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Evening journal., 1908-12-03
CHRISTMAS
SUGGESTIONS

The ordinary Christmas dinner is a
stereotyped affair as far as the viands
are concerned. The ordinary man, wo-
man and child thinks of Christmas
dinner along a plan that was devised
by the first feasters. In almost every
age feasting seems TO be the ideal
method of celebrating a holiday. be IT
gay or solemn. There is an old Eng
lish verse that runs:
AT Christmas, men do always ivey gel
And in each corner Of the house to
set
But why then do they use that Bac-
chus weed?
Because they mean then, Bacchus-
like to feed
Since we must. perforce, bent to
custom and eat the food that our ar
cestors felt TO be festive. tho hostess
IS somewhat handicapped as 70 dis
tinctive features. All that is left ia
the decorations and favors. and these
arc expected to have a touch Of the
season. At a child's party novel
feature was a plum pudding, says an
exchange.
The party was in the afternoon aud
did not attempt TO take the place Of
the Christmas dinner. The table was
decked with holly and the color scheme
was carried out in the candies, which
were Turkish delights colored green
and red In the center Of the table
was what appeared TO be a huge plum
pudding. made of crepe tissue paper
Of a delicate brown, and flecked with
dashes Of pain to simulate the raislus.
IT. was surrounded with holly and
sprig Of holly and another Of mistle-
toe stuck in the TOP. Through Sits
IN the sides came lengths Of red and
green baby ribbon, red for the girls
and green for the boys. These eH-
tended TO each plate and were strung
through the place cards which were
holly and mistletoo leaves with the
name in gold paint At a given signal
the ribbons were pulled and a small
gift found at the end. For LAST
course at this feast small red flower
pots We're lined with waxed paper ard
filled with vanilla ice cream, sweet
chocolate and ground nuts We're
sprinkled thicks over the tops, and in
each was planted a red carnation. The
small crisp cakes served were cut in
the shape of holly leaves. iced with
green pistacho icing, with three rcd
cinnamon drops pressed in at the base
Chocolate pudding might be used IN
place Of the ice cream.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
Fine Delivery Wanons.

McCabe & Darragh, carriage makers
at fourth and Walnut streets. have
Just nmshed seven newspaper delivery
wagons for Philadelphia firm. They
were shipped last night by the Bush
line. The color OF the vehicles is a
steel gray with red and blue stripes
They were on exhibition yesterday in
front Of the factory. 1t Is supposed
that the wagons VIII be used by the
new Philadelphia star for delivery pur-
poses. II was originally intended to
ship them on the 9TH. However, the
firm received word to get them to
Philadelphia in time to be lettered and
put In readiness for the newspapers
parade Saturday.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN

II you have pains in the back Urf-
nary. Bladder or Kidney trouble and
want a certain. pleasant herb relief
from Women's ills. try Mother GrQys
LEAF" 1t is a safe.
reliable regulator. and relieves all Fe-
n,-'- Weaknesses including innamria-
tion and alterations. Nother Graya
Australian Leaf Is sold by Druggi Sta
or ~e.4 hv mail for so cts. Sampie sert
FREE. Address, The Mother Gray CO..
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Observation-Disclosures.

Arthur Jackson. Jr. and Miss Helen
Sarah Montgomery were married at the
rectory Of st. Johns p. 4. Church last
evening by Archdeacon George G. Hall
They were accompanied by the brides
brother w. V. Montgomery and the
groom's cousin. Miss Sadie jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs Jackson will live at East
lake
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Baer-BaIdwin.

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
]. Baer. no. 715 East Tenth street. last
evening their daughter, Maud, and FL
mer Baldwin were married by the Rev
Frederick Doerr. pastor Of st. stephen'a
Church. The bride wore Paris muslin
ana carried a shower bouquet of white
chrysanthemums. The bride was un-
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
Aaain Present prama.

The Green Room Club gave its sec
ond production Of "Woodbarrow Farm"
in the New-Century Club last even
ing with greater success than char
acterized the first night production OF
the play. Another large audience saw
the presentation.
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To Call Rector.

GEORGETOWN. Dec s.-Although
they have been without a rector for
over year. there is now every indica.
ton that one will be called to st. Pauls
Episcopal Church. Several candidates
are being examined for the place.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
Postal Card Surprise.

Herbert Rittenhouse, who is SPEND
ing some time in Scranton. n. c., was
given n postal card shower this week
by friends in this city and Philadel-
phia, the occasion being his birthday
anniNersarv.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03

Miss Matilda a. Spencer, a returned
missionary from Japan. fNyas given a
reception In the parlor Of Grace M. r.
Church last evening by Grace Cleaners
Many Of the parents Of the cradle roll
members were present. An enjoyable
program was given.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
To Gravel Sussex Roads.

GEORGETOWN, Dec S.--City Coun-
ell has started to gravel all the roads
in the town limits. securing their
gravel from the county quarries The
work win be taken up by the county
commissioners as soon as the town
limits are reached by the road builders
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
To Give Piano RecitaI

Miss L. Lena Hill. late Of the New
England Conservatory of Music. will
appear in a pianoforte recital this even
ing at Ezion NJ. r. Church. She will
be assisted by w. Harry Wright's
quartet Of Philadelphia and local tall
emf
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Biq Corn Yield.

ELKTON, Dec. 3.--George Sollors. a
farmer OF the Sixth District Of this
county, husked this season from four
acres Of ground 455 bushels Of corn,
113 "a bushels per acre.
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]. e. eosIss Appointed.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Dec. 3.--Clinord E.
Burton, clerk OF the Orphans Court
elect has appointed as his deputy j.
Edward Goslee, of Stockley. the pres
ent assistant county treasurer.
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Feioht Station Robbed.

Special 20 THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Dec. 3.-Some un'
known persons entered the freight sta
ton last night and stole several pack
ages belonging 10 merchants here.
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Younq-Wollaston.

On Wednesday evening. November %
Miss Anna NJ Wollaston and Thomas
c. Young were married at the manse
of the White Clay Creek Presbyterian
Church by the Rev. Hugh c. Nc
Bride
Evening journal., 1908-12-03

home for the life OF her. But as before
said, there is something In the air that
Is making people do funny things about
this time.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03

The average cost for fuel for rail-
road train is 10 cents a mile and the
average fireman burns s2,500 worth
year.
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
A YeIIow and White Dinner.

= yellow and WhIte DIHHeT'
A bride who was far from home de-
tefmined 10 give dinner to a number
Of young married people who. like her
self. had no family within visiting
range. She determined that it should
be a season Of gayety, and with this
Evening journal., 1908-12-03
Soc iiet>M
2egiste oCh @lassS1Sen$zx<//S~
Duton and MSS Nan
Of Monday as the 6GS|
Reoention to Missionary.

attended. Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin will
live at Richardson Park.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
Legal Information
0SI7IJIV JJIVITYJJJ5J VJJT5JJITJJI7I5

The owner of q bank check which
was lost without his fault before pre-
sentiment to the bank on which it was
drawn is held to be entitled to recover
thereon against the drawer by filing a
proper indemnity bond.
The owner of twenty-trip railroad
ticket, who. without knowledge of the
company, has broken the agreement
under which it is issued by letting 9th
ers ride on it, is held to have no right
to recover damages for being put off the
train on the wrongful ground that the
ticket has expired.
Failure to read an instrument before
signing it is held not to bar relief
therefrom in equity on the ground of
negligence or estoppel, when the cir
cumstances attending the transaction
were such to lead the party to believe
he was signing a paper of an entirely
different character.
An ordinance limiting the speed of
trains on an interstate railway which
carries United States mail to ten miles
an hour within the corporate limits of
the municipality is held to be void as
imposing an unreasonable restriction
upon interstate commerce and the
speedy transportation of the mail.
When, after jury called in a crimi-
nal court learns and determines from
an inquiry judicially conducted that
juror was prejudiced and unfit to sit
in the case, and that the disqualified
ton is such as would vitiate the YER
dict, it is held that the jury may be
to try the case; and that the defend
ant will not be deemed to have been
twice put in jeopardy for the same Of
fnnSp
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
Force OF storm waves.

The average storm wave is thirty
feet in height. The highest storm
waves ever measured were between
forty-fOur and forty-eight feet high
The gigantic force of storm waves is.
shown by the fact that at Skerryvore,
lighthouse, off the west coast of Scot
land, a mass of rock weighing five and
a half tons was once hurled to a height
of seventy-two feet above the sea level.
while mass weighing thirteen and Is
half tons was torn from cliff seventy
four feet high.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

ing craft and steam yachts. On a
bright day and with the whole place
befagged and decorated, the sight is
striking one.
When the clergy reach a platform
bearing communion table, and the
procession forms up in an irregular
square around it, there is a little SER
vice, the central point of which is
blessing the four cardinal points Of the
compass by the bishop. When this dig
nitary turns seward and, spreading
out his hands, chants a prayer of
thanksgiving, then one of supplication
on behalf of all those that go down to
the sea in ships. AS he ceases the can
non ON the opposite side of the harbor
the fog guns that are used as harbor
guides in bad weather-thunder forth
a confirming reply to the benediction.-
Kansas City Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

The factthat thepresses of publishers
to-day are unusually heavy with books
alleging to expose the sins Of society
betokcns wrong somewhere. Either 60
ciety has been indiscreet or the public
demand for reading matter Is deprayed.
The so-called exposures are nauseous
enough, with their foolish wives, their
faithlesS husbands and the shattered
conventions. People Of sound thought,
however, will not allow themselves to
be deluded into believing that society
Is as black as these books paint, but it
may be well, at the same time, for
those with a better viewpoint to ask
themselves If by permitting to go unre-
buked the fOllies Of an irresponsible
few they have not invited criticism
upon the whole. Wealth brings respon-
sibillties, but it brings liberties, too,
and bow one uses these reveals his real
character. Were society less lenient
with those irresponsible few, who live
only for the flesh and are careless in
their living, there could be little justifi-
cation for the fiction Of exposure which
is upon us.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

Athletics are also much INDUCED in.
One difficult feat is to walk on the
hands, the legs being outside of the
arms and held straight out in front,
parallel with the ground.
Lifting matches are frequent, but
very few natives are as strong as the
average white man. Hurting the spear
is also practiced and small darts guild
ed by goose feathers are thrown with
great accuracy, SO that they often hit a
mark at thirty feet. The faculty to
throw stone is innate in every boy
In fact, the small boy is the same the
world over.
Girls play with dolls carved out of
ivory, which they dress UP, after their
own fashion, in clothing of ermine, mice
or other skins. One of their games is
to kick ball of ice or snow about the
size of baseball, the object being to
keep it in the air all the time without
touching it with their hands.
They also toss pebbles very skilfully,
some being able to keep six or seven
in the air at time with one hand
They frequently wear bracelets of
sinew, on-which are strung bits of iron,
brass, or anything that will jingle
Stones are tossed in the air, the hands
crossing each other between the losses,
jingling the bracelets, keeping time. and
accompanying the play with a sort of
oI,Onf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

popular manifestations Of the Church
of Rome, arranged to suit local condi-
lions. After high mass at the prinei=-
pal local church digniied by the name
Of Cathedral procession is formed
outside. This procession is composed
Of the most cOnglomerate elements; be-
sides the usual choristers and priests
there are hundreds Of fisherfolk and
their children. The organizers appear
to gather up every family in the poorer
quarters Of the town. Then, by way
Of making them realize their great good
fortune, the youngsters are either
dressed as some saint OF else they are
allowed to carry banner or a candle
Cat high nOOn) or to support one OF
the corners of a portable platform car
rying highly painted and gilded sta
tue Of the Virgin or Of one of the nu-
merous saints of the sea. A party of
fishermen in everyday clothes is per-
haps the most original part Of the whole
cortege except that there are too few
of them. After passing through the
town the whole parade, with the bishop
and other leading clergy at it's head,
proceeds backward.
If one has the luck to keep abreast
of tie head of the procession and to
emerge at the sea front with it the
sight will not readily be forgotten. On
the beach are thousands of people in
fashionable toilets and in rough fus-
tan, the count mingling with the sail
or, the marchioness with the fishwife.
In the offing one sees hundreds of sail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
ESKIMO GAMES.
-oO0~~~N~

Although the Eskimos have no ma
tional game, they lack neither in num-
Der nor in variety the diversions suit
ed to their life. In the pages of Her
bert L. Aldrich's Arctic Alaska and
Siberia" is an account of games which
he found played by children along the
shores of Boring Sea. He remarks that
ut is not all a sober struggle for exist
ence," and it is pleasant to think that
where the conditions of life are so hard,
children can still find pastimes that
put them on an equal footing with
those of more favored races.
Football is played with bag stuffed
with hair. Tag is the same game the
world over. Children are fond of ''teet-
ering," standing upon the end of the
plank instead Of sitting down. An
other amusement, which requires skill,
is the being tossed up in a blanket.
A walrus hide is used, and the trial q
skill is to see who can stand OH his
feet and be tossed into the air the
highest.
Small children have miniature sleds
which they load with mice skins and all
sorts of trinkets, SO as to play trader.
Boys practice archery.
OF course, they slide down-hill, but
the sled is the seat of stout pair of
deerSkin trousers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
WANTED TO KNOW

The Truth About Grape-Nuts Food
It doesn't matter so much what you
hear about a thing, it's what you know
that counts And correct knowledge.
is most likely to come from personals
experience.
about a year ago." writes a n. Y.
man, 81 was bothered by indigestion,
especially during the forenoon. l tried
several remedies without any perma-
nent improvement.
''My breakfast usually consisted OF
oatmeal, steak or chops, bread, coffee
and some fruit.
Hearing so much about Grape-Nuts,
1 concluded to give it trial and find
out if all had heard of it was true.
$50 l began with Grape-Nuts and
cream, 2 soft boiled eggs, toast, a cup of
Postum and some fruit. Before the end
of the first week was rid of the acid
ity of the stomach and felt much re-
lieved.
by the end of the second week all
races of indigestion had disappeared
and 1 was in first rate health once
more. Before beginning this course OF
diet, l never had any appetite fol
lunch, but now 1 can enjoy hearty
meal at noon time" '"ChegSs @ 8ea
sen"
Name given by Postum Co., Est.
Cree, Mich. Read, THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A rev
One appears from time to time
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

at ell times Juvenile police force, ev-
cry boy in which is duly sworn spe.
cial officer of the law and invested with
the badge Of authority. The personnel
Of this force changes to fit special occa-
sions, so that almost any boy in COun-
ell Bluffs has a chance to become a
member some time or other, and the
dlgnities of office are well distributed.
1t is o point of honor with the boys to
live up to past performance Ia the po-
lice line, and any one of them who has
been a member of Chief RichmOnd's
force considers it the keenest disgrace
to be arrested. Juvenile crime has
been almost wiped out, and the 'bad'
boy of Council Bluffs is growing up to
be credit to the community instead
Of a recruit to the ''tOugh" young man
class that ultimately fills jails and Ie-
formatories. Here's to Chief Richmond.
Long may he reign. This country needs
In such positions more men with sound
common sense and some slight insight
into boy character. Men are what
make the nation, and Chief Richmond
is helping to make men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
Science and Wheat.

Science has many aids and sugges-
lions to offer to the future wheat-pro-
Queer, such as rotation of crops, meth
DDS of soil tillage, seed selection, etc..
by means Of which wheat may be prof
itably grown in a permanent system
Of agriculture. The future should bring
to us as much, if not more, knowledge
OF soil fertility than has the past, and
such knowledge will eventually become
effective in the hands Of the producer,
and put off the day when population
will cease to increase because of in
sufficient food supplies-Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
A NEW POINT OF VIEW.


II had to dismiss that office boy of
mine, Mary-you recall him, don't
your" said Mr.. Clark to his wife one
evening. He stole. We weren't sure
Of it first, but one day we found out
certainly. There were lot of printed
and stamped envelopes that we kept
stored I'm an unused closet, intending
to have them redeemed some time. Ted
got ahead of us, though. He wrote a
letter on a typewriter, using the Office
stationery. 1t was addressed to the
postmaster, and requested him to give
to Theodore Calvin the money for the
envelopes he was returning"
did he sign it," asked the wife,
"Yes. He did that, too; and it was
the illiterate handwriting that gave him
away. The postal clerk telephoned up
to see If it was all right-there was
about twenty dollars involved-and so
we caught him."
What did you do then?"
1--WE gave the boy long lecture
frightened him with the reform school,
uuQ cO O1k-dAu lucu uIGu ulul.
"WaS that all?" asked the wife.
why, yes. We couldn't keep him,
Of course. He is not fit to do any trust
worthy work. We cannot afford to risk
it."
cit seems to me-" said the woman,
that you are running a bigger risk in
turning him loose this. way. If no one
knows his weakness lie will be more
easily tempted again, ard his future
employers, not understanding with
whom they are dealing, may suffer from
his thefts."
well, what would you do?"
Keep him. Watch him without let
ting him know 1t. He is only child
If he does not realize that every bad
thing he does will be discovered sooner
or later. Some one should teach him.
Don't you think you ought to? 1t was
In your employment that he came to
grief"
81 hadn't thought of it in that way,
but / don't know but what you are
right, Mary" said her husband. 81 will
take him back and give him another
show"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24

simplicity, system and repose" were
the three ESSENTIALS Of successful house
keeping named by one speaker at the
recent gathering of the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs in Boston. An
other speaker babe those who would
achieve domestic success and abolish
worry and the sense of drudgery to
simplify, classify, jollify and glorify"
their daily work. There are, and there
have been in the past, good housekeep-
erS who, consciously or by natural In
stinct, observed these rules. There are,
and still more there used to be, notable
housewives by whom simplicity, jollity
and glory were blessings hustled fierce
ly out of life. Such a driver" in the
expressive old country phrase, was that
misguided housekeeper whose daughter,
summoned by mysterious sounds down
stairs at midnight, caught her cleaning
the china-clOset at that uncomfortable
hour, because, as she explained, she
couldn't bear to waste such a fine
MOON" She had, at least, the excuse
that lighting in her day was expensive
and inadequate, for she lived a century
ago. But it was a modern housekeeper
of the same unrestful type who recently
worried her family and herself, during
an attack of illness, by constant
dwelling on the spring housekeeping.
One day she was told that the work
had been done. She flung herself out
of bed and tottered toward the door.
housekeeping dOne-and without
me-" she gasped. Help me down.
stairs. know it's all done wrong, and
1 must see at once how wrong it is !"
Then she collapsed and was put weep
ing to bed. But by the time her recov-
cry began, the house was really quite
hopefully dirty, and she insisted upon
passing her convalescence directing the
process Of cleaning. 'Your mother is
such q wonderful housekeeper," a
neighbor remarked to one of the daugh-
tiers at the. close of q call. "Yes," as
sented the girl, Loyalty, 'she is. 1 doubt
If she could be really happy in the love-
Hest house in the world if 1t magically
kept itself" Yet that is the kind of
house that keeping house too hard
makes one long for. Simplicity, system
and repose give the true home toNch
of gentle magic that suffices, and ban
ishes the wish for any other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-24
PERUNA ADVISED FOR
SUDDEN COLDS.
1t Should be Taken According to Directions
on the Bottle, at the First Ap-
pearanCe of the Cold.

ST. JOSEPH, MICH, Sept, 1901.-Last
winter 1 caught a sudden cold which
developed into an unpleasant Ca-.
farrh of the head and throat, depriving
me of my appetite and usual good spirits.
A friend who had been cured by Peruna
advised me to try it and 1 sent for a,
bottle at once, and l am glad to say that
in three days the phlegm had loosened.
and l felt better, my appetite returned
and within nine days l was in my
usual good health.
Miss Helen Sauerbier.
Peruna is an old and well tried remedy
for colds No woman should be with
out it.