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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14
Holly song.

Care IL but a broken bubble.
Trili the carol. troll tho catch.
sooih. we'll cry. "A truce 10 trouble!'
Mirth and mistietoe shall match.
Happy follyl Wen he Jolly!
Who'd be melancholy now2
with Hey. the hoilyl Ho. the holly?
Polly hangs the holly bough.
Laughter lurking In the eve sir.
Pleasure foots It frisk and free.
He who frowns or looks awry. sir.
Faith. witless wight is hel
Merry follyl What a yolley
Grecis the hanging OF the bought
With Hey. the holly! Ho the hollyl
Who'd be melancholy now?
Clinton Scollard IN Century Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14

ms this was the cue Santa had given
him TO appear puck crawled out. APP
preached the wastebasket, knocked Il
ever. rubbed his face IN the slowly
trickiing glue and then stuck IL into the
Santa Claus false face lying conven-
iently near
In n minute the queer Puck santa
Claus ran down the stairs and Into the
room. arousine shrieks OF laughter as
one boy screamed why. It's Santa
Clans,"
NO. IL is not shouted another. Did
you ever see Santa Claus with four
legs; TIA dog that Is what IL Is
ITS my Puck said Daisy. taking
the queer specimen in her arms. but
how IN the world did he ever get him
self up IN this clever fashion,
Puck WAS not telling. tut the fun
this odd hooking Santa started made
the party a success.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14

care so much because she didn't get
the prize at the masquerade. would
you nowW
"Myw calculated Henrietta bnt her
next eager question was cut short by
"Mr Arfur's' springng 10 his feet
Sister Wose" had entered the room
and Henrietta. knowing that she was
decidedly de trop when they were to
gether. went reluctantly back to Evan
gelina and the fireplace
Good morning said Sister Rose
her tone suggestive Of "a nafry Of snow
IL have an engagement But she sat
down
"Oh. ! am sorry; then | viii 60. he
said gently. but he also SAT down
Il am sorry that yOn are angry. he
began when the silence was getiine
tense. TRY to realize my position
Rose ! sat there. an unwilling judge
my duty awarding prizes To the best
sustained characters 10 the masquer
ade. Among the maskers was one 10
whom my heart went out 4 slender
little figure. whose white satin gown.
caught loosely around the waist with u
silken girde. fell ~ straight folds ,
her tiny feet The chrysanthemum
girl was the lovellcst sight Ia the room
but she was not the host sustained
character. So
II hope you don't think care to-
cause you awarded the prize to Grace
Hereford" interposed the girl scorn
fully. "and please don't Tor minute
think am angry at anything am
only disappointed 10 YOU
"Will you kindly EXPLAIN" added
Arthur
Il had always been SO proud nf your
strength OF character And nov to
hnd out that you are nothing hut a
chameleon. after ALL she walled
"Tbe other day when anniIe was talk
ing about the sin Of wnstime your time
In dancing you said that yun agreed
with her that when there was work
10 do folks ought to do Il You snid
you were not going to the masquerade
for that very reason
We'll. | didn't intend"
You said you had several hours
work at the Office that Hight Then
Grace Hereford came along aud asked
you 70 20. and you went
Miss Hereford had nothing to do
with it. Rose" he said gently II
went 70 work rs said About o Mr
Jones came IN and said thaf II could
tnd Hasson and get his signature To d
certain paper and get bnck by II
o'clock he would make It worth my
while, had an idea that Hasson was
managing that masquerade. and that's
where found him lie buitonholed
me AZ once TO be Judge of the concern
and wouldn't sign the paper unless |
agreed ! saw ! conld get back by II.
20 stayed"
And had plenty OF time 20 dance
with Miss Hereford" supplemented
Rose
II looked for the chrysauthemum girl
first and couldn't ind her" he said
truthfully II danced only once Hut
what made you think Miss Hereford
asked me a. goT'
"She said she wnuld wH.ef she could
get yon 10 10 aud that t0u weuid
dance With her nrst. ~ ! went 10 see
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14


TODAY. OLD TEL lshed broom at
low" him The insult,
Z nearly broke Puck heart.
Puck walked oft u the kitchen up
nno the play room on the top door.
lie crawled under The curtain which
adorned the bed o. Frances. the last
doll to arrive from Paris,
Puck grew droWsy and the last thing
his eyes rested upon before sinking
into sleep was large book cut IN the
shape of Santa Claus AMI c0lored 20
look Ike him rs we'll The hook con
tanned the story beginning Twas the
night before Christmas. aud Puck had
heard Daisy read that story only the
night before What was his surprise
10 see that book straighten Itself until
II looked like soldier on parade. but
Of course Il was not soldier only
Santa Claus. the very being from
whom he was trying 20 escape Santa
Claus began talking to him.
puck. I do not like 10 see you show
such an ugly split this day before
Christmas Christmas is my day. you
know, and Ike every living thing 20
be happy when it comes around
.'If YOU want TO get fun out OF Christ
mas quit expecting merry Christmas
for yourself Try 20 give i TO some
one else" Went on Santa Claus
mir. Santa Claus said Puck. look-
ing offended nobody will allow me 70
help Ii any way All ! can do is to
keep ont 81 the way until your day is
over"
"Nonsensc replied Santa. You are
all wrong The festival is in my hon
or. true enough. but that does not shut
out other people from helping
Puck was wide awake and polite
enough 10 crawl ont from beneath the
bed and listen to his visitor
you know Daisy Is 10 have party
tonight" said santa There Is to be
a splendid tree with presents on II. and
| have n.ade that tree the handsomest
ever trimmed had planned TO
make my appearance myself to wish the
boys and girls merry Christmas, but
! simply c.nnnt take the time. II you
would Hike yui can take my place. III
dress You for the party II you will
allow me I shall look around and see
what can ind in Miss Daisy's play
room. Good. the very thing Wen
make n hli.. And Puck looked toward
the wastcbasset. whore he saw false
face Of Santa Claus with its long
white beard and the remains OF glue
pot warranted 10 mend or stick any
thing
Santa claus benz TO the ears Of Puck
and whispered his plan as secret.
The secret seemed to meet with ruck's
approval. for he wagged hls tail and
wrlggled his body just as he did when
Daisy fed him bit of BIZ, 'avpriie
candy
II grew dark very early. for a snow
storm was on the way Sounds ~ ar
irving visitors came to Pucks oars as
the hell peaied again AMI agaIr His
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14

absence was not
noticed rs beau
tifully dressed
girls came into
the next room 10
rem o We their
wraps. " h ! g
shouts Of laugh
ter and merry
G hrist M a ses
fioated 20 Puck
In his retreat be
meath the doll :
bed.
The voice of
paisy's father Mt
last So,inaIcal. and
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14

But my sleigh II much too heavy now
For the reindeer team 10 pull.
Ten million miles We have to 20
Over the Ice and over the snow
10 visit each home In the world. you know
And al the stockings full.
But whle I 80 trudging around the world
In the starlight cold and dim
The little ones sleep IN their cozy beds.
With pleasant dreams Ia their curly heads
or candles and cakes and drums and sledi
And stockings fiiled to tho brim.
20 of We go over Ice and snow
With gifts for great and small. 4
With fifty thousand Christmas trees y
To be delivered across the seas
And half million dolls. " you please. Y
And "A merry Christmas for AIR e
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-12-14

ing her dog she
had said Il can't
take you today,
old fellow I'll
have too many
packages 20 man
aee YOU"
"ueA went to
the kitchen. led
there no doubt,
by tine delightful
doors.
Gel ont ~
here said Bird.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
KANSAS TOPICS
May Queen From Oklahoma.

Lawrence, Kan.,-With that incon-
sistent disregard Of the propriety Of
things which is invariably exercised by
the female of the Species" Kansas
goods have elected an Oklahoma girl
their May queen. This honor has al
ways been accorded a Kansas girl in
past years. The May queen selected
by the senior girls is Miss Lucille VIII
kinson, senior, whose home is in
Muskogee. Miss Wilkinson is a men,
Der of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and is
one Of the most popular girls in the
university. She is natural blonde
and sufficiently attractive to justify
her selection over many Kansas girls,
should no particular obligation devolve
upon the coeds to choose a native
Kansan.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE SUNFLOWER STATE
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK..
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News in
Little Space.
USES KNIFE ON TRAlNMAN.
Hobo Assaulting Conductor At Har-
per Held on $1,000 Bond.

Harper, Kan.-L. Short, hobo who
inflicted five scalp wounds with a
jackknfe on Andrew Mcpherson of
this place, conductor of Santa Fee train
No 30, when the latter sought to put
him off, was taken to the county jail
at Anthony charged with assault with
a deadly weapon with attempt to kill.
His bond was fixed at $1,000, which
being unable to pay, he was remanded
to Jail. Mcpherson was not seriously
hurt. He told Short to get off the
train and the other drew heavy
knife, opened it and sprang at the
trainman. He slashed him five times
across the scalp. The conductor fell
and Short attempted to escape, but Sec
ton men knocked him down and held
him till an officer arrived. Short
worked as switchman at Wynoka,
Okla, two years ago, and was dis
charged. Since then he has been a
tramp more or less.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
REPORTS TO BE COMBINED
INTO ONE SMALL BOOK
Printing Commission Makes Big Cut
in Amount of Printing.

The State Printing commission has
applied the process Of elimination to
the printing of reports Of state boards
and departments and the result will be
that instead of pile of books three
and one-half feet high the biennial re-
ports hereafter will be consolidated in
to one book three and one-half inches
thick.
There are special laws under which
the reports of the State Board of Agri-
culture, the State Horticultural Soci-
ETY., the State Labor commissioner, and
the State Academy of Science, issue
reports. But all the other reports Is
sued by all the other departments and
boards will be consolidated into one
book.
The commission agreed upon the
cuts that will be made in the space to
be given to the different departments,
The total number of pages in the TWEEN
ty-four reoprts that have been issued
every two years heretofore has been
5,O41. The total number of pages in
the book that will cover all the depart
ments will be LOO
Five hundred copies of the consoil'
dated report will be printed and bound
then five hundred copies with paper
backs will be printed for each of the
departments having an interest in IT,
The report will be issued every Two
years.
Heretofore" said w. A. Austin,
state printer, the departments have
overloaded the plant with their num-
erous reports and the result has been
that the plant was unable to get all
the reports out before the legislature
convened. Under the new system we
will be able to have all the reports
printed in time that the legislature
may have the benefit of the facts Civ
en-"
The commission has fixed date up
on which all of the copy" for the re
port must be in the hands of the COM
mission. 1t is August first, and the
copy" that isn't in then will not get
into the report. Letters were sent out
recently to the different departments
telling them of the number of pages
they would be allowed and the time
limit for turning in the material.
1t costs about three dollars page to
print the reports and it is easy to fig
ure what the saving will be under the
new system.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
A NOTABLE DEDICATION.
Pawnee Rock Planning for Great cele'
bration, Biggest in Towns History.

Pawnee Rock, Kan.-Pawnee ROCK
is very busy these days preparing for
the most notable event in her history
the dedication of the memorial mon
ument concentrating the Importance
Of Pawnee Rock in the early history
of the west All the committees on
arrangement have been appointed and
the work of preparing for the enter
tainment of the largest crowd in the
history of the city is well under way.
A committee has been appointed to
co-oeprate with the Business Mems as
sociations of Larned and Great Bend
as both have expressed desire to aid
in making the day a success in every
way possible. The committee on music
has procured the services of the Great
Western Indian band Of Pratt, Kan,
one of the best bands in the west, and
will get others later on, amongst them,
it is thought, the celebrated Cowboy
Band of Dodge City. The dedication
and unwilling ceremonies will take
place on May "a, and will be in charge
of the State and the Women's Kansas
Day club Besides the notable per-
sonages on the program and those who
come purely from an interest in the
preservation of the historic landmarks
of the west, the delegates to the Kan
sas State Federation of Women's clubs,
the Kansas Development association,
and the New Santa Fe Trail associa-
ton meetings, all of which will be
taking place at Larned at that time,
will attend in a body. 1t will be
memorable day in the history of this
city as, indeed, of the entire central
west
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Petitions Are Defective.

about 60 per cent of the nominating
petitions of candidates for office are
defective" said Attorney General John
S. Dawson. He pointed out some of
the chief errors. They are: Forgetting
either on the caption or in the affi-
davit, to name the precinct, or where
a township has but one precinct, to
designate that it is the only precinct
in the township. Getting signatures of
persons living in different precincts
on the same blank. Persons who cir
culate petitions forgetting to verify
them. Notary forgetting to attach his
seal One of the most serious defects
is the use of city form of blanks in
the country, or country township
blanks in the cities. Forgetting to put
on the street addresses in the cities
and the postoffice addresses in the
country townships.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Predict Bumper Wheat Crop.

Charles Harris, director of the Kan
sas state free employment bureau, is
sending out his first queries regard
ing the condition of the wheat crop
in this state A circular letter is be-
ing sent out which asks for compar-
ative acreage with last year; the
present condition; comparison OF
the prospects with last years yield;
the scarcity or abundance of farm
labor, and the probable date of the
beginning Of harvest. The letter goes
to every city and county clerk In
the wheat belt and to hundreds OF
individual farmers, elevator men and
grain dealers. A second letter will go
out about the middle of May. From
the answers, Mr.. Harris computes the
number of men needed this summer to
harvest the Kansas wheat crop. Mr.
Harris is of the opinion that the pres
ent prospects are for one of the larg-
est wheat crops ever gathered in the
state.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Ottawa U. Reaches 18th Birthday.

Ottawa, Kan.-Ottawa university,
one of the oldest colleges in Kansas,
celebrated the forty-seventh anniver-
sary of it's foundation on Saturday, APP
ril 90 The college, which is one of
the best known Baptist institutions in
the Mississippi valley, secured its char
ter by the assistance of Tauy Jones,
an early day Kansas missionary and
chief of the ottawa Indians in 1865.
President Henry C. CulbersOn, of the
College of Emporia. delivered an ad.
dress at the charter day exercises in
chapel, and the day was made plant
ing day for the students. The men,
bers of this years senior calss of TWEEN
ty-five planted ivy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Not LEGALLY Passed.

Charles Sessions, secretary of state,
filed his answer in the friendly suit
in the supreme court brought by the
attorney general to compel him to
place the amendment providing for
change of venue in criminal cases on
the ticket next fall. Secretary Ses-
sions. in his answer, declares that the
attorney general in office in 1904
had declared that the amendment had
not been legally passed, and further
that if it was legal that it was intend
ed to have been placed on the ticket
at the 1904 election. and not 1912. The
suit was brought in order to have the
supreme court decide whether or not
the amendment can be voted upon at
the next election. 1t is regarded gen
rally as a wise and safe amendment
% the criminal code.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Ms summer Was Murdered.

Pittsburg, Kan.-The autopsy over
the body of Clara Anthony Summers
who disappeared simultaneously with
the death of her husband March 10.
revealed the fact she had been muir
dered before she was palced in the
creek where her body, was found. An
autopsy was made by DR.. Montee'
county coroner. assisted by DR.. Owns
nv II is thought now she was killed
by someone before her husband died
in his home. This discovery by aut-
opsv sheds more of a mystery around
the case than ever
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Saws Militia is Strong.

Colonel P. NJ. Hoisington has re-
turned from northern Kansas where
he has been inspecting the K. N. G..
This finishes the inspection under the
orders of the war department and
Colonel Hoisington expressed himself
as being well pleased with the in
spection, that it was the largest and
the best ever held. Eighty-five per
cent of the officers and enlisted men
were present at these inspections,
which is. the largest percentage ever
present at an inspection. Colonel
Hoisington said: at is but fair to
the guardsmen to say that the X. N.
G. is more efficient now than ever
before and if a call were made for
the regiment to appear in active serv-
ice it would be ready and fit for it,"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Will Meet Mail Order Prices.

Peabody, Kan.-At the last meeting
of the Peabody Commercial club ac-
ton was taken in the matter of meet
ing competition of mail order houses.
Later the business men of town held
a special meeting and issued the fol-
lown card which is signed by eight
cen Peabody merchants eve, the
undersigned merchants of Peabody,
hereby agree to fill any order in our
lines at any catalogue house price for
like quality of goods, and on the same
terms, and save you when possible
some of the freight, and lots or time
and trouble. We will not question
you or knock on the order when sub
mitted, nor in any wise make this
inconvenient, trying rather to make
it much easier than if you ordered
from the catalogue house"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Wheat in Central Kansas o. X.

Hutchinson, Kan.-There Is no foun'
dation for the wheat scare that has
pulled the Chicago market so far as
the big Central Kansas wheat belt is
concerned. This is the statement by
experienced grain men. j. R. Baker
president of the Rock Milling and Ele-
vator company, declared: 81 have Gov
cred the wheat country up the Arkan'
sas valley and the stand is almost per-
feet. The wheat is in fine condition.
The wheat is small, but the stand
means % to 30 bushels at the present
time. Kansas will have not less than
rs to so million bushels of wheat this
wear. if we have reasonable rains"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
II Paws to Test Corn.

Seneca, kant has been demon
strated that it does pay to test seed
corn. j. H. Cohen, cashier of the First
National bank, installed a tester re-
Gently and invited farmers over the
county to bring in their seed corn
for tests. He has just removed the
trays from the tester and in one try
forty out of seventy compartments
had less than so per cent of the kerr
nels sprouted In another tray OF
fifty compartments there were twenty
three in which less than SO per cent
of the kernels were sprouted This
seems to be good evidence that seed
corn should be tested. Many farmers
and others have taken advantage of
this splendid service offered by Mr..
Cohen
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Wins eridoe case for State

Assistent Attorney General S. n.
Wawkes has returned from Smith
county where he won for the state the
famous Smith county bridge case. He
secured permanent injunction gainst
the county commissioners of Smith coun-
ty enjoining them from paying out any
money to the Standard BRIDGE COM
pany on the present CONTRA An
agreement was reached whereby the
work done on the bridge company in
Smith county will be paid for on the
basis of what it is worth. The attor-
ney general will name an expert bridge
engineer, the district court of Smith
county will name one and the bridge
company will name one. The three
engineers will look over the work and
fix a valuation unon it and the county
commissioners will pay for it upon
that basis. The case was started by
County Attorney Uhl of Smith county
who help up warrants for 100000 is
sued by the county commissioners in
favor of the bridge company. The to-
tai amount of money involved was
500, 900 and w. S. Gearhart, state high
way engineer, was quoted as stating
that there was $4,000 graft in the
deal. County Attorney Uhl secured a
temporary INDUCTION against the coun-
ty commissioners to prevent the pay
ment of the $4,000 and the junction
has been made permanent Mr..
Hawkes. has represented Attorney
General John S. Dawson all through
the case and won his fight.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
To Have 100 Miles New Road

Abilene, Kan.-The county commits
sioners of Dickinson county are at
work laying out one hundred miles
all towns of the county and serve
practically the entire population.
These roads are to be kept up by the
townships after the state engineer
has laid them out and made specifi-
cations. The county will pay half
the expenses. This insures a fine
system of roads throughout the county.
One of these will be the Golden Belt
road.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Not so Many Rabbits Now.

Dodge City, Kan.,-There are 31,015
less jack rabbits in Ford county today
than there were 80 days ago, accord
ing to report issued recently by H. N.
Kinhead, county clerk. Seven hundred
and seventy-five dollars have been paid
by the county for this number Of scalps,
the largest amount going to Henry Nau,
Jr., of Spearville township for SOS
scalps and the smallest to p. H. Young
of this place for two scalps. Sports
men have been very energetic in this
section during the past snowy weather
and the Jacks have disappeared fast.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Women to Organize.

Manhattan, Kan.,-Plans for the or
ganization of Kansas women's
council that will unite the 5000 or
ganized women Of this state to act
for their mutual interests has been
announced here. Representatives of
the different state organizations, in
Guiding the Kansas Women's Press as
sociation. the State Suffrage club, the
w. C. T. U. and the Ladies of the
G. A. r. will meet here May IA and 10
to perfect the federation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1912-04-26
Alleged Forqer Landed In LalI

Marysville, Kan.-w. S. Van wey,
alias J. B. Stubs, arrested here charg-
ed with the forgery of two checks in
the sum of $40 drawn on the Pioneer
State Bank of Burlingame and cashed
at the Citizens State Bank. of this city,
was arraigned before Justice L. H.
Eddy. He waived preliminary hearing
and on admission Of the forgeries was
bound over to the district court His
bond was fixed at $1,000 in default Of
furnishing which he was committed to
the county Jail.