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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23

The operation of the Marriage Lii
eense Act is leading to various trou-
bles. In this city a colored citizen
was refused a license because he
could not tell his age. In Tioga
luckless swain, having travelled thir-
" miles in order to get the consent
OF the commonwealth, was refused
because De did not bring his girl
along, and in his excusable anger
swore that he would go to New York
to get married. In Bradford county
a groom sent his father for the COW
eted document, and did not get it,
the clerk refusing to deal with prOx-
les. In all these cases the officiat-
ing clerks, IN their anxiety to com.
ply with the statute, probably over
shot the mark. There is no reason
why a third party who can make
the necessary oath should not get
certificate. there being no other legal
hindrance. The colored man who
did not know bis age should not
have been debarred Of matrimony
in the vicinage if he looked to be
old enough, and could swear to his
probable age. The license act was
not intended to binder proper mar
riages. 1t aims solely to make i'm
proper marriages more difficult TO
bring about.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
Married People Would be Happier.

If home troubles were never told
to neighbor.
If expenses were proportioned to
receipts.
If they tried to be as agreeable as
in courtsEip days.
If each would trv to be a support
and comfort TO each other.
If each would remember the other
was human being. not an angel.
If each was a king TO the other as
when they were lovers.
If fuel and provisions were laid
in during the high tide of summer
work.
If both parties remembered that
they married for worse SIS well as for
better.
If men were as thoughtful as for
their sweethearts.
If there were fewer silk and velvet
street costumes, and more plain, tidy
house dressing.
If men would remember that
woman cannot be always smiling
who has to cook the dinner. answer
the bell half dozen times, and get
rid of a ne'ghhor who has dropped
in: tend sick baby. tie up the cut
finger Of six-year-old on skates and
get an eight year old ready for
school. A woman with all this to
contend with may claim it as a
privilege to look and feel a little
tired sometimes. and word of SYM
pathy would not be too much 10 ex-
act from the man who, during the
honeymoon. would not let her carry
as much as a sunshade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
Mistietoe for Missing Purposes.

No English lady considers herhome
decorations for Christmas complete
until sprig of mistletoe, no mat
ter how small, is hung over one of
the doors inside the house. Upon
this day IF a gentleman discovers
a lady standing under the mistletoe,
he has a right to kiss her," If this
ancient and honorable custom be-
comes as popular in America as il
has been for centuries in Europe, it
will be largely due to the Emporia
(Fla.) Gazette, which, by the way,
is published in Volusia county,
Florida, which is famous for its
summery winters and orange groves;
for this Journal has prepared pack
ages OF mistletOe-a parasite and a
native OF Florida-which it will send
to any address upon receipt Of FIVE
two-cent stamps 10 cover postage,
etc. The Gazette has published a
Florida Catechism," which gives
full and accurate information upon
all subjects of interest to tourists and
settlers, which it will mail to any
applicant, with a sample copy of its
paper, upon receipt of two twO-cent
stamps.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
Christmas Customs.

Eat, drink and be merry, would
seem to be an appropriate motto for
the festal holiday season, and the
hospitable home is garlanded With
Christmas greens and the hustle of
social entertainment pervades every
nook and corner. 1t is a gala time
with the children, who are on the
tip toe of happy expectation, for
Santa Claus never forgets his little
people, but always brings them some
good thing, and the Christmas tree
will surely be on hand with its foIi-
age rich and rare, a happy custom,
for which we are indebted to the
Z" Faderland.
Over the sea there's a wonderful tree;
We heard Of it first in Germany,
But now old England gathers Is fruit.
And here in our soil it has taken root"
In some homes four Christmas
trees, one III each corner of big
room, are used. The parents have
one corner, the older children one,
the babies the third corner, and the
servants the fourth. A German
Cnristmas combines religious fes-
tival with the gift-giving. The chill
dren are taken in to see the illumin-
ated tree, but not to receive anything
from its well laden boughs until
they have sung the sweet Christmas
carols of their country. They all sit
at the base of the tree in their little
quaint costumes, their soft hair neat
ly disposed OF in Margurite braids
and their round, grave faces shining
with expectancy, for however rrif-
ling the gift Kriss Kringle brings
they are taught to be thankful, and
they are sure of white sugar apple,
with one very red side to it, and a
waxy green stem, the only part of 1t
they may not eaten.
There are no waits-boy singers
to rouse US at midnight here, with
their weird, sweet, carol singing, and
their clamor for gifts.
God rest you merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For Jesus Christ. our Savior,
Was born on Christmas Day
But the bells chime at midnight
and ring out the old tender story
that eighteen hundred years ago the
Chaldean shepherds started on its
mission of peace, and everybody
makes merry in his or her approved
way.
1t is in England that Christmas
has its full value. There it is both
a holy day and holiday. The roast
beef of old England and the plum
pudding of national reputation are
renowned in story aud song.
'' They serve up venison, salmon and wild
bOars.
By hundreds, dozens. and by scores,
Hogsheads Of honey, kilderskins ofmustari,
Plum puddings, pancakes, apple-pies and
eustards.
The boar's head enwreathed with
rosemary is the professional dish of
the old manorial halls and the Ok
ford feasts and is borne in with sol
emn state upon its decorated platter
The Christmas goose is a favOrite
dish of the common people, turkey
being more Of a New Years treat.
Christmas week is a season of jollity
and hospitality, and a elimination
of all the blessings is reserved for
the day itself.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23

hen-house, fully persuaded that she
to whom the cock crows In response
will be first married or, not content
with this, names four onions after
her several suitors and determines
which will be the favored wooer By
the one which sprouts before Twelfth
Night; The Russian girls place each
ber separate heap of grain on the
floor, and know that the owner of
whichever the cock selects to eat
from will be first a wife. In all
countries venturesome maidens have
peered alone into the glass, or, more
courageous still, into well at Christ
mas midnight, hoping to see the face
of him who is to rule their lives.
The Yule log has been beset with
Christmas superstitions and observ-
ances ever since those Scandinavian
feasts inhonor of the god Thor.
Old feuds were forgotten, as the Ii
quor bubbled in the wassail bowl
amid singing and dancing. 1t was
secured, charred and brought home
long before and carefully lighted
with a brand from that of last year,
which was carefully preserved as
charm against fire. Indeed, in York
shire. a portion of it thrown upon
the fire was supposed to have the
power of allaying storms. In France
cherry, plum and oak are the woods
chosen. and, sprinkled with salt and
water, many healing properties are
ascribed to them. In Devonshire it
is formed of ash faggots bound to-
gether, and for every crack in burn
ing the master Is supposed to fur
nish an additional draught of beer
or cider.
Travellers raised their hats TO the
Yule log as it was brought in, and it
was considered a bad omen if
squirting person, hat-footed woman,
or any one with bare feet entered
while it was burning. All who
helped to bring it in were guaranteed
against spells of every kind. Ii fea-
sible, it might be kept lighted TIL
Candlemas day, when ali Christmas
decorations must be swept away. for
as many leaves as are left so many
goblins will appear and death in
the house or family is sure to ensue.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
A CHRISTMAS SONG.
It came upon the midnight eleaE,

1t came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song Of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps Of gold;
s.Peace on the earth, goodwill TO men
From Heavens aIl-gracious kr-g"
The world In solemn stiffness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their Heavenly music floats
Ger all the weary world:
Above its sad and lonely plains
They bend on lowering wing,
And ever Ger its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
But with the woes OF sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath .he angel strains have rolled
Two thousand years Of wrong
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring;
Oh, hush the noise, We men of STRIFE,
And hear the angels sing
And We, beneath LIES crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toll along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow,
Look now for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh, rest beside the weary road,
And hear the angels sing!
For 10, the days are fastening on,
BY prophet-bards foretoid,
When, with the eyer-circling years,
Comes round the age OF gold;
When Peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendor fling,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
WHOLE NO. 1877,

/ have traced them there, but can
not believe IL"
"Yes, my boy answered Joe,
"they are all there together. The
Lord be praised for this night Of
peace and forgiveness"
With one bound the young man
was at his fathers door. We heard
the heavy night bolts drawn back
and the figure of the old butler ap-
peared in the doorway. Instinc.
lively We turned away and walked
down the street At that moment
midnight chimed from neighbor.
ing church tower, and merry peais
of bells rang out welcome to the
glorious Christmas morn.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
A Years DepredatIone on the Mails.

The chief postoffice inspector, Mr..
W. A. West, in his annual report to
the Postmaster General, states that
529 arrests were made by postosice
inspectors, 179 were convicted in
United States courts, SIX in State
courts, and 232 await trial. and the
other cases were variously disposed
OF. During the year 450 postoffices
were robbed, 256 burned and 80 pos
tai cars burned 4.259 cases were
investigated and disposed of 4,912
made up and referred to inspectors
OF the cases referred, actual loss oc-
cured in but five hundred. Dur
ing the year s15, 200 was collected
from all sources by postoffiee in
spectors, and $4,000 was returned
to the rightful owners. Inspectors
recovered and turned into the
Treasury from delinquent ex-post-
masters the sum Of SIS, ,352.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23

1t was a witty Frenchman who,
on visiting Germany. exclaimed in
horror: Three hundred religions
and only one Gravy :"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
PRICE 81 90.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
How 10 Make Them So-Keep them I'm
Health, and They will NIKE Care OF
the Rest,

The Joy OF every well-regulated household
comes chiefly from the children. Thousands OF
aectionate parents do not take care of their chill
dren. Through ignorance more than cuipable
neglect they suffer them to fall sick and DIE
when knowledge might have saved them to love
and home. Dr. David KENNEDY offers his
:. Favorite Remedy - as emphatieally medicine
fer the ehildren-gentle in its action. containing
no harmful ingredient srheferer, going straight
10 the Blood. which, when impure, is the seat and
soprcc of disease. Favorite Rmedy" is the
friend of chill hood, and should be faund In every
nursery in the land. Keep 1t in year house ior
vour chiIdren's sake, as well as for your own Iry
IL and you Will be glad you saw this article
Make no mistakes The medicine Is :. Fayorite
Remedy and the proprietUrs name and address
DR.. David KENNEDY, Rond6ut, N Y. One dol
lar n bottle.
GOOD W ords for . good thtng.-Dr. Da
yid Keunedy's :. Favoriie Remedy Is exactly
what n claims u be- and deserves the praises that
are showerei upon Il by AL who have USED II M
Israel II Snyder of Saugerties. n. y. says; My
ii,,Ie daughter was covered with Salt Rheum from
head to foot DR. Kennedy's 'Favcrite Remedy
cured her This WAS two years ago
NE are NOT in the HGbit of PuGiRg any sort Of
pa;ent medicines ia our columns. but we happen
10 know Dr. David Kennedy. OF Rondouf, n Y,
and can personally testify TO the excellence OF the
medicine " hieh the Doctor calls : Fay0rite KEN
edy' And II word Of ours VIII persuade any
bodv TO use It and thus find relief from suffering
NO professional etiquette shall hinder as from say
ing that wlrd. For diseases Of the blood, kidneys
az, l.,xeis II has no equal. We would not be
withect IL for i've times the dollar that II COSTS
Daily Times. Troy. y. \.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
Winter thunder
Rich mans food and
Poor mans hunger.

The people of Krons, on the Mo-
selle, wrap a wheel in straw and,
rolling 1t down hill on fire, augur
whether they are to have good vim
tage. 1t is supposed to be favorable
if il reaches the river alight. Straw,
strewn as it used to be in churches
at Christmas time. was deemed the
best preventative against sleepless-
ness and the best protection for fruit
trees.
Christmas charms and love oracles
have peculiar efficacy. While the
German maiden melts wax into wa
ter through the end of key. hop
ing thereby to discover the form of
her future husband or, with her
companions, taps at the door of the
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-12-23
CHRISTMAS ,UPERsTITIONs.
Popular Ideas Connected With the
"HaIiowed and Gracious Time

Christmas superstitions take many
forms. Though the day was Eot
much observed in Scotland it used
to be considered unlucky to spin, as
causing cattle to go mad and lame.
Bread baked On Christmas Eve is
said never to grow mouldy. 1ule
dough kept unbroken through the
year is a preservative against fire
and sword and the NOrmans thought
from mad dogs also. The crumbs
kept till spring and mixed with corn
the Danes and Poles give as a med
icine for horses and cattle. To this
day, in many parts of Wales, Christ
mas puddings are boiled, one Tor
each of the apostles except lscarlOt.
The last is ooly to be eaten as the
year is up to insure good luck. In
Devonshire hot cake dipped IN ei-
der is taken to the orchard and de-
posted on the forked branch of an
apple tree, while guns are fired and
cider thrown into the air, the COM
pany singing the while:
Bear good apples and pears
Barns full bags full, sacks full
hoping thereby to secure a plentiful
fruit year, and should the sun shine
on Christmas day they look upon 1t
as an augury of an abundant crop.
According to folk lore it is consid-
cred luck for the festival to fall on
a Sunday. bringing strong winds,
but fair dry summer to children
born on that day: unlucky on Sat
urday, in which old people will die,
as well as children born on the an
niversary. Fruit and corn will fail,
and the winter be severe and TEN
pestuous. Then there are the old
lines:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-16

AND EVERY SPECIES OF ITCHING AND
BURNING DISEASES CURED
BY CUTICURA.

Eczema. or Salt Rheum. with its agonizing itching
And burning. instantly relieved by . warm bath with
CUTIcuRA Soar and q single application Of CUTIcURA
the great Skin Cure This repeated daily with two or
three doses Of CrTIcURA REsoLvKNr the New Blood
runner to keep the blood COOL the perspiratton pure
sno unirrltating the bowels open, the liver and KID
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worm Psoriasis, Lichen, Pruritus, Scald Head DAN
ofun and every species of Itching Scaly and Pfmpy
humors OF the Scalp and Skin, when the best physi-
Clans ana all known remedies fail
WILL MCDONALD. 2542 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
hheum on head. neck, face arms and less for seven
teen years; not able to walk except on hands and
knees for one year, able to help himself for eight
tried hundreds Of doctors pronounced
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hksoLvENr (blood purfer) internally and CUTICURA
ana CUTICURA SOAP (the great skin cures externally
CHAs HoUGHToN, esq.,, lawyer. % State st.,
BOSTON, reports case of Eczema under his observa-
ZION TOT ten years. which covered the patients body
ana limbs, and to which all known methods Of treat
ment mad been applied without benefit, which was
completely cured solely by the CUT1cURA REMEDIES,
leaving clean and healthy skin.
MI. JOHN THIEL. Wilkesbarre, Pa, writes: IT
nave suffered from Salt Rheum for eight years.
at times so bad that could attend my business
1or weeks at a time. Three boxes of CUTIcURA and
FOUR bottles REsoLvENT have entirely cured me of
this dreadful disease"
Sold by all druggists. Price: CUTIcURA, so cents;
REsoLvENT. 81; SOAP. Is cents. Prepared by the
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BEAUTIFY the Complexion and Skin by using the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-16


Street lamps will be lighted at 1000 p.m and
extingushed at 3:45 am.
The trustees of the Mount Zion Baptist church
have arranged to erect a church building at the
corner Of 18th and streets northeast to cost
$4,000.
James Pilling has begun proceedings in equity
to secure the appointment of new trustee to
hold lot and part OF lot /, square 29o in place
of Messrs- kilbourn & Latta, who desire 10 be
relieved of the trust.
John Mulvihill was fined So in the Police
Court to-day for indecent exposure.
The Criminal Court was re-opened to-day, and
the grand jury resumed its labor. L. L. w.
Thornton was excused from further service, and
the marshal directed To summon talesnlan TO
I'LL the vacancy.
At the meeting to endorse Mr. Parnell to be
held tomorrow night, it is announced that Rep
resentative Foran, of Ohio, will preside and
speak
The Mcroscopical Society of Washington met
last night at 1921 + street, and members re-
ported on Investigations made during the sum-
mer large mlcrosome was exhibited by DIR.
DobSOn.
John Hardy. by his attorney, Mr.. Francis Mil
Ter, to-day brought suit against the District of
Columbia tn recover 3, 900 damages for injury
claimed TO have been done To his property in
square north of square 1855 in excavating to
lay the Boundary street sewer.
Lucien +. Davis, the keeper of a grocery and
liquor store at 9th street and Maryland avenue
northeast; was fined S2o in the Police Court to-
DAY Tor selling liquor ON Sunday.
In the bidding for the contract for carpet
Ing for the new National theater the calculation
was so close that there was only the slight diff
ference of four dollars and half between the
bids of W. b. Moses 4 Son and Julius LanSburg
To whom the contract was awarded. A subse-
quent inspection Of the bids showed that Moses
d Son had figured on using a double thickness
OF lining instead of a single one.
VIM Bowman was fined SO by Judge Smell
Today Tor striking Isaac MOten, colOred, ON the
head with an iron wrench.
This morning in the Police Court a young
man, W. H. Parks, was tried on a charge of
assaulting an inmate of an alleged house of i'll
lame on street named Grace Off, and was
lined $40. An appeal was noted.
Last evening a colored woman named Sally
ODay, living at 1912 Rhode Island avenue
attempted To commit suicide by taking on over
dose of turpentine- DIR. Winter rendered medi-
cal aid, and she is recovering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-16
To Help q FellOW.TOiIer in the Vine

To Help a FellOw.TOiIer in the Vine.
yard.
When one has no interest in legacy or a
has helped some other man with the helps to
happiness To cheer you we give the result of
the 1S3d Grand Monthly Drawing of The
louisiana State Lottery at New Orleans, La, on
Tuesday, August 18th, 1885:
No. 77,OS1 drew the First Capital Prize of
$4,000 to Frank Noble London, Ontario. col
tected through the Nelson's Bank of London,
Ont: one to F. NJ. Searles Bismarck Dakota
Territory, through Mellon Bros, Bankers Bis
mdrck, ID. T.: one TO Gechard Teping, No. 1913
Markets St., San Francisco, Cal, through the I.Sn-
don, Paris and American Bank (limited) OF Sal
Francisco. Cal; the remainder are withheld
from publication by request. No. II ,O5O drew
the Second Prize of S25,OOO-alsO sold in fifths
at 81 each-one $4,000 TO J. NJ. Briant South
Whitley, Ind. paid to the Columbia City On
DIANA Bank; another was collected through the
Metropolitan National Bank of Cincinnati, o.;
another sold to a party in Milwaukee, Wis. and
Prize OF $1O,OOO-also sold in fifths at Stone
to w. l.. Lewis, collected by the Southern
Express Co.. another by VIM. q. Widmayer
No. SO Center Market, both of Washington
City, d. c.; another by Edward Straub, of Ores
cent City, Cal; the remainder elsewhere Nos,
prizes of $4,000, and was sold to parties in
Kansas City, Mo-; in New York City, n. Y; and
in San Francisco, Cal, etc., etc. The next (the
1S5th Grand Monthly Drawing on Tuesday
October 18th, 1885, and any one who purchases
whole or fraction OF a ticket will have O
chance of winning some of the $265, 800 to be
scattered about, but for any information de-
sired, address NJ. A. Dauphin, New Orleans
La, but do not let the opportunity escape this
time.