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I: really livi s ami ; ular pail. ••\\'il ha*. ■ i Iter < 11 < to piirsin ' I\ 11 llllll ill -a ' Id da us <ia hi i:. e 'in/ Thai i i! \ > a mil a \ iinpul’ • <a from tl. <■ d. i 'i.nt at tie Mote that 1 <ir.' • . •. m.lee •. H|>e<‘la< i < t 11 1 ■ e \ <■ you si a a I I • : I! I la see! s his -e or li s ” .i iimeai.t liettef e. | ael: That he < >a d ward tla v in i that i a air i mas jril- - sls.w i • and lev a* •‘Kallac I have n m w a rui la a it'd a pardon me it I non : a i ! i i i ol ('otisider a the ohimney: to- arth ol tla- home; i ( liihlren. <'hrist* i the wtittn hearted i nly to add that I id loving \ oil will ::o into the Idirarv ami write a f l ap ei ol the truths ol nit lholo^y." ffopj riKlit. 1 01. tyv Hamilton There tire two reasons for Christinas feasting aside from the insiiiiet which teaches ns that the joy of holiday’ nitiking is impossible or incomph te without gooil eating ttml drinking, one •is that ( hristmas is the survival of one. or both, of two great pagan festi vals: the other, that the t dud of man in till times and eonditioi.s expressed rejoicing by the laden board ami the | brimming bowl. Victory, good fortune, weddings, | christenings, are celebrated today by i dinners, as they have been for thott- ; sands of years, the practice undoubted ly coming down from that prehistoric i time when the victory over the animal j was the means of supplying the feast. | We can lind trace of it and its eoti- i comitant habit, gift making, in the hook of Ksther, where Mordeeai says to Ids people that on the anniversaries ! of the flays wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month I w liieh was turned unto them from sor- i row to joy. and from mourning into a | good day. they should make them days ! of feasting and id' joy and fit sending portions one to another and gifts to the pi of. And w hat greater cause for rejoicing ami the usual expression thereof eotml I exist for the early Christians than the fact of the binh of ('bristV tt is true that there were differences of opinion in the early eluireh as to the date, or even the season of the year, when that till important event oceur- i rod. Clemens Ale.xamii inns tells ns that it was kept by many Christians ! m April and b\ some in Kgypt’in tla* month i’aelioti. corresponding to our May. Imt long before the council of Nice had fixed the day. separating it j tioin the epiphany, a (anions ehvum- i slatiee had operated to tix forever tin* 1 observance of it in the Ktirop’ an mid ! winter. < Miservillg the course of the seasons ! and their relation to the growing or I lessening length of (lie days, tin* Ary ans inhabiting Kurope had come to ! learn that at the winter solstice the decline of nature was over and that as the day lengthened sin* revived until a few weeks later sin* walked abroad gladsoniely again in the green garb of spring. It was a fitting time for uni versal rejoicing. Nothing could be done tilieid. Tin* bins and butts were siiil well Idled and the eattb fat. It was also a time to remember tin* good ness of the gods; to make sacritiee as wa ll as to feast. lienee we lind at tin* dawn of Chris tianity two great midwinter lestivals among tin* tw > most powerful Iiraneie s of the Aryans of that period tin* Saturnalia among tin* i.omans on tin* south and the Thor feast of the Scandi navians. It is a ( iiriotts fact that they appear to he identical as to time of observance. In Koine and wherever Koine had ruled long enough to haw* planted her customs the Saturnalia was a season of sacritiee to Saturn of social eiptalily and of riotous license. The slave in many households was permitted to be come master for tin* week of tin* feast ing. and his master executed tin* ridic ulous orders w hich In* gave. Utiffoou- ery in street processions and in tin* homes was one of the chief elements of the festivity. Orgies indescribable foriind another. I’reseiit giving was universal. The sen kings calk’d the season .litie (wIieiiee Yule), and they celebrated it in gorging and drinking. In ides making sacrifice to Thor. A round a great blaz ing log. big enough to burn for tin* whole week of the gluttonous feast ing. they thing the half bare ox bones in rude jest and passed the wassail bowl. Tin* primitive eltne’i found these pa ean festivals in J it utions w hich it cou! 1 not uproot, so it wisely adopted tin in. turning the saeriliciai rites there of into worship for tin* horn Christ, snipping tin* feasts of their grossest sensuality, but letting much of their joyolisuess rcina 1). Kesides the two great festivals men tioned, there was another observed at the same lime by a large family of the Kiifopeans—the Cauls, Ca< Is or Celts — which was similarly adopt'd by tla* ehut'i'h as sin* spread her teaching aurotg them. Imt this had a tar le^s in'lut nee than the (.tin t two upon the (in oins which have marked tin* cele bration of Christmas down to the pres- < m time. The reason is that there was more of saeritieial rite and less of feasting hi its celebration From it, liowa ver. conies the kissing under the mistletoe, which with them was em blematic of tin* union of man and wo- man and if the union ot mankind with I kin I I imn it also comes the Christ inas tree, dear to the little ones, a sur vival of the hanging ot votive gifts on lheir sacred pines. Knt out of the other two great pagan festivals arose tin* principal form t at tin* fin-ling took Fating and drink ing of tin* best, giving to the poor by right of i licit c< | tin lily tit that season, as well ns the old mummery, practical ly abolished since Puritan sm tried to suppress the festival utterly in Hi 17. tin* easily and directly traceable to those pagan orgies. my book on I <rr> a i r A MYSTERY SOLVED. Oj Why l.lltta* .lolinny <.r«*«*u Ate Ilia < tirtalmnn lliiiiii*r smtidliiu 1 I'- .loliiiuy () recti — Pa. I know why you always ring tlx church Ih-Hm so mini on ('hristmas. Mr. (.reeh (the church sc\tone- 1 »o you. my son? Johnny Creen Yes. pa. It * so the neighbors won’t hear tna kn l :n about the chi ap prea* tUJU you always give her. • t :v f \F i ~»v -sCVn-A. >>• ** 1 / . f - 'Vi-*..*' 07% vi luf , f • 1 hr £ , ■' ! 1 A ! • I - - Christtiius time. All ■" ,i 'ii-' hci> lo lit-ar Ti • li f i 'i ;i(k* < hi me Of voices ever (loir, O. \ • i I ill Imt I" r - I he iiiv. h a mi -I ol Ic.irs S! • • iii . la as ihey were In Vn ; ii. j arl U \( ars. i ii s i i - -A* iL-'' / -V V 7 ■ - . x;/ / " X- ’e■ : i:ii i o’l i her in 'lie’s (light. Sin- i 11« tes a ng ot joy Ax woe. • • i •.lei I, avrn's light Into - e ( hlistinas Iny. Now s .ii ly up l rail ic -lair Ah an -h ( I eeps away Aii'l ■ '( i l ( Jn el le.i' I reasares there l.iv. . in aimlhi r Uav. \V. / k C-, ^ -Mr .V' /' * ►Ii si ►\ 1 / \ ti / 1 1 1 .A v ] /r-j l> i ^ j ’j IK >' ' _s* '» * 1 J .. ... _ 5 n- THE PARASITE MISTLETOE. “Oh, helv. give . |iiih!<’i*ii inan A litlle < liri-oims gilt !" Tie upahi the saiiil’rir with the tan. Who lutigeil lo get a lift. The lady was a aplnater tray; Hi t v it «as einlllleil keen. Kin only gave ihe irainp u rpray Ol nniillt toe ao to 1 »u. "Oh, lailv. give a man a rhaneel” lit wailed lin we.ry wight “i’ll rut her tiavi a pair o’ pant* Thau any pauatUl" takLi Uoour Carol. 'i.t’s < hi ei mas t line. All • m In i s to la ar Th th ■ "i a i hord htihlime of v i, ' tiling near, A* in . i r p!e laith she waita I ■ ii.iti of iIn niuoi VV I . i | ■ i • lie ..pi o p. arlv galea Si .1 gl eel 1 he ie .v ly liorn. ~ C " 2 "■ "A t m. SW ,< / vfe Ay // .‘- v* Y \ ft ,';A A-m ' ;c. . . *.'■ /nrr*7 vp-- i <1 ”1 r ; 'v'AT/TTrrTr^ i J \ ✓ [( pyright, htii, hy Willi.- li. Hawkins.] th r ( '!iri I teas is i I like tlie rest, Which last a single day Or p..--il !y a we. k at In st And then an put away To he forgolten t"i a y i ar, I ntil g I will lowanl men Come- r. ipil. a- tashions reappear. And i& in st vie again. V i t. tl < i.'i.i -ha.'• ■ - of the past I - < ill I ie ill - loay ..i"pe, M,e si a ■ ' i. '. i I'; glvi : ee east I’.y n v i r dili.niing hope, A: 1 ili ii. gat hei ing night S \ ii v. s I In naria w w i t Ti ' iii' - 1 • \ er loi in In igiit I i na I II. mas tla v. It' ' > j buve left. • 4 *!« IM >o l.oiiger n Huttle llnhy. ■I Santa Claus (ilirustiug his head tliro igli I In* door) Surry for you. kid, but It's the only present 1 S. B. CRAWLEY & CO. PHAIIMtCy. Santa Claus! Santa dans! WILL BE AT Crawley & Ca's Daring Xmas Haliday. Read His Telegram Just Received. CHRISTMAS TELEGRAPH CO. WONDERV1LLE, FAIRYLAND, Dec. 12, 1901. MY DEAR CRAWLEY & CO: I start behind my swift Reindeers for your store at daybreak with a sleigh full of beautiful toys for the boys and girls of Gaffney. I will arrive at your store at 10 o’clock on the morning of December 1 3, and remain with you until 1 0 o’clock at night Xmas Eve. The happiest time I have is at your store, and I shall indeed be glad to see you and all the little folks again. Ever truly yours, SANTA CLAUS. CRAWLEY & CO., Gaffney, S. C. The Greatest Toy and Holiday Goods Display in This House’s History. A collection of the beautiful in every art and manufacture gathered together fr< m every part of the world, embracing every possible thing that the liveliest imaginati n could invent or heart desire, and prices lower than equal qualities can be bought for anywhere in Gatl’ney—in many cases two presents for the usual price of one. Wien Toy Inventors ideas run out they turn to animals for inspiration. Geese, Lambs, Monkeys, Ostriches look at you, animated, quaintly humorous in travesty. Then some hard-headed, practical fellow thinks of Young America’s mechanical liking, and, lo and behold ! you have Engines, Cars, Horses pulling Wagons. What a Holiday Hive it all is. ALL TOYLAND IS A=FLUTTER. This Gay World of Marvels Is Most Fascinating To The Young and Old It’.-' like growing young again for the grown-ups to go into the Toy Department— like turning hack the hands of time. There’s an irresistible charm about the place. It's mesmeric. It thrills the youngsters—makes them fairly shout with delight. The biggest, liveliest and best lot of Toys in Gaffney. Toys of every possible description. Toys from all over the world. A veritable treasure-trove of novel things. JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS. t: Doll Houses, Doll’s Beds, Jointed Dolls, Dressed Dolls. IVieOCHAIVIC^lv MTOYSS. Alligators, Race Tracks, Skin Animals, Beetles, Dogs, Iron Beil Toys, Jumping Dogs, Ducks, Monkeys, Fire Engines, Cats, Rabbits, Ostriches, Cats, Rail Road Trains, Parrots. BRIC-A-BRAC DEPARTMENT. T! .it bring* to your mind something beautiful, mayhap unique in design—but al- wa \ - :ti tistic. In the beautiful collection now ready for your inspection you will find a moM c( inplete assortment of German and Japanese novelties, French Plaques, Hand Paiiitid China, and hundreds of other equally interesting and artistic things. Best Books For Young and Old. liolioniiciii P'iinc’X Glass Sorbet Sets, Punch Sets, Lemonade Sets, Shells and Comports, Trays, Tumblers, Xloclsillioiifr*. Small, Medium, Large. Choice Subjects. In Colors, Black and White. Gorgeous Tints. ICxtr.iet» iincl I^erfunion. The products of all the men whose names have become famous by fragrance are represented in our stock. Colgate, Oak ley, Hudnut, Rogers & Gallet, Spi FOR HIM!