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VOLUME. VII Mow the Christmas time la near, And the at ore* ere bright, but dear Little voice* msy^wft bear Lisping eweet r-? - At -our feet? " ? . "fiajrte. Olaas." . . And the cherubs are not ilumb. With theJr wlifh: "I wont a drum, Toltua, won't jrou, when he'll ooiuei J^ee* mama? Good papa? , v Banta ' ( "I want a dolly!" prlnaoes cries; "One that opens and abuts its eyes." Another eherub, still, but wise, |toWer<>; "Bridka, 1 tots of trie Its ; . Banta Qlaus." ^"'tJhOTUS M1U of cherrib Joyf : "Ma, tell him to briug us boys' - jfcrivoF, and &k(U<>s. and lots of toys." ' Baby sings: f A'Me want 'ings? . * |anta Ciaue." ohattoi1 as Ihey play; pleads both grave and gay. Bring them pleasure while you may; ^ \outh will fly, Jlope wl\l dlo? Banta Oiaus. MIS3^NiDTS PRESENT. ? JJY AUGUSTA HANCOCK. ( JSS ENID sat by tho Are in tho oak parlor, and \ gazed into tho ^ bright flames as i.f she saw there Kome very lovely picture of tho past. "Pretty Miss Enid" they some t i njui s called her in tho parish, and ? the adjeotivo was well applied, so * V aweet was her smile, and so tender and &!,' Ijgentlo were tho ''soft tonos of hor ^ytoice. And she wan not really old, v. jv-^jothing like the conventional old ,'rnaid of utory-book fame. ShflTt was * simply ''Miss Enid" ? no longer very SonnA but with a past thatUiadJ rdijgnt to her gladnoas and then<Boif* row, and that had taught her a life long lesson of the tonderest, purest sympathy in and with the smiles and ?^Vthe't^erH of otheTe. No one came to ""^^liss Enid for help and went away \i~y. comfortless ^ no one ever told her . tome heartfelt story of grief and weariness, and did not leeeive sweet consolation in return. Miss Enid's! great heart was ever open, ever ready ?> to condyle with the bereaved, to smile 1 hopefully upon the young and tho ardent toiler, to bring a message of , patience to the sick and the sorrowing, to minister to each and 0; avery one as they, needed her sweet ^helpfulness. And yet? And jet? Miss ? Enid had kuown sorrow, the greatest ' ' Borrmir tkat oaa come j J. into a woman's life and blot out for /;" ever the sunfehino ''from the pathway ! . And she was thinking of the pa:?t . a to-night, tltts Christmas time, when . every one was happy in the society of * their dear ones, and when love and joy were tho theme of every hymn and anthem that was sung in the great *?**. churph yonder, the church she had' so %jj$tcoe'tttly loft. Sho had been twining MvSaantilul wreaths for pillar and pulpit -.:.;-^-w?tttths of holly and ivy and box, Vid the vicarage children had helped ier, pricking their small fingers with Vtratp holly leaves, and tying her tringinto innumerable tangled knots, fct she Ipved them fco muoh, the darlims, that she was only too happy to have them near her, to hear their fi l^itfld "bright voices, to see their rosy ^ faces, and to feel the soft touch of their .soft hands as they hnng about ^tj*r trylugeo hard to help "dear^51i?s Enid." /J/ "We love yon so much, yon k'how," gray-eyed Angela had said, "that we want to do all we can, And it ian t very much, but wo does 9 nt best." T> -'^{nd'Bobby had broken in with an accoqnt of |he (5hristmas card that ho meant to ifcud~Hisa Enid? a very gor geous production from the village shop, in fhe purchase of #hioh and' similar treasures the ohildreu's morn ing had bnu happily spent/' And Miss Enid ttfauked him before and, vtooping down to fciatLXho' buuuy lit ""^tle face, and assuring him that she Y' would like it very muoh, and would keep it always in memory of him. - ' "That's right," the little boy ?aid, heartily. *'"3Pis quite the proper thing to say. isn't it, Marjqrie?" And Marjorie and Angela nodded Msent as the n^rse cache to carry them off home to the^viMrage tea. Miae Enid, bad aqolined their en* thnsiastio invitation^ to accompany them? something had seht /f\tx thoughts baoJfto 1 thLpaat with a-' sud den rush of .TiomWy, and the soeno around seemed strangely dreamlike andnnreak 8h? j**t?ned up thelong ends of her wreath and - put on her - aioak, ??4 thc?, before her flight was nottbed, aha slipped away, ,-dut into the darhasss and the stillness of the win tat 'a evening. Ska wanted to be . alone* think- she had not had aineh . tins to thlak Wkteiy, there was always ao maah to do ; and then she had been ?lad of ft before, for th? aiefaories of thaa wen yeas rally aadj ona* Bafaow she longed for qaiatnde, for the eyaipatky other own thoughts the areaoeoj that bitter awe* ?? wi*?' Anil onee in her oosy oak parlor, iu her owu ohair l>y the bright flroaiil o, she lay back with half closed eyos and gavo herself up, for u brief time at any rate, to the memory of thy past. It was not a very eventful past, a' tor all, that tint children's talk of Christ mas had brought bank to her. She was young then, that was all, ami life was rose-tinted with health and happiness ami ? should Bho nou fees it, even to herself? ? lovel Yes, pho boheved that love had com? to her, a9 it comes onoe, ami only onoe iu a lifetimo, to evory one. Ami yet no voioo had $yer whispered to her that a tvno heart was hors for al wavs no lips had /ever pressed her own iu the glad rapjnre of a lover's kiss? no sweet, strotig arms had enfolded her and held her oaptivo? ah, rae, nol And yet, 'and yet! There woro half spoken words imprinted in her mem ory ; thero wore tender glaneas, ami wonderful smiles, euoh as ? love, ami love only, oonhl a^kon; thaie was a L h All only been timo for ''Oood-by" ai the gate, for lie wuuUl not como in, ! ho 8iiiil?-oi?Jy ??Oood'by" nud a trem ulous hand sh.ikc-*-and-?diA w.?k gone. And Miss Enid's love siorT hud never really b0guu"?it ha, I ouljfc been a dream, perhaps, t^io was to Iuj?? So tho loug yearfl^had passed,! tak ing one by ono of her loved ones away, as tho autumn takes the Mowers that aro vtuariod with tho long, summertime, until che was left alone ? alooo in tho pi>tty old house whero <>tho swallows built- under tho eaves in tlio spring, and whero tho gafdon was ablaze with roses and ayrluga ami clematis all through the summer. Ami tho children of tho tillage were her friends, ami tho vicara^o Gabion uamo and grow up liko dowers around hor, weaving thomselves into her calm,' sweet lifo, so she had nomothiug to love, aud no one over know how some times she longed and yearned until hor heart folt almost breakiug? ? *for what ? Ali, deaf hearts, 1 oanuot tell you. . opened again, and woino one, tired of : waiting outside, came iu t There was ft shout from tho children, ; and a cry, a gla 1, startled, tender cry, ft oui A^ish i'nitl un I thou evervthiui? eUe wiMfol^Atoo, and thu nstoni?hod bairnex aaw thdt^Jriond's slender form clasped clonely ia t ho" arms of tho "present," who was usually called by , thorn' "Uuclo Edward," "Darling, darling," they heufvl lilrn sijt, and just thou Angola, with wonder till tact, discovered tho pile of parcels adit reused to oaoh of them, aud nug gerded that thoy fihoitld ean v them into the kiteheu to show to old Jennie, which tho children were uotliiug loth to do, lcaviug tho lovers alonoto their wonderful uow-fouud bliaa! 14 A ml I've forgotted to give her my ' Kia'mas oar l, aftotf all, nt,;' bootiful money-box that 1 brought on pur pose, " said Bobby just as he was going to bo 1 on ChrtatmaH night, very much aggrieved. "Give her tho card to-morrow," What Kris 'Kringle. Sent, Wo hung up our stocking* on Christina* Kvo On tho kiioha at tho foot oT tho bo], "Wo shall findttioiu or;t:u:nad with beautiful things When we wako in tho :noriiin?," wo Wo Irloil v??ry hard to ktwp awnko To soe Suuta Claus when ho camo, But I droppod asioop very quickly iudooil, And Evolino <1M tho same. face ? a beautiful, bravo faco that dwelt safely Bbrino t forover "In llie depths of Miai Enid'n heart ? tho faoe of one who hail surely, \jiiroly loved her once, in tho long ago ! ' Aiul sho 'faucied tsomtitirucs that ho meant to tell her ?o, that the words had tromblod on his lips, the words that would have ehitugcd her life and his so greatly 1 She had read p Art of . his story in his ?yes ? cloar, grave eyeerthat were truth and honesty it self ? and 3~et ho had never uttered what his hoart surely knew well, aad she Jiad never listened to tho sweetest words that tho human oar oau hear. For the old, old rnason. He .was poor and proud, and he wanted, oh I so mpebiJta win honor and fame for his fove? -ailhj ha4 had gone on, mean ing herhaps~?frtt?H -hor if the oppor tun By offered/ before the end. And suddenly their parting had come, and sao had known' that he must go away from her. He' had told hersodiiin* self, walking home from the olrt 'church at Christmas, time, under tho stars. /?Wiah me Ood-speed, will yon not?" he had asked her# *Qd hor gentie voieo had bidden him fsrevrelt quietly and evenly, mo that he never- knew feoff* deep the pain in the living heart, or how near "the tears were to the pretty -eyea^bat strove ao bravely to emileoi^lrim tor the la?t time. And aow, tie thought to himself, how he would tell her everything I He would her to wait for him, to be hie wife when he oame back again with fame and fortune to lay at her feet. ' And the atari afcone down on them as they went ofLthe quiet lane, aa if to blefs hie plan. Bat mm one had joined them aa flSey weht? an unwboteeom* third. Entd't ttttk tfibugbtle** oouVtn, who Httl* gneeeed, poor ?ht|d, the sorrow [tMbw As<t ttwr* But whon tlio morning began lo break I j*ii Meniy wok? npt|Ui(?\ . And looked to feo it dear Mania Olausr ?'* Had thought of yi* In tlio night. Wliuti, oh! how friglitonei I wai! I heard A noise l)y tlio foot of tlio bod. I whisporod, "It inuft bo Santa Ciaus." "Yos, it nuut be," Kv-diuo ?aid. You must |iietara for yourselves a lonely wo in -in ? one who could Ioto deeply, truly, passionately, cno to whom littlo children turned aa to n mother' h protecting OJre, to slumber peacefully on her toudor bosom or to I smile up into tho sweot faoo abovo thorn. Picture that to yourselvos, and then tell uiu for what it was that my -4cM..Mia<) Enid longed bo much hoiuc times. She was very good and sweet and patient, but she was vpry human, after all ? but a woman at hourt ? aud evory woman yearns at sorno timo or other of her life for love. Christmas Day broke whito and calm and beautiful, for snow had fallen in the night and the whole world was shining. And Miss Enid, as ahe Bat at her solitary breakfast' table, hearing a number voices without, smiled expectantly. Were not the children coming to gite her Christina? presents, and would they not be de lighted with the purchase* that she had made for them? And she glanced to Vards a pile of neatly wrapped par cels with some pleasure? they ^ere jdst the .thing* that ehe knew Hh^ wanted. Aa the door bnrst open, the foar children craehed in, in eren wilder wptr it than Christmas Day nanally called forth. "Merrr KU'maa, Merry KiVmaa, " ?boated Bobby, holding up bis rot/, month for a kiss. "We've got a big preeeat for you, such a beauty ; mother ?aid yon would like him." "Hash, Bobby," the little girls said hastily ; "Miss Enid, dear, don't mind what be says. Mother's love and all of ours, aud oh I" forgetting ail their de mar enees and flinging two pairs of arms aro*nd be* seek at onoe, "we'll bring it this miuirta. Promise tkfiti yoa'll beplnOi.n ? < ? * fiat Miss Said's promise was oefsr - 4mm *g ||i| ioaftaat tfat -dnnf I Wo wa'lo.1 to >00 what his fnon would bo, And my heart wont pit -a- pat-pal E vol in? said hors did thosamo), ? Til! we Ju.ud tho miau of n oat. Tliero were two liltlo kitties. A lovoly proa oat For Cii retinas, I t,l''nk, don't you'/ Ai?>l fatlior .inys, "Well, it was Santa Clans,'* And Evollno says ho too. .>"1 ' : I ou^^led ltouald, and Msrjorio said, ; "Ami I ha mouoy-box would do for a woddiag present, you kuow, Bobby. Mother mys 'tis to bo hoou." An 1 thounho added, what ovory ono ?aid that lfappy day whon thoy hoard ? if th<* wanderer's return, "i^oar Mi?n Jiuid." CluiHtnias hi Sweden. At Chviitmas the royal family of Sweden assemble, an many at are in Stockholm at the time, exchanging prohcuta on Christinas Eve, according to tbo Swedish custom. The King and Queen givo sums of money for chari ties, -which are remembered evory year. The grand New Year's l>all given in tho beautiful "White Hall" in the royal palaco in the next {treat public occa sion. The absence of the ^uoeu and Crown Princes from the court assem blies detracts much from its former brilliancy and life. The yonng Prince* are mnoh courted and are invited to innumerable ball* daring the season. Being fond of sports they have a royal ice tkating clnb, which takes the lead among elabs of that kind. Every Monday, beginning in Janu ary, the court is aeen gliding on ice under the glare of lanterns, and dana^. iag on akaiesto tho tone* of an, orcheL. tea. 0 Sleighing parties, balls aqd the opera occupy gay society -in Stockholm dur ng the winter ais^n. "I night say that 1 feel drawn to yos," aa tjie turkey remarked to the man who had won hut in a raffle. ? Bnftto Courier. CobMe~"W?ll, I aoppoee PU h^ve to eat in y rtflHiU* tnrkaylnaboard* w-"Tkiei J* mitl VI MAS t.YKHUU K K S S < How They Worn Klr*t l'se<! In Ojtlon j limes. A mo tier tho Yotftfio# of tho oar'y Druids there was it superstition that tho housos should bo dooor.xtsd with ! evorgroous in December, in or. lor ' that tho sylvan spirits might outer them ami than bo kept ffoe from tho blast of tlirt cold North wind and t!io frost, until a mildor season reuow tho folta^o of thoir usual haunts. Tho Christmas tree in really from ' Egypt, whore t be palttr^reo puts forth >i branch over.v month, nnd whero n spray of this troo, with ttfolvo shoots on it, was Ufcod iu Egypt At th% t imo of tho winter solstice, a symbol of tho year completed. Who does not know tho poem begin ning Tho mis* hunt} in tho oa?tl? halt, Tho holly shono on t !?<' oht vjvH- atttVI; Years Ago ovo? eVOrs man's door in England hum? a sprir of mistlotoo Af tlilp season, Thorn still hovers a mys? charm nbrmt tho mistletoe, and many a girl now, with a thril of ox? pcotanoy, plnooH n branch of it uuder the chaiulclior or over tho door. Ac cording to a former belief, when a girl is caught and kissed under tho mistletoe a berry must bo piokod oft' with cadi kiss, nnd when tho berries in>vo all boen pluckod tho privilege | ceases* Among tfic'nnciont Hritonn the mis tletoe thntj grows on tho on k treo Was tho kind held in favor, litcnusfl of its heathen origin it is not often used iu church hooration;', a fact which in referred to by Washington Irving in his "Hracebrulgo Hull," where he Iihn llio learned parson rebuke the un learned cleric for thr? very Oiiu^. In Germany nnd Scandinavia tho holly or holly tre.v i.: Cidlud Chxifit'ti thorn, because it puts [mih Hs berries at Christmas lime, andThoroforo is es peoinlly fitted for ol.nie'j decoration*. With its glossy, dark leaves and bright, rod berries, it is an attractive decora tion for the house,/'' The Jews uny*\ *'to dccorn4-c nt their Eoask of JUabciuacIeK with evergreens and flowers. v ^ Tho laurel was 'lifted at the earliest times ol tho ltomanti as a decoration for all jbyfill occasions, nnd is signiti cant of peace and victory. In some places it is ciMennary to throw branches of laurel on tlio Chriat mas firo and watch for omens while tlio leaves eurl and crackle in tho heat and flame. Tho ovoj green tree is a symbol mod as tho llevival of Nature, which nsti'o uomically i>ignitic? *tii? return of the sun. '4iung with lights o ti<l olTeriug.s, tho trco has for centuries been one of tlio principal charaolcrtstic^of Cbrist inHstide. Assyrian* Wn'chlng Uio Morn Jig Star. Tlie Assyrian Christians, Who livo almost isolated from the Wok tor u world ami tliu eastern regions of Asiatic Turkey, liavo 11 lovely custom ou the oarjy morning of- Christina*. They all jfepnir ft.Qm th^ir dwellings to thu openliirftud wait tT?r tlio morn ing star to'vise, hailing its udvont with deep devotion. In (Hut land of cloud* , loss skies tbo hoaveua present a apeo taclo diflieult to imagine in tho foggy North, Hud tho scone, a s lliuso simplo and faitl^fifl bUiovers^slaud ur kueol outsidi^ their homes/looking toward tho blue, stu| -spangled vault nbovo, is woll fitted to inspire devotion*... It ia only of lato yearn that tboso poor Ah ? fsyriana havo had any freedom 111 tbeir religious rites, but now tbry orijoy comparative . liberty. Christmas, nmougytheso people, id tho great day for max6ti>iiiiikii)^. It is tbo only day iii tho year \yheu tbo various families iniuglo in common festivity, and tbe young folks, of both ncxoa, have an opportunity to meet each other. Tbo daughte; of marriageable ago looks forward \vitb longing for Christinas, when sho may clasp tbo band of tbo youth wbo.se good looks und winning ways have won her heart; aud none tbo loss ardently does the boy lovor long for tbo sacred morning to dawn, when ho can freely avow bis feelings to tho choice of bin nffeetiona. Houco Christmas among the Assyrians ia a day of rejoicing, apart from its holy character. Soou after Christmas the engagements are aunouncud ; but wed dings usually do not take piano until after Easter. Owing to the barbarity of tbo Turku, Christmas has not in frequently been a day of mourning among tho Eastern Christians, com pelled to see their daughters borne captivity ; but, wxoept in Armenia, aflairs aro Improving, and the Christian population enjoys com parative immunity. \ \ Tho Uird ol Damning. A popular superstition jf? that on tho ove of Christmas tho bird\x>f 4swjnn< singotb all night long to j^ighi?n oil* any evil thin Jt was from this belief t^iat Shake speare wrote: f "Humu hM-y ihut ??v?>r 'gainst jh.it season come*. Wherein our Saviour'* birt&ta <*jlol?ratoJ, The t)tr:t ofrtAWipaff Ktrtgtnh nil flight loner; And thrtii, tney nay, no spirit! <1 tiros stir abroad: | Tbe nlffbt* aro wbolesome,4hen no planets itrlltv, No fairy take*, nor witch hath power to oharni. Ho hallowwd an I so k^h-Ioiu*"!* tlio Ume.^ JOIiEUS' CilKfHTNAH HO W MoSwatter* ? "What are you going to bang up for Christmas?" McSwit- | <Ur?? "Mj w?tcb, probably," ? Syra cuse Port. Job eon ? "Bill Bickotte took bia now girl out eieiffhing on Chrietmaa Br#." Hlion? "What ! that ooa arnfa4 Mftr? How io the world did ha manage it?" Jobsou ? "She drovn."--Pack. ? Hobblea? "My wife's got me ? box of oigars for ? ObriitmM present.. But J'U get even fWkk#r." Fotaai -.'?What will jam doff tfobbUs? gftMferi* Uljtr HOLLY IN UECOIUTKLVS , Its KM nefffea H Iteuitirul Feature In Chr n< iiihh Attornment. A picturesque *hruh especially u -a fill at this limn of t ho your in tho holly, with it* foiivh tind shining spinous leaves nuil it* pretty little /all, round berries. It is the only jaunt appro priate to this happy poi'iod that re lievos t ho dott \?ftioou and monotonous white of tho non-ltovvci in^ plants au I i vines supposed to belong to Christmas and tho days that follow Kfdphnnv. Idke tho mist lot oo, most of tho holly exposed for snlo in Atuoriortn marts ocuuos from Oroat Dritain, ?ltlumach some spoooios of tho plant tffow in tho Southern Mtntoft. The CQinmeroial holly, however, is out in Scotland and sent hefo In haats. It ismofct vuhmhle to work up in com* hinatiou with laurel, iry and mistletoe, in^t -wronthe, anchors, Htat'd, crowns and designs, whlld for runnioor d<sooT&iV>U!,? t,mt ,on T festoons ami eroat, aweii?* of gveen, a few of tho"hri(thtrod berries ?ound in at regular intervals heightens t"hvJ?0'* foot and relievos tho eye. Tho favorite manner of arranging | holly for sale in to make it up into ' pome one o f t^ numerous designs ap? proprintn to thtl day and tho season, and thus moat of tho plant tillered this year is fatdiiouo'l. Holly is not ^o expensive ns tho mistletoe, and is j moro hardy and lasting. It has no A MISTl'KTOK BAIjliOO.V. / tradition connected witji it, howove'r, ami thus lopns its sentimental valuo. Kilt to tlin decorator, the artint, the ilorist and tho dealer it is ouo of tuo best, most ornate, and suggoslivo plants for uso. at homo or in public 1 ) 1 iiuOtt that onn be aeloctod at this sou SfflG ? .? **=* <->, Christmas In Porn. A Christmas celobratiou iu Peru brH peculiar features. In the cities, and moro especially ii*4^ima, thoro afo bo* wildering scenes of activity on Ohribt i;iai Eto The streets and square are crowded with .a gay ly dressed people. ; Drdv?9 of a^rfes are to bo seen in every direotiou, ladon with fruits, bourhs from the mouniatua, liquors and other merchandise. Ice stalls, provided with chairs and benohos, are orowdod by the porapiring ploasuro seekers, who find ice uooessary on sultry OhristmaH. As night approaches tho streets arc. packed with a noisy peoplo, and joke and jost and merry prank become tho rulo. These are participated in mostly by strangely attired persons iu ma*k, Musio of guitara^} clattering. oast'inets and pebbles rattling in gourds (ill tho air with mingiod <Ji.scoTdunt sounds. No door is-oloacd. Thero is musio and dancing aud tho distribution ot gifts iu every house. All aro wolcomo > to enter. Htruugers aro suro of a hearty welcome, and to bo a foreigu'or is to havo a double claim on hospital" ity nnd to rccoivo a double welcome. Ail ceremouy and restraint aro absent. In &auy houses the lovoof thelChrist mas drama is shown by theajjrfoal rep resentations of the Nativity, with tho kamo characters as are seen the world over. {Suddenly the scone changes. The ourtain falls on the play, tho music uud daocing cease, and tho people go from their lidtnes. The midnight boll at tho cathcdral has summoned all to mass. 'The huiiwt aud stroets are neatly deserted, while tho ohurches, with tneir decorations and blazing tapers, are throngod. Worshipers are kneeling before the mauy ahrioes that line their walls, and whorover they can find a plaoo where one of the many waxen images of the saints aro dis played. With the organ's peal, and tho entering of the riohly rested priests and plainly attired monk*, begins the celebration of the maes. Again, on Ohriatmas morning, the stroeta are crowded and the markets are thronged, bnt at 0 o'clock the churches are again filled. After the services oome the feast and the games and the aporta.** When night cocnea there is a grand procession headod by the priests and monks, who are fol io wed by the soldiers and people*. All are gayly dre#sed, and many In fan tastic costumes and masks. Banner*, flrfgs, streaming ribbons, add green boughs are carried, aod mnti*. fills the air. In tho midst of the ? pricaajrfoo I there is held alofMhe flgare or the Madonna bsariqfr in Mar arms the ho) j ehtld. Alter a long mareh the prooecdoa retarna to the cathedral, there diafcaada, aad thsOkrhtMi Day celebration ie at aa sad. ^ ? 4 '1 aanpoee they wOl roaat me and nm mj kg Urn - % ** i??:Z- ygft&? Kl K i yj- i<r' PALMETTO V. ' POINTERS. IN I K.lJKM f ?N<? ITKMH F^ROM ALIj OVKU rilK STATK. J'lto Iiiuiradu tJiiilty oJ! ?u Offbuae ou h, i \ I lie UJtth Sous, >udgo W. 11. Urawley, ofthe United . Statin District Court, huahundoddown ^ his decision iu tho case against Capt. Mumuel Ifughcg, tho master of'the fetiiunslilp lutumda, which wae charged violating tho neutrality Jawa of ? \* Iho United Stabs. Jiulgo Brawley } N holds that while there is no proof expedition be gun witliiu the torritor^^^| ofthe United Htates, there is suOioiont proof of tin qtYenso committed on tho iiinJi seas to Justify further investigite (i ?'ii< Ho, therefore, issued au ordor v holdiii# Copt. Hughes nndor bond 'for trial lit tho ;?\>protuhing January term of the court for f.'.'e eastern dibti'iot of South Carolina. " ? W?" ufor? Tu.vpaycra til u Fix. ^ lieiiuTorHstil**'** *' undergoing par ticularly bard tiintfr Anvi,.)? uoiouly u> the Closing dow n of'the tun I throwing (.at oi omplovmianfc^iTfiHfc bers of employees and J a borers, but this year the people are called upon tp pay two taxcu. Tho taxes that wero due for the lineal year 1 and 189?jr~"" ~ the collection of which waa suspended in consequence of the August cyclone,, and thom for t8sti ijjui JM05 are both due; and a very small proportion of cither liaa as yet boon paid iu, and tho people have not got the nifmv.y to uioot their 'taxes. Ah a consequence th?ore> ditorn of tho county are in a bad fix, ^ and have but twenty odd days more to meet the tax-gatherer with littlo pros poet of raising money and no podsibil ity of ajKiBtpoucrnont of the time, as the Legislature will ffot oonvcuo until after tho timo expires and tho penalty will yttach. * The Co-operative Altll. a The stuokholdors of tho Carolina Mi^a ObropAUT' of vOoln^abiy had a special meeting Friday evening to voto on an incrcaBp of oapital stock. Thin is the corporation that wafTiilttTtttad several months ago with a^apitul stock**"* ' of 8100,000, this nmount tf> bo raised on tho co-operative plan, Atthoipcot ing the ollleera reported that the initial amount hud been oversubscribed *> and 1 1 oit the directors unanimously ad* fc vised an iucroaso to $51), 000, "which ?H wan accordingly don,o. As soon as the 1 1 cold'Svcatlier is oyer tho aotivo work of constructing tlie mill jAdll b'ogin,and-* tho Carolina Mills Company will spin next year's cotton. ? - ' 'fc From Charleston to Ijiiurciis. It is understood *that President ^ Childn, of tho Columbia, Nqwberryand Laurens Ibiilroad has obtaineed the' right from itccoivoya. 0? Haskell to *. run trains ovev the triick of the N&w borry and Lamina Railroad between ' Clinton and Laurens, It is expiated t hat through trains between Charleston, Columbia and Laufans will be ruu. Tho ciTeet of this w ill bo to put Lau ronu iu touch with the Seaboard Air Line and Const Line system, and g:ro *?" competitive rates art against thoPirl JUoyal and Western Carolina system. < .. * The Col portage Work. At tlio ieoont mooting of the odtat Conb-niico of Hdvlb Carolina/K^S^ Hock Mill, ltov. T. J. Gnttis/of Dor ham, N.U., Tfiis elcotcd miporinten dent of tlio col|)ortngo work for this Bt??tt?. Tlio Cotiferenco ahked the pri vilege of^uniting itH colportago work wilh lljo two CoiiforetjocHof North Carj oliim 11 in I l>y a unauimoua vote ho olcctcd. Tho fm mo Conferonoo 3'cnrufikod Mr, Gnttis to tako chi of t Ik* work in tHi? ? Htuto but h<^~ od. Ho will aoco.pt th<p offer ai upoirhin work at onco. 4? Tlio /Charleston KJcotlom v The complete but unofllcial rotufc* from tlio municipal election iu CliaV Jfsloii, nhow fh.it Smyth, thePemoorA tie candidate, waa elected tflayor of ( huh;fefoii for tlio next fonr yearn by a majority of 278 votes, /l'ho rokuiarr | DiMiiocmta elected twelve out of 21 al j denntrn, tho other twelro being ol/>*en ! by tho A. 1\ A. Mr. Buiyth wilMjavo the cutting vote. Jr Knglnofr ('.nrlet Klltt<!f ? ^ Thursday a fatal collision occurred on tho. Air Lino. Tho freight' train running aw third 42, ran into another , freight, focond 42, at Thickety,. S. C., j killing Engineer D, . M. CurUe, of Charlotte, and iiour.ly demolien? the | engine and 11 cura. f bo ttivH of'ieo [?olid 12 claim that proper fngn^ls ware | out for protection of their train* Tho Olobe Phosphato company, of Columbia, have loaned their eailUre plant to a party of liLelimdi^^ViLyJer ? tili/cr manufacturer*, whowillttoon tako charge ot Ihe propflffy and oper^ nte it: ; The ieww- ;? wnnderatoori 4 ? for flvo yearn and tho terme on which it was qpiiftnmmatcd will prove Very . advantageous to all thot^boldingstoek * in the company. t .r ,\ Senator Tillman has introduced a . ' bill to provide a district attorney **d marnhil' for "tilir South Carolina. United Btatea except diM riot attorney and uw^-n, ^ - kfctatua of the matter, aoeeciQAf W Uie ? iKivifoMlatai _ TheataleyiBj and OfMlTiiU, lulling another a*d Tho driver, a . severe)? bvt ?eo. :