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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, DE CHRISTMAS giET. i ang piOW, ff" At C'ltriatiriaa time tUt cornea to day Thi* uit-wuigc of good w+H I MtJi'i? The Wviiig wlelieo of a friend That Imppiness may hoi . itfU away At Cumtiiuirt tune ^- r- : ? ? Tiiftt cornea to-day, >3" time in figure yews? ? .he otfrer d?y6 beeltio-- -?7Z^$S^rA tor yoy 3b?*V* provide ? r-fi ' _ r ttu unnjixed with t?j>r* 'Hr ^^Murpfe", ul Christmas 8t. Nw^Jm; ???R?THWANE ?F-TW?*D?IJL?/' Mftl iSH ire r?|TrNibiy In iad*way*in afc rnferLitlia driver t; -With Its noisy anl ~BS6f* roo.ru in tUe ft*d Dor head and fctfwvKofoiT. Wo had Homo ii Chin? 111 our department I couldn't on How do way When you 1 tfow ulc<5 it.l*." Bright tip' ?N<1 io4ke<l aLilte - fl*< fl.ftd fwiyniT^ Dorothy J#ue ijnt amusement. ?n't pretppd tp call yourself ???*" 'tow*** it harobeon put together' in what ptoAwre . hut '* , "I am going to little Jennie .VhOsft mother docs -washing t&eriC liv ing. I am so anxious tb'see her, be cause her mother, when sfce bought me; to'ld the clerk that .!enni{> had not been very well since her papa \dled, and Bhe hoped that I would cheer her up on Christinas pay, if Jennie is like her motliey I am going to love her." . . Bright' Eyes was laughing by this time,' and interrupted to say, "Yon must be a* missionary sag baby 4hcn, IIOW funny!" r,That'8 what I nni," cried Dorothy, ''and unless Jennlp expects too inucb of a rag baby, I believe that X will make her. happy./ Do you thitfk that the little girl where you are going, will lore- you?" _ |lrlght Eyesj^oxod-jmeaBfly in the box -atidiiSni slow to answer* Filially |fio said:' "I don't kuow Whether she will love me or uotr I don't care. I am pretty and they will ?jhovr mc to everybody. I like the idea of moving . - V' . ? r " ? ~ - 1 sleeping child and tiptoed out of tho room, Dorothy looked aroiind for other Christmas arrivals. At first she BtLMt1 no one and begun to tool the if ipousiblllty which had* been t thrust upon her of being littlo Jennie's! whole Christum*. Finally, however she spied n little pink c^ndy dog, and lie to^d her that he, too, r was there for Jeunle. The next morning Mrs. Reed peeped Into the room In time to eee Jennie jump u round 1? an eestaey of Joy, with Dorothy Jano claapod close to her breast and the pink cundy dog in her llRjid. The affection of the child tor Dorothy .TP MISTOOK >|T%n POR SOMETHING ElrSB." Jane grew from day tq day, until the neighbors talked ?l>out It. Wherever Jemilo went Dorothy Jane was with her. Bright Eyes. on the othor hand, had ?a hard tlnie o? It. When she arrived at tho_ house she found that there were iunny other present* cost Her than her self, and, moreover, a tiitle eld rubber doll was the favorite of her mistress. All her visions of eomilig . out Into fashionable society faded away before a week had passed. She never went out of <Joors, but lay tucked riway In a' closet. One day .Tip, a little fox terrier, mistook her for something else. Before he wasr through the bloom was gone . fronr h^r cheefes And her hn'.y -and one nrHb \ver$ eJj>ewe<V^rtT'.r So" the jueit d?r 'Bnght Eyes was lust lookr ihg over the. toi> of the ash barrel in the basement area way, when Jennie Reed, With Dorothy Jane In hep nrms, -rang the basement beH. She haft come "o get the washing. Bright Eyes ree mkmm CHrislmas 0nomes While wwry COUttjry has lit utore ol little mythological por?'mu#?, fairh't* rm*ks ninl oilw eldritch splr Us, Sweden, which somehow ttceme at mu<-h Kiting Amtoraen'a country Dei?ujfirk, .4*< i>C(:uilfli Jy rich ill itnch rt-A-H OH1USJMA8 VISIT IQ TUB OA8TLB traditions. In gfvedeii .the little peo^ pie ?re kmnvn b poimoh, and pre weird, misshapen H(tle men, commonl}' seen as miners' with plctt aud other utensils for giving into the earth's fastnesses* jtfThose pnoities are benev olent or ninuMouw, according to condi tions apparently, and heWltch or en rich as fauw, or a sort of fairy justice, prompts, They are supposed to be guardian* of mineral treasures? gold, silver and" pvftciouN stones. Unlike tho. litle men, the gnomldes or "lady falrles"\jre jieautiful ilttlo creatures. In faet, the gnomes seem to like femi IfiMHj ?;.:M ***** * pine heetttyy: and lug, slmtlflor-prov theft of " [fl&itdcr ft queen .. Also, however, there moral stories "a-" i who we tag engineers. ? The red or gray or even e ql their long garment* and * And t>ucl&??seejtt- t<r ma most iittWrat JUtwHinatr ClaiiB oc.St. Nichols, - A Tall Christmas Tree. ' xL . ? - - ? v, 7 ?'?' ? W ? ? ? ybu Willi lb Tower* Sixty Feet and 10,000 Toy^S Probably the largest Christmas tree to bo ieen la London nowadays, says 'olden Penny, 1* that which is erected I ually dt tlu^fjrysjftl Palace. Our J ^.jogreph conveys a very good ItlOA ? oft this Iptcrestlhg monster. The one seen in the photograph hr aijety feet I high. After tUe tree is 'securely &shed ' Into an upright posljion three or four days are occupied iu tfhu ml fig it with numerous toys. It is estimated .that some of the bigger trees hare, carried j . ..>? i?H - ? CONDITIONS AT SEOUL. A Bad SUte of Atlalra E*lsta la V#/ BMt . 4 ' Seoul, by Cable.? More rioting una occurred At Mopke and Tuesday fapaneae mob weurtded 17 Koreans^ dtkli Korean officials are hurrying 'to Uokpbe to try and quell, the dlaor lere. So fsx Russia ha* not interfered, potted States Minister Allen has de> .n&ndad an immediate , answer from che Korean government in regard to -he opening of the port of Wlju. De spit e an American, a British and a Japanese pressure, Russian influence] aver the Korean gortffnment is ap parently unshaken and it i? thought Korea will procrastinate in dealing with the matter and possibly teay re fuse eventually to act at all, A Iteetypg of unroaat is growing among the Ko rean people, who rear that whether It be peace or war between Russia ; ..?id Japan the extinction of tho em- j plre is imminent. It is believed that thej>utbreak of hostilities or the an nftincement of a protectorate of any ffl&h wll| precipitate trouble. Foreign ers In Seoul expect disorder and the American residents desire a warship* The Korean army, numbering J0,<KH) men, is considered one of the moat dangerous factors of the situation, | ns an insubordinate element la believ ed to be beyond control. In ctfse of trouble, It la feared that the soldiers will be" the first to lead the rioting and begin looting. A part of. the Rus sian squadron lias already ' departed for Port Arthur- and the remainder of the fleet will follow, leaving no war- ^ ?hips of that nation in Korean water*. m? ' 5hlp Without Nsvigstor, Pensacoln, British steamer \$tanfleld, Capt. ?. Hamblin, from London, which enter ed, reported that on November 26, in latitude 37, 6$, north longitude 20.17 west, he sighted the Italian shfp Vega, hound from Pensaeola to 8a vona. The ship wasNlylng distress signals and he lowered^a boat and of course, hl*Wy <jompTIcaentarjr. but n>y position Jan Ihis uubject J?WeU de fined and well known. I have ho per sonal ambition to serve and cannot be considered in *tiy sense a e*hdldat?-f?r the presidential nomination. My only desire i* to iwrve my part** to the ex tent otmjr ability. "Again thanking you for your kind. I remain. Yours truly, nesa, i remain, Yours 'M. A, * ..... . ? ?? m* ? rr iVOfe*. - ? , By Cable.? A well* o f Southeast Lan cashire spinners here considered the present state of the oottonttade and associa the cotton trade and that the following cable message be sent to eachr 'Lancashire has suggested ? ? - ?_L- r' WORK OF CONCRWtr ; A Ml of !M#cu??lOtt a?4 Utile P red ticAl Huslness. ? . The birth of the republic ot Pan* ma find Ite reco^allion by thU get ( trnmenf was the *ubj?ct pf & spirits) debate In the House. Mr. Dlnsnfcort, Democrat, of Arkansas, during the consideration of tfte pension appro prlatlon bill, severely criticised t)te administration In connection with the canal, and Mr. HlU, Hopublican, 01 Illinois, chairman of , the toKaign comiaUUee.-inH: ^frj^nerous defense of the PreeidH^guid his Central American polltwr^Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, thjj minority leader, re plied to Mr. Hitt, declaring that the minority did not ^ndone the part taken by this government. Nearly the whole of the four hours' session was taken hp in a* discussion of the Isth mian question. No conclusion wa| reached on the peualon bill. Mr, Dins, more said the Panama republic had been established and that it racists by the , power of the Pniied States and that without that^power It could not exist. Nothing had, he eu^id, been gained that could not have hwn gain ed in a straightforward way. DVcu*ilonln4i? Senate, < The Semite ei>ent more than five j hours Sfttmuay discussing tho Cuban reciprocity bill &ud during that time three speeches were, made. Mr, Fost ?jfc of LoulHlana, led tho disoussiwju ttna <5fcfeuj>led the greater partoof the I day with <fn argument In opposition to the measuro. Me dealared that its passage would greatly injure the mi# ar Industry of .the United States. Sen ator Depow, on the liopubUcan side, and Senator Clay, on the Democratic Bide, nopported the bill as a meas ure in the interest of both countries. Sbnktorp play saiiH that ha accepted It as a provision, for the reduction of duties on the part of both coun " rn. Sir. Foster declared that there lid Saot*l Obligation on the part ooAtraryarrangn hemisphere. 0p^?au<p .? contrary arrangement owfc hemiaphe*fcv ? own "hadaim crime. The ??? I measure, he said, is the fniits and vegetables ol ike -far West, the tobacco and products of the country them in* competition wit! products in. which the ?d or m peieeat. He ^ tho preferential provision - Ijr will ;bring qp a tariff foreign qountries, because om foreign r;:cc lnated ^gainst, is called the hand-maid <a p some Democrats the I trade, fcmtin merciallBjtn, if he might to ^.jl^/r^clprocftrify maid of special Inters Foster declared ???HMtt*:: treaty are ev?r*, ?otta thSghe^idlr , ?uffar industry Of ^ West ; the down ---Rural j Canada ma ? ? ?***? DISTINGUISHED AlgA Lawyer* tor t|? D?(?n Washington, Court ot *im tho Nortbwa Jtoftliorn P*st mont and'otaert, Stat**, coming to from th# decteibii n cIsIoq ?Sact: chase, o f of the -two srJr olv 1 ant. th# JO&t *fcw u> t|,-?wi^rws;