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II SKAGWAY SOCIETY
| Wlllard S. Hlllery returned from
Whitehorse on Thursday's train.
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Miss Albta Roblson was a dinner
guest of Miss Martha Frledenthal
en Tuesday.
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Mrs. Byron Olsen of Glacier will
visit with Mrs. Roy Osult during
the New Year holidays.
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Mr. Robert A. Carroll dined with
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lynch on Christ
mas Day.
Clyde Talbot Is home from Ta
conia for the holidays. He arrived
on the Humboldt.
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Mr. W. P. Whiteside was a guest
of Or. W. G. Gable for dinner at
the Pullen House on Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs H. F. Taylor and
children were guests at dinner on
Christmas of Mr. and Mrs. P. H.
Ganty. .
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"Of all earthly music, that
which reaches the farthest Into rea
son Is the beating of a loving
heart." ? Beecher.
0 ? 0 ? 0
William Ward is home from
Scroggle creek after spending sev
eral months with his father who
is located there.
0?0 ? 0
Mr. Roy Oault, who has been
stationed at the Spi?r and White
horse. came home to spend Christ
mas with his family.
0 ? 0?0
Miss Mary O. Hindshaw remem
bered many of her Skagway friends
by sending them books, holiday
greeting cards and post cards.
o?o ? 0
Mr. Curtiss C. Webb arrived
from Dawson this week and left
on the Dolphin for the States. Mr.
Webb was a Pullen House guest.
Mrs. Willard R. Hlllery and lit
tle son are visiting In Whltehorse
the guests of Mrs. Hlllery's par
ents, Judge and Mrs. O. L. Taylor.
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Mr. J. H. Boyle, Jr., of Dawson,
was a Pullen House guest this
week en route to the States to re
sume his studies in Columbia col
lege.
0?0?0
Mr. and Mrs. Rert Howdeshell,
Miss Aleta Roblson, Dr. L. S. Kel
ler and Mrs L. 3. Keller were
dinner guests of Mrs Harriet S.
Pullen on Christmas Day.
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Mrs. Whnrton's new novel "The
Customs of the Country," a story
of American social llf?, will begin
In the January Scrlbner'a Magailne.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Thompson
and Messrs. H. C. Putnam and
Wilson were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Reinert on Christ
mas.
WHEN WAS THE
. CHRIST CHILD BORN?
IT Is not generally known that there
Is a grave question as to the
actual date of Christ's birth.
For many centuries we hare
celebrated Christmas on Dec. 25 and
have not troubled ourselves with
chronological Inquiries. That course
Is no doubt reasonable and proper, for
the churches have sanctioned It
As a matter of fact, few modern
theologians and chronologists agree as
to the date of the birth of the Saviour
What most of them agree in. however,
la that it did not occur on Dec. 25.
A point on which there is still more
unanimity Is that Christ was not born
In the year whieh we call 1 A. D. He
was born at least four years earlier.
The present method of counting the
years was Introduced by the Roman
abbot Dlonyslus Exlguus In the sixth
century and came into general use
two centuries later, during the reign
of Charlemagne. He placed the Na
tivity on Dec. 25, 754. A. D. 0.? I.
after the founding of Rome. Nearly
all chronologists agree that he was
wrong by about four years. Christ
according to them, was born 750 A. U.
C., or 4 B. C., If not earlier.
Much evidence is offered In support
of this. According to Matthew 11, 1,
Christ was born in the days of King
Herod I. or the Great who died, ac
cording to Josephus, at Jericho A. D. C.
750, Just liefore the Fassover. This
date has been verified by the astro
nomical calculations of the eclipse of
the moon, which took place on March
13 In the year 750 A. U. (X, a few
days before Herod's death.
Allowing two months or more for
the events between the birth of Christ
and the murder of the Innocents by
Herod, the nativity must be put back
at least to February or January, 750
A. U. C. or 4 B. C.
The star which guided the wise men
has been brought into service In the
attempt to tlx the birth of Christ with
?cientlflc accuracy. Between 1008 and
Father P. H. Tttmeli, Mr* Wil
liam Whalen and John Quinlan
were dinner guests of Jut!** Mar
tin Conway and Mr*. Conway on
Christmas Day.
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Mr and Mn Fred J. Weber
were host and hsstess at dinner on
Christmas for Mrs. Elisabeth Man
chard, Mr. and Mr*. WW C. BUn
chard, Fred Blanchard and Kenneth
Olanchard.
o ? o ? 0
Mr*. John Hcott of Carcross
came to Skagwaj' on Monday to
spend the Chriatmaa holidays with
her daughter, Mrs Richard J.
Drtttaln. Mrs. Scott is accompan
ied by her grandson, Elmer Scott
? t 1
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Grange en
tertained Mr. and Mrs F. J. Van
<le Wall and Francis Van de Wall
at dinner on Christmas. The
house was decorated with Christ
mas greens, feroti and potted plants.
The table decorations were of run
ning vines and holly.
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Mr. and Mrs. O. Herman Miller
entertained Mr and Mrs. F. F. W.
Lowle, Ralph Lowle, Mr. Curtiss
C. Webb and Mr. A. C. Blanchard
at Christmas dinner. The rooms
were decorated In Christmas colors
and the color scheme was carried
out In the beautiful center piece of
red roses and green leaves which
adorned the table.
A A ?A |
Mr. and Mrs. V. I. Hahn enter
tained at dinner on Christmas for
Mr. and Mi*. Norman K Black,
Mr. and Mrs Edward J. ahaw, Dr.
W. Gardner Oable and Mr. T. J.
Standlsh. The rooms wejo beautl
fully decorated In the Christmas
colors ? red and green; the table
was centered by a mlnatnre Christ
mas tree, and each guest recHved
a dainty dinner favor with the see
??on's compliments.
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Love feels no burden, thinks
nothing of trouble, attempts what
is above its strength, pleads nc
excuse of Impossibility; for It
thinks all thing* lawful for Itself
and all thlngn possible It is
therefore able to undertake *11
things, and It completes many
things, and brings them to a con
clusion, where be who does not love
faints and lien down. ? Thomas a
Kerapis.
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Mr. and Mrs Lee Gault enter
tained at Christmas dinner for Mr.|
and Mrs H. D. Clark, Mr. and
Mrs Maurice A Godtng, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Gault. Miss Alia Utter,
Florls Clark, Dc-rothy Clark, Phil
lip Gault, Kathurlne Gault, Wll
ford Godlng anil Elisabeth Oault.
The house decorations were of ever
greens, ferns, potted plants and
mosses. The table was handsomely
centered with a Christmas tree and
the dinner favors were In keeping
with the happy occasion.
1004 the (Treat atrtronomer Klpler ob
served a ?onjn*rtlon of Japltar ?nd
Satnrn, which waa mad* mora Inrol
noun by the addition of Man la tt?
month of March, 1004. In the autumn
of the an me year he observed near the
planets Ratnrn, Jnplter and Mara a
new fixed star of uncommon brllltanty
It was blaring and glittering "Mka
the moat beantlPal and gtorloua torch
ever a?en when driven by a strong
wind" and seem?*d to Kepler an "??
ceedlngly wonderful work of God."
lie thought Oat this phenomenon
might lead to th? determination of the
date of Chrtafs birth. By careful caW
thi rnniBT child.
eolation he aace~talned tbat a ntmtlar
conjunction of Jupiter and Satnra.
with the Inter iiddltlon of Mare and
probably acme eitra ordinary atar. took
place rei-entedlj between the years
747 and 748 A. U. C.
The discovery of Kepler wna almost
forgotten until tlie nineteenth century,
when It wan Independently confirmed
by seTeral eninent aetronomera.
amonit them Sehubert of St fetere
burg, Ideler and Bencke of Berlin and
Prltcbard of i/ondon.
The majority of theologian* afme
that the date of Cbrlefa birth caanet
be fixed accurately from the New Tee
unTira: or from any other eource.
THE WIDOWS
GOAT
Br M QL AD
Copy right int. by A??*-iat #4 U?
erary 1 T??a
D*fcn CSirtvr nf the Tillage of
Romen waa ? gi??l nun urn! ? good
neighbor lie wrrr fffnwd to Irw)
hta hoe or hi* wheellwirrow. and hi*
wife Juat doted on lend In* her flattrona
or waahhoerd. Thr itmwn * miM harp
ik* more hurt ? per?ong fee'lng* than
be \-eould hart Jump I off the bridge '
Into Tboroapple cmk end that he waa
erer to to threaten*) with a lawanlf
waa the laet thine to he thought of.
OtM day the dearon got a m?wf? to
the effect that hla widowed daughter
over at Glen Dale waa dying. and he
borrowed a horae and hnrgy and drr?r?
orer The daughter had no children
to mourn her The father got there
In time to reoetre her ia?t Inat mcttowa
end to etoee her eye*
The widow had neither dog nor ret.
trat In place of either or hoth had a
goat It had heen went to her when
young frrmi e dfctenre. and they had
learned to lore each other The goat
bad made no trouble at all. and the
danghter charged her father to bike
Billy home with him and watrh and
guard him and treat htm with toeing
klndneea
The goal waa hronght ho-ne and
made to nnderatand that It'a future
ttoaa were to be c??t In plen?int place a.
It waa glren the nin of the rard. and
for three day* Ita attitude en -ited aym
pethy and mmmend.it Ion tf realty
abed tear* orer the ml?tre<? aid the
home It had lo?t. and then It t>ra--ed np
and became playful
- ? . -?? - ? ? ?.K mnA
TM neuron nun n i. ... ? .
ha *fflt ont one mom In* to pick two
or three tomatoes to en with hU break
flirt- Aa he gathered them there wa?
? Mrnmlon and It wn? ten mlnntea
later when hla wife mmf ont and fonnd
him Joat coming to hlm?elf again
"W-what l? It JepthaT ahe gaapeit
Tha- the gnat!"
"What ah"t)t hlmf
"Came on the nin and tfrnrk ano
with hl? head"'
"But 1 don't *ee how he"
Bnt abe did aec The gnit ca m*
boundlnc on like a cyclone and howled
her orer and o?er until ?he rtnwk the
row of atintlowers
Two daya pa??ed 'intniy. on *be
evening of the nemnd t!w gnat quietly
allpped hla collar tnd dipped ont to
aee the alghtu of Romeo While ran*
tag around he encountered alt different
peraons on their way to prayer mee?
In* Be took them In aa fart aa he
cam* to them Some went rolling Into
the ditch and an me agalnrt the fetw*.
hot all underwent the ?ame aen?a Hon
They thought a tree bad fallen on
them.
Bran a (rood man can't escape eonae
qoencea If he la the owner of a hntttfif
foat Neit day all limping people
wanted to know what I>eacon Carter
waa going to do about It. I.Ike the
aqnara man that he wa?. he offered
them S3 apiece and made aettlementa
"If I! waan't that I had pmmtoed
Banner on her dying bed." be aald t?
hla wlfa aa the laat rlctJm limped
away.
"I know. | know, deacon." waa tha
raply.
"Wa'll hare to keep him."
"Wa will"
"Dnrn hla hide""
"8-a-a-h! There he atand* In the
floor!"
That night tha goat waa abut np In
tha barn, bnt there waa a window
through which he jumped. taking the
aaab and glaaa with him. Mr tlrlgga
tha grocer, had locked np and waa on
hla way home when aomc white ob
ject flashed before hla eye*, and he
koaw no more for half an boor The
aarton of the Raptlat chnrrh had apent
two bours aweeplng and d inting and
had started for hla flrcakJe with hla
hands claaped nndrr hl? coattalla He
went down like ripe Itarla? before tha
atckla. Hla laat lmpr?~- ..n waa that
a meteorite bad fallen fmm the night
aky and plnnked him between the
aboatdera
mil* were oair ? otiti nt wr? Tfni
w ere treated to varfoua aurprlMa and
eenaatJona, and thla time It coot I*et
con Carter ISO to eetfie.
"We'll have to ?el I him. ' be aald to
hia wife. with a nigh
"And Banner'* ghoat will hannt nap
The goat waa chained up, and tnr
two daye he waa a quiet. re(1e> tire anl
mal. He atnod moat of the time with
half cloeed eyes, aa If erring hi* paet
and hoping to err hi* fntnre.
Then Sunday came, and the people
fathered at the church The twit
worked eoine eort of linen* poena on
that chain and waa once more at lib
erty. The front door* of the chmvh
atood wide open, aa If Inrltlng all the
goat* to enter with tlie aheep. and
thla (mat entered He entered on the
ran. and within three mfnntea he had
driven out the congregation.
Con Id eeoh a thing aa that he over
looked and the offender forgiven t Ton
know ft could not VTIth ptrket*
palled from the fence, with clohe and
rocka and nmhrellaa, they ? warmed
for tb* goat. and. though he rnught
beck, they were toe many for him
Tber finally hemmed him In on the
bridge, cloelag to to take hla life, when
be went over the rail Into the creek
and waa drowned
"1 ?*poee nanner hi an angel," ob
?erred the deacon * wife aa they ant
together that evening
"Tan, I a'poee eo."
"And aba aaw It alir
-Teau
"Wbat do yen think ahe tfcnnkf"
-Probably that ahe had a fool tor a
father."
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two barr*ta loft. Aftor tfcat, prUm
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prim as th#y ara fatting too oM
to Hold and aoll at a profit, Toara,