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Christmas Customs and Amusements
Around the World
Nlnetoen hundred yean ago
Came a message aweet and low;
O'er an infant's humble birth
Fell a new atraln to the earth,
Angela tang the chorus then,
"Peace on earth and good win to
men."
Since that dim an.! distant time
War haa been In every cllmo,
Earth haa been submerged In blood
Of a common brotherhood:
Yet amid the battle cries
Oft that sweet son; would urlae.
Cock and forth tin- stun lards reeled
On the grim and tented field,
While afar that hallowed air
Hose to heaven like n prayer,
Where the few wi re clmniltig still,
"Peace on earth, to men good will,"
In this later, brighter clay
Are wo nearer peace than thoy?
Still our iotl with blood Is wet.
War la round about us yet.
Will the carnage ever cease?
litlll we henr the Hong of pence.
It will conic. Tls not a dream.
Through the darkness shines a gleam.
'Tls a glimpse, a prophecy
Of the years thut ure to be.
Of a new lime come to birth.
Of the duwn of "Pence on earth."
1-trn.nda of steel and cable bind
I'loBer ull of humankind,
And the workers of the world
Have a common flag unfurled.
Thought and traffic banish strife;
Love becomes the law of life.
Nineteen hundred years ago
Came a messnga sweet and low;
And that song ly angels sung
Through the centuries has rung.
Hark! It rises onco again,
"Peace on earth, good will to men."
J. A. Edgerton.
Christmas With Lewis and Clark.
Some rain at different times last
night and showers of hall, with Inter
vals of fair starlight. This morning
at day we were saluted by our party
under our winders, a Shout ami n
Song. After brenkfaHt we divided our
tobacco, which amounted to 2 Car
rots, one half we gave to the party
who used .Tobacco, those who did not
we gave a Handkerchief as a present.
The day proved showery all day, the
Inds. left us this evening, ull our par
ty moved Into their huts, we dried
somo of our wet goods. I received a
present of a Fleese Ilosory (fleece
hosiery), vest, draws & Socks of Capt.
Lowls. pr Moekeraons of Whltehouse,
a small Indian basket of Goterlch
(Ooodrlch) & 2 Doz weasels tales of
the Squar of Sliabono St some black
roots of the Indians. Our Dinner to
day consisted of pore Elk boiled, split
fish A some roots, a bad Christmas
dinner, warm day. From "Newly
Discovered Personal Records of Lew
Is and Chirk."
A Curious Custom of Oxfordshire.
In some places In Oxfordshire
England, It was the right of every
maid servant to ask the hired man for
a bit of Ivy to trim the house. If he
turned a deaf ear to her Importuni
ties or forgot her request she would
steal a pair of his breeches and null
them to the gnte In the yard or on
the highway. This was supposed to
debar him from all privileges of the
mistletoe.
The First Christ man Observance.
Christmas gets its name from the
mass celebrated In the early days of
the Christian church in honor of the
birth of Christ. Its first solemnization
having been ordered by Pope Telcs
phorus. This was In or before the
year 13R. for In that year Pope Teles
phorus dl ' 1. At first Christmas was
what Is known as a movable fenst.
Just as lvister Is now, and, owing to
misunderstandings, was celebrated as
lnle as April or May. In the fourth
century an ecclesiastical investigation
was ordered, and. upon the authority
of the tables of the censors In the
Roman archives, December 25 was
ngreod upon as the date of the Savi
our's nativity. Tradition fixed the
hour of birth at about midnight, and
this led to the celebration of a mid
night mass In all the churches, a
second at dawn und a third In the
later morning.
Christ inns Day In Russia.
In certain parts of Russia the chil
dren at Christmas eve begin playing
pranks that arc as old as they are
amusing. Chief among their droller
ies Is that of disguising themselves
as animals and In the assumed cos
tume of wild beasts disporting them
selves through the neighborhood. As
many skins as possible are secured,
and In these the leading boys are clad.
Wolves, hears, ostriches even, are rep
resented. AH of the boys gather In
one party, those who are not posing
as brutes forming a train for the es
cort and display of the pseudo men
agerie. Some act as keepers, holding
their disguised companions In check,
while others stnrtle the quiet of the
night by rude strnlns drawn from
harsh and primitive musical Instru
ments. Torches are borne, and In the
fitful light, opposed by black shnr
ows, the scene is at once grotesque
and vivid.
The Origin of Santa Clans.
Santa Claus Is of German origin.
This Is true if only because that is the
German name for St Nicholas. That
he Is aa old man Is because In the an
cient pagan feasts In celebration of the
decay of the old year and the birth of
the new an old man played the princi
pal pert. Among the Greeks and Ro
ans as It was Saturn, the father of all
tie tod, and among the Norsemen it
vas Thor, who was long bearded and
white haired. That the Mint is St.
Vlokralai la due to the asot tkat that
venerable personage's feast day was
celebrated at about that period. St.
Nicholas was a bishop of Myra, who
flourished early In the fourth century.
He is the patron saint of children and
schoolboys, and hence It was natural
that he should be a part of a celebra
tion when the children received gifts
and when they wore allowed to be
"heard as well as seen." New York
Mall and Express.
Kor St. Nicholas' White Home.
In Belgium the children expect the
good St. Nicholas to visit them.
They think he rides on a white horse,
so they polish their shoes with great
enre, fill them with hay, oats or car
rots for the saint's horse and put
them In the fireplace or on a table,
and In .'. morning, Instead of the
forage, I i y f id sticks for the bad
children . .1 1 . andles for the good
ones.
i .a 1m .iuf) in Koine.
A characteristic sight which pre
cedes a Roman Christmas Is the so
called emtio, or wile of fish by auc
tion, which Is held at San Teoiloro
near the forum. In the small hours of
the morning, and every year attracts
large crowds of buyers and sightseers.
It Ik a sight worth seeing, the vast cir
cular market literally packed with
row upon row of baskets, In which
the scaly fry nre carefully arrnnged.
the light glancing off their many col
ored scales In a thousand prismatic
reflections, while the owner of each
stall shouts at tho top of his voice und
the merry crowd goes round laughing
nnd bargaining and trying to cheapen
tho fish, for nt Chrlstmnstlde it often
reaches fabulous prices, and one Is re
minded of the extravagance of the an
cient Unmans, one of whom Is suld to
have paid 20. ana sesterces for a single
gray mullet.
.Making Christmas Toys.
In parts, of Germony. . France and
Switzerland every humble, household
er tukes mure Interest In Christmas
than the average American boy. This
seems like .a strong ftatement, for
Christmas Is pretty thoroughly appre
ciated by the young of America. Rut,
great ns the festival Is to them, It Is
not essential to their existence. They
could get along without Christmas,
but the toymakers In Switzerland, the
Tyrol and south Germany would
starve without this midwinter holiday
which makes a market for their goods.
There are wood carvers, doll dresse rs
nnd toymakers In every hamlet nnd
homo of the Tyrol. They depend up
on the small wages they make from
these toys to put bread and butter In
their mouths.
All through the winter season
every boy ond man carves nut wood
animals nnd toys for the factories.
Everything Is handmade. A Noah's
ark of 20 or 30 wooden animals that
retails for a quarter In this country
does not pay the carver more than n
few pennies.
The boys nre taught to handle the
Vnife early, nnd they learn to cut out
wooden ducks, hens, horses, cows nnd
other tnvs before they have reached
their teens. Working nil through the
early winter days and nights In their
little homes, they make the wooden
toys thnt delight so many children
throughout the world. New York
Mall nnd Express.
Chrlstmns Trees.
From time Immemorial n tree on--been
n part of the Christmas celebra
tion. It may he seen outside tho tia
dltlonal mangers in the missals and
early paintings of the prernphnellte
Italian school. In the tree or nenr ii
are seen angels In flowing robes sing
ing out of a scroll of Illuminated pa
ner the "Peace on Earth nnd Good
Wt Toward Men," or "Glorv. Glory.
Halleluiah!"
The correct German Christmas tree
always haa an angel or a Chrlstklnd
on the topmost branch, with a tinsel
star nt the end of o staff, like a pan
omlme fairy, and If the tree belongs
o a very orthodox fimllv there Is usu
illy nt Its foot a small tov group rep--esentlng
the Savior's birth In the sta
ble nt Pethlehcm.
The lights on the tree are snld to be
f Jewish orleln. In the ninth month
if the Jewish year, corresponding
nearly to our December, nnd on the
ir.th dav. the Jews celebrated the
f'est of dedication of their temple, It
had been desecrated on that day by
Antlochus. It was dedicated by Ju
das Maccabeus, and then, according
to the Jewish legend, sufficient oil was
found in the temple to last for the
even-branched cnndlestlck for seven
lavs, and It would have taken seven
days to prepare new oil. Accordingly
the Jews were wont on the 2.i of
Klsleu In every house to light a can
dle, on the next day two, and so on
till on the seventh nnd last day of
the fenst seven candles twinkled In
"very house.
It Is not ensy to fix the exact date
of the Nativity, but It fell most prob
ably on the last day of Klsleu, when
every Jewish house In Pethlehein nnd
lerusalem was twinkling with lights.
U Is worthy of notice that the Ger
man name for Christmas Is Welhnaeht
(tho night of dedication), as though
tt were nssoclnted with this fenst.
Tho Greeks also call Chrlstmns the
feHst of lights, and, Indeed, this was
nlso tho nnme given to the dedication
festival, Chanuka, by tho Jews. New
York Mnll nnd Express.
At the Spanish Court.
Christmas in Spain begins with the
midnight mass, when the king and
queen mother, accompanied by the
grandees of the court, magnificently
attired, go in state procession to the
chapel of the palace In Madrid. On
Christmas morning the king and court
again attend mass in state, after which
the day is spent in merrymaking. In
the afttfracjoa the adarratloa df U
manger takes place, when a represen
tation of the scene In Bethlehem Is
unvellted in the great hall of the pal
ace. There Is also a Christinas tree,
from which Alfonso distributes gifts.
Throughout the ensuing 12 days the
court Is all benevolence and gayety,
nnd every RTrut Institution In Madrid
shares In tho royal almsgiving. The
festival closes January 6.
eight Millions for Toys.
The real amount of cash money
paid out in the United States alone
for toys thnt on Christmas morning
gladden the. hearts of American chil
dren Is conservatively estimated at
$3,000,000. This means about 60
cents apiece for the something like
13,000,000 of 5 to 12-year-old chil
dren. The children of no other coun
try on tho globe have anything like
so Invlsft an average amount of
money expended for toys for them,
not even the children of Germany
Germany, tho home of toymnklng and
toy-giving. Verily, Indeed, the lot of
the Amerlctan child him been cast In
the richest sort of clover when t
comes to toy-getting and not a few
other things In the bargain. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
A lliuvnllan Christmas.
Hefore , the missionaries . nnd the
American settlers went to Hawaii the
natives knew nothing about Chrlstmns
but now tihey nil celebrate the day
and do It. e f course. In the same way
ns the Americans who live there. The
main differ nee between Christinas In
Honolulu nnd Christmas In New York
Is that In Honolulu In December the
weather is like June In N w York.
IMrds are wa rbllng to the lea'fy trees:
gardens are overflowing with roses
and carnntln;as; fields and mountain
slopes nre lublazc with color, uhd I
sunny skv srj dies dreamily upon the
glories of a summer day. In the
morning peop le go to church, ami
during tlu lit,v there are sports and
games and nntrrvmaklng of all sorts.
Tho Christ man dinner Is eaten out of
doors In the shade of the verandn,
and everybody Is happy and content
el. St. N'Uholas.
I XrKK THE CHRISTMAS
LAMP.
PICTVRE JiOOKK IX WINTER.
Summer fading, winter comes
Fnjsty morning, tingling thumbs,
Wln iow robins, winter rooks.
And the picture story-bonks.
Wtiler now Is turned to stono 1
Nurse nnd I can wnlk upon;
Still we find the flowing brooks .
In the picture story-books.
All the pretty things put by
Walt upon the children's eye:
Slvp and shepherds, trees nnd crooks
In the picture story-books.
Hon- am I to sing your praise,
Happy chimney-corner days.
Sitting safe In nursery nooks.
Rending picture story-books?
Robert Louis Stevenson.
"If Shakespeare should enter the
room I should rise to greet him;. If
Christ, entered I should kneel nnd
worship." Lamb.
Beliold the man! Sec him a bahei
In the" manger; see him in poverty
clad. See him working with carpen
ter's tools; sec him a barefooted boy.
See lilm wushlng the feet of fisher
men; see him stoned by the mob. See
him Scse'rtcd by his followers; see him
earning the cross. Sec him begging
for n drink of water; see him between
two convicts.
Hiu chnngo your point of view and
he vrho hnd not where to lay his head
rises gigantic above the roce. See
him predicting the conquest of the
world by his gospel; sec him foretell
ing tho fall of Jerusalem. See him
comforting humanity with hands
pleirced by nnlls nnd hear his words
ec "fined in mansion nnd hut.
Seie the outcast of Judaism stand
ing Ui the midst of our civilization
and receivf.ng the homngc of the
mightiest nnd the wise. Sec the
','rown of thorns making him king of
kings nnd woe his blood-stained brow
change into Jin aureole of Immortali
ty. See clvllfaatlnn following his flag
and see decay where his altars have
fallen.
If criticism could take away from
the Christian faith every miracle re
ported In the gjwpels, It would still
retain, confirmed by history' and ex
perience, that mf.rnele of miracles,
the life of Jesus. Rev. Andreas Bnrd.
DECEMBER.
T)lVf'. Dong! Ding! Dong!
. Hear the Joy bells ring!
One and thirty little men
To make them chime nnd sing.
I'ollyberrles gleam and glow:
1'enenth their glossy leaves,
Icicles hang gltttcrln down
And spnrklo from the caves;
Happy voices shout good will
To dear ones near nnd far:
And over nil the earth shines fair
The lljht of Pethlehflm's star.
St. Nicholas.
Practical Sympathy. ,
E. F. McCaffcrty has donated a
dressed beef and a half dozen sacks
of potatoes to the Salvation Army for
their Christmas dinner to the poor.
Such Hherallty In well worthy of emu
lation. There ar wealthy people In
Boise who hug tlselr money-bags so
tight, a contribution of a dollar would
cause, heart failure. Poise Capital
News. -'I
T1e Silvi tlon Army In New' fork
city will furnish J8.000 hrltrt-us
Olagrera to fn wry tpor.
j The B
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New York. Doc. 23. New Yorkers
are having an orulnr demonstration
of the fact that a tunnel has been
built under the Hudson river, in the
preparations now being mnde on the
surface at Church. Cortland, Hey and
Fulton streets.
There have, to be sure, been par
lies at Intervals, who have been shown
through one of the bores, entering at
Jersey City and emerging at Morton
street, well uptown. Rut two blocks
of substantial buildings on Church
street arc In process of demolition,
and a great gap appears, extending
about 150 feet down Dey.-Fulton -and"
C'ortlandl streets, und so the general
public is brought face to face with the
tunnel Itself, for this great bole 's
being dug for two Immense skyscrap
ers of 20 stories each. Intended for
offices nnd business apartments for
the tunnel which brings New York
and New Jersey closer together.. .
Great Franchise Rattle
Thomas F. Ryan, having disposed of
Mr. Harrlmnn. and fixed hlmse'f per
manently In control of the' Equitable
Life Assurance society, will now, it .Is
reported, take up the United States
Independent Telephone company, and
push forward the movement In which
It is Interested. This company'' Is
seeking to enter the city by scouring
a franchise granted muny years ago,
'and then considered wortlj. IG000 to
the Mercantile Electric company to
enable that company .to perfect' a
burglar alarm system- ;
.. This franchise whieh originally was
considered as worth only an Insignifi
cant Bum, Is now valued at J12.S00,
000 and bonds worth a fuce value of
f25.OO0.00O have been issued upon it,
which shows that any right given to
dig under the street in New York city
contains a gold mine among Its possi
bilities, and thnt every inch of space
traversed Is almost incalculable value.
But a pretty fight Is coming. The
city authorities arc on the alert, and
will fight the matter until nt least,
some portion of that $12,500,000. has
materlnllzed In their neighborhood.
Grcnt sums of money must Incvl
tnbiy be expended, for there In the
New York Telephone company with
untold millions, continually multiply
ing, to whom It Is worth millions to
keep the company out of the city.
Striking Printers Confident. ""
The preparation of "Big six" In the
strike for nn eight-hour day nre cer
tainly striking nnd vigorous. Printers,
pressmen, compositors, proofreaders,
and, indeed, nil hands of the typo-
graphical profession, nre now paying
10 per cent of their weekly wages Into
ft fund to furnish the sinews of war
to carry out the fight by caring for
men who drop work. It is reported
thnt the Typothetoe will order a gen
eral lockout, and will spend a for
tune, and the society has It to spend
If It so wills.
It Would seem that the magazine
men have one advantage, as the
magazines nre set up several months
ahead and no printers will be needed
In all that time for current work.
But the union printers as one talk
with them, express the utmost con
fidence In the final result, claiming
that their cause is Just, and that they
will fight from tho word "go," and re
main on the battle line until the end.
Privately the union printers complain
of the burden of the tax thnt Is laid
upon them; but they are firm In th"
belief that strikers have won them all
the concessions they have secured,
nnd that they will continue to wrest
from the employers the concessions
sought by them.
A lowor Broadway cigar store dis
played In Its window a sofa pillow
covered with cigar ribbons on each of
which Is the signature of some prom
inent actor. The center piece bears
the name Ethel Parrymore, to whom
It Is averted, was presented 1000
Turkish cigarettes. Miss Parrymore
acknowledged to a reporter of a New
York dally a short time ago that she
"Just loved cigarettes."
Turbine Passage Popular.
The reports of the passengers who
are so fortunate ns to cross the At
lantic on the maiden trip of the new
turbine steamer Cnrmanla. were so
highly fnvnrable thnt everybody who
hns occasion to travel to Europe at
the present time seems to be anxious
to try the experiment of traveling oh
the new liner and enjoy the novel ex
perience of eating three square menls
a day and enjoying them during a
winter trip across the Atlantic. The
bookings for the return trio of the
Carmnnln wore unusually numerous,
considering the season, and It Is stated
that bookings have already been
I'rnade for the next voysg of the big
steamer.
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Christmas Gifts
Otre something hat 1 useful u well ornamental On at
Is dictionary of tdeaa.
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