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The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

And 10. the star which they saw
ID the east went before them" whis-
peeed the boy. gazing upward at its
Pssre white light in the hush of the
Holy Night.
But mankind" said the old man.
sadiy. has not followed In all the
christmas ewes since it looked on the
shepherds in that field of Bethlehem.
j has looked on men doing evil some
wher. to their fellows. Its light has
been dimmed by the lights from camp
Gr"S of armies and from flames of
burning cities. | am old. and il is
weary waiting for the fUllillment of
the promise
The star is beautiful and splendid"
said the boy with shining eyes.
"Uudimmed l shine" said the Star.
And He in whose sight a thousand
gears are but day sees mankind look
toward ME every year with new in
teiiigcnce and love- Ages have passed
aud other ages still must be before
the Word shall be fulfilled But every
Christmas eve I shine upon a world
that has moved forward step by step"
Greater grew the radiance of the
Star. until the world sank away. and
still and pure it shone over Jerusalem.
Whose calm and faithful! eyes are
these that look toward it from a cell?
stephen lies there. soon to be taken
10 the city wall and stoned to death.
Again it shines upon the Holy City,
surrcunded now by a Roman army
ander Titus. Before another Christ
mas eve. Jerusalem shall be no more.
The temple of the Most High shall
BE- razed and Titus leave nothing on
Mount Moriah save a little heap of
ruins
And again there is a Christmas eve
Six hundred years have passed The
Christian wcrld has fallen far away
from the Sermon on the Mount.
Hatred and intolerance have dis
tor:ed the cause of Christ into cause
For shedding of blood from Bethlehem
q the far isles of Great Britain
Christmas eve. 500 a. D.. and Rome
Is celebrating the Holy Night with
wonderful splendOr. Princes and war
ssors and priests throng its streets. |
Greatest prince of them all. before !
whom even the mighty Chariemagne |
kJRs. is the Bishop of Rome. Leo ILL., |
This is 3 Christmas eve destined to |
d. mere than any other Christmas eve |
IA many centuries that have been or |
that are TO come, TO change the his |
cory of the world. For tonight Char !
IeMagne and his magnificent court |
have agreed with the bishop that on |
CHIT istmas day Charlemagne is to be |
ecowned Augustus. Emperor of the !
West and Protector of Rome. The
Molly Roman Empire has begun.
Shining for the first time on Christ
mas in the New World. in 1892. the
Star sees Columbus and his crew turn
coward it from their small craft as
eAcy roll in the great blue serges of
che tropical ocean on the coast of
hayti. II may be that there is too
mech Christmas eve cheer aboard the |
0anta Maria. For before the S.ar has
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
Old Time Rites and the Oriein of Some That
Are Still Practiced.

New Years Day has been a DAY OF
ceremony and rejoicing for a grea,
many centuries in the worlds history
Its origin is traced back to the Roman
festiva! of Janus. after the establish.
merit of the empire. The old Romans
divided the year into ten months only
Numa POmpilius added January ana
February. and dedicated the former to
Janus, 7l3 3. c.
''Tis he! The two-faced Janus comes in
view:
Wild hyacinths his robe a,iorn.
And sundr"ps. rivals Of the morn.
He spurns the goal aside.
But smiles npon the new-emergins year
And now unlocks. with agate key.
The ruby gates of orient day
On this day the Roman coasuis. fol
lowed by the court, went to th. can
ital. all gorgeously appareled. where
tEey sacrificed two white bulls, never
yoked. to Jupiter Capito!inus.
The Druids observed New Year with
great pomp and ceremony. One fea-
ture OF their ceremonies was the dis
tributiOn of the mistletoe among The
people On New Years eve. The
priests went in annual procession. IN
the sixth day OF the moon nearest the
New Year. wearing white robes and
bearing golden sickle with which to
detach the sacred parasite from the
tree. So much did they esteem it that
It was carried in white cloth. Ii
must be cut from the divine oak. in
the forest dedicated to the gods. The
apple tree mistletoe. used in England.
IS different thing altogether. We
al remember the NEUROLOGICAL story
II Eneas, who. when descending to
Avernus. was compelled to take with
him a branch of this plant to Proser-
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
Their Sens in Civil War.

An inquiry whether any man was
living in North Carolina who had
sons in the confederate army is elicit
ing replies of an astonishing charac-
ter
A letter from HillsbOro states that
James ID. Daniel Of Orange county.
now 81. had five sons in the confed-
crate army. Three of these are liv-
ing.
In the same township W. G. Wright
is still living. SS years of age His
son. J. b. Wright. was in the corfed-
crate army.
At the soldiers home ore of the
inmates named Bum served in the
same company with two sons. There
is also at the soldiers home a veteran
who served in the Indian war of 1888.
the war with Mexico and the civil war
and never received a wound He is 3?
years old and is active and interested
in everythiEg.-New York Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

war in the New World. In the first
year the New Englanders, instead of
gathering around soc;able fireplaces.
are abroad. driving before them the
remnants of the Wampanoag Indians.
whom they have defeated in a great
battle near Narragansett bay; and in
1876 the French are taking Cayenne
IN Giana. after a stubborn siege.
In 1856 the Star shines on grim and
moody faces in the town of New York.
Sir Edmond AndrOss. the first royal
governor and vice-regent of New Eng
land. has just arrived and is making
rearing Christmas eve of it.
Two years afterward the Star
CLEANS on his royal master, James H..
spending his Christmas eve in the
French court, fugitive driven from
his throne in England.
Sitting with a few companions bv
camp fire in the primeval wilderness
OF pennsylvania, q young surveyor
looks up at it in 1853. He is George
Washington. nine days journey on his
way home from Lake Erie, where he
has been to carry a message to the
commander of the French that will
end finally in the French and Indian
war. Indians are prow!ing on his path
that night. but he looks as serenely
at the Star of Bethlehem as il he
were gazing at it from his home in
Virginia.
Fourteen years later, two other
young surveyors pass a similar Christ
mas eve in the wilderness. They are
not to become SO famous personally
as that other surveyor, but their
names are destined to be linked for
ever with great cause. They are
Mason and Dixon. sitting under the
Star at the end of their trail They
have reached a warpath and the In
dians have forced them to stop thirty.
six miles from their objective point.
But they have practically run their
line and they finish it on Dec 26.
Christmas eve, 1873. and there are
bands and flying banners in Boston.
Young and old. mechanics and royster.
erS and citizens of substance, are
marching together. Singing God
Save the King" they head straight for
the wharves. where two. teaships are
lying. Some of the chests go over
board. still to the accompaniment of
the loyal tune. The others are left |
on the ships, but the vessels are forced |
TO return home without unloading.
Lieut.. John Paul Jones. in his new
uniform and clothed in his three-day. |
old dignity as member of the Corps !
of Naval Officers appointed by Con-
gress, swaggers around proudly on |
Christmas eve in Philadelphia in 1775. |
Ammo Domini 1876 sees 24.OOO men
crossing the ice-covered Delaware.
And in 1717 the Star shines on Val.
ley Forge. where men sit around piti.
able fires in rags-penniless. hungr7.
freezing. but unfaltering.
Christmas eve. 1888. George Wash.
ingtOn has surrendered his commits
sion the day before. For the first
time in seven years. he looks up to
the Star without heavy care.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
treets, asking for presents, and sing

streets, asking for presents, and sing
ing:
Il wish you a happy New Year,
A pocket full Of money
And cellar full OF beer
And "A great fat pig
To serve you all the year.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Sitting by the fire,
Pity We poor boys
Out in the mire.''
The French make a great deal of
New Year. In 1854 Charles TX. of
France decreed that in accordance
with the Roman calendar. the yesr
should begin on the first day of Jar,-
airy.
Christmas with them is a religious
festival. but the New Year is a domes.
tic festival and holiday. The day COM
mences at an early hour. with an ex-
change of bonbons and visits among
friends and relatives. I somewhere
saw an estimate that one hundred
thousand dollars was spent upon bon.
bons alone every New Years in Paris.
The French revolution brought New
Years day to this great prominence.
With the first empire it was one Of
the most brilliant festivals of the
court. n 1t Was also Of the second EN-.
pire.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

New Years day was a great day in
New York with the early Dutch set
tiers. 1t was ushered in by the ring
ing of bells and firing of guns. Wash.
| ingtOh Irving. in lis humorous "Knick.
erbocker's History of New York,
gives 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 mu!led cider: every house was
temple of the merry god. and many
p prOvident vasabOnd was intoxicated
out of pure economy. drinking liquor
the year."
Irving dwellS especially upon the
great ball given at the Governors. old
Peter Stuyvesant, New Years night
when the good Peter was devou,ly
Observant of the piOus rite of kissing
all the womenkind for a Happy New
Year
On this day tie governor also dis
tributed fiddles to- the old negroes.
who fidd!ed all night while the young
people danced. Under Peter was in
stituted quilting bees" "huskins
bees" and other rural assemblages.
where. under the inspiring influence
of the fiddles. toll was enlivened by
gayety and followed by dance.
The governor did not approve of
the short skirts worn by the ladies'
and ordered ruffie put at the bottom
OF them. He likewise disapproved of
some of their steps in dancing. and
ordered that TO other step should be
taken but the shuttle and turn" and
the double trouble"
The custom of New Years calling
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
ST .
=|@-vyI IlNsS~==
STAR in THE EAST
Wondrous Story of the Centuries
That 1t Told to the Boy
Who Gazed at Il.

set. she is a hopeless wreck on the
rOCAs of the beautiful island.
The Star is to see many cruel things
in the New World after that. Its
serene beam shines on Mon,ezuma in
1919. prisoner in the bloody hands
OF Cortez. Ii shines on Cortez again
with his men in the next Christmas
eve. lying before TeZcuco. which he
is to enter and plumber before the end
of the week
On the Christmas eve of 1929 and
for ten Christmas ewes thereafter the
Star looks on an American Odyssey.
1t is the Odyssey of Alvar Nunez and
his three companions. sole survivors
of the expedition of Pamfilo de Mar
vaez. wandering along the northern
coast of Mexico. through Texas, to
the Rocky Mountains. and thence to
Mexico. trying to find a way to take
them back to Spain. They spend one
Christmas eve in being worshiped as
demigOds ny tribe of Indians. They
spend many others in working as
slaves.
Twelve years later the Star shines
on fernando de Soto. lying in camp
in the Chickasaw country. 1t is the
second Christmas eve away from his
wife. the beautiful DOna Isabella, and
he is never to see her again. The
Star looks down upon him in l54l.
near the Mississippi. with his great
expedition scattered and all but de.
Stroyed. but the dauntless heart of
him brave and unfearing. Christmas
eve. l542. finds no such person as Her
nando de Soto. Captain General of Gu
ba. AdelantadO of Florida. on earth.
In l56. the Star sees a gathering in
Antwerp. II is a terrible gathering
that conceives a thought of iahuman
wlckedness and ferOcity. Yet OH. of
this Christmas meeting shall a srsa.
freedom be born. For it is that of the
spanish rulers in the Netherlands
and at 1t is adopted the decree of tho
lnqnisition tha, condemns all the in
habltants of the Netherlands. with but
rev exceptions. 10 death. And tho
War OF Liberation fellows. II is the
first 10 break the cruel and deaden;ns
power of Spain.
In the New World the Star looks
on the colOnists of jamestown stealing
out on Christmas eve in 1907. to ser
corn from the Indians by strategy.
Two years later. Christmas eve secs
them suffering grievously for food
again.
Ammo Domini 1920. and the PILGRIM
Fathers rest from their labor of build-
ing the settlement which they have
begun that morning.
Christmas eve. 1878 and ,s-c s,,.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

Among the Saxons the New Year
was ushered in by friendly gifts.
Later. this custom of making gifts
was carried to ruinOus excess.
Henry Ill. of England extorted costly
gifts from his court. Queen Bess car
rled it to such an extreme. says DR..
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 a 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 wassajl howl
at this season. 1t was carried from
door to door with loud singing and
merrimert. The word is derived from
was halle. the Saxon for Here's tn
you!' an expression still in use by
men in pledging each other at sun.
rers. The present loving cup take;
the place of tie ancient wassail how,
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 ,s
sung. outside of the house. by the
yOurg people. then there is a rush fo-
tie nearest spring. and the first one
WHO fills his or her glass gets what
they call the cream Of the WE'LL" 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" las the old year is
cal!edD. when the boys parade the
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
Battery in Reunion.

The annual reunion of the survivors
of the Fifth New York Independent
Eattery. Light Artillery. was held in
New York last Week. The battery was
organized by Capt. r.. ID. Taft i'm
Brooklyn on August 10. 1861. muster
ed into the United States army Nov. s.
1861. ard served in the Army of the
Potomac until May 10. 1864. II then
served with Gen. Sheridan in the Shen-
anGoah Valley and was mustered out
of the service July s. 1863 The old
comrades greeted each other on the
anniversary of the muster
IN. Letters Were read from absent
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
MICHIGAN.

r., designates the comrades Of the
Michigan department. Upon the re-
verse appears the little bronze button
surrounded by the words. "3Sth Ma
tional Encampment G. A. r.. Boston"
This disk is pendent from an oxidized
silver pin by a cherry ribbon on which
is the place and date of the national
encampment in gold letters The pin
is lettered Organized May 6. 1868.
Michigan"
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
: WITH THE
~
4 aVE1EDAN

uoine. carrying with him the large
regimental flag Of his organization.
This flag he nailed to the dome. and
there 1t remained until the elements
whipped away the last thread of 1t.
long before the close Of the war. A
storm was raised when people got up
IN the morning and saw the old nag
nying from the dome. and many were
the inquiries as to how it got there.
out 1t was many q long year before
the truth came out The soldier who
did 1t knew that he would be severely
disciplined II he told what he had
done. and his comrades who had help
ed him were loyal to him. The flag
was there. ard no man could be found
who would take it down."-New York
Press.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
Eerimental Histories.

Regimental histories enriched by
surviving comrades produced under
keen criticism are TIE best possible
foundations for an accurate history Of
wars. IL is TO be regretted that so
many organizations have neglected so
far to record their dOings. but recent
desire to repair the omission. and
many resimental histories are appear
ing.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
Monument for Crater Battlefield

The survivors Of the Forty-eighth
Pennsylvania infantry have made
plans to erect on the Crater battlefield
in Prince George county. near Peters.
burg. a handsome granite monumep.
to cost $1,000. The monument Is I.
be erected in memory Of those of the
regiment who fell in the Crater fight.
1t was this regiment that dug the sun.
mel for the nine
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
Never Mod the Old Time.

'SNSver mind the old times:
s,y We're bright an sweet.
sunny skies above you
Nioiets at your feet:
~, ,ne new times wear q smiiin' face
. Ihats mighty good to meet
-" yoId better find the light that
makes the mornin'.
Never mind the old times:
ihsy we're great. l know:
Old friends that We loved so,
buI the new times sing the song of Hope
mere sweeter roses grow.
a" YOU'D better find the light that
makes the mornin',
Frank L. Stanton, in Atlant. Constitu.
ton.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28
One Man in cosnpanv.

Levi NJ. Poor Of Augusta. Ne. was
in command Of the smallest connpanv
for the longest time Of any officer i'm
the civil war He was in company d
Of the Nineteenth Maine. and for for.
ty-three days had only one manAJohn
White Of Beifast-aD the others he.
ing absent by sickness. death. wounds
or removals. Ex Gov. COnnor ~
Maine. who was then in comman, of
the regiment. made him actirg lieu
tenant Of the company.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

The sad news is sent out from
Washington. on the authority OF Pen.
SION commissioners Ware. that the
olo soldiers are dying at the rate Of
IeO . day. This Is higher rate than
ever oeiore In the history Of the pen.
The Columbus journal., 1904-12-28

The Badge Money Cannot Buy.
A heavy disk Of bronze. bearing the
state seal surrounded by the inscrip-
ton. Department Of Michigan, G.. A.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-28
WARSnIPS WILL
NOT CALL HERE

CAVITE, May 19.-Admiral Cooper
with the battleship Wisconsin, the gun
boat Nicksburg and the naval collier
Alexandria left Cavite this morning
for Hongkong.
The Vicksburg on reaching Hongllong
will bid the rest of the fleet adieu and
start for the states via Yokohama and
Hakodate, Japan, thence taking the
northern passage. She will cross to
Bear Harbor, Alaska, and after taking
on coal will proceed down the Pacific
coast to the Bremerton Navy Yard
where she will so out of commission
pending repairs.
The Nicksburg is classed in the Unit
ed States Navy as a composite gunboat
of 1000 tons displacement and horse
power OF Ills with n speed Of 10 knots
an hour, Her keel was laid In 1897 and
she cost the government 1929, 400. Her
guns battery consists of o i-inch rapid
fire guns, 4 6-pounders rapid lire, 2
l-pounders rapid fire and / colt
The gunhoat Annapolis, a sister ship
Of the Nicksburg, win remain az Caylte
a while longer In order Ia complete
needed repairs before starting over the
same route for the states as the Nioks-
burg now takes,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-28
COL. FITCH AND
The SAKE CASES
Honolulu, June 25th, 1904.

Honolulu, June 25th, 1904
Editor Advertiser: The New York
Board of U. S. General Appraisers
classed sake as still wine dutiable at
fifty cents per gallon. From this de-
cision the New York importer appealed
to the U. S. Circuit Court of the South
ern District of New York. That tribu-
nal reversed the n. Y. Board of APP
praisers, and found sake to be mon
enumerated manufactured article
dutiable at twenty per cent ad valorem
or about nine cents per gallon. From
this decision the government has APP
pealed to the n. Y. United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, and this appeal
is now pending to be heard at the Octo-
Der term.
With this case and the appeal from
it Collector Stackable has, repeat no
more to do than has the Shah of Persia.
The case in which he has taken an APP
peal is one in which he ruled-and the
New York Board of Appraisers reversed
his ruling-that the sake which leaked
out of it's tub on the voyage from Japan
should pay duty to the United States
just the same as if it were still there.
The question as to whether the sake
which might, could, would or should
have been in the tub, was beer, a
wine, or a "nonenumerated manufac-
tured article is not involved. If, on
Collector Stackable's appeal on the
sake tub" case, it is held that nine
gallons of empty air must pay the same
duty as nine gallons of sake, the duty
will presumably and unless and until
the n. Y. Circuit Court of Appeals shall
reverse the decision of the U. S. Circuit
Court be assessed as on a still wine.
The notice of appeal from which the
Star quotes would have given a clearer
idea of the issue if it had read as fol-
lows:
said Board erred in not holding said
vacuum which once contained sake TO
be properly classed as a still wine va
cuum, dutiable at fifty cents per gal
lon.'
/ deviate from my usual custom of
never attempting to correct a newspa-
per report of litigation in which I am
engaged, only because my Japanese
clients might be misled by the Star
report based upon the confusing phrase
ology of the notice of appeal into sup
posing that the Board of General APP
praisers had reversed it's former sake
ruling-which is not the case.
THOMAS FITCH.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-06-28
YET HAY
OVER ON MAUI

The political fight which is to be
fought on Maui at next November's
election is still enveloped in doubt,
owing to lack of present knowledge as
to what will be done in the matter of
a combination between the democrats
and home rulers. The plan of cam
paign, so far as the republicans are
concerned, is already laid out, and a
clean fight on clear cut issues is pro-
missed. If the democrats put up one
ticket and the home rulers another lit
means an assured victory for the re-
publicans. If the democrats and home
rulers unite under the name of demo-
Gratis with necessarily new issues, 1t
leaves a weak spot in their armor, Of
which the republicans can take mate
rial advantage. If the democrats fail
to fuse with the home rulers, and do
not put up a ticket, the home rulers
have a chance to win again on Maui,
and may the good Lord deliver us from
such mischance.-MauiN News.