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Show frflfc fUPK ILTen Of- -' Hire-Forgotten OrmrlMlwd anything for Christ inMANY as fcnsw your nsods st Ws esn fill ardors on day of lpt Stock largo; prlooo small. 1st IMI UH UTt & H H Americana are too hnsy to take "alt many holidays, but few to observe New Years day In some way or other The good old custom of making calls on one's friends fell into dlsreppte long ago because It was so abused by the overcon vivial, but family gatherings usually mark the day, and the church folk all over the country still hold watch meetings lu the religious edifices to usher In the new year. Our observances of ths day, however, are not so picturesque as are those of many other countries of-th- eur ffhe stood at the glass and aha tried her might to button her salat Behind The movements she went through wue sure a sight to button tor waist behind; she would reae-ashe would tug and sigh and shed let out a mian, she twUled and squirmed till hhe strained every bone, to her salat behind. She strained at the risk of ripping her clothes, to button her waist behind, she would take m long breath and then stand on her toes, to button her waist behind, ahe had a contortionist beaten a mile, she would bind like a Jat knife, then straighten a while, and wonder why oighUnarea like that were in the style the waists that button beJhJnit- - PT mm hour she labored In wildest despair, to button her waist behind, her Bscs became red and all loosened her hair, to button her waist behind; kbe wept and the tears splashed down In her lap, while for life and its pleasures she cared" not a rap, when she went to the office a hideous gap was there In her waist behind Milwaukee 8entlnel. With nd but-Su- o 1 Why Ha Hssltstsd. When the late O. O. Howard was a totgadlrr general In the civil war, so muwest was he In his religious efforts that la a short time be had converted wvery man In the brigade, all but ons hardened old teamster. Oolng to his commander one day this man said earnestly: General Howard, Im lonesome. Every man lnth camp has been concerted except me. Id like mighty well to be e Just to be In with - too other Christen, boys. I suppose it's the tight thing,' too, but I don't tee bow I can .. manage It" "The man shook bla bead mourn-ffull- "Why, my good man," said ths general. 'T see no difficulty In the way sat 1C U you wllljust surrender your wars win and ask tot guidance." "That's just It, gensraL responded the would be convert "If l'm converted, who In biases la goln to drive them mulesT New York Tribune. .ulldlng Up the Chureljl h Brooklynfor preacher wenfandaway the a Vacation, other day rather then have the church close, his wifs took his place tn the pulpit It is said the tamo result followed that happened In Texas when a preacher, after preaching two Sabbaths to empty Benches, gave notice on the third Sunday that on the succeeding Sunday services would he as usual at" 11 clock; that at It oclock he would rsa bis mare. Callope. 600 yards .against all comers for JtOOO. and rlde the mare himself, lie won the race, and 7,000 people Joined his church the ext Sunday. -- EascL, 'ULAND and Scotland have retained many of their Interesting customs of olden times, this being especially true of Scotland Weeks before the New Year begins, the village boys, with great secrecy, places and rehearse their favorite ballads. As the time draws near they don Improvised masks and go about from house to house singing and cutting many quaint capers. of. December Is The thirty-firs- t called Hogmanay," and the children are told that If they go to the corner they will sea a man with aa many eye aa the year haa day. The children of the poorer classes go from house to house In the better districts with a large pocket fastened to their dresses or a large shawl with a fold In front Each one receives an oaten cake, a piece of cheese, or sometimes a aweet cake, and goes home at night with a good supply of homely New Year cheer for the rest of the family. Ths Scottish elder celebrate the day with a supper party, and as the clock chape" 12. friend greet friend and wishes him a gude New Year and mony o' them." Then, with great formality the door la unbarred to let the Old Year out and the New Year In, and all the guests tally forth Into the street to first foot" their acquaintances. In Edinburgh a great crowd gather arOund tbe i church in Hunter square and hngloi)sly watchei the dock. There la absolute alienee from the firat stroke of 12 until the last. The old folke how go to bed but the young have otherbustness on hand. Each girl la exnecttng the first foot" from her sweetheart, andthere la much stratagem displayed la outwitting her occasionally, and having some serving maid or grandmother open the door to her lover. The weather la carefully observed at this season. for it to eome. There . betoken that --whirh is la a rhyme current In Scotland which runs thus: If New Years svs the night wind blow-et- h meet in . John D Rockefeller It must be grand to be able to - t-- de- Mlker Tla' that. Ah, Tim, afore were old men we shall he able to travel round the world without leavin hne.'' Sketch. , Wasnt Spreading the News. Under the headline of "The Wisdom off Silence, the Success Magazine prints the following story; The late Judge Silas Ilryan, the father of William J. Ilryan, once had aeverahharaa stolen from hia smoke house. He missed them at once, but said nothing nhoul It to any one A few daya later neighbor came to him, Say, Judge' 1m said, T bear'd yew had some haras wtole tother night 'Yes,' replied the Judge, very confidentially, but dont tell any one. You and I are the only ones w bo know it Norway Sardines. Norway paeka 500, 000,000 tins of wardta.a-eaX-iJru,.SGCQitia- I - laid aside on the afternoon of the thirty first, And the tnen of the hamlet went to the woods and brought home loads of Juniper bushes. Each household also procured a pitcher of water from the dead and living ford," meaning the ford In a river, by which passengers and funerala crossed. This was brought in perfect silence and without being allowed to touch the ground In its progress, as contact with the earth would have destroyed the charm. , The rite next morning were suphousehold the posed to protect against witchcraft, the evil eye, and other devilments The father rose first, and taking the charmed water and a brush, treated the rest of the family to a vigorous baptism, which was generally acknowledged with anything but gratitude. Coming back, the thrifty Scotchman closed all the doors and windows and put the juniper bough on the fire. When the smoke reached the suffocating point the fresh air was readmitted Them the cattle were fumigated in the same manner, and the painful solemnities of the morning were over. On New Year's day a superstitious Scotchman will neither lend nor give -- spise money. Travsls Dt Lux. "These 'ere flying machines and wireless telegrams wonderful, ain't Lif thigh price of olive oil the Ssedlsh ifhctories have been experimenting with American cottonseed oil with 'which to immerse the sardines in the tins. Experts who have tried the two kinds one tn olive, the other in cottonseed oil have been unable to detect which was which, so' probably 8t will pot bs long before ws Yankees are eating Swedish sardines packed In American oil New York cannot be carried tn this way are inIn miliserted In the newspapers. tary and official circles ceremonial visits are paid The Russians are great at fortune telling, and on New Years ere the unmarried ladles and gentlemen send servants Into the street, or go out themselves, to ask the names of persona they meet. These will "be the names of persons they will severally marry, and many a bashful Russian lover haa speeded hlitoelf tn bis suit by taking care to be the firat man his lady's servant met. When midnight la reached, each member of the family salutes the other with a kiss, beginning with the head of the bouse, and then retire, after wishing each other a Happy New Year. I S EVERY one Clty tnCws.-th- ( ,gVv "" lH!r'' !.. APANS New Year's day Is the twenty ninth of January. By this time all accounts . have been adjusted and all disputes settled. Everybody puts on the regulation dress a sort of light blue cotton and attrts out to visit relative and friends. , The visiting lasts for three days, and they send Iettrs of congratulation, In stiff, set phrases, to - Press ... those In distant places., t'SSIAN3-.M?... Looks Down on Other. On eadT"New ceremony. "They" goto Their TavoriteTe' giK Years day a pile of sheave dene, and there Is a grand proceaalon thats Cartwright Yes, Puddy wver there. He won several aviation Is heaped up over a large pile, and tho In which Mil trade Ire represented. prices and consequently bolds hla father, after seating himself behind Drums and stringed Instrument are the pile, asks the children tf they can played by numerous bands, and wax head pretty high." Considers himself one of see him. Upon their replying that figures are sold by the thousand They Duddy. She aerostrocracy, eh!" Boston Tran-erlp- t they cannot, he says he hopes tht amuse themselvswtth top spinning, crops will he so fine the coming year kite flying, jugglers, actors and fireworks. and the "ladies of that he will be hidden la the fields. Why Father Helped Him Out The Russian New Year la 11 daya please themselvea with the quality" butterfly Suitor! lov you, I love you. Will later tbaa ours, and la a gala occa- dance." sion for alL, There la a grand celePresent are offered of cooked poo be my wife? bration of mass la the morning, and roasted peaa, oranges, and fig , rice, She "Ton must father first Ths He T hare teen him several times the rest of the day la devoted to con- peat are scattered about the houses at I love yon fust the earns." gratulatory visits. Good wishes that to frighten away evil spirits, and An c I'li'fi Vr Vt i $ . " P i,Vi",iiw rf.ii. i a, ii t ..ah.'..., ,i i ' Iji'nii !h i m P i..!t.!'..t. 'j The Old Year and the New Seven eight nine! Do you hear that? asked the old clock in the corner. Here it Is a full hour after your bedtime, and yet you sit there staring Into the fire! In front of the fire sat an old woman gray haired, wrinkled, feeble. The voice of the clock did not disturb her, but as she watched the fitful flames, one could have read her thoughts. But its excusable on this night, continued the clock. In toft tones. Helgho! but Its the last night of the xld year!. Three hours more and we are done with 1909. You and I are going to watch the old year out together. Lets see? How many years Chi-nee- XjDGM- - for he feare that hfs luck may jgo too, and tor the same reason, the floor must not bp swept. If the fire goes out it Is sign of death. lil( t ;i j i ' ' ' j r 'ij I1. - ? r r i .V. hi, ini, ' ' i .1 f .1 ' h1- - Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, ,1, i k i i H i " I ,14. 1,' IU aurtlr dntroy th. m ot inwB od rompletrly Strain IS. whole tyttem who. ntertng It turougB tin muetnU aurteea. Sub article, should never be tned except oc prewrlp-Uo- u . the Stun they from reputable phyelebim. will do S tea fold to the good you rat poeelbly derive from them. Hall Cxtmrrh Cure. runulMturad by V. J Cbeoey a Co, Toledo, O , cooum. do mercury, us la token mtemmlly, nctlim directly upon the blood and mocoua urtoee. of the lyMem. Is Cmtorrh Cure b. mat you fet tbe Hall buyln aenulbe. ft a token fotrrnhlly nod mad. In Trilnihn Ohio, by F 1 Cheney a Co. TeAimomab tram Sold by nrurxwu. Price, 75c per bottln. ink. UaU family Pilla for conetipaimn. M mercurr ,il i. flhi ar have I aeen come and go? Forty exactly forty with this one. Thats a long time long time.! .... -The wonian rocked gently to and fro, and by and by the clock suddenly called out: What, tears in your eyes! Come, now, but thats no way to end the year. We are thinking of the same things Yea, he was a good and loving husband, And Ill say this for both of you, that 1 "sever heard an unpleasant wotd between your It is 12 year slnce.be died. I could only look Into hie face as he lay on'bls dying-beand If ever heaven sent it light to lead a soul across the dark Valley It was given to him. I remember your tears and moans and sobs, and you prayed that death might come to you as well." The woman wiped her tears, and there was a feeling of suffocation as she let memory bring up the event. Eight nine tea! called the clock How tlme does fly! I after a while distinctly remember striking the last hour of J903. Let me see! Some one then wept with you at that bedside There was a son and a daughter. Ah! now I recall their faces their gentle their loving words. Two years way latter there was another death bed, more wails and aoba, and I saw the as they carried the daughters' body out of the house. It seems as If the last blow must crush you, and I well remember saying to myself that It wouldnt be long before you were called to go. The woman ehoked back her sobs. d, -- pall-beare- , anythlniFVver'ouCbfhIifhSQgSr 1!'l ,vp f The Old Person I wish you all about sixty-fiv- e pounds, and carry kinds of prosperity during your term around one of those glass thingumof office, bub, but I want to warn you bobs they have In the kitchen to time this years job is a fast life. In just the egg boiling. 12 months or In about 8,760 hours, you And torn will bo sorry, others glad, will bs wearing a long gray beard, that you are then ready to be succeeded by another fat little Infant labeled spectacles on your nose, a seven-dol-l1911." black suit badly wrinkled, weigh celebrates tho right royal fashion. In Th mother country the rejoicings absorb fully a month, during the first part of which there Is not an empty mouth In the v- empire j But the refreshments are of a jght kind peanuts, watermelon seeds. sweetmeats, oranges, tea and typical-ly- . .Chinese cakes. Presents of elkea are given to the poor, and brilliant cakes, supposed to help the children along with their studies, are distributed from the temples. ' At an early hour on the second of February their New years day they propitiate heaven and earth With offerings of rice, vegetables, tea, wine, oranges, and imitation paper money, which they burn with Incense, joas stick, and candles Afterward they worship their household gods snd deceased ancestors and living relative. All this is carried out In the most solemn manner, and offerings are made to everybody except th living Images of gods are carried In procession to the beating of a deafening gorg, and mandarins go by hundreds w 1th congratulatory addresses to tho emperor. Their robes are gorgeously embroidered and are heavy with gold. Numerous amusements are provided for the public, the chief of which aro acting, Illuminations, and fireworks. wiF 41 . J C'. - Told in the Doctors. Dr Arthur T. Holbrook is credited with the follow ing-man by the name of Evans died and went to heaven. When he arrived at the pearly gates he said to St, Peter: Well, Im here. John St. Peter asked his name. Evans, was the reply. St. Peter looked through the book and shook bis head You dont belong here, he said. But I am sure 1 belong here, said the man Walt a minute, said Peter He looked again, and In a back part of the book found a name. Sure, said the guardian of the you belong here, but you gate, werent expected for 20 years Whos your doctor?" American Druggist ' t i .1 ,, , ,, ' ' i g1.. IMMlMMkaiatotolMMMtMatoatoiiariBMAAMaaNriHiAMBtonaaMaaiaMMaMaJaMMNHAMaMiBHa4litaiiMMiAtilliMiMlilMMMlilM who has seat a In a - largo " heathenNew Year la a '"Chlnesdquarter e ,.y,n' i HE hospitable Norwegians and Swedes spread their tables hearily for all who may eome In, and In Stockholm there la a grand banquet in the Exchange, given to ths king and hla family. On this occasion the monarch throws aside ths divinity which doth hedge a king," and mingles with his people as clt sen to citizen, In true democratic fashion. Danes greet ths New Year with I tremendous volley of cannon, and oH Copenhagen Is shaken to It founds tlons at midnight. It la also considered a delicate compliment to fire offt gun or a pistol under the bedrooa window of one's friends at a vety early hour. Dwellers in Cap Towa, Srfuth Africa, are an exception to tho general run of English colonists. After tte custom of the early Dutch aettlen, they celebrate New Year for an satire week. Every house la full of visitors, every man, woman and child Is dressed In hla best, and no ons has any business except to seek amusement, which he does frantically. There are picnics to Table mountain - and pleasure excursions In boats. There la a dance every evening. At tLaypd of the week .everybody settles down to business, and the eettlement lk as calm and well ordered as If It had never beard of New Year. A ' I t, y Ths Pleasures of Poverty. south It la a disgrace to be rich. Andrew It betokeneth warmth and growth, Tf west much milk, and flsh in the sea; Carnegie. east, the trees will bear much fruit. It Is good to be horn poor Sir If If northeaet, flee It, man and brute. Thomas Upton. During the last century all work was It Is glorious to have to struggle.- - C He Rosalie, I cant tell you how I worship your almond eyes, your velvet cheeks, like peaches, and your cherry lips Rosalie I suppose you are the new gardener. STAI Waists That Button Behind, . AT FIRST SIGHT. NEW YEAEl feSp-KGikXlk- VTu -- and her lips moved as if she were speaking the names of her dead ones. For many minutes her reverie was unbroken, and she beard not the tick-tac! of the steady old clock. "Nine ten eleven ! " suddenly called the clock. The son? Ah! how absentmlnded I have become! Well do I remember the day a woman with a pale face and frightened eyes opened the door and handed you a letter, which bore the insignia of death. You opened it with trembling fingers, and next moment you were like one dead. There were day and days when you hovered between life and death, and L for my part gave up all hopes. Died In a foreign land; burled among strangers over the sea It was a blow aimed at a heart twice broken." The woman covered her face and moaned In anguish, and the clock continued: Dont grieve so, the dead are at rest forevermore. Lifes mistakes may need to be washed away with tears, but the dead reaped their reward. You are old and poor and broken, but who can tell what" new friends the new year may raise up for you? -- I cannot tell you to forget the past, for a mothers heart ever goes out for her dead, but the new year may have more sunahine. Come, now I am about to strike the old year out and the new year In. Let ua greet the new with a smile of welcome as I count ten eleven--twelva happy New Year!" The woman did not move. lHelgho!JL called . the clock: "We have left the. old behind!" Her hands had dropped beside her, Bnd her head had fallen v Dead!" clicked the clock, as the last faint echoes of his bell died away k! tick-tack- e IBeing and Doing. 'It is said, To he good is the way to be happy, but to be good and to do good is the way to be happy. What a happy wofld this would be If all ould do the best thing for themselves, If all realized thar the" only way to get out of life is to put into It, that the way to receive Is to give, and the only way to be helped js to be helpful, and the way to gain life is to lose It for others, and the way to go up Is to go down, for The meek He- that shall Inherit the earth humbleth himself shall be exalted It la petty to live for self, it is grand to live for friends, but tls glorious te live for mankind, and, as one hai said. The only way to work for God Is to work for man. A A Literal Interpretation. traveler riding In a rather wild part of Scotland came to the edge of a morass. Hailing a peasant lad who was not far-away, he asked If the bog wan hard at the bottom. the Ay, quite hard," responded youth. So the traveler rode on, and presently his horse began to Bink with alarming rapidity into the mire. You rascal!" he yelled to tbe grinYou told me the bog ning urchin. was hard at the bottom. So It Is," Joyfully shouted the peasant, but you're not there yet! N ' - Doing Her Beat. Kipling says that a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a r , smoke." Well, woman is traveling la th right direction. Havent you noticed her present panatella shape?" PILFS Cl'RED IN TO 14 DATS. PlZO OJNTMKNTiflfOBmBlAed to earn mr emi of iKbinity Blind Bleeding or Protruding Pilou j Wo. U U day or money refunded. A woman dislikes being jealous almost aa much as she likes making some other woman jealous. BRE 4K UP THAT COUOH Allen! iAmjr popular famlif remedy. It eureft wbero otber roaoutUA foil. Au wttfe teuton. t6c$Atk!,UIUwuli9Sk . 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