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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

TO watch the Old Year out and the New
Year in. But Gran'pap Trilligan had
not been included in the harmless
plot, for the reason that he usually re-
tired early, anyhow. But tonight the
veteran, with the unreasoning oosti-
macy of age, had determined to be in at
the death of the passing year on his
own account
There was no use in arguing with
gran'pap, and so he was left to do his
pleasure, in the expectation that he
would soon forget this determination
and totter off to bed. But gran'pap
was made of sterner stuff, and having
seated himself In the rocker before the
fire with the intention of remaining
till midnight, there he sat-, for the
time being. as firmly planted as the
Rock of Gibraltar, albeit he soon dozed
off and bade fair to sleep away the
last hours of the expiring year.
But Jason's resonant knock had
aroused him and n ow the old man was
wide awake aud sternly determined to
stay so. He regarded the visitor
critically and with visible disapproval.
What on earth could be Jason's reason
for coming there at such an unwar-
ranted hour? Gran'pap did not ap-
prove of gadding around at night, and
| showed it.
"Howdy-du, Jason?" he saluted, sus-
piciously. a" Pears to me you're out
mighty late. Amt nothing the matter
at home, is thcre?"
"Nun-nun-no," answered Jason,
guiltily. "W-w-we are all WV"
Harp" Gran'pap was as deaf as the
proverbial adder.
~ Sus-sus-I say w-we are all w-w-w
we are all"
whats that?" broke in gran'pap,
who fancied he was missing some
thing of vital Importance.
81 sus-sus-said-" began Jason, rails
| ing his voice. Il sus-"
''Dead?" snapped gran'pap. Whose
dead? 1t hain't your mar, is it? She's
been poorly for quite a spell, but no
body thought she'd die of it"
"Nun-nun-"
HARP"
81 sus-sus-sus-I sus-"
"What's that?"
"He says nobody is dead, grandfA-
ther," Dolly cried to the old man, in
her clear young voice, and Jason felt
like falling down and worshiping her
then and there.
"Ar-har!" calculated gran'pap, cOm-
pretending. Nobody dead! Thought
you said there was. Warl, then, what
/ is the matter?"
"Nun-nun-" began Jason
"Hey?"
| "Nun-nun-"
There is nothing the matter, grand
father" explained Dolly.
"Hain't har?" snapped the veteran.
He felt that he had been imposed up
on in some manner. "Warl, then,
what di6 you come over for, Jason?"
! II dud-dud-I dud-didn't cuc-cuc-"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

The gray Old Year. who saw him dief
/, said the poet, saw him die.
stood by his bedside AL the while,
And he gazed at the world with saddened
smile
On his dear old face. while he slowly said:
They're tired Of me now and wish me dead
And he shock his crown Of snow-white hair,
White as the snow III the midnight air,
Then lowered his kingly head to hear
The first football Of the gay Young Year.
At last il came. silvery bell.
All! that was the Old Years funeral knell
He rose, when he heard the first faint swell,
And waved his hand in a mute farewell
To the sleeping earth that awoke to cheer
The birth of the srOw-clad, white-robed year.
Then Father Time took the Old Years hand
And drew him away to that mystic land
Where all the ghosts OF the dead years go,
Into the world OF the long ago.
Then the New Year took the vacant place.
Ny eyes were filed turned my face
As there came through the starlit night tho
knell
or the dying Year and its weird farewell
Mary Z Mannix, in Good Housekeeping
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28
CHINESE ODDITIES.
Queer Ways of Celebrating the New Year
IN China.

Queer Ways of Celebrating the New Year
IN China.
The custom OF giving presents, and
particularly that of exchanging New
Year calls, is essentially Chinese. The
coincidence of these two rather pecul-
lar acts of brotherly love coexisting
in Holland and Scotland should furnish
cause for thought. 1t is little singu-
lar, certainly, tha. the Chinese, who
are not an over charitable or forgiving
race, should enjoin the forgiveness of
all debts at the beginning of the new
year.
1t is an amusing spectacle in China
town to see the creditor mercilessly
hunting down the debtor during the
few days that remain. No one is ex-
empt from this necessity, for in order
to paw his own debts he must in turn
collect what is due to him. The debtor
who cannot fulfill his obligations by
New Year goes into bankruptcy by the
operations of a custom stronger than
law. He undoubtedly earns the con-
tempt of his fellow men, but at least
he is free from their persecution. His
debts are forgiven, with quite as much
sincerity as could be expected under
the circumstances
Besides this painful phase of
Chinese yuletide, there are other
preparations to be made for the fitting
celebration of the great three-day
festival, beginning with the first day
of the first month. The red peach
paper which has been removed from
the doorway must be replaced, and
therefore about this time the profess
sional letter-writer of the Chinese
quarter takes his station on the street
corner, and is busily employed in writ
ing sentences of good omen. Naturally
some of these gentlemen are more
popular than others, a letter-writer
who claims to have passed one of the
interior civil service examinations. or
who at one time has been connected
with fashionable joss-house, being
more in demand than he who has
picked up his smattering of knowledge
at school, or by what is an important
factor in Chinese education, self-help.
1t is quite customary, also, to bring
these red paper slips to the joss-house,
where for a trifiing fee they are
stamped with the seal of the joss.
Certainly it is worth taking some
trouble with a little piece of paper
which is to do duty for an entire year;
for as soon as the slips have been pre-
pared and stamped they are glued to
the doorposts, against the time when
the evil spirits shall return and make
the last state of the man worse than
the first. The moral which the Saw
iour pointed out to His disciples that
spasmodic effort is inevitably followed
by reactions unfavorable to true spir-
ituaI development is fully borne out
by the history of the Chinese people.
Ia. Burden Mcdowell, in Harper's
| Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

time by the forelock filed Jason with
happiness.
dGug-gug-go long, Jimmyr' he
stammered, desirous of dallying with
his new-found JOY as long as possible.
"Sh-sh-she w-w-w-she w-wouldn't
have mum-mum-she wouldn't have
me, anyhow"
''H'm!" answered young James,
with a judicial air. "You never can
tell about girls; they are always doin'
foolish things But she'll have you if
you get 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 it, though. if you wasn't pret-
ty good sort of fellow. You gimme
dime once"
"Bub-bub-but-"
"And that amt all know" inter
rupted the lad, tentatively.
The astute James reasoned that this
tantalizing revelation ought to be the
means of enriching him to the extent
of another dime, and when Jason
handed him a quarter instead of the
coveted dime he warmed toward his
victim.
1--WE are goin' to have lots of COM
pany tomorrow" he said. Henry
and his wife, and Cousin Marvin's
folks, and the Wollivers, and"
"Fuf-fuf-"
That's so! Fred Wolliver is comm
with his father and mother, and-well,
I guess he likes Dolly pretty we'll,
and"
'Dud-dud-"
"Oh, you never know what a girl
will dol But I'll tell you what, Jase:
You go over tonight and fix it up with
Dolly and get ahead of Fred. l like
you better'n l do him. anyhow. He
never gimme anything in his life. If l
had ten cents more l could"
This delicate hint ELECTED another
quarter from Jason, who was DOW In
the state of mind where money is as
dross.
"Bub-bub-but," he began, timorous-
ly. There's pup-pup-plenty-"
Plenty of time?" broke in the lad.
"Why. tomorrow is New Years; your
year will be out at midnight, and then
where will you be?"
"Bub-bub-but it amt \ ye-ye-it
amt year sus-sus-"
''She didn't say year since you be-
gan goin' with her. She said If you
didn't ask her this year she wouldn't
have you at all. and"
"I-rn ask her, broke In Jason,
firmly.
"Gee-whizzr' calculated the lad, as
he jingled his booty in the palm of his
hand when safely out of Jason's hear
ing. ''Why didn't 1 think of this be-
fore? might have made as much as
ten dollars out Of Jason if had started
in early enough"
All the rest of the afternoon Jason
was in a tremor of excitement, alter
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28
''HE CAME TO CALL" ANSWERED DOLLY.

began Jason, feeling like a culprit
convicted of dire crime. "I dud-dud-
didn't"
"Harg'
HE came to CALL" answered Dolly,
her face reddening with vexation-
ITO call?" snorted gran'pap. ITO
call for whst?"
''Nun-nun-nun-"
Have we got anything of Jason's,
Dolly2"
No, sir He came TOTO call on me ;"
ITO call on you!" ejsculated the
veteran. HIN"
BY this time poor Jason was reduced
to a mental tatteration, and 1 think
had not gran'pap subsidized very soon
the bashful swain would have fed
from the house in his desperation As
it was, the old man presently settled
back in his chair and fell to wagging
his aged head and muttering to him
self. Plainly he did not comprehend
matters yet. By and by he dropped
off into an uneasy doze, broken by
occasional grunts and mutterings,
which, as i'll luck would have it, were
so timed that they broke into Jason's
desperate attempts at conversation,
and each time reduced him to sudden
silence.
He cast an anxious eye on the clock,
swiftly ticking away his opportunity,
and essayed to introduce the subject
| nearest his heart, but just then gran'pap
gave a sudden start and the swain
came to as sudden a stop. It was q
trying ordeal for Dolly also, but she
was more nearly equal to the emer-
gency.
Mice weather we are having. ia
son7" she said.
"Ye-ye-yes," answered the poor fell
low, eagerly; "bub-bub-but it lul-
luI-but IL lul-"
Eyes, it does look as If it would be
colder soon"
"Ye-ye-yesr' blurted Jason, CRATE
fully. "Lul-lul-looks lul-like IL WV
w-w-like it w-would be altuf-fuf-fuf-
alfred coldr
"Yes, indeedl How is your pas
healthy"
! "Mum-mum-middlin' th-thenk yer
And thus I. went on for the next
.three-quarters of an hour. the time "a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

the wretched suitor seeming to fly by
with the speed of an arrow. Once,
when, seemingly by accident, he was
almost upon the point of committing
himself, gran'pap gave achoking snort
and sat bolt upright, only to settle
back again without waking. But this
was enough to sidetrack Jason for a
quarter of an hour.
And. ut last, what with one thing
and another, the time had sped till
it lacked but ten minutes of mid
night. Feeling like a criminal being
led forth to execution, and moved to
desperation by the crisis, Jason turned
squarely toward Dolly.
''Dud-drA-Dolly," he blurted. / lul-
lul-I lul-lul--"
Poor Dolly was almost on the verge
of Mysteries. Gran'pap stirred uneasi-
ly in his chair.
"Dud-Dolly, lul-lul-I lul-lul-"
1t was no use! The poor fellow stuck
hard and fast. Gran'pap threatened to
wake up at any moment
81 lul-lul-lul-'
'Sing It, Jasonr' cried Dolly.
There was a preliminary grinding
sound in the old clock, more ominous
than the sound from gran'pap's chair.
and Jason opened his mouth and
chanted in good rich tones:
Dolly, / lore youi VIZ you marry ne9''
And the little woman, half crying,
half laughing, answered:
"Yes, Jason, / willr'
Gran'pap awoke with jump.
"Ar-harl'' he cried. in his piping
treble. $50 that's what you came for.
hey, JASON"
The old clock. having completed its
preliminary grind, began tolling the
knell of the year
"Ye-ycs" answered Jason, boldly,
when the clocks clamor was done.
'Of euc-cuc-course that's w-w-what |
cuc-cuc-came for"
"Warl," said gran'pap, sententiouS-
ly. 1.-The best thing for me to do is to
git along off to bed! I'm too old to be
settin' up at this time o. night"
Ton Z. MORGAN.
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nately in the seventh heaven of de-
light and the lowest depth of despair
ing doubt. Dolly was his for the ask
ing-Hurrah! Jimmy had said so, and
Jimmy ought to know. But it was too
good to be true-he could not bring
himself to believe it. His for the ask
ing? Oh, Jimmy must be mistakenl
And thus the teeter-board of his spirits
rose and fell
The chores were done in a whirl of
conflicting emotions. Dolly would have
him-he gave old Tokus, the horse,
double allowance of oats. No, it could
not be true-he kicked QuiniDe, the
dog, half way across the barn lot
When the evening meal was overJason
hied him to his chamber and arrayed
himself for the coming ordeal. He oiled
his ruddy locks with odoriferous un-
guents and anointed his boots lavishly
with mutton tallow. 1t is no light
task to deck ones self for such an err
rand as Jason's, and it was well along
toward nine o'clock before he set off
across the fields for the Trilligan
homestead
As he drew nigh unto the house the
mighty import of what he was about
TO do burst upon him and his courage
deserted him, and he tramped back and
forth in the snow for many minutes,
torn with doubts and fears and weak
and trembling at the thought of the
terrible ordeal so near at hand. He
shook in every limb. and his heart
rose in his throat till it almost choked
him
He felt as If he could never do it in
the world But he must-he must!
And, nerved TO momentary courage by
his desperation, he bolted toward the
door and bestowed upon it thunder
GUS knock, and then, startled at his
own daring. was on the point of fee
ing ingloriously when the d oor opened
and Miss Dolly stood before him
She expressed pleasurable surprise
upon discovering his identity, as IL.
artful maiden, she had not been wait
ing all the evening for his comingl
| Earlier in the evening, parents, broth
ers and sisters. in obedience to a hint
from Jimmy, had retired previous to
their usual wont, leaving Dolly to
carry cat her declaration of sitting mp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

to hearthstones fresh aolaze.
pr,slx winds from on bleak hiIlsides play with
the ieecy snow,
While mirth and cheer are plentiful where
home fires brightly glow.
And sweet content and happiness hand IN nano
together go.
The reign Of winter weakens as freshly passing
time
The breath Of springtime hastens to melt the
fTost-king rime,
While the god Of day rides higher on eacn
days heavenward climb
aud and blossom take their places as the sea
sons come and go,
And the stream Of time incessant keeps up its
onward flow,
And springtiEne glories vanish when comes the
summers glow.
Anon With waving leafage appear bright tints
Of emerald green,
Where foral wealth and beauty catch rare hues
Of rainbow sheen,
Then brilliant banners float. in turn, waved by
az autumn queen.
Full soon the frost-king strolls abroad with
sharp and chilling breath,
Beckonfng winters coming onward, where IT
closely follOweth,
Until field and forest recognize the seasons
annual death.
a robe Of spotless ermine over mother earth is
spread.
The streams are bound with fey chains, each
hill lays bare its head,
And December comes to fad once more the
cid year dying-dead.
Clark w. Bryan, in Good Housekeeping.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28
The Fruit of Resolution.

No man ever gathered a harvest
from his field who had not firstresolved
to gather one. No man ever won a
victory or conquered an enemy, whose
success was not the result of resolu-
tion and planning. No man ever ac-
complished better things who did not
1rst resolve and attempt better things.
Shall we form good resolutions for the
new year? Certainly, if we would rem
der better service in the future than
in the past-United Presbyterian
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28
He Was Ready.

"Are you ready to meet that solemn
event in every mans existence, the
New Year?" asked the meditative man.
''You bet am," replied his iippant
friend. II have more material for
swearing of than ever had before in
my life. fe."-Washington Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

Johnny" said Johnny's papa on
Christmas eve, ''do you believe in
Santa Caus7' "I think so," Johnny
answered. But can tell you better
tomorrow lorning."-Harper's Bazar
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

Mrs. EMMA p. EWING, talking re-
Gently of hOusekeepers ana servants
said: Women unacquainted with the
routine OF homework expect lar too
much of their servants" She considers
that plan to start normal school for
servants is beginning kitchen reform
at the wrong end. More needed, than
training schools for servants are those
for paistresses.. I'VE shall never have
skilled household labor until we have
mistresses skilled ia such labor them
selves. No school that leaves the m
struetion of pupils in household science
to their parents is full abreast OF the
advanced thought of the age"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

GorLrEB SCHNEIDER, OF Reed City,
Mich. who died the other day in the
greatest squalor. told his friends to dig
up his cellar foor. Then a box con-
tanning $1,000 was found and eertid'
Gates of deposit representing hundrek
of dollars
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28

THERE is timber chute out in the
Oregon mountains 3.32s feet long.
where the logs come whiZzing down
the mountain side into Columbia river
with the velocity of cannon ball. and
makes the distance. which is about
three-ffths of a mile, in twenty sec
Op1S
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-12-28


most part were strange to our
ears and eyes. Louder and louder
were the outside voices and the wind
and stringed instruments. until the
procession halted at the. door of the
temple and the bridegroom mounted
the steps Then the music ceases, and
all the voices were still. The mother
of the bridegroom, with platter load
ed with aromatics and articles of food.
confronted her son and began to
address him. Then she took from
the platter a bottle of perfume
and sprinkled his face with the redol-
ence. All the while speaking in a
droning tone. she took from the
platter a handful of rice. throwing
some OF it on his head spilling some
of it on his shoulder. pouring some OF
it on his hands. She took from the
platter n cocoanut and waved II
about his head. She lifted a garland
of flowers and threw it over his neck
and a boquet of flowers and put 1t in
his hand. Her part of the ceremony com
pleted, the band resumed its music, and
through another door the bridegroom
was conducted into the center of the
building. The bride was in the room
but there was nothing to odesignate her
Where is the bride?" l said
s'Where is the bride?' After awhile
she was made evident. The bride and
groom were seated on chairs opposite
each other. A white curtain was
dropped between them so that they
could not see each other. The attend
ants put their arms under this curtain
took long rope of linen and wound Il
around the neck of the bride and the
groom in token that they were to bt
bound together for life Then some
silk strings were wound arounc
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-08
PERSONAL.

R. j. Reynolds, of Winston, is in
town.
J. Tyler Meadows has returned home
from Washington.
W. B. Book, OF Maysville, KY, is in
the city on business.
W. Il. Fry. Jr., OF Coyuer's Spring,
was in the city yesterday.
S. c. Harris, OF Blue6eld, w. Va,
was ia the city yesterday.
j. N. Lockhart, prominent horse
dealer OF Bristol, is in the city.
Prof. Charles L. Cooke, of Hollins
Institute, was in the city yesterday.
]. S. Browning. a Pocahontas coal
operator, was in the city yesterday.
b. N. Fitz patrick, of Chatham, is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. w. B Saunders.
r. M. Mason has returned from visit
of week to friend in Campbell county.
j. A. Martin and son, of Kingwood,
w. Va, are registered at tho Read
House.
Paul Berkowitz. formerly q Roanoke
phia, is in the city for few days.
Mrs. George F. Xix is visiting her
children, A. l. Xix and Mrs. Laura w.
FL. G. Deal is in Norfolk attending the
funeral Of his mother, Mrs. Henrietta
Deal, who died at her home in that city
last Thursday.
Edward Grocer, of Upland. Pa, and
Harry Wilson, Of Chester, Pa, promi
nent coal operators, are registered at the
Ponce de Leon.
Capt Thomas Pinckney. general east
ern agent OF the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia and the Norfolk and West.
ern railroads, with headquarters in New
York, was in the city yesterday.
Lawrence S. Davis and Gordon Points
left on the noon train yesterday for the
North, ostensibly bound for Staunton,
followed last night by Jack Hancock
Their friends assert that their destina-
ton is farther on and that they will
enlist under Coxey in the commonwea al
army.