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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
Night Before Christmas

Twas the night Christmas when two little boys
Were waiting for Santa and his load of toys
They told all their wants in nice little note
And up the tall chimney had sent it aioat
Bobs sled, and look out you don't fall;
Bring a to Fred, pair of skates, picture book
Then waited and wondered how Santa would look
Were his whiskers long, was he short or tall
his RENDERS obey when to them he'd call
Saying @stop at this house. here live Bob and Fred
who sent a saying bring skates and sled"
Mamma heard them talking and gently she said
Come. children, tits time all snug in bed,
For Santa Claus waits till all are asleep
Ere he, in his journey, at them takes peep
Then, if they have been good pleasing mama dear
Their letters he always will hear.
Bobbie and Freddie these good little boys
Santa brought them his great load of toys
Twas night before Christmas and out
children begging for something to eat
a cold night and the snow falling fast
When please give a penny" to people that
For mother is sick and we've nothing to eat
They lived n >garret and, OH such home;
Surely would here to come,
And have they father? And why do they beg?
This poor, ragged Jimmie and young sister Meg
The story's told for father have they
He is Tim drunkard, the people all say
Who spends all his money for rum-not for bread
Thinks not of his children, or wife sick in bed
not always was he father like this
He used to come home with a smile and kiss
Till lured by the tempter he wandered away
low grog-shop takes all he can spare;
For his wife and children he has not care
IT'S the night before chrstmas-this you may read
And. like Bob and Freddie. have all that you need
While waiting for gifts that dear Santa will bring
hope to be happy, to laugh and to sing;
Just think for moment of Jimmie and Meg,
Who will have Christmas, what they may Deg;
many homes where few comforts found,
Where misery, hunger and abound
Little children there, but they not glad
The rum-fiend has entered and all is sad.
Many lives blasted for does its work,
Ruins home makes father shirk
The children not cared for God has designed,
left to themselves and the evil they find.
many such dwellings, dear reader there are
You find them close by-you need not go far,
Then will you try and be Santa Claus there9
may hearts, lift many a
reward shall be, when the lay down,
Come, blessed of the Lord, here awaits you crown
by MYRON MORSE
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
Steam Heat and Colds.

From the New York Sun.
Here, DOCTOR" said a man as he
hurried into a drug store, give me
something for a cold quick Give me
the best remedy you have in stock
and [ promise you that in future
steam radiators and ] will keep far
apart. The radiator was the cause
of my present trouble"
The druggist gave him the remedy
and the man hurried Off
That's strange" remarked the
druggist to another customer who
was waiting for prescription.
Would you believe It If I told you
he was the fourth person who came
in here today buying medicine for a
cold in the head? The peculiar part
of the matter is that all of them COM
planned that steam heat was the
cause of their colds.
ION reflection. however, that
shouldn't strike me as strange, for
we have the same thing happen every
year. Our busy season for cold medi-
cines begins at the time when the
steam heat is turned on.
persons susceptible to colds-a
great many are-are affected by the
heat and before they realize 1t they
are sneezing and coughing. The
steam heated atmosphere is too much
for them. They sit in rooms alto
gether too warm, although sometimes
persons are unaware of this condition
because the radiators do the heating
slowly, and when they come out in
the open the sudden change causes
them to take cold"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
Self-Con1posed.

She-He is a person of perfect ease
and possession and is thoroughly at
home anywhere.
He-Yes; he even has the faculty
of making you feel total stranger
in your own house.-London Tit
Bits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
Throws Bottle Containing Message
Occnn: Picked Up in Ireland.

Throws BOttto AhNo'~D0 -
Ocean; Picked Up in Ireland.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Canon Hannay
George A. Birmingham tells the
story of how an Irish family named
O'Flaherty Is to be benefited by the
proprietor of New York magazine.
The magazine proprietor was trav-
cling with his little daughter across
the Atlantic. The girl wrote her name
and address on piece of paper, put
1t into a bottle and threw it into the
sea in mid-ocean.
The bottle was picked up on the
coast of ireland by a peasant named
O'Flaherty, who sent a letter to the
magazine proprietor asking for help
owing to his poverty. and he intends
to send O'Flaherty a substantial glft.
Boy Asks Secretary Garrison for DOG
of War"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-There's a
little chap up in Fordyce, Pa, who
wants a dog-Scotch collie preferred.
with little brothers Endorsement Of
the choice-and hearing from his dad
that Secretary Garrison had a lot of
dogs of war" he wrote the head of
the War Department as follows:
"Fordyce. Pa, Dec. %, 1913.
"Mr. Secy of War. Washington, D. G.
Dear Sir: Me and my little brother
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

would like to have dog for Christ
mas present.
Papa says you have plenty OF war
dogs. VIII you send us little pup?
A Scotch collie would be the best.
am nine years old and my little
brother Is four years old.
Good by.
.'MR. RAY G. NORRIS
The Secretary replied that his papa
told him the truth when he said
had war dogs, but he made a mistake
when he said I had plenty" He said
that all the official war dogs are busy
just now.
Eggs Accepted for Admission TO the
Movies.
HARRISON, Ark, Dec. A.-Coinci-
dent with the visit here yesterday OF
w. II. ("Coin") Harvey, eggs were
made legal tender by at least one
branch of industry Rival moving
picture houses placarded their fronts
with: Admission for minors, one
egg; for adults, two eggs" Increased
patronage has resulted. the managers
say. and there is a ready market for
the admissions thus received. Col.
Harvey, in a speech last night, re-
ferred to the egg admission plan as
confession of the lack of elasticity in
the currency. The colonel is 'cndi-
date for Congress in this district.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

of Yiddish, or rather German, origin
1t started, unless we are mistaken,
in Seattle, where it got into print at
least year ago. The phrase Is a
corruption of the German "nieht ge-
fledelt," which means literally mot
fiddled." The Germans especially Of
East Prussia, and Jews everywhere,
have long used it in the sense of Il
don't care" 'Ish ka bibble" is the
way Americans have understood the
phrase and spread it. The slang word
tion of the Hebrew 'mezumen" or
''mezumon," meaning ready cash.
Death Toll Of Cocaine.
From the Washington Star.
Cocaine and other drugs have done
more to wreck strong constitutions
and virile minds than liquor re-
marked DR.. Eduard e. Gulda, of Paris,
at the New Willard. There ought to
be, l should say, the strictest federal
regulation of the sale and importa-
ton of cocaine and drugs made from
coca.
81 had some experience with the
Indians of Brazil a few years ago,
where 1 discovered that the Indians
of that country are largely addicted
to the excessive use of coca. Nearly
all these Indians chew the leaves. The
effects are varied. Taken to excess,
it is a terrible vice. Moderately used,
it imparts endurance, as moderate IN
diligence in liquor will stimulate
tired brain.
ut deadens hunger TO such an ex-
tent that Indians under its influence
have been known to work three days
without food or other nourishment
Their priests chew it during religious
services, and it was burnt like in
cense. Its leaves were placed in the
mouths of the dead to insure their
favorable reception in the next world,
and in the mines the workmen throw
it on the veins of ore, believing 1t to
soften the metal"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
pRIyATE OWNERSHIP or THE INLAND LAKES

THE THREAT of the principal OF large and pretty
Ike in Sussex county lake will be closed against the pub
unless the county releases from
cs attention to shameful neglect by State legislatures Gov
in message pointed the value to the State
>2z1@&akes public parks and strongly recommended
fore they should be converted into private fish
stature authorized the purchase, but no Legisa-
iated a dollar TO make the authorization effective.
AXE the private owner makes charge for public
had been enjoyed from time immemorial
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
snowaalses and silver Dollars.

From the Denver Times.
1t has been said before. Let it be
said again. The snow that you swept
from your walks; that sifted down
your collars; that got into your hair,
your eyes. your tempers, is worth a
million dollars to the agrieulturists of
Colorado. To the dry farmer who
plows it into his soil it will bring re-
wards in a next years bank account.
Lying in the mountains it will flow
down the bitches to the irrigationist
next season. On ranch, in orchard
and truck garden it means moisture
and money, To the city 1t means
health that always comes from sea-
sonable weather. Wade through it
with smile on your lips, shovel 1t
with song in your heart, roll it into
balls and throw at your neighbor
with a laugh and a CHEEKY word. 1t
spells temporary Inconvenience and
future osperity-possibly a white
Christmas for the public tree that is
going to bring all Denver-all Colo
rado-into that new. better, greater,
get-together bond of friendship and
work
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
"Ish Ka Bibble.

"Ish ka BibbIe.V
From the Boston Globe.
Tell us, is fish l<a bibble' really
Yiddish, or is 1t only Western slang,
as the Globe avers2 who really
'knows-Lowell Courier Citizen.
''Ish ka bibble" is Western slang,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24

Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle;
Slippers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24

Copyright. 1913, by e. ]. Edward.
All rights reserved.)
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
TAKE SALTS TO
FLUSH KIDNEYS
EAT LESS MEAT If YOU FEEL
BAcKAcHY OR BLADDER TRoU-
RLEs YoU-~sALTs is FINE FOR
, KIDNEYS.

'as Es.#e
Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter 1t from the system.
Regular eaters of. meat must flush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re-
lieve them like you relieve your
bowels; removing all the acids. waste
and poison, else you feel a dull misery
in the kidney region, sharp pains in
the back Dr. sick headache, dizziness,
your stomach sours,. tongue is coated
and when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to
get up two or three times during the
night.
To neutraIize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table,
spoonful in a glass Of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear, This famous
salts is made from the acid Of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys
and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts
is inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent lithia-water
drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then, thus avoid
ing serious kidney and bladder
diseases.-Advt. "."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
NO FEAR ABOUT ROOT.

The Forum is of the opinion tina
The st. Paul Dispatch has sized u
Roots chances Of being elected presi
dent about right in the following com
ment:
EIihu Root may and may not be
ObsesSed by the presidential ambi-
ton. Quite likely he is, and there
is no gainsaying the fact that he is
precisely the ideal Of the reaction
airy element Of his party. But
what has that to do with the cur
rency bill? Senator Reed must be
weak in his own position if he
finds it necessary to abandon ar
ment and resort to q personal at
tack upon Root, making his ambi-
ton the basis. Root objects to
the regional bank plan of the ad-
ministration bill and whether his
argument is sound or fallacious
has no connection with personal
politics. Senator Reed should
know that debate never gets any
where by the use of the "argu-
mentum ad hOminem."
On the other hand, there need
be no undue anxiety yer Roots
presidential aspirations. ReCOg-
nized as brilliant, able and capa-
bic, he also will be remembered as
the expert and courageous tool of
the reactiOnaries at the Chicago
convention last year, the chair
man of the assemblage which
fiouted public n party opinion,
trampled under foot personal and
political rights. forced Taft upon
the republican ticket, split the
party into fragments and threw
the election to the democracy. No
occasion to worry about Root.
Few men are more competent and
better equipped. But his record
at that convention and all of the
traditions which couple him with
corporate power, the money trust
and special privilege of every
character make him a presidential
impossibility.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
Daddy :sBedtirne
@. The Foolish
OIO1 w. Quarrel Of the
=" 49,. Winter Trees.
early on a windy night it is sometimes hard to

w 80 + a.. :iss ss n,.,za found #. $40, % - H, n.a IT, - u, p,"' A. . "~' 10 "
a-. would tell them a little story about the wind and the trees.
The old north wind is something of a Joker" daddy said. IF the trees
paid no attention % him it. would be much better for them. But In the winter
they have nothing to do but to stand around and try to keep warm. and Hike
most idle creatures, they are apt to get into mischief.
when lively Mr. Boreas IS the north wind is called. comes clustering
around with this tale and that they listen to him and believe him instead Of
paying no attention to- his mischievous stories.
"n summer when the trees have work to do and I'm busv growing fhv
stand together, laughing and talking.
In the fall, when they lose their lovely leaves and stand ot baraa and
thin, their tempers seem to change.
-. "But to get back to ur story, ne day Mr. Boreas came rushing throuob
the woods. He stopped a minute beside the big beech tree to playfuIy twist
some OF its crooked branches. 49,,
Mighty cold weather this Mr.. Boreas said. But it viii be worse than
this after awhile "..
g Hurrah' cried the cedar trees, who had heard Mr. Boreas; we are going
to have cold weather.! They liked the snow and the cold.
"Oh, keep quiet! snapped the beech tree You don't know what YOU III
talking about. 1t won't be cold for q long time
1T WILL though the cedar tree answered. and the oak, too, nodded its
head. The oak a the Oldest and wisest tree in the woods.
"I don't believe a word of it, the beech tree replied. Then there vs a
murmuring from all the trees in the woods. for the oak was their king, and
whoever ws rude to the king was punished.
$50 the murmuring grew until the people who lived OF the edge Of the
wood said, Just hear the wind in the treesr
THE north wind had come rushing back again, and he helped the other
to punish the beech tree. With their long arms the trees beat and ham,
the beech tree until great branches were broken off it.
And then the wind brought in the snow, and it dnfted the beech tree.
covering iso branches with heavy ice until at last it tohared under the load and
fell to the ground.
And because it had always been a fetful, complaining creature it was not
"fSSpd In the forest"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

Otto spliced it. No one else could. He
learned that at Fargo.
when it came to threshing, I said
to Otto, You better stay with this
man and help him overhaul the steam
engine The result was that Otto ran
the engine all fall and did it as good
as any $40 or $12 man / ever had. He
learned some Of that at Fargo.
HE can lace any kind OF belt differ
ent ways and braid or decorate the
name and tail Of a horse, He learned
that at Fargo.
81 asked Otto If. he did not want to
start to school Oct. l this year and
take a full course. but he answered,
No, I can perhaps learn as much in
three months as in a longer time and
besides o need me at home
II think the young folks will learn
more in a short time at such a school
than they would in a whole lifetime
on the farm, because at school they
have nothing else on their minds. We
the stacker rope. But did any one
time in the hay field and he spliced
the stacker rope. But did any n
learn it from him? l guess not-not
even myself. We might have If we had
nothing else on our minds.
Peter Olson. Pierce county, N. D."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18

everyone else will have good. times.
The railroads have been forced, in this
country to the edge of the limit of
earning capacity. Meanwhile, not a
day passes that we are not asked by
some commercial club or city official
body, or business associates, or indi-
viduals to build something new, some
thing for the benefit of some town that
is ambitious. Many such requests are
legitimate and. we would be glad to
comply. But we cannot do so with
out the money. This Is a condition
existent with every road.
"That is why 7 say that the inter-
state commerce commission holds a
power today that the men who created
1t never dreamed it would hold. It has
the power to make the country move
ahead. If it would give the word that
would show the railroads they may
| earn sufficient money next year and
thereafter to pay for the work, or pay
the interest on the debt that the finan-
cling Of the work would entail, new
equipment would be bought. new sta
tions built, new lines put down, new
terminals laid out and a general up
building programme would replace the
present attitude Of hesitation"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
Mother Wins at LAST.

Harper's Magazines: The long eX-
pected baby had arrived, and the
father was invited in to see his little
daughter. He had hoped that it
might be a boy.
What will you call the little one,
sweetheart, ?" said he.
81 think will call her Gracia,' said
the mother. Il always have liked
that name"
ooh, no. said the father, II
wouldn't call her Oracle! It's such a
fancy name. Why not call her Helen,
after her mother?"
Il don't mind" said she.
SO they Christened the baby Helen.
In due time another little one was
announced and the father was invited
in to see his second baby daughter.
He longed exceedingly for a son and
heir, but was almost reconciled when
he looked at the mother as she cuddled
the little girl to her side.
what will you name this one, dear
est?"
Il think [ will call her Gracia," said
the mother. I always have liked that
name"
ooh, I wouldn't call her that" an
swered the father. Its such a fool
ish name. Why not give her a sensi-
Bile one. We might call her Ruth after
my mother"
"All right she agreed; "I think
Ruth would be a nice name for her.
And the records named her Ruth.
And in the fulness of time a third
little one awaited the disappointed
fathers welcome in the darkened
chamber.
We'll, what will you call this one?'
he asked as he looked down at The
baby girl.
Il think. I'll call her Gracia," sait
the mother. Il always have liked tina
name"
oh no, I wouldn't" he said. "Hel
aunt. Bertha will be real disappointed
If We don't name it after her."
well, [ suppose that's So" answered
the mother. well call her Bertha"
Time passed on and a fourth littl,
one came to claim a welcome. TIL
father could hardly hide his. grfe
when the doctor announced, e. Its
girl" but he tried to look pleased a
he stepped softly into the darkene,
ROOM. AS he pressed his wife's han,
he asked, "And what will you call thi
little-girl?"
II think I'll call her Gracia," sal
the mother. Il always have liked tina
name"
well, for heavens sake call he
iGracia," he exploded, land perhap
then we can have a boy"
And she did. And they did.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
VlVlsECTION.


Humane people everywhere will be
rejoiced by the announcement Of DR..
Richard Cowen Of the Royal College
of Surgeons, London, who declares
that, the practice Of vivisection is not
only cruel, but that it Is not profit
able.
Says his eminent authority:
This mutilation and torture has
led many earnest men along the
wrong road Of research. For
more than a quarter Of a GEN.
fury I nave praCticed SURGERY.
During that time | have performed
some thousands of operations, vet
cannot recall a single instance in
which l owed anything to public
reports of vivisection experiments.
The world Of science ought to make
an u~nassailable response to this state
ment before communities permit
their boys to be brutalized by the
practice Of catching dumb beasts
which ought to be protected because
OF their helplessness, and held in affec-
ton because of their loyalty anC
friendship, and turning them over, for
a few cents, to the men who stand
ready to torture and kill them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-18
1T IN FARGO,

= There is a farmer in North Dakota
has learned something, that ev-
a. cry farmer in The state should know
& the value of the winter short course
at the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege. The Forum believes the follow
ing letter should be clipped out by ev-
cry merchant, every banker Inc every
other person who is interested in de-
veloping North Dakota, and sent to
some farmer friend.
- Peter Olson Of Pierce county wrote
the letter to The Dakota Farmer. 1t
reads as follows and needs no further
comment:
ITO Dakota Farmer: In an edi-
torial in our Nov. 1 issue, you ask
that farmers write about their expert
fellow along if he only knew about
them and L hope this will comply with
your request.
F. Last winter after Christmas our
oldest daughter and son, 20 and is
years Of age, respectively, attended
the short course at the agricultural
college at Fargo, N. D. I did not ex.
pect they would learn a great deal ir
a short time but I knew It would be q
change from the daily grind on the
farm. Our hired boys and girls whc
do not work any harder than our own
children get their pay, and after Ger.
tain hours are free to rest or do as
they please.
Last spring the son. Otto by name
was very glad to come home from
school. I did not question him a great
deal and he did not say anything il
particular about what he had learned
but the first I knew one of our little
boys showed me three S wrenches
and said otto made them in Fargo.
II could hardly believe it so I asked
Otto and he answered, Yes, I made
them.
'WelI, Otto took charge of u three
gasoline engines and made them go
too. He learned that at Fargo.
SIN haying time we generally have
two or three mowers. rakes, bullrakes
and d stacker going at the same time
One day the stacker rope broke ans