Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 22, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 December 1891 — Page 1

Vol-. t22.--No, 27

TOWN TALK.

HE AT HAND FOR SWEARING OFF, AND THE RESULT.

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tfe^foonell Didn't K* the KlectHc Contrast and Fay the H«ads

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tropolltau Forw-TU« Coal Miner*'Strike

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At this lewon of the yew It iacustom* #ry for moat young men, and many older ones, to malt® mental inventory %t tbeir vices, bad habits and extravagance*, and make their annual farewell swear off. A* the year of *91 ia rapidly .drawing to acloks those who intend to repeat the oft tried experiment have no time to low. As tbe»e gtfod resolution* are generally used for paving purpose* the toad which Is said to iead to, perdition tbey must be of gooa quality to stand the wear and tear of ,ages, °°n" sequeutly they require more than a paaeiOfT study. But if tbey are given too roach study the^ becom#vefy extensive and elaborate, and always fall of xtbeir ©w« weight In-a few days, tfr at the farthest, within a few weeks. Iti trying to reform himself the young mas generally undertake too muoh, and the eofctwtnence in he accomplishes notbcourse *rouoh advice can be "jrfyen on this subject, and as advice is kwwj it will be given freely. Discourses esative to It will be heard from half the .'pulpit* in the, land, and whether they accomplish any good or not the minister has washed bin $$nda of all responsibility in the matter. But, seriously, the nomtnencement of the new year fur ,iishes food for reaction, and there are

who do not reflect ovef the folliea, slijsand errors of the past. If this were pot? trim fewer resolutions would be ttoade aid not so many would fce brokei» ,hefori|Ljhb year in a week old At thin n*»ffp.ouHnndn of old topers, mod era to itwi/«ndnew beginners will aol'^ti^mlao, never to touch taste nor ffte viie*tu$, either for some de.\rlod or forlife. Qthersjwlll ab)t*o of te&aceo in every form, ithere are wfeo will not -do aome ofli somcr^bape or other, from a yet yery few of tluttjl %ftoti rNolu^Sons will be kept. Home^flll oairt thorn aside when the jt temptation presents Itself, probably twenty-four hours, others for a f0 ate PtttlKtuihi to the error of their way* before three month* have panned very few will bo able to «a lit the end of the year that they have kept their promises.

Few of those who do the annual swearing off are of the class who can successfully resist temptation, consequently there is more truth than poetry in the old saying that "the road to hell is paved wsth good intentions." Nevertheless, every man who is endeavoring to lead a better life Is worthy of encouragement, and should receive It. It is much better to die trying to do good ior to be good, than to go through lire ibandoued to bad habits and utterly ^areteas of consequences. All honor to those who try to do better, and though may fall once, twice, or a doaen times, may their effort be finally 'rowtied with success. ttnatat WWOHK.

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The special meeting of the council last [Monday evening was astrlklng example |nf what Burns meant when lie said tTh» best laid plan" *,f *«lw» and men taug altagley." The scheme had been xmeoctod to meet nml let a contract for electric light plant for more than r$100,W) without uu*r* consideration than

Child gives Sunday, without due notice W men who would be likely to make a id mii the pUu».*nd with* every evidence U»* is bad determined, prolmblV -i with the old ^Vftsbyteriao docttiw* f««rrardluation

Jnd pmi©»tlHstiiu, to give It to a cer In firm, «V rc«o|uiinn {{. t«\tond

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'promptly votint !»«tsui"tv TH"* |o have no withstandu 4 hi |,pnt In an on

in force

«lowu otuler (ho tivtts»5 iwlrtc. jtitiht comjwny i* in this tivjlu. Not fact {hat the«*fMU}MUV 0 pUnt at a tun. when

it was only nu «*\petiment, and has given the city abetter Uirht thaa any other town In the country it is to he thrown down, trampUHl under foot and suffer toe of its inv^tment Without ev*n Wing allowetl to ofT.^r it for sale to the city, while there i» a very free wiilittguess to let the wntract to unknown Demons for *u untried plant, and at a sunt Which nobody seem* to know. Is this business, or is it a fair way to treat a eompauy composed entirely of Terre Haute people who pay nearly twenty per cent, of the city taxes? It would be interesting to know just how the attention of the city was called to the necessity of owning its owu light plant, what ^rrwspondeoee has parsed in illation to the matter, by whom carrim) on, and who furnished the plan# land specification* for the work. It seems though there was only one party present at the meeting Monday night who was fully pleased with the specification*, and if the meeting was correciiy reported by the dally papers he seems to have a pull. The wore one Ottawa the pfoposdtltttt tk» grestar NwwBft# its preportion*. In addition to (tie are it*ht« it seem* tfcat the city Intend* go*

ing into the business of forniihin candescent lamps to private consul as 4,000 of them are wanted in tf^y^ ficatlons. If the city is going i( ^, kind ol business it bad.* better s|Y^ grocery stores, bKtchersheps ana A ing bouses and drive out all pr*~r.,v,\^i terprise at once Citizens genera&^ov** commenced to give this matter tLar attention. Those who wish an economical service in street lighting ate very well pleased to leave it in private bauds at a coat which Is specified rather than pot iti an expensive plant and run it as a political machine/Fortunately there was a sufficient number of couneilmen opposed to the scheme on hand last Monday night to defeat it at "t^p^r will giv porarlly.: -2^ /hAAr jmUvo

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the ii|^es/ scroll C: tin they will written vd^j, are unknowa.

When the supreme courtdecTtfv metropolH«n police law^-wtlTUti*1^ wsa gonoAUy beline', tint Chri«i»n world BO ri who #ave beaflHkv^,yut of their

men pay for more tW^ ulne months would be paid wjt|*V 4oy farther delay, and in fact tfifre -epublicaus who were willing to wagA -in it. Batit seems the end is not yet. Having more money than it can apenil on putUng In water works electric light plants the council is gofdjf to squander a little more on a ^111 of cost*. All along the monthlyjpay roll of^the patrolmen has been "paid regularly, although the' Vere also crea^ tnres of the metropolitun law, while thf heads of the force, who are just as useful as the patrolmen, and who have certainly rendered efficient service, have thus far received nothing. There doesn't seem to be any prospect that the city will be granted a rehearing, and even if it was there would be, a still smaller prospect that the courf* would stultify itself by going back on the decision already rendered Five out of every sfx men in the city to-day believe that these men should now be paid, regardless of politics or opposition to the law, but they will not be paid until every technicality whioh the law presents has been resorted to and exhausted. The owner of the council has a whlua to gratify and a spite to satisfy no matter what the public may think. He is a law unto himself regardless of public feelii'g. or sentiment, and when* he cracks hlw ^hlp Ws followers must dance to the masio which he makes/ »C8» »0« 0*VI0«.

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_4The resignation of, Cfotyity Comnjhi sioner last TOesday^lwrV surprise to many, but to others came as a matter of course. Miller is one of a class, of whom, alas, there are too few, who have a tender spot in their hearts for their fellow-men, and cannot bear to see any person disappointed. When the county board becamo Democratic a short tl ago the commissioners were besieged by no less than 100 applicants for positions which could not be held by more thin ten persons. Not being in very good health anyhow, Mr. Miller preferred resignation to being a party to the disappointment which the changes In office would cause, so ho resigned. There were no want of applicants for the appointment to the vacancy. On Wednesday morning they commenced to head for the court house with their friends by twos, fours and platoons. By 10 o'clock Auditor Sclmal was compelled to Issue numbers as they do In a barber shop on Saturdays and Sundays, so that OrtCh could take his turn at the official ear. By 11 o'clock there were several hundred on hand, and when Commissioner Beal arrived it was with difficulty he could make his way to the commissioner'* room, so great was the demand on bis attention. In the early m»ming there many candidates, but at

11 oVl.x-k the tight had narrowed down between W. Huff, who wanted it, and Cox, p\*f.un!v treasurer, who didn't watu it, and. who held out. against the ont.re«ti«* of friends until nearly nom, heo h» rt»Snclamlv consented,

U'uy, r. i'»ner Be.-* !o,'u sr oi.»o1 t*»»t

without iui.v further

iviis^the of Connni1* and Auditor S^baai. Fftttn !tia?ni|(.jnt the election !i.»ve h- '-n heller, a* -Mr. t'ox

one of she solid and successful men the county,and wilt look after public affairs as Uieugh they wpm hi* own, but looked upon a* a p^olltical measvtre, it is not a dasxiing suive*s. Mr. Miller represented the German clement on the list of county officials, and the Germans Wllsved they ought to name his successor. They are disappointed, but it may soon wear off. Mr. Miller is the second sommiasioner who has resigned his ofRce in this county. The other was Nathan Holding, who resigned April 96, IfTS, and was eoeceedbv the late Tnomas Dowling. Those were in the day* when Joe Blake was the power in county affidrm, and whoee conduct the famous "Committee of Fifteen*- tried to regulate. Failing to reach Jfoe in in any other way, Raiding we* finally persuaded to resign, and when Dowling was appointed the board passed from under Blake's control.

Preaching at Christian church by the Bailor, A, J. Frank, at a. m« and 7^1# p. n. **€hrtst-e Advani a Turning Feint in the World's Ulatory," will be the *ub)ect of the morning Mtmrn* Meeting of the T.P.S.C.8. at«:30 p. m. Prayer meeang Wednesday at 7 p. m.

We cannot behold wonders and de-J scribe them at the same time either we do not hold them to be wonders, or we fail in description. The mind cannot grasp, arrange and digest all at once, ft is, perhaps, for the best that, but one thing can be thoroughly done at The present decade of years in the dar of his century wjll constitute jgeof aotomltt who will be the special wonder of the future. Whether their aots will stimulate curses or blessings on their memory none can tell. All we know is that the world is moving, but whether it is advancing or retrograding, on the scale of civilization, posterity alone can determine. We are Interested in it as it goes that is all. We have our likes and dislikes, and express our views or remain silent as suits our hum^r, and the multitudinous predilections, opinions, comments, and predictions are set down in the records of the year. There are the true and the false, the sincere and the hypocritical love and hate, joy and sorrow—the gold and the dross. The future must sift it, and determine Its value in the good coin of Progress. A new year Is about to dawn, and, in minor affairs, in countries and communities, many permanent changes have been effected since the last new year.

Some states have acquired territory, others havo lost It. New lands have been peopled, and earthquakes have been busy depopulating some of the old the wealthy have become bankrupt and the poor rich—and, in fact, fickle fortune has found means to play all the tricks In her catalogue of accidents, reversing the condition of men and things.

Our city has been generally prosperous, and, a* usual, will put on hoi id 1,v attire to welcome the new year. Tho/e will be many watchers at a deathbed next Thursday night. The steeple bells will announce the solemn moment of dissolution, and the knell will have scarcely d:«e.J away when songs will be sung and hymns chanted in honor of a stranger newly born. The wail of death will ix» followed by jubilant rejoicing over mother birth, and new hopes will crown the comer with a diadem of joy.

Let there be a day of festivity, gilded by the sunshine of these hopes. May all the noble aspirations which rose so grandly with the day be realised! May the hopes of all the honest and virtuous end of fruition! At the beginning of a year it is fit to pause in the common concerns of life and caimly meditate on the situation. If you have friends, remember them if you have differences with any, settle them If you have vices, get rid of them, and commence on a clean page of your moral day-book. life is «o short, at longest, that no one can afffcrd to he estranged from a true friend more than a year. A re-union on New Year's Day may be the bond of a second friendship, stronger even than the first, to be disturbed only by death, and then to be enshrined in the memory of the survivor. Who would not shake hand* and "make up" little quarrels for such permanent and lasting happiness?

In a few d«y* the merry bell* will "ring out tlM old y*ar and ring In the new.* The year ISM Is sow practically finished. The record is closed, and all eye* an directed with glowing anUcipa-

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... good cheer '/Ita opening words— ||Happy Jfew will be on every idy's tongue, andl will wiry man —1--L—

be beard by

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id child in the Iter which way

they turn. our old friend ^gh^n hundred and ninety-one will have bussed away, and lift u# a volume of

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three hundred and elxty^Q^ippten aa a memento of his exlsteuce. ^'Ulirords appear to be a conglomeration fused ideas. Events are jumbled gether in an apparently shapeless The busy year, constantly engross with the present, gave no notes explanatory of obscure passage?, and has left it for his successors to £hn$ bis words to harmony, aiJd shape his career into th% body and form of history.

Passing eyents, like cannon shot flying through the air, scarcely arrest oar attention. It is when they arrive at their destination that their wonderful force ia manifested, and every shot must fall somewhere, and produce its effect in the ranks of mankind. Every year, hpwever lightly we regard it,iurnishes mat ter for momentous history. Some cannon shots are launched Into theair, and, when they strike, the eyes of men will turn with interest in the direction where, stood the artillery battalions of the past

felbwards wiioee ho»rs Tbegin to unfolji ttoiKftecrets as the light bell strilt«fr There is sotnealntost pati^tio^in the ^eath of id year. It carries with it such a ^uituous record of i*ope» and1 fears, ttdbess and failure* of podding life relentless death. To manft the vo months ending next Thursday will be ever remembered as tfe

^^@miorable year of plps wedding bl 'm, or mayLap^t

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^xistence. PerU9(|k bloomed for pjpwreillif of im-

0r fen th®fila^re|tlog place of a

0h?n£f^o gfew toedln1 lift nd fell by £he wra^ The membry o!i«dl the joys «pd sorrow8, whose eHb and flow reaches the boundaries of e^rth'ly exiajamce, is iefit behllia f^e^%r has faded away Ihtojt pi&tt trffich l^|||»na|antly grow ffctire dim^pi ps^S«i, a»: succeeding yelps obscure It J^om view. But we bu$y the paio,of Mkociatlons, of sunder4d knd wasted h'»t'ies|^p look confident' ly llnto the?futu e. -It is a queetitWrof rrow,-not of yestewfca the* dead future

kHp^y and|o-morrow,.not of ester ijltjit naat/hnrv ltd iIa

lead past bury its ^dead." is ab opportunity re-

rieve the er'rer%jol tbe past/ It encotirrenewed effort,Itnd in Unmaking m^n|hs may. com ing, twelve ^eto be "A Happy New Year,"

H08 OP THE PAS' rowing old, the very Seundtii|faji, of all the cen^mmg«i jan end, and ^ou8ly, ifnot sadly^

|isq«^fous tfcaHhe^nleic elastfb Mep of yp»xth kui/f|tUen to a stonier git^ and vol(^' that once^

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tifible distance, and free fi^»m the fmotions of the hour, to judge 1mady of the words that have-jjeen it tod.- tl^e deeds that have been Lat^ended.

years, has brought its oranges to 'the

least eventful of lives. Wo are apt to think of life in the mass. The individual Is lost sight of in the crowd, and yet there is no common life that would not furnish enough material for the most interesting of biographies. The thoughts, the feelings, the ambitions, the desires, the joys, the sorrows of the an whose life has been one of "even tenor," if we could but get at the facts of the case, would be much more wonderful than the wildest dream of the novelist. If we doubt this for one moment we only need to look back upon our own past, and what a panoroma passes before our vision! The days and weeks and months of another year have been full to the brim of life's legacies of usefulness, and of its grand opportunities of helpfulness. It may be that an honest review will serve to awaken the pathetic mood mainly, for the past Is full of pathos. Fields were barren or yielded ouly a meagre crop that might have been rich with a golden harvest if we had been wisor and more worthy of the duty near at hand. As the panorama rolls on wo call to mind victories that were hardly better than defeats, and what seemed to us at the time defeats we see now were better than an}' victorleu we have gained through all the year. There is no good In sighing over the "lostgarden of youth the water that Is spilled upfcn the ground cannot, lie leathered up again. The opportunities that are past are past, they are beyond recall, and there is nothing for it but to let the dead bury their dead, and march ou to wiser and more tboughtfnl days. Yet is is wise to listen now and again to the pathetic voices of the past, Life in the coming year will be more really life and less mere existence if we heed the grave monitions of the dying year. If we widen the area of our retrospection we shall find much that is to be regretted. There have been elements of strife at work, all the world over, that have wreught much mischief. Anger and envy and bitterneas have borne their fruit In abundance. Many influences have been at work, that while protesting tbey were at work in the Interests of humanity and for the common good, have separated class from class and widened breaches that were already far too wide. But the dying year has brought much good in Its train for which we ought to be grateful. And as the bells toll their funeral peal and ring in the advent of 1892, the old refrain ia beard once again:

FUnf to the vallaat man sad free, Tfeelanerbearttbe kindlier band, 8luMtueduks«sioftbebui4,

Han* In the Ctirtst lbs* *0 toe. 1» This woek the postmaster here raceivIStyBOO or the new postal cards from Washington.

We can save you from 50c to $2.00 on Yearly Subscriptions for Magazines or Papers. Send your orders to this office.

1illfill

EMBER 26,1891

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j^Jv^Pf-ln loftl^tmeasuros bas'-gmwn t|fle Jremulous in the higher -po^t^Tlme hastens on with unweaifjf1n^nwrob.and 'the wisest modd of the^present ia io jitlild fellowship with the pas#greatly wise to talk with our past^liaitrs Ibr-JI, we have only a If rile patlein^ they wULJ»aoh us muoh of the

PCIAIi DOINGS,

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THE USiyVL PLEASURES HOLIDAY SEASON.

How th« Chwih«PlaMdfMU^le^)nM With Chrl«tn£M J?nt«rtaiiiitt«nt*--:Boiiig* of Some of the Older bat not Less Plea*uro I«ving People of oar City.

Mr*. & €. Barker is entertaining her friends this afternoon with progressive euchre. Hk

The Wabash club will hold its next reception on Thuisday evening—New Year'seve ces Curtis entertains a few of bflft^Sung friends at her home Monday eyeuing.

Invitations ar& 4§Ut for ajt'rge'' p&tfy given by Demingi Wheeler at The Terre datfte next Wednesday, everting.

William BUntiu Jr., gave' %y§rjr delightful dancing party to Toung friends last Wednesda/ evening, Blnil^r Hali:|At 10:80, an elegant swpper was Served. lefdia

s.BAiR,non«fi.,

of Hfe.( Tlje: wisest

m^l^ef«r |ble to judge perfectly ot evSnttt"Mff transpire^vytf thoroughly -identified ^tlt ',oufr^pt evMbtatbit it is impossible U» tell their e*|»£j&»fb ^er wisdom. W&eQ afew w|Mk|'and atontha have passed we are l1pfc ^etteiy Qualified, standing at, a

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Weddle andUMcClelland Copeland were jg2|£Cifid#l^y Justice Wildy. The ceremony was performed In the office of Faria Hamlll, and none were present exhept the office stenographer and Ach&ian Beecher. The bride and groom aVe of prominent families in Plerson township, where thes have mauy^He^a who wiBh them happiness

i,y/rienos

Last^Mon day^ venin Edgar soif ^ri

agdyrlffr wiw^xery agreeably aiir--..sedDf^liiiiige num|5erof their friends

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anuivere^ry. The ,,'wfie was

P«MHLmry pleaiiantlyin\arious games,

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hoi^r^t^-gaeslj departed'

wishing ^kttd hostess many lin^yhr^ri^i. jiv:,

V4«ter day 'WAs- what th| Scotch calls •^lacteiGliHstmaJi,'' and %r*s one of the qutel)0l^eT oldest: 4nhabltat?t can ca%|o mindw .^.bright sunshine' of the ^rnl^ w^quiokj^ fpnoWsd olouds, ahd-thi|fgrd^b^r ^«he^. not^ingto tl^pl«l«fere,

a or to in he Solo, Harriet Paige. Postludr—Hallelujah• Chorus. .Messiah

Yesterday was luile Mabel Sargent's third birthday, and her parent*, Frank P. Sargent and wife, gave her a party at tbeir home on south Sixth street, in honor of the event. Three Christmas trees were prepared for the occasion, and Mabel entertained ber young friends from two till six o'clock. The house was beautifully decorated, and while the children were enjoying themselves the vEolian Mandolin club furnished exquisite music, in the evening Mr. Sargent and wife entertained a few friends. Light refreshments were served and some of the company dancod.

On Wednesday evening Charles Edwards and Miss Lilly Schafer were married at the residence of Mrs. Mary C. Hensel, 128 south Fifj.h Ktreet, hy Hev. Isaac Dale, of Asburv church, in the presence of a few friends and relatives. Miss Nellie Hensel acted as bridesmaid, and Mr. Wbiteman, of Muncie, was groomsman. Those present from a distance were Mrs. Prevo, of Darwin f. Edwards, of Paris, and Will and Ad. Wbiteman, of Muncie. The young couple left for Muncie early Thursday morning, where they will make a short visit, after which they will, return b«hi and make tbeir home in the cozy residence prepared by the groom on south Thirteenth street.

Christmas was observed in the various churches in the city in the usual manner this year. On Thursday evening Centenary had a delightful time, as its Deopls always do. There were three Christmas trees laden with presents for the little ones, and Santa Claus was on hand to make the distribution. The poor were also remembered by the classes who brought in well-filled baskets for tbem. The distribution of presents was proceeded by a well managed program rendered in excellent style. Yesterday moralng the pastor, Rev. T. I. Coultas, delivered an interesting sermon, and in the evening the congregation held a service of song.

In the German Reformed church Rev. Schwedee conducted services yesterday morning, and the evening was given over to the children^ of whom ever 200 assembled in the church to receive gifts from the two large trees which had been prepared for the occasion. The cbob

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Easiness wi^^suspended, aertices .w hefdjlp i^er*l churches/aa^^e well attended. Moist people, however

Christmas song service, at the Congregational church to-morrow evening. The regular choir assisted by a large number of yeung people and Miss Edith Caatle. Oman Offertolre, Opus 85. ,w«!y A.tbem Sing Praise Ye People

Arranged by Mrs. Adams.

Solo—The Nativity. Shelly Duett—Awake np My Glory ...... Millet Harriet Paige and Frances Carlton. Organ—Comfort Ye My People Messiah Solo ... I Know that My Redeemer Llreth

Edith Castle.

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Twen ty-secon^ Year

furnished some excellent music, and there were recitations by the ohlldrn. Maple Avettue Uiiion Chapel, of norm Twelfth street, celebrated yesterday afternoon. There was a program Of recitation and song, several novel features being introduced, among which was the* building of a pyramid in the presence. of the congregation during the progress of the program.

The Moftatt Street j^re?»lt|yfcerian* held their Qjhristmas festival io|£he churoh on Thursday evening, .The programme was a very elaborate One, consisting of songs, reoltations and Scripture readings, followed by a ^slt of Santa Claus in person, who distributed the presents

In the German Lutheran church on Poplar street, an appropriate sermon was delivered in the morning by the pastor, Rev. Henry Katt, In the evening th# children held their regular Cnristmas festival, consisting of exam* ination in Christmas history, followed by a distribution of presents from the |ree and refreshments.

The First Baptist vras tastefully deco- Vf* rated for the occfl«^iia on Friday fn evening an 'excelldhtjjP|iram was carried out, con^lsltlng of mnsic, dialogues and reoitatioqp Special exercises were held by thi primary and intermediate departments.gifts were distributed and refresh m9nt$pkerved.

The 0qi$r)tt Christian ma& merry Thura^h^vCftlng.. The feature of the occasion |was It large %bip. After the rend itloWt a i&dot program there was ^distribution of presents,

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%On Thursday evening the Centnal Pre«» byterlnn entertained "with a juvenile entitled "Waiting far Santa,!' w"hfcK was prepared under the direction" o%Mlsses Eusey, SoheU end Brown. The church "was handsomely decorated, aud there was a tree loaded with handsome presents for the little ones

school of the German nterlAh|§d last evening. ejdL ^th presents, a^ program w^a ca^vT

ried out, and-a a adugtistldfe ohargK£%*bo«e not 4^tM»mbei% ^4he schoot. W'

The German Evangelical ^Emanuel's church waft beajitlf,fllily ^ecpratsdj,am|^A^£ last evenlS^ £h interesting^ro^m'iM,^^^!-1 which ha^Lbeen careful ly^re^arejJj/wai suocesafully ^arrled out. x- a

As usual,

ft a. uf., and at 8 a. m. thtt juvenile choir rendered a number of selections. At 10 o'clock mass, for the first time in this city, Weber's mass lu O., one of the greatest church pieces ever written, was sung by the first choir, consisting of the following persons: Soloists—Sopranos, Miss Lena Friar,, Maine Flukblner, Cha*-, lotto Peschek Contraltos, Miss Terese Friar,, Amelia Pescbek Tenors, Messrs. Theodore Kloer and Ernest Langen: Bassos, Messrs. Wheeler and Kransbeck. Chorus—Misses Mollle Breinig, Clara Bleemel Altos, Rose Frisx, Anna Kennedy, Carrie Miller and Kate Miller Tenors, Max Oser, Charles Miller Bassos, C'barles Orth and J. Fris/.. The two choirs are under the direction of Miss Florence Sage. 8t. Stephens commenced Christmas with services at 7:80 a. m., consisting of holy communion. Another service was held at 10:45 a. in. by the rector, Hev, J. I). Stanley, who also administered holy communion. The children's Christmas festival will be held next Monday evening in the new parish building and tomorrow morning Bishop Knickerbacker will be present to deliver a sermon and confirm a class.

Asbury celebrated in the usual way. There wore two largo Christmas trees Thursday evening, lon.de I down with presents for the children. An excellent programme of music i»riii recitations was carried out, and refreshments were served with a liberal hand to those in attendance.

The First Congrcgati .oiil celwbrated on Thursday evening Tasentertainment was given by the ymins people of the Sunday school, under «h» "leadership of \Ji*« Lucy Jtrokaw. inn program me wa« highly entertaining aud interesting and was successfully carried out.

What shall be «aid of New Year good resolutions? They are either commendable or contemptible, according to tbeir nature and tbeir nurture—plants whose value depend# upon the seed and the soil. Good resolutions are in order at all times—suiely, then, at the best of times. Why should not every man, woman and child among us try to spell out noble words on red letter days? New Year good resolutions need not be ephemeral, tbey may be eternal. It is our fault if they are like Jonah's gourd, that withered when the sun waxed hot. There la no reason why they cannot be like David's tree, planted by the rivers of water, that bringetb forth its fruit in it#

There oomes at this season of the year tp almost every man a resolve Co make certain reforms, which resolutions, though not, we regret to My, always permanently observed, are extremely creditable. "Eat, drink and be merry, for to-morrow we swear off" has a flavor of that vicious old Adam in the beginning bnt terminates with the sentiment which ia suitable for any day in the week. 'H