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VOL. XXV.
MORG ANTON, N. C, DECEMBER 23, 1909,
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LONG BEFORE HE
KNOVVED.
JES' a little bit o' feller I remem
ber still
Ust to almost cry fer Christmas, like
a youngster will.
Fourth o' July's nothin' to it; New
Sear's ain't a smell;
Easter Sunday, circus day jes' all
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AND HEAR THIC OLD FOLKS.
Lordy, though, at night, yen know,
to set around and hear
The old folks work the story off
about the sledge and deer
And Santy shootin' round the roof
all wrapped in fur and fuz
Long afore
I knovred who
Santy Clans wuz.
UST to wait and sit up later a
week er two ahead.
Couldn't hardly keep awake ner
wouldn't go to bed.
Kittle stewin' on the fire, and moth
er sittin near
TJarnin' socks and ro-kin' ir t'-e
skreeky rocking cheer
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QCAR L WITH HIS KKOeTEl HEELS.
Pap gap and wonder where it wuz
the money went
And quar'l with his frosted heels
and spill his liniment.
And we a-dreamin sleighbells when
the clock u'd whir and ci-...
Long afore
I knowed who i
Santy Claus wuz.
SIZE the fireplace and figger how
i old Santy could
I Manage to come down the chimbley,
i like they said he would.
Wisht that I could hide and see him
wondered what he'd say
Ef he ketched a feller layin' fer him
that a-way.
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SIZE THE FIEEPLACE.
But I bet on him and liked him same
as ef he had
Turned to pat me on the back and
say: "Look a-here, my lad
.Here's my pack; jes' he'p yourse'f
like all good boys does"
Long afore
I knowed who
Santy Claus wuz.
WISHT that yarn wuz true about
him, as it 'peared to be.
Truth made out o' lies like that un's
good enough for me.
Wisht I still wuz so confidin' I could
jes' go wild
Over hangin' up my stockin's like
the little child
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LIKE TBS LITTLE C diLD.
Climbin' in my lap tonight and beg-
gin' me to tell
'Bout them reindeers and old Santy,
that she loves so well.
I'm half sorry for this little girl
sweetheart of his
Long afore
She knows who
Santy Claus is.
James Whitcomb Riley.
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lis mother Mary was espoused to Joseph,
trie iiC'l"
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to put her away t..ivi;y.
But while he tho'itr'ot on the e thiiiof;;, o.;hll. the a'ftl of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying,
Joseph, thou son of Di-;id, fear not to tax -i unto thee Ma-y thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of
the Holv Ghost.
a His name JiUb; ror ne snail save ms people irom
And she shall bring forth a son, and tli n
their sins.
Now all thi.s wa- done, that it v
Behold, n vimin sha'l he wuh c
which ba--r interpreted, l- Cii '
Then Joseph, being1 rais .d from
wife:
And knew her not U: il .he h?.-.j
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I vl ich wio fp: :en of -lie "Lerd by the prophet, saying,
, r f.) : h a con, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
o itn-el of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his
! v Cut: !(,. u Son. rr;d he called his name JESUS.
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of H rod the kirg, behold, there came wise
s-jen 'ii olar in the east and have come to
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wa;; written by she prophets.
!u u-n ;- the princes of Juda; for out of thee shall
Now vvht n Jesus crn
men from the eas;. to J rus; Itm,
Saying, where is he that is ion.
worship him.
When Herod the kin?r 1v- j1 )i
And when he had irathe'ed . il t!
arlnaya P.hnst should b- ! ; '.
And th-v said unto him. in B lil.-h 'm ' J::d
And thi.'U Bethkhem. in
romp a Gove nor. that ; h;!
Then Keiod, when he had puv.ly caiit-ci his msv nit-n, inquireu ol them diligently what time the star ap-
And he sent them to Bethlehem; and said. Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have
found him, bring me word atrain, that I r.,.-. a. me and worship him also.
When they had heard the king, th.y cl- ; 'i i; n ' J... ib sr-.r, whfeh they saw in the east, went before
them, till it came and .stood ver wh i- i! yr-:-g t ,.1 - ;s
When they saw the star, they n j- iet d v ith xt- ing vk-h- jo
And when they were come into the house, they saw the v our.g child with Mary his mother, and fell down
and worshipped him; and when they had op-r.td their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and
frankincense, and myrth.
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own
country another way. , .
And when they were departed, behoal, the ;p.eel ot the Lord apparetn to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise,
and take the young child and his mother, and fite into E-p:, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for
Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by mcrht. snd departed into Egypt;
And was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the
prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
THEIR CHRISTMAS
SURPRISE.
'NOW I LATTME.
HIS year," said Cartwright
firmly, "there are going to be
, no Christmas surprises in my
bappy home none of those
pleasant little attempts at playing
Santa Claus which begin with sus
pense and effort and end in morUfica
tion and disappointment. 1 am going
to take my wife downtown and let her
pick out anything she wants within
the limit of my spending capacity, and
i lien l m going to let ner take me
around and fix me up with a pair of
embroidered suspenders or gold cuff
links or any old thing she likes and
that will make her happy. Neither of
us has quite got over the effects of the
last holiday season yet.
"You see, we had been married Just
long enough last Christmas to wear
out our first installment of furniture
and most of our wedding gifts.
Things were looking a little shabby
around the house, so we both agreed
that in selecting our little remem
brances for one another we ought to
confine ourselves to something which
would be mutually useful and attrac
tive. Both of us had been secretly
longing for a morris chair, one of those
mission things with big leather cush
ions that swallow you up in a delirium
of comfort. Mrs. C. wanted it for
the beauty of the library and her aft
ernoon siestas, and I wanted it for
evening recreation.
"Months before the Christmas sea
son I began putting by a little sum
weekly, with the morris chair in mind.
Two weeks before the 25th I went
down to a dealer's to look at chairs. I
had been looking casually for weeks
before, but it was not until 1 came
upon this particular shop that 1 dis
covered what 1 wanted. It was a
beauty in the darkest and finest of
weathered oak, with all attachments
and a pair of fat, greeny brown leath
er cushions that fairly felt like pipe
dreams, laced with leather strappings
and tied to the woodwork with thougs.
The minute I saw the chair I knew it
was for me, but the price was rather
staggering. The dealer wanted $9o for
it at first, and when I had got him
down to $S0 he acted as though be
were giving the thing away. I thought
it best to hold out a little, so I merely
requested that he give me a day's op
tion on the chair and paid a small de
posit for the privilege.
"Meanwhile my wife had been sav
ing every penny, cutting down on the
grocery bill and keeping me on cheap
meats with Christmas in view. It
seems that she, too, had a morris chair
on the brain. On the afternoon of the
same day on which I discovered my
prize ebe strolled Into the same shop.
The first sight of the chair was enough
for her. and she offered to buy it on
the spot. The dealer was Inconsolable.
He had sold the chair, he believed; at
least he had given a gentleman an op-
The fire upon the hearth is low
And there is stillness everywhere,
And like winged spirits here aud there
The firelight shadows round me creep,
A childish treble breaks the gloom,
And softly from a further room
Comes: "Now I lay me down to sleep."
And, somehow, with that little prayer
And that sweet treble in my ears,
My thought goes back to distant years
And lingers with a dear one there:
And as I hear my child's amen,
My mother's faith tomes back to me -Crouched
at her side, I seem to be,
And mother holds my hands again.
DIMINUTIVE FARMS.
Th Way Real Estate s Divided Up In
Portugal.
The Portuguese are an extremely
conservative people. Every man fol
lows rigidly the methods employed by
his father and forefathers. In very
many parts of the country the old
wooden plows are still used.
When a man dies, instead of one of
the heirs taking the whole property
and paying the remaining heirs for
their parts the whole property is di
vided into as many parts as there are
heirs. More than this, each separate
part of the property is thus divided.
Thus, if the property consists of t;-:i
acre3 of pasture land, eighty of vine
yard and ten of grain land and Pur
are ten heirs, each heir will receive
one acre each of grain and pasture laud
and eight acres of vineyard. This prm
ess has been goiug ou for a very long
time, so that now in the most ferllu;
part of Portugal the land is divided
into incredibly small portions.
The immediate result of this, accord
Ing to the United States consular re
ports, is that the product of the lain
is barely sufficient at best to sustai
its owners. South of the river Tagu
on the other hand, there are enormor.
tracts of excellent land lying unusec
but it has been found impossible to in
duce the farmers of the north to move
Into this region and take up large hold
ings. Philadelphia Inquirer.
WHITEWASHING COAL
Not
Done For the Sake of Neatness.
but to Prevent Thefts.
Persons who have been somewhat
astonished by having whitewashed
coal delivered to them will be inter
ested to know that the whitewashing
is not done to improve the appearance
or to increase the burning qualities.
The treatment neither Improves nor
harms the fuel.
It is a detective scheme ou (he part
of the railroads to locate and to pre
vent theft of the coal as it is hauled
from the mines to the consumer.
These depredations amount to thou
sands of tons annually, and the rail
roads are the sufferers, as it is up to
them to deliver as many tons at their
destination, often a thousand miles
away, as were weighed In when the
car was turned over for transportation.
Two or three tons may be removed
from a carload containing forty tons
without attracting attention to its de
creased quantity until the car is again
placed on tbfe scales. To locate the
loss, says Topular Mechanics, limewa
ter is sprayed over a carload of coal.
In a short time the water has evapo
rated, leaving a load of white coal.
Then removal of any coal leaves a big
black spot, which is quickly noticed by
inspectors and station agents and the
leak found and stopped.
HE LIFTED HIS ETEBBOWS.
tion on it, and the gentleman had paid
a deposit, but if madam would leave
her name something might be done.
"When my wife spelled out her cogno
men for him he lifted his eyebrows in
astonishment. That was exactly the
name and those were the initials of
the gentleman who had already spoken
for the chair. My wife thought for a
moment. Then she controlled her emo
tions and merely remarked that such
coincidences were quite common and
walked out without leaving her ad
dress. "Next day I hied me to the dealer's
quickly, prepared to leave xgg order
for the chair. But the dealer did not
seem half so inclined to selL A lady
had been there, it seems, a lady of my
own name, with the same Initials odd.
100 YEARS OLD.
Grandma Sanderson, of De Witt, Mo.,
Has Lived a Long and Useful Life.
Grandma Sanderson is a wonderfal
woman. She is in as good health to
day as ever in her life, although she
is over one hundred years old.
In a letter to the Peruna Drug Mfg.
Co., she gives the highest credit to Pe
runa for her excellent health and ex
treme old age. Read what she says.
Surely the evidence presented by
such cases as these ought not only to
dispel prejudice against Peruna, but
inspire confidence in it
"I will send you a picture that was
taken a few weeks before my hun
dredth birthday.
"I am a true friend of the Peruna
Company. I have derived great ben
efit from Peruna many times. I can
say I regard Peruna a very great med
icine. I found out the merit of it a
good many years ago.
"A little more than two years ago I
contracted a very severe cold, which
resulted in la grippe. Owing to the
was it not?-who was willing to give , 8everity of the disease, and my ex
2f larnwhoi i treme age, my case was considered to
BETHL'EM STAR. !
The next time one of the children
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the bowels. In that way the cold will
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Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
in- vc9 the bowels promptly and freely,
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By Ruth McEnry Stuart.
7 WINKLE, twinkle, Bethl'em star!
Angels worship where you are,
Up above our world so high
Like a beacon in our sky.
When life's blazing sun is set,
And Death's brow with dew is wet,
Then your clear and kindly light
Leads lone souls through else dark night.
And when Faith is sound asleep,
Oft you through Life's windows peep,
And you'll never shut your eye
Till God's Son is in the sky.
Twinkle, then, oh Bethl'em star!
Through all time and space afar,
And, whene'r we fall asleep,
Be on guard, our souls to keep.
was mv turn to think. On the whole,
I decided I did not want the chair
after all. If Ellen wanted to buy it,
I'd let her have that pleasure.
"Christmas morning we both fussed
about the house expectantly. I won
dered where on earth Ellen was keep
ing my morris chair. After breakfast
I unloaded a pair of green portieres
I had bought for her. .Is the wrap
pings came off I saw her face fall.
Then she went over to a corner and
produced an exactly similar bundle
and unrolled another pair of green
portieres for me.
'But.' I stammered, 'I thought you
bought a morris chair r
M'I! Oh, John, didn't you buy it
after all?
"And then,' in the light of our under
standing, we wept on one another's
shoulders." New York Press.'
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Foley's Orino Laxative gives per
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stipation as it stimulates the liver and
restores the natural action of the
bowel9 without irritating these organs
like pills or ordinary cathartics. Does
not nauseate or gripe and is mild and
pleasant to take. Remember the name
Foley's Orino Laxative and refuse sub
stitutes. W. A. Leslie.
be verv critical. I employed no doc
tor, but Peruna was the remedy I
used, and to-day my health is as good
as it ever was in my life.
"However, I still continue to take
Peruna, a spoonful every night before
retiring."
Peruna is an ideal tonic for old
people. It is a compound of herbal
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Peruna operates as a tonic by cleans
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A great many old people use Peruna,
and would not be deprived of it for any
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People who object to liquid medi
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Steel Ranges left They are go
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