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PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, and offers ins proiess oral servi ^es to tiio citizens oi Lexington Coi nty. ?.? L >.?er 18? iy. EDWARD LTsBSlT, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C. Practices iu al! the Courts. Business solicited. Sept. 30? firn C. M. EFIKD. F. E. DitEHER EFIRD & DBEHER, Attorneys at Law. * s LEXIN3T0M, C. H., S. C. T 1)l>,/nvf.r. TV J THE I I I ILJJ X li.i' x ivjj W Courts. Business sohc.ted. One member ol the firm vi!i always be at offi-e. L;x.ugtou, S 0. June 17? Cm Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law. ? ' COLUMBIA, X. <\ Especial attention giwti to business entrusted to him by his fellow citizens of Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, oi p:>site City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 - tf. 1)8. E. J. ETIIEBEDGE, SUKGKON I>KNTIST, LEESYIILE. S. C Office next dor belo w p >st office. Always on hand. Aug i2?i'ln DR. C. . STANLEY^ SUR3E0H DENTIST, COLUMBIA, iS. O. T- - 1 " /'..v..or Office m tne j\ iinaii \ Main and Washington Stre< ts Rooms Nos. 7 and S, S.-coud Floor. October 'C. 1895. 6m. PAY YOUR DOCTOR'S BILL. T HAVE RENDERED FAITHFUL J. services to the sii?a, have waited patiently for my fe?-s and now desire all to come forward and pay up, as I aui ne? di % money to meet urgent exprnsts. Do so within the next thirty da: .v, please. C. E. LEAPHAET, M. D. Sept 29, 1897.?tt CAROLINA NATIONAL BANS, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COINTY DEPOSITORY. Paid np Capital ... $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 Saving's I>epartiueiit. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards receive!. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cen' per annum. \V. A. CLARK, President. Wilie Jones. Cashier. December 4?ly. HATE YOU E SOUTHER IF NOT, I "With constant attention we stud, our large stock with what is the uew< to save money, you cauuot afford to re <laily feller in our handsome store rooi Millinery, A visit to this beautiful Department will convince you that we have eu-ry thing m-w iu Shapes, DirJs. Wu-gs. Ftatncrs, ami ltibbous of all kiuds and colors, the correct syhs for '"7. As a it ud r s-e our $3 0 Trimmed Hats for SI US. Domestics, Trimmings, Etc. A good Mattros Tick, ."e to SU a \ur<l. A good Feather Tick 1 2A. 2-5. ?e j>- r yard. 5 bales 4 4 unbleached home-pun lc. Yard 3 baits Dress S ylts 4e p r \ard. Linens, Damask, Doylies. 5 pieces Table Damask 12 A worth 2<-c. 5 pieces Table Damask 5 worth 25c. l't pieces iJleft' Led and l ul leached. a bargain, regular price 50c. our pr ce 2 >c. Dress Goc-cls. 25 pieces Changeable Tress Patterns, yards to a pattern, only us! 20 pieces Mixed Dress Patterns, s yards to a pittern. onlv *1 J' 15 pieces Mixed Press Patterns, S yards to the patter!), only >1 15 pieces Piain Dress Patterns, S yards to the pattern, only $1 h." Other Novelties in Ladit-s' Suits at 53 oo $3 50, $4 50 and $5 US. A. C. SO column October 13 If. j ^ 1 <>!><> MAIN SIl^E1 1 CHRISTMAS CAROL. HtKiiiiui! llosanna! Ve nations hear tin.- story? Today ye are redeemed. Made heirs with Christ in glor^l Bring out the silent harps And tune them nil anew. Then sing till angets stand amazed? A Saviour's horn to \ou. Hosnnna! Hnsnr.na! 1 was shepherds told the story? The star had led the way To a manger tilhd with glory. Iiij.g out, yc Cl ristmas hells! D' atit's i?ow? r hath ]>assi d away, And heaven lin^s with this glad them?? Man is rcdeuote.i today. Hosac?a! Qosannal l.et heaven and eartli repeat. Join seraphim and cherub In hi mage at his Li t. I.et song of saving grace. With angel's anthem vie. For unto G<>d the sweetest sound Is a redeemed one's cry. Bring roses, sweet rosesl For unto you is given A ransom from the grave, A passport into heaven. Swing wide, ye pearly gates! lhet anthems have full sway. The King of Glory h it Ins throne Upon that Christmas day. j ?William K. Shelheld in Brooklyn Faglo. j V X, V, X, V, X, V, V, V, V i ? UNDER THE < ! '> SOUTHERN CROSS.< \K ? - It was about 4 o'clock 011 Christmas ! eve and business was over as 1 closed | my desk and rose with a weurv yawn. ; There was little in my surroundings to ! ! remind me of the day, no frost on the windows, no snow 011 the ground outside and 110 sharp bracing cold in the air The windows were as wide open as they could be, aud the steady swinging ' of the "punkah" overhead was all that kent the room from being stiflingh hot j and close, for the office was situated I somewhere about latitude 14 north, in the faraway Philippine islands, where the great, beautiful flowers have no perj fume and the wonderful birds never sing, where the southern cross glitters over the land at night and the great j dipper is upside down and the sun sets i within two minutes of a quarter after 0 ; all the year around. So 1 had before me about two hours j j and a half of daylight, and 1 was tryi ing to decide whether to utilize it by i riding out to the tennis club and havi ing afternoon tea, or walking to the j ! park to hear the band play and see the ' i Spanish dignitaries. The native clerks j in the outer room had dusted up and | now came gliding in with bare, splay j toed feet, like' black headed ghosts in f their white clothes, to hid me "buenas j noches" and a happy Christmas, and in1 cidentally to receive each his holiday i gift of one or perhaps five big silver dol| lars, according to his statiou, from Jose, i the half breed chief clerk, who on the ! strength of his dignity and of his spcaki ing a little English kept his shirt tuekI ed inside his trousers and wore embroid! ered sandals, down to little Nito. the i luw h-irvlK- tUnn ;i o.iwwro of the wilderness. They lmd the "Christmas feeling" anyway, and associated it with tiie mercury's ranging from SO to 105 degrees, as we New Englanders do its rambling from zero to freezing. J The last "muchas gracias, scaur.'' y til VEU VISITED HAND'S? ,VHY NOT? y the styles and continually replenish =st and most desirable, and if you wish main in iguorance of the big values we m, lG.'lo Main Street. (CAPES, CLOAKS AM) JACKETS, Jlraided Cloth C ipes from 7:>j to So 0 i i'iusli. Fur Triiuti td ami Uioeadcd C.n>es trom on to #1"> <? >. j Ail our Cloak.;, the litest cuts, at a little l above iuciorv cost. i i i UNDERWEAR FOR LADIES, CHILDREN AND GENTS. | in Wool. F eeee lin< <1 and cotton. Ladies' ! and (i .'ills' Fieiee itit-d Undt-rvests lrv.an [ 15c up. Cotton and Woohtj Flanrels. ex'iu heavy lTv. ill. Fie ee l an 1 other Flannels, at j prices that must move them. . Special. An all Wool lied Twill Flannel at it?A cents j Time is Money. .1 v Sive time atitl save mouey by piyiug a . m.ii tn ?nr t'vl.il.li.lioient and when once WW \'V*k J you haw vi-ite 1 us, it low prices awl courteous attention count tor anything, you are sure to call again. j UTHERLAND, I A, S, C. "W. 2= Solicts a Share o Had t?oe:i said. mid the last ch'rk ^*Id 1 out. and the ;;ray lieaded old "punkah c?o!y" was stealthily watching to see me take up i:iy jacket, the signal for his departure. when the tramping of : i |. UUilU.IUIlviUUr ??!.u :.,v mi; sounded withuut, and with a prodigious crash of tho screen door there entered ilito my sauetum stalwart Captain Halo of the good ship Mouhegan. array* (1 in snowy linen and erowntd with a hrr.a<l pith liclnict, accompanied hy stout and jolly Mrs. Halo, carrying a big basket and a brown gingham umbrella, with her cheerful face beaming from tho depths: of a real old fashioned sunbonnct. "(Joed evening, sir," they both called outturn! Mrs. Halo added: "Wish you a merry Christmas, Mr. R My, ain't it hot!" subsiding into the bamboo chair which I had placed for her under tho punkah, with a "pica, horn - " - v - 11 II - *1.^ ore (iascer, man;, ro um rnuu, cooly, who redoubled his efforts with a disapproving grunt. "Good gracious, Mr. 13.," exclaimed Mrs. Halo, "don't, for pity's sake, make that poor old feller work so this hot day on my 'count Stop it." shaking her umbrella vigorously at Pedro, who took this for a signal to go faster still, and the big fan flapping madly back and forth till 1 called, "Despacio" (gently) The Monhegau had been in the bay for a month past under charter to mo for Boston, and was now cleared and ready to sail the next day I had spent many a pleasant hour 011 board with the captain and his wife, rejoicing in the homelike feeling it gave me to hear their good old Yankee forms of speech The very sight of their healthy faces, browned by the sun in many seas, did me good in my weary exile, and their presence seemed to diffuse an atmosphere of the breezy pines and wind swept shores of Maine. And how good .1 ,i._ i r j .?<?* uieir primitive, mii[nwiiiu iuuu \>a.> ui?,er mouths of awful Spanish cooked dinners on shore! And now the sound of their hearty voices seemed to give the earthquake rent, dingy walls of the old office building a pleasanter aspect. " You see, -Mr B.," said the captain, "we kinder thought we'd drop in and give ye the good wishes of the season 'fore goin round to do our Christmasin. Fact is," he added, smiling, "the old lady can't get on without celebratin Christmas, no matter where she is, and she's always bound to give some presents to folks. If we're at sea, she gives 'em to my crew, and if we're in port like this she hunts up poor folks and gives 'cm to 'em, heathens and all. Ain't that so, mother?" -Mrs. Halo nodded. "That's a fact, father," she said. "Why, 'twouldn't seem the least mite like Christmas if 1 couldn't give presents, whether I be home in Boothbay or not. As for hea thens, thai don't make a bit 01 aiitereuce. It's Christmas jest the same, whether they know it or not, and it tickles 'em jest as much to got presents, and me to give 'em. And you're jest the same, John. You know you be." "Well. I don't know but what I be, Maria," acknowledged the captain, and they went on to tell of their queer experiences while "Christmasin" in out of the way Chinese and African ports with chuckles and peals of laughter that set Pedro grinning by force of example, though he couldn't understand jx word. "And speak in of that, Mr. R," said Mrs. Hale, "I thought maybe I could make it a little more like Christmas to you and them other young men here away from their own folks, so 1 made you this." And with that she extracted from her basket the very grandfather of all Christmas plum puddings?the first one I had seen for three years. "Mavhe 'tain't jest what you'd get at home," 6be said, holding it out with both hands while the captain towered beside ln r, sis feet of genuine delight at my surprise, " 'cause I didn't have just the right fixin's, but I guess it'll go down pretty well. There, take it and don't bother to say one word." And I knew the kind old soul saw that for the moment I could as easily have flown as uttered tiie tluniks 1 ieir. "Trust the old lady to know what boys like," said the captain. "We had a boy once ourselves. He'd be jest about your age now," he added in a lower tone, glancing at his wife. "We've got hiii now, John, as I've always said and always will," said Mrs. Hale quietly, rearranging her basket. The captain went on in answer to my wondering look: "You see, our boy run off when he wa'n't more'n 10 He'd been kind of wild, as boys be, and I'm afraid I was a little harsh to him Anyway he went off without a word, and we ain't never heard of him since. I feel pretty sure he's dead, but mother here sticks to it he ain't." "And I'm goin to stick to it, John, till I know for sure." And tin 11 with a cheery smile at me: "It kind of does me good to keep lookin forward to seein Rufe again some day. Now, come along, John; it's gottin late." 1 slipped 011 my jacket, whereupon Pedro vanished, and accompanied the worthy couple down to the door of the building. O11 the stairs Mrs. Hale turned and whispered tome: "John talks as if he didn't care much about Rufe's goin off, but now he really does, Mr 13. If he could find our boy. 'twould take ten years off his age and mine too. " I did not doubt it, and I refrained from saying that I thought it would probably add ten years to Rufe's if lie could realize the sort of mother and father he had left so many years ago. So I bade them good night, promising to see them in the morning and with hearty thanks for their thoughtful kindness, and watched them as they trudged away toward the n.itive quarters, their sturdy figures towering above the motley crowd of natives and Chinaman who thronged tlic narrow street and filled the air with their uncouth gabble. I sent my groom home with the precious pudding, and, mounting my pony, threaded my way around to the Knglish club. There I found McGregor, the old Scotch doctor, standing in the doorway and amusing himself by tossing coppers i one at a time to a crowd of lame, halt 1 and blind_b' ggars, who as each cuin_fe]J c. 2^:o3>Tci-r;'roi>" f Your Valued Patron T~ j instantly hecainr ajjpaiiinir tangle <>t J sVimiy arms and I. ^s. Hollo!'' said ho as I drew up. "I | was just cominground after v. >u ":-n' In!" (get :iv?mv) to the beggars. who \ were ])1 licking at various portions of his raiment, aiiii, 1 ikit metamorphosed < ilij ver Twists, asking lor more. "Aren't : 3*1 in acting American consul just now?" , he inquired. During the temporary absence of the { j consul I had undertaken his not v? ry j | arduous duties, being the only other 1 i American resident in the plai-\ j "Well," continued the "medico," : i "I have a fellow countryman of yours ; very had with fever down in Malaeamin | (native quarter;, a sailornian, only just ; out of the Spanish jail for thumping a ' guardia (policeman) last year. 1 have | my doubts of his lasting long, and you'd | ; better come down if you will." i Of course I would come, consul or j not. In these hidden corners of tho i world any one in trouble, vagabond j i sailor, "bcaeli comber" or unlucky clerk j : out of employment, is as sure of help j from more fortunate follow countrymen as if lie were in his native land?surer , I ; perhaps, unless lie happen to be a Chi- ] milium, in which case his friends h t j ' him die unmolested and then pay tho ! expenses of burying liini in China, a, i backhanded sort of philanthropy, very j characteristic in John Chinaman. So the doctor jumped into a public j carriage, and rattled away toward Ma- ! lacauan, while I followed on my pony, j leaving the beggars to philosophically i squat down around the club doorway ! on,! wicntiwi tlicir of "Charity, f<?r love of heaven, charity!" Poor old McGregor's .story wax a sad one. Long years he fore, usa young man, he had conic to the Philippines on a I pleasure trip with his wife, and hero i she died suddenly of cholera, that tor* rible scourge of the cast, which then was ' claiming its victims by thousands, and j .for 20 years the doctor had never h ft the island where she lay, among the j tall palms in .the little English cemetery i on Santa Ana hill. But many others had reason to Mess the cause that In pt Dr. McGregor among them. Prom the proudest Spanish ollieial in his palace to the humblest savage in his bamboo hut the doctor's time and skill were tilways at their service. And many a youngster fresh from home had been saved from going wrong in that land of ' wild and lawless life bv bis kindly words of counsel and advice. We stopped at last before a miserable hut on the outskirts of tiie town, and giving the pony in charge of a passing native I followed the doctor in. The interior was dark and comparatively cool ! An old native woman, like a grotesque : j image, was squatting on the bamboo ! I floor beside a heap of "nipa" leaves ! and pieces of matting, 011 which lay :t j white mat , tossing, turning and hah- j bling with delirium, in the full grip of | the jungle lever?a young man evident- j ly, his once powerful frame, fearfully J reduced by illness and confinement, covered by the ragged and grimy shirt and trousers of a sailor, lie became quieter | fcs McGregor raised his head and drank ! the medicine given him. but began mnt- I toring again as the doctor laid him j down. "He was a woe bit more rational this j afternoon," said McGregor, "and told . me a bit of his story, hut he couldn't > or wouldn't tell his name. I found him j just outside on the grass and brought ; him in here for want of a better place. " j "Was there nothing in his pockets?" : I asked. "Nought but these," showing a few ! centimes, at which the old woman | glared greedily. "He may come to his j senses a bit soon. Ye'd better bide I awhile." I "Is he past hope, Mac?" I asked, j "Can't we do anything?take him to a ! j better house, I mean?" I The doc-tor shook his head "If we | i could got him up north now. I'd say j I he'd get well with the constitution lie | i bas. It's the brat of the place that keeps | I liiiu down The poor lad's made like ! ! one of our ain collie dogs?stri ng and 1 ! well in the cold, but win n taken by fe- j vir in this climate?whish! burns up ! like gunpowder. " It was terrible to set1 one of my own | 1 race dying thus in the lowest degrada; tion, like a wretched savage, nursed by j J an ignorant old barbarian only for rl.o j j sake of the money she knew we would ! ! give hor, more terrible as time went on, . ! and the poor parched lips never ccum <1 ; i their childish, unintelligible chatter i Oh, for a bit of ice or anything to < >ol ] that burning forehead! lint nothing is i cool there, nothing but death. .So we sat in silence, I with my !;< ! ; met fanning the flushed face, so drawn and haggard, which must have 1 ecu ! strong and handsome in health, and the ! doctor ever and anon raised the la aw head with the gentleness ' f a woman and gave medicine, while the .?]d hag crouched in a eorm r and mumbh d to herself, wondering if win n the man was i dead she would get a whole >ilv r ] so or not. Outside the brown people chattered and laughed in their tnedoiu from can*, now and then j:?< riin with j curious faces and running away with i I fresh shouts. Their turn might conn? j next, hut little tln-y can d. Tin* pp-v-nt was theirs for enjoyment of life. Never mind tomorrow. Suddenly the tumult seemed to inert -ase and concentrate farther down the ! road. Then it began to approach, the I screams and hanpv laughter of children mingled with the clearer tones of a for; eigncr's tongue, and as the crowd reach ed the hut 1 suddenly heard a familiar voice saying: "There, little boy. don't you he so greedy. Let that little girl have some. Ain't it nice, John, to see 1 how they enjoy it';" McCiregor looked up in wonder, and I rose and went to the door. There I found Captain Ilale and his wife, surrounded by a perfect horde of delighted children, he tossing coppers about from a canvas bag and she- distributing candy, penny whistles and numerous odds and ends from her lingo basket, both their laccsperfect pictures of the honest 1 pleasure which changed to such pre?i found amazement at the sight of mo j that for a moment u combined assault r, ties., tag**. Prompt and t>y tlio native infantry on tin-ir basis of supplies was almost successful, only prevented by a vigorous use of the captain's bamboo stick ami Mrs. Halo's gingham umbrella I started to explain why I was there, but before J finished Mrs Ilale, with an exclamation of, "Why, the poor fellow!" gave her basket- a whirl which sent its contents Hying in every direction, therebj* creating a scene of riot which those peaceful tropic shades had never witnessed the like of, ami then trotted straight; into the hut, followed by her husband, who bent his tall form f,\ i.litor f Jw? slfifkt* lAVtXl l> V nJ U U i V 1*7 V IJH L ui^ mw? -* The doctor rose and bowed with courtesy of 00 year.-; ago as the motherly old lady bent down by the sufferer's side, crying: "Oil, the poor, poor fellow! Just see him, John!" 1 moved in l'rom the doorway, and the light <>f the setting sun fell on the invalid's face, and suddenly a cry went up that rang through the tiny hovel and far above the noisy clamor outside ?a cry from the depths of a mother's heart: "John! Father! It's our Rufe. our own boy! Oh. Rttfy. Rufv, after all these years!" ***? Step out softly, kind old doctor Come with me and watch the sun going down in all its tropical glory bohind the great volcanic range, if you can see it. for 1 cannot It is all a blur to me. But I can see this?a noble ship at anchor in tlie bay with all sails bent, ready to sail tomorrow and bear away from this burning land one fever stricken to the cool breezes of the open sea and sure recovery under his own moth er's care. And hark to the bells of vespers this Christmas eve as tin y ring tin: warning from church and gray euthodral, of the glorious word they will tell tomorrow to men of even* faith and creed, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men !"?Charles Bryant Howard in rhort Stories. Where the Martli Is Dead. How cheerless's the wind that sweeps The hills of liaiilee. Where, muriniirie.-s, tin-Jordan creeps Down to the deep Dead seal O'er barren rocks the dead vines trail Ami by dead tendril - cling. And on tlie lull and m the vale There is no breath of .-pnng The dying glance < ! Christ the King Seems to have staid ami stilled The voice of every living thing Where Christ the King was hilled. The brooks, the birds that sing with them, Have long since passed away. And all about .b-ru.-alcni The earth is dead today. -Cy Warinan in Sew York Sun j Royal makes the food pure, wholesome and. delicious. ftOYA! P ^ ^In*5 POWDER Absolutely Pure I ? 1 Christina* In England. I fancy an English Christmas is fen well hnown to need much description. English novels iiave described it lully, and the English illustrated pajxT.s at Christmas time give a good idea of the festivities. Every one who has : country place goes there for Christmas. There is generally a large house party, and dancing and seating help to pass the time. The lio?>es ami churches are decorated with holly and greens, and "mistletoe hangs on the castle wall. " The tree is almost as universal an institution in England a< in (iernianv, and the evening i- given over to amusing the children, v. ho play Mind man ? buff, snap i tragi hi and bide and sThe proverbial English Christmas din ueralways include.- roast be- r and plum pudding Ev. rvs !f tiny English man <:i)>r i m < iir:>t nm. ;:i??rnin^T. aii'l in SMiii" < <?iiatry j>ari>h<-s the "waits" still sitiy t:i?:r car??ls from house to houso <11 Christinas eve. Ju other v-piets it i- pt very mtv-h a.s the Ami-rwau < *liri.-Tmas. ? ilritish Consul in (.'!ii?-ay<i 'J'ril?ni:?*. ('lii iitiiiHX Sang. In the ! the nii-risii:-.' Slu-;i!i< r<l ?!i !::< r'i [ilain Saw a u* 1??f*i?I?!"i^ri;11?? ? ?Ia\vni!ij?, H<*ai<1 a .i'-vtnl. ?? -i retrain: "H!itry in tii.- Isiirh-?t* IN .-.11 h Th'-n l,.-r..r<- tliiwoiir]c>-i!i^, listening, <:i:?* t!: I i-nut' ' !?- rnmil tr:u:i. Otu.'c in 11Jiriisiiviin^, sinvin.' nti'i kimiii: '<?! >rv in I;r 'ii- -t: p. . .1t . * Ti ll t<. ;ill I.. I. >. 11,. i v ? !" 11: \v<.11-> ivn>wr'-; Firth. T- ll < ! Ii'.u !. ;: :11 I ry 'i">i ! ? .-rirwii" 1 in- Km: "l t!i. I : ii\\ m Th< (!!_ !: -;' 1<11 '*i li * Sin no mop- 11 < ! It- :?v? n- portals Cpi-n l:ir w i<!< it:-;. swniir. for m<---i::!i m*<i*t:?1 -* Full t?,r.ivi !'< - now i? ! !>riuir (ilorv m : !i< lnu'ln-1' P.-;i<-- on ' trili! - M \V Falc ii'r i i C!ilf<a?'o Cocorrt O Small pill, safe pill, best pill- Dt> AVitt's Little Kailv Hirers cure bili| ousncss. constipation. sick headache. <J. L. lv?ufmaim. COMF ^_C3-IHIIES, Polite- Attention. | NORWAY ANDSWKDEX | YULETIDE CUSTOMS IN THE LAND OF THE VIKINGS. _ j Snperstiticns K<?iwding Xlnicn, the Scan dinavlan Santa Clans franks of the Hired Mcn-Lfji'iiil of the Brother* flv and firiuiin. j The peasantry of Norway and Sweden j generally build their homes asm ar eaeh i other as convenient. Often live to seven ' families live adjoining, constituting a | miniature village. After the first day i has passed the enjoyne ut commences. ; Dancing is the principal enjoyment for the youth, while the old piople and the ; children stay at home and rehearse i tales that are replete with orgies and | "Xissen," or "Tomtegubben," as Ji? | also is called. The latter is a miniature j being that eonvsponds in many r -sjierts j to the Scotch brownie, but is quite j Santa C-lauslike in general npix-nrauce. | The tales that are told have been handed j down from generation to generation, i and were at one; time believed, and even in some districts considerable credence is still given to what is stated about these unnatural beings. Nissen is the being that is of the greatest, interest to the voting. Ho i> j not a bad fellow at all. if lie can only I have his way. Where he liv<-s no one I knows. Ir is supposed that lie spends the days sleeping in sonic of (he hills ! or under the ground Although he is small, ho is possessed with super natural jHiwcr ami ran do murh to shape tbo fate of a person, rithrr good or bad. (Jreat earn is tbrroforr ever cisort to do what is known will phase Nissrn. Special attention most be givi :i him Christmas eve. ."should ho come around after midnight and his favorite dish, romegrnd. has not boon j laced outside near the door, trouble will result. When the people awake in the morning, they can expert to lind their cattle in a terrible condition. Nissen gencralIv vents his veilgeain " on the animals of flu; farm. 'J'hey will he tired the next day, showing that Nissen has been playing sonn; prank with them, thereby keeping sleep from tln-m Articles in ; the harn will to found topsv turvy. j while the horses have Ik-en tuned j around in their stall, hut if the dish ! has been planed out for him lie is hap I py. Tie shows his gratefulness in deeds j When the hired man in that ease goes i out to the harn Christmas morning, lie : may expert to lind all his chores done 1 The horses have been curried so they j look tine as silk, while the cows give twice their usual amount of milk. Jn many eases the wood has been split. Many superstitious people on this orj casion bar the door with a piece of steel I Thev are afraid of him. and steel is j the only tiling that Ni.-sen has no power j over. He has often bom known to have j entered the house and stolen food. Many j a hired girl can vouch for the fact that I she has heard him climbing about on i the shelves of the larder, and even in a i few eases ho has been se? n. The youth still in a manner retain i the habits of tlmiraneestrv. At eventide i they gather together from the small j villages and visit their neighbors. As a I rule, the ground at this time of year is j heavily covered with snow, and the trip : has to be made "ti skis. This is one of 1 the most delightful features of the eele| brat ion. The ski is the national article | of locomotion, and the boys and girls ! are adepts in the art of standing on : them in the deep declines and rugged , hills. The young people go from neighI Ks-v*. 4-y-v ootlioritut iiitirn fif fliPHi j U<-1 l? ? j They have ofr? n no pai ti' ular dcstina i tion, bar know they will end some ' where. When tle>y come t<? some partic! ularly lar^o farmhouse, tlmy drop their | skis and go inside. Here everything is j in readiness for them in the way of j food, drink arid mrisie. The fiddler I strikes up his merry tunes, and those ! present are hurled into a vortex of nier; riment. ! In most parts of the country this feaj turn is in no way marred, ami the dance i goes on until late in the morning, when I the youn^ go lionm, only to meet some where else the following lligllt. i Iii some of tin- primitive parts of Norway, as (ruldhrumlsdalen and Voss, lights were indulged in in years pine by This custom has not entirely chang ed, but the fatrliries rliar were so common then do not exist now Then when a couple went to one of these daiiees ! the girl would generally take her lov' er's funeral gown alone, fully expect in^r that Jc wonid m od it before the night bad goim. In rb S' ith? rn part of Sweden, Vul lotta, a oii-foin that i< v-ry beautiful. is recognized by the peasantry Tile early morning mass at } :tsu Christmas day is attended by nearly ev? ry on*'. Tl??? members of the congregation have often as far as seren :nito walk through the suow 'i ll* y route from all direc, tioiisj in delegations, rach currying a long pole alion which a piece of pifh j is hunting .\> tlio surroundings are still in darkti"S>. the sight of those moving lights toward one renter is imposing The hired men in this part of the country have a rather peculiar joke that they try to play upon each other Christmas morning It i.? to try to get up early and go over to the neighbors and perform the chores i f the hired man there before h? got* up Croat de light is taken in the perpetration of this J trick. | In the early part of the century it I was a belief that on Christmas evy all o- i i i i? I 11 >? Ull 11c 1 i ll I <1 I l'?* !i^" #|'Jii|i;u i' '^v? iiiri in a jrrand carou.-al They were b d by Tlior, the j.""l ?-f t!i?r elements. and they 1 How through the air. < ronHn^ a terrible noise and often d^nage. .Johaii Welha ven's poem ".\.^:a:M(]?rnifn'' te|l> of a j (ioorl that was r- nimitfed hy this flork It was Chri-tina? eve, ami a wedding was brinir celebrated Tlio brine was <.t the fairest nod the bridegroom the i worthiest. Many bad lvo!t invited, and the general enjoyment was enhanced by the free flow <>f liquor. When everyone i was in a sleepy condition from its suj perfluons use, the doers flew open, and tlie brothers Grimm and Ulv entered. L'lv had recently 1 refused by the 'ANY, (;OM MHIA, S. C\, (MmImt u :f. ! bride. and ho was on' r .r r?votive. An attack was made. The wmiidi huddled i toother, while the ui?-n tried t-> rally. The brothers had seized the brnleuvooin. , ami l"lv was a.lxiut r<? phmj;e his da;rj into his breast. Then a teri-il.de j irasli was heard, and i; v<-m? tl a- if j 10.000 demons were on th" outside. The brothers stood as if transfixed. Tiny ! knew it was Aspaardsreien. and tltey j i faltered. The doors iVw oj en. and l/Jv I was seized by the throat and dratrued I { on the outside. Then the people gatherj ed in the house heard a shrill whiz, as of something flying through the air. ! and then all was quiet, hut 1*1 v was never .>e< n again. His brother (irimm was badly hurt, hut recovered, and on [ Christmas evenings in years thereafter 1 he told to the children tic wedding fes j fival that was visited hy Asgaardsreiea j ?Minneapolis Tribune. CHRISTMAS GREENS. I A Reautifnl CuMnni Which Comca to !' From tli#* liniuanH. j Tlie fashion of decking the house with j greens as we do at Christmas dates { back into old Unman rimes, when nj feast in honor of tv.turn was celebrated and tic t?mp1rs of the dwellings were I dressed with green boughs?possibly a j remnant of that tree worship which, j "in itself." sirs Rnskiu. "1 believe l was always healthy." when "the How-1 1 ers and trees are themselves beheld and j ; beloved with a hoI-f worshiping d-dight. ; which is always noble and healthful." Tli'- plants most in demand forchurch i decoration at Christmas time in Flig- I lainl as well as in this country h?v hoi i lv. hay and laurel. Fnglish holly is] | som? tiiiu s imported, but the American ! j holly, wbh-h eonies l'rom Virginia and I other sections <f the sontb. is a ver\ good snl>stitnte for it. The lay is the rarest plant of the three in this country, hnt ground laurel is commonly sold and is one of the most etK-eiive of the Christinas greens. In decorating a room with Christmas greens it should be remembered that a very slight touch of colorshould be used with given and that the most objectionable of all things is too profuse decoration. Christmas greens are usually kept till after Twelfth Night, which occurs on .Tan. n, and tb'y should cer- I tainly be cleared away by the 2d. of; j February, or Candlemas day. or otherwise, as tradition says, a goblin will appear for every green leaf left iHiind. It certainly must have been a slovenly housewife who would leave her Christ- I mas greens up for so many weeks, ami j goblins of discontent and micb-anliness would bo sure to invade such a house.? Philad'dphia Tiuies. ~ .7~7T__ l lliniiiTSHH n i-nuirr, In a note following some quotation:regarding Christmas and win tor weather the author of an old London publication says, "Theso prognostics of weather, etc., 1 look upon as altogether uncertain, and were fhev narrowly observed j would as often m;ss as hit. '' Besides being quoted as above the proverb is vari? d as follows: "A hot May makes a fat churchyard"'and "A green winter makes a fat churchyard." To the latteY proverb is added this note. "This proverb was sufficiently confuted in the year when the winter was very milfl, and yet no mortality or i-phlcm- j ical disease ensued tin; summer or autumn following."?J'liiladelpliia Ledgor | Fll/IIIIKKO. l/Ol MAIS S .Near Pos C OLUMB DRY GOODS A nil- runi'BT i\n i o o o o 6 S2.50 PER PAIR ! i ion PAIR .UL WOOL RLWKETS.! OOOO DRESS GOODS. j ! ! jiJ Peices '3" inch Suiting 1.x-for l()o: 20 l's MG inch lieniietta 20u fur 15e ; 20 ps 1G iucli all wool I" for 25c 25 l\s Silk Etui Suiting 10 inch for 25c : 54-Inch LADIES' CLOTH.; 25 ps 51 in Ladies Clotb, 4 yards j j will make a di es?. 5<)e goods for 25c | ; BLACK GOODS. ; ! . ! J 1" ps 5G iu all wool Henrietta 15c , I 10 ps 4')-iucb all wool Henrietta 20c . i 10 ps -id inch all wool Henrietta 25c I SILKS. SILKS.' 2" ps Satin brocade Silk 1'cducedl 1 * I from 1.25 to 75. 25 ps Faintv Silk onlv 25c ! 20 ps Satin Duchess 50c j October l'J tf. j CRRiST CHILD LEGENDS. i j ami BlriU Have * Prominent IMac? I t'tiriith<h? l.cne. I j The story -if tif hunting of v-? wren i in the i>l<? of Man every Christmas i? j well known. Sim i* known as Our La| dy's hot). <*;o?l-s k> 11. Christ's bird, j Imeause she was j.r? s"iit at Christ's : birth. brought mo? and feathers to cover the Holy Babe and made a nest in | his cradle. In France the koo was believed to j have flown fp>m a Christmas log. j A Latin jxvni of the middle ajjes tolls I thattlicciossl.il! hat cites her eggs at ' Christmas and her voting birds fly off in I llmir full plumage at Faster. The Mohammedans have maiiv he. ends of is;i, or J?~iis. < >110 tolls that when he was 7 ynr< old he aud his companions made birds and leasts of clay, an.i Isa proved his sui>erinri:y by iuaki'.?t bis fly and walk as he commanded. In the Tyrol they say the ravens used to have snow white plmnauo, but one day Jesus wanted to drink at a stream, and they splashed and su befouled tho water that he could uot, so he said, "l/iicrateful birds, you are proud of your snow A\hir? feathers, but they shall heconi" black and remain so until the judgment day." A Russian lep nd tells that the horse flesh is considered unclean because when Christ lay in hi?jnanger the horse ate the hay from under his bed. but the ox would not and brought back on his horns to rep'a< e what tho horse are. The Britons believe that the yx and the ass talk fopetbfi" between 11 and 12 o'clock every t I risttbas eve. In CJcTinany the cattle km-el in their chills ar rlvif ln.->r Another version 8ay3 they stand up The ass and th?> cow are sacred because they brer.tl.-s <1 upon the Holy Babe iu his stall. The ass is the most sure footed of animals her-anse ],?. the holy family to Egypt by night He has hasi a cross on his back ever since. Old \v<>men used to sprinkle holy water <'ii the ass and the o< ?vv to drive away disease. IVes aro said to bur/'. in their hives at the e.\a<-t hoim of our Saviour's. birth. In north < Jerniany the version of the trail in the moon is thus told: One Christmas eve a peasant greatly desired cabbage, but as he had none in his own garden lie stole from his neighbor. Just as lie fillnl his basket the Christ Child rode by on his white horse and feaid. "Because thou lias stolen on Christmas t ve thou rhalt sit in the njooij with thy cabbage basket." And there he still sits.- * ^ . Chrl?tn?.os Iu Dfnmark. Tin* tree is always lighted on Christmas eve in Denmark, ami the family all m^t t<-get her then. The older people g^t their presents on rt plate at their places at the table., and thu children's gifts are on the tree. Koast goose is al ways the chief f? afuro of our Christmas ev? dium-r awl n dish of rire is oaten on Christmas eve before dinner is served. Apple fritters are oaten instead of plum pudding. Christmas day itaelf is observed strietlv as a religious festival, but the day before awl the day after Christmas are holidays. The theaters are open, and the young people (five daw-os. Our little Danish children do not know about ?anta Claus. They have instead what they call a XisHeu, meaning a Christinas brownie in the shape of a little old man with a largo gray beard vho is supposed to live under the ground. Another Danish superstition in that at midnight Christmas eve the cow* in the, stable rise and low in salutation, and on Christmas ere young maidens tell their fortunes by Creaking inc waire 01 an egg mm a glass of \vat*r and patching the shapes it assumes. "ft!ag?'lig .Jul!" is the Danish greets...j t ?Ham.v Christmas!"?Selected. FIT/MAIRICE'S. THi:iM 1701. i t Office.; HJL, S. C., NO NOTIONS, ST IIOII IN the cm. 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