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[ Christmas Eve.
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i Dream, little child I The shadow* fall.
° ve i r land the mystic veil
That hides the morro-w from our eyes
Is swayintf In the starlight pale.
Dream, little child I Tis Christmas eve.
t "ream while the magic hours glide by.
fcach wind that blows the snowflakes wild
. Is laden with sweet mystery.
H'l t, I HI
Dream, little child I The glowing coals
Are painting pictures on the wall.
Out from the quivering shadows there
You almost hear the thrilling call
Of "Merry Christmas. little maid I
1 hope I've brought ypur heart's desires"
And Santa's shadow Just above
Grows lifelike by the leaping Are.
i
Dream, little child I The Christmas air
Is glowing with your visions bright,
And all the Joys tomorrow holds
Are shining on the page of night.
Dream, little child 1 And may the years
To you their richest treasures leave.
And may all happy dreams prove real
That come to you this Christmas eve I
Christmas Morning
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The Joy of Christmas.
Religion Is not an •latere thing. It
Is all Joy the moment we bear the
Chrlatmaa angels chorusing pntll we
nring Into glory' to the music of the
redeemed throng about the throne,
rhe service of Christ la gladness and
peace. He meana that his erery disd
pie should lire In a perpetual Christ-
In the Nlok ef Time.
Woman (excitedly(-Hare yon filed
my application for a divorce yett
Lawyer— No. ma'am, hot lem at
work on the papers now.
Woman Thank fortune. lam am
too late! Destroy all papers and en
dance at once, please.
Lawyer—A reconciliation has b*a
brought about between yon and jovt
husband. I infer? .
Woman—Gracious, not He WM NW
orer and killed by a goods train this
morning.-and I want to retain jam la
my suit agtinst the company
ages.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Swedish Oirfs.
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Flexible Ivory.
Ivory may be rendered flexible by
immersion in a solution of pare pbos
-1 photic add—speolflc'grsvltr I.W-nntll
It partially gains In transparency.
Then it!» washed in cold, soft water
and dried. It will harden If exposed ,
to air. bat may again be made pliable I
1 by ImaMnfng In hot water.
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1 A chnreb on the Uland of Oothland.
1 is the Baltis sea. baa the oldeet pipe f
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GRAHAM, N. C., THDBBDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1912
CHRISMS AMONG
THE MIKaOO'S PEOPLE
WORDS adequate to a descrlp
tlon of tliejfeatlvejgeaaon In
Japan are difficult to com
mand. Kveu the camera and
brush would full to do justice to a
'scene of sui h ppf activity and color
A* (.'ln istniMH iipiiroiH'hpH rlty. town
sad vHlnce lake on a new appeiwunce,
and the diversions of the people u new
turn und' tone lit .laputi Chrlsttniix I*
Wl a mere holiday It represents a
h»>lldil,v season In the fullest »envt> of
the term
for weeks tiefore (he dawn of Christ
mas day prepiirailons elaborate In kind
and decree are under way Men 'n
tlcht Httlne in* tomes. their profc«-
. trolls, or the ••oHtmctnrs' names prlnl
o.i on ihelr backs, upend (lav after Hut
decorating the streets and houses
Stands for the lantern-* nnil the festive
Kreeului! must be ere led and a thou
THBSTHKCTS RKMKMHI.K WINIIIKO AVEN'JIB
Or OHKtaTMAR TKKKB.
•and little matters have to be »»en »%
before all la In coni|ilete readiness i'«r
the burst of gladness.
Every house of the piany that (bel
ter the fifty mllliotn of the Japanese
tmptre. however hu V\.\'.V abode may
be, has some sign of the New Year
Idea. Before every gate and doorway
la placed the chief symbol of the sea
son, what the Japanese call the kado
matsu, or pine tree of the honorable
date. At each side of the entrance to
the house or garden three short pieces
of bamboo tree, cat at an acute angle,
stand tied together as a pedestal from
> which rises the ever glorious pine tree,
In shape something like a Christmas
tree, for the young pine is the emblem
of a loyalty and Jife that are ever fresh
and green.
In addition, over the door of each
house Is set up a lobster attached to
an orange. These are usually the gifts
of a friend to express tlie good) 7) wish
that the recipient will live till the-lolns
I are bent up like a lobster. Whether
] the orange represents orange blossoms
! and plenty bf weddings In the family
la nftt clearly known Above the orna
ments of the doorway la stretched a
piece of artistically woven strn w rope,
the shluto sign of reverence for the
ancestral god*. As one goes along the
streets they seem gradually to bt
transformed Into long nod winding av
enues of trees, suggestions of the an
cestral buntiug grounds, and at night
the whole Is lit up by Innumerable
lanterns tbat shed a varicolored Jlght
on the decorations and the crowds that
throng the tbocoughrnres. The blaze
of lantern enter lends the scene a mag.
Ic touch that charms the Ja|Mnese
mind and baa no little attraction for
the foreigner.
To tell of the endless array of gifts
tbat at this season pass between friend
and friend, neighbor and neighbor,
would he lm|KMWlble Among the more
common may be mentioned a basket
containing a doten eggs or oranges, a
bo* of sponge itl>«\ or a cake of soap,
the latter gift lielng In no way Intend
ed as a reflection on the beneficiary,—
New Vork I'out
Let Her PASS.
•m the nwrr.i Christmas snopper,
*tu» for grxtdneae' rake don't stop herl
I-el her hike sinus her pathway;
I-at h»r pass you with a smile
r»oosh you know her. don't detain her,
l/ur the feci could not tie plainer .
That If you two get to chatting
Trtu will merely block the aiai*.
Do not ssk her hnw she's feeling.
If her slater's tally's peellas
rrtm that awful srarlet fever
Or U twill affecf her miad
Don't Inquire about her mother
Or her nephew or her bnNher
Can the Idle goeslp, lady,
There's a crowd of us behind.
Do not ask her artist's she's ami ting
Or crocheting for a Oiling
Utile Christmas gin this seaaon
If yon get her started ehe
Will relate her whote life story,'
AO Its tragedy and gtory.
And there's full two hundred people
Trying herd to walk on me -
Bee the merry Christmas shopper.
But for goodoeee' eake don't stop herl
There's no chat that you can think of
That Is really noar w./rth while
Let her go about her buying.
Though to apeak to her you're dytnr
Cat It out ims Christmas season
Lei's have freedom Is the els'*
Christmas Don't..
Don't try to pay debts or return ob .
ligations In your Christmas giving.
Don't give trashy things. Many on
attic could tell Strang* stories about
Christmas presents.
Dont malt* presents which yctar
Mend* will not know what to do with
and which would merely encumber the
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN BETHLEHEM.
j II T this season of the year prob-
Z_V ably no city of the ancient
, / \ worl ' l presents a more plc
* a turesque or attractive aspect
1 than Itethleliem, whose population la
many times multiplied by the "pres
i cnee of a vnst army of pilgrims from
... Kery part of the globe. Mecca, In the
r f.elglit of the great annual. Moslem in
, flux, or nurdwar. In upper India, at
i the season of the ant-red festival, tuny
f have much greater but they cannot
lie said to have more devout or more
cosmopolitan crowds than those that
flock to the city of David In the Christ-
I mas week. Shaped wonderfully like
> a crescent, yet the only thoroughly
. Christian town In all'Syrlu,
puts on Its gayest gnrb as Christmas
approaches. At all times a pretty and
attractive place. It Is then a thousand
fold more ao. The thrifty townspeo
ple, their handsome wives and dark
eyed daughtera, prepare for tho festiv
ities weeks In advance and are ready
to welcome the flrst arrivals.
No word* can' adequately describe
the grandeur of the Christmas aervlces
at the Chnrch of the Nativity, which
Is the center of Interest for the pil
grims. These service* are kept up the
entire week. On the way to church
the visitor* are beset by peddlers, who
Insist on pushing under their very
noses little - ornaments of ollvewood
and mother-of-pearl. The Church of
the Nativity Is one of the oldest struc
tures In existence, and. although It has
been repeatedly repaired, It still re-,
tains much of Its original form and
character. Iu the side aisle* at dif
ferent altars priests chant the service
In tonea that swell aud die amid tho
tall columns tbat support the roof.
! At the shrines groups of pilgrims
| kneel in reverent adoration, while still
other groups are guided around the
' Church by monks, who point out th*
rich relics and sacred places, the most
venerated of all being the shrine of the
mnnger, beneath the church, which. It
Is claimed. Incloses the actual birth
place of the Saviour. During the
Christmas festivities thl* manger
shrine is resorted to by great multi
tudes, who crowd each other in their
pious eagerness to kiss the marble slnb
on the floor with a silver star In the
center.
So fervid and enthusiastic are these
worshipers that the marble slab has
been repeatedly kissed away In places,
rendering a new slab necessary. The
i same experience has occurred with th«
stone covering of the crypt in ths
| Church of the Holy Kepulcber In Jeru-
MAHKKT riiACC IK BErHLKIIBM OX OUHIttT
MAS MOIIMINO.
aalem, which has had to be renewed
several times In consequence of its out
er surface being literally kissed away
by pious devotee*. The tradition it
that Christ wss once laid In this man
ger. A few feet distant I* the cbapoi
of the Magi, where the wise men of
old, Melehlor,. Caspar and llalthatar,
came worshiping with rare gifts.
A subdued, rich light 1* diffused
throughout th* grotto by the softly
glowing lamps over lb* star, and the
swinging censers lend an agreeable
odor to an otherwise close and musty
atmosphere. All worldly thoughts are
banished ae the kneeling pilgrims lis
ten spellbound to th* melodious chant
of tbe sacred office or the full, sturdy,
noble singing of tb* grand looking,
bearded priests. The low roof, the
"living rock," th* censers, tbe music,
tbe lights, all seem to dissolve, and In
their stead there appear to the iqolst
•ye* of th* adoring pilgrim* the man
ger cradle with the babe, tb* Virgin
mother and Joseph, tbe mean surround
ings, tbe oxen and their litter of straw
and tbe gentle, wondering sheep.
Tbe Christmas festivities, however,
are not con lined to tbe Church of the
Nativity. The week Is a general festl
val In tb* town and a season of flnan
rial barvaet for It* citizen*. Like all
erientala, they ar* thrifty to avaricious
Be**, and th* sight of tbe splendid gifts
that sre brought year after year to lbs
church and especially tbe Grotto chap
el, by atrangers from afar widely ex
cite their cupidity. Among those thoo- '
•and* that are living temporarily In
tests, or. It may be, quartered In tb*
nor* comfortable convent, there an
many rich who can be easily persuaded
Into generosity when under th* super
natural Inflow re that seems to pervsd*
everything at Bethlehem.—Philadel
phia Record.
Missouri and Iron.
Missouri was tbe Brat stst* west at
Ohio to mine and smelt Iron, a small
charcoal furnace baring been erected
to 1815. .
Lefty Golf Couree. ,
Oyantse. In Tibet, boasts tbe hlghaat |
gotl course In tb* world. The next ]
highest Is tbe course st tiulmerg, la
the Himalayas, wblcb Is 8400 feet t
shove tbe sea level, but Uyantse, (
standing at a bright of 18.100 feet, eas- ,
Uy bears off tbe |wlm for golf at a high t
ma* . , , a
lr,AiJ.ft EM, 1 iiM
jfeMISTMTQE MAID
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THE Spirit of th« Mutletoe
Htf iptll about the liod throwi wide, 1\
CJJ And tjtt iff bright »nd cheeks e|low (Jj
Where stirt the pulse of Christmastime.
0 gracious branch with berries pearled, Yet as the winter* weeping* dies
What gloried green surpasses this. The charm still masters Cupid* to
Whose magic sways the whole wide world. Whene'er he looks lir Psycho's eyes #
The rhythmic sweotoess of a kiss ? He sees the mirrored mistletoe.
-JEST 'FORE gp
feS CHRISTTIAS"
F IE.LD. (
CATHER calls me William, lister calls me Will,
* Mother calls me Willie, bul the fellers call me BilL
Mighty glad 1 ain't a girl—ruthet be a boy 1
Without them sashes, curls an* things that's wom by Fauntleroy!
Love to chawnk green apples an' go swimmin' in the take —
Hate to take the castor lie they give for belly ache I
"Most all the time, the whole year round, they ain't no fliei on me.
But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good at I kin be I
»
Got a yeller dog named Sport, sick him on the cat;
First thing she knows she doesn't know where she's at I
Got a clipper sled, an' when -us kids go out to slide _
'Long comes the grocery cart, an' we all hook a ride I
But sometimes when the groceryman is worried an' A V
He reaches at us with his ( whip an* larrups up.his Wt}
An* then 1 lafl an' holler, "Oh,ye never teched me!" jmg&jggT
But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good as I kin be.
Granmar says she hopeMhat when I git to be a man
I'll be a missionarer like her eldest brother Dan,
A» ct up by cannibals that live* on Ceylon's I
Where every protpeck pleases an' only man it vile.
But granmar she hat nevei been to tee a wild wett , **
" I * gUOEXB riEI-D.
inow •
Nor read the liie of Daniel Boone or die I guest the'd know
That BufTlo Bill an' cowboy* it good enough for mcl
But jett 'fore Christmat I'm at good at 1 kin be I
An' then old Sport he hangt around at tolemn-like an' itiD;
Hit eyet they teem a-tayin', "What't the matter, little Bill?"
The old cat tneakt down off her perch an' wondert what't become
Of them two enemiet of hern that use to make thingt hum I
But I'm to polite bi' 'ten' to earnettly to biz
That mother tayt to father, "How improved our Willie itl"
But father, havin' been a hoy himself, suspicions me .
When jett 'fore Chrittmat 1 m at good at I kin be!
For Christmas, with its lots and loti of candy, caket and toyt,
Wat made, they tay, for proper kidt and not for naughty bovt;
So vvath yer face an' brush yer hair an' mind your ps an' qt,
An' don't butt out yer pantaloons, an' don't wear out yer thoet;
Say "yettum" to the ladiet an' "yestur" to Ae men,
An when there's company don't patt your plate for pie again.
But, thinkin' of the thingt yer'd like to tee upon that tree,
Jett 'fore Chrittmat be at good at yer kin be!
Cured. ■
A rat which had the hrthlt of UlUng
> It* food under the nofu annoyed lta
' mistress v> much Unit »t lust her hus
band mi" ho would rare it of tha
tricl.. •lo off to lull. In**; leave It to
the." wild Iw. "A if reel, (ieorge; bat,
mind jrou, do not hurt the poor tiling!"
G« rge win so loutl downstair® that
Us wife *« asleep wbeu be turned
in. The next morning, however, aba
asked bow be had got on with the cat
"Oh, I sawed lta legs off!" said George.
"What, the cat'a'/" "No, no;■ tba
tofa'a!"—London Express.
Flow mr B«(Uck«d Who*wa.
Here is an idea wbleb could W adapt
ed to the beautifying of towns with
great advantage. The municipality of I
Paris offer* prizes for tbe most at- i
tractive window decoration* by using !
blooming plnnts, there being several j
dasaaa la which competitors may j
•trlve—that la, single windows, whole f
bouae fronts and tbe fronts of inercan- j
Hie establishments. A&1& > '
TH« Circle.'
Tbe ratio of MM* circumference o t a
circle to Its diameter wait first ascer
tained to some l urre of exactneaa by
Van Ceutru, a Dutchman. He foond
that If tiie diameter of a circle waa 1
tiie circumference would b« 3.1410920-
Moßy7lKV£W4l»HXlh327ooo2Bß4 nearly,
which IH exactly true to tbirty-als
places of decimal* ami was effected
by tti« d'Oiliiutl bisection of an an
•f a circle, a method go extremely It
twrfoua tbat it cost blm Incredible
j . .
A H Jsterla n't Joke.
Macaulay U not usually regarded a*
a humorous writer, but In bis "History
sf England" be perpetrates tbe follow
ing in relating tbe death of Cbari«s
II,: "Sermi of tbe prescriptions bar*
been preferred. One of them la signed
I by fourteen doctors. Be recovered his
sense*, but be was evidently in a sltua
i tion of extreme danger." .
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