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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09

Lena McFariane spent Wednesday in
Grand Rapids.
Homer Hutchinson is spending the
week with his parents.
Vern Parslow and wife have returned
from their visit in the east.
Mrs. Jennie Peck left for Lowell We'd
nesday for visit with friends.
Miss Addie Warren of Portland spent
Sunday with Bedding friends.
Get your Xmas Photos now and get 8
extra free. W. X. Menkee.
Miss Bertha Westcott left Wednesday
for visit with her sister in Greenville.
Miss Mary Rogers returned from a
visit with relatives in Lowell Wednesday.
Mort Weller and wife Of Cannon were
in the city Tuesday guests of W. A. Little.
II you want to see fine display of mil
linery call on Mrs. w. E Rogers, S. Pleas
ant St.
Miss H. Bostwick of Ionia. arrived in
the city Tuesday, and will make this her
future home.
Miss Kitte Brush was called to her
home in Alpena Wednesday by the illness
of her mother.
Miss Avis Covle was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Cowan of Easton Fri
day and Saturday.
J. C. Jensen of Big Rapids rsturned
home Thursday morning after a short
business visit with his partner, Clarence
Wheeler
Mrs Alice Youngs, who has been Wis
ting her daughter, Mrs. Ollie Haysmer,
returned to her home in Grand Rapids
Wednesday.
Geo. w. Thomas has received a visit
this week from his father Thomas Thomas
of Ionia and daughter of Albion N. Y. they
returned homo Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Pixley returned Tuesday
from a short visit with her husband in
Marion. Mr.. Pixley is buying potatoes
there and reports an excellent Shipment
The population of Bedding and vicinity
was increased last week by a son at
leonard McPhersons. girl at Smith
Stantons and girl at Will jerks in
Grattan.
Geo. w. Moulton is off again this week
looking up tresspasses on state lands.
He will work in his own district which
has been assigned him in thh western
part of the state.
New Cement Crosswalks are being
laid across MAN st. and when the rubb-
sh is cleared up is cleared up from about
them they will be source of JOY and sat
sfaction to pedestrians.
L. G. Crankshaw had the misfortune to
get two of his knuckles badly torn on the
knives of a machine on which he was
working at the Beldng Hall factory on
Monday, DR.. Little dressed the injursd
members.
n lire lunch VIII NC ooi fSu dI WOOd-
man Hall next week Monday night at the
close Of the Woodman meeting. There
are 245 members and Venerable Counsel
Joseph Upper would like to have every
member present.
Mrs. J. N. Bearss left Tuesday for
Paris where she was called by the death
of brother-in-law. John Kent, an old
pioneer of that section. Mrs. Bearss is
the wife Of Rev. ]. N. Bearss, the free
Methodist minister residing in the city.
Miss Gertrude Miller's rendering Of
"Fanchon, the Cricket, at the opera house
on Wednesday night of last week was re-
ceived. Miss Miller did her part we'll and
the audience was appaeciative. 1t is
hoped Miss Miller will find it convenient
to visit Elsie again,-Troy Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Rejects aundlscovered Merit"

I have never known a ase of un-
discovered merit, and | ave never
known a case where rcrt failed to
achieve success. | have own many
men gifted with great biity who
allied miserably in fc, bit il every
instance the failure arc from neg
lect to develop natural els-t into
trained apacity.-Bourle Cochran.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Duties Of traction Companies.

An interesting decision by the West
Virginia supreme court of appeals
holds that where a street car COM
pany stops it's cars for the purpose of
receiving passengers 1t is charged
with the highest degree Of care TO see
that all passengers lawfully entering
its cars get to place of safety before
starting its cars.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
REVENGE on Editor.

For revenge on the editor of the
Neuesten Nachrichten, Bamberg, Ger.
many, who had published an unappre-
ciative account of their exploits, some
burglars entered his house and
smashed everything on the premises.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Nature Generous TO Filiplnos.

With the exception of food, the
Ebrous plants of field and forest fur
nish all the necessities of life for the
Filipino.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09

Most dis6guring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc 8, are
due TO impure blood Burdock Blood
Bitters is a cleansing blood tonic.
Makes you clear-eyed, clear Drained,
clear skinned.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Rat In His Strong Box.

M. Aumont, Belgian farmer. has
committed suicide owing to the loss Of
valuable securities. Rats gnawed their
way through wooden deed box and
destroyed the documents.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
TaIIest Man in Maine.

Everett T.. Parri, connected
Maine United States coast 81
the tayo~t man in the State,
six feet seven inches in his
feet. but weighs only 215 poun
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Must Vote in Switzerland.

In Switzerland every male bet
the ages of 20 and 65 is obi
vote, unless he be a pauper, CT.
or bankrupt. These have nc
right Of voting.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Pnrea In Palm of hand.

In the palm of the hand there are
$500 pores to the square inch. IL
these pores we're united end to end
they would measure about five miles.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Women poIno Good Work.

The Women's Army and Navy
league, Washington, sends books and
papers to soldiers and sailors abroad.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Algerian Cork the Best.

The best cork comes from Alg
There are 100000 acres of cork
ests in that country.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09

at is never till a nan goes bro
said the philosopher, sagcly, "thst IS
friends advise him to men3. - at.
more American
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
At the Charity Bazaar.

Lieutenant shall not pay you for
the two kisses, but give you permits
sion to use my name as reference
Meggendorfer Blaeter.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Travel in Bangkok.

In Bangkok you travel from
steamer to the hotel on the back
eleph ant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Covered.

Some men are so wrapped UP in
themselves that they need no other
covering News.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09
Fatal Excehses.

Avoid excuses of ell kinds;
are injurious. The long life mt
a temperate, regular life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-11-09

Founding Of Bank of Engl;
The Bank of England's first
existence was Jan. /, 1895.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23
XMAS DECORATIONS
GREENS AND FLOWERS OF MANY
VARIETIES USED.
Both the Korthland and the South
land Contribute Each Their
Share of Holiday Beauty
Holly and the Pine.

Far behind We are leaving the bare,
unbrightened Christmas of Puritan
ism, are making this holiday our
greatest one. Of comparatively re-
cent date is this change, of decidedly
recent date, the general custom in
America of the lavish use of special
decorations in honor of Christmas.
The south has long followed tho
customs of Merrie England In the
matter of bringing in from wood and
field the beautiful Christmas green's
with which to give home and church
festival air; but from the pine lands
of Maine to the mistletVe haunts OF
California, from the creeping ground
pines of northern Wisconsin to the
high parasite green's down in Hawaii,
We all have learned how to keep
Christmas. Poor indeed is the house
that does not show Christmas wreath
in the window, hang holly over the
picture of some beloved absent one,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

In serving the Christmas dinner the
table should appeal to the eye, as
well as to the stomach, and the host
ess should look well to the setting OF
the festive board and the decorations.
To be a model dinner, the hostess
requires perfectly appointed table
well cooked, tempting food, and the
correct serving of the same.
In selecting her decorations she
should consider the size of the table
and the number of the guests. II the
table be small every effort should 10
bent toward making it appear large
and well filed The favors can be or
good size and the decorations nu-
merous and of nature that would
look fussy upon a more stable table.
If the table be large and the guests
numerous, the effort should be to
make it look smaller. This is Gone
by keeping it plain and by arranging
the trimmings high. Avoid overcr owd-
ing large table, for the palmer the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

1000 walters. Chicago has about l,oov
and Philadelphia 1000 iees nlne
thousand walters all told-and IN tne
light Of the figures already set fcfsn,
their share Of the millions In the
Christmas box certainly amounts q
several tens of thousands OF doliaxh
Even II each waiter only got nye
dollars, the sum total would be F42,-
900. But it is undoubtedly above that
for even the food singers" in the
s'bean shops" and "hasheries' say
that nearly everyone remembers
them; and as each waiter OF TINS
grade has to look after several score
of customers In the course OF day,
the nickeIs ana dimes soon turn INTO
dollars
Another contribution OF generous
proportions put into the Christmas
box is that for dinners to the poor'
Hundreds of dinners of this character
are given on Christmas day through
out this broad Landowners with
turkey and cranberry sauce and pie
and ice cream. and all the good things
associated with the day. And these
good things cost money turkey at 70
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

Christmas package. They come from
the highlands of the Carolinas, and
the demand for them is providing
considerable work for the idle noun
taineers. When they arrive In good
condition they are exquisite. and now
the greatest care is being taken in
the sorting and packing of the ga'ax
The galax region is of wide extent.
reaching from Georgia to Virginia
The richest leaf coloring does not ap-
pear until late in the year, until after
the frosts. At the proper time, whole
mountaineer families will turn out to
harvest this beautiful crop, parents
and the 10 or IL children climbing
about in search of the finest leaves
None with spot or tear will be ac-
cepted. and after home is reached
there must be another sorting. Those
that pass inspection are tied in
lunches. so many to q bunch, and
then taken to the local buyer. Here
they are carefully packed in layers.
moss between the layers, oiled PAGERS
on the sides of the cases, and sent
on to the cities, reaching there with
their woods bronze and gold Tut
slightly lessened.
Those that have seen mountain
side decked with galax rave over its
marvellous beauty. A holly grove also
Is very good to look upon. these
trees robed in bright array when all
the rest of the forest is bare and
unadorned. They stand close togeth-
err. the branches interlacing. The
green of the leaves. the red of the
berries, even from a distance, show
up brilliantly THE remarkable habits
of the tree, as we'll as its remark
able beauty, may have had something
to do with making it one of the plants
sacred to the Christmas holiday, as 1t
has been since the earliest time. Its
name is derived by some from its
use in holy week at a time when
the name of the tree was pronounced
with the long. instead of the short
o. thus proclaiming It the holy
tree it has been since an age when
there was little difference between
children and their elders in the SIM
plicity of mind which belongs to the
holly season.
KATHERINE POPE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

Have you ever stopped to consider
where all the holly and laurel, so pop.
ular for decorating the homes during
the Christmas season, come from?
Comparatively few persons to whom
this question might be put would be
able to answer 1t.
A great quantity of it comes from
Kentucky. During practically the en-
tire month CT December the mountain
GERS of eastern Kentucky, with their
wives and children, are busy gathering
the boughs of holly, with their pretty
red berries, and it is shipped to deal
ers in all the principal cities through
ont the country. AS q rule it takes
all the help available to supply the
enormous demand.
The holly of eastern Kentucky II
the finest In the world. 1t is the most
perfect green and is usually loaded
down with the beautiful red berries.
At the same time it is the most DIM
cult to gather, for the reason that the
little trees grow in the most inaccess-
ible places. Sometimes . tree will
have only two or three good boughs
on It, the others being scant Of foliage
and Of inferior color, and the trads
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

thing like 200 tons. 1t Is feared this
decoration may in the course OF .
few years become very scarce, it be-
ing necessary to pull the plant up by
the roots in gathering the greens. The
gay holly, more popular than the
ground-pine, comes, at .east the best
of it, from the two states Of Della
ware and Maryland. There is some
Importation OF English holly and
mistletoe, but not great DEAL
People in Atlanta, Ca, do not have
to buy their mistletoe, the city au-
thorities are glad to give it away in
wagon loads. 1t is a parasite that
disfgures the trees on which II
grows, appearing in punches from one
to three feet across. When de-
tached from the shade trees in At
lanta, anyone that cares Tor 1t may
come and cart it away.
Because of its magic, rather than
decorative qualities-though the grace
full waxen clusters have certain
beauty of their own-it is not bought
! in large quantities. Nevertheless, we
are said to use about 10000 pounGs OF
| 1t at Christmas time. And when we
call to mind all the magic that can
be worked by single sprig, think OF
| the conjuring done by 10000 pounds'
Anyone caught under the mistiesoa
must pay forfeit of kiss. And II
an unmarried (but still marriageaDle)
woman, place bit of mistletoe over
a door. the first man walking under
| it at once falls under her spell. IL
she disapprove of him, she may let
him go, but he is unable to make
freedom for himself.
The use of flowers adds to the
beauty of the Christmas decorations.
| but never should we let go of the
Christmas green's; they carry the ira
| ditions. bring up old memories, as no
costly orchid or rose is able. A flow
err that displays with wondrous vivid
ness the happy Christmas green and
red, is the tropic blossom called by
the name of poinsetta. 1t has a
center of yellowish dots, radiating
from which, in most graceful droop-
| ing lines, are gorgeous pointed leaves,
more flaming than any leaf our au-
tumn puts forth. The green leaves
of the plant are vivid and polished,
the whole very, very beautiful The
florists at the Christmas season sell
both ported poinsetta and cut flowers,
neither lasting many days, but most
satisfying while they last.
Cinneraria, with their lovely colors
| and texture of petals. are favorite
potted blooms, and primroses vie with
/ cyclamen for favor. Some dealers are
now forcing lilacs for Christmas offer
ings, but they have not yet appeared
| in any quantities. Roses, it is need
less to mention, are well liked, but
the Christmas prices are pretty stiff
Each year some novelty for deco
ration is introduced, and the florists
| windows are filled with the old stand.
bys side by side with the intrusive
new blossom or leaf. Beautiful bronze
and copper leaves, the galax, are max
ing their way In the north; it is aov
liked to put leaf or two with the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

better, providing there be q certain
degree of prettiness.
Christmas dinners come late oc
Christmas day, whether it be a noon
day dinner, which is served at three
O'Clock, or dinner at six. In either
case, the light falls before the lin
ner is over, and there must be artifi-
cial light.
1t is a pretty plan to set the table
with candles and to light them in the
middle of the dinner. A good time
for this is when the turkey is taken
of and the dessert brought In.
The service at each plate for an in
formal family dinner consists of q
plate, large dinner napkin, folded
square, a water tumbler, two knives
-one steel knife and one butter
spreader-and two forks, one shorter
than the other; also two teaspoons.
At unusually formal dinners bread
and butter is not served, and so the
butter spreader" can be done away
with. The matter of individual salts
and peppers depends upon the custom
of the household. 1t is perfectly good
form to have them on the table, and
if it is the family custom to do so
they need not be dispensed with OF
Christmas day.
In every family there are members
who cannot get used to conventional
cooking. Their food must be saltiel
or hotter or sourer than the ordinary
and for these the individual salts ant
peppers are made Good form allowi
them to be placed at each plate
though it is fact that one does no
find them in the most fastid.oul
households.
Still, on Christmas day there maj
he the individual butter plates, III
spreaders, the peppers. the salts, tn
stray bottle of vinegar, and even tn
bottle of catsup.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23
CHRISTMAS GIVING
IT Is GENERAL AMONG ALL
GLASSES IN AMERICA.
The Rich as Rule Give Generously
Of Their Vast Means-Vast
Sums Sent to Europe by
E1nigrants.

Christmastide is the time OF good
cheer. The time when, with nat
ural impulse, the millionaire. banker.
broker, merchant and the wage work.
er remember their less fortunate
brother man. The man who would
undertake even to approximate the
millions given away at this time OF
year would set himself an impossible
task, but the following information
may aid one to form some idea.
The present-day custom OF en-
ployers of giving money gifts to their
employees undoubtedly had its origin
among bankers and brokers; but II
has gradually spread until now the
employer who does not distribute
Christmas envelopes to make glad the
men and women who work for him
Is the exception that proves the rule
In New York's financial center,
Wall street, the year 1891 is still well
remembered for the great sums Of
money given By the financiers, bank
ers and brokers to their thousands Of
employees; it was the record year foi
good cheer. For instance, 1t -
well-known fact that the firm OF J. r
Morgan & Co. gave to its employees
alone upward of half million dollars
Every clerk received an amount
equivalent to his years salary, while
the heads of departments had checks
amounting from $1,000 to 1000 hand
ed to them with the firms best wishes
for a Merry Christmas and q Happy
New Year"
I But while the gifts have not beer
so large since, no man who finds mis-
living in Wall street suffers for wanl
of generosity on the part of his en-
ployer at this season. For years, n
matter what the condition Of the mar
ket, one well-known broker has giver
500 in gold to each of his office boys
twice that sum to few of the clerks
and $500 to the rest. the telegrapner'
and all others in his employ. AL told
| this broker drops something like SO.
| 600 into the Christmas box.
Although wage-earners In o.hel
marts of trade probably, as q rule
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

a Christmas tree loaded with candles
and tinsel and holding little gifts for
each one.
One of the most decorative ways to
finish table is with ribbons strung
from the chandelier in such way as
to reach the plates. To the end OF
each ribbon can be attached gift, II
it be no more than . rose.
When the company is seated-and
in the seating there should be the
same attention to couples as at an
ordinary dinner-then comes the
serving of the feast.
1t is time-Eonored custom to place
the turkey on the table before the
guests come in, or to set forth the
ducks, the geese, the roast Of beef, or
the loin of pork-whatever may be he
Christmas bird.
But in these later and more PAM
pered days the stomach rebels against
the sudden plunge into the roast, and
the palate demands a relish-oysters,
soup, fish, and goodness knows what
all. The roast comes later, fanked
with green salad and with veg
etables and with the mound Of cram
berries.
II the turkey must be present from
the beginning to the end, it is wise
plan to place him upon a side table
Here he can be carved and distsib-
uted. Upon the table he is alwayl
in the way, and there is no room mol
comfort for the carver. He, If he SC
please, can exhibit his skill from ,
side table, and the guests can b
, served by a serving maid who will
carry the plates around.
Every Christmas dinner must have
it's touch of holly. every dinner its BIZ
of green, every Christmas dinner it,
(, Christmas motto in one form or an
other, and every Christmas dime,
must have its own peculiar menu.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

up of the Christmas tree industry in
America. Country Life in America
tells the story of its birth: About 30
years ago a number of duck hun .ers
cruising along the coasts of Maine
noticed the millions of young balsam
6rs which grew along the shores. and
the brilliant idea occurred to one
member of the party that these SYM
metrical evergreens would make ex-
cellent Christmas trees. When the
New York yachtsman offered to buy
4 few shiploads of young frs. the
honest Maine farmers thought he was
Joking. But when the city man
opened his purse and showed the
color of his money, they fell to with
= will. The first venture proved .
success. and others hurried into the
business. Ten years later nearly the
whole coast of Maine was stripped
OF frs, and the business moved in
land. The trade has grown until now
over 100000 Christmas trees are sold
every year in New York and New
England, of which two-thirds come
from Maine alone"
Ground-pine, SO pretty and so
much procurable for little money,
omes from the northern lake region.
Wscon~'n sends forth yearly some
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-12-23

sport a bit of mischief proving mis-
tletoe.
Once the housewife was concerned
only with the gifts for her brood; low
q most important part Of the prep
aration is the Christmas decorations
But in both city and village we have
goodly store to choose from. ,ahe
markets are OVERLOOKING; greatest
strides have been made in the Christ
mas green's industry. Such oppor-
tunity as we have to make house and
church beautiful First of all, of
course, is the tree, and this we may
buy very reasonably, the best of all
q fragrant, symmetrical, strong bal
sam fir; then we shall want yards and
yards of ground-pine, to loop about
chandelier, to wreathe from corner to
corner, to drape about pictures; holly
with it's greenest of green and red
dest of red, is indispensable, and we
select many branches; the mistletoe
we get in smaller quantities, but pay
much attention to quality want little
twigs thick with waxen berries Then
the house would not be compete, ac-
cording to present notions, unless
there were some of the wonderful
Christmas blossoms; and we buy both
ported plant and cut flowers. A house
full of fragrant pines and blossoms
makes an ideal Christmas atmosphere.
bespeaks rugged winter beauty, and
sweet summer promise.
Probably even middle-aged people
of the day think the Christmas tree
has been common. here for many.
many years; but in reality 1t Is
hardly 80 years Ance we adopted this
feature of the day. Half century
ago 1t was only foreigners that made
use of it, children of Americana
knowing it only as pleasant myth.
And England in the second quarter
of the last century considered the
tree still a German institution, as
not yet fully belonging to her; to-day
the English-speaking nations vie with
the Germans in love for the tree.
1t is illustrative Of the manner in
which big things grow from the
smallest Of beginnings, the building