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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25


Whatever particular significance each of u.s. according
to his belief may find in Christmas day, there has devel
oped through its annual celebration Christmas spirit
which has done much for the general uplifting of human
ity by inspiring the entire brotherhood of men with the
sweet and gentle love of Jesus.
1t Christmas day that the star led the wise
men to the Child in Bethlehem. And now, many cen
turtles aerward Christmas day itself is star that leads
all in the right direction, filling hearts with love
for all children and gentle disposition toward all
When the disciples unto Jesus, saying, 'Who is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Jesus called
little child unto Him, set him in the midst of His disciples
and said
'Very say unto you, except We be converted and
become little children we shall not enter into the king
dom of heaven
The Christmas thought inspired by this is that
happest on Christmas day. thoughts
on children then and making them happy, and all of us
are more like children then than at other time during
the year And the become little children in
purity, sweetness and love- the to the king
dom of heaven right here on earth.
1t is joyful thought too that Christmas, know
it now. is more than Christmas day. We speak of the
Christmas And begin long before the arrival
OF he day prepare ourselves for the love which reaches
its funcss on the day That is, begin following the
star And when the day is gone find Joy that slowly
wanes look back at the star.
We should find comfort in the hope that the Christmas
will reach forth in both directions the years roll
around, extending the Of Christmas JOY and good
will until the star is before eyes and the king
dom of heaven has been established EARTH That is the
good time coming which inspired forgotten dreamer
to pray that every day will be Christmas by and by.
1t is often remarked that and who have
lived life of love for many years husband and wife
grow to resemble another And this may easily be
For such is the wonderful power of the spirit that when
spirit, love, animates two human beings mind
makes its influence matter visible.
And when give free flow to the natural love in our
hearts for these little who sweey inspired the
love Of Jesus hearts soften and become
little children and vastly better chances of entering
the kingdom of heaven.
And on this Christmas day if you will but open your
heart and take unto yourself the glorious truth of the
rcpy Of Jesus His disciples the Kingdom of heaven may
be yours.
''Verily say unto you, except we be converted anC
heom little children We shall not enter into the king
dom Of heaven
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25

cheeks. Here was the old suspicion
back again with redoubled force.
The direct question was trembling
ON her lips, but the door opened,
and Silva came in hurriedly.
Il am loath to intrude," he said,
"but it is already half past eight,
and it is imperative that you,
madam, should be back in London
this evening There is train at
20 minutes past nine, which you
must not fail to catch"
Without argument, the countess
| led the way across to the dining
room, where dinner was laid out.
Vera noted with some surprise that
there were only covers for two.
She had half expected that Silva
| would sit down to table, instead or
which he suddenly lapsed into a
perfectly respectful and exceeding
| ly well trained servant. The thing
was so perfectly done that Vera
saw at once that this was the man s
proper position in life.
81 am sorry that | can't stay any
longer" the countess said; 81 am
bound to be in London this even
ing"
'"Then | will come with YOU"
Vera said promptly.
NO" Silva burst out sternly.
''The thing is impossible. For the
present you stay where you are.
The countess will tell you that | am
right"
II am afraid So" the countess
said. unless you will give me your
word that you will not communicate
with Lord Ravenspur.. You must
be dead as far as he and his house
hold are concerned"
(1o be continuedD
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
BY SID SMITH

Look who's here! Oh, girls! Fa-
Their, mercy! Open the door quick,
and let him in. Can't you see it's
Uncle BIN from Australia, just
loaded down with bundles? Father,
it's your brother, the owner of the
gold mine. Get up and offer him
those cigars and let him have the
easy chair. Don't be so selfish.
Oh, what shall do? The house
Is all in order. What will be ever
think of me? Aren't you tired from
carrying all those packages? You
poor, dear, tired old sailor Sit right
down and rest yourself while | get
you nice cup of coffee. How kind
OF you it was to remember us so.
How many trunks did you bring?
Did you sell your gold mines?
You don't know how we've
scrimped to send our son Jimmy
big, handsome boy that he is-away
to college; and we expect SO much
of him. He looks so much like you,
dear uncle: so handsome and man.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25

At any other time the trifling in.
cident would have escaped Vera's
attention. But with nothing else to
occupy her mind, the truth flashed
upon her with suddenness that
left her pale and trembling.
She was quite certain that there
was message to her behind it.
The man was telling her as plain
ly as words could speak that her
handkerchief had been found, and
that Bruno led her friends to the
right spot.
Once the excitement of this dis
covery passed away, Vera's cour-
age came back to her. She now
knew that she was safe. She knew
that it would not be long before she
was restored to her friends again.
AS she lay back in her armchair
trying to kill the dreary afternoon
as best she could, small, wooden
trap in the ceiling attracted her at
tention. She balanced a couple of
chairs, one on the other, upon the
bed, and made an attempt to life
the trap.
The board gave to her touch at
once. Vera thrust her head and
shoulders through, and saw that
she was Immediately under the
roof. A sliding glass window over
head lighted up the place. A few
moments later Vera had squeezed
through the trap, and was walking
along the boards which covered the
whole area Of the house under the
roof
She found large tank which
supplied the house with water, and
| by the side Of it short iron lad
| der, the end of which was, lost in
the semi-darkness. But Vera had
discovered enough. In all prob
ability the bottom Of the iron lad
der reached down until It Joined
the servants staircase. Vera had
seen arrangements Of this kind in
small country houses before.
| At any rate, the knowledge was
worth having. Here was clear
avenue of escape. AS soon as the
house was quiet Vera would be able
to steal away, and once outside, she
would know exactly whats to do.
She had no money, but that was a
mere detail.
The clocks outside were striking
eight when someone tapped at the
door, and in response to pera'S
query the voice of Silva spoke.
I'VE are dining in half an hour, "
he said. Twill you be so good as
to come down? l have unfastened
the door,"
Vera FASTENED to change her
dress, and in a few moments was
hurrying down the stairs.
Your mother is in the drawing
room" Silva said. 81 hope you
won't mind sitting down to cold
dinner. For motives of prudence
we have sent the servants to Lon
don for an evening at the theater
Will you precede me?'
The drawing-room was brilliantly
lighted. A tall, dark woman stood
by the fireplace. Her regular fea
lures appeared to be absolutely
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
Why Christmas
Is the Happiest
Day of the Year

A Christmas sermonet by the
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., moder-
ator of the Congregational Church
of America. , -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25

w ASf1lNbl YIN IIADDEN, -. ~
good of life is found in giving, in
giving all we can, to as many as
we can: in sharing the best we have
with all whom we can serve.
This is the spirit of Christmas
day. 1t is a great festival of CIV
ing. Everybody is giving. 1t Is the
| one day of the year on which, in
stead of trying to get as much as
we can, we are all trying to give
as much as we can. Some Of the
little children, no doubt. are made
| happy by the thoughts of what they
receive, but for most of US the great
| joy is the joy of giving. Our hearts
are glad because we are able to
| make others happy; and their joy in
giving to us is also reflected upon
our lives.
| So there is one day of the year
| selves Christians take our religion
| seriously and try to live by the law
| Of Christ. That great Master has
| told us that it is more blessed to
! give than to receive; but most of
us find it very hard to believe that
any such thing can be true. We
| feel very sure, most of the time,
that happiness is only to be found
| in getting-in getting for ourselves
gain or place or power or praise or
influence; and so we scramble after
the good of life, and try to gather
it up and hoard it for ourselves, not
much caring what becomes of the
rest.
The one thing we fail to get in
this scramble is happiness. A sor-
ry world it becomes, with each ono
trying to get for himself all that
he can out of the common good
with the strong trampling on the
weak, and the cunning outwittinf
the innocent, and cruelty and mis-
cry and shame and sorrow Away:
lifting their bitter cries to heaven
Shall we not learn, one of thes'
days, that this is not the right wa,
to live?
1t would seem that Christina.
ought to help us to learn this les
son. For on this one day Of tn,
year nearly everybody turns RICH
about and practices the truth tina
Jesus taught us that the good o
life is found, not in getting as mucl
as we can, but in giving as mucl
as we can. That is the business o
life on Christmas day. And tina
is what makes Christmas the hap
piest day of the year.
One of these days we shall leari
that this is the business of lif,
for every day in the year. Whel
that lesson is learned we shall hea
the angels singing again in thu
skies overhead:
Glory to God in the highest!
And on earth peace, good will tc
| men!
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.sJnNEY AMITNF0yI

ly looking. Just wait till you see
him; he's a man after your own
heart; only promise you won't take
him back to Australia with you yet
to be president of your gold mines.
NY wouldn't he fit that job nicely!
Now you and your brother sit
down and have a good heart-to-
heart talk, and get acquainted with
the family, while | get your room
ready.
On the way out of the room,
mother manages to whisper into
fathers confidential ear: did you
notice how his pockets bulged out :?
When | hung his overcoat up | no
ticed they were filled with rocks,
or something that felt like gold
nuggets.
Now treat him nice. Give him
lots of cigars and don't tr yto Dor
row any mOney-yet. Above all
things, don't hint. Wait till he has
dinner, and then let me talk with
him."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
CIGARET LAW HIT HARD

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 25.-
The Illinois cigaret law was dealt
a severe blow by the supreme court
when that body sustained the cir
cult court of Cook county in grant
ing a writ of mandamus to COM
pei Mayor Busse, of Chicago to
grant a license to r. M. Berlis-
heimer to sell the article.
The court held that the law was
intended to prohibit the sale only
of those cigarets which contain sub
stances injurious to the health,
pure tobacco not being classed as
such.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25

ANSN w NTlduutU, HOueT-
ator of the Congregational Church
of America.
Which is the happiest gay OF the
whole round year? Those who vote
for Christmas day may rise and
stand till they are counted.
The count is not necessary. They
are all on their feet. Christmas
first, all the rest nowhere.
How shall we explain It? How
has it come about that this mid
winter day, when the daylight hours
are shortest and the branches are
bare. and the birds ae gone, and the
flowers are withered, and the skies
are bleak, is the happiest day of the
year-the day on which the house.
hold fires burn brightest, and boys
and girls are merriest, and fathes
and mothes find the greatest joy in
their children. and friends draw
closest together, and everyone you
meet has a bright face and cheer
full word for you?
You all know that it is so. and
you all look forward to Christmas
with happy hopes, but have you ever
tried to make out why it is so?
There is a special reason why this
birthday of our great Friend makes
us happy. He himself was the great
est gift that infinite love ever gave
to the world; and the love that gave
Him lived on in His heart and made
Him give Himself to the world; so
that when we think about Him, and
the meaning of His life begins to
get hold of us, we feel that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25

While the destination of Mrs.
Brown is not known even at Harbor
View, the Newport villa. it Is UNI
derstood she will join Mrs. Harold
Brown in Europe and the party will
make an automobile tour Of France
and Germany. A corps of detectives
will be taken along on the tour as
a bOdyguard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
JOHN NICHOLAS BROWN


years. 1t has been increased since
to $10,000,000.
If he lives it is estimated his for
tune will reach $50,000,000 by the
time he casts his first vote.
Ever since he has been able to
toddle about he has been guarded
constantly by a corps Of special de-
tectives. In the magnificent $4,000
900 villa built for him in Newport
the finest room is the nursery. The
windows and doors Of his sleeping
room are steel barred. His outdoor
playground was a barber-wire cor
raj, constantly under watchful eyes.
Although two physicians are en-
ployed to watch over his health 1t
has not been the best of late. 1t Is
hoped this tri pwill prove beneficial.
His nurse accompanies the party.
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Composed but agitated though
Vera was, she did not fail to notice
the restless movements of the
hands. Just for a few moments the
two looked at one another. Then
something like smile came over
the Countess Flavio's face.
$50 you are my daughter" she
said. 81 am afraid | should not
have recognized you. Come closer,
so that l can look at your face
Thank heaven you are not in the
least like your father. cannot be
Efficiently thankful for that"
Il have thought about you often"
Vera said cOldly, 'but, surely, II
you are my mother, you have a
strange way of making yourself
known to me. What is the mean
ing of this outrage? Surely you
could have come to Park lane and
asked for me in the ordinary way,
without sending this creature Of
yours"
Vera looked around for Silva, but
he had discreetly disappeared.
81 am glad that man has had the
decency to leave us alone" she
went on. ooh, have been think
ing about this meeting all day.
do not know what to imagine, or
what to believe. You say that you
are my mother, but how | am to be
certain that"
81 swear it," the countess said,
with a touch Of passion in her
voice. you are my daughter be-
yond the shadow of doubt. Oh,
there is a deal in what you say, but
I could not come to Lord Raven
spurs house. There are most ur-
gent reasons.
You are wondering, perhaps,
Vera's mother continued, why |
have not been near you all these
years. You remember nothing OF
your father, for which you can
thank your Maker. With the sol
itary exception Of yourself
there was not creature on
earth that he cared for. He was the
embodiment of rehned cruelty. His
greatest delight was in the tortured
degradation of others. All, you little
guess what a verltable hell the two
years which followed your birth
! were.
'If you had only had my eXpe
rience you would not wonder why ]
| fled and hid myself when my re-
lease came, VIII refused to see you,
for fear you should be like your
| 60 !, oI ,.o,,,inI Of hin,
hour.
"And then, when the lapse OF
years had restored my strength and
vigor there were certain circum-
stances which prevented my seek
| ing you at once. | was going to
wait my time, but the man whom
you call your guardian took such
steps that l was bound to act at
once. That is why | wrote you that
letter last night That is why you
were brought here. And as to Lord
Ravenspur, If he is lucky"
The countess paused and bit her
lips. A horrible suspicion flashed
into Vera's mind.
| you must say nothing against
, him. she cried. Lord Ravenspur
is one Of the best and noblest OF
men,"
Lord Ravenspur is scoundrel,'
the countess cried. yes, and be
fore | have finished | am going tc
prove it. Oh, you may look in
credulous, but | am a deeply in
jured woman, and that man is re
sponsible for my torture"
A crimson wave stained Vera's
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
Ten Million Dollar Baby Hurried to Europe;
Kidnapping Feared

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-John
Nicholas Brown. the richest 7-year-
old in the world, has been taken
to Europe by his mother. Recent
insistent reports of attempts at kid
mapping are accepted as the reason
for the trip.
Baby Brown inherited a fortune
of $4,000,000 from the estates of his
father and uncle at the age of four
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
YIN HILLS CAROL
WOULD UNiONlZE THEATER

The stage employees union has
asked that the new Empire theater
be requested by the Central Labor
union to employ union stage help
and in its refusing to do SO that II
be placed on the unfair list. A
committee will try and effect an
amicable adjustment
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-25
HE DESERVED KILLING

SEATTLE, Dec. 25.-Policeman
f. T. Woldrond has been discharged
from the force because he told
young girls where they could go
and get plenty of beer to drink
without being interfered with.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15

the ability Of Judge Memminger and
he came to the front. The argus
eyed attorneys for the defendant
searched for every possible technical
ity on which to argue for a new trial.
There were 13 exceptions to his rul.
ings. In every case the supreme court
has, overrlued the exceptions and
Judge Memminger's rulings stand.
The sympathy of the people of
GAffney was with the deceased and
the conviction of ,Hasty was received
with pleasure. He killed the two men
because they resented his insulting ap-
proaches to two young women Of the
company.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15

conducted Il party of railroad officials
and reporters through the tunnel on
foot. Z g SSy' }t
\ at one stage of the programme
there was some slight delay, and Mr..
Jacobs said, with a laugh, to a repor-
ter: '...= - >-- E5
"We are not very punctual, ehi
We are like a little couhtry railroad
that l used to ride on, To!the pres
ident of this road a reporter went
hurriedly one evening. :, +
+ "sI understand he said, that
there has been an accident OH your
line tonight. '.' -.
"'Oh, you do, do you9' said the
president, with sncer. '.,.
"'Yes,> sir And the reporter wait
ed, pencil and paper III hand.
What do you know about the ac-
cident7' the president, still sneering,
asked.
Nothing. except that it happen
ed to- the 9.15 troin,' the reporter
meekly answered.
"'Well,' said the president, 'that
train came in on time to the minute.
Are You sure Of that7' said the
reporter.
"'of course 1 am, SIR.
"The disappointed reporter pock-
eted his tools.
"I suppose he said thoughtfully
that must have been the accident re-
ferred to. ~
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15

This is the last week Of the session
of the legislature. Probably the work
of most general interest has been the
passage of the Carcy-Cothrnn bill,
which has passed both houses, and Is
now before the lower house with the
senate amcdnmcnts. At this time we
believe the local option bill was posi-
blr the best measure which could have
been passed. 1t abolishes the state
dispensary and provides for local OPP
tion as between prohibition and coun-
tY institutions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15
The Golden Rule of Three.

Three things to be-pAre, just and
honest
Three things to live-couNge, af,
lection and gentlcness.
Three things to govcrn--tcmper.
tongue and conduct.
Three things for which to fight
honor, home and country.
Three things to chcrish-thc true,
the beautiful and the good.
Three things about which to think
life, death and eternity.
Three things to commend-thrift,
industry and promptness.
Three things to despise-cruelty,
arrogance and ingratitudc.
Three things to love-the wise, the
virtuouS and innocent.
Three things for which to wish
health, friends and contcntment.
Three things to admirc-dignity,
-raccfulneSs and intellectual power
Three things to attain-goodncss Of
heart. integrity of purpose and cheer
fulncss of diSpnsition.-leaderShip
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15
UNNECESSARY WORRY.

We print today II letter from DR..
Schcrcr, which appeared III the News
aud Courier and the Columbia State
We sympathize with Dr.. Scherer in
his distress. We are not college
president. and the opinion of the
friends of the institution, whose in
stitution it is. has not been asked.
Therefore, we will express no opinion.
But we agree with the News aud Cou-
rier that DR.. Scherer is worrying him
self unnecessarily just at this time.
We once heard of q man living in
ali inland state, many miles from a
stream Of water deep enough to float
a canoe, who had no intention what
ever of ever taking Il trip, who wor-
ried himself to death because he was
afraid that if he should ever be on the
ocean a storm might come and his
vessel be destroyed. Tt seems to us
that his worry was wholly uncallcd
for. We heard once of another man
who had II" pistol and WHO had no in
lcniinn of ever p"sScsSln" one, who
worried himself to death because he
was afraid if he should nw-,I a pistol
and should carry il IN his pocket. 1t
mi.nt he discharged accidentally and
hurt him seriously. 1t seems to us
that his worry was wholly mcallcd
for.
We heard of still another man
whose name was Smith. who saw a
beautiful lnor-knoh with the name
Jones engraved thereon. He purchas-
ed the door-knob because he could Sc
cure it at bargain, and put it away.
thinking that possibly he might at
some time sell his house. and the pur-
chaScr'S name might be Jones, IN
which event the door-knob would be
very useful. 1t seems /" rs he cross
cd the bridge before he got to II.
We repeat. We agree with the News
and Courier that DR.. Schercr as yet
has no real cause fer worry.
CDR. Schrrrr'S letter. says the
News and Courier. (which we print
today. is most interesting. and we
truS, that he may obtain the h"ht for
which lie seeks. At present. however,
II would really appear that he Is dis
trcSSinw himself rather unnecessarily.
"crnS>ing the bridge before he comes
to it, We do not understand that
those entrusted with the vast fund
donated by Mr.. Rockefeller are at
tempting to force any of it upon New
berry college rr any other of the in
stitutions Of learning in this particul-
ar Gtate.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-02-15
LIFE SENTENCE FOR HASTY.
Supreme Court Has Decided Against
Him.-Killed Two Men In
Gaffney.

George liaSty. aged 2l. Will spend
the rest Of his natural life in the state
prison. says the Columbia State. That
is to say that such will be his fate
unless his cntcrprising and indus
trious legal representatives can get Il
rehearing Of his case in some way.
The supreme court yesterday render
ed its decision affirming the action
Of the circuit court, and the decision
means that the sentence Of life inn
prisonment will stand.
: Hasty murdered Milan Bennett and
Abbott Dawson at Gaffney on the
morning Of the 18th of December,
1905. The case was tried in Gaffney
last March and created great inter
est, for the people who were killed
we're members Of theatrical COM
pany. T., e.. KILLS..
The trial was dramatic in many
WAYS. The court house wN crowded,
several times there. being 200 ladies
present. At times there was applause
which Judge Memminger was forced
to suppress. This case was q test OF