✓ ~' O I 10YS OF % I | « CHRISTMAS i ? Festival Should lie One of Glad- ? ( nets, Said the Late Dr. T. 2 Dc Witt Talmage -4 • T SONGS greeted the birth of our Saviour. Angelic tongues with living tiro sang the incarnation as they hovered over the hills of Judiea. The music was resonant with joy. From the hour that the Vir gin laid her Babe on pillow of straw In the manger all Christendom has tsince that time made the anniversary of this natal day a season of gladness, a season of unbounded joy. Wreathe the laurel, twine the bay, Christ was born on Christmas day. •There were special reasons for these heavenly songs being sung by the ce lestial chorus, for there was joy in God's great heart, joy among the first born sons of light, joy thrilling all the heavenly empire, joy that is yet to be putin the new song sung by redeemed millions around the throne of"the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." It was the music of liberty. When these heavenly hosts sang the "Gloria In Excelsis," the whole world was resting under galling yokes of oppres sion. Shivery was universal. Task masters WTe everywhere seven; to those in servitude. Greece, Home and Palestine heard daily the groans of thos ■ in bondage. The world was in chains. Hut the song of the angels rung the dcathkucll of bondage. The Babe was God's emancipation, llis distinctive mission was to set at liberty the captives and proclaim deliverance to the bruised and crushed sons of toil. Under the mild and genial influence of our holy Christianity fetters fall off everywhere, until now in this morning of our new century there are few na tions to be found that hold serfs. Glorious freedom! Triumphant achieve ment of the cross! Wherever it is lifted chains are broken and spiritual eman cipation is proclaimed. It was the music of hope. Until .Testis appeared all the ancient religions had offered only a message of despair. No light fell upon the grave or illu mined the vast beyond. Darkness reigned in supreme, sullen majesty, and not a single star of hope gilded the future. The grave was an eternal prison. Hut the songs sung by the heavenly choristers on that eventful night heralded hope to a lost world. Into the si.nl of sinning humanity came the sweet rays of joy and peace and blessedness, and, looking down into the grave, all fear had vanished, for sin, the sting of death, was gone and canceled by a glorious Christ the Lord. They looked and beheld— On the cold cheek of death smiles and rosc-s are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. And this is our Christmas joy that Jesus has lifted Into immortal hope the graves of all our beloved friends who sleep in him. It was the music of victory. When Jesus came, the great mass of human ity was iu serfdom, and the dignity of labor was not comprehended. Toil was regarded as a degradation. La borers were despised and all forms of manual industry held to lie a disgrace. But the Son of .Mary and Joseph came to teach the world a new philosophy, and by lionorable industry he pro claimed th - dignity of lal or and taught t hut- Tii ■ hor.irt man. tho' • r sae poor. Is kinir of men for a' that. Jesus counts the beads of sweat upon the brow of every son of tolL He notes all injustice done the labor ing classes, and only as his spirit pre vails among men will the great con flict between labor and capital cease. Hut that day is coming ere long—the triad Christmas of ages— When man toman the wide world o'er Shall brothers be and a' that. —Christian Herald. MEXICAN CUSTOMS. Visltlnj; anil l.ivinu Cri'scnls the Illrt'N of Villi-11 tie. A series of festivities beginning nine £isvs before Christinas and ending on Chr'stmaa eve marks the Vuletide cele bration In Mexico. In a circle of friends it is arranged that nine visits shall be paid to nine different houses, teach evening's gayety begins with |>rayer and the lighting of candles. These are followed by the presentation of a gift from each guest to the host or hostess of the evening. The first evening's gift Is of small worth, but the value of the offering increases with every succeeding evening. That there may be nothing unfair in the distribu tion, the recipient of the first evening's offering one year becomes the last the following year. After the presentation there are dancing and supper. At mid night the candles are extinguished. No two evenings' entertainments are • aclly alike save in the offering of prayers, the lighting of eandhs and the presenting of gifts, on Christmas eve, a few minutes before midnight, all proceed to church to hear the mid night mass, ai.d this ends the Christ mas celebration for the year.—New York Tribune. 'I Im* I'lrnt < lirlfttiint* Tfff. I'lie I 111 i-itii as tree \v first heard of l.i Kiiglitid a Unit I 111. A trie was t ill set i:p In the middle of a pave incut I lid i|ei t,e<i v. 11 h I V.l- \> 111 im 4 «unM ■ Itb madlMl and exchlually I'll t!<\ i h U"i b i-'l 1 'ill d and tu ".iii ti" I'lilcinc. Up in a little Ven,. t t uvn they tell a story of an o nurse. S!.o was the kind of an old nurse to be found in small towns, who comes, a .'tor much urging, to "tend" a case and who has many Sairey Gamp peculiarities. Miss 'Sally, us she was called, was induced to come to the house of the sick woman and take charge. Slit moved in—cob pipe, batch of starched aprons, knitting and all. After the good creature had seen the case through she said to the doctor, '"Doc, kin I take my toll?" "What's that, Sally?" asked the visit ing physician who had come from the capital city and was amused add a lit tle irritated by the old woman's ways. "I mean the medicine," said the nurse complacently. "The medicine!" exclaimed the doc tor. "What on earth do you want with the medicine?" No fifth wheel to a wagon was ever more redundant than left over medi cines. "I puts it iu me jug." replied the old woman slowly, "and then I gives it out occasionally when there ain't no doctor nlgli." The visiting physician roared with laughter, but sobered down wlieo the story of old Sally's "jug" medicine was explained to him. That there were not more victims to her unique meth ods of cure was a mystery.—New York Herald. A lit l«I y«i»epNln Diet. "Dyspepsia would no longer be the national disease in America if the peo ple of the country would adopt a plain diet similar to that of Norway and Sweden. Gout is unknown among Swedes and Norwegians, and the rosy cheeks and <: ar complexions of the young people of those countries are the result of the simple food the chil dren eat," the United States consul at Bergen, Norway, says. "Hot rolls and white bread are rarely seen in Sweden. Knackbrodc, or hard bread, is the standard article of food. It is made of ground oats and rye. There is no yeast In the bread, and it is rolled into thin wafers, which are baked and hung up where they will keep perfectly dry. Swedes eat this bread and drink milk for two meals a day and have one meal at which they eat meat and potatoes. Sweets are almost unknown. Children »re allowed to eat candy only on state occasions." The shortest people in Europe are the Laplanders. The height of the men averages 1 feet 11 inches and the height of the women two Inches less. C(>f /RIGHT, 1900, By PAHKINCO UNDER THE MISTLETOE. Otfi"j /% rf y»yvl-»* j \]l/ayi]/ ''Hint W »><>■! a*n Leather Novelties. 1 his is the first time anything in this liiu\ hand-made leather has nn J y| l'm dPJiy jflf UI iVj been displayed in this county. Call and see the designs. 1 W. <l. I4A IR. ( CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18 1902. |oHS aciSaStiSHbHSHfiHSBSaSHabBj ™ " You can look the county over, and you jj| .j! will not find a more complete, up-to-date n| ,"ll tine ot GKNICRAL MKRCtI AN'DI.SK. Uj I Ol'U |u | Fall and I | Winter t | Stock jjj u] is now in, and ready for your ftl [H inspection. K] Cj DRY GOODS, rfi C] HEAVY ALL-WOOL SKIRTINGS, [)] $ READY-MADE SKIRTS, [jj ru LADIES WAISTS, ETC. Uj 111 Our Notion department is [u Oj full of new things, and lots s] of bargains. We have added [n [jj MEN'S, BOYS'ANDYOUTHS' OVER }{] ft COATS AND READY MADE rfl ja suits i 3 J. K. SMITH. In (C ft n sterling; itun, i»a. H , sP.=TP=;a c ;r SEND US A A COW, m Steer, Bull or Horse fckin, or any other kind of hide or skin, and let SajrjfiM us tan it with the hair on, soft, light, odorless h|S||Sß and moth-proof, for robe, rug, coat or gloves. But first Ret our Catalogue, PW giving prices, and our shipping V tags and instructions, so as to jJWjgl - - avoid mistakes. We also buy THE CROSBY FRISIAN FUR COMPANY, Sl6 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. The IMare to Buy Clieiip \ IS AT ? I J. P. PARSONS' \ Stlti;<!ur<]K of ♦!«*** snrfM»»«* n!• The "112 TH" Is named from the length of that member in a full grown man. Some say that it was called so from the length of the foot of a cer tain tenglish king, but it is believed to have been a standard of measure ment among the ancient Egyptians. The cubit is from the Latin cubitus, an elbow, and Is' the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. Fathom is from the Aryan, fat, to extend, and denotes the distance from tip to tip of the fingers when the arms of an average sized man are fully extended. IHnmondn Under Water. An imitation diamond is never so brilliant as a genuine stone. If your eye Is not experienced enough to de tect the difference, a very simple test is to place the stdkie under water. The imitation stone is practically extin guished, while a genuine diamond sparkles even under water and is dis tinctly visible. When possible, place a genuine stone beside the possible imi i tat ion under water, and the contrast will be apparent to the least expert l enced eyes. Ail Iri.slt Hjiilroittl I'uzzlr. I A Santa Fe conductor on a Los An geles train told a reporter of the San Bernardino Sun that his grandfather remembered a sign which was erected I at a point on a double track railroad in Ireland to the effect that "when two l trains meet here they must come to a i standstill until they have passed each other." Kuliietlilim llml to (•». Sufferer—l can't stand it any longer; : I'm going to the dentist's this instant j to have this tooth out. Scientist Nonsense! Your tooth I doesn't ache; it is only your imagina -1 tion. I Sufferer- Then I'll have him pull out | my imagination. Friend*. Miss Gush—What do you suppose the | result would be if we could hear what j our friends say about us in our al» | sence? Miss Candor—l think we'd haven trifle more modesty and eousiderabla j fewer friends.—Town and Country. Strict Attention. "Why don't you look out at this | beautiful scenery?" "Oh, 1 am traveling on business and :iot for pleasure!"'—Fliegende Blatter. I | Beware of tho woman who loves i money nmre than she loves love.—Chl ••■ro News. mm Games ; U\JW FREE «V' 112 * n pound package of SSl* Lion ! " A Coffee from now until Christmas will be found a free game, amusing and instructive-50 different kinds. Get Lion Coffee and a Free Game at Your Grocers. ■ 11 ■■■mi ml I G. SCHMIDT'S.^' HEADQUARTERS FOR FaESH BREAD , M -PntUftal* FANCY CAKES, rUUUIaI ICE CREAM, -o|w. . - CONFECTIONERY Daily Delivery. All orders given prompt am! skillful attention. i EVERY rn JftfiAN W&r''] Oometlßios a reliable, Monthly, re:;uia?i . - medic, tic. Only harmless and f.'m- 1 urest drugs should be uso.i. If you Hunt the ben, get !5f 0 Or„ iPsalTs Pififls 112 * Th«»r ar** pmj-->t, *»' ca r '1 certain in r suit. TI »?: . nuine (Dr. Peal's) neverdiaap iioiiit. Beat aj-ywUcro, SI.OO, AgcUosj Mb. •jcihk (to. Orveiiind, <)
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