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We ate every day, though, mother
dear, and most generally always we
lad a fire."
Yes, dear, because kind man let
US have all that we needed, and
trusted mother to pay for it when she
got work again. So, you see, Agnes,
the money that mother is making now
does not really belong to us, but every
cent must so to pay our debts. P"
a small head solemnly nodded.
1T hurts mother very much not to
give her darling any Christmas toys
nor let her girlie's kind heart have
it's wish about the dollie for the poor
sick little child at the hospital, but
Agnes will try to be a good little girl
about it. won't she?"
The arms about mothers neck
frightened ; their hold, but Agnes
mouth twitched, and she had to blink
very hard to keep back the tears. If
she had no present to lay in the
Christmas manger, how would the
Christ Child know that she loved
Him? "Of course" she argued to
herself, Il could 'splain in y.prayers
that | had nothing to give"
But had she nothing? Her face
suddenly crimsoned, and a great
lump choked her little throat. There
was Peggy herself!
Without speaking, she got down
from mothers lap. and darted across
the room to her little bed. There,
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1t was the day before Christmas,
and the children had sung all but
their last carol which they were to
sing as they marched to the manger
and laid down their gifts one by one.
The door softly opened, and little
brown shadow of girl with a small
pink object hugged to her breast
slipped timidly in. For moment
Agnes stood dazed, as IL she had sud-
denly entered fairyland, for the bare
walls of the room were festooned
with heavy ropes Of Christmas greens,
the shades at the windows were
drawn, and all the chandeliers brill
liantly lighted, while above the await
ing manger shone glorious electric
star. Then, ashamed of being SO late,
she hurriedly tiptoed to her place.
the vacant seat beside Clarice.
Clarice met her with cold stare,
but the gaze of Agnes eyes never
reached the unkind little girls face,
for it rested in fascinated awe upon
vision of beauty In Clarice's arms.
1t was doll such as fairies might
dream of. She had dark, clustering
curls, and magnificent brown eyes.
Her cheeks glowed with color. and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

II man Is destined to achieve one
mastery OF the air, 1t will be q
revolution indeed. Who knows
injuries the Christian Register
whether the next generation may not
see the day OF transatlantic air
lines polar excursions, and pleasure
tours over the worlds great noun
fair ranges? Already we have the
news of a German company organized
to run regular line Of passenger
airships between the continental
caDttal cities from st. Petersburg to
Paris. and Vienna to London. 1t
would be a beautiful and desirable
result If science were thus to add
to the sum of human knowledge and
enjoyment. But if the coming ar
shin is to be chiefly a new agent
Of the destruction, a flying battleshlp'
then lot us hope that the day OF Its
completion may be still far distant.
Our old war-torn world would be bet
ter of without it. Science, which
ought to be benedcent always labor
ing for the good CT man, would be
malefcent indeed If it peopled the
very air above US with winged de
stroyers.
Oyercrowdlng in Scotland is not so
had as 1t used to be. The proper
ton living more than four per room
foil from 1857 per cent in 1861 to
9.5G In 1901.
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propped up by pillow, sat Peggy in
stiff pink calico dress. The curls
had all been combed out of Peggy's
struggling hair; the roses had long
ago faded from her cheeks, and in
sad accident Perry had parted COM
pany with the end of her nose.
"You dear!" whispered Agnes.
Her lips formed determined line.
How could she have thought OF giving
Peggy up! What would she do all
day without a dollie to play with?
What would she do at night without
dollie to sleep on the pillow beside
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Il. =. NOR Is.
Agent EdaefaeHG, s. C..
THE GIRLS SECRET.


'"The girls have secret" said Joe
Sherman, "and 1 can't think what
it is"
"How do you know" asked the
boys, in a chorus.
"Well, l will tell you. Just now,
as l passed along the hall, l heard
:peaEs of laughter coming from
,Alice's room. md 1 heard voices say
ing, Wont the boys be surprised
They don't even know we have a
!secret. Don't talk so loud or they
might hear"
AS Joe finished speaking the boys
looked at each oaher in great wonder.
Well, we need not worry our heads
;over it," said fun loving Jack Pres
colt Lets go out and build FORT
+ While the boys are having good
time 1 will tell you about them.
Joseph Sherman and his brothers,
Stuart, Albert and Laurence, and their
iparents, were spending the Christmas
holidays at their graRdmothers.
John, Alice, Edith and Bert Pres
icott, with their parents and their
cousins, Mildred, Ellen, Florence,
Gertrude, James, Walter and Edward,
with their parents completed the par
ity.
4. 1t was Christmas night The days
fun was over and the boys were Sit
ting before the library fire talking
;of the days events, when the door
iopened and Mrs. Prescott put her
head in the door and said: "The
girls have a little surprise waiting
for you in the parlor."
Mrs Prescott led the way into the
large parlcr. All the furniture had
been removed, and in one end of the
room was raised curtain platform
covered by three rows of chairs.
When all were seated Mrs. Prescott
tapped a small bell and the curtain
rose. The play had begun and 1t prov
ed to be fine one. The boys long
remembered the treat and greatly en-
..joyed it.
This was the girls surprise.-New
Haven Register.
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For Fdnlly1o5o1
Oustcr Soup, Gberkins.S Roast .DlcA
Apple -ano- Celery Salad
pOtatoes. 5callobeo, uit5 Grateo Onion
Squash. & Plum Puooin9, Hor0 Sauce,
(lao9erlne. Oranges. .Grupes:- Coffee

cile and 1 simply stopped in." She
airily tossed her head. Were on
our way to Christmas Eve party"
Form In line, my deafs." inter-
rupted Miss Maud, briskly. "Yes,
our class comes last, but you must
sing all the time we're marching"
The children's voices caroled joy
ously as the procession pressed for
ward, but one little singer was mute.
She was the last in the line, little
brown shadow of girl with a small
pink object hugged to her breast.
Miss Maud stood by the manger, now
heaped with all sorts Of playthings,
and nodded and smiled as each wee
member Of her class approached.
Puzzled, she watched Agnes pause,
look at the manger with frightened
eyes, and hesitate. Then she saw
the small pink object lifted to the
child's lips, and heard the sound of
a smacking kiss. of farewell before
trembling hands laid doll with
straggly hair. faded cheeks and a
broken nose among the new toys.
why, my dear" cried Miss Maud,
puttingTher arms about Agnes. what
is the matter?"
A great sob shook the tiny figure.
Tell me all about it." comforted
Miss Maud
And Agnes brokenly confded the
whole story. But as she explained
how mothers money belonged to
somebody else, and how she had moth
ing to give the Christ Child except
her only doll, neither of them noticed
a little listener who drew nearer and
nearer
NO, no, cried Agnes, II wouldn' t
take her back. want the little hos
pital girl to have her-she'll 'preciIte
Peggy's crippled nose, won't she?"
Agnes forced smile through her
tears. Only" she faltered, lit will
be 500 lonesome without any
doll--ie."
Something tugged at Miss Maud's
skirts. She turned, and with start
Of surprise, looked down into Clar-
ices eager face.
i've lots more at home, you
know" she whispered. And, laying
Lady Lucille in Agnes astonished
arms. Clar' ran after her chum.
Anabel.--The Interior.
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there was the cunuingest dimple in
her, round chin. She was dressed in
claret velvet trimmed in white silk,
and wore a claret velvet poke bonnet
with white silk strings and an eX-
quisite white plume gracefully touch
ing the brown curls on the right side.
And best OF all, she had necklace
of gold beads, and gold bead brace
lets dangling over her hands.
Oh" murmureG Agnes, won't
your little hospital girl be pleased?'
My little hospital grill" scorn-
fully whispered back Clarice. You
don't suppose I'd give my best doll
away! Here's my present"-she held
out box of ck-straws-"Lady I'u-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16
salvinc the Gladiator.

The Gladiator salvage has been a
somewhat long and tedious operation,
due mainly to the troublesome tides
and unpropitious weather. However,
the ship is "up" at the moment Of
writing, and should before long now
be seen in Portsmouth harhor.
No absolute decision about re1tting
her seems to have been arrived at.
She is a type of vessel now quite cb-
solete, as cruisers so; but for that
very reason likely to be useful In a
variety of ways. Obsolete ships can
be risked where better onsa cannot
be.-Ens:neer.
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SEAsoNABLE.

Bishop Greer, Of New York" said
a missionary, has an apt way of fit
ting story into an address.
IT once heard him speaking. on the
divorce evil in very chilly and bad
ly heated hall.
after a remark or two about this
defect, he said he was reminded of
a little Yonkers girl.
THE child, one unseasonahly cold
morning returned from church suite
blue.
And what was .le text. dear:'
her mother asked her.
Many are cold. but few are
frozen,' was the reply. Washing
ton Star.
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ON THE SAME TERMS.

ON THE SAME TERMS.
Diner (who has run up a heavy
bill)-"You are manager here, eh?
Well, ,six months ago I dined here,
and unfortunately, being unable to
pay my bill-er-you kicked me
downstairs!"
The Manager-''very sorry, in
deed, sir, but business you know-er
Il had to-er-
Diner-"Oh, that's all right, old
chap-but-might I trouble you
n?"-London Weekly Telegram.
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her? But how disappointed her sick
little girl at the hospital would be
Christmas morning when all the
ether children had lovely presents,
and she found that she had been left
out? Agnes stopped over the bed,
gathered Peggy in her arms, and
pressed her to her aching heart.
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FOOLISH FRIENDSHIP.

FOOLISH FRIENDSHIP.
"Those cartoons of me that my Ln-
emies are circulating are positively
hideous," remarked the candidate Cor
Office.
do you think so?" rejoined his
wife. '"You ought to take a look at
the pictures of you that your friends
are putting on their campaign ban
ners. s."-Washington Star. -.
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JUST SO.

$50 you think the public demands
boisterous fun?"
mot exactly. Girlsterous fun Is
the thing for a musical comedy
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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CRUEL DAD.

whats the matter. daughter?"
"Ferdy and I have parted forever!"
Good! In that case, l s'pose he
won't be around for at least two
nights. Chronicle.
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LITERATURE.

81 see you have here Gibbons De-
cline and Fall and Hallam's Middle
Ages.
"Yes," responded Mr.. Nuritch, II
like them fat volumes. 1t don't take
so many of 'em to fill up shelf. -
Houston Chronicle.
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TIMES CHANGE.

TIMES CHANGE.
"He writes my daughter long
letter full of poetry every day. He
must be sap-head.'
'Peleg, your reasoning is twenty
years behind the age. Poetry Is the
safest kind of filler these days, and
letter every day indicates much
wealth, with white paper as high as
1t is."-Kansas City Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16
LIMITED cREpuLITY.

Salesman-"s Sorry, we're quite out
of game, but l can recommend the
sausages."
Mr.5van Sharpeshooter-"H' m, yes.
But my wife would not believe 1 shot
'em. ALLY Sloper's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16
D1sCoRDANT.

She Cat the piano)-"I presume
sou are a true lover of music, are
you not?"
He-"Yes. am; but pray don't
stop playing on my account
Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

TRIUMPH OF HUMAN NATURE.
Them seventeen mothers in the
village Mothers Club agreed to de-
eide by ballot which had the hand
soonest baby"
"Well, who won it?"
each kid got one vote."-Judgs.
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!. EXPECTED TO TALK,

EXPECTED TO TALK.
Nurse announcing the ezpec&ed)
--"Professor, It's little boy"
Z Professor (absent-mindedly) -
"Well, ask him what he wants. -
Boston Transcript.
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TOO WARN

"And have you clothes for all eli.
mates?"
"'Yes: except the one my husband
mentions when he gets the BILL
p;ols Mo TN
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SMOKE JOKE.
THE WAY SHE DOES.

THE WAY SHE DOES.
"she keeps her house in apple-pie
order"
'Yes, notice the atmosphere there
Is rather crusty." Arleri-
can.
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TRAMP AND sCHooLMARM.

There amt nothin' bad about rae.
missus," said the itinerant at the
back door.
"Noo" replied the lady with the
eyeglasses. How about your gramr
mar?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-16

HE, with her sweet
young enthusiasm,
told them of the
first Christmastide
of the Christ
Child Graded In
the manger because
there was no room
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the ring?"
"Well, yes. She said it was Nifty
piece of ice. e."-Washington Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-21
HAWAIIAN BOY HURT.

Captain Roswell Dwight Cutler of
the smart barkentine Klikitat, now in
port, in yesterdays mail received a
letter from his brother, the Rev. G. B.
Cutler of Boston. Rev. Mr.. Cutler
writes that he has discovered in the
Marine Hospital, Chelsea, suburb of
Boston, a young Hawaiian, Oliver Will
liams, or Olivia Williama, who is a
cripple through falling from the cross
trees of schooner and iniuring his
spine. He can walk, but will probably
never fully recover. He is without
funds, and wants to come home to Ha-
waii. He told the Rev. Mr.. Cutler that
he has an uncle on the Hawaiian Board
of Missions, and gave his uncle s name
as l.. K. Katani, or L. K. Kakaui.
Captain Cutler is interesting himself
in the case to look up the young man s
connections here. Perhaps his Ha-
waiian friends have not before known
of his condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-21

Tom Mckay Tells oil
Big Things to Come
for Hawaii.

Thomas D. Mckay, the original Tom
Mckay, he of the diamond front and
the glad hand, who makes two travel
ers go where only one and sometimes
less went before, is a passenger on the
Mongolia, on his way once more to the
Far East. He brings message of
cheer to Honolulu, stating that the eye
of the touring public of the mainland
west has been turned this way, and
that the tourists will soon be coming
Hawaiiwards in large numbers.
Mr.. Mckay is the travelling passen-
ger agent of the San Francisco Over
land route. the Pacihc Mail, the Occi-
dental and Oriental, and the Togo
Kisen Kaisha in the Orient, and is in
closer touch with the travelling public
than any other one man, having been
in the business for thirty years, and
hustled during every minute of that
time. He is also one of the best
friands Hawaii has, and keeps the Par
adise of the Pacific right side up in
his mind when he is displaying his
wares about the world
~ The particular message he brings at
present is that there is a possibility of
some special excursions being run down
here from San Francisco during the
time of the feet visit, excursion talk
that he did his best to push along
while on the Coast.
&fThere is good deal of talk on the
Coast about special excursions to Ho-
nolulu, TO leave San Francisco with the
fleet and to keep them in sight all the
way down., he said yesterday, "and
already number of people have sent
in applications for rooms.
elf these excursions are made, they
viii bring about FIVE hundred people
with them, and / am sure that Homo
Zulu win be greatly benefited by them
"In every city on the Pacific Slope
of any size, the people are all talking
Hawaii, and / think that during the |
next six months a large number of
Tourists win come here I know
throughout the Orient, Hawal is well
known, and / do all I can to persuade
people bound to the United States to i
stop off for at least one steamer and
see all the many things that are to be
IN here.
- Honolulu should be crowded the
year round with tourists, for / know
pf no other country in the world where
|the scenery and the climate is as
grand as it is here.
ia YOU had more frequent steam
(Continued on Page Four.1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-21

Encouraging reports Of operations in
the mahogany operations were made at
a meeting of the directors of the Ha-
waiian Mahogany Company held here
yesterday afternoon by w. w. Harris,
the manager of the company, who is
here from Hilo to discuss details of the
business with the directors. Among
the things reported by him is that all
ready one hundred and forty thousand
feet of koa lumber have been brought
down to Hflo for shipment, a part Of
which has already gone forward to
San Francisco, and that by July 1
there will have been half a million
feet delivered at tidewater ready to
go forward to the Coast for the filing
of an existing contract.
The small tie mill in Puma is now
working, turning out 250 ties day,
while a letter received in the mail yes
terday announced that the first car
load of the machinery for the big tie
mill, with capacity of $500 ties daily,
had arrived at San Francisco and was
being loaded on the Enterprise for de-
livery at Hilo.
Mr.. Harris reported that one of the
biggest difficulties that had to be en-
countered, that of securing an ade-
quate supply of water for the use of
the mill boilers at the particular spot
in Puma elected as the site for the
big mill, had been settled by the dis
covery of a pond near the site, from
which mile of pipe could be laid to
bring plenty of water to the mill. The
pond covers about an acre and has
an average depth of three feet and
this will give supply of practically
all that may be needed, although tanks
and reservoirs will be erected at the
millsite to catch whatever rainfall
there may be for reserve supply
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-21
REGULAR GAR SERVICE
WILL RESUME TODAY

"We have hopes of resuming our
regular schedules IN the morning. is
the report given out last night from the
office of the Rapid Transit Company.
As soon as possible tins morning the
boilers at the power house of the street
ear company, which were put out of
commission by double accident ON
Sunday, will be tested for leaks, and
If all is well, as the officials expect,
the regular car service throughout the
city will be resumed 1t is possible
that the full service will not be in op-
Grafton before eight or nine O'Clock,
however.
The three employees who were iniur-
ed through being scalded by the hot
water and steam when the boiler pipes
burst are reported to be getting along
nicely. -
The service yesterday was badly in.
terfered with, the cars running on
the main lines on twenty minute time.
being sadly crowded as a consequence
at all times, and jammed at the busy
parts of the day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-21

advertiser Correspondence, Copyright
by Frederic +. Haskin).

| Oy D. AAe1SEA11I}s
TOXIC, April 2.-The yellow Perili
What does it mean? Those who essay
to answer the question are divided into
two schools, one which declares the
Peril threatens the supremacy of Oc-
cidental civilization, the other which
asserts that there is no Peril.
Take the view of those ~no see dam
ger ahead: Since Japan has become. a
first-class military power and has
proved to the world that the lessons
in the use of the edged tools of the
white race may be thoroughly learned
by the yellow. there is alarm in the
minds OF the statesmen of every nation
of the Occident. In the whole of Asia
east of the Punjab there are less than
$50, 900 white people, not counting the
Russians, who exercise commercial ana
political dominion over eight or nine
hundred millions of Asiatics. Thus
Oriental political affairs are in state
off unstable equilibrium and a reao-
justrnent would involve the peoples of
the whole world
The whole political map will be
changed when the Oriental skaters
the prestige of the white race in Asia.
There is not a group of Asiatics any,
where from Tonquin to Chinese Tar
tary which does not know that Japan
has licked the boots off of Russia and
thereby proved it's eligibility to become
the Captain of the Yellow Host that
is destined to restore Oriental world
supremacy. China is awakening from
the sleep of centuries. and even the
caste-bouud millions of india are be-
ginning to feel the stirring of ma
tional spirit which will impel them to
break the European letters which bind
them.
In the entire history of the world the
possession 1of Asiatic trade and in
fiuence has always marked the flood
of Empire, while its loss has meant the
ebb of power. Three times since Mace
donia first placed European shackles
on Asiatic limbs has the Asiatic spirit
been powerful enough to threaten the
destruction of Europe-the Arab en-
pire of trade which sapped the foun-
dations of Imperial Rome; the fanatic
rule of Islam which crossed into Eu-
rope, overthrew the Byzantine Empire,
subdued Spain, and Knocked at the
very gates of Christian Rome; and the
Mongol Empire which extended its
into the heart of Europe,
overrunning Hungary and Poland. |
These things have passed away, ieav- |
ing only the Sick Man of Europe on |
the Bosporus as reminder. Since the I
advent of modern civilization and mod
ern diplomacy the Asiatic has been a |
subject race.
Continued on Page Seven1.