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The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
That's Funny"

had touched her. But the next mo.
ment, as if remembering that this
soaring must be endured, she an
swered sweetly;
mo, DEAR
That's funny" Calista had noted
the start and now was taking shy
stock of her. Il didn't either. And
thought he'd give one of us Christ
mas present
Margaret added nothing to prolong
this conversation, and apparently
Calista was too intent upon going her
own way in thought to continue it
perforce, for silence fell between
them.
And it was into this silence that
the telephone tore vehemently.
Let me! Let mel" shouted Calista.
And before Margaret could utter a
word of protest she had the receiver
Then assuming an important air OF
grown-upness she attended to the af-
fair in hand.
Hello! Yes, this is 1897 J. Yes,
this is Calista. Oh! Did you like it?
Did you? I-yes. I thought you
would"
For a moment she slipped her very
proper telephone manner and became
the eager little girl. The next she
was back again doubly dignified OF
tone.
81 suppose you didn't give any
Christmas presents this year. Mar
garet says you didn't give her any
asked her-and you didn't send me
anything"
"Calista!" 1t was Margarets voice.
quivering, questioning. "Who!"
Calista was intent on the phone
"Yes," she was saying, you saw
them going to Auntie Madge's Yes
all but Margaret and me. Yes, of
course she'll talk to you-when I get
through. Now! You can't wait to
hear her voicel / must say Jasper
Hemingway that you're very rude
and impolite. / wanted to tell you
about all the Christmas presents
got. Yes, will be mad. am. But
I'll tell her.
Meanwhile a white face waited at
Calista's side. From it great tear
washed eyes stared incredulously.
Here" Calista was oblivious to
the insistent tide of human emotion
surging about her, as she held the
receiver toward Margaret. "He says
to tell you he was in the wrong and
he's ready to go down on his knees
to ask you to forgive him. And he
says to emphasize the down on your
knees"
Margaret put out a, hand. It was a
wild yearning gesture with which she
bent to hear that voice. And Calista.
going into the next room, noted the
sudden light that flew to her face.
Incredibly transformed she was from
the dream-haunted girl of a few mo-
ments ago. And without really un-
derstanding how she, little girl, had
made a hot-tempered man ashamed
Of himself, Calista yet knew that she
had tipped the scales of chance.
81 did it." she whispered to herself.
My Christmas present made him glad
again."
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The Christmas Stocking.

st. Nicholas seems to have been the
original of our Santa Claus. He was
the bishop of Myra about the year
300 and was very popular because Of
his good deeds and kindness, especial.
ly to children, whose patron saint ne
is supposed to be- An old legend says
that he wished to secretly bestow q
gift upon an old nobleman who
though poor, did not want anyone tc
know of his poverty. Wien the good
bishop reached the house he saw the
old gentleman asleep by the fire, SC
he climbed to the top of the chimney
and dropped his gift into 1t, thinking
it would fall on the hearth. But it
happened that the money fell into one
of the old gentleman's stockings.
which his daughter had hung up to
dry, where 1t was found and used as
a dowry for his eldest daughter. And
the story goes on to say that st
Nicholas never failed to put a gift
in the stockings which were hung up
for him thereafter when a daughtg
of the house as to maTrv
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when she put the teapot down 1 saw
her slip from out her gown and drop
into the teapot quick some sort OF
dope with movement slick.
'Twould take much more than this,
think, to drive old Santa Claus to
drink; that is to say, to rum, per-
haps, though sometimes he may like
his schnapps. Full many a cup OF tea
he quaffed The more he drank the
more he laughed. Uncanny was his
jollity, and l at first thought should
fee.
He seized his pack, and full of joy
piled me upon it like a toy, and rush
ing forth into the night began his
world-embracing flight. He used a
sleigh, as we all know, but needed
neither ice or snow. We sailed away
o'er mount and plain, through many
weathers, snow and rain-through
wind and sleet and zero although
all the time it seemed quite fair.
A dozen reindeer ran ahead. Their
bells were soundless as they fed, and
all the ghostly journey seemed quite
fitting in the dream 1 dreamed. A
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Calista was steepoG u atsSs But
not any more SO than If she had re-
ceived but two or thre . II this many,
many gifts heaped upon her by ador-
ing relatives. And it was not until
afternoon that her maze of joy began
to take on coherencv. and she began
to link in her mind the gifts to their
donors. Then it was that she remem-
bered her sisters former betrothed.
did you receive anything from JAS
per, Margaret" she blurted out. For
tunately they were alone, the rest of
the family having gone to Aunt
Madge's house for little visit. But
since Calista had cold, Margaret
stayed at home with her.
Margaret, who had been staring
with dream-haunted eyes into vacancy,
started as If some white hot brand
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

the history Of the state under the
statute which makes 1t misdemeanor
to give information to any employer
that an employe has served time In
prison was made here. Peter Writ,
sentenced in Los Angeles to a year in
San Quentin for assault with deadly
weapon, complained to his parole off,
Ger that his roommate, Frederick
Schroeder, a painter, had informed
their landlady against him. The parole
officer had Schroeder arrested and ap-
peared against him In court. Decision
was reserved.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS SUPERsTITIONS

II you will go to the crossroads be-
tween eleven and twelve on Christmas
night you will hear what most con-
Germs you in the coming year.
If on Christmas eve you make lit
tie heap of salt on the table, and it
melts over night, you will die the
next year; if, in the morning, it re-
mains undiminished, you will live
If shirt be spun, woven and
sewed by a pure, chaste maiden on
Christmas day it will be proof against
lead or steel
II you are born at sermon time on
Christmas morning you can see spir-
its.
II you burn elder on Christmas eve
you will have revealed to you all the
witches and the sorcerers of the
neighborhood.
IL you eat raw egg on Christmas
morning, fasting, you can carry heavy
weights.
1t is unfortunate to carry anything
'rth from the house on Christmas
morning until something has been
brought into it.
If the fire burns brightly on Christ
mas morning it betokens prosperity;
If it smolders, adversely.
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called a police ambulance. When the
woman was being taken to st. Fran
cis' hospital she fought two policemen,
shrieking that she wanted to die. By
using a stomach pump physicians
saved her life.
Since the death of her child several
months ago Mrs. Zoda's grief has been
so great that she often said she hoped
"God would take her"
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He hurled them with skill right in
through the transom;
And what is most strange-all untruths
think shocking
A lot of them landed in each small ones
stocking!
At length to the flats next the roof he
ascended,
Where he paused when his last distribu-
ton was ended,
And, laying his finger aside of his nose,
And winking one eye. he struck a gay
pose,
And burst into laughter that shook his
round belly
You remember, of course-lil<e a bowlful
of jelly:
Apartment house architects truly arc
clever,
But can they contrive to keep me out?
Never!'
Then he climbed to the roof, shifted the
air, made a dash,
Bounced into his sleigh, and was off like
a flashi
Copyright, Frank A. Mursey Coz
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Farmer Is Old Fashioned.

Upper Brockway, Minn.-Stephen
Adams, one of the Oldest settlers in
this section of the country, has accom-
plished a feat which will not soon be
equalled by any one in the whole coun-
ty, by harvesting a whole crop Of
grain by the old pioneer method.
Adams secured the contract from a
local farmer for harvesting the grain
with the old-fashioned cradlescytte.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

And then looked around for a chimney to
enter,
And seeing but one let himself down the
center.
Twas a pretty tight fit for a saint of his
size,
And the SCOT made him smutty and got
in his eyes;
But when used to flying one won't mind
a fiue,
So he kept on a sliding that long chimney
through,
Then he paused, for the dolls in his pack
shrieked you'll burn us!'
Alas! he's arrived at the steam-heating
furnace!
In fright all the Teddy-bears squeaked
out in chorus
ga too warm reception! What fate is be-
fore us?"
The toy cars and engines all ratified and
bumped,
The stuffed cows and lambs mooed and
bleated and jumped.
"a pretty scrape, this" said st. Nick;
"but before
Giving up let me see if can't force the
door"
Happy thought. for the door opened out
ward with ease,
And he wriggled right through, as neat
as you please!
Then he rushed up the steps to the hall
ways above
And stopped at each door where lived
children to love,
And selecting their gi"ts, whether useful
or handsome
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
SWALLOWS POISON AT GRAVE
Bereaved Mother Fights With Police
men, Who Rush Her to Hospital
to Save Her Life.

Trenton, II. J.-Kneeling beside the
grave of her daughter in st. Mary's
cemetery here, Mrs. Mary Zoda of this
city swallowed poison and waited
for death.
She was found by John A. Kelly.
former playground instructor. who
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Hard Times Sure.

Brown-You mustn't feel disappoint-
ed this Christmas, Johnnie. These
are terrible times we're having.
Little Johnnie-They must be pret.
ty hard, dad, when Santa Claus takes
the trouble to drag my old cart out
of the 1umber-room and give it a
new coat of paint.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
SHAME TO SHOOT; KICKS FOE
British Soldier, Emerging From Am
bush, Routs German With
Boot

London, England.-On the lighter
side of the war picture is the follow
ing anecdote, which is current at the
front. although its absolute truth is
not vouched for. On a recent occa-
sion, according to the story, British
cavalry subaltern, who was cut of
from his men, hid In the edge Of .
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

wood beside a road. 1t was not long
before he saw an armed German sol
dier patrolling the road.
He could have shot the man with
out warning, but felt that it would be
akin to murder to kill him in cold
blood. To instill little of the spirit
of combat into the affair the subaltern
crept from his cover and ran up be-
hind the Bosch" as our French al
lies would call him, and gave him a
ferocious kick. Instead of showing
fight, the startled and panied Germa,
gave a yell and ran for life. leaving
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

was mad-but l did want the pea
nuts. So after she was gone and no
body was looking | picked them up
again. Nobody'll know you got the
picture, cause 1 won't tell Anyway
Margaret's got one of yours she didn't
send back. l guess cause she amt
such a maddy cat as we. It's our red
hair.
"Your faithful and loving.
"CALISTA."
"P. s. A merry Christmas If you
want to send me present send it to
Margaret instead. Without being un
faithful to her, I will close by just
saying her ache grows worser with
the days"
The gift and the letter were done uI
and duly delivered the next morning
Amid the stress of holding prepara-
tions Calista did not experience the
necessity of being secretive. She
walked up to the Hemingway's door, a
little girl bursting with the seasons
joy, and said to Jasper's mother:
"It's-it's my Christmas present to
Jasper! No reason-is there?-why
shouldn't give my dear Jasper one?''
And with shy little laugh she scam.
pered off.
And then the wheels of Fate spun
round and round. having been given a
very vigorous start by Calista.
Christmas p,orpino dowpod cJoar
and white-bound. The drifting cloud
banks had left the heavens during the
night and settled with feathery light
ness on the earth, had made Calista' S
world a beautiful amphitheater, snow
muffled to an echo, wherein sleigh
bells tinkled merrily and joyous voices
rang gladsomely. It was an ideal
Christmas Day. And perfect it proved
TO Calista.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
no peteet { hieorx in.coffee,

The following is an excellent way
to detect chicory In coffee: Put the
coffee into cold water. Chicory gives
a colored infusion in the water, where
as coffee does not, and by the depth
of the color the proportion of chicory
may be guessed at.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Cause for Sorrow.

Photographer ftaking family group)
Now, then, Mr.. Housefull, the ex.
pressions are all right but yours Try
to look happy; remember that Christ
mas is coming.
Mr.. Housefull (despondently)-
Hang it. man, that's just what I am
thinking about.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Bessie's Plea.

"Say, mamma, please don't make
any fire in my bedroom grate," begged
little Bessie.
why, you'll freeze"
Il don't mind being cold, just so
long as Santa will be able to get
down the chimney all right"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
A Husky Fowl.

Willie came in from the shed where
Uncle Rufus was picking a Christmas
chicken for his small city nephew's
dinner.
Aunt Suei" he cried as he entered.
what do you think? Uncle Rufus is
out in the shed husking a hen!"
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

mere.
Old Santa had just filled his pack
and made it ready for his back. It
holds million things or more from
Santa's rare and endless store, and
like some basket magical, though TAX
en- from it's always full
Though 1 saw Santa plainly, he
seemed not at all to notice me. He
sat in silehce with a map spread out
upon his ample lap to mark his course
DER land and sea while waiting for
his evening tea.
His cookie has no wife, you know
came in and said she meant to go.
She said her job did not quite suit and
he must find a substitute. Cooks
everywhere just grump and CAD, and
with most folks they get in bad.
Well, Santa's smile quick left his
face and he ripped up dress of lace
perhaps intended for this cook, who
gave him then wrathful look; and
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
No Bargains.

No Bargains.
/ "All new fashions and gowns will
be designed and bought. now in this
country"
Then where will the economy Of
smuggling them come int"
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aside and arose to answer an unex-
pected summons from the ,knocker.
She looked her surprise at the great
man who stood on her tiny porch.
Il have come in search of one Lin
den Lane" the stranger said with
smile to which the girl responded.
'The name is unusual" admitted
Lindenette. "and my own is even more
impossible-being Lindenette Lane.
May ask you in from the cold?" She
opened the door and Marvin Goodwin
entered the pitifully barren room into
which she led him. His eyes followed
the girl rather than the contents OF
the room.
Two small, pale faces peered at him
from the kitchen door, and Goodwin
smiled at them.
do I look like Santa CLAUSE" he
asked them by way of breaking the
ice.
mo, you DON'T" returned the boy,
bluntly. Besides, Linda says 1t may
be too cold for Santa Claus to come
out this year." There was wall from
the little sister, and the boy strove
vainly to conceal his disappointment
at this announcement.
Linda gave them each hug and
told them to run along. When they
had gone she turned to Goodwin with
inquiry in her eyes.
MY errand is pleasant one" he
said quickly, for his own voice was
none too controlled. 1T will add to
your happiness, know" He drew
memorandum from his pocket, and
after consulting it, asked: Your ia
'her, Linden Lane? Did he live in
Saltwater, Mimi, % years ago?"
Yes replied Linda, with flush of
excitement lending roses to her
cheeks. Il was born there"
Then, to come directly to the point"
Goodwin told her, 1--WE find two depos-
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the subaitern laughing too hard to
shoot
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
By LILLIAN DUCEY
Copyright b5 Mcclure syndicate)

S long as Calista's money
held out she went gayly
about her Christmas shop
ping. When she found
that her tiny purse was
empty, she stopped buy
ing-wherein she showed
greater wisdom than many
grown-ups-and with a
soul replete with satisfac-
ton she left the store.
I've got pretty much
most everything, l guess, "
she said to herself, hug
ging her bundles close as
she tripped along the coun-
try streets. But I'll know
for sure when l get home"
And when she reached
home the very first thing
she did was to array the
gorgeous gifts upon the
white spread of her lit
tie bed. Christmas was
two days away. There
fore it was imperative
that she begin that very
moment to put them in
order. Then like an en-
ho6iod cycIona cha hurSt
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

A ship came in from the Land Of Nod,
Its deck was white as snow.
1t bore no tow'ring masts above,
No anchor chains below.
Its small, spring -bottomed mattress-huIl
Was laden high with wealth,
Which strangely had been placed aboard
En- voyage - hist!-by stealth.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
A ACHR|STMAS DREAM
BY j. A. WALDRON.

DREAMED a dream on
Christmas eve that no one,
surely, will believe. All will
discredit it because in 1t l
was with Santa Claus and
witnessed many things SO
queer I hesitate to tell them
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
TattIe-TaIe 10 Arrested.

San Francisco.-The first arrest in
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
Sygea5E SSszSsSs&
Sattta' d GhriHtntaH
BY MARY d. ARNoTT

lNDENETTE struggled vain
ly with the tears that
squeezed at last through
tired eyelids. 1t was not
often that the brave little
homemaker gave way to
grief, but in the present mo-
ment she seemed unable to
control her emotion.
In the next room childish
voices prattled joyously.
Lindenette had, not found
the heart to tell them that
Christmas would have to
come and go without the
much heraided visit from
Santa Claus. Since the
loss of both parents Linden
ette had managed to keep
a roof over the heads of her
small brother and sister and
had provided food for their
slight frames. What did it
matter if her cheeks had
lost their roses and her lips
their CHEEKY bloom? The
smile fingered. That was
all that mattered.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18
St. Nick in the Citu
Bp GEORGE JAY SMITH

WAS the night before Christ
mas, and through the
apartment
The rooms were so still you
could hear how your heart
went:
The janitor banked all the
fires ere he slept.
And the heaters no more
Kissed and hammered and
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

The stockings were hung by the steam
pipes with care,
there,
And in their small bed, in a room eight
by ten,
The children dreamed Christmas had
dawned once again.
And now on the roof from his air-sleigh
alghted
Dear jolly st. Nick, who no good child
e'er sighted.
He turned off the sparker and slowed
down the motor
His reindeers he'd sold for new auto
f1Cater--
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The skipper Of thia freighted craft
Was quite careless sort.
The cargo he did not espy,
Till he hove into port.
And then upon the portside bow,
In raptures he did kneel.
For Santa Claus is no mere dream,
And Christmas toys are REALl
GENE MORGAN.
The Ely miner., 1914-12-18

If you eat raw egg on Christmas
morning, fasting, you can carry heavy
weights.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-11-13

England has raised the ban snd
will not interfere with the ship.
ment Of tpbacco to the foreign coun-
tries nov at war. This news sine.
the announcement maize last week
that the French buyers were here
and on the market again for Mary
and tobacco is hailed with detg
ny our farmers. France and Hol
land are the principal buyers
Maryland .nbecco aud up 10 til.
present little of our to- acco had
crossed the ocean this year. In facl
onlY little purchased by Hollan
brfore the war had gone out. To.
pacco is the principal money making
crop here in this county and South
srn Maryland and t',ings have Zeal
looking gloomy to our people. 1t i
now hoped and believed that tn.
action of the English government
will dc much towards enabling our
farmers not only to sell then crop,
but get a good prize for it. Tn.
curtailmeut Of the tobacco market
has not only affected the farmer bul
hurts the merchants who carry thu
farmers from year to year or from
crop time to crop time.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-11-13


An Infection known as he aih6ulhi
and-foot disease in cattle has broke
out in Ibis State and Nation and is
PLAYING havoc with ratile in the
large stock yards and Of the farmers
herds Of this country. The disease
Is inrurable and the Federal and
State authorities have ordered that
all animals known to be infected be
destroyed at once as the malady l.
one Of the most contagious known
to the medical profession and is 9 M
municable to all animals and occa-
sionally to the human being. The
infection is prevalent in Carroll,
Howard and Montgomery Counties
of this State aud the Governor has
issued a proclamation declaring the
the above counties in a s'ate of quar-
ahtine. Fifteen other states Of the
Union are suffering with the malay
and the slaughter of animals is car
ried on daily.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-11-13

The hunting season has opened in
the State aud from until the Oath Of
December, rabbits, par ridges and
squirrels may be killed. The game
laws for the Sta,e were made uhi-
form and number OF changes made
in the old laws, hence, we feel that
il is well to call attention 10 these
changes that the law may be obse-v-
cd and no one make an unlntentIonal
mistake through lack Of kno Wedge
of the law. There are many kind OF
birds that the law prohibits being
killei. We, therefore, call attention
TO Section Fl Of Article 80 of the
Code as amended;
sNo person shall in this State, at
any time, shoot or in any manner
catch OF kill, expose for sale, sell or
buy, or have il possession, alive n
dead, any turkey buzzard, wren,
SPAR ow, bl1sbird, egret, huming-bird,
blue jay, heron, migratory o. other
thrush, wood-rpbln, red-breasted
robin, marin, m cking- bril-, cat-bird,
swallow, oriole, red-bird, ark, indigo
bird, j'e wink, pewitt, saPswucker,
Whip, o.wlll, gol'lfnch, yellow
breasted chat, cedar bird, herring
gull or mackerel gull, Or gull of any
description, under a penalty of not
less than one (s1) dollar nor more
than five $5) dollars for each such
bird SO shot, caught, killed, exposed
for sale, sold, bought or has in
possession; and no perso shall, 10
der like penalty, have in his or bei
possession, offer for sale 0, wear the
skins, plumage, wings or feathers o.
any of the birds, the catching OIL
killing Of which is prohibited by THU
Section; provided, however, that no
thing herein contained shall be Sc
construed as to make il unlawful tS
shoot, catch or kill, or in any manne
destroy at any time any hawk o
other birds destructive to domesti
poultry, or any English sparrow, o
crow or .lack-bird