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VOL. IV. - NO. 13.
I CHRISTMAS I
|i PRESENTS |
Place—Boarding bouse tad
#] 1 idgn-Kdlle Cm. arttat;
• May Unreß. stenographer.
I XeOfe—Tbas are my aina visited upon
■Mi DM yea ever m such a* ugly,
ietrtklt collar aa thia orange thin*
Mktkrrrf fhfklM?
| May-Wo: wlna It la the purple tie
la |nt afttar head Bat the blue and
tk* Jiltaw collars are bath prelty.
| XelUa—KcMhcr haraioajca with my
bloeshhrt waist and my complexion.
J Ml Hear dM you happn to itwlft
: o% Many esUarsf DM yarn aak for
| Will ltd for tknat Hardly. I
■Mr wear aaything except lloca «l
kn Aa I aaM. haaeiec. It la my own
fit alt. Iml jraar My aaut aaat me aa
nyafrin bat hlili 11 aa cellar which I
AWMIIHSIIIJ daaated to a church ram
map Mlt
! May—Thea wrote yoar aaat that It
waa Jaat what yoa wanted.
! Xeßle-My consrleare would not al
ftew aw to da that. I tiled op four
pagoa. Imim. aa the one redeeming
faatare of that collar. I spoke af the
'leaf a at the silk aad dwelt aa Its
iwoadarfal rtchoesa.
I May—l should hare tbooght yoar
jaaat woaM haw area through that
JHB ovnr w au rou BOW."
WVa a girl pw Into rapt urea over
■owe detail of a gnwa I know alt* dues
■at Ilka th- ttalt.g as a whute.
• KrßJe-llj aunt's cdaratkm baa tnwi
a'slatted. for ahe doesn't know that.
Ut wm mad you iwr tetter:
My Dltr Chill—There waa so mnch
pai has hi ywnr note of thanks last year I
•Obld see haw yaa loved and lo.iged for
the fcrawttfol. and I know that I am not
msklaa a mistake In osaading yon one
■ore pretty thine to an with you all
tkruagli the year. I have told your east
ern t nwlaa haw yon enjoyed the collar I
gave >ou last Lhiiausu. and tbsy are
■stag to aend you BMW We have hired
a pear to aaahe them, ao 1
have a Mil pleasure la *qr O* LI Ufa la
holding oat a halslag hand to two de-
> May—Che nrast bsre a erase of hn
mor ft ahe en Ma joe dependent. Sbe
SCht t» are you now.
| .VaOh I'll have to waata M cents
poets *» In wetting lette-a at thanks,
sad I hay* alneUi paid M ceata taut
far idriut on thr pa«.-fcac«-*. I coukl
bare- flatted aiyarlf to a good mnra
star or s heat af chocolates for that
Maj - Ijsat year I learned that ss
■MI waa (Stan la ghrr Mr a year'a
saliat rtfisa la a Journal which de
rates ltd iota la telling Kir la haw to
tlfwl tbatr employer* and boa to ureas
aa «Ml year I get all that kind of
thing I shk allhsal reading nIMH It
ao I task palna fco cnla-ter Uo- paper
before her aud st the aaaw Unw dis
play rd my trora glnvea
t Kettie Aad ahe gave yaa s pair af
gL>tew) (darky gari:
• May-l-11-.. m she wonM. hat sbe
■Mt mm a hi Beat m ping magadne and
v--"' Wrote Irilhit Me that I «et;M U* UrulU
•s nak. aa If a bealiwa* jrtrt haa half
■ rhaJMW. tthe MM that I might not
like the aaMantta- at inl out woo Id
btaatr attached la It h. time. I ba
iitnr detached.
, f KMtte- What da ywa mean?
I Kay I Mtel H lor fci reals M the
, t*ep| fa th theater awl wrote
■Stifle (tal l had derived raw yhv«-
ktv fraai her present than from any
Mhsr ahe had r*m a«rtt mm.
I XeWw-Totsl defintvlty!
I Msy-Xw only cmM liwataras man
Bnwi* 1 SWU ml Ifcsl yo" "HI your
atiaM |a in sis
I XeOW- ri: do It t know 3 rTH w «■
*kee fqaay UtlngM. eaprrhtHy If aha
was U-U her tbe ru:-r» us. tlal«»-
fate f.w tat Hathea. I.irt will ju*t
w'llw I•* eiTfahi ttjaH rhe w'!!
CHRIBTMAB DECORATIONS.
Win* karrtn'k a»>p»T a Mill
M> Cmms* rw ■
Tiar after year Cbristiaaa rata and
gcea. tta jo-* and roei ryanklng losing
no wlilt of latareat aad aeatiawt for
)«ui( or old, aud. while (l\a)> ac«
each aeaaoo In tbrir glviag of pfcaanre.
the same aid cwtoaa eoatbiar to pre-
Tali with attrralloaa In dotall only.
The day wuuad hardly stent Uko
ChrUts&ss without the hauging of
Christmas greens. aad. tboach a greater
variety lo offarad la the way of decara
tioua than furmorly, tbaaa are atiU
moat liked aad wad that bear om Iko
old practices aad significance, and
chief among thaM are the mistletoe
aud bully, wboae rery attars cany oaa
back to the daya of anilaat English
cheer aad Yolatida. wtth waaanll IwwL
Tule log aad Joyooa m> rrymaking.
The UMjat favored mlotletoe cornea
from serosa era a, bat aw la aeM from
Canada aad the aoath. where. portlca
larly la Texaa, It grows lo lante ciampa
ou tbe live oak tn« alwaya to the lat
ter** gradual teatiattliai. for. bring a
paraalte. tt aapa the aak'a Ufeblood.
flourishing luxuriantly the while. It M
not au artiatlc In appeeranre aa Ita Eng-
Uah coualn. the Ira Tta more cumaaoa
place and the berrlea amaller aad pooaar
la qaality. though alore la qaautlty.
Strange to aay. the Tesaa mistletoe,
like the prophet la hie owa country,
la not vcatiy prised at bane, aad at
few of the Cbriatataa faativtUae daaa
tt make part of the decoration. while
In all other quart era a rloater of the
oddly ahaped greea leevea aad opaque
white berrlea moat almost of necessity
lie suspended lo the doorway or (torn
the chandelier wbea Christmas esasaa
In. and It nerer falto to caaar the auaa
J eating and merriment, far a ktas aula
under the mlatlrtor la oao'a right, aad
the pilferer cannot with Jaatka tocalTO
rebuff.—Select adL
8. CLAUB' MAIL HELD UP.
■oahala •» Utlm Tkit Ikr aid Baa
Krvvr Will a»«al»o»
Sometimea the address oa the *nr«l
ope atarta "Dear." which. of cava
means "Dear."* and again It la "IW
or "Ddr." Bat even (bese remarkable
spellings are nothing eoajpar-d with
the two warda that follow. They read
•Santy Klawa" or "Want Claa" or
"Saint Claus." and they are la hand
wrlttuga compared lo which Babylonlc
cuneiform la aa a primer. ,
They are coming into the dead latter
oOlce In tbla city by tbe buudrvds tbeae
daya, and. altbvuiib tLe iklta In that
division are the mo*f palnateklag of
men and can deciplxv an actual ad
drtas from a maw of hleragylpha. they
nerer have been able to karo the exact
lotatlon of either the buslneas oC.ee or
home of one 8. Claus. Kaq, manufsc
turer of toy*.
Co these letter* nerer reach their des
llnatlun. They w.«W be returned to
the aendera only for the cad fact thai
m .it'll they are opeued tbe Im-lokureo
uli.ioat Invariably look aa if a *pk!cr
bad got drunk on a bottle of ink and
had tried lo perform a mixture or
highland Slug and cakearalk on tbe pa
per. Tbe uioat that can be made out la
tbe Invariable beginning, "lleaae bring
me"—
Last yea* In the d-ad letter division
there waa a bushel basket of tbeae nils
aivoa. tlooaifd never to In- aeeti by Rants
CUtua. And this Jrear letter bases are
ruiuisiiiud atltuliuoa at ever/ cultec
lion,-New Yuri I "reus.
THE VULETIOE LOG.
Aa Aaeteal Castas. Still Observed la
th* North of k'Mlasd.
A rostoui at our time prevalent in
Engt.nd aud still obe,-rrrd lu some of
the nortbern dlatrirta of the old coua
try la ibat of ptar.ug an loiineoae lot
of wood— aoinetluiea the n*4 of a great
tree-In the wide chimney (dace. Tiila
Is often calted thr Yale kr. aad it was
on Cbriaiuiaa eve that It waa pat on
lite wide hearth. Aavuud It weakl
gather the entire fai .Jjr and Ha ea
rn oca waa the on-aalnj of a great deal
of ceasiuwuy. There were waste aud
rejoicing. while the vae au!l»or.iu-d to
light It waa obliged to hare drau
baada.
It waa siwaya lighted with a braud
left over frmn the log of the prevkag*
year, wbh-h hid lieen rarefnUly pre
aerved for thr porpuea. A poet ehp
af It hi Utla way:
With the last yeafe hraad
Light the aew Mork. and
fir |ual amaa la ks ■> .ndlag
On ynor |Maltrlea play
That owett lw.k
Cams while the log la a-teaxttc*.
Tbr Tale log waa aturwai d hi he a
ptxnwttmi against evd *T*»its. and It
waa e»a»Klenl a lead owcti If the Itav
want out befote the evening was over
The family and gtteaw ami ta seal
tlti-aiaelres In fr -nt af the brightly
burn lug Are. aud aaauy a alary «■)
ai?rry Jesl w.nt matad the h'.,ipy
hrwap. -K«w York kind sad Kxpreas.
- - Whaf We Meaeg.
Little Mnaitagtw—l waa awake when
■aula Ciaue casae. dad.
: falbiT- W'mt yua) And what was
brltke. eh?
' Mtlle Moatagoe- Uk I fualdat we
JbM-. H Wd* dark, yoa kraw. bat
f hen be t>«taped hlmarlf on (ha nrssb
flan.l kr S"W
falher |bn»ti|yi - There, that K do.
M'dtj- Hou Ml) swl iiuf.-iSiwk
*mf |t»e UHt.
Wh f. Xortaa-| ervaatcd htat night
(hat roa gave tar a dlauiewd ring rr
Christmas.
Mr I* Xwha That's law ywar lack.
Uruuai always go by f-onirartas.
With Hpslottfea la alley.
There s a Chrtstrass touch la the BhV
1 fori II St the o&r« ___
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26,1902
OAWAWVWM \ VMVWWt l
iOEISTIKAS CLASSICS!
At CkHaanu play and mak« ch««r.
rar Chriatmaa mbm but oaca a rar.
—Tuaa*r.
Twaa the night hefara Chri*tm*a. wh«a
all throuffh the he tw
ite* a craaiur* waa sUrrtag, not aval a
aam
The atoeklag* ware hung by th* chimney
with car -
te boixa Uaat tt. Nlchola* aooo would te
Ultra. tr
—ClaßMßl C. Moor*
Th» thee drawn near th» hlrth of Chrtat
The raotin la hul; the at. hLi* cti.l; "
Th* Chrlatnana belia fronal' to hill
▲naw«r each oihar In th* lawu
-T.nnyaoa.
Thta I* th* month and thlj th* happy
mar*
Wb.rcln th* Kan of hMTMi'a ateraal
King.
Of wadded maid and Tlrgtn mother bam,
Oor irent redemption from aboe* dM
bring.
For *o the holy MRrea once dM atng
That ho our deadly forfeit ihould relea**
And wtth hte rather work u* a perpetual
-lfilton.
In f>ar*aihar ring
ETery day the chlnea;
Lki) the gleenian *lng
b the street* their marry rhym*a
Let ua by th* fir*
Ever higher
■big than till tli* otght expire!
—Longfellow.
No trampet blast profaned
The hot r In which th.- Prince of P*ae*
waa born;
Me Moady aireamlet stained
Kartb'a atlear rivers on that aaerad
saara.
—Bryant
What Bah* new horn la thla that la a
manger erlea?
Naar oa her lowly bad hla happy motha
Kft**.
Oh. aa* th* air to shaken with while awl
heavenly wing*!
Thta la the Lord of all the earth; thta a
tb* Blag of kings.
—B. W. OM*r.
The mist let os hung In the castle hall;
The Loily iM-aiMiti shone on th* old oak
wall.
—Tfcomua Hayn*a Bayly.
Far little children everywhw*
A joyous aeeaon atlll w* mak*;
We bring our precloua gift* to them.
Bveu for lh* dear child Jesus' anka
Ptiiabe Cary
Bla Delleate PrapaaaL
Gladys (on Chrltdnina mornlngl-
What a dear little clock! Who gave
yon tbatT
Marjorle—Gcorgw, of course.
Gladys-1* It golngT
Marjorie— Ob. no! George tvliba roe
lo understand that I uuiy (et my own
time.—Smnrt Set.
atoi>ia Oi-srg*.
"Arc yon going to hang up any ml»
tletocr f
"So. I'm not. I put anme up la«l
year, and Gcorpe nrWed If It wnmi't aa
parngua."-Clevelaud I'laln Dcakr.
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I r.I TRUTH ABOUT \
SANTA CLAUS >
Ot course there'* ■ Santa Claud Every
one know ■ It—
TUI la, ««ry mm who has food aenan
and atona It.
Than are thooa who doubt love and rail
lloa and morsla—
Those people aho tl»a|i are Mk;n| (or
quarrel*
On quMtloca of faith and are ever lament
ing
The existence ot thine* to which there's
no di*9cittin*.
They wounl have all the dear little chil
dren believing
There isn't a Santa, but their alm'a tie
cetvin*
He's jolly and big. and his nickname'e
Kile KrMcle:
Ood pity the child who haa not heard the
Jingle
Ot hie al'vrr bells as ha cornea SWU>
MKlgfcIMS
|Then his annual vMI of love he's e-pay
fpg'
oe*a round, and he'a fan. and fa Is whiskara
Mtw sr hit lifted
flit eeaturtad enow*, hut- his good face
la IlKßtened
With th* riw.ry warm asiurs that keepe
ynu supernal
And arUI dew old Ban la Ctaus last
time «vmd
Sou children don't think whan you ha us
uj> each stocking
That I her- h> re Sauta Claaa—that would
be shocking-,
■»ran»r while you're snuKty and cosily
He'll com* with hia reindeer all aiadly
= -' sp'-g
And from his rteh Iwtd In a trloe will ho
| NEW YEAR'S I
AT »> t ||
I CLUE RIDQEp
of New Tear's."
W aaM the Netradlan. "I alwaya
call to mlud this time of year
the H woff we b»ys give a
ynans doctor chap who caine
op to Bine Kidgr Jtiat at tb- tlnn- that
ump was t.ie iivellcat. .'o whleh 1 ii.ij.ht
add that tboagl/lbe days of Ihe Uldgr
waa few In tbe liad. aa tbe book says,
while It dM last there was no camp on
tbe rav.de *t pe fruta Ptiget » tintl to
the Bio Gmadr that could furntHb as
much fan la a week aa transpired In
Blue Bklge every twenty-four I tours.
"But tbe spurt dlJat need no mudl-
etae. it waa not aa yoa might nty. a
atckls neighborhood, which It seems
ruwiM * at-araisa »oa tub iuvrun
peculiar to remark: se«Hng rs bow wc
bad tbe UMiat likely looking graveynrtl,
eouaklerlng the population, as you
Would find la all tbe Sk-rras. But Vue
C -nts as pupulnhd the grjveyurd wns
moa'.ly s llv«sy and healthy lot up to
and inclusive of tbe'moment of their
demise.
"That's rbit Ihr hove wn* speaking
of wlm-ii ll,e iort«r tunif Into rump.
"Umir 1111 l remarked to oie Hint the
boya who was facrt ought to i.uike ail
»Jiirt to last until Ibe duct r could air
rive, which would fire hi in a legal
olnliu on anj doat tbey wight leave,
lie was Juat the kiwi of a chap for the
en nip If no It had lr*n that tliire nui
nny traile for blm. for be wn* quiet,
nervy, bad uiure book. learning tluin
tue editor nd vu cheerful m.U oMIg
In::, especially olillglnn. fur lie preached
a hrantlfal sermon orer tlie late dialer
•t the faro bank, though tlie raid dealer
bud died of bia wooiuls before Doc ar
tited. J
"Fame Mid as tow we outfit to sentl
down In tlie valley where they were nil
•baking etonally with nmlarla and im
port • ImiK-b of the shaker* for l>oe to
practice on and pay him ao much for
tlie cleanup. lie laughed when we
proposed Ibia and aald It woi.lii be uu
profeaalona I. U-cauae be knew |bp party
aa bad the practice In the valley.
Then we proposed that thereafter,
any lairty d.-iug of bia wnuoita before
the Doc fculd arrive. the mid party's
effeeta should lie levied upon for a fee
to be paid to
"All the buta agreed to that, and we
got m workeft up orer the proapect that
a disagreement resulted • that very
night. in which a MVliTnirvo shotgun
messenger blew all the Latin pi.rts ont
of a frl'-nd with a tea itatfre dark guu.
whleb the rm me. for purposes of stage
rvLbm. was of a aawed oil character.
The party aa was abut was' inoatly
mlaslng between hie blpa and bis Hirst,
the rrtuaiua briug only two-tliirda, but
we Joyfully sen I fuf-Jiip Jual Ule atmc,
"V.'ell. he rtinie. aiid wiicti bo saw the
state at the ease krWM UK iraxn't
•la •ndertaker he xui>bi t lie at any
atrtic*.
Tbva w told hla of ttu- now nil*
and hOwhl bin Iha pile of (hp d-
eMwd. wiik-b was In a nuivoi aack
belaud UM> Uar. lie wouldn't take It
art crea • sample fur innf. aud (be
disappointment of Ike boys waa md to
ace, especially the abottcun tiieaseuirpr,
whose Intentions bad dote Lonor to bis
fceati slid aim.
""It was a few daj-» before New
Vear's tint the editor allowed oa a
piece la a Sao Francisco paper. which
frns a kind of local ncUce, jtatliis thr.t
dor Dor wn» KDIOK to bt'iMWM to a
ludjr lu that city. That sets IM tbluk
lug. aod we tb«n«lit harder thau «ver
when the Hoe trOa as thnt be was co
in* to lea re oa an New Y«*fs day" to
lake up bia peat-tie* in Jan
We beU a meet iu* and dlmusned tb»
r*jte of affair*, bavins a pretty rooJ
Idea of bow the
with Doe. baeaiwr his nt'mri was. oil
«f;*islt with the rxprt aa agent aod be
wit* chairman of oar ineetli**.
"Veil, at that mset'nc we bild oat a
pi:tu that Wiii krj as alicfc aa a ula
ni'iod drill On tt.e day before Krw
Tear's Dor was mri fit by Ijong BUI.
who told hlni bis old rbrarae.tis «ai
woikJug apaia like a forty stani;'
il ::irt* ir-n Dec »r-.
hand It to him wben be bkl him good
by at tbe «tage oillce next day. Then
I »n! for Dor ami Mid that old bullet
wound In m.v lee waa 011 strike n—tin.
took my pr -wTl|>tiuo and promleml to
pay uoxt day.
**l uou't aoppoae any doctor In tbe
world ever had aa busy a day aa ours
dM that day. It aremcd like every
niMu In ramp waa sick, t here waa
trouble about noon been use the boys
mn out *f name* of d..«fc -jb. bat I
went up to Dor's otßce and • •filed out
a lot of uamva from oae of hla LooUa,
and then we kept thtnxa booming.
Bome of tbe younger lioya got atuck
on the nanieo of atckneaee* I dualt out
to them to make a cbohv fioui ami
t>l:t,ved the whole deck, which accmed
to puu!e f>oc aomewliat.
"Well, tbe next day we met ami
man-bed mound to tbe atai;e al*»ut
atiirting time, and tlietv waa I>oc.
looking a little worried, hut lie hmked
a lot mute aurprised wben he adw all
hlv pn I lent a so ntlllah.
"We gare him a aendnff cud an en-
Telope. ,
"D.d yon ask what waa In the ettvel
ope? I dlareiueniLer tlie dollars,
bat It was enouph over KVnno to Ira re
him that char after be bad paid his
expense* dowu to tbe lay.**—Mew
York Journal.
HOLIDAY DECORATIONB.
OM rasMssed Ueeesa Weea gsas.
asarr. Ivy sail Pay.
The old fashioned holiday greens
were rosemary. Ivy and lay. but In
the iW|i) ton* of wreathing ami deco
rating material wbk-b-lt Is estimated
that-We now use every je.ir there Is
a much greater variety. Best loved of
all Is the glosay red berried bully.
"Holm" «aa the old Uufclikb iuiiw tor
It, and It la thought to !w idoutlcal
with tbe "greenwood triv" of British
luillads snd of Roliln llond fame. On
our side of tt* Atlantic the American
holly. Ilex otßira. la found (ram Alalue,
where It gruws as s slirnh. to North
aud South Carolina, where It lifts a
symmetrical cone of dark, shilling
leaves set with scarlet berry clusters
ftkrng a laaatirul trunk of gray and
silver to the height of seventy or eighty
feet.
UHiiwil* tod Maryland are usually
credlti>d with furuUhiiiK tUe best
Krnlss of holly to the boutlay uAnket.
but their "Three X" brauil, sY'seeb
after shipment to north*-n pit lea. In not
ao Bhely berried n« the'Carollnn Itotyy,
plentiful In _tlie refflona around Aaftf
rllle.—Country LIFE ID A met lea.
Year's Calls.
Now Year's calling In New York mi
purely tin- outgrowth of an i-nrly
Dutch etlstoui, yet enough
in- 11 v of the descendants of (lie « rlj
Dutch settlers fought against tbe cou
tinimnce of n practice which they lo
ciared bad Innn pi nee (Hissed Ixynnd
the Itoumls to which tlic futherH limit
ft I It and had In en uisdu the excuse
for great' excesses on a day which
mijrlit lo lie given over to the forming
of good resolutions.
In the mrty day* of Manhnltnn Is
land Ibe male l>ulcli settler* every
New Year'a day started out ns a mat
ter of duly to visit the houses of nil
their friends. The good wive* who re
eel ted them were srrayed In their Kun
day flncsl and hud bowla of Meaiullig
hot punch UJKIU tbe "Ixtt room" table.
Tbe latter dsy Dutch descendants de
nied the punch and sold It was coffee.
The Irreverent latter day champions of
Ni'w Year's calling denied tl;e puiii b
also aud told tbelr o|i|iouents that their
forefntbera would not know a punch
If they saw it and that tbey drank
nothing but 111 smelling hot gin.
Whatever It was that the gcod burgh
crs drunk, tbey succeeded in calling
within the compass of the day upon
•very family of any uote on UanhatUn
Island.
A Hew Tear's Cjre lose.
Ia thut • cyclone ragln'T
Is the roof a-iumblln' downt ,
la that s earthquake shakln'
All the winders In (own?
Ia that the river roailn'
Above Its banks of rreenT
Has Ushrtel blowed his trumpet
Tj nuke the dead serene?
They stood and heard la terror
While loud ibe noise aroae.
Like the *ar whuop* of the Indiana.
The shouts of foreign foes.
But a voice brought better comfort
(I*l not the sainted scoff):
"Thar ain't a bit of trouWe:
That's daddy swesrta' off!"
—Atlanta Constitution.
A Time mi PeHL
Clarissa -I'm always glad when New
ttfer's Uiiy 1a MI rely over.
Fidelia—Yea; It la • saddening anni
versary.
Clarissa—Oh. I dont mean that.
Clarence and I always have a horrid
jjusrrel suggesting Iniprovetnenta in
each other's condnrt.
Te Hassklt-Me.
Come In. New Tear, cucr In. tome la;
I>on't a'.and nut there In the cold and (tin
i ui ou aiai cloi has; *our iea* are bare;
Vou haven't hs'.f enough to weur.
The old mnr.'s cone; the coast la elear;
The work! s >o«»r oy»ter. kid New Tearl
' -CUpiMa TrU>m»
*9l* M HeM.
ftradd*— (jfftug to uiuk« »uj new rc«
elulioos thin year. fylkest
Plilkoo—New ones* I any not.
I've pot a lot of old ooea I've never
«a«l. by Jove! ,
ffrerkasei . t
Break, break. break -
•»' f * No. not the waves of the Me
Only the ii-solutlens
Thai the foolish ronde. nk. «•!
m. Klasr.
As Cued mm New.
"How about thnse good resolutions
you nui tie the flrwt of the year?"
"Oh. they are still good."—Mtuart Set.
Foolish llneleUew.
Tli*» V } vows 1!..!'. Ivrklns mad*
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THE ENTERPRISE;
RATKS OF AI >VKRTI SI .
«.c iu citn n ;j CiMC* , V
•• '■ tuO iuaoUM) Sflr
■* " one month fa.go.
•• " thiet months ..... - / '
" '• mx "
•• twelve " >!)■».
IV Ur ; rr fHtntwnriiU Uh.nl CmitiHi* «iii I* made
I NEW YEAITS H RUSSIA
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In the amallor cit'w nf Cuaaia New
t«ir» U.IJT is in tli* Twelve I>ay*
festival. The Huaciuaa In uiauy part*
bnve hold 0 tlx' old w*j-» from Usue
limat'UiorluL The prepßrntlo::* far tlx
•OUHOII Ixyin nirly in November. Ttoe
boat of some great bouac to U}
In itoitii of aalted beef ami aanaagea.
Utpioiira. etc. The bra ,caa call* on all
Iter frh-nda aud invitea young and old.
Next day ahe la auerecded by the nnrme.
who ma km t!ie miiy ronnda of rlalta.
II«>r duty la to lm .tr evpocMly the
youiiit Indies. Hbo la iuiileal with Joy.
au.l tiie lutly of the lioune haatcna t •
mix for her the cup of wine. She de
ll vera her rrriuid mid la pllrd with
q..e»tU.. -» ft* to the iuviUxl b.Hi n jwi
hI. But tlie mo,* Important qucstku:
la. "Who are the olecteJT"* Th-ae mi>
the yoiiiiK men Invited uy the lioateiu
f r the rrlrhi. or "fair ......d* ..a," an llaj
nre railed. The I'tif- of In- ye.m ni;ti
tima deal prated la to look after the
amuaemeut mid pirn- ire of hla "fair
mriiden" dumiK Hit- "twelve daya.'
The roapenalMllty of the ehol e lyln:
with the boHtr.iS, ahe baa to be raretu.
In b«>r avlvt'tioii.
L.ut IKR Invitation lis- NPILN to I* IT
pented. this time bv tin- noisier of tb
house 111 tilt* |H*| >on of liitt Mrv::nt. 01
"swat," wlii, with tance in lutiid, per
forms bin mission. On ent ring racl
house he oifcra n phi.ccr before th
slir!;e of tlie mint to which it Is ihtli
cnted. lie then delivers lU- l;.vit.itloi
In t!i>' name of his u:n*'rr cnl mirtiTM
At flrxt. according tu et; |ttet;». the It:
vltntinu Ih refur.ed, but nft r itiucl
press lag It I* flii:iil> accepted. Whei
the dnjr arrive*, tiir jocux ladies *IK
are the heioliws oT the se: 011 iippen
In a rledre accuuipni.lol liy tlie'r moth
Pl' and favni.te rompa iloti. penernlly i
girl of Itu'eiior rnuk. who HHH AI then
Til!. hled».e Is f owed !>)' anoth
w -iiutalnliiK tlrewomeu > nursed r.-ltl.
eai&eta ami dr. saint; l nira. Olh>
■lt'dfces follow the longer the |iroci-s
sloa the Khntir hoi or to the latum
vlalted. On tbc arrival thp bo«t and
li'.Hti'HM meet the puests nt the pnti
bow without Hix-akiiiK uiid Vuliuuc.
them luto the bouM.-Nrw York Work!
•elf Api»r«.vnl.
"Have you kept your New Tear"f
resolutions?"
"Y«s, I have faithfully kept a New
Year's resolution that 1 u.ace three or
four yei r* ni*o."
"What was UP
"Never to nuitcr any mote reaolu
tiouß." Washington Star.
An Arrested latelllKenc*.
"Charlie Hluka TOU T us alow AA be
aceniM."
"llow Is th:it?"
"He woke up yesterday and at,..
what yeur It In."
112* Uappy Cull*.
WMklns— How ninny culls did yov
make yeatert'iiy?
Ullklns—'t hree, and. say. It waa the
best game of poker t ever Mt In!
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Tha New Year came to th_* Old Year *
door
Whin ihe Minds Wnitflnjr tliln.
And th«* frost lay % hue 011 the old Year'r
thacli.
And 111* hand grow chill aa lie slipped th
latch
To let tho New Tear In
And the New T'»ar per« h*d In the OI«.
Year'a chair
And Warmed by tt.f Old Year's fre.
And the Old Your watched hlui with wist
ful gas*
As h- «t re tolled hla handa to the fading
blast
And cinders of dead dealra.
And th* Old Tsar prated. aa Old Ton
will.
Of s>in?M«T and VANISHED sprln*.
And then of the future, with ."*V| ad
vice.
Of lov« and sorsow and sacrifice
That the avosone* round would bring.
AAD the NEW Tear listened ntul w— RRAC .1
HIS heart
la the bloom of the Old Trer's jwft,
But he gar • no heed of tlw thorns UMI
In the bud rnd blow of a wmhw day.
And. nodding, he dnewid at iaat.
The New Tear cam* to the Old Tear's
door
And warmed In the Old Tear'a choir.
And the Old Year DUud till the Mew.
Tear elept.
Then forth tn the |Mit ha softly atapr
And left the N«w VaijUm
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