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Show the i iiuisrjiAs tuki:. IntTeatlnj- r't t'ut v P'rwinlsl Mi.lli.g'll'A Itlis.ima Iniually In Our Hum s. lomnuoi "" ,"11 '" ,lrt" '"'"') 1 usurer iiiuMoaiaiaiiinej Of All thu llants al (lowers tba rsrth has '' I'fKl" 1 "l" 0"'y or,c ht b s never ' le 1 uorilled, awl that bl m4 on nur henrUialmies to-u,y to-u,y as bright Aud tinrajr us when tta beautiful living until flr-t thai IU softening, cbcatlru, louder lull lenoti over !! hearts of mou more than 1S(K) j, in ago. I" ll"1' 'o'M period dynas-tin dynas-tin havo dbwiveJ, nittloiit have paia. rd away, Hi" tale'' Human Ktnplro whore soldiers bound the King of Cbrlataias to the cross, bai lajrliheil from eff ll' 'ace of Iho eartli; once proud races have bcun humbled In the dull; even lh very luce of nature hor. Klf Iim changed, but tlis Christmas tree, with IU bright rjrsen unJlmruel, itlll spreads IU brauclui of puaco on mill, good fill lu mea, oror the hnlacWllliil world, for lu all lliat tmI space there It nut a pot, no nutter nut-ter what tbo race, the nation, tho pco-ilecrlbilrirei'd, pco-ilecrlbilrirei'd, where there li not porno olio who bui heard anil lai Ullevrd thn 'glad tidings that laj over la lletbtthrm of Jil Ira inotulnaii elltliUen icmurlee Ago n t.oiulirul mshltu motlur r,nn blrlli ton lovely labytaynod cradled hliu lu a man per, wliilp kings and who men, who lis (seen his star lu the llttthad oome to worship him, knechd at lilt (ft nn I rreseuted him with rich gift Wher. ever that story nut wonderful an J heaitlfulofall tho stories that hare Urn told la known and Ullevod, thern tbo decoration and ornaments of the Christmas tree gleam lu the Are light and lt gifts make glad tba hurt, of tli little nnee who caiher around It. Hut though the Christmas tree It an emblem of the fundamental event of the C lirUtniM religion, and though It Is very tJtaaaut to trite at la often erromously done the origin of the cutout uf giving Chrlslniaa prownu to tbo bringing uf gills to the Infant Jieua ly the kings nnd wise men wnu tanielu worsbliitilm,iet a rtgardfor 'let autlquarisii truih coniiwls us to almlttballiotb the trie an 1 tho gifts we hang Uum It nru of heathen nrlitlu. tars before tho I Irlh of Christ, man) heathen natlona were nciuttouiel to huld graal feasu at fctioiit the time of r year at which via nor celebrate i hrlatmas AmotiK Iho ancient ItiiriaiiH tbiM were the fratla of rlaturn and Opy, which liegun on DtcomlrlJ andcoiitlniiMlforMteudaya. IJurliu that 4rlod It wa cuttoniary for nil the members of overy )iouihuld to f,lto glfta to e n.ll other. A there la no Hilttvo Informatluu ol talnahlu af to the exact date of ChrU'i birth, and aa the 1 repoudcrance of auch uvldonce aawe have, makes It extremely lm L reliable that lie wai Irani lu Dacem-rr, Dacem-rr, there can lw llltlo quratlon that tho early (allien of tho l.hiirch,Klni;nnxloiM to Induca tho recently convirted peoplo to abandon their umtlun uar,e, choaa for the UhrhtuiM aioon thu time of year that ha I formerly Men devotel to the great heathen fwllvala almva uamed, and ai they dealrcl to make their tiettheu convoitaleel that tluy had lo. uih-Inu uih-Inu lu Inuoceut iilcaaurn by tbu aubitl-tutlon aubitl-tutlon of a Chrlillan feitlval fur a lHatheuogc, thoy m Hllflml and re t llnetS Al far ns onlblo, thn cuatouie of tho latter notat I J that of giving 1.1 1 1'. Th ancient arman were nleo ao-cuatoinud ao-cuatoinud tobold great (eativale nt tbo time tf our Chrlatmat e aaouaml they Ihen not only ext hange 1 Kllta niter the uuuner ofthe Uomaua, but thty aluo attache I thote gifia to lurife In oi.whicu they ilecotated with lljht.. Wheu ChrMI nil) lint iralnnl a foothold lu (ler y the failure punuoi with the (li riuane tbo aamu ootine thai they lia 1 wlipti il with the It inana, Chrli tlanlzlmsaiid le-rmlitln Hum to retain, re-tain, mi fir aa racllcahte, the ciih'oma ot the btalheu fiallvat that had hi.eu re) taced liy tho Otirl-imaa aeaon. Hun the tree liunr; with a,irtaj b came I'lirUtnaetriee, audaaeueh were In-trodiuedhy In-trodiuedhy the Haxonalntn lngland, wlieme thoy bavu coma to tie and Wall the real oltliii tJhrlHIau world. And how many Chrlatuiaa true ih yoi think am need annually lu the United Hlatw7 You lau form iKliie Ilea of the number from Ihe faot that Mw Vork alone urwl m ro than0ii,-dX) than0ii,-dX) laat yiar. An I whern do the t'nrlatmaa lre enme fro nT Well, tho.utlii.Uii. uml In ew Vork are obtained i ilnclpally from Maine, that Itraulant quaint old 1 Ida tree estate, where the thrifty InhaMtanla liava ao niany clever wajaol making an hou at dollar. In aumnier Maine takea auiuiuer toardura, that beln tba third lareat ludu.lry In the Htate. In No-viml No-viml tr and DeremtHir ahe cuts UhrUt uaa tres Along the u ir l'i nob-acntrlver nob-acntrlver the number of Ireea aultab'e fur bearliiz Chrlstmaa cilia la literally lrilon. llere are eople In Maine who have acquired a handvoma eompetauie lythe Ohrlalinaa tree Induatry, and not a few of Ibem aro grizzled old eterane who for thirty or forty years lis vo annually contributed to Ihe enjoyment enjoy-ment of Young America b eeullng him thouaandsanllhouaanda of Ireea upon which to hang Ihe preaeuta ho receives from loving frleuds. As tba miners of olJ used to go iroaiicllng for gold lu the fatnoui, libled data of MJ, aolhn Maine (Jhrlel-maatria (Jhrlel-maatria huntirol todayatarteouliar-lyln todayatarteouliar-lyln autumn to proaHict firChrl'lmas trees, llumuat find aifiot wnuratheru lausulllilvnl uuniler of trees aullable fur Cbnalmas uriorea lu make It worth hlawblletu cuttheoi. Thlsaput tuuat be touveuleut of acciaa either to a navigable rlvar or toaomu railroad, for tbty njuat begotteu to market aa Inex-IhkIuJ) Inex-IhkIuJ) as iwullile, aud the further the bav u to be liauled by hore or oxen toaer oxen are largely llaed lu the Alalue wools the greater the expenae tuuat ueteaaarlly be Wheu the (Jhrlat-inaa (Jhrlat-inaa treo prusiu..tor has found a spot to his liking, he dlckera" wllh the owner of the las n 1 for the prlvllige of uitlng oil the trior, agreeing to ay so much 'or every una be Ukt e. lliebargi.to male, old rianta Claua goes lo Ilia lnme aud hibernates till alKiuttbellratuf Novimber, and then awakens tu n perl nl of lulenae activity The ph. wheru tbo Cbrlslmas trees aru to bo out la suddenly tranaforuied Irum u wl dernea4 InUj a lumbermio's CA up Hude hule are built and scioko eaceud from ntnv fire All dny ling frm Min iy inoin li ileye ru-lmhirted arms swing the iconoclastic axe mil thu Unrliimie trete, like ed Hers ii some great battle, lall on eMryalJe, lfauy otent. grave mil revere n I senior w ho had been ehollered frout hiyhood by thoie trea ahoul I uii tear on the scene and lirveully utter the pclltlun aiiltmlliar tu nireiiieil lioy uira during ' devliiuatlon ixir claes," O, wooil din i i th ,l tree he woulJ bo liiuuiluouily laurfho I lo scuru. When these nioiiarcba not of the foreai but of the Christ n is In srth are felled, their hr inches ftiMi rliuuml, n id thtlr ihopiarO a da sawul ai as to mini them a no ilh. Iikii their branclas arn driwu lowir Is trunks andllidwlthslotutnluiiei lint tbuy wlltoocuiy le-srmm when hl)itl li malklt. rheu lenns uf stout oxsil haul them t) the tieirett rallmal or navigable stream. The lilur Is prifu-ablo prifu-ablo becsuae liniistiorlatlon by watir a sta lea than lJ rail, an I the great olut Is U gel Ilia trees tu market as ctuaplyaa voa.lblo. If, howevi r, them Is id ulltrnatlve but to let the Iron horae haul thim away,abuut Iwu III iu-sind iu-sind trees aru loaloJ upon etuh tar. llut Maine dot not sUly .Stw Yurk with all lii r Chrlstmaa Ireea by an) means. New Yurrf Htlte turnlc'ies many Christmas tries to her o n K re.il m-tropnllr. Away up In the CaiAIII iiiouumlus then ats anuusll) tut thnuaands of these treis, nm his which old lleadilck Hudson and bis demon crew have hull pla) lug skittles and drinking schnapps ulg'itly fir centurh,nn I uuder whote uiubrnge ms sbalows dear nil Hip Van Winkle took his long np of twenty years duration. The Adirondack mountains nlao lurnlah miuyof lhue Ireea, and from Iho shores af Otsigi I.akeiome many others. Tha (In en mountains uf Verniiatalsosind Uhrlalmvi trees lu the Pttle des mlanta of Iho Dutch settlers on Maiihitlau lalani, as like wise do tho shores of Ixko Wlnnl-llaogie Wlnnl-llaogie and the Whlto Mounlnlns uf Nee. llami shire. I have known n Vermont farmer to brlnir down ten Ihousaud Christinas trees tj Vow York, aut to realize on thorn In m few days more than double what he coull make by woiMug his oil farm up among the buahes for u twelve-month, twelve-month, though ho received from the Jobtur who brought Ihcm an a virago of only twentv cents a piece lor eai.ii of his trees. Very llltlo, you will sir, for the troubln mil expense of roi. lTCtlnc, tiaylnrlhenwiurof the Ion I on which thn tn.es grew, tulllug Imil-lug, Imil-lug, ehl )ilu and marketing, but joi must romuihur that the trees pus through the Inula of two otherdi tiers Waldos the JolUr bo ore the) llus.ll) reach the ousuiur, II 1 may beat lowed tblt word In Hill l"e. Tho jobber sells lu the wholesaler, Iho whol-s-ller to the Waller, an 1 all thrto mut tnan n prolll nut of the trausxctluu. What wonder, then, that thu trees wllll.il the farmer eolj for twenty nls pleie, hrliu nt retail from seventy-five i unts to twelve dot lare, thu latter flgura and ovin na much ss fide "i dollars buhu pM for unuiuslly Urge and hnu lewia trets rurihase.1 ly benevolent bla for iharltabla Inttltiitlons, rjuuday school celehrallona, He, but mini you. ('hrlitmaa trees ol that kind like Home, are not inado In n day. lu attain that mammoth a'xe Ihey must grow and II iiirlsh evnii as tbu ISalmlst rajs he liassieu tbu wkked flourish, llkeunto a gruen tree for a quarter of n century. llut though Sew York, Irelng.tho Isrftat city lu onr country, Is naturally our grades! mart for (Jlirl.ltms trees, aid though Maine, Vew lUrarhlri', Vermont and Xew York furnlah our gr-at metro.HiIla with those beautiful iciubhmiuf living trieii, It must not be rui'ine.l that that illy or those Htateslmve a monopoly of or u patent right nn ( hrlstmas treis. Almost nil over Mils great oiinlr), whsrevrr the wings uf the great Aiiterliau (agio thru thslr shadows, as our sreal-eairlL sreal-eairlL orators ss) uti thn IVurth uf July, the Christinas treo Is pun lis-,-1, tlliuui.il an I hung with gifts. Tbu unl) txceullons are eouu of tho triplets trip-lets reglous uf thu tar West where railroads an I steamship lints havu u it vol netratuJ. l.veii lii suoh ap ils-In ils-In uur little array posts on trackless plains, smiug h istlle Inila is Christ-mas Christ-mas trees are Improvlstd (run walking i anes and urat rell l bandlus si.lli id t-gelher. t-gelher. Hi universal Is Ihetle-lru fur a tree at Chrlstmaa tlmo that there might well be written to the rnmlllar song "What Is llimn Without n Miihu" a oompanlon pleoa cntltliHl "What Is Christmas Without aChrUt-mas aChrUt-mas Tree " And what kind of trse Is tha I eat for Christinas tree purposis? That Is n hard question ti ailawer. Herat ick, line, lalaam, II r, cedar and ajrum in is are ue I, t'.ach has im rlts pecu llarly Us own, exi'oit, nurhaps, the tine an I homlncc, which aru cfteu shatby and whosu only merit Is cheap nets The green of the cedar Is not so IrUhtasthst of tho athurs, and pur-hsS pur-hsS that Is why It laata so much Ion;-ir. Ion;-ir. Cedar treta are sometimes to be ntitsli.Ml with branchea tHirln7 here and theru Its lovely frosty berrlts, an I thnellertof such n Ireu la slugulirly l-nutirul. Hprucotroiaaro very handsome hand-some and stalely and from their branch may bo hung gifts htavler than nny other Chrl'tmas trio will supiorl, but fir my own part I prefir the balsam (Ira, for they aro re lolent with the dellolous (ra-urancoof (ra-urancoof tho plney woods, and calls up memories uf never to be forgotten gildeu days, with Invlug Irlen Is In sylvan camp mid on the merry maroh In search of fish aud game, lhtlrs Is aperlumathst soothes and calms the tnubled hesrt anl excited briln, snl lulls us Into that aweet Intensity of sleeps that knows uo restlessness nnr dreams, as all who have lain upon a baUam llr boughs or upnu n tlllow filled with their feathery nte lies can testily.' Another advantage poaloaaed by thu balaam llr la that as the tree dries the gum In the wood tightens Hi needles so that they will not fall. It Is the falling of IU ueeJIea that makss the apruce ol(ectlouablo at a Chrlitnus tree. then, too, tbo needles of tho balsam fir are finer aud siller than those of the spruce or celar, anl Ihe blending nf vivid rreen on the titper artot Ita ueedies an 1 slh er gray on the buyer iKrtlon Is iiuo of thcya artlstln au I beautiful eOscla wbh.li nature alone of all olhor urtlsts, oau produce. Thl t variety of Christiana tnn Is also more ran .did un i symmetric it thin miy otb.r.nud that la one of tbu gn-atit Hiliilatobnsiiured lu n truly arllsllo irw.. I ti puro using n tree nlwayii in-i in-i avor tu obtain oneof thlsdesvriptlon It can uo m iru easily trltuiued au I will be handsomer when Irlmmedthaii nny other, rjeloit u tlio adapted lo the -apartment and that portion of thunuirt-merit thunuirt-merit In which It Is lo I o plsinl. Y ur tree selected, you oiti Irlm II f.rnsmuih or as little mmov as you ii'i'i-e If your tree 1 very tall It will i.i we 1 1-. 'rim tho ii ir l.rani'i os U.-iom U.-iom i latlng It In a erindlcular ssl tlou, lest tley Ihi too high lu boiaslly raathe.1. Mrstof all, you want tome attratllve au I m proi rlaloornameut lor the summit or "lip top" "lnt of jour. In If you desire lo trim It at very little wsl, n 'mill llgure uf rtanta CJIaui miy imiMiight for leu cents, or )ou nny siih.tliuti. f .r th it pair in aim f Chrls'masacir, n arl tlgure ofalny or girl in white garb, or nuo of an angel with a trumpet, blowing out Uiriitmsi tilings. A ur rising quantity of pink nnd white rad corn can le bought for lew ceotr, and If strung upin airings, anl feeloaneii oil the uppir branclus will lu.a' very prnlly aa will nlicrar,tierrlia slmarly ueJ. Huow bulls of white cotton faslined to the enla nf the houghs and small I pkcinflhe sami, s al ercl nil "ir tlm tree givu a very retly snow i IIYcl. A var I of tatl .tsu cjsIs ten cents mid llttlelehcklllle lilt (mm It, sewed with g illy colore 1) arn anl (Hied with rail lira lire a t'rest a billion. Color".! ca dies ut six rents a iluren aud tin hollers r.ir them at iline, look very pretty. In this way a trio may lo atlMctlvily trliuiinl al from one two dollars. If you want auixsnslve tret, nothing noth-ing Is i retller lu the way of ornanuul than the colund balls of the shops, of which the mom, the ban Isomer, llaug these llom every brauch, anl have festoousuf smaller nm from branch lo hrauch all around the tree (rum top to bottom. Use plenty of tbu tinsels rei rtsentlng Iroit and Icicles aud Ibu Utile balls Ilka fro2ell bubbles blown from ii II uld rainbow, rheu thoih i a haveclie Imllatlm of festoons of snjw, which you can attach lu isery twig, branch, bow an 1 needle, nils enov Is nisdaof flue tissue afer and comes packed In boxis. Ultt stars, sold at any stationer', shuull be use! In abun lanrc, as shout 1 also card loard, china and ciuJynugols, cherubs and rhll In ii. A tree thus trimmed costs 510 tu -S. tltuitiiKY WiiLisTO-c CiiriiB-riNi'. |