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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-31

stant countries were recalcitrant,
I'd it was not until 1852 that Eng
I'D asQuiesced. The custom of
lebrating the first day of the new
ar Is of very ancient origin, and
pears to have prevailed generally
long the nations of , antiquity.
)nius Marcellus refers the origin of
w Years gifts among the Romans
Titus Tatins, King of the Sabines,
10, having considered as a good
len a present of some branches cut
a wood consecrated to Strenia, the
'ddess of Strength, which he re-
tved on the first day of the new
ar, authorized the custom after
rd and gave these gifts the name
Strene, TAI B. C.
Pliny and other Latin authors tell
that the Romans celebrated New
ar's Day with feasting and mas
trading, visiting friends and inter-
lnging presents. When Christian
replaced paganism it prescribed
'rything that could recall the an
Mt cultus, and in opposition
lnged the former day of feasting
| rejoicing into one of fasting and
'urning, By degrees, however,
Church, in the eighth century,
rogated the fast, and the earlier
more congenial jovial customs
re gradually resumed. Among the
ler nations of antiquity the social
iervance of the first day of the
lr appears to have been in sub
nee the same as among the Ro-
ms. The PeTsians celebrated It
exchanging presents of eggs and
giving offenders. The Druids per-
med on that day the famous cere-
ny of cutting the mistletoe,
nches of which they distributed
'ng the ancient Britons. Among
"a Saxons of the northern nations
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God is so good TO us! When ve
have soiled and torn
With greedy grasp and blood Of hu.
man life.
And blurred and blachcued with in.
human strife
The pure white Year lie gave us
yestermorn-
He IS so good to us who would no,
prove
The worlds redemption by tie
strength of Love;
He gently lays the Record-Book
aside,
Close shut and scaled and hallowed
with tear;
Yet hath such pity for the souls OF
He freely gives another pure white
Year,
Ronews the whole sweet world
where mortals bide,
And fills our hearts with zeal to try
again,
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solemn fllet" he sees, too late, "the
scorn."
What Emerson has said in this
poem much better than any descrip-
tion of It can indicate-Mr. w. r.
II. Lccky has suggested in prose:
With some, time is mere duration,
a blank, featureless thing, gliding
swiftly and insensibly by. with
others every day. and almost every
hour, seems to have its distinctive
stamp and character, for good or Ill.
in work or pleasure"
If. then, one is confused by the
multitude Of possible good resolu-
tions, is 1t not the part of wisdom to
seize upon this one thing for the new
year: to make the most of every OPP
portunity, to practice what Mr.. Lecky
calls the art of wisely using the
spare five minutes, the casual vacan-
cies or intervals of life?" This is a
resolution which is not lost in the
breaking. 1t is for daily renewal.
with constantly increasing power to
turn It into act.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-31
CAKES FOR NEW YEARS.
Some Good, Old Fashioned Recipes
That VIII Delight the
HouSckcCpcr.

The regular New Years cookies OF
Dutch t<s which arc displayed say.
| with caraway cornts and candied
fruit, have direrent Ingredients from
the loavcs of cake which every
housewife used to make for New
Years Day. Il WAS the custom for
provdent housekecper to prepare
fruit. pound, silver or delicate cake.
and sometimes loaf CT golden
| sponge. Every one was rich, rcquir-
Ing an abundance of eggs at season
when eggs were more expensive
The Christmas fruit cake. which
was served at New Years, was al
ways made by the familiar rule CIV
en- recently in these columns. The
cake was usually made at least a
month before 1t was needed, sufIi-
cient supply to last all winter being
prepared in the fall
Pound cake is as rich as fruit cake.
but, as there is no fruit in II, less
butter must be used In proportion
to the sugar than in fruit cake. The
pound cake OF to-day is made diff
ferently from the oldtime rule. No
one now makes pound for pound"
For a modern pound cake weigh out
twelve ounces of butter, fourteen
ounces of -four, dried and sifted be-
fore II is weighed, and sixteen
ounces of granulated sugar, and take
out eight good sized eggs. To this
rule add two large pinches of pow
dered mace or half grated nutmeg
and the grated rind and juice of one
Messina lemon. Sometimes in max
ing this cake the -four and butter
are beaten together first. Some of
the best pound cake makers do not
do this now but beat the butter to
cream first and add the sugar, beat
ing the mixture until II is perfect
cream. They then add the yolks of
the eggs, straining them in through
gravy strainer, which beats them
enough to mix in we'll. After this
the flour is warmed a little, in win
ter, and sifted at least three times,
and the mace or nutmeg lemon pecl
are added the last time 1t is sifted.
The juice of the lemon is also stirred
in after the -four has been thorough
ly blended. When the two pans nee
cssary for this rule are buttered the
whites of the eggs beaten as stifny as
possible with a whip are folded in
quickly so as not to break down the
whites. DO this as hastily as posi-
Bile and then put the cake in the
oven at once. The oven must not be
heated too hot at first. II is a good
plan, if the fire is at all brisk. TO
open the oven door and cool off the
oven little before putting In the
cake. This will allow the proper de-
gree of heat to let the cake rise slow
ly, so that it will not begin to brown
before it is fully risen. This cake
should be baked from an hour and a
quarter to an hour and half. Try
the loaves by listening to the cake.
When it stops singing" it is done.
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G ALL O II THE
@ Y " " z q p ID u AID
SrsEIs3 &.:1g1aa .gL{lI5 ECO S,3aJ
b - y. IS. l.. r III o MIS- o NJ

Call not the Old Year dead. For his
estate
OF power and profit, and of work
was great.
About his bier all reverently tread !;
His works do follow him." ne is
not dead.
Call not the Old Year dead. For
purposeful
His long days were. lie breathed
the beautiful
OF thought and voice where thought
and voice were not,
And fashioned roses for our common
lot.
Call not the Old Year dead, No
specter he,
Brt with the New is king of destiny.
Enraptured, his the earth whereon
no trod,
He slumbers only in the dawn Of
God.
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And the little grumbles on rainy
days,
And the bent-up pins, and the teasing
Jokes
That never seem funny to other
folks;
Ana the stones that are tossed-be
sure of that
AT robin redbreast and pussy cat.
And well throw in the bag some
cross little "don'ts,"
And most of the "can'ts' and all OF
the 'won'ts,"
And the grumpy words that should
not be said
When mamma calls, 1T is tine for
bed"
If We get all these in the Old Years
pack.
And shut it so tight that they won't
come back,
Tomorrow morning Wen surely soc
A EaQpy New Year for you and me,
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If the Old Year bide,
Where shall New Year stay?
Open every portal wide,
Let the Old Year pass away.
With sad Yesterday,
Gloom, and all their kin,
Worry, Anger, dull Dismay.
Let our braver New Year in!
Where grim shadows hide,
Flash a sun-strong ray.
From a dwelling purified
Let the Old Year pass away.
Plead not for delay;
Wake from What has been"
Resolute, and blithe, and gay.
Let our braver New Year in!
Fling Despair aside;
Danish Doubt for aye.
With fair memories glorifed
Let the Old Year pass away.
Sorrow for him? Nay!
Journeys new begin.
Bringing armor for the fray,
Let ur braver New Year in!
ENVOY.
Look you forward! Fading, gray
Let the Old Year pas away.
Life's ahead-with all to winl
Let our braver New Year in!
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Origin Of 52eln Dear'S
AMUEL JOHNSON in his
history of England gives
the following data:

The Druids began the year on
March 10, the Persians and phocni-
clans at the autumnal equinox. the
ancient MeXicans on February 23.
The Egyptians reckoncd the begin
ming of the year from the first OF
10th tMarch-ApriD; but since the
Egyptian year was 3G5 days, while
the tropical year consists of 365,242
days, the Egyptian year constantly
lost. and its seasons shifted. 50 that
in about 1907 tropical years New
Years Day had run through all the
days of the true gear back to the
starting point. Thus in y. c. the
irst of 10th. or New Years Day, was
on August 20. The Greeks of the
line of Solon began the year at the
winter solstice, December 21, but in
the time of Pericles, in 432 b. c.,
hey changed the date to June 81.
The Romans began the year first in
March and later on January |. The
Jews began and still begin their civil
year with the first Of the month Of
tiSii' NHl'H lOuBul9 corresponds 10
our September. The Hindoos begin
he year with the entrance of the
sun into the Hindoo sign Aswin. now
April II. The Chinese reckon the
year from the first moon after the
sun enters Aquarius, which happens
lot earlier than January q and no
!ater than February 10. The pres
mt year 1916 of the Mahometans
cegan on May %, 1898. In England
december 25 was New Years Day
Until the time of William the Con-
.ueror. His coronation happened to
'ccur on January l. hence the year
fas ordered to begin on that day.
;ut England gradually fell into
,nison with the rest of Chrirtendom,
nd began the year with I.1rch 25.
he Gregorian calendar IL 1852 re-
,ored January / as the .ateway Of
de year. Catholic countries accept
Il the change imnc .ately, but Pro-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-31
NEW YEARS GAMES.

New Years Eve is called night
for games Here is one which will
at least keep people wide awake. II
is called a New Years Greeting. and
IS on the plan OF the cobweb party
The fun starts in the parlor, whSre,
attached TO n convenient chair. are
n number OF ends OF gay colored
twine, as many as there are people,
arranged in a festoon. Each end is
the beginning of ball OF the same
color which is hidden somewhere in
the house. Each person selects a
string which he must follow, wind
ing up as he goes, to keep free from
taugles. If these balls are cleverly
put away, the whole house may be
turned into n hunting ground filled
with a jolly throng of hunters, but
the guiding cords must be carefully
handled, or else they will snap, and
the clew be lost. At the end of the
search each person finds the remain
der of the ball in some unexpected
place wrapped carefully up with
funny bit of advice to the finder. The
one who winds his ball most neatly
and quickly should have a prize. The
bits of advice may be anything, such
as:
Don't look a gift horse in the
mouth.
Children should be seen and not
heard.
4 c+Itpb Tn tir,o so,roe ,gra,,.- pira
Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you.
Nuts to Crack.
Some one must crack q quantity
of English walnuts neatly, so that
each half is perfect. and the meat
in halves or whole pieces can be TAX
en- out. Then on slips OF paper
write out numerous puzzling ques-
tions-in rhyme If 1t is possible
and tuck them away each in two
OF the empty half shells, which can
be tied together with tiny colored
ribbons. Each player receives toy
hammer, so when the nuts, or at
least the filled nutshells, are passed
around they can be easily smashed.
A plate, containing the good part OF
the nuts all wrapped up as bonbons,
is then handed around and each play
er takes one. An answer to one
question is wrapped around each nut,
and each player then reads in turn
his question and the answer. The
answer will probably be most ridicu-
lous when read TO the question.
vote should decide the best, and a
prize be given to the holder.
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A Tragic Calendar,

Janet was quite Ill one day,
Febrile troubles came her way.
Martyr-like she lay In bed,
Aproned nurses softly sped.
Maybe" said the leech. judicial,
"Junket would be beneficial"
Juieps' too. though freely tried,
Augured III, for Janet died.
Sepulcher was sadly made,
Octaves pealed and prayers were said
Novices with many a tear
Decorated Janet's bier.
Carolyn Wells.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-12-31
First Thing In Order.

Castleton-Jim, is this, indeed,
you? You have kept, then, TO the
promise made when we parted ten
years ago that we would meet or
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
NEWSPAPER Men to Meet.

The Northeast Nebraska pencil
pushers will hold their semi-annual
meeting at Emerson Monday. April
20, the following program being out
lined for their edification:
Address by President Chas. X. Oft
Lyons Sun.
The County Printing ......C. f. Jones
Ponca Journal,
Prices on Job Work...,.F. L. Shoop
Wakefield Republican.
Printing Office Help. .....W. S. Goldie
Wayne Democrat
The Editorial Page. I'm. w. Murray
Fender Times.
Discussion-Ready Print Service.
For: j. l.. Phillips, Bancroft Blade
Against: Jas. Brink, Concord World
The Postmaster, .........C d. Crellin
The Newspaper and Politics.,
Dakota City Herald.
Round Table, conducted by C. E. Nevin
Laurel Advocate.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE
Meeting in Nnleh Was We'll Attended
Monday NIGHT.

Neigh, Neb, March 31--Special to
The News: The committee appointed
by the law and order league to draft
resolutions Of this organization in
Neigh met at the court house last
evening to- perfect and make more
binding its purposes whether this city
gnes wet or dry" The meeting
WIS well represented and good
crowd present. J. c. Jenkins called
the meeting to order and o. 4. Will
linms, chairman of the committee on
resolutions, read the same to those
present. They were II nature to the
effect that law and order must and
will prevail in Neligh after the first
OF May. That gambling and lawless-
pess will be abolished. They were
unanimously carried
The election of of1cers was as fol-
lows: President, j. D. Hatfield; vice
president, T. II. BTenton secretary,
j. w. LamSon; treasurer, T. S. Pex-
ton.
To meet necessary expenses and
carry on The spring campaign a com
mittee Was appointed to solicit funds,
and the same reported before half of
the meeting was over. The total at
I that tims was $l6T9 30.
w. l.. .EcAllister was the eloquent
speaker Of the evening. His address
WIS one tnat appealed to those that
freluented the drinking and gambling
resorts that their children would, and
could be better dressed, and no doubt
| present better appearance in our
city schools, were il not for tie temp,
tatiuns existing in cur city. He was
followed III this strain of thought b.
u. ID Coleman, l., II. Suter, VIM
Campbell, r NJ. Huash and others.
Before tbs closing of the meeting
| O. A. Williams made several pointed
remarks and stated trat the Hon. Ell.
mer Il. Thomas Of Omaha would
speak in th+ Auditorium tonight.
Wishing all il attendance would be
present to hear his address on Law
and Order" Those not having the op.
portunity to sign the roll of member
ship Were invited to dc so after adj
journmenI.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
SHE SN|P[D The DOLLAR
FORTUNE TELLING GYPSY WORKS
SMOOTH GAME.
ESCAPED WITH THE MONEY

Then When the Police Rounded up the
Crowd, She Was Glad to Refund the
Cash to Blacksmith Clark and Quit
the City.
-Four gypsy women trailed into the
blacksmith shop OF ii. c. Clark at 100
South First street Tuesday morning
afortune telling,
AS became sturdy blacksmith
Clark would nave none OF them. The
women persisted. They would tell his
fortune, but no.
one OF the gypsies, with one eye on
the future and the other on the shop
door, required Mr.. Smith to place a
dollar in the open palm of his hand
while the future-reader gave him a
sample OF her proficiency.
Clark put the cartwheel in his open
fist, The gypsy looked at the dollar,
uttered three incantatiOns and made
wild flourish with her hands includ-
ing swift and successful descent on
the dollar.
Grasping the coin the woman made
for the door. The gypsies hit for the
tall timber while Clark made tracks
for police headquarters. Chief Flynn
spent part of the day, as result, gath
eripg in band of gypsies which have
been here for several days. Two OF
three were arrested.
Then all was settled, Clark got
back his dollar and departed content
The gypsies we're released from jai
and given the absence of the city
The city Jail is again empty.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
DEATh OF MRS. IANNEHiLL.
Result OF Paralytic Stroke on Monday.
Had Lived in Vicinity Many Wears.

Mrs. A. F. Tannehiu, who suffered
paralYtjc stroke Monday morning,
died at O'Clock Tuesday morning at
the Tannehill home at APO South Fifth
street. Death came very unexpectedly
as Mrs. Tannehill was up and about
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tannehill have lived
in this vicinity for many years past.
Two years ago they moved from the
odd farm near WarnerTille to Norfolk.
Mrs. Tannehill was siXty-nine years
old. She was a member Of the Baptist
church. She has many friends in Nor.
folk and throughout the county.
Mrs. Tannehill is survived bV six
sans and foEr daughters: George
Tnnnehill of this city, Homer, Harry
and Frank Tannehill living near War
neville; Charles Tannehill living in
Oklahoma, John Tannehill in the gov
eminent service in Panama, Miss
VaGa Tannehill living at home, Mrs.
Gar1ichs of North Platte, Mrs. Peters
of Stanton and Mrs. Evans OF Norfolk.
No funeral arrangements were made
pending a message from John Tame
hill in Panama.
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life would be on the reconciliation of
the church to the lodge and to do
away with the ban.
Now the following chapter has been
enacted and the deposed priest has
made the following public declaration
above his own signature:
'Herrick, s. d., March Ia, 1908: Not
realizing my position Joined the odd
Fellows, society, membership OF
which Is barred to Catholics. Owing
to my official position must have
given an occasion for scandal to Cath
olics. Henceforth | make 1t known
that have ceased membership of said
body as have sent in my resignation
to It's official head at Herrick.
Joseph f. Parker"
It is generally understood that
Father Parker will again make an eff.
fort to be reinstated in the church and
that pending necessary arrangements
to enter a monastery he is staying for
the present with friends in Butte Neb.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Ole OIson's Troubles Real.

Ains@arth Democrat: A prairie fire
driven by the high wind swept over
large scope of country about six miles
northeast Gf town last Wednesday, and
did considerable damage. Ole Olson
lost his buildings and contents. He
and his daughter were away from
home at the time and saved nothing
but the clothes they had on. A num-
Der of other farmers lost hay and
pasture. The IRE is supposed to have
started from a burning straw pile.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03

The Lincoln Plan" OF Handling This
Glass Of Advertising May be Adopt.
ed II the Proposition Meets Approval
Of Business Men.
The Norfolk Commercial club may
come to the aid of the man along the
street, a proposition having been mado
to adopt the Lincoln plan" as II means
of preventing local merchants from
being forced into indiscriminate adj
vortising. The Commercial club di-
rcCtors have referred the matter tn u
special committee
A few years ago the Lincoln Com
mercial club took decided stand
against the indiscrminate advertising
that then prevailed in Lincoln. Through
lack of cooperation, IL was said, Lin
coin merchants were forced into all
kinds of fruitless forms of advertising.
Strangers came to Lincoln and worked
up all kinds of advertising schemes.
| Many were pure fakes. nearly all
were prohtless to the merchant And
Lincoln itself offered innumerable
| places to drop advertising money, peo-
pie soliciting advertising In all kinds
of forms for all kinds of causes.
Lincoln merchants found that Jones
did it because Smith did and Smith
because Jones did. SO they banded
themselves together. They decided
what were profitable advertising me-
diums. They established final tri-
bunal to pass on the merits of differ
ent advertising schemes. The mer-
chants agreed not to patronize any
scheme which did not have the en-
dorsement of the special advertising
committee.
1t is thought the scheme which
worked in Lincoln will work in Nor
folk. Norfolk business men will be
sounded on the plan
= The Commercial club as a club will
not back winter lecture course. The
directors were approached at their
, meeting yesterday afternoon by rep
, resentative of the Redpath bureau.
The directors, however, have interest.
ed themselves in chautauqua for this
summer and consequently decided to
steer shy of the lecture course.
The organization of an auxiliary as.
ISOLATION to the Commercial club was
endorsed.
! President Durland, w. u. Hoffman
and Sol Mayer were named as a com
. mittee to look after the local end OF
the state convention of Commercial
4, clubs in this city next spring. This
. action followed Mr. Hoffmans report
on the grand Island meeting at which
. he represented the local club.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Principal of Reemer SCHOOLS.

West Point, Neb., March 31.-SPe-
cial To The News: The Neiburg Man
ufacturing company have succeeded in
establishing selling agencies for their
product, tire patented gasoline and
kerosene oil cans, in the eastern
states. Prospects are good tor very
large output of these cans, their value
and utility becoming more apparent.
President %eiburg will shortly make
tour of the states west OF Nebraska
10 establish agencies there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
A Dawes County Tragedy.

Chadron Journal: The entire com
munity was startled and Mortified by
the news that Mearl Rsines aged sew,
en- years had been shot and instantly
killed at the nome of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tully. The facts as nearly as can be
learned at this time are about as fol.
lows: The parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raines, live on ], w. Goods ranch,
east of town and two sisters have been
staying with their uncles and family
on Beaver and attending school. After
returning from school some furniture
was being moved and Bula, an older
sister was given a gun to hold for a
moment when it was in some way
accidently discharged, the ball from
the gun striking little Mearle in the
back, penetrating her body and came
out in front causing death almost in.
stantly,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-03
Opening a Market.

West Point, Neb., March 31.-Spe-
cial To The News: Professor William
Theissen, of the faculty eff the West
Point high school, has been elected TO
the principRlship of the Beener pub
lie schools Mr.. Theissen is a grad
uate of the West Point high school
and of the state university. He has
filled the position of assistant superin'
tendent of the West Point schools for
the past year and has given excellent
satisfaction. He is native of Cum
ing county ami the eldest son Of Henry
Theissen, a pioneer settler.