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- MHENRY pVfijNDEALER, M'HENBY, ILL. r̂ê -w ̂ ̂ w-- «af Si--..N I "4%": mmw* WkV'.H- {'- . iqw* xm<~< <&%£: I2PSZX tt82ZiG7B?Ur- OLr27Tf&-* Housework #« >r n few Year's cere- Ithan in the land whose faces Jliar to UB on pa- f'-om ft national |ils season is the of the year. Larations are made Ire. Houses are [i d out. Doorways fith rice ropes and jvergrefen. Every a pot or two of (iniature pine tree, twigs, to win for ^se the favor of the future. thf mallet blows "mocM," the Jap­ ing. All debts are There are toys I'ds that bring good on when tied Be- hardly dawn be- lo stirring. There First there will Iwhen the health iin that rice wine be paid to all no more the tra- peculiar. For him manufacture. But ind elaborate head- as looked on New rial. tn gorgeous r , clattering i: i on toed but i to friends lowns will per- loiidly mean- jtnd earth! Sig- the universe is 1 drum, two- is dance" in Aii; dart hither i ;i >le gardens. I se children. Li11 will expect < ii < -ck and bat- : I new kites, irightly col­ es Grown •i tames. The : ns on their i ,i ipan will be •r* hd Japan in ap- ihp New Year, our calendar, is 11 pndance at mld- „• Hut the last Silvestre," calls of the new year, fem\" is "iedicated {id to general gift suborn become of souvenirs that the good fortune r -.miv and flow- ic but there is r a N e w Y <ar's is <n Prince, New Christmas, an evl- hen both countries ' treni; On the last | let. groups of men '•use to house sing- ak' yer feathers. fergar8; piay. fiiay, •B ce es and coins next place, first, bouse in token of children get up Inter"ted eyes the sc&zu&skz zz&v ye&K& blue and white marks that decorate every dwell­ ing in the village. Scotland is, as well, the land of cakeB, and at this season the bakers' shops are filled with toothsome dainties, sugar covered and mottoed In ice. Germany observes various customs. Calls are made on January 1, and gifts are exchanged; delicious little cakes are eaten in honor of the festal day. Different neighborhoods have char­ acteristic rites and superstitions. Thus,'in the Black Forest a workman likes to work a little bit at his trade the first day of the year, to coax luck in business; most picturesque is the render of clocks, who sets out to sell one at least of his wares. Munich drinks deep to the health of the season in good Bavarian brew. Jena, whose people recognize descent from those ancient Germans who believed in a god that brought light and warmth each year into the world to overcome the cold and dark of winter, builds in its public Bquare at New Year's time a great bonfire, which typifies this ever new gift of the genial old deity that loved warmth and gave light. Thither at midnight the people carry the things they wish to cast out of their lives with the old year. Fire as a New Year's symbol is favored in Wales, as well. There fires are burned on New Year's day to purify the house for the entrance of a new and g'adsome era; and the ashes are kept Bacredly from year to year, esteemed for special medicinal virtues. The ringing of bells to announce the death of the old year and the birth of the new one is common in England and Scotland and in some part.*- of the United States. In many English chuirhes impressive midnight services are held. In the dales of Westmoreland it is usual to open the west door to let the old year out and to open the east door to let the new year in. In England it is still an enjoyable practice to offer a mince pie to every caller during the last wcslc of the old year, for every pie eaten under a different roof represents a happy month during the year to come. Often as January 1 draws near one hears the expression: "Thanks, I have eaten my twelve, BO please ex­ cuse me." What probably 1b the strangest New Year's rite is held In the Cevennes mountains, In southern Prance. At the last evening mass of the old Sear the herds and flocks of the peasantry are gathered before the portico of the little stone church high up on the mountain side and are blessed by the priest and sprinkled with holy wa­ ter by the acolyte who follows him, tn order that that this, the sole wealth of the countryside, may Increase and prosper during the year to come. The sight of the holy hour is wonderful As the church bell tolls above them the frightened ani­ mals bleat and bellow and try madly to escape. First the oxen are blessed, then the cows, next the sheep and lambs, and finally the goats and Pigs Throughout Europe many delightful . customs prevail. In Scandinavl^ a fe^st is always pre­ pared for the little birds, which iliig'it otherwise go hungry, on account of the deep snc-nc. In Holland, as In Scotland, the wind is notes with care, because the luck of the year will be determined by the direction whence It blows. The south wind brings heat and fertility, the west wind milk and fish, the north wind cold and storm, and east wind a fruitful season. In Italy the New Year is a day of greeting and good will and special feasting. Sicilian peasants take advantage of the fete to drive to town tn their gay carts, so that the country ca&da are merry with the music of tinkling bells. And Swiss folk, practical, industrious, stop theUr work for the nonce and visit friends, even when they have to carry their babies down the moon* tain slopes In cradles on their heads. Bulgaria's heart history is of especial moment Just now. On happy New Year's day in Bulgarian villages the small boys run from house to housq waving branches of the cornel tree and shouting greetings as they tap all they meet with the luck bringing branches. Bulgarian girls go through an interesting cef% mony in an effort to pry Into the secrets of the days to come. On New Year's eve a queen, chosen by lot, guards a kettle full of water, in which both men and maidens have dropped finger rings or some personal trinkets. Till dawn she watches. Then to an open place in the center of the vil­ lage she takes the precious kettle, covered with a cloth, a dancing, singing crowd following her. An oracle, who has been selected for eloquence of speech, proclaims successive fortunes. He cries: "The lucky girl whose ring shall appear shall marry the best man In the village." »The queen of the festival dips her hand into the kettle and brings forth a ring, and its owner receives it from her secure in the belief that good luck betides her matrimonially before another New Year. GETTING BACK. "Why do yon insist on trying to sell me beef­ steak and beans and buckwheat cakes?" de­ manded the barber. "I told you all I wanted was two fried eggs." "Well, I was in your shop yesterday," retorted the restaurant* man. "All I wanted was a shave, but you bulldozed me Into a shampoo, a. foam fizz, j,and a tonic rub." ' A SAO AWAKENING. "Warden, where are my flowers? Give me those flowers." "Those flowers are for an embezzler in the next cell " "Flowers for an embezzler, with a murderer in the same jail? A life of crime Is not what I was led to expect." NOT DIFFICULT. The dally carejf cA' keeping bouse and bringing up'a family are hard enough for a healthy woman. The tired, weak mother who struggles from morn to night with a lame, ach­ ing back'la carrying a heavy burden. Many women believe that urinary disorders and backache are "female troubles" and must be endured. But men suffer the same aches and trou­ bles when the kidneys are sick. Women are especially subject to kid­ ney disease. Tight clothing, indoor Work, the ordeals of childbirth, the worry, and the stooping, straining and striving of housework all help to bring It on. At first the trouble may be only backache, sick headache, dizziness and a drowsy, dull languid feeling, but this condition is dangerous to neglect, for dropsy, gravel and deadly Bright's disease start in some such small way. Don't be discouraged. When back- ache, nervousness and irregular or painftil passages of the kidney secre­ tions begin to bother you, use Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy that has brought new life and strength to thou­ sands of suffering women. There are no poisonous nor narcotic drugs In EreryPtetan Wis A Story 'Oh ! What a pain. Do&ii d Kidney Pills--nothing to iajoiil nor cause a habit. Delicate wome* can use them with perfect safety. The following case Is typical of the e*M effected by Dom'« Kidney Pills. OranM testimony Is the best evidence. UNCONSCIOUS FOR HOURS Michigan Woman Tmil* of Au)fat Suffering Mrs. George Poison. Inkster. Mich- says: "Following: the birth of my third child, I began to notice signs of kidney, trouble. I had terrible, bearing-down pains through the small of my back and my blood was filled with uric acid. My limbs, ankles and feet swelled twice their natural size and a finger pressure left a dent for hours. My sight was affected, my head dizzy and I would lie for hours unconscious. I got so thin that no one would have recognizer' me. The kidney secretions contained jrhita, fatty sub­ stances and if allowed to stand became thick. I had a doctor and ho said my kidneys weren't filtering the impurities from my system. Nothing had the least effect. In fact, I was getting worse. My sister brought me a box of r>oan's Kid­ ney Pills and when I found they were helping me, I kept on taking them. I got stronger, my kidneys began to act right and the swelling went down. The headaches and dizzy spells left me. I picked up In weight and the pains disap­ peared. I was able to take care of my housework, feeling like a different wo­ man. Doan's Kidney Pills deserve every bit of credit for curing me." 1"-. ' st-wt-". •' .-.{ft: •' l*When Your Back Is ywne-»Remember the Name Sold by a® Deotav^Frice 5© cent® foster>MHbum Co, ftaftiSo, N. Praprtctoo whip Left Daddy Thinking. Little Girl--Papa, didn't you me once for biting Tommy? Father--Yes, my child, and you hurt him very much. Little Qlrl--Well, then, papa, you ought to whip sister's niusic teacher, too. for he bit sister yesterday after­ noon, right on the mouth, and I know it hurt her because she put her arms around his neck and tried to choke him. Important to MIothar® Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infant* and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Y«fb Children Cry lor Fletcher's Caatoria cniiaren, ana bto uin h t Pessimistic Deacon Philander. Deacon Philander of our church Is •o practical that at times he appears to be profane, says the Kansas City Star. Our minister, a very modest and well meaning man, approached Philander the 'other day and said: "Brother Philander, we are to be con­ gratulated. Of course you noticed what an immense congregation we had at our special services the other eve­ ning. I am told that at the opera house there was a very small crowd out to see the show. The interest in our work Is certainly inciieasing won­ derfully. "Yes," replied! old Philan­ der, very solemnly, "I noticed the things of which you speak! but I much fear that things would be different if we charged a dollar adttriaplon and the show at the opera house was trge." As church treasurer Philander gets onto a lpt of things. EIXEMA ITCHED AND BURNED R. F. D. No. 2, Seymour, Mo.--"My scalp broke out with fine pimples at the start. They Itched and burned so much that I was compelled to scratch them and they would fester and come to a head and break out again. The trouble was attended by such burning and itching I could ndt sleep, also when I sweat it burned the same. My hair fell out gradually and the •calp kept rough and dry with itching and burning. After about two years the pimples broke out between my •boulders. My clothing Irritated them. I was troubled with that eczema five or six years. "I tried everything that was recom­ mended without any benefit until I used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment according to directions, and Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured me sound and well in two weeks." (Signed) S. L. Killlan, Nov. 22, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post­ card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."--Adv. What He Wanted It For. Little Caillou, a French boy, was al­ lowed to take luncheon with his moth­ er and her guests on condition that he ate only that which was offered him, making no comment. By and by, how­ ever, when dessert was on the table, Caillou could not resist a certain temp­ tation. "Please, mamma, may I have a sar­ dine?" "No, my son, you know very well that you may not have a sardine, that such things are not allowed you. And I thought you promised me not to ask for anything special to eat." "Oh, I don't want to eat it," was the little boy's ingenious and astonishing answer, "I Just want to put It in my glass of water an<J see It float." "I wish I could do something startling," said Gladys Gloom, sick unto death with ennui. "Well, Gladys, that is easily accomplished,'* saJd her close friend. Bella Blazes. "Go back to that little old-fashioned town where you were born and smoke a cigarette on the publio square." IBLE | directly due to ^temperance; 25 per ' cent, may be traced to interference of relatives, from ^the mother-in-law down The remaking 25 per cenL the report debits tit laziness, natural bad temper and Incompatibility. Of course, drunkeiness, while a cause of domestic tre^bj^ may itself be an effect < ^ iir,-\lous domes Ac trouble. Th< who maintain cooking and < i ing would pn more of the locial workers leinnit. ' that good °_r<%y housekeep­ er cent or ot 1 .Lkenness that ^et into ^the police courts. The estin4te may be too liberal, but cer­ tain It Is that an attractive home and palatable, well served meals would present much drunkenness. Hence it is filr to say that bad cooking and slotl fulness canse the drunkenness that lead# to wrangling and arrests in a l*rKe number of cases. Many and Wous are the causes 'of domes­ tic rouble, buf iwhile we cannot re- n,.v * hem side of# the mll- U*n !!*'•». the teaching *f domestic hovl-'toM economy, of home-making will undoubtedly light* en the burdens of courts that deal with domestic rows and desertions. Men, by the way, need as much teach­ ing as women, if not of the sams things. They have their part to plaj in making and keeping the home neat, attractive and comfortable, In bring­ ing a little color and warmth and beauty into it. ' Most Any Time. The scene is set A country road, trees, sky, summer homes, a lake in the distance. A steam railway line crosses the road at right angles. Enter, up the road, an automobile, well loaded and running at high speed. Enter, at the far right, an express train. Both automobile and train are rush­ ing toward the crossing. Owner of automobile, to chauffeur: "Can you make it?" The chauffeur, speeding up: "Sure I can make it!" He didn't.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. u'.ieiiiiiife: iorciicvwicoafe-cstioa. the free oxygen of the air--is the only cure. Then why not go for thennly remedy direct- by restoring oxygen deficiency in the system through the health practice, Oxyp^fhy. Most ca*e* are reltereu in 24 hour*. No drugs or medicine*. Besides. Otjpttby practice will rellere any number of other ailments. 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A woman visited a friend whose hus­ band thought of moving out into the country. "Getting back to the land is all well and good," she said, "but could you be cdiitopted to live in a little place?" "Yes,v -applied her friend, "I think I could If I wer^S t>«-pnly one there who owned an tuto," His Disposition. ^ During a concert tour of the tfltfe Theodore Thomas and his celebrated orchestra, one of the musicians died, and the following telegram was imme­ diately dispatched to the parents of the deceased: "John Blank died suddenly today. Advise by wire aB to disposition." In a few hours the answer was re­ ceived, reading as follows: "We are broken-hearted; his disposi­ tion was a roving one." Mother Gray's SwMt Powders for Children Relieve Fererishnesa, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move u ud regulate the Bowels and are a pleasant remedy tut Worms. Used by Mothers for 24 years. They are so pleasant to take, children like them. They *rt*r fail. At all Druggists, Uc. Ham pie JTKEK. 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