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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28
WaE N! I: (oM
WE KNOW BY CALENDAR,
PUZZLE OF MANY AGES@G2G3D
1870

ruary at the end. In 542 B. C. Feb
ruary was given its rresea. p,aca \.
tnat time the months had twenty-nine
ana thirty days alternately, so that
the year had 345 days; to make this
more fortunate under the old sinner.
stition that luck lies in odd mum.
Ders, one day was added. The moon
makes recolution in about twenty.
0ine and one-half days and twelve In.
nations form a period of 354 davs tn
get the civil calendar even with the
solar year Numa ordered an addition.
al month to be inserted every second
year between the 23rd and oath of
February, consisting of TWENTY-FIVE
and twenty-three days alternately.
thus four years contained 1.465 DAYS
and the mean length of the year was
1864 days. This was one day too
much. From an effort to adjust mat.
ters more confusion resulted.
Politicians of that day were no less
prone to manipulate affairs to their
own advantage than they are TODAY.
Every third period of eight years was
TO contain only three intercalary
months instead of four. This would
reduce the mean length of the year to
1904 days, but the care of the calen-
dar was left with certain officials with
discretion to iDtercalate more or few
er days. To prolong the terms of Of
nee or to hasten elections the ques-
ton of the calendar was ignored,
When julius Caesar came into power
he found the civil equinox differed
from the astronomical by three
months. Winter months had been car
ried back into autumn and autumn
into summer.
Sosigenes, an old mathematician
who was more familiar with the stars
IMAM any man of his time, came to
Caesars rescue and devised a plan
to put an end to the disorder. The
civil year was regulated entirely by
the sun and was fixed at 1854 days,
the quarter day being added to each
fourth year as we have it now. The
original plan was to have thirty-one
days each for the first, third, fifth,
seventh, ninth and eleventh months
and the other months thirty, except
February, which was to have twenty
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28
BRINGING IN The
new YEARS WATER

Perhaps in no part of the British
Isles is the New Year heralded with
more quaint and curious customs than
in Pembrokeshire. That picturesque
county abounds with strange customs
and rare superstitions, and If you are
a lover of the curious and picturesque
customs of bygone days, the day of
days to be iINper brokeshire is on
January 1.
You will very probably be awakened
by the strains of some musical instru-
INDEPENDENTLY a concertina or &C.
Gordon, but a mouth-organ will do
and the singing OF children's voices
of the following words
Rise up New Years morning,
The cocks are all a-crowing;
And If you think it is too soon,
Rise up and look at the stars and moon.
If you are enthusiastic enough to
descend you will find group of boys
Of all ages on your doorstep, armed
with little cups or mugs of cold water
and sprigs of box, clamoring for
the New Years water" to be taken
in. II you accede to their request, the
sprigs of box are dipped into the New
Years water and a tiny shower
sprinkled over your face.
This is supposed to bring great good
luck to you and your household, but
three things must be carefully OBJ
served-the bearers of good luck must
come inside your door, every member
of the household must go through this
ordeal by water to ensure luck to him.
self, or herself, and the bringers of
the luck must be rewarded in man.
ner suitable to your position. The
well-to-do give small silver, and per-
haps refreshments; others coppers;
and some Of the poorest sweets, or
anges, nuts, cake, etc.
Every good Pembrokeshire house
wife lays in store Of small coins and
good things of the season, in readiness
for the early visits of the youth of her
town or village, and many deny them
selves to do this. To assert that the
bringing Of the New Years water"
1oes not bring good luck would be re,
garded as rank blasphemy.
Girls are considered very unlucky to
enter your house first on New Years
Day, and dark persons are preferred
to those Of fair complexion as luck
bringers. To avoid anything so ter
rible as the entry of girl or wom-
an or fair person first on New Years
Day, the doors are kept locked, and
when a knock is heard the caller is
either inspected from q window or
some other coign Of vantage. or in
terrogated through the closed door.
This all may appear very absurd In
print. but II you pay visit to Tenby
or some other place in the premier
county Of Wales" you will enter into
the spirit Of the thing. and feel the de-
light Of hearing the familiar greeting.
"A Happy New Year." accompanied
~ . tiny Jet Of Icy water on your
ace.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

Janus won immortal fame while
serving az janitor of heaven and at
the same time guardian of gates and
doors on earth. He presided over
the beginning of everything and Il
was natural that the first month
should be called in his honor.
nine on common years and thirty each
fourth year. This would have been
SO much more simple that had it been
kept we. no doubt would want to give
thanks to Caesar But then came that
other Caesar and spoiled it all. July
had been named for julius and Angus
tus insisted the month to bear his
own name must have as many days
as July. One day was taken from
February and added to August to
crafty the vanity Of this ruler.
When the Julian calendar was in
troduced the equinox fell on the 25th
of March. In the course of few GEN.
turtles it changed. The error in time
amounted to day in 1913 years. In
1882 Pope Gregory XIII. abolished the
Julian calendar in all Catholic coun-
tries and introduced the One now in
use. At that time the equinox had
slipped back to March II. Ten days
were dropped from the calendar.
Every one hundredth year that by the
old style would be leap year was to
be a common year, the fourth century
divisible by four excepted; 1900 was
to be leap year, but 100, 1900, 1900
Of the common length, and 1000 leap
year again. Some countries were slow
to accept this method, but Russia is
the only Christian country that does
not follow it.
Although for many centuries there
was so great variety In the selection
Of the day regarded as the first Of the
year, religious observances and festive
rejoicing were general among all peo
ples-Egyptians, Jews. Chinese. Ro
mans and Mohammedans. Solemn In
auguration of the new year was one
of the customs retained upon the es
tablishment Of Christianity. The date
ranged from Christmas to Easter ur-
til late In the sixteenth century.
Finally the date was accepted that
had been named by Numa, who also
had named the month in honor OF
Janus, the two-faced. who was thus
supposed to turn at once back upon
the old year and forward to the new.
reasting and the Interchange OF
presents have been customary In all
ages % far as can be learned from
records OF celebrations of this day
Wishing . Happy New Year has been
custom % old - antiquity. but let
us hope 1t may never grow 30 old a.
to be out Of date Chicago Record
Herald
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28
Neat Knock.

Hobey Baker, the football star, was
lunching in his native Philadelphia.
A young girl, over her queer alliga
tor pear salad. mentioned the name
of a Princeton sophomore who had
played rather badly on his class team.
He is an awfully nice boy" she
said. What was 1t he played on the
eleven, Mr.. Baker-halfback. quarter
back, fullback?"
The handsome and herculean "Ho.
hey" smiled.
I think he played drawback" he
said.
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Words by Gene Morgan.

Wel here he againPa Tme
his
we velong
ana december dies
nour glass on the door, he enters demands
once more he starts 81
ouo TIN owb shakes
snou Rather Time with
I to this working gear
prepared to labor
twelve months swiftly by; how
the rule OF this that
Inc all
ne Timber
PITY TINS poor guy Times changes
yearly speech don't let bends out Of
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28
By EDGAR ELLSWORTH OWEN.

ECORDS of the
flight of tim e
were in a sorry
middle in the
early ages. You
accept as q mat
ter of fact the ar
rival of N 9 w
Years day and
1t never oc-
ours to you that
there might not
be a new year.
nor any year, and
even If the yea.
did have a sys-
tematic plan it
might open up in
the early spring
time, or late in
fall, or some other
time of the year
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Heredlty.

Knicker-very laxative. isn't she Z
Bocker-Yes; Z her father was . bar.
Der and her mother was woman.
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The New Year.

Each New Year is . leaf Of our loves
rose;
It falls. but quick another ross-leaf
grows.
So IL the flower from year to year the
same
But richer. for the dead leaves feed it,
-onder.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

A mans love used to burst into
howers," but nowadays girl has to
wait for 1t to develop by the weari
some process of geological formation.
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She Was Antlclnatina,

When he proposed to her she
knocked him down"
Gracious! What did he say ia
that?"
He yelled: Hold on! Hold on! We.
amt married yet!"-Houston Post.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

The light that lies in woman'a
eyes may tell the truth.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

Every mother knows that her own
child Is superior to any other child.
in the neighborhood.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

She Believed Him

she-Do you love me more than
ever, dear?
He-oh. yes. more than never. dar.-
ling.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

1t takes smart man to conceal hia
ignorance. -.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-12-28

Help comes to those who are willins
to pay for it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-24
t"Tba Win" An Exciting Tale of Loqvaud Adlea-
liz SAAP hNr That Grips From Start 10 Finish
By BERTRAND BABCOCK


again. covering for the moment l,or faca
with her hands.
Well, Haslam." said Sartoris, Ieerira
INTO the others face, what are Won do
ing here"'
Haslam made a motion tn,r,r1 l.al,.,,,,-
hurst.
II he began
Il know what you are doing AT. E-al-
conhurst" went on Sartoris. "But I
mean in the viIage?"
II am taking the wears duty he said
as his head sank beneath the others
contempt.
Has the vicar any idea who Won areo'
came brutally from the captain. Does
he know you are a drunkard and were
deprived OF your living"
For one brief moment Haslam raised
his shamed head.
My bishop knows-that l have striven
TO conquer an evil habit--that all but
ruined me. He knows that | am striving
TO win back
And what else does he know" broke
IN Sartoris. You have several other
NIUE habits that aren't credit to your
cloth There was a card scandal when
we were IN Paris
peg l entreat You-- II that were
'A'-'"'4 %ShN not q man repent sincerely
OF everything?
BY all means 20 ahead-but youn find
that mat IS rather a large order. Tell me
any marriages in your church lateIy?"
threatening the Parson.
None-tor three weeks said Haslam
glad that his tormentor seemed turning
from ms immediate object.
In seemingly happy humor, Sartoris
slapped the man Of the robe on his back.
Capital he calculated "No dates in
the register for three weeks, Now, if a
marriage TOOK place and somehow-owing
~ SouI I'D names got bit muddled
az u"'eS pl' set Oack-couldn you
III 'uoe ~ III your nst of-er-fegretta-
nc iisoeilces
| -i'ique- staihmered Haslam.
-. n"', Sald SartorIs forcefully, hand
lug 70 MN me license to marry.
orahcsster' saspel the curate. Bran
$50. 80, whom We Just left
.,- DSine prooaoiH' Went on Sartoris.
ieasIns uhoohe what he meant to do
leaving great wrong 10 woman
There now came into the voice of Sartoris
a great irony. While he seemed IN he
! framing a nIaustlIa a,.o,,,,,,.,,t 49,. 49,.
s+iI1 III -, - = GU t." ia7I''uI
ms IVile inlPheH Ihdt he himself
understood how specious it all was and
his irony was directed NOT alone ar him
self. but AT Easlap, 1rrs MN, -
ir5aod ~ -. ~ = 'Nq"l.a' anu'
nov ,teou ru rie I pGo MORO IN general Tn
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other sentiment than one Of pure love.
She regards any eligible young man
as an open door through which she
hopes to escape to pleasanter eondi-
tions. II the first young man refuses.
she proposes again, and again. Indeed
The same mail that brought the letter
from this beseged man brought one
from Il girl who confessed that she had
proposed three times 81 was always
accepted she writes but the men
soon tired OF me and broke the en-
ga2ement. He" can ! find a man who
win not tire OF me-"
one letter is an answer to the other.
If the writer of the letter accepts the
proposal Of the gin down SOUTH he
win grow so tired Of his fate that life
viii offer nothing worth living for.
If the writer OF the second letter viii
read what this man wrote. she will dis
cover that the girl by forcing matters,
has cheated herself Of love. The man
admired hcr; that admiration meant
friendship, love. marriage The girl
told him at their second meeting that
she loved him. ana frightened him
away.
A man enjoys that the most foe
which he makes tho hardest Struggle
There would be no zest for aim in hunt
inE a deer if the deer pars Jed him.
He viii not admire, Inc viii not even
respect tho woman who h3ids herself
50 choaply trat she is ready 20 throw
herself at The .ead Of m man Wa
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Advice to the Lovelorn
GO TO HER FATHER.
BY Beatrice FaIr1ax
Dear Miss Fairfax

'edt MISS Fairfax.
am "a and deeply in love with a
Young lady six years my junior. I
met her over q year ago, and it
vas case of love at first sight.
am earning good money and can
afford to support a wife; but she
viii not consent to get married un-
I'll she is 49, Not only that, but her
father will not allow her to go
with me or any one else. So you
see, our meetings are held secretly.
S. o. s.
60 to her father and make an honest
'FoWal of Your prospects and atten-
IONS. Ii you are worthy, and the girl
owes YOU, I am sure his objections will
'e overcome. You can never win him
'Ver by getting the girl to meet you
-ecretly.
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ry Of America, by arrangement
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a Special License.
a.. lie amusement of the captain she
.,, from her handbag and gave to him
.aerial license TO marry, dated but q
,..rth before.
-ar7oris sat bolt upright on the bench
..sy we're jointly occupying.
Why didn't you?" he shot out.
some rot about me in the papers
oil. She made vague gesture.
There's more in about you this morn
.,~r he said. you've made divorces
,,rhsr a hobby, haven't you?'
R,jt she didn't note his last words.
~ could have talked him out of it, -
... went on. Now there'll never be an
other chance Its awfully rough luck. l
night be a widow, Lady Brancaster, if
snythine happened tonight Funny situa-
lion II I'd married him last week, and he
rocoypred. and then, as Sir Andrew said,
Couldn't remember anything he had
lone
There was period Of silence between
Them. while both stared straight ahead.
Al, idea seemed to be in the air, Neither
sfterward knew just which of them had
.hought of'it first. But after d moment
.hev turned with common impulse to
stare Understandings at one another
"Suppose''- he said in that sinister
fashion he had at times.
Il wouldn't dare she countered
Then their eyes met and chung together
m a glance of the deepest understanding.
Pm devilishly hard up" he said,
SO am l." she returned.
Sartoris swallowed hard, then when he
began to speak the thought that was
vaguely in both their minds his first
words were tremulous but as he went on
his tones became cold, decidedly emotion
less.
Suppose tonight you drive up in your
notor-to a village church-and the date
in the register and on the certificate were
put back ten days and the names came
out as yours and Brancaster's?' he
ssked
In her excitement now that their hith-
erto unspoken mutual thought was out.
she got to her feet.
Impossible" she exclaimed The
risky
What risk? A bare chance of recov-
cry none of memory. You heard
Sir Andrew. He'll never be able to deny
that he'd married you, since he wouldn t
be able to remember anything that had
happened during this period. And when
he'd forgotten, the special license and the
marriage certificate would remind him.
Where's your pluck?"
In her turn, the woman clenched her
fists and swallowed a lump in her throat.
Where's your parson?" she asked.
He smiled pleasantly at the prospect.
How much?" she asked in a hard
voice, thinking OF the only motive that
could impel him she knew.
With shrug of his shoulders Sartoris
returned:
We needn't bargain. I'll see to my
share"
Where's your parson? She asked
again,
There's the Parson."
AS if. in answer TO her urgent request
Tor a spiritual adviser, the Rev Werner
Haslam passed along the terrace on his
return to the vicarage With a con-
remptuous gesture Sartoris indicated the
man.
There he is" said he-then with a
quick stride he passed before the clergy
man and stood directly in his path, while
he woman sank down on the bench
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T + T E RINE

Don't suffer when you can relieve your
self 50 easily Read what Mrs. 4. -.
King. 81. Louis. says.
Have been treated by specialists for
eczema without success. After usinu
Tetterine a few weeks I am at last
cured.
SOC at druggists or by mail.
SHUPTRINE CO., SAVANNAH. GA.
fNGN..t
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E CZ E II

And all ailments of tine skin. such a..
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sipe'as are instantly relieved and perma-
pcnGE cured TO stay cured by
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-r. story Of the Play of the Same Name
Now Running at the Manhattan
opera House, New York.

wright, 1912, by Drury Lane Com
g.uy of America, by arrangement
with Arthur Collins, managing
jiractor of the Drury Lane
Theater Of London
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08

San Francisco, Aug. 8.-Phys-
ically Adolph Wolgast may not
be as strong as he once was. Men
tally there is nothing the matter
with him. So active. is the mental
machinery of the champion that.
he asked local promoter for a
guarantee of $50, 500 for three
fights.
Jim Cofroth, the promoter,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08

was so amazed at the way young
Wolgast juggled. with figures
that he felt like calling a phrenol-
ogist to have the head of the
champion examined.
Cofroth came back with a
counter offer to Wolgast for three
fights, but he would not make
known what sum it was. Shrewd
guessers believe that the differ
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-08-10

ry of Mr.. Broussard's recent victory,
when he won over two opponents,
without either ring or good govern
ment league endorsement, since it
was a noteworthy achievement, it
might be we'll to warn both Mr..
BrOuSSard and the electors that there
is danger Of the senator elects be-
coming, through this success, a state
boss. This may not be the senator
elects aim or object, but a man,
with even less egoism than Mr.. Brous-
sard, would be tempted to exert thus
the influence that his victory at the
polls shows he has. 1t is not unWar-
rantable to predict that he will use
this power in this manner, in view
of certain utterances and actions al
ready made
When he maid his dramatic
raid upon the Democratic Con-
vention at Baton Rouge, June 3, for
Wilson, and was withstoOd by Wick
life and others for Clark, it is said
that even then he laid plans to put
/ up man in the Sixth District to
beat Wickliffe." Irrespective of
the merits of the presidential candi-
dates for whom this battle royal in
this convention was Waged by he
two congressman, it is certain that
SenatOr-elect BrOussard had no right
| to propose to NEEDLE with the az
fairs of the Sixth District A great
er hand than his removed Robert
| Wickliffe-the grim and grisly hand
of death-befOre he had time to al
| tempt to carry out this program OF
vengeance, but political gossip free
ly names the man chosen to lead
| that ti-Wickliffe fight. That man is
running for Congress in the Sixth
District to-day. If he should be ,dc'
| cessful, one cannot imagine him un'
friendly to the senator-boss. The Iot,
ers of the Sixth District should 60
very slowly in this matter, or Cho
latter end will be worse than the
beginning. Senator Foster became
boss of Louisiana, that is, a sen&,
| tor, through manipulation of almost
kingly appointive power With nc
such aids Mr.. Broussard became en-
ator at least. 1t remains to be seen,
if the electorate will permit his also
becoming a boss.