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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

Buy early. You will have more time and
besides get a better assortment to select
from: silk handkerchiefs and muffiers IN all
the new patterns: we can save you 20 per
cent if you buy from Littelps, 20S Smithfield
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11
Rronrbt ont Into Society.

Society is lovely, refreshing sort of
thing when you are used to it and don't die
In the meantime. have heard Browns
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

FouR-PLY linen, 2. 100 fine collars and cuffs
OF latest styles. Collars at cents, cuffs, IL
cents, SALLER,
Corner smIthneld and Diamond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11
Wonderful to Have Your

Gloves fitted, altered and repaired at tho
reliable glove store, "a Sixth street, directly
opposite Biiou TheaLer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

FIFTY dozen ladies' silk and chiffon hsnd-
kerchiefs, lee each. LIrrELLA
eos Smithfeld street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

COUGHS AND HoARsENEss-Th irritation which
induces coughing Immediately relieved by use of
browns Bronchial Troches.'' Sold only in
boxes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

An explosion from gas occurred yester-
day morning in the one-story brick building
owned by the New York Central Railroad
Company, at One Hundred and FiIty-sixrh
street and Sheridan avenue, New York City.
The building was used for gas storage pur-
puses, and the damage is not known. Peter
McCabe, who worked in the place, was
burned to death.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11
Make Merry With Gifts U,efdI and Orna-
mental

Our special display for December is worth.
OF your inspection.
ScHoENEoK Son, I'll Liberty, opp. Wood.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

After a speed test of four hours, steam
ing in the open sea, the United States and
Brazil Mail Steamship Vigilancia yesterday
vindicated her right to range as one of
Uncle Sans fourth class subsidized mail
steamships 1t is necessary for such vessels
to make an average sneed OF u knots. The
Vigilunc cia averaged 1889 knots.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-11

CHOICE PROPERTIES.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
EATING JAPANESE MAcARoN1.

EAIlNi JAfANEoE n1AOAhONl-
The emperor and certain princes of
the highest rank pay visit of rever-
ence 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.
This ceremony-if SO slight per-
Torrance 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 in
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
must wear full dress suits, and ladies
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.
offerings, USUALLY of something in their
line of business A grocer will give per-
haps pound Of sugar or little package
of rice.
Every present, large or small, costly
or inexpensive, is accompanied by lit
tie folded three cornered paper, 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
Gent and curious. In days Of old a
piece of dried fish was sent with each
gift, but gradually people fell into a
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 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 oloissone or
satsuma set on lacquer tray. Over all
is thrown a silk and gold embroidered
square Of soft ribbed Grape, and the
messenger carries it 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 filed
with gay toys, with dolls, kites and bits
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
Reform Of the Jury System

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 22.-Aninteresting
topic in this and many cities of the state
is the reformation of the present jury
system. The inadequate compensation
allowed results, it is said, mainly in Sc
curing professional jurors for compe-
tent men are averse to serving at the ex-
pense Of their private affairs. It is
thought that six suitable men, properly
paid, will accomplish more and better
work in given time.
The same men professional jurors)
serving frequently led to the agitation
of reform of the present system in
order to secute better men and more
satisfactory service. The main question
seems to be. Can six competent men rem
der better decisions, secure equity and
Justice with more dispatch than twelve
Indifferent men or standby" jurors can
give?
Diminishing the number of jurors
will, it is held, concentrate the labor of
courts and save valuable time in secur-
ing proper juries in important and excit-
ing trials. II is further held that the
reduction will have tendency to make
the individual jurors more circumspect
in their duties and more alive and sensi-
tive in their decisions in view OF the
heavier responsibility. G.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29

ure of 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 a gilded seed
stuck around with dyed feathers until
it resembles flower.
1t is very pretty game to watch, as
most Japanese are very expert at it 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 adeep 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 crab, bunch Of ferns and some
oranges. Each of these decorations has
its meaning crab signifying wish
that the inmates may live to be so old
that they will be bent like the crab. The
ferns, which are said to put on new
leaves before the old fall, symbolic a
hope that there may be plenty of chill
dren to carry on the name before the
parents die. The orange is emblematic
of fruitfulness and abundance.
Each side of the threshold stands fir
tree bound to bamboo. These are
the pines 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-
gether The bamboo means a 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
endeavor to get in all the money that is
owed to them, and to pay or settle their
own debts. As a consequence many
things can be bought very cheaply at
the end of the year, for ready money is
the great desideratum.
Men carrying trays of something look
ing like white worms go through the
streets crying, ''Soba, soba!"-the Japa-
nese form of macaroni-which, eaten
with soy sauce, is 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 portable
shibache, or brazier, and some batter, a !.
for three sen couple of children can
obtain the use of the brazier and enough
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
new YEARS In JAPAN.
A Correspondent Tells How the Day
is Observed.

The Mikado Holds State Reception.
Presents Are Given and Received-The
Celebrations Continue Several Days--A
Universal Birthday-Queer Customs.
Especial Correspondence
SANFRANcIsco. 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 LIST 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 5 a.
M, as at that hour he receives the
princes of he blood, who come to offer
their congratulations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
AMMuAL MEETING

TTyHE stockholders OF the Poland Paper Con-
4 panv are hereby notified that Tie annn&
meeting Of said company viii 10 tislt. a. ;se
COMPARES Office, No q Plum S:rest, Portland
Me. on Tuesday, January srd, az TIRES S'cioca
o. M, for the following pGEpases. zig:
10 choose seven directors en3 ciefs. s-,6 .rssss
ueer for tie ensuing yeas, els$i E, tee4.,set nay
said meeting G. II. GILL1AIs&e Esv-n
Portland, Me-, Deee7sssr 2<fs, 1sFzs.
s!ec23 CID
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29

ORDINARY WINTER COSTUME OF JAPANESE
WOMEN.
batter cakes to make them i'll for
week, the principal attraction being that
they are allowed to cook the cakes them
selves.
Though a considerable quantity of
sake, or rice whisky, is drunk, little or no
drunkenness is seen, and no intoxicated
men are to be met in the streets. ! In
deed the Japanese are very temperate
people, drunkenness and opium smoking
being very rare vices among them.
The first of the year is really a sort Of
double festival, for the Japanese, like
the Chinese, reckon their age from that
date. A child born twenty-four hours
before New Years 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 light fall of snow.
When this is the case the children are
delighted, for then they can indulge in
snowballing and make snow figures of
Daruna, Chinese sage, who is said to
have come from India to China in the
Sixth century and to have fallen in So
deep fit of meditation that he sat III
the same spot until he lost the use of
his legs
The winter costume Of Japanese wom-
en- consists Of heavily wad led 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.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
n.or1rnooR AND sHUTTLEoocK,

BATTLEDooR AND sHUTTLECoCK.
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
Iplay all sorts Of tricks upon men and
women.
Conjurers and snake charmers reap a
harvest, and the man who makes and
plays bamboo flutes earns a small for
tune.
| Every one, from little tots of six OF
seven to grand DANES of sixty orseventy,
plays battledoor and shuttlecock.
Aud such gorgeous battledoors as Were
never before seen! Great, awkward
pieces Of board, plain on one side, the
other deliberately decorated with fig
H 1880
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
KINGS
SARSAPARILLA.
ONE AMONG MANY.

Kings Sarsaparilla differs from ap
others.
1t is the only kind endorsed and
prescribed by physicians.
1t is the only kind which for over
seven years has been sold with the
distinct and positive guarantee to re.
fund the money if it did not cure--
mind, CURED, not simply 'sbraced
up"--and what is more remarkable it
has never yet failed.
A mixture of morphine and
whiskey will brace you up, but
Kings Sarsaparilla cures. 1t is a
true medicine, is tonic in its effects
and especially valuable when mot
feeling just right" loss of appetite,
etc.
/ 1t is the only kind sold for
seventy-five cents bottle, si1
bottles $500
tits the only kind which has sue
cessfuIly supplanted medical treat.
ment of undoubted ability and effect
ed cure after everything else had
failed. ss
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29
TRADE MARX

syTTe may live without friends; we
w may live without books.
But civilized man cannot live without
cooks
And cooks who are famed in all coun.
tries and climes
Are always progressive and abreast of
the times.
Such as Marion Harland and Mrs.
Mcbride,
Mesdames Rorer and Lincoln, and
many beside,
Who have tried COTTOLENE, and
cheerfully say
This yegzta6k shortening is gaining the
day.
And skiIful physicians and chemists
attest
That for bssye, Aeahhtal shortening
COTTOLENE is the best.
1t is made of beef suet and ootton-seed
oil;
1t is food for the feeble, ana strong men
of toll e
Its color is naturally yellowllike gold,
And It's free from all odor when cook
ing we're told.
1t will aid your digestion instead of
yetaya,
Like food that is made with injurious
lard;
twill shorten your pie crust and Ans7Ae"
your life.
Hsve blessing to children and hus.
band and wife.
N. K, FAIRBANK & CO.,
CHICAGO, ILL, and
a24 State Street, BOSTON.
PORTLAND, ME.
oce ThST&weTh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-12-29

+ find Salvation Oil the best cure for rheum-
atjsm have ever known, Joshua Zlnner
man, Netheredyille, Md.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
SEEKING MoHLER's PLACE.
Two Candidates Against Him for the
secrstaryship in kansa&

Two Candidates Against Him for the
secrstaryship in Kansa~
Topeka, Jan. 3-Rcpresentatives to the
|twenty-first annual meeting Of the state
board Of agriculture are arriving in the
city to-day. The agricultural societies
will be in session for three days and will
elect q president. secretary and five
members OF the board. The only fight
will DO over the secretaryship. This
position has been filed for the past two
years by Martin Mohler OF Osborne coun-
~, and is one Of the most important Offices
In the state. Mr.. Mohier is candidate
for reelection. Tie other candidates are
o. E. Morse of Linn county, and d. w.
Kingsley OF Montgomery county. MIR.
Kingsley has been superintendent of public
instructions in Montgomery county, and
Is man Of education. Mr.. Kinslcy is an
educated farmer. There are certain men,
bers of the board who think Mr.. Mohler is
too slow and antediluvian for an agricult-
ural secretary in q purely agricultural
state, but the indications point to his re-
election. The secretary's salary is &, 900.
A. w. Smith OF Mcpherson, who has
been president Of the board for the last
two years, will not be candidate for re-
election because he thinks he will succeed
Governor Humphrey in the executive
chair
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
HAD NOT SLEPT FOR YEARS.

Mr.. a.. Jackson, an old residen. Of
Rusk, Texas, and manager Of tine msgni-
icsnt new no el at Rnsk, informs us he
had not slept at night for years, except in
shcrt maps, owing to incsssaut coughing.
He was advised when very much run
down to try Billiards. Horehouud Syrup /;
he was Immediately relieved Of his cough
and his rest improved to such degree
th.t he could sleep soundly all night; Mr..
Jackson states: II regard Bailards
Horehouud Syrup superior to any cough
,y,up on the market, and its freedom from
Opium and Morphine leave no cons,ipa'
ton after using It. For this reas'n alone
/ consider it the best cough syrup in the
world for children. Ny lungs are now
stronger than they haye been for
yesrs. This syrup is very soothing to the
throat and lungs" Sold BY Oyerstreet &
Williams.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
DARING WHEAT THIEVES.
Farmers Held at Bay While Their Grain
Is Loaded AMI Carried Away.

Farmers Held at Bay While Their Grain
Is Loaded AMI Carted Away.
IONA, Mich, Jan. l3-Frank Hardin
has turned states evidence, duplicating
three well-known and moderately WELL
TODD farmers Of North Plains and
License township in the transactions
Of q peculiarly daring gang Of wheat
thieves. Their operators, as far as
known, were confined to Iona and
Gratiot counties, and it is estimated that
they have stolen $500 worth Of grain.
There were seven in the gang. The seven
men with two teams and light wagons,
have been the terror of the two counties
for several months. Two. heavily armed,
would guard farm house while the rest
Of the gang loaded the wagons with
bags OF grain. II any one heard q noise
and started to leave the house he was
commanded to go back, and he was kept
IN by fear Of death until the wagons were
far away. The gang became very bold and
seemed to care very little about trush
with the farmer they happened to be rob
bing. One night, however, Hardin was
wounded and captured. He turned states
evidence and his accomplices have been
arrested.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
One Hundred People Driven From
Burning Kansas City Building.

One Hundred People Driven From
Burning Kansas City Building.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Jan. l3.-The lives
of more than leo people were imperiled
and $4,000 worth Of property was de-
stroyed by a fire last night in MIR. L. 4
Moore's five story building at 1913 and
lois Walnut street, Immediately north Of
Bullene, Moore, Emery s. Co.'S big store.
For several minutes a panic prevailed
among students of the National business
college on the second floor and German
lodges of the Knights Of Honor and Knights
of Pythias, which were in session on
the floor above. AL were hemmed
in by smoke, which penetrated three
floors in dense volumes and until
the fremen arrived and joined
ladders to the front and rear fire escapes
they had no avenue Of escape except to
risk run through suffocating smoke down
the stairway or q Jump from the second
story.
Three men leaped from the rear fire es-
cape before ladder could be secured and
one Of them, Otto Hosemann, pastryman
A. Scharsagle's restaurant, fell into the
area way twenty feet below. His leg was
broken.
The FIRE started in the basement, where
the White sewing machine company
and the firm Of c. A Swan & Co, picture
frame and art dealers, which occupied
the first floor, the former at 1913. and the
latter at lois, stored boxes in which their
goods are received and other infammable
mster,al. How it started Is not known, but
the flames were well under way before
anybody in the building had been given
An intimat;on Of danger. On the second
floor were about seventy-fve pupils, in
GLIDING ten girls, Of the National
business college. On the third floor two
dozen members Of the Gate City lodge,
Knights Of Honor, and thirty members OF
Humboldt lodge No. Knights OF Pythias
were holding meetings.
Several girls were carried out and there
were many exciting scenes. One CIR
tainted while being carried out Ont
Miss Dunmirc Of Kansas climbed down
fire escape unaided. The loss was $25, 90
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19

l SPRISGvIEw, Neb., Jan. 1.-THE Hon.
A. NJ Culver, one Of the most prominent
citizens in this county, went TO patch Of
timber on his land to examine some land.
Not returning in the evening, neighbors
began q search for him and his body was
found at the foot OF tree on which he
had evidently been chopping. Just back
OF the right ear was fatal wound, made
some blunt instrument The case IS a
complete mystery, as he had no known
enemy.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19

FIRST BILLS IN THE SENATE.
Several Minor Measures Acted Upon-A
Big Defense Proposition Repor ted.

Several Minor Measures Acted Upon-A
Big Defense Proposition Repor ted.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l3-Among the de-
partmental and other communications laid
before the senate by the vice president
yesterday were three agreements for the
cession of their lands made by the Sho-
shone and Arapahoe Indians Of the Wind
river reservation in Idaho, the Indians OF
the Pyramid lake reservation land the
Kickapoo Indians Of Oklahoma. They
were all referred to the committee on
Indian affairs.
Many petitions in favor Of the loan OF
IS, coo, 900 to the worlds fair on condition
of its being kept closed on Sunday were
presented and referred
MIR. Dolph from the committee on coast
defenses reported q bill for the purchase
Of sites for Notifications, also bill TO pro.
vide Notifications and other sea coast de-
lenses and they were placed on the calen-
dar The latter carries an appropriation
Of 500, OO0, OOl, $40, zoo. 900 to be available
the first of the year and s9.0l0,lO) year
for ten years thereafter.
Mr. Berry, a member of the committee,
said that he dissented from the report on
the latter bill. In view of the fact that
tuC ISNChACs Va th0 6osSAnAAA~~ ''~-~
hardly sufficient to meet the ordinary ex-
penses and in view of the further fact that
there was an almost universal demand for
relief from excessive taxation, he had not
been willing to report in favor OF bill
carrying such very long appropriation.
MIR. Chiffon, another member OF the
committee on coast defenses, sad that he
concurred with Mr.. Berry in his opinion
as to the report.
Mr.. Perkins introduced bill to remove
the statute of Limitation in respect to
claims under the eight hour law.
A large number of bills providing for
public buildings were reported and placed
on the calendar.
; The senate then took up the calendar
and passed number of minor bills
The House Passes 1t, First Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Speaker Crisp
being still unable to preside over the de-
alterations of the house his duties yester-
day were performed by the speaker pro
TEN. The first business reported from
any of the standing committees was pre-
scented by Z. B. Taylor Of Ohio, who, from
tie committee on judiciary, reported bill
fixing the Iowa federal court terms, and 1t
was passed. After several bills had been
introduced the house adjourned
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
VETERINARY SURGEON.
DIR JOS. PATTI

Treats diseased and criIpl'1 animals Of
all classes in p'o upt and scientific man.
1r,has been in pr ctice for nineteeu years,
zine years o! III ii time /, the service Of the
isrmap government, and for the las! ten
,esrs 10 successful practice in Sedali,,
salvss, Lini nents, Clio Cure, Eye Balm,
-,c., Car, fullS compounded. Calls answered
BY msil or tel. graph, day or night. Office
Al Bowers Stable, West NJ in greet, op'
posi,e the Mills. Telephone, No. 81 Con.
.ults.ion FREE.
DR. Jos. PArr, v &.
S16dSslv Deutscher ThierarZt.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-19
AS STAPLE AS COFFEE.

"Chamber'ain's Cough Remedy Is
as staple as c"f in this vicinity. 1t
ha, done an imm' nss amount of g nod
since its introduction here" A. M
NoRDELL, Maple Riige. MINI. For
sale by Aug. T. Fleischmann, drug