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The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

'I heard a story lately. which think Is
And Roberts self was on my lap. his
"a drdsdfnl ps Mfre dreadfS al H story" sudden
awful pause
Somebody said the other day there aint
no Santa Claus.
Would you believe it. .auntie! They
said twas all trick
Saint Nick
That all the chimneys were too small.
And lots of just such stun as that. 1
can't remember what
And ali the doors upon the latch in all
- the countryside.
18th old and young for myths and
dreams had quite a pretty passion. -.
But now belief In Santa Claus had nll
gone out of fashion.
"And when I cried that could prove
twas all wicked lie.
They only shrugged their shoulders and
said I'd better try;
I never will believe 1t. I know 1t can't
be true!
For II I've never seen him. say. auntie.
All. yes. my little auestioner. quite often
Though when l wake I only see the cold.
white. still moonbeams;
Doing / often think 1 hear the sound
of horn and hoof.
And waking find the elm-tree boughs a
tapping on the roof.
plain to eye and ear
For trusting In the story that we hold SO
true and dear;
l never shall outgrow 1t, nor lose my
faith. because
The world will never get beyond need
-youths' Companion
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
Origin of the Alphabet

Professor ]. @. Clarke of Upper Alton,
Illinois, has sent to the Smithsonian In
stitutiOn II unique volume. in which is
compiled the alphabets of the world, so
tnbulated as to show the origin of all
of them in the Egyptian hieroglyphics
and to exhibit the development of each
from its earliest to its latest forms.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Naturally people want to be WELL ior
Christmas, for nothing so promotes hap
piness and good cheer. Therefore. take
Garfield Tea now: its uses are manlola' ;
IL cures all arrangements of stomach,
liver kidneys or bowels; 1t cleanses tne
system and purifies the, blood thus re-
moving the cause of rheumatism. sous
young and old and has been held N the
highest repute for many years. fhysi-
clans recommend 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
Mother Gray,s Sweet Powders for children

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chhdron
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
In the Childrens Home in New York. Cure
Feverishness Bad Stomach, Teething Dis
orders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 10000 testimonials
At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmstod, Leroy, N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

81 can find my way out of this Ia
byrinth all right" said Theseus as he
availed himself of the clew given him
by Adradne and threaded The winding
passages unerringly, but If you
should ask me to spell the blamed
word you'd hnYe me beat"
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

"Where there's will there's n way
That's gospel, however you take II,
For most any lawyer-for pay
A way will discover to break 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Just think what we'd be missing
Said he. .'if that delighted
Discoverer of kissing
Had had 1t copyrighted"
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

guaranteed cure for rheumatism
Marshall's Remedy for Rheumatism. Got
and Neuralgia. All druggists refund MOI
ey ii it fails.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Pain, suffering, Wizard Oil could not
live together. SO pain and suffering
moved out. Ask your druggist about it.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

1t is said that many n fool has by
maintaining silence made people believe
he possessed wisdom. This is a mis-.
take. A fool never knows enough tc
keen quiet,
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

He-It was hard work to keep from
kissing you last night. She-Well. you
must be careful not to over-exert your
self. Jack.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Perdita-I understand Mr.. Binks plays
the violin. Lydecker.-You have been
misinformed. He works it,
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

A western judge has decided that saus-
age isn't sausage unless it is in links.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

| A German nerve specialist says that
| bad grammar is n disease. He might
| have added that 1t is epidemic.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

A Dry Jolie.-All flesh is grass, but
President Roosevelt's secretary OF
state is Hay.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
Thoughtful SANTA

Kind old Santa Claus! He brings
something even to the bad little boys
who go fishing on Sunday.-Puck.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Do not suffer the aEonies of Rheuma-
tism MarshalFs Remedy for Rheuma-
tism .Gout and Neuralgia is guaranteed
by all druggists.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are the
brightest, fastest and easiest to use.
Sold by druggists, 10c. per package.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Piso's Cure is the bost medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs.-Wh.
O. ESpsLEY, Vanhuren. Ind. Feb. 10. 1900.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Niceboy-I say. Chawlie did you tell
me girl | sent her a kiss by you? Char
lie-f did: and she said it was much nicer
than II you had brought 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
wish An n Merry Christina

The man who owns but one shirt Is
necessarily. short of change.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

An Irishman says there is no blessing
like henIth. especially when you are sick.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

And tell them of Garfield Tea, which
cures indigestion and liver disorders and
insures the return of many Happy Christ
mas Dinners by removing the cause Of
dyspepsia and ill-health.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrur.
For children tccthing. softens the gums reduces in
Illumination, allays pain. cures wind cole. 25c bottle
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
"NoW LAY ME-,

thing to give 'em,' said the cowboy,
mournfully, unless the little kid
might like my spurs. I'd give my gun
to the little girl. though on general
principles l don't like to give up a
gun"
Never mind. boys" said the drum
mer, you come along with me to the
baggage car"
So off they trooped. He opened his
trunks and spread before them such an
array of trash and trinkets as took
away their breath.
There" said he. ''just pick out the
best things and I'll donate the lott"
mo, you don't!" said the cowboy
I'm going to buy what I want and
pay for it, too. or else there amt goin'
to be no Christmas round here"
That's my judgment, too" said the
cattleman, and the minister agreed.
So they sat down to their task of Sc
lection. They spent hours over it in
breathless interest, and when their
ton of a Christmas tree. 1t had stop
ped showing, and tramping out into the
moonlit night, they cut down a great
piece or Sage-DruSn. Inc mother
adorned it with tinsel paper and the
gifts were prettily disposed. Christmas
dawned for two of the happiest chill
dren under the sun, and a happy moth
er, too, for inside the big plush album
selected for her the cattleman had
slipped a hundred-dollar bill.
After Christmas.
As general thing affectionate
fathers and mothers rejoice in the hap
piness of their children, but the rule
has its exceptions.
SIS Mr.. Smart at all given to drink ~
inquired a merchant, anxiously, of his
confidential clerk.
NO, indeed" was the decided an
swer. He never touches drop. But
what put such a suspicion into your
mind?'
"Why, l noticed that he has been
two hours late for the last three
mornings, and he looks for all the
world as if he had been on a regular
spree"
"Oh, that's all right" said the clerk.
He gave his boy drum for Christ.
mas"
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
4ElM, B N. A@zA
&=NkRk{R SIINNIp

doubt If any class Of men
in the world appreciate
their holidays SO fully as
the iacllies- writes q re.
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20
GANDY EOR TiHE'


gift of n fancy bedecked
box of candies is at all times
a most welcome gift, and as
bonbon candies are very eX-
nensiye to purchase in large
The Springfield herald., 1901-12-20

don't seem to me I've got any
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
WINTER PASTURES.

If you have let portion of the blue
grass pasture grow all summer and
kept the stock out of it, you have now
got winter pasture for the colts which
will just suit them, Six inches of snow
will not hinder them from paving it
away and getting a square meal, and,
while their hair will grow long and
thick, roughing it outdoors in the win
try weather in this fashion, you will
have better horses when they are four
years old than if they had been PAM
pered in a warm barn. The same gen.
eral rule applies to boys as well as
colts.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
nrnvINa WEST.

The boundary line on the west, where
slipshod farming can no longer extort
a paying crop from the soil, may be
said to be the line which divides the
states Of Ohio and Indiana. This line
is working farther west each year and
includes that territory where the ques-
ton of commercial fertilizers must be
considered if good crop would be
raised. The states lying to the west
and northwest of this line, partly be.
cause of the greater wealth of native
fertility in the soil and partly because
the land has not been so long cultivat-
ed, are not becoming so rapidly impov-
erished, but their time will come wher-
ever the grain .skinning process is in
practice. The use of clover and the
keeping of stock to consume the prod
ucts of the land will head the evil day
off, and nothing else will.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
THE pEsKY Por HUNTER.

A case occurred lately where family
had tanned lot of gray squirrels and
they made the prettiest Of pets for the
dooryard. One day the man with a
gun from town comes along and MUIR
ders- that's the right word-these lit
tie pets. What should be done to such
man? 1t is little wonder that town
sports find the notice, mo Shooting Al
lowed" posted up on SO many farm
premises. We know of flock of
quail which man has almost domes-
ticated round his barnyards, but the
chances are that some town pirate will
pot the whole flock at one shot some
day when he catches them punched
under the hazel brush back of the barn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Through service West-No. 403 leaves 1898
a, M, runs through to Easton, connecting
there with Central Railroad of New JERSEY
and hehig a Valley Railway; connects at
Binghamton and intermediate points: at Stan
hope for Sussex Branch; at Washington with
the Lackawanna Limited for Buffalo and all
through to st. Louis. Observation car to Buff
falo; dining car to Buffalo.
No 365 leaves $40 a. M, runs through to
Chester.
No 359 leaves lss7 p. m, rims through to
Chester; connects at Denville for Boonton
Branch; at Dover for Phillipsburg a I'd inter
mediate stations.
No. SO, 3:O4 p. M. stops for passengers going
to Scranton and West thereof. Pullman
sleeper. and coach on this train runs through
to Chicago. Dining car to Binghampton.
No, 4o5 leaves 4;40 D. M. runs through to
Easton connects with Central Rallro d of
New Jersey and Lehigh Valley Railway.
No 1853 leaves 5:54 D. M. connects at Dem
Vile for Boonton Branch; at Dover for Ches-
ter Branch.
No 1857 leaves $40 D. M, runs through to
Newton: connects at Dover with fast tram for
the West: through sleeper to Chicago; sleeper
e. Buffalo; passengers can remain IN this
sleeper until a, M; dinin. car to Strouds.
burg.
No $3.50 leaves 7:2s D. M. runs through to
Hackettstown; connects at Stanhope for New.
ton
NO Ell leaves 9:JO D. M. connects at
Dover with solid vestibuled train for tho West.
having THROUGH sleeper to Utica, Oswsgo,
Ithaca and Buffalo.
Tickets are sold to all points in the United
States.
For information call on D. J. White, TICK ct
Agent Morrist0wn. N j.; Guy Adams hi.
vision Passenger Agent Newark, " 81; II. W {.
Lee, General Passenger Agent, 20 Exchange
Place, New York.
T. w. LEE
General Passenger Agent
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
Rockaway Valley Railway,

Leave Morrlstown, for all stations to White.
house, D.. L. d W. Station, $40 a. M: sos y.
Watnong Station, 8. 10 a. m. and 5. 80 D IN.
Leave Brookside for Morristown, 7,15 a. M
and $50 p. M; for Whitehouse, $50 a. M and
&. p. m,
Leave Mendham for Morristown. Z. (5 a. I'M.
aud Los p. M; for Whitehouse 1905 q. IN. and
8, .. m.
Leave Whitehouse for Morristown, 600 a. ID.
and 100 D. m. Arrive at Whitehousa from
Morristown, H. q. m. and ZOO D. m.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
Cheap Rates to California and Mexico.

The Lackawanna Railroad has made
especially low rates this season for
those who wish to spend the winter in
the west and south, using Atlantic
Coast Steamers or all rail routes.
+ A postal card addressed to Guy
Adams, Division Passenger Agent,
Newark. N. J, will bring you full
particulars as to routes, rates, ETC.,
also interesting advertising matter
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

A careful investigation showed that
If 100 patrons of a western creamery
thirty of them kept their cows at an
actual loss, while one man received
1896 for each dollar spent for food for
his cows and another only go cents.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
Hot Srlnss, Ark. and Return $57iO.

Low rates to all winter resorts
west and south via the Lackawanna,
ask local ticket agent for particulars
or address Guy Adams, Division Pas
senger Agent, Newark. NJ j., and
receive handsome advertising matter.
If
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
Whippany River Railroad

Time table for passenger service in effect
March 20. 1899.
Trains leave Whippany for Morristown, 7,30
M; 5.42 p. M, except Saturday; go and
9 so .. M. Saturday only.
Trains leave Morristown for Whippany, Q 45
and g. As am; sos and $50 IA, Saturday only
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The hen which has to scratch for q
living is the one which will fill the egg
basket.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The railway companies of the coun-
try buy a good many old horses and
cows during the year, which, curiously,
seem to have a preference for commit
ding suicide on the track about the time
their usefulness is ended.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Fifty dollars worth Of paint and a
title labor put on the house and farm
buildings will add $500 to the value OF
farm when it is offered for sale.
Looks count for almost as much with a
farm as with woman.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Wanted.-Some sort of an animal
which will eat up clean the 30 per cent
wastage on corn fodder fed from the
bundle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Kansas comes to the front this year
with an apple crop of over 20O0O,0O0
bushels, worth over $12,000,000.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Twenty-six thousand cars of oranges
are in sight in California, and they viii
be much cheaper than apples the COM
ing winter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Climatic conditions are little out OF
Joint in Minnesota when man gets
killed by lightning in November while
husking corn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Twenty acres Of shocked corn hurt
by the drought and yielding thirty-five
bushels per acre were husked and
shredded under the writer's observa-
ton lately at an expense of So per
acre, ton and half Of excellent
shredded fodder being secured from
each acre.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The usual losses of stock from turn
ing it into the cornstalk fields are
reported from all directions this fall.
There is one sure remedy for this trou-
BILE, and that is to cut the corn up for
we have never heard of case of loss
by feeding the cut corn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Old and worn steel rails are now be-
ing converted into a most durable and
satisfactory railway tie at very small
expense. A substitute for the wooden
tie, SO short lived, must be found, and
the old rail will help to do it. Tracks
laid with these ties do not require one
half the work in maintenance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

1t is claimed by scientists that the
value Of an acre of ocean harvest may
be made greater than any acre of land
harvest product
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

For invitations, programs, orders of
dance, ETC., cali at this office.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

There were 2.755,6S3 bushels of fax
imported into this country the past
year, while the state of North Dakota
could easily supply every bushel IL
men would only break up cheap land
and grow this crop.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13
A PROPOSE ION.

We retail you ton Of coal screened over corrugated
Iron Screens of the latest type which guarantees Clean
Coalp in exchange for 1875 less a5c per ton for cash 1o
days
If you accept the above proposition, you will save
money"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The blight is destroying the fine pear
orchards of Texas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

This country has become so large
and its interests SO diversified that spe-
cial legislation intended to favor any
particular interest or locality is almost
sure to do Just as much harm as 1t does
good.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The difference between some men
and some dogs is that some dogs are so
mean and worthless that they ought to
be killed and are, and some men are so
mean that while they ought to be kill
ed we send them to the legislature.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

An Iowa boy whose daily work had
been gathering the crop Of corn on the
farm got up one night in his sleep,
went to the barn, harnessed the horses,
hitched on to the wagon, drove out to
the cornfield and husked more than
half a load of corn before he woke up,
doing the work just as well as though
he had been wide awake.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Scratches from barbed wire seem to
be singuIarly productive of blood poi
soning, and wounds Of this character
should never be neglected.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The state of Nebraska could produce
cherries enough to supply all America
il it were only possible to ship and dis
tribute the fruit
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

We see that some writer's are advis-
ing the trimming Of the feet of the
bull. AS we observe it, this is trim
ming on the wrong end, his horns need
Ing trimming far more than his feet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Where there is found poor stick
Of boy there will almost always
be found poor stick Of man who
has something to do with the boy
either as progenitor or tutor and guide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

A learned astronomer has lately
made discovery which he claims fully
sustains the theory of the nebular n.y.
pothesis. 70 the great mass Of human
ity this is of secondary Importance
compared with the price of potatoes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

An Illinois man walked off with first
prize on butter at the late Iowa state
dairy meeting. His butter was made
scientifically and not by guess.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

There were 1862, 100 acres of public
land sold by the government the past
year, more than in any one Of the past
ten years. While Uncle Sam may be
rich enough to give us all farm, it
is not much longer that he will have
the farm to give.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

1t has been no uncommon thing for
corn belt farmers to have sold during
the past year from their hundred and
sixty acre farms hogs to the value
of $1,000 and over. We have known
this to be done ON an eighty acre farm.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

A friend of ours had twenty dollar
straw stack tumble over the other day
and kill a fifty dollar COW. A fifty dol
lar COW should never be allowed to run
to straw pile.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Missouri and Kansas orchards have
brought their owners this season a net
return Of from 1856 to $125 per acre,
which is a real easy, lazy way to get
q living out of the land.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Speltz, or, more properly speaking,
emmer, a European cereal but little
known in this country, is being doomed
by some Of the northwestern papers.
The merit of this plant seems to lie in
connection with the semiarid belt, as it
can stand heat and dry weather better
than any Of our common cereals. Like
bronze grass, there is no place for it
where corn, oats and barley win do
well
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

We sometimes think it is easier to
find proof of the theory of evolution
as advanced by Darwin, Spencer, Hulk
ley and others in the decadence and re-
progression of things and men than in
their physical and moral Improvement.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Rather curiously, farm land may be
said to be worth per acre in the corn
belt just as many dollars as it will one
year with another produce bushels Of
corn per acre; thus If the land win
only grow twenty-five bushels of corn
to the acre such land is not worth over
$50. while if it will produce sixty-fiye,
seventy and eighty bushels per acre
such figures respectively represent in
dollars it's value per acre.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

The government estimate of the corn
crop of 1901 is 1874 bushels per acre
against an average yield of 24.4 bush
els per acre for the whole country for
the past ten years. Ohio reports the
best crop, while Kansas has the poor
est.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

Don't set a price upon your farm
nowadays unless you mean to sell.
Notwithstanding most men are sharp
enough after the dollars, not few
have been unable to keep up with the
real advance in the price of good farm
land and setting price on their land
which seemed to them high have been
picked up before they could say Jack
Robinson"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

1t cannot well be otherwise than that
IL the exports Of the United States
continue year after year to exceed the
Imports by so much as even $500,000,-
600 per annum, this country will grow
rich and other nations with whom we
trade will grow correspondingly poor
The agricultural products of America
the world must have in order to live,
tAlt the present outlook that we shall
also furnish the worlds manufactured
articles is what is creating consterna-
hon in all European countries.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-12-13

A cute machine manufactures the ar
tiflcial comb, and swindler takes 1t
and fills it with glucose honey, scatter
ing here and there a dead bee on the
comb, and the deluded purchaser eats
1t, associating it with apple bloom, the
fragrance Of white clover and summer
flowers, while the stuff is made of
paraffin instead of beeswax for the
comb and glucose for filling.