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ff?-TH >8EST ADVERTISING MEDIUM 4 extern South Carolina jf BATES SEASONABLE. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM I JOB PRINTING 4 SPECIALTY. It jwi? a 1 Woman Proposes SS: * ! - / T...? The Lexington Dispatch^ $. Representative flcurspaper. Goocrs Lexington and tlic Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. 'VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1899. XO. 7 ' GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY, 4*#' -w. H. MOITCKTOIT, TE., AG-EE. Mkii1 f m\ IOSO MAIN STREET, COLTJMIJIA, S. O., SCj 1 ifW11 Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. if ! : K j \ ~T |Tj/ f=V f I October 13?tf ^ $M: 1 to buy a pair 01 x wu ? ? Dollar Shoes that look as well as a ?3.50 pair. ; ;* / you can be sure she will | >: J | do it if she buys them I / L from LEVER, THE j SHOE MAN. j J I !i i You will do well to . see these before buying. They are soft, fit well, |p ? are durable and stylist Lace or button. All styles. ZEL3E3T7" J=j-fcc? THE SHOE 3IAX, ! 1693 Miin Strest C0LU.M8IV, S C j fteptember 20 6 m I . ! to Grow and Bear Fruit, * ^rlte fo?- our eo page ilw? Smr nstrated Catalogue and 40 ^jkjpr ,HgH pa-chlet "flow to ^ P ant and Cultivate an Orhtrd " Giv?s you that inormation y??u have so i<?ng v^Bg wanted; tells yon all about ? h<?sabigted pples. Iuei>>us ^Eafca^ neaohes. and Jan n plums with rhoiro?-i..n'a! sw etness. A all of which vou have cten wondered where ihe trees 'h'116 m l^at produced MM EVERYTHING GOOD IN FRUITS. Unusal flee st< ek of SILVFR yfe 'r* IMAPLESyounjj.thrifty< pes gf? a ^smooth and j-trai ht. the kind* it live and ?r-w ofT well TSg^fsSgSNo old roagh trees This is .ffgflfcasSri'he most rapid growing mand one of the mostbeau^cSl^fe^tifiil shad- trees. Write for prices aad give wants. Tan Lindley Nursery Co., ?T lOAMCOMBAll OF SJUTH CAROLINA j -* State, City & County Depositors COLUMBIA, 8. C. C-ipital Paid in Foil $150 000 0< Surplus 3 ,000.0 Liabi lutes of Stockholders 150,000 (m $335,000.0" j SAVING'S DEPARTMENT. | Interest tu the rate oi 4 per cent urn per a< nam paid on deposit* in this department tothJTP npDi PI 1/FATT J. JX fy tj X JLSJLJ*l ?. ? This Bank under special provision of in charter exercises the office of Executor Administrator. Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Bu?g ar pro i sale!;' deposi ^ for rent from $4 UO to $12 CO per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTON President. a c Haskell, Vice President J. CALDWELL Ri BERT SUN, 2d Vice President O. M. BERRY,Cashier. February la- ly THE ... mminwmi COLUMBIA, S. C. / capital $100000 o< SURPLUS 30.000 00 ESTABLISHED 1*71. JAMES WOODKOW. President. - " - JULIUS WAIKER Vice Pres d^nt. " EROME H SAWYEH Cashier ^ DIRECTORS James Woodrow, John A CrawtOid. Julius H Wttik<r C Frzsiu rnons, W C Wright. W. H. Gibbes John T S oan T T. Moore J. L. ilirn aaugh. K s Jovnes. This bank solic rs a share ij jot all ot ?ocr business, and wil :iao ev-r> favor consistent ?Ub safe an< v o???id s,iriking *r? .ar11 J9 897 1\ , Saw Mills, Ligm ?u<l rt-avy, an<I >:;pp;ie?. CHEAPEST AND BEST. |yi'i t ?ver-. day: wor. 180 uands. Lombard iron Works^ 4 ana supply uo., F JLUGUsi A, GkOiiGU. I January 27 I GEORGE BRUITS pi MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER ird REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware A fine line ol Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, v all for sale at lowest prices. pfr- Bepairs on Watches first class qnicklv done and enaranteed. at moderation rw*> =;n._4-f WTA. RE<KU\(i ABTIST, TS NOW MAKING THE BEST PICr J. tores that fan be bad in this eotntrv. and all who have never had a reai tir e pic* tare, sboald now try souie of bis latest D styles Specimens can b? seen at his Gn1W* lary, up stairs, next to the Hub. THE DYING YEAR. Goodby Old Year: We speed the parting guest. Although your life was short, you lived your spar.. You have your time to live and die like man, And now has come your time to go to rest. You rounded out the life you well began, You frolicked with the Spring when you were youl^. And to the long radiant Rummer clung. Whin o'er the hills the blushing Autumn ran, Vott followed her and lingered at her side bntil she tied when Winter came in sight. Armed with his weapons for a sturdy fight. With him so grim you could not well abide, You being old and weak, be in his prime. Death comes to you just in the nick of time. ?Boston Transcript. m WW WW WW WW WW WW WW WW WW wwww l^llUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIillllilllllliiiiiiHIIi^t X A 1 l i, ax A A. A A A A. A. A A A A A X ^ Zg||VTTVTVV"T""TTTVy?TT ^ f jfHalyerson's fgij |l! Awakening. ||| J^I!liiN!II{!iHIft!liilHilllll!!l!iilH!!llllii!lilllillifr!! Vvv'vTvyVvv>v tVVVTTTVVVVVTV It was all over with Halverson, and even his tossed and harassed brain, seeking some way out. knew it wellHe was done. To his fitful struggles an end had come, or must come now, this day. Another morning would be too hateful. Whether fate were unkind or merely remorselessly just was an inquiry he did not seek to ,make. ;HE BROUGHT IN A LAMP AS HE DREW ON HIS SHOES. for it would be futile. It was too late for speculation. What good to analyze the past for causes when the irresistible. impending effect was upon him? when it had not only knocked at his I door, but had entered and stood waiting. beckoning and impatient? The old year was going out. So must he. too. go out. like a big candle, but whither? What care does old Time take of his children, the dead years? Where do wearied souls find haven when the clay which gave them tene! raent is cold? He propped his back j with pillows and sat up in bed. staring I out the window into the falling gloom of the short December afternoon, but seeing not even the scattered flakes of snow banished from a few scurrying clouds marking the winter sky with swift changing formations. Ilis thoughts were introspective, but dominating thein all in gloomy mouotone. like the irreverent booming of a deep . ? mnnl-ino o ennton roof, tell lULltTU Utru lliuiai** ing of destruction standing with jaws agape, was that one he could not escape if he would?he was done; he was done; here was the end! The barren room, ill clad even for that poor tenement, excited his disgust as with a long groan he came back to his surroundings. It swelled evil. too. like a basement dive, for he had slept there long?how long he hardly knew? aud it reeked of his potations, lie got up unsteadily aud, drawing on his trousers, flung up a window overlooking the street. The fresh, keen air rushed upon him bitiugly, but he seemed not to feel its sting. Leaning far out. he drank it eagerly. Lighted cars, filled with home going people who seemed gay. hurried past on North Clark street, park ward, to the runic rhyme of the cable, to the clanging of the bells the griptneu gave voice in warning or in greeting. Most of the ! passengers carried little bundles. Some J of them held boughs or wreaths of deej orative evergreen. Tomorrow would j be the New Year. They were going | home, content, perhaps with good resolutions. doing where? Home! Where j was his home? What was it? lie shivered and, shutting down the window, drew to the pile of huddled clothes which lay upon the floor beside his bed. The door behiud him opened softly, j letting in a shaft of yellow light from i the room beyond, and it threw across 1 tl>i> flnni- nvcn tn liis fpot_ the shadow j of the woman who loved him. As she j stood there, looking uncertainly into the dusk where he sat obscured, his eyes were still bent upon that silhouette. picturing on the coarse matting her waved hair, her fair outline, all grace and dear womanhood, all his ?the pearl he had wou as prize in life's tourney and flung away. | "deorgo!" his wife called gently, j "Are you getting up?" fie grunted roughly, for in truth a i new kiudled emotion choked him. ami j he would not trust his tongue. As if iti echo of his voice there came ! from the lighted room the sound of 1 j clattering blocks and falling tin. a j swift patter of little feet and an eager, j childish treble crying out gleefully: ! "O'n. mamma, is papa up?" j A boy of G years ran past bis mother ! and. with instinctive seeking, like steel l x. 1 1 *1 K 4U. : in mayuei. pmiiKCu uiruugii mt* wuii' i darkness straight into his father's j .inns with a shout of joy. The man cuddled him close, but be| north his breath uttered something j like another groan, j "Santa Clans is coming tomorrow j papa." the child said, and as the man j sat still, only hupping him closer, he j went on: "Because, you know, he : rouMu't ?ot here Christmas, he was sc I busy, and there were so many pooi children he had to see. But he's com ing tomorrow. Mamma said so, didu' you. mamma? And. say" be put ui his hps cCL^uentially aud whispered? "we've pot a chicken and some nuts." "Bring in the lamp. Kate.r said Ilalverson hoarsely, struggling up from the clinging child. "I've got to dress and go." "Supper is nearly ready," she said. You'll eat with us, won't you? It isn't often we have you nowadays, George." "I've got to go," he repeated. She brought in a lamp as he drew on his shoes aud fastened his suspenders. | He strode to the Utile mirror in the j cheap pine dresser aud lathered his face before it in silence. The boy looked on in interested silence as he began to shave himself. The woman sat upon the bed and regarded biin wistfully, but in silence also. The odor of stewing foods came from '' - - 'I'Ka mon nswlstiwl tile llie UIUCI' IW1II3. 1 Ut- uid 11 uvuuvx ....7 head significantly toward the* open door as his razor paused. "The neighbors must have sent something in," he said, with a bitter sneer, "or was it the county agent? What's all this talk about Santa Claus anyway? Have you been mocking your own child again? Aren't things bad enough without that?" His tone was harsh, and the woman smiled pathetically. She answered gently: "A mother doesn't mock her baby. Ceorgie will have all he has been led to expect tomorrow anyway. And it's the New Year, (Jeorge. dear"?she rose and came to him. putting her hand on his shoulder?"it's the New Year, full of hope. If not of promise. Can't we be brave together? You always have said you wanted only a chance; that something must turn up. Perhaps it will when the New Year comes." lie shook the hand away, and the razor cut his cheek. "You must have had a windfall," he snarled as he stauched the wound. "You talk like you might be an heiress. It wasn't the neighbors, then?" "There was no windfall." she answered slowly. "I was only trying to hold on for your sake and?and his. 1 hac a ring, you know." Iler voice faltered, and he wheeled sharply, looking into her face. She held up her bare left hand and smiled Into his eyes bravely for one fitting moment. Then she flung herself prone upon the bed. shaking with convulsive sobs. The child ran to her and, burying his face in her skirts, cried too. Halverson made haste to finish dressing. As he hurried Into his ulster his wife rose quickly and staid him with a gesture. "You won't stay?" "I can't," he muttered surlily. "1 have an engagement." "You'll be back tonight?" "Where else could 1 go?" he answered, but his eyes evaded hers. "George," she said pleadingly, "tomorrow will be New Year's. There is ! something I wish you would bring me home tonight for a Nov/ Year's gift i Will you?" His wife clung to him as she spoke, both arms around his neck. J "What is it?" he asked. His throat was full of busks, but his maDuer softened. The boy crept to mm ana I wrapped him tight. "A new man, George," she said bro. kenly. | lie kissed ber. stopped and kissed the boy aud went out without a word, i Halversou walked with uncertain. ! hesitating steps eastward in the dim bystreet to Clark. Empty cars were ' ruuniug southward. It was G o'clock. The sky was clearing, and the night promised fair. Along the great artery of the North Side, smooth in its new dress of asphalt, the brilliant electric light shone in farfetching lanes, a milky way fallen to gross earth. As the 1*11 of an approaching train heralded its coining he felt mechanically in h>? pockets for fare. There was nothing. Shrugging closer into his collar, he started riverward. walking more briskly now. He was shivering, although well clad, and within a block he eutered a saloon. The barkeeper was alone. "I guess you'll have to let me have one on credit till next time. Dick," said Halversou, with affected briskness. Nervouf That Dr. Williams' Pi have cured obstinate cs | partial paralysis, and J best evidence that they vous disorders, becaus | treatment of all nervou Nervousness is a ques for the nerves is what nerve food in the world i | Dr. W ! Pink Pills fo j Mrs. Annie II. Mngee, of Port Au ter. Jean, was always a delicate debility and general weakness. Sh Kepi irnm uu siuay jor nearly n\ 1 ' began taking Dr. Williams' Pink P! to say they have helped her to h< longer needs medicine of any kir j can be the same one who a, few j hopeless, suflerer." ; Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale . 1 i all the elements necessary to give ne ? restore shattered nerves. They are b as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis : rheumatism, nervous headache, the of the heart, pale and sallow compl 1 ' in male or female. Dr. Williams' rink Pills for Pa | will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of ] * ; \thev are never ^old in hulk or by I Medicine Company, Schenectady, N 3 "It's pretty sharp outside, old man. Off the shelf, please." The barkeeper looked at him curiously as lie poured out a glassful of whis} ky and drank it eagerly. "You look like a ghost, sure enough." j his host commented as Ilalversou set down the glass. "What have you beeu ; doing to yourself, my sou?" A roistering party of young men , burst through the doorway before Ilalversou coul'i answer. lie knew ; them all. and th'*y greeted him effui sively. J "We're out for sport tonight, GeorI gie, my lad. Come along and see the | old year out. Be a good fellow!" cried i one. slapping his back with zealous energy. Halverson laughed. "I'm broke tonight. Charley," he said airily, as if it were a joke he could not but relish. "That makes no difference," returned Charley boisterously. "I've got enough for both of us. Just drew a month's pay. you know. Come on." What did it matter? Since he was going to end it all, was going to make his escape, was going to shuffle off his responsibilities this night before ever the new year dawned, what did it matter? One more night, with the riot of spirits in his shaking pulses, a last whirl of the town! It might hard en his grim resolution. He would go. and he went. It was ten hours later when a portei with bucket, mop and broom shook him roughly by the shoulder. He found himself sleeping heavily in a chair in an all night saloon in Fifth avenue, now he had come there he did oot remember. "Get out and get some air! It's New Year's!" called the white aproned man behind the bar. "You ain't dead, are you ?" Halverson rose with a start, awake. Recollection had rushed upon him like an armed man and thrust home. He knew what he had to do and grimly set to do" it quickly. Without a word he went out. He walked fast to I;auj dolph street and put his face to the east. So this was the hour! Well, he was ready. The water might be cold, but he would not shiver long. He went on swiftly. , Presently he was aware one paced j behind him with equal step. If lie ' slackened, the other lagged. When he put forth a brisker foot, the other held to his heel. This annoyed him. but he did not look around. "I will shake him off at the viaduct," he said to himself. "You are in haste tonight." the other called banteringly over his shoulder. "Why tonight? Why not yesterday? Why not ten years ago? Why not tomorrow?" The other drew beside him. Halverson looked furtively and knew his companion, though it had been loug since they had spoken. A gloomy frown clouded his flushed brow. "It must be tonight. It is the end," he said, as if in apology. "Ah!" said the other. "Ic :c so? It is you. then, who will leave it all behind. who will flee, who will be the :oward? What of them? What of her? What of the boy? Must they ftna r t)tn hrrtnt olnnn V '"I cannot help it," he faltered. "They can be no worse off anyway. And it isn't ray fault. It's the cursed luck!" he ended savagely. "Yes, the 'cursed luck,'" the other answered, echoing his own innermost thought. "Whose cursed luck? Theirs, not yours. Has she been loyal, devoted, leviug. true, forbearing, a wife, a mother? And has he called you papa. dear, and looked with his deep truthful eyes to yv: as his shield and his reTuge, his so!rtce his God? And you. what have you doue? Have you poured your patrimony dowu your throat? Have you sunk your manhood at the gaming cloth? Have you paid love with neglect and cast the joys of fatherhood to swine? Have you, who have talent and education and once had friends, sold your possessions stick by stick until your wife pawus her wedding ring to buy tire and food for her baby?and for you?'' Halvcrson hung his head. Thcv were on the viaduct now. The other drew_yet_ cjpser.until he touched him. ; People! nk Pills for Pale People ises of locomotor ataxia, j St. Vitus' dance, is the will cure all lesser ner- j e the principle in the s diseases is the same. j tion of nutrition. Food I is needed and the best ! is t illiams' jj ^ n?i~ n \ r raie reupie stin, Michigan, says: "My daugii- ! child, had stomach trouble, nervous e had to be taken out of school and e years. About three years ago she Ills for Pale People, and 1 am happy ?con;r; a healthy, happy girl who no id. It scarcely seems possible she years ago was a delicate, almost a People contain, in a condensed form, I ;w life and richness to the blood, and an unfailing specific for such diseases ;, St.Vitus" Dance, sciatica, neuralgia, . : after-effects of the grip, palpitation exions, all forms of weakness either lc People are sold by all dealers, or price, 50c. a box or six boxes for ?2.50 the 100) bv addressing Dr. Williams . V. A pale liiriit faltered among"the stars ! j which marked the east before them, j They walked on together. ' rah!" cried the other in a burst of , high scorn. "You sicken me. You are less courageous than the mere beast, j you with a brain. Do you think you j are nothing? Do you believe by pull- i ing the shelter of the lake over your | own miserable head and body you pre, serve your honor? Why, man, man. f j man! Awake!" j They stood far out upon the long pier ! beside the deep water. "Even now," the other cried, with energy, turning Ilnlverson to him, so that they looked in each other's sat j face, "a sweet faced woman kneels beside your bed and prays. Tears fall | from her eyes upon a little, restless j child, who stirs uud suuggles to her. asking, with shut eyes, 'Is papa home ! yet. mamma ?' " "O (Jod! Ilalverson burst out Id , agony, stretching forth his arms. The other caught his hands and held : them tightly. "You made a promise," he said very i softly. "You sealed it with a kiss. Kate begged of you a New Year's gift ^ 'r | SHOOS HIM ROUGHLY EY THE SHOULDER [ J to make her happy. Shall It be hers? j j See. the sua is rising from the lake. ; i The Dew year is dawning. Shall it be ! | hers?" j Halverson fell upon his knees. The I specter of his quickened conscience j faded from bis grasp and left him i : there alone. Two tears, priceless gems, j dug from the mine of his reformation, ; , crept across his cheeks, now pallid, but j . there was a new light in his deep j eyes. The sun was tiptoe on the wa-. tor's edge. Across the rippled lake [ I from the full orb even to his knees } ! shone a golden pathway leading up, it j I seemed to him. to higher things. lie rose and stood erect, facing the ! day. Lifting up his arms, he cried out j aloud: "Oh, Kate! Oh, wife! Tou have i your New Year's gift. I go to you a j man."?Chicago Chronicle. | Things Not to Do on Xew Year's. Don't wear new shoes or let anybody ' ' give you a pair at any time during the i Christmas week. A Herefordshire 1 | farmer once did this, and he "lost a | sight of cattle that year." Don't bake | i bread, either, during that week. It to j I sure to bring misfortune. And. above j I all. if washiug day should fall on New j Year's, put it off by all means, or you ! will be "washed out of existence" be- j fore the year is ended. It is better uot I . even to wash the plates and dishes. ; 1 Onp thine. however, vou mav do to ad- ! vantage?go as early as you can to a ' weli or a fountain and offer It an apple i or a nosegay, aD<l you will have good, i wholesome water all through the year. ! NEW YEAR'S JIN RUSSIA. Cnstomn of the Festival Peculiar to j the Land of the Czar. Iu the smaller cities iu Russia New I Year's day is in the 12 days' festival. | i The Russians in many parts have held ! I to the old ways from time immemorial, j i The preparations for the season begin ; | early in November. The host of some J j great house begins to lay iu stores of j salted beef and sausages, liquors, etc. 1 The hostess calls on all her friends j and invites young and old. Next day j | she is succeeded by the nurse, who j j makes the same round of visits. Her ; i duty is especially to invite the young j ladies. She is hailed with joy. and ; the lady of the house hastens to mix | for her the cup of wiue. She delivers her errand and is plied with questions j as to the invited and the rejected. Rut i j the most important question is, "Who \ j are the elected?" These are the young ! i men invited by the hostess for the j i girls, or "fair maidens," as they are ' called. The duty of the young man : ! thus designated is to look after the ; 1 amusement and pleasure of his "fair j ! maiden" for the "12 days." The re- j sponsibility of the choice lying with j the hostess, she has to be careful in her j j selections.?Now York World. A Sultan'* New Year Gift. A courteous exchange of presents j I was frequent between sovereigns of va- ! ! rious nations. One of the most femi- j ! nine instances typical of the fashions j j and customs of the day is apparent in i j the offerings sent in 1 ">50 by Sultana ; I Yalide to the great Elizabeth. It con- , j sisted of a cosily robe and girdle and j i live handkerchiefs, two wrought in i j gold and three in oriental silks, to- | get her with rare necklaces of pearls j ; and rubies and a wreath of diamonds, j ? ? Xew Year'* Loving Cup. ; A bowl of spiced ale, in which were ! roasted apples, toast and sugar, was i carried round from house to house i New Year's eve by the village maid- I | ens. who sang songs and wished every I ! one a happy New Year. The loving ! Clip oi present, tunes is a reuc 01 mis < | ancient an.] still observed English cus- j ! torn.?Selected. r ' j Pnrltan Xew Vear'n, j The Puritans objected to New Year's | i gifts as a heathenish custom, but it j , was quite as universal as Christmas 1 gifts.?Exchange. ! Sandpaper will whiten ivory- | 1 handled kaivus which h-.tve become J \ello\v. f$pv vabsolutely Makes the food more d aom sxxma p Happt New Year! "Happy New Year!" J.;kn a bell, I'rals tlie liappv, joyous call. "Happy New Year!" l.oudcr yet! "Happy New Year, one ami all!" As thc?(!ieery cry rings out Winter storms arc all forgot; Gloomy skies are summer blue: Tears no more life's pages Mot. Hope again with tints of rose I'aints our castles in the air. Ilappv thoughts drive care away. And happy smiles our faces wear. . , \ \tiiif ft "Happy Now Year!" once again Kalis upon our waiting oar. Childish is t!ic voice thai talis. Joyous, fearlcsa, saect an 1 clear. Years slip off, and-youth anew Fires our blooti like mellow wine. Age and honors count for naughtSixty's sadder far than nine! "Happy New Year!" Speed the wish! Send it thrilling through the air Till every heart heats perfect time To "Happy New Year!" everywhere! ?New York Press. OLD TIME NEW YEAR S HOW CELEBRATED IN THE DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. Public Display* of Pomp and Pageantry?Mary Queen of Scots* Propitiatory Present?An Occasion For Renewal of Friendship. fN OLDEN times all the European ^ ^1 am| grand pageantries, I."u2. that Queen Elizabeth, in a state visit to Sr." Paul's cathedral, severely rebuked the dean for having so thoughtlessly laid on her cushion, as a token of love and respect, a prayer book, richly bound and full of splendid illustrations of .the apostles and martyrs, at the very moment when the sovereign had issued stringent laws against superstitious images and pictures." On that festival, too. foreign princes In the course of their travels were expected to officially attend the reception of whatever court they then happened to be visiting. A glimpse of the parade surrounding sucb formalities is given the fatherly advice, "Take this aud bo thrifty?" The unfortmiate Mary, queen of Scots, eagerly availed herself of this opportunity to propitiate her cousin Elizabeth, to whom she scut cunning headdresses of network, likewise collars and cuffs, knitted gold hair nets and rare and beautiful embroideries. Among the latter was conspicuous a basquine, or Spanish coat, which, when worn with the mantilla, wrapped the figure much after the style of the Turkish female gar!: Many illusions to special money for her New Year's generosities are found in the august prisoner"s correspondence. v.-w sliMihr tliu tmf.t I i.lnt rnoforiet io of the eventful day was the lavisliness with which {rifts were distributed in every class of society as tokeus of love, respect and gratitude, amounting sometimes to bribery. I need this delicate way of securing t'.u* favor of judges aud high officials b.-ame such a source of abuses that iu Il'bO it had to be forbidden by law. let even as late as 1088 .Tatnes H himself still ac LI Baking* Powder PURE lelicious and wholesome OWOCH CO.. HEW VQBK. I : eepted such tokens from his subjects | As au example of these offerings from ! successful suitors may he mentioned a j pair of gloves containing oh angels, or ! half sovereigns, presented on New I Year's day by :i Mrs. Croaker to Sir Thomas More iu recognition of his decision itt her favor in a suit against Lord Arundel. "It would he ngaiust good maimers." said the chancellor, "to forsake a gentlewoman's New Year's gift, and 1 accept the gloves. The liuing you will be pleased to bestow elsewhere." In fact, during this festive season gloves were customary gifts iu the sixteeutb century, but on account of their cost money was often given iustead: hence it became known as "glove money." The purchase of two pairs of lined glove* for Queen Anue of Denmark had so exhausted the savings of the beautiful but poor Arabella Stuart that she was reduced to knit a purse as a humble but dutiful New Year's offering to James I. Lady Mary Orey. more fortunate, had been able in 1.178 to present her beloved Queen Marie Stuart not only two pairs of sweet gloves, but four dozen gold buttons, with a seed pearl iu the center of each. Occasionally, too. presents embodied some allegory or hidden r:eaning only understood by the giver and receiver. The quaint though unattractive jewel nffoetinc the shaoe of a dark lantern. ill tlic description of the equestrian procession of the Swedish prime, who Ju loOO presented his respects to the virgin queen in nil due ceremony. Gorgeously appareled himself, and his steed not less so. the royal visitor was accompanied by a large retinue, clad in velvet and heavy gold chains, the guards carrying halbcrts. Truly, one wonders at the trouble and expense incurred by the uoble travelers in those days of slow communications. strict etiquette and magnificent display. As a family gathering New Year's day always proved au occasiou for renewal of friendship and reconciliation. Who does not remember. for instance, the anecdote of the Prince of Wales, sou of Ilenry V, who. anxious to appease bis irritated father and to show him how unjustly he had been slandered, appeared in court, ou the grand anniversary of universal good will, in his blue student's robe, pierced round the collar with eyelets corresponding in number with the years he had spent at the university. From each tiny hole hung a needle and thread. By this mute and original pleading, variously interpreted, the dutiful son is. however, credited with intending to clear himself from the imputation of being a spendthrift. Ilad lie not carefully and obediently kept the needle and thread given every year In- (>k? tni!-?!ir to ("kvfr.nl stnfli>nt<? with ?;eut in Scotland by Harrington to James, carried with it the long expcetwl news that his accession to the Kng-' ish throne was but a matter of a few lays or even hours. How eloquently it expressed "the failing lamp of life was very dint with the departing queen and would soon be veiled in the dark3ess of the tomb."?London Queen. Year*? Dinner. Oyster Soup. Bailed Codfl.-h, F.j;*? Sauce. Kscaloped Oysters. Roast Turkey. Chestnut Stuffing. Cranberry Sauce. Escaro'.e Salad. Pumpkin Pie. Ice Cream. American Cheese. Cakes. Fruit. Coffee. "T ?Chicago Tribune. NEW YEAR'S IN SCOTLAND. Bringing In the Jfew Year at Tron Church, Edinburgh. Now Year's is the great Scottish holiday. Christmas is of course an official holiday, and in the large towns, despite old prejudices, its observance is becoming more recognized among the better business houses. But for I the general population of the country the New Year is the great holiday festival. and. though temperance sentiment i? i?i<il.-in<r it* wfl v flii'rn is still :i orre.lt I ? ? " deal of hard driDkiug at this season. It is uone the less a fact, however, that the spread of temperance education and the better amusement of the peo pie are gradually having their influence in making New Year's less of a saturnalia than it was wont to be. j Bringing in the New Year at the Tron | church. Edinburgh, is a time honored I custom which does not seem to be fall j ittg into disuse? On the last night of I ISuS thousands of young people, with a sprinkling, of older persons, congregated as usual at the Tron church, which is iu the heart of old Edinburgh, to speed the passing year. When the church clock showed midnight, a loud cheer was raised, handshaking became general, the old salutation. "A happy New Year!" was heard on all sides, and, bottles of the national beverage having been produced from topcoat pockets, j healths were generously pledged. Afti er this had been done bands of roisterI ing youths and maidens set off to "tirst | foot" their friends.?Chicago liecord. ROMAN NEW YEAR'S. I larloiii Datca Celebrated nl Differ ent I'erfiMln. The good oh] Romans. who had sonichard coniinon sense in spite of their self conceit, believed thoroughly in New Year's day. They were characteristically careless as to when it should be celebrated, aud sometimes It was held at various dates of the year by conmiuuities living at uo greater distance from each other than a railroad train would take them in these i days iu a few hours. Rut so long as they got the full number of high days and holidays into the lii months the good old Romans cared little whethcr tlicy adhered strictly to the almanac j or not. Even when Christianity became an established institution in the land and the Christian leaders began to systematize the days for celebrations in which the church participated there was still a difference of opinion as to the day oil which New Year's could properly be celebrated. It is oven on record that New Year's day has been kept o!i the date set apart for Christmas. while it got so niised up with the i other divisions of time at another pc rlod that it vas kept on Easter day cue year and on tl:o 1st of March on another. It is necessary to trace the celebration of the first Now Year's day clear down to the sixteenth century before any definite understanding of the I proper day for tlie celebration can l>e i found.?Brooklyn Citizen. New Year's Gift* In Spain, j In Spain, as well as in Portugal, the , luxury to which a pretty woman de* ' votes the most care and attention is ! the lace used in the fashioning of her j fan and, above all. of her mantilla. I Few men have any idea until tliey attempt to make a New Year's offering of this kind of the amount of roeuey that can be lavished ou even the tiniest pi ere of lace, particularly if it hap ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 75 cents per square of one inch s^ace for first insertion, and 50 oents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts znade with those wish* ing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local oolnmn 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, when they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. HABMAN, Editor and Publisher. to bo obi Italian or Spanish point, dating front the sixteenth or seventeenth century. Ignorant as the Spanish woman is on most subjects, she is conspicuous for Iter profound and extensive knowledge of the different kinds of lace, and her talent |n?un (i ait'ucou irum poiut d'orgontan. and point de venisc from that c?!?l Italian point known by the untuc of Greek lnee. is only equaled by the pace with which she wears the national mantilla and maneuvers her fan.?Chicago Times-II era Id. Footprint* In the Axhei. Sweetened ale or egg flip Is the prescribed beverage for tlty drinking of healths on New Year's. In Scotland, the housewife takes care Injure retlr- _ ing the last tiiglit of the year to spread, the ashes smoothly oti the hearth. If in the morning the print of a foot can be detected, with the too pointing toward the door, it is thought to fore irn ;i wi-ain in nit* laiuuy (luring me year, but if the t??e points io au opposite direction there will be a marriage soon.?Atlanta Constitution. An Rngliuli Custom. Carrying branches of evergreens hung with apples, oranges .and gayly colored ribbons, the children still parade the streets of some old English towns, "aggauowiug." as it is called, front the words of the ditty they sing: We're come to give you warning It's New Year's day a-morning, With a liev and a how And an aygtn agganow. f ?Atlanta Constitution. The doling Year. V j With mistletoe and holly ( Upon your bier Make room for youth and folly, Thou sad Old Yearl You've felt the pains and sorrows That mortals know; We long for new tomorrows, . 4 So bid you go. ' We'll give the joys you've brought us A last goodby And failures that you've taught ua ** A passing sigh. ^ 3JC -1 When sunshine Rilds your coffin \ ' ,r| With hope and cheer, *-1 l The world's hard heart will aoftea j And shed a tear. 1*1 nut. n new year aiscerning -~m : * Beyond your tomb, | 'Sjyk ^,1 All mortals will be turning 3IT From grief and gloom. 4PL" '/ % They'll place a wreath of holly ^ Upon your grave a. And haate to greet the folly That once ytu gave. * -Omaha Be#. NEW YEAR'S VOWS. "" Good Adrlcc For Thoae Who Wo?14 Lend Better LlTea. Young man, would you swear off indeed? Think of your mother, her white hair and deathless words. Think of your stalwart father, stern, but just, aud prouder of you than any earthly fame or name. Think of the men your sins damn. Thiuk of the men your good life would redeem. You can't save the race, a single city even, but take some life tomorrow and make it your concern. Say to your neighbor at your desk: "Tom. old boy, you are in trouble. I have known it for some time. I want to help you. Don't be afraid of me. Don't laugh at me. Tell me what is wrong. I'll help you bear It. I am no saint myself, but I mean to be a better man." You will get him if he Is worth saving. Take a single family of poor ones, smitten sorely this hard winter. It is too late now for a Christmas dinner, but coal and clothing and common food and au hour's chat now and then will tide thrm over and save you. You may "swear off' with oaths unique and varied until you totter into your grave, still "swearing off" against death and hell, but every vow will be broken unless you learu to think of Cod and your fellow men. Don't mope; don't go away alone aud think of yourself, your craving nerves, your past sins, your blasted hopes, your forgetful friends, your isolated and defeated life. That is suicidal. Don't, ou the other hand, be saiu-itmonious; don't pretend; don't even tell your friends that you have turned over a new leaf: don't undertake too much. You rtiD best think of Cod and men in company with those who arc thinking as you want to think. For this end our Lord established bis kingdom ou earth.?Rev. Barton O. Aylesworth. The willow Is one of the most adaptable of plants. A w?!low switch stuck in the wet will almost invariably take root. 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