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No. 18
FALLS CITY. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1915
VOL. XI
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To the Happy
Little New Year
You bring us happiness, delight,
Renewed each soul and heart tonight.
f o ' r child at purity and grass,
Ws liken ta your caul and faca
A lily bright.
Tha aid yaar diet! new roieate grows
Thu dawn «far mountains capped with
snows.
Your breath so faint, of fragrance rare,
Yaur smiling lips wt would compare
T a blushing rasa.
Athwart the east a ruddy bar,
Yaur father, Tima, awaits yaur car.
When you alight what glad surprise.
What happiness, shines in upur ayes.
Bright morning start
Oh, sweat and happy little ana.
To evary weary mortal runl
Lily and star and rate are you,
And faith and hope you will renew
’Neath Now Year’s sun.
—Walter Beverley Crane In New York
Timas.
WHY “ HOGMANAY?"
Various Explanations Oivan of Scotch
Name For New Year’s Eva.
It la natural with New Venr'a erau
mors than with other bolklsys that a
large part o f Ibe observance should
fall upon th e.eve rather tbau upon
tha day
In no other festival or fust
la any single moment so Iminirtant aa
tha moment o f midnight Unit marks
the cbnnge from the 31st o f Itecember
to the 1st o f January. Tbut Is the
turning point In the cHebrntlon. the
thing Itself which la celebrated. The
early ccremonlee lead up to I t and
the later ones begin with IL
Nobody knows why the 31st of De
cember should be called Hogmanay In
Scotland In the north of England thla
word la Hagmena. and In two or
three other countries ibere are names
for the day that sound a little like
these. Several unlikely guesaee have
been made at the ortgtu of Ibe word,
and they are aa unprotltable aa gueaa
ea made entirely without baste ot
knowledge uaually arc. Due ot them
is that the words "U ogsan n y. trollo-
lay," which occur In n song, are a cor
ruption of "Homme est ne- trots rota
ta." fh la theory Ignores tvltb a calm
ness of Indifference that I* |>oaltlvely
fascinating the fact that the word
trollolay occurs In a thousand other
songs where It could not by any pos
sible stretch of philological imagluti-
Mon mean "trota rola Ik." It la here
set down only to Illustrate once more
the abeurd extremity to which the
crate fur Ignorantly deriving words
will carry Its victims. The word Uog
manay was applied also to a certain
dole ot oat cakes, sometimes accom
panied by cheese, given to a child on
this day. The children of the poorer
people went about In companies ask
ing tbeae qirts. and tbe people who
were more well to do often gave them
In such quantities that tbe problem
was rather how to carry them than
bow to get them.
Uolng about In large parties to visit
neighbors with one sort o f ceremony
or another formed a part of tbe ob
servance of many an old custom I d
England and Scotland, but tbe pres
ent time seems to bave been one of tbe
most favored ot all In tbl* respect.
NOTE ALL YOUR OLD ERRORS.
Boms Suggestions f o r Starting Anothar
Lap on L ift's Jaurnay.
Although with moat of A tbe custom
o f making an elaborate aet of resolu
tion»—all o f them to be broken per-
bapa In a week—belong« (o tbe past.
It Is by no meant a bad .Idea to sit
down and quietly think over their alg
nlflonnoe In calm retrospect Such a
view la Indeed to be commended.
Without making vain Hnd foolish reso
lutions one may carefully note all er
rora and evade as many of them a*
possible during tbe next year.
I f tbe past year haa contained more
tear* than smiles tear off tbe old page,
wltb Its biota and mistake«, and throw
It away. A clean new sheet, pure nnd
white. Ilea before you. Forget to pity
youraelf go much and contemplate tbe
condition of those more nnforliiuiite
Cease your lamentntlons for bygone
opportunities and plan for the future,
lirnce up! I f tbe fates have been un
kind to you during tbe past year try
to turn the tables on them now
Do
not tie discouraged wltb your lot. Meet
It and face It. It Is not nearly so bad
as It might be.
It Is a good thing at the beginning
of a freab year, with the alate clean,
to make an effort to rid yourself of
that characteristic hiiuiuu mistake of
putting too great u value on tbe upln
Ions o f others. Much of the misery or
Imagined misery o f human beings baa
Ita origin In tbe moat trilling clrcum
stances
A negligible Incident will. If
brooded over, Induce an attack o f the
blues that may Inst for days. Many
women, and especially young girls Just
budding Into radiant womanhood, fre
quentty work themselves Into a state
o f augulsb through worrying over real
or fancied wrongs.
Much Kissing on New Year’s.
It was tbe custom ou New Year's
day for all tbe cltlr.ens, after they bad
called upon each other during Ibe day.
In visit the governor In the evening,
men and womeu together, where It
« a s the custom o f the worthy Peter
(o bestow upon each o f the wives and
maidens a hearty smack, thus setting
a fashion that was no doubt carefully
followed by the rest o f tbe men. Irv
tug's "Knickerbocker's History of New
York."
R ejoicin gs Upon
the New Yea/s
Coming of Age
By C H A R L E S L A M B
HE Old Year being dead aud tbe
New Year comlug of age. which
be does by calendar law as
loon aa tbe breath la out of
the old gentleman's body, nothing
would servo the young spurk but be
must gtvo a dinner upon tbe occasion,
to which all the D ay« In tbe year were
Invited. Tbe Festivals, whom be de
puted as bis stewards, were mightily
taken wltb tbe notion. They bad been
eugaged time out o f mind, tbey said.
In providing mlrtb and good cheer for
mortals below, and It waa time tbey
should have a taste o f tbetr own
bounty.
It was stiffly debated among them
whether the Facts should be admitted
Home said tbe ap
pearance o f such
lean, s t a r v e d
guests, wltb their
mortified
faces,
would pervert the
ends o f the meet
Ing. But the ob
Jectlon wag over
ruled by Christ
mas Day, who
had a design up
on Aab Wednes
day (os yon shall
he ar t and a
mighty desire to
see bow tbe old
Dominie w o u ld
behave himself lu A,,R,L rooL A" u IUE
hla cups.
Only
at-’ MTs.
(he Vlglia were requested to come wltb
their lanterns to light tbe gentlefolk
home at night.
All tbe Days came. Covert were pro
vided for 305 gueets at the principal
table, with an occasional knife and
fork at tho sideboard for the Twenty-
ulnth o f February.
Cards o f Invitation bad been Issued.
The carriers were the Hours, tw e lv e -
little merry, whirligig foot pages that
went all round and found out the per
sona Invited, with the exception of
Knaler Day, Shrove Tuesday and a
few aurb movables, who had lately
shifted their quartera.
Well, tbey are all met at laat, foul
Daya. tine Day*, all sorts o f Daya, and
a rare din tbey made o f It. There waa
nothing but "Hnll. fellow Day, well
met!” Only Lady Day aeemed a little
acornful. Yet Borne «aid Tw elfth Day
T
cut her out, for she came all royal and
glittering and Kpiphenous. The rest
eaiue In green, some In white, but old
Leut ami Ills family were not yet out
o f mourning. Italuy Days came tu drip
ping and Huushiuy Days laughing. Wed
ding Day waa there In marriage ffnery
Pay Day came late, and Doomsday eeut
word he might be ex pet-led
April Foul took u|ton himself to mar
shal tbe guests, and May Day. with
that sweetness peculiar to tier, propon
ed tbe health o f tbe bust This being
done, tbe lordly New Year, from the
upper end o f tbe table, returned
thanks
Ash Wednesday, la-lug now
called i i i k j i i tor s song, struck up a
enrol which Christinas Day bad taught
him. Shrovetide, Lord Mayor's Day
and April Fool next Joined 'n a glee.
In which all tbe Days chimed in
All this while YuleuUue'n Day kept
courting pretty May, who sat next tu
him. slipping amorous billets doux un
der tbe table till tbe Dog Days began
to be Jealous and to bark and rage ex
cecdlngly.
At last tbe Days called for tbelr
cloaks nnd greatcoats aud took tbelr
le a v e . Shortest
Day went off In
a deep black fog
that wrapped the
little gentlem an
all rouqd
Tw o
Vigils—so watch
men are called In
H e a v e n — saw
Christmas D a y
s a f e l y h om e;
tbey bad been
used to the busi
ness ttefore. Au-
otber V 1 g 11 — a
stout, sturdy pa
trol. called tbe
Eve o f St. Chris
V A.I E N T1N E A N D M A T
topher - s e e in g
W r.N T TO O E T H E B
Ash Wednesday
In a condition little better than be
should be, e'en wblpped him over bis
shoulders, pickaback fashion, and be
went floating home singing
On ths bat'a hack do I fly.
and a twin tier o f old snatches besides.
Longest Day set off westward in beau
tiful crimson and gold; tbe rest, some
In one fttRblon, some In another. But
Valentine nud pretty May took their
departure together In one o f tbe pret
tiest silvery twilights a l»v e r s ' Day
could wish to set In.
W H A T A H A L L BE DONE TO
IN 8 U R E A H A P P Y N EW
YEARf
Tbe best resolve lo make at this
season Is to resolve to make others
happy. This not only brings happiness
to others, hut to ourselves
It does
not spring from the selffsh desire to
please ourselves hv pleasing others,
but from that proper self love which
prompts us to do for other* what we
would have them do for us In giving
pleasure we receive pleasure, and thus
the New Year 1« made brighter and
happier for all.
R IN G
O U T,
YE
B ELL8I
N svary country where man
ksaps New Year’s ths poal-
Ing of ths bolls Is ths first
hsrald of dawn of tho holiday.
For fiftasn conturios, over sinoo
Biahop Paullnus introducad holla
in tha eoromonlaa of tho Christian
church, tha custom has boon fol
lowed. It grow out of tho an
cient habit of sxorciting m alig
nant spirits with chimaa to that
tha journay of tho dsad into ths
groat hoyond should bo undis
turbed.
Tho groat ball of Moscow, tho
Liborty ball, John Bunyan’a boll,
tho chimoo of Old Christ churoh
in Philadslphia, ars aomi of ths
noted
relics
whose
braxon
throats have told tha coming of
a naw yaar. Modern skill haa
made tha chimes a part of a
complicated machine operated
by oloetricity and playad by the
ringer much aa a pianist aits
before
hit
instrument,
but
whother operated by old or mod
ern mothode tho New Yaor’o
pools hold tholr place undisturb
ed in tho affections of man.
I
A s W s Approach a Yaar.
We approach a ur w nud untried
year
A* we en»*« It* threshold to
meet ucw nnd eulnrgtd opportunities
let It he with a stem)foot p*,rjx>*e to
Increase our fund o f '¡nowUslirc. our
strength o f character, our u»«-fuloew*
and heffrf'i Inert* as never lie fore, realis
ing that, at liest. "tin time I* short."
May the thoughts we have Is-eo con
shirring s o take | M M *e«N lo ii o f us. the
purpose« Iwrn of them so govern that
our live* will lie sweeter, happier,
more practically and truly *nc<-e««fiil
during *iM-b lluie as remains to us
here and lietter fitted for the dawn
of that new time which *li*ll lie reck
oned uot by years and bare no ynd.
LOW ER
P R IC E S
-
S W E E T CO N TEN T.
WEET are tbe thoughts that
savor of content.
S
Tha quiet mind Is richer
than a crown
Sweet are tbe nlchta in care
less slumber spent.
Tbe poor estate scorns Fortune's
angry frown.
Bucb sweet content, sucb minds.
such sleep, such bliss.
Beggars enjoy when princes oft do
miss.
The homely house that harbors
quiet rest.
Tbe cottage that affords nor pride
nor care.
The mean that 'greee wltb country
mualc beat,
Tbe sweet consort of mirth and
modest fare—
Obscured life sets down a type of
bliss.
A mind content both crown and
kingdom Is.
—Robert Oreene.
CH AN G ED .
■E vrom the outskirts of the town.
A- Where the old milestone stood.
Now a stranger, looking down.
I behold the shadowy crown
Of the dark and haunted wood.
TB It changed or am I changed?
A Ah, the oaka are freeh and green t
But the friends with whom 1 ranged
Through their thickets are estranged
By the years that Intervene
TJRIOHT as ever flows the sea,
-A* Bright as ever shines the sun.
But. alae they seam to me
Not the sun that used to be
Not the tides that used to run!
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
A P O E T IC A L EN IG M A ,
w a s whispered In haavan, ‘twas
muttered In hell.
And echo caught faintly tbe
sound as It fell;
On the confines of serth ’twas
permitted to rest
And the depths of the ocean Its presence
confessed.
Tw ill be found In the sphere when 'tla
riven asunder;
'Tie seen In the lightning and heard in
the thunder—
Twas allotted to man from his earliest
breath;
It aaalsts at his birth and attsnds him In
death;
It presides o'er hla happiness, honor and
health;
Is the prop of hla house and the end of
his wealth;
It begins svary hope, every wish tt must
bound;
It prays with the hermit, with monarchs
Is crowned.
Without It the soldier and sailor may
roam.
But -woe to the wretch who expels It from
home
In the heaps of the miser 'Us httarded
with care.
But Is sure to be lost In hla prodigal heir
In the whispers of conscience Its voice
wtU be found.
Nor e'en In the whirlwind of passion la
drowned.
T ie lost to the eye, and. though deaf to
the ear,
'Twill make It acutely and Instantly
hear.
But In shade let It reat like a delicate
Bower.
Oh. breathe on tt ebftly; tt dies In an
hour I
(Answer.—The letter "H." )
—Katherine Fanahaw.
JO H N A N D ER S O N .
OHN ANDERSON, my la John.
When w# wars flrst sequent
Your locks were like the rarven.
J
Tour bonnle brow was brent,
But now your brow Is bold. John.
Tour locks are like the anaw.
But blessings on your frosty r o w ,
John Anderson, my !o!
John Anderson, my )o. John.
We clamb the hill theglther.
And mony a canty day. John.
We've had wl ane anlther.
Now we maun totter down. Jedmv
But hand In hand we'll go
And sleep theglther at the feet.
John Anderson, my Jo!
—Robert - Burns v
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THE VALUES WE O FFER ARE SO BIG THAT
WE WANT YOU TO SE E TH EN . CONE IN NOW.
WHILE THE STOCK IS CO N PLETE. AND SEE THE
QUALITY OF OUR GOODS AND THE PRICES WE
PLACE ON THEN . THAT'S ALL WE ASK. WE
KNOW THAT YOU WILL BUY AND BUY LOTS. BE
CAUSE YOU WILL FIND THE QUALITY TO BE GOOD
AND THE ST Y LE TO BE CORRECT.
O U R PR ICES ARE N O W T H E LOWE8T
O F T H E YEAR. W E A R E M A K IN G OUR
J A N U A R Y C L E A R A N C E S A LE .
Clearance
1 Lot childs Rubberized rain capes, regular
$2 to $2.50, ages 6 to 12, priced now to close
$i,38
About a dozen ladies new style Fall cloaks left now
prices for quick selling about one-half.
N. SELIG .
ENGLAND A T HER
0LD TRICKS
England today, is as she was
one hundred years ago, crafty
and a consuming desire to rule
the world.
In the great war that is now
tearing at the vitals o f .the Old
World, England seeks to dictate
what American ships may and
may not carry. To do otherwise
her m ajesty’ s fleets would deem
them contrabrand and confiscate
the cargoes. O f late she has
adopted extra precautions and
has seized American ships, taken
them into British ports for ex
amination. The United States
Government has said that this
must not be done again or Eng
land may get into trouble with
your “ P a .”
It is very plain to the most cas
ual observer that England has
an ulterior motive in this. By
hindering the commerce o f the
United States until the war is
over she could still be mistress
o f the seas. It is to be hoped
that Secretary Bryan will evince
enough o f the spirit o f ” 76” to
make England “ keep hands o ff” ,
England has no love for this or
any other country farther than
they can be o f use to her. The
attempt to create sentiment
against Germany for the night
raid on the English coast fell
flat. Does England remember
the summer o f 1814 when her
fleets disregarding all neutrality
laws landed and made the Span
ish fort o f Pensacola her base o f
supplies and undertook the invas
ion and conquest o f Louisiana?
So sure were they o f ultimate
success, that they chartered ships
to carry away the booty, estima
ted at fourteen million dollars.
The officers also brought their
wives to participate in the festiv
ities that were to be pulled off
after the victory. The Com
mander-in-chief o f the British
forces made overtures to Jean
Lafitte, a buccaneer, offering him
♦30,000 and a commission o f cap
tain in the British navy and to
enlist all his men if he would
assist them in the invasion o f
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