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^HftSpffsjinriny ffiSMraiul liis fat ^^^rimrned gloves, irk with his sled for I and shouted and s eyes glowed like La shone like apples, ^mk.w him' said: Rn^wking forward SB^evy boy and InX^Eing forward He expected B^^RhingB in his BHy good reason, neglected rich. GrandwHWicher, was coming nj^As, and Santa Claus on the subject EBgHues, swords, gnus there was every Ig^Vhe called at Jack's g^Bculd be very full inic all boys who have 110 sters, a trifle selfish. But nly, kind-hearted little lat, and so, when he was bis play and was dragLmeward and came upon ^t-corner which roused j^Lnaused to find out boys were torEH^Vclad little girl, ^Hd face spoke too SKB.nd poverty. She M said Jack, with <?> "you stop that nHB^^.juan." that moment a fgj^Ai\ came in sight, and nH^B^d with one wild deK Hfourt. sai4?the little girl, hose boys alius are pickin' Byour name?" said Jack, ^^eene." ^kie," said Jaok, with an |Hess, '*yon look cold and Wry tftrong" lungry," continued Jack. nrst into tears. as enough for Jack. ^ht on my sled," said he, de- j L "and T'H tftkfl Ton down I iBHHSKBQflBSK^Biise and you'll have someEmJbMBI^^ and the officer saw BffiflSBBfWPMKi86cllB pleasure the young heir to 9HHBSBHBKflHHHflBHvr' I IPjjBRbiBB I BHSHSBHHRBB&nfe i r^ii ^ HHHW ~ WM BBBBbWTA CLAUS GOES HBflBM TWENTY-FI B v ^^Bffpg^saai i k r Hi3 mother looked at him a moment, nen asked, quietly: "Jack, would you L'ather have this little girl made comi rtable or have a big Christmas yourLjack hesitated. He thought of all ose presents he was expecting; then B thonght of Susie thin dress and Birsting shoes. "You can take the money you were Bing to spend on my Christmas and ^^her up," he bravely said. Then l^vrandmamma, a stately old lady, M^Kack satin and white laco cap, [n^Bhim to her and kissed him, with jM^ln her eyes. ^^rck sat bolt upright in bed and rubbed his eyes very hard. No, he was not asleep. There was the open fire, there his clotke3 on the chair, there the door into his mother's room. It was Christmas Eve. Jack had not hung up his stocking, for he did not expect any presents, Susie naa i been warmly clothed and her wretched homo had been brightened by the visit of Jack and his mother. The boy was satisfied. He had made his choice and expected to abide by it. But, marvellous to relate, as he looked towards the fire, he saw a crowd of tiny people hurrying and fussing about on the fur rug before the fire. Three or four had a miniature ladder which they were' putting up against the side of the fireplace. Several others had hold of one of Jack's long stockings. When the ladder was in place, a little mau, with elfish eyes and spider-like legs, tliA Inddor. dracrcrin!? Jack's stocking after kirn, and liung it on a fiji i HE STOPrED TO COMFORT HER. hook and then, coming down, put his J hands on his hips and surveyed his work with great satisfaction. "That's what I call a good job," he said. "Xow hurry up, you folk, and get your presents in there before St. , Niehnlas frets aloncr." ? 0 wThen fairy after fairy climbed the ladder and put in hug presents. There was a fat brownie, who brought a basket of nnts from the woods. "I have worked all day," he said, "looking under hedges and dead leaves to gather these nuts for the boy who was kind to Susie." A quaint little fairy in a curious foreign gown and cap approached, "I have come clear from the borders of the Black Forest in Germany," she said, "to bring this music-box for the boy who was not ashamed to look after a poor little girl." There was quite a stir as a remarsable fairy approached. He -was copper-tinted and bad a feather stuck in his black hair, and he bore on his Bhoulder a beautiful bow and arrow^ "From the lauds of the settiug jJk I have come," said he. "I am v. udje, an Indian fairy, but to bring an offering to the yoj^Rj^K face who has a good hear^^H^H^B A merry little man injBfSsffiBH the ladder, hauling sword which he England for Jacl^^^H^HgB&B Mowed one of K:eland with^^HBBWBKPBfflB ^ ought MnraHH ^Bhure, i^^BHfflR|m^DD - VH &*:. ^ISraraWHnHH ^ ^^VnHUflnH "So they've been here ahead of cs me!" he observed. "That's a groat th idea! I never was left before, wen, on no matter! There are a few things da they've forgotten. Hero are the skates, the games, the boy of caramels, *be books," and as he talked he th pilf the package i up on a table near ^ the fireplace. co Jack's eyes were so, heavy he su couldn't hold tlein open. He shut an them for an instant, and wl?n he th opened them agnin it was Christmas morning. ^ He sprang from his bed and rushed wo to the fireplace. Yes, there hung his go stocking full and running over, and of ph in i' OSevi L> ' JACK KUB3ED HIS ETE3. wa the table near by was loaded with ^,e' gifts. sto And, if you were to argue forever, ., you could never make Jack believe r.u that there is no Santa Claus or such * 1 things as fairies. . "I know better," he says, with a Je decided shako of his curly head. "I wo know better, for I've seen them." ' sh< tos Chrlftinas Fun. ^ Those mothers who wish their chil- de rlron'a f!hristmfis fun to be fun pure ' and simple, eschewing fashionable dances end other unsuitable diver- . , sions, will find the following sugges- Ch tions nsefnl: ? A tissue-paper candy bag, hung est from the chandelier, to be struck with < a light rod or switch by each child, ' blindfolded, in turn, till the lucky one ?a' j breaks the bag and the candies may 1U bo scrambled for, is sure to cause 1 jollity and laughter. This is an old a ^ game, but a never-failing one. Forty years ago it was described and pict- ' ured in juvenile books, yet, once good, firs always good, is a true proverb. ma Another mirth-provoking device is En a sawdust pie. Cover an ordinary rot washtub with bright paper, having a ; frill around the edge. Put iu a layer raa of sawdust, then some trifling gifts, <jl another layer of sawdust, and so on. aft Smooth the top into a shallow cone an( shape, to resemble a pie, lay over it a th< brown paper cover, with darker spots r here ar.l there, to imitate the scorching of the crust, and fasten some lit- y tie ornament at the apes, which will lift the cover oif as by a handle. Have a sheet spread underneath, provide the children with wooden spoons, and r let them dig for "plums." Of course the amusements indicated jM are for the youngest members of the -1- -1 .1 ....J..,. | hock, umer cuuuieu muj cujuj ting up a Brownie party, a Japam^BH | party, etc., in appropriate coatuf^H^H I Or they will greatly enter spirit of making a number children happy, by packi^BBfl^^^^fl basket or hamper with parcels, which they^^^fl^EB^^^^? themselves, then are those wljBBHBHB^H^Bfl the that ?j^BH^^^^BHB|^^B ma&iug getting one gets^nHSVgfl^HHHBn JB nWHB^ni I'd The mi How happy were Santa CI:tns^^DB|^H^^^^9 Ilcr Christina* St<>^^H^^^^H|^A jiic UrtO i ne pcuicou t girl we had at our hou^^R^^fl at winter,'' related the smilinH^H ly who love3 to dwell upon the^^^H y festivities when she was a gilH >ho was a great favorite with thS ju because of her dashing ways and j e air of good comradeship that she vays carried about with her. Yet we uld never see that any one of her ltors was favored above another, d often wondered if she would till e appointed destiny of woman. "In the party was Harper Allison, e always called him Harpy. He is bitr. athletic, good-natured and od to look at, but we never thought him as a brilliant man. It was as liu as could be that he was in love th her, and men of his type are so rsistent. They lay siege, and, no itter what may come, they continue s siege. "I know that he proposed;to her a >re of times, but he was always put with the laughing assurance that 3 was not to bo wou by any of the ireotyped methods, and that if he iT did lind a lodging place in her art he would see a sign. "Christmas Eve we all hung up our j ckings outside our doors, just as a L- T./-.M Irnr-iTv Tn tlif? mnrnincr wo ' JW14 o bad presents to show but Ha~%>y. i pretended to be disconsolate iend consolation. He bad put out a ;at long pair of woolen stockings, it in black yarn and tipped in red a fussy old aunt in Maine, who alys feared tbat Harpy never dressed rrnly enough. Ho bad not only en slighted by Santa Claus.Jbut the ickings themselves were gone. "After dinner there was a sleigh le of the old-fashioned kind. As e raised her dress to clamber into } big sled, wo all saw that over r dainty shoes she wore heavy olen stockings, and the toes were 1. 'Now I know what I got,' | Duted Harpy, and before us all he ised her into the air, caught her as 3 came down and kissed her infinitely." Yule-Los Sparks. ibout $120,000,000 is spent on ristmas gifts yearly in this country. The custom of making gifts is widspread among the Germans. Snapdragon, a one-time favorite ne at Christmas, is again coming o favor. Skating over the frozen marshes was avorite holiday pastime among the tickerbockers. rhe custom of giving the turkey the it place on the bill of fare at Christ ,3 is gradually giving way to the old glish plan of providing a huge md of beef. pretty conceit for trimming Christ,8 trees is a paper star with a cani in the center. They are made er the manner of the "pin wheel" I commemorate the appearance of ) Star of Bethlehom. ro feed Greater New York on ristmas Day iPin estimated that it II take among otWer things, 1700* i ? F-nnn A ? ? C nil 01 came, iuuu luus lu puuuij, )0 barrels of cranberries and thi^J [ lo^S of ^I couu'.y -hail coJH^^^HHn^HBBMH *ui>ertfB^Hn^Mnn|nnfl people the ne!^^^9HfflHHH^H^H||^H term of office for n^HD9^09HH|^Hj be 'b;"^BwBOIHII the bonds as the villi*, Kershaw, Marlboro, btirjr, Chester, Marion ami the salaries shall be ?600; in Edtfefleld. where the salary shall the county of Sumter, where the ?500; iu tiiecountv of Greenwood, wn^^HwK^M salary shall be ?700, provided thesupen^H^HH shall spead his whole time on the roads in the county; iu the county of CbesterlleW^^^B where the salary shall be ?600; and the boardvlB shall have no clerk; that iu Abbeville the board shall have no clerk; in the couLty of *^| Horry, where the salary shall be ?300; iu the Pj| ?l*" *v- " (k| I couniy Ol otiiuuu, wiino buocuiuiJ Vf4 CP I pervisor shall be $400. and the two com- s" i missioners shall be allowed three dollars per !!r diem, not to exceed thirty days in any one year, and in the county of Lancaster, where ?. the salary of the supervisor shall be ?31)0 per * annum. . Section 2. That the Governor shall, before the 1st day of February. A. D. 1890, upon the recommendation of the members ol the General Assembly from the several counties, or a majority of them, and ' -fore w the 1st day of February, at each succeeding two>ears thereafter, appoint two persons . from each couuty, who shall be known .. as the commissioners of the county *11 and who shall act with the super- SI visors in the governmental matters of ni the county, the said supervisor and commis- in sioners together to constitute n board to 0f be known as the county commissioners. jj( That in tbo counties of Lancaster, tieorgetown, Richland and Berkeiy the ap- p pointment of said commissioners shall be made on or before the 1st day of April A. D. e.a 1898. The supervisor shall be the chairman li1 of the board of county commissioners so to be constituted, and said board at the first meeting for organization may elect a clerk except in Abbeville, where the board shall . , have no clerk, who shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by said board at their first meeting, the sum not to exceed $200 per an- 68 num, except in the counties of Spartanburg, Richland and Charleston, where his salary dt shali not exceed $300. and in the county of bl 8umter, where his salary shall be $160, and gj in Pickens and Florence the clerk shall re- jg ceive a sum not exceeding $75, and in Williamsburg not exceeding $50, and in Orangeburg $100. In the counties of Lancaster. York, Georgetown and Oconee the salary of the clerk shall not bo more than $100 and in Dorchester $150 per annum; each of said of] commissioners shall receive the sum of three th dollars per day for each day actually in ser Ice. not to exceed twenty-five days in each ^ year, except in the county of Spartanburg, where the number of days shall not exceed . forty, except in the county of Chesterfield, *?' where they shall receive two dollars per day, and five cents per mile for each mile travelled in going to and returning from the meetings of the board at the Court House, and in the county of Lancaster, where they shall receive two dollers for their services; - - - - ^ in- ?ij va and in the county ot wwavwc wu tum- . missioners shall receive $2 per day for not in exceeding one hundred days in any one year, J. and said commissioners shall upon their ap- tw pointment qualify as other county officers and receive their commission from the Governor and Secretary of State, without charge. Section 3. That on the 1st day of February, A. D. 1899, the office of county commissioner bs and township commissioner, as now provided by law, to be appointed by the governor, . shall be abolished, and the jurisdiction, pow- j. ers and duties now devolved by law up jn the ^^Mintivehoards of county and township |HM|H^^HRsSiora?-liereinj>rocounty supervisor claims valid shall be apof said board ; 1' & i^nannH^M^^nHHHn ii^<^nHHBBMHHB^fflB or rou^b gloves i^HnR^^^w^9|^B^^n8n tubio urHN^H^nHnmi iijini im \\ mi iii bo from Hoqo!^HHH^DHH^^|^^^H| there >Septemo9r^^^HS^H^^^^fl^H to Honolulu. She charges as to the ates soldiers are taken care Miss Scbaefer makes the statement for publication: the soldier boys are dying i^^HHHH >spital at Manila, just for Wifl^DHH oper nourishment. They ivernment allows 60 cen^~ a ch patient. You can trave Four Millions More for Pensions. The pension Appropriation bill,. re>rted to the House, carried $145,3,830, being the exact amount of the timate, and $4,000,000 more than was rried by the cnrrent act, the excess is le to the increase in pension disirsements, which increased from 30,940,717 in 1897, to $144,651,879 in 98. The total number of pensioners i the roll is 993,714. Spain Should Wait A special from Madrid says a semiScial note issued Friday says: "As * e American Senate mast ratify the jaty of peaoe before it becomes effeo<e, our government should wait for is ratification and not hasten to cede rritory which the United States Sene may not accept" Four People Killed at a Crossing. A wagon containing eight persona is struck by a train on the Pennsyl,nia Railroad, at the Allenwood orossg, a few miles from- Manasquam, X. Four were killed, two fatally and o others seriously injured. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. The Brooklyn and Baltimore baseill clubs have amalgamated. The now steamer Cape Charles, hanging to the New York, Philadel jia ??: Norfolk itaiiroaa, was xoiauy isiroyed by fire while lying at her er,* Pinner's Point, Norfolk harbor. King Oscar of Sweden and Norway ts conferred the Oder of Vasa on ugust Peterson, of Washington, in cognition of his services in founding lonieB of his countrymen in American? Six thousand school children at ashville, Tenn., assembled in the ^e[ Tabernacle to welcome ComH^h^ajuard and Lieut. Hobson. ^^HH|^BUvnard was presented |HH^^H^hhtfhildren, the preHj^HHHBfl^^L^uade by Lieu