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J Unci* L. ? Samta Claus jg By ChrttopherG . Hazard (g. uk. Wmtan VHRWV N?l UOMLL a* * story. Unci* Pet*r," *? Mid the children, u they climbed over their kindly relative on* Christmas ere. "A story I" repeated Uncle Peter, effecting surprise, bat willing to drew upon bis Inexhaustible stock; "well, have yon ever heard of Undo Samta OlansT" "Oh, yon mean Uncle Santa Olaus!" exclaimed Jack. "No, I don't," said Uncle Peter; "I mean the old man with the ping hat, the bine swallowtail coat, the striped breeches; the old man with eyes like stars and a smile that never comes off excepting when somebody is treading on somebody else; the old man with the striped flag, whose headquarters is op la Alaska; the biggest Santa Olaus there is." "All right, then," answered the children, "tell us abont Mm" "Well," Mid Uncle Peter, "he "has his hands full Just now and Is doing ell he can to All the hands of others. The air Is so noisy with wireless cries and clamors, there are so many hands reaching out over the seas, that he Is almost distracted. Ever since be got bade from the great war he has been repairing Its damage and renew ing the prosperity that It spoiled. And long before that he was In the Christ mas business. He surprised China by -refusing to accept the groat sum of the Boxer indemnity. He let the Cu bans have Cuba what be had made them free, and many thought that he had a right to take that fair Island for himself. He Is working hard at his task of making America truly American, a sober, industrious, en lightened, prosperous, happy, Chrtst tnasy nation." *Tm glad Tm one of his American children," sold Agnes, when Unci* Peter had concluded; with which sen timent an the rest agreed. A little dbud of doubt had arisen on the Christmas sky, however, as *W .AtcflttM "I'm Glad I'm On*," Said Aonsa. Uncle Peter had spoken of Uncle Samta'e lavlshness in far countries. Edith voiced It when she wanted to know If- It would be of any use for them te expect anything that Christ mas, whether or not the; were to hang up their stockings. "You'll put your foot In It If you do," said George. "No, she won't" said Uncle Peter; "I have had a special delivery letter from Uncle 8amta, saying that he has had his eye on this house for the last twelvemonth, and that this will be one of his stopping places because from It so much of service for others has been going out He says that you are his gardeners, and that you have planted so many seeds of kindness that a lot Sf beautiful things will be sure to come up. That la always the way, ha says; In tact It Is the way In which he got rich himself." i This was s very pleasant assurance for the children, h made them think of n happy mistake that one of them had made when they were having war gardens all over the town: A certain Mr. Rose had boon appointed by the mayor aa Inspector of gardens for the whole place, and one day Betty point ed him out to a friend with whom she waa walking. "There goes Mr. Rose," she said; "he's an expecter of gar dens!" When the children had been re minded of Mr. Rose they also remem bered what Betty had done at their last Christmas party; stalking heavily and pompously down the room, she had said: Tm Mr. Atlas, who holds up the world." 80 one of them stood on tiptoe, threw hack her head and threw out her arms and said: "I'm .Uncle Samta Olaus, who holds up the world." "Well donol" cried Unci# Peter; "that's Just ltl" There wasn't any dlaappotntmeat In the house the next meraing. "Did you get all that you wamtedT" asked Undo Peter. "Tea," said Mary. "Ware you at all disappointed!" "No," anM Mary. When Mary said "Goodness," her mother said, "You shouHmt say 'goodness,' Mary." "Gra cious r said Mary. But Mary was too excited to have a care far her ex pression*. IB describing the situation afterwards she said; "I was In a per fect stupor of excitement" Uncle Peter had a present, too, After all the rest had been made happy Agnes brought ont a parcel, and when Uncle Peter opened It there were too big books that told avei again the story of all that America had stood for and accomplished. This mode him vary glad Indeed, and he .naked them to write his name on the fly leaf and to say that it was from hi* Young Americans. Then the Ohristms* party ended with a verse of our national anthem, heartily aung 1 and followed by all the ether verses, 1 with a hurrah far Uncle Baa* instead ' MOT A HOLIDAY UKE OTHERS MgnHlcance of Christmas li Not L#*tf IU Spirit tutor* Into Llfo of Wortt. Fr~|T IS not Ukely that *0 of tho I multitude of pooplo W^O ? ?J early and anxloualy pro 9 pu* to colabrat# Christmas day aro conscious of lta sa cred character. Thoy know of cooroo that It i tan da tor the anniversary of tho birth of the Founder of tho .Chris tian religion, bat that thought la not uppermost in their minds. To such, for the moment. It Is morel* a holiday in which the.v wish to give gifts to per sons they care for and whom thoy wish to please. It Is a period In which they forget themselves In order to glv* Joy to others. In this one thing, thoagh thoy may not be aware of It, they demonstrate the teaching of the On* whoa# day they observe, for unselfish thought for others la one of the great lessons taught by the Teacher of teachera who waa born in Bethlehem of Jndea cen turies ago. There are Christmas givers today who make no sacrifice whan they purchase Ach gifts for family or friends; they know no self-denial, thoagh It does not follow that they do not give all their hearts. Bat with the great mass of givers there la a setting aside of personal wishes and even ur gent needs la order that those they love may be glad on that day ef tho year when all tho Christian world r?' Jotces. The self-sacrifice Is aa nothing compared to tho end to bo attained. On the other hand, a multitude of man and women are spiritually aware of the character of the day. They look badt across the centuries to the Child In the manger and aee In It the dawn of a now hope to mankind, a revela tion of a new life, a bond between mor tal existence and the hereafter that has given comfort to myriads and n light to the world that grows brighter with the passing of the ages. The gifts that they bestow and those they re ceive typify to them the greatest of an gifts to the world?the One who came to point the way to eternal Ufa. No, Christmas for all its seeming frivolity and thoughtlessness la not a i mere holiday like other*. Uvea the light-minded and -heedless ones realise a difference, and if pushed to explain would do to reverently. 0nder all the ' hurry'and confusion and gayety of the preparations and tha celebration the significance of Christmas la not lost. The meaning of the Great Event whose anniversary we observe cannot be es caped. Its spirit has entered Into the life of the civilised world.?Indianapo lis Star. SPIRIT OR SOUL OF THE OAK Mysterious Mistletoe, Qrowing From Sturdy Tres, Looked Upon by Druids as Holy Thing. ?r=T| HE mistletoe season draws I near. Many boughs or ml J pendants of this mysterious ? 9 aDd beautiful plant will be torn from oaks and other trees and suspended from chandeliers and doors. Many myths are associated with the mistletoe. The Druids of Britain looked upon it as a holy thing. To them the oak tree had a strong relig ions significance and seeing the curl eus plant growing out of the oak they conceived that It was the spirit or the soul of that tree. In this way it is believed that the Druids came to regard the mistletoe as the symbol of life and they therefore treated it with manifest reverence and gave it a prominent place in their religious rites. It Is also believed that the Dru ids held the mistletoe as sacred to Frays, the goddess of love, and that this is how it came to be associated with love-making and kissing. The old herbalists, the forerunners of the physician, regarded the mistle toe as a thing having remarkable ther apeutic properties. It was held to be good for epilepsy and for various con vulsive "distempers." Many of our British and our Irish ancestors be lieved that the mistletoe was a charm against disease. The mistletoe is a plant parasite, an0 yet not altogether a parasite Though it would rather live off of the tree, it vjjf the means of self-support It fastens Itself upon its host pene trates its tissue and draws nourish ment from it often deforming it and sapping Its vitality. Yet the mistletoe la a green, leafy plant; that la, tt pos sesses the green pigment chlorophyll, which gives the green color to normal vegetation. The presence of green leaves indicates that the mistletoe has the power, which independent green! plants everywhere possess, of 'con-j structlng organic foodstuffs, such as starch, out of inorganic compounds, I carbon dioxide and water, utilising sunlight as the source of energy in the process. It la, therefore, only partly a parasite so far as dependence upon Its host for food is concerned,; but it Is none the less harmful on that account. ~*r"" (sr' ^ Dumpling* for Stow*. One pint floor, % teaspoonful salt, 2 heaping teaspoonful* of baking pow-1 der, alfted together four time*. Mix with one c upful of rich milk; drop by spoonful* Into the boiling ?tow; cover tight and do not opon for 16 minute*, when they ihould bo done. These may also be dropped on a but tered plate and rooked in a steomor seer fist-bolltng water, and served with stowed cranberries or any stewed ft alt. 11? ?M (WWII M <*?h- mm. - ?m largely determined by the food material arallabte Hp the Christmas beard. The existence of thousands of ?IU bean in the woods made bear hunting one of the patlgaal sports, aad the boar's head wtth Me concomitant brawn, one of the meat popular among Christmas dhhss. The eld custom of atretng up this gndent dish at Queent college, Oxford, la associated wtth a legend to the effect that ta olden days one of the student#, whan attacked by one of these wild dealssns of the woods, eared himself from its Jaws by thrusting his Orsak lexicon down Its throat, wtth the ejaculation. "Grae cum est" (It Is Greek). Of course the beast was choked, the "choking" pos sibilities of such a dry-aa-dust rolume being generally understood. HEB U8B8BK HALF. dome Into th* ! Mart room, read- ] or. T*mo wo mi < right That mat Ma fiancee, at all, although tt waa ;i a oort of ot-lu- i< ooa, 'cause ho'o 1 her looser halt Merry Christ* * Raisin Toffee. t One and one-half cupful* brewi ??gar, U cupful vinegar, 2 tableapoon ftds butter, % cupful broken walnut meats, H cupful chopped raisins. Oook sugar and vinegar togothei until It forms a hard ball when tasted In cold wgter. Add butter and pout on nuts and raisins arranged In a greased pan. As tt bartons mark tats aguares. THE CHIGGER Here's to the chigger, The bug that's no bigger Than the point of a good-sized pin. But the point that he raises Itches like blazes And that's where the rub comes in. ^xw^otowtareeee. THE PATCHWORK QUILT TT WA? nd> * tunny beawn Abtr day that Marfan eoald aM ao Ua parch and do her Cbrfat maa sewing. This quilt waa ta surprise bar grandmother, bar old folka don't expect presents at any tlma at the year, leant at all da they loek far such a fine || thine aa Marfan waa preparing. It waa gay with eh rede and patch ea from many an old dreea and the stltchea wore aa neatly and cloaely put In aa any dreee maker could have wished. Be sides, upon every patch there waa worked the name of eome one whom the old lady loved. Thla required ,a good many patchee and made quite a large quilt but the child had worked j long and patiently. 8he waa happily repaid for all her busy care when abe saw a happy tear roll down Grandma's cheek aa the lovely gift wae un- | folded, and heard her say: "Now I shall not feel ao lonely at night, and what pleasant dreams I shall have, with all my x | Mends around me."?O. Q. Has- 8 (?. un. Wetn HWeiw Oatoe.) 1 ' WISDOM? Blessed are they into whose dost God never moulded the wander lust For the sweat from the brow of the men who road, will turn to gold for the stay at home. And he who goes where the long trail calls will spend hia life in overalls. But there are times, I will admit, when all my chores I long to quit and cast aside my heavy load and Join the hobo on the road. Teacher?What is the highest form of animal life? Little Pete (quickly)?The giraffe. SEE THROUGH THIS? 8h*?"What would jrou call a man who hid behind a woman'* skirt*T" He?"A magician." FILLERS2-. Calcium arsenate will be scarce this next season, believe agricultural workers. All the more reason for good planting, early preparation, good culture and picking squares in growing cotton next year. Get your seed early and plant the varieties beat adapted to the section, , advises Collate and department of agriculture workers. Good eeed is ' one of the cheapest means of increas ing acre yields. "Let the farmer forever be honored in his calling; for they who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God."?Thomas Jefferson. ' NOTICE *- P Complying with the lew I herewith submit the following statement of amounts approved and paid each of the County Commissioners for services for year ending November 30, 1922. j J. C. TAYLOR, 20 days services attending meetings'at $2.00?.$ 40.00 240 miles one way at 10c .. 24.00 Extra services , J 10.00 I 74.00 E. W. WHITLEY: 19 days services attending meetings --$ 88.00 228 miles one way at 10c . 22.80 228 miles one way at 10c 22.80 Extra services ... 1 2.00 $ 02.80 , E. H. EURE: 20 days services attending meetings f 40.00 Extra services .. 108.00 $ 148*00 J. M. ELEY: 20 days services attending meetings -.$ 40.00 820 miles one way at 10c . ..... .... 32.00 Extra services 16.40 $ 88.40 J. O. ASKEW, JR. :16 days services attending meetings $ 82.00 192 miles on Way at 10c r ... ... 19.20 Extra services ... .... 66.00 $116.20 F. G. TAYLOE: 18 days services attending meetings $ 86.00 162 miles at 10c, one way 16.20 Extra services 1)2.00 $ 144.20 I J. A. NORTHCOTT, Clerk County Commissioners, v ^Winton^N^C^Decem^ W ^BMHIWMMMMm*I^WMMMtmmmmm**???MMMBB?MBBHM] p? STORE OPEN EVENINGS TIL CHRISTMAS ^8 j ?1 BUY A MAN'S GIFT IN A MAN'S STORE ? THAT'S ASSURANCE THAT YOUR GIFTS WILL BE APPROPRIATE, AND ONE THAT HE t WILL APPRECIATE r .'BH WE'VE HUNDREDS OF ATTRACTIVE AND PRACTICAL M ARTICLES THAT MEN LIKE AND WILL BE PLEASED TO HELP YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS ?I ARMY & NAV#5ALES STORE jgj _ j Ne,. ?? BdW. AHOSKIE, N. C.
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