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IANDI ATIlMS , 1 OCK stai a e m e itsm Ier y so " j he de ave tic t ick-tock, -t c tc ock; -r old~ai ', new ýu an e The stories,. I t ore my time know ull well e -t ek, ti tic-to ' ti ock ; und 'r all to SF' g " n& , - a 1 ly - f tti 1 V - taY P, .f w"our pi t 16v a later y.;'; hjfoiir piof hands your feet Mth. Sti ck; lck;tock, t t k %ow Iowoudly u imed the hour hen I did r the omi k-tock, ticklet ktock t k ow we're alon -. oth '~ sa" en with chu e' point t your round face you would toll the pass - ick-tock, tick-tock , , 4-tock o welcome in oud ac he new-born year, t's hope ' hat inHis merc He wil be - shield and guide o- both J of us in the days agone - i · · •'h c / k-.__ .ck •i ,,i~ . 'r ·i chil . t o When skies are cold with wintry stars. and hill3 Are white with yester-even's snow, and lie In ghostly state beneath the ghostly sky; When many a gusty blast the darkness fills With ever lonely, homeess sound, and chills The window panes with frost; when crackling f' The sparks about the hearth, and glow and die, While in the pause his note the cricket trills: Oh, then how dear is home! and what a sense Of ruddy warmth and peace beguiles the mind! And what a charm in listening while the wirnd Elows fierce outside, through winter's starry tents, And dies away around the window-pane, And ever rises loud, and dies again! --Ernest Warburton Shurtleff. he Newess APPY New Year!" The glad so greeting rings out on every' at hand. A new twelve month w has been ushered in with fr all its mystery of "the tli things which are to be." sE We need then for our- 1! selves and for others to put w the emphasis upon the tl * word "new" rather than o1 upon the term "year." That another p year has come is relatively unimpor- s' tant. The stress is to be laid not on n the quantity but on the quality of s one's life. All that an earnest soul a can do is to live each day of the new t year by itself, as it .comes in its turn, t trying, if so it may be, to put a t month's effort in one day, and a day's a victory into a single hour. The time E is short, and it remaineth that all I who know Christ and -partake of his gift of new life should be diligent al- I ways, watch unto prayer and boast ! not themselves of the morrow. Suff cient unto each day is the burden and 1 blessing thereof. The newness of the new year is es sentially a newness of spirit. A new man will always enjoy the new year. When another January arrives it is distinctively the time to slough off the old and to put on the new. There is an old nature to be discarded, and a new spiritual manhood to be assumed. The trouble with many people, how ever, is that they try to remake and to reform themselves, forgetting that a few. good resolutions, more or less loosely kept, can at best only touch the outside and possess no interior efficacy in the recesses of the spirit. The new man who is really worthy of the name is the new man in Christ Jesus. Where Jesus is there is always newness of experience, renovation of the moral nature, freshness of hope and a resiliency of elastic joy. It is not necessary to wait until the first of January in any approaching year to win the wisdom of such a heavenly faith or to experience the benefits of such a spiritual quickening. The promise of God is now, to every one that believeth. Each morning may be a resurrection day, each evening a time of golden promise fair, yet not as fading, as the sunset. The New Year joy is for all of life, all the time. It is stimulating and encouraging to feel that a brand new year is offered for happy employment, and that the old records with their motley pages, some still vacant and other marred, and, perhaps, here and, there blotted with tears, may bh put away, and fresh, unstained pages substituted in their place. It is helpful to remind one self that those broken resolutions of 1908 may be renewed in 1909, and, what is better, reinforced by more of that prayer and divine grace for want of which the idealizing resolves of the past year were soon forgotten or went so sadly unfulfilled. The new year means, accordingly, a new hope, a new song, a new endeavor, a new outlook, a new inspiration, a new determina tion and a new grace--every new thing that is good appears to be possi ble in its gift. A hope like this makes any doubter optimistic, and gives to existence the character of a life worth living. A wide chasm seems to intervene between the old and the new. Into its depths should be cast every regret, every halting doubt, and every ham pering fear which belongs to the past period of our experience and which would burden and hinder our worthy efforts and spiritual progress in the new year. Let us take' up our new I duties and meet our fresh opportuni ties in free, gladsome and hopeful i spirit, knowing that God, who has pur L posed them for our uplift, will give us grace to carry us safely through. Happy New Year! The message is i sent far and near. Let the glad greet. t ing 1be beard on all sides. There is a s prophecy and a promise in the New b Year. Even to those who are bent with r grief, or lonely by reason of bitter L bereavement it is possible and timely f to say, though with lowered tone and It softened accent: "Happy New Year!" 'a Every year will be a happy, or, at t least, a peaceful. one in which the e presence of the Lord is realized- is which is spent under the protection of at his wings, while its duties are dis tr charged in his fear and its responsibil ly ities are borne with the assistance of of his grace. For the Christian every le year should be an improvement on the le past, and offer its additional oppor be tunities for growing in grace and a Christlildness. The Christian is a ot convinced and convincing optimist ,w for, having a heavenly hope which the lie world can never give or take away, he can in every condition of life find to a basis for. an assured happiness ex ed pressing itself in the oft-quoted dic he tumn: "The best of all is, 'God is sI with us!'" aA a $raer for tlie New year 4 Lrntia65I God, the unfalinag source of fight aG mercy, who bast brought as to the Ieglnng of this year, us to love Chee, auG to K4 thy and art sparig as to lot r a cotmmandametts, prepare us, we besaech tahee, for the coling e days. Let thV gract enlghte our darhaess and streugth a our weawenss. help as to forget the slits and sorrows of the past, cherising only the wisdom and the humility they may bave taught us. nTspir as with new purposes and new hopes. Deepe wittin our hearts the loone of truth and gool* aess. Itenew in us the life of that which alon aares i o iring. Enable as to disceru the solemn meanig of thes arthly ays, a the high a sacre purpos for whi the are gI e . Sufferi s notto be unfaithful to the S bhou ast richy bssU d us. Mtherto: i ll lead as y OhY handi ste admonish dud pgat us by at spirit, ta es Its not to otes, God $ ef4 of0.9t . Eft not I t esorrow ar t ei nes of eifr so ra o ti ,,, f.., hUbateatr aght ay shiet or shadow fal, hap ast the f@ a ds t lihea setrolce of 9etss Orist our Erd. J al . I;,k '. -< +ý" . •..y +) ,.., - -.:- . . .. .. ".' It Will Stay There. "In my family mi(dicin:t rlc:ht no comedy is Irmitterd 1t l a:tin unlt'ss it proves i('beyond a d((' h li the best 1to bhf ohinead fir it parlttictunlar purpose. For heating all lmunti r of s,,in r 10 bleos, such as lC.'.oin . l',;Iter. Rin - worm, etc., l nt s (`'nr,. has held Its pllace for many years. I have !'iled to iInd a surer remedy. It cures iPchi.ug instantly." IR. M. SWANN. Franklin, La. Needed Them in His Business. "Vh:at with wlIoopiirt co)'Th. h, measles and all that." libgan i .h first traveler, "chi'drenr are a r;eat care; but they are blessingis solt'im's -" "Certainly they art'." intelrrilpted Ihe second traveler. "1 do)n't know how we should get along witlhou them." "Ah, you're a family man. too?" "No; a doctor."--Stray Stories. To know how to wring victory from defeat, and tomake step.inog-.ston:es Of our stumnliin:g h'ockc, is the true suc c(''S.- Stev'en-ott. Worth Its Weight in Gold. I'' " to 11 ; I, .sr ! l in : I . ; r,.ti t h,,n . old 1 " t'ITVl " irl" t. ', , i , \ 1i ('1% i' tCI . ln g.et-t , yr Ilo\w :d Iri-., thulr o. N. . It's aw fully hr,,l for a crooi,ed ruV.nl to k( ep in the straight ,;:h. I'I..Nt I1 tIEI) IN 6 TO 1.4 t.AS. 'AY7. t: I . N ' ' i- {1 1 . g u r, lt o' 'i) i r, L 1' r ,.1 It, 1t: = H|t i nin' . aC e lt, t r i' )r I Iudi ng r ise:, tu I ti 14 da ,- t nI,iiy r tuilded. e ti . Work is only done well when it s dunea with a will.---liuskin. Mrs. WinIlow'# Ptothlng yruop. For chet!dreo teethPiig, Psoltt'o tie gtuns, reduce Ifn. flatmmuatilon, allays pain, lcared w Ind colh. 'cw a bottite When a woman has her hair fixed no she Is half dressed. Those Tired, Aching F!.t of Yours noed AilP'n F ot-Bliase. 'x" at }our IrUgil'Lk Write A..1. OlmstAd. Le toy, N. Y. for sawple. Sober second thoughts are always best for a toper. / ' I IIII 3' GI r McPANE'S DETECTIVE AGENCY, Houston, Tees operate the lart force of competent detectives is the S they render written opinalon a ees t by them. We Have for Sale Good improved .nd unimptroed lad at pDroe that re yery reasonable aod on goad term Writ . for Ilats Gra a C4ook, Cuero, TC e. W. N. U., HOUSTON, NO. 52, 1805 Old Virginia Cheroots f the dealer clipped of the heads of three good 5c cigars and handed them all three to you for 5 cents, you would call it a baorgain. That's exactly the kind of trade you make when you pay 5 cents for three Old Virginia Cheroots. OLD VIRGINIA CHEROOTS Are 5 Cent Cigars Without the Head Therefore 3 for 5 Cents SOLD EVERYWHERE A TEARING TERRIBLE COUGH mbpaedini peril. Consat ing rit and inamthe lna ri vi h l rava& g ak of dedly disae. Pi o', Cum soothes heal the ranaed suacs ea th cloed air passage and top the cough. The first dose will bnc awng relief. Piso' Cure hba eld the condenof people evcryw etor half aceatury. No matter bow serious and obstinate the name of your cold, us bow many rho e diehave failed, yoncd beconvinced byalaic oril that te idsea rue. y fo|reh PoISO'S CýRE SICK EADACHE S . Q, , Po1itively cured by Sthese Little ilis IVER r. ill Inl" e 1 1.( l * it I,1 , ' 1P1I) I I: i-t. Tbey retnulat tte e t ~,}ct l . l'urt'"y v .:Bc,; e SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CGenuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature ITTLE IVERt !ic REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. OUT OF DOOR WORKERS Men who cannot stop for a rainy day.- wilt find the greales!t .,, ccrmfort and freedom,' " of bodily movcmnent , J WATERPROOF> i OILED CLOTHI NG, SIUCK iiW3o2 WUl13TS" Every gorment beorn" iJ the sign of the fish guarcnteed waterproof Catalog free Typewriters Rebuilt all makei-, :it one hi.llf Inlolt fa 'tUr'rt''" 1ricet'. Gi ie lals t"w. We rll tllhm on t h mlor;lLsy lpadinllnt. or rent them at 1blt and allow credit for rental if ltlitght w'ithin a yp:r. ;owrellt hiaind typewriters fronm Five Doltlar, up. HOUSTON TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Phone 1917 1010 Prairie Avenue, tlusion. Texas Satsunma Orange Trees (;Geuti(" se llhles, grafte-d on Citruo t'r' Iolhata. iipvrted tlir :ct from JapanI .tte a striCt insp.wti(.onftr Inserts by the t,,v ernnltinLt. est of the stock selected .end secured by our I:uI;tger who is now n Japair oin a tpDe:ial trip for that purp,.t. One aind two year hitl tree's n dirlerent sizes. Special lric'e may be made on a big lot. ALVIN .IAPANENE NLURSERY, Alvin. Tex. Magnolia fig trtes, Trifoltata stock and seed also for sale. l. a... . . th a Nevr * "t ite £ S> " Btthops n'Is Pe£Ur! L- -e·- - - as4"- "uo-- 51 BattiTuhtl' Gats esi duem aa~ih5