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rgawurows gcjjartmrut.1 Tended Strictly to Business.?Some I men, when placed in a position of trust i j want to show their authority, and manage Se to make it unpleasant to others with whom j they have business. One of these sufferers jc wanted to get even, and saw that the official . tended strictly to business. .' At a small railway station out West, a 1 short time ago, the following amusing inci- ' dent occured: The statiou master, who is es noted for his affability of manner, while ex- 1 aming tickets, came across a cattle dealer, en well-known in the district, who held a season I ticket. The station master being aware of tfc this, usually passed him without troubling j him to show it. On this occasion, however, y< he ordered him, in a not very polite manner, jj to produce it, adding, in a severe tone : < "Mind, I want to see it everytime you ^ stop at this station." Of course the ticket v< was produced, examined, and the official *, passed on looking very important and self- " satisfied. A few days later, as the early morning train drew up at the platform at 3 a. m., a passenger accosted the solitary por- ' ter on duty, and asked for the station mas- m ter. cc "He is in bed* sir," replied the porter. 1 "Tell him I want him," said the passenger, la The porter at first declined to disturb him, but on being told that it was the station 1 master's own wish, disappeared, and, after as some delay, returned, closely followed' by th the station master, who was audibly growl- j ing at being brought out of bed in the cold, tr On going to the carriage he was confronted ci by his old friend, the cattle dealer, who j handed him his season ticket, politely asking ^ him to examine it, at the same time remind- ^ ing him that he had a few days ago express- . ed a wish to see it "every time he stopped ,: at the station." Something Happened.?Some people are ' superstitious aud are always on the lookout for bad and good signs before commencing 1 any business. Others laugh at their fears, ' and never think of signs unless something "l happens. *E "Ever sit down at a table where there J were just 13?" asked the man in the ulster, ha "Once," replied the man with the fierce di mustache. 1 "Well, you never observed that any bad Y luck followed it, did you ?" th "Why?haw?yes. Bad luck for most of j the 13." hi "Any of them die?" su "Not that I know of. Never heard of any of them dying." ^ "Not enough victuals to go round?" quer- aE ried the man with the snub nose. "Who's talking about victuals?" There ? wasn't any victuals." 8P "I thought you said you sat down to a table where there were 13 persons ?" * "That's what I said. The table was in a lawyer's office. It was a meeting of credit- hi, ore. There were 12 of them. I was the I other man." ""3 There was a long pause, and then the ni man with the baggy trousers inquired : I "In what way did tho meeting prove un- re lucky, if I may ask ?" to "None of 'em ever got a shilling out of | me," answered the man with the fierce mus- n tache, heaving a deep sigh. * ? * it. Real Liars These.?The recent cold g snap has developed the usual crop of liars jn, that naturally shows up on extraordinary ^ occasions. The Mt. Airy (N. C.) News says so that two good old men who live iu the shad- a ow of the famous Pilot mountain, were dis- . cussing the recent freeze. One said he had gt( an old rooster which was roostiug that cold g. Saturday night in the top of a tree. Sometime during the night he raised himself up ? on his feet, opened his mouth and began to f? crow. While in the act of crowing he froze. Next day he thawed out, and to the utter astonishment of the family, immediately be- ? gan to crow where he had left off the night >s before, giving utterance to tho last half of y? the crow. 'a> The other good man said that when he t went to bed that night, by accident he left a cit lamp burning. Next morning he noticed wi that the lamp was still burning and attempt- di< ed to blow it outfs^o his surprise and con- g sternation hejbund that he could not do so. er< pppv?-?Jfe then took off the chimney and discover- wt ed that the oil, wick and flame were all fro- fai zen. He took off the burner, cut the flame ? / off the wick and threw it out into the yard, R | j where it remained uutil 2 o'clock before it ro, f tnawea. cai Sound Reasoning.?The difference be- ? tween common sense and mathematics was illustrated in a remark which Tommy . ? Jones?who is not exceptionally bright, but just a common, natural boy?made in his ? class at school the other day. "e It was'the class in mental arithmetic. The teacher asked Willy Smith : na "Which would you rather have, Willy, ? half an apple, or eight-sixteenths of an ap- an pie?" It "Would'nt make any difference," said l>y Willy. fit \ "Why not?" cig "Eight-sixteenths and one-half are all the pij same." a i At this reply Tommy Jones, who was $ several steps father down the class, sniffed thi scornfully. The teacher heard him. ju "Well, Tommy," said she, "don't you ch agree with Willy?" ~ "No'ra," said Tommy. "I'd a good deal , rather have one-half an apple." ??\ "And why, please?" . u "More juice. Cut up half an apple into .? eight sixteenths, and you'd lose half the 10 ?. juice doing it!" * - _ yoi What Spoiled the Coffee.?At last we ?es have an infallible rule for coffee, and though . it comes from an unknown source, it is war- we ranted to please the most exacting epicure. ? t . ? r_n is ] it runs ua luiiuuo. ? Bridget is an excellent cook ; but like most bri women of her profession she is opinionated ca* and insists upon making all her dishes strictly according to her recipes. Her mistress & gives her full swing, uot only as to cooking, str but as to the purchase of supplies. wh The other day her mistress said to her : for "Bridget, the coffee you are giving to us is cor very good. What kind is it?" g "It's no kind at all, mum," said Bridget, on "It's a mixture." gjv "How do you mix it ?" cat "I make it one-quarter Mocha and one- 12( quarter Java and one-quarter Rio." g "But that's only three quarters. What do i<]e you put in for the other quarter?" - w;, "I put in no other quarter at all, mum. pa] That's where so many sphiles the coffee, mum?by putting in a foorth quarter.?Kansas City Star. o* _ cos AM IhMHMtKAKsiNu Conversation.? i thi ^^^^^T(^uth says a good joke is related uW the|??fxpeiiM" of a modest youi>" 4CWbT| W paper man, wliicn is m...^f>?^^rounds,\and j pa! ' "is credited to "Kx." Tf is to the effect t\at I cja 7*the pusher of the pencil went out to report a , a party the other evening where the home ' tj? had recently been blessed with a new baby.' ^ Accompanied by his best girl, he met the (rn hostess at the door, and after the usual salu-1 ^ tations, asked after the new baby's health. ^ . The lady, who was quite deaf and suffering ; tJj( . - ' with the grip, thought he was asking about her cold, and she told him that, though she ! < ? .u:? Ua1 fii visually tiad one every wuuci, una ?<*o i..v. worst one she ever had ; it kept her awake j do at night, and confined her to her bed. j '0I Then, noticing that the scribe was getting' hri pale and nervous, she said that she could he tell by his looks that he was going to have ; CI> \one just like hers, and asked him to go in g. and set down. The paper was out as usual ho the next week; but the local editor has mo quit inquiring about babies. ' of A A Division ok Rksponsbii.ity.--On the an A outskirts of one of our Southern cities there I g , used to he an old colored blacksmith who js did a thriving business, but who, in an evil e,. hour, took to himself a young man as a' jj, partner. The money matters of the concern j)e ' soon became so involved that the old man 1 j begged for a release, but the young man as- j ^ sured him that the law in the case of partnership was so peculiar that it couldn't be ? broken. Six months later, when the younger nt '^^rtner was away, the old man consulted a J'4 \ found out the truth, and nailed up v flowing placard: 1 J' \ A, partnership heretofore resisting be- s'1 \ lV'h va'1 Davis and myself is nowre-j Y\ Dav* \lia owes *'ie ''nn w'" oall on me. j { \ \ ls,\riii owes will call on Micnh Si WA ? _ Ij,, e c'ub\c you last night, Thomas?'' cc \ic vyOU^rn\l? y?u ask ?'' "Because, in Vj".01' an\ou said that a man had ! si r (he torn ]V the wind was 'shorn-i w ^auside Gatherings. !? I?" Obstinacy is the heroism of little minds, j l?" Rails GO feet long ure now in use on , weral railroads. i Tl,< J?" Beware of little expenses, as small; aks sink big ships. 1 J?" The easiest way to appear wise is to tim ?ep your mouth shut. Me t?A man who will not reflect and, if nec- car sary, repent, is a ruined man. am J?" He must be a very thorough fool who in learu nothing from his own folly. J?" When the best things are not possible, jJCC ic best may be made of those that are. ^ I?* The ordinary life of a locomotive is 30 dUs ?ars. Possibly it would live longer if it t0 dn't smoke. eml I?" An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is int< itter than a pound of explanation after mo )u have said it. pre t?" A weak mind is like a microscope, auf - - ? 11 l I Mm hich magnifies trilling mings, uuv wu..^ ----ceive great ones. tril: V3F Bear and forbear are the two bears of j311* atrimony, not to speak of little troubles "fe instantly bruin. f},n rise for information," said a legis- in* tor. "Glad to hear it," said a bystander ; ^ lobody needs it more." iWhen it comes to paying campaign ^ec isessments, the deeper you are in politics t ie more you are out. 0f t?" When terrified, the ostrich is said to Th< avel at the rate of 25 miles an hour, and by ears 12 to 14 feet at a stride. tt C1 V8TA student, asked by a professor how 5,01 s would discover a fool, answered, "By the $50 lestions he would ask." the; l^"God, who keeps his word with the une rds and fishes in their migratory instinct, gat ill keep his word with man. tern \8T A. bare coffin without a flower, and a ?nn neral without a eulogy, are preferable to a lu c Ie without love and sympathy. a st V&T The Suez canal is only 88 miles long, j.)Ut it it reduces the distance from England to .ou idia by sea nearly 4000 miles. iSTThe entire world raised 12,000,000 waj iles of cotton last year, and Texas pro- e(j "j iced one-fourth of this amount. ^ IThe new bonds are known as tho "New can ankees" in London, while in New York jq ( ey are called the "Grovers." jDa< !?" He is happy whose circumstances suit aid s temper; he is more excellent who can V it bis temper to circumstances. it is &" In most parts of Syria, Palestine and opii rabia fig trees and date palms are counted tica id a tax is levied on each tree. as t ^"If you can see nothing but the bad Pr0' ut your eyes. Better be blind than uu- 118 I ?le to see the beautiful and the good. hau (6T Land in New York city has been sold caD: a price equal to $8,000,000 an acre. The *var ghest in London at $5,000,000 an acre. ?1 mo noil 9'* of "x>riugei<, uiuu l juu uvui . out1 fis, mum; but you towld me the ither day ver to answer ye back?and I didn't?" ^2'j man doesn't generally get a bad abo putation without deserving it, but it sticks CXCl him after he has ceased to deserve it. thr( fiy'The idea that there is a God has and ver come into my head !" "Ah ! precise- cess like my dog; but he doesn't howl about as o " gooi &- "I wonder why people persist in wear- mor g squeaking shoes on Sunday ?" "That is aJT e day set apart for manifestations of the ?* 81 le." p 6T\Vhat is the difference between a urch organist and the influenza? One L.et >ps the nose and the other knows the ie )ps' thre Auctioneers' fees in the United States _rjc d England are paid by the vendor. In 3]land and- France the purchasers pay rft em- He ST A painting of the catacombs of Thebes maj so well done that after a lapse of 4000 ab0< ars the colors are as bright as when first ][e d on. for j We believe it was a well-meaning ers 1 izen who alleged, as a reason for not and shing to live on a hill, that the climb-it as ? 1 not suit him. iclc. 5T In France it is decided that the maks of bicycles are respf nsible for damages ?. len an accident occurs through a Structural7 ago lit in a machine. age a?" A mathematician has discovered that hazs bicyclist can travel 15 miles over good kcej ul ou his wheel with less exertion than he "he a walk three miles. a"d 5T No matter how good an animal may he Put the start, it will need good food and con- are mt care iu order to enable it to reach its c,as lerited possibilities. ur? O J r Tn.linno col/l r> atl" X? Hit* OUU UUU l'VA AUUIUIIO UIO 9WI?? VW j the purest blooded red meu in the coun- ^ r. They neither marry nor give in mar- j ge outside their own tribe. J afThe word "humbug" is of Irish origin jmn; d means soft copper or worthless money. ftn(j was originally applied to the money issued ver, James II at the Dublin mint. tjie" 3f "I told her I'd never smoke another to b ;ar," he said softly, "and I won^k A the] >e's cuough for me," sis he gracefully drew look natch over the leg of his trousers. dom aTThe Jewish Messenger notes the fact bees it it has become quite common, especially faru the West, for Jewish rabbis to invite of < ristian ministers to preach in their pulpits, hou 2T A great deal is said about the ability of Sive ling wives to cook. The ability of young (,uc sbands to provide them with something .,00t cook ought not to be left out of the ques- lone n. 6ers 3T "Why didn't you sell your house after a advertised it?" "When we saw the I . >cription that the real estate agent gave of (aj.( ve thought it would be a paradise lost if]. did-" U , fK . the8 ?T Forage made up in the form of bricks ^jie leing tried by the French war office. The' jg w cks are made of hay, oats, and bran i f :es as hard as a board, and can be haudi wjt| easily. I ST" The New York towu of Bolivar hajp eets lighted free of expense by a companv (0 ^ ich furnishes the illuminantas a payment gny' the privilege of doiug business in IMS" bett poration. all t ^ rr** ..tUi/ik ic fA HA no A 27 l ne eieuinu ngut wu?vu ^ w wo v Fire Island, on the New York eoast, w: 1 fui j e an illumination of about 2o0,00jim,0 cide idle power. It is expected to be-ygblo a 1U ) miles out to sea. I givii iy A Baltimore man has hit upon novel care a for a hearse. It is a two-storied Vehicle, why th a receptucle for a cofUn in the? upper and rt, and the mourners are to ride bftlow as lean hey were in a stage. To 1 a?* Spectacles were worn ouly J^Bktple 'Dg' means in the sixteenth ceDt^^Jyjhegj-j?!^ ;t not le?s ^sought after. ' unaJ ST Saii\Antonia, Texas, councils' have ^ ; ssed an ordinance which prohibits physi,ns from charging more than one dollar a ,-isit. It was passed at the solicitation of exac 3 leading physicians of the city. ,,cnce ST The silver cause is said to be makiug ?at progress among the masses in (Jerma- _ 1 , France and England. The next mono- ju" t" y conference may he more successful than i a6? 2 preceding ones, in consequence of this! ^or 1 ange of sentiment. r0W! the aST "If you must know, ma'am," said the <turj ctor, "your husband won't live 24 hours i0W) iger." "Good gracious!" ejaculated the tj,u aken-hearted but economical woman, "and e(] v re you've gone and prescribed medicine war ough for five days!" ^ rj3" A curious article of export from I'ak- first i, China, is dried lizards, of which over plai 0,000 are annually exported, to the value won nearly $400,000. They are used for mak- surl !? a medicine called "lizard wine," a tonic red d cure for eye disease. air. sC'Iua township of Clinton county, la., e*P a school district that all the female teach- ?01' s regard as a mascot. Every girl teacher 11 e district has had in the last 15 years has 8r<v come engaged, either during the school rm or just after. The wages are low, but , ^ e applicants for the school are numerous. JJ'B' 0T The climbing monkey toy, which is ?w the rage and paying over $50,000 a 0f ar in royalties, was invented in Minneap- L|m is, Minn., by accident, the real object of I a<|,| e inventor being to get up a model to iow how a niau could descend a fire escape jja| pidly and quickly. S(.0 psiy A graphic idea of the immense size of. liqi beria may be gleaned from the following1 alsc imparison : All of the States, kingdoms, del 'incipalities, empires, etc., of Europe (ex-11'ul pt Russia), and all of the I'nited States, am eluding Alaska, could be placed side by Ion de in Siberia, and yet the uncovered space too ould be equal to a country containing an wa ea of 300,000 square miles. Ho t he rfnnu attrt fireside. ! - [ THE CANNING INDUSTRY. j Kx|?erienco of Practical Men?What it Takes i1 tor a Successful Cannery. ^ good deal is being said from time to t >e about the canning industry as a desiruenterprise for this section, and one which i > i be embarked upon without a greit ount of money. The first phase of this stion has not been' overstated, but it is 1 ibable that through lack of information, ,j smallucss of the capital needed lias in exaggerated. . Vhile it is our desire to promote new in* itries whenever possible, it is not our wish 'I mislead- mid if ie nrntwlilu holier nnf. in hark in an enterprise at all than to go 'I j it misinformed as to its cost, to lose , ney and make a failure. We therefore for to give our readers the benefit of all bentic information which we can secure, j n to mislead them by the theoretical con>utions of men whose intentions arc good, 1 whose advice is bad. Our attention has u called to a practical essay on the cang industry by Mr. C. S. Nettles, of Dar- , ;ton, S. C. It is not new, having been d before the State Agricultural nnd Me- 'I nical Society of South Carolina two rs ago, but it is none the less valuable, j ause it gives the practical experience 1 man who has tried it, nnd knows where- <] he writes. Mr. Nettles says he read in 2 News and Courier a series of articles Mr. Calhoun in which it was stated that inning establishment with a capacity of 30 cans could be established on a capital 0. He went into it with a friend, and r y put in $750 so as to allow a margin for 8 sxpected contingencies. But on investiion they found the outfit which was con- 0 iplated in the $500 basis was only fit for >' ning peaches and tomatoes, and those >uly an imperfect manner. They found n earn outfit would be necessary, and they n in $2,500 instead of $500. Next they h nd that the purchase of cans was an c ?ortant item, and that the difference in a ti prices, and prices on four months time, J s $400 on 100,000 cans. They determinto see the thing through, and capitalized P concern at $10,000 and established a u nery with a capacity of from 8,000 to h )00 cans a day. They found this sum 8 lequate to carry on the business without Sl from the banks. " Without $10,000 or $15,000 therefore, i unwise to go into the business, in the v aion of Mr. Nettles after giving it a prac- J' 1 trial, and he gives some valuable hints 0 _ a i i a. a- i- _ r n o me requirements anu oest ineuiuus ui cedure. First locate your plaut as near ^ lossible to a railroad in order to save ling. For a plant of 5,000 to 10,000 a s a day two buildings are required, a h ehouse 50 by 100 feet for storing the pro- t' t; second, the canning or packing house, by 100 feet; with ample sheds. The S1 fit which he enumerates he estimates at Ja !00, with the buildings already described, h 00. Such an establishment will employ S( ut 75 hands, who are women and children, jpt the processor and capper, and about M :e others for carrying the heavy trucks M cans.' He lays great stress on the nc- b ity for an expert processor and capper, n these will depend the quality of the a Is, and an inexperienced hand will lose P e in spoiled goods in a year than the sal- *r of an expert. The operating expenses P uch a plant he figures at $40 a day. eaches and tomatoes he regards the st fruit and vegetable for canning, as P e is always ample demand for both. re are larger profits, however, in greeu 5, as these can be sifted and separated into s| (e grades, the smallest bringing fancy * es. He advocates raising your own veg?les for canfcing, as there is money in the P material as well as in the canned goods. argues that any acre of land that will :e a bale of cotton will net the owner $40 ve all expenses if planted in vegetables. regards the South as the best market f" Southern canneries can. Southern deal- 'l now buy their canned goods at the North, Southern*canneries furnish them just jood, less the freight. ?Augusta Chron- P w ujjcKENS on thk Farm.?A generation Si the chickens to be seen around the aver- 'l farm house were of a mixed and hap- ^ lrd breed. There are farmers still who o such poultry ; there are also farmers , > do not believe that the world is round " revolves on its axis every 24 hours, farmers so careless as to their poultry I' almost as scarce as the latter ignorant a s. You may meet a farmer whose ideas w a little mixed about the rotation of crops the value of silage, but you have to go n indeed to find one who has not his prefice as between Plymouth ltock, Leghorns, gshans, Cochins and Bramas. hickens on a farm are a kind of savings k, and those which lay the most eggs s> fetch the highest prices as broilers are v j naturally more highly esteemed. Now 11 fancy farmers were the first to attempt P reed better chickens in this country, aud f continue to lead in the experiments 11 ;ing toward the further betterment of a lestic fowls. There is one thing that has " l insisted on in vain, so far us ordinary *! aers are concerned. That is (he vnlue deanliness?cleanliness in the chicken " ses and cleanliness in the food and water s< n to the fowls. Unclean houses are pro- a live of all kinds of diseases; and unclean 1 and water, too. There is an oldfash- [' d notion that chickens are good scaven,land that if allowed the freedom of the P ayard they will forage for themselves. > is true, but it is very unlikely that any n : or hen from such a range would ever a s a prize in a poultry show. The way et prize chickens is to mate the best with | best, and rear the broods with care. As \ reward, both in profit and satisfaction, i ell worth the trouble, it seems strange i oi any country people should be content j c< i any but the best. i w ETTER CAKE OK THE JlOltSE.?IMie Wily I II ;et better horses on your farm without j li expense, is to give those you have now I ti er treatment. Von may be feeding them j hey will eat, you may be grooming them A (ten as it is customary, you may be care- > u your handling of them, but still a dc-! d improvement may be made by adding j v tie to the attention which you are now i ig them. Intelligence in the feeding and j al of horses is what is needed. To know j t? one kind of food is given at one time, ! ti another at another, is what should be j p ied by those who have charge of horses. | tl :now how much and what kind of groom-1 p: ihould be administered .under different j imBtaDcau&a desirable kind of infonna-J H '^itiesame kind" of JuKfi'.-j L have quite a i^.- - - -?-i ?-?*? wiieu j.r r the management of two different men. ( st [ is it that one farmer's horses look so in h better than those of his neighbor, pi ougli they may be of the same stock g< :tly? The answer can only be a differ: in treatment.?National Stockman. di - d LANTINC IN Wakm (jKoind.?We luul j nl xperiencc in early planting u few years p that was very suggestive. The ground U early peas had been prepared, and the F 5 were all marked ready for putting iiijtl seed. Part of the rows were planted j d ng a cold day, and the planting was fol- j s< id by a heavy rainfall. After the storm [ remaining rows were dropped and cover-! s< nth the hoe while the sun was shining j a inly on the soil. Those last planted I' v finely and made a good crop, while the j planting never showed half as many j n its as there were planted of seed. Itjp ild have been better, probably, if tlie j b ace of those first planted had been stir- 1 to break the crust and let in the warm n Put we always had a feeling after that ; a erieneo that the sunlight warming the If as it was covered over the seed set j u > germinating more quickly, and made it! v iv more vigorously. |i lAKBj) PoKK AND JlKANS.?Soak over it in cold.water a quart of small white ii*. In, the morning wash them well s JUgh a colander. Put on to boil in a pot (I - old water, which should not much more jj n cover. ;Let boil for half an hour, then J I a pound if salt pork in a square piece. ' 1 er another hour, when the water is par- i ly boiled a\fay, remove the pork, which > I re into squares. Season the beans in t heir j1 lor with pepper and salt if needed. Add ; f >, if you wish the beans to be especially j t icious, two tablespoon fills of molasses, i t both pork and beans into a bean pot 1 I let (hem bake in a slow oven all da}* i g, being careful not to let them become I dryy Pork and beans prepared in this y may be served either cold or hot.? 1 ii** and Farm. . jfUisccUanrous grading. THB STORY OF "BEX BOLT." IS TOLD BY CONGRESSMAN* THOMAS DUNN ENGIjISH, ITS AUTHOR. )lt! don't von remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown, Vlio went with delight when you gave her a smile. And trembled with fear at your frown ? n the old churchyard in the valley, Ben Bolt, In a corner, obscure and alone, I'liey have fitted a slab of the granite so gray, And sweet Alice lies under the stone. *nder the hickory tree, Ben Boll, Which stood at the foot of the hill, together we've lain in the noonday shade, And listened to Applcton's mill, rhe mill wheel has fallen lo nieces, Ben Bolt, The rafters have tumbled in," Vnd a (iniet, that crawls round tho walls as you Raze, lias followed the olden din. Vnd don't 5*011 remember the school, Hen Holt, With the master so cruel and grim, Vnd the shaded nook in the running brook, Where the children went to swim ? rnss grows 011 the master's grave, Hen Holt, The spring of the brook is dry, Vnd of all the boys who were schoolmates then There are only you and I. There is a change in the things I loved, Hen Holt; They have changed from the old to the new. hit I feel in the depth of my spirit the truthThere never was a change in 5*011. Twelve months, twenty, have passed, Hen Holt, Since first we were friends?5*ct I hail Thy presence a blessing, thy presence a truth, lien Holt, of tho salt sea galo. "Damn 'Ben Bolt!' I wish the darned thing lad never been written !" was the energetic eply of its author, Dr. Thomas Dunn En;lish, who represents the Newark (X. J.) listrict in congress, when asked for a history f the famous song since it was written, 51 cars ago. Dr. English isn't the pirate that, ic says, a generally published photograph lakes him look, however, or that his words light indicate. When visited by a reporter, ie was engaged in the work of preparing his olloclion of rose bushes, in which he takes great deal of interest, for the rigors of a ersey winter. "Come into my library," lie said, in a hositable tone, and I'll tell you all I know bout the song. The prominent part that it as in that novel 'Trilby,' which I hear is a reat success in its way, has dragged the old ong out of the obscurity into which it had illen nnd given its present boom." "Ben Bolt" was written in 1843, suid its cnerablc author, who, ulthough born 76 ears ago, looks younger than many n man f 50. At that time N. P. Willis, the poet, nd George P. Morris had revived the New ork Mirror. wims was wen acquainted ,-ith English, then a young author who had ttained some celebrity as a poet, and asked im to contribute to the paper, suggesting hat he send iu a sea song. English wrote a song which he was disltisfied with, and in its stead wrote four nd a half stanzas of "Ben Bolt," to which e added the first four lines of the rejected :a song. This "patchwork," as I)r. English jrmcd it in a letter that accompanied it, as sent to Mr. Willis. Its author wrote lat if Mr. Willis didn't like it he could urn it, and thought so little of the effort bat he gave the song 110 title, aud merely ppended his initials. Willis was so well leased with "Ben Bolt" that he printed it 1 a prominent place in the next issue of his aper, which appeared on September 25, 543. The English editors of that day, as at the resent, kept their eyes open for contribu011s appearing in American publications lat were worth stealing, and promptly ,olc "Ben Bolt." The song fairly took ingland by storm, and passed everywhere lere as a British production. There were arodies and "replies" to "Ben Bolt" and Graver Ben Bolts," and all sorts of variaous, to the number of a dozen or more, r. Euglish made a collection of these ; but >st them more than 20 yea'rs ago, so that so ir as is known none of them are at present 1 existence. The author, after hearing of the seeming opularity of "Beu Bolt," thought that it ould make a good song. All the musiians, however, to whom he applied, he tys, insisted that the lines were not litted >r music. Finally, he got Doininick H. fay, of Washington, to compose an air, liich, however, was not satisfactory, and >r. English took the matter into his own amis and composed the music himself. Dr. English's music has never been so opular as a version composed by a young ctor of the name of Nelson F. Kneass, hich appeared in 1S4G. Kneass was a rothcr of the I'nited States district attorey, at Philadelphia, but preferred the rolling life of a player to steadier work, le applied for a position at the Pittsburg lieater, then under the management of harles Porter, who, after satisfying himjlf that Kneass had a well-trained tenor oiccj told him that if he would get up a ew song, he would give him a part in a lay then running at his theater. In happened that an Englishman of the ante of Hunt, who had read "Ben Bolt" in British paper and had been so much npressed by the lines that lie had committed leui to memory, became acquainted with kneass and suggested that he use "Ben iolt" for a song. Hunt wrote out three :an/.as for Kneass, who composed the music nd sang them with great success. Kneass traveled from city to city singing ic song, which everywhere took the public y storm. The words and music were tirst ublished by Peters, of Cincinnati. l)r. English tells a good story of the mailer in which Peters caused the song to be Itered. The publisher objected to the lines: "Don't you remember the school, Ben Bolt, Willi the master so cruel and grim, And the shaded nook in the running brook, Where the children went to swim?" 11 the ground that as the song was intend;1 for popular distribution refined woman | ould be shocked at the indecency of the lea of children going in swimming. He j isisted that they he changed, and these nos of his own composition were substiited : "Willi the master so kind and so true, nd the little nook by the clear-running brook. Where we gathered the flowers as they grew ?" It is the latter and generally accepted ersion that appears in "Trilby." I)r. English naturally complained of the Iteration in his song and took Peters to isk in the papers which he edited ut that me in Philadelphia. Peters wrote a reply, I rinted in a rival paper, in which he said lat he thought the alteration was an iuirovement on the original. This stirred up Dr. English's Irish blood. :o responded that doubtless the clgira was, tellers i6' make the change? If any man i ole my coat, cut ofT the tails and made it} ito a serviceable jacket, the claim of irn-j rovement thereby would not be counted a: >0(1 defense in law." Peters brought a suit for libel, claiming | ?? il.n nvlai.l ..f oni'lll'lll f linnsimil 1 illUU^U.^ ISJ nil/ t.MVIH v/t OVVVIW. , ollars. Tlic case attracted a great ileal of j ttcution. Hcnjamin Hrewster and other roiuinent lawyers of Philadelphia volun;ercd to act as counsel for the defense. Dr. Inglish brushed tliein aside and announced ; mt, being himself a member of tbc I'hilaelpliia bar, he would defend the suit himjir. "Whereupon," says the doctor, "the coun 1 for Peters evidently thought better of it, | s tbe suit was never pressed. Of course, ! 'eters' claim was ridiculous." More than GO,OHO copies of the words and msic were sold by Peters. The music comoscd by Dr. Knglish for the song was rought out by a Philadelphia publisher in 848. There were six other versions, but one achieved tbe popularity of tbc music rranged by Kucass, which be had taken rom a (ierman melody. The original Gorton music, with the words of "Hen Holt," tore afterwards published, but without afI'cling the popularity of the Kucass vcrion. There have been many claimants for the ong, liut all were proved false sooner or ater, and now there is no one to dispute the ;enuincncss of Dr Knglish's authorship. "When I was elected to congress," said >r. Knglish yesterday, ' three years ago, the icwspapers made general mention of the act that I was the autiu>r of 'Hen Holt,' and heir comments led to a revival of the song or a time. It had fallen back into obscuriy when 'Trilby' came out and dragged^ nto the light again. Mr. Du Manner's aP usions to the song suggest his ignorance of ts origin, or at least, be appears to be satisied that its author was an Knglishman. "lie shares this error with the majority of Englishmen, and, I am sorry to say, some Vmericnns as well. This, I suppose, is be cause of the great popularity of the song i England and the British colonics. Had M Du Mauricr looked closely at the original i it was printed 51 years ago, he'd have set front its colloquial English 'as she is spok in the United States, that it was of America origin. "In the first stanza are found the words"A slah of the granite so gray. "The word 'slab,' denoting a flat, tlii ntass of stone, is almost peculiar to tl United States as a noun, and has passe out of ttsc in England, even as an adjectiv Aside from all this internal evidence, hov ever, it has been shown again and agai that the song never appeared anywhci until 1845, when it was printed in The Xc Mirror over my.initials. "A few years since I had a strange illu tration of the truth of these Hues : Grass grows 011 the master's grave, Ben Bolt, The spring of the brook is dry, And of all the boys who were schoolmates the There are only you and I. "I was seated in my parlor one day whe a ring came at the door. The servant ha| pcticd to be out and I answered the call mi self. An undersized, elderly gentleman, oh but well preserved and with a sprinkling 1 gray in his hair, put out his hand to me, an said : " 'Tom Dunn English, how are you ?' "I resented his familiarity, and, drawir myself tip, said : 'I am not in the habit 1 having myself addressed in that way, eve !%?? Aiiniliup fi'ionfl.Q ' "J " 'Oh, come, now, that won't do,' the ne comer replied. 'The last time I saw yoi we played football as boys in the school i Burlington, and I don't want you to put o any airs.' " 'Come in,' I said, 'and let us see who th deuce you are." "Then it was discovered that this was a old schoolmate at Friend's academy, i Burlington, N. J., where I received part < my education. We compared notes an made mutual hiqurics after old scboo mates. After careful investigation we foun that we two were the only survivors of tli boarding and day pupils at the school. "'Well, said I, 'the lines of the old son coming to my aid : Of all the hoys who were school mates then, There are only you and I. When I first entered congress, of coursi my authorship of the song aroused some ir terest in my fellow-members. One of thei came to me and said that bis wife ha won him by her singing of 'Ben Bolt.' Ar other said that his mother, in his child hoot' had sung him to sleep with it. " 'I don't wonder at that,' I said to bin 'I hove no doubt that it has the most exce lent soporific qualities.' There was one more surprise in store fc me. A gentlemen of some standing an position was introduced to me, and said 'Doctor, I am very glad to meet you. 31 wife is a daughter of one of the Oenert Picketts, of the Confederate Army. Sh was born in 1854 and she was christcne Alice Ben Bolt.' "Ben Bolt has, I believe, had a more ex tended popularity than any song betorc c since. The reasons for this are that it i mpre easily understood, and its melody i simpler than those of its rivals. Then th incidents awaken memories in the heart ( every man. All men have had a little Alic at some time or other?an experience tha I may call a calf love. Everything tendcre to make it popular?the simplicity of its di( tatiou and colloquial English, as spoken i Pennsylvania, being leading features. "I have written so much that is mor worthy to take a place in the permanen literature of America, that I almost wis that 'Ben Bolt' had never been written. 1 is uuplcasant to see so much fuss made ove a merely ephemeral creation." Dr. English's library is a large room line with books, whoso luxurious bindings bea evidence to the artistic tasto of their ownei and almost its sole ornament is a bust c Dante, which occupies a place of honor ove the center of the mantelpiece. "I bought it cheap at an auction sale, said the owner, indifferently, "and it ha stayed with me ever since. My favorite at thors are Burns and Byron. To my min there have only been three really grea poets in the world?Shakespeare, Burns an -Byron." Dr. English is a particularly modest mat Although he has been author, poet, dramatis physician, lawyer, congressman and journa ist in the course of his long career, he sum up his life in this autobiographical sketc which appears in the congressional director} It is one of the shortest in the book : "Thomas Dunn English, of Newark, wi born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 29, 181S was graduated doctor of medicine at th University of Pennsylvania in 1S39, an called to the Philadelphia bar in 1842 ; bt has mainly pursued authorship and joui nalism ; in 1SG3-G4 served in the New Jerse legislature; in 1S7G received a decree of do< tor of laws from William and Mary colleg< Virginia; was electeil to the Fifty-sccon and Fifty-third congresses as a Democra receiving 21,651 votes, against 20,2S4 vote for Parker, Republican, 76 votes for Huchai an, People's and 412 votes for Downs, Pre hibitionist."?New York Sun. ftffl?t, ^JaN15 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking |x>\v<lrr. 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MWfjM IIIM l'KI> A NII CI IKKL'U ATKI) SI 1)1 NO, Iron Tile or Shingle, Jrop IKE I'KOOf HOOKS, SIlfrrKltS. ,( ( .t [-SSS-q- T iS THE LARGEST MAXt01 Zi)- Orders rccci ood Work at Legitimate i^r'ces. \* VK do not claim to he hotter prepavT to exorute Jolt I'IMXTINti than?" olliee' the Coiled States, for siirh is n<#hc ease. ia> or do we rlaim to do work at pricapwer than la' oseof (>TIIKK Fl HST-CLASS jWXTKKN ; he it we do claim and know it TOjp A KACT, ?' atour prices are only coniinensrtitc villi the aterial used and tile work exited,and our he ires will eonipare most lavony with Now he ork. Parties wishing estifflfes <*' LAW Le ItlKI'S, ItooKS, LKUAL MLXKLTATAmil*KS, IIANI'Jtll.LS, IPAM'H LISTS, 0 i hi kits, u:tti:k iiAd.s, isnvklI'MS, MILI.||HAI?S.STAftWENrs, WED- he IN(i INVITATIONS, ofc., will. ?? (riven he lention on application. (Jtiers for1-"""' I'M***, ,uuu, and tin.iHMi copiesorjnore, |V>"' anyone Ar rni, will lie furnished jt "Sj,eiaj prices." ' eiiieinher ns when voofjrnnt j'intinjf. Call da 1 or write to . eai TilK YoRKVULK KX^'IKKK, ,da yt,kville, S. C. ' (|l( January!' 2 tf j tot - ok cvi i.oni:. mi: ()|/U'Cii>kxt 'J}',' XSl'ItANOlS, yawill alw/s ' your . interest hisii# ' i ML A 1 ,:Ko- I'll 1ST. I LE ENQUIRER LS?5 I ted County Paper Carolina! : TO SUBSCRIBE! JED AT $265.00. Valued at $75, Will Be Awarded rns and Pays for the Largest )ers by March 14, 1895. ? 1(1 Watch and a Corhin Three Largest Clubs. FBS OF THREE AND UPWARD. ?mini)), we will furnish TIIK KNQl'tRKR for one year, or one (SRAVY LADI.K of the "Siren" pattern, made of nickel silver and plated with pure silver, and valued at $2.00. FOIt SIX Axn I.ICSS Til.IX TUX. To every person who returns and pays for a club of SIX and less than ten names, and who fails to secure any other nreniintn. we will give it CHILD'S TABLE SET, including a knife, fork and spoon, made of the host materials and plated with pure silver. Valued at $1.50 I'Oll TlUtEE .1 Mt LESS THAX SIX. To everv person who returns and pays for a ' CLUB OF THREE and less than six names, and who fails to secure any other premium, we will give a handsome "Siren" BUTTER KNIFE, made of nicklo silver and plated with pure silver, and valued at$l. A PREMIUM FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS. j To the person who returns and pays for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS, at ! $1.75 each, between the 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 18P4, and 4 O'CLOCK. 1?. M., ON I THURSDAY. THEI4T1I DAY OF MARCH, I 18!to, we will give a suite of FINE BEDROOM OAK FURNITURE, VALUED AT $75.00. This suite of furniture consists of three pieces, embracing 11 dressing case with French beveled mirror Mx.'is inches; a washstand?universal toilet?with French beveled mirror 30x24 inches; a bedstead 4 feet 8 inches in width and of pro1 portionate length, and a headboard <i feet 0 inches in height. The material of the suite is oak, quarter sawed, and finished in tho best style. As an indication of its substantial cliarj acter, it may be mentioned that the weight of j tho suite is about five hundred pounds. This I splendid suite is to be furnished by Messrs. S. T. F REW A CO., of Rock Hill, and they have assured us that they will not sell a similar suite ! to any person for a less sum than $75. The suite of bedroom furniture is o lie red fortlie largest club of NEW SUBSCRIBERS and independent of all other premiums, and | tho person who secures it, will bo entitled to 1 have his names counted In competition for either of the other premiums offered. For example: If the person who secures the bedroom suite of furniture shall have returned and paid for the largest list of names (including old and new subscribers) up to 4 o'clock p. 111., 011 the 14th day March, 185)5, such person will bo entitled to the $85 buggy; if the second largest list, including those wnich secured the ' bedroom suit, will be entitled to the $75 watch; if the third largest, the Corbin disk harrow, j If it is found 011 the 14th of March, 1895, that 1 the person who secured the suite of furniture has a sufficient number of names to be entitled to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, | twenty, ten, seven, or three names, and has failed to secure either the buggy, gold watch or harrow, offered for clubs of ola and new subscriber, such person will be awarded the premium to which the number of names is entitled. Thus tho person who secures the bedroom suite for the largest number of new subI scribere, has also tho opportunity of securing an 1 additional premium of even greater value. ; JpAlr In the contest for premiums ending -tfef. 1 i fir March 12. 185M, Mr. W. II. Crook, of -tMT 1; Jiiar- Fort. Mill, was awarded a $100.00 "TVS ( ! .fril- Wilts}* A* Whltn Ormm and a 875.00 -S4C. [ j pa- gold watch lor 40 new subscribers, l! par MtR.T.ltiggins, ofBlairsvillo,was -t?3> MaaV*N|HMt%MUU>bnKg v for a list of 127 i, j p?r <>LD and NEW subscribers. e RENEWALS and NEW subscribers count " just the same in competition for all premiums \ except the bedroom suite. a WHO ARE NEW SUBSCRIBERS. ? 1. Those who have never been subscribers. 2. Those who have boch subscribers, hut are not now; not were subscribers on the 1st day p of July, 1MH. j A change of address from one member of a | family to another member of the same family | does not comtjtute a new subbscriber 'and will 2; not be so considered. It is intended that each j | now subseriher shall be in accordance with ' I the rules pre?<*ibed. ?j CONDITIONS. TWO SIX MONTHS' SUBSCRIBERS e at $1 each, will \?e considered the equivalent of i one yearly suhacrilier at $1.75 and so counted, j A subscription paid for two or more years in j advance at $1.7*> will be counted as one name I for each year so ftjd. j ! Club-makers win i,e held personally respon; sible for the payinmt of all names returned by ' them. Alter a tub-maker has returned and t. paid for any nana, he can, at anytime there>1! alterf discontinue th? sending of the paper to the ->: person for whom has paid, and transfer the 3 unexpired time to other person, provided e the person to whom the transfer is desired was pj not a subscriber at tie time the original name j was egtered on ourti()oks. iJ j No myne will be counted in competition for a li i premium until the stjiM.rjption price has l>er-n .; paid; npr will anypr^nmtn be delivered until a satisfactory settlemctt has been made for all I names returned by the<;hib-maker. ' Persons who couinicvo making clubs will r ! not be permitted to trailer their club to anothl or club-rjpaker's list after the names have been e entered on our books. e It is npt necessary that the names of a dub { should all be at the saw* postottlce. Names f may be taken at any nutiin.r of places, t Club m tkers are request*! to send in names c as rapidly ps they secure tli*m after November 1 18&4. ? ' All Hnnacriptionn nnist be t>rwarded to us at e the expense of those sending Utoni. 0 We will b* responsible for u,0 sjife transmisI, Minn of money only when sent \y draft, register^ letter or money order dmvu on the York; ' whi ponlofllce. *' In vending names, write ljklnly,- and give r postollftlfcemnity rnd State. * ,. All>?lishriptions wjH lie (\iseontinne<l atthe . expiration or the time paid for. A separate list ydll be kept for each clubc maker, who will ^ credited with each name t sent, so that the number sent by any one person a may be ascertained at V? moment's notice. 1 In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in wVwAlrto "tuitie." 1 The tint# in wh it'll nXMnesJfriay be returns! under oit? propositions wjYitwimmence on r 1st day of Xuvcmber, ImuM, and expire It' 1 o'clock P.M. oil Thursdaw,the 14th day W .March ^ ismJJmwT fi. MMI 1 pliedules in Effect from and After December 23. 1894. ? (i. W. F. Harper, President. 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(SO and ill rry passengers anil also run daily except Suny. l'liero is jjood connection at Chester with i ( . ('. it X., and the C? iV A.; also at(ittslia with the A. ?V C. A. I..; at Lincolnton ^9 ththe C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with j w. x. v. B L. T. XIC'HOIjS, Superintendent. I. H. HKAK1), (Jcner.il I'asseinrer Apent. leeemher 20 o " I