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% LITTLE ROCK
Established 1853
I Oldest, largest and best in Ark.
ARKANSAS
“JUST LOOKING TODAY”
All day doth the Christinas shopper
Rush madly here and there,
And all she spendeth is one dime,
And that Is for street car fare.
TAUGHT A MORAL LESSON
Two Christmas Presents, Neither of
Which Brought Satisfactory
Results.
There once M as a rich old uncle who
had two poor nephews.
And when Christmas came the two
poor nephews were anxious to show
the rich old uncle how much they
thought of him.
Now the first poor nephew reasoned
that he should impress his rich old
uncle with the great affection he bore
him by some tangible means. So he
drew out his savings and purchased
for his rich old uncle a magulflceut
gold watch, and had it neatly en
graved. To it he attached a gorgeous
chain, put the whole affair in a lav
ishly decorated box and sent it to his
rich old uncle with his best wishes.
The second poor nephew figured
that any extreme financial outlay
would convince his rich old uncle
that he was trying to Jolly him a bit
too much, so he invested a nickel in a
neat but tasty Christmas sard, which
he mailed to the rich old uncle.
So the rich old uncle received the
two remembrances, and said of the
first nephew:
"Humph! A man who will spend all
he has for a gold watch to give a man
■who already has all the watches ho
ever will need hasn’t got enough
Judgment to be trusted with money. I
will leave him my blessing and a few
words of good advice.”
When he looked at the card he nod
ded his head approvingly and said:
“There’s a man after my own heart.
He knew I would not care for an ex
pensive gift, and he knew that I would
value his good wishes, so he very wise
ly sent them to me in this inexpensive
manner. He shows a marked economi
cal trait and I am sure he will get
along in it® world without any aid
from me."
So he made a new will and left all
his money to found an institution for
the study of prehistoric manifestations
of microblc diseases in fossilized ani
malculae.
WILBUR D. NE8BIT.
The Letter and the Spirit.
Askum—Do you approve of abbrevi
ating “ChriBtmas” to "X-mas?’’
Tellum—I wish I could. It usually
.costs me a “C" or an “L.” I’d be will- j
Jng to abreviate It to “V”-mas if my
wife would agree.
Fresh Air for Horses
ft has been found that fresh air is
also good for the horse. Keeping
horses in filthy, dark, unventilated
stables Is the cause of many a case of
si* knees among horses. Canadian vet- j
erinary authorities claim that the aver- !
age case of influenza or distemper will
not need much mediea! attention if the j
horse is allowed an abundance ot .
fresb air. It is absolutely certain i
that a plentiful supply of fresh air is j
necessary to maintain a horse in good j
health.
OLD MAN GIDDLES OBSERVES
The polite lie Is often solidified Into
s Christmas gift.
Henry Tarbuck says that as soon as
people begin giving him socks and
handkerchiefs exclusively for Christ
mas he Is going to apply for a berth
i’i the old folks’ home.
Ell Timmons says he doesn’t see
the sense of tying up a 26-cent present
In 18 cents’ worth of ribbon and tissue
paper and paying 50 cents to send it
to some one.
While you are Borry for the tired
salesman, like as not the salesman is
thinking sympathetic thoughts of you.
Little Joseph Glllett has been pulled
through the Fourth of July, the
mumps, a birthday party, the chicken
pox and the measles so far this year,
nnd his parents hope he is rugged
enough to survive Christmas.
When a man volnteers to play
Santa Claus at a Sunday school Christ
mas tree set it down that in his heait
he considers himself a natural bora
comedian.__
Sacrifice ar.d Duty.
In common things the law of saorf
Ice takes the form of positive duty
--Fronde.
Rothschild's Business Maxim.
•'Be cautious but bold," the greal ;
Rothschild claimed as his chosen bus!
ness maxim !
Tls the night before Christmas”—
I whisper the rhyme
And wander in fancy
To “once on a time ”
I see the big fireplace,
The girls and the boys,
The long, heaped-up stocKings,
The drums and the toys.
" Tis the night before Christmas'*—
So old, and so new!
With all of its dreamings
So good and so true.
I see all the faces
Forgotten so long,
And out of the twilight
There murmurs a song,
" Tis the night before Christmas”—
And here, by my grate,
Thepast rises, glowing;
The years lose their weight;
The boy-days come trooping
At memory’s call,
And gleam in the embers
That flicher and fail.
" Tis the night before Christmas”—
Ah, could I but clutch
The gold of my fancies!
Twould go at my touch!
The shouts and the laughter
Now sweet to my ear
Would shrinK to a silence
Too deep and too drear.
“ Tis the night before Christmas”—
Remembrances stir
As sweet as the cherished
FranKmcense and myrrh.
And, harK! As the visions
Grow dim to the sight,
There comes: “Merry Christmas!
And, boy-days, good night!”
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THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
THE FAIR BOUGHT CHRISTMAS GOODS TOR TWELVE BIG STORES
Just Think! A Whole Trainload of Christmas
Goods! We Have Toys, Toys, For Everybody!
Our Specail Christmas Sale commences Saturday, December 14, and
continues until Christmas. You can’t afford to miss this Big Sale!
Everything cut to the bottom. Clothing at one-fourth off all through
the sale. Shoes will be sold cheaper than you can steal them.
Big lot of Ladies’ $1.50 and $2 Shoes for .$ .98
Big lot of Ladies’ $2 and $2.50 Shoes for . 1.48
Best 10c Outing, per yard, only...• 7'2c
All Woolen Dress Goods, 50c and 75c values, for only.... 42^c
20 pounds Sugar for. . LOO
On Saturday, Decemcer 21, We Will Give a 44 Pound Stick of Candy to the
Person Who Brings the Largest Number of Ladies to Our Store
THF: FAIR
BATK iVILLE, AKK
Where Your
Dollar is
Worth 100 c
Come to the
Fair to do
YourShopping
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It’s Quality
That Counts
You don’t buy wagon often,
nd when you buy you wnt
one tht will give you full val
ue for the money you invest.
The Birdsell Wagons
are the best made. They are
made for hard service and are
worth the money. Come and
look them over and get prices.
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FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE
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HE conflict of
Christianity with
heathenism pro
duced no more
dramatic incidents
than those which
have come down
to us, half-history
and half-myth, out
of the forests and
snows of northern
Europe, where the
cross confronted
and prevailed
against the ham
mer of Thor. Oft
en the crisis came
at Christmas, which happened to cor
respond with the Yuletide festival, at
the time of the winter solstice
Longfellow has used one of these
stories in “King Olaf’s Christmas.”
Another, in which real religious fer
vor and moral heroism play a part, is
the story of the first Christmas tree.
There stands at Altenbergen, in
northern Germany a statue erected in
1811 in honor of Saint Bonifaceand
the place of the statue is said to be
the site of the first Christian church
in north Germany.
Boniface, who must not be confused
with any of the nine popes who bore
the name, was a Briton by birth, and
his name was Wynfrith. Declining
high ecclesiastical honor, he chose to
be a missionary to the rude tribes of
the German forests. Of these tribes
Tacitus tells us; and we know that
they were implacable in war and
bloody in their worship, but that
among their virtues was a marked
purity of private life and love of
home.
Each year these people sacrificed
to their gods. One of their holiest
shrines was a great oak at Gelsmar.
There they gathered at midnight at
the winter solstice, and offered a fair
lad as a sacrifice to call back the re
treating sun.
Thus they were assembled at the
Yuletide in the year 724 As the mid
night approached, an old priest raised
the hammer to strike down the child,
when Boniface Interposed a strong
arm and an eager word He told them
of a child who was born seven hun
dred years before, and how he show
ed to men that they need offer no
more bloody sacrifices. He told them
of the love of God and the'beauty of
his service. The stern men heard and
believed. Urged by the heroic mia
sionary, they hewed down the dark
thunder-oak, the scene of so many
sacrifices.
The legend says that when the tree
fell, it left a young fir growing be
tween the shattered branches, and un
broken by their fall Boniface told
them to take that tree to their ban
queting hall; to serve God with Joy
and feasting; and to take for their
Yule tree this one, with roots un
stained with blood, and with ever
green foliage for a symbol of immor
tality.
If part of the story is myth, it is not
all myth; and it is surely a beautiful
way of explaining one of the most
beautiful of Christmas customs.—
Youth's Companion.
THE FIRST PRESENTS.
The giving of Christ
mas presents was
first introduced by
the early Homans.
They exchanged gilts
freely, hut in compli
ance with a sumptu
ary law they were
never allowed to give
anything very elaborate. The re
ceiver of a present which was judged
too expensive had to offer it up lor
auction, when it was knocked down
to the highest bidder, and the money
appropriated by the national treasurer
of the period. Consequently, although
the Romans continued to distribute
their presents in great numbers they
had to confine their offerings to such
<r a* jars of olives- napkins, jel
-ied fishes, boxes of toothpicks, can
uies, cloaks and sweetmeats.
Would Fill the Bill.
Mr. Blghoart—Wiggins, old boy,
we ve raised *50 to get the boss *
Christmas present, and we want some
hing that will make a great show for
the money—something that will look
>ou know. Can’t you suggest
something? 66
Wiggins—Sure. Huy *50 worth o*
rice and then boil it.
Saves Her Feelings.
Miss Askit—lioes your husband
SLaaT CigarB y°U
Nuwfd-,le smoked one and
Who was expresnlug herself so strong*
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