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k. I •?. A Merry Christmas .? and Happy New Year City Meat Market Otto Hoy, Proprietor Compliments of the Season Will J. Thomas Dealer in Leather Goods Auto Accessories A Merry Christmas to All We are now keeping a supply of sweet cream on hand at 50 cents a quart. Sisseton Creamery W. J. Buchmiller, Proprietor A Large Assortment of box candies and all kinds of Christmas candies nuts, cigars and many other things for Christmas A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Frank Hannasch HOME MADE CANDIES DELICIOUS- WHOLESOME Fresh daily from our own Sanitary Kitchen A full line of Box Chocolates and Bars. Our Baked Goods are of the Finest Quality WE HANDLE HOMME BRAND GROCERIES THE CITY BAKERY ,v A (JT SISSETON WEEKLY STANDARD CHRISTMAS, the Day of RSI Gladness Br BET. THOMAS B. GREGORY. HRISTMAS, both in its ritual and in its sentiment, is almost as old as Humanity itself. As far back as you can go we find something very like the Yulelide festival—a season of rejoicing, attended by a somewhat boisterously joyful celebration. About Christmas there is nothing that even approxi mates sectarianism or any kind of mental or social nar rowness or littleness. Its spirit is as broad a hgpanity, and all men of whatever race, creed or geographica^tatus, are invited to, and are entitled to, take part in its glad festivities. Very pitiful is the human beirtg who, in the midst of the Christmas season, feels like Hocking off by himself, like Dundreary's bird. It is a season, not for isolation and loneliness, but for fellowship and universal brotherhood, as though we were saying to one another, "ALL HANDS AROUND!" with nobody left out. When we pause to think of the way in which the Christmas originated it becomes easy for us to understand why tho season is everywhere made to be the occasion of deep rejoicing and multiform gladness. Beyond a doubt the festival had its birth away up in the frozen North, in the region «f the aurora borealis, where the battle between the cold and the heat, the darkness and the light, is the longest and the most ter rible and it was quite natural that at the turn of the sun, when the light and warmth began to return, men should turn themselves loose in a sort of paroxysm of joy. And by degrees the festivities of the men of the far north worked their way southward for even there the return of the sun meant life to men, meant the sunshine and heat without which the human race must perish. The hyperboreans had their Christ, Baldur by name, Baldur the good, the gentle, the compassionate, who, taking pity on them, destroyed the Frost Giant and saved them from death. We cannot very well blame the hyperboreans if, at first, their religion was largely of a material type—the worship of the sun, for Baldur was no more than the sun idealized. Christ—not the petty Clnist of the professional theologian, but the Christ of Humanity—stands for OPTIMISM. All is well. Let not your hearts be troubled. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. In reality there is no evil, the thing we call "evil" being but good in the making. "I am come that ye might have life, not death confidence, not despair glad ness, not weeping and wailing." Away with all grouchiness and greed, all doubt and despair! This is the season of love and good will, of hope and gladness. Joy is always and everywhere "orthodox" and in order. If you are able to do so at no other time of the year, during the Christmas time resolve to have the full courage of your noble self, and to let your worthiest and bravest sentiment assert itself to the full. Let joy be unconfined! Again be is said, "ALL IS WELL." The Sun is not going to be conquered by the Frost King the anarchists are not going to overthrow the Constitution of the United States and the govern ment that was inaugurated by our venerated Washington in spite of the little politicians who are ready to "give up to party what was meant for mankind," the ways and means of bettering the condition of mankind will surely be found the life of men and nations shall not have been in vain and as for Old Death, who awaits us at the end of the little earthly way, for all that we to the contrary he may turn out to be our best friend. Those who have crossed the north Atlantic in winter need not be reminded of the uplifting and joy-giving influence of the gulf stream. Those who have felt it can never forget it. Once fairly upon the mysterious "river of the sea," the chill and numbness of one's body and soul depart, the rigid muscles relax, the pent-up feelings let themselves loose in singing, and chat, and all-round sociability and enjoyment, and all the world seems to be refashioned for the better. And t.uch is Christmas'., with its good will and good cheer, its brave confidence and spontaneous gladness. It is the gulf stream of life, warm ing us into the sentiment of a common humanity, with its unselfishness and comradeship, and imparting to us all the glad sense of security and victory. Meals and Lunches Served at all hours. One door south of Standard office. We give you your money's worth JOHN READY & SONS •g/f«.^TTnrrnTmnTniiH|m'El'»ii.'lIl'm'T'i"^'TT'rm'UiIUi**iLlnn!i'nTrTm^umlf uuiii^j^^nnjiiniiiiiiiniiinimEnmmTi'nTTnTrnaii^jnnnaiijinnnCTiiiirm^A A1TOINT NEW DEPUTY HE REQUIRES TIME Pierre.—Clyde Dunning, of Mit chell, has been selected as deputy in the state banking department to fill the vacancy caused by the death ol E. P. McEwen, and has taken up the duties of his new position. (From the Carthage News Attorney General Palmer says that so far lie has prosecuted ISi profiteers. At this rate he can fin ish his work in about 4,000 years. •r Sisseton 9B 1I81IM THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE S A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Billiards, Pool Cigars and Tobaccos. Con confections and Soft Drinks JOE'S PLACE JOE ROBBIE, Proprietor gi fiiiiiiiiiBifflisiiii!iiiiiBiiiiiiiiiifiiiii]iiiiiiiiiitiiniiniiiiiiimiiiimiiiinaiaiiiiiBiiiim tm 1 Warring & Christianson Dealers in Farm Implements and Automobiles. A dollar buys full value here. Sisseton, South Dakota 1 The Palace Cafe The place where you get first class service and the best of meals at all times. Open day and night. We never close. Sisseton So. Dakota TOM LEE, Proprietor THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET YOUR THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF SUITABLE THINGS FOR PRES ENTS, AS WELL AS EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT. APPLES NUTS, CANDIES AND TOYS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. TREES FIXED OUT COMPLETE, AT PRICES THAT WE ASSURE YOU ARE THE VERY LOWEST. OU WILL CERTAINL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOYU CALL ON US FOR YOUR GIFTS. WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR (We have some nice apples at 6c a lb.) BURNS & WOLFF So Dak. w?f "1 .: T. Si