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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
His Presentation Speech

the lovely young bride of the crown
prince. little anecdote Of her re
ception in one of the hill towns waG
current alike in society and in the
press. The little boy who was to pre-
sent the usual bouquet was the son
of distinguished literary man, and
he had been taught a pretty poem
of few lines, in graceful praise Of
the princess. But when the moment
came to recite. he stood mutely gazing
at her, too overcome to speak. Aft
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Misty Past.

II am afraid" said Senator Sorg-
hum, that the alteration in which
have become involved must be more
or less obscure to the casual listener"
About all you have both said lately
is You're another"
Yes. And we have said it so often
that am afraid nobody remembers ex-
actly what either of us was accused
of being in the first place.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

fruition still carry with them
the tenderest Of Christian
faiths, as they carry, too, the
story of humanity's most far
reaching disaster. 1t is one
of the Christmas greens
which has the warrant of re-
ligious associations dating
back to the very beginnings
of mans creation, even as it
is accorded the sublime
honor Of typifying the ances-
tral origins of the Redeemer
Of Man himself.
But what about the mistle-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

The winning grace and youthful dig
nifty with which children often fulfill
their part on occasions of civic, state
or royal pageantry is one of the most
charming features Of such occasions
Sometimes, indeed, the little folk do
not behave exactly as they are ex-
pected to do; but they are as likely
to improve or. the original program as
to spoil 1t.
In Italy In the days when the pres
ant Dowager Queen Margherita was
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Christian lore, as if it still hedged about
with a vestge Of the glory that arrayed 1t In
Paradise.
Time was, and time Is now, when epilepsy Is
Ole of the scourges of mankind only now we
look for it's cure, as we look for Its cause, IN
quite natural means and conditions The notion
that some poor devil with the falling sickness
has been cursed from on high is held scarcely
compatible in popular science, with the princi'
pies of eternal justice with cold observation
of cause and effect
But in times that were, in Wales, when an
epileptic developed the symptoms characteristic
of the disorder, it commonly believed that
he was being scourged with the rod Of Christ" !"
and that was the name by which the disease
went although it had another designation as
well-St Valentines sickness The cure for 1t
was believed to lie in the Rod of Jesse. The use
of the mistletoe as the Rod of Jesse in epilepsy
was general and, If faith can work wonders, per
haps the miracle of cure did sometimes attend
its employment.
Perhaps it didn't, If hard-headed science
choose to take shy at that gracious addition to
the list of miracle-working agents. But whether
it did or didn't the mistletoe's rare birth and
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
START SEARCH FOR SCOTT
Rescue Party Starts From New Zea-
land to Hunt Antarctic Explorer
Missing Nearly Year.

Christchurch, New Zealand. Dec. IA
The polar relief ship Terra Nova
sailed from this port early today for
Ross island, in the far antarctic, to
bring back Capt Robert F. Scott and
his associates of the British expedition
which went south more than year
ago to discover the south pole.
Nothing has been heard from Scott
and his men since the Terra Nova
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Lucky.

Thousands of years ago men shaw
ed themselves with sharks teeth or
with pieces Of flint" said the young
man who had been reading the "Notes
Of Science"
How lucky" replied the fair maid
en-.
Lucky? Why Eo?"
II mean how lucky it is they have
got to making razors in Germany.
Otherwise the poor men would still
have 10 shave with sharks teeth and
pieces Of flint. wouldn't they?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Ditchfield in his "Old English Customs" says
that the Christmas tree was first imported into
England by some German merchants who lived
at Manchester in the first years of the nineteenth
century.
In 1900 writer on folklore said: Although
we accustomed to consider Germany the
home Of the Christmas tree, it has not been gen.
eral there for more than couple of centuries
Old people are still living whose parents never
saw one in Germany The decoration Of houses
with olive leaves and green branches, in Eng
land at Christmas, Is far more ancient custom
and can be noticed in Botticellis picture Of "The
Alteration of the Shepherds" in the National Gal
lery in London. 1t is As Fritz Ortwein observes,
a distinct remnant of an ancient heather custom,
as at the turn Of the year during the twelve
days of the Jul festival in honor Of Wooden, green
cry could be fetched by all from the woods
without punishment, and every hall was deco
rated with green leaves and branches
Again, in old works on English customs
find many references to the decorating Of the
interior Of the dwellings, as well as the pious
adornment of the churches with greenery, and
the introduction of fir tree as symbolical of
the palm In the halls of the barons and the
squires and in the gigantic kitchens Of the
farmers fir tree ever held prominent place,
but whether ordinarily decorated or not is not
specifically recorded. Here we are in doubt.
In all probability the remaining fruits of the
OrcnarOS OF the year were nunS upon Lne
branches as propitiation to the gods of the
fruits Of the earth to insure good harvests.
Going abroad we get fuller knowledge of these
things. The custom of carrying away branches
and trees from the woods at Christmas time in
various parts Of Austria became extensive on
account Of the superstitions of the peasantry
that at Salzburg, in 1855, and at Nuremberg, in
1858, severe bylaws were issued against persons
\ purloning from tas forests. In some regions Of
Hungary a solemn procession with decorated
tree takes place through each village before the
shepheld play begins 'It is adorned with rib
bons and fruit, and is supposed to symbolic
the tree Of knowledge. Although most Of the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

er moment, in order to relieve the
situation, the princess smiled, and
held out her hand for the flowers. The
little fellow held back for moment,
then, to the delight Of the assembly,
explained, con1dentially. as he gave
the flowers to her.
There were verses. but you are so
beautiful I can't remember them
Youths Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

came north on March last, and there
is much speculation as to the accom-
plishments and some uneasiness as
to the fate of the party
When the Terra Nova sailed from
Hut Point, the winter quarters of the
expedition, at the extreme southern
end Of Ross island. Captain Scott and
two companions were still struggling
toward the pole
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

HIM! To tell the truth, If we want to be con-
sistently Christian in our Christmas green's and
the purposes to which they should be put, there
isn't anything about it, at least of any records
which such careful investigators as Alfred E. p
Raymond Dowling have dug up while studying
the general subject None will deny that the
most consistent Christians have taken to the
mistletoe kiss with abundant enthusiasm and
faith In its excellent results that has never been
surpassed. But that doesn't make the mistletoe
kiss any more Christian than 1t ever was
Isn't the excellent story of foolish Mother Eve
and the original mistletoe apple enough for any
reasonable Christmas decorator who wants to
justify its employment? And II it isn't, haven't
we the legend Of the Rod of Jesse to make 1t
distinctly one of the Christmas green's? AS for
the kisses that are supposed to go with it-well
II you insist on knowing about them, you'll
I simply have to take the consequences, same
as Eve did when she insisted on tasting OF
that confounded tree of knowledge.
The mistletoe kiss seems not to be Chris
| tian at all Druidical, probably and therefore
heathenish, and therefore very, very wrong
So all young men who encounter 1t, artfuy
| suspended where pair Of ripe, red lips must
| pass, do you piously refrain or, more piously
tear down the hoary old temptation and fee
! the accursed roof If it were the house OF
| ARIA Marcella and you were not Gautier's
young Frenchman. And you, maidens give
leave to no pagan rites; remember the fate of
your poor Grandmother Eve and beware lest
the fruit of the mistletoe, accursed tree Of
knowledge, prove now more bitter in the mouth
than 1t did in Eden.
But If you have Ivy wreathe 1t generously, for
the French know it as the herb Of St John, the
disciple whom the Savior loved, the emblem Of
pure friendship the vine that heeds not decay
and death of its beloved, but clings ever more
closely as the fall impends and bears up its fall
ing ally against all adversely Learned students
OF these legends have surmised, too, that 1t may
be the herb of st. John the Baptist, who Is usual
ly pictured as the boy in his cameIshair coat,
gazing at his cousin, the infant Jesus.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

to the oppos-
ing principle
of darkness
or evil. The
p a n t which
furnished the
deadly d a r t
grew on the,
slope of AS
gard, and was
the sole agent
X n o W n to
gods or men
a m o n G pol
sonous plants
l.laA
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

all over Germany. Three
trees in great pots were put
on a long table covered with
linen; each tree was illumi-
mated with three circular
tiers of colored wax candles
blue, green, red and white.
Before each was displayed a
quantity of toys, gloves,
handkerchiefs, workboxes,
books and various articles,
presents made to the owner
of the tree" This princess
was a Russian, and in her
later days lived mostly in
Paris. Then apain Prof
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Fell 5000 Feet In 1895: Dies.

Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 14.--Chas.
Wolcott, who fell 5000 feet with bal.
loon ir South America II years ago.
died Thursday, after a long illness.
Wolcott was the only man to recover
from such fall.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-That bachelor
friend OF mine is looking for partner
for his joys and sorrows.
Mrs. imsonbeak-Well, 1t seems
to me he's long time about 1t.
Yes; you see he's looking for 81
lent partner"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
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E4SsEANA

mains of a once horrible Druid rite.
The ceremonies which the mistle-
toe figured in among the ancient
Druids always accorded 1t place
of honor. The myths that clung
around it in their wondering, puz.
zling minds were many more than
the few that have come to US in
these later years. But, old as they
are, those hoary, heather myths
lack the true flavor Of antiquity
when 1t comes to measuring tradi-
tions by the centuries.
Oh, we do not by any means owe
our mistletoe to the Druids. We
can 60 back so much further for the
first adventures of the mistletoe
that the Druids become merely
modern innovators. It was one of
the noblest of the trees in Paradise,
the lordly tree of good and evil;
and on it's twig hung the apple
which Mother Eve plucked with
such disastrous consequences. Alas
for Mother Eve and Father Adam!
And alas for us, their punished
heirs-at-law divine! But alas, too,
for the wicked, handsome, tempting
tree Of knowledge which put human
Ity in such graceless plight! Upon
It's lofty crown, its massive trunk,
its delicious fruit, descended the
universal curse. 1t shriveled away
from the Mortified earth; it dwin-
died to the meanest smallness; 1t
was cast out into the bitter cold;
It became a parasite and beggar,
existing by the bounty Of vulgar
neighbors. Only in the pearly
translucence of its shrunken fruit,
the most trivial of berries, did 1t
preserve some semblance of its
once radiant splendor.
And it has preserved some OF its
nristino virtl1eS too in traditional
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Kills Father for usInn whIn.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec 14-Daniel
H. Rickart was shot and killed by
Martin, his thirteen-year-old son,
while whipping an older son Thursday.
The boy confessed saying his fathe,
had been brutal to his wife.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
J. P. cudahy to Have s2,5oo, GOO,

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 13.-John P.
Cudahy will receive $2,5OO,OOO through
a recent settlement of his fathers es-
tate, his attorneys announced here
Wednesday. Mr. Cudahy said he was
satisfied with the settlement.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Robbers GET More rhan s4.noo

Goldfield, Ia, Dec. 1S.-Robbers
blew the safe of the Citizens State
bank Wednesday and obtained be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000. They then
stole a team and escaped. 1t was not
discovered until Z a. m.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure consti-
patton. Constipation is the cause of many
diseases. Cure the cause and you cure the
disease. Easy to take. ADV.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IR[I

10 invented the
Christmas tree?
Whence does 1t
come? It is a
curious fact
that most of the
oil d chroniclers
have thrown a
veil of mystery
aroun d t b g
Christmas tree
and make no at
tempt to ex-
plain its origin.
1t has been
stated that the
tree came to us
from pt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces intlamma.
ton, allays pair, cures wind collie 25c bottle Ak
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

But tip doesn't always come to the
man who waits.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Wise men ne'er sit and wall their
loss, but cheerily seek how to redress
their harms. Shakespeare.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Too Many Amateurs.

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

1t takes a romantic woman to ar
range for the marriage Of her children
before they are born.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19
Rather Strenuous.

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

did they kiss and make up?"
"Yes. and after they kissed, Bella
had to make up again"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck
wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

A scientist has discovered that the
onion is a cure for love.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

State Aviation School.
Guatemala has opened an aviation
school.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-12-19

This legend is well propagated in
old Irish and Welsh fairy tales.
The idea is that in ancient Egypt
they used slip of the palm tree
with twelve shoots on it at certain
winter festivities. The tree SYM
bolized the year with its twelve
months.
Consequently, any one who is
.!"nual to the effort may believe that
the modern Christmas tree repre-
sents that twelve-shooted slip of
palm. Minds Of less stalwart Gre
dulity may prefer to trace the
Christmas tree back to Germany
only, where they had Christmas
trees long before they were ever
heard of in this country or England
or France.
The Christmas tree was not in
troduced into England from Ger
many until after the marriage Of
Queen Victoria to her German con-
sort, Prince Albert. But where did
the Germans get the Christmas tree
idea from? S. J. Adair Fitz Gerald,
writing in T. P.'s Weekly, offers an
explanation Of this by saying that
far away back in the ages you find
Teutons believing in a mystic ash
tree, Yggdrasil, which, with it's
roots and branches, united the
world of the living and the world
of the dead. "At the foot of Ygg-
drasil sit the three Norns, who de-
termine the destinies of men, and
YggdrasiIs branches bear gifts for men
Is that our Christmas tree? Anyhow
that Prince Albert introduced it into G
ain is very prevalent. One of the pre-
most eagerly looked for events of the {
tide-that Of the setting up of the
tree-is associated with the late Empl
erick of Germany Queen Victoria,
birth of the princess royal, had Christ
brated at Windsor in 1910, and ION thai
Prince Albert introduced the pretty Ge
tom Of decorating a Christmas tree s
period it has become welcome custom
rich and poor, and affords a graceful
distributing little presents. 1t was
first imported into Germany with the c
legions of Drusus, and is alluded to by
the Georges"
1t will be seen by this that the ger
cepted notion is that Prince Albert W,
Sible for the British adoption of the
tree and all that it means, symbolical
tical, to the youngsters. But on the
of this acceptation we are met with
ment from the "Greville Memoirs" u
Dec. 27, 1929, when Queen Victoria We
ten years old. "On Christmas day the
Lieven got up little fete, such as is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01

class in the Baraca rooms of the Fifty sixth Street Baptist church.
 The rooms were fittingly festooned and decorated in accordance with the occa sion, the plan of the programme being that of an All Saints Day entertainment. The decorations were the result of the work of the Misses Helen Forsyth, Helen Sparks, Louise Nall, Ruth Gaines and Myrtle Cobb.
 The young ladies had given special at tention to the selection of the refresh | ments, with the result that the guests were delighted by dainty connections which were the crowning success of the evening. Misses Margaret Nall, Helen Forsyth and Tommie Hood presided over a punch bowl in one corner of the Ba- l raca hall set on a table amid dainty decorations. The punch was exquisite.
 Among those present were: Miss Nina Webb, Miss Ruth Gaines, Miss Myrtle Cobb, Mrs. Randle, Misses Olivia Mas sey, Estelle Hayes, Nell Fahey, Allison Fahey, Helen Forsyth, Minnie Bowden, Marie Martin, Louise Nall. Ruth Fidger, Vivian Dimon, Sadie Borum, Alien Me Farland, Margaret Nall, Maud Palmer, fommie Hood, Louis Newbourne, Helen Sparks, Ida Killian, Florence Atkins and Mrs. w. M. Anderson and the Rev. w M Anderson, J. c. Borum, Prof J. D. Will Hams, w. B. Massey, Tom Gainer, Arthur Dowell, Clifton Cantalou, Archie Boyt, Bynum Waters, Louis Denson Caipas Perryman, Lloyd Bowden, Carl McFar- land, Walter Hunter, J. C. Stalings. Gordon Wood. William Ware, Joseph Sandifer. Rufus Faulkner, Howell Cobb and Ernest Hagood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
Supreme Court Invited

New York. October 31.-Senator Ba- con, president of the Senate pro tenn, announced tonight that the senators who will attend Vice President Sher- mans funeral would leave here in a body at S:3O Saturday morning over the New York Central for Utica. Earlier fn the day Senator Bacon directed Col orei Ransdell, sergeant at arms of the Senate, to notify each senator that the entire Senate had been appointed a committee of the whole to attend the funeral.
 Senator Bacon added that no place Of meeting in New York had been se- 1ected for the senators prior 10 their departure for Utica. but he thought they would meet at the Grand Central station. A number of representative, he said, would accompany them. Ar engagements had been made to attach several special cars for their comfort to the s;30 train.
 q have also invited the chief justice and other justices of the United States supreme court on behalf of the Sen ate to attend the funeral said Senator Bacon.
 Tt is probable that several of the Justices will accept the invitation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
Blame Young Turks

Vienna, October 31.-The Neuefrei Presse correspondent at the Bulgarian head quarters thus explains the Turkish de- feat:
 Besides the bad supply arrangements and the disaffection among the officers on account of political tenets, two meas ures of the Young Turk regime were responsible for the demoralization of the Turkish army. The first was the ad- mission of on-Mohammedans to the army From childhood they have been the sworn foes of the Ottoman state and these troops from beginning of the war proved unsuitable, going over to the enemy's camp in masses.
 ''rhe second measure was the dismissal of old Turkish officers, who, although not highly Intelligent yet maintained the contact between the officers corps and the soldiers and were always capable fin war time. These men were sacrificed by the young Turks and replaced by young Turk officers
 Recently Turkey recognized her error and ordered the recall of these officers, but it was already too late
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01
P. A. WOOD SHOT AND KILLED BY STEPSON
 WITHIN 20 FEET OF
 GOVERNORS OFFICE
tContinued From Page one,

that oakley did not have another gun in his possession and that all trouble would be averted.
 During the day it is said Oakley s attitude became more and more threat . ening and Wood was heard to several times express the opinion that his step son should be placed under peace bond The deceased declared during the day that he desired protection, inti- mating. according to the reports of those in the room, that he feared Oak Icy.
 Should Have Bodyguard"
 Shortly before the hearing was com pleted few minutes before o'clock.
 1t is said that Oakley declared that Wood 'should have bodyguard. T though 1t is understood that this re- mark was not taken seriously. The hearing was then completed and Attorneys Lavender and Fuller hurried from the room. having telephoned for an automobile to take them to the de- not. That was 255 o'clock. Following the attorneys. MaSie Porterfield who had been acting as stcnographer in the taking of the testimony. also left the office. leaving James c. oakley, Dan c. Trawick of the convict department N. G. Oakley and Wood in the office It was then that oakley showed his desire to have trouble. according to Mir. Trawick. James C. Oakley, also anticipating trouble left the office tc telephone for the police. and Dan Ira wick followed few second later, hay ling first heard w. c. oakley exclain that he had been in the army and ir,- tended to have trouble.
 "I've got the devil in me-" it Is said that the defendant exclaimed just as Mr. Trawick left the office Following his exit Mir Trawick said the door was slammed and he heard the key turn ir