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Homer guardian., 1889-12-20
YOu Shonld Know II,

Reeds Chill Cure contains no poison
and is pleasant to take. A box of pills
free with each bottle. For sale by j.
Taylor, Haynesville, La. and all drug
giSts.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

Johnstowns, Pa, has had an
other serious calamity. A few
nights ago some mischevons per.
son sounded o false alarm Of fire,
and several hundred persons who
we're attending a theater, rushed
panic stricken down the narrow
flight of steps and in the excite
ment and confusion eight or ten
persons were tramped and chrush-
ed to death.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

Office L p-Stairs III tic Clingman
Gladrcy Brick Building.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

First Prize the Paris and Cincinnati Expostions
its Simplicity Construction Durability Of Parts Adsptel
Adjustment Lii Int and Quick Running and almost nelsees
am selling machine Claiborne aad Parishes
and selling them at prices heard before just
think it, White Machine with WALNUT table cover and
drawers $32 So drawers for $35 O0 drawers Tor hs
small $7 co. and the entire machine guaranteed Tor nSe
years. YOU need machine send Word OF
write to and will bring yau You can't do better
Yours Respectfully
Homer guardian., 1889-12-20

Official Journal Of Claiborne Parish.
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hove: Of spicy-soented green's, and
blushing in the light Of monster Of ,
'.Yule log" blazing and sputtering
away on the hearth like good fellow;
and how they suspected % certain some
body" again but never suspected who
had helped her in her cheerful deeds);
and how there was sprig Of mistletoe
on the middle chandelier, which was
the cause of more mirth and
many tactics and military ma
neuvers on the part of the
Major, and much blushing- entirely ir-
respective Of the Are -on the part Of the
ladies; md how Miss ellie st at the
jangling old piano and played an old
fashioned jigging tune in an odd, old
fashioned way, while ''all hands" took
partners for the Virginia rcel- the iras-
chile editor leading on genteelly with
the old lady in the, false front, and the
INDECENT young clerk sprancing after
with the pretty type-writer-girl, and the
middle-aged couple siding amicably
hand in hand down the middle and back
again, and the Major bringing up styl-
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ishly with the bouncing landlady and
putting in more pigeon wings and fancy
flourishes to the square inch than any
mortal who ever stepped out to the tune
of 'Pop Goes the Weasel" What! did I
not tell you all this?
Well-a-day! the Christmas fire is burn
ing low, and the lights are out in the
great double-house, and the sounds Of
merriment are hushed, and the day
that dear day of "peace on earth, good
will toward men''-is over, dead and
buried with the dead past; but I wot
there was q blaze kindled that night
thatll not burn out so soon, and lights
that'll brighten the way for many long
day, and sounds of merriment thatll go
echoing on through years to come-car-
rying onward the refrain of old Nurse
Piggins' song:
without the door let Sorrow lie,
And If, for cold, it hap to die,
Well bury't in Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry"
w. L. Falconer, in Demorest.
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Exeslsior sprines. lGissouri,

Thirty three miles northeast Of Kansas CITY.
Paul Railway, is fast becoming ono OF the
best known and most popular health resorts
In the country. For rheumatism, kidney
and liver diseases dyspepsia, indigestion,
alcoholism, and ali similar complaints, tho
waters seem to be an absolute specific and
thousands Of cures are effected every year.
1.-THE Elms" hotel il first class modern
structure, situated In the center Of . beau
tiful park, and is heated by steam and
lighted by arc and incandescent electric
lights. The house is luxuriously furnished
throughout, and the table is equal to that
Of the Bryan" or the "West' The best
people of st. Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Council Bluffs and
Omaha are constant patrons, and in addi-
ton to the regular guests, hundreds of tour
lists arrive every Saturday to stay over
Sunday. The 'sElms" is under the direct
management Of Mr.. l.. w. Cas- one of the
hest hotel men In the West The charges
are moderate, and there is no moro com
Portable home to be found by the seeker of
health o. rest. The Springs and Hotel are
owned ~ joint stock company of which
Howard II Holden, of Kansas CITY, is pres
ident and II. g. Fish, of Excelsior Springs,
is general manager. Upwards of three
hundred thousand dollars have already
been expended on improvements and the
company has plans that involve the expend-
fture of another quarter of q million the
coming year.
Further particulars may be obtained
from any OF the above named gentlemen or
from any agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee,
& st. Paul Railway.
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hands chung to her, and the confiding
little arms stole about her neck, and the
baby lips pressed her faded cheek, and
the lovely young eyes looked
fondly into hers, which were bright
now with something like the brightness
of tears, oh, then was the supreme mo-
ment of Miss Nellie's life!
Even in the happy future, when the
little woman, no longer lonely old
maid sitting in the round-lidded win
dow of the boarding house, looking down
at other peoples happiness, but little
wife with serene eyes, watching at that
window where the nursery fire wihked
and flickered, hedged in with little
arms, and surrounded by = constellation
of little heads, and beset with little
voices-even then this Christmas Eve
was never eclipsed or dimmed Of its lus-
ter; but shone on along the path of her
peaceful life like the pure star that
shone in the East over the cradle of
Child. ~-
| What! didn't tell you how they kept
Christmas Day at the clearinghouse?
How all the individuals got up on that
day of goodwill and opened their re-
spective doors gingerly to take in thcir
boots, and found that unwittingly they
had been following the good old German
custom and had exposed themselves to
the weakness Of getting gift, each in
his boot, or, in the case of the ladies, to
having it tied to the handle of their hot
water pitchers; and how they suspected
an impecunious little woman in the
other bedroom; and how they came ono
by one in their independent, individual
fashion to the Christmas dinner, and
were coaxed into smile by the twink
ling bits of holly-Christmas holly-at
their plates; and surprised: into laugh
At the magnificent proportions of the
Christmas turkey, and actually plunged
into unheard-of hilarity when the plum
pudding came on; and how by special
invitation they came shyly Into the
parlor after the Christmas dinner was
over, and found it transformed into .
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Egypt and Jerusalem Via tho Azores, Glib
raltar, Naples and Rome.

Egypt and Jerusalem vi. tho Azores, Glib.
raltar, Naples and Rome.
Geo. May Powell, Of Philadelphia, is act
ing as special manager for organizing q
tour Of ladies and gentlemen TO visit the
East. The ocean steamer "Circassian. y
1874 tons, has been chartered to start with
the party from New York February 10th.
Return through France, England and Scot
land about May 6th-the second section ar
irving in New York not far from June 9TH.
The main tour will cost less than $500 in
its cheapest form. Radiatory excursions ia
Ephesus, Constantinople, Vienna, ETC., can
be added for reasonable increase of ex-
pense.
Rollo Floyd, the prince of Syrian Drago.
men, will have charge of the Oriental Sec
ton; and Messrs: Gaze & Son, Of London,
Section. Rev. DR.. C. F. Thomas, an expe-
rienced director of foreign tours, will have
general charge en- route. A number of young
ladies' have already been booked, as Mrs.
Thomas will have charge of a department
for them.
This will be by far the most for the money
ever before offered in this line. For further
particulars address "C1RCAsslAN," p. O.
Box 700, Philadelphia, Pa
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GIVING GIFTS.

A Beautiful But Difiicult Art-A Wise ant
Successful Donor.
Christmas comes at q time of year
when poverty is most biting and most!
desolate. Happily, it comes before thel
severest weather of winter, when well-i
considered charity is most etfectual and
goes farthest. A good barrel Of flourl
slowed snugly away in the corner of a!
widows pantry about three o'clock I'M
the afternoon on the Oath of Decemberi
will keep small family from being very
hungry until early spring, particularly
if it is supplemented by barrel of meal
and big bag of potatoes.
This is also the time of year when
something solid and staunch in the way
of a shawl, or an overcoat, or pair of
thick blankets WARNS the soul and body
of person who has acquired a relish for!
comfort by shivering through November
and December half clad.
Such things convey to the person who
really needs them, and who has needed
them long, sense of happiness that we
may truly call exquisite. That windy
corner, which used to wrap him closely
round about with misery, he laughs at
now, as he buttons the top button of his
new coat; and she who shuddered with
cold and apprehension, as she lay awake
listening to the northern blast, now re-
CARDS it not, for her warm blankets have
given her sleep.
There was an old gentleman in Maine
who had an original taste in Christmas
gifts. He observed that nothing was so
| i1yo1 IN 1T
| ton as the shabby old stove which had
been the family's best friend during the
long winter. He often made the only
bid, and so would frequently buy very
serviceable stove for about it's value as
old iron.
| Then about Christmas time, or before,
as he went the rounds among poor fami-
lies, he ascertained the precise spots
where an old stove would do the most
good, and he distributed his acquisitions
accordingly.
| Reader, unless you have been yourself
very poor, or unless nature has endowed
you with sympathetic imagination Of
great power, you can form no idea Of
home by putting into it a good stove in
place of bad stove. The kind old COL
lector knew it. felt it, realized it, and
thus was often enabled by an expendi-
ture of dollar or two to give seven
months comfort to deserving family:
| Giving gifts is beautiful but difficult
art. The fullest purse may fail in it,;
the leanest may make the loveliest hits.
It is an art that requires thought,
knowledge, experience, and these guided
and inspired by good nature. Though
the poor we have always with US, yet
Christmas, by the common consent of
Christendom, is the season when the gift
of giving gifts should be universally ex-
ercised.-Youth's Companion.
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Only One Night Out to- Florida.


hen you come to think of it, the Monon
Route has shortened the time to thirty
seven hours and twenty minutes between
Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla, and affords
choice of interesting tourist routes via
either indianapolis and Cincinnati, or Lou
isville and Burgin through the famous blue
grass regions Of Kentucky. The magnia.
Gent system Of Pullman's Perfected Safety
Vestibuled Sleepers constitutes practically
Thro,tgh Car Line between Chicago, Jack
sonville, Townsville, New Orleans and the
Southern Winter Resorts, the transfer con-
slsting In merely being ushered from one
Pullman car into another.
At Chattanooga is again afforded choice
OF lines en- route to Jacksonville, either line
of which passes through scenes of histor-
ical interest. Four times every day in the
year the beautiful trains Of the Monon
Route leave Chicago for the South. Intend.
ing tourist to Florida and the charming
cities of the Gulf Coast can gain interest,"
ing particulars by addessing any Ticket
Agent of the Monon Route, or James Barker
General Passenger Agent, 1s5 Dearborn
Street, Chicago.
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CHRISTMAS PLEASANTRlES.

EVEN the studious boy looks at all the
other presents before he reads his new
book.
The popular song at this season of the
year has been "The Sweet Buy and
Buy"
IT is at the Christmas season that days
and men are at their shortest.-Chicago
News.
The present we have been anxiously
expecting doesn't look half 50 nice
after we get it.
DoN'r quarrel with your best girl just
to sneak out of buying Christmas pres
ent for her.-Philadelphia Call.
The Christmases past are often in the
memories of the old folks, but the
young people only think of the Christ
mas present.-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
CHRIsrMAs is near at hand, but for the
sake of the English language don't ever
work the *" of the alphabet. Christ
mas is not a long word, and to contract
the first syllable to "X"i is to degrade it.
..''AH! my little man," said the Sunday
school superintendent, II am glad to
see you among US. How do you like our
Sunday-school? WELL" lin non-com-
initial tone) II amt seen your Christ
mas tree yet"
AN X-CELLENT PLAN
Ger Christmas presents for my wife
Ny brain rarely vex,
simplify the matter much
BY handing her an K.
On New Years Day get it back,
80 A gift for me from her;
5s'- "a And 50 between u.s. don't you see,
We keep the x astir.
Epoch.
JUST think how unhappy the little
savages must bel" said a Sunday-scoool
teacher, trying to point a moral. ''They
have no Christmas at all. Can any of
you tell me why?" ''It's because they
haven't any stockings to wear!" Clipped
In little Johnny.
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CATARKH.
CATARKH.
Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever-A New
Home TREATMENT


Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Tever-A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware thai
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane of tho nose anc
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research
however, has proved this to be fact, ant
the result of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not a snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as Injurious A pamph
let explaining this new treatment is sent or
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. 81. Dixon Il Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-CAris
tan Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
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4 ssa.t,i.s Disalos.rs.

R11uNAT1o syrup Co, jackson, Mich.
GHNTs: For years have been af1icted
with tnhammatory Rheumatism, the pain
able; could move about only with the use
of clutches. In addition to this my
stomach became badly diseased, and neu.
ralgia set In which threatened to end nav
day. A travelling man stopping with me
gave quite history Of Hlbbard's Rheu.
mattc Syrup and the peculiarities of it,
combinations, which induced me to t.y Il,
have taken six bottles, and no net in my
life affords me greater satisfaction than IN
writing you that am well man.
believe 1t to be the best remedy ever
formulated.
A. J. BowLEY, Prop,
Empire House. Indenendence Iowa
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste; and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
- SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK. NV.
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ONE CHRISTMAS EVE.
Miss Nellie's Sweet Presence Ia
Felt at Two Celebrations.
0T WAS a double

L WAS a double
house; even in
the dusk of this
Christmas Eve
that was evil
dent; for all the
windows of one
side were light
ed and staring
smartly into the
street like so
many e y e s.
from the round
lidded one set
Cyclops-fashion
in the attic, to
the wide-awake
0~oo ~ ~
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We're thrilled With pure, impulses, aad ask
What shall We bring our Kings What md mas
meet -
TO lay, IN humble Offering, 1t His ieot,
IT'S Christmas night;
Heavens vaulted arches ring
With Hallelujahsi King So --.
He reisns. now and forever, who once Lay
In the rude manager; yet hedeigns 70 stay =
Most gladly In our hearts.
In crowded city marts,
Or In the lonely desert, wheresoe'er .-.
human heart goes ont TO Him in prayer,
The blessing Of the Christmastide 10 Hia of.
The Joy to you and Ito oil people, is.
IT'S Christmas night;
oh, let us bring in Joy,
Az free from earth's alloy
As are the praises Of the Heavenly choirs.
Hearts full Of thankfulness and pure desires;
Lives consecrate to him
And filled up to the brim,
Our cup OF blessing then will overflow
And others share II with u.s. We shall know
How to wait patiently, in Him abide,
And bless Him for the precious Christmas-tide
Grace l.. Robertson, in Interior.
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a. J. BOWLEY, Prop,
Empire House, Independence, lows

How PROVOKING it Is when you want 70
give vent TO your temper by slamming .
mans Office door behind you to have one Of
those ''air" arrangements close It for You
never 80 gently.-Berkshire News.
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CohsumptlOn surely Cured.
To THE ED1ToR:-Please inform your
readers that have a positive remedy fol-
the above named disease. BY it's timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. I shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-ofice
address, Respectfully, T. A. SLoCUM, NJ. c.,
1Sl Pearl street. New York.
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ARE unlike all other pills. No pureing or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. One Mill dose
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TH1 philosopher is like the moon-hi
brightness is due to reflection. He is moi
always bright when he is full, however.
Terre Haute Express.
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., HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re
ieves whooping cough.
Pixies To0thache Drops Cure in minnie
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MAN wants but little here below, but
when he can't get it he 10 In want Of every
thin1
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CoUGHs AND COLDS Those who are suf-
fering from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat,
ETC., should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL
TROCHES Sold Onlu In hores
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EsanA NJ EnAnA~la

TIE baldheaded man has ono comfort.
No one can accuse him of being hair
Observation-Disclosures Republican
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IT looks like Matchmaking scheme for
any alderman to suggest that the city
should move away and give the railroads 8
chance.-N. o. Picayune.
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Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, e9uable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
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6o,fETH1No attractive in tho way Of .
cigarette holder-a pretty girls mouth
Rochester PostExpress.
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IT Is paradoxical, to say the least, that tho
higher classes ere the lore classes, and tho
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IT is the lie abilities, asset were, that
make the successful assignor. Albany Ex-
press
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Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills.
These pills are scientifically compounded,
uniform in action. No gripping pain so COM
monty following the use Of pills. They are
adapted to both adults and children with
perfect safety. We guarantee they have
stipation, Dyspepsia, Biliousness; and, as an
appetizer, they excel any other preparation.
The letters our wives don't care IL we do
keep In our pockets instead Of posting
them-V's and X's.-Detroit Free Press.
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The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
Tor Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
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TEE people who give tone to society sel-
dom give any thing else.
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WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact. Try them.
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WASHING powders are strong alkalies. and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtainable is
the best and cheapest. Dabbins' Electric
Soap has been acknowledged for "a years to
be the purest of all. Try It right awav.
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THE man with ono suit of clothes can
speak OF moths without shuddering -Scran-
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Know thyself. If you can't get the reoui
site information, run for Office
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Consumption Surely Cured

II women were elected to our Legislatures
there would be no scarcity of candidates for
Speaker-Kearney Enterprise.
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TIE difference between q bitter bite aud
bitter bit 10 marked.-N o. Picayune.
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THE less woman believes in man tho
greater the respect he is apt to feel toward
her:-Hilwaukee Journal.
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A Cure of Catarrh
In the head as we'll as of all bronchial, throat
and lung diseases, if taken in time, is ef-
tected by using DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, or money paid for it will be
promptly returned
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sAoks the best 'rTansilrs Punch" Cigar.
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A GOOD thing for young Spectators to
remember is that as q rule there is some
thing crooked about q straight tip.-Harp-
er's Bazar
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A MORE pleasant physic
You never will find
Than Pierce's small pellets"
The Purgative kind.
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chRisTMAs.TiDE.

Is CHRISTMAS
night
40 thousantls @
Gid tkrongsi
And though =
~ ..-3N-Z @
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Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles shout,
carefully read the above