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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-12-23
First Christmas Observance

Christmas gets its name from the
mass celebrated in the early days Of
the Christian church in honor OF the
birth of Christ. Its frst soIemnization
having been ordered by Pope Tele.
sphorus. This was in or before the
year 1913, for in that year Pope Tele-
sphorus died.
At first Christmas was what is
known as a movable feast. Just as
Easter is now, and owing TO misun.
deEtandings was celebrated as late
as April or May. In the fourth cen.
tury an ecclesiastical investigation
was ordered. and upon the authority
of the tables Of the censors in the
Roman archives Dec, % was agreed
upou as the date Of the Saviour's ma.
tivityi Tradition ,fxed the hour of
birth at about midnight, and this led
to the celebration OF midnight
mas in all the churches, second at
dawn and third in the later morn.
ing.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-12-23
TO STOP
ILLEGAL SALES.

at the term Of Court held this
week Judge Staples said that he was
the recipient Of number Of anOny-
nous letters, and also Of some
signed, complaining that some land
lords In the county were selling II.
quor to habitual drunkarde. minors
and on Sundays He directed con-
stables 10 go to the landlords In their
several townships and notify them
that this must cease. he instructed
the constables that a man who fro
quently got drunk should not be sold
liquor when he was sober. A very
occasional intOxication like on a holt.
day, or on some extraordinary ooca-
sion did not constitute a man a hab-
itnal drunkard, tut when a man
spent meHey for liquor which should
go to supply h,s family with neces-
saries and thus did it an injury he
should be refused. A man has no
right to deprive his family of com.
forts 50 crafty his propensity to
drink.
The judge did not say so, but land.
lords never know what information
is being given the Court of the con-
duct of their places, and hence may
at any time be compelled to face a
rule to show cause why their license
shall not be revoked, whioh rule the
Court can enter of its own volition.
Can any la1d lord afford to take such
chances? The Court did say that II
a landlord would not, or could not,
conduct his business without violst-
ing the law he should quit.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-12-23

Mr.. Carnegie bravely continues
his fight against dying rich but the
odds are against him.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-12-23

Mr. Rockefeller's proposed founda.
tIon gift Of more than 500, 900, 900 is
again before Congress which seems
TO be appalled, at the immensely OF
the benefection and afraid It may
have q fiare back.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
Absurd Hlndoo Beliefs.

Self-renunciation is one of the fea
lures Of Hindooism. A writer says:
"The ascetic life is the natural fruit
of the pessimism of India. In no 9th
er country is such transcendant merit
attached to modification Of the flesh
Ascetics press their martyrdom to al.
most Incredible limits; they will pass
their days outstretched upon bed OF
spikes; they will hold up an arm till
it withers In the socket; literally they
treat the body as though it we're a
slave. The devotee is saluted every
where as maharaja, men of wealth
and position constantly IN their de-
clining years resign their possessions
to their heirs, and wait for death in
nakedness and poverty by the Ganges
at Benares; nay, it is no uncommon
thing that young men, the products of
our universities, should relinquish
their interests and their ambitions
and join the wandering army Of devo-
tees who, literally in sackc1oth and
ashes. seek grace in an unending
round of pilgrimages."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
HOW TO LAUNDER FRILLs
Row Of BastIng. Stitches VIII Hold
.PIaits In Position While
Washing.

Before putting in the laundry the
one-side plated frills and frilled col
lars which are 80 pretty and popular
and yet so hard to do up" run row
OF basting stitches about an inch from
the outer edge. That will hold the
plaits in position while washing and
viii save time and trouble later n
ironing. This Is especially true II you
are not the proud possessor OF pat
emit plating iron.
These frills, BY the way. should
when possible, be made separate rom
the blouse and buttoned, hooked OF
pinned on, so that they do not have to
70 often to the tub. They really 40
not get dirty 80 quickly as the more
exposed parts OF the blouse. and they
are i great nuisance usually to wash
ana iron. even with the precaution
mentioned. II you buy ready-made
blouse with frills stitched on. It fs A
easy matter to rip them on and supply
Auttons and buttonholes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
LUCKY NUMBER OF AGE
SUPERSTITION NOT CONFINED
TO ANY ONE LAND.
Each Of the Diglts Has Long Been In
vested With Mystical Qualities
Which Even Free Thinking
People Still Recognize.

The number / is esteemed as very
lucky by the Japanese, who allot but
one day to each Of the several opera
tons Of husbandry, leaving that por-
ton Of the crop that could not be
gathered In one day.
The second digit acquired an espe-
c;ally evil reputation among the early
Christians because the second day
hell was created, along with heaven
and earth. It also seems to have been
a number unlucky in English dynas-
ties. Harold II. was slain in battle.
William II. and Edward II. were muir
dered. Ethelred H., Richard II. and
James II. were forced to abdicate,
and Henry H., Charles II. and George
II. were unfortunate in many ways.
Little mystery was attached to the
numbers and s. In folk lore the
four-leaved clover is considered es-
pecially lucky.
The Cabalists asserted that the
number was potent in mystical prop
critics. The world was created in six
days, the Jewish servant served six
years.
The number has been invested
with more mystery than all the other
digits put together, and to 1t were
ascribed magic and mystical qualities
possessed by no other number. Sew
eraI learned treatises have been writ
ten on this number, and septenary
combinations have been sought every
where. The seven days Of creation
led to u septenary division of time to
all ages. Several of the Jewish feasts
lasted seven days. Elisha sent Naa-
man to work in the Jordan seven
times, and Elijah sent his servant
from Mt. Carmel seven times to look
for rain. For seven days seven priests
with seven trumpets invested Jericho,
and on the seventh day they encom-
passed it seven times.
There were nine earths, according
to medieval cosmogony; nine heavens.
nine rivers of hell and nine orders of
angels. The number being perfec-
ton, since 1t represented divinity, was
often used to signify a great. guam
t1ty, as In the phrases, "A nine days
wonder" "A cat has nine ives,' and
Mine tailors make man." In Scot
land, dfstempered COW was cured by
washing her in nine surfs. To see
nine magpies is considered extremely
lucky. Nine knots made in black
wooden thread served as charm in
the case OF sprain. It was also be-
lieved. and is still by some that If
servant girl finds nine green peas in
one pod and lays them on the window
sill, the first man that enters will be
her beau. Nine grains Of wheat laid
on four-leaved clover enables one, II
= said, to see the fairies.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
EVENING GOWNS CUT LOW
Examples Of the Frocks Worn by
Smart Women In London
This Season.

London's smart women have always
worn very decollete gowns, but this
year they have excelled all previous
records. The newest evening frocks
are practically without backs, 80 mar
row IL the line Of bodice seen at each
side.
A favorite style is deep V-shaped
opening, the print Of the v not finish
ing till it reaches the waist. Another
style is to have the corsage cut u
shaped. This also displays q mini
mum of bodice and maximum OF
back.
With these gowns the decolletage
In front is proportionately low, and In
many cases not vestige OF sleeve Is
to be seen. AS gloves are very often
discarded the result is q decidedly
undressed appearance, and when you
have also a skirt of tight and f1imsy
material with satin underskirt some
six or eight inches shorter than the
chiffon overdress the effect Is OF au-
dacity.
A frock worn by duchess at re-
ception lately was OF blue charmeuse
with a tunic of mousseline In paler
shade. The decolletage edged with q
dark fur was cut in a novel way. The
square line across the front and back
was continued over the arms and
slanting down into deep point form
ed the upper parts OF the sleeve, the
under parts being formed of blue
mousseline. The shoulders and the
greater part of the arms were thus
left here. How the dress was kept In
its proper position was mystery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30

on appropriations and post offices and
post roads. No man on either side OF
the chamber had better grasp of the
important questions coming before
those organizations than did Senator
Clay.
Much OF his attention was given to
economic questions, such as the tariff
and railroad Legislation. All appropri-
atio1s, and especially those pertaining
to the postal service, were carefully
scrutinized by him. He believed in the
simple life and he, never tired Of
preaching economy In the conduct Of
the nations affairs. II he was pessi-
mistic in anything he was so regarding
what he believed to be the extrava-
giant tendencies Of the age, and he
often inveighed against these tenden-
cies as developed in government bust
ness He seldom made long speeches,
but there was so much in his brief adj
dresses that frequently they had the
effect Of starting debate on quite I'M
expected themes.
Strongly partisan though he was, he
never permitted an opportunity to
make party capital to influence his ac-
tions as committeeman or senator.
He decided all questions Of administra-
tion on their merit and sought party
advantage on the broader field of prin-
ciple.
Senator Clay was fifty-seven years
old and is survived by his wife, five
SONS and q daughter. He had been
sick year and to the stress Of his
omcial duties IL attributed the shat
tering Of his health.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
! JAPANESE RED LATEST V0GUI
London's New Fancy In Color Is Used
for Whole Garments and for
Trimming.

Japanese red is the latest color II
vogue in London and touch Of 1t ID
used In almost all articles Of women'i
dress.
1t is dull shade Of red and Is more
effective when used in trimming than
in whole garment Coats Of It and
few gowns have been seen, but fol
the most part it has made Its appear
ance on black hats. as piping fol
dresses, or in some of the oriental en-
broideries on evening gowns.
Fur muffs and stoles are olten
lined with it, and some OF these an
piped with the new color or "a"
bands of it inset. For London tn'
Japanese red is distinctly approprla"
In the dull days Of winter, as 1t maze,
a bright spot of color in the MIDST q
the gray atmosphere.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
An Unusual Request.

Arthur Templeton has written to j.
B. Newell Of the Newell clothing
store, from San Quentin, making an
unusual request, says dispatch from
Los Angeles, Cal. Templeton incloses
an order for $1S md announces that
he wishes Mr.. Newell to send him the
suit Of clothes at which he looked
two and half years ago before be-
ing arrested for felony in Los An
gelcs and sentenced to the peniten-
tiAry for three years.
Templeton says that owing to his
good behavior he will be released
after serving two and half years
and he wishes Mr.. Newell to forward
the clothes which he selected at that
time and asked him TO keep. The
request will be granted
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
The Wise Peter Auaustus.

ia
THAT threw light, a most unfiat-
tering light, upon their chances, said
Senator Beverage, describing GER
tain straw vote. TT took them rather
aback, too. It was like the remark
Of young Peter Augustus.
peter Augustus had foolish, fond
old grandfather. The grandfather was
boasting to visitor one day, as
grandfathers will, about the family he
had raised.
envy daughter Martha Is q fine
young woman, he said, and her little
boy, Peter Augustus, IS fine lad. But
the finest thing about the pair is the
affection that exists between them.
They never exchange a cross word.
They're more like two young lovers
than mother and son. It's beautiful to
see them together. Hold on a minute,
and I'll call Peter Augustus in. Then
his mother will come down, and you
can see their relations for yourself.
"The old man rose and ambled heav-
ily to the door There was a beatific
smile on his old face. Little Peter
Augustus was playing with the cat In
the garden.
Peter Augustus!" he shouted. Pc
ter Augustus! Your mother wants
you'll,
"The little boy dropped the CIT and
fixed searching glance on his grand
father.
Your mother wants You. Peter Az,
gustusl'
" Does she want to warm mef 70,
/ ter Augustus cautiously demanded.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30

time that sooner or later Hetty Green
would have to do this. That pleasant
possession called ''unearned mere
ment" is not unlike the proverbial
bale OF hay on the camers back. Keep
this side OF the last straw and you're
all right, but ii you exceed the fnan-
cial load you can carry alone by an ex-
ira million or two, then It's all up.
You either break down or ring in a
hurry call for help.
The very sagacious lady to whom
all headgears look alike, and who
sticks to her ""old gray bonnet" de-
spite the Merry Widows, and the
Chandeliers that come and go, arrived
recently at this stage Of the game.
She chose the wiser alternative.
Hence the appearance in New York
OF Edward Rowland Robinson Green.
He comes to stay, SO New York pa
! pers say, and the Panhandle country
Is to know him no more. Predatory
wealth must make a seat for him at
the table. He will be his mothers
steward. and when the money of the
richest woman in the world talks,
Wall street must stop and listen.
The tarpon fisher from Texas is an
ardent advocate of the paddle your
own canoe" principle That is why
he hasn't been hanging around Broad
way all these years asking his NAM
ma for pocket money. After they
handed him an ALB. sheepskin done
up in red ribbon at Fordham college
in 1888, Human Life says. he started
right in as section hand on a rail-
road. That he kept the tugs taut all
the time may be deduced from the
fact that inside Of a half dozen years
he turned up in the Lone Star state
as president and general manager of
the Texas Midland railway. This Is,
or should be, mahogany-desk job.
At any rate he has sat in front OF
that roll-top since 1893, and grown
prodigiously fat at it.
Likewise he's a director of several
Texas banks that will never have to
worry about closing their doors, to
say nothing Of his having been chair
man of a Republican state political
committee for three terms, and COM
missioner for Texas at the St Louis
exposition.
Likewise again, he's forty-two II
you stop to count up his years. and
unmarried. This last, of course, has
kept him from being as full busy as
he might otherwise have been. but
he'll have to make up for 1t now In
money-mad Manhattan watch-dogging
his mothers millions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
FLOR
By OSWALD EASTWOOD

SCopuiaht. 1870 by Associated Literary Press.)
When the Rev Bede Pomeroy was
captain of the football team at Gro
ten he was acknowledged by every
boy in the school to be "a right jolly
good fellow" Later, as stroke in
the university crew, he was denomi-
mated "a jolly good fellow"
Throughout his seminary course he
was rated by his fellow theolOgs as
":a good fellow" In the popular esti-
NATION he never grew less; he was
ever "A good fellow" to those who
KNEW him.
It was a shock to his intimates
vwssen he made public his intention
SJf becoming a candidate for orders.
This was not because he had ever
exhibited any unfitness for the call
ing. His life had been admirably
correct even in it's minor details and
he did not require recreating to
make him fit for his chosen profes-
Aion- But 1t was matter of great
Enarvel to his friends that one who
mad shown such marked preference
EAd INC mdtCl ouOuIO AA0 OuIS ~
suddenly, that the spiritual possessed
superior attractions for him.
Long before he left the seminary
Pomeroy began to manifest pas
sion for everything medieval. In
an Incredibly brief period he became
an authority on all the theological
td0ings of those interesting ages when
Journalism cut such prominent fig
ure in public worship. In his sec
ond year he had achieved the repu-
tation of being inclined to asceti-
cism, although when questioned he
limited loosely that a growing ten
dency to adiposity was responsible
for his apparent loss of appetite. In
his last year it was current that he
had developed into mystic and 1t
was limited broadly that he wore
hair shirt. When this latter piece
of pious gossip came to his ears he
denied that he had availed himself of
chat aid to sanctity.
Being bright and scholarly and
exceedingly prepossessing in per-
sonal way, it was only natural that,
both before and after ordination, he
should have abundant opportunity to
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30

place himself advantageously. He
might have mad a selection from
half dozen curacies which promised
all,Tingly in the way of speedy pro-
motion, boundless social possibilities
and what not, but he amazed and
almost disguised his friends and rela-
tiyes by choosing as his field of la
Dor one of the most inconsequential
parishes on Long Island, small sea-
shore village which, for three or
four months of the year, was kept
awake by the combined efforts of a
score of cottagers and the guests of a
summer hotel on the beach, and hiber-
mated during the remaining months.
Eel Inlet was the name of this undis-
covered hamlet.
1T is probable that the chief reason
EOr the young mans strange prefer
ssnce might have been found in the
Taa:t that one of his predecessors had
begun the erection of a tiny stone
chapel at Eel Inlet, of a design so
s:hastely Gothic that it's moyen age
perfection had inspired the Rev. Bede
with burning desire to see it car
Eded out to completion Although the
walls were rooted in temporarily so
that services were held in the struc-
Nure, 1t was far from finished and all
work on it had ceased long ago for
HACK Of funds. All interest in its COM
pier1Dn had died out long before the
new rector had even heard of Eel In
Net, and the earnest and impassioned
appeal for funds to finish the build
ing which he made on his first Sunday
EEL on unsympathetic ears.
ooh, we wouldn't have anything
CLONE to it for the world" declared
one of the cottagers. It's SO exquisite
ly picturesque just as it stands-like
a ruined chantry, you know"
Disappointed, but not silenced the
rector determined to continue in his
effort to finish the little sanctuary,
II would require $4,000 and he was
sun in debt for part Of the expenses
OF his education. All he could do By
his own personal effort was to per
;zist in his endeayor to move some
zfony heart to asspasm Of generosity
One Sunday afternoon Ii late sum
mer, after the service was over and
AAe small congregation had gone Il,
Ay. he stood In 4 contemplative
mood on the chancel steps. trying Il
Dlcture to himself how the choi,
auA look when completed. A, :
*
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30

Ga, recently. had
represented Geor-
gia In the upper
branch Of con-
gress for IA years,
succeeding Gen.
John B. Gordon.
He was chairman
of the committee
on woman suf-
frage and a mem
Der of seven other
committees, inclu-
ding the impor-
tant committees
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
She WouIdn't 90 SO Far.

They were arguing about the alleged
Unborn strain Of deceitfulness in WON
an, and she retaliated by citing the In
stance Of men deceiving their wives. 4
\. II suppose" said he, that you hold
that man should never deceive his
wife?"
4 ''Oh, no. = she smiled back at him; Il
shouldn't 80 20 far a. that How would
It be possible for the average man to
get 4 wife IL he didn't deceive her n
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
HETTY GREEN'S SON AS
FIRST AID 70 THE RICH
a certain robust, rotund and be-
spectacled gentleman who has never

been known to
siesta at the sema'
phore has been
Obliged to give up
his favorite pas
time of tarpon
fishing in the Gull
and 60 to. New
York to clip cou'
p0ns. His mother
asked him to, and,
being q dutiful
son, he went.
It has been sus.
p0CtNd for some
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-30
GEORGIA SENATOR WHO
SERVED STATE IA YEARS

United States Senator Alexander
Stephens Clay, who died at Atlanta.
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-10
DROWNED MAN IDENTIFIED

The man whose body was found in
Elliotts slough last Monday, has been
identified through the Northern bag
gage check found on his person. The
baggage represented by the check had
been unclaimed and sent to st. Paul.
Agent Elder wired the railroad auth
critics of the matter, and an examina-
ton of the baggage followed. His eff
fects showed his name to have been
James T. Mclaughlin, formerly of
San Francisco, and wire sent by
Undertaken Randolph to the chief of
police of that city verified the identi-
fication. The deceased apparently had
relatives in Ireland, but none in this
country so far as is known.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-10

The steamer Newburg shifted from
the Slade mill to Hoquiam. to COM
plete her cargo for San Francisco,
jlete her cargo for San Francisco,
and sailed thence Friday.