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THE JAl f * ' .«■-? : : P lull A > 1 everv^ituclay Ry-iyNE luivs Eat red m the Post 0 $ c; at J / p r fir/ft a # teoti class mail mailer f ** wm r-nHr "'it * 1« Terms of subscription cash in advance l year fll.V -I <] 1110 V* 8*cts . _ 3 f 4> mo Address The Jasper News J asper ,Ga General Directory. (XHfvrv omoERs. E Hood Ordinary. »S. K. McC^tcheon Clerk of Superior Court. tj bin* ) ■* '• # , it S. Hfsiiiiesssn, Snerilt. H B. Sickc.s, Tax Receiver, tiLittle, Tax t Sdlector f. limn Suafytfc. u 4. II. Horsey Coroner. J. K. Allen, St*£oof commissioner. Town Council, E. Iidling Mayor N. C. ) 1\ II iod j J. II. He we)). ; Cuum-iluien O. Pickett* f#I4 ) E. Wofford Clerk. Fr stm al Ke nrd Pickens f^tar Lcdpe ‘2*iO t .M Meets socaid Saturday in each Mouth W. II. Simmons, M. Stoner S. C. Tate. , v S. Ii. Mosley. M 0 McClain WA. Beeves Religious, Services. Baptist. Church every second Saturday and Sunday, by Rev Win, Stohe Methodist church. Every third Saturday and Sunday by Rev F. 61 Favor YOU II. W. M. S. IV. J. W. T roasurer. Secrc^ry. Tylor. JASPER CA. SATURDAY FI U s . ? iPiI V K LIVE om UVKS AGAIN, We shape ourselves the joy or fear Of which the coming life is unde, And fill our future's ajtmosukere. With sunshine or \v timde. The tissue of the life t he We weave with eollorsail our own: And in th 1 field of destiny We reap as we have sewn. St. 11 shall the soul around it call . Tbt shadows which it gathered here: And, pauited on the eternal wall, The past shall reappear. da ThitiV ye the notes of holy song On Ji. Iton’s tuneful onr have died? Thiuli ye that Haphael’s angel throng Has Vanished from his aide? Ch, no, we Uv»* our life again; Or warWy touched, or «.%. Aim , ■n.e pi.-nuee „f the past remain .M.iu's work shall follow him. 1 4' *■ ^ ^ ‘ A MISER’S DREAM. •) d jui-cr .Aitehel) heard kin eking up¬ on Lis door, .1 though he was half asleep at the time. It was such a rare event that lie could not well luitsa hearing it. He did riot.stir, however, of even bid the one wfwlwas setking admittance come in. * •. ‘I wvinder who’s therehe growled, ‘Som-i beggar, of course—nobody'only those, who want my money ever wmw to me. . ** Rap, rap, rap. •I wish there was no such a thing as a beggar,’ he said in bis rough, un¬ pleasant mauner. Then the door opened *ud the visit¬ or walked in without any bidding. It was Ht% Paul Kearns who entei^jk— the l^oy who hadf sometiiiies done er-r rands ter the old man, who wag too to go out hiiuseii. ’ I iieard you speak sol came in Mr. M itchell, the boy ^d, a little hesitat ingly, for he noticed the scowl on the old man's face. Well, what do you want young man? THd I not pay yon far the lost errand yon did for me?’ H)b, yes you always pay m*, but I wantmoney f n* some owe else. LltPe 1 milcLce is sick, and her mamma »U * wntk out any more, for she fell last week and broke her a,nu # . I am trying to get some money for them,’ jLrcw^rob;- and^the bmdor-heaned little fellow er as he said this. ‘Well, you had bettor be doing some¬ thing else. Wbat is i/ to you or me u s nnebody is s'ok, and somebody else bus an arm broke,’ and the old man owjed as fiercely as ever. Hu/ Vis so teething town*, and some¬ thing to you. Mr. Mitchell. If we can h^Jp people who are worse off than nur¬ se l Vos it is our duty to do mo. Y on hav * lots of money and you «ould nev <f if >’" u *» ,!<l ^ >< «» <>* »*»J. lV.r little baby U«m>. hut odes mid uiMO, nil the time, mid **■•‘ bt'- i i--" 0 ‘■ , ** is * d her lots of eoukios ami oranges with tin pennies that 1 have earned, and WCll! v/ thout eating my sod f. n •You are a little find, Paul Kearns, Take care of yourself and dpn’t be run¬ ning after all the sink babies in the town. Supj use I should hunt up all the paupers \n the neighbor.mod and try to take care of them. .Ynu would he a great, deal bettel¬ and happier man you are now, Air. Mitchelthe l< y *>uid iuterupt ing the old man. % f *■/ The words - spoken alu.o t iCngrily touclied the old miser, atid be drop ped bis head before the wtde*open flashing eyes of Paul. Them' was some tl^ng in them that he did not care to meet. ‘Yes, Mr. U.tcbell, if you would give f ° m * uf y ur » "”-. v » thc P‘ J1 ' er * ® * »Hfo,w w do you \ know that . 1 , am not i^ippy now!’ a-ke the ell man in a lower voico.*, ‘Became no one eau be happy shut up in this dismal iojiu. And you don’t seem happy. Mr. Mitchell, and 1 dread v, m. and ‘.hr >!!•*’« i | I'!'! ty Mimi. the birds sing,and see tin* ers, and walk out in the blight jmnHgh . These things make me happy wlivn j try to hvtip others woise eli thaw it -i — self.’* Tip old nrui'did not answe r, and l* krp*- ioo tug down Upon the th >r •Vlease give me something h»r Mrs. kfj; and Pi t c Be sic,' ai d Paul tract i d out his^luid. The old man placed l it* han Is in his pockets and drew < uft some money, and then asked? ‘How much do you want H*rP ‘IMearo give me < ne tb Ihir, Mr. A/itolio l, and tlterC was an eager ho|a~ fume’s in the boy’s voice. ‘Here it is, take it. It is ti e i r<4 dollar l ever gave away in my life., and thy usually rough voice was me. lowed down so in nek that it snuncUd almost If to- J ~ ‘Thank y« u, thank y<»u Mr. Mito’ e 1.’ said the boy, ns lie cm ght at the coin. Inn moment ho Was gone, and old mi^r Mitchell was alone again. A rain lie rested in his chair arid sleep came to him once mores lie vlreamed strange, things ha ho klppt then; in his glomuy ream. His tit* life came up before him, and above it he could s /.!0 the words all along *1 * line, ‘wasted—-wasted years.’ Again in his dreams, little I’liui Kearns st« <*d befofc him with his fiakh.Hg eyes. 1 e tried to drop his head, but was pow¬ erless to do so. He tr e l to close his eyes, but his eyelids refused to go down. lie sat transfixe.l before the* n« - ble boy who K: d iuvrmtl tbv* secret of true living and of Ucmg happy. L*cfor < hl “ '«• il he y " f MS Wl-S‘o'-« , t0 of »b' WOTtiilcil^ As Pun] Mtiid this iiioi •* *y graduady cruiobled awa.v. save t U one dollar that shone and glitter*d like thc sun. The old man awoke and Was faint and dizzy, lb tried to get ujon bis led,