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mEW TEAR'S OAT goes back
Intothe realm ot antiquity,
far back of Chrlstmaa, aa
all peoples, however they
may have differed as to tbe
year'a length or the date upon which
the new year ahould begin, have unl
k ted in thla, that it ahould be properly
From time immemorial
well artlsta, sculptors, poets and
•specially those versatile fellows, tbe
almanac makers, have with one ac
cord personified the outgoing year as
a gray bearded veteran quite ready
to be gathered to his fathers, while
the New Tear, a robustious, curly
pated cherub, advances gayly to take
' his place. Notwithstanding the great
Bngiish poet laureate sings:
[ / Toll ye the church bell ud and slow,
' And tread aoftly and apeak low,
For the old year lies a-dying,
it the "toiling" ia quickly drowned In
11 the merry chlmea that welcome the
1 new Incumbent. Le rol est mort!
le rol!
Ba The advent of the new year haa al-
Htys been a time of rejoicing, not
with the Greeks sad Romans,
U>nt with the nations still older. Va-
Prled were the waya in which the feati
val was kept, but In this they were all
•greed, that a time of new life bad
come, that old quarrels muat be for
given, old debts cancelled and every
thing possible should be done to
create a feeling of "good will toward
aaan."
. As New Tear'a la celebrated Its im
portation has reached us through
France, which was In turn Indebted
to the Latins. In France It Is still
the most Important day of the year in
the way of friendly meetings and ap
pointments and social and family re
unions. The typical Frenchman on
this, day always dines at home with
his parents. If he has any, and no out
side attraction Is sufficient to lure him
away from the performance of this
rial duty.
Among the Chinese their New
, Tear's Is the great day of the year,
when all buslneaa Is suapended, and
"the most lavish hospitality prevails.
On New Tear'a Day the children of
the Wallachs and the trans-Dannblan
- Rumanians take olive branches and
go from house to house to compli
ment tbe neighbors with their good
wishes, which are not altogether dis
interested, as they expect to receive In
4 return some little present. On the
day of the year every stranger
Entering a honae la required to throw
en the Are small quantltlea of salt,
which arq placed In cups on the tsble
for that purpose. He mast then go
to the henhouse and place an egg In
the nest for the hen to sit upon. If
ithe ben contents to perform her duty
Kthe guest Is considered s fortunate
Person, and Is feted In thst house un
til evening. Tbls custom Is called "the
lacky foot"
Like all other Eastern Christians,
the Greeks adhere to the old or Gre
gorian calendar, sad their year be
laid* twelve days later than ours.
Ranuary 1 Is dedicated to dt Basil,
UTbo appears to have been a nstlve of
Caesarea, in Cappadocia. In Asia Ml
aor, and also in Eplrus, children go
from house to house singing odes In
honor of the aalst, which, however,
are generally extended to cover some
flnely turned compliments to the occu
pants, wishing therm "a good year"
and requesting largesse. 8t Basil is
glwaya represented in these aongs as
schoolboy, whose touch quickens in-
I animate dbjects with new life.
I * Aftrr-Kffocts of the Grip.
I Dr. Clonston, of Edinburgh, said it
■ Manned as it BO disease of whose
I effects there wa* anyeorreet record
Wild such far-reaching evil effects as
Kls one, and among its sequelae be
Ifttamerated a depressing influence on
■MM whole nervous energy, melan-
Hholla, neurasthenic conditions, pre-
Haature senility, various forms of
lpar»l7*W neuralgic affections and a
I general Incapacity for work.—Dundee
I Advertiser.
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The month's first day, the year'a firat day,
the first of January,
The circumciaion day of Chriat, and like
wiae of St. Basil.
St. Baail, aee, ia coming here, from Cappa
docia coming—
A paper in hia hand he holds, and carriea
pen and inkhorn.
With pen and inkhorn doth he write, and
reads he from the paper. .
i "Say, Baail, aay, whence comeat thou, and
whither art thou wending?"
"I from my home have how come forth,
> and Ito achool am going."
. "Sit down and eat, ait down and drink, ait
down and sin* thou for ua!"
" Tia only letters that I learn—of ainging
I know nothing."
i "Oh, then, if you your letters know, aay us
your Alpha, Beta."
And as be leaned upon hia staff, to aay hia
> Alpha, Beta,
1 Ait-hough the staff was dry and dead, it put
forth freshest branches.
And on tbe topmost branch of all there
perched and sang a partridge,
Who water took up in her claws, and oil
upon her featnera,
i To sprinkle on her ladyship, her nobleness
( to sprinkle. _
Superstitious Beliefs.
Among the Bulgariana the long
■ connection of the Bulgarian with the
: Greek Church haa naturally led to
, the asalmlfiitlon of many of its super
■ atitlous beliefs and customs, and their
' festivals show a curious fusion of old
I heathen rltea with auperatltioua
■ Christian observances.
' The year opena during the feast of
■ the winter solstice, called by the Bul
> gariana "Kulada." Like tbe Hallo
w'een of Scotland, It ia a great time
among tbe girla, for all klnda of di
' vinatory rites respecting their future
i spouses, and to every line or verae of
' songs sung during thla featlve period
1 la added the refrain of "Hey Kulada,
> moy Kulada."
The Jinn, or demona, are at this
aeason supposed to be especially alert
and powerful against mankind, and
the Bulgarians, like the Inhabitants
of Asls Minor during the similar ob
servance of the Fiahoti, consider It
1 necessary to take every precaution
against their malevolence. A log of
wood Is left In every cart, and water
in every pitcher, in order to prevent
any demon taking poaaeaston of them
and by hia presence rendering them
too heavy to lift or draw.
The Albanians are careful at thla
season not to leave any article of
wearing apparel ouf of doors after
nightfall, and if by some oversight s
garment ahould be so left It Is washed
before being used, In order to get rid
of any spell csst upon It by the super
nals.
Fire ceremonies plsy a great part
In the Christmas and New Tear'a ob
aervances of the Albanian hlghland
ers. On the eve of Bt. Basil. January
1, the Are Is kept burning all Bight,
and the balf-burned cherry branches
reseued from the Christmas fire are
again' thrown on and withdrawn to
be wholly consumed on the eve of the
Epiphany, when the aahes are col
lected and atrewn In the vineyard.
In the morning people wash them
selves and their children In "unspo
ken-over" water, and draw omens
from the character, grave or gay, of
the person who first enters the house.
A cock la also sacrificed, for It Is au
aplcioua to spill blood In the house on
St Basil's Day.
New Tear's la Russia.
New Tear's customs In Russia are
also Interesting. In the morning tbe
princes of the imperial family, court
functionaries and servaats of the pal
ace come in regular order to p'reseni
their homage to the Emperor, who
kisses all tbe members of his famtiy
Psychology in Clothes.
Dr. Thomas Claye Shaw, of Lon
don, speaking on the subject of the
ijwKT psychology of women, says
that there is a psychology in clothes.
It is useless to say that they dress as
they do to please other women or
plesjue men. They dress simply be
cause they have to in their own way
and to their own satisfaction. The
psychology of drees Is that it appears
to make yon be what you profess to
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and the highest of the officials threo
times, according to the Russian tub*
lon.
In the streets the people kiss each
other, whether acquainted or not. The
favored ones who hare been kissed
by the Csar are permitted to kiss the
hand of the Empress as well. The
ceremony of hand-kissing was sup
pressed for a time, but was ro-estab
lished a few years ago under the
reign of Alexander 11. On New Tear's
Day at breakfast, dinner and supper,
the guests, standing about the table,
touch glasses, drink the health of the
Emperor, and offer good wishes to
each other.
In England and America the hap
piest revels for children are over bo
fore January 1, but in Scotland they
are just getting under full headway.
This custom doubtless arose from the
fact that the old Calvinlsts held in
detestation the "Popish s ' celebration
of Christmas, and it became sup
planted by "Hogmanay," usually held
on New Year's Eve. "This euphonious
name is doubtless derived from the
old greeting, "Au gut menes" ("To
the mistletoe go!") The festival Is
distinctively a juvenile function, and
they prepare for it weeks beforehand
by memorising songs and making
"galsers" costumes.
Housewives lay in a stock of oaten
cakes and bake a store of "bridles,"
which they hand out to the children
when they come to the house door to
claim their "hogmanay," crying:
-"Get up. good wife, and shake your
feathers.
And dinna think that we are betgars;
For we are hairna come out to play-
Get up and gie's our hogmanay.
This custom of the hogmanay is al
luded to in that most delightful book,
"Sentimental Tommy." Sometimes
several gulsers go around In a mild
sort of theatrical entertainment bo
fore an appreciative audience gath
ered beneath the smoked rafters of
the great farmhouse kitchen. Among
the old customs we of to-dsy still
cling most fondly to Is the one of
ringing the church bells at midnight,
heralding the birth of the new year.
Although the poetic figure of the
old gray-haired sexton pulling his bell
with might and main In the belfry
tower has been supplanted by the fln
de-slecle Individual who, snug and
warm, sits at a keyboard and reels
off the music with aa much ease as
though playing "Moneymusk" in the
parlor, the sentiment lingers and, lis
tening to the mellow chimes cleaving
the frosty air, one hears the singing
In unison of:
"Ring out old shapes of foul disease.
Ring out the narrowing luat of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old.
Ring in the thousand yanra of peace.
THEOLDANDTHENFW
THe Nc«Jj£ar came to the Old Year} doof
AndU kts/xl cKlll rtw
•u» let the New) Vca.r In.
And,Jhe NcUjfcar perched In the Old
Aj nc stretched hlj hand) to the fading •
And ctnde™ of dead dcjlrc-
And (he Old Tear f>ralpd, &\ Old dill,
Nevrcar listened, and vkrmed blj
Jr> |hel>loom\oj the Old boV;
"A-
And, noddirty he dri&mcd
Only a Night -••• » *
Only a night from old to new!
Only a night, and so much wrought I
The Old Tear's heart all weary grew,
But said. "The New Year rest has
brought."
The Old Year's heart ita hopes laid down
Aa in a grave, but, truatina, said,
"The blossoms of the New Year'a crown
Bloom from the ashes of the dead."
The Old Tear's hesrt was full of greed;
With aelfiahneaa it longed snd ached.
And cried: "I have not half I need.
My thirst is bitter and unalaked.
"But to ths New Tear's generous hand
All gifta in plenty shall return;
True loving it shall understand;
By all my failures it shall learn.
I have been reckless: it shall be
Quiet and calm ana pure of life.
I was a slave; it shall go free,
And find sweet peace where I leave
strife."
Only a night from old to new!
Never a night such changes brought.
The Old Tear had its wo It" to do;
No New Tear miracles are wrought.
Always a night from old to new!
Night and ths healing balm of sleep!
Each mom is New Tear's naorn come true,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred dsys to wake
New gladness in the sunny sir.
Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is twit the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year born.
There are abtfut 6000 New York
persons who have not been in the
city, on th« average, two months In
"a"year in the last deeade. Europe,
the South, seashore and mountains
have them for the other ten months.
There are no undertakers in Ja
pan. When a person dies it is the
custom for his nearest relatives to
put him Into a coffin and bury him,
and the mourning does not begin un
til after burial.
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FASHION'S HOROSCOPE FOR 1000
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The New "Jigger" Is Lines, Girls, Not Lumps.
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—Cartoon From the New York Press.
ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR 1909.
Being Until July 4th, the 133 d Year of the Independence ot the United
States of America, and Corresponding Nearly To—'
The year 1327 of the Mohammedan era, beginning January 23. 4
The year A. M. 8018 of the Greek Church, beginning January 14 (O. 8.).
The year 4606 of the Chinese era, beginning January 22.
The year 6669-70 of the Jewish era, September 16, or at sunset September 15.
The year 2669 of the Japanese era, beginning January 22.
The year 5909 A. L. (Masonic).
The year 2662 A. U. C. (of Rome).
The year 5913 of the World (Usher).
The year 7417 of the World (Septuagint).
CHURCH DAYS AND MOVAIILK FEASTS.
New Year's Day, January 1. Whit-Sunday (Pentecost), May 30.
Conversion of St. Paul, January 26. Trinity Sunday, June 6.
Purification B. V. M., February 2. Corpus Christ), Tune 10.
Septuageslma Sunday, February 7. St. BarnabaJ, June 11.
St. Valentine, February 14. St. John the Baptist, June 24.
Sexageaima Sunday, February 14. Saints Peter and Paul, June 29.
Qulnquagesima Sunday, February 21. St. James, July 25.
Shrove Tuesday, February 23. Transfiguration, August 6.
Ash Wednesday (Lent begins), Feb- St. Bartholomew, August 24.
ruary 24. St. Matthew, September 21.
Quadragesima Sunday, February 28. Michaelmas (St. John and All An-
St. Patrick's Day, March 17. gels), September 29.
Mld-L>ent Sunday, March 21. St. Luke, October 18.
Palm Sunday, April 4. Saints Simon and Jude, October 28.
Oood Friday, April 9. Thanksgiving Day, November 25,
Easter Sunday, April 11. Advent Sunday, November 28.
Low Sunday, April 18. St. Andrew, November 30.
St. George, April 23. St. Thomas, Dtwmber 21.
St. Mark, April 25. " Christmas Day, December 25.
Saints Philip and James, May 1. St. Stephen, December 26.
Rogation Sunday, May 16. St. John the Evangelist, Decemb?i 27.
Ascension (Holy) Vfctfrsday, May 20. Holy Innocents, December 28.
PLANETS BRIGHTEST.
Mercury, March 3-8 and October 26-31, as a morning star, rising shortly
before the Sun; also April 27 to May 3, and September 20-26, as an evening
star, setting shortly after the Sun. Venus, not this year, but she will be
bright in December. Mars, September 25. At this time Mars will bo slightly
nearer to us than In 1907, but will not again be favorably situated until
1924. Jupiter, February 28. Saturn, October 13, and Uranus, July 11.
MORNING STARS. EVENING STARS.
West of Sun. East of Sun.
Mercury, see "Planets Brightest." Mercury, see "Planets Brightest.*
Venus, until April 28. Venus, after April 28.
Mars, until May 13. Mars, after May 13.
Jupiter, aCter September 18. Jupiter, until September 18.
Saturn, from April 3 to July 16. Saturn, until April 3 and after July 15.
Uranus, from January 7to April 11. Uranus, until Jan. 7 and after April 11.
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THE PLANETS.
Mercury will be brightest: (1) As an Evening Star, East of the Sun,
February 20 to 28, setting about 1 h. 20 m. after the Sun, being farthest
East of the Sun March 1.
(2) As a Morning Star, West of the Sun, August 18 to 28, rising about
1 h. 10 m. before the Sun, being farthest West of the Sun August 12.
There are no bright stars near where Mercury will be at the above
times. Look for him near the sunset point of the horizon when an evening
star and near the sunrise point when a morning star. He will be redder and
brighter than any other objects in those parts. Few people ever see this
planet, so rapid are his movements. This is because of his nearness to the
Sun, whose overpowering light must be shut out by the horizon very per
fectly even to see little Mercury when brightest.
CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES.
Dominical Letter... ... . 777 C j Dionyslan Period . . .......... 238
Epact—Moon's Age, Jan. 1... 'Jewish Lunar Cycle 7
Golden Number ............ 10 Mohammedan Era, Year 1327
Solar Cycle-". 14 | (Begln3 Jan. 23.)
Roman Indlction 7 j Jewish Era, Year begins Sept.
Julian Period 6622 1 16 5670
THE SEASONS.
Eastern Time.
D, H. M. D. H. M
Winter begins, 19G3—Dscsmber 22 0 2'> A. M. and lasts 83 0 3d
Spring " 1903—Ma;ch 21 1 0 A.M. " " !♦ 2 13 f,4
Summer " 1909—June 21 8 64 P. M. " " 93 14 ;j
Autumn " 1903—September -3 11 37 A. M. " ~ X'J 18 3.'.
fMnt»F " 1909 ppf.pmi"•> r '" A. F >' Trv •
■CMffM JfOP. 1
Thefe will be four eclipses this year, two of the Ban and two ot the
Moon, as follows:
I. Total of the lfoon, June 8, the Moon rising with the eclipse onr^ 54 ®-
( 11. Central of the 8«n, June IT, Tteibte as a partial eclipse on the Sun'a
northern limb as follows:
Visible throughout the entire United States, except In the extreme
Southwestern portion. The Sun will set more or less eclipsed East of a line
from Brownsville, Tex., through Jefferson City, Mo., to Mackinaw Olty,
Mich., visible as follows: New York, 7.04 p. m.; Chicago, 6.17 p. m.; Bos
ton, 7.12 p. m.; New Orleans, 6.87 p. m.; St. Louis, 6.14 p. m.; Charleston,
■7.07 p. m. /
111. Total of the Moon, November 26-27, beginning on the evening of
the 26th in the extreme Western portion of the United Stat?;; cl#3wij«re
occurring entirely on the 27th.
IV. Partial eclipse of the Sun, December 12, Invisible.
SOUTH S RAILROAD WORK
Review of Railroad Construction fat
the Southern State* During Fait
Tear Shows Only About Hal/ am
• Muck Done as in 1907.
Baltimore, Md., Special.—ln pub
lishing this week its regular anunal
review of railroad construction in the
South, The Manufacturer*' Record
says:
"The total" number of miles con
structed during 1903 in the South, in
cluding Missouri and Oklahoma, wan
1,700 miles. In 1007 there were over
3,300 miles built. In the Booth prop
er—that is, leaving out Missouri and
Oklahoma—there were 1,682 miles
built in 1008; last year it was 2,987
miles. This is the lowest record ot
new construction 1n the South for
many yearn, but the prospect for 1909
is that 3,256 miles will be construct
ed, although this may TSe exceeded if
more encouragement is given to the
building of railroads.
Construction by States.
"The following table shows the
amount of new line built it) 1908 and
also the construction proposed for
1009 in each State covered by the re
view :
1008. 1909.
Alabnmn 118.7 273
Arkansas 213 278
Florida 69.9 247
Georgia 96.5 216
Kentucky 46.1 111
Louisiana., .. .... 177.5 111
Maryland 8.5 12
Mississippi 64 35.5'
Missouri.. .. 25.8 74
North Carolina .. 124.3 107
Oklahoma 52.2 175
South Carolina .. 9.5 223.5
Tennessee 119.4 125.3
Texas 339.9 959.3
Virginia.. 210.5 81
Wsefc Virginia 86 229
Tatak 1760:8 3256.«
Gave Dinner to Oil Negroes.
Columbia, Special.-—One of the
most appropriate and deserving char
ities .of tlio Christmas season was
the dinner given Christmas clay to
the poor old negroes of the city un
der the direction of Richard Carroll.
There were thirty-one negro men and
women who sat down to the dinner,
and there were twenty others (o
whom dinner was sent, on account of
their inability to get out by reason
of age and infirmatics. Carroll had
solicited contributions from the peo
ple of tho city, and was supplied
with everything needed for a good
Christmas dinner, from turkeys to
tobacco. T' ,e old negroes enjoyed
the feast, of course, and before din
ner was served Carroll read out to
them the list of their benefactors,
and as each name was called there
were fervent cries of "God, bless
him.y An hour was spent in prayer,
the negroes praying ferventlv for
their benefactors. Then Carroll call
ed on them to tell their experiences
md they recounted their religious ex
periences, though some who were not
professors, contented themselves with
telling of old plantation days and
slavery times. Carroll declares thai
the negro churches make no effort
to look after the wants of the poor
of their race, and he will give this
dinner every Christmas hereafter.
Mistakes Drunken Man For a Bear
and Shoots Him.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.—Mis
taking a drunken man clad in a long
Buffalo overcoat for a bear, Thomas
Peckmar, a well-known farmer, Fri
day night shot and instantly killed
Thomas Andrews near Lafavette.
Tenn. Andrews had been in jail but
was paroled by the sheriff that he
might go home for Christmas. In
stead of going home he got drunk and
sat down to sleep in the doorway of
a house occupied by a widow. Deck
mar prodded the form with his gim
and getting no response fired. A cor
oner's jury rendered a verdict of jus
tifiable homicide.
Two Bo3"s Drown When Ice Breaks.
Jewett City, Tenn., Special.—A
double drowning occurred here Sat
urday when Robert Jeffrey, aged 17,
and Hector Gingras, 15, broke
through the ice while ideating on a
small lake and perished -in s'ght of
their companions, who made every
effort to save them.
The bodies were recovered in a
short time.
Crew of the Warner Moore Picked
Up and Brought Into Port.
Norfolk, Va., Special.—The scoon
er James Paul, Cap!. J. A. Meecb,
arrived if) Hampton Roads, bringing
Captain Frank Crockett and six men
composing the entire crew of the
wooner Warner Moore from Charles
'cn, S. C., to Pr.ovinec. R. T.. lumber
'"•lf!), jvhich was caught in lite recent
'o-'st fcnd lost. Captain Crockett
rthd mm were picked up by the James
Paul rff Winter- Quarter lightship
•fter hav'njr bcr'u fill nitfht in a;i open
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Congrcrsmen off to Panama
Washington, Spe«i:il. To familiar
ize themselves with conditions under
the present form of government of
the Panama canal zone and to con
sider what changes, if any, are de
j sirable, 12 members of the House
committee on foreign mid inter-State
commerce left Charleston, S. C., Mon
day for Colon.