Demorrali ata
Belletonte, Pa., December 17, 1915.
Christmas Time
When grandpa sits a-reading in
his big, old rocking chair,
I creep along so quiet-like and
Jump and pull 'is hair,
And then he Jumps and hollers
es if he's scart to death
And acts like he ain't goin’ to ever
get 'is breath.
But I 'ist hug and Kiss 'im and
laugh up in 'is face
And say. “Grandpa, you can't
read now ‘cause you 'ist lost
the place.”
Then purty soon he'll sit up
straight and say he guessed
he'd know
I'd want tc hear ’bout Santa
Claus a-comin’ through the
Snow.
Then a-lookin’ out the window,
where it’'sawful dark and still,
He says it's mighty lonesome
away out on the hill.
And sometimes 'at there's rob-
bers wot steals most half the
toys,
And that’s 'ist why they ain't
none fer some poor little boys.
And grandpa says it’s funny, but
it's a’ways most the case,
They never take the rich boys’
toys, but leaves "em in their
place.
And when old Santa turns around
and sees wot they has done
He ain't got nothin’ left at all for
the poor iittie orphan one.
But grandpa says it ain't so long
'fore Santa 'll take ’is trip
And travel round at Christmas
time in a great big airship,
And "at 'll make "im happy, fer
he'll bring a big lot more
And stop at some boys' houses
'at he'd never been before.
—Harry G. Burns.
Children Sing Christmas Carols.
One of the oldest and one of the most
popular Christmas customs in England
is the singing of Christmas carols by
IN OAYS OF GOLD
Immense Output Follows Discov-
ery of Metal in California.
For Eleven Years, From 1850 to 1861,
the Yield Was Prodigious, Amount-
ing in 1852 to Over
$65,000,000.
Washington.—“The historically im-
portant ‘discovery of gold in California
was made in January, 1848, at John
Sutter’s mill on South Fork of Ameri-
can river, near Coloma, a point only
ten or fifteen miles southwest of the
town of Auburn,” says a statement by
the geological survey.
“From 1850 to 1853 the greatest
yield was derived from the gravels,
and the largest annual output for
this period was more than $65,000,000
in 1852. There was some reaction in
1854, due to previous wild speculation,
but a production of about $50,000,000 a
year, chiefly from placer mines, was
maintained up to 1861.
“At first the gold was won chiefly
from the gravels along the present
streams. Those who first got posses-
sion of the rich bars on American,
Yuba, Feather and Stanislaus rivers
and some of the smaller streams in
the heart of the gold region made at
times from $1,000 to $5,000 a day. In
1848 $500 to $700 a day was not un-
usual luck; but, on the other hand,
i the income of the great majority of
miners was far less than that of men
who seriously devoted themselves to
trade or even to common labor.
“The gold pan, the ‘rocker,’ the
tom,” the sluice and the hydraulic
giant, or ‘monitor,’ named in the order
of increasing efficiency, were the tools
successively used by the miners. Into
the ‘rocker’ and the ‘tom’ the miner
shoveled gravel or ‘dirt, rocking the
machine as he poured in water and
catching the gold, often with the aid
of quicksilver, on riffles set across the
bottom of his box. Sometimes a stream
was diverted into a flume to lay bare
the gravel in its bed so that the miner
could get at it.
“In sluicing, the gravel was shov-
eled into a similar but much longer
box through which a stream of water
was allowed to run. .
“The hydraulic giant was employed
to wash into long riffle-set sluices im-
mense quantities of gravel, especially
| from the higher (Tertiary) deposits,
| much of which was too lean to work
children, who go about from house to |
house for that purpose.
usually get a cake or some little gift.
The following quaint hymn is one of
the oldest carols and dates back for
several centuries. Here it is, with all
In return they |
its old time spelling, which parents no |
doubt will be glad to explain:
Yn a staybel Cryste was borne,
All ye catel bende theyre knees,
On ve cross his lymbs were torne
That heaven may be reached with ease.
Shoute and syng and hayle ye morne,
Cryste, our Lorde, ys borne, ys borne.
Peece, good will to al on eyrthe,
Wype from every eye ye tear.
By that wundrus royale byrthe
Mankynde are freed from every fear.
Shoute and syng and hail ye morne,
.Cryste, our Lorde, ys borne, ys borne.
Fine at Christmas Time.
It's fierce to be so overgrown,
The boys make fun of me
And holler ‘Baby elephant”
And “Patty’s piggy.” Gee!
Nobody knows how sensitive
A big fat boy can be!
BIG HAUL FOR
This Beggar Kept Record of Receipts ! maple and poplar.
out by hand. Water was brought for
many miles in ditches and flumes from
the high Sierra and conducted uader
great head to a nozzle, from which it
was projected with tremendous force
against the gravel.
“It was the vast quantity of refuse
washed into the streams by these hy-
draulic operations that brought about
the conflict between mining and agri
cultural interests, finally decided in
favor of the farmers.”
“CRIPPLE”
—Gives Police Hard
Battle.
Allentown, Pa.—William Newbeck:
er, a perfectly healthy man, who can
| twist his arms so that he looks crip
‘When Christmas comes, though, I'd not |
mind
If I were fatter yet
Because my stocking is SO large
(I hang it up, you bet!)
It holds just twice as many things
As other fellows get.
—Mazie V. Caruthers.
ON TOPMOST
BRANCH 27
YULETIDE’S
TREE, AN ANGEL
pled, did such a prosperous business
begging in Allentown that he went on
a spree and he was locked up, giving
the bluecoats a fight before they land-
ed him in a cell.
At court it was found out that he
had a roll of several hundred dollars.
Newbecker, who covers the entire
Bast, kept a book showing his daily
receipts. His best day here brought
$14.50, and the average for some time
past was $10 a day. He was fined $5
for drunkenness and told to leave
| Allentown.
NO NEW JOBS AT PANAMA
Canal Office Warns Unemployed Not
to Seek Work at
Isthmus.
Washington.—The blockade of the
Panama canal by earth slides has not
created new work for Americans in
the Canal Zone, and the canal office
here issued a statement in an effort
to counteract published reports which
have drawn many Americans to the
isthmus in search of employment.
“General Goethals indicates,” the
statement says, “that the number of
men continually being laid off on ac-
count of reduction of force is in excess
of the vacancies which were temporar-
ily created by the work on the slides,
and the influx of men looking for em-
ployment on the isthmus is entirely un-
warranted.”
They Rescued “Tige.”
Huntington, Ind.—A dog belonging
to William Wilcox, living west of An-
drews, followed a coon into a ten-inch
tile ditch recently. Hunters spent
hours in trying to call the dog back,
but got no response. The owners dug
up the ditch at several places and
finally located Tige forty rods from
the opening and in an eight-inch side
ditch. The dog was exhausted, but
still alive.
Burned Tommy and All.
Appleton, Wis.—Desiring to see a
tomcat burn, a seven-year-old boy liv-
ing on the outskirts set fire to the
animal, the aftermath being the de-
struction of a carpenter shop The
blazing fur of the feline communicated
to shavings In the building, and the
structure was converted into ashes
within a few minutes.
CHRISTMAS.
Here comes old Father Christmas,
With sound of fife and drums:
With mistletoe about his brows,
So merrily he comes!
His arms are full of all good cheer,
His face with laughter glows,
He shines like any household fire
Amid the cruel snows.
Hurrah for Father Christmas!
Ring all the mer:y bells!
And bring the grandsires all around
To hear the tale he tells.
Here comes the Christmas Angel,
So gentle and so calm;
As softly as the falling flakes,
He comes with flute and psalm.
All in a cloud of glory,
As once upon the plain,
Toshepherd boys in lewry,
He brings good news again.
He is the young folks’ Christmas;
He makes their eyes grow bright
With words of hope and tender thought
And visions of delight.
Hail to the Christmas Angel!
All peace on earth he brings;
He gathers all the youths and maids
Beneath his shining wings.
Here comes the little Christ-child,
All innocence and joy,
And bearing gifts in either hand
For every girl and boy.
He tells the tender story
About the Holy Maid,
And Jesus in the manger
Before the oxen laid.
Like any little winter bird
He sings his sweetest song,
Till all the cheruts in the sky
To hear his carol throng,
He is the children’s Christmas;
They come without a call,
To gather round the gracious Child,
Who bringeth joy to all.
But who shall bring their Christmas,
Who wrestle still with life?
Not grandsires, youths, nor little folks
But they who wage the strife;
The fathers and the mothers
Who fight for homes and bread,
Who watch and ward the living,
And bury all the dead.
Ah! by their side at Christmas-tide
The Lord of Christmas stands;
He smooths the furrows from their brows
With strong and tender hands.
“‘I take my Christmas gift,” he saith,
“From thee, tired soul, and he
Who giveth to my little ones
Gives also unto me!”
Rose Terry Cooke.
Where Christmas Things Come From.
Children all enjoy the evergreens and
ornaments that are seen each Christmas,
but how many of them know what parts
of the country are ransacked in order to
furnish these things for their pleasure
and delight? .
Practically all of the evergreens ap-
pearing in American homes for the holi-
day season are grown in the United
States. The Christmas trees come for
the most part from northern New Eng-
land, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minneso-
ta. There are some growing farther
south, but the bulk of the trees are from
the far north. The black spruce grows
in swamps, the white spruce, pine and
firs on the higher land. Not only are the
little trees cut, but tops of larger trees
and limbs if they are of the proper
shape.
The holly comes from the woods of
New England and the Allegheny moun-
tains. In the north it is a shrub, but in
the south the holly grows into great
trees, sometimes fifty feet high. With
its red berries it is a most picturesque
tree.
Mistletoe is a parasite that takes root
in the bark of oiner trees, such as the
It is not found in the
northern States, but mostly in the middle
and southern States.
What are known as Christmas greens
or ground pines are very like the ferns
and mosses and grow in shady places on
the forest floor.
——Men’s $2.25 artics reduced to $1.65.
—YEAGER’S Shoe Store. 49-2t
‘ining everything before they settle on
J \}
The Two Little Stockings
Two little stockings hung side by side, |
Close to the fireplace, broad and wide. |
¥Two?” said St. Nick as down he came, |
Loaded with toys and many a game. i
“Ho, ho,” said he, with a laugh of fun,
“I’ll have no cheating, my pretty one!
I know who dwells in this house, my
dear— Ta '
There's only one little girl lives here.” |
So he crept up close to the chimney |
place |
And measured a sock with a sober
face.
Just then a little note fell out
And fluttered low like a bird about. !
“Aha! What's this?” said he, in sur-
prise, i
As he pushed his specs up close to his
eyes
And read the address in a child’s rough |
plan. |
“Dear St. Nicholas,” so it began, |
“The other stocking you see on the wall |
| have hung for a poor girl named Clara |
Hall. |
She’s a poor little girl, but very good, |
So | thought, perhaps, you kindly would |
Fill up her stocking, too, tonight |
And help to make her Christmas bright. |
If you've not enough for both stockings |
ther. |
Please put all in Clara’s—| shall not
care.” :
St. Nicholas brushed a tear from his eye,
And “God bless’ you, darling,” he said,
with a sigh.
Then softly he blew through the chim-
ney high
A note like a bird’s as it soars on high,
When down came two of the funniest
mortals
That ever were seen this side earth's
portals.
“Hurry up,” said St. Nick, “and nicely '
prepare |
All a little cirl wants where money is
rare.”
Then, oh, what
that room!
Away went the
the gloom
Of the sooty old chimney came tum-
bling low
A child’s whole wardrobe from head to
toc.
How Santa Claus laughed as he gath-
ered them in
And fastened each one to the sock with
a pin!
Right to the toe he hung a blue dress—
“She'll think it came from the sky, |
guess,”
Said St. Nicholas, smoothing the folds
of blue
And tying the hood to the stocking too.
When all the warm clothes were fas-
a scene there was in
elves, but down from
tened on
And hoth little socks were filled and
done,
Then Santa Claus tucked a toy here
and there
And hurried away to the frosty air,
Saying, “God pity the poor and bless
the dear child
Who pities them, too, on this night so
wild.”
The wind caught the words and bore
them on high
Till they died away in the midnight
sky
While st. Nicholas flew through the icy
air,
Bringing peace and good will with him
everywhere.
Grownups Like Toys Too.
It is really the grown folks who have
a downright good time at the toyshop.
They usually spend a long time exam-
just what they want to buy for Christ
mas. Then if it is a mechanical toy
they insist that it shall be wound up
and put through its paces. If it is a
plaything composed of a lot of small
items each piece must be looked over
=na put in its place.
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Merry Christmas!
We have just the sort of things you
will want and like for His Christmas.
Everything for Man or Boy.
Suits, Overcoats, Rain Coats, Shoes
Headwear, Neckwear, Gloves, Bath
Robes. Smoking Jackets. Bags, Um-
brellas, in fact everything that
Men and Boys wear.
‘Ours is no Ordinary Showing.
We are sure the better kind of
MEN’S WEAR
that you will find here will please
you. You're as Welcome to Look as
to buy. |
MAKE THIS YOUR CHRISTMAS STORE
FAUBLES
BELLEFONTE, PENNA.
58-4
Shoes.
YEAGER,
You Are Crazy
~
What are you going to do that for ?
This is what a friend of mine said to me, the other day,
when I told him I was going to
REDUCE PRICES
on Shoes... He said—Why do you want to cut prices,
right in the height of the season ? My answer to him
was, well to be frank with you
I NEED THE MONEY,
and that is the way to get it—give the people some Ex-
tra Values and you will get the money.
Yes, I Need The Money
and You Need the Goods,
so this is the reason that I have made some Wonderful
Reductions on Shoes. So if you are in need of Shoes,
you will find that T am doing just as I say, selling
GOOD SHOES,
NEW SHOES,
at a Reduced Price.
my assertions.
Call at my store and I will prove
But please remember, you must bring
your pocket book along. .
. These Prices are for CASH.
H. C. YEAGER,
THE SHOE MAN,
Bush Arcade Bldg, 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
sume.