Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5ua;\^y?^o SOUND 'Ti-i.e n living thutg t!ic r.tralr;lit. 'fZit'f'ft rails, sing 1 '???-'u ?. high, csultin;* strain .' ?T he coneac*; reel o'er i'?u sl.:n ' ii*..'; steel 1 ?Vswethtui'ter across Itic ">:.??n. *T:?i-?u;;li i::^':it. tJirouy'i Jay, wc leap away tVisli r-.tt'.c and crash \ and 'roar, . - 'N'.IV^ . jtsd o.?r pulse ; leap .io wc noyne-; j/*11' wart! ?weep. And Chrititma? cnnci once, it MABET. GlWOUD was out of sorts. Theil; was tm un happy expression closely -, approaching a scowl upon fter ircsh, young face a? she gazed moodily from the ki I chen wintlow upon j a. scene bright with the glitter of sun- ! light upon fros h-rallen snow. An open Jotter kly upon her hip. lier motlier j glanced nt lier anxiously from lime to time, on her short journeys to and fro j .from k(tchou lo pantry, and nt last ?a id gently: "i nui sorry about your disappoint ment, dear, but I suppose lt could not IM? helped." "H. is nil Helen's selfishness," hurst out !\Iabel, hotly. "Sin- promised last cummer to spend Christmas with me. 3.IKJ now because she has bad an In Titotion that suits lier heller she ac .copls it, no matter how 1 feel." Maliel thought of Hie rows of mince ami pumpkin plc? on the pantry ?helves, the plump turkey waiting io bo stuffed, the numerous other dainties prepared for the Christmas holidays, ami of tin; zcsl and energy willi w ll hrh ?Jie hail swept and dusted, putting the bouse in perfect order from cellar io Atti?*, oven to decorating the pictures, and every available ?pol with over .greens, hoping lo make the old farm house attractive to her fastidious guest. Everything was done, even to Uno sinning of the raisins tor the plum pudding. She was nroused from lier reverie by her mother's voice, saying: "Wei!, I declare, ir lhere isn't Maria Church plowing through tlc.- snow, with u market basket tm her arm. I know lt must be heavy the way shu e rr ies it. Mob." to bei son -ho had_L, ... t'.vMv.e '.rr,'.*!? f:v .. i . . .. i?l?There l MO?. the load off. go niter "burch am\ drive ber home, lt's enough to kill her to get her skirls so drabbled.*' ""All right, .Muz." saiil the guod-na tnrcil Rob. "Come along, MS. and dorri: alt mooning there any longer." Tiley soon overtook the solitary spin ster, who ejaculated with gratifying i-mphnsis: "For the land sakes! ls that you. Hob Gifford? I guess I'm in luck this time," and depositing ber trembling form upon the board wit li a sigh of supreme satisfaction. After driving a couple of miles they ?topped before a small frame house ot forlorn and dismal aspect, doubtless awing In part to its aloofness from neighbors. "Wail here until I come back." said Kol). "I'm going lo drive over to see Toni Wilson. I won't be gone long." HST "Oi?OORATlXG Tin: HOUSE. JJM?.J Afabel followed Miss Church into thc house. It was very scantily furnished. The floor? were bare, but while as soap and water could make them. The table was spotless lu its purity. Not a Tin? sr,T>ke Hunt; back ou Hie ? ?l?ii?irttj lr.ii.-k. Liku a bantK.T boals ami fur!-.. Ii - IJ^?! ^'lt'' :i "MP **ml buuml. bk? an Sk unhnahctl hound.' '^'?WSR^A TI,C ?'N8T?NO I "r wai (I hur??. xV-i^? Berth! os Hy Hie liehl end shy \nd thc woutis with echoed t..ar. td oui hearts beat far.t :ir, the miles sweep psst. For Christmas comes, once mure1 Doro III v Dr ?NE. ri _ WooDR.OrFi speck of dust could bo seen anywhere. Hugs and mats ?>f .-ill slices, shapes stud colors were spread herc and lhere, seemingly for utlorunteut rather than use. "They're licrn." whispered Mabel's companion, noticing the girl's eyes fixed upon I hem. Hy "her" Mabel un tlerstood Miss Church to mean thc sis ter who had lived with lier and iiad died a year before. "Martlia had a wonderful gift that way," she con I inned. "It's siupiisin' what, she could do right out of hot head. They're all her make. I never had no taste for it." Mabel murmured something Iiiaudi BRINGING HOME TH (Drawn by Sarah ii. Stihv Uh! as slio contemplated the works of art before her. Scroll work of extra ordinary design, bouquets of wonder ful Howers of enormous size and pain ful colors, and animais and birds of astonishing proportions. "It must, ho very, very lonely for you," said Mabel with ready sym pathy. "Ves, 'tis." replied Miss Church. "I don't know how to stand it sometimes. When 1 found Christinas was coin in' it pretty nigh made me sick to think of it. When folks git old and uninter esliu' people don't hanker after bavin' 'em round much, and I'd'uo as I blame 'em any. Hut when you git used to yet own you miss 'em when they're gone." "Yes. indeed." said Mabel, fervently, swallowing th? lump in her throat with dilliqulty. "I'm so sorry you have to live here all alone, Miss Church." "There'll them as has nat me to live with them," she said, "but I somehow can't leave my hume, where I've lived all my life, and i'd'uo as I could git along willi 'em if I did. There's, yer brother come back," "Did you notice that rooster. Mini?" he asked with a snort when they hud started homeward. "Wasn't he a cau tion V" hut Mabel was in a brown study and did not respond satisfactori ly. Her abstraction continued until after supper, making Hob uneasy at such unusual conduct, and giving her idol her real concern. Then came the unburdening, followed hy consultation, willi "fha result that Hob was dis patched in Hie morning with the cut ter with a noie lo Miss Church, which read thus: "Dear Friend: I, ton, am lonely Hus Christmas Day. and disappointed, for Hie friend I expected has not come, nuil I kopo thal you will do me thc kindness ti> rome iu her stead. Please titi not disappoint me. Your sincere friend, MABU! J I?IFFOKII." Miss Church was sitting at the win dow, with her steel-rimmed specta cles aslriile her nose and her Hillie in her Inp, when Hob drove up. Uurlosi ly quickly brought hoi lo the door, li Her iiiinr/.oniont was ilepieletl upon her countenance when she had read 111? note. ".Morey int;!" she said. "I don't soe what (lie eltlltl wants of. me. Hut if' it's a-tmin' to ho any disappointment m.* not Kohl," why I'm u.-golu' to go," ami fdic put 01?. her wrapt without an ni her word. ?Mallei tie vol od lier!?en*T?o tier guest, wlio enjoyed the day itmueusely. She was Interested in everything-- M abel's. fancy work, Mrs. Glffoil's recipe for Kinder cn kr. Kob'o necoiht of how lie caught the mink that bad,been robbing his henroost, and Mr. Gifford's polill trtil views, lt was intelligent interest, loo, willi a loueh of quaint humor thal maile her company very tareen hie. "I liad no idea thal rilarla Church was so well Informed," ?lld Mrs. Gif ford to her husband, discussing her a fier wart 1. "Sim's just Uko her father, old John Church -shrewd, honest. ? and ph.'n spokeu," said Mr. GilTortlj Tile dinner was pronounced a great success by .Miss dniren, whose opin ion was of value from die fact that Khe was a judye of good cookery, and was never known to pay undeserved compliments. The crowding part of the ilay's pleasure was ll:.; Christmas tree entertainment in the church in Hie I-evening, she beamed on the minister when hu made the customary remarks, _sj_ E CHRISTMAS TREE ell for U;;rpiM-*s Hazar.) and ivjoiced audibly when little Polly dali, a yollow-haired tot, screamed willi delight ?iver the huge doll pre sented lo her. She was nearly worn ! out with excitement and pleasure when th? evening was over, and said to Mabel when putting on her wraps while Rob was gcfling the horse ready to lake her home: "I'ui real glad I didn't disappoint you. 1 nover had a better tillie ill Illy life." and Mabel answered earnestly: "I mn KO glad you didn't. Miss Church. 1 never had a nicer Christ mas either, and I'm coming to see you often ir you will let me." "Coin? alon";, my dear," said Miss Church, heartily. "The oftener the "roiM SCI;I:AMF.D WITH DELIGHT OVEB THF. I5IO DOLL." j better. I don't seem lo feel nish so 1 lonesome as I did. I will let you take ' off tin.1 pa 11 ern of them mais when ; you come. I'd just as lief you would ! as nat. A girl as smart as you ne had i ought lo copy 'em in uo time? Is that you, Hob? Whatever is th? matter with the hoy. I guess he's cot the high-Strikes. Hood-night."- Chhago Itccord-llc raid. Nt. Nick hy Aiitiimohllr. ("nod util Saint Nick comos io one of tin; up town stores I Iii holiday season in :i sadly unpuclic v? hleh'. This'" will he no chiller ol' tight hoots cir .Hugh; uf xlcdghliolls ti? murk his passage over rooftops in tIis*t vicinity nu '.he nihill before Christmas. No wicked ehit rlren, who lie awake tu eat eh him, will hear Unit Jolly old volee urging on Dasher and Prancer. Ihumor and P.1U KCU, and all Ute rest ot' Hie famous nhl four-thnos-four-hi-liand lenin. In oilier Words, reindeer ?ts a motive power are out ol' dal?', .md the metropolitan San la Claus conies this year in nu auto mobile. Nor is this ail ol' Hie nev.- rev elation. The store's decorators have pictured Krisen as emiline, strange to say. from a southerly direction and not out of ?he frozen north, as he used to appear lo Hie watchful parental eyes ol' generations pone hy. His new fangled vehicle seems to follow a rout?? that lies over the hills of Staten Island and just touches a corner of Soul li I'.rooklyn he fore it leads up toward Jilberly's little island and the shy scrapers of Manhattan. To Hie youth ful "higher critics*' of the Christinas saint, these disclosures oughl lo fur nish new material for veiled ion.-New York Sun. lu Sunt ii'* Unit Kut-lory. ila propnvos to in uko glut! Ibo tu*arta of good lillie giris. AH marning lori? ?rte nc iv/ ikv JIJI Itemed to llirciten trow. And over btrar.?! wintry he.il? Th* crous arc flapping low BPtNCINC TUP. CHRISTMAS TRI E % n?l?r*n"l VSilfl carty I?r l\ 1 f Kfi/t On tutti a uintt.-'s rtiy. ' j /> And you can hrar tht hatchet ??unJ /Sjf"' Almott two Reid! ?way. ' J" .' To-morrow nifht th* tturdy ft . (j1 ( Shall drcked ind lighted br. Jl [ j And it (hall ?hine with toy? and ^Ifta.'iwl A iovrly Christmas tt??\. Al) Alike. |? Husband-"Do you think we can af ford to give away so many Christmas .?resents, deary Wife - "That's no argument. The people who give r.s presents can't af ?ford it, either."-Puck. Tell til? Truth or Nothing. Nothing in more dlsgustln?' aU'l :??? cravating ihnii tli.* practice ti. "ar* des? :>r mischievous misrepresentation of what wo *.?<. uni) hear. Those meddler.! ind busybodies with evil longoi-d .vhu Lrot around from house t<> hoasn to sim'!! and ba;.: nows and rttmors are langerons mach inen in society 'and ure capable of doing a vast amount i?f mis chief. In repealing what iley s< or hear they citlwr ignorantly ur i lessly misrepresent or misinterpret facts which ofttimes If corre; rly WAA would he productive of nu ?-vii results, lung years of warm friendship and ibo peace, prosperity of homes, chu: chen and neighborhoods have bern broken up hy that djs? <>r ga dd ar? who navo no t i gard for truth and bones!y. "An Idle brain,*' .says- simio om . "is ih'i devil's workshop, and a dog that will ?"brinn a bone will carry one." When decent ami iutolllgr.nl people slop giv ing an audience and encouragement tc? liars and scandal mongers who enjoy a demoniacal pleasure in slabbing the characters, reputations and views of the 1 non cen I. and upright, they will cease their wicked and damaging tongue work, ll is the duty of ail i>f<> ple to speak nothing but thc truth or keep silent, for a strict regard fur lite truth is thy foundation upon whit h character is built. A liar is universally despised and shunned. A Pessimistic View. The National l'?lot takes n very gloomy view nf the religious outlook ii? thc following: '.There is a tidal wave of irrcliglous ncss, we mignt call li Idolatry, swoop ing over the land from Nogra hearts and hearth stones and. ii" it is nut speedily checked, in the Ihren clocadr?. our people will cease to build churches and condemn everything thai is sa cred. "To prophesy nur down rall In the f.n n ni seeming prosperity will appear to be mere folly to some of our people; as did the daring threatenings nf our Lord against thc Jewish nt'.tinn when they became so Indignant until they invited him out nf the temple to be hold the magnificence and beauly of their great building. Hut it was m?n< the Icy,; true; for th-4 day carno when them WUK not left one stone on top ol tho otber and the .lews are now rmi tered over the entire world. What was true with regard to the .lowish na tion moro, likely to be true with regard to the colored people; for the Jew.; b id tho first promise of eternal UTe. Thc people thal serve Mod may hope to tic. well; but wo.: milo every one who chooses lo leave the path of reotitlidf and walks the broad and beaten road of sin." *'.Vir-' rlcanlsms. ^ It is very necessary that the Negri give special attention to nil questions which concern himself. The Tuske gee Neuro Conference, which will con vone at Tusk og* r? next "Atbrnary. eeo ki to koop the public Informed of tho sub slanlial progress that is being mad?! by the raf", a.< well as blinding to llfthl the obstacles which confront lt. Stop fighting -?ach other In tho mrit- t fer of getting teachers for public. " schools, i'nl aside personal prefnrepef. and come together on this Important matter; tor while yon ore fighting Rac.li other, the children are suffering foi education. Mr. Krank fillmore, ai Cres ls. is a progressive and succemful farmer, lils success la simply another proof of what a man can do who is determined te forge ahead.. In practicing economy, all members of the household must contribute tbeir mite toward the general result. M very one must, cut down on expenses. Down In Jacksonville. Kia., tho col ored people have. Inaugurated a .stock company, and will organize a stage coach servie-'' throughout the city ox- ' chis'v -ly for persons of the ra:,e. This has been done on account of a rei ont ordinance separating mc races on street cars. Wc hoar so much these days of what Ibo South has spent in education fur the Negro. All this is true, and For it we are grateful. Hut all thc beneficence he has received is yet equal to tho just dues of a darker past still remain ing, and that must ever remain unoaid. Thanksgiving Is really a j>art of true happiness. Confidence in our own racial Integ rity will prove one of our greatest bulwarks of protection. It ls not always the truly heroic Christian who gets the most honor among men. v Ile who ls so modest tb stay down in tho valley always will never get on the top of tho mountain. We must organize and co-opera! o against all Hie forces that may come against us as a race. Whatever position in life we occupy, we are unworthy of it if we do noi dis charge Its duties with conscien Lio?n> fidelity. No chain can support a weigh! greater than that which ifs weekes! I link can sustain, nor can any in fi or rise, higher in tl'o scale of Inlell'gonrc -.han the humble copie of that na lino. Thc Ni gro's properly os far -is i< goes, is laxcil equally w'th Ibo white man's for public chicat'on an 1 thc iinin'anance of t""e Ki no. This beinf, I'.bc case, ho should share every keno j faction of t he S: ate. Two wrongs may liol make n:io righi but it mal.es Ihcni both write, if tho/ .occur between two edi:ors or eorrca ; POP'.-J.