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Central record (Lancaster, Ky.): December 21, 1899 Central record (Lancaster, Ky.) 300dpi TIFF G4 page images Cartwright & Landrum Lancaster, Ky 1899 cen1899122101_sn86069201 These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Central record (Lancaster, Ky.): December 21, 1899 Central record (Lancaster, Ky.) Cartwright & Landrum Lancaster, Ky 1899 $IMLS This electronic text file was created by Optical Character Recognitio n (OCR). No corrections have been made to the OCR-ed text and no editing has be en done to the content of the original document. Encoding has been done through an automated process using the recommendations for Level 1 of the TEI in Librar ies Guidelines. Digital page images are linked to the text file. T EXTt YEA.R. Entered at the Pott Offlcc in Lancaster, Ky., as Second Class Matter. yUMBETl 38 LOUIS LA.NDRAM, Publisher. . LANCASTER, r KY-THURSD- AFTENOON. DECEMBER -j j 21, 1S99. ; ONE DOLLAR A YEAR ; : I LANCASTER AND VICINITy. itariety at Thomp- Lovely Dress Goods andTrimmings at Joseph's. gams. Best and cheapest W. J. toman). hi!irness Best fresh oysters in town at T. Curreys-j.--,- . For Sale,-- A at this office, Go nice Jersy cow. Apply Elegant line of Clocks McRoberts. a3nrrow & in town. Turkey roasters and carving sets Haselden's. at to Logan & Robinson for heavy BstchesterWare boots and shoes. Dolls and toys son's. Handsome ne of Ladies Shoes Joseph's at J. Cut See the ad of the Blue Grass Groceiy Come to Ilaselden's for a nice coffe e on page 3. or tea pot. Lovely line of rings and other jewelC. ThompsorNufs a large) line of ry at Morrow & McRobertsX Glass at low prices. for your s For nice Christmas presents go to J. Oysters, Fruits, JSuts, Grapes and Handsome set Silver Spoons. Knives A. Beazley & Co. Celery at T. CurejsT " ' and Forks at Morrow & McTtoberf. Fuller & Sympson's is the place to Jfice Chairs at Beazley's suitaSee our new line of neckwear. get your candies and fruits. ble for Xnias presents Logan & Rouinson. Large line of Coal Vaces, at Low Kcw Christmas canmes are arriving Spillman Riggs and Migibben Kim Prices. J. It. Haselden. every day at Fullerfc Sympson's. brough are registered at the Mason Mclntoshes and slickers from 81.50 All kinds blankets froin50c to $3.50 House. to $5.00 at Jennings & Co., Paint Lick per pair at Jennings & Co.. JAiint Lick Remember,.the banks will be closed Monday. Also on the Monday "W. K. Cook bought of Alex Doty a W. McC. Johnston has moved into his next mules at handsome new residence, on Danville following. nice pair or $250 street. Don't be deceived, but go to T. Buy a Christina present' that is use- SympsAi have decided to Currey's if you warn the best goods Fuller & "ful. See our SterlingSilver goods continue their sale of queensware at at the lowest prices. & McRoberts Morrow cost a few days longer. wills,sell round-triThe L. & fare Butcher knives, lard cans, sausage spoons m Handsome cases tickets for one and bnver mills, lard presses, sage, pepper etc. at without exta charge and engraving during the holidays. Jennings & Co., Taint Lick, Ky. free at J. C Thompson's. Jesse Doty has rented the dwelling It. Kinnaird has several cart loads Don't forget W. J. Romans, has a on Richmond street, now occupied by of pretty calenders, which he is anx- fine line of buggies, surries, road wag J. A. Royston, and will move to same ious to give away to first who call for ons and pheatons for Chriswias pres next week. 7 them. ents. Handsomest line AV Battenburg required from all Work ever showrUrtXiancaster, now Payments will be Yanhook, of Stanford, has bought at Joseph's, ehave theTiwtads, who purchase tickets to the Lancas- of W. H. Lackey, his property on Dan patterns and braids. ter Lyceum course whether you at- ville street, for $1,000. He will im tend or not. nave you a cold? A dose of COUS prove the property. e Prescriptions brought to us will be SEN'S HONEY OF TAR at For Kent. will remove it. Price 25 and SOcts. in competent hands. We use nothing but the purest and best drugs the mar Store room 23x45 on public square C C & J.E Stormes. lm kct affords. Frisbie's Pharmac3T. 2t. plate glass front, witluor without conComplete line of tooth brushes, crete basement. Lancaster Hotel Co. Rev. Massee will move to the Bapcombs, hair brushes, sponges, trusses, a few days. W. I. tist parsonage in Go at once to McRoberts' and have in fact everything that should be keptWilliams and family will move into your seats reserved for Spillman Riggs in an drug store. Frisbie's the Doors property vacated by the to night, (Thursday). Already one Pharmacy. 2t former. . hundred and twenty live reserved A boy was instantly killed at LexMr. Thos. Stone has moved to the seats sold. ington Monday by catching hold of property, on Crab Orchard Totten There will be regular preaching ser- the pulley wire of an Electric light. street, and has on hand a large stock vices held by the pastor at the Meth- Lancaster kids should take warning of boards for sale. See him when in odist church Sunday morning at 11 and not monkey with the wires. need of them. o'clock. No services at night. SabToday, Thursday, is the last opporbath school at J:45 a. ni. Good and Low in Price. tunity that you will have of securing Come and buy an all aooI suit or T. A. Royse has bought of O. G. the season tickets for the Lancaster or tailor-madovercoat, ready-mad- e Speaks the hitter's dwelling on Dan- Lyceum Course for S1.50. Go at once at $7 to $30. They arc lower and bet- ville street for $1,300. Mr. Rovse tells to McRoberts' drug store and secure a M. D. Hughes. ter than ever. us a big baby boy has just arrived in ticket and save $1. Have Benton Ashley make you a his family. Notice to HIaons. nice sign for your store. There is The annual election of officers for Yernon Richardson, of Danville, nothing looks as bum as a poor sign has sued the Louisville Post for S10 the ensuing year will be held at the over a door. People judge your taste 000 damages for alleged slanderous ut- lodge room next Wednesday afternoon you writing on about that like they do terances by a contributor to that pa- at two o'clock, promptly. cheap hash stationery. per in regard to Richardson's conduct Rout. Kinnaikd, Louis Landkam, becreiary. Master. as an election ollicer. Tbe Kent Hotel. possession of Holiday Rat t. Rice Benge has taken Mr. J. A. Royston is here from d One and fare via the the Best Hote1, and refurnished and If you want a Junction City, and tells us the Central Queen & Crescent Route Dec. 22nd refitted it throughout. A young couple were standing in a s meal, or good lodging, stop Kentucky Liverymen's Association to 25th, and Dec. 30th to Jan. 1st. pretty will maet in Lancaster Dec. 28 to disgood to return Jan. 4th. Lancaster store looking at the Best Hotel. Tickets are at the cuss their interests. His firm, Royston To points north of Ohio River return Xmas gifts. She said she wanted For Pneumonia. umbrella. & Russell, Junction City, are memlimit is Jan. 2nd. W. C. Rineakson, Santa to bring her a silk was going Dr. C. J. Bishop, of Agnew, Mich, bers. The dude asked her if she Gen'l Passg'r Agent, Cincinnati. says: "I have used Foley's Honey and to hang up her stocking to receive it, Spillman Riggs will appear in an enTar in three very severe cases of pneuThe ladies of the New Antioch and now she does not speak as they monia the past month with good re- tirely new programme tonight Thurs- church will give a pound and basket pass by. The fellow swears he meant sults." C. C. & J.E. Stormcs. lm day. He will del'ver his most humor- auction at the old poor house place no reference to size. ous lecture, "The FunnySideof Life." Wednesday night Dec. 27th. Young No Court Monday. Advocate Souvenir Edition. Those who miss this opportunity of ladies bring a basket and married laAs Monday is a legal holiday, there hearing this masterpiece of eloquence Friday the Danville Advocate blos county court. and art, will miss the opportunity of a dies a pound. Proceeds for the ben- somed out in a sixteen page souvenir will be no session of the efit of the New Antioch Church. All The court will be held Tuesday follow- life. invited to come and help. Auction and trade edition which surpasses any ing. There will doubtless be a big thing of the kind attempted by the will begin at 5 p. m. Banks Will Close crowd in town Monday, however, most rural press of Kentucky. It is chock, Both banks will he closed the 25th, of them coining solely to pay their Lancaster ITIrii Win Prizes. full of interesting matter pertaining disand on Jan. 1. They are both legal subscription to TnE Recokd. At the poultry show in Nicholas- - the history of the little city, and con holidays, and no business can be trans- villelast week, Lancaster exhibitors tains many write-up- s of her business Temperance Mectlns at Hubble. acted. Bear this in mind, and have reflects temperance meeting will be your papers etc., fixed up on the Sat- were especially lucky Master Robert men and matters. The edition Giovan-nolA union i. Ware McRoberts only showed one pen much credit upon Bro. Harry church, urdays before. held at Hubble, in Methodist 2t Handkerchiefs Mufflers, upon whom the work fell. The of Pekin ducks, and was given second next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock prize. Mr. Robert L. El kin took press work is elegant, and goes to To be Married. Miss Rhena Mosher, National Organfirst prize in this ring and also on show the careful and painstaking Gloves Is, in Umbrellas On next Wednesday, Mr. Sam izer of the Y. W. C T. U. will address of this city, and Miss Ruth young ducks and old ones. Mr. Elkin methods of Mr. Donnegy, the foreman. meeting. All are cordially invited the also took six prizes on his celebrated He is one of the best foremen in the in to attend. A collection will be taken Duncan, of !Nicholasville, will drive to Black Minorcas, the same breed he state, and never goes at his work with Lexington and be married in that to defray expenses. city. Mr. Haselden is one of the has so often come out victorious with only a view of getting through, but Graded School Entertainment. most honorable and industrious young at poultry shows all over the country. shows his honesty to his employers by putting forth every effort to turn The children of the 1st and 2nd men in Lancaster, and no one is betWe are doing a large holiday businesa, simply because at this tirrn as at other times A Swell Banquet. out the very best work. Such men are Grades, assisted by pupils from the ter liked or more popular than he. The Knights of Pythias are arrang a joy forever in a printing office, or in during the year, we adhere strictly to pric33. T.ik3 tor instaics, our Hn3 of e other grades, Miss May Hughes and The is a young lady of ma- ing for the swellest banquet ever giv any other business. The Advocate NECKWEAR and SUSPENDERS. We challenge any competition to produce anythMrs. Rogers will give a Christmas ser- ny accomplishments and great beauty. en in Lancaster. It will be given in vice, "The Christ Child in Art Story They will return to Bryantsville to the new hotel and will come off prob has one of the best plants inthesputh, ing-that We are disposed, if anything, to sell goods cheaper at this will excel them. and enjoys a fine patronage, which it and Song" in the Graded School spend a day or so and return to Lan- ably the second week in January. Holiday time than at any other for with us it closes the most successful seasons business Friday afternoon at 2:30. The caster. Mr. Haselden is in business olHce has been given an orderThis justfy deserves. Chapel, for parents of these children and others, with his brother, J. Raymond Hasel- handsome menu cards, and judging we have ever done and we feel like doing our share toward making the Christmas season metropolitan. who are interested arc lovingly invi- den, and holds a good position. The from the length of the bill of fare it The doors of Frisbie's Pharmacy of our customers as pleasant as we can. ted to be present. Recokd extends congratulations in will take all night to get through were thrown open to the public Satadvance. Christmas. eating. A number of good speakers urday morning, and the room crowded are to scrape the cob webs from the all day by those who admired what There will be a Christmas entertainGov. Bob Taylor. ment at the Christian church next The lecture, last Friday night, was sky, a band of music will be in attend- all said was "The prettiest and most ; Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. attended by a cultured and appreci- ance, and the boys are looking forward complete drug store in Kentucky." Any Everybody cordially invited. ative audience, and it goes without with great pleasure for the oocasion. As had been announced to the public, persons desirous of making their saying it is located in the corner room in the that everybody was delighted. No Issue Next Week. friends or children presents, will please His flights of eloquence were far benew hotel building. The show win Ai we have some very important dows run up to the ceiling and are have them at the church by three yond the ordinary and his anecdotes of business to attend to, matters which draped Come o'clock Saturday afternoon. in purple and white velvet, mountain life, together with his piceverybody and make this Christmas tures of human action, both in the call us from home and cannot be de- lighted with numerous electric burnlayed, we will issue no paper next meeting a joyful one. sublime and the rediculous were high- week. The time lost to advertisers ers. In these are beautiful displays ly entertaining and elicited frequent will be made up in subsequent issues. of cut glass, silver ware and all kinds Tbe Railroad. of pretty holiday goods." The interior Gov. Taylor has many We dislike to miss an issue, but applause. Mr. Tommy B. Robinson has been it is friends here and we hope that he will unavoidable this time. We will take is all of quartered oak, the counters added to tbe list of gentlemen at work " season and We shall be pleased to serve you y come again in the near future. The occasion in this connection tosay that having, many" pretty carved' figures. ascertaining the cost of theThe show cases run from the floor to you need not look any further for the Southern. A mighty good audience was not as large as it would we are deeply grateful to those who a heighth of about three feet and are man, and in the right place, too. The have been, on account of the fact that have patronized The Recokd in the a number of attractions had preceded past year, and devoutly hope we have the latest patterns. The prescription committee consists of Messrs. E. H. case is also of quartered oak, a large Walker, J. If. Denny and T. B. Robin- him, and the Lyceum course is booked merited the favors. Editors, like the bevel-edg- e mirror in centre. The Thursday, rest pf mankind, frequently make son. We do not believe a better com- ahead, beginning sheff bottles have the prettiest gilt the Market. f For the Best mittee could have been selected. As when the popular lecturer, Spillman mistakes, and if we "have tread upon labels. The stock of goods consists of to the road coming through Garrard, Riggs will appear at the Court House, anyones feelings we are sorry for it, everything a drug store we will repeat our oft said say, that it accompanied by Megibben KJmbrough, and if you have tread upon ours, we should carry, and all the sundries car the famous pianist. are glad of 'it. Here's wishing our will most assuredly be vbuild if the ried by the city stores. Give them a readers a joyous Christmas, and we is given. If this is not QUEEN & CRESCENT, only hope every one of them will reap God's call and take a Jook.at the most comThe forthcoming, we will be equally as pos plete drugstore inentral Kentyjjky richest blessings not oply throughout itive in saying it will not come our through cariine to Ash ville. way. Put this in your pipe and smoke The QUEEN & CRESCENT onljr the new year, but for all time-t- o The QUEEN & CRESCENT only come, 24 hours to New Orleans through Pullman Hue to Florida. it, as its just XlyaA, way. Get all your ingredients Black Cake aJETQurrey's. three-year-ol- d p one-thir- d bed-tim- - e, one-thir- Do not fail to see the handsome Handsome Silks for Waists, plaid lamps at J. A Beazley's & Co. and plain taffeta, at JosepIT Is a new metal which will not Bisque and Pottery in ah. fancy Silver novelties inalJL.the. useful tarnish and always looks neat. We High top shoes for 31.50 at Jennings pieces at Thompson's. pieces at Thompson's. & Co., Paint Lick, Ky. have a complete line of Beautiful line of handkerchiefs at Guns, hunting coats and loaded We are headquarters for heavy Joseph's. NopMng nicer for a present. shells at Jennings & Co., Paint Lick. boots and shoes. Logan & Robinson. I am standing a nice Jersey Bull at Good boots for S1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 $1.00 cash. For useful and handsome Christmas R. L. Elkin, m25tf at Jennings & Co., Paint Lick. presents go to J. A. Beazley & Co. Hear Riggs at Court House tonight New line of dried fruits also cabbage (Thursday) as Opera House is unfin and potatoes at Jennings & Co., Paint For rent. Small store room and up Coffee Pots, Tea Pots, Cream ished. stairs offices or living rooms. Jno. E. Lick, Ky. Pitchers, Sugar Bowls Stormes. A nice line of furniture always on Pretiest line cuSterling Silver goods Evaporated peaches, prunes, Hon: made of this ware, which are nice hand at R. L. Jennings & Co., Paint ever brought toNLancaster. Morrow iny Grits, Hominy' Flakes and Oats. for Christmas Presents. Full Lick, Ky. & McRoberts. r stock At T.,C'irrcy's. Highest market price paid for all The finest)ind freshest line of Xmas kinds of produce. R. L. Jennings & candies everbrought to Lancaster at Smokers and chewers will find what Co. Paint Lick. they want if they, will go to Frisbie's Fuller & Sympson's. Pharmacy. 2t. A few pairs of Buell bootees left, Have your prescriptions compound Come and get your size before they ed at Frisbie's Pharmacy. Nothing Our line of perfumes, soaps, toilet are all sold. Logan & Robinson. but the purest and best drugs used. articles etc. is complete. Come and Estrayed. give us a trial. Frisbie's Pharmacy. 2t The Graded School will, in the lan Large Poland China sow. Left R For Sale. L. Elkin's about Dec. 15. Reward for guage of the urchin, "Turn out" to day and not "Take up" again until A few choice cattle shoats. Tom return. J. A. Beazley. Tuesday, Jan. 2. Adams, near Camp Dick Robinson. The management of the stock pens For Sale requests The Recokd to say that What would.be nicer or more ap- -' A few mammoth bronze turkeys, pronriate for a present there will be a big lot of cattle at the than a hand Toms, $1.50, Hens, $1.00. Mrs. G. T. some umbrella? ens Monday, court or no court. a beautiful Higginbotham, Marcellus, Ky. stock. J. Joseph. We wonder if the law prohibiting I will take steps aeainst those ow For Sale. and pistols will be use of ing meif debts are not. paid at once. 21 nice 850 to 900 lb steers and 13 enforced this Xmas? What say you, This business must be closed up, and Apply to T. M nice 750 lb steers. Councilmen? I mean what I say. G. .S. Gaines. Johnston or Sons. ready for Christinas, the most Get Ballou & Co., have moved into their glorious time of the year. Come and The remains of "Uncle Andy" Walsee the beautiful presents we have on new quarters in the Owsley block, and lace, who had lived with the family of Beazley & have one of the prettiest groceries in exhibition at our store. R L Jen M. F. Elkin in Stanford, for many Central Kentucky. nings & Co., Paint Lick. years, were interred in the Lancaster Funeral Directors. Nearly all the Lancaster Odd Fel Cemetery Monday. The prettiest and best show of can dies are now on sale at the Blue Grass lows went to Stanford Tuesday night, We carry the handsomest line of Grocery. All kinds of the very best, where some ten or fifteen candidates stationery ever displayed in Lancaster, at the most reasonable prices. Go were "put through" by the excellent all the different shades and shapes, Arterial and Cavity Embalming look at the stock and we know you team of that city. call and look at our new wedge wood A Specialty. will be pleased. paper. Frisbie's Pharmacy. 2t F r It nt. Full Line of i wen iiiipiui:u iarui ui oa iiurus uu The person who disturbed the con Bank Stock For Sale. gregation last Sunday by coughing is White Lick, in Garrard county. Good As executor of the estate of E. . W. requested to call on C. C. & J. E. house, etc. Splendid grass. Call on Lawless, dee'd., I will on Monday, Farniture and Carpets. Stormes and get a bottle of Foley's undersigned for particulars, January 22nd, lflOO. it being county W. J1CU. .JOnNSTON. Honey's Honey and Tar, which always tl court day, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the lm ives relief. court house door in Lancaster, Ky., Id-TIME TABLES. An Christmas. Election Contest. Is what the children will expect, and sell to the higest bidder two shares of Proof is being taken in the contest is what you ought to furnish them. the capital stock of the Citizens NatK. C. Branch. 2t. brought by L. L. Walker against Wm. Wagons, Dolls, Pistols, Watches, Fire ional Bank of Lancaster, Ky. Mixed, passe Lancaster 11 :10 A.x John N. Teatei:. Ray, Jr., for the seat in the Legisla Crackers, and everything to make Dec. 11, 1899. " 3:35 P. x Mixed, " 2:52 a.x Paas'gr " ture. Robinson and Hays represent them happy, at R L Jennings & Co., ., 12:23 a.x " Xouth b'nd Ray and Walker is his own lawyer. Paint Lick. More local on page 4. This will be a long, tedious job, and no one can foresee the result. Chafing and Ser ving Dishes, Table Cutlery, Coal Vaces, and Fire Sets. J. R. HASELDEN. WV-hav- fire-wor- Bangliman, al Sonth-b'n- d d d North-b'n- North-b'n- first-clas- Christmas Bells WILL SOON BE RINGING- Neckwear, Suspenders, - Our Complete line of Holiday Goods for Gentlemen is now on play, and we have extra Salesmen to assist our customers in making Our showing of their selection. we believe, the best Lancaster, Haberdashery. represents the newest ideas and Ilas-clde- n, and bide-to-b- ppalir We are Holding a Special Sale of Suits and Overcoats az $8.50, $10.00 $5.00, $7.50, and $12.00. Boys Knee Pants Suits at $1.50, $2 00, $2.50 and $3.50. at this than - right-of-wa- -- in first-clas- right-of-wa- IiOgan , Robinson, THE PEOPLES CLOTHIERS. &. ... CENTRAL RECORD vitea to come. EVKXY WXXK BT Miss Hattie Duncan celebrated her fifteenth birthday last Tuesday. Quite LOUIS LAN DRAM, Publisher. a number of her friends were present and greatly enjoyed the nice supper LANCASTER. KENTUCKY. prepared for ail. After supper tne crowd was taken to the parlor where TSA.K, XX ADYAXCB. 41X0 tney were nigniy entertained until a . 50 !Ol(X . J6 late hour. Miss Hattie received sev " " eral nice presents. -- at thii place Sunday. Rer. Stamoer. of London, will oreah Everybody in- - BRYANTSVILLE. THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1899 MARKSBURY. Charley Durham bought of Wm. DIehouse, a good milk cow for $25. Mr. Robert Humphreys and wife, of Chicago, are visiting their parents e Mr ana Mrs J u uoner. . . . bit. Scott and bride, of Nicholasville, visited their parents, Mr and Mrs T. D Scott, last week. The school boys of Eice Academy, causrbt in a trap near the Fork church a very large cat. supposed to belong to the Maltese species. It measured 36 inches from tip to tip its claws were an inch long, and it was supposed to weigh 26 pounds. Miss Katharine Moore closed a very successful school at Rice Academy, Dec 22 She gave a nice treat of candies and fruits which delighted the juvenile taste. Masters Thaddie and Joe Aldridge, cousins, aged 12 and 13, received the same number of htad marks in the advanced spelling class. Little Gene Aldridge, aged nine, received fifty head marks in the smaller class. Each of them received a handsome knife as a prize. "We wish The Record force a merry Christmas, with all the luxuries of the season, and a substantial reward In dollars and cents for their hard years work. vjiar-enc- Miss A E Scott and Rube Scott visited relatives at Burgin Monday. Mr G A Bruce visited relatives at High Bridge last week. . . .Miss Edith Montgomery spent last week with her Miss Lucile Mar-se- e cousin, A E Stott closed her school at Bourne Monday. August Flower. says Prof. Houton, "that in my travels in all parts of the world, for the last the years, I have met more people, having used Green's August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach, and for constipation. I find for tourists and salesmen, or for persons filling office positions, where headaches and general bad feelings from irregular habits exist, that Green's August Flower is a grand remedy. It does not injure the system by frequent use, and is excellent for sour stomachs and indigestion." Sample bottles free at J E Stormes' Drug Store. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. "It is a surprising fact," PKEACHERSYILLE. Plenty of rain now. S. Ballard will soon have his house completed and J L Anderson will move to where Sam Ballard now lives. Mr. Ansil Siler will make his future Mrs, home with his mother-in-la- A SURE CURE FOR CROUP. TYears Coustant Ue without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoar seness, and in a child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Follow ing this hoarseness is a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain's Cough Re medy is given as soon as the child be comes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, it will prevent an attack. It is used in many thousand of homes in this broad land and never disappoints the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a single instant in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a re years' constant use cord twenty-fiv- e without failure. For sale by R E Druggist. lm Twenty-fiv- Britton. e Rev. Mahona, of Stanford, was here Monday writing life insurance poli cies. Richard Robinson bought a small house and lot here from Menifee El more for $165. Miss Maggie Purciful will spend Christmas mPmeviiIe, visiting rela tives. J H Thompson bought a bunch of nice hogs in Rockcastle county, last week. J B Hutchison sold a fat cow to S, Morgan for $27.50. J L Anderson sold a pair of horse mules in Danville Monday, for $110. J L Hutchison has a car load of wal nut logs out, ready to ship. We will have a saw mill in opera tion here next week. John Lawson sold to J R Davis, a There will be a Xmas tree at this at 2 o'clock bunch of 100 lb. shoats at 3c per lb. On Tuesday at 2 place on the 25th, at half past 2 o'cl'k. at the residence of Wm. Hiatt, o'clock Mr. J. Mrs Ann Broaddus bought of W B All are invited. B. Wallace and Miss Carrie Pitts were quietly married by Rev. J. R. Howes, Adams a good fumily horse for $30. Mr. and Mrs'.Elliott visited relatives J B Leavell and W B Adams left for Mrs. pastor or tne m. u. unurcn, or wiiicn near Paint Lick, last week Mouie awope's scnooi win ciose on both bride and groom are members. the wild west Monday morning on a Friday, after which she will return to Mr. Wallace was born and reared here prospecting tour. If they should get ner nome near Mcureary, mucn to tne has been a popular teacher for 15 into a battle with the Indians there is regret of her many friends in this years, became indentitied with the not much danger of Mr Leavell looscommunity Miss Mattie Dunn's childhood and has always been consid- ing his scalp. C B Engleman has a cow that will scnooi closed Friday last. Miss Mattie ered as pure and consistent a man as is a splendid teacher and gave perfect one may expect to meet. Miss Carrie, work anywhere, and is a number one B. F. Jennings, of the bride, was left an orphan several saddler' and she gives five gallons of satisfaction Paint Lick, is visiting relatives here, years ago and only came to Wallace- - milk a day. tms weeK....Mr. and Mrs wooasare ton to live some 6 or 4 years ago, but Russell, of Rockcastle counrejoicing over the arrival of a son at in that short time lias proven herself ty,Mr. Jas. here Saturday, to see his was Mrs Fletcher Ison.and as noble, pure, consistent and zealous daughter, Mrs W B Adams. their home children, of Wilmore,are the guests of a Christian girl as blesses our com ner sister, Mrs. i)r Armstrong. . . .miss munity, and by these noble virtues Miss Nellie Ray, who has been vis Powell, of Stanford, visited relatives won the heart that had withstood the iting ner aunt, Mrs (Jlide I'ulllns, lor here Sunday, and attended preaching darts of Cupid for 36 years. Such a several weeks, returned home Saturunion deserves, and in the present day at the Grove. Mrs Annie Adams has returncase at least, Bro. Allen will fill his regular ap- congratulations receivesof tne universal ed home from Lancaster, where she of all their acquain has been on a visit for several weeks. pointment at the Grove, Sunday. tances. Milton Smith, the butcherof Lan In sluggish liver, HERBINE, by its The disposition of children largely caster, was at nome on a visit bunuay. Mrs Minerva Pullios is on the sick beneficial action upon the biliary depends upon health. If they are list this week. tracts, renders the bile morefluid, and troubled with worms, they will be There has been a general moving brings the liver into a sound, healthy irritable, cross, feverish, and perhaps around in this vicinity. condition, thereby banishingjthe sense seriously sick. WHITE'S CREAM Mule colts are so cheap that the genof.drowsiness, lethargy, and the VERMIFUGE is a worm expeller and farmers will have to bunch them up eral feeling of apathy Qwhich arise l them in job lots. tonic to make them healthy and cheerfrom disorders of the liver. Price 50 ful. Price 25cts. C. C. & J. E. StorSome thief stole two shoats from cts. C C & J E Stormes. lm mes. lm. Wm. Wallace and one from C B En gleman. WALLACETON. Robbed the Grave. FLATWOODS. A startling incident, of which Mr A few fat hogs are selling here at Ebb Cook sold a mule to J. C. Fox John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the 3i cents per pound. subject, is narrated by him as follows Jas. W. Wallace finished gathering for $50. George Miller sold his farm tc B. C. "I was in a most dreadful condition. :orn on the 18th inst. My skin was almost yellow, eyes si;nkH C Kinnaird has been on the puny Anderson for $700.00. continually Ebb Scott sold his fine sorrel mare en, tongue coated,nopain list for several days.... Rev Parsons, appetite grad- in back and sides, of Berea, preached a most excellent to Lucion Perkins for $107.00. ualls growing weaker day by day. sermon at the Baptist church here Jake Clouse traded a cow and $10.00 Three physicians had given me up. on the subject: "Evidence of to W..H. Furr for three calves. Sunday Fortunately, a friend advised trying The Our Acceptance with God." On last Wednesday evening the 13th Electric Bitters:' and to my great joy many friends of Dick Mitchell were Mr. Wm. Hammack and Miss Nannie and surprise, the first bottle made a very glad to hear that his sister, Miss Bessie, nad received a letter irom nun Lawson were married at the residence improvement. I continued a few days ago, as he had not been of Rev. Crawford, near Paint Lick. decided heard from since he left Ft. Thomas The couple then drove to the groom's their use for three weeks, and am now father's about the last of August. He is now spread. where a nice supper was a well man. I know they saved my The bride is the charming life, and robbed the grave of another at, or near Manila and is reported as enjoying good health and buoyant daughter os Thomas Lawson of this vicinity and the groom a promising victim." No one should fail to try spirits.... James Kinnard, who left young man of Hammack. We extend them. Only SOcts.. guaranteed at here 15 years ago, then a little boy, for R. E. McRoberts Drug store. Missouri, is now here on a visit for the congratulations. first time. He is now a shrewd and and-sel- New York Ameetinff ta select a. Pastor for the Baptist church here for western states, for a large firm in next year is called for next, Saturday EA1NT LICK. Knowing WHAT to Buy is a Good Thing, But Knowing WHERE to )ny it is Better. We are now showing the most Select and Choice stock of CHRIST MAS CANDIES ever brought to Lancaster. These goods were se lected with the view of getting the purest and best goods for the least money. We know we can delight you if you purchase your candies 01 us. Superb stock of ORANGES, BANANAS, LEMONS NUTS and FANCY CAKES. Nice line of Dolls. Give us a call. Faulconer & Herndon. Our Stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries is Complete. your produce. Bring us m m m m CLOTHING Overcoats worth. $5. at $3.50 7.50 at 6.50 9.00 at 7.50 10.00 at 9.00 Boys overcoats at $2.25 to 3.50 Mclntosnes from $1.75 to 6.00 All wool suits at $6.50 to suits at $4.50 and $5.00 $10-Goo- m m m a Ell S3 fig I m m d CHILDRENS CLOTHING successful business man, being employ ed as traveling salesman in five of the m m It Hit The Spot. MT. HEBRON. W D Scott bought ten barrel of corn from D Scote at $2 per barrel. John Montgomery sold his crop of hemp seed to E D Lawson at $2.50 per bushel. Dennis Scott is shipping turnips to Cincinnati this week. When suffering from a severe cold and your throat and lungs feel sore, take a dose of Foley's Honey and Tar, nes will be at when the sore once relieved, a warm grateful feeling and heal ing of the parts affected will be experienced and you will say: "It feels so good. Hits The Spots." Guaranteed. C C & J E Stormes. lm It A Thousand Tongues. Could not express the rapture of An nie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Philadelphia, P., when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption had .completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure "it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Uni terse." So will every and who trigs Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at R. E. McRoberts Drug Store: every bottle guaranteed. nil VERY LOW, Mens boots worth $1.75 at $1.50, Mens boots wooth $2.50 at $2.00 Mens high cut oil grain shoes worth S2.50 at $2.00, Mens high cut shoes worth $1.75 at $1.50, Good felt boots at $2.00 and $2.50. A big line of PAINTS, ALL KINDS. m m MENS' WOMENS AND CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR. Also Blankets, Comforts and Everything for winter wear IN "WINTER, Jliglit require quite a space to list, if you take in the entire range, but it's what he "WHAT ONE WANTS Window Glass, NOW IS TH6 Tlffie TO ALL SIZES, 50y TH6itt AT I m m wants in clothes. his wearables, that ought to cause him to come here. Reasons: He gets correct styles, the kind of quality he can safely bank on and then the kind of prices that sway the buying. Coming in December a great bargain month at this store, introduces him to values that will make him an eager buyer that will cause him to feel grateful that the season did not hurry his selections. "Will of produce. pay highest market price for all kinds Give us a call R. E. McROBERTS. R. L. JENNINGS & Co. Paint Lick, Ky. iiriigiiirMrriiijiaiM UNPRECEDENTED! IS OUR BIG SALE OF OVERCOATS. CLOTHING, FINE SHOES, UNDERWEAR 000O00O00O0OO00O00O0OOOOOOOOO0O0OOO Our Special Sale, Suits andOvercoats, Has Proven Very Popular, and Crowds our Store Daily. We give you Same Advantages in Prices and Quality that You Would Get in the Big Cities. OOIMHE OOOOOOOOQOOQOO0O6OOOOOOOOO6OO6OOOOOeOOOOOOOO LET TJSIPROVE THIS ASSERTION. We GUARANTEE SATISFACTION in every sale we make, and will not only refund the money but pay your expenses back to our store if goods are not exactly as represented. J.L.Frohman&Co. THE GLOBE, Danville, Ky; seal nm3mwnvmnvmrmm AJ mM imrU imni -- 1 I j I They speak in the h'ghest terms of When you need something the courtesies shown them by the peoW TTTTT1 TWVTTfllW nTTn TTIDTTlTiTTvCI ple of Fraukfort, and leave many VV J2i V J Lai: UUJl .1' iU.rjXN JJiZ j i GOOD, something FllESH fe warm friends there. They are glad, however, to get back to their old tfkSK TO CALL SEE OTJPw HANDSOME and TEMPTING, no use home. Those having friends visiting them, or arc going on a trip tnemseives, to look all oversown, just call to see US, we have it. New Complete would be put to a very little trouble in telcDhoninir the fact to tins omce. ' We keep the most complete assortment of GROCERIES lady said the other day "That there paper nefer has nothing in it no how." "We are supplied with the most complete and modern stocks of Some people havent as much sense as n Lancaster. the Almighty gave geese. Drugs to be found in Central Kentucky. "We will open our Goods. Low Cfssh Prices nwl Our Motto! High n.-isSpeaking of the new members of doors Congress from Kentucky the following Courteous Treatment. reference was made to the Congressman from this district in the Washington gossip of the Courier-Journa- l; "G. G. Gilbert, Democrat, is a bright atid invite you to call and look at our Elegant lines of Holiday lawyer from Shelbyville, noted for his Goods. We make a spscialty of Cut Glass and Sterling Silver attractive orator'. He is tall, straight Articles, and call especial attention to quality and price. as an arrow, and presents a fine appearWages of 3,000 miners and laborers The Democratic National Commitance in a long Prince Albert." Lehight Coal and Lexington Herald: Dr. and Mrs. F. tee has been called to meet in Wash- omployed by the Navigation Company, of Pennsylvani, COur prescription department is in charge of Mr. Schenck, a O. Young and little daughter, Jane, ington February 22. leave tomorrow for Havana to visit "Registered Druggist, of many years experience. Nothing but A New York firm shipped $250,000 were raised. Lieut. Lucien Young, U. S. N., and in gold to Europe. The total thus far the purest drugs used. In biliousness, 1IERBINE, by exMrs. E. D. Potts re charming wife turns today from a weeK's visit to airs. engaged for shipment abroad is now pelling from the body the excess of bile and acids, improves the assimilaJoseph B. Dunlap in Louisville $2,00,000. "We have a select line of Cigars and Tobaccos, and a complete JNliss Christine Braaicy, or tive processes, purifies the blood, and line of Druggists Sundries. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has arrives th's week to be the guest of tones up and strengthens the entire ELY. Mrs. W. S, Barnes. saved the lives of thousands of croupy system. Price HOets. CC& JEStonnes. Washington children. Ie is also without an equal Rev. Rout. B. West, of City, who .is visiting his parents in for colds and whooping cough. For The authorities of Irvine sent to Lexthis city, honored our ollice witn a sale by R. E. McRoberts. lyr. ington for a man to take the place of pleasant call this week. He holds an the late Marshal of that town, who Treasury DeThe important desk in the fued in Clay was assassinated there this week. So partment, and stands high with his county broke out afresh. One man far nobody has been found who is willsuperiors. His home is at Brooklyn, was killed and another seriously woun ing to take the place. Earnest Brown has recovered suf- - a suburb of the capital, and he has ded in a battle. fieientlv from his recent illness to charge of a large chinch at that place. There are few ailments so uncomWill sell best Kentucky River Cultivated Hemp Seed at $2.50 H work behind the counter, of the Lo- - Mr. West is well posted on public af"I was nearly dead with dyspepsia, fortable as piles, but they can easily fairs, and his company is quite enjoygan Dry Goods Co. tried doctors, visited mineral springs, be cured by using TABLER'S BUCK- O per bushel and Lint Hemp Seed selected from choice crops at $1.50 t THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1899 Judge Joe Robinson and wife left able. The many Garrard friends of Wrs. West will be delighted to know and grew worse. I used Kodol Dys- EYE PILE OINTMENT. Relief g per bushel, payment to be made in hemp grown from same. Friday for Columbus. Ga., where they that she is in good health. Rev. West pepsia Cure. That cured me." It follows its use, and any one suffering G few weeks before going to tilled the pulpit at the local Baptist will spend a 3 Address, W. J. LAUGHRIDGE, Florida for the winter, church Sunday morning. He returns digests what you eat. Cures indigest- from piles can not afford to neglect to 5 Cheapside, Lexington, Ky. 5 ion, sour stomach, heartburn and all give it a trial Price, 50 cts in tubes 5 to Washington this week. The friends of Miss Mary Wooldridge A$OUT PEOPLE. lm fi.jLSL2JLSLa 9JLSL2JLSLSISISUISL SJLSiSLSJi02JiSLSiSlJiSLSiSLSLSL wnrfi entertained by her Saturday Mr. Jerry Resness, of Winston, N. forms of dyspepsia. F. P. Frisbie. lm 75 cts. C. C. & J. E.Stornies. evening, the occasion being her good C. and Miss Sue Fisher Herring, of bye before leaving for home. tills city, were married at the beauti"on Mrs. A. IL Rice is in Danville visBradford Jcnnines has returned ful home of the bride's parents, yes- cX3N l iting relatives. from a few days visit to Knoxville, Richmond street, at nine o'clock was He accented a position as turday morning. The ceremony Carpenter, of Stanford. Tenn. Miss Tevis an impressive manner by Rev. trsivelintr salesman for a firm in that said in - is the guest of Miss Eugenia Bush. J. C. Massee, of the Baptist church. city. Komer Batson is at home from Ann The attendants were Miss Annie Loyd Gov. AV. O. Bradley is expected home Herring, sister of the bride, and Mr. holidays. Aarbor, Mich., to spend the s.l today. Tim Rkcokd will give a re E. B. Respess, brother of the groom. Mr. John Mount, of Anchorage, The bride is a daughter of Dr. and - the guest of his uncle, Mr. It. E. ioon as we can catcli him still long Mrs. 11. C Herring. She is a young iiiough to interview lnm lady of tine intellect, handsome, and Mr. R. Graham Price and wife, of Stanford Journal. Misses Mary and of lovely manners and disposition. She Danville, have been Mi's. Martha were here has a splendid education and isa pupil Dorcas Leavell, of Garrard, guest. vftstordav en route to Corbin to visit of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Mu Mrs. Wooldridge and daughter, Miss Mrs. James Francis John B. Rife sic. She is a pure, sweet, Christum Mary have returned to their home in will move to Lancaster Jan. 1. girl who will indeed prove a loving helpmeet to the man of her choice. Denver, Col. figure graced a venitian Mr. Schenck, prescription clerk at Her Miss Florence Harris is at home Frisbies Pharmacy, was taken swiucn-I- v cloth petite of castor shade, the skirt gown again from a delightful visit to friends ill Friday, and it was feared he had en train and the bodice tucked daintin Maysville. nneumonia. but by cateful attention ily below a yoke of point de Paris lace Mrs. Mollie Patterson, and daughter he has about passed the danger point over white satin, trimmings of brwn a visiting Mrs. Mary, 'of Lexington, is hat of velAt the hop Thursday night, Saxton's martin. She wore jaunty the dress, O. G. Speaks. vet, slightly darker written trimmed in handsome tnan orchestra n aved a goeber breasts Mr. Alex West has been visiting his by Mrs. Levin, of Lexington, and ded suggestwhite, shading to daughter, Mrs. Charles Denman, in it'Mted to the L. A. C. of that city. of pearl the castor in her the dress, the ions The niece was heartily applauded and smallof Kicholasville. hand snugly fitted in gloves to was repeated. It is one of the pret match. Miss Herring, the attendant, Mr. D. B. Edmiston, of Crab Orchs of the day. wore a handsome princess of lightgray ard, is U. S. Storekeeper at Pilgrim- tiest Ttanvillc Advocate: Hon. John W. cloth, trimmed in gray fringe, yoke of age Distillery. Yerkes was in Washington last week cerise silk with lace, hat and gloves to Miss Sadie Fogg, of Lexington, has meeting of the Jvepub-lica- n match. Mr. Respess is a North Carbeen the charming guest of Miss Mag- to attend the Committee Mr. and olinian by birth and residence, and has National gie Tomlinson. n Mrs. Henry E. Woolfolk and Mr. been engaged in the civil engineering readied Boca, safe and sound, on business in many states of the union, W. D. Terrill and family, of Lorella, 3Cy., have been the guests of J. L. the (ith, after a vaxatious delay in the lie is a man of splendid address and fine education. He has been employsailing of their ship. Jarvis and family. many of the most nnportantrail Mr. and Mrs. Bookout left Monday Dr. Jas. B. Kinnaird has returned ed in surveys, and has had charge of a road for Bowling Green, where they will from several weeks' sojourn in number of them, ne is considered City and Philadelphia. He went among the Southern Railway's best reside in the future. of lectures to the work Club was to attend a special course The Social and Industrial "Doc" certainly believes men, as his assignment testify. Mr. through this state will entertained Wednesday afternoon by in each city. in keeping abreast of the times, and Respess is a man of steady habits and Mrs. Mollie Young. goes every year or two the learn all a business man in every sense of the Misses Nannie and Daisy Pope and the new points in his profession. word. The happy couple were drived Miss Maggie Jackson of Barboursville, While in this city, Gov. Bob Taylor to Danville, where they took the is visiting jars, w. n. onuiu. spoke to the writer in the highest Queen & Crescent for Winston, where Mrs. Samuel Wooldridge and daugh- terms of Col. Baxter Smith, of Nash- they will spend 'some weeks, thence Harvy, left Monday for ville, who has many relatives and visit other cities in the south. The ter, Miss Mary friends in this county. He said no Recokd joins many friends in extendtheir home in Denver, Colorado. purer or more polished gentleman ing congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mr. W. S. Rand, of Hotel Rand, lived than Col. Smith, and that no one Respess. The ushers were Messrs. Vine and Race sts., Cincinnati, spent stood higher where he was known. Fisher Herring and Jesse Walden. Sunday with his friend. J. H. Sympson. The wedding inarch was played by Mrs. W. O. Bradley and daughter, Miss May Z. Hughes, in her usual arlion. M. F. North, of Ilustonville, Christine, returned from Frankfort who is a candidate for clerk of the Friday, and have taken possessson of tistic style. House of Representatives, was here their residence on Lexington street. The swellest dance given in Lancaslast Saturday. ter in many a day was the one last Thursday evening. It was with much difficulty that a room was procured, but Logan Dry uooas co's new rooms were finally chartered anu put in shape. The only drawback to the rooms was the iact mat tne iurnaces had not been connected and it was hard to heat with the coal oil stoves. But when Saxton's superb orchestra GOODS, broke forth in one of its lovely waltzes the dainty or a frolicsome slippered feet of lovely girls and the Nn. 10 hrocrans of as many boys were soon so swiftly gliding ore the newly e planed floor that tnougnu oi Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, we Propose to Wishing you a surroundines.was quickly van every cent that you may spend for goods in islnc'. The scene made TnE Recokd YOU not for your hand, but for 59 man's rheumatic joints jerk with envy, our line. Ten car loads of fruits, nuts and candies has been shipped to our as we sat and watched the happy retail stores and slaughtered at the following Special Prices. youngsters frolicking in their hap A married lady, a nv eniovment. We expect to move into our new building about January 1st and we want to havens few goods as possible church affairs too, sat next .5c worker in sa d. and soft, per pound to move and for this reason we will make SPECIAL LOW FIGURES on our stock from now until the first. Pure gum drops, assorted flavors, fresh snap, per pound to iisnnd "What harm can mere at ic I am satisas "Our Daisy" French mixed candy, is a such 'ic be inthat ifpleasurewho that? their hair tear Pure stick candy, all flavors, per pound those tuc fied dancing could witness this Nice caramel, all flavors, per pound luc about Finest chocolate cream drops, per pound they would stop gossiping lj-" $2.00 worth $3.50 60c Bleached Damask at One lot of Ladies Jackets at Finest homemade creams, per pound The young men worked 42 4c NJc about it." "Yucatan" chewing gum, 3 packages for unceasinerlv to entertain the visitors, " " "" " 6.00 at Bleached Damask at 3.75 " 75c 55c 50 other varieties sold accordingly. . and if any did not enjoy the occasion " " " 85c ". " " 68c at You must see our candies to appreciate their low price and high quality. it was his own fault. We regret lack Bleached Damask at 5.50 " 9.00 '" " " 1.25c " of space prevents giving description of " at $6.75 worth 10. and 12. Fine Satin Damask at 98c nf the handsome dresses, as a " 1.50c T JN TJ'TS. Fine Satin Damask at numhnr of beautiful ones were worn. of Fur Collaretts, Misses and Children's JackOur Stock voune ladies present were: Misses One lot of Ladies' Dongola Shoes small and medium sizes ets will be closed out at a great sacrifice. Ipc The Foffff. Lexinerton. Earl and Mixed nuts, per pound All fresh, sweet and juicy Rartift 5 an d i c Emily Chenault, Bessie Turley, RichNew and large cocoanuts, each at 79c worth $1.50. One lot of Zeiglers fine shoes at 98c 0c Special Sale of Table Linens, Napkins and Towels for New Taragona Almonds, per pound Burnside, Annie Evans mond. worth $2.50 and $3.00. Also some good bargains in other 12c Briclit. Pearl New Texas pecans, per pound f Stanford. Carrie Currey, Nell the Holiday trade. 9C Marrs, Altie Marksbury, Jennie Burn-sidper pound New Brazil nuts, lines of shoes. We have a number of other good things we New Filberts, per pound Florence Harris, Julia Mae Red Damask at would like to mention but cannot on account or not having 15c worth 22c 1C Gaines, Alberta Anderson, Maggie New English walnuts, per pound " 30c 50 Tomlinson, Eugenia Bush,Mattie May Red Damask at space. 20c Fresh roasted peanuts, per quart Robinson, Mesaames J. a;, btormes, Dolph Rice, Jno. Baughman, A. II. Landram, 20c up Rice,Fleece Robinson, Louis Oranges, sweet and five flavor, per dozen voune men were Bob Bruce, Stan Finest Aspinwal bananas, richest flavor and yellow as gold, at rock bottom The Robt. S. Taylor, Joe Watts, Tom ford; prices, according to size. t. 20c Thompson, wm. wcunora, cnas Fancy Messina lemons, per doz Jno. Hunley, Zarring, Wallace, 35c a peck, up. Northern apples, forty different varieties.from Finest 1st On! Wagers, Rogan, Richmond; Buford, All kinds of grapes at less than retailers cost. 15e Hemphill, Young, Goodwin, Nicholas Finest London layer raisins, per pound and Marrs, Danville; Doty, 8ic ville, Price JMarKSDury, uernaon. K.in Nice cooking raisins, per pound 18c Robinson, New Leghorn Citron, per pound Beazley, Walker, W, M. and L. 10c naird, New cleaned currants, strictly fancy, per pound Shugars, Denny, Burnside. and 12ic West. New seedless raisins, per pound probably a dozen other from Lancas ter. rVimmlt.tx! nf f!hnrilio5 Krlinnla nr Sfw.ift.ips. when Wiint.inir larce nunn- wil1 do wel1 to Set our sPecial Discount before placing their orders. lioiu mis lor your guiue, iuu visiu our oturu wucLiicr yuu uuv ur nuu. An editor prints his paper to give These prices are for present supply only. Buy now, as the indications his patrons the news of the day and point to a heavy advance on all Christmas goods. for the money there is' in it. He is See our line of Fancy OliveSjyPickels, Sauer Kraut, Pickled Pigs presumed to know of what he writes, Feet, Catsups, Table Sauce, Canned Meats etc. Strictly Fancy Balti- and he generally does.When he writes as he does in the Leader Courier, more Oysters, Cape Cod Cranberries, and choicest Kalamazoo Celery. Osceola Mills, Pa., without fee or hope YOUR of reward, that "Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts magically, and we have found none better in our household. If you have a cough, try it," It may be accepted as an honest expression, -worthy of credence. Por sale by E. E McRoberts, Druggist. lm NEW DRUG STORE. Throughout with Gntire ( StocI. a I Toilet ArticJes and Books. If i DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES. s Saturday, December 16th, PULLER & SYMPSON. PURE DRUGS (ailffciwDsIo 0) 1 LILLARI1 Frisbis Pharmacy. ! I DANVILLE, I Grillin-Philip- CENTRAL RECORD. HEMP SEED FOR SALE. $ I If 3 i i (t'feaGCSS' 14 Fris-bie'- s two-ste- p two-step- Spil-ma- New-Yor- : no doubt you are t ing preparat Ions some i A Fair Proposition for For The Holidays. the Holidays. CANDIES. It will do you Good to Investigate two-ste- uncom-fnrt:ihl- We have a well Selected stock of Merchandise we will offer at Special Low Prices. TABLE LINENS, If you want anything in DRESS Napkins, Towels, Underwear, Ladies, Misses and Children's Jackets, Furs, Blankets, Comforts, Underwear, Shoes, Clothing, Trunks, &c. We are Ready to Supply you for less than value. e, c $i.i2c 'c e, FRUITS. cne-naul- Come at once or you will miss some of the good bargains January we will give away $100.00 in cash premiums. Those who have our punched tickets should bring them in and get their name in the can before January 1st and get a chance at the money. After Jain, 1, 1900 we will be in our new building on the East side of the square near the National Bank. FRIENDS, THE LOGAN DRT GOODS CO. The Bine Grass Grocery Co., LANCASTER, KENTUCKY. J WOMAN'S HOPE women is 1 The only hope for many weakly IradfltU.' FMlMt Rcgvlittr It is the one safe and sure cure in all stubborn and severe cases of Profuse, Irregular, Scanty or Painful Menstruation, Falling of the Womb, Leucorrhoea, Headache, Backache and Nervousness. It is a distinct remedy for the distinct ailments called "female troubles." Those are the diseases for which it should be taken. - also among the older musicians of wide reputation and well known all over the state. Bert Wilson, Charlie Storm and . Brown Anderson are younger members, but are among the ery best musicians of the day. The orchestra,, and the brass band too, is the best in the state, as they keep to gether and always have the same men.' There is not a man in the number who indulges in the "Oh, Joyful," they at tend strictly to their business and are perfect gentlemen in every sense of the word. as is prescribed for carrying or Smith & Wesson revolver. a- - Coitus e Vcrrha.sinj Write to Coziuc & Co'a Agency, 'Louisville, Ky., (or any thing jou want to buy. You can save big money. Infor- wain your name for PASTIME, a bri'it clean, illus rated story anil humorous ipajer for ths family clrclo, 10 litrgj pages, only 75c u year; on trial 4 months, 10c. We give a uicklu sliver watch to each subscriber, a neat medium size watch, guaranteed for one year. Will keep time for many ycara as accurately as a $100 watch. And we give Gold Watcherf, Bicy-clc- j, etc. .Sample and particulars free. Send us your address t if you uo no more, we will surprise you.' I!e:ter enclose ? stumps for Lt. T. M. Brumley, Hag lieutenant trial subscription, or oS stamps for watch and That Throbbing Headache. under Dawev at Manila died in the paper, while the watcher are going free. The Washington of PASTIME l'ub. Co., Louisville, JCy. lj r. Would quickly leave you, if you used Garfield Hospital-aDr. King's New Life Hills. Thous-- j typhoid fever. He was from Georgia Wo 'One Minute Cougli Cure is the best remedy I ever used for coughs and colds. It is unequalled for whooping cough. Children all like it,'" writes II K. Williams, Gcntryville-- , Ind. Never fails. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results Cures coughs, colds, hoarseness, croup, pnou monia, bronchetis and all throat and lung troubles. Its early use prevents consumption. F. P. Frisbie. lm mation free. lyr. Good Watches Absolutalj ITreo. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. AUnU,Gm. $ MORE fcOCAfc. J ands of sufferers have proved their metchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health.' Easy to take. - Try them Only 25. cents. Money back if no cured. Sold by RE. McRoberts Drug lm. gist, and that State through its Legisla ture presented him a sword uct. ity at Atlanta, which occasion was duly celebrated. Don't Sailer, Tiie HlecTopai.se Cures all diseases without the use os medi cine. A pure Oxygen treatment, by abjorp tlon. It cures where everything else fails It is needed in every family, forit will iclievccv-er- y weakness or ailment, to the most persistent chronic disease, and without the use of a grain of medicine. Thousands of people all over the United States, from private citizens to Lawyers, Doctors, Preachers, supreme Judges, Editors, etc., even Crowned Heads of Europe have given written testimonials of these facts. Book of testimonials, anil matter of great Interest With price of instruments sent free. Every family should have an Klectropoise; it saves money, induces health. Send your address at once and fee what people say who have thoroughly tested its merits. Agents wanted. .THE ELECTKOI'OISE Co., 513 4th Sc., Louisville Ky. lyr. Court of Appeals disposed of more cases than at any term for years. Three hundred and fifty cases were either dismissed or decided. The .Celebrated Eye Specialist, of limbs, chilblains, burns, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, scalds,bruised shins, sore'throat, and Will be at Gilcher Hotel, Danville, on sores of every kind, applyBALLARD'S Tuesday Jan. 2nd, and at St. Asaph SNOWiLINlMENT. It will give im Hotel, Stanford, Wednesday, Jan. 3d, mediate relief and heal any wound. one day each month. Eyes Price 25 and 50cts. C C & J E Stor returning Glasses scientifically examined . mes. lm adjusted. and Gen. Lawton'u commission as a Brig adier General in the regular army was made out before news of his death You Are Going North, Saxton's Band. reached Washington. band arrived in town Saxton's The Best Salve in The World. You Are Going South, the afternoon of the day they Is Banner Salve. It is made from a were to play, and as they are all per prescription by a world wide know If You Are Going East, sonal friends of the editor's, they came skin specialist and is the ' at once to our office, and its been many most healing salve forpositivelyBurn, You Are Going West Piles, a day ere a jollier or more sociable Scalds, Ulcers, Running Sores and all set have been together. A guitar was skin disease. C. C. & E. Stormes, PURCHASE TICKETS VIA THE J. procured and the immortal Henry The new hank at Wilmore, Jessa Sax ten shed his coat and soon had us mine county, has been organized (with forgetting of earth and dreaming of a capital stock of $25,000. Leslie heaven. His playing is marvelous. Gaugh, of Grant county, was elected few can play upon a piano the and cashier. pieces he plays with all ease upon the guitar. In fact he is the only one we My son has been troubled for years Louisville a Nashville ft. It. have ever heard who can get music of with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago that instrument. It sounds like I persuaded him to take some of an sccuna Colic, full orchestra, and the runs he makes Chamberlain's Cholera and would require a good piano performer Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two The Maximum-o- f Safety, much practice to execute. Saxton feels bottles of the size he was cured, - much at home in Lancaster, he hav- I give this testimonial, hoping some The Maximum Speed, ing played here since a little boy, when one similarly afflicted may read it and he played cornet in his father's band. be benefited. Thomas C. Bower, Glen The Maximum Comfort, He was a great pet of Gen. Landram's coe, O. For sale by R. E. McRoberts, as his father and Gen. Landram often Druggist. The Minimum im Rates. played together, and had much to do At Lexington City Judge Riley has ye olden times. decided that the toy pistols . In the. music line in sold boys will Kates, Time and all other Prolfcvennan Trost. Frank "Wolf, for Christmas amusement are deadly be cheerfully furnished by information PajViEckert, and Kent Storm, who weapons, and that the same penalty C. P. ATMOftC,Q. p. a., Wrt5bere with Saxton last week, are is attached to carryingthem concealed Orbjr IqgYTLHB't. As a cure for rheumatism Chamber lains Pain Balm is gaining a wide rep utation. D B Johnston of Richmond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking tf it he says: "I never found anything that would relieve me until I used Cham berlains Pain Balm. It acts like magic with me. My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me, For sale byR. E. McRoberts, Druggist, Town Lota In Bryantsvllle for Sale. have.passed laws which resemble very Independent Telephone Sytcm. Will sell privately two lots, with much the old Connecticut Blue Laws. One of the pioneer telephone men in dwellings. Apply to J. x. Dunn or The curfew whistle has been blowing Kentucky is A. II. Bastin, of Lancas ter. iis nrst. venture was to buna a myself at Bryantsville ?or particulars at 8 p. si , for years. More line from Stanford to Crab Orchard ar-Honey1 Tas. Hills. tf ioned.regulations are now being made. some three years ago, while he was in -Tis an ordinance requiring all mercantile business at the latter The first Feed for Sale. persons to be in doors by 11 r. m. If place. Mt. Vernon and Livingston Such as corn on the ear, crushed not, and they are unable to give ac- were added later on; then Ottenheim ESTRAY NOTICE. corn and cob meal. Baled hay, cut counts of their business out so late, and Bee Lick, followed tne Lancaster and crab urennrd line. Nature's most natural remedy, improved by science to fodder, straw and hay for making they will be promptly incarcerated in The Lancaster exchange and county n'pmlses on Taken nn bv John system July rnear Luticnttr. Ky..W. Millersow his 4 pigs. chop feed. Also the best Blue Gem one red hum a PLEASANT, PERMANENT, POSITIVE CURE for the city jail and fined from $1 to $50 lines weie added to the 125 pounds tne and Jellico coals obtainable. Give us or sent to jail lor 20 days. Another 1st. '99. Mr. Bastin, as president and The sow weighing iinout piece, said ,nl and pigs about i" pounds a sow coughs, colds and all inflamed surfaces of the Lungs manager, has been constantly improve- - pigs have no marks and have been vaimd by a part of your trade at least which ordinance prohibits spitting on the mg tne sj'.stem and has today tne best V. E. Walker housekeeper of a Garrard Countv and Bronchial Tubes. The sore, weary, cough-wor- n will be appreciated. S. T. Leavell & streets and sidewalks; penalty, $10 fine in Kentucky. Tho. members of the atif'J.OO this Oct. 2Sth lMO. Given undur my tf, Kentucky Son. Telephone Association hand as Judge of Garrard County this Oct. Lungs are exhilarated ; the microbe-bearimucus is or jail sentence. To throw a banana pledged themselves to make such adR. A. BURSSIDE, Judge G. C. peel on the sidewalk or street will cost ditions to their lines and improveIt Will Go Hlsher. cut out ; the cause of that tickling is removed, and We are getting rich too fast, and the offender $10. The making of a ments that good connections would be the inflamed membranes are healed and soothed so to adjoining systems. Some of are going to quit the coal business. loud noise will subject the noisy one given have kept their promises, others them that there is no inclination to cough-- . We have ten cars of Kensee Jellico to a line ranging from $5 to $100.- - A have done nothing except draw their coal we waqt to close out at once, hot war is to made upon loafers, and dividends, their lines are abominable Also two cars of Altimont and Pitts persons without visible means of sup- and the service is indifferent and very SOLD GOOD DRUGGISTS. L The Assocation will burg at 10c per bushel. Buy now; it port. A good many Kentucky towns, unsatisfactory. Feb. 1st BOTTLES ONLY. 2Sc 50c AND $1.00 SIZES. would meet in Lancaster about warm dis Lancaster among the number, will go higher when we quit. when there will be some do well to follow suit in this. cussions over this matter of improve W. B. Moss & Co. I AM 88 YEARS OLD. and never used any remments. The object of the Association . Digests what you eat. Be sure you get Dr. Bell's It" gives edy equal to Dr. Bell's is for the extension and betterment of For Hoarseness. The gentlemanly agent of the as we'll It artificially digests the food and aids quick and permanent relief in grip strong. as coughs the system in Kentucky. Benj. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind., Nature in strengthening and recon- and colds. It makes weak lungs Northwestern Yeast Co. is around THE E. E. SUTHERLAHD MEDICUTE CO., Fountain Park, Padacai, 2y. Airs. M. A. Metcalfe. Paducah, Ky. again with the little sample of Magic says: he had not spoken above a wnis- Mrs. R. Churchillj-BerliVt., says, structingisthe exhausted digestive or- t discovered digest-anthe Yeast. This Company are the larg per for months, and one bottle of Fo "Our baby was covered with running gans. It tonic. latestother preparation No and AT McROBERTS DRUG STORE, LANCASTER. KY. est yeast manufacturers in the world. ley's Honey and Tar restored his voice, sores, DeWitt's Witch nazel Salve can approach it in efficiency, it inMagic Yeast has been on the market It is used very largely by speakers and cured her." A specific for piles and stantly relieves and permanently cures ELECTION NOTICE. ELECTION NOTICE. Dyspepsia, PARKER'S "I! C C & J. E. Storraes. lm over twenty years without an equal singers. skin disease. Beware of worthless Flatulence, Indigestion, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, Nausea, There will be a meeting of the share hohleM There wil. be n meeting of tlio sliare holders &na Dcauimcs tne En. as a healthful bread raiser and is ex counterfeits. F. P. Frisbie. lm SickHeadache,Gastralgia,Cramps,and fit their National Bank l!iSSS J&J Never Failo to uestore urayi of the Citizensat their l.aiiklnt; on TnesI:ty,Jan of the Xational liauk of Lancaster, 9, 17X) for tensively used in all parts of the all other results of imperfectdigestion. nary yth. KHrt, house, to elect banking house ou Tuesday, January. lO IIS XOBIOIQl many Goad Tilings to lint. scalp divasca & bair ialucg. Prepared by E. C. DeWltt &Co.. Chicago. , United States. .Every body is fam- ! GENERAL five directors to serve the ensuing year. the election of officers and directors. The ladies of the Presbyterian S. C. Denny, CasUIir. Dec.5,lSL9. Dec. Cth, 1SW. F. P. Fris'.ie. It. F. Hudson, Cashier. iliar with the good qualities of Magic church will open a Christmas Market IlttlOOOIOOOlltOOOOOOOOO Yeast. in the store of Mr. Jesse W. Sweeney, on Saturday, Dec. 23. They will sup AN IMPERISHABLE CAPITAL. James F. Blaine, a nephew of "the ply you, at the very lowest rates, with Plumed Knight," created a sensation ham, chickens, turkeys, salads, pies, 1200 a year realized from an Investcandy, and in sandwiches, home-mad- e ment of $65 or 890 fur an education. at Minneapolis by marchinga Prussian fact anything in the eating line j'ou Count out of his office at the point of may wish. They will be glad to re. ceive orders for cakes, which they will The above statement has been made a gun. Dake and nave ready lor you at any by hundreds of graduates of the Busi Loot. time you say. An extra large black ntss or the Shorthand and Typewiit-in- g Many have lost confidence and hope cake will be cut and sold in such qnan departments of the famous Com- as well as health, because they have titles as you wish. zzi mercial College of Kentucky Univer- been told their kidney disease was insity, and who are occupying fine po- curable. Foley's Kidney Cure is a DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify sitions. For catalogue and full par Guaranteed remedy for the discour- the blood, clean the liver, invigorate ticulars address only Wilbur E. Smith, aged and disconsolate. C. C. & J. E. the system. Famous little pills for constipation and liver troubles. F. P. Lexington, Kentucky. Stormes. lm lm Chaplain Wells, of the Frst Tennes Frisbie. Rise In Bed Springs. see, says strong drink is demoralizing Herbert Kinnaird, one of the clevarmy in the Philippines, where erest young fellows in town, is chief the soldiers can purchase a week's jag cook and bottle washer in J. A. Beaz- - the cents. Best Coffee Money! Used in Millions of Homes! ley's furniture store. He is a first-cla- for five A Frightful Blunder clerk, but there are many of the Try LION COFFEE and you will never use Will often cause a horrible Burn, Accept no substitute tricks of the trade he has yet to learn, any other. It is absolutely pure To wagons we will sell Saturday, Mr. Beazley received a doz Scald. Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arni Coffee and nothing but Coffee. Insist on LION COFFEE, in 1 lb. pkgs.' en wire mattresses, which were mash ca Salve, the best in the world, will good Lump Coal at 10c a ed down to a thickness of about eigh kill the pain and promptly heal it cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcer. bushel at our yards for the teen inches and tied with rope. Alarm Clock. These articles mailed FREE in of the great force of the Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup present. tions. Best Pile Cure on earth. Only springs, Herbert got upon the bundle exchange for lion heads cut from on his hands and knees and began cut 25cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold We have also a full line all other coals in front of lb. LION COFFEE pkgs. lm cluding two grades of cannel.thrce sizes of An ting the ropes. All went well until by R. E. McRoberts, Druggist. the knife severed the last rope, when Thousands of dollars' worth of ru thracite, Woolridge, Jellico, Taint Rock, BryHerbert quickly left the earth and ber and railroad ties, which were raf ant Bros. Fire Creek, Smithing, and Hay, Gold Collar Button. started on a sudden journey to what ted on the Cumberland and Tennessee Corn, Oats, Cow Feed. Salt, Lime. Cement, . Mailed free for 5 Hon heeds cut from Lion stamp. Jlude LCoffee wrappers and a he supposed was the better land. rivers during the summer, have begun Patent Plasttr, Sand and Manufactured Ice, ol roliea goia nna win After reaching a heighth of ten or to move. back; suitable alike for ladies and gentleDANVILLE ICE & COAL CO. men. Ibis shape is haudy and popular. twelve feet his course changed and Free of Charge, W. S, GLORE. Jlgr flight was begun. In the downward Sent by express, prepaid, for 80 lion head and Any adult suffering from a cold set Yard.C. S. Derot, Telephone 24 Town of stamp. When ordering either clock, Daisy Neck-Pi- n. the latter he cut a swipe through tled on the throat lice and Factory, 3d St., Telephone 151. please name your nearest Express Office, If there AND FLAVOR STRENGTH, PURITY maple shade tree, knocking the back or lung 'troubles of any nature, who Is no express office located in your town. Genuine and Gold. off a dresser, broke three chairs sitting will call at J E Stormes' drug store, ESTRAY NOTICE. on the sidewalk and finally reaching will be presented with a sample botFor 18 lion heads and Ladies' Scissors. Box of Colored Crayons. Stylish stamD. The a terra firma bearing some dozen cuts tle. of Boschee German Syrup, free of actual size. Illustration is only Handsomely w Jght about 325 lbs. For 10 Hon heads White sow, pink, with jewel setting Color a delicate and scratches. The mattresses, wLen charge. Only one bottle given to one Came to my house 1st of August nnd has had and a 2c stamp. and gold trimmings. Best enamel finish, with Roman Fine wax crayons, released, flew in all directions and its person, and none to children without five pigs. Owner can have same by paying stylish and durable. finish, and set different fifteen with ruby charges of keeping and for this notice. said one landed on the Court House order from parents. colors, accom- colored jewel , lanied with out R. L. Arnold, Manse, Ky, portico. Herbert says he thinks this .in the center. ine pictures for 4t, This will be During the . term just closed the Dec.'Slst 1899. The Lion's Bride." coloring, tacn is the final degree in the trade. occasions by welcomed for "dressed-npcrayon is wrappedold-fas- Bnt Good. The city fathers at Des Moines, la., Kerp Quiet and use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for all pains of the stomach and all unnatural loose-- . ness of the bowels. It always cures, For sale by R. E. McRoberts. lyr Ring in the new, Ring in the true.' We bring to you the new and true from the forests of Norway piney"1 DR. BELLAS ne after-buyin- g t!S- - ng BY-AL- Dyspepsia Cure PINE-TAR-HON- n, O.UZ-- . r for the i moiuer-oi-ita- breast,-bronchiti- Hard-Enam- el I I Belt-Buck- le. bob-tal- " Dr. R. Goldstein, the ladies who like to wear different goes well colored sashes. The with any of them, (liven for 20 lion stamp. . heads and a - withstrongpaper, ing. to prevent eak- - Length, five inches, suitable for cutting, trimming and general household use. Qlven for 12 Uoa bead and a 2c stamp. Ladies' Apron. quality lawn, with alternate revering and tucks; broad hem at bottom, and is neatly gathered at waist: a very superior and stylish article. Size, 36x40 inches. Given for 20 Hon Made of good Child's Drawing Book. of nice outline uctures bound into book form with sheets of tissue paper be-A collection Razor. Mailed free for 12 Hon heads cut from Lion Coffee wrappers and a An unusually fine picture, from the brush of the noted German artist, Gabriel Max. It is founded on Chamisso'sIs poem, "The interesting, Lion's Bride." The story and we. send with each picture a handsome folder, containing copy of the poem and tel ling all about it Size, 15x20 inches. beads and a stamp. Fruit Picture. leaves. w iwTwfli tissue pages the Ws&tf" "TSUBMSS. children Can mtammmmmmmmmmmk trace the pictures beneath, thus affording enjoyment, as well as instruction to the hand and eye. These drawing books and the box of crayons go very well together. There are six different kinds, and each drawing book requires 6 lion beads and a tween the On these & (t S ip fSakaui JSfSfc SjKSTTVi faSSzAJrU Gives for 35 Hon heads and a s razor, made of best stamp. A English steel, and extra hollow-groun- Rubber Dressing Comb. staaiV For 10 Hon heads and a Length, 7 inches, full size and weight. Made of genuine India rubber, finely finished. Appropriate for a ladies' dressing-case or for use in the household. stamp. If " Dorothy and Her Friends." A bright, cheery picture. For 8 Hon heads and a 2c stamp. A bright, cheery picture, Naval Box Kite. See it Fly 1 If ingwith her chic: ens and her rabbits. The predominating colore are rich reds and greens. Size, 11x28 heads and a 50-Fo- ot Size, 16x24 inches. Given (or 8 Hon stamp. . The celebrated box kite now so popular. Thirty inches long and comes safely folded, but II Pzyiz3' ' LST S5-VgjNv s" s Game "India." Similar to "Par-chesi- ," which has been played in eastern countries since before the dawn of ' history. The illustration shows plan of the game, with usual counters, dice companying it. A game wnicn people never tire of playing. Givea for 20 HOB stamp. bead aad a - Clothes Line. Given for 15 Hon heads and Inches. For 10 lion heads stamp we and will mail lt tinned, ready for banging. Made of closely braided cotton threads, strong, andTfill give the best of satisfaction. a stamp. v J fly. Every American boy . y wants one, tyfer?,-Uiv-jns'aiso l are interested flailed free for 40 Hon heads cut from stamp. Uoa Coffee wrapper and a can quickly be spread to A V ' vSsfr and dice-cup-s ac- of of of Every time you buy a pound package of LION COFFEE you have bought something else, too. Don't overlook it ! You have bought a certain portion of .some article to be selected by you from our new Premium Lists ! THE ABOVE ARE ONLY A FEW OP THE LION COFFEE PREMIUMS. Another Hit wlH shortly appear la tbLs paper ! Don't miss ltl The grandest list of premiums ever oMered I Voa always know LION COFFEE by the wrapper. It Is a sealed package, with the Boa's head ia front. It is absolutely pre It the package LION COFFEE Is roasted the day It leavaa the factory. teaubrokea. ' J IMPORTANT NOTICE. iWhea writing for premiums send your letter la the same tavelsaa ar package with the lioa beads. 11 more than 1 5 Hon heads are aaat, yam caa save postage by trimming down the margin. Ask year gracar far larm Illustrated preatiuai list. Address ah letters to the WOQLSOM SPICE CO., TmJmde, OMlw . some time. Finally came a story that the sailor had died, and soon after the arrival of these tidings there came through a gate in New Amsterdam's wooden wall a worn and weary woman with a babe in her arms. Where she was received and sheltered Hans did not know. "She had my name once," he doggedly asserted, "but she is no child of mine now." One might naturally feel that this wintry night Lysbet and her babe would be exposed to the coming storm. That swinging bell might say: "Rejoice, rejoice," but was not there room in some hearts for the feeling of anxiety? Hans was not at ease. He could not drop this subject that had come up for notice. "Families," he muttered, "ought not to comes, And from the steeples far and near The bells are ringing, sweet and clear. To welcome In the birthday morn Of One in lowliest manger born. Who died for men, and reigns a King, AH tiearts take up the theme and sing As angels sang, o'er Bethlehem's hill, Be'peace on Earth; to Men good will, When Christmas comes. When Christmas comes. And holly hangs upon the wall Of. lowly home and stately hall. Then men put by. for one brief day, Tbe.cares that frighten peace away. All thoughts that vex; and festal cheer Comes in this best day of the year. To" gladden hearts and homes, and make Man better for his brother's sake. When Christmas comes. When Christmas comes, We someway feel the whole world kin. Then friendship's fires are kindled in Cold hearts, whose doors have long been shut. "Come in!" rings out from hall and hut. 'dome in. come In this Christmas day-- Tut all old differences away. Join hands ar.d hearts as all men should, In universal brotherhood. When Christmas comes." When Christmas comes, I.e,t us remember, generously. This poor of earth, where'er they be. Arid share with them our Christmas cheer. As Christ would do, If He were-- here. And what we do for His dear sake Love will a fitting tribute make To. Him who came to earth In love. So may each heart its fealty prove When Christmas comes. Bben E. Rexford, In Chicago Advance. force into them to show what his full opinion might be. She made uo reply, but drew a quilted crimson hood over her locks and slipped out of the door. When Katryne returned Hans was in a very painful mood, and lie remarked, in a sympathetic tone: "It is a bad night, my child." "Yes, father, but Christinas will soon be here." "Is the watch out?" "Yes, father, and he almost ran into me, as if he thought I were a savage that had just come down the North river in his canoe and needed to be looked after." "Humph! The watch is a savage if he can't tell a goodly woman of New Amsterdam from one of those Indians. Unless he follows better fashion I will re- - "The snow sliding down the roof, my child." "It is something at the door." "Let me go, Katryne. The watch is up to a trick, I dare say." He went to the door, opened it, and there upon the stoop what did he spy? "A roll of beaver skin!" exclaimed the fat Hans, stooping and grunting. "Ugh! a Christmas gift of beaver for Hans Van Schenkel." What luck! He bustled back to the fireplace, opened the beaver skin, and here to his amazement was a sweet-facechild! It opened its eyes, cried once, stared at Hans, and then, as if it had found a protector, shut its eyes again. "Oh oh father! A poor little babe! Let me have it! I will take it to my bed." At first Hans fumed. Then he gradually became quiet. At last he did what Dutchmen have been charged with a fondness in doing he went to sleep, the beaver cradle still in his arms. He had not ventured to drop it, for what if the baby cried again and the neighbors heard it? The baby had found a protector, knew it would not be separated and had gone to sleep. Hans followed. In his sleep he heard a voice. "Hans, thou hast the Holy Babe in thy who comes this night arms, the Christ-chilto every home. Wilt thou turn Him away?" He opened his eyes, and there was Katryne. All over the crimson were white doves from the sea. "Thou wilt keep him, father?" He could but nod his head. She went away, quickly TO Tft& Christmas Handsomely Equipped AND HEADY FOR THE TRADE. We are now in our new store with a Complete and d Drugs and Medicines and a superb line of Well-Selecte- thou wilt bring. What gift, what changes, from the King. With thee. New Year. As from His presence thou shalt fly. There from the palace In the sky. To me; down here. I do not know how it shall be. But whatsoever comes to me. Full sure I am That he whose hand the Master kolds Way watch the year as it unfolds With perfect calm. Content In this sure faith to rest. That all for him is truly best. The King supplies. If tears are sent, or other ill. wfq DO not know what He knows they come as blessings still. Though in disguise. I welcome For. freighted down, I know, with love. Are all thy days. And as they pass, be this my care. That back to Him each one shall bear My grateful praise. R. G. McLees, In N. Y. Observer. thee. then, from ?.bove. Stock of the Purest HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT. DRUGGIST SUNDRIES. We intend to always have in stock all drugs, and the best and most highly recommended Our Prescription Counter is in charge of a registered DrugPatent Medicines gist of many years' experience, and physicians' prescriptions will certainly be in competent hands when sent to us. The Great Prize Hirpu Found in His Lost Stocklnos How He Was Accepted. A Dazzling Display of HE bell of the St. Nikolaaa church was merrily going, the bell of the quaint church in New Amsterdam's fort close by the blue water that rippled around Manhattan Island. It was Christmas eve, and did not St. Nikolaas' bell have a right to swing merrily? It seemed to say: "Christmas coming, coming, coming," and in its joyful tones one might have caught the echo of that jubilant proclamation: "For unto us a Child is born, unto U6 a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Swing and ring, 0 bell! Christmas was coming. Ring away, 0 iron bell! To Gov. Peter Stuyvesant stamping around the little Holland town on his wooden leg, to the townsfolks in baggy breeches or quilted petticoats, to the weary sailors in the lighters that had pushed up the canal dividBroad street), ing De Heeren Graft or the seamen in the craft moored by the of Christmas brought a shore, the thought new joy. Hans Van Schenkel 6tood on the stoop of the shop where he sold beaver skin and other furs, but the ringing of the bell brought no special satisfaction. "What is that bell ringing for?" he asked, turning to his daughter Katryne. "It is ringing for Christmas, I think, father, and that is good news." "Verily, daughter, there is something better than Christmas, and that is that snow is coming, and thou hast a home with thy LOVELY SELECTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. k We have taken special care in selecting our Holiday Goods, and cordially invite you to inspect them before making your purchase. We have the Newest Designs in Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Goods, and at prices that will surprise you. Come in and look through the stock. Our stocl of Cigars and Tobacco is Select, and )ou cannot find a better "smol(e" or "chew" than at our store. $ 5 Frisbie's Pharmacy,! LANCASTER, KENTUCKY. be broken up by a child's disobedience. She that broke that chain must take the responsibility." "If broken, father, can it not be mended?" "Not unless wisely, justly done." "Christ says that we must love one another." As she spoke she was facing a rude wall picture of the child Jesus in His mother's arms, Joseph standing by. "Look at that, father!" She pointed to the picture. "They love one another, father, and " "I love thee, good daughter." This encouraged Katryne, and she broke out into a bold proposition: "Then why not let Lysbet come home?" "Katryne! No more!" Only three words, but he put enough port him lo Herr Stuyvesant. He will beat him with his wooden leg." "Oh oh, father!" " Yust, my child, I was only jesting, and to show that thy father will care for thee." "I thank thee." After this pleasant and domestic episode there was silence. Hans sat before the broad open fireplace with its frolicking flames and smoking his pipe, while Katryne made her spinning wheel fly merrily round. In one of the pauses of her wheel she said: "I heard a voice, father." "It is nothing. The wind, my child, blowing straight from East river and Helle Gat." Burr-r-r-- r went 'the wheel, and then came another pause. "I do hear something, father." "She was the prettiest and brightest girl we had at our house party that winter," related the smiling old lady who lores to dwell upon the holiday festivities when she was a girl. "She was a great favorite with the men because of her dashing ways and the air of good comradeship that she always carried about with her. Yet we could never see that any one of her suitors was favored above another, and often wondered if she would fill the appointed destiny of woman. "In the party was Harper AHisoa. We always called him Harpy. He was big, athletic, and good to lok at, but we never thought of him as a brilliant man. It was as plain as could be that he was in love with her, and men of his typ are so persistent. They lay siege, and, no matter what may come, they continue the siege. "I know that he proposed to her a score of times, but he was always pnt off with the laughing assurance that she was not to be won by any of the stereotyped methods, and that if he ever did find a lodging place in her heart he would see a sign. "Christmas eve we all hung up our stockings outside our doors, just as a lark, you know. In the morning we all had presents to show but Harpy. He pretended to be disconsolate beyond consolation. He had put out a great long pair of woolen, stockings, knit in black yarn and tipped im red by a fussy old aunt in Maine who always feared that Harpy never dressed warmly enough. He had not only been slighted by Santa Claus, but the stockings themselves were gone. "After dinner there was a sleigh ride of kind. As she raised her the dress to clamber into the big sled we all saw that over her dainty shoes 6he wore heavy woolen stockings, and the toes were red. 'Now I know what I got!' shouted Harpy, and before us all he tossed her into the air, caught her as she came down and kissed her indefinitely." Detroit Fre Press. THE NEW YEAH. Wa Should Meet Its Trials sad Temptattois With a Sixoag FtHh La God. father." r' J "I pity those without a home " Then she stopped and her blue eyes so filled with tears that they were like sapphires floating in fountains of crystal. "Come, come, child, thou hast a good home. What is the matter with thee?" "Thou knowest, father." "Humph!" growled Hans. Then hebroke out: "I know what ails thee. Thou art sighing for that sister of thine, and is it any fault of mine because she would, yes, would, in spite of all I could say, marry that English sailor, that Jack Lang? I warned her. When, then, she went into the wilderness was it my fault?" Katryne turned away to hide the pearls that fell so freely from her blue eyes. She thought of the day when Jack Lang and Lysbet Van Schenkel stole through a gateway in the wall of the palisades running where Wall street now is and giving a name to it. The lovers disappeared there, and not for a long day was Lysbet seen, but Jack never. It was said that they were married by an English clergyman, somewhere, at "A foundling, Katryne! Who cumbers my stoop with a foundling? The watch shall take it to Herr Stuyvesant this very returned, and a woman followed her who knelt beside Katryne at his side and said: "My child!" "Thou wilt forgive me?" "And thou wilt forgive thy father?" That was all. No, not all. Hans reached out his hands and rested one on the head of Katryne and one on the head of Lysbet. The babe stirred now in its furry cradle, only to look up and smile. And somehow it seemed as if the picture on the wall had got out into the room, and the love and peace in that group of the Holy Family came down like wings, and the air of June had made summer and song that Christmas eve under the roof of Hans Van Schenkel. Edward A. Band, in N. Y. Observer. "Father!" night." "Father, stay thee! Look!" and she pointed at the picture on the wall. "It's . Wouldst thou turn like the Christ-child- Him away this eve of the blessed festival of the Nativity? No, no; keep him till I get back, anyway, I pray thee." Katryne was very nimble. Hans was very slow. Ere he was fully aware of it she was under her crimson hood and it was slipping out of the door. "I keep it only until thy return !" he called, but a stout door of oak was already between her and Hans. He was in a dilemma. The child cried when it was moved to a bed. The return, of New Year's day invites many people to the most somber reflections. Undoubtedly most of us can find abundant occasion for these, but there is such a thing a3 pushing and to the point of discouragement. The best temper with which we can enter upon the new year is that of faith, faith in God and faith in ourselves through. His help. It is about as certain as anything can be that the new year will bring us new experiences. Our courage, our capacity for endurance, our steadiness of character and power of resistance is to be tested. At the end of the year we are going to be nobler men and women than we are today, or we shall have deteriorated morally, and forever afterward there will be narrowing opportunities. While we think of the latter alternative it is well to strengthen our hearts by the former. Let us believe that we are not going to fail and we have taken a long step towards success. When another New Year's day comes around we are going to be able to reckon solid gains in character won through the trials and temptations and emergencies o the year's experience. Boston Watchman. The night before Christmas is one of the rare occasions on which the small boy is threatened with insomnia. Puck. OURMOLIDAY GENTRHLREGORD. SUPPLEMENT. SUPPLEME T better. That first I took the liberty to know Tour residence, and bore you with a letter. Tou never sent an answering line. I fear That your attentions may have been divided: wonder did it never I Our correspondence strike you Queer, being so Tet, of philanthropists you were the king; Tou always managed, without word or warning. To drop in somehow, and to leave the thing (I fear I'd hinted for) on Christmas morn' But count not your day a success if the Rosy; "and he will come. He is not un- sat here while she knitted and he made alA BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM. Christmas cheer is confined to your own kind." der whistles. fireside. Forget not those homes upon She sat long, but Otto called out from his Christmas Giving Yet she wept while she chopped the tree Its True Significance whose hearths no yule log is burning. Alas! with Rush's bright ax. She killed the little bed and she went to lie by him, then Often Lost Sight Of. they are all too numerous. Seek out such chicken set apart for the dinner, she baked fell asleep. How long she slept she knew pies and made strange figures of animals not. There is no more beautiful custom than an one, and transfer to it at least one ray Lancaster. Ky., December 31, 1899. room. She the d There was a noise in the outer one of Christmas giving, of the sunshine which gladdens your own and people out of gingerbread. Snow began to fall, and still Rush came not. rose softly and with beating heart stole to when it is observed in the true spirit; that heart and home. Katharine E. Megee, m "You shall return with me," demanded the door. is, when the gifts are those of love, not of Ladies' World. The tree! The tree! In among the popimagined obligation. her cousin Karl, when he came over the hill My corn and the apples and the gingerbread dark. "We are not Present giving at Christmas is of heathen after Christmas Advice for a Millionaire. mother sent me for you and for Otto. I will dogs were strands of glittering gold and sil- origin. During the yuletide season our Although handicapped by your circumcarry him safely wrapped up." ver, pink candy hearts, oranges, stars, ar- heathen ancestors were wont to make conci"You are good," said little Rosy, with rows, aye, a dozen gleaming devices. From liatory offerings to their deities, whose per- stances, it is not impossible for you to extears, "but when he comes the cabin will be the top bough hung, as flying, a wax angel. sonal movements and direct interferences on tract some comfort from Christmas. One of dark and cold. No, no, Karl, I will wait; About the rough stand were things Rosy earth were supposed to be traceable at that the best rules is not to allow yourself to think about your condition. You would anyhow until the new year." had never seen, save in dreams. A rocking-chai- r, period. Later, when the church ChristianShe set up the little tree and dressed it. ized the custom, the giving of reciprocal gifts gladly swap places and stomachs with some a beautiful cloak, all fur and poor devil who has to earn his own living, so beautifully symbolical of God's great A grand hat with feathers, a silk There were bright berries strung, there were of white popcorn, there were long vines dress, dull blue and crimson, changing in love gift of a Saviour to a lost world was but do not dwell upon this. Instead, ascerSome twenty years rows red leaves carefully dried. There were the light. tain the address of some misguided philansubstituted for the heathen observance. with ago. Although to all unselfish souls the de- thropist who is in the habit of giving a Was she dreaming? But a figure crossed I think It was. or, the reddest applies, the gingerbread dogs andthe floor softly, a figure that set all doubts at light in giving far exceeds that of receiving, Christmas dinner to a lot of ragamuffins. maybe something cats, boys and girls. There were red stock- 8ESSftfc Est; old year! We've journeyed on together many days. ?And now behold the 'OOD-BY- ways With thoughts of mingled gladness and of dread. I see the winding way that I must tread To Future Lands: For thee awaits the realm of shadows deep The Silent Land of years that He asleep With folded hands. Good-byold year! A few more steps ere we forever part-- 7 A few more words that wake the throbbing parting of our Is very near; CHRISTMAS MORNING To hope and fear; A farewell smile, a lingering clasp of hand. Ere thou shalt He within the shadow-lan- d All silently: The while I haste a glad new year to greet. The while I journey on with me'morits sweet. Old year, of thee. Good-byold year. Alas, not half I felt or knew till now How kind and brave and true a friend wtrt thou; For ah, twice dear A loved one seems when comes the darkened day ."When heart and Hps all tremulous must heart ing. May I that generosity abuse At this late date, by asking for another iTVee, little present, of no earthly use To anyone but just Prlscllla's lover? Simply a little work (worse luck) of art: Yet lack of it has threatened to undo me. In point of fact it's well, Prlscllla's heart. My very dear sir, won't you bring it to me? JCo need, of course, of mentioning it to her. (I own I find the idea somewhat shocking). But, if you're fond of custom and prefer way, I'll gladly hang my The old-tistocking. A last good-byYet. though thy friendly face no more I se. The memories sweet my heart has kept of thee. Alice Jean Cleator, in Ladies' World. say THE FIRST CHRISTMAS. Ttc Town of Bethlehem Where the Vise ?Ien Were Guided bij a Mijsterlous Star. "The place is Bethlehem, but the Holy Family are no longer at the inn, in which 'there is no room' for them," writes Rev. Armory II. Bradford, D. D., in the Ladies' Home Journal, of "The First Christmas Present." "They arc now in a house and The dwellings o: the by themselves. poorer classes of that land and time were of primitive simplicity. The walls were oi stone, often without cement or plaster; the roofs were of boughs or poles laid side by side and covered with mud and straw; the floors were of earth. They contained few rooms if indeed, there were more than one, and no windows such as are to be found in modern houses. The best of these buildings were hardly more sumptuous than the dugouts of the American prairies or the crofters' cottages of Scotland and Skye, but because of the dryness of the climate they wcre not uncomfortable. Neither walls nor floors were damp. Jesus and Mary were in such a house, and were as well provided for as most of the peasant people of their time and their means. "The strangers who appeared in the streets of that little town were wise men from the east. They were guided by a mysterious star. They sought one who was 'born king of the Jews.' When they found Him, in true oriental fashion they first bowed their heads to the ground in salutation and then presented to Him gold, frankincense and myrrh. The phrase 'wise men, or Magi, indicates that they came from Persia or Arabia; that probably they were followers of Zoroaster, and therefore that That is all that they were fircworshipers. the Gospels teach us, either directly or by inference, concerning them." Tou shall be welcome. The address I gave Some years ago. I beg you will remember. For sake be kind, and I'm your slave And humble servant, dating from December. Theodosia Pickering Garrison, in N. Y. Truth. HEY had been married only six weeks. 7fV lJus Rush Palmer, JlCjJM? from nowhere, and little Rosy Dietrich, the orphan hill girl. They had a small cabin, the rent of which Rush paid by chopping wood on the steep hillside and carrying it down to the wagon tracks below. His firewood was had for the cutting, there were a dozen chickens, two pigs and a cow. This Jive stock Rosy's aunt had given her because she was going to take the little -headed brother with her that had been such a burden to the aunt. So they dwelt together in the cabin, Rush and Rosy and the small boy, who had not yet worn trousers. Rosy had been the prettiest of the hill girls, but had no land, no prospects. She loved Rush Palmer with unquestioning, unreasoning trust. He Lad worked all the summer on a farm near. When he came, from nowhere in particular, he said, he was thin and white. Now he was brown and brawny. When he asked little Rosy to marry him and she said "Yes" without question, he had given her a curious look. "Your cousin Karl calls me a tramp," he murmured. "I care not," laughed Rosy; "he is mad; that's all." They were happy, in a careless, innocent way. On Thanksgiving day Rush killed quail and showed Rosy how to broil them. He liked to keep Thanksgiving day, he said. It made ldm think of tlie time when he was a boy and had a home. "Are they all dead?" .asked Rosy, from the stove. He gave her a startled glance. JrS fitT mm ?nSf ---- --- : JMSr 4..-Av-siMm ? What He Makes. He was wondering how Santa CIau3 gat the presents that he gives away. "Papa," he asked, "does Santa Clans make anything?" "lie does, my boy, he does," replied the father, who had juat een'the results of a little Christmas shopping. "He makes some men prosperous and he makes others fail." Then he retired to the library and made another attempt to balance his cash. Chicago Post. "si Pi mm l! mm I HARD Dear to the heart is the old love, 'Though faded and fraued with wear. And sweet is the face of the new love. So f ascinatinglg fair ; "Peace on Earth." While merry bells are ringing. And happy voices singing Because the blessed Christ-chil- d Long years ago was born. Oh! may we all remember. In the cold and bleak December, There are many, many children Unhappy and forlorn. Xet us try to lift their sadness. Let us fill their hearts with gladness. And share with them the brightness Of the joyful Christmas morn. Youth's Companion STUMPED. "Your people. There must be some, but you never tell. Me I have my aunt, Karl, Liy cousin, and Hilda. Hast thou none?" "None." "I will be to you all," she said, with her mouth on Ids cheek. The third day before Christmas there came a halloo from the wagon track. "Palmer, Palmer! Halloa, Rush Palmer! Here's a card from the post office." "Who?" TO : CHOOSE It is hard to decide between them Which one the heart loves the best The new can not be resisted. But the old holds its own in the test. Frank B. Welch. "THOU HAST COME." When Rush came back he looked so changed Rosy cried. "I know not what news comes, Rosy," eaid he, "but there are letters for me at the Tillage. I will return." The night came and the morning, still no etep of Rush on the threshold. Her cousin Karl came to hear of the letter, i "You will see him no more," he said. "Our neighbor Haller watched him jump on the cars. He was a tramp, and you have so husband. He has left you." But Rosy wept with Otto in her arms and .would not listen. The next day was Christmas eve. Rosy and Rush were to make a tree for Otto. It jrs a small evergreen on the hillside. wifl cut it and have it ready," thought i ings and mittens knitted by Rosy's nimble rest. Rush, her husband! With a cry she yet the excessive giving so much in vogue fingers, and a boy doll of wood, skillfully burst out, her flaxen braids hanging, her at the present will soon by its own weight extinguish to some extent this pleasure. If all carved by Rush. It was dressed by the little eyes shining. She cried in her mother would have the courage of their convictions wife in quaint trousers, blouse and cap. tongue: on this subject and refuse to degenerate the There were whistles of alder and pig's blad"Thou hast come!" with sacred der that gave a delightful squeak. There He soothed her with a mist in his own ancient custom, so fraught meaning, into one of exchange and barter, were cows' horns covered with tissue paper eyes. this danger would soon be overcome. and destined to hold the candy Rush was to "Did you think I would not come? I had Even within the confines of the family buy at the village. to go to Lawrenceburg, to the bank. There circle the true significance of the custom "Alas! alas!" sobbed Rosy, "there is not was money for me that I thought others had is too often lost sight of, and the opportunity any candy for Otto now, but I have made taken from me. See, I have made my faithsome these sugared balls from cake dough, and ful little one a Christmas. The snow kept the occasion offers is embraced to makeor the necessary article of clothing, furniture he will not know." back the wagon, but I got here before Christdo duty for the Christmas gift. This is Shame crept into Karl's heart that he had mas day. See, the clock is at 12. We will like of the festival. From not made Otto a Christmas gift. He spoke light these candles and call Otto. He can a wrong interpretation down to the tiny todthe head of the family roughly to hide it. sleep dler the Christmas gift should be some"You are childish, Rosy. Never before He lit the candles, still holding his arm thing, no matter how insignificant in itself, had Otto such a Christmas as now." about her. As they went to the bedroom he that can be treasured and preserved as a "For my man made it; my man made it," laughed again. memento of the joyous occasion. Bobbed Rosy, "and not his blood kin. No, Make the season one of joy supreme. Let "I will buy your cousin's farm for you tono, Karl, I know his heart. He will come morrow if you say so. I have, after long the Christmas spirit permeate everything, d windows, the yule home." disappointments, come to my own. And I from the , the tree laden with love love log-oKarl went homeward through the storm. have you, truest heart, that wedded-fo- r down to the specially prepared Rosy sat by the stove with, her apron over a tramp. Art happy?- 'Tis Christmas day." offerings, dishes. Chicago Daily News. her head. It was bitter. So often had they Get him to take you to the place and view the moving spectacle. He will be glad to have you see it, and it will be a source of considerable amusement to you. Then, after you have been driven home, you can estimate the cost per plate and the number fed, and easily ascertain how much you have saved by not doing the same thing. This will cast a gentle glow over the remainder of your holiday and help you to enjoy what otherwise might be a cheerless Christmas. Life. Mrs. Maiden What are you going to give-you- r husband for Christmas? Mrs. Atkins Really, I don't know what to give him. I've been looking through the house this morning, and I can't think of a thing we need in the way of furniture or decoration that is within our means. Chicago News. Happy Children. Blessed are the children who can still hang up their stockings and believe implicitly that a really, truly Santa Claus will fill them. Brooklyn Life. A Philanthropist. wisht I hed money enough ter make ev'ry poor child in N'York happy remarked Dusty Rhodes on Christmas eve. "Wot would yer do?" inquired Bowery Staggers, as he finished his schooner and started for the free lunch. "Put it inter goverment bonds an live on de interest," replied the philanthropic Dusty Rhodes. Judges "I It is Year. Look to the Future. not wise to have so merry a Christ-.Ha- s that you cannot have a happy New Chicago Tribune. OURfJOLIDAY CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT. Jest 'Fore Christmas. For Christmas, with its lots and lots of candies, cakes and toys. Was made, they say, for proper kids, an' So wash your face SPIRIT. JjTTLELBEKTS ETTER-- Its True Promptings Would Make the Dag the Brightest and Best In the Year. is the day of all the year best and dearest among the time marks of our recurring calendar. It is the day for peace and harmony in every heart and at every We celebrate God's chiefest hearthstone. gift to man and discordant thoughts or contentions have no place at the joyous festival. All should ring clear and true and sweet as the Yuletime chimes. The spirit of Christmas is that of Him whose birth it commemorates. It softens evil, sorrow and hopelessness with the magic touch of charity, for in charity is the embodiment of all the Christian graces. It gives to goodness a brighter luster and to resolve a nobler purpose. It is a spirit born in every heart that can know its inspiration, without regard to creed or race or station. Of all the days to which man has given special observance, Christmas alone has grown in its power, its beauty and its value. It has been stripped of the grandly devised liturgy and dramatic representations that had their root in heathen customs dispelled by the true Christian spirit, but the change has been one of purification and marks beyond cavil a clearer conception of the sub- - It Y PAPA says at Santa Claus goin' to bring to Is me Christmas time. Another mamma, Is beautiful and good and kind And says she hopes at I WH1 like her awful much and learn To love her by and by. My papa's often seen her, and He says her eyes Is bhie. The same as mine is, and her cheeks Has 'dimples in them, too, And she ain't more an half as old's My other mamma was. And papa says I ought to thank Dear, kind old Santa Claus. But I ain't glad, and I don't want No other mamma here; I'd rather have him bring me back My own sweet mamma dear My nice, good mamma that is gone So far so far away I'll write to Santa Claus to bring Her back to me to stay. THE LETTER. Dear Santa Claus: My papa says And papa says at she twig yields some new triumph of discovery, child, the New Year's day with its good resmother and romping olutions and big promises and renewed enwhen the sweet-face- d father feel not the burden of years, but are ergies, come around, there are those who warmed with the youthfulness which the say: "Let us have done with these trite But, if ever there was anyrecurrences." spirit of Christmas makes perpetual. thing in the old festival season, it is there But the day fails of the fullness of its observance if something of the same bright still. There are new generations who find cheer is not brought to every home and ev- no staleness in the antique, but to whom ery person. Those who move in the true the same regenerative stimulus comes in spirit of the Christmas time realize upon the anniversary time. We lived because this day, above all others, that men are the those who went before us helped us to live; let us be a like help to those who are bloschildren of one God, one earth and one comsoming into younger life. S. S. Times. mon purpose. Good will and go hand in hand. They seek the poor and unfortunate as did He whose memory English Christmas Custom. we consecrate. They would give repose to the aching heart. True to the promptings of The Christmas tree found its way into the Christmas spirit, they would make it the England through Prince Albert, soon after brightest, sweetest and best of all the days his betrothal to Queen Victoria. A peculiar that make the year. Detroit Free Press. English custom is that of passing a small tree round the table after the Christmas dinner, from which each person plucks the gift previously placed there for him or her. The Festival of Motherhood. not for naughty boys: an' brush your hair, and mind your p's and q's, And don't bust out yer pantaloons, and don't wear out your shoes; Say "Yessum" to the ladies, an" "Yessur" to the men. An' when they's company, don't pass your plate for pie again: But thinkin' of the things yer'd like to see upon that tree. Jest 'fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be! Eugene Field, Christmas at the English Court. There is one custom always gone through with Christmas eve at the English court the appearance of the great baron of beef. This is cooked at Windsor, for the kitchen at Osborne will not accommodate it. Also there comes a big woodcock pie, a boar's head and the queen's plum pudding. This pudding is a giant, for after part of it has been sent to the queen for her Christmas dinner, enough is left to furnish dessert for all the queen's near relatives and at the Russian court, in Roumania, at Sandring- - ups and downs. Our cares like other folk: The pocketbook is sometimes full, We're sometimes nigh dead-brokonce a year, at Christmas-tim- e. But Our hearth is bright to see: The baby's hand just touches heaven When Daddy lights the tree. E HAVE our share of It calls our thoughts ginningto her who Christmas is the festival of motherhood. back to our own begave us birth to her to whom above every other human being we owe all that we are for good all that we might have been and are not. We recall her gentleness and patience with us her aspirations and prayer for us. We plan and An Enthusiast. Ted Tom is a great mas customs. Ned I should 6ay girl just because he under the mistletoe. observer of the Christso. He'll kiss an ugly happens to catch her Judge. For weeks and weeks the little ones Have lotted on this hour: And mother, she has planned for it Since summer's sun and shower. With here a nickel, there a dime. Put by where none should see, A loving hoard against the night When Daddy lights the tree. The tiny tapers glow like stars; They 'mind us of the flame sky That rifted once the steel-blu- e came; The morn the Christ-chil- d The blessed angels sang to earth Above that far countree We think they sing above our hearth When Daddy lights the tree. The weest kid in mother's arms Laughs out and claps her hands. The rest of us on tiptoe wait; The grown-u- p brother stands Where he can reach the topmost branch, Our Santa Claus to be. In that sweet hour of breathless Daddy lights the tree. Our grandpa says 'twas just as fine In days when he was young: For every Christmas ages through You're goin' to bring to me Another mamma. Christmas time, At's as sweet as she can be; But I don't want no other one. Don't put Iirr in your pack But please, good Santa, won't you bring My own dear mamma back? She said, before ?kc wont away. At she would tar.e my hand And lead mo out of here, name day, Ir.to a happier lar.J, So don't bring no ri-mamma here At's your.jrtr than sl't cas To take tfco plat e vc'v kept for her, Dear. hind old Santa Clau?. If ycu can bring now mammas round Why can't you find some way To bring a boy's own mamma home And give her to him, say? I don't want no now mamma here, At's as sweet as she can be But bring my old one, Santa, dear. To papa and to me. S. E. Ktser. in Cleveland Leader. mZkZ The happy bells have rung. And Daddy's head is growing gray. But yet a boy is he. As merry as the rest of us When Daddy lights the tree. 'Tis Love that makes the world go rsuml, Tis Love that lightens toil. 'Tis Liove that lays up treasure whiek Xor moth nor rust can spoil: And Love is in cur humble home. In largest-- full and free. We all are very clso to heaven When Daddy lights the tree. Margaret E. Sangster, in Woman's II an jo Companion. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS. WISHES HE TOLD THE TRUTH. Smith's Trouble Began When He Sold His Christmas Present. "It pays to be truthful," said Smith, as he picked up a cheap cigar after looking longingly at the expensive brand he usually smokes. "Some time before Christmas I chanced to remark to my wife that I needed a new overcoat, but that I thought I would try and get through the winter with my old one, as matters were pretty close with me, and I couldn't afford it. "Christmas day, most to my surprise and consternation, my wife presented me with a handsome silklined overcoat that I saw at a glance didn't cost less than 50. However, I had to grin and bear it and try and figure out some way to pay for it. "One day I chanced to meet Jones on the street, and as he was admiring the overcoat an inspiration flashed over me. "Jones is about my build, and, as he needed an overcoat, I asked him what he would give me for mine. lie said $25, and I accepted the offer so quick that it made Jones gasp. "I figured it out this way: By accepting r $25 for the coat I could manage to raise 25 and thus get out of a situation that was keeping me awake nights. "I had to tell my wife some sort of a fairy tale, so I went home that night with a long face and a story about a sneak thief having stolen the overcoat out of my office while I chanced to be away. I felt like a sneak thief myself when my wife burst into tears. But I burnt the bridges behind me, so I had to carry out my pait. "My wife, while down town one day, chanced to run across Jones wearing the overcoat. She recognized it at once, and, calling a policeman, had Jones arrested. "There was nothing now for me to do but to confess the whole thing and get Jones released from behind the bars. The result was that I had a bad hour with my wife and a two-daystruggle with Jones to talk him out of suing me for damages. "But the worst remains to be told. My wife had bought the overcoat from funds that her father had sent her. "I never want to see another Christmas again! I never want to see Jones again! I wouldn't mind if I didn't see my wife again until it was warm enough for summer clothing!" Philadelphia Inquirer. Gift 'Iaklng One of ttc flcsl Gracious Features of the Season. "Gift-makinis one of the mo-- t graewu , of Christmas and oik that i pray feature.-may survive all other outgrown custom;," writes Florence Hull Winurburn, in the Woman's Home Companion. "When love and sympathy are clse counselors there is little fear that we shall make the mistake of leaving out of our little one's stocking the particular thing he has set his heart upon getting. And if his choice is beyond Us to gratify, let us come as near to it as we can, and not convert this season into a sort of convenience for ourselves, thrusting upon his reluctant acceptance such prosaic articles as shoes, hats and other essentials of the toilet. Far prettier is the German custom of bestowing gaudy trifles that have no use in themselves, but are part of the glitter and fashion of the holiday. When, it is possible nothing is so good to have as the traditional Christmas tree. In after years memory hangs upon it fondly, and we bless in our hearts the kind hands that took so much trouble to give us pleasure. "Then the stocking hung up on Christmas eve has a romance all its own. The breaks and fast table dressed with gifts piled under snowy napkins is a graceful custom, and is far nicer than the blunt handing out of our gifts. Some trouble should be taken to create the welcome element of surprise. We all like it, but it is one of the greatest delights in a child's experience. He finds out before we would choose to have him that what is looked forward to most eagerly seldom turns out well. It is sad philosophy, yet true, that it is dangerous to set one's heart on anything in this world. l!ut the love that hides its intention until the hour of fulfillment, and then lets out its secret in an outburst of generosity, is the best substitute that is ever offered for the special Providence Santa Claus, and all other gracious myths. "An example of generosity is seldom lost upon children if it is true, not artificial. They are very willing to iivc up to their little knowledge, if we allow them the chance, and part of our duty to the day is to encourage in our young people the same kindliness we cultivate in ourselves. It is so much easier to learn in youth to be genial, sympathetic and generous than it is after embittering experiences have hardened our hearts." The First Celebration of Christmas. Christmas was first celebrated in the year it was 40 years later before it was adopted as a Christian festival; nor was it until about the fifth century that the day of celebration became permanently fixed on the 25th of December, up to that time it had been irregularly observed at various times of the year in December, in April and in May, but most frequently in January. Ladies' Home Journal. 98, but officially ' it chunks." . in triple-plate"How do you figure it out?" "Why, his wife was born on Christmas, and Christmas is also the anniversary of their marriage. You see, the rest of the year j is pure velvet for him." Cleveland Leader. ONE OF THE D A Profitable Combination. "Talk about luck! That man Denslow has Under the Mistletoe in the Sunnu South. lime fact that the Son of Man is the Son of God. That which is divine in our common nature grasps its kingship with Iiim whose spirit is the spirit of the Christmas time. How potent, how more than human, ia this spirit appears best in the universal obedience given to its sway. All, with unvarying regularity and with hearty approval, bow in glad submission to its established customs and emulate the example, if they do not indorse the faith of those to whom it is indeed a holy day. Strange miracles are wrought by this same Christmas spirit. It brings smiles to the face of melancholy itself. It gives life to a hope that seems dead. It exorcises the evils of hatred, malice and envy. To old age it brings the keen, fresh joys of youth and to childhood a clearer appreciation of the spirit that presides at their Christmas revels. But above all, this spirit which is the divine spirit of Christmas, makes it a day of loving remembrance, of doing good to others, of seeing that all about us have at least one bright and happy memory of the dying year. The admonition of this spirit is not alone for universal rejoicing, but for individual contentment and thanksgiving There is an ideal reached when merry children dance about tree glittering with remembrances that fill the cup of childhood's joys, when each branch and think of what we might have been had she been other than she was. We would to God that we were more nearly what she would have us be. We say: "Would that all children might be so blessed!" Made Him Wait. "Mrs. Hopkins, where is that Christmas present you said you had bought for me?" "Well, Mr. Hopkins, you talked so much about hard times that I put it away until your birthday.'' Chicago Record. KIND. . The Christmas Dinner Table. Place the table for the Christmas dinner in the center of the room, under the chandelier if there is one, and then see that it is perfectly level and the leaves well fitted, writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer in the Ladies' Homo Journal. From the chandelier hang a large spray of mistletoe or holly tied with scarlet ribbon. If there be a mantelpiece in the room, bank it with holly and ferns. Arrange a pretty corner, blending all the greens used in decorating. Cover the table first with a heavy cotton flannel cloth, and place over it the spotless linen tablecloth. Place in the center of the table a mat of Christmas ferns, in the center of which stand a high fruit dish, filled with polished red apples, grapes and such other fruits as may be obtained. Cover the base of the dish with sprays of holly; on each side of this place or china dishes filled with bonbons, olives and salted almonds. The bottles and a dish or two of celery water may occupy the other places. She Knew Him. Tom Did you give Miss Gotrox a Christmas present? Jack I tried to. Offered her myself, you know. Tom And she refused you? Jack I suppose that's what it amounts to. She said she didn't believe it was right for a girl to accept very costly gifts. Brooklyn Life. ham and in Denmark portions of this gigantic sweet appear every Christmas day. The Christmas dinner is served in the huge which presents a brilIndian dining-rooliant appearance. Gold plate is used and gleams from table and sideboard a yule log in the fireplace blazes brightly, and the large party of relatives who have been asked to share the Christmas dinner includes many of the younger members of the royal family who on other days of the year are in bed Thereat the dinner time of the grown-ups- . fore they especially enjoy the occasion. Chicago Daily News. JUST LIKE A MAN. A Misunderstanding. notice Jenks doesn't speak to you. "What's the matter?" "I can't help it. I started to talk to him about Christmas decorations the other day and he thought I referred to the black eyes he got in a broil with a mutual friend recently." Judge. "I Keeping the Anniversary. Age disowns novelty. It is true that, the more a wise man learns, the less he finds that he knows. Yet it is also true that, the older we grow, the more we see the world repeating itself. In new music we hear strains that remind us of old melodies; the preacher's illustrations, the poet's similes, the novelist's plots, all remind us of something gone before, and seemlike a revamping of old stories. And so when the Christmas anniversary with its tales of the Christ- - Stout?" ling." "Do you hang your stocking up, Hiss "I shall hang up four of them, Mr. Gos- One Cause of Trouble. She I wish Christmas really was a season of general peace and good will-- He Well, it might be if somebody hadn't introduced the custom of giving Christmas presents. Puck. " ".Good gwacious! And what do you ex pect to receive?"- "A piano, Mr. Gosling." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "John is such a goose; he gave dear mamma half a dozen silver nutpicks and a nut cracker." Ted I've been trying to catch Dolly un"Well, isn't that all right?" der the mistletoe, but Miss Autumn seemB "Poor mamma, she has dyspepsia, and to be the only one I can find there. Ned It seems to be an instance of the hasn't eaten a nut for 20 years." Detroit Free Press. wrong girl in the right place. Judge. 'Twas Ever Thus. OURHOLIDAY make household angels sing together for joy would be if men would remember that being a woman doesn't make anyone enjoy having all their theories and ideas derided and scoffed at. There are plenty of women who can't venture an opinion on any subject from the weather to the political situation without having their husbands tell them they don't know what they are talking about, and they'd better keep quiet. It may be true, but if a man marries a fool it is his own fault. lie picked her out from among all the other women in the world because she was the one that suited him best and was most congenial to his taste, and if HE rendered unto she doesn't know a blessed thing he has all day him no right to say a word. As a general thing The good saint's men fall into this fault of disparaging their 3& due praise. wives' opinions through sheer carelessness gratitude. of their wives' feelings and conceit of And with such own views. But just let one stop andtheir ask warmth I'm free himself how he would like to be continu1P& say to ally made to look cheap bef6re the chilIt put me in a jealous mood. dren and the servants, how he would like So when she came to say: "Good night" to have his ideals, and often even his reliAnd whispered In my willing ear. in her gown of white. gion, ridiculed, and every time he tried to On tip-to- e Softly: "I love you. papa dear," tell a joke or a good story have somebody "You love me, but how much?" I said, who went out into the world more and saw And after just the slightest pause and heard more remind liim that it was a She answered, pulling down my head: hoar' chestnut. Could there be a more ex"I love you more than Santy Claus!" quisite cruelty practiced? Yet thousands of women go through tliis daily martyrdom The day had been a happy one. from men who think they are good husAs ev'ry Christmas ought to be; There was no dearth of cheer nor fun bands. 'Tom was always good to me,' Eaid Ar.d cv'ry hell pealed merrily. Those near and dear had said: "Good-will- " In more or less substantial ways. And nothing in the guise of ill Had called for pity or dispraise. ISut Stella's bedtime hour by far The happiest was to me, because Twas then she found, my own bright star, She "loved me more than Santa Claus!" Edward W. Darnard, in Judge. SUPPLEMENT. Overdoing the Being Good Business. was generally some wealthy nobleman who was willing to spend money lavishly in pro"I say, Jimmy, don't you think you are moting the gayeties of the court. It is of rather overdoing this being good business?" record that during the reign of Elizabeth, fa- - THE MEASURE OF SIELLASLOVE. to bear in mind that a woman never gets too old to like a compliment, or to be interested in hearing that her husband loves her and appreciates her; and, above all, to save some of his good manners and good humor for home consumption. "I don't suppose I'll live to see any of my theories carried out," added Elsie, dolefully, "but I can tell you they are badly needed reforms in a lot of families I know." Dorothy Dix, in N. O. Picayune. tsM? volunteered one young hopeful in confidence Essex, as "Lord of Misrule," spent in one to his chum. Christmas season 15,000 of his own money "Not on your life. Don't you know on the court games. Chicago Chronicle. Christmas is coming?" replied the youngster who was accused of being too good. "Yes, that's all very well. But you may For the Children. be makin' a mistake." "Yes," said Mr. Blykins, "we always "You don't know what yer talkin' about. You ought to hear all the folks at our house celebrate Christmas for the children's sakes. talking about 'what a good boy Jimmy is They expect it, you know, and I wouldn't NEW YEAR IN WASHINGTON getting to be,' and how that fake Santa have the heart to disappoint them." "But you and Mrs. Blykins always reClaus is going to give him such a lot of nice member each other?" When Everg One Keeps Open House with presents." "Oh, yes. I am going to give her a "Aw, yes. That's all right. But, then, I Lavish Southern Hospitality. coat and I have reason to want to tell you that it may not turn out Mary Nimmo Balentinc, writing of "New the way you want." r think she intends to give me a Year's Day in the White House" in the chair. We always settle well in advance "What are you giving me?" Woman's Home Companion, thus describes "Well, I ought to know. I tried your game what our presents will be. All we have to the public receptions: "Announcements arc last year, and I got four Bibles and three think of now is a doll for the little girl and published in the newspapers proclaiming Sunday school books for Christmas. Not a a tin wagon for the boy." Washington the levee at the white house and the exact pair of skates or anything of the sort. They Star. minute at which the different officials of said they thought I would like the Bibles the government service will be received, and the books better. Aw, I tell you, JimWillie's Text. but it is usually near one o'clock before the my, you don't want to overdo the being sovereign people are admitted to the good business." Chicago Times-HeralAfter Willie had gone to bed grounds. on Christmas eve his mother went into the "The state levee at the white house is room to see if he had hung up his stocking but the beginning of the calling that conproperly for Santa Claus. Much to her surBeginning Afresh. tinues throughout the afternoon and well prise she found that the little fellow had apinto the night in official and private houses. What a breezy sound there is in the words propriated one of hers for the occasion and official social season is inaugurated on "Beginning afresh." The They have a ring of had attached a slip of paper on which he IARK0LUTI0N. ' i4 TOP risen. Mr. Chairman, "cause I've sot a speech to mate. An I want the beys to listen, if but for politeness' sake: I have sota short preamble an some resolutions, too. An I want to jes submit anil to kinder push 'em through. Whereas, we've been neglectful an forgetful of our work. "Whereas, we've been too careless an too often prone to shirk. Whereas we've been unmindful 'bout the little acts o' love. An little deeds o' kindness, why, I'm goin to make this move: i.jLw HAVE Resolved, we'll be more faithful an morp watchful all the day: Resolved, we'll scatter sunshine all alonr the weary way; Resolved, we'll let no brother who may need our friendly grasp Plod on another single step without our warmest clasp. An now'll somebody second o the resolutions, then Let every feller vote an "I." an add a strong- "Amen!" An" then go out an act 'cm right in all his daily walk. An' make his livin" tally with his resolution talk. D. G. Dickers, in Atlanta Constitution. Zk9 IsTewIear Resolutions ForMeK a LSIE was sitting in her pleasant library, intently reading a neat typewritten list as long as her arm. "What is it?" I Year's res quired, with interest. olutions," she responded, promptly. "Goodness, gracious!" I exclaimed, aghast, "ou surely aren't going to try to keep that many? It's enough to bring on paresis even to attempt to remember what they're about." "Don't be alarmed," she returned; "they arc not intended for personal use. They are merely a little list I have prepared for some men I know. You see, Dorothy," she went on, earnestly, "I've been thinking over the matter, and I've come to the conclusion that the trouble with us women is that we have gotten into the habit of trying to monopolize ail the domestic virtues and You can't pick up a paper without seeing a long article on a woman's duty to make home happy, or a wife's duty to her husband, or a mother's sacred duty to Iter children. But do you ever hear of its being a man's duty to make home so attractive his wife won't want to go out in the evenings? Does anybody ever advise him, when he comes home tired at night, to put on his dress suit and try to entertain his wife to keep her from being attracted by younger and handsomer men ? Not much. Do you ever see a roomful of prosperous, middle-age- d men sitting around in a father's convention, discussing how to do their duty children? Nobody ever did. It to their isn't right. I'm in favor of giving the men a ahow and letting them take a hand in and the duty business. 4 lie happiness-makin- g 'Now, when the New Year resolution liu:p comes," went on Elsie, studying her lisl, "I just want to get in a few of my domestic principles, and, my word for it, you will tee it will do more real good and bring about more genuine reforms than all the swearing off from smoking and drinking since Adam. Comparatively few women are afflicted with husbands who get drunk or smoke to excess, but millions of us have to put up with men who are in crying need of THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS. We Should Each and All Trtj to Make the The Start for the Last Lap of the Centura. a poor wretch of a woman, weeping over the body of a murderer; 'he never beat me where the marks would show.' "Then, it seems to me, a man might resolve not to unload all his troubles on the family hearth. Of course, I know every day a man has to go through with enough to try the patience of a saint, but because cotton has gone down instead of up or things haven't run smoothly at the office is no real reason for slapping Sammy and kicking the cat as soon as he gets within his own door. A man might occasionally remember that a woman has troubles of her own and needs to be cheered and brightened. We are continually told that a woman should always meet her husband with a smile, but no woman can smile long enough or brightly enough to raise the temperature in a house where a man is sitting around with a scowl on his face. It takes reciprocity, and it's just as much a man's business to smile and help to make home happy as it is a woman's. "There's always room for plenty of good resolutions New Year's day and other days. He might resolve, if he really meant to turn over a new leaf and try to do his part towards making home happy, to make his wife an allowance and pay it promptly, as a debt of honor; to remember that servants ara mortal, and that you can't hire a girl to cook like a $1,000 chef; New Year's day in Washington. It is the grand rallying day of the neighborly proclivities of the people of the entire district. Many men make their first and last visit of the year on this day, and only see certain of their friends on this one day of the year. As they grow older these festival days seem to come closer and closer together. Lists are published in the newspapers of the houses where receptions will be held, with the names of the ladies who will assist in receiving. The assisting lady often attracts more callers than the hostess, and newly-arrive- d families are on the lookout for popular women for their New Year's day receptions. There is no need to interrupt the grand round of calls for luncheon or dinner; the carriage is hired for the day, and, dressed in his very best, the caller must see all the old friends and make as many new ones as time will permit. Everywhere open house is kept in the lavish southern fashion. Tables are loaded with viands hot and cold, supplemented with real southern or a bowl filled from the housekeeper's winter supply of Fish house punch, mixed from a formula that is an heirloom in Philadelphia families. The whirl of revelry is intense, but this gala day comes for Washingtonians but once a year, and it is celebrated with true southern warmth and enthusiasm." glad new life in them. They put life into the heart that has grown almost discouraged by failure and nerve it for fresh endeavor. Let us enter upon the life and service of the new year under the inspiration which they give. Baptist Union. Dag Thoroughlg Enjojjable. "Because we cannot have the Yule log and traditional roast pig, shall we ref-- se the cheer of anthracite coal and baked asks Florence Hall Winterburn, writing on the "Spirit of Christmas" in tie Woman's Home Companion. "Or if even the open fire, the mistletoe and thefanJlr gathering are beyond us, must we disdai" the homemaking attempts of the steam radiator, and find no comfort in the dainty elaborateness of a table, catering to the needs of a refined modern taste? Suppose the misanthrope (for the recluse who lives only in an imaginary Christmas is a misanthrope) came out of his shell and gathered the young people about him to charm their ears with tales of the old ways of holiday-keepin'when he was a boy. Would not thi3 be better than grumbling out protests against the new ways that have their own reasons for being, and offer ia turn their own measure of enjoyment to willing spirits? Genial old age is always a welcome presence, and it never suggests any contrasts that put us out of conceit with the pleasures that lie within our reach. But carping, even if it proceeds from the patriarch, is an infliction severe enough to blight any holiday. "In the nature of things there must be holidays. How poverty-stricke- n is that sjuI which does not recognize this necessity and throw itself heartily into the work of helping forward the good time youth and all unspoiled minds accept with gratitude. There is no predeterminate set of conditions for holiday making that need tie adventurous hands, and if traditional customs belonging to Thanksgiving and Christmas are vanished beyond recall we can harmonize the day with our present abilities. "My sympathy is with those who wish to bring back upon Christmas day the sweet old traditional observances. I love them well, even those that are knows to me only by hearsay and were outgrown in that shadowy period alluded to as 'before the war.' But no one thing is indispensable to happiness with any of ua, unless with children, and not even with them if judicious substitute is made. Whatever we tiave, or whatever we lack, the quality that makes the occasion is the spirit we bring to it. Good will never fails to create a good time. It finds merit in rain. Efts fog and lights a cheery blaze within that passes for the sunshine in its absence. Aad gocd will has not passed away with chivalry, nor had printed in a bold hand one of the Sun- perished under the onrush of science. It day school texts: "ThE LoRd LOvvEtH a lives and breathes now. and is here at this CheaRfuLL giVveR." Chicago Daily News. moment to light our Christmas fires and swing incense before our altars. All W need do is to recognize and adapt it." Progressive Peace. "We have good times at our house along Her Bright Scheme. First Lady What New Year's present are you going to give to your husband? Second Lady A hundred cigars. them? Second Lady Oh, nothing. For the laBt few months I have taken one or two out of Jack's box every day. He hasn't noticed it, and will be so pleased with my little present and the fine quality of the cigars. London Tit-Bit- before Christmas." "Yon do?" "Yes; the children try to please their mother and she tries to please me." Detroit Free Press. HIS REASON. First Lady And what did you pay for A Backward Look. Chris'mus kin be made so much pleasant-e- r ef the stem parunt will on'y let his min' wander back tew the time when he made a himself. N. dash fur the ol chimney-piec- e Y. Truth. " THEY NOT INTENDED PERSONAL USE." ARE FOR a little welcome reformation, and who might make us so much happier if they only a ould. "What would I suggest? Oh, lots of things. To begin with: I'd have them make resolution to spend more of their a cast-iro- n time at home. When a man marries a woman he leads her to suppose he does it because he yearns for unlimited quantities of d lier society, and it must strike any person a good deal like getting goods under false pretenses, if, as soon as the honeymoon wanes, he chases off to the club or downtown the minute he gets his dinner, leaving her to solitude and the unexciting delights of her own company. It is a situation that perhaps a man never appreciates, because he has never been there himself. It couldn't happen to him, because the moment he detected a symptoin'of louesome-nes- s he would put on his hat and go off to the theater or the corner saloon, or some place where there were light and brightness and gayety. A woman has no such resources. She can't go around at night by herself hunting up company, but must sit at home, no matter how lonesome and bored the may be. Men are forever wondering why women want to congregate together in boarding houses. One answer to the conundrum is that they want somebody to talk to while their husbands are downtown at night. I have yet to see the woman whose husband man and home-lovinwas a who wasn't satisfied to stay there, too. There's one thing dead certain, and that is that if men were as anxious to stay at home evenings as they were to call on a girl before marriage, and if they took as much trouble and pains to try to entertain their wives as they do their sweethearts, the domestic millennium would be in hailing distance. 'Another good resolution that would Tact Required. Directed Court Amusements. It really requires a marvelous amount of Down to the reign of Henry VIII., and tact to appear thankful at Christmas for occasionally since, a "Lord of Misrule" was something you didn't want. Cincinnati Enappointed to direct the amusements of the quirer. English court during the holidays. He presided over the festivities, prepared the games, directed the sports and saw that the court was kept properly amused during Christmas week. The office was considered highly honorable, and the "Lord of Misrule" first of the year ia a good time to reform them. L. A. W. Bulletin. Put Them in Good Shape. If your morals are in bad shape, the "Winie," said his father, "what good resolves are you going to make for the New Year?" "I'm not going to fight with Joan-ni- e Jones any more," replied Willie. "I'm glad to hear that," said the father; "but 41- .T . lint,., Chicago Daily News. Imperishable. The Christmas bells will silent be. The Christmas lights grow dim. The brightness faded from the tree May leave it gaunt and grim. But Christmas cheer was never so; Its echo lingers on. With memories of long ago And hope of joys to dawn. So, o'er all time its might extends And ready homage wins; As one glad Chlrstmas season ends Another straight begins. Washington Star. m $3 DTC SrtrfC oe&aenew droTimeV longrofAjrieof "I anew fpent. clevmerthe Wise Precaution. $4 I here, said the prudent nousewite, as think that will do very nicely. Onlj must not forget to take the mistletoe fro tne cnanaener ana move 11 to aiuereni nans a of the room durinz the dav." in one spot." Washington Star. r

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