The age-herald., 1900-01-06
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| the birthday of Jesus Christ was set on the same day of the year with His baptism, and the two were commemorated on Jan- 1 uary 6, which in the west is the Feast of Epiphany. Epiphany is d festival of the i church celebrated on the twelfth day after | Christmas in commemoration of the ap- pearance of Christ to the magians or phil osophers of the east, who came with pres ents flo adore Him; or as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the magians, symIbofzlng the manifesto | tion of Christ to the Gentiles. The Romans had, like other pagan nations, nature fes- tival called by them the Saturnalia, and the northern peoples had Yule. This was supposed to be at the turn of the year, the change from cold to warmth, and tt was a time for the giving of presents and the enjoyment of feasts. The church of Christ gave the period spiritual signif- canoe, making it glorious in commemora- | ton of the rising of the Sun of Righteous ness. The feast of the pagans began on uhe 17th of December, and lasted seven days. | The church took up the celebration on the 25th of December, the date accepted the birthday of Christ. The most significant fact connected with this particular 9th day
  1 in Russia and other countries of eastern Europe under the spiritual dominion of the orthodox Greek church so-called. The Tsar the head of the Greek church, or the Church of the East, decreed that the old | Style should give place to the new; that, in effect, January 1 in Russia should be the same day as January 1 in the United States. Moreover the Tsar has consented | n received by the head of the Russian church. These changes are of extraordina- ry importance. and pious Catholics hope | they foretell the return of the Church of the East to the faith of Rome Recently 5O,OOO Armenians acknowledged allegiance to the Catholic church.
 With the Twelve Days between the 25th of December and the 9th of January are associated many superstitfons in all Scan- dinavian, Saxon and Anglo4Saxon coun- tries. Here in Alabama the period is given a somewhat practical significance, it being maintained that none of the hardier vege- | tables the seed of which are planted in that tipe, can be killed by frost; that such vegetables will thrive and develop carly. Practical effect is given 10 this on fifty
 
 mas gave its name to Shakespeare's play of Twelfth Night"
 If music be the food of love. play on: Give me excess of it. that surfeiting. The appetite may scken. and so diei--
 That strain again-it had a dying fall.
 But that has got noshing to do with the planting of beans and cabbage, and the like
 
 "lf the Kentucky legislature unseat Gov ernor Taylor and the other state officers and seat Goebel and the other defeated candidates, you may look out for something very like civil war in my state," said a Kentucky democrat last night "Our ticket was beaten, and we ought to accept the fact in good faith and not attempt to rob the majority of their choice. But there isn't much of an if about the matter It is clearly the intention of the democrats in the legislature to deprive Taylor of his office The drawng~of the contest com mittee was painfully significant and sus- rtcious beyond explanation to allay public mistrust. An almost equal number of dem- l ocratic and republican names were placed 1 in box, and eleven were drawn out to act l in the contest. Ten out of the eleven are 1 Goebel democrats. That tells a story. The sequel will be strife and bloodshed."
 
 "There is a remarkable dog in Madison | county" remarked clubman at the Morris | "He belongs to pr. Kelley, who lives near l Flint river, eleven miles from Huntsville. | His master send him across the river l for bait, send him to the postoffice for mail, | or send him any other mission, and he will faithfully perform his duty If the British commander the Tugela river in the Transvaal had that dog he could send across the river and be certain the dog would bring back accurate informa ton re- gardng the Boers. The dogs owner lives two miles from Flint river, where the owner loves to fish and where he often puts ont 'set hooks and then returns home, leaving the dog to watch the pole and inc. Not long ago the dog was watching line in the water and he discovered that a fish had been caught. He caught the pole in his l mouth drew the fish out of the water. and proceeded to drag the pole, lne and fish to his owners house. two miles away. Arrived at the yard fence, the dog began to bark. 1 His owner went out, and found a two pound trout on the line. I call that a | smart dog
 "When the late Dwight L. Moody was in | Birmingham few years ago he addressed l great meetings and did great good in the l cause of morals and Christianity" said | Major Mccoy. "He was powerful speaker 1 and wonderfully magnetic man, and thous- l ands of people here came to feel for him l a warm personal attachment. On the day | he left for the east there was q great crowd | of people at the Union passenger station l to see him off, to say good-by and there l were hundreds of the best people of Bir- mingham present. The parting from Moody was very affecting, great numbers of wo- | men and men shedding tears. I never saw a more affectionate tribute paid to any | man"
 ] An event of unusual historic and social 1 interest to Alabamians VII be the mar