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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
d G.oEAi, , tt aZ7dy.

As a result ct a tragedy il Clioch
coun:y Wednasday night, white
man, Charles Griffith and ChsrIes
Thomas, negro, were killed and
JaTes DraTdry, white, and q negro
named Henry Ainsue, badly wounded.
Several negroes were raising dlstur'
bance il Griffith & D.aWdry's store
and when ordered out pulled reTolg'
e1s and fred on the merchants. Smith,
cclorcd was stancing outside, heard
the shcoLing and ruSa!ng in revolver
IL hand, killed rcomas and rounded
me other negro, Minuss. It is be,
lie7eJ the negroes intended to rob the
ulsce.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Snme spa l:sh Ca.

Sanor E0.iq1e Caprilas, Governor
OF Santiago dc Cubs, is, quo.e3 as say
ing: Spain has 500, 000regulsr troops
and volunteers II Cuba, and we fight
on our sell. Those OF US uho are from
Spain are acclimated, and we are en-
;renched. therefore, che OF US IS
eqoai to two iavade:s-3ss, to thrle
invaders. We hasr America proposes
to assaII Us With 100 COO men. Some
reports say COCO N i, AID raT
leyies. We iav.ia foGr times that
number tc enrich cur h:lds with their
cArcase3. Ine greater the number the
greater tie glory. L2t Us Keep cur
hearts elevated By patriotism and
thoughts CT cur wrongs. Oar flag Gas
been called the Golden and Bloody
Flag OF Spain. In cur hands, may Il
indeed win that name. y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Mexico Our Friend.

President Di:z of Mexico has writ.
ten Governor Culberson Of Texas that
he has ordered Mexican troops OF the
border to render assistance and pro.
tect citizens on the Texas side if called
on. He says he has sent additicnsl
troops to the border, with ord5r to co
operate with the United STATES troops
in preventing depredations on Texas
soil, and has instructed tleal to ask
the CO operation of United States
troops, if necessary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
NG S. c., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1898.

that . vigorous bomb3rdcent Of the
capital cf Porto Rico wasin progress,
adding that he was going to taka the
wooGs. Il is considered probable that
most OF the inhabitants OF the plsce
folloTed his example and fed from
the city soon after they were awaken
ed By the Ioa2's first broa6side.
Tne only war vessel Of foreign
power at San Juan during the bonn
bardment was the saaa:l FleGch crnis-
er Rigau.t &c GenouilIy, See had
her rigging Gu. By pieces 81 she'll.
Alter The Commandment the E'fencn
man lef: fer the island OF s.. Tnonas,
where / e, captain told Captain C1n,
verse of the Montgomery that tae
American operations were entirely
justifable. l. IS understood, ho|ey-
er, tha. tie French officers IL coav6r
salion with c!h;r people, criticized l1e
wisdom of the b2m5ar ment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
szmiur rheir Encm;cc,

The Cuban provisional goVernm snt
has directed lnsurgent sympatnizers
nor to try TO evade IN garrison cities
General BIanco's conscrlption order
Io.cing iato the ranks Of the 7olun.
teers all males from Is LC IS years Of
age. Refugees VINO arrived at King
SION by the Frenca steamer Fulton
from Aava1, VINO nave s.nce Deen re.
leased from quarntlne, say that the
Guoars IN Havana are j,lning The
volunteers cy hundreds. Spain Is Il has
arming enemies ready to rise at an
oppor.une time or 70 desert. The
Spanl&rds in Havana, ior commu
nal polio purpose, spy Out Cuban sym
pathiz5rs and cause their arrest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
satiors tor "a 0pa,

To hundred and sixty nine jolly,
roiicking sailors passed through
Columbia Wednesday. The fact had
been extensively advertised and
onite large crowd OF people hsd
assembled 10 cheer the j.cales. They
were en- route from the receiving
Saip Vermont ct the New York navy
yards for KY West 10 be diS!rl,
ouled among tne ships Of that s.at;on.
TIE men will be taken to Miami by
rail and then transferred by Dost tc
Key West. AL Ct them are old sail
ors and many OF them wore on their
caps the name Of the las! vessels on
which they served.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
A OSaE-lCl SUNK
4 sp inish TICK Dee atei by ihs Geut.er
Wilmington.

The United States cruiser Whining
ton, Wnea about IS miles east OF Ha-
vaua "Wednesday, fired four shells
into Spanish trap, in the shape OF g
d5celict, sinking Il and thus doing
array with anoE1er piece Q: Spanish
treschery. Tbs commander of the
Wilmington had baen warned By dis,
patch boats taat sco2e dangerous
wreckage vas drlfsing about the spo.
nea1ioIe4 and the cruiser steamed n
thai clrsc.icu to investigate the re.
ports.
Aa old Spanish schooner, nith her
ceck ioatea TO the rails Will rus:y iron
car wheels, ETC, closely packed to,
gether, was found floating IL the track
OF torpedo ooats ana dispatch noats.
The iron Iad=n scaoc1ec hsd evident.
IL been sent out Of Aavan& harbor IN
the nope that .orpeco oo<t or small
craft OF the b!ccksGing fcrce would
crash into 1t a2d o3 50 damaged SIS TO
cause her 10 sink.
As wlrss were noticed around the
iron raj; cn the Schooner Commander
ToGd be ievad the Spanish trap might
also cocta. explosives, ard therefore,
layi0g OF y consid-la bic dist&4 c. from
her, his gu1S pr12q.lJ Se1: -er 20 :he
bottom.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Got DeYey the Pans.

Mr.. Wm. Doharty has just returned
from the Philippine Islands. He sue
ceeded in passing tbs Spanish customs
otfic9rs a: Maui!a with complete plans
OF the city, tbs harooc, the forti6ca.
lions and minute dstails OF their ar
mament, from Consul General Will
liams to Admiral George Dewey. The
plans ana drawings were concealed in
q newly laundried shirt, which was
folded, pinned up and banded in the
usual style and pat with other cloth.
ing IL his trunk. Arriving at Hong
Kong early il April, he delivered the
supremsly important papers to Admi-
raj OeWey on the olympia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Money Tor tbs Sard.

Tne COLUMBIA S:ate, OF Saturday
morning, published the foIIowing:
I: some young woman in eacn town
oi the Ssa1e would interest herself as
Miss Bertha Konn Of Ocanseourg has
done it would not be long b,fore tbs
5ou.h CAroIina R9gim sntal band
would have all the money needed and
more TOO, with Wnica 10 eqIip tnen.
selves with the necessary musical in
ssrumeats. Yesterday Col. Aston
recsived through Mr.. Auguss Ko1n a
cheek for S42, which Miss Koan had
collectsd By popular suoscri ption from
the good people of Ocangeolrg to BE-
added to the oand fund. Accompany.
Ing ths letter was Lns folio wing very
neat letter:
Col. J. Z. Aston:
Dear slr-I notice that al APPEAL has
oeen made ASKING for sid in order to
secure instruments Tor the reglmental
oaud. I knew Iha! Orangeburg would
be loyal to ner brave soldier boys and
assisted py Mss Lula Fairey and Miss
CIemie SmiEn [ mad no trouble in Sc.
curing q popular subscription from
our patriouc cInz3ns. We are proud
or TIE STATE regimen! and should feel
especially proud of ouc regimentaI
oand. l Eako pleasure IN enclosing
our check for $42. hops our sister
cities Will De proud to respoad to tns
call with equal pleasure. Wishing
ina. tn9 oanI Will clear your regi.
ment while Ia camp aad iasplre them
60 YaIorous deeds when IN Oat!le, |
remain Yours With best wishes
Bertna w. Konn.
"rhe check has oe3n deposited to
ths credit of Ene D-nd fuod IN the
CaIouna National BAnk and by the
addluon OF this c0eck no y anouass 70
$72. Coi. AIs5oa WI taaak Miss
Konn for her kladaess and would be
glad 10 near from o31ec towns"
Orangeourg was very Hosral IN her
coo!rlo1tlon aad i: nop=d tha. the
amount Will BE- raised Wl5aoui diti.
Guilty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
War MuuI.!ons Found.

4 dispatch from Key West, Fla,
says some hEtle sir was created there
Friday oy the discovery o.. secret
chamber n the hold OF the Spanish
prize steamer ArgonauEa con5slnlng
fifteen cases OF snu0iEion, over q
hundred Mauser rItes and other war
stores. The ArgonauEa was taken
snree weeks ago oy the United States
gunooat Nashville, of Clentegos. On
board were Col. Cieeate Corujo, said
to be brotner,Ia.Is law OF L:eu5. Gen.
Valeriano Weyler, and twenty-elgnt
Spanish soldiers, now in Fort McPher-
son, as well as mail matter and dis
patches for General Biauco and other
Spanish officials in Cuba.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Eul Lsst ThEes Ysars.

Military men ia Washington OF the
best judgment are OF the cpinion that
the war with Spain will last at least
Three years, even though We win every
battle oa the sea and drive the Spani-
ards GU. OF Cuba and Porto Rico, and
army men say Spain should b. inyad
ed with force o. 100000 men. Ga
ths other hand naya, authorities holG
tina. six weeks will end the whole bus.
iness, that with the tau OF Cu5a and
Porto Rico Spain will have no base
for operating on this sits CT th9 Big
branch, and viii give up the unequal
contest. The truth, as IN almost all
matters, probably lies between these
tTo extremes,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Two Neg Bishops,

The general conference OF the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. South elected
two Bishops las. week. The Rev.
Warren a. Caadler, D. D., Of the
North Georgia conference, aad the
Rev. Il. c. Mo:cisoo, D. D, OF Ken
tucky. were cnc<e4. D. Candler is
president CT Emory college AID Dr..
Morrison IS the missionary secretary
OF tee church. Both are able men,
peculiarly 60 1ippad for the high posi-
Tons TO which they have been call
Sd. Their election will give general
satisfaction to the Southern Methodist
church.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
AL OBJECTION REM CVEO.
>en.t { II Fo:ske: Esyo1s .ae E.;ucn OF tee
OonfeSe.asc Flag.

OoafeSe:ato Flag.
II think it would be : good thing a
this time 10 return the CJnfederats
ostL!e-Hags ii our brethren in Ihs
Soush wat than oacG, saio Senator
Foraker. rnIs Cf=r coming from
Senator Ey,rc&ker, has ihe greatest sig.
nlhcapcs, for 10 lais day the country
has o forgotten tie famous message
he sent ii 1887, while governor OF
O1lo, to Captain Ersklne Carson, oi
H.lLsooco: M rooel HAgs snail Ds
returned wh!l7 l az governor.
TINS WAS a:the Llm7 President ClsTa
land issued 0is order ID ms then Ad'
ju!ari General Drum, oi the army,
directing Ene return. Asked VIA. ue
thought OF the proposition 10 turn
the tagS, a proposltlou navlng, IL LalS
day OF irA!ernaI Ge7llcg When tormeI
Federal soldiers and eX.C0nfederale
srs stantI4g shoQ-d-- 10 saouIder and
leading TIE armies OF the UAlIeC
States, much sentiment IL IS favor,
and OF the suggestion IlaL tbs return
b. made at the Grand Army eIcaup
ment IN Cincinnati, mex. S-ptemo Der,
Senator Foraker said:
Tine relurn OF tne flags, in my
judgment, Is matter ms. depends
muca upon the propri5ty attending
the return and who d Jes 1t. The CIR
cumstaucss are very Glferent nos
from what ttey were When Mr. Cleve-
land proposed 10 reLurn them. !
must say ina! have not heard much
discussion OF the subjecs, but mos.
certainly have no objection. In fact,
I lhlok It would De X good thing C
give then ali Daca.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
TIE GUSSlE EXPEDITION.
It Dc Not Fail Ea atrely Af5er ALA
D.ash Dealing Fire.

D.ash Dealing Fire.
4 special to The Times Union and
Clsizsn OF Jacksonville, Fla, from
Key West, say: The GIssIe expedl
ZION did not fail entirely. Two ns'
tive Cuban scouts were landed west OF
Habana on the seond day out. Span,
ISL guefrUas mad been assigned to the
duty OF patrolling the shore. a boz!
from the Gussie landed 30 mea. They
had hardly set foot upon shore before
a furious voIIey was fired at them by
the gu4rillas, VINO were concealed in
thickets On the crest Of the low nils.
The Amsrican party advanced, were
halted when in range and order FIRE
was gi7sn. Tney i.ed as one msn,
sendlng three 7olIeys at the gueri.Ias,
who scattered Ike chat before the
wind. Five OF them were killed, in
cluding captain whose bloody CAP
ana sword were taken and brcuyn5
back as trophies. Tee two scou.s
made their Hay on into the interior.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25

The Spanish Less Much EeIvls- Than
kIsrt sorpye1--F --Fns Deadly Fire OF tie
nalD IL. ,ubans Picked Up In IN
opsn oa:.
The Spanish less during the recant
engagement az Cieniuegos is now
KNOW to have been much heavier
than at frstre ported. Three hundred
Spaniards were killed and several
hundred wounded. Great damage
w2s done along the coast.
Soon after the engagement the U nit.
ed States cruiser M4roiehead picked
uo several Cuo2ns in an open boat
some miles down the coast, including
Colonel Ociz. Lieutenant Otvarez and
three pri7ates from an insurgent
canlp near Cienfuegos.
They reported tnas the Spanish loss
es and the damage wro1gnt by the
shells from the Warsaips wera very
heavy. Toe hospitals at Cienfuegos,
they said, we're full CT wounded, and
fear prevailed eT3ryWhsre that the
American wafsh!ps would return to
comp!e!e the worz Of destruction.
During TIE engagement the Marble.
head threw 450 ive inch shells into
tha Spanish forcss, and 700 shots
from he: second OAE:ery. The gun
| ooat N4sh vile fired as many more
shells and l.500saos from her second
battery.
Fifteen hundred soaniards were
stationed in an inpco7ised fortress on
a neck of land. and upon this the
ships colcentrated tnslr fra, and it
was here that ta3 most destruction
Tas wrought. During the heavy fra
Of shells and j1ss alter toe light hou sc
vas blown up, f7e Spaaisrds wno
Tece cerlnninlng together ia an attsnp.
to escape, w4ro plezej OF By a sn5il
from the MarDlehaad, tae gunner b5
ing ordered 10 ire uoon than Dy E /.
ISign Pca!t. lacy were torn to pieces.
Inc 1len WAC mannsd III, cutters
did SO under instructions, and they
9i!hs.ooi the CALLING fire poured upon
then with Inc uEmos! calm muesi.
Ths Cubans were supplied with
5000 rounds OF ammunition and all
bat ons Of them got ashore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
GcirC rc Ei.kr D1lC Y

a dispatch from Gibraltar says TIE
irst-class battleship Pelayo, Iae ar
mored cruisers Enpersdor, Carlos V,
Alfonso NiII: Elttoria AID Glralda,
the auxiliary cruisers Rapid2, Alfonso
XII, Buenos Ayses snd Antonio L.
pex ard three torpedo bosts, nov a!
Cadiz, are ready for sea. They are
expected to sail for the Philippines
before the end of this month WIN H.
900 troops.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Good Nawsr0. BSp:itts.

The Bap:ists are jabilsGt 8: .ae re
ceip! Of telegrams saying thas at last
tbs hone and foreign mission boards
are out OF debt for the frs: tim3 IN five
years. Fer foreign missions $L27,00
was raised, and for home missions
$50, COS. Tue deos ou foreign missions
vas 5000. TIE Woman's Missiona,
ry Union makes It's report, and SO do9s
the Sunday school board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
Ey HIS Own Hand.

W. G.. Eason, County Auditor ioi
ETenty.oue years ot Charleston and a
man OF u, com nittsd suicide Wed.
resday morning by shooting himself
through the heart. He was popular
and highly respected. Some time ago
he sutf =rld stroke OF paralysis, and
it IS believed that It sf6c:ed his mind
he w2s appointed By GOV. Hampton
~ 1877.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
mainrL,hn Cry Eu,na

The President Wednesday romin&-
led John G. Evans OF South Carolina
to be inspector general With rank OF
najor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
q Esrai Fall.

J. G.. Spencer, prominent bushes:
nan OF GaTney, S. O., fell from 6
wagon load OF h&y and vas instantly
killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
THREE HUNDRED KILLED.
S TIE Result OF The BATTLE AT
CIENFuEGCS

Ths Spanish Less Much Ee1visr Than
SIsrt sopp ae1--?ne Dsadly Fire OF tie
MAlO-s--i. .ubans Picked Up In IN
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
4 TERRIBLE TORNADO
DEATH AND FUN WROUGHT lNFOR-
TloNS OF THREE ESTATES.

Iowa, NIir o.s and WIsconri1-A Score OF
Noe People Killed and Many Oilers
Wounded ;eat Osva.tat1on Marks lhs
Path OF che ;oIro.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-25
DISPENSARY ENDORSED.
TIE LIQUOR QJsSTlON in Tf5
STATE CONVENTION

P,opo t'an 10 Z doee Nanb:r II osn'
Ia'gu Ne etEss Eo'ed u, Wa Two y 81
Measure, UaAp.mons'y Adep:' d-Col
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-12-31
McKinley's Southern Trip.

That Mr.. McKinley's tour in the South was
only political junketing trip is now pretty
well understood by the country. He ac-
cepted an invitation to the peace jubilee at
Atlanta, but he took occasion to make speech
es wherever his train stopped, and these
speeches were all intended to strengthen his
policy of territorial expansion. His utter
ances abounded in the glories Of a reunited
country, the obliteration of sectional lines,
the unfolding ofthe flag by the blue and the
gray, the outcome of the Spanish American
war; and the planting of our flag on new ter
ritory. With fervor he would excaim who
would haul down the flag wherever it has been
hoisted 1t has been raised upon foreign
soil both in Canada aud Mexico and then
withdrawn, and the conservative and patriotic
sentiment of this country is likely to demand
the withdrawal of our flag from the Philip
pines and the Sulas.
The South has been practically unanimous
against McKinley's policy of holding the Ash,
attic possessions wrested from Spain, and his
trip South was for the purpose of ingratiatlns
himself with the Southern people, by saying
nice things of the ex-rebels, in order that he
could ring in on them his policy of territorial
expansion. By moving the people he hoped
to bring pressure on Senators and Represen
tatives. How far he has succeeded will be
known shortly when Congress reconveneS.
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Army Reorganization.

Congress will meet again next Wednesday.
One of the most important measures that Will
he considered will be the bill recognizing the
army, and it will probably come up next week
in the House The Hull bill, reported by the
Republican majority of the committee on
Military Affairs, provides for standing army
of 100. 900 men, The Democrats have pre-
scented a substitute bill, providing for a stand
ing army of 10000 men and temporary
army of $4,000. Under the majority bill the
cost to the people of maintaining standing
army of 100, 900 men would be $50, 100000
Under the Democratic proposed substitute
bill the cost would be $50, 900, 600, and this
would last but two years. After that the cost
would not exceed $50, OOO, 900 a year. The
majority bill will no doubt pass the House,
but its fate in the Senate is very uncertain.
Bound up in the bill is to some extent the
question of territorial expansion. If Con
gress fails to supply the army to garrison the
Spanish islands we have taken they will have
TO he abandoned
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Salem Charge. Lutheran Church; Benjamin's
Church-Preaching at 10 a. IN. \. P. S. c. f. at .
p. m. ST. Johns Church-Preachng at p. IN. y.
p. NJ. S. ats p. m.
st. Pauls Reformed Church.-Sunday School at
9l5 a. m. Divine service at 1890 a. m. and lis p.
M. The Holy Communion January s. Prepa ra-
tory service January g. at P; m; o,u D.o
Uniontown NJ. P. Church Preaching at 1880
a. m. Theme, An Open Door for 80" Evening
services at s. Subject, Beyond the Threshold.
Everybody cordially welcome.
Carroll Charge, Reformed Church.-Benjamin's
Church-Sunday School at 1.S0 p. m. Divine ser
vice Up. m. st. Matthew's Church-Sunday School
H. j. Macaister. Pastor.
Grace Lutheran Church.-Sunday School at a.
m. Holy Communion at 1890 a. m. and $50 p m
Y P. SIC. E. at $50 p. n. Junior Catechise, Sat
p f. Miller, Pastor
Centenary NJ. E. Church.-Sunday School at ola
a. m. Preaching at 1890 a. IN. by Rev. Wesley
r. Davis, d. D., followed by the administration Of
League at 6.45 p m Prayer meeting wednesday,
at 80 p. m. Watch night services on Saturday
night at 1880 p. IN.
The Boys Meeting will meet every Saturday
afternoon at o'clock in Carroll Hall.
Methodist Protestant Church. Rev. w. R. Graham,
D. D. Pastor.-Sabbath Services.-Preaching by
the pastor at 1880 u. m. 500 p. m. sabbath
p. NJ. Mid-week service in the lecture room Wed
nesday evening, at 500 O'Clock.
St. Johns ChurclI-Sundays-Low Mass at 200
and High Mass at 10 a. H.; Vespers at 7.3O p. IN.
Joseph H. Cassidy, Pastor
Ascension Church.-Sunday, Jan. Holy Eu-
charst at $50 a. Mathis at 10 a. m. Second Holy
Eucharist at 1880 Eyensong at4. 10 and p. m.
Evensong Except Fridays) at p. IN. Evensong
Friday, at 7.3Op.m. E. B. Taylor. Rector.
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Christmas in New York City.

The New York CORRESPONDENT of the Phil
adeIphia, Pa, Ledger sends the following to
that paper under date of December p:
There are many still living who can remem-
Der the time when Christmas was not cele
brated in this city except by Catholics and
EpiscopalianS, and, among them, as a day Of
devotion rather than testivity. The present
observance of Christmas as time of great
family reunions, of exchanging of presents
among friends and of liberal giving to the poor
was not known half a century ago. Then the
great day was New Years. Men had to work
on Christmas at least half day, but there was
a general suspension of business on New
Years and a giving over Of the day to social
festivities. The women prepared elaborate
colations of wine and meat and pastry.
dressed themselves in their best gowns and
devoted the dav to receiving calls. The men
put on their full dress suits in the morning,
and made the round of all the houses where
they were acquainted, and called on the
ladies, who urged upon them the goods things
they had prepared. Lucky the man who got
through the day without intemperance. The
same custom is still observed in different parts
of the country, but not to the excess it used
to be carried here. 1t was due to this excess
that the custom ran its course in New York,
and was finally abandoned altogether. There
is now no holiday that is observed so tamey
as that of New Years Day. On the other
hand Christmas has become the great festival
of the year. Its religious observance is more
general, while as time of domestic festivity
It has become more than New Years ever
was. The day is free from the drunkenness
that finally brought New Year into disrepute,
and moreover it is essentially the children S
day, and that fact and its religious significance
will save it from the fate of the old knicker-
booker New Years. But it may be questioned
whether one feature of Christmas may not fall
into the same disrepute as New Years calling.
| allude to the promiscuous and lavish ex-
change Of presents among friends and ac-
quaintances. 1t must be confessed however,
that there are no signs of reaction against
this custom this year. Never has the holiday
trade been so prosperous as now.
Never has there been a more musical
Christmas. The churches fairly outdid them
selves today, and rarely even on Easter have
there been such elaborate programmes OF
sacred music. Not only in the Catholic and
Episcopal churches, but in the non ritualistic
churches as we'll was the day celebrated, and
it is noticeable that the celebration took the
form of song more than Of speech.