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New Years Eve and at home This
Is a cozy little den of mine just as It
looks now quite eclipses anything I
ever see at the club books pipes easy
chairs a cheerful fire in the grate
pictures busts my well beloved etch
ings all about the walls
Whats the matter with you old
man tonight Why are you taking an
inventory of these surroundings on
this last night of the year Everybody
thinks you are tired of them dont you
know for you spend very little time
In their midst says some provoking
little voice Wonder if its my con
science
Dorothy Is up stairs the servants
are out as soon as she finishes the
sewing of a button on Johnnies re
fractory trousers she will come down
she says ana watch the old year out
being evidently well pleased over the
prospect of a club night of our own
a little Home Sweet Home sort of
an arrangement
It seems that Johnnie is the only
member of our family not a member of
a club Dorothy simply holds on to
the little shaver by the collar tied to
her apron strings he is and I am glad
of It
Can I ever forget the day when our
THIS IS A- COZY LITTLE DEN
neighborhood took on a sudden quiet
The question arose where are those
boys Dorothy and I knew all about it
for were we not invited to become
honorary members of their club The
Ollapodrida We helped to foot the
bills and evinced an interest in the
affairs of the club we lent them ten
cents to buy material to reseat an old
worn out chair there was another
item twenty five cents for lumber
etc and last but not least and that
which caused Dorothy much suffering
were sundry pieces of rope to be fur
nished with all the paraphernalia of a
-trapeze arrangement preparatory to
meanderings aloft all of which caused
a rush of blood to my head as I
thought of these venturesome boys
three of them at work daily experi
menting with the center of gravity
walking on their heads being the ob
jective point apparently
We are happily rejoicing these days
ihowever in a more recent occupant of
the family cradle who so far walks
feet downward after the fashion of
mortals
As time goes on the childrens
youthful exploits with the accom
panying worries of their elders fade
into oblivion as the more serious as
pect confronts us
The Ollapodrida members of my
family have taken unto themselves a
jfcw extra years two of these afore
said members are looking college
ward and I seem to worry about them
in a wonderful way quite unlike my
self
The bread and butter question con
fronts me What profession will be
theirs Are they sufficiently strong in
purpose to resist this or that
The day will come when Dorothy
and I cannot shield them or stand be
neath them and the cold world we
wont be here to settle the little ac
counts -or encounters or watch the lit
tle cotillions they are going to have
with the dwellers of this mundane
sphere
Then comes the question pver again
Well old fellow whats the matter
now Cant you let the boys alone
and let them fight it out just as you
did Some truth In that I answer
I wilt wait until Dorothy comes and
Ill ask her just for curiosity what
she thinks of my past and the general
outlook
In part I am going to turn over a
new leaf
Here is a volume of Longfellow be
side me on the table he is so human
you know and I will close my eyes
open the book a litlte game of
chance you see and on the page
where my finger rests I will try if by
chance a word of comfort come to me
that would hit my case
I seem to have a case of the blues
probably staying away trom the club
on this convivial occasion is not agree
ing with me
Shut your eyes open the book
says the little exhorter that unseen
individual
Presto change 0 wtat meets my
ye Will it be some la prophecy
or Here it is under my forefinger
A Shadow It reads
I said to myself if I were dead
What would befall these children
What would be
Their fate who are now looking up
to me
For help and furtherance Their
lives
I said
Would it be a volume wherein I have
read
But the first chapters and no long
er see
To read the rest of their dear history
So full of beauty and so full of dread
Be comforted the world Is very old
And generations pass as they have
passed
A troop of shadows moving with the
sun
Thousands of times has the old tale
been told
The world belongs to those who
come the last
They will find hope and strength as
we have done
Was ever answer sent to a mortal
man more clearly
I think Im sent for theres some
thing besides old Father Time after
me surely Here is the very answer
to my dismals as to those boys and
their doings But here comes Dorothy
singing apparently in a very cheerful
mood
This is perfectly lovely George
Augustus N
Johnnies trousers are all right for
tomorrow and I have been looking
over my precious tin box and I find
such lovely bits of literature and all
sorts suppose we look them over to
night
Perhaps Dorothy noticed an unusual
expression on my manly countenance
for she paused and said What are
you thinking about What has this
old year been saying to you Are you
having a retrospective sort cf revival
meeting all by yourself
Only a few ideas have struck me
Dorothy I rather like this den of
mine especially tonight and one or
two articles in these books here seem
to have been written especially for me
and an uncomfortable little voice
has been questioning me A thought
strikes me that we you and I have
drifted apart rather more than I ever
dreamed we could There has been
a sort of We fellows at the club air
and manner about me that I really
think now as I sit here has been a
foolishness on my part that Iv shall
endeavor to discontinue a sort of
desire to be in with the -boys and
off with my wife I hope Dorothy
that you do not think my past is
really a dreadful one to look back
upon
O no Dorothy replied with some
thing of a twinkle in her eyes but
then you know you might be more
of a saint if you tried dear
And perhaps most noble and ador
able my temper rising and twen
tieth century wife if I should give up
my Sunday evenings at the club pos
sibly you may be willing to sacrifice a
few of those insufferable teas and
bring an appetite uncontaminated with
such diet as sipping frappes Russian
teas and chocolate to a respectable
cozy dinner with your George Augus
tus and pausing for breath dont
be angry couldnt you leave out that
tiresome quarrelsome card party and
await my return with unruffled nerves
for instance meet me at the door just
DOROTHY IS REALLY ELOQUENT
as you used to do little wife grow
ing a little more tender
Why whatever can be the matter
with you George Augustus It Is
only a case of too many clubs in the
family that is all easily remedied
you- know If this is to be a Home
club tonight let us invoke the spirit
of the New Year here right under
this roof let us stand here and with
the right hand uplifted vow that
naught shall come between thee and
me George Augustus and Dorothy
we will reach that land of trust and
confidence that requires no weapon
not even a club to create or quell a
disturbance Dorothy is really elo
quent
Bring down the tin box Dorothy
we are the Ollapodrida club the
tin box Dorothy and I in memory
of those boys whoafe trying another
-
sort of trapeze swinging high or low
with the wings of ambition up to
greater heights
By the way Dorothy sketches and
paints I will give her a subject
earth sky and water the soft green
turf the blue ethereal the hazy moun
tain top while the lazy lapping waves
touch the eager feet of the climbers
yet in- the valley as they stand
on the shore twixt earth and sea gird
ed and armed for the steep ascent to
the shrine on the distant heights
Send them wings 0 guardian angels
and give me sight
I cannot read the alL of their dear his
tory
Vanish old year
Forward the new
Detroit Free Press
15hc JVTetv year Spirit
The return of New Years day in
vites many people to the most somber
reflections Undoubtedly most of us
can find abundant occasion for these
but there is such a thing as pushing
self examination and self-condemnation
to the point of discouragement
The best temper with which we can
enter upon the new year is that of
faith faith in God and faith in our
selves through His help It is about
as certain as anything can be that the
new year will bring us new experi
ences Our courage our capacity for
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
there will be narrowing opportunities
While we think of the latter alterna
tive it is well to strengthen our hearts
by the former Let us believe that we
are not going to fail and we have taken
a long step towards success When
another New Years day comes around
we are going to be able to reckon solid
gains in character won through the
trials and temptations and emergen
cies of the years experience Boston
Watchman
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Good bye old year
Weve journeyed on together i many
days
And now behold the parting of our
ways
Is very near
With thoughts of mingled gladness
and of dread
I see the winding way that I must
tread
To Future Lands
For thee awaits the realm of shadows
deep
The Silent Land of years thft lie
asleep
With folded hands
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Good bye old year
A few more steps ere we forever part
A few more words that wake the
throbbing heart
To hope and fear
A tarewell smile a lingering clasp of
hand
Ere thou shalt lie within the shadow
land
All silently
The while I haste a glad new year to
greet
The while I journey on with memories
sweet
Old year of thee
1
Good bye old year
Alas not half I felt or knew till now
How kind and brave and true a friend
wert thou
For ah twice dear
A loved one seems when comes the
darkened day
When heart and lips all tremulous
must say
A last good bye
Yet though thy friendly face no more
I see
The memories sweet my heart has kept
of thee
Alice Jean Cleator
Tragtc
I shall not see you till another year
Has dawned he said
Oh fickle maid she turned not pale
with fear
She laughed instead
This seems a tragic lay till we remem
ber
It occurred the thirty first day of De
cember
N Y Truth
Jfone to tirn O Oer
I thought yeu were going to turn
over a new leaf John she said
I was he replied but I find I
cant
Why not
There wont be any new leaves until
spring Chicago Post
The Jfebu Century
Loves harmonies flow toward him full
and sweet
Sins wild discordant cries are past
him hurled
With sad glad heart and brave re
luctant feet
He steps upon the threshold ef the
world T i
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MOST OBEY THE ROLES
JIcArtlmrs Proclamation Warning Hbn
Oombatants to Use Caution
THE RULES Of WAR TO GOVERN
A Stern Policy Adopted Toward tho
Philippines Warning Given ro People
of Manila Secret Committees Not
Tolerated
MANILA Dec 22 Tomorrow Gen
eral MacAruthur will issue a procla
mation warning the inhabitants of the
archipelago that hereafter strict com
pliance with the laws of war will be
required of non combatants as well as
combatants
The proclamation will set forth the
principal laws of war It will refer
to recent proclamation issued by in
surgent commanders threatening na
tives who are friendly to the American
forces and also to the orders issued
to their men to kidnay and assassinate
residents of towns occupied by Ameri
cans
The insurgent leaden will be noti
fied that such practices if continued
will put an end to the possibility of
their resuming normal civic relations
and will make them fugitive criminals
Residents of places occupied by
Americans will be notified that pleas
of intimidation will rarely be accepted
and that where secret committees are
permitted to exist in behalf of the
Insurgents even well disposed persons
will be exposed to the danger of being
tried as traitors
The proclamation will say that its
warnings and requirements are to ap
ply with special force to Manila the
rendezvous of the emissaries of insur
rection
Newspapers will be warned against
publishing sedition and the proclama
tion will declare that the rebels who
are not part of an organized force are
not entitled to the privileges of pris
oners of war adding that the fact
that they have not hitherto been held
responsible is evidence of the solici
tude of the United States to avoid
the appearance of harshness
The proclamation will clearly dis
avow any recognition of technical bel
ligerency
WASHINGTON Dec 20 It is stated
at the War department tha the trans
port Grant which is due at San
Francisco about the 1st proximo
brings the remains of 398 officers sol
diers and civilian employes of the
war department who died in Hawaii
China or the Philippines and that
there are twelve dead on the trans
port Sherman which is due at San
Francisco on the 12th proximo Among
the bodies on the Grant is that of
young Barber the nephew of President
McKinley who recently died in the
orient
House Passes Two Bills
WASHINGTON D C Dec 20 The
house today at the end of a spirited
contest extending over two days
passed bills compelling the Pennsyl
vania and Baltimore Ohio railroads
to abolish grade crossings to alter
their routes into the city and to
change terminal facilities An amend
ment was placed upon the Pennsyl
vania railroad bill to compel the road
to build a new state to cost not less
than 1500000 The bills were vigor
ously antagonized by a portion of the
minority under the leadership of Mr
Cowherd Mo on the ground that
they were too liberal to the roads
Great Battle in Colombia
WASHINGTON Dec 20 The
State department has received a cable
gram from United States Charge
DAffaires Deaupre at Bogota stat
ing that a great battle has been fought
at Giardot Point Magdalene river Co
lombia which lasted two days and re
sulted in a decisive victory for the
government It is reported 600 were
killed and 1000 wounded Other vic
tories by the government forces of
the utmost importance have been an
nounced
Browned in Creek
JOHNSON Neb Dec 19 Harry
Reed a single man about 24 year3 old
is believed by his friends to have been
drowned in Pigeon creek near Tub
bard Mr Reed left Hubbard Satur
day night about 8 oclock Sunday
morning his wagon was found over
turned in the creek with both horses
dead Search for the body has been
in progress since that time
Boutelle Is Retired
WASHINGTON D C Dec 20
When the senate convened today
some bills and resolutions prepared by
the house were reported Among
them was a resolution authorizing the
president to appoint Charles A Bou
telle of Maine a captain on the re
tired list of the navy which was
passed
All Accept Joint Note
PEKIN DecN20 At a meeting of
the foreign ministers late this even
ing everything in regard to the terms
of the joint note was agreed to in
cluding the British modifications The
ministers refuse to disclose anything
in connection with the matter believ
ing that the home governments should
give the particulars to the public
VOLUNTEERS TIRED Of WAR
Officers in the British Service Tender
Their Resignations
LONDON Dec 20 The government
publicly requires employers who have
kept open situations for yeomanry
colonials and volunteers to continue
their patriotic efforts to minimize the
sacrifices of these men in the service
of their country
The War office has issued the
queens thanks to the yeomanry colo
nials and volunteers expressing her
reliance that those abroad will con
tinue to aid the regulars 1
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KIDNAPED BOY BACK HOME
Return of Yonn Edward Cudahy Costa
nis Father 835000
OMAHA Dec 21 Edward Cudahy
jr is worth his weight in gold To
rescue him from the hands of the men
who abducted him early last Tuesday
evening and held him until he was
released early Thursday morning hi3
father B A Cudahy turned over a
bag of gold weighing ninety five
pounds avoirdupois or 112 pounds
troy but little below that of the boy
himself The amount was 25000 all
of it In gold coin
Following is the exact letter sent
by the kidnapers to Mr Cudahy
OMAHA December 19th 1900
Mr Cudahy We have kidnaped your
child and demand 25000 twenty five
thousand dollars for his safe return
If you give us the money the child
will be returned as safe as when you
last saw him but if you refuse we
will put acid in his eyes and blind him
then we -will immediately kidnap an
other millionaires child that we have
spotted and demand 100000 and we
will get dt for hevill see the condi
tion of your child and realize the fact
that we mean business and will not
be monkeyed with or captured -Get
the money all in gold five ten and
twenty dollar pieces put it in a grip
in a white wheat sack get in your
buggy alone on the night of December
19th at 7 oclock p m and drive
south from your house to Center
street turn west on Center and drive
back to Rusers park and follow the
paved road towards Fremont when
you come to a lantern that is lighted
by the side of the road place the money
by the iantern and immediately turn
your horse around and return home
You will know our lantern for it will
have two ribbons black and white
tied on the handle you must piece a
red lantern on your buggy -where it
can be plainly seen so we will know
you a mile away This letter and ev
ery part of it must be returned with
the money and any attempt at capture
will be the saddest thing you ever
done
If you remember some twenty years
ago Charley Ross was kidnaped in
New York City and 20000 ransom
asked Old man Ross was -willing to
give np the money but Burns the
great detective with others persuaded
the old man not to give up the money
assuring him that the thieves would
be captured Ross died of a broken
heart sorry that he allowed the de
tectives to dictate to him
This letter must not be seen by any
one but you If the police or some
stranger knew its contents they might
attempt to capture us although en
tirely against your wish or some one
might use a lantern and represent us
thus the wrong party securing the
money and this would be as fatal to
you as if you refused to give up the
money So you see the danger if you
let this letter be seen
Mr Cudahy you are up against it
and there is only one way out GIVE
UP THE COIN Money we -want and
money we will get
If you dont give up the next man
will -for he will see that we mean
business and you can lead your boy
around blind for the rest of your days
and all you will have is the dam cop
per sympathy Do the right thing by
us and we will do the same by you
If you refuse you will soon see the
saddest sight you ever seen
Wednesday December 19th
THIS NIGHT OR NEVER
Follow these instructions and no
harm will befall you or yours
Iowa Company Sues
SPRINGFIELD 111 Dec 21 The
Des Moines Life Insurance company
of Des Moines la today brought suit
in the United States court against
State Insurance Superintendent Van
Cleve for the recovery of 2000
claimed to have been paid by them up
cn unjust claims and asking for a
permanent writ of injunction against
Superintendent Van Cleve restraining
him from enforcing his order of Hay
14 1900 revoking the license of The
company The company claims that
despite the fact that they paid these
claims in order to prevent the revo
cation of its license the license was
revoked
Iowa Man Bankrupt
LA PORTE Ind Dec 21 Charles
C Black a Goshen attorney who has
filed bankruptcy proceedings in the
federal court of this state with liabili
ties of 219731 and no assets was un
til 1898 a resident of Davenport la
Mr Blacks personal fortune of 100
000 has entirely dwindled away and
he is now penniless He claims that
he lost his fortune in business enter
prises in Iowa and Missouri before
coming to Indiana
Free Pardon Demanded
BLOEMFONTEIN Tuesday Dec 18
General Dewet had 6000 men and
18000 horses wheruhe captured
according to a gentleman
who was imprisoned there The Boer
commander then declared that he was
not going to surrender without a free
pardon for all his men including
many Cape Dutch The force of 6000
is now divided into three sections
Nhvjs liOaa Serious
WASHINGTON Dec 2L It is said
at the Navy department that a seri
ous loss has been suffered by the navy
In the fire at the Norfolk navy yard
yesterday The money loss is of sec
ondary importance -The fire destroyed
valuable records that cannot be re
placed and many necessary plans
which can only be replaced at much
expense in time and money
Amnesty Bill Passed
PARIS Dec 21 The chamber of
deputies after an all night session
adopted the amnesty bill by a vote of
156 to 2 The benefits of the measure
extend to offenses connected with
strikes public meetings of associations
and the troubles in Algeria in 1897 98
in addition to cases arising out of the
Dreyfus agitation
A large number of cases of the
grippe have been reported among the
students of Wisconsin university at
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Brewers Bonanza - - of the
A leading representative
the days
that
brewing interest says
making in in
of fortune and at tne
business have Passed
large breweries now fai to J
on the mo y
fair percentage ofhis
explanation
in them His
has been a
statement is that there
gSat falling off in the saloon trade
where corresponding the profits Increase are Jar the W home or
the profits aro
bottled trade where
not so large
The No Door Story Nonsensical
Frank Sanborn takes to task Rebec
Davis because of her arti
Harding
ca
in
Scr Ibners
the November
do in of
which she gives some recollections
fvsit toConcord forty years ago and
built by
summer house
tells about the
which con
and
Alcott for Emerson
This statement is denounced
teined no door
M r San
by
nonsense
nounced as pure
has a door
the house
born who says
he has often
which
and a big one
Entered and which has been sketched
by artists
Female Hermits
Women are seldom hermits but the
story is told of two women mother
and daughter who lived in Akron
O a life of seclusion For sixteen
darkened their door
years no neighbor
and they never wandered beyond tha
limits of their yard
The brow of a hill may Jiot be
wrinkled but it is often furrowed
FOUR DOCTORS FAILED
A Mlchlfn lAdjs Battle with Diaea
aad How It Was Won
Flushing Mich Dec 22 Special
One of the most active -workers in
the cause of Temperance and Social
Reform in Michigan is Mrs P A
Passmore of tfiis place She is a
prominent and very enthusiastic W
C T U woman and one who never
loses an opportunity to strike a blow
against the demon of Intemperance
Mrs Passmore has suffered much
bodily pain during the last three
years through Kidney and Bladder
Trouble At times the pain wa3 al
most unbearable and the good lady
was very much distressed She tried
physician after physician and each
in turn failed to relieve her let alone
effect a cure Home remedies sug
gested by anxious friends were ap
plied but all to no purpose At last
some one spoke of Dodds Kidney
Pills as a great remedy for all Kidney
and Bladder Diseases and Mrs Pass
more decided to try them She did
and Is now a well woman She has
given the following statement for pub
lication
At different times in the past three
years 1 have suffered severely with
Kidney and Bladder Trouble and af
ter trying four of the best physicians
I could hear of two of them living in
the state of New Tork I found my
self no better I took any amount of
home remedies suggested by kind
friends with little or no relief from
anything I decided to try Dodds
Kidney Pills Less than one box lias
done me more good than all the other
treatments combined I am still using
them and can say from experience
that they are an excellent remedy for
Kidney and Bladder Trouble I would
heartily recommend them to all those
suffering from these ills in like man
ner
MRS P A PASSMORE
m
Flushing Mich
When physicians and all other
methods of treatment have failed try
Dodds Kidney Pills What they did
for Mrs Passmore they will do for
any one similarly afflicted
50c a box All dealers -
Exercise Saved Teddy
Governor Roosevelt was thought as
a boy to be of a weak constitution
He early devoted much attention to
exercise and spent all the time that
he could in the open air To this he
attributes his present health and en
durance
Dyeing is as simple as washing when
you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
New Yorks Kernbardt Craze
Long lines of Bernhardt Coquelin
New York admirers or their messenger
boys stood patiently in a drizzling rain
Tuesday for the chance to get an
early choice of single seats for that en
gagement The subscription sale was
a success two five seat boxes netting
1000 each and many blocks of the
outside seats sold for the entire fortypw V
performances Fanrv nWpo wo o
j rwu vis yaiu -
wiLuout a murmur
The Bishops Antl PIn Order
The bishop of Liverpool has Issued
a new code of rules for confirmation
He desires that girls should refrain
from the use of long pins in the hair
as the presence ci such pins frequently
results in rhe bishops fingers being
lacerated during the laying on of
hands
A Fireman Who Starts Fires
iQ J ltham Mass an employe of
the city fire department is under arren
fd m rson It Is asserted
that he
started a blaze In the fire house
r hIs company was stationed
and afterward turned in an alarm
to summon aid in extinguishing the
flames What Lis motive was ll in
known
Up Against a TouB6 One
President George Harris of Amherst
college is one of the first colIeprS
dents to attempt publicly ff
StffnT Problem kt a cent
5SLf wmens cIu at Amherst
Mass he read
a paper on the subject
Castle Was an Old Convent
The castle in which Oswald
riraA Sian ardst has offere Mr
Kruger a home
was built by monks 309
years ago as a convent It hashad a
varied career a former owner having
entertained royalty in it and
bought only a few years ago by M
dAUnene who is
wealthy and r
IhSSJS e 0l splendor Asides to
mdem conveDis
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