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? w W M X SS &' fi5u ?tia ' , v-K i t f ' . M ? &' , s I ft V ( Lessons from the Christmas Woman By MARGARET SPENCER TELL you wp ought to cut It out tlila i ear." said the haul-up htm baud. Tho Christmas wom an put both hands on his shoulders "We can't cut out Christ mas, dear," she told him. gently, nut that llvo dollars which my broth er gave me on my birthday Is going to cover every cent I spend. They'll be just little remembrances." -That's It," ho nn b w c r o d. Impatiently. "You'll keep It up, one way or another and at the last min ute I'll feel mean If I don't get into the game and squander a lot of money on presents." He closed the door and went away. By the time ho hud boarded tho car for town ho knew that sho was right. But the Christmas woman didn't know that ho was thinking this. She was busy In her own room, whore, on a work table, lay a whlto shirt waist pattern stamped with a graceful design for embroidering. She cad bought It for CO cents, marked down from one dollar because it was tho last. Her plan was to transfer its design to other pieces of cloth which he had in the house and so evolve three shirt waists, stamped for em broidering, to bestow on the three nieces, who liked to embroider. And all for 50 cents! But the Christmas -woman had Just begun work, trying bravely to forget the hard-up husband's last words, when she was called downstairs to see the perfectly discouraged pefson, whoso plaint was after this fashion: "Oh, dear! It's nothing to me how many 'shopping days' there are to Christmas. I can't buy a thing." "But, my doar," said the Christmas woman, "think what you can make out of that luxurious box of pieces you showed me the other day!" Thereupon she poured forth many suggestions about aprons and holders and shoo bags and top collars enough to inspire a church bazar. "Oh, yes, but everything you make costs a little for ribbon or something," tho perfectly dlscournged person con cluded, at the end of her depressing call. "1 wish Christmas was past!" Then she went straight home, pulled out her box of pieces, pondered over tho Christmas woman's sugges tions, schemed. out a plan for saving a little money here and there, and then fell to work on her Christmas presents with new courage. But that Christmas woman didn't know this. She was getting at her own work again. This time she worked for fully five minutes undisturbed, then another visitor claimed her this time tho tlred-to-death woman, who couldn't get away from her teething baby to go shopping, or to take one stitch on Christmas presents, "Give me your list, and I'll shop for you," the Christmas woman vol unteered. "Mercy! I couldn't possibly tell what I want without seeing things," tho tlred-to-death woman protested. Not until she wa well on her way down the street did she realize that, with a little planning, she might shop by proxy after all. The Idea, once it had penetrated her mind, pleased her so much that sho was smiling like a really zested woman when she reached home and sat down to make out her list. But the Christmas woman didn't know this. "Have I called you downstairs when you were doing something Impor tant?" the dead-broke girl was asking of the Christmas woman by that time. "I'm sorry if I have, but 1 had to ten1 you my troubles. I'm in debt up to my ears. I haven't any right to give Christmas presents this year. I'm going to be cross until December 26." "Oh, no!" tho Christmas woman protested. "Why, keeping cheery Is one kind or giving! And at least you can write Christmas letters." "Why, who cares for those?" was the cynical answer. Yet an hour later, at her desk, tho dead-broke girl was busily writing Christmas letters, filling them with borrowed sweetness and humming a happy tune as the words flowed from her pen. But the Christmas woman didn't know this. She had gone back to her room for the third time to find her work table empty. In 'vain she searched for the shirt-waist cloth. "Bridget," she called at last, "have you taken anything out of my room?" Bridget was washing the windows. "Only the clean rags for pollshln' the glass, mum," she answered. "You said they'd be on your table." "Oh!" she began. But at sight of Bridget's sorry face she caught her self. "Never mind, Bridget," Bhe add ed. "Don't feel bad about it." "Feel bad! Mo?" echoed tho aston ished girl. The look in her eyes was full of admiration. "Sure, now, this is tho first place I ever worked whero tho lady didn't get cross before Christ mas!" This time the Christmas woman know. With groat gladness, because she had carried the message to ono heart, she said, softly: "Oh, but, Bridget, what do three llttlo presents matter' V'v joy that wo must give' ' MM? JfcsWiSPN A HONGKONG TYPHOON. Doors and Windows Smashed In by tha Fury of the Gate. Boom! Boom! Boom! The Vlgnal bad change! to the ominous nnl-green-red, nnd the three dynamite bombs were the warning: Mint the tjplioon wan upon us. No need to hurry the sertunts now every ono was onij too anxious to nssWt. The wind was tenrlujr round the houp teumliiKl. In all (litvnlons. but Mronj: est from the north, unit the nolno of it was louder Minn thunder One out Bide room, more exposed than tin rest, Beeiued to be its especial hull "Wo stayed there for a moment to listen to the rnglnir of thp storm, but even the stoutest heart could not sleep In that pandemonium of .sound. It was well shuttered and barred, but It was in credible that It stood In Mint tornado of wind. The doors creaked and groaned with the strain, nnd the v ii dowa clattered with a shriller nto while outside It seemed as though nil the Minds of nil t he . ages were H loose for destruction. In the ceuier of the house, though the noise w is less, one could feel the building to '. Ing on Its founduthms nnd hard'y dared speculate how much the late heavy rains hud weakened them. Uv cry moment we expected the roof would go. Crash! The upper part of an Inner glass door had blown In. There was n stampede for that part of the house, for the wind must be kept out nt nil costs. Sofa cushions, sheets, blankets from the beds, nil were requisitioned to stuff the broken panes. We had hardly finished before there was a tcr titlc noise In the basement nnd such b shouting In Chinese that one could hear the boys above the din of the storm. It was the door of the cook's room which had burst its hinges and bolts, and once the wind had found an entry it inado the most of Its oppor tunity. Twenty-seven panes of glass clattered to the ground In the base ment before they could get the door wedged back Into place with great difficulty. But there was little time to think of the servants, for we had our own troubles upstairs. The wind suddenly veered round un til tho full force seemed to be coming from the southwest, and the front of the house begnn to feel It. Tho ball door wrs straining on Its hinges, and we had to improvise struts nnd pile heavy furniture behind It to help Its resistance to the wind. Then n rush upstairs, for n bathroom window hnrl crushed In nnd the door was straining. Every moment the wind was increas ing In fury, but the roof heldi Be tween 3 and 4 the typhoon was at Its height, and It is impossible to de scribe the sense of helplessness one feels In such u wild raging of the ele ments. Sleep was out of the question until the wind nbated toward morning, and we rested a little, a tired, sorry looking household, encamped in the safest part of the house. Nan Peacock In Leslie's Weekly. GAMBLING SYSTEMS. The Chances Are Always Vastly Against the Player. Just a word about systems of gam bllng followed by various players. Their nnme Is legion some plausible. koiiii' ridiculous, some based on elab orate calculations, some giving won derful results on paper, nnd all falling woefully nt the tables. "After fifteen years of experience at Monte Carlo," "writes a newspaper cor respondent, "costing n sum I should be ashamed to name, after a thorough In vestigation of more than -100 different systoms nnd progressions, after hav ing employed a mathematician, I can say with certainty that It is absolutely Impossible for rny system to win nt Monte Carlo. Sir IUram Maxim Is wrong when he says the chances nre ten to ono against the player. I say they arc a hundred to one against the player." This Is rather an overstatement, for a few players do win, by luck, not by system, or by a system based on luck, as when n man backs the number of his hotel room or a woman backs her age. Perhaps 2 or 3 per cent o tho players win occasionally, and the rest lose, not only because of the bank's percentage and the restraining maxi mum, but because this Is a struggle between a mnn and a machine a man with nerves and emotions, n machine with no nerves and no emotions. Let tho system be ever so perfect, the gam bler with strength of will to follow It has not yet been born. If he had such strength of will, he would not be a gambler. Cleveland Moffctt In Suc cess Magazine, Rather Ambiguous. When Weber and Fields wore play ing together a couple of husky west ern visitors, seeing New York for the first time, dropped Into tho Weber field Museum of Drama to see tho show. "Which Is Weber and which Is Fields?'' asked one, who forgot what a programme was for. "Domed if I know," replied the oth er. "But whichever Is which, I'd rath er be the other one." Bohemian Mag azine. Missed the Accessories. "I hear you are receiving attentions from an actor." "Yes, .and I think ho would propose If I could rig up a spot light in the parlor nnd sort of arrange- the pianola for a llttlo slow music." Kansas City Journal. Wonderful Effect. Mr. noward Isn't It woudorful what force Niagara has? Mrs. Talk much Marvelous! Do you know, when I first saw It for n full moment I cmldn't sn-iV Brooklyn TKe Venezuela and The Dutch. The Acting President of tho South Amcrl. can Republic, Juan Vlnccntc Gomez, Whom Castro Left Silling on the lid Tho Gcldcrland. W HEN President Clprhiuo Cas tro of Vene zuela started for Ku rope, for Mie pur pose, ns he announc ed, or being treated by a noted physician in Berlin, lie left sit ting on the lid at the Venezuelan cap ital tho vlco presl- . OOA1EZ. ( i Juan Vincente Gomez. That put to Gomez, as acting president, to I, t; Hen le any problems arising In the ab p of his chief, nnd tho first Buch problem was presented when the Dutch began their pnme of capturing Vene zuelan warshtps, tho Initial Incident In the performance being the seizure of tho gnnrdshlp Alexis by the cruiser Gelderland. In anticipation of the necessity of doing something to bring tho Vene zuelan government to terms tho Dutch had Bent the cruisers Gcldcrland and Frlcslaud and the battleship Jacob van Hcemsklrk to South American wa ters, and they had paraded up and down off the coast within sight of La Ouayra. The Venezuelans pcrhnps throught that the demonstration would be confined to n parade, but if so they were disappointed when tho Dutch ono fine morning seized the Alexis nnd boro her away to Curacao as a prize. As Tim CIIVIHKII CtKM)EKTJlND AND THESl- dkm' t.vsnto. the governor of Curacao put It, thla was done ns "merely a reprisal against Castro's government, which refuses to give satisfaction for his unfriendly acts toward Holland." Acting President Gomez, who Is try ing how It feels to run a country when there Is n prospect of n fight with an other nnd greater power. Is noted for his sporting proclivities, ne Is snld to have celebrated his accession to the temporary presidency by losing ?3."i,000 at a cockfight. He was acting presi dent once before, In 1903, when Gen eral Castro tendered the reins of gov ernment to him while ho went on a mention down the Orinoco. The South Americans call the resi dences of their executives palaces, and that of the Venezuelan president, which President Gomez Is occupying temporarily, Is called the Mlraflores palace. It is also known as the Yel low House Instead of the White House, ns the executivo mansion nt Washington Is termed. The Mlraflores palace Is n handsome structure In the Spanish style of architecture In the central portion ofCaracas. The strained situation between Ven ezuela and the Netherlands arose Indi rectly from the expulsion from Cara cas of M. do Reus, the diplomatic rep resentative of Holland, but It had al ready been rendered acute by the course of Venezuela In issuing a de cree that practically killed tho com merce of Curacao, the Dutch posses sion off the Venezuelan coast. Tho Gelderland, which has visited the United States several times, is the vessel that took Paul Kruger, the pres ident of the Transvaal, from South Af rica to Marseilles after the collapse of tho Transvaal's defense In the South African war. Sho represented the Neth erlands nt the Jamestown exposition. President Castro is reputed to be .worth about $40,000,000 and Is said to have taken n good many of his mil lions with him on his European trip. On his arrival In Berlin he went to tho Esplanade hotel, where the whole first floor was reserved for his party. Tho Venezuelan ruler, who Is accom panied by his wifo nnd daughter, is spending 1,000 marks ($200) a day for his suit, nnd he took the rooms for a month On his arrival he was shown dis patches recounting tho selrure of a Veiiecuttlau, coast defease vessel by a I)ut h cruiser. With a xesture ho re plied -I will make Holland pay through the nose fur It " p WMSk e '3aHffil!E"ls7 r&ifflsHPlL V "'tBSSSSSSSSSST I marslXnd. Mrs. Lou Kilo spent a few days Inst ucckin Alliance. , E, T. Gregg was a business visitor at Crawford. Monday, J. M. Tollman is spending a few days at Shenandoah, Iowa. Mrs. T. Hunsackcr left ou Wcdnes dny or Missouri, where she will visit with friends. Misses Kennedy and Nation wont tu Alliance last Saturday to spend the holidays at liqmc, Mr. Waterman, of the 13 & M force, was at E, T. Gregg's Monday, inspect ing tho new crop of rice at tho pond, Mrs, Kate Walbridge, who is at the Alliance hospital is tccoveriug nicely from a serious case of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs, Blndle nnd Mis. Michael were Crawford visitors recent ly, going over on Tliurday and return ing Friday, L. Snow lias been oiling the interior wood work of F. R. Bellamy's new residence while carpentar Ydckoy is putting on the finishing touches to an cast side veranda. ' The friends of Landlord Richie are glad to know that he is now on tho high way to recovery from a serious ill ness of three weeks, and ts now able to be up a little each day. We hear that Roy Lemons, who has been running tho Hughes ranch for the past three years, will not re-lease it but will go to Wyoming and try his fortuuo at horse ranching. Great quantities of goody goodies, all kinds of fine candies, etc., arc ex hibited in our stores, and so tempting is the array that many of our hayseeds keep their hands muzzled with mittens while transacting business. Mrs. Hughes is quito the worse from n little scrap which she engaged in re cently. In hitching up her team she forgot to snap the inside lines, and as a consequence each horse went his own way. The result was a badly smashed luiggy, and the .driver was pitched to the ground, alighting on one shoulder. No serious results followed but just a general shaking up. The section force is now reduced to one man, Tony' and Pete, tho two Italian boys who have held jobs at this place for so long, tossed up a penny to decide which would travel, Tony got tails and so left for Chicago Saturday. People were really sorry to see this nice boy, from sunny Italy, have to leave, but such is railroading. A bank will be opened up at this place at the beginning of the new year, and will have quarters in the old Austin bank building, used of late years as the residence of F. R. Bellamy. The officers in charge will be: H. G. Fur- man, Pres., A. S. Enyeart. Vice-Prcs., Burt Furman, Cashier. They will operate a general banking business which will be a great convenience to the people of the town and vicinity. faSview. Mrs. Nellie Heath is on the sick list, Trenkle Bros are hauling lumber for a new barn. Sevpral of the neighbors gathered at the church Tuesday and erected a wind break for the horses. t J. R. Lawrence hauled spuds Monday and Wednesday of this week. C. J. Benjamin and Henry Thorlton were Fairview callers Monday, L. J. Munger and Miss Letlia Watson were Sunday guests of Clias. Bauer and family. Grandpa Hadley and son, J. B., also Otto Vogel and wife, were Sunday callers at J. K, Lawrence's. M-s. Emery of Spearfisb, S. D., was the guest of Grandma Lawrence from Sat urday until Tuesday. Vincent Taylor came up from tho state university near Lincoln Monday to spend Christmas with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aultna Gerdes. There are a few cases of mumps in this neighborhood at present but we ate in formed that all thqf e who have them are getting along nicely. There will be a dance at Mike Collins Christmas night. Come, girls, and bring your beaux as this will be your last chance as leap year is about gone. Ranch to Lease. To lease, for from one to three years, the Hughes ranch, one mile southwest of Marsiand. This ranch consists of eleven quarter sections, one half under irrigation. Good buildings, corrals, etc. For particulars, address Mrs. Mary Hughes, Marsiand, Neb. 2-.it A NevTCaiTBoy Tho- Burlington railroad endeavors to hire only ambitious young men (or call boys, and all call boys look for their men at Wiker's pantortuin, op j posito Hotel Charters. Phone 212. ?,;r. stavbolt as santa claus Some Things He Would Like to Qlve If Ho Could. "Do yon know the Christmas pres ent I'd like lo make If t cculd?" said Mrf Staybolt. "I'd like to give cheer fulness to tho downhearted; courage to the timid, and strength to tho weakj the power of self-denial to thoso who ylolil too easily, nnd n desire to work lo the lazy. "I have often thought what a pity It Is thnt you can't buy all these things, these helpful qualities, already put up and nt such n pi Ice as to put them within the roach of nil; canned cheerfulness, bottled hopefulness, courage. Ill tablets, nnd strength, say, In the form of a powder, and so on; or you might, I suppose, put 'em nil up canned, for that matter. "But In the ahsonco of such market preparations and our consequent In ability to buy Btich things and send them ns gifts to those whom they might most benefit perhaps you will permit me to offer to' each a word of suggestion. "To the dlspltitod tiiKo a cheerful view. To the downhearted, don't dwell ou the doleful side. Tu the timid, don't be afraid. To tho weak, of thoso who fancy themselves so, try your strength. You'll bo surprised to find how much you'vo got. To those who yield too easily, deny yourself once, and again, and feel the joy and strength thnt will como back to you. To the lazy, get a Job with a shovel, In a gang of laborers, under a driving boss; and If you nro not glad to get back to your present Job to do tho best you know how at It, I miss my' guess. "I can't send you these things in cans or bottles; but If nnyono of 'you will take my advlco and stick to It, you'll think thnt Mr. Staybolt was a very kind Santa Claus." CHRISTMAS PROVERBS Tho lovo-llght in the eyes of the precious ones of the household 1b tho most brilliant of Christmas Illumina tions. The soft Christmas light 1b not tho least welcomo whore tho shadows of bereavement have fallen during tho year. The Christmas angols hover over such dwellings of sorrow In mln istrlts of dlvlno lovo. It was the Christ who said; "It 1b more blessed to give than to re ceive." Again, he said: "Innsmuch as ye have dono It to ono of tho least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me." If rjcsscoocsccjoe "i&- U riltrucTot tamvjtormfr TO t0 rDPtiZVMOXtY we mr SAU n Jva .rueuit rr r sxv inv At the Manger. When first, nor Christmas wutcli to keep, Came down tlio silent Ancel, Sleep, With snowy snndaU lioi1, Belioldlne what Ills mother's hands Hud wrought, with softer swaddling bands Sho awuthrd the Son of (loJ. Then, skilled In mysteries of Night, With tender visions of delight She wreathed hit restlng-placo, Till, wakened by a warmer glow Than heaven Itself had yet to show. He saw his mother's face -John n Tubb. In Atlantic. From the Journal H. E. Joues and faintly left yester day for the winter's sojourn in Los Angeles, California, the land j)f winter flowers, and where no icy breezes blow. May they enjoy every moment of their stay, yet welcome the time for their re turn home. Word came from Crawford the last of the week that Mrs, V. H. Fanning was down with typhoid fever, so her mother, Mrs. Woriey, went up to be with and help care for her. Mrs. W. came home yesterday leaving her daughter much improved. The railroad has another spasm of ecouonical retrenchment by laying off all section hands save the foreman and one man, and he is the one man. It's a sight to see the crew of one in the stunt of replacing a broken rail. Claud W. Brown has a sale of his household goods Saturday afternoon, intending to start for San Deigo, Cal., where his family now are. His sister-in-law, Miss Carrie Bushnell, expects to accompany him. James Barry, G. L. Taylor, K. L. Pierce and II, E, Jones are incorpor ating a farm loan company, which will be known as Hemingford Loan and Trust Co. $30,000 will be tho capital which will be paid up as rapidly as the busiuess will warrant. It is designed to restrict the business entirely to the field of two, three or five year loans on farms and ranches. aocccogca m r -, 9 1 1! m W IL; '"V'WWWW'W BUSINESS LOCALS. 1 '-'WW 'WWWWWWWWW4I "Crown" Mrs. II. C, Ilnkcn, public stenog rapher, Commercial club office. Phone f77- www 48'8w Tho Bee Hive storo for all kinds of notions, candies, etc, etc. The Crown" Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. Try Parity's Cottage Bread. Go to Pnrdy's Bakery for your Pies and Cakes, , Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera House blk Pardy's Bakery is 114 West Montana strict. Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. For Rent A huge east front room, close in. Inquire at Herald office. For Sale Two story dwelling, eight rooms, with furniture. Corner Niobraria and Dakota street. Apply to F. B. Dismcr. 40-tf. .MMrww. The Geo. P. Bent "Crown" Piano Christian Science services held every Sunday at it o'clock, in Odd Fellows' hall. All arc cordially invited to attend. so-tf. The " 'Bent' Crown" "No bill so large, No bill so small, But this expert Can collect them all." Expert Bill Collector Phone 677 Commercial Club Office sotf The Alliance and Box Butte county Anti-Saloon Leagues will pay 100,00 for the arrest and conviction of any person found illegally selling intoxi cating liquors in Box Butte county, Nebraska, 5t-tf New Yenr is coming and most busi ness men who are successful have alt nccounts straightened by that time. Let me collect those old ones that have been standing since the year one. Mrs. H. C. Haken. Phone 677. Wanted to buy small house in north or west part of Alliance. Inquire at The Hetald office. Pianos and Sewing Machines See Threikeld Phone 498 SalelndSuppcr The M.'E. Ladies' Aid will hold a handkerchief and apron sale and serve supper in connection, in the Charters hotel dining room Friday, December 18. Everybody invited. Christmas Entertainment There will be a box social ou Thurs day, December 24th, at the sdhool house in Dist. No. 130, eight miles north of Reno, with a program in the evening;then distributing of presents, after which will be the selling of the boxes. With each box sold there will be a free ticket given for the dance. Hot coffee will .be served with the lunch. Wanted to Wintcr3oo to 400 cat tle, plenty of hay aud range. D. W. Albright, Kcpomi, Sheridan Co., Neb., or Hall & Graham, Alliance. Geo. A. Hills pays 6 cents for hides. Furnished rooms for rent at 404 Wyoming avenue, or phone 205. Piano tuning and repairing, phone 498. ,, Wanted Anyone having a car of more of potatoes to sell, write us best prices; smooth, screened, matured stock. Johnson Bros., Nebraska City, Neb. For Sale Two milk cows, coming tresn. c, li. Kosenberger. Hetinne- ford, Nebr. 3W Notice to Patrons The first of the new year will soon be on us and there is no better time to balance accounts. It is best for every body. The Herald is sending state ments to all delinquents and we desire settlement this month. If you have an account against us, please present it, as we wish to find out 'where we're at, square up, and thus start the new year right. The Herald. Taken Up One threes-year old steer branded on left hip and 5 on left side. Owner can have same by prov ing property and paying charges. F. McCoy, 3w' $100,000 to loan on real estate. F. E. Reddish. i-8w Carpet cleaning by the Vacuum sy8. tern. No more free rooms. Prices right. Phone 507. L. H. Brown, i-tf tt
