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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31

so much about what he did that he
made me sore. l had been making
joke of the bout with him at Butte
City. You know what happened. He
went out in two rounds, later"
According to Rev. j. H. Jenries
there is little chance of his son meet
ing Johnson. Rev. DR.. Jeffries, a
minister of the Presbyterian church,
simply smiled when asked about the
proposed contest.
Life is all a fight he said, and
don't oppose Jim meeting johnson.
But don't see why he should box
negro. Personally, don't think he
will fight anybody else"
The proposed battle is the greatest
sporting event to be decided in many
months to come. Should Jeffries win
it will leave the championship ques-
ton Just where it was before he re-
tired. He will be unabl to find any
man who can give him an interesting
battle and will have to quit the ring
again as the undefeated champion.
Should he surrender the title to some
other man, it will be with the proviso
that his successor does not hght a
negro. However, the sporting public
will not stand for such an agreement
and will insist that the negro have his
chance. Such an cutlery forced Burns
into fighting Johnson and took the
title away from the white race.
OF the present-day crop Of heavy
weights Johnson seems to be. greater
than any except Jeffries. Ketchei.
weighing about ITO pounds, has no
chance to whip the big black. Al
Kaufman was easy for Johnson and
the others would have q hard time
defeating good middleweight let
aIene trying to down the Texas negro.
SO 1t is up to Jeffrfes. and II he fails
johnson probably win have TO retire
unless his dissipation so Weakens him
chat some second-rater can put him
away
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31

GNS&WA
~0A-SA
10y

Bill LANCE, the Australian pugilfst,
knocked out Bill Squires Of Australia
In the twentieth round. They fought
for the heavyweight championship of
Australia at Melbourne.
It was announced that the fight
planned for Thanksgiving between
Battling Nelson and AID Wolgast has
been declared OF. Nelson refused to
enter the ring with Wolgast before
January.
Senator McCarren, who died in
Brooklyn last month, had been admit
ted to the bar, but did not practice
his profession after he became the
leader of Kings county. He was de-
voted to horse racing and at one time
he owned large stable, his colors be-
ing one 81. the best known at the local
tracks,, s IL -
Bob Hedges, owner Of the st. Louis
Browns, lis In a predicament. By re-
leasing Jimmy McAleer from the man.
agement Of the Browns he was forced
to take Oh Jack O'Connor. Il 0'Con-
nor fails to produce the goods IL is
claimed that Hedges will sell out. And
IL McAleer makes good at Washington
St. Louis fans win realize. no doubt,
that 1t pays to let manager alone.
From across the deep blue sea
comes news that Antonio Pieri, i'm
porter Of foreign wrestling talent. is
coming back To America with another
Turk, with. whom he expects to de-
throne Frank Gotch from his high and
lofty perch as worlds champion. This
same Pierri was the man that brought
Yousouf, the mighty Turk who swept
the boards clean many years ago, and
only last winter he brought Yussiff
Mahmout here to beat Gotch. He
failed by a wide margin. but when he.
departed said he would yet get q man
to beat the Iowa farmer. Maxout Ma
sat Ii tho naw nasA 4
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31
To Renew the Grand PrIx.

Automobile manufactures In Ameri'
ca have for two years contended that
racing pays and they have supported
their belief to such an extent that
from twenty-five to thirty road races
q season are contested. It ID crafty
ing to the Americans to. have the for.
eign manufacturers decide that next
year will see a-renewal Of the French
Grand Prix, a classic international In
character and considered the greatest
automobile contest OF, the world.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31
~ n, ssE ~ t1 a 80 ~ rE$s&g; lsF- 10
Rebel Athletes Under Ban.

The determination Of President
James 3. Sullivan Of the A. A. ~. to
exterminate the newly formed ath-
letic body ID the middle west. which
Ii antagonistic to the A. a. u, has
met with the approval Of all clubs at
fliated with the a. "a. u. Each and
every one Of these organizations has
pledged its support to the head OF the
I A. "a. B.. and they all have promised
to uphold their chief. I 's s:.3$
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31
!. Rossr man May Buy Team.

Claude Rossman, formerly Of the De
troit Tigers and st. Louis Browns Of
the American league, may break into
the minor leagues, as It Is said he Is
10 purchase an interest In the Sagt
nav Southern Michigan league team
End will MANAGE It next year. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31
Rouuuh Fo,otball Game, \ n, 4. Z

n. In game Of football at Brown
wood, Tex, between Simmons college
81 Abilene and Howard Payne college
OF BroWnwood, Capt Airhart OF Sim.
mons was carried from the field with
q fractured skull. Daniels and Muir
ply Of the same team were seriously.
hurt. 55S fs.3s 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31
c -: z awarded BACK l Paw.

The national commission issued q
finding in the case Of Player C. G. era.
vath against the Chicago White Sox,
Cravath claimed he had two days pay
coming to him from the Sox and the
commission then looked into the mat;
ter and had the money paid him
1886. d s5:3s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31

Hahn Struck Out BY Cupid.
Edgar Hahn, right fielder Of the Chi.
cago White Sox, was married % Misa
Josie Reese. at Nevada. @.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-31

Walter Camp, who supervises the
coaching of Yaie's eleven, no doubt
has done more than any other man In
tho United States to make the grid
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
THE NEW YEARS CHOICE
II is Well to Choose Wisely for the
Time That Is to
Come.

Once, long ago, the Lord appeared
in a vision of the night to young
man with the offer. "Ask what l shall
give thee" And decisive moment
was that in which the young king
weighed against all others the thing
which he most desired.
Centuries lie between us and the
young king, Solomon, but still-and
especially on each recurring New
Year's-God appears to each of US
with practically the same offer, ASK
what l shall give thee" And, as with
Solomon, so with every heart, there
lies the choice of the gift. Were the
question an audible one, what would
your answer be?
Each recurring New Years, in ef-
feet. says: ASK what | shall give
thee" And the choice for the coming
wear may be our choice for all the
years of life. 1t is by choice that men
seek wealth and learning and by infiu-
ence. And it is not question of this
and that but of this or that. To
choose is to decide between. to leave
as we'll as to take. Therefore, what
will be our choice for the year before
us? God Himself asks the question.
makes the offer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

cannot be carried in this way are In
serted in the newspapers. In mill
tary and official circles ceremonial
visits are paid.
The Russians are great at fortune
telling, and on New Years eve the un-
married ladies and gentlemen send
servants into the street, or go out
themselves, to ask the names of per
sons they meet. These will be the
names of persons they will severally
marry, and many bashful Russian
lover has speeded himself in his suit
by taking care to be the first man his
lady's servant met.
When midnight is reached, each
member of the family salutes the 9TH
er with a kiss, beginning with the
head of the house, and then retire,
after wishing each other a Happy
New Year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
. 'hk5EJWIpMtsS2 Is 2
SfSkIHGDoM

- APAN'S New Years day Is the
C twenty-ninth of January. BY
this time all accounts have
been adjusted and all disputes settled.
Everybody puts on the regulation
dress-a sort of light blue cotton
and starts out to visit relatives and
friends. The visiting lasts for three
days, and they send letters of con-
graduation, in stiff. set phrases, to
those in distant places.
They go to their favorite tea gar
dens, and there is a grand procession
in which all trades are represented.
Drums and stringed instruments are
played by numerous bands, and wax
figures are sold by the thousand. They
amuse themselves with top spinning,
kite flying, jugglers, actors and fire
works, and the ladies of quality"
please themselves with the butterfly
dance"
Presents are offered of cooked rice
roasted peas, oranges, and figs. The
peas are scattered about the houses
to frighten away evil spirits, and on
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.
BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS

BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.
Miserere! toll the bell,
Let the earth send forth knell,
For a great soul takes his flight,
None knows whittier, in the night
Mserere.
Stretched upon his snowy bier,
Dying lies the good Old Year;
And upon the midnight gale
All may hear his parting vail
Miserers!
In the old kings chequered reign
There were mingled joy and pain;
Friends proved false. while foes were
true,
Sinners many, saints-a few
Miserere!
There were hearts that suffered wrong
Bore 1t bravely, and were strong;
Hearts there were, so black within,
Satan wondered at their sin
Miserere!
Garners full of fruitful store
Measures pressed, and running DER;
Famine in the streets at night,
Doing deeds too dark for light
Miserere
Rang the church bells for the wed
Tolled they also for the dead;
In one home a JOY was born,
From another joy was torn
Miserere
Such earth's sorrow, such its sin,
All must end where they begin:
Snow which wraps the New Years feet
Is the Old Years winding sheet
Miserere
Now his spirit goeth fast.
Midnight hour will be his last;
To your knees. earth's worn and weary
Miserere MiSererC!
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

Americans are too busy to take
many holidays, but few of them fail
to observe New Years day in some
way or other. The good old custom
of making calls on ones friends fell
into disrepute long ago because it
was so abused by the over-convivial,
but family gatherings usually mark
the day, and the church folk all over
the country still hold watch meetings
in the religious edifices to usher in
the new year. Our observances of the
day, however, are not so picturesque
as are those of many other countries.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Mar "a IA ,NSHE@ g
d 0o%%NORIHPE:'OLEY I:
S PREVIOUSLY arranged, the
Esquimaux go forth from their

0IOW huIS VI lIS IofCo Al
pairs, one of each pair being dressed
in women's clothes. They gain en-
trance to every igloo in the village,
moving silently and mysteriously. At
last there is not a light left in the
whole place, and having extinguished
every spark of fire they can find, they
kindle fresh one, going through mys-
terious ceremonies meanwhile. From
this one source all lamps and fires in
the district are lighted anew
In the Indian empire, the day which
corresponds to other New Year cele-
brations, is called Hooly, and Is a
feast in honor of Krishna. Caste tenn
porarily loses caste and the prevailing
hue is red. Every one who can afford
it wears red garments. They throw
red powder at one another, and mix
it with water and squirt it from syr-
inges on passers-by. This is taken in
as good part as snow-balling is in
northern climes.
Complimentary visits between the
merest acquaintances are exchanged
in Germany, and New Years gifts are
made to the servants. The eve of the
New Year is called der Sylvester
Abend," and while it is deemed not un-
becoming for the young and thoughtless
to while away the evening by dancing,
the day in more serious households
takes on a semi-religious aspect. Dur
ing the evening there is prayer at the
family altar, and at midnight the
watchman on the church tower blows
his horn to announce the birth of the
New Year.
The "Jour de Fan" is a great period
almost all over France, and many of
the customs common with us at
Christmastide are transferred to New
Year. In many parts of that country
masquerading by children continues
for three days, the youngsters going
from house to house, singing and beg
ging for small presents.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
THEEAE!X ENGINEER 1
By DANIEL w. GALLAGHER

KaNDER the old earth's outer crust
Mid bedrock fragments and lava
S dust;
Watching the axis turning slow,
The Old Year stood at his dynamo
In the power plant which time maintains,
And numbered losses and figured gains.
'I've done quite WELL, said the aged seer
My records good as an engineer,
I've kept things humming, above-below.
I Folks can't complain that I've been slow,
And now Pm off when midnight calls"
Then he started dofing his overalls.
He washed his face and brushed his hair
Then leaned far back in his armchair
In pensive mood till sturdy chap
Clanbered up to the old mans lap.
And said: "Old Year-they tell me you
Are sorter thinking of getting through"
Fright you are," cried the aged man.
'Your task awaits you, little Jan.
Get into your duds and start right in,
Twill wait right here until you begin,
For / wish to see if rightly guess,
Which of the levers you first will press"
Then Jan marched up to the dynamo.
He passed the levers of want" and
Woe
Nor touched the levers of "War" or
Fame
Stopping the while to read each name:
Then handle grasped- as he turned to go,
The Old Years face seemed all aglow.
So when the dawn of that day began
Man thought Of his stricken brother man.
With ready help and an honest tear.
For them that knew no glad New Year.
Twas the lever of Love in the midst of
gloom
That Jan had gripped in the engine-room.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
75zB3tl71lFA 81 d { .GIIhE:1IKAlA,IT GIE:1K {
s9HEIAT1p1RE - e,
S EVERY one who has seen

w Chinese quarter in large
city knows, "the heather Chi
nee" celebrates the New Year in a
right royal fashion. In the mother
country the rejoicings absorb fully a
month, during the first part of which
there is not an empty mouth in the
empire.
But the refreshments are of light
kind-peanuts, watermelon seeds,
sweetmeats, oranges, tea and typical
ly Chinese cakes. Presents of cakes
are given to the poor, and brilliant
cakes" supposed to help the children
along with their studies, are distribu-
ted from the temples.
At an early hour on the second of
February-their New Years day
they propitiate heaven and earth with
offerings of rice, vegetables, tea, wine,
oranges, and imitation paper money,
which they burn with incense, joss
sticks, and candles. Afterward they
worship their household gods and de-
ceased ancestors and living relatives.
All this is carried out in the most sol
emn manner, and offerings are made
to everybody except the living.
Images of gods are carried in pro-
cession to the beating of a deafening
gong, and mandarins go by hundreds
with congratulatory addresses to the
emperor. Their robes are gorgeously
embroidered and are heavy with gold
Numerous amusements are provided
for the public, the chief of which are
acting, illuminations, and fireworks.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Thoughts for
the Weqv Year
X X

We sleep, but the loom of
life never stops, and the pattern
which was weaving when the
sun went down is weaving
when it comes up in the morn
ing.-H. ". Beefher.
We are not in this world
to do what we wish, but to be
willing to do that which it is
our duty to do.-Gounod.
1t is the every days that
count. They must We made to
, tell. or the years ha, failed
; ". c. Gannett.
Soberly and with clear eyes
believe in your own time and
place. There is not, there
never has been, better time
or a better place to live in.
, Only with this belief can you
believe in hope. = Phillips
Brooks.
We may make the best Of
life, or we may make the worst
of it, and it depends very much
upon ourselves whether we ex-
. tract JOY or misery from it.
Smiles.
The darkest shadows of life
are those which a man himself
makes when he stands in his
own Esht.-Lord AUe6ury.
Our life is short, but to ex-
pand that span to vast eternity
is virtue work Shakespeare.
The hour that is gone |
cannot recall, but tomorrow |
will do better than yesterday;
and all to-morows shall be bet
ter than the yesterdays. Let
us 'leave behind our low-vault-
ed past. ."-Dyer.
Life is fruitful in the ratio in
which it is laid out in noble
) action or patient perseverance.
; -Lidd0n.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
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HE hospitable Norwegians and
Swedes spread their tables

1
W Swedes spread their tables
heavily for all who may come
in, and in Stockholm there is a grand
banquet in the Exchange, given to the
king and his family. On this occa-
sion the monarch throws aside the
divinity which doth hedge a king"
and mingles with his people as citi-
zen to citizen, in true democratic
fashion.
Danes greet the New Year with a
tremendous volley of cannon, and old
Copenhagen is shaken to its founda-
tions at midnight. 1t is also consid-
cred a delicate compliment to fire off
gun or a pistol under the bedroom
window of ones friends at very
early hour.
Dwellers in Cape Town, South At
rica, are an exception to the general
run of English colonists. After the
custom of the early Dutch settlers,
they celebrate New Year for an en-
tire week. Every house Is full of Wis
itors, every man, woman and child is
dressed in his best, and no one has
any business except to seek amuse-
ment, which he does frantically. There
are picnics to Table mountain and
pleasure excursions in boats. There
is dance every evening. At the end
of the week everybody settles down
to business, and the settlement is as
calm and well ordered as if 1t had
never heard of New Year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Said Mrs. A TO Mr.. a on Dec. ST.

You certainly be horrid upon this night all nights
when should look back the things have neee
robbed me OF during the closing should think would
be ashamed sit there and small
they from which should There certainly little
enough life for without being and social
intercourse But must and the sacrifice
pleasures will put stop your many presume must offer
them the Of noble whood But OH ohn
did not think you would ask it. (Tears)
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

the fourth day of the New Year, the
decorations of lobster which signify
reproduction, cabbages which mean
riches, and oranges which mean good
luck, are taken down and replaced
with boughs of fruit trees and flowers.
This is to signify the near approach
of spring, when the winter garment
of repentance" shall be thrown aside.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Said Mr.. a 10 Mrs. a on Dec. ST.

Your sentiments dear, noble and with
approval We will plan tonight for the that Yes
not the alone but years We will study and solve the problems
that better and life for and There
little things might improve SO better which
spend the small but throw away The price of that
novel reading would have purchased the slippers badly
need Now let's begin by giving which
but vile weeds and your novels which but the cheapest kind
of trash and twaddle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Said Mrs. a 10 Mr.. 4 on Dec. ST.

With all the many with which you indulge yourself
that you might overlook the small pleasure which have Yes
admit there eevatng books than preseday novels But
give pleasure the small thing from which
mite of enjoymen DO John, think fair ask
of this sacrifice that might have the slippers you certainly
need? Your vices beside small If really
all you about ming for the future give
cub 1t but another of the many needless expenses which
incur after year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Said Mr.. a 10 Mrs. a on Dec. ST.

That's right and I'm glad you mentioned it had thought
of before That will be saved Now propose bargain
and it's fair My resignation from the club will in tonight
will good work and mail tonight
the bridge club class whatever call it. good deed
when it's doubled and will good
accomplished savings made instead of What
dear; will this leaf
OF year? The question entirely needless know of
course, that you will
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Said Mr.. a 10 Mrs. a on Dec. ST.

Now, wife, don't cry. brute it. Let's start
and talk this Let's have snned against
Others Let's so-caed pleasures
which entitled think they nothing repent
Of nothing off III keep cigars and your
I'll keep club and bridge game. Well let gowns
slippers hang need be- and enjoy ourselves Now
isn't dear? That meets with your approval
will greet the coming year with JOY and with lamena-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
SAID Mrs a TO Mr.. A on Dec. 81

Tomorrow another begins Tonight is the time of all
times plan for the future To resolve petty vices
lay aside the evils lives Have John considered what
tonight and Have thought things
have without and might have had but your Extravaganza
Have counted the and o-caled pleas
ue? You sit there smoking vile weed but thought
the gowns you have burned up within year?
Let's talk John and l. the old dies plan
for better and more noble things in the year
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
Christmas Fairies,

An old English tradition has it that
at Christmas-tide, elves and fairies
may mingle with humankind in the
festivities, and the holly, bay and ivy
are hung that the fays may find hid.
ing places. They are also hung to af,
ford refuge to the woodland sprlies
who, at this season. are half-sro2en
in the forests
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
wesotOes bv ur. A and mrs. A on Dec. 81

During the and the years follow our lives
have lived them. We will enjoy the full
We will make resolutions which later regret
and break We will ask either of from which
willing give tie other New Year
Dated o'clock, midnight December 81
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

H Years day pile of sheaves
is heaped up over large pile, and the
father, after seating himself behind
the pile, asks the children If they can
see him. Upon their replying that
they cannot, he says he hopes the
crops will be so fine the coming year
that he will be hidden in the fields.
The Russian New Year is II days
later than ours, and is a gala occa-
sion for all. There is a grand cele-
bration of mass in the morning, and
the rest of the day is devoted to con-
Kratulatory visits. Good wishes that
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23

Dated IL o'clock, midnight, December 81.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-23
S4JAlgI|.EAAR4NzzAR's{sSa II ia
ESay ESay2N/DOMAyt!5Nd ~

USSIANS have very pretty
ceremony. On each New
Years day a pile of sheaves