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GRAHAM, N; C;THUiSDAYi JANUARY 2. 1896.
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GOOD FOR EVERYBODY
-and everyone needs It at all times of the-
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fiir. C. Himrod, of Lancaster. Ohio,
says: "Simmons liver Regulator
broke a case ofMalarial Fever of three
years' .standing for me, and less than
one bottle did the business. I shall use
It when in need, and recommend it."
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forget the word REGULATOR. It is SIM
MONS Liver regulator, and there is
only one, and every one who takes it is
, sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS
ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for
Biliousness and Sick Headache ; both are
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' ATTORNEY AT LAW
GRAHAM, - - - - N. C,
Johji Oka V Bymt. W. I. Btscm, Ju.
BYMm & -RYNU3I,
iAtterny antl C. ounsrlors tit i Jiwi
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PrscHre reijnlnrly
ir.nneecomuy.
In tho
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1 DENTIST,
F.p JlLINfiTON, N. C.
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Hair On Any Bald Head On Earth.
It is 'h'; only treatment that will
produce thvMc rtwullH..
Testimonial! and treatise funiiHh
wion application. "
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1 Respectfully,
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: It prints all the new, and pmti hos
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l.rtnst tk . . iitiikl air tWUL.
-Uff!( (V), HuCTi Attorneys, TCsahinstta,
i liJ of Hair
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;J: THE DYING lYEAO, ,
Ky floor itendspea wldo (unl(bt '
In token of k pnrtlng yaort,
Who two) re tnonUiK allien, wr.h-krtn delight,
I welcomed to m; hoiuoly botl.
He iitands thorn now," wn. ra.itod, old.
Bin rare qn(n ran, hUt nilmlon o'er, -
And when tho midnight' hour 1 tolled,
TTe part, to meet on oarth.no more.
He enme to mj In mtirry gnLie, ' ,
With hopen nnd nronilRoa not ,eW. ' 4
Ah, -ho could look within than eye
And deem that U107 wore all untrue!
Bot oxpcctntlona all haTe fled, " ' :
The proniiM'B are brohon; tovi
Tlio hopes lie wrthnred, crashed and dead
Not one of all but proved untrue.
And there he atnnda, decrepit, wan,
Who camo tq me a merry elf, v.
A few flnnda more bo will bo gone.
And with him fona part of mynelf. j
Bo coiro and ito tho passing years
That beur tlx to tho silent sea.
Bat bright with smites or dim with toars,
They come in lovo, dcur Lord, from thee.
Christian Work.
A NEW YEAR ROMANCE
"You may talk' as much as yon
ploaso," said Muriel Vane, nodding her
curly head, "bnt I'm going to receive
company in the parlor on New Year's
day. Wbyshonldn't I? Every other girl
does."
"It's a sinful, wicked waste of time,"
said Mrs. Vnpe, "whon the quilting is
eo behindhand and there's such a deal
of sewing to bo done."
But life isn't all for work," plead
ed Muriel "And Mr. Clifton is coming
all the way from the city in his sleigh
to nee me. Ob, mother; please let me
bro'o"loaf of homemade cake and some
rod apples and real cream for the coffee I
Jnst for tius once I It's only one day
iir' tbe year. Do, mother I"
"Stuff and nonsense I" sold Mrs.
Vsne, who was one of those aggravating
women who make up their minds on
the leat possible grounds and then
prido themselves on adhering to their
word. "I've said no, and I mean no.
When I was a young girl I wasn't set
tin; my cap at every follow that come
nlon.,r - -
Mother," cried Muriel, in. an asony
of wounded pride, "do yoo mean to say
that I do such a thing?"
"You think a deal too much of the
boaue anyway," said old Mrs. Vans,
screwing up hrr tbin lips. "And I'm
goiiig to break up that sort of thing,
too if I don't I"
It ws with diffleulty that Mui-iel
Vane, miturally a high tampered, girl,
cheated the indianaait retort that rce
to her lfps. Suroly, surely, it was not :
rioht (iiat EBo. agirl ol! 18, vbo tvas
eamicg bet own living by lonoljiH iu
tho district kJidoI, sbonld bo fronted
like acliilflrjf 6; that.hcr tyrannical
oJd raotbor ritotild pluce no confidence
vrbatexer in her t-ense of right aud doli-
oacy. Up to Ibis tinia shs bad rendered
(he tribrte of an unwiHiiig obedtencn
to Krs. Vanc'a benesU, and now ah
felt that (I.e. torment for jnst rebellion
hod eouie. Bne-frft-thaf-ibfr-cetild'iiot
live y longer in thi CTBmped, nig
psuTiry eort of iry, wttli the very lamps
cf soorr for bar ta meted oct to hor,
one by oae, gad 1 be pippin applet for
ber ranch doalt epaxingly forth, as if
enob one trire mol4ed in gold. Mrs.
Voce took ber lamp away at 0 o'clock
erery nigbt. Sba diotated to poor Mu
riel as e tba Tory oolor of bar draasea
and tb nnmber of yards whioh be
might pnrcbaM for them ; In fact, tba
girl scarcely diired to think for herself.
Could sbe lire tbna alvrayi? nhe asked
horse If . Was it right that she should?
"At oil ereots. mother," said Mu
riel, . spaukitur in a low, dctermiued
tune, "I shall teooiTe my friends on
Kw Year's day I It it'tnj privilege,
ami I cIhuu it I"
"Hnmph !'' was the cojitcasptaons re
joinder, bat tliero was a world of mean
ing in it
So Muriel rctrimtned ber one black
silk dress and bought a new ribbon soch
and baked a groat, golden New Year's
coke filled with plums and studded all
through with trauHlncent bars of citron
and bertelf bargained with the (rrocor
for two ponnds of real Jntra ctiffeo with
as little adulteration of Rio, Marncaibo
and cbioory as he con Id bring biniself
to eoncoct. 1
"I can tife the china that tr.y grand
mother Vane loft me in ber will,"
thrraght MnrieL "That, at least, is
mine, although mother would iievcr al
low roe to unpack it I"
She was bny decorating the walls of
the bttle parlor with laurel leaves and
long; dork preen trail of prince's ptoo
on New Year's ere, when ber mother
came into the room.
"Muriel," said the, "I want to send
some rirefcSeiA chickens and a peck of
those golden pippins to your Annt Dora
at toe lighthouse. Jenkins' boy is ready,
with the boat, bot he's such limb tbat
I don't, for the life of me, dare to trust
him with the apples and fbe bag of
hickory nnta. I want yon to go and ask
Aunt Dora for the pattern of the new
brdqnjlt the 'Philadelphia pavement,'
yoo knowl"
"Very well, mother," said Muriol in
tho old enbmiasive way. "But isn't it
rather lat!l - '
"Pshaw S" said Mr Vane. "Why,
. hour high yet Toe'll bo
itltt u Jenkins' boy to
back Ions
spry with the oars." -
AcntTVirn, Mrs. Vane's only lister,
was a worthy tci of tb family tn
tall, masculine and bard featured. She
had alwsy taken the entire chanre of
White Bctfs l;lilhonc, even although
she official appointment was conferred
r.rwn ht hc&tand. and when one dny
! tu.t mtitifl urnnl dmattrd thit I fo,
.v : an nnrilT the tnmc. Ma-
wu totfmd cf ber Aunt Dora, and
ber Aunt Dnra rftfardH her as a "poor.
chickea hearted crcture--Vane all
orer." Eat Muriel did feci sorry for the
i nrnn aTd ti thnacht t hat
iV . pair tmu ijnr
th t BBwouted mabifettarion of sisterly .
teehng were worth carrying to White
' - i.-t i w.-t J. bam
fi
-wadded cloak aod little for edged hood,'.
end to craw on the scnrh?t woolen mlt-
tn, whioh sho herself hail knitted dur-a
ing thoM loufl, droory winter etttninga
when she-and her mother eat in silence
opposite each other,, for Mrs. Vane never
invited any company, and gave her
neighbors but scant welcome when tbey
came of their own accord.
"Jenkins-boy" was ready with tho
boat, a small, ferret eyed youiifiitcr,
with an iufeuBoly freckled faco and a
furtive, sidowiso glnnce, which Muriel
always diKtrusted ; and as they glided
out over the water, already dyed with
the orange reflection of mnset, ta the
direction of- White Reefs lighthouse,
Muriel -leaned her-chin lnher huuds
and thought of I'?. Clifton.
Whatwculd-htr mother say if she
knew it all that Paul Cf!f ton loved her
that ho was octning to ask- fur bur at
the ma tenia 1 hanAs tho veiy Beit day.
"It will be of no use,", sho thought
sadly. . "MutherwiTnay no,, . She do
sires me to marry Squire Sedley, who
is bald and deaf und twice tny uQe, end
who only wants mo because bis house
keeper has struck for higher wages and
he thinks a wife would bo better econo
my. Eut we can wait, Paul and I. We
will wait."
And then they ran up alongside the
tall, spectral cylinder of the lightboueo,
for the tide wan high and lauding was '
comparatively easy, and Muriel sprang
lightly out of the boat, looking up lit
the fiery eye in the lantern above.
"Give me the bog and the bosket,
Tommy, " snid she. "Steady with the
boat nowt I'll be bock in one minuto.1'
So the orange glow bad burned down
into a deop red radiance, and the dusk
shadows off the Now, Year's eve wore
creeping' overall the" glassy surface of
the sea. -
Aunt Dora was at home. In fact.
Aunt Dora never was anywhere else.
Her own society, littlo as other people
cared for it, was all sufficient for her
self. "Oh, it's yon, is it?" said Annt Dora,
us unconcerned sa if she lived on dry
land and was in, tho habit of seeing
company evetyThour -in tho day. She
was darning stockings by her own espe
cial little lamp, and the teapot already
simmered on tho hob for her tea. "Any
thing the inattor? Bocanse I couldn't
leave the light if it was ever so"
rt'No, nothing is the matter," Mid
Muriel. "I have brought yoo a nolo
frojn my mother. Something nbont tho
pattern of a bodquilt, I believo. And
some chickens and apples and a bag of
frosli hickory uutfl."
Auat Dora read the note onco, twice,
thrco times over. Thou she regarded
Muriel iii a sinister fjinhirin frosa under
f1Cr thick, black brows, while" tho girl,.
nlaved uueoiiecionfily with tho cat.
"Humph I" said she. "Yes, I'll go
and fct the pattern 1"
Bhe was g10 sono tirtits half an
hour, at least, as it aoetned to Muriel,
and whou she camo back, tho girl start
ed up.
"It is nearly dark," the said. "I
must moke batg. borne. "
"Well yon usodn't be in such a flur
ry" said Annt Dora, with a (rrim
chuoklo. " I've sent tho pM tern by Tom
uy JeniiBK. Bo's half way to elioro by
this timfl. "
Mmial uttered a little shriek..
"And bow am I to get home?" tbo
cried.
"Yon ain't to get home at all," paid
Aurt Dora. "Yon 're to stay and upend
toe New Year with use. That's what
your mot bar said ia her note. "
"But I shall not I" exclaimed Muriel,
Konrpinx her foot vehemently. "I must
go homo I I expect company tomorrow. "
"Sit down an be easy dot" taM
Aunt Dora. "Must is for tbe king. I'd
like to knew how on earth yon 're ti get
bciuo, with only one bgat at the steps,
and that padlocked tight, with tAe key
t nug at tbe bottom of my pocket I"
And Aunt Dora laturhed a bard, dis
sonant langh that was like the croak of
a raven. .
Fur a moment Muriel gazod wildly
aroDud 1U.0 a newly essl bird, then
sbo bnsfit into teard and subs.
."It is nil a stratagem of mother's I"
she cried, wringing her - hands. "I
might bnve known it.! I might have
kne-.vn it!"
Ami that niht nt the White Koefs
lighthouse, with the melancholy sea
luppiug tho foot of tbe tower and the
wind whistling around (be steady glow
of the boeoon, was the ireaticst tbat
Mnrif-1 e7 Kpcot tn lier lifo.
"Yon sin 't good company tonightji
said Aunt Dora, glancing at her niece
ever and anon between the stitches of
her darning. .
"Recant yon have deceived me!"
cried Mnriel. " Yen and mother I"
"Humph I" said Aunt Dora. "It's all
for your own good. You'll thank us oue
of these days. Girls oughtn't to have
their own wey. " - r
Out M oriel on ?y wept on and refused
to be comforted.
fbe went down to the foot of the
tower, tbe'Bcxt day, and tat there, her
cloak wrapped sbout her shoulders, list
lessly gazing out in tho rparkliitg floor
of the deep. . - -;
"It that a boirt eomingV she asked
herself. "With one man in it? Is it
coining here, I wonder?"
Nsrer and nearer came the boat.
rocking I'gbtly oa (he surface cf tbe
wave, acd presently Muriel started p,
with a cry cf Joy.
For it was Psnl Clifton waving his
band to her, as he came ever nearer and
nearrr.
"A happy New Tear, sweet MoriclH
ho called out, as the boat touched tb
stone t'rpo. "I am tlie enJicut d knight
come to rcaroe yon from the priMti tow
er I" '
"Htw jJii! yen -Laow I was here?"
said Mnri.rl. wi:h sfarklirg ryea and
velvety rbrrks dyed mith rrim!.
"Yor.r nicther as entirely m;ncoro-
-.!tnl." said f n.f ton eavlv. "I-eocld f
k i.m i.othit:2aTeVei frr,m her ex-1
o j.l teal yon were tn w i
teceivii c coi'trirr:
ire OLV.wr. T. cat 1 war iriun'.s
cnou$b to nKrToBiiny Jruklu. t V
for tbe oawidcratirsi i silver .reartf r,
'-,-,. J. i t,,W ictud Usui's sr;i..
And hero I toa, my sweothourt I Will
yoa oome wit me?"
' "0 I will," said Mnrlel,
spfUui" lishtly into tho hunt. "But
filB", ' ' v .
"Vo be iuarried," Mid Mr. Panl Clif
ton. - ''It is high time that this system
of tsrsmiy was broken up, My little
Mariel mnst bo mine aud mine aloue
henceforward. Do yon hut ugreo with
mo?" ' -
And Xuriol answered :
, "Yes."
"'Aunt.Dorn got fo (ho window jnst in
time ti) shriek un 1Ilofectnn snninions
to the pnir in tlio fast receding bout. .
"It's no use, "said Annt Dora, draw
ing a long brcnth. "When n girl is in
love, the is neither to hold nor to bind.
I'vo'rhtio the host I could. Mebitable
can't bhuno mo I"
Two hours Inter Muriol walked into
tbe old brown roofed house on the shore",
leaning on Piui Clifton't arm.
"Mother," said she to the nninzed
Mrs. Vane, who fully bglievcd that she
was "dceaiiw ber weird" in tbo solitary
ligUUiuoM tower, "I nm married I And
this-is.niy hnfibaud. Will you forgive
us, plouse? For I aiu so very, vory hap
py today Uiut I do not wont n living
soul to be at viiriunce with mel"
And to Mnriel signed ber declaration
cf independence, snd became Pnnl Clif
ton's wife upon this glorious sunshiny
Kew Year's dny. And Mrs. Vane und
unt Dora wcro wmpolled to confess
tbonvitdves outwitted and to uccept
their defeat with as good grace as pos
sible. "Fate is fate," said Aunt Dbra grim
ly. "And I wash my bands of the whole
couoern, " said "Mrs. Vane.
Bnt Paul end Muriel wore serenely
bappy." And wbrfuiatturcd augbt else!
Kcw York Ledger.
rioCBlus llrtail and Cbocse.
. Scotch children of tbe poorer class in
small towns Ftill beg on Kcw Year's
evo from door to door at the houses of
wealthier families for a dole of oat
btread, cnlliug out "HoBaiuauay" or
some of (lie local rhymes which are giv
en in Chambers' "Popular Rhymes of
Scotland, " such as :
Hogarannnr,
Trulialny,
Giro us of jour wlilto bread
And noao at your gray I
They also beg for .chenso, which they
call "nog-moni-y,"and Brand's "Popu
lar Antiquities" gives this begging
rhymo used by Scotch childron :
Clot up, guilo wlfo, and blnnoswelr;
l)iul cskrs antl rhrrso while yu art here.
For tho Umu will pmo when yo'll bo dcivd
And lc Itlmr cot your chwuo nor brand.
As tho children on these forays oro
I swatbed in. great sheets formed into a
deep lny or pouch to carry tbe ontenko
tbey form quite n mumming and fun
tafctio appoarwice on tlio by.utreeta and
Junes. Independent'',
Keir Year's In 1700.
Kow Year's day, 1790, was one of
special inloref.t to those Who delight in
tracing facts concerning this method of
cek'brHtion. Pr(ident Washington, !thou
iu tbo rst year of his first term. Jived
at thu Vrauklin Iitmse, in Clicrry street,
Kcw York.
The oity was then' a little Dutch town
of cobblestones and gardens, contsining
about 1,400 houses and 20,000 people,
mjet cf whom wore trsdusinen and mo
rbanios of very limited means. '
The president bad lived among them
several months, bnt most cf them bad
held aloof through tbe' awe inspired by
bis great character and his high odce.
But ou this New Year's day a great num
ber of them put on their bestcockod hatt,
their Sunday wigs and all their brtt
clothes and called upon the precidont
Philadelphia Times.
. Boms Ooo4 aad Bad Omasa.
To meet a red huired jxirsou on first
getting up indicates a dull day in busi
ness, sod it sscb a one crtiM your door
ou Kew Year's day yon will have sn
unlucky year. While muitiuki trade, it
a uross cyod. person looks at you, it in
dicates that tbe buigain will bonnproflt
nbla To bear a cricket chirp "is good
luck, snd it is always a welcome sound
under tho L&trthlcue of the former's
house. Exchange.
A Raw Epoch.
. As the iud complete his annual rev
ofiit ion through thebcaveus by touching
tbo southern wtiwr and then com
U.IU
nances bis ret nro to northern hnitudes,
niaa is compelled to rrecgnite new
epoch in bis own career snd is reminded
to pause a moment fur earned reflection
in order to gather Wirdont from vanish
ed mouths and to forecast tho signs of
the future. Christian Work.
Japaa's Cranes Dlrtbster.
The flrxt of (be year is really a sort of
double festival hi Japan, for the Japa
nese, i;ke ine cninese, rrcaon incir age
from (bat data A child bora" 34 hours
before Mew Year's dsy is called I year
old on that day, so that it is tbe birth
day of sll the Japanese people. Kew
York Advertiser.
. . Vtm aad Cbasity,
' If yr.a can make love and charity in
your heart chotd with tbe hut scng tbe
choir siDgs New Year's day, yoo can
makecp yentenind that yon area pretty
good tuso after aiL Kearney Jooraal.
A Bmf; mi tUm Srasm. "
I lorre ma Tumi bet cat LmvM luata
As4 a rrsb irytir ta tbr fyie;
A Irrile Irt-ed pbAU bi aae seiejoV-
stavfe bTfM I a; de re. ' --t
Ko fr" mmrrn; im artad, I trove,
Ca hart mr U t ol r
I sra an wr-.tft aawt thrxrly laps
Ot iuitj tu4 ale aad ofcto.
rrk ant yi (a hare, (o bare;1
,.- T.ib t-r luvu baS't, s v4'V ;
bnt K-Ur O''! sd lb fHd ale laoasbe,
Vavt bT tt bo e-w it (.iv.
" m?J"1Z
i-ju.it aad
MO,
Ail t&u.i.fBi Uutt a?'ssimredt.i eoe this lr
Mttmru ctw aaore, ImXbim Um a aernj
knr a aaciwl ,
J
i.rr.r
T;l ii 1 woual ahul a b:i.ing
SIAMESE NEW VEAH.
tMl Spirits Supposed to -Infst tbs Det
- pajrtlasr Tr A Mlftlit mt Terror.
Tbo Siamese "Choola Sakarot'orro
ligious New Year, guncrally, fulls ou tho.
day after the first full moon in tbo
month of March. TlM'Prahinii astrolo
ger, whose solo duty it is to point oct
the aspect of the tun, moon and stars,
heralds the approaching full, moon by
setting in motion nil the fciultltndiuon.s
gongs aud roinplo bolls in tho city far
and near. The pcoplo, who arc always
ready, waiting, fur this 'signal, have
generally finished their husineifs for the
year. Debts have been paid off, accounts
closed, merchandise disponed of and all ,
trnfho of ; bnying nud selling suspended '
three, days "llrevious to the expected
event
1 Tbe announcement made by tho many
itougued instruments is rcceivod by the
vast population that inhabits the valley '
Watered by tbe beautifnl Mcnani river
with fear and trembling, for tbey (Irm
ly believe tbat this is tho witcbiug hour
when lbs very atmosphere of tho world
is alive with gods, deindus, genii and
hobgoblins, und forthwith tlio anxious,
superstitions people hasten to frnstrnto
their evil designs. They bind nn.pun
cotton tht end, consecrated by tbo priest,
round their dooTH and windows, as tho
snored thread is supposed to prove an
effectual barrier in keeping ont the. ma
licious spirits. This dona they placo by
tbo doors of their bouses and hats u
platter containing a pig's bead uud a
bottle of arrnck, as a conciliatory repast
for the wandering gboms that may do-sire-
to regale themselves daring the
nigbt, after which the whole cily, liko
tbe snail, draws lu its horns and no con
sideration w ill tempt a mortal soul to
venture out of it until sunriao the uoit
motniiig. . '
At squset every family offerii to its
own , household genii-mi-oblatiun-of ean
dics, perfnnicd tapers and rousted rice.
As for the royal palace, 7,000 balls of
nnspnn cotton, of seven fibers, conse
crated by 27 priests, are reeled round
nnd round tho walls, and from" sunset
until dawn a terrific and continuous
cannonading is heard from all tho forts
of tlio city to rout tho evil spirits that
infest tbo departing year.
Bnt onco this dreadful night is passed,
the terror sticken inhabitants, with a
long drawn sigh of relief, prepare to
welcome tbo now year. Drossed in many
colored silks, they repair first to tho
tomplos to oiler praise and thanksgiving
fof lbeir fffillvoraiice Bnil to mako hand
some gifts to tho prioMs, nnd not until
they havo propitiated Buddha and Bud
dha's earthly represeiitativeu do they
think of their own merrymaking. Ex
tihange.' ,
Kaw Tear's Wasnall rtowi.
No I'jiKlitb holiday was of much ac
count that was not observed with flow
ing bowl. On New Year's evo tbo wus
ruU bowl was filled with spiced ale mid
drunk in families, and poorer folk tied
a bowl with -ribbons and. ef(gcd for
money for nlo to till and refill the bowl,
singing:
WivkaII, Wassail all over thn touro:
Jur toast it Is hl to; our ilo It Is brown;
Our bol It Is tnada tit a ntaytln tree;
W bo Ktxxl tnllfiwsall; 1 drink to tbe.
In some purtsof Knulnnd the old year
ii "twept out" by men and boys with
blnckcnsd faces, - dtensTd to'reprosent
rweept; In others it is "burned out"
with txjBfires. Komctinioa it is rung out
with muiflod bells thnt are nnmaCed
aud ruLg clear after 13 o'clock. Inde
pendent. - - . - .
What llsvrr Kew law Means.
A happy. Now Tear I,. What does it
mean? 'Are not thrso words often thro v. a
cut as a greeting without thought or
depth of meaning? Is it a year in which
to ourselves' come, wealth nnd health,
prosperity And friendship; one spent in
the pursuit of fleeting plesturo and
filled with eelf centered, interest? No I
Rather let tbe wlih be ta each and all,
as the new yoar dawns with all Ita' op
portunities,, tbat the days of leOfS may
be well tpanl f.lled with thonght and
tyinpnlhy for those around ; that In self
forgetting and kindly deeds tbef hsppl
nous of others may be ever sought, and
Iben must ttaly will eaob' act rebound
again in Joy and blessing to the hcait
fioni Which it fprings. Jrfaad Booth.
- Sew Ifoar Itrans rrogrsss, "
A new year, not simply another year.
Many fcr.plo may be raid to live the
siunccld year cm nud ovf regain. Each
,. .. ..1. J.l.J
,, u.u
uiKHiWiiv iu iua sum iu . A. una ji
tbo same tok performed in tlie tame
spirit with tho rams rnolive; tbe same
impcrfectioos of character, (bo same
fai hires of conduct H.e times may
J change and irogron hortca, but if we
stand still, we livo only tlie old year
oticaaftftin. A new year never comes to
the contented ex; he simply grows old.
It is not tho lapse i.f time or the prog
ress of civilituttlon, tut onr progress,
which makes possible to us a new yaar.
, Jiaiah fctrtug.
- Fev Kasaiac Tea.
Msy tbe new year, jatt opening to
as, be algusled in public and in private
life by tba growth cf noble ideas of
idea tbat shall make menr freer, tmcr,
better; tbat shall more and more reflect
the incomparable tcachitg of tbe Ucly
Child whose nativity we have ycrt cele
brated, sod wbcr spirit, imitated and
obeyed, can redeem the time and-crown
mankind with beedn ess. Christian
Work. ' ' ' ' - .
' Birth the Tear. ' '
ITtw like a bamaa biril, the eraktaf aner- - -Of
Uu- rblU tacl 1 be wesk and rrraIoas
d ir b. '
afia sMrsofratn oh lift a kfadrrd wall.
blackly lb u i eye Marts; tbe aar dotk
Ijwct . - .
Draer as a lttk-e ear. Brcrath a bu'r
Of azx-r frtaA fatba tnust Iwlm, a bile aad
frll
aanrbura tla.be. Ms arlt'a o-.ly power
C v3 lo (Uaja:-t lij sn-'r (.nvail.
Tl.-a brl J l!t.- fust r S ir kui rrDf "
Vo BuS ai:re wirttxl j the uric r. Mm
liu.3 errrr rvirel let.! t-sd rsar&a loc sprias'.
Ai as tbe ;ju bice e s-t ui? pal
i.nt,ii .
WhfJe tfc- wt rrratras, rfc (Vwtnt ttM .H
I,,
W4fe I
13 av snd t it f i t.
NEW' YEAR P0J1TENTS
ANCIENT SUPERSTITIONS rtEdAhpiNQ
-''" :- 'THE WEATHER. - ''""
Jhe Iwolre n.tya SnoeeeJIna;
Chrlitmna
Boppood ta sto Iniilec For tbs Eosolus;
Xmmr Cartons Customs and Balieib ol
Blanj Laa'la,
Tho H days from Doa 30 to Jan. 6
have long beau recognized as indices of
the weather during the followiogjr.eaft
The ancient tests referred to distinctly
assert this, a Sanscrit proverb ruuninaj
thus, "The Ii nights oro an Unoge at
the year. " Anotiier teat from the sonss
sohrcot evidently refers to the same pe
riod, "Tho Bhibhut (storm demons)
sloop for 13 nights and .days in the
house of the sun god Buvitur. " '
In northern Goiinany it is said that
as tba weather is, during each of tlio li
days, so if' will bo during tits con-e
spondbig luontlm of the year to coma
A like belief exists to this day tin Lan
cashiro and Niirthauiptoushire, Eug
laud, and' a very old writof (1C00) re'
cords the current notion in his; day tbat
tbo 13 days served as an index uf the
coming year's weather. It was said in
one English port that if tho wiud blow
hard ou tho fifth uigbt (Duo. SO), ships
nt sea would bo in grqat peril the com
ing year.
The-inhabitants of tho Vusjos monn
tains restrict this prophesying period to
that of our. holidays, from Christmas to
New Year's, uud are willing only ti)
eay thnt theso tlx days indicate tlio
character of tho weather for tbo succeed
lug six mouths .
" la one part of Onr oMrti country it Is
said that "tbe Hint ihroe days of Jaun
ury rulo tho coming three mouths,"
wbilo in another place the 13 days nro
said to be tbo "keys of the year.-" '
Of New Year's day itself wo -have
tbe authority. 'of a very old weather
prophet tho am hor of the "flhcpherd "s
Kalendiir" for tho generally ominous
purteuts to be di-awu lrora the wostbur
ou that day, "If New Year's day In the
morning open with dutsky rod clouds, ft
' denotes ttrifo ' ajid debated asaoncj tho
grunt ones and many robberies that
year." More recently It ie said of this
dny, "If tho uilaniug of Now Year's
day is red, it portends foal woucher aud
great nood. " Whilu uf 'Uo aaocuMl day
of tho year it hi said, "A the uUicr
is this day, to it will bo ki kVipicwbHr. "
In tlio "Bouk of Precidahts" (prece
dents), 1A14, Jan. 1, 8, 8, I Hi i are
f t down as unlucky diijra. Another
chrouiclo cay : "January. Uf this first
moutli, the opening day, aod seventh,
like a sword VU1 slay. "
Tho first day of tho ywir is often ro
gardod as tho proper time to niako cer
tain divinutiuus with rfcreuco to many
CTonla nffccjintf tliefoture. lu NorUi
aniptoufihiro tbo master of the faiuily
thou tempts fate by opening tho Bible
with his eyes shut' and obtaining from
tile pasxagc first touched with his Ougur
somo indication of the events of the
coming year.
Among the Wends young maidens
hasten the advent of the chosen butUand
by going to the heuhonse on Kew Year's
ee, rtriking tlio purji right amonttxhe
hent, while ropoating to themselves
tlie following doggerel t . , T.T
If car kins the kes,
Yoo will bars a tuf :
If cacklra tbe ben,
Who kuona whoa I '
Certain .observances are tonpesed to
obtain lurk for the yew foUowsng. Ia
one part of toixluru Ureeoe all in tht
bom:e co out early Nw Year's
ing, then retura to the dwaUiug bearing
each a branch on which Use leave! are
well dried. TJieae are cast on Vfha open
fire, each wishiag ' aba sasne time
good luck to tho fiuiilly. The drier tbo
havei, the greater tW fiaiae and the
better hoTiu,'oT.
lu thoNnorih of riigland new oldthes
are putwfoi luek U10 first day of the
An odd ofcretnony is reoordcVl of one
locality in ljiglond. Bands uf straw
were put nndur tho fact on New Year's
day while at tafibt. Whon the meal was
finished, one, person got under the table
nnd another one tat on his back and
drew out tho bonds of ttraw. . These
were taken to the orchard and bound
round trow, which were tbmoby lusnred
to Lear a fall crop cf fruit the next
yccr. V-- '. .
In part trff France it is regarded as
uuluiky ju inl any thing on New
Year's dayt
The liio.uiuHt bo watched
j., rrrant '
liu Kr"Il-t
care on the "'first dayot lho year. In Lun-f
cashire. te aid that if it do
1 not bum tluouKh tbo niubt of New
Year's eve, bad luck will rhtit tbe
household tbat year; in mutt any one
the given a lire ojoI, or creu a Uhlei
cubdlo at Ibis tluio, ftir the bad luck
will thn Tisit tbo recipient of tbo gift.
At Atwpach . tbe shadvw tbrowm on
the wall by thn caarflrisui the Christ'
mas tree, mi Kew Year's crrulug will,
if any oneja to die soon, tepreeeal bis
shallow lieodhm" t
In Rooniania the New Year begins
with a ceremony cfbb suing the waters,
tha prkt - irfcnatng - a - inaar snd
qrinkling tho cl reams with' holy water
a bile blcasn g ilitm. bt Iaois He-
public. ,
'
. Qsser Welsh KallcBs.
In terny (mrts of Walia to are one's
shadow ia tbe laocnlight upon New
Teat's 1 vn,s beJierrd to be an infallible
sign that the pema seeing it will die
before tberipir(hiiiof lue coming New I
Year, aud llnrre H Uo a popnlar super-
stiticii llu.t it an unoiarried woman j
should . Ler fuce reflected in water on '
Kcw Yia txa il is an infallible igu
that tba is i:t-i;i:;ri to lire and die iu a
state i f auigw blcacdneaa,--New York
Woi.d. zr
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h ul.,wi pm u ava aod l-r yimt
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An4 y a'j nd tbas sifts better tbaa pay-
Arrest r 1 t
Tutt'i Liver Pills.jan old and.t "
Caiyorite .reijiedj of iacreixsjng,
popufcuity.- Alway .cures - - i.-
i SICK HGAOACHE
sour stomach, inalari yidigeaY
tion, torpid liver constipation '
and all bilious diste. ,,t
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