Wish their many friends and the public generally a MERRY CHRISTMAS, and desire to inform their patrons that they are better prepared than ever to accommodate the Holiday Trade. The firm is celebrated as being THE MOST EX TENSIVE in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and for carrying The Pliresf, Best and Highest Grad? Goods, Domestic and Imported SPECIAL PRIDE IS TAKEN IN CATERING TO THE HOLIDAY TRADE, AND AMONG THE CHOICE GOODS OFFERED ARE BOTTLED WHISKIES. Mount Vernon, .Medallion. Sum Thompson, Canadian Club, Jamison's Irish, Ramsey's Scotch, reppcr, James K., "O.F.lV'i "Tippecanoe." BOTTLED WINES. PORT. Oporto, Clover Leaf and Sunset. SHERRY. , Duff, Gordon, Clover Leaf and Sunset. Domestic Helps and Fine Recipes Hints for the Housewife That May Prove Just What Sue Wants. POINTERS IX HOME ECONOMY Try Them If They Arc New; They Will Not Do Any Ilnrni and Percluiiicc Tlicy .May lie tliu Very Things You Huvo Wanted to Know. An excellent flsh salad is made from a boiled or bakedeoil. whiteflshorhallhut. Separate the fish from skin und bones, flake it with u fork, season with white pepper and lemon Juice, nnd cover with a mayonnaise dressing mixed with two lablospoonfuls of horse radish grated very tine and four tablespoonfuls of whipped cream. A steak of any white fish Is very nice served lce-culd nn.l spread with a thick layer of mayon naise. II II II When It comes to cotton goods, most housewives throw old clothes in the ras bag and then go anil buy material to cover comforts. Take your old print and gingham dresses and rip thorn care fully apart children's frocks, too and then have everything washed ' and starched. See that they are all Ironed and folded smoothly and will not be in a muss when you gat ready to work ut them. Select three or four of the sets of pieces and tear them in strips of, say four to six inches wide. Sew pieces of like kind together evenly, till you have them the length of u comfort. Thon sew the stripes 'together In alternating stripes, sew on the machine, and before you know It you have covers for a com fort. The better part of the old pillow Blips and sheets will answer nicely to go In these covers, or If you like them darker, there are cotton dyes that are easily used. It Is such nn economical way to use every scrap of old wrappers and dress skirts. The thicker gingham skirts can often be best utilized in mak ing kitchen aprons. II II II A very good apple-pudding Is made from one pint of applesauce, made from tart apples and moderately sweet, a cupful of fine dry breadcrumbs, a ta blespoonful of butter, and the yolks of two eggs. Beat and mix the whole until light, put In a -well-buttered pudding-dish, nnd bake half an hour In a moderate oven. Slake a meringue of the whites of the eggs and powdered sugar, and brown delicately. lirown Hetty da also a healthful and good des sert made from breadcrumbs and tart apples. For it only needs two cupfuls of tart apples sliced or chopped fine, half a cupful of brown sugar, a tablo epoonful of butter, and for seasoning either grated yellow rind of a lemon, cinnamon, or nutmeg and a cupful of powdered breadcrumbs. Butter a pud . dlng-dlsh well and cover the bottom with a layer of apples. Scatter with bits of butter and the lemon rind, or a very little spice. Cover with n layer of breadcrumbs. Use the apples and bread alternately, seasoning na at first. The top layer should be crumbs. Cover and bake In a moderately hot oven hailf an hour, then take oft he cover and brown. Send to the table In the pud-dlng-dlnh. Serve with sugar and cream or with the following sauce: Heat a pint of milk to the boiling point. M.U THE AMERICAN WHISKIES. IN BULK. Green Valley Gibson, Hermitage, Guckenlicimer, Monogram. Quaker, Black Thorn, Zeno, Sam ( lay and Hickory Ryes. SOLE AGENTS FOR. Berirner k En gel's famous Tann hawser Beer, Imported Kaiser Beer. CHAMPAGNES. Miliums' Extra Dry, Gold Seal. a heaping teaspoonful of cold milk, and a tablospoonful of Biigar, and stir Into the hot milk. Cook three minutes, see that the liquid' is free from lumps, then cool. Flavor with sherry or lemon, and just before you serve fold in the frothed whites of two fresh eggs. If II i! One of the rich dishes that our dis tinguished colonial sires used to enjoy was hum, baked in elder. Mrs. Borer ' thus tells how to prepare It: "Wipe a whole ham clean and put In a baking pan, skin side down and over the flesh side sprinkle one-half a teaspoonful each of pepper, cloves and allspice, and one-quarter of a teaspoonful of mace and cover all with a little onion juice. Into the bottom of the pan put a sprig of celery, two bay leaves and a slice of onion, Put a cup of Hour In a bowl and add sulllcient water to make a paste, cover the ham with the paste as far down as the skin and then turn Into the pun two quarts of older. Put In a hot oven and cook for three and one-half hours, basting every fifteen minutes. When cooked take off the crust, turn over and take off .the skin and put In another pan with the fat side up, brush over with a beaten egg, sprinkle with chopped, parsley and breadcrumbs and bake in a hot oven for one hour when-It will be ready to serve." If eaten, send for the doctor, and save time. II H II. Just now, with Xmas feasts In view, this prize recipe for a genuine English plum pudding will be found valuable: Take one pound of raisins, one pound ot suet, chopped line, 'three-quarters of a pound of stale bread crumbs, one-quarter pound of flour, one pound of cur rants, half of a nutmeg grated, five eggs, one-half pint of brandy, one-half pound of minced candied orange peel and fee g-ated rind of one lemon. Clean, wash und dry the currants, stone the raisins, chop and shred the suet. Mix all of the dry Ingredients well together. Beat the eggs and add to them the brandy and pour over the dry Ingredi ents and thoroughly mix the whole with your hands. Pack the mixture Into small greased kettles or fancy moulds with tight tin covers arrrl boll steadily In hot water for twelve hours. Then take off the covers from each kfttle and hang in the cellar or garret until wanted. Boll another hour before serv ing, when you put four cut loaf cubes of sugar on a dish, add a tablespoonful of brandy, set on 'the pudding and apply a match and bring on the table while blazing. The celebrated English hunts man's puddings are made the same way, with the exception of the addition of two ounces of almond paste or four ounces of almonds chopped fine. II 11.11 In order to preserve the hands soft and white 'they should always be washed In warm Water, with line -snap, and carefully dried with a moderately coarse towel, being well rubbed every time, to Insure a brisk circulation, than which nothing can be more effectual In procuring a transparenf"and soft sur face. If engaged In any accidental pur suit, which may hurt the color of the hands, or If they have been exposed to the sun, a little lemon juice will restore their whiteness for the time; and lemon soap is proper to wash them with. Almond paste Is of essential service In preserving the delicacy of the hands. The following Is a serviceable "pomade for rubbing the hands, on retiring to rest: Take two ounces of eweet al monds; beat with three drachms of white wax and three drachma of sper maceti, beuton up carefully in roue- SCRAXTO TRIBtfjirE One of the finest Ryes ever tried it. We have just imported a quantity of the very finest Sherry from Wisdom & Wartcr, in Spain. This Sherry is not from jobbers in New York, but was imported by us direct from Spain, something that has never before been done by a house in this part of the State. This Sherry is the highest grade that has ever before been you want a distinctly high grade of Sherry try our specially imported Spanish Sherry. Sole Agents for the Casey & Kelly Brewing Co.'s Fine Ales and Porter. water. Oloves should be always worn on exposure to the atmosphere. II II II LITTLE HOUSEHOLD HINTS: Powdered rice Is said to Im very effi cacious lu stopping bleeding from fresh wounds. It Is claimed that cistern water may he piirllled by hanging in It a bag HUed with charcoal. Half a teaspoonful of sugar scattered aver a dying lire Is better than kerosene. and has no element of danger. . When the burners of lamps become clogged with char put them in strong soapsuds and boll awhile to clean them. Paint spots may be removed from wood by covering them with a thick routing of lime uml soda. Wash off ufter twenty- four hours. If line clothes become scorched In the ronlng, often tho yellow look can be en tirely removed by hanging the article In the blight sunshine. Two uses of eggs are not generally known or appreciated. A fresh egg beaten anil thickened with sugar, freely eaten, will relieve hoarseness, und tho skin of a boiled egg, wet and applied to a boil, will draw out the soreness. Cottage pudding Is made more attrac tive by buklng In gem or popover pans, thus giving to each person an ln.llvlilH.il pudding, than when baked In one pun m l e. t into a number of pieces, berve with a sauce in the usual way. A new method of cleaning clothes Is suggested: Dip the clothes brush In the yolk of an eng. so that the bristles lire qulto wet. Allow It to dry, und then use. This treatment has, It Is said, the effect to make the brushing especially effective. A professional cook teaches her class In pastry making to cot the circle of pie crust one way around ami the rim that surrounds the' dish the other way. She says that this simple rule has an Import ant bearing upon tho tlukiness of the re sult. The creases can be taken out of velvet and the pile raised by drawing It across a hot Iron over which a wet cloth has been spread. If there are pin murks over which the pile refuses to rise, brush It up with a stltT brush uml steam It, repeating the operation several times, If you have black or tinted cambrlcs.or muslins which you hesitate to trust to the laundress, give them a first ill!) your self Into wuler with which you huve stirred a teaspoonful of black pepper. This Is also said to save Cray nnd buff linen from spots when rinsed In the Ilrst water. "In buying cheese for nn ordinary fam ily of six," says Mrs. Borer, '.'buy either a pineapple or "an Hdilm; they will keep all winter If necessary. Then buy a pot of Roquefort and a tumbler of club-house cheese, keep them In a cool dry place, und they will lust until used. In this way you may have a variety at a llttlo expense." He Had Kcuson. From the Detroit Free Press. Jones (meeting Brown smoking) I don't like to see a man smoking on the street, Brown Why,, what .difference doef.it make? Jones A threat deal. It makes me want to do the same, and I haven't any thing to smoke. , The Harden of Her flullud. , ' (According to her husband.) ' is"Bnrllng, durllng, It's good to see you ' DUCK. (Mrs. Mills, across tho way, has got a seul- .skin sacque.) Sweetheart, sweetheart, how long you've been away! (My winter coat is shabby, dear, I tried It on today.) Your letters were so eool and short; they rarely tilled a page. (Those little diamond itlck-plns are tho fashionable rage!) You look a trifle pule and thin; been work ing hard, I fear. (I hope you've mado some money, and what s that? un, t-h-a-n-K you, dear," New York Recorder. - "TtJESDAY MOTlNIXCr, GREEN VALLEY RYE, on the market, the delight and IMPORTED SHERRY. WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS .... . 216 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Pa. London PicKires by Richard Willis Interesting Kesiime of the Important Events of the Week. BIRTHDAY W THE l'KINCEsS The Popular Member of the Uoynl Family Passes the f iftieth Milestone-Cricketers In Philadelphia -liuid on a Club llousc-Au Armless Painter. London Dec. 1, 1R94. Here we are In December dear me how time does fly. This has been nn eventful year, nnd In order to Interest the good people of Scranton the Xmas London letter will contain a brief re sume of the doings of 'ill but to the present. It Is the quiet before the storm and the papers are again full of Jap anese victories and Chinese cowardice. The various political leaders have been making speeches In the country dis tricts anil Bosebery has been pooh poohing Devonshire, nnd Devonshire has been reviling Bosebery. The lib erals are making It very clear that they Intend to put the abolition of the Peers first in their programme, and this means trouble and trouble means dis solution, nnd the popular idea Is that the English liberals will be as badly beaten as the American Democrats have been, nnd that the bill for the breaking up of Jho Lords will be shelved for many years to come. What Is want ed Is this: For some vigorous leader to step forward und propose new lines for an Improved upper chamber, but until this Is done nil the talking and all the inciting will be of no avail. The Prince of Wales Is r.n years old on the same day that this (letter is dated. Fifty years old and a grand mother; well, her face'aml figure do not look It, although she has passed through several severe trials. She was ex tremely fond of the boy she lost and possessed a great affection for her brother-in-law, the late Czar. She bears the nation's good wishes nnd'ad mlratlon of the courage she has dis played In braving a Busslan winter In order to comfort her bereaved sister to whom she bent's a striking likeness. While their mother has been nursing the dowager czarina her daughters, the Princesses Victoria and Maud, have been enjoying themselves with the Duchess of York. One-half of their time has been spent scampering over the country in a little pony cart with out fuss or attendants; the other half has been spent at the Duchess of York's snug little home, the girls finding It more cozy than Sandrlngham. Princess May's mother, the Jolly and substan tial Duchess of Teck, has also had a birthday this ,week. She Is now 61, and was married at the age of S3. Hit married life has been a very happy one, and the Duchess Is a dear old soul who is as ready to open a very small bazaar as a very large one. She Is a very busy woman Just now and a very proud one too, for her eon Dolly will be married to Lady Margaret Qrosvenor next week, and Dolly's pa-ln-law to come, the Duke of Westminister, Is presenting the young couple with a brand-new house In Carlos Place. The Duke owns a lot of property around and. one unkind and evidently jealous critic writes that the DECEMBER 18, 1894. choice of every one who offered for sale in Scranton. If duke knows what he Is about when he plants a real live prince In the vicinity. Yet another club ''raid." One by one the police are raiding all the small clubs where gambling Is carried on. This time It was the Albert club and the men In blue made a sudden rush for the door and In no time they had sur rounded the astonished members, who were led off to the station, the more wealthy taking cabs and looking as though It was all so much fun. Others were marched Ignomjnloiisly. through the streets rather unnecessary, this. The compulsary retirement of the mem bers spoilt business for the day at a small restaurant near by, the manage ress explaining, "our customers Is all took." The "prisoners" complained that they were subjected to needless in dignity by having thelrpockets searched and also breathe vengennce against one of their number who they believe has given the club away owing to a betting dispute, an argument in which he was worsted. Funny lectures mi funny subjects are absolutely common, but a Mr. Paylis has quite capped the most peculiar with a lecture on the proper training of an auctioneer's voice. If auctloners do cultivate their vocal organs our family are not going to at tend tiny more sales. As 11 Is a good song will move us to tears and we might be moved to buy bedsteads nnd chairs and things If the vendor pleaded in tones too dulcet to be withstood. Yet another "variety show" play. H is the same us those that have proceeded It, only music Is of a superior order. It hi called the "Shop Girl," but It might Just as well be called the "Establish ment de Tiffany" or the "tJIddy Coat," or anything else, In fact, as it is sheer nonsense and rollicking fun from be ginning to end. The author's name is Henry (which Is all right), but his other name Is Dam (which Is all wrong), nnd the aforesaid music Is by Ivan Caryl I ami Moticktou. Arthur Williams Is the bright particular star and he scintil lates right meirily. Another piece, by name "The Wrong Olrl," Ili-st saw the light at the Strand. It is poor stuff but seems to have caught on. Willie Ed ouln Impersonates himself, which Is weak wit; Miss Fanny Plough, how ever, has a great part and pulN the whole piny along In capital style. At the Court theatre, Huwtrey and Edith Kenward are going to revive the "Kan garoo Olrl." We do not see half enough of Edith. She Is one of those girl things that have the bad taste to like America and dollars. Lord Hosebnry Intends to try for the "Derby" again next year. If all goes well he will run "Sir Vlrto," nnd has already secured the services of Watts, a well tried and exceedingly capable Jockey. Talking of jockeys, reminds me that during the racing season Just ended, ninety-one Jockeys shared be tween them more than 11,000 mounts, of which no fewer than 1.G01 were given to tho two leaders M. Cannon and T. Loates. What a chance Is here for one or two dashing, cool headed riders, and supply there are plenty of them? Can non heads the list of winning Jockeys with 167 wins and T. Loates runs him very close with a total of 163. Lord Hawke hns been giving his opinions of IiIb recent trip to St. Paul's, which Is the most go-ahead weekly on this side of the Atlantic. He speaks particularly well of the treatment the team received In Philadelphia, and we learn that at the Bryn Mawr hotel LIQUORS AND CORDIALS. Curacad, Benedictine, Chartreuse Green, Chartreuse Yellow. Annisctte, Ruml'mich, Vermouth, Absinthe. BITTERS. Bonuekamp, Angostura and Home Rule Bitters. CLARETS. Rising Sun. St. Jullen, Medoc, St. JiElicn, Bordeau, and Pontenet Canned. (sounds like Wales) tbey lost their hearts to the beautiful ladles at a ball, we also read that they learnt a new dance called the "Two Step" (ha! ha! we know that dance), in fact, they seem to have had a real good time with the ladles driving about in coaches nnd things. So far so good, but we Britons weep when we learn that all the team were "queer" crossing Ontario and feel for their sufferings on that occasion. Did the charming ladies of Philadel phia feel for them too, I wonder? A Bradford paper announces that America Is giving tho largest orders to our cloth factories Just now, the Brad ford firms alone having 75,000 worth of cloth for export, but alas! we also learn thnt the British market Is being flooded with cheap Gorman cloths printed on both sides and sold at less than 10 cents a yard. Mado In Germany ugh! The name of Germany reminds mo thnt the great, little, very Important omperop Is ina state, of considerable wrath, and for what reason forsooth. As nil the world knows William composed a "Song to Aeglr" and some brutal critics have run It down. Tho unfortunately truthful crlticisers are in bad tune, but they are quite right. The song was sung In .London by Mr. Haydn Collin (at a con cert introducing American composers, by the way) nnd the song reminds one of those touching lines Ive yet another effusion which runs In one part: "Their music (Germans) ah! the nuu'le of the future It will be; they like it loud nnd like it long und minus melody." Well, Billy's song Is loud and it certainly does not contain much melody. It Is one of those songs that require- a full sized church organ nnd a trombone to give a fair rendering but there! I don't suppose Aeglr minds much, for ho, she or It must have been deaf after the Ilrst few lines. Then William Is nlso wroth because some vulgar English coinle papers have been caricaturing him, the cartoon that most annoyed him being one thnt represented Bis marck as working the strings from the background. In artistic circles "one mnn" shows are all the rage. Prominent among these has been the collection of pnlnt-J Ings principally of birds by a Japa nese artist. And now wo have a collec tion of pictures by un armless pulntcr. The pictures are no monstrosities either, for the artist has won more than one medal in competition, nnd at the spring exhibition last year the academy ac cepted, although they did not hang one of this clever man's efforts. His work Is done purely with the mouth, his teeth being to him like bunds. He Is a hard worker and earns good money. , Mr. Labouehere, M. P.. hns been fight ing another libel case brought against him by the Bev. Bobert Macmlllnn. Lnbby wrote a red-hot article on the reverend gentleman's method of collect ing money nnd of his ways of spending same, and said lots of unkind things about the gentleman, one of which ac cused htm of too freely partaking of the cup thut Inebriates as well ns cheers. The Jury found for Macmlllon and awurded him one farthing damages, and as the judge refused to allow costs It has been a virtual win for Mr. "Truth" Labouchere. Labby does not mind paying up for this sort of thing at nil It Is all business to lilm and he has heaps of money. The floods have subsided and Wind sor is nearly Itself again, but North Kensington was flooded last week owing to the bursting of a resepvolr nnd a deal of damage was done. The 11 IMPORTED WINES. IN BULK. Port, Sherry, Catawba, Rhine, Orange, Muscatel and Angelica AVincs. ALES AND PORTER. McMiiilens White Label, Bass' Ale, Burke's Guinness Stout, E. A J. Burke Smith's Pale, Smith's Brow n Stout. WHITE WINES. Haul Sautcrns, Barsac. All orders by mail or telephone promptly attended to. Telephone Call, 2162. wenthrp Is now all that one could wish nnd the rains have happily left us in peace for a time! Bichard Willis. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. London was the first city to use coal. There are 47 Chinese temples In this country. , The largest blast ever fired was the fam ous one at Hell Gate. The Capitol at Washington will be 100 years old on September 18. I'llnlus suys that tou years were spent In building the Temple of Diana ut Epheaus. The first king to whom the title of ".Ma Jesty"was applied was Louis XI In Franco, lu hi;:i. The Merriiuuc river Is said to move more machinery than any other stream In the world. The tomb of Mahomet is covered with diamonds, sapphires and rubles valued ut JIIMIOMIHII. The first bricks mado in this country were manufactured by the Virginia set tlers In 1012. The lurgest room In the world, unbroken by pillars, is u drill hall in St. Petersburg, Kiuxir.O feet. The largest ship in the world, 4i few war vessels for coast defense excepted, Is the Cumpunln. The largest cheese ever made Is prob ably that now at the World's fair, though there Is record of other big ones. The largest bridge ever built Is that crossing the Firth of Forth, though the proposed Hudson river bridge will surpuss It. It Is said that the largest piece of mica In the world was recently taken out of a North Carolina quarry. It measures 9',i xlti inches, The largest desert Is tho Sahara. It cov ers an urea of 3.UO0 miles from east to west, I.ikio from north to south, altogether 3,WW, 000 Sonne miles. It takes eight minutes to travel from the sun to the earth. Sound, traveling In the air, would require about 14 years to accom pllsh the same Journey. The Victoria Uallroad bridge over the St. Lawrence at .Montreal Is two miles long, and one of the engineering wonders of tho world, und yet It cost only J5,000,- OUO. The royal labyrinth of Egypt was a walled lnclosure containing 12 palaces, each having It.lsiO rooms. It is described by Herodotus, but Its remains huvo never been found. Solomon's temple wns 107 feet long, S6 feet broad and 51 feet hifch. Though deemed a wonder of the world, It wns not larger than many private houses of ths present time. The largest gold nugget ever found tn Colorado weighed lit pounds; tho largest lu thu l'nlted States weighed liil pounds and 6 ounces; largest In the world, 3 pounds und 4 ounces. The greatest natural bridge In the world Is the, Natural bridge, over Cedar creek. In Virginia. U extends across a chasm 80 feet In width and 2.VI In depth, ut the bot tom of which tho creek flows. The lurgest cask In the world Is the tun at Heidelberg; church, St. Peter's, Borne; government building, tho Pululs de Jus tice, ut Hrussels; picture gallery, ths Louvre; museum, tho British museum, in Loudon. The best example of Cyclopean buildings ure at Baulbec. There are stones In tho Hualbec wnlls 30 feet above the level, sev eral of which ure 00 feet long, 24 feet thick anil 16 broad, euch stone weighing over 2,500 tons, all cut, dressed and brought from distant quarries. Magna Churta, tho great charter of Eng lishmen's liberties, Is preserved in thu British museum. It Is somewhat stained by time, but King John's seal und name ure still quite legible ut the bottom of It. By a simply rule the length of the day and night, any time of the year, mny bo ascertained by simply doubling the tlmo ot tho sun's rising, which will give the length of the night, and double the time of set ting will give thu length of tho duy.
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