=i | | | Coal on mre looking Balk Oysters Tor 1s Kio y the Kind we sell. Scranton Coal Is good Coal and we guarantees prompt delivery, BOOTH & CO, Foot. of Wesl ML Dominion Fish Co. PHONE 826. JOHN M. PATRICK Machines, Um- Trunks, re-fitted, Hewing brelas, Snit Cases, repnired and Saws filed, Kni~os and Beis. sharpened, Razors honed. All makes of Fire. arms repaired promptly, Locks repa'red; Keys fitted. All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham 8t. " New Fruits of all kinds Package for Overseas Our Meat Department is the Christmas Gifts The Store' for Practical Christmas Gifts Hockey Boots, Moccasins, ; Overshoes, Kub- || bers, Overgaiters, Warm Felt Slip- >. H. PICKERING, Prop. pers, Evening Slip- 490 Princess St. Phone 530 pers. SUITABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS BOIS ocked with best. tiive 4s a trial order. | Have Your Clothes Looking Their Beit the Holidays, Cleaning and | will do this {i For Ii Dry | c'rench Pressing The Sawyer | Shoe Store MONTGOMERY DYE WORKS, Harris, Prop. Phone 1114 225 PRINCESS 81 J.B transform tor good dinner may memory into a pleasant Crawford & Walsh Tailors, Bagot and Princess Sts. KINGSTON HE CITY OF NOW Dalit, (it my,' Schools, est Mili tary ls ? vicest Summer Kesort-- nest. Fish ing Grounds, e Ot awrerce wer Ty afl Forks, ce ira nada, actorres, CALI. UP KINGST Keep in mind the "Community Build- 'er" cartoons and articles which appear each Saturday. AROS | this chivairie || the world and unless the || meet Hale. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, on Christmas Dioner at} Bracebridge Hall Crane pepe be Be be i SR BRIE y» In the jire a HE or was gerved | § where the sq held nis Christmas crackling five ou tu WArm flime the bau A Llaziog ed and the aud wreathiong up I heen heaj us apartment r logs the spar went sparkling mwotitbed chimney ia picture wide of rusader profuse The the « and bis white horse had been y decorated with greens for the occa and hi and Ivy had likewise wreathed around the 1nd pposite wall opposite wa slon ily been helmet weapons on the A sideboard was set out just under trophy, ou which was a display of plate that might have vied (at least In variety) with Belshazzar's parade of the vessels of the remple- "flagons, cans, cups, beakers, goblets basins and ewers' the gorgeous uten sils of good companienship that bad gradually accumulated through many generations of jovial bousekeepers Before these stood the two Yule can dles, beaming like two stars of the first magnitude. Other lights were dis tributed in branches. and the whole ar ray glittered Nke a firrnament of silver iy We were ushered into this banquet ing scene with the sound of minstrel sy, the old harper DLeing seated on a gtool beside the fireplace and twanging his instrument with a vast deal more power than melody. Never did Christ- mas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countepances These who were not handsome were £t least happy, and Lappiness is. a rare improver of your hard favored visage i The parson sald grace which, 6 was not a short, familiar oue, such as 1a commonly addressed to the Delty in these unceremonious days, but a loug, courtly, well worded ome of the an- clent school. There was now a pause, as If something was expected, when suddenly the butler entered the hall with some degree of bustle, He was attended by a servant on each side with a large wax light aod bore a sil ver dish, on which was an enormous pig's head, decorated with rosemary, with a lemon in its mouth, which was placed with great formality at head of the table.--~Washington Irving. LM Re "No Santa Claus!" CAB Be BRR I B00, 0000, 00 BR LB, DR.00 BILL BE DL BR) What is th pirit on the way i That never seems to pause When Christmas chimes are sounding clear Upon the frosty night In spreading splendid gifts of cheer In every mortal's night? F it be true, as some do say, That there's no Santa Claus, What is this sense of glow divine That comes to you and me When watching all that happy line Of children round the tree? Whence comes ths mantling atmos: phere, 80 full of sweet release That falls upon us once a year And covers us with peace? No 8anta Claus? Oh, men of doubt, Whence comes this sorry claim? Would you so fair a spirit flout For reasons of a name? Dear Santa Claus is everywhere Where hearts are true and kind, And where there's love of man 'tis there His presence rare we find. --John Kendrick Bangs { No Perfect Christmas Sermon Some one has said that thete cannot be found in literature a single Christ. mas sermon which meets the occasion. Of course there cannot. The occasion is the new birth of the world. Unless the preacher is com- petent to say how far the world has grown since its new birth, unless he can comprehend and declare the intl nite greatness of that kingdom of God which the Saviour of men promises in same preach- er can describe the world as it was, "the people who sat in darkness," he cannot preach the sermon which sball "the occasion. '--Edward Everett The Christmas ""Cenone." The "Cenorpe,' a Christmas custom of southern Italy, is also observed in Rome. It is an ancient festival of the lower clfsses and is held on Christmas eve. It is a fastfeast (if ft may so be designated) whose o#ect is a re- union of families in a spirit of devo tion. It consists of a supper at which macaroni and fish are the principal dishes. No other is served info whose composition either meat, yolks of eggs, milk or butter enters. Becfuse ofthe "Cenone" the streets are deserted and dull on Christmas eve. After midnight in some sections noisy parades appear. Mechanical Toys Are Not New. In all ages of the world's history chil- dren bave loved toys. History records the fact that tigures of animals, such as horses, guats aud dogs. were found among the toys made of pottery years before the Christian era. Even the me chanical toy Is not a new invention. for in ahcient Greece, where moving stat vary astonished or both rich and podr, there was scarcely an Athe. wd bouse which did not possess a me | chanical toy of sowe sort. A woman's smile may wreck a man's heart but It is usually anoth- er kind of a smile that wrecks his constitution. Few of the wives who drive their husbands to drink have to use whips, the ; of Us Owne the Lakes and Hills deseity Each ald fm to the I the Wes (U uortuern ud the aim Were uyal grapts--t iif who before a od 1 Ta rignt ould pro ese e themselves heirs higher court, As a matter of fact, few have qualified ind there has been a lot of quail ng in the lower courts over ti the laud has remain ed io the possession of a persons--a handful in each generation Of these lakes and bills in while" les New York one 8 the proprietor to just | that extent that be is able to respond to their beauty apd make them com To this end he must see naturalist but as an paniopable. thew not only as a artist; must gun and fg the raio. He must be him | seit a billman snd a woodsman-and something of a wildman. -- From "North and South," by Stanton David | | bless the Danube at | procession consisting of priests and Kirkman How to Make Frumenty. One of the old time delicacies in Eng- jand was furmante, frumenty or fur menty Accordipg to the most ancient formu- la extant it was concocted in the fol lowing manner: "Take clean wheat and bray it in a mortar, that the hulls be all gone off, and seethe it dll it burst, and take it up and let it cool: and take clean fresh broth and sweet milk of almonds or sweet milk of kine and temper it all; and take the yolks of eggs. Boll it a little and set it down and mess it forth with fat venison or fresh mutton." Venison was seldom served without this accompaniment, but frumenty, sweetened with sugar, was a favorite dish of itself, the "clean broth" being omitted when a lord was to be the par- taker "Mutton pies" was the name given to the mince pie as early as 1596. They were also known as shred and Christ mas pies. --Iondon Answers Actions and Words. An Italian psychologist malntains that as an orators gestures sare Invol untary, they afford a test of bis sin cerity For instaoce, If the speaker plays with his watch chain he is oo his guard and his utterguces are not en tirely frank Should he sway his body from side to side it is a sign of versatility and of an active mind, while a constant repetition of the same gesture is held to indicate that his heart is in the sub ject and that he is sincere There would seem to be some incon sistency in this, since the orator might fiddle with his watch chain every few minutes. The idea recalls the remark of a wit, who sald that a man's trousers were lpdicative of bis position In life. "If they bag at the pockets," was the say ing, "he has wonpey. If they bag at the knees he has brains."--New York Telegram. The Druggist's Diagnosis. People who go to. apothecaries to have their diseases prescribed for oc , casjonally get very strange diagnoses One day a farmer, wearing a long countenance, is sald to have entered an apothecary's shop and remarked, "l seem to have something queer In my stomach, and | want you to give me something for it." "What are your symptoms?' apothecary asked. "Every little while something seems to rise up and then settle back again, and by and by it rises up again." The apothecary put his chin in the palm of his hand and meditated. "Look here," he sald gravely, "you haven't gone and swallowed an eleva tor, have you?'=Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. the Raphael Is Not Romantic. Raphael not only could not paint a landscape; he could not paint people in a landscape. * * * His figures have always an indoor look--that is, a set, determined, voluntary, dramatic char- acter, arising from their own passions, or a watchfulness of those of others, and want that wild uncertainty of ex- pression hice connected with the accidents of nature and the changes of the elements. He has nothing roman- tic about him.-- William Hazlitt. Be What "Vikings" Means. "Vikings" is the term that applies to the Scandinavian warriors--call them pirates, if you like--of the eighth to the eleventh century. The term ap- plies to the rank and file as well as to the chiefs and means, fundamental ly, pirates or robbers.--New York American. Champagne Bottles. One reason why champagne bottles are.so dear is that machinery cannot be used to make them! Lung power alone can secure the necessary unk form thickness of the glass. A bonus is given to workmen who have bad years of experience.--~Exchange. Perhaps It Would. It $rinces knew when to speak and women to keep silent, courtiers to say what they thought and servants to conceal it, the whole world would be at peace--~Chinese. | Plaats Dunit Oh, yes, we think a good deal of the Ao To Sis» but it oe do for us to put our thoughts into words.--New Orleanty Picayune Nelarwiny Will, Wright--1 bave baif a mind to be come & Dewspaper man. Peoman-- Ob, Foul need more wind than that-- Yoakers Statesman. ------ The man who can accurately de- scribe a wonmian's dress made a mis- take in not being born a dressmak- or, The man wha can trust himself doesn't make a practice of hunt up temptation, FRIDAY, SECEMEES 17, few knowing ! western | look at them with the eye | & poet aud of a philosopher as well | | ove all, one must live with the hills day by day aod year by year, in the | { | sot, and sot, and sot, and sot, quit preaching. 1915. 10dd Christmas Belieis # ORB RRME RENIN ERWRR RR RIN RRR "a Somie of the Germans believe that lisse born on Christmas day have the power of seeing spirits aud even com manding them g / A popular saying jn Spain for Christ mas day Is, "The bird of dawnlog sing eth ail night loug to frighten away all things" we it is the custom to Christmas, and a NDIANS say that the best time td catch a deer is ou Christmas night at 12 o'clock, wheu they believe the deer kneels. In Roumania people dressed to represent Biblical characters moves through the streets singing chants, and so to the banks of river. The ice is broken and a small wooden cross thrown isto the water Any one who can recover the cross is regarded as extremely fortu pate aud sure of good luck for the re mainder of the year, "i Christmas celebrations in Mexico be- gin Dec. -17 and continue until Dec. 24. Each night a festival Is held, nine in all, au invitation being sent out to these "posadas." "Posada" means "inn," typifying the way the holy trav elers, Joseph and Mary, sought in vain for rest and shelter the On the Trail CRRMIMMMN NMI MI RII NRN RRR RRR PEEKED around a bit last night. | thought I'd like to get a sight Of old man Santa Claus | come a-sneakin' down the stair And hid behine the parlor chairs, As still as two small baby bears With butter on their paws All scrunched up like a Hottentot, And skursely breathed at all Twas awful dark and kind o' weird, And as the hours disappeared | felt myself a-gettin' skeered At noises in the hall. And nen old Sandy hove in view. He wore a shaggy coat and two Big goggles on his eyes. He wore a pair of motor mitts As fuzzy as a pussy kit's And wool cap like my mother knits For daddykin's surprise He whispered once or twice, and nen He cackled like a settin' hen Or like a roostey does. "He'll never know mé now!" said he While fixin' up the Christmas tree But old man Sandy can't fool me-- | knew just who he was! --~Carlyle Smith in Denver Republican. The Christmas Pudding ALLOO! A great deal of steam! I'be pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a wash- ing day! That was the cloth A smell like an eating house and a pas try cook's next door to each other, with a laundress' next door to that! That was the pudding. In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered, flushed, but smil- ing proudly, with the pudding like a speckled cannon ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half a quartern of ig- nited brandy and bedight with Christ- mas holly. At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was tleared, the hearth swept and the fire ade up/ The compound in the jug being tasted and considered per- fect, apples and oranges were put upon the table and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire. Then all the Cratchit fam. ily drew round the hearth In what Bob Cratchit called a circle, meaning half a one, and at Bob Cratchit's elbow stood the family display of glass--two tumblers and a custard cup without a handie. These held the hot stuff from the jug, however, as well as golden goblets would have done, and Bob served it out with beaming looks, while the chest- nuts on the fire sputtered and cracked noisily. Then Bob proposed: "A merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!" Which all' the Tampy re-echoed. bless us every one!" said Tiny + last of all.--From "Christmas Car by Charles Dickens. Why We Hang Up Stockings. The custom of hanging up the stock- ing on Christinas eve uruse from an incident In the life of the good St Nicholas. One day when he was over taken by a severe storm he took refuge in a convent, and the next day beiug Christmas he preached a sermon to the nuns which they liked so much tint they asked Lim to come the fext year and preach to them again Un bis second visit, which was also on a Christmas eve, before going to bed he asked each of the nuns to lend bim a stocking, and be filled the stockings with sugar plums. In the making of mince ples, which part of a regular Cristian When a man isn't willing te prac. tice what he presthes it is time to Poats are born-- therefore thei ancestors should be responsible, Outflanks hers Perfection all ot mi "KITCHENER" Is the name of the new Electric Iron made by the Canadian General Electric Co. Under the new power rates, it will cost only 2 1-2 cents per hour to operate this Iron. 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