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FATHER GODFREY
RECALLED TO ROME.
NEW G0hMISSARIAT TO BE NAMED
Change Announced in the BrooLIand
Nona.tery-yot known Here
Where Retiring SUPERIOR
VIII BE Assigned.

Father Godfrey, the Commissarfat Of the
Fathers Of the Holy Land for the United
States, and the superior 1t Mount St
Sepulchre, since It's foundation. has been
recalled from the BrcokIand Monastery.
His successor has not get been officially
announced. but the brothers at Mount
St. SepulChTe expect TO learn within
few days who the rev commfssariat
viii be
The appointment Is made by. General OF
the Franciscan order. whose headquar-
ters are in Rome. Father Godfrey is now
on his way to the Holy Land. in charge
of a party consisting Of five students
and four brothers Of the order from the
Brookland monastery He sailed from
New York for Southampton on November
8, and from there he VIII 90 to Mar
settles and thence to Jerusalem. After
making tour Of Palestine, where the
Fathers are carrying on their principal
work. he viii return TO Rome His as
signment will then be announced by the
general
4 Career of Usefulness.
Father Godfrey is German by birth.
but came TO this country when thirteen
years CT age and with his parents took
up his residence IN Cincinnati At the
ase Of sixteen years he entered the Or
der CT st. Francis, of Assist He visited
Rome and, completing his studies, was
sent TO the Holy Land and became the
parish priest at Nazareth. Six years ago
ne was appointed Commissariat Of the
Fathers OF the Holy Land for the United
States. and he has had within his juris-
diction the three provinces of this coun-
try-the Province of St Louis. the Prov
ince OF Cincinnati, and the Province Of
Buffalo
During the first two years OF this ser
vicc his headquarters were in New York
city. Four years ago November he came
to washington. and selected the hill over
locking the village OF Brookland and al
most urt.er the caves of the Catholic Uni
versity rs a site for the erection of a
monastery, the building OF q chapel, ard
a college.
The land vas then little more than a
wilderness Now it is occupied by a mag
nifcent building commanding a panoramic
vie.7 of the National Capital He brought
with him four brothers, and the work OF
erecting the monastery was begun at
ence-
It was dedicated on September II, 1898
ard in September of the following year
the headquarters of the commissariat was
removed to the institution. Now there
are forty brothers at the monastery.
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81 f.25 TO baltimore and Return via
r. & 0. Il. r. Saturday and Sunday.
,Seyeraher % and ~ tickets good returning until
felIoying Monday. Good all trains except
RevaI Limited
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MRS. MACFARIAND,s CONDITION
Able to De Taken to Lakewood, New
Jersey, .T'his Morning.

Mrs Macfarland, wife of Commissioner
Macfarland, was this morning sufficiently
recovered from her recent serious Illness
to be taken to Lakewood. N J. She will
remain there during the period of her con
valescence. Mrs. Maefarland Travelled
in a private car over the Baltimore and
Ohio The attending physician. Dr.. James
A. Freer, a trained nurse, ara the Com
missioner accompanied the pa4ent
Mrs. Macfarland has been i'll for three
weeks with malariaI fever, complicated
with nervous trouble. For time the
seriousness of her condition gave great
anxiety TO the members Of her family.
Her condition since last Monday has con
tinued TO improve.
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Notice to the Public.

The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company announces
4 general change IN schedules III effect NoveEl-
ber 81 For details, consult Ticket Agents
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blood Stains E;verymhere,

'eThere were blood stains all over the
floor and window sill. On the trunk near
the body lay shotgun and a revolver"
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s1.25 To Baltimore and Return S1.25
Iin PennsxIYnnin RniIrond.

Tickets on sale Saturday and sunday, Novem-
Der % and %. good to return until Monday,
November %. All trains except Congressional
Limited.
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Do&srs S1.O0 each; White Pine 1 IL
inches thick-ready painted. Libbey & Co.
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Flooring, 1925 per 100 square feet,
tengued and grooved, at 9th and y. Y. ave.
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Laths, Bes4 Kind. too. only s2.95 peK
1ooo. F. Libbey ( Co., 9th and y. Y. ave-
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Weather strips, IL TT, IL cts. each,
felt or rubber edge. 9th and New York ave.
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STUDENT RIOTS IN SPAIN

Minister of Interior Threatens to
Close Barcelona institutions
MADRID, Nov. 22.-senor Moret. Minis
ter of the Interior, announces that he viii
close all the universities unless the stu
dents Of Barcelona cease riotin5.
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No. 1 Va. Flooring stiu So per 100
SO. IT.. by Frank Libbey & Co.
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MRS. DEcKER INSANE.
Daughter of Rear admiral weaver
Sent TO st. Ellzabeths.

Mrs. Fary I. Decker, daughter Of Rear
Admiral Aaron ". Weaver, Z. s N, was
today committed 10 the Government Hos
pitaI for The Insane BY Justice Bradley.
Proceedings looking to the determination
of the mental condition OF Mrs. Decker
were instituted on Monday last by her
father
Two physicians were appointed by the
court to make an examination OF her
mental condition and today they testified
that she is 1T subject for treatment IN
an asylum for the insane
FIynn,s business College, Sth and Il.
Business, Shorthand. TypewTiting year.
Dressed Common Boards, SI.25 per
100 f.. bS Frank Ifhhev-N GO.
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NorfoIIk s 1Nashington steamboat ID

Delightful trips daily at $50 p. N. from foot
eth St to Old Point Comfort. Norfolk, Virginia
Beach, and Newport News See ad- page Q.
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1 ct. per IineaI foot Weather STRIP.
at 9Th and New York ave. F. Libbey & Co.
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FIynn,s business College, Sth and X.
Ia,sinnsz shnrthanf .,rrszrritine-s2 3 year.

Dressed Common Boards, $I.25 per
100 - ~ r,-o,l- T 7.,t,---. n,
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Partly cloudy and warmer tonight, Sat
urday threatening, probably rain; variable
winds.
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His Rank Temporary

His promotion to the rank Of briga-
der general is only temporary, as it is
made under the provision Of the Army
Reorganization bill adopted at the last
session of Congress, which permits the
detail of officers to the staff corps for a
period of four years after which time
they must return TO the line for a period
before they will again be eligible for de-
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gaetrp.
CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY.


BY HATTIE vilfrr-
What if the flowers are shriveled-whatif if the leaves
are sefe-
There's beauty in the forest at the waning of the
year;
Here nook where cedar branches keep away the
flying snow,
And ed as time roses the pigeon berries grow
And yonder is the holly-oh, we love the holly WELL
AS lavish decorations for the Christmas-time
shall tell;
And we know where lots of mistetoe are safely
slowed away,
o accompany our holly on happy Christmas Day
And there, across a russet KNOLL to make the charm
complete,
Still hang the clustered berries of the brilliant bit
ter-sweet;
Their rosy tntings, mingled with the crisp, blue
winter air,
Are like bit of Indian summer. caught and tangled
there.
Wen hang them III about our walls to make our
cottage bright;
Old Santa Claus would smile, know, at such a
gorgeous sight;
Each nail shall have its spray of gems, each picture
frame be gay
we'll make our home CHEEKY spot on happy Christ
mas Day.
But wait-just wait-until we start jolly Christ
mas fire
Twill be scene as royal princes could desire;
From hearthstone to the arch above twill be a
ruddy glow,
Its roaring, swapping song shall bid defiance to the
snow.
trophy from the forest, this bit of beauty see,
All green and spicy scented-our stately Christmas
tree,
cedar apple dry and brown, still clinging here
and there
Where strange and lovely fruitage the fragrant
boughs shall bear.
And thus Wen celebrate the day the infant Saviour
came
To teach us how to find our way by trusting in His
name
To find the path to happiness by being kind and
good
To see in all the nations single brotherhood.
TX, learn and practice faithfully long we may
live
The lesson of the Christmas -time-to freely love and
give;
So let us give whate'er can and help who'er we
may,
And may blessing reach us all on happy Christmas
Day.
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you see the light shine on her specs once,
and the boy laughed as if much amused.
Tell me about her and her Sweet VIII
liam, said the man, hesitatingly.
''Well, I'll tell you about grandma; but
don't know much about Billy, only he
went off long ago and grandma prays and
cries for him every night, and she hugs
and kisses me, and says look as Billy
uster | don t like to be cried on, but /
keep still, COS after awhile she stops and
tells me stories about the three bears and
Daniel in the lion s den, and them sort. -
"You' re good to granny, amt you ?
"No; hide her specs sometimes. But
we are good friends, just the same, for
she and are just of an age, and that's a
riddle
The boy looked up with laughing eyes.
''Guess it p
81 can t. -
''Well I'm nine and she's seventy
nine She says she's lived nine years of
her second childhood; so wete just of an
age. Her and have lots of secrets bout
Christmas presents. | had leven cents.
Want to know what did with it p
eyes"
81 bought cup an saucer for papa, a
handkerchief for mamma, doll for sissy,
and pair of mittins for the hired girl,
and an apron for grandma.
''What all with eleven cents :?
.'Grandma helped me out with her dol
lar, you see-else [ guess | couldn't got
quite all the things
'as your father good to her p
Good to Grandma? Everybody good
to grandma but Billy.
"What's Billy done r
'sIt's secret, but I'll tell you, as you
are Santa Claus, and won't tell. Well,
the hired girl said Billy was mo good,
and almost broke grandma heart. But
| love him just the same, cos grandma
does, and that s the reason | love naughty
boys. Grandma says he went to be sol
dier, too, and | love soldiers. I'm gonter
be one | think the hired girl lied-don t
you? A soldier couldn't be mo good,
could he p
~ guess she was right.
"You'd orter hear grandma talk, and
then you'd believe her, and not Jane
But must you go, Mr.. Santa Claus
eyes, must. My reindeer II get tired
of standing, won t he
81 guess so. Wonder if there s any
thing on the sled for me I've hung up
my stocking, you see. But don tell me;
want to be S prised.
"This the stocking p
eyes
A bright object shone in the man s
hand for a moment, and then disappeared.
The child knew it went into the stocking,
and his prophetic instinct told him it was
jack knife; but, with true delicacy, he
refrained from saying SO. Then the man
returned to the little fellow and said, after
some hesitation
s.Want to take word to grandma from
Santa Claus ?
Oh, yes
TELL her-tell her Billy's all right,
and coming back to her some day; next
Christmas .
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their weary course; and before Thanksgiv-
ing John died and Mary, his wife, followed
him to the land of shadows, leaving Perley
and his grandma with the baby girl
to wrestle alone with destiny-a destiny
which must recognize poverty as its hand
maiden.
There was nothing left for the three but
the poorhouse when the debts were paid
and as there were no relatives to take the
grudg dging care of them, Perley and his
grandma and baby sister were presently set
down in the kitchen of the county farm,
there to churn, pick over beans, wash
dishes, or do any chores that the over
seer s wife thought best. The little girl,
always sickly, did not long survive the
change, and they laid her away by her
mothers side, and grandma could feel
nothing more than that death had, in that
instance, dealt gently with them.
But the little round faced, cherubic-
looking boy, with his faxen hair and wide,
blue eyes, became favorite, and the old
lady also. They were both cheerful, for
neither mourned as without hope. The
vision of Billy, with pair of prancing
black horses pulling up 50 suddenly at the
door as to throw them back on their
launches, had come to be SO real to the
little boy that he had succeeded in imbu-
ing the old mother with similar fancy,
and many were the nights that they talked
it over before going to sleep.
II think but | amt sure,' he said,
cautiously, that the horses will have two
white feet, but mebbe not. What do you
think, grandma p
81 don't know, child | don't care
about the horses, if my sweet William only
comes back
.'Was he brave soldier, grandma p
.'Yes; very brave
"Was he strong, with lots of muscle
like me?
Eyes.
"Did you cry drefly when he runned
away p
"Yes-oh yes.
.'What made him run away from you2
Did he want to be soldier, and wouldnt
you let him be soldier p
eyes, he wanted to be soldier.
'You was awful wicked when he was
so good and wanted to be brave soldier
to try to keep him from it, wasn't you,
grandma ~
eyes; but 60 to sleep now and let
grandma; it's churning day tomorrow.
Perley shut his eyes obediently and slid |
further under the bedclothes; and when
james story of Billy's delinquencies in
truded itself, as it often did, he put it
sternly from his mind.
And so the days and nights came and
went, until the frost drove piles of pump
ins and apples info the kitchen to be cut
up, strung and dried, when Perley strung
and grandma cored, and there seemed no
end BUT there was, and to the husking
and to the bean picking, too. On the
whole, Perley liked the indoor work better
than picking up potatoes or driving the
COWS on cold, frosty mornings, for the i'm
mates shoes were long in coming this
year, and he often shivered and sometimes
,lied when he thought how different it all
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stored. Would they be there now, he
wondered, and the thousand dollars whicl
report back in the village said his brother
had received for carload of cattle lately
disposed of at Brighton Ifso, he would
have it This brother was rich; he was
poor No matter how It all happened, he
thought, sullenly. Things were radically
wrong when one brother went up and one
went down.
He pushed the door carefully open,
blinking uneasily behind his mask as he
did so, for there was light burning in the
ROOM 1t was used as bedroom now,
and little boy wide awake, was sitting
up in bed, his face full of glee At sight
of the man he clapped his hands and
laughed gayly
II knew it was you p he cried II We
been specting you, and | stayed awake
purpose.
"You did, hey?' muttered the intru-
! der
''Yes; but don't speak loud, so the folks
will hear. | knew if | stayed awake |
should see Santa Claus. Won you please
come here and let me shake hands with
you? I'd come to you, onl y mamma
don t low me to run round in my bare
feet
As in dream, the man advanced and
held out lean. sinewy hand to be shaken
by the little curly headed child in his white
night-g gown, and with his eager eyes rowing
over the black masked figure.
''You dom t look just as | thought you
would, he said, in slightly disappointed
tone. "Where's your reindeer, Mr.. Santa
Claus p still holding his hand.
"Out doors, somewhere, muttered the
man.
eyes, of course tis, and the sled, too
Have you got lots of presents this year 2
"Not many-two hard times.
ooh, dear Tn sorry. Use in hopes
this year there d be so many that the
naughty boys could have some.
''You re an odd fish. Naughty boys
don t deserve presents, do they?
"No; but if there's more n enough for
the good boys, thought mebbe you d let
the naughty ones have, say, one apiece.
1t might make EN- gooder-better [
mean
'SShouldn' t wonder if it would But
say, hadn't you better shut up those peep
ers and go to sleep? Fllput out the light
for you, !" speaking as gently as he could.
''Oh, no, dear, good Mr.. Santa Claus;
l ain t a mite sleepy, and | want to talk.
Was you ever a little boy like me-a good
little boy?
eyes, . answered the man, huskily; Il
was once a little boy like you, though not
so good, | guess.
''Oh, | ain good don t like to be
washed, and | make fuss. Grandma
says her little boy used to-her Billy
she calls him sometimes, but sometimes
she says her ''Sweet William. Ain t
that funny name for boy p
els your grandma alive p
The man sat down now by the bedside,
as though he had forgotten his errand to
the farmhouse. There was an odd quaser
in his voice as he asked the question.
ALIVE? guess you'd think so if
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Long ago the snow monarch blew blast
from his trumpet to summon his attendant,
Frost, who for weeks has been busy on
the earth. Always frolicsome, he has
FASTENED over the fields and across the lit
tie brooks, which he bridged as he leaped
over, and ever and anon climbs a tree to
dress its bare brown limbs in crystal garb.
But when the wind shrieks impatiently to
him, he hastens to join the snow and the
sleet, and the wind and the tempest, that
protect winter from spring, and autumn
rivals that they are, ever seeking to wrest
his scepter from him.
The mission of the snowflake is to cover
the ground that autumn left bare, when
she stripped off her livery, with a pure
white coverlet, then to make all the knOlls
and curves and hillocks into soft white pill
lows, and to cap rocks and fenceposts fol
their long good night. Then the sleet adds
moisture, the wind dances over it till it is
hard and smooth, and the frost sprinkles it
with diamonds that glistens when the sun
peeps out behind his clouds to smile in the
face of winter-ermine- clothed icicle-
crowned winter.
"Oh, winter ruler of the inverted year,
| love thee, all unlovely as thou seem st,
And dreaded as thou art.
The quotation fell softly from the lips
of pedestrain-poorly clothed, poorly
fed, evidently, and, it would seem, poorly
fitted to judge of winter outside of the
features Of its severity; yet something like
the thoughts | have gathered fitted through
his mind, ending with these lines Then
a low mocking laugh followed, and he crept
stealthily in through the side door of a barn
that lies at some distance from the farm
house, which he could spy looming up
darkly from its snowy surroundings that
Christmas eve.
Along line of stolid cattle lazily munched
their feed on one side of the barn, while
on the other mows of hay and straw were
heaped to the roof The man looked eau
tiously about for few moments before
hiding himself in the NOW, where at last
he lay, curled up, with light sprinkling
of straw over him, as much for conceal
ment as for warmth, his thoughts drifting
back to his childhood, when he had gone
in and out of this self-same barn fodder
ing and watering the cattle with no thought
of the future-and such future
A low cry broke from his lips, but he
pinched it grimly in two before it had full
utterance. Cold, weary-a starving, a
fugitive had he in common with the
bright t-eyed, CHEEKY checked boy of days
gone by? Nothing-nothing ! Grim,
grasping, grinding years of disappointment,
desperation and degradation had changed
him to the souless tramp, the dishonest
wretch, who for long months had scarcely
had thought above the level of the class
to which he belonged.
Presently the early twilight fell and
hours of evening came and went, until he
deemed it safe to steal forth to enter the
farmhouse, which he did with mask GOV
cred face, and otherwise disguised.
Softly he erept through the rooms to the
apartment where, years ago, he well re-
membered that the old mahogony secretary
stood, and where the valuables were always
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"Oh, my won't she be glad y

''Oh, my won t she be glad :?
Tell her Billy meant to come back
before, only he down on his luck But
he's all right now. Mind you tell her
that.
''Yes | will -
.'And, now, suppose you kinder put your
arm round old Santa Claus neck and kiss
him.
"Course, I'd love to- hugging him
enthusiastically. "Good by, dear old Santa
Claus Say, you We dropped something. =
The man stopped to pick up the nippers
which, with their sharp little teeth, had
been used to unlock the doors of the farm
house. But he had no further use for
them, nor ever would have. Another
year, please God, he would stand, an hon
est man, under his brothers roof, and
make glad his mothers heart.
The little boy, mindful of his mother S
words, did not cross the room to examine
his stocking, nor to watch Santa Claus
drive away with his reindeer team; but he
thought he heard the faint tinkle of their
bells, and presently fell asleep and wan
dered in dreamland with Santa Claus and
Billy till Christmas morning.
Early in the keen, gripping cold of
Christmas morning little Perlev crept to
grandma $ bed and lay down beside her.
Guess who it is r he said, putting
his hands over her eyes.
tsT ouess it's Perley. -
sHow could you tell, when you couldn' t
see? But see my knife It's got lots
OF things to it, sides the knife part.
Where did you get it p she asked
'sSanta Claus gave it to me his own self.
Didn telled you I'd keep awake and
see him my own self?'
s'And did you p
Eyes; and he told me to tell you that
Billy-your own Billy-was coming back
next Christmas.
"What are you talking about child p
she asked, with startled eyes.
"He did tell me SO.
"Who p
''Santa Claus
How did he look !?
'sHe didn't look at all, grandma, cos
he couldn t. His face was all black, with
something over it; but he was real good,
and | kissed him.
you kissed Santa Claus, and he said
Billy was coming back !
Eyes
sChild, you must have dreamed it.
e'Then where did my knife come from
Sure enough, where did the knife come
from =? No one in the house knew aught |
about it, and when Perley and grandma
went to breakfast, finding the presents
spread on the table, each by the side Of the
owners $ plate, not even Jane, with her nit
tens on her hand, could explain the mys
terry of the jack knife.
But many time, in the days, weeks
and months that followed, did Perley and
grandma talk it over, until at last the lat
ter came to share the child S simple faith
that Billy, her swee. William would come
back to her at Christmas time
Misfortune followed fast upon each
other heels that year. Bad crops low
prices, high labor and poor health ran |
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gelett Story.
''OF SUCH is THE KINGDOM.

Old winter has appeared on the hills,
his huge, white mantles trailing on the
ground as his cold breath sweeps the val
ley. Russeted cloaked Autumn had dis.
appeared in the south, and the tender sky
no longer weeps at her departure, for the
tears froze ere they fell as there crept over
her face the grayness of dissolution. But
the frozen tears are changed to dainty
snowfakes now, that glisten like she stars
on her forehead, marvels of beauty.
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