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(formerly office of Platus Lewis) Thursday, Dec. 15th, 1927 Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public 56 REED BLOCK, TIMMINS SAVE MONEY and make your own beer at home. x It‘s easy to make â€" you can‘t go wrong, if you follow the Simple instructions that come with each tin. Our pure malt extract with its firstâ€"quality hop flavour guarantee good results. _ A 2%lb. tin makes 5 gallons, or 100 glasses, and costs $1.40 Buy a tin toâ€"day from your grocer or druggist or write to ST. LA WRENCE PRESERVING CO. QUEBEC, QUE. s E. B. NETTELFIELD CO. E. C. Ward, Dis. Man., Cochrane A. W. Pickering, General Agent, Timmins, Ont. 18, FRONT STREET EAST* TORONTO, ONT . Ein nc m s a mm a h s LA m NFEDERATION â€" LIFE ASS OCIATION HEAD OFFICE TORONTO SCHUMACHER SENIOR 8.8. GIVING CHRISTMAS CANTATA On Friday evening of next week Dec. 23rd, the Senior Sunday School of Trinity United Church, Schumachâ€" er, will present a Christmas cantata, "Santa‘s Santalady,‘‘ an interesting and pleasing event that will undoubtâ€" edly be much enjoyed by all attendâ€" ing. The programme will commence at 8 p.m. New York Judge:â€"The age of disâ€" cretion is when a man is too young to die and too old to have any fun. SEND for all or any of these interesting Booklets 1. A MONTHLY PENSION FOR LIFE For yourselfâ€"say from age 60 A GUARANTEED MONTHLY INCOME Ecer your wife if you die A real Family Policy The road to success in life Please send me Booklet re No. Name CHAISTMAS GUSTOMS OF 00B AND VARIED Reason for Burning the Yule Log. Decorating the House Goes Back a Long Time The burning of the Yule log en Christmas Eve has been a custom in England for many years, many believâ€" ing the burning of the Yule kept the evil spirits away from the home until the following Christmas, thus ensurâ€" ing a year free from enchantment of an evil kind. Decorating the house with everâ€" greens dates back to the time of the Druids. The mistletoe which adds merriment to the Christmas festiviâ€" ties, is supposed to come from the Druids who looked on it as sacred. Brittany is the place of origin of a greatâ€"deal of mistletoe for foreign markets. On the high ground near Mount Dol there grows enough mistleâ€" toe to supply all Europe. In Surrey, England, it is also largely cultivated, where the apple trees are used for it to climb on. The legend of the mistletoe and its connection with kissing comes from Scandinavia. â€" Frigga, the mother of Balder, took an oath by all the trees in nature that nothing could harm her son. She forgot the mistletoe, howâ€" aver, and he was slain with an arrow af mistletoe wood. He was restored to life and the mistletoe was ever afterwards a symbol of love and goodâ€" will as olng as it was suspended above the ground. The Scandinavians have a eAstom of placing in a row all the shoes of the household on Christmas eve as symbol that the family will live in peace and harmony throughout the year. Some of the peasants in England believe that the cattle kneel in their stalls at midnight on Christmas Eve, also that the sheep form a procession in rememberance of the shepherds and the angel messengers. When a roostâ€" er is heard to exow in December during the night it is supposed to be ero ving for Christmas, and by crowing it frighâ€" tens away the evil spirits lest they appear at the holy season. This seems to us ridiculous, yet it might teach us the wisdom of chasing away the evil spirits of hate, jealousy, etc., which so often mark the happiness of Christmas. The ancient custom of placing an extra plate at the table in hopes that the Christ Child might enter and be a guest, is one that we might well follow, for there are always so many lonely ones whom we can entertain at this festive season, remembering Christ‘s words, ‘‘Inasmuch as ye do it unto one of the least of these, ve do it unto Me."* ye do it unto Me." In Russia they used to have a beauâ€" tiful festival ealled *‘*The Fesâ€" tival~ ‘of> the . Evening , Star.‘‘ It started when the evening star apâ€" peared, and no doubt had its origin in the star which.led the wise men to the place where the infant Jesus lay It is very appropriate to place a star on the top of the Christmas Tree, as it helps the children to remember as it helps the children to remember amidst all the gayety, the Star which led the wise men all through their tedious journey until they came to the manger, where they knelt down to worship the King and offer their gifts. In many places in the old land, the festivities lasted from iChristmas Eve until the sixth of January when the people went back to their duties. Esâ€" pecially was this true of Scotland, as we learn from the lines: Yule‘s came and Yule‘s gane, and we hae feasted weel; Sae, Jock maun to hlS flail again, and Jeannie to her wheel. New â€" York Journal:â€"All that shrinks isn‘t violets. It may be red fAannel. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO MAGNETOMETER SURVEY FINISHED AT ST. ANTHONY The magnetometer survey at St. Anthony Gold Mines has been comâ€" pleted according to a progress report by Engineer Douglas A. Mutch. The greatest zone of attraction was in the north section of the mineralized area, which is approximately 110 feet in width. At the present time a pit is being sunk on the most important indication On surfacé before the start of this sinking, there was found considerable mineralization in the form of pyrrhoâ€" tite and chalcopyrite. These minerals were associated with an iron capping. This capping is now being removed, and we expect that as soon as the pit has reached a depth where surface conditions do not prevail there is a very fair chance of locating imporâ€" tant concentration of values. A road cut from the head of Dasâ€" serat Lake to the camps on St. Anâ€" thony property is in shape to trarsâ€" port rather heavy equipment over, and will make it a comparatively simple matter to take in a diamond drill to the St. Anthony property during the winter months. There is every indication that the work of the next few weeks will warrant diamond drilling. The Three Wise Men came from Phars in Persia. They were students of the stars and had seen from the stars that One would be born in Bethâ€" lehem of Judea. But the stars told not enough. . They were uncertain whether this One would be King, Priest or Physician so they took with them gifts suitable to each, gold and frankincense and myrrh and went forth on their journeying far across the desert ways guided by the star. They were three; an old man, a midâ€" dle aged man and a boy. At last they came where the young child lay in a stable at Bethlehem of Judea. As they talked by the way they agreed that each should go in separately, the boy first, so that the accepted gift should tell them whom they worshipâ€" pedâ€"King, Priest or Doctor. Trenching is continuing ajong with the sinking of the above pit, and preâ€" parations are being made to open up the showing formerly reported on Claim 14615. Here the geology and formation are correct for ore deposiâ€" tion, and the comparatively small aâ€" mount of work performed on this claim shows heavy mineralization. A gentleman in the camp whose native land is Persia has given The Advance a clipping setting forth the Christmas story as told in Persia in the days long ago. This is the story : PERSIAN SETTING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY And now all three had been into the stable, bearing their precious gifts in their hands and each had returned empty handed. ‘‘He is all threeâ€"â€" King and Priest and Healer‘‘ they said to each other with bated breath. But they stood puzzled and hesitant looking at each other, waiting to speak and yet fearing to say a word. At last the old man had courage and put the question which all desired to have answered. With a hand on the boy‘s shoulder he asked : * Of what age my son, was the Child you saw ?" ‘*Ah, that was troubling me also my father,‘‘ said the boy. ‘‘*He was a boy of my own age.‘‘ ‘‘Nay,"‘ said the middleâ€"aged man, ‘‘"he was a man of exactly my years.‘‘ ‘‘Ye both err,‘‘ said the old man, ‘‘for an old man was he, like unto NORTH LAND UPSETS ALL PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS me |‘ This story belongs to all times and all lands and peoples. _ _ It means that the Child had come to be brother to everyone. Discussing the opinions that people form without due basis, Mr. Homer L. Gibson, points out how many of these notions have been upset. Mr. Gibson knows the story of this North Land and its mining industry, letter perfect, and what he says, should be of special interest. Here is Mr. Gibâ€" son‘s article :â€" ; ‘‘Lately some rather lugubrious comment has appeared in the press deploring the apparent shallowness of Rouyn copper deposits. For what reason this old stuff should be revived as regards Rouyn is hard to see. It "‘The history of mining developâ€" ment in this country during the past few years proves that it does not pay to hold fastâ€"to preconceived ideas. When Porcupine was just beginning to draw breath and prior to that moâ€" mentous occasion, the belief was genâ€" eraly held, and fostered by geologists too, that there was no gold in the North. _ When Hollinger, Melntyre and Dome upset this theory, many chose to believe that Poreupine was but a shallow camp, a mere flash in the pan so to speak. Older readers will probably recall the days when the deepâ€"seatedness of Porecupine was a matter of rather acrimonious controâ€" versyv. tonnage‘" was the grudging diciuin that went forth after the old Tough Oakes had proven that there was gold outside of Poreupine. Latterly it has been widely be‘lieved that the ore zone began with Teck Hughes an ended with Tough Oakes. Recent developments in the east end far beyond Tough Oakes Burnside make it appear that another pet theory is going to be placâ€" ed in the discard. *A little later, Kirkland Lake came on the mining map, but what a battle it had to get there. ‘*‘Rich but narâ€" row veins that wouldn‘t make for tonnage‘‘ was the dictum is a fact that the persistence of ore has not yet been proven in Rouyn to depth in the same meaning of the word as applied to Poreupine, but what of it? No ore boay of any conâ€" sequence in Rouyn has been bottomed yet to our knowledge and favourable geological structure has been proven down to a depth of some 2,500 feet. Poreupine did not find ore at 1,000 feet in depth, or 2,000 or 3,000 until exploration and development reached Westinghouse e BUSHMAN" uns 4tm 52A Through the Canadian Rockies to the North Pacific Coast and California Kaplan Bros E. Dahous â€" Fortuna‘s Store OING TO CALIFORNIA? Then, do not miss the glory of the Canadian Rockies on your way. 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