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; r'.'* i- *- \ •'• • ar'v-A w ;%'.r a,- n« «m*f i«»I i >J i i'Tv js ^ '̂Xl/ ***& _NE»." S- Sffit&sfsi fi]W YEAR S day among 2 the JaDanese is not ILLINOIS STATE NEWS Japanese is |gS oniy the day that be­ gins a year, but It Is. i§ in the highest sense of ^ the Vords, !e jour de .Hf ?sar/jra**-" •' >|| !'«m--their "day of the year " Preparation for it begins early In De­ cember. The Ameri­ can Christmas shopper. if landed In Tokyo In mid-December, would find crowds of her brother^ and sisters In spirit throng­ ing in shops decorated with the most attractive symbolic ornamentations and displaying with great skill the things most requisite for the coming holiday time. At night, along the thoroughfares, the stranger would see multitudes crowded about street booths to purchase the wares exposed there. all which are significant of the New Year festival, and nothing else. Every­ where the avenue and by-ways would be illuminated with rown nt shlninar lanterns, bearing trade devices and family crests, all suspended from the low eaves or stores and houses. Never are the streets of Japanese cities and towns bo enlivened with gayly dressed crowds and busy traffickers as during the time of our own alien, yet kindred, Christmas excitement. The specific preparations for the New Year begin about the thirteenth -- -he last month. Then, within every house In the empire, a general clean­ ing up takes place. A fresh, green branch of the bamboo tree, with its leaves and twigs to symbolize good fortune, is used as a duster in completing the thorough sweeping. At this time the soft rice mats of which the floor- ing In Japanese homes Is made are renewed in order that the caliers at the New Yea* may be received where they can enjoy a spotless footing. At this time. too. all matrons and maids are busy getting ready for wear on New Year's day kimonos that shall have no trace in them of the vanished past. To old and young the daily theme of thought and talk is the coming "New Year," full as much as "Christmas" is to us. Outside the houses symbolic decoration has full sway, and transforms the thoroughfares into gayly colored and evergreen avenues. The tree­ less streets are turned, for the time being, into vistgs of swaying bamboo and pine trees. Before each house entrance, according to the tenants' purses and taste, stands a kind of archway. Ita pine branches, supposedly male and female, on (he right and left, and the tall triple bamboo shafts (both trees symbolic of longevity that is of a hardiness that has borne the storms and struggles of long life into a rugged old age) wel­ come the visitor. Over bead, spanning the space between these uprights of the arch, is a decorat­ ed rope always of rice straw, having on it various pendants arranged in series of seven, five and three (lucky numbers). The rope recalls one of the most revered and poetic traditions of the Jap­ anese past. The sun goddess, the ancestress of the imperial house of the empire, was angered with her brother in the ancient days, and in re­ venge hid herself in a cave. Darkness then pre­ vailed in heaven and over the earth. The gods. In their perplexity, tried to Induce her to come out of her hiding place. But in vain did they appear, until, in a dance they had arranged, she was induced by a taunt that touched her vanity to open the door of her Belf-chosen dungeon. One of the gods then drew her forth, and to prevent her running back into the cave, stretched a straw fop* across the sstrsscs The perpetu*! Rhinin§ of the sun, secured thereby, remains memorial­ ized in the garlanded barrier hanging above each Japanese portal at New Year's time. Among the most noticeable and significant ob­ jects ornamenting these doorway arches is a scar­ let lobster, embedded among some branches of a bush whose old leaves remain unshed until after the young leaves have budded. The lobster's crooked body tells of old age bent with years, while the bush branches around It show how parents remain even while children and chil­ dren's children may come into being. In the tame decoration fronds of fern are placed, whose pairs of leaves symbolize wedded life. The or­ ange, whose color brightens the clustered sym­ bols, bears a name which, as a pun. means "gen­ erations," and tells of family perpetuity. Sea­ weed is there, too, as a memorial of good fortune, commemorating also the prehistoric conquest of Korea by the Empress Jingo. Her troops were in danger of defeat because their horses on the Ko­ rean seashore were starving from lack of food. But, by inspiration, she ordered seaweed to be plucked from tbe waters of the beach and given to the horses, who then were so Invigorated that they carried their riders to glorious victory. Gohel white bands of paper wave over the gar­ lands of the doorway arches symbolic of the an­ cient offerings that have won the favor of "the myriad gods." After busy weeks of preparation at last the closing day of the year comes. On New Year's eve the whole country is astir and every place that needs a light for use or beauty is brightened. All through that night the people stay out of bed to see tbe old yvar pass and to welcome the new. Merchants do not go to bed until the dawn of New Year's day. All the business accounts of the closing year must be settled that night, and in every sense of the word the year be begun afresh among those Japanese who are guided by the old social order. All things are made new. Bad luck, bad feelings, unsettled debts, are all to be done away with and a new chapter of life opened, filled with happy prospects. The com­ plete renewal of old-fashioned Japanese life at the New Year is well shown In one of the name* that the day' bears. San Gan. "The Three Begin- •f.f ' r//;".»#:'• 1 ~ 9M. WM iiiuKS, mat io, "year," of "month" and of "day." When the house- bold awakens on Janu­ ary 1 every member of tbe family seeks the others to say "Oraede- to" (Congratulation). And then an exchange of presents like our Christmas giving gins. The New Year breakfast is a feast of syuiboliMn and of good wishes The New Year's wine, too. is passed around, with the wish t a everyone may drink along with the cup a long, long life. A soup containing a peculiar rice paste, mochl, is eaten by all, each one wishing the others ten thousand years of pleasure and pros­ perity. Then the household prepare for a day of festivity. The busy broom and bamboo duster are left Idle all the day. for fear that they might sweep out of the house the divine freshness that has come into it. All the shops remain closed from dawn until the next day. It is the day of the home and of uoclal liapplnfw Thorc (« no "Christmas tree" as the center of the Japaneste New Year celebration Inside the house, but there is the Kagami mochl or "mirror rice cakes" that are made as eonsplcuous as the "tree." These cakes represent the round mirror, in which the sight of her face enticed the sun goddess out of her cave in the olden time. For eleven days these cakes remain decorated with fruits and flowers, elevated on whitewood trays. Then they form part of a family feasting. Throughout Japan the New Year's day is the one complete holiday of the year. Soon after breakfast all the members of the families, dressed in their newest clothes, take to the gardens, parks and Btreets for characteristic pleasurings. Uni­ versal visiting is a social law--calling on friends and relatives in person or by card. Universal gift making is Indulged In. messengers being sent bearing presents all around the household and friendly circles. Distinctive and exclusive games also belong to tbe New Year time. Battle­ dore and shuttlecock is probably chief among them. In certain parts of Tokyo, for example, streets are alraoBt Impassable because of the hosts of the players of this game. As far as one can see, the scene is one of bewildering color from the stir of the dresses of the girls, who are as active In their sport as so many of our tennis players. Oayly ornamented battledores flash ev­ erywhere, and the air is full of the bright, flutter­ ing iovs that are struck from one to another player. Penalty for defeat usually means gro­ tesque markings of the face with strokes of char­ coal ink. One may see thousands of children merry under the comical markings Imposed upon their foreheads and cheeks. Kite flying is another peculiar New Year pas­ time. And kite flying in Japan Is a sight well worth going far to see. The variety of shape, the gorgeousnesB of coloring, the extraordinary size of many of these toys, is something peculiar to tbe Japanese. Then the skill shown in maneu­ vering the kites is marvelous. They hum as they sway in the January breeze with a sort of organ- pipe volume of sound, and, at times, they swoop down upon antagonist fliers, like hawks, and, with their glass-dust-covered cords cut their ene­ mies free, thus making them the property of their own masters. There is hardly a more fas clnating spectacle than one of these friendly bat­ tles in the air of Japanese kites, under the guid­ ance of the skilled men who manage them. Another distinctive entertainment for the New Year celebration is furnished by groups of masked performers who go about the Btreets led by a curious animal-like creature, whose grotesque lion-head excites much mock terror among chil­ dren. The antics of these motley crowds are supposed to exorcise evil spirits from the Japan­ ese homes, an well as tc add gaycty to the do­ ings of the day. Many other unique ceremonies take place on the first day; too many for an at­ tempt to describe them here. But we may not pass by the old card parties of the New Year evenings; the matchings of the beginnings and ends of the "hundred songs of a hundred singers." From one January to another this game is not indulged in; but at the opening of the year it is the chief 6port kept for the even­ ings. whole families becoming absorbed in it. It is a contest of memory and of quickness at dis­ covering in cards laid out before a group of play­ ers the end of £ poem whose opening lines have been read by a leader. It is astonishing to see the mental skill that many of tho players have acquired. One mOre exciting New Year game deserves mention, the fortune lotteries. In these home lotteries one takes hold of the end of a rope and casts the other end over 8 screen. Hidden players attach some gift to the free end of the rope, whereby often the best of fun comes, because of the prizes drawu. But this great day of begin­ nings for Japan, with its idling and many pleas­ ures. at last comes to a close. On the second day of the year the duty of work is celebrated. In th/ home the children strive to show to their parents the host they can do in penmanship or in memory ui Tilings io i>e ieajrueu. Gi« io lucn u.ot mental needlework or piece of music; merchants open their shops with a show of receiving their first goods for the year. On the street majiy pro­ cessions of coolies are seen bearing beautifully or­ namented specimens of the trades of their masters j Heavily loaded wagons, brilliantly decorated with I lanterns, flags and advertisements, drawn by oxen covered with many colored cloths, pass from dls- ; trict to district, accompanied by singing and danc- 1 Ing workmen. 1 Toward the evening of the second day street peddlers, crying "Treasure ships for sale!" go I about among the crowds. They sell rough draw­ ing's of the "Seven Gods of Happiness," afloat in a boat. Multitudes buy these caricatures of an 1 ancient sacred group, much as we might buy a : pictured Santa Claim. That night tbe treasure ship" must lie under one's pillow. The dreams j thai come then mean much for the rest of the j opening year. I On the third day of the New Year the firemen j of the towns have their annual parade and give | public exhibitions of acrobatic el*111 in many places These exhibitions are no mean shows. Some of , the performers display an agile ability in climbing, | "ml lonping fhrtf of »n M*fr»nr.lln!irilv high ojder. Indeed, all the days of the first fortnight of tbe new year are red letter days, until the fifteenth , day comes, when seemingly a mo6t comical end- 1 lug of the whole festal season takes place. The , people after that settle down to the commonplace order of regular daily labor. The Japanese people at the present time do no' take this closing event | more seriously to heart than wo of this land now regard the ride of Tam O'Shanter: but, theoreti­ cally. the Inhabitants of the infernal regions dur- , tr.g the first fortnight of the new year have as merry a good time as the people of tliic world. On the fifteenth day. however, the instruments of tor ture in hell begin to work again. On this day It is that the temples consecrated to Emma O, the king of Hades, are crammed with devotees and gather large sums of offerings from fearful sin­ ners. it 1b a wonderful sight, a temple of Emma O In mid-January, in one of the great cities. A Ro­ man carnival could not be more Joftling, Jolly or ; absurdly funny. Japanese fun making is at its freest there, and all that Is tone seems to be for- given the worshipers, If tbe'r contributions to the treasure boxes of his majesty, the regent of the inferno, are generous. With the festival of this god the new year on earth and under the earth I has for the Japanese passed away as a feast, and | life's duties fairly begun again. j Of course the Japanese New Year Is today fast , losing some of its old-time characteristic fasclna- i tlons, but enough of its unique qualntness and 1 charm remain to give It distinctiveness among the j festivals of the nations, and to keep it an object ; for foreign tourists to enjoy. To the New Year Oh child New Year, on whom the mantle falls Of the departing year, who leaves to thee. The labors, tasks, the duties and the calls Which are the heirlooms of the past, to be A precious trust the heritage of time, How will thou face the future all alone? How front the foes of sin, and vlcfe, and crime. Which muster round with force and might un­ known ? Take courage, child of time, be not dismayed. Equip thyself with faltk and hope and love. And seek for strength and wisdom from above; With these to help thee, never be afraid. Go forth with gladness on thine untrod way. And strength will come to thee from day to day. E. D. NALDER To the New Year and the Old Friends The moon wanes pale In the sky. And the stars aii blink for mors; The old year is to die. And the new year to be born. We have passed through the vale of tears. We have trod the Journey long. We have shared our hopes and fears. We have shared our grief and song; And we've shared them all with our old friends. Our true friends, our few friends. And we'll drain anew to our old friends, Tbe friends that are always true. --Henry Christopher ChrlBtle. in Smart Set Old Man Had a Good Memory Malachi Delivered Blow to Micky Doolln for Trick Played, After Forty Year*. At a recent dinner Richard Croker told a story of an Irishman who, mak­ ing his fortune In this country, thought to re-visit his old home in Ireland. As he strolled about the little place where he was born. It seemed to him that tilings had not changed much since his departure for America. He even observed an old chap, named Mal­ achi Coughlin, sitting outside his cot­ tage, just as he had done in the old days. It occurred to him that Mala* chi must have attained the age of on* hundred by now. Qolng up to the old fellow^he said; "Hello. Malachi! Yon don't look a day older than when I left this place 40 years ago!" "Forty yea.s ago?" queried Malachi. "Who be ye?" "Don't, you remember Micky Doolln? I'm he," said the returned one. "Micky Doolln as used to live on the hill, behind Conley's saloon?" "The same Micky Doolln." replied the newcomer pompously, but with an air of suspicion. "Oh, ye are, are ye?" suddenly yelled the aged Celt "Then take that, ye spalpeen," accompanying the remark with a blow on Doolin's nose that brought blood quickly. Plttsfleld.--The annual show of the Pike County Poultry association opened in the Hesley building on the east side of the square with between forty and fifty exhibitors and over 500 birds on display. The largest single exhibitor is Julius P. Heck, who has 82 fine specimens from his pens, all i or ilie oinjsle sU'alu. Following arc the I Pittsfield exhibitors; C. S. Winans, ! WHHs Smith. Telia Harder Johnson Jex, Merle Barber, Glenn Woodward, V. Williams, Ruth P. Heck, Mrs. H. J. Westlake, Mrs. Anna Sedberry, Mrs. Julia Caldwell, Theodore Bates, H. W. Br*nt. I- P. Medarls, Paul Carlton. Frank Colver, F'. \V. Sitiiey and T. J. Foster. Belleville.--Residents of Sroithtou, seven miles smith of RplleviHe, are greatly mystified by acts of an un­ known person who, after the midnight hour, pusses about the village, alarm­ ing the residents by hammering upon their doors until t*iev answer his call. As soon as a light is sho-an in a room the party flees, and all efforts of the village marshal to apprehend him have proved futile. An organization of the citlzenB has been formed and it is ex pected that they will be able to cap­ ture the slumber disturber some eve­ ning when he Is on his rounds. Chicago.--There will be no more toboggan slides in the parks of Chi­ cago. This is the decree Issued by su­ perintendents of parks In every di­ vision of the city. Chicago's mild win­ ters the officials say, have condemned the slides, where thousands have en joyed the sport, in former years there were no fewer than 12 big toboggan slides in the various parks It is too expensive, say the park managers,^o erect and maintain toboggans, when only a couple of weeks of toboggan weather is allotted to Chicago. The money that is spent in making tobog­ gan slides, they say, can be better ex­ pended In flooding skating rinks and keeping the ice In condition. Chicago.--Six thousand Bibles are to be placed In the hotel bedrooms of Chicago. They will not be chained down If a guests steals a Bible to read it, the book will be replaced and the loss charged to the credli account, because the purpose of the project Is to encourage Bible reading. The Gid­ eons, an association of Christian trav­ eling men of the United States, is back of the movement. During the >ear this organization has placed over 50,- 000 Bibles in the hotels of most of the big cities of the country. Reports from every direction indorse the idea. Mattoon.--The lives of 200 chil­ dren were in jeopardy for a few minutes wnen tire broke out in the Columbian school building. A panic »eemed certain, but danger was passed when the pupils filed down the build­ ing in fire drill, which is a part of the school curriculum. The property dam- ige was slight, being confined to the roof. Springfield.--From every part of Illinois telegrams, telephone mes- , sages and special delivery letters are pouring Into the offices of the Illi­ nois live stock commission calling for aid for hogs that are threatened with cholera Wild-eyed stockmen, when they find that messager do not bring the serum that wlil save the lives of ' their swine, drop everything and rush on Secretary Charles A. Lowry of the commission, or Dr. Albert T. Peters, ; director of the state biological labora (orv. But in most cases the appeal for serum to stop the ravages of the ' dread disease is unavailing, for the simple reason that the biological lab­ oratory Is unable to produce the serum I in sufficient quantities to meet the enormous demand. I Sterling.--Mr. and Mrs. ChaiWes . WMkins of Manilus celebrated i their sixtieth wedding anniversary, i Mr. Watklns Is seventy-eight years old I and his wife is Beventy-slx. They were ; eighteen and Blxteen years old when married. Vandalla.--William Frailey, twen­ ty years old, living northwest, found a dynamite cartridge and when ! he attempted to dislodge the contents witti a knife it exploded, tearing awa> two fingers and lacerating the other hand. His face was badly burned. Springfield. -- The Illinois state highway commission has promise of a busy time In the way <•; speechmaking in January. Thirty three engagements for speakers m the Farmers' Institute have bee • ! made, and other meetings where road construction is under way are planreu. ' State Highway Engineer A. N. John­ son has been invited to attend state road conventions to bo held next month in Wichita, Kan., and Lincoln, Xeb. He will attend nine institute j meetings in this state In addition McLeansboro. -- The rabbit crop in Hamilton county appears much larger this year than usual. T D Mar tin of this city bought more than t>00 rabbits. More than 20.000 have so far j been shipped out of the county this I season. The great demand for them in the cities is largely due to the high price cf meats. I Centralia. -Newton Essington of , Carlis-'e struck his wife over the head ; with a stick of stove wood when he found her fondling the picture of an- : other man. The woman's skull was 1 crushed and she may die. Essingtow I was arrested. I Decatur--Two sisters married two brothers at St. Elmo in Fayette coun- ! ty. A brother of the sisters was also married at the same time, making a ! triple wedding. The sisters are ' Frances V. and Harriet Alio, and the^ married T. C. and Leroy Young Their i brother, F G. Ano, married Grace Holmes. Springfield.--Thomas Hudson of Galva, president oJ the state board of mine examiners, was re-elect­ ed for another year. The annual meet- Two Bad Case* In England Cured by Resinol Ointment. I have been using Restnol Ointment during the last few weeks for a varicose ulcer on leg and can bear tes­ timony to its cooling and curative qual­ ities. Have never found anything to equal It. I was recommended by my sister. Mrs. Cairus Lady kirk, Norh4m on Tweed, to try It. She had been treated 14 months previously Without effect, but was entirely cured by Res­ inol Ointment. Hubert Davidson, Gateshead On Tyd#. Civilization. Missionary--You claim to be civ­ ilized, ana yet I find you torturing your captives. Native--Pardon, but we do not call this torturing now. We are toerely hazing him Stop guessing' Trv th* best and mo§t certain remedy for nil painful ailments-- Humlins Wizard Oil. The way it re­ lieve* all soreness from sprain?, cuts, wounds, burns, scalds, etc., is wonderful. rMTWK t r j , * ) ' > - I t . ; i / i •,# jV* , . ft-J* It is often a shorter way. and more useful, to fashion ourselves to others than for them to adjust themselves to us.--Iji Fontaine. LAZY LIVER "I fU-.d Cascareto SO food that, I would not be without them. 1 was^ troubled a deal Tritit tor*"""* iiwr sua qoiubuic. Slow since taking Cascarefcs Candy Cathay^ tic I feel very much better. I shall cer* tainly recommend them to my frienda M the best medicine I ever seen." Anna Bazittef, Osbora Mill No, a, Fall River, Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taate Good. Do Good. Never Sicken, WealrtsBor Gripe. 10c. 25c, 50c. Never aold in bulb. Thogeno- Ido tfcblet stamped C C C. Gaar».otoed Gore or your monrr bctclc. <8. Mr** WInflow"• £ootblny Syrrsjv. For children u^ihirig. eo?t«*ns tho gutus, reduces In* tkfcmua«&uon,all*j t cur&a wind colic. $>c a. ttotUe. 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BMr..Cklc««U; Mr. H. a««r*n. t* la* Traetlw Bkly., l»4i«MP«UN e»«U.H»ll.U3S*d »a. MARE MORE MONEY Than you ever dreamed possible decorating china, burnt-wood, metal, pillow tops. etc.. in colors from photographs Men succaa^ fill as women. Learned at once; fto talattt required. Takes lika wildfire everywhsare. Send stamp quick for pranculars. C.M. VALiAM'K COMFANY. Ukhart. IaA Ffw HwwstMds for M »! •• it la eirer* .; Ta® cm obumx ..«;ui » .ti'.ii a fen z±. .*• v^ aS •1-MJ per acre br Jkfutls Alrlcau senj... « :«u« ISM tell. -» bushels to the acre, wheat *>-» f e ' ' "i j d