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mPr VOL. XXIII. LEXINGTON. S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 18t>2. SO. 5. "* - ?"? l,<?,AS r,?,
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nks, VaHses, Satchels,
mbrellas, India Rubber |
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Coats* Mcintosh
I Goods I
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Brades, together with !
Ke line of Boys' and |
Overcoats. Also a
l^of Jerseys, Children |
Bathing nobby, from j
^ half to six years, j
^L^filaughtei^j^yy
ve m>' iov?i i c
WK For a Christmas gift to- j ?
How can I tell the story? | t
My pen refuses to write? j t
* * * * * j 1
I would give her gems of light j {
From the caverns deep of night; j ^
Opals, rubies, emeralds green. j |
Diamonds bright with fiery sheen;
'
All the spices, rich and strong, f
From the eastern lands of song; j
Perfumes heavy, musk and nard, ^
Ambergris, opaque and hard;
?
And the tissues soft and rare, > 1
That Circassian beauties wear, 1
That with clinging, tender fold, V
All her charms should closely hold.
I would give her castles fair ?
Far in Spain's ambrosial air, t
Tall and stately, sheened with gold, a
Ivy grown and gray and old. ^
Since I cannot give her these? j 1
For I lack the needful pelf? : t
I will give her, if she please, j I
All I have?my life, my self* j i
David A. Curtis. j a
\hn Israelite's :
S: FHenry," said the
v"'ar^en> holding out his
"Goodbv," said the man
as he grasped his late jailer's hand;
"goodby," a b*t huskily. "I thank?
you?sir?for all your kindness"
"Oh, that's all right!" said the warden
cheerily. "1 try to do what's right;
1 that's all. Just you do th&tr in the
! future, Eenrv, and I shall never see you
i here again. Good luck to you."
The great doors clanged behind Henry
Johnson as b * stepped out of the prison,
where he had served six years, four
| months and twenty-five days?not the
i lull Beuieuuo lie? uau icucivcu, iui iuu
; benefit of the allowance for good be- s
| havior had been his. But six years is a
; long time, long enough to change a man
for better or worse fc
With a new suit of clothes, a ticket to i:
Xew York and twenty-three dollars i:
Johnson walked away, once more a free l
man. -
He had looked forward to thi3 day for t
years. He had dreamed of it on his I
hard bed in his lonely cell?the day on y
which he would be liberated, on which f
I iMrwrenprwculd begin.
^^^ashere at last. Johnson was sur- A
loarSetThislittle roll of bills, cuuiiuug J
hem over and over. A strange attrac- j
ion lured him to the neighborhood of ,
;he bank where he used to work. At !
be close of the somber day he stood ;
md watched the well dressed, well
groomed men emerge from the bnildng.
"That is the way I used to look,"
le said to himself, and then glanced
iown at his plain clothes and coarse
ihoes. /
At night the Bowery glittered with
ows of lights that twinkled like evil
>yes. Johnson tramped for many
docks, pausing now and then to gaze in
;he windows at the Christinas decoraions.
There was one displaj' which
'ascinated him. In a cutler's window
vere stars, crosses and other emblems
brmed of smooth, shining, sharp edged
aiives. Johnson looked steadily at
hem for a long tiipe. Then he went in,
md selecting one particularly wicked
dade paid for it from the little roll of
rill* thmafc it in the breast nocket of !
ii3 coat and resumed his tramp.
"Christmas, Christmas," he muttered
is he plodded on. "What is Christmas
0 me? I'd like to give John Raymond
1 Christmas present, curse him," and
hen suddenly he thought what a fine
hing it would be to drive that knife
tome in Raymond's heart and attach a
tiece of paper to the handle bearing the
nscription, "A Christmas present from
i loving friend."
"HI do it!" he exclaimed. "Yes, I'll do
t on the night before Christmas. What
l merry Christmas it will be for me!"
People brushed against him in the
hrong. Children shrank at sight of his
cowling face. On, on he went, unaP
V?in
LLiiiuiui vi 12JO nuiJvuuuiu0o,
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f/U |r
pi 'f 1
OMETHING ROLLED DOWN THE CHEEK
OF THE EX-CONVICT.
Suddenly lie paused before a great
milding into which crowds were pourQg.
He joined the throng and drifted
q. There were lights and music. Somebody?a
man with a clear baritone voice
jflh i ringing something. To the ears of
heToVimoclifti ofnlo tViAQO wordQ
'\m found a friend in Jesus;
"He's everything to me;
re's the fairest of ten thousand to my soui.
The Lily of the Valley.
Iq him alone I see
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And b? 6 boy r\ a ' *
When she rose to go he followed h<
As she hurried away he stealthily ere
behind her, his hand involunt&ri
clutching the knife over his heart.
Up a rickety flight of stairs she we:
and close behind came her pursuer. S
opened the door on the third landi:
and went in. He crouched outsic
holding his breath.
The door remained ajar.
He looked' in and marked the po
room, with its wretched belongings. ]
saw the bed and the sick man bolster
up by flabby pillows.
"Is that yon, Nelly," he heard Ra
mond say. "I thought you would nev
come."
"Well, John, dear, I just ran into t!
rink a moment to hear the singing,
sounded so sweet as I came along. He
is your medicine now."
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i and happiness where sickness, y
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prevailed. p
be In blood poison, malsM^fcgpep- j
sia, and in all blood and skHS^^^L
; like blotches, pimples,
ulcers, tetter scaldhead,
out fear of contradiction
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( Ladies whose system s are
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presen
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hands, suffer,
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^^ipJ^^^^^Kothers exchai. ?? the ear
children: friends nations
use has robbed evil pai
Bi?il|y^apce to some of us; we are unc
^f^^^^omaticalij without much P-> the
WSyW ?ufc consider. We are, as known.
putting off from time to ^^e
P^Ron an unexplored sea. Our tively
||Bbs of life set sail and'g^ on- Scroful
||| into the darkness; and we, ^me> w
our pillows, take no such ^ave ^
do when awake and Picas
ksllte^py daylight. Of the perils eases o1
whatever they may be,
heed. An unsleeping
llf^-^?tches over us, but it is the ever
- of one stronger and terbox.
who is the Eternal ofwhici
^?d from Duppa
"Good-by" is *r?e Yei
? j friends
y?u- Good- emblem
|^^0^^^^^k^ood-cight," or custom
w building
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f^t, and
I^C&< is very in
cabinet:
Allko grained
day by When s
IWifct."?Har- imitatioi
straight
?||?|gjg for whi;
^ The lea-v
Ith. are freqi
^Strong and those t0;
circumsl
If "La poem by
ISil and weary, though
i world ii
MF5'8 reme<3y a man o
j|||t<iKtomach and ings ma;
iliose organs Till the
Like th
^Mions. If you
^:.*Koadache, you
, Ainonj
permanent relief tantare
c Bitters. One trial rrummir
11 fV^of fl^ic? ia 411^ OxfOl
PUU lUO>U buio iO 111U | k
leed. Large bottles dressfat
Bazaar. ing:
t A merry (
Your poc!
'atoaro Coming. fuU<
But this
time the
bu the davs of Judea it has i lines are
?:; ? "1 | setshire;
?f^fcohcy of the money changers j
circulation of various r
j^|?^fcey used for different | .
varying monetary |
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the Roman money auc^ Ifa
legal for pipes, s
BjjjiP "'-B Jerusalem; the of all gi
>ther was good for payments to J
Caesar. Each in its turn was scarce
>r plentiful valuable or less valua- ^
)le. as the quality and urgency of
he demands varied. These variitions
gave to the money T
:hangers their opportunities. On
be approach of the Jewish tax-payug
time the money changers promply
md providently bought-up the Jewsh
shekels, and afterwards placed
hem in the Temple for sale to the
axpayers at a premium. It was this
ricked scheme which so enraged the
'Man of Peace.'* The "Man of tears
md acquainted with grief." The
dan who was more than man, whose
preat heart melted at sight of wrong *
md in human suffering. The man j n
vho on no other occasion was ever n
mown to exhibit the passion of auger. j'
iVhen He found those iuhuman ^
vretches?the money changers?
vitk a corner on shekels and a corner v
si
?n sheep and oxen and doves, the c
u-eat soul of the Savior of men was v
noved with anger, and with "a cat- *
r nine-tails," or words to that effect p
?with a fashion of scourge used tl
h
>nly on slaves?He drove the money ^
hanger?the hyenas of finance? e:
rom the Temple, saying: "It is ?
written, My house is the house of 0
irayer; but ye have made it a den of ^
heives!" ^
On no other occasion did the Son v
f God on earth become angry and f
iflict phyiscal violence on his ene- ^
lies. This proves most conclusively a
hat. nn no other occasion did He
leet with so great and so merciless .
ciime as is the robbery of the p
'orthy poor though the schemes of ^
be pirates of finance when gambling ^
1 money and other necessities of the w
eople in the hour of their reed.?
ohn Davis M. C. e.
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Close Quarters.
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^^Tarrow
* bands,
gle bei
re, and what do yon think I jjot gifts f(
i beautiful umbrella. / men an
le?It must have been a pretty for gr;
I "Old S<
? . famiiia:
i't Forget to Remember 51sl^
? meanne
year, v
; impure unhealthy bhod is
t it all, and the direct cause Noway
diseases from which we ^iae ^
Scrofula rheumatism and row o?
c Diseases which have ravaged expecta
th and poisoned the blood of i *hey lir
. , , I denng i
- for generations, and are the I creeping
rents of indescribable horrors i the gro\
ler absolute control of P. P.- I t!ieir
sign of 1
only infallible blood purifier ; down t
house is
P. P. P. Blood Cure Las posi- ?he*Chi
cured numerous cases of places a:
a and Salt Rhuem in a short voting
here all other blood purifiers j j^en^ot
iled. the Kinj
>ant to take: applicable to dis- chuckle*
f infancy'or old age.
in the h<
Christmas llolly. the God
ractice of decking churches with teethe;
green is very ancient, says Chat- ! ^
On this account our pious fore- '
gave it the name of "holy t^ae,"
a our word holly is a corruption. r^e 1
tells us "that branches of this elr
e sent by the Romans to their Pfif (
with their Xew Year's gifts as san'
aticaLsf good wishes, and the 81
is saicT to be nearly as old as the ecuueH 0i
; of Rome itself." The holly wearet*
;es attains the height of forty each one
I when of this large size the wood heap*
valuable and is much used by geese an(
makers. It is white, hard, close <
and takes a very fine polish. 8e^
tained black it is an excellent sooi
a of ebony. The long and ?>*r^9 are
tough * branches are often used The fei
p handles and walking sticks. *?w* T1]
res of the holly near the ground
aently much more prickiy than e??^ feel
ward the top of the tree. This affecfioni
tance forma the subject of a at se
Southey, in which he says that theinselv
in youth buffetings with the ri(ie'wlji
lay call forth harshness, yet t? D
ught to pray that unkind feel- tr^' .E
' daily wear away? the Chris
" . . ' , ? . cie tnrou
smooth temper of his ago shall be
o high leaves upon the holly tree. e
-fairyland
Christmas Mummers. nothing i
5 other quaint customs still ex- enters tl
those of the "mummers" and firmamet
igs at Christmas, all common softer th?
rdshire, England. Some wear broidered
)me black their faces and others maa ^reei
itastically. They go about sing- where ar<
of old an
Christmas and a happy New Year, of costly
kets full of money and your cellars But in
5f beer' pleasant
is the convivial side. At this 0f the pen
following apparently senseless homes a
sung by the yeoman of Sorner- the prisoi
forgotten
lerc comes I, liddle man Jan, from his
Vith my zword in my han! .
f you don't all do 0 ^
As you bo tojd by I, ugnteneu
*11 /.end you all to York the store:
Vor to make apple pio. an(j
was inde*
jest brands of cigars 2?, 5 tng the
. Sweet cheroots, cigarettes, earth anc
moking and chewing tobacco
*ades, at the Bazaar. try blaci
ROYAL KRIS KBINGI
'HE KING WHOSE SCEPTER IS
HOLLY BRANCH.
low St. Nicholas Became the Santa Cli
of Today?Christmas as It la Celebrai
North and South?An Old Plantat
Scene.
LCoi>yright, 1892.]
C~ | t t, HEREVER it
/ curs, Christn
northern lior
stead, on 1
southern plan
^?VlwL *S^ tion, among th(
who go down
"the sea in ship
nd among the people of all civili;
iiids, it is the ono season of tlie y<
larked by a reign of hospitality, mei
lent and open heartedness. It rec?
i the old the pleasures of youth, a
ransports man^an absent one back
is own fireside anu quiet home.
In the early annals of New York ci
;hen it was Nieu Amsterdam and 1
turdy Stuyvesant was commander
hief; when our now crowded Broad-w
ras below Wall street and known 01
s plain Heere straat; when ourbusin
arottled Maiden lane was T'maa^
aatje?"The Maiden's Path"?whi
iie red cheeked Dutch girls went
ang their clothes; when the meat m
et was on Bowling Green, and the pr
n4- City Kali park a public pasture o
.....11 4.1, ? 044.1* 1 OK4.1,
luc cue uicj wan, cue -c^cu auu u
)ecember were dedicated to St. Ni<
las, the patron saint of the colony,
ras his image that constituted the i
rehead of the ship that brought 1
rst Dutch emigrants to this shore,
ras he who gave his name to the fi
hurch within the walls, and whose b<
?ons were most solemnly invoked in t
our of trouble by all Dutchmen on la
nd sea.
To the Dutch boys and girls St. Nit
las was a jolly, white bearded, litt
Id man, smoking his long stemin
ipe, and in their fancies drivi
iirongh the air over town and count]
ceans and deserts, sending throu
pace the sharpest of whistles to t
ronderful reindeer team that carri
ne wonderful sleigh. These lit
Knickerbockers have passed away fi
ver, but the children of today still ke
p the devotion of the children of 10
)r St. Nicholas, only they now c.
im Santa Claua. He is the same friei
le same little, low built, chubl
terry, mysterious ancient whcrjoi
iildren of all ages and all conntj^^
The manner in whicj^aMfl||||
ilebrated differs qdJjjllSBjSilll
ami ooasnco,
|SjgPP^^^treet cars and trun- '
BuupTthe highways in wheel- *
s. Women and children, hus- I
bachelors and sweethearts strug- *j *
it. 'i i_l mj i
maul i/ueir weignt. mere are 1
>r boys and girls, presents for
d women, and heaps of presents
mdfathers and grandmothers. c
jrooge" is there, crowding pater- r
3 in his endeavor to buy the bigrkey
and make amends for his ^
ss to his bookkeeper during the ^
rhile materfamilias declares to
that her Christmas shall be the nest
among all the neighbors,
comes Christmas eve?the fairy
the little ones. And who shall
j it? The old mantel, with its
stockings, large and small; the
nt looks of the youngsters as
iger around the fireplace wontvhat
Santa Clauswill bring; the
j into bed and listening, while
vn folks are making merry over
gnog and mulled cider, for any
;he coming of the old gentleman
he chimney; then, when the
still, the mysterious movements
happy parents as they produce
istmas gifts from their hiding
ad tie them up in the most proknots;
the commotio'" in the
ng before dawn when the chil- ,
mce from their beds to see wfcat
; has sent them; the chorus of
3 and gabble of delight as they
.round the bedside of the sleepy
nd mother a^uarouse every one
3use to display the liberality of
I of^gifts?who shall, who can ai
tfory of such a happy time? m
I by the bells in the steeples call
people all to church and chapel, ar
y they go, flocking through the
n their best clothes and with m
rest faces. Closed stores and a ha
cessation from labor give a Sabctity
and reserve to the day outy
different from the Christmas 611
: the night before. A little later
iated at the Christmas dinner,
nervously impatient to attack
?d up viands. The turkeys and
1 chickens that caused such a
)f baskets on Christmas eve are
,uffed in turn upon tho tables,
1 after lots of little boys and
in the same condition,
ist ended, other pleasures fol,e
old folks gather around the ^
ace to enjoy the outpouring of
ing and honest interchange of n
ite attachment which abound
ason. The young people betake
es to the frolics of a sleigh j
le the children repair perhaps ]
eighboring hills and ponds to ?
tew sleds and skates. This is
tmas of the average home cirghout
the north and west. --a
iristmas of the rich is also a /
in which for one day at least jfc
save the spirit of Kris Kringle
le voluptuous heaven with its vit
of gas jets, its carpeted floor, *
in clover, its perfumed air, em.
curtains and gorgeous Christall
aflame with light and color,
? gathered a fashionable throng
;d young awaiting the bestowal
gifts.
the background of even this
picture is another?the families
Dr, the labyrinths of wretched
nd teeming tenement houses,
us and hospitals. They are not
i. The rich man has spared
abundance that the hard presDverty
may for the moment be
anil charitable hanils ileal out
? of good things that make one
jel as if the spirit of Christmas
ed the angel of the day bring- t0<
old time message, "Peace on aP
I good will to men." re;
F. G-. De Fontaine. ile
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CDRAU?HT lea for Dyspepsia.
fE F Nature should be
A . blood. Nothing
illl BDIIi does " 80 weU'80
fflALAnlML promptly, or so
:::; poison safely as Swift's
^ I __Specific.
ion .
LIFE HAD NO CHARMS.
i For three years I was troubled with malaoc.
I rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life
,, j lost all its charms. I tried mercurial and
, e j potash remedies, but to no effect. I could
Ene getno relief. I then decided to ftyggSSMM
Qe" i A few bottles of this wonderful SSaSS
the medicine made a complete and permanent
ta- cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever,
oso ! J. A. Rice, Ottawa, Kan.
to
,3 ? Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
^ mailed free.
Owr-cn Sompm Atlanta. O*.
?ar " ? ' ?
j Mav? '2o ly.
lll3 j r =?
Lnd Poor Man.
jfSrr
rst "x
Wife?Is there anything else, dear,
;he you would like to hang on the
nd Christmas tree?
Husband?Yes. Those triplets.
;hje
Christmas in the Land of the Czar.
ed Throughout the Uln-aine, or little
ng Russia^ Christmas is observed as a great
ry, sacred day. Weeks before Christmas
gh preparations for welcoming the so called
be "Ckristman kutia" (barley grits) are goed
ing on in a peasant's hut.
tie The hut is whitewashed, the floor and
or- polatia (bed of boards) are scrubbed, the
en holy images, or ikons, on the walls are
?0 adorned with coarse linen towels emall
broidered, and a few crosses, neatly
id, made of straw or hay, are nailed upon
>yt the ceiling and wall.
r6s A bench covered with hay is placed at
the corner under St. Nicholas* itaage,
SbMgxvri wjiich rest? the pot with the sacred
^
llH^pL'he head of the
g?j|^L*yer and
||mm^ the kutia?
)efore tliera, after a few mere little formalities
So devoured with great apjetite.
After this is done all dress them:elves
in their best clothes and start out '^EKl
:o church. WRKk
- rain
December. ,
)h, happy hearts, list to the chiming bells!
Oh, yearning souls, list to their sweet retrain!
t is the echo which forever tells
Of "peace on earth" amid its joys and pain.
Vreathe holly berries and pale mistletoe
In garlands for the joyous Christmastide;
'he year is buried, and the chastening enow
Falls like a benediction far and wide.
-ClaraLee Puckette in New Orleans Picayune.
A Bad Neighborhood.
Dashaway?Well, Uncle Ebony, what
e you going to have for your Christas
dinner?
Uncle Ebony?I'ze gwine to have a fat
id sassy turkey, sah.
Daskaway?Why, I thought you told
e not long ago you didn't expect to
tve one.
Uncle Ebony?No, sah, 1 didn't; but 1
>ne moved out ob dat neighborhood
ice den.
A Plea. j
Dear Sauta Claus. I've got to go
To bed?it's late, you seeSo
listen, please, for you must know
Just what to bring to me.
**' ~j T ' !
|
I want a pair of skates, a knife, j
A pony that can trot;
I want a nice big drum and frfe.
And all the books you've got.
* I
I want a kite, with miles of string.
And several Christinas trees;
But when you come this year dont bring
Another baby, please. >
Ginned salmon, mackerel, lobsters,
sters, potted ham, sardines, toinaes,
okra and tomatoes, corn, pine
pie, jellies, dessicated cocoanut
ady for pics and custards, con
nsed milk, "Worcester and pepper
uce, pepper and mustard,?at the
izaar.
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