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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

The gray Old Year. who saw him dic'
said the poet. saw aim die
i stood by his bedside all the while
Ana he gazcd IT the world WITH saoueheo
smile
On his dear old face while he slowly SAID
...r'hc,' re tired o. me now and wish me dead
Ma he shook his crown Of snow-"Aite matt
white as the snow ii the midnight AR.
Then lowered his kingly hcadto near
The first football OF the CAV Young rear
Al las, IL came. silyery bell
An, that was the Old Years funeral kneiL
lie rose. when he heard the first faiat swell
And waved his hand in a mute iarcweii
To the sleeping earth that awoke 10 chee.
The birth OF the snow-ciad. whiio-rooea year
Then Father Time took the Old Year NAM
And drew him away to that mystic iapd
Where III the ghosts Of the dead years co.
Into the world OF the long ago
Then the Kew Year took the vacant place
Nv ewes we're filled turned my face
A. ,hcre came through the starlit nishs the
knell
the diving Year and its weird fareweh
MARI Z ManniI. In Good Housekeeping
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28

lnssrnstaonsl Leoson for Decemess -
lssS-Quasterly Review.
fspcc.sliy Arranged from Peloubets Nosesl
Corpyx TExT.-Jcsus Christ. the same
Yesterday. and to-day. and forever
Heb 1855
Tmr.-The second year Of Jesus min
istry, AID. IS
PLAcE.-The cities and towns OF Cali
lee. centering around Capernaum and
the Sea o.Galilee.
GosrELs--The events OF this year
are recorded In the first three Gospels
only (except John 81, and nearly all OF
them are r. corded in all three
MrRAcIEs.-Thirteen miracles are -
corded in full during this year, 70
| Cether with the fact. repeatedly stated.
that Jesus wrought many others ke-
call the meaning Of these miracles, a.
confirming the authority OF Jesus
teachings. and illustrating His kinSs
ness and helpfulness TO men in reiiev-
ing them from the effects OF sin, and a
object lessons OF the redemption OF men
from sin.
PARABIEs.-Eight PARALLELS are in
cluded in this part Of Christs life,
though only one has been speciaiiy
studied during the quarter
EyESrs.-Cl Jesus twice tried 70
teach His fellow-townsInen at Nazar'
eth. and was driven away both times.
; (2l lie went up TO the passover ~
Jerusalem in the spring. 90 lie made
three preaching tours through Gaiiies
I. with Ills disciples az He selected
! twelve apostles t5) He gave the Ser
4 mon on the Mount 90 lie SPOKE
y several other discourses- 90 lie wrought
: many miracles. 81 He spoke IN para
ables- le) lie trained the disciples 10
their work
l. THE YEAR OF ELECTROMAGNETIC IN
u above events numbers T. ), ., mar
distinct steps or epochs in the develop
!. ment of Christ's Kingdom
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HE CANE TO CALL" ANSWERED DOLLY

TOR with doubts and fears and weak
and trembling at the though, OF tne
terrible ordeal so near at manu-. nc
shook in every limb. and his heart
rose in his throat till it almost choked
him.
lie felt as If he could never DO ~ IN
tie world But he must-he must
And. nerved To momeniary courage ~
his desprration. lie bolted toward the
door and bestowed upon 1t thunder
ous knock. and then. startled NJ ms
own daring. was on the point oil nee-
inc inyloriously when the door opened
and Miss Dolly stood before him
She expressed pleasurable surprise
mon discovering his identity. as IL.
ar,ful maiden. she had not been wait
inr ali the evening for his coming!
! Earlier in the evening. parents. broth
ers and sisters. in obedience 10 hint
from Jimmy. had retired previous to
their usual wont. leaving Dolly 20
carry out her declaration OF sitting up
To watch the Old Year out and the New
Year in. But Gran'pap Trilligan had
NOT been included in the harmless
Mot. for the reason that he usually re-
tired eariy. anyhow. But tonight the
veteran. with the unrcasoning oosu-
macy of age. had determined to be IN al
the death of the passing year on has
own account
. There was no use in arguing Win
/ Grammar. and so he was left To do his
nlensure. in the expectation that nc
; ,yould soon forget this determination
INT ~
was made OF sterncr stuff. and havin1
: seated himself in the rocker before tn'
y Cir. with the intention OF remaining
r till midnight. there he sat. Tor I'M
time being. as firmly planted as IN
iRocs of Gibraltar. albeit nc soon doze'
i off and babe fair to sleep away IN
!. last hours of the expiring year.
!. INT Jason's resonant knock ma
aroused him and now the old man wa
wide awake and sternly determined I
RI stay 90. lie regarded the visito
e: CRITICALLY and with visible disapprova
n What on earth could be lason's rcaso
re for coming there AZ such an unwa
lie rantrd hour? Gran'pap did not al
] rrovc of gadding around at night an
showed it.
or "Ilowdy-du. Jason?" he saluted. su
In p;ciouslv. Pears TO me you re OF
as mighty late. Amt nothing the matt
at home. is thcre?"
- "Nun-nun-no." answered !aso
cpiltilv. .W-w-wc are all WV"
=. HARP" Grnn'pap was rs deaf as :
an provcrbinl adder
II sus-sus-l say w-wc are all Wv
a. we are all"
whats that?" broke In cramps
I,s. who fancied he was missing son
~, thing OF vital Importance.
~, II sus-sus-said--" began Jason, "a
ing his voice. II sus-"
on. "Dead?" snapped gran'pap ""h'
dead? II haint your mar. IS X? IN
as been poorly for quite a spell. out
his body thought she'd die OF IT.
ar "Nun-nun--"
be- "Ilar?'
a. II sus-sus-sus-I sus-"
..ed whats that?"
"Hc says nobody Is dead. grsne
son Their" Dolly cried 70 the old man
ter her clear young voice. and Jsscn
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We find in these lessons certain w
tues inculcated. duties enjoined, quail
tiles Of character cultivated. which
helm ms onward and upward toward
the character of Christ. which Is the
character which makes Heaven Inc
more we are like Christ. the more ntted
We are for Heaven The way 20
Heaven is the best way for this life.
In seeking to be like Christ. and 70
attain the Heavenly state. we neea
continual help from Him, or we Will
fail. In these lessons we find some OF
the things which He bestows Tor our
helm. We can see in the lessons how
they helped the disciples, and from
that we can accept of the help when
He gives to US also in like manner.
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49,, no bent his bow and sent an ar
row straight at the heart OF 'asoa
Clag-ett
I.son was two inches over six feet
tall. i..;s those seventy-iour ih.".s
were seldom or never stretcneu Out :"
nerpendicular sequence; Tor many
weary DAYS Of trudging hchiho 'ne
plow and many Others spent IN p'cA
inc lerions Of tobacco worms hau oen'
J.sons back and invested his knees
Win 4 prominence which might nave
,,,ccsted TO casual observer tnat
,hs;r owner had been just about 20
Lneel and then had had doubts ABOUT
the advisability of so doing ana was
yet undecided
Nature had crowned him with an
abundant thatch OF flaming hair. ana
the sun and wind had given him .
co,,piexion hardly less red than ms
loc,xs. and then poor Jason suffered
h,alv. IL is hardly needful to ada
that he was bashful. painfully ano
seemingly hopclessly SO 49,.
A mirht have been expected, the
object Of his affection was exactiy ms
onnosi,c-it ia thus that Cupid loves
- work. Dolly Trilligan was pretty
and short and inclined TO chuboines
"A fresh. wholesome. country lass
Being I'm love with her with an Tn
strength of his great. awkward oas''
full being. /. followed naturally ina
Jason's bashfulncss was painfully au2
menteJ when in her presence, ana y
was abject.y and hclpiessly uum
when he would have given the wor'
md all to have appeared TO advah'ag'
lie would Willingly have parted VII
his rirht arm TO have been Tor or''
snacc endowed with the readiness
, tongue that would have enabled M
, To pour on, the old. old story ana as
. her % become his wife.
: Time and again he had made up
4 mind boldly almost ficrccly. 10 put
g fate 10 the test. but upon cacn occ
i sion when the supreme moment can
: his courage had deserted him pcio
;, the fash OF her bright eyes, ana
4 hu., sat dunb us the lamb before q
shearcr. often he had vowed TO Y
her, though he died on the spot. n
!. each time he had found himself
!. duced to what he felt to be the yer
/. Of suffering in,bccihty. and p
crawled away. hating himself and
&c cowlrdicc.
= And SO II came TO pass that. since
:. had first begun worshiping ut
= shrine the weeks had grown u
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28

No man ever gathered n harvest
from his field who had not first resolved
TO gather one. No man ever won .
victory or conquered an enemy. whose
sncccss was not the result OF resoiu'
ton and planning. No man ever &C.
complished better things who did moi
FIRST resolve and attempt better things
Shall we form good resolutions for th'
new wear? Certainly. II we would rem
der better sersicc in the future thai
in the past. United Presbyterian
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had vowed that IL Jason did not speak I
Ger the year had flown his subsequent
spealSing would avail him nothing.
III YOU don't ask her this year you
won't ret her at all" quoth the iao.
..She means business.
The implication that he might DC
successful in the event of his taxing
time by the forclock filed Jason with
.t;ur-rur-ro long. Jimmy" he
s,ammercd. dcsirous of dallying with
his new-found joy as long as possioie.
.sh-sb-she w-w-w-shc w-wouldnt
have mum -mum-she wouldn't have
me, anyhow
HIM answered young James
with a judicial air. You never can
tell about girls: they are always coin
foolish things But she'll hare you II
vou get a move on you and ask her IN
time. Jase"
..Dud-dud -dud-"
.Aw. no. she didn't tell me so. O
course, But know it. all right
enough. ! wouldn't tell you anything
about il, though. il you wasn't pref
w goOi SUI Va
dime once"
"Bub-bub-but-"
And that amt all know inter
rupted the lad. tentatively
The astutc James reasoned that TINS
tan,alizinp revelation ought TO be the
means Of cnriching him to the extern
~ another dime. and when jason
handed him quarter instead OF th'
coveted dime he warmed tosard M
victim.
I'VE are roin' TO nave lots OF com
many Tomorrow" he said. "henr.
, and his wife. and Cousin Marvin
folks. and the Wollivers. and
"Fuf-fuf-"
THAT'S so, Fred Wolliver Is comir
with his father and mother. and-wel
: I guess he likes Dolly pretty wei
s and
5 "Dud-dud-"
y "Oh. YOU never know what gu
s will do, But I'll tell you what JAS
Won ro over tonight and fixit up WI
e Dolly and get ahead Of Fred. iiE
= vou bettern ! do him, anyhow !
L never gimme anything in his he ~
z had ten cents more couiu i,
q This delicate hint elected ano'h
b quarter from Jason. who was pow
ID the state of mind where money Is
c. dross-
n "Bub-bub-but.~ he began. timoror
81 r.. There's pup-pup-plenty-
Of "Plen.y Of timc?" broke in the Ia
m "Whv. tomorrow is New Years; 70
* year will be out at midnight. and Tn
where will you be?"
lis "Bnb-bub.but it amt ye-ye-
lis amt a year sus-sus-"
"a .Shc didn't say year since you
ne gan coin' with her. She said II
re didn't ask her this year she would
he have you at all. and"
he "I-Tll ask herr broke in Jas
ell firmly IL,
nd .Gcc-whizzl" calculated the iaa'
re he iingIed his booty in the PAIN 81
re hand when safely out OF Jason ne
lad ing. why didn't think OF this
his forc7 might have made as much
ten dollars out Of Jason II nae staf
he in early enough"
her All the rcst Of the afternoon "a
nto WIS in a trsmor Of excitement al
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28

Are you ready to meet that solemn
event i'm every mans existence. the
New Year, asked the meditative man
.You be, am" replied his nippant
friend. II have more matcriai LOT
swearing of than ever had before 10
my life. w ashin-ton Star
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MEXICAN SECRET SERVICE.
=, ,s.eps an Eve ON the Affairs OF fuo"o
and Private Men.

=. ,r. m Eve on the Affairs OF Public
and Private Men.
Tho secret service Of the French re-
rrhl;c i generally considered To he the
most perfcc, spy system in the woric,
said travelling man OF st. Louis ou,
In my humble opinion the department
~ nriva.e intelligence supported ~
Mexico surpasscs it both in extent an"
intricacv. A couple Of years ago was
accidentally permitted to get an insight
into its workings. and was astounneu-
one would imagine that great prf
va.c detective agency would be ne
ceSsity only in a country like Russia
where the life Of the ruler is CONSTANT
l., threatened. but down in Mexico
there i a system of espionage that eN-
tends to every part Of it. The motives
of every public man in Mexico are not
only perfcc;ly well known To the gov
eminent. but every visitor is subject
20 scrutiny. 1t was President Diaz VINO
6rs. esta blished the chain of secrecy
that now holds all the people in IL
links. Every now and then one Will
he surprised to see body Of Mexican
tr,ops hurried off 10 some remote place
in n far-Off STATE Noue VIII NV" 49,
reason. but the fact will soon become
Known that the government has pre-
ventcd an embryo revolution from
gaining strength and force. = consid
cradle number of Americans reSidin
in Mexico do 50 because the law wil
make it unpleasant for them IN the'
native places. The Mexican secr'
service has the private record OF eac
az these. and If any Of them snow 70
much activity in Mexican ailairs ,nci
isan arrest: the United states an'n"
tiles are notified. and extraait'oh
the prisoner follows Yes SIR -
Mexican secret service j. the great
of them all. and its ramIhcation 8
tends everywhere over the rep"o,,
and good ways on this side OF y
border. Washington star
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LAW OF COMPENSATION.

Christ saveth tn the Cttermoss ana "'veso
More Than We Lsss BY Renouse'ns -
world
salvation could not mean much II
Il consisted only in being preserved n
the condition in which we may happen
70 be when God finds us To take .
man suffering from disease. and assure
him that he should always live IN TINS
state, without becoming any better o.
worse. would drive him to despair
Life without hope is living DEATH
There has never been any condition IN
human life in which the message
OF everlasting life in that part'cu-
lar condition would be hailed with
iov. for God has so formed us that
nothing but the assurance OF eternal
betterment can satisfy our souls some
thing more than mere preservation -
therefore demanded by every heart
There must be a healing. making
whole. n deliverance from the wounds
and bruises which Satan has inh'cteo
upon Us We not only want 70 DC
taken out Of the hands OF the beast.
but we want his brand to be removed
from ms. We do not want to retain Ms
mark upon either our hands or head.
W. nust be delivered from all this or
we shall still be his. and he may claim
us and carry us back into bondage
again. But. thank God. our deliver,
aace is TO be full and complete and
everlasting. God willrestorc rs TO lis
own image. and make il possible for
ms 70 love Him with all our hearts
We lost much in Adam. but God IN.
tends that we shall more than get a.
b,cl. In Christ.-Eam's Horn
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Jack. dear. hope you've oe
tcr,nincd TO swear OF on something
New Years day"
II have"
what IL IL? Cigarettes
NO Milliners' bills "-Brookiyn
Life
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The nearer ono lives TO God .he
h;cher viii bc his ideal 81 right living
and the decrer his sense Of pcrsona'
observation-disclosures Presbyterian
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When a man gets tired trying 70
live right he begins TO wonder u ne =
not little more pious than the i,oru
.xnects him TO bc.-Young Mems t-rs'
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Brisk winds from on bleak hiilsides play VII"
the iicecy snow.
While mlr,h and cheer are plentiful where
home fires brightly glow.
Ana sweet content and happiness hand 10 manu-
togethcrgo
The reign OF winter weakens as 'resh's pAs''.s
time 80. -.
m. nrca,h 81 sprine,ime hastens TO melt inc
frost-kings rsme. .ocn
while the rod OF day rides higher on eaeh
days heavenward CLIMB
pra and blossom take their places rs the sea
sons come and 20.
Ana the stream OF time incessant keeps up 10
onward flow. .,,o. me
And sprngtirle Florics vanish ""S'
summers glow
Anon with waving leaiage appear oriTnt ''n''
Of emerald green.
| Where floral wealth and beauty ca'on 'a'e "'S
OF rainbow sheen
| Thor. brilliant banners float. ia turn waved oy
| an autumn queen
| Full soon the frost-sing strolis aoroao VIII
| sharp and chilling breath. :.
r.acronin,. winters coming onward. where y
closely folio~cth.
| Until fcll ana forest recognise Inc se-s'"
annual death
A robe o. srot.css ermine over mother ea''"
spread -,
1,hc streams are bound with Icy chains eac'
Hill lays bare its head.
And pcccribcr comes 10 lind once more "a
old year dying-d
clark W Bryan. in Good Housekeeping
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Ola Gentleman Why do you wccp!.
schoolboy - Another great man
dead--boo. hoo, hoo!
ibid you know him."
.x-o but for the next three weeks
re.ll have to study ourselves blind 70
snsvcr the teachers questions about
him. food News
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last night this ii,ti. tclt was placed
Around tie world You sce
II spanncd my Arabcllas waist.
N Y Herald
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The British Weekly has the cour.
.c. ~ is convictions. In recent
;ssrc /, saws. There Is not the faint
es, raw Of genius in the one thousand
p,res of Mrs Wards 'Marcella.' lhere
i not a sentence in the two volumes Oh
her story that belongs 10 literature
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28

-opportunisy Is rare. and wise go
iii rever let Il go by him -BayaFu
Taylor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-12-28

GLOW intelligent Melissa ISL
Yves: shc Il homclv. isn't sheT'-
Puck
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No bird Of prey Is known 70 nv
the gift Of song.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-05
Soutnern and West.
ern States.

Frank James, ex train robber, has
become doorkeeper for a theatre in st.
Louis.
Mould on grapes they had eaten
poisoned and almost killed Mrs. VIM.
! Plummer and two of her children, at
Elg;n, Ill.
Andrew A. Laird, who, as deputy
postmaster at La Grange, Ga, defraud-
ed the Government, has been arrested
at Los Angeles, Cal.
President Fred. T. Day, of the in
solvent Planklnton Bank, Milwaukee,
| Wis, has been arrested for receiving
lpost-insolvent deposits.
! The body of j. B. Caven, general
passenger agent of the Valley Railroad,
was found at d~ay-break in Cleveland,
Ohio, in the rear of a house in the
.tenderloin" district of the city, with
Sve bullets in his body.
Mrs. Emma Ware is in custody a
Beverly, West Virginia, charged wit
i~nfancticide. She is said to have throw
her new born babe into a hog pen,
where it was completely devoured.
News reached San Diego, California,
that Mrs. Mary ]" Plat, teacher in the
Indian School, on the Pichnngo reser-
walton, near Temecula, Riverside coun-
ty, has been murdered by the Indians.
Jim Allen, a Choctaw Indian, con-
victed of murder, was shot to death at
Jackson, Indian Territory. 3
At Wheelerville, Fla, Dan Young
killed his brother in a fight over a
woman.
James Couchenour's two children
persisted in their parents burning
home, near Gate City, Va.
F. A. Barrager, Nick Phillips, Ho
bert Hawthorn and Charles b. Ehrens
we're killed by the explosion of a
thresher's boiler near Crystal, North
Dakota.
After being m~ysteriously absent from
home two years and legally declared
dead and his estate of $500, 900 distrib-
uted among his heirs, DR.. T. E. lyman,
of Modesto, CAL, has been seen alive
at Reno, New.
Fire at Fayetteville, Arkansas, dam
aged property to the extent OF $4,000
Arthur Allen was killed and two others
were injured by falling walls.
Two suspicious looking men boarded
a Missouri Pacific train at Leavenworth
Junction, Kansas. When the train
crew attempted to capture them one
Jumped off. The other was found to
be heavily armed. 1T is believed they
INTENDED to ''hold up the train. 4
There were So persons killed in the
recent cyclone in Iowa.
Jockey William Bourne was killed
by his horses fall in a race at Bushnell,
Il linois.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, will
become a Presidential p~ostoffice at
$1,000 salary.
! A'plucky Santa Fe train crew, held
/, up near Temple, Tex, put their would
be robbers to fight.
Tom Smith, a negro desperate, fired
four shots at a fair at Muskagee, |. T.,
killing three negro Deputy Marshsls,
and wounding two white ones who
attempted his arrest. 5
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-10-05
NEWS OF The WEEK.
Eastern and Middle
States

Eccentric Mrs. Hattie Harder took
poison and died at the age of 60 in
Brooklyn.
Dynamiters got 5000 in stamps fsom
the post office safe at Pelham Manor,
near New York. 3
Ice formed in the Genesee Valley, In
Western New York and the mercury
fell to % degrees.
Three negroes, who have been system.
a~tically robbing slot machines in Phila-
delphia, New York, Portland, Me-;
Jersey City, Lowell, Mass, and Cam
bridge, Ohio, were captured by the
Chicago police. A
Captain Henry w. Howgate, a fugi-
tive from Washington, d. c., since the
winter of 1881, was arrested in New
York charged with ENLIGHTENMENT and
~forgeries a~ggregating 1870, 000. lie
was committed to Ludlow street Jail by
United States Commissioner Alexander.
Manager Roberts, of the Kentucky
Rosebud Variety Company, myster-
iously disappeared from Worcester,
Mass, and left his company stranded.
The schooner Addie NJ. Anderson,
Of Portsmouth, N. H., in ballast for
Philadelphia, coTlided with and badly
damaged the pilot boat Columbia off
Cape Cod, Mass. 3
The four miners who were entombed
by a fall of rock in the Northwest Col
Iiery, near Carbondale, Penna., were
found alive and in good spirits.
William Conlon, 10 years old, died
in Newark, New Jersey, from the
effects of a blow inflicted by an Italian
fruit vender, from whose stand he took
a few peanuts.
The children of Jay Gould procured
from the Supreme Court in New York
an order requiring the Commissioners
of Taxes and Assessments to show
cause why the assessments which have
been placed upon their property shonld
not he cancelled. l
A eve cave-ln at Rochester, N.
Y, killed Ferdinand Ritz and Charles
Howald.
Detectives mistook Myron L. Green,
a milk peddler, for a horse thief in a
Saratoga suburb, and shot him.
With $4,000 On his person, Julius
Rosendahl anlalleged embezzler of $4,000
from Munich, was arrested when he
landed in New York.
Near the grave of her husband, Law
yer Alyah G.. Drake, Eunice A. b.
Drake, his widow, took immense doses
of poison, at Saratoga, and died.
The Mirror Lake House, at Lake
Placid, in the Adirondacks, was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is upwards of
$3.50, 600. 2