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Panama City pilot., 1908-06-11

To keep your onions through the
summer pull them and place on Stat
frames made of lathes, putting just
one layer of onions on a frame. Set
these frames on shelves or across
pleats, so that the air will circulate
above and below. 1t is preferable
that they be kept under cool shed
somewhere. where there is good ven
tilatiOn. The Bermuda onion is not
practically a good keeper, but you
can preserve them better in this man
ner than in any other.-SOuthern
Ruralist.
Panama City pilot., 1908-06-11

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she was suffering like him from home
sickness and loneliness. How soon he
could make her forget all thatl They
could have a reveillon of their own
and a jolly little supper. laughing to-
gether in sheer happiness of a mutual
understanding of the Christmas spirit
abroad. Unchaperoned? What would
they need of a chaperon. they two
two tOilers for the sake of art. COM
rades in arms made equal in rank by
the blessed chance of being both
strangers in this wonderful old Paris?
There was moving CLEAN of some
thing behind the geraniums yOnder
The cheesecloth curtains stirred. and
then the window was lifted. She
threw ont some crumbs to some cold
looking sparrows. The last rays of
the winter sun touched the fine white
parting that separated the FURNISHED
waves of hair.
If he only dared speak to herl She
might misjudge him before he had a
chance to show his intentions. But he
would do it. He would seize the mo
ment while this fit Of madness lasted
and speak to her. In saner mood his
courage might be unequal TO it. He
hurried out of the room and stood, hat
in hand, in the court close to her win
dow.
Il am your neighbor across the way,
he said. 1T is a /
month since I Hrst saw you. and I've
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The dearest of them all is this elsar
eye
OF faith with which we shrine tn,
miracle
OF farOff Bethlehem and time defy.
o Virgin, vert thine eyes less unafraid
Or didst thou shrink, sore startled and
dismayed,
When first thou felt that life within
and learned
On thee Gods precious burden had
been Iaid7
What must have been thy happy, sweet
amaze
To see the aureate halo blaze
And from the wide flung gates Of
paradise
To hear the mighty harmoniss Of
praise
Loud sang the golden thrOated cher
ubim
And all the wheeling hosts Of ssra-
phim,
Whose snowy piniOns changed to
canopy
Of virgin white the heavens sapphire
rim
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Christmas
QuatrainS
By GEORGE CREEL

A GAIN the star dawns in the east
"A ern sky;
= Again we hear the shepherds
startled cry
As waking from his midnight sleep
he sees
The esmels of the wise men sweeping
by.
The years have worked their measure
Of decay.
Where are the inn and stable7 Who
can say
@This is the spot" or "Thers the very
Where Lord Christ came into the light
Of day?'
No more chants caiphas his venssful
song,
And scattered to the winds are all the
throng
That olamored for sarsbbss, only
held
In memory by reason of their wrong.
The weak sOulsd plate long has passed
away;
Great Caesar, too, is now at one with
clay
Their mighty Rome forgotten save
as theme
To keep the grumbIins sohOolbOy from
his play.
But still the scent Of frankineense and
myrhh
Steals down the centuries, and as it
were
But yesterday, so sweet and new it T
seems,
Did Virgin Mary bear the Harbinser.
Let fools with much Pretense of wis
dom scout
The truth and was their heads in owl
sh doubt
OF Great Jshovah's all embracing
scheme
Because there is a door they stand
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Christmas in the regular navy Is oh
served as one of the big holidays Of the
year. Starting of with a grand dinner
In the middle Of the day, discipline &
from then on relaxed, and the fun =
fast and furious till shutdown. and Of
ten the evening is enlivened by amateur
theatricals. The vessel is gayly deco
rated with bunting. and at each mast.
head and at the bow and stern green
trees are dashed If procurable.
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been wanting to know you so mucn
SO much. l have no means of obtain
ing an Introduction, and at the risk
Of your displeasure and your scorn |
have ventured to speak to you tonight,
to tell you how the little Christmas
carol you sang just now somehow
few straight to a fellows heart and
made him think Of home and all the
old familiar joys of the season"
He held out a card. His hand shook
a triie. But the girl did not notice
She was looking at him steadily. after
the first start Of surprise the color
coming and going in her cheeks. But
In her eyes was no fear, no dispeas-
ure rather the expectancy or an ex-
plorer who. venturing far, finds the
present good, though that to come be
unknown.
Presently they went out and hailed
a facre.
"where shall it beY' asked Drake.
"Laure's? Voisin's? Peters? No,
have it. Marguery's.'
So they drove TO Marguery's, and
Drake ordered a bouillebaisse Ito be
quite seasonable) and a langouste
mayonnaise and bird and some
sweets.
They had a very jolly little supper
indeed and no end of amusemeE
watching the merry looking French |
people at the tables. all devourlng
and other nice things.
"And to think" cried the girl as the
clock struck II. shivering with pre-
tended alarm. that I'm sitting here
at this hour, unchaperoned, in
French restaurant-with man who
hasn't even been conventionally intro
iucedw
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fence. Drake was picking up his pa.
v,.r a o,a IN ..yban

fence. Drake was picking up his pa.
per again when
The snow lay on the ground
The stars shone bright
All, it was the quaint old English
carol, with its liquid, sweet melody,
which he'd learned at his mothers
knee and it was the American girl
across the court who was singing it,
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night
No wonder the tears came to his
eyes. That particular carol and that
particular girl made up a combination
to which he was bit sensitive If the
truth had been dragged from him.
just that very morning he had writ
ten home:
There's a little American girl OppO-
site. l don't even know her name.
but the mere sight Of her keeps me
straight She's all alone, and she's
evidently studying music. AS for her
singing, she has the most beautiful
voice the good God ever saved from a
lost violin, a voice to make you
pray, little mother, to turn your laugh
t. to tears, to turn your tears to
Ii 'er"
From the day when he had first seen
her, watering her geraniums on the
sill, the window across the court yon-
der had become a sort of shrine And !
at each new glimpse Of her an inform
ed prayer of thanks surged up within /
him that a creature so lovely had been |
sent by heaven to keep the word
gentleman" stainless, to make it a
thing to strive for and to take a
clearly comfort in.
She was a stranger too. 1t was a
bond between them. Tonight perhaps
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Mother,s coronation pay.

That first Christmas was the moth
er's coronation day. Each recurrin.
Christmas perpetuates the memory o
her great glory. In public and in pri
vate celebrations of it hers should be
the central figure. Solemn gladnes.
akin to the Creators satisfaction in
his very good" work should I'll her
soul.
In Mr.. Harrison S. Morris beautifu'
poem. Incarnation we read how a
laborer, laden with "a tray Of tools. a
timbered frame" walked in the sun
shine through a city street
Nor knew that out Of myrlads one
Beside him saw a shadow run
That claspoa the centuries in its shade
But like loving spirit, there,
In even football at his side.
A shadow walked the pavement wide
With Bonded head and humble pride
And angled cross aslant the air.
It was as il the dateless sun
Forgot the years. the far abode.
And. 10. upon the sordid road
The cross worn Nazarean trOde,
Holding the journey never done.
Every mother who holds her baby iu
her arms repeats. unconsciOusly or con.
sciously, the story of the incarnation
The blended shadow clasps the centu-
ries." past. present and to come, and
eternity itself in its shade. Marion
Harland in Independent
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This unromantio Ace.

at sho1y do look" said Miss MAN
Brown sadly, like dar war no mo- TO
nance desc days"
What's de troubleY' asked Erastus
Pinkly.
81 takes notice dat when you asks a
gemman to a Christmas dinner be
dOesn splay no interest in .wbstbnh
dey's gwine to be mistletoe in de pei.
Tor. but keeps hintin' aroun' to fin on
how bout de turkey an 6xin's on
dinner table" "
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HUMILITY DIVINE MANGER BIRTH.
Hosanna! Glory to the Son of Man!
o happy moments ere his work began
OF lifting from the world its weight
Of sin
And making straight sslvation's tender
planl
No hint of Pontius Pilates last decree
The lonely horror Of Gethsemane;
No preseienoe of thorny diadem
Or shadow from the hill Ct Calvary.
Humility divinel A manager birth
The humble stable bathed in holy
light
The Babe. upon a truss of straw-the
mild
Eyed kline awaEsd to wonder at the
sight!
Alas, still fingers issue Of that kline,
The thick of wit, who can detect no
sign
OF God in christ's dear birth nor un-
derstand
The marvel of the holy bread and wine.
And sons of doubling Thomas still
abide
With US on earth and still the truth
deride
Because they cannot grasp his nail
torn hands
And see the blood sush from his
pierced side.
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ERCI, monsieur cried the
/" concierge as he cheerfuly
IVA took the silver coin. "a
happy Noel, monsieurg'
Lansing Drake entered the little i'm
passe on the broad Avenue du Maine
shaking his shoulders, for his back
ached. He had been working at the
Louvre for five steady hours-till the
very last fraction Of light held out
Why not? What part had he in the
festivities Of these happy French peo-
ple7 Was not he one of the homeless
ones, separated by the width of an
ocean from his family?
In his studio apartment he threw
himself on a divan with pipe and a
Journal Amusant. But the Journal
was full of illusions to the season, and
somehow he sighed The eve of Noel
Christmas eve! 1t had been the very
rest time of the year over there in his
dear southern home. What were they
doing now? Getting the things ready
for the trees, and tying up the wreaths
Of holly with red ribbon, and hanging
q branch of mistle-oh, pshaw, what
right had he to think Of such things
tonight?
A chatter Of sabots across the flag
stone cOurt-the small daughter of the
fetching water from the
common tap; from the Boulevard
MOntparnasse the toot Of a st. Phil
appine du Roule train and then 81
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Dashaway-Wen, Uncle Jasper, how
are you getting on with your Christ
mas dinner?
Uncle Jasper-Fust rate. sab. Colo
mel Winterblossom done guy me a
present of a fine fat turkey. sab.
Dashaway-T That's very strange.
just left the colonel and be didn't say
anything about it,
Uncle Jasper-No. sab. He's got T.
count dem turkeys fust
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Influence Of Mountains.

The influence of the mountain
and holy. giving strength and
ity, encouraging the older virtue
couraging the newer vices. In Il
men Of Wales we see this c
enough. Go where you viii amor
wilder and more mountainous pa
Wales and you win ind that ra
dependence and self reliance WI
not marred by a curiously Or
courtesy. You find there
are truly natures gen
don Standard
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"Don't?' cried Drake abruptly
"Come! We must be going home. II
is bit late"
She was silent while they left Mar
guery's and hailed a fiacre. Then she
broke out in a queer little voice that
was low and tremulOus:
81 think you must have a sister. You
take such good care OF a girl"
The facre rolled into the glare OF
an overhead arc light, and he saw her
looking at him with half mysterious.
half divine gratitude.
"Please don't do that" he answered
in a hushed voice. Something inside
him was pounding furiously. Some
thing at his temples beat and
thrObbed.
Don't do what"
Look like that"
She not only looked like that, but
more so.
Young man, young man." laughed
she. with mock warning, Il fear you
are wishful of turning a girls head"
THE lord be good to me!' he broke
out. his pent-up passion Of dreams
rushing TO his lips now that the bar
rier fell. Don't you see it's because
I-well. I'd hoped TO pass the evening
without telling you that loved you
that's why l was hurrying You home
! told you a little while ago it was
your friendship l wanted. I was
wrong"
She made no answer, but stretched
out her little gloved hand to him,
then drew it back quickly unnoticed
} singular smile on her lips.
you've known me for a few hours
only" he went on in a steady voice.
'and ! understand what you think of
me for speaking like this. If l had
known you for years and had waited
and had the right to speak and keep
your respect His steadiness did |
not carry him to the end of his sen
tence.
Then she laughed joyously. deli
liously.
You are mistaken" she said. II /
have known you for years. used to
,hum with your sister Gertrude at
school, and you used to come down
from your university, and we'd take
walks And we went up to all the
meets to see you run. and you used to
win. You called her your kid sister
ind me the other kid and you kissed
ne once. You've forgotten the little
,irl who stood silent in corners and
ooked at you with wide eyes. But
ouldn't forget used to have Ger
rude write me all about you till she
married. that missionary and went TO
We in China. And then / had your
hOtograph-the one in your track suit
And just to think for whole
Month now you've been living opposite
D me. across the court. and | never
new 1t, All, Lanse. I've felt for
ears you would come to me. and when
saw you tonight my first impulse was
} stretch out both hands and be so
lad. so glad. At once though. | saw
ou'd forgotten, so determined not 10
III you who l was. l wanted you to
scall. When l spoke of your having
sister just now tried to make you
call, but I'm glad you didn't be-
luse it's me. all me, as | am, that you
We, and it's so good that way"
A little later through the frosty air
e midnight bells of Noel rang out
ear. Then at the last, very softly.
ON a darkened room across the
urt, Lansing Drake heard a verse of
e old Christmas carol he had sung
his mothers knee:
The snow lay on the ground;
The stars shone bright t
lie bowed his head in his hands for
2 great gift that had come to him c
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night T
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srother Diekey on Christmas.

Dey say hit is better ter give dan ter
receive, but [ wants ter put my friend
on notice dat | been 'p'inted ter be
receiver 'tvell after Christmas.
De Christmas turkey rOos' milf
high. but by de blessin' er ProvideL
some err us got a mighty long reach.
He dat give ter de po' le1ds ter
Lawd. but in dat case some rs s thir1
dey'll halter wait too long ter sit de
money back
Hit don't take much ter make
wOrp happy. but mos folks fin
mighty hard ter spare even dat mut
Atlanta Constitution.
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Crawford thought you were per
fectly delighted with the Christmas
present your wife gave you.
Crabshaw-At that time didn't
know she'd had it charged.
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when MistIetoe Va Ranned.

Because of its association with
gan rites the mistletoe was for C
ries forbidden a place in Eng ~
church decorations at Christmastlde
and it was not even mentioned in oil
rhymes until the seventeenth century
in Herricks time. although the holh
and ivy had for two centuries previOu
been the subjects of various poetic
effusiOns
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PeouIiaritv d MistIetoe.

An interesting item regarding
mistletoe is that it is the only p
whose roots refuse to shoot in
ground. a popularity possessed b
other parasite. 1t is found on tbs
the lime and the apple tree as vel
on the oak.
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Thy place within the heavens ever
hold,
o blessed star, and like those men Of
old,
May we have faith and hope to fol-
low on
And at our journeys end the Christ
behold
-kansss City Indepsndsnt.
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A Word Of Holiday Caution.

Little Gracie-I don't think my I
doll is quite as nice as your new Z
Little Ethel-Well, I don't think ,
ought to say much about it, cause
might hurt Santa Claus feeling
Brooklyn Life.
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IL Woman o. lt.

Mrs. What was the
thing she did when she got the CHI
mas present? *
DOreas-Went to the stof. ~
what it cost
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In Christmas Land.

MistIetoe Just overhead -
Touch one spray above!
Holly berries just as red
AS the lips Of Love.
Christmas skies Of blue and gray
Heaven in bright vie'F.
And the sweetest gift today
Just the lips Of you!
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-12-18

She = The ideal And we weren't
even standing under the mistletoel
He-No. did that sub rosa
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At the marriage Of IT
leus. where all the gods
met together. Discord &
bic a golden apple"
beautiful" Juno, MiD
nut in their separate
= he 10 settle
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THEIRE
OF
NOEL
BY
Virginia LoiIiaWentz


RM ERCI, monsieur cried the
i" concierge as he cheerfully
IVA took the silver coin. "A
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was
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

Ever hear about our little red hen?
WE'LL sir, she was on the set for keeps.
Couldn't keep her off. Old door knobs,
soda bottles, lamp chimneys, match
safes-anything was good enough for
her. Finally 1 put her on three mud
turtles, and l hope to die if she didn' t
hatch out alligators! Yes, sir; three
of EN-! One OF 'em ate her up, and
when we opened him there was the
hen settin' on his back teeth, and
they were swelled up SO they choked
him to DEATH"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
State OF Ohio, City Of Toledo IS.

Frank J. cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney 4 Co., doing
Aforesaid. and tn at said firm will pay the sum
Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
-0 FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me end sub scriLed in my pres
ence, this 9th day OF December A d; 1886; ,,
0"> A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of thesystem: Send Tor testimo nlals Tree
Sold by all druggists, 75c,.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

THAT woman next door is really
dreadful, john" said a young mar
ried woman to her husband. "She
does nothing but talk the whole day
long. She cannot get any work done,
I'm sure"
ooh" remarked the husband. 81
thought she was a chatterbox. And
to whom does she talk?"
"Why, my dear, to me, OF course,
was the reply. "She talks to me over
the fence"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
"Barkeep, gimme high ball."

"Barkeep, gimme high ball"
"a what?"
"A highball. Where you been tend
ing bar?"
I'm just in from Boston" an
swered the barkeep, with a sheeplsh
grin. "They call 'em altitudinous
spheroids there"
During the week certain members OF
the flock had been paying over-much
attention to sampling local whisky,
and the minister took advantage OF his
position in the pulpit to administer
gentle reproof. "An' tell we. one an.
all. we're on the way to perdeetion!
he cried. At that moment fly settled
on the Bible before him. He raised
his fist. "Ye're gaein' tae hell ne
shouted. "An ye'll all get there, Just
sac sure as-sae sure as | ding tne
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

He was a drummer of the more
flashy type and had just finished tell
ing startling story to his newly made
acquaintance in the parlor car.
THAT reminds me of one of Mum
chausen's yarns" remarked the vic
tim, for want of something better to
say.
"Munchausen? Who is he?"
'Why, don't you know about him
He is the most colossal example Of
mendacity that civilization has pro
duced'
A brief, painful silence ensued
which was broken by the traveller il
tone that was almost timid.
Excuse me, my friend" he said, 81
seem inquisitive, but would you mine
telling me what house he travels for :?
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

Two tramps approached railroad
telegraph Office not far from New
York the other day and loked hun
grily through the window, but there
was not even dinner pail in sight
to induce them to ask for food. One
of them finally tapped on the window
and the operator left his key long
enough to inquire:
We'll, what can I do for your"
Just report two empties going
east" replied the tramp, with a grin
and started down the track toward
New York.
Whats a palette?"
Part of the anatomy"
mo- this is something to do will
an artist"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
G g G CURES
-. -. - OLD SORES

which produces has been removed
washes lotions reduce the nham-
nation and assist keeping the place clean but cannot the trouble
Old blood
infected with impurities and posons which constantly being
flesh
fed with the germaden matter
making impossible for the heal s.
purifying blood down into
circulation impurities and
failure of the place to heal
rich blood is
carried the healing begins all discharge the
inflammation leaves tissue begins to form the place fills with h
s. purely
safest blood purifier old Book on
and Ulcers and medical advice free to all who write
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

Young man had been calling
A sns sweetest girl in the world
on lnT moons, but, being bashful,
for m i,,t progressed slowly. Finally
ms NJ edecided it was up to her TO start I
81 sOnmething, so the next time e, he called
s son nointed to the rose in the button
SUI SUE If his coat and said;
hole s' ~ r; I'VE YOU a kiss for that rose"
III os;,nson flush spread over his
a onance. but the exchange was
coun'' after some hesitation on his
naa' Then he grabbed his hat and
pa pared to leave the room.
s'a aw VII where are you goirS?' she
asked in surprise.
as STo the-er-forist for more roses,
he called back from the front door.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

The father of seven-year-old boy
was a physician, and when the child
complained of finding difficulty in get
ting to sleep his father was ready with
advice. I'll tell you something that
will put you to Sleep" he said. "You
begin and count slowly up to 100, and
then another hundred, and so on. and
before you know it you'll be sleeping.
Try it tonight when you go to bed
Everything remained quiet that
night until the father went to retire
AS he passed the boys bed little
voice piped, "Papa!"
Eyes, my boy
What comes after trillions?"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
OWN YOUR OWN HOME.

We can start you on payment of $40
down and up, by taking one of our
large tracts of land; you can have
chickens, COWS and garden; come to
Valley City, on Seattle-Tacoma Inter.
urban. See Mr.. Redin, Mgr. Valley
City Land Co. Also we can furnish you
employment to help pay for it.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17

life out O. this feel" His fist crashed
down as he uttered the words; then he
looked to see the result of his handi-
work. Missed" he calculated. "Ah,
weel, maybe there's a chance for some
o. we yeti"