t is the much desired gift
that is mostly appreciated.
The Greek church celebrates Christ
mas on Dec. 70, old style, which is Jan
3, new style.
If money only brought happiness there
would be little Christmas cheer in a
majority of homes
The custom of giving Christmas gifts
on christmas day is general among all
Christian nations.
The turkey is a native of America,
but has been popular in England for
over 800 years.
Christmas wreaths may be allowed
to remain until Ash Wednesday pro-
Vlded they do not wither.
It is the wise man who petrays no
| surprise when his wife jumps and hides
| something when he enters the door these
! days.
! Christmas green's proper are the hol-
/ ly, mistletoe, laurel, ivy and pine Yew
and cypress are unlucky except for
| churches.
Different countries and localities are
| rich in Christmas lore, legends, proverbs,
superstltionS and beliefs, many of them
| as beautiful and suggestive as they are
| curious and interesting.
Don't buy things because they are
| cheap or because they especially appeal
| to your individual taste Think of the.
| occupation and inelinations of the one
for whom they are intended. and pur-
| chase accordingly.
Even the most commonplace gifts. the
! homely necessaries of every day thar
| must sometimes serve as Christmas re-
membranes in the home of iimifel
| means, and the exchange of trifles with
| distant friends, may be invested with
new meaning and special value if thew
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CHRISTeS BIRTHPLACE.

According to an article by Paul Ca-us
IN The Open Court, Chicago, the apoc-
Fyphal gospels tell a somewhat different
story of Christ's birth from the canon
zeal books. According to the former.
Christ was born in a cave and thence
transferred to a stable. where tie OK
and ass worshiped Him, while, accordIng
to the canonical gospels, the nativity
takes place in a stable The apocryphaI
legends proved so strong that, "a spite
of the canonical version of the story, d
cave near Bethlehem came to be finally
regarded as the place of the nativity,
and a church was erected on the scot
to commemorate the event, and still
stands as lasting monument of this
belief
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maps of the United States and the world
that are singular in view of the present
knowledge.
TEMPERANCE first public move
ment in the United States in behalf Of
temperance, was made in Litoh(ieId,
Conn, in 1889 where two hundred far
mers agreed together mot to use any
distilled liquor in doing their farm work
the ensuing season
CATHOLIC BISHOP-John Carroll,
who III 17S6 had been appointed vicar
general of the Roman Catholic church
for tie United States, was Bishop
of Baltimore in 1855. This was the foun-
dalton of the organization of the Roman
Catholic church in the United States.
He was consecrated in England.
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CHRISTMAS PROCESSION.

Among Christmas eve customs one in
Holland is of exceeding interest. In all
the towns and Villages at the midnight
hour the men in varied costumes meet
in the principal sqtlaress chanting the
GLORIA in Excelsis." Proud is, the man
selected by vote to4be the star bearer"
A large star in whichaare several lighted
candles, all shining as one, is mounted
on one end Of a long pole. This star
is symbolfcal of the star that guided the
three kings to Bethlehem, and the effect
of its light N the dark and winding
streets, at the head of the long process
sion of men, slowly marching to the
music of the Gloria in Excelsis," sung
in chorus, is deeply impressive. A sump-
tuous supper is served after the devo-
tons are cndcd, and thus Christmas day
begins.
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First Cbings IN 4"HT HISTORY

PRESIDENTIAL CABINET-The first
presidential cabinet was appointed by
Washington in 1888, and was composed of
Alexander Hamilton, of New York, a
Federalist, secretary of the treasury;
Gen. Henry Knox, of Massachusetts, a
Federalist, secretary of war; Thomas
Jefferson, of Virginia, an -Federalst,
secretary of state.
GEOGRAPHY-The first geography pub
1ished in the United States was printed
at New Haven, Conn.,, in 17S4. 1t was a
single small 1Smo., and was prepared by
Jedediah Morse, who followed it with
larger works. For thirty years Mr..
Morse remained the principal occupant
of this line of work. His books sold by
hundreds of thousands. He was the
father of Prof. s. Il. B. Morse lie had
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OAK AND MIsrI.Ernr

70 the pruids the oak was a sacred
tree and fire holy element. In MANY
English country households at the Dres-
ent time the Yule log is dragged in on
ChFist'nas eve with song and dancing,
rolled into its proper place at the hac1,
of the great fireplace and a fire bniit
in front of it, Just as the custom has
been from time immemoriaI in the for.
ests of Germany and the Scandinavian
peninsula.
10 the Druidical priests the mistletoe
was sacred plant, vested with rnanu
mystic virtues. and by the English. Ger.
mans and Americans today the mistletea
is regarded with something akin to super
stitious reverence.
Among the pagan Germans every
neiShhorhoed, every village, had its ga
cred tree, and at the midwinter festival
circle of fires was kindIed round II
and the people danced about the ho1v
plant. Sometimes torches were fixed to
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KISSING UNDER THE M1srLEroE

While we must thank the Druids of
old England for suggesting the mist.etoe
as Christmas decora ton, we are not
Indebted to them for the pretty custom
of kissing under the mistletoe That
had its origin with the ancient Babylo-
mans. The Babylonians, however. did
not restrict the license of the mi :tletce
to mere kissing. A man who was for
tunate enough to catch a maiden under
a suspended branch of this mystic plant
was privileged not only to kiss her, hut
to make her his wife. 1t would seem
from the remarks Of the old historians
that the girls of those days took {e.y
kindly to the custom
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KISSING THE CATTLE

Peasants of the mountains of Monte.
negro have a peculiar Christmas eve
custom. After the YuIe log has been
lighted the head of the house and the
sen who acts rs the shepherd of the
sheep flock go to the stables with can
dies and light up each corner of the in.
terror alternately. Then they return to
the door, and as each holds his candle
nigh the animals are driven in one BY
ono. The household wife then sprink!es
little wine over the oldest female Of
each Of the different species of live stock
and, having done this, kisses the animal
on the head. This is a unique Christmas
practice, and antiquarians-have been abe
to find no reason for it nor have they
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PIE AND CTSTARD.

h origin Of a Couple Of
Popular ellie acies.
The word pie is derived with other
words, as pate, pastry, etc, which are
with like significance from two Latin
words, pistum and pinsere, to beat to-
getheq. The crust which held the filling
was called by the very unpleasantiy suS-
gestivc coffyn in the sense of case or
shell.
The mince or shred pie of many in
gradients, was introduced in Britain in
Roman days and already thus early, an
old and highly priced deicacy at Ro-
man feasts. 1t grew in favor and &C
ceptance with Britons, Normans, Anglo
SaXons and Danes. Its praises were
sung by poets, but it had d sufficient
share of criticism and opposition to bring
st into notice and subsequent popularity
beyond the power of appreciation. IN
this manner how often enemies to a
cause prove its most powerful adyo-
Gates.
Crusta1d was an old English word for
pie, and from it the present term pie
crust was doubtless derived. It IS
supposed from corruption of the word
Glso came custard of modern use.
The mince OF shred pie was not the
Christmas pie until the strife between
= Royalists waxed so warm that 20 eat
or not to eat mince pie was locked upon
as a test of religious principles. 1t is
the pie itself with which we have TO do,
however, as the story of PuritIn times is
too familiar to need more than passing
mention.
IL Eliza bethan days the Christmas pie
was an imposing and mammoth struc-
: :1re of crust filled with meat or game,
in height, weight and ornanentation
triumph of the cook s skill On SIDE
board Or hall table it stood during 1ule-
tide a favorite mandate of hospitality
that all who choose should ''cut and
come again" In certain localities in
England these huge pies are still baked
as of wore, and in size and quality the
same
times did the mince or shred pie become
also the Christmas pie recipe dating
from the reign of Richard II. is here
quoted to show the ingredients used in
the mince pie made in royal households,
. and also the wording and spelling of the
neriod. It will be noticed that while
\ articles are gwen. quantities are omit
ted. making the recipe difficult one to
follow and the result thereof wholly de-
pendent upon the judgment and expert
4 ence of the maker. 1t reads thus: ''Take
goode veal and grynde small. Take hard
egzon presumably eggs yground and
. do therunto with prunes hoole, dates in
! corved, pynes, raisons, corans (currants(,
hoole spices and powder sugar and salt
Make a liteN coffyn and 30 this fare
( thereinne and bake and serve forth"
4 FEEDING THE BIRDS.
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CHRISTMAS DINNERS.

No. l.
Oyster Soup.
Reast Turkey Bread Stuffing
Cranberry jelly
Mashed Potatoes. Spinach
Celery Mayonnatse.
. WATERS. Cheese
Plum Pudding. Liquid Sauce.
FRUITS. Nuts. Raisiia.
Coffee.
No. 2.
Oyster Soup.
Olives. Almonds
Fish. Oyster Sauce.
Drowned Potatoe
turkey. Cranberry Mods.
Creamed Cauliflower
Celery, Mayonnaise. WATERS
Pumpkin Pie
Ice Cream
Steamed Raisins. Bonbons.
Cluer' Coffee.
No g.
Raw Oysters.
COnSomn1e,
Celery. Olives. Sailed Nuts
salmon PatueS. Potato Balls.
ho@st turkey. Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Peas
Candied Sweet Potatoes.
Roast Duck. Plum Jelly
Mince Pie Plum Pudding.
fruits. Raisins. MRS
Coffee. Bonbons
All Christmas dinners are alike in one
thing-under any and all circumstances
the guests are ravenously hungry and
boisterously happy, or should be, ana
neither old nor young can observe the
rule of not talking with the mouth. fnlI:
otherwise. the feast would be silent.
ANY one of the above dinners will ill
any mouth.
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your own secrets, If you have any. When
you speak to person look him in the
face.
Good company and good conversation
are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things else.
Ii one speak evil of you, let your life
be such as none will believe him.
Dring no kind of Intoxicating liquors.
Always live, misfortune excepted, with
in your income When you retire to bed
think over what you have been doing
during the day.
Make no haste to be rich If you would
prosper. Small and steady gains give
competency with tranquility Of mind.
Never play at any kind of game of
ch&nce.
Avoid temptation through fear that you
may not be able to withstand it.
Always endeayor to contribute your
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CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND.

In England Christmas Is celebrated
with more boisterous enthusiasm than
anywhere else Every person who can
read the English language knows the
Christmas of Dickens, and the old Eng
fish celebration of the feast has been de-
scr1bed in detail by Washington Irving
IN The Sketch Book Feasting char
acteristlc of the English celebration.
Eating has become such a part of the
day in England that the Italians have
the following proverb: "He has more
business than English ovens at Christ
mas The English probably do more
eating Christmas than any other neople.
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TURKEY WITH sAUsAGEs.

A turkey garnished with sausage has
very festive, not to say bacchanalian,
appearance. Three-quarters of an hour
before the cooking is finished festoon it
with strings of link sausage These you
must turn from time to time so that
every part shall be as brown as the
bird itself. The better the flavor of the
sausage, of course the finer the flavor Of
the turkey. With this you will want
glbiet sauch made by stewing and mine
ing the giblets and adding them to the
gravy III the pan after the fat has been
removed.
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Christmas Games and Gmekg.

THE WOODSELLER.-T is capable
of several variations, including the ever
popular forfeits. Any number of per-
sons may join in the game The person
who starts the game writes the ia ne
of some kind of wood on a paper, and
folds the paper so that no one can see
the words written upon it. He then Soes
around, all the rest of the players be-
ing seated. and says: ST have a load of
wood to SELL" Each person in turn
asks: What idnd?'' The answer Is:
Find out" Then the person mentions
one kind, and if it happens to be the
wrong one, the woodseher goes to the
next, and so on, until it is f1raally guessed
right. When the right one is named the
one naming becomes the woodseller All
who make mistakes must pay a forfeit.
Those who name a wood twice pay.
ACTING CHARADES.-Thi is a COM
mon and enjoyable way to spend an hour
Let party of the company so. out of the
rooms. Rooms separated by double
doors or portieres are best for the scene
of action. The party outside thinks OF
some word which can be represented
entire in pantomtme or tableau For ex-
arnple, the doors opening, disclose a half.
dozen young girls standing in line, while
one OF the acting party announces that
this striking tableau represents the name
Of a famous orator. The audience, fail
ing to guess, is told that Cicero Sissy,
row is the man.
r. gain, just as the clock strikes 10. the
doors opening, reveal a lady eating an
apple or any convenient edible, While a
gentleman who stands near, points 10
the clock and then at her. This being
correctly guessed to represent ''atten-
uate" cat ten you ate), the other side
gees from the room and the previous
performers become the audience 50.
There are hosts of words which, with
a little ingenuity and the aid of a diction-
airy, may be turned to account. For ex-
ample:
Igratiate. On gray she ate)
Catering. CKate. Her-ring)
Hero. iHe-row)
Tennessee. (Ten, see)
Metaphysician. (Met a physician.)
A HUNTING GAME-In this game
the object is to gather peanuts or any
other kind Of nuts Cor beans) which have
been hidden in every available nook and
corner, in creyices of sofas and chairs,
under bric-a-brac, OH mantels and be-
hind doors, etc. When 1t is thought that
the hunting has continued long enough,
the hunters are recalled to the room
from which they started, and their
gatherings are counted by q, committee
appointed for the purpose, ard the prize
is awarded to the hunter having the la: G.
est number of nuts.
+ SUSPENDED APPLE-Tie an apple by
string and let it hang in a doorway.
Smear it over with molasses, and let each
one of the company attempt to bite it
as it swings. The one who succeeds III
getting a bite is entitled to prize Maty
sweet faces will be exhibited before the
prize is won.
SPELLING LEsSON-Challenge your
friend-nake 1t bet if you wish-to spell
three simple words that you VIII give him
within twenty seconds. He accepts the
challenge, and, with watch In hand, yo4
give the first word, Believe" He spells
it correctly ''B-e-l-i-e-v-e." You then
give the second word, Receive" This
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Facts and Fancies About the
Worlds Great Holiday.

giving on That day a dinner to the birds.
On Christmas morning every gable, gate
way or barn door is decorated with a
sheaf of corn fixed on a tall poe, where
from it is intended that the birds shall
make a Christmas dinner. Even the
poorest peasant will contrive to have
handful set aside for this purpose, ard
what the birds do not eat on Christmas
day remains for them to finish at their
leisure through the winter. The caroling
of these birds about these poles makes
Norwegian Christmas CHEEKY
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PRAYING TO KRIss KR1NGLE.

In some parts of Germany, Scandinavia
and Holland the custom is for all chill
dren to say a prayer at the chimney cor
ner on Christmas eve to Kriss Kringle,
asking him to fill their stockings for
Christmas morning, and many hopes and
fears are confided to him. Kriss Kringle
is a corruption of Christ-Xindlein, who
is supposed to descend the chimney with
gifts for all good children, and has in
Germany quite superseded st. Nicholas
or Santa Claus, the patron saint of
children
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Christmas
THE TURKEYS JUBILEE,
S!sE
AZ

So Christmas once again is here
The turkeys jubilee;
All hail and crown it with good cheer
And echoing rSars of gIee
Yet don't forget that crying Need
Stands shivering at thy door,
But ope thy purse with kindly heed
To help her starving store;
And when thy race through life Is run
That little Christmas deed
May reckon up a helping one
In thine own hour of need.
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THE LORD OF MIsR LIE.

1t was a medieval custom in EGG
land TO establish at Yul de- L ri f
misrule," appointed to conduct tie levels
in castle or country house or at court
Every ore was expected to pay a sort
OF mock homage to the merry monarch
Of misconduct. This, tco, was not wit,
out it's similarity to the traditions Of the.
Roman saturnalia, when, Ger the TIM
being, the servant becapse the master
and the plebeian the monarch.
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Children S Gj1fg

Children can make their parents
and friends glad by little acts
ter full of sympathy and good will and
love. A motto card. A quotation on sen
timent in the writing of a child is always
welcome. A little granddaughter wrote
to her grandmother: II love you, I love
you, grandma" and grandma thought
more of that genuine sentiment from
the heart of the little grandchfId than
costly gifts. fr5m her adult children
Tears from the grandmothers ewes drop-
ped upon the sheet when she read it
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A GAME FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES

Heads, bodies and legs" is most
amusing drawing game The first player
draws a head at the top of his strin of
paper, folds 1t down, and the next plaver
adds the body without having seen the
head. The third player adds the LEGS.
and the effect of the whole figure. when
opened out, is very quaint, recalling the
Egyptian hieroglyphics: She who COM
menced life as a serious woman has the
body of a bird and the legs of a ballet
dancer, while the soldiers head, with a
helmet, ends in a bIuecoat boys coat ana
a lady's skirt
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Mem S
Gifts TO QZ)omaem.

The women folks are always p,eased
with dress patterns. neck ties, books,
jewelry, silverware, indeed lots of things
useful and ornamental. A man who will
use his powers of observation can easily
present.
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CRIISOEs CupIsrMAs

Perhaps the b iefest reference to
Christmast contained in any novel is that
in Robinson Crusoe-" It Is a st. ikinr
illustration of the fact that Christmas
is nothing to a man in so itu5e Here is
all De Foe says of Robin on Crusoe's
Christmas on his desert island:
Dec. 25.-Rained all day
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Gifts 10 CHILDREN.

There are numerous gifts suitable
for children. Useful articles, includ-
ing books ard games, will generally give
as much pleasure as do ornamental ana
trifling ones. Cheap toys easily break
and bring enough sorrow at the quick de-
struction to more than balance the origi-
nal joy. There are plenty oe gifts of a
substantial nature, and not costly, that
will please the little ones.
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its branches, and the chief decorated It's
limbs with new swords, shields and other
arms and armor for his men and bright
garments for the women; hence the
Christmas tree, an institution which
antedates, probably by thousands of
Years, the date of the Nativity.