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Christmas season without thinking Of
good Mr.. and Mrs. Corrigan, who were
always so kind to the children in the
neighborhood.
after that Christmas eve some Of
the boys and girls in our neighborhood
began to receive invitations to attend
the Christmas eve parties that were
given by some of our neighbors, who
were Episcopalians or Catholics. Slow
ly the custom of making gifts to the
children of Episcopal and Catholic
families developed in our neighbor-
hood, until in the fulness of time on q
Christmas eve my good parents rigged
me out for Christmas eve party i'm q
pair of long-legged boots, with pol
ished copper toe pieces and red leather
top pieces stamped with gilt eagle
and the motto, New Jersey Forever
my grandmother gave me at the
same time a red woolen comforter,
and red cap with gilt tassel, and an
aunt turned up with a pair OF blue
woolen mitts. / insisted upon being
dressed up in these Christmas gifts
and paraded up and down the streets
for hours, admiring myself like strut
ting turkey gobbler.
..On one Christmas Eve in my boy
hood | committed what my mother
termed dreadful sin, and after con-
fession l was soundly whipped and put
to bed. and the little gifts intended for
me were distributed among my brothers
and sisters. 1t was this way: My
mother had ordered me to take a pip
ing hot dinner of roasted goose stuffed
with sage and onions and other fixings,
and a whole mince pie and some other
goodies, to a poor German artist named
Karl KretD;. who painted a little, made
embossed leather cuffs for ladies just a
little, and sang and drank good deal
when in luck, which was but seldom,
and for the rest he lived on the charity
of few families who respected his in
valid wife. Krebs lived in what was
then called Dutchtown, and though 1
knew the way well enough, having
been sent there on similar errands,
resolved to eat dinner in company with
couple of chums and then go home
and say that / had lost the way, and
that the goodies had been taken from
me by bad boys.
''On arrival at home I told my false
hood. But l never could tell lie that
would stand on its legs So l was
scundly whipped and put to bed''
G. WILFRED PEARCE.
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MULTIPLICATION IN cRooKDoM.

There is deep modification among
the fraternity of crooks. The members
of that guild are looking at each other
in speechless anguish of spirit. In New
York and Jersey City these worthless
can be seen with downcast faces and
an abstracted air. Just to think of it,!
Here was $4,000 worth of jewelry lying
around loose for several days and
dead easy" to get at. A stupid boy
filched it from an express wagon. Was
no professional crook observant enough
to seize such golden opportunity?
And the boy, not knowing the value of
the package, was ready to sell 1t for a
consideration of dollar BILL Just to
think of that! And likewise for sew
eral days the richest part of the spoil
lay exposed on an icebox.
To secure $4,000 of plunder what
effort would a member of the fra
ternity of crooks not make and
what peril would he not dare; and in
this case neither was involved. All
that the crook would have had to do
was to reach out and take the prize.
And such a prize, too. Indeed, the
honest citizen cannot help sympathiz-
ing with the fraternity that has ex-
perienced such deep modification and
met such a loss. Such chances como
rarely in this life, and to miss one,
and such one, is almost beyond en-
durance
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washington,s points Of interest.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Kindly name the chief points OF interest
in Washington and the hours when they
are open to the public. READER.
Library of Congress-9 a. m. to 10 p. m.
en- week days; 2 p. m. to 10 D. M. Sundays.
Public Hbrary--9 a. m. TO p. n.; holidays,
II q. m. to 10 p. M: Sundays, to 10 q. m.
White House--10 a. m. to ? p. M Capitol
3 a. m. ID 4.30 p. m. Treasury--9 a. m. to
p. m. State. War and Navy Departments
3 a. m TO p. M. Patent Offices a. m.
to D. IN. Pension Bureau--9 a. m. to 4
p. m. Postoflice Departmental a. in. to 2
p. m. National Botnnic Gardens--S a. IN.
to p. IN. Fish Commissioners n. m. to 4;30
p. m. Army Medical MIsenm--S n. m. 10
4:50 D. m. National Mrseum-9 a. m. to 4 80
p. m. Smithsonian Insttuticn--9 4. m. 10
4:s0 p. m. Agricultural Departmental a.
m. to 4:S0 p. m. Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing--9 a. n to 2:3O p. NJ. Washington
Monument-S:3o a, m. to 4:S0 p. m. (Eleva-
tor runs from a. m. until p. m.) Cor
coran Gallery of Art-9:3u Il. nj. to y. IN. !;
Sundays, 1'30 D. m. TO p, m. Admission
free Tuesdays. Thursdays, Saturdays aud
Sundays; other days, % cents admission.
Government Printing Dffice-10 a. rn to 2
p. m. Navy Yard--9 a. m. to 500 p. m.
Geological Park-Oren all day. National
Observatory-Open a. m. to p. m. Mount
Vernon-Open II a. m. to p. IN. Arlington
| National Gemetery-Open all day. United
States Soldiers Home--Open a. m. to sun
set.-Ed1
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN
AL Alike.

Secretary Taft threw a handful Of ko-
pecks to the delighted crowd of peasants at
Tomovasilitchikoff.
"It is beautiful to note how easily the
simpler forms of humanity are satisfied"
he said, as he turned to General Sassilitch
wild roar went up from the peasants
GO ahead!" cried the general TO the con-
ductor.
Another roar went up.
What are they saying?" the Secretary
asked.
More, more!'" replied the general.
Look out for the stones!"
A shower of heavy pebbles ratified
against the side of the moving train, and
the Secretary sighed and reentered the car.
Exchange.
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Date Of Christmas.

To the Editor of the Evening STAR
Why is Christmas celebrated on Decem-
Der 25? d. r. b.
IChristmas was in the early centuries
one of the most movable of Christian fes-
tivals, the birth of Christ having been as
signed to various dates between October 8
and March 4. The celebration has been
held as late as April and May by Eastern
churches. AS result of this lack Of uni
formity Cyril, bishop Of Jeruaslem in 350
obtained an order from Pope julius ]. for
an investigation of this point by theo-
logians of the East and West. The result
of the researches, chiefly among the TIA
bles of the censors' OF ancient Rome, was
an agreement upon the 18th of December,
although, in the opinion Of some of the
investigators, there was no authentic proof
of the Identification Of the day.-Ed.1
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donning and doffing matrlmony like an
old coat, his way had the affinity
scheme beaten to standstill. Unfor-
tunately for him, however, the laws
are not made nor interpreted in sym
pathy with his desire. The Harvard
undergraduate is likely to be able to
study matrimony at close range for q
long enough time to enable him to
discover just where the joke comes in
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Mushroom. and ToadstooIs.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
VIII you tell me how it Is possible to dis
tinguish mushrooms from toadstools?
o. II. N.
[This is a difficult matter to explain to
an amateur and 1t is advisable to rely
upon the judgment of persons of expert
ence. An authority on the subject gives
the following rules as guides for the in
experienced collector: Avoid fungi when
in the button or unexpanded stage; also
those in which the flesh has begun to de-
cay, even il only slightly. Avoid all fungi
which have stalks with a swollen base
surrounded by a sac-like or scaly en-
veiope, especially II the gills are white.
Avoid fungi having a milky juice, unless
the milk Is redsh." These rules are not
absolute, because there are EXCEPTIONS
Ed
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

NJ. Andre Tardieu, the foreign editor of
the Paris Temps, and an acknowledged
authority on French and international
politics. has been chosen to deliver the
Hyde lectures at Harvard this year, and
will give the first of the series on Febru-
ary 5.
Christmas Day Monsignor Joseph P.
O'Connell, of Brooklyn, will be 70 years
old and In his honor his fifteen thousand
parishioners are at present celebrating the
event. He was born in Ireland, but his
parents brought him to America when very
young and settled in the South on a
plantation. The father sent his boys to
Rome to be educated, and three OF his four
sons became priests and daughter nun.
Dr.. wilfred T. Grenfel the Labrador
explorer and missionary, lectqred several
days ago to the students of Columbia Uni
versity, and so much interested them In
his work that an expedition was arranged
by Columbia undergraduates to go to
Labrador next summer
Prof. John w. Lindley. founder of the
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at the Univer-
sity of Missouri in 1913, has just died at
Mount Vernon, o. He was 81 years of age.
Prof Lindley formerly was a professor at
HagerstoWn Poplar Grove Academy, In
Tennessee; Chariestown Female Institu-
ton, charlestown, Ind; Paducah Female
Institute, Paducah, KY, and Richmond
College, Virginia.
Senator Henry Clay Hansbrough. of
North Dakota, is one of the few Senators
who have received praise from President
Roosevelt directly. After the passage Of
the denatured alcohol bill last session, an
act which meant great deal to the
farmers, and for which the Senator waged
persistent fight, the President sent him a
personal letter commencing him and IN
closed the pen with which the bill was
signed. The Senator has been a printer
and editor. and, notwithstanding the oppo-
sition OF the railroad interests. was the
first member Of Congress after North Da-
kota was admitted as a State.
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Tact.

"Oh, thank you,' exclaimed an elderly
lady to a laborer who surrendered his
seat in a crowded tram car, "thank you
very much.
'sThat's all right. num-" was the re-
joinder.
AS the lady sat down the chivairous
laborer added: "Wot ses is a man never
ort to let a woman stand. Some men
never get mp unless she's pretty; but you
see, mum, it don't make no difference to
mei"-Judy.
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nat. drink and BE Merry.

The following bill of fare is said to have
been served at banquet in Glasgow;
Sleeps held. Kale.
Billed tattles an herrin'. Billed Saumon.
Billed Cod
Billed corn beef. Billed mutton an Caper
Bree.
Turkey an Sausage. Sleeps held an
Trotters. (Biled).
Haggis.
Haunch o. Venison.
Aple Tart. Peasemeal Bannocks. oaten
Cakes Liquids:ARum, Punch, Claret
Cup, Whiskey, Brandy, Lunnon Porter,
Nut Brown Ale and etc., and etc.
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-21

fessor Poulson may achieve his ambi-
tion in time. but the triumph is not a
matter of few weeks. There is a
vast difference between 24O miles over
land and dozen or more times that
distance over sea.
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sunerflnitr of Advice.

Senator Burrows was asked for advice
recently by a newspaper correspondent
He gave the advice, but afterward, smiling
and shaking his head, he said:
advice is a thing l am always chary
about extending. 1t is, you know, SO
cheap, SO easy.
"a boy. the other day, was pushing a
heavy push cart up hill. The hill was
steep. the boy thin. He bent forward at
the work till he was almost horizontal
'He, boy, cried an old man, push he
cart up the hill zigzag, from side to side,
and you'll find 1t will go easier
THE boy snarled back:
Not so much o. yer darn advice. Give
us a shove "-Exchange.
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The Sunshine Poet.

Some other folks might take from me
amt got nuthin' much to wear
Or chew,
But git away from me. dull carel
Skidool
For I'm a sunshine bard, We know,
That's what
An little use fer care or woe
I've got.
Some other folks might take frome me
A hint.
It's easy quite to cheerful be-
In print.
louisville courisr-5ournaL
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The Reason.

"Mr. Featherly is the most considerate
boarder 1 have,'' said Mrs. flasher. HE
never takes the last piece of bread from
tn plate"
You bet he doesn't" rejoined one of the
other boarders. He amt quick enough"
Chicago News
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bad Outlook.

'T want to do some Christmas shopping
today, dear said fond wife-"that is,
If the weather is favorable. What is the,
forecast?"
AT the otner end Of the table her hus-
band, consulting his paper, read aloud:
Rain, hail, snow, thunder, lightning and
foods "-Ldppincott's.
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A Magazine worker.

.TIave you ever haas-%rst ~eyp pssinn0a u
literary worls?" asked the editor.
The applicant for a Job smiled. For a
great many years. he replied Il was en-
ployed in a powder magazine" ."-Philadei-
phia Record.
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New England Lady correcting waitress)
You should not eat with your knife. Yo"
might cut your mouth
Waitress-Wa'al, Id as lief cut my
mouth with knife as jab it with fork
Judge.
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No Doubt About 1t.

Guest Gin cheap restaurant)-Say, waiter,
are you sure this is genuine turtle soup?
Waiter-'Course it Is. 1t was made from
water taken from a pond in the park in
which two turtles were kept all summer
ChicaEo Daily News.
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FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents not required for
publication but as a guarantee OF good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-21

The youth who sows wild oats. tbs true,
Must reap as he hath sown;
But then his father ought to do
Some threshing of his own.
Catholic Standard.
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-21

Dora-How long did it take you to
learn how TO run motor car?
Skorcher-Oh, five or six.
Dora-What? Weeks?
Skorcher-No; motor -Pick-Me.Up.
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Caught without wood.

1.-THE cold snap caught us without wood .
says the Billville Banner, but the bliz-
gard blew our house down, and now we
have plenty Thus we see how even
trouble may be a blessing in dlsguiser
Atlanta Constitution.
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"Well Congress holds the boards again.
"Yes; but even Congress makes dull
chaser to a sensational murder trial.
Louisville Courier journal.
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He pennei her verse on white foolscap,
That told of cupid's capers:
She answered: Send some more, old
chap:
They make such nice curl papers.
Chicago News.
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Mrs. de Style-I suppose your daughter
is to have her coming-out ball very soon,
isn't she?
Mrs. Rose Quyck-Oh, dear, no, My
daughter has another year at school before
becoming a dilitante, and will not make her
debris until next season.-Judge.
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Here and there and everywhere.
See EN- scramble, run and fall;
All, he's tossed it in for fair
Basketball, oh, basketballl
cleveland Plain-Dealer
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.


New Jersey tunnel transit which will
connect the entire New Jersey suburban
-egion with downtown Manhattan, viii
9egin with the beginning of the year 1905
Brooklyn tunnel transit will begin some
ime during the year 190S-perhaps. Jhs
1rst tide of suburban travel in response e
This supersedure Of the slow ferryboat viii
run westward to New Jersey. II shonld
have been and could have been steere1
eastward to Brooklyn. 1t has not been So
steered. For that omission Brooklyn, and
not the financiers behind the tunnel. mus'
pay the penalty.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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"But your minister is gruff." Asll
Kinder" Asa
And chews tobacco"
Were satisfied Them sort don't run
much to affinities or sech Is our expert
enee "-Washington Herald.
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Vicarious Consolation.

A hard-headed and cold-blooded Navy
Department refuses to allow the officers of
the battleship fleet to send love messages
via wireless to sweethearts and wives left
behind. Well. after the first shock of dis
appointment, If report has not been grossly
libelling the sailor for years, the restrained
ones will probably perk up and by the
time port has been made will be able to
extract some consolation by viewing, from
afar, Of course, the charms of the dark
eyed senoras and senoritas of Latin-Amer-
ica.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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While more people are working at coal
in the United Kingdom. according to the
English board Of trade, than in any other
country in the world, the output by the
United States for each person employed is
greatest, namely, $50 tons. The United
Kingdom is a bad second. with 2S2 tons,
Germany, France and Belgium following
Fifty per cent. more coal is produced In
the United States than in the United
Kingdom.
Coal is not so dear In the United King
dom as in Germany, but it is cheapest in
the United States. Every few years the
question of the exhaustion Of the coal sup
ply comes up for animated and more or less
alarmed discussion. Expert opinion now,
however is convinced that neither the next
generation nor the generation to follow
will find its coal supply inadequate for its
needs-Boston Globe
The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-21

Some Of the Democrats hereabouts who
are expressing their preference for one or
another Of the prominent Republicans for
President next year are too recent con-
verts to the faith to make 1t safe to as
sumo that in this or any other matter they
represent the feelings Of the dyed-in-the-
wool members of the party Nevertheless,
it is evident enough that there is not mucn
greater approval OF Bryan in this part OF
the country now than there ever was, and
that the apparent necessity of taking him
for . candidate a third time is one that
many Democrats would gledly escape IL
they could. That they will make any spe-
cial open protest against his seemingly in
evitabie nomination is not probable. But
that they will support him enthusiastically
at the polls is equally improbable, even
II they do not go to the extreme OF sup
porting the Republican nominee provided
he Is some such man as Taft or Hughes.
Providence Tribune.
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rhe NAVAL Pageant.

whatever may be the divergent views
about naval affairs, 1t ministers to our
pride TO have good navy, and no doubt
adds to our security. Having good ships,
It is the part of wisdom to keep them in
fighting trim and to give them such train
ing in time of peace as will insure readi-
ness in case Of war. Having strong
navy. 1t is also important to impress that
fact strongly upon the nations of the
world.
In so far as the present voyage has
these objects in view, it is a commendable
undertaking. 1t will be valuable train
ing and an impressive demonstration of
our readiness to meet all contingencies
upon the sea.-Reading Telegram.
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Democratic BIunder.

Pursuing their usual policy, the DEM
ocrats In the United States Senate are
wasting time by talking to no purpose
about the steps that were taken by the
Treasury Department to relieve the
strain that was caused by the financial
disturbance 1t is the thing that has
been done and, as they maintain, done
wrongly, and not the thing that should be
done that concerns them. They are bent
on making a little political capital out Of
technical illegalities, and thus far do not
appear to be even slightly interested in
remedying existing defects in the cur
rency system. At the same time, 1t should
be clear, Of course, to the narrowest and
blindest partisan that the real question to
be considered vitality affects the weil-being
Of all classes in the country, without any
reference whatever to political affiliations,
and that broad action is demanded. 1t is
another illustration of the Democratic
capacity for blunderng and its reaction on
the party responsible for it Is inevitable.
Providence Tribune
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The Country's Condition.

The country seems to be building-ma
new buildings everywhere, always a larger
and better structure replacing an old
one. In every case better materials are
being used. It's concrete-concrete-con
crete-bridges, stores, Office buildings and
every conceivable thing being nodded in
solid concrete-the Interchangeable, the un-
alterable. Everybody seems to be doing
things for time and eternity. The old
veneer" ideas are passing away, and sub
stantial things are taking their place. The
country is strong-only banks and men
have failed, where lack OF proper methods
and common honesty existed, and where
suicides pistol erased the clue to the full
guilt.
But nowhere does there seem to be the
substantial, quiet plodding that is felt here
in our section. The reason is obvious
nowhere do they depend upon such cer-
tainties as here. The crops are here-the
cotton grows-the teeming millions need
1.-THE mills must have it-and one cannot
but see the difference between having to
depend upon Industries that are more or
less luxurious that suffer from depressed
conditions and on our own that rest upon
a great, strong foundation as the direct
product Of our soil.
The South has much to be thankful for.
Atlanta Georgian and News.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1907.

VOLUME LxxvI.-No. sO2,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-18
Couldn't peclnher writlnn


What awful writing the editor
that church magazine turns out every
month";" said the chief compositor of
one of the local weekly newspapers
of Germantown yesterday. Il declare
l can't make head or tail of this sheet
of copyR The other compositors all
looked at the manuscript and gave it
up. Just at that moment the author
Of the writing appeared himself in
the office with sheet Of paper in
his hand. 81 am sorry, sir" said the
first compositor, that none of us can
decipher the writing on this sheet Of
paper. If l may venture to say So
it is slightly more illegible than your
copy usually is" Il don't wonder at
that" replied the cause Of all the
trouble. THE fact is, I sent you that
sheet by mistake. My favorite cat
was sitting on my desk, and by acct
dent she slipped her tail in the ink
and waved it over a sheet of paper,
and-well, that is the sheet of paper
you hold in your hand "-Philadelphia
Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-18
Tale Of TWO Cities

George H. King, paying teller 81
the Denver National Bank, was on a
car passing through the business sec
ton of the city Sunday, when he ac-
cidentally overheard a conversation
between woman and man in the
seat ahead OF him. The man was evil
IDENTIFY Denverite but the woman
seemed to be from Kansas City. AS
the car went by a big department
store the man said:
That's one Of our big stores"
HUH" said the woman; you
ought to see those we have in Kansas
City"
The man did not reply. Pretty soon
the car went by tall building.
That's one of cur tallest buildings"
said the man.
Wait till you see Kansas City's
high buildings" said the woman.
The next thing the man called at
tention to was the court house.
That's Denver's court house" he
saiG.
i Its good enough, bat you ought to
see Kansas Citys," replied the wo-
man.
At Broadway the wind blew a lot
of dust on to the car. Some of it
went into the mans face. "Denver's
streets seem to he dirty today" he
said.
The woman, thoroughly imbued with
that famous Kansas City spirit, re
piled: Perhaps, but you should see
Kansas City s!"-Denver Post.