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The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

degrees of dirtiness Some of them have no nationality or size to speak of, but they are all dirty That is one of the sacred privileges of boyhood.
 Some of the deeper shades of dirt have faded off the hands and faces of the lads i'll the Newsboys' home situ- ated near Newspaper row in New York. The SaminS who lodge there are required to wash occasionally and to take q bath once | week. Somehow the little chaps rather like the novel experience. Maybe it is the shower bath that reconciles them And then they have chance to douse each other and do athletic stunts. The average boy has no objection to water as such provided lie can get his whole body in it. He will even run off and take the chance of a licking 10 go swimming. It is the application of water to his hands and face that gals his proud spirit
 There are various newsboys' homes in the larger cities of the country, but 1t is believed that the New York in stitution is the parent one. It has been in existence something over half a century. It has reclaimed number less waIfs. returned runaway lads to their parents, besides furnishing q home for regiments Of boys that had no other shelter Meals. and of q good. substantial sort at that. may be had for ! cents. while beds range all the way from , to 15 cents. The fifteen cent cots are in q room to themselves that the boys call the Waldorf. it is proud day when an urehin gradu- ates into this exclu siye bunch.
 The newsboys lodging house has an odd savings bank into which the occu- pants can drop their pennies. IL con- sists of a number of numbered and locked boxes with sits in the top, and here the lads deposit their small earnings. They receive interest on these deposits, and If the amount grows sufficiently large it is taken out and placed in some nearby savings bank There have been a few accounts that grew to a thousand dollars or more. but these were not from regular
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25
Holly Superstition.

There are many traditions connected with holly-one that il is unlucky to 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 for the Christmas decoration is smooth or rough the wife or the husband will be master. \ bunch of holly with ter ries must be broken from holly which has been used in church decoration and kept until the next Christmas 10 pro tect from lightning and insure lucky year.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25
Notice of Presenting Petition
 fer a New County Road.

Notice is hereby given that a petition will
 be presented to the County Court of Wash
 ingtQn County. Arkansas, on Monday, tie 4th day of January 1909 the same being the hrst day ot the January term. 1909 of said court, asking that uew public or county road be established i'll said county on and over and across the lands, and as nearly on
 the lines as may be- as described and indi eated by the following copy from said peti ton, tosWit
 Beginning at the Southeast corner of tie
 tween the lands of ( F. Tillman and Frank
 Satts, to the SW. corner of the lands of l..
 Brown iii the SFA of the NE4 of said Sec
 tion; thence making detour bearing North
 east, and back III NoIthwesterly direction
 to the West line of said SE14 of NEh of said
 Section near the Northwest corner thereof: thence III North westerly direction on the
 lands of (. F. Tillman, B. W. Graham V (
 G1aham ,,a apd F Andy i , Graham s1 to the North
 Rods Wsst 6 of the NE corner @ sSr' said last st
 T: J Graham and V. (. Graham; thence in "a
 East of the NV corner of the NE4 of the passing over the lands of T. | Graham and J. w. Graham thence in a Nortl-westefly
 direction over the lands of J. ". Graham. to
 intersect the Old Nanwinkle Mill Road
 Also beginning at the NV corner of the
 SEA ot the NEa of Sec. B Ill Twp Is N. of
 Rge. 22 West, and running, thence East along the line between the lands of J. l..
 Brown and Ghas. Graham, a distance of
 about % rods, to the foot of hill: thence in | a North east direction along the most ac i eessable route, passing over the lands of stead to the North line of the SW14 of the SWl4 oi Sec. 27 i'll Twp. Is N. of Rge 29 West, at point about Is rods West of the East to tue SE. corner of the NEft of the S& T oi sad Sec 23, passing between the | lahdS ei l;dnond Wright and F.. B Olm- stead ] N Hauphey and F. E oltnstead. thence North between the land of J. w lfaHghey and NJ. E Mayo, to 9 point near Rge. p West, to an intersection af the Ben tonville and Huntsville road-all i'll Wash ington County, Arkansas
 J. l.. Brown and 5 others
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

ONE BROKER WAS HoISTED ON TO THE FALL the great rubber sphere, while the shouting reached a pitch to drown out the band. Finally one broker was hoisted on 10 the ball. which promptly was kicked out from under him. But though his legs were in the air. he was kept from falling and again resained his feet Then the ball was rolled to- ward the high platform of the chair man, when another effort was made to whirl 1t out from under the brokers feet Leaping. he caught an edge of the platform. scrambled over the rail ing and gravely shook hands with the venerable and dignified presiding of f1cer The hilarious ceremony was wound up by collection being taken for the messenger boys and attendants, which mounted up to thousands of dol lars
 Whatever new methods of playing horse will be introduced in high finance circles for the Christmas eve festivi- ties this year it is certain tha, the men who make and wreck fortunes Will en- Joy themselves.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25
TAWNEYS TORTURED FEET
The Minnesota Representatives Early
 RecOIIections of Christmns.

Early Christmas recotlections are associated in my mind always" says Representative James A. fawney of Minnesota, with the picture of d great and beautiful church lighted in every part with wax thousands of wax tapers--a surpliced 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. a breakfast of ginger cookies and pair of stiff crulnpled boots, which made every step of a three mile trudge through the darkness Il twinge of exquisite pain.
 II was nine years old. My brother was twelve, and with superior strength and determination he oyerruled my de- sire, due to the boots. to turn back for home The trouble arose from the fact that we had tallowed 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 plodded on.
 Tt was our first Christmas festiyity. We lived on a farm two miles from Bonneouyille. in Adams county. Pa. and brother had conceived the idea of going to mass at the Catholic church three miles distant For this purpose we had risen before . ocloek in the morning, had quietly abStracted some cakes from the jar in the cellar, and. as I have described painfully I trudged to the town and the big church
 "It seemed big to the nineyear-old boy, and it seemed gorgeous in it's il- lumination Wax candles I never had heard of and so many never dream ed existed We edged in with the crowd and stood at the rear of the church. and my boy eyes drank in a scene which never has been nor prob ably will be forgotten. Ii was won derful, spectacular, dramatic to me, and that picture punctuates the vista of past Christmas days like striking work of art in a gallery of vaguely re- membered pictures. es."-Pittsburg Press.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25
GGhGrSstMnaS of
 Bulls and Bears
By JAMES ARTHUR

6NHE Christmas spirit is about the
 only thing traded in on Dee 21
 O on Wall street. and the brokers
 have a celebration each year that literally jars things loose The fea- lures of this ceremony vary. but the horseplay does not. The brokers let off the tension and have good time generally. The festivities begin at noon and sometimes last for several hours The galleries fill early. mostly with wives and sweethearts of the members on the floor The Stock Ex. change is liberally draped with green and red. The Seventh Regiment band is on hand and as the chairman sounds the gong begins playing The Star Spangled Banner" or some other patri- otic air Sometimes an elaborate pro gramme is arranged made up of min= strel acts. coon songs. comic talks and similar performances But whatever the especial form of the entertainment. the bulls and bears conduct themselves in much the same way. They make Rome howl Hats are smashed: bags of confetti are thrown at the ladies in the gallery, who in turn empty the contents over the heads and shoulders of the shouting brokers below.
 If there happen to be new members they are initiated" and are carried about the room in yelling procession to the music of the band On one such occasion an amateur football game was played in the great chamber of the Stock Exchange. Afterward the members indulged in a cakewalk for an immense forty pound cake, which was temptingly displayed on the chair mans balcony. One staid old fnancier played the plano, another strummed on . guitar. while the younger brokers cut
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

RRAH for some fun !" cried a m isc hie VOWS stocking.
 And then. in a way that was reall quite shocking. wig sled and wasgled and pulled al its toe
 Till a wee little hole b C e a n swiftly to sroW.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

dId clepl III di- leyways. but he probably did He would not have been full tedged newsy otherwise. not i'll New York at any rate. and that was where he soid ''papes. Some people who got taeir start yelling "CXtry" do net want tue fact mentioned HOW that they have be- come judges and things like that. but others just as high up in the world are not so particular Abe Lincoln never concealed the fact that he split rails and clerked i'll q store Nor is it related that Garfield was ever ashamed of having driven mules on q toWpath Mark Twain never made any bones of telling that he had been t printers devil and cub pilot. II is not related that Robbie Burns ever denied having been q ploWman, that Aesop ever tried 10 crawl out of having been slave or that the Man of Nazareth ever sought to refute the story that he was born in a manager. If so, why should nybody blush at having sold papers? Especial ly 50 when experience proves that there are few better schools for de yeleping keenness, independence and manliness. Look at the next little chap from whom you buy d paper, for he may be president some day
 New York has over 2..5h8 newsles. They are Of all nationalities. sizes aud
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25
Artificial snow

White cotton slightly smeared with mucilage and sprinkled with common salt or diamond dust will make the best wintry effect. For store window or table decoration 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 and dipping in gum ara bic water and then sprinklng with flour. Snowfall effect can be produced by taking toy balls and covering with cot ton wool.-Bee Hive.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

inc, ,.oitIo with BOXING IN TIE GYM in them, Older ' s''
 folks who witness the spectacle laugh with their mouths and weep with their eyes to see it. It is doubtful if any other scene in life contains SD much of both the grotesque and pathetic.
 Outside of the spread at the home, many of the papers often arrange feasts for the urchins who sell .papes. '' Mir Randolph Guggenheimer fills a large collection of empty newsbGy stomachs on Washington birthday.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

feast however, and they religionsly avail themselves of this privilege II is q point of etiquette for an Indian guest to carry away what he cannot devour. and these little chaps are the Indians or the streets.
 But how they dc enjoy that Christ mas dinner, No epicure ever got more delight out of an educated but sated appetite than do the New York gamins out of their turkey. potatoes swimming
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

ERE you ever a newsboy 7 Well. don { get offend ed. Hun d reds of other good r eo D e have
 beea. d Ill o Il z
 them governors. con gressn en, merchants. law yers, ban k CTS and even minis ters General F Il i l Sheridan was 0 II . e q Il CIV boy and
 was proud of the fact. It is not related that he shot craps nnlZ1lntRt@in aI=
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

It takes woman to conceal the things she doesn't know, but mans ignorance is always cropping out.
The Springdale news., 1908-12-25

in gravy. cran- berry sauce and m Tn ce pies. Long before the hour for tn Q spread they gat her a bout the doors. fight ing for places. like hungry bunch of Eng fish sparro W s over q worm. How they stum- ble, leap and swarm up the stairways, slide for their places and get busy flling@the ach-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

Michigan, son of the former United
States minister to China; Charles Den
by, another son, who Is now consul
general at Shanghai; Senator Spooner
and some others in an endeavor to rem
edy conditions. He eXerted his infiu-
ence to obtain the passage by congress
of bill creating the United States
court for China. Lebbeus Redmond
Wiley Of Missouri, who had been Mr..
Tafts attorney general in the Philip
pines, was named as judge.
Mr.. Taft from the first took a deep
personal interest in the work Of Judge
Wilhey and his court. In q way he
supervised its work and was frequent
ly appealed to by Judge Wil1ey for ad-
vice as to procedure and other details.
The lack of adequate laws hampered
Judge Wilfey, but by proceeding in ac-
cordance with the common law he
quickly made the court effective With
in few months after the court was
organized Shanghai and other cities In
China where conditions were such as
to require 1t were thoroughly and dras.
tically cleaned up. Shyster American
lawyers were dsbarred, so that the
gamblers, disreputable women and 9TH
er offenders against the law were de-
rrvrd Of legal support. The reputable
American lawyers in good standing
aided Judge Wiley. Heavy fines and
terms Of Imprisonment exercised a de-
terrent effect upon the Iawbreakers,
many Of whom summarily fed from
China before the court could bring
them to account for their misdeeds.
When Mr.. Taft was in Shanghai
last fall he was heartily thanked and
congratulated by the law abiding
Americans there for the part he had
taken In removing the stigma from
the American flag and restoring the
good fame Of the national name in the
orient. In his speech before the Amer
lean association in China he paid a
high tribute to Judge Wilhey. saying
In part:
"Our government was fortunate in the
selection as the first judge of the court
of a gentleman who had had four
years experience in the orient as at
torney general Of the Philippines and
who went to Shanghai with an inti-
mate knowledge of the method of unit
ing In one administration the princi-
pies Of the common law Of the United
States with the traditions and condi-
tions of foreign country His policy
in raising high the standard of admis-
sion to the bar and in promoting the
vigorous prosecution OF American vio-
lators Of law, which eliminated from
that community many undesirable
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22

congress. Experience has demonstrate
ed that a Democratic congress cannot
be depended upon to work out any
great system of reform. No reform
In administration or In legislation has
ever come about under a Democratic
regime. AS at present constituted the
Democratic party is made up of too
many tsms to be safe In handling
great questions Of political economy.
Two great questions will soon come up
for legislation-a revision of the tariff
and a remodeling Of our currency sys-
tenn. Twice since 1880 the Democrats
have attempted tariff legislation, and
twice the business of the country was
brought to the verge Of ruin and hun
dreds Of thousands of workingmen
were thrown out Of employment.
Twice within the last thirty years the
Democratic party has set up its stand
ard Of monetary legislation. First 1t
declared in favor of putting the print
ing presses to work In manufacturing
greenbacks without limit and. second,
by declaring for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at the ratio of 16
to l. No evidence has been furnished
that the party has recanted from its
stand for fat money. Is it safe to
trust the party now?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
AT THE COMING ELECTIONS !"
Oct. SwG

AT THE COMING ELECTIONS"
We ask you without hesitation ia
give us liberal portion of your bust,
ness income in order to save that in
come in future years.
THE EXPENSE is ESTIMATED
TO REACH SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS"
Contributions already received
range from $4,000 downwards."
Shortly after this letter was put in
the mails the saloon keepers of the
state, of whom there are 5000. receiv-
ed calls for individual offerings OF
500. This made total of $500, ,0OO-
That being deemed insufficient, a Sec
ond call to the same people is con-
templated. 1t is said several thou
sand saloon keepers have sent to.
Personal Liberty league Headquarters.
in Cincinnati their second $1OO. From.
the saloonists Of the state alone a.
fund of $l,500,000 is available, and to-
this must be added the hundreds Of
thousands subscribed by the brewers,
makers and all the other allied inter-
ests.
1t is probable that never in Ohio,
political history has so much money
been spent as the liquor interests are,
spending this fall. Men who are will.
ing to sell their services to the whis
ky leaders and will get out and work
for Harmon can obtain almost any
price they ask. The Personal Liberty
league is devoting a great deal Of its
attention to the labor unions. Lead
ers in the labor movement are offered
IS day from now until election il
they will merely talk Harmon and a.
liberal liquor policy to their fellow
workmen This is not idle rumor, be,
cause loyal Republicans, and Demo-
Gratis who are inclined to rebel
against liquor domination In their
party, are being approached every
day with such offers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
TWO MILLION TO
DEFEAT HARRIS
That Is Amount Liquor League Has
Slowed In the Bank.
LARGEST FUND IN OHIO HISTORY

SaIoonkeepers Were Taxed $500 EacF
and Call Was Repeated - None,
Used LaVishIy Wherever There |.
Chance to Create Sentiment
Against "UncIe Andy"
Approximately $2,OOOOOO is the
amount of the fund raised for this
campaign by the interests bent or
the defeat of Governor Andrew L
Harris; a sum great enough, if the
electorate of Ohio were corrupt, tc
pay 81 for every vote in the state. A
$2,OOO,000 bank roll is the impetus
given the opposition to a governor
whose only Offense, even in the eyes
or MS enemies, was signing his name
to a bill passed by a legislature with
Democratic senate and a Republi-
can house.
Early i'll the campaign the Personal
Liberty league, organized and con-
trolled by the brewers of Ohio and
which has loudly indorsed the candi.
dacy of Judson Harmon, sent out let
ters soliciting contributions to a fund
for the purpose of comprising the de.
feat OF Governor Harris. The letter
was signed by J. George Jung, secre.
tary of the MOrlein Brewing COM
pany; Louis ]. Hauck, president Of
the John Hauck Brewing company;
Albert Muhlhauser of the Windisch-
Mulhauser Brewing company; j. Wal
ter Freiberg, president of the Frei-
berg and Workum company; Fred
Weterer, treasurer of the Wetterer
Brewing company; Percy Andrae,
president Of the Brewers Board of
Trade; d. I. Johnson, vice president
of the Susquemac Distilling company,
and a number of other men promi-
nent in the same lines of business.
Here are few extracts from the
letter:
The league has been formed
throughout the state of Ohio for the
of defeating the prohibition
element, which has gained practical
control or our Legislative body. 1t is
imperative that it be largely and lib,
orally supported by those whose fu-
ture business existence is either
wholly or in part conditional upon the
success of tne efforts now being en-,
ergetically put forth to save it from
total destruction"
I'VE propose to put several hun
dred workers in the field throughout
the state to stir up the masses
against the spirit of fanaticism that
Is threatening our livelihood and our
liberty, and dNSTRUCTING THEM
HOW AND FOR WHOM TO VOTE
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
A CHANCE FOR YOU TO HELP ELECT TAFT,

Hrck appointed by the
collecting funds
Butler Youngstown j. d. Ellison Colum-
L. odE Mathe Cleveland; John Tod Youngs-
town and Wilcox Sandusky.
mittee following for funds
policies of Republican
of the liberal aid given
committee in former campaigns
they anor to be OUTSIDE
Of Ohio the Republican candidate for pes
Of utmost
the United States from the state OF ONO
All ORDERS
General e. A.
Cuyahoga Building CleVe
the credit of the people OF the state OF ONO %
possible"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
7AFT'S WORK IN CHINA
He RehabiIitated Our National
Reputation.
CHECKED COURT ABUSES.
Cleared the United States Banner
From the Dshonor That American
Criminals Had Brought Upon It.
Readjusted Consular Service.


From the Dishonor That American
Criminals Had Brought Upon It.
Readjusted Consular Service.
1t was chiefly through the influence
and at the instigation of Mr.. Taft that
the recent rehabilitation of our nation
al reputation in China was accomplish
cd by the establishment of the United
States court in China. Until Mr.. Taft
became paramount figure in the far
east scandalous conditions had pre-
vailed in Shanghai and other cities of
China where the United States exer-
ciSed extra territorial rights. UndeSir-
able subjects of the United States men
and women, had degraded the Ameri-
can flag by using it rs a cloak under
which to conduct numerous nefariouS
enterprises. American sharpers, gam
blers and promoters of questionable
schemes had long worked in conjunc-
tiOn with disCredited lawyers to their
mutual and illegal gain. In various
instances these criminal endeavors
were aided and abetted by American
consular officers, who were dismissed
from the service. The former practice
of adjudicating all causes in which
Americans were parties in consular
courts gave rise to abuses. The Amer
lean flag. in Shanghai particularly,
stood for national dishonor in the eyes
Of other nations who by legislation and
the creating Of proper courts had
spared their flags the disgrace that de-
scended upon the United States ban
ner.
When he was at the head Of the Phil
ippine government in Manila Mr.. Taft
by his proximity to China soon appre-
ciated the seriousness of the condi-
tions there and foresaw the loss of
standing In the eyes of the Chinese to
which we were indifferently exposing
ourselves by our failure to keep In
check American criminals. He brought
the matter to the attention Of the state
department and joined with Secretary
Root, Representative Edwin DENLY of
=
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-22
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
Hany Important Measures Enacted by
the Majority.

"S''S UHFS' SAuN WSaSOE0S SNdCIe0 Dy
the Majority.
The Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth con-
crosses will go down in history as rec
ord breakers because Of the large num-
ber Of important measures enacted,
measures having directly to do with
the great business interests of the
country and standing betwQAn the peo-
pie and corporate greed and oppres-
sion. The Fifty-ninth congress opened
new era in American legislation, CIV
ing emphasis to the fact that the con-
stitution Is amply sufficient for all the
needs Of the people, safeguarding their
interests and furnishing them ample
means Of protection. The Fifty-ninth
congress was a Republican congress,
and all the great measures enacted by
1t were Republican measures, originat-
ing with the Republicans and passed
by Republican votes.
There Is still much to be done to per-
feet thel work begun by the Fifty-ninth