or ' 18 ! T1 Y Y Y t ? f Y ? Y Y t Y Y f T T T f J T f f r v T ? V y t y ? T t V y > I T f ? T V ^p-^gi * I Church J Y ]Qgl :i it I Chr( Wa OT' UnKVlltf Chrf I i or one xo go neighbors arid praise unto hi should live. C above all thing tnon and ofTei fortunes that t % and ash forglv * go to church fc a privilege and ft furnish Insplra # of better cnjoyli :J great deal happ A Christmas From Papers of Paul Da nlngham, Deceased Copies Given to Applleai A. Cunningham, Nashville, You think of the dead on ( eve, Wherever the dead are And we, from a land when not grieve. Look tenderly down on y< lng. You think us far; we are v From you and the eartl parted. We sing tonight to console a The hearts of the broken The earth watches over ih< day of each of its countless And the sleepless spirits tha away Watch over all earth's wee IE_LAf Off mil enj sev mei \V1 he nes; nov sect heLan Bells Call ^ aany of us attend churc stmas day? Hnd why all the days In all the etmae Is the most approj to church and unite wit friends In giving thanhe m who died that you a hrlstmas (e his birthday e one should hear a ehori a prayer of thanhs fo he past has showered or *ii -e -- tiit?o vi an sins. c'nc 61 :ellng that (t fs a pleasure not consider It a duty. I tton that will mahe one ca rig the day and at nightfall icr. Message From the vis Cun- We shall meet again ii land its by S. Where farewell Is n< Tenn.) shall caslp each ot hand, Christmas And the clasp shall no We shall meet again I calm clime sleeping, where we'll never kne * wo may And our lives shall be Christmas chime, >ur weep- With rapture and wltfc The snows shall pass froi ery near, | , though And ?"u ,rom the < " ber; And the flowers of a br md cheer | May -hearted, j Shall follow earth's D > lifeless When you think of us, I the tomb , Where you laid us d< sleepers, row; t passed gut ]OQk aloft, and bey gloom, pers. And wait for the grea gPT . * " t THE LANCASTER N ATA A^A A,TA. ATA ATA *. * ATA *TA ^ ^ ^v ICASTER 1 ers its services to cit uity, and appreciate oyed. The manage eral months busy fij nts that will facilita lile a lot of the mater installed as early as s 14 years ago witl i ^ ^ ^ v nave near 2UU, a ion of the county. caster T e it be broken; .. brW. "J SCC Y< >w a sadness, filled, like a There Are Absent Ones. , . Exchange, i gladness. Christmas Is drawing very nea m our graves Then let us with one hand tenderl cling to the old year while we stretc .. forth the other to greet the new. T rtn, rememnome It has been a year or proBparlt] to others, one of adversity and soi 1ght eternal row. Aa we look back over pat events we cannot fall to note the at erember sence of many that were with us .. ' . year ago. ltut now they are gont hlnk not or bejng called home to return no mort This time last year they were plan own In sor- nlng a surprise for some one near am dear to them In the way of a Christ . , mas present that would cause then ona earcn s to remembered as the years rol on, bringing the Joyous Christina t tomorrow, 'time. EWS, DECEMBER 19, 1913. V aTA ATA *TA ATA ATA. ATA ATA ATA ATA ATA *TA ATA ITA AT rELEPHOWE izens of Lancaster ar s the patronage that nient has been for tl ^uring 011 making in te the handling of hi ial is already here ai i possible. We begai IM '..1 --- - i -?\f i#iMinus in lowi nd reach practically ? ;lephone i mi, Santa!" 1 Martha A ========-z==r===============r Hook deir | Mistletoe and tlie Itruiik Rv#?Hn? f The custom of decorating strategic And take r points in the household with sprigs of I y mistletoe at Christmas dates far hack Wld de sr h : to the time of the Druids, who held j)ar ajts y , 'the little plant In great veneration. ? At the approach of their winter festl- kn?w d? f. val, twigs of it were placed above the Dat hrcav p- doors of their houses to serve as talit ismans and signs to the sylvan del- 'Kiah! W? >- ties that shelter and comfort awaited cu^ g0 a them within. I . f| ?, Present-day customs relating to ! ou f,han 1 j. mistletoe represent the evolution of Wld Chrif i- the Druldlcal legend. (1 You se no ? Three Divisions of Klddom. Why, nJgg 1 All klddom is divided into three * place i h parts, like ancient Gaul. -'Boys, torn- An' swear I boys and sissies."?Florence Times, i smi I frtMPlf WITH ill ul com; it has lie past a prove isiiiess. nd will 11 busi11. We every Compan Che Giving of ( E" f one is going to give a Chri ent it ebould be with a ch* If you can't give in this e i give at all. (de give pre* lends at Christmas because th lends and because vce derive pic ich giving. In the giving of Cbrh t6 there should be none of that c iggcsts commercialism. Chcre si any expectation of reciprocity, a Christmas present should b art. The present itself counts for (rit and motive which prompt th Important. Christmas P at D llllun! Do the cho'es, What for you ' jse an out o' do's; Uar wuz udder dat foolln' any mo*, , , A , Dat wouldn't jt s mas peepin' at do do'. . , Wld Chris'mas Pshaw! It's no us! Here, you lazy lim'l fuss trh dat punkin in; Wld slch a lazj , fetch Speckle's algs; Fool like I Jes' sre, now, on your lalgs! An to f?o1 w,d its kicks on, you lazy chile! v , , . . , You 8 picked dt 1 twins a little while, my.g lam etch de broom Now who sayt de top dirt off dls room. man? An' Julius Caesi aell ob Chrls-mas In de air, 'Kase he's plckt ou pop 'sleep In his chair; ped 8?m' it 'Klah's de laz'est man Ain't d?t ( es breff In dls freedom lan'. ^ 8^0' don't la< We'll clean de 'p ike up, you wufless coon! Lawdy, Chris-m me wood, an' do It soon, I set 'roun' an' sleep no mo.' mammy 1; AAtfl i-mae peepin' at de do'! ' An' a toy apiece, Chris'mas? Well, I declar'! If dere P8P '8 er, you's a fool for fa'^; !* ' *> my han' here on my heart, 'Kase Old King 'fore heben dat you ain't de do' art. _ _ ?HC