Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 February 1902 — Page 3

x&S TO Valentine VAi.i.N riN8!

Vau i. hi,. I a pUfrln to thy Iioly fhrlno. I.. ) ..... i i MM I a, i i 1 1 . i r.n virjr 7 heavy-laden r , hi l v f t on Mnull maiden My Hps ar- dumb. ,, v i.ntlne! Balrit Valentine' u know'lt thU little maid uf mine. This dalnt iw"i. s , i ure i nd fair that when she passe, tai old world gruws trim with Krases i:. oteth her feet; , v. rv vv here I. or dear fare hnwi T! e weit wind takes It for a rote Just newly burn. 0 gr.mt. swv.-t Saint, that to bet know ing 1 . : . i rt soft and bloom be showing. QlTf DM the thorn! Oh. I'hylUs fair! Oh. Phyllis young! I would mine w.re a poet's tongue that I might Mtj I might lug in golden rumtiTs T wuke your heart from out Hi (lumbers My love for you. TM-no, dear heart! The year will bring ; A sweeier einiK .nun i euu.u ol. So slumb-r on. i T u will awaken to discover ta ho shall ruiiif - that happy lover, And I am gone, li.irrlet F. Hlogett, In N. V. Ir.depend flit. Jobbed Thlaii Minnie L Upton if- V-IfV ue Utign st 4-sY" II "u8 la,,, ,hal ' ; .V5 (J A dismal IV stage day. bruV ary t h a w liau brought the good sleighing of the preceding weeks to an untimely end. and the gray clouds seemed to be weeping over the .ahunIty, thereby augmenting its uoiorous- ; egg, as undue liquid lamentation has a way of doing. The old green and yellow stage "body" had been transferred from the rannen on which It had glided so gay ly mer the smooth white road to the summer "running , i'' with broad tirod ehocolnte-col-Ored wheels that labored along' with subdued rattle and asthmatic creaks, throwing such profuse Iploteboa ami streaks of mud over .in Lry panels and cracked winthat eras the steady downpour . unequal to washing them. By the way, the unusual bulginess of the old mail bag may have had something to do with a certain pleasant1 twinkle in the old stage driver's gray eyes, and the frequent whistled ; snatches of "Kathleen Mavourneen" I and "Illach -Fyed Susan" with which he shortened the tedious wny and helped himself to ignore the small but peraiatenl rivulet that was trickling down his back through the aperture in the rear of his tarpaulin's brim. I cannot say that the state of the mail bag was nut responsible also for the pathetically hilarious flourish with which Romulus and BemVJ (familiarly known as "Rom" and "Rcetn"), the wiry veterans who had drawn the old stage for 14 years, took ihc sharp asceni from the main road and drew up before the unpainttd building that was Tillage store and post uflice combined. Caleb Bkipp, ie!esman( storekeeper and paatBMatefi came out in the latter eaiiaeitv with friendlv salute. "K. ep yer s ott in". Lib! l'.l take out the mail. tLt home an' intew dry duds quick az ye ken. Sairy'll be on pins an' needles till ye dew! Shu, now" (lifting tlM mail bag); "heavy, ain't it?" "Thaiik'ec. Cale. Heavy? Of rourael Thirteenth o icbewary, yt know. Young folks will be young lolks human natur' about the same I t was 40 year ago." des' go! Dorrv's been talkin' val ntines all day." ' (in, ss she won't be disapp'intid, whoever else is," responded the old (age driver, with a gallant touch of his tarpaulin in V.. ,li, i,.n f TV,rI III 'I'" ' ' mr va ry Skipp, whose rosy face just then appeared in the doorway. "O'lang, Roral Oit, Hcem!" and with prodigious splash and clatter the stage disappeared around Wilkins' Hcnd." A goodly number of the village J'oiuisf folk, we.ll protected with waterpraofa, rubber coats and rubber bouts, were already waiting for their Mill around the rusty box stove. Owing to the one delivery a day. 1 M' i;;s valentines always arrive on the ( afternoon of the 13th; for it would. of . nurse, be too much to expect that the Meiga boys and girls could wait until the last part of the day itself. At last, amid much laughter and "".I nature.! teasing, the merry !''"ii) dispersed nnd no reenforce1 h i cnsnerseti nnii no reeniorcen.ents appeared, nor would they until Ua. 1-75 .v- tlater in the evening; for the Meigs tipper hour had come, and of course lfa postmaster and hi. fnmily wished to spend it undisturbed, as well aa fi'lnr people. Mrs. Skipp was distrlbutl ig the remnant of mail; and Dick and Dorry, "the Skipp twins." occupied the long wooden settee and talked alternately about skating and Valentine. valentines in general and lentlnei In particular. "Wall, now!" suddenly ejaculated skipp from behind the tier, of Pt oftice boxes. "Ef here ain't a fctter ar old Mis. Jeru.hr Dunlool

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Why why, flngcr.ng it giagerty, '1 ; -V 1. . tit.. In t-day'l ma 1. n.othbleeve it s a Valentin! I an, Mat!" er," !;. ughed Jack ( iuj .-...Iure the Dorry shipped over t,. the little aaxletj .i v longer Bo rkjhl back!" Wll.dovv Let me sec ,, fail,,.,? Ob!". "IV. II. do; don't --.1.1 -

with two wrink'c. moot it forth, ad eotoing on her "It - .1 ( Millie! . Some mean Im, ,i(. Mnt it. Why.it IWI Mtti lat! Dick, you can gee the picture right ihcugh the thiii old envelope! it's horrid -a hideous old woman! Aui t Jerusha Dunlon nasi ihm iouh um mi, ifj. 8 miau Inline! Look, father!" "Soiio- "Mnart Alee" mnt it. I Vjm)m," growbd llie pitifMHtOT. with as much gruffn. ss as he pos. w ,. Chivalrous Dick's face lial grown vi i v lt d. "That's Jack Stacy's writing. I know it. He's I. .-en to the city today, and in. iii. l it from there. I wouldn't bare thought it of Jack. It shan't go any further," with an itupnialre BMvaraent. Dorry en ug h t hit hand, her eyesparkling. "Stop, Dick; you mustn't tear it! Father, mayn't we rob the mailt" "Dorothea Bkipp! " "Oli, I'.iUier Skipp, don't look nt mithat way just let in.' rise t explain. Poor Miss .leru liy i- awfullv sen-,- . . . ....a I. I 11 .a . a. a tivc, even if she is so queer ar il dues keep her pet bantams in the kitchen ,,, ,i. t l. n , , A,ld 5,11 '" so friendless and for lorn, and and I c heard mother say she was real pretty once. She f. elI dreadfully abtaai bar lameness and ! her crooked back; ai d, just think. - they on me from reaeuing Jack StaOCyl ow n aunt from a burn ing house! Mow can .j.K-k be contemptible f I Of course there uie silly verses on ' the old thing" "Stop and take breath, Dorry," advised Dick, quizzically. "I don't need to when I'm m indignit," responded she. ".Now, I have a pretty valentine I ;in going to send I to .lack; and. father, I want you to ; let inc Like out that thing and burn it up, and put mine in instead, please!" i The postmaster meditated. "It ain't roglar but wall, cf yer ma says so, ye can du it. Kf " Dorry was half way up the stairs. In a few moments she came down beaming. "She says aba thinks 'twould be 'perfectly proper,'" was her triumnliarit announce men t . "and and Vm ri(inp to )Ut jn niv doiiar that John int,.nded to set skates when you gat yours, Dick, but my old ones will do very well." ' Dorry. you're a a I can't think of nny thing good enough! I put n.y dollar in, too. My old skates are all right for this winter doesn't look iimt'li like skating just at present any way." Dorry jumped up and aooet e.l his arm rapturously and wbiafWred something that Bsada him look very glad and proud and pleased, and a trifle .sheepish. Hut it was a becoming ex-

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DOUKY'S IJEK:.' TALKIIT VALENTINES AjJL DAY

JKS- so: preasion, and Mr. Skipp growled to himself: "Hics their hearts!" as they clattered up the stairs. When M - Jeru-ha's valentine came down again it looked ver.v BBttch the game outside but inside! Dick and Dorry smiled every time thej looked at each other, and had hard work to L.w.n str:i'."llt fae - when it was handed over to a neighbor who passed Miss Jerusiiy'.- rickety little house on his way home. "I shall tell that sneak what we've done, so as not to have any more tin.lrrhaiifl Work, and '''11 I 11 never - speak to him agate, announced Dick, tall with righteous indignation. When the valentine was given into her worn old hands Miss . I. rushy was too much astonished to speak. Such alhing hadn't happened to her for 40 Man She sti.-xl looking at it with an utterly bewildered expression till the bearer real abed ta the darkness, while the sleet beat against her thin lace end settled on her gray hair, wi. ,A ,,,. fee it. Jack Stacey was decidedly uncomfortable. He wa n t the sort of boy . ...mnri" tli in ir as a rule. "friend" with a defective senac rs ft 1 1 11 iimivi Of humor had slipped the thing into . . ,t,.v an.1. struck bv av i.ib ........ - certain unfortunate resemblance beI mmmmm Ihe caricature and Miss Jenis llano in. w v.. aJJeaaaad it to her and (II, mailed it on the spur of the moment. As soon as it was mailed he stopped tTtTl-k That was the trouble with 1-ck He acted first nnd thought aftreward, which frequently resulted in aas.la-1 and embarrassment rt. discomfort and embarrass Li i ,! frionds. AliOUt dgb "o'clock that evening he threw hi. geography aside, and. going to the kitcnen donned rubber boot, .nd the kit. nen, oon.i Why. Jack, not going out tonight. 1 hope!" eiclaimed hi. mother.

ed 'Way flag" Mi. Staccy; and Jatk s;lid: A.. in. .Ilii" anil .v.nt

off whl-tling uimevrr, aIN- -i..m whistling, KIMII, lis III' Uli Hilft. i.f hearing. "If I can get that before anyone cine ilmi , . I, nit- i'itr i i ? i . kin.). a un-an trick again," he soliloquized, as lie splashed alontr. Only l..-k i Iba of'i.e when he arrived, lie gla . d at the mix where Miss Jtriiallj'l Infrequent mail was always placed, through the courtesy ..f the own. r. Mis heart sank, it was gone, then; and by this time the poor old woman had received the cowardly insult. II.- pulled bimaeli together and approaehad the little mail window ar.d asked if there was ' any lliii g for our folks." Dick passed his mail out sil.i.l ly . If lack hadn't been so full of his own trouble he must have do- , ticed Dick's dignified, distant manner. Rut ha did not. Re walked slowly toward the door a:id then turned sharply and came back 'Sa. Dick," be beaea. "you never did a ' plaguey mean thing; and 1 never suppoeed that I woul.l; but I have, and Fin going to make a clean breast of it." Aid be began, but Dick stopped him by taking two long strides and throwing at gffeetionatc arm across his should.-!-, "(iood for you. Jack! Ain't I glad!" and he told what he and Dorry bad done, finishing with: ! "So it's all right! I intended to tell you, but 1 expected to feel different while 1 was doing it. Come down, sis," to Dorty, w hom hfl heard at the head 1 of the stair -. "Jack's a II right , and " "Xo," said Jack; "not till I've been and told her, and asked " "N, no, no!" interrupted Dorry, , "never! That's what we've been tryj ing to save all the time her feelings, you know, Mother!! agree with mc i I'll ask her to come down." Mother Skipp was the confidante of all the boy s and girls in the villageShe li-t it. il thoughtfully, with her band on .lark's yellow hair. "No, Jack," she said, at last; "it will be kindesl not ta tell her." Thea all I aaa do is to pay Dorry 1 and Dick their two dollars." "We kan1 take it." said Dorry; and, anyway, the valentine itseif reaDj is yours, for I meant it foi yon, till I UboOgbt you were mean." Hut Jack was firm. It was the only way. be inalated, that the affair could be made ripht and "square," and they had to submit. He took it out of hie bicycle money and thereby delayed the purchase of that longed-for treasure a whole month; for Jack's dollars came slowly aud in small sections. "We can't keep this money, . motner." annoui c.d the twins. "We don't feel as though it's ours, after having the pleasure of givingit away "Then put it in trie 'relief barrel' that the minister's wife is trying to fill," suggested Adviser in Chief Mut he r Skinn - - r i So they did: and Dorry put a little note in the envelope: "Front two beys and one girl-a thank offering:" ... ... , . ..Tvi., "because." she explained. "Dick and I are BO thankful Jack isn't mean, and we know be is thankful, too." Jack bad a attrpriaa next morning. When he was passing Miss Jcrushy'g house who should appear but Misa Jerushy herself, beckoning energetically: "Jack - Jack Stacy, come here!" Jack turned and walked up the path, politely but reluctantly. "I want a good look at you Mar eelly Wethorell's grandson, out and out barn-fine and op. : h.i : did. I could tell ye about what 1 abfl git with them two dollars; but 1 never c'n begin ter tell ye how the bein' remember.-. I warmed my old heart Ii S ninue me iru line vouii-. i. wn. ye needn't look ser suprised an' streaked. I knew yer handwrite, ye see saw it in yer copy lunik yer ma showed me;" and the tremulous old j creature gave his head an awkward I . i , i.ii.i :. . I. I .. pai on., nom.u-. ...... "I tell you, I felt mean enough, -i, 5n ..... , ... d Ja. k m .. , Skipp. 1 Hum t porting to Mother deserve it; and I . don't deserve such friends as you and .Dorry and Dick but I will." And I there was a resolute look in his clear , eye. that gave Mother Skipp great ! hope, for his future Out in the granary Dick und were "talking it over. Dick Dorry as saying: Wc might have known Jack i Stacey wouldn't do a mean th.ng when he just stopped to think. "When we were so wire he would; i didl).t top to thmk," ' gently responded Dorry. -N. V. Inde podent

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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

mm la th Inlrraalloeal Stria r Ktkruar 141. ItftOaV Tk oat IV r ' ttoa. THE LK8SON TEXT. (Acta ö .33-42.) at W r thai atard that tnt an n cut ta th h. irt. and took counsel to lay 'hem. 21 Tl. i. stod there ujt one In the council, g Fl. rit. I. .in. d (lamsllel, a dot tor of the j law, had In riutaiiun srr.or.g all the prop. . .1 . n atandcel to put the apostles ! forth a little gpaes; JO. At . i 1: tu V. met. ut Israel, ta... h. . : to .urs 1 v s w hat int. nd to do as touch 1 1 k th n rr. n Ä Kur I.. ! ! i. i..i? rott up Theuda. tiouftir.K himieir to be aamahadi . to Vaeaj a numlur ul men, about 100. Joln.d i ; taeaasehrvi: araa araa slain, and uii, I na-.i. as obt j ' .1 1. 1 tu. w.re Kutten d, and brought tu nouaht, Si. Aiur this iran run up Juans ol l.uUU in the dari of the taxing, and drew away much ppopls alttr him: be also prihvl; at U .v.'. .: nit:; is "lit , d j him. . r. i. i s , r. it Andrew I -n ui.ro you, Hef rain from I ttsose men, and let th.m alone: for If this aswuM . ur thi vork L of aaoa. It wll coaaa to nought. 2. Hut If It b. of i.id. ye cannot overthrow it; Ittt bapl lound tv.n tc ttght agalnut (iod. ia. And to him they agreed: and when they kai called tba apostles, and b .it. n i them, i Ley commanded that they Should Lot Kjit tk ... ;, i fin.' of J.-.-U. aliU let ; ib. oi go. 41. Ai d they dtp.trt.d from the prs.oc j of the council, rejoicing that they WOTS cout.it d worthy to suffer shame for His came. 42. And daily in the temple, and In every hous. . Ui. , . .i,. ci i. oi iu tr:i( 1, and pri ach Jesus Christ. BOMMEN '!: VI'. Illraat-d are they wbleh are persrratrd fur rl!. tn.ua. Ufas' aake fur Ihr lea la tkr K Ingdom of Ilm v.u. Halt. S:IU. NUTKÖ AN I ' ' UMMKNTSS. Faithful Witneaainf, Jesu.-, ii will be reaMsabOfadi bad Barawarued His liaeiples tba I tbej would goffer perae1 ; eutiun for Il sake (Job a 15:U; 10:'. Now that time had come, and the way they here tl.i ai-. Ives under it sh wi j how devoted they were to their Ma- ! ter. Iluy nut oniy endured, but rejo.... that tiny w re e. tinted wt.rthy to guff er for Him. With such witneste nothing cou.d gtop the grow tb of the ;hurch. Signs Wrought by the Apostles. The situatian described here was like the time w hen JetO Brat Worltia miracles frequently in Galilee. It is not stated in terse 13 that Peter's ahadow actually healed anyi.ne. The verse ihoyet graphically the excitement that pre Released from Prison. When Petet and John were arrested before thej wer, teaching in the temple. TbiatbsM tht ir captors seem to have sought them oat in ;heir bei&quertera. The hiph pries: now, no doubt, begaa tc fear the influ. ; ci of aneb popular xeiteraenl apoo bia authority. Thi i teach r - araa I dlred di Ranee of that authority (4:l). The ar.gel w ho de- j llvered the apostles sen t them to teacb in the :eirjile Kv-n with all the holdness they had in preaching t hey nat n rally had hesitated about s t ting thi m selvi s up in the temple as rivals oi (lamalie! and other teachers there Hut when find's messenger commanded them to go troy vvei t w r hnu : hi - t a tior, in their zeal entering the templt at dawn. The Sanhedrin probablj thought, when they learned of thi apoatle' escape, that they had friendt a thin the temple ktoard who had let them go. Their perplexity. ! thus beul explained, and the rappoail ion wat rat ural. Trial P.efore the SanhcrMn. An inci d.nta, litrht on the apostles' feeling about teaching in the temple is throw r by ihe ttateanenl oi tba man araotoU the Banhedrin hat th.- an.-t'es weitandirp and teach'ng. Most teacheri sat while gtiag ins: rue-ion. The pop tuar regard la-whiehthe apost Ii g wer

. i" i a. a m a .a ;ne aposi.s ci uai.ee oi tneir com mands. and to the charge that the were guilty of J. ss' dea h vvh c Peter had pra- tim.s made 2:'.':t; other hold deftaace. based on the fae; that ;.d bad eoni:"and r! them atif . i , er , , i .h.i, I it . i. p ... o.--... -, I.- r-. i ,i V. Jesus resurrection at:d by tin gift oi the Ho'v Spirit tha. I hrist wns indeed His Sun. The boldness of Peter an- ; gerei! the rulers, out i.amnliel, who th a pat y opponent of the aJ Jucees. was greatly resp.cted by ail saved the Sanhedrin for the tiilM front impulsive action. Oaaaaltel'n ipt ael was a keen application of shr. wd com .m , . I ' to - ,!: I mnt Ivo wns nrnt.:. '.. r ro.t n.w.a His motive was probably not opjKisi i tion to the Radducees or sympathy witl I the ( hristians. hut a recognition of thi j wisest course. The only Theudni j known did not live until about ,et j years after fiamnliel made his speech t unless Jost phu made a mistake it , dat. . Hut there is no reason to doubt j that the speech was made, and that it had the effe'.t escribed. The btalinc which the BpoMice received rnot hav been very severe, but they regarded :1 as a token of honor that they had beer ae'ive and prominent enough In God'l service ta receive it. PR Ai'TlcAl. APPLICATION The world has not been ready to wei ome tin truth, but has met it with prii r. tor'ure. scourging, etc. The nVo'pl's should never regarrl the persona! eons- qiiencea of. witneaaI ing for :he truth. 'Blevsed are y.- when men shall rej proaeh you. and persecute ...i , J .. .. ...... . for mt sake. Flaa and Thlallea. A passive church soon pngses away 1'niformity is not essential to unity Beafff act has n cause end it cause. The Irre ereB 1 receive no revelation. The heedless life will not be nod. less. Fretfulness i. the aavea of fearfulne.s. Ood does not forget tu benefit those who do not forget His hencfUs. The bars across the baereal road ara aa bkely to be made of crold as ot iroa. Haru's Horn

neu. is intricaiea o.v me tear ot rn. cpied for u,a, whlU- the anxious temple pun- Tou.evt.ler.ee. The lilgl .nsiderat i.m of t he housea of eonvoI I WOrdl (v. 2s) sht.w the ser.ai laUon e r,.h,,rBrin of London 1 ' ' ''f ;h: 'T'-W'h :,tl,or.:,!(" U should be mentioned as having taken

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'IUI MvKM TO IIB HAPPY Till". MO K MINI."

TO WHOM Iii HK PRAYERS FOR ROYALTY. Iianges Itrcenlly Made In tke Sero lee Kornis by thi Knitliak Church t onnell. In the English court circular recently the following announcement ajpea red: "At the council chamber, Whitehall, the Kith day of November, 1Ü01. Pre nt: The urehbishui) of Canterbury, Lord Robertson, Mr. Secretary ltltchie ud Sir Spencer I'oiisonby-Faue. "Whereas. In the act of uniformity which established the UturgJ of the Church of Bngiaad proeiaioa is made for such alterations in ibe pray- is for the royal family as from time to time shall become necessary and be dir. . i.l lv lawful authority; it is. : thereupon, this day ordered in council that In the morning and evening prayers in the litany and in all other parts of the public service, as well as in t he occasional oiVces as in the book of common prayer, where the royal family is appointed to be particularly vraved for, the following form and rrier shall be observed: " "Our gracious (nieen Alexandra, Baotgl prince of W ales, the princess ,f Wales and all t he royal family.' 'And it is further ordered that no edition of the common prayer be from henceforth printed but with this inaandment, and tba4 in the meantime and until copies of ucb edit ions may be had, nil par sona, rieara and enravteg vithiii this r. aim i for ihe preventing ,,f niist'k.s), w it h the pen correct and nmend all such prayers in their church book", according to the foregoing direct ion; and for I he bet t r not ice herecf, that this order be forthwith printed and published und sent to the several parishes, and that the llghl reverend the bishops do lake care :liat obedience be paid to the same accordingly." In the a mended edit ion of the prnyer book, savn the London Timeg, the " changes in the prtj ff,r tk.. rv..l fhmilj have exeited more attention than the much greater alterations in the serviee for the annivi 1 1 ary of th' king's gecesaion. The latter have oean active part in poshing the matter q,, begin with. the new form : (5xfs fct y for anniv, rsary ' . . .. ' . .... . . . .. fB I t'tl i till sfkVIl'.llll III' III. Ott Villi 1 1 MM I i unv us sunn in- iii'iMiin i . .i ... if . - J -l.-ll l. ...... :,.,,! v., . ... I., r :ty." , As before . tbt service lays down certain modi fit JM MMI. Ml -l III Ill.ii I" - iliMi i evensong, and, M Mindly, in the order j of administration of holy communion. mil tnese iuoii i ucai ions ar.- nss in. tit heretofore. There is now no special prefatory sentence and the old composite hymn to "be aaid or sung, one u int pi it's t t itiiiii iii ir I elerk !U1(, ',,,. in p,!U.r 0f . """ 1" "I"' l'" . .n verse by ibe priest und another by th the Venite disappears altogether. The 1 new proper Psalms arc JO, 101, 121, inI atead of 20, 21, 101. There are now alternative lessons, Joshua 1 to verse 10, as before, or Proverbs I to verse 17 nnd omans 13 to verse 11 .instead of as fortnerlv the whole chapter), or ! Hevelation. 21: 22-22: 4. In the suffrnges after the creed the moat notable alteration is the omission of "Let his enemies have noadvnntngc against him. Let not the wicked approach to hurt him." A special collect is ap pointed to be said "after" not "instend of") the first collect at morning i or evening prayer. It is, of course, n j prayer for the king and asks "that be, j being devoted to Thee with his whole heart, and persevering fag Thy good : works unto the end, may, by Thy guid ance, come to 1 hine everlasting kingdom." The old service made the litany com pul.ory and added to it a special prayer for the king and the roynl family: the new one makes it optional nnd allows the special prayers. Including tha "prayer for unity," to be used In place of the "str i pray ers." It may be added that the 'collect for Ood's protection of the king against all his enemies," which spoke of "blasting their designs" iuki "defeating their ntcrpriaes," har, been abolished. In (he communion service the epistle and Ooapr! are a. before, but a rubric adda that If the accession day falls on a Sunday or other holy Aay, the collect. pistle and Oospel for that day are to e used, the collect being fallowed by tha special collect of thia acveaaloa

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sriAhht-t service. The most noteworthy change is the addition of a third special service which "may bf used on the same day at any convenient time." It condata Of the "Te Deum, "the lesser litany, the bord'a prayer, special suffraio s with ref erenoe to the king, the three special prayers for the king and the royal funiily already alluded to, the 'prayer for unity" and the bened let ion. IN MEMORY OF A BOY HERO The Wonderful Nerve and Deternilallun of an Klglitrrn-Var-Old I ailed Stat. -a Soldier. A; SeUwood, near I'ortland, Ore., there was recently unveiltd a monument to Arthur N euville. lad wholiea In an unknown grave la (be Philippine inlands. Yen vi lie was born in England, but was brought to this country at the age ..i i. in. nths. Whin lie was only seven y.ars old bis father died, charging the child with bis last breath, almost, to "take care of the mother and sisters." The little fellow promised, says Youth's ConafMnao&n He was a quiet boy of studious habits. He liked :o go to sbooLand he wanted to go to college, but he had to take a phn e :ii a shop t.. help support the family In 1S'.i7 his health began to fail, and he enlisted as an apprentice in the navy, still giving his people his wages. The other felloOW called him a "girl sailor." he told his mother when he came home on furlough a year later. Venville was on the fnaboat Yorktown in 1899. Sh;- went to the Philippines, and in Ipril was sent to Haler bay to rescue some Spanish prisoner The young apprentice was one of the party of 17 which, under command of l.ient. G Hintere i was s nt ashore tp reconnoiter. As the crowded launch approached the silent shore there suddenly burst I ! . . . I ... O .... . O. . . 1 " " "'"T " w, rr K-nieo. otners were nerri I wounded, and all were drenched with the blood of their comrades. Lieut. QUtaore has since told in Mc- ( lure's Magazine of the behavior of Venville. the 18-ycar-old apprentice, who had n.ver before been under tire. "Having no other weapon than a revolver, naeleag at the range." wrote the oflicer, "I reached for the i ifie dropp. d by one of the dead. It had "roPId h M hi. , 7' ,' in the lock and the Clip was in. venville, one of 1 he n phoys, gttmptid to Is it. A bullet went through Ihe flesh of hin i neck '"Mr. Hillmore. I'm hit.' he said. Hut ht- et I) I i n in.' wnrTkitiir :it the rifle , .. , , , ,,,,,,, through the b .v's breaet and came out in his armpit'. "M'm hit again, Mr. QUhaMte.' "He was still trying to pull out the jammed clip, wh n a K'lll cut a furrow in the left side of his head. "Mr. Otlraiere, they've hit ma again 1 1 "He wiped tn,. blood from his brown tyaa arltb bla Coal lleete, and then returned tn his task s calmly as if it were only a mosquito that had stung bitn. It was not t hree mnnutea until a ball crashed Into his ankle, inflicting a painful hurt. There was just a slight quiver in the lid's voice as he looked opto me and sa id : "'Mr fiillmore, I'm hit once more, but I've fixed the gun, sir.' One wishes this true tale might hare ended, as stories do, with the hero'a recovery and return; but when the other survivor of Lieut, fiillmore'a party were taken Into the interior, Vi nvUle, being unable to travel, waa left behind, and some time later be was killed by the order of an insurgent general. Yet his II years, few though they were, had been spent to soma purpose Tb monument stnndaa fair and .tntfly symbol of the boy's life. I.llrrnry I ndrw rltlngr. One Well-hnown Hrm of publisher, runs a good .1, al of its business on the following lines. It secure, a popular noveli.t, offers him ao much for bia next book and then forms a little syndicate in the city to share the expense. A new book by a popular author Is a considerably safer investment than many newly discovered gold mines. -Literature. What the ritwi O Fe. Little Johnnie Paw, crow? go south fer tb' winter, don't they? Parent Naw, they go south for th summer; they kin git all th winter they want up north." Ohio State Journal