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Mn ee t OW ©Dbrated the day by performing one of the most hazardous and most brilliant manoeuvres in the annals of the war. Under cover of the hight he crossed the Delaware at i ACabl t ind ; . ti&H ‘King ©of France, | on ‘Christmas Day, 496 <*~ Giffés de Rets, the « \ Bfl” was executed : Q'?'M.“ 1440, in attnemes f nE CX CSITHUU all churth festivals spent their flmt; Christmas in America working hard all day long amid cold and atormy‘ weather, and commenced the buildâ€"‘ ing of the first house in Plymouth,’ EPPY the popular nursery In 1776 Generai p . 100 OeCOE POMMEIRR EO 20000 PM ed on Christmas Day: that of Charâ€" defeated the !‘:‘!flm as Emperor of the Wcm,i On Christn tu the year 800, and that of William | deat Lincoin th@â€"Onqueror, at Westminster Ap.| and decided "A9â€"UOnqueror, at West Re# 11 1066. Clovis, the e year 98, but it was forty years ‘later before it was officially adoptâ€" ed &» & Christian festival; nor was it untif about the fifth century that ‘Ahe day of its celebration became ‘permanently fixed on the twentyâ€". fi;h of December. _ Up to that afl it had been irregularly obnerv-’ ed at various times of the in December, in April and DUEâ€"OSt freanantlv in 11. p;, 2 _ "} |1€C Ohâ€"â€"ring in the new! "Ring out the falseâ€"ring in the true!" â€"and so she rings Long Distance. "Happy New Year she calls to distant friends, as midnight strikes the hour. Keep the Bell aâ€"ringing through the year! Heed the lesson business teaches: Riches come to him who reaches Out beyond the city gates. Take the line of least resistanceâ€" Telephone, and use Long Distance, â€"on Long Distance "Ring out the oldâ€"ring in the ne "Ring out tho TAalsnc_vine in iL . Start the New Year right! de Rets, the original "Blae was executed on Christmas 40, in attnement for a mulâ€" of crimes which included ing of six wives, from which Capital: $5,000.000 st frequently in January. notable coronations occurrâ€" th BANK»TORCNTO Washington celâ€" y story is derived. who _ condemned the first Chrisâ€" , was baptized en a KITCRHENER _ warTErLOo KITCHENER (North Ward) Your Savings Account is invited by this strong Bank. Today is a good time to begin. Our Investment Department will be pleased to assist you in selecting good securities. Opportunities for d investâ€" memspzome to all of u“.ooA Savings Account at The Bank of Toronto will, in time, enable you to take up yours. BRANCHES as he comes in." _ "Hello! Hello! Is this you, "Aye." "Is this Mac MacPherson I‘ ing to?" "Aye; spe‘kin‘." ‘"Well, Mac. it‘s like this. | to borrow fifty dollarsâ€"â€"â€"" "All right. I‘ll tell him As In 1868 President Johnson made Christmas Day memorable by issuâ€" Ing a proclamation grantine tm pardon to every one w part in the rebellion. s °_ It is a significant fact that no t great batties were fought on Christ a(‘mas Day. They have occurred on -}'the twentyâ€"sixth of December, but the anniversary of the advent of: -(l'eace en Earth has never been obâ€" -’servad by a cessation of hostilities. !A notable exgeption, however, is rthat of the battle of Okeechobee, | Florida, in which Zachgry ‘Tayior { defeated the Indians in 1837. | On Christmas Dar of IREl Desct and decided to comply with the deâ€" mand of Great Britain for the reâ€" lease of Mason and Slidell, who had been captured while on their way to England and France as repre-onâ€"‘ tatives of the Confederacy, } In 1868 President Johnson made . . Manager A USE FOoR KiTTY QuICK FooTrwork. , I found mice in the Reserves : $7,000,000 as Day of 1861 Presiâ€" and his Cabinet mot who had taken As soon ll who had their way represenâ€" . son made | Mac?" | _ The full text of the _ resolution (wu "Whereas, the anpua)} conrenâ€" ton of the UFPO. with ita affilâ€" jlntod bodles, controls the policy ofl the association; end whereas the question of policy in relation to thof political activities of the organizaâ€" tion has been a subject of considâ€" crable discussion and angiety withâ€" in the association; and whereas it therefore seems desirable that this convention should declare itseif on| the question of organisation for poâ€" litical notion: mow. tharataras u.l __ | harpoon in the wound, and the invalia bott tay.| knew that the only thing this bee 22d had to sting with was doing its work UP, at the end of his thumb. and want| He reached his arm out from under Will | the sheets and dropped this disabled Serv aoon'“mm of rheumaftism liniment on the 224 carpet. Then, after a second of blank _ No f wonder he began to feel around for hims the bottle, and wished he knew what least 8 ) he did with it. on wal up | _ In other words, the UF.O. is now | committeed _ to oppose â€" Premier | Drury‘s Progressive party scheme, | but at the same time permits the locai ridings to broaden out as far fu they wish. This is the oftâ€"reâ€" peated policy of J. J Morrison. : The Remolution, 124 ( It didn‘t hurt so badly as he thought it would. It didn‘t hurt at all. 1 Then Mr. Middlerib remembered that whenr the honeyâ€"bee stabs a human fos it generally Joowes 1. It was very hard for Mr. Middicâ€" rib to say that he ounly felt hot, but he did it. He did feel very not, inâ€" deedâ€"about cightyâ€"six all over, and one hundred and nifteyâ€"seven on the end of his thnmb. He reversed the bee and pressed the warlike terâ€" minus of it firmly against the rheuâ€" matic knee. i \ "‘What‘s the matter with sleepily asked his wife. | had stung itself stingless f He contracted with Master Middleâ€" 'rib for a limited supply of bees. For the small sum of one dime Master ]M}ddlerlb agreed to procure several ?lo wit: six bees, ser and age not J specified. ‘ | _ Evening brings all home, and thej elasl rays of the declining sun fell | upon Master Middlerib with a nhorl.; | wideâ€"mouthed _ bottle comfortably populated with hot, il!â€"natured bees. ,The dime and the bottle changed § ‘hands. Mr. Middlerib put the bottle ~ {In his coat pocket and confided his‘ p ;gumy secret to none of his family. ; He hid his bees in his bedroom, and â€" > |as he louked at them he wished the : bees did not look so hot and cross. f When everybody else was in bed ; ‘|he sought his room. ) ‘ Mr. Middlerib disrobed slowly, 1 then crept into bed. After lying still ® |a few moments he reached out and a got his bottle of bees. > It was not an easy thing to do to 0 Pick one bee out of the bottleful .. with his fingers and not get into ,, trouble. The first bee Mr. Micdlerib .. got was a little brown honeyâ€"bea that wouldn‘t weigh halt an ounce if #o you picked him up by the ears, but if lifted up by the hindleg he would 2 weigh as much as the last end of a * mule. Mr. : (1) That no change be He read the artic The bee was to be ears and set down matlc joint aud hel had stuDe itemir «1i & paragraph stating that Of a bee was & sure anrs he : Middlerib éould not repress H unppuniiniperiin aliiiity, duk shad “mm“"l!du'h}ehohm As: _ (2) That|the highways, with the reiait set down upon arlicle several times ldlerib with a short, bottle comfortably 0t, illâ€"natured bees. the bottle changed n upon the rheuâ€" held there until it gripped by the [ Tha report suggested that the Government could spend its money more profitably on increased Hydro electric development which would bring electricity within the reach of many farmers and aiso on reforâ€" estation draining. ‘Objection was taken to sections of the act which would give fhe Govâ€" ernment. power to reguhte the ° to ®> MPO‘TISONn was unanimously reâ€" ) turned as Secretary Treasurer. : Oppose Huge Outiay. _ ‘The committee, in its report roâ€" dcerated the preâ€"election platform of |the U. F. O., and added that in the Present state of the country‘s finâ€" ances it did not believe the country could afford "this huge unproducâ€" tive outlay. We are nearer national bankruptcy than most people nrej ‘Awaro and certainly the times call | for care and economy in spondlng."{ sald the report. The report also expressed the opmâ€"/ lon that the system â€" of proposeq| Provincial highways did not am'\m;J the needs of the rural districts in[ any adequate way. his paper the sting least for the time, most thoroughly cured of rheumatism. No one, not even Mr. M himself, could Aoubt that he 2 OW POR | by the dim, religious light of the |nightâ€"Iamp. And while he danced and howled, and while they gazed and shouted, a naveâ€"blue wasp, that Master Middlerib had put in the bottle for good measure and variety and to keep the menagerie stirred up, fired himself across the room, and to his dying day Mr. Mlddlen'bj will always believe that one of the servants mistook him for a burglar ’ and shot him. Myles of ftarm â€" ‘The household was aroused by this time. Miss Middlerib and Master Middlerib and the servants were pouring into the room. adding to the general confusion by howling at ranâ€" dom and asking irrelevant questions while they gazed at the figuure of & man a little on in years, arrayed in a long nightshirt, pawing ely at the unattainable spot in tha&dle of his back, while he danced an unnatural, weird, wickedâ€"looking jig Lo ul t n spasms., ‘"‘Take him off Oh, land of Scott, somebody take him off " And when a little honeyâ€"bee began tickling the sole of Mrs. Middlerib‘s foot she shrieked, and went into | And & large "humble" with a sting as pitiless as the finger of scorn, Just then climbed up the inside of Mr. Middlerib‘s nightshirt, until it got squarely between his shoulders, and then it felt for his marrow. And Mg}. Middlerib felt ashamed of her féeble screams when â€" Mr. siiddlerib threw up both arms and, with a how! that made the windows' rattle, roared: â€" Â¥nere in thundert"â€"he pallid lips, as he felt all ove in frenzied haste; "where bois?". & quiet but general emig ’lhal bottle. The bees wer aimlessly about over â€" | While Mr. Middlerib w around for it his ears wer thriled and his heart fr [wild, piercing scream fron "Murder‘" she screamed Oh‘ Help me. Help! Help Mr. _ MiddleriD) sa uprig bed. His hair stood on night was warm, but he tur in a minute, °_ _" 220 I‘s remedial contents, and left it lying uncorked in the bed, between himself and his innocent wife. In the darkness there had. been: 1| Vn efespee 0 0 they passed, without odusent, were J. Burdette ; thaitacterized .26 contrary to British principle of government. WWQM Promier Favors "Broadening Out." Meantime strange things had h:ol MN:e“m the “Pr:.j:: 'xolu on. When he caught hold ~of Drury at the evening session of the the first bee, Mr. Middlerib for reaâ€" U.FO. delegates championed _ his sous, drew it out in such haste that | "Rroadening out" proposals | vigorâ€" for a time he forgot all about the|°U8ly. He was well received. He bottle and its remediat contents, ang | °449 42 Part: ‘ left It Ivine umoarkad is un. .0% "Wihat of the Ausscs cl l2l Where N‘ The bees were crawling about over the sheet. Middlerib | was feeling it his ears were suddenly 1 his heart frozen by a D& scream from his wife. il emigration from Middlerib e was, at upright on end e turned Scott‘s Emulsion tion to pursue this course in dealing | with the national scandal of bootâ€" “legglng and moonshining _ was stated in the midst of a message in which Mr Harding submitted a mulâ€" titude of recommendations, Includâ€" ing proposals of legislation for a !horough-golng agricultural _ credit system, for the improvement â€" of transportation, and for the outlaw-‘ ing of rallroad strikes Careful Watch ~| _ Solemnly and impressively warnâ€" ‘{ing the nation of the dangers of ‘|contempt for law, President Hardâ€" |ing in his address to Congress, has |called for strict and literai enforceâ€" ‘Ement of and compliance with the !national probibition â€" statuteâ€" an | enforcement so rigorous that it will | determine whether public sentiment jdemand‘s a modification of the Volâ€" stead Act |â€" ‘The puUrpOse of the â€" Adminiates ul with the bed v them Murdert of Nothing pays quite so well as keeping careful watch that the powers of reâ€" sistance be not broken down. PRESIDENT HARDING. CALLS FOR STRICP En. FORCEMENT OF LA\ in his «_ ms | Course to Be Pursued. wWHAT IT ProveEep, of| "I believe, while we maintain our| A quack doctor was hold ed | organization for ourselves and to | forth about his "medicines" to ly | ourselves for the purpose of our in.| rural audiegce. s le|dustry. that when we come down} "Yes, gentlemen," he said, in| to the question of political matters| h&ve sold these pills for oy ig| we must seek the support of those) tWentyâ€"five years and never heard e | likeâ€"minded â€" with u8." ‘That we| word of complaint. Now what do a|should, in other words, form ourâ€"| that prove?" d |selves as a nucleus, where those| From a voice in the crowd came t| who believe as we do may find a) "That dead men tell no tales." e| standard to rally around, and that,| «__ sse* mc y j Pinping our faith upon the policy wWHY HE PRAYED Loup. a o(';'he land and the obtaining of| Dick and Jimmy were spending , | conditions where rural population | °w days with their grandmothe: ) | will maintain itself and increase;| who spoils them as grandmother ;) where our great agricultural reâ€"| will. | sources will be used; where our| One night they were saying thei natural resources will be maintainâ€"| Prayers and little Jimmy vociferat 4 ed and perpeu:ated~m that is polâ€"| ed his intertions to the Heaventy icy enough to rally any men oround| Throne in a voice that could be |â€"we shall then «o out and appea)| heard a mile. He was telling the to people likeâ€"minded, I don‘t care | Divine Providence what he wanted who they are or where they are,|for Christmas, and his enthusiasm for such support as we can get)in the cause got on his brother‘s from them." nerves. "And in doing so I think we need "What are you praying for Christâ€" fear nothing. I realize that there|mas presents so loud for?" interâ€" i# a difference of opinion, an honest|rupted Dick. "Th‘ Lord ain‘t deat." difference of opinion, and I homor| "No," whispefted â€" Jimmy, "but the man who differs in opinion | Grandma | is." from me, but I thirk we need fear mene nothing from what has been termâ€" HI8 REMiNDER ed a policy of peacetul penetration." "Now.â€" chilfran"t sata k0 iss pure vitamine â€" bearin The "But what am I to do? It is doubtfu} it every farmer in this Province, if he casts his vote for the Government, can succeed in reâ€" turning us to power You have at the present time including suburbâ€" an areas, only about 41 per cent. of thâ€"epopulation, so you are hopelessâ€" ly outnumbered. What then should be our course?" ssm en Amny on think policles which have been ’launched ought to be carried out, and I think that great issues depend on the continuance of that Govâ€" ernment among them the proper enâ€" forcement of the Ontario Temperâ€" ance Act. ° e rfee m.k for the _ "Waat of the future movement. What of future? Well, 1 take i place, we will alwa) strong and sound Far zation, and that organ to be clage conscinne the political one. What oil is am free to of this great | "" "C, ‘om, 1 couldn‘t. HE HAD iT in Him |_"I knew you wouldr‘t." "Children", said the teacher, ln-f "Then why did you ask structing the class in compositon , | "Oh, I just wanted to k "you should not attenmpt any fllghtsja man feels when he Io of fancy; almply be yourselvea and nuilltons, write what is in you. Do not imitate rmmzarense any other person‘s writings n raw inspirations from ‘outaide sourcey." mewnar Previo As a result of this advice, bne| "I am a widow. Would yo bright lad turned in the following: | agatn." "We should not attempt any flights| ‘Thank you; but our wife 1 of fancy, but write what is in us.| best of bealth. Still, send us hnctlarch-)m.lnn,m» for our fMles, with a liver, two apples, one plece of | your income and ‘Income bi E‘u ;?."2?"3"1‘!’.}".‘" Jt might come it Hundy it 4 T e A wellâ€"known woman Mrs. Malaprop, as ~ apeech, A young lady entered store and the polita salaam This jogged their memories, and the class cried in chorus: "The Jawâ€" bone of an ass." ‘what __"Oh, yes, you know!" to help them he tapped one finger, "What is asked. None of him. "Now, children," said the minister who had been | a; question the Bundayâ€"schoot what did Samson arm him fight against the Philistine w mas presents so loud for?" inter rupted Dick. "Th‘ Lord ain‘t deaf." ""No," whispeted Jimmy, | "but Grandma | is." °0° Cbrisimas, and his enthusiasm in the cause got on his brother‘s rerves. wHY HE PraÂ¥yED LOoUD. Dick and Jimmy were spending a few days with their grandmother, who spoils them as grandmothers Loas _ xe8, gentlemen," . he have soid â€"these pills twentyâ€"five years and neve word of complaint. Now :1 that prove?> NY |she was bad?" ,"}_" "Yes." 1 "Wel,. who started this Oflthlng anyhow ," "Well, niggah," she answered, ‘I‘se gawna keep yo‘ scratchin‘." with her busband, and bad finished, he said, "Dir don‘ affect me ro mo‘ t bit‘ " fur." young lady lc ‘ she said, "to of course." This is Mrs. For Hale‘s latest suffrage "A negro woman HoOW Lonc can e During the recent season . {Jegislature of a big Western a man named John Case appli permission _ to change â€" his name. When asked the rease wishing it changed he Savi simple â€" but convincing an "Why everybody calls me ‘Ja wWHY HE wanteo 10 CE CRECE "Mamma," she . sobbed, "did Gran‘ma spank you when you was litte?" "Yes, dear," said her _ mother, "she did when 1 was naughty." "And did her mother spank her? "Yes." ‘ Mamie had been mother finally had timeâ€"honored remec BEAUTIFULI Finally the waiter boss," he said, "how let do insteat?* to the kitchen. And then the breaking of an ©EE, a : and two more eggs; an sound of the breaking egg he began to wonder. children," said the visiting C °0 OPOYS T ful traveller to the . wa doubtful hotel "They‘re always safe," the traveller, as the waite OF course © Sundayâ€"school, "with Jamson arm himself to t the Philistines?" the children could tell get a muff," she said sald the â€" salesman 0Â¥ entered the fur polite salesman came A CASE or was she had been â€" asked t; tapped his jaw with man is a famous is regards her looked surprised 0 keep my hands wHO BEGAN i7 NTED iT CHANGED recent season of the a big Western State the crowd came: tell no tales." remedy in meyy e _ us "_to a| *~, C MCINTOSH BARRISTER, medicines" to a Notary Conveyancer, oto. 13 Web or .St. East, Kitchener. Phone 190. t." he said, "I ol is this?" he been naughty and her !Ol'wm you 8t me have. a A. And then be heard of an egg, a second egg C ©E@8; and at the breaking egg after ogg wonder. waiter appeared, ‘Say he said, and Forbesâ€"Roberston J 1 * B BMIT, SHPMCiaAL, TY, uis anked chen| _ 88508 Of the Har, Throst and Nose spanked too, w enJ Kln‘ 3t optoos ige story: _ was arguing and when she » "Dinah, yo‘ talk uo‘ than a fleaâ€" ain‘t deaf." | A1 ' % |, PROFESSIONAL carus * _ her molheyw'\' * is naughty." | | MEDiCINAL B her anank £2can d 2222 s the waiter at a recourse to the would an omeâ€" waiter went *"Nank you; but our wife is in the best of bealth. Still, send us a photg» graph for our files with a Hat aÂ¥% such cases 1y; "I am worth abou dollars," "Will you marry me, "Oh no, Tom, 1 coul "I knew you would: "Then why did you "Oh, I just wanted t a man feels when h tuilHtons. | WHAT HE wWANTED To know Miss Gibson was very rich and Mr. Hanna was very poor. She liked him, but that was all, and he was aware of the fact. One evening he grew somewlat tender and at last he said: "You are very rich.aren‘t you, Helent" "Yes, Tom," replied the girl frankâ€" iy; "I am worth about two milHon dat am a which you wraatle wid chicking." ‘Ephralm, how membahs ub d der it‘s right i chickings ?" blamed "Brudder Mose MEWHAT PREviOUS a widow. Would you matry inâ€" | SCRLLEN and waug. , | DR. 4. Tom, 1 couldn‘t." 1O ar Inaufficient uction of the bowels Waste matier which should Pass out of the body every day, remaing and mfi‘“ As a result, there is Headaches, _ Indigestion, disturbed Stomack, Paip in ““Mlhe-mflnug.-. Mdoth.‘hdm "Eraitâ€"artbres" _ will â€" always â€" relieve J"“‘:lrulflhuohfl*.“. from julces, act bowels, ki#neys and m the blood pure and rich. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Al "tectony 0 0° BW teinl atne see. Pruitaâ€"tives Linited, Japaiet and ‘Income branckea, Ing. Many people sufler from partica F‘.‘M Or insufficlent neatss _2 48 Autoâ€"intogieation 1 ing _ 3# _ _" """""00M0040880lfâ€"poisonâ€" u_ wouldr‘t." did you ask me?" wanted to know how when he loses two ose," _ said Ephraim, great moral question an‘ me ain‘t fit ter Pass down anudder w me and de church. a to take de , Helen?" an‘ whedâ€" ‘ Cunnel‘s wa S ns