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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-07
Neighborhood Fayorite.

Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine,
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: 'tIt
is neighborhood fayorite here with
us. " 1t deserves to be a favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak
ness and general debility. It's action on
the blood, as a thorough purifier makes
it especially useful as a spring medi-
cine. This grand Alternative tonic is sold
under guarantee at P. A. Clemmer's
drug store. Soc. F.
Everything taken into the stomach
SHOULD be digested fully within GER
tain time. When you feel that your
stomach is not in good order, that the
food you have eaten is not being diges-
ted, take good, natural digestant that
will do the work the digestive juices
are not dong. The best remedy known
today for all stomach troubles is Kodol,
which is guaranteed to give prompt re-
lief. 1t is natural digestant; it digests
what you eat, it is pleasant to take and
is sold here by p. T. Tomas Drug Co.
CASToHIA.
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
Hunting Christmas Ghosts.

Ghost hunting bids fair to become
the ruling passion Of Washington So
ciety. The fortunate owners of a
peaked house. roped with ivy and
densely surrounded by trees, are issu-
ing cards for Christmas specter hunt.
The Christmas ghost hunt is imported
from England. where the houses are
ancient enough to harbor specters who
were there before William the Con-
queror. The comparative newness Of
this country leads some to predict that
the fad over here will fail. There are
exceptions, however. for even in Wash
ington there is one Of the treasure
guarding ghosts-an out and out bucca-
neer of the Spanish main variety, with
cooked hat. gold lace. rutt1es. high vel
low boots, red jacket and al odor Of
antiquity. Those acquainted with him
say that he clinks his chains Of stolen
oubloons.-Wa shington Star.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
MR.. P1CKWICK WENT SLOWLY AND GRAVELY DOWN THE
SLIDE WITH HIS FEET ABOUT A YARD APART

keeper and gather another supply of
presents so that the children's faith in
Santa Claus might not be lost.
The children were asleep when Mr..
and Mrs. Hammermeister completed
decorating the tree. The father de-
cided to light the candles as test.
They burned; so did the cotton snow
balls. The blaze awakened the chill
dren. "Santy here?" they piped. lis
It mornin'?'' The parents gathered
them in their arms and rushed to the
street. Firemen brought out lot Of
fire ruined presents from the house.
"Santy been and gone and our things
is burned up" the children cried.
Hammermeister began his weary
search for an open store. He en-
ployed the infrequent street cars for
long stretches, but trudged mile after
mile in fruitless search. Finally he
routed a storekeeper from his bed and,
burdening himself with new supply,
trudged home to turn sorrow into joy.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11

the airs of man who could ''skait''
and having shown his ignorance there
of, was smartly reproved by Mr.. Pick
wick. Meanwhile, .'Mr. Weller and the
fat boy having by their joint efforts
cut out slide," all hands participated.
Says the chronicler of the days sport:
It was the most intensely interesting
thing to observe the manner In which
Mr.. Pickwick performed his share In the
ceremony-to watch the torture OF an1-
iety with which he viewed the person be-
hind gaining upon him at the imminent
hazard Of tripping him up. to see him
gradually expend the painful force which
he had put: on at first and turn slowly
around on the slide, with his face toward
the point from which he had started, to
contemplate the playful smile which man
tied on his face when he had accomplish
ed the distance and the eagerness with
which he turned around when no had
done so and ran after his predecessor, his
black CATERS tripping pleasantly through
the snow and his eyes beaming cheerful
ness and gladness through his spectacles.
and when he was knocked down. which
happened upon tho average every third
round, It was the most invt8orating sight
that can possibly be imagined to behold
him gather up his hat, gloves and shand7
resume his station In the rank with an
ardor and enthusiasm which nothing
could abate. -.
Mr.. Pickwick unfortunately breaks
through the ice and gets good wet
ting, but, being taken on smart run
to the house, put to bed and given IN
limited quantities of hot punch, finds
himself none the worse next morning
when the party departs from Dingley
Dell.
Thus does Dickens tell us Of one OF
the merriest Christmases that reader
could desire. There is no touch Of sad
ness in the chronicle. and all that one
could wish for is that the story were
longer. Long live the tale, and LONG
may we enjoy Christmas with the
| Pickwickians!
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11

take care OF: and II were you I
should take the name of Smith"
Under ordinary circumstances Jim.
my would have been elated by his
good fortune. but somehow the world
had not interested him lately. He
had had terrible cough for weeks
his business exposing him to the
climate-and just now he felt tired.
and had nasty pains in his side. and
seemed to be burning all over.
He moved in on the morning Of
Christmas eve. and explored the
house with kind of numb curiosity.
He spent most of the morning in the
shop parlor in the armchair in front
of the fire. He did not even go out
to the quick-lunch room for the beau.
tiful dinner that he had promised
himself He had taken a lot Of milk
from the milkman. and he kept drink
ing that. He did not seem to care
about anything but milk, and every.
thing felt strange and uncanny. The
figure on the mantelpiece-a white
bearded old gentleman which he be-
lieved was called Santa Claus-was
the strangest and uncanniest of all.
The fire was almost out. so he put
on some more coal. He saw that it
was nearly four o'clock "Lumme!"
he muttered. i've let the day 60, an
'aven't done no bus ness. This won't
do. I'll take down the shutters. an
open the shop
There was wild chorus Of recog.
milton when he appeared between the
dingy green curtains that slid along
q rail JIMMY" JIMMY" want
any one to run your errins. jimmy"
Yer might give US somethink. jim
N.Y." He heard all these greetings
and a dozen more
He shook his head and returned to
his seat. He certainly did feel ill.
and he seemed to lose things for a
few minutes, until Bill Black. came
in for three little toys. Bill was
looked up to in the alley as a man
who did big Jobs and the Blacks
were generally reckoned well-to.do:
but Bills transactions hadn't been
very profitable lately. and he had to
be careful, because he knew that the
police had their eye on him. So they
were hard up, like the rest.
Found the long stockia', Jimmy?"
he asked, casually, when he had
taken the toys -.
mo-" said Jimmy. And ii l had
It 'u'd be at the lawyers, Bill, an
don't yer make no mistake"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
.Jin1n1ie's
Christmas
Stocking
By OWEN OLIVER.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright. 1901, ~ ,ossph 3 Bowlss.,

@HERE is honor among the deni'
zens of Paxton alley. but Mr..
~ Smiths toy.shop stood at tho
very entrance, and they reckoned him
out of bounds ~
From time to time evil-looking men
muttered to one another about the
long stocking that Mr.. Smith was
supposed to have filled; but he had
figured in the prize ring in his young
Or days, and he was said to sleep
With 4 big knob stick beside him.
SO the matter ended at mutterings.
A big. powerful man was Mr. Smith:
and he had a powerful edge to his
tongue. Every one in the alley feared
him except Jimmy.
Mr.. Smith knew him as the extra
ordinary paper-boy who brought back
q dime given him in mistake for .
penny. an event which was his
torical in the alley. At the time it
gave rise to doubts az to Jimmy's
sanity. but afterward it was held that
he was playing up to the old
man"
Anyhow, Mr. Smith took two pa
pers regularly afterward; and the day
after his funeral-which was the day
before Christmas eve-a sleek man
In shiny top hat invaded Paxton al
ley. escorted by policeman, and
took evidence as to the identity Of
the boy called Jimmy who sold pa
pers'' to the public generally. and in
particular to the late Mr.. Smith.
When the sleek man was satisfied
upon this point he proclaimed Jimmy
the sole legatee of the estate, which
comprised the little shop and house
and all their contents
you'll find a long stocking some
where. l expect" the lawyer said
land you'd better bring it to me to
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
A Christmas Sentiment.

However sincere we may be in our
efforts to spread Christmas cheer our
charity is none the less testimony
to our sense Of the fact that peace and
good will have not come upon the
earth. Poverty and wretchedness are
not to be offset by yearly gifts of has,
kets of food and outgrown clothes.
We ought to make the spasmodic
kindness OF Christmas one Of the
constant forces Of our industrial world.
Equality AMI fraternity are born not
of charity, but of justice.
Instead of commercializing Christ
mas we ought to Christmasize com.
mercialism.-NeW York Mail.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11

began to stow the things rapidly away
In the cart, while the fat boy stood quiet
iy by and seemed to think it a very in
teresting sort Of thing to see Mr.. Weller
working by himself.
The conversation of these two char
acters is too long to reprint here, but
not too much so to peruse with the
greatest interest. We must pass over
the story of the wedding, which was
the day before Christmas event at
Dingley Dell, at which Mr.. Pickwick
distinguished himself by a felicitous
speech, and get to the story of the
dance. Dickens description Of the old
sitting room is a gem:
The best sitting room at Manor Farm
was a good. long, dark paneled room,
with a high chimney piece and a capacious
chimney, up which you could have driven
ono Of the new patent cabs, wheels and
ALL At the upper end of the room. seated
in & shady bower of holly and ever
green's, were the two best fddlers and the
only harp In Muggleton In all sorts Of
recesses and on all kinds of brackets
stood massive old silver candlesticks with
the candles burned bright, the fire blazed
and cracked on the hearth, and merry
voices and light hearted laughter rang
through the room. If any of the old
English yeomen had turned into fairies
when they died. it was just the place in
which they would have held their revels
After the dance was over, Mr.. Pick
wick having acquitted himself with
great credit, the reader Is told about
the doings in the famous old kitchen
Here hung the mistletoe and did its
mission we'll in adding to the jollity
of the occasion. The artist whose pic
lures appear OH his pages has done ex-
cellent justice to Dickens text:
From the center of the ceiling OF this
kitchen old Wardle had just suspended
with his own hands a huge branch of
mistletoe, and this same branch Of mis-
tletoe instantaneously gave rise to a
, scene of general and most delightful
struggling and confusion, in the midst Of
which Mr.. Pickwick. with gallantry
which would have done honor to a de-
scendant Of Lady Tollinglower herself.
took the old lady by the hand, led her be-
meath the mystic branch and saluted her
in all courtesy and decorum. + Wardle
stood with his back to the fire, surveying
the whole scene with the utmost satiSfac-
ton, and the fat boy took the Oppertunl-
~ of appropriating to his own use and
summarily devouring a particularly fine
mnce pie that had been carefully put by
for somebody else. :
1t was a pleasant thing to see Mr.. Pick
wick in the center Of the group, now pull
I'D this way and then that and first kiss
ed on the chin and then on the nose and
then on the spectacles, and to hear the
peals of laughter which were raised on
every side.
Finally we come to Christmas day,
which was cold and cheerful and good
skating" weather. The party all
went to "prctty large sheet Of ice"
where Mr.. Wrinkle. having assumed
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
LONG WALK FOR SANTA.

Tree Burned, Father Goes Eight Miles
For New Toys.
Gifts intended for his eight children
being destroyed when his lighting OF
the Christmas tree, just before mid
night, caused a fire which damaged
his home in Cleveland, Alfred Ham
mermeister trudged eight miles through
snow before he could rouse store
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-12-11
Christmas With
The PiCkWiCkianS

o chronicler Of Christmas do
ings has done it so inimitably
as Dickens, and nowhere has

>TO chronicler Of Christmas do
III ings has done it so inimitably
as Dickens, and nowhere has
] Dickens described them bet
Ter than in the "Pickwick Papers"
One might read the paragraph relating
70 the observance Of the holiday half
q hundred times and not become weary.
The Christmas spirit is everywhere
evident in the chapters devoted to the
holiday making. From the beginning,
when the hero, his three friends and
his faithful servant start for Dingley
Den, to the hour Of their return there
= Christmas IN every sentence:
~ brisk a. bees. IL not altogether a
S6ht Is fairies. did the four Ptckwickians
assemble on the morning Of the 22d day
Of December in the year Of grace in
Which these their faithfully recorded ad-
ventures were undertaken and accom-
plished. Christmas was close at hand In
m his bluff and hearty honesty. It was
tho season Of hospitality, merriment and
open heartedness. The old year was pre-
pairing, like an ancient philosopher. to
call his friends around him and amid the
sound Of feasting and revelry to pass
gently and calmly away. Gay and merry
was the time, and right gay and merry
were at least four Of the numerous hearts
chat were gladdened by it's coming
After travelling through a wide and
open country where 1.-The wheels skim
over the hard and frosty ground" slow
ing up as they draw near a country
town, where the horses are changed
then again "dashing along the open
road, with the fresh air blowing In
their faces and gladdening their very
hearts within them," they arrive at
Dingley Dell, where we are introduced
% that famous parsonage the fat boy
He Is an old acquaintance Of Mr.. Pick
wick, but to Sam Weller his face Is
Strange. To follow this first meeting:
Having given this direction and settled
With the coachman, Mr.. Pickwick ant
his three friends struck into the footpatf
across the fields and walked briskly away
leaving Mr. Weller and the fat boy con
fronted together for the first time. San
looked at the fat boy with great aston
ishment, but without saying a word. AM
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-11-21

i board perceived that from the pressure
81 other business, and several resolu-
tions and acts were unhappily post
/ poned for the present, so that none OF
/ them were carried into an effect com
! plete as TO render any immediate aid
Tor continuing the work.
Thus the want Of pubic support
which appeared the only resource on
the failure OF payment IN the Subscrib-
ers has confirmed the prcsnt suspen-
sion OF the canal. With what concern
the board views this event the public
can estimate: without arrogating to
themselves any merit beyond the fair
exception OF their duty, they feel it no
more than an act OF justice TO remark
that partaking OF the general zeal which
was manifested at the first institution
uf the company, they enterd upon the
execution Of the trust committed to
them and have preserved in an arduous
attention to il through course OF three
years under a firm reliance on the
punctual payment oil the subscriptions
as the work should require them, and
ON continuance ui that zeal and pub
lie support under whose auspices they
began, and which was essential to ami
mate and encourage them through all
its progress; their regret, therefore, is
in a high degree accumulated from
finding themselves deprived oi means
to proceed, and the works suspended
in their hands. not hy a failure OF their
own attention, but of that support on
which they were taught to rely
That the regret which the board ex-
pcrlcnce will be participated by ever
patriotic mind who originally felt the
importance OF uniting the two bays OF
chesapeake and Delaware by an unin.
tcrrupted navigation. or who now feels
that Importance confirmed by the ease
ui executing ii, is a subject OF some
consolation. and affords the hope that
the lassitudc or negligence oi the pub
lie mind to an object nj once so new,
50 useful and interesting, for which so
much concern has been protested and
So little realized. will be but temper
airy, and will soon he succeeded by that
Just attention To their interest which a
large proportion OF the United States,
and particularly the country contigu-
on, 10 the canal ought 10 feel
In addition to this hope there re-
mains numerous circumstances to cN-
cite the confidence and animate the
expectations AMI cxcrtionS OF the pub
lie; the opinions OF many OF the most
able lawyers in the Union are decisive
that the payments now in arrcar will
be recovered by law. and the board
have wc,I-toundcd reliance on the
Justice ui the courts to realize their
opinion pcrhap, m the course oi the
present year.
These arrcarapcs viii enable the
board to resume their operations. to
complete the feeder, and To prepare
thcmsclvc, Tor commencement Of the
man canal itself the execution OF
which MAY be deemed secure from the
residue 81 the subscriptions vet uucall.
cd Tor, and from the aid which Con
gre>, and the State Legislature have
given So much reason 10 expect: but il
even this aid should fail, and the cx
i,tiug subscription To- execute the work
upon the great and important line
which ha, been marked out. the open
ing ul the navigation may set be cx-
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ecuied from Frenchiown To Christiana
bridge, BY a canal OF little more than
hall the length originally Intended,
and upon dimensions considerably
smaller, but adequate to accommodate
the trade Of the two bays.
BY the execution OF the works thus
lar, and the extensive view produced
from those researches which have been
made, the general utility and opera
ton oi the canal has been so confirm
ed. as in the opinion OF the board must
impress the public mind too forcibly
not 10 induce the citizens OF the several
town, and States. who will partake OF
its immediate benefits, to exert them
selves in promoting its execution--no
TACT appears more clear than that the
opening OF the canal, by drawing the
whole immense produce Of the Chcsa-
pcaSe and Us waters, 10 the head OF
that bay and across to the Delaware,
will restore to the city OF Philadel.
phia in the trade OF MARYLAND, Nir
ginia and North Carolina which now
goes direct 10 New York. will afford
an incxhaustible supply OF produce for
the manufacturers OF Delaware, will
benefit the port OF Baltimore by bring
ing all the produce to the upper part
OF the Chesapeake. instead OF going
from il by sea: and in respect 10 the
United States generally. will complete
the CHIEF link in that great inland com
munication between the eastern and
southern States so much preferable at
all times Ia a coasting navigation, and
So absolutely essential IN time OF war.
70 the the CONVICTION 81 these CON
sideratiuus, and to their operation upon
the public mind, the board must now
commit the future interests oi the com
pany. with this reflection. that the pre-
scryatlou of the work from ruin, and
the protection OF it after it has thus
FAR succeeded. will not only be more
easy than 10 resume il hereafter, and
save the sum II has cost before it is
wholly wasted-but will prove to the
world that there exists in the country,
not q disposition To form splendid de-
signs and abandon them without cause
or consideration for those whom they
may inJure, but the just and solid in
formation, industry and integrity which
Continued on Page 8
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$500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased 10 learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able 10 cure in all its stages. and
that is Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical irtcrnity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a con
Stitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces ~ the
system, thereby destroying the iouuda-
ton ~ the disease, and giving the pat
lent strength by building up the con
Sttuliou and assisting nature in doing
its work The proprietors have 50
much faith in it's curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails TO cure Send for list
II testimonials
Address z. j CHENEY & co,
Toledo, O
Sold by druggists, sc
Take Halls Family Pills ior consti-
patton
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HARD WORK
TO DIG CANAL
Story OF Early Operations On
Chesapeake And Delaware

T. X. Jones, OF Dover. has in his
possession copy OF the Mirror of the
Times and General Advertiser OF
June "a. 1906 The paper was pub
lished IN Wilmington by James VIII
son, who advertised himself as printer
OF the laws OF tn" United States" An
interesting feature Of the contents OF
this number is a report OF a meeting
al the stockholders OF the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal Co, as follows:
AT a general meeting oi the stock
holders ui the Chesapeake aud Della
ware Canal Company held at the town
hall in Wilmington on the I'd OF June,
1890.
The president aud directors present
ed a report OF their proceedings, and
an account oi their receipts and cx-
penditurcs which was read and
On motion resolved,
hat the accounts presented by the
president and directors OF this com
pany and their report are approved and
that the thanks OF the stockholders
be presented 10 them for the faithful
performance OF their duties.
Resolved. That the president and di-
rectors cause the account and report
to be published, and prefix to the same
this resolution.
Levi Holliugswurth, Chairman
Wilmington, June ID 1900.
At an election held at the same time
and place, the following gentlemen
were elected for the ensuing three
years:
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PROFESSIONAL CARD

PROFESSIONAL CARD
l.. NJ. HAINEs.
Aftorney-Af-Iaw.
Office on North Street.
GEORGE A. BLAKE.
Attorney-At-Isaw.
The Frazer Building.
HEiSTER HESS,
Attorney-At-Iaw.
Office on Main Street.
w. s. EVANS,
Attorney-At-l,aw.
oiliee on North Street.
ROBERT G. THACkERY,
AttorneyA t-Law.
The Tucker Building.
W. I. WARRINGTON.
HENRY A. WARBt RTON,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Opera House Building.
HENRY NJ. MCCULLOUGH.
Attorney-At-Law.
Oince on Mann street.
JOSHUA CLAYTON.
Attorney-At-I4aw,
Office on North Street.
OMAR ID. CRoTHERS.
Attorney-At-l.aw.
The appeal" Building.
j. WILSON sQUIER.
AttorneyAtIaw.
The Frazer Building
JOHN \. STRAHORN,
Attorney-AtLaw.
Tue appeal" Building.
ALBERT CONSTABLE,
AttorneyAtLaw,
0iiics on Main Street.
REUBEN HAINES.
Attorney-At-I.aw.
0tiics on Main Street
PHILIP r. BOND,
Attorney-At-Law,
Office on Main street.
WILLIAM PEPPER CONSTABLE,
Attornev-at-Law
7oo-7o4 Maryland Trust Building, N.
w. Corner Calvert and German SITS,
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