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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
L, TWELFTH NIGHT SUPPER.
Revival of an Old Custom-Choo.inR z
a King and Queen of FestIvitlea.

Revival Of an Old Custonl-ChoosinR
King and Queen of FestivitIes.
The old custom Of celebrating
Twelfth night Uan. 81 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
fcstoons of them might hang from the
chandelier to the table. To use the lit
tie white beans they should first be
soaked in water overnight, strung while
wet, using fine needle. then put away
for day. when they will again become
dry and hard. The supper may be SIM
pie 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 i'm 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 straw In
beside each one, tying colored thread
around one straw so that no mistakes
will be 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 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 be crowned with appropri-
ate ceremony, placing upon their heads
crowns of cardboard covered with gilt
paper and having beads and spangles
seWed Oh. Very effective additions are
long capes of muslin trimmed with
broad borders of ermine Canton fan
mel marked with black paint. The
king should also hold a scepter. which
can be short. round stick or cane COW
cred 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 be
given n card showing who lie is to i'm
personate. 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
aid, with great flourish of his trum-
pet, will call out the name. with 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, row Of candles or string Of
peas and beans.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
JAPANESE MCC3, iAkN.
He Ia the Santa Claus OF Japan a-d
Appears CT xey, Yeas


Appears C2 Ecy. Yeas
The great event Of the New Ecar is
the arrival Of the I.veEi I:a--. Who is a
tolerably fair substitute fo1 Santa
Claus. His coming IS 4y.iro as iavatc-
rious also, as no child knows whence
he comes OF where he goes However,
at some hour Of the da. OF night before
the list of January he arrives. not with
the jingle of sleiglbelIs or the clatter
Of noisy ho0fs upon the rCof, for Jap
anese house is chimney.css. Therefore
the nlocLi man is obliged to enter
through tie sLoji paper windows,
which he does SO openly and SO yaunt-
ingiy as to do away with all that fas-
cInatiAs5 uDrcaliIy that IL It's inyesti-
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 Years eve, and
the little bias eyes try to go to sleep,
but instead of reaching the Land of
Nod the small people usually arrive
at "WideaWakeyiIIe.'
At Hast the mOCLi man announces his
presence by dashing a heaping handful
of rice ana beans into the face of the
supposed TO be sleeping child. and this
is the signal for midnight frolic. The
throwing Of rice and beans at this hour
and upon this occasion has been con-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

IN HE principle or beginning
the year well it has been GUS
EE=FFT7TTTTTsx toulary in many countries 10
tssias select New Years day as NEST
ausplcious for matrimony, and indeed
4 remnant of this custom is found
among ourselves, for no day is more
highly favored in this regard than the
LIST OF January, says the St Louis
Globe-hemccrat. In some countries
the weddings of the year are all al
ranged with q view to their celebration
on Jan l. ard by a curious contradic-
ton, in Siam and some mountain dis
tricts in India, the years funerals are
also celebrated on the first day of the
succeeding year. Temporary interments
take place 4 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 meats do coldly
furnish forth the marriage tables.
Advantage is taken of the day by the
NN+--~~'-'
VIII cIlrsc ere the bonds Of matrimony
are fixed upon them. The French peas
ant girl b0rrOWs her mothers wedding
ring and sUspcnds it by Il hair from her
own head. holding ii as near as poSsi-
bic to the inner rim Of Il tcacup. Then
she counts. as rapidly rs may be, the
number of her own years. The trem-
ulOusnesS Of her fingers causes the sus-
pended ring to sway to and fro An
other notes while she is counting the
number cf taps of the ring on the tea
cup, and these betolzCn the years of
single blesSedness that lie before hcr
In the country districts of Germany
and England there is 4 tea and coffee
test, which has the merit of limiting
the years to a number so reasonable
that any girl should feel satiSti,d 4 with
the result As conducted. according TO
Cunter. this test is Is follows: \ tea
spoon is carefully balanced on the edge
Of z cup: then another spoon is partly
filed with tea Or coffee, which. drop
by drop, is allowed to fall in the bowl
Of the balanced spoon. until tEr bowl
OutWcighs the handle and the spoon
falls into the cup, The merit Of this
diyination lies in the fact that one or
two good sized drops will destroy the
balance and cause the spoon to fell
and, On this account, spoon divirati0n
is in high favor among the rural bellies
EEe custom Of visiting and Of send
ing presents and cards on New Years
day is so ancient that the historian of
social customs does not record time
when IN some form it did rot exist
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
BELGIAN NEW YEARS.
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 Years day. the chill
dren strive to secure a sugar uncle"
or sugar aunt" as the relative who
falls victim to their wllcs is technic-
ally termed. says the New York Her
aid. On that day all the children OF
the household enter into a solemn con-
spiracy for the mutual coed at the ex-
pense Of the unwary adult whom they
may entangle in the mesLes 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 instant use
whenever the occasion shall occur.
Then strictest watch is maintained to
the end that some unsuspecting one
may be alone In q room. An uncle en-
ters room to search for the paper
which he has mislaid. Presto. There
comes a pattering rush Of feet I'm the
hallway. the door is slammed, the key
rattles in the lock. The alarmed uncle
springs to the door.
Woe betide him now II be be In q
hurry and II he be ungenerous. for he
must yield to the terms Of these youth
full brigands before he can escape. He
must solemnly covenant with them
that he will pay to them whatsoever
ransom they may demand ere the pris-
on door viii swing open. When the
prisoner has promised all that Is asked,
the triumphant company restore him to
liberty.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

Putrefying food in the intestines pro-
duces effects Iikeihose of arsenic. t'nt Dr.
Kings New Life Pills expel the poison
from clogged bewels, gently, easily, but
surely, curing Constipation, Bilieusness.
Sick Headache. Fevers, all Liver, + idney
and Bowel troubles Only 25c At Melville
Dorsey's Drng Store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
Observation-Disclosures:
: NEW YEARS
; FOLKLORE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. %
CUSTOMS PREVALENT
IN OTHER DAYS.

(
EARTY expressions of good
H wishes for happy and pros
y4ls porous New Year are the greet
yEfl ing for this season. But if we
may credit our English forbears, we
may for ourselves forecast the general
! aspect of the next II months. says the
Detroit News-Tribune. 1t is pleasant
to be foolish sometimes, and few
| minutes with the folklore and ancient
customs Of our ancestors cannot be
time i'll spent.
From a valuable manuscript in the
library of Trinity college, Cambridge,
we learn that if the New Year com
menceS on q Sunday
The winter shall be good, say,
But great winds alot shall be-
The summer shall be fine and dry;
By kind skill and without loss
Through all lands there shall be peace;
Good time for all things to be done
But he that stealeth shall be found
What child that day born may be
great lord be shall live to be.
! And again, with regard to the wealth
| er, note carefully the atmospheric
I-eonditions Of the first Il days of the
J year They will give you an unfailin.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

If as the cid year ends and the new
begins there is one person who feels
that no advance has been made. either
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 moying.-A.
II. Bradford, D. d.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
The Greater Gifts.

Give US. New Year. the Light
Along the lonely way;
Some Star to make the night
Hold kinship with the day.
oyer the storms Of life
Arch thou the rainbow ray!
Give Us, New Year, the grace
To bless a world in need.
To stand before Gods face,
Pure with the dream and deed;
To scothe the souls that mourn,
To bind the wounds that bleedi
So shall thy coming be
BIest Of each cot and cod;
The seed shall 3oweringly
Brighten TIE desert sod
And the world roll nearer heaven
Under the smile ot God!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

viii YOU give US songs for signs.
You rosy little fellow.
With The sparkle in your eyess
Ilo, you little fellow.
Near your dimples sorrow dies;
The darkness mclts in music,
And he Clcrys in the skies.
You ros! little fellow.
With The sparkle in your eyes.
Atlanta Consii; ution
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
The Bells.

The Bells.
What shall the New Year bear to me?
The shadow or the sun,
A hope, a beam.
A sunshine gleam,
Loves long, interrupted dream.
Or dark for daylight done?
What does the New Year hide for you?
A silence or song.
A sigh, note
From JOY birds throat.
Or stiffness lying long?
What may the New Year hold for us7
All light and shade are there.
Both silence chill
And singing. still
Old love that ever hath its vii
viii givr each heart rs si,ary!
Pos VII elt,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
The New Year.

A royal welcome, baby year,
The frs. Of the century new,
Yet for the old we drop a tear,
Fen while we are welcoming you,
In memor:- dear of the dead old year
Who left us 4 friendship or two.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

. E<treHfe cases or 01S-
- test t!c real value
., any rtonic" and
pns, wir-@t have
a. ma. l44ue, seem to brace
Il when they are feeling
"r,a e ...-." ANY stilnulant will do
tins yl .-r bought at the liquor store
or drug re. The true test of a med
ici l. ,.uen life itself is staked on its
rer,"j5 Il power. In hundreds of such
cas-s IL Iierce's Golden Medical Dis
CO ~ry las been the means of saving life
nsIcn even the family doctor" had
pronounced sentence of death
81 had been great sufferer for several years,
and .,mii2 doctor said would not be a lv-
in twn ears. but thank God, / am still
Ii srltc> hfr. George w. Trustow of Lips
CO.. tugIGra Co, Va ~Dr Pierce's Golden
NJ icai uie-n.cry is what saved my life. / had
t. : trouble 80 bad that l could not lie
lei 1de without great deal of pain. l
m 0ast work Un-n | commenced your med
ictg-. ut can do about much work now as
any man l cannot say too much for the benefit
l have received"
Many diseases, named for the organs
affected, as "hear disease" "lung dis
ease" liver complaint" etc, are per-
fectly cured by DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, which cures through the
stomach diseases which originate in the
stomach
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

CURIOUS CUSTOMS CONCERNING
MATRiMONY.

Tests of the Young Folks In yarious
Countries TO Determine How Soon
They Would Ned-The Suspended
EinS-The Tea Test
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
HENDERSON, N. c., THURSDAY JANUARY 8 1901.



In the more primitive Scotch towns
poor children go around Enthusiastically
dressed. stopping at the different
houses to call for share of the good
things made for the coming day.
rious old rhyme which they sing O.
this occasion follows:
Get up. good wife.
And shake your feathers,
And dnna think that
We are beggars,
For we are BARNS
Come out to play;
Get up and gies our
Hogmanay.
There were many other picturesque
customs in Scotland which have long
since died out.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

Always on hand fresh lot OF Straight
and Patent flour at LOWEST PRICES
at II. THONASOEy
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

T7EW YEARS DAY, the day
when the suns light began to
PIzz@ increase again and so promise
&GA& the return Of plenty, has al
ways been a day Of joy and present
giving. Among all peoples the priests
of old got the lions share. The old
Teutons gave the Gpoils of war and OF
the chase. Roman knights yielded their
most beautiful slaves The Christian
era somewhat modified the custom. but
still it was day Of robbery by priests
and mOnarchs, and New Years day
rather than Christmas was the day for
the exchange Of gifts. The old Bour-
bon kings looked to it to have thcir
treasures replenislIcd then, and woe tC
the baron who did not give generously.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

The modern loving cup is said to be
reflex of the New Year wassail bowl
All the poetry of the SO called good
old time was not as bad as the above,
however. Sweet Robert Herrick lived
IN that boisterous time, and no bard
quite equals him in catching the true
pastoral spirit of those reckless days,
neither has any poet 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.
Herrick has sung many Of the Gus
toms of the time. One little StanZa we
find among his melodious numbers fifty
concludes our sketch. and who is there
that cannot say ''amen" to it on New
Years day:
sweet Christ child who from thy stall
Bringst in thy blood balm that shall
Be the best New Years gift to all.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
NEW YEARS CUSTOMS
GIFT MAKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
FEATURE OF THE DAY.

The Old Bourbon Kings Expected to
Thus Replenish Their Treasuries.
The WassaiI Bowl In EngIand-OId
SONGS.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03
IT WAS A TIME OF MEREYMAKING.

IT WAS A TINE OF MEREYMAKING.
A twentieth Of ones income was
thought to be the proper amount to
give to king, church and friends.
In fact, no country i'll the times past
made more merry on New Years day
than merry old England. 1t was the
time of the waSsail bowl the old Saxon
ives hall' (do welD being the drinking
pledge. There were much eating. deep
drinking and pranks and games pecul-
lar to the day. Many of these were not
overnice. Lambs WOOL was the
drink of the day, and it was made of
ale, nutmeg, powdered bay leaves.
roasted crabs and toast, and Il queer
mixture it would seem. No one slept
on New Years eve. 1t was u 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 I'M
gleesome churl." 1t was the custom to
form professions 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 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 binding up their hair
After the romp the laugh the hearty kiss adorn
Their lips, and the wassail 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 II times. all
the mugs were filled, and those who
could stand $50 states a precise writer)
drank good health and 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 Uaplin tree.
Bacchus! Bacchus We drink to thee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

This signature is on every box Of the eepu;n.
Laxative Br0mO-Q -Quinine T.bl.t.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

\ THE principle of beginning
the year well it has been GUS
tomary in many countries TO
select New Years day as most
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

The finest FLOUR on the market at
n. THOMASON'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-03

Love and Joy come 10 you,
And to our merry wassail, too.
And may one pretty maid be true
Through all the coming year.
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Extreme cases of dis
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The schooner Peri. with lumber by II. X.
Field & Co., has sailed for Aqua creek.
A large party of excursionists from Rich
mond pastel through this city today for
Washington, via the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Railway.
A large party OF extursionists from Grams C
aud way stations pasei through this city
over the Southern Railway at 11:lO O'Clock
this morning.
During the month the Cork Of the Corpo-
ration Court recorded So deeds and Issued 20
marriage licenses-l9 to white and u 10
colored persons.
Come OF the pipe to be ufei in the con-
struction OF the King street sewer has srriv-
ei and the work on that service will be com
menced tomorrow.
Complaint Was msde ut police headquarter'
today by Mr.. Peveril, of Fairfax. that g
colored man from this city yesie day shot
some OF his turkeys.
A called meeting Of the Seventeenth Wiz
glnia Regiment Chapter, U. d. c., will be held
tomorrow m)rning at 10 o'clock at the rest
deuCe Of Mrs. A. c. smoot oil Cameron
stIee.
A celore1 man caught carp in the rive
weighed fraction over seventy pounds The
DsD was fishing from small boat, and wa
towed backward and forward carly an houi
and half before the big fish was lsndei.
large number Of persons inspected tn
new houses opposite st. Paul's Church Sstur
day night and yesterday. All expressed
their admiration Of them, and it is believe
that some are seriously considering the ad
visibility of purchasing them on the tenn
oferei by their owners.
A letter from King George county says
Captain Jim Adams and other Potomsc fish
ermen OF this county are making sue,esfu
| catet @, of very fpe fall fish, and the choic
'csts,' and other varieties are bringing fanc.
prices here and in the Washington market
The present. indications point to good fsl
| fishing"
A middle-leei viii man, poorly clad
giving his name as John Davis and claiming
| to hail from Pennsylvania died ct 'gyps
camp at Addison Heights, in the county. a
MI oarly hour yeste r1sy morning. The ma
was allowed to come into tho camp Friday
and at the time wac apparently Ill. So far q
one has bee, able 10 identify him, and
will be buried by the county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-30

ExcIrEMENT.-Abou 8 o'clock last
night some OF the residents ofthe south
eastern section OF the city were disturb.
ed BY the cries Of q woman who called
murder" several times. A crowd oil
Young men fastened TO the scene on
Royal street between Jefferson aod
Green, and made GORDON about man
and woman who were found there.
The Spokesman approached the woman
aud asked the cause Of the alarm, and
was told that her escort had had it,
10 the meantime another man came
up who joined the woman and the two
started of together, followed soon
afterwards bv the man, who 1t is said
bad had the fit. The excitement which
was quite marked for while soon sub
sided.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-30
Autumn-Winter, 1901 O2

And will exhibit Direct Importations
and American Productions. cOmpris-
ing, in part. Paris and London MILL
merry and Neekwear, Silks. Velvet5'
High class Dress Stufls. Ready to-.
wear Outer Garments for Women,
Girls and Boys, Handmade Paris
Lingerie, Corsets, Infants Outfit
tings, Hosiery, Mems, Women's and
Children's Furnishings. Gloves,
Laces, Ribbons. Embroideries, Hand
kerchiefs. Table and Toilet Linens,
Upholstery Goods, Rugs, Books, Sta
tionery, Dainty China. Rich Cut
Glass also Paris, Vienna and Berlin
Novelties in Leather and Fancy
Goods Bronzes. Clocks, Lamps, Ster.
ling Silver Articles, &C., for Wedding,
Birthday and Holiday Gifts.
Believing they have succeeded in
bringing together the best collection
of merchandise obtainable anywhere
in the world. they confidently invite
the public to inspect it and pass judg.
ment at its own convenience.