rAGE TEN. hg : » = | -- Opp EVEN PUZZLE AAA RELL EEETETNES LABS 4 w ® re VY By lyn Willard - Wilbur Citizen. Did | ever tell you about the Christ | mas that Santa Claus was broke and had to pawn his smile to' get money to buy preserits with?" asked Nurse Margaret. chorus of "No" and "Tell - us, please," and "Oh goodie, it's about Santa Claus," greeted the question. It was the twilight hour in the nur- sery. Nurse Margaret was a famous | story-teller and her four small charges | had" just petitioned her for the usual | before bedtime tale. It was only a fort- {night before Christmas, and, maturally, the holiday was uppermost in the minds of all. So the children gathered around | close to the big arm chair near to the Williams tn Brook- How Santa Claus Pawned His Smile. w aww - STII IIITIIIIIVS doesn't have to bother about the reins hardly any. He never hitches them when he goes down a chimney." Alice thus quieted, the nurse des- cribed Santa's mterview with President | Bear of the Borealis bank. According to the narfator,. Mr. Bear cetainly de- serves the name. He was quite gruff to the merry old saint, and wouldn't even think of making him a loan until Santa promised to deposit his smile as security. . "It looks good to me," the nurse said Mr. Bear told. Santa, " 'and E HAVE just annexed to our large and well-equipped printing plant a First-class kiow you can't get along well in your business without it, so I know you'll come and pay me back soon and get Book-bindery, for which orders will now be received. All kinds cf Book-binding, your smile out of pawn. fire where nursie sat and Mazie, the smallest, climbed quickly up into the story-teller's capacious lap when the Christmas tale was suggested: "Well, once upon a time," began the nurse, in the fashion approved of all folks who tell stories to childreny She had only got that far when she was interrupted. It was the oldest of the four children who spoke. He was all of eight years old and fast becom- ing some what skeptical about nurse's stories. Sometimes 'lately he really thought they were "make-believes" and not "realies." "Does Santa ever be busted?" he asked, "I thought only little boys like me had their banks emptied." "Of course Santa Claus is poor some- times, same as you or me or anyone else in these precious hard times," declared the nurse in a tone that left rio doubt as to the verity of her utterance. "Ain't I just going to tell you about it? And you'd just better be still now or it's not {a word T'll be telling you." : Awed by the threat, Walker put his hand tightly over his mouth in token that not anothery word was going to escape and the nurse went on: "Twas on two dayg before Christmas one year wifen Santa us bounced into his kitched just afte'@reakfast on a fine frosty] morning. was so hop- ping mad he could hardi¥gspeak. "Meg Kringle, he sag, when he finally gets his breath--for Ws so he al- ways used to call 'his wif 'stead of a ' Smokers 'mother,' as Jack Frost calls Mrs. Frost - --'have you seen anyone fooling around Outfit the Snow Bank lately ) - i " 'Why, no, says Mrs. Kringle, won- $1 ® 00 lering like, 'I haven't world is the matter?" POSTPAID TO ANY ADDRESS sage arranged the even digits so that they pro- other sum the oda digits add up 6. Can you may he arranged in a sum giving the eranged another sum ? Answer Tuesday. and wn the odd digits same digit m Load of Lead in His Stomach. { opt lar vl merchant in li space permitted we could Meount the experience of dozens of well'knywn { stomach trouble ' Wy of Hamilion's Pills. instant and hav amplete 1 mont ago Mat I had a [people cured fn i Dr of lead or and: | ached tomacie as il there Ny bring vet For hey relief or failed to make a ure headache, kindred the | have no equal. Price 25 cents per hox, I felt | five boxes for $1, at druggists, or Pol- son & Co., Kingston, Ont rd, S.A. ate very |ne continually, | ¢ and tired. 'My rest le After. | used of Dr. Hamilton's Pills I kept usings them and was cured complete ly." is biliousness, indi Weary slecp | gestion' and disorders thes box an tot a . and Hart Conn., * ----- er rm Whatever in the " 'Matter! Matter!" says Santa, a-wag- ging his long, white beard 'til it looked like the lace curtain blowing in the nursery when one of you naughty chils Iren leaves a window open against my yrders. 'By the Great. Candy Cane there's matter enough! "The Snow Bank robbed! That's what the matter! All my money is gone! And how am [ going to get presents for all the Christ mas trees and stockings my little friends down below are going to have waiting for me to-morrow night" As he said these words, according Nurse Margaret, poor old Santa Cle started to cry. His tears running dow his great, long whiskers, froze them to the door sill, for in his agitation he had left the door open and stood half in and half out of the kitchen while he was telling his wife of his troubles. This, of course, started Mrs. Kringle to thinking of the plum: pudding that was baking in the oven--still according to Nurse Margaret--and, after prying her husband's whiskers aay from the floor with a toy gun that had been left over from the Christmas before, she shut the door on the snow storm out- side and began to ask questions as some women will. "'How'd the thieves get in the Snow Rank?" she askéd first, so ran Margaret's tale." " "Through one of the back window® [ guess, said Santa, ruefully. 'I noticed two of the icicles over the window near- ¢st the reindeer stable were broken.' "I believe you, returned Santa's wife with a frown," continued the nurse "Didn't 1 tell you that snippy Jack Frost skimped his work when he put those icicles up Just didn't 1 tell sol so, now, Santa?' "*Yes, yes, wife, of course you did, answered poor Santa, too down-hearted at the loss of all his money to run any risk of quarrelling with Mrs. Kringle, who has a tongue as sharp as her hus- band's heart is soft, well known all over Toyland, where the childless ag Fine French Briar Pipe, Bull Dog _ Shape, or Drop Shape if preferred Best Robber Tobacco Pouch 1b. Clubb's § Mixture 1s #5 0 50 OUR REPUTATION YOUR GUARANTEE A. CLUBB & SONS 5 King Street West PP---- oe Toronto 34s bl k Yi i 6 ¥ R Warrant To His Majesty The King. here is as much pleasure in eating ye fish, asin catching them, when ye Worcestershire Sauce made by ye olde firm of LEA & PERRIN i€ used. K as -18 But, besides this--though it may seem incredible that any bank president out- side of Brooklyn could be so hard- hearted, or lend money on such secur- ity as a smile. President Bear de- clared_he 'wouldnt Jet Santa have the money unless he gave Mr. Bear a bonus. "Say, two per cent. oy the loan," suggested Mr. Bear, accor ing to Nurse Margaret, the security is not very good, you know, and 1 really ought to have a little something for helping you out. ' Old Santa demurred quite a bit about the bonus part of the matter, Nurse Margaret told the children. He thought the smile security enough and cited cases where only a politician's card was needed. But he needed the money very much; finally he left the smile * with Mr. Bear and drove off with a big bag of money, having, of course, given the president his bonus. "And he got home in time to do all his Christmas shopping that day, with his wife's help," continued the nurse, making preparations to get out of her nice com- fortable chair, "and so all of his"little friends down in this world weren't dis- appointed on Christmas eve." "Oh, nursie, is that all?" cried Walter. "It isn't quite bedtime yet. Tell us some more. Did Santa Claus really and truly leave his smile with Mr. Bear for- ever an' ever?" " 'Bless you, no, honey? answered nursie, really getting up from her chair this time and putting the cover over SO Ruling, Etc. will receive most careful attention and prompt delivery. All the newest and most up-to-date machinery enables us to give the CLOSEST PRICES. / Se" We desire to furnish quotations on your work. 'Don't pay highest prices when you can receive first-class work at very moderate rates. - the nursery fire. - "Why Santas smile was so warm that i business of the Borealis bank. Mr. Bear found the 'smile as :it-lay in the safe was thawing out the flinty hearts of his clerks so they'd 'just give away money without security to-apy one who came and asked for it and would promise to pay somé day. 'And he found, too, that the smile 'melted the North Pole so it nearly drifted away from in front of the bank. where it was used for a sign. So he just set for Santa Claus and told him "to take his smile away and pay when he could, which Santa did as soon as he cut his winter crop of icebergs. "And now it's surely time you chil- dren went to: bed." Which they did mighty quick, for nursie wanted to drink tea with the butler, who was a friend of hers, and didn't even answer Walter's inquiry as to whether the people who robbed the Snow Bank were ever caught. Dandruff Or Not? You can choose. Wade's Ointment cures dandruff and all other scaly humors. Better for ge eral healing purposes than any salve you cover used. It destroys germs and keeps litile wounds from becoming seriqus ones through infection. Cures eczema, salt rheum,/ scald head, cold sores, chapped havids, erysipelas, piles, ete. In big hoxes, 25c., - at Wade's drug store. © The Christmas Boy. Washington Times. I wish my pa would ast me 10 Do somefin' at he wanted done ; I 'wisht he'd fink of somefin' now He needs, so's I could jump an An' get it for him quick so's he Could see how good his boy can run be. to me, e before, I wisht my pa would say The way he's often don «My 'baccy"s gone, here, Willie, run J An' get some for me at the store, 1 wisht he would so's I could show Him jes' how fast his (boy can go jes' waitin for me now to get His slippers an' his smokin' coat, But he ain't never asi me yet. 1 wisht my pa would even say "It's hed time"--1'd go right away. I'm sittin' here My pa to ast 1 know 'at Christmas time 1S near An' 1 would Jike my pa to see, couple live. 'But how am I to get some money to-go shopping to-day? dave you any pennies put away in the tea caddy, Mrs. Kringle?" The storyteller was interrupted here by an inquiry as to how fires could. be maintained in the snow palaces where, as it is well understood, Santa Claus and his wife live. The query gave rise to othegs--such as "is Santa's stove made of ice?" and "Nurse, how can Mrs. Claus keep the tea hot?" | These questions being: answered with some difficulty and others headed off by a renewed threat to stop the story if interrupted again. Nurse explained that Santa's wife was unable to help him ou from the tea caddy money because she had just paid Willie Esquimaux for shovelling the snow off the front walk, 'and so was broke, too. | "But she made a fine suggestion," Seine the nurse. "She asked Santa why he didn't go to the Borealis bank. Eddy's Fibreware! --and you'll find,it the Lightest, Tightest, Most Attractive and Most Durable on the Market. Every Pail and Tub made of Eddy's Fibre= ware is a Solid, Hardened, Lasting Mass, without a Hoop or Seam. ! € persist in getting EDDY'S. t#1'm sure Mr. Polar Bear, the president 1 a' 'mighty, nice man," declared Mrs. FRKS"and-1- just know he'll lend you the | money until you can sell some {snow storms." . {| *"'Jingly sleigh bells, that's a great | scheme,' " is-what Nurse Margaret avers {jolly old St. Nick said when his matri- {monial partner gave this sage advice. | "And, then," continued nurse her | wide eyed audience, "old Santa just {went out to the reindeer house and p= | hitched Donner and Blitzen up to his Lhest -sleigh--for he wanted --to--impress { Mr. Polar Bear--and put in a big bag {for the money and jumped 'in himself |and drove off for the bank." + "Please, nursiep dear," Alice, secorid oldest of the children, * Mr. Bear's bank in the same city Toyland ?" "No, indeed, precious, its miles and | miles up neater the North Pole," was {the reply, "but old Santa doesn't mind that, you know. Miles and miles aren't any more to him than across the room to vou when he is driving Donner and Blitzen. Why they're the fastest rein- more 10 ' TY FCC AR TE RC FY SS ---- VISITORS TO TORONTO oi 1 the © dtma advantage IFICAL LIMB aided by TIUMAN New opportunity ta t from RUPTURE PECIALLY DE i ¥ as g < and day are cordially invited take of the onsult us if' need of an ART- Tr can APPLIANCES FOR AUTHORS & COX, 135 Church St, Toronto. ve been making and fitting for in are suffering and nepd a uss, of NED be any DEFORMITIES of. ont SIG When he wants little errands done, low willing his own boy can he. 1 wisht of somefin' he would fink, 1'd do it quicher'n a wink. The devil soon tires in the attempt to make a convert of the man who has the idea of doing right always in mind. 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He gave at the Cafe Ameri- {cain a large supper, and the next after noon an overseer saw a valet carrying {to this man's. room a fresh water bath. "*What are vou doing with that bath?' I the overseer asked | "1 am taking it to No. ithe waiter. I'7 «But it is nearly '5 o'clock. { "He is still in bed, sir. | "But I thought, said the puzzled | overseer, 'that 1 saw you carrying : {very large fresh water bath to No. la couple of hours ago?" { 'So ypu did, sir, said the waiter {Te drank that.'" (Killings Of Street Cars. It has been claimed that if a headstone { were raised on every spot where a death {occurred by accident in the streets of Icities, the highways would resemble an {endless graveyard. A life is lost in the {streets of New York every twenty-four { hours, and there is an average of six | serious collisions daily between trac- juons cars and persons or vehicles. In IIVMY CIM AT10C with long y hair, bandsome turning Bisque Hand, Fall Jointed body, pearly teeth, beautifuleyes hat open shut, very stylishly dressed, fancy dress underwear, with hat, shoes, stockings, sie. ely from bead to xboes. hy to secure PREE this Love! Doll, als ndsome Gold finished Jowelied Ring and as lov ly S-Piece Hite! jeons sting of 1 bawl, 1 po masher, | pastry a few Hours pork board, | deep puddin, after sehool, Af so, wr ~ you, jd Each customer who titled to A handsome an sell Thon very ey, #2.00, and we # addre: sir' said 2 Jed n | Order the Twenty Handson " o and ysu can those beau ful presents ina Address the MUTUAL CREDIT G0., Dept. 6 Colborne Strzet, TORONTO, ONT, liv needless is. sufficiently total number of passengers carried of | the last twelve months 474 persons were | proved by a s . fact: In all London 405,070,203. ' The trafhe of greater | ground to pieces, and 2,103 were injured. | in the last vear of record (1903) the New York fast year was- 1,330,776,105 | That this wholesale Slaughter and maim-" total number killed 'was tem; out of a passengers, : ing is crimma ail eho TITIES Tv Wyler as anes tenT T5