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?..?*. \ . *•.. „«j *, ."• , i. • „ »** * i / * ' • • » t m^WF V ̂ " » • • ' . s O v i ^!iF.r"--:i»'# «-v"" t,sCT'1 j*f""*if ' ' THE McKEMflY. PLATJTOEALER, McHENR¥v EL *+**• * \ .- *£ * - * T *f * ? PI^P -*• " " .; v:*V (SWF WOITO^EQIWEWCS) \?m tsKoinr SEIOEVE' ^ (MCDMY^PGOTmE X *»J £ &v&$>:•> fei *"$?' ' > ? ', \- |ICTORT may come and victory may go, but no future triumphs or defeats can ever soften for Europe the memory of this dark Christmas of 1916, the saddest? she has ever known. Pride in the present and faith in the fu­ ture sustain everyone of the •warring peoples in their exaltation of sacrifice. Bat at Christmas--Christmas, the feast of the home and of the family--exaltation dies, and only sorrow, the sorrow of the bereft individual, re­ mains, says the New York Sun. * * It is a very different Christmas Europe is ap­ proaching this year from that of two years ago. Then the shock and excitement of the beginning of the war were still tingling. In England the question of munitions is today of no less im­ portance to the popular mind than, two years ago, was the absorbing question of getting a plum podding to every man in the trenches. There was still talk of the kniser's dining in Paris, and dis­ cussions as to which ruler should lead the tri­ umphant allies in procession through Unter den Linden. Victory seemed a much simpler matter then than it does today. Everyone admitted then that victory would be bought only with sorrow and sacrifice. Now everyone knows, with the hard knowledge of eaperience, that victory will be, bought only with sorrow heaped on sorrow and sacrifice heaped on sacrifice. ..It.is this knowledge borne In on every home, however exalted or how­ ever humble, that makes the Christmas celebra­ tion of 1910 in Europe a solemn sacrament of sorrow. pt all the warring peoples Christmas means the most to the Germans and on none will the sacrifice of the traditional customs of the day fail so heavily. There is no blood and Iron in the German Christmas. There is instead a ten­ der and appealing sentiment that is typical of all that is best In the German character. The whole wortd Is indebted to Germany for the Christmas tree and for many of the most delight­ ful of the Christmas stories and customs that , Americans have adopted as their own. The Ger­ man Christmas is a day for the home, the family and the children, with its every custom endeared by generations of tradition. The real German Christmas celebration occurs on Christmas eve. About four o'clock the dinner is served, an elaborate and hearty feast,; consist­ ing of a long series of traditional dishes, all eaten in a state of wild excitement. During this meal the Krlstkind makes Its appearance. This figure Is a curious product of sentiment and imagina­ tion, a queer combination of the Holy Child, the good fairy and our own Santa Claus. It is rep­ resented in the country district by a half-grown child made up aft an angel, who. goes from door to door calling for the good children, giving sweet­ meats at one house and begging them at the next. After dinner «*)ines the great moment when the doors are opened into the Christmas room where the lighted tree has the place of honor. The tree Is always placed near a window so that every passer-by can pee and share it. A walk through the deserted residence streets of any German town at this boor "on Christmas eve leaves a mem­ ory of Christmas cheer and spirit that can never be forgotten. By niDe o'clock the family is ready to eat again, A- 4!^ht S5inncr -irtclydifl1*' still nlors -©? that great loosely knit empire. Where the Greek church prevails the celebration occurs a fortnight later than ours; that is, on January, 7. It is ac­ companied by feasting and-by various local cus­ toms. The Slovacs of Bohemia and Moravia have curious Christmas usages in which superstition has entirely .triumphed over religious significance. This 13 the great day of the year when the peas­ ant appeases all the invisible world of spirits. On the afternoon of Christmas eve the whole household marches In solemn procession to the ^stables and cow houses carrying bread, salt and beans. These are offered to the animals with cer­ tain hallowed words* and great Is^ the dismay if any cow or chicken is indifferent to the offering. Returning to the house, the pnrents sprinke all their unmarried daughters with water sweet­ ened with honey, thus insuring them honest, good- tempered husbands. The entire family then sip of slivovitzat a strong native liquor distilled from plums. A small quantity of this is then poured on the floor to conciliate such other spirits as may have been overlooked. Everyone then falls < on the Christmas feast without ceremony. But this year war has reached out to the re­ mote districts and blighted even such simple Christmas celebrations as this. The men of the families are all gone. Only the very young and the very old remain. Therp will be no blessing Of the klne this year, for there are no kine to Mess. All have long since gone to supply the army. There will be no Christmas feasting, for food was long ago reduced to the smallest quanti­ ty that will sustain life. And every day, In every village, the list of the widowed and orphaned grows longer and longer. Vienna is known as. a fay, light-hearted city.. Its Christmas observance Is ordinarily a happy combination of religious ceremony and Teutonic good cheer. But this year the brilliant midnight . masses will be attended by black robed mourners and tliere will be no good cheer in Vienna. The Christmas ceh!:r»tion in all the countries Where the Greek orthodox church prevails are much the same. As the holiday itself is preceded by a severe fast the Christmas feast takes on a highly important character. In many parts of Russia especially In the cities, the gift-hung Christfhas tree has been borrowed from the Ger­ mans, while a pudding of rice and raisins is the feature of the Christina# eve feast. From this feast has now been tafeen its crowning glory, the vodka bottle. In only one other part of Europe has the heel of "war pressed so hard an in Russian Poland; In dnly one other place has the land been so utterly devastated by fierce and continued fighting; in only one other place will the treason: of peace and good will be such n bitter mockery as to the hunted and starving Poles. And this is in Serbia, ^oor, brave, beaten Ser­ bia, with Its whole population, an entire people, fugitive before hated and terribly feared invad­ ers. During three years Serbia has been swept by three wars, the present ono so relentless and so overwhelming as liU-roJIy to wipe out the ordi­ nary relationship of th*. p«-ople *o life.. They have ceased to have homes; thoy hUve ceased to pos- sesp property; they,must burrrw in the earth for shelter and forage for their Uncertain food like wild animals. With her army making a heroic and desperate struggle, wdth her people dying with their spirit yet unbroken, the birthday of the tradi- W nee •-^eaee-wtti'nBsrW~~ee3ebrated~ ffils jrear ~ tional Christmas dishes. Every one, rich or poor, has Nuremberg gmger cake, its shiny brown sur­ face (Jecorated with almonds and raisins, and with the word "Weihnachten" and the year worked out In pink and white frosting. Stollen, a sort of plum cake, and many sweet biscuits Of various shapes and sizes, are all indispensable parts of this feast. But this ye*tr, with a shortage of fats In her food supply a>t severe afc_to demand serious at­ tention on the part of the government, there is ip Germany no Butter or milk for the Christmas cakes, no tallow or wax for the Christmas can­ dles. To man.f people this little homely depriva­ tion will bring a realization of the severities of war more vivid and more compelling than even the sight t»f the fast-growing graveyards. With two mil/ion new graves in the land, with dire ne­ cessity robbing her dearest holiday of its dearest symbols, no triumphs of arms can make this Christ­ mas of 10)6 anything but a sad and sorrowful feast in the homes of the German empire. In Austria the Christmas celebrations are as •varied as the races and religions that make up in Serbia. The sorrows of Belgium this year as compared with last are more of the spirit than of the flesh. The voice of Christmas, (ft peace and good will does not speak very loud to a captive people. With its army terribly decimated, its beloved king all but driven out of h's own,, country, with its dally llff subject to the scrutiny and the con­ trol of a stern captor, th«*re is no room in Belgium for any of the old light-hearted Christmas spirit that used to show Itself in crowded churches for midnight masses and gay all-night supper parties. Belgium waits as all Europe waits for the end of the war--waits with fuith and hope and a de­ termination as grim as it must be silent. Happily the physical condition of the stricken people is better than last year. There is not the frightful confusion, the separation of families, the pitiful terror and want that went with the flight before the invaders* All relief measures are organized. Belgium Is no happier this year than last, but she is less cold and hungry. If the Belgian people ever again have a united Christmas they will find themselves with many new holiday ideas. A tree twinkled In every place that housed a German last year, and though the Bel­ gians will not allow their Christmas to be German­ ized, yet the trees appealed to them mightily. Cer­ tainly the Christmas tree will be much more com­ mon henceforth In Belgium whether the Germans stay there or not. Thousands of refugees waiting in England until their country is redeemed will bring back with them many ideas of the English holiday. Until the marriage of Queen Victoria to the prince consort, Christmas in England was chiefly a day of churchgoing, of merrymaking and of mighty feasting. The prince brought with him from his German home the customs of the Christmas tree and of gift giving. The latter has never become as firmly intrenched in England as it is here, but a lighted tree loaded with decorations aiul presents is established as a part of every English celebra­ tion. Christmas decorations of holly and mistletoe, the ceremony of the Yule log and many of the tra­ ditional Christmas dishes, notably the plum pad­ ding, are all Owed to English custom. But it is a sadder and wiser England that ap­ proaches Christmas this year. Hundreds of thou­ sands of younjf Englishmen have died to make her so. Today every Londoner has had a graphic lesson in what a powerful and resourceful enemy can do even in a "right little, tight little Island." As a further object lesson, England will pay for the raisins for her plum puddings something like 200 l>er cent more than she did last y?ar. The war with Turkey has done that to her. England has had other black Christmases, but they were farther away from home. The Christ­ mas of 1899 in South Africa was one that she does not like io recall, while the terrible Christmas of 1854. the Christmas of the Crimean war, when, as a write? of the day put it, "Thanks to General Muddle, things are about as bad as they can be," was always a bitter memory to that generation. ' • The year 191G has not been a good year for Eng­ land, and she knows it. The knowledge has shat­ tered her complacency and has strengthened her determination. But she is not happy about it and her Christmas celebration will be a chastened feast * Christmas in the Latin countries has always been more of a religious festival than a home celebra­ tion. In Italy it is more customary to exchange presents at New Year's than at Christmas. Lighted trees are frequently seen, but they are the luxury of the prosperous and not the habit of the people. The day before Christmas is more of an occasion than the' day itself. In the cities of southehi Italy booths are erected in certain streets, as before Easter, for the sale of odds and ends and sweetmeats; wheeled traffic is barred and the people promenade slowly up and down, exchanging greetings. Midnight mass is said in all the churches. In the churches, too, are exposed the famous cribs, or presepi, representing scenes of the birth and infancy of Jesus. The be­ ginning of this custom is ascribed to St. Francis of Assist. Christmas eve is the great feast of the season to France. In the provinces it is celebrated with pre­ cessions in the streets, which were originally re­ ligious in character, but which have become pro­ faned by the gayety of the maskers. In Normandy and in Provence there are elaborate puppet shows of scenes in the life of the infant Christ. All the street gayety terminates after mass in feasts in all the homes. ^ In Paris there are Christmas booths set up In. many of the boulevards. This year they will be devoted to the sale of comforts for the soldiers. Paris knojvs better than anyone Just how black a wartime Christmas can be. She has never for­ gotten the Christmas of 1870. For ninety-eight days the Germans had battered at the city. Every sortie -had failed miserably. The final bombard­ ment was Inevitable. On Christmas eve 900 men froze to death in the trenches just outside the city. Better, it seems, than any of the other nations did France realize from the beginning what this* present war would mean and, realizing, she conse­ crated herself utterly. She has made every sac­ rifice, great and small, even to giving up the crusty rolls and llght_s-hlte bread-that are aa the-breath- in her nostrils. When a Frenchman, every French­ man, eats without complaint a grayish bread made of a mixture of wheat and rice and entirely lack­ ing in golden crust, he has indeed an exalted spirit. It is a small thing, perhaps, but It is enormously significant. * Xast Christmas was a solemn festival in France. A million gifts,, gifts of wool, were sent to the men in the trenches. Every soldier had a glass of champagne. But ' there was no merrymaking." Masses were said at open-air altars erected back of the battle lines. In the old church at Thann In Alsace a French Christmas was celebrated for the first time in forty-four years. But it was a cele­ bration of prayer, not of rejoicing. This year, at least, midnight masses will be said in the churches <jf Paris, but afterward there will be no gayety in the streets as in former years, no dancing pierrots and harlequins leading the mask­ ers," no brilliant round of restaurant suppers, the beloved reveillon of the Parisian. So Paris on Christmas eve will go home through darkened streets with a prayer In her heart for all those who have died for France and for all those who must yet die. ONLY BOYHOOD MEMORY NOW Writer Recalls Old Tin Safe That .Stood in the Dining Room and Waa Forerunner of Icebox. Remember the old tin safe* ffeat stood in the corner of the dining room? It is still in use to some extent in the country, but we in the city do not encounter it so frequently as formerly. The icechest has taken Its place, and the china closet and th«? pantry have made it obsolete for the most part- But it was a wonderful invention In its day--and the cold food you could sneak out of it when nobody was looking was the best fqod in the world, remarks the Dayton (O.) News. A flimsy sort of thing so far as the woodwork was concerned; cheap pop­ lar lumber stained'with a cheap var­ nish--that Is about all it amounted to, •with sheets of tin punched full of tiny holes like a nutmeg grater. It was or­ namental, all right, with all of its shortcomings, fof the holes were punched after a pattern, and it had a pleasing effect because you knew what it contained. Why. there was the sugar bowl on the-top shelf; they always put the<*ugar bowl as high as possible, Just so a chap would have to get a chair to stand on when he wanted to investigate." , • - if the ants discovered the safe, the legs had to be placed in a little re­ ceptacle with kerosene in them. Flies could not get through the small holes in the tin, but the gnats passed through readily and found delight in the apple sauce that was in evidence along about this time of the year. Gnats certainty liked apple sauce, but a boy didn't care anything about gnats when he wanted apple sauce. Mother was senewhat artistic in her tastes. She scalloped red or pink tis­ sue paper and placed it upon the shelves, so the edges would drop down and present & pleasing, wavy picture when the safe was opened, but news­ papers were used upon the shelves-- folded neatly and pressed down flat. There was a sort of sacred at­ mosphere surrounding the old tin safe. It was the most used and the most useful pie«e of furniture about the home. The children sought it when nobody else was present, and half bur­ rowed themselves in its generous cav­ ities. And now--just think--we havett't seen an old tin safe for a gen­ eration. ' • Keeping Alive by Means of the Dead. An oificer, relating some incidents of war ill connection with the task which the Canndians had to carry out on ground previously iheld by Austra­ lians, states that Uie Canadians had been there nine days when they found In a shell hole, far ahead of where the front line had been, three Australians, two wounded and one unhurt. The three had pushed out by them* selves Into enemy country, when they were caught by shell fire, and two were wounded. The third dragged them into the shell hole, and sat there with them. To come out in daylight was impossible, so all day he sat there, and looked after the other two, and at night lie sallied forth, and got water bottles and rations from the German dead which lay around. And thus he had kept his two pals alive. One of the two wounded Is do­ ing well, but the other's wouud has, unfortunately, become septic. Nantucket in the Limelight. Nantucket, scene of Germany's latest submarine exploits, has taken a front place in many previous wars. Beginning life as a whaling station, the Quaker island built up a fleet of nearly 150 vessels by the end of the eighteenth century. In 1785, however, the British .took or sunk 134 of these ships. To add to Nantucket's misfor­ tunes, tallow oil began to displace whale oil for the making or candles, and in 1812 the whaling fleet again suf­ fered destruction during this second war. The famous old Puritan town or village owed its whaling industry to the accident of Christopher Hussey having been blown out to sea, and thus provided with an opportunity of tack­ ling the sperm whale afar from shore. The Industry perished 50 years qgo, giving place to the hotel and the board­ ing hou^e.---London Chronicle. Cut Trees by Exploding Dynamit*. Instead of an ax and saw to re­ move the'tops of trees that are to be used as masts in logging operations, dynamite Is used to shoot off the tops. After the branches have been removed, a rigger climbs the trees, with a set of Irons, to the point where it is neces­ sary to cut off the top. Here the trunk is usually about 12 Inches in di­ ameter. The rigger ties a string of dynamite cartridges, fastened end to end like sausages, around the trunk at this point, inserts a blasting cap with about 20 feet of fuse in one of these sticks, lights the end of the fuse, and descends before the explosion takes place. The tree top jumps into the air with the explosion and the trunk is left ready for attaching the rigging for dragging in and loading the logs.-- Engineering Record. 'if - LOSSES CAUSED BY YELLOW FEVER, Our losses from yellow fever outbreaks In oar mUiffn states daring the nineteenth century are estimated at at least 50.000 lives, an average of C00 lives a year. In the twenty-odd years since the discovery of the yellow fever mosquito and the cleaning up of cur ehlef port of supply-- Havana--we haie bad Ipss than 400 deaths from Yellow Jack, less than one-twentieth of our former rate, because, in addition to Havana,a we have been cleaning up one seaport after another all through the sweep of the Caribbean and Central and South America, often at the special request of the states and countries concerned. Modern sani­ tary science is the real angel of civilization, lifting the burdens and taking off the ihiu backward races and ueonle*.. MAKING RELIGION EASY. a «- By the use of hydroplanes three enterprising Yale undergraduates have found it" possible to spend ipost of Sunday on Long Island without cutting chapel, which is compulsory in New Haven. \\ h;it •• aid the piuus founders of the college hava novvn that the skj route was t0 uli^ion easier 1- Globe. Autoist Attacked by Coyote. That a coyote that will attack the front ond of any automobile traveling 30 mites an hour, allow itgelf to be run over and then get up and attack the driver of the car. who, out of curiosity, stops to see what damage Is done, must be mad, is the opinion of P. Y. Gill son, who enjo/fed this experience on Lai»e- view hill, near Carson, Nev., the other night. The coyote wns game, according to Gliison, but was so badly cut up that it was easily driven off with rocks be­ fore it bit anyone. Gliison was ac­ companied on the trip by County Com­ missioner H enrich. Uric Acid Poisoning? EXPERIENCE OF AN IOWA 'AI WOMAN,". CWntotL Iowa.--"Off ai The moat- eminent physicians recog­ nize that uric acid stored up in the system Is the cause of rheumatism, that this uric acid poison is present in the,.joints, muscles, or nerves. By ex­ perimenting and analysis at the In­ valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Pierce discovered a combination of native remedies that he called Anurlc--which drives out the uric acid from the system, and in this way" the pain, swelling and inflamma­ tion subside. If you are a sufferer from rheumatism, backache, pains here or there, you can obtain Anuric at any drug store and get relief from the pains and Ills brought about by uric acid; or send Dr. Pierce 10c for trial pkg. Anuric which you will find many times more potent than lithia and tsoC ifowa^Off years 1 have taken Doctor Pierce's Goldeft Medical Disco** ery for different kinds of Fickneaa^ a n d I t a 1 w a y • cured me. I aftp took Dr. Pierwra Favorite P r •# scriptlon for woman's trouble and inflammation which I had IS* a year. It poit* tively cured mgi, i It Is as grand J| medicine as there Is."--MRS. IDA £, B. TITUS, 126 N. 4th St. X Send Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo. N. 1^, eliminates uric acid as hot water melts io cents for trial package of the tablets^ sugar. A short trial will convince yon. or 50 cents for large package.-- ALL POINTING TO ONE FACT Events Scheduled to Come Off in Pe­ tunia Positive Proof That Fool Killer Was on Vacation. "There are several events of an edu­ cational nature to be pulled off in our progressive little city t^xlay," the land­ lord of the Petunia tavern informed a gnest who wished for some means by which to pass the time. "At two o'clock Burt Blurt will wheelbarrow old Riley Rezxidew, adorned with a new plug hat and freshly dyed whis­ kers, three ttmes around the public square; Judge Puffer will eat his own hat without butter at 4:30. Meanwhile Hyson Hush will chaperon the custom­ ary peanut with the usual toothpick round and round 'most all the after­ noon, and Doc Snort and Homer Sprad­ dle probably will be fighting off and on until a late hour. And some time dur­ ing the evening Purley Purt and Miss Kissie McQuick will be made one-- the bet was that if Wilson won Purley would marry Kissie nijd if Hughes was victorious Kissie would wed Purley. All of these episodes will be instruc­ tive, showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the fools are not all dead yeL"--Kansas City Star. _ Important to Mothers , Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOUIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Signature of In Use for Over 30 lean. Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria ADULT DEATH RATE TOO HIGH Australian Commission, After Investi­ gation, Points Out Causes of Mor< tality In Middle Age. The i statement made in a recent bulletin of the New York board of health by Dr. Charles F. Bolduan that the expectation of life for a man of forty was actually at least a year shorten than It was ten years ago, re­ ceives confirmation from Australia In the report of a commission appointed to Inquire Into the causes of death and Invalidity. The Lancet (London) quotes this commission's report as saying that the principal risk of middle age is in high blood tension. The principal causes of this are found In overstrain and in chronic poisoning of the blood by foods and drinks, and from the bowels and the throat. The Lancet says the recommenda­ tions of the New York and the Aus­ tralian bodies are somewhat vague, but it welcomes a campaign against avoid­ able adult mortality Which, it says, "need not become an opportunity for the exhibition of rampant faddiness, though risk lies in this direction." Dr. Pierce'B Pellets are best for liver, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative--three for a cathartic.--Adv. Ginger, Pep, Punch and Kick. A writer of rejected manuscripts tells In the Contributors' club of the Atlantic Monthly some of the reasons for his lack of success. Ten years ago his manuscripts were returned because they did not "quite compel accept­ ance;" a little later they "lack gin­ ger then editors wanted "a little more pep, please;" then his contributions did not have the "punchand now the long-suffering writer gets his offerings back with the comment, "Excellent of their kind, but we prefer stories with more 'kick'!" His letter to the Con­ tributors' club seems to have had all the desirable elements whlcji his ear­ lier efforts lacked, for it waa jput>- liahed!--Outlook. And More Coming. | The stern father had consented t* the engagement, and the young fellow was wildly elated. £ He loved fair Flossie for her good­ ness, of course ; but she was also th# daughter of q very wealthy fathefr. And his gratified excitement showQ# in his voice and face. "Oh. well. Brown," said the old man, as he thoughtfully eyed the cigar tl» suitor offered him, "you needn't be s® conceited about It! You're the seventli young chap I've accepted us a pros­ pective son-in-law this year, and I'm expecting two more to come along next week." ' ' MVV-w-what!" stammered Brown. --T don't understand what you mean!** "It means," said the elderly cyntc, "amusement for my girl and free dgan for me!" GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN Children love Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti because of its delicious taste, it is good for them and yoo can give them all they want It la a great builder of bone and muscle, and does not make them nervous and irri­ table like meat. The most economical and nutritious food known. Mode from the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin­ ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr„ for bean* tiful cook, book. 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"Why, pa," lnterupted his better half, "look at the footnotes." Unobservant. "Can you tell me, for I never could tnake It out, why a wagon has a tongue?" "Didn't you ever notice the wheel spoke?" Boschee's 1 German Syrup, Is a remedy of surpassing excellence for the numerous disorders caused by 'getting wei' icci, or w.iaaiuiiai vv ex­ posure to the weather. It has beta a standard everywhere for the relief el colds of all kinds fur 51 years. ?V and 75c. sues at aii Druggists and Dealers.. FLORIDA FARM FACTS Writ* far Booklat to J. HENRY STROHMEYER SARASOTA, FLA. BALTIMORE. MO. Skeptical Reader. "Are you keeping up with all the po­ litical news?" * "No, Indeed." "Aren't you interested?" "Oh, yes. But I am unable to tell what Is news and what is merely Cam­ paign material." The dally average of accldenta In Pennsylvania Industries was 810 for the first eight months of this year. W. N. U. PATENTS GALLSTONES Avoid operations. 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