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The Dilies
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January
Christmas # the t
Julianites
a> » o s r s r oojvjvcca.
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You will then be'exempt from the annoyance of having
it burn holes in your pockets. Aside from the fact that
your money wilj be saje from theft; the habit of saving
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Trunks and Grips Delivered
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To and From all Trains.
REED HULSE
Proprietor of
CITY DRAY NO. 2
Drsying of all Kinds.
Trunk' and Grips Hauled to and
from all traina
t
«IS yoar'e shades ware quite
pulled dawn
Whan through each village, alty,
town,
Thor« paaaad a aandwiah man w ith sign
Whoso legend filled a single lino«
-C ut it e u tl*
ana
BJEVEKANCE POL
“ B , «nero opooiflol” said tbs m an.
W be plainly rushed tee mueh the eapt.
The sandwich m an ne’er tu rn ed eeidei
there. T heir principal diet fo r tbe for AZTECS’ HORRIBLE HOLIDAY.
ty days' fasting la made up of olives,
Th ey Celobratsd the N ew Y e a r W ith
beans, caviare bread and crackers.
H um an Ascrlfioos.
But a t 0 o'clock on the morning of
Christmas day, Jan. 7, the Jullanlst
The bloody and complicated ritual of
Is over. I t Is not necessary to the Alters commemorated the return of
bint that these people count the days their masterful w ar god. the eon. from
till Christmas or that they rejoice and the south, and the ceremonies carried
are exceeding glad when the anniver on In his h^nor occupied a period of
sary arrives. These facts are obvious. several days. The Initiatory rite« be
Christmas means fo r them a glorious gan before daylight of the first morn
feast, a square meal, several square lng, when the chief priest khd his sub-
meals—in fact, a round o f square meals. dlgnltarles wended their way in sol
Our Jullanlst friends go to church emn proci»«|s1qp to the t top of their
early on their Chiistmas morning, but greatest pyramidal sanctuary. Hers
not too early.
They, eat breakfast the high priest retired alone to a small
firs t H igh mass la celebrated lb the temple, whos? doorway opened tow ard
Greek Orthodox church at 8 o’clock. i the east, and as the'rising sun crimson
Tbs forty day«’ fast having ended two ed and purpled the serrated mountains
hours before, the Jullanists are jo y he knelt and sprinkled thickly upon
fu lly full of the good things of this the marble floor the sacred meal.
world before they enter the bouse of
As the first rays of the newborn sun
worship. The chief viand, so fa r as strike slantingly across the floor of the
its symbolic character goes, la a tiny temple the bended priest beholds
spiced loaf of rye bread covered and a miracle. Faintly at first, then strong
filled w ith walnuts, w ith a cross cut er aud stronger, grows an Imprint In
on top. This is called the christop the meal of tha naked foot of their w ar
soma—"bread of tho Christ.” ' Bte It god. Upon this miraculous manifesta
Is not to be doubted that (»eefateaks. tion the high priest announces to the
fowls, fishes, saddles o f mutton and assembled couriers that their god has
other substantial« are devoured. Here returned to them and that the grand
and there one of the presumably faith
festal occasion la inaugurated.
ful proves faithless and falls before
Unhappily the first feast rttaa were
Christmas, his craving for a meat diet of a grew some and horrible nature,
being too strong to resist. This weak consisting mainly In sacrificing youths
brother la Ignored by the faithful.
to the gods. I t la said th a t $hey were
I t la In the cafes In the sections of feasted for days previous to the cere
the c ity where the Jullanists dwell mony that they might be In a whole
th a t this Christmas day la celebrated some and pleasing condition upon their
w ith the moat visible gusto. The Greek last and the w ar god’s first great day.
“young bloods” gather In the little res In other ceremonies human beings
taurants and sit long over tables heavy were ktlted and flayed, and the partici
w ith edibles and light w ith wines. pants In the sacrifice enveloped them
selves In the bloody skins of the vic
tims, while they took part in a w ild
and uncanny dance.
W hile the observance of the new
year among the Aatecs seemingly pre
dominated In bloody rites, they were
most likely confined to the religions o r
der of the prleata, and the great mass
of the people, with no taint of blood on
their hands, might be happy and revel
In the feast of the new year.— New
York Herald.
RODBRTUS
LOVE
|0W, lean and list or ye’ll have missed.
Without ye heed my rhymes,
A tale that stirs, of hims and here.
In old New England times.
Plymouth Rock was still the dock
did land our sires.
Near by did dwell one Goodman Pell,
But late from Albion’s shires.
db
eke snesr, for neighbor’s cheer,
Did Goodman Potter hide.
Whose pilgrim soul was sound and whole
Forsooth, it had been tried.
But these two fairs with proudsome sird
Ye common flock disdain
And set them both to plight their troth
To but a single swain.
A maid as sweet as man may meet
Was Perseverance Pell,
And there were swains of mickle brains
Loved Patience Potter well.
This favored wight is Ezra White.
A fsirsomc youth is he.
But ’twixt ye twain this fuddled swain
Cannot himself agree.
Ye maid of Pell he loves fu ll well,
Ye Potter lass ye same.
But for his life which one to wife
Poor Ezra cannot name.
“My only loves,” quoth
Ezra, “doves
- Fit each to share my
' cote.
Upon my mettle ye’ll
have to settle
This matter by a
vote.”
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So on ye street, with
gong to best
Ye Crier of y t town
To warn and call ye
good men all
Went loudly up and
"Came one, come all, to
Puhlick Hall r
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,
Ta lusty Crier cried.
“That
maid ye name is
-4 . fairest same ’
la Ezra White hie
bride.”
So gathered they to hav«4iia say,
Each man, and claim a kiss
From her who might ho Mistress White—
Elected to the Miao.
Sweet Patience there upon her chair
In wistful patience sate,
,
While Perseverance by prompt appearance
Was ready for her fate.
Ye votes are cast ; all in at last
Ye tellers make ye score.
For Patience ten are told— h u t then.
For Perseverance more.
Th e Jewish N ew Y ear.
Expert men always at Land to at
tend to repair work and the upkeep
of a machine generally. Located
opposite Moody wharehouse, brick
building and cheap insurance.
The Umatilla House
K iv e C e n t s '
BALLAD
TIENCE P01TER
[A Naw Year's peam.]
HE
, H R I8 T M AS eomea trat
. . 4 On,y th* • • s * * 4 wr4* replied« •
somebody, and.
- c «t it eut I"
everybody accepted the state
ment as truth. I t la not true,
“Fleaae stats ex
however, fo r Christmas cornea twice a
actly what yeu'd
year. Those of us who reckon by the
a a y l*
Oregortan calendar celebrate Dec. 20. |
Desired (he men
Those who «till adhere to the Julian
whe smoked all
calendar observe Jan^T. Russia la the
dsy.
only great nation which still holds out
But all the an
fo r the »Julian calendar. The Greek
swer that
he
Catholic chu rch / sticks to the time
«•»
measurement adopted by Julius Caesar
Was this I soon io,
fo rty -g x years before the birth of
center shot«
C h ris t Thus tbs Greeks and all tho
-C ut R e x tl* -
adherents of that
church. Including
The man whose
the Russians, of
face oe haggard
course, hold their
' white
Christmas on the
Meant peksr play
7th day of Jan
ing night and
uary. ,
night
In the city of
Required to knew
New York both
what thing was
Christmas days'
meant
are
celebrated. •
t thia in tw e r eloquent >
The J a n u a r y ,
“Cut It e u tl”
date, as a matter
of course. Is o b -' g« .v e ry one whe leaked en It
served by com- J y , | t his »special fau lt was hit.
paratlvely f e w ' Their souls with naw resolves did fill,
persons, but It Is And all exclaimed aloud« “We w ill
observed rigidly,
Cut it e u tl”
TH E Y F A S T FO B
elaborately and
y O B T T D A Y S.
f a it h fu lly
by So all braced up and for three days
those who desire to render unto Caeaar Frequented narrow, proper ways
that which la Caesar's oven as to the And followed fully up the plan
Suggested by the sandwich man«
calendar.
“Cut it e u tl”
New York city has a considerable
population o f Greeks, Russians, Ar
But
ere
the sandwich man did trace
menians, Syrians, Servians, Poles, Bul
garians, Montenegrins and Vlachs, all 1 A four days’ journey from the plaoe
of whom observe the Jullanic Christ- AH things wore as they war» before
F or forty days prior to Jan. 7 And
hints« mors«
they observe a faat, eating no meat, I
“Cut It o u tl”
n elth tf boast, flab nor fow l. They eat j
— Nsw Orleans Times-Domoerat.
fish e ft s or caviare, but d raw the line
Autos Repaired and Stored
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1, 1 9 0 9 .
“ C u t I t O u tt
W. H. Ragsdale
TH E ONE
SURE W A Y
Quick and Cheap!
ihber Stamps Furnished.
J for Typewriter^ Typewriter
Supplies, Bibhuua, Sto.
TH IS W SAX B H O T X SS IS KVWOBB® BY TU B
V AX W V Xt.
In striking opposition to the spirit of
joy and happiness which pervades
Christendom generally is the New
Tear of the Jew«.- W ith the Jews,
who also observe the New T ear for
tw o days, the days are not days of
feasting and enjoyment, hut days of
Judgment. According to the belief of
every orthodox Jew, every member of
the Jewish race la tried on the New
Year. The books kept In heaven are
opened on that day. Tha record of each
man for the year just ending Is looked
through and taken undSr advisement
for ten days. On the tenth day, the
day of atonement, the fate of ’each
man for the coming year 1» drawn up,
whether he should live or die, prosper
or be poor, On the day of atoosment
the fate la sealed and nothing can
change It any more.—Chicago Tribune.
The names o f some o f the dinars are
Interesting. Constantine Bconomopo-
lous Is ■ budding florist who gathers
around him his rosy young friends,
Harralambos
Chriatatos, Mlnicakss
Kepselacos, Pertclee Doganges end
Hreeala Pappahlcclae. And don’t let
us forget Nicholas Boons, editor o f
t$e Dally Thermopylae, who get« out
an extra edition In honor of tha day
Their New Year's Wishes.
These Gseehs, «assy* o f them »«ray
W eary W ra g g le s -lf I wua only back
ed in gorgeous new dfothlng, bring
at me old home, what a spread Td
their feast to An end w ith the tups o f
have die New Tear's day! Oh, for de
Turkish rnffige and the Turkish clgs-
wings uv a dove!
rettak. w ire d hi wtfb songs and toasts.
Hungry Hank—Oh, fur de wing» uv
I t $ «highly Intereedng f«T S plain
• turkey, wld some plum puddln* to
AmSrteaU, w ith a plate name Uke Jim
Jo^iSS, to sit lb one o f these cafes sad come afterward!
hear the songs o f the foreign gentto
Naw Year's FrepSretlene.
n,#n w O itb fc afven lotn’ ed surnames,
Jlngs—I notice that Boekly wste his
oboerve the satisfaction depleted la
their counteuassea as the feast gnss finger In the glass every time be takes
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on and receive the hnoreealon that this A freak drink.
Is real GhrtetMSS cheer, though it he * R lnfs—Tea; he wants to keep It
thirteen dags late aseoedteg to o ur moistened ao be can turn •s a r t t e *
method o f counting time.
I new le a f on the 1st ’
Eleven polla (bless God their souls!)
Made Maiden Pell the winner.
So they begun, those twenty-one.
And kissed her— every sinner I
While Patienee sate, demure, sedate.
And Ezra, much amazed.
Upon that kissing himself was
Quite starkly, darkly gaaed.
Then up rushed Ez. “See here!” he oayo,
“My choice in truth ye make.
One lueeed by twenty ie kiaeed a-plenty.
A nd her I w ill net take!
“ Fresh lipa for me, say 1 1” aaya ho.
So Ezra White did grab
Sweet Patience Potter ( ’twaa thus he gel
And kieeed her right amaek-dabl
bar)
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So they were wed and lived, ’tie eaid.
In lifelong wedlock well.
While lived and died ae no man’s bride
Poor Perseverance Pell.
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