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THE SU2HDAY OXEGOXIASf, PORTLAND, . DECEMBER 31, 10S. -46 Ring out the. worthless books of time, Ring in the books of nobler strain; Ring'out those that discordant chime CouBkcls and Ideals, frem tit, writings rf Or. William fcslcr. Houghton. Mifflin Cz Co.. Boston, and the J. K. Gill Company, Portland. Dr. Osier, he of chloforni fame, is noth ing if not sensational. If lie had not been so he would probably have been quietly known as Dr. Osier, of Baltimore, Md. Now ho is known as Professor Osier of Oxford University, England, and also of the -world. Men above 60 years of age regard him as their personal enemy and would make a garget of him, were it not lor the law. Dr. Osier's newest pronun ciajnento is that it is erroneous ttf sup pose .and hope that as we die our last mo menta will be soothed by a. vision of the dreams of the blessed and that we shall finlrinto blissful sleep. No. he says in so many words that we shall die as do tho beasts of the field knowing nothing. That thought is the most striking one in the excerpts made by C. X. B. Camas, of New York City, from various lectures and addresses made in recent years by the celebrated Dr. Osier. The book contains 20 essays, in 277 pages, and is certain 1o be the most talked-of purely medical .scicntiflc book of the latter portion of the year. It is Intensely interesting both to medical man and .ayman. No man likes to think as to wliat his private thoughts or sensations will be as he lies on his death bed. A wise Chinese savant ha bitually placed a coffin in his bedroom to accustom himself to a philosophical con templation of his approaching death, and professed himself as being satisfied with the prospect. But the average man to be perfectly frank about it prefers to live rather than to die. He hates the leap in th5 dark. Here are a few Osier idea?: We habitually talk of the departed, not an houjrh they had passed from death unto Hfo end were !n a state of constant Joy and fe licity, or otherwise; but we count them out of our circle with set deliberation, and fix between them and us a gulf as deep aa that which separated Dives from Lazarus. The weet and gracious feeling of an ever-present .inmorallty. so keenly appreciated In the re ligion of Numa, has no meaning for i. The dead are no longer lmmenent and we have lost that sense of continuity which the Ro tnnns expressed o touchlngly in their privato rehearsals of the Ambarralla, In which the dead were invoked and remembered. Kvcn that golden cord or Catholic doctrine, the icrnmunftn of the saints, so comforting to the faithful of all ag1. Is worn to a thread in our working-day world. Over our fath ers, Immortality brooded like the day. We have consciously thrust It out of lives, so full and busy, that have no time to make an enduring covenant with our dead. An a rule, man dies as he had lived, unin fluenced practically by the thought of a fu ture life. Bunyan could not understand the julM. easy death of Mr. Badman. and took 1 as an incontestible sign of his damnation. The Ideal death of Cornelius, so beautifully described by Erasmus. Is rarely seen. In our modern life the educated man dies usually did Mr. Denner in Margaret Deland'a Kory wondering, but uncertain, generally un conscious and unconcerned. I have careful records of about S00 death beds, studied juir tlrularly with reference to the modes of Jajh and the fensatlonn of the dying. The latter alone concern us here. Ninety suffered bodily pain and distress of one sort or an other; 11 showed mental apprehension.' two porttlve terror: one expressed spiritual x haltation one bitter remorse. The great tna jjilly gave no sign one way or another ke their birth, their death was "a rf.eep and a forgetting." The preacher was right. In this manner man hath no pre-eminence over ih beast "as the one dleth, so dieth the other. The real tragedy Is the moral death, which, la Olfferent forms, overtakes so many good !low who fall away from the purr, honor able and righteous service of Minerva Into the idolatry of Bacchus, of Venus and of Circe, In a play of Oscar Wilde's, one of the char aterw remarks: 'There are only two great tragedies In life not getting what you want and getting it:" And I have known cca- xullants whose treadmill Jlfe Illustrated the bitterness of this mot, and whose great 4uc- wss at (W did not bring the truocess they had anticipated at 40. Much study Is not only bellved to be weartneas or the flesh, but also an actlr tause of ill-health of mind in all grades and phases. I deny that work, legitimate work. has anything to do with this. It Is that foul- fiend, worry, who is responsible for the fax Jorlty of the cases. Tut your affection in cold storage for i few year and' you will take them out rip ened, perhaps a little mellow, but certainly ess wfejct to those frequent changes which jerllx so Many young hks. So truly as a ywmg jaarried Is a young mis autrreC, le a wemaa unmarried, la certain settee, a wemaa u4cme. As to fcle eemteg ;se)eiu -Ja hi advancing J rs, I -treuM urge tfce clinical jAysieiaa a ic travels fwrUter- frew the East to look well to His comeaBloM to see that tbty are sot uf ""We oitb ae and generation. He t walk with the feo s efcr be is JosC JCot VI at oow, but by easy grade, ud py Ringln'those tharwill liveagam'-siiied.v ?? or ene perceives his ruta before he, , eacy man. Is aware of It, I would not give him a basil plant te fed on the brains of the bright young nice who fellow the great wheel uphill. But te keep his mind receptive, plas tic and impressionable, he must travel with the men who are doing the work ef the world the men between the ages of 25 and 40. The revelations of modern embryology are a terrible blow to pride ef descent. The In dividual is nothing more than the transient offshoot of a germplasm. which has an un- f broken continuity from generation to gen eration, frem age to age. The teacher's life should have three per iodsstudy until 25. Investigation until 40, pre fession until CO at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. It is sad to think that for some ef you there is In store dlsappelBtment, perhapa falluie. You cannet hope, of court, to escape from the cares and anxletiiti incident to professional life. Stand up bravdj, even against the worst. Title of Ibe Middle Clatf.es by Walter C. Cooper, secretary ef the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The Consolidated IteUtl Booksellers. New York City, and the J. K. Glll Company. Portland. Based on the doctrine of self-help, the author treats this subject not In the viewpoint of an alarmist, but in a sane. conservative manner, that insures re spect and attention. lie realizes that two rival camps of the corporated trusts and the common people will not forever Stand idly by content to watch each other. In the beginning he shows how the trust is a necessary step toward the federation of Industry and the eventual establishment of an industrial clearing house, which will approximately adjust production to consumption, and save the world the immense loss that Is now caused by overproduction. Either the democratic lnfluenco of the governmental form and habit of thought, ho thinks, will make room for popular control of consolidated industries, or the imperial Influence of industry operating upon the minds of men will bring government to the Fame condition. "Will. then, popular control of Industry mean government ownership or Social ism? Mr. Cooper thinks noL He reasons that it is the more likely to take the form of a wide diffusion of shares among the people and, perhaps, through co-operation or profit-sharing a larger participa tion of the employes in the earnings of industry- Mr. Cooper sums up by say ing: "The organism of Industry Is not Socialistic but individualistic The rise of the masses can never be by Socialism, but by the thrift of the individual and his advance in intelligence, morality and self-control. Not Socialism but industrial democracy is the hope of the future. The Speculation of .Tobn Steele, by Robert Barr. $1.30. Illustrated by F. K. Gruger. Frederick -V- Stekes Company. New York City. "What do you think of a girl giving her sweetheart a present of 51O.O0O.O00t, which -he refuses, in the last chapter of a novel? Tills is what occurs in the sev enteenth chapter of Mr. Barr's newest work of fiction about millionaires, stocks, railroads and dollars, and yet more dol lars. Tho story was orlginaly published in part in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post, and won deserved popu larity. The facility w;th which Mr. Barr coins on paper millions and makes and unmakes railroad kings, caught the fan cy of thousands of readers who admired the boldness and audacity of the financial pictures painted. The hero. John Steele. Is a typical railroader, who is allowed to make several fortunes, only to lose them again at the bands of unscrupulous rival financial magnates. At the open ing of the last chapter he Is practically penniless. So he turns holdup artist, waylays Constance Berrington, called the richest woman in the world, and politely but firmly proposes marriage to her. Here Is one of his pleas: "Constance, let us take the yacht, go to Duluth, and be married before a magistrate, for $10. like a lumberman and his girl. And she consented. It Is refreshing to read this novel, for millions of money in It are as carelessly mentioned as the average author writes 30 cent. The Black Spaaiel aad Other Stories, by Robert Hlchene. Illustrations by A. For est icr- J 1.50. Frederick A. Stokes Com pany. New Tork City, and the J. JC Gill Company. Portland. The vivUectionlst's view: "Animals" nre In the world to be the servants of hu manity, to minister to oar comforts, our pleasures, our necessities, to help -to .'in crease our knowledge and satisfy our tip1 petltes. to give us case and to gain us roofe." The anU-v1viRoctIonlst3 view: " be- lleve If a man li&s been brutal to an ani inal. at death his houI pajises Into a aim- liar animal, which, ondunu- the fate lie uoce meted Hst wheu 2tu wait a umo, a dog's devotion is one- of -the most perfect, ono of the most touching, and one of the most complcto sentiments that can be manifested by one living creature to an other. Not to respond to it would be ab solutely devilislu You can't be a cynic when a dog's cold nose is pushed into your liaud. or a dog's paw is placed gently and . solemnly upon your knee." Out of these two thoughts. Mr. Hicbens has -written a. remarkably intelligent, sug gestive and original dog story fairly thrilling with Interest, It fascinates you and lias a good deal of the magic of Stev enson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' with all the tatter's shivery features left out. The Black Spaniel" Is a trumpet note against vivisection and Is a living object lesson showing that all domesticated ani mals are our friends, -bound to us by stronger ties than we know of. Nine other stories In the book arc also worth reading. ItrfUpplne Life In Toun and Country, by James A. LeRey. Illustrated. G. 1 Putnam's Satir. New York City, and the J. K. GUI Company. Portland. The' view of a cheerful and urtblosed optimist concerning the present and tho future of what we people along the Pa cific Coast call "the islands." Sir. LeRoy is American consul at Durango. ilex Ice and for two years he was connected with the United States Philippine Commission SOME By Lout lxington. THE four youthful Stanleys were left alone while their parents at tended n watch-meeting, and as mother had told them they might sit up Just as long as ever they pleased, the ambition was strong among them to see the new year in. But how to pass the time perplexed them not a little. Ethel, knowing that guests were expected on the morrow declared they must not stick up things in the kitchen by making candy. So they popped some corn over the fire in the grate, and after tiring of that it still lacked two hours of midnight. Two whole hours in which to keep awake, and Beatrice was already growing desperately sleepy, much against her will. "What's New Tear for, anyway, spe cially?" suddehly asked Richard, and Ethel, as sage of the four, answered him: "Why. Dicky, how silly not to know that! It's the time In which to make resolutions, of course. "Are they good to eat couldn't we make some. Ethel T came from Beat rice, who was more disappointed than the rest over her candy calculations. "Always something sweet to eat, you little Bee." cried Ralph, tcaslngly. but Ethel said seriously: T don't see why we couldn't make some. I think they'd please father and mother if they, were really good reso lutions, of course, and." reflectively, "If we kept them afterwards." "Just the thing!" Ralph exclaimed, jumping up excitedly, and so upsetting his chair. Ralph was the oldest, a. whole year older than Ethel, but he didn't act so at nil. "Let's get pencils and paper and be gin right off." he continued, rummaging in the table drawer. " e II leave them here for father and mother to read, after we've gone to bed." Enough pencils and paper to go around were soon at hand, and they all looked expectantly at Ethel before beginning. "If we can't remember what our worst faults are. let's Just tell each other right out. One ebould always resolve o'er one's very worst besetting sin, she reminded them Impressively. "It's the funniest thing," squeaked Beatrice, as she watched them all begin to scratch away so busily. "I can't think of one single thrng I do that's at all mean!" "Dear me. wl.at a parody of excel lence!" Richard exclaimed, and. of course, meant paragon. "How about grumbling when mother wants yon to do an errand, or study lessons, or get up In the morning, or go to bed at nightr Ethel suggested, smiling at her younger sister, whose face Instantly fell. "I'm not like Bee." Richard observed, looking up. "I've so many faults that 1 can't decide which is worst. They Just completely overwork me!" "You mean overwhelm. Dick; I guess." Ralph commented. "Nothing could overwork you. old fellow. And that reminds me that your treatmenf of the kindllng-box Is the thing you have to be scolded about the most." "You have to be told to blacken your shoes every morning. Ralph!." piped up Beatrice, thinking to take Rich ard's part. "But your worst fault is playing poetical Jokes," Richard added, at which Ethel and Ralph began Javgh lasr. ' -Why will yeu twist words so?" ex claimed Ethel, and Ralph said geed aaturedly: Y mean practical Jekec tjXcky-by. JDon't ever accwee e c I asrthlisir MettcstL" ' "That's what the teacher jM It ottdd Ilk pvUcaV anyway," aa- d-wri the eMahMfthmeat of civil govem sneet tit the PhHipplnea. where ho made a special InveaUeatkm of conditio. His book, which Is a readable and well-written one. describe life among the native tribes and aleo In the Spanish and Amer ican communities. A portion of the mat ter now aeed originally appeared In the Political Science Quarterly and the At lantic Monthly, where his views attracted favorable notice. The Illustrations are good. The VaHey or Dreams, by II. Hayden Sands. with Illustration by Adolfo de NestL Cloth. irroo. T. X. Foults. Edinburgh. Scotland. and Alfred Bart le It, Boston. On turning over the book cover of this volume of notify, one comes across the picture of a woman's face. calm, dignified aed beautiful. This face expression ap plies exactly to the quality of the poems within, about TO In number. They are after the-Swinburne order of expression, not in metre or philosophy, but in tine oeanty of sentiment. The verses appeal to the imagination and are decidedly above the average In their class. The il lustrations are worth while, being original in design and boldly drawn. Here is Mr. Sands medest and thoughtful dedication: Far fading shore and far receding sea. And one green ll beneath the twilight bar. And ever over that Ion Isle for me. Constant, one steadfast star. - Bright star, bright hope, lait night of Earth I d-earrt Acd opening leaves fell blighted from their trre Tet what Is life but one long vain attempt. And who shall Judge but thee? The most meritorious poem In the col lection Is that which describes the woe of the worldling, concluding: Happy he who may not know. World or wordIlnga bitter wee. But upon the hillside lends. Joy unto the flocks he tend:. What arc shell and starry gem To him who wears these diadems; What Is gold- to hl.n who hurl Sparkling, from th fountain, pearls? Q. for seme sweet vale to sing. Of brpoks. of love, and wayward wlag; O. for a tree of myrtle leaf And leve. the bearer of the wreath! rady Robs, Her Brother and I. by Jean Chamblln. Illustrated. Jl.OS. G. P. Put nam's Sons. New York City, and the J. K. - GUI Company. Portland. A romance of the Azores, with an Eng Hsh. American. Portuguese salting, and a woman's novel for women. Kate, an act ress who took a sea voyage for her health, tells the story in a Miles of letters to her friend Nora about meeting Lady Hes ter Primrose Carey and the latters brother George, a hero of the British Boer war. George and Kate had pre viously been sweethearts but had quar reled. How they made it all up again and overcame the criss-cross plots dl rected at .hclr huppiness. Is -well told The authoress has skill In describing scenery and Is lucky in hor fund of anec dote. The lIclple or Chrfet. by Dr. Errett Gates, associate In church history. Vnlverslty of Chicago. J I. The Baker & Taylor Com pany. N-w York City. Another of the learned volumes dealing with the "Story of the Churches." being published by the Baker & Taylor Com pany. The present volume deals with the Presbyterian sect known as the Disciples of Christ, who will complete the first -K0 years of their history as a distinct re ligious movement in Their rise In 1&09 is marked by th withdrawal of Thomas Campbell from the Secede r Pres byterian Church in Western Pennsylvania, and the publication of the so-called "Dec laration and Address." Dr. Gates has given a lucid, entertaining account of his chesen theme. Bubbles: The Bachelor's Birthday Book, by Stanley MayalL The Matthew Publishing Company. Boston. Mass. Mr. MayalU who resides in Spokane. Wash-, has written a verse for each day In the year, and has prepared the same RHYMESTERS' NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS What Four Children Wrote While Their Parents-Were at Watch Meeting scrtcd Richard, unwilling to admit so many blunders; "Oh. that's the best idea!' Ethel's pen was poised In mld-nlr. and her eyes shone like stars. "It's the very loveliest thingl" MMr '.i&aiisjriffiHBM f MTwBB.rMilOBx, ia diary ferm. His mue is e-f Use Hsh-t. flippant order of created. thigs. socMeC It clever and seme not se. The- book could tnd a pronlss here and there. J. 34. . IX LIBRARY AXD WORKSHOP "The Cost of ComtIt!on." by Sidney A. Keere. announced by McClure-I'hllllpj, will appear late next month. McCIure-Phlllins have postponed until'next month the publication of -roster's Com plete Bridge,, by It- F. Foster. , McCIare-Phillins announce the sale to an English publisher of an edition of Mary Stewart Cutting's successful book, "Utile Stories or Married Ufe- Pastor Charles Warner writes character istically about the American edition of his DOCK -i.-ETanrlIe et la Vle- "I safeiv re ceived the copies of the "Gospel of life and And the translation fine. May the book do aa well as It did here, where aot only Protestants but Catholics like it much,' "Nut Brown Joan." by Marion Ames Tag gart, author of "Miss lchiavar. The Lit tle Gray House." and other well-llked.books for girls. Is Just being printed for the second time by Henry Holt lc Co. The author seems to hare effectively ovoven a thread of sympathetic seriousness Into her web of girlhood frolic Mabel Mahln. author of 'The Lullaby" In. the December McClure's. Is the daughter of a man who owned and edited the Muscatine Journal, with Mark Twaln'a brother for partner, at the time when Marie. Twain him self was setting up type in the office and EIHs Parker1- Butler was carrying and deliv ering papers to subscribers. fi George Bell te Sons, of London, have. Just arranged with Henry Holt - Co. tu bring out In England Hale's "Dramatists "of Today.- This would Indicate that the English publishers think their countrymen will ap preciate Mr. Hale's treatment of Phillips. Finer and Shaw, the three British play wrights Included In the seven discussed by Prefesser Hale. The Delineator begins the new year with an attractive cover and a display of all that U pew m the fashion world, to say nothing of the many features of literary excellence. ur particular Interest Is an article by Postmaster-General -Cortelyou, describing wom an's place and share of work in the postal service. The article In the Safe Food series Is devoted to a discussion of the real value of glucose as a food product. Cecilia Lotttu gives her impressions of "Ophelia." a charactsr which she has acted with success. Mis Alice French, whose pen name Is Oc tave Thanet, took certain Instances in .the lire of her own brother as tnc raw material for her new novel. "The Man of the Hour." This brother, since dead, was a Harvard graduate, who. after leaving college, put on overalls and went from a C o'clock breakfast to learn the machinist's trade In bis father's iron mills. President Roosevelt is an ad mirer ef Miss French's Action. Daring his recent trip through the South he made fre quent reference to "The Man of the Hour." Jean Webster" little story In the Decem ber McClure's, "A Parable for Husbands." contains a lesson. Introduced Ingeniously and amusingly. The groom, when he knows there has been a family quarrel, tells his master exactly what he thinks of him. and Instructs him In the proper method of : handling such matters and to such good purpose that the master overlooks his man's Impertinence and follows his advice. When this series is cornpleted It will make a book, a kind as fresh and clever as "When Patty Went to College." see The easy narrative style of Carl Schurz "Reminiscences of a Long Life." now run ning In McClure's. sets the reader feeling like one of an intimate circie to whom a man who has helped make history is chat ting of how he did It. These first chapters of the reminiscences run along smoothly and with a charm which you enjoy all the more for thinking of the contrast of the exciting chapters of the next few months will afford; for Schurz Is going to devote considerable space to the revolution of MS and '40 In Germany; and In this country to the Civil War and to the succeeding- political acd financial struggles. s Theodore. Roosevelt: An Outdoor Man." by Henry Beach Needham. takes first place They waited patiently until she should enlighten them. "We'll make our resolutions poet ical." she explained. "I'm sure wo oan remember thom better, and they'll cer tainly be more fun." "THAT IS-jrUT THK IDKA." TCSA LUVEP la McCIre" for January, closely followed by a striking biographical story of Mayor Fagan, ot Jersey City. N. J., written by Ua cola SteSens. "Tho Looting of Alaska.' being a. story of robbery by law, and written by Rex. E. Beach, has the place of honor in the January number of Appleton's Booklovers Magazlae. "Self-Government and Vassar," by Georgia A. Kendrick. and "Women of the Great West," by Marlon F. Washburne, are two notable stories in Harper's Bazaar for Jan uary. All Interested in Indian lore will find food for thought In Forrest Crisaey's "Renaming the Indians." featured In the World Today, for January.- "The Great Northwest." writ ten by President Northrop of the Unlverslty of Minnesota, la timely. Margaret Detand begins a new story, pow erfully told. The Awakening." in Harper's Magazine for January, and Mary B. Wllklns Freeman also begins part one of The Under ling." Charles Henry White's "In Uptown New York" Is very Interesting. "What American Idea of Citizenship May Do for Oriental Peoples" Is a most able ar ticle In this, month's Outlook. Its .special title being "A Moro Experiment.' written by Ar thur BrownelL Walter Farwell gives a readable article on Engelbcrt Humperdlnck. the composer of "Hansel and GreteL" Kate Douglas Wlggln contributes a most amusing story. "Phllappa's Nervous Pros tration." In the January Scribner. OtheF notabte features are: The Wapiti and His Antlers." by Ernest Thompson Seton. with lllustratlonx by the author, and The Powers and the Settlement." by Thomas F. Millard. In the National Magazine for December Is a remarkably good poem. "Old Bar A." being the cowboyV "Mandalay." and written by Jessie- M. Whlttaker. ot Denton. Text It has the ring of horse on the prairie. Charles Warren Stoddard gives a charming study of the Monterey of Robert Louis Stevenson. The funniest story for years Is "The Can nibals and Mr. Buffum." written by C B. Loom Is for tbe New Year Cosmopolitan. Frederick Remington contributes another fascinating installment of "The Way ot an Indian." and the. various pictures of mother and daughter from the tatter's babyhood to maternity ought to be seen by everyone in terested in family life. They are admirable pictures. "Out With a Moving Picture Ma chine is entertaining. Peace advocates at any price will find consolation in "War and Race Decadence." by President David Starr Jordan, ot Stan ford University. In the (Jhrlstmas Independ ent. The world plods' along believing that this world is all a fight and that woe to the fighter who is not a good soldier. President Jordan believes otherwise, and gives about the same arguments as he uttered in his peace speech at the Marquam Theater In this city one Sunday afternoon about one year ago. Mrs. C. N. Williamson has finished her short visit to this country and has sailed for England. Shortly after her arrival there she will start with her husband in their motor car for their villa at Cap St. Martin in the Riviera, where she will set io work on the book about which she has been conferring with her publishers. The object of her trip to this country was twofold: most of her time she spent in Cleveland seeing her mother again after a long absence, but dur ing the few days she was In New York she attested her energy by handing to her pub lishers not only the complete manuscript of the story. "Lady Betty." but also a good part of the motor-boat novel on which she and. her husband are now engaged. H. W. Boynton's little monograph on Bret Harte In the Contemporary Men of Letters Series, recently brought out In London, has aroused considerable discussion as to Harte's Jewish ancestry Clement K. Shorter, editor . of The Sphere, asserted In contradiction of Mr. Boynton's less positive view, that anyone who knows anything about Bret Harte knows that he "was of distinctly Jewish origin"; that his grandfather was a Jew of the most pronounced type, and was highly Indignant with his son for having married a Christian woman. In response to this. Mr. Boynton writes: "I can only say that after reading everything about Bret Harte that I could find, before beginning my sketch. I re mained Ignorant of any such certainty as Mr. Shorter predicates. It would be Inter "Yes, fun for you!" Richard protest ed, ruefully. "But what about the rest of us?" Ralph hastened to say: "Oh. Dick, let's not flunk over a little poetry. If we get stuck Kthcl will just have to THEt. esting to know the source ot the information- Not that the point is of notable Im portance. We are all Jews, apparently, or ought to be.. Newman. Lowell, and how many other lOih century writers have "been ferreted out by the Jew finder: Lowell himself- was an adept at the search, and his own proudest treasure-trove. The Silent Reaper's Harvest of the Great Continued from Page 38. 42 of those swhom the world has most watched or harkened to dying in each, -with January a close third, showing 40 deaths. November, with but an even dozen written 'opposite its name, seems to have been safest. The oldest of those who now have passed over to the silent majority,. vas Hiram Cronk. sole surviving1 participant in the war of 1S12, who had passed his century five years ago. David Wark. Canada's veteran legislator was 101 Within a few months of the 100th mile stone was the Rev. Thomas Yuill. the last of those Scotchmen who had played helr parts In the church disruption of 1S43. while Francesco. Zpcchi. Italy's venerable actor, and de Thygeson. the "Father of the Swedish Bigsdag;" were each of them 9S. Those two financial experts. Sir Edward Blount, the Eng lishman, and Henry V. Poor, tho. Amor-, lean, wero respectively 35 and 93, and Dr. James Shrigley. the "Grand Old Man of the Universalist Church, was 92- Five others were 90 George Ed ward Day. the Hebrew scholar; Von Menrel, Germany's famous painter: Lord Norton, that pioneer of Colonial self-government: Sir Ambrose Shea, once Governor of the Bahamas, and F. R- Lubbeck. ex-Governor of Texas. There were two "Grand Old "Women." too. in the year's li3t tho Dowager Duchess of Abercorn and the Dowager Countess of Clancarty. Born in tlTe same year (ISll) and married in the same year (1842), they left the world together, passing on, the one at the close of March and the other In the opening days of May. At the other end of the roll fall two names, each honored with the dignity ' which is lent to title the Grand Duch ess of Saxe "Weimar was barely 20 when her broken heart refused longer to beat against unloving surroundings, while the tiny Infanta. Ferdinand was not yet two. He was heir presumptive to the Spanish throne and be it also recalled that another heir to kingly power has this year laid by forever all the pomp ot such circumstance, the Count of. Flanders, apparent successor to Leopold of Belgium. Of the ages between these extremes, only 6 of those on the roll were In their thirties. 22 were in their forties. 34 in their fifties, and 92 in their six ties. One hundred and sixty-seven had passed the three score and ten the 13 already enumerated who had left 90 behind. 66 who were In their eighties, and 86 in their seventies. The average age Cof all) at death was 68 years. 7 months. The work of this great world will never lack for men to take it in hand. Now It is a veteran, hitherto unnoticed, and now a raw, recruit with whole heart in his labor, who springs forth to fill the vacant placo In the line but those vacancies arc always filled. This is the certain com fort which comes with every sense of loss In those good men and great who have ceased to labor here, but in recalling them It nonetheless Is true that one realizes anew that ancient truth ""What we have we prize not to the worth "Whiles we enjoy it, but, being lacked and lost. "Why, then we reck the value, then, we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles It was ours." "WARWICK JAMES PRICE. help us out. since she suggested It." This Ethel promised to do, and they all set to work with a will. Beatrice required a great deal of as sistance, as she was only S years old. This was her resolution: I hereby promise to be good Oh. Just aa good as gold To do what mother says I should. Nor whine when I. am told. R. chard's contribution ran: Jiy resoive is ootn nooie ana gooa. And to read it your time will repay; X shall bring up the kindling and wood. Without being told to each day. Richard needed help only in the mat ter of feet, making the rhymes for him self. Ralph's was characteristic: My boots no more my mother shall dismay, I'll brush them well before I go-to school; And when a joke on someone I would play I'll bear in mind the famous Golden Rule. "Oh. don't say famous!" expostulated Ethel. It sounds so queer; not at all poetica. "Neither is blacking one's boots poet ical." returned Ralph, "but that hap pens to be what I want to talk about and I think I'll let it go at that." Ralph leaned back in his chair In a. final manner, and Ethel read her own: I promise to finish What tasks I begin. When the Old Year goes out And the New Year comes In. "That's not a very big verse," she said, "but it's a pretty big resolution." Ethel hesitated, and then added, by way of a little preachment: "If we promise and then think no more about it. it is worse than not promising at all. It seems to me. If we are not in earnest, we'd much better burn them before father and mother see them at all." They all looked rather serious at this, but Beatrice broke the silence: "I've said 'hereby in mine, and that's just what gran'pa said in his will. I never expected to go back on that 1 wouldn't dare!" "Well." declared Ralph, "I think we can all stick If Bee can. To think that she felt so solemn about it as that!" Richard began to quote elaborately: "Out of the mouths of babes and duck lings," but nobody paid any attention to him. and Ethel interrupted: "Bee. you run for the paste-pot on father'3 desk, and I'll get some pretty mounts I have upstairs and we'll make these look Just lovely. It's getting late and we must flnjsh before they get here." "After the little verses were neatly copied and mounted upon the gray board. Ralph punched some holes through the top of each and tied In some gold cord for hangers. re mnthnr it wiw ' Kthel remarked sagely, "she will hang these wnere wen see them every morning when" we first open our eyes." But Ralph disagreed, with no lack of reason. "I think a better plan wquld be to keep them out of sight altogether, un til some one needs to be reminded." said he. "Then. t6 hang his right where he will see it will do more good than a scold ing." "That's right!" 3houted Richard, "and I'll bet mother will think so." And then. "Hurrah for the New Yearl" For the midnight bells had begun to peal, and the whistles to blow ere they had scarcely finished their task. So they said. "Happy New Year!" to one another and soon after hurried away to bed. leav ing their resolutions all spread out under the drop light, that mother and father might see them the very first thing After Beatrice and Ethel had reaehed their room, they heard a most peculiar noise, which seemed to proceed f rem the kitchen. They both listened Intently, and Ethel wh&pered: "I can't imagine what K is! It seumls to nie'jtMt Mke tbe carpet-man putting After al.momenOHtle Bee exclaimed: "Oh. Ethel, now . I know! It's Dicky wutuor JtuMiiac:"