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Jes t* Tbi» reset me a ie&soa to «ts>- «*n rae jot ” At'* , ate it s-tmr k*dge meet «■*» 1 - ! i .»»r qm-Tiei tie irr**ad o: rite 'deev',4, Sait »• . : it e tartly, sab." replied i •• r*. *'s >t etartl* sab You see. *• »i ft my»nnsf roe >.oiored Bai m»if F'-e«*ch t . r toil* Of 0 » uf a that city *ho Ja’eSy an d That tif had takes »p the * *-« Tr*-t. to long uagr lit >«« find K M**aaary lHrr,i?T*' **Mti tfcr patron to * bo:. the nuns : 4»*-t ..* bit of isfu—utiias X • . •»• ».r.' explain -d tfce wait • • t>*t tie beet. vSeTed a Steady j- b t f*»r - at tor of the bxrli if 1 ' OB iron. Preen t ” f.«i Parle i* full of Pretrb wait *" - -• ■*.!« -be patron *Ttn afraid yes re faotpg fw-riird ** ' Xo. a.: *aid the mat. with much niMtiro end abaoitro simpliciti ?%» I»t ;-•» t— a a straight c.r The ,♦ v‘ r r f ’t* hotel says the' thi o«JWrr# to t,u east under»tand Treat-* aa we Hal uncotear.* apeak it uf that a what ho tin n for. you *•» -Lnd—tt a wnat' Huh a K m Off? *' tW trader age of throe ma*ru ■'**■ na—it had grt}rpod that emal! wey with a r*-lot.tlea* dutch Ho had «ta»od a irttie girl of three, and abt »t» rubbing her i.p* i igorously. V* hi via'at do that again.'' aaid '.t,r hojr’a aaotbor Sbo doesn't Uk* h i at mo um hard she la trying to rah jact h *r < S *’ CMl ao. Uo aaid the boy it* * ruMuag u it' Home a«d Functtoe Tfco follow mg nary ta tout of Dr. ti 'd Can—to:, the bishop of Hi pot ic tfco deye of hi* ear!; mints’ry 'here rae>o to him oao day a young mac and a rrndofc «*ry bashful. *ery toll-con x *ua. u — a lory oimeu* orraad. Are yw» Mr Car pew ter'* asked the mw# tt.« it a fa.'onug voire. ■ To* wa* 'he roaeaurihg reply. ; 1 am Carpamer—and Jot: or “ tmcl Dr*: ' pt i0 Ur t' baa ;u»t got a snap of * J“* “ “Wfcaf * ft— "SutURC tram ” Coa*‘««'t Bej• ( (M of Him. “Hr* a* Hgtot erf mr lil*. pa" I Cat k* ♦ ..git tn my cyca” Par me. vorr tia talr pretty cloa? to tn eye*—but nobody e»er called fetgl a loar brr a • Nebraska Directory RUPTURE SS ^ L".r pn aprtatsaa- Sc pay until cared. Writs lit «ttt. Mt tn IHnkt >,£. HOTEL Hoi >«attts. EUlOffM Pl»» •—» tn* Hat a*- ant-'. t» ecu* up 4uatMe C*ri PRICE.* REASONABLE U.S., %m MORTM AUT0II6 nrroscwoot. insrsMsa itsift. •asm. McaaASaa *.z.umt» s >*i ai-n a:. eepaikisc: cum Better Things to Eat. Of*f T«Ur OLranai bar auZ. Atk far Nr» CasuBgar ITU a Ita^Us is. . GnOz. Kcb. DRY CLEANING & DYEING ik.«: .1 :t# a mi Wnir f .s • i» i« Pun. Im. ZZ1 1 11 f SONG run MUSIC? DICK B. BRUUN POULTRY f cm* hr •rlfco* your l^n f*mrvt* I* »*u • Detotinfye Sight CorrectedasS *> K»9»r Hi* Snirftmoc Gdruteed OPTICAL OOMPAHY IAITHAR Aotmma «Mto| Ftriftire and VISIT Omaha lafort Toa Bay ■I UnO w* w ti«h L ■ ■ K o «&• P ||IIV Hides, Furs. | Pe:.ts,Tau.ow and W iou Write lor cmr price lb* ud ta(t iod..v. We have no brooch Mooses. GREAT WESTERN HIDE * FIT COMP ANY. 1214-1218 Street - - Oaiht, Nebraska ^m\\u "'Mil wletide. l/i THE B/1RO/*S HALL l'XGEET the prophet held up big hand _ A sudden cry smote the chil ly air. the red edge of the sun ■ reeptng behind the snow cap or Everest seemed to the mill titude a reflection on the scythe which Gungeet held in hi* band, reddened with the blood of the Ranee's first born, which had been offered as a propitiatory sacrifice to the Pun God it was mid-winter— the winter solstice—and the sun rays were so feeble that ti e sun worshippers were sore afraid that unless the blood of a royal prince was shed for absorption by -:r weakening god the world would pass into darkness and ali would die A» the sun rose higher in tne heavens the multitude of worshippers exchanged gifts, and on the ( rags and ta.ah places of the Mount of CbooK which ig above Darjiling, in the Hima layas, goats were sa< i ificed to the sun god. who was hailed by the multitude aE a new born babe, refreshed and renewed with the blood of their princeling offering For thousands, of year* before the birth of Jess* of Nazareth this drama was enacted in mountains of India and the tradition Was arned by the n-.er'-hants into Persia. Egypt and China to become later part of the Pagan saturnalia of the Romans and the Druids Fnr two <-enturies if the Christian era there it no Indisputable evidence or any celebration of Christ's birth. The primitive Christians, like sensible opportunists, made it the festival of -he "Light of A! Sations." borrowing from the east, the birthplace of all religions, the h-r’hdat of the sun god. which was held by the Hotrais ion the day when light got the betetr of darkness and the days began to pet or.geri as a great festival, in celebration of the birthday of the unconquered sun.” T* e first historical account of the celebra tion of Christmas day is connected with the I*ersectitor Dioclietian who. when bolding n -irt «t Ntcomedia. about 300 A. I)., on learn r.e that a multitude of Christians were as st a.hied in The city to celebrate the birthday of Jesus ordered the church doors to be clos ed and the building to be set ablaze, so that all ’he worshippers perished in the flames. Di 1 >*.an was possessed of the most terrible of all heresies that moral forces can be put down by physical ones. Christianity by fire t.nd sword, but his successor, .Julian, in the n« j.t generation, when Diocletian had done bis worst, and done it thoroughly, had to admit that all was In vain. He may not. in fact, have said. "Thou hast conquered. Oh, Oali lean'“ though Julian proved it Karly in the thirteenth century the Chris tian church sanctioned feasting on Christmas day by removir.c the obligation of observing abstinence whenever that festival should fall on a Friday. By abstinence is meant that flesh meat shall not be Indulged in. and as every Friday throughout the year was a day specially marked for such mortification. Christ mas must. iDdeed. have been somewhat cheer less when the feast was in reality more than a fast by reason of its occurrence on a Friday. That, however, is quite forgotten by present dav observers; and for cIosp on TOO years A Cnrittmat Tableau. Many year® ago says an old legend, there llted in a mysterious region a band of Chris tian monks whose life duty it was to plant seeds and grow crops of toys for Santa Claus to distribute These monks dressed in white eowrs and wo-e Ohris'mas wreaths about their beads FVctr this tradition a Christmas pantomime ••ould be devised A clever person can make many additions Arrange stage as a beautiful garden, and pla<-e small Christmas trees here and there On these trees dolls and other toys appear to be growing While music is played softly the curtain rises, disclosing the monks working in the garden. In the distance is heard the muffled sound of sleigh bells. Santa Claus enters, bows reverently to the monks, shows bis empty pack, which they slowly til! from the laden trees. The music <-ontinues. the curtain falls, then rises, disclosing Santa Claus only, who distrib utes the gifts to the children of the Sunday school. The monks can be personated by older boys or girls. Christmas day has been observed by even the most piously inclined as the occasion for in dulging in gfeod cheer. In "Merry England" the festival is made a thoroughly enjoyable one, though the days have changed somewhat since Dickens rode through the streets of London and told of the scenes of Christmas joy he witnessed in the lampMt streets. Nowadays electricity has tak en the place of gas and lamplight, and in stead of the slow, wheezy horse vehicles of Dickens' day the streets of Merry England are traversed by electric and oil motor car riages. Hut the good, old-fashioned dinner pre vails. and from king to commoner all go to the place each calls home to eat well-made soup, goose or turkey, potatoes, sprouts, mince pies and Christmas pudding. “Stille Nache. beilige nacht.” has been sung in Germany for many untold Christmases be l eath the illuminated pine tree, and its popu latiou of sixty-five millions will enjoy their gingerbread and honey cakes. In Denmark Christmas is a most important and beautiful festival. Despite all other changes, it preserves its old character, and is universally celebrated among rich and poor. In Russia the spirit of St. Nicholas Is ram pant. and the streets of St. Petersburg. Mos cow. Riga and other centers are alive with silvery-belled drochas, all bearing happy mus covites exchanging calls and bearing each oth er presents, which are opened at sweet-laden tables shrouded in vapor from the steaming samovers In New York City there will be millions of conspiracies to surprise the children, for with our polyglot peoples no nation realizes to the extent the United States does the inner mean ing for the world of the festivals of the Christ child. Here, more than anywhere else in the world, the spirit of Christmas invites our own happiness in seeking that of others, and in the accomplishment of good will toward men we know we yearly replant the rose that blossomed in the snow of the first Christmas night. Or THE SHEPHERDS HE idea of a new coming of Christ today is an influence, if not an obsession with count less millions of people in all parts of the world. With all Christians it is a thrilling thought, or a devout j— wish. With some it is a faith and a prophecy. The Advent ists. under their various de nominations—Evangelical, Ad vent Christians, Seventh Day, Life and Advent Union and others—look for Christ's re turn at a nearly date within the present age, according to the same Hebrew prophecies whr-ch forecast his birth at Bethlehem of Ju-lea. There are in tb? United States alone 2.544 Adventist churches, with an aggregate of 10c .000 communicants. The Jews expert a Messiah yet to come The Rehaists. or “Truth-Knowers.” whose cult, a mrdern offshoot of Mohammedanism, has made remarkable headway in Europe and America during the past decade or two. be lieve that the re-incarnation of the Master has already taken place in our time. Their priests and propagandists declare It their mission to make Known to the world the glad tidings that Beha Vllah. the head of their faith, who dwells in the flesh at Acre in Syria, is none other than Jesus Christ re-incarnated and come again to earth in fulfillment of the an cient prophecies The Theosophists. whose “T'niversal Broth erhood’' was founded by Mme. Blavatsky in 1875. with headquarters at Adyar, Madras, In dia. believe the incarnate appearance of Christ in this world to be imminent at the present moment. They believe that the Jesus of our faith, even now incarnate but not manifested to man, will take a new body, manifest himself visibly and lead mankind in the evolution of a higher civilization, an epoch of Christian so cialism in which wisdom and compassion will make a true brotherhood of man at a time HI there. Mister Santa Claus, Hiking through the sky, Careful lest you break the laws Speeding swiftly by. Better give your car a rest In its onward flight. Come down here and be my guest Just for Christmas night. I’ll show you a thing or two You'll do well to see; Little people—not a few— Waiting wistfully; Hoping you will not forget They are waiting there. Doomed. I fear, but to regret In the frosty air. Cheery lot of little souls You would find them all If. in seeking out your goals. You should pause to call. There they stand all in a row. Wondering what's the hitch; Wondering why it is you go Solely 'mcngst the rich. They would deem at bit of cheer. Tiny though it be. Sign that, when the Yule is here With its songs of glee. They were not forgotten: sign Sent them from above They wer* heirs to a divine Thoughtfulness and Love. Leave the wealthy to their own! They don't need your care. Let your loving smile atone For the cupboard bare. Seek the children of the poor. Make their need your cause. And you'll make your wreaths secure. Mister Santa Claus. —John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly. within the lives of the younger people of the present generation. The above enumeration includes omy a tew of the world-wide sects and creeds that either look tor a new birth of Christ, or believe that such a reincarnation has already, and recently, taken place. The idea, more or less definitely formulated, animates an incalculable number of smaller communities and individuals not taken account of here. And it is a significant fact that, however widely at variance their theories and grounds of faith may be. all these millions of Advent ists meet on common ground in the popular belief that this present age reproduces, in the world's cycles, the Augustan age of old Rome, with its over-ripe and decadent civilization and accompanying spiritual unrest. The earthly scene is set for some new and awesome act in the drama of Eternity. The Scriptures of old and the signs et Tba times today, thoughtful men point w*t, Aiike warn us that the hour of fate is at hand. Christians have done their best and tbefr worst to the Church of God for now over eight een centuries, and she stands today a mournful exhibition of their devastating work. Broken and divided into hundreds of warring sects, she no longer hears the voice that Inspired the early church. Truly it is time to expect that the Lord will himself arise and come to re build the spiritual Zion and restore the waste places of the spiritual Jerusalem. Although we “know not the day or the hour.” yet the time when the Lord's coming is at hand is not altogether hidden from us. The signs which are to precede and usher in his coming are plainly and abundantly set forth in Scripture, and we are exhorted to watch for them and know that the time is near. All these pre dicted signs in the social, moral, political, civil, ecclesiastical and spiritual spheres, declare the Adventists, are now either fulfilled or ful filling. All the ecclesiastical prophecies of Christ’s second coming rest on the same foundation— namely, the fulfillment of previous Biblical prophecies and the assumption that this In dicates further fulfillments yet to come. It Is claimed that inasmuch as the birth of Christ was foretold (Isaiah vii., 14). and that the birth should take place in Bethlehem of Judea (Micah v„ 2), and the several other prophe cies concerning a Messiah (Isaiah liii., S-9; Psalms xvi., 10). all came to pass precisely at the time and in the manner prescribed, that the fourth prophecy, relating to the second ap pearance of the Messiah, demands expectant belief. In the New Testament the third and fourth chapters of Second Timothy and the twenty fourth of St. Matthew are regarded by many as forecasting the present condition of Chris tendom We are living in the divided state of the decadent Roman Empire. The nations are torn with strife and contention, and are supporting millions of men in arms in antici pation of vast wars in the near future. Such was the condition of the world at the time of Christ's first coming. “In the last days, peril ous times shall come;” men were to depart from the faith and go in devious ways. Atheism, infidelity, socialism and anarchy have risen in a great wave that is eating at the very foundations of our religious, political and so cial life. In the way of physical portents it is esti mated that there have been more earthquakes within the last century or so than in all pre vious times in the recorded history of the world. What do these signs of the times, heavenly and earthly phenomena, political and religious upheavals, mean? To the Adventists they mean that Christ is coming again, and soon The Mistletoe. Some of tbe names by which this plant was called are “misselden." or more common!v. ‘•missel.” This plant was venerated by the pagans of Greece and Rome. There is reference to the mistletoe in the works of Virgil, in the Edda and in Celtic legends. Druids collected it with great solemnity. The Prince of Druids cut it with a goidea sickle. Ancient Britons reverenced only that mistle toe which grew up on the oak trees. The white berries which bring a blush to the fortunate maiden's cheek, give the quick ad mirer tbe right to kiss any person caught under the mistletoe bough. Its charm U against the evils of a lonely, single life. XMAS RECEIVING DON'TS. The world baa been flooded of late with don't* tor the Christmas giver. Enough advice has been offered to lift the atandard of our holiday giving to the ideal point. Now la the hour of the Christmas receiver. Truly doth she need a course of don’ts; yet few there are to meet those needa There are more wrong ways of ac cepting a gift that "folk* do wot of.” The maker of Christmas presents who has not swiftly learned to be an In dian giver when those gifts are re ciced is very lucky in appreciative friends or very thick-headed. Receiving should be in the true Christmas spirit, but—it frequently isn't What if you are disappointed? I Make a stagger at concealing it It is one of the times when deception is imperative. Don't feel it necessary to gush; to be gracious in receiving the simplest i gift Indifference spoils the pleasure of the giver and ie dreadfully bad manners. Don’t bring the spirit of barter into Christmas receiving. To say or even thing. “Is that all she has given me? I wish I’d saved my peninea on her.” is what is bringing a pretty custom into disrepute. Don’t get grouchy if you get a gift that does not come up to your expec tations. All tastes are not alike and you have not a corner cm good taste. Don’t, as you value your reputation fcr good breeding, make fun of a present you have received or count its probable cost. Take an unexpected gift graciously, without apologising that you have nothing to return. Don't be rude enough to send off a gift as payment. Tour gift may have been given for some past kindness and all joy in it is lost If not taken in the spirit in which it was sent. Don't be so critical that your friends hate to send you presents, nor so condescending in your accept ance that you enrage the giver. Kquaiize your transports—at “least. *hile the giver is present. Dont. la showing your presents, gush over rich Peggy's generosity in sending you a gold vanity box and dismiss with a careless toss the pretty doily that Helen at your elbow has sat up nights , to embroider. Don’t make your notes insincere. Silly gush irritates. A few words of cordial appreciation never give the sender the notion that her gift was a failure or your thanks would ring truer. A FEDERAL HEALTH BOARD. It is gratifying to note that tbe bill for tbe creation of a federal health board will not be allowed to pass with out a protest. Reports of organized resistance come from all parts of the country, and it may be that the oppo sition will soon be sufficiently solidi fied to defeat a project that promises infinite mischief for the community, and suffering and injustice lor the in dividual. The proposal is based upon those specious claims thut are notoriously hard to controvert- If a federal health board were to confine its activities to the promulgation of salutary advice upon hygienic matters, to the abate ment of quackery, and to the purity of drugs, it might be possible to say much in its favor, although it would still be difficult to say that such an organization is needed. But we know that it will attempt to do far more than this, seeing that its adherents have loudly proclaimed their inten tions. Indeed, there is no secrecy about them. It is confidently expected that the board will consist of advo cates of one school cf medicine only and that the methods of that school will be not only recommended, but enforced upon the nation. Indeed a board that was In any way representa tive of the medical profession as a whole wouid be stultified by its own disagreements. Outside the domain of simple hygiene, for w hich we need no federal board at all, there is no single point of medical practice upon which allopaths, homeopaths, eclectics ana osteopaths could be in unison. Any board that could be devised by the wit of man must be composed of representatives of one school only, and this means that all other schools are branded as of an inferior caste, even though nothing worse happened to them. And something worse would happen to them. If we are to establish i a school of medicine, if we are to as sert that the government of the Unit ed States favors one variety of prac tice more than others, why not estab lish also a sect of religion and be stow special authorities upon Bap tists, Methodists and Episcopalians? An established school of religious conjecture seems somewhat less ob jectionable than an established sect of pseudo-scientific conjecture. Those who suppose that a federal board of health ■would have no concern with Individual rights are likely to find themselves undeceived. It is for the purpose of Interfering with indi vidual rights that the proposal has been made. We need no special knowledge of conditions to be aware that what may be called unorthodox methods of healing have made sad in roads into the orthodox. Homeopathy claims a vast number of adherents who are Just as well educated and just as intelligent as those who adhere to the older school. Osteopathy, eclecti cism, and half a dozen other methods of practice are certainly not losing ground. Beyond them is the vast and increasing army of those who may be classed under the general and vague name of mental healers. Those who are addicted to any of these forms of unorthodoxy need have no doubt as to the purposes of the federal health board. Those purposes are to make it difficult for them to follow their particular fads and fancies, to lead them, and if necessary to drive them, from medical unorthodoxy to medical orthodoxy. Now the Argonaut holds no brief for any of the excesses and the super stitions connected with the care of the body in which this age is so rife. Gut it does feel concerned for the preser vation of human liberty and for the rights of the individual to doctor him self in any way he pleases so long as he does not indubitably threaten the health of the community. He may take large doses or small ones, or no doses at all; he may be massaged, anointed with oil, or prayed over, just as the whim of the moment may dic tate, and probably it makes no par ticle of difference which he does. But he has the right to choose, just as he chooses the color of his necktie or the character of his underclothing It is not a matter in which any wise gov ernment will seek to interfere. This is precisely the liberty that the health board intends to take from him. Orthodox medicine, conscious of Its losses, is trying to buttress itself by federal statute, to exalt allopathy to the Btatus of a privileged caste, and to create an established school of medicine just as some other countries have allowed themselves to create an established school of religion. It is for the common sense of the commu nity to rebuke that effort and to re pel an unwarranted invasion upon ele mentary human rights.—San Fran cisco Argonaut. A Drain of the Company. On tls way borne from the theater, wuere he had seen a performance of “Othello.” Bobby was unusually quiet. "Didn't you enjoy the play.” his grandfather asked at Ia6t. “Oh. yes. very much." replied Bobby. "But. grandpapa, there's one thing I don't quite understand. Does the biack man kill a lady erery night?"— Youth's Companion. Natural Deduction. “Papa, are lawyers always bad-tem pered ?'' “No. daughter; why do you ask that?" “Because ! read so much In the pa pers about their cross-examinations." Kindred Spirits. “Lady." said Plodding Pete. "I ain't nad a square meal in two days .” “Well," said the resolute woman, as she turned the dog loose, “neither has TowBer. so I know you'll excuse him." Its Status. “Our congress Is the finest legisla tive body going." "No, the British house of commons is. and 1 can prove it” “How so?" “Why. you must'kdmlt the house of commons Is without a peer ” A Business Connection. Messenger Boy—Who's the swell guy ye was talkin' to. Jimmy* Newsboy—Aw, him and.me's walked togedder for years He's the editor o* one o' my papers.—Life.