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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924.
CLUELESS WONDER.
MAN WHO MEANT TO DISAPPEAR.
NEW YORK MYSTERY.
New York, October 18-Medium height, weight about 240 lb., fond of ice-cream and a certain brand of aerated water. Age, somewhere in the early forties."
Does it seem possible that "a man could be the dally associate of persons in a large stockbroking concern for twenty odd years, and be partner in the Brm for the past five years, without leaving any more definite impression upon those with whom he came into
contact?
VANISHED ON HOLIDAY.
för
SOME RARE MEDALS.
UNIQUE COLLECTION AT INDIA OFFICE,
Indian
JOHN COMPANY.
The older medals include: the Mysore (1791-92), struck both in gold and silver, for the opera- tions against Tippoo Sultan; the Ceylon (795-96) awarded to a On August 14 of this year he small force of Bengal Native Art- stacted on what was thought to be tery which assisted in capturing his annual vacation. On Septem-the island from the Dutch ber 9, a member of the firm the Seringapatam (1799), the received a letter from Christian, first medal to be issued by the Com- postmarked New York, admitting pany to Europeans as well as that he had carried "dummy
(about £45,000) short in his
accounts.
THE CHINA MAIL.
BRAVERY IN TANK XMAS PREPARATIONS.
SHIP'S OFFICER
KILLED MAKE READY FOR FEAST WHILE, BEING RESCUED.
OF NATIVITY,
were broken.
of expectancy
Bethlehem.
shall have nothing to offer save
imposes no such agafast whom we have sinned
FALSE VALUES.
WHAT MUSIC" HALL ARTISTS REALLY BARN
Some
NOTICE.
The result
(In: Liquidation).
that a return of $9.00 per
this
an early morning discovery of we find it full of beauty, romance gifts left by a mysterious midnight and mystery, the place which His visitor. Vanished for us are the "Son Jesus Christ came to visit in old beliefs and pleasant supersti- great humility, when we discover tions of childhood.
it to be the home of the family of We can never fecapture the days, which the Father of Jesus Christ is
remarkable statements (unless we are poets and, mystics, the Father of the children of men, concerning the earnings of music- Under the orders of the "Secre- London. October 25-Plucky
A SERMON.
when the Christmas story was new We see visions of a world that is hall performers were made at a tary of State in Council a complete afforts to rescue an officer who
and crammed with a beauty and to be in which peace will reign meeting in London of the Variety collection of Indian Army medals had fallen into the tank of an all.
the "Except ye be converted and pathos, & romance and mystery among "mea and joy fill their Artists Federation. and ribbons from the latter part of steamer were described on
Mr. Fred Russell said that there the 18th century has been made arrival at Avonmouth of the become as little children, ye shall which fascinated and thrilled us, hearts.
permanent display at the Anglo-American Oil Company's not enter into the Kingdom of The angels from heaven in those The Christmas story marks the are about 5,000 music-hall artists India Office. The long glass case tanker "Appalachee" from New Heaven."
far off days were as real to us as the fullness of time, and the completion in Great Britain,
Possibly a in which they are exhibited, mostly Orleans,
"Matthew 18:"3.
shepherds from the fields. The of the long preparation in history. dozen of these are making more in chronological order, is on the When the vessel was in mid- Taking as his text, the foregoing, Christ Child in the manger was as God, who in times past communi. than £200 a week when working." frst-floor corridor, facing the Atlantic, Chief Officer English, the Rev. Clouston Forri, C. F, dearly loved by us as was our cated with mankind by means he added. Possibly there are baby brother or sister in the cradle of messengers, who knew them two dozen who make £100 a week spacious Durbar Court of the office. who was standing on top of one preached the following sermon,
The earlier medals shown are of the tanks, was overcome by. Some of our preparations for We know about the Heavenly selves as the servants to whom when in engagements.
Christmas have been made. Father and His Christmas gift to and by whom He revealed His About 400 receive from £10 to usually much larger than those of fumes and fell to the bottom..
Every member of the crew Letters and parcels to our families the world, and we rejoiced in the Sovereign Will and Purposes, £20 a week, but they are extremely modern days and are often of exquisite workmanship. They are volunteered to try to rescue him, and friends are on their way to the most wonderful of all presents manifested Himself to His family lucky to get 25 weeks' work in a very rare and are highly valued and the chief, steward, Mr. C. old country and letters and parcels God's Son, who was born in by means of the Christ Who knew year.
The average music-hall Himself to be the Son of God, and artist is lucky to make £5 a week It does hot sound reasonable. Ity collectors. Brought together Furniss, was chosen to make the from them are on their way to us
The story of the Nativity how the revealer of the Fatherly Mind, if you spread his earnings over a sounds as though taken from one unique, says The Times." for at lish suffering from severe injuries,
in this way the collection is first descent. He found Mr. Eng in this distant Colony,
Other preparations for Christmas ever often we may read or hear it Will and Heart of God.
year," of the numerous detective OF the time, when the Honourable and managed to raise him sufficient have to be made. On this first never loses its exquisite charm and We regain our lost childhood and Agents, fees, fares, hotel ex- mystery stories dealing with nega-East India Company was obtaining ly for another helper above to grip Sunday in Advent, the Churches appeal. A's imagination pictures our lost faith when by simple trust penses, tips," costumes, and stage. tive characters. Yet it is absolute- the permission of the Board of him. ty true of George R: Christian. Control for the issue of medals to
begin to make ready for the feast the scene in the stable our hearts and in great humility we receive properties run away with a great Mr. Furniss then climbed the of the Nativity. We shall be in are touched to deeper sympathy, the Gospel message of a Heavenly deal of the variety artist's earnings. missing partner in the firm of Day
Among the many Interesting troops for successive ladder, supporting Mr. Engifsh good company and holy fellowship, compassion and love. The story Father's love; we become like and Heaton, which has it campaigns, it was most unusual for with one hand and holding on to if we unite with them and seek as a story we accept but the simple little children at the bidding of observations made
wore the bankruptcy with losses approach-
following:- ing half a million pounds or more, any similar reward to be made in the ladder with the other, but Mr. that preparation of heart, and mind faith of our childhood has passed Jesus and through Him, we enter
. The poetry into the family of God and into Mr. Harry Tate; Variety is all Christian's case is the most in medal awards were made to either Mr. Furniss was assisted on to the keep the feast.
this country. For instance no English fell back into the tank, without which we cannot truly into questionings.
of the Birth has hardened into a the Kingdom of heaven Wright: it is the variety of people triguing that has confronted the the naval or military services for deck, and it was found that he also
Our friends of lengthening problem and the "mystery has receive the Spirit of Jesus by running it who are not, New York detectives and the the Seven Years War and the was suffering from the effects of memories recall Christmas cele changed into mystification. We which we are made sonship and
Mr. Milton Hayes: It would be veteran experts on crime during American War of Independence fumes, while overal of his ribs brations long shace past and with listen to doctrines of the Incar cry in joyous recognition our worth trying better variety. the past decade. He is the most.
which raise as regrets will remark; "Christmas nation
many Father,
Mr. Talbot O'Farrell said that mystifying man they have under- taken to analyse at long range, and
Except ye be converted, and what is wrong with certain music. Mr. W. T. Head, fourth engineer, is not what it used to be." We difficulties as they attempt to solve. The medals. John: Company is then went down, but was overcome shall most probably be saying the We read the story as it is become as little children."
halls is the way they are managed if they and him the prospects äre sued to its Indian troops were the by fumes and was hauled back on old fashioned has 'become a re- Interpreted by the Modernists and."
We would close with a further "behind." that their curiosity will never be more prized because, as in the case to, deck. When he recovered heminiscence of our youth. We our perplexity is deepened..
insistence upon the need for self. There is a certain hall in the gratified in full;
of the. Deccan medal, authorised
do not look forward to the The childlike mind and heart, preparation during the Advent West End of London in which the Im 1784-85, they often carded priviisisted on making a second at Christian entered the employ of leges, such as exemption from pay-tempt, and this time succeeded in festive season with the same which we have outgrown, belongs Season The recovery of our lost star was recently given three We do childhood and lost faith is con-dressing-rooms for herself and two reaching Mr. English, and both joyous
other to the irrevocable past. the firm of Day and Heaton, one ment of the duties levied by the were assisted aloft, but it was days when we were in the old do not recapture our lost faith by sequent upon the discovery of their for her accompanist. of the oldest and most conserva- authorities on pilgrims to certain found that Mr. English was dead. country. When Christmas comes returning to the simple fancies loss and the knowledge of what was that two or three of the rest of tive in Wall Street, as a messenger famous "shrines.
Mr. Furniss is now ling in we do not celebrate it in simple, and credulities of the unreasoning has happened to us in the days we us had to share one dressing-room," boy more than twenty years ago.
Bristol General Hospital.
homely, happy way we did as and uncritical period of our life, were outside the family of God. and is supposed now to be in his
children. The passing of the Holy. We should gain nothing by be- We must learn that we have made early forties. By sheer hard work
Season leaves behind no memories coming childish enough to believe ourselves unworthy to be called
TO-DAY'S he won a place as a junior partner
of the most joyous day in the in Father Christmas and Santa the sons of God.
That, we have
ADVERTISEMENTS. five years ago..
whole year.
Claus. We should not find turned our backs upon the Father's INDIAN ROPE TRICK. We may explain to ourselves a faith that is lost by repressing home and wandered far into the that changing times and circunus. our inquiries into the meaning and world that knows Him not. This SIMLA LADY'S CLAIM,
tances have changed the character significance of the Incarnation and knowledge will fill us with humilia- and they spirit of the Christmas accepting again with childlike tian.. We must turn on our tracks THE PEAK HOSPITAL LIMITED celebrations. We may be content simplicity, the story of the and retrace our way to God. We Lahore, October 16:-Referring with our explanation if we consider Nativity. natives, to Crown troops as well as London Times that the Wem- begin to examine ourselves, and to become like little children, ye and repentance when we throw NOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN to the recent statement in the what is merely external; bist if we "Except ye be converted and our own disillusionment, sorrow, accounts and. was 200,000 dollars to Company troops; and the EgYP bley authorities and the late Mr. seek the inwardness of the change, shall not enter into the Kingdom ourselves at the feet of the Father share has been declared in
(1801), issued in commemoration of the defeat of the French Army in Maskelyne declared that they had we shall discover it to
be in of Heaven," always been unable to find any ourselves. That letter was kept secret for a Egypt.
It is we, who have impossible conditions upon Except ye turn" says Jesus, tf matter. and that the same may be week or more, the firm expecting There is another echo of the one who had actually seen the changed, who are not what we seekers after the Truth. to make up the loss, but investiga Napoleonic Wars in the Rodrigues: Simla lady writes to the "Civil and something which transformed for what was once to
Indian rope trick performed, a used to be and who have lost."
we make the present season the received at my office, as above, on We remember with no regret, turning point in our lives we Tuesday, the 9th day of December tion revealed that the deficit might Bourbon, and Mauritius medal
us a painful shall find that God has hired to 1924, or on any subsequent day," reach two and a half million dollars, (1810). The Java medal (1811) and Military Gazette" to the effect that us a short wintry day into a day disillusionment, the night when us in Christ Jesus. That the except Saturday, between the hours and the firm went into bankruptcy, the Nepal medal (1814-1816) were she and her husband saw it per charged to the full with romance, our eyes were opened and Father message of Bethlehem is one of 10 a.m. and 12 o'clock Noon.
Did Christian take a tip from the next issued. The earlier medals formed in Madras near Viziana beauty and joy..
Christmas vanished and our own of forgiveness, reconciliations, fiction writers and for years had no ribbons, and were usually gram, when they first came out to
The modern Christmas is father materiälised as the my joy and peace, for us and for all practise what might be called hung round the neck with a cord. India about 1892. "Though it is caricature of the Christmas of our sterious gift-bringer. We lost mest. We are assured our wel- negativism? That is, did he in one case, Gwalior (1824), the so many years ago, I can distinctly childhood. The Holy Day is too something some marvel and come into the Kingdom and family deliberately design to create no medal has a hook at the back, and see the whole thing, as can also often a farce in which we are un wonder had departed.
Christmas of God. We turn, we are con impression upon those whom he the ribbon for it was authorised my husband. A short rope about inspired players. The Season could never be to us the same. verted and we become as little met, with the idea that some day some years later
10 or 12 feet long was thrown which began as a pagan feast, and Some of us look back upon children As the newly received he might want to disappear, and
up into the air, where
It continued as a Christian, festival, Christmas as the discovery of leave a difficult trail ? All of the
remained, and a boy of about
Sons of God we regain the vitality, evidence so far indicates that he first general Indian medal for appeared at the top. In a few
An interesting fact is that the 10 years climbed it and dit survives as an anniversary which father-love, and as the awakening the hope and the joy of childhood' THE Undersigned have received
to the fact that there is in such lore We recover our lost sense of Auction betrays its mixed origin.
instructions to Ball by Public did exactly that.
He was not an obscure, silent 1836 bears the profile of Queen, branches of a mango tree about observant or introspective. We move is, differ from that described Father's love and the
campaigns extending from 1799 to minutes he appeared from the which is evident to the least Christmas, in the stories which wonder and we' marvel at the
Recent fiction reflects the change elements of surprise and wonder. partner. He had been a
SATURDAY, 6th Dec, 1924, hard Victoria, who was not born when 100 yards away. About eight may compare the description of in "The End of the House of worker as an employee.
glorious commencing at 11 a.m. As a most of the battles inscribed on months ago an army officer wrote Chrisimas Day in Washington Alard." It is the day on which become humble as little children side the Tang Oa Wharf, Prays Wom partner he worked still harder. In the bars were
brivileges of our birth We On Board Lighter No. 559 lying along. fact he did practically all the explanation is that the medal was knew personally a conjurer on the Christmas," with that of Sheila an open door, a vacant chair, and a world which become new to us, The to the Gazette" stating that he Irving's "The Old English the prodigal sen and daughter find athirst for the knowledge of the work. Every day he met the large not issued until 185T: staff, held consultations, issued other instances of long delay, and perform the rope trick.
There are Frontier who claimed ability toj Kaye-Smith in
"The end of the father's welcome and forgiveness the Father's world in which His orders, inspected accounts and they help to explain the complete-
House of Alard." We quote the when they turn home again. It is Will and Purposes are in course of met employees and partners eye
LAHORE, October 18. ness of the collection. By the
latter: "Tradition compelled the the day of joy and merriment. realisation. Our heart hunger for With reference to to eye. Yet the description of time medals were struck and ready lady's letter to the Civil and to give each other presents they dead and is alive again, he or she, of recognition, now finds its fullest
the Shela various members of the family
"This my son or my daughter, was God, which had been starved out him in the first paragraph of this for issue the ranks of the veterans Military Gazette" claiming to have did not want; and to eat more than was lost and is found again.". story is all the police have.
for whom they were in seed the rope trick, performed in was good for them." Christmas,
satisfaction in a Father's love. tended had been thinned by death 1892 in
We recover the childlike heart We shall be "young enough to Not one single mannerism does and next-of-kin could not always correspondent, a railway official, all those empty, rites of a lost the giver of life, all that life means in
Vizianagram another that farce, of exchanging presents and mind when we discover that love Christmas, and to rejoice this man seem to have Had. Per- be traced.
has written to the "Civil and childhood and a lost faith. He to us and all that life may become childhood
recovery. of 2 fost sons who have been with him for The War Office practice is to Military Gazette" stating that he hated Christmas."
and а last faith years cannot recall-any-of-the-un-melt-unclaimed-medals; but it was saw the trick performed in the
to us is the Universal Father through Jesus-Christ-His Son our conscious habits that ordinary felt desirable at East India House nineties in the Trichinopoly, the bel We have grown up, and Gospel. The mystery of the Holy great humility and was born in Christmas is not what it used to This is the Christmas surprise and Saviour. Who came to visit us in persons display, such as scratch to keep a small stock of the issues only difference from the previous many of us have grown.out of the Birth, the wonder of the Christ Bethlehem on Christmas Day. ing the ear or head, or stroking the for possible claimants!
description being that the boy simple faith and hope, which kept child, and the problem of the chin when pondering a problem. The inclusion in the collection appeared He had no pet expressions in his of a Turkish medal for the Crimea spectators, and
the us young enough to love and to Incarnation find their explanation speech. He was not solemn and noteworthy., The
an enjoy Christmas. Turkish adjacent group of trees
We observe in the infinite love of God, who is he was not merry, He had no Government being short of officers
the empty rites of a lost childhood our Father. The Jesus, whose particular fancies in clothes,
between 300 and
and lost faith. 400 John
birth we celebrate, was the gift of Nobody can recall that he had Company officers were lent to them
Our Advent addresses in prey- a Son by which God enriched the a hobby of any sort whatever. He as being experienced, in
ious years have been excursions world, and made It a home in which may or may not have been fond | command of native troops.
into the remote past. We assumed His Son might dwell and become walled from Shanghai to-day and is tilne of sport. He may have been a There are many special medals
a present interest in the far off 'The, first born атопд
many this port at 9 am, on Dec. 7-00 hard drinker and he may have in the collection, such as those of
preparations for the coming of the brethren, St. Luke in his Gospel schedule.
The A.O L. a. "Fres. Grant" which been a teetotaller: He may have the two Sikh wars of the Sind
Christ-Child the Christmas-maker. expressed the wonder of the birth, is due at this part on Dec. 1o, smiled been, or pretended to be, a devout campaigns under Napier, of the Vienna, October 13-Great We listened to the voices of the the glory of the Angelic messenger frem Reattle on Nov. 28-on cohedule. churchnian or an atheist. He first and second Afghan wars, and satisfaction was aroused on the messengers who prepared an who announced the good news and The D.S. 98 "Pres. Harrison' seems to have made no enemies of the Mutiny. The most recent Bourse here to-day by the news of ancient nation for the Advent, the choir of angels which praised, which is due at this port on Jan. 6. sailed and neither did he make close of these special medals is that the settlement of the affairs of We turned over the pages of God when Christ was born in from New York on Nov. 18-on schodelo It stops croup. That's why mothers
The B. F...
Atreas" left Liverpool keep Chamberlain's Coush Romedy in friends. The employees cannot issued for the Tibet expedition of Herr Castiglioni with the De sacred and profane history and Bethlehem. We share that wonder on Nov. 19 for Singapore, Hongon, the house. It contains no narcotics and recall whether they liked or 1903.4.
positenbank. In an agreement read in them a Divine pur when our eyes are opened and we haeghal and Dalny and is due bere or is best for the children. For sale every- disliked him.
signed by Herr Castiglioni this pose which found fulfilment see the world as God's world when or about Jan. 6.. No impudent office boy has ever
morning, he binds himself not in the birth at Bethlehem. We mimicked Christian; no clerk or for which Indian troops have to the Depositenbank, whereby and among a people expectant Many of the general campaigne only to pay 15,000,000,000 crowns wandered through the Holy Land other person has drawn a caricature crossed the seas, such as those in certain claims of the bank will be when Herod was King and a of him. Only one photograph of him has been found. That is un-Egypt and the Sudan in living settled, but also to indemnify this Caesar oppressed a proud and satisfactory, and he probably made memory and South Africa, are bank for any damage arising out stubbora race. We looked for it so. It was taken in a group with included in the collection...
of pending lawsuits concerning signs of preparedness when "in other members of the firm on one There are also a number of certain other transactions.
the fullness of time" He came. of the company's anniversaries, medals given for special distinction, The agreement removes the "He came to His own, yet His and he could not sidestep the such as Lord Napier's medals for greatest obstacle in the way of a own did not receive Him."" occasion,
the best shot in the Indian Army definite winding up of the affairs We cannot doubt the fact of the When the search for Christian (an award kept up by some succeed- of Herr Castiglion with the assis-Divine preparation in history but began nobody knew where he ing commanders-in-chief) and the tange of the Banca Commerciale we are amazed at the absence of lived. He had moved three and a Pollock medal for the most distin-Italians. It will also dispel the signs of self-preparation in the half years ago from the address inguished cadet at Woolwich.
uneasiness on the market caused nation which awaited His Advent.
NO MANNERISMS.
is
FIRST GENERAL SERVICE
fought.
OVERSEAS CAMPAIGNS.
the
.
from among
not from
'BANK SCANDAL.
SETTLEMENT BY HERR CASTIGLIONI.
the notebook of the senior partner, The medals and ribbons of the by uncertainty as to the ultimate However interesting and valu... · and had never mentioned the fact. | various Indian Orders awarded for fate of Herr Castiglioni, to which able to the Christian thinker may When, a year ago, another partner military service are shown, and in the recent downward tendency of be the study of the historic pre- went fishing and offered to send the middle of the case there is the the market was greatly due. It paration for the Divine event him part of the catch, Christian Victoria Cross, for which Indian need not be feared any more that celebrated at Christmas, the pre- .told him to send it to the office. soldiers have been eligible since | thec market will be flooded with paration, which is most urgently The police finally found the the Coronation -Durbar at Delhi, masses of shares in connection peeded, if we are to enter fully place to which he had, moved, but and of which 12 sepoys are the with an enforced settlement of the into the spirit of the Holy Season, also found that he had sent his proud possessors.
wife and mother-in-law away
before he disappeared, and they
were located with great difficulty."
He left them penniless.
engagement of the Castiglioni firm is the preparation of self. We
which a short time ago occupied a |leading position here, and is inter
ested in a great number of Austrian enterprises,
Christian had a brother whom effort to keep himself in the back.. he had not seen for many years ground: He did not become any and who knew no more about him with those social acquaintances, than did the police; nor did his nor did he bore or annoy them. wife and her mother.
They cannot remember that ho The man was not a recluse. He was a particularly good listener, or spent most of his time at home that he was a good conversationa when not working, but best. They never missed him when occasionally mingled socially with he was absent, and felt no clation other men and made no obvious' when he was present,
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must recapture a lost childhood. and recover a lost faith; we must humble ourselves, come like children in order that we may receive Him, "Who came to visit us ja great humility," Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
The children love Christmas": how may we be made young- enough to love the Holy Day I
We can never return to the days In which we believed in Santa Claus and Father Christmas. We can never again know the joy of
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