THE FESTIVAL OF JANUS. ITS CELEBRATION AMONG DIFFER ENT NATIONS. The nintloo nntl Chines. Wftjr of Observ ing the New Teal dirts Amoni the Japanese Druid Customs The Mlstte toe DoDKh. Among the Romans the deity ot tbo Bow year was Janns, the president of doors, gates and all new enterprises. Commonly represented with two faces, he was supposed to look both Into the past and Into the future, tie was the father of the new year, and on his statno Was inscribed the famous enigma, "There is one father, who has twelve eons; each of these lias sixty daughters, of whom thirty are white and thirty black) all are immortal and yet all must die." In Home March 1, formerly the opening day of the year, was signalized by sacrifices; white Btecra were offered that the year might be fortnnate for the Btate, the consuls made oblations and libations, at the same time assum ing the duties of their offices; offerings -vere presented at the shrine of Juno. and friends made each other gifts at first of republican simplicity, suoh as baskets of dates or figs, pots of honey or clusters of grapes, but with increasing wealth the gifts became more and more costly, until complaints were made that young men were sometimes beggared by the necessity of satisfying the demands of their female acquaintances. The custom of celebrating the new year in some especial way probably had its origin in the cradle of the human race. The Hindoo religion being among the oldest forms of established worship, it is somewhat remarkable to find among the people of India the same reverence at tached to the day as exists among our selves. All stores and offices nro closed and the day indeed most of the month is given np to religious observances and social festivities. Bands of singers, from two to six in number, make the rounds of the houses in their districts and are received with consideration, invariably obtaining alms, large or small, for on this day to refuse to give is accounted a sin. They do not ask for charity as on other days, for it is taken for granted that on this "day of days" the hearts and purse strings of all will be open. So everybody gives, but whether to gratify a charitable lmpulso or to get rid of the noise is a oonnndrum. The latter motive is not impossible, for the mnslo of the wandering bands of beggars consists of drum., rattles and small cymbals, these instruments being accompanied by ear splitting screeches, which in any other country would en title the singer to immediate incarcera tion. But the Hindoo car can stand a good deal of noise, and as the words ot the hymn sung by the mendicants ara purely devotional, every Hindoo lays up for himself treasure in heaven by open ing his pocketbook. Bat the observance of the day does not begin and end with almsgiving. The idols are to be washed, pitchers and other vessels and food are to be offered at the sacred shrines; every family must feed at least one Brahman, and every woman invites to her house at least one personal female friend, whose hair she dresses and adorns. During the day there is, there fore, much running to and fro, for the woman who has just received and enter tained a guest goes herself to be enter tained elsewhere, and thus the social balance is kept even. No nation on earth welcomes the new year with more elaborate ceremonies than the Chinese. On the last day of the old year all accounts must be closed, all debts paid, for he who allows an indebt edness to so over the New Year's day must seek for his debtor with a lighted lantern, an indispensable accompani ment, by which he proclaims his own thriftleMness, and without which the debtoris justified in refusing to pay any thing. The last day of tbo old year is by the Chinese reckoned peculiarly unlucky, for during its hours the goddess of smallpox wanders about seeking whom she may infect with the dire disease, and it is highly important that she should bo con ciliated, or at least deterred from inflict ing injury on persons against whom sho may cherish a grudge. There are severul ways of compassing this end. Some persons deem it wise to gain her good will by leaving presents of food v and dainties outside their doors for her use, and as these articles are always gone in the morning, of course the deity must have taken them and passed by the house where she was so well treated. But as it has sometimes been noticed that she returned and brought the dis ease even where she was well fed, it is considered the safer plan to frighten her away, lin only object in causing infec' tion is to make handsome children ugly, and if she can be deceived into believing them already so, the end is gained. So on the last day of the old year all hand' some children are fitted out with gro tesque masks to delude the malevolent ueity into the belief that they are home ly, while at the same time great quanti ties of fireworks are discharged and crackers lighted, it being well known that all evil spirits despise the sight and smell of all kinds of pyrotechnics. When the children are sent to bed a gourd is placed over the head of each, that the goddess may pour into it the seeds of tha distemper, and In case all tuese precau lions fall, a large package of vile smell ing herbs and charms is placed in the bedroom in the hope that the deity's nose may have a conscience that will warn her away. Before dawn on the first day of the new year every Chinese family of means makes its offerings to the deities. Five or ten little bowls ot vegetables, rice, wine, oil and meats are placed in the cor ridor of the dwelling, and over the con tents of the bowls Incense and salt are sprinkled. Large packages of paper or "mock money'' are prepared, as also gar ments, nouses, boats, animals and do mestic utensils, all of paper. The head of the household oomea out. sets fire to large packs of crackers, without which any ceremony is incomplete in China, lights the sticks of inceuse aud barns the paper money and othpr articles duly pro vided. The theory of this ix-rfonnance is that by bnrnlng the mock currency and other artiolee of paper tbeir reality will be transmitted to the friends in the jther world for whom they are designed, and asmostof thebe goods are procurable only from the priests, the reason for tho perpetuation ot the fiction is quite ap parent Worship of the household gods is next performed with somewhat similar genuflections aud bowings, after which comes the adoratiou of tbe ancestral tab lets. Duty having been done to the dead- fur all Chinese deities are but dead men reverence to the living follows; all children are brought In to adore their parents, all servants to do obelsanoe to their masters, rresenu are made both to children and to servants, all money given nt this season being strung on rod cord for good luck, while the pres ents are wrapped in red paper for the earns cause. Visiting is commen, and all unmarried men are presented at each house with watermelon seeds done up in red natier. A married man must visit his wife's relatives, provided they live within a half day's journey, though he need not give them presents. As all courts and tribunals are closed on this day, it Is commonly known in China as tha "Feast of the Closing of Seats," and during the New Year's festivities, which last among the poor for three and among the rich for thirty days, processions, with mock dragons, kite flying aadjw per lion fighting are common modes of diversion. The New Year day observances ot the Japanese in many respects resemble those practiced by the Chinese. The gifts are generally allegorical, and a favorite New Year's prtwut is a rice cake surmounted by a crawfl'l range and an artificial cabbage T . ..nee of these ar ticles anion I , .i . vas formerly vary weal , i symbolising the n t urmn .. its claws, when broken grew rorth anew, and the whole .Mr-i. il ua talie i-.l t ie capable of ro il, u j . ; luvif from . tiult atom, tbe i.i! r-ii:iif intf ii"-iK?uty and tho an .i-T cjIlii. ajjk u -a l em age ne ravonn Hew i ear n gm we tut merly an egg, painted, gilded, or otherwise ornamented to the taste ot the donor. The egg, to them, WMtbe symbol ot immortality, nnd also of the year, since out of its apparent death came real life. The beginning ot the year In Persia, as well as in several other countries In Asia, was also cele brated by agricultural ceremonies, in China tho plowing or opening of the fur row being done by no less n personage than the emperor himself, who tbus lent his royal aid and countenance to agri culture. In Slam the last three days of every year are times of terror, for during that period all the evil spirits of the kingdom are supposed to walk abroad, while good angels are under a cloud nnd daro not show themselves, since during this sea son the earth is wholly given up to the dominion of demons. All the business of tho year must be closed up before the beginning of the third day from the end, and during this dread time, when every city and habitation is beleaguered by myriads of evil spirits, no Siamese dare venture forth. Around the king's pal nco seventy-seven priests weave a net work of 7,000 balls of thread, each thread having seven fibers, and an Incessant cannonading is kept up in tbe capital for tho purpose of driving away the demons, or, at least, of rendering them cautious in their attacks on the royal peace. But the cannonading is not de pended on, for in front of every dwell ing is placed a platter containing n por tion ot pig's head and a little rice, in order that the demons may bo f od and so appeased. These gloomy apprehen sions give way on the first day of the new year to wild rejoicings, for then the danger is past for another year. According to the best available infor mation, the Druids also celebrated the in coming of the year with the most im posing festivities in their ritual. They were sun nnd fire worshipers, and tho new year to them was tho season of the return of their deity to his dominion over the day. At tbe Now Year's festival the sacred mistletoe was gathered with pe culiarly imposing ceremonies. For days, if not weeks before, search had been made for the mystlo plant, which must be found on the sacred oak, and it is now suspected that the priests understood tbe modern and well approved methods of propagating this plant, so as always to secure its presence in tho desired situa tion. After it bad been found, ana too first day of tho new year bad come, tbe Aroh Druid, in n white robe, his brow encircled with a green fillet, ascended the tree, and with a golden knife severed the mystic plant from its connection with the oak. The mistletoe fell and was caught in a white cloth held by four priests. Two white heifers, which had never borne a yoke, were then sacrificed on a stone altar erected before the oak, and a procession was formed around the tree. First came tbe Druids, then the nov ices, each bearing some emblem, and af ter tbem came the worshipers. The sa cred fire which had been brought from the over burning altar was laid on the massive stones erected before the tree and the sacrifices were burned to ashes. In Ireland, where the sacred fires were kept burning in the famous round tow ers, all fires and lights were extinguished tin the last night of the year, to be re kindled from the holy flame. To the Druids this was tbe greatest festival of the year, aud relics of it are still seen both in England, Wales, Ireland and Franco in several popular observances peculiar to the season. In England the reverence for tbe mistletoe still has a hold on tbe minds ot the people, thongh this reverence has taken a social turn; In Wales the common people still visit tbeir betters, wishing them a happy New Year and expecting alms, as they did In tbo times of the early Britons, and in France a popular salutation owes its origin to the mystic plant. St. Louis ulobe-Democrat. Superstition i of the IS'ew Year. Superstitions fancies concerning tho new year have been as numerous as those with regard to Christinas. In gen eral the first actions of the year aro re garded as in some degree symbolizing what Is to come during tue remaimn; days, hence the idea that when you sweep on New Year's you should sweep toward and not from the house, lest your good luck be swept away. A similar reason exists for the fancy that if you do not have something now on the first day you will have nothing new during the year. It is not difficult to account for the superstition that a light must not be taken out of the house on that day lest there be a death in the family. but why it should be mora unlucky to meet a woman than a man is one of tho curiosities of superstition. In general the adages aro against anything being taken out of the house before something la brought in, the reasou being Bum- ciently apparent. Several omens which have grown out of tho day are extremely curious and unaccountable. In the Isle of Man tho housewife spreads ashes bo fore the door and in the morning looks for a footprint If it points inward, the anticipation is of an addition to the fam ily by birth or permanent residence; if. however, it points outward, tho omen is of death. In Scotland If .New Year's era night wind blow south, H betakes warmth and growth; If west, much milk and fish In the sea; If north much cold and atorm-t will be; Jf east, the trees will bear much fruit; It northeast, flee it, man aud brute. In many countries the weather of the day is Indicatlvo of whnt is to come. The "Shepherds Kalendar' declares. "If .New years dav in the mornlnz oDen with dusky red cloudi, it denotes strife among great men and many robberies to come that year." Divination on New Year g day by opening the Bible with a knife and reading the first passage on which the eye happens to fall was a fav onto means of foretelling tue future o our English forefathers. In regard to the superstitions of conduct it is general ly agreed that the day should bo spent in good deeds, for ill luck is certain to fol low any and all frivolity on this day. Mail and Express. New Year' Eve. Good old days dear old days When mr heart beat UhrU and bold When the thing of earth teemed f uU of mirth Aaa tue future a haze or goiai Oh, merry was I that winter night. And gleeful our little ones1 din, And tender the grace of my darling's face As we watched the New Year In. But a voice a specter's, that mocked at lore Came out of the yonder hall; "TtoE'took, tlok-toek' twa the solemn dock Tint ruefully croaked to all. Yet, what knew we of tho grlefa to bo In the rear that we lonintd to areetl Lore lore waa the theme of the sweet, sweet areata I fanoled might never fleet! But the specter stood in that yonder gloom, And theee were the word It snake "Tlek-tock, tick-tock" and they seemed to mock A heart about to break. Tie Kew Year's ere, and again I watch In the old familiar ulaee. And I'm thinking again of that old time when i looted on a dear one's faoe. . Never a little one huge my knee And X hear no gleeful shout I am sitting alone by tbe old hearUialtwe, Watohlng the old year out. Hut X weloome the voice In yonder gloom That solemnly call to me; "Tlek-tock, tiek.took" for m tbe olook Telle of a life to be; "Tfek-took, ttok.tookH 'tl so the olook Telia of eternltr. -Eugene Field. Leading a n.lt.r Lift. I resolve the oomlng year that I will uot drink any uulass I a ui thirsty. That it I cannot find a man aftr my own heart, I will seek a woman. That I will let peopl mind their own business and will assist tbem all I ean. That I will agree to obey my aaparion, If I have any. That I will send the next spring poem to the editor instead of taking it. Lee FftirohiU. How Mo4.ra UrMli VoU. In Greece at the preeent day the bal lot ia a little lead ball There is a box for each candidate, divided into two compartments. A clerk goes from box to box with the voter, carrying a bewi f ol of these balls. At each box the voter takes one. pvta his hand into a fuanel, out of sight, and drops his ball into the yes or uu compartment, making a vote for or against the candidate. If he wishes to vote for more than one party there is nothing to preveut him. New York KveataK Una. avejou tried CWI WASCO Ba ft 1 MaSe ffomf inest grades of ea.j Jobaito fik your Ac&lerfor It Insist on trying it. jbffnTCnzertk&ros. I.auisviLLcKy. elMh Goal & Hardware Co LIMITED. Specialties. Myer's Pumps A complete line, including Cucumber Pumps A. complete line including Coal Oil At wholesale and retail Usual line of Hardware, Oils. IS HEADQUARTERS FOR GENERAL HARDWARE, Paints, armo Mao A.LL KIND OF COAL, 6 OPS. PUBLIC SQUARE, Bank Street, 3OrFOSITE J FIRST STREET. - Has just opened LADIES' FINE mm Comnrisinir all the verv latest styles in White Goods, Sa teens. Prints. Ginchams. Fancy Dress .Patterns ot ini low -prices. Groceries, rrovisionB, Wood and Willowwarc ol Cloths Casnimora Hats. made Clothintr in irreat variety and at prices with the reach of all purchasers prices fully as low as the same goods ran be bought for at any other general store in this vicinity. Carpets. Oil-cloths, Iiamps and .fixtures m great variety and of best quality nt Rock Bottom Trices. Rest quality of Flour and same articles can be purchased All goods of the very best quality and are being sold at prices equally as low as the same goods m this section. Call and be convinced. yfespectlully, July 823-71 1 Merry Christmas to You. SO This year we surpass ourself in the tirray of new and hand' some things gleaned from the Our storo never represented sicli a scene ol holiday lovlmess surpasse8 everything and bents tho town. You will believe Como and sec what we have for you nt very low prices. Beautiful Plush an Silver and Jewel Cases, Handsome Silverware, Pretty Jewelry, Magnificent Dolls, Wonderful Toys. And a multitude oi other things we cant mention. Confections, Nuts, Fruits, Groceries, At our usual very low prices. CTJLTON, 0p.ttaParl! FINE SILVERWARE, WATCHES AND BEAUTI FUL JEWELRY. Are among the new things now believe that nowhere in this assortment to select from at trash but good honest goods at lowest prices. CONFECTIONS AND FRUITS. The former in all delectable dainties, and everything season a bl in the latter. Sunday schools, festivals supplied at low prices All tho Very Latest Lowest price and biggest assort men t. Chas. H. Nusbaum, BRIDGE STREET, WEIS8PORT, PA. New Bee Hive, ALLENTOWN,PA. Come and see tbe special mm mi now progressing at the NEW BEE HIVE, during tills TlienkgUln,Week. tJfOur competition lias never been sliflriv er, our tt.soumeni nevrrHrrmri, '- nates ever Iwro Isrser limn they tare been this season; nna in outer io oiuuo au ihwr v. ... .1... f'..u, I It.a ,t, lit U r V. UO IllSke tills snrclsl sale, not only In quantity, out also In wire. Tor Instance we sell joti a lteeter Willi Fur Trimming mat issoiaou oner 15.00. Our Special Price $12.00. tJBrTion't forget the vlace. H. Hunsicker's W Cor. 8th and Hamilton, ALLENTOW THE P0L1CEGAZETTE I.H.b nnlv llhl.tmtM Tnt1T 111 tllO WOllll containing all tlie latest eirwtlonnl snd sport lug news. No saloon keeper, barber or club room can niTonl to bo wliliout It. It always Mailed to any nddrt-M In the United Statet securely ttranpetl. 13 week for ft. Send live cents lor sample copy. Tiicliard K. Fox, rrankllnaquaro. New jYjioim Have you the Advocate 1 Original and independent in everything. repairs ior tliu,inmp repairs for the same. Coal, Sand, Cement, Plaster, &c. MS BiflUE.UUD BUUUi Lehightoii, 9 - LEHIGHT0IN. Pa & S. l)EFOT,32sfr an entire new line of DRESS GOODS! Marseilles. Seersuckers and tlie very ucst qualities at exceca urociEcryware.sa - iasswaie, the best makes at low tigures. Boots. Shoes and Ready Peed at prices iully as low ns the elsewhere. can bougnt at nny general stoi ALIOS REIGEL. choicest to be found anywhero. Toilet Cases Work Boxes, on exhibition in our store. W county can you find a prettier lower prices. Our goods nr? not Novelties in Toys Instead of Starting our Jaiiuarv we will Novelty Dress Goods and Goats at January Prices. We Quote a Few Bargains: Novelty Dress Patterns that were $7.00 to 10.00 n Pattern arc reduced to 5.00 a Pattern. A Black Itccfer Coney fur trimmed nt 8.50 reduced irom 10.00. mm & mm, 634 Hamilton St., Allentown. FINE HOLIDAY FURNITURE, Wc heat last year's assortment of Furniture all to nieces. H'p arc now showing a handsome Plush and Willow Rockers, Beautiful Sideboards, lor Suits, Handsome Pictures, Beautiful Carpet Patterns. Any of the above articles will make a handsome Christmas present. Prices are tlie Lowest. KEMERER & SWARTZ, NORTH FIRST STREET, KO0I & SHAI1WFJLEB, ALLENTOWN, PA. A Christmas Carnival. Our store with its many Holiday Hints is a revelation to hun dreds of Christmas shoppers, not only in the bewildering display but in the startling prices. A few of the host of Beautiful and Useful Christmas Gifts here : A luxury for tho fireside and study now A Smoking Jacket or House KoLp. Uandsome and useful Christmas sifts Low Priced Chlldrens Overcoats and Stills. Christmas Umbrellas Steel Itods, Glorias and Silks with Handles of every style. Temptins Christmas Novelties of every description In handsome Underwear. Great Christmas Overcoat llarralns. Largest assortment and money saved at our Holiday Prices. Fins Canes for Christmas Presents. elderly men. Latest jxecKwear. i-uiis, ocans rour ln-uauus aim uows. ah tue new colors. Fine Silk Suspenders. Plain and Fancy Embroidered In fancy boxes. Thousands Silk H'dkcrclilcfs. Hla Values. Xew Colors. Hemstitched Poncec Handkerchiefs. Fine Linen Hemstitched llanukerclilcrs, seperato and In fancy gift boxes. New Silk Mufflers. Extra Qualities in black, white and buff colors. Sitk and Wooleo Wristlets and Gloves of every quality. t lue Merino and Woolen Half Hose, HUNDREDS more of articles tno numerous to mention nt our special low Holiday Prices. Sec Our Great Christinas Windows. Koch. & Sliankweiler, ClotUns Socialists and Fashion leaders of tbe Valley. Centro SquareHotel 4.11 en BuildingAllentown. IS COMPLETE IN EVERY PARTICULAR. -IT INCLUDES- Bed Room and Parlor Suites, Tables, Chairs, Book Cases, Couches, &c. Our prices nro positively ns low anywhere in tlie county. JJoti t making your purchases as we can UNDERTAKING iu all its Branches. This lino of business receives our special attention. .. Flour, Feed. &c, .. The very choicest brands at lowest prices. Over the Canal Bridge, East Weissport. l I 111 )Ulli.J A Feat to Properly Fit Feet." But it is successfully, satisfactorially, cheaply aud pioperly at The Only Boot and Shoe Store in Weissport done where you can have htteu to your leet at a moment s notice al most any make or quality shoe at prices which have been proved positively lower than tlie same qunlity, style aud finish can be purchased elsewhere. IJ'c have a full line to select from, for we do not carry on nn adjunct or space or tune. Uome and see inced that it is to your advantage io ueai wan us WEISSPORT'S LEADING BOOT & SHOE Dealer For a Holiday Present Buy a Beautiful Hanging Lamp. Buy a Pretty Dinner or Tea Set. Buy Artistic Glassware. Buy a Nice Stand Lamp. Buy trom us because you get tho best for the least amount Hummers Queensware Bazaar, FIRST STREET, LEHIGH TON. " New Millinery Bazaar," The ladies of this city and vicinity are invited to call aud see the most fashionable line of new aud tseawnable millinery goods ever exhibited in this town now on display in our tiastaar ol style and fashion. Careful attention will be paid to the wants of our patrons and satisfaction will be guaranteed in every pui ticular. lPliile our prices are very low you will find our goodk to be the very best and we will merit your confidence and pat ronage by always furnishing the most fashionable millinery at the verylowest prices. Respectfully, Mrs. M. Wieniurs Building, Reduction Sales in oftcr all our new line of Bed Room and Par For Dressy Young Men and the more nnd terms as good as you can get lull to call and see us bolero positively save you some money 9 side show business to occupy 0111 us, learn our prices and be cor.' of money. A. Halpin, Bnnkway, Lehighton.! FMrmetlilnv fertile New Vmr. Tha norld rvnofvneo success of llMtctter's Stomsrh Jllttprt, s nd their continued poputarlrv forovorn third of i ccnlurv as a stomachic. In I. nrjireelv more wonderful than the welcome that trreeis Ihc Hnnunl Hpitearmieeof ifoBtttter'a Almnnnr HiIh Miluulilc tnfldlcnl trcatlto I. Fubihlied ! rii" lloveher Company, Pittsburg, 'n, under ll elr oun Immcdmto MuiWYisInn, emtdoylnir w hand In tlmt department. They nre ruunlnu shout it timiilh In n yetir on thl work, nnd the Is-oie or same or lew will he more than ten million., printed In the 1'iiidl.h, (ler Inmn. Frond!, WelMh, Norwefflnn, 8wecdl.ll, flol and, HohiMnlan and npHnl.h lancunirea. Kefer to a copv ( It for valunhle and Interesting read ing concerning health, and numerous teaflmonl nl ai to the efficacy ol Hnatetter'i stomach Hit lers, nmiutem.ni. rarieu mtormanon. asirnno tnical calculations and chronolojrlcal Items, &c, which can be depended on foreorrectnesn. The AlniHuaa for lsiri can be obtained free of cost, from driisRisIs and RSneral country dentera In nil parts of tho country. Clilcaco lias 2049 miles nf strecis, four limes as many as Kew York. Itlan Good Thine- I sav this for 1'an-TIna: I bare been In llio drug business msny year;, ami this Is nnc of tbe most successful Cougli remedies I have sold. A case In point, a neighbor, Mr. I, II, Nlcixlemns, lid a chronic Couth for six jests' standing, wlilcli no metlicioe would relieve. I rccommendM Pan-llna, ami its effect was magical. It Is a good Uilna. J. Itoss Mateer. Altoona, Pa. l'.in-Tlna it wKl at ih and SO cents at T. V. Thomas drug stun. One-tenth of the entire population of Paris Is made up of foreigners. Pome VoolUh l'eopte Allow a cough to run until it gets beyond tbe reach of medicine. They ollon ear, " Oh, It will wear away, but in most cases It wears lliem sway. Could they be In duced to try tho successful medlcino called Kemp's Balsam, ihlrli la sold on a jieaitive guarantee to cure, they would immediately nee tlie excellent effect after taking tho first dose. Price 60c and (1.00. Trial size free. At all drugcists. Squashes weighing 250 to ,100 pounds are common in Southern California. Merit Wins. We desire to sav to our citizens, that for years wo hato been selllnz Dr. King's New uiscovery ior oonsumption, nr. Ktng-8 New Life Pills, lluckleu's Arnica Salts aim l.leclrlc Jliltcrs. and have never hand' led remedies that sell as well, or that have given swell universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them cverv time. and we stand ready to refund tho purchase orlce. If satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies havo wen their crest popularity purely on their merits atliebers I.ehlgbton; andlllerys H'cbs port, Cats aro being trained effectively as re tr levei 9 hi 3 tea J of setters in Indiana. Wilt o Cllven Atrny. Our enterprising uniedsts Thomas Lc hlqlitoti; anil lliry Weiseport, who carry tho finest stock of drugs, perfumeries, toilet articles, brushes, sponces, etc., are giving away a large number of trial bottles of Dr. Allies' celebrated liestoratlvo Ner vine. They euaranteo It to euro headache, dizziness, nervous prostration, sleepless ness, ma 111 eiiecis or spirits, tobacco, coffee, etc. Druaslsts t.ay It is .the great est seller thev ever knew, and is universal ly satisfactory, llicv also Guarantee Dr. Jiles' New Heart Cure In all cases of nervous or organic heart disease, palpita tion, pain In side, smothering, etc. Fine book on 'Ncrvous and Heart DJsoases" free. It Is tint trco that stands tlio slralgtilrst that does most to resist tho wind. ir)prtci not the d-iv of small thlniM." n. the tiny pill (taken Irom a lat of Dr. l'terce's I'lea- hiii I'uriraiiYU i fiiem num iu uie wihjiiuu man, suffering from Indigestion. As a trentlp, thorough laxative, these IVUets resemble Na ture more cloncly in their action man niiitiiini befoie illtfoveretl. I.iisImps and urofcitrfnn.t men, whom haltlts are wtfentary, need some thine of thN kind io uanl oil hick headache. Ml' loiisncsi nnd il vM'Ops.a, but which u til not strain and rack the degesthe organ as did the old f.nhloncd pills. 26centWH.ir 1 al. at all ilrug- gisis. When somo men pay tlHr preacher they feel as though they were paying a gas bill. Cousliltiff Leiidt to Coniuinidlon, Kemp' 3 Balsam will stop the cough at once 'llio man who docs la Is best In tho ptaco lio has now Is on his way to a bettrr placo (loot! nmt Itcllnble. Don't Day larso doctors' bills. Tho lest medical book published, one hundred pases. elesaut colored plates, will be sent you on receipt ol I nree ti-ccnt stamps to pay uie postage. Address A. v. unlway iV t,c. Boston, Mass. There Is a doctor of tho nauio of .Viller in nearly every town In Missouri. 'Now is the winter of our diicontent made glorious summer" by Ajer's Sarsa- par Ilia. This wonderfnl medicine coin vlgoratos the sstcm and enriches the blood that cold weather becomes positively enjoyable. Arctic explorers would do well to make a note of this. Fifteen million acres of arable land owned by largo holders, is lying idle in Virginia. Tha mtiAnra or Suhntiou Oil hits been trlumnhul nmrcli from the beulnnlnii. It nuts rheuiituthm ulul neuralgia to lout without uiv IiureuL cuort. i rico ?a ceuis. A Tool nnd 111. aiuu.3' Soon Turt. How true some of thoso old saying aro, A friend of mine paid a traveling quack $o0 to euro him of Scrofula, from which lie had sullered two years, lie save mm bottle of stuff n bleu only aggravated the disease. Il'hen he went to consult him tho second lime, the quack had Uft for parts unknown. Upon learnlnc the circumstances I iccomiuended Sulnhur Hitlers. Five bottles cur) lilm. Kdltor Journal anl Courier. The oil wells of the United States num. ber -1,018,000, and their daily output Is 130,000 barrels. A lolnter tlut would Killile, iffwtliiKly, titt f klieaven o neaiui. all that aro ou tlio trouble sea ol im paired womanhood 1 It Is notblnir leu, nor eomu w nounnu more, inan ur. tierce's favor ite Presurlinlou-irall fi'iuulu' fuulllewi friend time tried and thorousblv tested. Internal In- llaniinutloiis, IrreKUlarlttes, displacement, and all dl-coiiattlous iteL'tillur tow ouian. oontrollod. corrected and cured, without publicity, by tills mic. nun sm:iuv. i uicij ,vnwuuit:. tun; rood can coin from its usu. Tho oulv rcmcdv of the kiud ftnrruuted to give sutlsfactiou, or money reiunutu. Lord Bacon graduated at Cambridge at 13 and was called to the bar at 21. rel was In I'arllatnent at 21, and I'll- merston was 1-ord of tbe Admiralty at ). Usury Clay was In tbe Senate of tin United State, contrary to the Constitu tion, at 19. Washington was a colonel In the army at 22, commandtr of the forces oM- Tretident at 57. Webstar was In college at IS, gave cv dence of hit gnat future before he was and at 110 ha was the peer of the ablcsi man in Cougrat. San Francisco, Cal., is to have a mini ature model of the Urooklyu Ilrldno. It will span tba main driveway Iu Golden Gate 1'ark. After a brief and unaccouulable Illness a horse In Sherman. Mich., died. The stomach was opened, and in It was found a half bushel of sand. JIT I TAKE THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIOHT AND new anu nr eoMPLEXIQN IV BETTER, kklwn, ud U a pluuwnt lulie TbU itrtnk U (vt osf kstrbst, uwl la prvparad I or umi m aaatlj mm J U . . LANE'S MEDICINE, 11 at Sft and ai.au par Bur 7 'a rimUv Medlrln mohi thr .ui h , ,.i. flk i ' v t rnlKht, , and lit' th s, lalufal lib aed, pai breath. And frreul. sweet i es tliui u ouM not shrink from Death? Is thin the nlllow. aofi oa down, and white. On watch her dear face lay, turned from the licntr I downward lean, and lot ooitld almost awear I feel the old. soft aoldneaa of her hair! Kind Heaven! U hot for enodear tuna, I wtffht Afera press trembling Ilea upon her cheek Iter sum, pale throat ner wnitcr brow ner beir Her tender eyoa wberela the leve-UfLt shone! Bet once hot enoe to hear those aweet Hps apeati I should be ctad that she la free from Bet oh, this first and awful night alone! Ella nitrrliwon la Overland Monthly. CnOVe In the Ka.t. How long coffee was In use among eastern natious before being introduced Into Europe ia not known, Aljoziri Al- hambait, a noted Arabic anther, state that It waa ,'ust made known about 870 of the Ecgim, and so quickly did coffee houses nnd bootlrs multiply throughout Arabia that the govern in mi t several ttmes made strenuous attempts to sup press them, fearing they would lead the people into idleness. notwithstanding thee' efforts, the ' 'oof- fee habit" took such a Arm hold on the people thai the 1 (overage was made ami drank in secret. They even went long distances into the desert ami there pre pared tho seductive concoction without fear of molestation. Some pions Mohammedans thought it might he included among the intoxi cating beverages forbidden by the Koran, but Alhambali, in an able pamphlet en titled "The Support of Innocence," proved that it was not in the prohibitory section of that book. As a oonsequenoe the followers of the prophet once more returned to the delights of coffee, De troit Free Press. One Woinnu's lledtlme Hours. A lovely woman who was talking with s friend one day about Jhe enjoyment, disappointment aud heartaches of child hood, said: "Tho sufferings I endured when a child were more acute than any hare known in later years, and too pleasantNt remembrances I hare of thoee fur uway timea are of the bedtime hours, when my mother Bat by our beds in that low roofed chamber ana tsnght us tho songs she sung as n child, told stories, some of which were of her cliild- hood. while others were conjured up in her own head. Some of the sweetest hymns nnd sacred stories I lertrned then. and there ever conies to me when I clone my eyes a faint picture of my devoted mother crtting there in the twilight. I think the only reason that the darkness had no terrors for mo was tlmt it nearly always came while she was with its. The Bound of her voice dispelled nil fear; it was assocMt'-d with tenderest words, sweetest lnllnl.vs, softest pood nirrhta." Anna P. 1' ne in Kew England Home stead. Si !' The tri ! .Ilnrs g;s Miles nun. ii y couuts its silver iby , . .iu-h is part of wisdom,, iu 1 1 t Lhat a man, counting nt dollar piecos per minrnto weighing i view of th' the rate of steadily for eight hours per day, Sun days incliii -1, wonld be kept busy for considsra'iiy over eleven years. Filed ore upou the other, tho400,000,- 000 in the treasury would attain a height of 6r"i miles, and placed ride by side they vt ould carpet a room SO feet wide nnd nearly 21 miles long. David A, Wells in Ilarper's Weekly. Hie Usrs of tlio Snotd. Tho'nsos to which llio sword has been put seem to have been almost as varied 03 its arpwirancc, when wo recall tho anecdote told of Charlemagne, who said, as ho used tlie rotnmel of his sword to put his stamp on treaties, "I sign them with this end, nnd with tho other I will take care that they are kept." Kato Field's Washington. Her Hubby's Teurhlugs. Friend Why do yon get married so soon after the death of your hnsbacd? Widow My dear, if thero was any one thing that my poor dead and gone husband insisted upon, in reason and out. it was that I should never pnt off till tomorrow what I conld do today. New York Weekly ajrKtruntf A new man can lie, made, out of one that's "nsod-up," bilious anil dyspeptic. It's dono by Dr. Pierco's Golden Modical Discovery. It starts tho torpid liver into healthful action, purities' and enriches the blood, cleanses, repairs, nnd strengthens tbo system, nnd restores health and vigor. As an appetizing, restora tivo tonic, it sets at work all tlio processes of digestion and nutri tion, and builds up llesli and strength. It's the only Blood and liver Remedy tliat'B guaranteed, in every oase, to benefit or cure. If it doesn't do all that's olaimod for it, tho money is promptly refunded. Rut it keeps its promises that's tbo reason it can be sold in this way. "Discovery" strengthens Weak Lungs, and euros Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronuhitis, Severo Coughs, and kindred affec tions. DoiA bo fooled into taking something else, said to be "just as good," that tho dealer may make a larger profit. There's nothing at all liko the "Discovery." Scientific American Agency for IMM , TRAUt pfi A it tv Vt ntSlON PATENTS COPYRIGHTS, etc. Ft In format ton irl frro tTrtMlwioV write in Mf.NN A CO., dni B-etiuw 4V Knv tHR. Oldeat lui ruau first urn J I tt ti in Atnrlo4. Kt7 patent Ukt. t m I u is iTniinrit U-Ioro tbe public ijniKii.ofemi) tut ot lUiuvelnUie JWeuttfto Jlwrnnw LarMtt ctronlatlmi of anr ri entitle paper fn (lie world, BploniUtllT illittruel N liitJillaJit man houll bo without it. Woekir. 3.00 a year; I1.S0 its tnuntfai. Al1rw MlNtf 4, OU, fSloeplessaeaia Cured Br. 61.TIKIK, Eaylrton P a. Pa, a ma glad to titi(y that I osed Taator EoanJ'a herta Tonio lih tha btbt sueoeisfor alaeplMinoas, and believe teat it I really great rciiuf for suffiiog bamaaity. X, ruANS, Taitor. OLPTOWK, Ud.. B4teinber. MM, Ooa of tba parttM to wbtuu 1 sold earn ol PMtosT KumIi Ntt TonJo u taUlacaaeW daytshatbe 4 aaffarad from gwrt JjaalnaM and pain tsfcrooab Us v aoia body. Alter aaintf one botUe he wee ntlBely eared. JOHN W. CAHUBR, Uerebant, My wifo iaVred tor a nauber of yewi fran Ttoleat nerTonaneaa and aoent bundrads ol t4- Isms for dootora aad weoioii Uoine, but all to ao I JMMUUffS TM lOOW Bmt OOd aUIUMBM. I JOKM tVXJJOR. MS m pa A VJuhlsfl HaaIc swi :ittSsM tutor Koanm. i fort wurtM, uuu ataoa an aw bno praitajod undar his duaotton or tba KOCNIQ MKO. OO.. OrlloagO, lib stoUWDnwiUUMprBattl. BisrW. Irlrai IV WeuseAlRnhnl pure alcohol to make Wolff's Ac:x IIlackiko. Alcohol is good for leather) it is good for the skin. Alcohol is tho chief ingredient of Cologne, Florida Water, and Ilay Hum the well known face washes. We tldnk there is nothing too costly to use in a good leather preservative. Acme Blacking retails nt 20c. and at that price tells readily. Many people are so accustomed to haying a dress ing or blacking at fie. and 10c. a lotllo tlmt they cannot understand that a black IngcanbechoupatSOc Wewanttomcct them with cheapness if we can, and to ac complish Hits wo offer a reward of f for a recipe chlcli Trill enable us to roafco WoLrr's Acme Blacbiko at such a price that a retailor can profitably sell it at 1CV a' bottle, f We hoi. thii offer open untU Jan. 1st, 1803. WOLVF & RAITDOX.SH, 7fcllade.llib.la. C&ossy Sheen Ti, .. i i bo much admired In Inlr, eiu i"' f ''"'J by tli two ol Aycr's Hull h r. ih'Mo is nothing better than tills ,'"f nati m keei'lng tlio scalp clean, co j, u'i l IichIi'i). U rt'tttoiea to faded and r-.iy li-tir Umongiit.il color and beauty, prc Yfiiia hul I nt" s, uii'l Imparts to the hair a rlUy farxl ure ami :i lusting and delicate Ira imuirn. Tin' wt oltr.iut and economical dm -Hiii!! in tlie m-rk"t, no toilet Is complete ltlitmt Ayi-fa H:tlr Vigor. "Jly wl'c MIcch tlmt the money spent lor Aor'n Hi 'rMgor was the best hnrest inout aliu t. i ii.r..o. It Impurts a soft And Silky Texturo to t! hair, : m i "ives much satisfaction. J. A. Adiuii" Ai:mrftliM Tex3. wrt'T mine a t mi Kr vt other prepara tlona witm-ii! tmY Mtlif.ietory result, 1 find tli.it Ayor'ft lthir Vliror is causing my lift I r to prow." A. .1 Nni(iit, (leneral Merchant, Indian lb .l. N.W.T. 'Ayer's V ' Vigor I tho only preparation T could cvtT find Io remoo dandruff, cur Itfhlng h ii'or t, nnd present less of ltalr. I confttteni it-commend It." J. C. I'utler, Spimcw, Ii Result From Using Mypr'j; II t'r Vn;or icW frerml prem.v trre lonof hair nnd hi so lost will atlm nlato a new prowth. I havo used tho prepa ration fur thosn purposes and know whereof 1 afOrm." A. Lacomhe, Opelousas, Ia. Ayer's Hair Vigor PR WARED tr Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lena, Mast. BolJ by Dnjfegi.ta nnd Pgrfurucvt. T7i Chain ot OTtoonc i la now complete tn DR. HEBRA'S VIOLA I CREAM 1 tho only . nrcn&ratlan that tKl tlvtlv does all that U . rlatmiti forlt. ItremoTSl fmrkloi. r.Iver.mnteK. lilAk '. htads. Pi mules. Tan. and ftU ImricrfeetloDS of thasltfn. wlthomt lnlflrT. i A few applications will render a roucti ar i 1 red rlsin soft, smooth and whlto. It w not I ocoemctlotocoverdofectfl.butanire, and 1 I srimrnvilnnil tiitrlvnltnllRrn'tlnn. PrlmSOC I , lesiiwumtiis. TOLEDO, ou; i. 53 ITS CAUSES AND CURE Scientifically treated by an anrlat of world wtda reputation. Deafness eradicated ana entirely cured, of from 20 to 50 years' Btandinjr, after all other treatments havo failed. How tna diffi culty U reached and the causa removed, Cully CJMifained m ctrcnlars, with aflldaTiU and tei monmlsof tnrcsfromprointnesitpeople,mallea delay. Thousands ot cores. Dr. Mayer Is at Hotel renn, ltcadinfr, Pa., second Saturday of sBACh mnnth. Sunrt frtr rtrnnlnra IiIiim rs-iua Kck neadaebaand nlleTtaU thatn?nb!a InaU finnt to a bllloai sUtsof tho i7itam,suoh as) DlsxlDMi, Nausea, DrowlnM. Jiitrs after rulLr.I'ilaln tha Wla. Ao. "hlla thtlrmoad aoukabla acceu haa bcn ahown ia cuius 4 noaaaeha, yet Cirter'a IJttio XAnt TB1M OM oqvtUy Tslublo In ConiU p&tlon, caring tad pro venues thlaannoytngcomplalnt.wMl tboyalsa coirectsUldlsordersofthestomftcl.stliaulftUtha lira and reguUta tha bowel. roaUUuyoaly HEAD f .let they would baalmostprloeloaa to thosairlia autbr f rom this dlctrwuioa ccmpUlnti but fartu ztatftlythtirgoodnMsdoM notendhtra.andthoia tffhooDca try them will find thau lltUo rllla nlii Csblalasomany waysthuthay wtU r t b wit VM to do without turn. Bat after aUaidt he4 ACHE itthabanaof somanyllTts that herolfwhari muakaourgreatboaat. OnrplUscareltwaUj cthsfsdonot. ... i Carter's ZJttla Liter Till are vsry sraall an4 vary euy to UIco. Ona or two rills mtktftdoM. They ara strictly TegeUblo and do not grip or pars, tut by thoir gcotls action pleasa aU whs bsatbtm. InrUlsatMcantat flTfor$t. Sold tj draggiaU ot cry hero, or scat by malL CARTER HEOICING CO., New York. SMALL P1LI. SHALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE ETIIMILCIa BEAT IX T1IR WOlllIl, -Itawoai l&iiqa.l'tTMi roumiurxaMd,aetllftll9 cu.lo.tliiir two bf X.. ( f luiy i,' her brand. 14 k .u by i r-t. : r rii i: u e. l k. T0BgAtEtiniEAx.ri:80CStmLLT. Ill Beldin'sl Remedy It a tMUwH.iutflulM i-'WUnr Hia U insj i nijartl.uf i in tW.rtltLMMrrmlW. Or.l,-r h"W frnm f ufbuiuutv fncr.frT. A i ik ''r lij inollli ( i TW BE. HHIW PtOPftltTAHf COMjAaiA'tA. H , IrX-m 1-'1 Lm. SCHIFFMANH'SAsithmaC jre' i v r f I tt gifi iitsei Tenci in im or"; sVrf . U t ClTtrrl ttirt wLl st4it m In 1 Hal rlM V KICK f Df bta r hj BU. if ir, K It fiOHinMAHM, Si. Fml, Bl Sjirig ISIVESTMERi dflrE SECURITIES MUNICIPAL BONDS INDUSTRIAL STOCKS CORPORATION BONDS APPROVED BANK STOCKS CAHSFULLY SELECTED. TRIES, SAFE, PAY Q0OO INTEREST. ALSO MSWMI.I INVUTMINT PHOrRTHl IN PtlMPSMOlM) OITIB. rOR FULL PARTICULARS AND REFERENCES WRITE ESOHBAOH, Mo DONALD & CO., IS) to as Wh.iohll ft.. Hw Int. $10,000 CURE
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