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See this stock while it is complete or write for particulars. ** Chas. M. Stieff Setoff Self-Player and the Shaw Self-Player Pianos Southern Wareroom 9 Weat Trade Street Charlotte « North Carolina C. H. WILMOTH, Manager ■saafsttarsr of the ArUstto .• ;s :/ (Itasttw ttria Pefor) M $j CfUJ OENEVIEVE HA2EIRIGG L_o 1 fID you ever, as you officiated as high priest or priestess In the oßculatory rites of yuletlde, did you ever won der what tradition, myth or supersti tion had conferred upon you such de lectable privilege? Did you ever •top, In your ar dent ceremonial, to consider that you were perpetuating one of the most hallowed and exalted of religious ordinances handed down through the ages In rendering such tender homage to this "orphan plant of wondrous birth ?" And would It not surprise you to learn that our very word "marry," and that our most impassioned of the graces of Terpsichoi'e—the waits — .are traditionally enmeshed In the can ny tendrils of the pearly-berried mis - tletorT The mistletoe is a freak plant, a parasite or excrescence. In Its em bryonic period It is said to defy the laws of gravitation by pushing Its radicles In .the opposite direction to the generality of plants. Not only Its berries but Its lenves grow In clusters of three united on one strtck, hence- Its sacred place in religious rites as a symbol of the Holy Trinity. It was believed by the Druids and other ancient sects In northern and wostcrn liurope that any tree to which the mistletoe attnehes Itself 1b selected by God himself for special favor, and that all that grows on it Is sent direct from heaven. Contrary to the general belief, it Is found more rarely on the oak tree than on the apple, ash. elm, poplar, willow and hawthorn, and It Is due to this scarcity that It was vested with exceptional reverence when discovered clinging to the sacred tree of the Druids—a name derived from the Greek word drus, or druce, meaning an oak. Says Pliny: "When It (mistletoe growing upon an oak) la discovered It Is treated with great ceremony. They called It by a name (guthll. or gutheyl —good heal), which In their language signifies the curer of all Ills." After they have well and duly prepared their festival cheer under the tree, they*' bring hither a milk-white cow I nnd a bullock, hitherto unyoked; then i the priests In white vesture climb Into Iho tree and prune off tho sacred herb ] with a gold hook, bill or sickle, the branches falling beneath Into a white spgum sheet. They must never touch the ground. The common people re main at n distance, formed In n circle, while the priests approach with trem bling awe the bloody victims, which were carried around the omen tire. After this the animals are slaughtered as a sacrifice—doubtlosß to tho god dess of fecundity, for the mistletoe Is a symbol of the prolific. In Ihe myths of all nations we find n "holy tree." a "world tree." Among the Druids, as well as among other | creeds, this tree was the oak; and it I it a very Interesting thing to know | that our word church—from kirk finds Its root in quervus, the generic j name for the oak. This tree was cherished as the mother and nurse or man, snd was supposed lo be the | dwelling place of the food dispensing god. The ominous rustling of the leaves and the mysterious notes of the feathered songsters signalized the presence of the divinity to the awe struck votaries who consulted the in dwelling oracle, burning odoriferous fumes In homage The Dodonean oak and Its oracle are celebrated in epic, myth and story, Its mystic rltua' being zealously perpetuated by the Druids. They danced circular dances In consecrated groves, and tbe rem nants of an old chant still preserved by the Celts —He' Derry Down Dey "in a circle the r.ak moves sround"— reveals Iht archtype of our modern walls. Another reminder that "the groves 4 * TKaSTSSJES. . Sgj i ■ 1 I were God's first temples" la found In 1 the arches and vaulted roofs of Gothic «! church architecture, revered tokens of r the bending arches of Intertwined , boughs. The Yuletide custom of deck • Ing our churches and our home,s with , boughs, wreaths and garlands finds Its -1 antecedence In heathen sanctuaries. I The spirit of Christmas la most ■ magnanimously manifested in York. England, where they carry mistletoe - boughs to the high altar of the catbe • dral and proclaim Va public and unl -1 vernal liberty, pardon and freedom to [ all sorts of Inferior and wicked peo- I pie " They suspend it under the chan -1 eel arch and bear It to the city gatas, 1 toward the four quarters of heaven. t In the varied nomenclature of the word "mistletoe," according to the na > tlonalitlos concerned, do we discover ' the magical virtues with which the > weird plant Is Invested. Dr. Johnson says the word Is derived from mlstloo, - state of being mingled, tod or toe • bush. In German It is mlstel, mixed, and Saxon tan (Danish tlene, Dutch 1 teene), twig, sprig. In Armorican, • Welnh und Irish It Is all yach, or Its > equivalent for all heal; and Pliny 1 calls It omnia sanans, a term of slml i lar import. 1 In upper Germany on Christmas 1 morning they go about knocking on ■ each other's doors, shouting "Gut hyl," 1 the synonym for the Druid name. In Brittany It Is the herb de la Croix, I which heals fevers and gives strength I for wrestling. At the time of Oeorge » I. It was called lignum sancta crucls— -1 wood of the holy cross—so highly I were Its medicinal properties es -1 teemed. llung about the neck It renders 1 witches powerless. It Is used In > houses to drive out evil spirits. It 13 , an amulet against poisons, and the In > habitants of Elgin Moray keep It 1 as charms. Throughout Britannia It I had a place assigned to It In every ( kitchen, and a young man was deem . Ed to have the right to kiss any lassie [ caught beneath the cherished branch, plucking off a berry with each kiss. ( If n maid were not kissed under the I mistletoe It was a sign that she would , not marry during the ensuing year, a I tradition still prevailing Even Mr. , Pickwick availed himself of the pleas . ant privilege desplU his oft-quoted ln- I Junction. To dream of mistletoe pre sages wealth, and In the langmigo of ' flowers It signifies: I surmount alt 1 difficulties. t The Cymric, Celtic, Gaelic, Teutonic / |j|\W w KART of tho World, beat strongly— \ jfl \ 111 3 \ \\\\ This is the season of hope; J 111 / h If t\ \ \\YY Banished tic doubts that have /// / >1 ' ; h \\\v I I w ™* v/// i I J ' \\\ w Clouded l> Vs general scope. 'J i II i• I | \\ ~ Under the snow genua are stirring, / 'll |,I \ » Fruits of the summer long flown; / jl e .[I \ Life has one purpose nerring: s I * Rlp'nlng the seeds'that are sown. ' I' Heart of the World, boat gayly— I This 1B the season of mirth. This is the season when daily ? i| Joy is renewed in the earth. Checked are the looms and the spindles. Ml 6 TNT While through the silence there rings VSF tS* Laughter of children that kindles fca) Echoes in heavenly things. fcyp ii This is the season t( love; Men, tho' they seem t« grope blindly, P ||lkn Follow the dictates thereof. s CTSA jjjßßf Learn from the ages this lesson— '' SsSStfwSM Love is the treasury's key— ■BHRVjfI 1 They will thy labor bless thee and thy neighbor, And ltle be as deep >s the sea. IQgu and Norse tradition* all emphasise the exorcising, as well as the amatory propensities of the waxen spray. The Scandinavians have It consecrated to Freya, or Freyja—"from whom flows every blessing, the winning smile, the melting kiss." She is the Venus of the Norse pantheon, the goddess of love, of peace, Joy, laughter, fruitful ness, bringing Increase "to field and stall," and also the tutelary deity pre siding over nuptials and child birth. A popular myth relates how Daldur, the wisest and noblest of the gcds, Is a victim of the Inveterate hatred of Lokl, the Satan of the Eddas. The demon Is bent on the destruction of the pre-eminently good god, so he and his emissaries begin their persecu tions by throwing mUslles of all de scriptions at Baldur, all of which j prove harmless, since the deity Is un | der the protection of his mother, Frey ja. In desperation Lokl, disguised as an old woman, Is admitted to the celestial abode of Freyja, who inno cently betrays t(>e fact that all things had taken an oath to protect Baldur excepting the mistletoe, which, being a parasite, was too feeble to harm. In secret Joy the demon hastens back to Baldur, on the way fashioning an arrow of mistletoe, which soon pierces the heart of the divinity. After a so [ Journ in Hell—or Hades —the peace- I ful abode of the dead, the Saviour Is j restored to life, and on his resurrec tion he consecrates the mistletoe to Freyja—all of which enshrouds divine truths In Image and symbol. Astrologlcally Venus governs the mistletoe, as well aa the lips, and all the tender demonstrations of Love, so > let us ever propitiate the benignant ) goddess and— , "Hang up Love'B mistletoe over the earth, And let us kiss under It all the year round." DISTRIBUTING CHRISTMAS OIFTS. Last year we'bought a large. Hat clothes basket, draped It with white cheese cloth, and trimmed It with | holly, and (hen filled It with our I Christmas packages for the family, j We went Into the room one at a time and deposited our gifts, and when the pile was completed, spread a large sheet of holly crepe paper on top. We sat around the dining room table with the basket In the center; and the youngest member of the fam ily took the gifts from the basket. Only one package was presented at a time and the recipient opened It r.nd all saw and admired it before passing on to the next. We had original verses and apt quo tations written on many of the bun ! dies which the distributor read aloud I and all enjoyed the fun. —House j keeper. On* Kind of Emptiness. Two hunters had "beaten" the tral along the marshes or Long Island for three days with an unusually small bag resulting The food supply had run out much ahead of scheduled time; far worse, the "liquid ammuni tion" had been exhausted In the early stages of the hunt. After following the coast vainly for three hours, looking for some sign of habitation, they spied an empty house j on the beach. "Go In and look It over, Bill," said one. He did so, returning in a moment empty-handed. "Anything in there?" asked hia companion, expectantly. "Nope," replied his running mate, with a profound sigh—"nothing but two empty bottles full of water."— Everybody'a Magazine. iNIffiNATIONAL StMfSOM LESSON LESSON FOR DECEMBER 17 EZRA TEACHES THE LAW. LESION TEXT—Nehemlaii 8. MEMORY VEKBEB—2, 3. GOLDEN TEXT—"The law of the Lord to perfect, converting the soul."—Paa. 19:7. TIME—On* week after the completion }f the walls In our last lesson. The first Jay of the 7th month. B. C. 444. The be flnnlng of the civil new year ushered In sy the feast of Trumpet*. The seventh month Includes parts of September and October. The Ist day of this month was October 4, In WO. The seven days' feaat of vs. 15-18 waa .he Feaat of Tsbernaelea beginning on the sth day of the seventh month. In Octo ber, B. C. 444, and continuing 7 or S days. Leviticus 23. PLACE—Jerusalem. PERSONS—Nehemlah the governor of ludea. Esra, the Bcrtbe, a chief priest. Artaxerxes king of Persia, Including Palestine. Herodotus is writing his histories In 3 reek about this time, 420-430 B. C. In spite of all opposition the walls of Jerusalem had been completed. The :lty was safe from her enemies. Ti>e character and conduct of the citizens aad been restored, and was equipped 'or service. Theso complete an act in l great drama of providence, In which he courage that stands to duty in 'ace of all danger and tbe faith that ooks to God in prayer had been vindi cated. But the3e things merely meant Op portunity. They did not constitute a treat city, nor a true kingdom, nor a loly nation, nor outward prosperity, ior a people of God. They only ren lered these things possible. The ?reat question now was how to re itore the nation to Its place in the Kingdom of God, how to build up a pure, righteous, noble people, who should be depositories of the true re ligion, who should proclaim It by :helr lives and tongues, who ahould sold up the Tfue Light before the world. The first means was the lnstruc lon of the whole people In the Word )f God. After a week's rest from the levere labors of building the wall, the :ivil New Year's day was ushered In by the blowing of trumpets, and boms with mouth-plecea of gold; and this 'memorial blowing" continued all day from morning till evening, proclaim ing a day of rejoicing, like our Christ lias bells. It was to proclaim God'a covenant, to sound victory over Satan, to sound a call to repentance, as It were a blast to wake men from their deep of sin. The people gathered themselves to gether as one man, Including men and women, and all the children old enough to hear with understanding. This Is tho true Ideal of the church — all the congregation In tbe Bible icbool; all tho Bible school In tbe congregation; and everybody In the whole community in both. And no church, and no body of churches, in any town should be satisfied with less. There should be a frequent and accurate census by a federation of the churches, for this end. Ezra the Scrtbe and Teacher sud denly appears at this time. Where he bad been during the 13 years between his reforms and the coming of Ne hemlah to rebuild tbe wall is un known. It seems most probable tbat be returned to Babylon, and continued his studies of tbe Law of Moaea, and when he learned of Nehemlah's great work ho also returned to Jerusalem, and was prepared to forward the re ligious training of tbe people, as soon as Nehemlah's work for their material safety was completed. It was the people themselves that requested Ezra to read the law to them, the law of Moses. This testi fies to a general knowledge of tbe existence of a book tbe contents of which, so far as tbey are known, agreed substantially with our Penta teuch. Ezra did not originate this law. The books of the law, and the history of Israel had been scattered In separate books In various places dur ing the distracted times of Israel's later history. Ezra codified, edited, brought together, the law of Moses, and its unfolding during their history vory much as centuries later the scat tered writings of the apostles were united Into our New Testament But It was tbe law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel, a real word of God. This was tbe beginning of a new era of Bible study. Very few of tbe peo ple could have Bibles, for tbey wene rare and expensive. Few could read even if they had books. The reading snd tho teaching were chiefly by tbe priests. Now came the time of the people. Synagogues began to be es tablished for teaching the law In every town and village. Tbe people must bear for themselves, and all of them be taught and trained in the Scrip tures. Tbe greatest nsed of our times it more and deeper religious life. He ligloo is, after all, the principal thing that a mere readjustment of ethica formularies is not enough; tbat » deeper note than this must be struc!> if we hope to restore the lost bar mony v'o the human soul and the so cial order. There must be somethlnf to worship, something that klndlei our purest lore and marshals ou) highest loyalties. Nothing less that this will meet the social need of thi time, which la a call for a radloa change in ruling ideas, for a might: reconstruction of ideals. ■r" f SHAKE? Oxidine is not only die quickest, safest, and surest remedy for Chills and Fever, but a most dependable tonic in all malarial diseases. A Kver tonic —a ldd ney tonic —a stomach ' . tonic —a bowel tonic. If a system-cleansing tonic is needed, just try OXIDINE —a bottle proves. The specific for Malaria, OuIU and Fever and all diaeases due to diaordered kid neys, liver, stomach and bowels. gOc. At Yomr Drug*** ■■■*»* a save 00., Wsco. Texas. HIS VOCATION. "I suppose you'll be an agricultur ist when you grow up?" "No'm. I'm jest goln' to work oa this farm, that's all." i - Resigned. i The sick man had called his lawyer. "I wish to explain again to you," said he weakly, "about willing my proper ty." Jibe attorney held up bis hand reas suringly. "There, there," said be, "leave that all to me." The sick man sighed resignedly. "I , suppose I might as well," said be, turn *ng upon his pillow. "You'll get it, inyway." Measure of His Intelligence. Fldo's Mistress (sobbing)—l've lost ! .ny dog; my sweet little innocent ; pet! Friend —I'm so sorry. Have you put an advertisement in the newspa per? , Fldo's Mlstresi —Oh. what would be the use? The poor darling doesn't know how to read.—Woman's Home J Companion. _ » S ■ H fmm d J■ tTSwfSsaTslW^H mimgm mtfrn > - ■ i - H r 3 I
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