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INS •-li • w • «?; •A.,!' • , v«. ' i4V"* < 1 3' A m "Do you w- <ptt*teled this day -- lv, 1 ••. f'* ' ',.5 V* th&* 1 dd!** crj|pi cards fref« oMilft ir nai in <* H." • ' * \v'-- my mini, you le that I never su»~ poor Dora cared tor concealed it r«ry ran J&^Blek, aa for anybody but his love, but a wo- Icar. Of ring that Imet bar la. M-, with her very utondoc ' Starts, her dearest HWe were to be tMrried in fl^l about llaowalfcsr «d*ry when •v.-P^P eteela asaoon aaloaWDiek I lmnr that ha knew It 'had • , atMMjtad ear aa4 his voice, a* he »ha«eyNew Y«ar,- «m ao I IWt guilty, though my con- thit.f had nntssoour- kof you wM to l^i bead." ••. anything! a girl shape of a man's head Had anything elae to ^hfcout It--it means ao tt does when she tolls a t he resemblee Napoleon. I ranemberad that you had on the floor in your % |#Bk up Dora's hand- ffcnew that I had been cruelly So when you reproached me I--" sr how badly I felt when to my New Teat's greet* ^Ihe remark that happiness forever. And before Ubmtottherlfiss Marie came go satty' jiway it telling her that I should al~ be a brother to her.1* Wt aying*. Sfeif that very soldom gets over is the one In the diary, men claim that they see the out and the new *one ia by drunk. that they can't see Tear the Mr- Jftifing ay a Christittisprsaent tiegtaaingis half* the battle fa thaffease of keeping a diary, aew dateis as hard to remom- tlSwiitt the arctic explorer discovers #e north pole he de- credit, for he always keeps a was tXtfs4s New Y«*%f Silk; I aaistd trtia if there " I could do for him; *e but Jaat-then the ma|<i „ ___ jwjwrti • tot: him, *gft<&e «M*tgo at* once--I thialr fee iwrrcwiy ca»e ia. aad, lnstead of '*mf. ^ityiorhfco, you accused m» ec with hkmV - !'I--•r-tdomt remaaqfear that. Bat wasn't it odd. that before Ileft you for- e*er,|«3s Marie should come in and te» ail that Dora aad Dick irere en­ gaged! I've oftenwondered how it happened that they decided to console each othi|tM : . "Andao have, I. Why, here Is Marie aow-^perhaps she <*»' explain, 8it Tear gives us a chaace to re- pweate to tboee who unexpectedly ' us*apreseAt at Christma*. tha old year out puts a. man coikdlttoato swear off the next Y.World. /ffto yterV Greettnj. S '-V*1' ; fou look worrled. Brown/1 said Christmas 1 should say 1 atf, llee j*j^d he drew out of his ottr- ^ k graft handle of state- it*. laughed Green, "you will present to your wife, you. without counting the cost The lines around Brown's eyes lad and his mouth drooped sad- itphsaid; "that's not it. These " ""V||yiPBi!SiM|t8 1 made my wife." *re. th«y for, thea?" wopderingiy. te pr«Knts my wife made the men. shook hands la tender -Detroit Free »A Happy ff**B . happy New Tesr!" How many realise the meaaiag of the as they ^> about with thia upon their lipa? **I TOOhappy New Tear!" Does the wish earriss a •tth it? And t hine It :̂ ail^n by l alvays trtte aad ilaoere. of those thoughtless rer read between th« ttatss, i Mhiyae thls significant greeting. flrstplAce we^wlsh mnr friends Vaad tha next question whi<& itself ni what mm- I? A ttttle frisnd of tltiU it is to eat all the lk€ not to ao to bad .'. to do 1 y. "Bnm AND DICK QUARRELKD.' down, Xarie, do. Tom and I are Just golng over old times. Do you remem bar last New Tear's day, and--" "Indeed I do. I've just been to see Dora, and she was talking about it She and Diek quarreled last New Year's Eve about the date of their marriage, and almost parted forever. They thiak you both most hare guess ed it I reliaembar that Tom was In the parlor wlth Dctra when I ran In on New Year's morning to tell her of your engagement. She had been on the point ef asking him to help her to make up with Dick. And when she told me about it, I wrote him a note telling him that I believed she wouldi forgive him if he came at once. Tjfew note found him at your house, Irjtafci where he had gone to ask your ald'as peacemaker. Odd, wasn't itr< friend of more mature years says that she would be perfectly happy if had all the money she wanted, as she liked. Another dea(|i^Nli,: another social position. ArtPjfeWe might go on asking and ftndlnj^ltot titat a^mo8t every one hlun jiib Warnilii^ii ^ ' If^tM' ^#aa»'jad-.,were allowed ,foU /̂hls>4»Mi^si«lil"#lll an himself with sweets and late think the>resuk would ,$e anytl happy. A* forwealth.wbo can anyone for *rlihing for 411 cares to spend*%nd especially a an to whom a separate income ii til' exception rather than the rule. It the spending of it which decides happiness or uniappiness of the possniiwfc-f that aibf one waif «ver fe^yrfiappy who «se# wealth merely to gralify selfish am bltloaa • • Fame, too, is a good thing to pos- pess. but how many who have gained t|iis high pinnacle will tell you that it brings happiness Sa?ei$l position is also something after which there £ is much striving. Yet when the coveted place is reached It is so often.found to be barren, and happiness has no resting place there. Social position brings heavy re&ponsibflhlBa ikift tt, and social duties are hard^afto^abori- ous without the happy results that follow labor in more worthy causes. It seems, then, that there must be some special way to happiaess not easily found. There is, but it is easy enough to be seen by all who care to follow Its winding way. Wiser heads than mine found out long ago that only in trying to make others happy is real happiness ever gained for oaeself. fa ia wishing our friend* a happy New Year, we really obligate ourselvea to do all that w» can to make tbh wish come true; and tor this reason the words should never be spoken idly, or used as a mere matter of form. On tbe other hand, to be sincere in the greeting and to do what the words im­ ply. is certaia to bring happiness to all. And now, let us go on to. th* next word in th* analysis, "new." Everybody likes new thletge. an* less an exception may be made to the so-called '"new Woman." New gowns, new bonnets, new personal ha- longings of all sorts appeal especially to women. While "clothes do not make the person," every one has learned that appearance in this world goes a long way toward success. Under the inspiration of knowing that one H well-dressed often one has done his best and th# key note of success has been touched. It Is human nature that womankind should love pretty new dresses, new bonnets and dainty surrounding, so let no one accuse her of vaatty for desiring them. Nsiw Ideas are aought after by the philosopher; new conditions by the scientist; new inventions by die in­ ventor. Editors eagerly examine new wetter; and that which is' truly origin­ al dr. opens a new field of thought if id#«r ftxund "unavailable" no matter iw» lastly it may tee written. There is a eenstant hunt gyring on fqr something pew to fuirfli^ stimu­ late lie enrnigi<«, amUtiMiji lad Mm 'ledto; _ _ T«H»a will |M an Hi tifak- aa dtwosplwrtn ^ W- and go asl^ic over to '9m , one « theae eo*lac daait rhaps the Noeth f>tie wUl he ^ covered 6 tha alw war* «W^ why eo many people will risk life and property to find a spot that is almost certaia to contain iMSNWg that irfll sostaln life or hove, tan only hA taM to their insatiate greed for somethiag new. ^ Ir to however, that wi^le ,,t^eae greater sie lidif i»j^seuae ^MianMiy laveat an automstlo awraiit that w^ji #st up in the morn- ii^ aFtQpaut beliig called, never let the ftflS io out, wash our beet ehia* with­ out breaking it, and, from the very qature of the invention, ouiltol "talk' we happen to go 14to the kiq;h«n aad sct^d a little--Household Realm. .. - k , * Vffm ft*tv JtpMtm ' The return of New Year'a day t*k- vit|s .4|ny people to the uMpt aombeir refiecticms. Undoubtedly qiufrt of aa can find abundant occasion tor these, but there .is such a thing aa pushlnt self-examination and self-ooadamna- tion to the point of discouragement The best temper with which era caa eater upon the new year is that at lalth, faith in God and faith in our­ selves through His help. It is about as certain as anything can he that tha new year will bring us WW expert' ences. Our courage, our capacity tor endurance, our steadiness *of character and power of resistance is to be tested. At the end of the year we are going to be nobler men and women than we are today, or we shall have deterior­ ated morally, and forever afterward thfere will he narrowing opportunities. White we think of &e^ latter alterna- thre It is well to strengthen our hearts by the former, tM us brieve that we aoi^fnlifli to fall *hd we have ^ikan toimrds suecesa. When anotkw New Year's day cornea around ws are going to he able to reckon aoUd galas in character won through the trials aad temptations aad emergen cies of the year's experience.'--Boston Watchmaa. . • • P Itfa ^Annuni €*9*tmig: "A Happy New Year to you!** This is the greeting which will be hoard on every aide as we cross the thres­ hold of the new year. It has become a custom to repeat It In many esase it has. HttLe meaning, and is nothing moee than an «mpty compliment or an idtewish. Row much do you mean by fl^?*lt is very easy to repeat the form- It is a very simple matter to buy Year's card and enclose it in tlbpe. But when you send this or speak it, do you regard pledge or promise that you will lothing to make the recipient of inhappy, and that you will do all iur power to. relieve his anxieties &ring gladness to his heart?-- it Union. - v Crowned evermore in endless light d&si greets".'7;7 • ^ . %he Year's dawn, Whlll; w^i ^wfth heads bowed k># alfetf duirkeanheats, • t'C, ; Uve sadly on. I '̂nprtai , gasesi-'- * * , •" • lk To her unfold Blossoms each noble dee^tft, eartllly days,. ^ In beaaty's mold. ^ J.»' «' The glory of our L<ord her eyes have seen, With undimmed sight. Safe ia His presence dear, She serene " And knows no night' She clasps the hands of loved waiting there On Heaven's shore. With th*m she treads, ^o«t.,lrt3rf^a. || wondrous fair, >» * s> In rapture o'er. • f v' in glad surprise. Joyous and purs aid free, . Her son! GO blest Solves the deep mystery of eternity And perfect rest --Isabel L. Boardman, ia N. T. Ob­ server. <C4 •' MAI >SB8 TO (B. Wfti T»M» of The rickwt ankrch st itt the world is ommg Ala*' - It e will reach ter to through n Qitr, Lion wis not have " b« l» ttousaads It is said his |kUlio|-doUar ck ~ Dawiion to ei ta his podnt hln by a man p to poet a let- i%l«os Axfeaisa. De hj^llig for*,gold, but aaid resolved to let ^ vhile he profited panels, piicanta tor admission "Once establtehed in tM sdlonK .It la expected that each meaner ta* aad carry oat the spirit oi Proodhoa^S Paradot: 'property Is robber^* - gsattaiv Kea«iirM la ajda*^ The plague which recently visited Sydney, New South Wales, and made •Trident all the hideous defects of Its soaitSJry systems has caused the civic SuthOftttee to wake up, and, like Rip Vah Winkle, to formulate stringent sanitary regulations. Noxious sub- Staneei' aUMt be conveyed through the city bafci»fsu midnight and 6 % m., and in ihiteiHight buckets. UnheaUhy premises are to be made hfealthy by proper Sjnftem of connecUon; no live be allowed la the city un­ der c<rn(Utlpns d&agerpus or injurious to health. The jnanufacture of any mattoP intended for human conaump- tlon mmt be carried on under sanitary and the smoke nuisance tt&ec 'h* IMiAitt by the of smoke in the chim­ neys. i ge*itow» w hteb»<a» .a rule, are vision are mi dwelling hi register genei regulai feet thf community.--J* {fan Chicago Record. have a their co further DB LrlON. owns several:ls |̂| strnctures • aid Much land In Daemon and vicinity. De Lion will fH|d)Ush an anarchistic ooHmy to^«osMMlia California. Hej says of nut "My #aa1s toj^rchase 100,000 att-es of land, Vwl I ttladi caa be done at a cheap figuia in th* southern part of thia;stall,..:̂ li»,,:to locate upon it 1,000 ftsatttes who shall be fouad to be cfMifsaha." Bach family is to have Its hundred acres of land, share aad share alike, aad tor each family I shall have a house built and each I shall supply wi(fc tools and seed. I shall take no |w»rd land aAd no less than aay other nmnlber. Ia this way we shall all be bijfajK absolute equality and when no ope I* superior to an­ other there can' he no dictatorship. Other than the mere Incorporation Into a company to satisfy the legal require­ ments of this the*"e is to be not the least sign of government This, however, shall not piaclude co-opera­ tion. so long as co-operation may be perfectly voluntary. "To insure a true solidarity it wlB be necessary to get only those fiuaillee Tie of Qerms||y si war. The In 1871, and has not ext slngle^re of t With possibly golaa^ but she ulatlon by K,* numbered 4d,< number t t h e r e fsod the Qeri tir cfothed, i •Mikm. • , i lephehomenon growth at Prussian ttgned Qemany by a Htarope, of Hell- hw pop- The , in m. d.Mabw, S ind4 'yttt, i SO n^tuMUlhs to f in emf Wiy more protpttottV than they Wfer% "tb%h. This is attributed to the fact that for 30 years Germany devoted hftrself to toe elementary education of her people. German silver is not silver at all, hut aa alloy of various of the baser metals. Which was invented in China and used there for centuriee. • m !%•••. . Mark Twain lays great stress on the pause Just before the point, in the use of which he regards Artemus Ward and James Whitcomb Riley as the greatest adepts. For instance, Arte­ mus Ward would say eagerly, excited­ ly: "1 once knew a man in New Zea­ land who hadn't a tooth in his head" --here his animation would die out; a silent, reflective pause would follow, then he would say dreamily and as ii to himself--"and yet that man could beat a drum better then aay auua i ever khew.** •p t ii.' 'd^fedl /: fba^r; rul«s i« w&thyauDftm "kiag* of a clan of '<&Ui^Be va ot these classes derftres his from h tribute rendered hiii» wretched sttbjects, and soet itf hiadkmail on traden aM chants '1$ undertaking to .. , _ shevs, sta^ai a^d houses free ftdl* partketfar pests which he Fro* ttase-two sources he large..1|̂ M and is enabled to mpr. a larss houses and keep up great styw. HI mode-life. Each clan has Jf> partic^nr the city givd® ovltr to lls e#^idUon, beyond which it* members are fttrtidden to stray; Hoi^ rlble s^tocfltlktHms are practice by* the beggar! of China ia order that their deformities may excite compas­ sion and lead to frofit If you see a blind man solicitibe alms in a Chines* street it is tan to One that he has bim- destroyed; liis sjyght On certain days the beocarB go about la 'gauge of from fifty to 156. 0n theee occasions ^M^keepers are only too glad to com­ ply with the "king's*^ demands for blackmail in order that his subjects may be kept out of their shops, A king of Chinese thievss knows every­ thing that goee on i? his district. He knows who committed ogrtain thefts and where the stolen property is. He, has a per- _ _ sub­ jects ft claimed by him ah& Woe betide thMB if they attempt to dieit the au­ tocrat, And if a foreigner is robbed he generally oan, by pasing the "k*»g" a certaia gam, recover his property. Property stolen from Chinamen aever hranght back. Every ChlaeoS city hag * Isper l^ise eutrtde its gates aad> noat of them have two or nn. As in the cases of Mte hegvua. and thlcyua, there , is an executive head. eaXhNL'the "king" of the lepers, who ooatrols all lepers and toakiB rales aad os*»aitf, whkh must he oboermd. These aafMtunates are . numerous throughout the empire. When in the tot atage of the disease they are brought to the leper houaee. Oood ears to taken of them as Mmg aa thdr relaUvee eaa weet the demand of the "king." But ao matter how wealthy their famllisa may be the "khigf* evi­ dently drains them of every penny, and both the leper and his relatives often have to turn beggars. The poorer lepers are assigned to miserable, un­ clean huts, providing poor eheiter against bad weather. stam| Gov. the 1st guard* seventy-* ver and; honorablf) er the hands The m< ly gold, twelve, reglmeat rocellnd|| L. Del Charles '||| Knoch, Joeeph Stoigea» .' lam D. Wells: UreA. IN AUSTRALIA. Ow *• ' i f i\ flSfSjT ,>|4 ~'S6& P:Li • •r RMidrat imriwM 11 is becomlag. popular in Australia, says the Lxmdon Mail, and posslbiytsoma day Australians will be as enlaeat in this sport as they are at prestat on the cricket field. It is large­ ly owtag to the efforts of the many Americans settled in the antipodes that the game is becoming rapidly ac- dtmated. Recently began the first Se­ ries of lnter-colonlal baseball matches, the cehteatants being Victoria and New 3outh Wales, both of which colo­ nies possess organised baseball asso­ ciations. The gatnee were played in 8ydn^ and the home nine won two 'out ofjpMee. The New tooth Wales tgiside jpipuded Victor Truiiptr, M. A. Noble ibd J. J. Kelly, members of the last Australian cricket team to visit England, and among the Victorians was another member of that team, Frank La ver. Don nan of the 1893 eleten was selected as the emergency player* bf N*w South wkles. Local Americans say that wonderful profi­ ciency was displayed, although as yet some of the finer points of the game remain to be learned. Villa It is probable moat The Attorney-General now finda President McKink^ni otBCial family himself unable to remain. ' He Is s ' The Jftto Century. I^ove's harmonies flow toward him fall and sweet; Sin's wild, discordiuat cries aye past him hurled. With sad, glad heart and brave, ra> ' luctant feet' He Steps upon the threehold ot the World. Jfon* to CTsfs "I thought you were goiag to tuni over a new leaf, John," si "I was," he replied, "hut I dm't" « "Why not?" "There won't be any new leaves spring,"--Chimgo Port. flat I Merely an Officio! For*̂ He wished me a happy New Tear; The words would, have tickled I but ^ , I knew from his bearlhg aiH^arf t* I wag booked for a aslary cut . %0- wlll remain With hiih when he begins his •acond adminlstratlcm, it is certain that Hire will be soswi changes. One cabinet officer whokl retirement is a certalaty and whosfeawviesB will be missed by the President is Attorney- General John W. Oilggs. Mr. Griggs entered the cabinet at toe solicitation of Vice-President Xfobart, when Judge McKenna left the legal department to beoome a member of the Supreme Court The Vice-Preeident and Mr. Griggs were neighbors and intimate friends at Paterson, N. J., and toe for­ mer believed that the brilHaney and profound legal knowledge that had made Mr. Griggs a power in New<Jer- sey affairs would contribute to the suc­ cess of the McKtnley administration. Mr. Hobart's predictions have been more than Justified by Mr. Griggs' conduct of the legal department . Vetrotartanta • aad Football. A leading vegetarian announces that he will try next year to Induce some football team to give a week's trial at the beginning of the season's prac­ tice to vegetarianism. I aa sure, he says, that it will please them so they'll keep it up. There's no doubt about ft that for endurance, for hard work, vegetarianism is the only tiling. Do you know why? It is became in veg­ etables ^you eat no tiredness, la joesst, or fish, or poultry, ysu eat a groat dfeal /agfi t$a&:^t'-wl§y- tlm ynsdl eater, sfter a hearty meal, feels lasy poor man and naturally has an ambl tion to acquire a fortune. His great legal ability eaabled him to maka large sums while engaged in the practice ot his profession, hut he is a liberaLmas and spent most of hie income in enter­ taining and educating his daughters. It was a financial sacrifice when he gave up his private practice and went to Washington, but the earnest solici­ tation of President McKinley and Vice-President Hobart and Ms keen appreciation of the honor conferred impelled him to lay aside money con­ siderations. It Is a well-known fact of course, that a cabinet position re­ quires greater expenditures in the way of entertainment than the salary covers, and Mr. Griggs now feels that in Justice to himself and his family, he should return to active work in his profession. and heavy and disinclined to wdrk He has absorbed with his meat a great quantity of uric acid, and the defini­ tion of uric acid has been given by an eminent scientist, as the "essence of tiredness." He who eats only vege­ tables is never' tired after a meal- never. How much work he can get through on a vegetable diet--whether he could, say, play football on It--I don't know. ' . s, A St Louis negro has devised 'an alerator in which a screw takes tha ?lace of 'wfciiMa and pulleys*; Two HOIVM from Qaooa. - The queen herself has on two Occa*- tfions at least, been called upon to pay horseshoe "rent quittance" similar to that which the city corporation ren Hers to the Crown each year. Oakham, in Rutland, posses a unique and pe­ culiar privilege, by virtue of which any peer 6f the realm passing within the precincts of the manor has to pay tribute in the fprm of a horseshoe, and if he refuses he is obliged to give money, which the bailiff is empowered to take by ' force. Strictly speaking, jihe shoe should come from one of his own horses, but the alternative of payment in hard cash is usually chos­ en, the money being devoted to pur­ chasing ornamental horseshoes to decergte the ca&tie walls. Many of these articles, including two from her majesty, given when she visited the county, first as Princess Victoria and again some five-and-twenty years rago, and one apiece from Queen Eliza­ beth and George IV.--London Tele- graph. , ^ •;. ^ > " - "Skat-Hate Bate." ' - Peech trees tn the vittoityW ^It Joseph, Mich., are threatened by a more dangerous enemy than the yel­ lows. Local growers call it "shot-hole bore." Little white insects with red heads invade the orchards and cover the trees with tiny holes, the Bap leaks out from theee holes and the trees die for lack of nourishment. An expert local fruit grower was surprised when notified of the supposed existence of this disease. He "ays: "It Is com­ mon in Van Buren county, but I had npthgstrd of its spreading to Berrien,** 1 ' • i - H" . * BMW la PriMMd (Ml _ JoW Bunch, a pioneer citizen of Macon county, Missouri, is suing the town of La Plata for injuries alleged have been received while in the cala­ boose at that place last August He was arrested for some trivial cause and found on being locked up that he had tor cellmatete an active and ex­ ceedingly iddignatit hive of bees. The Insects regarded him as an intruder and stung him severely during his six hours of confinement titoai** Antic* Aan«sa Cawr4ri.. ^,5 A Frenchman arrested in Baltimore With his traveling bear brought the a^basl with him in court, wh^a his ahtics so amused the $idge th^L:. th«' ir was dischiHBBiSCand the dale, PresU the thi whest Sato's. llhvalare riertvdd on gradi " 7/ PreaMkWt d«liv«redanaddrcoe God in Daoghy,' Harper Ml mHstA' uurowM^d thai and the condi tlous of ir entirely unlike any uatooraity. Ona»> Cowt Wtaarv' William von ZodliU, Gatfnsn count, .Is, tha Sheffield cago, oa the < uadar,f»Mse pr l«l ^jHpi-th charged with Beit aa tha oompeay and . policies. When the at the station the sons who took out on his ptijMlta. Hef fore Justice Malone) continued to Dec. laihrt Waal ti§.-! _ _ Of Ttii«#teWd«Med:i by the grand tbdgs'lil^ cently, to sepMrato grand lodge and grand unconstitutional. The mi _ grand encampment to be -mmi toon in May. 1901, is tfcciamdM^ bodies the order will toOSt^ in Springfield the aseoftd 1901. The grand patriarch: measure to make the chapel have the necessary two-tl b 8w*l^ W • A wave of reform has Mattoon since Mayor C his crusade. H»e eig|l houses have been cloned. hundred professional (BMP; departed. Police ofllffrs "pull" every disorderly been dropped from the was general oboeivsnce closing order, but three and a druggist weee leged violations. Cltjr BaapoiMlMa ter a Ut» Gross negligence on the pai cagd was charged by til jury which investigated t| Mrs. Tillie Cannig. The killed by falling tliroui^i Ogden avenue yial^pt. T1 •the jury held the cl the condition of the ceased lived at 2723 Sout nue. Her Busbaad ^ik a s^it^Siman Savanna/Ill. Trylac to |M1 . A well orgai^li felters is working. 1 clnlty.qf Pana with g3reen|] positions. Tower Hill, a miles east of Pana, is the headquarters of the gsng. SprlacSatU WaaMUl.aiirlfikva., Mrs. Knmler. wife of the- A. Kumler. proprietor of News, and pastor of the Brent odist Episcopal church in suffered a stroke ijf paralygl*. home. Her conil|tioa is so Mjrioim that : death, is momeplartty expected. UI«o la a WaldkaK SM>: Henry Bonn, who residug^ family in Chicago, was collapsed folding bed. at 9:30 o'clock and was.. in the closed bed an ht»it; deceased was yearn of age. ' mu H*i> to ai.eoo.ssa,- In a pretty; flat at avenue. Chtpgo. lives has Just fallen heir woman is Mrs. B. N< the inheritance of,Martin Cary of Mayu, oa the west ^ y«t«r Mat fi< vo^arK^ it mfc