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Te mmm“ $ J.&J. HUNTER z'“'. WM““““““ CSBRIOIC\IC B6 \3Ir Bc Px Bc & PXIHINNIH\I\PXICNE\PC S3 DCP 3e 200 The Busy Store on the Buying will be lively. _ Get anud you will find a store fall at. . Headwear, Neckwear, Footwear' H‘dk‘fs, Furs, Gloves, &c., &c One way Christmas may be is to select your gitts hereâ€" fro make you feel like giving. Thes mas shopping at our large as it is Lo our many Friends in Durham and South Grey we extend a Hearty Christmas Greeting. _ We invite you to do your Christâ€" for Choice Gifts J. HUNTER gadquarters C nvely. Get here early a store full of suggestions. Busy Corner, Durham ay be made merry â€" from goods that These we have in and wellâ€"filled Store Looking For Caprcity. "What are you writing. little boy ? asked the old gentleman. "Christmas letters," responded the ‘ A Perpetual Christmastide. The solution of the social question would be found in a perpetual Christmastide, provided our generous throughtfulness _ were not â€" coniined merely to our own kith and kin. Let us be assured that when the world reaches up to the highest and holiest conception of relationship it will disâ€" cover that there is but one family and that the human brotherhood cannot be dividled into classes antagonistic to each other. The reign of the golden rule will be the true Christian millenâ€" | num, At the Spanish Court, Christmas in Spain begins with the midnight mass, when the king and queen mother, accompanied by the grandees of the court, magnificently atâ€" tired, go in state procession to the chapâ€" el royal of the palace in Madrid, On Christmas morning the king and court again attend mass in state, after which i the day is spent in merrymaking. In the afternoon the adoration of the manâ€" ger takes place, when a representation of the scene in Bethlehem is unveiled in the great hal! of the palace. There is also a Christmas tree, from which Alfonso distributes gifts. Throughout the ensuing twelve days the court is all benevolence and gayety, and every great institution in Madrid shares in the royal almsgiving. The festivad closes Jan. 6. ing@ster. _ "One is to Santa Claus." , But you have two." h. the other is to the fat lady in | musetm,. asking if she would loap one of her stockings to han@ n * Clecolate Peppermint Creams.â€"Make like the above, and when the drops are almost cooled dip into a pan of melted and sweetened chocolate. These are particularly delicious. Hickory Nut Creams.â€"Boil sugar and water as for peppermint creams. Cool, beat, and when the mixture is white stir in one cup of hickory nut meats.. Turn into a flat, warm tin and cut into ‘ ndit a cup of water, When thick enough to spin a thread remove the tin to a basin of cold water and beat the mixture rapidly until it becomes of a white, creamy consistency. _ Flavor with peppermint and squeeze through a pastry tube into quarter dollar sized drops on waxed paper. Peppermint Creams.â€"Boil without stirring, two cups of Lalf n cun of wartam y "*CC‘pes Which the Amateur Confec» l tioner May Find Useful, Peanut Candy.â€"To make peanut canâ€" dy, shell and break into small pieces with a rolling pin one quart of peanuts, Boil for ten minutes, stirring constantâ€" ly, one pound of light brown sugar and six ounces of butter. Just before takâ€" ing from the fire add the peanuts. Pour into flat, buttered tins and set away to cool. ‘ CHRISTMAS Canpies isking if she would loap stockings to hang up." sugar and together, TORONTO Christmas Goods in 1 all Early for first choice. THE REVIEW and WEEKLY GLOBE :o January Ist, 1909, for $1.25, What bctter Christmas present could you give ? TWhat‘s In a Namet Wagglesâ€" For heaven‘s sake, don‘t put any lighted candles on that Christâ€" mas tree! Mrs. Waggiesâ€"Why not. deart Waggi(sâ€"Don‘t you see it‘s one of those paent noninflammable ones? "Yes?* replic the way, did Y aated recently ? io pinsaripramiconnelesice. lThcy fmight and fought till | grew quiet, Imnoune, | Then he said, "Be friends anc ‘"You know, they say." remarked Mv. | together Bloman, gazing dubiously at the mistie / 1 really ltke you, old Winter toe above her head, "that kissing really | And you needn‘t think that I spreads discase somctimes." } noise ; "Yes?" replicd tke sweet girl. "By | Can frighten little Kanadian J the way, did you know I was vacei }"â€"Alsubcl Yenmane Ranurms 1. 4 Boiled Tarkey and Oyster Stu®Mng. ’ Take a medium sized turkey and stuff it with the following ingredients: Chop four ounces of suet very fine, mix It with six ounces oi breadcrumbs, the grated rind of half a lemon, a teaâ€" spounful of chopped parsley, salt, cayâ€" eune pepper and grated nutmeg to toste. ‘Take tke beards off two dozen oysters, add them and their liquor, strained, and lastly two eggs. Truss the bird, tie it in buitered paper and then in a cloth. Place the turkey, breast downward, in boiling water; let ; It come again to boii, skim it well and | simmer gently for an bour and a half | or longer, necording to the size of the bird. Serve with rich white sauce. 1 Alone at Chrtstmas, If in this age of organizations innuâ€" merable there is room for one more, it is for an organization which would bring together, especially on Christmas, those who are alone in the worlkd, par ticularly â€" women, siys the Ladies UHome Journal. Many of us who have our kin closest to us on Christmas da; do not stop to realize what our felings would be if they wore aw) with us. It is so hard to imagine 0v"%eives in a poâ€" sition other than tht one we are in. We remember reme poor family at Christmas, byt at loast it is a family. ‘t in togot®ker. The one is company for &re other even in poverty. We remem. | ver the sick, and (Giod blesses those who «o. Would that some of us might cast a look around and give a thouzht to those who are not sick, who are uot! porkaps poor as the world judges, yet | who are aloneâ€" some girl, perhaps, I alone; some woman, alone; some young man, some old man, alone! Alvme at Christmas! The distant friend was delighted, showed it to other friends, and Mr. Dobson was encournged the following yoear to secure the aid of the local Hthographer. Then came imitators one after another until ton years later the business man stepped in to make monâ€" *y out of what was originally a work of love. But the ambitions Christmas cards of today are a loug remove from the primitive Father Christmases and Robin Redbreasts of sixty years ago.â€" | London Chronicle. ( son was a lonely young man, who one «ay conceived the idea of acknowledgâ€" Ing the kindness of a friend by sending him a picture ilustrative of the festive seasonâ€"a cheerful fare\ly group surâ€" rounded by the familiar Cbristmas ac "essories. tion of the first Christmas card, and they would bave put the date down as 1816. But a new claiimant is now put forward, the late W. A. Dobson, R. A., and his elaim is supported with cir cumstantial detail. The birth of the Christmas card is put back two years, to 1844 AMr. Dob W. A. Dobson, R. A., It Is Claimed, Was Their Originator. Untii now most people who took am interest in the mattbr would bave credâ€" Ited either the late Sir Henry Cole w 1. C. Horsley, R. A., with the producâ€" PICTURES AND i cloth, Place the turkey, nward, in boiling water; let ain to boii, skim it well and ntly for an bour and a hailf necording to the size of the CHRISTMAS CaRDS. 11 B Goods in Great Variety as well as â€" all Suitable â€"for Christmas Gifts and > Presentai ambitions Christmas ‘a loug remove from her Christmases and of sixty years ago.â€" w _‘n\“i What â€"more suitable â€" for We keep your purchases 1 King, Of wedded maid, and virgin Our great redemption fro ( bring, { For so the holy angels once That he our deadly forfeit s} | And with his father work u: | peace. morn, Wherein the Son of He This is the month, and this the happr i ve got you my I But the little boy blow : I‘m anxious to tr I‘ll run you a rac He did and the N. The Wild With a seâ€"rlet toque to cover his head, The little Kanadian Boy went forth And met the wind from the frozen north Afrdodth wsilt .cs child 1" But the little Kanadian Boy With moceasins made of rei With a blanket coat all line« With stockings, and mitte door i6itn l iesnscs ts e tss ts css is 2i And the roof and rafters shook. The m(‘)‘thcr grew pale and said, "my »LiL4 9 A quict determined look When he heard the ra. really itke you, old Winter Weather, nd you needn‘t think that bluster and noise in frighten little Kanadian Boys." Isabel Yeomans Brown in the Christâ€" mas Globe, Toronto. The little Kanadian Boy he wore The Wild Wind waited outside the door For the little Kanadian Boy. f With a whirling. whistling, wuthering roar And a whoop of wicked joy, |He cried, "I will catch that lad at last ! I will toss him out on the icy blast ! I will divvy him up into little shares , For all my daughters, the wandering alrs: A scru{s for the South and a rag for the NWest, But most for the East for I love her the bestâ€" She is whurry and wicked and whoops with glee ‘ As she sings in a voice that rcscmhlcs‘ me," ome ‘L?\â€":j Elsewhere in this issue we echo the f_ wlcmomtanttimgse s sentiment expressed above. & The glad, ’!Oyous. festal time draws near. & Christmas Greetinhs are greetâ€" ings of Goodwill. z They soften hard hearts, purify low desires, sweeten bitter thoughts and make every deed purer and holier : every wish kinder and tenderer _# _ Bury the past, where it sboys resentment : cherish the past where it has given you kindly {eelings or more noble ambitions, $# That the Christmas of 1907 may be one to which you can always loock back with pleasure and gratitude is the sincere wish of C. RAMAGE, the Publisher. 1xi0us to try your strength,. i you a race and beat you hollow," 1 and the North Wind had to follow e on, and we‘ll fight if you want to try it !" of red The Little Kanadian Boy Oh ho naid, and virgin mother born, redemption from above did Wind shricked with a shrill PICTURE sÂ¥ heard the racket outside the my boy at length Be friends and we‘l] play anadian Boy, he smiled s made of reindeer skin coat all lined within, , and mittens, and sash lhughcd:‘;‘Tilat's only nce did sing, _ | _ In this wo t should release, | is charity w us a perpetual | reward or re: * aven‘s eternal a gift? till Christmas resentations laSS ighâ€"C , giving and for the 1« â€"Milton, _( beings. the Wind NEXT PoST OFFICE 1aple rlated with th so call Chost and, indeec. . given to the nuka, by ihe and Expres:, It is not casy to f tbe Nativit:, but it on the last day of : Jewish house in B malem was winkling worihy of 1 »tice tha for Christr as is W if dedication). as th The lights on the tree are said to be of Jewish origin. In the ninth montt af the Jewish year, corresponding near ty to our December, and on the twon tyâ€"fifth day, the Jews celebrated the feast of dedication of their temple. 1t kad been cesecrated on that day oy Autiochus,‘,lt was dedicated by Ju Has Maccal »us, and then, according t( the Jewis! legend, suflicient oil was found in tae temple to last for the seven brar hed candlestick for seven days, and . would have taken seven days to prepare new oil. Accordingly the Jews woere wont on the 25th of Kis leu in ever; house to light a candle. en the next day two, and so on till on the seventh anc last day of the feast sevep candles twinkled in every house The correct German Christma® tree always has an ange! or a Christkin‘4 on the topmos: branch, with a tinsel s:ar ht the ene of a staff, like a pantomime fairy, and if the tree belongs to a very orthodox f:mily there is usually at its foot a small toy group representing the Saviour‘s birth in the stable at Bethle kem. #rom Time Immemorial Part of ts« Moliday Celebration. From tme immemorial a tree has been a part of the Chrisitmcs ;:>y:a tion. It may be seen outside the tradiâ€" tional mangers in the missals and eariy paintings of the preraphaelite Italian school. In the tree or near it are seen angels in flowing robes singing out of a scroll of illuminated paper the "Peace on Earth and Good Will To ward Men" or "Glory, Glory, Halle luiah !" or New Year ines CHRISTMAS TREES urniture Id the most beautiful thit lhich gives without hope . arn, simply for the love 4 , but it fell most probabls lay of Kisleu, when every e in Bethlchem and Jeruâ€" winkling with lights. It is tice that the German name is is Weibnacht (the night 1), as though it were assoâ€" this feast. The Greeks alâ€" stmas the feast of lights, this was also the name : dedication festival, Chaâ€" e Jews.â€"New York Mail 1 in every house. to fix the exact date of ve of ct desired rer hum O| in Oi §( WE aP n e Tt .‘M_ 6 af Ar 4P P C# Tw TH M Fu