Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-25
WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.

One of the strangest things in the
world to reader of bible history is
the fact that there is nothing that
proves concusively that the Savior
of the World was born on the 25th
day of December. The bible does
not say so, nor can it be verified by
any line of circumstantial evidence.
His birth has been celebrated by the
world for ages upon the 25th day
of December, but no man claims to
have conclusive evidence that this
was His natal day.
Even the Eastern countries, with
in whose bosom the place of that
sacred birth is centrally located,
knew nothing of the date for centu-
ries. In fact the people of that coun-
try for years and years celebrated
January 9th as Christmas. The
churches of Rome, however, conclud-
ed to change this date, and fixed
Dec. 25th as the day. 1t was trans
mitted from Rome to the Eastern
church and from thence to the entire
world.
Government records of the taxing
or census of Cyrenius, said to be hid
den away in the imperial archives at
Rome, seen by no one, and so ancient
that the mere whispers of tradition
will hardly reach them, are all that
the Romans based the selection upon.
Thew assume that Zacharias was High
Priest at the time of the Savior's birth,
that the annunciatiOn was made to
him upon the Day of Atonement,
which was in September. Counting
from this, critics make the birth of
John in June, and as Christ was six
months younger than John he must
have been born in December. This
has all been knocked in the head,
however, and wise men everywhere
admit that they do not know when
the Savior was born.
Xxx
There are . more cranks in this
world than most people think. A
LEAF CHRONICLE reporter was
standing in the rotunda at the Ar
lington yesterday morning, when a
drummer came down the steps with
his bristles all turned the wrong way.
He was mad and he was sleepy. He
Jumped on the clerk and at once be-
gan giving him a tongue-lashing
He was mad because he had been
given room No. 10, to which fact he
attributed a severe case eff cramps
from which he had suffered
during the night. The clerk as
sured him that it was one OF the
incest rooms in the hotel, but this
did not seem to pacify him, and ne
moved off, muttering something that
the reporter did not catch. "Do you
Know" said the clerk, turning to the
reporter, "that there are men who
get mad when you put them in No,
10? It's all superstition, and is con-
fined to class of drummers and
showmen. You could no more get
a member of a minstrel troupe to &c
into that room than you could fly
It's an unlucky number, and in busy
times when minstrel troupe comes
we Just knock off the first figure on
the door and call it No. 3. They &C
into it then and like it. l put q
drummer in that room not long since
who stayd several days. He had
poor luck and charged it all to the
number of his room. Thirteen il
simply an unlucky number witt
them and they won't have it. Their
there are men who will call for No
10 because it has been lucky mum
Der with them. The fact of the busl.
ness is, a hotel clerk meets as many
peculiarities of this kind as any MAI
living, and the question with him il
who to put in room No. 49,"
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Just now people are talking ahou
Christmas presents more than any
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