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WOMEN.
basst@ cakes to make them i'll for q
yaeS. - principal attraction being that
theH Ass allowed to cook the cakes them
selves.
Fhsugh a considerable quantity of
sake, or rice whisky, is drunk, little or nc
drunkenness is seen, and no intoxicated
mon are to be met in the streets. Iu-
deed the Japanese are very temperate
people, drunkenness and opium smoking
being very rare vices among them.
Tas first of the year is really sort OF
doub1e festival, for the japanese, like
the Chinese. reckon their age from that
date: A child born twenty-four hours
before New Year day is called one year
old on that day, SO that it is the birth
day OF all the japanese people.
Usually the weather is very cold, and
often there is a light fail of snow.
Whan this is the case the children are
delighted, for then they can indulge III
sRewballing and make snow figures OF
Daruna, a Chinese sage, WHO is said to
have come from India to China i'll the
Sixth century and to have fallen in 81
deep a fit of meditation that he sat IL
the same spot until he lost the use of
his legs.
The winter costume of japanese wOm-
en- consists of heavily wadded dresses,
and the only visible difference lies in a
silk or Grape kerchief they wear over
the head, very becoming arrangement
which requires considerable knack to
put on properly.
The new year celebration lasts nearly
week and only gradually dies out.
HELEN GREGoRY-FLEsHER.
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of tinsel and dyed features made into
tiny ornaments for the ebony hair of
the brilliantly dressed, powdered and
rouged little girls.
Acrobats and street actors attract
crowds of not only children, but their
elders.
Then there are Punch and Judy
shows, but Punch and Judy are replaced
by fabulous cats, badgers and foxes, who
play all sorts of tricks upon men and
women.
Conjurers and snake charmers reap
harvest, and the man who makes and
plays bamboo flutes earns a small for
tune.
Every one, from little tots of six or
seven to grand danes of sixty or seventy,
plays battledoor and shuttlecock.
And such gorgeous battledoors as were
never before seenl Great, awkward
pieces of board, plain on one side, the
other olaborately decorated with fig-
ure of a noted dancer, or geisha, the
hands and face painted on the wood, but
the dress of silk or paper pasted on and
standing an inch or more above the
board. The shuttlecock is gilded seed
stuck around with dyed feathers until
it resembles u flower.
1t is very pretty game to watch, as
most japanese are very expert at 1t and
can keep the shuttlecock from falling
to the ground apparently without the
slightest effort.
Boys wearing enormous masks like
lions or tigers heads rush out from be
hind house corners and terrify their
surprised playmates. All the city is
given up to amusement and pleasure.
The house decorations are very quaint
and pretty. Across the main entrance
straw rope with deep fringe is stretched
TO keep out oni, or devils, and the little
pieces of paper fastened to it are pray
ers for prosperity and good health.
About the center of the rope Is fas-
tened a crab, bunch of ferns and some
oranges. Each of these decorations has
its meaning--the crab signifying wish
that the inmates may live to be SO old
that they win BE- bent like the crab. The
terms. which are said 70 put on new
iemvss ksfaxS4the ola salA elaAe9llEe
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EATING JAPANESE MAcARoN1.

The emperor and certain princes of
the highest rank pay visit of rever-
epce and respect to the tombs of the
heavenly ancestors and offer branches
of the sakaki tree-the emblem of pu-
. rity sacred to the dead.
Ehis ceremony-if so slight a per;
formance can be called ceremony
is not Buddhist but Shintoist in char
acter, for Shinto is the established ma
tional though nearly defunct religion of
Japan.
All day long the emperor receives his
subjects and the foreign ambassadors,
the highest in rank coming earliest IL
the day and the lowest last.
Presentation at court is held nova
days according to the etiquette of the
British court-that is to say, gentlemen
trains six feet long.
On the second or third day the mikado
usually has magnificent garden party,
which is the most interesting of all the
imperial celebration.
Every one gives and receives presents.
Among the wealthy the offerings may be
handsome antique lacquer. boxes, costly
satsume vases, magnificent bronzes. The
poor people can boast numerous pres
ents, too, though not SO expensive per
haps. A little basket of oranges or
dozen eggs are very popular presents.
Tradesmen send their customers small
offerings. usually of something in their
line of business. A grocer will give per-
haps pound of sugar or a little package
of rice.
Every present, large or small, costly
or inexpensive, is accompanied by lit
tie folded three cornered paper, Il few
inches in size. Sometimes this is of
crimson or gilt paper or sometimes blue
or silver, according to the taste of the
sender
The origin of this custom is very an
cient and curious. In days of old
piece of dried fish was sent with each
gift, but gradually people fell into
vicious habit of sending on the same
piece of fish with the next present they
sent away, as if they received so many Of
ferings they could not possibly eat all
the fish that came. Finally matters got
to such a pitch that gentleman could
frequently smell his present coming
around the corner; so in order to do
away with this abuse these little pieces
of paper were substituted.
Another custom that seems very
strange in our eyes is that of sending
presents of eatables, sweetmeats, mochi
or bean cake, etc. Such dainties are
sent in priceless bowls of cloissone or
satsuma set on a lacquer tray. Over all
is thrown silk and gold embroidered
square of soft ribbed Grape, and the
maasenOer carries il through the street
held at arms length. The recipient eats
the contents, and without washing or
cleaning the bowl in any way returns it
and the cover with elaborate thanks.
The little shops, which look like dry
goods boxes set up on end, are filled
with gay toys, with dolls, kites and bits
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SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.
But His Wife Meets Him On the Streets of
baltimore.

Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 18.-Per-
sons walking along Calvert street, {,
near the Baltimore " Potomac RaIi-
road depot last Friday were much
surprised to see woman wearing
widows weeds give an outcry ana
then rush toward q fairly Welt
dressed man aud throw herself into
nis arms. The man seemed to re-
gard the proceeding as quite natural
and planted AN audible kiss on the
womnn's upturned lips. After brief
coIloquy they walked to the station
together and took the train for Wash
ington. Not until to-day was the
story behind the demOnstrative dis
piaV OF affection revealed. The
woman was Mrs. Mary L. Robinson,
of Washington, and the man her
husband. A headless corpse vas
found in some bushes near ElRter,
Md. on the Philadelphia, Whining
ton d Baltimore Railroad, about n
week ago. The man was thought 10
have been murdered and robbed.
The remains were identified by the
clothing last Tuesday by Mrs. Robin
son a. those of her husband VINO had
yone to obtain work in the Mary
land csnueries. Friday Mrs. Robin
son csnle to Baltimore to confer with
relatives regarding the transfer OF the
body TO the national capital, and IN
going TO the station walked into the
arms Of her husband.
The. identity Of the headless corpse
ia still Il mystery.
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hope that there may be plenty of chill
dren to carry on the name before the
parents die. The orange is emblematic
of frNitfulness and abundance.
Each side of the threshold stands fir
tree bound to a bamboo. These are
the p4Res of mutual old age-the black
fir the father and the red the mother of
the household-and hope is thus indi-
Gated that the parents may grow old to-
getksr. The bamboo means straight
forward and upright mind.
On New Years eve handfuls of beans
are thrown about the rooms and over
the threshold to exercise evil spirits who
may be about.
Before the new year the merchants
endeSvor to get IL all the money that is
owed TO them, and to pay or settle their
own debts. As consequence many
things can be bought very cheaply ut
tho end of the year, for ready money is
the great desideratuh.
Men carrying trays of something look
ing Eke white worms go through the
streets crying, "Soba, sobar'-the Japa-
nese form of macaroni-which, eaten
with soy sauce, is a favorite delicacy
with the coolies and jinriksha men.
For their little customers these men
make all sorts of figures of devils, gods
and animals from this paste.
Other men go about with a portable
hibache, or brazier, and some batter, and
for three sen "a couple of children can
obtain the use Of the brazier and enough
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too lone, while some has been spoiled
by bad odors absorbed from too close
contract with other substances.
There is always u wide range OF
prices from the highest 10 the lowest,
and it is difficult to hetitve that there
WAS a. wide range in the quality OF
the milk at the start Whence, then
arises the difference?
One of the most potent causes OF
failure in village dairying is aliow-
ing the cream to collect until there
il "ennugh for churning.' Before
the required amount is obtained a
bitter iasie has developed, which
spoils the butter.
The churning must be done every
other day at the farthest, without re
gard to the amount OF cream gathered.
The little swing and revolving
churus will work where the amount
of cream is very small, but with a
dash churn it is often necessary to
add water at the proper temperature,
81 degrees in SUNNI er and from 66 To
G8 degrees in winter, in order to make
the churn work easily.
In WiuteTing calves Il great mistake
is often made by trying 10 get them
through too cheap. Many farmers
who iced all other stock we'll will try
to winter calves upon not much be-
side the straM-stsck. 1t may be
possible to get them through the
alive in such "a manner, but they
will come out poor and scrubby in
the spring, and it will require a long
time TO get them in good condition.
Their growth and development IL
arrested, ana 10 get them well started
on the upward grade again will cost
more than it would bave done to
i:eep them well through The winter,
and the result in the end will not be
az good.
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WALTER WEII.MAS'
WORLDS CONGRESS AUXILIARY
How IT Is Preparing for Twenty-one
Worlds Congresses at Chicago.


Worlds Congresses at Chicago.
Especial COrrespondence.l
CHICAGO, Dec 22.-On the second
floor Of one of the sky seruping struc
lures that adorn the business portion OF
La Sale street, under the shadow on
the north of the temple that stands ms -
monument to tho efforts of the Christinr
temperance women Of this land. and on
the south of the massive pile of marble
and granite in which the bulls and bears
of the board of trade hold daily high
carnival, is a suite of offices from which
the work of one Of the most important
adiuncts of the World fair is being rap
idly pushed forward. Chicago's stock
ward prince has his business habitation
ON the floor below, while above are lux
uriously appointed bureaus of insurance
companies, legal corporations and pro
moters, the notifications of whose INA
chinery extend over many continents
All of them together, however. are
not called upon to receive as many Wis
itors or to handle as large an amount OF
mail matter as falls to the share Of the
second floor suite in question. In the
mdILer OF mali lSo udltJ iDCCiPto ANh
into the hundreds of separate pieces
and will very soon be reckOned by the
thousand-while the autographs already
laid away in its files would be worth a
fortune to the professional nuniislnatist
or private collector. AS for the visitors
well, they come aud go in a continuous
strea1n-bishops and priests. doctors oi
divinity, lawyers Of ,renown. Statesmen
and publicists, journalists and authors
financiers and social rsfOrness. phys
clans and surgeons, scientists. philoso.
pliers, architects. educators. labor re.
formers and so on through an apparently
endless classification Of pursuits and
professions and movements.
No fuss or ostentation attends the
work Of the "World's Congress Auxil
dary.r fer that is the title that may he
seen upon the glass doors as they con
stantly open and close. And yet Il is
| performing a great task, one second ~
| importance only to that OF the exposition
itself. Under its auspices themostcIn
nent women and men OF the universe
are to be brought together few mouths
hence 70 c6innlune one with another
mon subjects almost without limit, Dnl
| oti6 ana I'D difeotsa to tho welfare %
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STATE NEWS.

a slick negro has been travelling
;tbrouEh West TanUessee Victimizing
the old caIored people. He represents
himself ~ GOVernmenJ agent TO en-
roll .x-aIaVss ssiId Tells the IN they are
entitled to n pension of 5000 or $500.
Ye secures from each a fee of from 90
cents 10 So for enrolling them. United
States Marshal Brown is wanting the
swindler.
In Perry County, Tenn, SAYS the
Waverly Sentinel. 9-year-nld girl
has been discovered who is said to be
pos -eszed of remarks bic powers. She
cures tie sick of all diseases and can
make the blind see, the deaf here ana
the lame walk, merely by the laying
on OF hands. 1t is said that the
afflicted are floc&ing to her by the
hundreds to have their ills relieved.
Her name is Addie Perry.
While trying on pair Of new
honts in Il store at-Waverly the other
day n Mr.. Bradley got one on that he
could not get off again by tie same
route tnat il went on. AS his loot
went in IL struck sharp nail almost
an inch long, bending il forward. On
attempting to Withdraw it the point
OF the nail entered the sole Ht the foot
and fastened il there so that the boot
nau 10 De cut away WIN o hhiiC'
A hig black bear was killed in Suck
Oulch, eight miles from Chattanooga,
a few days ago. The locality IS but
six miles from the city Oh an air line,
aud is said to be a regular den Tor
bears ard other wild game. 1t is
rough country, and bur few hunters
from the city have every tackled It.
They are afraid to enter If. The
cliff on each side rise abruptly to
height varying from 1000 TO 500
feet. In the West the Suck Gulch
would be called a canyon. 1t is very
marrow. 1t was cut by massive
volumes of water that collect on the
table lands above, which in times or
heavy rains come roaring and pluDg-
ing down into the dismal abyss vito
the roar of Niagara, shaking the
earth around. During such times
bouIders and other stones are loos-
ened and tossed about as toys, and
thousands of them are crushed to
atoms.
rrrEu UnrIa mad
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The Foundation Of Columbia

Is about 1000, and we would say at least
one helf are troubled with some alice
tion Of the Throat and Lungs, as those
com plants are, according to statistics
more numerous than others. we
would advise all our readers not to neg
lect the opportunity 10 call on tEei'
druggist and get bottle of kemp's
Balsam tor the Throat and Lungs
TridL size free. Large bottle soc and 81
Sold by all druggists. feb26eow lN
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Sh0rfsiehtedness.

To waste your money on vile, dirty,
watery mixtures, compounded by mex
perieneed persons, when yon have the
oppoi tunity of testing Otto's Curefree of
charge. Why will yon continue to iIri-
tate your throat and lungs with that
terrible hacking congh when John j.
Hendricks will furnish you free sam
pie bottle of this guaranteed remedy7
Hold bottle Of OttO's Cure to the light
and observe It's beautiful golden color
and tfiqk heavy syrup. Lsrgast psck.
hgsu aud pure5t good ~ Large bottle 5Oc
nihffl.lv.
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THAT'S 1T.


A Httls pause-a bang-a wIlrl-
A &ash-a skip-a giddy girl
AL plumes and curls and fuss and frills-
A reckless care for bonds or bills
A TittIe song of maiden fun
4 httIs chat of what is done.
e. certain coy, coquettish ways.
When freed from the paternal gaze
A very big and bouncing boom
A dancing rush about the room
4 twist-a leap-a juInp-a skip
A glido-a glance-a sudden trip
A maze of some wild whirling thing
Just too mixed up for anything
A bang-a bmnp-ofT and away
And that's "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay"
Boston Herald
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Development in thh
,geek Ending December cath.

Heek Ending December S+Ih'
The Tradesman. Chattanooga, Zen
nessee, IN it's review of the industrial
situation in the South for the week
ending Dec. 24th states, that an adj
vance in cotton mill productions, the
second within month, has been or
dered during the week, that f0un-
dries, one with $4,000 and another
with $50, 900 capital and $4,000 ma
chiue works have been organized, q
800 600 brewery, an $4,000 and $780,
600 lumber company chartared, show
ing that the material development oi
the South steadily continues. Gener-
al business is reported as quiet, as ii
is to be expected at this season. The
holiday trade however, has been un-
usually good the volume I'D mos'
Southern cities being aoont % pei
cent. in excess OF last year, with cash
receipts greater in proportion than
ever before known.
There is continued complaint OF
shortage in railway cars on the pari
of coal, iron aud lumber shippers.
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Is Mnrringe a FnlIure?

Have YOU been trying to get the best
out of existence without health in your
family? Have you been wearing out
your life from the effects of dyspepsia,
liver complaint and indigestion? Are
you sleepless at night? DO you aWAke .
in the morning feeling languid, with
coated tongue and sallOw, haggard
looks? Don't do it. A shout Ia the
camp tells how Aunt FannY's Health
RestOrer has cured others; 1t Will cure
Won. Trial package free; large size soc.
at John J. Hendrick9' drug store.
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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 efectually, dispels colds, head
Shes and fevers and cures habituaI
lI.2sStipation Syrup of Figs is the,
II lrepedy of its kind ever pro
duce,- ,ssing to the taste and &C
ceptablv 90 the stomach, prompt In
its action and truly beneficial in It's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend 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. h.E
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NEW YEARS In JAPAN
A CORRESPONDENT TELLS HOW
THE DAY is OBSERVED.

The DIiIkadO Holds a State Reception.
Presents Are Given and Received-The
Celebrations Continue Several Days-A
Universal Birthday-0 Queer Customs.
Especial Correspondence.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l7.-The greatest
of all japanese festivals is New Years.
Formerly it was reckoned according to
the Chinese calendar, but now the Gre
gorian method is used, so the first day
of the Japanese new year is the same as
ours-the 1st day of January.
All classes, from the emperor to the
coolie, participate in this festival, and
the latter probably enjoys himself more
than the former.
For the mikado the day begins at a.
M, as at that hour he receives the
princes of the blood, who come to offer
their congratulations.
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L 4 l.. =

luCdH AbhihN"
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he
s the senior partner of the firm of F. j.
Chenev d CO., doing business in the
CITY OF Toledo, comfy and state afore
said, ard that said firm will pay the
sum of one hundred dollars for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Hallst' 'atarrh Cnre.
FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn to be fore me and subscribed III
nv presence, this 9th day of December,
A. ID. 1889. A. w. GIEARoN,
fSenLl Notary Public.
Hairs Catarrh Cure IS taken Internal
iy and acts on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send Tor testl-
moniRIs free. +. J. CHENEY G CO.,
Sold hv druggists, 75c. Toledo, O.
oct2I 3y I'm Bill
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Dairy.

The dairy industry OF tih Omitted
states, Notwithstanding its low aver
age product, is more valuable than
all our gold and silver mines, and il
all the COWS were as valuable as the
majority of those which have been
tested the yearly output would be
mure than trebled.
rive is an excellent food for dairy
cows, and in some respects il worth
more than wheat brsu, having les
indigestible fiber and mineral mat
ter, and more carbODaceOus matter
It's estimated value il 81 a 100 pounds,
and thus it shoul1 be cheap ut $40 n
ton. IL would be improved by n
mixture Of oil meals of either lin
sect or cotton seed.
Nery few Kerrys have ever been
brought to this country for bret ding.
There ought to be place for these
tough little animals on rough, hilly
lands, where beef cattle are wanted,
yet where the large Short horns and
HerefoTds do not thrive. Kerry cat
tie make beef of excellent quality,
and the cuts are small and choice,
better for ordinary family use than
those from tne large beef cattle. The
cows are good mixers, too, and are
almost as easy keel pers ss goats.
The successful dairy man must now
become q student in all that per
tains To the care and breeding of bis
herd. That a man is conservative
does not longer make the dairy pay
IL l. only in the most prOp.r com
bining of good and abundant foods
fed to n well bred COW and of dairy
temptation, and having the care that
in kind bestOw upon all other moth
-eIs, " hich will bring the dairyman's
reward.
When milking avoid all talking
Ary strsnge motion or noise which
attracts the attention If the COW a way
from the operation of milking has IT.
- I.at upon the secretion of milk
uuis~ now pretty well known
n<uS NE time of he draw
Akilk freely ard
I| -. .oVenent
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Specimen Gases.

s. h. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with neralgia and rheu-
matism, his stomach was disOrdered,
his liver was effected to an alarming
degree, APPETITE fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength.
Three bottles of Electric Bitter cured
him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
burg, H., had running sore on his
leg of eight years standing. Used
bottlos of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of Buckler s Arnica Salve, and
Ms leg is sound al d well. John Speak
er, Catawba, o., had five large fever
sores on his leg, doctors said he was
incurable. Ono bottle Electric Bit
ters and one box Buckleu's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold by
Woodbridge, Irvine Il fowler, drug
gists. l3l dsc2 ly-
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The Handsomest LaAy in COIumbia

Remarked to a friend the other day
that she knew Kemp,s Balsam tor the
Throat and Lungs was superior
remedy, as it stopped her cough IN
stantly when other cough remedies had
no effect whatever. So to prove this
aud convince you Of It's merit any drag
Plat will give you = Sample Bottle Eree.
Large slSe 800. and 81. 4eb88eow ays
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.rn,nn.,rnrv Lnnn.

Yabsley-see here, Mudgel When let
you have that five pounds six weeks ago,
You said you wanted il for little while
only.
Mudee-WeH, told the truth didn't
have IL in my possession more than half AN
hour.--TIt-Bits.