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It gives relief at once oven in the worst cases, and can't help but do you good. Gro ver's City drug store. James McDermott, of Plttston, a con ductor on the Lehigh Valley road, stepped off his train at the Coxton yards and was run down by an engine from the rear and his body cut In two. The deceased was widoly known and a rep resentative man in the Brotherhood. DeWitt's Little Early • Risers are dainty little pills, but they never fail to cleanse the liver, remove obstructions and invigorate the system. Grover's City drug store. Application for pardon for John Mc- Coolick, who is serving a sentence for second degree murder, has been refused by the state board. A rehearing has been granted the application of James Hendricks, on the same charge. Both men are from this county. The most effective little liver pills made are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They never gripe. Grover's City drug Store. | Kissing ti\c Cattle. | % A Queer Montenegrin Custom. fe it PHEASANTS of tile mountains of Montenegro have a peculiar IMMAij Christmas eve custom. After j'jifcil'li the Yule log has been lighted the head of the house and the son who acts as the shepherd of the sheep flock go to the stables with candles and light up each corner of the Interior alternately. Then they return to the door, and as each holds his candle high the animals are driven In one by one. The household wife then sprinkles a little wine over the oldest female of each of the different species of live stock and, having done this, kisses the untmal on the head. This Is n unique Christmas practice, nnd antiquarians have been able to find no reason for it nor have they been able to set the time when it began. The kissing ceremony over, the fam ily "clucks" like a hen and "cheeps" like a chicken. This Is said certainly to Insure a plentiful lncreaso of the fowls during the coming year. It should have been said that before the lire Is lighted the Iron shovel nnd the poker arc hidden away. The Christ mas Are must be stirred only with a piece of wood. As soon as a piece fulls from the end of the burning Yule log one of the sons of the family picks the bit up In his teeth nnd at the Imminent dan ger of being burned carries It thus Into the yard and there drops It. Now of a certainty no witches can get In dur ing the Christmas festivities. The cnrcass for the Christmas feast —sheep, pig or goat—ls roasted whole. In carving It no rib of the creature must be broken. Otherwise a dire ca lamity Is In store for the family. A cake Is baked on the hearth, nnd as soon as the spot where It was cooked Is cool each member of the family puts his baro foot on the place and Is thus Insured agulnst blistered feet for a year. When writing of Saxon Christmas legends nnd odd Christmas ceremonials one writes In the past almost wholly. In the Black mountnln region the old time customs are the customs of to day, and time seems to have been un able to change their Infinite variety. Plnm Pnddlnir. Chop three-quarters of n pound of suet very flue and mix with the suet one-eighth of n pound of bread crumbs. Beat the yolks of five and the whites of three eggs light and add them to the crumbs and suet, with half a pound of powdered sugar. Have three-quarters of a pound of dried currants and the same amount of raisins weighed after they are seeded. Sift over the fruit one-quarter of a pound of flour and stir this Into the other Ingredients. Add one-quarter of a dessertspoouful of snlt, one-quarter of a pound of candled orange and lemon peel finely chopped, one-sixteenth of a pound of blanched and chopped almonds and one-quarter of an ounce of pulverized cloves nnd cinnamon mixed. Add one glass of brandy nnd one nutmeg grated. Beat the mixture very thoroughly before putting It Into a buttered mold or cloth and let It boll steadily eight hours. Serve with burning brandy and two sauces. The Christmas Wishbone. The wishbone of the Christmas tur key Is a favorite means of divination In Virglnlu, where It Is called the fortune bone. Two unmarried persons, each taking hold of one end of the bone, pull against each other until the bone breaks. The one who gets the shorter end will be the first of the two to mar ry. Further divination Is by placing the short cud of the boue over the door. The first unmarried person of the opposite sex who walks under the bone Is supposed to be the future wife or husband of the person to whom the bone belongs. Itoaat Duck. For a small Christmas dinner a pair of tender ducklings may be substituted for the regulation turkey. A very tasteful dressing is made by mixing a minced onion that has been fried In butter with two cupfuls of crumbs, a tttblespoonful of butter and half a cup ful of thick, stewed tomatoes. Season highly. Baste every few minutes and roast rare. Skim tha fat from the gravy In the pan, odd flie stewed gib lets and thicken and season. A tart Jellylike currant or plum or spiced plums should accompany it The Valetlde Cigar. Wives whose husbands sinokc are again reminded In view of the ap proach of Christmas that the man who smokes Intelligently would rather re ceive one cigar costing 25 cents than a hundred costing 50 cents. We sound this note of warning merely In the In terests of peace and good will. ' O happy bells, through coming years We hear in your glad sending The message still of peace, good will, All jarring discords blending! O bells of God, ring on, our souls To grander action nerving, Till all our days are Christmas days Of living and of serving. —Caroline A. Dugan. A YULETIDE DAINTY. srlgin of the I'lnm Pudding: Wan a Monslrons Saunage, In many parts of England candles are put in the windows on Christmas eve, and the village seems Illuminated, the Inhabitants little suspecting that this usage Is thousands of years old and had its origin in the fact that ev ery devout lire worshiper kindled a fresh fire on his hearthstone on the eve of the sun god's festival and open ed his doors and windows, too, if he had any, to let the blaze shine out into the darkness. The Christmas carol is a relic of the songs once sung In honor of the sun; the Christmas pudding a reminder of the giant globular sausages made of that shape in honor of the sun and served to our lusty ancestors at this Joyful season. Beef, mutton, pork, tish, anything that was handy, entered into the composition of these mon strous wursts. A hash of all meats that could be procured was mixed with flour and boiled in the largest pot belonging to the establishment. Steam ing hot, it was placed on a great plat ter, a bowl of honey was poured over It, a sprig of mistletoe adorued Its sum mit, and in solemn state it was borne from kitchen to dining hall. Sometimes a chief distinguished him self at Yuletide by preparing puddings of enormous size, and are ou record where these festival dainties were carried by four men, preceded by a couple of pipers and followed by a procession of cooks, pot washers and scullions, who flourished spoons and spits In token of their craft and ex pected to be rewarded for their labors by gratuities from the guests. I Christmas Menu. Oysters Served on Half ShelL *5 Consomme. ' Olives. Almonds. >£ Fish, Continental, Oyster Sauce. g Browned Potatoes. Turkey. Cranberry Molds. Creamed Cauliflower. 5 Celery, Mayonnaise. Wafers. Pumpkin Pie. White llou3e Ice Cream. Cocoanut Pointleta. i'' Steamed Raisins. Bonbons. ; Crab Cider. Coflee. J5 SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS. Festival Not So Popular as In Some Countries. In Scotland they wish one another "a merry Christmas," like the rest of Christendom, and exchange gifts, but the festival of the Nativity has not been popular among the Scottish peo ple, at least since the reformation, says the Chicago Record. It Is only in re cent years that Christmas has begun to be regarded as a holiday to be observed with religious and social rites. The winter festivities In Scotland in the olden time consumed fully six weeks before the sun entered Capricorn and turned again with light giving power In Its apparent course. The advent of the winter was mark ed by the Halloween celebration. This was for many years one of the most distinctive and widely observed of Scottish festivals, especially among the rural residents, who practiced with great fidelity divers superstitious rites associated with it. But the picturesque side of the festival Is now a thing of the past The Yule festival, a remnant of the old pagan rites paid to the great Scandinavian god Thor, is now repre sented by the Christmas roast turkey and plum pudding, which have found their way from the south across the border, and during the Christmas fort night much charming hospitality Is dispensed In iiouse and hall. A happy spirit is abroad, and rich and poor are more or less affected by it Christmas Toys. The great toy center of the world Is Bavaria. From the towns of Nurem berg, Fuerth and Sonncberg come nine tenths of the toys made In Europe. The famous French doll Is made In Nuremberg, as are also mnny flue me chanical contrivances, such as walking dogs and cats and other animals with natural fur, which, according to popu lar supposition, are the direct output of the French capital. They are a picturesque people, these toymakers. Whole families and colo nies of them are engaged In toymnk tng. A father makes doll heads, for in stance, and the other members of the family paint the fentures, nlllx the wig and assemble the parts of the body. The decorative painting on toy china ware, wooden toys and blown glass Christmns tree ornaments Is done al most exclusively by children. StafflnK For Docks. Chop the liver line and saute In a ta blespoonful of hot butter with a table spoonful of chopped onion. Mix with four ounces of bread (a fourth of a loaf) and a fourth of a cupful of butter melted lu a fourth of a cupful of hot water. Add one tablespoonful of pars ley chopped fine and the beaten yolk of an egg. Old Time Superstitions. Decorations of evergreens lor tem ples and houses during the winter months were popular among the Ro mans and Druids, who practiced it for the same reason, In order to give aid to the dryads and wood spirits, who must die unless they bad the shelter of their native foliage. Christmas Notes. Christmas greens proper are the hol ly, mistletoe, laurel. Ivy and pine. ¥ew and cypress are unlucky except for churches. Christmas wreaths may be allowed to remain until Ash Wednesday pro vided they do not wither. The turkey is a native of America, hut has becD popular in England for over 300 years. CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY; THE DATE DEFINITELY SETTLED BY POPE JULIUS. RnrJy Christian** Incorporated Many I'nKan Customs In Its Celebration. Ortfgln of the Name of the Festival. Customs and Superstitions. TIHERE is something akin to sadness in the fact that in i _ ■ tracing the origin of many of ur church festivals we find it in pagan celebrations antedating the Christian era, writes M. E. Munroe in the New York Home Journal. There Is nothing certain even about the birth day of Christ. Some authorities Meert that December was in the rainy when no shepherds could have been "watching their flocks by night." Oth ers claim that it was in the dry season, when shepherds were on duty day and night. In the controversy over the date, extending from December to May, Pope Julius (337-352) had an investiga tion made by St. Cyril and was satis fied that the 25th of December was cor rect. It was so established in the Ro man church, and before the end of the fourth century the dictum was univer sally accepted. This acceptance was made easier be cause the date was that of the great festival of the winter solstice, the sat urnalia, which was celebrated in all parts of the world from Dec. 25 to Jan. t>. At that season houses, temples and shrines were profusely decorated with evergreens, holly, laurel and sometimes Ivy. No mistletoe was used in the dec orations on account of the Druidical superstitious regarding Its peculiar and dangerous power. One of these super stitions, however, has become the her itage of all ages: Those who kiss under the mistletoe bough Together will walk to the altar. The early Christians incorporated as many pagan customs as possible with their celebrations and festivals as a matter of expediency, and In the Ro man saturnalia, with its decorations, its Yule log, its candles and tinsel laden trees and gifts, there was much that even today forms part of our cere monial. During the saturnalia all restraint was removed, and the stemming of the tide was so nearly impossible that It is not hard to realize the difficulties the Christians had in weeding out the evils of tills festival before it became our festival of Christmas, so called from the Christ mass, which was celebrated on Dec. 25. Our Christmas carol was I A CIIRISTMAB KVK CUSTOM IN HOLLAND. originally a hymn to Saturn, for one of the principal features of the saturnalia was the singing of hymns of praise to the gods Saturn and Itacchus, and the composers of odes In their honor were richly rewarded. Even the family banquet, so dear to our hearts, is a relic of the bacchanalian era. Various were the early superstitions in different countries, the most curious being In Scandinavia, lu the German Alps it was held that on Christmas eve "cattle fell on their knees in adoring worship," being given the power of speech during that one night, but woe to the person who overheard or listen ed to their converse, for the reaper Death would surely find him, let him hide as he would, before seven days were passed. Maidens thought to find the key which would unlock the door to their future life, and especially among the peasantry of Poland was full reliance placed upon the result of these mystic rites. Among Christmas eve customs one in Holland is of exceeding interest In all the towns and villages at the midnight hour the men In varied costumes meet in the principal squares chanting the "Gloria In Excelsls." IToud is the man selected by vote to be the "star bear er." A large star in which are several lighted candles all shining as one is mounted on one end of a long pole. This star is symbolical of the star that guided the three kings to Bethlehem, and the effect of its light In the dark and winding streets at the head of the long procession of men slowly march ing to the music of the "Gloria In Ex celsls" sung in chorus is deeply im pressive. A sumptuous supper is serv ed after the devotions are ended, and thus Christmas day begins. Christmas eve everywhere was the beginning of Christmas joys. In Ger many the old customs still prevail to a great extent. The Christmas tree, with its gifts, fallowed by a grand supper, has long neld its own on Christmas eve, Christmas day being spent in pay ing and receiving visits and talking over the exteut of Santa Claus' atten tions. Merry Christmas*. When Old Christmas brought his sports again, 'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft would cheer The poor man's heart through hcJf the year. —Scott. For the Holidays Buy Something Useful! 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LEAVE FKKELAND. 6 12 u ra for Weatlierly, Munch Chunk, Alientown, Bethlehem, Euston, Phila delphia and New York. 7 40 a ni for Suudy liun, White HUTCH, Wilkca-liar re, Pittstou und Scruutou. 8 18 R ui lor Hazleton, Muhuuoy City, Sliunuinioab, A bill and. Wcutheily, Muucli Ctiunk, Allcutown, Bethlehem, Eusion, Philadelphia und ,Nrw York. J 30 a in lor liuzletou, Muhuuoy City, olieu undoun, ait. Curmel, Shuinokiu and Pottsville. 12 14 l' ui lor Suudy Hun, White Iluvcn, VV llkcs-Burre, buraulou und uli points 1 20 p ni for Weutherly, Muuch Chunk, Al- Joutowu, Uctlilehcm, Eubton, Phiiudcl pliia HIHI i\ew 1 ork. 4 42 p ui lor Huziolou, Muhanoy City, Shen undouh, Mi. Curmel, Shumokin nnd I'ottbviile, Weutherly, Muuch Chunk, Alientown, llcthluhcm, Eustou, l'hila dciphiu und New York. 8 34 P in lor Sandy Hun, White Hareti, W'ilkea-llurrc, ocrautou und all points w est. 1 29 P in lor Hazleton, Muhuuoy City, Sheu andouh, Ml. Curinel and Shuiuokiu. 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KEITH, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pa. 1 A HE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND SCUTJYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect April 18, 1897. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eekloy, Hazle Brook, Stockton, Heaver Meadow Itoud, Koun and Hazleton Junction at 6 80, Gto a in, daily Aeopi Sunday; und 7 03 a ui, 2 JIB p m, Sunday. I rums leave Driiton lor Harwood,Cranberry, _i J ouihieken and Deriuger at 5 iJU, 6 UU a m, daily W* except Sunday; and < Ui a m, 238 p m, Sun- Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, durwood itoud, Humboldt Koud, Oneida and rhepptou at GOO u m, daily excopt Sun day; aud i 03 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday. 1 rains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 6 35 a 'U, daily except Sunday; and 8 68 a m, 4 22 p m, •unday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Itoud, Humboldt Itoud, Oneida and Sbeppton at u 82,11 10 am, 4 41pm, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 3 11 p m, suuday. Trains leave Deringer for Tom hick *n, Cran berry, Hai wood, Hazleton Junction and 'loan ut 2 25, 6 40 p m, daily except Sunday; and 'J 37 a ID, 5 07 p ra, Sunday. Trains leave Sbeppton for Oneida, Humboldt Itoad, Harwood Itoud, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and Koan at 7 11 am, 12 40, 622 p m, daily except Sunday; und 8 11 a m, 3 44 p ui, Sunday. Trains leave Sbeppton for Heaver Meadow Koud, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eckley. Jeddo und Driiton ut 5 22 p m, daily, except Sunday; aud 8 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow lioud, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 5 45, 620 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 5 40 p m. Sunday, All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with oleotric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesvllle, Auden ried and other points on the Traction Com pany's line. Trains leaving Drifton at 6 30,6 00 a m mako ?2R" yc £ lon Ht Deringer with P. 11. it. trains for wilkesbarrc, Sunbury, Harrisburg aud points west. For the accommodation of passengers at. way stations between Hazleton Junction and Der inger, a tram will leave the former point at 360 p m, daily, except Sunday, arriving at Doringer at 6 00 p m. LUTHEtt C. SMITHt Superintendent*