Daily Eugene guard., January 01, 1896, Image 3

TURNINQ NEW LEAVES.
"J2Sa." ... .
, j the Jolly old Earth, "l th
0h, tbat. " , ,
''io:i,il,.u,.,both lri Bod 7l,
'!,fJ,,rer iMr twos so w. . .
'JjtoSilwiH How Year, o )&."
yyVrflLA notnraono'.
irfft Ijy Xmt'Hcttfa 'Pre&i A&&ofti.
(V.iyrliM' ' ' tloM.l
n. I vnnt tu talk to you a Httlo."
Z' lii dy uf ,he pll yeilr w,len
" ""Jij-n nut, .'Hi those words, stopped
X SJ- Lfl.mil ' "cloh.", Mlfe., Mar
I"? ; '' w'T.ili'i) wiis ', i9 lift Blonder,
vrtul IW1"-5" UmiroWJWtM.'niiaiier
i wi'iiilius 'beautiful fa was uul,
'"f ithrt n...vii;i..B MriliiiH-yil.
' ft k.I- HVVVih!llng
" 3-i-i- i-""'!l ,"'f,,ru UfiiilM'"
Jjflntl.'ii.r .!: with tills roydwt
'11 w'finv l.Liuah.-.KIrt.l.or
tWM jrenrdyfifr fat.)
Thopiwrn"?; sqrtit.li.Uoll hla
4-tfvoiy.. .
MM Muru-nt not op, froin .the run,
!nl arlng t the lijht Imping
, '.' . -i don't know why people think
Zi on.v til old havo my rl8!.t t& bo norl-
Liwr
"orfiKii 'to dt luftitrcb 'AbxiSj'j''
ons. " said sliu. "Ik Bourns tb, ni'oTt In
when you aro yofintf. )id have all your life
to muku or mar belbre yiju that ybii hurt
the host right to bo Borlous."
"Why, why, Linda, my girl! It Isn't
you haven't coiuo.to. tull Jne yi
.Ul tull 31
ilu"
I'.'ciijj'JI
u oiitfhe
;ou afo' 'going
to Kot married affiui
"Married mmin 1
iliiic'd iVui young
ffonmn. "Xp one oue to get inurriod
again; it dyesn t KOiiiid.pritty,' .
"I uldn t ineti.n to giiythab, I am an
unfortiinuto, hliindurlng old .ancoslot
JJou't 1)0 to; hard, on liio,. ."Stow know.
daughter, I'd .lmo tpoeou li.appyrovoii
11 Jim mil iijiii u mw kj mil ittvcvy ui (ill
t..,..o..ni,i "
"Would you, faHifi',' would ynii?" 'LliidA
came and ait. nn tho arm of. his chair and
stroked hi rizzlu.l liair, i .
"Out'wUh lt.l. Vf.l'ib In it'f I'ih 'braced,1'
nam iiiiu iniiiui g;tiiiiitv. ; - -
"Oh, I'm not ..going lo in'ary, I'm
not,"crll Mrn. itlariiiohl, wKh 'evpn'uh
nocttvyiry ft'rvor. ." Vou ouglit , toj. It'now
that, lou Know, i wasn't very nappy,
anil and I want to bo a diuio'innoflsl"
"A wliuth"
"You know, the order .of oaconueseos
ine oau ill mo. CJlurou, papn. iney
give their livos io good works."
"Lord, Lwrd It euundg as if (hey. won
blooinura. .Tlioy don't, clu thoyf'
"i'ho oujtumo la very bocuniiDg, ,rgald
tho ividoir, tviih fi'ugl.y.savoriv, t . 0 .
"IvVli, dial's sonicthing to bVl'naitktul
lor.
"P:in, you niusf treat mo 11 k'o n grown
porsiiu for threo ninutoa. I yiflV to tell
7ou lliat I have madq'up my mind. 'I'in
golnj to oiuor tho novltla'to. I'ragoi"ng
to bo a u'iconu.cis, " ,
SLo stood in the liiiddlo'oit tho ropii'n'or
hamls ehwrml Lpfero hbr 'nnd..lopltfn(j ter
illily foriiiiii.aldp foreuoh a. slondor Vonng
lenity in good olothon. "It's my one res
olution for tho new yor," ehe wont on
Terr. quietly, but bur Lrwit'h cbniiug'ln'lri.
ifguhr pauts. "I (honght Iougut Vo toll
Jim as Buou as I imil made up my inlud,
il I nude It up today, on this lpat day
I tho old jn,ir, and It's tlo feb. too. of
my old li(e. I ,u trod o( fri'vblit' and
imiitlnoss of tho bliife.'.'
Shu mural toward tlio dobrj 'tis eW'lnJd
ttr hnnd on the knob she turned iVd said
" thu silent man :
"1'ui not going to' t'lio' ball' topiorrow
Wit, hut. don't let my movements disturb
tours."
"I trust yuu have not at this hour oon;
to throw over your Aunt Sarah's
.Kr, too," ho sald, with sarcastio Into
nailnia. i3- hnwor. "I don't kno
uT';""' "" a dinners oonld over bo
Z , "v" "a ta'll'ltlos. I'm only try
: Io ,.1T t,lml, and I bJEuoot'lhat
""Solx'tiinrrunctlon."
Aunt Hnfah's' dinner was td eaten
vmr Jvenreg, -and flio guests were to
'J"'1.' pUy wlil,t' Bna' 'iitoh -tfia old1
JWakllng ii( tttoh oth6r peflrile Ws' could
lihjiii
m to jntti d family party cor
IlKGlV lYita 'lt. 'Ihnt. ihM .n.,M
il. V' , . .....i.,n i (wjimy.
i 01r, t iaro ,,i(nt ju (io witlj , ..
.'UarilK?11' V!hlni ' nfir 'u( WK
Kt 'it'snotimporlnntliow I
'Vhv. ,L.i. -,. . . .
'.' ".i.iio. ii ees not n uuliu's'
"miiMiiyoi, di-,.,8 furl There will h the
Ik U n.,t nor"
, ' .i' Kiiress hvugimd und nusworeil that
t irttl,r.
f "'"Kmt woitf to the flesplsett'dln
1 ''" tni'-omiurtrily iiirposlrid "ftnd
r: "1"- When slie ohteroa MTirihit'a
''j r,m, a HttW ndullHug'lmrlrntJd
w.JwjWI'wlilW flgnre', avfch
...';. 0 Mi''M'od I'ronrtf'coi
" "i.uiiriiiu inuriiinrirrMirnkitMi
SVfoh S was
ifutAy eo
' with the slKlit 6t iief.
Nn,
kn.r ',:y'7 'iniilinfwitn Ki'ftiroth
C "T y ,',nimm tArlrg
.y , :mU,,wl,,l, "us"' ,a
hm Lr!" ". ".h.rt. In the middle of
i1nonf nn,i n e rrnren on Mrs.
h .T0nt' "nd t!l"" "Jneulatirhi, "Is U-lt
" till
.. ''Umla.
4
"ii. " "3 "rt ITnnhvS
"Wi.t
Vt.''l.'iMleli
"'i:o, but 'yon musmVfcrk t?I
''.ron w rtrjndhlpher
nor to roe elt'het j It's notffftttorlng to a
woman of my ago."
"SluTs liandsbipcr than over,, as, oT
r"."V,M,"V" V" uo,- no auacd, smll
log with a Kftfe Bow to iho ahWivl',..i.
" You must take hor In in ,li,,n.,. xi.
Lostor.- ..?.!? tWn'lta godkond to'huve
Mrs. ilariiion't seniiid a llttlosiirprlsod,
too, ht soo(ng Mr. Euitor. She looked fm
Just an Instant aa Jf ho wore a gliost, and
thon alio k .his arm. saving gajiy
"Why, I thought you wcro In South
Aiuoriea. Are you sure you 'are not and
that this is nut yoyr antral body horc
among your 'dull bid frtunal'"
"I know too woll that it 'is "my very
self, " ho auswbrod quietly.
"I oamo back with it Jfew Year's reso
lution to stay at home," ho continued.
"I SUpposO I liUKht tlVdot'hat. 5W iriinhel
and my rhqther's ;iffiilrs niicii'lrio, and we
always rosblYo'lb'db what wo'bught at .'the
boginnjlh'g 'of 'tho hew Volir, don't wor
Buti'ddu'tiiibwrnlroiidy I'm 'thihKiiig
of flight, of 'going to Kjrypt'bii soniothing
that can ba'cnlliHliUiiiiues.'' . .
"Why, It's torrlliio to ttilnk how jS'ow
Vorlt must . boro ycju." Mrs. Miindont
spoke 'Witt, nraw.llugry riithur lis if she
were bored lierVoIf.
"Borii niof i'oii don't rehienibur me as
a ooreu, pursou,.uo you?"
Mr. Ijdstor ilid not da'tiofc. He'dovofed
hlmsolf to Jyhlst yvfthainiieut aud nurvous
partners, fctrk Mhrihont never plnved
wnist, and sno Bpncod eigijrlv for nwiiilo
with youifg dubs'tn's, hhd. old Smo.os, but
ouw iudl i,i-t luiurusb iu mm esoreio early.
Porhap'slt was 'too frivolou's'tn Will, h h,,,i.
ding deniidhn'oBs. Shb'sat down at ii piano
u mwjYw anny ltoiu iui mo company
and softlv tilfiyod bits of old ' nielniliiiR.
Losfer tlrrdrd life (i'ohd (iri(l llsleiied to tho
fnlnt sound of Voting witlioiit weirds"
till an Indignant partner stornlv reenlled
him to business. Mrs. Mi.rmont and hor
father woro ainbng the flrit to leave. She
came up to Lostur Just after the new year
began,, looking Very stivtbly and yut 'vory
kind and put out a Btralglltforward little
nand.
"I hopb yoh won't go hway," Bho'Eaid
ana" tnoro wns a little break in. tho
coiitinu'lty'bf Vdr'sjiubch, tlloti shu weiit on
"and J hope you'll cbilio iind see mo."
"Tbhlik j'oll," said Foster and nothing
more.
"Lot's not talk now." she said wearilv
when her flithcr began to suuak of liur
"wild eotibliio" oil tho voy nbine. tihe
dlamisSod hor maid and quietly and swiftly
QrQp'tLv6d't6t Ucd, but after 'the Ughl's woro
.out, aaahelhjlh tlio diirk, she be-.ui to
sob liko allttlolOHoly, faiiilshed'chlld, and
the gray winter bnwh was creep!! g Into
tho room bbf ore the sobs, eauk Into long
quivering sighs, that did. not Imnk tlio
ligtit sluinuor tliat at last blessed her.
Tho neit dhy Lostor was staniliiiR list
lessly at tt olub window. Ho hud tried to
talk to his mother thnt morning about the
proDaujnty or ins again leaving her, and
that lady had, first impatiently ami then
plaih'tivoly, rbfliscd to liston tq any such
suggestion, as ne stood more Mrs. Mar
mont passed
Lester's fteb flushed 'add paled. Ho
turned rforh the winubw. He.ca.lled a cab.
"Drive whofh'v'oh lfbri fiir t.mi iiiliiiit.i,a "
he said to the. chbiiy, a'h'd ut tlio end of
elsht he told hllu where ib iro. and'ores-
ently tho cab drew up in front , of bno of
the did faahiubed, luxurious houses of
North Washington squhro.
"Mrs. Lindsay," said Lester wlion ho
was showhihtothe presence, of tlio white
haired, bright eyed old lady he bad oome
to seCf a mend he had known from his
ohlldhood, "X'm not going to boat about
tho iUush,,-- ooino'to ask you some-
thlnte. I"
"Sitdowiv Once I'O have thought it
must be &n offer of junrriivgo; now I sup-
Vs you ye oome io aooinesomo w:iffor ao
cbrdlucr to lny Ebehiory of hfadlbiit history.'
"No, but iavb bduie booAusoyoti know
evwriniog, aua because yoa aro so dls
ordet. This la ifc: Where no! Who did
Unift Marmont'miirrvP" ,
"WiitjJiliBdo Mttnbt?,,
"Whail There are two? Griskt Jovo!
Lester bfaly brbnheu tbls opostrophu. It
wHft'aa if he had nob stioiiRth left for vocal
effot
"Of cbirtfe thbro rtro two. S'hotlgh It Is
rather odd, with a dume liko that. You
didn't meet no. you weren't hero that
season liot Tom atmpnt'a young bioco
oame here ttyin hack In .the country somo
whorer and Linda. bur.Lihdk'brouglft hor
out and married her oxfto Mork VVcber.
The? aro trvelfnir In natn'noW."
"How In. the world did efie coin'o to do
euch a chooky thing as bo namec a Linda
Mftriiiohtf" ; Lestor askod. the question
with deen rdaQntiiierit The. old lailva
dark eyes .twinkled as she look 6d at him
shrowdiy... ... , ,
"Why, she was named ior Linda Ijeland
tho families wero very intlnmto, . you
know.- That was tho way .that, marriage
of Linda's caine about ;the fiiinilion made
it tin. Mr. sob, your sllenoo tells that
you've said ail you have to sav rind X beg
lillUtl UU BUUSU VI UUC UUlfJT Ul pUlllUItURB W il
keep you here. Perhaps your wager is a
very important one. "
"You aro the best woman In tho
world" ,
"And vpry djsoroot." , ; .
"And vorydisoroot." And wltha Knnpy
laugh Lester stooped and kissod her with-
erod hand and was gone. .
uut nis pappy moou was not to remain
unbroken through that winter afternoon.
When ho sent up his card to Mrs. Mar
SSS 80TTLT PLATES BITS' OT OtD irgl-ODIES.
mont ho reoolved riot oven tho politely
fictitious messago thnt' sb'o' was "out." It
came In the more brutal fonn fho was
engaged ahd could soo no one. Lester took
out another carU and was about to pencil
a line on It, but he stopped. How should
he dare to Behd'tfie lady lih imperlbu's
prayer tor an nudienco. Wliot right had hof
"What time will Mr. Leland bo inf"
The "servant nnsworod thnt he was to lie
expected In aout half an honr. Threo
niiartorirTif an hour latdr Lester was again
ringing that doorbell. He sent up bis 1
oard to Mr. Letnnd and In his abstraction
; " r r'!:--'-i-i;;'J..?!fe
j
USHERING IX
stepped, not Into tho drawing room, but
Into a little sitting room on tho other sulo
of tho hall, and thero, In a soft black
gown and (razing li.ntionlwwly out of the
window, sat Linda Murmont.
"Llt.ria,"(xci;.inudthi man in n queor,
choking vnioo, "don't start! Oh, you
must U't mo Np:ik to you! Nothing can
taku away our luipptnoRS. You aro nut
married, not man-hid!" And hocauijlit
both licrlmiuls in Ms as sho stood start U d
and slttmt buforo him. "You d;m't know
what I'vo lived through sinco I heard that
Ijinda Marinont was married. "
"You thought that 1 wan innrrliMl to
Mark WtiborK' Linda found indignant
voico at lust, and lio wns trying to draw
away her hands, but thorowas a new color
and light in hur face and a hint of a suiilo
on her lips.
"I thought so, I thought so Inst night.
No one nt that place called you anything
but Linda. It is tho strangest thing how
"LINDA!
stupid I was. But, Linda, you looked
swoet and kind lust night I thought you
woro willing to bo sorry for me. Oh, he
sorry for mo now, but bo something moro
lot mo think you wore willing to remem
ber the past Inst night and to mako It'up
to mo a llttlo."
At the last words his voioo sank to a
passionate whisper.
"You woro very rude to me last night,"
said Linda plaintively, liko a griovod child.
"I was what I bad to ho. I was knocked
down whon you carne in. I wouldn't have
risked mooting you for a fortune. I
thought you woro in Spain."
"With Mark Weber!" Linda made a llt
tlo faco,
Thon of course there had to come soon,
as soon as thoy could talk at all, explana
tions and confessions about tho past, nnd
tho woman told tho man how she had
soemcd to scorn him only because she felt
an unacknowledged attraction toward
him, and tho man told her how ho had
watched for some tdgn of favor and had at
last gone awny to thu ends of tho earth be
cause he could IjihI none.
Thero was another Interruption, and aft
er sou 10 momun s of sllenco Linda said,
"I drovo papa n ly wild."
"Great Jovo!"
"What is Hf"
"I sent my card up to your father hours
ago. I suppose t io servant couldn't llnd
mo. Wt'll. my Im inoss with him has no
cumulated since tl-en. I had better guand
huvo it out with him, or will ho be upset
and cross about my forgetting him1 That
was awful!"
"He'll forgive yiu when ho hoars, lb '
ready to we'ennu any kind of a son-ln-lrr.v
now in proferunoo to a deaconnesa!"
Origin of New Year' Custom.
Now Year's customs in tho L'nlted
States aro evidently tho result of social
evolution of that luw tho scientists call
"natural selection and survival of tho fit
test." In other words, each sot of the
oarly Immigrants brought or dt-vised Its
own customs, and those host suited to tho
naturo of the country and genius uf the
peoplo havo becomo general, whilo all oth
ers have been quietly dropped. It is not
easy to trace tho origin of the Knicker
bocker oustom of geutlemon calling on
thoir lody friends and taking refreshments,
but it Is ovldently one of the "fittest," foi
It Is becoming national.
Ite progress westward and southward
can be traced as certainly as any other so
cial or any political development, and it
Bcems subject to a curious law of action
and reaction. A western village or small
olty takes up the fashion, and Its observ
ance becomes more general every year for
Boniotime; then it fulls into disusn fur a
year or two, only to revive again with
more stylo and more general observance.
THE NEW YEAH.
JANUARY FIRSTLINGS.
' Some Tilings tu Ponder nnd to lie Thank
ful For. .
! The best time to rejoice, tu feel great
j satisfaction, is not so much at the opening
j of the New Year as ut tlio close of tho old,
1 wheu wo know what wo havo gained,
! what we havo achieved and what wo have
! reason to bo thankful for.
1 Tlio exorcise of memory, howover grntl
1 fying the things wo remember, never af
I fords such pleasure as thoesereiso uf hope,
which pictures everything that might be,
; but has not been. Tiio Now Year, thero
i fure, always appeals to us as promisinu
j tho roullzation of tho dearest wishes of oui
heart nnd is in consequenco exuberantly
; welcome.
j Tho profuso distribution of gifts on
Now lear'B day was still tho ciihtom in
England during Elizabeth's reign, and
nearly her entire wardrubo as well as hor
jewelry was supplied iu tho form of pres
ents. If tho women of today woro as
bountifully furnishod as was tho vastly
overrated queen, Jan. 1 would be jnuro
precious in their eyes tlinnall tho holidays
together, but tho prosout makers would
bo irretrievably bankrupt.
In mcdiasval times wornon enjoyed being
mssea on iNowiour s Hay under tlio mis-
tlotoo. Tho modern, tho contemporaneous
woman, is not particular about tho nustlo-
too or tho day cither. Time, placo and tho
man being given, sho relishes kissing gen
erally. Till within a few years tho women of
Now York wero in tho habit of receiving
their frionds in town on Now Year's day
in grand stylo. Now those claiming to bo
fashionable tly on that day to tho country,
presumably to avoid their foes in othor
words, to got rid of bores, who aro socially
tlio most formidable of enemies.
The Chinoso at home gamble on Juw
Year's night to a prodigious extent In
Wall street Now Yorkers ganible enor
mously on most of the other days of tho
year.
Tho good resolutions nmdo on Jan. 1
havo generally provod to bo bad perform
ances before tho end of February.
The men who aro continually "turning
over a now leaf" on Now Year's day are
apt to forget tho leaf soon after, or that
they have turned tho leaf over at all.
Tho headaohes that are felt thu next
morning after New Year's may usually b&
attributed to "treating" the good rosolu
tions they hare made on that day.
Many Amorlcans outside of New York
so detest the fulfillment of what it called
soolal duties that thoy would bo dollghtod
to see wldoly extended the French custom,
whloh releases Parisians from the obliga
tion of making Now Year's calls in con
sideration of thoir soudlug small presonts
instead, Thoy would give liberally to bo
entirely exompt from the wholo business
of "visiting," bo the date Jan. 1 or any
other. They would much rathor pay out
than go out.
Expectancy Is so strong in tho human
breast that it amounts almost to supersti
tion, as New Year's day illustrates. No
matter how ill success a man may havo
bad In all the years that hnvo past, ho is
pretty suro to believe thnt tho New Year
will bring him a change or rortuuo. And
happily his belief will help him to bear
his burdens lr it docs not maKo them
lighter. What wo believe may not hap
pen, but It makes tlio present brighter.
It is a great pity that every day of tho
year does not Inspire and cheer as Jan. 1
is apt to do. Then wo should always carry
a light heart and possess a cheerful mtnd.
In the cities of China thu people on New
Year's day offer up paper prayers In the
temples. To uso a commercial phrase, do
they moot their paper when it falls duo?
JL'MUS HKSfH liltOWNB.
Telling Fortune From tbo niblc.
In Scotland an old Now Year's custom
is for people who wish tu know what for
tune the new year has in store for them to
consult tho Hiblo in tho morning. The
sacred book is placed on a table and opened
at random. Tho particular paswigo on
which tho forelinger rests is suppuwd to
forecast in sumo way tho fortunes of the
jnsuingyear for tho person making the
trial.
New Tear'a In Ancient Koine.
Tho Koinnns oflVn d farri flees ti Janus
and were v; rv car. ,il 1m v lLy conducted
themselves for the flrt few days, as ujkjii
their behavior depended their good or 111
luck for tho coming year. Tho Haxons
celebrated tho advent of tho now year with
sjH.-ciul rites, and mistletoe cut In peculiar
forms was a favorite gift.
THE PASSING OF THE NEW YEAR.
These Mile Post on the tTournoy of Life
Fly by Fuur One by One.
It has no doubt often occurred to yu,
fellow traveler on Time's coach, that the
milestones of tho New Years lly past much
faster now than they did In tho oarly stages
of your journey.
What an interminably long wait it
seemed to be betwoeu the first New Year's
day of your memory and the second. Per
haps you were 0 or 6 years old then and
in school for the first term. If so, Now
Year's had Ite sorrow as well as its joy, , fur
it was tho last day of the midwinter boll
days and next day you had tu begin your
wrestling with tho intellectual arithmetic
nnd the geography and may bo with tho
elements of the English grammar. Look
bock now nnd pity yourself. Do not make
tho mistake of most of our acquaintances
nnd declare thnt particular New Year's to
have boon the happiest of your existence
Pshaw! It was perhaps tho most misera
ble. Tho fact that yuu have forgotten
your childhood's miseries dees not make
It true that you had none.
It was several yoarsuftor that before tho
Now Year began to move appreciably
faster. Perhaps it was net till your sister
and your pretty dark eyed cousin began to
chaff you about the silky down upon your
upper lip, anil your portly, comfortable
father, in speaking of some doings of yours
of which he did not approve, referred to
you as a "foolish young nmu." Then you
noticed tho Might of time, I'll bo bound.
No ono had called you a"young man" be
fore. You wero ready to forgive the gov
ernor's chidings for that. You rejoiced
that although you were very young indeed
you had yot been willed a mnu.
At that time you had great rospeot for
your own opinions on most matters. You
began to shave forthwith, and you fell In
to the habit of calling your chum, who
was of about your own ago, "old man."
If any ono called you "my boy," you felt
resentful. It seemed so utterly out uf
place. 13ut you had not yet learned that
manhood brings with, it certain definite
and somotimos heavy responsibilities. It
Is possible you discovered tills significant
truth very soon afterward, though perhaps
it was not till two or three moro New
Years had passed. At all events t he
knowledge came to you with somewhat of
a shook possibly pleasant, possibly other
wise. At all events, it was not long after
that that you found out that your knowl
edge was not universal and your wisdom
was not Infallible.
And over since tlio Now Years have
flown by faster and faster. After awhile
your girth grew greater. Then there wore
lines In parts of yuur faco that had uneo
been smooth, Tho top of yuur cranium,
that was once thick thalohed, grew bare
and smooth and shining. Glasses came
noxt, nnd yuur hands wrinkled up. Then
thoro wore occasional twinges iu your
joints, nnd what hair was lei t grew gray,
thou white. (.July yesterday you began to
carry a eano oneo you carried it for orna
ment because it helped you when walk
ing. Yesterday? you ask. Oh, yes, I re
member. It was a good ton years ago, but
you soo tho New Yonrs fly so fast now.
What! Aro you going to leave tho
ooachf la your llfo journey done? You
nmazo me. I thought you wero good for
sovoral moro Now Years. Woll, goodby,
my boy i goodby.
So ho Is gono. But, bless me, he was
only 75. He was a young man yet. Now,
thoso of you who are yet onthocouoh with
mo let us give the now year lSDd a rous
ing woleomol And may the road between
horo and 18D7 bo a smoother ono for all of
us than was that of lmiol E. Y. K.
FIRST OF JANUARY RESOLUTIONS.
Notions That, Carried Out, Will TIetu to
Make 18UU a Pleasarit Year.
If you wish to avoid ono fruitful causo
of discomfort during tho corning year,
mako a resolution not to grumblo about
tho woathor. Kicking nnd fault finding
never mndo n hot day cooler or a cold day
warmer; but, on tho other hand, they al
ways intensify tho ourrontweathor trouble
immonsoly. ,
If you want to mako your husband good
natured, rosolvo to help him tb havo his
own way invariably. Ho probably will
anyhow, nnd tho adoption nnd carrying
out of this resolution will savo a Wholo lot
of troublo.
If your wife hris got In tho habit of ask
ing you for monoy every day, resolve to
make her a regular nllowanco nnd then
koop your resolution. You'll bo as in'ueh
surprised by tho result as sho will bo by
tho resolution.
If yoa hnvo become disheartened by the
deprnvity of your fellow men, resolvo to
stop thinking about it nnd try to do a
fuvor overy day for some ono of thotn. .It
will amaze you to see how qiiiokly the
world at largo will Improvo In your dyes.
If tho now yoar finds yon clean discour
aged because of a lack of progress In 1805,
review tho 13 months carefully and see If
wasted ttmo has not bcob at the bottom of
your failures. If Jt has, resolve to make
the mlnutos count In 1806. A year Is
made up of minutes, nnd you cannot woll
fail to advance betwoou Now Year's days
if you mako overy minute count.
If you havo had hard work keeping your
New Year's resolutions in the past, resolvo
this year to make none and to gouduct
yourself in such a way thnt none will bo
nocessary. Good practice is butter than
good resolves always.
nand I capped.
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Dashaway Woll, uncle, I supposo you
will havo roast chicken for your New
Year's dinner, eh?
t'ncio Ebony No, sab. It's aloetle cold
and do chickens dey doun' roost outside no
mo'.
New Year Greeting.
A gude New Yoar to ano nnd a',
And ninny may yu iteo
And during a' th-- years to come,
Oh, happy v,.;y yu bt.
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ONLY A DREAM.
In future ages which we way nut tiv,
Waun thoso th;it follow huvo he-un to b-.',
Vh;it t.lran;;. ev ntful things will Imppen
thru!
And wh;.l tTc;it I'luugtits will tir th.' minds
of men!
If Sunday pajnirs keep r'ulit on and kihw,
Thuy'U cover house:!, just liko .sheets ut snow;
But if the houses keep on growing, too,
Perhaps their doors tho papers maj' go through.
And there'll bo carrier boys of wondrous girth.
Ami then they'll have to have a larger earth.
I had n vision. Quick across my sight
Thero sped n future carrier in his flight
A train of gilded ears up in the sky
That flitted through tho nir as swallows fly;
The engine made of burnished brass, with
wings
That reached toward heaven. They were won
drous things.
And with his hand upon thu brake I gazed
Upon the future carrier boy amazed.
Behind him stretched in one long line tho ears,
Packed full of papers thnt had come from Stars,
For so Immense the printing presses grow
On Mars they had to run the papers through.
On camn the train, ami as it hovered round
Assistants dropped the papers to tin ground.
Supplying newsstands. Then fr-tm doi to
door
Thu train proceeded, dropping thoutnMti
more.
Bo interested I became, alas!
I did not think of just what route 'twould pans
Until the train came over me. Great Heottl
I tritnl to run nnd found that I could not.
And then I woke, supposing 1 was dead.
That boy had dropped a paper on my head!
Tom Masmun.
You Mnst Not Waste Time.
"Dost thou lovo life?" asked Honjamln
Franklin. "Then do not squander time,
for time Is tbo stuff life Is made of."
Onco whon Franklin was in business as
a printer and bookseller in Philadelphia
a man came Into his place, and dawdled
about, examining tlio books exposed for
salo. At last, having made up his mind
as to what ho wanted, holnqulrodtho prtco
of tho book chosen and the clerk said ft.
"Can't you tako less than thatv" (said
tho man iu feigned surprlsq. "Ono dol
lar Is tho price," said the clerk.
Hut tho would bo purolinsor was nut
satisfied. "I want to see Mr. Franklin
about this," he said. "Mr, Franklin Is
vory busy In tho pressroom," said tlio.
clerk, "But I must) see him," Said tho
man. . .
Ha tho clerk called Franklin, and of him
tho man inquired tho prfue of tho book.
"One dollar and n quarter," was tho
philosopher's reply. "Hut your olork
offered it to mo for $1," protested tho
man. "True," said Franklin, "and I
could bettor hnvo nffordod to hnvo taken
tl than to hnvo loft my work nt this
time." ' ' 1 v
"Woll," said tho man, "what Is the very ,
best you can do in making a price on this
volume?' "Ono dollar and nhnlf'satd
Franklin. Tho man's eyes grow wide.
"Why, you said only f 1. 25 n moment ago."
"Ho I did," said Franklin, "nnd I could
havo better afforded to take that sum
thon thnn 1.60 now." Tho man pnld
tho prlco without any further quarrollng.
He had learned a lesson that Franklin
wished to teach that tlmo is too vnluablo
to waste. (
Hentlments of Famous Meu.
Horo aro a fow wise sayings:
When Peter Cooper was asked at an ad
vanced age how ho had accomplished so
much und had preserved his strength of
body and mind so well, he said, "1 always
find something to keep me busy."
A. lironson Alcntt crystallized a groat
truth whon ho said, "Wo mount tu heaven
moHtly on tho ruins of our cherished
schemes, finding our failures wero suc
cesses. 1 '
Charles Dickens tittered a sentiment
that overy young man who desires success
Would do woll to Jay to heart, "Tho one
Borvlccablo, safe, remunerative quality iu
every study and pursuit is the quality of
attention."
John Wesley showed how foolish it Is
for men who hope to win to spend their
time in fretting when ho said, "I dare no
more fret than 1 dare curse and swear."
Hir Walter Hnlelgh, when asked how he
managed to achieve so many nnd such di
verse things in such brief times as ho re
quired for accomplishment, wild, " Whon
I havo anything to do, I go and do It."
Tho everlasting truth that ehar.ictcr Is
suro to win success was put In concrete
form when William M. Evarts said of a
famous preacher, "Tho man behind the
sermon is tho sennit of John Hall's porter."
John .Stuart Mill showed how possible
it is fur n man to rise above his environ
ment in these words, "Though character
In formed by circumstances, our own de
sires enn du much to shape these circum
stances. "
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