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| Trimming and remodeling at re- jj|
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COPYRIGHT A.P.» C C 9
Christmas announcements are now
a order, so we extend to you our greet
ngs and invite you to visit our store
nd see our remarkable line. You will
.nd quality that will most agreeably
urprise you and our prices cannot fail
o meet with your approval.
Lome of Hart, Shaffner & Marx Clothes
Jast>er Harris,!
The People's Clothing House
Opposite Post Office, EMPORIUM, PA.
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1909.
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BTTLE MOUSE.
D- . :„ANCIS TAYLOR.
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ciation.J |
r .o Christmas eve when Santa
Claus
Ccme to a certain house
j To fill the children's stockings there ■
( He found a little mouse.
! "A merry Christmas, little friend," ;
Said Santa, good and kind,
j "The to you, sir," said the :
mouse.
| "I thought you wouldn't mind
! "If I should stay
awake tonight
j And watch you
for awhile."
"You're very
welcome, lit
tle mouj-c,"
Said Santa,
with a smile.
; A:• : : then lie
filled th e
i*p
j Before the
A i •••'•• ae in eyes,"
But 1 unbly he replied:
fete
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tef 7
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cm\ i i\
By filling stockings all these years
I should have learned the knack."
And then he took the stocking down
From where it hung so high
And said: "Now putin one thiny
more.
I give you leave to try."
i
The mousic
chuckled to
himself,
And then he
softly stole
Right to the
st o c k ing's
crowded toe
And gnawed a
little hole.
"Now, if you
please, good
Santa Clr.vs,
I've putin one
thing more,
For you will own that little hole
Was not in there before."
How Santa Claus did laugh and
laugh!
And then he gayly spoke,
"Well, you shall have a Christmas
cheese
For that nice little joke."
THE DEAR OLD TREE.
By FRANK H. SWEET.
There's a dear old tree, an evergreen
tree,
And it blossoms once a year.
'Tis loaded with fruit from top to
root,
And it brings to all good cheer.
For its blossoms bright are small
candles white,
And its fruit is dolls and toys,
And they all are free for both you j
and me
If we're good little girls and boys.
The Christmas Manger.
In France may be almost universally j
I seen representations of (lie manger iu |
I which Christ, was born, with figures of ]
Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus, and i
cattle feeding near by.
By ALICE LE BARON.
[Copyright, 1909. by American Press Asso
ciation. J
©NCK upon a time two little can
dles lay side by side in a big
bos. Both were pure white
Saiil one: "I wonder what
will become of us. Do you think we
vould lie meant lor a Christmas tree';"
For you must know that to be put on
n Christmas iis the best possible
thing Hint can la| pen ton candle.
"Of coursf not." said The other, who
was ito s "If we are meant for a
Christmas tree it will be for some
shabby little children see if it i n't.
"If we are." said the lirst. "I'll shine
my very brit litest, for the eyes oi even
poor children with only few pleasures
in prospect.are oo ugh to rival little
caudles on Clin,rums eve."
"11 we are." grumbled the second. "1
nm • ; s;:;v t»..M I will allow uiyi .' 112
to Ie lighted at till."
Christmas eve drew nearer ai.;l
er. Sure e . e.g.'). ■ • V,-. • little all
die v. iih lii'iny . tn»r.. < i bit: ::: I
1c riMl yt«!i and red. wore bought
for a Ctifi =t»iij;; tree.
On the day I • fore Christina*, while i
it still wii:) - n.e young ;Ir s
ca;i:e t ■r: '■ e :' ; .■ nts at"l i: i- ■ !
the t: <;e r<; >• r - lie eve !t: r.
. !• '
out of sight. !••..(-, ■-o ii c red nrul pia!: :
01,; ; "i"'' pettier."
"Di iu't I tell v.i wha: w nhl ! >•
P ' ttald 1' ■' • 4 Uttk- <%'i>idle . a
wli:;per.
"V •. hut wall." re; lied the other j
"Jt!:-t shine your brightest all the j
time."
"1 won't." :-iiap; !(I t!ie cro's one.
Wl:< ti evening «*atue. ranged all j
round the tree were happy h. and I
IpO !
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rt JJ 'to
"It's not polite j
to contradict. I
Your pardon I I
implore.
3ut in the fuli
es t stocking
there
I could put
on,e thin g
more."
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"Oh, ho," laugh
ed Santa, "sil
ly mouse!
Don't I know
how to pack? ;
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"PUT IT ON THE VERY TIPTOP."
girls. Soon every bough on the great j
tree blossomed with little lights. Some \
of the Haines were faint, but many I
were bright. When the little white j
candles were lighted the cross one j
just sputtered a minute and then !
went out. The other shone so brightly ;
that a gentleman standing near said:
"Oh. rvh.it a brilliant candle; Hut it j
is almost out of sight among the green I
branches. We ought to put it where i
it can be seen better."
"Put it on the very tiptop," said a \
little lady. • j
And that is where they did put it— ]
on the very tiptop of the tree, where '
it nodded and gleamed iu answer to |
the smiling faces arou ml it.
The Barber's Joke.
Christmas morning and the barber |
very busy.
"I'd rather shave ten Germans than I
one American."
The rubicund brewer in the chair
smiled broadly through the lather.
"Goot." he chuckled. "Dot vos
right! But v.v?"
The barber took a (inner hold upon
his victim's nose as he replied:
"Ten Germans pay me a dollar and
a half—one American ouly 15 ceuts."
And you could have heard the ther
mometer drop.
Popcorn!
"If Santa Claus has corns the same
■s grandpa." said a wee girl the other
day. "l link he'd be 'fraid to come
down the chimney over a hot tire for j
fear his corns would pop."
Santa Claus' Revenge.
Belated comes advice tonight
That, "without proper cause,"
Two foolish hoys went on a strike
Asainst old Santa Claus.
They sent him written word that he
Must take two trips a year,
The lirst an early one to see
What children wanted here.
They said his work of late was bad.
They criticised his taste.
They said it made them very sad—
Those presents gone to waste!
Tliey asked him why he thought a boy
Would want a Teddy bear.
They said it seemed he could employ
Much better judgment there.
They wrote him frankly what the>
thought.
A protest In each line.
They told him that they thought he ought
To sell out and resign.
They covered reams of paper then
To tell him what to do-
The how. tho which, the what, the when
Tliey carefully went through
And then they told him what io brins
For each boy in their town.
And for themselves—"Oh. everything'"
Was Just what they put down.
They thought the saint was far too old
To understand their scheme.
And each one bought a bag. to hold
Their presents. It would seem,
Hut when ilie.\ woke on Xmas morn
With "Wha: did Santa bring?"
Why. lost as so"- as you are born.
Ite hadn't loft a thl.i;;!
STACY E. BAKICK
ON't'E 1 had a shipmate who cele
brated the most grateful Christ
mas of Ills I * it- at the Horn.
It was on the Mary Ann, 111
Doc-ember, 1807. Sho was a deep cut
steel flipper. hilt she was a four mast
ed bark, and four n.asted harks are all
ugly in heavy seas. The best sea boat
afloat will plunge at Cape Horn, but
four I,lasted barks are all the time un
der water. Sometimes they are swamp
ei 1 altogether nnd 1 !■.;t waterlogged
around the Horn. Then the current
pushes t her.i south to perish lu the
iee jam.
Some sailers can be likened to the
four masted ! arks. They are the sail
ors w'lo have been t•. lollgf away fiv n
I home All 1 lilors plunge liberally Into
sb re ,i. ". I t!i:> "too long away from
!l' .lie" fe !■ ; a rule, Kwitniped
in shore i, breakei
Or.? i.f 11. 'te- on the Mnty Aim
. .. a j "too long
L
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: <»i:' t: a" , :S t!jf> w :H1 with the :••• •.
! dolor . •: inii i!'!' '. 112 the voy
h; I i'ej ; -rhis IIV. 11 LOW 1
I oil":- at he: P.
!, !: . '
;
1 •:iof :: .• . . ' :•. V.'i- \
we: ; !>• -v.- en 1 , •(> t.
dov. i !:i !!■ The we, Stern
had trimmed lur its down to th>
lower top.-; 11/
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we henra tiie :i :: • 'i;> wlr ] ••
one I M ll'.-or..- the signal for "
hands on deck" v. ui wered forward
Boh and I wore *>a! - 112 (.ur hunks and
had our sea boots on.
"What's up now?" growled nob. nut!
lie got his answer from Jimmy, ta •
deck boy. who came ru hing in wi-'
out preliminary warning,
i "Rise. rh;e. rise. s'eop;>rs! Weather
| ship for icebergs nn the leeward bow
: Rise, rise, rise!"
The watch on deck was already set
: ting the fore staysail to head tho vessel
I off the wind. She was running easy
! when we came on deck, and the storm
I spanker was hauled out to bring the
[1 | n I lT~n V °' SSe ' "° ' ' K>
jl wns S 'l"'
; > pulled tlie y arils
in I<> starboard.
! t> a Then c-amo the
! gr. __a j licr bow apainst
g?—ti
x*»i\
I ROw I"' 1 ' from stem t<>
1 1 :=t.,rn.
! 1! " 1 ' came aft
i 'iamn from the staysail
' to join us just f.s
! HOK AMi Till-: i;Ol'E :
i PROPPED. WC . . J«'»P"C2
out of the way,
' for breaker came thundering
| over the weather rail.
The breaker caught Bob at the fore
backstays, lie jumped up and put his
arm through the coils of (lie fore sheet,
I hanging in straps in the royal bac-k
--| stay.
I The straps were rotten, and Bob and
the coil sheet rope dropped and disap
peared in the boiling deck waters.
The waters surged to leeward and
J carried a dark object with them,
j The skipper threw a life buoy from
I the poop.
i "I'oor Bob!" said everybody to him
self. It was all we could do for him.
Bob was gone, and there seemed to be
no help for it.
\\'e had the Mary Ann snug at last.
Our watch had still an hour more be
low, not long enough to make it worth
while to crawl into our bunks, and we
lighted our pipes, lay down on our
chests and discussed poor Bob.
Bill, who was Bob's own churn, went
i to Bob's bunk and overhauled the
I things.
"It is enough to make anybody rip
' ping mad to think of a rotton old strap
chucking a poor fellow overboard,"
mused Bill. "Christmas night too.
Say, boys, when we auction this stuff
off we've got to show Bob up hand
[ some to his friends."
It must be explained that when sail
! ors die at sea their belongings are sold
j at auction to the crew. This custom
I «erves a double purpose. It is easier
| to ship money halfway around the
! globe than to insure the safe delivery
of an old wooden chest. A good sum
of money is also more welcome to most
heirs than a chestful of tarred rags.
Besides, the sea auctions give the ship
mates of the dead an opportunity to
j "raise his reputation" by adding gener
j ously to his account.
| Everybody wanted to fill the Christ-
I mas stockings of poor Bob's folks. The
! chief mate, Dickson, good naturedly
consented that the auction should be
held then and there and came to the
forecastle with pencil and paper tore-
I cord the sales as fast as they were
made.
"Here you are, boys—hero you are;
(Jet your money ready. The greatest
Cape Horn sale ever held will now
start." rasped the old chief. "First
Hall colds are <juickly cured by Foley's
Honey and Tar, ihe great throat and
Latest Popular Music.
Miss May Gould, teacher of piano
forte has received n full line of the lat
est and most popular sheet music. All
the popular airs. Popular and clasf
ical music. Prices reasonable.
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For Chapped Skin.
| Chapped skin whiilur on trie .bauds
it face may be cured in one night by
applying CbaniberininV Salve. Ji is also
unc<|iiji!i'<' form to nipples, burns and
M-,ill's. For sale t>v (/. C. Tngaart.
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io qt Eerry Pails inc.
24ft Folding Clothes Bars 15c.
Screen Doors 90c.
vSclect Uroonis 25c.
20 galvanized Wash Tubs 75c
22 " " 80c
24 " " gcc
Mantles all kinds aud|prices.
Plumbing, Tinning and
Heating.
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Broad St., Emporium, Pa. -»
lien. J. Laßar
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Tabourettes.
The Set to Set Before You
Is[ waiting for you in the shape
of a nice set of crockery. We
are now showing asplen lid stock
of good sound Crockery, every
single piece warranted xree from
fault or blemish. The finest as
sortment in the county at rea
sonable^prices.
Undc. taking
Geo. J. LaHar