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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
ORPHANS COURT SALE Of VALU-
ARLE CITY REAL ESTATE

Orphans Court of Dauphin County, Pa,
dated January 25. 1916, the under
Testament of Annie e. Enders, Late Of
the City of Harrisburg, deceased. will
sell at PUBLIC SALE, discharged of all
liens, All that certain lot or piece of
land, situate in the City of Harrisburg,
Dauphin County, Pa. bounded and de-
scribed as follows: BEGINNING at a
point OH the western side of n. Fifth
Street, distant southwardly fifty-nine
feet from the southwestern corner of
Fifth and Maclay Streets; thence west
wardly along the line of lot late of NJ.
G. Einstein, one hundred feet to an al
ley fifteen feet wide; thence northward-
Maclay Street. twenty feet to the line
of lot late of James McCleaster; thence
eastwardly along the line of said lot,
one hundred feet to Fifth street; and
Fifth Street. twenty feet to the place
of beginning. Thereon erected three
story brick dwelling house now known
as No 2036 n. Fifth Street. Being the
same premises which Harry G. Wells
Sheriff, conveyed unto Frederick NJ
Ott Executor OF Annie T.. Enders, de-
ceased. by deed-poll acknowledged on
June II. 1913. and recorded in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds of Dauphin
County, Pa. in Deed Book 3D." Volume
This property has metal roof; hot
and cold water, bathroom; gas; pressed
Sale to take place on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 16, 1915. at o'clock P. M. in
front of the Court House. Harrisburg
TERAIS-Fifteen per centum of the
purchase money to be paid when the
property is stricken Off. and the ball
ance on April l, 1916, when deed will
be delivered.
FREDERICK NJ OFT, Executor
of Annie II. Enders, Deceased
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FIRE UPTOWN

Firemen in the West End were
called out last night to eXtinguish a
blaze in the front room of the second
floor at the home of j. II. Beshore,
526 Seneca strict. Several hundred
dollars damage was done to clothing
in the room. Fire Chief John c..
Kinder believes that the fire started
from children playing with matches
A passerby noticed the flames and
sent in an alarm from Box 46, Seventh
and Curtin streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

FOR RENT - Furnished and unfur-
nished, four rooms and bath, pantries
and balconies; all latest conveniences.
Apply Louis Apartments, Sixth and Herr
streets. Bell phone 3677M.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
APARTMENTS FOR RENT

FOR RENT = Corner Second and
North; five light, cheerful rooms Bath,
pantry and stationery tubs, steam heat.
All improvements. Possession April I.
Inquire second floor, 61S North Second
street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE - Letters Testamentary on
the Estate of Leah Pacey, late of En-
haut, Pa, Dauphin County, Pa, de-
ceased, having been granted to the un-
dersigned residing in Enhaut, Pa, all
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims will present
them for settlement.
JOSEPH T.. PACEY,
EXacufOr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
NEW YORK STOCKS

Chandler Bros. & Co., members New
York and Philadelphia Stock Ex-
changes, 9 North Market Square, Har-
risburg; 1888 Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia; "a Pine street, New York,
furnish the following quotations:
New York Feb 5.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
NOTICE

A MEETING of the Paxtang Cemetery
Association will be held in the office
of February, 1916, for the purpose of
authorizing sale of building lots, Kelso
street property of the association.
BELLETT LAWSON,
Secretary.
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Telegraph WANT AID will Quickly Rent That Vacant Room
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALE = New houses on Third
brick, chestnut finish, steam heat, cleo
trio, gas Modern. Also desirable
building lots. ID. e. Lucas. 3O3 Lewis
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

SALESMAN - Travelling to sell Dry
Goods Specialties, also White Goods. di-
rect to retail merchants. Profitable
side line. Commission basis. Power
Textile Mills, PA Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
CHICAGO CATTLE

'
Chicago. ILL.,, Feb. .. - Hogs - Re-
eeipts. $1,000; slow, Bulk of sales, s7.S5
Sis; heavy, $7.TO@SI5; rough, $7.7oG
7.S0; mixed, $7.75@S.15: heavy, $1,000
SIS; rough, $770@7S0; pigs, S6I0@
1925.
tive beef steers, S6.4O a $50; cows and
heifers. $S.20@S.25; calves, $1,000 II 90.
Sheep - Receipts. 1000; weak.
Wethers, $7.60@S15; lambs, $500
11.00.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

SALES MANAGER wANTED-Some-
thing new. Business necessity. Re-
tails So to S100. Enormous profits. No
competition. Exclusive territory Free
samples. Sayers Co, 467 Wainwright,
st. Louis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
HELP WANTED-NIaIe

TRATORS-Sa1ary arrange
ment. Empire Economizers cut gaso-
line bills in half 10 days free trial al
lowed autoists. Exclusive territory to
car owners Ideal Spinning Co., Chi
cago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
statesmen WANTED

WANTED - Salesman to sell our line |
of Temperance Drinks in small coun- !
try towns. 20 per cent. commission |
$4,000 weekly drawing account. Red |
Cross Company, 206 South Main street. |
st. Louis. Mo-. Dept ct"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - Automobile room in
private garage, with light, heat and
water. Hoerner's, S16 Broad street.
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AGENTS WANTED

FREE SAMPLE - No-Splash Water
Strainers. Sell themselves no talk |
ing experience unnecessary. Profits |
big. Send &c (maillng cost. ID. Y. |
Union Filter Co, New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
REAL ESTATE WANTED

WANTED TO BUY - property on
Broad street, between Third street and
New Fourth street, or on Market street,
between Tenth and Eleventh streets.
Mention all particulars. Owners only
apply. Address D., 1868, care of Tele-
graph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
HELP WANTED-Nfale and Female

WANTED A resident House to-
House Canvasser, lady or gentleman,
in the following towns: Harrisburg,
Steelton, Middletown, Elizabethtown,
Carlisle, Mechanicsburg. Duncannon,
Newport, Loysville, Millersburs, Ly-
kens, Hummelstown, Palmyra, PEN
brook. To take orders for an article
used in every home Only Hustlers
Wanted Good Commission. Address
W. II. Harman, 1880 State street, Har-
risburg,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

AGENTS - Here IT is A New Gas
Mantle. Not sold in stores. Everybody
wants them. Write for particulars and
territory. American Factories Com
pany, Canton. Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
"PRODUCTION CLERKv

I WILL start you in the mail order
Crest Co, %, Atlantic City, n. j.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

AGENTS - For high-class speciality;
every user buys one; sell SO. Send for
Merchandise Go EDGE
combe avenue. New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
FOR SALE

FOR SALE - Harley-D Davidson 1916
two-speed single cylinder, Al shape,
miles, $135. 329 Conestoga street, Steel
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

WANTED - Salesman to call on
grocers, general stores and confection-
ers in small country towns. % per cent
commission $4,000 weekly drawing ac-
count. Crown Cider Company, 2O7
South Commercial street, st. Louis, Mo,
Dept. T.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
Deaths

SADLER - Charles ]. Sadler on Febru-
ary 3, 1916, at Rosemont, near Phila-
delphia. aged so years.
Funeral on Monday at II o'cleckH
noon, from his late residence, ~ 2i l
Curtin street. Burial MarysVlIe
Cemetery. 80 p. NJ. The relatives
and friends are invited to attehu
without further notice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

WANTED Good statesmen, to
handle full line lubricating oils, greases,
betting, paints and specialties; for
threshing and consuming trade in your
vicinity References. Write for
terms. The Monitor OIL Company,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
IN NTENTORIANI

IN memory of my dear mother, VINO
died February 5, 1915.
A precious one from us has gone
a voice we loved is sttlled,
A place is vacant in my home
Which never can be filled.
MRS. E. II. SElDIIE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT


New York. Feb. 5. - The statement
of Clearing House Banks and Trust
Companies for the week shows that
they hold $170, 405,870 reserve in excess
of legal requirements. This Is q de-
crease of $7,395,S70 from last week,
The statement follows:
Actual Condition
Loans. etc, $S,297, ,644, 900; Increase,
$24, sos, 600.
Reserve in on vaults OBJ, $521,O7s.
900; December. S4,670.000.
Reserve in Federal Reserve Banks,
s173.947. 900; decrease. $2,el0.000.
Reserve in other repositories, $751;
500, 900; increase, $1,919,000.
Net demand deposits, ss.s7s175.OOe;
increase, $14.032000.
Net time deposits. $1sO.Oss. 900; in
Circulation, ;s4.O5s.OOO; decrease.
$4,000.
(B) OF which s44s.4sO.O 900 is specie.
Aggregate reserve. $752,526,006
Excess reserve, $170,4O5,s7 decrease.
$7,395,$70.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
POULTRY

BRING this ad and get large free
sample of Conkey's wonderful Butter
milk Starting Food-the baby chick
food with Buttermilk in il. Elkview
Poultry Supply House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
d. d..ania.a.I D..
CHICAGO BoARD OF TRADE
BY Associated Press
Chicago, Ill, Feb. 5.-Board OF Ira

Wheat-May. 1879; July. 1.2i%.
oSts-May,' is&: july. july. 44ss%ss..
Pork-ATay, 20.27 July, 2032.
Lard-May, 1902; July, 1920.
Ribs-May. 1895; July, lilo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
MISCELLANEOUS

PREPAREDNESS - We have sew
eral parties desiring to invest money in
real estate. Give us your properties to
sell and we will do the rest. Backen-
stoss Bros, Russ Building. Bell 353J.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

MY MAGAZINE, "Tnvesting for Profit"
Irregular price $1.00 per year, is worth
$40 copy to anyone who intends to in
vest any money, however small: who
has money invested unprofitably, or
who can save $5 or more per month,
but who hasn't learned the art of in
vesting for profit.
1t demonstrates the REAL earning
power of money--the knowledge finan-
cicrs hide from the masses
1t shows how to invest small sums and
how to make them grow into fortunes
the actual possibilities of scientific
investments.
1t reveals the enormous profits fnan-
ciers make and shows how one can
make the same profits.
1t explains HOW large fortunes are
made-how $1,000 often grows to $22,-
600.
To introduce my magazine, write me
NOW and I'll send it SIX MONTHS,
postpaid, absolutely FREE. II. L.
Barber, Publisher, Room 624, % West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE


Philadelphia, Feb. 5. = Wheat -
Steady; No. 2. red, spot and February.
s1.37 @1.S9; No. 2. Southern, red, 1880
1.S7.
Corn - Steady; No. 2. yellow. local.
s4@S5e; new steamer. No. 2. yellow.
wSst SSs SSs ssS t. Ogt y rsi;s ssfisey SG
city mills. winter, per ton. $3.50;
SpriSg Ts1ifeEn psr %nfeF ton sSH mono mere
Refined Sugars : Market steady;
refined powdered, 6.10c; fine granulated,
6.00c; confectioners' A, 5000
Butter - Market steady; western,
fancy, sec.
Bggs,- The market is firm;
receipts, free cases, $9.15 per case;
western, extras, firsts, free cases, $3.50
per case; do, firsts, free cases, 1915
Live Poultry Market firm; fowls.
16@18c; roosters, 12@12kc; Spring
chickens, 15@1sc; ducks. 16Q1Sc; geese,
16@1Sc; turkeys, 2o@22c.
turkeys. fancy. 27@2sc; do, good 10
&c; do. cdils' $50 soc; fowls. fancy. @
do, erA small skies, ISSi7c old roosters..
5sS; 40. Western: ssS stc; ToS:stin%s
zoe: do, fair to good, 1501sc; Spring
ducks, nearby, 10000: do, western, II
@1Sc; geese. nearby, 16@1Sc; do, west
ern. 14016c.
Potatoes = Quiet, but steady; Penn
sylvanla, white, per bushel. S1.00@1.2O;
do. fair. to good, 95c@1.OO per bushel:
Jersey. No; l., per basket. 60@70c: do.
No. 2, per basket, 500 40c.
Flour = Market quiet; winter,
straights, $e.OO@6.25;. do. patents, $685.
@6.75; Kansas -straights, s4.85@6.S5;
straights, s6.0O@6.25; do, patents, $s.2S
@7.00; do, favorite brands, $7.00@7.5O.
Hay - The market is steady
with fair demand: No. /, large
bales, $21.5OQ22.00; No. /, medium
bales, $21.5O@22.00; No. 2, do, $1s.5Om
1000; No. 3, do, $4,000 1900.
Glover mixed, light mixed. $4,000
do Slbb06I16bO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
WANTED

WANTED - To buy old Brussels or
ingram carpets or filters. Keystone Rug
Co, or call 2064 Bell phone or HOW
United.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

DISTRICT MANAGER. SALESMAN,
WANTED - To handle wonderful little
machine; half pound; adds, subtracts,
multiplies. Price, $3.50. Very liberal
commission. Exclusive territory. Cal
culator Sales Co, 29 West Thirty-flrst
street New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
NOTICES
NOTICE

NUTIIE
MY wife having left my bed and
board without just cause, / hereby mo-
tify no one to TO trust her, as / will not
pay any bills contracted by her.
EDGAR NJ. PETERS.
WILL not be responsible for any
bills contracted by my wife.
w. ID. DICE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

LOST - A small, black. covered ac-
count book on the curb at 1915 Derry
|street Reward If returned to 1915
Derry street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

ANY intelligent person can earn good
income corresponding for newspapers;
experience unnecessary Send for par
ticulars. Press Syndicate. 79s, Lock-
port, n. z.
1 MADE $4,000 in five years in the
mail order business began with 15.
Send for free booklet. Tells how. Hea-
cock. 800 Lockport N. Y.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05

LOST-$1OO.0O reward and no
questions asked for return to 5O/
North Front street, of gold plated
chain purse containing about
81 90, a broken string of beads,
small gold watch and chain, and
cards of Mrs. Elisha Ely Garri-
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS WANTED
AGENTS! Enormous profits, quick
sales. Cooper earned $50 in : days
Bridge SSS in 6 days. Sell "Kantleak"
Raincoats. No capital required We
deliver and collect. Sample coat and
complete outfit all Free! Hurry! Conner
Mfg. Co., so Day street, Dayton, Ohio.
AGENTS Every housewife wants
our new. practical and fast-selIing
household specialties. Repeat orders
sure. Premium offer and Catalog FREE
Write today. keystone Speciality Com
pany, Harrisburg, Pa.
WANTED - Teacher over 20 not at
present under contract to do Special
commercial, educational work. Perma-
nent position and good pay to satisfac-
tory person. Geo. L. Shuman Co, Bos-
ton, Mass.
AGENTS make IS to $25 daily. No
experience. Free catalog and samples
New goods. Quick sales. Big profits
Worlds beaters. Cruver Co., Jackson
and Campbell, Chicago, Ill.
BIG Kansas Company will start am
bilious people in fast-growing mail
order business; any locality; make So
900 yearly; spare time; no canvassing: !:
no experience. we furnish everything
new, unique selling methods free Eye
stone. President t.. III West Seventh,
Pittsburg, Kansas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
ROOMS FOR RENT

BUILT exclusively for light house,
keeping. strictly private, all outside,
with or without kitchenettes. Stoves
furnished free. Laundry, phone and
bathroom privileges. Weekly pay
ments. Janttress Service. Inquire 429
Broad street. Daily inspection invited.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
LOST

LOST - TWO TIFFANY DIAMONDS
Keller and Calder streets. Finder
please return to United Watch ana
Diamond Co., 302 Market street. anu re-
ceive good reward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
STORAGE
WANTED

WANTED - Hand embroidery to do
at home by reliable person. Such work
as initials. nightgowns, corset covers,
scarfs, centerpieces, etc. Will show
samples. Address j.. 1861, care OF Tele-
graph.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-12

from behind the showcase and smiled
down into the happy little upturned
face, but it was enough to make the
glittering scene look misty for mo-
ment.
Bertha here in the same store with
him! The city to which he had drifted
almost at random during the wretched
year following their foolish quarrel
was now her homeland he was going
to see her again!
Only nine o'clock-ten hours at
least before he could see her. Santa
Claus sighed in a manner inconsist-
ent with the jolly red nose and rosy
cheeks. But almost immediately he
smiled again, as he softly patted the
left side of his broad chest. Hidden
under the gay coat, in an inner pocket
lived the little ring, thus honored be-
cause it had been worn on Bertha's
niger for week. One thing was GER
tain; this niece-elect should have the
merriest Christmas in his power to be-
stow.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-12

possibly buy! That was the shirt
which prompted Dickens to saw
Though it has never put scrap Of
gold or silver in my pocket, | believe
it has done me good, and | say, God
bless It'll"
We Should Hang GarIands.
The singing Of carols in English vii.
lagos was a good old custom and ought
to be revived, as well as the lighting
Of the Yule log on Christmas eve, for
the memory Of the English Christmas
fingers ever in the British heart, wher.
ever he may be. In the early days at
Jamestown, Va, the cradle Of English
civilization on this western continent,
John Smith says: ''The extreme cold
frost, rain and snow caused US to keep
Christmas among the savages, where
we were never more merry Lor had
more good oysters, fish, flesh. wild fowl
and good bread nor ever had bet
ter fires in England" Kipling, too,
refers to the memory of Yuletide in his
BLACK Sheep" with the couplet, AT
home they are making merry, twiJt
the white and scarlet berry" And 50
we should garland the house with trail.
ing pine, hang the wreaths of holly In
the window and the mistletoe meath
the chandelier. It helps others II 1t
does not help you.
Boston'a Fine EXAMPLE.
Last Christmas In Boston the mayor
requested everyone in the city to leave
their window shades up on Christmas
eve to help light the city. Such
cheerful glow as it gave to old Bea
con street and Commonwealth avenue.
Down in the Public gardens the city
was enjoying its municipal Christmas
tree, a stately fir, bedecked with myn'
ad cOlOred electric bulbs, while the
band played old familiar carols thal
veered into popular street songs De-
fore the crowd scattered. The scene
was significant of Christmas now De-
ing a cosmopolitan festival hoiolns
the heart Of Puritan New England
whose holy Of holes has heretofore
been Thanksgiving. This is right, ano
as it should be, since ours Is lanu
of religious liberty and Christmas i! IL
the season Of "peace and good VIII
| to all mankind"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-12
By e. r. SWAIN

out his hand, and his kindly voice and
confidential smile seemed to reassure
the little girl, for she came nearer and
nearer and smiled back timidly.
you've come to tell me what you
want? Where's your mamma, honey?"
I'll haven't any," she replied in
a tone of gentle resignation, putting
her little hand into his big one. II
came by myself, because it's Aunt
Bertha's present I wanted to ask you
about, and she mustn't hear. I asked
her to wait minute for me around the
corner of that big pile of dolls.'
II see." Santa's rosy cheeks grew
just little redder, for Bertha was
the name that had been in his
thoughts a moment before, and invol-
UNFAIRLY, for that names sake, his man.
ner held a special friendly interest for
the plainly dressed, thin-faced little
girl. swell, do you know what your
auntie wants me to bring herr" Santa
smiled behind his beard at the incon-
gruous situation, but the child's look
was gravely concerned.
That's just the trouble, Mr.. Kris
But / know there's something she
wants very much. She was crying yes
terday, and when I asked her how
she could feel bad SO near Christmas,
she said that was just it, and when
l asked her some more questions, she
'splained that she had a lovely Christ
mas present last year, and she lost
it, and it was her own fault, and now
\ no P,1f Oh
wouldn't tell me what it was"
Don't you remember what presents
she had last year?"
I "Oh, she didn't live with us then.
She's my papa's sister, you know, and
he wrote and asked her to come and
take care of me when-when mamma
died" The brown eyes blinked
bravely. aunt Bertha lived way up
in the mountains, with grandma and
grandpa, so of course 1 don't know
about her Christmas presents.
thought, maybe, as you're "a sort OF
fairy, you would know how to find
OUT
And where does she live?" he asked
with his heart humping under the
scarlet coat in manner i'll beftting
his age and dignity. The little girl
gave an address which he recognized
as a small street in a section of the
city near his own modest lodging.
''Now, don't you worry any more
about it," he charged her as he wrote il
down. II feel sure that we're going te
find out what that Christmas present Is
and see that she gets it, too. And We
hope it will make her all happy again
don't we? Run along, dearie-I mus
talk to these other little folks now. It's
our secret and I won't forget"
He nodded to her once more as sh'
disappeared in the crowd, and his eye:
followed her progress to the distan
doll corner. Just one glimpse h
caught of the tall girl who steppe,
n
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-12
h IN IN ~ ~ " ~ y

& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ N
= The Christmas Spirit. NJ
I Let the spirit of Christmas ~
- time, "Peace on earth, good NJ
/ will to men," come into your ~
- heart and be merry and glad. >,<
I But in the midst of your
merrymaking and charitable
4 thought, do not forget that
there are many to whom
& Christmas will bring no ~
Z cheer. These are the hope
= lessly ill in hospitals, the hui Af
Z man driftwood in the reform ~
~ atories, the tiny inmates III
/ of the orphanages. If you ~
=. are able to, bring a bit Of NJ
& 4cheer-practical cheer-into ~
the dead life Of someone con-
4 fined in one of these institu- NJ
tons. Do not think such an
& effort is a waste of time or ~
out of date. Indeed, it will
= be the kindest act you can do M
Z at Christmas time-tO think ~
~ of someone who has lost his AZ
I place, or is not yet able to -
take his place in the great ~
B world.
E " " ~ u u ~ "