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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-12-07
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

The custom of giving or exchanging
presents on a certain day in the year
is very much older than Christmas and
means very much less. 1t has obtained
in almost all ages of the world, and
among many different nations. 1t is
n fine thing or foolish things, as the
case may be; an encouragement to
friendliness or a tribute to fashion; an
expression of good nature or bid for
favor; an outlet of generosity or
disguise of greed; cheerful old Gus
tom or a futile old farce, according to
the spirit which animates It and the
form which It takes.
But when this ancient, almost uni
versal and varlously interpreted, tra-
dltion of a day of gifts was trans
ferred to the Christmas season, It was
brought into vital contact with an
,dea which must transform 1t and with
nm example which must lift 1t up to
higher plane. The example is the life
OF Jesus. The idea is unseltish inter
est In the JOY of others. The great
gift OF Jesus TO the world was HIM
self.--Henry van Dyke.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

| ing and retribution. For another re-
suit the visiting young gentlemen had
secured the unqualified worship of the
visiting young ladies by their distin-
guiShed and heroic conduct. For still
another, behold Whistling Dick, the
hero, seated at the planters table
feasting.
The planter vowed that the wander
er should wander no more, that his
was a goodness and an honesty that
should be rewarded and that a debt
of gratitude had been made that must
be paid, for had he not saved them
from doubtless imminent loss and
maybe q great calamity? He assured
Whistling Dick that he might con-
slider himself charge upon the honor
of Bellemeade, that position suited
to his powers would be found for him
at once.
But now, they said, he must be
weary, and the immediate thing to
consider was rest and sleep. So the
mistress spoke to a servant, and Whis-
Ting Dick was conducted to a room in
the wing of the house occupied by the
servants. To this room in q few min
utes was brought portable tin bath
tub filed with water, which was
placed on a piece of oiled cloth upon
the floor. There the vagrant was left
to pass the night.
BY the light of a candle he examined
the room. A bed, with the covers neat
Iy turned back, revealed snowy pill
lows and sheets. There were towels
on a rack and soap in white dish.
Whistling Dick set his candle on a
chair and placed his hat carefully un-
der the table. After satisfying what
we must suppose to have been his Curl
osity by q sober scrutiny, he removed
his coat, folded it and laid it upon the
floor near the wall, as far as possible
from the unused bathtub. Taking his
coat for u pillow, he stretched himself
luxuriously upon the carpet.
When on Christmas morning the first
streaks of dawn broke above the
marshes Whistling Dick awoke and
reached instinctlvely for his hat. Then
he remembered that the skirts of For
tune had swept him into their folds on
the night previous, and he went to the
window and raised it to let the fresh
breath of the morning cool his brow.
AS he stood there certain dread and
ominous sounds pierced his ear.
The force of plantation workers,
eager to complete the shortened task
allotted to them, were all astir. The
mighty din of the ogre Labor shook
the earth, and the poor tattered and
forever disguised prince in search Of
his fortune trembled.
The December air was frosty, but
the sweat broke out upon Whlstling
Dicks face. He thrust his head out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
NDDYSEV[NING
FAIRY TALE
CHRISTMAS LETTERS.
81 hAQY GpAHAl1BlvVER

"We're TO be asked to the most won
derful party In the world" said the
Fa.ly Queen, and Of course all the III
tie fairies wanted to hear about II
right awa-.
"It's 20 be given on Christmas day
not Christmas Eve for our fine host Is
too busy then-far, far up North"
"Ten u.s." repeated the little fairies.
"We've an idea" said the Elves who
were playing with the fairies.
"Why don't you guessf" asked the
Fairy Queen.
ut seems almost too good to be
true" said the Elves.
81 don't believe So" said the Fairy
Queen.
"Santa Claus Is going to give us
party" they said.
The Fairy Queen nodded her head
"Yes, real party"
It was Christmas Day when the
fairies, elves, gobllns, gnomes,
brownies, bogeys, oaf family, old Mr..
Giant, Witty Witch and Fly-High the
ulIu VI IAillullu ntullth bAs
They went far up North and Fly
High carried many of them on his
great broad wings. The others flew In
special airships which Santa Claus had
given TO the fairyland creatures for
their Christmas presents.
And stIll more rode in chariots
which Santa Claus had also given to
them.
"Y0u see," said the Fairy Queen,
"Santa Claus was so delighted with
the Christmas Eve party we gave him
that he said we must come to his
Christmas Day party, for then he
would have more time. He asked us
to this party when we had surprise
visit from him. We did not know he
would have time to see us before
Christmas day. On Christmas Eve he
is always rushing about so hard.
"But really, Santa Claus gave us
more of party last night, Christmas
Eve, than we gave him. He called 1t
our party, though"
"He is always doing things like
that" said the little fairies.
They had arrived far North and
they saw the reindeer sleeping sound
ly for they had worked so hard and
been so very busy. The fairies,
gnomes, goblins, brownies, bOgeys oaf
family, old Mr.. Giant, Witty Witch
and Fly-High made as little noise as
possible so as not to awaken them.
"Hello, Santa Claus" they called out
very softly.
"Hello, fairyland people," said Santa
Claus.
eve had such a jolly visit from you
last night" they all said.
"This is such jolly time of the
year" said Santa Claus who looked
a little tired. "We're going to have a
bonfire" he said. "It's my yearly bon
fire, and it's one of the great pleasures
of the whole year.
"You see l get so many letters
hundreds and hundreds of letters.
love them so much and l read them
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

seemed to be about upon this side of
the house. He lodged low and SKIM
med swiftly across the yard of the low
fence. 1t was an easy matter to vault
this, for terror urged him such as
lifts the gazelle over the thorn bush
when the lion pursues. A crash through
the dew drenched weeds on the road
side, clutching, slippery rush up the
grassy side of the levee to the foot
path at the summit, and he was free
A small, rufTled, brown-breasted bird
sitting upon a dogwoOd sapling began
a soft, throaty, tender little piping in
praise of the dew which entices foolish
worms from their holes but suddenly
1t stopped and sat with its head turned
sidewise, listening. And the little
brown bird sat with its head on one
side until the sound of whistling died
away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

II leave the money sacks and the
women alone In the house for us TO
handle"
"Boston," interrupted Whlstling
Dick, rising to his feet, "t'anks for de
grub yous fellers has given me, but I'll
be movin' on now. Burglary is no
good. I'll say good night and many
tanks fer"
Whistling Dick had moved away n
few steps as he spoke, but he stopped
very suddenly. Boston had covered
him with n short revolver of roomy
callber.
"Take your seat" said the tramp
leader. I'D feel mighty proud Of my
self if l let you go and spoil the game.
YOu'li stick right in this camp unth
we finish the job. The end Of that
brick pile is your limit. You go two
inches beyond that and I'll have to
shoot. Better take 1t easy, now"
ITS my way of doin'," said Whis-
Ting Dick. Easy goes, You can de-
press de muzzle of dat twelve incher
anu Aul II bith Oll tAO u hNhf' -
mains"
"All right" said Boston. lowering his
piece, as the other returned and took
his seat again on a projecting plank in
n pile of timber. II don't want to hurt
anybody specially, but this thousand
dollars I'm going to get will fix me for
fair. I'm going to drop the road and
start a saloon in little town / know
about. Tn tired Of being kicked
around"
Boston Harry took from his pocket a
cheap silver watch and held it near
the fire.
ITS n quarter to nine" he said.
"Pete, you and Blinky start. Go down
the road past the house and fire the
cane in a dozen places. Then strike for
the levee and come back on it instead
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

many times. But If I kept them ]
would have to build houses and houses
to hold them all. So l have a yearly
bonfire"
"And what do you think?"
The fairies and other little crea.
lures shook their heads. They couldn't
guess, they said.
"The ashes from the letters of the
children keep me warm all through
the long winter months. And in the
summer 1 have to have a fire to help
make the toys and to keep me warm
For it's cold here in the summer too.
"Yes, these ashes are used for the
bottom of my fire in my big stove in
the toy shop and in my little house
alongside. And l never have any
trouble with my fire because it is
started with these wonderful letters
which keep going until next year.
When we put fresh wood on the fire ii
starts up anew, because at the bottom
are these ashes. Only can have such
fire, so you see what lucky old
chap am"
And Santa Claus started the bon
fire of the letters children had writ
ten him which made him so happy to
read and which kept his fire going all
through the year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
FIX TIME OF CHRIST'S BIRTH
Most Recent Scientific Reaearehes
Show lie Was Born in The
Year 5 or 3. c.

II must not be supposed that Christ
mas is the anniversary of the birth OF
our Lord. Christmas is the day set
apart by the church FOR the commem-
grafton of his birth, but the church
does not pretend that he was born on
December %.
And although most of us think we
count our years from that in which
he was born, tile best authorities, re-
ligious and scientific. assure us to the
contrary. Prof. Pho Emanuelli, astron-
omer to the Vatican observatory, is
one of the greatest authorities on the
chronology of the New Testament, and
this is what he has to say about the
date of Christs birth:
According to the best and most re-
cent historical and scientific re-
searches. our Lord was born either
in the year or the year B. c. That
he was born before the year B. G. Is
historically certain, from the simple
fact that Herod the Great, some time
before his death, ordered the massacre
of the boys two years old and under,
in order to make sure of Jesus being
| included in the slaughter. Now, Herod
died, according to the testimony of
Flavius JOSephus In his Antiquities Of
the Jews few days before an eclipse
of the moon.
"Here astronomy steps in to estab-
Iish the date of this eclipse, and makes
certain that it must be referred either
to that which fell on March % Of the
| year s B. C. or to that of March 13 Of
the year 4, both Of which were visible
in Jerusalem. The illustrious astrono-
mer, Ella Millosevich, director of the
| observatory of the COllegiO Romano,
holds that the second date is the more
probable.
1T being settled that HerOd's death
was in the year B. c., 1t follows that
Christ must have been born one or two
years before; hence in the year 5 or
the year 6 B. c., when we consider the
historical events that followed his
birth, such as the coming of the Magi,
the flight into Egypt and the massacre
of the Innocents.
"It is therefore to be observed that
the present era, called the Christian
era, has not as its beginning the date
of the birth of Christ, but the year 753
of the foundation of Rome, as it was
fixed in the sixth century by the IA
nous monk, Dionysius Exiguus."-
Exchange.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

sprang to the intTuding missile ana
held II up to view. 'It's loaded" he
announced.
As he spoke he reversed long, black
stocking, holding II by the toe, ana
down from II dropped rOundish stone
wrapped about by n piece of yellowlsh
paper. "Now for the first interstellar
message Of the centuryg" he cried, ana,
nOddng TO the company, who had
crowded about him, he adjusted his
glasses with provoking dellberation
and examined 1t closely. When ne
finished he had changed from the Jolly
host TO the practical, decisive man OF
business. He Immediately struck
bell and said to the silent-footed mu-
latto man who responded: Go ana ten
Mr. Wesley to get Reeves and Maurice
and about ten stout hands they can
rely upon and come to the hall door
at once. Tell him to have the men
arm themselves and bring plenty ot
ropes and pillow lines. Tell him TO
hurry" And then he read aloud from
the paper these words:
To de Gent of de Hous:
Dere is five tuff hoboes kept meself in
de valSen lot near dc road war de old brick
piles is Dey got me stuck up wild gun
see and l taken dis means of communl-
katen of der lads is gone down to set
fire to de cain field below de hous and
when yous fellers goes TO turn de hoes on
It de hole gang is goin to rob de hous OF
de money 700 gotto pay off wit say git a
move on We say de kid drOpt dis sock in
der rode tel her mery crlsmus de same as
she told me. Ketch de buns down de rode
first and den sen relefe core to get me
out of soke youres truly.
WHISTLEN DICK.
There was some quiet but rapid
maneuvering at Bellemeade during the
ensuing half hour. which ended In five
disgusted and sullen tramps being cap
tured and locked securely in an out
house pending the coming of the morn
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

of the road, so you won't meet any
body By the time you get back the
men will all be striking out for the fire,
and We'll break for the house and col
lar the dollars. Everybody cough up
what matches he's got"
OF the three remaining vagrats, two,
Goggles and Indiana Tom, reclined
lazily upon convenient lumber and re-
garded Whistling Dick with undis-
guised disfavor.
"Dis planter chap" Dick said, "w'Ot
makes yer t'ink he's got de tin in de
house wi mp
I'm advised of the facts in the
case" said Boston. 'He drove to Moo
Orleans and got it, l say, today. Want
to change your mind now and come
inY
Nav, I was just askin'. Wot kind
O. team did de boss driver"
"Pair of grays."
Double surrey?"
"Yep."
"WOmen folks along?"
"Wife and kid. Say, what morning
paper are you trying to pump news
for?"
II was just conversin' to pass de time
away. l guess dat team passed me in
de road dis evenin'. OATS all"
Dinner, two hours late, was being
served in the Bellemeade plantation
dining room.
The talk of the diners was too desul-
tory. too evanescent to follow, but at
last they came to the subject of the
tramp nuisance, one that had of late
yexed the plantations for many miles
around. The planter seized the occa-
sion to direct his good-natured fire of
raillery at the mistress, accusing her
of encouraging the plague.
'T don't believe they are all bad"
she said. "We passed one this evening
as we were driving home who had a
face as good as it was incompetent.
He was whistling the intermezzo from
'CavalIeria' and blowing the spirit Of
Mascagni himself into it"
A br4ght-eyed young girl who sat at
the left of the mistress leaned over
and said in a confidential undertone: !:
81 wonder, mamma, If that tramp we
passed on the road found my stocking.
And do you think he will hang it up
tonight"
The words of the young girl were
interrupted by a startling thing.
Like the wrath of some burned-out
shooting star, black streak came
crashing through the windowpane and
upon the table. where 1t shivered into
fragments a dozen pieces Of crystal
and china ware.
The woman screamed In many keys,
and the men sprang to their feet.
The planter was the first to act, He
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
IRVING TO Be Different.

The girl who likes to be different"
just for the sake of being different,
needs to be on her guard. For while
a pronounced individuality is good
thing, of all forms of affectatlon, the
affectation Of eccentricity is the silli
est. Anyone can attract attention in
that way. The man who wore his coat
inside out, would have all eyes upon
him, but he would have no reason to
plume himself on being center Of Mt
tention. Do not try to be different
from other people unless you can give
reason for the difference.-Girl's
Companion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

rest of you may divide. Why the diff
ference? 1 represent the brains. It's
my scheme. Here's the way we're going
to get it. There's some company at sup
per in the house, but they'll leave
about nine. They have just happened
in for an hour or so. If they don't go
pretty soon Wen work the scheme any
how. We want all night to get away
good with the dollars. They're heavy.
About nine o'clock Deaf Pete and
Blinky II go down the road quarter
mile beyond the house and set fire to
big canefleld there that the cutters
haven't touched yet, The winds just
right to have II roaring In two minutes.
The alarm II he given, and every man
Jack about the place will be down
there In ten minutes fighting fire, That
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21
Consolation for Edwin.

Little Edwin was crying because he
had accidentally let his toy balloon get
away from him.
'Never mind, Edwin" said his small
sister, when you die and go to heaven
you'll get it again."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

Of the window and looked down. Flf-
teen feet below him, against the wall
of the house, he could make out that
border of flowers grew, and by that
token he overhung bed Of soft earth.
Softly as n burglar goes, he clam
bered out upon the sill, lowered him
self until he hung by his hands alone
and then dropped safely. No one
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-12-21

Wife-That horrid Mrs. SluIth said
that / looked thirtyl
Hubby-HOw perfectly aDsurdl
Wife (elated) d)-Frankly, now, how
old do you think / looll9
Brute--About forty.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-04-19

Most of the grain crop of 1916
is in the hands of spectators and
they are boosting prices until
bread will soon be luxury and
grain feed for live stock viii be
out Of the question If the gov
eminent intends to do any regu-
lating on grain prices, it should
act at once and not wait until the
farmer is ready to sell his new
crop and thereby give the specu-
lator the benefit of all the inter
vening time. It's very proper for
the farmers to produce just as
much as possible, and it is just as
proper for them to have whatever
profit there is to be made between
the producer and consumer. This
country is not willing to run a
war for the benefit of the speeula-
tive class.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-04-19
Notice Of village Election.

Notice is hereby given that an elee
ton will be held in the village Of Nez
perez, Idaho, on Tuesday, the 2fth
day Of April, 1917, between the hours
Of o O'Clock a. m and O'Clock p. M.
for the purpose Of eleeting five trus
tees to constitute the board Of trustees
Of the village Of Nezperee.
The polling place viii be at the city
hall.
The following are the Officers ap.
pointed 20 conduct said election: judg
es, w. Z. Grim, James Marker and A.
N. Roberts. Clerks, Alice Barbee and
Blanche Sweet.
The registration books for the regis.
tration Of electors for said election ar.
now open at the office. Of the village
clerk.
All registered electors who voted two
years ago at the village election do not
have to re-register.
All electors not voting At the vii
lage election in 1915 should register.
All voters not registered on election
day will have 70 swear in their votes
the same as at a general election.
Dated at Nezperee, Idaho, this 9Th
day Of April, 1917. Avs
G. II. Nugent, Village Clerk.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-04-19
Order 20 show Cause Why Order OF
sale Of Real Estate Should
Not be Made.

In the Probate Court of Lewis eoun
ty, State Of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate OF An
drew Mitchell, deceased.
Harry Mitchell. the administrator Of
the estate Of Andrew Mitchell. deceas-
ed, having filed in this court his petit
tion duly verified. praying for an order
of sale Of all Of the real estate Of said
decreased for the purpose therein set
forth,
II is therefore ordered that all per.
sons interested in the said estate of said
Andrew Mitchell appear before this
said Probate Court on the 9th day OF
May, 1917, at the hour of 10 O'Clock a.
m. Of said day, at the court room Of
said court at the courthouse in the
village of Nezperee, county Of Lewis,
state of Idaho, to show cause why an
order should not be granted to the said
administrator 70 sell all Of the real
estate of the said deceased and that a
copy ofthis order be published at least
four successive weeks in the Nezperee
Herald, a newspaper printed and pub
hshed in said county.
The real estate hereinbefOre referred
10 is particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
S1s NwH, NwA NWA, See. 20 and
SWA SWA See. %, Twp. 80 \, :
Dated this 9TH day Of April. 1917.
(SeaD H. W. Niles,
45w4 Probate Judge.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-04-19

Il That American farmers are mo-
bilizing for the new spring drive.
That the fly peril is greater
than the submarine. Swat him
firstl
That it 3 no need to tell your
neighbors what you are. They
know.
That a cynic is a man who be-
lieves nothing and knows less. We
have a few.
That everybody is waiting on
the weather man to get on that
bumper crop job.
That God loves people who
don't love themselves. What s
his opinion of you7
That it's well to keep your eye
on the Mex. He's worse than an
egg that won't hatch.
That this business of confiseat-
ing great incomes has got our
goat. We're worried stiff.
That if the presidents conserip-
ton plan is enacted it win be,
marry or flock to the eolors, and
maybe both.
That the admonition to turn the
other cheek is all right, but what
are you going to do when both
have been walloped?
That we are told that paper
money harbors millions of mi
crobes. But shove it our way
we're not a bit skeered.
That there is a certain brand of |
young men who are doing very
little talking these noisy days.
They are merely enlisting.
That there are still a few spots |
left on this earth that are not in
volved in the war, but the Lord |
only knows where they are.
That the business man who adj
vertises only when trade is brisk
is close kin to the fellow who
prays for rain during deluge.
That we don 4 believe a word of
this talk that women want to join
the army and navy. Every appli-
cant would have to tell her age.
That a noted writer predicts
that the time will come when all
people viii be compelled to be
placed on rations. Gosh, hurry it
up.
That it has been suggested the
lnceasing bombardment with
neavy artillery in Europe is re-
Iponsible for the unceasing punk
That II Leslies and Golfers
could only run our ma
ional government, everything
would be all right-for John ID.
md his bunch.