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JdH PRi\TI\G A SPECIALTY I . ? - .. ? "PP"1* 1 w?sa^ww* ms^mamI?mw?
IBIIE mSTS.OfHJg,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BATESBURG, - - - - S. C.
Practices in a 1 the State Coai ts, ^specially
iu Lexington, Edgetield and Aiken
counties.
Mar. C?ly
ANDREW CRAW FORD
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, - - - SC.
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.
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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.
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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.
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October 13 If.
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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!
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
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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.
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^_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.
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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
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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.
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