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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-23

his own simplicity. The man who has
the child heart is the man whose in
terest in himself is most merged into
interest for his felloW creatures.
Though one may have felt sin and shame
and sorrow he many aSsuage them al
in the promotion Of the happiness of
others. Love is the only anodyne. and
giving it out it returns upon us as mani
fold as the objects upon which 1t Is
bestowed. That man who awallenS the
Christmas spiritin the hearts about him
will find it suhtly stealing from them
70 his own. and will, almost unknowlnS.
find bitter dispossessed by sweet. and
warmth usurpin@. cold therein. This
world is very fair and charity makes It
al the fairer when its glow reminds rs
of the long. long night that death
shall last" Christmas feeling makes
thc most Of the now. ItatoncS FOR the
after-thc deluge or the dark. Il 'Sr@aI
life to live. II but for week. day. 2
moment, in full sympathy OF he.ping
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The unexpected guest buried his face
in his hands, and great lump rose up
in his throat.
There was one other" said the as
sistant. but there's nothing for him
and-and lis ali my fault. neglected
10 look after him
And won't lie get anything?' asked
Bobbi2.
No" said the assistant, roughly,
rising and taking step toward the tree.
He can have one of nine" cried
Bobbie. Here, take him this. I've got
plenty, thanks to Eou." He handed him
one of1hc treasures beneath the tree.
The unexpected guest looked at the
boy for a minute, and then he slowly
reached out his hand and took the prof
fered toy.
I'll see that he gets il" ne said, ''and
God will bless you for it. Goodby, lit
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Yes said the man. Very"

EYES," said the man. Very"
I'm sorry" said Bobbie, affectionate-
ly, as he took the others hand in his
and kissed it.
"Don't-don't do that" said the man,
huskily. Its not-not clean
Il shouldn't think it would be,
laughed Bobbie; climbing in by sooty
chimneys can't be very clean work.
Do you know, I always wonder why
there's never any SCOT LETT on the toysJ'
''Oh. we take care Of that said TIE
assistant. You see, this bag keeps {he
SCOT off. ButI didn't come by the chin
new this time" he added. hastily. OBJ
serving that there was no SCOT 5n the
bag either. Il thought the window was
easier.'
You're all through. aren't YOU" said
Bobbie, looking at the bag}
"How do you know that3" asked the
man.
Your bag is empty. lint there any.
one else for you to take toy to-"
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man. u said I was only Santa Claus

man. Il said l was only Santa Claus
assistant. You see, my lad, there's so
many more children nowadays than
there used to be that the b - had TO
get outside help Christmas &C, or he'd
never be able to finish up his work in
time So he sends for me an q few
others like me-Heaven help us-and
we do his distributing for him. Ia just
laid these things out here when you
surprised me-
Bobbie approached the tree.
"Oh, isn'tit beautiful" he cried. ':All
these things for me, a watch, too
just the very thing l wanted
The man drew back as the boy SPOKE
and, with queer light in his eye. sat
down in one of the chairs suddenly.
Are you tired?" asked Bobbie, leav-
ing the tree and crossing to Santa Claus
assistant.
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With our fellows. II we can make
others forget the past we may forget
our own. Ii we can but give TO others
a little of the antidote of kind]iness for
the poison Of the present we shall find
our own today less hopeless. And the
future is formed OF the spirit that ami
mates to-day. The real feeling 6
Christmas mustt blossom into acts. ThEy
man is fraud in whom the Christphas
feeling is theory and not condition.
God help him!-St. Louis Mirror.
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MOUSE AND MisTLETOE.

How Bad Boy Spoiled Ill Il iooNe
Woman's Wcll-LaidN ri;lns'
IT shall take the mistY Yetoe oo"n'
said the girl with the blucSeyes; II 5 !
delusion and snare"
What on earth is the nStPer D!'i
that ugly Mr.. Sappie catch you unoeH u
and kiss you?''
'sNo; worse yet;. nobody di d. pu'
it up Yesterday, great big bun zen OF H.
All day long I was wonderingWha1 10
do with Harvey while Ned is heSe from
Kansas City. But after l put up "N
| idea struck me-" -,
do you want me to go owe ~ iet
him kiss me under it, so you uaG-
rel?' asked the girl with TIL eei-
eyes.
Don't trouble yourself, my do iy
idea was a great deal better tha l.
7 decided to let him kiss me, az
ware, and then get mad over it."
Good enough. Did it work?"
at would have. but for an acc!d
Hecame in the evening with my Pre-
and, oh, girls. it is perfectly love
YOU must come over AID see it. Il IS
Yes. yes; we will. But about t!Vss
mistletoe?"
We'll, there was my chancd7a
thanked him as prettily IS I C
drew off the wrapper with screaTiS1
delight and ran right under the chaA@~
lier to look at it.
oh. Nell, you sly thins!'
Il heard him creeping up slowly be-
hind me while I was apparently alb
sorbed in my admiration of his present.
But Just as he was about to catch me
a horrid mouse ran across the floor al
most at my feet!'
You poor dear! Did you scream"
Il did. More, ran out into the din
ine-room and climbed on the table.
Harvey was so disappointed. and so was
I. And don't you think, AFTER all, it was
not a real mousei'
Not q real mouse?'
''No; it was a horrid mechanical toy
that some one had given my little
brother. And. oh. girls. other callers
came in then and I hadn't a moment
alone with Harvey to get up quarrel.
Ned arrives al six o'clock this evening:
he is coming for the holidays, and what
am to do with both Of them on my
hands 7 am sure I don't llnown'-Ckica-
| 90 Tribune.
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''THE PICK OF TE1E FLOGK.'' %

goat. Send me goat for Christmas"
Now, it happened that the boys father
was in the room above, and, hearing the
appeal. sent back the answer down the
chimney: You can't have q goat"
The little fellow, not at all frightened
at this unexpected reply. was equal to
the situation. and he sent back to Santa
Claus this defiant response: Well,
then. keep your old goat! don't want
it. ANYHOW. w."-GoldeG Days.
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TIE FESTIVAL OF CHILDHOOD.
The True Christmas Feeling Must Be from
tho Heart and Blossom Ecto Acts.

Christmas is the festival OF childhood.
Whose would enjoy it truly must be
in heart even rs { little child. Its
ccstasies are IL se!f-torgctfulneSs il the
betterlrent Of others. It's highest celc-
bration is in helping our neighDcrS to
be happy AID thus sharing the happi-
ness with them. There is no happiness
comparable to love, and the happiness
grows create as the love embraces more
of our fellow beings. That is the best
Christmas time il which one feels most
acutcIy the actuality of liiNship with
all the world. It is the child that is
the real democrat for as Emerson has
it. he makes children OF all the adults
that gather around him. levels them to
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-23
His Second Thought.

\ lively youngster in Newport had {
great desire to become the owner of q
goat. so one day shortly. before Christ
mas he called up the chimney register
to aDprise Santa Claus of his wish
Hailing the old gentleman supposed tc
inhabit these regions, he told his story
in these words: Santa Claus, want d
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"Eyel].' SAID the unexpected guest the
following morning. as he watched his
own palliG-faccd little youngster play
ioov It'll the first Christmas present he'd
eva, known. THAT was the rummicsr
fling. went out to steal. and the only
th!n" | baggcd Chat WAS really given
+9me) was g kiss. and III see Santa Claus
IN hades before give him that. 1t was
= rich haul. but | think III get de-
center job-at New Years s.-John Ken
drick Bangs, in Harpcr's Magazine.
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tie one must be off, or he'll wake up
and be disappointed.
He/moved toward the door, when
l'obbie ran after him, and holding up
his little face, said: Won't you take
Hiss for Santa Claus for me-
THAT I will" said the other, and he
bent over. and kissing the child, fled
precipitately ont through the window,
and disappeared in the darkness of the
street.
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) ueS NSiS J1@N ~
ginning to arrive, and down in the
library. where the tree was shelterine
profuse array of toys, stood an unex-
pected guest. He was i'll clad, unsharen,
and his hair looked as though it had
never known a comb. In his right hand
he carried a dark-lantern, and slung
over his left arm was a sack, COM
mon iate bag, and he had entered by
the window that looked out upon the
street. The family had all retired, and
for the most part were asleep That
is why the unexpected guest chose this
tiQle 70 arrive.
.Stea!thily he crossed the.room, and
drawing the portieres silently across
the broad doorway that opened into the
hal! he slid back the front Of his
lantern. and, lighting a match in its
fame. he turned on the gas and lit 1t,
so that he might better see the exact
character Of his surroundings.
'Humph." he said, as he observed the
tree. Quite a fine layout. don't
know but what, after all. it's good
thing that parents give Their chl!oren
expensive things these days. It's a
great help 20 our profession You can,t
raise muI& money on candy balls anu
tuppeny t2lis, but these sllver-piated
engines ans, purses with ten-doilar oiiiS
in EN- come in handy. Gold slecve-but-
tons. too, he added, as his eyes took IL
few fTrth@" details OF the scene before
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for anyone that's half decent" he said
to himself; and then he answered, n
whisper loud enough for Eobbie to
hear:
'N'e.!, not exactly, sonny. I'm only
his assistant"
His what?" said Robbie.
80, Not so loud, my boy-yon'll
wake tie family; and if you did t(iat,
IL iiI.sc vanish like the mist said the
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Before and After.

Now tire r?cr-y ti:rc comes nigh,
When the lass, so slick and shy.
VIII appreciate her p&pG'S 5 weakest Joke;
And with s,iillful flattery
She will laugh with widest glee-
After Christmas he will find that he IS
-Phila dnlnhia Rncnrd
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Up to Date.

Goodness gracious. What is that ter
rihle sound of smashing china"
Il suppose the folding-bed is turning
over a new leaf."-Chicago Record.
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Eettcr to ReSotyc.

Though some gains, resolutions rail
AS steps that lead Us to fall,
'Tis better TO resolve and fail
Than never to resolve at all.
Boston Courier
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On. Santa Claus. you cv:I saint.
loved you - ray chilGhocG'S day;
But row have no heart 20" sou,
You've stolen it away-
TIC give to one who wants il not
TO drop with jewelcd A2u3ics fine.
n Edth's stocking, where it lies,
While hers. is not in mine.
-Erncklyn LIE.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13

husband ter help her raise her chil'en.
Dere's leben chil'en an none of 'em
missin', counter UNI right"
eleven! How in the name of Gen.
Jackson are you going to take care
Of II children?"
"Dey's gwine take ca O. me, mas'r,"
said the old man, eagerly. "Dey's
mighty peart chil'en, mighty peart,
and dey en- pick a heap OBJ cotton an
hoe con an taters an weed in de gyar-
den an do power of oder turne."
The curiously wizencd old face
shone as if he had just come into for
tune.
"An', cunnel," he went on, Use git
tim too ole ter wuls much, an links
my meetin' up wild Sister Calline is a
special providence. I wants ter git
de Grafton roun' soon dat dere's gwine
ter be weddin' down ter my iii house
ter night"
go ahead, them" laughed the COL
onel. 1.-THE missis will have cake
baked for you. and, by George, it'll have
to be big one to go round"
The cake was baked in the big iron
bake kettle Of ante-bellum associations,
and there was festival in the cabin
down by the creek, which lasted into
the small hours.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
Angels Food.

The secret of making angels food lies
in the baking of it. Slit one cup OF
flour and one teaspoonful of cream tar
tar several times through fine sieve.
Beat the whites of nine eggs to stiff
forth, and to them add one cup and c.
half of sifted granulated sugar; mix
carefully into this, stirring constantly,
the sifted flour, and add one teaspoon
full of extract of vanilla. Pour this
batter into an INCREASED pan and bake
in a slow oven for As minutes. When
baked, turn the pan upside down ON
something that will admit of the air
passing under it. and allow it to stand
until the cake falls from the tin. Ice
W it'll white icing. Be careful in making
this cake to have all the ingredients as
light as poss,ble.-Detroit Free Press.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
Autumn Dress Drift.

Autumn-leaf colors will be worn all
sumper, and will, it is said, give place
to brighter tints upon the approach OF
cold weather.
Batiste, lawn and organdie dresses
have yokes made of lace insertions and
puffings. These are trimmed around
the edges with ruffles of lace or white
chiffon.
Guipure epaulets are used to fall over
either plain or fancy sleeves, and may
be either composed entirely of the gui-
pure or trimmed with lace.
Silk waist of spotted or Powered pat
tern have Jokes made of ribbon and lace
alternating. In one model the lace and
ribbon is joined with cord, and this is
drawn up so as to produce tiny puts
which are pretty and effective.-Chica-
go Record.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
Tho Hunt for tho Precious Card.

Howard Paul tells q good story OF
Artemus Ward. He and Artemus Wis
tied at a house one day, where they had
to wait for some time in drawing
room. Artemus discovered the card
tray, and observed that his hostess had
been fortunate to obtain the card of u
noble lord, which she carefully dis
played on the top of the pack. He put
it beneath the carpet unobserved. When
he next paid visit to the house the card
was back in its place, nicely scraped
and cleaned. He next hid it on the top
of the curtains. It was found again.
Then he tried behind the piano and be-
meath flower pot, but the precious
card was always got. At last he hid it
in the family Bible. and that did them.
The house went into mourning.-Week-
ly Telegraph.
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counded UNI ober and ober, UNI dere
amt only ten."
The conductor ran his eye over the
group.
A score of heads were thrust out of
the coach and murmur of amused SYM
patty stirred along the. line.
"H-ml"
He pulled forth his book hurriedly.
and turned over the pages.
"Pass Calline jackson and II chill
dren."
He glanced over the huddle of black,
bobbing heads, and back at the woman.
His eyes fell ON the bundle in her
arms.
'.what's the matter with the baby
making ZIP"
There were roars Of laughter, and
much waving of hats and handker-
chiefs as the train moved out
"You done counded UNI wrong, mis-
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tah," said Sister Calline, looking up re-
proachfully at the.old man.
us dey all hyar?' he asked with dig
nifty.
"Co'se dey's all Eyar."
"Den don't dat pintedly show dat I
counded UNI right?"
Sister Callne's dark countenance
wore troubled expression, but as they
went along the piny woods road toward
Kentville, it gradually cleared up, and
when they came in front Of Kent hall
it was beaming.
"Dere's de cunnel!" said Uncle, point
ing to gentleman dressed in white
duck suit, who sat comfortably in
big armchair on the gallery.
"He's one O. de ars. You jes wait
here spell ontill go an tell him"
"Well?" said Col. Kent, good natured-
ly. laying down his newspaper. "What
is it. Uncle Dick?"
'I'se jes' com ter tell you, cunnel, dat
rs foun' good woman dat like the
bes' in the world, an we'se fixed our
minis dat we'll marry fore long. We
reckons ter night is de bes' time,
"Marry!" said the colonel, aston
ished. "Such an old fellow as you
are!"
81 is ole for fac, mas'r, but Use lived
alone nine years an it's mighty line
some
"That's So" said the colonel, kindly.
AN pears like I can't stan it no
longer. An Sister Jackson needs q
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
How She Crush ed Him.

"Isn't Willie BIBLES perfectly horrid
since he came home on leave from the
naval academy" asked the linen-waist
girl. 1.-THE airs he puts on talking about
foremasts, backstays, jibs and all that
sort of thing are simply horrid."
HE didn't last long with me-" saii
the bloomer girl. II found he knew
nothing about golf. SO just over
whelmed him with all those awful
Scotch words I could think of."-In.
dianapolis Journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
Brown Soup.

A shank of veal, one calf's head, scalel-
cd and cleaned; two gallons of water.
two carrots, three onions, a small piece
of bacon, a bunch of soup herbs. After
half an hour take out the head and
shank. cut off the meat, chop it up. and
put in the soup. Season with black
cayanne pepper, teaspoonful Of
Worcestershire sauce and salt. Thicker
with butter and brown -four STRAIN afr
er it has boiled about an hour and =
half longer. Instead of the Worcester
shire sauce you may add a few cloves.
ono tablespoonful of sugar. well
borwned. and one pint of wine.-LadieS'
World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
TOO CLEVER CHILDREN.


Never allow children to use their
brains too much, for If they do so the
result is often very serious. Scnc
children are naturally ambitious, and
will strain every nerve, as it were. SO
that they may have the honor and glory
of being at the top OF their class LII
school, and in this they are unwlseiy
encouraged by their parents, whose
vanity is SO great for their offspring
that they wish them to outshine their
little contemporaries, quite careless
or obvious of the fact that undue pre-
cocity has to be paid dearly for later
on.
Many children, without being ambi-
tious, have an Unsuitable thirst for
knowledge, which is the result of an
abnormally developed brain. In these
cases, instead of being encouraged to
learn, children should be kept back as
much as possible, and encouraged to
play out of doors, and to do everything
that will give the active little brain
rest, for you may depend upon 1t.
whether you wish it or not, the child's
mind will work harder great dea! for
it, in asking the why and the where
fore of all it sees around it in the wen
derfu world.
I have heard it said that blessed is
the mother who is content to have a
stupid baby" and l believe it is really
true. How seldom, though, is meth-
err content to have baby without any
sort of little tricks to show Off to her
friends. What pleasure it is to Ter
to hear people say what wonderfully
clever child hers is, when at few
months old it can point to grandpara's
picture on the wall, or can play 'pa'-a-
cake" Or, later on, how supremacy
delighted the parents are when their lit
tie girl or boy lisps out John Gilpin,"
or some other nursery tale in verse.
Poor deluded people. Can they not
see that these performances are about
on the level with the talking of tame
parrot, and that in order to crafty
their parental vanity the child's MEM
tai capacity is being overtaXed and
weakened?
Recently friend of mine brought her
baby 10 see me, ard she gave good ex-
ample of parental vanity. She told me
that her doctor considered her baby SO
excitable and clever for a child of his
age that he was to be kept back as much
as possible. She then put him down on
the floor to crawl about, and gave him
a number of little colored balls, and
told him TO give me red one, then a
blue one, then two, then three balls.
Just to show his cleverness.
1t seems to me positively wicked to
force the brains of infants, and il had
my will no child should be made to learn
even the alphabet till it was at least five
years old. In the first years OF life
child has quite enough to occupy it's
brain in learning about the things it
sees around it. Take care then not to
let the mental growth get ahead OF the
physical, or your child will be handi-
capped in later life by weakness either
of body or brain, or perhaps both
Home Notes.
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a Fall DAY
a sulien mist Is hanging low,
Athwart the earth's detected frce,

a sllien nnist is hanging low,
Athwart the earth's detected frce,
And All the light Of after glow,
Alas! has fed through boundless space
The visions which were bright are scar,
!. Zen merrinent hrs ceased its voice;
Mong all this sadness now appear
NO cheerful sounds. none to rejoice.
The summer flowers now are dead,
And dying leaves fall to the grounds:
NO more Is heard the joyous tread
" happy children playing round.
It's thus in life's allotted share,
Some sorrow is its destined fate;
All days cannot be bright and fair,
Or hearts be eyer free from weight.
There is no day, however drear,
But what may come some CHEEKY rays;
The sunny CLEANS. which disappear,
VIII come and brighten other days.
VI George Sands johnson.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-13
Nv BRAIDED GOWNS.

-Fashioned Trimming Becomes
Popular Once More.
promises to be more popular
er. A new design shown to-day
#hionable store carries the braid
4 great length. The idea is the
Rtion Of an English style. and is
Eautiful and artistic. The skirt
h being six-gored and puckered
back in very fine folds. Around
tom is a border of red brown
piled in q double line, the upper
hg a series of waves and the,
eing waves of finer curvature,
b at intervals into small tre-
below the belt the skirt is deco
18th the same kind of braid, ar
30 as to produce the effect OF
prays Of clover, suspended by a
pm the belt itself. This is all
ding upon the skirt. The waist.
is as opulcnt in braid as the
Door.
blouse in general character.
p at the waist. where there is
belt or ceinture of velvet. The
is applied so as TO form the
pf a deeply indented yoke, with
lions SO curved and indicated as
most fantastic.
Fading runs out upon the bal
way to where the latter curves
Pet the arm. From the edge of
the braid Is applied in fam-
lnes with a general vertical d.
20 as to cover the surface of the
PM yoke to belt.
feve from wrist to elbow is also
the braid being applied so
|ogether as to make an almost
us surface. This gown is most
when made of Melton or other
finished cloth in deep purple
Venetian, dark shades of blue,
olive and smoke gray. The
elf, according to the English
Mould be Of a dark tint. but of
mentary or supplementary
AIM.