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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-14

them to God, men, we may be sure, Of
meditative habits, of ascetic lives.
The fragments of early tradition and
the obscure records of ancient prophe-
cies, belonging to their nations, have
been to them as precious deposits
which spoke of God and were filled
with hidden truth. They, too, pinned,
for redeemer, for some heavenly,
visitant. Their tribes, doubtless,
lived in close alliance, and they them
selves were bound together by the ties;
of friendship which the same pure
warnings after greater goodness and
higher things cemented. Never yet
had kings more royal souls. In the:
dark blue of the lustrous sky there.
rose new or hitherto unnoticed
star. It's apparition could not escape
the notice of these oriental sages, who
nightly watched the skies; their sci
ence was also their theology. It was
the star of which an ancient prophecy
had spoken. Perhaps it dropped low
toward earth and wheeled too swift
course to be like one of the other
stars. Perhaps it trailed a line of
light after it, slowly yet with visible
movement, and so little above the
horizon or with such obvious down.
ward slanting course that it seemed
as if it beckoned to them-as if an
angel were bearing a lamp to light the
feet of pilgrims and timed his going
to their slowness and had not shot
too far ahead during the bright day,
but was found and welcomed each
night as faithful indicator pointing
to the cave at Bethlehem.
Wild and romantic as the conduct
of these wise enthusiasts seemed,
they did not hesitate. After due coun-
sci they pronounced the luminous
finger to be the star Of the old proph-
ecy, and therefore God was come.
They left their homes, their state
and their affairs and journeyed west.
ward, they knew not whittier, led
nightly by the star that slipped on.
ward in it's silent groove. The star
shone out in the blue heavens and
slowly sank eastward over the cave
of Bethlehem and presently the de-
vout kings are at the feet of Jesus.
Who that has ever read the jeweled
sentences of Faber's bethlehem"
will ever forget them? Many have
read "Ben-Hur," with it's description
of the journey of the wise men, who
know nothing of this great book. And
yet there is not in the whole cycle of
English literature a more wonderful
bit of writing than bethlehem"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-14

Now when Jesus was born in Beth
lehem of Judea in the days of Herod
the king behold there came wise men
from the east to Jerusalem, saying:
Where is he that is born king of the
Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east and are come to worship him.
When Herod the king heard these
things he was troubled, and all Jeru-
salem with him. Then Herod, when
he had privately called the wise men,
inquired of them diligently what time
the star appeared. And he sent them
to Bethlehem. When they had heard
the king they departed, and, To-! the
star which they saw in the east went
before them till it came and stood
where the young child was. When
they saw the star they rejoiced with
exceeding great joy. And when they
were come into the house they saw
the young child with Mary, his moth
er, and fell down and worshiped him,
and when they had opened their treas
ures they presented unto him gifts;
gold, frankincense and myrrh. And,
being warned of God in a dream that
departed into their own country an
other way.-Gospel of st. Matthew.
When the wise men saw the star
they said one to another: This is
the sign of the great king; let us go
and search for him and offer him
gifts; gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Alleluia.-First Vespers of Epiphany.
There is something exotic in the
beauty of this whole story. It reads
in st. Matthew's gospel like for
eign legend. The strange secrecy,
too, with which this kfngly oriental
procession with picturesque costumes
and jeweled turbans and the dark
faced slaves and the stately STOPPING
camels, passed over many regions,
makes it more like visionary splen-
dor, many.colored apparition and
not sober mystery Of the humble
incarnate word.
What scene for the imagination
was the birth of the infant! His first
worshipers in that poor cave of Beth
lehem are poor shepherds who have
been brought to the child by the an
gels voices. But now change
comes over the scene hardly In keep
ing with the lowliness of Bethlehem.
A cavalcade from the far east ap-
proaches Bethlehem. The camel bells
are tinkling. A retinue of attendants
ACCOMPANIES three kings of differ
ent oriental tribes, who come with
their various offerings to the new
born babe. It is a romance more TO-
mantle than romance itself would
dare to be. Those swarthy men are
among the wisest of the studious
east. They represent the lore and
science of their day. Yet have they
done what the world would surely es-
t6Am the most foolish Of actions
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-14

him human nature in the shape of a
HELPLESS and beautiful child. Various
meanings have been read into the eel
ebration of the nativity of Christine
humanitarian regards it as the prop
er practice of the human individual
in the economic system: the mere ma
terialist looks upon it as the protest
Of infant right against adult might;
the scientist of certain school re-
CARDS it as the emphasis of nature
upon the necessity Of training prop
erly the next generation; the senti-
mentalist sees in it noble tribute to
the beauty and innocence Of the child.
It is necessary to remark, however,
that if the child had to depend upon
these classes for due respect and real
training, there would be no Christmas,
no dedication of innocence and help
lessness, and no emphasis upon duties
to the next generation. The festival of
Christmas is truly the social, econom-
ic, political and religious anniversary
Of the human child, through which he
makes his demand upon the world for
existence, care, training and love;
the right of an immortal soul as we'll
as of future citizen. The right
minded part of society accepts the re-
sponsibility with joy, and it's best ef-
forts, in fact all its efforts, are ex-
pended on the work of preparation
for the coming of the Child. Not
only do parents labor, but the legis-
lators make laws, teachers teach, art
lists create and commerce agonizes
for the child-for the next genera
ton.
Therefore the monumental truth of
modern civilization is expressed in
the text: And little child shall
lead them"
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AMessageofP Peace
in the Christmas
Season
BY RI. REV. DAVID HUMMELL GREER
Coadjutor Bishop Of New York.

The Christmas
season comes with
i t 8 message Of
peace to a world
torn and rent with
many divisions, q
world in which
t ere is much
strife. This strife
is to be allayed
and those 1iyiciono
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-14

events revolve in smaller or larger
circles. All the great facts of his
tory previous to his coming had ref
erence to his advent; all the events
since look back to that advent as the
beginning of a new era. All lines of
previous history converge to the
manger and the cross; all lines of his
tory since diverge from these two
epochal events. The birth Of Christ
was the beginning of a new race, and
the observance of the birth Is still
the jubilee Of this new race. Angels
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healed not by any process Of statutory
enactment, but by that spirit of broth.
erly love and kindness which takes
possession of the human heart at
Christmastide.
Just so far as that spirit continues
regnant in the hearts of men through.
out the year will the Christmas season
be prolonged and continue to give 1ts
blessings to mankind.
Perhaps one lesson which the Christ:
mas season teaches above all others 10
that, in order to enter the kingdom
Of peace and happiness, we must be.
come as little child. And let that
appealing love which the little child
inspires become a persisting force in
our lives!
1 once saw all the traffic in Fifth
avenue stopped by little child. It's
mother was wheeling it across the
street in its baby carriage and in tho
middle of the thoroughfare, crowded
with vehicles of all kinds, she became
panic-stricken and did not know what
to do or which way to turn. But, sud-
denly, all the drivers refined in their
horses, all tho chauffeurs stopped their
automobiles, and all the teamsters
pulled up their trucks-tho traffic Of
the busy avenue had been brought to
. standstill by little child.
So will the noise and the strife and
the confusion Of the world be arrested
and checked by the little Christmas
Child.
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"AND A LITTLE
CHILD SHALL
LEAD THE NJ"
By REV. John TALBOT SMITH. LID.
President Catholic Summer School
Of America.
The tir

The en- ttr e
meaning Of the
festival of Christ
mas is contained
in these words. It
is the festival of
the children, be-
cause on this day
God the Son, the
Second Person of
the Blessed Trim
ity, took upon
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-12-14
The Lesson of
the Christmas
Tide
By DIR. ROBERT STUART MAcA1rHu.
Pastor Calvary Baptist Church.
+" New York.
The Christmas

The Christmas
It'd q celebrates
the birth-festival
of our Lord. The
incarnation OF
Christ is the cen.
trail thought in
the history of the
world. It is the
ev mt around
which all other
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20

her easement yesterday to keep out the
swirling snow of one Of the most wintry
looking days Of the season. The storm
that caused the snow was brewed in the
Pacific and swept in on the lower Call.
fornia coast on Saturday. 1t then bounded
across into Texas where it curved and
headed for this neighborhood. Along its
southern border there was much rain
and on its northern edge SNOW fell to un-
usual depths. On the Atlantic coest below
Virginia yesterday there were heavy rain
falls and north Of Virginia the snow ex-
tended to the remotest part of New England
The storm dragged down from North
and Northwest a frosty high" which gave
below zero temperatures in Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana. The snowfalls
in the West were greater h any of the
erratic winter. -,
The Street Cleaning Department expected
a heavy Job but the snow turned into rain
at night and did the work Of many thousand
men and horses. When the weather is run
under municipal ownership the reformers
mean to confne snowfalls entirely to the
country districts.
The storm centre passed over this neigh
borhood last night bound up the coast and
finally eeaward. The snowfall up to about
s p. NJ, when rain began to make slush on
sidewalks and streets, was 6.3 inches, only a
tenth Of an inch less than the fall OF a few
days before.
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won FREEDOM WITH RHYME.
DOmelly Was Sent 10 the WorkhOuse In
January for a Little Spree.

'
John Donnelly, a steamftter, came down
from New Rochelle in January on a little
spree, and wound up in the Yorkville police
court. Magistrate Breen held him in $500
bonds to keep the peace for three months,
but Donnelly couldn't furnish bail and went
to the brano orkhou on Harris Island.
Magistrate Breen received a strong appeal
for liberty from Donnelly yesterday, which
wound up in rhyme thus:
o noble and klndhearted Judge, in verse to
you ] write;
Task you for my prompt release-please help
me in my fight.
On January eth, in the Yorkville Court
was quite interested. and thought ] was n
sport.
While standing at the rail.
| got three months In jail.
have already served half time and promise
to repent.
So l hope you'll be forsiving. because it now
is Lent.
And if you do I'll promise you that whtskey,
ale and beers.
Will not pollute my lips again at least for
seven years.
For l have found II out at last, what tenn
perance people say,
That intoxicating liquor and a drunken
life don't pay.
/ hope that you'll take this to heart and let
me out OF jail.
And promise YOU for years and years to
drink no more mixed ale.
Now please Judge, pay attention TO these
few words in rhyme,
And If your heart no pity takes. I'll have to
serve my time.
Magistrate Breen notified the Harris
Island authorities to turn Donnelly loose.
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PUBuaoATxONs.

1t is possible for a manufac-
turer without imagination to be
a successful manufactures, but
it is not possible for him to be
a successful advertiser. The
manufactures who makes a prod
uct which in any way concerns
the American woman should
consider as a buying centre each
home, however widely scat
tered over this country. The
manufacturer who gets her at
tention first and best will be
the manufacturer whose goods
will be used the most, and who
will receive most of hef money.
The manufactures need only
consider one instance; need
only consider one advertisement
addressed to one woman; need
only consider one publication
read by that woman. If his
deductions are correct in that
one instance; if he has found
one home where arguments will
introduce his goods if he has
found one publication that is
strong in that home, then he
can multiply his selling chances
by the number of homes that
publication reaches.
The LADIES HOME JovRNAL is
a high-power telescope which
multiplies the vague, confused,
cloudy buying American public
into more than a million con-
crete, actual, human homes, just
as Alvin Clark's Polariscope
multiplies the vague white cloud
Of the Milky Way into millions
of worlds and fixed stars. This
may be imagination, but it is
also good business.
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
New YoRK BosroN CHICAGO BUFFALO
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LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

No game has more variations than pool
and the latest one to make its appearance
is 'sixty-six." 1t has a vogue in the lead
ing clubs and is popular. 1t calls for skill
to be played well, but appeals more as a
source of fun. The usual pyramid Of
are numbered 1, 2, 5 and 4 respectively
that is, an object ball dropping in any of
those pockets counts one, two, three or four
points, as the case may be. Each side
pocket counts ten points. Before the start
the little balls are rolled out of the bottle,
being an unknown quantity except to
the holder thereof, as in pin pool. Includ-
ing the hidden number, the first player
to total 90 wins, but if he goes over 68 he
"busts Nand has to begin all over again,
George AIDE was talking with a friend
the other day when the name OF a third
man was mentioned.
DO you know him?" AIDE was asked.
"0h, yes" replied the author, she belongs
TO the 'I-knew-him-when' club"
what club is that3' the friend asked.
"oh, those are the fellows back home
who talk about me and say Why, l knew
you'd never think he was going to amount
to anything 1t has a big membership"
The newspapers that make a speciality
OF printing tho various produce market
reports make some statements that seem
queer to the outsidef,' remarked the man
who rea de them. Now, for instance, look
at this resume of yesterdays markets,
Butter was strong; coffee weak; molasses
was firm; cheese was stiff | p IL l
keep on the lookout / may learn some day
that the bottom dropped out OF the egg
market and there was an awful crash"
What department in this store is most
frequently inquired for? Well, 1 believe
the model kitchen draws more visitors than
any other, " said an aisle man in an uptown
department store. Every h ousekeeper
wants to see what a real up to date kitchen
should have In 1t, and every newly married
couple in search of housekeeping .Ags
visits the kitchen. A great many sc
and culinary employees OF hotels a1 es
come to get ideas. and you'd be atfNfE at
the number Of mere men who m
interest in how to cook things,
"0h, yes, there's a wide range Of nTi1es
for Quitting a kitchen. We can fit or up
for s25 or for 81 500"
Patrons OF a Broadway store have lately.
missed the big clock that for many years
held its station on the main floor Just above
the front entrance.
why did you lake it DOWN. asked a
woman of one OF the managers. Didn't
you want the CLERKS 10 ma out what Time
IL is''
The clerks were not considered in the
matter at all" he said frankly. 1T was
the customers we were thinking about.
If there Is a clock handy to remind them
OF the passage Of time a good many, women
before they have finished shopping, whereas
if they don't know how late II is getting
they will stay until they have bought every
thing they want. Under those oircurn-
stances a clock IL obviously a most un-
profitable asset
Next to New York Texas contributes
more literally to the musical market than
any other State. . said a veteran publisher.
According to the output OF manuscripts
every othsr man and woman down there
must DO burning with the fire Of musical
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genius. From big towns and remote
hamlets the compositions, which range all
the way from ragtime and simple songs
to o~ratorio and symphony, come drifting
North to the big publishing houses, VI
course very few of these pieces ever, get
into print, creditable though many OF them
are. but they show the state Of musical fer
ment that Texas is now passing through"
There are many new varieties of calen-
dars. A downtown dealer in ship supplies
issues annually one of the page to a month
sort on which are printed over each and
every date number figures showing the
morning and evening high water at TINS
port for that day. This is a convenience
to many customers of the firm to whom
their business calculations. One man who
needs to know the tides daily n who
uses these calendars tears of the leaves,
month by month, and pastes the lea1 LOT
the month on his desk pad. When he wants
to know the tide he doesn't ven have 10
on the wall; he has it there right under
his eye.
will those flowers keep" asked a woman
buying fuchsias at a little corner florists
on Friday morning. ooh, yes, ma'am; a
couple of days anyway
whats the matter with the fiowe RS
lIlS " Y any u 1'NJ
ute said the m
sits the warm winter. Can't keep the
place cool enough; even violets fade right
away, American Beauties never were so
high. They won't bloom in the warmth
and hardly last long enough to send away
when they do blossom. Save money on
coal? Oh, no, madam, they have to burn
almost as much and don't get as many
flowers"
Susan B. Anthony was one OF the best
friends a young reporter ever had" said
n man on Park row the other day. She
was a good friend, too, of the older ones.
she had a keen sense of the value of news
and lost no TIM in getting out facts. She
was a sincere believer in the press and
would 90 to all manner OF inconvenience
to keep the cause she represented before
the people.
reporter ON a Washington paper. The
city editor didn't take my name and adj
that night and see what l could do, There
was some sort Of woman's convention in
town and Miss Anthony was at the Riggs
House. l told her frankly just how mat
tere stood-that / was O new man In town
and didn't know much about the oonven-
ton.
"'Oh, we'll, that's easily overcome she
said, and she told me all about the conven-
ton and its work. Give my compliments
to your city editor, she said as she shook
hands cordially, and tell him ! hope he
will send you to the convention Tomorrow
Il saw her several years afterward. Shs
remembered me and wanted 10 know II I
got the job
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20

II GOOD II CLASSICS lin English old Eng
lish hooks, French tranSlations. PRATT, 16l 9th av.
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The Reagoers.

Among the passengers who landed yes
terday from the White Star Line steamer
Celtic from Naples were:
Horace C. Duval, Mrs. W. s. Rainsford
Capt. A. g. Evans. Edward S. Atwster. Will
lam H.. Beers, DR.. John d., Bradley, the
Rev. W. P. Brush. c. A. CONN. Prof. John
NJ, Coulter, Clinton Gage, the Rev. A. r.
Gray. the Rev. l.. NJ. Clarke and Willis l..
Ogden.
Aboard the Cunard Lint steamer I'm
bria, which arrived yesterday from Liver
pool, were:
Miss Annie Russell and her husband,
Oswald yorke. Roderick Dietze, John Il.
Barber, the Hon. William Brooks. Joseph
O~rankshaw. DR.. T. W. Eden. James W. Love-
land, H.. T. Skinner, Kirby Smith, Leonard
vestsy, R. Randolph Bruce and W.. @. Cooper
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RPERS
-
The
Genius

A novel of stirring plot, by
Margaret Potter, with a striking
presentiment of the artistic tenn
permanent in its most interesting
phases. The story, based upon
the life of a famous Russian COM
poser, is a strange and deeply
moving tale of shifting fortunes,
dramatic episodes and final artistic
triumphs.
eth genuine literary quality
of Miss Potter's work has given
her a position that commands at
tention for whatever is published
over her name. Her new novel
is an excellent story ofmany merits
greater than the facile one of plot.
The rise of genius to the heights Of
world-fame is tellingly traced and
thrown into high relief. A nota-
bic novel."-N. 7. Mail
cit is marked for distinction by
the completeness of the sense Of
actual life that pervades its prog
ress."-N. r. Press.
uADDCD e QU0THEDc
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Next to New York Texas contributes
more literally to the musical market than
any other State. . said a veteran publisher.
According to the output OF manuscripts
every othBr man and woman down there
must be burning with tho fire Of musical
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20

Highest Award Lewis 4 Clark Exposition, Portland.
Grand Prize (Highsst Award Worlds Fall, 81. Louis
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-20
SPRINGS NOSE FROSTED.
She Sticks IL Out OF Door Prospecting and
Pulls IL Back.

Spring enters officially tomorrow un-
garlAnded except with frosty wreaths
Actually she may delay her appearance
many days. or until the gauEy attire that
tradition requires her to wear will make
her seem at for publication, She shut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

ADDITION TO ROCK OF DCMBARTON-
Louis p. Shoemaker, trustee, to Car
negie Institution, part, containing five
acres; S17, 800.
FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween X and l. streets-C. G. Bradshaw
10 Max Gould, part original lot 20,
square 1913; so.
ANACOSTIA-Anna NJ. Russell TO Gertrude
w Lloyd. lot 3s4; $40.
VIRGINIA AVENUE SOUTHWEST be-
tween 9th and 18th streets-Alfred Red
miles ct ux. to Manor Real Estate and
Trust Company, lot 3 square south of
1853; S. 900
MONASTERY-Fre A Horn!g to Rosslind
West part lot 4: so.
STREET NORTHWEST between ODD
and 18th streets-Joseph NJ. Carmody TO
Elvira z. Snyder lot 81. square So; $40
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between G and H streets-John Mariner
ct TX. to Henry NJ Ensor, original lot
ii, square 2SS; $4,000. Henry NJ Ensor
to the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. same property; $4,000.
THIRD STREET NORTHWEST between
/ and X streets-Smith Thompson. ir..
trustee. to John ODonoghue, part lot 2,
square 521: s.
MERIDIAN HILL-John A. Massie ct al.
block 3; $3.50.
NORTH CAPITOL AND l. STREETS
NOft II w f-sSI-ElVira Il. Snyder to
Herman WILMER lot 162, square $40; $40.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND PLEASANT
PLAINS-Edward b. Eynon, Jr.. ct ux
to William H; Schmidt. lot 1s5; $40
NO. 100 MARYLAND AVENUE NORTH
EAST-Carl E. Duff ct ux. to Mary E.
McKeyitt. lot A. square 72T: 81, 900
NO. 1923 III STREET NORTHEASTERN
rice f. Shipley ct Tx. to Demetrio
Suraci lot go. square 1904; So
SECOND STREET SOUTHEAST between
X and l. streets-William ] Johnson to
Thomas b. Walker, part lot 2, square
T6S; $40.
NO. $40 d STREET NORTHEAST-Una B.
Maioney, ct vir George A., to Ellie Kee,
lot AZ, square S36; $40.
KALORAMA HEIGHTS. Harris Frank
lin TO Lucy NJ. Ellerson, lot s, block g.;
$40. Same to James r. EIlerson and
Orlando Wemple. lot I, block @: 80.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-Emilie S. Law
ton to Frederick c. s. Hunter, lot a.
block Z; $40.
u STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
and 14th sfreets-Harry Wardman 10
William II. Schmidt. lot 1888, square 237
$40.