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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

violent lickings than any other joy in
our whole young life.
No memory is more loaded with joy
germs than the Spring crop working
Can we ever forget the plowingY
How we held the plow when we had
to reach up with pike pole to get
the handles, how we drove the old
plug team. with the lines round our
neck; how, when the clevis broke the
mare walked away with our frail
body dragging behind by the ears?
When darkness came we stabbed the
plugs and went forth to milk the
brindle heifer. The heifer kicked us
across the barn floor and an old COW
obligingly kicked us back again.
Then when the milking was over.
what fun to turn in and teach fool
calf to drink! This acting as dry
nurse to handy legged calf was one
Of the most unmixed joys Of all. We
tied the calf short. set the bucket in
front Of him. got astraddle Of his
neck, stuck two fingers in bis mouth
and with the other hand jammed his
head into the pail. And all the time
we were empting out abuse on calves
in general and this lop-eared idiot in
particular. This went on until dad
came in and with loving patience
horsewhipped Us all about the place.
Then when We had carried in the
wood, brought 40 gallons Of water
from the spring and eaten about eight
pounds Of solid food we went joyfullv
upstairs-and came down again i'm
mediateiy to breakfast.
We often dream and wake to weep
for the days gone by when the hay
was ripe. We recall the old swamp
that always had to be cut by hand.
We recall little stones that we rasped
the edge of our blades on. We recall
the pretty snakes we stepped on with
our bare feet. We remember it all
with solemn gladness.
Well, well How it all comes back
to us From the Sunday Oregonian.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
HARKING BACK TO
B0YH00D'S HAPPY DAYS
Turn Backward o Time in Your
Flight a nd Make Me a Child
Once Again."

Yes, sir Boyhood's happy days. Of
course. We know about that. We
haven't forgotten the joy of sleeping
in an unfinished loft in Winter when
our breath froze to the bedding and
We had to thaw Us out with hoi
fiatiron every morning.
Morning. too! We got up at 4 a.
M, pitch dark, "a below zero and still
going down. We had to get up, hns.
tie out and feed and milk the lowing
herd, curry the rear elevation of the
family mule. wake the rooster up to
crow, thaw out the pump. chop four
cords of wood and shovel away the
snow to make room for the sun tn
l'risal
Sometimes We went to school in
the Winter-not often. Only on the
days when it was too cold and stormy
TO 60 outdoors. Then we sat on q
nice, cool board about 80 feet away
from, the stove and gayly blew at ouI
fingers and picked icicles from oul
hair. And, as we sat, we listened tc
wooden image with a teacher
license as he handed us misinforma.
tion and permanently crippled our in
tellects.
Then came the merry Springtime
Rise at $3.50 a. m. More lowing herd
The herd, owing to the supply Of
fodder being low. Then the hired
man. who had hibernated in the
forest, came forth seeking whom he
might make happy with his presence.
And we. being in need of etxra joy,
were allowed to sleep with this woody
hireling, who snored like the boom Of
the sad sea waves. He was gooc
fellow, this hired man. He taught III
to chew tobacco and swear. These
gentle pastimes procured us more
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
A Miraculous Cure.

The following statement by H. NJ.
Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa. will
interest parents and others: A
miraculous cure has taken place In
years and was pronounced incurable,
when we read about Electric Bitters,
and concluded to try it. Before the
second bottle was all taken we noticed
change for the better, and after TAX
ing seven bottles he was completely
cured" It's the np-to-date blood
medicine and body building tonic.
Guaranteed. SOC and Sl0O at all
druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
FREE DELIVERY
IN ANCIENT TIMES
Indians Had One for Generations n $
Says One Who Has
Investigated.

Archaeological research reveals
many important details of the do
nestle economy Of ancient times.
but practically nothing that indicates
the character or even the existence of
what are today regarded as vital
branches Of an adequate public SER
vice" says Frank Abial Flower in
Records of the Past. Perhaps there
were no such branches in those times.
and perhaps there were many Of
which We have no inkling, because
they were organized, like an after
noon reception, in such form that they
could and actually did disappear
without leaving palpable traces be-
hind
"The general delivery of private
information from house to house,
theoretically at public expense. and
actually under government regulation.
is supposed to have been unknown to
the ancients of all periods; but l can
state that one of the most effective as
we'll as one Of the most interesting
systems of rural free delivery every
conceived was in use for untold gener-
atious by the Indians on the north
shore Of Lake Superior, especially the
Pillagers, and Il suppose prior to the
Generalization wrought by the ad-
vent Of the Caucasianl by the Indians
of other localities.
Under the tribal law, every person
who travels over the trail must ex-
anime the contents of each post Office
that lie passes for the purpose OF for
warding any messages which are de-
liverable in the direction that he is
pursuing. II the first person who
passes the cache or post Office in
which l have deposited my letters
knows my family or where they live.
and expects to Sc them, he must take
the message to them. II he intends
to go only a portion Of the way, he
copies my message. leaves the origi-
nal as he found it, and deposits his
copy in the last post Office that he
passes on his journey toward my wig
wan.
"If another person comes into the
trail on the hither side of this copy,
he must repeat the operation described,
delivering the copy to my family or
his own copy into the last cache on
the road he travels in their direction.
~ asked the civil chief of the
Pillagers how long his people had
used this beautiful and effective free
delivery system, and he replied.
always
GAS the Pillagers claim to be the
aboriginal natives of the soil where
the remnant of their tribes is now
located, and as the tepee Of the pres
ent hereditary chief overlooks the
graves of more than 30 generations of
his ancestors, the term always in
this case must mean, at the lowest,
mny, many centuries.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
ro cure a COLD In one Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quin.
inc Tablets. Druggists refund money
If it fails to cure. f. W. GROVES
signature is on each box. 25c.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14

Cough yourself into a fit of spasms
and then wonder why you don't get
we'll. If you will only try bottle of
Ballsrd's Horehound Sryup your
cough will be thing of the past. 1t
is positive cure for coughs. in
fiuenza, Bronchitis and all Pulmonary
diseases. One bottle will convince
you-at your druggist, 25c, DOC. s1.OO
at Rotermunds aud National Drug
Co.
AS nearly as possible 5000 gallons
of freshwater are used in a large
battleship daily. About two-thirds
of this is taken up by the boilers, and
the remainder is used for drinking,
washing, cooking, etc.
Justice blanks at the Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
Avoid alum land alum phos-
phate baking powders. The
label law requires that all
the ingredients be named
on the labels. Look out
for the alum compounds.

NOTE Safety lies in buying only
Royal Baking Powder, which is a
pure, cream Of tartar baking powder,
and the best that can be made.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

children's day and il is properly the
most glorious day of the year in the
civilized world It is the day on which
we visa to see their faces glow wi
the happiness and wonder that comes
With a reaiize ion of their most arden.
hopes: and TIE week before we love
10 hear their lanciful prattle of things
to come
In rec gnition Of all this The Bull
letiu presents this morning another
long list Of letters to Santa Claus,
in which some Of them probably eX
press their hearts de1ires more plainly
than they could with their unframed
tongues if they were confronted by
the kind old gentleman himself in his
most familiar character. There are
over fifty If these letters and it IS
safe to say they will receive more
general ami more careful attention
than any other feature in the paper.
Santa Claus will have to hustle 70
comply with all the requests, for h.
has only one day left to attend 80
them all. Bat it is matter of record
that as a hustler" Santa Claus has no
equal. so Fl is safe to say that he VIII
rot miss any Of the correspondents OF
The Bulletin. Here are the letters;
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Dear Santa Claus: As j, is almost
time for YOU To come ! thought
would write and tell you what
wanted for Christina 80 You would
no. bring me something / already
have Now Santa Claus I want a doll
awfully bad, a stove. doll hat, d
game, an umbrella, a tlicyce Please
do not forga the little poor children
Fill their stockings as fun as mine
MARY ELIZABETH THIELECKE
1908 Washington Ave
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Over Half a Hundred Cairo Chill.
dren Tell Their Good Old
Friend What to Do
For Them
AND He WILL HAVE TO HUSTLE

Our children" fragile beginnings Of
4 mighty end are they living, for the
time IN the world Of Imagination ami
feeling, investing the most insignit-
cant object with any form they please
and seeing in it whatever they wi4h
10 see-"of such is the Kingdom
They are, and Of right ought always
to be, the objects Of our tenderes.
care. for they viii be by force Of cir
cumstances the ultimate beneGciaries
Of all our striyngs-if there were no
children today there would be nc
world tomorrow
Christmas is above all things the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
BOY Fron Murphysboro.

Dear Santa Claus: I used 10 I've IN
Cairo but have moved 20 Mrrphys
boro. I was afraid Won would De look
ing for me in Caro-. So ] thought
would write 20 ven 10 y0u would know
where to find me. 7 want a doll q
buggy. set of dishes. chairs and table
AID a hilo TO set my do1iie in when
she eas dinner. Nv little brother
Edwin. wants an engine. No. 1856. just
Ike my paps Don't forget my
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Dear Old Santa Claus ] am a lit.
tie boy four years old and have be n
good for long time Pleas, bring me
la tricycle. and / want a street car and
ian automobile some nuts and candy
apples and oranges Bring me a big
ba ket of grapes. Santa Claus don t
forget my little sister Hilda. She
wants a doll buggy and a little stove.
So come and see MS at 223 Thirty.
second street Goo1-br Santa Claus
DORSEY STOTTS.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Gun. Rainhat. Monkey, Etc.

Dear Santa: Christmas is almost
here and | want to let you know
what ! want. Please bring me a gun
a rainhat and monkey also candy
nuts dates figs and orange; also
please bring NE a Christmas tree.
Your friend,
JOHN c. KIERCE
sos Twenty second street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
An Air Rifle.

Dear Santa Claus: am a little
boy 10 years old and live at 800
Twentieth street. | wan an air rife a
pair Of rubber boots, bass drum, a
raincoat and hat, some nuts and
candy and oranges and bananas, That
will be all for this time
Your little friend
OLIVER AUSTIN STIER.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
From
MONA TAYLOR.


Dear Santa Christmas Is almo {
here and have been a good little
girl hope you will come o see US
again and bring me a range with all
the cooking Utensils and a tub. wash
board. yringer, close horse and pins:
large table and set of furs and lots
Of candy. oranges dates nuts, etc.
and "a Christmas rec This is all
want but please DO not forget my lit
tie sister. Elizabeth She wants a
chair. rag doll, white dresser with q
looking glass. horn and lots of candies
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
He Loves Santa Claus.
Good Little Boy Warts Engine

SS@ -'NN'~ ASJ " 4'heo LhSi'c'
Dear Santa Claus am a little boy
six Yeas old and am going to schoo
for my first time and | am a good lit
tie boy 50 viii you please be good tc
me. want little engine and train
and a wagon and a bicycle, a doll
some fruit and candy. Don't forget
my two little sisters, for they want
some pretty things too. And my
mamma and papa. guess that is all
Cood-by Santa Claus
Your little friend
WILLIE RAGSDALE,
AS Twentyninth street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
EDWIN WILSON.
29l0 Sycamore Street.

Dear Santa Claus: / have a cousin
ard aunt that came TO stay with us
till Christmas donf forget them.
You know love you. SO does my
sister and brothers. This Is what
want for Christmas. want an engine
that runs on tracks a story book, a
game a loop The loop, big wagon
and a bank My brother Willie wants
a magis lantern, and train of cars
Bring My brothers Howard. Albert
and cousin Arthur what you think
best for little children. Don't forget
my sister she is 10 years old, bring
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Grandpa OHM in Cairo, and my
Grandma Kiley in Vienna, Bring them
q Tot Of candy and oranges My big
sister Hazel, wants doll that can
talk and walk. My brother, Frank,
wants an air rifle and any other old
thing you have got Please, Santa
Claus, don't forget me with hfty
bushels Of love to you
Lorraine KlLEY,
1926 Pine Street, Murphysboro H.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Doll With Golden Hair

Dear Old Santa Claus l want you
TO bring me a doll with golden hair
and one that can 30 to sleep, and
want her dressed in blue with blue
hat and slippers ana stockings, and
! want an iron bed with pillows and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

last Christmas. think you can guess
what | want, Please bring me n
magic lantern. a black board and a
suit Of clothes and whatever else you
want to- BE sure TO bring sister big
dell and whatever else she wan s.
Please don't forget little John Thomas
as he never has as yet seen a Christ
mas Your l.tlIe boy
CHARLES ORRICK, TR.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Sack Of ORANGES.

Dear Santa Claus This is what
want for Christmas A big doll that
viii go TO sleep. doll buggy with
parasol now dress. sack of oranges
and apples and a lot of nuts and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Dear Santa Claus; I am going IL
ell you what want for Christmas.
wan a lot # nice candy. oranges anC
luts and other nice little toys
IN going 10 hang my stockings M
}nd Won, must come dowa the chimney
md fill them up. Please do not mis-
our house for my number is 40,
Twentieth street. and my name is
MARIE MILLER.
P. 81 guess this Is an 7 Wan-. 50
goodbye Santa Claus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

mattress and some cover fer dolly
so she won't get cold ! want a Ii tie
trunk 10 put dolly's clothes in and
want a set OF dishes and table This
win be ell until next time Coed by
Santa. From
ERMA DANIDGE,
IA Douglas street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

candy. Please don't forget Mary But
Ter because she has been very sick
ana ! know she would like some
hing nice, too. think this is all
until next Christmas. Be sure and
BRING my doll.
BEATRICE HASKINS
GIG Center street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23


Dear Old Santa Claus: ! don't live
IN Cairo. My home is in Milburn, Ky.
| am at Cairo on a visit and have seen
lots Of things. ! would like to have
my homo. It was burned up last
week and lost my toys, books and
my clothes, So will be glad to get
nest anything. | would like to have
gins and some fire crackers and some
apples oranges, bananas and a stock
ing cap. want some figs and
ra si1s and candy There are some
Other things would like TO have but
wonT ask for them because You
might think wanted to much Cool
bye, With love from
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

long time and mamma says she will
tell you | am good little boy when
you come down the chimney Christ,
mas Eve Good by old Santa Claus.
Your friend,
MIKE SHANAHAN,
227 Seventeenth street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Brass Monkey and Other Things.

Dear Old Santa Claus: will
write You a few lines TO let you know
what want you to bring me for
Chris mas. Santa Claus I Jaw your
picture in The Bulletin this morning
and mamma told me to write you be
fore you left town to go see the
other little BOYS and girls Wei. CID
SANITY. ] wan, you To bring me little
brass monkey. a rocking horse. a tin
horn. fire wagon. a little cap pistol
want that animal show al the fair
aud want that little cho0-choo ar the
Kress store That is all ] want This
u.-e. ] haven't had a whipping in a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Maoic Lantern.

Dear Santa Claus. Please bring
me a magic lantern AID pictures, a
loop the loop. Irish mail cartridge pis-
toll and bullets, a whistle story book,
game a Jraiucoat rainhat and boots,
/ wan some oranges, nuts. apples.
cgnday and bananas and want a
Christmas tree.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
22S Twenty-Gfih steet.

Dear Santa Claus am a little
girl want You to bring me a doll
and a doll buggy, a little dresser and
doll bed, a little wash stand and
rocking chair and set of tin dishes
and a piano. want the big doll that
+ in The window at he Fair. am a
little girl four years old. Oh yes
want some nuts, oiauge- and candy.
This is all | want tnis tim. Please
don't forget me Dear Santa
Your friend.
MARION Y. A. LEMAY.
52G Eleventh street
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

her something nice, and my father
mother and aunt something nice too.
From your friend.
GEO ERICKSON.
712 Thirty fifth street
p. S.-You will find the plates on
the table Christmas Eve. Don't forge.
he nuts. cand and oranges GoOd-by
Santa.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Eurs and Ferfume.

Dear Santa Claus: want a fur
and muf. a pair of kid gloves and a
pair of shoes money bank. a little
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Magic Lantern and Blackboard.
Dear Santa Claus have never
written you a letter before. hut Is
you brought me just what wanted
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Dear Santa Claus am lttia
girl Z seven years old and ] want a
Christmas tree. rocking chair and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

basket with bottle of perfume.
doll bed candy, oranges. banana.
nuts apples and all kinds of nuts,
some hair ribbon three inches wide.
! want red That is all for this time.
love you so dearly.
From
MONA TAYLOR,
ioT Walnut street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

Dear Santa Claus | am little
girl just six years Old. / will now tell
Won what | want | want little piano.
want a doll with red Fix dress on,
want a little den bed, ! want a it,
tie doll house want a set Of dishes.
want a nice GOLD ring, ! want a
basket Of oranges want sack of
apples, and | want a box of candy.
Dear Santa please remember every
little girl and boy that has no papa
nor mamma and take them something
niee.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

a doll, candy ana everything good
Please bring my brother something
too Good-by.
Your friend,
ZORYADA NANCE,
22S Twanty-Gflh steet.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

CONCLUDED on page 100
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23
Your little friend
ENA PANCER.


241o Sycamore street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-23

SANFORD MARMADUKE,
Christmas Tree.

7oS Tweny.third street
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
LARGEST AIRSHIP'S FLIGHT
DELAYED SEVERAL DAYS
INITIAL TRIP POSTPONED BY A
GAS LEAK
That Companies Are
Eager to Get Inventor Cullinan's
Enterprise If II Proves to Be Sue
cessful-CroWds Look on Device

The flight Cf the American Eagle,
the largest airship in the world, will
probably not occur until the middle of
this week. Unexpected leaks have de-
veloped in the gas machine and 1t does
not seem likely that it will be repaired
in time for the ship to get into the
air for three or four days at least.
P. e. Cullinan, the inventor, has two
men working on the generator and he
hopes to make the trial trip soon. The
framework of the Eagle Is finished in
aluminium paint and is a handsome
piece of work. The engine has been
completely tried out and is in perfect
working order.
Several offers have been made to
Cullinan by amusement enterprises
conditional upon the success of the ex-
pertinent, and from all the information
which can be obtained the ship is the
most practical which has ever been
made in this country. The application
of several inventions of Mr.. Cullinan
which have never been tried on an air.
ship before would seem to indicate that
the machine Is to be q success.
AS soon as the gas machine Is re-
paired and working properly the two
huge bags will be inflated and the trial
will be made.
The residents OF the southeastern por-
tion of the city are taking great in
terest in the machine and every after
noon when Mr.. Cullinan is at work
there large crowds of the curious gaze
at the machine that is intended to
navigate the air.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
ValenCiennes Laces and Insertions
Sc Per Yard Sc

An o
o
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
MUSIC AND
THE DRAMA
Sunday Music at Venice

The announcement that the Ellery
band has but a fortnight longer to re-
main in Southern California will I'M
doubtedly be sufficient to crowd the
Venetian gardens to suffocation at both
concerts today. The program to be
presented are on the usual scale of ex-
cellence long since established by the
Ellery band and will include music of
all schools and countries. At the after
noon concert Liszts Second Hungar-
ian Rhapsody" Mascagni's "Caval-
leria" and Puccinis "Boheme" will be
the principal attractions Verdrs
"Areldo" overture and "Lombardi"
chorus are also on the list, and Sig.
Taddeo will play the ''Inhammatus"
from Rossini's "Stabat Mater" In the
evening, by special request will be re-
peated for the third time in six days,
Verdi's lovely "Forza del Destino," in
which the trombone playing of Sig.
Lomonte has caused a sensation among
lovers of tonal perfection. "Mefistofele"
will also be played and Rubinstein's
"Kammenoi-Ostrow" followed by the
"Miserere" from "Trovatore." sig.
Palma will give Ferullos beautiful
"Romanza," for trumpet, during the
evening.