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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

How many know that Christmas
day was first celebrated i'm the year 9S,
although not as a Christian festival
until 40 years after that date? II was
not until the fifth century that II was
permanently celebrated on December
25. Many interesting events have oc-
CURED on Christmas and many ira
ditiops cling to that day. They make
entertaining and instructive reading
for old and young alike. so a few are
iotted down here as we linger over
the "walnuts and wine"
When Christmas comes on Sunday
lit is considered a most lucky day. 1t
means a good winter and an unusually
fine summer. Should child be born
on Christmas Sunday it viii be ia
vored by good fortune as long as life
lasts. So "all hall" to the Christmas
babies who arrive this year.
Two notable coronations occurred on
Christmas day-that of Charlemagne
as emperor of the west i'm the year
500. and that of William the Conqueror
at Westminster Abbey, in 1866. Clo-
Wis, the first Christian king of France
was baptized on Christmas day, 496.
The pilgrims, who condemned all
church festivals, spent their first
Christmas in America working hard
all day long, amid cold and stormy
weather, and commenced the building
of the first house i'm Plymouth, 1920.
1t Is a significant fact that no great
battles were fought on Christmas day.
They have occurred on the 25th and
the 26th of December, but the anniver-
sary Of the advent of peace on earth
has ever been observed by a cessation
OF hostilities. A notable exception,
however, is that of the battle Of Okee-
chobec, Fla, in which Zachary Taylor
defeated the Indians i'm 1887.
on Christmas day of 1861 President
Lincoln and his cabinet met and de-
cided TO comply with the demand of
Great Britain for the release of Mason
and Slidell, who had been captured
while on their way to England and
France as representatives of the Con-
federacy.
In 1868 President Johnson made
Christmas day memorable by issuing
a proclamation granting full pardon to
every one who had taken part in the
rebellion.
Sir Isaac Newton, whose grand dis
covery Of the law of gravitation re-
sGlted from the simple fact of his see
ing an apple fall to the ground, was
born on Christmas day, 1912.
William the Conqueror was crowned
king of England Christmas, 1866.
Christmas night, 1916, Washington
crossed the Delaware, found the battle
of Trenton the next day and defeated
the British.
II was nearly 80 years ago that DIR.
Clement Moore of New York city wrote
for the entertainment of his children
those lines beginning:
Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
MUSIC BATHS.
Holmes Says They Are to the Soul as
Water is TO the Body.

Water is to the Body.
One must be educated no doubt 10
understand the more complex and diff
cult kinds OF musical composition. Go
TO the concerts where you know that
the music is good and that you ought
TO like 1t, whether you do or not.
FAKE n music bath once or twice a
week for a few seasons and you will
find that 1t is to the soul what the wa
ter bath Is to the body. l wouldn't
trouble myself about the Alterations
of people who go to this or that series
OF concerts chiefly because it is fash
ionable.
Some of these people whom we think
so silly will perhaps find sooner or
later that they have a dormant facul-
ty which is at last waking up and
that they who came because others
came and began by staring at the au-
dience are listening with a newly
found delight.
Every one Of US has a harp under
the bodice or waistcoat. and II IL can
only once get properly strung and
tuned IL will respond TO all outside
harmonies.-Oliver Wendell Holmes In
lover the. Teacups."
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Henley and Stevenson.

w. e. Henley once met Robert Louis
Stevenson and found his friend dis
tressed because he was not "A Voltaire
or n Dumas. though he had an equip
ment which ought TO have made him
their peer. Stevenson put his failure"
down TO the weakness of his lungs.
perhaps you are right, Louis" said
Henley. T've always felt that IL had
not been n blessed cripple could have
taken the earth in my hand and hurled
it into the SUM-"
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Could Not pn Without Him.

Henry Austin was slow. His work
was always behind that of the neigh
boring farmers, although he always
got it done eventually. He had been
counting Jennie Blake for five years,
and at last they were to be married at
her home in the Stumpfeld district,
two miles from his farm. On the even,
ing on which the event was to take
place his neighbors, the Fosters. drove
by his house on their way TO the we'd
ding. Henry was Just going to the
barn with his milking pail Mr.. Eos
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Eye Strain and Its Dangers.

Never allow children to read or do
any form Of fine work unless there is
bright, steady light, says a medical
Journal Working by freight or in
the dusk causes such strain on
young eyes that they never quite re-
cover and weak or defective vision
is the result. Notice whether a child
holds books and work very close to
the eyes, and II so consult an oculist,
so that the child may be fitted with
suitable spectacles.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Church For Funerals Only.

New York has one church which
is devoted entirely to funeral services.
II is called the Funeral church, and
its usefulness comes from the fact
that many families living in small
apartments in the city desire to have
the last services for their dead con-
Quoted in a larger place than is pro-
vided by their home Having no fixed
church utilization. they seek this place
for the services.
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NO. 80.
coNcEIT OF BARBADOS.
A Mighty Colony 10 "the Little England
of the Tropics"

a Mighty Colony 10 "the Little England
of tho Tropics"
None of the great nations OF the
earth is half so proud Of itself as the
little colony OF Barbados, a mere speck
in the Caribbean, which calls itself
'the little England of the tropics"
Alone of all England's West Indian
isles, Barbados has belonged to Eng
land ever since IL was first colonized
by white men. IL has never been con-
quered by the enemy, as thesothers
have been. This fact naturally gives
the Barbadians a good conceit of them
about the proudest people on earth.
When, just before the Crimean war.
England was hesltating whether she
should attack Russia, the Barbadians
sent this message to the cabinet:
GO ahead. Don't be afraid. Barba-
dos is behind you"
King George was offered an asylum
by little England" when Napoleon
Bonaparte proposed TO invade England
''If you were driven from England"
the Barbadians wrote. "come here.
You will be safe with us to protect
you"
When England was suffering her
worst reverses in South Africa the
Barbadians were not worried. They
knew that If matters really reached a
crisis Barbados would go in and finish
the business" as one Of their newspa-
pers seriously put It.
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Get Out Of the Rut

"The dull man is mads, not by ma
ture, but by the immersion in sin
gle business, and all the more if that
be sedentary, uneventful, and inglori-
ously safe. More than half of him
will remain unexercised and undevel-
oped; the rest will be distended and
deformed by over-nutrition. over-cere-
bration, and the heat of rooms."-Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson, in "The Wreck
err"
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PuIIino Fower Of Men and Animal.

Pulling Power of Men and Animals.
Interesting tests were recently made
TO determine the respective pulling
power Of horses. men and elephants.
Two horses weighing LOGO pounds
each together pulled $3.50 pounds. or
$50 pounds more than their combined
weight. One elephant weighing 1900
pounds pulled $3.50 pounds, or $3.50
pounds less than its weight. Fifty
men, aggregating 1900 pounds in
weight, pulled $3.50 pounds, or just as
much as the single elephant; but, like
the horses, they pulled more than their
own weight. One hundred men pulled
$1,000 pounds.
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Open TO Adjustment.

Horrors. John! We have come off
and left the cat and the parrot with
nothing to eat"
"Well, | wouldn't worry. These
things generally adjust themselves.
Maybe the cat will eat the parrot
Puck
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BREAKING Him In

my future mother-in-law is really
bit too careful. SO that my flancee
shall know what to buy after we are
married she takes us both with her to
the market every morning."
well, but what use are YOU"
"Oh, l pay."-Fliegende Batter.
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Foster innocent Amusement.

He Is an enemy to the young who
makes any innocent amusement APP
pear to be sinful Natural and whole
some impulses may easily be made to
appear as temptations to wrong-doing.
Christian Register.
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Professional Pride.

The Judge-Then you acknowledge
having robbed the safe. Were you
assisted by any one?
mo. indeed, yer honor. I've bin in
the perfeshun for nineteen year. an l
amt never elaborated with nobody"
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Just a Shade.
Life.

"I come of very old family. Wo
have n family ghost"
"We have two"
81 guess that gives you n shade the
best of Washington Herald.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

ter shouted: Where are you, HENRY
should think you would have been
there long ago."
Henry, equal to the occasion, re-
responded in his slow drawl, WAL, l
guess they won't do much business
fore 1 get ere."-Youth's Compan-
ion
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Provided for Burial Vault.

BY the will OF a French lady who
died recently a farm was left Go the
town on condition her family vault
was kept in repair; while the rest OF
her estate was TO be divided among
those attending her funeral
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a Sure Cure.

doctor, ! have for years been ad-
dicted to walking I'm my sleep. Is
there any cure for mef'
"Yes. Adopt a baby."--Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
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Uncle Eben.

de man dat gifts de mos out o.
Iife." said Uncle Ebon. us de one
dat's willin' to jump in an hep heave
cotton while he's down to de dock
waitin' foh his ship to come In"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

A Notorious English Spendthrift.
Among the customers at Longs. the
famous hotel in Bond street, was the
last Marquis Of Hastings, the most
notorious of mid-Victorian spendthrifts.
Hastings. according to one who knew
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
Attitude and Art.

Fewer people nowadays pretend to
be reading when they get their pic
lures taken. Still, there are those
who think art is waning
Globe.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

A Wonderful Instructor.
Over a door leading TO one Of the
smaller lecture halls in the Sorbonno
at Paris notice was posted recently,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14

"No; polite. but positive. They seem
to have got into the habit of saying
everybody is ut."-Washington Star.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-14
a cusnioiop.

81 declare" said Mrs. Cumrox after
making n round of calls. "all these
buffers must have umpired baseball
games"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-29

Mrs. JalIa~9yler who mas been
visiting her parents accomplished
by her three children left Sunday
for their home in Henrico Co.
Mrs. Claude Parr and little
daughter, Of Norfolk are The
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. &. l..
Crock tt. on East River.
Mrs. Kate Robertson left Wood
stock Thursday for Richmond to
join her daughter, Miss Ellen,
and spend the summer at Green
wood, Albermarle couhty.
Mrs NJ. Burke Garrett had
few friends to tea on Wed. alter
noon. in honor of Midshioman
Genefer Garrett. who is spending
his leave with her and his brother
t Kalamazoo. Among t h
Young ladies present were, Misses
Laura Hollowith, Margaret Parker
Mary Butler and Mary Gibson
Hunley.
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RECONCILIATION

If thou vert lying cold and still and
white
In deaths embraces, o mine enemy!
l think that if 1 Came and looked on
thee,
should forgive; that something in
the sight
OF thy still face would conquer me,
by right
or deaths sad impotence, and I should
sec
How pitful a thing II is to be
A. feud with aught that's mortal. SO
tonight,
My soul, unfuriing her white. flag of
peace,
ForestallinE that dread hour.which we
may meet
The dead face and the living fain
woul" cry.
Across the years, "Oh. let our war
fare cease
Life is so short and hatred not sweet;
Let the. c be peace between rs ere we
de-
Caroline Anterior Mason.
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Mati)Cws County
BLAKES

Mrs. Murphy Of Norfolk, arrived
last week to spend the sumDer with
her daughter, Mr.. g. G.. Bassett.
Mrs. Salina Poster the beloved wife
Of Mr.. Charles Foster, passed away
on last Wednesday afternoon after a
brief illness with Pneumonia. She s.
wears of age; aud leaves two sons and
Il daughter.
While tampering with a revolver
last week, Mr.. Ashley White was Sc
verely wounded by the accidental dis
charge Ofthe " e5pon.
Mr.. Arthur Ingram and sister Miss
Annie and Susie spent Sunday with
relatives at Dixondale.
Nc. William Wright is quite sick at
this writing.
Mr.. Cornelius PAYNE has recently
suffered Il slight attack Of appendicitis
An operation is deferred, pending far
ther results.
Mr.. Curtis Edwards spent a few
days on the Island, recently.
II. II. Il,
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MR s. REaECCA MES

Mrs. Rebecca James widow OF the
late Captain John +, James died a.
her home near Dacgs Wharf on Wod
:.csday last, after bref illness.
Funeral services were conducted q,
the home o. Friday morning by Rev.
]. y Winn and intcrrment was made
in the family ccmetary.
Mrs. James il survived by the foil
owing children Mrs. W.T.. EHos, Mr. 5
Henry DigGs and Misses Jennie and
Ruth lanes. She WAS member of
the Methodist Church and Il SsUscc.t
christian.
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Death Of 5000 WoTnap

Recently at the home of her
husband. w, O. Hudgins, Mrs.
Sarah Hearst Hudgins. fell
asleep" i'll the arms Of Jesus and
passed peacefully to the reward
that God gives to the faithful in
Christ Jesus She was d good
daughter, faithful wife, loving
mother and devoted Christian.
She bore with patience and for
titnde her four years OF suffering
and and her spirit Chastened by
affection, entered iOyOusly into
that rest that remaineth for the
people of God" She left a grief
stricken husband and three sons,
whom she ever bore in her loving
and motherly heart. to mourn
over her departure. We com
mend her aged mother. her de-
voted husband, her brothers and
sisters and especially her mother
less boys to God and the VOID
of his krace" which arc able to
lift the clouds and scatter the
gloom and assuage the sorrows
and dry the tears that are gather
ing and binding now. Brother
Vim, tn cir devoted pastor,
spoke words of comfort at her
funeral and her body was laid to
rest near her home over which
the fragrant flowers will bloom
until all the dead shall be raised
to life again. Geo. Gowen.
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ne ATH--k E Nj

Mr.. Aubrey Heath. of Urbanna.
and Miss Mary L. Kemp the at
tractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Kemp. of North. were
married at the home of the bride
on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.
Rev Henry Moore, of Ken
tucky performed the CEREMONY.
Mir. and Mrs. Heath will reside
at Erbanna, where the former is
a well known maChniSt.
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OtiCG

The Woman's Missionary Union, of
the Rappahannocx Association will
meet Wednesday and Thursday, July
l. and Il, with he hermitage Bap-
fist Church, Churchview, MiddleseX
COuntv. va.
All Societies CIV. NJ. L., Y. w. \ .
AMI Sunbeams) are urged TO send 4
delegate. Churches having no soc;e-
ties are requested TO send Il lady rep
resent 3tivc.
Delegates coming by boat will be
met AID are requested 10 CONE Tues
day, as there will BE-, steamer up ans
down TIM river that day.
Societies will please send names of
- =, - ~N~". rrn,uS Of trsvei and
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office
Port Haywood. Va,

Port Haywood, Va,
June goth, 1911.
All persons indebted to the es-
ta;e of the late Walter G. Hud-
gins. GwynnS Island will kindly
arrange for settlement, and any
one having claims against the
said estate will please present
them. properly authenticated, to
me for payment.
q. Z. I. Lane
Atty. for heirs in law Of the
late Walter @. Hudglns
p. 81 shall be at the store of
MIR. Gilmore GOdsev, on Friday
July 9TH, frOn. 10 4. N. to :. p. m.
2t
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Saved His wifess Eifes

My wife would have been in her
grave to day, writes O. II Brown. of
MuScadine, Ala, IF it had not been
for Dr.. Kings New DiscOlery. She
was down in her bed, not Die to get
up without help sac had a severe
troFthial trouble and a dreadful
cough. got her q Bottle of DR., Kin gs
New Discovery, and she soon began 70
mend. and as we'll in a shcrt time. "
fnfalliblG for coughs and colds, it's
the most reliable remedy OH earth for
deSperatS lueG trouble, hensorrhages,
lagrppe, asthma, hay fever. Group
and whGpping cough. soc, SI.0O Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gists.
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M aTTia9eS
r AIN S--MHITE

Mr.. Clarence Rains. of Bohan-
non. and Miss Elizabeth White,
of North River. were married at
the West Mathews parsonage by
Rev I. w. Ogden on Saturday
night last
The groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Buddie Rains and the
bride the attractive daughter OF
Mr.. ahd the late Mrs, William
II. White Of North River, They
will reside at BohannOn.
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4 Terrible E!un Ger

to nelect liver trouble. Never do it.
Take DR.. Kings New Life Pills on
he first sign Of constipation, bilious
ness or inactive bowels aid prevent
virulent indigestion, jaundice or gall
stone. They regulate liver. stomach
and bowels and build up YOUR health.
Only 25c 1t all druggists
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Deaths
MRS. THOMAS HuDoiNs

After being an invalid for many
years Mrs. Thomas HudginS of New
Point departed this life on Saturday
last. The funeral was preached at
The home Monday by Rev. J, y. Winn
AID the remains laid 20 rest III the
lamily burying ground at Mr.. Frank
Jarvis. y husband and two sons
Messrs Thomas Jr.and John Hu6gius
to her reward.
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Suicide

Mfr. Harry L. White, forty
years Of age was dicoverei dead
in his home 3c7 Mowbray Arch on
Friday morning. He was lying
in bed with all the gas Jets turned
on and all doors and windows
closed, Mr.. White is the son of
Major. Lewis White forWerIy Of
Mathews and grandson Of MIR.
AlpheuS White.
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For Sale

American Oil Engine For Sale,
suitable for either Marine OF tatiou-
AIRY work. The Engine requileS no
spark or flame to keep it in operation,
Nothing but ordinary Kerosene UII is
needed to run the Engine. 1t is for
ever use where power is required.
Inquire at this office. 4-27.St
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For Sale

One 81 the best vounC horses in the
coGntv. Perfectly sound, a good sad
dler and driver. Will work any where.
An exceptionally good all round horse.
Leaving county reasons for selling.
viii only be on the market a short
whr!e. Address Z. Hudgins
HudgiuS, Va,
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~UriV eTsiIy Of
VIRGINIA

Head OF Public School System
of Virginia
depart MENTS REPRESENTED
&iiege. Graduate, Law, Med
Sine, Engineering
LOAN FUMES AVAILABLE
10 deserving students. $1,000
cover all costs to Virginia students
Ilr the Academic Departments.
Send for catalogue.
4 HOWARD WINSPoN. Registrar.
Cnivei sity. Va>
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Preaching atWcstville Baptist Churh
evofy first and third Sunday morning
and night and every fourth Sunday
mcrning.
Macedonia every second Sunday
r7orning and night, aud fourth Sun
&9y night.
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E PEEK into VIE Pockes

would snow the box of Bucklens Arni-
ca Salre th2t E. .. Esopor, u carpenter
OF Martlia, N Y. always c1rries.
have meyer bad cut, wound. bruse or
sore it would rot soin he al, he writes
Greatest healer OF burns bojls, scaids
chappcd hrnde I'd Inns. fever sores
NtrFt -f-'".a, C..S y"
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SPECIAL PREMIUMS GIVEN

us proht sharing proposition should appeal YOU We
1--we gwen nice premiums for tickets given with goods
Starring our purchased store But during
6OEIIS WITH June and July giving specia pre-
O7 "a HONS nlipms. Buy here. save your tickets
anu purchase with them attractive and useful articles
- neSe SKIRT offerings quite sensation. The
are DIT once seen to be remarkable Our leaders big
SkRI sale are as folows:-A handsome skirt plain
- ored, also full plated and braided satin folds
MS SKIRT Ordinarily sells for S. but during this YOU
NV your choice OF this big showing for S. s. GTheh
'here are big values hOwu black plated with
sn folds This skirt can't be bought elsewhere for less
thar So 90, price ST .oS.