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FRIDAY, MEO. 24, lOOtf.
Sad is the heart that cannot re
joice at Christmas time.
Christmas comes but once a year to
make our pocket-books feel queer.
This is the season of the year when
every one is looking for something
aow In stockings.
It's a wise husband who prepares
to pay for the Christmas gifts recolv
od from his dear wife.
Know all men by these presents
(Christmas presents) that the milk
qf human kindness is still sweet.
The time to .advertise is when you
want business. The time to quit is
when you are ready to step aside and
.give the other' fellow a chance.
, The new Christmas game will be
very fashionable. The players hunt
through their pocketbooks to see
how much money they have left.
The one who has the most has to buy
a present for New Year's.
The long Polar night is over, for
those who have been longing to know
who did not discover the pole. Those
who believe they know who did, can
continue to exercise faith in the fel
low whose claim for discovery has
not yet been disproved.
Gift giving at Christmas time is, or
ought to be, nothing more than a
manifestation of the Christmas spirit,
which is unselfish, seeking only to
make others happy. Every one who
has been moved by this spirit has
realized the truth of the saying, "It
is. more blessed to give than to re
ceive." The oaks upon which the mistletoe
grew were sacred to the Druids In
days of old, and they used to worship
under them in the most solemn and
devout way. when hung up in a
room qr hall the beautiful pearly
berries were thought to, possess the
power of keeping away evil spirits
and Influences.
"Christmas Eve!1' The,wondrous
Santa Claus comes to the children
with thee. What visions of dolls,
games, books, candles, and all sorts
of goodies; drums, trumpets, whis
ties, with all sorts of squaks and dis
eordant blasts; and the wonderful
Chistmas tree with the brilliant
lights, gay colors, and mysterious
packages, some of which may con
tain the long-wlshed-for skates or
huge jack-knives. It is all enchant
ment, all the color of the rose, the
rainbow that spans their young lives
Not all the agony In the manger, all
the wonder of the story of the Star
of Bethlehem, of the following and
guiding of the wise men to the'lowly
crandle of the coming King; not all
the sad beauty of tho old, old story
can fully satisfy the juvenile heart
like these. But are we not children
of a larger growth? In spite of
the solemnity of the occasion, in spite
of its deep and tender meaning, the
gifts and goodies and merrymaking
are all dear to us, children in heart
as we are.
Numerous, indeed, are the hearts to
which Christmas brings a brief season
of happiness and enjoyment. How
many old recollections, and how
many dormant sympathies does
3hristmas time awaken? We write
these words now, many miles distant
from tho spot at which, year after
year, we met on that day a merry
and Joyous circle. Many of the
hearts that throbbed so gaily then
have ceased to beat; many of the
looks that have shone so brightly
then have ceased to glow; the hands
wd. .grasped have grown cold; the
eyes we sought have hid their lustre
In tho grave; and yet the old house,
tho- room, (he merry voices and smil
ing faces, the jest, the ,augh, the
mot minute and trivial circum
stances connected with those happy
moetings crowd upon our mind at
each recurrence of the season, as if
the last assemblage had been but
yesterday. Happy, happy Christmas,
that wins us back to the delusion of
our childish days; that can recall to
yf the old man the pleasures of his
-youth; that can transport the sailor
and the traveler thousands of miles
away, back to his own fireside and
bis quiet Mae.
It Is moro blossod to gtYe than to
rccolvo. It 1b likewise more expensive.
The January number of "Success"
has an article entitled "The End of
Cnnnonlem," and a companion piece
headed "Is President Taft Leader or
Follower of His Party?" Both these
articles bear the earmarks of having
been written by peoplo who have
spent more or less of their time
booming patent medicine, as the
first article Is along the line of mak
ing people think they have all the
ills life Is heir to, while the second
article gives tho usual convalescent
statics which have been gathered
from parties who have been doomed
to read the "Success" for the rest
of their natural life. They are call
ed tho "Auxiliary Editorial Board of
Life Subscribers." Both articles are
well written, and will fool a lot of
people. Just as any well written arti
cle will. In fact there are people
who would not be contented unless
there was somebody to fool them. It
is not a great while ago that Uncle
Joe was the Idol of the same fellows
who would now burn him at the
stake. When Uncle Joe first came
to Washington, he was' loved by
many of these same statesmen for
his unique draw-poker proclivities,
while the rest of them worshipped
him for his generous hospitality,
and his good Judgment In selecting a
brand of whiskey that was universal
ly liked. In fact, there was danger
at that time that this same crowd
would change the name of the Na
tion's Capitol to Canhonsburg, and
only Uncle Joe's Innate modesty, un
flinching determination, and his
reverence for the father of our coun
try broke up the plot to thus honor
him. Time is a good undertake
and all this love and admiration for
,the old gentleman has been burled,
and the crowd who strewed his path;
way with palms are now crying
" Crucify him." As Uncle Joe has
purchased a base ball team, for his
home town, we believe he has done
so in order that he can pervail upon
some of these reformers to act as
umpire in' games when town rivalry
is intensified.
CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE ARMY.
Christmas in the various forts
garrisoned by United States troops
never passes without a cut and dried
celebration. PreDaration for the
event is made long In advance
Every soldier knows that something
extra is going to be his, portion for.
that day. The Christmas dinner);
with savory extras in the way of
food, is not the only special provi
sion for the soldier's celebration."
There is a relaxation of the rigor of
military discipline, which to many
enlisted men is even more welcome'
than the turkey and cranberries.
On Christmas day the man in the
barracks may do pretty much as he
pleases.
But "pigs Is pigs," and soldiering
is soldiering, so it follows that a few.
of the men are shut out of the gen
eral hilarity of the holiday because
they must perform a soldier's duty
as on other days. Tho guard mount
is 'for Christmas as well as for all
other days, and military regulations
cannot forego this requirement, no
matter how much the victims may
growl under their blouses. Even
the extra dinner in the barracks,
while it is a rare treat to most of
the men, makes work for some of
them which is regarded in the army
as about the most calamitous detail
in the business.
Guard duty and kitchen work are
things studiously to be avoided by
the enlisted men. It Is not pleasant
for a soldier to be kept on guard,
walking a beat or pacing up and
down In front of headquarters when
the rest of the fellows are inside the
barracks singing songs, telling stor
ies, eating turkey or out on the par
ade ground playing baseball or doing
skylarking stunts. Accordingly the
experienced soldier makes it a point
to escape Christmas guard duty if
possible. There are several ways of
doing this. The first sergeant of the
company sometimes, it is hinted,
helps the veterans out by a passive
co-operation, which throws the bur
den of the day upon young recruits
who are passing their first Christ
mas in the service. He permitB the
old timers to swap dates for guard
duty with the recruits so that the
latter will find themselves detailed.
Santa Claus also comes to the sol
dier. This is true literally and fig
uratively. He comes through the
mails or the express companies in
the shape of boxes or packages from
the home folks. On his $13 a month
the soldier does not have much of a
surplus to spend In buying presents
to send home, but this fact does not
militate against his receiving me
mentoes from the old hearthstone.
It' is always an event in camp or bar
backs whon some man receives a
hefty package "Jes" 'fore Christ-
pas.- as a ruie, me contents are
shared with the soldier's cranies If
they happen to bo of the edible
variety and it any of tho cronies fall
to receive similar remembrances.
All orders promptly- filled at the
Maple City Green House, Both
phones.
SPECIAL lines ot uttful goods (or
Christmas gifts at Meaner ft Oo.'s
stores, -
Rot. W. H. BwifVs Address at New"!
Kogland Dinner. ,
The twenty-third annual dinner of
tho New England Society of North
eastern Pennsylvania was held at
Hotel Jermyn, In Scran ton, on Tues
day evening, Dec. 2 lot. Tho speak
ers were Chancellor Day of Syracuse
University; Hon. Charles R. Bruman
of Schuylkill county, Professors Per
rin and Bacon of Yale 'University
and Rev. Dr. Swift of Honesdafe,
whose address in part we print.
Honesdale was represented by Hom
er Greene, Historian of the Society,
Hon. Judge A. T. Searle, W. P. Suy-
dam, Dwlght Dorfllnger, Chas. P,
Searle, R. M. Stocker, Frank P.
Kimble, W. G. Blakney and John D.
Weston. Dr. Swift's subject was
"The Twentieth Century Puritan,"
and he took occasion to urge the New
Englanders to protect the ballot box.
He spoke in part as follows:
"We honor to-night the Pilgrim
and Puritan. Of course there is a
difference between them. If we were
living In Boston and failed to make
a distinction we would never be for
given. But the Pilgrim and Puritan
were not the only migrations. There
were others who wrote history on
these shores, and we have no desire,
not even to-night, to forget it. There
were Scotch and Scotch Irish, and
Irish too. There were Hollanders
and Hugenots, Cavaliers and Quak-
ers, the solid Pennsylvania Ger
mans, and the Welsh, of course.
"We are a composite people, will
be more truthfully so In the future.
Perhaps, more gloriously so, is true
to the highest Ideals, the Ideals of
the Pilgrim and Puritan, for It has
been well said 'God sifted a whole
nation, that he might send choice
grain into the wilderness." The
Puritan has been idealized, and cari
catured. The popular conception Is
mlrorred in the mythical Blue laws.
He had his unattractive side no
doubt. It may be that he repressed
in expression the warm sunny heart
side of his character. It may be that
few words of praise fell from his Hps,
that his manner was austere, some
times perhaps repelling, but the
attractiveness in the Puritans, as the
exterior of the gourd, the husk pro
tecting the seed from which sprung
the republic. Says John Fisk, 'Of all
migrations of people, the settlement
of New England is pre-eminently the
one in which the almighty dollar has
paid the smallest part, however im
portant it may have become as a
motive nower.' It was left for re
ligious enthusiasm to achieve whaf
commercial enterprise had failed to'
accomplish.' Whether it be true or
not that the Puritan migration was'
in the interest (intentionally so) o(
civil and religious liberty that lib-;
erty has been the result of the truth
he taught. As far back as 1648, one
hundred and thirty-eight years be
fore the declaration Independence
was signed at 'Philadelphia. Nookesi
In a sermon at-5 the opening of the
general conrjtVfsaid;. I'.Xbe. foundation;
of authority's lalfl in? the free lon
sent of the' pebplei" that the choice
of public magistrates belongs' unto
the people by God's own allowance;"
and that they who have, power to ap
point officers and magistrates have
the rights also to Bet the bounds and
limitations of -the power and place
into which .they call them.' And on
January 14th of the next 'year, the
freemen of three - towns assembled
at Hartford and adopted a written
constitution, says ivosKe: ii was
the first written constitution known
to history that created a govern
ment, and it marked the beginning of
American Democracy of which' Thos
Hooker deserves more than any other
man to be called the father. The
sentiment of the United States to-day
is in lineal descent more nearly re
lated to that of Connecticut than to
that of any other of the thirteen col
onies.
Is it at all strange that we stop
once a year for an evening to speak
of their worth, and trace back to
their source the influences that have
made us what we are? We do not
worship them, say some, but we re
vere them. We do not organize a
cultus; we accept an inspiration
With sublime unconsciousness they
were shaping institutions of which
they never dreamed and without
which we can neither understand nor
maintain them. Out of the struggles
and sacrifices of the past have come
the free state and the past have come
the free state, the free church, the
free school, and the free press. Let
us maintain them at any cost. The
Puritan of the seventeenth century
was characterized first ot all by tho
God consciousness. The eternal was
with him from morning 'till night,
every day, and that supremo fact
made life something tensely real and
.sacred, there is no greater used to
day. The twentieth century Puritan
may 'not be as austere as was his an
cestor, but he will not be an agnos
tic. He may not put tho emphasis
on God's sovereignity, but oftener
thinks of the divine fatherhood, yet
unless a degenerate son of heroic
ancestors' as Lowell calls him, he will
live on the same high plane. If the
cloud is not over his head, but the
sunshlno falls upon .his faco, still
his everyday life will feel the bap
tlsmal touch of the divine presence
and he will fear to do wrong. That
is a touching and heatening picture
drawn by the Wall street Journal
when It barks back to the best in the
Puritan character and by a few
Strokes of the pencil, tells the story
of the father priest of the house
hold gathering his family about him'
at. tho homo altar, as he asks the
divine blessing upon them all. Our
tread is softer and our lives less
sordid as we read It. Is there 'any
better preparation for the day than
kneeling before the great white'
throne?"
Dt Swift dwelt at length upon the
feed tor elyio rlgateousaeM ana ntd
a powerful appeal to the sons ot Pur
itans and Pilgrims to take.a stand on
tho right side. , Ho said In this con
nection: "I would not speak ono word of
criticism of the splendid movoment
on tho part of our laymen to belt the
globe with tho sun of righteousness.
It thrills mo as does no other. But I
do plead with all my soul that more
shall be done by our laymen to mako
tho city a safe place In which to live.
To mould public sentiment along
civic lines, to marshal tho forces that
mako for righteousness and send
them out onto the firing line and to
take the foreigners now at our very
doors and by an infusion ot tho prin
ciples of a holy religion transform
them into intelligent, law-abiding
citizens. Instead of sitting on the
grandstand watching perhaps, criti
cising the team on the gridiron as it
makes the play and kicks the goal
for us, every sovereign citizen ought
to be at tho very center of the mass
play as with muscles like knots of
steel we throw ourselves into the
struggle against vice and corruption.
Every interest that makes for the
best home lifo and community life
must be protected and made dynamic
The ages ot law must be held before
capital and Its rights restricted and
safe guarded. But labor must also
have its share of the harvest and be
guaranteed all the rights of liberty
under a fair interpretation of the
constitution.
"I sneak the highest not of optim
ism, there are many allies in the
conflict. One of the most powerfi
influences that is almost always on
the side of the public weal and
against wrong doers, Is the public
press, to Vhlch we owe more than
we can tell the daily papers and the
monthly magazines are stirring the
conscience of the American citizen
ship as never before! We face the
dawn of a fairer, brighter day. There
are men who fearlessly, unselfishly
at any personal cost are throwing
their splendid manhood into the fight
against corruption at the source ol
power the ballot box, thaf ought to
be as sacred as the sacrament. Keep
the battle above the clouds, gentle
men. Let it be fought not in the in
terest of partisanship, but ideal citi
zenship and untarnished franchise.
There are men who believe the laws
were made to protect the people and
to punish wrong, and who stand like
Gibraltar against the forces of evil.
Men who are a great moral power,
whose influence is state wide, jurists
like our distinguished guest, Judge
Brumm, and Judge Henry A. Fuller,
of Luzerne county; men like the un
compromising fearless Chas. E.
Hughes, Governor of New York.
Great Bend Fostofflco Robbed.
Daring- "yeggmen" robbed the
Great Bend postofllce Monday even
ing of $250 in stamps and cash.- The
extreme boldness with which -the
men worked resulted, in the success
of the robbery. .
A large pane of glass, in the front
of tho building was cut out shortly
after 8 o'clock, thus affording en
trance. Quite a few people were passing to
and fro on Main street at this hour
but no one noticed the robbers at
work. ,
.Postmaster Trowbridge bad left
'the postofllce but a few minutes be
fore the robbery. The robbers work
ed with all deftness, displaying
perfect knowledge of the interior oi
the building.
It was but shortly after the rob
bers had disappeared under . the
friendly cover of v;arkness that the
postmaster returned from his errand
and discovered the rifled money and
stamp drawers.
The authorities were notified, also
the officers at Susquehanna, and oth
er towns along the line. 'Phone mes
sages apprised the postal authorities
at Scranton of the robbery, and the
officials at once took up the work of
running down the fugitives.
The fact that tho robbery was dis
covered before the "yeggmen" had
opportunity to gain much of a start
leads to the hope that they may be
captured.
After the robbery several residents
of this place remembered suspicious
characters loitering about the vicin
ity of the postofllce during the morn
ing and afternoon. It is believed
that the Individuals were tho rob
bers, who were familiarizing them
selves with the location of the post-
office.
It Is the belief of the officials that
the "yeggs" were experts. This is
substantiated by their mode of oper
ation and clever get away. There
are several railroads within easy dis
tance of Great Bend, either one of
which the robbers could have taken
to escape. Railroad detectives at all
stations were ordered to be on the
lookout.
DID NOT SEEK ASSISTANCE.
Parties Purporting to bo Friends of
Maglosklo Family in Prompton
Secured Money From Local
Men.
For the past few days' parties have
been soliciting aid from the local
business men of Carbondale on the
pretext that it was for a family nam
ed Magloskle in Prompton, Last
week Frank Magloskle was killed and
the parties on tho pretension of be
ing close friends of the Maglosklo
family placed before the .merchants
they visited a very pathotlc story and
painted the circumstances of the be
reaved family in such' a pitiful man
ner that a substantial sum was col
lected in a very short time.
Frank Hollonback, for whom Mr,
Magloskle had worked, heard of the
parties soliciting aid and knowing
that the circumstances of the Mag-
Joskle family were not such as to
roqulre contributions from the pub
lic, he decided to investigate the mat
ter thoroughly, After making lit-
qulries at the. Maglosklo " home he
learned that tho parties who secured
money in that city, representing
themselves as frionds of tne Mag
losklo family, were Impostors and
that no ono naa been authorized or
sent out to solicit contributions. The
death of Mr. Maglosklo laBt week
was a severe shock to the family and
the news that parties purporting to
be frlendB were using such despicable
means of obtaining money is very
much regretted by them,' and they
sincerely hope that the parties will
bo arrested and severely punished.
A Week's Engagement.
The Price and Butler' Company at
the Lyric, commencing Tuesday, Dec.
28th, is one of the strongest popular
priced attractions on the road. Their
plays are all new this season, many
of which have enjoyed metropolitan
success and the management has,
spared no expense to duplicate the
same. In conjunction with their
dramatic offerings, high class vaude
ville acts will be Introduced. The
opening play Is .a beautiful sensa
tlonal comedy drama with special
scenery, entitled "A Neglected Wife,
On Tuesday night ladies will be en
titled tothe best seats in the house
for fifteen cents.
Moving Day at tho North Polo.
Confusion reigns In Polarland,
Where Santa Claus holds sway;
A hundred thousand million toys
Are boxed to send away,
And Mrs. Claus and Santa too
Are worried half to death
And have no time to eat or sleep,
And scarce to draw their breath,
While all the children .cry and squall
And fill the air with woe,
For mortal men have reached the
Polo,
And Santa has to go.
The factory is miles around,
And made of hardened snow,
And all of Santa's helpers there
Are little Esquimaux,
Who paste and cut and saw
To make a hobbyhorse, a sled,
A book, a game, a Teddybear,"
A little dolly's bed.
They see to work so skillfully
Throughout the Arctic nights
Because the place is all equipped
With patent "Northern Lights."
Now, strange as it may seem to you,
Poor Santa Claus is shy,
And so is Mrs. Santa Claus
I'm sure I can't tell why,
So, though they love the children
well
And like to see them play,
When grown-ups como too near to
them
The Clauses move away.
And as there is no spot on earth
Where men can never go,
The planet Mars will be the future
home
Of " Claus & Co."
But though he soon, will live on
Mars,
Up in the sky so blue,
To children whom he loves on earth
Old Santa will be true;
And when next Christmas comes
around
He surely will appear,
Though in an airship he will ride,
Instead of sledge and deer.
He'll leave his presents and be gone
before the peep of light,
To bring good cheer to little ones
And mako their Christmas bright.
Special Holiday Cash Sale.
Brass Beds,' full size, 2 inch post $15.
Quartered Oak Sideboard, Canopytop, three Mirrors,
worth, $42., only $29.
Quartered Oak Buffet, Mirror back $15.
China Closet, bent glass ends, $15.
PARLOR SUITS
5 piece Parlor Suit, Upholstered in Silk Velour
at $28.
Parlor Suit, Loose (Cushions, Upholstered in Silk
Velours, $24.
Telephone and Telegram ordera promptly attended to at
BROWN'S
FURNITURE STORE
City
Green Houses, Both phones.
PHOTOGRAPITR tflVnn t,r tn mA
ineludlnr W6dnosdn-r. nan finish
ed for Xmas, at Charlosworth's
studio. JiatS.-
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BEKJ. H.DITTRICn. Lessee A Manager
MONDAY Dec. 27
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Prices : 50-75-1.00 and 1.50
W SEAT SALE opens at tbe Box Offlco
at 9:00 u. ra., Friday Dec. 21th.
CIGARS TO SWEAB BY
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No matter what you pay
for a box of cigars select
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every one a leader, you
'get the best that can be
had for the money.
A particular smoker ap
preciates nothing more
than a box of GOOD, CI
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Our brands are selected
from the best sellers this
world oyer and are second
to none In Quality and
Variety.
Imported, Clear Hava
na, Porto RIcan & Domes
tic from 48 cts. for a box
of 12, to $5.25 for a box
of 25.
Nothing fancy
Just Good Cigars.
F. W. SCHUERH0LZ
THE CIGAR MAN
041 Main Street.
OUR six foot show case full of
Ladles' and Gent's Gold and Gold
Filled Watches. Three hundred dif
ferent designs to select from.
SOMMER, The Jeweler.
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