Lebanon Advertiser

              fetation Miitfti
VOL. 46-NO. 26.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAT, DECEMBER 27, 1893.
WHOLE NO.—2366.
fUiltoatrs.
COHN WAUL ANB  LEBANON  KAIL.
KOAft.
DIRECT BOUTS FOB ALL POINTS on thb
PENNSYLVANIA BAILBOAD.
ArraBgemeal of Pmaaenger Tralne.
On and alter Monday, Nov. 20, 1893, passenger trains trill run as follows :
Veuve— m *     |g
I-ebanon............. B:30    l(.._o
Cornwall 641
Mt. Gretna 6:61
Al*i-r«— a*
Lancaster........... Mt
Philadelphia 10:20
mm
New York........... 1:18
AM
Harrisbnrg  7:48
Wil llamBport UltS
Pittaburg.  eso
Leave- _- M
New York...........12:16
11:01
11:11
am
12: so
PM
tarn
V M
6:58
r M
12:01
Mn
10:10
AM
F M
2:00
2:11
2:21
PM
8:46
P M
«:*_
P M
_._3
P M
8:86
7:10
11:80
A M
9:00
12:26
2:40
8-.4U
12:80
8:00
PM
4:80
4:4(1
4:60
PM
6:86
«:+_
8:67
p M
H:40
P M
1U16
AM
8.68
PM
7:50
10:+i
7:16
PM
2:10
4:40
8:86
7:80
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906
PM
8:25
-:86
8:45
Philadelphia. 4:80     8:50
Lanoaster «:82    10:58
Harrisburg 8:60    11:40
Williamsport 8:26      8:15
Pittsburg  8:10      8:80
Arrive— am     p m
Mt. uretna  7:48    12:80
Cornwall..... 7:69    12:40
Lebanon ..8:10    12:50
All trains dally exoept Sundays. Tickets
for all Western points. Baggage checked
through.
MT. GBKTNA PARK, on the line of this
Boad, ls the permanent locution of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, the United Brethren
Camp-Meeting, and III. Gretna farmers'
Encampment gad Industrial Exposition, and
the moat popular Excursion Besort in eastern
Pennsylvania (or Sanday Schools and othar
organizations.
A. D SMITH,
General Superintendent.
T>H1I
LiADELPHIA AND BEADING BA1L-
 BOAD. —_.
ANTHRACITE COAL USED EXCLUSIVELY. INSURING CLEANLINESS ANU
COMPOBT,   IN   EFFECT
NOVEMBER 19th, M98.
TBAINS LEAVE LEBANON.
For New York via Philadelphia, Weekdays,
7:«8,8:60,10:86 a. m., 2:1«, 4:40 and MB p. m.j
Sunday,7:42 a. m.. 4:47 p. m.
tot New York via Allentown, Weekdays, 6:0_>
a. m., 2:16. p. m. Snnday, 7:4/, 9:42 a. m.
POT Philadelphia, Weekdays, 6:06, 7:08, 8:60,
10-.8B a. in., 2:16, 4.40 and 6:46 p. m.; Sunday,
7:4* a. m., 2:49,4:4V and 6:41 p. m.
For Middletown, Weekday., 6:08, 8:28 a. m ,
12:58, 6:2., p. m.i Sunday,9:86 p. m.
For Beaeinu, Weekdays, AMIS. 7:08 (Fast Express) 8:60,10:80 a. m., 2:16,4:40. 6:46,9:00p. m.
Sunday,7:42,9:42a. m., 4:47,6:41 p.m.
Por Allentown, Weekdays,«:05,8:80 a. m., 2:16
4:40,  6:44 p. m.:   Sanday. 7:42, 9:42a. m.
For Harrisburg, WaaKdays, 6:08, 8:28, ll:U6 a.
in.. 12:66, 2:_8, VA 7:07, H:60 (Fast axpress),
and U*_» p. ut.; Sunday, 7:38, 9:66, a. tn., 6:66,
11:26 p.m.        __
For Pinegrove, Weekdays, 8:46a.m., 1:00, 6:15
and 8:86 p. m.
.  For Gettysburg, Weekdays. 6:08, a. m..2:2Sp. m.
For Shippensburg, Weekdays, 6:98,11:96 a. m.,
2-28 p. m.
POT Brookslde, Weekdays 8 46 a. m.. 1.00 p. m.
For Pottsville via Piue Grove, Weekdays, 1.00,
{      P" *        TRAINS POB LEBANON.
I   Leave Waa *WWh via Allentown. Weekdays,
M0, 8:15 8-45, and 11:80 a. in., U.SO 1:00, 6:46,
M6 6*0 p. m.   Snnday, 1:00.6:80 6:00 p. m.
' Leave New York via Philadelphia. Weekdays,
[    8-00, 11.80, a. m- 1J80,4.U0,5:09 p. m., aad 12:18
midnight; Sunday, 1:30 6:00 p. ui. and 12:111
1    midnight.
Leave Philadelphia, Weekdays, 4:12,6:85,10:00
{•  a.m., 4:00. 6HW, p. m.;  Sunday, 4.00,9:06 a.
1    m., aad 5:80 p. an.
Leave Beading. Weekdays, 6:06. 7:15,10:15, and
11:50 a. m.. lift, mot, 7:57 aud 10:28 p. m. Sun-
days, 6:80, 8:60, a*d 10:80 a. in., 5.60 and 10:28
p.m.
Leave Allentown. Weekdays, MT, aad 8:43 a.
I   m . 12:16, 4:28, 9_08  p. __.; Sunday, 7:25 a. ni.,
4:26 and 9:08 p. in.
Leave Harrisburg. Weekdays. 6:10, 6:20, 7:5a,
»:10a, m„ 1:28. *48, 14% and 8:06 p. m. Haa.
days, 6:50, and 8:80 a. m„ 4:uo. MILp rn.
Leave Brookslde, tiJtl a. m, and 12.16,2.65 p. m.
Leave Maa Grove, ..li, and 7.80 a. ni., and
1.00 and 4.40 p. at.
ATtANTIO CITT DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut Street Wharl
and Sonth Street Wharf
POB ATLANTIC OITY,
Weekdays—Express, 9:00. a.  in.. 400,  5:00
p.  ml   Accommodation, 8:00 a.  m.,5.48 p.in.
Sundays—Express, 9:00, lo.oua. iu.  Accommodation, 8:00, a. m., aad 4:80 p. m.
Beturning leave Atlant trf<;I ty Depot.corner
* Atlantic and Arkussas Avenues, Weekdays,
Express 7:80,8:60 a. tn., and 4:00 p. in. Accoiu-
commodatlon, 8.10 a. m., and 4.30 p, m.
Sundays—Express, 4:00,5.16, p. m.   Accommodation, 7:15 a. m.. and 4.15 p. m.
Parlor oars on all express train..
.   C.G.HANCOCK,
Gen'l Passenger Agent,
I. A. SWE1GARD.
General Superintendent.
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)> A«_il_F.ft    BOTCH — Attorney    aa*
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offlce on seoond floor of Matthes Building,
Eighth atreet, near Willow, Lebanon, Pa.
Diets ». tt. MEASE, Dentist.
offloe, Sonth Eighth street, opposite the
Old JaU, Lebanon Pa. Nov, 22. '91.
BedTH^
TAKE
THE NEXT MORNING   I  FEEL   BRIGHT   AND
NEW ANO MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER.
My dootor says lt aots gently on the stomach, liver and
ktdneri, and i» a pleanant laxative. This drink ia made
of herbs,— '
called
, and is prepared for iwe as easily*ius'lca. "it la
LANE'S MEDICINE.
All drupKista Mil it at 80c. and 91.00per packags. ^^
one to-day. Lane's Family Medicine move. Ihe
bowel, each day,
» aeoeoaiT.
la   order to bo health/^
Buy
the
this
IENNSYLVAN1A BAILBOAD.
On and after Item. It. !_»_, trains will leave
tjebanon at feUmme, mmmntetinff at Conewago
ftr all points mt* the Pennsylvania Railroad.
I.eave Lebanon at 6.80 a. m. Arrive at Cone-
wtt - o 7.15 a. m., Lancaster 8.o5 a. m , Philadelphia 10.20 a. m„ Nev York 1.18 p. m.. Harrisburg 7.46 a. m., Altoona 1.45 p. m„ Pittsburg
3.50 p. m. Thia train makes oloaa oonneotlon
at Harriaburg For points on tlta Northern
Central and Philadelphia A Brie Bailroad.
Leave Lebanon 10.80 a. m. Arrive at Conewago 11.85 a. la., Harrisbnrg 12.01 p. m.
Philadelphia 8.00 p. at., New York 5.68 p. m.
This train makes close oonneotlon at Harrisburg tar point, ea the Northern Central
and P. ft K. K. B.
Leave L ebanon 2.60 p. m., arrive at Conewago 2.46 p, ra., Lancaster 8.46 p. ni. Phlladel.
phla 8.<6 p. m.. New York D.'ti p. m., Harrls-
hurg 8.85 p. m., Altoona 7.40 p. m., Pittaburg
11.80 p. m., Baltimore 7.30 p. m., Washington
l.J7p. m.
Leave Lebanon 6.89 p. m. Arrive at Ooue-
»rago7.20 p. m., Lancaster 8.40 p. m.. Phlladel-
Ohla 11.15 p. tn.. New York 8.63a. in., ilarris-
CHRISTMAS GHOSTS.
burg 7 86 p. IP       	
8. Bi. PEBVOST,
tienem! Manager.
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Geni. Paaar. Agt.
CHRISTMAS AGAIN.
SPEOIAL
Baby Carriage AND
Baldwin Refrigerator
SALE.
Como now and select yonr Car*
riages and Retrigeratorn at our extremely low prices—the best selected in the city. Just received.
New styles. Come early fbr bargains.
Remember, the Othello Rangk
is sold only by ox.
Now is the time for house
cleaning. Prepare your houses,
get jour flue. pat itt and the Torpid Sunshine Steel Plate Warm
Air Furnace.    It is unsurpassed.
I AH kinds of I louse-furnishing
Goods, Oil Cloths, Ete. Cutlery a
specially.
American Tin Roofing and Repairing of Spouting at short notice, Etc., Etc.
€. GRUMBEIN & SON,
160 N. 8th Street, LEBANON, PA.
,,jJ, , Neai ti. aL. Depot.	
TRESPASS NOTICE.
NOTICE Is hereby given that rt-<htii_t, gunning and traepiuising ot any Una ara
prohibited ou vay lands in North Annville,
Soath Annvi.-e and Londonderry t >wu_hips
Aay person disregarding or violating this
notloe wiil be dealt with aooording to law.
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ET'twlxt the moonlight and the lire
la winter evenings
long ago,
| What ghosts I raised at  yoar desire
To make raw
leaping blood
run slow!
[ How old, bow grave,
how  wise,   wa
growl
What Christmas ghost oaa make us chill
Save these that troop to mournful row—
The ghosts wa t_H can raise at will?
The beasts can talk to barn and brye
Oa Christmas eve, old legends know.
Aa aaa bf Mathe years retire.
We aaaa fall silent then, I brow-
Such sights has memory to show,
Sooh voioes (rom the dlatanoe thrill.
Ah, me! they come with Christmas snow—
The ghosts wa all oan raise at will.
Oh, children mt the village ohoir.
Your oarols on the midnight throw 1
Oh, bright across the mist aad mire.
Ye raddy hearts of Christmas glow!
Beat bank tha shades, beat dowa the woe.
Renew the strength ot moral Willi
Be welcome, all, to oome or go—
. The ghosts we all aaa raise al Will.
Friend, sursnm corda, soon mt slow,
Wa part, like guests who've joyed their
Wh
Forget them not, nor mourn them eo—
The ghosts we all can raise ai Willi
—Andrew Lang.
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TRAM IN CHRISTMAS TREES.
Ws now require a million or two of
young evergreens for Christmas trees,
and these, too, are out and stored away
in good time, the choppers often going
into the woods soon after tha 1st of November. A fall of snow in November or
December greatly increases the difficulty,
because tbe snow to apt to melt and
freeze, rendering the branches too brittle for transportation. The woodmen
therefore like to get their work forward
and pile their trees in the woods alongside the road, where they will keep fresh
and green for six weeks.
The largest market for Christmas trees
is Philadelphia, whence they are distributed to all parts of the country within 1,000 miles. The woodmen get from
$6 to 98 a hundred for their trees, whicb
sell in the cities at prices ranging from
60 centa to (8.
Aa for Christmas presents, they give
employment to many important trades,
the work npon which ia continuous from
tbs tixat ot January ta the tost of December, Some ir. • ".'ing grandmothers
and ingenious auuta. to aay nothing of
uncles and grandfathers, are on the lookout all the year for Christmas surprises,
which they bide away in unfathomable
recesses, sometimes forgotten by themselves.
WHIN MEN OPEN TMtJR HEARTS.
There ia nothing more effective or oft
quoted than those lines from the "Christ-
mas Carol" ot Charlee Dickens: "There
are many things ttom which I might
havo derived good, by which I bave not
profited, I dare aay," returned Scrooge's
nephew, "Christmas among fh* net
But I aaa sin I have always thought of
Christmas when it has come round-
apart from the veneration dne to its sacred name and origin, if ifcything belonging to it oan be apart from that—as
a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know
of in the long calendar of the year when
men and women seem by one consent to
open their shut Op hearts freely and to
think of people below them, as if they
really were fellow passengers to the
grave, and aot another nee of creatures
bound on other journeys. And there-
fta% uncle, though it has never put a
scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, 11
believe that it has done me good and
will do me good, and I say, God bless itf"
HROYViiway cares,
an 1   all   live In
tbs present!
Youngsters    are
flirting with
laughter aad,
noise;
Christmas   Indoors
Is     remarkably
pleasant-
Dances and games
tor the girls and
the boys.
Outside   tha shadows are colder—
'tis snowing.
Soft Rakes whirl downward and drift on the
pane.
Round the warm hearth, where  the flre la
tlnwlaa.
(Md folka draw closer at Christmas agalnl
The head of tha house. In the glow of the embers,
Wanda straight aa an arrow, smiling, bat
grand.
There Is his wife, and some fifty Decembers
Leave her aa lightly as waves on the sand.
She Is to him still as fair as he thought her
When In her teens his allegiance he swore.
Many a son. now, and blossom cheeked daughter
Oat her abont them for Christ mas once morel
Then there ara neighbors and cousins and lev*
ant
Bertie, from oollege, and stroke ef hto Orew;
Sportsmen who come with an eye oa the covers;
Maidens of beauty whose charms are not few.
Dainty Dianas of favore quite chary;
Reginald, fresh from the ranch on tha plaint
Learned girl graduates, Sallie aad Mary.
Meeting and greeting at Christmas again.
Still, to my fancy, the fairest Ot faces
Yonder is shining in silvery curls.
Framed to soft wrappers and delicate laces.
Grandmother sits ln a cluster of girls,
Watching the dancers with eyas growing tender.
Clearer and dearer for long ago pain;
Holding tha loving hands near to defend her.
Safe with her children at Ohristmas again.
1 can remember when beaux by the dozen
Toasted her beauty in wit and to wine;
I, too, adored her—though I was a cousin-
Many a sword tried its mettle with mine.
Ah, gallant company, vanished to hades!
. Swept with the years till wa oaly remain.
She is for me still the sweetest of ladies—
I, her old suitor, at Ohristmas againl
Madam, your band)  Though tbe dancers be
plenty,    .
Let us, too, stand—not la waltz or to reel.
This was "the mode," eighteen hundred and
twentj|,
When It was voted as "mighty genteel."
Ah. that waa dancing. Then "steps" were "da
rlgueur"
(Not a wild scramble, absurd and insane).
Ytn Will remember that elegant figure—
Let oa Walk through It at Ohristmas againl
Yes, that is welll   Strike a Statelier measure.
Fitting the snows and the honor of years.
Say, does lt briag to you visions ef pleasure.
Or haa the mode a tremor of tears?
Here let ua stay.   Why thia laughter, young
misses?
"Under the mistletoe!"   Zoundsl than, tis
Plato,'
Grandmother, blushing, muat bring oat those
fcllsss
Bhe has been keeping for Christmas again!
—Launce Lee.
il
DEAD MAN'S FIND*"
BT K. QUAD.
[Copyright, 180., by American Praa Association.)
ft was along in November that Tom
and I discovered "indications" ai a spot
in the Pinyon mountains of Nevada and
started a drift. We didn't intend to pat
in more than a week's work—just enough
to develop the "find" and load np with
specimens for assay—but after four or
five days Tom was taken sick. Winter
was already at hand, with a foot of snow
on the ground.
If yon have never been among the
western mountains, I may tell you that
at abont tha middle of December, after
winter has seemingly shot down, there
comes what to oalled a "chinook"—a
warm wind off the Pacific—whioh melts
the snow and stands the season off for a
week, as it were. We had calculated to
take advantage of this break" to sot out
of the mountains, out fate wiiiud it otherwise. Tom was a New Englander,
rough and rugged. He hadn't been sick
a day since he could remember, and hia
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
ALL TIIE LATEST STYLES OF
TOURIST, CRUSH  & STIFF NATS AT
ERB 8c CHAUMEE
flatters & men's Outfitters,
NUTTING BUILDING, S. E. Gor. Eighth & Cumberland Sts.
Tniiiks,  Satchels anil Umbrellas a specialty.   Umbrellas   recovered
while you wait.
sudden breakdown was a complete surprise to botb of us. He was attacked
late in the afternoon with a violent
twitching of his muscles, and by midnight was in a profound stupor, which
lasted with but few intermissions until
the end.
1 knew that he waa in a dangerous
condition, but I could not leave him,
helpless as he waa, and make my way
down into the valley for help, nor conld
I take him down. In hto weak and helpless state there was bnt one thing to do,
and that wus to got a Bhelter ready and
take the best care of him possible. 1
fonnd a sheltered spot and in a day and
night or after when he moved an arm
and broke my sleep. By this time I had
of course given up all hope and realised
I MOISTENED BIS LIPS.
• half had knocked together a pretty
comfortable shanty. Then 1 gathered a
great heap of firewood aad was aa ready
as I could be for a change of weather.
For some days Tom neither grew better
nor worse. When I insisted on it, he
wonld tain a Ut of rabbit soup, bnt hia
appetite waa gone, and he lay lor tha
most part in a deep stupor, neither
speaking nor moving.
For three yeafs w*e Wl knocked abojjt
the Silver State together in hopes ofa
"find." It had been a hard lifo and a
rough one. We wera more often hungry than not, and np to the time of
Tom's illness wo bad found nothing of
any consequence, bnt now—well, if ta*
dications amounted to anything, we had
struck it rich, and onr tena of thousands
were right in sight. It seemed doubly
hard for Tom to bo bowled over jnst at
this time •• ii-I harder still to know that
the cha., ,'cs were all againat him. The
only hope 1 had was that his robust constitution would pnll him through thto
mysterious illness, bnt aa he lost
strength and grew weaker day by day
even this hope died away.
The "chinook" lusted nine days. It
seemed as if summer bad come back. I
nursed Tom, gathered a lot more wood,
made the shanty more comfortable and
dug a grave for Tom os a knoll 80 feet
back of the cabin. If he pulled through,
he would never know itt if he died, I
oonld not leave his body above ground
to be eaten by the wild beasts. He had
hardly spoken since hto illness, his mental faculties seeming to be benumbed,
and I waa therefore greatly surprised
when I eame in from my grave digging
to find him looking better than for days
before. I took it as a sign that ha bad
passed the crisis and wonld now mend,
and I waa trying to cheer him np when
he saidi
"Sam, I heard yon at work. Yon hava
done right. Ton know yon conld hava
depended on me to do the same."
"Why, Tom, old man, yon ara much
better today 1   Ton are surely going to
pnll through!   I waa digging a bit to
ran tba water off if it oame on to rain."
Bnt he waa not deceived.   After a bM
be told me of bto old mother and a sister
in the eaat and asked that hto share of
the find might be sent them in case
things turned out right.   That night tha
"chinook" vanished aa swiftly aa a shadow moves, and winter came howling
down on us.   It waa the 20th of December.   Before morning it was far below
■aro, and a heavy snowstorm was raging,
and Tom had relapsed into hia former ,
lethargic state.    I WM in for it BOW for |
sure—snowed np on the mountains with j
a dying man for companion.   From tha '
morning of the 20th to the afternoon of
the 24th tba man never uttered a word;
sometimes he would open hto eyes aa I
moistened hto lips or forced a little soup
down hia throat, bnt he neither knew
nor saw me.   I knew fay the look of hto
eyes that he was stone blind.   About 8
o'olock on the afternoon of the date given, aa I returned from the spring with a
kettle of water, Tom quietly asked:
"Sam, is it near Christmas day?"
"Within a few hours."
"And you hava jot the grave ready?"
"Why, man, yon won't need a grave
for years to oome.   Come, now, I want
to try you with a bite to eat, aad Fll
warrant you'll feel better for It."
But before I could get around to it he
had again become unconscious, and tbe
next and the last time I heard his voice
WM late that night; I don't know bnt it
was Christmas morn, for it wm mid*
'"TpO WILL OET WELL."
that it waa only a question of a few
hours more. His long fast had reduced
him to a mere skeleton, and during the
last two daya I could hardly get tte beating of hia pulse or beart. By the time I
waa awake, be said:
"Sam, where are you? I cannot see!"
I took his handa in mine and bent over
bim as I saidi
"Bore I am, old fellow. Oo yon feel
betterf*
'Tm most gone, Sam! Aad it's
Christmas day, ain't it?"
"Tea," I answered, greatly surprised
that ba bad kept tba mn of time so accurately. "Bnt you are not going, Tom:
you are better!"
"Christmas  day  ia  the   old   home,
Sam!" he went on.   "ft la yeara Since I
WM tbere.   They'll remember BM and
speak of me, though-—father and me!
Father's grave is there, aaw the old
home.   Mine they will never seer
"But Talk Tom, yon are batter.   Too
, will get well!" I cried, as I lighted a
, candle and bent over bim to lift hia
head.
I    "No,   SUB.      I've    been   dreaming,
dreaming of my mother and sister—of
' father—of  the old  home—of—   Qood-
I fay, Sam!   i know yoa dug tha grave-
' daya ago!   Mark it, Sam.   Mark it so-
' tbat mother may know it if sheever—
Mother!   Moth"y—
! And it was all over with poor Tom;
I nt beside bim till tha day came, tha*
. day of prayer and feasting and rejoicing among millions, and then I wrapped
him in his blankets and carried blip otlt
aad gave him burial and uttered ^J5
prayer whioh I knew was on hto mother's lips, and shed the tears which I lilt
were welling up as she thought of the
absent one. He asked me to mark hia
grave. 1 did so, and then I waited for
weeks before I conld get down into the
valley. Tbe next summer when tbe
snow had melted away from the mountains I went back to the lonely shanty
with laborers enough to develop the
mine, which we called "Dead Man's
Find," and before another Christmas
day liis mother sat by his grave while I
told her the story of hto illness and how
her name had been the last on his lips
an that dark Christmas morning when
his soul went ont into the great unknown.
Mrs. Brown—That's a nice turkey, but
I expected you'd have brought something to wash it down with.
Brown—My dear, that's a raffle tnr-
key, and he's been washed down already.
SUITABLE QIFT8.
Dont ba too particular abont giving
useful Ohristmas presents, notwithstanding that hosts of practical individuals,
especially tbose of a philanthropic turn
of mind, ara forever advising just to
tba contrary. Of course where extreme
poverty ia in question, when tha very
necessities of Ufa ara lacking, a ton of
ooal or a basket of provisions to doubtless a more suitable gift than would ba
a silken table cover or an embroidered
scarf; but, barring such extreme cases,
the greatest degree of benefit and happiness experienced by the exchange of
gifts at the season of "goodwill to man"
doea not, as a rule, result from those of
a strictly useful nature. After all, men
and women are only boys and girls
grown tall; and, pray, what healthy boy
or girl would prefer a pair af boots to a
toy pistol or a pair of skates, a doll or a
bar of candy, as his or her annual contribution from Santa Claus?
"May good digestion wait on appetite,
and health on both," is a good motto for
yonr Christmas dinner. In this connection it should be remembered that nothing to promotes digestion as a cheerful
heart and a clear conscience.