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THE BOUNTY RECORD. Published Eyery Thursday ?SITING 8TREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. ?BT? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. The most touching contribution to the akl of Galveston sufferers is donated by the inmates of the Dunning poor-house and insane hospital, Illiuois. This sum represents the sacrifices of 2300 unfortunates, who gave tip smoking and other small luxuries to swell the fund. It is a great pity that every attempt to propagate the blue joint grass of the Western prairies is a total failure. Could it be placed 011 lite list of tame grasses it would be a most valuable addition. It will soon disappear entirely front the prairie section of the West, being unable to hold its own with the blue grass iu the pastures and meud? ?TVS. ^ President .lones. of Ilobat t Colli go. thinks that too much money is spent nowadays iu furnishing college undergraduates with enervating luxuries and not enough in paying fair salaries to college professors. The professors, he says, are sadly underpaid, but for the lads whom they teach aud who never pay the cost of the education they are getting, luxurious clubhouses are built and furnished, and a manner of life made possible which is unsuited to their years, and not conducive to profitable training. The latest development of seieuoe provides that ships can go to sea with frozen ammunition. A method of utilizing liquefied air on warships nas been discovered which will render the explosion of a magazine, even when the ship is in action, almost impossible. The method is to so place the liquid air that it will freeze the ammunition to several hundred degrees below zero. In that condition it could not exptode. even if a shell should burst in the magazine. Wonders will never cease. Const defense is the most important topic dealt with in the annual report of Chief of Engineers Wilson. lie points out that the war with Spain bad the effect of hastening the work 011 the coast defenses to such an extent that now. ten years after that loneneglected work was vepun in earnest, he is able to report tliat liftv per cent of the work is complete. Twenty-live of the principal ha fl tors of the Vnited States now have a sufficient number of heavy puns and mortars in place to offer an effective defense apainst naval attack. Exisiinp projects contemplate the mounting of a preat manlier of additional puns. The cost to consumers of the anthra/?ito fitriba /-qHc Ahantinn t/\ f lio benefits resulting in England from the Co-operative Wholesale Society. This society is a federation of KMd retail co-operative societies. representing j 1.053,504 individual members. Kv ihe] operation of this society consumers are enabled to supply their wants at a purely economic cost?thai is. not , subject to the penalties of "jobs." combines?the common tricks of trade that affect prices ttuder general conditions. During the lirst thirty years of the society's existence a profit was reali ixed of $0.731.735. that went back into the pockets of the consumers. Vienna is excited over great jewel robberies that have deprived some of Iter finest dames of their gents. Not long ago the wife of a nobleman noticed while at a ball that Iter dia mouus ?fi<i not spnrKie won :iii the brilliancy their eost demanded. and. looking closely at them, she discovered that they were not diamonds at all, but paste geuts of tl?? cheapest kind. She made a great outcry, ami all the other women instinctively looked at their jewels. The outcries Itocame general. It seems that all the women who live in the same quarter of the city discovered that their jewels had been taken, and had been replaced bv cheap imitations. The work is sun posed to have been d< ::e d ..in^ i.. summer months. S: s P'acr an<i ciadnt ,AX- \ \ J /ir\'- K/f- j On thb> acred Ch \ - 1 11 ) ?|\ /Zfii now me froiry air u y V^z j .1 ^V^T/ W WilVi H"i? hope ftn/re ^ y ' ' fr A ^f&r ^01 >OnQU( Ify . 1 yyiTK riiQhUr hung in ijonds I ' / r \ y (\ , rung anud for mo .v Hear mrrry onforn ^j7\ yy Down To tir'ft in^Q#Wi \ ifif ^ booming and tWV?l// >U \ And for chimrs so 5>* Jj' R^iiLVi \ i \ Trach our hram \Vii/^,Sw? \ XlsTall keep (his Chris 'C- JChrisrwas born (or I ^y/^y - Ur u5 worship SMzN ai Q 'MF-St%Sr3\ tf.#wte!EaES!^r * C>V LD 49, with the coal biu piled k | high and her water box full 1 } to overflowing, backed sul- ! lenly clown on the baggage c car of the T..'10 "local" from Worcester. 1 and with a savage "ker-cliunk" that ^ sent a shiver through the entire train, allowed herself to be coupled by the i quick lingered brakenian. It waired but five minutes to the ' half hour, but already a steady stream I of passengers het.vily laden with all 1 kinds of mysterious lookiug parcels was pouring down tiie platform and inlo the cars. For this was the even- 1 ing of December 24. aud the spirit of 1 Christmas was over the land. But happies* of all this happy crowd . was Beu. the train boy. In a little i over an hour and a half he should be ! home with his dear mother and young j brother Dick and his sister .Sal. As lie I sat on a trunk in the baggage car with ! his pile of papers by his side, waiting for the train to start, lie could tbinknf Tint hill.r h?? W 1/ui 111.4 1 luijrjr.v iruilIOII. Ben L;ul been saving up for this j Christinas wiih more than the usual ' stinting aud .sel:*-deniai. and the result of it all now srood before him neatly packed in a wooden box. Two men there were aboard the "7.C0 local whose faces reflected nothing of the Christmas cheer. Presently the tireman put down his oil can nud ! looked up at the engineer. "What time is t lie strike ordered for?" he asked. "Half past eight to the second." i growled the engineer. "Why. that'll leave ? s ten miles from ; no where!" cried the tireman. whose \ name was Stebbins. "Nice Christmas 1 we'll have. Lucky if we find a roof : to cover us. Why do we have to strike i on Christmas Eve. of all times?" he added, wrathfully. 1 "'Cause the president takes this train ( out to Edgetown to-night so'k he kin hev Christmas with his ohl mother ] We got the Tip n? more than an hour ; ago. The meu thinks thet ruther thaD i get stuck between here and that* he'll < cave in and grant us wot we ask." At that moment a well dressed man i BEN SAT ON A TRUNK IN THE BAGGAGE CAR WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO j START. of thirty-five or so. satchel in hand, came briskly down the platform and 11 pot into the smoker. It was the presi J i dent of the road. lie was a very I yoimv man for sueii a position, but he had Ion;; since shown himself equal j to its responsibilities. the rmo?nq. /? \ , w/f (felly Ringing-- / y/ ]fft\ Ihe qladiomt Isyi / .If syf% IUfi j f EVE [&VEWTEJBIE The conductor took out his watch, it was already ihirty secouds past starting time, but on Christmas Eve me does not like to think of anybody osing the train, and so perhaps losng a Christmas dinner. At exactly 7.31 the signal was given, uul with a great hissing of escaping <teain and a slow "choo-cboo!" as rho 1 ?irr ?>n?rine were taking areath for its Ions run. the train rolled Majestically out of the station. Beu was on his fourth round?"eanly and bonbons" this time?when there vas a sudden jolting and jarring as ;he train came quickly to a standstill. Some folks, thinking it a station. I \~ ) | Till 1 And th Peals gathered up their traps preparatory to departure, hut Ben knew better. He soew they should be halfway betweeD ^andsvllle and Henderson, which was the last stop before Kdgetown. "Hot box. I reckon 1" muttered Ben to himself. "Thar'll mean a half hour Jeiay. and motl'.er'll get uneasy." The train boy stepped out on the olatform. and. leaning far out, he saw i knot of men standing by the engine, their faces lit up by the light from the ?ab. Quickly elatuboriug down, he ran up to the group. Facing each other were the engineer and the president. ' This is a dastardly plot of yours." Mr. Pearson, the president, was saying. "But you won't force me to give in by any such course." "All right, sir!" replied the engineer, sullenly. "Then we'll have to quit the rain right here. Stebbius, dump the ire!" The president felt himself beaten. Imt at that instant Ben's voice, shrill with excitement, rang out sharply: "Stay jes where yer be. Stebbins. I'm uot going to have the president's Christmas and my folks' Christmas <poiled by any o' yer fool orders!" When Ben had realized the situation lie had dashed madly into the baggage . ar. wrenched open his Christmas box and taken from it the shot gun in tended as a present for his brother. In x trice he had loaded it and then had climbed up on to the engine from the other side. The sight of the gleaming barrel very much discoucerted the strikers, and they hesitated. "Five hundred dollars to the man who drives the engine?it's only thirty miles?" cried Mr. Pearson. Xo one moved. "I think I could run old 40," said Ben. timidly. I "You. lx?y'." muttered the president. ; sizing up the sturdy form of sixteen-: year-old Bod. "What do you know about an online?" "If you please. sir. my father, John Dixon, was an engineer ou this road afore bo died, an' often's the time I rode in the cab with him. He showed me how to work the lever and the whistle valve and all the rest of it. If you could only get some one to tire now " "I'll tire." r. plied the president quietly. Then turning to the trainmen ho said: "This boy and I will run the train. Go back and toll the passengers that we ;.re going right through. TheD you can stop here or go on with us. Just as you choose." Then the news was passed along the ? 5 _ \ "STAT JBS' WHERE TER BE, STEBBIXS!" train that a substitute engineer bad been found and the train was to go through after all. Aboard the engine, his gloved hands wielding a shovel, was the president of the road, while Ben. with his face out of the cab window, kept his left hand on the throttle. In the meantime the brakemen held a short consultation with the conductor and had concluded that the best course for them was to quit the train and leave it to its fate. A couple of the male passengers volunteered to act as brakeraan and conductor. and with this strange crew the train presently got under way. It had been decided that as trouble probably awaited them at Henderson, where a large rowdy element was located. the train would stop a half mile this side of the town for the passenBIISy :e Yule log in: Brim the Christmas the fagots high; f rom the wassau-i , merry din Now the flame leaps e old Revelry! With its ruddy soi 'oel! Noel!" In the glowing blaze he rafters ring, How the dancers e gleeful bell Deftest in the maze, its answering! Nimble Harlequin! per.*, and then Ben was to run through Henderson without stopping. On the station platform a group of a hundred men were grimly awaiting the arrival of the train. Its approach had been heralded by its whistle five minutes before. "If the craln slows up. boar<J her. and pull off the engineer," commanded the head of the gang. "If she doesn't stop, shoot at the scabs, and smash ail the windows you can!" Suddenly a hoarse shout went up. "Here she comes! Bless me If she ain't stowin' down!" cried one. "Ready, boys, with yer brickbats!" cried the ringleader, revolver in hand. Leaning far out of the cab window, his face smutched with coal dust, his eyes shining like stars, was Ben. The president, who had forgotten to remove his kid glove6. stood just behind, shotgun in hand. The revolver was raised, a hundrpd stones were poised in the air. Then as the pale, set :.'ace of the young engineer showed up for an iustant by the flickering light of the station lamps the man with the revolver lowered his weapon and sprang forward. "Hold on!" he yelled. "It's Ben!" But there was no need for the warning. The men had recognized the lad at the same instant and with one accord their hands dropped. They would have us soon shot their own sons as to do harm to Ben. So the president had his Christmas with his mother after all. and so did Ben. and the hoy thought it the happiest Christmas he had ever known. During the day Mr. Pearson drove over to see him. and when he departed he left behind him a check for $500 and the promise that when Ben was' n!d enough he should run 49 every day. "But I wcn't premise to act as fireman again/' the president had added laughingly. This all happened thirty odd yearq ago, and the erstwhile train boy Is no* general manager of the road, and q very dignified gentleman, indeed; but down Edgetown way no one ever can* him anything but plain Ben.?Douglaa Zabriskic L?oty, in the New York Her? aid. ,mgjFr BREAKFAST. - ' Christmas oranges. Cereal flakes and cream. Sirloin sieaa. ldhhsu uuu? Doughnuts. Coffee. DINNER. ' (Service for ton persons). Hot clam broth and whipped cream. Ripe olives. Celery. Lobster cutlets. Preach peasPickles. Roast goos% with potato stuffing. Apple foam sauce. Boiled chestnut* and onions. Spinach mold. Lettuce, French dressing. Cheese crisps. Mince pie. Frozen plum pudding. Salted peanuts. Bonbons. Coffee. BUFFET LUNCHEON. Shrimp sandwiches. 01ive9 in tomato jelly. English yule dollies. Iced orange juice in glasses. Fruit and nuts. N The season when "Yule fires glovr i and parlors are green with the mistletoe bough" seems to have come so soon again, and the feasting is also at hand. Much of the Christmas preparcup Grim Snapdragon come3 lowl, With his mimic ire, un And his feast of plums il! Smothered in the tire. \ O the days of mirth, spin! And the nights akin! Heap the Christmas hearth; Hale the Yule log in! I afiou may bo made considerably in advance of the day. Each dish should bo so finished and garnished as to appeal to the eye and accord with the day. Nothing offers a clearer idea of a hostess' good taste than the manner in which she aets her table. The Christmas wreath effect may be made very beautiful by tying a wreath to the back of each chair, laying a large one in the centre of the table and a larger one half way between it and the | table edge, tbe latter wreatn oemg made of ground pine roping. All meats and desserts on tbe Cbristmaa dinner table should be ornamented, It possible, with holly. Yule Dollies?Cream together onehalf cup of butter and one cup of sugar. Add gradually two well-beaten eggs, one tablespoonful of cream oc rich milk, one teaspoonful of vaniUai and three cups of flour, with which has been sifted two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; then stand for an hour in a! cold place. Have readv a tin cutter in the shape of a doll about live inchest long. Itoll out a portion of the dough' at a time, about a half-inch thick; cut into dolls. Brush each over with milk' and dredge lightly with powdered strj gar; use small currants for eyes and I bake in a moderate oven. When cold | decorate the skirt of each dol! with' I twfmctintr '.Vran suniii-fltplv iu sheets of waxed paper until ready t? serve. y Charted Dickens'* Good Work. But for the great uovelist, Charles Dickens, there is little doubt hut that I ihe keeping ol' Christmas, except as a ! purely religious feast, would have ! died out many years ago. His efforts I' led to a revival of Christmas as a fes? tival of general rejoicing and jollity. Too Good to Live. If the small hoy were always as good as lie Is 011 Christmas Kve he would certainly die young.?Buck. -