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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
A NEwsBOY's GRATITUDE.

A wfiter in the New York Retord
tells thisstory of a newsboy who, some
months after he had eaten a Christmas
supper, insisted upon paying the
kind journalist who provided it:
One Christmas night an old-time
newspaperwriter stepped into cheap
restaurant in Park Row for a cup of
hot coffee. As he took his seat at
one of the small tables, a ragged little
boy entered and planted himself on
the stool opposite. There was wolf
ish glare in the boys eyes as he
fumbled nickel and called out,
"Plate O bea1s p
I slipped my coffee and watched the
boy .ravenousH devour the beans.
Whispering to the waiter, told him
to bring a plate of corned beef, some
bread and butter and bowl of coffee
for the boy. The little fellow started
a moment and then began his meal.
In few minutes the beef, beans,
bread and coffee had disappeared, and
yet the boys appetite was not salts
fed.
"What kind of pie do you like ?"
I asked.
Most any kind they's all good"
replied the boy.
''Bring him some mince and some
pumpkin pie." I said to the waiter.
The boy gazed at the two pieces of
pie in wonderment, then looked up
shyly and pushed his nickel toward
me.
Whats that for ~ I asked.
"To pay for the spread. It's all I
got"
Taking a quarter from my pocket,
laid if on the boys coin, and push
ed them across the table toward him.
'Is them for me ?'' asked the boy,
with his mouth full of pie. cam |
to have all that ?"
eyes this is Christmas night, you
know"
Yes, 1 remember but I had no
money for my lodging, SO I didn't
yet auy Of the dinner down to the
Newsboy's Lodging House. Thank
you, mister. You's good ter me. ;"
Months passed. One day boy
stopped me near the Brooklyn Bridge.
"Say, mister" said he, II owe
you quarter. Here it is"
Recognizing my Christmas guest,
gently refused the money, telling
him he had better keep it.
"No, you take it," he persisted.
"That supper and the quarter you
gave me brought me luck, and I
hain't never been so hungry since.
You was so good to me that night,
and I want you to take the quarter
now so as you can give some other
boy Christmas supper.
l took the coin and many a poor
newsboy has had good dinner with
If since.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.

Twas the night after Christmas, and all through
the fiat
Every creature was wide awake-barring the cat;
The stockings were flung in heap on chair,
Quite empty of candy st. Nick had put there.
The children we're all doubled up in their beds,
With pains in their tummies and aches in their
heads.
Mamma heated some water, while I, in my
Was waiRRips MlhRpsrh the kid twho is not kidnapper
When out in the street there arose great clat-
And 1 put down the kid to see what was the
Rushed out in the entry, threw the door open
wide,
And found an old gentleman standing outside.
looked at him closely, and realized then
Twas the doctor I'd sent for that morning at ten.
He was dressed in an ulster. to keep him from
chillS
pills.
He came to the nursery and opened his pack,
Full of fresh paregoric and strong ipecac;
Rhubarb and sOda-mints, fine castor-0il,
And pink sticking plaster, rolled up IN coil.
The children all howed in chorus of pain,
And the kid lifted up his contralto again.
He felt all their pulses, and looked at their
tongues,
Took ali of their temperatures, sounded their
lungs.
He put back his medicines, down the stairs slid,
Jumped into his cab, and said to the driver
Qu excellent humor, he'd just made "fiver'D:
"I'm twelve hours behind my appointments,
fear,
But 1 wish it was Christmas each day in the
year - Life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
WHY SANTA LAUGHED.

Upon a snowy Christmas eve
The stockings hung In line,
Pueg lay asleep upon the rug,
The clock tick, tocked in rhyme.
The pendulum swung to and fro.
The hands went round the face.
And marked the minutes and the hours
As they few on apace.
The clock had just struck out the hour.
And told the folks, "all's well"
When out upon the midnight clear.
Came merry sound Of bell.
Look down the chimney black and grim
Saint Nick and pack appear.
He one by one the stockings nils,
Then cries. what have we here ?"
For there upon the mantel shelf,
The last one In the row,
Was hung stocking, oh so big.
With note pinned to the toe.
whats this" cried Santa with laugh.
"6hall / this note unpin
TO Santa Claus, from the North Pole.'
Yes, yes, I'll peep within"
And as he read, his eyes grew bright.
He smiled and bobbed his head.
For. in that note pinned to the toe,
This brief request he read -
"Dear Santa. will you kindly fill
This stocking for the poor2
And give us less Xmastide,
Signed, Willie and Fred Moore"
/. .ss.To. -. - said santa with q smile. - ;
kind little folks live here.
This stocking will all to top
With merry Christmas cheer:
A happy Christmas will leave
To these dear boys, be sure,
Who mid their Joy did not forget
A stocking for the poor"
Alice Lothsrinqton.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
TEDDY's CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

"It's gettin' nearly Christmas"
Said little Teddy White,
AS he counted out his savings
One cold December night;
81 amt got many pennies
To buy the things to give,
Seems like couldn't do it
If save as longs live."
Then a pleasing thought came to him
Which caused a happy grin:
II can give them all present
If Il haven't got the tin
I know my kind old grandma
It will cert'nly please pile,
If in place of loOkin' cranky
I'd give her my prettiest smile.
"An' instead of teasin' sister.
If I'd be polite and kind,
1t 'ould be the dandiest present
For her, that could find.
My little baby brother
Won't be very hard to please,
I can tickle him to pieces
With dre'dful lovin' squeeze.
"My dad, oh he's dead easy,
For I'll try the best can
To be, what he says he wants me-
A bright and honest man.
And to my dear, sweet mamma
I've got nothin' else to give
But heaps of love and kisses,
Just as long as ever live."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

"WHAT do you expect to get in
your stocking on Christmas? 2" asked
the deacon of Farmer Furrow. "What
do / expect to get! Wal, that's
about the size of my expectations,
replied the old man, pointing to his
number twelve feet.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

WHERE is the boy who used to
want a scroll-saw for his Christmas :
He is man now, gentle reader and,
his neighbors say softly: II won
der how Mr.. Pipkin lost his finger
and thumb. Was he in the war"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEACON !

"Mornin'," said the deacon,
ibid We ask me what we got2
Wa-al, now, kin tell ye
That we got an awful lot.
Marthy got neuralgy,
Georgie got tn rheumatic,
Susan got a back-crick,
An the brindle cow got friz,
Some thief got tn turkey,
An tn family's feelin' blue;
I'm Off t. git th' doctor
Huh? 'Umph yeah, same t. you"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

"CUP1D"-You ask how you shall
best prevent a quarrel with your in
amorata! Be still, Oh loving heart,
and draw comfort from the reflection
that your best girl isn't going to
break away from you until after
Christmas.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
WHAT TO GIVE.

"Our usual job lot of questions re-
lative to Christmas presents is coming
in again." remarked the editor of the
Bugville Elite Ar6ite,.
"Same old grist, I suppose ?" OBJ
served the assistant.
eyes, about the same. 'Madge'
wants to know what would be suit
able, inexpensive present for a gen.
tleman cousin over in Mudsock who
visited her last Summer ; also what
would be an appropriate gift, regard
less of expense, for gentleman
friend of that cousin who accompa-
MED him on his visit. old subscriber
wants to know if ton of coal would
be suitable present for his wife.
'Widower' wants to know of suita-
BILE gift for lady whom he knew as
a girl twenty years ago, and whose
husband has been deceased about two
months. Constant Reader wishes
the A16iter to inform her if one
pair of skates would be sufficient
present for one pair of boys. 'Reu-
ben writes that he is accustomed to
give his children calves for Christmas
presents, and he wishes to know, If
he presents an eight year old boy
with a seven months. old heifer, at
what age the heifer will become his
property again. But here's the hard
est one of the lot. A lady signing
herself Birdie wants to know of an
appropriate present for man who
acts as if he thought great deal OF
her and who has been going with
her for fourteen years.
"Tell her." replied the assistant
ito scan the columns of the At0zieT
for a good, reliable nerve-tonic:
Fourteen years, and hasn't proposed
yet Gee whiz p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

For THE use of young ladies who
may feel like making their swains
unhappy during these joyous times,
there is card with an envelope con-
tanning a small mitten attached.
But only very hard hearted ladies'
would send such a missive now.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

LITTLE ELMER-"Papa, why is it
more blessed to give than to receive :"
Professor Because, my
son, if you permit yourself to receive
you are compelled to give about three
times as much in return in order prop
erly to express your gratitude"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

'sYEs," said the Fairy Prince,
"you may have whatever you want
for a Christmas present" II will
choose" saio the Fortunate Person,
"either a wife or an automobile. :"
"How foolish p exclaimed the Fairy
Prince. "Why do you not select
something that you can manage Z"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

"WHAr are you writing, little
boy?" asked the old gentleman.
Christmas letters" responded the
youngster. Zone is to Santa Claus" "
"But you have two."
"Oh, the other is to the fat lady in
the museum, asking if she would
loan me one of her stockings to hang
up"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22
CHRISTMAS sUPERsTITIONs.

1t was popular belief that per-
sons born on Christmas or Good Fri
day had power to see and even COM
mand spirits, and in some districts
there was firm conviction that all
the cattle in their stalls fell upon
their knees just at midnight. An
other belief was that the bees ex-
pressed their alteration for the ma
tivity by singing" in their hives at
midnight; in some places it was be-
lieved that listeners might hear the
ringing of subterranean bells, and in
some mining districts the miners de-
clared that the cavern containing the
richest lode of ore was brilliantly
lighted up with candles and the mid
night service was chanted by unseen
choristers.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

CHRISTMAS Greens-the fellow:
that give presents to other fellows
girls.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

JoHNY Bug Why, what are you
crying about, Willy?
Willy Centiped-Boo hoo ! l
hung up my stockings, and Santa
Claus only put presents in thirty
nine of 'em Boo hool
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

MISS PERr-Yes. Jack and I are
engaged.
Miss Curt-Why, Jack hasn't said
anything about it.
Miss Pert-No; you are the first
person I've told. I haven't even
told Jack yet.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

ROB (who has been out to Christ
mas dinner Mrs. Freeman's cake is
better than ours, mamma.
Mamma hope you said "Thank
you" nicely.
Roy-Oh, yes, mamma. said it
FIVE times.
Mamma-You need only have said
it once, dear.
Roy-But had FIVE pieces of cake,
mamma.
cps TRYIN' ter raise money enough
ter git my wife new dress for Christ
mas, sah," said Uncle Ebony to Mr..
Featherstone.
"Ah, see. You want me to give
you some chores to do, uncle, eh!
"Well, no, sab. thought per-
haps you could git de old lady a JOB
at washn', sab p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-12-22

Fruit salad.
Chicken consOmme.
Radishes. Olives. Celery.
Escaloped lobster served in the shells. Brown-
bread sandwiches.
Sweethread and fresh mushroom pattieS.
Green goose and apple sauce. Fried sweet-po-
tatoes. Souffle spinach.
Waldorf salad, with walnuts. Camembert cheese.
Toasted crackers.
Plum pudding on fire. Brandy sauce.
IndfviduaI ices in the form of Santa Claus.
Cake. Fruit. Bonbons. Coffee.
The wines may be sherry and claret
or champagne.
When the dinner has been eaten
and the last course passed, the hos
tess will say, "Now every one draw
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

The wood is immersed for forty-elght
hours in hot, saturated solution Of
alum and then brushed over several
times with logwood decoction prepar.
ed as follows Boil one part of best
logwood with ten parts of water, filter
through linen and evaporate at gentle
heat until the volume Is reduced to one
half. To every quart of this add from
ten TO fifteen drops of Il saturated sOlu
ton of indigo, completely neutral. AT.
er applying this dye to the wood ruh
the latter with saturated and filtered
solution of verdigris in hot, conccntrat.
ed acetic acid, and repeat the operation
until black Of the desired intensity
is obtained. It must always be rcmcW
bered when handling chemicals that
great care must be taken to protect the
hands
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

According b John STOW, ,hronicrer
and autiquIry. about 1860, who wrote
and published Summarize Of Englysh
Chronicles Sir William Colllngwool
was executed in 1854 FOR writing the
following political squib, in a manner
which, In his day, was considered most
excellent wit
Tho rat. the cat and Lovel the dog
Rule all England under the Hog.
This was during the reign of Rich
ard Ill. at time when the chici
agents Of his evil schemes were Gates
by, Ratcliff and Lovel. Lovel was then
common name Tor a dog and AZ a
white boar was displayed on the kings
cscuichcon the reference TO a "hgs'
was obvious aud SO offensive Tia, Il
brought about tie writer's death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

"Ncvcr suppress a shccze," said the
trained nurse 30 the young woman
who had just performed that polite
act 1T Is great strain on all the
nerves and blood vessels Of the head.
as 1t throws all the action to the bacl,
Of the head instead Of letting It como
out Of the mouth safely and naturally.
The unusual and hard strain on lit
tie blood vessel that may be weak IS
likely to burst it and cause instant
death. \ loud sneeze does not sound
very nice, but It is Il safe thing to do
every time"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
Hart GETS Long Sentence.

Chicago. Dec. Sl.-Dr oliver b
Hart, son Of wealthy resident OF ST
Louis, who weeks ago pleaded guilty
to the murder OF Irene Klowkow, III
years old, in his residence in Rogers
Park last October. was sentenced by
Judge Barnes in the criminal court
to forty-hve years in the penitentiary
The child was left alone in the
house with Hart, who It was charged
at the trial, drugged her with NOR
phine and then mutilated her body.
The morphine resulted in the child's
death.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
OPPORTUNITIES NOW.

SffOh ! OlNl J lEO NOWs
one Of the. greatest railway men
in tho world has predicted that with
in twenty years the steam locomotive
will be found only in museums, and
that its place viii be supplied Dy the
electric motor propelling trains
across the continent at the rate Of IS
acros the continent at the rate of 75
miles an hour.
Such a possibility as this striking
ly illustrates the astonshingly rapid
rate of development in which the
mechanical world is progressing The
nineteenth century was the age OF
steam; the twentieth century is to be
emphatically the age of electricity.
No one can safely predict the
limits to which electrical develop.
ment will proceed, bus It is safe to
say that at the end Of this century
conditions Of life upon this globe will
be wonderfully changed from those
which now exist, by reason of the
increased ability Of man to control
this mysterious but marvellous force
TO his advantage.
Some discontented ones will tell
you, young man. that the more labor.
saving devices human intelligence
produces, the smaller are your
chances Of success. This is the dismal
plant Of short-sightcd, small-soulel
possimism Beware Of II.
1t was considered a labor.saving
device to build the steamship. but
the steamship has brought the whole
world into four very close and com.
pact corners. 1t was considered la
bor-saying device to build the locomo-
tive, but the locomotive takes you to
the open plains, the fertile valleys
and the gold-linod mountain sides, so
you can reach the harvests of the Al
mighty, which, had you relied on
your tired legs. could never have
been gained.
In the near years TO come New
York viii be only one in a mighty
chain Of great cities. Fifty years ago
San Francisco was only a village of
shacks. Thiry years ago the Omaha
and Kansas City the Seattle, the Los
Angeles. OF today were only misty
dreams of the few who dared to look
TO the future with faith.
The boy Of today has little TO fear
that the field is becoming o,ercrowd-
ed in our own country 1t is just being
opened. It is for the young men who
are just beginning to think what
wonderful world this is, to study well
the achievements of thepast and to
see in what manner they are to be
improved.
Never did he world call more loudly
more insistently, for young men with
force, energy and purpose-young
men trained to do some one thing
than today And every year that cry
grows louder, more insistent.
But the times demand men of large.
liberal, energetic minds, and the man
who insists on doing business in the
old-fashioned, humdrum way is as
much behind the procession as is the
man who insists on travelling with an
OK team instead of by railway.
No opportunities today?
Young man, when a small-souled
pessimist Kisses that lie at you, give
him the laugh, and dig in for your
big share of Gods great goodness to
this age of ours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
suppressins the Revolution.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-The policy
of representing the reyolutionists con
tinues with vengeance. A band of
terrorists is at work here. and last
night there were wholesale searches
for suspects, the city prisons are
overcrowded. the military reinforc9 p
ments are entering Courtland from
four sides. but leaders of the revolu-
tionists are imperturable. The papers
publish terrible pictures of the condi-
tions prevailing along the Siberian
railway.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
OfO

Seemingly Chief Engineer Stevens
of the Isthmian canal Is irldng under
the conditions imposed. He declares
that the construction Of the canal is
a business proposition and that it
ought to be treated as such; that
technicalitios should he dispensed
with. as there are enough obstacles
to be overcome without technicaliues;
that the oight-hour law the contract
labor law, the Chinese exclusion law
and the civil service law should be
imperative in so far as the canal is
concerned. In other words, Mr. Ste
vens shows that red tape methods
are hindrances to the work on the ca
nal, and that the only hope for sue
cess in the undertaking is to make
It free and let business principles ap.
ply Mr.. Stevens report is quite the
most sensible statement that has been
made concerning the canal. The ques-
ton is: viii he be permitted TO run
things in accordance with such prin-
clples?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

Mabelle Gilman denies the scandal
Gus reports which connect her name
with that of Steel Trust Magnate Co
rey. She says she is in Europe study
ing Christian Science, which, she de-
clares, Is consoling because It teaches
people TO mind their own business.
That Is about as strong an indorse-
ment of Christian Science G9 could
possibly be made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01


II is undoubtedly true that the NOR.
ais of community are raised or
lowered by its women, but how much
higher standards could be placed if
women and girls stood firm for the
high ideals. Girls did you ever stop
to think that the boys have more self
respect than the members of your
sex? There is not a young man of any
degree of responsibility who would
be seen walking down the street with
a drunken girl. You might search
the streets with a fine tooth comb and
then not find a young man who would
lock arms and go promenading with
n young lady who was putting a cieo
or squirting tobacco juice around on
the sidewalk Some girls have no hes
itancy in accepting the company OF
such characters and too many of them
are only too anxious to accept the
companionship heart and hand of
anything that wears pants.
Society will become refined when
the girls demand the boys who wish
to pay them attention the same puri-
ty Of character that the boys demand
OF the girls
over the head of the young ladies
OF the land hang the possibilities OF
the greatest reform that ever swept
over this country OF ours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

Are we to keep on sending soldiers
and more soldiers to the Philippines? ?
With 1900 of our best young man.
hood already there, what is the need
for $500 more VIII Mr. Taft please
explain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

1t is difficult to cure a cough or free
yourself from the discomforts of q
cold unless you move the bowels.
Bees Laxative Honey and Tar acts
on the bowels and drives all cold out
Of the system. For Group, whooping.
cough, colds. and all lung and bron.
chial affections, no remedy Is equal
to the original Bees Laxative Honey
and Tar. A Liquid Cold Cure. Sold by
City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
Camel cavalry.

1t is common to think Of camel the
proyerbial ship Of the desert, as a pa.
tient beast Of burden. Guided 10y skill.
ful hands. however it becomes Il very
formidable war steed The Somuli
warriors have ridden camels in many
fierce charges for generations. Mount
ed on the back OF an active camel with
a long spear for Il weapon, one of these
savages is an enemy TO be feared
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

Patrick-Phat's thot yez dug up.
Moikc? Mike-Only a clothespin. Pat.
rick Qndignantlyl--Only clothespin.
is it! och. but It's little poetry yez
have in y'r soul. Moike. T'ink av the
scores av shwate mouths thot same
clothespin may have been into-New
York Weekly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

Doubtless the future Mrs. Long
worth would better enjoy her honey
moon and the preparations therefor II
people would leave of profrering gifts
on account OF her strenuous papa. In
her eyes just now the president is not
the greatest man In the United States,
not by any manner OF means.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01

Along the central part of the Kongo
river there are number of salt marsh
es. The African digs shallow holes in
these whence issue streams of hot wa
ter. which, on being eyaporated, leaves
a rfsidue OF salt
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-01
"a Out OF pa

Pochahontas, Ark, Feb. H. 1905
81 gross DR.. MendenhalIs Chill
ana Fever Cure. have been selling
your Chill Cure for Z years and find
that "a out of 25 who once use II will
gict." D'"S
Sold by CITY Drug Store