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Tommy
'sAnd we're goin' to have peanuts. =
said Johnnie you goin'?" he added.
NO I amt" snapped Willie. for it
made him cross to have them boast so.
Were pawn our own way" said
Tommy. II sold my puppy ard John
ME sold his pigeon. Why don't you
sell something and come with us2'
Il got nothing { sell" whined
Willie
Sell the baby then" laughed John
ME. as he and Tommy ran along.
Sell the baby" repeated Willie to
himself.
He was terribly excited now. He
had thought of it, That was just the
thing. He would do it and run and
find Tommy and Johnnie and go TO the
circus with them.
He was terribly excited now. He had
heard his mother say that Baby Helen
was worth million dollars. He had
no idea how much a million dollars
was, but. he thought somebody ought
TO be willing and glad to buy Baby
Helen for 25 cents, and that was all a
ticket cost
So he ran out and took For Sale"
sign from an old farm wagon in the
neck. Baby Helen, who was not quite
years old, thought 1t was some kind
of a new game. and she smiled sweetly
and chewed her chubby thumb con-
tentedly.
"A number of people passed the gate
and looked curiously at the sign on
Baby Helen and smiled, but did not
stop, and then pretty soon old Mrs.
Green and her daughter. the Doctors
wife, came in the gate and up the
gravel walk to the porch Little Willie
liked old Mrs. Green very much. She
always gave him jam and cookies when
he was taken to her house. And so he
pointed to Baby Helen and the For
Sale" sign.
Wont you please buy Baby Helen
for 25 cents?' he pleaded
why do you want to sell herr"
usked old Mrs. Green kindly, as she
picked up Baby Helen in her arms Il
thought you loved her"
'T do half cried little Willie. but I
want to go TO the circus. and Johnnie
Smith said to sell her and could sec
the circus. and 1 want"
"All right" said Mrs. Green, with a
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dies who rode them, and the clowns and
the fat woman and all the rest. He
didn't care so much about the peanuts
and the pink lemonade, although he
thought he would like that too; but
he did so want to see the wild animals,
like those in his story books, only
really and truly alive, and the monkeys
that rode the ponies in the races. He
had looked at the pictures of the circus
that the men stuck on the side of his
fathers barn until his little eyes fairly
ached and he had listened to his par
ents and his grown up brothers and
sisters talk about the wonderful things
that were to be seen until he thought
of the circus all day long and dreamed
of it at night.
The day the circus came to town his
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Dreams From Fairyland

Did mortals ever see fairies work
By the light of a midnight moon,
When the world is asleep
And the shadows creep,
And the fields are as light as noon?
And some of the fairies laughingly
sIirk
And dance in the shine of the moon
oh. some of them play and some Of
them work
In the beautiful light of the moon
Oh, some of them toll
And they fashion the dreams
That lure the children
To elf land scenes;
And no one is cross. whatever they do
And they frolic or work the whole night
through.
And If grownups would see them
They surely must go
When the full moon is shining
And breezes are low
Where, stealing on tiptoe to some up
land, glade, -'f
They may, spy on the fairies and see
the dreams made.
EMMA A. LENT.
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funny little smile, giving him bright
25 cent piece.
Willie took the money.
she can't walk much yet. and she
likes lots of cream on her Cruel" he
said over his shoulder.
Old Mrs Green went on into the
house and Willie ran down the patch TO
catch up with Tommy and Johnnie. He
got as far as the gate, when he stopped
short He stood looking at the bright
% cent piece which he held tight in
one hand. and seemed TO be thinking
Then he looked at baby Helen's rattle.
which in his excitement he had kept in
his other hand. and then all of sud
den he turned around and ran as hard
as ever he could back to the house and
into the sitting ROOM Mrs. Green was
talking with his mother. and he heard
her say:
Little Willie just sold baby Helen
to me for 25 cents and
Willie rushed up TO her. holding out
the 25 cent piece.
You can't have baby Helen" he
want to go 10 the circus. / want baby
Helen"
He put the coin in old Mrs. Green's
hand and reached up on tiptoe for the
baby.
Mrs. Green put the baby in willies
arms, ana ne sat lgnJ down on the moor
and kissed baby Helen. and kissed her
and kissed her. while the tears he
couldn't keep back. even If he was a
little man ran down his cheeks.
Little Willie was awfully sorry and
happy at the same time. He was sorry
because he had sold baby Helen at all
and happy because he had her back
again.
His mother picked them both up and
put them in the big leather arm chair
and knelt on the floor beside them. She.
kissed them. both and Willie told her
all about his dreams at night and in the
daytime of the circus and about Tom
my and Johnnie and the boys that car
ried the water for the elephants. and
his mother kissed him again
Then, because he had not really meant
to do anything wrong and had not re-
ally let Mrs. Green take baby Helen
away, his mother dressed little Willie
all up in his Sunday clothes and took
him to see the circus with the rest OF
the family
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What Smiles Can Do

When the morning is chilly and misty
And clouds are gloomy and gray;
Then, hey for smile!
And no for smile
To brighten a rainy day.
When the morning is balmy and sunny
And fields and gardens are gay;
Then, hey for a smilel
And no for a smiIei
To gladden. pleasant day.
And if it brings. care and vexations,
And you would charm them away;
Then, hey for a smile,
And no for a smile,
To make it happy day.
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~ nee there was little boy who
wanted TO go to the circus very.
very badly. and who couldn't be-
cause his father and his mother
said he was too little. His name was
Willie and he was almost five years
old, and thought himself quite little
man.
The circus was coming to town and
all his little boy friends were talking
about It. Most OF them were going
and little Willie wanted so much to go
that he was almost heartbroken. 1t
made him very blue to think that he
could not see the elephants and the
wonderful horses and the beautiful la
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phants; but he wasn't, so he went home
sadder. than ever
After lunch his mother brought baby
Helen out on the front porch and told
Willie to play nurse to her while the
rest of the family got dressed to go to
the circus. Willie was too unhappy to
even play make believe with himself
as horse and baby Helen on his back
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An Odd Fact About Figures

This is not so much a game as a curl
Gus fact Take any number over 8.
Reverse it and substract the less from
the greater. The result will always be
either 8 or a multiple of g. For in
stance, take the smallest allowable
figure, which is 10. Reverse it and
obtain Oh, which subtracted from 10
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sister took him to the lot near the post
Office where the tent was being put up
and he saw lot of the village boys
carrying water to the elephants. His
sister explained that they were doing
it so that the circus men would let
them see the circus free.
Now little Willie wished that he was
big enough to carry water for the ele-
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gives 9. Or take a large number like
S65. Reversed it is 563. which when
365 is subtracted from it leaves 1913.
which divided by 9 gives %. Odd, isn't
it? But absolutely unvarying
Who says figures are all work and no
play?
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Mary Harris. 1873 Twelfth avenue
East Oakland. age years
Myrta Holland Smith. 545 Alcatraz
avenue, Oakland
Maxine Audette. 81 Rutherford ave-
nue., Fruitvale.
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Lucille Bonner. 1913 Prince street.
South Berkeley.
Jack Liguori Jr.. Agnew, age years
Marguerite Mahoney. 561 East Fif-
teenth street, East Oakland, age 3
years.
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the pleasure of second hand toys that
other children have become tired of. So
let every child who reads this make
himself or herself a committee of one
TO take care of his or her toys so care
fully that when tired of them they will
be in fit condition to give to the poor
children 1t is sorrowful to pass down
a tenement street in a great city and
see the poor little folk that are de-
prived Of the simple pleasures of life
and to think of the thousands of dol
lars worth of toys that are ruthlessly
destroyed by children of the well to do
class.
Be kind to your toys. and when tired
of them give them to the poor children,
thus cultivating and enlarging your
own sympathies4 and usefulness by
making others a bit happy
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Helen Johnson. sa2s Chestnut street
Oakland.
Myra Hodges. 1923 Versailles avenue.
Alameda
Anna McAnear. 22so NJ street. sAs-
ramento-
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as the rider, so he just sat down on
the bottom step and wanted to cry. He
did not cry because he felt he was
regular man, and he knew that men did
not cry. AS he sat there along came
Johnnie Smith, the red headed boy
who lived across the. road, and Tommy
Brown, the grocer's boy.
Say, We're goin' to the circus" said
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Helen Hobson, 1859 Piedmont ave-
nue., Oakland.
ROLL OF HONOR
In addition the names of the younger
Juniors who sent in the correct an
swers appear on the following roll of
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-12-18
WORSHIP AT CROSS OF ICE
ocattered Christian Tribes In Turkey
Celebrate Christmas with I'm
~pressive ceremonies.

- OHAMMEDISM is the pre-
vailing religion in Turkey
and for that eason only
the few scattered Christian
tribes observe the birthday
II Christ in any manner. The MO
hammedan Turks have but two holi-
days In the entire year. those being
~Car Bon Biram." the day Of forgive
ness. which is the Mohammedan New
Year. and "Bairam." the anniversary
Of the date when Mohammed gave
70 his people his scripture. The Fri
day Of the Christian II the Sabbath
Of the Mohammedan and is observed
by him In the same manner a. sunday
With the Christians.
The Christian Turks. who include
the Bulgarians. Servians, Monte
negrins and other smaller tribes. OBJ
serve Christmas with impressive re
llgious ceremonies.
Three days before Christmas the
.Bladego" appoints . delegation Of 100
nen form each congregation, who 90
% the river and hew out immense
cakes OF ice, after which they con-
Utruct : huge pyramid near BY. 4
great cross measuring about 20 b. -
1Det and cut frcm the bed Of ice -
1T u against the pyramid. and the
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A Timely Air.

During one of the political tours Of
Mr.. Cleveland, in which he vas accom-.
panied by Secretary Olney, he arrived
during a severe storm at q town in
which he was to speak. AS he entered
the carriage with his friends and was
driven from the station the rain
changed to hail. and immense stones
battered and ratified against the We
hicle. A brass band, rather democrat
ICED by the storm, stuck bravely to its
post and played.
THAT Is the most realistic music I
have ever heard" remarked the presi-
dent.
What are they playing?" asked the
secretary of state.
"'Hail to the Chief-wfth real
hall" rejoined Mr.. Cleveland.-Har.
per's Weekly.
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despair and self-depreciation. 1t was
a very tiny part that had fallen to me.
The compensation was but sufficient
for the barest necessities. The route
bristled with all the horrors of the
one-night stands.
At midnight, huddled, m~iserably
worn, detected, and wretched, in the
waiting room of a country station,
listening in vain for the whistle of a
belated train, / confess to a sudden
food of tears. What a mockery this
Christmas day had been. Even the
chimes had sounded like the tolling
of a funeral knell. The cherries dis
comforts of a cheap hotel, the unsa-
worry, %slatternly served travesty upon
a Christmas dinner, the cold chill of
a shabby. musty dressing room, the
added tod of an extra matinee for a
mere handful of people. and now the
hungry wait for an accommodation
train of dingy day coaches.
That was all Christmas had meant
to. me. Iowa was blizzard swept
Mails were delayed and tangled wires
hung useless in gathering snowdrifts.
No message Of cheer, no souvenir Of
remembrance, had come to any Of us.
Our hollow, half-hearted exchange Of
Christmas greeting had carried no
conviction. We were only strolling
vagabonds, outside the pale Of SYM
patty, debarred from the domestic
joys Of living, mere dispirited rain
bow chasers, with success eve mock
ingly elusive.
But as l recall it all now. I am sub
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place Of worship for Christmas Gay
is completed. Early on Christmas
morning all the people march to the
pyramid, where the initial exercises
are conducted by the "Bladego." A
small cruciix used by him in the exer-
cises is the prize Of the younger men
Of the tribe, who dive into the icecold
water after it as the "Bladego" throws
It in. Many are drowned annually in
this practice, but they all consider
themselves fortunate to die while on
such q mission.
From the pyramid the procession
marches to the home Of the priest,
where bread is blessed and broken by
the 'Bladego" and all present partake
Of the food.
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Russians Look Upon Christmas ~
the Most Sacred and Most
Celebrated Holiday.

WUDH@l HRISTMAS IL the most sa-
SM cred and most celebrated
ANHS holiday in Russia Contrary
fVS4t& to the custom In nearly all
other countries, Christmas
there always comes on Sunday. and Z
continuous celebration IL held until
midnight on January 2.
The Russian believes n devout re.
ligious services in honor Of the birth
Of Christ, and each day during the
season each family, including all tt
members, attends church At least
once On Christmas morning the most
important services take place. Each
congregation marches so3emnly to the
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merged by a great wave OF PASSION
ate, longing regret, for l know that
such a Yuletide will never come to
me again while l am upon the stage.
1t was my happiest Christmas, be-
cause the first and only one, since /
began to tread the thorny and tor
tuous path of my profession. that l
have not been called upon to write a
Christmas story.
GRACE GEORGE.
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nearest river, which Is always frozen
over, the ice being sometimes as much
as three feet thick.
After a large hole has been chopped
in the ice the priest dips his cross in
the water and prayers are pronounced.
after which the priest holds baptismal
exercises. Having been blessed by the
priest the water is considered to be
holy and as fast as the people can
file by the hole in the ice bottles of all
sizes and descriptions are filled with
the water.
This water is priced the most high
~ Of anything in the home. and bottles
of it are sometimes found q century
or more old. Some fanatics secure
large quantities of it and battle in it
at regular intervals during the year.
There is one custom which many
Americans would cherish in their own
Christmas celebration, and especially
the young people. It is that Of kissing,
for On Christmas day every one steals
q kiss from w~homsoever he meets. In
some cases, and among the older peo-
pie, the hearty handshake 10 much
used, but the younger element clings
closely to the old style.
Santa Claus is unknown to Russian
children, but the "Babushka," an old
woman witch, carrying . long stick
and attired IN the usual witch COS.
tune, visits the homes in every vi
lage and city and distributes greetings
and then comes ct night and leaves
the gifts for both old and young
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MISS GEORGES CHRISTMAS
Happy Memory Of . Season When She
Did Not Write One Glad
Holiday Story.

H. my happiest Christmas!
~ I did not then realize it, but
" / recall 1t now with a ra-
diant glow Of delight. It
was my first season upon
the stage. I was only . novice. one
day soaring upon the buoyant wings
Of boundless ambition; the next
plunged In an abysmal depth of doubt.
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Keep ever in the path Of duty, but
fail not to climb the steep Of knowl-
edge.-Newto0.
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Speak as you think; be what you
are; pay your debts Of all kinds
MontfOrt.
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OF Mora importance.

Nrs. Briggs (reading)-Heres -
advertisement of . man who restores
oil paintings.
Br1xgs+Is there an advertisement
a man who restores umbxenaSY
lost mine yesterday" i
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Not for Her.

You see," said the professor. the
science Of chemistry depends on the
discovery Of certain affinities- (,
Pardon me-" interrupted MISS
Prym. II trust the conversation .
proceed without drifting into scandaL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-04
HOW Toured SWEENY AND
FlSTULA

Il wan to tell you how I saved one
of our horses that had a fist,la. We
had the horse doctor out and h. said
it was so bad that he did not think
he could cure it and did not come
again. Then we tried Sloan's Lini-
ment and it cured it up nicely.
"One day last spring l was blowing
for neighbor who had horse with
sweeny, and told him about Sloan <
Liniment and he had me get a bottle
for him, and it cured his morse all
right, and he goes Off now like a cold
I'VE had horse that had sweeny
awfully bad and we thought it was
never going to he any good, bur We
used Sloan's Liniment and it cured it
up nicely. | told another neiehtor
about it and he said it was the best
liniment he ever used.
I'VE are using Sloan's Sure Collie
Cure and we think it is all right
A. D, Bruce, Aurelia, la.
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ArnO1d's
Jewelry & Music Store,
11a E. Main ST., ottumwa, Iowa.

ously sick the past few days, but is
improving at this time.
Harry Rose STAYED at the home Of
Ralph Bachman Saturday night, as he
was returning from attendance on dis
trict court, where he has been a Juror
for the past few weeks.
Miss Exile Millard led verv inter-
esting Endeavor service Sunda even-
ing.
Walter Schwech and family called
at the home of Emmett Haley Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Knox of Fair
view, Ottumwa, visited in this vicinity
Sunday.
Messrs. Henry Brooks and Bert
Brooks of Ottumwa visited in this vi
entity Sunday.
Mrs. j. B. Brooks has been on the
sick list the past few days
Born, recently. to Mr.. and Mrs FL.
mer Rose, a child
Announcements for Pleasant Home
church: Sunday school each Sunday
at 10 a. M: preaching every alternate
Sunday at II a. M: Y, P. S. c. E.,
each Sunday at 1880 p. M; prayer
meeting each. Thursday evening at
1880.
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Cassidy and Gray's Msrke. Letter

WHEAT--Liverpool displayed uneX-
pected strength, continental markets
also working higher except Buda
Pesth, and brought in buying orders,
shipments, figuring 100000 bu. over
the estimate. The bull element, how
ever, took advantage of Liverpool
strength and received some accessions
to their ranks or foreign buying or
ders that were received here by a
couple of commission houses, while
there was some buying on the upturn
in corn and expectations of a de-
crease in the visible that was con-
tirmed. Long wheat, came out, how
ever. but the undertone Of strength
prevailed due to cash business being
worked here and at st. Louis, and pos
sibly Kansas City with 80 loads durum
for export. The closing was firm, but
further advances will no doubt preci-
pitate sales and all that we can see
is scalping market
CORN-Sample lots steady to re
lower, weather was favorable and the
crowd sold the market down on car
lots being over the estimate but rest
ing buying orders We're many while
the Patten houses We're aggressive
buyers, not even the large visible in
crease affecting prices. Predictions
Tor a small country movement and
| Id Se SeaDOafO clearanCeS were DulllSh
| features, the market closing quite
! strong and we think it will move in
| dependent of wheat and that means
in a higher direction.
OATS-There was general commits
| sion house selling early, while the
crowd was bearish and short to an
extent that allowed Patten brokers to
absorb all offerings easily which turn
ed the market quite strong. 1t looks
as if oats will follow wheat to quite
an extent.
PROVISPONS-W Worlds stocks of
lard increased 10000 tcs Stocks
here show tremendous increases mad
with hogs at all points over last year,
1t creates lower prices. although buy
ing orders appeared due to the firm
ness Of corn. Packers were again SELL
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violin solo, Miss Iris Burgess; piano
solo, Miss Maud Dabney; reading,
Miss Chastina Martinson; vocal solo,
Miss Mamie Young; male quartet,
Messrs. Young, WEIGH, Sprague and
Ferrall; vocal solo, l.. D. Sprague.
Considering the weather. the attend
ance was fine, and the proceeds
amounted to $31.26.
The Knights o. Pythias gave a
poster party and supper at their hall
Thursday evening. About $50 persons
were present Miss Kate Mcclure won
the prize in the poster contest, guess
ing sixty of the seventy-two.
Thirty-one applicants for certificates
took the teachers examination We'd
nesday and Thursday. Only five were
experienced teachers and nine of the
county
Miss Fay Beauchamp returned today
from a months visit at Denver and
Colorado Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Roland of Elgin,
H., visited from Tuesday to Thursday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Roland
Mr. and Mrs. James Ashwood re-
turned Thursday from a visit with
relatievs at Downing, Mo.
w. w. Power is in Chicago this
week on business.
Mrs. r. j. Walton and daughter
Hazel, arrived home Wednesday even
ing from Los Angeles. where they
have spent the past three months with
Mrs, Walton's daughter, Mrs. Davio
Doke.
The following are on the list of grir
sufferers: Mrs. Charles Hardwood
Mrs. w. w. Wishard, Miss Fay Hut
ton Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Doke, Mr.
and Mrs. Alonzo Kratzer, Mrs. o. S
Montgomery, S. A. Hutton and Walter
| Johnson
Mrs. Arch King of Wyacondaf
township is very Ill with cancer, anC
not expected to recover.
| j. c. Jones has pneumonia.
! c. R. Inskeep is suffering from con.
| gestion of the liver.
N. S. johnson has been confined tt
his home for over a week by an attach
! of heart trouble.
John Clark, sheriff of Appanoos'
county, spent Thursday and Frida.
here, the guest Of his uncle. Will Kin
| nick.
! James Noble returned last weel
from California and will spend tn