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&hc garlinoton gfm. Tharsday, Dec. 24,1891. Christmas, J891 THREE CHRISTMAS CHIMES. Btarkenl how th« Chrintman cMrae Bir.ff* on earth It* son? nuhllm*-! “See the twain whose weary feel Wander through the Tillage street— Doors are closed against the stranger. Bee the Child, the meek and lowly, Christ the mighty, the all holy. Sleeping cradled in a manger.** Bing your Joy. O Chrlstmae chimel Let us keep the Christmas time. Be the loaf of plenty doled. Be the poor man's heart consoled. Thus we keep the Christinas time. IL Hearken! still the Christmas chime Bings on earth Its song sublime! “Wondering shepherds see the night Flooded with celestial light— Wondering hear the at gel message Come and let us kneel before him. Let us find him and adore him. Peace on earth this child doth prea- age.** Bing your Joy, O Christmas chime! Let ns keep the Christinas time. Let all strife and hatred cease. Kindness live, good will and peace. Thus wo keep the Christmas time. III. Hearken! still the Christmas chime Bings on earth its song sublime! “Eagerly the Magi sped By the wondrous star beam led. Gold and myrrh, and incense offer. He brings most—yea, he the nlghest Draweth unto God the Highest Who a heart of love doth proffer.” Bing your Joy, O Christmas chimel Let us keep the Christmas time. Love shall he the law to bind In one band a!l humankind. Thus we keep the Christmas time. -Century. A LIVELY OLD PAIR Harders Flint. Es<i., lawyer, sat alone in his bachelor’s den in a big easy chair, his feet Incased in a pair of dilapidated old slippers, resting on the fender, his hands throst half way into his trousers pockets and his head bent forward until hia chin rested on bis breast. On the table beside him lay a couple of newspn pers and a yellow covered law book open at the page he had been consnltinx Lawyer Flint was deep in perplexing thought, to judge by the expression of bis face, for his brow was clouded and hie lipe compressed, and occasionally lie turned his head toward the open volume as if inclined to seek further aid from It, but with a slight shake of the head relapsed again into his former attitude He hail sat thns for a long time when there was a knock at the door. “Come in." said the lawyer, without looking up. A servant girl entered, handed him a note and withdrew. Lawyer Flint opened the note, read it. uttering an exclamation of im|iatience. arose and paced up and down the room "So Rolingold can't meet me tomor row because it's Christmas,'* he mut tered, as he stalked across the floor; "ev ery day is important in this matter aud yet he, the one most Interested, delays proceedings twenty-four hours simply be cause it happens to be Christinas. Qad! I can't see how a business man like ttol’ infold can be so foolish. Well," he com tinued, "let him take his holiday and enjoy it if be can; 1 couldn't. It's many and many a long day since Christmas Interfered with my business." He returned to his chair, but the train of his thought had been interrupted and his face now wore a cynical, hard look aa he gazed Into the crackling fire. Once, long ago, his Christmas days hud been bright, too, but their brightness was ob scured by more vivid recollections of other Christmas times in later yeurs. when ambition ami disappointment and poverty and greed hail steeled his heart aad left no room for Christmas thoughts Oh, the years that he had worked and starved and hoarded to reach his present condition of comfortable independence! As he looked back upon them now his lips closed tighter and the bitterness deepened in his face. From a distant part of the house came the sound of music, and the laughter of •hildren, and the hum of conversation. Bnt the lawyer remained motionless with his head upon his breast. Rat-tat, rat-tat, rattle-tattle, rattle- tattle, rat-tat, rattle-tattle, rat-tat tat. What was that? It seemed to come from the closet at the ot her side of the room. The lawyer went over and opened the closet door: there was nothing to be seen except a lot of old law books piled upon the shelves and a pair of heavy old boots on the floor. "That noise must have come from be low stairs, after all,” he said, "but it seemed to be right in the room; sounded just like some one dancing on a bare floor." "I was just thinking of Uncle Tom," he continued, "and there are the boots the old man left here when he got his new ones at the close of his visit, a month ago. 1 must tell Joe to take them away." He went over to the chair aud sat down again. “Uncle Tom,” he said to himself. “Bah! 1 hope he enjoyed his viait here. 1 didn't. I'd go crazy with that blundering old man around m«|, nudging me and slapping me on the back, ‘trying to get a little fun ont of me,' aa he said, with that everlasting, good natured laugh of his. ‘Christmas 'll soon bs hsre,’ ho said, as he was leav ing, ' 'n I hope yen'll brace np, Harders, and enjoy yourself. I’d show you how to do it If I could stay with you.’ Well, 1 wonder now what he'd do to show me how to enjoy Christmas?" said the law yer, as he settled down in Ids chair. Again the sounds of laughter and con versation came faintly from below. The violins struck np a lively air and Rattle-te-tat-te, rattle-te-tat-te, rat-te- tattle-te-rattle-te-tat! The lawyer looked quickly toward the closet, the door of which he had left open. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. Yes, there conld be no mistake about it, there were Uncle Tom's boots stepping about on the closet floor, rat tling off the time with heel and toe, sidling across and back, right boot first, left boot first, np with the right, np with the left, and, as the tnnsio grew louder, np with both, crack! crack! th« heels came together twice in the air. landing on the floor In exact tlms with the mnsio, and finishing np with a live ly rattle-tat-te-rattle-tattle, rat-tat-tat. Then they came briskly over toward the astonished lawyer exactly as though they had feet and legs In them. Over to the fire they walked, turned heels to ward it and stood there wide apart Involuntarily, Lawyer Flint glanced np as if expecting to see the ruddy, jovial lace and portly form of his Uncle Tom. There were the boots jnst as the old man would have placed them, bnt U ncle Tom waa not there. “Bless my soul!" exclaimed the law yer, “but this is mighty curious." The toe of the right boot began tap- ping the carpet gently, then they moved over to the window, stood still a mo ment and then walked ont Icto the hall way. “Gadr said Lawyer Flint excitedly, , M l belkve tim us. going ont, I must see toe end «r tins mme. He threw off his dressing gown, bnr- ried into his shoes, overcoat and hat, and followed the boots out of the street door, which had opened at their approach. Down the steps they trip|ied gsyly and turned toward the brilliantly lighted avenue. The still, starlit night was bit terly cold, aud Lawyer Flint shivered as he buttoned his heavy coat close op around his neck. Up the street he has tened. following the empty boots, which slipped sideways at every other step and jammed their heels Into the trodden snow, but made their way rapidly, never theless. Around the corner, into the avenue, in and out amopg the throngs of Christmas ; eve pedestrians, dodging here and there, stepping on toes, stopping in front of show windows, kicking themselves to- * gether and stamping on the ground— i thus went the old boots, and after them j followed the excited lawyer. They turned into a big store. “Now," thought Lawyer Flint, aa he entered the door, “some one will be sure to see them," but strange to say, the boots were entirely minoticed by the bnzzing, laughing, happy people who thronged the stora. The lawyer leaned against the toy counter and watched the boots as they shuffled around on the floor. "Something for the little onesT The question was asked by a pretty salesgirl, and it was addressed to Har ders Flint. He started, and for the first time realized that he was in a rather pecnliar position. Why was he standing around there, the people would ask, if be did not wish to buy? How long wonld lie be obliged to remain? He couldn't tell Shonld he say that he was waiting for thoas old boots? No, no; he didn’t wish on any acconnt to call attention to the ridicnlons perform ance they were going through. “Yes," he said, coloring, “something for the little ones;" and then he went about selecting tin horns, and silver bells, and woolly dogs, and wooden monkeys, and trumpets, and checkers, and dominoes, growing white and red by turns as he thought of the fearful eztravagance, and, glancing furtively, with increasing impatience and anger, at the boots, which seemed livelier than ever as his purchases increased, “Seven dollars and forty cents, please," said the salesgirl. Into the silver ball went a good ten dollar bill! click, click, it shot upward and slid across the cashier's desk, while the lawyer groaned and waited for his change. Rattle-te-tat-te. rattle-te-tat-te, rattle- te-tat-te, rat-ta-tat! went the old boots close by bis side. Several popple looked at him with smiles of amusement, '•nappy time. Isn't It?" said a jolly little fat man, glancing at the lawyer's big bundle. “1 feel like dancing myself." “Change, sir; thank you. Merry Christmas!" The exasperated lawyer grasped his bundle and hurried after the boots, which now seemed anxious to get away from the store. When he struck the cold air and again drew his coat around him he seemed somehow to feel less annoy ance. The excitement of the chase had warmed his blood. It was a curious feeling that began now to steal over him, ths like of which he had never experi enced before, or at least not for many years, he sai l to himself, ns he stopped before a candy store and followed the boots inside. "Candy for Christmas?" He smiled almost to think that he. Harders Flint, should hear such a question addressed to himself, ami more astounding yet waa the fact that lie did want to buy some candy for Christmas, and that he really slood there, pocketbook iu band, wait ing for it Ruttle-te-tat, te-tat-te-tat! A smile broke over the salesgirl's face as she handed him the package of candy, aud away went the lawyer, after the boots, which seemed determined to give him a lively chase before the evening was over. Again he was in the biting a-.r, but the warm blood coursed through e*ery vein in his body as he hurried a'ong. Again and again they stopped, nntil the lawyer's purse was nearly empty and his arms more than full. The old boots seemed fairly wild with d light, and Lawyer Flint could not, to save his life, help laughing at them as they skipped and slipped and danced along the sidewalk. Away they led him, ont of the avenue, down the dark side streets, until he heard the sound of children singing. In tins direction the old boots hastened and stopped before the house from whence the singing came. Up the steps they went: the door opened, and somehow (he lawyer, too much flustered and con fused to know how it was exactly, fonnd himself in a room filled with children, and a lovely Indy was saying to him: "Ah! you're in time, sir. Thank you so much. We haven't distributed tho pres ents yet. You will make a good many little hearts glad tonight, sir." And all around him was warmth and light and music and a clattering of happy tongue*, and altogether such a joyous atmosphere as he would not have believed could pos sibly exist anywhere. “Good night! Merry Christmas!" The sonnd rang in bis ears as he followed the lively old boots out of the door aud back through the dark streets into the avenue. “I wonder where they’ll take me no v?" he said, chuckling and laughing •oftly. “Gad!” he continued, "I had more than forty dollars in that pocket- book, and there isn’t enough left to— hello! there they go Into a cigar store. H-ra, cigars are too great a luxury for Harders Flint; not tonight, though," he laughed. “111 smoke tonight,” and he came ont of the store a moment later with a bol of choice cigars in his hand. And then the old boots led him back at a moderate pace to his bachelor's quarters. He whistled softly as he re moved his coat and got into his dressing gown and slippers: then he lit a cigar, threw himself into the big chair before the fire anil sat contentedly pnffiug the fragrant smoke and watching it curl nn- ward towanl the ceiling, and he laughed when from 1 he closet he heard the old boots dancing again. Rattle-te, rattle-te, rattle-te-tat. rt.t- tat-tat-tat-tat-t.-.t-tat-tat “They must be tired," thonght the lawyer, aa the lively rattle dwindled into' a regular monotonous tapping. Then he started, sat up straight and opened his eyes. The tapping did not come from the closet, but from the hall door. It was Joe. come to replenish the fire. ‘Tve been dreaming," said Lawyer Flint to himself. He turned his I wok to the fire, looked over toward the closet and smiled. Then he walked to the window and looked ont into the street. He took out his watch and looked at It, while a light shone in his ejtt-a and his month worked curiously. “There's time enough yet,” ho said, and Joe was surprised to see him hurry on his coat and hat; bnt not tinlf so sur prised as he was when ho stood alone in the room a moment later with a big sil ver dollar In his hand.—Morris Waite in Detroit Free I'ress. Bread is the staff of life, and pie is the stumbling block.— Yonkers Statesman Joye & Sanders, For tie Fall aid Winter of 1891 We now have opened the largest and as well selected stock of; Ilrcss (Goods, 'JMmmings, etc., as was ever brought tu Darlington. GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. Malaria and Broken-Down Constitution Wavcross, Ga. Dr. W. H. Whitehead: Dear Sit—At your request I will state my case. Some years ago I centracted malaria in its most violent form while living at Newark, N. J. I consulted various physicians and took numberless preparations recom mended as “sure cures,” but it| stuck to me like a brother—or; more like a mother-in-law. 11 finally came South, and while} here tried new remedies, said to | always cure malaria, and it still} stuck to me, and you know the j broken-down condition I was in \y e have an elegant line of Gents, Youths and Boys’ Clothing when I came to your P. P. P. . , c ■ * »^ . c (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and in every style—Gents Suits from §3 to §30 per sail. Potassium), and I improved rap- HATS from 25cts to $3 each idly, and am to-day in as good I health as I ever was—in fact better. As a remedy for a brok-1 endown constitution it has no J equal. Yours, etc., T. P. Cottle. That Was One. Miss Elder—“Now, Mr. Dolley, you are surely not one of those who think that a woman can not keep a secret.” Dolley—“Certainly not, Miss Elder. Quite the contrary. I never heard of your giving your age away.” SHOES. SHOES. Our Shoo Department is complete, and as usual our prices are very low. Would cal ^special attention to our Evitt & 1 rother’s Ladies’ Fine Shoes, every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call and examine our goods and get our prices, before buy ing; they wilFcompare favorably with the low price of cotton. Give us a call, we will save]you money. Respectfully, Joye & Sander*. SYMIDIUESALE MEBCHANTa ?: Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in his hands by an East India mis sionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh,; Asthma and all Throat and Lung! Affections, also a positive and radical cure of Nervous Debility J and all Nervous Complaints, af ter having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo tive and a desire to relieve hu man suffering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it. this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent >y mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper. W. A. Noyes, 820 Powers' Block, Rochester, N. Y. Wt have in stock and to arrive in a few days. One car load ol Bacon. “ “ “ Corn. “ “ “ Flour. “ “ Molassses. In fact everything in the ‘HEAVY GROCERY” LINE Young Nevergo—“I beg paw- don. Miss Polly, for leaving so ■arly, for, weally, I feel so much it home heah, always.” Miss Polly—“No apologies are neces sary; I’m sure 1 always wish v ou to be at home when you are liere.”—Pittsburj Bulletin. Remarkable Rescue. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain- field, 111., makes the statement that she caught cold, w hich set tled on her lungs; she was treat ed for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless vic tim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her iruggist suggested Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consump tion; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself bene fited from first dose. She con tinued its use and after taking ten bottles, found herself sound and well, now does her own j housework and is as well as she | ever was.—Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Willcox i & Co’s Drug Store, large bottles 50c. and $1.00. At Parting.—He—“And you , ••an only be a sister to me?” i She—“That’s all.” He—“Then i please kiss me good-by; my sis-. ter always does.”—Puck. »-*«. -Ml*-* Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, ’ Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, j Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at Willcox & | Go’s drug store. We handle in large quantities. We invite a comparison of prices in Wholesale Department with any market. Respectfully, J4Fr<mk Early. Baggies, •reijs, Pluvious, Road Carts, tPagons, Hanie**,’Saddles, Bridles,; Collars, Kfalte s, iLai* Robes, Curry-Combs, Brushes, Harness Oil, Lea flier.! Whips, efe.,ffeic Low Prices ofCoffon dojinot Injure, Those who heed the Logic of the BACKET’S Arguments. Tlio Only ctncl Origrlna-l Red Flag Racket Shepard, V WHOSE ST1M IS THE OLII ENTERPRISE GROCERY O.Y PKAlllTSlTlWr The store is 150 feet long and is tilled from end to end with Eye Openers, and Record Smashers, Competition Killers. *^*The time has come for a brief matter of fact talk on a matter of fact subject. You buyers of Fall and Winter Goods are about to supply yourselves with the Necessities of the Wardrobe and Household Novelties for the Season. The idea uppermost in your minds should be to get Someththing Good and Serviceable at the Lowest Prices. Then it comes to the question of the right place to go. All acknowledge that the RACKET has done more towards giving the people the worth of their Hurd Earned Cash than any store in town, so this settles the ques tion as to where is the best olace to seek your fall and winter goods. We are going to do business straight through this prosperous fall on the basis of the —The Best Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices.— You will will find us prepared to please and certain to carry outfall our promises and we have an immense stock for you to choose from. We are crowded with bar gains of the newest and best styles in seasonable goods. Every article has been selected with care and bought at bed rock prices. Why, first see our 75 different styles of Dress Silks, Plushes, Velvets, etc. McKinley has no say in this matter for we are below importers’ prices. We are confident that we have the goods you want in new and popular styles and in the latest novelties. ALL, COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED HERE, We don’t ask your patronage unless we can repay you in quality and prices. Our goods, prices and intentions are all right and you will be all right if you call at our store and buy your supplies. Silks, 45cts and up; Shoes, 87tcts. and up; 200 dozen men and boys’ HA TS, to fit every one of these heads, We sell good machine made HARNESS complete, with Collar and Hames, for Jfi.OO. We can furnish any style of HANDMADE HARNESS, from (he cheapest single buggy harness to the finesl coach har ness; also one and two-horse wagon harness. Special attention is called to £0111* “Young Men’s’ Buggies at $65.00. N. L. Harrell & Co. > from lOcts np; 3,000 yards of ribbon of all kinds, let. and up; Nellie Bly caps, lOcts. and up. An immense stock of HIS FIRST GAHRAiaH in northern Georgia was a mission of war and destruc tion. His Second Campaign, Twenty years after, ends in forgiveness for the first and a happy marriage. Read the particulars in OUR NEW SERIAL The story has many dra matic situations and the inter est never flags. COPYRIGHTED AND ILLUSTRATED. i To he begun in The Darlington News in the first issue in Junu- Satisfaction. When a man says he is Satisfied, he means a great deal. £*>neof tim policy -holders of the Equitable Life Assuranee Society, Mr. Charles A. Edwards, of New York, who, in 1871, took a twenty-year Tontine policy with the Equitable for |10,<MK), writes ns follows: “ I am extremely well satixfit-d with this result, obtaining more than $ 1,000 in excess of all the premiums I have paid, in addition to haring enjoyed the. protection of my policy during the twenty years it has been in force. I am loath to part with such an old friend as this policy has been to me, bnt in doing so, I do not propose to part comjiany with the h'ljnibible, having applied for another Tontine policy, the benefits under which lalso hope to obtain during my lifetime.'" Another, Mr Mathaniel Wilson, of Washington, writes in relation to policy’ No «9,:il3 as follows: “I took out a Tontine policy in your Company for $20,000. ; The policy has been settled to my satisfaction. I have since taken out ]>olicies of the same kind for 800,000, because lam satisfied that the Tontine plan is Ur be preferred to any of which I have knowledge." if these statements were from the widows or executors of policy-holders who had died, they would he significant, or, if they were from policy-holders who were satisfied witli their assurance because it furnished protection, and gave them sufficient peace of mind to offset the burden of the continuing annual premiums on their policies, they would lie no more than reasonable assertions. But tills satisfaction is something more than this: It is the gratification of men who have, over and above the protection from the assurance, rbalizkd on a profitable investment. They have reason to bo satisfied. For twenty years they have been building up their business and accumulating fortunes, and ; meanwhile their families and estates have been protected against the disaster which would have come, if through some accident they had died prematurely. But these dangers have now been passed, aud what is the result? Must they nay," We have paid out a great deal of money in premiums, but we have m- joyed the protection of our assurance, and are satisfied that our money has i been well spent: we hare nothing more to expect, aud hare nothing further to ask," They might say this, and be content, but they are able to say much more than this, thus: “I* are more than satisfied because, in addition to the protection given for all these years, our Tontine policies have turned out to be good INVESTMENTS, as is proved by the fact that the Equitable has returned alt that we have paid, with interest added " Think of it! A return of the total amount expended in premiums, with compound interest at from 3 to 5 per centum per annum, added thereto. GEO. HENRY McKEE, Darlington, S. C., SPECIAL AGENT. IILLIN33RY in charge of Miss M. A. Trice, and expert Milliner, from Baltimore. Red Flag Racket Shepard, Headquarters, 549 Broadway, New Y T ork.