GIHDLING THE GLOEE.
Hon' I'tM'le Sam U INIIPN All the
World Happy New Year.
At midnight Dec. 31, from the white,
towering time factory on Georgetown
heights. Admiral Chester, superintend
ent of the National observatory, will
have sounded completely around the
earth liy the cables which now span
our great spinning top and to the con
tinental and insular nations to the
north and s mill by vast networks of
wire ramifying in all directions from
this great girdle a signal announcing
tin' birth of the year liWK! Nt the capi
tal of our republic.
At one push of tiie official button the
electric greeting will permeate our con
tinent IIIKI leap across the Pacific from
S ;n Francisco to Honolulu, to Midway,
to Guam, to Manila and to Hongkong.
Flashing up and down the entire east
ern coast of Asia, from Alexandrovsk
to the Malay peninsula, it will cross
Sumatra and the home of the wild
man of Borneo; will speed over file cof
fee plantations of Java to Australia
r.nd New Zealand.
Hurrying over the snowdrifts of Si
beria and Russia, it will be felt in Mos
cow and St. Petersburg and there be
taken up by the thick mesh of wires
covering northern and central Europe,
going to London and at the same time
spanning the coast of the black conti
nent of Africa. From Alexandria it
will be shot 750 miles up the Nile into
the very heart of Africa. Leaping out
into the sea, it will register itself In the
isles of Madagascar and Mauritius.
From Lisbon to the Madeiras and over
the Cape Verde islands it will jump to
Peruamliueo, Brazil; thence down into
the wilds of central Argentina and up
into Bolivia, across the Windward Isles,
the Lesser Antilles and the West In
dies and then home again to the capi
tal of the nation.
It is almost inconceivable that such
a circuit of the earth can be made in
scarcely more time than you would ex
pend in wishing a neighbor "a happy
new year!"— Washington Star.
\»'u Y«*«r*« on tlic \|]c.
In all ages and all lands much im
portance has attached to New Year's
day. In Egypt the new year fell be
tween the 17th and the 20th of June
and was called the "night of the drop."
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The sacred Nile was thought to flow
down from heaven, and at its lowest
ebb—about the middle of June a tear
from fell Into the stream an«.l cans
ed it to i Consequently at this sea
son tii priests and people kept a sleep
less vigil at the river's shore, watching
for the miraculous rise which should
bring such riches to the whole land.
When the "night of the drop" came the
priests cleared the altars of old ashes
and lighted the sacred tires for the new
year. Every one of the faithful car
ried a coal from the altar to light the
tire at his own hearth, and from end
to end the land was ablaze with light.
The people put oft' their old garments
and arrayed themselves in white,
anointing their heads with sacred oil,
crowning themselves with flowers and
bearing palms in their hauds, while
chants and songs and feasting and pro
cessions tilled flic homes.
An In vocation to (IM* \«*w Year.
Aureole our angel cake generously
with imported jam; leach us to for
give our creditors; see to it that the
straight and narrow path Is sprinkled
with ashes always and with banana
skins never; put plenty of silver into
our wallets and not any into our whisk
ers; cement our ties of love and friend
ship more closely together and fill the
hearts of our wives to overflowing
with the friskiness and enthusiasm that
were theirs at that divine moment
when we measured their lily fingers
for solitaire diamond rings anil pre
pared to camp out on their fathers' in
comes; clip the wings of riches and of
love that they may not liy out of our
window, but remain with us forever,
and if possible clip the cook in the
same way and for a similar result.—
B. K. Munkittrick in New York World.
I'eter Stnyv«**nnt'x Veiir'n.
The custom of celebrating New-
Year's day in our own country is large
ly due to the Dutch. Old Peter Stuy
vesant made much of the day, and
cheery assemblages were held at the
governor's home in New Amsterdam.
The Dutch method of kissing the wom
en for "a happy new year" was ob
served and toll taken of all who were
young and handsome. In fact, during
the reign of Peter Stuyvesant New
Amsterdam was the most thoroughly
bekissed country in all Christendom
CAMFRON COUNTY PRKSS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19 >5.
ami formed a marked contrast to fTie
1 staid Puritans, who thought the ob
servance of this day savored strongly
of reverence for the god Janus ami
who made 110 note of their Xew
Year's day in the new world save to
record, "We wont to work betimes."—
New York Kvening I'ost.
t
j \etv Voiil'*H In t'ncMiir's Time.
1 At the Itomau festivals of the god
I Janus, held 011 the calends of January,
' (rifts and good wishes were exchanged,
i friends met together, and feasting and
j dancing, masking and illumining were
the order of the day. January derives
its name from the god Janus, who was
rcpre-entel with two faces looking in
I opposite directions, as the month was
j considered I' >th to look back upon the
| p. -f year and forward to that which
! w-'H coming.
In tlse Seotlixli IIIBIIIIIIKIH.
lii the Scottish highlands the new
i year is ushered in by the tolling of tlio
I auld kirk boll and the playing of the
j bagpipes. In a clear, frosty night to
| hoar this much maligned instrument
played by a thoroughbred highbinder
| among the hills and from a distance
I the notes are stripped of their harsh
| ness and seem to be wafted across to
| you by the clear atmosphere in one
I harmonious melody. It is beautiful
1 and inspiring.—Philadelphia Lodger.
Opinion of Hamlet.
The middle age of Shakespeare was
I nil covered over. Ills days were not
! more happy than Hamlet's, who is
perhaps more like Shakespeare him
| self in his common everyday life than
any other of his characters.—From a
j Keats Autograph I.etter.
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i board the sentence, "Two heads are
| better than one." Now, Johnny, do yon
j believe that? Johnny—Yes'm, 'cause
then you kin get a job In a dime mu
seum and make lots of money.—Youth.
Free will Is not the liberty to do
whatever one likes, but the power of
doing whatever one sees ought to be
done, even In the face of otherwise
overwhelming Impulse. There lies
freedom Indeed,
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