The Pond Creek Tribune. (Pond Creek, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1893 Page: 3 of 4
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>11 !<>«•(Mr, UuH'IInx bliN-b,;
Mniir* t 1m»hi la I'UI aiiil*r»jr -
Aniliar UMka «III tie clil a,
>1111 liHialkrrat that play
* KNOWLEDGE
Brin** comfort and improrrmcnt mid
i'nd» to nemoiml enjoyment when
rightly u>en. The many, who live bet-
ter than other* nml mi joy life more, with
leu* expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tlie world'* i*»t product* to
the new* of pliyaicnl facing, will atteit
the ralue to health of the pure liquid
laxntlre principle* embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Fig*.
It* excellence i* due to It* providing
III the form mo*t acceptable and IlIlM*
ant to the toxtc, the refreaiiing nnd truly
bencRclal propertle* of n perfect lax-
ative; effectually cleaning the »y*tem,
diHUelllng cold*, headache* nnd lever*
ana permanently curing conrtiprtlon.
It haa given mli*faction to million* und
•net with the approval of the medical
prnfcMion, beoauao It act* on the Kid-
ney*, Liver and Bowel* without weak-
ening them and it U perfectly free from
every objectionable aubatance.
Hyrup of Fig* in for nolo by all drug-
wi*t*in60cnudll bottle*,but iti* man'
ufactured by tlio California Fig Hyrup
0>. only, wlioao name is printed on every
package, also the mime, Hyrup of Fig*,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any subatitutc if offered.
“August
Flower”
Miss C. G. McClavR. School-
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. " This Spring while away from
borne teaching my first term in a
country school I was perfectly
wretched with that hitman agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
Agv and yt mli »r« r«*iiM>l!#4,
Ami «lib fl**
It til hi tiirir BiAi )t*s fAir to
• Whw 1 Hrow to t* a waiT—
t’o till! Win OWA't fiTAttlA ran -
•J aUaII build a ca*tl* «o.
with A IIAtAWAf ItFOill AU»I graft-!,
HorA A pretty VlllA Ah All ire*.
Thom A A'lldlAf gu»rtl khAll •Itlltf {
And tli* towor *bail Ih> *o high
Folk* will frontier by aud by t
fiboUtn-Mi-on quoth: "Vaa, I know,
Thui 1 kulbtAd. long ajo!
H«ra A ||tl IA Alld tbor* A wall.
!l#rn a window, th*r* a door,
tlAffAA A M»|>lA, WollUfOll* tAll,
lllMitb rvrr morn end nwu*;
I'lit ib» vra** It a v o leveled low
\lllAt I bllll«l<Hl It niA'iOt"
Po tl>Av g •alp m their |>lAy
llPtMibtHN or tu* flouting <l«y.
On«»puakiflf lint bong Am*
\V her* hi* dmd hope* uuriod Ha,
l)no nltti chubby check* fellow,
Prattle b of tlio lljr-Bud-Hy •
Kid* l>y *!<!• twin vaaIIaa grow -
I'y Ami by nnd I*oittf-AiPl
Isma-AgoMi*! lly and-Vly
All. whHt yotri »two«n them II* l
A ot, ob cr.ti delr*. gaunt And a ray,
by w nut nit th >u beguiled
Hint lb »ii AharoAt In thn play
of 111 at Hulo Unplug childt
ClilMrnn Initto, tbov build tlinlr blocks
Miuffln hhiN>n and Amtwrljwk*-
aiilei' Hum* Journnl.
Homo
MAH MOLLY.
I am de-
say that August Flower
helped me so that I have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." A
day I purchased a bottle,
lighted to
ller culiln I* 010*0 fay a lonely lano
that all its length of miles has not
half ador.cn human habitation* upon
It; for a good Irish mile eucli side
there Is nothing hut the loneliness of
opposite the
to America and make a home for the
mother there, che would follow
them In the spring. The nelghtmre
would bo gn«id to her, anil she would
keep her heart ullvu la the hope of re-
union. They went with prayers and
klMcs und tear*. IVrhapsshocouldn’t
have liorno lo lot tlmm go, only the
skin wus already loose on the faces
that had been so plump, and tho
girls’ lip* were growing blue with the
fainlnu. She could not keep them to
hflcomo gaunt skeleton* like some
that she had ahuildored ut. She let
them go, drugging herself with
dreums of specdv reunion. Alas
their ship went down in midocean
und every *011! perished. Nows came
to land by means nr a few limiting
flank*, and was spelt out in the Mi-
ngo forge by thn reader, who was
giving less luckr folk the benefit of his
learning by Iran dating for them tho
contents of tho papers- Home busy-
liody curried the nows to the widow.
The midden telling *nap|ied lior
sanity. Whon kind |«onle stole lo
lie with her In her trouble she was
gone; tho house door open, but of her
neither talo nor tidings. For more
than forty years no tidings of Imr had
come, and any who ever thought of
her—but those of her own generation
wore very old—concluded she was
wus long ago with her little girls in
that distant country that Is Heaven.
The stories but excited tlio Inter-
est of my adventurous friend. She
would poop in at the broken windows
or tlio haunted house. At first sho
lioggod for my company, but 1 had
never been near the place, and shou!d
never dare to bravo Its memories. I
waited for her on tho road while she
ran ovor tho gra-s-grown
winter Uelds. .lust .. ,_______
broken gale leading to her door u bit pghtly _____
of road goes tielween enormously high pam. The mist was forming wlilto
hedges to the high road—a hlgu road walls all about. In tho distanco
Ins* h*»nl »f»r,
A»u*l>‘ *hl»i>*n ins'l* •< known,
And th* •tuning »♦ » .
Nut with banners tub unfurl*d
t'»m« ill* child of our delight,
In the «tllln««« nt III* world.
In the Nttwnen of th* night
Not In pllUrad p*l*M tall.
With II. tnpMtrl*. of mil I.
Put within * »t»li!o'- null
In th* >ii*»kn*.« in. n Hold I
Not In pomp of proud Mints
t urn* th* child of »ur d*llf»*.
Km.»n to .hi.phi.riK wntchlnj l»t«.
lo thn .!l*ncu of th* night
Y*l on wit lh« engloo* uarili
Nffvvriucli a birth lm«l Iwen.
Nnvcr a iitomtitlotlfl birth
Tlmi could roft.in •» much to n»mi.
All lb* nllngA of Death were nlmrn
WI11.11 III* child Ilf Iiur delight
t urn... nnd l.lf* nnd lion* worn liorn
In til* nllonc* nf Ihn night
Following llm wnndorlng ntnr,
Wise in*n limuglit until III- too*
Prcrimi- Invnrn frntu of nr,
In. n .nc end frnnklncnn-* .wc*».
(Wlinl I king, preclou* nlmll »u lienr
To Ihn child of our delight
I’rnring thnl lie dud llioiil fair,
In III" illoncn of III* nlglitf)
Now tl.n n.iund of trumpet, blown.
Anl the thundering, h-nrd »f*r,
From glnd nteepten milk* It kunwn
of tic* nhtnlng of tin. nlnr!
II* ll.e Imnnor. I.ilglit unfurled
To the lord of nur dullglit
In the gin.*.nr., nt the wnrld.
In thn glurv nf Hi* nlghl!
A. W. IIRI.I.AW.
tttomCil!*. On|k*. Sen Unit. Cnq. Mean,
wkliilig en^. |rne*ltUulir.la.- A .mil. tvs'
Ut CnanpUttli te ittgu. ul I nn nlltfl* »!•
Vum* MM. Cm it aw I* wlU... tu OHllnl
MeUUtuUtftki SnttiW. Esld b/talnotr
k-p tOttlM H MTJ ul *1.00. *
Of
tho
THE JUDCES
WILD’S COLUMBIAN LLPOSITIUN
Have inado the
HIGHEST AWARDS
(Mcdalo ami Diploma*) to
1 WALTER BAKER & CO.
On each nf tlio following named article.:
very innocent of traffic, l.e It suld,
though occasionally 11 snorting steam
tram puffs along It. I’resontly the
road winds fro.n lt“ placid level
sweep ut tho foot of the mountains
und climbs u steep shelf of tho hill
into u valley, und disappears through
a gorge Into the next county. That
bye-lane Is the eeriest place I know.
Iiy Mad Molly's cabin stands a tall
stone pine, that in the gloaming
lo ks like a mill chimney. Where
the lano and tho roail meet there is a
three-cornered bit of grass, and stand-
ing out or It a tall telegraph pole,
witli an irresistible suggestion of a
gibbet Tho place Is marshy and
looking down at It of an evening
from the higher ground a stranger
will not be persuaded that tho solid
floor of mist below is not a stretch of
water. The marsh vapors make the
strangest effects. 1 have walked
there of un autumn evening with my
hea t In my mouth and needing all
my will not to keep looking appre-
hensively over my shoulder. I have
always companionship; sometimes
huuiun and canine; moro often canine
only. But. one could des re no wholc-
60 in or company thin a fox terrier,
irreverently free from morbidness,
and u St. Bernard, very scrupulous
as to his duties of guardianship By
myself, nothing would induce me. to
walk that way—not though it were
the goldenest evening summer over
saw—not even In tho unwinking
noonlight.
Tho first evening I knew Mad Moll
had taken possession of her own cabin
my experience was eerie enough, or
rather it was a vicarious experience.
I bad a friend with me, a girl
crumped by the life of cities and ever
eager to stretch her limbs or widen
her country sensations. The sun had
gone down scarlet iu un orange sky.
As we walked along the white smoke
of the mist 1 egan to exhale from the
Helds, yellow with old stubble. On
one side of the wav the flelds were
clear. On the other side, the mists
presently covered them impenetrably.
It was as if the fairies were hiding
their mysteries from mortal eyes. A
wisp of the mist floated across our
path; breaths of It came tangling
about our feet as we walked. The
telegraph pole was full of the voices
BREAKFAST COCOA, . . -
Premium So. 1, Chocolate, .
Vanilla Chocolate, . . •
German Sweet Choeolatc,
Cocoa Butter........
For "purity of material,” “excellent Savor,'
and “uniform even composition.
WALTER BAKER ft CO., D0RCHE8TER, MASS.
Catab
ELY’S
CREAM BALM
Cleanses tho
Kasai Passages,
Allays Pain and
Inflammation,
Beals the Sores.
Restores the
Senses of Taste
and Smell.
TRY THE (JURE.
A particle Is applIedTlnto each nostril and la
where the wan sky turned pale as
silver tho reflect on bolow was like a
sliver mirror. A tree In the hedge-
row tinkled its leaves like tho tink-
ling of harloy. The water was sulk-
ing somewhere out of sight. Sud-
denly my friend was at my side with
the rapidity of a startled deer. "Oh,
come awayi" she said, "there’s some
one, something, In that awful house.”
I didn't need her dragging me by
tho hand to run noiselessly—as if wo
feured some unknown terror hearing
our feet in the mist—between ilia
winding hedgerows pale with the
gold of withered loaves, till we were
In the world again, tho world of In-
habited lodges and road-menders
scattering their shingles, and a soli-
tary plowman whose assistance wo
knew we could trust to driving his
patient team up and down the lonely
upland. Then wo leant in view of
him ovor a wall that had onee walled
in a quarry and found our voices.
Peering in ut the window she had
gazed a second or two at the pluce
full of shadows till she had made
out one that looked like a human
shape cowering by what was once tho
hearthstone. She did not look twice,
hut fled back to me with her heart in
her mouth.
Wc were in a mood to believe it
anything—ghost or banshee, or even
that most horrible of Irish spooKs,
tho Watcher by the Ford. However,
a day or two later 1 heard that old
Moll Donovan had come back. Where
she had been in the interval (iod
knows—in the pauper lunatic asylum
ofsome county, most probably, for
hor gown of Hue check looked like a
uniform. She was quite ha mless,
poor thing, as the old neighbors
found out presently. Her mind had
stopped short at the hour before she
heard the girls were drowned. Kind
Ing her so harmless the country peo-
ple were well disposed to take her
in trust from God. They tidied up
the place for her as well as long do
cay would permit them, and put in a
few sticks of furniture. She accepted
these kind offices passively, and, once
installed, kept her cabin in order.
She is a little old woman of between
seventy and eighty. In her ordinary
moods you would not guess her to be
mad, as you see her from a distance
nf the wind; for a minute we did not j sitting in the sun, her thin hair de
detect where was the mysterious j cently combed from a patient old
singing. By the roadside the marshy ' face, her old shawl drawn tightly
land emptied Its waters into a ditch j around bent shoulders.
so deep and wide that it was a mini
ature pond; under its bushes some
disturbance had set up a ghostly suc-
tion, a sound of ebb and flow.
I shivered a little as the cabin
stood up across the neglected path-
way. It looked what they called it,
haunted. It stands on a little hill—
a fairy rath, that no wise human be-
ing would desecrate by his or her in-
trusion. The good people did not
manifest themselves there prettily
and pleasantly intheonly case I know
where they made their presence felt*
It was not an occasion, indeed, for
fairy cavalcades or dances. It proved,
too, that though they have no souls,
poor littlo folk, they arc yet. friends
of God. It was in a bygone June.
The fields were lush with overrlch
grasses; and, like the Held of the
You would
known, though, if you came closer,
and met her wandering eyes. Tl 0
neighbors send her a bit of food,
enough to keep hor alive, for sho does
not need much. She cal Is the comely
and sturdy men and women by tho
names of their fathers and mothers,
and the boys and girls arc always the
boys anil girls of long ago. Not that
she is communicative. I have heard
that she rarely speaks, tut sits most
of her time in the sun or by the fire-
side crooning over old snartches
songs to herself.
So much for every day and fine
weather. In the stormy weather
and by moonlight her madness lays
hold upon her and drives her out.
Perhaps that sulking pool so close to
her cabin keeps alive In her crazed
memory the thought of the sea that
NORAS VICTORY.
T wan Christm. 1
and tlio ooitt-lon
was to tx> appro-
priately observed
by tho people of
Thompson’* < ’or-
nor*. All t h e
children, and old
folk*, too, had
.lathered at the
Hcliool houso t 0
lake part in the
exoroiHesand wlt-
nefs tlio distribu-
tion of present*
could not quite bear the ooho of *»ial
midnight mandate:
>-l’*tl!* »_______
Fortunately, M*li«*aw, moment 1 ber
ornent, with a woman’* *wtft vl on,
that rlning cloud of d!*ap|N>liitmuni in
her rival'* countenance, *ho thought it
wa* Iwoaimo no present had Imhui be-
stowed. Never thinking that Kli/a
might fa* mourning .% thrall'* enfran-
chisement, Nora almost oamo to tlio
point where nbc wUhod nemo iirunent
might ho found on the Immllng branch-
on of thin woman whose Christina) wu*
•uruljr not a Noanon of Joy. Hut that
brought with It tho fear that eucli it
prewnt might mean tm much. Ami
every nt range imu-coI handed up to the
Hupurlntondniit thut bo might read
the name of the favored mortal, gave
N01 a the happh *t pain. How easy for
l-'nl to have humbled her ami exulted
Eliza by thn simple device of sending
to tho tree a wide silk handkorehlof, a
box of eandlo* or a toilet cane?
Tho busy moment* woro over at ln*t.
anil Nora turned again from tho llllor.-d
ntago ami pumiiil Into tlio dronning-
riMim. Thorn Roomed no rcuson for it,
Put bur heart wai orowdud full of lie *t
untimely sorrow. Sho came close to
tho com window mill tried to forget tlio
tumult out thorn In iho hi u*., the ox-
haiiHting heat, und tho flavor not quito
of tho poorest. Blit what wu* this oil
tho win low panoV Her nanioV Khn
hail not written hor name. She hud
written nho had written “Ed Morrow”
up 4haro In the mollow noil of the
Cbrlhlmu* frost. And horn ubovo It
was hor own hi* In tho fair, round
lino* of a girl's ehiri graph)', hor* in
tho strong, rugged swoop of a man's
swift hand. She turned with a start
and a littlo nernuin, and there «a* Ed
Morrow, wlih hi* arms aland her and
ill* ll|Hion her brow—Ed Morrow, who
Kutd nothing, but comforted hor with
tho slow, quiol pressure of bis left hand,
while ho took up tlio tuning fork from
the widow *111 und swung a clrelo clear
around both names .engraved on tho
frosty pane.
Nora hail flown In an Instant from tlio
last day of tho ( hrlstmn year quito to
Its first, then back ugaln. And on tho
way sho gathered something of tho
spirit which had always armed her.
"NVhat made you write my name above
yours, Ed?" sno asked, n 1 sho stood
ulono before him. “Borauso It belongs
there," said tho young man quickly.
"Lot's commence to-night and never
quarrel any more.”
That was thoir 01 mpaet and they
passed together out thre ugh tho bonne,
trading swift compliments with a hun-
dred friends, till they reached tho
door. Then, just as they stopped from
tho battered threshold to tho creaking
snow, a woman turned upon thorn,
flashing a face that was rich iu Its
beauty but marred by Its halo "I
wish you much joy." she sniil, with jeal-
ous bittern) § 1. It was E 1 '.a Baines.
"Illvvy."
At a Christmas entertainment lust
year the superintendent, a Western
man newly elected to tho office, made a
little speech before the gifts upon tho
tree were distributed to tlio children,
liuring his remarks I10 fuid, "Suppose
when we come to give out those hugs
of candy, some l*iy or girl doesn't get
any. Suppose there are more boys and
girls than there are hags of candy, I
hope that any child who got* a hag
will do, as wo say out West, will
’divvy.’"
There was a gieat silence ovor Iho
room, und 1 no of tlio older church
members Hitting on the platform
thought tho children didn't understand
tho superintendent's remarks. He
twitched his coat and whispered:
“Brother, they don't know wliut you
moan by 'divvy.'" “What!" ex-
claimed tho superintendent. “Oh, yes,
lli-r form bnltluil tlio
•ltutt«r
llm |>rutly tflrl In-
■UlUi
Hit Irnurt In In n flut-
ter.
Wl.ciifVr the po*»t-
man fall*.
Aid! If Imr lover'* ml*-
»|vn
I>mi« not *rrlv* In
time.
The wretched letter-
carrier
Teal* utility of a crime!
Die time of
t‘hrUtnin-1
1m bound to make him
Nad.
For.loaded like a wagon.
He’* very nearly mod.
Tim puckagu* ho linntllttt
Are quito Mifllclout
rnuin.
No reindeer curry him
atxml—
Thlt modern fautn ( lain!
- Iln iirliigN 11* I 111* that
mako m
r v Feel vory, very blue.
Ami Nwagger Invita-
tion*
To •••well** recep-
tions. too.
Fomotlmo* a check of
value
From publWher* not
lillnd,
Hut ofteuer the p em
Kim tiff t fill I y do*
dined.
Merry
they do." “How many boys here know (;0t him ono or two, just lino those he
what it means to 'divvy.- ^ A fores- usually wears, und gi\o them to him
cloth of gold, with buttercups and | swallowed her darlings. On a wild
cowslips. Every hedgerow was a milky night by moonlight she is out looking
way of hawthorn. The cows had lust | for them. To her every torn pool Is
from a gorgeous Christmas tree. Nora
Ellis wai managing the evening fes-
tivities. She had been busy for days
and days with trios to town and jour-
neys to the school house
fn tho midst of it all Nora had
thought now und then what Christmas
meant anil her heart was gentle, us
hearts should lie. when her fancy con-
jured up the star in tho East: when
that llnor cur which never bonds to less
than heavenly music caught the
rhythm of that anthem which filled tho
sky one distant night In a distant land.
Yet ono thorn troubled her. Sho tried
to forgot Ed Morrow und their quarrel,
but the thought would come hack and
confront her. Sho remembered how
happy Him was In tho-summer time,
when sho walked with him along this
samo plain road und thrilled us a good
girl will when tho angel of true love
troubles tlio waters of hor waiting soul.
He liad wandered away with tho sun, as
the summer ended, und she heard of
him now and then from friends who
drove to Hendricks County. Once or
twice ho had drifted up to tho borders
of her neighborhood, but she never
saw him. Humor, that agile assassin,
declared ho was “going with” Eliza
Haines, and honest Nora could wonder.
In tho midst of her puin, what ho found
in the girl to admire. Ho would come
to tho Christmas tree, and she must
suffer in silence while that brazen
creature sated hor eyes with looking
^Everything was as ready as it could
lie at the school-house. Tho day had
filled the eye of Christmas lovers.
Snow lay deep upon the ground, and
through it tho sleigh tracks had beat-
en like a sort of canal liotween high
banks of whito. Sleighbells rung a
greeting to laughing parties, rich with
life and hungry fur enjoyment. Nora
did not conduct the exorcises. Sho
only managed the manager, somllng
the Sunday-school superintendent upon
tho narrow stage to ask for order anil
announce successively the programme
numbers.
In Indiana wo always aimed to min-
gle some portion of the intellectual
with all our ournivals. There were
debating societies and the “reading
part" at singing schools: they wore
declamations und original essays at
every gathering, till tlie sun of compo-
sition waxed warm and full in the
season of revivals. To-night, be-
side i the distribution of presents,
there woio songs in which Nora
had trained tho children: recitations
in which tho children had mostly
trained themselves; a tableau or two
and a jubilant chorus. Nora, looking
through a peephole in tho curtain, saw
Ed Morrow sitting close up to the front,
but far away from the women. If he _ _____ _ _____
came with that girl ho bud done the j ^n'^TchensV'wMoh ^JOtanists' tolls' us
very ungraceful thing of leaving her (1[ a* slow growth as tho much rev-
to shift Tor herself in a stranger com- j 01,enc,.(j amj COveted ivy of Europe, and
this ancient product of our woods
would lie far more appropriate in our
homes than tho imported mistletoe,
which few people can honestly say they
think pretty.
It limy hit !>ut a faiiry.
Hut I bhoulUn't think.
I own,
SotnnNinhillUtlc pmtmi'n
Were ovor, over known.
Ami I'm sure no p nt-
nian'M hub/
Would ovor doom It
right
To nmko lt<4 wo»ry father
Trot with It half the
night!
PRESENTS FOR OLD PEOPLE.
XVlist Id €ll»e tirandnia an.I l■ r.,n.i|>n fur
Christum*.
It is burn to select pr 'rents for those
who have passed tho sunny side of life
and who no li nger take an active inter-
est In its frivolities, Hi fal" and Its
changes of fashion. Grandma und
grandpa am dear old |>oop!o with
hearts as young as the youngest, nnd
minds capable of enjoying everything.
Hut ono can rearcely expect grandpa to
begin wearing a new style watch-chain
in a new way, nor will grandma want
a sot of the now-funghd hairpins.
“Such things arc pretty on young peo-
ple," says grandma und grandpa, with
a smile and a sigh. “But Iho old way
is tho hot for 11s after all." What,
then, can ono seloe: for the orrupunt-
of the armchair? Wliut can one give
them which will h- just tho thing
needed for cornfo: t und luxury?
Grand pa ileus not care for many orna-
ments, but he is fond of a nice necktie.
RO'M MNIN1 PO*0IN CO., <M WU •?., *. »•
hlrnrli Wilt, Odd Name*.
Tlio corporation of Colchoster have
been huxyiiig tliemsolvr* In effacing
some ancient place ana street name*
duscrilicd a* "dlsiigrenahlc," and In
some Instances offensive, and replac-
ing tliriii with name* more accepta-
ble to tlio refined ears of tlicso limes
Thu* "Snake lane" has, wo loam,
Leon eufilioiulzed Into ■‘Serpentine
walk," while "('ntsflcld road" ha* he
come "SL Alban* road." "Grub
street," "Gallows lano," "Pig*'
row," nnd the like have, however,
not yet I*:on subjected to similar
process of purification.
On turning to tlio list of street* In
Hatton's curious "Vlow or London"
(171)1), wo Itnd many such names as
"Bandvlcg walk," "Barefoot alley,"
utthroat lane" (Colchester, it
seem*, is afflicted with a "Cutthroat
lane,"), "I •udman'a place," "Dung,
hill lane," "Dark entry," "Foul
lane" and "Hog lane," together
with three "Dlrey lane*"—two of
them In the then fashionable locali-
ties of Longacre and Leicester tlelds
—and no fewer than eight "Frying
l'an alleys" In various parts of tlie
city and suburb*. The disappearance
of most of these has doubtless been
due to sonic such feeling as that
which has awakened the incipient
reforming zeal of the Colchester
Towu Council.—London Daily News.
t’nselflah Way* of I'*ln* Money.
Don't waste your money. Even If
you do not desire to use It yourself,
let it he of service somewhere. There
are various methods of disposing of
It that uro distinctly unselfish. You
can put it under the corner of the
carpet for the roaches to play with,
and when the roaches get tired of it
some industrious mouse with do-
mestic cares on her mind can use it
for upholstery purposes. There Is
nothing that tickles a refined mouse
than a h-w hundred dollars turned
into bedroom furniture. Or you
might put It Id a teapot on the top
shelf of the eupboard. And when
the hired girl wants to go to a picnic 1 the new
IIH«M**', C«mpl,*r Ira with nimriaf.
"Where i* Mr*. Hlunnf' h«* *ono
to i« nviiiphony rwlMMiHMAls" "Hmbtr hufthftna
gout' with ln.rr "Not I* U in tho woudftliod
ut a C|io|iKi iMMtnl."
CimiicIiIiik IjpmcI* lo C'omitinipt ion.
Kemp'* Haliwm will it op tlio cough nt
otuv. (Jo to yo;r druggl't to day and g*t n
Nitiiplo boltlo Iro.. Liirgu bottle* fiOc und $1.
Wlnlo tli* Mibool girl hum of oourao. a grunt
many thing* to nmko htf Iwippy, there it no
ilouht that chewing guilt < «#Htnhut«l ••
much un anything olio to lit r jawnuaiiMfl*
Who woit.ii Ikj free from earthly ill* mint
laiy it Inn of Hwchatn’* I'lll*. Ulioonhl t»o*.
Worth ft guinea. ___
Shu: I wonder why |*arrot* learn to*wonr
mi eAHilyi* II-: I gucua beoaufte they alwaye
havo Much awful hifia te fore thorn*
A Timely lilt of Atlvirr.
In tin *<• time* of grip and pneumonia it i*
of great importance that wo should know
where to Un»k for a wife and mire remedy.
A Blight cold may beecnne a *»*riou* ouo» tho
ttcnrcoiy Doticouldo pala iu the client i* too
often the forerunner of pneumonia. The
tirnt cough may lead to eoiiftlimption fa
cough i* alu'iiyn dangerou*). Never neg-
lect a cold or cough for even one Gay. hut
get at once, an a wife and aure remedy.
Kemp'a Balaam, the bwt cough cure, which
id recommended on nil aide*. It Mliould ho
kept iu the house regularly to avoid delay
when needed. It i* wold ut all tho drug
•tore*. ____
“I've IM’cn up for three nolid night*," re-
marked old Tope to a friend. “Are you aure
they weren't liquid night*/’ wu* the Higniti*
cant response. ^
Se** ColclH.'Mer SpntlHig UoutMMir. in oit»cr column.
It was the old tmehelor who |*aid that ho
never read the women's comer iu his paper,
although ho was something of a woman
8comer himself* ^
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SIMON L. THOto.OlI MFO. OO,
(I
come out of the citv and were brows-
ing in exquisite contentment amid
the silver dews and the delicious
drifts of grass. They were in charge
of half a dozen fellows as reckless
and daring as so many Texan cow-
boys It was their first night to
sleep in the haunted house on the
fairy rath. They were playing cards,
though; if they had been outof doors,
under the large golden moon, they
might have heard the silver flutes of
the fairies. There was one old rep-
robate of their number who boasted
that ho feared not God or the devil.
He was in bad luck at the cards
and his profanity grew till it dis-
pleased even his wild comrades- They
were all clustered, with their heated
faces, about the table with Its one
tallow candle. Some who were not
playing said arterward that there
was an ominous wind about the
house, full of meaning and walling,
and that shadows flitted by the small
window, shadows which bad no
responding substance. Then the
gamblers grew quieter, and the
sounds outside died away. But sud-
A NKW CAMS.
called (ho
«ilE OF KANSAS HISTORY.
(’an b* played hr two or more pereoo*. Pri«i
sacs- rwy-ssbrsisinu:
ki'lUc. _
WORN RIGHT jftJMD JDAV.
■aft. Comfort
a ravening ocean. She flits by one at
such a time with all herdccent order
gone, her scanty hair loose about her
face, her eves full of a devouring
question. They say she is still quite
harmless, hut lam terrified of that
apparition gliding by In the shadows.
At every ruttied pool she stops, lean-
ing down with anxious scrutiny. She
will put her hands to her mouth,
trumpet tashioD, and halloa, as across
the water. "Nora, ahoy!" goes the
melancholy cry. "Ahoy! ahoy! Nora
Katie, ahoyl Ohildher, come home!”
Then she listens intently, and hear-
ing nothing but tho crying of the
wind roves on again on her cuasoless
quest When this occurs she will
wander all night crying over every
pool to the dead girls.
I met her only last night. It was
early, but at 5 o’clock of a Novem-
ber evening the night Is already on
us. It was nearly full moon, and
where the great silver shield was the
cor- sky was clear. But westward rose
up a dense hank of cloud scudding
along to discharge itself in thunder-
ous rain, as the skies had been doing
denly, at some stroke of ill-luck, this ! all day. On the murky cloud was a
blasphemer broke into a torrent of
curses that made his fellows shrink
away from him with pale faces. In
the midst of it the cabin door was
burst violently open, and what they
described afterward as a howl ing blast
with sounds of men and horses,dro»e
through the place. The table and
light were overturned. The gamblers
were down on their faces. When all
was silent agaiu, and some one sum-
moned up courage to light a match,
the man who had sworn was dewd.
suddenly dead, as if killed by light-
ning, but wit i no cause to show.
I told this story to my companion as
we went along—also another tradi-
tion of the place; that it was once a
pleasant little home among the apple
tries, long ago, before the famine of
Mil had given Irish vitality a stroke
fiom wnich It still suffers A widow
and her two rosy-cheeked growing
girls lived there. Then there came
she time when there was little or no
rood. Enough potatoes, perhaps, to
tide one person over the hard winter,
eked out bv the tew hens and other
humble live atock. So the girls, Nora
•aft Katy, aide up their minds to go
great rainbow, a beautiful, perfect
arch, silver white as the steady moon-
rays poured upon it. I was watching
it, heedless for delight, of the storm
that was coming up Suddenly the
little dark figure scudded out into the
moonlight of the road. She was down
on her knees bv a troubled pool.
"Nora! ahoy! ahoy! Katie, ahoy!
Come back, ehilder! come back!" she
went crying, with an Intensity of ap
peal that was agonizing. She was
out all night* 1 suppose, on the plains
and the mountains. She will be out
many nights this rainy, wintry
weather. She will die aftei some
such night of rain and wind, ir she
were sane, indeed, on such night’*
wandering would kill her, but th<
Are or insanity seems to feed life
rather than destroy. Kind Fathei
Phil says God will surely give her her
reason before she dies 1 hope he
will, just at the last, when she will
know that they are coming to meet
her out of a country where is no more
sea.—London Weekly Sun.
Triri to one love that never dies,
that to the love for money.
of hands wont lip. “ You toll
superintendent, pointing at the small-
est boy on the front seat. “Moans to
make two equal halves, and keep the j
smallest yourself."
UloM,nil spirit of Christmas. A dell- \
nitton of “divvy" like that applied to
all man's needed sharing with his
brother would bring tho Christ-child
nearer to us all.
Timely Suggestions for Home Uei o •:> -
tloilfl.
Every year Christmas greens become
dearer and the decorations possible for
those with a limited purse become
moro ami moro restricted. Perhaps,
after all, tho simple sprays of holly
ovor our pictures, the cross over the
mantel ai d the stars in the windows
arc moro artistic than the festoons of
laurel with which our rooms were tiung
a few years ago. Florida mos) inter-
twined with tho green or alternating
with it in tho draping of picture
frames makes a pretty variation; and
for tlie nursery, links of colored pa; er
made Into long chains may bo used
with good effect. Now, too, is tile
timo to bring out your summer treas-
ures of ferns, your autumn leaves und
berriee it is too late for the hint to
be of much use to you, but remember
next year when you: ee a knotty branch
of a tree covered with lichen that it
may eorao in well for decoration at
Christinas. The ends have been char-
red to doadon the inartistic olloet of
white splinters. There is nothing
hud done the | lovelier in the world than our Amen-
1 are of as slow growth as tlio much rev-
Turltey* Come High.
puny and pushed his way to the point
most near tho woman whoso heurt had
followed him in all his wanderings. He
could not seo hor and sho stood for a
moment until time came for the outer
curtain to rise, tilling her hungry eyes
with tho blessed picture of his stalwart
frumo perched up there a little higher
tiian tho rest, His handsome fare laugh-
ing above a brilliant scarf, His boarded
lips parting to return a greeting from
some of tho farmer boys. For Ed was
a favorite everywhere. Then she
moved asido into what might be called
the dressing-room, while tho children
sang:
In a manger. laid s ) lowly,
Came tho Prince of Peace to earth!
While a choir ot angel* holy
Sang to celebrate his birth
Sho tried to forget tlie man out
there beyond tho curtain; tried to join
her heart with tho swinging rhythm
of the carol; tried to think of that
older, better time when a still and
starry night like this brought the ora
of love, not the season of pain. She
was in the far, chill corner of tho
room, for the moment aline. The
whole busy house was liehind hor. Be-
fore was the frost-pulnted window,
which curtained the outer night and
hid its glory from her brimming eves.
She was as distant from all familiar
scenes as Judea's plains wore distant
from this humble celebration of their
Christmas birth. And she wrote his
name with the bur of her tuning fork
on tho thick, white frost of the win-
dow pune.
Almost instantly the song was ended.
Tho curtain fell with the slow, diso-
bedient movement of tyros’ curtains
everywhere, and tho children rushed
from Iho narrow stage to seats by their
parents in the crowded house. Then
came the evening's groat event. Dra- 1
peries which reached from the coiling J
were parted and drawn aside, revealing
tho Christmas tree. It was Nora's
work, and she knew the whirlwind of :
cheering down there In tho house held
something of compliment to hor. It
waa noisy and ruae; she knew that. I
But sho knew as well that hor labor
was rewarded, for she had added an
hour of enjoyment to scores of lives. |
From that time on she had no mo- i
ment to herself. The presents were 1
distributed, each pupil of tho Sunday '
school was well remembered, and si- j
lent charily did there, as it does in the
1 seel and flowered churches of the city,
its silent mission of blessing. Time
and airain, ob the girl passed here and |
there deftly directing her clumsy Mer-
curys, who carried common messages,
she'saw the black eyes of Eliza Baines; •
saw the lifted, proud face, and fancied
she read some lesson of trouble. But
she could not rise to the level of sympa-
thy. Sho had lost so much 11 the gau- nreio/«"—----—
iy woman, Buffered so much at the y'ar. Brother Way bark — \os, dey s j o >mmon arbitrator, time, will one j
thria* of the buxom beauty, that she nigh, but we’s gwine to hab 'em. , and )L—aoampeare.
with a gold-letter pin standing for his
last name, which ran ho u oil for a
scarf-pin if ho funei -s It, Ho probably
has a cane. But lias lie a nice black
silk umbrella? Ha< he a storm-coat?
Does he own a pair nf tho new kind ot
high cloth overshoes? Has lie u pair
of lined gloves for cold weather? Has
he a cap which sits Hnugly rn his head
whon tho wind blows? Notice tHe
stylos in these things, gently sound his
tastes ami buy accordingly. I f he likes
to smoko notice the style of his favor-
ite pipe and get another just like it.
Got him a pound of his favorite tobaeor
and put it In a line li.bare.) jug. S<
much for grandpa!
Grandma likes nock trimmings, il
they lie after hor stylo. (Ibservo and
select the right things. If she has n(
chair of her own in the dining-room,
give her one which shall in* more com-
fortable, perhaps, than the dining
chair. Give her an individual tot of
pretty plates, cup and saucer and hot-
ter dish for her own me. Notice if she
lias plenty of cushions and f< otstools in
her room" There are little craature-
coniforts, too, of which grandma is very
fond. Sho could make nsoef a tiny gas
stove for warming teas and broths.
And a broth-cup, with a saucer which
tits on top, is sure to be treasured.
Warm, soft slippers, gay to behold:
lamb's wool pettieoals, snug woolen
jackets anil great downy robes for tho
bath aro deemed very delightful for
grandma, who should have every sim-
ple luxury. Both grandma and grand-
pa lmvo foibles. You probably know
what they are. Watch for them and
then it will l>o ca-y to select your gift.
Burdette on Christmas.
It seems to me - ami it isn't my fault
that the sunsot is fairer and lovelier
than tho sunrise that there was some-
thing moro Christmasy about Christ-
mas whon I was a boy, write; Hnber-t
J. Burdette in The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, in nn article on “Christmas When
I Was a Boy." Its pleasure) were sim-
pler, its gifts were heartier. At least,
I cannot remember to have read, save
In these later years, articles in family
journals and magazines bewailing the
burden of toil and worry and ex-
pense in tho planning and making,
of Christmas presents. “Kiismux
gifs" we called them when I was a boy.
It didn't and doesn't have much refine-
ment of culture in tho spelling und the
sound thereof. But the | eople who
made them didn't rush into the papers
II tell how much it cost them, and how
tired to death it made them, and how-
glad they were that it was all over for
another year before I read such articles
in print. So did you. Wherefore it
seems to me that we killed Kris Krin-
gle a full century too soon. Wo have
moro currants in our Christmas cake
under tlie reign of Santa Claus it is
true. Blit we have also more flies in it.
At Ylile-Tklc.
Itelgko, tlie Winter! tho bin IT olil fellow,
In meadow and field he roars amain-
The maple, that late was deck'll in yellow.
Haa doffed its leaves In the zusty lane.
HeUho. Sweetheart! I will find thy tippet,
Thy dainty hood for thy golden head.
And out In the frosty air we'll trip It,
And over the stubhle gavIv tread.
Heltho. the Winter! ho brings the holly.
the frolic of Yule's enchanted tree;
And tho mlsilotoe —now, by my folly.
There will tie * kiss for theo and me!
Helgho, Sweetheart! with a “Hey dowa
derry”
We'll sack the wood of Its treasures now.
But oh, there’s never a bramble berry
Is half so red as thy lip, I vow!
—Nolly Booth Simmon-), In Godey'e
A Christinas Card.
I have no purse of gold, my dear,
With which to buy you dainty things;
1 be purso Is "nr ,y, end the gold
Ilea flown ewa'y os If on wings;
Bo. sweetest wife In all the world,
Tho* you possess tho greeter part.
I'll give to you on Christmas Pay
Another fraction of my heart
she may stumble across it and forever
bless you for your forehanded ness.
Another way I* to put it In tin old
stocking and hang it up in a clothes-
press. When some other member of
tne family concludes to get rid of
some of the a'cumulated trash this
will make tlie ragman very happy.
You might carry it around In your
pocket, and by so doing draw it out
while looking for a letter and leave
It for some pedestrian who was care-
less and did not save his money.
There are other ways to he unselfish,
hut these rules aresimple, direct, and
sufficient. — Wa*bIngton Star.
Ik some men had killed Goliath
they would remind the Lord of it
every day in the week.
Tiik preacher who gets tho biggest
pay Is often the one who nas the
least to say about Christ.
It would puz.'.le ange’s to know
what some men mean when they put
a two-cent piece in the hat.
Wnns a Christian begins to love
money it will not lie long until he
will he willing to part with Christ
A man’s faith Iu God can generally
be measured by the length of the
strap around his pockctbook.
Don’t talk too much about glviug
the devil his due until you are sure
if he had it he would not have you.
Ir doesn’t require much capital tor
the Christian to show the world
whether he Is doing business for God
or not.
Where Wakefulness Has Its Birth.
Intelligent physicians nre regarding with
in eye less and less favorable the use of nar-
.-utics. While those are used iu extreme
.•a»es to afford grently needed temporary re-
lief, professional efforts am far moro gener-
ally directed, now a days than formerly, to
means of building up the nervous system as
the basis of its healthful quietude. This is
one reason why Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
has received the sanction of physicians as a
nervine tonic. Indigestiun unrelieved is the
fruitful father of insomnia, and the relief of
the parent, malady hy the Bitters is usually
followed by a return to tranquil sleep. Over
work, mental anxiety, sedentary habits irn
>air digestion and weaken the nerves. The
Jitters strengthens them by renewing the
ability to digest and assimilate the food.
Besides this, it healthfully stimulates tin-
liver und kidneys. Biliousness, constipation,
rheumatism and debility are remedied by
this sterling medicine.
Broker: Money is feurfully light these
times, isn't it? Banker: Yea, it's got tho
jim-jams with us.
8100 Reward, 8100.
The readers of this tmpcrwiUbe pleased to
learn that there is nt loast one dreaded dis-
ease that science has lieen able to cure m all
its stages nnd that in Catarrh. Hall s t a-
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known to the medieul fraternity. < iitarrn
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
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the disease, and giving the patient strength
bv building up the constitution nnd assisting
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George: You would marry the biggest fool
in the world, if he asked you. wouldnt you?
Ethel: Oh, George, this is so suoden.
First Church I'sher: Bald-headed gentle-
man in the ttisle waiting to be placed. Sec-
ond Church I'sher: All right: i'll show Inin
to a back new. _
Job sinned not with his tongue be-
cause the sin had been taken out of
his heart
The man who loves his enemies
has somethirg in his heart that God
put there.
The nearer we get to God the
more we are tempted and the harder
It. Is to sin. -.—
poet* you'd Is- sure to fall in
I. Clara: Then 1 hope t won't I
t'l.— V **4 tl. bi>'c mm iif *
with him. ..........— - , ..
him. ••Why ho?" ••Oh, he « one of tnoftc
M >nly One Kin* «*ort of men. I*d like ft lov-
er with mune ritnyintf power*.
Relative: You have put up a stove in (hi*
room. I see. Hoxtew (who live* in n itenm
heated Hut) Yea, that in ho hnby won’t catch
cold when he touche* the Htemn pii**._
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while low spirits,
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or irritable temper,
fear of impend-
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a thousand and
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and mind, result
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solitary prac-
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in by the young,
through ignorance of
their ruinous conse-
quences. Nervous debil-
ity, and loss of manly
power, not infrequently
result from such unnuturSff habits.
To reach, reclaim and restore such unfortu-
nates to health and happiness, is the aim or an
association of medical gentlemen, who have
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Thoughtful Husband.
“Fee trying ter raise money enough
ter git my wife a new dress for C’hrist-
I mas. sah," said Unde Ebony to Mr.
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The Pond Creek Tribune. (Pond Creek, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1893, newspaper, December 21, 1893; Pond Creek, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc496297/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.