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Humorous department. SOMETHING OF A CASE. They went to see the family lawyer yesterday Mary Ann and her mother. Mary Ann was a little embarrassed, but the old lady was calmness itself. When they spoke About a breach of promise, the lawyer said : * "What evidence have you ?" "Mary Ann produce the letters," commanded the mother, and the girl took off the cover of a clothes basket, and remarked that she thought nine hundred and seven letters would do to begin with ; the other six hundred and fifty-one would be produced as soon as the case was fairly before the court. "And besides these letters ?" queried the lawyer. "Mary Ann, produce your diary," said the mother. "Now turn to the heading of 'promise,' and tell him how many times this marriage business was talked over." "The sum total is two hundred and fourteen times," answered the girl. "Now, turn to the heading of "Darling^" and give us the number of times he has applied that term to you." "If I have calculated rightly, the number is nine thousand two hundred and fifty-four a: m times. "I fancy you counted pretty correctly, for you are good at arithmetic. Now, turn to the heading of 'Newport Cottage,' and tell us how many times he has talked of such a home for you after marriage ?" "One thousand three hundred and ninetyfive times." "Very well. This gentleman wants to be sure that we've a case. How many times has Charles Henry said that he would die for you ?" "Three hundred and fifty," answered the girl. "How many times has he called you an angel ?" "Over eleven thousand, mamma." "How about squeezing hands ?" "Over three hundred and eighty-four thousand squeezes." "And kisses ?" "Nearly four hundred and seventeen thousand." "And about reading poetry, singing duets, and taking moonlight walks together ?" "The numbers are on this paper," said the girl, handing a slip to the lawyer. "That's our case," said the mother, as 9he deposited basket and diary on the lawyer's table. "Look over the documents, and if you want anything further I can bring a dozen neighbors to swear to facts. We sue for $10,000 damages, and we'll call again next week. Good day, sir." Comic. Mb. Greek Understood it. borne gooa stories are told of Thomas Reynolds, who began his duties as an associate justice of the supreme court of this State early in September, 1822. Not all of them are true, aud the one that follows has been denied, but it may be worth repeating, nevertheless. Governor Ford is authority for it: Judge Reynolds presided at a court in which a man named Green had been convicted of murder, and it became his unpleasant duty to pronounce sentence of death upon the culprit. He called the prisoner before him and said: "Mr. Green, the jury, in its verdict, says you are guilty of murder, and the law says you are to be hanged. Now, I want you and all your friends down on Indian creek to know that it is not I who condemns you, but it is the jury and the law. Mr. Green, the law allows you time for preparation, and so the court wants to know what time you would like to be hanged." The prisoner replied that he was ready to x- - ~ onnninf QIC Bt uuy lliue IUC vuuiv iui^uv ujjf/umv. The judge then said: "Mr. Green, you must know it is a very serious thing to be hanged; it can't happen to a man more than once in his life, and you had better take all the time you can get. The court will give you until this day four weeks. Mr. Clerk, look at the almanac and see if this day four weeks comes on Sunday." The clerk looked and found that it came on Thursday, and the court informed Mr. Green that he would be hanged on that day. The attorney general of the State, James Turney, wanted a more formal and impressive sentence passed, but the court replied: "Oh, Mr. Turney, Mr. Green understands the whole matter as well as ifl had preached to him for a month. He knows he has got to be hanged this day four weeks. You understand it in that way, Mr. Green, don't . you ?" Mr. Green said "Yes," and the court adjourned. Chicago News. His Experience. He registered at a Detroit hotel from Shiawassee county, and during the evening had a talk with the clerk on watch.* "How many boarders have you got here?" he asked. "Oh," said the clerk for a flyer, "about 300,1 should say." "All of 'em pay their bills ?" "You bet they do, or they wouldn't be here." "Pshaw, now, young feller, you don't mean it, do you ?" "Certainly, I do." Then he became conGdential. "I run a boarding-house in my town," he said; "leastwise my wife does, and we take keer of about a dozen the year round and have been doin' it for fourteen years." "Yes," encouraged the clerk," sis he hesitated a moment. "Yes; and I guess we've boarded people from every State and territory in the union, includin' the District of Columby." "Yes," nodded the clerk, as before. "And you say you've got 300 as pays their board reg'lar." "Yes." "Well, young feller, I'll give you $2.50 to tell me whereabouts you picked 'em up. I had an idee from my experience that there wasn'^300 poople on the whole face of the earth that paid their board bills reg'lar." Detroit Free Press. A Well-Matched Couple. A convict at a French penal settlement, who was undergoing a life sentence, desired to marry a female convict, such marriages being of common occurrence, rne governor 01 me colony offered no objections, but the priest proceeded to cross-examine the prisoner. "Did you not marrv in France ?" he asked. "Yes." "And your wife is dead ?" "She is." "Have you any document to show that she is dead?" "No." "Then I must decline to marry you. You must produce some proof that your wife is dead." There was a pause, and the bride prospective looked anxiously at the would-be groom. Finally he said : "I can prove that my former wife is dead." "How will you do so?" "I was sent here for killing her." Aud the bride accepted him, notwithstanding. . ^ He Lost Her. He had asked her to marry him, and was waiting impatiently for her asnwer. "Will you expect me to keep house?" she finally asked. "No indeed, my love; the servants will attend to all that." "You won't ask me to make the bread, or broil beefsteak ?" "Certainly not, my angel; we will have a cook." "And I will not be compelled to pound the washboard ?" "How can you ask the question ? No, no, no." "Then I cannot marry you. I have been brought up to do all those things, and I could not be happy in a life of idlenew." When he realized what a treasure he had lost, he went sadly to his luxurious home, and vowed to remain a bachelor forever. No Possible Escape. Mark Twain's interview with the Italian guide is recalled by this little incident. Verily, England has a high regard for the safety of the mortal remains of her heroes. When a prominent American was in Europe last he visited Westminster Abbey for the first time. As he was contemplating the tomb of Nelson, the guide said : "That, sir, is the tomb of the greatest naval 'ero Europe or the whole world ever knew Lord Nelson's. This marble sarcoughogous weighs 42 tons. Hinside that his a steel recepticle weighing 12 tons, and hinside that his a leaden casket, 'ermetrically sealed, weighing over two tons. Hinside that his a mahogany coffin, holding the hashes of the great 'ero." "Well," said the American, after thinking awhile, "I guess you've got him. If he ever gets out of that, cable me at my expense." Wagsidc $atkriw|s. 8 " The more people know the less they talk about it. 8 " An angry man opens liis mouth and shuts his eyes. t&T Hard and steady work is a good antidote for hard times. IA man is frequently known by the company he keeps out of. fWhat man is, will always depend upon what he believes God to be. VST There is a constantly growing demand f that other people be good. j. Govern your thought when alone and rj your tongue when in company. r J6T" The surest way to become poor in earn- ^ est is to try to keep all you get. ^ of To keep your own secret is wisdom, to I expect others to keep it is folly. 8 * The buildings of the World's Fair will 1 contain twenty-nine acres of glass. 1 86T" Circumstances are beyond the control of man, but his conduct is in his power. f t8T,A woman can win a man's love without trying, but she can't keep it that way. j 86T" The area of Boston is set down by the surveying department as including 23,707 t acres. ^ ~< ft m t\o o fori nirteen rons 01 pwui^c awiii^o uivi] said to have been sold in New York city last year. W&~It is not true that a horse has six legs, although he has fore legs in front and two behind. Mail matter is sent between Paris and Berlin, a distance of 700 miles, through pneumatic tubes. IST The rolling stock of the railroads of the United States is valued at at a billion and a half of dollars. BoF If you want to have power to mould other men, learn to control the man who wears your hat. S8F The secretary of war says the United States could put into the held an army of about 9,000,000 men. WoF "Paralysis ?" said an Irishman. "It's the disease that makes ye so that ivery time ye move, ye cau't stir." An exchange truly says that the grip is the only thing that can make some tough people feel meaner than they are. The letter I in the Chinese language | has 145 ways of being pronounced, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. | 16^ Name some of the most important things existing today thf.t were unknown 100 years ago." Tommy You and me. 46T "I have always wished," soliloquized the coroner, pensively "that I could have held this office immediately after the flood." | I@T Mrs. Gadd Does your boy take after you or his father? Mrs Gabb He takes after his father. You can never believe a a word he says. Life is earnest life is labor. Life is rest. Life is taxes. Life brings its ills, bills, doctor's pills. Very good. But without love, life is dead. I@~ "Are any of the colors discernible to the touch?" asked the school-teacher. "I have often felt blue," replied the boy at the head of the class. JST There is nothing that so promptly cuts short congestions of the lungs, sore throat, or rheumatism as hot water when applied thoroughly and promptly. I0T Those who are in a position to know say that cotton will not be worth more than '*"** "** fo?l if thprp w nnv IUUI Ul" ilYC tCUlO UVAV IU.I, * V..V.W .W J thing like an average crop made. IST" "How many men does it take to make s a full company, captain ?" asked the visitor t to camp. "One bartender can do it in two j hours," returned the captiain absent-mind- , edly." . \ tl&F True happiness never flows into a man, i but always out of him. Hence heaven is j sometimes found in cottages and hell in pal- ] aces. Heaven itself is more internal than external. j W3T God knows us so well that he distill- < guishes between our real wants and our fan- ] cied ones; and he so delights in giving that i he moves us to ask, that he may have the i joy of giving. i A very extensive domestic industry in ' Russia consists of the manufacture of wooden spoons, which are made to the amount of 1 30,-000,000 annually. They arc nearly all made of birch. W3T Contempt for holy things is the high ' road to infidelity. Once let a man begin to make jest of any pan of Christianity, and I am never surprised to bear that he is a downright unbeliever. Dauiel Webster was once asked: ( "What is the most important thought you ever had ?" He replied : "The most important thought I ever had was my individual , responsibility to God." ( W3T Watch crystals are made by blowing a spere of glass about one yard in diamter, after which the disks are cut from it by means f of a pair of compasses having a diamond at ] the extremity of one leg. Little girl of seven being asked why j she ate her tart all round the edge first, and j consequently got her fingers covered with i jam, answered reproachfully, "Meg, don't ! you know duty first and pleasure afterward." ! Adolpbus I want you to know, Ethel, i that my father is well disposed toward me, and will certainly give me a good send-off. Ethel That's just what pa has given every suitor of mine that he's found here after 10 j o'clock p. m. $3T A firm of morocco leather manufactu-11 rers in New York received from Arabia a J few days ago a quantity of camel skins, i: which it is said, is the first consignment of h camel skins ever brought to this country for ! commercial purposes. Wait N ow, if I understand correct-1j ly, the first principle of socialism is to divide : with your brother. Potts Then you i don't understand it correctly. The first! principle of socialism is to make your brother man divide with you. tSF Elderly Widow Well, there! I be-1' lieve I've made all the bequests I wish to ! make, still I find $10,000 remaining. Mutu-;1 al Friend Oh, that's all right. It will take j j all of that to prove you were of sound mind j ! when you made your will. | t8T Too often, as a very respectable looking professor of religion dashes by in his plueton, with his wife and daughters dressed in the most costly garments, the remark is | heard, "if I had what belongs to me he' would not cut such a dash." I W3F "I thought you advertised that you 1 were selling out at cost," growled the cus-1 ( tomer, throwing down the required twenty- \ five cents for a small package of note paper, j < "Yes, sir," replied the stationer briskly.! "That's right. We referred to our postage ! stamps. Wan't any V" tPractical Girl You wish me to marry you and to go to the far West to struggle for an existence on a timber claim. Do you not fear that when poverty comes in at the , door, love will go out at the window ? Ar- < dent Suitor No indeed. We'll live in a dugout, and there won t be any window. j 16?" It is said of C trdinal Manning that he was so careless in ] s dress as to be postively 1 shabby in appearai -e at times. They even i relate that on one occasion when he took a ' drunkard's bottle away on the street, the 1 wretch gazed at him a moment, and then ' ejaculated : "Take it, poor fellow, take it ;!: ye need it more than I do." j f S&~ It is a happy faculty which always !1 sees what is best in a man, and, if we search j1 for it, some good may always be discovered, j1 The trouble with most of us is that we are ! apt to magnify the faults and minify the virtues of those whom we do not especially i like, and wo conclude that the image of God has been so marred that nothing of the di- < vine life is left. *ar The Egyptians had a very remarkable j1 ordinance to prevent persons from borrowing t imprudently. An Egyptian was not permit- < ed to borrow without giving to his creditors in pledge the body of his father. It was! 1 deemed both an impiety and an infamy not j to redeem so sacred a pledge. A person who j t died without discharging that duty was deprived of the customary honors paid to the i dead. I * The carrier pigeon when traveling nev er feeds. If the distance be long it Hies on without stopping to take nutriment, and at last arrives thin, exhausted and almost dying. If corn be presented it refuses to eat, con- i tents itsely with drinking a little water, and t then sleeping. Two or three hours later it i begins to cat with great moderation, and . sleeps again immediately afterward. If its < flight has been very prolonged the pigeon t will proceed in this manner for forty-eight 1 hours before recovering its normal mode of a feeding. i VWWYuwW wmwnnw the ftomc Circle. A PETITION'. Give me the Holy Ghost To teach me to discern The wicked things I ought to shun, The good I ought to learn. Give me the power of prayer To move the arm of heaven, That I may find acceptance there With all my sins forgiven. BILLY MYERS'S MARE. One day Mr. Hunt, the temperance lectur:r, was making a hard assault on rum-drinkng iu a ncighbood where a Dutch distiller, lamed "Billy Myers," was a sort of king. This man was present aud continually interupting the speaker by saying in *a loud oice : "Mr. Hunt, money makes the mare ;o !" At first this raised a laugh which Mr. iuut took in good naturo. At last he stopped for a personal talk with lis tormentor, and said: "Look here, Mr. dyers, you say money makes the mare go, ind you mean that I lecture 011 temperance or money, don't you ?" ."Yes, that is what I mean, Mr. Hunt." "Well, Mr. Myers, you carry on a distilery, and you doit for money, don't you ?" "To be sure I do, Mr. Hunt; money makes he mare go." " * " J ifAll GOV T lmVA ft "Ana su iui. iujcis, jruii oi.j > ...... nare, and you have a mare, also; suppose ve trot them out together, and see how hey compare?" The meeting was in a grove, and the iharp lecturer knew a thing or two, and so he old distiller found out; for Mr. Hunt jointed to a young fellow who was quite Irunk and was steadying himself by a tree, md said: "Mr. Myers, who is that young 'ellow ?" The distiller started as if stung, is he answered : "That, is my son." "Your son, is he, Mr. Myers? He has >een riding your mare and got thrown, hasn't ie?" "And who is that young fellow sitting so Jrunk on that log out there ?" The distiller uttered an exclamation of real pain, as he said : "That is my son, too." "He is, is he?" said Mr. Hunt; "I guess ie has been riding your mare, also, and she ias kicked up and thrown him over her lead, hasn't she? Your mare must be a vicious, "dangerous brute, isn't she, Mr. Myers ?" The distiller could not stand it any longer, jut said : "Look'herc, Mr. Hunt, I won't say another word if you will let me off." Billy Myers's mare is a very dangerous jeast. She steps off very gayly at first, but she is sure to kick up before you are through ivith her. The man who starts out on that least is pretty sure to come home on foot, if lie gets home at all; which is by no means * ^ - J. T ! 11 __ inMA certain, uon i nue dui) jijasa iumc, selected. "Somebody Pays." A druggist in one of )ur large cities said lately: If I am prompt ind careful in my business, I owe it to a lesion which I learned when I was an errand>oy in the house of which I am now master. [ was sent one day to deliver a vial of raedi-1 ;ine just at noon, but being hungry, stopped o eat my luncheon. The patient, for lack >f the medicine, sank rapidly, and for some ;irae was thought to be dying. "I felt myself his murderer. The agony >f that long suspense made a man of me. I earned then that for every one of our acts >f carelessness or misdoing, however petty, some one pays in suffering. The law is the j nore terrible to me because it is not alwaysj :he misdoer himself who suffers." This law is usually ignored by young people. The act of carelessness or selfishness is >0 trifling, what harm can it do? No harm, apparently, to the actor, who goes happily on lis way; but somebody pays. A young jirl, to make conversation, thoughtlessly repeats a bit of gossip which she forgets the lext moment; but long afterward the womm whom she has maligned finds her good lame tainted by the poisonous whisper. A lad, accustomed to take wine, persuades i chance comrade to drink with him, partly jut of a good humored wish to be hospitable, partly, it may be, out of contempt for "fanitical reformers." He goes on his way, and never knows that his chance guest, having inherited the disease of alcoholism, continues to drink, and becomes a hopeless victim. Our grandfathers expressed this truth in a ivay of their own own : For the lack of a nail a shoe was lost; For the lack of the shoe the rider was ost; For the lack of the rider the message was lost; For the lack of the message the battle j was lost. But though we do not see it, we do well to remember that it is there; and to remind mrselves at the beginning of every day, that j 2ach careless act, each uukind word in it, i will be paid for, not by us, perhaps, but in | the want or pain of some one. r\,,ny au Vum AVUVNT "T Hfldmil find anybody out of work except those who are | looking for something that they arc incom- j petent to perform. A man who is able to j adapt himself to circumstances and take any | job which offers is never out of employment, | and it is only for a short time at most that he is obliged to do anything that is really beneath his ability. As soon as he demonstrates to his employer his fitness for a high-! er position, he is sure to be promoted. Those j who aspire to something above their ability, j however, are very numerous. Many of these i are actually ignorant of the fact that they j are unqualified for the kind of work they are seeking. It would be a mercy to many | such men if some one would tell them kindly I that their search is vain, because other men are better qualified to perform the duty they j aspire to than themselves, and will, therefore, j be preferred. There is many a man who i would make an excellent porter that fritters away his life as a lame excuse for a book-1 keeper." Business. The All-Seeing Eye. One day, the astronomer Mitchell was engaged in making some observations on the sun, and us it descended towards the horizon, just as it was setting, there came into the range of the great telescope, the top of a hill about seven miles away. On the top of that hill was a large number of appletrees, and in one of them were two boys stealing apples. One -vas getting the apples, the other was watching to make certain that nobody saw them, feeling that they were undiscovered. But there sat Professor Mitchell, seven miles! away, with the great eye of his telescope directed fully upon them, seeing every movement they made almost as plainly as if he had been under the tree with them. So it is often with men. But the eye of (iod is upon them, and not an action can be concealed.! There is not a deed, there is not a word, there is not a thought that is not known to Iliin. "When I was a little boy," said a gentleman one day, to a friend with whom he was talking, "I paid a visit to my grandfath- j er. He was an aged man and wore a velvet j cap, aud knee breeches with large silver j buckles at the knees. When I went to say good-bye to him, he took me between his j knees, kissed me kindly, and then, laying | bis hand on my head, he said: "My dear j boy, I have only one thing to say to you ;! will you try and remember it ?' I looked 1 bim in the face, and said, 'I will, grandpa.' i Well,' said he, 'it is this : Whatever you do,1 always do the best you can.' This was my , grandfather's legacy to me. It was worth j more than thousands of gold and silver. I j u>v r fnnrnt. his words, and have alwavs tried to act upon them." Boys. Treat your mother as politely its j f she were a strange lady. Be as kind and helpful to your sisters as to other hoys' sisters. Don't grumble or refuse to do some errand : ivhich must he done, and which otherwise j akes the time of some one who has more to i lo. Have your mothers and sisters for your j jest friends. Find some amusement for the evening that; he family can join, large and small. lie a gentleman at home. Cultivate a cheerful temper. If you do anything wrong, take your moth- i r into your confidence. Never lie about anything you have done, j SO?" The world has comparatively little lse for exceptionally brilliant men; but} here is plenty of room at the top, and all the vay down, for men of sound, common lense. Man}' a 'bright' man's blunders lim the radiance of his good things. No, he world is not hankering for more briliant men ; but it is greatly in need everyvhere of level-headed men who make few \ nistakes." j ihc audi fireside. Sleep in Sickness. Concerning sleep, in connection with sickness, there is a good deal of heresy regarding the matter, among otherwise well informed people. "Don't let her sleep too long!" "Be sure to wake him when it is time to give the medicine; it will be a great deal better for him not to sleep too long at one time!" How often we have heard these words to that effect, when, in fact, in nine cases out of ten, and very likely in ninety-nine cases out of the hundred, they are the exact opposite of the truth. Gentle, restful sleep is better than any medicine ; and how often, even how almost invariably, does the "change for the better," for which anxious friends are waiting so prayerfully, come (luring sleep making its first manifestation when the patient awakes with brightened eye, stronger voice, a faint tinge of returning health mantling the features, in place of the wan hue of threatening death ! In the words of Sancho Panza, we may well Bay, "Blessed be the man who invented sleep !" There are, of course, critical situations in which a troubled, imperfect sleep may properly be broken to administer medicines; but in these later days physicians, quite generally, give instructions that in case of restful sleep the patient is not to be awakened for the administering of medicines. .What an Egg Will Do. For burns and scalds nothing is more soothing than the white of an egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer as a varnish for a burn than collodion, and being always at hand, can be applied immediately. It is also more cooling than sweet oil and cotton which was formerly supposed to be the surest application to allay the smarting pain. It is the contact with the air which gives the extreme discomfort experienced from the ordinary accident of this kind, and anything that excludes the air and prevents inflammation is the thing to be at once applied. The egg is considered one of the best of remedies for dysentery. Beaten up slighily, with or without sugar, and swallowed a*; a gulp, it tends, by its emolient qualities, to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and, by forming a transient coating on these organs, to resume a healthful sway over a diseased body. Two, or at most three eggs per day, would be all that is required in ordinary cases ; and since an egg is not merely medicine but food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise and the quieter the patient is kept the more certain and rapid is the recovery. Salt for Moths. For moths salt is the best exterminator. The nuns in one of the hospital convents having tried everything i__ ...iii. 4. .,,,.1 (lioir ovnoripnee is jyjsrr SS'who go there, a,;d 8tr nger3, when dvinir there, often leave clothing, etc* had a room full of feathers which was sent there for pillow making, and they were m desnair as they could not exterminate the moths until they were advised to use common salt. They sprinkled it arou'id an in week or ten davs were altogether rid ot tne moths They afe never troubled now. n heuvy velvet carpets, sweeping them w.th -fas use the same thing, common dry salt. Rub a little of the salt with your fingers on tke hasin Often a soft scum is noticed m the basins in a marble wash-stand, in tlie batl m ; So "alt takes it off easily, and leaves the basin shining and clean. ABOUT PWBV^T FENCE well known Illinois fruit grower Mr. PaiK-cci Parle of Cobden while building an orchard fence several years ago, tried many plans for Mcesiuiu B i j ha(1 occath? Tr ditionof the posts as follows.Those set with no preparation were decaj ^ thick ffs "aledtilh'hotLr sound as when put in the ground nd those painted with petroleum and leroseine we ftnimllv as sound and as good for 9 "inK* l et the posts get thoroughly dry, and then with a pan of cheap kerosene and a whitewash brush, give the lower third oftheP stthe part to go into the ground two or three aDDUcations of oil. Let it soak each time. Posts so treated, Mr. Earle says,, w 1 n be troubled by worms or insects of any kind, and will resist decay to a remarkable degr . This he finds to be the simplest, easiest, cheapest ai^^me^dofpi^servation. ^ "Duty First, Pleasure Afterwarus." "A disagreeable old saw," did you say ? no0; When a boy, was asked how he became ink he rctilicd: "My father taught me never to play until my work was finished, and never to spend money until I had^earml it If I had hut one hour's work m a dn>, I must do that fust; after that I wws . W to play. Then I could play will uoie pleasure than if I had an unfinished task. It soon became easy to do so. How to Ski kc"M.Tananas. A _ steamer steward interviewed by tlie Democrat, says : Not one fruit I y hundred unless he lias been hi ought up 111 Ihet South, knows how to select baiumn* when purchasing them by the bunc 1. ^ very simple thing. Look at the tint I of the branch on which the banana. & If it is irrecn the bananas will ripen slowly and lusciously and will be of'good 1avor. If the end of the branch is black the banaii ^ themselves will blacken after a (11^ ifthev 1 an(i wiil ripen too fast and rot. Lv en it tliej are plucked the day after they are honght | and eaten, they will be mushy and the llat oi i will not he good. ^ I DmmiKiUA.-On~f my ehildiTii wrn | down with diphtheria, and was in a entita condition. An old man who heard of thi case asked if we had tried pmcappie j co We tried it. and the child got well. I ha\i known it tried in hundreds of cases I luj told my friends about it whenever I heard o I a case, and never knew it to fail. )ou gc a ripe pineapple, squeeze out the juice, an i let the patient swallow it. lhe juice so corrosive a nature that it will cut ou diphtheritic mucous, and if you will the fruit before it is ripe, and gnc t e juic( to a person whose throat is well, it make, the mucous membranes of Ins throat soie. To Pkkvkxt tub Packino of Salt. The tendency of salt to pack together m 1 cruets and containers may be entirely over ! come by thoroughly drying the salt and in timatelv minelintr with it a small percentag of dry cornstarch or arrowroot. From eighl to ten per cent, is amply sufficient for tlu most humid atmosphere (as on the sea coast' while a much less percentage of the starch is sufficient for ordinary use. A Word Audi t Stkwkd Fruits .This process is accomplished in a much more ap peti/.iug way in the oven than on top of tlu range. Put the fruit in a covered stone jar with sugar to taste and allow it to simmer ir the oven until tender. Fruit done in this way retai ns its flavor indefinitely better thai if done in the ordinary way,and does not have the "washed-out" look that is too often seei in stewed fruit. New York World. Curk for Frost Hitk. If the feet be come frost bitten, soak them for one-hal: hour in a strong solution of alum water, and if one application is not enough two will lu a cure. New York Journal. ppM jf|j ^AKlN*5 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A r ream of larlar Imkiiu; pow ler. Highest of nil ii leavening strength. Latest u. S. (ioverimienl Food JtejKirl. i pMOTHERS'l f FRIEND" j i Youns ! f Makes Child Biirlh Easy, j Shortens Labor, * t Lessens Pain, Endorsed by the Leading Physidans. f Book to "Mothers"mailed FREE. I 5 BRADFIELD REGULATOR 00. 0 ATLANTA, OA. 5 SOLD BY ALL DRUQQISTS. J March 25 7 eomly RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. C0~ a nviriuiov StJU'i'U t.vnwijiii/* PA SS EXO ER It EPA R TM EX T. fIONDENSED Schedule in effect Janunry IT, 1892. v> Trains run by 75th Meridian time: south bound. 1 NoT 8. | No. lb | NoT37* stations. Dally. Daily. Daily. Lv New York 12 15ngt 4 30 pm 4 : pm Lv Philadelphia 3 CO am 0 57 pm 0 57 pm Lv Baltimore 1 0 50am 9 45 pm 9 45 pm L\ Washington...- 11 10am 11 20pm 11 00pm Lv Richmond ! 3 00pm 3 20am 3 20am Lv Greensboro 110 25 pm 10 20 am 7 09 am Lv Salisbury '12 28am 12 05 pm 8 28am Ar at Charlotte 2 00 am 1 30 pm 9 35am Lv Charlotte 2 10am 1 50 pm Lv Rock Hill 3 03 am 2 43 pm Lv Chester. 3 44 am 3 28 l>m Lv Wlnnsboro 4 40atn 4 20pm Ar at Columbia...- 07 am 5 50pm Lv Columbia 25 am 0 ft pm; Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 7 53 pm LvTrenton 1 8 28 am 8 08pm Lv Granltevllie 8 55 nm; 8 36pm Ar Augusta 8 30 am 9 loptn Ar Charleston 11 20 am 10 0> pm -... Ar Savannah 1 6 30 proi 6 30am north bound. | No. 10. | No. 12. I No. 38* stations. ' Dally. | Dally. Dally. Lv Savannah 6 40 pm 8 00 am Lv Charleston 0 00 pm 0 OOanr Lv Augusta 7 00 pm 1 00pm Lv Granltevllie 7 55 pm 132pm Lv Trenton 8 38 pm 2 00pm Lv Johnston's 8 52 pin 2 13 pm Ar Columbia 10 40 pm 4 00 pm Lv Columbia. lOoOpm 4 10 pm: Lv Wlnnsboro 12 20 am > 37 pm< Lv Chester I Snm L'iSpm Lv Rock Hill 2 03am 8 07 pin! Ar Charlotte 3 to am 9 00pm " " Lv Charlotte ' OOum 9 . pm 9 20 pm Lv Salisbury 8 ,17 am 10 .15 pm 10 31 pm Lv Greensboro 10 30nin 11 38n,n 12 00 pm Ar Richmond 30 pm 7 40am .............. Ar Washington 9 40pml0 2>am 8 38am Ar Baltimore |S1 35pm 12 05 pm 10 Mam Ar Philadelphia 3 Warn 2 20pm 12 topm Ar New York 0 20am 4 oOpm' 3 20 pm Vestlbuled limited. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On trains 9 and 10 Pullman sleeping cars between Danville, Va., and Augusta, Uu.; and Augusta, Ga., and Greensboro, N. C. On Trains 11 and 12 Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington and Augusta. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with \\ ashlngton and Southwestern Vestlbuled limited _tmln_ No. 38, northbound, and Vestlbuled train No. 37, soumbound. For detailed information as to local and through time tables, rates, and Pullman slccplng-cnr reservation, confer with local agents, or address Jas. L. Tayixjr, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlunta, Ga. w. A. Tdhk, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. Dodson, Superintendent, Columbia, 8. C. W. H. Gkf.kn, General Manager, Atlanta, Gn. Sol. Hash, Truffle Manager, Atlanta, Ga. February 5 5 tf C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger trains from Le <5 nolr, N. C., to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to Lancaster, dally except Sunday, taking effect January 17,1892. south bottnn. | No. 11. Leave Lenoir. ! 7 loam Leave Hickory j 8 25 am Leave Newton i 9 (Warn Arrive at Llncolnton, I 9 55 am Leave Lincolnton 10 03am Leave Dallas ,10 50am Arrive at Gastonia, '110:1am Leave Gastonia 11 08am 1 Leave Clover 11 -19 am Leave Filbert, 12 07 pm Leave Yorkvllle 12 22 pm 1 Leave Guthrlesvllle 112 40pm Leave McConnellsville 12 55pm Leave Lowrysville ' 1 13 pm Arrive at Chester 1 45pm VrtHTH "ilOUND. | NO. 12. Leave Chester 11 50 am . Leave Lowrysvllle 12 20 pm Leave McConnellsvllle 12 37 pm Leave Guthrlesvllle 12 40 pm Leave Yorkvllle 1 09 pm Leave Filbert, 1 20 pm i Leave Clover 1 44 pm ArrlveatGastonlu, 2 24pm Leave Gaston I a 2 45 pm Leave Dallas 3 08 pm Leave Ltncolnton 3 44 pm Leave Newton 4 40 pm Leave Hickory 5 20 pm Arrive at Lenoir .. I! 30pm No. 9. | Chcraw C'liewter. | No. 10. 3 45pm Leave CHESTER Arrive 10 43am 4 25pm KNOX'S 10 03am 1 4 47pm! inCHBUKG 9 40am 5 10pm HAHCCMVILLE 9 25am 5 3.3pm FOF.T LAWN 9 00am 0 22 pm Arrive LANCASTER Leave ! 8 20am J AS. L.TAYLOR, Gen .Pass. Agt.j Atlanta, Oa. W. A. TURK, Ass't Gen. Pass. Ag't., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. DODSON, Superintendent, Columbia, 8. C. W. II. GREEN, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga. t SOL HASS, Trafllc Manager, Atlanta, Ga. December 23 40 tf ij France, t a home ill. the mountains of j. (Georgia, the entree of I' Savannah Society r and a Moonshiner for a lover. What more could a beautiful t and romantic girl require to 5 make her an enchanting heroine? She figures in ; His Second Campaign, j Dur new Serial Story, by MailJ rice Thompson. You will miss ) many moments of pleasure if i you fail to read it. , Illustrated and Gopyrlahted. PAVILiIOlNr HOTEL. Kixc; STKKMT, < 'linrioNton, K. ' mills HOUSE has been recently, NEWLY 1 I 1 FITKNISIIKD AND KEI'A I NT ED, IS I \ i.t.v LOCATED ON KING ST., i NKXT TO THH ACADFM V OK Ml'SIC. . HOOMS LAKOK AND niKKKFl'L. TA: HLK KXCKLLKNT. K. T. O AIDLAKD. /T-tf" Hates $1.50, $2.00 ami $2.50 per day. October 14 'if! ly . SlIAFTINC; AND I'I'MiMVS l'OR SAM!. f FKI5T one iiich-aml-u-half XHAFTI jiV/ INC; '! Hangers, 14 indies drop ; 2 < 'one l'ul leys one of four speed and tin" other of three; ! anil two sets of Collars. For Stile at a Bargain. Apply to lu M. tJHIST. , November 25 42 tf DO YOU WANT A GOOD llOBSI.f ITtolt stile, a good lU OOY AND SADDLK 1 1IOBSK. Apply to D. M. tilt INT. Kebruary.'i 5 tf (The ^ovhvillc tDnqiiivct'. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TDBMW OK St' IJS( 'III PTION : Single cojiy for one year, $ 'i OO (>no copy for tw o years, .'I SO For six months I OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year, SO Ten copies one year, II SO And an extra copy for a club of ten. A OVKBTISKM DNTK . Inserted at Dim Dollar per square for the lirst insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by eight lines of this size type. I >** Contracts for advertising space for three, > six, or twelve months will be made nit reasonable term. FACTS AND FIGURES. THE statement that the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York furnishes life insurance atlessthan half the rates charged by the old line life insurance companies, has been repeatedly made in these columns during the past ten months, and scores of newspaper articles from the editorial columns of leading American newspapers statements that cannot be bought with money niul last, but not least, voluntary and unconditional endorsements from prominent citzons all over the land, have been laid before the readers of this paper, and now we propose to give a few facts and figures and defy ajjy man to prove that they are not absolutely correct. The 20 Year "Endowment" Policy. Now, in order to make our meaning clear, we will take first the case of an insurable man or woman of the age of 40 and compare the difference in cost between what the old line companies designate as a "Twenty Year Endowment Policy" the kind a great many sensible men are deluded into taking for 310,000, and a "Ten / Year Distribution Policy" in the Mutual Reserve Fund Lifo Association for a similar amount. < We find by reference to the rate table of a leading old line company that their charge per 91,000 of insurance under the "endowment system" is J $53, or #>30 for 810,000. By reference to the rates of the Mutual Reserve, we find that its rate is 810.20 per 81,000 or 8102 for 810,000. Wo further find that the annual difference in cost in favor of the Mutual Reserve on 810,000 insurance is 8308. Now if you will take your insurance in the Mutual Reserve and put the difference in cost between it and the old line company in a stocking or bury it in th9 ground each year for twenty years, you will at the end of that time have saved 87.300 in clean cash. And on the other hand, if you will take your $308 and invest it each year at 5 per cent., (is that too high?) at the end of five years your saving and interest will amount to 92,134; at the end of the fifteenth year to 88,338; at the end of the twentieth year, 812,769; so it will be seen, the natural investment of the difference of cost would amount to 812,709, or 82,769 more than the face of the endowment policy for which you would have been paying. In case of death at the end of the tenth year, the benefitsaccruing under the Mutual Reserve plan, to the estate of the de 1 1 -1 ~ 4 Ortl . / !aof K nnnnr nn ceaseu, wuuiu uu 511,001, ouumu uu> i u^u. the twentieth year, the estate would receive $22,- 1 889 as against $10,000 from the level premium : company. ] Now if the theory of chance is taken into con- 1 sideration and the assured realizes that there are 1 two chances to one that he will not survive the \ twenty years, should he keep up his insurance, the fallacy of endowment insurance in the light of the facts given is self-apparent. 1 The "Twenty Payment" Policy. We will now take another form of policy that 1 is very popular with a jjreat many wlto go in without investigating. It is called the "TwentyPayment Life Policy." We will use the same age 10 and the same amount $10,000 as in the first illustration. Wo find that the rate charged by the old line companies for this kind of policy is $.'19.80 per $1,000, or $'198 for $10,000. Deduct $162 the Mutual Reserve rate for a $10,000 policy from $198 and the result is $236. Should the insured live to the expiration of his twenty years, lie would receive from the level premium company a paid up policy of $10,000. The dill'orence of premium in favor of the Mutual Reserve at 5 per cent, would have amounted to $7,915. The interest 011 $7,915 at 5 per cent, would be $395.75 a year, of which amount $162 would continue to carry the $10,000 policy in the Mutual Reserve and leave a balance of $233.75 annually in addition. In case of death during or after the twentieth year, his estate, in addition to the $10,000 received from the Mutual Reserve, would be worth at least $7,915 more than it would have been had ho bought the old line company's "Twenty Payment Life Policy " necessary to carry the illustration any further? Does it look to you as if a man in his ri^lit mind, after I10 knows that he can buy a certain article of exactly the same value as the one he has been buying, at less than half the cost, will continue to buy the high priced article? Another great auvantange of the Mutual Reserve system is that it places insurance that insures, within the reach of persons of moderate means. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association writes policies in any amount from $1,000 to $10,000. Its rates range all the way from $13.80 for a person of 25, to $43.08 for a person of 00. J. S. HK1UK, uenerai Agent, Yorkville, 8. C. ^C,B^ ?+X% * r\ a QUANO MANUFACTURED BY The Wilcox & Gibbs Gnano Co. CHARLESTON, S. C., iff cod -^e^v Jvrwd!,ifa, November 18 41 4m DOES THIS INTEREST YOU ? o A $45 Sewing Machine for $16. A $50 Sewing Machine for $18. A $55 Sewing Machine for $22.50. A $60 Sewing Machine for $23.50. "\rKM, wo moan exactly what wo say. Wo are X ill a position to furnish Machines that are equal in every particular tyle, finish, durability, liffht running, quality ot work or anything else to any sewing machine on the market. The $16 Machine is a Low Arm Singer. The $18 Machine is a High Arm Singer. The $22.50 Machine is a High Arm and is named the Peerless. The $23.50 Machine is a High Arm and is j none other than the celebrated Hartford. We will not attempt to give a detailed description of each machine, but will simply say that every machino we sell is warranted for FIVE; years from date of sale and GUARANTEED TO | GIVE PERFECT SATISFACTION, or monoy will lie refunded. O' uld a dealer or agent who charged you 84">, $50, $55 or $00 for a machine! make any fairer otter? Tin; Yokkvillk En- J quiKKK will be sent for one year without extra charge to every purchaser of a machine of either style. An illustrated circular giving a full and accurate description of each of the four styles of machines, and all necessary information, will be mailed to anv wno may wmu iwi u. * . card will bring it. LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. THE PARISH HOTEL. W" EN you come to Yorkville, you are in vited to stop at T1IE PARISH HOTEL. YOlT WILL RE ROYALLY TREATED. The building is located in the business portion j of town. The rooms are large and provided I with every comfort and convenience. ! THE TARLES are supplied with THE REST j the season affords, prepared by experienced ! cooks, and served by polite and lively waiters. | LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for commercial j j men. We study to please. Mrs. G. PARISH, Manager, j March 4 4 . tf | LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. I WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have j returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give liny personal attention to the LIVERY AND I FEED STAPLES so long conducted by me. Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to receive a share of the same. MY OMNIBUS i Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers j to all departing trains, or from the trains to any i part of town. FOR FUNERALS. i 1 I have an elegant HEARSE and also a t'LAR| ENCE COACH which will be sent to any part ! of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. i Buggies ami other Vehicles On hand for sale, bargains in either new or second-hand vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED j At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where ' they will receive the best attention. * F. E. SMITH. I I>. K. HINI.KY. J. S. IIKIl'K. FIN LEY it lilt ICE, ATTORNEYS AT I.AW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. ()FFIFE IN THE RUILDING ATTHE REAI{ OF M. A H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. January 7 1 tf THE YORKVILl FOR : MMMM PRIM ED J THE LOCAL NEWS OF YORK ASPECI NOW IS THE TIME ^100.00 IN CM PREMIUMS FOR Premiums for Other Clubs of all Sizes Rang thus Rendering it Almost Impossible J ENQUIRER Without Being liberall * quirer. SI 99r ^Iv' Tlie paper Sb 88^B 'l- W' Sfea was establishMBBl ?. "i .awljBW* ed in January, 18.V), and will, therefore, enteron the thirty-eighth year of its publication witli.the issue of JANUARY fl, 1892, and although our mechanical facilities for producing a first class paper have always l>een adequate, we now claim tiiat they are equal to those of any county newspaper in the United States. It will he the aim of the management in future, as in the past, to publish a first-class, high-toned, reliable family newspaper one suited to the wants of the intelligent and progressive people of York and 'surrounding counties. The paper will continuo to present the same handsome appearance that has always been one of 1 its leading attractions. It is now the largest [ county newspaper in South Carolina that is ' printed entirely at home. THE ENQUIRER having intelligent, trustworthy and wide-awake special correspondents in York and adjoining counties, hut'little transpires in which tho people generally are interested, that is not promptly made known through itscoluinns. Resides this, it shall continue to be our aim to watch carefully alter everything that is calculatedlto make known to the outside world the business advantages and natural resou rces possessed by York oounty agricultural, mineral and climatic and when we say York county, we do not mean any particular section of it, or any particular class of people; but THE WHOLE COUNTY AND ALL THE PEOPLE. We shall, in addition to local affairs, give such attention to matters inside and outside the State, as is likely to be of interest to our readers and keep them well informed as to what is transpiring in our own and other lands. While the local and general news departments of the paper will be carefully looked alter, all the features which have given THE ENQUIRER a distinctive character from the first day of its publication will be maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories and serial stories from the best writers; every week a column of fun and humor; carefully selected and seasonable articles intended for the benefit the farmer and housewife; articles for the young people, the object of which is to assist them in becoming good men and women and ornaments to society; besides articles, by the publication of which, it is hoped, the men, women and children who read TIIE ENQUIRER will be better, happier and wiser. To recapitulate: It is our aim to print a highiiflu'av fumilv miner: one that is RELIABLE, and one whose weekly visits will always be looked forward to with pleasure by its patrons. Terms of Subscription Postage Free. Single Copy, one year, $2 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 50 One Copy, two years, 3 50 One Copy, six months, 1 00 One Copy, three montns, 50 Ten Copies, one year, 17 50 And one copy, one year, to the person making a club of TEN at 31.75 for each subscriber. Payment is required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. For the three largest clubs of subscribers at The Best Bargain Ever Ofl IA $45 SEWING M intn/niNc; oxe yeak'S sub* WE have marie sneli arrangements as enable u r i r i v i.'s nt lower rates than ever before i ers the advantage of the unprecedented lmrgai | Tins Machine is made after the latest models in shape, ornamentation and appearance. All the Singer, and are constructed of precisely the i The utmost care is exercised in the selection of t is purchased. Each Machine is thoroughly welli ness, and no Machine is permitted by the inspect tested and proved to do perfect work, and run lip THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE has ance Wheel, so constructed as to permit windip Machine. The Loose Balance Wheel is actuated by a sol to the shaft outside of the balance wheel, which 1 spring. When a bobbin is to be wound, the bol wheel, and turned slightly to the right or left, m tilled. Where the Machine is liable to be mode the wheel when not in use, so that the Machine ci The thread eyelet and the needle clamp are ma convenience. Each Machine Is Furnished Wi I Foot Ilcmmcr, i> Hemmcrs, all different I Gauge, 1 Tucker, 1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter, 1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil, The driving wheel of this Machine is admitted venient of any. The Machine is self-threading, 1 made of the best material, with the wearing part* has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawer warrant every Machine for live years. This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS to THE YORKYILLE KXlJl'IKKlt ut $1.75 en each, anil $tt.OO additional. Price, including one year's subscription to Til I Our price 81G.OO is for the Machine well crate all attachments and accessories. The Machine v maker, as the case may be, and the freight will h I The manufacturers write us that the freight to ai 11Tt'iiiif, ,,c fri'iirlit station if dilfcrent from pi* March US I GARRY IRON RO Manufactures all kinds of an IKON KOOFIX;, AyrfJat ( CltlMI'KI) ANII COltUl liATKI) SIIIINO, JSfuBVPrGvA Iron Tile or Shingle, j KIKK l'KOOK IXIOItS, SlirrrKKS, I THK LAKtiKST MAM FACTI KKKS ( jp-ii* Orders received liy L. M. I Sit 1ST. Mar *li IS im)i:ktakin<;. I AM handling a first class line of COFFINS AND CASKFTS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all horn's. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture atreasonalile prices. J. KD J KFFKItVS. .E ENQUIRER L8&2I m m tm, AND ADJOINING COUNTIES ALTY. TO SUBSCRIBE! THE THREE LARGEST CLUBS. - ing from Sixty Down to Five Subscriber*, for a Club-Maker to Work for THE y Eepaid fdr the Labor Expended. |1.7o for each subscriber, we offer THREE CASH PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to INK HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest club, Fifty Dollars. For the second largest club, Thirty Dollars. i v>r thn third largest club. Twenty Dollars. To EVERY person who may obtain a club ot iixty or more names, but who may fail to secure >neof the three Cash premiums, we will give as compensation, one Chicago Singer Sewing Machine, described elsewhere in this paper, or if ;he person entitled to the Sewing Machine does lot want the machine, we will give one Fifty Tooth Evans Steel Frame Smoothing Harrow; or f the Harrow is not wanted, we will give one 11 cwel Elgin Watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face silver case. The retail price of tne watch is ' ^ 124.00. Either the Sewing Machine, Harrow or Watch will be delivered free of expense for transportation. To every person who may obtain a dub of FORTY and less than sixty, but who fails to receive one of the three cash premiums, ive will give one 7 jewel Elgin Watch in a Fay's just proof open face case. This watch usually retails at about $13. To every person who may lb tain a club of THIRTY ana less than forty mbscriliers, but who may fail to obtain one of the three cash premiums, we will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one 7 jewel, open faced American Standard Watch in a Fay's dust proof case. This watch would be considered a bargain at 810. [Offers for clubs of TWENTY and TEN will be found below.] For a club of FIVE and less than ten subscribers, we will give as compensation for securing the names, one 30 Hour Nickel Alarm Clock, worth 81.75. To persons who make up clubs of ten and less than twenty names, we will send THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to those who send a club of twenty, and less than thirty names, wo will forward THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, tne publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. The time fixed for completing clubs under the al>ove offers is limited to 1 o'clock p. m., on MONDAY, the 8th day of MARCH, 1892. CONDITIONS. No name will be counted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price uas been paid. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same postofilce. Names may bo taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible lor the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drown on the Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, give postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmakcr, who will be credited with each name x Al 4 annl Kv ODV AT1P TiAKUin 86111. 80 limit IUU nuiuuoi dvuv *~*j v..v can be ascertained at,a moment's notice . Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the names have been entered on our books, to transfer the names to another club-makers' list. The time in which additions maybe made to clubs under our propositions will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OF MARCH, 1892, except the offer made with regard to the buggy, whicn expires on the 2nd MONDAY OF FEBRUARY. 1892. Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pav for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time, it will not be furnished for less than $2.00 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to h, M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. fered in Sewing Machine?]. ACHINE FOR $16"- , iCKIPTION TO THE iiNdUIRER. h to offer the CHICAGO SIXGERSEWING M At'or a GOOD MACHINE,ami we offer our readns. of the Singer Machines, and is a perfect facsimile the parts are made to gauge exactly the same as same materials. he materials used, and only the very host quality nude and is fitted with the utmost nicety and exactor to go out of the shops until it has been fully ;ht and without noise. a very important improvement in a Loose Halg bobbins without removing the work from the id bolt passing through a collar securely pinned >o!t is lirtnly held to position by a strong spiral t is pulled out far enough to release the balance here it is held by a stop-pin until the bobbin is lied with by children, the bolt can be left out of mnot be operates! by the treadle, do SELF-THREADING, which isa very great itli the Following Attachments: widths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot Rutllcr, 1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw' 1 Check Spring, 1 Hinder, 1 Instruction Hook, ft Dobbins. to be the simplest, easiest running and most conlas the very best tension and thread liberator, is i hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It s ami a ri-iiiLT sw 111|4 uruw n. uiu iiiiiiiuminii m A PR KM I I'M FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers eli; or lor THIRTY yearly subscribers at l.7f> 14 YORKYILLK KXtjriRKR, ?HI.OO. il, anil delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with lill be shipped direct to the subscriber or elube paid by tlie person who receives the Machine, ly point in this section will average about 1 .*><>. it olliee address. L. M. ORIST, Yorkville, S. ('. tf OFING COMPANY, cn I HON OKI-: PA I XT And Cement. and Price l.ist No. 7">.' IF IKON ROOFING IX THE WORLD. i; tr r.XCIIANGi: IJANK. Yorkville S. C. T. S. .1 I4FFF.RYS President. .Ids. F. WALLACK Viee-Preshlent. FRANK A. (HLRKRT, Cashier. Organl7.e<l Septeiiiber 1, 1HM7. rp!110 RANK will receive Deposits, buy and 1 sell Fx change, make Loans and do a general Ranking Rusiness. , The ollicers tender their eourteous services to A its patrons and the public generally. A I j:-0" Ranking hours from ! A. M. loft. P. M. Am | .lanuarv 7. lsix>. is tf MA I