The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, December 31, 1886, Image 1
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Tr;n . slent advertisements must bo paid for before il sertcd except where parlies have accounts. Legal advertisements two dollars per Inch lot three insertions, and at that rate for additional Insertions without reference to length. Executor's, Administrator's, and Auditor's no tlccs three dollars. Transient or Local notices, ten cents a line, res; ular advertisements halt rates. cards In the "Business Directory" column, on dollar n year for each lino. 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&. y-i1' iF.yj" 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.