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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922.
Zfc BAD CHILDREN’S
CHRISTMAS
Ethel
Eliot /
fHIS is a story of last
Christmas day; and I will
tell you right away that it
ended happily. But It be
gins sadly. It was Christ
mas day up at the North
pole, and as usual on the
day before Christmas, St. Nicholas
bad been hurried and rather grumpy.
Only tills time, Mother Nicholas
thought to herself that he was just
a bit grumpier than she had ever
known him. And at b'appertime she
found that she was right.
He came Into the kitchen, closing
bls workshop door with a bang, and
sat down with all the little Nicholases
to his porridge.
“Well, I’ve said it before,” he
growled, "but this time I mean It. The
children down there In the woirld will
get nothing from my pack this night
It’s time they were taught a lesson.”
All the little Nicholases gasped, but
Mother Nicholas only asked calmly:
“Why, what is the matter now, fa
ther? After you’ve been working for
them the whole year, you wouldn’t
go and disappoint the poor dears
would you?”
“Fes, I would,” declared St. Nich
olas, swallowing his porridge in great
gulps, and pretending that he was not
a saint at all. "Half of them go around
saying that there Isn’t any St. Nicho
las, poking fun at me, and laughing
In their sleeves. And the other half
think it makes no difference whether
they are good children or not, I’ll fill
their stockings Just the same. It’s a
thankless job, I tell you. And I’m
too old a man for It. So!”
“Come,” said Mother Nicholas, sooth
ingly, "here Is a plate of griddle cakes.
When you have eaten you will see
things differently.”
“No, when I have eaten I shall go
to bed. That’s where an old fellow
like me belongs, an old fellow who
children don’t believe in.”
Mother saw that he was determined,
and that there was nothing to do for
It, since griddle cakes wouldn’t help.
So she put her finger to her lips to
motion the children silent, and went
on quietly about her work. And when
St. Nicholas had finished his supper,
he did roll away to bed, only telling
the little Nicholases to be sure to hang
their stockings, for they had been good
children all the year and still believed
In him.
The minute the door closed behind
him the little Nicholases burst into
excited chatter. “Oh, what a pity!
Those poor children! Surely there
must be some good ones! Oh dear,
what fun will Christmas be to us if
all the children in the world down
there tire unhappy!”
M WUI indeed!” Mother Nicholas
•book her head and looked often at
“Yeo, I Would,” Declared St. Nicholas.
the closed door, behind which St. Nich
olas could already be heard snoring.
“And the reindeer!” cried the old
est boy, “what will they do without
their yearly exercise? It seems as
though father might have gone, If only
for their sakes.”
Mother Nicholas thought so, too.
And at that minute they heard the
reindeer’s little hoofs beating on the
hard snow crust at the door. Wise lit
tle beasts! St. Nicholas had never
delayed the Christmas-Eve Journey so
long before, and so here they were
to save him the trouble of going for
them. The Nicholas children felt that
they never could face the poor little
reindeer’s disappointment.
But what was Mother Nicholas do
ing so busily over there by the cup
board? The children looked In amaze
ment. It was seldom that mother
left the snowhouse at any time of day.
And here she was, after dark, and
Christmas Eve, too, putting on her
hood and cape, and pulling on her
gauntlets! •
“Are you going to drive the rein
deer back to the stablesT’ asked the
oldest boy. “Oh, please, let me. Fa
ther always lets me, you know.”
Mother shook her head. ‘TU not be
driving them back to the stables un- |
til this night’s work is done,” she said.
“If you’re awake when we get back,
you may do It as always.”
How the children stared ! “Was little
old mother going all alone on that
long, wild drive over towns and for
ests and oceans and up and down
chimneys, and goodness knows w’here,
without asking St. Nicholas if she
might?
Yes, that was Just what she was
going to do! “For, when a good
thing heads doing," she said brightly,
“no permission is needed.”
“Keep the fire going, be sure that
the baby has the fur rug well up
around his chin, and give your father
a good breakfast when he wakes,” she
called over her shoulder and was away
out of the door almost before they
had realized that she was going. They
heard the scampering of the reindeer
hoofs, faster the dimmer they got, and
then Just the stillness of the North
pole.
That was last Christmas Eve. And
if you ask any child who lay awake
to see St. Nicholas, and peeped out
with one eye, all the time pretending
to be fast asleep, he will tell you that
It wasn’t St. Nicholas he saw at all.
It was Just a tiny, sprightly old lady
with frosty white curls and a red hood,
who filled naughty Willie’s stocking
just as full as good Marguerite’s, and
11.101
CL Nicholas Welcomed Her Back Af
fectionately.
left many more bon-bons in both than
was usual. That peeping child will
also tell you that before she went
back up the chimney, she gave baby
a kiss on his pink cheek, a thing St.
Nicholas (who is as afraid of babies
as a burglar is, and for the same rea
son) has never been known to do.
And mother, will you believe me,
in spite of having stopped to kiss all
the babies, was back at the North
pole a whole hour earlier than St.
Nicholas had ever been able to make
it, even in his younger days. Her
work was well done, too! But in
spite of the early hour, she found the
children and her husband waiting for
her. St. Nicholas welcomed herback
more affectionately than the children.
“I woke in the middle of the night,”
he said, "out of such a horrid dream —
all about crying children and sad
mothers. Bless you, good wife, for
not letting that dream come true!”
“Oh, don’t mention it,” said Mother
Nicholas. “It was no trouble at.all.
Indeed, It did me good. I think, fa
ther, since you are getting so old, I
will take over this job myself from
now on.”
St. Nicholas looked thoughtful at
that. He paced up and down the
floor. Then he came and stood In
front of Mother Nicholas, straighten
ing up and looking almost as young
as in his early days.
“No, mother,” he said firmly. “A
woman’s place Is In the home. I’ll at
tend to the business hereafter, thank
you.”
And mother, who, after all, only
wanted everybody to be happy, made
him some griddle cakes for his break
fast
But that was last year, the year
you got a stocking full, even though
you hadn't been so very good. This
year you had better watch out, for
It is old St. Nicholas himself you have
to deal with.
Party Supper Boxes.
Where there is seating room at the
Christmas-time party refreshments are
appropriately served in small boxes
covered with red paper or holly pat
terned paper, and tied with gay rib
bons In holiday color. Each box con
tains a sandwich, slices of cake, nuts
and candies daintily wrapped in wax
paper. A tissue paper napkin, in
Christmas design, Is folded In each
box. When each person has received
his or her supper box the coffee and
Ice cream are served and the contents
of the box are eaten with It. The
pretty boxes can be retained by the
guests as a souvenir, or “favor,” if
they like such things.
Choosing the Holly.
Superstitious people assert that one
should be careful about the choice of
the holly for the decorations. Part
should be smooth and part prickly.
Then providing both kinds are car
ried Into the house at the same time,
all will be well. But should the prick
ly variety be taken in first, then th<
husband will rule the household dur.
Ing the coming year; if the smooth
Is brought in first the wife will be
“top dog.”
Christmas Spirit Needed.
None of us can have too much ol
the Christmas spirit
ENGINE TROUBLE
CAUSED BY OIL
Incorrect Lubrication During
Busy Season Blamed for Ills
of Tractor and Truck.
CAREFUL AHENTION NEEDED
To Accomplish Objects Sought for
Lubricant Must Be Heavy Enough
to Stand Heat—Change Oil
Every Five Hundred Miles.
It Is claimed by tractor experts, who
have given a great deal of study to the
causes of tractor troubles, that one
half of all engine troubles are due to
Incorrect lubrication. It is important,
therefore, that the lubrication of the
1 rector and the truck be given the
most careful attention during the busy
season.
Serves Two Purposes.
The oil in the crank case of the mo
tor senes two purposes, (1), to pro
vide a thin film between all bearing
surfaces to prevent friction, and (2),
to provide a seal between the cylinder
walls and the piston rings In order to
hold the gas in the compression cham
ber during the compression and expan
sion. In order to accomplish these
two objects the oil must be heavy
enough to stand the heat to which It
Is subjected during the operation of
the motor. It is well for each tractor
operator to use the oil which the
manufacturer recommends for this
particular tractor.
Lubricating oil, although chosen
from the very best grades, will not last
Indefinitely. The oil will break down
when constantly subjected to heat and
use. Considerable gasoline and kero
sene will find its way into the crank
case, which gradually thins the oil.
The oil in the crank case, therefore,
should be changed every 500 miles, in
the automobile and the truck, and
about every four or five days in the
tractor. When the oil is changed in
the crank case of any motor it is
Poor Lubrication Is Cause of Much
Tractor Trouble.
sometimes advisable to wash it out
with about a quart of clean oil and
drain It out before the new oil is put
in.
Good for Killing Lice.
The oil removed from the crank
c ase contains a great deal of dirt and
panicles of metal and therefore it
should not be used for lubricating
other machinery. Some farmers use
the old crank case oil for killing Hee
on bogs and it has proven very good
for this purpose except on white hogs
with tender skins. —J. W. Sjogren, in
Charge of Farm Mechanics, Colorado
Agricultural college.
HORSERADISH GROWN IN FALL
Makes Most Rapid Growth During
Cool Months and Is One Crop
Not Injured by Freezing.
Cool weather In autumn is the time
that horseradish makes Its most rapid
growth. It Is another one of the root
crops that Is not Injured by freezing.
Extreme hot weather this summer did
not seem to injure horseradish plants
that were given a good start in the
spring. The plants will stand both
extremes of temperature. Where stor
age space is limited they may be left
In the ground until spring. Some dig
them late In the fall, but often old
timers leave them In the ground all
winter.
SWEET CLOVER FOR PASTURE
Will Withstand Frost, Drought and
Grasshoppers and Produce
High-Class Food.
For pasture, sweet clover Is prob
ably without an equal. Its ability to
withstand frost, drought and grass
hoppers, and produce an abundance
of high-class feed throughout the
growing season places It In a class by
Itself. Many farmers are learning
that this hardy legume will solve the
problem of food for their stock, and at
small expense.
BUTTERMILK HAS BIG VALUE
More Breeders Are Beginning to
Realize Worth of Feed for
Hogs—Animals Thrive.
More and more breeders are real
•xing that buttermilk has a value In
the feeding of hogs greater Chan It?
food value would Indicate. Animals
fed buttermilk seem to thrive excep
tionally wcl? and be remarkably free
from disease.
SANITARY CONDITION
OF POULTRY HOUSES
Dropping Board Must Be Cleaned
Thoroughly Each Day.
V-Shaped Trough Made by Nailing
Two Boards Together Makes It
Easy Matter to Scrape Up
Litter and Dump *t.
In order to maintain the poultry
house In a sanitary condition, daily
cleaning of the dropping board must
be persisted in, bt!t for a commuter
this was an early-morning job that was
not anticipated with enthusiasm.
A V-shaped trough was made by
nailing two eight-inch boards together
Mpfitefefr l . -J
I '••UDtHo door
,V TROUGH
Daily Cleaning of the Poultry-House
Dropping Board Is Facilitated by a
Sliding Trough Into Which the Drop
pings Are Scraped.
and closing the ends. Also, a 9 by 14-
inch opening was cut in one end of the
house, the center being in line with
the front edge of the dropping board.
A piece of one-inch pipe, long enough
to extend the entire length of the drop
ping board and for about a foot more
than the length of the trough on the
outside, was supported at each end. so
ns to be directly under and parallel
with the edge of the dropping board,
as shown. The V-shaped trough was
suspended from the pipe underneath
the dropping board. With this ar
rangement, it was an easy matter to
scrape the droppings into the trough
and slide it outside to be emptied.—
H. L. Tunison, Wakefield, Mass., In
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
BETTER PRICE FOR REACTORS
Few Buyers Now Taking Advantage of
Farmer Who Is Trying to Im
prove His Herd.
A check on the reacting cattle sold
on the Buffalo market shows that the
packers and stockyards administration
and the bureau of animal Industry of
the United States Department of
Agriculture have been securing better
treatment for persons who have cattle
of this class to sell. Records from
June 1 to September 23 show that on
a total of 542 bead of tuberculous cat
tle the gross price paid per head was
$22.17, less expense of $3.84, making
a net price of $18.33 per head. In the
past, records had been kept on 4,500
head and the average price paid was
only, $14.50. Few buyers are now tak
ing advantage of the farmer who is
trying to clean up his herd. Many of
them find that they can afford to pay
as much for reactors that are not
condemned as unfit for food as they
can pay for untested cattle of the
same kind and quality.
SQUASHES IN WARM STORAGE
Vegetables Must Be Handled With
Care to Prevent Bruising—Prod
uct Must Be Kept Dry.
Squashes, pumpkins and sweet po
tatoes may be kept in good condition
all winter if carefully placed in warm,
dry storage, say horticulturists of the
Ohio experiment station.
The proper conditions for their
storage differ as to moisture and
temperature from those found best
for ordinary vegetables and fruits,
such as potatoes, roots and apples,
which require cool, moist storage.
The furnace room or a warm, dry
closet where there is no danger of
freezing in extremely cold weather is
usually very satisfactory.
These vegetables should be handled
with great care to avoid bruises or,
in the case of squashes and pumpkins,
breaking off the stems which would
later furnish entrance for organisms
of decay. The best temperature is
from 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
EXCELLENT FEEDS FOR HOGS
Bkim Milk and Buttermilk Are Es
pecially Beneficial for Pigs
if of High Quality.
Skim milk and buttermilk are most
excellent feeds for hogs, especially
for young pigs, as every farmer knows,
but it is dangerous to feed these
products when they come from cream
eries unless they have previously been
pasteurized. The creamery gets milk
from a large territory and all Is mixed
together. Consequently it is practical
ly impossible to get skim milk from a
skimming station or buttermilk from
a creamery that is free from germs of
tuberculosis. Don’t feed either of
these products unless they have been
pasteurized.
Leave Plowed Land Rough.
Fall plowed land should be left
rough In practically all cases. It is not
desirable to disk or harrow It down
until spring because this would tend to
make it pack or run together too much.
Preventing Spoiled Silage.
There are a number of causes of
spoiled silage, but none that cun not
be prevented or greatly lessened by
precautionary measures.
HUSBAND’S STORY
WILL AMAZE CODY
He says: “Adkr-i-ka helped my wife
for gas on the stomach and sour stom
ach in TWENTY MINUTES. It works :
beyond greatest expectations.” Adler
1-ka acts on BOTH upper and lower 1
bowel, removing foul matter which
poisoned stomach. Brings out all gasses
and sour, decaying food. EXCEL
LENT for chronic constipation. Guards
against appendicitis. Adler-i-ka re
moves matter you never thought wa«
in your system and which may have I
been poisoning you for months. West- I
ern Drug Company, Cody, Wyo.
I
An Expensive Favor.
Justwedd—We'll have to get a re
frigerator; it will save us money.
Mrs. Justwedd—How so, dear?
Justwedd—l notice that every time
you cool a watermelon In Mrs. Nex
door’s ice chest you give her half.
The Better Way.
He—That young one with its cry
ing will drive me crazy yeti Can’t you
get him quiet?
She —I’ll try singing to him.
He —Oh, never mind; Better let him
cry I—London1 —London Answers.
Counteracted.
“I’m surpiised to bear Maude Is mar
ried. She once told me that she would
never promise to obey any inan.”
“Oh, she got around that by making
the bridegroom promise never to com
maud.” —Boston Transcript.
The Latest.
“They say that feller Is your lob
byist out after votes.’’
“Lobbyist? Railroads don’t have lob
byists any more. He’s purchasing
agent.”
Both Blameless.
“If the operation hurts you, don’t
t>lame me, but blame your nerves.”
“And If I hit you on the nose when
It is over, don’t blame me, but blame
my tooth.” —Munich Meggendorffer
Blatter.
Good Business.
“If you can sell more cars than
you can get why do you employ sales
men?”
“We need a few bright young men
to jolly customers who are standing
In line.”
legal Guarantee
No need of Knife— no pain—continue wore.
Ask to see Gie-o-nis Pile Treatment.
Cody Drug Company
Cody, - - • - - - - Wyoming
HOOVER
a Best Vacuum Cleaner
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; Cody, Wyoming
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Baggage, Express
All Kinds of Hauling
Telephone 5, op i 47 Cody, Wyo. j
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SOFT DRINKS
Cigars Cards Games
' Boot-blacK Stand
GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH
LUMP COAL $4.25 $7.00
Best in Cody At Mine Delivered
Correct Weight; One Price to Ail
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otto i. nelson. Manager
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COW BOY BOOTS
Hyer, Justin and Teitzel
on Hand
Chaps, Bits and Spurs
Tourists Outfits
DWIGHT E. HOLLISTER
Attomey-at-Law
Cody, Wyoming
Pioneer Bldg. Phone 98
SI,OOO Reward
will be paid for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction
of any person or persons killing
or stealing stock belonging to
W. R. COE
Cody, Wyoming
TiiG Mint Case
We Use the Celebrated
CORONA BLEND COFFEE
Made in Electric Percolator
TABLES FOR LADIES
Soft Drinks, Smokes, and
Good Candies In
Connection
SWISS, Y. A., PIMENTO AND
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HOME MADE CHILE
CHINESE NOODLES
Everything Good to Eat