fa VOL. 35. 13LOOMS13UKG, PA. THURSDAY, PIOCEMBER 27. 1900. NO. 52 ifWi Ml u ii ii ii ii ri r 7 ry v rrn m n j sssasuui.. m j .. SCHULZKE1N, GROCEP WHY HIS NEW YEAH WAS A HAPPY ONE By Ethel Maud Colson. HE o!(! time "corner grocery" is by io uieart extinct, even in the great cities. Schu'.zhein's grocery, on tle BE corner ot eouia uaistea itreei, Ltiicigo, and one of the little dark alleys which lead out of thii thoroughfare, is a typical "Dutch grocery" of the kind teldom seen nowadays. Fchulzhein himielf it a staid and kindly o'.d German who aayi little, but sells groceries theaper than anyone else in Chicago. lie has been doing this so long that the low iricea have ceased to astonish anyone but the residents of the social settlement near ly. ''What is th social philosophy underly ing your 'cut rates,' Mr. Schulzhe;n!" one of the sesidents asked him, half humorously, en the last day of 18S9. Mr. Schulzhein did ot receive the query in quite the spirit shs bad expected. "I h.if no philosophy," he sa'd, quietly, 'but 1 beiiefe some t'ings, and I know some fines. l)ey are poor people who lif here, nit dey cannot pay much. I haf nobody but mine own self to take care of, and I need not large profits. Dere you haf der whole caso in Ton word." "Hive you a'ways been alone in the world?" inquired th visitor, wondering. The sudden contraction of the old storekeep er's eyebrows told of a pain somewhere. 'My wife, she dead 30 years," was hit quiet reply, "and mine little daughter, she lofe a bad man, more dan 20 years back, and he run away wid him. He tell her I disown her if she marry him, so she did not tell me. 1 would not haf done so, but the beiiefe it. .- "I HAF NO PHILOSOPHY." Dia is in anodder city, and I hear not from ker since. Pat is der reason I haf heart- I aches sometimes, and need not large profits. Der money in der bank, who shall I leafe it to?" "What lots of trouble there is in the world," remarked the visitor, picking up the ; sugar purchased for a sick neighbor Now, the poor woman I am taking this to lost her , tun u nuun... .... , husband last summer, and she has an lovaiia , another and a tiny baby to support. And now ( h had been too ill to work for six weeks." ! "Poor t'ing," said Schulzhein, sympathet ically. "Take her a batket of groceries wid jroa." "Why don't you take them yourself? tasked the settlement lady, seized with a eud- ' den inspiration. "The mother s of your station, and it would do her good to talk Ger man with you. Uo and with them Happy Hew Year, Mr. Schulzhein, for kindness' take." "Veil, I fink I vUl," said Schulzhein. : greatly to hit own astonishment. "1 go dis fening, after closing-time." m . Closing-time came very late to Schulz lein, who thought it bard for tired men and women to be compelled to think of every thing they needed before hatf-psst seven, nd still harder for sleepy children to be ragged out of bed unnecessarily early on eold winU'r mornings to run over to the tore, and who kept open later than ever in the holiday teason. llut be did get the store closed and the basket of groceries ready at last, although he went back sev eral times after extra delicacies. And he Wat climbing the stairs ef the Ewing street tenement to which he had been directed be fore it occurred to him that he did not knosr Use name of the people b meant to visit. ' A Moor ttooa open on tne tecona itnaing, however; seine (iod given instinct sent Schulzhein straight to that door, and when, next day, the settlement resident dropped in at the always open grocery to wish Mr. Scbutzhein a Happy New Year there were ' sounds of wonitn't voices in the little room i back of the store. l "Dat vtt mine own little Oretchen, dat sick modder," Schulzhein told her, brokenly, : "and dat poor youcg vidow woman vas mine . own grandchild, and der baby vas der fir-t i great-grandchild of der family. And I j brings dem all ofer here to lif wid me dit I mornirg. Come in, come in, and say wid I nem Happy ew lear! And the settlement visitor was no more ahamed of the tears tliey were both shed ding than was the old storekeeper himself. NEW YEAR'S WISHES By Gilbert Frederick. D. D., Futor CoT.nuit Haptl.t Ctourch, Chloxo. Ib a ple.Aant cus tom at this season, of wishing others a happy New Year. This custom it more singular than our familiarity with it would suggest. While there is noth ing more general t h roughout t h world than wishing, there is nothing more singular than a general custom t wishing happiness to others indeed, the extent. ve observance of this custom it a significant mark of our Christian civilization. Peoples of all lands wish. They wish by the moon, by the ttart, by the cloudt, by the birds, by almott every phenomenon. With tome it it at certain periods in the year, with othert it it a daily enjoyment. Not everv wish comet true, just as not every teed that is planted matures. There is a pretty custom among uncivilized tribes in the orient, wherein fair virgins make little boats with sails, place on the top a lighted candle and put on board a cargo of wishes. At evening twilight these frail barks are launched on the doubtful current of the river. Anxious eyes watch them as they float away, for if the boat sail out of sight without overturning and the candle burn without dying, then will her burden of wish es come true, and the dark-faced maiden will happily wed. Too often, alas, more often than otherwise, these wishing boats and their cargoes come to a fateful end and disappoint the hopes of those who risk them on the treacherous stream such is the end of many a wish. We wish always for thingsthat are good, but not always do the things that teem to us good turn out to be so. Perhaps no greater calamity could ccme to us than the gettirg of every wish. In an ancient Italian f.iry tale Fortunatus, by means of his wish ing cap, always had a full purse, tut that purse proved the ruin of himself and his sons, a result not uncommon in real life to dav. We wish a happy New Yesr to others, not for its opening days alone, bu;. for ail its days and all its hours, even to when the year is dyin?: wishes for December as well as May, for May as for January. We wish that good which is u.timately , . .,. iwpet wnicn turns ' ruit ,weeter to ui , ( d Eever know, Y , ripening v v !.k lisnniness. but mean more than amusement, and. even more than pleasure. t. k .mu.arf is the need of children, but the high intelligence of man nteds more : than amusement for its satisfaction, bo pleasure, if we mean that which p.easet comet far thort of our best wishes. A child : it pleased with fire, and tome poisons p.ease the taste; indeed, many thingt that p tase also harm, and thingt ditp'.easmg often bring ultimate blessing. Happinett it more than amusement or pleasure. It reaches : deeper into the inner life and is far more abiding. Inward conditions determine hap : piness rather than outward touches. Togad : about in tearch of happiness u like doctor ing a blood disease by skin applications. The source of health is in the soul. Happy . are the pure in heart. There is a picture in one of the galleries ot. Europe representing the final judgment of all men. Among the many figures on the canvas is one surely meant to be conspicu ous He evidently is not a taint though he it among the taints. A study of hit face reveals the fact that iustead of beiug happy he is wretched. He is now seeking to get out of that Heaven into which formerly he crowded himself. Then he was sure he would be happy could he but reach the place. Now he hat learned that happiness ' U not place, but state. Eden must b vo lite? tiie nirt it' tne ftuits of Kden are to be ia the I.:'..-. Let us with others a happy New Year, but luch an one as is here indicated. GOOD BOY'S rrtF.DICAMEST. "What are you crying about?" "Boo-hoo! I'm so good dere ain't nuffin' fer me to swear off dis jreail" N. Y. Even ing Journal. A DINNER INVITATION SOCIAL COMEDY USHERS IN A NEW YEAR By Elba Armstrong. SVFPOSE there is no way out of siar-sd Mrs. smith. e must ask the Brow nson's to dine wit h us on New Y' ear's day. Such a bore as it will be, too. 1 believe that woman thinks she it the only person on earth who knows how a turkey should be cooked. She will inti mate at much when she comes to the taD.e, and-" 'Humph," retorted her husband, gloom ily; "that is all you know about the real aw fulness of having them. You will not be, obliged to sit in a close room after dinner with an overloaded stomach and listen to Brownson's interminable stories of how he booked a nine-pound salmon and almost shot a bear. When be has quite finished with thete ttoriet, he will" "Oh, no," retorted Mn. Smith, with deadly sarcasm, "I shall only have to listen politely while Mrs. Brownson brings up alt her children in turn through the treaties, "A NOTE FROM MRS. BRONSON." I ' tcarlet fever and whooping cough. And if I say a word about my children, who are a hundred times as pretty and clever, she will almost yawn in my face. Still, I sup nose we must have them." "I suppose so, since we are under business : and social obligations to them, but it will be dreadfully expensive, and j "And the cook will probably give warn' 1 inr because of the extra work." "While the Jones family, who don't speak to the IJrownsons, and whom we really like, will be offended with us. "And mamma will be angry that we did not ask Dura and Mr. W uling instead. "Not to mention the fact that the children will in all probability behave like Coniaochea because there is company." "And the housemaid will be so anxiout to get through that she will squander the gravy on the best tablecloth and add the , turkey dressing as an UDnecettarj mjiiwa to tB tr.mminz ot .Mrs. rirownson s wa-st." "And aU to entertain people who bore us nearly to death. Still, you had better w ri:e the invit ition at cm and have it settled." "I will, dear. Cnm? n, Nornh, w hat is it? A note? Oh. Wilfred, listen. It is from Mrs. Hr-,wpon. Tiief want us to dine with them rr, Ne- Year's day and u.ce t tli.-.e Joveiy Van S'y'.t-.. whom t huve been so anx-rii. tokr.cw! Nn't it lovely?" "Ir.df'd it i. Wo shill have a most de lightful t !..' I don't know a ?, ore enter taining fellow than Tlrnwc.on; I -hall quite er.jny a crg ta'k with him." "I sni mrc of it. And Mrt. Brownson it su h a splendid liouf keeper, too. Of course, we w ;', rrpt with pleamre and t!I them tl- it our r.n'v r'ur. t is that we hi-d not sent out our invitation to tlem firt." The v Vpsr. Here's a Hpoy New Tear! Sunshine's1 In the sky. Join th throng r1 swell the sonir That comes a-floi.tln' by. Wear a rm!l f ir strangers; Welcome t:!l er kin; Carva the roast Ar.d n'.ve a toast To folks that happens tn. Wish T,-e nil may prosper In whiite'er we do. An' we must tf en'h'il Just Help the others through. Vaylilr.sion Slur. Tli (irowlli of Tlnir. We'll plve r.o thought to our Increasing age. Nor rih b-rause another year has Mown. But write upon each new and spotless pave. "Our minds have wiser, hearts have warm er, frrown." -L. A. W. iiulletln. Hot She Didn't. Tommy What does "credulous" mean, ma? Mother Why, if I were to take any stock in your father's New Year's resolutions, then I would be credulous. N. Y. Journal. Make It Inislmoui, Concerning January bills There s Just this thing to say: If everybody paid ut we Could everybody pay, Chicago Itecord. Found Oaf. "I always believe," said tbe grocer, "in weiirhinfr my worda well." "Yea," said the man who Tvas pet tinjr the sugar, "and I always notice that you do considerable talking around the scales when you're putting things up for me." Chicago Tiaies Herald. HI PnnUhment. "Is It true," asked the college pres ident, "that you painted the door of the department of chemistry black?" "I admit it." replied the sophomore, frankly. "Then go. Never darken these doors again!" Philadelphia North Ameri can. Score One for America. Myer When a Hindoo dies his widow is cremated. Oyer That's where the American widow gets the best of it. Myer How so? Oyer Instead of being cremated she is ramated X she is rich and orett.V. Chicago Pailv News. A l'oor Town for Lovers, A case which came before the Milan police court the other day amusingly illustrates the maxim "other times, other manners. There Is among the city tatutea a law rigorously prohib iting' all kisses or other amatory dem onstrations in public places as being con.trarv to morals. This; statute. though dating from the days of the Sforzas. is still so strictly enforced that or.lv the other day a pair of perfectly respectable lovers were taken before the tribunal for merely exchanging an embrace in a quiet corner of the park when they thought nobody was look ing. Upon this case a city Solomon ad judged that though kissing under such circumstances could not be considered contrary to morals, it was not consist ent with the ideals of advanced civiliza tion as to decorum. A fine of 12 shill ings was inflicted. J. G WELLS, Successor to S. F. Peacock & Co., Market Square. and Sausage T.G-.WBLLS General Hardwa.be, Skates stuffers Don't forget us CHRISTMAS GIFTS sKttaBtsPBsusMtsamxaEastsl " WE CAN Suits, Reefers, Neckwear, Ullll W111U1 CllclC, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Cuffs, Mufflers, Suspenders, Toques, Sweaters, Gloves, Trunks, Bags, Dress Cases, Telescopes, and Collar and Cuff Boxes. Our line of Bath Robes, Night Shirts and Smoking Jackets, are hard to beat, and are of the best makes. Our Shirts are -the celebrated makes of "Monarch," Internation al," "Lion and Wilbur." Our Hats, "YoumanV "Broad way Special" and Come in and see us The Leader Department Store. Diamonds. A writer, in one of tbe the "upper ten, those who are accustomed to "six ng ures." it was not considered the proper thing for a woman . i?. i. i-L- i: to receive as a present anytning wnicn was 10 ue useu iu house furnishing. That the proper gift for her royal highness the American woman was diamonds, expen sive furs, or other "trifles." Now, this may be all right for those who can afford to spend $1,000 where we can spend $1.00, but we're old fashioned enough to believe that one of the most suitable gifts is something which will make home more comfort able and more beautiful. So we want to talk to you about Rockers and Rugs. ROCKERS. Our stock ha3 been carefully picked. First, we take into consideration the comfort to be ob tained out of the chair. They having made selection on this basis, we choose the prettiest of the most comforta ble. That gives us the right kind of goods. Come down and try them. Sit in them, and think how much comfort such a present will bring to your friend. We have all the popular finishes and colorings, and the high est price is $10.00, from that down to $1.25. RUGS. A good second to the rocker. Iu fact, it really takes first place, for it is older, and the magnate of the Orient counts his wealth in magnificent rugs. We show some of the finest products of the American looms. The colors are artistic and the designs chaste. We show these in prices from $1.00 to $10.00. We will be glad to have you look these over. Toys. Well displayed and all kinds, for all price.'. FOURTH AND when looking for GIVE YOU Overcoats, Hats, Hose, "Samoben." we'll treat you right. daily papers, said that among E GO., LTD. MARKET STS., BLOOMSBURG, Pa.
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