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Sold b: or pent in plain wrapper, y ox propaid, 0, or 8 bottles, $2.75, rev oh © CB AMM AMINED 3 NEW YEAR'S <a44 AT pop 3 BLUE RIDGE RRA RAN IV WV e " PEAKING of New Year's" said the Nevadian, "I always call to mind this time of year the blowoff we boys give a young doctor chap who came up to Blue Ridge just at the time that camp was the liveliest, to which I might add that though the days of the Ridge was few in the land, as the book says, while it did last there was no camp on the Pacific slope from Puget sound to the Rio Grande that could furnish as much fun in a week as transpired in Blue Ridge every twenty-four hours. "But the sport didn't need no medi- t eine. It was not, as you might say, a sickly neighborhood, which it seems PLANNING A SURPRISE FOR THE DOCTOR. | peculiar to remark, seeing as how we had the most likely looking graveyard, considering the population, as you would find in all the Sierras. But the gents as populated the graveyard was mostly a lively and healthy lot up to and inclusive of the moment of their demise. "That's what the boys was speaking of when the doctor came into camp, "Long Bill remarked to me that the boys who was hurt ought to make an | effort to last until the doctor could ar- rive, which would give him a legal , claim on any dust they might leave. He was just the kind of a chap for the camp if so it had been that there was any trade for him, for he was quiet, nervy, had more book learning than | the editor and was cheerful and oblig- ing, especially obliging, for he preached ' a beautiful sermon over the late dealer gt the faro bank, though the said dealer ist had died of his wounds before Doc ar- rived. "Same said as how, we oaght to send down In the. valley where they were all shaking eternally with malaria and im- port a bunch of the shakers for Doc to practice on and pay him so much for the cleanup. He laughed when we proposed this and said it would be un- professional, because he knew the party as had the practice inthe valley. "Then we proposed that thereafter, any party dying of his wounds before the Doc could arrive, the said party's effects should be levied upon for a fee to be paid to Doe. "All the boys agreed to that, and we got so worked up over the prospect that a disagreement resulted that very night, in which a Wells-Fargo shotgun messenger blew all the Latin parts out of a friend with a ten gauge duck gun, which the same, for purposes of stage robbers, was of a sawed off character, The party as was shot mostly missing between his hips and his chest, the remains being only two-thirds, but we joyfully sent for Doc just the same. "Well, he came, and when he saw the state of the case he said as he wasn't an undertaker he couldn't be of any service, "Then we told him of the new rule and offered him the pile of the de- ceased, which was in a canvas sack behind the bar. He wouldn't take 't nat even a sample for assay,-and the disappointment of the boys was sad to sce, especially the shotgun messenger, whose intentions had done honor to his heart and aim. "It was a few days before New Year's that the editor showed us a wis | piece in a San Francisco paper, which UNION MEN, was a kind of local notice, stating that Dec was going to be married to h in that city. That sets us think. Y wo thonght boarder than ever lls us that he was go- a pr dy lua, «D4 oO xa Ltn the Doe te Ww | grades of holly to the holiday market, | but their | ville--Country Life In America. | ins to leave us on New Year's day to t:ke up his practice in San Francisco. Wo held a meeting and discussed the | . of affairs, having a pretty good iden of how the land lay financially with Doe, because his money was or posit with the express agent and Le wis chairman of our meeting. "\\'eil. at that meeting we laid out a plan that worked as slick as a dia- mend drill. On the day before New I' ¢ was sent for by Long B who told him his old rheun n like a quart miil. Doe preseribed, 1 when Rill asked what was the ante Do- said it would be $5. Bill said he'd p fide Nevdlework, oo the Mon- dd Weekly Star and ' wily Herald for one vear, 1 ! For « \r ; Dailey f(r think this ver, lad ' i RTICELL! SILK Co s Address Ltd, Box 341 G, St. Johus, PQ. " by at the stage office next day. | silver to the height of seventy or eighty f.and ft to tim chen he biE nim gvoo Then I sent for Doc and said that old bullet wound in my lez was on strike again, took my prescription and promised to pay next day. "I don't suppose any doctor in the world ever had as.busy a day as ours did that day. 1t seemed like every man in camp was sick, There was trouble about noon because the boys ran out of names of diseases, but I 'went up to Doc's office and copied out a lot of names from one of his books, and then we kept things booming. Some of the younger boys got stuck on the names of sicknesses I dealt out to them to make a choice from and played the whole deck, which seemed to puzzle Doc somewhat. "Well, the next day we met and marched around to the stage about starting time, and 'there was Doc, looking a little worried, but he looked a lot more surprised when he saw all his patients so callish. "We gave him a sendoff and an en- velope. "Did you ask what was in the envel. ope? I disremember the odd dollars, but it was enough over £5,000 to leave him that clear after he had paid his expenses down to the bay."--New York Journal. HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. Old Fashioned Greens Were Rose- mary, Ivy and Bay. The old fashioned holiday greens were rosemary, ivy and bay, but in the 2,000 tons of wreathing and deco- rating material which it is estimated that we now use every year there is a much greater variety. Best loved of all is the glossy red Dberried holly. "Holm" was the old English name for it, and it is thought to be identical with the "greenwood tree" of British ballads and of Robin Hood fame. On our side of the Atlantic the American holly, Ilex opaca, is found from Maine, where it grows as a shrub, to North and South Carolina, where it lifts a symmetrical cone of dark, shining leaves set with scarlet berry clusters along a beautiful trunk of gray and feet, Delaware and Maryland are usually credited with furnishing the best "Three X" brand, as secn after shipment to northern cities, is not so finely berried as the Carolina holly, plentiful in the regions around Ashe- New Year's Calls. New Year's calling in New York was purely the outgrowth of an early Dutch custom, yet strangely enoug many of the descendants of the early Duteh settlers fought against the con- tinuance of a practice which they de- clared had long since passed beyont! ; the bounds to which the fathers limit- ed it and had been made the excus? for great excesses on a day which ought to be given over to the forming of good resolutions. In the early days of Manhattan Is- land the male Du'~h settlers every New Year's day stated out as a mat- ter of duty to visit the houses of all their friends. The good wives who re- ceived them were arrayed in their Sun day finest and had bowls of steaming hot punch upon the "best room" table. The latter day Dutch descendants dc- nied the punch and said it was coffec. The irreverent latter day champions of New Year's calling denied the punch also and told their opponents that their forefathers would not know a punch if they saw it and that they drank nothing but ill smelling hot gin. { Whatever it was that the good burgh- i ers drank, succeeded in calling | within the cony of the day upon | | they every family of any note on Manhattan | Island. *- A New Year's Cyclone, Is that a cyclone ragin'? Is the roof a-tumblin' down? Is that a earthquake shakin' All the winders in town? Is that the river roarin' Above its banks of green? Has Gabriel blowed his trumpet To make the dead serene? They stood and heard in terror - t not the s ted int a bit of tro daddy swea pr --Atlanta Constitution. | Ar a That's A Time of Peril, Clarissa--I'm always glad when New Year vis safely over. Fidelin--Yes; it is a saddening anni versary. \ Clarissa--Oh, I don't mean. that | Clarence and I always have a horr quarrel suggesting improvements i each other's conduct. i To 'Naughty-two. Come in, New Year, cone in, come in; | Q 3 ere in the cold and grin. T'ut on some clothes; your legs are bare; | You haven't half ¢ h to wear. | The old man's gon ast is clear; | The world's your oyster, kid New Year! | --Chicago Tribune. | Stock on Hand. Dradds--Going to make any new res olutions this year, Spikes? v ones? 1 should say not lot of old ones I've never sed, by Jove! -- Wreckage. Break, break, break-- No, not the waves of the sea-- Only the reso That the fo 2, ah, he! --3. E. Kiser. As Good as New. "How about those good resolutions you made the first of the year?" "Oh, they are still good." --Smart Set ---------------- oolish Resolutions, F caste ---------- ------------------------ OANA > New YEAR'S I Russia 3 SN AMNANANNNNAANNANANNO in the smaller cities of Russia New Year's day is in the Twelve Days' festival. The Russians in many parts have held to the old ways from time immemorial. The preparations for the season begin early in November. The host of some great house begins to lay in stores of salted beef and sausages, liqueurs, ete. The hostess calls on all her friends and invites young and old. Next day she is succeeded by the nurse, who makes the same rounds of visits. Her duty is to invite especially the young ladies. She is hailed with joy, and the lady of the house hastens to mix for her the cup of wine. She de- livers her errand and is plied with questions as to the invited and reject- ed. But the most important question is, "Who are the elected?' These are the young men invited by the hostess for the girls, or "fair maidens," as they are called. The duty of the young man thus designated is to look after the amusement and pleasure of his "fair maiden" during the "twelve days." The responsibility of the choice lying | with the hostess, she has to be careful in her selection. # But the invitation has again to be re- peated, this time by the master of the house in the person of his servant, or "swat," who, with mace in hand, per- forms his missien. On entering each house he offers a prayer before the shrine of the saint to which it is dedi- cated. He then delivers the invitation in the name of his master and mistress, At first, accu ding to etiquette, the in- vitation is refused, but after much pressing it is finally accepted. When the day arrives, the young ladies who are the heroines of the seagon appear in a sledge accompanied by their moth- er and favorite companion, generally a girl of inferior rank, who sits at their feet. This sledge is followed By anoth- er containing tirewomen charged with caskets and dressing boxes. Other sledges follow--the longer the proces- sion the greater honor to the house visited. On_ the arrival the host and hostess meet the guests at the gate, bow without speaking and conduct them into the house.--New York World. Self Approval. "Have you kept your New Year's resolutions?" "Yes, 1 have faithfully kept a New Year's resolution that I made three or four years ago." "What was it?" "Never to make any more resolu- tions."'--Washington Star, An Arrested Intelligence, "Charlie Binks isn't as slow as he seems." "How is that?" "Ife woke up yesterday and asked what year it is." rp ---- His Happy Calls. Wilkins--How many calls did you make yesterday? Dilkins--Three, and, say, it was the best game of poker I ever sat in! OANMVVVVVVWWVWWWWWYVWVVW NO | THE OLD 2 THE NEW - SAAAMAANAAMANAANAANANG The New Ycar came to the Old Year's door When the sands were wasting thin, st lay white on the Old Year's hand grew chill as he slipped the latch To let the New Year in. And the New Year perched in the Old Year's chair And warmed by the Old Year's fire, And the Old Year watched him with wist- ful gaze As he stretched his hands to the fading blaze And cinders of dead desire: er and vanish 1 of the future, with grave ad- yw and sacrifice would bring. ove and That the seasons' rour » New Year li ed is heart bloom of the Old Year » gave nu heud Of the d and blow of a And, nodding, he dream Year came to the And warmed in the Old Year's A A I i 4 i Be: ia \ I + ML AL rug . We want a name for a high-quality ten-cent cigar. We intepd. sell it direct to the consumer by mail. easily remembered. We would like to bave a whole lot of names to choose from, so we offer $100 IN CASH P IF He (i AVE A ¥ The name must be striking an Te IZES gest three names. ed later. before March 14th at midnight February 28th. will be made by a committee to be appoint- The winners will: be aanounced on or SIO PI0E OE CANADIAN CIGAR SYNDIGATE, 821 Craig Street, Montreal. FoR EER Divided as follows : $50 to the one suggesting the name chosen, . $10 to the one sending the 25th coupon received. $5 to the one sending the 50th coupon received. $10 to the one sending the rooth coupon received. And 25 prizes of $1 each to the sender of every 50th coupon received after that, To introduce this unsurpassed ten-cent cigar to smokers all over Canada. it 1s required that each suggestion of a name be accompanied by this coupon and 25 cents for three cigars. Send 75 cents for a box of ten of these ex- cellent cigars and you'll be entitled to sug- Canadian Cigar Syndicate, 821 Craig St., Montreal; The competition closes Enclosed find ...... dollars ...... Th ] : cents for ...... boxes of Surpass e selection Cigars, each box to contain ...... cigars, you paying postage. Should they not prove satis- factory, after trial, I reserve the right to return the balance and have money refunded. Name ... 28 ROOSEVELT'S NOTE. Thinks It Better That Tribunals ! Shall Decide. Rome, Dec. 27.--Ambassador Mercier, presented to the foreign office, Presi dent Roosevelt's note on the subject which position he would have accept ed if there were no other means of hetter to submit the case to Hav willing. The president honorable spirit of mutual considera tion and moderation, he is clad to be and warmew means 2 Suared winoaph How i it plain to the Chur nye hoe | tha thon G00} have } a { ved 1 1h 1h warmer ioe » { succor i te. No | r 1 --------eee ' 1 Conn sleang) rand po : ! I of the Venezuelan arbiration. The pre- «id nt says, although he is very gra- titicl at the conlidence the. powers have shown in .him as arbitrator, He NOE BK solving the question, yet he thinks it | The | » tribunal, and especially as all | concerned are adds that ax there is no question of | national honor or question of termi | tory involved, after thorough consid- | eration and in accord with all the | powers concerned, who have shown an | informed that they all have agreed to «submit the question to The Hague § tribunal. | -------------- | Deseronto Personals. Deseronto, Pee. 27. Mizs Maud Al- | len has returned home after a fe v | months' visit with her sister in Dol wood, Mr. and Mrs, W. J, Gedde of | Kingston, are i their Christ : holiday in . I. Mahone of Ottawa, has home for his holilavs. Rev. Mrs, Melnto hand son | of Belwooa, are visiting her parents | n Doseronto. Miss Bristol of Toronto, | ix visiting her brother wles, Miss f Lena Richardson and Buby Me biarmid, of Whithy College, have re turned home for Chrizim holidays. | George MeGaushey, of Oscoode Hall, pent Christmas at home, DD. MacDon did, of Peterioro. spent Christmas Lome. Mrs, W. JJ. Malley has gone to Oraneeville to spend the holidavs with h mother" She was accompanica by her sons 1 Arthur. Wir Me Mi are spenling a I in Maitl Mrs. Woo lh Oliver Mi Lucey Oliver of Cookshin are visiting friend town Bishop Of am O01} Giving. | | | | i | at special discount. SOLDER 0 KEXEEERAEE ELE EA EEF ER EEE A Card Of Gbhanks. You have been very kind to us in the Christmas Patronage Distribution. Our sales have climbed to a figure never before reached. Pardon any little failings or delays that might have inconvenienced you. WE ARE ALL THE TIME TRYING 710 BETTER THIS STORE'S SERVICE, and with a lit:le patience on. your part WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WONDERS. 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