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orothy Hunter's
eeenneennienneseeenneteeneaneeeneeneena,
,
t was early morning of the Setur-
y before New Year's day and Doc-
ey, Ilitinter wee washing the break-
eislies at the sink in the farm-
' atm% when her Mother came
from the sitting -room,
, anxious face.
11 y, Sear," :the said,
'oil could stay alone
baby all day and,
Deacon Parsons
us that 'Aunt
noken her arm,
come over as
1 ca -e," Dor-
"Yon, illITI`11
ady; I'll heat
help you get
're gone S'il
en you-Stedaughter. It
t lonely, day to?' -ou, and,
t
though we shall try toIpine, of
;o sse,lt may be just pos 4nle that
eatm6t get home to-nig‘hen it is
itf, miles to :Dunbar, you knenn and
nafradd there is a storm coat:lag
s)
os, You are sure you are net
-afreid, Dorothy?"
"Afraid? Why of course ao-t. You
forget that I was 14 last moutte
awl what in the world should I be•
•afraid of, anyeiray?" and Dorothy
lauglied at the thought.
A• let moments later she stood at
the window with two-yeareold Nellie,
the baby of the family, in her arms,
and watched her father and another
drive away ,dowa the snowedrifted
road. She smiled brightly as long
as they remained in sight, but 1:then
a turn in the goad hid the sleigh .she
felt juetsa bit lonely after all, and
it was not-sm•prising tat she did:,
!Mere were no ,other houses within
, Sight, their nearest neighbor lived
a mile away, and, standing as it
did upqnsa seldom -traveled road, the
- Ilitinter homestead was a dreary
However, Dorothy did not spend
anueli time meditating. She paused
• just, long enough at the window. , to
.., nett) the few, big, slowetalling flakes,
a. ance messengers of the coming
station, and then went about the be-
lated household tasks. So much was
the .0 to be done that not until the
oldtclock upon the mantel twaagdd
theihour of three, did Dorothy pause
efor more than the short rest which
isae took while eating. her simple
• th Nellie M. her arms
' old-
-nom
; was
ious
aotiliaei
d
ef
s
ck
in -
urn
way
thy
atch
one
She
and
her
the largee plow into his hand. "I
have more 0,nd shall not need it; it
will pay for a bed ani breakfast for
you, poor man,"
Tbe stranger look the money and
a momeat later wets swallowed up in
the storm, and Dorothy 'was left
again alone. At nine o'cloek that
night when she had long eince (etyma
thein up and gorie to bed, Mr, and
alas. Hunter reached home, tired and
ehintern teem their long drive, Dor-
othy thougmetnanight frighten her
mother to be told Of Son. risitor, ani,
SO- decided to Bay ex/Pelee, about aim
for that night at least, and eentent-
ed herself With telling: that she tole
the baby had been very comfortable..
The next Monday night, which Wee
Net Year's eve, ne Dorothy caaie in
rosy arid :smiling •froul her Mile and
a half Walk fromeseheol, she was as--
tonished to funt her tramp -visitor in
the sitting -room, with baby Nellie
perched comfortably epee. hli keeet
"What does it inean?"' she aeked;
turning from the stranger's laughing
faceto her mother.
"It means," replied the dean voice
that Dorothy remembered eo well,
Sithat I am, •your Uncle. Harry, just
back froin the Klondike :with a pock-
et .11ted with gold, .atel *filing ,arid
ariximts to 'divide with the generous
little' girl who wo-falS''glire :aliteok, her
only (net to a poor, miserable
tramp." •
And then he told how he had hes-
t:einei straight to his sister's home,
upon his arrival ..feom the ter north,
and finding her away, and . being
obliged to go to ,a 'Vein - n.20 miles
,distant, upon a letleinese matter, had
dociSed to keep the secret until his
..aeturn, .
'1•And always be glad that .I
diclie' he eaid, heading out his hand
to Dierothy, "beceuab, by this means
I found ;Out whataa, dean kind-hearte
ed itbio "giri,I have ler a niece."
DoroVy has ,grown very, well ace
qtainte netith Uncle Harry Edam
that etorn4 Sane:day, and many
delightful things have. cOneeeetonhee
• throtighhinfleInsiness; atd she evele.
ders :anew )tow she Could, ever have
.thought hv voice tough .anti harsh,
or 0,61. ,haere takeu her splendid,
big-
hoarted uncle .fox' a :tramp,
NEW YEAR'S GREETING' .
, .
•
The Future Through a Reflection
ef Our Own Soul.
"Happy New Year," "Happy New
Year!'' rings from merry voices and
chiming bells •everywhere, startling
the echoes in response, ":ETrappy New
Year!" Whoever knew of a note of
gladness, says the Union Signal, that'
did not •go .reverberating, through all
apace, and repeating itself on the
harp pstringS of every m
huan life it
1;, -
"But who knows it will be a haPPY
new year?" asks the would -be -wise,
quizzicelly. "Who expects it?" growls
the c.,ynic, "Who hopes for Den eneers
the man whom life has defeated. "It
cannot ne happy," say the sorrow -
1U1, and the world is .full of the sor-
rowful. -It will not' be happy," say
the soured and embittered., and the
world is full of the disappointed. "It
could not be happy', with all the mis-
ery and poverty in it," says the pes-
shnist. "It shall not be happy," says
the enthusiast, "until it is rid of its
sin -ancl
says the philosopher, "is not the ob-
ject oE life, but usefulness.."
"Such a happy new year!" eays the
Young mother, clasping her winsome.
dimpled darling to her • heart; and
"It shall be a happy new year," says
the Christian optimist, stet:snag with
red head in the halo of light, that
streaming clown the vistas of
'u lre, seeing far into the circles,
hi
. . ,
, -
'When light sIinell spread and • man
' be liker ainan, ,
Thro'ugh cill the seasIersof the gold -
and • on yeer,-' )
the
• .
• this t m?" la-
the anwelconle gtfeet, after a
ent or twos as hd Spread out
brown hands to the 'grateful
Yes, sir. That Sa my father's
no," replied Dorothy quietly, re -
tag her seat by the window.
'6' -is he? The folks haven't
e away and left yen alone,
mainent Dorothy hesitated,
en she told WM tbd story of
unt'S toisfoetanie and how her
tS gad gone to render het what -
assistance then Could. For a
time then the silence Was 011-
1, and DorOthy; began to think
e time that her guest was tak-
e departure, whenhe suddenly
"Von Coeldn't ,make up your
o let me step for the night,
you, sis? I've come a long
lo -'day •'axed am tired enough.
right glad if you could lot inc
no, I 1 COU1 t do it! I am
ether and • ino-tnee would not
ne to. You must go on, and.
---ou think it is time you starte
a ...-
-eWcadd you be a cynic or S: enlistees.
leiter? • The sorrowing and disap-
twisted who are WithOut hope, or the
sorronnag who feels that "tears ate
for tho night; ann joy . cometh in, the
morniag?" WOWS you be a pessimist,
seeing only the miste, oe Otte -mist
looking beyond the narrowed hotinon
of. to -day? Would you eed fate in the
world, blind, inexorable and hard, or.
God in. the World working out the
destiny of huitnan wade? Tbe ' new
year is a new oetlook. You look at
it through the retlectioa 'of your
Own sold. • If you have mode it broad
and deep, and shining in the light of
God's face, it will shine on. If it is
troubled and .turbid, it will °MY give
a flash here and there on We surface.
* * *
We know that sorrow and
pointinent must come. Tbe travctil of
pain is the birth of righteotteness
al-
ways We know' that temptation will
asertil virtue, that We toilet struggle
With intempeeance to the bitter end;
we Icnow that nhe strong' will epproes
the weak as long as they can and
dare, het. we Show also that the
process of education is, it slow, abso-
edge," getting (task, - you gene lutely sure, canieethat in great crises.,
and'• rally half ros-e from, her chair Public 0,Pinion sometimes turns with
In yn eager„ess to ergo tin depan the fotce or a whirlwind and sweeps
tteare' )1 this man, cal whom she was away °YorY harrier. The mOst Patent
growing more than half afraid. forces of the universe are the silent
"Well, I suppose it is time to ones; the voice of God is the stilt
start' if I've got to go," and he small, voice; trail is tedversal, and
stranger 1000 wearily and buttoned we are teaching men and women, and
his *ore coat tight up to his chin,
to k out the freezing blast of the
sterile `1 -Ton far is it to Dtitton?''
tuening agaie to Der-
-he
othy,
'Ts
wish
co se
he 0
10r
,o 1111100, It's a good ways to
when yes are so tired. I do
ether and emather were home
t could stay here,'' arid " then
ked softly as though sbe Were
ashamed: Rave you any
pay fcie yew.' lodging when
tatton'?" • • •
area to have to tell it
he stranger began, and
rd stammered, i
d the syanpathetie
is rcilief..
!" iet a pitying
aye had bed
(Ira \V-
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NEW If1111 RESOLVES
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• Solite facetious individual has de-
emeLl Ne* Year's day as, "a time
when men Make good resolutions in
the confidence of breaking them as
aeon., as possible.''. Rut he has
siloluitcilel 11
inea • „, nnioeee
to do right (L00-4f(L00-4(L00-4f�5 memi neeessar-
By. that one nifilteL 11P proniise
(1c08 401iIIProlit who
;.,
eneers 1
but seen paros4e, 14770111137sintindln
expressed or nawardig inaderetood is
proof that "the individual is 00e -
:scions of abiding sin cif some sort.
I5 fit' the Self-righteous individual
who is in clanger. Good resolutions
etc born Of repentance; and repent-
ance when genuine is a cardinal 'Vir-
tue. The self-vigil:Leo:us follow does
eot resolve to do better beeause his
vanity :tells him • there is nothing
wrong in Ills makeup. Re may go
along committing teltmelers every
day and doing no end of mischief.
Swab, a fellow is beyond redemption,
Like Ephraim of old, he Is jothed to
his idols and should lee left alone.
Doubtless there are Malay thought-
less and some insincere good resolves
made on New 'Year's day. Neverthe-
less it is a good thieg that many
Men do begin -the new, year With re-
eolves to strive after what is higher
and better. In is a marked and
glorified improvement upon the cus-
tom oaceszo general but now, thank
God, absofetenot : mee going trout
honse to houseeepaying cells and
geitzling wine or stronger think until
before the round was conanleteS they
wove hopelessly drunken. -•
•
It is a great deal better tor a man
to reo1v a hundred times and. fail
in. each resolve than to go along
contented .with his lot of she and
shame. There is hone for a Man
just as long as there abides in him
desire for what is bettor. It is well
to enter into orpiment with one's
self Only after due deliberation, but
0. broken pledgeto do right in far
better than no pledge at all. •
There is nothina strange in aeso-
LEABIAG WIAIIKETS.
The Ruling Prices In, Live st9eig
and )3rea,dstale.„
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, Doe„27.—Nbeial
—97e to 98c bid tor red and
spring, 920 to 08e; g0000, 8(be
87e. 31Inni5oba No. 3. northerni 1,3V-
04; No, 2 northern, 99e to Y,r'l;
8 nOrthorn, 93e; Geoepree Bay pe
6e lao„P windbag' in transit,
e Parenno, • per coat -pateuts,
vc0,00St",18.55e, Itetotneve; bisg.th-teekrs,fuerastchoz.
Manitoba, $5.4L ,I;(> $5.70 for :,,ara'
a'11c$1.5$5totc$)‘,544;2)-01(2).Or"'Ij'aacItearal-"ti. "
Millfeed—$14 IsS 814.50 for brai
in bulk, $17 to $18 for shorts, east
and west, liffanitoba, $21. for shorts,
81$ for bran, exports.
Barley -45e for No. 8, 48e for ex-
tra, and 41.e for No. 3 malting out-
side, Toronto freights,
Rye -74e to Tile for No, 2• ,
Corn—New Canadian yellow 48e;
mixed, 42e, f,o,b., Chatham freig,lits;
new ,American. No, 8 yellow, easier,
514c to 52c; mixed, 51S -,e, on track
'nvent°.
Oats -38c to 88Se for No. 1 white,
east low treights; No. 2, 1.324te, low
freights, and 32e. north ancl west.
RoileU Oats—$1 Tor cars of bags
and' $4.25 for barrels on track To-
mato, 25e more for broken lots hero
and 400 for breken lots •outside.
Peas. -67c to 68e for No, 2, west
and east.
Bueltwheat-31k. to 510. • cast and
west..
COUNTRY PRODUCES
nut-ter—The market. gelierally is
steady to firm. in tone,
Creamery, prints 22e to 23e
' doe -tubs ...... . . .. 19e to 20c
Dairt'-tubs, good to choice 36c to 17e
no •meditine - 113c to 15e
do inferior grades 10c to 12c
Dairy Ib. rolls, good to
choice . . „ 1.7c to 18e
do Jorge rolls .. . . . 1.6e to 17c
• do neediura 14e to 15e
gibeeso—is firth in tone, and is
quoted unchanged at 11c to 11.1c for
large, and 1110 to 11Se for twins
elationof ,good resolvts with the in Job lots hero.
dawn of a new year. On the eon- Egv—Prices are sic.a,dy at 20eto
trary, the occasion is one that sug-
geste juSt such a 'general practice.
The old year has ended. Its mcf.mcir-
ies suggest "sins committed while
conscience slept," practices that de-
graded the moral man, follies that
brought shame andvices that weak-
ened body tient btain. But memory
is aot all. Body and Mind. t,ell ,the 70e on track, and 750 to 80e out of
sensible mau that sixth practices end.. store. Eaetern, 75c to 80e on track
and 90e to .95e out of store.
Dressed Hogs—Ara quoted,unchange
23,e. forfresh and 20e for limed. .
Pu
oultry—Quotations are nchinigne.
'Quotations are:—Turkeys, e4c to
15e. for young and 10c to lle for
old.; ducks at 10e to lin, geese at
9c to 10c, chickens at ISSe • to 9e,
and heris at tic to 6e.
Potatoes—Ontario stock, 05e to
in physical wreck and moral decay.
Tho year is new and • clean. The
sun, just risen, looks upon it for the ed at $6,15 to $6.2S pen att. for se -
first time. Men of business close up
kited weights and $6 to 810 for
their pages for the year ended and
begin new and fresh ones for the hcavica in car 1.°1:8 here.-
;Baled Hay—The prevailing tone
of the market continues easy, ard
quotations are unchanged at $7.50
per ton for, No. 1 timoth3r and $6.50
for mixed clover end No. 2 in cat
lots on track hero.
Baled Stpaw—Offerings hero are
light, and the market has a firm
tone at $6 per ton for car lots on
track here.
• MONTREAL MA.RKETS.
new year that has dawned. They
figure oat accurately their :losses and
their gains in the old year, subtract-
ing one from the other, . . •
As the Merchant begins his year
anew, why may not the mbral na-
ture of a anon : be renewed i1. the
memories of the past year and the
physical shortcomings oS the present
suggest the need DE a striving •• after
what is higher and better? '
Thal the practice has been abused
is tut argument agaiast its use. That
some men- have made goad resolu-
tions only to break them is not evi-
'chance that reform is impossible.
Striving after what is right is God-
like. One may raise ilia standard so
high as not t� be able to ottani it,
but there, is virtue in every ettenipt
to make better one's life. Indeed one
may find at the ceasing of a long life
Shat he has tried not :to fail, sad
yet his very efforts: to do right will
be counted to hint -for tighteousnees.
.-The objentS4 is, if it can be called
needle that men are too Much
indite=
spurinai
t
in.'All 1
foolislialese to wait for any such time
In for a :starting period in
e The present is the
'on. and one day is as
..,er 'ie. the sight of God,
Lien
who has put oft the
day of resolves , o be good until the
dawn. of the new esgar will atrengthen
hiinself and work leighteocueness by
starting out Olean v, ith the year.
1 -Te will only hurt hitaeself by devot-
ing too much timee to resolving.
What he most need§ .ree to avoid the
pitfalls and :mares ellich formerly
overcame him. Res bas need to
ohmage resolves into angel). It is
his deny to retrospect in order to
know himself. Each eon -quest of self
is added stterigth for tature victor-
ies.
Nappy indeed ie thsetS New Year's
for the man Nebo, hanitig resolved in
its dawn to do eign13,' finds at its
gloaming that healias been true to
his :promises.
by special occasions for
.fiorts. 'There is no 11101.0vir-
etv Year's Day than there is
)ool's Day. It would seem
or SeaS
right livin
tinie for ee
goorree
as well
But tile 1naf
'ITIA I'S' TOIll'OISES.
Jalleilese nitd Korean showmen, in
ad d i & 01 111 their skill. as j leggier.% and
actole Le, di a olay a truly marvellous
better yet, children to soe it.• shill in teats:hang animals tricks,. They
We isnot not how the better time not only exhibit educated bears,
is coming, rim when, but we 'know spaniels, monkeys, and goats, but a1
why, and so we eoho "Tlappy Net
'NIeivel" and look forward joyously to
the day When
• All mea's good
13e each men's rule, and 'universal
peace
Lie bike a She t. of light 1100008 the
lend •,
Anil like a lerte or beams athwart the
eon.
Through ell the circle of the, golden
See 1,,
And fling rotre
'Plat unto him who works and feels
hP w o tits
The same grand ,year Is ever ttt tho
door '
ven't we met before?" "Weil,
e seems familiar, hut ' I
• namol"
so trained birds and, what is the
most , astonishing of all, trice: fish
One of the most curious- examples of
patient training is an exhibit 'by an
old Korean boatman of a dozen drill-
ed tOrtoises. Directed by his songs
and a small metal drum, they march
in lino, execute varimie evolutions,
tont coneluile by climbing anon a, low
table, the lamer ones forming of
their own encorit e bridge for the
smaller, to which: the feat would oth-
00w15e lie Impossible. When ttiey limy°
all -mounted they dispose thetliSeives
in three or four piles-, like t so many
platee,
- 4
The difierence -between a Ian and a
;Woman is that the Malt d esn't Hee
the bardt: of: his head: in t Jutrror
more than tiviCe :a year, int sopteee tent. • infture we ,were •married , you
tithesitot sO often as that, • ' care hew irt 1 got benne."
Monteeal, Dee. 21,--Grainf—nlauito-
ba wheat is in good demand and
some business has been. clone. • Corn
was also in request, and there were
some sales of peas made, but oats
continue quiet . The local market
for coaese grains continues quiet and
without any new feature to note.
Prices for oats in car lots were ue-
change(' at 40e for No. 2 white, aud
at 39c fpr No. 8 per bushel, ex -store.
Flour—Manitoba epring wheat pe.-
reiy 11
$115.60005; stroeg bakers', $5.130;
ln
patents, $5.70 to 35.-
80; straight rollers, $5.80 to $5.40:
and in bags at 32.50 to $2.60:
Feed-nitanitoba bran in bags. $17
to $18: shorts, $20 per ton; Ontario
winter wheat bran ;in bulk, $17 to
$18; sherts, $19 to 320; moullie.
$24 to 328 per ton as to quality.
• Way—No. 1, $9.25 to 810n No: 2;
$8.50 to $9; cloven mixed. $7,25 to
$7.50, and pure (Sower at 36.150 to
37 per ton in ea'r lots.
Meal—There wes no change in the
market for rolled oats, businees be-
ing quiet at 82.124 per bag. Tim
demand fol. cornmeal is steady at
$1.85 to $1.45 per, bag. •
Beans—Choice primes, $1.40 to
$1.45 per bushel, 31.85 to $1.37 in
car lots.
Provisions---Reavy Canaclici a short
Cut pork, 316356 to $17.50; light
short cut. 816.50 to $17; American
clear fat backs, $20; compound lard,
6Se to '70; Canadian lard, fnle to
7 -Se; kettle rendered, 8P: to 9.1c, ac-
cording to quality; hams, 12e to
18e; fresh killed abattoir hogs, 87.-
20 to 37.25; heavy fat hogs, - 84,75
to $15; mixed lots. 35 3,0 35,15; se. -
loot, 35.95 to 85.85 off ears.
Cheesea-Ontario fall white, 10So to
107r.fe:ooeolloered, 1.0pa to 10Se; Quebec.
9ct
• 13'1i-ter—Finest grades, 21e to 211c;
ordinary finest, 20c, to.1.301e; =diem
grades, 1.8f c lo 301.,c, and wee -tern
dairy, 15Re to 16),e.
Eggs—Select new laid, 28c to 2.4e,
and straight gathered, candled, 20e.
to 21e; No. 2, 15),,e to 16e.
She --"Do you believe ia Jove at
first Sight?" It fe:—"Ab. yes, my
'dear young lady. Foe after a second
look an would norlove. at all."
She. (after •breaking the wish -bone)
—"What 'did you tishe"-
wished than you would let me kiss
von. What did you wiele?" Sin'—
"1 wished that what you wished
should come. true,"
Gentgel'' complained the
yoting wife, "it wile itearly• midnight.
More you got Itotno-,Ittst night."
"Wel I, well ", ' exclaimed ber
lui-
beliri, "you towel • aro so ineonsis-
• OLD YEAR, AN
elver the yeer
1113 deys
ihte k ward
As
4.1 NISW„
till not
end in Ioitg and
0—
lnedowed iv the. • 19t.
rays,
itcod tho spire of some
tie pine:
' athe hours that (leek
etoried fetati
Few are the lioure etvnilling
• before;
Thus We Ittiluaci him take hie.leave at
lust, '
Wayworn and old and hoar.
White float his locks; they steeam
'mid bush and tree,
While down hie path he sham:Wee
• from wee sight. .
Aml through tne wood, arid o'er the
gusty lea
ilfe onward movc,s, till lost within
the night.
An:d lo, We front out our window seat
Vainly would silty Slim as apace he
goes, •
Here is the young year cradled a our
feet,
Wrapped in its swaddling clothes!
NEW YEAR WORDS TO GIRLS,
Yon , are eittlag quiet, quietly
watching the old Year as 11 facies
away and the net one 0,s it comes in.
You think of all the joys and the
sorrows that have come to you dur-
ing 1904, and or your hopes and
ambitions for 1905. You believe just
ae you did a year ago: That you
will make a, great reeolve that the
year shall be better and your life
nebler and mere unselfish than it wee
last year. Now, don't do this. Don't
make the big resolve. Think., hope,
toed pray. what yen want to, but, in
its place, make a lot of little re-
solves, each one pf which will, in
time, lend to make you reach the
pial you desire to.
Resolve to think a, Hale less about
yourself, anti a little more of the
comforts OE othere.
'Reeolve to be lase quick of speech
ittiviiado,rlifror,e:certain in. action than you
Resolve not to let the wicked little
demon of envy eater your heart and
make you bitter end'fault-fincling•
Resolve to consider tlitiSe, of yo -ter
Men household. The inclination et
the part of too ntany of ne is to re-
serve out virtues and our graces for
those outside, and tine is all wrong.
My dear girls, you had better blush
unsecn, as gooddaughters and good
sisters; than gain all the fame to-
aginable as bright talkers and great
bowl -Lien without any homely talent.
I like that world "homely': T use it,
perhape, in a 'different sense from the
one you give it. It amens belonging
in the home; and, as the home is tho
place where love and charity should
abide, so the talents that belong to.
it are best worth possoesing.
God idess every ono of you. and
give you soitie day a holm of your -
own. It may. come in the new year.
lt may be in theyears that are far
Mt; but, it it never comea, remember
that the talent 'of making, a home
may be yours; and even though you
can only exercise it in a single Lamm,
you must not bury it, and count it
of no value.
ART OF
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NE& Y[111 REIS
.t.
Tho Wrieeail nowt on New Year'S
Eve is of Saxon origin.
(loud Payielens would think it ale
nictleiu.
t a,cl,.inee to leave Parie at, the
iszo
:P)nnell faimililos always make a
stewy
ieelal eitatbr,int, of being reunited at tho
Tile Romans always make it A
praCtiCe to appear iit now clothing on
N'ow Year's Day. ,
The peasants of Italy hail the NoW.
Year by beating wildly on frying -
pans and shovels.
T
Newimc
Yelist°arIsatet°1pZplois14edkillgg
to hit :tliteIsigin
'n
feted with the ancient Romans-.
On New Year's Eve Chinese mein
cbtants pull down their old a -dyer -Us-
ing posters and put up new ones.
Clematis are only allowed to fight
on New 'Year's Day and during tho
first moon 00 month of the year.
In Greece, 'the father of a family,
alliloweean.r poor, must give 'hiss wife and.
each. (11(11111(1 a, New New Year present of
ony
Fires must not be allowed to go
out on New li'ear's Day in the North:
of England, or the luck of the year
will be bad,
In Persia, on New Year's Eve, huge
bonfireS are kindled, artel the more ac-
tive persona present leap over or
through the &Lanes.
Scotsmen regard the taking ot
money ort Now Yecu"s Day as a, very
risky proceeding, even though it be
in payment of a, debt,'
In Geratany, it mille1, and herrings
only be eaten- on New Yetufe Day, i52
is believed that money will be plenti-
ful all through the' year.
In japan, at the New 'Year, business
generally is suspended. both private
and public. The jinriksha coolie is the
only man -who works.
During the New Year festivities,
Persian ladies (usually Rept out: of
sight) -are permitted to walk through
the streets and public garclene.
Ou New Yin
ear's Eve the Che
.discharge cpiantities of squibs, en
ere, and other noisy. fireworks, Alltir
ogeletts. being . to frighten way evil
s
Oa the first of January, the French)
President receives some three or four,
thousand personages and exchanges
salutations with each one of them.
In some parts of Europe, food and
drink are put on a bench outside the
house on New Year's Eve, 'This la
to keep goblins from coming inside.
At the New Year, French parents
bestow dowries on their children, bro-
thers do ' the same on. their sistere,
and husbands make settlements cm
their wives.
TialeSS the first person who comes
into the house atter the advent of
the Net Year be blaok-haired, Scare -
men believe that bad luck will follow
them during the year.
Chinese children and servants on
New Year's Day have all to put on
their best clothes and appear before
the master and mistress of the house
4. to congratulate them on the New,
Year.
On New Year's Day in Venice the
upper classes are besieged for tips by
porters, errand boys, one, iu fact.
every one of the lower classes to
whom they' have spoken throughout
ture ol .London society, During the the year.
present winter no function can lay Middle-class Italians co-operate in ,,,,.
Clairrt to be really smart unless it is a dinner „a New yoarfs nay. Enne----
cmhclushad with thing' Japanese' . Person brings a dish aufficient for
, japoneee guests are essential. the number expected to be present, a
Smart young bachelors from the far meal of great variety being then en -
east say, with a slow Oriental smile Joyen
of gratification, that they are in
such continual retitle:it that they in the Middle Ages, gloves, oranges
have hardly OM evening a month to stuck, with cloves, pins, ribbons., and
among the wealthy, purses filled with
spare for their clubs. new coins, pieces of plate, and balea
Hostesses clo not undertalce the
New
giving of a •leptmesof silk or velvete dinner lightly. en„ .e.,, ' were 0901141011
Often many hours have to he spent Ye g"' -'s'
with the smart young bachelors, •dLI the Isle of Manis- ' the person who
first sweeps the floor on New Year's
cussing the latest ,dishes, and study -
morning must 1)00511the dust from
ing Japanese table etiquet. Each
or the door to the hearth, instead 01
guest it at a separate "cizen"
table. The following is a typical the other way, as eustomary. 13,y
menu: - sweeping towarde the door, the htek
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of the year would be s pl. out.
• Sashimi. Tipping becomes very expensive to
Yakizakatia. Greek gentlemen of high nk. at the
New Year. They are expetti then to
SKItillnilen°111anittOircvants of whom a piece of money nniSfan
visit all their friends, to all
Neaner-
Mushimono or Chawansatinhi. be given. This is inputted at every
SiollaintoLna. house they visit,
• Ka.it
At the New Year, the Japanese
°heaven. • make presents to their friends, most -
Appended is a°chileaidt explanation of eggs are in favor, also a Riad 01
ly in the shape of food. Boxes ot
thse hudinsoliteisoLs oi• ly,
made trout fish, the reeeipient pesses on to hie friends
sponge cake. No offence is given if
meat and vegetables; served hi cov- some 01 the tains sent to him.
erect china bowl,
about an inch square, and served del:enn.1:110:: 0nfmtigicinNmesyw eY,,:lars' r:Intier:11:
Sashimi—Fish cut in PI
000S 01 frit citing.% are swept, purified, and
with vegetables and Jap sauce. hag ejected by- the force of handful
Yieltizakana—Roast fish served on or beans, which are showered through.
porcelain 'plate.
Innivni—Chopped thicken or bent open .doors. A rope of straw is ar_
with .vegetables, served in . smart 'tater& fastened round the dwellings
to ward off the atiPsonsh of evil.
b°,e-Lwl'ilnomono—SaIad. consisting 0.1' At Seoul, le Corea, the men cele -
small pieces of pic,kled fish and mine- Incite the advent of the New Year by
cid 'vegetables, served in small dish. a haul° with ataaa'9' Tha ratabat-
Inechitori--.Chief dish, consisting of ants siert some dietance from each
poultry, kintou (nuts, cooked pota- other, hurling stones cell the Lime.
Sous, ae(1 sugar), and kantabbko When 01037 roach 0080 quarters, 1.<113yo5
(specially prepared rice,) and elube are freely aleed. The clang
Mushimono—Mixture of el-in:41(0n, of the eity bell tolls when the fight
one alld vegetables, cooked with must coasof
soup, (These are placed fresh into .a
bet 1 and cooked by eteang.
Shire—Soup made from peas and
wheat, served le laccinered bowl,
when aitnnono is finished.'
Ka a mno n o—P ickled vegetables..
Chawan—lloiled rice.
fiIclehl,a—Teit Reeved during anti after
dill
Each guest, is provided with' paper
serviettes, end a pair of chopsticks.
There eve no 8)))) us, but the little
bowls nee very handy to drink
from,
'Mose who 'have had the flapanese
dinner 711'11 heel in 11.s • prance, IL 18
snit) to be light, oasily • flige:.,t ell and
ye` settee\ hie. Sweaty is alveady
heromimg expert with the chopsticks.
CHOP STICKS.
Japanese Dinners Are Served in
• London Society.
Japan's latest victory is the cap-
•
Trensti 0-htt nting has benome the
principlo occupation ot the islanders
of Martinique. They dig clay and
night among the ruine caused by the
eruptions of. Mount Pelee for • .geld
end other' valuables.
Ox tail soup, eoky regarded no a
n at Olro 1 English dish, was first Merle
leo 'the Very poor Ineguenot refugees
from Pranee after the revocation of
the edict of Nantes, because ox tails
tbiw bad no market. value,
Botnum—"Pa, What's the
tlif-
rol'ollcr between news arid gneeip?",
Mr. DorounneS,Weli, my son, -
ken yoar 'Mother tells anything. to ,
:anyone it'S !tense but when onyouo
tolls her migthieg it's gossip"
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