CHRISTMAS^ IN THE VAL D! ROSE I j WALTON WILLIAMS i IN mediaeval times, when learning! wns rare and confined mostly to ' the igular clergy living in nio- j itiistk' fi nimimities, it became Hie j fashion to illustrate the gospel narru- i lives 1» v means of more or less renlls- | tie dramatic representation. This I method of instructing the unlettered i was borrowed from the old heathen j mysteries, and tin* monks and nuns who devised the pious scheme made every effort to Impart 11 reverential un , j THE OI'IEHIXG IN TIIE VAL 1)1 KOSE. derstandir.g of the subject illustrated. This i< the origin of the mystery or miracle plays and also of the sacred tableaux vivants which in time were enacted In the rural churches. These living pictures always Illustrated some Biblical subject and were probably of great spiritual benefit to those who could 110* read. It was thus that the great features of the Christian religion were made in telligible to the public. The practice began early in the tenth century and grew in favor for at least 2fX) years. In the thirteenth century, however, the custom had become so subject to abuse that the clergy began to frown fo MISTLETOE! By N,NA picton 4^ Copyright. 190 S. bu American Press Association times she passed beneath With face so arch and eye of And I, distraught, what could Rank coward—l turned round From every nook and corner Eyes gleamed* like stars in Yet ne'er an eye of black or gray Shone full and soft as hers that Each one waxed bold as forth she And o'er her golden hair the Of witchery huntf. My hour came now. I caught and kissed her like a man What could I do? insane. O happy swain I She neither screamed nor smiled nor chid me then, Hut brushed her cheek like And then a tiny,childish frown j \ Came'twixt her brows. "AtUst!" 112 \ No ear but mine heard that im- Wjjjijjjj The crowd had passed. We ~sl twain stood there flSjCgfl* . I In perfect bliss, without a care, \ '■ ' I And o'er and o'er breathed her The Joy bells rang. The old year \ J crept away. \ Lusty and young the new year v'Bffl Aglow with promise, life and Ah, never was such night or holl- For ail they *W| l (MO I,I tß a kiu*i hm. upon It.and finally thoy prohibited all forms of Biblical representation In the churches. In time most of the Easter my* tery pictures disappeared from the churches, but many of the Christinas illustrations had acquired such a firm hold upon the popular heart that they remained and have been brought down to the present day in a somewhat modi fied form. Such is the "Bambino," which is seen today in all parts of the Christian world and which lias eotno to possess ainio t a ritualistic signifi cance. Another Christmas mystery which Ist ill survives, although its perpetuation Is confined to a limited region, is the quaint and decidedly impressive Christ mas ceremonial known as "the offer ing." This custom hits been repealed for ceutnvii ; on Christmas day in the -lnu* 1 ■ of the Italian highlands. It is illustrative of the visit of the magi to the infant .lesus at Bethlehem. A. little boy is chosen to represent the I Saviour. Dressed in a white robe. | wearing a gilded crown and holding a I globe hi liis hands, he stands upon ai 1 altar surrounded by olive branches and J a multitude of lighted candles. Votive < lamps hang above him, and abundant offerings of fruit and flowers are at his feet. A cr nvd of peasants, both men 1 and woi::< n, clad i.i festival attire and | wearing the picturesque head cover ings of the Tuscan mountaineers, bring oranges and pomegranates from their tiny gardens and offer them devoutly | to the weary little representative of the Lord of the harvest. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905. A I.lM'k of ('mil jirlhlnn. The old squire was narrating liis er perienccs wit!) county fairs. "You nev er had much to do with managing them, perhaps," lie said. "Well, I hnv< had a great deal. It takes a lot ul head work, I can tell you, to think u[ popular features outside of the hi# steers, tin' fat hogs, the mainiuotL squashes, the poultry, the preserves the laee tidies and the agricultural horse trots to draw the-crowd. "I remember one year," he proceed ed, "when we got everybody's interest excited by announcing a prize of c gold headed cane for the homeliest man in the county and a silk dress pattern foi the homeliest woman. After a spirited competition the cane was awarded tc Colonel Van Jessup. the landlord of the- Viiii Jessup hotel." "Yes, 1 know Join," Interrupted out of the listeners, "and I've seen the cane. Who got the silk dress for l>cinn the homeliest woman?" "Nobody. There weren't any entries.' Sail Water Fulls. There arc a good many salt catarac; in existence. They may lie found it Norway, southern Chile and British <' > luinbia, where narrow fiords, or arm of the sea, are obstructed by barrier of rock. The rising tide flows over av filters through such reefs into the gre ■ natural reservoirs beyond, hut the wa tcr is held back at the ebb until i' breaks over the obstruction in an irre sistiblc torrent. Most curious of all i the waterfall at Canoe passage, who; • the island of Vancouver approaches tie British Columbia mainland. Here flit flood tide from the gulf of Georgia, r the south ard. i; dammed back at r narrow cleft between two islands until it pours over In a boiling cascade eight een feet high, with perhaps double tlu volume of the Ithine. At the turn of the tide, however, the waters from th< north rush back into the gulf, produe ing a cascade of equal height and vol umc. This salt water fall actually flow both ways. The C'aKlo SliootliiK Hnlilt. The irate farmer who orders the eltj sportsman off his "lands" is alwayi Incomprehensible to the man witli tin gun. His stories of damage to bis cat tie are unhelieved, but there seems t bo some reason for the rural objection to city gunners. "To know how wide spread the cattle shooting habit is." said a government meat Inspector, "on • should take up a position beside an i:i spector at a packing house and not how many cattle are flayed revealing a charge of bird shot in their bodie Some are peppered on one side only others on both sides. 1 don't kno. whether the cases are all accidental oi whether the hunters shoot the eattia full of bird shot just for fun, but mighty few. either native or range cat tle, reach the packing houses without carrying souvenirs of some gloriou •• hunting trip." A Mnllciou* Will. Persons wishing to register in their last wills and testaments their feelings regarding their natural heirs may take as a model the following crisp effort of an Englishman, William Hall: "1 give to that vile wretch, Samuel Hall, who I admitted of the temple many years since, but he sold his gown, aud in seven years I could never get him to church but once, and twice he assault ed me, and at the time lie had certainly killed me if by (Joel's providence I had uot by a maidservant been thrown against a great lire, the sum of It) shil lings, to be paid him every Monday upon request, and I wish that the first food lie takes after my death will choke liini." Lfticolu'a In I currl I>. No man ever believed in his calling more thoroughly than Lincoln, and he had no patience with the much mouth ed charge that honesty was not com patible with its practice. "Let no young man choosing the law for a calling yield to that popular be lief," ho wrote. "Resolve to be honest, at all events. If, in your judgment, you cannot be nn honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer Chooso some other occupation rather than one In the choosing of which you do, in advance, consent to lie a knave." —Frederick Trevor Hill in Century. I'cucllliiK on 7.ln<>. An ordinary pencil mark on zinc is in a measure indelible. The writer saw recently a zinc label on which * name had been written with an ordi nary lead pencil thirty years ago, anil after a little of the oxide had been rub bed off the name was as legible as it it was just written. For permanency, where no illegibility Is debired, unfil ing can be more durable. Exchange. I-oftlcully Di'iiionsiraicd. Bhe—l can prove logically and math ematically that women are worth more than men. He I'd like to see you do fi, my dear. She Isn't a miss as good as a mileV lie—So they say. She And doesn't It take a whole lot of men to make a league? Baltimore Ameri can. I.lllli- nillprrui'r. "Really," said the X ray operator to the surgeon, "there Is only a gram matical distinction between our pro fesslons." "l»o you think so'/" said the surgeon. "Certainly. I see bones, ami you saw bones." Bystander. The Mnileni Mux, Villain If I -•uiuld Ulss you, 1 tup pose you'll (jo and tell your mother. Modern Hhepherdet-■ No; I should go and lell nty lawyer New Yorker. I*re«erl|illun li» n llivnl I lore I ice | should like to i|o h nut thhiK thai would make lilui miserable for life Mntiel Then why don't yon mnrrv bliu? Lucas> PaintejL W' For inside and out ■ Better for every use. I if- Lucas Paints spread I |jj easier and go farther. ■ They look better and I I'or these reasons I S3 they are more econom- |p M ical and far more satis- H H factory than any other ■ H paint you can buy. Ask your dealer. John Lucas & Co Philadelphia fspmaL cash! I | 10. B. Barnes'! C POPULAR FAMILY GROCERY ) ? STORE. } l (One day only or until stock is sold if | FRIDfl'/, DEC. 8, 'OS j ) '2O cases Daisy Telephone Peas ) S 3 for 25c 3 } 5 cases Mothers' Oats for 2oc \ . scases Arbuckies Coffee lb \ \ Special prices on our Bargain > i Day in all departments. Choice £ S line of goods to select from S i WE KEEP ONLY THE BEST i ( 0. B. BARNES. ) s Allegany Avenue, C I 'Phone 81. ./W^wi SIZERVILLE. Almost the entire town was at Empo rium shopping on Saturday: Sizerville will not <jo dry next year. We understand this will cause the 10.-s of some of our neighbors. Mr. and .Mrs. Will McDowell left for Sterling ltun Monday. Camelia Hi flu way was in Emporium on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Archie Freeman had the mi-for tune to ,-evcrely injure his left foot last Fiiday. His team ran away causing a trail of' logs to smash his foot. He is around again but swings himself between a pair of clutches. Mrs. Angelo Aglirado spent Wednes day in Olean shopping. Kobe! t McDowell is now ready to re ceive laundry of all kinds, having started a patent washing machine. A. .Market and wife visited in Port Allegany on Monday. Mrs. James Matall, of Brookvillc, was visiting in town the first of this week. SENATOR. SINNAMAHONING. Mrs. Wm. Piper, of (Jalcton. is visiting her parents and friepds here this week. Mis. T. E. Fulton is visiting friends at Sterling Run. Mrs. C. F. Snyder was down to Ile novo Tuesday. •1. D. Council went to Lock Haven on Tuesday on business. Jas. Mead attended court at Lock Haven this week. Barclay Bros, mill has shut down for the season. •J . \. ilantcuu) left lor his home at Lock Haven on Tuesday. 'I lie it mains of Jostph Fii k, of l'unx sulawney. lonmily if this place, was bri.uuht here fer Luiial in Saturday. He was buiied uudir the Masonic liti*. Mr. Fiuk being a chartir member of Driftwood Lodge. F. \ A. M. 1 I t P ttdcr Co. it taking advantage of 'his t swliiit \\ eat lit rand have a large iiiw >1 nun at wml, piif'icling tlnii plant. Mo.-t of ilit ii huge buildings ure well ui.iiir way, and an eiiupi sid ol tile aud hioi.e whii h uuikis thim \< i\ i-ub stautial. Imhlh) lh< x drew the waiii iut of in ir lug | Mids liuvinu in iliinii.- it \i.ung hili.-h -Hat.did in the mud. S. A. NelM.ii, ( I Pu mid Ihlaiiid, Was in i Mil Moi day i I last week nt:d reports tiling a wilihut ili the bin k i I a doe, u II w ilaji * nj.li, I In- di i r ha t ing bi di dliv i' in 11 •in tin wmils |>\ Ihe eat. 11. In « think* tin I ouiit\ on ii wilih.ii ouglii to tie tf.YHO DKUHK. HUNTLEY. Mrs. Patrick Farrel is visiting her par ents at Cameron this week. Mr. B. .J. Collins was a Driftwood visitor Sunday. Mrs. John Car.son aud son tlcorgc j we IV Driftwood callers Saturday, j Frank Alger, while cutting iogn for ; Win. Nelson in liitr Run. Saturday, got j badly cut on the head with an axe—and I though very weak from loss of blood he j walked to the Station. Dr. Corbett I dressed the wound. Hex, the family dog owned by Win. W )'lie, died \\ cdnesday at the age of 10 years. lie was a very intelligent and valuable animal and will be missed very much. Mrs. Augustus Nelson is on the sick' list. Miss Kuth Sullivan, of the Hast Side visited Miss Bertha Wylie, Saturday. Dec. 19th, 1905. J. F. S. - STERLING RUN ITEMS James Furlong visited Ilenovo over 1 Sunday. Frank Verbeck went to Driftwood i Fsiday on business. Fred Mason, of Ilenovo, is visiting his | sister, Mrs. Ed. Brooks, this week. Miss Frances Summcrsou, who has ' been in Emporium the past few months, 1 returned to her home in Sterling on | Wednesday. Mrs. Mitchell, of New York City. | visited her grand-mother, Mrs. M Her ] rick, last week. Mrs. Haines and daughter, of St. Marys,were the guests of Jos. Kissel and family this week. Miss Gladys O'Keefe, who is teaching | on drove Hill, visited her home over | Sunday. Miss Edna Suuimerson, teacher at ! Cameron, visited her mother Sunday. Mr» Elizabeth Mason, who broke her I shoulder some time ago. is slowly improv j 'ng- Miss Flora K ■ r.-ole. who i- attending | school at Buffalo, came home Saturday j to spend Christinas with her parents, i Mrs. Jane D viing, of this plane, is 1 visiting her daughter, Mrs. (.'ail Swart/. J at Emporium. A number of our 112 p'e attended the ! dance at Cameron Monday night. The Emporium visitors on Saturday were: Mrs. Delia Lord. Mrs Lawn Hair. Mrs. Owen Wade, June.- Lynch, C. C. Craven, and Joseph Furlong. J. F. S. A Wonderful Saving. | The largest Methodist Church in I Geogia, used '.VI gallous of L & M.,mix ed with 24 gallons of oil, thus making paint cost about $1.20 per gallon. They 1 oalculated to use 100 gallons of other paint. Saved abont SBO.OO and also get a big donation of L. <fc V. Dealers glad- j ly sell L. & M., because their customers' call for it and say they used it 12, 14 j and even 30 years ago. Don't pay 81.50 a gallon for linseed oil, which you do in reudy-for use paints , Buy oil fresh from the barrel at tit) cents per gallon, and mix it with L. & ! M. Faint. It makes paint cost about 81.20 per j gallon. Sold by Harry S. Lloyd. RICH VALLEY Miss Gertie Lewis, of Elk Fork, visit ed Miss Hazel Lockwood on Sunday. Delbert Rockwell, of Turtle Point, | was seen on our streets Sunday. Frank Sweescy and wife, visited Mr. j and Mrs. Malcouie McLeod, of Lewis j j Hun, on Sunday. Mrs. W. R. Carter had business at town Wednesday. Mrs. Truman McCaslin visited Mrs. I Hatidolph Lockwood, Tuesday. Fail Rifle seriously injured his hand Tuesday, by taking a '"header" from his : wheel. Mrs. Ella McLeod visited her sister Mrs. Frank Sweesey Wednesday, A Christmas party is to be held at the ! Sweesey school house, Friday night. M. A FIRE SALE! Sweeping Reduction SIO,OOO worth of Hardware of all kinds must be sold during the next Ten Days, regardless ot cost in order to allow repairs to be made on building. Bargains For AIL MURRY 4 COPPERSMITH CO. CAMERON. Saturday was pay day at the mines. J. VV. Fauvcr uiovcd his family to Johnsonburg, where lie is em ployed at the paper mill. J. M. Olsen was- : business caller at Hnif.oi iijtn Tuesday. Horn, Friday n.'ining to .Mr. and Mrs. (Jrant I layne.-. i baby girl. Mother doing well, A. 1"'. Walker vivied Ktuporium be tween trains Mond,i\. Thomas (tiluiaitii:, who was injured i some days a»o, \v;i- very much worse Sunday, His chii inn are all at his bed j side. .Mrs. Dan Sullivan left on Krie mail j Monday to visit lit r daughter Annie at Hornelsville, N. Y . over Christmas. J. F. s. Dee. 19, 1005. The Season of Indigestion. 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