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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

hanging up their stockings Pierre ana BaDette II they
are very small indeed believe that lie petit Jesus or lie
netit Noe-"the little Jesus" 1.-The little Christmas
have brought the gifts. But the average French child
is as SOPHISTICATED young America and Pierre has tc
be very boy indeed, to believe in lie petit Jesus
No French or Italian child hears of Santa Claus till
he comes to America; by which it may be gathered that
that good saint strictly German and when he emf
grated came America like all the rest OF the Ger
mans
The growth of the typical American Christmas with its
universal Christmas and presengivng Is curl
phenomenon. has no roots In American history
The original settlers of New England never observed It.
The Dutch of New Amsterdam scarcely noticed it. but
made New Years the great joyous popular festival
Within the memory of old people still living Christmas
passed unobserved in New York, while all holiday
rymaking centered in New Years day. Modern America
has built up Christmas festival of its own, and has
rejected definitely the religious feast in favor of the
cal and domestic In way however, the Ameri-
Christmas is religious than any and all the Lat
in church feass put together One who has lived through
years changing round of saints days in Italy, all of
which work done and the people take holiday will
observe that the thought of the people goes out
those in need The Astounding giving of an American
Christmas the uneasy uncomfortable feeling that every
child least must have if possible, good dinner and
present Christmas day. Is quite unknown in the Lat.
in countries.
The feeling that poor old buns and hoboes, even the
criminals in their PRISONS the paupers in their aims.
houses the beggars, the unworthy-all ought to have
something good to eat that day, and little Christ
mas cheer in some formis part Of the American Christ
Inc races that come to The melting pot of America
keep their home Christmas for only few years after
they arrive. Then they drift off into mora or less
Americanized Christmas.
For few years after they come, also, they try to
eat their traditional dishes at Christmas time The Hun
garian housemother makes the Christmas cakes which
long line of ancestral cooks before her across seas
They round balls of dough- covered with honey and
poppy seed and then baked. TIE EoSamans and Poles
also make poppy seed cakes each in different STYLE
The Sciian housewife too has traditional Christmas
cake. 1t is ring of dough with hole in the middle
the Italian donghnut in fact-whch is fried sprnked
with sugar and eaten hot
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
CRR/SZ/zAS R4R7r or Pm
~ Hf1ER/(HN XOLLYC PEOPLE

all busy erecting presepos ia me Aaea OF the
quality while the poorer folk constructing their
own. AS the mainland grows sophisticated the
quaint old devotion Is fading away but in conservative
Sicily people still make the presepiC every year they
dress Christmas trees in New FORK All the island
families busy from December / to Is putting their
old presepos In order making ones; and there IS
much calling to and fro to compare results and admire
and elaborate specimens of the art. The presepio
be little thing stand in 1t may
occupy the whole side of a ROOM
1t may represent whole mountain side made of the
rough flexible bark the cork tree Peaks crags and
precpces abound with winding trails houses and castles
of coored Cardboard forests wigs and sometimes tiny
pipes to furnish brooks and lakes In the center is the
groto with the holy family within A sky Of blue pa
per is stretched above, with the Star Of Bethlehem
spicuous and the hills the shepherds bearing
the gifts to the babe.
both Spanish Scilian cities there booths for the
sale miniature Shepherds magi and all the accessories
of the art the creche is not made at home
in southern countries but used to be part of the
Christmas decorations of French church. and is still
SO in the rural districts Many polished cosmopole of
Paris can remember working busily for days before
Christmas in his childhood to help reshen up and rej
venate creche of his parish church in little vii
age of France the villages close by to-day chill
dren who go about the streets singing Christmas carols
carry little creche in a box upon their shoulders
The Manager typies the difference between the Latin
and the Teuton Christmas. The Latin Christmas is
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
GOOD WORK IS LOVED WORK
And Therein One Should Find the
Contentment That Is Chief
Part Of Life.

II man doesn't love his work. he
had better get something else to do
But the trouble is that such people
will hardly love any kind Of work.
The trouble is in them. They lack
intelligence. If they knew enough
to know good work. they would soon
learn to love it. The manual-train.
ing scheme has this in view--to sur.
round the job man Is doing with
such intelligence and taste as will
make it attractive to him.
THE man who is in love with his
Job gets more contentment out of life
than any other" says Brander Mat
thews; and he gets great part of his
contentment in doing his work right,
No man can love his work who shirks,
No man can be contented who is dis.
honest about his work. This is shirk.
ing or doing it negligently. So these
things always go together-honest
work, contentment and love of the Job
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
Now and Then.

He is a capitalist now in an Ohic
town, but he was not always thus.
He has progressed along various lines.
and one mark of his progress is the
open-back shirt, comparatively mod
ern invention. To this he is yet new,
and recently commented upon it to a
friend who was in his room while he
was dressing.
Look at me-" he said, sticking his
head through his shirt. when l came
to this town l hadn't shirt to my
back, and now-now, l haven't back
to my shirt"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

ship was closed and their head call.
ing the would-be neophyte befers the
assembled audience, showed him with.
out a word an urn so filled with water
that not a single drop could be added.
The neophyte, reading the message.
bowed silently, started to withdraw.
but hesitated and returned. Picking a
petal from flower. he dropped 1t on
the trimming bowl so dexterouslv
that 1t floated without dislodging the
slightest particle of the liquid, The
membership of the academy of silence
became 1O1.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

The South American people make much of Christmas
1t Is the great day in all LatnAmerican countries
and the ambassadors and attaches and their families do
not forget the of their native lands simply be-
for few they have been ransplanted to
The open house" is the order of the day in
nearly every official residence in Washington after the
family has had its intimate celebration of the holt
day Large families the rule rather than the excep
ton among the ambassadors and ministers from the
southern European and from the Central and South Amer
lean countries. The children have gala time of it at
home and then the visiting begins. The presents that
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

utilization is the agency made use of
by living growth. A glass of jelly, or
any other noncrystalline substance,
doesn't grow. On cooling it passes
gradually from the melted to the solid
condition, and forms about a large
number Of nudei, just as happens in
the condensation of vapor.
Capitalization is quite different.
The growth is rapid, and the nudei are
comparatively few. Prof. Lehman
noticed that liquid crystals, when un-
der the influence Of a magnetic fluid,
coalesce and range themselves with
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

their axes in the direction of the lines
OF force; in other words, the growth
of an individual takes place. In fact,
the similarity in aspect and behavior
between certain liquid crystals and
bacteria is remarkable, and scarcely
can be accidental.
Prof. Lehman suggests that In
life the directional force is that mys-
FERROUS essence so much discussed,
and so little understood, the SOUL" In
support of this bold hypothesis" he
puts forward many arguments and
marshals an array of facts. 1t Is de-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

green and so are
the wild honey
suckle and the lau.
rel, trees and
plants that are
abundant along the
Potomac.
President ROOse-
welt was, as every.
one knows, a nat
ure lover. He took
every opportunity
that offered to get
away from the
city. His daily
walks and rides
took him far into
the country, and on
Christmas day dur
ing the last four
years Of his term
of Office he went
to Pine Knot, a
wooded, mountain
country place that
belonged to his
wife. Mr.. Roose-
welt stayed in
Washington until
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
Detected.

The consul in London of a continent
tai kingdom was informed by his gov
eminent that one of his country
women, supposed to be living in Great
Britain, had been left a million of
money. After advertising without re-
suit, he applied to the police, and a
smart young detective was set to
work.
When few weeks had gone by his
chief asked him how he was going On.
1--WE found the lady, sir"
Good! Where is she?"
AT my place. l got married to her
yesterday"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

on line. SO 1t
is that a
Washington Christ
mas day idea has
been made to serve
the ends of science.
1t has been said
that in years past a
great many of the
senators and repre-.
sentatives in congress
went home to spend
the holidays, but that
now the practice
largely has passed.
An exception should
be made for the past,
and the present, as
we'll, in the cases OF
those senators and
members who have in
charge lie gi S | a t ion
which has been pro.
posed in bill form at
the opening of the
session of congress.
When bills are intro
duced they are at
once referred to COM
mittecs and If the
measures are OF i'm
pOrtance the chair
men Of the commit
tees to which they
have been sent, make
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
HELP SOLVE LIFE PROBLEMS

that of the surrounding air, and thus
obtained access to an almost virgin
field.
That crystals, when placed in the
saturated mother liquor, grow and
Lave the power of healing fractures
have suggested to many that crystal
lized matter is form OF life. Prof.
Lehman ventures with some conf
Gence to assert, not that crystals
themselves are living, but that crys-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
The Academy Of Silence,

1t is written that among the varl-
GUS schools of Grecian philosophy ex.
listed one known as "The Academy of
Silence, composed of 100 men, each
member pledged to the purpose of
the school, writes Hollis Godfrey in
the Atlantic. To them came one seek.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
COPYRIGHT 1909. ey VIZ. s7r7fR5o~

ASHINGTON not only has United States
Christmas celebration but it has the fes-
tivities that mark the Christmas season In
all the civilized nations of the world. At
the Russian embassy there Is Christmas
fete after the manner of the people in the
land of the car; there are French doings
at the great European republics official
residence, and there is the genuine old
English Christmas at the home of the Brit
ish ambassador, and SO one may go on
through the entire list of foreign repre-.
sentatives not even barring the embassies
of China and Japan. where in honor of
the day, as Christian nations view 1t, the
oriental officials have holiday dinners
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
Contribution to Solution Of
Great Question.

Crystal wisdom comes from Prof.
Otto Lehman of Stuttgart, student
OF flowing crystals for Sc years, ever
since he discovered a novel form of
microscope which permitted the op-
tical examination Of substances at tenn
>veratures differing considerably from
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17
Not Up to Modern Standards.

"Your wife's new hat makes her
look like queen" said the man who
tries to be complimentary.
Don't let her hear you say that"
answered Mr.. Bliggins; Il have
looked through the histories and l
never yet saw picture of a queen
who looked as if she enjoyed a first
class milliner."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

purely religious festival, as much so
as any other feast of the church. 1t
has no particularly domestic or So
cial quality. Italian children never
get presents on Christmas day. That
is done on All Souls day, in October,
when they believe-if they are very
small-that the spirits of their de-
parted relatives have come back in
the night and left presents for them;
undoubtedly very ancient relic OF
ancestor worship. 1t is the great
Teuton family of nations that give
presents to children on Christmas
day. And the Christmas tree came
out of the vast forests where dwelt
the heather German and Scandina-
Wan tribes. 1t is. in fact, a pagan
relic, passed down from primitive
forest jewellers and worshippers.
Where Celt, Slav or Latin use it.
they have borrowed it.
France, half Latin and half Celt,
dashed with Gaul and Viking, is
family by herself in this, as in every
thing. She builds the Manager in the
churches, but at home. though she
seldom dresses a Christmas tree. lit
tie Babette and Pierre set their
shoes by the fireplace instead Of
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

If the women are to be credited,
every married woman finally dies of
a broken heart, and every old bach
elor has had his heart buried in a
grave for years.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

clared that he has made an important
contribution to the solution of the
great question confronting alike sci.
.nce and philosophy-what is life?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-12-17

the festivities OF
the day were ov-
er and the chill
dren had a chance
to take account
of their presents,
and then he left
for the log cabin
in Virginia where
he could sit in
front of a huge
open fire with a
6 e n uine old
Cnr1StmaS' back
log. On these
christmas out
lngs Mr.. Roose-
welt did a little
rabbit shooting
and tried to do
S o m Q turke y
shooting, but the
major mart IF tho
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
4 Paper Tiger.

Quite recently a Chinaman in
London was heard to wind up a
dispute with another man with The
words, SsYou paper tiger!" Asked
what he meant, the oriental replied,
4Oh, in China a paper tiger is a
fool who talks much, but is harm
less.
"When a man is very proud, what
you would call Stuck up" he went
on, eve compare him to a rat fall
ing into a scale and weighing him
self.
"If Chinaman overdoes any
thing we say, You hunchback max
ing a bow A son who spends his
fathers wealth quickly is "a reciset,'
while Of some of you rich people
here who send money to the heath-
ems abroad and neglect your fslni-.
lies at home we say, You hang your
lantern on q pole which is seen
from afar, but gives no light be
low London Paper.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
DyksterLuis Loses Mind

q &. Dyksterhnls. tho farmer
living near Hartman, was seized
with dementia last Tuesday. and
proceeded TO smash the windows
of his home with his fists. after
ward jumping bodily out of the
broken window as "A result he is
badly cut on the face and neck.
and Mrs Dyksterhuis has already
ordered that he be committed and
he will doubtless be sent to Pueblo
after his preliminry trial. He was
taken TO Lamar yesterday by
Sheriff Thonlas.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
Miss Nell Marsh Enierlains

A watch party was given at the home
Of Miss Nell Marsh New Years eve.
Among those present We're: Misses
Lela Mckee, Edith Shanstron Lizzie
iSigg, Zella Wood, Esther Lewis, and
Jessie and May Porter, and Messrs.
Harry Marple, John Green. Arthur
Sauter John Norris.Newton Miller and
Ed Helwick. Choice refreshments
we're served early on Jan. |, As the
merry throng departed each couple was
given tune OF some song, the couple
composing song and singing he word S
10 the tune given them
lie Colorado x Southerns low
rates and splendid service places the
Aiexlcaii Gull WITHIN only Jew
hours distance. Let US tell YOU OF
the splendid attractions
T T. FISHER,
General Passenger agent. ,-upcr
President Roosevelt and Common
Honesty.
In these last days OF President
l}oosevelt,s administration it is
pleasure to think how often III
these columns we have had the
privilege Of agreeing or disagree
ing with him, writes the editor
OF Noman's Home Companion
Tor January "Mr Roosevelt has
made mistakes, as he would be
the last to deny, but he has done
the country one service which is
not written on fhe statute books
or on the records Of his official
achievements. He has promoted
in the papers which the people
read. and, more important, in the
minds OF the people themselves,
an active discussion of questions
that had beiome shelf Worn from
neglect. He has given publicity
TO the Ten Commandments; he
has refurbished the Bcatitudes:
he has popularized Common Hon
esty. For these things let us give
him credit.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
THE HOLLY cH1EFrA1N. HOLLY. COLORADO
Always SIGN.

This Office frequently receives
well written items for publication
from different parts OF the county
to which the writers names are
moi signed. Correspondents are
earnestly requested 10 attach inc
name of writer-not necessarily
tor publication, but simply as d
guarantee of good faith. Re'nehr
ber also that conmunicatio'is
should reach Us as early as Wed
nesday.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
The Power Behind.

At prayer meeting a good old
brother stood up and said he was
glad to give testimony.
'My wife and l." he said, start
ed in life with hardly cent in the
world. We began at the lowest
round of the ladder, but the Lord
has been good to US, and We have
worked up-we have prospered. We
bought little farm and raised good
crops. We have a good home and a
nice family of children, and. he
added, with much emphasis, 81 am
the head Of that family"
After he sat down his wife
promrtlv arose to corroborate all
that he had said. But she added,
with satisfaction, 81 am the neck
that moves the head"
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
Notice 10 Stockholders

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the First National Bank of
Holly Colorado will be held at lis bank
ing room on Tuesday January II 1909
between the hours OF nine o'clock a. m.
and four o'clock p. m. for the election
Of Directors 10 serve for the ensuing year
and for any other business that may
properly come before the meeting.
j. B. Harden. Cashier.
Tile Chieftain is strictly a
home paper. It's advertisers arc
home merchants. DO you ap
preciate the TACT, Mr.. business
Mani
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
East Prowers Beet Growers
Association

The East prowers Beet Growers
Association will meet at Sunny
side Schoolhouse Friday evening
Jan. 8, 1903, at 7.30 o'cloc,. and
at Bristol schoolhouse on Saturday
following at $50 p. m Matters
of vital importance will be dis
clissed. Everybody come.
A. L. Fryberger. President.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
Lame Shoulder.

This IS common form OF nluscu-
lar rheumatism No internal treat
irent is needed. Apply Chambcrlain's y
l.inimcnt freely twice day and a
quick cure is certain This liniment
has proven especially valuable for
muscular and chronic rheumatism,
and is sure to give quick relief Cham
berlain's, Liniinent is also most excel
lent for sprains and bruises. Price,
25 cents; large size so cents. For
sale by Ikleman Bros
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.
y. S. Lind Office at Lamar,


y. S. Lnnd Office at Lamar. Colo.
Dee. 2S. 1908
Notice is hereby gwen that Edward A. John,
Of Holly, Colorado. who on August 22, 1907,
made homestead entry No 01136. H. r. No.
8471---fof the lots l. 2. and 8. Section 3,
and lei Of Section 2, township 26 south.
range ~ west c the 9Th principal meridian,
has filed notice OF intention to make
final Communication proof to establish
claim to the land above described. before
the register and receiver. at Lamar. Col.
orado. on the fourth day Of February, 1909
Claimant names as Witnesses: Pierce NJ
Brobs. Clarence A. -lickerson. Fleming s.
Mats and George H. Mavs.all Of Holly, Colo.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS.
R eqister.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
"a NAWs ~eaT OFFICE.

g.. -. ): :. ., !,
Ef great aehan;eaI diseoFery,
14 kstnre kade every man carry
: AxSXxof these around With him
z stqtk Very beginning of creation.
! VThe hoA important Of these tac-
Ves sfound in the eve. If Yon
q Urn your eye TO look ut the tip OF
\ Zydhr nose you use this block and
4ulley, which is just as perfect as
any erected on ship TO hoist sail.
Xhe muscle which, moves the eve
ball works through the block easily
and smoothly and without friction,
for nature has supplied To all of her
machinery automatic or mechanical
oil inventions. These never fail 10
work unless we are sick. and then
the danger of hot box is to be
considered.
The invention of the safety valve
for steam engines has saved thou.
sands Of lives and millions OF dol
lars Of property. 1t is an invention
that stands prominently to the
front in this age OF mechanical
progress. But nature supplied Us
each with safety valve which for
effectiveness works better than any
made by man If we did not have
this safety valve we would not Ike
twcnty-four hours. This safety
valve is the perspirative, or sweat,
glands, and to make s1re tliat we
would not run short OF the supply
nature has furnished the body @ith
some two and half million of
them. Ii our temperature rose ! or
8 degrees we would die within faw
hours, and yet we could not r,n
row, play tennis, ball or. even walk
safely anv distance without inesas-
ing our temperature to the aanger
point if we had no safety valve PRO
vided so ingeniously By natarc.
The cup and ball socket nnyl fhe
air tight valve we're first used in the
human body If our hip joints and
arms were not provided with air
tight sockets we would get TOO tired
to continue our work for any length
Of time in Just holding these limbs
together BY muscles. 1t is the
pressure of the air which holds
them in place, and thus all physical
effort is asoided In the various
air tight joints and sockets found IN
the human body one may find near
" all the mechanical PRINCIPLES in
volved in the air brake or tie use
Of compressed air for thousand
different things.
Some one exclaims that nature
did not discover ball hearings,
mechanical device which has re@o-
lutionized the vehicular world Dut
the principle is almost Developed in
the ball Of the leg bone and the
socket Of the hip, which are made
30 smooth and are so well oiled that
they slide back and forth with prac-
tically no friction.-Grand Rapids
Herald.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08

There is no case on record. oi a
cough. cold or Ia grippe developing
into pneumonia after Foley ; Honey
and lar has been taken. as II cure,
tie most obstinate deep seate 4
coughs and colds Why take any
tliing else The Holly Pharmacy,
ikelman Bros. Prop S.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
BabCock-Iones

The marriage Of James Oscar
Jones to Mis-. Bertha Belle BAD
cock. just before New Years, came
as surprise to thoir many friends
here. VINO with Tie Ohieitain.
wish them a happy journey on the
matrimonial sea.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-01-08
Special Notice.

Residents OF Holly and vicin-
itv will confer a favor on The
Chieftain if they will jot down
their gist Of local happenings
such as. social doings. arrivals.
departures. and everything OF
consequei,ce-and send to this Of
tacc not later than Wednesday OF
each week. Write on one side OF
the paper only and we'll do the
A't,, wn,lld nor delay taking l'oley's
Hilney Remedy at the first sign OF
kidney or bladder trouble if you re-
allied tliat neglect might result in
Bfigiit's disease or diabetes. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects Irregular
ties and cures all kianey and bladder
disorders. The Holly Pharmacy,
lkclnlan Bros. Props.