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Lv G)lbttxro.... ! ....I 7 If.; ! 35 ! .V 10 !jH ! .... 10 10 11 ' M.V. M J P. M. I. M.I 1 42 2 33 I. Wilson I Ar Roky Mount, 12 15 11 20 12 43 12 M 11 57, 1 0i I.f Tarboro 12 12 l.f Rocky Mount, 2 33 3 3! .... Monday. 12 53 1 44 a. M . ; P. M . Ar Welti" on. tDully rxcei't Daily except Hunday. Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Welilon 4.10 p. m., Halifax 4:2Hp. ni., arriyps Hcotlarid Neck at 5:20 p. in.. Green fills 0.57 p. in., Kinston 7:56 p. m. lteturn In leave Kindlon 7: Ml a. in., GrecnvilU H 52 a. ni arriving Halifax 111 a. in. Wrl.lon 11 3.1 a. m. Trains on Wattiin'on Branch leavs Wash i"gton H:20 a. in. and 100 p. in , arrive l'ar tuele K:10 a. in. and 2;40 p.m., returning leavs t'anuple 9: 3ft a. in. and 0:1(0 p. in., ar rive Washington 11:00 a. nr and 7:20 p. m., daily. Train leaves Tarbnro, N. '-, laily except Sunday 5. 10 p. m., (Sunday 4:05 p. in., ar rives Plymouth 7:40 m , 6 p. m., return in leaves rifiuouth daily except Sunday 7:50 a. in., and Uundny 0 a. m., arrives Tar lioro 10:05 a. in. and 11:00 a. in. Train on Midland N. C llrnnch leave Goldsnoro luily, except Sunday, 7:10 a. ra., arriving Hm thtield :;j a. in., rt!irnin leayes Utnithtield !.00 a. ru., arrives at Golds boro 10:25 a. ra. Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rock) Mount at 4:30 p. in., arrive Nashville 5:1(5 p. in.. Muring Hope 5;30 p. in., returning leave Bpring Hoie H.oo a. m., Nanhville H:3 a. m., arrive at Rocky Mount U:05 a. in., daily ex cept Huuday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clin ton daily, except Hunday, 11:15a. m., and 4:10 p ui., returning leaveo Clinton at 7.00 a. m. and 3:00 p. in. Train No. 1H makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily, all rail yia Richmond, aifo at Rocky Mount, wuii Norfolk ar,d Carolina R. R. for Norfolk and II points North via Norfolk. H. M. EMERSON, Gen' I Tass AgU J. R. KENLY, Gen' 1 Man. T. M. EMERSON. Tratlic M-tnaner. A. . V TO i I1.nl. In..lrttta A in. ia ut. A Hants Ulinuui. V JiaiKiMr. nuguijia, uiinuin. Vvilniinuton, New Orleans Chattanooga, Nashville, AND New York. Boston, Richmond, . Washington Norfolk Portsmouth SOUTHBOUND. No 403. No. 41. Lf New York. rnn.K.ltll OOatu 9 00pm 1'hiladelphia 1 12pm 12 Ooani Baltimore 3 15pm 2 60am Washington 4 4Upm 4 30am Richmoud. JL.V.L H 50am 9 05am Norfolk, B. A. L 8 30pm 906am Fortamouth M 45pm 9 20am W eldon 11 2pmll 55am Ar Henderson 12 5iaml iXm Ar Durham t7 32am H lbpn? 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Raleigh Ar Henderson. 12 C5pm 12 00am 9 00am 2 1Gam 1125am ...3 28am 12 57pm Ar Durham Lf Durham t7 32am t4 lbpm t7 00pm tlO 19am Ar Weldon 4 55am 2 45pm Richmond A.C.L 8 20am 7 35pm W ashington, JPenn R R.12 31pm 11 30pm rammore l 4bpm l osain Philadelphia 3 50pm 3 50am New York 6 23pm 6 53am Ar Portsmouth. Norfolk . .7 25a iu .7 35am 5 20pm 5 35pm 85Daily. day. tDaily Ex. Sunday. ;i)aily Ex. Mon- Nos. 403 and 102. "The Atlanta Special," Sol id Vestibuled Train of Sleepers and Coaches be tween Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman Sleepers between Portsmounth and Chester, S. C. Noa. 41 and 88. -"The S. A. L. Express," Solid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between rorisiuouiu ana Atlanta, company sleepers be tween Columbia and Atlanta. Both trains make immediate connections at Atlanta Tor Mot winery. Mobile, New Orleans, Ttnaa, California, Mexico, Chatanooga, Nash ville. Memphis. Macon. Florida. Kor Tickets, Sleepers, and information apply II. 8. Leard, 8oL Pass, Ajrt., Raleiftb, N. C. E. 8T JOHN, Vice President and Gen'l Mgr. V. E. McBEE, Gen'l Superintendent. H.W.B GLOVKtt Traffic Msnger. T. J. AKU KK8UN. Gen'l Passemrer Act. federal Ufflcea; l-VKTSMOUXa VA. n0Ci3 THE DiLACKTlfelI VC"J aUII Jt ITs All - T " 4, BVINCST JAWVpA t It waa New Year's eve. A fire of j monntain tnrf r'Niml in the wide moath- -d fireplace. The octogonarian. Patrick Mulligan, isat vpon a toggaun (rope ptraw) cbair In the ingle nook. Four pcri'-ratiorji) of Mulligans were represent ed ondcr the thatch that night It wa the annual gathering of the faction. Th-y included all agea, from the baby wli'i had jut come over the border oil earth's mynterious laud to the stalwart I old man who was about to croes the far ther frontier. The firelight danced upon 3. j faces. 'The Mulligans forefer!" shouted broad shouldered young Mike Mulligan. "Grandad, tell us the story of the black thorn and bow you won your wife with it!" "Troth thin I told it to yez before, me lad. 'Tis an old talo! 'Tis an old tale!" replied the old man, while the snow tx-at upon the window panes, the hail rattled in the thatch and the wind "DID UK AX YEZ?" BAV8 I. swooped clown the chimney of wattles. fending a etream of sparks across tho fl(Mir. Faith, 'tis that," naid Mikp, "but 'tin liko eomo other things all the bet tor for its age." "Yes, yes, grandad," chorused the Mulligans, yonng and old, crowding around the fireplace. "Do tell us about the blarkthorn. " "Faith, I couldn't say nay to all yez gossoons on a New Year's eve," replied the old man as bo caressed the shillalah which had Leon in his possession nearly (i0 years. "Many a skull did yez touch in friendly sport," bo oontinued, run ning his fingers over the stick caressing ly and surveying the wood with the eye of a connoisseur. " 'Twas cut from the straightest root growing piece of blackthorn I could find (JO years ago. It must be root growing, boys, for if not, I could not think 'twas worth cutting. A mere branch, no mat ter how straight and fair it might look, would be apt to warp and twist in the tug o' war. Whin I had it cut and the branches lopped off. I put it up the chimney to season. Whin 'twas well dried, I took it down and wrapped it in brown paper, well ste.ked in hog's lard. Thin I buried it in warm earth, takincr it out every day to bind it across me knee till all the twists and turns were out of it. After 1 had it straight. I rub bed it well with, a woolen cloth covered with blacklead and grease, to give it a polish. 'Twas all ready now for a shin dy, only for it being a little too light at wan ind. So I bored a hole in it with a redhot iron spindle, into which I poured some melted lead for the pur pose o' giving it the knockdown weight This lead, tne childer," continued the old man in tienignant fashion, "gave the stick a widow and orphan making quality, a child bereaving touch, as the poet says, altogether very desirable, to say nothing of the balance in the hand. Isow, if the stick should spit whin yez are making the hole, yez may put on an iron ferrule and drive a few nails into it, l'aving the nails stick out on either Eido, both for arnamint and use. The fortunes of the Mulligans, me chil der, have depinded more nor wanst on tho judicious vise of a nail in a stick. und" "But I thought you were going to tell us about grandma," broke in a 17- year-old maiden with pansy eyes. So 1 am. mavourneen, but yez must let me toll it in me own way. Whin I was of ver aae. Mike." he resumed. I was as tidy a lad as ye'd meet in a month of Sundays well set up about the shoulders and as handsome as a sol dier. Manny a eirl would turn her head to look at me thim days and I passing. And among thim that gave me a bit o' blarney now and thin was the Widdy Sullivan. She was left widout chick or child at the age of 22, and a snug, purty woman she was, wid a warm complexion and a warm heart Whin I d bo working hard all day on the farm, I'd stroll down to her liquor store In the avenin. There was always a taste o punch to be had. and mebbe a rasher o' bacon and a cup o' tay whin the avening would be wearing away. 'Twas not in the taproom we sat at all, at all, but in the kitchen, where the turf fire was burning bright and everything nate and comfortable, wid the firelight danc ing on the tins on the wall. "'Pat,' she'd 6ay to meouthering- like, 'tis time yez were thinking about getting marned.' " 'Well, says I, 'mebbe I am looking out for a wife. And who should I eome to for advice but to yez,' that knows all about it?' " 'Oh,' says she, blushing like a rose, ' 'tis not me has the age nor the experi ence to give advice to a tidy young chap like yerself.' " 'Sure anny wan could see yez hadn't the age by looking in yer eyes, acush la, but ye ought to have the experi ence, and yer husband dead only a year.' " 'But he was an elderly man. rest his sowl, Pat, ' says she, wiping her eyes with her apron. Tis a lottery all around, this marrying, ""Tia soindade,' eayi me chair up a little closer. I, hitching 'But mebbe ye'd be giving me some advice yerself, Pat?' says she as sly as a weasel. 'I'm a widdy wid no wan to look out for me, and I'm that lonesome, Pat, yez wouldn't believe! I have three as fine feather beds as ever kept a man warm on a oold winter's night a round dozen o' Bilver spoons, five pigs, a donkey and a cow in the Won't Tobscco Spit snd Kiuuke iotr lj.'e To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag oetlc, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, S0o or It Cure guaran teed Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling ssoBMdi Co., Cbietgo ox Mv Yr j-v I -' i rv yard and a dale o' stuff that I can't mint ion.' " 'Well.' njs I. putting me ar-r m around ber waist by way of encourage ment, 'go on, widdy, darlint What ad vice are yez wanting, agra? " 'I'm afeerd ye'd tie angry, Pat.' ays she, and she knowing all the time I'd be raging like a Turk. " 'Well, tbin,' ears sbc purring like a cat, 'Terence McCarthy was in here last night, and he's very ginteeL' " 'Oh, be is, is b?' says L Yez murt know, gossoons, that Terence waa : the only man that could handle a burly stick or shake the foot with me at a christening. Iksidea, be had a nate way of striking with a stick. "When the widdy mintioned his name, I took me ar-r-m away from ber waist and got on me feet I thought the widdy Mas making a ford o' me by pat ting McCar&y over ag in me. " 'Did be ax yez, 'says I, white as the wall and biting my lips with rage. " 'Ho,' says she, demure as a kitten, 'but be told me be was coming tomor row night to say something important tome. Now, Pat darlint,' says sbe ob, ye women, what sarpints yez are 'if be axes me to marry him, shall I say "yes?" " 'Tis necessary for me to tell yez, childer, that all that the widdy was telling me about McCarthy was made up ont of her own purty bead. She was only telling it to me so that I'd be jeal ous and ask her to marry me; but like the poor fool I was, I didn't see through ber little game, and 'twas only through the Lord's kindness to me that I didn't strike her down where she stood I was that angry with jealousy; but I was terrible cold to her, as cold as the icicle that hung on the northeast corner of Diana's temple were the freezing words I spoke to her, and her poor little heart breaking for me all the time, the dar lint! " 'Good avening to yez, Widdy Sulli van,' says I. mighty polite, and setting her to one side, as if she was a bag of male. 'Good avening to yez, and I wish yez joy, yez and yer McCarthy,' and with that I was off Hot foot up the street iu search of McCarthy. " 'What talk have yez wid the Wid dy Snllivau?' says I, whin I met him coming down tho street as p'aceablu as a sheep going to a shearing, and I fair ly frothing at the mouth wid rage. Now, if I'd asked him polite and dacint thcro would have been no fteht, for McCarthy had no eye for the widdy. Hut I was that ugly that he lost his ti in per and said : " 'What's that to yez, Pat Mulligan? I'll talk to anny woman I like!' ho 3ays. " 'I dare yez to meet me in Murphy's barn loft tomorrow night wid sticks!' I roared. 'And bring a doctor wid yez, for I'll break yer head!' " 'And ye bring a new jaw with yez, ve dirty thafe! roared Alac, now as mad as nictclf, 'for I'll break the wan yez have in three halves!' " 13y this time the recollection of the most stirring period in his history en livened the dying fires of the old man's energy. Rising to his full height and holding the shillalah on high, he shout ed tho old Mulligan warcry: "Whoo! Yer sowl! Ilurrool Suc cess to the Mulligans! To the divvil "HURROOl SUCCESS TO THE MULLIGANS!" wid the McCarthys I Where's the blaggard dare tread on the tail of me coat?" Here the eye of the old man caught the look of alarm on the faces of his listeners and he sat down with a foolish smile. "Excuse me," said he. '"Tis long since the fighting spirit was in me. The news wint round the parish like wildfire that McCarthy and I were to fight for the Widdy Sullivan, and it being New Year's eve the loft was crowded wid people to seethe fun. The widdy didn't tell me she was lying to me, and Mc Carthy was too proud to say a word. A space about 20 feet across was cleared ia the middle of the floor. The referee was chosen, and he warned us there was to be no kicking or biting or goug ing nothing but fair fighting wid the sticks. The widdy was there looking like an angel. There was a chalk mark drawn across the floor and just before the fighting began a gossoon came to me and whispered in my ear: " 'The widdy says keep on the north side of the chalk mark for yer life!' "That heartened me up a bit, for I had been thinking she was wid Mc Carthy, although I did not know what the message meant Thin we wint at it hammer and tongs. Tare and ages ! The first welt I got loosened three teeth, but "DO TEZ GIYK CP?" I ROARED. I made him see fireflies wid a crack I gave him on top of the bead. The crowd was worked up to great excitement, and shouts arose from all sides of: " 'Hurroo for the Mulligans!' 'Death to the McCarthys 1 'That's a good one, Mac!' 'Break his bones, Pat!' "We had been fighting for nearly tin minutes when McCarthy made a mad rush at me, the floor gave way beneath bis feet, and he fell through up to his armpits. He could neither get up nor down, and there he hung in midair like woodcock on a spit. A roar of laugh- 3 Hon to tne ii Ten1 Tba born ar blowing load and hrtIL The tx-Ua are ringing; rlesr And niciodiaaof gLidm-aa fill The frosty itmwplwT Tha old year's flown To ralina unknown And on tiptoe apaca Btde the door We nee one more The n?w year' La by fjee. A bad of beauty I May it blow A perfect fmrer, fold on fold. And set oar liopt-s with Joy r1ow And light our paths with fairy gold The old year's bolbltl to the gate And Raid hit lant (rojdty. Th new ;ir comes with stop elate And kind und loving eye. North, ttouth. eajdt. west. A welcome Kueat. He KaiU on hapiy wings And waves serene 3 3 3 3 tor went up from the crowd. Bnt twas uo laughing matter wid Mac. I stood over him wid me stick in me hand, and divvil's tho wau dared come near to help. " 'Do yez give up?' I roared, shaking me stick at hia heud. "'Faith, I do,' my a he, "since yez drnv me thron"h tho floor." "Thin he was pulled up ont of the hole, the widdy rushed into me a-r-rms, and 'twas all over but the treating at the widdy 's liar. But she niver told me until after the wedding that it was her self crt the hoard in the floor so that McCarthy would fall through." Plnoiiit; the ninme. Good Father Time, your patience, pray! My question is a Lolil one Why should 1 turn another leaf If you still use tho old one? Each year I take n spotless page. Drink deep of pure ambition. But every Christmas finds it in The same !. sm relied condition. Full thirty times I've slipped from grace. Home virtue's execrations, Heoause you've always tried me with The same old sweet temptations. And now I know reform is but A visionary matter. While you. with such consummate skill, On my defenses batter. For wh:le the roses brightly bloom Upon the lips of beauty I know I'll lack the strength to walk The lonely paths of duty. 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May krr- wkrt hlnusas twttlW Th glad trUa rta r TVs aotaa thai a-tag Jfc Freco mar to star, troop boars to c acarx Tbs rWd aw yaar la brra. ts tjcvsi Aad all ear thowshf of car da part. . B B B B B B B k-t tha tml rta tbvtr la merry iasara far a ad srtda To aretcome ta the glad aew )ar Tna straiurer at tha ingles! K C Bft-aarrratca A SMUGGLING YARN. NEW YEAR'S ADVENTURE ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. With a Rrvrnnp ('after In MldTrln- tt-r Tnr Sewrrli For a C'nrieo of I'Vpnrli Drnndy-Thr Mont inllnnl SinnKKlrr on the (nlf. The Canadian revenue cutter Pom in ion slouched ominously up and down the south coast of Anticosti, poking an ice covered nose into every bay and cove along the coast as she went. It was New Year's day and bitterly cold in the gulf- Officers and men (there were not a dozen all told) cheerfully cursed the Cape Oaspe lighthouse keeper, who had sent a crazy dispatch up to Quebec with some nonsense abont a smuggled cargo of French brandy. But the inland revenue department at Ottawa know a few hundred barrels of French brandy had lately found its way into tho country, and it had its suspicions. So when tho Ganpe in formation came up to Quebec Captain Armstrong was spnt down with a three pound gun to look into the matter. 1 happened to be spending my Christmas vacation with the captain, so he told me to come along as there might be some excitement. But New Year's on the lower fcjt. Lawrence, I fouud, was not a thing to be longed for, and we both called the inland revenue depart meut some very bad names as we paced the Dominion's icy little deck. The cap tain, nevertheless, was keeping hit- weather eye open for a black tug with a red funnel, known as the Rosalie L., and supposed to be making up the gulf for Sto. Anne des Montes with GO barrels of French brandy on board. I never felt such raw, benumbing, paralyzing com. ror toree days our search for smugglers had been fruitless. In fact, no kind of craft cared to pass either up or. down the gulf in such weather. It was on the afternoon of New Year's day that a fishing smack ran up alongside and reported that a black tug with a red funnel bad been seen com ing up tne gull, bo we slipped away from Anticosti and went churning west ward for tho south mainland. Revenue cutters are not made for loafing, and the Dominion was making her 15 knots an hour until a fog blew up the gull and caused us to shut down to quartei 6peed. We were shivering on deck in that great white gulf fog late in the after noon, when from the southwest we heard the sudden report of a signal gun This"was followed by three 6hort blasts of a siren. The Dominion sped ahead under full steam, and we forgot the cold. Two men stood in the bow and strained their eyes tbrongh the white miat that hung over us like a blanket. Ten minutes later the lookout cried, "Open boat ahead!"" Under our bows 20 feet ahead a small boat tossed up and down on the waves. fort I Hard port! cried the cap tain. Before the wheelsman could swing her round and stop the engines we had swept past the tiny craft. The one 111 an in the boat dropped his oars and lightly waved his hand to us as we lunged past and lost him in the fog. He certainly was not trying to escape. we lay to, and in a couple 01 min utes the boat pulled up alongside. The crew of one climbed nimbly ov board. He was a little dark skinnec Frenchman, with twinkling black eyef and a turned up nose. He doffed hit heavy coonskin cap with great grace as he stepped on deck and bowed. "Ah, m'sieurs, it is the first of the good year. Permit me to wish you all, m sieurs, the compliments of the sea son." Again the little man bowed, smiled and showed a row of good wbitt teeth. He spoke English with astound ing fluency for a habitant. Our captain returned his salutation. wnat is your name, sir, and youi ihip?" he asked. "Ah, my name ! Pardon me, m'sieurs it is Pierre Baptiste Delorme of Ste Anne de Mantes. What do yon call bim pilot, fisherman, trappeur, m sieurs, and lumberman." Again the cheerful little man bowed. The captain started at the name and took a letter from his greatcoat pocket tie went up to the little Frenchman. "And smuggler, Pierre Baptiste De lorme," said the captain. The idea was absurd. The little fellow laughed up roariously, took a flask from his coon skin coat pocket, and gallantly passed it around. It was filled with fine French brandy. "Ah, no, m'sieurs," he said, taking a deep drink, "I have my wife and the little Pierre -and Baptiste at home, and fishing is better than this." He pointed toward the three pound gun. Once more through the fog the signal gun sounded, followed by the whistle. "What ship is that?" asked the cap tain. "Oh, that is the Rosalie F., m'sieur. with codfish for Three Rivera." "Codfish!" said the captain. "And what is the gun for?" The little man shrugged his shoul ders. "The fog is very thick, m'sieur.' The captain went to the wheeL "Do yon know these waters well, M. De lorme?" "Know them J" A saile spread over Um FrmchmaA'a bearded 1 1 pa. "Ye, m'sieur. from boy. "Attdrrsrm, gir this ffretlrmaa IB wbevl." said Um captain. "II shall take us to this &Mtlis F. at ostcs. I want to lock over that codfish. " Tb captain threw opra hU bearakia coat and showed bis uo If ana. "lm br bbaj- ety' t rvic!"' baddnl significantly. Tfc little FrrnrhauM actio sAruc4 bis aouldr. tbm Unshod. "Wit plMMure. sn'siror!" Ha strpprd lightly into (be pi lot boa and spun root! im wtl with airy rx-baLaic. Tb cap tain stand t-id bint watchtng. "Arvu't y-u running br a few point oft id tbesnaibr' b akeO. study lug the chart. TL FrrtH-hraan Uogbfvl ubeasily. "MVieor. 1 was Uicn cn lUrwe waters. " he Aid simply. 1 was on lb how beside tb lanftraet. Suddenly the wind came up and ttte fug lifted. Tbere. COO yards awsy. lowered the great rmky sbtre df Ibe ljwrr "rC Lawrence. Our ilct was dcliU-rately running us upon tbe rocks! The capt&tn sprang firward and sig- tsli-d Iiet-rne tuKiurs." Half a mile op the livtr lay a Llark tug with a rvd faiiucl. and a six cared boat was plying between br and tbe shore. The ra tain and the Frenchman lock ed at each otur. but neither rke for ui mu Lt Tli-n the little Frenchman laughed uueitilv and spun rootid the whtl. "Ob-li-h!" berried, wilh mock diMrt-sa, "I w iuitaketi. m'sieur. aft er all!" The eapt.iu' b:ind wa ti bis pistol. Yet he could not help Miiiling. We hail no m Miner swung uwly round than the Mark tug puked up the open boat and scurried away. In twoiuiuutea we were after her. huow It-gun fall. and the earlv midwinter twilight tet in, but still thorha k j t up. Finally we put a ball acro the black tug's bow. Her only retort was a rifle t-hot that ipliiJtrred our pilothouse and made the French man hay something un der his breath. Our next t-Dot was in earnest and caught her jut above the water liue. We could ee the rrew run ning hurriedly about, wh:le the tug turued and ran head on fur Intnl. A shot or two sang over cur heads. Then a boat put out from lir and iiMde for the slmre. When wo qme aloiifc.Mdc tho Rosalie L., it was almost dark. We found only a red luuuil Miowing ulve too water. An empty cask flu. tied past i:a with the tide. "Ah, tho rascals, mVieur!" cried the littlo Frenchman. "It is a brandy cask!" The captain Iauhd. He bail done his work and could afford to laugh. A boat was lowered, and half a dozen men raced merrily after the dicapjieariug cask. Darkness had fallen by the time they got Lack, and tlio liurdeu was hauled up on deek. It is always the du ty of a revenue cfTinT to ascertain the nature of the goods he has confiscat ed. The captain stove iu the bunchole. and did so. It was a I arrel of tho finest brandy ever thipped out of Cognac. It may not have been ueccnt-ary for all tbe crew to verify tho captain's decision. but they did no. "Wait," said the captain. M. Pierre Cartiste Delorme where is he? We must drink the rascal's health." But M. Pieire was not to bo sen. We rushed to the mrn where the little dory had been tied only to hear tbe sound of bis oars as he slipned away through the night. "Halt!" challenged tbe captain "Halt there, or wo fire!" A rifle shot or two rang out on tbe cold night air. Then a mocking voice came back across the water. "An revoir. m sieurs, and a nappy new year to you all! And the Hinootbe-ht little smuggler on tha St. Lawrence clipped away 111 tho darkness. Akthik J. Stkisgkr Some Seasonable Proverb. Here are a few searnuable proverbi interesting perhaps to thoso who con cern themselves about the weather: If a Christmas ice bangs on the wil low, clover may be cut at Easter. December changeable and mild, the whole winter will remain a child. The month that comes in good will go out bad. January warm, the Lord have mercy. If it snows on Christmas night, we expect a good hop crop next year. The first three days of January rule the coming three mouths. The 12 days commencing Dec. 25 and ending Jan. 5 are fcaid to be the keys to the weather of tho year. If the sun shines through tbe apple tree on Christmas day, there will be an abundant crop the following year. The Germans say, "The shepherd would rather see bis wife enter tha stable on Christmas day than the sun.' )aite Another (locution. "I could die for you!" ho cried paa 6ionattIy. "Of courte." she replied "But would you? Some girls are so practical and pro- eaic, you know. Chicago Post Amsteidani is the nearest European capital to Louden, being only 1&9 miles distant There were brcechloading cannon as early as lass Ine British postofTice makes f 20. 000 a year by unclaimed nmuey orders $50 in Gold ! Vi!f te Paid to any Man or Woman. It lonvrs Tr-r tlie celebrated firm of pbricians ..! r-1 inl.it-. Dr. Hatbawar & Cn (tCegular :::i:;atci Juist-ired). to p:uc a genuine buci- r'- rc-wi'in before tlio public, which has Tr U-n irjide brfbra. nrye to treat any parson siSicted with any .rr.r.tc.iu.eaPeind cur theni. fornisbina; medi- v'.ut ftvervthmg uecea-t 7 for their cane, or 'V" !i :,"Cu ln 1oid' provitliD the patient faith :...v t . I'.ws trenimtnt and flirecbous. and tbe -; is aenra' ie oca. T!i:3i!lrjr i.j vlaia.and t!Ft hiMfrliiit. :r.rtnerTnc-ro. thaodcr is eood and the money (';j--"-'"' s1 ocause we ate canciall: respon- Dr.BathawayftCou experience dnrina; tbe last 20years hna proved the fact that they bava enrea Tuooflr.aua of caves where other doo ttrs have failed, and this warrat ts them in making this remarka ble offer. All persons aoara son anna; irem any chronic disease, have now an onoevtn. nity to test the treat ment of tbe acknow ledged leading physi cians and special Lta of this country, with an a Dec lute surctr of hn- ing cured. SascJal al- Sfff5,.,,d,MeiTrt. Bloog po4saa.neakBaa l men and waataa which affael thm aiiMt .iln crupuoas. aiccrs a. 4 a satf ariaan liter ana stomacii dWcultlaa. lioMt 'P' ana atarpblna habits, ar an ekraniJ. 93S. unr treatment can be taken at bemrm inner our directions, or. we will pay iraiU oad faM and hotel bUl to ail who preferto coma :ucnr office for treatment, if wa fail to cura. Wi .avs tM tet of financial and professional refer- jo ouu Kransm mp s .Sf.?l-no ilieT h? any of the , - - r.- r'T"r ."ww vurs, ireeaampieor u.tj.r) fKrada. but think It ia best in the arid st viUi our paUonta. Write na la-tar: don'tdZ. Wa hava eamfnll n......l ta pnoton ; No. 1.1 Blanks .ia Liormea: ho.z. fwamw -. - w us iu tisaaaa: N i fV. 1 X?a booklet which we wiU meoi Frsito all wTn; JasUB tTnth fill infonnatinB mimnmrt fk.;. J!?Ji Dt. HATHAWAY ft CO. sr. .u- So-i-rosabt AUaula,Ga. Vaationttuspapetv mm - - w SCO' From tint lusnaeimciaJ New Tear! day has t-n recarded in Sccilsnd a Ibe rt.t notable day of tb whole year. Iwvions to tbm InlnJoclicsa Csria tianity It shared ta imr-wtsnca amcam Ibe Druids wilh May day. known cress now am2 Sxrftub iVlta as "Utha tie IVltaoe" t. e.. Ibe yelbrw day of lVI'sfire, Amosi tbe lruids New Yrr' day was atirnAhwU by pr-ial rite aixl Uervancr diMioctive U tneir ruTtU rioos crent Tbe sacred mistletoe was rut by tbe rriesis with pecnllar crn nHAiee and dtMrtboted aranos tne prt ple. who regrdtd Ibeee siifts with great veneration and attnttilM ooml I power atel ranch virtne to tbent. After Cbritianity was eetatlubed tbe Drnld- ical oUa-rranrea fell reor rally Into dis use, and the clt-rgy turned Ibe day Into a Christian ftivsd. tne frastuf tbe ctr cumcifitm. It celebration was, bow. ever, regarded as if sodary impoc tance compare! with Chmtroas and Joml Friday. tb.HiKb it never ceaed to be tmpular awoug Ibe Mple as a . lar holiday. jv-mm. .f the cntonis which diMin- goi'Leil the day iu Druidical tim sur vival retiinries after Ibe introduction of Cbrittanity. notably that vt lighting boti tires mi New Year ere. At night fall each houm-hold would light m fire. and it was thought of tbe utmost Im portance that il rbould continue born itig until tuidntgbt. A character 01 sa- cr'di-s was at tat bei to this fins and as it burned brightly. r tbe reverse, mo t wa iniainl would te the fiTtune of t he family duriug thefollowiug year. Thiii be rvnce, coming down frotn the I i 111.1 of ibe Druids, is Mill gvtH-ral in Wale, I do not thiuk it baa Ueu ob served among the N-oltish Cells Tor many centuries, though ether fcaturea of the relebration of tbe day whirl, still remain give mute testimony of the an ci nt vi-ueratiou with which fire was regarded by tho primitive Drifioli le. The rVottich refirtnatii restored New Year's day t Ibe rVxllifb people as the Mde holiday f tbj year. It baa hee-u regarded, however, as a purely perular one, though as the opening day of a new year the occaidou waa consid ered appropriate for religious aervicev. In some of the churches the cloaing mo- AT NIGHTFALL KACfl HolfKUOLU WOCLO LK.IIT A HKK. ruents of tho.old jear and tbe opebinff ones of tbe new are ejx'tjt in derutional exerciHcs, but tbe prt at majority of the pcnple hail the adrcut of anothur year in a very differeut manner. The crcuiug tirendiuK the let of January, known as hugtnauay, is a special occasion fr rejoicing on tbe part of boys and girls. Then they re ceive present!!, and in tbe cities and towns groups of them ask for gifts from the people tbey we on the streets and in shops aud boum-a They rarely meet with a refusal, aud thofe. who would never think of making presents at any other time give with apparent cheerful ness on this occasion Coming to the door of a house the children cry, "Hog manay, hogmanay 1" aud one of their favorite rhymes is: Rue np. Rode wife, and ahak jour feather, Dlnna think that we are t-e;sara We are bairns come to play And to sL-k our huKtiutuay Varicue explanations have been given of the term "hogmanay." One of these claims that it is a corruption of the French phrase, "An gui menex" (lead on to the mistletoe), a cry which in some parts of France tbe boys that go around seeking gifts on tbe last day of December are raid to use. Plausible as this maybe, I think tbe -word more likely to bo a corruption of tbe Gaelio expression, "Thug do mi" (give to me), which, pronounced with the "t" mute, as it must be, and hurriedly, would sound almost the same as the word so familiar to all tbe boys and girls in tbe lowlands of Scotland. In the orange fu lris cf New Zealand the crop has been knon to uet as high as $1,000 an acre. inir-JD BVUL ntACOiriO a 6 aVSS.-Bllf 1. S mm IBtVaV V Va. ' mtini m i va. a vi i T " 1 ia WHJ coatlatM to t and teal, aU th import POLITICS lalepfadeat l partica. 6err4 to goo; incnaeu, it anil M biti to appro ar dtaapproaa, halcvct the suaatjari ai b. Cuba and the Pbilippines Spwaal artklea r01 appear aa Stm BM aaa F- n Mirw i k. m4 tluia aaadc aaccil a.w. Some W.K. orris Own LF. H.S. THE WEST 4 laWrie mia U trrmtl I a scries f amdc by fiaaUla nstaws. The London Letter w3) by AeaaM Whlta. a4 rifl ba fail U uaaal. aMtt-aT 10 Crate a Or. HAayiac IES3 03 STABi'E THAT OTKrilTUrUl Yr. 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