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TIlO.luu i iihwuk iupiiiuimub UlinO LOLCMBIAM
Uvery co.n.ueto. ItconUlnsthn latest now tyno
.nl m ifhlriffV nnd I ft t in mile nnim n.
pro-w by no we' . ff vlnUs tho best lacl.Ittes. V&.
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BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1886.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO 52
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL.1., NO 41
WVvn imiiniiuii jvu-h
& HITTEN3ENDEU, ) t"i"""'
He
professional: CARDS.
T AMI'S M. FitlTZ,
iyTTOHNKY-AT-LAW.
omco with C. U. Baiklcy, Esq., In Wirt's
building. docJI-Sil.
L.
B. WALIjEK,
ATTOUNKY-AT-LAW,
bioouisburg, Pa
Oillco over 1st. National Bank.
U- U. FUNIC,
' ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW.
BLOOUSBDRO, Pa
moo In Sat'a Building.
j oiinm. aLimz,
ATTORN liY-AT-LAW,
AND
JUdHOK OP THE PEACE.
Bloomsbpro, l'
O tie over Moyer Bros. Drug storo.
p W. MltiLBR,
ATT0UNKY-AT-LAW
0 il :o In Browor's bulldlng.second floor.room Mj.l
llloomsburg, l'a.
W FRANK zlltlil
' ATTOUMK Y-AT-LAW.
Hloomiburg, P i.
O nice corner ol Ct ntre and aln Strecta. Oiarl
llulldinf.
Can bo consulted In Herman.
G
-1E0. E. EIAVKLL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ui.ouMsiiuiin, Pa.
Oillco on First lloor, , front room of.CoL
uuniArf Building, M.iin.Jstrcet, bulowj Ex-
chutigu Hotel.
p.VUli E. WIUT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Oillco In Colombian Uuildiku, kooui No. i, second
uoor.
UliOOMSBUKG, PA.
S XNOBU. r S.WIlirSRaTKBN.
KNOHR & WINTERS TEEN,
Attorneys-nt-Law.
OHee In 1st National Bank building, second Door,
flrstdoortothohft. Corner o! Main and Market
Btreots Uloomsuurg, l'a.
Pemwns and Bounties Oollecttd.
J II MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
race tn Malzo'abulldJrg. over Blllmcycr's grocery.
E
P. BILLMEYEU,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
CtTOIIIco over Dentlcr's shoo store,
lllooinaburB, Pa. rnpr-30.80.
JOIINC. YOCU.M. C Ii GEY2II.
YOOUM & QEYEH,
Attorney s-at-Lawi
CATAWISSA, PA.
(Offlco front suit of rooms on second floor of
MswslTEU building.)
rirCAN UK CONSULTED IN GEH.MAN.at
.. .1 AllAinnn'n T n W.VP1" Ttf
,.;nitiftn wiit trun nrninnt. and
cefuTK
nil oiuer piuicDaiuu,
. II. 1UIAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, ra.
OBco, corner ot Third and Main streets.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
B L 0 0 M S B U R 0 , PA.
Office In Urowcrs' Uuilding,,.3nd Uoor.
mny 1-tf
jyj-IOHAEL F. EYERI.Y,
Convoyaneor, Collector of Claims.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OP
ESTATES, ic.
tjronicn in Tenter's bulldlrg will. Y.V. Bill
mcyer, attorncy-al-law, licut icen b, 2nd lloor
Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-p-se.
2. BM1TII,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS
It. IIONOUA A. K0U11INS.
Ofilce ana residence, West Hrst street, lllooms-
DUrLT. 1 il.
i .. nnv.'ttNi iv.
I)
It, J. U. MOOKE.
EYE, EAH AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY.
1'ITTSTO.N, -..
Will bout Exchange Hotel, In Jilcomsburg, every
two weeks on hatuiday, from s:30 p. in. to 3 p.m
0)ec, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 15 and St, Feb. IS and !0
JlarclUSandSC. noiS4fly.
TH. J. H. EVANS, jr. I)., yiirgron ntul
physician. Office and retldencc, on Tlilid
rtueet.
I B.McKELVY, M. D-Surgeon i and Thy
O . t.lclan, north sldo Main otreet.telow Market
L. FRITZ, Altorii-v.atJ.aw. Oflio
, Front room over I'ost Office,
rB. 7.0. KUTTEK,
PnTSICIAN8DU0E0N,
Office, Worth Market street,
UloomsMirs, Fu
DH. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and
Physician. Onlco corner of Hock and Market
lieet.
piKE INBUUANOi
ohuistianf. knaff, bloomsbu 0,fa,
home, of n. y.
. mehciiants', of newahk, n. j.
clinton, n. v.
peoples' n. y.
heading, pa.
Theso olo coHroHATioNS aro well seasoned by
"uss touted by ny court ot law. Their assets aro
All inVfll ill OUHl' DeVlWMM
loswes VioSmlv and HONSSTtr adjusted and
Dald as soon as determined by Cuiustun r.
KilLlTl 8PKCIAL AOBNT AND APJCSrBK BLOOMSBURG,
'fho people of Columbia county should patron.
Uetboageuey where losses If any are settled and
nali by one of t her own eltlzons.
1 I'KOMPTNISSS. EQUITY. FA I It DEALING.
B
F. IIARTMAN
RUPKBSKNTH TUB romjwmu
. nmm Nl IVMIIKANflK ( OSIPAN1EH
orth American ot Philadelphia.
Ofrankllu. , "
York, of Pennsylvania,
Hanover, of M. Y.
.oumiii, of London,
-Korth British, of London,
oct.u, 1"
I-MtEAS BROWN'S INBURANC1B ;
AGENCY. Moyer'B new building, Main btroet,
oomsburg, Pa. Assets
;tna insurance Co., ot Hartford, Conn V&jj
ltoyai 01 uverpuui juWono
ilrBAti'ViaiVpiui::"":::: :
yhojiilx, of London .V 5"'
iSu.lou Lancashire, ot England I'SS'SS
Hartford of Hartford fSTsK
.or the Tlnurea without delay In tho office at
Bloomshuiv, oct.iw.
fnn invE'tTlHKItS.-Mwest Itatea for advcrtls
l ln n 11 gmd newspapers Bent "
,dreu QKO. 1'. HOWELL CO., lOBpruce BU, if. Y.
yAiNwmaur &co
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
I'll ir.Aimi.i'ii t a , Pa.
TEAS, SYItlTS, COFFEE, SUGAII, OLAES
11ICE, SPICKS, IIICAISII tODA, E10., E10.
N. E. Corner Second and Arch Ms.
IfOrders will receive prompt attention.
yy 11. house,
DENTIST,
ii.ooM3i)una, Columbia County, Pa
All stylesof work done In a superior mam or, wort
wuiiuiiiuaas repreaeniea 'i KKin jistract
bp wiTnour I'ain by the use of Gas, and
freoof charge when artificial teeth
are Inserted,
Odlce in Barton's bulldlne. Mnin street,
below Mnrket, live doors below Klclm's
drug store, llrst lloor.
7o be open at all houn duriny the dot
ffl. C. SLOT & BRO.,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers ot
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGOKS &C
First-class work always on hand.
REPA 1R1NO NEA TL Y D OA'i.
Prices reduced to suit the times.
BLOOMSBURG PLABIHG MILL
:o.
The undcroleued UdMnc put bis I'lanlrc t
on HaUroad Street, In drst-ciase condition, lsp'-
parea 10 ao an Kinas or worK in niB nno,
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
fnrnisned at reasonable nrlcen. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and nono but skilled workmen
iru employed.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
urnlshed on application. Flans and apeclflcn
ons prepared oy an expiriencea araup-memuu
OUARLGS KRVO,
ItSooiiiKbtii't:, l'a
ORNAMENTAL BC ilHCK
OF CAST CR WROUGHT IKON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
r-utlic Grounds
:o:
The following shows the Picket Gothic, one of
the se eral beautiful styles ot Fence manufactured
ay tuo unacrsignea.
ed. Set up by experienced hands and warranted
10 give sausmcuuu.
Prices anil inccimens of other do-
sifins sent to any address.
Auuresa
BLOOMSBURG PA-
May 4-tf
nowEii
OAS FITTING A STEAM HliATJNU
DEALEIl IN
STOVES & TINWARE.
All kinds of work in Sheet Iron, Roof
ing and fetmutiiif; jiromjitly
attended to.
rwstilct attention given to heating by steam.
Corner of Mam & East Sts,,
UloomshurK, Pa.
CLOTHING CLOTHING
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
:oi-
Csnls r:::;;;:i'- Ooois, Bats is C::i
OF EVERY" DESCRIPTION.
Suits made to otder nt short notice
ntul u lit .il win h L'tiaiantced or no i-nlf.
Call and cxamiiiH tho Impost and Lest
NoleottMl stoeK ot goon over Biiown in
Columbia oounty.
Store next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Oloonisburg, Pa.
Ci O w
Lurr lrln cr rcH atlsrls that weak l.fk
una uririy prnsir.ies cu.
m m m uj the
BEST TGfJSC
Hircnstbcns Hie luclrn,
Miciidtm llio Nrrrci,
rnrlrlici Itio Tllnml. Ncw A laor.
Dn .1, U MlKRB.ruirl.pl , Iowa, KV9i
" llrmvn't Ir n Bittern t tl'O lft Irm PiPi'.lclfift I
hdtf known to my . jmiV irartici. 1 haro fnjiul it
f pf nally brnlirhl in i.trroun rr fihycicul cihanMlon.
and In all dU 1 1 tMli.it mlnifints that Unr imi bavlly
on llnystfin. t'o it frooly iarry own family "
Mr. Wt V Jlnowv, M7 Main Bt., Uivmi;t n. Ky .
Buy i! "I wsn LoiatHi'tfly liokcn Uon in lifaltli nml
tfuul.lfd with paint in my lm k. 1-rowtVs Irca
UitU'rs entirely re t n i rr.'j to laltli "
0nuln haa aborflTrtil" Mark ndrrofFfd retllmM
oa wrap.nr. Tit lie no other M.d Wily ty
UltOU.N CIIEAllCAL CO.. IJA l.Ti JIUlil., iil.
cured
of RHEUMATISM by using
RUSSIAN RHEUMATISM CURE.
It Is not a cure-all. It cnrfl nothing bat IMifmma
tism, but it la a safe and sure cure for tbat dispAM,
Tbouaanda who hare Ceen cured will testify to Iti re
liability.
Mb. G. B. ULVETt. of lfi21 N. 12th St . ThlUd a . wrote
fmir months after he bad been curod by the Kufbjji
Hheumatlam Cure (vraltlna to boo whether it would not
return), saying he was btdridden with the diseaae. and
thought he would looe his renaon fnm the agony he
hadtoenduret and inaido of twowwka be aa cured
by this remedy, although, he had hit hmiMt phriclan,
and ard other remftdias without result, previoua to
trying this wonderful remedy,
Mr. Chab. A. Cox. American and Morris St , PbiU ,
taid; "Mr wif waa bedridden, and her condition mails
medeapair. Doctors and eTerythlnit f lse failed. Tho
itaesian Hneumaiim jtre curea ncr in one wee.-
PRUSSIA H.
II A 5 DOTH 1
TRADE 9tAUKS
AND
SIGNATURE
Ron Utnunf wit hoot thlt fllg
a n -?5 4(Lu frik
PER BCtf,
Tor completo Information, Ircriptlve Vam
puici witu lemiraonuis, iree.
For sale by nil drtiRitists. If one or theotherla
not in position to furnish it to you, do not be pcr
duaded to take anything elae, but apply direct to tho
General Arents. ITALIYKR 11ICOS. CO.
blU dc HZl llarket Mreti, Pblladelplilu.
march 9-lt.a
GEO.A.MA"GBETH!q GO.
V f ITTS E) U R G Hf pAtl
FOR SAtCBuLPEALEFlS EYHY Hh
For cumtlvo piwcr and ectivencaa, hoal
in quallticfl, and qulcknesa of action, thoy
stand without au equal. Scientifically pro
pared fvoru approved ve-etable ajrents, vtrtuea
of Frc3h Hopa, Quma, Ualscma and Hemlock,
BTtreadon wMto raunlin. They promptly and
thoroughly aubduo all prina and aches that
torment tho human body, vitalize worn-out
muscles and Btrons'.hen v.'ctlc parts. Always
ready for Instant application. Clean, fragrant
ana nevoruumg, nop i-iasiers aoia oy arug
plats and Country stores. S3 eta., 6 for (1.03.
Mailed for price by proprietors,
Hop IMatdtrr Company, Iloaton, Maa
tVIkieare of imitation. See what you buy,
Look for hop-vine wreath and signature of
HOP rLASTEIt COMPANY, on back of plas
ter and on circular around piaster.
nov 20 60 ly.
One kind of medicine will not euro all
kinds of dlscnacs i Dr. Kilmer's Prepara
tion! nro sptcillcs a remedy for oicli
disease. Tliey are llio rcBiilt of it success-
till practice bIucc luau.
1 loctly.
CURES ALL HUMORS,
from a common Illotcli, or Ilruntloiii
to tao worst Scrotillu. 'I'lio boat llluod
IMirltlerovcr ill.covereU. UyDrugglsta
PRICE $1.00, fiWS!
D
iinn nml ruin. 117 John II. McAlviu. Iowell
Mass.. H Kurs tax collector, rwm ireo vq uuj tw-
J tH h P S
rf"Sftf
iiffilli
I:
LS
1
2
RHEUMATISM CURE.
aurilUB,
LamfEhimney
i j 9 n i
? re l o
I QEE THAT THE 0
O Itj EXACT LAOLE IS OM V'A f 3
jj g ' EACH CHIMNEY A3 f g S
5 8 IK SHOWN IN PICTURE. A 7, 3
M '.NUFACTURED ONLYuBY
dec 3 66 n c & co.
k8
THE OLD YEAR'S BLESSING.
I am fading from yoa,
Butont drawetli tuor,
Called the angel cuardlan
Of the comlnd year,
If my elf ta and graces
Coldly you forprt,
Ltt tho New YcarV nnrrel
Blew and crown tbemjtt.
For we work tOKetbcrj
He and 1 are one,
li t him end and iK-rfect
All I leave umlouo.
I brought Rood rferUres,
Thouch ai yet but beeds;
Lot the New War make them
Blossom Into deeds.
I brought Joy to brighten
Many happy days;
Li t the New Year's angel
Turn It Into praise.
If I rclvo you ilckncw.
If I broujht you care,
Lot him make ono patience
And the other prayer.
Where I brouRht you sorrow,
Through his care at letistb.
It may rise triumphant
Into future strength.
If X brought you plenty.
All wealth's bounteous charms
Ehall not the new angel
Turn them Into nhns?
I garo health and leisure.
Skill to dream and plan;
Let him make them nobler
Work for God and man.
If I broke your Mols,
Showed you they were dusti
L?t him turn tho knowledge
Iato brave uly trust.
If I brought temptation,
Let sin die away,
Into boundless pity
1'or all hearts that stray.
If your list of errors
Dark and long appears.
Let this new born monarch
Melt them Into tears.
May you hold this angel
Dearer than the last
Bo I bless his future
WhlU ho crow ns my past.
Adelaide A. PnocTott.
-ami let him In
That atandeth there alone,
And walteth at the door,
There's a new foot on the lloor, my friend,
And a new face at the door, my friend,
A uew face at the door. A. Tennyson.
THE SWEET ERS.
X NEW YEAR'S BTOHY WniCU DESCIUHES
UOW IT WILT. HE.
Tho evening was clear and cold, the stars
sml'etl down upon earth bo fondly that when
I looked from my window late In tho night I
longed to go out under them, and let their
benign spell charm away tho fret and fever
of the day. I went out and walked slowly
on and on, feeling tho restful lnlluencoof the
Bllence and tho beauty of tho night. A cres
cent moon glittered In tho sky, the myriads
of stars blazed in unwonted glory, and tho
earth slept under a white blanket of snow.
As I walked farther and farther hi the cold,
white silence, tho everyday world, with its
worry and vexation, fell away from mo.
The people of tha village slept. Their
houses ere locked and llghtlessj the earth
itself slept. I oidy seemed to bo awake. But
no; another mis abroad as well as myself.
Not a meditative soul, evidently, for he came
toward 1110 whistling mid singing cheery
songs. He hud no vexations to bo charmed
away in the silence of the night, that was
certain. There was a confident ring in his
step as he ground his heel into the hard beaten
snow of the highway, und there was assertion
in the notes be whistled and bang.
As he came in sight I saw that ho was an
exceedingly spruce youth, with a finely de
veloped figure, and, as near as I could see In
tho white light of the stars and the snow, a
beaming face. lie was clad in velvet and
fur, dressed with foppish caro and nicety,
and he carried a brand new broom.
"Goat oveuing," I said, as we wero about
to pass each other on the narrow road.
"Eveniiigf" ho said, interrogatively. "I
never know any such thing. I belong to tho
morning,"
"lias the boy lieen drinkingl" thought I. A
second look convinced me that he had not.
lie stuck the handle of his broom firmly Into
the snow as he stopped and spoke. I made
up my mind that he was n youth brimming
over with life and health and superfluous
energy. That ho was vain any one could see
from his walk, his speech and manner. I
wanted to prolong the conversation, and for
want of a better subject I mentioned the
beauty and newness ot the broom.
That pleased him. He smiled approvingly.
shook the broom triumphantly and soldi
"Yes, it's a splendid broom, und it's well that
It U, for I have a big contract of swooping on
hand, and am luit on my way to begin."
"You I" I look at him incredulously. Was
the boy a merry lunatic! doing to do a job ot
sweeping, clad in velvet and furl "Have you
ever swept any In your litof" 1 asked.
"No; but I have studied sweeping, studied
it In books."
"Ah I and what are you going to sweep,
may I oskl"
"Why I'm going to sweep tha earth," ha
said confidently, as ho flourished the broom
above his head, and then scratched around
with it a moment in tho snow, merely to
show bis expertnesa as a sweeper.
"That's a large contract for a theoretical
sweeper," I answered; "I am curious to know
something about you."
"Don't recognize mo, ehl 'Well, how could
you, since I am not yet born I" And he
laughed aloud.
Dy this tlmn I was convinced that I had
met a jolly and extremely original lunatic.
As ho seemed harmless as well as mirthful, I
didn't mind hearing him talk a little. "What
particular styl. of dirt do you intend to
sweep out the eartlil ' 1 osued.
"Everything offensive and harmful," ho re
plied, in a most positive voice. "All corrup
tion, oppression, dishonesty In ulgti places,
and degradation In all places. Yes, and dis
ease; that, too, must go. Ami poverty also.
Everything that is hateful and makes tha
heart bitter shall bo swept away."
lie seemed so serious and earnest about It
that I pitied him for hit delusion. "Ifow
long will it tako you to llnish such a con
tract!" I asiteu, reeling a grcui compassion
for his disordered mind with its humanitarian
Instincts.
TUB NEW BWEEPEIU
"Ob, I shall make gnat changes iu a
twelvemonth," ho said conlldeutly. "Tho old
artli will bo another place altogether before
long. It needs nothing but a gooa sweeping,
I and my broom will do tho work and da It
fMI
well. Brush o(T the dirt nnd ft now order of
things will Inaugurate It -elf Immediately.
Look out for universal honesty, good times,
safo banks, good wages, clean minded states
men but really, I must hurry on, I have
an appointment, I begin my sweeping In a
fe minutes."
"But you haven't told mo your namorl
called out as ho started on, with his broom
on his thouldcr.'
Ho looked back, a broad grin on his hand-
somo young face, nnd answered, "Eighteen
Eighty-Seven."
Before I recovered from my astonishment
he added, "O, I can Bweep ; I'll show you," nnd
he went on In his vanity and ignorance.
Poor, foolish, Inexperienced, happy New
Year.
Tumlnz about. I started toward homo, and
In a moment moro I heard the village bells
"ring out the old," and "ring In tho new."
I had not gono far when I met another
traveler, a very different figure from the vel-vet-olnd
votith with the confident nlr who had
just left mo. He was walking with a tired
step, and was bent, ns under a burden. As
he approached I saw tnni lie was eiueny,
somewhat broken down, careworn as to
countenance, threadbare ns to garments, and
under ono arm ho carried n tremendous scroll,
and in the other hand tho worst wreck of a
broom 1 had ever laid oca on. "I was Im
pressed," ns tho clairvoyants say, with tho lie
nor tuat lie was r.iguieen liiRiiij-cii, mm j
that name I accosted him us courteously a 1 1
could, and offered him my sympathy.
"Sympathy P said tho old man, laughing
till ho shook. "Sympathy! Well that is
really laughable. Thanks, my good friend,
but I don't need it. Your congratulations
would be better. If you havo any sympathy
to throw around recklessly give it to my suc
cessor. I know tho size of the load ho hai to
pick up. Thut is a lino broom he carries, too.
Mino was as good a year ago. Look ut it
nowl Hardly a tqiear of it remains, and with
all its hard usage, 1 fear I have'nt left the
earth much cleaner. I found tho contract
too much for me, though I started iu as chip
per as he docs. I wus chock full of reform
ideas; but you seo how my efforts to clear np
tho earth have nged mo, nnd how I havo
scuffed my clothes, as well ns my soul. But
I'm tin ouch with It now, and am going to
disembody myself, and look on at tho other
fellow nw Idle." Ills eyes had n humorous
sparkle, nnd ho certainly wore n look of
happy relief.
"Is It possible Iliac your record is so uumyi -I
asked, pointing to his scroll.
"Bulky I" said tho old man, with a sarcastic
grin. "If you want to know tho heft as well
as tho bulk of it you should glance over it. It
Is made up of deaths, riots, earthquakes,
broken banks, trusted odlclals going wrong,
wrecks, runaways, blow ups ware, rumors or
wars, the overthrow of tho LiKernl parlia
ment in England, crazy monhichs, boodle
... wMtfa fni Klnf Hiiif. rnn.
tested wills, hard times, strikes, suicides,
sickness, murders, burglurics, thefts, nnd
nearly overy unpleasant iinug you couiu
think of." Think of tho heartaches repre
sented in this record. Tho thought of thom
oppresses mo." -
TUE OLD SWEEPER.
"But you havo done somo things to felici
tatJ yourself upon, haven't you?" I asked.
"Yes, I think I have," ho said, looking
pleaded. "I sot up tho Liberty statue In Now
York harbor; I inaugurated a now political
party I think I havo and I brought a big
thought wave, which is making peoplo hunt
up their touls and tako 6ome care of them, as
well os of their bodies. I sowed somo seed
that will not bring forth thistles, mark nio,
and then I am so thankful that I wasn't a
campaign year."
"It Is a little melancholy, though, to go
awnv forever, tm't iti"
"Forever I" no repeated, musingly, looking
down at the white snow u moment. "For
evcrl I am not sure that I do. This talk
about the continued re-embodiment of souls
that is going on now In tho western as well as
the eastern world Is something 1 nin interest
ed In and havo encouraged. For aught I
know I may come again, with a new name
and a new body, and further or finish what I
have begun here. It Is said that all that Is
dead shall live, and all that lives shall dli
Let rue quote Edwin Arnold a moment:
Treat hath been brlnscth what shall bo, and Is,
Worse better last for first and first for last;
The angels In the heavens of gladness reap
Fruits of a holy past,
Tho devils In the under worlds wear out
Dcds that were wicked In an ago pone by.
Nothing endures; fatrvlrtuesuasteulth time,
Foul sins grow purged thereby.
Who tolled a slave may come anew a prince
For gentle worthiness and merit wou;
Who ruled a king may wander earth la rags,
For things doue aud undone.
Only while turns this wheel Invisible,
Xo pause, no peace, no staying place can be.
Who mount may fall, who falls may mount;
tho spokes
Oo rouDd unceasingly,
lie finished, and taking n fresh grip on his
ponderous scroll, ami using tho handle of his
worn out broom for a staff madu ready to
movo on. Then be spoke again: "You, too,
my friend, must dio and live, and llvo and
dlo. You may inoct mo again, but you will
havo changed. You will wear a now face,
and Ijo known by a now name. The sunrise
comes. Peaco be with you. Au revoir," and
he passed on out of my sight forever.
Max Eltox.
Tho days nro made on a loom whereof tho
warp ami woof uro past and future timo.
Emerson.
OTImel llio beauthler of the dead,
Adoruer of the ruin, comforter
And only healer when llio heart hath bled
Timet the corrector where our Judgments err,
Tho t st of truth, love bole philosopher.
For all beside are sophists, from thy thrift,
Which never loses though It doth defer
Time, the avcugerl unto thro I lift
My bunds, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee
a gift.
Tho Infant at the blackboard rubbing oft
tho old record is ono ot us, for wo aro all
children and always will bo lu wisdom. Tho
idea Is not n bad one. Ezpungo the old
record and begin again. Tho future U al
wuys better than, the post.
ill
'7 iii''
id..
THE OLD AND NEW YEAR.
As tho midnight hour drew nigh, the Old
Year stood before mo. Weary nnd wayworn
beseemed, and in his hands was an hour
glass, w hence the last sands wero falling. As
I looked upon his wrinkled forehead memories
both pleasant nnd mournful came over me,
I spoko earnestly to him;
"ilany blessings hast thou brought mo, for
which I gave theo thanks. Now have they
been every morning, and fresh overy morn
ing. Thou hast indeed from my heart's gar
den uprooted somo hopes I planted there.
With their clustering buds thoy fell, and
wero never quickened again."
"Praise God for what I gave and what I
took away," ho said, "and lay up treasures In
heaven, that thy heart may be thero also.
What thou callest blighted hopes are of ttlmes
changed into the fruits of righteousness."
But I answered; "Thou hast also hidden
from my sight tho loved and tho loving.
Clods aro strewn upon their faces; thoy reply
to my call no more. To tho homes they made
fair they return not, and the places that once
knew them know them no moro forevor."
Still he said: ""Glvo praise to God. Your
lost aro with him. They have preceded you.
None can drift beyond his lovo nnd caro."
Then his volco grew faint, nnd bo murmured,
"Jly mission unto mnn Is done. For mo the
stono is rolled away from the door of the
sepulchcr. I will entor In nnd slumber with
all tho years of the post forever."
Aud be straightened himself out to dio. As
I knelt by bis sidel said, "Oh, dying year,
dear, dying year, I see a scroll beneath thy
mantle. What witness shall it boar of me
when Timo for me Is done!"
Low and solemn was his voicoi 'Thou
(halt know when the book of the universe Is
opened."
The midnight clock tolled, and I covered my
faco and mourned for his denth, for ho had
once been my friend. I remembered with pain
how often I had slighted his warnings, neg- I
lected tho golden opportunities of growth ho '
had given me, nnd cast away the precious
hours he had been 60 eenerous witn. nnd I
buried my faco and wept. AVheu I again
lifted my head, lo I tho New Year stood in tha
place of tho Old.
Smiling, ho greeted me with good wishes
nnd words of cheer. But I was afraid ; for to
mo ho was a stranger; and when I would have
returned his welcome my lips trembled and
were silent.
Then he said: "Fcnr not, I come from
the great source of all good, whence come all
good gifts."
Trembling, I asked: "New Year, whither
wiltthoi lead me) Art thou appointed to
bring nit joy or sorrow, life or death P
Looking with glowing eyes into tho un
trodden future, he replied: "I know not.
Neither doth the angel nearest the throne
know; only He who 6ittcth thereon. Give
me your hand and question not. Enough for
thee, that I accomplish His will. I promise
thee nothing. Follow me and bo content.
Take, with a prayer for wisdom, this winged
moment. The next may not be mine to give,
yet if we walk onward together, forget not
that thou art a pilgrim for eternity. It I
bring thee a cup of joy be thankful, and be
pitiful to those who mourn; and let all men
bo unto theo as brethren, if tho dregs of bit
terness cleavo unto thy Hps lie not too eager
to receive relief , lest thou betray the weak
ness of thy faith. Ood's perfect discipline
givoth wisdom. Therefore count those happy
who endure. When morning brenketh in tuo
east, gird thyself for thy duties with a song
of thanksgiving, and when night putteth on
her coronet of stars look over the day just
gono and let Its failures and blunders guide
theo to better things on the morrow, so that
when I have no longer any days or nights to
give thee, and must myself die, thou wilt
bless mo as a friend and a helper on the road
to heaven."
Like wind flies Time 'tween birth and death;
Therefore, as long as thou hast breath
Of care for two days hold thou free
The day that was and is to bo.
Omar Khayyam.
New Thought for the New Year.
The new year ought to mean new thought
if tho old has been oppressive Tho new
year's resolve has something of the divinity
in it, early and often as it is broken. Even
tho resolve to break off some old habit Is a
stride forward, a Btep upward. Every re
form, every upbuilding must have its origin
iu a new thought. A thought lies behind
every action.
Iu making new resolves, nothing is more
necessary than to cidtlvata the art of forget
ting. Tho reason some people aro chronically
wretched is becauso, if they had a sorrow, a
burden or a disgrace, they aro forever think
ing about It, nnd so forever remaining con
scious of it. They carry it iu their mind,
which is really keeping it alive all the time.
Did they but know it, the world would soon
forget it if they would allow it to. If thoy
would throw it out of their mind and compel
it to stay out it would ceaso to exist. No hu
man soul ever grew upward who nursed his
former blunders, failures and sins in his
inind.
"How can I forget my woesP says one.
l.TI,,,,. ll,.,l . ,l,l l-,..nM,.'..,l T
.uj .....U...V ...j .nun. ...vum..v.j, ait, &
can't get a minute's respite, from their tor
ture.'" Yes, you can. Bring Into your mind
new, fresh, good thought and the old, op
pressive, soul destroying kind will leave, be
cause it will not feel at home with the now.
When you light up a room you don't first try
to drive the dark out. You make a light
and, lol tho dark is gouo. It cannot stay
w hero light is. It is tho very same with de
spondent and destructive thought it leaves
when there aro no dark corners in the mind
for It to lurk iu.
Thought is something more than "airy
nothings of the brain," It Is substance, the
lluc.it substance iu the universe, the invisible
motor of mankind, mentally and physically,
for it is behind overy movement, overy
action. Prentice Mulford says:
"To learn to forget is as necessary and use
ful a3 to learn to remember. W think of
many things every day which It would be
moro prolltnblo not to think of at all. To b.
able to forget Is to be able to drive away the
unseen lorco tuiougnij wmcu is injuring us.
and chance it for a for., (orordorof thoucht
to benefit us. To-day thousands on thousands
never think of controlling the character of
ineir tnougnt. jnoy allow their minds to
drift. They naver say of a thought that is
troubling them, 'I won't think of it,' Un
consciously, then, they demand what work,
them ill, and their bodies are made sick by
tho kind of thought which they allow thcir
lulnds to fasten on. An ugly er melancholy
mood of mind is a devil. It can make us sick,
laso us friends aud lose us money,"
So the resolves that abound on New Year's
morning are wise and well. Thoy aro tho be
ginning of good action. Tbey may fall into
ruins before the day is out, but having once
entered tho mind they will como back again
if encouraged. G. O.
JCH PAST
Wind the mighty secrets ot the past,
And turn the key of Time!
Writo it on your heart that every day Is
tho bfbt day in tho year. No man has learned
anything rightly until ho knows that every
day la doomsday, Emerson,
mi m
IN MEMORIAM.
Old rear Is dead! Pulwles. and cold ho lies
Wrapped In the pur pi. of th. midnight skies,
A crown cf shimmering stars ti)on his breast,
Ills earth nlgn o'er, l'caee to his royal rent I
The Jeweled scepter of to-morrow's morn
By new-crow Bed king will proudly be upborne;
E'en now, Impatient, rose-clod morning waits
To ope for Kow Year sun-barred golden gate..
And gaylv on her way the fair morn drifts
To rLawcr In fickle homage gracious gifts,
As now sho kisses Old Year's pallid face,
That oft hath glowed beocath her fond embrace.
Toor, fotlcn year I pierced by Time's cruid blade,
A phantom wandering littho past's drear shade
Thou soon wilt be; In long procession days
Will follow, weeping, chanting loud thy praise.
And laurel wreaths to twine thy empty skull.
The world's hands eager, thoughtfully will cull;
And where thou llcst on thy snow-palled bier
The coming age will drop regretful tear.
Then rest, thou royal Old Year; though the New
Wo welcome In with loyal hearts and true,
Still art thou dear to nil. Itest Old Year, rest,
1 lay the roseot sweet remembrance on thy breast.
And though Its colors fade. Its crumbling heart
A jwrfume pure shall subtly e'er Impart
Its sweetness to our senses. Have no fear
Thou wilt not be forgotten, dear Old Year!
Marie LeDuiob.
The King Is dead f Then let me peal
A prcan from my tongue of steel,
I losannahs for the Joy wo feel
To see In dust his banner trailed,
His sorrow palled, hh passion paled.
And hopo's bright star once more unveiled,
Lttit resound.
Around, around,
A King ts dad, a King Is crowned.
The King Is dead I I, too, would tell
A dlrgo to His departed soul.
Out in the night, from pole to pole.
O'er deep and desert, mount and vale
lloll, roll ft out upon the pile,
lill all earth lists the thrill Leg Ulo
In cottage homes
Neath gilded domes
Behold the King!
He corneal lie comeil
As the old year blends into the new every
mortal stops and gives hJs enemy, Time, n
little respectful consideration. His power is
acknowledged; the speed at which he travel
is commented upon, If not with approval
then with astonishment His revenges are
remembered, and plans aro bullded for con
ciliating him. Ha is admitted to be a formid
able foe, sure to closa in on one eventually,
but who can be bribed and cajoled and per
suaded into leniency for mauya day to como.
Most of us try our Best to puu the wool over
his eyes, and believe we are doing it finely,
oidy to find out at last that we never suc
ceeded. THE OLD BELL RINGER.
The old cathedral white and silent lies,
Its sle ider towers pointing to the skies,
Crowned on each pinnacle with heavenly light;
The morn looks down and smiles her silver umile,
Touching the world to loveliness the while.
Yet breathing such a silence from her height
That we could fancy even au angel's tread
No holler tulm upon the air should shed
Than this sweet bllence of the moonlight night.
Twas on this day. Just thirty years ago.
And all the land lay warm beneath the snow,
(Stf I higher still the shadows softly steal 1)
They laid my darling in hor narrow bed,
While I upon Its brink felt cold and dead,
Bearing a sorrow which no time could heal;
(For a few moments with my weakness bear,
I scarce to-night can cross the snowy square.
Though I must Join you In your midnight peal I)
Remember? I remember It so well,
Each tiny snowflake kissed her as it fell
Upon the lowly mound that rtood alone;
For hours I dumbly knelt, but could not pray,
And then I turned and went my lonely way
Hissing tho hand that used to clasp my own,
Missing the dear face ever at my side;
I had but her in all the world so wide I
What wonder that my heart seamed turned to
stone f
That night the Old Year died. Some one had said
That I whose love lay still and dead-
Should ring the birthday chime of the New
tear;
Bo from my loneliness I rose and came
Would not my grief be everywl cro tho samet
Ahl you rcmaniber now. So full and clear
The Joyous chime flew on the frosty air!
You under 1 your laughter did not share:
How could you guess this was my wordless
prat err
And that I knew at last my Qod could hear.
Alone and btill her grave lay far below,
Covered so softly by th quiet snow,
But far abovo she dwelt i.i whiter dress,
In brighter joy and purer .ovellness!
And toward thU home our happy peal arose ;
What wonder I could lift my eyes at last.
And, lifting them, the darkest hour seemed past:
I'm coming, friends; bow dim the morn light
grows
Just thirty times, with .very new born year,
nave 1 been on. among the ringers here,
And now each tone has grown Into a friend,
A faithful friend, whose happy voice I love.
The friend who bore ray first weak prayer above,
In that erei.t crlef my Father chose to tend.
Now my last peal soma lonely heart shall che.r,
Aim iueu, iiiuuga uying wnn ino ayiog year,
I shall have borne Ills message to the end.
II. C. lllT.
IVoember'a sun U low; the year Isold:
Through fallen leaves und Hying flakes of mow
ino ngeu pilgrim cum us tne mountain cold.
But look! the summits In the afterglow)
The fierce winds hold their breath: the rocks give
way;
The stars look down to guide her up tho height;
win uii nruuuu uer luueiy looisieps play
Auroral w aves ot spiritual light.
Nothing before her but th peak, the skyl
Nothlngt Ab, look I beyond laeverythtnzl
Over these mountalus greener valleys lie ;
A happier New Year, au ettrnal Bprlngl
Lucy Larcom.
That great mystery of Time, were thero no
other, tho illimitable, silent, never resting
thing called Timo, rolling, rushing on, swift,
silent like au all embracing ocean tide, on
which we and all tha universe swim like ex
halations, like apparitions which are, and
then are not: this U forever very literally a
miracle a thing to strike us dumb for we
have no word to speak about it Carlyle.
OLD WEATHER PREDICTIONS.
U New Year's eve night wind blow south
It betoleneih warmth anl growth;
It west, much milk, and fish lu the sea;
It north, l. nch cold and storms there will be;
If east, tin trees will bear much fruit;
U BortUast, ili It, mau and bruti.
mi
it awm hamunu i um
i
i
What Is time? Tho shadow on the dlaL
tho striking of the clock, the running of th
sand, day and night, summer and winter,
months, years, centuries; theso nro but arbl
trary and outuard signs, tho meosuro of
timo, not timo itself. Timo tstho lifo of th
cuL Longfellow's Hyperion.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE.
As the dead year Is clasped by a dead December,
Bo let your dead sins with your dead days lie.
A now life is yours, and a new hope I lie member
We build our own ladders to climb to the sky.
Bland out in the sunlight of promise, forgetting
Whatever your nasi hell of sorrow or wrong:
We waste half our strength in a useless regret
ting;
We sit by old tombs la tho dark too long.
Bare you missed in your aim ? Well, the mark to
nil il shining;
Did you faint in the race T well, take breath for
tho next:
Did the clouds drive you back? but tee yonder
Ineir lining;
Were you tempted and fellf let it serve for a
text.
As each year hurries by let it join that procession
or skeleton shapes tbat march down to the past.
While you take your placo in the line of progres
sion.
With your eyes on the heavens, your faco to the
blast.
I tell you tho future can hold no terrors
1 or any sod soul while tho stars revolve.
If he will hut stand firm on the grave of bis errors.
And instead of regretting, resolve, resolve 1
It Is never too late to begin rebuilding,
Though all into ruins your lire seems burled.
For look! how the light of tho new year is gilding
Tho worn, wan laca or the bruisea old world I
-Ella Wheeler. Wilcox.
PHIL'S NEW YEAR'S PRESENT
In one of the big buddings in tho "down
town" of New York, whonco the newspapers
emanate and tho financial wheels that movo
tho whole country rovolve, there is a cigar
storo presided over by a young man known
as "Phil." Ho has a more pretentious name,
no doubt, but the customers who buy clgaiy
there have never heerd It. His face has lecn
daily reflected in tho glittering show cases of
that establishment for Qve years. In de
scribing him it would bo enough to cav that
his principal apparent possessions uro a fiery
and formidable inustacho and a kind heart.
Tho little newsboys und uowsglrls In his
neighborhood have learned to bo very fond ol
Phil in tho five years they have known lUtn.
When the weather is cold tliey lilt in and out
of his place of business llko stray birds seek
ing shelter, and they are always welcome.
Phil never said a word or wore a look that
would cause the raggedest and dirtiest of
them to feel that their presence was an intru
sion. They tluttered in at nil times with
rags flying like llaglets over their shlvenng
little bodies and hair fulling over their red
and grimy faces. They warmed their be
numbed lingers and chirruped together, feel
ing perfectly at borne Iu Phil's shop, and then
singly, or in groups, darted out Into the cold
to pursue the difficult business ot earning
their bread.
On last New Year's ove, just before Phil
was ready to close the store, a party of his
littlo friends rushed in. Their eyes were
glowing, and their manner Indicated that
something unusually exciting was in the
wind. Tho company was headed by a black
eyed, baby faced gli 1, w ho bus no other name
than Jlary. Sho had been selling papers on
tho comer for throe years, and when sho first
began she was so little sho could not walk up
tho steps. Paddy Haggerty was next in tho
procession. For years his fulher had a news
stand on the corner of Bockmuu street, and
just four weeks before. New Year's bad
dropped dead there. Besides theso there were
Allcuey-tlio-l'ig, buowball Billy, a fuzzy
headed blomlo; Becky McGlll, Oscnr-the-
Dude nnd weo little liltilo Hack, so called be
cause bo hcja hump between his shoulders
resembling u family uiblo. Yes, and 'Siplas
Johnny was nlso one ot them, lie acquired
bis name from a chronlo rash on his face re
sembling erysllas.
rilESESTINQ THE HANDKERCHIEF.
Tho procession inarched up to the counter
with au air of mingled mystery and solem
nity. Then Paddy Haggerty pulled oil tho
remains ot bis hat and struck a stagy atti
tude. "Phil," be said, "mo an' the rest of us la
been about your shop n good while and we'a
always got used white. You'so done lots ot
decent thlogs by us, and wo likes yer. So
Alary and tho Uude was sayln' as how we
might get yer a present for New Year's.
When we iassod around the hat wo got quite
a little pot, and Becky and Bible laid it out,"
1 ho little Italian girl stepped to the front
as Paddy concluded, and from beneath licr
thln and faded wrap drew a gorgeous old
gold silk handkerchief.
vAIA't it a corker) sho said as she handed
It over the show case. Phil took It and for n
whole minute was silent. Tears stood lu bis
kind eyes, and when ho did speak his voice
trembled. All be could say w as "Thank you.
littlo friends; thank you," and then the small
procession faced about anil marched out.
l'h II sets a higher value on tho old gold
handkerchief than on any gilt he ever re
ceived. It represents sluceru gratitude and
abundant good w UL
The Burglar Lost Hi) Uc ts.
Wo wish to return our sincero thanks
to tho cntfrpriming but misguided bur
guhr who broko into our lcsldcuco
night bcloro last, tinder uio impression
ho was cracking tho crib of tho drutr-
git-t who HvtB i oU door. Ho entered
the window ami careiuliy removed mi
boole, setting thira down on tho lloor.
To this circumstance, and to tho fact
that wo saw him como in, wo aro in
debted for tho first pair of good boota
wo have had in ten year. While lie
wns lai'Backini; tho house wo quietly
slipped out of bed and exchanged our
old boots tor liit, ana men went uacK
to bid and ftll asleep. How long ho
wus in the liouso wo do not know, but
llio presumption is that whon tio went
aw ay lie took tho old boot". They havo
been missing over eince, aud thoro wag
nothing elso to take, An Mtano
Paper.
An ill wind A puff from a sicker
otto.