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CAPITAL CITY COURIER CHRISTMAS NUMBER. & SWEARING OFf TIME. Or How A New l.vnt Is .Siiincttium Turiitul Unr. r Tills Is tlio dny of nil tlio dnj-s, when every body thinks it pays to overturn n brand now leaf. This Is tho dny when nil our grief le heightened by t'io past year's sin. This Is tho day when wo grow thin collecting over Inst year's fun mid thinking what wo might Imvo dona. Heigh 01 I'm sad, now it's too Into when I rcmombcr '83. Think of tho money 1 hnvo pent. Think of tho hills (Orent Scott I tho rent!) 'Iloutnll 1'vo ilono Is earn my brrnd. My boy, you ought to soak your hendl What nsonroyon uon this enrth! Why, pshnw! I toll you you'ro not worth tho mdcr tlint would blow you up. I'm bluo today. Well, well, my cup Is very fu'l. It nml.es mo mail to think thnt I hnvo been so hnd. But after nil, wlint Is tho unci What's dono Is done. Come, comol n truce. My boy, braco up, 'twill bo O.K. a hundred years from yesterday. It does no earthly good to fret. Tho thing is dono, and vnln regret won't mako It better. Como, don't pluo; twill bo nil right In '80. All right) Well, I bould faintly smilo. You bet; I'vo dono with all past guile. This raking up of chestnuts old is nil played out. Tho day'!! Iks cold when you ob serve upon my brow such wrinkles ns were there Just now. It's just ns plnlu ns dny to mo the reason wo unhappy Ira. My son, it's will power, that is alL Exert It, and Old Nick will fall. Why, nil you've got to do is ooy "I won'tl" By George I It's Just ns plain U day. Let's sec, I'd better mnko a tlst, so that nothing will e'cr'bo missed. No moro I'll thrum tho gay guitar and wako tho neighbors ucnr nud fnr. I'.l mako no bets, nor will I spring old chestnuts from tho circus ring upon my f r ends, nor will I Beck to borrow money on my cheek. I'll wnko up in the morning bright, nud In tho dark I'll strike n I ght nud t-tnrt tho flro wbllo my poor wlfo in lied is lengthening her life, I'll hustlo round and put in coal and saw up wood, u)mii my soull I'd Itcttcr keep a diary, too, to chroulclo whnt I will da No moro tobacco! I li.ivo spoke. By Jo vol a man's a fool to smoke. And in re gard to spending cash I'll not throw It away on trash. This year ha! ha I by hook ot crook, I'll put down figures In a book. I'll save! Lot's seo, well I should sny, n cool flvo hundrod in this way. No moro you'll catch mo out of nights. How transitory thoso delights. I tell you, will power is the thing. I'vo seen my day. l'vu had my fling. Hello, who's there! Como In. Why, Jnck, my boy, how camo you back so soon! I'm glad you'ro hero, Como, shuko, old man. A Glad Now Year. Sit down. Can't stay! Why , what's on hand! No, no, my lxy, I've too much sand. What's up! Yes! Woll, who'll bo there! Only this time. Don't kuou's I care. Remember then, this once I'll go, but after this no moro. No; no. Oh, whnt a Jolly tlmo 'twill bo! Only this once, mind. Whoopee! What is tho uso of feeling down la heart! We'll go and paint tho town! jj Ton Massok. LONG LIFE. Oh! bright New Year, with snow wlilto train, Ohl glad New Year, you'vo como again; Covering tho earth, Its ccry stain, With snow wlilto train from mount to mala, May good live on In you I Tho beautiful and true I ug life, long llfo to yout Points for Now Year's Callers. Beforo starting out borrow tho clothes you proposo to wear from somo dear friend who Is fool enough to lend them to you. When you deslro to light your cigar, don't attempt to climb n lamp post for that pur poso, as your motives aro llahlo to bo misunderstood. -0& rmr a s A SHORT CHRISTMAS STORY. JIV WAl.TMAHO.V. It wns on tho moiiilngof llu Pom Hi of .In ly. Tlio similes of owning wem fulling nip Idly, nud n lli'ico miow Monn win iiiglug, cmt'tlug with sMtl(M whlto the pinched cntth; (noli Itnke wiMtiiil n gun ns It gllx teiicd In tho rn of tho win m lh'tnnW run. Hiu'h win tho morning on which firmer IllcKiunu, nftei' Imvlng ilonc liHihoici, entoii Ids liiciikfnst, dioto to town, leaving nt his liumlilu liomo tho wlfo nud daughter whom ho wr never to wo nlivo ngnln. And this daughter! Winds cannot paint her loveliness; her golden hull', black ns n m en's wing, wns col Id I In iiuhuiu masse upon lier iucfiily hind; her eveiy iiioeineut was tho cniiliHllnit'iit ot ginco. A famous poet uho litid In tho vli hilly ouco wrote tho following of her: I think I never Haw h more Hinootli looking Kill; lierhnlr ltemliiils me of tlin Moon ol m'IK Wlille here,es uru like twin Hoiin of Ihillhl lieniilv; she moves I.IUo mi iikoI willed hits stm.M'd From liriiven; tier olen Is like Tho murmur of wuter. t'llOIIUf. II her parent would penult It I woulii inliu liertn town At onco mid marry her lint tho UUl mini won't allow It. On tho Ibrlght Thnukhgh lug morning on which our story ojiciih, (Iwemloleu, for such was her name, was assisting her mother to kIioII jh'iih tor dinner, and as they worked, tho Iollowlngconvois.it Ion occnried: "I mo. mother, that Mr. Hi Hand Is plant Ing his loin with n check lower." "Yus," n piled Iho mother, weatlly, "and ho makoH mu tiled ;thu only ptoHr way is to uso u Inter." Then, ns by ono Impulse, the mother and daughter emhrneid enth other, team stienni lug f i om their eyes. How IkmuiIIIiiI It wast Hero wusn woiunii with giny hair anil fur rowed cheeks, stricken in yea is, and with only tho gnio befoio liei jaliil, in her arms was n beautiful being In tho first glow of glorious womanhood, nud jet tho samo thoughts Hashed through their minds, and they were of tho Kiimo opinion ns to tho best plan of planting corn. Ix't us drnw tho cur tain on this scene of au"cctIoii, trust nud lovu, nud follow tho adventures of Iho husband nnd father, who will never again wo his lov ed ones until his eyes nro closed In death! . Our story now takes us to tho Airtic regions, where a man Is engnged In n detiper rnto combat with a herd of polar Is-nrs. Ho Ileum In the distance tho sweet sound of tho Chiistiuas chillies, and ho makes strenuous Nl'.W KI'.SIDI'.NCK OF C. II. oiroits to overcome his fletco niitngonlst8,but in vnln. A sense of dizziness comes over him; hols growing faint, while the gnawing pains of hunger nvyill hlin. Again ho seems to Ira sit ting by tho little fnr-olf homo In the moollght, whllo his old white haired mother slugs to him n ditty ho loves so well: BUI Slmson had a yellow hog And It was always llnlitlm;; It used to Hiieatc around tho streets A snarling and a lilting. This is only ono verso of tlio lenutlful bal lad. Tho list ot it, together with tho music, may bo obtained by sending fifty cents in postage stumps to Wrlght,l)renry & Co., No. !il8 I'eurl street, Nw York. It w us sung with gicutclfcct by tho famous minstrel Hilly Houlihan, of whom many In teresting stories 1110 told. His sold that ho was a son of Captain Kidd, but there is 110 proof ns to thnt. V111 ions people have endeav ored to llud the money HiipsM;d to have been hidden b tho latter, but up to tho hour of going to picss It had not been discoveied, This should teach us that It Is tar liettor to eiiin nil hnest liiug by patient toil than to pursue tlio indelmato. Again must tho scene lie changed. A no ble vessel Is being tosseil about on tho heiiN iug bosom of tho ocean. Tlio captain, 11 splendid seaman, has seen that tho liliinaclo top lights have been suppliisl witli oil, and tliat the stai hoard sex tant has been clew id down to the main fore castle lulliaul. Ho has Just telephoned tor his liiMiilto saddle horse to go to 11 jewel er to Imvo his watch U'luiiled, when ho is stai tied by seeing somo unloi tiiuato ship w locked wulf Hunting 011 a lieu coop in tho wuter. Oidois aio given for Ills rescue mid ho U soon on lioaid. Ho is almost taint fioin exhaustion, hut iustsoi on oxpicsstng Ids thanks. "Captain," ho Mild, "you hnvo savtsl mo, and may heav eu bless ) 011. And now, If ou will gtvo me 11 niomeut, I would like to show you 11 copy of Oiegory' Hevlsed F.uey lopesliu and Family Cook Hook, for which I 11111 so liciting onlois; ou v III sou that it is piiutisl on llnely tinted jsis-r, heautlfully lllus tinlisl " Wlio can porltay tho ingo that swelled the hearts ot thu Killors as they soicd the wretched man nud threw him oveihoaid! Header, theio is but little 111010 to add. Let usnll piollt liy tho lesson 1I114 this story trachiH, nud eudeuvor to bo hettoi' and nobler In every wuy. Heivlu wo liavo learmsl thnt vlituo always gains Its tew aid, white cilmo nud wiclasluess is puiilsliud. Thoiuaehlnatious of thoovil ones 1110 in violably overt hi own, ami tho rlghtcoiu man conies out on top, Bo wo leave I'M win nud Violo, tlio hero and ('ii",;1,,,,,?,,,,,,",,'1! y mi y y (N herolnoof this story, to enjoy n long llfo of pence nnd contentment, slueo they weiv nwiirlol on Chrlstmnsdny at thesnuiechtircli whole ltegiiinld and Klcmiur wen Hindu one. Harold i)o Veic, tho lilood staliiid wuteh whocMlisul so mtieli iiiIm'i'.V, hi rxecii'cd on the following Kilduy. Tho wairoM was Mir rouuihd h his loi'iier fi lends, who ciimotii msi him die. Ho nto u heaity Ineakfnst or ham nud t'ggH i ud mviikiI linllll'i rent until thohst moiuciit, when ho bioko down toui plelely, nud had to ho suppoilisl on the galtowN. A Model Home, Wo present to Iho notice of our teaden, (his week, mi elegaiit in glitvlng of tho How ' and lienilllliil homo of thus. H. Iliilnliiond 1'Jsil , slluatid mi Iho south nisi coiner of ! nud Hovelltetllllirtlliels. Il Is IlldtHsl a model ' icsldouce and one that IN owner has good rntHO to Ui pi nnd of, Minuted ns it Is In one of tho host lofittlii. h in the illy, for a dwell ing, wllhlil "i liloek ot thoHtato Capitol and slaiidlng iilonoon high tci incedgiouiid, out mauds tho nlieiition of tho piiblti- for lilix ks each way. The building Is u lino exnmplo of modem aivliltoi tin o and rlltvls gioat to.llttiHiu It desigiiei. The eU'ilor ol this iHMUtlful building at onco suggests unlipieuoss us well as tho elalioiato mid uitistic designs of lis Imil.oi. Hut II Is to Its interior Itiruishliigs that tho occupant Imvo tllnsUsI tholr ttiuo and attention, ovei) thing tho eo ns-s Iiii pieswsonool tho misleili and latest linprou meiilHof the day, oven to tho lighting, tho hoiiso throughout Is lug furnished wlin In iMlidcwccllt oleelilo lights, im wellasgus. The combliiatioii llxttiro lot this purimso was lin lilshed I iy 8. 0. Killol of this city undue-coin I phshes Itsdislgn in a iiout uiiil novel liiuiiiiei, ,11k' lillheito Unslghtl) wiles Is'liig co (In, lid thiollli I lie gas plpo lU-oll i.ol llitmleiiug 1 howoiel with tlie Use ot the gas. sliould an ! itculdelil linpH'li lotlio wllvsiiiul riiw r. 'mi The fin nitiiiu Is liom tlio well known Iiuimj of A T. Uiuettt i ti Co , ulhiiof Mueoln, cum pllslngiill that Is now mid elf.vtlvo to its 1 ipiallit and elabotuto iippcmaucc. For the (.in K-ttn,M Mr. llauiinoiid Hoiit to Umulia l wheio tho well known houso ot ti. A. Oichaiil r-sionilcd Uihis wants and supplied his wish es to tlio letter. Tho titveolug of Una wads and ceilings lias boon placed In tlio hands ot K. B. 1'assot K Kou, also of Ouiiiha, as no mKr whatoNer will lie iim.iI forthulr dicoia Hon. Kkt tile hells in o In uso lluoiighoiit the building and Mi. Hammond may Icol iismiiuI that his houso is li. th a el edit to himself and this the city ot iH'iiutilul homos. To Ono And All, You nro cordially Invited to cull nud In spect the largo nnd elegant display of holiday goods now oireicd nt tho very low st prices nt Chapman's l)i ug nnd His k Bior-, 1121 0 htroot. HAMMOND, 17 AND J M UUKT.S. Kn&3 StteftiKjo. (jX Cr5 coc itca(c, (JXn5 j)fcntjc of (JofgJa cQitxt. 6coc (vlcnbo wc'ff mccfc (35 triCO (Jrt fftop fjrccfc, Sot Xntna now io Qtxt. Dr. A. II. Harms wishes to remind the gixsl K'oploof I.liieolu that ho still continues to supply their w nuts in the shapo of lluest enameled tooth ou plain and gold plat'-s and that hit spares no pains to turn nut only Hot class work. Doctor Hiirrus has had over twenty years exioi leneo nt tho ti ado and hU patious all have a good wind for him Tlio rluest Train In tlio World, The (iolilen Clato .Sk.h'Iu' of thu Union l'a cifle, "'Iho Ovri laud Route ' IkIwivii Coiiii cil llluirs, Omaha and Sun Francisco Is The Finest Tialu lu tlio Woild " Il is composed of l'ullmau Vestlhulisl Cms, with lining car. steam heat, electric light, tcpuuto bath rooms for ladles and gent lemon, barber shop, Miliary, nbsoi vutlon, nud smoking rooms. , lady attendant for the ladies and clilMion. A liiikleill hotel ou wlieols. Ixvives Couueil cil HlulTs every Wednesday, 7: 15 a in. A' riv i's nt Kan Kiiinelseo every IViday, 11:15 p 111. Fare, Including Im-iIls, uksiIs nud nil convenlotice, fllXKXI. Kecuro your uccom Bpeclnlllnoof Hod Bet and F. broldo'jd Pillow Hhinus for holiday tradu iiuvo just lieon receivdl by Ashby oiMillspaugh. AMERICA'S DISCOVERER. A t-uily Claims Thnt Christopher Colum. litis Was Not Iho Man, Tlio Chicago men. wlio uro figuring on bringing tho Columbus colohrntlou lu IHirj to this olty hnvo cuuo to U'stlr themselves. Not only niny Chicago lose tho big fair, hut tho big fair Itself may not bo held. At least so says Miss Mailc A. Drown, "Il lsieifoctlv nlmird," wild Miss Drown, "to talk ntsuit Columbus discovering America You might ns well spenk of n Now Yorker discovering Chicago jenra after tho Chicago Iho." "How wii" "lu tm llrsl plaeo tho Hcnuilliuivlmis lind Ikhmi lu this isiuntry hundreds of years hefom Columbu was Isirii. They went fioin Nor wny nud Hwisloii to Iceland, Irom thero to On-eiihiuil. and then to the Ninth American continent. Thcj weiitsoiith nliuo-.t nsfnrus Doston " "Wheivillil they go tlionf Hiked 11 defender of tho tJolumlitis Idea. "They staid thoro nnd coliiiilztl tho plnco Why, I cm piMvo to yon, or any one else, If I mn nil mod toiinitlnuumy researches, that after l.lef I'rlckson discovered tho Amoilenu continent, lu tho year IIRK), theiv were thirty Itom.in Catholic bl'hopi appointo I by Rome, and they built a groat ninny citholrnl and monasU'i'lix, mid tho bishops mid m ml.s sent commuulc.itlons to Homo during tho linn- ditsls of years which ohipscd hotwivn tho year l(KK) and tho ditto of Cli'lstoplur Co lumbus' landing," "How do) 011 proposo to continue your ro son relies f "1 nm getting up n etltlnu for presenta tion to congress, stating tlio facts of tho case, asking that the Index of nil documents of American concern Is'tween the years ITis'laud ITSI Is) extended as fur back as the year I (XX). Tills will give 11 chance tocstnlilished tho fact of thocxlstencoof tho colonies In Vluland nud Uiveulauil up to tho date of tholr ex tinction, in tho year I.M). iVshles this, I proposo to nsk congress to authorize a thor ough Investigation of tho recoids of tho Vatican which I'oisj Us) XIII has thrown open for public !tiss.ctlou. I expect to piovo by thoso records that not only was thorn !mrocau travel between Americ.i and tho old world long beforo tlio days of Colum bus, but tlint tho colonists had arrived ut a high degree of civilization, nnd were not tho savngo harhnrhiiis history 1ms desigunted thom.l' "Hut how will this n fleet Columbus as a dlscoverorf" "Simply hy proving that not only was there no originality in his discovery, but ttint ho merely ialmed off ns his own whnt he learned from other xoplu," "From tho Norwcglnnsr "Certilnly. In tho year IIR7, no"rdlng to tho M.lfo of Columbus,' written by his so'i. ho undoubtedly visiUsl Iceland, Ureeulami nnd tuottt prohnbly the American continent. Ho njK'nU of tho trndo w lilch exist ol in thoso days between tho (Irccnluudcrs mid tlio Kng lish, nud meutloiiH tho srt of Di istol ns tlio scat of tindo In the eastern li'viuisphero. Ho also refutes the thoory which existed at thnt tlmo that thu sen above n certain latitude was frozen. Flvo yeirs after that hn nuido tho J urney from Kpaln which ended in Bouth America, but il was not a discovery. Ho merely roved that the knowlislgo ho had previously nctpilml wns authentic." "You Imvo ovideutly given tho sulijoct cousid ruble study, Miss Drown T' "Yes, I hnvo tlovotod six years to looking up authorities 011 the question. Tliroo years I have spent in Sweden, and two years In Loudon, principally nt the British museum, which, next to tho Vatican, Is tho greatest mltioon earth for discovering lost records. If congress will vote an appropriation for tho puqioso of sending mo to inspect tho Vatican records 1 expect to prove conclusive ly beforo tho year IbVJ that tho Columbus Idea Is 1111 exploded myth, and thnt Lief Ericksou, tho Hcnndltiavian, was tho true discoverer of America." Chicago Tribune. Cnllcrtliig Debts In Turkey. Tho honesty of tho Turks In all money mat ters is proverbial. Tlio necessity for resort ing to tho law for collecting debts Is rare. When, however, this has to bo dono the methods differ from ours. Tho following story told of tho prime minister, Achmot, makes this plain. When ho wns In tlio ministry n poor innn complained to him, as tho minister In whoso department tho matter lay, thnt it chamlrar lulu at tho pnhico would not pay 11 debt, that ho had obt lined a legn! decision in his favor, but could not get it executed against u pers in employed id out tho court. Achmct told tho man to como again lu a mouth, andsont. word to tho chamberlain to settle It within thnt tlmo. Ho also wroto letters ut iutervuls to remind him. At tho end of tho month th -omplnlnant camo, saying that ho had not yet ooeu paid, and wus desired to como again next day Achmct requested tho chamberlain to como also, wlio, wheu asked to iuy tho dobt, laughod and osltivcly refused to do so; whereupon Achmct ordered pipes and coffee, nnd whispered to au attendnnt to take his excellency's borso as It stood to tho market, and tell it at onco. Shortly nftcr tho attendnnt returned and plncod n bag of money beforo Achmet, wlio divided it into two heaps (Tuikish money In thoso days consisted of Inrgo debased coins), nnd, calling tho complainant, said, "This be longs to you," nud turning to tlio chamber lain, "Tills remains to your excellency " "What do you mennf" osclannod tho chamberlain. "Why," replied Achmct, "ns you iltivcly refused to pay a debt, which it has ln.cn de cided by a court of law that you owed, nnd ns 1 hnvo been applied to ollleially in tho mutter, I hnvo caused tho horse ou which you rodo hero to Ira sold, nud liavo paid your creditor out of tho proceeds; I now hand over to you tho remainder of the money." Tho chamberlain's wrath was great; tho moro so us downs obi, god to walk back to tho palace. Youth's Companion. Murrluco of Cousin. Tho prejudice against tho mnrriago of cousins has existed for sovcinl centuries. Tlio Mosaic law, which furbado marriages within fifteen certain prescribed decrees, docs not prohibit tho umrrliigo of first cousins. Huch marriages were foi bidden early by tho Ro man Catholic church, nnd I'ojra Gregory gavo as argument against such mnrringcj thnt "the offspring will not grow." Dis tinguished biologists wlio liavo ni.tdu labori ous reseat dies and collected statistic.! ou tills point geiieiully incline to thu belief that tlio danger f 1 om consanguineous marriages nrises chielly fiom tho sjsi.'lal tendency of the chil dren to hereditary diseases of tlio family, arising f mm tho mart logo of iiersons with tho samu hereditary tendencies, Theio can bo 110 doubt of tho Increased tendency of tlio child to a kjiecial disease which It inherits from IhjIIi its father mid mother Aside from this, biologists llud that thu evils aris ing from the uiarringuof cousins liavo U-eu gruatly exaggerated. There uro no statistics to prove tho opulur idea that the children of cousins inherit u weal; mind. On tho con trary, statistics carefully taken show that there I 110 mom tendency to diseases of the bruin among tlio offspring of cousins than from other marriages. Herald of Health. S: A. Orchard, Oil: Cloth, : Matting, SURTMN (SrOODS, DRAPERIES AND RUGS Cor. 15th nml MAFIA, KEUB. LARGEST STOCK IN THE tlf" Wc have fiirnUlicd ninny of thnt of Clms. Hammond, Kkj., "The Good Luck" WISHES ITS fliKk ssH1! This wc can assure all who get their 'Holiday supplies from our hj? Tempting Display of Delicacies for the table. The finest trade of the City find here all that is nccdad to satisfy the appetite and make home happy. u The Good Luck '' hopes to contribute to your enjoy ment through the entire peculiar supply. 1 107 o St. SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE SCRIBNER'S 1" v J MAGAZINE 27??2&:3s: p.-55ssrss: frrW ' A. 14. Gives its rcaacri literature: uj laLiu uucr-i . f-cst nad value, it is fully and bcauti fully sroj -'-v ' - 1 IllUdtl UUU UI1U than national circulation exceeding" 125.000 copies monthly. t IfrPRlCE 2") CENTS A NUIiBER- S3. A YEAR jBggaag ?:i.M xxt ivu Charlc5 ScribnerS Jons to offer 5CRIBNEFCS MAGAZINE with the tC32- CAPITAL CITY COURIER, llotlt (or $4,25. TliU maUi. tlic price of the Coiun.u when taken this way ony 1.25. Farnam Streets, STATE AND LOWEST PRICtS. your elegant residences nnd among tlicm Illustrated on this page. PA TRONS A Trry Qtyrtmas -AND- Good Luck: 5o Everybody. year, as each season brings its G. W. CLOSSON. eumJ W yr, 4 X Wh I- 111 -7 FT lr-T-.i.Ka M? -i Its r - i i-?.f- e ;. '.'.lijiJ.J V-V-S'K' ..1... flA.A -w aAAV llii illl-Kltay uuieu cs suuiy sl c ,s a. & a. a m - J.M?J?lidC4 WFW - in. m oi 1 1 jcy with fAQSsrs. the PublisKciJ enable us arr'w ' ' wiirr "