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fe 4 ■ 1 HE Anglo-Saxon notion of the German Christmas is drawn from childhood hours spent over Hans Andersen and Grimm, and the sight of a Christmas tree brings to mind the woodcutter tramping home through tbe snow-laden forest, trailing be hind him the fir tree for his family Christ mas celebration, while, in the towns, the black quadrangle of the venerable market place is picked out in lights blazing on tbe trees in the windows of the gabled houses. Some 50 years ago, before tbe German giant had awakened from the sleep of centuries, this idea of the peaceful German Christmas was correct. But Of one of the burghers of old Berlin, returning from making his Christ mas purchases on Christmas eve, were to be transplanted into the roaring hub of empire which his Haupstadt has become, the good man would probably expire on the spot. Fifty years ago, when Berlin was a dirty, unpre tentious, provincial town, with ill-lighted, ill-paved ‘streets, with a population renowned even in those days for its surly manners and uncouthness, and with the iron hand of militarism unchecked over it all, the Christmas festival was the tranquil celebration of which one has read. In the Gustgarten, before the castle, a Christmas fair was annually ■ established which the king and royal family used to visit to buy jumping jacks and ginger bread for the palace Christmas trees, like any other Ger man family. The Lustgarten fair has passed away, the king of Prussia has become German emperor, Berlin has developed into a fair and beautiful city, and all that re mains of the Christmas of once upon a time is the spirit —indeed, a precious inheritance. That still holds su preme sway, and rests concealed in the branches of the myriads of Christmas trees which rich and poor alike set up in their homes on the eve of the feast. Otherwise the old German simplicity has vanished. In the house of the rich merchant electric lights take the place ui mo i unsi canaies, and the motor car or the steam yacht which he gives his son as a Christmas pres ent can find no place under the Christmas tree, as did the woolen comforter, the hand ful of gingerbread, or the new skates in the day of his father. Caruso or Destiun on the gramophone take the place of the Christmas hymns which used to be sung as an act of pious reverence to the "Tannenbaiim." or perhaps even, horribile dietu. the tree will be fastened to a clock work contrivance which, on being wound up. revolves to a tune jangled out by a musical box. The bulging one-storied shops with ginger bread and gilt, angels stuck in their diamond-paned win dow fronts have vanished, and their places are taken by stores built on the same style of palataial magnificence as across the Atlantic. From the Christmas §? #hUlip$ <6roaK$ X t - OH. never falling splendor. Oil. never silent song! Still keep the green earth I tender, Still keep the gray earth strong. Still keep the brave earth dreaming Of deeds that shall be done, i While children’s lives come streaming Like sunbeams from the sun! Oh. angels, sweet and splendid. Throng in our hearts and sing The wonders which attended The coming of the King. beginning or December till the feast they devote a con siderable portion of their space to Christmas bazars, where one imagines one’s self transported to Toyland. There are tremendous set pieces with electric trams, air ships and railway trains careering about amid wonderful papier mache mountain scenery ravishing visions; of fair doll-women and army corps on army corps of the most gallant tin soldiers that ever manned a fort. The air is rent with an ear-splitting cacophony of noise emitted by mechanical toys, and the atmosphere reeks with the smell of shavings and glue, that peculiar pungent odor of the toy shop which brings back to the old fogies the mysteri ous delights of the birthday table. On Christmas eve every German must have hit Christmas tree. When one passes through the streets on a wet Christmas eve—the sparkling frost and snowy mantle of the feuilletonist rarely put in an appearance before January—one has the curious feeling of being In the midst of 60,000,000 of people all engaged in doing the same thing. One can imagine the traveler, looking on the thousands of Mohammedans laboriously threading their way across the desert of Mecca to win the title of Hadji, regarding the scene with similar emotions. Ftor when l say every German, it is literally true. The streets of Berlin are deserted, save for the cars and omnibuses and cabs, and an occasional policeman, and from behind the • blinds of the windows the candles on the Christmas trees, throwing out their little beams into the darkness of the night, as did the star to the shepherds nearly two thou sand years ago In fair Bethlehem. For weeks before the festival thou sands and thousands of trees are brought oy rail and water from the forests of Thuringia and Mecklen burg to the capital where tkey are sold by dealers on the public squares and places. In the last fortnight be fore Christmas the trim grass plots vanish beneath a'forest of Christmas trees ranged up ia Endless lines, each resting on a rowghlv tacked-to gether, deal wood stand. And here from eight in the morning till eight at night, according to paragraph so and so of the police regulations, the millionaire captain of industry, the uniformed official, the bespectacled professor, and the miserably paid, hungry looking school teacher rub shoulders, haggling and bargaining over their Christmas tree. The lat ter can be had at all prices, from 60 marks for a forest king to 60 pfen nigs for a stunted dwarf. The one may be destined to be hung with cor uscating electric lights and decked with diamonds for the banker’s wife, the other feebly illuminated with farthing dips and miserably tricked out with a handful of nuts for the workingman’s family. The men on duty at the electric plant stations on Christmas eve have their tree, as do the engine drivers as they sit in their quarters at the railway yards waiting for the night shifts. The soldiers in the barracks, the sailors at sea. the patients in the hospitals, the convicts in the prisons, even the poor, miserable wretches, the submerged tenth, cowering about the fires in the refuges for the home less—they all have their Tannen baum at this holy season ot Uie year, in me ucruuui colonies, under a tropical sun. where the cactus must perforce replace the native fir, Christmas celebrations are held and the same songs sung as at home im lieben Vater land. Naturally, when all Germany's children are celebrat ing. her model family leads the way. At the imperial court Christmas is celebrated in exactly the same way as in every other household throughout the empire. Two especially fine specimens of fir are selected by the royal foresters for the emperor and empress, and other trees in diminishing sizs for the numerous other members of the emperor's immediate family, that is, his six sons and one daughter, the wives of his three married sons, and his two grandsons, the latter being favored with proportion ally tiny trees. The whole number are set up in the shell hall of the new palace at Potsdam, where the kaiser al ways spends Christmas, and the various gifts, about which the same secrecy is observed as in the families of the bourgeois, are disposed at the foot of each separate tree. But before the imperial family celebrates the feast, the emperor and empress attend the “Bescherung," or presentation of gifts to the members of the imperial household, valets-de-eharabre, personal attendants, lack eys, and footmen. On the afternoon of Christmas eve the emperor, ac companied by an adjutant whose pockets are stuffed with newly-minted live, three, and two mark pieces, takes the traditional walk through the park of the new palace and distributes money to the beggars who rally in great force. He has a kind word or a cordial greeting for them all, nor does he forget the guard at the gates of the palace. HELPING SANTA CLAUS. Within a few years there have been organized several associations whose purpose it is to assist parents, especi ally mothers, in the proper development of their children. borne or tnese associations look to physical development, others to mental and moral, and still others to both. In a little book prepared by an association of the last named class, the writer recently found this statement: “Par ents are as much responsible for the selfishness of their children as they are for their existence." This rather em phatic statement led to quite a discussion of the matter with the mother of several children, who told the writer that she had been engaged ever since her first born in combatting selfishness and developing generous impulses in her children. In relating her experiences she told this little story: “At this season of the year my children got into the habit of expressing their desires for particular Christmas gifts. I did not tell them that if they would be good boys and gins tney would receive these gifts, rather tried to im press upon them the idea that if they did not ask for more than they should receive, that is. were not selfish, they might get them. With this admonition 1 coupled the idea that Santa Claus needed help, especially in reach ing the poor, the sick and the unfortunate. I told my children to help Santa Claus all they could, and every year they have managed to discover some poor child or some sick or unfortunate boy or girl for whom they have provided gifts. In thus helping Santa Claus they have found so much pleasure that they have quite forgotten their own desires beyond the mere expression 9f them. They have at least curbed their selfishness, and I think that I have led them to be generous to some extent.” In this woman's experience lies more of practical value than can be found in all the books that can be pub lished by all the associations in Christendom. She got at the root of the whole matter, and she applied the proper remedy—a remedy that did not directly curb, that did not punish, but effected by Indirection the very result that she wished to bring about. How many parents are today treating the selfishness of their children in the same way? How many need to treat their children in the same way? And how many can easily begin even now by encouraging their children to help Santa Claus? My ideal Christmas: Home, the country, snow, holly, a Christmas tree, carols and kind faces and fond hearts about you.—Mrs. Brown-Potter. COULDN’T STAND THE OUTLAY Wombat’s Personal Appearance Did Not Count Under the Existing . Circumstances. “Excuse me, Wombat," said the well-dressed one, “but personal friend ship prompts me to speak.” “What is it, old chap?” "I fear that, unless you improve your personal appearance, you may lose your job.” “I hope not.” “You need a new hat." “Dm." "You need a new suit." “Dm.” “You need shoes. Man alive, your feet are on the ground!" “Quite true,” admitted Wombat, with a sigh. “Then take this week's salary and spruce up." “Can’t squander any money on my self, old man. My wife is worse off than I am." "Dear me! How is that?" "She needs a new feather in her hat."—Judge. Milk for Gloves. A simple and effective wav to clean kid gloves is to draw them on the hands and go over them with a ciean cloth dipped in skim milk. Wear them until quite dry. Or moiscen a small sponge or piece of cloth in skim milk rub it on a cake castile soap and with this sponge the gloves until they are quite clean. Wear until they ara dry. Reform Costume for Women. ] A conservative correspondent of the \ Sun suggests this costume as a proper j one for women who wish to signify j their disapproval of the extravagant j and immoral modes of the day: Plain i drab costume disguising the figure; j black, sober hat with white spots; no; jewelry; Pair of spectacles, a Mother Gamp umbrella, warm woolen stock-1 I ings, thick shoes with very low heels. It would certainly be well worth while to watch the effect of the ap pearance of ibis costume on Fifth ave nue—or better, on Broadway, between Twenty-eighth street and Forty-eighth street, at 8 p. m. The wearer would receive a real ovation.—From “The Office Window” in the New York Mall. Philanthropy. "I feel pretty good today,” said Jones to his wife. ”1 saved a man from lifelong misery.” “How was that?” “My assistant wants to get married and asked for a raise. But I wouldn’t give it to him.” Getting at the Facts. A witness in a particular case had been examined by the lawyer for the plaintiff and was turned over to the lawyer for cross-examination. “Nsw. then, Mr. Smith,” began the legal one, “what did 1 understand you to say that your occupation is?” "I am a piano finisher.” answered the witness. "Yes. I see," persisted the lawyer, “but you must be more definite. Do you polish them, or do you move them?" t . . GOTCH, ILL, DEFEATED TWICE Another Example of the Strangle Hold. Among the bitter disappointments experienced by Gotch during the period when the champion was in the making were his fourth and fifth en counters with Tom Jenkins. March 15 and May 19, 1905, respectively. New York fans were eager to see the new mat sensation from Iowa, and Gotch agreed to the fourth meeting with Jenkins to be staged in the metropolis. Unfortunately he con tracted a severe cold making night jumps en route eastward. He de cided, however, to keep the engage ment. The match was at Greco Roman style and Gotch, unfitted for a rough and tumble encounter with a mat tiger like Jenkins, went dowmto an honorable defeat after taking one fail. George Hackenschmidt. the Russian Lion, then in the heyday of his fame as a wrestler, was on his way to America to meet the Yankee champ ion. Hackenschmidt met and defeated Jenkins at catch-as-catch-can, but turned a deaf ear to challenges hurled at him by Gotch. This was a bitter disappointmet to the Iowa boy. who had dreamed of winning the world’s championship. Hackenschmidt re turned *o Europe, claiming that honor. Gotch was eager to regain his lost prestige and remained in the east un til Jenkins agreed to a return match. The encounter took place at Madi son Square garden May 19, and proved to be one of the most savage in wrest ling history. Gotch was still suffering slightly from his cold, and Jenkins was in prime condition. The outcome of this match was a bitter dose for Gotch, and the citizens of Humboldt never have forgiven the metropolis for its treatment of their hero on this occasion. Speak to any ' old resident of Humboldt about it and he will tell you that Gotch was robbed and beaten by the most outlandish ex hibition of thievery ever perpetrated in American sports. They contend that the referee winked at Jenkins' rough tactics and permitted him to grasp the ropes every time Gotch had him near a fall. Gotch, however, took his de feat in a sportsmanlike manner and began a campaign of training to re gain his lost trophy. The referee was Tim Hurst, famous for his eccentricities as a baseball umpire. It was a grudge match and the winner took all the receipts. At the call of time Jenkins rushed in but was stopped by Gotch, who put the veteran down on the mat. Gotch held Jenkins down for nearly half an hour. Jenkins finally broke away and landed a heavy blow on Gotch's mouth. Gotch protested but Hurst told him to go on and wrestle. Jenkins grabbed Gotch aronnd the neck for a strangle hold and after several minutes of pro testing by Gotch in which ho received a good choking, tire grip wasdoosened. When they clinched Jenkins took an other strangle hold „nd held it until Gotch went down, despite the warning of the referee. Gotch wriggled out and caught Jen: kins by the feet, turning him into a double thigh and crotch hold. Jenkins’ head was forced down until his shoul ders touched the mat, but he grabbed the ropes. Gotch protested, but'the referee ordered the men to the center of the mat, where they began to wrestle anew. Jenkins kicked and strangled Gotch. He fouled him deliberately. Gotch re taliated with rough work. Six times Jenkins caught the ropes to avoid a fall. Each time Hurst ordered the men to the center to begin anew. Jenkins caught Gotch with a head hold which Tim Hurst called a “mug hold’’ and Gotch went down to defeat in 1:30:00. Moth wrestlers were thrown from the ring in the second bout, Gotch re ceiving a bad fall. Gotch won the sec ond fall but he was clearly weakened, while Jenkins seemed stronger. Jenkins rushed Gotch hard in the third fall and crushed him tj the mat. Gotch struggled to his feet, tottered, looked about in a dazed manner, lurched forward and fell full length on his face. It was nearly twenty min utes before he could be carried to his dressing room. (Copyright, 1913. by Joseph B. Bowles.) BOYD WINS A BIG RACE The illustration given herewith shows R. St. B. Boyd of Harvard Uni versity winning the Intercollegiate Cross Country run over the Van Courtlandt Park course. More than two hundred athletes from the vari R. St. B. Boyd of Harvard. ous colleges from all parts of the country took part. Mr. Boyd won this race of six miles in 34 minutes and 37 seconds, which Is one minute and seven secouds un der the record. Lord Ashby St. Ledgers. Lord Ashby St. Ledgers is the wealthy Englishman who is organiz ing a polo team In his country, and with it next year will attempt to re cover the international polo cup, now held by the United States. Four of the men tentatively selected for the tea\n are Capt. Ritson, Capt. Lockett, Capt. Palmer and Capt. Barrett, the latter the sensation of the English polo season this year. Newark Club in Air. It appears there Is a difference of opinion among Newark people as to the value of the International league franchise, and while those who took up the proposition with the Brooklyn owners dropped it because they thought too much money was asked, others have interested themselves and a deal may yet be made that will land the club in the hands of home owners. World Champions Could Furnish Football Team How baseball does hang around in the spotlight! The world's champions, alias the Athletics, pre sent these good reasons; Eddie Collins was a quarter back at Holy Cross; Jack Coombs was a fullback at Colby; Chief Bender was a tac kle at Carlisle, one of the best, too; Jack Mclnnis played on the Glouces ter (Mass.) eleven, and Eddie Mur phy was a pigskin knight at Villa nova. CONNIE MACK DENIES STORY Brands as Absolute Falsehood Report That He Picked Greatest Baseball Team in the World. Connie Mack, manager of the Ath letics, brands as absolutely false the line-up of an all-star baseball team alleged to have been picked by him as the greatest, baseball aggregation in the world. "I did not pick an all-star team, neither did I give my consent for any one to do it for me,” said Mack. "Fur thermore, I would not pick such a team for publication, as I do not be lieve in stirring up trouble among players, and I think picking an all-star team is foolish business. "If 1 picked such a team Ty Cobb most certainly would have been my first choice for outfield. 1 never allow my personal feelings to interfere with business, nor do I allow them to pre vent me from giving a player his jUBt due. “I do not consider the New- Yorkers treated me fairly when they credited me with picking an all-star team." INTERNATIONAL GOLF MATCH Plan Proposed to Have Annual Tour nament Somewhat Slmilarto Davis Cup Games in Tennis. The idea of an annual international golf match, somewhat along the line of the Davis enp tournament in tennis, has been condoned by Harold H. Hil ton, the British champion. He is quoted as saying Viat the abandon ment of the team match between Scotland and England, which has been an annual event for many years in Great Britain, may be succeeded by an amateur international match, in which England and Scotland will meet as allies. Instead of rivals, with "their opponents hailing from the other side of the Atlantic.” Would Force Boxers to Train. Boxing Promoter Delaney, of Den ver, believes he has hi: on a plan that will show the nugllistic supporters and the promoters, ae well, that the boxers who are to appear at his club do road work In their training. He is going to build a 14-lap track on the top of the clubhouse on which the boxers will do their /tinning. To get the hill advantage the track will be built In chutes over skylights. Much to everyone's surprise. Fred Clarke is going to manage the Pirates again. * * « Governor Tener may demand that his headquarters be located la Phila delphia. • • • Joe Tinker, the deposed manager of the Keds, states he will never wear a Cincinnati uniform again. • * * Ed Konetchy, the big first baseman of the Cardinals, may manage a Fed eral league club in 1!M4. » • * Joe Graves, a Chippewa Indian of Walker, Minn., has sign*-' with the Philadelphia Athletics for next sea son. * • » Johnny Kilbane is willing to box Joe Mandot, but this would not indi cate he Is willing to take any chances of a beating. * • » Frankie liurns of Oakland, won a decision over Johnnie McCarthy of San Francisco in a £0-round light weight fight at San Francisco. • • • That Australia will soon be the world's feeder in pugilistic stars is the belief of those who watch the straws that tell which way the wind blows in tistiana. Every Australian town and village has stadiums devot ed to the sport and competent govern ment instruction. DE ORO RETAINS HIS TITLE At Fifty Years of Age Noted Cuban Expert Is Still Stacking His Skill Against Ail Comers. That the cue is mightier than either the pen or the sword is the opinion of Alfredo De Oro, t,he world's famous pool and billiard expert, who recently successfully defended his title of champion at three-cushion billiards by defeating Joseph Carney of Denver. De Oro is the champion of all cham pions. as he has been the king of hiF Alfredo De Oro. favorite sport longer than anybody tn any other line. Over a generation ago De Oro was known the length and breadth of the country as the foremost pool player, and he has been going along, trim ming all comers up to the present time, at the age of fifty yearn De Oro has won over $100,000 in purses and side bets at pool (now styled pocket billiards) and three-cushion billiards. He is the possessor of all the emblems ever offered in competition at pool except the one Benny Allen recently captured from him, but before long he hopes to reannex that. De Oro never plays unless he has a bet on himself. He has such great confidence 1A his ability to outplay all comers that he is willing to back him self for any reasonable amount, but never for the big sums he wagered on himself years ago when his eyesight was keener and his arm steadier. De Oro held a pool title for eighteen years at a stretch, the longest period that anybody ever held a champion ship in any division of sport. De Oro was once worth a tremen dous fortune, and he really was obliged to follow the game of pool, which he at first took up as a pastime, because he$ needed the money. At the time of the Spanish-American war, in 1898, he was wealthy, hut the ravages of conflict and stock market upset caused him to lose every cent he had in the world. De Oro was born at Manzanillo, Cuba, two score and ten years ago. Gives Rickey Ten Years. Rrauch Rickey, the n&w manager of the Browns, has been assured by Owner Robert Lee Hedges that he -will have a chance seldom offered to a manager to show what he can make out of the Browns. In other words. Hedges will give Rickey ten years In which to develop a team. Whether the Browns run last or first during the next ten years, Rickey will be re tained. and with the remarkable show of confidence that he has already been shown by the players, the fans are beginning for the first time in years to believe that St. t^ouis may really have a good team. Stove League Stuff. Clark Griffith foresees a tight race in the American league for next sea son. He thinks that at least five teams have a look in for the pepnant. He does not come out very strong for his “climbers" to beat out the Ath letics. Cleveland, Boston and Chicago are other teams in the flag hunt, ac cording to Griffith. “WHY I EMIGRATED” THE NOTES OF A PROMINENT JOURNALIST WHO MADE A TRIP THROUGH WESTERN CANADA. A prominent journalist from Chi cago, some time ago, made a journey through Canada obtaining a thorough knowledge of the land and people and of the “boundless possibilities” that Canada, the virgin land. afTords. In an American Sunday newspaper he published after his return the interest ing account which we print as fol lows. He writes: “Why did you emigrate from the United States?” I asked a farmer in WestPm ranaHa JaV ’I believe that for a poor man West on Panada is the most favorable Poor^h” was the reply, “and I have now The^i that ft is the Paradise of the Had fivt Canada £vfarmer. a pioneer of the west, ^.fter travk, years earlier left Iowa' for •j1Ile jjR sta;> secure a new home there. i^airie and \sins ,be 00untr>' for sonu’ voted him»etXted his home on tl,e open virgin soil xXilb 8teat*y industry de owner of that ekt0 the 'vorking of tbp wheat ears thatgff he is the well"H"’ tore mv eyes. Ili-X11®*8 sea of wa™g figure finds the best C?K on for mlles br farm itself, which isN?tr0bg’ 8«“b«rned his ceaseless activity-Xckground in bis storied dwelling house, \be outcome °r stable, in the midst of a? pretty ?wo' barns, sheds and outbuildiK clean ful garden overflowing withy bamlet ° horses, cattle, sheep and swill?8’ a use’ rich pastures, and around to th^oduc ’ zon wheat, golden wheat. ®°?~? “In Iowa?" the farmer continued orl" farmed on rented land, for at the pX of $100 per acre I did not posses^ money enough to buy. I might farm??® I might farm as I could, more than the ' living for myself and family. I could \ not attain. Sometimes the harvest \ turned out good, sometimes bad. but \ the grand total was a bitter combat to keep want from the door. It was im possible to lay by for bad times and in spite of all trouble and work an old age free of care was not to be thought of. My death would have brought bitter poverty to my wife and children. “I decided to break-up and go to Canada, where at least I could fight out the struggle for existence on my owrn land. I started out with a mule team, all my earthly possessions were in the prairie-schooner with my wife and children. Then I took up a home stead of 160 acres to which I added fty purchase gradually; now as a wljole I count about 3.000 acres as my own. The whole property is free of debt. I do not owe a cent to anyone. I bought my land for $2-$10 per acre, now I would not give it up for $50.” “Do you mean to say that you paid for the whole land in th)e five years?” I interrupted. “In a much shorter time,” replied the farmer. “The land paid for itself, some already by the first harvest, and at longest in 3 years each field had brought in its purchase price. If you doubt that land in Western Canada pays for itself within 3 years you can easily convince yourself of the truth of my assertion. Let us assume that a farmer buys a farm of 160 A. at $15 per A. for $2,400. Farm machines, seed, ploughs, mowing and threshing might bring up the outlay to about $10 per acre. If the farmer sows the 160 A. for 3 years in succession with wheat and harvests 20 bus. per acre, then the product of an A. at the aver age price of 75c per bu. is exactly $15 per acre. If you deduct the $10 out lay, you will retain a clear return of $5.00. For 160 A. the annual excess amounts to $800, consequently the farm has after the third harvest brought in the purchase price of $2,400. "Sometimes—ami not rarely—the land pays for itself by the first harvest of 35 bus. of wheat bring in more than the purchase price of $15 per acre. As in some years I harvested more than 35 bus., you can reckon for your self how quickly I paid for my farm." "Would you not prefer your own farm in Iowa?” I asked. “No,” replied the farmer, “never will I go back, in general very few American settlers return to the old home. In Iowa a 160 A. farm coats $100 per A., $16,000; in Western Can ada $15, only $2,400. For the same money that you require to buy a 160 A. farm in Iowa, you can buy here in Western Canada a farm of 1,000 acres. I have money enough to buy a farm in Iowa, if I wished. But there my year ly income would be a small one. whereas here I work for a great gain. There I would only be a small farmer, here I am a large landed proprietor.” In a corner of the farmyard I had during our conversation noticed a mound of earth overgrown with grasses and wild flowers. To my in quiry sb to what It was, I received the reply: "That is the ruin of the wooden shack covered with sods, which I call ed my home when 1 settled here five years ago.” I gathered a wild aster from the ruin and flung it into the air. In a pur plish-glittering line the wind drove the flower towards the fine, modern-equip ped farmhouse. What a contrast be tween the lowly earthy hut of yester day and charming palace of today! This contrast says enough to the un bounded possibilities, which this new land offers to the willing worker. How the poor emigrant on the open prairie, through energy and activity, within 5 years worked his way up to being h well-to-do farmer and esteemed citi zen! Jlore, the farmer did not re quire to say. Why did he emigrate? WHY? Why I 8aw the answer witli my own eyes."—Advertisement. — To sympathize with a woman, weep with her; to sympathize with a man, swear with him. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma *4on .allays paia,cures wind colic46c a bottled* Every man should like his wife's relatives, but we have yet to see a moving picture of the man who does. Red Cross Ball Blue, all blue best bluing 'alue in the whole world, makes the laun dress smile. Adv. Virtue is its own reward, and hoa eaty is one of the greatest virtue#.