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~F~i If you The t vice t< Our s the vE Sterling Silve Cigarettee Cases Card Cases Dinner Bells ira Community Plate Sets. 50-year guar, We hav some bo to the u DIC The R< 2 CHRISTMAS DAYS Island of Madagascar the Only Country Thus Favored. Queen Ranavalona 1I on Ascending Throne Became ,First Christian Ruler and Adopted "Glory to God in Highest" Motto. There is only one spot In the whole world where Christmas is celebrated twice each year 'and that is thre Island of Madagascar, ef the eastern coast of the southern end of Africa, and which dominates that part of the In dian oceanl. Marco Folo, the great traveler, first mlade this island known to medieval Europe in 1298. It was nearly two hundred years later when a Portu guese traveler obtained 'the first au thentic informa~lon ab~out the island, in 1497. From that time on there were attempts b~y the Portuguese, French and English to settle the island, and they met with defeat at the hands of the willd and savage ilovas, who controlledi the island, and many died from Main gasy fever in the lowlands of the coast. On Christmas eve in 1072 all the Frenchmen at Fort Dauphin were mur dered by the natives. In 1810 a Hovya chief, Rtadama I, a young man, allowed the Christian missionaries to teach their Bible doctrInes jn the Iisad, and by 1820 Protestant Christianity was effectively introduced among the Hlovas. First ChrIstian Ruler. Rladama died in 1828, andl one of his wives became Queen Rtanavalona IL She was bitter against the Christians and persecuted them in many cruel ways, and she had her warriors from the interior mountains of the island massacre the native Christians, who would not renounce the Christian God and go back to the wvorship of idols. The cruel queen reigned until her dleath In 1801--a wicked record of 88 years. Then her son, Jladama H, be camne king, andl although ho was a great drunkard and led a wild life himself, lhe allowed the Christian mis sionaries to come Into the island again, Hie was assassinated in thre palace in 1808, and his widow, Rasoherina, was proclaimed queen. Upon her (death in 1808, a niece of Rtanavalona I aseended the throne as itanavalona II. When ai girl, her gentle charities andh sympa thies with the Christians (luring their persecutions had won respect and love, and'when she beco~me queen it was un derstood that Madagascar had the first really Chiatian r-uler on its throne. And 4 have not selecte rend this year is t the recipient. tore is chock full try best manufact r Leather Goods Traveling Sets Military Brush Sets Writing Pads Manicure Sets silver mntee Clothes and Hair Brush e the finest line of Ch xes and baskets and ir tmost one of these pa( oKSO1 exall Store. lietween 1830 Tnd 1835 the entfre in ble had been printed in the Malagasy language, also an English-Malagasy dictionary. So, on the day of her coro nation the idol which had been promi nent on similar occasions was banished by Ranavalona II, and a copy of the Malagasy Bible plpced near the throne; while on the canopy above, in golden letters, were the words: "Glory to God in the Highest, Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men." With one hand on the Bible, the queen addressed the people, expressing the hope that they would adopt the Christian faith, but added: "In this matter you shall not be comn pelled."' Ordered idols Destroyed. She ordered her own household idols and -the chief national idol to be burn ed and grivlually her example wvas fol lowed by the general destruction of ,household 1(dols among the Hlovas. She married the prime minister the fol lowing year uand made a public profes sioin of her faith, and from that time on the Christian religion has been growing fast in the island. The wordls over the canopy at her coronation the queen knew to be0 spok en by the angels in the sky wheni the 'shepherds heard the noise of wings at the time the Christ wa's born in Bethlehem. Christmas la celebrated all over the island nowv. But the FiIovas have a different way of computing time andl by their system Christmas falls some time in November, and they cele brate it then. The Christian (late of' December 95 is also celebrated by the natives along with the missionaries. But it is not a Christmas of snow and sieighbells. It is a tropical country and Christmas day is 'muder a torrid sun, but the sky is brili ant and the magnificent flowering trees of many vivid colors are filled with nmany pe culiar birds of brilliant plumnage, wvhile the groundl beneath is bespangled with wild blossoms of varied hues. Too Lato. It was Christmas eve. Staring at the dying embers of the fire was a beautiful woman. Tier face was w'or ried, andl she clasped and unclasped her hands in nervous excitement. "Christmas eve," she murmured, "and no money to buy baby a Christ mas gift I" Mechanically her eyes wandered aroundl the room until, with a guilty start, they rested on something stand ing on the mantelpiece. It was baby's money-box. "If I only dlaredl I" she thought; "but what would John say?" For a few moments she stood debat ing the awful question in her mind, and then reached for the b~ox. "John need never know," she said. With trembling hands she broke open the box and emptied on the table a col lection of buttons, nails, and so on. John bad been there first!I RE SI Dhristn d your Presents o buy Gifts of va of Gift -Goods th; are. Below we French Ivory Toilet Sets Manicure Sets Traveling Sets Combs Brushes Mirrors s Clocks Chris tma: ristmas Candies that clude everything in f :kages. YSID THEIR TRIBUTE TO FIGHTER Spontaneous Expressions of Admira tion From Colonials at Sight of Gallant American Destroyer. The next sunrise found us anchored at the entrance to an English harbor. Ahead and astern, as far as the eye could reach, stretched a line of ships waiting to carry food into England. That is how England is being starved by Germany I And that is how the British and American navies are (do lng their work I After several deeply loaded ships had shot in past us we got our pilot anmd jloinmed the pirocession. TBounid out in the opposite direction a powerfui destroyer of thie latest type swept uip, three hhick plumes tralling from her funnels and1( a great white bone' in her teeth. She was the very spirit of dlash anl dlaring, with a inge of swank. "I soy, that's a tophole," "Look at that," "Absolutely It," "flipping," was chorused in the English of the isles. A big South Africani nudgedl me. "'Yank, look at that flog.'' It was the Stars and Stripes. More than all the speeches I had heard on the signlileance of this war to the Anglo-Saxons meant the quick glimpse of that fine ship under that flog outward bound to defendl the shores of England. "Come on, Springhoks, a good one for the Yanks," yelled the big colonial, and the men who had licked the Gecr mans in East Afrien and who were going to lick thiem in France roared the Z/ulu war cry.--Gregoryv Mas(on ini Outlook. INNER MAN WELL FORTIFIED American Soldier, Ordered to the~ Front, at Least Did Not Set Out 'on MIssion Hungry. An American douighb~oy entered a' restaurant in the liue Itichlleu and after carefully studying the menu, or flered dejeuner. The waItress brought himn biacon and rggs, cheese andl a pint of heer. When he had finished eating, he paid his hill !nd called tho waitress. "Now I want sonme lunch." This time she brought him a pinto of roast beef, vegetables and chicken, which he washed down with half a ulozen cups of tea; then he paid his bill1 and called the wondering waitress back again. "Now, my dear, I want dinner." He ate sonme beef, vegetables, ap pIes and drank a bottle of wvino. At 1 :30, after having taken all three mneals at once, the soldier left the rcs tataran't, andl a little while later act out on a mission to the front.-Stars and Strinen. -UPPI ias is you had bettei lue and ones th it are highly de offer a few sugE Hair Receivers Puff Boxes Nail Buffers Nail Files Shoe Horns Button Hooks Picture Frames Baby Sets Baby Rattles 5 Candies ever came to Manni ine eating sweets. Y 'RUG compare of other rich ton that Sor Ti pe Sumter 1 get busy imm at will be of im sirable and all ;estions: Writing We have the nobbiest lin< eyes on. Comes in Pink, Bk Put up in handsome boxes, medallions on cover. Thes< Lunch Something new. Just th( nic for the springtime. C( Forks, two Spoons, two Plai pint Thermos Bottles, all leather-covered metal box. We have a large stock of Tags, Crepe and Tissue Pap ng. They are put u" ou know she would ST( Mann jonot CLAR AS A BELL ALL thewc d ictionai a phonograp make you b< it has a magni: unless it has! Hear the it critically with tL makers, and the al beauty willco ora is >'e Highest Class Ta Machine in the Wor, 1e makers of the Sonora ai to be the final judge < efection of this instruo 'alking Mr Sumter, S. C. uch ser are of Paper you have ever laid your ec, White and Lavender. some with hand painted e are suitable for framing. Kits thing for that little pic mftamns two K~nives and :es, two Napkins and two p~acked in a handsome Ch ristmas Boxes, Seals, p in hand appreciate ing, S. C. ~rds in the y praising hcannot lieve that ricent tone, Sonor a, e products wonderful LV erlCe you king nvite f the nent. tChine Co.,