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2 THE CHRIST CHILD'S MANGEF Pretty but Obsolescent Feature of tf Latin Christmas. All through the Italian ami tlumri rlan quarters in New York city uiay I found traces of the manger at Chris mas time. The Italians call it tl "presepio." which means manger; tl Hungarians the "Bethlehem." The manger Is an exceedingly ol and interesting devotion in theCathol countries of south Europe. St. Franc of Assisi, who was born in 11S2. i troduced It Into Italy, and it is still tl sign of Christmas in south Italy, i much as holly In the windows is tl sign of it in New York, it is not mat years since a carpentot could not I had for weeks before Christmas in N pies or Rome. They were all busy pu tlug up mangers In the houses of tl quality, while the poorer folk we busy fabricating their own. This quaint old devotion is fadli out of the cities of the mainland, hi In conservative Sicily it remains in fi force. Every family there still erects i presepio some time from the 1st to tl 15th of December. It is not a lining* alone, but a whole mountain side, mm of the rough, flexible bark of the coi tree. Peaks and crags and preciplci abound, with winding trails, housi and castles of colored cardboards, fc ests of evergreen twigs and soiiietinn tiny pipes to furnish brooks and lake in tlie center is the grotto, with tl holy family within, surronndei b\ i! < attle. A sky of bine paper is stretc t il above, with tin* star of It tlilebe upon it. Over thy 11 i 11 ^ mint- sliephcri henrinjr Rifts to tlio infnnl. :uul. 11lotii tlie> are in Sicilian ostuiiu' .1 ixl cart Rood Sicilian choose and winy up< their donkeys, tli?>\ are all the tno intcivstiiiR for that. Sometimes the prosopio tills only corner, soinotlines the whole side of room, according to the means of tl ltriug (lie SANT. THEY will I ENTIRE ST prevail this ( '!:! A) S^: - -X ?*. -J?r , ? . ^ THE LAS . family. It is Copt year after year un' til worn out. hut It needs to be fresh- J (MiihI up eaeli year, always a welcome ; '? task to the mother ami daughters of | ' the house. ! A REAL SANTA CLAUS. i ^*^ANTA ("LAI'S. I tinim for you y ,L> | I ^1 I |ty the mantel stoekiliK* two? | To another l???\ I know J There's a chimney In the town Vgr 'c You have never traveled down iBr is Should you chance to enter there I,. You would tlnd a room all bare: gri^^ Not a stocking could you spy. Aflfl Matter not how you might try. ,s And the shoes you'd llnd are such to : As no boy would cnro for much. ** In a broken bed you'd see I j JKm2: Some one lust about like me II si* Dreaming of the pretty toys II ^^^1 it- Which you bring to other boys. 11 K, And to him a Christmas seems II ^ Merry only In his dreams. II All he dreams, then. Santa Claus, \\, ,,, * Stuff the stockings with, because VU . ii'ii It's tilled up to the hrltn u\AmlPK '?e Santa Claus to him! 'II Z ?Frank Pempster Sherman. "' CHRISTMAS TIME. M '"r w?v ICAt'S and good will toward men! If I J Itlfst Christmas time rk I That brings to famished thousands | ?8 ^ a meal. MRm ? While even those. Immured In cells. >r- From others?make their livelihood In Xfc Now sit at tables with the best of fare. r ' Children, unused to luxuries and Joys. & u> Now have abundance, are e'en blessed K|jlpy'-'> sick, his family hungry, cold ' Is now reineiiiht t ed; wood and coal antl y ' \inl Hour and meal and fowl to him are ( ' H> them that know the genuine use ol Whose eyes have seen the shepherds watch a I hy night. .. | Who've read the Sermon on the Mount i aright. I ?Edward S Creamer In Brooklyn Kagl*. C liilclroii io Moo HDB A CLAUS jj )e GL* D to see HIM and OCK of MERCHANDISE. entire month. It's JUST WHA m A ? f*1A I * i IMS COATS "'ow"? Check 1 lorn itest 9tyles, $10.00 values Underwear 1 $3.95 Full 1 rESTIN Jf-1 1*01*1 es Skirts SKK< W Values 81 s tyi\ woo ) 71 JBliA - ' > AT THE R] CHRISTMAS SPECIALS IN M Ratcliffe l i Shoes > K | FOR LADIES u 1 \ REPARING FOR SANTA -cu' ? Scrooj E IS NOW AT H so will YOU. for HE has REE Here are a FEW of the MAR T YOU WANT-The RIGHT GOODS at tli eting 3^C Knickerbocker 4 A / Pants for Bovs | Hf lespun 4//2C A. t m a M. > M w Outing 7Hc ^inlw - " Men's I*uii( s <S9c I lit* ol , i N s, Men's Suits G i:s , r , all wool, $12.50 valu( id LENS Reduced to $7.9J IGHT PRICE Ccme and get one. a. > OK for the POINTING Finger 2ADS THE WAY re You Get the BIGGEST BA r 1 I ^ EESEE v r_ % .'hrltluiim Not a Humbug. | more nre n do: riatuii'K a humbug, nude?" sahl J Into renewed :e'i? nephew. "You don i mean > combine lo to I ui sure." mosphere. to o." said Scrooge "Merry Christ- nephew said. " Out upon Merry Christmas.' itable, pleasant s Christmas time for you hut a the long ealeti or paying bills without money, a men and wome or tiudlug yourself a yeur older to open their s ot an hour richer, a time for bal- to think of pt t your books and having every they really we n 'em through a round dozen of the grave and t is presented dead against you? ores hound on Wild work my will every Idiot goes about with 'Merry Christ |M| E in his lips should be liolled with | , vu pudding and burled with a j Por StOlTI of holly through In. heart. He I ?? ir ** innny yours since tbe conversion Dor't take med I Scrooge from the error of his by the three ghosts of Christmas d'ges the food that Don t vm*> nut a Christmas present and Christmas always serious data > come, it i? many more years Sfknif/ouhS'o the tirst Christmas anthem rang taken in time. Don t go around diant in the hush of an expectant caused by a dlaonlc Ltht hour over the plains of Pal- ^TfyJu'areVstS And yet. in spite of the years cannot be helped. yours have been r ieir message to the world, there Stomach Remedy. klst those unfortunate souls who. catiuihal'condit'ion ie wretched Bbenezer. call Christ- Remedy not only but allays the chr i humbug and lose siglit of the in rendering the ei , . ... , tract antiseptic, on )irlt and joy of the day. veloua success. ristnins a humbug!" one is moved Don't suffer co _ allow your stomacl: claim with old Scrooge's indtg- j mine your health. . .. . , _ . . I case may be or holephew No. not a humbug, but ,josc 0f Mayr's It of good cheer, of kindly |ni ! Bhould convince yo I health again. May . of generous giving, if hearts are has been taken ui . ., ,, , ,. Members of Conn I ami sympathies iillowtMi tree! court Educator*, if evnieism is barred and pessi- I p'>< tors, Druggis I'riosts, Ministers, nliilosoiili v banished to the lint- walks of life. nil unpleasantness. Koi the very Aihn'.'llt!'to oc^l e ?>f the spirit of Christinas Is Chicago, ill... f kindliness, of affection. I'or Sale In La .... , ... . .... caster lMiarnu n the dame of the real spirit of store tuna la dim or nltmrotlmr .1.1 >UCED tbe PRICES i JY LOW PRICES wh ie RIGHT TIME and at RIGH Ladies Coat Suits $12.50 Value $6.48 J Teddy Bear Jj|| COATS tor l.liiidreii ) colors > tfJP $L39 ISTMAS SPECIALS IN 4| ! Educator gS Shoes ^ FOR MEN Over Our DOOR. RGAIN for the LEAS I * . '! J /.on ways of fanning It j life. So many things Hi sicr the Christmas at- ] make It. ns Scrooge's j a kind, forgiving, char- | time, the only time In dnr of the year when 11 seem, by one consent. runup uearts rreeiy nnu tuple below them ns If re fellow pnsseugcrs to lot another race of crea* other lonrnevB " PONTES * tach and Liver ifferers Heine for your Stomach oil* on and night. as usually such : temporary relief and simply luppcns to Ih* in the Stomach, surgical o|M?ration. There is ter in operations and In many Liver and Intestinal Ailments voided if the right remedy is I with a foul smelling breath red Stomach and Liver, to ths e you come in contact with, mnch Sufferer don't think you probably worse cases than cstored by Mayr's Wonderful Iments arc mainly causer! by a Mayr's Wonderful Stomach removes tlie catarrhal mucoul ' onic inflammation and ussistl Uire alimentary and intestinal <i this is the secret of its mar* nstant pain am! ncony and i ailments to ufcysically undrtr- at No matter now severe yA V iv lonR you liave suffered -< wH Wonderful Stomach Remedy 11 ill it you can 1h- restored tc KB r's Wonderful Stomach Remedy id is hiitldy recommended by ress. Justice of the Supreme H Lawyers, Merchants, Hankers ts. Nurses. Manufacturers Farmers and people in all vatuahle booklet on Stomacl II. Mayr, 151-150 Whiting St. ucaster, S. O., by banicy, the Corner Drug fl of OUR iich will j, T PRICES. ! fi ^ ^ \ w 3^I) I 11 ^ I ???????? I 3T PAY I %5