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WHO AND WHAT IS SANTA CLAUS

know that he is inside of the boy and girl They
have made him their own.
The only realities are what we create. The
poor have created the real Santa Claus. lnas-
much as the poor we have with us always.
And if you still don't believe that the poor
have created Santa Claus and that he is depen-
dent upon them for his continued existence, all
you need do is to consider what would have hap
penned to him if he had nobody but the rich 10
fall back upon. They would destroy him in
time not because they don't like him or have
anything particularly against him, but through
indifference and thoughtlessness and selfish
ness As they view him quite generally from
his material side, as a cheerful, and possibly
vulgar person who distributes toys, and as they
can always go out and buy with money all the
toys they want, it naturally follows that he has
no deeper meaning for them than this.
And after all, Santa Claus is good deal of
human being He has a remarkable sense of
human. You can see that in his eyes.
He is able to keep up his weight and his spir-
its because he has had experience, because he
knows his own power. He knows that under
meath all people are about the same the only
difference being that some have more than It
seems they should have, and others have less,
but that even the very rich are often nor so bad
as they seem. What Santa Slaus withhods
from and gives 10 the poor Is something that
they get slimpses OF occasionally, and makes
them quite like everybody else.
So then when the pampered little girl with
her flossy doll. rugged up In the latest style.
meets the poor little girl with her battered rae
doll, she may look superior and she may act
superior Eut she knows that the old las doll
has got something over hers. The fIossy doll
has short life. She may be put out Of business
Al a moments notice. Hut the rag doll has been
up against u too often % worry about the 10
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head They are making and reviewing lists
lest some one be forgotten. The pretty Things
they are making will not have much value
and may not be highly appreciated, but they
are the breathings of love for others, the de-
sire TO make others happy, and they are
building in the hearts of the makers Merry
Christmas
Il is an easy matter to spoil Christmas
Just as a drop of ink will darken glass OF
crystal water so will touch OF envy or
selfish foreboding, spoil Christmas season
The commercial engine, which ran at double
speed during war time and for some months
after peace was declared, has back-flred ana
slowed up According to mans standard TINS
has not been good year. The fields ala not
WELD abundantly, because the fruit was stolen
bv ravenous insects Prices are disappoint-
ing. and we have as the legacy of two years
of Unprecedented prosperity many debts tnat
extravaganza ideas and tastes prompted us 10
make The stores have more goods tnan can
be sold many factories are idle, many WORK,
ers cannot find profitable employment, ana
professional men find collections very SLOW
With these conditions staring them IN the
face. and tax paying time at hand it is very
easy for men to convict the year of our Lord
1921 of the charge of being bad year. Truly,
the wear has its lessons for US, and we should
learn them we'll but il will be CALAMITY II
we let the conditions spoil Christmas. WIS
dom. as well as necessity, urges against
spending as much as we have spent in flusher
times. and against losing as much time as was
lost when we could better afford 1t, but
there's as much unselfishness in the giving
of smile as in the giving of a dollar as mucn
of the Spirit of Christmas in good wish,
kind word a good thought or feeling OF
thankfulness as in princely gift merry
Christmas is thankfulness, appreciation, goou
wishes. and desire to give that others may
be happy. A dull Christmas is worry over
what has been lost, and a selfish craving 10
obtain, and hold, and enjoy.
Merry Christmas is not merely an altru-
istic hope and dream. II is attainable: Inc
dweller in the mansion and the dweller IN
the howell may have it alike. He who mas
prospered and he who has lost may share
alike the spirit which makes man like unto
his Creator and his Redeemer.
How glorious it would be il capital and
labor could catch the Christmas spirit Inc
wishing of each other WELL and each laborlng
for the happiness of the other would solve
our threatening industrial problems in day
How glorious if all the nations Of the world
would bow in lavish homage before our COM
ing Christmas and let its law of justice ana
love drive their fears and envyings and their
cunning. cruel diplomacy from the world
Then would the "Star Spangled Banner, the
God Save the King" the Watch on Inc
Rhine" the "Marseillaise" and all the an
thems of all the nations be blended into the
clad refrain that came to earth on the frlst
Christmas two thousand years ago.
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economic waste. ! am not thinking of
Christmas now, but Of crop failures, boil
weevls, business conditions and tax
es Last year at this time | was think
ing of profteers and wondering wheth-
er the necessities of life would ever drop to
a price that people could afford to pay for
them. Three years ago wa thinking OF the
world war, and wondering when the bap-
tism of blood would be over and the war
drums would cease to throb There's MOTH
ing good or sensible in Christmas if you look
at il from a distance of twenty or thirty days
If you view the great day at such distance
you will find yourself an "Old Scrooge, raw
ing against the waste and foolishness or
Christmas time You will wonder if there is
going TO be the usual waste Of money this
wear when times arc go how'd anf o"o'
should be boarded You will wonder wheth-
err the women folk are going 10 work tnem-
selves into a state Of nervous prostrauoh,
making things without value, for people VINO
win care nothing about them, and Will cast
them aside after giving them the uncover
and reading the name on the card inside the
package. You will wonder whether the
children are going to make as much noise
as usual, and if you are to be bothered by
company during the holiday season. TWEEN
ty or thirty days before Christmas most OF us
are philosophers, or believe We are, and phi
losophy cries out for order, economy, thrift
and quietude Christmas does not come
within the pale Of philosophical interpreta-
ton. The same cold philosophy which in
weighs against the liberality and hilarity OF
Christmas time sees no good in shedding
tears over the death Of friend or loved one
or in the celebration Of Independence or
and why? The answer is others Others
These reflections are nearly year old.
had last Christmas eve all TO myself. There
was a chilly room and cold hearth when
reached home from work. There was no
noise to disturb no useless gifts or their
wrappings scattered over the room, no col
lars with greetings, no anything-just
house to myself with no evidence of waste
or hilarity The tired man, the philosopher,
could not have asked for anything better
But what Christmas Surely II was great
time TO read, but after trying for time
found did not want TO read and could not
Finally the fire burned low, and then the
embers in the CRATE turned from flaming red
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Santa Claus is COM

Santa Claus is COM
ing.
A great many indus
trial plants have been
shutting down recent
ly, discharging their
men, in some cases
taking them back in
reduced numbers and
wages, and in other
cases declaring for a
vacation"
This is hard luck for
a lot of people, but we
mustn't be too much
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hands or feet TO play. But for others no song
Of gadness would ever rejoice our hearts,
neither would word Of sympathy or KIND
ness ever soothe our ears. In the great busl-
ness and industrial world we are dependent
every day upon others. Others are our en-
ployers, our patrons, our associates, our ser
wants. Others rejoice with US in seasons of
rejoicing, others weep with US when we weep.
Others prepare the banquet hall, others
make the shroud, others m,nlste, ~i.o.. ...-...
and sickness come, others place a wreath
upon the mound under which our bodies fin
ally repose.
The great message Of Christmas is 9th
ers" II tells us again of our great obllga-
tons to others and shows US that the road
to happiness does not lead through self, but
is lined with others. We read again the
story Of the Christ who left the courts OF
glory. that He might minister, that He might
kiss away sorrows tears, and that, by Civ
ing all. He might save, even to the uttermost.
Not every person will receive the Christmas
message. but happy and thrice blessed are
they who will When the magazines OF the
skies burst upon the hills of old Judea two
thousand years ago-when the brilliant star
cut loose from its moorings and held ITS
radiant torch over the halowed scene-not
every one heard the glad song of peace on
earth and good will among men. The glad
song is still falling in sweetest cadence on
earth but the nations have not heard 1t, ana
prim-visaged war is still stalking through
the land. and the wealth that should go to
make the people comfortable and the world
beautiful is going into armies and navies and
battleships.
A dull Christmas is a calamity. Perhaps
il is as great tragedy as an unhappy saliva
ton. Soon we will all be asking whether we
are to have dull Christ mas. The first
Christmas was dull Christmas to many IL
was dull to Herod whose shriveled soul filled
with envy and prompted him to say, but II
was not dull to the wise men who brought
gifts. Il was dull no doubt, to those who re-
fused to make room in the inn for the mother
and the babe, but it was not dull to the
shepheds who rejoiced or the angels that
chanted the glad refrain of peace on earth
and good will among men Christmas was
dull to Old Scrooge, who sat in his chilly
banking house and planned for greater gairs
and larger interest, but il was Joyous TO ms
nephew, who went out to give and to smile
While Christmas is yet twenty days in the
distance can safely predict that ! have seen
some who will have a merry Christmas. Ihey
have caught the spirit Of the coming day al
ready-possibly they have retained the spirit
and have had Christmas all the year They
are not anticipating any social joys, neither
are they expecting any gifts Of value. They
are anxious but not for themselves-the
Christmas spirit has no connection with self
and no thought for self They are working
every Woodworking until eyelids are heavy
and sore. and eyestrain sends pain &c :he
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to dull gray, and then gazed into the dead
and dying embers and reflected.
acknowledged myself as miserable as any
man ever was, Notwithstanding 1t was the
very condition had long believed wanted.
In my misery | reflected and asked myself
when | was happest, and the answer came,
"in the Christmas tides of long ago. Ana
what was it that made me happy then! sure
ly not material things, for they were few ana
of little value There were all the drudger-
les that little folk encounter in the farm
homes of the poor. Clothing was of the
coarsest sort and most of it was decorated
with patches. A few cents would buy the
allowance of confections and fruits that San
Ia left in the stoc king. And yet ! was happy
ents were gentler and kindlier and as liberal
thought Of me and thought OF others Par-
ents were gentler and kidlier, and as liberal
as their scanty means would permit. Little
friends came to Join in games and to cheer,
and perhaps to bestow some little gift. But
| was happy largely because the spirit OF
kindness and unselfishness lived in me. Inc
shirt of Rethlehems babe was on earth
again and had opened my heart and invited
II 10 come in | served my parents, not
grudgingly but gladly, and found JOY in the
service | divided my little store OF fruits
and confections among my playmates, ana
urged them 10 take mort. even pei ihitbcN
them to spin my top and pop my fire-crack-
ers, if / had any. And | was happy Az
other times | was stingy and selfish-and
miserable in the possession of the few little
trinkets claimed as my own. And why TINS
season of unselfishness? II can not be ex-
plained by figures or by season II was the
spirit Of the Christ child come back to earth,
and the child life received il gladly.
The Pickering embers in the CRATE last
Christmas eve told me that ! was miserable
and lonely because | was spending the glad
time all 10 myself. Even the child would be
miserable at Christmas time If alone. what
iov could pretty things give if there was no
one TO show them TO or to comment on their
loneliness? There is no fun even IN popping
fire crackers. or shooting toy guns II there
is no one 10 Join in hearing the noise. Once,
| remember. | went in swimming by myself.
Other BOYS were with me the day before and
the sport was great. | thought the fun was
in the swimming and so | stole away the
next day and went in by myself. How the
waters Knocked me, and what a poor diver
sion In two minutes ! was tired and ready
10 go.
find as YOU have also found, that for ev-
erything good that comes to US in this life
we are indebted to others But for others
we would never smile Nothing that we can
say or do touches laughter into our hearts
or wreathes our faces in sunny smiles. But
for others we would never sing song Others
wrote the songs that make melody In our
hearts and from other voices we learned the
tuneful laws But for others we would never
plav. for the lonely heart never prompts the
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These reflections
are not reflections
Of today. No one
can think seriously
a bout Christmas
when Christmas is
ten or twenty days
away. II | were to
express my feelings
on Christmas right
now ! would probab-
ly say il is a great
.
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to dull gray, and then gazed into the dead
and dying embers and reflected.
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was accidently killed on Tuesday af-
ternoon when the hammer OF his gun
struck an: obstruction and the dis
charge entered his body near the
heart. He was about % years Of age
The rain and sleet Tuesday night
made things, decidedly slippery for .
time. - -. =. =, : 2 @: =s..= =. =
Claire Galley, who has been attend
ing Carleton college at Mortified, is
home for Thanksgiving. lag: s 49, -
Mrs. Rose Patterson has been visit
ing in the twin cities this week and
while in St. Paul was a guest Of the
l.: A. S. ~ A. .:. = 49, =.
Nels Norman, while working in the
woods north of Milaca last Friday
was badly injured by being struck on
the head by a falling limb. His skull
was fractured. H..
When the mill crew was preparing
to start work on Friday morning it
was found that during the night the
water had washed out several feet of
the dam.
Mrs. F. L. Ludden and daughter left
last night for Redlands, Cal., where
they will spend the winter.
The government inspectors of pine
have been discharged and a new set of
men who understand their business
installed. The fellows ousted did not
know the difference between pine and
tamarack.
! Robert Beden, son of John Beden of
Greenbush, accidently shot himself
last Saturday morning while fooling
with revolver. A doctor removed the
bullet, which entered the boys thigh
without much difficulty.
Miss Nellie B. Keenan,, aged rs, died
in Wyanett on November % from
pleurisy.
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Who Killed Cock Robin?

It is said that Senator Smoot is Won
dering who killed his cock-robin, in
the form Of a sales tax. This is not
hard to tell. 1t was put to death be-
fore born by The same men and inter-
ests, all over the country, who faith
cred it. They belong to that larger
and widely distributed class of the
pass along the tax with the multi
plication table. The folks outside the
circle are heartily tired Of that sort
of tax which can be passed on to
them double, treble or quadruple.
The proposed sales tax was theoret-
ically unobjectionable. But it was dis
tinctly consumption tax and no
power under heaven could keep it's adj
dition to price being no more than the
principal. The people have been told
and had sung to them that surtaxes
of the excess-profits are paid by them
three or four times over. They have
good reason to know it and so have
consented to their repeal:
Then came this sales tax or some
form Of sales tax, approved by the
same final agencies to whom they had
paid the SURPRISES of these other taxes
It is not surprising the response
through their representatives was:
may, nay, Pauline!" They would
have none of it. Other forms of taxa
ton might be worse, but had not been
so industriously advertised. There
was perhaps a chance that some of it
would be collected from them only
once, or that even a part would be paid
but once and that by the person
against whom it was originally as
sessed. 1t is one blessing of even
nuisance taxes that those who pay
know the exact amount, pay it, and
that is the end Of it. Maybe some day
a senator will invent a tax so no one
will have to pay; he will be the real
statesman Herald.
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FOR SALE-80 acres, 3 miles south
Of Princeton. Has a splendid meadow
on Battle brook, well drained and til
liable if desired; some upland cultivat-
ed, balance in brush and small timber.
Nice new land; can be easily had. A
dandy location; good soil, no build
ings. Priced low; easy payments. For
particulars see or write T. j. Kaliher,
Princeton, MINI. Attic
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FOR SALE-We~ have near Prince
ton a fine piano slightly used and part
" paid for, which we will sell to party
willing to complete the remaining
monthly payments. Send name and
address for full information. Cable
Piano Co., Nicollet at Eighth, Mime
apolis, MINI. 47-3p
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Notice.

Notice.
The Farmers Shipping association
will ship livestock on Monday, Decem-
Der 5. Please list your stock as soon
as possible.
Phone Hardware store IT'S or resi-
dence IA.
Farmers Shipping Association,
6-tfc Max F. Gamradt, Mgr.
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G4niuszi III one.

A Genius III The Home.
This living with y genius IS q little
trying, said che Worried ooking man.
S genius Didn't know you had one.
il your family q, es, my wife; she's
discovered perpetual emot ton. z Stan
ford Ghaparal. :55: :s.ssssE
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Swedish Lutheran.

In Zimmerman, Sunday school at
10 a. M; communion service at IL
a. m.
In Princeton, Sunday school at 2
p. M; English service at p. m.
In Greenbush, English services at
p. m.
The Ladies' Aid of Princeton meets
on Thursday afternoon, December i,
at the church.
The Luther league of Greenbush
meets on Friday evening, December 9,
at the home of Mrs. Sandquist.
N. A. Almer, Pastor.
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OF Course.

"Did you tip him off to the police?"
asked the burglar. "Sure," answered
the confidence man. "Why?" "He's
a non-union blower Chicago
Post
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FOR .SALE-A 40-acre tract in sec
'tion 10, town Of Princeton, partly i'm
proved, small buildings. Terms to
suit purchaser G. E. Young, Brick
ton, MINI. r. -. -,.--~-. 46-4p
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Methodist.

10 a. m.-Sunday school.
II a. -"The Practice of Prayer"
6:45 p. m-Epworth league; Maui
rice Henschel, leader.
7:30 p. m.-"The Value of Little
Things"
The orchestra will play ct the even
ing service. If you are not a member
of any other local church we invite
you to worship with US.
Thursday, 7:30 p. m.-Prayer SER
vice. Will you not come to join us
in prayer? Thank you.
8. Aincworth Lumb, D. D., Pastor.
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FOR RENT
FOR SALE.

HAY, FOR SALE-About 20 tons of
wild hay in stack on meadow 3 miles
south Of Princeton. See Tom Kaliher,
Princeton. 47-tfc
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Congregational.

Congregational.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
II a. m.-Morning worship; sermon
subject, II Believe in God;" being the
first of series of sermons on the fun
damental Christian faiths, following
the Apostles Creed"
= II a. m.-Kindergarten for children.
Leave your children here while you at
tend morning worship.
1880 p. m.-Evening worship; a
story sermon from George Eliot's
"Romola." Echo singing.
You are invited.
w. C. Bcsselievre, Minister.
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FOR SALE-A team, harness and
cutter. Cheap if taken at once. FL
mer Siffings, Route 4, Princeton. 1922
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FOR SALE-Two young registered
Holstein bulls. A. Engman, Sec. 8,
Greenbush. 48-2p
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WANTED-To buy old WORKOUT
horses. W. H. Gebert, phone 35F220,
Princeton. 49-1p
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FOR SALE-Man's overcoat, new.
Call at the store. A bargain. VIM.
Lipp. Long Siding. 45-tfc
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FOR SALE-Five registered Short
horn bulls, your choice for 500. Car
penter Bros, Route I, Becker, Minnez
sofa. : ~. - =. :. -. =. - 48-6p
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F0UND-op rock road west Of de-
pot, a lady's handbag. Owner may
recover same at Union office: 49-1c..e =:
= - 49, ~
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FOR SALE-Seven head of Aber-
deem Angus cows, all registered. E. A.
Smythe, Zimmerman, MINI. 1922
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FOR sERvICE-Registered Duroc
Jersey boar; sfeer$s at time Of service.
Theo. F. <Noeske, l Il miles north Of
Princeton. 49-tfc
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xXMMxxx X X X * * * * * * * x X
K CHURCH NOTES = I X
xMXxx*x&**** **x** \;
St, Edwards. .,-.%
Saturday, 200 and 2:45 p. m.-Re-
ligious instructions for the children.
Sunday, 900 a. m.-Low mass, SER
mon, and distribution Of holy COM
munion.
Sunday, 1880 a. m.-Services IN
Greenbush.
(Rev.) Chas.. A. Mayer.
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FOR SALE-A Mason e. Hamlin or
gan in good condition. Mrs. Frank
Libby, Route 4, Princeton. 48-2c
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LOST AND FOUND I, {.

LOSTA pair Of deer skin driving
gauntlets, on Sunday afternoon, be-
tween Armitage's garage and drug
store. Finder return and receive re-,
ward. Clara Roos. ~ 48-2cs :
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FOR SALE-Ladies' silk plush
coat, three-fourths length. Can be
had at bargain. Inquire at VIM.
Lipp's Long Siding. 45-tfc
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Karmel Mission.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Let all
children come and get their Christmas
pieces.
Preaching at II a. m. and 7:30 p. m
Do not forget our Thanksgiving SER
vices today (Thursday) at 11:30 a. m.
and 7:3o p. m. Special singing in the
evening and refreshments.
Further announcement Sunday.
A. w. Franklin, PASTOR
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WANTED-30 bushels Of good oats.
Apply at Union office.
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FOR SALE-A house on reasonable
terms. F. w. Milbrath, Princeton,
MINI. Attic
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-A wife who is accus-
toned to live on farm. Good treat
ment. Will buy farm if l can secure
wife. Write Will Hitler, General De-
livery, Princeton, MINI. 49-1p