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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-12-07
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
The Yule Log Custom.

The yule log or yulo block is proba.
bly, another form of that which has
been preserved in the Christmas tree.
A huge log of wood placed in the fire
place is kept burning all the evening
in many places in England, and even
in the United States the custom is not
unknown. II is called Buchs de Noel
in France.
The yule candle is lighted the even
ing of December "a, midwinter- night,
and kept burning all night if possible.
II it goes out during the night it is
looked upon as a sign that some one
will die in the house soon. On the
other hand, the stumps of these can
dies are considered a powerful remedy
for diseased or injured hands or feet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Antiquity of Christmas Toys.

The doll is thousands OF years old I;
it has been found inside the graves of
little Roman children, and will be found
again by the archnologists of future
date among the remains of our own
culture. The children of Pompeii and
Herculaneum trundled hoops Just Ms
you and l did, md who knows whether
the rocking horse on which we rode in
our young days is not a lineal descen-
dant of that proud charger into whose
fianks the children of Francis is time
dug their spurs.
The drum is also indestructible, and
setting time at naught across the CEN
turies, it beats the Christmas.tide and
New Year summons that bids the tin
soldier prepare himself for war, and
shall continue to beat as long as there
exist boyish arms to WELD drumsticks,
and grown-up peoples ears to be deaf
ened by the sound thereof. The tin
soldier views the future with calm he
will not lay down his arms until the
day of general disarmament, and there
is, as yet, no prospect of universal
peace.
The toy sword also stands its ground;
it is the nursery symbol of the inera-
dicable vice of our race-the lust for
battle. Harlequins, fool's-cap-crown-
ed and bell ringing, are also likely to
endure; they are sure to be found
among the members of the toy world
as long rs there are fools to be found
among the inhabitants of our own.
Gold-laced knights, their swords at
their sides, curly-locked and satin
shod princesses, stalwart musketeers,
mustached and top-booted, are all types
which still hold thei1 own. The
Chinese doll is young as yet, but she
has brilliant future before her.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

rector; and ss the panther made {
dash to intercept the sleigh, IL found
itself in too close proximity TO the
strange phenomenon in the
pung, and sprang backward with an
angry snarl.
As Lou's breath failed from her dry
lips, the sleigh dashed out into the
open. A dog bayed angrily from the
nearest farmhouse, and the panther
stopped short on the edge of the wood.
The rector drove into the farm yard,
and Old Jerry stopped, shivering es il
he would fall between the shafts
After the story had been told, and
Jerry had been stabbed and rubbed
down, the rector resumed his journey
with fresh horse, having no fear that
the panther would venture across the
cleared lands Three of the settlers
started ont forthwith, and following
the tracks in the new snow, succeeded
in shooting the wild beast after chase
of two or three hours.
The adventure supplied the country
side all that winter with theme for
conversation, and about Lou's carionet
there gathered a halo of romance
that drew rousing congregations
to the parish church, where its
music was to he heard every alternate
Sunday evening. Youths Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
FN Facts About Licorice.

From its many applications in phar-
maceutical processes and the fact that
it is a product of far away country
which is known to us as the land which
has furnished us the earliest traditions
regarding the human race, licorice
possesses an interest for the pharma-
cist which is not shared by many drugs
OF equal prominence.
Licorice has been known and used
for many centuries in Oriental lande,
especially in Syria, where il is princi-
pally sold in weak decoction as re-
freshing drink, the extract being made
by special process to avoid extract
ing any OF the bitter taste, and is sold
by street vendors, nicely cooled, and
is really delicious and healthy drink
when properly prepared. In the vi
cinity. of Damascus the root has been
gathered from special localities where,
probably owing to the kind of soil, il
is sweeter than from other parts, then
dried and crushed under heavy stones
drawn around on it by mules, in the
same manner that olives are crushed
for the extraction of the oil. In this
form it is exported in sacks, very
largely to Egypt, Arabia and many
parts of Africa, where it is used nj.
most entirely for making licorice
water, which is considered very
healthy for drinking in hot climates.
When the root is freshly dug in its
green state it resembles in texture a
small parsnip and cuts easily in
much the same way, is of q pale,
slightly green color internally, exter-
nally the color varying according to
the soil in which 1T grows. It has q
rather unpleasant, sweetish taste,
somewhat resembling that of q raw
sweet potato, and when dry loses about
one-half its weight. The bark, in
decorticating, has to be cut off, as
there is nothing that can be peeled OF
as in most roots. The proper time
for digging the root is during the win.
ter months after the plant has dried
up, rs it then has more strength than
when the plant is in vigorous growth.
In Syria and Asia Minor the fields
where most of the plant is found, are
at n distance from the villages, and a
contractor or purchaser often finds II
necessary to erect huts for the gather.
ers to sleep in, and also to provide pro.
visions to sell them while they are at
work. They also establish certain
centers or places where scales are
placed with an agent to weigh and
credit the root as it is brought in. A
certain price is paid to the owner OF
the land of Government, as the case
may be, for the privilege of digging
according to the quantity OF root
found. .-Pharmaceutica Era.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Annual Hunt for Parish Stones.

A party of serious and resolute men
might have been seen yesterday from
nine in the morning until four in the
afternoon, in the neighbonhood OF
Finchley, now following the high road,
now leaving the beaten track for the
open fields and anon clambering over
hedges and bitches, brick walls and
wooden fences.
The leader was not blinafolded nor
did he nervousiy clutch the hand OF
the man nearest him-facts which dis
PEELED at once the idea that they were
thought readers in search of missing
treasure or criminal. They were en-
gagged on an errand of immense local
Importance and not until they had
hunted out every one of the stones by
which the limits of the parish are
marked would they return to their
homes and families.
In all some ten miles were trsversed,
with the satisfactory result that any
difficulty that may have arisen hitherto
with regard to the latitude and longi-
tude OF any particular property had
been removed. At Hampstead the
''beaters," as they are called. cele'
brated the occasion by dining together.
1t is fourteen years since this cere-
mony wss last carried out at Finchley.
! -Loslon Telegraph
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

probably keep we'll out OF our sight.
However, it's Just ns we'll to get be-
yond its neighborhood as quickly as
possible. Steady, Jerry, old boy |
Steady-don't use yourself up too
fast I" ..,...... -.
The rector kept the horse well in
hand but in short time it was plain
that the panther was not avoiding the
party. The cries came nearer and
nearer, and LOUIS breath came quicker
and quicker, and the rector's teeth be-
gan TO set themselves grimly, while
his brows gathered in anxious
thought.
If it should come to struggle, what
was there in the sleigh, he was wonder
ing, that could serve rs weapon?
Nothing, absolutely nothing but his
heavy pocket-knife.
"a poor weapon" thought he, rue
fully, with which to fight apanther. I"
But he felt in his pocket with one
hand, and opened the knife, and
slipped il under the edge of the
cushion beside him.
At this instant he caught sight of
the panther, bounding along through
the low underbrush, keeping parallel
with the road, and not forty yards
away.
"There it is |" came in a terrified
whisper from LOUIS lips; and just then
Teddy lifted his head from under the
robes. Frightened at the speed and
Mt the set look on his fathers face he
began to cry. The panther heard him
and turned at once toward the sleigh.
Old Jerry stretched himself out in a
burst of speed, while the rector
grasped his poor knife fiercely; and
the panther came with long leap
right into the road not ten PAGES be-
hind the flying sleigh.
Teddy stared in amazement, and
then covered down in fresh terror rs
there came an ear-splitting screech,
wild and high and long, from LOUIS
clarionet. Lou had turned, and over
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20


pet OF yourn, Miss. felt like IL Jest
drawed down che angels from heaven
to sing with us tonight. Their voices
was all swimming in smoke, like,
right up in the hollow of the ceiling. "
Tnint trumpet interrupted
Teddy, shyly. "It's q clar'onet. i
got trumpet home
TO be sure T. replied the old lady,
indulgently. "But miss, as l was a
saying, that music OF yourn would jest
soften the hardest heart rs ever wns. y
Inc rector had Just come from the
yestry room, well wrapped up IN his
furs, and was shaking hands and wish
ing every one Merry Christmas,
while the sexton brought the horse to
the door. He overheard the old Ia
dy last remark, as she was bundiing
leddy up III huge woollen muller.
III certainly ana, said he, make
tne singing go magnihcently tonight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Christmas Eve Ceremonies of Bethlehem.

On Christmas Eve most imposing
services are held in the chapels of the
Basilica, and the French Consul at
Jerusalem takes very prominent
and unique part in them, owing to
the fact that France exercises a pro.
teetorate over these holy places, as
she has done at intervals since the
time of Charlemagne. In consequence
the French Consul is received by the
clergy with royal honorss the old
ceremony established by an ordinance
of Louis Quinze being strictly adhered
to. These honors are not only the
greatest that can be rendered to any
human being, but they are paid only
to the Consul of France.
On the day before Christmas he
proceeds with great pomp and cere-
mony, surrounded by Tu-kishsoldiers
to Bethlehem, being met halfway by
all the shelks and other dignitaries
from that place. At the queer little
hole in the wall which serves as an
entrance to the Basilica, the prior and
all the community of the Franciscans
receive the consul and conduct him to
their convent, where he holds court,
receiving all the dignitaries, civil and
religious, of Palestine, who can by
any possibility be present.
We had made very good friends
with one of the brothers, who took
such care Of us that we missed nothing
worth seeing. The evening service
begins at ten o'clock with q high
pontificsl mass in the Franciscan
church; at its close long and bril-
liantly lighted procession is formed,
which proceeds to the '-Grotto of the
Nativity" all bearing long, lighted
candles. The singing Of the Christmas
carols in this spot is something never
to be forgotten. The service lasts, till
about two o'clock in the morning,
when TIE Deum closes ii. All Bethle-
hem watches the night through, many
camping by the light of their long
candles in the great nave of the BASIL
lea; everywhere are, cries Of excite
ment and Joy, and the air is filed
with the smoke Of incense. -Demorest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

the back of the seat was blowing this
peal of desperate defiance in the
brute's very face. The astonished ami
NAL shrank back in his tracks and
sprang sgain into the underbrush.
Lou turned to the rector with O
flushed face oftriumph; and the rector
exclaimed in husky voice, ''Thank
God!" But Teddy, between his sobs,
complained, "What did you do that
for, Lou?"
Lou jumped to the conclusion that
her victory was complete and final /;
but the rector kept Jerry at his top
speed and scrutinized the underwood
apprehensively.
The panther appeared again in four
or FIVE minutes, returning to the road,
and leaping along some forty or fifty
feet behind the sleigh. His pace was
a very curious disiointed, india rub
berry spring, which rapidly closed up
on the fugitiyss.
Then round swung Lou's long in
strument again, and at its piercing
cry the animal again shrank back. This
eiiho, hoWcNof, ho AoPO w VA 1891
and the moment Lou paused for
breath he resumed the chase.
''Save your breath, child" ex'
claimed the rector, as Lou again put
the slender tube to her lips. "5ave
your breath, and let him have it fe
rociously when he begins to get toe
near"
The animal came within twenty oil
thirty feet again, and then Lou greeted
him with an oar-splitting blast, and h'
fell back. Again and again the tactics
were repeated. Lou tried thrilling
cadenza; il was too much for thu
brute's nerves. He could not compre
hend girl with such penetrating
voice, and he could not screw up hi
courage to closer investigation o
the marvel.
At last the animal seemed to resolv'
on change of procedure. Plunginl
into the woods he made an effort t.
get ahead of the sleigh. Old Jerr.
was showing signs of exhaustion, bu
the rector reused him TO an extr'
spurt-and there, just ahead, was tn
opening of Fillmors's settlement.
''Blow, Lou, blow!" shouted tn
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

Hetwas not at all alarmed, however,
for he was sure his father was match
for thousand bears.
By and by the road entered the curl
ous inverted dark of Dorchester woods,
where all the light seemed to come
from the white snow under the trees
rather than from the dark sky above
them. At this stage of the journey
Teddy retired under the buffslo-robes,
and went to sleep in the bottom Of the
pung.
The horse logged slowly along the
somewhat heavy road. The bells
jingled drowsily amid the soft, push
ing whisper of the runners. Lou and
the rector talked in quiet voices, at.
tuned to the solemn hush of the great
forest.
whats that?" -s~-
Lou shivered up closer to the rector
as she spoke, and glanced nervously
into the dark woods whence SOUND
had come. The rector did not answer
at once, but instinctively seized tn,
whip, and frightened the reins as sig
nal to Old Jerry to move on faster,
The horse needed no signal, bu
awoke into an eager trot which woult
have become q gallop had the rector
permitted.
Again came the sound, this time
little nearer, and still apparently jus
abreast of the pung, but deep in tn,
woods. 1t was bitter, long, wailinl
cry, blended with q hsrshly gratinl
undertone, like the rasping Of saw
"Whst is t?" again asked Lou, he
teeth chattering.
The rector let Old Jerry out into
gallop, as he answered, 'I'm afrsi,
it's q panther-what they call aroun,
here an Indian Devil But / don
think there is any real danger. 1t is
ferocious beast, but will probably Civ
us wide BERTH"
"Why won't it attack us?" aske
Lou.
"Oh. it prefers solitary victims,
replied the rector. 'It is ordinsril,
cautious beast, and does not under
stand the combination of man an
horse and vehicle. Only on rsr
occasions has il been known to attscl
people driving. and this one viii
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Sleep snow-white world, under the stars,
Sleep Sleep!
While choral angels from on high,
Floating across the midnight sky,
Lean down with waving lily -wands,
To bless the earth with gracious hands.
And bark the golden chord
"Praise be to Christ our Lord,
The Son of Man in lowly manger born,
Before whose face the strength of Sin is
shorn."
Then, till the holy morn,
Sleep Sleep
Wake bright world, under the bright sun,
Wake Wake
Hark how the Christmas angels sing
can hail , 90 Christ our Lord and King
All hail good will and peace to men
All hail to God on high Amen ~
Join ye the joyful song;
The reign Of ancient wrong
Is DER this hour for Christ the Child is born
oh, happy world thy bonds OF sin are torn.
This holy Christmas morn.
Wake Wake
Charles l.. Hildreth, in Demorest's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
A Plea For the Modern Home.

Tt must not be forgotten that homes
ere no longer SO utterly retired rs
formerly. They are connected by
telephones and look out ON railroads
and the daily press invades them. Wo-
man, to live q true home life, is no
longer secluded. Factories have taken
away most of our home vocations. We
are robbed even OF our knitting neel-
les. The world has come into our
gardens and to our doorsteps. 1t is
impossible to be as far from all the
world MS formerly, but I am not sure
that we cannot NIL the time find our
ambition in homo life. To be loved
by our children is grander than TO be
admired by the crowd. st Louis
Globe-Democlat
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
Song Of Kriss Kringle's Tree.

Kriss Kringle's bells are iingling,
Tho frosty air is tingling,
All silvery sounds are mingling,
This merry, merry day,
With many a fieecy feather
The snow-aakes dance together
Here comes Kriss Kringle's weather,
In good Kriss Kringle's way.
Krlss Kringle's measures tripping,
Kriss Kringle's sweetness slipping,
The while his gifts we're clipping,
From brave Kriss Kringle's tree,
We set the candles burning,
Like stars and planets turning,
And every dream and yearning
There satisfied we see
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

Alone and solitary,
Aloof from elf and fairy,
It grew in forests airy
Through many season dim
To reach Its day OF glory,
When winter woods were hoarY.
To hear Kriss Kringle's story,
And dear Kriss Kringle's hymn.
o tree that wearies never
o tree that charms US ever
o tree that lives forever
The blessed Christmas tree.
Where love and kindness blending
Round up the years fair ending.
There heavens own beauty lending,
Behold Kriss Kringle's tree.
Margaret 4. sangster, in Young People
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

The little red house at Lenox, Mass,
in which Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote
"Tanglswood Tales" "The House OF
Seven Gablss," aud other stories, ia TO
be restored.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20
LOUIS CLARIONET.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.

Christmasev eve SER
vice in the Second
Westcock Church.
The church mt
Second Westcock
was quaint and
old fnshinncd.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

Florida produces over Atty varieties
Of the orange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-20

But once he sees that all is right
He'll SO down with his toys,
And fill up all tho stockings
OF his little girls and boys.
Then with bound he'll be of again
Upthrough the chimney and over the roofs
And the frozen ground will again resound
With the patter OF reiadeer's hoofs.