UK rs ill liL For Infanta and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Cbmsj t INC. 1? I iNr'rC Al S yi x mms DEM SJWE X ; J FEED THE C TQ BUZZARDS.. INDIA beats the world, for the number and variety of Its New Year days and this la so bo cause of the large number of race and religions. When a traveler who expects to spend some time In the country goes to the bank with his letter of credit, usually a card is banded him on which is printed the various holidays. This is for his convenience, so that he will not let himself get 'out of funds and go to the bank In a hurry, only to find it closod on account of some holiday. The holiday may oe unr.s tian, Mohammedan or that of any one of the numerous Hindu sects. When the usual card was given me in Bombay, says a writer, I noted the number of these holidays which were ascribed to New Year. They did not exactly bear out tho - humorous de scription of every day in the year as a New Year day, but there seemed hardly a month of the Christian calen dar which did not have at least one New - Year designated, and in some months there were more. , Kaleidoscopic- Bombay observes all these New Year days because the stream of Aslatto life which circulates through it Includes all the civilization and a!f the races and religions of the Orient.-'wlth some additions from the Occident. The spirit !b one of cath olicity. All the races and all the religious socts obsorvo the New Year of the Christian calondar, because British rule of India is reflected In this day; but thoy also observe the New Year of the different races and religions among themselves, at least to the ex tent of knocking oft work. Whether in Bombay or Benares, the monkey temple has its throng of Hin du worshipers, and the Mohamme dans often are hot unwilling to share In the observance to the extent of foregoing their business activities. The Hindus on thoir part are apt to think it a shame to work on a Moham medan New' Year day when the Mos lem population may be thronging the Jumma Musqutd mosque. So it goes all round the circle of Now Year holi days. ' There Is a simple arithmetical meth od of calculating the time from the Hoglra In the terms of the Christian era, but the easier way Is to accept without question tho fact thnt such and such a day is the New Year of the Mohammedan era, Similarly, the New Year of the Buddhists and the Brahmins and tho Jains and the Sikhs may . be accepted without bothering about the calendar. , . The British New Year in Bombay, or Calcutta, or Delhi (s much the same as In England. . While the Christian New Year is formal and stately on account of Brit ish authority, It has less standing than the New Year of the Parsees, because it is a single day's observance, while the Parsees take two days. The year I happened to be In Bombay was the Parsee Yazdezardl, 127C, and the New Year days came, on September 13 and 14. On this day I was afforded the op portunity of witnessing the Parsee re ligious observances, or Zoroastrlan services. It was In the Allbless Ilagli, on the Charnl road. Their churches or temples of worship are free from architectural pretensions without and within. They are more like an ordi nary, hall. A 1 In this temple tho women wore gath ered at one end of the room and the men at the other end. In the space between was a stand holding a lamp with the eternal fire under glass. Tho 7 noon THE BRAVEST FLOWERS., December is not all bleak winter here, by any means. The earlier days are often mild and pleasant, and the hardier reminders of the garden year take prompt advantage of any sun-encouragement. During the first week of the month I have found scabious, candytuft and gaillardias In comfortable bloom. Of course, I expect to Bee pansleB opening every month In the year, and have not often been disappointed. Then the wallflowers, bless them! da not regard winter as of any Importance until at last Jack Frost repeatedly freezes thom Into Insensibility. And on Christmas day, In one of the happy Breeze Hill garden years, I have found end gloatingly t&ken to the home guests assembled, flowers of the panBy, ftie English daisy and the wallflowers. These1 latest flowers are doubly appreciated, aud have an appeal not possessed by the great, rich greenhouse roses one buys. J. Horace McFarland In the Countryside Magazine. . . , LONDON LIGHT8 ARE 'COSTLY. At Wlllesden police court Philip Horgcshelmer, a German baker (nat- iraltzed) of Malvern road, Kilburn, was hop lighting. I It was stated by the police that the defendant had a very bright tight In s window, and every time he was cautioned he put up a shade, removing It ;ain immediately the officer turned his back. When told that he would be .mmonod he replied: "Well, I must sell my cakes." On the night of the it raid bis light was particularly bright ( The defendant sent his wife, also a German, to say that be was too busy iking bread for his customers to attend the court. A fine of $25 was Imposed, which the wife at once pijld. Londo ', A motor-driven wheel that can be inserted In place of the front v ordinary bicycle to convert It Into a t pvnvri p?ri yyflp?h- flame was very clear. A venerable bearded priest stood beside the lamp. His discourse was earnest and solemn. Both 'man and woman hearers were very attentive. The ceremonies of worship are quite simple, but the mysteries of the faith may be less so. The Parsees who have been educated . In England and many of those whose English educa tion has been obtained in Bombay resent the designation of Are worship ers. ' - .. One of thom gavejne a monograph, written by a Parsee barrister in Lon don, which explained the creed of the followers" of ZoVoaster as one of good thoughts, good words and good deeds, with the sacred flame as a symbol of the effulgence of the deity. It is not denied, however, that contact with Hindus and Mohammedans has caused corruptions to creep Into the creed. The Hindus anjl Moslems t regard the Parsees as fire worshipers. It was on a New Year day that 1 drove out to Malabar hill, where are located the Towers of Silence, or the Parsee cemetery. Every traveler takes this drive. It Is past the other ceme teries. Christian and Mohammedan burial grounds and the Hindu burning ghat The cemetery of the Christians )s no longer used, but on almost any day ' there will be .Mohammedan fu nerals and Hindu cremations. On this day there were two Moham medan funerals and three parties of Hindu mourners, with their respective burdens at the burning ghat, .. Malabar hill Is the choice spot over looking the Arabian sea. Within tho cemetery grounds are flagstone steps, shaded. walks and arbors and bowers. A luxuriant vegetation covers the( rocks, and there Is everything that goes to make a beautiful garden of flowers. The towers of. Silence,' of which there are five, are hardly towers ftl all. They are about 275 feet in cir cumference and perhaps' 25 feet high. The material Is whitewashed stone and comont or mortar.. A Jioar ap proach to the towers Is not allowed to strangers to, the. Parsee' creed, nor Is entrance permitted to the fire torn pld, where the sacred Are is kept alive and seven kinds of Inconse are burned. A model of the towers is shown- in the registry fgom and an attendant ex plains them to visitors.' The attend ant explained to the the circular rows In which the bodieq were placed one for the chlldrenr one 'for the women and one for the men. When the bodies have been stripped of their fleshly covering by the vultures, which takes perhaps halt an hour, 'the' bones re main for a while, and are then dropped Into a well in the center, which is provided with drains and water flushes. ' Charcoal Is the chief purlilor. On this New Year day there was a Parsee funeral, which could be ob served only at a respectful distance. There were tho four professional body bearers, with the bier on their shoul ders, and a procession of perhaps fifty J fined $25 for falling to reduce bis motor cycle has been lnvcn 1 Wfi . mourners In thoir white robes walking two abreast, each pair holding a hand kerchief. The Parsee accounts say that the body Is received by two beard ed attendants at the entrance to the towers, and that by them the shroud Is removed and then vultures do the rest. This Is probably what happened that day. , AH I could note on this occasion was a sudden movement of the vultures in the palm trees. There seemed to be hundreds of them. They paused for a minute on the outer edge of one of the towers and then disappeared within. In a few minutes they re appeared. The Parsee method of disposing of the dead is, perhaps, as the Parsees say, more sanltury than the Christian burial in tho earth, or even than the Hindu cremation. It meets the tenet of their fa I Hi that Ore, water and earth are too sacred to be polluted. But the Western mlndcannot become ac customed to" it In conclusion, It may be said that there are other New Year observ ances in India besides the New Year of the Christians, Mohammedans, Hin dus and parsees. There is a Chinese colony In Bentinck street, Calcutta, and the Chinese there observe the New Year as they do In the United States, or In any other section of the world in which they are found. AUSTRIAN YOUTHS IN WAR The Austrian newspapers are devot ing considerable space at' present to the part played by schoolboys In the ilresent war. They are affectionately termed the "war boys" and In the op erations In eastern Gallcla they were of great assistance to the troops. In some of the artillery battles, es pecially those which centered around Czernovltz and Weinberg, schoolboys in large numbers bfaved the shellr and carried water and ammunition to the troops. , 1 After a bnttlo they would go over the field and gather pieces of shrapnel and the shells' of cartridges to be made Over again into ammunition. Occa sionally a boy thus sacrificed his life, but this did not doter the ardor of his companions. ' . ' Many of the boys followed the In fantry regiments and fought and sleit with the soldiers in the trenches. The boys who remained at home took the place of their fathers and brothers w ho were at the front. . The story is told of a fourteen-year-old youngster who all alone managed the biggest hotel In Czernovltz. He looked personally after his own cashier and bookkeeper. Othor boys peddled goods among the .soldiers and so earned a good living for their mothers. Some became guides, and many an army automobile bad as guide a bright schoolboy who sat beside the chauf feur and showed him the right road. It Is said that when the history of this war Is written the schoolboys of Austria will deserve a prominent place In its pages. Beautiful European City. Agram, In Croatia, Is one of the most popular cities in Europe, because years ago its public-spirited citizens got behind a movement and carried out a plan for an extensive park. "Tae city has a population of only about 100,000 persons, but everywhere it 1b known and spoken of as the city ot beautirui parks, t ew persons pass through on a train that do not roturn. They are drawn bad: by reason ot the beauty of the park. The city spent more than one million dollars to set It off property." Interneolne Strife, "This lunchroom proprietor adver tises bam and eggs at war prices." "I don't see what war bas to dp with the price ot ham and eggs." , "It has a great deal In this case. He's at war with a rival restaurant across the street." Proved Fact. "So your play Is all. about a prize flKht?" ,'Ycs; I was determined the critic! (uhln't have a chance to say II .. u't a punch in it." , .. . . the tem is too marKeu to t; well-known doctor says a the alcohol usurpa the fuTT&lon of the fat', which accumulates. This Is bow ,ho explains it: "K Is noticeable that those addicted to the use of alcoholic beverages often reveal a tendency to corpulence which Is proportionate to their use ot the drug. "'The fatness is not a sign ot health. It Is not even an indication that alcohol is harmless. It is merely the result of tho complete oxidization of the substance ot alcohol by the human body. The body will oxidize a two-ounco quantity ot alcohol in 21 hours, and will do it so completely that no trace ot alcohol can be found in any excretory substance. This sim ply means that the unnatural heat pro duced in the body by the presence of the stimulant answers, for the time being at least, for- what would other wise be produced by the expenditure of fats and carbohydrates. These lat ter are the fuel stored up by the body and' normally burned up In the pro duction of necessary bodily heat ,thugh not a natural heat and this expenditure is avoided. The fat U 'therefore stored up 'In the body un used, and corpulonco Is the necessary result This, of course, is not a nor mal condition nor 'a proper process. It becomes more unnatural with In creasing use of alcohol." 8TOP ALL DRINKING. A handbook recently Issued by the German government for the use of field surgeons sounds a note of warn ing against John Barleycorn. The article la by Prof. Max Grubor of the Royal Hygienic Institute of Munich. We quote: , "This Is no time for the use of alco hol. Not only is tho guzzling of all alcoholic drinks to bo stopped, but the use of even small amounts Is, as a rule, an evil. "It is scientifically established that even small amounts of alcohol weaken and paralyze our powers of observa tion, memory and judgment, the com mand of .our intellect, our wills and our reason, our impulses, our brains, our body; cut down the gains from exercise, the endurance of hardships, thn ability to resist external Injuries. "One's strength and mental power may be enough to withstand the mod erate use, but efficiency cannot be Im proved by it. And those ot us who are small and deficient in mental and physical power act recklessly when we dissipate the little that we have, espeulally when we are under obliga tions to accomplish the nost that we can." AMERICA'S GREATEST FOES. . "Had saloons never been discovered, and were it then in my power to por tray the effects of such a discovery, all men, without exception, would declare It impossible to conceive of any more diabolical plan for the degradation and destruction of the human race. Our greatest foes are tho manufacturers and distributers of alcohol. The stories of injuries done by drink are so written in the sad life history ot many of our greatest men; are so evident throughout our land In squalor, pov erty, misery and crime, and replete In prisons, workhouses and asylums, as well as in domestic Infelicity, that It Is inconceivable that any intelligent, rational man can deny the necessity for strong, united action to rid the land of both manufacturer and dis tributor." Dr. A. Kelloy of Johns Hop kins' Hospital, Baltimore. BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY. This is what the Home Life Insur ance company of New York has to say about beer: Of all intoxicating drinks, It is the most anlmalizing. It dulls the Intel lectual and moral and feeds the sen sual and beastly nature. Beyond all other drinks, it qualifies for deliberate and unprovoked crime. In this re spect it Is much worse than distilled liquors. A whisky drjfnker will com mit murder only under the dlroct ex citement of liquor, a boir drinker is capable of doing it In coldi blood. Long observation has assured us that a large proportion pf murders deliberate ly planned and executed, without vas slon or malice, with no other motive than he. acquisition of property or money, often of trifling value, ore per potrated by beer drinkers." TO THE VOTER. Which of your boys do you inteml Shall stand In the footprints ot ruined ' " men? Will you help thom to enter a life ot woe Because of your votea? Oh, no! Oh, no! If you vote for saloone, I verily foar You'll have to support them; so now look here . Which of your boys are you going to give To ruin and death, that auloons moy live? DRINKERS BARRED. - We do not employ habitual -drinkers, and never have, because they are not good workmen. President White Automobile Company. , REPRESSION OF DRINK. , "The repression ot drinking that has taken place In Industrial establish ment! ljas Dot been altogether ot force," says the Pittsburgh Gazette Times. "Workmen realize the bene fit to themselves. There is little com plaint against the rules madd." DELICATE OPERATION. The handling of a magazine rifle is a very delicate operation, and those men will perform it best who havo had no alcohol. Sir J. Crlchton Browne, M. B. , s only one of many clever used by Y. Nakane, merchant when he made at the customhouse say- carried only $400 worth ot ligation of his. togElSfVu;, spector J. B. Brosman re- veale(r-v rs valued at- r&ore than $5,- 000, . Nakane art(yed In iSan Francisco aboard the Tcno Maru and declared to tho customs Iffector' that he had $400 worth of pearls ll) n small Jewel case. An examination of the' case showed that it had a falHe bottom, pud pearls valued at $1,000 wore revealed with the destruction of the case. This was the first lot to be discovered. While the Jewel caso' was being talteu apart Nakane drew from his pocket a dainty Japanese tobacco box and proceeded to roll a cigarette The- beauty of the box attracted the attention of Wardell, who asked to see It at closer range. The box, when ex amined, revealed another $1,000 worth of the precious gems. Nakane re moved his coat to assist in the work ot unpacking his cases. Again Wardell was attracted by the beauty of a silk vest and made an ex amination and found that In the cen ter of each of the buttons was set a small pearl, which was so near the color ot the shell-like buttons that the gems could only be detected by an ex pert. " In the bottom of one of the mer chant's trunks the Inspector found a toy dog carefully wrapped In tissue paper. Nakane explained that it was to be a gift to a child relative here. An examination of the outside of the toy revealed nothing; finally the tip of the tall was removed with a pair ot Bclssors and it was found to bo filled with pearls. A like And was made In the dog's nose. Nakane then confessed he had tried to smuggle the Jewels Into this coun try. The gems were confiscated. "Jennie Catfish" Dead. "Jennie Catfish" is dead. In the northeastern part of the city Jennie Catfish was as celebrated as the muf fin man of English fame or the old chimney sweep of ' Charles Lamb's time, states the Philadelphia North American. Her call. "Any catfish? Any catfish?" r has rung through tho streets of the city for nearly half a century. Resi dents of the northeast say they cannot remember when she did not cry her wares night and day. Many remember It mingled with their childish dreams, the shrill, piercing, long-drawn-out wail bringing a picture of a little wom an, who always bad seemed old, walk ing swiftly along back streets and al leys with a tray balanced on her head. To the children she was "Jennie Catfish," which was thoir translation of her cry. To her neighbors she was Mrs. Amelia Wilson, eighty years old. She had been 111 for some time and had been taken care of by a neighbor, who the other day entered her home with a postal from a niece. She found the old woman dead as the result of pneumonia. Public Defender's Idea. "What In heaven's name Is the use of sending to Jail a man who ought to be with his family? What's the use of giving a man a bad name whon a good word will sst him right?" That"B what the first public defend er to appear in Pittsburgh's police courts asked at the ond of his first day's work. . There's no use following that old method, but we've been a long time finding it out. Sending a man to Jail is a poor way to take care of the man's family, but it's the way we've taken for ages. Giving a man a bad name -instead of offoring-him the good word his heart is aching to hear Is wasteful, but It was easier, we thought, than the right way. The strange thing about theso matters Is that tho wrong way always seems easier. Pittsburgh Leader. Oyster Catches a Duck. A sheldrake duck, diving into the bay at Smith's Point, L. I., varied life's monotony by capturing an oyster and being captured In turn. Of course, all that tho residents of Smith's Point know about the remark able catch is what they heard from Will Murdock, who tor.iU tlio draw at the Tangier bridge, and who admits he has an excellent reputation for verac ity. Will toolc duck and oyster to the Smith's Point Coast Guard station and exhibited them to prove the story.i Where did ho get them? Oh, he caught the duck after the duck-bad caught the oyster. The fowl pushed Its bill Into the shell of the Qyster, Murdock said, and the bill stuck fast. Useless Question. "Would your wife vote for you as a candidate for office?" - .'..-, "I don't think there's any pbo of my bothering my bead about that," re plied Mr. Meekton. "I don't be-lleva Henrietta would let me run In the first place." ' Greatness and Efficiency. "A great man's mind Is superior to envy." remarked ' the philosopher. "Yes," roplled the ordinary person;' "It Is, if he's 'great enough to get what he goes after instead of having to see someone else walk oft with It" Sad Awakening. The young man vho fondly believed that two could live upon as little as one arrived reluctantly at a complete realization of the falsity ot the theory when the family doctor offers congrat ulations and says "11" is "twins." m oi llaTU it i 11 a ALCOHOL- 3 PKK C.f;NT. AVegclablc PrvpamlionlbrAs 8iniilafiii(JlliFoodiinJfctiiL'i' linS the SlonMchsand Rowels of r 0- PromolcsDit;csliofi,CJiccrfiil ncflsmdRf5t.rontairLsneilli?r OuiiuH lij phinc noi'.MiiifvtiL Vdf Narcotic. ''tofoidOKsiiLUPtraim Amu Sift , u- .-. CO CtarifiMl SUfar x I Yiutftrqemn llmnrll A nVrC-i'l Remedy rorOoiKfTifcf ,Ti lion. SourSloiiiaekDintrhuea. mums. Ieverishness and. Loss or Sleep, Tuc-Simile Sittmilure of -Tut Centaur Cmi'axV foie NEW "YORK, Burt Copy o' Wrapper iiwiiu ijh j; i !i mm mm i ,(mtm Ii llni Mm, i At Mad the Countersign. At a military camp In New York state a few years ago, a guard inspec tor, while going his rounds, approached a German sentry who simply looked at him and marched on. "Well," queried the Inspector, In tending to remind the man of his duty. "Veil, veil! Vot is it?" "Don't you want the countersign?" "No, dot's all rlghdt. Der feller In der guard's tent glf It to me. I got It" Boston Transcript. Exceptions. "I.Ike produces like." "Not always. Just you try to get any cold cash from a snowban(t." To Prevent tho Grip Colds eanta Grip I. native Bromo Quinine re movot the csttse. 1 hf r is only one "bromc tlumiue." E W. GROVE'S sinuaiure on box jc His Reason. Weary Always a grumbling! Why can't yer be contented wlv yer lot? Walker Cos I ain't got a lot! Kot Gray Hitlri hat Tlrcrl Fji mske us look oliirr than we are. Keep vour Eyea younn and you will look young. After the Movies Murine Tour Eye. Don't tell your brb. Murine Eye Remeily Co., Chicago, Bends Eye Book on request. Forestalling a Proposal. "You musn't mind what I said while I was delirious." "Certainly not." replied the pretty nurse. "And I will be even more care ful not to mind what you say while you are convalescent." Great Business Head. "He's one of our most successful business men." "That ho? What's his secret?" "Well, In the first place he Insists upon his clerks selling his custom ers what they want; not what the clerks themselves wear." United Free Press. 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"Ho Is." said Mrs. Itjones, "but that doesn't niujte any difference. He' playing Hamlet this week In thfc movies." New York Times. Out of It. "Fa, what's Innocuous desuetude'? "It's what I fall Into, son, when your mother and a caller start to discussing the Bervant problem." What a contemptible weakness char ity Is, when It Is shown tor the faults of thone we dislike. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently but firmly com pel a lazy liver toj Carters do its duty. A- (. Cures Con- fITTLE IVER PILLS. (tipation, I digestion, Sick Headach and Distress Alter bating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. 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