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The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

room. There's fathers gift. Can't you
see dear old dad behind every page Of
your favorite set Of books7 All calf.
too. and illustrated by the only artist
that appeals to you. What riches lie
In the palm of your hand as you look!
No n car rob you Of these. Every
page means the door Of q new treasure
house. How good Of dear fatherl I
wonder how he knewf He must have
been listening when you and your
chum had that ripping discussion OF IA
vorites. Apd YOU can't understand how
no knew the color Of your collection.
All, we'll! Trust a father.
Mothers dressing gown. She made
II unheiped and probably in the late
night hours after the very long day.
See bow cleverly her fingers have
made three yards OF cord look like
much more. The loops and buttons are
handmade: they cost so much less. and
you know mother hasn't . bank ac'
count 81 her own. She has not cut
down the rations, either. It's Just her
great, generous heart that has accom-.
plished the seemingly Impossible thing.
The eyes are not 90 bright and blue as
when she was the happy, laughing girl
that dad srst loved. But she sees Just
AZ far beneath the surface, and she
knows how much you long for some
things. AZ, what a world 81 sacrifice
and love ftfpds behind these gifts
Oh, myi Don't smile, but isn't this
just like that great. blssdering cub o,
q nob7 He must have paid I'VE or SIX
dollars FOR this. POOR, misguided. stuns
brothefl Now you can just Q hir,
saunterinx INTO the 'art (savs tn,
marklb ~Nsedlework" store. Do you Sc,
his airy nonchalance as he casts hi
eye over the pincushions arrayed II
~stistening, satiny linesf How muci
Is this? And thiss The latter beinl
| the more expensive. was quickl!
chosen. oh. what ever are you goinl
to do with III Bright pink satin, will
a suggestive bunch OF bright forget-nse
nots blooming out from beneath a ruf
fe Of very cheap lace. You'll nevel
forget II. You know-tho kind o
things you see at fairs. 1t may DO th'
reason! Perhaps the fair is an In
stitution for helping hopeless pin
cushions along an easy way.
But that's Bob for youl Care free
big hearted. a little rough On the es
thetic edges, but ever willing to Civ
you the best. Put back the abomina
ton Of satin and sawdust Don't hur
his feelings. please. Thank him for hi
thought. his generosity. You can d.
this without being a hypocrite.
Here's something that hurts. Why
oh, because It has been given to "ge
ahead" OF you. She has money and haI
bought the most expensive Of It's kim
and has forgotten to remove the price
She really should not have done this
for shs isn't one Of your inner circl'
and she doesn't care for you. None,
stands back Of this. Nothing mor'
than the dollar mark lies beneath thu
) ~. You know II. and . blush mounts
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
CHRISTMAS THE cnILD's DAY
BY Rev. erandford LsavItt.

BY Rev. brandford LeAvltt.
Christmas Is the child's day III the
Christian year. and how this weary
and uneasy world needs the child
like mind to ave II from itself. What
IL more subtiy ntted to the needs OF a
worn and dissipated world than the
image OF all that Is alive and fresh
and unstainedf II Is the child In men
we look for and love-again today the
child Is the savior that W a.
smile with q smile, that responds to
the confidence with confidence. ready
to take you and me for what We would
like to be and thus lifts US nearly to
our ideal.
l have admired wit In men and in
fiuence and grace and beauty In wom-
en- and I ind also that one disturbes
these. grows Indifferent to them as he
gets older and sadder and wiser. but
loves In men and women the little
child. longs for some one not to ad-
mire nor praise nor be charmed by.
but some n to love so that loving
shall be peace.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Letters to
Santa Claus.
Marshall, Mo.


Dear Santa Claus-I thought ]
would write you a line to let you
know that I am a good little boy.
II go to school and am IL years
old. Well old Santa il is time for
you to bring me something nice.
Please bring me a new suit OF
clothes, a pair OF new shoes and
.overshoes, a new pair OF gloves
a new cap, some new shirts and a
blue sweater. Also bring me some
candy and mixed nuts. Dear San
"a will you please come Thursday
night Dec 81 as | would like to
have these things early as I am
going 10 Kansas to spend Christ
mas and ] want to have these be-
fore ! 60. ! will GO to bed early
Thursday night about shutdown so
YOU can come early.
Palmer Jackson, Jr.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

Take an ~overcoat that costs you
s32.oo weight 5 1-2 pounds, wool
used o pounds, cost OF wool lie.
Suppose II takes 2 pounds OF raw
wool TO make 1 pound ready for
the wcaver-l2 pounds at lie equal
S2.0i. The present tariff rate
would equal ooc on the ~ pounds
of wool or n total cost OF
wool with tariff added S2.si. Who
gets the S20.s6p You cannot blame
that to the Tarin.-West st. Paul
Times.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

The Republicans policy is to al
low the use of the editorial column
for the discussion Of any public
question. Under this policy We
have admitted another article on
Socialism this week. For the In
formation OF all We will say that
the discussion of such subjects
must be restricted according to the
interest OF u readers In them.
While the subject is a big and Wit
al one, many readers prefer gener-
al reading matter to political dis
eussions,
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Gives His Reason
Dear Editor Witt:

Dear Editor Witt:
As my article OF Nov. 22d escap-
ed the waste basket, I crave fur
ther space in your valuable paper
for a few paragraphs on Socialism.
I will herein endeavor to briefly
state how ! became converted to
Socialism.
I will ask the reader to look
around and size up the condition
of the country today. He viii find
that In the last dozen years tho
following conditions has been
brought about.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Terms: ST. 90 per Year in Advance
]. j. WITT, Editor and Proprietor
Our Platform

Protection for all, sufficient to
squalize the cost OF production at
home and abroad. Articles In com
mon use not produced in this
country, free; honest government
regulation OF trusts; strict en-
forcement OF all laws or their re-
peal; restricted immigration
For President Theodore Roosevelt
For Vice. President. Herbert S. Hadley
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Gillian, Mo. Dec. 0, 1911

Gillian, Mo. Dec. Q, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus-How are you?
| am all right. l am a little boy
about s years old. Do you know
what ! want for Christmas. l want
a story book and post card cam
era, ! want some candy, nuts, ba-
nanas, oranges and peanuts. and ]
want an Indians suit too.
Herbert Wynne.
p. s. Don't forget to come TO our
house at Gillian, Mo-, that Is all.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Marshall, Dec.

Marshall, Dec. II, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus-I thought
would write you a letter this Christ
mas. 1 am a little girl two years
old and / have a little brother. II
Is such hard times that I am afraid
SANTA Claus wont get around this
year. l would like to have a doll,
picture book, and n soft rubber ball
some candy nuts and oranges.
think that Is all please remember
me. Alice Mae Brummett.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Marshall, Mo.
53i North Odell,

Dear Santa,
Please bring me the little wagon
with the three little sheep in It
a little horn, a little air rifle, q
picture book, a little drum, and q
little white doll for my brother
Ellis, and some candy and nuts
and oranges. I will go to bed real
early and say my little prayer, SO
please come early.
George A. Alexander, Jr.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, No.

Slater, Mo.
Dear Santa-I will write as II IL
near Christmas and tell you I am
four years old and always good. l
want a little trunk, candy and all
kinds Of nuts. Please don't for
get mamma and papa.
Rosa Alberta White.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo.

Slater, Mo.
Dear Santa Claus-I I'm q little
girl just years old. ! will look Tor
some candy, mixed nuts a nice
book and some ribbons. Don't for
get mamma, bring her a dress, all
sewed up. ! have a little sister.
Don't forget her any old thing
will do for her. Be sure to come.
Georgia Moore.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

Dear Santa-I am a little boy 5
years old, I go to school, and n
read. / want n wagon, a train lots
OF nuts and candy. I have a little
brother, please bring him a rattler.
Make Christmas come as quickly
as you can. Your friend.
Frank Forbes.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo.

Dear Santa,
am a good little girl, my name
Is Georgia +. Brooks. Santa will
you please bring me a doll with a
pink dress and black hair and blue
eyes and a little stove and some
candy. oh, Santa do come and do
bring little Vernern something too.
Georgia F. Brooks.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater Mo.

Slater Mo.
Dear Santa Claus-l thought l
would write you a little letter and
tell you what l want for Christmas
l want a little trank and s ONE
candy and oranges. 1 have a little
brother and please don't forget him
bring him a little chair and bring
the baby a RATHER. ! will leave the
stove door open SO you can come
in. ana six years old and live six
miles from Slater. Hope you wont
forget me. Floss.e Ann White.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Blue Lick, Mo.

Blue Lick, Mo.
Dear Santa-I am a little girl
eleven years old, ! am In the fourth
grade. I 60 to Fair Play school.
I want you to bring me n big doll,
a nice story book and a little pair
Of scissors and some candy, nuts,
oranges and bananas.
Jennie Lee Owens.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo.

Dear santa-I am a little girl 10
years old and will tell you what
] want you TO bring me. l want d
doll, candy, nuts, oranges, ribbons,
doll outfit, little chairs, dresser,
doll house, little piano, ball. and
a RATHER for the baby sister. Hope
TO see you. Annie Moore.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

Wages in the United States are
S2.3o for every dollar in England.
The slash and drive tariff bills of
the last Congress would have re-
duced New England wages to the
level OF Old England.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

President Roosevelt's chances OF
becoming our next president are
better every day. II would be a
happy solution OF party's and coun
try's troubled state.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

The Hyde juror who disappeared
last week has been declared in
sane. II Is little wonder that a
busy man goes crazy when penned
mp for weeks Such cases as the
Hyde trial are a reflection on M
courts
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo

Slater, Mo.
Dear Santa-I am a little boy 10
years old. ! want a nice present
for Christmas. I go to school and
am in the third grade. My teacher
Is Mr.. Walls. ! wish you would
bring me a horse and wagon, some
candy and nuts. Please don't for
get mamma. Raymond Smith.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

veimer L. Brooks and I thought I
would write to you TO let you know
what I want. Santa will you please
bring me a doll, a buggy, a little
piano, some candy and nuts, and
Santa I have a little baby brother
don't forget him. Now Sam
Ia I hope I have not asked for too
much. Do come Santa and don't
Velmer Brooks.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo.

Slater, Mo.
Dear Santa Ciaus-I would like
for you to pay me a visit. / would
be pleased II you would bring me
a work box and some candy and
nuts. / will close by telling you
not to forget me. Your friend,
Mamie Rebertie Ellis.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

The farmers free list includes
foo wear Il ON abroad, where wages
are from IS 90 80 a week against
SIS to 25 In this country. Such
competition would bring wages
down or close American shoe fac
tories up.-Norwich Bulletin.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21

Behind THE Gift

By Barbara Lee

MERRY Christmasi
You're welcomed
How have you en-
joyed the nrst few
hours todayf Hasn't
II been exciting and
Interestingly Now that
the nrst little calm
has cone after the
storm. let Us settle
bach tolook once again
1t gifts that are our
special fortune to w
in the great living
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater, Mo.

slater, DO.
Dear Santa Claus-I am a little
boy half past six I will tell you
what l want you to bring me. I
hope you will be at the Potter
school on the 22d, with candy, and
a ball, nuts and a nice picture book
book. This will be all.
Wesley Moore.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater,Mo.

Dear Santa,
1 am a little boy, 8 years old
and l 60 to school and get my
lessons well. Now will you please
bring me a train, a wagon and
horse, some candy and nuts, good
bye Santa, be sure and come.
Wilbert Harris.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Our gifts.

Az the Masi came bearing gifts. SO
do We also-gifts that relieve want:
gifts that = sweet and fragrant With.
friendship; gifts that breathe leve;
gifts that mean service; gifts inspired
still by the star which shone over the
City Of David. nearly two thousand
years ago.-Kats Douglas wigsin.
The Marshall republican., 1911-12-21
Slater Mo.

olatefS NO.
Dear Santa Claus-1 am seven
years old and live six miles from
Slater II you will be so kind as to
bring me a little train and some
firecrackers andd candy and nuts
] will thank you very much. We
have a chimney in the middle OF
the house, so you will have no
trouble in getting in. Bring grand
ma a hair brush and bring grand
pa a shaving mug.
Archie Lemon Smith.
----
Slater, Mo.
Dear Old Santa Claus,
] am q little girl, my name is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-12
Death Of an aoutlawn Horse.

In Mustangs, Busters and Outlaws
Of the Nevada Wild Horse Country" in
the American Magazine for October. Ru-
fus Steele writes of the capture of a
splendid wild stallion, who had long
eluded capture He was an OUTLAW.
Writes Mr. Steele:
Until we saddled him we did not
realize his desperation. We fastened the
RATA to his front feet; when he tried
TO run away we jerked his feet from
under him, throwing him heavily; as he
attempted to rise we threw him again,
and repeated the maneuver until exhaus-
ton necessitated his capitulation. But
his surrender was only temporary. For
three years we tried to break him, us
ing every article known to usas quick
ly as one man gave up the task another
would try to conquer him; but every
time a human being approached or tried
to bride or saddle him, he would bite
viciously, while his eyes, protruding
from the sockets blazed fiery red with
hate. As the cinch was drawn tight
the outlaw, if upon his feet, invariably
reared straight up, poised upon his hind
legs, then hurled himself backward to
the ground We always mounted him
while he was tied down, and to stay
after he gained his feet called for ac-
ton which boiled days work into thir-
ty minutes of struggle. His end was
as tragic as his career: in making an
attempt at escape by jumping out of
a stockade corral he misjudged the dis
lance and became mpaled on a jagged
post, and forty-four was turned loose
upon him to end his suffering.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-12
Particularly the Ladies.

Not only pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, but gently cleansing and sweet
ening to the system, Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA is particularly adapted
to ladies and children, and beneficial in
all cases in which wholesome, strength
ening and effective laxative should be
used. Ii is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds, headaches and the pains
caused by Indigestion and constipation SO
promptly and effectively that it is the one
perfect family laxative which gives salts
faction to all and is recommended by
millions Of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge Of its ex-
cellence.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led INSCRIPTIONS dealers to offer imita-
tons which act unsatisfactory. There
fore. when buying. to get its beneficial
effects, always note the full name Of the
Company California Fig Syrup Co..
plainly printed on the front Of every
package Of the genuine Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
For sale by all leading druggists. Price
SO cents per bottle.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-12
Protection for workmen.

The action of the Massachusetts SUI
preme court in sustaining the consti-
nationality Of the employers liability
act is showing its effect in the large de.
gree Of interest in similar legislation
now shown in other states. Fully a
score are now considering such legis-
lation, and the trainers Of the proposed
laws are giving close study TO the differ
ences between the New York state law
which failed of judicial sanction, and
the Massachusetts, statute which stood
the test of constitutionality
The workingmen Of the Emf ire state
must 60 for at least another year with
out the protection TO which nearly every
one agrees they are entitled. The New
York law was modelled on the English
act of 1907 without sufficient allowance
for the limitations imposed by writ
ten constitution. The supreme court
held that its optional agreement pro-
visions in effect deprived the employer
of property without due process Of law.
Instead of framing new law, those
who are furthering the measure in the
New York state legislature have endeav-
ored TO overcome the objections TO the
act by the clumsy method OF constitu-
tional Amendment. An amendment has
been introduced which aims ito make
provision for the payment of compensa-
ton with or without right Of trial by
jury, and with or without regard to the
fault of the employee"
The Wisconsin workman's compensa-
tion act which has just been passed by
the Legislature was framed with such
particular care by commission of ex-
perts that it will in all likelihood be en-
dorsed by the supreme court. 1t re-
senbles the Massachusetts, law in max
ing il optional with the employer and
the workman to accept the scale Of
compensation it provides. 1t differs
from 1t in leaving the employees negli-
gence as legitimate defense TO an ae-
tiOn for damages Defence on the ground
of assumption of risk or fellow serv-
ants negligence is done away with, al
though there are minor limitations. The
men who framed the law left in the
eontributory negligence defense TO avoid
the constitutional prohibition against
depriying an employer of his property
without due process Of law.
III NAANAth- FNtNANAb0tf VI Ahi AfEAN
TO damages for ordinary negligence,
many American states are behind prae-
tically every country in Europe. They
are similarly backward in having failed
to provide any machinery, such as is
to be found everywhere in Europe,
through which the expense Of damage
litigation may he avoided. In these
states the disgusting conditions which
surround good proportion of all dam
age litigation are still permitted to con
tinue Whenever we are inclined to
boast of the exalted position OF the
American workingman it is well to re-
member that over half the area OF the
United States his family is still de-
MED decent measure Of financial pro
lection against the disastrous conse-
quences Of the inevitable accidents Of
his calling, Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-12

In his Autobiography of an Insur-
gent in the October American Maya
zine, Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
tells of his first campaign for Congress
He decided to run Independent OF the
boss With the assistance Of a friend
he won the nomination, but not without
a stiff fight with the machine.
OF this he writes:
1T was not long before the machine
found out what / was doing. The So
called Madison ring which controlled
that congressional district, was composed
of Keyes, Phil Spooner, a brother OF
John G. Spooner. Oakley. United States
marshal, and Willet Main. a brother-in-
law of John c. Spooner, who was depu-
ty marshal AZ | was on my way home
one day, Phil Spooner stopped me and
said;
"'What is this hear about your run
ming for CongressY
81 told him my purpose,
ado you expect to be nominatedf
81 told him did.
"'Dont you know he said, that there
hasn't been congressman nominated for
fifteen years who hasn't had our sup
port? Why haven't YOU consulted Reyes
and Oakley and mef
81 said. 4 know of no reason why
should consult you. I've been out in the
country consulting the people. and Pm
going to consult a good many more
We'll, young man, he said, you can't
go to Congress-
81 said: I think ! can; anyhow, Pm
going to try
They gave me a hard fight. They
hired all the teams in Madison and COW
cred the whole country. There was no
influence they did not use; no wires they
did not pull But | carried the eaucuses
against them and elected my delegates
The very night that | got the final re-
ports from Dane county, received tel
egram from Sam Harper saying that he
had carried the last caucuses that set
tied Grant. That meant that had won.
Sam had not been out Of his buggy for
thirty days A man will do things our
of warm friendship that he will never do
for money, or office, or fame"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-12
THE LAWS OF NATURE.
The Wise Ones Think That They Are
Undergoing a Constant Change.

Whether or not the laws of nature
may change or actually have changed,
was a theme of much interest at the
recent international philosophical con-
gress, in Bologna, owing to an idea
brought forward by Henri Poincare. This
brilliant French physicist and mathema-
tician undertook an examination Of tho
question raised by the famed Boutroux
as to whether nature was after all i'm
mutable in her arrangements. Does She
not change her laws? In a world which
evolves continually, are the laws-that
is, the rules under which this evolution
takes place alone exempt from all vari4
alton? Such a conception could never
be adopted by the man of science without
denying even the possibility Of science,
but the philosopher has the right TO pose
the question
Imagine world in which there was
no difference in temperature. Certain
laws would be discovered by the inhab-
itants. such as, for example, that water
boils at a certain fixed pressure Sup
pose now that in course of time this
uniform temperature changed; all the
laws would now change; water would
boil at different pressure, and so on.
Now. however perfect might be the con-
duetivity for heat OF this planet, ID
would doubtless not be absolute, so that
one day a physicist of genius might with
his delicate instruments detect these inn
perceptibe differences.
A theory might then be erected that
4 4. 4 t,tru had -
effect on physical phenomena, and, finally,
some bold speculator might affirm that
the mean temperature of the world had
varied in the past, and with it all physi1
cal laws. May there nit be some physical
entity as yet entirely unknown to us, as
was temperature to the inhabitants of
this imaginary world, which might vary
and so create in the same way changes
in all the laws?
Poincare found something analogous
to this, at any rate, in the ideas now
being brought forward on the subject OF
mechanics. and which were later in the
congress put forward, by Professor Lam
gevin. whose name is known in connec-
tion with work in radio-activity. 1t IS
now asserted that the laws of mechan-
les, once considered absolute, are not so.
They must be changed, or at least en-
larged They are only approximately
true for the veloeities to which we are
accustomed, and cease to be so for veloci-
ties comparable to that of light. One
might say that as a result of the con-
slant dissipation of energy the speed of
bodies has much diminished since their
activity gets transformed into heat.
Thus. remounting back to the past,
one would find an epoch when velocities
comparable to that of light were not un-
common, and when, as a consequence, tns
classical laws of dynamies We're not true.
But II, on the other hand, we consider
these laws as only approximate laws and
consider the laws of motion of molecules
as the true laws, we can keep our faith
in the immutability of laws in general,
There is not, then, sole law that we
can enunciate with the certainty that &c
has always been true in the past or will
always be true in the future.From Cur-
rent Literature.