THE FRONTIER ,____• D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER. W. C.~TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager. O' N EILL, NlBRASK ^ Arthur M. Tan Rensreiaer nf New York, who was maimed while serving on the Mexican border, has devised a car •or legless men. The machine Is operat ed by hand controls and has a speed of from three to 15 miles an hour. An "old fushl >ned spanking week, with careful, prayerful spanking” was r^oor. mendert **** nn aid In rearing future citizens in an address by Mrs. Smith Al ford at the annual meeting of the Big Brothers and Slaters In New dork. A truck driver iri Redding, <’al., re ceiv'd word from England telling of the deatti of his mother and advising him that lie hud inherited her estate. Eater I, received a letter telling of the death of n rich uncle. The estates are snld to be valued at $100,000 A vessel will sail from Sweden short ly carrying expert salesmen armet^ with literature on up-to-data railway en gito «. South American republics will tie visited Swedish locomotive builders have just delivered the 20(»th locomotive to the Russian soviet. They seek new markets. Russian inductriosi nre \o no repre a. nti-i) at the next Lyom, France, fair n- a result of Mayor Herrlot’s visit to Russia. His leeture and articles plead tr.g for a restoration of confidence In nu,, now guiding Russia have convinc ed French firms that prospects of Rus sian trade are now safe. Fifty thousand presents from all parts of China were showered on Hsuan Tung, China's democratic'ex-emperor, and his bride, the princess Kuo Chln-81, whose wedding In the early morning hours of Monday brought forth a pageant of color end light that revived memories oP the olden, gorgeous Manchu regime. The appointment of Mrs. Annie L, Swynnerton as an associate In the Royal academy, London, bids fair to be as fleeting as that of Mrs. Felton to the United .States Senhte. Now that she has tacn elected. It Is discovered that one of the cast-iron rules of the academy Is that asoolate members must resign at 75. Mrs. Swynnerton Is 77. The Petit Parlslen, commenting on the depopulation of France, demands that etc c functionaries Is- forced to marry. Tlu suggestion also is made that mar riage be obligatory for citizens of 30 years. "The church Incises celibacy on its priests," the article states. "Why cannot the republic impose marriage on Its citizens?" says a special dispatch to the Philadelphia 1'ublle Ledger. Cleaning the attic of her graudfnth rr's home a few days ago, Miss Dorothy Addington, of St. Paul, Minn., ran* across a crumpled bit of paper on which waa drawn a map of a. farm of her grandfather's 10 miles away, a cross within a circle Icing one feature of the (3 la gram. She went to the farm, dug down two feet at the witching point, end brought up an Iron box containing $750 in gold. The famous smithy at Oretna Green, famous for Its past connection with runaway marriages. Is threatened with demolition. The building Is considered a dangerous obstruction to Increasing Motor traffic In Dumfriesshire. 9 The song, “Silver Threads Among the Gold," Is still piling up royalties, al though It was written t8 years ago, and the composer died 19 years ago. This comes to light In a lawsuit In Brooklyn brought by the widow, seeking to col lect. Red do.{ Is the latest addition to the alcoholic beverages nt Kingston, N. C. It Induces a sleeping slrkness, one negro dying after lingering in a state of coma for a week.* Another was dazed for a long time and did not recognize his family. Every person In the United States will he wearing eyeglasses within 100 years, according to an authority reporting at the meeting of the national committee for the prevention of blindness. The report called for greater safeguarding of eyes. James House*, 70, who three years ago arranged and attended his own “funeral" at Hillsboro. Ind., Is dead. De siring to know what his friends thought of him, he had the funeral and dis guised. occupied a front seat In the country church. Chicago citizens are 100 per cent, ef ficient In shirking jury duty, according to a federal Judge. He summoned 80 city men for service and 20 farmers. Nineteen of tho lntter appeared, and none of the 30. Ho sent the farmers back to work, and^rdered the city men icunded up. A Christmas tree decorated with gifts for animals will be held by the New Yerk humane society. There will he carrots, apples, sugar, blankets, palls, leashes and collars, and owners of horses, dogs and cats will be Invited to visit the tree and obtain gifts for their animals. In 1892 a Chicago man sued another for $500. During the next 80 years, the litigants spent more than $10,000 In ap pealing to higher courts. The Judge now dismisses the suit, unsettled. Both litigants are dead, so is one of the orig inal lawyers. No one Is now certain what the suit was about. Some think It waa a piano. The little English town of Sunlngdale Is thoroughly up-to-date, for it now has a woman as sole minister of Us Congre gational church. She Is Miss Norah Thompson, who has made a name for herself as an excellent preacher. She has officiated at marriages, baptisms and funerals, and Is fully qualified for every duty. Although canned fish from Portuguese waters are reported all over the world by shiploads, the people of Portugal like codfish, and send fishing fleets to After 18 citizens of Cleveland. O., were Injured in one night authorities estab lished a rule that automobile drivers un der 18 years old he arrested on sight. Skull experts have deserted Wheeling. W. Va., leaving the curious s'III wonder ing what the bumps mean. City author ities passed an ordinance prohibiting phrenologists from practicing. Rlpo.i. England, keeps up a custom 1,000 years old. Every night a "wake man." attired In official costume, ap pears before the mayor's house and blows three solemn notes on the “horn of Rfpon." A bath once a year is quite enough, and the dally plunge endangers civiliza tion, In the opinion of Dr. Ralph Bern stein. of Hahnemann hospital. Philadel phia. Luxury of the bath was Rome’s ruin, he says. A Punish colony of 8.000 persons in South America, is being plhnned. The jury acting in an Italian law case which lasted three months had to an swer 11.000 questions and consult 73.800 documents. Miss Kthel May Bradford is the direc tor of the course In bee husbandry re cently established by the University of Saskatchewan. Salesmen and clerical workers are In the majority of the men applying for commissions as second lieutenants In the American army. Christmas savings which will be dis tributed within the next three weeks by banks throughout the United States amount to fl*0,000,000. JIT FREMONTJEB. Organized Farmers Make Ef fort to Secure Reductions in Pay of County Officials. Fremont, Neb., Dec. IS (Special).— Fanners represented by attorneys employed to combat Dodge county officials, will assemble at the court house December 22 to renew I he fight for a lower salary schedule for Dodge county officers. The farmers contend that the salaries should, be based on the population shown by the census. This Is 23,000. WHOLE COMMUNITY JOINED . IN PICKING WIDOW’S CORN Homer, Neb., Dec. 15 (Special.)— Fifty teams and about 75 Corn pickers in the neighborhood of Mrs. Barbers home gathered and picked her 70 acres in one dajfc Over 3.000 bushels of corn was cribbed. Mrs. Barber is the widow of Robert Bar ber, who wus killed in an auto ac cident several weeks ago. The busi ness men of Homer assisted in pick ing the corn and furnished the lunch for the crowd. SKULL FRACTURED IN A MOTOR MIXUP No-folk, Neh.. Dec. 15 (Special).— Herman Taupert, local messenger service owner. Is unconscious in a local Ijospitul suffering from frac ture of the base of the skull. He speeding on a motorcycle was run down by Klmer Rains, who, the po lice say, was racing in an automo bile. ' m WOULD READ HASKELL N OUT OF THE PARTY Dcs Moines, la., Dec. 18.—A move to read W. G. Haskell of Cedar Rapids out of the republican party and pre vent him from taking part in the re publican caucus of the ’state senate this winter Ih being made by Senator J. L. ltrookhart of Washington, la., Haskell announced while ut the state house to attend a meeting of the con servation board. Senator Haskell is one of the re publicans who bolted Colonel Brook hart during the campaign and openly admits that he voted for Clyde L. Herring for United States senator. Senator J. L. Hrookhart is a broth er of Smith Brook hart, the United Statese senator. Friends of Senator Haskell have informed him that Brookhart Is taking a poll of the state senators on the ad visability of barring the Cedar Rapids senator from the republican caucus. Haskell expressed little concern over this attempt to read him out of the party and apparently considers the movement In the light of a Joke. As Senator Haskell denies that he is a democrat, he may have to flock by himself. Should the move to bar Haskell from the republican cnucus succeed, there would be In the state senate next winter 4tt republicans, three democrats and one man without a party. FALLS DOWN STAIRS, IS BADLY INJURED Storm Lake, Iowa. Dec. 18 (Special). —When jltussell Point and his play mates followed their curiosity up tiie tower of tile Presbyterian church to get an advance view of the new chimes, they did not know they went up. The workman in charge of thi, installation saw the boys finger tn% his tools and Called out in no uncertain tom\ "Get out." The boys did. in clambering down the narrow stairs, Russell, fell and rolled down several feet, striking his head on the steps. His left ear was torn and, cut. The workman discovered him a few minutes later, picked him up and carried him to the hospital, where stitches were taken in the injured member. —+— ILLINOIS CENTRAL TO DEPOSIT CASH AT WATERLOO Waterloo. Ia„ Dec. 18.—Through re cent action by the management of the Illinois Central, this city will he roine the depository of the road's fifth hanking zone, it is estimated the de posits will run as high as $40,000,000 annually. The zone will comprise the district west of Dubuque including branch lines. . —f— INSTALLS RADIO OUTFIT DESPITE HIS 80 YEARS Storm Lake, la., Dec. 18 (Special.) —Speaking of the spirit of youth. Col. George Currier, 80 years old la# June, lias recently Installed a radio in liis home. He is a hit deaf him self but his wife bus fun enough for (wo in "Listening in." The set was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Currier by their son. R. C. Currier of Sioux City. A WOMAN PUTS NEGRO BANDITS' TO ROUT Mason City. In., Dec. 18 (Special). —Two burly colored men were put to rout yesterday morning by Mrs. Israel Crystal when they entered her store, leveled pistols on her and com manded her to open the store’s safe. "You don’t dure shoot,” she yelled ns she rushed at them. She was right. They ran and police found no trace of them. Doth were masked. STORM LAKE BOY IS Storm Lake, la., Dec. 18 (Special). Karl \V. Bowers, son of Mr. agd Mrs. L. \V. Bowers of this city, made a score of 99.9 per cent in a recent rifle match in Chicago. He went to Chi cago a year ago, where he entered the central engineering office of tA> Wes tern company. Kor recreation he took up rifle practice and made the Illinois rifle team last summer. This team won the trophy at the match at Camp Perry. Mr. Bowers lias just won the gold medal at the Chicago rifle meet, and will continue his prac tice that ho may go to Camp lY.ry again *hls year. THE SPEAKERSHIP Grant Mears, Wayne County, Said to Be in Running for Legislative Post of Honor. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 16 (Special).— Members elect of the Nebraska legis lature in Lincoln say they believe the contest for speaker of the House, with nearly a score of avowed and tenta tive candidates, has narrowed down to four men—Daniel Garber of Web ster county, a new member; Grant Mears, of Wayne, tv veteran of many terms and author of the Estate capi tol bill; Scott Reynolds of Lincoln and George T. Staats of Dodge. Tho iV-mocrats will have a candidate, but as the minority party no one is seek ing the place. Members who are here say there is little dohbt but that a bill will be introduced lowering salaries of state officers. Constitutional state officials cannot have their stipends reduced during their terms, but ap pointive officers are not thus pro tected. —a—. COUNTY CLERK FACES EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE Omaha, Neb., Dec. 16.—A. S. Allen, of North Platte, county clerk of Lin coln county, is out on bond on a charge of embezzlement while Carl Goucher of Omaha, a traveling sales man for the Omaha Printing company is also at liberty under bond, in con nection with the case, according to advices received from North Platte. The charge resulted from the al leged issuance of three Lincoln coun ty warrants to the Omaha Printing Company according to a statement by the company. The statement said: "In checking over the accounts of this company with Lincoln county a representative of this company went to North PtStte Wednesday night and w4>ile there, after an exam ination of the records of the county, discovered that three warrants, to taling $2,323.97 had been, by mistake or some other irregularity, issued to Hhj Omaha Printing company. Upon discovering this irregularity, tins company sent its check for the total amount of thest warrants back to the^ county. ' "Mi-. C. R. Goucher Is an old and trusted employe of this company atid the company has yet to be ahuwn that there was any criminal intent grow ing out of this transaction, on his part.” ^ —4— WIFE OF MISSIONARY AMONG INDIANS DEAD Kearney, Neb., Dec. 16.—Mrs. Louise Collins, 93, wife of the Rev. Asbury Collins a missionary among Sioux and Pawnee Indians, be fore tin* time of white settlements In Nebraska, died here Friday. She was one of the first, if not the first white women tb settle permanently in Ne braska. ARMED BANDITS PULL STUNT IN SOUTH OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Dec. 16.—Two armed bandits entered a South Omaha pool hall Thursday night, locked the pro prletor in a closet, lined up six pa trons against the wall, and taking $200 from the cash register, fled after an exchange of shots with the pro prietor, who had freed himself. —♦— GOVERNOR-ELECT BRYAN RESIGNS CITY OFFICE Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 16.—•Charles W. Bryan, governor elect, Frida> turned in his resignation us city commis sioner to take effect December 17. BREAKING JAIL IS COSTLY PROPOSITION Waterloo, la., Dec. 15 (Special.)— Plummer Copeland, who escaped from the Black Hawk county jail, where he was b^ing held awaiting orders from Wisconsin officials, lias discovered that breaking jail Is a rather disastrous experience. Cope land escaped with two other prison ers. He was recaptured a few days later. He was taken to Wisconsin, where he was acquitted of charges preferred against hi maud released. He re turned tex his home in Independence. Sherfff H. T. Wagner learned that he was in Iowa and ordered him taken into custody to answer an indictment of breaking Jail in this county. He was removed to the Black Hawk county Jail and will he given a trial at the January term of the district 0ourt. W —♦— HAS BEEN AN ODD FELLOW ALMOST 66 YEARS Cherokee, la.. Dec. 15 (Special.)— William C. Adsit, father of County Treasurer Ray Adsit, was 90 years cld, Tuesday, December 12. The event was celebrated by the Cherokee Lodge of Odd Fellows with a home coming and meeting for congratula tions. Mr. Adsit was made an Odd Fellow at Decorah, la.. January 6, 1857 and therefore, has been a mem ber of the order for almost 66 years. Fifte^fr years ago he was presented with the 55-year medal by the grand lodge of Iowa. He was born in Duch ess county. New York and came we.-t in 1854. He has resided in Cherokee since 1876. , EPWORTH LEAGUE OF Allen. Neb., Dec. 16 (Special).—A Dixon County Epworth League asso ciation was (brined at a meeting in Allen recently, when about 75 young people* representing the Methodist young people of Ponca, Hose Hill, Dixon and Alien were guests of the Allen organization. Special talks were given by Mev. Sideel of Laurel and Prof. Marksbury of the Ponca public school^ The officers of the new organization are George Heaton of Allen, president, and Belt. W. Min ter of Martinburg, secretary. The next county meeting will be held in Ponca, February 1. • % FARM INTERESTS TD CET TOGETHER Will Hold Organization Meet ing Early Next Month lo Formulate Legislative . Program. t " ' ■* Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12 (Special.)— Leaders of the organized farmers of the state propose to hold a conference of representatives of the farmers’ un • ion, farm bureau alfd possibly the T non-partisan league, during the first j week of January to adopt a legisla . tivo program. This is the beginning of the pro ! posed farm bloc in the legislature, j After the program has been agreed ■ upon members of the legislature will be asked lo back it and to organize for that purpese. They will also be inferred as to what bills the organ ized farmers are opposing. Hereto fore each organization lias had a leg islative committee. RAIL BOARD POWERLESS WITH LIGHT COMPANIES Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12 (Special.) — The state railway commission has no power to regulate the rates which the transmission line companies may charge cities and towns for current, it is obliged to write back to all In quirers in recent weeks. The last letter was from A. J. Barak, mayor of Petersbu^j, which has a contract with the Nebraska Gas and Electric company to supply electricity. When the rates were first put in the company charged a service fee o? $1 a month, and then rates rang ing from 9 cents to 14(4 cants a kilo watt hour. Since then Barak says the company put on a 20 per cent Buroharge ind then added 25 per cent until rates are now oppressive. The legislature has steadfastly re fused to confer on the state railway commission any power of regulation on the theory that lighting plants fall properly within the jurisdiction of cities and towns, and that home regu lation is better. ENGLISH-SPEAKING ONES ASSERT THEIR RIGHT Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 12 (Special.)— English-speaking members of the German Lutheran Evangelical church at Emerald, a small town west of Lincoln, have brought suit In district court to restrain the six deacons, who were recently fined for discriminat ing against the use of English in the church services, from using any part of the church funds to finance their appeal to the supreme court. They also ask an order restraining them from barring the doors against Eng lish services. The first case is a test of the new Reed-Norvay law. HOG CHOLERA PLAYS HAVOC NEAR WAKEFIELD Wakefield, Neb.,.Dec. 12 (Special.) —Numerous cases of hog cholera have been reported here. Several farmers have lost almost their enttre herds. As yet the disease is con fined to a small locality. A great many herds have been having what veterinarians pronounced influenza, but from which most most of the. in fected animals recovered. —f CREIGHTON PROFESSOR DIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT Onjaha, Neb., Dec. 12.—Rev. Thomas E. McNeive, Instructor of Latin and English at Creighton Uni versity 1904 and 1905 and pastor of St. John's Church here, 1917, and 1918, was killed Sunday near Topeka, Kan., in an automobile accident. *— FALLS FROM BICYCLE, DIES FROM INJURIES Fremont, Neb., Dec. 12.—Dr. H. E. Kills, 40, Fremont dentist, died here Monday evening as the result of in juries received in a fall from his bi cycle to the pavement. GOVERNOR-CLECT BRYAN PREPARES FOR BUSINESS Lincoln, -Neb., Dec. 11.—Governor elect Rryan has begun to close up his work as a member of the Lincoln city commission preparatory to taking th* office of chief executive of the state^ early in the new year. As a com missioner Mr. Bryan has .a number of reports to make and these will be forthcoming. It is reported that Mr. Bryan intends to resign as a commis sioner at an early date. —♦— THIRTY-MILE GALE CARRIED ZERO WEATHER. Mitchell, S. D., Dec. 12 (Special).— Winter, borne on the wings of a 30 mile gale yesterday came t^ith a rush last night and temperatures dropped to 14 below zero last night. This morning, the wind having abated, the mercury had clambered up to nine below by 8 o'clock. ' PUSH ORGANIZATION OF BAND AT ABERDEEN Aberdeen. S. D., Dec. 12 (Special). .— H. C. Bronson, director of the Aber deen Municipal band, has returned from a winter tour with Sousa's band. 11c will immediately #start work on his new municipal band here and ex pects to have one at least as large as last summer's. A Boston horse the task of which Is to draw a delivery wagon qualified as a long distance swimmer. The animal fell through a drawbridge and was in the Charles river 36 hours before it was rescued. Thouands of American tourists going to Egypt after Christmas will have op portunity to view the tomb of King Tut ankhamen, discovered in the Valley of the- Kings at Thedcs. Treasures brought to light are valued at J15.a00.000. The Albert A. Biei-er eoileetion of books and manuscripts on American poetry, said to be the largest on the subject in existence, las been sold to • the University of Texts. Many rare spec intents are included. There are 7.200 volumes of the 1716 to 1876 period. M | GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. Going home for Christmas! It is still as popular as it was when knighthood was in flower and Dickens w'rote his Christmas carol. But the methods have changed. In this aga of complexes, there is also the Christ mas complex, and even getting home is a toilsome journey fraught with many telegrams and taxicabs, not to mention extra sections. Once upon a time it was different. There was the old stage coach that took all the absent members of the family home for Christmas. It was unnecessary in those days to speak ahead for reservations, to wire on from Chicago to hold a lower on the midnight that stops at the nearest big city tn the little New England; town you live in. The coachman, un like the railroad officials of today, did not have to worry about putting on extra trains to get the college girls homo for Christmas. Traveling was light, and if it was a bit cold, there were friendly inns where all could stop and warm nose and toes by a blazing fire while drinking down a mug of ale. There were no baggage masters to turn gray with the shower of trunk checks at each station. In the Stage Coach Days. But let Washington Irving tell it. “The coach was crowded, both inside and out, with passengers who, by their talk, seemed principally bound to the mansions of relations or friends to eat the Christmas dinner. It was loaded also with hampers of game, and baskets and boxes of deli cacies; and hares hung dangling their long ears about the coachman’s box, presents from distant friends for the impending feast. I had three fine rosy-cheeked boys for my fel low passengers inside. They were returning home for the holidays in high glee and promising themselves a world of enjoyment. It was de lightful to hear the gigantic plans of the little rogues, and the imprac ticable feats they were to perform during their six-weeks’ emancipa tion from the abhorred thraldom of book, birch and pedagogue. “Perhaps it might be owing to the pleasing serenity that reigned in my mind that I fancied I saw cheerful ness in every countenance through out the journey. A stage coach, however, carries animation always with it, and puts the world in mo tion as it whirls along. The horn sounded at the entrance of a village produces a general bustle. Some hasten forth to meet friends; some with bundles and bandboxes to se cure places, and in the hurry of the moment can hardly take leave of the ‘group that accompanies them. “Perhaps the impending holiday might have given a more than usual animation to the country, for it seemed to me as if everybody was in good looks and good spirits. Game, poultry and other luxuries of the table were in brisk circulation in the villages; and the grocers’, butchers’ and fruiterers’ shops were thronged with customers. The housewives were stirring briskly about, putting fheir dwellings in order; and the glossy branches of holly, with their bright red berries began to appear at the windows.” Changing the Technic. What is it like now. The idea is the same, but how the technic has changed, how much more complicated are the matters for the homing chil dren and for those who help get them home. In the first place, there are so many more-away from home. Jack and Jill go away to school and then go away to work and then settle down and marry in. some far-away place, so that there are whole fami lies to be transported at Christmas time. And then no one can possibly leave until the last minute. So that congestion is not the word to de scribe the crowds. Modern efficiency methods had to be invented to take care of them. There are of course the railroads. Special trains, eJftra sections, all late —that is Christmas eve on the rail read. Stations blocked with baggage, porters handing out bags hopefully in return for generous tips, passen gers racing for the first taxicab— Christmas eve in the station when the home-bound arrive. But there is still good nature or. O Little Town of Bethlehem. O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in the dark streets shineth The Everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight. For Christ Is born of Mary; And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep ' Their watch of wond’ring love. O morning stars together Proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King, And pettce to men on earth! How silently, how.silently The wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of His heaven. No ear may hear His coming; But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive Him * still. , The dear Christ enters in. © holy Christ of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in, Be born in us today! We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell— _ Oh, come to us, abide with us. Our Lord Emmanuel. —Phillips Brooks. Christmas Song. Why do bells for Christmas ring? Why do little children sing? Once a lovely, shining star, Seen by shepherds from afar, Gently moved until its light Made a manger-cradle bright. There a darling baby lay, Pillowed soft upon the hay. And his mother sang and smiled, “This is Christ, the holy child.” So the bells for Christmas ring, [ So the little children sing. --Lydia A. C. Ward. the day before Christmas. Every* body is now, as when Washington Irving wrote, in good . looking and good spirits. Shops are crowded,, bumpy bundles get in the way, but it. doesn’t matt«-. Holly still appears in the windows, and Christmas greens are everywhere. A Miniature Christmas. There are, however, some drastic changes. Many are the families that have moved to an apartment in the city. No entertaining on .a large scale is possible there. The dining room table is only big enough for six, and there are only six of the large dinner plates. It must be a minia ture celebration. The apartment house fireplace—If there is one—is no place for a yule log. An old writer’s account of Christ mas celebrations runs thus; “Now capons and hens, besides turkeys, geese and ducks, with beef and mut ton must all die, for in 12 days a. ■multitude of people will not be fed with a little. Now plums and spices, sugar and honey, square it among pies and broth. Now or never must niusic be in tune, for the youth must dance and oing to get them a heat while the aged sit by the fire. The country maid leaves half her mar ket, and must be sent again, if she forgets a pack of card on Christ mas eve. Great is the contention of holly and ivy, whether master or dame wears the breeches. Dice and cards benefit the butler; and if the cook do not lack it, he will sweetly nun. nia lingers. Now one turkey will do very nice ly and the butler is turned chauf Christmas dinner. The youth may feur and goes home to his own dance, but not at home, except it be one couple to the tune of the Vic trola. It is as if one big Christmas of the olden time had been divided up and scattered around to make 10 or a dozen modern Christmases. Or if you look at Christmas through field glasses, look through the small end and you will see the old-time Christ mas; look through the large end. and you will see the modern Christ mas.—Springfield Republican. -- ♦ -- • Christmas Bells. I heard the bells on Christmas day * Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men.. Then from each black accursed moutlK The cannon thundered Tn the south, And’ with the- sound The carols drowned Of peace on earth, good will to men. And in despair I bowed my head; “There is no peace on earth,” I said,. “For hate is strong And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men!”" Then pealed the bells more lou