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ROIL a Day but, Weeks Ias SpuIrt. C HRISTMAS proper Is never n day. It Is really a week or Iabout a month. When the nl mianne says ecember has Come, then all hearts begin to feel the Iieseice of thit midwinter festival. Each day idds to this feellig. The Iiormias perceived that one day -did not contain all the import of the mid. winter gnyety. Their Saturniali con tinued seven days. It begain ats a one day celebration and was observed Dec. 10; but, as it w:s soon found that brief period was n1 cup too small to coitainii the wine of pletisure, It was extetded to three days. At last it was enlarged by the Emperor ChInidan so ats to take in the 20;th. iI formii the ft-stivaill has now been ehngt- back into the oiie diy shape, but Inl reality Clirstmis il much larger in(ler our prestlents thaii it was udtier Clhinill and C2aligula. It Is a great iiwinter porlod and may Well 11e 1ooked 10pon as H a1 type of the pulile hapijpiness or the public mis frtlilies of a given dIte. In tle earlNy Christian Church it Ihee:tne it sitnle day, beanse be ing iskld st ind for the birth of .les1s it 1:1 t.> be a fortmil day rather Mith a wv!e. but no such liultailon (ol1 kellp it from h:ivief adjneetit times whiii partiok (f its sprit as dwn itakes of -s dav.--Pro fessor Daid Swin . ~*, 19 Tio sitory of (tie .li :i. ns it is gi iVenl by (lie :- i .mew. , nston ishily br, ' n-unt ros. O'ii l i el0VIS us willmlit pi~- htwhen ,ean was bliir ill [ ib 4 rt a - ers arrivdel at .h-ius:i:i. He I (wt . iotill us loiw 8::iy thy were iJor of w.hat rv nir of iv!!:,t slit tionl of life(. nto .h is ( I o infer from the onsidlti n wil i Iicii tIey Were reeolved a11 the 4court of ilermd anld from the fact Iit they etrieid treasur ie lix es ith i the4' t ha t they1 Wvere iiersonsi of dlstinctlin. gard( to thiemi ii thai t hey weire Ma gitns-that. is toi say, distI ples ofi Zoio alster and1( inemberts of thle snlered or' priestly orde- of I'er-sin, wvhih was Athon wvidely senttired amonllig the oil enta~l tuatlons and11 i n-iluded lten of' ex alted ranik. FThey enmte fr-om (lie eaist, & word whiichl to the dweller-s in Pales tinec conuildInhtrdly havec i any othier miean lying beyonid I it e Jordan n11114 th lid(esert. Thelir e'xplaimition ofi rir~-i Jioirniey to Herod was t un~ I I biiy l:14l Seein a11 n ip pearance in thie hetavents (whethe ir onie sltar- or mlany- or a 4oine-t they' did nolt say) whih led ilhern to) gelieve that the Kinig of the .lewvs hoiit-ee hiorni. andl~ they hi:ln- t-omeit to 41o i'evercite to hm. Ilerod wais greatl t sIroub lled at hieatring t his and14 sent for thle chief priests an td scrtibes to I fii ire whlei-e the propheits hai for'elold that the Messiah should be bornt. They ans15weredi at on ce thaiit ltetle hemi was thie chotseni plae. Then tier 0(d. hainig asked thle M agi how long It was since they flu-st iiawi thle appear ance in the sky, stl thetm a way to Blethlehtem, promiisling that whendi t hey had found thet y-ounig ChiIst lio also would come to do reverenace to him. Haiving set ouit on thieii journ-ey, they saw onuce morie (lie (-elest ial sIgn. and1( its motion was suchi thaiit it guided themi to the lphu-e where ,Jesus was. Comintg into the house--for Josephl had Do31w founid litIter shielter tihan a stabl~e --they saw the yoiug chiltd with Mar-y his mothot-, andtt pr-ost ratedl thlemsehlves before him in wor-ship. Openiing their treasuire chests, they piresentedl to himn gifts of gold andi~ frankincenise and -myrrh. Then. being wvarnedi In a dream not to go baick to Ilerod, they tookc an other road info their own country. The conijuntction of the planiets Jupi ter- and Saturn Is one of te rarest of -ldereal events. It occut's only once in 800 years. 'rTis conjunction, all as tronomers agree, happened no less than three times in the year 7-47 A. U. 0., shortly before the birth of Christ. It may be that we have here, ini thus - 'airy tale of science," a confirmaton ft tlils beautiful story of religion, a ~i3t onid trace ot The light that led ~he imay e-idars with theIr gifta of myrrh. * -Rev, Dr. Henry van Dyke ifl Harper'. Mnana Cup's hsChrsmas dr1es. Christmas would be almost as in complete without its love superstitions as without its holly and plum pudding. and the maid who cannot forecast her matrimonial fortune at least once a year Is scarcely worth a lover at all. She ought to know, whether she does or not, that if she wants her husband to be to reveal himself In her dreams she has only to eat the egg of a black hen on Christmas eve and any fears or hesitations she n.ay be troubled with will soon he dispelled when once her head is cozily pillowed. If she wishes to make the spell as potent as possible she will boil the egg hard. re move the yolk and, after she has tilled up the cavity with common or table salt, will eat egg, shell, salt and all. If she doesn't dream of her lover then it will certainly not be the henl's fault. If she is not partial to eggs our cu rious young lady may peel a St. Thom as' onion, wrap it in a handkerchief and place it under her pillow on Christnias eve, reciting these mystic lies as site does so: Good St. Thomas, do me right And see my true love cono tonight. That I may see hhi in the., face And him In my ind arms einbrace. Tt is Just as intural for a nild to speculate as to thi ardor of her swailn's affection ts to wish to settle the younltg man's Identity, and if site will site imtiv know to a nileiety how farI hIs Inl fatuntlot for her has gone. This Is wha t she multst do to gainl th lesi ble klowledge: When she retilres to bed she mst l:tce tir'ee 11:1il of wa letr inl her b'iedr'rn and nh iht Illree holly le-aves to he(r nightjldrest-4 'lTen let 11e shtitnh ber ill fll as!'iltr:nce thitt her lovr itdrea:m forl will presteilt himse!' :t iii toi<-h (nte or other of ithe three p:alls. .\nd :ill t'pot'ini onwni parl i irl: ra 11:111 h tone . If it is No. I i s t re si:.t hll 1:1 1 ffe! tio Is btt skin. de': i' No. 2. ho wo-Irships the 14ry grounltid Shie irind on. but If' ho tIlebw es thet thir-d Un:il. bi.for her1 Il i1,411'nli it' f mi e ht r. not lar all 1 111 l'1 S w ft ' vfr ( 111 A in oii Uiti .ie say no sot dtostire sB're 'us ' Lilel Cbld Ws to t tel, th-It the '."tl; h1Y its l rt win. Chrit ions nt ilt lies oll evil , n luenc's ait oresot fll dist e ? Some snY: 1 . hat over 'r.:tinst thum !"!sonl The1 i of dl aw ing :I 1 a 'l nit lofm. And thien thevy say nto spirit dare stir abroad. Because a Little Child Was Born. 11-nuro a little chil was bon11 The earth 14 filhovl With peace; Old wrongls, old Sorrows are forgot inl suffer-Ings Sweet surce:ev. Ohl, men that strain for empty gain, Oh. herswith ha1treCdR torn*1, There Is no roonm for strile today A little chibil Is born! -Tere!sa ik-atrice O'llara In Ladles' Hlomr Jourl-1. . 10 As to lis birth, Christ ga-e no thotugh t to the imanniter of Its celebra tion1 by3 Is dIlscllite. They do ti not apl Penlr to t ha'e rei'iineberd It cinlg his life. land hte 'ver' any1 kntowledge of the ad~orabtlle stories begarlatnding his erIl) for1 tus? it Is hard13'lyiprobable. Ani, behold, thait forgotten, nieghlectedl bithday hits ('onquIer'etl a hintce of iton or'! It Isa'tcelbratted in conitltis in wh.lt'h the Sait'otur mtilght recogntizo his ownt purposes5C. T1o spien1k of one0 Iapect only3, .lestis lovetd chlildren~l as ito one hits Ceer lov'edi tem. "Let thema come to mte,"' lie 511it1 to the~ lofty aplostles, anixiousa to gutard him from that merry, unlyl13 cr'owd susp~ected itaable of edlIflentlon. N\o dotubt those mtost seri otis anicestor's of our tri'ltionsB had oc casion that daiy and often int similar c'ircumitstuneiles to believe the Master No mtatter, the intentions of the Son of Alan have been latrgely realized. lI Is birthday htas be-omeo thle daiy of the children. No early13 day hats shed mtore brightntess uplont their path. No chutrch festival gives more life to the immieasur'able truith of thie lpromlse, "I shall ho wiltht y'ou to the end of the worldi." Notne makes it sweeter to the heart. Chiristinas has a charm bey'ond them all. It was the Christian soutl, filled full with Jesus, created this festival. Every generatIon has given It some thintg of its own. There has been a rivalry of good wvill. In the Eucharist, according to a doctrine the abuse of which mutst not make us forget its true and sorrowftul profotundness, Christ dies from age to age for otur sins and wvill suffer until the last sinner is sav ed. In the radiance of Christmas Chtrist smiles eternoily upon thte little ones * * * anid the ;townups who can make themselves children again.-~ Chtarles Wagner, Author of "The Sim. plo Life." 401 T is wel giving ar and where t< tion. It is w( First, becaus with the nev cause the pri the value of Our stock I - marvel in ou elers Art. THE FOLL Diamon< The gift of a Iline Jewel 'oetothe recipient of tola to the inheritors of tonl We sell on1ly tile Imlost I le bluit l e Stone. >4 11411 fll- selliiit" onily (oil s is sllei lle. I 1.\10NI llNGS DIAMONID HAlS --lI\MOND liil00011ES 2 Fl .~ Diamond Merci B. R. TODD Engineering and Contracting Land Surveys a Specialty moerete Work Skllfulla done or Iu spected. Drawings and estimates of all Kind Telephone No. 346 NOTICE~ Of Thme COUNTY TRE~ASURtER The Books of the County Treasurer will be opened for the collection of State, County and Commutation Road Taxes for fiscal year, 1915, at the Treasurer's oflice from October 15th to December 31st, 1915. After Decem ber 31st one por cent will be added. After January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after February 28th. seven per cent will be added till the 15th day of March, 1916, when the books will be closed. All persons owning property in more than one Townsip are request ed to call for receIpts In each of the several Townships in whIch the pro perty Is located. 'This Is Important, as addItional-coat and penalty may be attached. All able-bodIed male citizens be twenn the agsr of 21 anr1 6n yasa of Christm That Apj I to begin now to id receiving, and m ) buy is the all impo .1 to suggest Fleming e of our capability t rest and best, and ices are always con the goods---the best s second to none r splendid selections ,OWING SUGGES' PART OF OUR I Is. For th is a pleasure Watel Bracelets V-a trensure (old Watches Bracelets iorrow. Brooches perfect stones Nechlaces Ila IVl(lieres Our reputa- Lockets (lhe v-ery best For the C Ciold Watches Seal Rinugs Scar1 1'ius ('uY lluutiouns ('ardu ('ases We Invite Corn EMIN iants Je ago aro liablo to pay a poll tax of $1.00 except old soldliers, who are exempt at 50 years of age. Commuta tion Road Trax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. The Tav Levy is as follows: Por State purposes .. .......7 mills For Constitutional School Tax 3 mills Ordinary County Purposes 3% mills For Interest on Railroad Bonds 1 mill For Road and Bridge Bonds 4 mills Total .. ..... .......18% mills Special Schools--Laurens Township. L~aurons No. 11 .... .......7% mills Trinity--Ridge No. 1. .. .. ....8 mills Maddens No. 2 .. .... .....4 mills Narnie No. 3 .... .... .....5 mills Bailey No. 4 .... .... .....4 mills Mills No. 5 .. .... .......2 mills Oak Grove No. 6 .. .........2 mills Ora No. 12 .... .... .......4 mills Special ,Schools--Younugs Township. Youngs No. 3 .. .. .........4 mills Youngs No. 2.. .. .........4 mills Youngs No. 4....- ....7%I1 mills Ygngs No. 5 .. .... .......4 mills Foudrntain Inn No. 3D. . .. ..11 mills Lanford No. 10 .. .. .. .. ..% mills Ora No. 12 .. ...... .. .....4 mills Youngs No. 1 .. .. .........3 mills Central No. 6 .. .... .......2 mills Youngs No. 7 ...... .......8 mille Special Schools-Dials Township. as Gifts seal to all think of gift ,hat to buy special rtant ques- now I r Bros. store: more sa serve you at the Second, be- Chris sistent with and w< obtainable. you c, and you will that le of the Jew- tion wi sible w: LIONS FORM BU1 MMENSE STOCK. e Lady. Endurin Friendship Circles There Is i Bar Pins Tanity13 Bags an artistle g Silver Bags the home. ('ard PurI'ses 1I'mlarellas pernian11ent. Tollel Sets Speelial nii dislvAny of Lentlemnan. SLI: i .ilitary Sets - SlVI.R TR.IA (ont ('111has Gold Studs G~oud Fobs. TA ILE SI J4 Maich Suafes I' eglas~s (Cases 111( m'i ei ilemis ini Gold and productions. parison of Price CIBR C welers Grcen P~Ond~ No. 1 .... .....7 mills D~iais 'No. 2.. .... .......8% mills Shuiloh No. 3 .... .... .....4 mills Gray Court-Owigs No. 5 . .12% mills Barksdalo No. 6 .... .......5 mills Dials Church No. 7 .. .......4 mills F~ountain Inn No. 311.,.....11 mills Morna No. 8 .... .... .....2 mills Dials No. 4 .. .... .......4 mills Special Schoos-Sullivan -Township Mt. Bethel No. 2 .... .......3 mills Princeton No. 1 .... .......8 mills Poplar Springs No. 3... .. .. 4 mills Hickory 'Taver'n No. 17-.. .....8 mills Breworton No. 7 .... .......4 mills Sullivan Township R RL Bonds 3 mills Merna No. 8 .... .... .....2 mIlls Special Schools--Waterloo Township Waterloo No. 14 ...........4 mills Mt. Gallagher No. 1 .... .....6 mills Bethlehiem No. 2 .... .......4 mills IEkomn No. 3 .. .. ........4 mills Cetnerpoint No. 4 .. .... ... mills Oakville No. 56.. .... .......4 mills Mt. Pleasant No. 6 .. .......2 mills Mt. Olive No. 7 ............5 mills Sp~ecial Schools-Cross Hill1 Township Cross I-ill No. 13 .. .......7 mills Cross 11111 No. 1 .... .....2 mills Cross 11111 No. 2 .... .....2 mills Cross Hill No. 4 .... .....2 mills Cross. Hill No. 5 .. .. .....4 miu Cross 11111 No . ...... nAtils 0 ngraving and designing can oe done with disfaction than ime of the tmas Rush a suggest that ill and enjoy isurely inspec tich is now pos ith you. F A SMALL g Gifts of Silver kethlig so acceptable as II ift for the adornment of 'he pleasure it brings Is leuilon is called to our Sst'rs VS rEt ither eieganut andl useful*s Silversmiths Cr098 H1il1 No. 3 ... ..2 mills Special Schools-Hlunter Townshily Mountville No. 16 .... .....9 mills hlunter No. 2 .. .........-. mills. Hunter No. 3.--...... .....4 'mills Clinton No. 5 .... ....... mills. Hunter No. 8.--...... .....mll Wadsworth No. 4 .... .....2 mills Hunter No. 1.--...... .....2 mills Special Schools-Jacks Township Odelis No. 6.--.... ...... ..3 mills Hurricane No. 15 .... .....3 mIlls. Shady Grove No. 2 .........3 mills. Jacks No. 3.--..-..........5 mill Jacks No. 4.--.--.........3 mills: Speocial Schools, Scuffltown Township Langsiton Church No. 3 ,.. .. .3 milla. Scufflotown No. 1 .... .... mills lAnford No. 10 ..... ....6% mil.lsz Ora No. 12.-.--.-.........4 mIlla Scnfiletown No. 2.--.......4 mills 8ecufleltown No. 4.--.......4 mills. Prompt attention will be givent those who wish to pay their Taxes. through the mail by check, money oun, der, etc. Persons sending in lists of names, to be taken off are requested'to send' them early; and (give the Township- of each, as the Treasurer is very hussy during the month of December. MLOS D.' YOUNG, Coilty reasurer..as