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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29

taken possession os my poor marshes
will drain them and cultivate rice
upon them
ut was nearing the time of our
New Year when Wing Tung reached
his native province and went to look
at his wide stretches of marsh land.
LAS he lay, turning the problem over
in his mind that night, consider
ing despondently that he could
scarcely hope to carry on his work
and live until harvest time upon the
small sum left to him, an angel ap.
peared to him bearing packet of
seed.
Take these seeds, said the angel
and sprinkle them over every part of
your marsh. There lies fortune in
that marsh for you. BE not discour
aged; you shall reap gold from It,.
Very early in the morning Wing
Tung set out to SOW the seed before
anyone could be up to see what he
was about, and laugh to scorn his
folly at planting seed in a worthless
marsh.
"On the night before the Chinese
New Year the angel appeared again
to Wing Tung, saying:
eco, gather your harvest of gold /;
it is ripe
AT break of day Wing Tung hast.
ened to his meadows and there, scat.
tered all over the dreary brown OF
the marsh, were small green points
with here and there slender lance ike
! leaves bearing among them stalks OF
| beautiful lilies. The swamp seemed
white and gold with their beauty.
Every day of the New Year cele
bration. and for many days thereafter
Wing Tung sold his angel lilies to al
who wished to buy, and thus he reap
ed from the bed of his marsh thai
harvest of gold which the angel hat
! promised him"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29
NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
Old Time Rites and the Origin of Some That
Are Still Practiced

New Years day was a great day in
New York with the early Dutch set
tiers. II was ushered in by the ring
ing of bells and firing of guns Wash
ingtOh Irving. in his humorous "KniclS
erbocker's History of New York, >
gives a delightfully."- amusing account
of the observance of New Year among
these Netherlandcrs. The whole com
munity,' he tells us, was deluged
with cherry brandy, pure Holland
and mulled cider; every mousse was
temple of the merry god and many
provident vagabond was intoxicated
out of pure economy, drinking liquor
enough to serve him the remainder Of
Tie year"
Irving dwells especially upon the
great ball given at the Governors, old
when the good Peter was devoutly
observant of the pious rite of kissing
all the womenkind for a Happy New
Year"
On this day the governor also dis.
tributed fiddles to the old negroes,
VINO Uuuitu all uiSHI White inc young
people danced Under Peter was in
stituted quilting bees" "husking
bees" and other rural assemblages,
where, under the inspiring influence
Of the fiddles. toll was enlivened by
eayety and followed by dance.
The governor did not approve OF
the short skirts worn by the ladies
and ordered a rutIle put at the bottom
OF them. He likewise disapproved OF
some of their steps in dancing, and
ordered that no other step should be
taken but the shuttle and turn" ano
the double trouble"
The custom of New Years calling
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
J Legend of &
Chinese New
8 Years Lilies
ES~QN~ss-~~0fs ss-~~1 Ness-~.'1 MI

Wong Su was no common Chinaman,
although he did operate laundry
on side street
The laundry he confided to his lit.
tie friend, John Lawson, whom he was
wont to call Little John, in recollec.
ton of character in the book which
the boy had lent to him to read, was
merely a stepping stone toward the
larger sphere of a Chinese merchant.
Little John had crept into the heart
of Wong Su ever since he had pre-
vented some other boys from throw.
ing stones at the laundry windows,
and in token of his regard, Wong Su
had given the little boy a bowl of
lily bulbs which were just sending out
tiny spikes of green above their
crinliled brown coverings.
Now Little John was returning the
bulbs to his friend to be cared for
until another season of bloom should
arrive.
Take care of my sacred lilies,
please, Wong SUP" he begged.
Wong Su smiled. These are not
sacred lilies, Little john" he said,
lilies. We call them angel lilies in
my country. Would you like to know
how they came by that name?'
Little John clasped Wong Sus hand
in both his own and jumped up and
down in delighted assent.
Ever and ever so long ago." be.
gan Wong Su, I'm part OF China
where much of the land is very low
and some of it quite swampy, theie
lived rich mandarin who had two
sons, Ii Foo and Wing Tung.
Lii Foo was a hypocritical young
man who was very jealous OF the
pleasant disposition and popularity OF
his younger brother, and he managed
to influence the mind of his father so
that when, full of years, he came to
die he left to Ii Foo the right to divide
his property as he thought best, de-
PENDING upon Ii Foo's wisdom and
affection to make fair division with
Wing Tung.
mo sooner had the days of mourn
ing for the old man ended than Ii
Foo fastened to divide The large es.
tate which the mandarin had left In
his care.
"All the land. and all the other
! property of his father, he seized for
| himself, except some swampy mead
ows. and few unimportant articles,
which he gave to Wing Tung..
THE younger brothers heart was
very heavy, and his spirit sank witijn
| him when he thought of the future
wing Tung realized that his store
of money would soon vanish, and he
| had neither a profession nor an occu-
patton to depend upon for an income.
He determined to come to this coun-
| try of the West, where he might per.
haps learn how to earn a livelihood.
He became particularly interested
in seeing how marsh lands in Ameri.
ca were reclaimed and made to pro-
| duce fine crops of rice.
81 will go back to my own country
he said, and if my brother has not
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29

Among the Saxons the New Year
was ushered in by friendly gifts.
Later this custom of making gifts
was carried to ruinous excess.
Henry III. of England extorted costly
gifts from his court. Queen Bess car
ried 1t TO such an extreme, says Or.
Drake. that her costly wardrobe and
jewelry was supplied in this way.
When Henry VIII. was receiving
costly presents from his courtiers, we
read that honest old Latimer handed
him Bible. with some pertinent
chapters marked, much to the burly
kings disgust.
DR.. Drake tells us that, in the six.
teenth century prince and peasant
alike celebrated the New Year with
regularity and parade.
Much was made of the wassail bowl
at this season. 1t was carried from
door to door with loud singing land
merriment. The word is derived from
was halle, the Saxon for Here's to
you" an expression still in use by
men in pledging each other at sup.
pcrs. The present loving cup takes
the place of the ancient wassail bowl.
In some OF the country districts of
England old customs are still obsery.
ed. On New Years eve, at midnight,
the last of the Christmas carols IS
sung, outside of the house. by the
young people, then there is a rush for
the nearest spring, and the first one
who fills his or her glass gets what
they call the Cream of the well" and
will be the most fortunate during the
coming year.
In the early hours of the morning, a
funeral is held, at some public houses,
over "old Tom" (as the old year is
called, when the boys parade the
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29

New Years Day has been n day of
ceremony and rejoicing for great
many centuries in the worlds history.
Its origin is traced back to the Roman
festival of Janus, after the establish
ment of the empire. The old Romans
divided the year into ten months only.
Numa Pompiius added January ana
February, and dedicated the former to
Janus, 713 b. c.
IT'S he The two-faced Janus comes in
view;
wild hyacinths his robe adorn.
And sundrOps. rivals of the morn.
He spurns the goal aside.
But smiles upon the new emerging year
with pride,
And now unocks with agate key.
The ruby gates of orient day"
On this day the Roman consuis, fol
lowed by the court, went to the cap
ital, all gorgeously appareled, where
they sacrificed two white bulls, never
yoked, to Jupiter Capitolinus.
The Druids observed New Year with
great pomp and ceremony. One fca-
ture OF their ceremonies was the dis
tribution of the mistletoe among the
people on New Years eve. The
priests went in annual procession, on
the sixth day of the moon nearest the
New Year, wearing white robes and
bearing q golden sickle with which to
,detach the sacred parasite from the
tree. So much did they esteem it that
1t was carried in a white cloth. 1t
must be cut from the divine oak in
the forest dedicated to the gods. The
apple tree mistletoe, used in England,
ds different thing altogether. We
all remember the NEUROLOGICAL story
Of Eneas, who, when descending to
fAvernus, was compelled to take with
him branch of this plant to Proser-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29
THE NE w We a r
N f DITA ITO Ms

Upon the threshold Of tbs year
ENpectantly we stand,
And as old Janus did of yorc,
Overlook III" year at hand.
And wonder what It's Joys Will be,
It's sorrows. pain ana care.
That it will bring us pleasures great,
Is Ger our earnest prayer.
Then gazing back DER vanished years,
To which We say goodbye,
We think Of all the joys now Town,
And give a longing sigh
While wondering If future years
VIII bri.E 80 many joys,
We will not be so light Of heart.
As happy girls and boys.
Although. porchance. some deeper joys
VIII come into our hcprts;
Perhaps II may be love's sweet charm
which Ger sweet peace imparts.
1t may be. oh, so many things
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29

Re boldly written there:
And put the good we meant to do
The good but half begun
And write high on the credit side,
The bad We have not done.
It's hard to live in gentlencss:
It's hard to make the year
.pagc-a blotless page of JOY,
And honesty, and cheer:
lis harder yet the evil things
That all bcset. to shun-
So write in brave and honest strokes
The bad we have not done.
The good we mean to do-the deeds
So oft misunderstood;
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29
D a L a N c I N G

Cast up the sum Of good resolves
With which we meet the year;
Upon the lengthy debit side
Let all the faults appear;
Write down the good we did not do
The goals we have not won
But write I'm sturdy characters
The bad we have not done.
Let all the merit we've acquired.
In figures firm and fair.
All luminous ana fine to see
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29

In which We may rejoice
And anAiOuSly we pray and wait,
To hear the prophets voice
To tell us whether grief or JOY,
To MS the year shall bring,
And whether we shall weep and sigh
Or thankful praises sing.
Farcwell farewell. oh, fleeing year,
We never will forget
The happy days thou hast bestowed.
And we will love thee yet.
And though reluctantly we part,
As thou mus go away.
The memory of Thy joyous hours
Within our minds will stay.
And oh. approaching New Year, please,
sweet blessings Ger bestow.
And let us if it be Gods Will,
No pain or sorrow know.
Martha Shepard Lippincott.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09

When other medicines have failed
take Foley's Kidney Cure. IL has
cured when everything else has disap-
pointed. For sale by all druggists Of
Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
Lynch Got Sentence.

Mathew j. Lynch was arrested in
Port Huron by Police Captain Collins
on a charge of printing, publishing and
distributing obscene literature mani
testify tending to the corruption of the
morals of youths. Lynch pleaded
guilty in the circuit court before Judge
Law who sentenced him to one year in
the Detroit House of Correction.
Lynch never had any steady means of
employment. After the Labor Leader,
which he published for time, became
extinct, he interested himself in mat
tiers pertaining to labor organization.
He later embarked in the printing bust.
ness in the employ of g. +. Patterson
and was engaged as a distributor and
solicitor for the Standard Publishing
Co. at the time Of his arrest.
This is the man, who with another
fellow named Mcpherson, discharged
employee of the Sanilac Sugar Rein
ing Co, of Croswell, went around to
the beet growers trying to negotiate
with them for so.called claims against
the Sugar Company which never ma
terialiZed.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
East LYNN.

Mrs. Hugh Campbell visited at s. p.
Murphy's Sunday.
Albert Eichhorn and wife are visit
ing at r. Meickle's.
John McMurtrie is entertaining a
sister from Canada.
Mrs. Will Weese, of Goodland, is
visiting friends here.
Andy Currie jr. and wife spent Sun.
day at Valley Centre.
Martin Stoeffer and wife visited at
Geo. Graham's Sunday.
Katie Cavanagh, of Brockway, spent
last week with Annie Cavanagh.
Mrs. Fred Curry. of Yale, spent part
of last week with her sister Mrs. s.
Morgan.
School commenced Monday in dis.
trict No. / with Maud Bidleman as
wielder of the birch.
Lynn township was quite we'll repre-
sented at the Maccabee celebration in
Port Huron Thursday.
Sadie Houghton will attend college
at Kalamazoo. Sadie will be greatly
missed by her many friends.
Attic Morgan, wife and Miss McFar
lane, of Port, Huron, are visiting al
r Houghton'h, Shady Brook farm.
Farmers are nearly through thresh.
ing. There is very little wheat but oats
are turning out we'll. Potatoes will be
q good crop this year.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
DROBATE ORDER.
State OF Michigan, County OF st, Clair. IS

State OF Michigan, County OF ST. CAR. IS
At session of the Probate Court for said
County OF st. Clair, held at the Probate ONCE,
in the City OF Port Huron, on the 22 day OF Au..
gust in the year one thousand nine hundred and
four.
Present, Stephen A. Graham, Judge OF Pro-
bate.
In the matter OF the estate OF Thomas Car
less, deceased, Norman B. Herbert having filed
with this court his final administration account
as administrator of said estate, together with q
petition praying that the said account be al
lowed, the administrator discharged, the estate
closed and the residue OF the said estate as
signed to the persons entitled thereto.
1t lis ordered that Monday, the 26th day OF
at said Probate ONCE be appointed for hearing
thereof
And 1t is further ordered that a copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day OF hearing, in the Yale Elk
positor newspaper printed and circulating In
"a true copy STEPHEN A. GRAHAM.
1914 Judge of Probate
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
He Gould Hardly Get Up.

p. II. Duffy, of Ashley. ILL.,, writes,
This is TO certify that / have taken
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure
and it has helped me more than any
other medicine. l tried many adver-
tised remedies, but none of them gave
me any relief. My druggist recon-
mended Foley's Kidney Cure and it
has cured me. Before commencing its
use / was in such a shape that could
hardly get up when once down." For
sale by all druggists of Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
DROBATE ORDER.

State Of Michigan, County OF st. Clair, fss
At a session of the Probate Court for sad
County of St Clair. he'd at the Probate Office n
the City of Port Huron, on the 18th day OF Au-
gust in the year one thousand nine hundred and
four.
Present. Stephen A Graham, Judge of Pro-
bate.
In the matter OF the estate of Christian Faust,
incompetent. On reading and 1ing the petit
ton, duly ver0ed, of Henry II. Doelle praying
that he may be authorized and licensed TO sell
certain real estate belonging to the estate OF the
said incompetent person.
Ii Is ordered THAI Tuesday, the 18th day of
September next, at nine O'Clock In the forenoon,
at said Probate Office. be appointed for hearing
said petition. and that all persons interested in
said estate appear before said Court, at said
time and place, TO show cause why q license
should not be granted to said Henry II. D0elle
TO sell real estate as prayed for In said petition.
And 1t is further ordered, thata copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vous to said day of hearing in the Yale Expos.
itor, a newspaper printed and circulating in said
County OF st. Clair.
"a true copy) STEPHEN A. GRAHAM.
ia Judge of Probate.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
CTATE OF MICHIGAN.

GTATE OF MICHIGAN.
The Thirty-First Judicial Circuit in CHANGER
LOUISA BURDETrE, Complainant,
VS..
CHARLES BURDETTE. Defendant.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the
County of st. Clair, In Chaoeery, at Port Huron,
on the end day of August. A. u. 1904,
In this cause il appearing by affidavit on file,
that the defendant, Charles Burdette, Is not a
resident of this State and that his residence or
whereabouts is not knowni Therefore on motion
OF Il. III. Drake, solicitor for complainant, IL is
ordered that the defendant enter his appear
amen in said court on or before FIVE months
from the date of this order, and that within
twenty days the complainant cause this order to
be published in The Yale EXpositor, news
paper printed in the County OF st. Clair, said
publication to be continued once in each week
for six weeks in succession.
HARVEY TAPPAN,
K. II. DRAKE, Circuit Judge.
Solicitor for Complainant. 1876
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
EXCURSIONS
VIA Tbs
PERE MARQUETTE
SETTLERS. FARES

TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST.
One way, second-class tickets on sale
at all stations on first and third Tues
DAYS of each month. Ask agents for
particulars. 3-f
WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS.
Round trip tickets at low rates. On
sale at all ticket stations, Ask agents
for rates, limit of tickets and full par.
ticulars. 3-tf
PORT HURON soc.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER IS.
Train will leave Yale at 9:27 Am.
See posters, or ask Agents for particu-
lars. II. F. Moeller, G.. p. A. 202
Just arrived new line of collars in
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
SUNSHINE COLUMN
HELEN NJ. SWAN, EDITOR.

Have you had kindness shown?
Pass IL on.
Twas not given for you alone,
Pass Ii on.
Let II travel down the years,
Let II dry another's tears,
Till In heaven the deed appears.
Pass IL ON.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09
PERE MARQUETTE
JvaT= aetA. 1904.

= ~ = lOt1a. LSO%-
TRAINS LEAVE YALE AZ FOLLOWS:
For Port Huron and east at 9a7 A. NJ aud
S.02 r.
For Saginaw and way Stations
9:43 a. NJ. and 7:l5 P. N
For Grand Rapids. Ludington and western
points. Detroit and Toledo GAS A. M.
III. IRWIN, II. y. MOELLER,
Agent. General Passenger Agent.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-09

Just arrived new line of collars in
all styles and shapes, the Arrow Brand t.
at j. /. Rosenthals,
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-28
BONDS BIG BLOCK OF STOCK,
J. E. Thompson Now Has Control o,
 Santa Rosa Comoany,

Joseph Tanner, president and gen
 eral manager Of the Santa Rosa Min. ing company. this week bonded 339- 200 shares of the capital stock of the company to J. E. Thompson of Clifton
 for the sum of s25. GOO. The company is stocked for 100000 shares, and as Mir Thompson has control of the com
 oany, he will at once proceed with the development of the property on a more extensive scale than heretofore
 The claims adjoin holdings of the A. c. company on the Coronado noun 'ains and have a number Of excellent ledges running through them Some of the richest ore in the district has been taken from these claims, but their great wealth is in lower grade ores. of which the property has a wonderful showing. Mir Tanner has owned these claims about fifteen years. and during the past few years he has done more than 2000 feet of work on them. He will remain with the new nagement-Copper Era
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-28
the Copper Queen mine four years

the Copper Queen mine four years ago.
 As shown in those underground workings which are below the inter- mediate zone penetrated by oxidizing reagents. the sulphide minerals as- cribable to the early period of metas- omatic alteration are common pyrite. and perhaps also little chalcopyrite and sphalerite. The occurrence of some ceTussite in the limestone sug- gests that galena may also occur, al. though this mineral has not been seen. Associated with these sulphides are amphiboie ttremolite). pyroxene {diopside), garnet (grossularite), ve- suvianite.quartz and chlorite, in the limestones; quartz. sericite, chlorite, perhaps kaolin, and little epidote in the granite porDhyry; and quartz and sericite in the Pinal schist
 The metamorphic minerals are not distributed uniformly through the limestone. but are arranged in zones about the porphyry stock of Sacra- mento hill.
 Nearest the porphyry the former limestone is now a fine grained aggre- gate consisting chiefly of quartz and calcite. The width of this siliceous zone may be roughly estimated, at about 200 feet. It is probably very irregular and is not sharply defined at its outer border. Although heavl y impregnated with pyrite. it has not proved such favorable ground for ore as the next zone to be described.
 Gro Be Continued Tuesday,
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-28

Nearly all the material for the Cali fornia mineral exhibit at St. Louis is now in San Francisco and arrange ments are being made to ship several carloads before the end of February. The exhibits win Le divided into two classes-an outdoor exhibit and that which will be placed in the mines building. The outdoor exhibit prom ises to be very interesting, as it will exemply by working exhibits the diff ferent milling and concentration methods pursued in this state.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-28

Ten of the principal mining compa- nies which publish dividends, distri5- uted 900. Mexican, during Decem- ber. the leader being the Pefoles Min ing company of Maoimi, Durango, with it's regular $100,0O0 monthly.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-28
MIR. GRAF GOES EAST.
Will Spend About Month in Grea,
 Michigan Copper Country.

Frank F. Graf. one of Bisbee's most energetic brokers. left yesterday for eastern points and he will spend about a month before returning His visit will be spent mostly in the Lake Su- perior district, Duluth and the iron mines of Michigan. He may also wis it in PittsbIrg. Pennsylvania, and a number of other more easterly points if time allows. and before making his return trip to Arizona will complete arrangements whereby he will re ceive a much improved telegraphic service daily at his brokerage office in this city MT. Graff's business in connection with his brokerage office will be ably handled by c. l.. Beck with during the formers absence This will be Mir Graffs first visit to the mines in Michigan and the trip will Doubtless be of much pleasure as well as profit to him.