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THE EAflfiAU POST, FREEPOET, V. 1^ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, ItfiS.
EDITORIAL COLDMMS ^i^t^uBemlj^aet
Official Official
Republican Paper
County, ItiS. Paper of VI
ot Nassau illare of Freeport
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JAMES K. STILBB, Preildent, St Bouth Orove Street. Freeport, N. T,
Bntered aa aecond-claaa matter April S, 1»H, at the Poat Office at Freeport, N. y.. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Addreaa all commvinlcatlons to TflUB MASSAt; POST CORPORATION
Main Offlce: tZ .South Grove Streei FREEPORT. Telephone 61.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 191;
A FLYIHQ START FOR 1916,
A careful analysis of the cor¬ rected returns from the assembly elections In New York this year Shows conclusively that the Progres- Bives have returned In very large numbers to the Republican party, and that fact, together with the marked increase In the Republican vote from other 8our(es, gives that party a very encouraging outlook for next year.
The flnal returns show an increase of approximately 6.5,000 In the aggre¬ gate vote for Republican assembly¬ men this year—an off-year in poli¬ tics-over the same vote last year, when a Governor and full State ticket was elected. There is no correspond¬ ing falling off In the Democratic vote. The aggregate vote throughout the State for Democratic Assembly¬ men, in fact, was In round numbers 3i5,000 above the showing of last year. The total vote In the assembly elec¬ tions exceeded the total vote for Oov¬ ernor last year by about 18,000.
In the 7)7 counties north of The Bronx, the Republican plurality in the assembly elections aggregated 200,000. It Is claimed by the Repub¬ lican leaders that the legislative plur¬ ality has never been equalled before. Only six Democratic assemblymen -were elected north of The Bronx, and the pluralities by which they won ag¬ gregated only ahout 1,200, so that a change of 600 votes, properly distri¬ buted, would have made a solid Re¬ publican representation from up¬ state.
Thia looks like a real, solid, sub- Btanllal uudorsenient of the Republi¬ can administration In this State and it augurs well for the Republican party In I ill6. We are going Into the presidential contest with a flying start, as it were.
The Haaiaa Post adrooatea tbe erection of a Mnnicipal Building and Auditorium.
It advooatet ardently the purchase of motor flre apparatus. i
It urges the installation of an electric alarm system and the centralization ot flie apparatns.
It advocatei the immediate appropriation of $5,000 to be expended for publicity iu lecuring the establishment of manniaoturing induftriei for Freeport
STERILIZATION OF DENTAL INSTRUMENTS.
The posaibllity of the transmission of disease through the medium of dental Instruments has probably been considered by every occupant of the dentist's chair. It constitutes oue of the fears with which a patient is pos¬ sessed the moment he adjusts himself for his period of treatment. Authori¬ tative instances of the conveyance of contagion in this manner are ex¬ tremely rare, its frequency not being determinable, although few will deny the possibilities of occurrences of this character.
j The list of organisms which may contaminate dental instruments Is formidable, but this does not mean that the diseases of wbicb they are tbe causative factors necessarily en¬ sue if they are accidentally carried Into the mouth. Their presence upon dental Instruments is, however, an indication of what tbe surgeons call poor technique. In surgery poor tech¬ nique is usually attended with dis¬ astrous results, but in dentistry errors of this character may produce no ill effects. In spite of this relative free¬ dom from danger, dentists are deter¬ mined that their methods shall equal the highest standards.
Cleanliness should be the primary consideration in all dental operations. The white coat of the operator repre¬ sents more than comfort; it is tne symbol ot neatness. The dentist wbo works with unclean instruments, who provides soiled linen, or who places a oommon drinking glass before his patient, should be Judged according¬ ly. Fortunately the members of the profession who do these things are criticised and suffer from toss qf patr ronage, so that there is a strong ten¬ dency on the part of dentists to main¬ tain their surroundings above re¬ proach. With the sterilisation of in¬ struments some carelessness may manifest itself, partly owing to the fact that many instruments are in¬ jured by such processes, are too com¬ plicated to be treated in this manner, or that the public is not competent to detect errors of technique. However, the publlc is rapidly learning the value ot aseptic methods and the proper equipment la now found In nearly all dental oOees.
Incarnation of Christ
pe incarnation must, for all wbo beUeve ft, become the abeolutelT central truth of their philosophT. "JuBt ae the Copemlcan astron¬ omy and the doctrine of evolu¬ tion bave enlarged and modified our views of thc universe, so the incarnation, once accepted, throws a new light upon tbe entire world.
for. on tbe one hand, against mere Idealism It emphasizes the value and Importance of matter as being the agent through v^blcb God's spiritual purpose is effected, and, on tbe other hand, against mere ma¬ terialism It Interprets this val¬ ue and Importance as consist¬ ing In the capabllltv to sub¬ serve this purpose.
Chus, wblle re5ectlng the respective negations of Idealism and materialism, it sanctions their positive elements—the su¬ premacy of spirit and the real¬ ity ot matter—and so, supple¬ menting eacb by tbe other, com¬ bines both In a concrete wbole. -5. K. Illlngwortb.
Christmas Gifts
What can I give him,
Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb. If I were a wise man
I would do my part; Yet what I can I give him—
Give my heart.
—Chriatina Rotaetti.
Chriatmaa gift* for thee. Grand and free!
Chriatmas gifts from the King of Love, Brought from his royal home above. Brought to thee in the faroff land, Brought to thee by his own dear hand. Promises held by Christ for thee, Peace as a river flowing free, Joy that in his own joy must live And love that infinite love can giva. Surely thy heart of hearts uplifts Carols of praise for such Chriatmas gifts.
—Frances Ridley Havergal.
"The Man of Soi-rows." Thn sail hnve tlulr si:iiimong as well as the jchiil. Mnd the (IcsoIjUp, like the blessed. inii:u •¦inswer to the grent call of tho Chri.st spirit w ilch riiiRs through the world. Ue wlinso s;icrcd birth we celehnite waii iihove nil else a man of sorrows. To niiiny n liiinian heart thla la the deiirest of his titles. Whoever bore trouble ,is .k- did'/ Whoever so grmidly lifted llic Imrden? Who so quietly and patiently nnd pleasantly, If oue iiiiiy sny so, nccepted the crnelest of lots? Who so fluni his own misery out of sipbt and sound? Who so ut¬ terly (pieii-'hed himself nnd his per¬ sonal ii.uiK ill tlu' tiMiipiiicss nnd the comfort of others'/ There he stands, sorrowful and HmlUiig, a spotless mir¬ ror.
Santa In the City.
Santa Clnus touched the button which summoned his foreman.
"Yes, sir," said the foreman, coinmg in from tbe ahop.
"What are you working on?"
"DoU flats, sir."
Suutn Claus turned in his chair and regarded his foreman douhtfull.v.
"Doll flats!" he e.xilalmed. "You mean doll bouses."
"No, sir," the foreman answered! These are for city distribution, where the children don't know anything about houses."—St. Louis Tost-Dispatch,
We keep the Choicest MeaU, etc., and will be pleated to terve you. Prices oontittent with quality. Give ut a trial.
Eagle Market
C. N. CONKLIN, Prop.
NORTH MAIN AND DEAN 8X8.
Telephone 474-W.
There are ni.iiiy beautiful ja^
stories associ.ntcd with tin- w'i
origin of the liist ('hrislmas g^ tree. One li'iiciiil says that on tbe holy ulght nil nature, even the nnitiials and the trees,
wns rojolclii,!: and thiit the «f.'
cedars, instead of [loliitlng vi^
their l]rnnchcs ^lp^^ll^l as <K^
pointed, slender lives, spread ,i^'K
their Lranciies wide to pro- g^
tect tbe motlier iinil her new .vl^
born child. 1*^
The Birthday cf Sympath/.
Cliristinns day is tlic hlrtlidnr o. sympathy, huninn nnd divine There wns synipntliy in the world liefore Christ wns horn, but the words, work and personnllty of .Icsus give to It new meaning nnd make It universal.
True synipntliy rest, upon universal 1)1(11 borhood nnd Ihnt upou the uni¬ versal fntherhood of Cod.—Ilev. Charles H. Eaton
Cause For Grief.
"Why did everybody cry In that laat death scene?"
"Recntifo thoy Unew the actor wasn't really dc jid "—Topekn .lournal.
Why Wo Hang Up Stockings.
The custom of hanu'ing up the stock ing on ("hristiiiiis eve arose from an incident in the life of the good St Nlcholiis. One day when he wns over¬ taken by a severe stoi'ra he took refuiie lu a convent. ;uid llie next day beiiig <'hristiii.is he prearlicd ji sermon to the uuii.s wliicli tlic.v Iiiied so mucli thnt tliey iisked him to come the ncx; year und inoiich to tliem ugnin. On his secoud visit, which was also on a Christtii.is <'Ve, liefore going to bed he asked Oiich of the nuns to lend him a stocking, and he tilled the stocking.- with su^ar plums.
In the making; of mince pies, whiili form a pail nf a rc;,'iilar Christmas feast, mutton wiis the only iiicnt foi¬ nierly used, a.s a ciimmcihoration of tin flocks tliat were wiitclicd on llii' liol\ ulKht by ll'e sliciilii'ids <if Ik'tlildicii'. Tho sjiices were sujiposcd to Ik." siiL;i;i'.- tive of the wise men frciiii the east, ili land of spices.
Christ's Perennial Love. The liviiicr ^.tocii of the holly Is sns cestlvc Ilf lho iii'!-cini;:i' l"vc of .Tcsns and the si-nilct of the licrry the firice that was pjiid 'in f'.i I'.arv, and as th" circle Is an .Tii'iloir "f otornity the wreath n!i,;!lit teach us tlint—
Tlis nil'! l-y iImws an .'iMllct~s stieam
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EXCELSIOR MARKET
FREEPORT, L. I.
A. H. McGARVEY, Prop.
Tel. Freeport 75. 123 South Main Street
it is not what you pay for anything, but what yoo get for your money.
CHRISTMAS
COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR
In purchasing your Christmas Turkey, why not depend upon a firm thoroughly experienced in the selection and dressing of poultry. Our prices are right
Meat Specials for the Week
Roneless Racon 19c
Smoked Ham,,Home-cured..18c
Salt Pork Ho
Corned Heef .! He
Corned Spare Ribs 10c
Pork Loint, City Dretaed... 17c
Freth Shoulden .15c
Pure Pork Sautage 18c
Sirloin Steak, City Dretted
Reef 24c
Philadelphia Scrapple .. 12V2C
' We haye on exhibition and for sale Live Capons, which are the finest ever produced on Long Island. Will Kill and dress same to order.
Hngcis from tbe Realms of Glor^
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all
tNGELS from tbe realms ol jlory, Wing your flight i the earth. Ye who sang creation's story Now proclaim Messiah's birth. Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn Kin^
HEPHERDS, in the field abid¬ ing. Watching o'er your flockl by night, God with raan is now residing. Yonder shines the infant light Come and worship. Worship Christ, the newborn Kin^
Religious 9lgnfflcancc of Christmas
li:;iST.M.VS has new meanings as llie \o;us j20 on. There was a period—say half a cen- luiy UKo und less—when the religious iiK-iiiiiiifis were somewhat en- fceliled in llie niliuls of niiiuy by the dnzzlai!,' doiaiiiiun e of scientilic discov¬ ery and lliouj;lit.
To many whatever Christmas then bnd of spiritual uifiuiing was rather In the way of seiitiuicnt, of tradition, of natural good fellowship and of the spirit of prncti<-al chiirlty.
Tbere was a ha Milling' sense of tin- reality '1' ti'c illrt^t message of the
pulpit, a ft'clln;: thnt tbe historic su pematuml was much fikln to the inoo eence of the Santa Clnus myth Itself.
Since then tbe Christ Idea bas taken new slgullicaiicc nnd proiwrtlons In those minds which nre of tbe kind call¬ ed skeptical, even in tho minds over which the wnrrnnt <«f the supernatural has Ilttle swiiy or none nt all.
In books nnd sermons one comes upon the preach ins of the Idea of Christ and the nicssnge of Christianity In a tone »iid In a language which ap¬ peal with tremendous force not only to the so cal Iwi orthodox, but to all se¬ rious minds of whatever framing or tendency.—Century Magazine.
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Welcome!
Come and see our new store and buy your
CHRISTMAS
BOOTS SHOES HOSIERY SLIPPERS RUBBERS
We can supply the needs of the whole family from babe to grandfather.
We carrv the famous
BUSTER BROWN
Hosiery—four pairs for $1.00—and a g:narantce lo grive you new ones FREE OF COST, in case they do not wear witliout holes for three inonths.
Women's and Misses' High Storm Shoes, in tan — THE HIT OF THE SEASON,
Maurice Jacobson
JACOBSON BLOCK 79 SOUTH MAIN STREET
FREEPORT, L. I,
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¦THE FURNITURE CENTRE"
BROADWAY, LINDEN AND QUINCY STREETS, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
SUBURBAN BRANCH-MERRICK ROAD, ROCKVILLE CENTRE
Constant replenishing of stocKs assures ample selection up to the last minute. As for deliveries we insure against disappointment. The most natural place to select
Christmas Gifts
is here among the stock of many suggestions.
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ONE OF MANY DESIRABLE PATTERNS IN
Pedestals
at
$1.75
Golden oak or mahogany linish.
Investigate onr system of special charge accounts. Select now and arrange for payment later.
SEWING TABLES PRINCESS DRESSERS LIBRARY TABLES MUSIC CABINETS PARLOR TABLES CLOCKS
SOFA CUSHIONS BUFFETS DINING TABLES CHINA CLOSETS SERVERS CHEVAL MIRRORS SHIRTWAIST BOXES ROCKERS DRESSING TABLES DESKS
MAGAZINE RACKS SHAVING STANDS TURKISH ROCKERS ROLL TOP DESKS MISSION TABLES SMOKER STANDS CELLARETTES MEN'S WARDROBES BOOKCASES MISSION NOVELTIES MORRIS CHAIRS COSTUMERS CARD TABLES TARLE LAMPS CHIFFONIERS
THIS HIGH GRADE GOLDEN
OAK OR MAHOGANY
FINISHED
Rocker
at
$3.75
We are prepared to cath any checks of Christmas Thrift Clubs as given out at this sea¬ aon of the year.
We cordiaUy invite you to visit our Stores
