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II I cA CHRISTMAf a a a b i IP Rm Hffil vAKi *w/, 1 |y; I didn't Hear old Santa Cornell' Just left for me a Christmas ti ||v| And tho I like each thing he bn ft u teii yuu cuiijiuciiuaiAjf. ? iw First Christmas ??!: Ansgarius preacned tne fe Wft White Christ to the vikings of | the North, so runs the legend | , ?f the Christmas tree, the Lord sent I his three messengers, Faith, Hope, and Love, to help light the first tree. SeekBtev ing one that should be high as hope, vv, wide as love, and that bore the sign MBSsii rot the cross on every bough, they chose. | IfSpv;' the balsam fir. which best of all the ^ trees in the forest met the require; >/; ments. Perhaps that is a good reason J S||?'/ why there clings about the Christmas tree in my old home that which has preserved it from being swept along in ;1. the flood of senseless luxury that has swamped so many things in our moneyfcv;., mad day. At least so it was then. Every time I see a tree studded with electric lights, garlands of tinsel gold:! festooning every branch, and hung | nrtcflv tmVktnfloks I the storekeepers Invent year by year "to make trade," until the tree itself disappears entirely under its burden, I have a feeling that a fraud has been practiced on the kindly spirit of Yule. *Wax candles are the only real thing for a Christmas tree, candles of wax. that mingle-their perfume with that of the burning fir, not the by-product of: i some coal-oil or other abomination. t'Vy What if the boughs do catch fire? Imiey can be watched, and too many candles are tawdry, anyhow. Also, red apples, oranges and old-fashioned V cornucopias made of colored paper, and made at home, look a hundred ^ . times better and fitter in the green; and so do drums and toy trumpets and waid-borns, and a rocking horse that need not have cost forty dollars. U/ath!nn Windows. t If windows are washed when the j I sun is shining on them they dry before j there is time to polish them, and look i j streaky. Always dust windows before | washing them. Add a little ammonia to the water to make the glass shine \ \ and polish well. 11^ ' i\ MERRY CHRISTMAS !| i \ ; ! . J l /JJVJJHr HETHER we shout it jr &;t i [ or sing it, we must be i i\ sure to mean it; for if U 41 we really mean it when we \[ * say. "Merry Christmas, every !f'V~ jt body," we will do all in our 2 |i& '; . power to make Christmas a day j* jt of unsullied joy for all those Sg < [ within reach of our influence. j[ jt Christ came into the world to U I <t bring light which brings joy. He \l 6 ft came to bring deliverance to \t E?.'*?*' ? _ 4[ men; to solve their difficult Jj problems; to inspire a higher hope in the spirit of men. Tha* \ \ J | is the cause of the deepest joy jj v 1 \ to mankind. Yes, Christmas is \f 11 a joyful day as well as a sacred j J r 4[ It is a day for doing good j| J* deeds, as well as thinking good 4 \ thoughts. It is not a day for gv receiving gifts only. There are 4\ so many opportunities for doing good, that we may receive joy a J | 4|i hundredfold, with the expendi- $ E Z ture of just a little time and ? t':; thought. There are many who \f r " \\ have little; many who do not j| j | \ know the meaning of this day as 11 I i \ you know it; many whose spirits I are crushed by disaster. Re- jr Z member them !?Boys' World. \ [ ...... I 2 in n 5 CONFESSION " g H ##??#??>#?###?<>####*^>???### ^ ^ -he ne^er made a sound, ee, witk presents all around! >ught, my books and all tKe rest, Ala mM rlollO J ' Aikjr ) MARTHA HART, in Succ?*ful Farming. I sjmmmmmmmmmummtiimnms I THE FEAST g | OF LIGHTS | Imranmrainmiiiimnmiiiiimimnl lights on the tree are said to iJjy be of Jewish origin. In the month of Kislev, of the Jewish year, corresponding nearly to our December, and the twenty-fifth day, Jews celebrated the feast of dedication of their temple.' It had been dedicated on tliat.day by Antiochus.* It was dedicated by Judas Maccabeus, and, according to Jewish legend, sufficient oil was found in the temple to last for the sevenbranched candlestick for eight days, and it would have taken eight days to prepare new oil. Accordingly the Jews were wont on the twenty-fifth day of ^Cislev in every house to light a candle, on the next day two. and on the the eighth and last day of the feast, eight candles twinkled in every house. It is not very easy to fix the exact date of the Nativity, but it fell most probably on the last day of Kislev, when every Jewish house in Beth lehem and Jerusalem was twinkling I with lights. It is worthy of note that the German name for Christmas is Welhnacht (the night of dedication), as though it were associated with this feast. The Greeks also call Christmas the feast of lights, the name I given to the dedication festival, Chan| nkah, by the Jews. WHY THE CHRISTMAS KISSES? Osculation, Allowed by Custom, Celo> brates One of Most Charming Events in Tradition. MHY should men kiss girls who stand under mistletoe? Because they like it and bej cause custom allows it. Every kiss under the mistletoe, however, is a kiss which celebrates one of the most -1 ?~ In Okriet-moc troill. CUciriLUUg C*CU13 1U V/MI isiuiug tion. The romance goes back te the days of the gods of Scandinavia, when Baldur the Beautiful was shot by Locke, the Spirit of Evil, with an arrow of mistletoe. But his mother, Venus of the North, restored him to life by saluting with kisses all who passed be neath a branch held aloft in her hand. Thus it became an emblem of love and happy celebration. Ancient races held the plant in great veneration, particularly the Druids, who went in procession into the forests to collect it. After New Year's day it was distributed among the people as a sacred and holy plant. If any part of the mistletoe touched the ground it was regarded as an omen of impending evil. A FULL STOCKING. Hock?Santa Claus apparently has | gifts to please everybody. Rock?Yes. It seems that there is nothing he doesn't keep in stock. He brought one woman of ray acquaint ance a divorce with alimony and the custody of the poodle-" | Story of the J I Christmas Stocking | f~~~ EARS and years ago stockW W ings were not hung on Christmas eve as we hang H || them now. No one ever ! || I tieara 01 sucn a imug as 1 JA J hanging up a stocking for Christmas gifts. And if children had thought of such a thing I they would have said, "What a foolish | idea ! A stocking wouldn't hold half the things we want." So the children throughout the world placed crocks, big brass basins, and copper kettles on the hearth on Christmas eve and left notes in them telling Santa to fill them to the brim. Each year the | children left larger Vessels to be filled, I children left larger vessels to be filled. Up in the great white north Santa's I reindeer no longer pranced and pawed, impatient to W off on Christmas eve, as they once had done. They hung their heads and a tired look came Into their big brown eyes, for they remembered bow heavy the loads had grown and how many more trips they were forced to make year by year. St. Nicholas no longer rested now through the summer months, as he once had done, but labored eveery day throughout the year, and often he built toys late into the night, for a great many gifts had to be made to fill the baskets that the greedy children left. The twinkle left his merry eyes, and he no longer sang about his work, for he was sad and thought of the time that would come when he could no longer build enough presents to go around. Late one December day St. Nicholas stepped from his workshop into the deep snow. Facing the south, he stretched out his tired arms and called: "Hear, oh hear, children of the earth, my loved ones, can you not see you are becoming selfish and that your greedy demands are too great a task, even for St. Nicholas, king of the Christmas spirit? Can't you see, my children, that you are killing the spirit of Christmas?" | His chin sank upon his chest and tears glistened in his kindly eyes. A soft white snowflake fluttered down and nestled against his cheek, and a tiny voice whispered into his ear: "Santa, I will help you." "Who are you?" asked St. Nicholas "I am a snow fairy," answered the tiny voice. "As my sisters and I have danced about the air we have often swirled about your sleigh on Christmas eve, and have seen the great loads you have always carried and how tired you have looked." "What, O what, shall I do?" asked Santa. "Just go about your work as usual," answered the fairy. "I and all my sisters will help you." "Oh, thank you?thank you," cried ! St. Nicholas. And the fairy floated out. I among the other snowflakes. As the children went about the ' snowflakes whirled around them, and it seemed as if they heard the chant- I ing of tiny voices, and as the snow- J flakes nestled against their ears they seemed to sing: "Just a stocking? i hang a stocking up on Christmas eve." J "Just a stocking?just a stocking," ! rang through the hearts of the children i on Christmas eve. And in place of ' leaving the great vessels as they once j had done they just hung up their < stockings. .1 Some children were too selfish to ; hear the song of the snowflakes and j left the great baskets as they always j had done. But when they saw the great joy the unselfish children had in their gifts and how contented and happy they were these selfish ones I were ashamed, and they, too, began to hang up only their stockings when j Christmas eve came round. ! When St. Nicholas found stockings ; in place of the great baskets and barrels the twinkle came again into his laughing eyes, his cheeks grew , red, and he sang as he drove through the merry sea of snowflakes. With just stockings to fill St. j Nicholas had time to rest, and he j grew strong and well, and the spirit i of Christmas lived. So this is why . nnwndnrs wp hansr un our stockings ! on Christmas eve. All this we are j told by a writer, who learned it from j a Christmas fairy. I- g, j Santa I! Fetched Her i | r .A I If you want to buy or sell anything uie The Herald Want column. DR. THOMAS BLACK DENTAI, SURGEON. Graduate Dental uepartment University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. Office hours, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter J. Carl Kearse Carter, Carter & Kearse ATTORNK Y8-AT-1. A W Special attention given to settlement of Estates and Investigation of Land Titles. Loans negotiated on Real Estates. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The healing effect of Hayes* Healing Honey inside the throat combined with the healing effect of Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of the skin soon stops a cough. D..L 1! ... 1 I !_ ... ..J ,k. i jduui rciueuies art: pau&cu iu uuc uuiluu auu iuc cost of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. FRUITS. 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