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Your Druggist sells Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain, Pills
and he is authorized 10 return the price of the first
package (only) If it fails to benefit you.
Pure Water!
DRINK
SIZERVILLE
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WATER
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We are prepared to furnish the citizen**
of Emporium this popular Water, either
PLAIN OR CARBONATED, in bottles.
Drop a postal card—we will do the rest
The analysis of the celebrated Bizerville
Water has made it famous all over the
country.
Orders may be left at Geo. F. Balcom'
store, or water may be purchased by th ■
case at the same place.
Address,
Magnetic Mineral Water Co.,
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LOOKING FOE SANTA CLATJS.
The Gift
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By FR.A N K H. SWEET.
[Copyright, 190-S, by American Pr< >:s Asso
ciation.)
THE Christmas chimes are sounding
on the air,
And, as I sit and listen to their
sweet,
Unearthly music, gone is care,
Forgot i 3 all the turmoil of the street.
The that Jhe path of m%fi be
set,
The va3t anxiotics of human life,
All fade away, and every fond regret
Is lost in all their glad and joyous
strife.
WHAT though I seem alone on
this fair day,
From happy comradeship
stand isolate,
With none to greet me as I walk my
way.
To merely live I count a happy fate —
To merely listen to those joyous sounds
That through the crisp of winter call
so free,
Although the merrymakers on their
rounds
Pause not to think of or remember
me.
IS'T not enough that on this Christ
mas morn, |
This glad birth morn of him whose
day it is,
My heart, but yesterday so sad, forlorn,;
Doth open to the message that was
His?
Is't not enough to know that from
above
The tidings of a sacrifice divine
Com* at a gift of an eternal love
That I have but to take to make it
mine?
' ,si
IRISH POINT OF VIEW.
It is a merry Chri-,tma*
When there is lots of snow,
For then through my good shovel
Some golden coin I know.
And 'tis a ucrry Christmas
When net a flake is seen,
For Christmas to the Irish
Is merry when it's green.
E. K. KUNKITTEICK.
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<; \ MERON' COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER i 6, 1909.
Why baiwt Nicholas?
By ROBERT DONNELI..
Copyright, 1' •>, by -\n:.-rican I'r.s Asso
ciation^
Wf IIY is. Saiua Clans sometimes
called St. Nicholas".' For
tli(» most excellent reason
that Nicholas is the real
aame o£ the saint. Until comparative
ly recent years there was 110 Sunta
L'laus at Christmas time. When tl)e
ski saint comes down the chimney
Dec. 24, Christmas eve, and deposits
?ifts for tlie children in the suspended
stockings lie. is just nineteen days be
aitul time, for his true and proper
lime is Dec. 5, that being the eve of
St. Nicholas day. Just how Nicholas
got to be the Christmas e.ve saint is
aot altogether clear, but those icon
oclasts who dig into ancient matters
ire probing this secret. They have
discovered, or claim to have discov
ered, that the Christmas eve Santa
Claus really originated in America, be
ing transported to England from New
York.
In the saints' calendar Dec. 0 is St.
Nicholas day. Nicholas was bishop of
Myra, in Lycia. Ho Is believed to
have lived under the Emperors Dio
cletian and Constantino and is the pa
tron saint of poor maidens, sailors,
travelers, merchants and children.
Rich maidens, of course, are also quite
willing to acknowledge him when be
comes along with diamond dog col
lars, necklaces and tiaras.
Before the great religious reformation
the custom of giving presents on St.
Nicholas eve was general throughout
Christian Europe. When the worship
>f the saints was abolished the prac
tice died out in England, where for
ibout three centuries St. Nicholas fall
fd to visit households on the evening
af Dec. 5 to leave presents for good
jhildren. By the way, it should be
pointed out that Nicholas was noted
iven in infancy as a particularly good
ind pious child. Therefore his visits
ire not made to bad children—only to
those whose parents can vouch for
their good behavior during the previous
rear.
In Austria, Holland and Poland St.
Nicholas eve is still observed. Good
rhildren get presents, secretly left in
their shoes placed upon the hearth
stone for the purpose or in their stock
ings hung from the mantel. When
New York was settled by Hollanders
the devout Dutchmen brought over to
America their religious customs, not
Ibrgettiug that of St. Nicholas eve. In
Did New Amsterdam the saint made
bis visits the night of Dec. 5, St. Nich
olas day being celebrated by the set
tlers as n holiday. In time the Dutch
were supplanted by the English, New
Amsterdam became New York, and th<»
>ld St. Nicholas eve gift giving custom
was reintroduced into England from
Vow York. But In England the cus
:om of giitmaklng on Christmas ere
Dad grown up. Th<MV was, however.
10 Santa Cla'ts cerenumy. Gifts w»r>
nade outright ai d wl'ho'ut secrecy.
When St. Nlehclns sailed back to
England there was «onsternatlon
imong fond papas and mammas in
, the tight little !?.!'•.
•'What! Shall we have twe days of
?lft giving and less than three weeks
jpart?" they cried.
Thrifty En el Is It parents, It is sup
posed, determined that one day of
?lvlng was enough, and so they slm
oly transferred St. Nicholas to Christ-
Das eve.
Uncle Ezra Says:
"Rig thoughts may come to you
I while you are lyin' abed in the morn- j
■ in', but big results won't fnrae onless j
; you jump out an' hustle for 'em."— '
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charge, shoots out 75 pounds of porous z-i bread. Grains that melt in
PufTed \Yheat or Puiied Rice, the mouth.
And a gun, to meet the present There is nothing else to compare
demand, must be shot about every with them. No cereal food half so
minute. good.
For, last month, seventeen million When you try them> youMl be glad
meals were served oi these new, en- that we told you about them. And
ticing foods. your folks will be glad.
If your folks like what most folks ' Don't wait longer. Order one ;
like, they'll enjoy these gigantic package. Submit it to a vote of your
grains. table.
Puffed Wheat —10c Puffed. Rice —15c
These are the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam
derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
blasted into a myriad particles.
The whole wheat or rice kernels are put into , . ' . , , . , .
, , . , . , Ihc kernels of grain are expanded eight
sealed guns. Then the guns are revolved for ° 11.11
. , , , times. Yet the coats are unbroken, the shapes
sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. , , ' .
J 0 are unaltered, we have simply the magnified
That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain,
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de
mendous. light in them. Order it now.
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ADAM. MELDRUM & ANDERSON CO.
"Buffalo's Leading Store" Buffalo, N. Y. Established 1867
A Christmas Announcement
To Out~of~Town Customers
To bring the vast resources of Buffalo's Greatest
Christmas Store before you in an unusual way and as
an inducement for you to come and make this Merry,
Merry Christmas Store your Holiday Shopping Head- oxlk ML \
quarters, we offer the following liberal proposition which \
must be considered by all who read as being worthy of ||(SgSflfap
coming many miles to share. V Y
From Wednesday, Dec. 15th,
To Saturday, Dec. 18th, Inc. Til
We will give every out-of-town customer who comes If I
to our store and makes a total cash purchase of fifteen r-l^J
dollars ($15.00) a free choice of four $1.50. articles:
The list of articles will be changed each day. Wednesday's list follows:
Any 51.50 Doll. Any $1.50 Waist. Any $1.50 Book. Any $1.50 Vace. i
To every out-of-town customer who comes to our store and makes a total
'•ash purchase of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) we will give a free choice of four
$2.50 articles. Wednesday's list follows: 4
Any $2.50 Book. Any $2.50 Handkerchief. Any $2.50 Toy. Any $2.50 Vase.
Selection must be made from the above articles.
Railroad Fares Refunded and Free Delivery within 100 miles of Buffalo as !
usual. '
Before buying ask for an Out-of-Town Shopping Card at the Public Service
Bureau and for list of free articles. i'
Force of Win-; Moverrsnt.
Tests Show tln j -T t!:a wind movement
! of 15 miles an hour against the side of
! a building will force 185 cubic feet of
air through n cr.n. s'xteenlh-inch crev
! ice in an hour
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Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy
Can always be depended upon.
During the Rummer months children
are subject to bowel disorders and should
| receive the most careful attention. Ak
| soon as any unnatural looseness of the
bowels is noticed Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy should be
given. Costs but 25 cents a bottle, and
it is economy to always keep a bottle
handy. * You do not know when it may
be needed, but when you do want it you
V/anfc it badly. Get a bottle today. A
Pride and the Love of Praise.
Pride is essential to a noble charac
ter, and the love of praise is one of
thy civilizing elements. —Henry Ward
Beecher.
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Humphreys' Veterinary Specifics
" For Every Living Tiling on 1,10
Farm." Horses, Cattle, Sheep,
Hogs, Dogs, Poultry.
A. • •"<»? F^.»•' SCiifc Fever, l.r >f*. Ti'ver.
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H. I .i ,! KIDXEV and IlluJiler disorders.
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At druggists or sent prepaid
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Chart to hang up mailed free.
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William and Ann Streets, New York,