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The Christmas Spirit
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In, what is tho Christmas splrlt7
Aj'o, there's tho rub.
Slinll wo find our nnswcr In
bookff--Jn folios, qunrtos, octavos
or duodecimos?
No. fc'or certain wisdom docs
not Ho In thcso, but only prob
lems set down for tho proving.
Shall wo find our answer In
palaces, In mansions, in manor
houses, In halls, 'alls, castles or
moated granges?
No. For proven wisdom Is n
stranger hero and nothing is
heard but vnguo echoes of a
distant life.
Bo let us go for our answer to
tho source of all knowledge, tho
source of all power, tho source
of all might, jnnjesty, dominion
and honor tho people, tho oimmi
mouthed people, tho everybody-walt-tlll-the-horso-gets-up
peo
ple, the red knuckled, rubber
wearing people, tho straight
forward, simple headed people.
And whero do wo And tho peo
plo In the greatest number? In
tho street.
Then In tho street will we
spcer around for our answer.
On a corner tho people con
gregate and from tho center Is.
sues a toot
"Just tho thing for Christ
mas!" cries a voice, and the
horn toots again whllo tho peo
ple contluuo to congregate. We
Insinuate ourselves Into tho cen
ter of tho crowd and there be
hold a Joyful fuccd peddler with
n tray before him full of small
cardboard boxes. IIo tonks the
horn ugnln, and wo nro tickled
to llnd that It Is strapped around
his waist with tho muzzle pplnt
ing duo ahead.
"Iln-ha-hal" ho cries as ho
gleefully tonks tho horn. "That
Is to wako tho dead." lie
blushes (though still smiling) at
tho utter absurdity of tho horn,
and tho messcngor boys show
er him with blissful and appre
ciative grins. Tho peddler picks
up ono of tho boxes, removes
tho cover and shakes out a
smaller hox, whereupon ho
laughs uproariously.
IIo tonks tho horn.
And from tho smaller box ho
takes nuothor box.
lie tonks tho horn.
And from the other box ho
takes a different box.
He tonks tho horn.
And from tho different box no
takes a llttlo box.
IIo tonks tho horn.
And from tho little hox ho
taken n bit of a box.
IIo tonks tho horn.
And from tho bit of a box ho
takes u tiny box.
IIo tonks tho horn.
And from tho tiny hox ho
taken n weo tlddy box.
lie tonks tho horn.
And still triumphantly tonk
lug the horn and surrounded hy
an impenetrable clrclo of open
mouths (Including this student's
mouth) ho takes two llttlo carv
ed dolls from tho weo tlddy box
and reiterates that this hero is
the very thing for Christmas.
Whervnt we rellcer. is tho
Christmas spirit connected with
ebony twins in n nest of card
board'boxesV Now York Even
lug Bun. j
MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR
THE "LITTLE FRIENDS"
Christmas Song
Oh, Christmas is a jolly tlmo,
When forests hanfl with snow,
And othor forests bond with toys,
And lovely Yule logs glow!
And Christmas is a solemn timo,
Docauie, beneath the Star,
Tho first nroat Christmas gift was given
To all men, noar and far.
Out not alone at Christmas time
Como holiday and cliecr,
For one who lovos a little child
Hath Christmas all tho year.
Florence Evelyn Pratt.
Big Christmas Family Party.
When Sir Sydney Waterlow was lord
mayor of London, in 1873, ho decided
lo give a Christmas dlnnor at tho Man
sion House, Only near relatives were
Invited, yet covers wero laid for no
fewer than ISO. The total was inado
up of Sir Sydnoy's father, four sons,
four daughters, four brothers, six sis
tors, seventeen nephews, twenty-two
nieces, twenty-nlno cousins and ono
grandson. Lady Waterlow contribut
ed her stepmother, four brothers and
three sisters, twelvo nephews and
twelvo nieces, and forty-one cousins,
whllo a (juotn of other relations by
marrlago brought tho total to tho num.
her named.
An Old Christmas Carol.
And all tho bollH on enrtti Hhnlt rng
On Christmas day, on ChrUtmoa day;
And all tho bolls on earth elinll ring
On Christmas day In tho morning.
Ana Ml tho unsols tn heavon shall sing
Cm Christmas day, on Chrlstmna dayj
And nil tho angels In hoavon shall alnsr
On Christmas dny In tho morning.
And all tho souls on earth shall sing
On Christmas day, on Chrlstmau day;
And nil tho souls on oarth shall sing
On Christmas day In the morning.
Then lot us all rejoice amain
On Christmas day, oji Chrlstmaa day
Then let us all rojolco maln
On Christmas dny In tho morning.
T
TIE Norwcglnn custom of pre
paring n Christmas dinner for
the birds by tying to the top of
n pole In the doorynrd n largo
full sheaf of grain Is now be
ing followed in many places In
America, with variations.
Instead of the sheuf a little
tree Is dressed with bits of suet
uml bread. This. Is set on n
broad shelf outside the window,
n burlap foundation nbout It be
ing liberally sprinkled with btrd
seed, chaff and hay seed. This
pretty custom Is supplemented
In New York by tho children of
a kindergarten near Central
park, who arrange n most boun
tiful Christmas dinner for the
llttlo gray squirrels of that
neighborhood. Tho nffulr Is so
pretty that It boars passing on.
On tho afternoon when school
closes for tho Christmas vaca
tion the children form In proces
sion and each carries a little
basket of nuts, crackers and
sugar biscuit, winding their way
over tho white asphalt Into tho
grovo whero the feast is to bo
spread.
No detail Is omitted. Even
upproprlato menus ure supplied,
and no Orlando ever pinned
verses to his Kosnlind upon oaks
and elms with more enthusiasm
than the little pcoplo who feel
their responsibility for provid
ing a merry Christmas for their
squirrel friends.
All about the bases of the
trees Is spread a generous quan
tity of nuts of every sort and
kind, and no hostess giving n
dinner to honored guests could
tnko greater pains to soo that
everything is daintily nnd con
veniently arranged for their
needs.
When tho llttlo people trip
away it is with tho conscious
ness that Mr. Cray Squirrel und
nil his kin nro In possession of
a store of goodies quite sulll
clent to carry them well through
tho holiday vacation.
Christmas Near
The North Pole
And Keep Your
Christmas Green
Bring in the trailing forest moss,
Bring codar, fir nnd plno,
And groon festoon and wreath and cross
Around tho windows twino.
Against tho whiteness of the wall
Bo living vorduro seen,
Sweat summer memories to recall
And keep your Christmas green.
It is his dear memorial day
Who broke oarth's frozon sleep
And who for her hope's gladdening ray
Forevor bright will keep.
He glvos all loveliness that grows,
The strong and graceful trees,
The winter moss, the fresh June rose
The dear Lord saves us these.
Who saves us from the piteous wreck
Of souls adrift in sin,
So not nlono the churches deck,
But poaceful homes within
Mndo poaceful by his constant love,
Lot thoughts of him abido.
To find us our lost home above
He homeless llvod and died.
We keep tho bright home festival
And, with a childllko cheer,
His angol ushered birthday call
The merriest of the year.
Yos, morry Christmas let It bo,
A day to love and givo,
Sinco every soul's best gift is he
Who came that we might livo.
And all things beautiful are his,
And his ho mnkoth ours,
So bring each bud that bursting is,
All Christmas blooming flowers,
All blossoms that In windows shino,
With leaves to light unfurlod,
In memory of that Flower Divine
Whoso fragrance fills the world.
Be all old customs honored so
That good to others mean,
Bring cross and garland from tho snow
And keep your Christmas greori.
Lucy Larcom.
Saving For Christmas.
Auy plan that Induces almost half
tho population of a city of 10,000 pco
plo to save in small amounts $175,000
a year Is worthy of study. Tho Oil
City Trust company of Oil City, Pa.,
has a Christmas Saving club, which
hna grown greatly In recent yenrs. Tho
object in starting tho club wns to eu
ublo pcoplo of limited means to set
aside small amounts eucli week to bo
paid to them, with lntere-it, two weeks
beforo Christmas. Members may bo
gin by paying a cent a week, increas
ing tho amount by a cent each week
until tho fifty aro up. This amounts
to $12.75 per year. A second clnss calls
for n two cent saving tho first week,
nddlng.tho Initial amouut each succeed
ing week. This makes n total saving
of $25.G0 for tho year. Leslie's.
Pay Their Doctor at Christmas.
As regards presents nt Christmas,
tho nilo is, In ptlmltlvo Spain, to scud
a present to tho cura (parish priest)
and tho doctor. Many Spaniards pay
a llxed annual Bum to their medical
man, and ho attends Ml tho family, In
cluding servants, nis salary is sent to
him nt Christmas, with tho addition of
n turkoy, a enko or somo flno sweetmeats.
A
JOVIAL Christmas was that
spent by Admiral Pcnry on
his last expedition to tho
arctic, from which ho return
ed with the report of tho discovery of
tho north polo. At Cnpo York, Green
land, the Itoosevelt picked up Eskimos
and dogs nnd by way of Etoh and
Cnpo Sheridan made her way to
Grant Land, whero she had to halt In
the Ice locked waters of tho Arctic
ocean, only 000 miles from the pole,
when Christmas day came. The story
of tho party's celebration of this Christ
mas, ono of the "farthest north" over
enjoyed by white men. wns told Inter
estingly by tho explorer when ho re
turned to the United States.
"It was not very cold," wrote Peary,
"only minus 23 degrees V, In tho
morning wo greeted each other with
the 'Merry Christmas' of civilization.
At breakfast we nil hnd letters from
home and Christmas presents which
had been kept unopened. MneMlllan
wns master of ceremonies and arrang
ed the program of sports. At 2 o'clock
there were races on the Ice foot. A
seventy-five yard course was laid out.
and tho ship's lanterns, about fifty of
them, wero nrrnnged In two parallel
rows twenty feet apart. Those lan
terns nro similar to a railway brake
man's lantern, only larger. It wns a
strango Kli?ht that Illuminated race
course within 7' degrees of tho earth's
end.
"The first race was for Eskimo chil
dren, tho second for Eskimo men, tho
third for Eskimo matrons with babies
lu their hoods, tho fourth for unen
cumbered women. Thoro wero four
entries for tho matrons' race, and no
ono could have guessed from watch
ing them that It was n running race.
They enmo along four abreast, dressed
In furs, their eyes rolling, putllng like
four excited walruses, their bnblcs in
their hoods Knzlng with wide nnd half
bewildered eyes at tho glittering Inn
terns. Thoro was no question of cruel
ty to children, ns tho mothers wero not
moving fast enough to spill their ba
bies. Then there wero races for tho
"AT DBEAKVAST WE ALIi HAD LETTERS
FltOM IIOMM."
ship's men and tho members of tho
expedition and n tug-of-wnr between
tho men nft nnd forward.
"Naturo herself participated in our
Christians celebrations by providing nn
aurora of considerable brilliancy.
Whllo tho races on U10 Ico foot wero
In progress tho northern sky wus tilled
with streamers and lances of pale
whlto light
"Between tho races and tho dinner
hour, which wns nt 4 o'clock, I gave a
concert on tho plnno in my cabin,
choosing the merriest music In tho
rack. Then wo separated to dress for
dinner. This ceremony consisted of
putting on clean flunnel shirts and
neckties. Tho doctor was even so am
bitious 03 to don n linen collnr.
"Percy, tho stoward, wore a chefs
cap and a largo whlto apron In honor
of tlio occasion, and ho laid tho tablo
with a flno linen cloth and our best
silver. Tho wall of tho mess room wns
decorated with tho American Hag. Wo
hnd musk ox meat, an English plum
pudding, sponge enko covered with
chocolate, nnd nt ench pinto wns' n
packago containing nuts, cake nnd can
dles, with a card attached, 'Merry
Christmas From Mrs. Peary.'
"After dlunor camo tho dlco throw
ing contests nnd tho wrestling and
pulling contests In tho fo'cnstle. The
celebration ended with n phoiiograph
concert given by Porcy.
"Hut perhaps tho most interesting
part of our duy yas tho distribution
of prizes to tho winners in tho vnrlous
contests. lu order to afford u study In
Eskimo psychology thoro was in ench
case 11 cholco between prizes. Tookoo
mah, for instance, who won In tho
women's race, had a choice between
throo prises a box of tlireo cakos of
scouted sonp, a sowing outfit contain
ing a paper of needles, two or tlireo
thimbles and sovornl spools of differ
cut sized thread and a rouud enko cov
ered with Bugar and candy. Tho wo
man did not hesitate Sho had ono
oyo perhaps on tho sowing outfit, hut
both hands nud tho other oyo wero di
rected toward tho soap. Sho know
what It was meant for. Tho meaulng
of clcnullncss hnd dawned upon her
a sudden munition to bo attractive"
Now York Trlbuno.
CITY HOSPITAL
607 LOCUST STREET
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
PHONE 82
Sanitary Newly Furnished Fireproof
This Institution is now open for the Reception and Treatment of Surg
ical, Medical and Obstetrical cases.
A Strictly modern Hospital for tho convenience of the physicians of
North Platte and country tributary thereto.
NURSES REGISTRY
CITY HOSPITAL
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
GRADUATE
NURSES
PHONE 82
DOMESTIC
NURSES
We are in a position to furnish competent nurses for physicians, on
short notice.
Call Phone 82 and state whether you want graduate or domestic nurse
miu w win complete an tne arrangements for you without charge.
We Are Always Ready to Talk
with you about your building plans, furnish
estimates on your lumber and, material bills,
and to impart any information we may be able
to give.
We don't expect an order every time you
hove in sight, and will justly naturally be glad
to see you at any time,
Coates Lumber and Coal Co.
The Home of Good Coal. Phone 7.
A Christmas Carol
By CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI
Lo, newborn Jesus,
Soft and weak and small,
Wrapped in baby's bands
By his mother's hands,
Lord God of alll
Lord God of Mary,
Whom his lips caress
While he rocks to rest
On her milky breast
In helplessness.
Lord God of shepherds
Flocking through the cold,
Flocking through the dark'
To the only ark,
The only fold.
Lord God of all things,
Be they near or far,
Be they high or low,
Lord of storm and snow,
Angel and star.
Lord God of all men,
My Lord and my God,
ThoU who lovest me,
Keep me close to thee
By staff and rod.
Lo, newborn Jesus,
Loving great and small,
Love's free sacrifice,
Opening arms and eyes
To one and all!
Auction Snlo of School Lands
..Notice Is horoby given that on tho
29th day of Decembor, 1915, at ono
o'clock p. in. at tho office of tho coun
ty treasurer of Lincoln county, tho
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings, or bis authorized repre
sentative will offer for leaso at pub
lic auction all educational lands with
in said county upon which forfolturo
of contract has been declared as fol
lows: SEW, 30-13-33, Goorgo Lehman.
FRED BECKMAN,
Commissioner of Public Lands and
Buildings.
Datod Docembor 6, 1915. 92-3w
NOTICE FOlt BIDS FOR THE SALE
OF CUT OF NORTH PLATTE
PARK BONDS.
Notlco Is horoby given by tho Mayor
and City Council that bids will bo ro-
ceived at the office of C. F. Temple,
City Clerk of tho City of North Platte,
Nebraska, on tho 28th day of Decem
ber, 1915, for tho purcliaso of Twelva
Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) City of
North Platto Park Bonds, said bonds
being numbered from ono to six In
clusive and of the denomination of
Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) each
andbearlnginterest at tho rate! ol! flvo
per cent per annum payable annually
as evidenced by coupons thereto at
tached. All of said bonds aro of tho date of
Octobor 1st, 1915, and bear Interest
at tho rate of flvo per cent per annum
from said date. Said bonds and said In
terest coupons aro to bo paid at tho
office of the State Treasuror of Ne
braska, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Bond number one becomes duo and
payablo on tho 1st day of October,
1920, bond number two becomes duo
and payable on tho 1st day of October,
1921, bond number threo becomes duo
and payablo on tho 1st day of October
1922, bond number four becomes due
and payablo on tho 1st day of Octobor
1923, bond number flvo becomes duo
and payablo on tho first day of Octo
ber, 1924, and bond number six bo
comes duo, and payablo on the 1st day
of October 1925.
Tho Mayor and City Council reserve
tho right to reject any and all bids.
C. F. TEMPLE, City Clorlc.
Do you sco (ho point? Tho girl
menus you. ,Aro YOU Insured! Sho
I s nil right you can IcU that by her
happy contcned look. .But how about
you? Aro YOU contented In tho samo
wiiy? Suppose anything should happen
to you today, tomorrow, or tho day
after, how would yonr family faro?
Aro .they .protected .from .poverty
should you dlo suddenly? If not, It
Is timo you thought about It. Let us
write you a policy now.
C. F. TEMPLE,
Room 1, I. O. O. F. Bldg.
BERYL HAHN,
TEACHER OF PIANO
412 East Third Street.
Phono Bed 101.
Geo. B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building and Loan Building
p. . Office 130
Pnone" Residence 115
J. B. REDFIELD.
PHYSICIAN & SUIiGEOX
Successor to
HYSICIAN & SURGEONS HOSPITAL
Drs. Rcdfleld & Redflold
Offico Phone 642 Res. Phono 676
JOHN S. SIMMS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Ofllco B. & L. Building, Second Floor.
Phone, Office, 83; Residence 38.
DR. J. S. TWINEM,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention Given to Gynecology
Obstetrics and Children's Diseases.
Ofllco McDonald State Bank Building.
Corner Sixth and Dewey Streets.
Phones, Offico 183, Residcnco 283
NORTH PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
Phone 58 723 Locust Street
A modern institution for the
cientific treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cases.
Completely equipped X-Ray
and diagnostic laboratories.
Geo. B. Dent, M. D. V. Lucas, M. D.
J.B. Redfield, M. D. J. S. Sirams, M.D.
Miss Elise Sieman, Supt.
Office phone 241. Res. phone 217
L. C . DROS T,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Platte, - - Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
Hospital Phono Black 633.
Houso Phono Black 633.
IV. T. PltlTCHAltD,
Graduate Veterinarian
Eight years a Government Veterinar
ian. Hospital 218 south Locust St.,
one-half block southwest of the
Court Housb.
I Am Paying Morev for
HIDES
than anyone else. Before you
sell come and see me.
We are paying $10 Per ton
for Dryt Bones.
North Platte Junk House
Lock's Old Barn.
J2, r -.
51
Cigars in the Home
For tho next flvo months smokers
will spend their evenings Indoors, nnd
what Is more convenient nnd inoro
plcnsurcablo than n box of cigars nt
homo, easily accessible when you have
an Inclination to smoke. Try a box
of our homo.mado nnd hand-mndo ci
gars, tho kind that aro a Illtlo better
than you buy elsewhere for tho same
price.
Wo also carry n fall lino of to
bacco and smokors' articles.
J. F, Schmalzried.
HOfsanuuattie
Bought and highest market
prices paid
PHONES
ReiidencelRed 636 Office 459
C H. WALTERS.
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