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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22
THOSE CHRISTMAS CHILDREN

The little folks at our house-they talA
like anything
Bout Santa Claus comm, an what he's
goin' to bring;
An mother never has to scold, or tell
'em bout the noise
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best of little boys!
Cause why? They know that Santa
Claus knows everything they do,
An while he's loadin' UP his sleigh
he's watchin of 'em, tool
An them that minds their mother,
they gets the most O. toys
They're just the sweetest little girls
the best O. little boys!
They've just been writin' letters to
Santa Claus each day,
An te1lin' him tuss what they want,
an shown him the way
To where our house is. SOS he'll know
just where to leave the toys
Fer just the sweetest little girls-the
best O. little boysi
They're longin', longin', longin' fer the
days and night to go,
An all O. them are happy. an they
make their mother SO!
She never has to scold 'em, or tell 'em
bout the noise
Cause they're the sweetest little girls
the best o. little boys!
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22
WHY SANTA. CLAUS IS CUPID.

Santa Claus the dear old stupid.
Paid a call last night to Cupid.
Brought him posies, gay old giver
Silver arrows and culver.
Then the wakeful boy, upstarting,
Saw the saint in haste departing
Seized an arrow, thankless Cupid,
Winged it straight at dear OLD
Stupid"
This the way, and that the reason.
Merry maids. this Christmas season.
Find his bounty overlooking
Revel in its rich bestowing.
This is why. the country over
Morning smiled on lass and lover.
This is why the dear old stupid
Claims tonight that he is Cupid.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22
Use Plenty of Paper and Cards.

No child Of today would consider a
present half a present-except. OF
course. those that Santa Claus with
his own hands hangs upon a tree or
thrusts into a stocking-unless 1t were
hidden in manifold paper wrappings at
the bottom Of box with a bright col
ored Christmas card lying on top of it.
Anyone accustomed TO being with chill
dren will appreciate the pleasure that
the accessories Of their Christmas gifts
give them. Every scrap of ribbon, the
tiniest card, the very scraps of bright
wrapping paper, are all boarded, and
used somewhere for decoration. The
little girl makes sashes Of the ribbons
and dresses for her paper dolls OF the
tissue wrappings. while the cards serve
as priceless works Of art on the walls
Of her playhouse.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22

PICKING PLUM PUDDlNGS.
lions of dear children, and-a secret
Eunta Claus is in as much of hurry
fer Christmas eve as you are.
The plum pudding orchard hs'? hun
Greds and thousands of trees in it. The
way the trees came to bear plum pud
d:ngs was this: They were grated,
The bread-fruit trees furnished gratis
/ fer plum pudding dough, and gratis
fl ON rasin grape vines, citron trees
aad current bushes suppnv~ -,.as.,
'HXings." The birds brought oak and
/ DOLLY leaves and Christmas berries for
dpc1rations. The sun Drowned the
buildings just right and the leaves on
the plum pudding trees turned snowy
white just in time to furnish plum pud-
| ding bags-one for every pudding and
n0t one to spare. The stems grew into
Pudding bag strings The trees bent
low with their weight of buildings. The
air smelled as sweet as a thousand
Christmas dinners all in one!
When Santa Claus had pulled all the
Euddings from the trees new ores
sprouted-for birthdays ard next
Thanksgiving.
Jingle, jingle, tinkle, tinkle! Santa
Claus reindeer stamped their little feet
until all the bells on their harnesses
lingled and tinkled again, while wait
ing for Santa Claus and the thousand
fairies who helped him to load the
buildings into his sleigh to carry them
to the Boy Proof Pantry of Ten Thou
sand Shelves. Some fairies, when the
first sleigh load was on its way to the
pantry, gathered the small piles of.
buildings into one great heap. Then
along came the bad boy fairy, tied two
dozen buildings together by the pud-
ding bag strings and fastened them to
his kite, which drew the long string OF
puddings away up into the sky.
One fairy, leaning backward to watch
tie kite. lost his balance and fell
against the small mountain OF pud-
dings. They began 20 roll and roll
and chased each other and chased US.
but they were not hurt one bit. Santa
CLAUS laughed louder than ever when
he came back and saw the fun ard he
winked one eye at the bad boy fairy.
md shook one finger at him, as he
Jaw the boy stick in his thumb and
,ull out a plum.
When Goldilocks and stopped run
ling we were outside OF Fairyland, but
We could still hear the buildings roll
ng softly about and Santa Claus
aughing- while still upward few the
lite. skyward. with its plum pudding
all.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22
A Brand New Christmas

grown people heard! Pretty soon they
came rushing in, one after the other.
Then such an untying of strings and
tearing off of wrapping papers as there
was!
"Auntie! Auntie" they shouted
"These are your presents! You are
the Christmas postman!"
Auntie's gifts were not to be mis-
taken. She made them nearly always.
Joe's was an envelope album for
scraps. Joe liked to cut all sorts or
things out of newspapers and maya
zines. The scrap-alDum was made of
twenty-six big brown envelopes, tied
together by cords. in a pasteboard
cover. They could be taken out when
filled and new ones put in.
Georges great big package was
wooden box made into nice little
store. 1t had shelves and counters,
and a set of scales besides.
Grace's gift was a fancy work bag
with pockets holding embroidery silks
1t had some crochet needles and pair
of embroidery hoops, and some pretty
doilies ready to begin work on.
Winnie's gift was an afghan, pillow
and strap for her doll carriage. The
afghan was made out of pink and
white worsted knitted in stripes. The
pillow was of pink silk, over which
was a cover Of Swiss with lace ruff
fle The strap was piece OF white
ribbon with little pink flowers painted
on it.
AS the children were exclaiming
over these gifts, they were startled by
a loud noise at the door that led into
the dining room from the hall. Bang
Bang The boys ran to open the door
There stood their father. He hac
slipped away while they were upstairs
and they had not missed him. He
had a trunk, covered with cotton ano
trimmed with evergreen, on his Shout
der.
Express from Santa Claus" hi
| cried.
"Ho, ho! Express from Santa Claus!
the children shouted, dancing arount
the room.
1t was a regular Christmas trunk
when opened Merry Christmas.
was printed in green letters on whit
ground inside the lid, and everything
in the trunk was done up in whit
paper, tied with green cord. In eac
was stuck sprig of evergreen, L
the trunk were all the presents fror
I papa and mamma to the children, an
from the three grown folks to eac
other. Most of the gifts were home
made, and not costly, but all were re
ceived with delight. There never wa
such jolly Christmas trunk!
why, we haven't given Our present
to each other!' cried Winnie at las
Each of the four children always ha
some trihing gift for the other thre
"I'll tell you nice way to CIV
them!" exclaimed auntie. "All mar
your presents with the first names {
those they are for. and brig them t
me. Then we'll 60 to the sitting
room and play hunt the thimble" wit
each bundle The one whose name
on it must go out while we hide IT,
And off they trooped to collect thei
bundles and to spend merry mornin
hunting for them.-Annie Willis Nc
Cullough in Youths Companion.
Conformity to the teachings o
Christ will restore the prestige of tn
church. Freedom to worship God
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22


but tapped gently. and was soon adj
nlitted. We two girls slipped down
stairs, where l had told the butler ian
old servant of my uncle's) to wait for
US. And the we put our three heads
together and concocted a grand
scheme, for the undoing Of everybody
in the house. We tugged and hauled
that big overloaded Christmas tree
from the parlor. through the hall into
the library. and then We exchanged
the names on all the presents. 1t was
almost daylight before we finished. but
We were amply repaid for our trouble.
by o'clock everybody was dressed
and down stairs, exchanging greetings
and gifts. Stella and l were the last
to arrive. and orr entrance was the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22

The lucky man is the HEn vhs sea
and grasps his opp0rtu.lg.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-22

No word is IN spoken II It be not IN
taken.-Proverb.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

London. July ig.-At the third day OF
the Newmarket second July mentlg To-
dny. the Reach Plate OF 1903 aUvcreignh
yyns won By Douglas nnlrd'a brown colt
Ardeer. Sloan rode G.. r. Dryers my
niiy Peaches. but was unplnced. fli-
tccn horses ran the last hNe iurlohNH
uf the Banhury mile. The betting was
10 1 against Peaches.
a handicap plate uf 100 novcroiEnh
wnr won By II. Bnrnato'H bay marc
sweet story. sloan rode the prince OF
Walca's Evcntnli. but was uiplhced. IN
"a field OF ". The betting was ~ 70 3
against Evontnil,
In the race Tor the midsummer stakes
T.. Iorlllard'a Dominic II, ridden ny
sloan. beat Lord Dunsaven'a Inorganic
This event II Of 500 HoverciFnH added 70
u sweepstakes Of 10 sovcrclgnH each Tor
starters. The betting was 20 TO on
The Chesterfield stakes were
won By Leopold de- ituthschildH
hay nlly Atbarn. Vicomte Toys Met
cure Gallant. ridden by Sloan, was un-
Nine horses ran the last i've furlongs
Of the Hamburg mile
The betting was 400 10 against Mcr-
cure Gallant
Tho hlgh weight handicap was won
by 81 Lundi sloan rode RCD Queen
nj, and finished IN second place. Lathe
ron wheel was third. Nine horses ran
"a mile and "a half The betting was
TO 4 against Red queen II.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

Washington. July i3.-The following
additional appointments have been
made 100 the volunteer army:
To Doe captains
Peter NrcdenbcrE. formerly major,
Third y. j. v.
charles T.. Davis, formerly first llcu-
tenant. Flrat Maine.
LucluT q, bennett. formerly captain
company T.. Second Ohio.
Thomas W. Darrah. formerly leu-
tenant Twentieth T.. g. J.. especially
distinguished himself in tho Santiago
campaign
To Doe FIRST lDutuuuuta.
Henry q, Crockett formerly captain.
First Maine ARTILLERY,
Edgar s Slayer formerly lieutenant,
Flfth Pennsylvania,
stephen ogden Fuqul, formerly cap
tain Second o.. IS W.
Ionl stark Ir, formerly first llou-
tenant, Fourth o., s. v, T.
Iu la second li0utynuntf;
Henry D. luHltinsun formerly cap
tain, lsIrhf U. 20. Y.
LOWS No. clark. Formerly of company
!, Sixteenth Pennsylvania
Robert turllfs, formerly sergeant,
company D, Seventh o. = Infantry
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
SAMUEL i. TILDES's ESTATE.
How Millions Of Ills Money was Diverted
frnIn Tho rnrnnan IIc Inirndad.

New York. July l8-samucl j. TIL
denis estate, according 10 the executors
nnal account, amounted Co SIS 800 900
After the death OF Mr.. Tidcu iu 1856
his VIII was found Go contain special
bcqucats nggrcgutiur gi.bOO.Od ana
practically an NJ tho residue was left
20 establish n free library in this city.
Had his Intention iu this respect been
carried out, the condition OF Che estate
shows that there would have been
about SIOO0.O0O 10 found this library.
which would have made OF 10 what NJ
hoped u TO be, one OF the best In llio
country.
Mrs. Mary a. poyton, q sister of Mr..
Tlldcn, who would have been entitled
IN one half NJ his estate ~ he had lett
no VIII ana half OF his rpsllutry Csc
tate when the clause Tor the viii was
found 20 DO void, refused 100 allow her
brothers achemo 90 fan through. and
made an agreement with the Tlldrn
trust through the executors by which
she rolinuulshed her share IN tho estate
for about Sl000,0Ol, no that the rCmaiu-
der " what she would have been enc
titled TO was let TO establish the ll-
hrary. The New York public library
Asior, LenoX and rildcn foundations,
have received from the estate 81. S5g.Oli
which Is $1,000. 900 less than the amount
Mr.. Tiiden desired should be devoted
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
FIGHT WITH INSURGENTS.
Fourth Cavalry Have an Engagement at
Man,Ilupa.


Manila. July 10. 1880 p. m.-Laguna
Dc BAY II being patrollcd by three
troops OF the Fourth cavalry under
Capt. McGraw ana tho army gunboat
Napldan, commanded by Lieut.. Larsen.
The force makes It's headquarters on an
island, living ON cusoocs. In which the
men are towcd about 20 make unox-
pcctcd visits to towns where there are
small forces OF insurgents, Tor the pur-
pose OF keeping the rebels moving. on
Tuesday the troops had an engage
ment nc Mantilupa, on the south shore
Of the lake, They found 800 Insurgents
there. Cntrenchcd near the shore. The
Napidan shclicd the rebels. and q party
uf American troops numbering 1856,
landed ana drove them by "a sharp run
ming IRE 90 the hills. whore they were
too strongly cntrcuchcd for the small
force 10 attack them.
Two of the Cayulrymon were wound
cd. ana the bodies Of ten Insurgents
were found, II ~ supposed that tho
cncmy's loss Is 30.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

New York July ia special 20 the
Herald from Washington says. Dynl-
mite UupH are 20 be used by the Amer
lean troops In the fail campaign agtlust
the Filipluos, Preparations are being
made by the ordnance department 10
supply General Otis with six Sims
dudley dynamite pneumatic weapons.
The test made 90 the Sandy Hook
proving grounds OF "a gun OF this type
proved very satisfactory
a gun uf the same make was used hy
she Cuban insurgents In their opera
tons, and General Garcia declared that
several towns were made 90 surrender
as result NJ the use uf this weapon,
Besides tho dynamite guns. Calling
guns Will probably be sent to otis and
the army transports are Co ho armed
with six FOUNDER rapid fire guns 90
prevent any possible attack by lnHur-
gents
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
uNDENGNoTSG CU1nENr.
II Draws Vessels On the Manaoics, where
the Paris was Wrecked.

Falmouth, July Bon entering the
tidal hnrbor today the steamer Paris.
recently aground on The Manaclcs un-
der the influence of wind and tide. be-
came temporarily unmanngnblc. Her
storm swung round and struck the end
OF q wooden plor upon which o. large
from end 10 end. The spectators be.
came panic stricken and made AN ugly
rush Tor escape Ultimately control NJ
the ship was regglncd ana she was
safely anchored.
Supt. Aishett Of the wreoklng COM
pany gave reporter OF the Associated
Press today contribution OF start
ling nature 90 the controversy as TO the
cnuse OF wrecks on The Mannclcs, He
saldi
In bringing the Paris TO Falmouth
she narrowly escaped a big Manacie
rock. II was obb tide with u northerly
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
Raw of Eleven Killed in a Cave-ln
ON North Bench,
HIS COMPANION RESCUED.
vincent, n playmate, mug out Ah'e'
Ancr Being Under the sand
twenty Minutes.

Eddie simpson, n ton-ycar-old boy
~s... parents reside on Elghth East
and rbiri south. was killed at noon to-
8av On the north bench boulevard,
about % block and hhi nofth OF WV
northwest corner Of the city cemetery
through the cavlng In Of several tons
of sand.
ID appears that Simpson and two
b8yl named Vincent were hcrdlng cat
do on the bench and Tor the purpose Of
-.tting out of the sun young Simpson
and one Of the Vincent boys entered
hole about two feet deep In bank on
ths cast side ~ the boulevard, They
vofc lying there when about i've or
dix tons OF sand cnvcd In burylng both
ths boys and brown water dog.
The other Vincent boy was standing
near By and was struck by the sand
and knocked clean on his feet. Picking
himself up the little fellow commenced
tho work ~ extracting his brother and
companion. iic succeeded IN getting
bis brother out OF the sand. but all e.
forts u the two TO locate poor young
Simpson proved unnvnllinE. The boys
roauz.ng that each moment was
precious and becoming frightened at
not bclng able 20 nnd simpson. they
ran TO the nearest house about two
blocks away and told what had hap
raned. The first to reach the fatal spot
was WIN Bywator son u Captain W.
No. Bywntor. OF the IRE department.
Ito was soon Joined by Arthur canal,
who only yesterday returned from
Manila. and the two by the aid Of
shovola commenced the work of rescue.
In about nve minutes they discovered
the llfelcsa form Of young simpson.
who had been smothorrd 10 death.
Or. Mnntor aud Mrs CANAL both Of
whom reside In the vicinity where tho
accident occurred. worked on the body
Tor fully half an hour In an attempt at
rracusltatlon, but TO no purpose.
Justice McMastcr was sent Tor and
after viewing the iifcless form Of the
little fellow, ordered the body taken to
the undertaking parlors OF a. e. Wat
son opposite the postonice.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
WENT OVER HORSES HEAD.

Very few people know how to mount
Or dIsmount a horse. That there Ia
fght and a wrong way all cquestrians
gsIe' salt Lake city Furnished an ex-
Pert o. two In horHcmanahip. one OF
whom bids fair 20 become rival to
mat famous American Jockey, Tod
sloan The rider referred to IN Mount
"a Policeman Frank Emery. Frank
may De considered a little awkward and
tlumay IN mounting his fiery ateed, but
hH latest method OF damountlng Ia
1e!ialuly most unique and graceful,
'ssuU!ng him 10 first place In the limo
W aalt Lake horsemen. Emery IN the
tnA policeman, and his particular
alueH are TO see there IL no fast driv-
lak or other violations OF the city or
gglnlnecs About 1880 last evening
ILauk thought he saw young couple
u,HNc faster than the law allowed them
70, ana digging his spurs into his horse
Nv billnppl after them. lie had not
piosseeled far whom the animal Stun
u'ea nnl, presto, the policeman shot
U',ah over the horses head. landing In
XVI Wul ana dust several feet beyond.
NY o Tow people witnessed the aero
,tue performance. n fact that pleased
'Ne nlhctr Immensely.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

San Francisco, July ll-Tho battle
ship Wisconsin. now building az the
Union Iron works. will so on Hunters
Point dry dock next week 90 have her
propeller put on, An the barbsttc are
NOR o. in place on the bnttlehlp. but
her Side Huu0r may not De- here FOR
months. when the latter has been put
ON the Wisconsin win boz unable Co. dock
wheel put ln now, There o. a possibility
NJ the Wisconsin having her trial trip
on Puget Sound. with nll her nrmor ON
the only dock that win bo nbln On uc-
comm0dntr her win DE Port orchard.
ana " she has 10 go there she win re-
main on the Sound and have her gov
crnment test there Instead OF on the
Santa Barbara channel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
EpuoArons " CONVENTION.
Subjects Discussed by the National As
-nciation To-day.

Los Angeles July ig.-Desplte the
fact that much OF the departmental
work Of the n. T.. a. convention b. se-
vcroly technical and not OF general in
tereat, the attendance In all OF the seu-
nlons continues. During the morning
session the Right Rev @. Montgomery,
Catholic bishop Of this diocese. dcliv-
cred an address, THE religious element
In the formation OF character" that at
trnotcd close attention. and was Well
received.
\ somewhat similar limo OF thought
was trayerscd by Prof. s. 4. Skidmore,
Philadelphia normal school, By his
paper ON Evolution and Ethlcs." aud
the theme was continued IN the paper
on The development OF moral charac-
ter. read by Prof. q. A. Luckey, Uni.
NcrHity OF Nebraska. The session closed
with a discussion on paper ON THE
scholar and the state" contributed by
:, \, Webster, city superintendent. San
Francisco.
In the department OF school admins
trnuon, a paper ON the Complement
aud dismissal Of teachers" read by H.
koHllng, president of the board Of edu-
cation. Tacoma, Washington. appealed
strongly to the assemhlaEc. Hc argued
against the fashion OF school boards
making the lowest salary the criterion
IN selecting tenchcrs
IN the science department Prof G.
n. Cobb. Albany. ~ y, briefly reviewed
Thirty years In science teaching"
In the natural science department
Prof W, W. Hastings, University OF
Nebraska, read an interesting paper ON
"Anthrophomctrlc studies IN Nchrns-
ko,' being the result OF examination
mnde OF 1900 children at Lincoln md
10000 at Omaha. The speaker pointed
out that the physical basis OF mental
eiicicncy II clearly demonstrated by
the fact that the height. weight and
other physical qualities OF children OF
the same age correspond to school
grades Il was urged that child
whose development In Inferior 20 that
OF the typical child OF the same sex. age
and height by more than the calculated
probable devintlon should not De all
lowed 10 pnsH To a higher grade without
the provision NJ suitable forms OF oxer-
else for the correction Of his physical
disability
The address Of President David starr
Jordan OF Stanford University, on the
status ~ the fur Henl." delivered In
the department of natural science In
ftructlOu, has been one ~ tn attractive
features OF the days proceedings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

Uncle sam is watching Proceeding, with
fprrlni Care

Washington July l3.-Tha state de-
plrtmont Is watchIug with uuylrty tho
developments In Guatemala, u IH proc
mature tD say that fhn decision hats
been reached 90 send tHa Philadelphia
from san Francisco down tn that Ouun-
try, nnl n may hr That ths presence Of
tho EuuhUlt Vixen 600 tnr east coast
win Doc regarded Ua auunlHut Tor the
present But there are hints of % for
eIgn action that might Involve q rDpo-
ultlou of the CurlutD Incident. md bon
that case 10 would probably h' lenmul
necessary 10y our government to have
"a stronger naval representation az the
scat OF trouble.
10 is spld at tho state department
that the financial conditions lu Guutu-
mula with impending population
threaten severe loss Co American Citi-
zunH. But so FAR our government has
not consented 90 take any Joint action
with England and Germany 10 bring
pressure upon the disturbed republic
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13

Men Demand Another Advance To-day. aud
% Packing Plan, close nown.

Kansas city July i2-schwartz.
child and sulzborgcrF local packing
plant was closed today by the local
management. rather than grant o. ssc-
ond advance in wages TO lts goo butch
en- and their helpers. one thousand men
are out OF employment 10 has been
union house and only Monday last
the men were rlvon an Increase In
wages which. according to tho CONE
pany officials, brings thom up 60 the
union scale.
The men. however. it appears were
dissatisfied with the raise. and rather
than grant 70 second Increase tho house
has been closed. An official vi the cnm-
pnny said today that the mon would
be- given "a Few days 90 consider their
situation. and then unless they chose 10
return 20 work now hands viii be em-
ployod.
Meantime live stock viii be shipped
To New York for slaughter
The scale paid the butchers Is enid
To- BE- that paid By other local houses
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
SAID TO BE DROWNED.
Rumor to the Effect that u Child Had
Lost Its Life.

~ s'l5 p m. rumor was current on
tn streets TO the effect that child had
fallen Into city Greek and had been
drowned. Dcligont inquiry on North
Temple street, up 10 the time OF 20.
ing 60 press, however, failed to sub
6iln'lnto the story.