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ELEBRATED by r e l i g ious observ­ ance and f e s t i va l s among the Egyp t i ans , Ch inese , J ews , Rom­ ans and Mohammedans many cen tu r i e s be fo re t he Chr i s t i an e r a . New Yea r ' s day i s s t i l l t he one ho l iday ce l eb ra t ed by a l l na t i ons , c iv i l i zed o r s avage . Whi l e t rue that the f i rs t day of th6 new year dors not fa l l simul t aneous ly i n a l l s e<f t ions of t he g lobe , s i nce a l l coun t r i e s do no t u se t he Chr i s t i an ca l enda r , I t I s . a f ac t t ha t each na t ion has i t s own day . Even the cann iba ' s of t he - . v* A" mm i s® ' ? :®®; iSP t f i s neve r the l e s s New Yea r s Sou th Sea i s l ands and savage t r i bes o f Cen t r a l Af r i ca ce l eb ra t e t he beg inn ing o f t he new yea r wi th some so r t o f ce remon ies . 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I" 1Z&R. ¥ 3 I I Youths at Play Make a Mo?* Startling Discovery in Woods. ROLL OF BANK NOTE! J/OV jW: &27>'/fcWC*' 7Zi't •> s t r i kes a fu l l hundred thousand g l a s se s a r e r a i s ed a lo f t i n t he joy pa l aces , and the hea l th o f t he New Yea r i s d runk . The lobs t e r show p laces o f New York -- human and c rus t acean - a r e j ammed to t he door s , w i th ' " e t ab l e s engaged weeks be fo re hand . The no i se t he wine -d r ink ing zone ex t ends fu l ly t en s , wi th eve ry foo t o f i t packed by a ye l l i ng , gg l ing , good na tu red c rowd , march ing in un - , i ng p roces s ion up a r id down the s t r ee t s At dn ig l i t t he d in , t he roa r and the r a t t l e t ha t x s k e p t u p u n c e a s i n g l y s i m - e t h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t s / e r e t u rned on b reaks loose in one migh ty b l a s t , ha t t h r ea t ens t o t ea r even t h e subway t r a in s f rTTm unde rg round and j a r t h e e l eva t ed f rom the i r t r acks . Nowhere e l s e in t h e coun t ry i s t he ce l eb ra t ion so b l a t an t , so r id i cu lous and so r eck l e s s l y e x t r a v a r a n t a s t h ' . r e , From the spec t acu la r s t andpo in t and the long l i s t o f no t ab l e s on d re s s pa rade no ce l eb ra t ion e q u a l s , p e r h a p s , t h a t a t t h e W h i t e H o u s e , a t Wash ing ton Al l soc i e ty o f t he cap i t a l a t t ends Second on ly i n sp l endor o f d i sp l ay t o t he g l i t t e r i ng un i fo rms o f t he d ip loma t s and the a rmy and n a v y o f f i c e r s a r e t h e M o r a l s e t t i n g s I ' n c l e S a i a fu rn i shes t he f lower s f rom h i s wonde r fu l g r een houses and l i kewise t h e mus ic , t h e f a m o u s Uni t ­ e d S t a t e s M a r i n e b a n d , t h a t a l w a y s p ! a > s a t Whi te House func t ions . Eve ry van tage po in t i s s e i zed upon fo r t he bank ing o f f l ower s and ex t i cme ca re has t o be t aken tha t t hey wi l l no t impede the p rog res s o f t he lO .OUO peop le and more who su rge th rough the rooms a t t he r ecep t ion Al l man te l s a r e cov­ e red wi th b looms and pa lms and bouque t s in vases a r e p l aced a t eve ry conven ien t po in t . The p re s iden t t akes h i s p l ace in t he b lue room * n d t h e p r o c e s s i o n b e g i n s w i t h t h e f o r e i g n a m ­ b a s s a d o r s . h e a d e d h v t h e d e a n o f t h e c o r p s , a n d ' h e min i s t e r s a n d a t t a c h e s of t he va r ious l ega : i o n s T h e n c o n n * t h " ch ie f j u s t i ce and the o the r • n e r n b e s o f t h e j u d i c i a r y , t h e n t he sena to r s , r ep ­ r e sen ta t ives a rmy and navy o f l i oe r s and o the r i fT ic i a ' s o f t he gove rnmen t La te r in t he day th ' ' p r e s iden t r ece ives t he peop le a t l a rge , and the i r va i t i ng l i ne gene ra l ly ex t ends f rom the f ron t l oo r o f t he Whi t e House cu t t o and down Penn- iy lvan ia avenue f o r seve ra l b locks . A t t he p re sen t i n s t an t o ld 1912 changes t o ; i ew K M . ' , a mi l l i on mi l e s o f t e l eg raph wi re s and coun t l e s s w i re l e s s s t a t i ons wi l l pub l i sh t he g l ad t i d ings to eve ry c i ty and v i l l age in t he coun t ry and to sh ips a t s ea And th i s wi l l be o f f i c i a l , t oo . f o r t h» message wi l l come d i r ec t f rom the I ' n i t ed S t a t e s nava l obse rva to ry a t Wash ing ton : . t . d s t i l l mor" d i r ec t ly f rom an o ld r i de rea l c lock t ha t ha s long he ld an honored p l ace in t ha t In s t i t u t i on Th i s p l a in - f aced o ld • lock i s a lways co r r ec t neve r va ry ing even one hundred th o f a s econd f rom the a s t ronomica l r ead ing o f t he s t a r s I t f u rn i shes s t anda rd t ime fo r ha l f t he wor ld , and a s t he new yea r i s bo rn wi l l s end i t s message c l ea r up to Alaska , t o Sou th Amer i ca , t o Ch ina and to London . Ove r in F rance New Yea r ' s day i s no t en t i r e ly one o f r e jo i c ing ; t ha t i s , un l e s s one* i s ab l e t o r i s e above such mundane th ings a s f inance , f o r New Yea r ' s i n F rance means--bi l l s ! I t i s t he u n i v e r s a l p a y i n g u p d a y o f t h e y e a r A l l t h e dea r , f ami l i a r o ld h i l l s t ha t have been jogg ing a long and accumula t ing du r ing the yea r sud ­ d e n l y p i l e i n e n m a s s e a n d g r e e t t h e h e a d o f t h e house o n New Year ' s morn ing I t I s no t d l f ih ' t i l t t o o b t a i n c r e d i t i n F r a n c e , p r o v i d e d o n e p o s - x t e rna l s o f a comfor t ab l e compe­ t ence . a n d t h e t r adesmen and l and lo rds and shop l - e p e r s a re con ten t t o w a i t u n t i l Janua ry f i r s t . T h e n t h e y d r o p t h e i r g e n t l e l i t t l e r e m i n ­ d e r s i n t h e m a l l s o r . m o r e f r e q u e n t ] ' , p r e s e n t t h e m t h r o u g h r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s T h e b u t c h e r , b a k e r , t h e c a n d l e s t i c k m a k e r a n d a . i t h e g a l a x y o f t h e i r s i s t e r s a n d t h e i r c o a s i n s a , d a u n t s " a r e t o h e r e < l - : < n e d w i t . l i . F e s t i v a l b a n q u e t i n g a i d m e r r > m a k i n g w i s e h o l d h i g h c a r n i v a l F i o n i N e w Y e a r ' s e v e u n t i l t h e t r . - r i o f t h e s e e o : , ' . ; d a y o f t h e n e w \ , a r t h e s t r ' . ; « i f P a r i s a r e en f e t e I . cau t i fu lh g o w i ' . e ] w o m e n , i n r i c h I > d e c o r a t e d c a r r i a g e s , a n d g r o ' i p s o f t . e r i b b o n e d ho l iday - seeke r s fo rm a b o u h \ a i d s - < ' a l e l i f e t h e n i s w i l d a n d h i i l l i a n t sn rg in : . happy pagean t t h rongs t he spac ious a n d t h e s t u d e n t s f r o m t h e L a t i n q u a r t e r e o n - t r i b u t e t h i r f u ' ! q u o ' a o f l i n g a"d r eve l ry i n t h e n s t a u r a n ' s a n d a l o n g t h e s t r * v t o T h e G e r m a n c e l ^ b r a t n o f t h e N e w Year i s n o t l a c k i n g I n w h o l e s o m e ^ o o d c h e e r a n d f e s t i ve p r a n k s , b u t i t i s p r e - e m i n e n t l y a d e c o r o u s one . I n B e r l i n e l a b o r a t e m u - i e a i p r o g r a m s a r e t e n ­ d e r e d a n d e v e r y w I n r e a n t h e m s a n d f e s t i v a l s o n g • a r e c h a n t e d , b - > : i : ; n i n i : a t t w i l i g h t o f t h e l a s t d ' t \ e f t h e o l d \ t a r a n d c o n t i n u i n g u n t i l t he b e l l s p e a l f o r t h t h e g l a d t : d > n » : s o f a n e w \ e a r L o r n u a t o t h e e e n t u r h s T i e r ' ' i s o n e G e r m a n c u s t o m ' h a t d a t e s f r o m t h e y e a r i M " - t h a t h a s n o l i t ' h ' o f t h e -- d r i t o f t h e t y p i c a l " b . t d b o y " I n i t O n New Y e a r ' s e v e a i . j o n r w a l k . t i j : a l o n g t he s t r e e t s o f B e r l i n a n d w e a r i n g a h i g h h a t n e e d t a k e i , o u m b r a g e i f a c r a p l - 1 o f ( h - r m a n s tuden t s , w h o n i a v h a v e e n d e a v o r e d a t r i f l e t o o zea lous ly t o f i n d ! l i e b o t t o m < f t h f l o w i n g b o w l , s l i p u p b e h i n d h i m a n 1 s m a s h t h e a f o r e s a i d h a t d o w n o v e r I l l s e v e s T h i s i s t h e p e n a l t y h e p a v s f o r w e a r i n g s u c h a h a t a t s n h a t i m e a n d h e h a s no k i ck coming to h im, e v e n i f h i s ha t i s knocked o f f I l l s head and k i cked u n t i l i t ceases t o be a ha t . The g c e d f o l k s i n t h • K h . i , an a d a p t a t i o n o f t h i s o u s t o n ; t a n d - y e s -- - l e s s < x p i n s i v ( a > i a g e d o n e . T h i s e o n s i s ' s o f s - t e f r i e n d a s h e i s w a l k ! ; : ; ; a l o n g w h i s p e r i n g i n h i s i . a r ' P r r H t f r i e n d t h u s a e < o s t e d s t r a i g h t w . wi th a l i t t l e p r e s e n t , s u c h : i r a o r a n i n v i t a t i o n t o d i n n e r I n M a i n t h e e n t i r e c i t > r u s h e s t o - v . i n < ! < - o l d > e a r d i e s , f l i n g : - t h e m o p r . , a t e ! i h a n d , d r i n k s a t o a ^ t t o F a t h e r 1 b o r n T h e n t h e w i n d o w s a n s l a n . ' - a d m e r r i m e n t c e a s e s a n d a l l r e t i r e f o r a n igh t ' s s l umber In Eng land the New Year e a s t e r n s a r a n c i e n t o r i g i n a n d e v e n m o r e g a < r a l . v t h a n i n t h i s c o u n t r y . E v e r v E n g l i s h t ; up to s ee t he o ld yea r o u t and t h e n > w a n d a l w a y s t h e r e i s a b o w l o f h o t w i t h w h i c h t o d r i n k t h e t o a s t s t o t i n t he ce l eb ra t ion , wh ich i s a d i s t r ac t lng ly mad and mer ry one . God-cakes , t r i angu la r i n shape , f i l l ed w i th mincemea t and abou t a ha l f - i nch th i ck , a r e ea t en on New Yea r ' s day in bo th Eng land and Sco t l and . They a r e so ld in l a rge number s and can be pu rchased fo r f rom a penny ap iece a l l t he way up to one pound . Feas t ing i s r ea l ly t he ch ie f f ea tu re o f t he Sco t t i sh i e l eb ra t ion . more so than a t Chr i s tmas o r any o t h e r t ime o f t he yea r . S t e a m i n g h o t wasse l . t oo . i s ca r r i ed f rom door t o d o o r a n d i n d u l g e d i n b y n e i g h b o r s and f r i ends I n Russ i a t he . i u l i a n ca l enda r i s s t i l l i n vogue a n d January 1 t h e r e cor responds t o January 1 4 of ou r ca l enda r The Russ i an f e s t i va l bee ins on N e w Year ' s eve a n d l a s t s un t i l t h e fou r t een th d a y of t he New Y e a r At midn igh t , a s t he o ld yea r i s dy ing and the new be ing bo rn , t he Cza r a t t ends pub l i c mass , and p rec i se ly on t he s t roke o f 12 o ' c lock a hundred cannons a r e d i scha rged and the r eve l ry bee ins . A t t he end o f t he ce l e h ra t fon--two weeks hence--the peop le f a« t and a t t end so l emn re l ig ious s e rv i ces , mark ing on the door s o f t he i r houses , a l so , a c r o s s t o p reven t Sa t an f rom c ros s ing t he th re sho ld In t he ru ra l s ec t ions t he Russ i an ch i ld ren make the day pecu l i a r ly t he i r own . fo r . a rmed wi th peas and g ra ins o f whea t , t hey sa l ly fo r th In bands ea r ly New Yea r ' s morn ing , s t op a t eve ry house , en t e r and wake the inma tes wi th a bombardmen t o f peas o r by s ca t t e r ing the whea t ove r t he s l eepe r s . La t e r in t he day they choose t he ve ry f ines t h o r s e r a i s ed in t he v i l l age t ha t yea r , deco ra t e I t and p re sen t I t t o t he nob leman who i s mas t e r o f t he v i l l age In r e tu rn he sca t ­ t e r s sma l l co ins among them The i r e lde r s , t oo , make p re sen t s t o t he nob leman , such a s cows , sheep and fowls . 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Li t t l e Rock Ark--"Now , Ash ley , i t ' s ycu r t u rn ; t ake a f i rm g r ip on the boV; and pull the string clear back t o t he shou lde r ; t h i s way . " And S t i r ­ l i ng Cockr i l l t ook t he p r imi t ive i n s t ru men t ami showed h i s l i t t l e b ro the i how to hand le i t p rope r ly . T l i e C c c k r i l l b o y s , sons o f a p r o m i n e n t L i t t l e R o c k c i t i z e n , a n d t h e i r y o u n g p l a v m a t o , Frank F ie s tma l l . we re p l ay ing " R o b i n Hood" In t he oak fo r ­ e s t on t h e Cockr i l l e s t a t e and were l ea rn ing to shoo t s t r a igh t w i th bow and a r row. 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' ' And when Mrs Cockr i l l s aw i t she l e i su re < l y opened i t , h e r t hough t s neve r once ! \ Xi&4^ ' t f p ~ o \ i n f o s h a v e h a t i s m o r e g e n t l e s h b : i i , g t h e d a m - t e . a l i n g u p u p o n a , g t h e s t r e e t a n d i t \ f a ; ah i " The c o m e s a c r o s s i r . o r a d r i n k i t i k f o r t - o n t h e - i ; i < i o u s a s t t i e e i t ' l e s t s i n r - i ' - ' s l a t e s t ; . - d d w : t h " o f \ e r > o b s . o e d m i l \ s i t s w ' i a r i t . , i u m e h . e t c . N e w Y e a r The cus tom i s a su rv iva l o f t he t i n v * w h e n t h » h e a d o f t h e h o u s e a s s e m b l e d h i s f a m i l y a r o u n d a b o w l o f s p i c e d a l e f r o m w h i c h h e a n d t h e y drank each o the r ' s hea l th and the hea l th o f t he New Yea r The words used in t he toas t w e r e "Was6 Hae l . " mean ing " to your hea l th " P res e n t l y , t h e t o a s t b o w l c a m e t o b e k n o w n a s t h e wassa i l , o r wasse l bowl In Sco t l and t he wasse l bowl i s t he cen te r o f B R E A T H E T H R O U G H Y O U R E A R S In t h o s e p r o h l s t o r i c t imes "When y o u were a t adpo le and I w a s a f rog " w e brea thed th rough ou r g i l l s , and i f we s t i l l d id t ube rcu los i s and a l l k i n d r e d g e r m s w o u l d h a v e a b a t t i n g a v e r a g e o f Such a r e the t each ings o f Dr John G, Dav i s o f t he Un ive r s i t y o f V i rg in i a med ica l depa r tmen t , de l ive red be fo re a loca l body o f mi d i ca l s t uden t s , a cco rd ing to a Wash ing ton co r r e sponden t o f t he P i t t sbu rgh Di spa t ch "You can exha le a i r t h rough the ea r s n o w Jus t t a k e a c h f ' S t f u l l o f a i r , ( l o s e t h e n o s t r i l s a n d t r y t o e x h a l e T h e a i r w i l l c o m e o u t t l ' . : o u : : h t h e e a r s M u s c l e s o f t h i s o l d b r e a t h i n g o ; g a i h a v e b e e n o u t o f p r a c t i c e f o r a f e w t h o u s a n d y < a r s and i t wi l l r e q u i r e some p r a c t i c e t o { . - t t h e m In o r d e r . I wou ld adv i se mo the r s t o t r a i n t h > i r ch i ld ren in this new but old mode of breathing. It will g r ea t ly he lp aga ins t many t roub le s , n s t he re wou ld be no chance o f ge t t i ng in fecMous ma t t e r i n to t he lungs o r t h roa t . Af t e r a l i t t l e p rac t i ce a ch i ld w i l l be ab l e t o c lo se o r shu t h i s ea r s ju s t a- a fish works his gills. "Or ig ina l ly t he nose was used fo r sme l l i ng o n l v Af te r a whi l e man began t ak ing long , gen ­ e r o u s sme l l s , and l a t e r deve loped h i s b rea the r i n t o a sme l l e r a t t he expense o f h i s ' g i l l s . ' I f my a d v i c e were fo l lowed man wou ld have th ree b t eh th ing o rgans in s t ead o f two wi th in two gen ­ t - r a t i o n s . " ' Hc re I t I s . " embrac ing the 1 j e a o f h idden t r e a s u r e . Hut when she un ro l l ed t he c lo th , go ld , s i l ve r and pape r money and j ewe l s l ay ba re , and sb f* a I r fVos t f a i i t ed . Obey ing he r f i r s t i i ypu l se , she phoned he r husband , a t i f l Mr Cock i i l l was soon a pa r ty t o t he d i scove ry . and ho immed i ­ a t e ly i n fo rmed the po l i ce The au tho r i t i e s r e c e g i l z ed t he s tu f f a s pa r t o f t he loo t t aken by bu rg l a r s f rom the home o f J L Atk ins , a co t t on buye r . Tha t in t he package amoun ted to J l .OUd , t hough $2 ,0< i0 wor th o f d i amonds s toh .n a t t he s ame t ime were no t t he re Mr . A tk ins d id t he handsome th ing by g iv ing each o f t he boys a J1U" b i l l . HAWK KNOCKS A MAN DOWN B i r d M i s t a k e s H a t f o r n P h e a s a n t a n d S w o o p s D o v . ' i c n B e r r y p i c k e r . A l l . n t o u t b v a P c i v i d u n u s u a l w n . I ' a T o I n 1 :a . w k l i ke a f igh a h m te l . dow 11 b l i e \ p . : i t r u e i f N U r o f S a y l o r v f o i - l i . a h . H a t s t r e t c h e d r w h o h a s v . was the h o l a s P o t - v . a s p ick ing h i s o i l d i s t i l a b l o w t h a t l a id hit- T h e b ! w v . a s m i g h t y s w o o p , a n f rom abc . . As l a m o n s t e r h a w k , a i c o ; i - i a i . i i d b y a 1 h e k n e w i t t n i n e e l o o k e d u p h e s a w w i t h a s p r e a d o f FAINTED WAiTING FOR FOOD While Another Ate His Supper Man ' s Strength Give* Out Through Sheer Hunger. The mos t pa t i en t man has been d i s ­ cove red He i s John Smi th locomot ive eng i ­ nee r , who wa i t ed so long fo r a wa i t ­ r e s s t o b r ing h i s suppe r a f ew n igh t s ago tha t he f a in t ed f rom hunge r . He f e l l f rom h i s r e s t au ran t cha i r t o t he f loo r and go t a seve re gash ac ros s h i s head Smi th wen t i n to a r e s t au ran t and ordered ham and eggs, fried onions, po ta toes , co rn and co f f ee In l f> m inu te s he began to look for h i e o rde r , bu t I t d id no t come He sank back in h i s cha i r and wa i t ed fo r ano the r 30 . S t i l l t he o rC° r was r . o t i n s igh t . The wa i ' . r e s s i n fo rm wou ld b In t , bu t e h i s wa i t ­ ed h im tha t t he o rd " soon . " Smi th s a t hack fo r ano the r w 30 minu te s more f a i l ed t o p rod suppe r . He ca l l ed ou t t o th r e s s t o hu r ry up T in n he h t gan t o k i ck . Th i s s t i r r ed up t he wa i t r e s s and she inves t iga t ed and fonnd t he o rde r had been de l lv* rud t o ano the r pa t ron . Smi th was ge t t i ng weak , bu t when the wa i t r e s s t o ld h im o f t he mi s t ake he to ld he r t o g ive h im the o rde r aga in . The g i r l had fo rgo t t en wha t he wan t ­ ed . EO Smi th wea r i l y r epea t ed . Twen ty minu te s pas sed Smi th was B O weak he cou ld ha rd ly move . He made ano the r e f fo r t , howeve r , and a s he tu rned in h i s cha i r t o ca l t c^ t he wa i t r e s s , he s l i pped and fe l l *o t he f l o o r Milwaukee Jou rna l H igh ly Successful . " I unde r s t and Miss P ink t igh t s ' op ­ e r a t i on was ve ry succes s fu l ? " "1 shou ld say i t was She go t be r po r t r a i t on t he f ron t page o f nea r ly eve ry pape r m the coun t ry" wings o f fu l ly f . vo f ee t , s a i l i ng n 'va .v w i th h i s ha t Af t e r f l y ing abou t f i f t y yea r s t he b i rd d ropped the ha t and l a t e r a l i gh t ed on a dead t r ee nea r by P o t t e r be l i eves t ha t t he hawk mis ­ took h i s ha t .wh ich i f b rown , fo r a pheasan t a s he was work ing th rough the b rush p i ck ing t he t e r r i e s . J agged r ip s made by t he b l r* a t a lons con f i rm h i s , s t o ry T o w n W a n t 9 N a m e 1 9 1 2 . Mononuahe la . I ' a--The town o t E igh ty -Four . Wash ing ton coun ty , w i th a popu la t ion o f 700 , neve r has had a Repub l i can vo te r Once , many yea r s ago , a Repub l i can wen t t o t he town to go in to bus ines s , bu t d id no t r e ­ ma in un t i l e l ec t ion t ime . E igh tv Four t ook i t s p re sen t name when C leve l and w a s e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t i n 1 S S 4 P r e ­ v ious t o t ha t t ime I t was known a > F i f t y S ix in honor o f t he t l e c t i on o f P re s iden t Puchanan . N o w . a f t . - r twen ty yea r s , t he r e s iden t s pp> j o - e t o pe t i t i on t he pos t mas t e r gene ra I t o change t he name o f t he o f f i ce l o "Nine t een Twe lve . " In honor o f Wood row Wi l son ' s e l ec t ion . "Father, I'm Glad You Smoke Duke's Mixture" Before we tell you about the boy and his air rifle, we want you to bear about Lip get t f lyers Duke's Mixture --the tobacco that thousands of men find just right" fo^ a pipe--the tobacco that makes "rolling" popular. This favorite totiacco is fine old Virginia and North Carolina bright leaf that has been thoroughly aged, 6teranied--and then granulated. It has the true tobacco taste, for the very simple reason that it is pure tobacco. Pay wha t vou wi l l --i t i s imposs ib l e t o ge t a pu re r o r more likeable smoke"Aan Duke's Mixture. It is nova Liggett $ My&rt l e ade r , and i s unsu rpas sed i n qua l i t y . I n eve ry &c sack the re i s one and a half ounces o f sp l end id t obacco--and wi th each sack you ge t a book o f c iga re t t e pape r s FREE. How the Boy Got His Air Rifle In eve ry s ack o f t he lA igtit £ Myers Duke ' s Mix tu re we now Fi ck a F ree i r e sen t Coupon . T l i e^e Coupons a r e good fo r a l l i nds o f u se fu l a r t i c l e s - some th ing t o p l ease eve ry member o f t he f ami ly . The re a r t ; ska t e s , s l eds , tw l l s and ba t s , cameras , um­ bre l l a s , wa tches , foun ta in pens , p ipes , ope ra g l a s se s , e t c . , e t c . As a spec i a l o fTe r , during Jan­ uary and February only, we tvill send you our new illus­ trated catalogue of presents, FREE. Jus t s end u s your name and addres s on a pos t a l . Coupons from Joule's Mixture may bt assorted with, tags from HORSESHOE. J. T„ TtNSLEY'S NATURAL LEAF GRANGER TWIST, coupons from FOUR ROSES (lOt-ttn double coupon), PICK PLUG CUT. PIEDMONT CIGARETTES. CUX CIGARETTES. and other tags or coupons issued by «u. Premium Dept. ScLottia, Mo Sfcl . in the y V/ N QOne man made a bountiful living for his family (he has 11 children) and put $2,385 in the bank as the result of the season's yield from his 40 acres of irrigated land ia this productive country. 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