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Haicyon Days.

On the list OF December, the earth
reaches the winter solstice. The sun
touches his extreme point OF southern
declination, aud the day il our latitude
dwindles to its minimum length. nine
hours and three minutes.
The sun seems to stand still. The
short days hasten to their close. There
is en- angry mutter in the December
wind, chill in the frosty breath of the
winter breeze, and desolation III the
increasing cold; while the earth IN ice
bound chains mourns over the a7erted
glance Of the giver of life ard light.
The dreary picture, however, has its
bright side. Close observers Of the
moods of nature have rot failed to
notice days of rare loveliness rlingling
with the wintry weather, nor to feel the
influence of the serenity and calm that
linger about the winter solstice.
The ancient Greeks threw poetic
garland over this season. They called
the seven days preceding ard the seven
days following the Water sols:ice
HaIcyon Days, and had a charming
myth to account for the peaceful
atmosphere that hallows their pass
age.
Ceyx. the son of Hesperus, marries
Halcyone, daughter of -Eolus, god OF
the winds Ceyx makes a voyage to
Ionia. Ilaicyone is inconsolable at
his departure, and weighed down with
presentiment of coming disaster.
A storm overwhelms the ship, and
Ceyx sinks beneath the waters. Haley.
one goes to the seashore to watch foY
his return, and the body Of her hus-
band is borne to her feet by the relent,
less waves. She throws herself into
the sea, and the plying gods change
them both into birds which in memo.
~ of her are called Halcyones, or King.
fishers.
Fer seven days before and seven days
after the winter solstice. the tabled
birds brood over their nests floating on
the sea. No winds then ruilie its sur
face. and no tempests disturb its depths,
while in their floating cradles the
mystic birds are being warmed into
life.
The pretty myth is more than two
thousand years old, yet it was no more
vivid to the small circle of cultivated
Greeks whose fancy gave it birth than
it is to the overwhelming circle of
classical scholars who accept it as q
legacy of the past.
To their fancy, the fairy nests where
brood the mystic birds still float over
the sea in the short December days,
while, with touch of their inspiration,
and an admiration of their tribute to
the constancy of woman's love, these
days of serenity and peace are still
called Halcyon Days.
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IIaWkeye Dots

A near sighted man calls his specta-
Giles his eyedoIs.
1t is the customs otii ,er who always
wants to die in the field of duty, and
he isn't in any hurry about dying,
either.
Livery night Cashier Baldwin thanks
his stars that be conducted his financial
operations in New Jersey instead of
Kansas.
King Alphonso gets along with his
motheri nlaw. Or, his mother-in-law
gets along with King Alphonso, We
don't exactly understand which.
One of the Lorillards has lost a
poodle dog and offers reward of 500
for its return. That is great deal
more than the dog would give to find
Lorillard, which must be discourag-
ing to the tobacconist.
Is it true" she writes, "that all the
funny men are sad p Heaven bless
you, Annie, no; they are not. But the
people who read their funny pieces,
Annie, they are sad. Ah, yes; their's
is the sorrow that mocks at sympathy.
Colorado is larger in area than New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
and Maryland combined. But then, it
doesn't hold a very large majority over
these States on square count in the
census time.
Mrs. Christiancy refused twenty five
offers of marriage from young men be-
fore she coupled onto your grandpa
Christiancy. And now see the trouble
she is in. Young ladies, have care.
An avenging Nemesis always pursues
people who go back On the boys.
Professor Huxley wants his boy to
have broad shoulders, deep chest,
and stomach so good he will never
know he has one." That kind of a
stomach would be a bonanza for a
tramp; and, occasionally, it would
strike the wealthy editor as a good thing
to have in the house.
Minnie wants to know " who sets
the fashions Well, we don't want
to boast, dear, or appear unduly con-
ceited, or that sort of thing, but the
fashion of wearing spring overcoat.
favored at the elbows with benzine,
clear through Christmas holidays and
along into next February-we set that
one ourself." We don't know who
sets the others, as that is the only one
We are deeply interested in, just now.
People used to live from three to
eight hundred years. But then in those
days it took them five hundred years to
learn as much as man now learns in
seventy-go..e men, that is. Because
there are men, dear George, who might
live thousand years, even in these
rushing days. and then lie down to die,
burdened with less knowledge than he
had originally started out with.
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advance, OF annually, if the menb.r 50 de
sizes. In ease Of serious sickness. threaten
ing the life e member, before having re-
ceivtd any benefits, he or she can assign his
OF hsr members !ip 20 the next single friend.
In lookir Z al lis advantages it will be as
certa ned hat i i u what has been wanted
III America foi years. lthas the tendency of
prcMotih- the happiness OF society by sue
cCsslully rendering assistance in the event
OF marriage. Ia the first place YOU will moi
Lave 10 die 80 hat others Will receive the
OcEthtS as III the case III life insurance, but
You viii he the recipient Of the money dur
my your life, ard al the time when it is mcst
needed; IN the second. you will 70. have 10
be member for life, but in case of marriage
recti'e a benefit after the expiration of one
years membership. \ liill- meditation will
Ak once bring 10 the intelligent mind the
lacl that II Is not the old and iniirm WHO are
10 be thc tclctcaries, but YOU will discover
II !, ioG tn: Class OF persons who are young,
active, en'trprising and energetic. and are
chdeayoring 20 make prov sion for III 1t event
III lhtir IlN'S, when they are assuming the
les. oNs lhIi les VI assisting those with whom
they have united themselves by wedlock
No malt what condition Of life we may
enter, money is always an inn ortant and
niece Ssary element to success, and paricu-
ldl y Is fals the casa with young people Just
starting in married life, and entering ut)
business
We have frequently seen bow young people
commencing married life, without any pro
visions / + the future, depend almost wholly
upon the resources Of their ingenuity. and
how often they fail from lack of sufficient
mcans. Tn" ot ct Cf the National Mutual
AID Association, is to assist young people in
overcoming these difficulties by encouraging
economy daring single life, and enabling
then by small outlay TO maintain beneficial
certificates in tins Association, thereby in
surin@ to them comparative independence,
and immunity from want
The plan upon which this Association is
conducted is icc;t cal with the plans of like
associations cstablishtd in Germany several
years ago, and the feasibility and usefulness
Of the same have long since been practically
demonstrated. These associations have be-
come permanent institutions of that most
conservative country aud they have been
highly satisfactory by reason Of the bene-
fetal results acCruing .iherefrom. Similar
organizations in tie Eastern States are held
i'll high rtputc by the thousands of mcmb. RS
belonging Ia them. With these prtcedents
aS guides, no reason can be given why this
Association cannot be equally successful.
W. can assert witt 20 cd reason, that " hen
risk can he ott aimed AT such reasonable
rates as the National Mutual Aid A,socia.
tio", 1t would appear almost criminal for
young people 10 IL, glect the means and op-
lortunity AT their command, not to provide
for those who are 10 become dependent upon
them.-IS. +. Tribune.
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Bedsteads from one to one hundred dollars
ZACH, at ii. Schellhaas, 18th street, Oak
eand Gal

4 $li SHOTGUN for$j5l The handsome offer made
by the Saxon Importing Co., in their advertisement
simply 10 introduce gun. Is one of the greatest
bargains IN firearms. They actually offer iirst-cass
brcech loading SHOT gun for $3.50 Many thousands
Of these guns already In in Europe. and they
are said TO give great satisfaction. W. call read
crs attention TO the advertisement OF the Saxon I'm
porting Company.
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Intelligence Items.

Smsli-pox is causing alarm at the
East.
The situation in Ireland ia considered
to be very critical.
The passage of tie Tariff Commission
bill ID considered to be assured.
The Land League is being reorean-
lied under the name of the Political
Prisoners Aid Society.
At the sale of the Sunderland library,
in London. Latin Bible, being the
first Bible printed, with the date 1lG2
sold for $1,000.
The Spanish Government is consider
ing the abolition Of slavery in Cuta.
All important trials in Russia will
hereafter be held with closed doors.
Within the past six months. Wiscon.
sin has expended $4,000 for the extir
patton of wolves, wild cats, and foxes,
by offering reward for every ore
killed.
1t is complained that tie women oi
New York State who have right tC
vote at elections for School Directors
generally neglected to register them
selves, thereby FORGETTING their suf
frsges.
The University at Sydney recently
opered its classes and degrees tc
women, and has just recaived gift oil
S25 900 for the endowment of scholar.
ships tenable by either young men OF
women
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The Cure for GOSSIP.

what Is the cure Tor gossip! Simply
culture. There is great deal of ges-
sip that has no malignity in it. Good
natured people talk about their
neighbors because, and only because,
they have nothing else to talk about.
AS We write. there comes to us picture
of family of young ladies. We have
seen them at home; We have met them
in galleries of art; We have caught
glimpses of them going from a book
store or library with fresh volume in
their hands. When We meet them they
are full of what they have seen aud
read. They arc trimming with ques-
tons. One topic of conversation is
dropped only to give place to another
in which they are interested. We have
left them, after O delightful hour,
stimulated and refreshed; and during
the whole hour not u neighbours gar
ment was soiled by SO much as touch.
They had something to talk about.
They knew something and wanted folks
to know more. They could listen as
we'll as they could talk. To speak free
ly of neighbours doings and belong
ings would have seemed an imperti-
nence to them, and. OF course, an
improperly. They have no temptation
to gossip. because the doings of their
neighbors formed a subject very much
less interesting than those which grew
out of their knowledge and culture.
And this tells the whole story. The
confirmed gossip is always either mali
cious or ignorant. The one variety
needs change of heart. and the other
a change of pasture. Gossip is Away
personal confession either of malice
or imbecility, and the young should
not only shun it. but by the most thor
ough culture relieve themselves from
all temptation to indulge in it. 1t is
low, frivolous, and too often dirty
business. There are country neighbor-
hoods in which it RACES like pest.
Churches are split in pieces by it.
Neighbors are made enemies by it for
life. In many persons it degenerates
into q chronic disease, which is prac-
tically incurable. Let the young cure
il while they may.-lJ. G. Hcllani.
1t is not qaite true that the balloon
lists who landed in Wisconsin swamp
lived exclusively ON cranberries. Sig
nal Officer j. G.. Hashagen. one of the
aeronsuts. says of the trip: 81 killed
porcupire, and during the operation
got several bristles in my feet. Every
thing around me WAS dead. aud, being
unable to find club, found it neces-
sary to kick him to death, which was a
somewhat painful and hazardous opera
ton; but, with starvation staring man
in the face, he will not lose an oppor-
tunity to secure sustenance, no matter
what the cost may be. The porcupine
was made use Of, and was the only thing
VIC had to eat for three days, excepting
a handful of cranberries, Which We
CHANGED to find upon some bushes"
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The Dead Cannot be Raised,

Nor if your lungs are badly vast ID away car
you be cured by the use e DIR. Pierce.
Golden Medical Discovery" 1t il, how
ever, unequallcd rs tonic, Alternative and
nutritive, and readily cures the most obsti
nate cases Of bront hits, coughs. colds ard
incipient consumption, far surpsssing in
efficacy cod liver oil. Send two stamps for
DIR. Pierces pamphlet on Consumption End
Kindred Affections. Address WORLDS Dis
PENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo
New York.
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The ionic effect of KIDNEY Wort is pro
duccd 10y lis cleansing and purifying action
on the b.COd. Where there is q gravelly de
Iosit in the uriue, or milky, ropy urine from
disordercl kidneys, 1t cures without fail
Constip ltion and piles readily yield to it,
cathartic AMI healing power Put up in dry
vereta lc form or liquid very concentrated)
either act prOmp. and sur Troy Budget.
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An Awful Responsibility.

Everybody has something to say about CON
sumption. We all deplore its terrible rava-
ges, but only few Of us seem TO have com
mon sense enough to take the proper meats
OF preventing it. 1t is fact as easy Of proof
rs that two and two are four, that HALE ;
HONEY OF llOREHoUND AND TAR, taken as a
remedy for couqhS, cohlS, diQicHt 6reathih9,
hoaTSeneSS, or any other of the symptom
which, AS It were, pave the way for that teri
bic destroyer, will effect radical and raj il
cure Of the ailmen', and avert all danger.
Whoever, knowing this, ncslects to resort to
the true specific under such circumstances,
assumes fearful responsibility. Sold Ivy
druggists.
PIXIES ToOTHACHE doors cure in one
minnie
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Female Complaints"

DIR. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, ~ Y: Dtdr Sii
i WITT to tell YOU what your "Favorit,
Prescription " has done for me | had bt CT
4 great sufferer from female complaints
especially dragging down" for over siN
wears, during much Of the time unable I,
work. | paid out hundreds of dollars with
ont any benefit till took thre: bottles Of hi
" Favorite Prescription" aud never hat
anything to do me so much good in my life
advise every sick lady TO take it.
MIS- EMILY RHOADS, McBrides, Mich.
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physician, Mt. Hope Retreat, B Baltimore: 81
have great pleasure in adding my testimony
10 the virtues of CoLnEN's LIEBIG's LIQUIp
EXTRACT OF BEEF AND ToNlC INyiGoRAToK
as the very best preparation used for dcprc>-
Si0n rcdkHrSs and indige$tion. and therefore
confidently recommend it 10 the medical pro-
ics>ion." (Remember the nam, CoLpEN's-
take H0 otirr) OF druggists generally.
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A pitcher. still unbroken, has been in
an Amherst family 125 years. What
stories it could tell of the "good old
colony times, when we lived under the
king" for in those days such ware
wasn't always used for water "by s
lug full"
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1t is astonishing the number Ct intelligcn
people who regard a cold or cough as !
trivial matter, something unnecessary 10 pay
attention to. How many times have you
heard the expression, 40 nothing the mat
ter, only slight cold" Yes, my friend, and
nlne-tenths of the many thousand consump
tives who walk the earth to-day doomed to
premature death, said the same thing. We
pay attention to Il cold, and promptly too
Our remedy is Ammen's Cough Syrup, some
others preparations are good; but We have
found it by far tine best.
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A PAIR OF GEEsE.-Germany carries
as postal matter live birds and beasts,
if they may be easily and safely ham
died. Recently live goose, with an
unintelligibie direction, could not be
delivered, and the pcstoflice offered it
at auction. On examination. SS75 was
found eecreted under its left rinion,
the sender trying in that way to escape
proper postage. He has not yet been
found,
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II was this: Trust in God and keep youl
bowels open" For this purpose many an old
doctor has advised the Labitually costive IL
tske Kidney Wort-for no other remedy sd
ellectually overcomes this condition, ard
that without the distress and gripping which
other medicines cause. 1t is radical cure
for piles. Don't fail to use it, Translate d
from the New York Xcitung
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An Old Doctors Advice.

In the voyage of life every man l. provided
with skull, with which he paddles his own
canoe Sorristown Herald.
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The Reason Why.

Rolled Gold Solid Ring only - cents;
Greatest oiler ever made BY Irresponsible firm.
| Read advertisement G.. W. Pettibone ~ CO.
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The Silller the Better.

The Chicago Adcance, discoursing on
novel reading, says:
An investigation at one of the circu-
lating libraries recently revealed some
significant facts. There were three thou
sand volumes in the library, and they
were all fiction. Not sign of anything
else! "A book of any other character
would be so much dead loss," was the
remark OF the librarian. 81 must buy
the books that people read or I could
not live"
"And what are the books that people
read 2"
ooh! Mrs. Southworth's, Miss Flem-
ing's, Mary J. Holiness. Miss Brad
don's. etc. Mrs. Southworth's are the
most popular. have two full sets of
them, and could easily use three. They
are always out"
>" What about Macdonald, George
Eliot, Dickens. Thackeray, Black, Haw.
thorne, etc. ?"
81 keep them, of course. I have 10,
for they are sometimes called for, and
by class of customers that I like to
oblige. But make no profit on them.
The sillier story is the more eagerly
it it caught up and read"
Are your customers mostly young
people ~
No. There are as many middle-aged
and old men and women ss there are
young people, and the silliest novels
are as eagerly read by the old as by the
young"
do you notice in your regular GUS
tomers-these you have had for years
ANY improvement in literary taste
Do they call for higher class Of read
ing than they did five or ten years
ago ?"
Very seldom indeed. Those who
liked the lower class sixteen years ago
like it STILL"
F1AKy PIE CRUsr.-Net half pound
of fine flour, dried before the fire and
sifted, with as much water as will make
it into q hayd. stiff paste. Roll it one
way. Divide six ounces of butter into
little bits, and put it on the paste with
knife at three different times, sitting
just little dry -four over it, and be
careful always to roll one wsy-the
same way. Four ounces of lard may
be used with two ounces of butter. If
your butter is not salt, add little
pinch to the dry flour.
A young Boston explorer, sent out
among the Pueblo Indians, writes an &C.
count of his initiation into the secret Or
der of A-pith-lan-shi-wa.na,ni. Con-
sidering that he had one whole field OF
thrilling narrative at his disposal and
that nobody could call him to account
for anything he said. he makes a very
tame story and throws away one of the
grandest opportunities that ever thrilled
the soul of q good liar.
A PAIR OF GEEsE.-Germany carries
as postal matter live birds and beasts,
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WANTED.

A IL UNMARRIED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
~ TO b, come members of The National Mutual Aid
Association of California Tor unmarried persons that
pays sIurl Il 5000 at marriage: the only difference
between this ant the A q. l.. w. or other hcnencia
societies is this, In them You die to win In this you
gel married. all organized and managed the same
substantial hasis GJ% Market Street. san Fran
cisco, California.
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A Frenchman says that the soul OF
wine is at the top. 1t must be cork
soul.
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GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY

Is q certain cure for Ner
vous Debility, lost
manhood. and all the
evil effects ofycuthful fol.
hes and excuses. DIR.
NlNTEE Will agree &c
forfeit Five Hun dre0
Dollars for a case o
this kind the Vital Restora
tive (under his special al
vice and tgeatment) viii.
not cure. Price, eS a bot.
tie, four times the GUAM
.tity. <i0. Sent to any a.
lress, Csnadentisl.y, "
army San francisco.
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1t is proper to call, on going out of
mourning, on those 10 whom you have
sent cards, even if they have not re-
turned your card.
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j. W Shactlcr s Co., 321 and 1928 Sac
:ament' St., San Francisco, employ NJ
iruinmcrs Glare sold verv cheap.
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The Flesh Speedily Rcunites
Opinion of DR.. VIM, II. Stokes

When obstinate sores are cleanscd with
GLENN's SULPHUR Soar.
IIILL's HAIR MD WHISKY DYE. % cents
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Our Readers

Would DO well 10 call on or write to ii. Schell
haas, for furniture, carpets. or crockery; 18th
St, Odd Fellows Building, oakland, Cal.