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He is sometimes callec PBari: About six centu sallors are especi@ll1y and seaport towns th abound in his chapels : distant places as Lim Charles Dickens One Time Made Plum Pudding in Hat Charles mas Car( Bob Crat: all love, a him reindeer plane as hi ArGC : cally Naples in It: Moscow in R most reminded esnerosity. cailly CEerltain dead when } versal in the feet and so enableq him to meet his obligations ard arrange suitable marâ€" riages for his children. Once, when famine was abroad in the land. a vessel from Alexandria, laden with wheat, cast anchor in the karbour. The bishop pleaded for wheat for his starving neople, but was reâ€" fussd until he promised the amount in the vessels would not be diminished by what he took. What he said was true. What reâ€" mained in the vessel was equal to the criginal cargo. What he_tock multiplied in his hands so that all suffering was relieved and plenty was lefté for the next planting. During a voyage which he made to the Holy Land, a terrific storm threatâ€" ened to engulf the vessel. The prayers of the saint quelled the storm, and all reacheq port in safety. Invited to dine by a monster who killed little children, he knew that the meat served was the flesh of a murâ€" dered child, rebuked the man and reâ€" stored three children to life. wWhen the Emperor Constantine had unjustly condemned three soldiers to death, St. Nicholas appeared to him in sleep and warned him of the inâ€" justice. Unlike Pilate, of earlier days, he accepted the warning, pardoned the m°n, sert them with presents to thank These are types « which tradition and seribe to St. Nichola are not authentic, bu alone him. nem in their hat event date ind How den geln lave had 10n Popula ‘ror Justinian urch in his hon He became the of children In his case sleep and warned tice. Unlike Pilate, accepted the warnit n, sert them with p Nicholas. ) COHT GU THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE TIMMINS, ONTARIO all« h, merchan Aâ€"his remain geOoUuUus ro WA ndary; resent 11 ed fan hnheart s amp that Kincdly 3 honou 16 d e of everything to deâ€" of childhood, attriâ€" le proportions the gift enables them to pass ought ~through the and the good Bishop the better St. Nick, . _the Divine Babe in l.ime Apuli rom this Itailian city rom Myra and plazced n cathedral. From is popularity in the of the popul e was abroad in from Alexandria, ist anchor in the nleaded for wheat antaneous popuâ€" the multiplication mour in the very death, show that iracle worker was Constantine had three soldiers to appeared to him . him of the inâ€" . of earlier days, ing, pardoned the presents to thank roughout ind shrineg is ho true. What reâ€" was equal to the 31 1 llU Constantinople. 1 of young woâ€" ariners, and of taneous popuâ€" was patron of i belicved in 11 _he made to storm threatâ€" . _ The prayers torm,. and all Scrooge and y Tim whom f other famâ€" / good actor n â€" Lngli dedicated Dccame uniâ€" h. The Emâ€" a â€"beautiful e _ miracles lar devotion may be they t is historiâ€" ely was he x multipliea True Story for Children ifering was (About the Fime Santa y Missed Two of His Little he made to F}'iends. Nicholas after Italian c bran pig, would CVE n Ireland _ BabDe hearts s Day. ) of U enerosit] > divinc )1d man‘ meet hi AlV d AHM e aAc him Jq np 11‘l 85 O1 his city hat AaVve TCO â€" ope uch of Y 1€ "Dat gen‘l‘iman }flstah Santa Claus," said Uncle Eben, "is sho‘ popular. Noâ€" body else could carry saround so much valuables wif‘out sooner or later bein‘ hijacked." glad he would be to have you for one of his assistants, just to send him the name and address of some boy or girl you know that may have lost a dear mother too. Don‘t you think old Santa would just creep up to that house of theirs and hide the door key so that their dad wouldn‘t forget and lock him out, wouldn‘t that be fun? I wonder, boys and girls, whether you ever thought whut a busy man Santa is at Christmas time, and how Poor, dear daddy, he never could unâ€" derstand why his gift of money just made them cry more angq moreâ€"he cculdn‘t make out why they wanted Santa Claus instead of money. Meâ€" thinks their mother would have underâ€" stood, don‘t you? And when an hour later those two little girls came downâ€" stairs, redâ€"eyed but neatly gressed, they were more trkhan sure old Santa had besn locked out, for sitting there on the table was the piece of cake they always left for him on Christmas eve. The noise of their crying awoke their dad, sleeping in an adjoining room, who coming in to see, what was the matter caught sight of the two empty stockings and heard two little voices repeating over and over again, "He never came, Oh he never came." A queer look passed over the faâ€" ther‘s face and a slight tremor shook his voice, as tenderly gathering his two motherless girls in his arms, he said, "No, no, Santa didn‘t forget but he couldn‘t get in last night; our chimâ€" ney is too narrow, and I forgot to leave the door unlockeq like mother always did. Take these silver shillings and toâ€" morrow you can buy all the toys you want." Such a possibility was too much for the little girls and burying their pale little faces in the bedclothes they cried as though their hearts would break. (By Agnes M. Riddle, Peterborough) Since it‘s getting on to Christmas how busy olg Santa must be these days reading all the letters from boys and girls, some marked with sticky fingers, scme with smeary blots of ink, but how carefully> he ponders over each line, and how his eyves are twinkling at the thought of all the pleasant surprises he has in store for them! And watch, too, the redâ€"cheeked, whiteâ€"whiskered, merâ€" ryâ€"eved old fellow, as he listens to the clder brother, wiser grown, talking vaguely of certain little articles he has seen, ang mother, too, slyly mentionâ€" ing bits of jewelry and furâ€"mother, little girl, and lad, all thinking they ars fooling him. Now some years ago there lived two little girls, with their father, in a farmâ€" house in England, and in the summer of that year these little girls had lost their mother; she died very suddenly one evening, angq how those little girls missed her, nobody knows. The night before Christmas came and when prevaring for bed, one sister lcoked at the other and said, "Shall we hang our stockings up toâ€"night?" "Why, of course," said the other sister. "Santa will be sure to come; he always has." Next morning those little girls woke up bright and early and creeping down to the foot of the bed reacheq carefully for their stockings hung up the night before and found what? An empty stocking! Such consternation, whatâ€" ever could have hanpened to Santa Claus? Could he be dead to>. like moâ€" for thei before © stocking ever col Claus? ther? Can‘t you just <picture him in the cvening looking at Mrs. Santa and sayâ€" ing with a merry smile, "That‘s what they think?" Santa Claus Failed to Pass Loacked Door Cnce mcreâ€"ah, may we ever say itâ€"â€" Sweet Christmas comes! Within its circling round May earth be safely clasped; and love‘s kind magic, Goocdwill, and peace at that one time abcund. For if we ever lose the Star, the Carol, The sacred rites the holy Christmas try8St, Then we shall die for having scorned that Mystery; The Manger with its Potentate, our Christ. Qnce more we tuTn in SpIFIl I1Q LNE Manger, In wonder look upon a Heavenly Child Gnce more we consecrate our gift, ou: offeringâ€" Our lives. in service to a Savious mild Hang up the branch of pearly mistletoe. Once more we sing those dear. enthralâ€" ling carols That strangely stir our hearts to deeper things: Upon the midnight air so holy, still: We upward gaze in hopstul meaitation To see a Star that yeo. our souls can thrill: Ot Once Moreâ€"Christmas Belils message Across the eseort hot, the fields of Jnce more we seek the customs old and merry, Round which the joy of ancient usage mcoe more the bells of Christmas chime Next mo ) bright : the foot r their 3 sSANTA CLAUS IS POPUCLAR more we listen for that song of more we gather holly red, and ht and early oot of the L ir stockings and found . :( uld have . Could he b we turn in spirit to the E. A. Gormley carefully the night n empty m, whatâ€" to Santa Christmas Section