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Comfort, v. XIX, no. 2, December 1906.
Contributor
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899.
Date Added
14 January 2015
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1906-12
Publisher
Augusta, Me. : W. H. Gannett, Incorporated
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Jerry, the Backwoods Boy / by Horatio Alger, Jr.
Topic
Augusta (Me.) > Newspapers. Popular literature > Specimens.
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Disclaimers
Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement
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, , The Key to
’ Happiness and suceoaa in over
illll0il and a Quarter Homes.
1 oevoted to
Art. Literature. Science. and the Home Circle.
A Few Words
1 heulrd the hullll on cbrlsrruas ilay
'i-heir ole larniiinr csroiu pliy,
Aurl wild auu sweet the word. repe-it
x01 peace on eiirth, guoilwlli io rlueii.
h e
luuini; its c -
'l'liere is srnurlliliir about Cllrlullu.1sllllntilrm;va
" very u ulgi d es: :1 man‘: nauini [0 t io
“ It: Mom 1- 0-mud And Uvw-rd-" uuriare. and lllukes lllm a mile nearer l0 s lint
‘i S"BSl‘-'“'V'0"- God intended him be Lhil ever val:
. hnl e.u.., . . . ire. DI! r. . 0 cl no or ii i.th hole worl r
:3‘-‘I’-7'3‘;-"3-I--""=""' “"'“"“ "‘ J“ lrrlvles itgell’ i.."r'e th:'irianagwr l Belhlellirin.
1'3‘, All Chrisieiulum I see i an tlori on r u
rhliliv--lV‘4-'“rW;l'lliLr41lal-and n l us the liirLhp‘ace oitheclirlst
“$5?rsr.ni.......iu r... ..
no... ln‘lrI>lAllr.l.Y. Al io,is...d.. ...u.r u.,..3
....u....re run... your n...i. .i,,... at ghhibuli.
IM .. Air ...r anwly ta... niulibrri
Nut-y zonlri ‘Ian;
u .i.e.....i ....i.,,. e. . il .. . ....
. scrim: null I31 34 rolled,
.. iuwir hack .u..oir..
rarure .r in. Foil (blunt AIIIII. Ialac.
. uaorunsnltn-ii-arr... .
- Piihllahosl monthly by '
“I. II. u.umI:rr. Inroi-poi-niea.
A ma t.. at-o.
saw Ilrk mire. tea rt. nu...’ Illa-. Iaraasue sauasai
Dssienrber. I906
CON TEN TJ‘
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CRUMBS OF COMFORT - - -
A FEW’ ‘WORDS BY THE EDTTOR -
CURREVT TOPl$ - r , -
TOLD AROUND THE STOKES ‘
TH:-. IY IRE-Ron‘;
Gibb: - - < - - , . NAZI
OM F W k.
lN&ARGJND‘THE'l<l-‘L E. IR: “;r'o."&n
JERRY. THE BACKWOODS BOY (<uIh'-
...i) I-1oralt'aAlger, Jr. . . . 6
, I [A OF CQJSCNS Do
“"li‘5Bi‘.T.?, t-...i.“”uEui.v. . . . .9sr2o
A STOLEV PROPOSAL (unkind) llrl.
Mary J. uolwiea . - - A. 128: is
THE HIDDEN VIEDDING TREAVJREJ or. '
ii:-on‘ Earl ha
(I‘Vil.’l:ISaI‘I-TFrP"ule-ll'Ie L1. - ll & I‘?
CON,li7ObR'l)'IREUTATlON G.UB wIdE(I>
NNNN
live-rllie no nel-are singlnyur
mortal linesol Piiillipa Bl-ookca:
Oh. little town 0! nezhlelienil
now run we see thee re:
Above thy deep and dreauilraa sleep,
The lent stars go y,
Yet in thy darir street ahluerh
The everlnstaing Lig ;
The hopes and iear-a oi all the years,
Are met in thee, tonight.
C a re Ind iriore with every pass-
ing yur, humnnlty need. the iusplrauon or
Chrintnllll to cheer it on its way, Ind to sweeten
the struggle oi lite with the iseling ol llllllllul
n
appiusss which comes t
manger oi thul little tar-tawny tow
tbephristnias s
oodwill to
me
the ldeul. and
even in y nmln soc y,"so ollredllor
is not alone in his ideas upon this sub .
’ ‘ isthen,thrrrugh
II the days or your lilo other men may become
inspired with that same spirit, and iollow your
example. li ev , thin‘ with
this spirit or brotherhood and good ieilo-rship.
lnlnklnd would again hear the an is lingillg
in the Heavens lbave, “Glory tn in I. 9
highest, peace on earth, and goodwill towards
I'D
avoid a. lltuleton . lz wllh the passing oi lllrsi Jel-iersou DIvls.lhz
"0%”.l“$ :.2’3..“'“5 W’ "W" ""- u to "4 ..':”r.';'.::i,e."‘.‘1:."ei“::=.”'r“g .::;:::“
’u . nu . - - - a rr rig
r AND HOV] Tn 4aAK.E mm Davis -H eripe -sie felzhtyb
"viriniron-. -rear. Manner . . 3. 4 rhelieroes oithsi Estclilu‘ A E b
A mmzziz rm sous Oondltded y A Ilirring lils w hers, an s 4: a
i-. re . h-I . . . . . is no aeo the div when every rosri
we r:rTHDROUC.H DEATH sl.erisi.., between North so
(Inn A... Blatant . . J. is awlyhund bll d gray wire nmted
- eiesaash it .4 gram , ix! rtwe avesowei is.
5 “M0 ‘ii... . ". " . Ilxldkll er-ocroto h‘ llIhehIspa.wed,ii1l is d boi
WIITRS THE SWEET MAQNOLIAS Fyoder-I blue Ind Oonfed rah
.)O.‘.l st... Andrus: B. oirriiny . I1 Idl‘. even as they In here.
srl .. has or‘ lNFO5x.VI.ATlON . . I9 lhltcgnczdt-stnnzed tlieni are
m" "0 HELQSOPHY ' ‘ V ' '9 ull':1(th?-la to n‘liJhoeI‘t3leEe honor au
m“".‘N1:';D"' M5 No DEOOVERIE ‘ ‘:2 rillydo! the liars, and tlo lkileep cu; aiuntry at the
2 WY?-r - - ' ' ii ltb t t - .
TALLS WITH cilu.s - - - 12 ” ' '“ W“ ”.. : w < .x,
lin>:uiA‘l'loN BURFAU - - - 24 ' .
IIANWM A: K5 - - - - E3: 3Cv'.‘.'r‘.'r$.'..'-’.?.'".‘..'.i'"r%e'I.'IiI‘l'&'r‘?i'e’if.l.‘i"uu.rr.i
Doc; . . ceur
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WHY. hll-1 STOPPE) DRINKING sill
Silty .4. W xcenrg . . .p
Crumbs of,Comfox-t
Mind unemployed is mind nnenjuyed.
Perscveruice 2 nd Iudlclty generally win.
7-; clirubaxeep hills requires slow pace at am.
‘us: .1 common wnnld not nuke
IlVoiI1leI1 bitter; rlther more;
To know how to vnlt lithe nut secret at
enough. I
Man is only mllerlbln I0 hr I: he lhlnkl
llinisell ho. '
Illldl “III luvs nothing louonlu, Had little
0 perealvo. > >
Upon the hast and flame or thy distemper
sprinkle oool patience.
Ihzoollcction is the any paradise [rain which
we clam)! b0 turned out.
oh, God. how heautiiul the thought.
lluw uieroii l the bios: dean
hll nice c er DI lousu whea Im-lzhl.
3' ADI lilllxht ub out Lhn loll horn Ring '
- -51:34 and.
Persecution to not wrong beuauoe it is eruel,
but cruel boauee it is wrong.
Tlirvuzh tattered clothes IlnIu vices do Ip-
peur; robe: Ind line [urn hide Ill.
The miner is 5 much in Hunt of Ihu which
he has, II 01 thus which he hu non.
.lt in any oughp! -one mun tobeurur
0!l:ler‘l nllllortuncl Ilka I Christian.
We Ihnnld not fudge of men’: lncdll by their
qnuliilutious, but how they use then.
x 01 this Ilone ll ann Godgleprlved-the mik-
lng lhat uhich is put never to have been.
The clouds may drop doirn titles and esuba
Ind Wallh may seek Ill, but wisdom must be
sought. i ' . . . - -
. were I ootall toreuh the pole
0 e
I vl-nu be meuuwd by my sol '
‘nae mind’: the uudud of the nun."
‘ ii is In ill thing to. be uhImed of one‘:
poi-irty, lrul mui: urn not to link: use 0!
E23 II! M) IVDI v ’
- ll h diH4:ult loony Illa doyoll tho lntm mis-
p er-enemies with the want intentions. or
friends with the best. '
5 To him who his thought or done, or Auflered
rniicli, the level
mecurlrnble illstnnc
-. All paper Ind mslnmn lane zxnctly shut sort
oi night which diatinzuishae objects
hue: clearly, while they mud llpectucleu to sea
days ol his childhood room at ‘M
C.
It Idis- our
sing the so'u. olgrelt fag. that the angels
slrig oi glory to oil, an nl goodwill to an.
hwtiuser.
In making ouha pIy the whole oi the cunts
oi the military inu.-rvention, that brought
co between the warring iacllons In that is-
and is good u on on
and is h your neighbor, and have your
neighbor oomeout and h you. is hodoubt
lots 0! luu iur poop who like that hlnli or
t w n oi ' k
some way oi coming to In s me
l-lrhiine.
loot the
no
a-iu be no more need ior unili inns-we
in the Pearl ol the Antilleu now that Uncle
Sam hI.I adopted this device ol ntuin
mats oi pugilisln upon the pugiliats. .
a o
xi-iir oi the soul bear is ruled
Your labor is ior lutnru hours, .
Adraaeel spare soil nor lnolr herilaal
now drop and straight with all r po-era
v- -Richard ll:-y-'-1 Ecru.
be [ill recently disco
nut compound. I hr-Idleu dog wu apt in
lgrr ten hours. hing so tent in retaining
lilalu the body alter resp tion and appear-.
Inoa ollilehuulsed huanrlraendiaouve .
'Andr:nl'llrl open: up a vast lileeonvlng ileld
or mains In surgeons. eoiplio
PR2: l:'tha wife! I
I
I
n res ion restored. y
n
is
M-our 0 Dr. snjuus, ls lmlndinlhe an-
drenlnai iris a in the - 1 ions 0! the kidneys,
item! the nuns Indlenl II.
s.
a
o o
it the Brill hauls o! COMIDI1‘ far 1%,
and our last meeting for this ynr. We thank
ynu or your vora, for use twelve month:
that ha vnow slruost paaewl, n in
the year sppruaclilng to still inrtlier win your
d merit your
You will nnzica one tiling
Upvnrd,” ll lar as we are con-
thole under their very noIeI.
' "lair. 'v
cerned, Ind that you nppreeiue lhll lnctld
. .,,- , . , V
MERRY, MERRY CliRl:i’l‘MAH to I
you sill For hundreiia ol yearn this
greeting nus passed iruhi iuuu to
niun,uud tor unrlreds oi yeurlilt ,
w l ‘ c
And thus the yesrs roll on, cliriscnissslier 0‘
COMFORT
by the Editor
very evident lrolll tire tens nl lliousunds oi
letiers that tell us that COMFORT is not on y
ople
tuders remllrklllg, ‘ lid 5 is not as good
he (1 to b " and “Blmll and such I person
(l at write us neilss he ii ed to do once
up a time." How or, we do not rliinlr an
one can say is oi ii o our depsrtinents,
which never deteriorate, Iiul. con nusliy iiri
rove in my and xcel ma This i
lonaofree is us slresuy uvs, but to glln
million! of more lnends And mlren be! re
ulll I I'll ' hose ho
acriprlons run out, your pu r sto
wlutely do not send the pa er Iller the time
oi payuien has ex rrcd,soi you do not warit
menu of COMFORT which ml
d irrniiy rnsgsririe,.subrcribe now, ii
mice. Yolrllll ee bl ‘
you llnd it costs 25 cents
an the reel-ellioll
into ynurlile. It is,
lire plessure it gives you
and iuspirsllon it brings
o l. e-
ludaed, I Cohironr in more ways than a
let, it is a nor-ulort in every way,. and
iii people have discovered ihst it is impossible
one I'll out xmlrl-. D so, on
e
lriends, on to s we a
' ch the t reshold oi the New vear.isur
su ribe - u hive hat a ready
lo ,7 o
re, on belialiol corr-
roaiiou, wish you the rri
Morr Christmases, sud the Happiest oi Happy
' w > lend;
Comfort’: Editor.
A’ J -
Current Topics
liiounl ilcxinley, in Al slrs, more than
twenty thousand ioei. high and believed to be
the highest pAoalr in an h
by
thousand leet, which is greater than
compnlnlion ol the United Sines Creolngicnl
nurv y
a ' s
Ari unlm rowed lol lacing Filth Avenue in
New York ' d
“'llen the
rake! n-tnrne . h t nsent oi his client
opay: ,oo9, she said: “lt’s th only lIce
my dog,Trlxle has to exercise. ltliinlr will
.
l s . .
Aqueetion involving the r‘ hts l J
in the United states has arieen"ln SI: rr;r‘i:l;:ae.
he board i can
The pnnate lime
Igiillst their cliildren,aud Um Jhpnneae gnvl:rn-
r ll. ’
is expressly gnurnnteed by the truly oi 1594.
.
a s
The lailure ol Lieutenant Fury’: lalest ex-
itlo reach t o polo wu ii
raises, the lmpusuhilily o
auoreededln gelling iarther North than any
as . aov ears t o
ad been held by an lialian expmrnr.
lheDnke ni D'Abruu.iP.uThis n so dc-gnu;
lhe
pIlcbeI Ihll. Fury will try lg-Iln. III
vol: is coming wulhwlrvl iur repairs and lap-
plla. a
o ' a .
The United Sula gl-Ind ury hnn returned
with lhirliy courlta against lhreq Ilzlenduzls
t I I '
bran. and ilve arm cruisers. ry and
Tennessee, Wuhhlzton, rs-husylrariia. cnio.
2-1.; 3, Ind the protac er iser, Charleston. It
was the httui-ship uiuaiana which carried
President Ind tire. Roosevelt to the Isthmus oi
Panama. The harrlsshin was eonvnyed by re.
Innorod cruisers, Washington and Tsunusee.
-. -s .
several changes In President lznorerelrls
cabinet are to uirapnl-co Axrorney-General
auncoodad by Im ,
G1mmlsal0nerolCarpnrIl.ioI'lI in tin
men! l mrl-lerceln Lnbtlr: Herbert Knox
Smith, Aslzlisunt Comlniselonero! Oorpo
i-Iclonl
will take the place mndw vsclnh by Gnrauld.
December
0 Told around
4 ;the Stove.
Central west Fur Iupply
“Some people my thiulr that progress is e
pushing out Ill the orlginll inhhblnlltlz,” Elld
the man with s coouskiu vest on, “but there iiro
it good mlny oi the old stock still on this side
oi the Mississippi, slid the hunler who is look-
lug ior muskrats, nccoons, possunis, loxea,
and civet can, Willzl I mink Ind I Weasel, or an
otter now and then can iind them in the stats
of illilm is, and other Middle West state: in more
or less proiusion. During the last winter
Illinois trnppers were busier than in many yesrs.‘
' Ono hrln 01 delllerl in hluscatina has been blIy<
lug iurs ‘at the rate or 33,000 a week, and there
are pelt buyers au over l.lle‘ai.at.e who are doing
neirly ss nruoh. it is seid that truppcrs in
llllnois will receive $100,000 icr lurs this season.
lows, lndiasa uxd other states rre doing about
the eaure. Most of the catch is musirrst, but
this is not very popular in their pelts bring only
iron: 12 to 15 cents each. skunks range ireni
so cents to 52.50 according to size and rondlllou.
Coon slrlns run lroin so oeuts to 31.75. possum’
lrom 25 to 75, end red lax lrom :1 to :5. Thu
scnrcer the animal the higher the pelt, ll its
iur is sny commercial rains stall. it looks as
ii there might be money in the trapping busi-
ueeo. with several hundred lhausIn-‘l doilurs
being dlatributed; but there are nearly as many
lIrmer boys out with their guns and trspo in
there are dollars. and the roeult is that nobody
gets very much out 0! it except thencmpara-
tlvely low dealers who buy the pelts."
I Jlmerican Homes ,
“Aoool-ding to the census oi 1900," said the
nun who looked prosperous, “then: are 16,239,-
797 tIl:nil.ieu in the United Sutes living in 14,-
m,7n dwruiugs, which shows rliariu some
sections or the country there 2:42 a good many
more than one ianiiiy to a dwelling, as in some
ol the crowded cities where the poor are piirked
like chickens in a coop. There are ls,92li,u:l
laniilies lining in llieir own homes, bul. more
are mortgages on 2,150,221 oi these,ilie oilisra
being lr-ec. Nearly eight and a hall iulllicii
hrnlliea live in rented houses. oi those on nine
their own homes ever live millions are riuiire
whites, Ind 372,444 In negroes. Over 48,000 In-
e and apauese. T e sverase s
laniilies is 4.7 persons.
uisticn is .s persqns to the‘ emile
the District or Columbia, ru ll
r out much beyond-the limits oi tlielilstricl."
Beauty Jlllkers V
’ .5”i:“.‘:“;'r.‘.‘.,.!=‘;:i..“::‘:’“l’="
"0' W ‘7hIl'K!. or rnalring the lace of ,i.. 01
person loolr u. - .
..... u".':.::,- .: lll: :::f‘%
Irrlnhlelcolt i
m, n In l;qn'i';'-3.3; '0 25“:-gr‘ tmitiirjag,
:i.:',;.:::;:: is - M M or
m ' men‘ ‘I $30. (1 electrical is e
in": will I 51‘nfuL'lIdAlol..ians'lll“l-oil‘:
;ny-srerioua belnlilylng el-lsct met I 5 a
a
- y
uose on the lace, irons a or other
Md 5 kill is cut, out and patched up,
In “I-‘EIIEIOBI ollhis lurid oust inrui $100 to
55-599 '‘’‘‘‘’““1'B to wealth d raniiy oi
mun. lor
E0 haul! mlkeru to I an-asiderlble extent.
‘ rriplerlons may also be Impro n y
:5? out one that is rally and truly pimlim]
to be nntllnl beauty Inc] I wollldn’i r
0 ho an
my re
the Inna]
we n.
he gm‘ ‘ Wm“, giensns have homes 4:! their own, Ind 2274 Clli< ,
wo
hIve some VIII I150. Ind patroni",
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