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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22

all would ask OF good Saint Nicholas
would be n dark. airy room far. far
away from people (from man, and es-
pecially woman); great. soft bed
where | could stretch out long and
wide. silence and sleep forever and
forever. No dreams to disturb that
sleep: no vision OF past haggling. no
vision of wearisome exchanges" to
come.
But the reality is a long way from
this that would ask. DO you suppose
such proud wage Garner as she
would be content TO let Christmas day
go by without displaying wealth and
power? No. every dependent IN the
household mUst partake OF her bounty.
every pensIoner be given good proof
Of what II means 10 have her dress up
and go down town every day Moth
ing of niggaFd is the shap-glrl at
Christmas. she is as much Lady
Rouutih.l as any millionaircss Of them
all
What creature 4 Hercules. a
Joan OF Arc. Una. a job" aLi a
Lady nountltul on eight dollars aud
less week!
tCopyrIEht loto)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22
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OLD STORIES OF CHRISTMAS
Some Have Interest. Freshness and
Beauty That Keep Them Al
ways New.

There are some so-called "old sto-
ries" that are really not old, for they
have an interest, a freshness and a
beauty that keep them always new.
OF such are tho story of Christmas
and all the legends and tales that be-
long to the great festival.
There is a legend in Germany that
when Eve plucked the fatal apple the
leaves of the tree Immediately shriv-
eled into needle points and its bright
green turned dark. The nature Of
the tree changed and 1t became an
evergreen, In all seasons preaching
the story of mans fall through that
first act of disobedience. Only on
Christmas does it bloom brightly with
lights and become beautiful with love
gifts. The curse is turned into a
child, and thus we have our Christmas
tree.
The visits of st. Nicholas to the
homes of the people on Christmas eve
as an annual custom grew out of q
festiVa! in honor of Hertha, Morse
goddess. At this festival the house
was decorated with evergreens and an
altar of stone was set up at the end
of the hall, where the family assem-
bled. From Hertha's stone We get our
word "hearthstone." On the stones
so set up were heaped fir branches,
which were set afire and through the
smoke and flame Hertha was supposed
to descend and influence the direction
of the flames, from which were pre-
dicted the fortunes of those present
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22
A Merry Christmas

All over the country, all over the
world-a few years hence it will be
also all through the air-sounds the
greeting Merry Christmas! On the
sea and land, In the palace and In the
hovel, in the hospitals and in the pris-
ons, In the asylums amid the orphans
and in the homes for the friendless
and for the aged, wherever even two.
persons meet who know and love the
story of Christmas, the greeting is exI
changed. Where can there be a par
allel to the universal greeting? Is
there any other sentiment that has
the sovereignty of this cheerful and
heartfelt word? 1t travels through
the mails like nothing SO much as the
doves to the altars of which the Scrip-
ture speaks, for surely the sentiment
fits from altar to altar of the hearts
of men and is as gentle as the dove.
Grudges and animosity vanish before
the waiting of Christmas greeting, the
smile of hope illumines the counte-
nances of those under the pail of de-
preston, the dimpled cheeks of the
babies seem like verftable hooks for
fairy hiding as the lips COO in response
to the Merry Christmas, with the little
emblem of the day that comes to the
infant from its loving parent In the
days of romance hostile forces passed
upon the field, sheathed their swords
and clasped hands across the battle
line, greeting one another with the
sentiment of universal good will.
Merry Christmas has frightened more
hearts, has healed more grievances,
has brought more happiness to the
lives of men and women, has proved
to be the talismanic sentiment for
more home reunions than any other
that has ever been heard in this old
world.
Christmas stands for love and for
charity, for hope and for Joy at the
fruition of that long-made promise of
the prophet of the coming of one who
should bring peace and good will to
EARTH 30 the churches hold their serv-
Ices and the people congregate to
join in singing or to listen to the rem
dition of carols, some of which have
come down from the early ages Of the.
church. The children have their
Christmas treats, and they are the
very merriest Of the merry in their
participation In these annual school
festivals.
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22
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T SHOP.GIRL n
: HR DUEs 81
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9SK.4g gHxRlLlyEssP,Ot1.HE.Ez q ssf,t HE.EzSS

N an excellent short
story published not
long ago, o. Henry
gave to his shop-girl
heroine a colossal char
acter. emphasized that
in her were combined
the notable attributes
of Hercules, Joan of
Arc, Una, Job and Lit
tie Red Riding Hood.
And at this season of
the year-"glad Christ
mas days"-it easily
might seem to a less
sym pat h etic person
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22

protest. when the gray kitten was held
to his nose for kiss,
And we all dawdIed until Katy's
bell rang third summons to breakfast.
Tie went up the stairs alone. Then
Nicodemus. Then atgrand Then
|. And then tho rest Of his adorers.
He stopped at the door,
open the door. sir" said grandfa-
ther.
"Tum on. muvyer," he said. reach
Ing hand into my hand
SO We stepped over the threshold
together.
The room was darkened. The fire.
light dullod behind a screen. In the
center OF the room low. fair-branehed
young cedar tree cleaned like a great
lowell
My hand forgotten, he cireled the
tree.
Round and round And we after.
epas mo- bu.tiful drum" We
caught tho murmur as he mventorled
opas a yittle tend horse" He paused
10 log lt and IN ecstasy watch is tail
go Mp aud down. "nas a yittle toad
froi ia dat bll marble. How you
suoso lt dot in?" Ile tarried TO In
vestlgate. aud set Il railing for tho
kitten to chase. Nicodemus thought
q was meant for hlm. and whom ho
cotilded with tho Kitten. cawed aud
scared and muttorlns he lied % a dls.
tanco aud yappsl al bali and kitten.
And the inventory wont on "paa
doh waths. vlke mys pro3t-dran f.
DOT" be tarrled tn hunt a pocket and
deposit his watch therein Gut first
hc held 10 20 ear AuI the rurmuF
resumed. "nat waths a. def an dunn.
too. nas a piturehut am das a piture'
but an' das piturc but pra,
cluust"
AMI Christmas WAS ON for nob.for
short New York Independent
lt.fs7@sffsf- "a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22

haye often Thought % Christmas
tlme. when lt has como round. apart
from the yeurfutiun duo 10 its snered
uumc and origin. tf anything belong
mg to it can be apart from that as !,
good time. a kind, forsiylug. chaflt
able, pleasant time Charles Dickoaa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22

OW. our baby had never
encountered a locked
door. The lovesome
pit-pat of his busy feet
was herald at whose
coming every door in
the house swung open
and over thresholds he
went into assured well
comes.
But we were plan
ming a tree. And the
library door was locked.
He paused in his as
cent of the stairs to
hutton in a hutton that
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22

Annes' PraNer-

oar little nye-yearold Agnes. hav
ing been reprimauded by her mamma
for souc sl'ehl mIsdoci. went and
melt by a chair aud prayed as tol
i0Wst
'Oh. Lord, make mo "a sood little
girl want to be- a good little girl.
bat I dun't know how, nut. Il / an
naughty, please send Santa Claua fact
the same"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-22
HER IDEA.

The custom OF hanging mistletoe
on the chandelier is foolish"
Il think so, too. Ii ought to be
hung In the cozy corner"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-16
Hardware Sal
y.... MN 4s ss osse oa at Store THURSDAY, March

This Big Sale will close Saturday Mar
est Bargain Days in the history of 0outhw
The object of this great sale is to mai
that is arriving daily. In order to move our s.
this the greatest cut-prcc sale ON Hardware
We carry the largest and best selected Ste
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
PRIMARY LAW CHANGES.

AS this is the year for the primary,
.tion of the ballots are considerably
interested in the changes made by
the last legislature in the primary
law. At the last primary it develop
ed that the alphabetical arrange
ment of the names of the candidates
worked a great advantage to those
who were fortunate enough to have a
name which would appear at the
head Of the ticket
To obviate this, the last legislature
ordered that the names should ro-
tate. State officers will be arrang
cd by the Secretary of State, being
alphabetical for the county casting
the largest vote for the head of the
party ticket at the last preceding
election, in the next largest the name
at the head of the ticket will go to
the foot and so on. and this order
will be certified to the several coun-
ty auditors. For county officers, the
county auditor will arrange the vot-
ing precincts alphabetically and nu-
merically, and follow the same meth
cd of determining the names of the
candidates. For officers of less than
county, the arrangement will be as
before.
The polls will be open for the pri-
mary election a uniform time, from
nine o'clock in the morning until
eight O'Clock in the evening. For
merly in the smaller precincts the
polls did not open until afternoon.
Judges and clerks of election re-
ceive % cents per hour for their
services, where before they received
$500 per day, or same as clerks and
Judges of the general election.
Where candidates are not requlr-
ed to file nomination papers, but
are required to file an affidavit, such
affidavit may be filed fifteen days
before the primary, where it was
thirty days before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
CONSERVATION.

1t is seldom that political idea
comes before the people that meets
such nearly unanimous favor as that
of conservation of natural resources.
For century our country has been
squandering it's wealth after a man
ner that would mean a guardianship
for an individual The meeting of
governors called by Theodore Roose-
welt crystalized pubic sentiment on
this matter, and appealed to all
shades of opinion, as thing that
ought to be done.
Where opposition is expressed to
the conservation idea, it is very Oft
en- from some one having selfish in
terests at stake. Congress should not
be misled by the Vaccinations of the
lobby into thinking that there is op-
position to this movement in the
country at large. 1t should realize
that the country wants to save the
national wealth remaining, along the
same principles of thrift that an in
dividual uses in his private business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
THE CRUELTY OF POLITICS.

One is impressed daily that there
is more in the old proverb about re-
public being ungrateful than mere
passing remark. When we note the
fights that are being waged on men
who have grown gray in the service
OF their country, we do not wonder
that most men balk at being drawn
into the game.
Perhaps one of the most abused
men of modern political times was
Grover Cleveland, who stood like a
rock for what he thought was right,
but because he did so he was abused
like horse thief and pickpocket.
And yet, practically everything he
stood for has now come to be popular
and conceded to be right. Read his
tory as far back as we have a his
tory and it is the same old story.
And it makes no difference what
kind of politics you enter, whether
democratic or republican or populist
or prohibition, it is the same old
story. When Roger @. Mills was
speaker of the house he was abused
as if he had stolen the pennies off
his dead mothers eyes. When
Blaine was speaker. it was the same
again and so on with Tom Reed, and
Col. Henderson was driven out of
Office and to his death by the vultures
who bounded him. Then it was Hep
burn, republican, and then Spring
er of Illinois. democrat. and then
Lacey, a republican. and Dave Hill,
democrat, and Brice of Ohio,
democrat. and first one party and
then another, there being no distinc-
ton, since calumny is no respecter of
persons.
And now they are after Speaker
Cannon as if he had stolen sheep. In
his old age, after spending life time
serving his country, as he thought,
he is to be bounded to his grave and
that will be the end. He will never
be speaker again and we doubt IL
he ever runs for Office again. He
will be bounded to his death before
that time comes. If you were
a foreigner and knew nothing about
Uncle Joe except what you read in
the hostile papers, you would get the
idea that he was a malefactOr. may-
hap the one who was crucified by
the side of our Savior. If he had
been a traitor to our flag he could
not have been more reviled and yet.
as far as We know, he is a good citi-
zen of Danville, ILL.,, where he lives.
Washington Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
"ST. ELMO" TONIGHT.
Local Theatre This Wednesday
Evening.

EST. Elmo the story which
though written years ago, is in
steady demand in all the public
Libraries today, is to be told in
play. A special company has been
formed to present it through this
region. The players have been Sc
lected with careful attention to the
great dramatic possibilities of "St.
Elmo" The dramatization is by
Miss Grace Hayward, who converted
the popular romance "Graustark"
into a most successful play. est.
Elmo contains many interesting
characters, including st. Elmo MUIR
ray, who confessed ''he was not
quite brute, nor altogether mall
icious and vindictive devil, but a
man who had hopelessly lost his
character" That he had not hope
lessly lost it was stirringly revealed,
and this is the dramatic texture
which is going to make "St. Elmo"
a play of interest to many people.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
THE DAYS OF THE PIONEER.

Here is tribute to one of the old
settlers and an interesting story to
those who live in this complex age
of rapid transportation, means of
communication, general diversity of
learning and accumulated capital,
recounting of the life and times of
Peter McCaffery, of Decorah.
The allotted three score and ten"
went by with him twenty years ago,
but he is still hale and hearty.
He was born near the village of
Dunkaren, County Gavin, Ireland, 80
years ago.
One summer morning on his way
to market fair, he saw the widely
spreading fields of potatoes smitten
with blight as with a frost. 1t
was the commencement of the FAM
inc in Ireland, when the people of
that island died by thousands.
At the close of that famine he
sailed away with his young wife from
the harbor of Stego, bound for Amer
lea. The same old story, so often
told of the sailing vessels-his wife
died and was buried at sea.
Mr.. McCaffery married again and
settled in this county more than So
years ago, on farm, In that good
old time he cut his hay with a
scythe; the grain was cut with a
cradle, bound by hand and threshed
with fail, in as primitive a way
as in the days of Jacob. No riding
corn-plows-not even a double shov-
el-and not a plow that would scOur,
except in sand, in the whole wide
world. Mr.. oliver and his steel
mould board We're unknown.
Those were the days of the swift
moving ox-teams, forty of them to
one horse team. The man owning a
horse team was looked upon as a
Lord, said Mr. McCaffery.
Not bridge in the county. The
| TOduS were ITdllS ltdQllS ONST lHt
hills and along the valleys. The
city of Decorah looked like the vii
lage of Bluffton does now. Pork
| was sold in Decorah for $500 per
hundred, dressed butter was five
cents a pound, cord wood $3.50 per
cord. The man who would have
brought eggs to town would have
been laughed at. 1t would have TAX
en- half months work to have paid
the stage fare to McGregor.
In short, since the day Mr. Nc
Caffery left Ireland the methods oi
labor, transportation and distribu-
tion have been revolutionized. In
recounting this short sketch of the
life and times of Peter McCaffery il
it not lesson to those who work
overtime in decrying the soulless
corporation, the monster aggrega
tions of capital that have come hant
in hand with peace, with learning
and with the general distribution o.
knowledge and rapid transportation
on land and sea since the time of the
famine in Ireland?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
A Big Fur Business.

Charles Kaster, of Ventura, is per-
haps one of the largest fur dealers
for a small town in this section of
the country. In addition to many
hundreds of dollars worth of furs he
has gathered in himself, he has been
buying of other trappers until he
had on hand very large quantity.
sale and there were several buyers
from Chicago on hand to buy his
goods. The entire consignment went
to a Mason City company for the
sum of 81, 1,f00.-Mason City Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
A Big Pig Deal.

Last week one day Henry Schwein-
efuss, living four miles north of Os-
sian, sold to Ole j. Knudsvig fifty
seven 10-months-old pigs, for which
Mr.. Knudsvig paid $3.50 per hum
dred. The pigs weighed 16,13O
pounds, making the total price paid
for them $1,33S.S0.
Mr.. Knudsvig has been in the hcg
buying business for thirty years and
he AYERS this to be the highest price
per hundred that has ever been paid
in Ossian, for spring pigs, during his
business career in the thirty years.
The pigs brought the top price in
Ossian and also the top price in Chi
cago. This is evidence that Mr..
Schweinefuss is great hog raiser
and that Mr.. Knudsvig is great
hog buyer.-Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Awarded $1,000 Damages.

Some time ago these columns
noted case before the district court
at Des Moines, instituted by will
Duffy against DR.. Depew of that
city, for $4,000 damages for NAL
practice, resulting from an operation
for hernia performed upon Mr.. Duffy
some months previous. The case
was tried during the past week, and
considerable interest was taken in it
by the surgeons and the people of
Des Moines. Dr.. A. j. SweZey of
this city was one of the principal
witnesses for the plaintiff, and the
case went to the jury Friday after
noon. They were out only short
time, when they returned, awarding
Mr.. Duffy $4,000 damages. Since
then Duffy has filed a case for ex-
penses, etc., and other cases have
been filed against DR.. Depew, who
is well known through his advertise
ments and practice, all over the
state.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Rabies i'm Clayton County.

Deputy State Veterinary p. G.. But
ton of Cresco has been in town the
past week looking into the rabies af-
fair of the surrounding country, and
find it has reached an alarming
state. 1t seems about the first of
December a mad dog made its ap-
pearance near Beulah. Besides a
number of dogs, considerable stock
was bitten. On the Papacek farm S
head of hogs were killed and Albert
Sumak lost head of cattle by ra-
bies. These places and others where
the disease has appeared have been
strictly quarantined The trustees
of Giard and Monona townships have
put a quarantine on all dogs, and the
city council, at special meeting
last evening, ordered all dogs with
in the corporation to be quarantined,
either by claiming up, or muzzled,
and all dogs running at large with
out a muZzle. after such notice is
published, will be promptly disposed
Of This is in accordance with the
state law, and no one should take
offence. 1t is better that all dogs in
the town be killed than have one
child bitten and die of rabies. So
don't blame the officials for protect
ing human life.-Monona Leader.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Carnegie Sends His Check.

Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 21-Mr.
Carnegie's check for $4,000 for
Charles City college, conditioned up
on the school raising $4,000, has
been received. Mr.. Carnegie would
not send the check until he was alb
solutely certain the college had rails
ed the required amount. The sum
of $4,000 of the $4,000 is in cash,
and notes for the remainder are in
a bank here as required by Mr.. Car
negie. Altogether the college has
S130,00O for an endowment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Station Agent Forty Years.

Station Agent C. E. Phelps of the
Milwaukee has been receiving the.
congratulations of his fellow railroad
men and others on account of finish
ing his fortieth year of service for
the company in New Hampton. In all
he has been with the company forty
four years, and in the entire time
has never been 'called on the car
pet" as the boys say. He holds the
record in the state for length of
continuous service at the same sta
ton. Mr.. Phelps is a courteous and
refined gentleman as we'll as a first
class railroad man. May he remain
with us for many more years.-New
Hampton Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
ON PAYING THE PRINTER.

One of the problems of newspaper
life is getting people to pay for their
papers. The little bill of few dol
lars gets overlooked while larger ac-
counts are prepared for and properly
met. But for all that the newspaper
proprietor is dependent upon the
honor of his subscribers in meeting
these little bills.
Some newspaper readers are in
clined To shelter themselves behind
the fact of the smallness of the bill.
They seem to think it won't be worth
the publishers time to start proceed
ings to recover two or three dollars,
so they let him whistle for his mon
ey. Receiving a paper under these
conditions is substantially getting
money on false pretences. The bill
for few dollars is really the first
debt of honor, because the newspa-
per trusts so much TO faith in human
nature in permitting it to be incur
red. If it were a bill for 500 or
even much less, the publisher has
ample protection in the courts. But
it does not pay to bring suit for a
two dollar bill, save in SO far as you
thereby warn other subscribers. The
pGbflsher goes about his work with
faith in the honor of his audience,
that having seen the show and had
their fun. they Will not overlook the
contribution box when it comes
along.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26

Governor Carroll has called state
good roads convention for March Sth
and 9th, and the movement is being
endorsed over the
state. The question of good roads
will be a prominent one in Iowa dur
ing the next few years, and is a far
more important one than whether
man is conservative" or an
"insurgent."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Rev. Lees New Church.

The new $4,000 Methodist Epis-
copal church at New Hampton, erect
ed through the efforts of the pastor,
Rev. f. F. Lee, who grew up to
manhood at Ossian. was dedicated
by Bishop Mcintyre on Sunday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26

Gov. Hughes of New York may
think he will retire from politics, but
q good many millions of people have
got TO be consulted before he es-
capes to private life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26
Mayor Doty of Waterloo advocates

Mayor Doty of Waterloo advocates
that the next legislature pass law
providing for uniform dress for all
pupils of the public schools. The
object is to place the children of the
poor and the rich upon a common
plane, as far as garb goes. He
would also forbid the wearing Of
jewelry in school.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-01-26

Seventeen more Carnegie heroes
tagged and medalled. The great
poets may all be dead, but things
are going on daily worth writing
poetry about.