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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
TAWrtYs TORTURED FEET.
The Mi1.ncxas.; Representatives. Early
ec.lfections Of Chrfstmaa.

The MiI.nexat.; Representatives. Early
Hec..lfection. of Chrfstmas.
"Ear.y Christmas recollections are
asseciated ia my mind always" says
Representative James A. Tawney OF
Minnesota. with the picture Of great
and beautiful church lighted in every
part with wax candles-thousands OF
wax tapers-a suri,.iced choir and the
strains OF wonderful organ; this
picture against the background of a
cold. black morning before sunup. of
frozen rutty roads Of bleak north
wind. breakfast of ginger cookies
and pair of St:t; crumpled boots,
which mad. every step of a three mile
trudge through the darkness twinge
of exquisite pain
II was nin years old. Ny brother
was twelve. and with superior strength
and determination he oyerruled my de-
sire. due TO the boots, to turn back for
holae. The trouble arose from the fact
that we bad ;al!owad the boots the
night before. and the tallow had hard
ened IT was necessary to suffer until
the warmth OF the foot melted the tai
low and made the boots less torture
some SO we p.odGed on.
1T was CIT FIRST Christmas festivity.
We lived on ? fam two miles from
Bonneouvill2 i'm Adams county. Pa,
and brother had conceived the idea of
going to mas; at the Catholic church
three miles distant For this purpose
we had risen before 3 o'clock in the
morning. ,,:;l quietly abstracted some
cakes from the jar in the cellar, and, as
have described. painfully l trudged
to the town and the big church.
at seemed big to the niEe-year-old
boy, ard it seemed gorgeous in it's H.
luminatinr Wax candles l never had
heard OF, and 80 many | never dream
ed existed. We edged il with the
crowd anI stool at the rear of the
church. and my boy eyes drank in q
scaiis, which i3eyer he; been norsprob-
ai.li; VIII he forgotten 1t WAS Won
derfu!, Spectacular. dramatic to me,
ard that picture p:!nctu;tes the vista
Of past Christmas days like 4 striking
WORT, Of art in u gallery OF vaguely re-
membered pictures. '-Eittshurg Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
A Strangely Wrought Reunion.

A joyful Christmas celebration in the
home Of Ado!ph Ge:,s,artlt Of Lincoln,
Neo., over the return of long lost
brother was brought about through the
medium Of a Il! 3viI@ picture exhibit
ton. Adolph was watching the enter
tainment one night when he was struck
by the strange familiarity Of one of the
figures. He returned Il second and a
third night efore he was able to recog-
niZe the features, and then he startled
the spectators by shouting. 1T Is
George: it is George It was learned
that George was an actor in New
York theater. kilograms passed. and
George arrived in Lincoln on Christ
mas day. They had not seen each 9TH
er for nearly ten years
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
A LOST ILLUSION.
Sedic's Santn Claus Was Only john
ny smiths Papa.

SeGie's Santa Clans Was Only john
ny Smiths Papa.
The loss of paii CT Santa Claus dis
gtlise at Christmas Sunday sch Dol en-
tertaininent ana the consequent dis
covery that he was only man after
ALI caused one little girl at least
acute distress
Santa Claus was one Of the cherished
ideals of s'"dic's childhood. and Sadie
parted with he" ideals reluctantly. She
wa. sure she heard the rein,leerS scam
per over the roof every Christmas eve
AMI the fact that even the gas logs
were & pretty tight fit for the chimney
Gid NOT lsnet the illusion that somehow
Santa Claus. despite his corpulence,
managed to slip through the tiny slit
with Lis pack and leave presents on
tree and in stocking.
SO when she saw on the Sunday
school platform his hoary head and
beard, fur trimmed coat, fat stomach
and short lags-and, above all, his pack
she greeted the familiar figure with
enthusiastic applause. Unfortunately
for Sadie's peace of mind, however, the
hoary hair ;insi beard became entangled
in tie branches Of the Christmas tree
when Santa Claus began to hang up the
contents Of his pack. and when he
withdrew his head. sans hirsute adorn-
nent. he revealed the familiar features
of a prominent churchman. Then the
assemblage Was startled by desolats
wall that suddenly rent the air. .---~-
oh" sobhed Sadie, there amt any
Santa Claus. He's only Johnny Smiths
papa"'-NeW' York Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
IN A GERMAN HOSPITAL.
Where the ChristMas Angel Visits
Suffering Children.

whers the Christnaas Angel visits
Suffering Children.
In one Of the German hospitals OF our
country is observed a custom quite In
accordance with the beautiful senti-
ment the Germans weave about Christ
mas.
Christmas. belongs to the children-
everybody knows that-but 1t belongs
to them in deeper. more beautiful
sense than everybody" knows. One
Is reminded OF 1t. however. IL he wit
nesses such a scene as is portrayed In
this hospital on Christmas eve. One OF
the nurses dresses in q long. soft fow-
Ing robe OF white bearing in her hand
a fir bough covered with snow. The
snow Is cotton sprinkled with diamond
dust. This is the Christmas angel.
The children are told of the gentle
visitor and wait in their little cots.
When darkness is outside they hear the
strains of sweet music In the distance.
The nurses are singing Christmas car
OILS, and the sounds come through open
doors. Then the Christmas angel
comes. She goes to each little cot.
OeuuluS ObSI eASu htliS Aol IL w AAs%S@s
to the whispered secrets. Each one
tells her what he wants on Christmas
day. Then, with tender word. she
passes out, and to the sound OF the car
els they all fall asleep-those who can
slip away from pain.
When the day dawns all the children
are taken into the kindergarten. Some
are carried. some are rolled, and some
can walk. Sure enough, each fnds
there what he asks for-drums and
dolls aid trumpets and books. On
long, low table is plate for each one.
filed with candies and queer little Ger
man cakes. On one wall is tableau OK
the Nativity made of small wax figures,
and a painting on the wall completes
the perspective of hills and shepherds
and the guiding star. Hanging from
the wall in the center Of the ward IL q
large hoop covered with laurel. At in
tervals around it are set lighted cam
dies. 1t is suspended from the ceiling
by four wide ribbons.
In the fever ward. where the con-
tagious diseases are cared for, the little
patients CT course cannot leave, but
| they have their Christmas too. Two
large, fine spruce trees stand in each
end of the ward. brilliantly illuminat.
ed by tiny. many colorad electric lights.
philadelphia North American.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Artificial Snow.

White cotton slightly smeared with
mucilage and sprinkied with common
salt or diamond dust will make the
best wintry effect. For store window
or table decoratio mirrors make good
water imitation with small sized ducks
placed on them. The effect Of new
fallen snow can be produced by taking
the branches; ard dipping in gum ara
bic water and then sprinkling with -four.
SNOWFALL effect can be produced by
taking toy balls and covering with cot
ton wOol-Bee Hive.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
The Romance of Mt.tIete,.

BY the Teutons mistletoe was held
sacred to Baldur, the sun god, the son
of Freya. the Scandinavian Venus. In
baldur all that was beautiful, elo-
quent. wise and good was hcnored,
and he was the spirit Of activity, of
JOY and of light. Predicting his own
approaching death, his mother, Freya
e1acted an oath from animals, planets
ana minerals not to injure him. The
mistietoe among the plants had been
forgotten. When this was discovered
by the treacherous Hoader. the blind
god Of brute strength he took q wand
or IT, and. being directed how to aim
II, the mistletoe pierced Baldur through
the heart. ana he fell dead to the
Sround.-Eo-ton Traveller.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Caught santa on the Street.

A Santa Claus from the Salvation
Army was ringing his bell beside his
iron pot in Fourteenth street, says the
New York Mail and Express, when
suddenly little girl broke away from
her mother in the passing throng and,
rushing up to the pseudo Santa, grab
bed him by his gown and began rapid
ly to tell her wants. First she gave
him her full name and address, with
many injunctions not to forget. Then
she ratified off a list of things she
wanted. regardless of the attempts of
her mother to induce her to come
away and not bother Santa. The lit
tie girl was persistent. the crowd gath
cred around to hear her little invoca.
ton, and for awhile she blocked traffic
on that side Of the street.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Off Santa Claus
:. Beat :.
2 S'POSE there IS Santa Claus

= SPOSE there IS a Santa Claus
l That brings them pretty toys
j An candy an mince pies an things
To lots o. little boys.
Rat where we live down here, guess.
Is sort o. off his beat.
I'm pretty certain, anyway
He neve- found Our street.
He goes around to all the stores
An fills 'em foil O. things
Like sleds an skates an railroad cars,
The kind he always brings
An then he seems to lose the way
To our house. Amt it queer
That all the times he's come to town
He's never been down here7
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
The Gladstone Bells.

"Do you enjoy hearing the gladstone
Christmas bells p we ask of our friend
who has retired from business pur-
suits.
II did last year, and that's the
truth"
"They had joyous sound them"
II should say they had. They were
the fire bells, and my stock of unsold
but heavily insured Christmas stun
was burned" Judge.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup containing
Honey and Tar is especially appropriate for
children, no opiates or poisons OF any char
acter, conforms to the conditions of the Ma
tional Pure Food and Drug Law, June 80,
1906. For Group, Whooping Cough, etc. 1t
expels Coughs and Colds by gently moving
the bowels. Sold by the Kerner- McNair
Drug Company.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Christmas Cakes.

Little cakes that will please the chill
dren either at the table or OH the
Christmas tree are made as follows
Bake the cakes in little patty or muffin.
pans and frost the tops with white
icing. Dip a small new paint brush In
melted chocolate and draw a face on
each. Make some crying and others
laughing, the different expressions be
ing made by the curve of the mouth
line. The merest outline will be sutii-
ciene. Cut circle of tissue paper Of
white or any other color liked two
inches larger than the cake. pink the
edge with scissors and run a thread
round one inch from the edge. Put
cake In the paper. draw up the thread.
and a cunning little cap is formed.
The pleasure of small children Will
well repay the trouble OF making these
little cake babies-Pittsburg Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Polly and the
MlSt(etOe
BY OLIVE HARPER.

"7r ELL, Mrs. Ii Hung Chang,
believe 1 WILL" said Polly
MA Adams to a ridiculous
china doll that sat on the
chimney staring fixedly before her.
1t was nearly midnight, and the house
was still. The Christmas tree stood all
decorated and with the gifts hung
upon 1t In the library, back of the par
Tor, and Polly had been sitting beside
the fire in her pretty yellow eiderdown
pajamas. Pajamas were fad that
season among all her girl friends, and
Polly always, as she said, kept right
along with the procession"
Polly was tired, FOR she had been
busy all that day. They were not rich,
and so much Of the INNING devolyei
upon Polly, and the three boys were
home from school, and they had two
visitors to remain till New Years.
One Of them was Archie-it is enough
to call him just Archie" So, while
Polly braided the heavy mass Of rich
brown hair into one long loose plat,
she glanced at the mistletOe and then
at the sphinxlike face of the Chinese
doll as she said:
Now, Mrs. Ii Hung Chang, what
Shall / do? Archie loves Inc. l know
It from doZen-yes, thousand
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
;ked my mo:!is. if ! might

| asked my mother if | might
Go wait fer him Uptown
An tell him that the boys know
Invites him 10 come down.
But she just sort O chokes an coughs,
An then she locks away
An says, "He'il find US out. | guess.
An visit US some day."
An yet I've been a>wsitin' here
So long that don't b'iieve
Ill ever see him come at all
On any Christmas eve.
I'm go:n' to ask p'lceman If
Santa he should meet
He'll just so up an speak to him
An point him cut our street.
New York American.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Holly Superstition.

There are many traditions connected
with holly-one, that it is unIucky ia
bring it into the house before Christ
mas eve. There are two kinds OF holly,
the prickly and nonprickly, and accord
Ing as the holly which is brought In
Tor the Christmas decoration is smooth
or rough the wife or the husband will
be master. a bunch Of holly with Der
ries must be broken from holly which
has been used In church decoration and
kept until the next Christmas TO pro-
tect from lightning and insure lucky
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

III C1IU SCUlI1 IUTfStIIIdS IS CVIVUTdttU
as we observe Fourth Of July. The
presents may be of the most mex
pensive character. but there will be a
bountiful supply OF firecrackers. torpe-
does and roman candles, not forgetting
the tin horn, which begins to toot on
Christmas eve and continues till mid
night of Dec %. The cry Of Christ
mas giftv' resounds. and never once
does one hear Merry Christmas
Chicago Record Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
A Santa Claus Party,

As the once popular donkey party"
no longer holds forth for novelty, here
is something new-a Santa Claus party.
Take an old sheet and paint or draw on
1t a Santa Claus. Have a number OF
red caps cut from medium weight water
color paper and distributed among the
guests. Taking turns. let each one be
blindfolded and. walking toward the
sheet. try to place the cap on Santa's
head. The person succeeding is the.
winner and receives the prize OF toy
Santa Claus. The two who also come
the nearest might he given prizes Of
reindeers-Bee Hive.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
First Aid TO Santa Claus.

A clever idea for Christmas night
party is to have the gifts come In on
sled piled high and strapped on and the
sled drawn by two lads dubbed Santa
Claus assistants. The place cards at
the supper which follows the distriDu-
ton Of the gifts should be tiny sleds
made from cardboard and dipped III
muciIage, then In diamond dust, the
rope to be of silver cord and each sled
drawn by a miniature Santa Claus
about three inches high.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Some Christmas Quotations,

The quotations given below may be
OF some value TO those who like to ac-
company Christmas gift with an ap-
propriate sentiment: With calendar,
write it on your heart that every day
is the best day OF the year." with q
book. An cd friend TO trust;;" with a
pair OF slippers. we must go toseth-
err With pair Of gloves, We're a
pair if ever there was one"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
No More N2Hfei .

Merry Christmas. old man! Ana
many more like it,
The man addressed turns a baIciul'
sleepless eye upon the speaker ana
replies:
MANY more like IL. Say, yen ham
heard that twins came to our honsc
last night, had yOuT'-Judge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
The ChiIdren's FestiTa1.

And little child shall lead then
The entire meaning of the festival OF
Christmas is contained in these words
1t Is the festival OF the children be
cause on this day God. the Son. the
Second Person Of the Blessed Trinity
took upon him human nature III HE
shape of helpless and beautiful child
-Key. John Talbot Smith IL -.
President Catholic Summer School %
America.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

A man with a sprained ankle will use a
erutch, rest the ankle and let it get well. A
man or woman with an over orked stom-
ach can't use n crutch, but the stomach must
kodol performs the digestive work OF the
tired stomach and corrects the digestive ap-
paratus. kodol fully conforms to the pro-
visions of the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. Recommended and sold at Parker's
Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
TIE Fast Filler.

Time a-G%:n' on SO fast
Der the frosty ways:
Christmas comm all too soon
These here later days.
Scarcely end one Christmas song
Fore the next one comes along.
Yet, what matter? Let 'em come!
Speed you down Times river!
Welcome Christmas horn an drum;
Wen be boys forever!
Time is flyin' on SO fast.
Maybe we'll get wings at last!
Atlanta Constitution.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

An odd incident Of the last Christ
mas celebration in st. Louis was the
breaking of month long fast by
James harrington, who had been in
custody two and one-half years on a
charge of mur1cr. Harrington expect
ed turkey for dinner Thanksgiving day.
and when the Jail rations were served
minus the national bird he refused to
eat and promptly went on a strike. He
declined his provisions consistently I'M
til Christmas. when he got the pined
for turkey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
Are There Otherss

Christmas Is coming
And Santa Clsus. too,
And. being dead broke.
Lord, what shall 1 do!
The children will cry.
Their mother Will pout-
Tn have to go try
Put my watch up the spout
Florida Times-Union'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20
"Jessie Christnias:"

Little Jessie woke up on Christmas
morning and called to her four-yeaf-
cid sister Mary:
Merry Christmas
"Jessie Christmasw promptly answer
ID the baby.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly clean
the system, good for lazy livers, make clear
compilations, bright eyes and happy thoughts
Sold by the Kerner-McNair Drug Compau,,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

Sometimes the popularity OF a lad
depends upon the amount OF foolish
ness to back it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-20

Far mad purch a es
VuS IVuu ena Bile me
to make prices same as factory
cost. Everything in undertaker's
goods. :: :: ::
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-16
A Good Move.


There is a move among the Retail Mer-
chants Association of Gloucester County to
have all retailers close their places OF
business every Thursday evening at six
O'Clock,
The larger cities all over the country
close every night at six O'Clock, and Phila
delphia department. stores at five O'Clock,
opening in the morning at eight O'Clock,
making nine hours day. The merchants
in small towns make from fourteen to six
teen hours day, keeping in the old ruts
made years ago If they did not advance
faster in their business methods than they
are making shorter hours, the trade would
all go to Philadelphia to deal.
We consider this q good move on their
part.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-16
Odd Fellows to ExpeI Saloon Men.

In proclamation just issued by Wesley
B. Stout of Asbury Park, grand master of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of this
State, subordinate lodges are notified that
saloonkeepers, bartenders or professional
gamblers must be expelled from the order
unless they abandon their business before
August 90 next. Some lodges haye been
initiating members on partial payment of
fee or no fee at all, so Grand Master Stout
embodied in his proclamation an order
directing all lodges to COLLECT Immediately
from such initiate or initiates. He also re-
quests that the lodges recall any receipt for
lodge dues that has not been on authentic
certificate. The grand master theatens to
repeal the charter Of any lodge that does
not comply with his orders.
Ii is known that many lodges in the
State do not give the official receipt and that
others have admitted men who were en-
gagged in liquor business at the time Of
their admission, and still continue in the
business, while other members have engag-
ed in the selling Of liquor since uniting
with the fraternity.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-16
LO. the Poor Farmer |!

Every year, about this time, the greater
business world Looks anxiously to the
farmer, and the foremost question is: How
will the crops turn out? This year the
anxiety is more acute than common be-
cause it is felt that affairs are rather over
strained and could i'll support the shock of
crop-failure This annual confession of
dependence upon the farmer is exceedingly
humiliating, because the farmer is the only
person whom our system leaves to shift for
himself. Everybody else's prosperity, if
he has any,is benevolently provided for him
by the high powers of politics and finance
1t is due, as we are daily reminded, to our
protective tariff and to our captains of in
dustry, who ood-naturedly build railroads
and mills, open mines and develop terri
tories in order that labor may find employ
ment. These excellent men-in their own
phrase-''giye" work to the entire indus
trial population.
But the poor farmer He has practically
nothing for high tariff to protect. His
only important function under that bene-
ficent scheme is to pay high tariff prices for
his clothes and furniture. And the utmost
the captains of industry can do for him
with the kindest intentions in the world
is to charge him such freight rates as the
traffic will bear and crack up the cost of his
coal, sugar and tobacco. They cannot con-
solidate him, or finance him, or issue him
in highly watered stock, or ''give" him
work 1t is, therefore, humiliating for the
rest of us, who prosper by the bounty of a
system which, on the whole, treats the
fame. pretty stability, to have to stand
around every summer and anxiously in
quire what the farmer is going to do for
us. Saturday Evening Post.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-08-16

George Allister and family are spend
ing two weeks at Cape May.
Mr.. Walter Bean and family are spend
ing week at Belmawr, n J.
William NJ. Carter will spend the last
week of August with Ohio friends.
Joseph Clement and family are spend
ing a few weeks at Beach Haven.
Mr.. w. S. Bonsal and family are at
Longport for the rest of the summer.
Norman Grey and family are spending
some time at Mohonk Lake, N. Y.
Prosecutor Starr and family will spend
the rest of the summer at Longport.
Mr.. Clarence Batten and family, of
Maple avenue, are visiting in Salem.
Mrs. A. B. Dutton, of Newton avenue,
is at Brewster, New York, for some time.
Pastor Jenkins, of the Central Baptist
Church, will occupy his pulpit next Sun
day.
Miss Elva Keen, of Curtis avenue, is
spending some time with relatives in Phil
adelphia.
-orla Ballinger, one of Mrs. A. A.
Stokes obliging clerks, is on his vacation
this week.
Mrs. Fannie Starr and Miss Ann W.
Starr will occupy the DIR. Clifford house on
Cooper street, about September 1st.
Mr.. Ernest Redfeld and son Percy.
of Delaware street, are visiting Jacob H.
Bibo, at his summer home in Maine.
The cement pavement on the North
side of Curtis avenue has been extended
from Preston Prices property to Hendry' IS
Court.
"A broken axle stranded a trolley car on
North Broad street this morning, and it
took wreoker and a large force OF men
several hours to get it away.
Mr.. Thomas Glover and Mr.. Walter
Glover, of High street, go to Atlantic City
on Saturday for some time. The former
has been i'll for some weeks with inter-
mittent fever.
DIR. George M. Beckett and family, OF
the U. S. Revenue department, with head
quarters at Wheeling, West Virginia, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Josiah Beckett, on
Hunter street.