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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

lonestum sometimes, so If YOU will
bring sum candy and hobby horse
and doll we wud be SO glad
And many such appeals as this have
brought tears to the eyes of the clerks
in Santa Ciaus's bureau
Dear Mr., SANITY Claus: You needn't
bring me n sled nor pair of skates
this year, caus my hips got worse and
can't walk and run any more. but,
oh, Mr., SANITY, there's lots left | can
do, and hope You'll send me a ship /
can sail In tub Of water by my bed,
and knife that'l he sharp, so while
lie still can willie and then / won't
get lonesome While the other BOYS are
PLAYING outdoors. / shall be very
much obliaged,"
Such letters moved some philan-
thropic women 10 worthy charity
three years ago They petitioned POST
master-General now Secretary of the
NaNyl Meyer to have all Santa Claus
letters turned over to committees
which they proposed to organize for
the purpose Of answering all worthy
appeals of this kind whose sources
could be traced. Mr.. Meyer readily
complied but had to make the order
general, and during two Christmas
periods the dead letter Office was in
structed to turn the letters over to
any regularly organized charitable
society in the city or town of the ad-
dressee, Rut such bitter jealousies
over the handling of the letters arose
among charitable organizations In GER
tain cities that the whole scheme had
to be abandoned Even II this friction
had not been incurred, the greed OF the
unworthy would have ended the enter
prise In another year, for as soon as
the plan got noised about thousands of
crude forgeries purportng to come
from ehildren, but unskilfully scrawled
by adults, began to descend upon the
dead letter office, along with com.
munlcations showing evidences Of hay
ING come from comfortable, prosperous
homes And finally pail Was put
upon the whole affair by the suicide
during an attack OF insanity-of one
OF the most active workers In the
charity-~a cultured young woman
known the country over as THE Santa
Claus Girl
Now. very odd fact brought 10
light each Christmas while these lot
sefs are being handled is that there
Nre IN our cities several real Kris
Krinsles, or Girls Krlngles, to whom,
ander the law, letters addressed 10
these names must be referred before
they can be properly embalmd and
anally laid TO rest in Mr.. Young's
eplstolary potter's field In what
cracks and crannies OF our several
states these gentlemen dwell the pos
tal officials refuse to divulgc, because
shey regard them as already pos
sessed Of. sufficient trials. troubles and
tribulations
Represents Millions OF Xnua Disap.
pointmrnts.
h@s Uncle Sam talked ss sas ups
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

only about these Santa Claus letters.
He walked me through the corridors
of his Santa Claus bureau and pointed
out to me case after case of toys and
valuable articles lost in the mails
largely as rcslat of Christmas care
lessness. And If this collection repre-
sents thousands OF Christmas disap-
pointments, millions of them are to be
found recorded in a file of catalogues
of the annual sales of such articles
lost in the mails
Thirteen million undelivcred parcels
letters, Christmas cards and other
post cards now coming into the Santa
Claus bureau per year measure the
degree of this careless spirit of the
patrons of orr mails. One quarter of
these probably represent the annual
stock Of Christmas dsappointments,
Property largely Christmas gifts
is found in 10000 letters and parcels.
and this is held for year, after which
1t is sorted out into salable aud UNI,
salable matter, the former being at
once sold at auction and the unstable
matter being held three years longer
and then mutilated and burned in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

ruthlessly off its lofty pedestal and
smashed before their eyes by the
whack of rubber stamp--"Addresse
Not Found Return to Sender." Go
back into the golden heyday of your
own youth and realize the shock that
you would have suffered had the post
man returned to your eager. candy
stuck. fingers the annual letter to old
st. Nick, superscribed with the intel
ligence that this pursy old god Of
things as they are hoped to be could
not be found-was missing from his
post of duty!
For the fact that the Santa Claus
letter does not come back, and that
10000 children are annually spared a
cruel establishment, the American
parent can thank two former Wash
inston correspondents-Mr Young, the
aforementioned superintendent of the
dead letter office, and his immediate
superior. Peter V. De Graw, the Fourth
Assistant PostmasterG
So the dead letter office at Wash
ington might. with some good reason,
be dubbed Santa Claus's bureau" and
these two kindly officials his useful
lieutenants.
"Santa Claus, Heaven, y. y"
Inelf annual gTlSt OF Santa Claus
letters reveals childhood's varied no
tions as 10 the abiding place of the
paunched dispenser of toys and can
dies. SNOW Hill" one youngster
scratches it: "Snowland," another; and
others write it ice Town" Iceland"
Greenland" and many-God bless
them!--put it Heaven" Some direct
their missives 10 the North Pole"
but this fashion has been waning since
Pcary and Cook failed to report the
negotiation" at the "boreaI centre"
of Santa Claus's castle walls.
The New Workers characteristic
loyalty to his home heath is reflected
in this envelopes
Dear Old Santa Claus.
Up In Heaven
New York"
Sweet is the innocence of youth!
This young one had been to Luna
Park-the one who addressed the fol-
lowing
"santie Claus, care of his wife,
Coney Island, U. S."
Now and then tho note within a
scrawleds envelope coniurcs up a
sombre picture of tho writer's home
This, for example:
moved SO far from our home am
most AFRAID YOU will not find us this
Seor way out her in Dakota, but do
hop that YOU will. for muvcr is sick
and | want Won to bring some mede-
seen 10 make her well. And plees,
Mr. Zanty, Johnnie and are nawful
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anne ineinerator-in the basement of
he PostOfflce Department--as is used
or the burning of naughty articles
ound in the mails. (Among these
naughty things. by the way, have
been many volumes OF celebrated
work of a contemporary Irish au
thoress. Although the Postmaster
Generals have not deemed IT naughty
enough to be excluded from the mails
1t has been deemed too naughty TO be
indiscriminately offered for sale at
the annual dead letter aucuonsl
Mind This Coming Week.
This coming week tens of thousands
of children will be spared disappoint
mcnt-Uncle Sam tells me-if every
sender of Christmas mail matter Will
use ink instead of a pencil in adj
dressing holiday letters and Christmas
packages: will place his own name and
address in the upper left-hand corner
of all matter not supposed TO come di
rect from Santa Claus; Will not place
Red Cross or any other unofficial
stamps on eeaddressed side of pack
ages or letters: VIII stick on II 2-cent
stamp for every ounce of sealed mat
ter l-cent stamp for every ounce
of unsealed merchandise, and a 1-cent
stamp for each two ounces of unsealed
books or photographs, and Will re-
spect the law that no written matter
must be inclosed in unsealed packages
except va single card bearing the
written name of the sender and such
Inscriptions as Merry Christmas
Happy New Year With Best Wishes,
etc. Another law which sendcrs OF
Christmas presents will be wise in
carefully respecting is that providing
a fine for such smuggling as the send
ing of Christmas presents rolled in
newspapers and magazines at tho
cheap rates provided for those publ
cations. In many a family Christmas
has been transformed from a happy
holiday to a day of gloom by the ap-
prehension and disgrace of some mem
her taking such risks as these to save
a few pennies
Red Cross and other charity stamps
have given the postal authorities no
end of trouble during tho past few
Christmas holidays, because of many
peoples persistence in sticking them
to the address side Of envelopes and
letters, where they are mistaken for
ity organizations and some large de-
partment stores have gotten out
Christnlas stamps which are even more
confusing, and which are often mis-
taken for United States stamps,
Christmas presents or letters bear
ing any Christmas or charity stamps
whatsoever Will be refused this year
by the postal officials of Portugal,
Uruguay and Guatemala, While thirty
three countries, including Great Brit
ain, Germany and Austria, will refuse
all mail matter SO stamped upon the
addressed side.
An Odd Thing Happened.
An odd thing happened in the Santa
Claus bureau while was in there
Yesterday. A man who was strolling
along among the cases OF lost Christ
mas gifts happened upon an old
daguerreotypo of his mother--a very
beautiful young woman in the dress of
two generations ago, He was told to flo
With tho department. formal appli-
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i!ss Nlckels formerly resided here.
Big Stone Gap Social News

Especial to The Tines Dlspatch.1
Big stone GAP. Va. December tT.-Miys
Mary Trent, of near knoxville, will spend
the remainder Of tho winter with Mrs. Je-
rome Wells on Clinton Avenue
Miss jamie Siemp Will not join her brother
in Washington until after the first of thu
year.
Mrs. r. II. sheppc. of Bristol spent Satur-
day and Sunday here visiting relatives
Mrs j. a. GIlmcr and little daughter are
visiting relatives in Lee county.
Miss Elizabeth Davis left Monday for Bal
timore. where she will Visit her sister bcfora
returning TO her homo at Merry Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. *. Taggart, who have
been located at Keokec for sometime. have
moved back to the Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Scott left Monday
for Roanoke where they will Visit relatives
for few days before going to Norfolk.
where Mr.. Scott has accepted a position.
Mrs w. j. Christian returned Tuesday
morning from extended visit to relatives
in Texas and Oklahoma
W. F. Baker returned Tuesday night from
a two weeks Visit TO relatives in Missouri
Kansas and Iowa. Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-18

for an overdue board bill. had thus
RENTED in minced greenba|ks. USE
less to her irate creditor, but very
useful to the minions of the law
should they ever wish to prosecute her
for that serious ofensc against Fed
eral law and Decentralization Of the
currency.
Copyright. 1910. by John Elfreth wat
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
SEVERAL CooO OFFERS
Pref. Van Ostea Said to he Consider.
ing Management CT Opera House
Here ard in South.

Thomas d. Van Ostcn. manager OF
the Cairo Bill Posting Co., has been
IN Savannah Georgia, for several
months. He was sent there by a CHI.
.eago firm who have the bin posting
business Of that city, to straientan
Up the affairs there, which hatrbeen
badly managed. lie has gotten
everything working smoothly and
was about ready to return to Cairo
when he received a very flattering
offer to take ehar1c of the business
there. Almost at the same time, il
is stated. he received an Offer from
the new lessee; of the Cairo Opera
House. who will taEe mold next Gea-
son, to take the management II is
reported that bo(a offers are 50 ac-
ceptable that he Is undecided which
one TO take.
Prof. Van Osten has been very
active man in Cairo since his advent
here and has host Of friends who
would like to see him remain. His
and his wife's musical ability is much
appreciated.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
Hard Lot Of Korean Women.

James Hamilton Lewis, ex-congress
man and Incorporation counsel of Chi
cago. writing to tie Chicago Evening
Post from Seoul, says of Korean won
en-: a womsn is the least of thing
in Korea and the smallest consdara
tion, living or dead A slave, then a
free woman, yet always only the mis-
tress or servant or both, though called
wife and compelled to endure as many
others In her household as the hus
band may bring, while the slightest
infraction on her part is met with ex
lie, divorce or death. She does the
work lie is dandy and gambler,
though he is no roisterer, makes nc
noise, no loud.voiced declamations, nc
clatter in the streets unless it is q
fight
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
To Improve Quality Of Potatoes.

An extensive dealer in rotaties ir
Bermuda has shipred to Avoca, SJeu.
ben county. New York, 12j bushels
of a choice variety Of this years crop,
to be grown in that locality, the crop
to be shipped back to Bermuda to
use as seed for next seasons plant,
ing, This method is adopted to obtain
hardy and vigorous seed and in case
the experiment is as successful as it
is believed it viii be it is probable
that 1t will be repeated on a much
larger scale in succeeding seasons.
Most of the seed has already been
placed among leading growers, who
have contracted to grow it for 40
cents a busbel. Last year Bermuda
grower put this method 10 trial at
Wateryille, Long island, and the idea
is evidently ginning favor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
RIVER NEWS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The river marked 1916 feet on tht
Cairo gauge last evening. showing ;
rise Of q OF a foot In "a hours.
Rising rivers were feiforted yesser
day from points above here as fol
lows: Pittaburg 4, Cincinnati 5
Louisville IL, Evansville 3. Mt Yer
non 2 Mt, Carmel 81 lohnsonvflle
Is, Paducah; C. 4
The Peters Lee for Cincinnati
pas ed to Memphis yesterday morn
ing.
The ! N. Hook breaght rNe harges
Of ties out Or the Tennessee river.
The City Of Saltillo from ST. Louis
pa sed to the 'renncssae fiver, doing
itttie here.
The lick Fowler MAS OFT from Pa.
ducah and will be out today.
The Pacific No. brought d barge
OF lumber from the lower river.
The government steamer Lily came
ont from Padueah 10 look, after
lights.
The Russell Lord is coming NJ
frum White river with railroad ties.
The J. B. Finley Is at Helena,
patching boilers. She was on her
way up with empties.
The ,Fefd Herold will be up. from
Memphis tomorrow 00und for st.
Louis. aa
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
CASE WAS DISMISSED
Prosecution Failed to Make Coco
Against J. n. Mccoy, Patent
Cabinet Advertising Man.

J. H. Mccoy. the patent cabinet
advertising man, who was arrested
on demand of sorae Union City,
Tennes ee, people Monday charging
him with fraud was discharged in
the city court yesterday morning,
when Attorney Leek appeared for
him and presented his case. Mr.. Nc
Coy says it is a case of malicious
prosecution.
In Augut, 1909, he was in Union
City, Tenn. and had made there the
advertising cabinet from his own
drawings and patterns on which he
hal then made application for o
patent through his Washington at.
torneys. Chandlee & Chandlee, and
their office number designating his
application for patent as 70550,
This is not the government patent
number and was not so claimed by
Mr. Mccoy.
w. L. Her negotiated with Mr. Nc
Coy for an interest in the device for
himself and Mr. j A. Henderson for
the sum OF $500. One hundred dol
lars was paid fer an option for 80
days. When the option expired
Mes.rs. Her and Henderson failed to
pay the balance of 500 and that was
the end Of the transaction as far as
Mr. Mccoy was concerned
MIR. Mccoy says his patent Is now
allowed by the patent office anil OPP
crates an advertising device which
has proven success, differing from
the Turner and Lyon deYice which
Is operated by clock and magnets,
and is not success, while MIR. Nc.
Coy's device is operated by motor
and Is success.
Mr. Mccoy says that while placing
one of the cabinets in Cape Grar
deau. Mo. he was called upon by
DR. Turner and Mr., Lyon and their
attorney. claiming that the cabinet
he had was an infringement on their
patent clock. Mr.. Mccoy agreed to
cease operations should they show
wherein their patent covered tae
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
TO PLAY IN CAIRO.
PADUcAH BASKET BALL PLAY
ERS TO MEET CAIRO TEAMS
HERE SATURDAY.
Plan Was For Cairo to Go TO Paducai1
Cairo Boys May Meet Ten.
nessee PIayers--kotes
of Schools.

disappointing announcement was
II was that the G. H. s. basket ball
teams will not go to Paducah to play
Ext Saturday. The kentuckians
claim they cannot raise the expenses
|of the Cairo teams, unless they play
at night and as this will not be al,
lowed by the local Board of Education
the c. II. S. teams will not go up
Saturday. Instead, however, the Pa
ducah teams will be down here Sat,
urday to play the girls having their
games In the afternoon and the boys
teams at night. Paducah has prom.
ised return contest either in basket
ball or track events. The original
plan was to have the c. H. S. teams
go up in the morning, play in the
afternoon and return home in the
evening. Under this plan Paducah
claims they cannot raise enough
money to pay expenses unless the
Cairo teams play at night which the
local powers that be- won't allow
But If Paducah would get out AMI
hustle 1t looks like they could do
something. c.. II. s.. is taking the
same risk and the local boys will be
equal to the occasion. Every one
regrets that the trip to Paducah
cannot be made but when the visitors
come here Saturday G. H. S. will try
and show them good time and in
cidentally carry off the honors.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08

cabinet They would not 10 this, but
threatened to have him arrested if he
did not a IGN to them his rights
claiming if he would DO so and com
with them they would maize him t
rich man. Mr. Mccoy says he re
fused all negotiations with Turner
and Lyon and then they threatene,
prosecution should he not do this.
Being asked the humBer oof bis
patent MIR. Mccoy said he did not
know, a he had not yet seen it, hav.
ing been jrst issued the paper,
which had not yet arrived.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
BIC DAY IN COURT
JUDGE DEWEY DID LAND OFFICE
BUSINESS YESTERDAY IN
COUNTY COURT.
Final Reports in Many Estates Filed
Bench Warrants in Gambling
and Other Gases Certified
From Circuit Court.

BUSINESS was lifSly yesterday IN
he county court. being the first Mon.
lay of the March term, and Judge
Dewey kept up with the procession
Of final reports filed by administra-
tors, trustees, etc.
The final report of Father J. b.
)iepenbrock in the estate OF the late
Jacob Klein was fled Father Die.
lenbrock was trustee under the will
Report was approved and trustee was
discharged. This estate seems to
nave taken long while to settle up,
is Jacob Klein has been dead many
years.
Final report Of Harry w. Schulz
administrator of the estate of Doll
3rummel was approved and admins.
traitor discharged
Final report of the account Of
Freda Helm Administrative of the es,
tate Of Gus Helm was approved and
ldmx discharged
Final report and inventory in the
natter of the guardianship of Mamie
Young, minor heir Of BENZ. Young
deceased. was filed and approved
NJ, S. Gilbert, public administrator
n estate of Randall Smith. Report
approved and adm. discharged.
The First Bank and Trust Co. filed
a formal report as guardian of Phyllis
Helm. minor heir of Gus Helm, de-
ceased.
Final report of G. G. Robertson All,
ministrator of the estate of John
Murphy deceased, was ried and sd.
ministrator discharged.
Final report of Leonard Dixon al
ministrator of the estate of George
Dixon deceased, was approved and
administrator discharged.
In the matter of the guardianship
of Jennie Murphy and Mabel Murphy
minor heirs of John Murphy, de
ceased, G. c. Robertson was appointed
by Judge Dewey as guardian.
In the repleyin case under chat
tel mortgage B. McManus. ST.. VS..
Oscar Bowers, w. S. Lavender and
Lee B. Davis, the case was settled
by agreement. suit dismissed anil
costs were paid by plaintiff.
Criminal Cases.
In the case OF the People VS.. James
and Hudson Hayes, charged with as.
sault with deadly weapon, botn
pleaded guilty and James was fined
800 and costs and Hudson was fined
$50 and costs. This case was brought
because Of an attack by the Hayes
brothers upon Conductor Matthews of
the Illinois Central railroad some
weeks ago on a south bound train
called the Whisky Dick train. The
hearing was delayed several times in
justice courts and was finally taken
to the county court
Bench warrants were issued by
Judge Dewey for VIM II. Parker.
Oscar T. Tamm, VIM. Il. Parker and
Frank Long for selling liquor to
Thomas r. Mullens for sell.
ing liquor to drunkards; Oscar 7.
Tamm for keeping gaming house
and Lee Beckwith for keeping open
on Sunday.
These are old cases that were GER
titled from the circuit court to the
county court The case of Richard
Taylor has been set for March q.
The bench warrants are returnabe
forthwith and as soon as returned
the different cases will be set for
trial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
them from ugly thougat5 10 lovely

them from ugly thoughts TO lovely
ones, as the fairy godmother changed
Cinderella's dusty gown to silk and
satin. If you have made mistakes.
don't mourn about them, for you won't
make those same mistakes again, and
1t is only through experience that we
come to a state OF enlightenment
Mind is strength, will is development
understanding Is progress ToddIe on
toddle on, you're all right.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
ITCHING ECZEMA WASHED AWAY

Is it worth % cents to you to stop
that awful. agonizing itch? Surely
you will spend Is cents on your drug.
sists recommendation. to cool and
heal and soothe that terrible itching
eruption.
BY arrangement with the D. d. o.
Laboratories Of Chicago, we are able
to make a special offer Of a 25-cent
bottle Of their oil of wintergren com
pound, known as d, d. D. Prescrip.
ton. Call, or write or telephone to
Herman G. Schulz, Druggist.
We absolutely know that the itch is
stopped AT ONCE by q. D. D. Pre-,
scriptio ad the cures all seem to be
permaet,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08

The heart that is self-sufficient.
that can generate is own surnly ot
happiness. Is proof against all the tlls
of life It is III a warm. lighted rooa
on a CO d Wiuter night, giving security
aud comfort II is ely to Try 10 mt
away from ones thoughts when oaea
Thoughts are ones real sef. rs
thing is 10 overcome them, e chang
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
DOG TAX DUE.

The tax on every dog in the city oil
cairo over the age of three months
is hereby fixed at Two Dollars for
ach year commencing with the first
day of January in each year. to be
laid by the owner or person having
keeping or harboring such dog, to tn
Street Supervisor. This law will be
strictly enforced this year.
John Sheehan,
Street Supervisor.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
The Anchor o. Good Literature.

me Anchor q Good Literature.
What Is. Of all books. the worlds
best seller?" II will sstonish some
persons. It will do the hearts OF null
titudes good. to learn that each year
there are printed and sold 17,o00,ooo
Bibles. giving that book an indisput-
able lead over all Its possible competi.
tors. There Is still hope for our lit.
efatuFe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
STUBBORN AS MULES.

are liver and bowels sometimes;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's troubIe-Loss of Appetite
Indigestion. Nervousness. pesponl-
ency, Heaaache. But such troubles
fly before Dr.. Kings New Life t7ills
the worlds best Stomach and Liver
remedy. So easy Is cents at all
druggists.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
Endorses BED Cross, Plan.

President Taft heartily indorses til
idea of increasing the membership c
the National Red Cross from 10000 t,
100000, and a letter from him con
mending the plan is printed in pam
phlet just published for distribute,
throughout the United States.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-08
TRAIN NARROWLY MISSES
AVALANCHE SECOND TIME

Field, between two mountains OF
debris.
The train was carrying more than
100 passengers, and not more than
a minute had elapsed from the time
it passed point east of Field station
when a slide came down which buried
the tracks for l,90Q feet to a depth o.
twice as high as a Pullman car.