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A Feel In the Christmas Air By JAMES WHITCOMB RJLEY r ^T^HEY'S a kind o' feel in the ?ir to me * When the Chris'mas limes sets in That's about as much of a mystery As ever I've run ag'in. Fer instunce, now. whilse I gain. in weight And gineral health, 1 swear They's a goneness somers 1 can't quite state? A kind o* feel in the air. They's a feel in the Chris'mas air goes right To the spot where a man lives atl It gives a feller a appetite? They ain't no doubt about that! And yit they's somepin? I don't know what? That follers me here and there / And ha'nts and worries and spares me not? A kind o' feel in the air. They's a feel, as 1 say, in the air that's jest f As blamed-on sad as sweet. In the same ra-sho as 1 feel the best And am the spryest on my feet They's alius a kind o' sort of a ache That I can't locate nowhere. But it comes with Chris'mas, and no mistake? * A kind o' feel in the air. V -? Is it the racket the children raise? Why. no !? God bless 'em, no! Is it the eyes and the cheeks ablaze. Like my own wuz long ago? Is it the bleat o' the whistle and beat O' the little toy drum and blare r;? O' the horn? No, no! It is jest the sweet ? The sad-sweet feel in the air. LEARNING A LANGUAGE. It la an Easier Task the Younger It Iv Taken In Hand. The tlmo to learn 11 lanuuiitfe Is when you are youiiK. tlie younger the hot ter. We learn our own lan^ua^e aa children. The older we urow the hard er It la. because it means not merely learning hy heart a urcat many wordH. not merely training the fialate and tonjrue to produce different sonnds. hut adopting a ue.w attitude of mind Nothing dellnlte has heen discovered na to the localization of faculties In the hraln. therefore nothing certain la known, hut It has always seemed to nu* and to others whom I have eon H 1 1 It 4*4 1 tllill WlKMl .Villi Itt-vs litit KuiiKe you are exercising and develop ing a new piece of brain. When you know severnl langnnKes and change from one to another you seem definitely to change tile pleeo of brain which actuates your tongue. V.rfrt switch off one center and switch lm t? ? another Von will always notice In yourself and others that there la a definite piitixc when the change of language la made Now It heroines every yeni* more difficult to awaken an unused part of the brain and bring It Into ac tive use. and -to begin at twenty-three Is late. ? Atlantic. , "HUMORIST" AGAIN AT URGE Katy to Rioopniu ThU ai ? 8?mpU of th# Work of ths Dr?ad?d "Clown In Prlvata Llfo." Hmlth wai a constant worry to bin friends. Tbey never knew when to and when not to treat him serioutsly, since, as he frankly admitted, he do lighted in pulling other people's leg*. One day he and Brown met casu ally in the street and stopped as friends often do to gossip for a while. "liig brare -Hhat flro at tho factory in JohnsoU street last night, wasn't it?" asked ilrown. "Yes," replied Smith; "I went down to have a look at It. And, my word, there were several mighty narrow e? capes there, tool" "Escapes!" cried Hrown excited ly. "Hut the morning paper said that there wan no one In the build ing." Smith nodded. "Oh," ho said, "the firemen brought the escapes down with thaml Bo-long, old chap!" Crocodile In a Tree. . An African hunter once found a large crocodile hanging in the fork of a tree about ten feet from the ground As the place was fully half a mile from any water, it wan difficult to account for the crocodile's strange position. When Questioned upon the subject the natives explained that It watt put there by an elephant. It seems that when the elephants wade into the Lake Ngaml to bathe the crocodiles are In the halbit of worrying them and biting their legs. Sometimes when an ele phant is annoyed beyond endurances It picks up Its tormentor In its trunk, puts It among the branches of a tree and leaves It there. Period of Rigorous Fasting. The fast of Ramadan, "the month of raging heat," commemorates the period in which the first part of the Koran Is said to have beoij received. When observed according to the cori niunde of the prophet It is a fast of extraordinary rigor. No food or drink of any kind Is permitted to be taken from daybreak until the appearance of the stars at night. This abstinence is absolutely binding upon the faith ful, whether at home or abroad, and only those who are seriously ill are excepted, from Its provisions. These must keep the fast as soon afterward as possible, for a like number <>? dv?y ProucliiiiK at Methodist Church. Itev. Chas. B. Smith, the new pas tor of the Lyitleton Street Metho d ?t (,hurch, arrived in Camden yes terday afternoon and services may be e pected at that church Sunday both morning and night. l> ,11 * M?MtU*on Fruit M.. Cj. W. Crosby I* carrying an adver likuicni this week, telling the p opl? of hi* nlc? line of Christina* chocolate* ai d candies, and bom? Hung elite that he has added to his I'ige aaaortn ent of '"palatleles'' thai of "Dolly Madison fruit cake," inuiufuc ursd by I'eter Kern Com pany, niako/H of flue (-audita, und who cla. in their fruit cake to be perfection of the bakera' art. Olv? them a call, Tbey aerve hot and c >d drinku too. FINAL DISC II AHCiK. NotUe Is hereby given that one m nth froui thla date, oil Saturday, the 27 th day of December, 1913, at 1 1 o'clock a. in., 1 will apply to the I'robtte Court of Kershaw County for* a final disediarge aa (Ju^rdlan of Mary Halle*, Thomas Hallo and iullU Hull*. BAMUfcL MOYKIN, Guardian. Camden, 8. Nov. 26, 1913. MOV FY TO I/O AN, On Improved farms. Easy terms Apply to H H. Clarke, Camden. B Cj 60. The Mall says: "There haB been m?re, rot on stealing thin year In Anderson c< unty than for neveral ye ? ? h paut, and several caaep of thla Id d ore io come up for trln| at. the next 'erm of the criminal court." A Woman's Auxiliary to the Law and 0?*der Lengue of Charleston wan organized In that oPy on Thursday with ?"o"e thin five hundred ??'>rH. Mrs. W. P; Cornell 1h pronf d?"t They will work for a better Charleston. FIRST JA . IN AMERICA He Was a Shipwrecked Lad and Wai Brought to ThU Cuuntry In 1841. ^he first Ja^an.coe v ho ever cam? to America, as fur :<s known, was Manjlro Nakahnma, a 14-year-old lad, who w?h picked up hy the captain of an American HsJilug vessel in 1841, twelve yearn before the coming of Commodore Perry to .frrp^n. Nakahama v/lth four companions had nailed out into the ocean on a flphln*? expedition, their boat had been wrecked by a storm, and they were finally washed .avhore on a- desert Island in the northern Pacific. Three months of dire privation wore passed on the island before the little party was rescued by the American vessel. Ills companions were left in Hawaii, but Nakahama, who Incarne a pr^at 1 favorite of the captain, was brought to the United States and sent to a New England sc'iool. And' when Com modore Perry eam<-? to Japan, Naka hama wiis able till act as Interpreter in the negotiations carried on between the American envoys and the Jap anese feudal government authorities. ? Dr./Jokichi Takamlnc in t ho Orien tal I/teview. tj "ty's diJffcreiice of j opijpion, ' said Mark Tv/ain,"lhat makes a horse rpce." ^1 Its difference of opin ion ? and taste ? and condition ? - that makes the classified page a most effective solution of most hu man perplexities. ? Try a want ad for your trouble. WaDts ? For Sale? Rents Ad? Inserted under UiIh heading for 1 com per word. No ad taken for less than 26 cents. FA KM TO RENT ? About . 160 acre? of cleared land In Kershaw County, about 12 miles from Cani do.i o.i Wa^ereo River, with about fLo teauiii. bourns on the place.. W 11 be rented cheap to reliable par ty. Marlon W. SJabrook, Attornoy^ Sumter. B. C. it. FOIt SALE ? Frost proof lettuce plains for sa.e at 2Uc per hundred, now ready for delivery. Appl^ to ii. n. a>xvC> eight, Uroad at., Cam- i den, S. C. 34-4t. | FOIt SALE ? At a bargain, one s cond hand cpen stick scat Buggy, 'Payler-Canady make. Good as now. J Address Box 75, Boykln, S. C. FOR SALE? -Two 2-liorse wagons and harness, foui4 good work mules. Will sell as a whole or seperate at a bargain to a quick buyer. Can be seen at Dibble's lot, near King's stable. G. L. Garner, Camden, S. C. 34-tf. FOR QUICK SALE. ? One Prest-o Ll e Tank, filled. Quite a bargain. Ph no. or see W. R. Eve, Jr., Cam den, S. C. Phone 54 or 65. ltp. STRAYED ? left my place Decem ber 3rd, one black male pig, with yellow spots, weight about 30 lbs; one black sow pig with white spots, wel ht about 20 lbs. Will pay any one to take them up and notify Z. L. player, rfd 1, Camden, S. C. FOR SALE ? Cord wood for sale, delivered in Camden. FOR RENT ? ?wu ? uorw nrni for rent ; * ml.?i frooi Camden', Apply to i II. Burns, Camden, 0. C. ? I, FOR SVLE Mls?tou sectional book uiul Goldeu Oak Morrlu Chati with leather Cushion for null? \1( p y at Chronicle otfl??' FOR SALE ? Bicycle, almost p , In splendid running order. \vt)i se.l v,h ap lor cush. It. M. Kennnt) Jr. Hit BKWING ? For all kinds of ing, call 229-L. Bj^-4 FOR SALE Collard, Lettuce and Spinach plants for sale. Phono 151*7. H. truesdel, CftotdlQi B. ,c. : i FOB balk 800 MeKlnly 1 Oc Sheet Music tt> be cloned out at 6c per sheet at G. W. Crosby 'u Ice Cream Parlor./ FOIt BALE ? Another car load of those good boggle** J nut received, and ar# for sale.- W, c. Moore, . WANTED ? To swap buggies and wagons for good mules and horgcu W. C. Moore, Camden, H. C. FOR SALE ? For the beat boggle* and wagons always buy from W. C Moore> Camden, S. C. FOR RENT- Three lurge unfur nlshed rooms with all convenlenceu. on Laurens street. Apply at Th<v Chronicle office. 27tf. FOR. BALE. ? 200 cords pine ami hardwood wood, 1,000 bushels Ap pier si ed oats, Johnson grass and Pea Vine Hay. Orders left with Ma one-Pearce-Young Hardware (Jo. or wLb the undersigned will bo promptly filled at lowest prices. A. D. Kennedy, Camden, B. C. 2 2-3 mo FOR SALE ? 800 copies McKlnly lOe Sheet JAoele to be closed our nt 5c per sheet at Q. W. Crosby's Ice Cream Parlor. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice Is hereby given that ono month from this date, on December la-, 191$, 1 will apply to the l'robale jJndge. pf Kershaw County for a ?i* nal discharge as Administratrix of *he Estate of Edward p. Small, dp ceased. Nattle B. Small, Administratrix. Camden, S. C., Nov. 10, 1913. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Saturday, the 27th day of December, 1913, at 12 o'clock M., I will apply to the Piobate Cotirt of Kershaw County for a final discharge as Administra tor of the estate of Burwell E. Boy kin. SAMUEL BOYKIN, Administrator. Camden, S. C., Nov. 26 ,1913. Sullivan Hughes, a white man who ran off nearly six years ago after killing a ne;;ro, went to Spartanburg Saturday and surrendered \>.to the sheriff, and will stand his trial. \ H. I,. R! ACKWF.LL G. L. BLACKWELL Cv L. BLACKWELL G. L. BLACKWELL Anticipating an unusually large demand for < holiday goods, in this department, we have made srecial preparations to take care of our customers and urge early purchasing. Our stock, well assorted and strong, offers the best to be found in Diamonds, Watches, Gold and Gold Filled Jewelry, Silver Novelties, Cut Glass, Etc. By making your selections now you get first choice, while stocks are complete, and time for engraving. Santa Claus Says Don't delay until all of the cholco offoringa are gone. Shop now. By doing so you not only help, but othora aa well. So shop early. Gifts For Men In this department yon find tho gift that ploasos the man. Not an idle trifle, but a aolid, substantial present that will last him for years. And he'll appreciate it too. If he smokes, then 'tis here you must eo mo to find the gift he wants. We have some very hand some Cigar Cases, Cigarottrt Cases, and Match Boxes. We've studied his net ds and tho rinht *;lft for him is hero. WATCHES Take time and inspect these perfect croations in time-pieces. We can certainly supply you with the best known watches. You might begin at the Ingorsoll Dollar Watch and go up to the. Howard $125. (Mi superb gold watch. \Vi:h a range of prices in between that will enable you to suit tho aizo of your pockotbook. Our Diamond Department . We can furni sh you either single stones, clusters, solitaires or combinations. Our prices are low and our guarantee stands back of every sale made. Come now - visit this department of our store before the rush > while we have time to show you and aid you in making your selection. CUTTJUER^T 1 We handle the well known Griffon Cut- - tlery, both in toilet and manicuring sets. All i filled in handsome leather cases. Gift Hints 1 3 Of course tho gift this Christmas will be Jewelry. No others p esei.t will quite do. Nor can. you find one that has the fineness, 1 beauty and durability of Jewelry. It's more appreciated to. No mat- , to for whom the gift is intended, you will find it .here. . . Our depart- j nient is one of the most complete in town. We have spared no ex pense in procuring the very best that could be 'had. Here are a fow items that will interest you: Sterling Silver Toilet and Mani cure Sets, Military Brushes, Cloth and Hat Brushes, Puff Boxes, Cream and Salvo Jars, Vanity Boxos, Perfumo and Powder Boxes, Card Cases plain, engine turned and hand engraved^ A, Plot u re - Primes, Silver Plated Three-Piece Toilet Sets,, ranging lif price from $6.00 up. All the new and nifty Jewelry, Bracelets Neck Chains, Bead Chains, Link Buttons, Fobs, Vest Chains, Brooches, Pendants, LaVal* ' lieres. Wide range of prices. Sterling and German Silver Mesh Bags. * Every Design, Shape, Stone or setting is found In our stock of Rings. ? Our Mercantile Fountain Pens are as good as any fountain pen made and every one backed by a strong guarantee. Price $1.00 to $12.50 The Largest Line of real hand carved ('AMKOS niount od in solid gold Hroochfs. Stick Pins and L.ivalliors over s-tiown in this pa ri < f t ho state. Wo have 0110 hundred Civ'. Id and Silver handled Umbrellas and Walk ing Canes. Prices from $1 to $1 5.0 0. G. L. BLACK WELL 'PHONE 67 Jeweler and Optician CAMDEN, S. C. If You Cannot possibly come to our store, phone 6 0 nnd wo will give your order prompt attention* Wo guarantee you a saving of at least 1 0 per cent. on goods bought from us.