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Show SV r 'S N, v1 j , J istnias and New Year 1 WV a. -- . a, (is;-(i- s ,"wr"pi- - IJ II1 (is I jhin, ((S Head Scarfs, Books, Embroidered" Aprons, Jackets, Embroideries , etc. Sale (is (is (is (is as as as as end Cards. (is Saturday, Dec. 17, 1910 Os COALVILLE as as SAMPLE V: FOLK LORE OF DAY BELGIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS THAT ARE DYING OUT. Celebration of Festival Still Presents Much That le Interesting Old Customs Traceable to Heathen Rites and Practices. LTHOUGH not eo keenly Tollowed up as In Gernmny and Englandthe festival of Christmas, as celebrated In Belgium, still presents a certain amount of Interest, especially in respect to Its traditional as- pect. Many of the old customs, -- lensasEECsaaEE BSmSSEXSS .J.It Is The.... guesc Would die, if. bv cnance, one o the lights Went out at (he critical moment. Among the metal workers of the province of Halnaut molten lead was plunged into water, and the figures produced by the operation were supposed to represent Incidents In Uie life of the plunger." In the Ardennes, the weather for the coming year was determined by placing lighted candles in walnut shells, which were allowed to float on a basin of water. If the candles went out the year would be a bad one, agriculturally speaking; If the remained alight until the end it would be a good year. Nuts thrown on the fire by lovers foretold Joy if they burned with a sputtering; sorrow, If there was 'ahy noise. According to an existing belief, everything living changes its position at the hour of midnight on Christmas ng sown in the fields day. that day is Louml to bear fruit even though it be sown on the snow it Eu-yh!- self. which today are but a mere mock- While It Is roocldered unlucky WATCH II .NIGHT (is of Contention Tht Th:y (is (is SHEPHERDS Refutation Could as Not Have December Wafchcd on NiSjkbdt d"-in- (is as FT as Come to Our Store for your Holiday Outfit. Until Christmas you can buy at a reduction of 50 per cent on all Clothing, Shoes and Furnishings. A new line of wearing arpparel for men, women and children just received. as historians conteaj that t.-- ' shepherds could not hire fetched night on the Bethlehem plains in 1 comber, it being a peried d great clemency. In answer to his a w student says: jethlehem is not a cold region. Tie nxrcury u stands 11 the month of Deer her at 4G degrees. Com htown this time, and grass ad hot , spring up after the rains, a that 4- Arabs drive their flocks wn tr n -the mountains into the pirns. T o roost delicate never mak fires , 11 about the end of November, and so le prss the whole winter wlthut the n. From these facts I think k is eit without doubt that or fiavii ir w as born on the 25th of lecemb r, the day which the church firoughc it the world has united to ttfebrate n honor of Christ's coming in the fleso. Some g as as as as as as as (is iaxrv. j Os ROOM (is aacasar Os At 8 a. m. at the (is (is etamemEsiaEascKsaBxsxrmaancmmBBBaB a. the year begins f 'IS Little Folks Beautiful little Dolls, Books as1 as as as as (is as as (is Os (is Os to to ery of their orig- spin flax on Christmas day, a shirt inal selves, ai e made from flax on that night is good Christmas day eggs traceable to old for many ilia. heathen rites "and always produce fine chickB.' ' A'TaraT" " practices. The priesthood, realizing the veneration in which these customs are still held, not only refrain from discountenancing practices which the holy church- - regards as heretical on account of their origin, but even enjoins the due observance on the peoWherever possible, details of ple. these customs have been modified with a view of bringing them into as -- the possible--witclose obedience--Instructions of the Vatican. One of the easiest tasks in this re spect'was the encouragement of thd old custom of ceasing 'work for-- 18 days after Christmas and postponing the discussion of all differences and legal disputes for the same- - period. Among the seasonable customs and beliefs which have for the most pat bem dying out, If they are not already dead In many parts of the country, are the following: Christmas eve being dedicated to Adam and Eve, boys born on that day were christened Adam, and girls Eve Fortune telling on Christmas day was indulged in; at Brussels,' for .example, the burghers assembled around the fire and roasted chestnuts, listening to their fortunes" meanwhile. At Spa, a handful of salt was cast upon the table by the host; If it melted there would be a death in the family or else o wet year In the country, though If. the salt remained hard a -- er could ensure good crops from his fruit trees by striking them with an ax on Christmas day, always provided that nobody went hear the trees with a spinning wheel within 24 hours. In the province of Antwerp the peasants say that a hellwagen or chariot of blood is driven through the sky at full gallop on Christmas night, the explanation keing that some' Impious peasant dared to go out wood gathering with his wagon one Christmas night-.-anthat, by- way of punishment, he is condemned to drive hrough the sky year by year. Decorations In Middle Ages. They did their Christmas decoration very thoroughly la the- - middle rgea. Every mans house, as also Jte parish churches. w ere decked with holm, ivy, bays and whatever the sea-oof the year afforded to be green, we read in Stow, but he omits to men-t'othat decking with evergreens in he month of December, like most of he details of our Christmas festivi-los- , was heathen in origin. It for all that, in a very poetic idea, for the Druids did it eo that the woodland spirits might have a warm place In which to take shelter until the spring came round ejt in and the trees out of doors onoe more rxs Quality,- - Variety, -- and - - Fairest These you consider when making your urchase Holiday Goods. Q See our splendid Slock Imported and Domestic China, Japanese and- - German Art NovelUes, Rich Cut Glass , Seal Leather Hand g ' Sets, Toilet Sets, Holiday Stationery, Pictures (a large assortment of beautiful works of art) Holiday Perfumes, Kodaks, Traveling Cases, Post Card Albums , DL- - l had le-v- es of ThkTimks, their $1.50 Nellie I don't like Ike man who Invented airships. Jack Why? . Nellie Cause papa ays theyTan't carry very much, and if Santa Claus uses one he can't brief all the things I want Jewel cases, Dresser Sets, etc. etc. - OPEN EYES OF KANSAS GILL O own. per year. O0QKo-assortme- nt Young Lady FlnallyAs!atens to What Her Fate Would Have Been With 8tMJ7 Men. There was broken to Atchison e cently an engagement of two yer s Standing between a girl and a stit man. It was the first engagement rl.e had bad, and consequently 'te -had he' felt that she must follow the cust that is arbitrary at such a time vnd return 'all the gifts the young n an t I bad made her. j Search was made of the house frm garret to cellar, with the result that a messenger boy next day carried' to the stingy man a ctfd&book wfc ch had been given away advertise a baking powder, $2 wbA represen ed :t what he had 8pentA'he?'fc,r then er j tickets, and jLeairo band eng? qe- ment ring, ynich bud cost him n thing. for it had belonged to hisTnotl r 1 the artlcUeepr-ti- H tears In her eyes, that also being an j established precedent, but when ihe boy had gone! and she had neglected no detail due the usd occasion, even watching the boy J dbpart through blinding tears, a great light burst her. She saw what it would have meant to marry a men so Stingy, and into such a loud hosanna ho1 j burst of her escape, that she awaj cause kened the babies three blocks away. Atchison Globe. y HOPPERS ?$. evef-brcktn.'- and -- Will save time, trouble and Money by visiting this store -- wjiere you will find a splendid stock jb.f Dolls, Dishes, Work-boxe- s and Toys. We also have an&trvariepf of useful presents for the "Gfewmrfps." ! She-wrapp- cd ip-o- n Cash Store, arrell, Prop. Uuh. -- Bags,-Shavin- n orlg-nate- in We do only we do yours? frlco ling. Can Ire right. 1. (by far the largest in this Games g Toys Popular Copyrights, of all descriptions for children of Gift Books, for old and young, all ages, and many that will fasLinen Books, Story Books, cinate the Grown-up. for the Boys and Girlsr locality) s. nl LOlIS'-t- o A hundred varieties We know that a visit to our store will convince you that we offer mere and better inducements in Quality, Variety and Reasonable Prices than you can find elsewhere. select from; many that you have never seen before. We have the exclusive agency A purchase from us will insure A for a popular German line. 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