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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1915)
Monday, Dec. 20 Will be Your Final Opportunity To become a Member of our LAN PIS Christmas Savings Club If you hife net already become a member, think the mat tcr over aeriovMy. Aak those about it who have enrolled and who are thorougMy familiar with the advantages that you will enjoy if yon become ene. Those who kaovr will tell you that it is the sure and con venient way to provide money for Christmas or other purposes. W sbSmh! a final invitation to you and your friends to oome in before the enroll ment books close the 20th. FIRST STATE BANK, ALLIANCE, NEB. A Frozen Santa Ors Christmas Eve Bo Harm Boehme Hundreds of Boys and Girls from all over the Country, Including TIIB GREAT NORTHWEST, some to us each year for business training. Write for oar beautiful catalo NEBRASKA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Lincoln, Nebraska 3 nam miiiSii&ii'i- dye & owehs; Transfer Line HOUSEHOLD GOODS moved promptly, aad Transfer Work solicit ed. Dray Phone 64 Residence phone 636 and Bine B7t For RhcusnsriiMoa As soon as an attack of Rheuma tism begins apply SUen's Liniment Don't waste time and suffer unneces sary agony. A few drops ot Sloan's Liniment on the affected parts Is all you need. The pain goes at once. A grateful sufferer ' writes:-"! was suffering far., three weeks with Chronic RheumatUm aad 8tlf Neck, a. bough I tr!d maay medicines they failed. Fortunately I hoard of 81oan's liniment and arter mans it three or four days am up and welt. I am em ployed at the biggest department store in S. F. where they employ from six to eight hundred hands, and they surely will hear sfl about Sloans liniment. H. B. Smjta. San Fran elsco, Cat. Jan., Ill, Us at all druggists. AdT No 2 The Alliance Shoe best repair work. 4-tf-6510 Store for the 100 Reward, SlOO The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to eure la all Its stag es, and that It Catarrh. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treat ment Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken InternallT. acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease, and glrlng the patient strength by building up the l constitution and assisting nature in i doing its work. The proprietors hare . so much faith in its curative powers i that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. Cheney A Co.. To ledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Fills for con stipation. Adv Deo n II n - XL rk Trflu w Jl IT rTZN UJJ.ll ' St' e1 Herald Publishing Co. "I was la a Cheat mountain camp last Christmas sts when someone men Uoned the name of 'Billie' Burke. There was an Instant stillness In the cabin; the boys dropped their cards, and the words "poor Billie' were on almost every Up. I waa somewhat puttied. 'Who was Billie Burker 1 Inquired. For a moment no one an- swerod. One of the boys csued on old Sam 'Uncle Sam' they called him. You tell him, 8am; you knew Blllls longer than any of us.' "Tlio fx s all drew their chairs near the tire and Sam told the story. 'Yes, I knowed Billie from the time he was a wee shaver; me and him used to pelt each other with stones tree coons and steal whisky together You know BUI and his pop were in the moonshlnin' business before the revenue officers copped it " 'A bad cuss was that young Blllls Burke before he was sent to the re form school. But what chances did he have? He knowed no better; the whole blooming family were in that one-roomed log house; the old lady digging ginseng in the summer to get enough to bay the winter's supply of snuff and chewing tobacco, and the old man runnlng hls still In the ravine, using the corn for whisky that should have made pone cakes for the kid- ilea. WaL , sir, I never seen such a change la a youngster as Billie when he came back. He read; he wrote he wore good clothes and fine shoes. aad he was a gentleman. His people tMnt know him at first Than Blllls said he was going to meet It on the square. , "While he was at home the last time he met the schoolmarm of the Red Sulphur Spring school and he fell in love. I suppose, though, he never said anything to no one but me; he said It to me real earnestly. Any gal would hare been proud to have Billie: a straight strong, clean and good- hearted boy. Why. the president's daughter wouldn't say no to him. " 'I can see him yet as he left this camp the last day I ever seed htm, I done told him to wait for the log train that went at noon; but he couldn't wait He suit ed over the short-cut trail to Durbin six-mile tramp. There waa some thing in the air; I thought It was snow, There seemed a terrible silence over the whole woods when Billie left at dawn. That was the last time 1 seed him alive. "Good-by. Uncle Sam!" he shouted from the hill as he waved his hand; "and a merry Christmas to you; and dont get drunk. Be sure to make good resolutions for the New Year. Good-by!" '"He stopped at the Widow Jones' house on his way to Durbin. and she made him drink a cup of hot coffee, which she and the kiddles were hav ing at breakfast. Then he told her about the Christmas he expected to spend at home. He was just bubbling over with Joy. and the widow started to cry- At Christmas, she said, the thoughts of the ones that are departed are green in one's memory as the holly leaves that grow on the holly tree, aad like a circle ot holly leaves are they, .entwined in a wreath of memory. "Then Blllls tried to comfort her. and asked her why she was crying. She said that her kiddies wanted to know about Santa Claua because the Paxson children, who went sledding on the hill, told them what Santa was going to bring them, and they asked their maw when Santa waa coming to them. She told them that he wasn't coming; there wasn't going to be any Christmas for "m because they were poor. M That stuck In Btllle's craw, and he laid he would go to Durbin and get something for 'em, and . could still make No. train in the afternoon for home. "That trail in bad enough In summer, to say nothing about It in winter. One trip a day over that Cheat mountain slope Is enough for any man. I don't see how Billie eould have been so thoughtless ot him self when he always waa so thoughtful of others. " "WaL sir, when he got to Durbin it was high noon. They say It was enow tag hard and he was covered with the soft flakes. He never tarried, but as soon as he could get a sack full ot dolls, drums, candy, oranges and a sled he started for the hills. It was snowing bard when he came into town, and drifting under a light wind when he turned back. And it got awfully cold 30 degrees below.. "You know the rest; they found him at the foot of the precipice, lean ing, smiling, with the sack on his back no more than a quarter of a mile from the widder's home. I believe, as the parson read, "Insomuch as ye have done It unto one of these" ' "The lumberjacks are not much tor sentiment, but let me tell you, when old Sam had finished bis story yon eould so that It had affected every one ot them," Philadelphia North American. mm Bu Harm T. Barker TTJTTTTJ'neYJSTJTlS'VTT1SVJlT Copyright by WmLiu Nmpapr Union. He was grinning like a schoolboy at the . gyrations of a mechanical clown. His bluff hearty laugh seemed to come straight from his heart His long white whiskers, bearskin coat merry eyes and full-round figure- suggested the veritable Kris Krlngle to T. Men, women and children were all smiles as they looked him over, but too polite to linger and embarrass him. The proprietor of the store, ob serving the slight halt In the passing procession, beckoned to the stranger. "My rriend," he spoke rapidly, "could I have a word with you?" "A dozen, If it suits you," respond ed the other heartily, and followed his Interviewer Inside Che store. "It's just this." explalnel the store man: "we've got a Santa Claus see him yonder, In that booth, shaking hands with the children r "I see him," nodded the Westerner. "He is on till midnight and I can't spare him. A family here the Moodys best people in town want me to send them up a Santy. You're just made for It Come Can cellars cash and it won't take yon an hour. Ill furnish the robe aad cap." . The Westerner smiled queerly. Ill take the Job," he replied. Directed by a lad from the store. he was piloted to the Moody mtnslon. admitted and shown into a room off the main parlor, where a Christmas tree stood, leaded and ablate. AH around It the hired Santy gated keenly, almost eagerly. He appeared to be scanning the various framed por traits on the wall and seemed disap pointed, as if In that Inspection he missed something he had expected to find. A servant came and helped him on with his costume, directing him in what he should do when the children entered the festal room. An admir able Santy he made. He went through his part In a merry heart some way. then quietly slipped out through the aide door and proceeded down the street He seemed to have been over the ground before, for he reached his iestinatlon by pursuing lanes and by ways where he would not be observed In the costume he still retained. It was in the mow-drifted gar Jen of a neat but Bumble little cot tage that he final ly haltnd. "Ill do If he poke to himself. If I can work it Maybe I'm not forgotten herel" He knocked on the door and a woman opened it. "Don't be scared, ma'am." spoke the Westerner. "You see, rve just been up to the Moodys relatives of yours, I believe acting Santa Claua Knew that you had a little one here. saw the tree and thought maybe I could make her hsppler by going through my act." Oh, would you?" cried the lady In quick delight. "Indeed, it would cap the climax of all her Christmas eve Joys." Smuggle me Into the room with the Christmas tree." suggested the Westerner buoyantly. "Ill do the rest" It was passing strange, but, conduct- ed into the apartment and half hid ing behind a screen, the Westerner studied the walls of the room circum spectly, just as he had done at the Moody mansion. A great glow spread over his face as he noticed a portrait over the piano, In the special place of honor. It waa wreathed with holly and evergreen. "No, not forgotten; that's certain," he uttered in an intense tone. "I guess I've landed In a real home spot" The little one of the household came in, leading the children of some poor neighbors. They screamed and then fluttered with delight as Santy came Into view. Then their syes danced as his jolly manner restored confidence. He handed out the pres ents from the tree. The air quivered with the joyful shouts of the happy little ones. " 'For Uncle Reuben.' " he read the card pinned onto an old worn woo'en stocking. "Where's he? Come on, Uncle Reuben!" he shouted into space, and his tone was a sob. "Oh. he isn't here." prattled little Esther, stepping forward. "He hasn't been for two Christmases. That's him," and she pointed to the holly- wreathed portrait "He'll come back some time, though. Mamma says so. dont you, mamma? And every Christ mas I put a nice card in bis old stocking, and then I save them all up. to give to him when he comes back." A choking sound came from the throat of the Westerner. He turned aside and reached under bis robe. It was to unclasp a great belt buckle, a belt bulging with gold. "Tour Christmas gift Mary!" he cried to the mother ot little Esther. "Only a trifle out of a whole mine it's full ot the stuff.' and be threw It into her lap. Then off went costume and cap. "Dont you know me, Mary?" "Uncle Reuben!" she gasped. "Uncle Reuben and Santa Claus, both In one!" shouted the Westerner hilariously. "little Esther come! j And Esther bounded into his arms In a wild transport of recognition and delight t Proper Gifts for Men There are few gifts that are appreciated as mash as good cigars, tobacco, and pipes. Here youll find a pleasing seleetloa Cigars In Christmas boxes, all kinds ot Tobaccos, in glass Christmas humidors of pound and half-pound si toe, and Pipes of all shapes and sites, at reasonable prices, from the "Missouri Meerschaum" to the finest Meerschaum in velvet lined eases. Among other appropriate articles youll find here are Candies and Nuts fresh for the holiday trade, shopping tours. Well expect a call from yoa oa your AL IUOsTB 857 SIEFFERT 118 BOX BUTTE ATOUI llHIIHIIillllUllhllllllMlllllllllillllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllillllllliHllllllllllllii m 81 isl Garland's Cab Service te lls promptly-attended to day or night. Leave orders at Alliance Hotel or Phone -Day, Rea 72. Niht. Blsck 388 We C. Garland, Proprietor. On His Way j V rfceto ky COMBINATION SIDE PLEATED SKIRT With alternate groupe of 3-lncli Box Fleets Croupe of 6 hslf Ineh aide pleeta going from center to right end left. Above skirt Bhouhl be prepared from straight width of goods snd should not be cut gored at top. Al low two inches for the hem and two inches for shrinkage on each width ot goods used. Material should measure three yards around bo torn before pleating. Price. 12.50 for pleating only. All wool or all silk goods bold ptoat beet Avoid cotton mixtures. &END YOUR GOODS. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. WATCH FOR OTHER MODELS, Everything in Pleating. Covered Buttons. Hemstitching, PI cot Bdg lng. Send for free price Usta. iiji I THE IDEAL BUTTON & PLEATING GO. '"ffiiiAB'1