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EW YEAR'S DAY. the day N when the sun's light began to Increase again and so promise the return of plenty, has al ways been a day of joy and present giving. Among all peoples the priests of old got the lion's nhnre. The old Teutons gave the spoils of war and of the chase. Itoinan knights yielded their most beautiful slaves. The Christian era somewhat modified the custom, but still it was a day of robbery by priests and monarchs, ami New Year's day rather than Christmas ws tlio day for the exchange of gifts. The old iour bon kings looked to It to have their treasuries replenished then, and woe tc the baron who did not give generously. IT WAS A TIME OF MEKF.YMAKIXG. A twentieth of one's income was thought to be the proper amount to give to king, church and friends. In fact, no country in the times past made more merry on New Year's day than merry old England. It was the time of the wassail bowl, the old Saxon "wes hall" (do well) being the drinking pledge. There were much eating, deep drinking and pranks and games pecul iar to the day. Many of these were not overnlce. "Lamb's wool" was the drink of the day, and It was made of ale, nutmeg, powdered bay leaves, roasted crabs and toast, and a queer mixture it would seem. No one slept on New Year's eve. It was a time of "most ungodly wantonness," so the later Puritans said. But at the time he who did not get very drunk for four days together was deemed "a most un gleesome churl." It was the custom to form processions and bear the wassail bowl about as long as any one was so ber enough to carry it, compelling all to drink. Pretty maidens might escape by paying the forfeit of a kiss. Who would not have preached abstinence to the fair in those merry days? 'Twas Bacchus or Venus for days. Here's how a contemporary bard sings the tune: No sounds but sounds of joy salute the year. The blushing maids are binding up their hair After the romp, the laugh, the hearty kiss adorn Their lips, and the wa&eail bowl is borne In village, grange and town to make The good man feel the New Year well awake. At the midnight stroke of the bell all the maidens were kissed J2 times, all the mugs were filled, and those who could stand (so states a precise writer) drank a good health and a happy New Year to each other. They joined hands and danced around the wassail bowl and sang the songs of the times. Here is a specimen: Wassail, wassail, over the town; Our toast is white, our ale is brown. Our board is made of the maplin tree. Bacchus! Bacchus! We drink to thee. CHORUS. Love and Joy come to you. And to our merry wassail, too. And may one pretty maid be true Through all the coming year. The modern loving cup is said to be a reilex of the New Year wassail bowl. All the poetry of the so culled good old time was not as bad as the above, however. Sweet Robert Ilerrick lived In that boisterous time, and no bard quite equals him in catching the true pastoral spirit of those reckless days, neither has any K)et portrayed the images and conceits of merry England as she was two centuries ago with so sweet a truth. Though he did sing wantonly of the wassail kiss, be was musical withal. Ilerrick has sung many of the cus toms of the time. One little stn:iza we find among his melodious numbers fitly concludes our sketch, and who is there that cannot say "amen" to it on New Year's day: O sweet Christ child who from thy stall Bring'st in thy blood a balm that shall Be the beJt New Year's gift to all. Hard on the Old Man. There are divers manners of forming resolutions for the new year that are always put into practice, and all have their devotees, even if the turning over of a brand new leaf only lasts a week. There is one system of starting the new year, however, that has lost at least one devotee for all time in New Orleans. About 2 o'clock last New Year's morning, after the usual usher ing in of the new year and as the fam ily was about j - - " - ne-use told of nn nlit oiiwtr.ni thrt vrnsj in voguo when he was a boy. He ex Plained that in his Ivoyhood everybody would ofrn the Itihle at random on the nrst of the year and the first text his eye should rest on would be a guide for hls conduct during the coming Year. The custom found ready acceptance, and one yonnK hopeful produced a Bible and. letting it f:lU open, his fin ger fell on the f.iUowius text from Zechariah, chapter r Jf" :ro hath been sore displeased with your fathers." It is needless to sav that no other member of the family was coaxed to try the old custom.-Xew Orleans Times-Democrat. 6&A This signature is on every box t the genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tabuu the remedy that nm itsM tm omrtoay rHZ MH A Scottish Sen Year Custom. In the more primitive Scotch towns poor children go around fantastically dressed, stopping at the different houses to call for a share of the good things made for the coming day. A rlous old rhyme which they sing c: this occasion follows: Get up. good wife. And shake your feathers, And dinna think that We are beggars. For we are bairns Come out to play; Cet up and gie's our Hogmanay. There were many other picturesque customs in Scotland which have long since died out. The Dells. What shall the New Year bear to me? The shadow or the sun, A hope, a beam, A sunshine gleam. Love's long, interrupted dream. Or dark for daylight done? What does the New Year hide for you? A silence or a song, A sigh, a note From joy bird's throat. Or stillness lying long? What may the New Year hold fur cs? All light and shade are there. Both silente ( hill And si'iintr. still Old line that ever daTh its i'l Will each heart i:s l.arr! -I'i.M VI. .-lei The Tables Turned. "We air here tonight," said the dea con, "to make good resolutions fer the new year, which has fell foul of us in the twinklin of a eye. Now, I want to start the ball a-rollin. You all know that I've got a high temper, an I've did considerable fightin in the year that's past au gone like a man that owes you $10. What I want to do is to swear off from fightin in the new year, which, as I have said before, has fed foul of us. But I can't stop till I lick Brother Jones, cos it's in me to lick him, an I wants to ease my conscience. Ef he'll jest step outside with me fer five min utes, I'll lick him an then swear off for good." They retired to the outer darkness, but in less than five minutes the deacon returned, much the worse for wear. "I can't swear off this time, brother in," he said. "He licked me!" Atlanta Constitution. The Sew Year. A royal welcome, baby year. The first of the century new, Yet for the old we drop a tear, E'en while we "are welcoming; you. In memory dear of the dead old year Who left us a friendship r.r two. Our hopes are with thee, young one, Such hopes as have weathered the blast. Of fame this year or fortune won. Withheld from us waiting the last. Some great task done, last year begun Or planned in our dreams of the past. Fair child, there's one at least who prays That thou mayjt bring less sorrow, . Bring fewer long and weary days ! And more like the blessed tomorrow, wuh longing gaM t sunset ravs, 1 bo sweet from the future to borrow. Buffalo Express. it;, i NEW YEAR'S FOLKLORE. I S CUSTOMS PREVALENT K IS OTHER DAYS. V St TT EARTY expressions of good wishes for a happy and pros perous New Y'ear are the greet ing for this season. Fut, if we may credit our English forbears, we may for ourselves forecast the general aspect of the next 12 months, says the Detroit News-Tribune. It is pleasant to be foolish sometimes, and a few minutes with the folklore and ancient customs of our ancestors cannot be time 111 spent. From a valuable manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Cambridge, we learn that if the New Year com mences on a Sunday The winter shall be good, I say, But great winds a'.ott shall bo; The summer shall be fine and dry; By kind skill and without loss Through all lands t!:tro shall be peace; Good time for a'l things to be drne, But he tiiat steaktH shall be found soon. What child that day born may be A great lord lie shall live to be. And again, with regard to the weath er, note carefully the atmospheric conditions of the first 12 days of the 1 Year Thev will trive vou an nnfailliv.' indication of what weather to expect during the coming 12 months. You are strongly advised never to lend anything on New Year's day, or you are sure to be unlucky the whole year through. Don't pay anything, either, for it is said Pay away money on New Year's day, And all the year through you'll have money to pay! But by far the most general super stition is that of the "first foot." it being everywhere acknowledged that the fortune of a house entirely depends on the appearance and the sex of the first person crossing the threshold aft er the midnight hour has pass: d. It is hard to see what Judas lseariot has to do with Christmas, but tradition as serts that Judas, in addition to his sins, was possessed of a monstrous crop of hair. Therefore no rcchi atb:d person or even one of fair complexion must place "first foot" in a bonne on this momentous morning. Thr- ques tion of complexion, however, is not al together a settled one. In many p'ae 's it is a fair and not a dark man who should place "first foot." This harbiuger cf fortune must at and drink when in the house and should, to make the charm most com plete, enter by the front door. v:;t every room, carrying a piece of holly in his hand, and make his exit by th rear. If the question of complexion is un settled, that' of rex is decidedly net. No female under any circumstance must be the first to enter a house on New Year's morning. Esyptian New Year. The Egyptian year began with the rising of the star Sirius, and consisted of 3G3 days. There were 12 montbs of 30 days each, and at the close of the year five days were intercalated. A"l reckoning was by this year; the festi vals were celebrated by it, and as a consequence, like the Roman festivals of later times, circled around from one season to another on account of the omission from the calendar of the quarter day. Notwithstanding this omission the Egyptians seemed to have known that the addition of a quarter of a day each year was necessary in order to keep a correct measurement of time, which they called their So thiac cycle." This cycle was a p-riod of 1.4G1 vague or 1.4tf true years, and was called "Sothiac" because its beg'u niug was fixed at a date when the dog star, known by the Egyptians as So ttiij rose with the sun on the 1st ti,.i. .,-!.;..' was the couime'jcorucn v,.-it- This rising of S rius nd VI tll.il n. . the sun on the lt of Thcth took place in the years I',. C. 27S2 and B. C. 1322 and also in 1"S A. 1- ML wo f At JAPANESE MOCrSS MAN. He la tlie Santa CJaii Japan a ad Appears en .Wv. Vca.S. The great event cf Hie NV,v Ytar is the arrival of the i.x: -hi x::a::, v h is a tolerably fair ssu;..-U;ut.f l't,r r'a::ta Clans. His coin h: j; ::; u.irL- a.; iij'-'.-te-rious also, as nu child Lnvs whence he comes or where he g: However, at some Lour of the day or i;i:'ht before the 1st of January Le arrives, not with the jingle of sleighbells or th,- clatter ' cf noisy hoofs upon the n.of, lor a Jap- anese houiw is chiuiney!e.s. Therefore i the niochi man is obliged to enter through the slroji (paper windows), which he docs so openly and so aunt , ingiy as to do away with all that fas dnutii' unreality thi in Its investi-, ture of our king of the holiday revels is so precious to the little ones. Never theless the children go to bed at the appointed hour New Y'ear s eve, and the little bias ey s try to go to sleep, but instead of reaching the "Land of Nod" the .si!:all people usually arrive at "Widen wake viile." At last the niochi man announces his presence by dashing a heaping handful of rice and beans into the face of the supposed to be sleeping child, and this is the signal for a midnight frolic. The throwing cf rice and beans at this hour ami upon this occasion has been con- MUcrcu . ... .; on the part of the thrower t express three wishes for the good of the re ceiver. These wishes are respectively that he may have good luck and hap piness the coming year and that he may be at "outs" with the ou'Hdevil) far from In-appropriate t-yiubolisms to be woven into a New Year's greeting. The moohi man always bring.; with him an infectiously cneery confusion of earthen ookitsg stoves and earthen vessels to boil niochi in. This tooth some edible is mixed, boiled, stirred, cooled and fluffed before the very eyes of the you?';.--cry, and finally it is evolved into a glutinous rice cake. In the beginning i f its preparation, which is somewhat ompli'-ated. it is worked about in a woodea bowl with a bum boo stick until it looks much like strain ed honey. Ail this is aggravat'ngly sweet to the nostrils ef the onlo-.kers. who can s-ar; !y w;i:t until the mociii man treats them. Meanwhile this pa tron saint creates much laughter by his funny antics and beguiles the waiting time with still funnier stories of Nev, Year's when 1c was a little lad. ' new VEAit's :,!::r. " Ovi:.-rs GU H.i!f S'r:. Ci.;im of Tnfi ... Celery, oa-.r-. IU-U-'.. .. .', Smell? Kjut U in Hr.--v.i lit::-..-.-. t i Ci:- cmt ,-r M - !. Si ' Boast Tmkey. ijiuiTt-! v. ':, :.u:s. V Nov.- S. '.. 1' . , V. ;. v. '2'' Mince i ic. I'r. wn Urcoi. be t e am. t :-- 2 i A A i A ' A. A ' ? e3 : A J 'A 'A J Slake an Alliance. If as the old year ends and the new begins there is one person who feels thai no advance has been made, either something is wrong with that person or the shadows have not yet risen high enough above his path to permit even an indistinct glimpse of the goal to ward which he is surely moving. A. II. Bradford, D. D. The Greater Gifts. Give u. New Year, the Light Along the lonely way; Some fctar to make the nirht Held kinship with the dayl Gicr the storms cf life Arch thou the rainbow rayl Give cs. New Year, the grace To bless a world in need. To stand before God's face. Pure with the dream and deed; To seethe the tots that mourn. To bind the wounds that bleed! So shall thy coining be Blest cf each cot and c'od; The seed shall Soweringly Brighten the d-scrt sod And the world roll nearer heaven Under the smile cf God! NEW YEAH DIVINING. CUR1CUS CUSTOMS CONCERNING MATRIMONY. Teats of the Yoong Folk In Various Countries to Determine How Soon lliey Would V.etl-The Saspcndcd It i ii B The Tea Test. pN THE principle of beginning the year well it has been cu.s- touiary in mai:;.- countries to U&iiSJ select New Year's day as mcst au.spieious f'jf matrimony, and indeed a remnant of this custom is found among ourselves, for no day is more highly favored In this regard than the 1st cf January, says the St. Louis JloboI -moc-at. In s.-me countries the weddings of 'the year are all ai ra n;:ed with a view to their celebration on Jan. 1. ai:d ly a curious contradic tion, in Siaui and some mountain dis tricts in "India, the year's funerals are also celebrated on the first day of the biu ceeding year. Temporary interments take place a day or two after death, but on the first day of the following January the remains of those who died during the year are borne to their last resting place, the funeral feasts are celebrated at the same time with the weddings, and in the most literal man ner the funeral baked m-ats do coldly furnish forth the marriage tfibles. Advantage is taken of the day by the unmarried to ascertain how many years will e!:ir;se ere the bonds of matrimony are fixed upon them. The French peas ant cirl borrows her mother's wedding ring and suspends it by a hair from her own head, balding it as near as possi ble to th inner rim of a teacup. Then she counts, as rapidly as may be, the number of her own years. The treni tiloiisiiess of her lingers causes the sus pended ring to sway to and fro. An other nctes while she is counting the number cf taps of the ring on the tea cup, and these betoken the years of single blessedness that lie before her. In t lie country districts of Cermany and England there is a lea and coffee test, which has the merit of limiting the years to a number so reasonable that any girl should feel satisfied with the result. As conducted, according to O-U'.Uer. this test is as follows: A tea spoon is carefully balanced on the edge of a cup: then another spoon is partly tilled witli tea or coffee, which, drop by drop, is allowed .to fall in the bowl of the balanced spoon, until th bowl outweighs the handle and the spoon fails into the cup. The merit of this divination 'lies in the fact that one or two good y.ized drops will destroy the balance and cause the spoon to fall, and. on this account, spoon diviuatit n Is in high favor among the rural belFs. :ston: of vh and of rroml- ing presents and cards oa New Year's day is so ancient that the historian of social customs does not record a time when in some form it did r.ot exist. COUNTING- Till: TAPS. The practice of using visiting card.-; has been known among the Chinet-'e for thousands of years. The Chinese New Year's card is a curiosity to the occi dental, for its mystic characters set forth not only the name, b;:t all the ti tles, of the owner, ami. as every China man who is anybody at all has a dor.cn or two. the card assuu.es the form and something ef the d;mi mdoin f a wall man. V, i:e:i cnt to an a-"i;c!iiit::nc . however, this valuable t'k i:, made eithe r of fin? paper backtd with cloth, or of silk, is n t retained, but is r -turned by soi e:al me-si ;igr, and tl. day after New Year's the spce'aelc ef crowds of seraiits. their arms full f rolls of paiKT or cloth, hurrying to ar.d fro in the streets, is too common to excite remark. They are not on their way to a school of geography. They are only returning New Year's cards. Whole volumes have been filled with the novelties of New Year's customs and the usg s which in different pa: is of the W! ri-1 characterize the day. in Persia colored eggs are sent as pre s ents, as with ns at ilaster. Through out ali Eur ; the v. a' -ail cup. in o::e form or another, is a feature of th day. In old times :e i iu of gigantic size served the entire o.mpaijy, and when a man roo and took the huge vessel in both hands to drink to the truest. s a trusted friend ro- with him and with drawn sword stood by his fdde lest h" should be t. ait'.rously stab bed iii the bn a st v. hlie drinking. In France t'.- New' Yar's day eorre opouds pretty closely hi i s -ciol ob servance to our 'hrb'tma In Russia at every ctamti y L . ;. : are pro-cts.-ioii and f a-t iu h-m r ct the day. horses, cows, shevp ami hogs i reins payly dressed with garlands and led to the landlord's house. An essential part of the programme is that the animals ! shall be taken into the dining room but when the landlord does net care t: j have a nice apartment s;-IU-l by this j human and b;-a-tly proe ssl-.tt he Jits j up a large room on the ground floor j with tables and benches. Food Changed to Poison. Putrefying food in the tntotines pro duces effects 'hfce-JiWe-of arsenic, bat Dr. King's New Life Pills expel the poison from c'.ojged b.weW, gently, easily, bat surely, curing Con-atpation, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Fever, all I.irer, Kidney and Bowel trouble. Only 25c t MeirilJe Dor-ey'a Drng Store. j THE ROSY NEW YEAR. Ho, you little fellow. With the cparkle in tout eyes! Will you wreathe your arms around us. Will you kiss away our sighs. You rosy little fellow. With the sparkle in your eyes? Uo. you little fellow. Like a sunbeam from the skies! Will you set the hells to ringing. Will vuu cive us songs for sight. Vim rusj liitl." fillnw. With the s;iarkle in your rcs? Uo, you lit lie fillow. Near your dimples sorrow dies: The Carknets melts in inusir. AnJ "lie glcry'a in the tkirs! You n.y little f.-llow. With the sparkle in your eyes! Atlanta Const ilution. rx TWELFTH NIGHT SUPPER. Revival of an Old Costom Chooslag a Kins and Queen of Festivities. The old custom of celebrating Twelfth night (Jan. 5) Is again being revived and makes a pleasing novelty in the way of entertainments for the New Year, says the New York Post. As this is the festival of the bean king beans should be largely used in the decorations. In the dining room festoons of them might hang from the chandelier to the table. To use the lit tle white beans they should first be soake'd in water overnight, strung while wet, using a fine needle, then put away for a day, when they w ill again become dry and hard. The supiter maybe sim ple or elaborate, as the hostess wishes, but the table should be lighted with candles and the Twelfth cake given the most conspicuous place. To avoid con fusion have the cake iced in two colors, white and pink or white and chocolate, the men taking the slices of one color, the ladies of the other. When baking the cake, place a bean in one side and a pea In the other. Stick a straw in beside each one, tying a colored thread around one straw so that no mistakes will ire made. The man who .finds the bean in his piece of cake will -be the king, while the queen will be the lady who holds the pea. After supper a mock court is held, when the king and queen receive the homage of the company. At one end of the room have a platform on which are two chairs. Here the king and queen must !e crowned with appropri ate ceremony, placing upon their heads crowns of cardboard covered with gilt paper and having beads and spangles sewed on. Very effective additions are long capes of muslin trimmed with broad borders of ermine (canton flan nel marked with black paint). The king should also hold a scepter, w hich can he a short, round stick or cane cov ered with gilt paper. When the coronation Is over and the king and queen are seated upon their throne, the court should be presented. Previous to this each guest should tie given a card showing who he Is to Im IKU'sonate. Each card, cut and painted to represent a bean, bears the name of a historical or fictitious character or, what is more Interesting, that of some celebrity of the present day. The her ald, w ith a great flourish of his trum pet, will call out the name, with a brief introduction. Social impersonations will greatly add to the merriment The cards designating the places at the supper table might be painted with a cake, a row of candles or a string of peas and beans. BELGIAN NEW YEAR'S. How the Children Raise Money- For Celebrating. , One amusing custom Is found In Bel gium. There on St. Sylvester's day, the eve of New Year's day. the chil dren strive to secure a "sugar uncle" or "sugar aunt." as the relative who falls a victim to their wlbn is technic ally termed, says the New York Her ald. On that day all the children of the household enter into a solemn con spiracy for the mutual gx:d at the ex pense ef the unwary adult whom they may entangle in the tiiche of their intrigues. They employ every artifice to get on? of the older members of the household under lock and key. Early on that day the keys of all the doors in the house have mysteriously disappeared. They have been secreted by the children, who retain them, ready for instaue use whenever the occasion shall occur. Then strictest watch is maintained to the end that some unsuspecting one may be alone In a room. An uncle en ters a room to search for the paper which he has mislaid. Iesto! There comes a pattering rush of feet in the hallway, the door Is slammed, the key rattles in the lock. The alarmed uncle springs to the door. Woe betide him now If be be In a hurry and If be be ungenerous, for be must yield to the terms of these youth ful brigands before be can escape. lie must solemnly covenant with them that be will pay to them whatsoever ransom they may demand ere the pris on door will swing open. When the prisoner bas promised all that Is asked, the triumphant company restore blra to liberty. Always on band a frb lot of Straight and Tatent flour at LOWEST PRICES at H. THOMASOKfr - A Wife Says: "Ht have four children. Vith the first thru I suffered almost unbearable pains from 12 to 14 hoars, and had to be placed undrr the influence of chloroform. I used thrte bottles of Mother's Friend before our Lut child e"f, which is a strong, fat and healthy boy, doing my house wot k up to within two hours of birth, and suf fered but a few hard pains. This lini ment is the grand est remedy ever made." Mother's Friend will do for every woman what it did for the Minnesota mother who writes the above let ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering. Mother's Friend equips the patient with a strong body and clear intellect, which in turn arc imparted to the child. It relaxes the muscles and allows them to expand. It relieves morning -VfKu and nervousness. It puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition for the final hour, so that the actual labor is short and practically painless. Dan ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided, and recovery is merely a matter of a few days. Druggists sell Mother's Friend lor $1 bottle. The RradflcM Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Send (or our free Illustrated book. "DAVE'S PLACE," (Opposite S. A. L. Station.) European Hotel, Restaurant and Lunch Counter. Meals Served at Hons Daytr Night Foroisbed Booms. Comfortable Beds. Everything strictly first-clas,. An orderly, well kept place. SALOON o Equal to any in the State. sU cked with nothing but the very best and Purest good money can buy. This being the grip Maon we have all kinds f ingredients for relieving nme. FINE CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. POOL ROOMS IN CONNECTION. Henry Perry, Insurance.-"- A.stroQKUneor lK)th l.if and rire Caws ponies represented. Policies i?surd and risks placed to uest advantage. Office In Court House. (are Krary aw law caa kara. fWaa. nr kok a ti sImSot .f .hlkiraa MMMk twain, mmmt. 1. It will m. aaar Slul Mil. It Hn ik. aM r nrxvs VERMIFUGE A rBM47 atawlaJlr aiau4 tte IIcm lUaart mf kllofc4. It ku ara4 kll4rw ftjr M tan. MtiM tw awll, ma. c. a .rtn.irUTiMHt.Hi. HENDERSON TELEPHONE COMPANY The following Toll Kates will be effec tive December .Ird, lf0. V" V VS FROM HENDERSON: Ilurlington, 40 (ha.se City. CliuliMville, 25 iMinn, 4"i Durham. 30 1'n field. Kratiklinton. l."i lireeiiMbnro, 4.1 (im-liviHe, 4-1 lioldrdmro. 4-1 High Point. .10 HilIr.lwro, Littleton. 21 Iyuitbiirg, 2 Mercer, 40 .Wlnille. :. Oxford, 1.1 Italeigh. ' Kooky .Mount. .'M Scotland S-l. 4 BmithnVM, 40 Sprit. Hoi-. -IO Tnrboro, 40 Wake Fonft. 21 Wurrentmi. 20 WHfdiinjrt-ni. -lo Weldon. :$.1 "Ailwrn. ".1 WinMon. .1.1. F. C. Toepleman, ;-arstl MPerlntta4rHi mm mm mi ON HAND at all times we keep a supr-rbsUn-k f th finest trottinjr, coach and cart harness. They are made of the best materials and by the best workmanship, and embrace everythiDjr in the best and newest styles in trimmings and design. We will sell you a st of harness that can't be beat in either quality, price or style. L.T.HOWARD, HENDERSON. IS .C All kinds of ammunition, powder, aho shells, ete.. at H. THOMABON'R fir- '' ' ' ' Xv
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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