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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The Dinner Table.

The Christmas dinner table should be
appropriately and prettily decorated with
evergrccns, holly, bunch of mistletoe
hanging below the chandelier and sprays
Of wintcrgreen everywhere they can he
tucked. Poses and chrysanthcmums
seem to be the favoritc flowers Whcr-
ever ribbons are used let them be Of Il
rich, bright red, for that is warm and
glowing color, and especially fashionable
this season Branches of holly placed
tastcful.y among the draperies of an
apartment add much to its cheerful feast
day appearance.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26


multiply by 1000! Money is a good
thing TO have. Call it a round quadrillion
at once, and I'll never ask you for an
other dollar"
VERY WELL" said the elf "You will
want storehouses for your money"
eyes; of course" said the prince, land
that reminds me that | want a lot of 9th
Ell things. | would like two summer
palaces all to myself and two winter
palaces. | want two or three big depart
ment stores and several miles-square
miles-of forest in which to hunt. Let
me have 10 parks ornamentcd with flow
ers and II castles"
The elf nodded. well, anything
moreY he asked.
yes" said the prince, rejecting. 81
would like to own big ships and III
little yachts. BY the way, those lakes
you gave me will do only for small craft
l must have a couple of oceans to sail my
ships on, and you might throw in Il
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

THE PRINCE HAD NO BROTHER Felix and
USE FOR HIS MONEY. l used to enjoy
fishing in the brook behind the gardeners
house! l was far happier then before
met that miserable little elf that tricked
me by giving me all L asked for"
One day Prince Ginjan was more lone
ly and miserable than usual. He was
fishing on one of the lakes, when all at
once this thought came to him: What is
the fun in fishing when there is no one to
eat the fish or to care how many catch :?
| wish | could give a string of them to
somebody" He turned the boat shore
ward and stepped out just as the little
elf came along.
"Oh, is it you? he said indfferentIy,
wishing it might have been some one else.
How are you enjoying your world?"
asked the hunchback, with IN odd smile.
'I'm tired and sick of it," answered
Prince Ginjan dismally. Il haven't had
a pleasant hour since I've been here"
Dear me, that is strange Do you
want another ocean, or maybe an extra
bir'-
mo; not l." interrupted the prince.
"I'm poorer with what you have given
me than l was before saw you"
"Poorer!" calculated the elf.
Eyes, poorer" emphasized the prince
with a kind of desperation. isn't per
son poor when he can't give anything
awayT
The elf looked thoughtful. "Well,
yes" he felt obliged to admit.
''If you really want to be kind" said
the prince, Frightening, take me back to
my old home in the little kingdom that
my father rules"
You couldn't take your possessions
with you," explained the elf. "There
isn't room for them there"
II know that, and don't want them"
said the prince.
The elf now passed magic wand three
times over the princes head. At the third
movement the oceans, lakes and rivers
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The Carols.

Christmas carols were another inven-
ton Of the early church to offset the joy
ous license of paganism. Song was an
expression of rejoicing among the Ro-
mans.
Hence the making Of pious canticlcs.
simple in form, so that they might be
sung by learned and ignorant Such is
the origin of the CUSTOM which still lin
gers in certain parts of England, of
waits" going from house to house on
Christmas eve and singing carols.-Nrw
York World.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

now covered himself with glory by max
ing contribution 10 science in the shape
of the division table, which up to this
time had not been invented. This is, Of
course, only myth and may have orig
mated in the historic entertainment given
on a certain twenty-ffth day of Decem-
ber at which this prince distributed guam
titles of his treasures among the poor.
BY this act Prince Ginjan won for him
self the title of "The Generous" n dis
tinction by which he was known through
out his long and happy reign.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The MistIetoc Eough.

To the mistletoe bough our heathen an
eestors attached the greatest Importance.
The forest yielded no more sacred en-
blem. The very oaks on which it grew
were hallowed.
No significance belonged to mistletoe
from any other tree than the oakland it
may be found on the fir, the lime and
even the apple tree. The graceful para
site crceper with its pale berries SYM
bolized the choicest blessings Of the gods
and was n defense against evil.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

The same thoughts came to him when he
studied the line of thrces and the fours
When 1t came to the study of the eights
and the mines, the trouble grew worse,
for now he wanted all his treasures null
tiplied by eight and nine
His father, the king, reasoned with him
about the extravaganza of his wants, and
the queen, his royal mother, was sorry
that it was impossible to indulge him.
but it remained for his grandmother
partial old lady that she was-to say, "It
is all the fault of the multiplication ta-
ble!"
Ah, that multiplication table! 1t has
occasioned a good deal of trouble to many
people, though perhaps never before or
since has it been charged with an offcnse
so serious.
One day when Prince Ginjan was Il
well grown youth strange thing hap
pencd to him. According to the ancient
tradition, the prince was industriousiy
applying the principles of multiplication
in computing the number of presents he
hoped TO receive on Christmas, which was
close at hand. For some cause or other
interest in the fascinating tables tagged
a little Perhaps the prince saw how pre-
posterous it would be for one boy to have
times 8 saddle horses or u times II
sailboats. Anyhow he fell asleep in his
study chair with his book and slate be
fore him.
He might have slept for an hour or two
when he was awakened by touch on the
shoulder, and, opening his eyes, be saw
an odd looking little hunchback the like
of whom he had never beheld before.
What do you want?" he asked, not al
together liking the familiarity.
what do you want yoursclfT' re-
turned the intruder in a funny little
squeaking voice.
Fully awake, Prince Ginjan now rub
bed his eyes and stared. All at once it
occurred to him that the little hunchback
was an elf and that the present might be
a good chance to crafty some of his de-
sires.
"What do l want?" he repeated in
more conciliatOry tone. "Well, since you
are good enough TO ask, l want consid-
erable. TO begin, would like 10 char
lots and 2I thoroughbred horses. Give
me 6 lakes of my own in which to catch
fish and about $50 new suits of clothes.
You might let me have couple of thou
sand new books, and a few hundred of
the latest toys and games and SO gold
Instantly the request was granted
Anything moreT inquired the elf in a
matter of fact way.
ooh, yes. AS l said, I'm only begin
ming" answered the prince quickly. 81
want some spending money. Just let me
have couple of million dollars please"
(The amount is expressed in dollars for
the enlightenment Of American readers)
as that enough" asked the elf.
"Well, now that l think about it, per-
haps | had better have little more" cor
rected the prince. Suppose you multiply
the sum by two. You know the multi
plication table"
"Quite WE'LL" said the elf, calling off
the sum. -Four million dollars"
at might be a good idea to multiply
again-this time by three" suggested
Prince Ginjan. "I'll soon be young
man, and l don't want to run short"
"No. That would be inconvenient,"
agreed the elf. Twelve million dollars.
Are you sure you won't need any morc?"
"Twelve billions would be better"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

Christmas was first kept as holy day
in \. ID. 9S, but for three centuries it was
the most movable of festivals. The date,
Dec. %, was selected in the fourth cen
tury by II commission of theologians.
This is the height of the rainy season in
Judae, which makes ii improbable that
shepherds would be watching their 1ocks
by night and that the stars would be Wis
ible. October is the month agreed upon
by many investigators.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
As a Festival.

In its aspect as Il religious celebration
Christmas entered into rivalry with the
pagan festivals Of the winter solsticc in
Rome
OF these the most popular and the most
scandalous were the Saturnalia. Making
allowance for the mercurial Latin tenn
permanent, the fathers of the church
deemed it wise to give Christians an op-
portunity to make merry no less than
their heather neighbors and established
the celebration.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The Gifts,

Why should people make presents at
Christmas? lis gracious custom, sub
ject to abuses, but what was its origin?
Unlearned picty, to investigate the mat
ter, studies the New Testament and
reaches the conclusion that the exchange
Of gifts symbolizes the homage paid to
the infant Jesus by the kings and wise
men of the east.
But historians say that the early Chris
ians exchanged gifts because their pagan
leighbors did
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The IuIc Log.

There is nothing Christian in the Yule
og, which has almost become obsolete in
these days of steam heat and "gas logs"
1t belonged to the Saxon feast of Jul
pronounced Yule).
The custom passed into Christian OBJ
Servance when the god Jul was forgotten
and the barons made their hearths big
enough to accommodate the Yulc log
Lighted on Christmas eve it was sign
Of good luck if it continued to burn after
lawn of Christmas day.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

S III / | e d t h @
prince.
"Twelve il =
lions 1t shall be-"
said the elf.
what do you
say to making it
a trillion 2"
"!All right; q
trillion."
"Wait! Hold
on!" put in the
prince breathless-
ly. "Sinee it
seems all the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
The Decorations.

The custom Of decorating dwellings and
churches with evergreens is a relic Of
paeanism.
1t was transmitted to the English races
Of today directly from the Druids of an
,ient Britain, who believed that if house
were mantled in holly, laurel or bay the
good sylvan spirits that loved those
growths and kept them green by protect
ing them from winter frosts would also
protect the dwelling from harm.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

age, Prince Gin
Jan was discon-
tented. 1t is said
that his unhappi-
ness began with
the study of the
multiplication ta-
bic. No sooner
had he learned
that two times
two are four than
he wished for
four toy watches
instead of two,
and likewise that
his three dappled
ponies should be
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

drled up, the
ships, the parks,
the stores, the
castles. the pal
aces and tn e
heaps of money
seemed to pass
into the clouds,
and Prince Gin
jan found him
self once more
in the palace Of
his father.
Those W no have
studied old an
nails say that
Prince Giniau
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

But there was no
one to accept a
castle or q lake
or $100, 900.
"Ah," the prince
would often sigh,
"it is not such u
fine thing to own
a world - and
nothing else. My
world separates
me from the peo-
pie l like. / wish
l was back in
my fathers little
kingdom. How
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
CITY HOTEL,
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
(Opposite Post OtIice,l

WILLIAM MCDONALD, Proprietor.
l take pleasure in informing the public that
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant located on Fourth street. 1t will be
my endeavor to serve the public in a manner
a call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours
no27-lyr VIM. MCDONALD.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26

and money procure, while the mobiles of the
kingdom and the great ladies added gifts
until 1t required several rooms of the pal
ace and village Of outbuildings to hold
the princes possessions.
In spite of all this devotion, however,
and with the knowledge that kingdom
full of people were eager to do him hom-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-12-26
PRINCE GINJAN.
a Chri.rtmas Fairy Story For the
Children.
By JANE ELLIS JOY.

HE eldest of the royal children,
Prince Ginjan, was a very im-
portant young person. His par
ents lavished on him all the good
things that love could suggest
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-03-14
MARK HANNA
''Thc Real Thing In The Inaugural
Parade.

WASnlNGroN, March Mark Hanna
made triumphal march today from the
White House to the Capitol aud from the
Capitol to the White House
He had the scat of honor on the left dur
ing the ride from the White House to the
Capitol. This place in the carriage is us.
ually. reserved for the Presidcnt-clcct. and
it the usual custom had been followed Sen
ator Hanna would have occupied the seat
on the right when the return to the White
House was begun. Instead he rode on the
left side
Senator Hanna was pleased beyond cx
preston at the reception accorded him
The martial spirit of the occasion envel.
oped him.
lie gave the military salute in response to
cheers by his persistent boNing to the
cheering crowds it appeared as though Pres
ident Mckinley was escor,pg Senator
Hanna
The Senator smiled complacentiy upon
the crowds who cheered Mckinley. Every
few minutes he turned half around in ii c
carriage and looked at the President to see
how he was enjoying the applause When
the soldiers who lined the side Of the ave
nue. saluted as The President passed Senator
Hanna returned the greeting.
On hearing applause his right hand would
involun,arily be raised toward hs hat some
times this moyemen, would be checked aud
again the President and Senator Hanna
would raise their hats simultaneously.
The attention given him by the crowds
was clearly pleasing to Senator Hanna's
vanity. Nov you've got got him, Marx"
shouted some one in the crowd Senator
Hanna smiled aud whispered to NJ Kinley.
Both laughed.
All the way down the avenue there were
criesof "IIanna, or "lIow are you, Mark ?"
The other members Of the joint Congress
ional Committee on Arrangements were
oftimes compelled to laugh a the sales Of
the crowds made at Senalot IIanna's
expense.
"'Who1l go in next um., Mark ?"
shouted khakicad spectator. Senator
Hanna thought this fairly good joke aud
nudged "Unclc Joe" Cannon, who sat op
posite him in the carriage
You're the real ,hingw was the cu,to.
mary greeting given Mr.. Hanna along The
route Of the parade. one band played
"Money Musk" as IN. Oholn passed. b..
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-03-14
Obituary..
ContrIbnted by a FrIend.

Contributed by Friend.
John Allen Garner, of Tunnelon this
county, died at his home in that town on
Saturday evening last, March ?, 1901. in
the fofty-eight year Of his age He was the
eldest son of William X. and Nancy (Ride
nouDGarner, and was born April z7, I8s3.
lie grew to manhood on his fathers farm
near Albrghtsvile, and on April Fl, 1872,
was married to Virginia Ellen Mosser,
daughter of Henry Mosser of Grant district.
To them was born family of six children.
'rhe eldest, William Henry, died in infancy,
and those who survive to mourn the loss of
a kind father are Ida Belle, Asa Bertis, Mat
tie Pansy, Chester Edgel and foley Dorcas.
The two first named are married and reside
at Elk Garden. They we're all present
when their father died, and attended the
funeral on Monday. Beside the wife and
children, there are the aged mother, three
brothers, four sisters and large circle of
other relative and friends who deeply mourn
the sudden departure of son, brother,
friend and high-minded christian gentleman.
John a. Garner was converted in the
NJ. Z. church at Albrighlsyille more than
thirty years ago, and lived an honest up
right life from that time to the day Of his
death, winning the confidence and esteem Of
all who came to know him. For a time he
was connected with the Duukard church,
but later returned to the ~. T.. church.
and at the time Of his death was a steward
and local preacher ia that denomination.
His remains were brought 10 Terra Alta on
Monday, accompanied by large number Of
relatives and friends from Tunuelton, aud
/ after funeral services at the White Dale
church were inferred in the Ffceland GENE
terry, beside his father who rcccdcd him to
the spirit land five years ago. The funeral
/ was preached by the Tunneltou pastor, Rev.
c. II. Lakin, who paid n glowing tribute to
the christian virtues and usefulness Of the
| deceased. The mother, three brothers and
three Of the four sisters we're present al the
funeral. one sister being kept away by in
I validism. w.s.c.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-03-14

As evidences Of this will note some
extracts from the reports in the Registrar
Generals Office Of England, made by W..
Custis Cross, NJ. D., and read before the
Western New York Homeopathic Society,
April 7, ISoS
"The FIRST compulsory vaccination law
was passed in 1883. Referring TO statistics,
find that since the above date there have
occurred three-leading cpidemics Of small.
pox. The first, iS57-59, killed I4,z44 Of
the population Of England and Wales the
second, IS63-65, killed 29,o5o, and the
third, IS7o-72, destroyed 44,S4o. From
the second to the third epidemic the popu-
lalion increase was 9 per cent, and he
epidemic increase was Iz3 per cent. And
when smallpox again broke out in London.
10 1881, coming upon a city 90 per cent. Of
whose inhabitants were at the time officially
claimed as vaccinated, IL was confessed by
the advocates Of the vaccination deluson
that Of the 40I patients admitted into the
Highgate Hospital, the principal hospital
then receiving smallpox patients, no less
than 40, or 98 per cent, had been success
fully yaccinated. . The smallpox
/ epidemic Of 1908, after Is years Of com
/ pulsory vaccination in Europe, was the
worst experienced during the century. In
Bavaria, out Of 5o,472 cases Of smallpox
I z9.477 had been yaccinatcd, and in the
army, where every man had been revacci.
mated, the disease ragged with greater vim.
lence than among the civilians. When the
\ & eat epidemic struck The town Of Bonn the
first unvaccinated case TO occur stood No.
a. in the chronological order Of the cases.
Al Cologne the FIRST unvaccinated case was
\ I73. At Lcigniul thc FIRST unvaccinaied
case was No. 224. IN the outbreak a.
Bromley every person attacked had been
yaccinated. and in I3 months.
ended March 1888. Sheffield obtained as
ihc reward tor her iaih in vaccination
6,oSS cases Of smallpox."
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-03-14
why Good Beck is a Good Investment.
Iidcas Cleaned from Various Sourc

BY an Argus STAFF Reportcr
II 3, is worth anything to the State to
have an educated citizenship it is worth
more TO have well-bred. intelligent home
loving citizenship. rhe schools lose their
hold upon large majority Of children be
fore they reach the age Of 6f,een. Then
why should the education which makes for
good citizenship cease at the very point
where the serious business Of life begins ?
The blossoming period of c,imiualit,
is between the ages of twenty and thirty.
The criminals training years are from the
first consciousness of manhood and woman.
hood, early in the teens, u that dangerous
period of action beginning early in the
twenties.
The community that has nothing To- offer
the young but the spcak-easy and the dis.
orderly house, and makes no move for the
enrichment of lifs through the entertaining,
insuueling, reforming aud elevating in
iluences OF good literature deserves the
dsgraeeful record and awful consequences
OF crininaliIy.
1t is throwing away the opportunity Of the
ages to make no effort to raise the standard
Of citizenship by placing the incentives to
high thinking aud right living within the
easy reach OF all.
a book is a written letter to all unknown
friends that one has in the world. If you
buy real book you have, therefore added
to your list of friends And when you come
to know the writer whose soul is laid bare
IN his book, you will find that he toled be-
cause he eraved friendship and that friend
ship yours. The men who make true
literature do not toll merely to amuse, to
make money, or to gain reputation.
We are formed more truly from our books
than from our contact with men. The
humblest of us has ambitions. The most
evil man has thoughts and aspirations for
the good. But with the people we meet in
our daily life, it is their deepest thoughts
about which they say the least. As
general thing they are not well able to for
mulate these thoughts into the words Of
common conversation. Yet with the skill
born OF long and iireless effort, the writer
succeeds in setting forth these very things
we have thought about and vainly tued to
tell. lie is our teacher-one who does not
chide, more yet excuse, but who counses
the unfortunate and lends a hand TO the
fallen.
Those who do not read and cannot travel
lead narrow, shut-iu lives. Bat by means
of books the farmer boy or girl may 30 be-
yond the narrow township boundaries, make
friends with the best minds the world has
known, and travel far in distant lands
From books We gain the best the world
contains. There is indeed no other practi-
cal way of securing the results. NJ
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