EM
HER TOKEN QF LOVE
By 8. E. KI8ER.
ELL," said June
Allison, when her
husband had gone
upstairs, after
tosslBf a package
upon the library
table, "1 wonder
what this isr
She did not per
mlt her curiosity
to remain long an
satisfied.
"For goodness
sake," she ejacu
lated to herself,
with the package
undone, "if be
hasn't gone and bought a whole year's
supply of neckties! And I was going
to get him neckties for Christmas.
That's Just the man of it. I don't see
why he couldn't hare waited a little
while. Let me see. I suppose IH bare
to get him a fob or something like
that, now."
It was on the following evening that
Frederick Allison suddenly turned to
his wife, after dinner, saying:
"Oh, Juliet, I want to show you a
fob that I bought for myself today. It's
Just the thing Ie been wanting for a
Ions time."
Juliet's enthusiasm over it was much
forced, as her husband might easily
have seen, and perhaps did see. After
they had dropped the subject she hap
pened to glance at his scarfpln and a
new joy sprang up within her. She
would get him a scarfpln for Christ
mas, for his old one was rather out of
style and never had been an expensive
one, anyway.
"By the way, dear," Baid Allison the
next evening, "I bought something to
jday that I'd like to have you look at"
Of course, it was a scarf pin. Juliet
knew it would be the moment she saw
the tissue paper package which be
fished out of bis vest pocket. She pre
tended, with a brave heart, to think it
was very pretty, but she fancied that
she could have made a better selection
if he had only permitted her to have
the chance.
At the office Allison had told the
boys of the splendid plan he bad hit
upon for the purpose of keeping his
wife from buying impossible things in
the shape of Christmas presents for
him, and it was with great satisfaction
that he reported day after day bow he
wae progressing.
Christmas was only a week away
and Juliet lay awake a long time
that night trying to think what present
she could get for her hubband. There
were the new books, but he had in
formed her that he didn't want books.
They had all the standard works in the
library, and ho never read any of the
modern novels. Ah, a happy thought
came to her. Some
where she bad
seen a metal box
in which cigars
could be kept fresh
and moist. She
would get a box
of that kind for
Frederick, dear old
fellow. It happen
ed, however, that
Frederick came
home the next eve
ning with a metal
cigar box and
enough cigars, as
he cheerfully In
formed her, to last Mm all winter.
. Then it was that the Iron entered Ju
liet Allison's soul. She decided to give
up the idea of making her husband a
Christmas present that would be In
any wise distinctive. She would mere
ly get him a pair of gloves and per
haps a few handkerchiefs. Hardly had
she adopted this resolution, however,
before be turned to her saying:
"I happened to be in Wltherepoon's
this afternoon to get some shirts, and
I thouKht I might as well lay in a sup
ply of gloves, handkerchiefs and bus-
pendera. They 11 prouaDiy ce seni oui
tomorrow."
"I'm so glad," replied Juliet. "You
need gloves and handkerchiefs, too. Of
course, I don't know so much about
your suspenders, and I suppose you
. bought all the half-hose you'll "
"Yes, I forgot to mention that I got
a doien pair."
mj ,no .it the. ruff buttons
nd studs and such thiegs that you
need, haven't you?"
"Enough to last me a lifetime."
She went back to her chair and fiat
for a long time gazing at the fialjfc
which flickered around the gas log.
The daily paper was lying on the table
at her elbow, and her glance at length
fell upon some large black letters
which presently resolved themselves
Into wojds. Then she read this adver
tisement: : UNTIL. AFTER CHRISTMAS :
: Ol'R TEETH AT GREATLY UK- '
l DUCED PRICES. Uet Your Dear :
: One a Bet Now. Satisfaction :
I Guaranteed. t
MOLAR & CUSPID,
: l'p-to-Lute UentUta. :
On Christmas morning Frederick
Allleon was somewhat surprised when
his wife handed him a small plush
case, eaylng:
"There, dear, Is a set of things that
you probably didn't think of when you
were buying everything you thought I
might possibly want to give you for a
present You don't need them yet, bat
you probably will some day, and I
thought It would be nice to get them
bow, seeing that they were offered at
a bargain."
He opened the case, looked at the
et of teeth It contained and said:
''Lets go to breakfast. I want to
hit Into something."-
A Christmas
Sermon
Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. IX.
Olio
TEXT When ihf fulnena of the time
u com. Hod aent forth Mi son, mad
of m woman, made under the law. to re
deem them that were under the law. that
we might Wflvi! 1 1 adoption of Bona.
Gulatlana 4:4. 6. j
Christianity was
not precipitated
upon the world,
but came in as
the result of a ;
long and patient ,
preparation. The i
seed which bios-'
omed In 1 let Me
nem, was planted
In the garden of
Eden. In other
words, it was not
until "the fulness
of time" that
"God sent forth
His Son ... to
redeem them
that were under the law."
Why this delay? Why did not the
birth of the second Adam follow im
mediately upon the fall of the first? ,
Why was a diseased race allowed to
suffer In the absence of the only phy
sician who could give relief?
Some of the most Interesting and
thoughtful answers to this question
are in a 'great sermon on this text
by the eloquent Robert Hall, an Eng
lish Baptist clergyman .of an earlier
generation, from whom I quote In
part.
In the first place, It may have been
God's purpose to Impress the race
with the great lespons of its apostasy,
and the fearful consequences of re
bellion. Thus to restrain our haughty
spirits from acting in the future life
as we have acted here.
In the second place, If it was nec
essary in any sense that salvation
should be prepared for man. It may
have been equally so that man should
have been prepared for salvation
Man needed to have a true knowledge
of his sinfulness and the misery It
produces, as well as his moral Inabil
ity to overcome it in his own wisdom
and strength. It needed time for man
to find this out, for he must exhaust
everything that nature could do be
fore he would bp prepared -to receive
the grace of God In the present work
of his son.
Another reason for the delay Is
found In the necessity for the accumu
lation of prophetic evidence concern
ing the Savior, that when he came
be might be Identified beyond a doubt.
When Jesus came It was at the mo
ment when all the prophecies concern
ing his advent had reached a focus.
The Mott Favorable Tlms In History.
Finally, in this connection it may
he added that of all the periods in
the world's history that which was
selected for the advent of the son of
God was the most favorable in at
least three particulars:
(1) It was a time of great Intel
lectual refinement, when the human
mind had been cultivated to the last
degree, and was therefore able to de
tect and prevent ImpoBture as at no
previous time. Tom Palnc or Robert
Ingersoll did not live then, but such j
rush lights as they could not have
been seen among the luminaries of
the Augustan age. In other words, if
Christianity stood the test of the first
century, it has nothing to fear from
the present one.
(2) It was the time of a central
lied human government, and Rome
was in the heyday of Its power. This
made the whole of the civilised world
easily accessible, furnishing an oppor-
tuity for the propagation of the gos
jj me88age to mankind everywhere,
(3) It was the age of the perfec-
tion of the Greek language, which for
many years hed been under process
0f cultivation. This was a tongue pre-
eminently adapted to illustrate splr-
itual truth, and to assist later ages In
discovering the meaning of Its words,
Whatever was written in Greek was
accessible to all. and at any earlier
period the want of such a vehicle of
thought would have made the general
teaching of the bible almost prohl-
blted.
The Lessons for Us. I
And, finally, whatever may be said
as to the delay of the father in send- i
lng the son Into the wrold, the two
points to be considered now are
these:
j In the first place, the delay caused
no Injustice to the preceding ages.
I for the mediation of the son of God
, looked backward as well as forward.
' and his sacrifice on Calvary atoned
for the faithful who had died before
' that event as well as for those who
follow after.
And in the second place, "Now" that
"once In the end of the world hath he
appeared to put away sin by the sac
rifice of himself." it behooves us to
Inquire whether he has yet been re
ceived Into our hearts. This should
be our chief concern on this anni
versary occasion. This Is the "fulness
of the time" for us, and God forbid
that the opportunity should come and
go and leave .us where we were be
fore. The way to make the Christ ma
In the earth a Christmas in the soul
Is to receive Jesus Christ by faith
aa a personal Savior. He Is God's
unspeakable gift to us. Will you now
say to him. I accept this gift. I take
thy ton? It is so simple, and yet so
vital. IK it now.
mm
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Cbc Sistine
-to.- ' Zj. -"- I I
ifc't till
IjSjggWWNfS, S4il-IIMSSilMMi)llSJSfcw.iraSMWW'sS- J j
edtll'IHL MADONNA WITH FRAMIL llFWi
EPRESKNTIXO the Vlrpin. not
uk a niotlii-r, tint as ttie all
powerful iiuifii ot t lie licit v-
eiiH,
desi-oiidinx from cluinlsi
winch are tlicinnfiNes coiuposed of
thousands of cliernlis. Ka iihut-l's Ma
donna di San SiHlo, more 'oiiiinnly
known h the Sistlnc Madotinu. runks,
t uiiivorsnl consent, as the greatest
piiintinic in the world
In the Virgin's arm" tliere is th
t'hrist Child, wliose thoughtful eyes
make it aicar that he Is fully con
Hciiiua cf his di'stiny as Saviour of the
world. Ou eltlii'i- side St Slxtiis 11.
and St Catherine kneel iu adora
tion of the queen of ihu heavens and
the Christ Child St. Catherine is
looking down at t!' two chonilis. whh'li
form the hase of the picture and which
are familiar In optilar reproductions.
Sixtus II. was I'lshop of Koine from
2."m to 2TH A. l. uud was martyred tin-
der Valerian
Raphael Sanzlo or Santl was Oorn
In 1483. and this picture, his master
piece, wan ciitiip!
d two years before j
bis death in l.V.tl rims the artist was
thirty-five year old when the irreatest
picture of all fin.es was completed It
FINE IDAHO COUNTRY
Former Alliance Man Who Lived
Here for Many Years, Write
About Idaho Country
S. B. Libby, who lived in Alliance
r.r many years and who had a wide
itquaintunce here, reads The Herald
regularly at his new home In Wels
r, Idaho. Many I!ox Hutte counity
people are Interested in . the Idaho
-ountry and his ktter which foljows,
t-Uinc of that country will be Inter-
..'sting.
WEISKR, Ida., Dec. 6. Thin gins
that perhaps some of the readers of
Tho Herald would like to know some
hing about tiie Irrigation projects
adjacent to Weiscr. I will attempt
to describe two of them, which, when
i completed, will water 34,000 aires of
j n(w iand ln this vicinity. The first
unt i wh-rit rs called tho Crane creek
projwt. The dam and rwervolr are
iibont is miles from Welser. which
is now finished. The dam is built
btween I wo hiv.h hills. It is about
CD feet hh and 300 feet long and
holds a large amount of water. Three
,ti.tn r under construction, to
water 22.000 acres of land. Thia land
lis all the way from the reservo'r
to within two nv.iee of town, inero
will be 65 miles of ditches to cover
this land. 60 care of lumber will be
ukwI in making flumes and bridges
In various places along tho ditches.
The contract for doing this work
was let for J850.OO0, outside of the
dam which was built two years ago
by the homo company here. And 1
do not know at thia time Just what
that coat. The water right will be
sold with the land for $50 per acre,
outside, of the purchase price. I'ric
e for the land will vary according
to the location ; will probably run
from twenty-five to seventy-five dol
lars per acre. The ditches will be
all finished by April 1, 1914. Tb oth
er Irrigation project is a private one,
being put in by the Idaho Industrial
R
Madonna
wait hla last Madonna, Hlthougb he
painted others prior to this time. The
Madonna Mas Hie favorite theme of
painters in the renaissance era in Italy,
KtarlinK with Ira AukhiK'o, t'ra Har
toloiiimeo and olhera of the first paint
ers lu this period uud reachiiiK its
hfiirht with I ho (.'oinpletioil of the
Si-line Madonna ly Kaph.tel.
This Madonna was painted as an altar
I'iece for the chiiivl) of San Si.sto at
riacen.a. In IT.VJ It was purchased hy
the elector Anwistus 111. from the
renedi('ttue nniiastery nod is now I lie
property of the Royal cillery at lre
dell. Raphael, the artist, died of a fever nt
Rome when ut thirty-seven vears old.
lie whs the son of an artist and stm'ii-d
at otic time under I 'era -si no. In 1 !
i:apliHi went to live In T'o'vnee . tvlii.ru
i most ot his Miidonnas were painiisl
!llls finne rapiilly spread until he was
called to Koine to dci-or,itc the Vatlcttn
Toward the end of his life, a lion I the
time the Sistine Madonna was com
pleted. the artist dcvelopinl Ids own
style and did his greatest work Aside
from his alillity to paint. Itaphael whs
a talented architect
Institute. This school Is located on
the outskirts of the town. It has
about 1,300 acres to got water for,
and they started two years ago by
first digging a ditch two miles long.
This was done In order to bring wat
er from one creek into another to
fill the reservoir. This reservoir,
alien filled, will cover about two
sections of grourwl, o it will not be
a very large hotly of water, but. will
be deep. The dam Is to be 80 foot
high ntwl 00 feet long ou top. A
two foot cement core Is being b'tiltj
In the -en.iter. and then on tho ii
side of the dam there will be 200 ft.
of dirt anl 100 ft. on the outside, so
that when completed the dam will
be 300 ft. thick nt the bottom and
SO ft. thick at the top. It will take
them another year to finish this.
The cost of this pro jot is estimated
at $200,000. The water from this
reservoir will be let into th creek
to run for about eight miles and
then taken out into a ditch to water
the 1.500 acres. There are several
kinds of Irrigation systnw. Snake
River Is getting full of pumping
plants. Box Butte county, Nebraska,
can Ki cheap w itter hy the well sys
tem. You have the water. Go to It.
Yours truly,
S. H. Libby.
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Croup la a terrible diseaee, it at
tacks children bo suddenly they are
very apt to choke unless given the
proper remedy at once. Tliere to
nothing better In the world than Dr.
King's New Discovery. Lewie Cham
berlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes
about his children: "Sometime In
severe attacks we were afraid they
would die, but since we proved what
a. certain remedy Dr. King's New
Discovery Is, we have no fear. We
rely on It for croup, cough and
colds." So can you. 0c and $100.
A bottle ehould he rn every home.
At all Druggists. H. E. Bucklen &
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A CHRISTMAS STORY
if
SPENT a happy
Christmas eve
At blltheaome
Ennedale,
And sitting by the
cozy hearth,
I listened to this
tale.
Old Thomas told
It he had
seen
Some seventy
years or so,
And over many
lands had
been
A roamer to and fro.
"When I was hut a boy." he said,
"There dwelt not far from here
A woman young In widowhood
Her name was Helen Vere.
' One child she had a little boy
I scarcely need to say
He waa her only earthly Joy,
Her comfort night and day.
"Oft would she stroke his golden hair
And sigh, and say, 'Ah, me
Oh, weary, weary was the day
Thy father went tosea!'
"One day he to his mother said
'I long so much to be
A sailor, as my father was,
And sail the wide, wide sea.'
"She Rave consent, although her heart !
Was bound up in her son- t
It may he better for us both-
O liord. Thy will be done
" :You won't forget me, my dear boy.
When far away, 1 know,
So with my blessing and my prayers,
Go, my own Willie, go.'
"Ten long, long years then rolled away.
And sorely Helen pined;
No letter from her Bon had come,
No news of any kind."
Here Thomas poked the Are, and
made
The flames leap high and clear
"Now I muHt shift the scene," he said,
"And toll or Willie Vere:
"When Willie left his mother's home
He shipped ou hoard the 'Tyne.'
;
,
'
t
And all went happily and well
Until they crossed the line.
"Then on them burst a furious storm
That llercer grew each day.
Until upon a lonely iBle
The ship was cast away.
"And when the raging storm drew off
Its work of havoc done,
Of all the crew but one survived.
And Willie was that one.
"For two long years he strained his
gaze
Across the wide, wide wave, '
But never came a friendly ship
To succor or to save.
"For two long years his only food
Was shell fish from the shore,
And sea-birds' eggs, and leaves, and
fruit
The feathery palm-trees bore.
"The long third year drew near Ita
close,
And It was Christmas Day,
Poor Willie sat upon the shore
His thoughts were far away.
"A hand Is on hit shoulder laid,
A loud voice greets his ear
'What, mate! who
would have
thought to find
A human being
hersT 1
" 'Don't cry, my
man, but come
on board.
Belay your thanks
and fuss.
We're sailing for
a laud of gold,
'So come along
with us.'"
Here Thomn"
poked the fire, and said:
"Again shift time and scene
'Tls Christmas Eve at Rnnerdale,
The wind blows wild and keen.
"Poor Helen crouches o'er the Are
And shudders at the atorm;
Tho latch is lifted, at the door
There stands a manly form.
"I've been a wanderer.' spoke the
man,
'On many a far-off shore;
I've traveled twenty thousand mile
To look on home once more.
'"She rose up slowly from her chair,
Her lips no words expressed;
She flung her arms around bis neck
And swooned upon his breast"
Here Thomas poked the fire, and
turned
His face to hide the tears
That filled his eyes, whene'er be told
The story of the Veres.
And then be said with trembling
voice
"No words can tell the Joy
Of Helen when she looked again
Upon her long-lost boy.
"They left the poor and humble cot
That had sucn sorrows seen,
And dwelt together In one home
Down by old Hazeldean.
"Old William Vere, whom I knew well
Has often said to me
Whene'er I read my mother's gift
I took with me to sea,
" I feel I never can forget,
; That pious mother's love.
Or ever cease to render thanks
t To Cod t" above."
I
1
SUA
A MEMORABLE TREAT
HE colonel SBA
comfortably In feM
chair and gaaed.
t I dreamily through
I haxy cloud of Hf-
LA ana at the CbrttV
I tnas crowd.
Y "Ha-ha! colonat.
All At last I've foaad
AnA a friend
had come up fnMB
behind and slapped
him affectionately
on the shoulder
pulled a big ctMlf
XT
alongside and smt
down. The colonel leaned fartlssf
hack In the enveloping leather and
a volley of expanding rings pound
from beneath the carefully trimmed
white' mustache.
"That," he said, with a wave of hie
hand toward the throngs, "set me te
thinking of how In my country school
days we big, bad boys sometimes
locked the teacher out to make him
give us a Christmas treat At Ike
precise moment you soaked me on the
shoulder I was thinking of the tine
we locked out our teacher. We noti
fied him a week beforehand that we
expected him to give us a nice, sub
stantial treat when school 'let oat,'
as we said, on Christmas eve. He bed
been a good-natured fellow and had
succeeded In keeping on good terms
"-"i" -
w anted; for tn r"fon. t0 M
off, " " Pble "Pecllled
candy.
" '1 11 think about It.' he said, laugh
ing, and we supposed It was as good
as agreed to.
"So when on the morning of Christ
mas Eve day Mr. Teacher arrived
without anything that possibly could
contain a treat, we were hurt doubly
hurt to think that a supposed friend
would treat us so. We silently waited
till the noon hour, and when lunch
eons had been hurriedly gulped, two
of us were detailed to get him away
from the school house on some pre-
text or other. They succeeded, but
he didn't stay long, as It was a cold
day and there was snow. When he
found the door locked he rattled the
knob and called: .
" 'Dnen thu rinnr rdeaaft! It la I. Mr.
"'Sorry,' one of the boys replied
through the keyhole, 'but you'll have
to give us a Christmas treat before
we let you in.'
" 'Come, boys, come,' he said stern
ly. 'It is too cold for joking. Let
me in at once!'
"'We're not Joking; we yelled back.
'We want a treat Go to the store
and get a big box of orange and
big box of candy and have tbetn here
for us this afternoon, and we'll open
the door. Or, If you'll promise oft
your word of honor, we'll let you ta'
"For answer he pounded on the
door and thundered:
" 'Boys, 1 order you to open take
door! Will you obey me?"
"Treat! was our ultimatum.
"Followed several minutes of silen
and suspense, then be called to tu:
" 'Well, boys, I suppose the be
sieger Instead of the besieged will
I have to surender. You may open the
door. 1 will treat.'
"The door was opened slowly, caw
tiously, for we were doubtful, almost
distrustful, but he was mlllng.
"'It Is all right, boys,' he assured
us. 'I have promised. We might a
well close now till after the New
Year's holiday. While I am going for
the treat I want
you all to get
your books ready
so I can lock the
school house. I
hope to be back
with your treat
within an hour.'
"Then he start
ed in a brisk
walk toward a lit
tle country town
about three miles
away.
"It was a few
minutes after two
o'clock when a
bobsled, drawn by a big, iron gray
horse, gay with sleigh-bells, glided up
before the schoolhouse door. Mr.
Teacher, looking as pleasant as any of
us, Jumped out and said;
" 'Here you are! I am going to leave
you to yourselves to enjoy your treat,
he explained, as be hastily fastened
the window shutters and shut up the
stove. He then locked the door and .
put the key in his pocket. By that
time the boys had unloaded the boxes,
and Mr. G -- at once resumed hi
eat on the sled.
"Merry Christmas to all! he
shouted.
"The same to you!' we chorused.
"We Immediately assailed the
boxes. The lid came off the box
marked oranges first, and one was
grabbed and the tissue wrapping re
moved. Then there was a wild yell
Potatoes! Nothing but old potatoes!'
"We glanced sheepishly at the big
girls' who were holding their breath.
In a tremor of dread we took the top
off the box labeled candy. Oh, utterly
shattered hopes! The box was full of
nice white candles!"
The ample shoulders and girth of
the colonel's friend shook freely.
"Urn," he said. "He was some
teacher."
"You. bet.". agreed the colonel "If
we boys h'ad ' had "money enough I
thtak we'd have come pretty near te'
bbyifcg bim a gold watch." Detroit
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