SiSS5&SS!5?BrS3 .iSs-- & " :: ". ;:-. , -? " i-.Vi.. vwf. hrt- ft . & J.-K-1 (Sk -i C s , i :ra&.&&4 mMM - .1 Tilne XYII-Ne. 105. LANCASTER, PA., MONDAY, JANUARY 3. 1881. Price TwfratK. ""WVWWSSFvUC5" " Sr JOUS WAXAXAKEX8 STOME. THE HOLIDAYS AT JOHN WANAMAKER'S, CHESTNUT, THIRTEENTH AND MARKET STREETS, AND CITY HALL SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA. riMIK HOLIDAYS. X Tlicrc Is nowhere In Philadelphia se varlcl a collccllen et rich ceeds as liere such as fat li en, mothers, brothers. Bisters levers, leek for a little later. There is an end even of Gilts. Our collection is large enough and rich enough, one would saptiese, even Ter a lets frugal city than Philadelphia. Tlicbc poeds are are new at the hclgbtef thclrglery. Tlic choicest of thcin are here; 'ethers will come of course ; but the choicest arc going. What is equally te the purpose, buyer ate new about as many as nan be conilertubly served, and the throng will be denser every fair day till Christinas. JOHN' WAN'AMAKER. rlLET FURNISHING. HaehetH, t Idles, l.uiip-slmdes, pin-cushion, boxes, in -utin ami plush, embroidered and paintcil. JOHN WANAMAKKIi. First circle. seutliH est from the centre. LACKS. IMichcsse VfHt with Point mcdallleiH, $30 ; the same may be seen rise; where at (70. JOHN WANAMAKER. Nina counters, southwest from the centre. (ILOCKt. J 91.35 te tIM.00, nil guaranteed. JOHN WANAMAKKII. City-hall square entrance. New room, new toys. JOHN WANAMAKER. Outer circle, nest of the Chestnut street en trance. TJOOK8. MJ A catalogue et books may be had at the book counter. We want every reader te have it. The list of children's holiday books is es pecially complete, JOHN WAN'AMAKER. Second counter, northeast from the eentic. LADIES' ULSTERS. There are two general styles, one closed at the hack, the ether open : the latter is knew u aseeaclimun'H style. In detail et trimming there Is great variety though there is ulse marked simplicity. Great variety In cloths tee. $0.50 te Ii5. Clenks, foreign and home-made. Our collec tion is unprecedented, whether you regard va riety, quantity or value. A lady w he buys a cloak et any sort in Philadelphia wiUieut looking these ever misses the licst iiskertmcnt, perhaps, in the whole country. $0.50 te $250. JOHN WANAMAUEU. Southeast comer of the building. MISSES' COAT.. Mls.cs coats iu mere than 70 cloths, shapes and decoration beyond counting. Sizes 2 te 16 years. Ulstcrcttcs In 5 cloths, ulsters In 8 cloths and liavelecks in cloths. Sizes G te 10. JOHN WANAMAKi:it. Southwest corner et the building. UNDERWEAR AND HOSIER). We have the best goods the world affords, and the next best, ami the next, and se en. There is no place anywhere, where you can see se large a collection et the different grades et goods, nil passing for what they are, and nothing ter w hat it is net, cotton ter cotton, mixed ler mixed, wool for wool, silk ler silk. JOHN WANaMAKKIC. Outer ciiele, Chestnut street, entrance te Thirteenth street entrance. EMBROIDERIES. New Embroideries are already in. Our stock is new In the condition you expect, te find it in at New Year's, i, e. the spring novel ties are here. JOHN WANAMAKER. Third circle, southwest from the centre. CARPETS. The choicest luxurious carpets ; the met substantial carpets; the lowest prices: punc tual service. JOHN WANAMAKER. Muikct street front, up stairs. SILKS. """ "" Evening silks In the Arcade, east Mde. The same and many ether patterns arc within. JOHN WANAMAKER. Next outer circle, southeast from the cent it; T7M BROIDERIES. JCa Our next spring's novelties In embroi deries are just new received; they usually come at New Year's. JOHN WANAMAKER. Next outer circle, southwest from the cent re. r ACES. XJ Laces change dally. Our sales aw large, our variety always large, and but little of any one sort. Compare prices. A quarter below the market Is net uncommon. JOHN WANAMAKER. Nine counters, southwest from the centre. WRAPS, &C. Sue h a stock of foreign cloaks as Phila delphia lias net before seen, $10 te $250; shawls near by ; dresses up stairs. JOHN WANAMAKER. Southeast corner of the building. VJURS. J; Furs erall sorts arc going fast. They went fast last year and advanced in price as the sea son advanced. They are going up again. We shall net raise prices till we have te buy. Ex pect te llnd here whatever you want, from a bit et trimming up. JOHN WANAMAKER. Thirteenth street entrance. COATS AND ULSTERS FOR CHILDREN. Net se great variety as for ladies; but much larger than airy where else here. Coats. 2 te By ears; in thirty different mate rials, drab, blue and brown cords wlthfbecy black : cellar and cuff et plusU ; ulse in ten camel's hair cloth, trimmed with seal-cloth. Coats, 4 te 16 years ; in thirty cloths, trim med with plain stitching, plush, seal cloth, chinchilla fur and velvet, $2 te $1C. Ulstcrettcs, G te 16 years ; iu five cloth", with seal cloth cellar and cuffs. Ulsters, 0 te 16 years; in eight cloths, trim med with plu-di stitching, heed and plush. liavelecks, 4 te 16 years ; two styles. JOHN WANAMAKER. BOYS' CLOTHING. Our trade isjust what It ought te be for tiie facilities and advantages wc enjoy. JOHN WANAMAKER. East et central aisle, near Market street. CHINA AND GLASSWARE. Tackloeng prcelain, plates only, for din ner or dessert, five patterns, $25 te $30 per dozen. Uaviland dinner sets ; Camillc pattern, $140 ; elsewhere, 9200. Tressed, $140; elsewhere, $200. Tressed with Moresque border and decoration or grasses and butterflies, $225 ; elsewhere. $275. The latter Is in the Arcade, Chestnut street entrance, te-day. Table glassware, English, Strawberry-diamond cut ; every article required for the table useful or ornamental. JOHN WANAMAKER. Northwest corner et the building. - - - - PLUSU HAND-BAGS. And a great variety et ether kinds. Alse pocket books, embroidered leather card cases, clear eases, and everything in leather goods. JOHN WANAMAKER. Third circle northwest from centre. Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets and City Hall square. JOHN WANAMAKER, Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market Streets, And City Hall Square, Philadelphia. CONFECTIONS. H KADQUAKTER8 FOB PDKB CONFEC TIONS FOB TUB HOLIDAYS AT JOSEPH R, ROYER'S, SO AND S3 WEST KING ST. I ean new offer te the trade and public a large stock et Pure Confections of every description, at th very lowest market rates. FRUITS, NUTS, Ac. and a LARGE STOCK OF TOYftef the NEWEST DESIGNS. Large and small Cakes baked daily. Ice Cream at all times. WEDDINGS AND PARTIES SERVED AT SHORT NOTICE. MAIL ORDERS promptly attended te at the aaae rata as it the person ordering were present te person. Call and see my stock. AVKemcmber the place 89 AND 52 WEST KING STREET. JOS. B. BOYER. G1 IFTS. r Te buylleliday GI1U early Is geed ad vice : The best trade is early ; and the best trade can ies off the Itest things. JOHN WANAMAKEB. 4 I,r'UED WRIGHT'S PERFUMES. IX HIS Mary Stuart is probably the most lasting of all the agreeable perfumes; none or the foreign ones approach It. It Is very rich, strong ami full of lire; it isagreeable te mere persons, probably, than any ether perfuinc. Wild Olive is next iu popularity ; this also Is singularly powerful and lasting. White Kee Is delicate and lasting. We keep the preferred odors of nil the first class pprliiiiicrs, such as Lubin. Ilailey, Atkin son and Coudray ; but of Alfred Wright's we keep all. Jiring an unnerfuincd handkerchief; and you shall h ivc a sample of any odor xpu wish. JOHN WANAlf&KER. First circle, northwest from the center. (10I.OKED DltKSS GOODS. j The following, just received, am away down in prices : French Camel's lialr, 47 Inch, $0.75 and .83; Fiench cheviot suiting, silk and wool, 45 Inch, (0.75; French funic, all wool. 28 Inch, $0.28. Hi' looking out for such opportunities a lady may often s.ive hall. JOHN WANAMAKER. Nine counters, Tlditcenth street entrance. "IJLACK GOODS. I J A! lady wanting any of the following will no euiigcd ler the mention of tuein ; mik and wool ball n de Lyen, 85 cents; silk faced veleurs, $1 ; memle cloth, 75 cents ; damasse drap d' etc, $1.50; damasse cashmere, 91.25. All the prices except the first are probably below the cost of manufacture, and even the llrst may be. JOHN WANAMAKER. Next outer ciiele, southwest from the center. 1 MUM MING FOR DRESSES AND CLOAKS. Our trade requires the largcstand freshest stock of these goods, friugcs,passementcrle or naments, girdles, tassels, spikes, rings, balls, buttons. We have novelties net te be found anywhere else. JOHN WANAMAKEB. Ncxtouterclrcle, northwest from the center. SHAWLS, Sc. A few shawl are shown in the Arcade; gentlemen's dressing gowns and smoking jackets in the same case. Mere are within. JOHN WANAMAKEB. East of thu Chestnut street entrance. 17URS. 1 Our woik-reom is full of preparation, se full that w c cannot crowd it faster. We have ready, also, alarge stock of finished garments, fur and fur lined. We have sjequcs and dolmans In sealskin dj ed in Londen we have none but London Lendon Londen dyed kc.i1. We have them In great numbers, and, et course, iu all sizes including extremes. 1'rlecs, from $125 te $250. Londen controls the seal market et the world There have been two advances In price since our furs were bought. We shall net advance till we have te buy again ; we have net advanced ut all, as yet. We have, at $165, seal sacques such as yen w ill leek in vain for elsewhere at the price. Mir lined circulars and dolmans in very great variety. We use mostly Satin de Lyen, gres-gmin, arm urc and brocade silk and blcil blcil H'line ; for mourning, Henrietta and Drap d'Ele. 'J he latter are made te order only. We have everything worth having in sets trimmings, robe, gloves, caps and the thou-saiKl-nnd-eue little tilings that are kept in the com pic test lists. JOHN WANAMAKER. Thirteenth street entrance. QK1UTF. O Felt, all colors and variety of styles, 80c te $1 25 ; flannel, black, blue, gray, brew n and sc.nlel, $2.51 te $5.75; satin, black, $1.75 te $10.50 ; satin, blue, scarlet, brown and black, $12.50 te $20 ; Italian cloth, black, $1.25 te $5. The variety is very great. JOHN WANAMAKER. Southwest coiner of the building. BOYS' OVERCOATS. Netice these two samples: I'.lne chinchilla sack, velvet cellar and de tachable cape, lined with Farmer's satin, horn buttons, $0.50, Is tlicrc another such coat for $0.50 ? We have sold hundreds of them. Itrowii-rcd-and-eld-gold diagonal ulsterette sort wool lining, sleeves lined with a durable bilk-straped fabric, horn buttons, $8.3 J. These are but but specimens of many. If they seem inviting, ethers may be mere se. See them. JOHN WANAMAKER. Central aisle, next te tile outer circle. Mar ket street side. 1IHHONS AND MILLINERT. V Ribbons and Millinery, you knew, wc hac much mere of than any ether house. JOHN WANAMAKER. North of Thirteenth street entrance. I1NENS. j A very great variety of the finest linens, a very great variety et staple linens, and the lewcsi prices in Philadelphia. JOHN WANAMAKER. Outer circle, City Hall Square entrance. IINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. J New goods just received from abroad. We have, without doubt, the richest and fullest stock en this side of the Atlantic We buy from makers, direct, knew the quality of our linen hcyeiid question, and keep below the mat kct besides. JOHN WANAMAKER. Second circle, southwest from the centre. SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. The very finest English and French hand kerchiefs and Mufflers; handkerchiefs $1.25 te $2.50; mufflers, $1.50 te $1.50.- Elsewhere they aieseld for a i ..alter mere, at least. JOHN WANAMAKER. Second circle, southwest from the centre. UNDERWEAR. Every individual article et Merine or Silk Underwear that wc buy wc examine te see whether the buttons arc sewed en securely and whether the scams arc right and properly lastcucd. If anything is wrong, back the gar ment gees te the reakcr, or wc right it at his expense. Such has been our practice for a year and a half. Is there another merchant In! Philadel phia who docs the fame, or who watches the interests et bis customers in any similar way T Defects may escape us, nevertbless. Yen de us a favor, if you bring back the least Imper fection te be mode geed. JOHN WANAMAKER. Outer circle. Thirteenth street entrance. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Our assortment of all muslin undergar ments is as full as at any time of the year; and when the demand for such is net generally strong we are often able te buy at unusual ad vantage. Wc have very nearly the same goods the year 'round : but prices vary mere or less. New, for example, probably, there Is net te be found in this city or in New Yerk muslin un dergarments equal te our regular stock except at higher prices. We knew et no exception whatever. JOHN WANAMAKEB. Southwest corner of the building RUBBER OVERGARMENTS. De you knew, many are net of Rubbcr.at all, and are net waterproof 7 We sell as many as all Philadelphia besides ; real articles only; and guarantee them. JOHN WANAMAKEB. Central aisle, near Market street entrance. CHXNA. Aim GZAB8WAJUS. CHINA HALL. We tender Thanks te our Numerous Customers and Friends for their Patron age during 1880. Our Aim, during the Coming Year, shall be te Please and Satisfy all with Lewest Priees, Best Goods. Courteous Attention. A HAPPT NEW YEAR TO ALL. HIGH & MARTIN, 16 EAST KOTO 8TBOT. cLeiuixa. ODDS AND ENDS of Large Lets of CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHING GOODS, at such prices as te make a clearance sale. They an expected te accumulate where se many goeus are kept moving all the time as with us; and new we have put prices en them that are se low you will be almost tempted te buy whether you need the goods or net. Next week we will tell you of a few et our prices. We are strictly ONE PRICE and sell only for CASH, which gives us many advantage. Others talk et trade being dull, but you will always find us busy. WILLIAMSON & FOSTER, 36 BAST KINO STREET. MWAF&w OVERCOATS! Closing out at a great reduction our Immense line of Novelties in Overceatings. Fur Beavers, eal Skin, Elysuui Mentanak, Ratina and Chinchillas. All the New and most Desirable Styles STOCKANETTS, IN NEW COLORS AND CHOICE STYLES Why net leave veur order at once and secure an Elegant, Stylish, Well Made and Artistie Cut Garment as low as S20. A LARGE LINE OF CHOICE Mid i: AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, AT J.KSMATJNG'S, THE ARTIST TAILOR, 121 N. QUEEN STREET, MWAS CLOTHING! CLOTHING! We have new ready for sale an Immense Stock et TOR Eall and Winter, which are Cut and Trimmed in the Latest Style. Wc can give you a GOOD STYLISH SUIT AS LOW AS $10.00. PIECE GOODS In great variety, made te eider at short notice at the lowest prices. D. B. Hostetter t Sen, 24 CENTRE SQUARE, 6-lyd LANCASTER, PA. UKOCEItlES. ti.tC POUNDS FINE MIXED CANDY. OUU ALSO WINES AND LIQUORS. PURE OLD RYE WHISKY, Only 55 Cente Per Quart, at BINGWALT'S, Ne. 905 WE6T KING STREET. 20Q FOUNDS SOLID SWEET WHITE GRAPES, 34 CTS. PER POUND, AT BUBSK'S. "VTEW PROCESS BUCKWUKAT FLOOR, JLl X Very Superior Article; also. Lucerne County Buckwheat Fleur, Choice ; and HECAER'S SELF-RAISING BUCKWHEAT AND GBIDDLE CAKE FLOURS, AT BUBSK'S, Ne. 17 East King Street. lOENTSrOK FAHNESTOCK'S FARINA FLOUR, A Very Superior Article. Give it n Trial. Fer Sale only In Lancaster, XT D. S. BURSKS, VO. 17 EAST KINO STREET. End iiuume ReaayMaae Cleii Hawastcr nfcUigemet. MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 3, 1861. TH OF THE WORLD, MOTHEB SBIPTON AND HER PROPH ECY FOB 1881. An Ominous Tear, Which Timid and Super stitious People Wish was Over and Dene Fer. TIMELY TOPICS FOR ARCTIC WEATHER Something About Celd Feet, Taking Celd, and Hanging Thermometers. NEW YEAR'S DAY IN GOTHAM. The Custom of MaRing Calls and Its Abuse An Empty Ferm Devoid of the Whole-seuled Hospitality of Knickerbocker Days. An Ominous Year. Wc consider ourselves patt of an age that, if it is net altogether freed fiem su perstition, is fast shaking off the shackles, without wc hope any detriment te rclicicm belief ; and wc leek back with wonder and contempt at these creatures whose minds were of the order that made them dupes of Cornelius Agrippa, of Nostradamus, of Cagliobtre, and of the whole horde of men wise in the dark art. Yet iu spite of our belongings and our contempt, and because this is the year of 1881, the majority of newspapers published iu the English lan guage have felt that their readers had a right te see some portion of Mether Ship Ship ten's prophecy, aud have given it te them generously. Indeed, se mauy various scraps of this precious document have been printed at one time aud another that if one should put them together it would take almost as many years as Mether Shipton lived in order te read them ; and we cannot help thinking that ingenious penny-a-liners nave supplied verstclcs te the geed danie te help her out, with a neble disregard of authenticity, and a discreet knowledge that four hundred years and ever are likely te render anything of a legendary charac ter mere or less corrupt and incorrect any way. It is a curious document, this old lady's prophecy. But since one of the features failed te fulfill in the year 1820 she hav ing declared, it is said, that Londen streets should be deluged in bleed when the dragon of Bew church and the grasshop per of the Royal Exchange should meet, which event happened, without the ex pected result, at a time when both of these vanes lay together in a stone mason's yard awaiting repairs since that time people have net expected se much of Mether Shipton as they once did. 'Around the world thoughts snail fly In thctwlnkling of an eye ; Water shall yet mere wonders no, New strange, it shall be true," runs one of the quatrains in a copy that may be as doubtful as all the rest, proph esying after the fact: "Through the hills man shall rlile, And no horse or ass be at his side ; Under waters men shall walk, , Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk." runs another ; and although she skips the telephone and the phonograph and the photephonc, phe winds up with something having rather a special interest te our own generation : Fire and water shall wonders de, England shall admit a Jew ; And the world te an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one There is many a simple soul sitting by country lircstdcs these wintry nights, reared in a grewsemc faith which puts heaven chiefly in the attitude of the angry and outraged avenger, te whom these lines have had a vague terror of possibility. They are people who were taught in childhood te expect the end of the world, te whom then a peculiarly bright moon light spread the earth with ghastly corpse color that foreboded nothing else, te whom a easterly storm seemed something that net improbably might have no close, and in whose quaking nightmare dreams a day of judgment was a prominent factor. They would perhaps be ashamed te tell you, but ever since they heard of Mether Shipton's name they have secretly felt that they should be a little glad when 1881 was ever and done with. Nothing te them docs the word of sci ence signify, no notion comes into their heads as te the inconsistency of beginning such a universe simply te destroy it be be be fere bringing it te completion ; they are only blindly concerned iu their own fate in such a contingency, and they are watch ing the weather signs this year as they never did. before. Wee betide them if this winter a brighter aurora whitens the North than usual, or sends up mere crim son banners aud fiery lances te the zenith ! Wee betide them if a cold spell come, where long stay of the mercury below zero suggests the horrible negation of death ! Wee betide them if the sprjng rains are copious enough te fill the brooks and make freshets in the rivers with visions of another deluge ! Wee betide them if August or November gives them such a star shower as was known in 1833 ! Frem all these things dreadful portents arise, and they will net really knew tran quil security again till the old year has beeu rung out and 1882 rung in. It is true that some of these old proph ecies are very remarkable, and, if tradition may be trusted, have often beeu singularly verified and why net Mether Shipton's? It is true that nobody knows what might happen if some stray comet should come along, with a force of its own equal te the undoing of the creative purposes, and send our planet spinning away from the sun. It is true that, according te our present knowledge, it seems as if the material world must come te an end at some time when the sun ceases te gire light and heat why net this year as well as that year ? Wc can net pretend le answer the conundrum, but we can at least give the goedadvico comprised in the oyster sa loon's sign, Nitnquam non paralut.. And we might even feel warranted by the grav ity of the situation in declaring that it be hooves all these that regard the rear as doubtful and.omineus te put themselves en their best behavior, that tbey may, at any rate, all the mere suitably enjoy, the surprise in store for them when they awake and find the world still jogging along in the dawn of 1882. CeM Feet. Londen Lancet. It is, as we have often labored te" show, a mistake te suppose there is any warmth in clothes. Animal heat is the direct re sult of changes going en within the body itseJLf. Nutrition by feed and the discharge of energy by exercise are the efficient causes of heat. Clethes "seem" geed and warm because they prevent the 'cold air and objects with a capacity for heat which surround the body from attracting the beat generated within its organism. The clothing is simply an insulator. It fellows that it should be light in weight, and above all things that it should permit the free and full circulation of bleed through every part of the system te the end of every finger aud tee and that the muscular apparatus of the extremities should be in perfect working order. If we will wear feet coverings, whether beets or stockings, which compress the feet and render the separate'actien of each tee im possible, it is simply absurd te expect te be warm-footed. Heat is the complement of work and nutrition, and if a part of the organism is se bound that it cannot work, and its supply of feed is limited, it must be cold. The resort te stouter and heavier clothing under such circumstances is sim ply ridiculous. Generally it is the stook steok stoek ings that compress the feet. The garter acts as a ligature, and diminishes the bleed supply, while the stocking itself acts as a bandage, and impedes the circulation through the extremities. Taking Celd. Cenes' Field Ornithology. There is an old saying ' When the air cemes through a hole, say your prayers te save your soul ;" and I should think al most anyone could get a " cold " with a spoonful of water, or the wrist held te a key hole. Singular as it may seem, sud den warming when cold is mere dangerous than the reverse ; everyone has noticed hew seen the handkerchief is required en entering a heated room en a cold day. Frest bite is an extreme illustration of this. As the Irishman said, ou picking himself up, it was net the fall, but stop step ping se suddenly that hurt him. It is net the lowering of thu tctnpcratuic te the fi cezing point, but its subsequent elevation, that devitalizes the tissue. . This is why rubbing with snow, or bathing in cold water, is required torcsteic safely a frozen part ; the arrested circulation must be very gradually re-established, or inflammation, perhaps mortification, ensues. Gen eral precautions against taking cold are al most self-evident iu this light. There is ordinarily little, if any, danger te be ap prehended from wet clothes, se long as excrcise is kept up, for the " glow ' ' about compensates for the extra cooling by evap oration. Ner is a complete drenching mere likely te be injurious than wetting of one part. But never sit still wet, and in changing, ltibthe body dry. There is a general tendency, springing from fatigue, indolence or indifference, te neglect damp feet; that is te say, te dry them by the fire ; but this process is tedious and uncer tain. I would say especially, off with the muddy beets and sodden socks at once dry stockings after a hunt, may make just the difference of your being able te go out again or never. Take care never te check perspiration ; during this process the body is in a somewhat critical condition, and a sudden arrest of the function may result disastrously eveu fatally. One part of the business of perspiration is te equalize bodily temperature, and it must net be interfered with. The secret of much that is te be said about bathing, when heated, lies here. A person overheated, panting it may be, with throbbing temples and a dry skin, is in danger, partly because the natural cooling by evaporation from the skin is denied, and this condition is some times net far from a ' 'sunstroke." Under these circumstances, a person of fairly geed constitution may plunge into the water with impunity even with benefit. But if the body be already cooling by sweating, rapid abstraction of heat from the surface may cause internal congestion, never unattended with danger. Drinking ice water offers a somewhat paiallel case ; even en steeping te drink at a brook, when flushed with heat, it is well te bathe the face and hands first, and te taste the water before a full draught. Hew te Hang Thermometers. "Old Weathercock" writes te the St. Paul Pioneer Press : "There seem te be se many erroneous notices among the many amateur meteorologists of the city about tbe minimum temperature of the twenty four hours, aud bow te obtain it correctly, that a few Hues from an 'old weathercock,' I trust, will net be altogether lest. In the first place, then, the temperature of the wall of any building, at any hour of the night or day, is net thu true tempera ture of the circulating air and is of no use te science. A weed wall wall radiates its heat mere rapidly than a brick or a stone, and the amateur scientist who hangs his thermometer en a' weed wall can force his mercury down be low the amateur who selects a brick wall. The proper way te expose your thermem eter is te surround it with a light woedl frame covered witu slats, like shutter work, and reefed ever. This will protect it from the direct rays of the sun and re flected heat. Run a light weed bir across the centre of your instrument shelter, te which you can attach thermometers, which should be, when properly exposed en the north side of the building, and the thermometer at least one feet from all objects. If these directions are followed, erroneous reports of extreme cold weather will net find their way into print se often. It is net a very funny thing for the press te report 25 below zero, when 15 repre sented the true temperature of the circu lating air. It gives persons abroad wrong impressions of your climate." m New Tear in New Yerk. Hewaid in Philadelphia Times. Yeung men in dress coats and white cravats have made things lively in Getham. What an abused custom this New Year's calling is become. Fifty years age when the up-town limit of the city was Canal street and when green fields and cow pas tures extended from the city hall park up and onto Harlem creek, everybody knew everybody else, and a day's calling could be made leisurely and comfortably. The geed old Knickerbockers enjoyed life, and a signal part of social delight was this habit of which I write. Te-day this is all changed. Sensible people ignore literal physical calling and utilize the mails by which te send their cards as courteous indications of remembrance en the first day of the year. With the exception of a few pleasant family calls the entire system has fallen into the hands of young men, a majority of whom have most limited circles of acquaintance. These cheerful members of the community, having purchased or hired dress coats. peel their lists and go from house toheuso J in groups. Aside from the transparent felly of wearing evening dress in the morning, and the utter unfriendliness of calling en ladies they never saw or heard of, is their absolute ignorance of all that the custom implies or means. Their sole idea seems te be te make out a long list. The exchange of courteous desire and the extension of mere than a perfunctory wish of the com pliments of tbe season never enter their "minds." With blue lips, red noses and white cravats tbey rush' into a parlor, bob te one and another, giggle and rash out. I think the women are quite as absurd as the men. A custom has grown up of late years which seems te me most reprehensible. Ladies intending te receive send their cards te all their acquaintances and often te men they don't knew at all. Yeung ladies are anxious tehavemaay calls, and in their eagerness forget te be prudent, thus opening their deer te people it may net be se easy te be rid of. Ia ether days- it was the universal habit te spread a generous table. New a table of any kind is the exception, bat I regret te say that wine and liquors are offered very freely. The effects, it stands te reasea, en giddy-pated youths must be disastrous. Frezen te Death Near Their Hemes. Twe old negrees, Lida and Henry Slangh. ter, mother and son, were found frozen te death six miles from Booneville, Me. Henry was lying in the read about 100 yards from his house and his mother sit ting at the fireless hearth at home. There was plenty of weed in the yard and a geed stock of previsions and clothing in the house. The ceuple were old and sick, Henry being sixty and bis mother said te be ever one hundred years old, and both were nearly helpless. Jehn Bell, aged aiieut sixty years, a night watchman in Slack's stocking fac tory. Trenten, was found frozen te death in a shed attached te the premises, early Saturday morning. It is supposed that he was prostrated by a fit and thus met with his untimely end. In Virginia cattle have been lest, also, by exposure, and game frozen. Deer have been caught near dwellings in the coun try, forced by severe cold and want of feed. Ie net waste your money for every new icuiedy advertised te euro a cough, when you knew that Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup lias steed the popular test for thirty years. Price 25 cts. (Je te II. II. Cochran, druggist, 17 and 19 North Queen street, for Mrt. Drtunan' Nme national Byes. Fer brightness and durability et color are unequaled. Celer from t te it pounds. Prlee, 15 cents. KxpericBtta Boeet. We must tell some men a great deal te teach theiu a little, but the knowledge et the cura tive properties of Spring lilosHem in cases et sick headache. Indigestion and Biliousness Is bought by experience. -Trice 50 cents, trial bottles 10 cent. Fer sale by n. B. Cochran, druggist, 137 and 130 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. JEWEIMY. JOU1SWEBEK, J - WATCHMAKER. Ne. 1S9 NORTH QUEEN STREET, near P. R. R. Depot, Lancaster, Fa. Geld, Sliver and Nickel-cased Watches, Chains, Clocks, Ac. Agent ter the celebrated Pantascepic Specta cles and Eye-Glasscs. Repairing a specialty, aprl-lyd YITHOLKSALE AND RKTAIL. THERMOMETERS, Ms Hu Clocks. E. F. BOWMAN, 10G EAST KING STREET. J. E. CALDWELL t CO. 902 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. . diamond mwm, JEWELERS, SILVERSMITHS, AND IMPORTERS Of EUROPEAN NOVELTIES, BRONZES, CLOCKS AND PORCELAINS, ask particular attention te their su perb stock of goods, especially adapted for HOLIDAY GIFTS! The assortment in every Depart ment is unequaled, and the prices (always the lowest) will be found most acceptable. ESTOrders and inquiries by mail will receive prompt attention. Mwr BOOKS A1TD STATI0NEMT. WRISTMAS GIFTS 1 1 HOLIDAY BOOKS, HOLIDAY GAMES, HOLIDAY PICTURES, HOLIDAY GOODS. IN GREAT VARIETY AT L. M. FLYNN'S, Me. 43 WEST KING STREET. "DIAKIES FOR 1881, Giving Church Days, Religious festivals. Moen's Changes, Blanks for Weather Recerd, and much ether useful Information, styles, cw ana Nevel. Fer sale at tbe Boekstora et JOHN BAER'S SONS, 15 ft 17 WORTH QUEEN ST., LANCASTER, r A. NEW YEAR CARDS. f Ar Elegant Assortment etsal at ttw, BOOK8TOBIOF JOM BAER'S SOUS, 15 ud 17 NORTH (JOKK STRUT, LAXGASTKB, pa. JtOOTS AJf9 SHOl 1.1 A Cltr BOOTH. SHOM AJTO LAST JliAOX sBteeaBewwtiMlI,lftMr tog comfort tern tae fsetv. BOOTS tebU-ttd Lasts aaae w eraer. mxun. -TkATNTlXG. X All kinds of Hctssb fttfMsjs;MMsGifi. aene m ine ttnpnen heun wmm m ism bes pos sible stvle. we bare sr.75 ner dv. 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Our book "Hew a Life was Saved." giving the history of this new discovery, and a large record et most rcmarkuble cures, sent free. Write for it. Day Kidney Pad Company, TOLEDO, OHIO. I I ITU IN ewinr te tne many wertule vJU wllKlrtnpv Putin nnw anakingm mlA en our reputation, we deem It due tbe afflicted, te warn ilicm. Ask ler VAT'S K1DNK FAD, and take no etber. EASTERN AGENCY, CHARLES N. CKITTENTON, . IIS Fnltea St., New Yerk. Mrs. Lydia K Pinkham, OF LYNN, MASS., Has Me i Disceyery ! Her Tegetablc Compeuul tfce Sarier of Her Sex. Health, Hep and Happiness Re stored by the use of LYDIA E. PrNKHAMS Vegetable Compound. The Positive Cure Fer All Female Complaints. Tills preparation, as Its name signifies, con, slats et Vegetable Properties that arc harmless te the most delicate invalid. Upen one trial tbe merits of this compound will be recognized, as relict Is Immediate ; and wben Its use is con tinuctl, in nlnctv-nine cases in a hundred, a permanent cure Is effected, as thousands will testify. On account of its proven merits.lt U te-day recommended and prescribed by tbe best physicians in the country. " It will cure entirely the worst form of falllns; of the uterus, LeucerrhcBa, irregular and pain tul Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles", In flammation and Ulceration, Floedings, all Dis placements and the consequent spinal weak ness, and la especially adapted te tbe Change or Lite. In tact it has proved te be the greatest and bent remedy that bas ever been discovered. It permeates every portion of the system, and gives new lite and vigor. It removes faint ness, flatulency, destroys all craving ter stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach. It cures Bleating, Headaches, Nervous Pros tration, General Debility. Sleeplessness. Dc Dc ftresslen and Indigestion. That feeling of bear ng down, causing pain, weight and backache. Is always permanently cured by its use. It will at all times, and under all circumstances, act In harmony with the law that governs the female system. ' Fer Kidney complaints of cither sex this Compound Is unsurpassed. Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Conpeooi IsJ prepared at 2SI and 235 Western Avcnae,, Lynn, Mass. Price 1. Six bottles for $3. Seat by mail in tbe form et pills, also In tbe form of lozenges, en receipt et pricrl per box, for either. Mrs. PINKHAM freely answers allied" ten of inquiry. Send ter pamphlet. Address as above. Mention tAit pdper.- Ne family should be without LYDIA . PINKHAMrS LIVER PILLS. Tbey cure Con stipation. Biliousness and TerpidTjy of tbe Liver. 99 cents per box. Johnsten, Holleway & Ce,;! Gemtnl Ageate, PMIaielrUu Fer sale by C. A. Lecber, 9 East King street and Gee. W. Hull, IS West King streets . ' JTSMydeOdaW,,. E EAD THIS. -U3E- COUGH NO MORE! mm f'OUGH SYRUP. 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