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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-12-27

He shifted again, uttered satisfied
grunt, and, Selling it in his powerful
jaws, shook it.
"Whoop! fruit cake!" yelled a
watchful soldier, and grasped it as it
rolled to the ground. tHurrah!"
Some knitted socks and a dozen lit
tie packages tied up with ribbon fell
out of the shattered receptacle. Dale
uttered a sharp gasp. Among them
was letter. He snatched it up and
afiush and quivering, secreted it in his
pocket quickly.
But not for long. When he had di-
vided the cake among his importunate
comrades and gathered up the num-
berless mementoes from home, he got
| to his tent speedily. He opened the
precious missive, his eyes sparkled, he
kissed it fervently and his face fairly
| Shone.
What a wild, riotous, n-producing
New Years day! Old Bruin did him
| self proud, and Dale never sang the
| patriotic songs apportioned him on the
program so thrillingly.
/ 81 say" observed Roy quizzically a.
the day waned, you've acted like some
wild schoolboy!"
Reason. tot! cried Dale fervently
and his heart beat faster against the
| cherished missive lying next to it
| the letter from Winnie saying ~ have
always loved you, and, though halt
the world separates us, love you now
more than everW
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REMEMBERED
and
FORGOTTEN
By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

1.-The heart is hard in nature and unfit
For human fellowship, as being void
OF sympathy and therefore dead alike
To love and friendship both. that is not
pleased
With sight of others enjoying life
Nor feels their happiness augment his
own
At the beginning of the New Year
one should brush the dust off his list
of friends, looking up those who have
dropped quietly out of ones everyday
life without very good reason for
it. Making new acquaintance is usu-
ally an easy matter. But to nurture
those acquaintances until they bios
som into friends, cemented by loyalty
and constancy, is different problem.
A man or woman may count ac-
quaintances by the score-people who
invite them to their homes to dine, to
tbeater party, or merrymaking
they are still acquaintance only.
Friendship means much more than
this, while few actually understand it.
Many one has counted up a hundred
so-called friends today. But if adver-
sity assails one tomorrow there may
not be one heart among the many one
could turn to for solace and cheer.
Not one pair of hands would be ex-
tended to draw one in from the cold.
the storm and darkness, If one is sud-
denly bereft of shelter. Past benefits
are not remembered. Acquaintance
find it easy to forget. Only friends re-
member the past and its hallowed
memories.
A woman will remember every detail
of hes courtship she first met
her lover, their introduction, the i'm
preston she formed of him at first
sight. She even remembers what her
reveries were and her wonderrnent as
tc whether or not he thought of hsr.
She remembers esch call he made: all
that was said or done; how she had
detected his growing love for her even
before he guessed 1t himself. She re-
members the hour of their bethrothal
and the conversation that brought 1t
quite Unexpectedly about.
As for the man she married, not one
man In hundred can remember what
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RECLAMATION IN WAR AREA
Method of saIvaging Ground Show.
cred With Metals Seems to Have
Been Already Thought Out.

r,urope's battlefields, says an edi-
itorial writer in Mining and Scien-
tific Press (San Francisco), have been
shower ed with steel and iron and brass
from shells, exploded and unexploded,
and from hand grenades. He goes
on:
Much Of this metal will be removed
as necessary preliminary to the re-
sumption of peaceful pursuits. The
quantity Of metal is 50 great that 1t
world be source of annoyance and
even danger to the filler of the soil.
A systematic sweeping, so to speak,
of al the bombarded regions will be
necessary. A French engineering
JourLa. describes an apparatus which,
though created for this special p,lr-
pose, can be applied to other uses, for
1t will indicate the presence of Ateel
anc iron not too deeply buried In the
soil. This. however. is slow way to
proceed where long-continued bonn
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to sci lhls mlAaup oNei ,..u
her-bless herr
Don't lose hope" encouraged Roy
BARLEY. Zone of the fellows just got
letter written by his sweetheart last
September. 1t has been chasing him
all over the frontier. About your pr.s-
oner-make you any trouble?"
"Not bit of it," declared Dale in
spirited way. 1.-THE bear"
1.-THE bear!" repeated Roy in Won
derment.
ooh, forgot to tell you that my
catch was O BEAR" spoke Dale. II
came across him curled up in pit, a
performing bear. strayed from some
mountebank master in one of the pom.
barded villages. Soon as he saw ne
he acted frightened and humble, and
when l patted him uttered a jolly
growl, turned somersault and stood
on his head"
you don't mean it'll"
"Come, I'll show you"
Dale led the way to the guardhouse.
Outside Of it was gathered noisy
group. Half way up the flagpole WAS
a great shaggy monster who cleverly
reversed himself, slid to earth, turned
dozen graceful somersaults and
walked around On his hind feet.
"Oh, We'll put him on our vaude-
vile program as the one leading at
traction tomorrow J" voted dozen OBJ
servers. Whats the row. as cheer
ing echoed from the other end Of the
encampment. From a dust-covered,
battered automobile two men were
throwing off packages.
"Belated MAIL" announced the
driver. Section A. Throw off the
plumber, men, and you hungry fellows
grab and distribute"
Boxes, packages, tied-up bundles OF
newspapers and letters passed from
hand to hand. Roy BARLEY was most
active in the work of sorting out the
heterogeneous mass.
Something for you, Dale" he called,
poising a square box before hurting it.
Il say inspecting the marks on the
box" it's been up and down the whole
battle line
"See if there isn't letter." directed
Dale, placing the box beside tent,
and his eyes were eager and hopeful.
Doubtless the box held membranes
from some home group, but his soul
was hungry for something more priced.
Nothing for you," called out Roy,
running over the letters in his hand.
'Hey! look out for your box!"
Roy spoke just in time. Old bfuin,
unnoticed, had been shifting intrusive
ly at the box. Then he had paved 1t,
his claws piercing the frail pasteboard.
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emotion swept across his heart at his
first meeting with her whom he was
to love evermore till death did them
part. Ninety-nine men out of a hun
dred will confess to their wives. "Pm
blest if l just know just how l hap
pened to propose to you" When a
man can forget that most thrilling of
all moments in his life he can forget
anything. Such men find it very easy
to forget their wife's or children's
birthdays, realizing that remembrance
would call for presents.
Many wives are glad to have the chill
dren not forgotten. But they are just
as well satisfied that he has forgotten
how swiftly time Is running away with
their good looks and aging them.
Last, and by no means least, no man
or woman, no matter how happily mar
ried, should allow the old folks at home
to imagine themselves forgotten by
them. 1t doesn't take much time to
write few lines once in fortnight.
We should always remember not to for
get those who have been dear to us.
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tillery at the front somewhere in
France"
'Oh, brought in a captive" was his
careless reply. Ran into the skulker,
marched him into camp and left him In
the guard house. Any letters?"
mary letter. They say the mail
packs here are four days overdue, but
they're rushing holiday stuff to the
camps"
Dale Webster sighed and his face
grew wistful. 1--WE been expecting enc
letter particularly. You're my friend,
Roy?"
after your carrying me on your
back half dead across the worst part
of No Mans Land, with the BOches
plugging away for keeps, guess so"
sand you remember Winnie Trask?"
"As a memory sweet and fragrant
as field of daisies ~
swell, one night in dugout just
couldn't help but write her way back
home there what l ought to have said
to her before we left. Three months,
and no word. / fancy was too pre-
sumptuous. If / knew that Winnie was
caring for me, thinking of me, at home,
I'd never get lonesome. I'd fight double
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First Observed by Romans.

The observance of January l as the
beginning of the year we borrow from
the Romans. The first Christian en-
perors kept up the custom of New
Years observance, though it tolerated
and afforded the opportunity for idola-
trous rites. but later the western
church opposed three days Of penitence
and fasting to the Pagan celebration
of January ca. d. 4SO. BY degrees.
however, the church, in the eighth CEN
fury, abrogated the fast, and the ear
lier and more congenial jovial customs
were gradually resumed and have con-
tinued to the present.
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new YEARS DAY
Its Entrante Has Been Celebrat-
ed for Many Years.
Custom of Calling Originated With
Dutch in New York State-Recep-
ton by President an Annual
Occasion.
THE celebration of the entrance OF

"HE celebration of the entrance of
New Year has been observed
with much ceremony in this
country ever since the beginning of our
Republic. President Washington was
the first to establish the custom, and at
his Philadelphia residence. during
his first administration, it has been
noted that the day was observed with
appropriate ceremonies, with light re-
past in the afternoon, including plum
cake Baked by Martha Washington her
self, and some temperance punch, made
chiefly of lemons and sugar, minus any
Intoxicating ingredients.
The custom of New Years calling
originated in this country with the
Dutch in New York state The nature
of the day, the clearing off of old ac-
counts and the hopeful beginning of the
new trial of life, made New Years day
day for the interchange of friendly
greetings, and in no country more than
in this has the friendly visiting crystal
lied into such hard and fast business.
In the South, in the early days, that
land where social life is as delightful
and spontaneous in its growth as is the
flora of the region, New Years day
was formerly observed as the great
time for coming out. The debutante
burst into blossom on that day, the old
homesteads were thrown open, and the
social world, like the huge family, met
to exchange greetings and good cheer
On New Years day the observance
in Washington takes on the form of
diplomatic and political observances
when conveyances from all over the
city start moving toward the White
House for their occupants to pay their
respects to the president and other dig
nitaries of our government.
When the general custom of cele
brating the first of the year by the
parading of New Year clubs in fan,
tastic costumes, and similar jollifica.
tons began, 1t Is difficult to say, though
vt does not appear to have antedateG
the Civil war. AS for shooting in the
New Year, that seems to have been the
custom-and strikingly so in Philadel
phia, ever since the revolution.
When John Adams moved into the
White House it was so incomplete that
there was very little attempt to OBJ
serve New Years day at the mansion
nor in fact any other elaborate socia
affair. The celebration, as now OBJ
served, began with the administration
of President Jefferson. On New Years
| day in 1903 it is noted "On Saturday
New Years day, the president was
waited upon by diplomatic characters
the officers of the government. the
| members of the legislature, and til,
| citizens generally. There were alst
present large number of ladies'" II
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1904 the report contains the informa-
ton that "the affair was rendered more
agreeable by the accompaniment of the
Marine and Italian bands
At this second jefferson reception
''sOme time after the company had
assembled, Colonel Burrows, at the
head of the Marine CORPS saluted the
president, while the band of music
played the presidents march, went
through the usual evolutions in mas
terly manner, fired sixteen rounds in
platoons, and concluded with gen.
eral 'feu-de-joie.'
Naturally, with Dolly Madison as hos
tess. the New Year receptions during
her husbands administration We're bril-
liant, and at the last one, prior to the
burning of the mansion, a guest wrote
as follows: Nothing ever was wit
messed in Washington so brilliant and
! dazzling"
Every president since then has cele-
| brated the dawn of the new year as
an occasion for diplomatic courtesies,
! as we'll as an opportunity to give the
public a chance to visit the White
House and shake hands with the presi-
! dent.
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by, old things; we greet the New Year.
But even before our New Years
resolutions are all made, the New
Years day grows old. Light the can
dies; the day is dying. The shadows
deepen Our new New Year already
is taking on age. We cannot keep
him new; can we keep the new that
he brought to us? In the first gloom
of the new year we know that we
cannot. The guests of the day are
gone. The flowers we chose with such
care are whitening. The tempting
feast-fragments. Is there no abiding
thing? The old year was like this.
The old year was like it; the new
year will be and years and years
all alike. Time is their body; their
soul is eternity. And as they come
one after the other they bring to us
the gifts of their body and the gifts
of their soul. The one wakes old and
passes; the other endures and satfs-
fieS.
Welcome, New Year.. Show us your
good gifts and help us to choose
among them such as you and the other
years that come and go can leave with
us until the perfect and unending
day.
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GOOD NEW YEAR ADVICE.
"The old familiar wish rings true,
A Happy New Year, friends to YOU"

''The old familiar wish rings true,
A Happy New Year. friends to YOU"
A man who keeps up the custom of
sending New Year cards to his friends
included this year second card bear
ing these words:
Instead of returning evil for evil,
try to return evil with good; to say
nothing i'll of others; to act kindly
even with dumb animals.
'Live thus one day, two days, or
more, and compare the state of your
mind with its state in former days.
MAKE the attempt and you will see
how the dark, evil moods have passed
away and how the souls happiness has
increased.
Make the attempt, and you will see
that the gospel of love brings the
greatest and most desirable of all
things"
On these cards is written, "Thfs is
jTolstoy's advice. 1t is good to pin on
calendar where it will be seen every
day."
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The Old Year
and the New

The Old Year sat beside the hearth,
In thoughtful mood: the hour was late;
And ere he vanished from the earth.
The past he fain would contemplate.
'I brought wealth of joy for those
Who had oerburdened been with grief"
He said ''a:;. for unnumbered woes
Furnished TIE cordial of relief.
'To some gave a gardens bloom.
Sweet pansies and forget-me-nots;
To some the cypress and the tomb.
The barrenness of desert spots.
With love tarried for while
Breathing the sweet Elysian air:
And bidding Hope serenely smile
Across the threshold of Despair.
81 entered on my natal hour
Burdened alike with bliss and bane,
Commissioned by my Lord to dover
Some hearts with ease, and some with
pain.
Where happiness had rich increase;
1 shall be honored long, 1 know;
But those / robbed of joy and peace
They will be glad to have me go!
''Eye followed many a bridal train;
Have watched by many a lonely bier;
With birth and death, with loss and gain,
Made up the record of the year.
And now beside DEFENDERS gate
Where hangs the years alarum bell.
/ pause to scan the past and wait
The sound of my own funeral knell.
"One!-How the hours have slipped away!
Two!-Some will weep with sore re-
greet;
Threei-Could I still on earth delay
Four!-Some good I might accomplish
yet.
Five!-An angelic song awoke!
Six!-Surely are the letters riven.
Seven!-Soon I shall hear the final stroke
Eight!-Chime sweetly with the clock OF
heaven!
Nine!-I am nearer to my goal!
Ten!-Time must eternity begin!
Elevenl--Awake, immortal soul!
Twelve!-Farewell! and let the New Year
inr'
ST come the Old Tears debts to pay!
I come his promises to keep;
To walk upon the worlds highway,
And deck the grave where dear ones
sleep.
Where he gave smiles I may give tears,
Life's path with good or Ill bestreW;
For unto him who views the years
The new is old, the old is new"
Josephine Pollard.
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NEW YEARS DAY

stood on tower in the wet.
And New Year and Old Year met
And winds were roaring and blowing,
And | said 20 years that meet in team
Have we aught that is worth the knowing
Science enough and exploring
Wanderers coming and going,
Matter enough for deploring
But ausht that is worth the knowins7"
Seas at my feet were flowing
Waves on the single pouring
Old Year roaring and blowing
And New Year blowing and roaring.
Alfred Lord Tennyscn
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Wealthy Dutch island.

In the great island of Sumatra,
which is the fourth island In the world
in area, Holland has one of the finest
insular colonies on the globe. This
island now has only population Of
100000 people, though its rich soil
and vast area are capable of sustaining
nearly 100000 inhabitants. The
Dutch have made much progress with
this. colony, and it Is one of the chief
aims of the Holland government that
greater progress in developing this fer
tile field should be made in the coming
years than ever before has been at
tempted or contemplated.
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selves we grow sufficient within our
selves. We may have allowed people
to crowd upon us, have given to them
too much place and time, while we
have forgotten of avoided our own inn
perative concerns by fictitious inter-
est in others. Alone in the desert
Christ confronted the struggle. Thus
we must all do; and the sooner we
fight that crucial battle with self, and
the powers of darkness, the sooner are
we ready to do our life work, to enter
upon career of service for God and
man.-Ida Ahlborn Weeks.
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bardment has literally filled the soil
with metallic fragments. Methods of
salvaging are contemplated that in
vo,se passing the soil through plants
for recovering the metal, and return
ing the soil to its place leyeled and
ready for tillage. 1t is also pointed
out that the concentration Of fixed nj
trogen in these battlefield soils, result
ing from the enormous quantity Of ex-
plosives used, will make these areas
exceptionally fertile"
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Philosophical Rule the Best

The world is holding its breath al
It's entrance into new year. No one
is wise enough to foresee what that
year is going to hold. 1t will be q
year of surprises, and the only rule
for its conduct will be the old phil
osophical one Of hoping for the best
and preparing for the worst.
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aesdy for II.

81 haven't ordered anything re-
Gently"
mo, i have missed you," said the
tailor. i.
what would suit of clothes cost
met"
well, clothes are very expensive"
81 know that. However. you needn't
try to break 1t to me gradually.s-
Louisville Courier-Iournal
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New Years at
the Front
BY
SAIDEE ESTELLE BALCOM.

ELL, what have you
done for your country
today?"
1t was the eve of
the new year and Dale
Webster, hailed by a
companion S di e r,
threw his knapsack
within their tent just
behind the heavy ar
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4 Ne,o Year Reoene
New Year met me somewhat sad:
Old Year leaves me tired,
Stripped Of fayorite things | had,

Via lear leaves me ured,
Stripped Of favorite things ! had,
Baked Of much desired;
Yet farther on my road today,
God willing, farther on my way.
New Year coming on apace,
What have you to give me?
Bring you seattle, or bring you grace,
Face me with an honest face
You shall not deceive me:
Be it good or Ill, be it what you will,
1t needs shall help me on my road
My rugged road to heaven, please God.
Christine G. Ros,eti.
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Findinu Ourselves.

There are times when we need to
be thrust back upon ourselves. to go
"apart into q desert place." Isolation
bids us find ourselves, and finding our
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FLYING Away VIII Not Help,

Men sigh for the wings of dove
that they may. fly away and be at rest.
But flying away will not help US. Ths
kingdom of God IL within you.
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eyes,
And gazed with wondering surprise
Upon a sight so fine and new,
He scarcely could believe it true.
He gazed again, and still that sight
Remained to fill him with delight,
Until he asked what might this be,
This thing of shining mystery.
What can it be-" he eager asked,
As still in that strange thing he basked
(which is so bright and big and fine.
And feeling brings l can't define.
But which my very heart makes glad.
The greatest feeling I've yet had;
And braces up my spirit so
With all its warmth and shine and glow3
IT never saw such sight before.
And will I see II DER and DER?
Or will it vanish like a dream.
And not again upon me beam?
What is this rare and radiant thing
Which makes me want to dance and
sing?"
The one he questioned answered. "Son,
Don't you know what? Why, that's the
SUM-"
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Only Keep Green Ones.

Don't carry over any old bills into
the New Year-barring, of course
green bills.
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A Good Resolve.

Resolve to be better natured during
the coming year.
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Make Several.

One good New Year resolution de-
serves another.
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An abundance of berried hol-
ly tbetokens a hard and long
winter.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-04-12

and the following summer trader into the Arctic to and from the Seward Peninsula minging camp.
 Four years ago he sailed from Nome into the Arctic to remain in the polar regions. until his departure from Herschel Island last November. Each season found him far 10 the eastward trading along unchartcred coasts.
 I'm going back in the summer" he said last night. Tn tho meantime I may take trip back to Rochester to see the old home. but I guess I'll stay around Seattle for short time 10 get acquainted again with the city. se- attle used to be my hibornating place" Seattle Times February r, 1918.