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' - V si" S . i . j . 1, . I THE PRESS JOURNAL By GEO. A. PHIPPS. HARRISON NEBRASKA NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES The Plroe mill la Installing an elec trie light plant The Auburn Herald has started la n Ita twenty-fifth volume. The Union Pacific baa been having trouble with coal thieves at Lexing ton. : f A state conference of charities and correction was held at Beatrice last week. It is understood that Bishop Bona cum will order the establishment of a parochial school at Dawson. At the February term of district Court at Columbus but seven civil an three criminal capes are on the docket Governor Savage and Chief Game Warden Slmpkins inspected the state fish hatcheries at South Bend last Week. A joint meeting of patrons and teach ers of the schols was held at Superior last week to review the work of the scholars. The ministers of Humboldt have or ganized a ministerial union for united work in revival work and in combat Ins; the rum demon. A man giving his name as A. Morse cashed several checks among Fremont business men last week, to the regret of the business men. The hearing of the case of the state against the bondsmen of former Treas urer Bartley was had before the su preme court last week. The Phonograph and Press, both fusion papers of St. Paul, have been consolidated under the management of C. B. Manuel of the Press. Prof. Gun. who has been principal Of the Mason schools, has resigned and started for the Philippines, where he will engage in his profession. Ir. A. E. Wlnship of Boston has been secured to deliver the annual ad dress at the commencement exercises f the Fremont High school. The preliminary debates at the state normal at Peru preparatory to the con tests with Missouri and Kansas will be held from February 13 to IS. Dr. Bason of Hebron was attacked by a thoroughbred bull the other day and severely injured before help ar rived and drove the .enraged animal .way. Fifty Columbus people chartered a special train and went to Monroe to participate In the celebration of the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hendry. The packing house at Nebraska City began killing a limited number of hogs last week. This is the first at tempt at operation since the strike declared. A new telephone company has been granted a franchise at Wahoo. The ordinance fixes the maximum charges t $2 per month for business places nd $1 for residences. Governor Savage has appointed Mrs. Nellie Richardson of Lincoln an addi tional delegate to the Interstate Irri gation congress to be held In Sterling, Colo, February 26 and 27. Martha Fustenau, 16-yar-old daughter fof William. Fustenau of Webster township, near Fremont, died last week from the effects of an injury received about a year ago by a hors kicklng her. Jessie M. Dugger of Fremont says that her husband. Albert, has driven ber out of the house, beat her and called ties insulting names, for which she petitions the court for a divorce and custody of their two children. Mr. Bridge and Mr. Haggert from near St. Ubory, on leaving Si. rwu! drove Into an opening on the Loup river from which the Ice had been ta ken. Both horses were drowned, but the men succeeded In getting ashore. Ex-Secretary of Agriculture J. Ster ling Morton Of Hebraska City has left for Mexico. If the climate there gives Jklra relief from a bronchial trouble from which he has been suffering, he la likely to make a long stay in the Mexican capital. Elmer Krelhllng and Herbert Mus eheitea, two 14-year-old Bruning boys, went rabbit bunting and were caught by the recent storm. After wardering aimlessly 'around for several hours they Anally reached a farmhouse. Both were almost exhausted and frostbit ten .but have recovered. Report from all portions of tht rug country are to the effect that m tea of stock baa occurred during tls recent storms and cold weather. Tbe feed hag been good on the range nasf tbe cattle were fat and strong. as a nil art also wall with fat daad shelter. tagmioitf nwrtal has Intro- aa affective no-ratty this season. vet vet rosea, about the C tbe pala f one's hand, ready at aUk, laoe or chlaoet. at a droit la tbe aUoVDa, f Cs wtaab taa aaatertal eaa b Stfw Part af awrailia. "" baa af tbe aawaat laanabHn an 3ss4 ttk Mac af ataa baa CZm ! ssraral satsr ar tfttfaa to j Three Brothers Omaha, Neb. Special.) Jane Segur, or Haas, the latter being the name she has borne for many years, has bad two romances, both stained with blooi, and her third may be bloodless if the prospective bride and groom get away in June. Jane Segur is to marry the third of the Haas brothers. She had previously married the other two, but death intervened and she became twice a, widow. The thlrdHfiaS .seemstiL nave no fear, but all the good shots of Montezuma county are not dead yt and there is no knowing what may happen. Twice married and widowed. Mrs. Haas Is soon to become a bride for the third time and is willing to run all risks. , Thirty years ago William Haas was a prosperous young merchant of Mount Gilead, Oo but the balm in that Gil ead was not sufficient to satisfy the yearnings of his soul for greater wealth, so he removed his goods and other belongings to Cortes, Neb, and set up a trading post. Civilization wai not even skin deep there at that time and the man who could not ride and shoot was accorded but little respect. Haas was a storekeeper and not a fighting man and was endured only because he sold goods the boys want ed. However, Haas carried a gun just for propriety's sake, but no one ever thought he was "sandy" enough to use it. The belle of Corte when Haas first made his appearance was Jane Se gur, and she was as pretty as a mai den dared to be. The town was at her feet, and she could get credit at any of the stores, or borrow money from any of the boys by merely hinting that she had left her purse at horns. But she was proud, and did not run bills, even at Haas' More. She had red cheeks and dark eyes and played havoc with the hearts of the lads In that vicinity; indeed, the staid and sober citizens there were a few of that sort there-thought of petitioning the government to establish a military poet there to put down the trouble which would certainly ensue when Jane pieked out a husband. The lat ter was sure to be in hot water. Two brothers were particularly at tentive to Jane, and they gave it out that the man who married Jane had better make his will before the mar riage ceremony was performed. Now it happened that little Jane fell in love j with William Haas, and accepted his offer of heart and hand. When the Siegels heard of it they became more than ordinarily strenuous. They talk ed to Haas in an unseemly manner until his Ohio blood becoming hot he I was aroused to anger, and be prompt ly added a full charge of large shot to the weight of one of the brothers, causing death almost instantly. ,- When the Interest In the death of Was Supposed I Omaha, Neb., (Special.) After hov- . lng a suspicion that amounted almost j 'to a charge of murder hanging over his head for five years John Nord-'he was to take, iwcrythlng pointed Strom has been fully cleared of the ! to Nordstrom as the guilty man. 8us-ni-tnlcinn at a meetlnc at the home of ll ious cir umstam es which never 'the Swedish Consul, E. M. Stcnburs. j During the time suspicion has re.-t-J upon him Nordstrom has traveled over , Nebraska with the brand of Cain j upon him. He has no sooner settled in I one place than the story of his crime j has followed him. He has been fore d to move te another home, only to leave it again after a few months, turned Into the world by the ostra cism of his neighbors and country men. In all this time, however, Nordstrom has had a few faithful friends who have kept up an unremitting search j and innuendoes finally became over for the truth, and thtlr efforts have i whelming, and he moved to other finally been rewarded. Nordstrom ! parts. His first resting place was near and the man he was supposed to have Lincoln. But the story soon followed made away with nut today at the j him. and it was not long before he i.. nr Srnt.r-r at iZH Mason ' found the place too uncomfortable. I .. 1 Martin Johnson, who was upp.-cd , hate been murdered, was waiting i for the meeting. When Nordstrom appeared they threw themselves Into each other's arms and tears trickled down the cheeks of both. Nordstrom said when they were finally seated and ready to discus the affairs of the last five years. "I can never make amends Tor all 1 that you have suffered on my account," was Johnson's answer. Then the story was unfolded. Seven years ago Johnson, a thrifty Swede, was employed on the large farm of Nordstrom, a few miles out of Omaha. He had saved up a con siderable sum of money and wanted to Invest it. So he went Into Iowa and settled down. j He was not satisfied with the work, i however, and 4 wrote to Nordstrom that he would return If there was any work for him to do. Nordstrom wrote back and told him to come. Johnson accordingly packed his household goods Into a wagon, sewed his money In a belt and after dls-! posing of a large drove of stock he owned started for Omaha. From that time -until yesterday none of hi for mer acquaintances and associates could And a trace of him. The disappearance was reported to the Omaha police and to half the sher iffs of laws. Johnson was considered wealthy and had aaastroas friend and Influential connect Ions. Finally the murder theory was ad vanced. In a day every linger was pointed at Morastrom. It was Mord strom who bad seat far Johnaon and bla ta start far Oasaba. It and Husbands, j .... w bride to the altar and continued bus- lness at the old stand, not caring to go away on a honeymoon trip. His business prospered and everything went along smoothiy enough until one night as he was going home from the store he was shot dead from ambush, the bullet fired by the unseen foe en- tering the heart. The finger of sus- Picionai Jt JsmetimecaUed, was pointed at the surviving Rlegel, but when he asked the men of Cortes to proclaim publicly that they thought he was the man, not one of them opened his mouth. This particular Siegel was the best shot in several counties. John Haas went to Cortes from Mount Gilead to settle up his broth er's business affairs, for the widow was too prostrated to think of any- thing but her sorrows, but she at once brightened up on John's arrival. He was not bad looking and, being a good business man, soon straightened out all the commercial kinks. He had business to stay at Cortes nntil it was too late to return. He had fallen In love with his brother's, relict, and the end of it all was that he married her. He. like his brother William, lived happily with Jane, who was still the most beautiful woman In Cortez, until his sudden death. Whether the Siegel brother still had vengeance in his heart is not known, but it is said he was in town when William died. There was still another brother In the Haas family, named Henry, at Mount Gilead, and it became his duty to go west to look after the interests of the widow. He was more or less reluctant, but he did not shirk his duty. He went to Cortez. put the business in proper shape, and then be gan to linger. He might have gone back to Ohio again, but he didn't. The widow was not so young as when she first married, but her eyes were still bright, and Henry, being unmarried, liked her. To all appearances she waa not averse to his company, and at last he Ventured to suggest that It would not be a bad idea If they be came man and wife. As a saving claure he remarked that It were per haps better if they were wed at Mount Gilead and make their permanent res idence there. He thought the climate of Cortez unhealthy. She agreed with him and in a few days they will go to Mount Gilead, get married, and reside at the old Haas homestead. Indianapolis Journal: A great many excellent men like Dr. Parkhurst of New Tork have so much faith in their special brand of reform Uiat they be lieve all else la corruption and wick edness. Money's being the root of all evil is what makes the devil to pay. To Be Dead, was Nordstrom w ho had told him to convert his property into cash. It was' Noidstrom who knew the route could have been noticed und-r any otli-d circumstances were brought out. Nordrtrom protested 'thut he was in- noeent, but it did no good. He was not arreted, because only circumstntial evidence could be brought against him, but Johnson's friends began a systematic campaign to show him guilty. The Swedish Con sul was enlisted in the cause and offeied a reward for the recovery of Johnson's body. Nordstiom's neighbors turned fiom him. Children tauntwd him. The jibes His removal from there was only thi Srat of rainy. Half the time he - in the covered wagon which took hirn from one home to another. He settled Bear Wahoo, Neb. One of his friends. C. J. Carlson of It h lea. Neb., several weeks ago leartiri of a man answering Johnson's description "! going by that name near Jeffer- on, Iowa. He hunted him up aud found him the same Martin Johnson. lie found thi.t Johnson had started for Omaha, but while he was on the road had changed his mind about working for Nordftrom and had gone to Jefferson. There he bouifht a farm and some stock. He did not know of the furore he had caused by his dis appearance, and as he was not In the habit of writing litters he had never taken the trouble to inform any of his former friends where he had gone. Johnson will go to Nordstrom's home, near Wahoo, for a visit and Prove to his neighbors that he Is not "ty of the crime with which he has ; virtually been charged. The organ thrilled Its grandest tones - Pon tne perrumea air; The tapers glimmered. Ah, she comes. The bride so blushing; fair. But soft! she lingers at the door, A moment more they wait. While she Inquire In anxious tones: "Bay, la my wreath on straight?" Mrs. William Orecory, wife of the lata Governor Gregory of Rhode Is land, has become bead of the mill bus iness which the governor . conducted for s great many years In the most, successful manner. Practice make perfect, but the busiest doctor Is hardly perfection. 4. The Storyette. "They a'n't to know a thing about fc unless they mistrust. It s to be a rea, urprtse," said Lou Harlow, herself, like one about to take niKht in the door-way of Mrs. Green's kltchen -you muat come. Mis' Green, j.T wj io you KOOd to get out you're jtoo much hllt up gare wlu mlM ! you ,f you dor).t oome gne.n want to hr ,.gar nell,hborg, lf frody else g .here Gct .p. to brine you , own .. Mra GrwfB f ,he teapot further back on the stove and murmured an indefinite "M'm." The milk-house door opened with a rattle of pails. Lou's eyes turned slightly In that di rection as she talked on persistently. "Brither Ed was going to stop yes- erday and invite you, but he had to go another way, so I stopped In now. It's rather late to be giving Invitations I know; but It's all been planned In such a hurry that we are out and out flustered. I thought, too, that I might stir you up to coming better than Ed could. It does seem too bad not to have a lot of folks at a tin wedding surprise party. Kverybody's to bring something besides refreshments, you know. Tve the cutest little oatmeal cooker that I got at the five cent store In the city, and I shall take that. Well, I won't hinder you any longer from your supper, good-by. Now do come If you can. Goodby. The kitchen door timed Its closing with mathematical accuracy to the Issuing of a young man from the milk-house. Through the window Mrs. Green ssw Ixu's Innocently sur prised start and cordial bow, but the bit of talk that followed was Inaud ible to hr. She felt certain, however, that it was about the surprise party. "If those Hariows a'n't managln'!" was her mental comment. "Kut it'll take more'n a pretty puttln' on to make Lou one mite tngagin' to 'Ras tue, I sue." Rastus came in presently, and, after washing at the sink, sat down to supper. He was thin and not over tall, with a vivid boyish complexion and a cnln like his mother's, marked by a decision that almost a severe coldness of gray-blue eyes accentu ated. It was only when 'Rastus smiled that one knew how winning his face could be. "Lou Harlow stopped In to ask us to a tin wedin' surprise at her brother Will's. Probably she mentioned It to you." said Mrs. Green as she poured the tea. "I shall have to carry some thin" In the shape of tin. I wonder if the dipper I got from that pedlar last week won't do. I took It for rags. They do pay so little for rags now. 1 declare it's hardly worth savin' them. If it hadn't Nn for them old over alls of yours I shouldn't made out enough to get this eiauer." "Likely they won't have more than teven dippers." said 'Rastus. helping himstlf to a second dhh of apple sauce. Mre. Green looked disturbed. "Well, dippers is handy, every housekeeper needs two, and they usr up quick. Dippers nowadays ain't what dipper used to be. There's hardly one to be got but has a weak ness In the solderin. I don't know what's more provokin' than to have a dlpperful of water come splashin' 011 to the floor and leave nothin' but a handle In your fingers." The quick, bright smile flashed over 'RaJUus's foce. "Belter carry a pan or something of that kind." His mother took, the suggf!Stion as porfoundly as serious. I haven't one I could spare. Can't we stop for the Blake girls. 'Rastus? They like to get out, and It's rather far for 'em to walk now they're fallln'. I declare it goes to my heart to see poor Miss Betsey so meechln' lately. She doesn't seem to know whether her things is on straight or not. Last Sunday 'twas I could do to keep my mind on the sermon for wantln' to straighten her false teeth. Twas twisted to the partln' whs over on, eye. And Its real pathetic to see Miss Harriett hoverln' about her sister and tussin' to make her comfortable, when all the time Miss Harriett's the oldest. Miss Betsey ain't but sixty-eight. I shouldn't wonder lf 'twouldn't chick 'em up consld'able to go to the sur prise party -this cvenln'." "Well, you can take 'em; I'll walk. 'Twould be too crowding in the buggy for us oil, and I don't want to get the business wugon. There's a spoke loose." Mrs. Green looked narrowly at him; the repose In her face Indicating nothing. "Butt 'Rastus I can't hitch old Nell. You know how he acts the minute we get out a caperln' and a pullln'." "I'll be on hand to lok out for you." 'Rastus pushed away his chair, and the door closed after him. 'Rimtus was not long In finishing tbe chores. When be had harnessed old Nell to the Concord buggy and hitched her to a post by the back door, he came In to shave. Mrs. Oreen was silling by the kitchen window, dressed In her best gown a black alpaca, with fashionably large sleeves. It had just been made over, and the lis of the sleeve was supposed to offset the scantnea of the skirt. At any rate, as she told the neighbor dressmaker, "there wasn't any more piece, and't was better the scrlmpln' should com In the skirt, for on' skirt didn't show In one's coffin, and If she was to die sudden before style changed, why, the waist would do nicely for ber to be laid out In." A moon la Ita eeond quarter was showing above tbe eastern horiaon as 'Raata walked across tfeo lots after I Atome r. ) helping his mother off. Beyond, at the end of the lane, was another house, old-fashioned and yellow-painted. There lived Mr. and Mrs. English, two childless, middle-aged people. They were coming up from their house now. As he waited by the fence In the shadow of a lilac bush he could see them distinctly in the clear moon lighttwo somewhat bent figures, BtepplhsIrreiTuUrly beTween" themr walked another figure, with youthful poises of the head and shoulders, and his heart gave a queer little jump at the sound of the girl's laugh. "If I haven't stove my thumb Into this cake," Mrs. English was saying. "Never mind, roa, turn It 'lother side to when you hand It In, and no body' 11 notice," suggested her hus band. The musical girl laugh sounded again. "Let me carry it. Aunt Martha." With a thrill of satisfaction, 'Rastus saw the napkin-covered plate change hands. The slim, quick-stepping fig ure was ahead of the others now. As she reached the gate he seized the coveted opportunity, and moved for ward. awkwardly snatching off his hat. "Qood evening. Miss Holland. Let me open the gate for you." Never did the gate so long refuse to lift; and when she had passed through was It not to pause and turn back with a pretty "On, dear!" How he blessed the rose branch that caught her skirt, and so held her for his re leasing. "Thank you." she said de murely, looking at him w ith the moon light in her eyes. Old Nell came up at a brisk trot, but his mother was alone sitting very erect and holding the reins far apart. "The Blake girls couldn't come. Mi.is Betsey had bad turn last night, and Miss Harriett didn't want to leave her. 80 you see you could have rode lown well enough. I know you've polled your new shoes a-trottin' through the wet grass 'cross lots." "Well, you won't have to ride home alone," said 'Rastus, happily, as he helped her out. What were new shoes In comparison with that interchange of glance from a girl's eyes. "I don't believe the Hariows were very much surprised after all, Mother. When I got here every window was lighted. We're early too." One by one, in twos. In threes, and merry family loads, the guests ar rived; and there was talk and laugh and Interchange of kisses among the women; an awkward standing aloof or scraps of neighborly chaff among th men, until the elder masculine element drifted to the kitchen, the younger to the long hall, and the sitting-room circle was strictly feminine. Lou Harlow, bustling 'round among the guests was more busily hostess llkc than Mrs. Harlow herself. "Harell never mistrusted until the last mln ute, she was telling every one. "When we suggested her flxln' more'n usual for the evening, she said she just knew something was up." "Yes, it was a real surprise until then," corroborated Sarell Harlow, her usually quiet face very animated "I didn't suppose thut anyone would renumber thut Will and I had been married ten years today. It's real pleasant to have one's friends so re membering." Mrs. Green, taking Inventory of the tin things on the table, smiled benign ly upon the speaker. She had found but one dipper among the pile, and naturally felt the prestige of being the only person who had given an un- dupllcated article. Mrs. Dodgson, the local merchant's wife, began talking at her elbow. "How nice Lou Harlow looks to night. That lace at her throat Is very becoming , I hear something about her and you, 'Rastus. How's that?" Mrs. Green drew herself up stiViy. "Folks can hear a good deal," she said. Rastus looks rather young to think of marrying. And Lou why, she's let me see." Mrs. Dodgson screwed her face Into arlthmatical puckers. "She's three years older 'n 'Rastus! I remember she was born the same year as my Ameret." "Oh, well, its the fashion nowadays for men to marry oldtr'n themselves, Mrs. Green answered, with a bland- ness born of remembrance that Mre. Dodgson's own son had wedded a woman ten years his senior a widow with an overgrown daughter just en tering her teens and that the affair was very displeasing to his people. But her neighbor's friendly Inquisl tlveness set her Into a new train of thought. What if Lou Harlow had been the one whom 'Rastus had fan cied? Before ber roseta vision of heavy bread, cake smelling of salara tus, careless housekeeping which she knew to be the rule at the Harlow homestead; she thought of what It would be to live day after day with Lou's giggling laugh, her persistent chatter and good-natured officious nesst Looking aero th room at one who but a few hours ago aha had characterised a "that flltterin little Holland girl," she noted with a stir ring of pride akin to what ah felt In 'Rastus th trlmne of th black gowned figure, th quiet manner, tbe dellcat contour of th face whose prettlnoaa did not conceal decision and capability. 'Rastus was talking with bar now, hi attitude marked by that new dignity which his mother had noticed of late. Something In the turn of bis head reminded her of hi father when bo had com courting out Pmlgwast way, where she lived aa a girl. Wboa cam a homeward movement laou tbe aueat. Mrs. Oreen pas talking in the open door on br way out Her quick eye bad recognised two young figure at th gat, and she turned her back upon them, barring the progress of Mr. and Mrs. English. "I have enjoyed It all so much; haven't you. Mis' Knglish? I do think a surprise tin weddin' the best way of remember in' the anniversary it don't make so much work for the folks of the house. Seems to me iu a pretty long while since you and) your husband have been up to tak tea with me. Now, why can t you be a might more neighborly and opine aoos? iSay Wednesday. Nothin' to hinder. Well. I'm real glad. And you are to bring your niece. Not havln' any girl of my owo I like to see a bright face like hers round once In a while. I guess 'Ras tus must have got tbe horse uhltched by this time, good night" Kastus was patting Nell's nose aa he stood by her when his mother came out Beta Holland was stll at th gate, waiting for her aunt and uncle. and Mr. Green smiled at her aa she passed. Mother and son drove along the bush fringed lane at a plodding gait; for old Nell seemed in an Indo lent mood, and 'Rastus loth to urge her on. Tbe moonlight lay white and beautiful over everything. "I've asked Mr. and Mrs. English to tea next Wednesday," said Mrs. Green. She cleared her throat at the eager Interest on 'Rastus face, and added what she knew would establish perfect understanding between herself and him. "And I've asked the niece, too." "Have you?" In 'Rastuss voice wa a thrill of such gladness as comes when one Is twenty-three and In lor for the first time. "Have you?" How much the boy looked like hi father In spite of having her eyes and chin! Mre. Green felt a sudden all- embracing motherllness that let the girl of his love Into the depths of ber heart But she only said, In a mater of fact way: "I should thiDk 'twould be real lonesome for the Englishes bcin' as their house is where there a'n't never. any pasln'. I should hate to live so far from folks. I wouldn't for any thing." 'Rastus turned and looked back to ward the yellow house. To him It seemed that under some circumstance he could live his whole life at the en of the road. Mary Clark Huntington, In the Independent. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Where the day lingers, do thy best. -W. H. Burleigh. Lord support me all day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world Is hushed, and the fever of life Is over, and my work i done. Then in Thy mercy grant me a. safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at the last. Amen, Lord Jesus, Amen. The highest statement of the culture of a human nature, and of the best attainment that is set before it, In that as it grows better it grows tuor transparent and more simple; more capable therefore, of simply and truly transmitting the will of God behind It Phillip Brooks. Iu this restless nineteenth century the Master Is standing with lit handft tilled with blessing, and all around there is a pushir.g, chaotic mob, hungry, weary, unable U find what It wants, and we may almost hear His voice like a sigh, "Make tha men sit down." F. C. Woodhouse. He who sits down In a duroo oa which another has made has not such, cause to bewail himself aa he who Mils down in the dungeon which he has made for himself. Dewey. Truth Itself, according to Lucke's fine saying, will not profit us so long as she Is but held In the hand and taken upon trust from other minds, not wooed and won and wedded by our own. George Elliot The value of experience Ilea in tha lesson we learn from It and the truest repentance Is often witnessed by Uia poignancy of the sorrow. Both the Muin nnd the sorrow have their root in metnoiy. But while we are iiot to forget that we have sometimes fallen, we are not always to carry the mud with us; the slough Is behind, but the clean, clearly, defined road stretches ahead of us, skies are clear, and God is beyond. Chri"'""! Union. Every year strips us of at least one vain expectation and teaches us ti reckon some solid good In Its stead.. George Elliott. Don't be In a hurry to find your, work In the world, but just look about you In the place you And yourself in, and try to make things a llttlo belter and honester there. T. Hughes. Southey says, In one of his letters, "I have told you of the Spaniard who always puts on his spectacle when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more tempting. In like manner, I make the most of my enjoyments and pack away my trouble In a small a compass as I can." Not a bad thought for th coming year. Th native of Ouben, In the Bran denburg district of Prussia, are pas slonately fond of eating dog's flesh, and It has now been deemed necessary to bring the matter within th scop of municipal aupervlslon. At a recant council meeting It was decided that from th first day of th new year, dog declined for human consumption must b slaughtered In th publla abattoir. I Rev. Charles M. flheldon, th Topeka minister, sent as a present to all hi friend a llltl original New Ydar poem In two vraes beginning: "Doar friend of mlnol The year la aw. 1 wlab a happy year for you." 9 .i