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Juiutorous gr part went. SCRAGG'S MARE POLLY. They were talking about horses, and more particularly about Naucy Hank's wonderful record of 2.05 1-4. Every one seemed to be more or less impressed with the marvelousness of this record except old Mr. Scraggs, a retired farmer. "She's fast, yes," he said. But I oncet owned a mare up on the farm as could beat her. That mare was lightnin' on legs. Polly was her name named her after Mrs. Scragg's mother, an' a finer woman you never met. She could bake all around any other woman iu the county, an when it came to me ' pi nlr miwnA mn fonrl orl lot* UC1U oiv/iv cue u uuioe uie teuuemei tbau as if I wasn't a son-in-law at all, but her own boy. My, how she could trot!" "Your mother-in-law ?" asked one of the circle. "No; the hoss," snapped Scraggs, with fire in his eye. "I'm talking about that hoss. I bought her when she was eight years old from old Mrs. Tompkins. She wasn't much on looks, Mrs. Tompkins wasn't, but she was business all through. When her husband died she took charge of the grocery, and added a millinery department to it, 'nd by Joe! inside of a year she was able to close up the grocery, 'nd do nothing but make hats. Tompkins used to bitch her up to the delivero wagon, you know, but of course?" "You don't mean to say that any man was ever mean enough to bitch his wife up to a grocery wagon, and make her haul the packages about town ?" queried the inquisitive member of the party. "Ain't said nothing o' the kind," retorted Scraggs, "Don't you get too fuuuy. I'm talkin' about the hoss. I was going on to tell ye how when old Mrs. Tompkins got to makin' two dollar hats for the women folks 'nd sellin' 'em to 'em for ten, she gave up the grocery busines, 'nd so didn't have any use for the hoss old Tompkins i J USCU 1U1 UI1V1U UIO UC1IYCIJ nu^vui It happened I wanted a hoss 'bout that time 'nd so I called on old Mrs. Tompkins to talk it over. She was only eight years old at the time, and hadn't much style about her, though she was calculated to be faster'n anything else in town. I ast old Mrs. Tompkins what she'd take, 'aud she says $24." " 'That's pretty high for an eightyear-old, says I. 'I'll give you a dollar 'ud half a yeer for the hoss. That's $12.' " 'Make it two, and she's yours,' says old Mrs. Tompkins. " 'Throw in a hat for my wife" says I, "nd it goes.' "Done,' says she. "So I bridled her, paid the money, 'ud led her home. Few days later some o' the boys, knowiB' as I had sportin' blood, came to me an' ast me to let Polly trot on a mile track for th1VTit wifo didn't: wrtnf. mp to at first, because she was a little off her feed, 'nd didn't approve of racin' anyhow, but when the boys offered a purse of $10 if she could beat 2.10, she let up. So 1 said all right, 'nd we set the date." "Well what was the result?" asked the inquisitive youth. "Two four for the mile," said Scaggs. "Two four?" cried the whole circle at once. "Yep," said Scraggs. "But it was the track as helped her. There was souiethin' in the track as had ought to be given some o' the credit, for the old mare couldn't beat more'n four minutes at the county fair grounds.' "What was the special quality of the track, Scraggs ?" asked one of the party. "Wall," said Scraggs, slowly, "as far as I could make out, a mile on our track warn't more'n half a mile on any other." Just a Common Liar.?"Old B." says some years ago in a Carolina towu a crazy man was brought before an examining board to settle the question as to whether or not he should be sent to the asylum in Columbia. After the doctor got through with his examination one of the committee, an old farmer, said: "My friend, did you ever borrow any bags or jugs?" "Yes, lot of them." "Did you ever borrow your neighbor's newspaper ?" "Yes, many a time." "Well, now, what became of the jugs, bags and newspapers?" "Why I carried them all back." The old farmer gave a blow almost as loud as "Nancy Hart's" whistle, and said: "Gentlemen, he's no lunatic! Just simply a common liar, and all the asvlums in the world won't cure him of lying."?Hartwell. Ga., Sun. Comparatively.?He was "too full for utterance," but occasionally he would xnutter something to himself, when the 'Squire would request him to keen quiet; bus no sooner would he get through making his requests than Isaac would begin his mumbling. Finally the 'Squire got on his dignity, and put the following to Isaac as a settler: "Now, Isaac, I have requested you to keep quiet several times, and if you open your head again I will fine you five dollars for contempt of court, and send you to jail for drunk enness." This put Isaac out of time, and he arose from his seat, walked to the door ; stopped, and retorted in the following energetic way : "'Squire, if they would stall-feed you for 40 years you wouldn't make half as good a man as your father. I knew him, and he was the darudest meanest man I ever ditl know." SOtT "My son," said a veteran at the foot of the stairs, "arise and see the newly aisen luminary of the day, and hear the sweet birds singing their matin song of praise to their great Creator; come while the dew is on the grass, and the tender lambs are bleating on the hillside?come, I say, or I'll be there with a switch, and give you the worst licking that you ever had." SST The persons who is afflicted with kleptomania always feels that he ought to take something for it. WattisiiU Gatherings. a?" Money is rarely a substitute for r mind. J a?~ Only one man in 203 is over six feet in height. L I?" The room in which Napoleon I died is now a stable. 1??* The unexplored area of Canada T is 1,000,000 square miles, f?** The population of America increases 7,000 persons a day. 1?" Time to bury the hatchet is before blood is found upon it. ^ f?" A young lady can stand up ? straight and still be bent on marriage, ii 4?** Nobody ever blames a good ap- j) pie for having come from a twisted t' tree. 0 a?r If there were no troubles to talk n about, some people would be always ii silent. a?'* Living for self is the smallest ^ business any one can be engaged in in j( this life. b a?~ Many a wise man has picked up b a good suggestion where some fool has u dropped it. ^ tS" It is never hard to do the right 0 thing. It is deciding to do it that the vs tug comes. c) The great secret of success in jj life is for a man to be ready when his opportunity comes. g) A country jail in Mexico is said l] to consist of a live-oak tree with a fi chain and steeple attached. fS? Sincerity is speaking as we tbiuk, believing as we pretend, acting as we rj profess, performing as we promise, and j] being as we appear to be. * The girl who marries for money, h usually has a look ou her face after ^ marriage that indicates that she is ^ having trouble in collecting her salary. ^ The most tired people in the u world are those who do not half work. C There is plenty of Scripture to show that one way to get more rest is to do f( more work. t&T In America, as in France, the a average size of families has been stead- g ily decreasing for the last half a cen- o: tury. The average now is 4.94 where 11 in 1350 it was 5.50. j V&r A curious superstition is alleged n to exist among the Hindoo sentries at tl Rnmhav Whenever a black cat nasess x they salute in the belief that it contains the soul of an English officer. 11 Mt. Ararat, the resting place of ^ the Scriptural ark, is in reality two p mountains separated by a valley. The i higher peak is 17,210 feet, and the 01 lesser 12,000 feet, above the sea level. P tS" Little Boy?Isn't fathers queer? ^ Auutie?In what way ? Little Boy? Wen a little boy does anythiug for ^ his papa, he doesn't get anythiug ; but o if another man's little boy does it he n gets five cents. oi Dr. C. P. Carver, of St. Augus- b tine, Fla., owns the oldest house in America, and lives iu it, too. Accord- ^ ing -jO the deed in his possession, his tl Flordia house was built in 1560 by a b Frenchman. ? IS" It is a pleasant sight to sec domestic animals cherish confidence iu t] the persons who atteud them. It is ^ easily to secure confidence if always " treated kindly. The teasing man or boy is a nuisance. tl 1ST "I think my little dog's smarter ^ than my brother," said Willie. "They g are both a year old, and the dog can ai walk twice as well as Tommy." "He'd ? ought to," said Jimmy. "He has h twice as many legs to do it with." a The growth in grace is like the g polishing of metals. There is first an ^ opaque surface ; by and by you see a ^ spark darting out, then a strong light, till at length it sends back a perfect o: image of the sun that shines upon it. 6< W&T In England farming is considered a business that must be learned, as well as anything else. A man with- v out experience would have difficulty b in renting or leasing a good farm there, o no matter how much capital he might have. ^ I6T Kev. Mr. Winkwunk?My hear- jj era, I shall have to ask your indul- t] gence for a few minutes. I forgot my g manuscript and have sent ray little si boy for it. His son (coming in)? h Mam couldn't find the writin," but ^ here is the.book you copied it from. Jffi" A small boy in a Brooklyn gram- h mar school has furnished the latest in- h formation about girls in a recent com- (: position : "Girls is pretty and afraid of guns. They wear toe rubbers, and ? look at the clouds and say, 'Oh, how perfickly lovely.'" c, W3F Preachers can tell others about ^ the Christian religion; theologians cau explain it to others; but only j a holy life can show it to others. ^ Christ showed his religion to the raul- p titudes so clearly, so convincingly by E His holy life, that they could see and d feel it. t( BSF "Have you a parrot that ^ swears?" asked a woman as sheen- y tered the bird store. "I suppose I could get one," replied the dealer; ti but 1 never had such a call before." n "You see, my husband went out west 13 a month ago and I'm sort o' lone ? uJ some." ^ BS)" A church journal says that the b infidel sueeringly remarks, "Two- b thirds of the church members of this v country are women." And the same b journal casually mentions the fact that "out of forty-five thousand convicts in ^ the state prisons more than forty-three B] thousand are men." Now where should the sneer be placed ? i tST It may not be generally known * that none of the vessels of the trans- a atlantic companies start from the port jj of New York on Fridays, owing to the ' deep-seated aversion of sailors to em- C( barking on that day. This singular b superstition is by no means peculiar p to English-speaking people, but is g shared by those of all nationalities. 1 tl JST A papyrus manuscript found in ^ the den of an old hermit in a cave near Jerusalem in the year 18S0 and which v experts have all along believed to have jj been the handiwork of St. l'etcr, "the friend of Christ," was submitted to a committee of the Bible society of Lou- j don in 1890. They haye arrived at is the conclusion that the work is in tc reality what it purports to be, the last n literary work of the great apostle. It hi is said that a "society of British liter- g; ary voluptuaries" have ottered ?20,000 as for the document. w international ^Crssons. HIE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ESSON XI, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 13. 'oxt of the Lesson, II Tim. i, 1-7; Hi, 1417 ? Memory Verses, 3, 14-17 ? Golden Text, II Tim. Hi, 15? Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. Tho second epistles nro all suggestive of he last days, when the world shall have orruptcd the church, and contain special tn find's servants! for times of isordcrs, confusions, formulity, etc. The lithful witness is taught how to deal with hose who "turn away from," "err conerning" and "resist" the truth, or "will ot endure pound doctrine" (IITim. i, 15; i, 18; iii, 8; iv, 3). 1. "Paul, nn ajiostlc of Jesus Christ by lie will of God, according to the promise f life which is in Christ Jesus." He wed to think of himself as one sent forth y Jesus Christ and chosen for this honor y the will of God. Why God should choose ny of us is certainly a great wonder, but we have truly received the Lord Jesus Ihrist as our Saviour, resting wholly and nly on His finished work of atonement, re need not fear to believe that wo were hoscn in Him before the foundation of tie world (Eph. i, 4); that we should be oly before Him, and that Ho might 6end s forth in His name, even as tho Father jnt Him (John xvii, 18; xx, 21). The fe that God gives is in Christ, and apart x>m Him there is no life (I John v, 12). 2. "To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: trace, mercy und peace from God the Fatier and Christ Jesus our Lord." In I 'ini. i, 2, he calls him "My own son in tie faith," and in Phil, ii, 20 (margin), he Tote that he had no man so dear unto im as Timothy. We first read of him in .cts xvi, 1, as a disciple living at Lystra, is mother a Jewess, his father a Greek, .nd Paul on his second missionary tour xik him with him. It is by the grace or ndescrved favor of God through Jesus Ihrist that we are saved. 8. "I thank God, whom I serve from my ircfathcrs with pure conscience, that withut ceasing I have remembrance of thee in ly prayers night and day." Before the auncil he also said that he had lived in all ood conscience before God (Acts xxiii, 1), r as he puts it in Acts xxvi, 5, "After the lost. Ktrnitost sect of our relicion I lived a 'harisee." He docs not attempt to excuse is great sins against Jesus Christ and His adeemed, but says that he verily thought bat he ought to do these things (Acts xvi, 0). 4. "Greatly desiring to see thee, being lindful of thy tears, that I may be filled ith joy." Paul prayed much for those ^hom God had given him, but he would ray, especially for such a one as his 6on 'imothy. If Paul had the Philipplan and ther believers in his heart (Phil, i, 7) and rayed much for them, how much more oes our Lord Jesus carry, love and pray >r His redeemed ones. We are not told ic cause of Timothy's tears, but if Paul as mindful of them how much more Is ur Lord of ours. There is comfort to hulan weakness in the thought that the joy f such a one as Paul might bo increased y Timothy. 5. "When I call to mind the unfeigned lith that is in thee." Not in him only, ut in both mother and grandmother; not bat faith is hereditary, but children may e so taught and trained that from earli;t infancy they may be true believers in ic Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed are the lothers and grandmothers who so train ic children. Unfeigned faith makes us link of the "most surely believed" and know the certainty" of Luke i, 1, 4. C. '' Wherefore I put thee in remembrance lat thou stir up the gift of God which is l thee by the putting on of my hands." [e refers to this also in I Tim. iv, 14. The pirit bestows gifts upon people severally s He, the Spirit, will, and God places the lembers in the body as it hath pleased im (I Cor. xii, 11, 18). Hegives to every rnn his work and something to work with, nd says, "Occupy till I come" (Markxiii, 1; Luke xix, 18). Then at His coming [e will reward every man according to his 'orks. 7. "For God hath not given us the spirit P / 1 * ??/I af 1at*a (i nrl nf o L It-ar, IJUU Ul pVI?>UI, uuu ui i<-??v, uuu c )und mind." Judging from tho portion f the epistle following, such as i, 8,12,16; , 8, 10, 12; iii, 12; iv, 5, 16, we would ifcr that the fear referred to is a fear of hat one might bo called upon to endure; ut thoughts of the perfect love of God cast ut all fear (I John iv, 18). 8-14. "But continue thou in the things hieh thou hast learned and ha6t been asiircd of." Our Lord said, "Continue ye i My love," "If yc continue in My word, icn are ye My disciples indeed" (Johnxv, ; viii, 81). 1 like to remember that Luke xid in the beginning of his gospel that e wrote concerning tho things which ere "most surely believed," that his iend might "know the certainty" of icsc things (Lake i, 1, 4), and that Abraum was fully persuaded thut what God ad promised He was able to perform Rom. iv, 20, 21). 15. "And that from a child thou hast nown the Holy Scriptures', which are able ) muke thee wise unto salvation through lith which is in Christ Jesus." These juld bo none other than what some depise as the Old Testament writings, in hich Paul testifies there was wisdom un5 salvation and the way of faith in Christ esus. I think the wuy of salvation, God's ay, is nowhere in all the Bible more Bimlysct forth thun in Gen. iii, 21. The Lord limself provided the clothing by the shedingof blood, and Adam and Eve had only ) drop as useless their own works, the gleaf aprons, and accept God's provision. Ilcssed tire the children who from their outh are taught these things. 16. "All Scripture is given by insplraion of God and is profitable for doctrine, )r reproof, for correction, for instruction i richteousncss." While the Bible con lius the very words of God and some of tie very words of the devil, as well us some rords of good und bad men, yet the whole ook, from beginning to end, was written y the Spirit of God, He giving tho men rhoni he used the very words to write, as 3 plain from such tests as Ex. iv, 12; II am. xxiii, 2; Jer. i, 7, 9; xxxvi, 2, 4, 6, ; John xii, 41). The Spirit who wrote tho ook is still in the book, and its words are pirit und life (John vi, G3). 17. "That the man of God may be perx:t, thoroughly furnished unto all good rorks." A man of God is one who is first child of God by faith in Christ Jesus, nd then fully yielded to God as His purhased property for Eis service, the Lord's icssengcr with the Lord's message, rceiving his orders from God and responslle to God, seeking in all things His aproval. While we arc saved freely by race, it is that we may walk in the works, ie has prepared for us (Kph. ii, 10), and ? i IIL* i?L*H|HUlvr??UWiu; ui ^miu ami w/vjuiuu; Lilly for ull good works. If we will only ielil fully, God will work in us lx>th to rill and to do of His good pleasure (Phil. 13; Hob. xiil, 21). EPa?" The true calling of the Christian not to do extraordinary things, but > do ordinary things in an extraordiary way. The most trivial tasks can e accomplished in a noble, gentle, rctl spirit, which overrides and puts iidc all petty, paltry feelings, and hich elevates little things. <fam and Jiresiric. DOGS AND CATS lYHOT WEATHEKT The sicknesses of cats and dogs, like those of their human owners, are largely the result of overeating. This is especially true in hot weather, when the system is poorly able to rid itself either of improper food or of food in improper quantity. Some hot day, when a pet dog has been kept mostly indoors, and allowed to eat freely of rich food, say of meat and milk, it suddenly goes into convulsions. It dashes wildly about the room, barking and frothing at the mouth, to the distress and fright of its owner and every one else. It has surely gone mad, some are ready to say. A veterinary surgeon is hurriedly sent for. He listens to a description of the symptoms, knows pretty well what is the matter, and is generally able to afford relief. The dog is not mad, but has a fit, caused possibly by fleas, but more probably by excessive eating. A surgeon, who is quoted by the New York Tribune, offers some timely and sensible hot weather advice to owners of dogs and cats. "The first precaution in hot weather is to see that a dog has little, if any, meat. The best food is a soup nade of meat, vegetables and bread. The more vegetables you can get a dog to eat the better. Dogs can go three or four days without eating and never mind it. Let them have all the water they want. If a dog is taken with a fit in the street, an excellent emergency remedy is common table salt. Put a lot of it in his mouth. The effect will be to make him vomit, and this will at once relieve him." ^ *L. I a ... Jl.. ? uauj reei wie ueai us uuui; uu^n, and their diet is to be looked after with equal care. A cat iu a fit is more dangerous to handle than a dog, and greater caution is needed. A cloth or a bag should be used, rather than the unprotected hands. It is harder, also, to give a cat medicine. The veterinary uses a paste called "fitaline." It is rubbed on the cat's lips and nose, and the cat licks it off and swallows it. With dogs and cats alike the sensible course is to avoid trouble by making sure that they eat comparatively little as long as the heated term lasts.? Youth's Companion. The OneHorse Farmer.?The one-horse farmer is sneered at, laughed at and commiserated, and yet we have seen one-horse farmers with 40 or less acres of laud who could lend money to then more pretentious four-horse neighbors. They were men who made up for lack of horses in a liberal supply of first quality brains. By thorough tillage, liberal fertilization and systematic work, they made one acre do the work of three. They had one horse but he was a good one. They kept but few cows, but they were choice thoroughbreads. They raised plenty of fruit all of the finest quality, and their family got the choicest samples. Not being burdened with the care of a troop of horses, they had time to make things snug, tidy and attractive around the house. The wife has as many labor-saving conveniences in the kitchen as he has in the field and barn. Being only onehorse farmers, they did not have aDy more implements and farm machinery than they could take good care of. There was a shelter provided for everything, and everybody knew where a tool could be found when it was not in use. These one-horse farmers are not as plenty as they will be by and by. They are a scientific product, and they work on this principle : "Do what you * - ' ? -? it 11 can cio tnorougmy aDa wen.'?western Plowman. Tired Eyes.?A general tired feeling of the eyes may be greatly relieved by repeated baths of tepid water; and in the case of advaucing years, water with a considerable degree of heat may be used with benefit. Where there is pronounced inflammation, though not of a severe nature, manifesting itself particularly in the granulation of the lids, the best simple remdy is sulphate of zinc. Five grains of sulphate to an ounce of soft water makes a gentle batb that can be used without any fear of unpleasant consequences, and the strength of the solution can be gradually increased or decreased, as the effects are shown. It forms a cooling, healing application, whose value is recognized in all manner of inflammatory affections, especially of the more delicate membrances. Some prefer the use of a zinc ointment, which is made by mixing one part of finely triturated oxide of zinc with six or eight parts of simple ointment, rubbing it gently but thoroughly upon the edges of the lids euch night upon retiring till its use is no longer required.?Good Housekeeping. Nourishing Diet For the Sick.? The old saying, "What is one man's meat is another man's poison," is es :-u.. a puuutiiy true in uict iui me oiun. jrk. patient's craving for any particular food should be carefully considered, as it may indicate some need of the system which only that food can supply ; and different diseases require different food, as, for instance, acids are of great benefit in cases of fevers, diphtheria, quinsy, and all putrid diseases. Melons are good for all diseases of the kidneys. Celery is good for some diseases of the kidneys, also nervousness and rheumatism. Raw fruits and berries, perfectly ripe and fresh are beneficial in cases of constipation. Eggs are very nourishing, but do not agree with all. Milk, if it digests well is adapted to strengthening the body, and if sipped while hot is also stimulating. AST" The successful farmer is a man who believes in both grass and cattle ; the two things together have made his success?his liberal fortune. He had tried various methods in agriculture and miscellaneous business ; but says he never got fairly or fully on the road to fortune until be began to realize to the utmost the force of the German principle in agriculture?that is, making grass the basis of success in farming. JHisccUancous ^fading. GRACEFUL GENEROSITY. One day a penniless literary man culled on Lamartine, who was then at the height of his fame as a statesman and an author. The visitor told Lamartine of his hopeless life and of his poverty, and ended by asking him for the loan of a considerable sum of money. Lamartine, who was much moved by the man's story, gave him the sum asked for. The poor fellow, overcome with his unexpected success, could only sob out his thanks and kiss the hand of his benefactor. After his visit had lasted about half an hour Lamartine conducted the man to the door. The season was early winter, and as the statesman opened the door he noticed that the unfortunate man was clad in thin summer clothes, and that he trembled like an aspen leaf. He glunced at the rack, on which was his own overcoat and hat. Seizing the coat, he said to bis trembling visitor, "Monsier, you have forgotten your overcoat." Before the poor man could make any objection, and declare that he did not bring any overcoat with him, and that he had not had one for some years, Lamartine placed his own upon him, shook his hand, and with generous hartiness pushed him quietly out and closed the door behind him. rou!.. 1 -1 1 1 ma aiuiy wuuiu uavo ucvci u^u given to the world had it depended on Lamartine's telling. Years afterward the once unfortunate author rose to be one of the foremost men in France, and told the story of the generosity of Lamartine. Stained Floors.?Soft wood floors, treated in the following manner, have given general satisfaction : Mix about equal parts of raw and burnt umber with turpentine and japan, adding a little boiled linseed oil to prevent its drying too rapidly; have the floor perfectly clean and free of grease spots, as they prevent the stain from drying, apply the preparation with a wellworn paint brush, rubbing it across the grain. In a few minutes, say ten, o twnnlon roor onH ril K nflT nil surplus color, rubbing this time with the graiD. When dry, apply a coat of boiled oil. This may be repeated twice a year?spring and fall?which is often euough under ordinary circumstances. The stain may be varied by using more or less of either color. If a dark rich color is desired, add burnt sienna. With these three colors almost any shade from oak to black walnut or mahogany may be produced.?New York Tribune. Hearing With the Fingers.? There is said to be in Indlano a boy who hears with his fingers. When he was nine years old he had a very serious illness, which left him practically deaf. For a long time the poor little fellow led a most unhapyy life because he could not bear what was said by others; but one day, several months ago, while his mother was conversing with a visitor, be happened to place his hand on her throat, and observed that, while his band rested there, he could bear perfectly. T.otor nn ho trior! tho oxoriment with others, and discovered that by making use of the sense of touch in the balls of his fiingers be could make up for all that he had lost by the trouble which had befallen his ears. The result is that he is a much happier lad than he ever expected to be agaio, although he finds it awkward :n some cases to have to put his fingers on the throat of his friend who happens to be talking with him. Bald-Headed People.?"There is oue sutifaction a bald-headed man can have," observed a physician to a Star reporter, "and that is that there are hundreds of chances in bis favor that he will never die of consumption. There seems to be some kind of connection between bald heads and sound lungs. If a man is prematurely bald it shows that there is something abnormal with him, but it does not show that there is auy trouble with his lung. Indeed, it shows that the lungs are all right. There is another thing in connection with consumptives, and it is an old woman's saying that a consumptive man or woman will never comb their hair gray. By this is meant that the consumptive will die before his or her hair becomes gray, and it is a safe rule to go by. My observation is, and it's the same with many others, that consumptives have a very full growth of hair, indeed, if one looks into the matter with any care, it will be noticed that their hair is very heavy, in comparison with others."? Washington Post. World's Death Rate.?Prof. Le vasseur, of Paris, recently published interesting statistics about the populatiou of the earth and the daily birth and death rates in the world. He estimates the present population of Europe at $357,379,000; Asia, 825,945,000; America, 121,713,000; Africa, 163,953,000, and Australia, 3,230,000. This would make the population of the earth all told 1,472,229,000. The death rate is annally about 32,230,000, or 98,840 per day, or 4,020 per hour, or 67 per minute. The annual number of births, however, amounts to 36,792,000, or 100,800 per day, or 4,200 per hour, or 70 per minute. The number of births, according to Levasseur, exceeds the number of deaths three per minute, so that in some indefinite time the population will have increased to such an extent that the earth will not be big enough to hold them. Is It Natural Depravity.?"I wish that some one," remarked a young mother, "would tell me why my child's mind is instinctively and | tntulliDiy attracted to tne naugmy rather than to the nice. A year or so ago I took Ethel and Harold to see the play of 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.' I rashly fancied that the example of the little hero's gentleness and goodness would have a fine effect upon my youngsters. The day after the performance I heard Ethel and Harold saying, 'Bully for you,' and 'Cheese it, Cully,' with an alarming ease and frequency. 'Where did you ever hear such expressions?' I cried, only to I receive the answer, 'Why, at "Little I Lord Fauntleroy." Don't you remember, mamma? Dick the bootblack talked that way.'" How The Cuban Drinks.?The manner in which they quench thirst is a Cuban art. Elevating the clay bot- ' tie on bis wrist until it is slightly above the top of his head, the native turns the water loose at a distance of 10 to 12 inches from his mouth. The stream, about the size of a lead pencil, falls by j a pretty curve in full view until it ] passes between the lips. Thus the ] Cuban quenches bis thirst without J spilling a drop. The accomplishment i has its utility. As the water passes in l ?kia nnntinnnno nnnrinir frnnri Ihfl hntt.lfi i Wig WUH4.UVMW r?..uB . to the mouth it is before the eyes of . the drinker, and any foreign matter is seen.?Havana Correspondent GlobeDemocrat. ft OM &AKIH0 POWDER Absolutely Pure When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The Enquirer office where such j ] M/M * r% /I rtM O T7 V/Mirci am J^llllLllJg IS UUHLi 1 ' ALUIOIUU Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Circulars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of all kinds printed on short notice and at very reasonable and legitimate prices. ii & hithimbty. G. W. P. HARPER, President. I Schedules in En'ect from and After February 7. 1896. < CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. 1 i GOING WORTH. | NO 10. | NO 00. Lea^e Chester | 6 10 am 880ara Leave Lowrysvllle < 6 36 am 9 05am Leave McConnellsville 651am 9 39am Leave Guthrlesvllle .... | 7 02 am 9 56am Leave Yorkville 722am 10 50am Leave Clover 7 52 a ra 11 S3 a m ' Leave Gastonla | 8 27 am 1 50 p m ( Leave Llncolnton 1 8 45 a m 3 16 pm , Leave Newton I 10 23 a m 4 45 pm Leave Hickory I 11 10 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 112 17pm 8 00 pm 1 GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61. ! Leave Lenoir 3 30pm 0 30am i Leave Hickory 4 34pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am Leave Llncolnton 6 00 p m 10 40 am 1 Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 100pm i Leave Clover 7 37pm 2 02pm I Leave Yorkville 8 06 pm 3 10 pm ( Leave Gutbrlesvllle ... 8 29pm 340pm Leave McConnellsville 838pm 3 55pm Leave Lowrysvllle 9 00 pm i 4 25 pm Arrive Chester 9 32 p m 5 10 p m Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. I 60 and 61 cariy passengers and also run l daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. A N. and the C. C. A A., also L <ft C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. Parties desiring tickets to all points ] North, East, South and West, will find it ] much to their advantage to call at or correspond with the General Office of the Carolina and North-Western Railway at 1 Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. j -: THE: - J SAYINGS BANK j OF ! ROCK HILL, S.C. Capital, - - - - $50,000. ' Surplus and Profits, 31,000. j . < -yyiTH ample resources and every fa- J cility for the transaction of the Banking * business in all its branches, this bank solicits the business of corporations. ] firms and individuals, tendering all the | courtesies and accommodations that are usually extended by a WELL CON- ^ DUCTED AND OBLIGING BANKING f HOUSE. Correspondence or a call solicited from those contemplating a change in their ] banking arrangements or the opening of a new account. Interest bearing certificates of deposit ssued under special agreements. officers. " ] D. HUTCHISON, President, J. R. LONDON, Vice President. R. LEE KERR, Cashier. J. R. BOULWARE, Teller. S GEO. D. WHITE, Book Keeper. ( THE TWICE-A-WEEK' ENQUIRER j FURNISHES up-to-date news, fresh 1 and crisp every Wednesday and Sat- 1 urday. See your nearest clubmaker. / GARRY IRON RO< MANUFACTl IRON ROOFING, CRI2* PKU AND COKKL'GATED Iron Tile or Shingle. FIRE PROOF DOORS, : A '' SHUTTERS, ETC. k THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 .^WOrders receivedby L. M. GRIST. IB MM All CHARLESTON R. E. TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take jffect Monday, May 5tb, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. /inrvfi mottth No. 12. i Leave Marlon 4 4.5 pm Leave Rutherfordton 0 20 pm Leave Forest City - 0 .50 pm Leave Henrietta 7 10pm Leave Mooresboro 7 25 pm Leave 8helby 8 25 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm , Leave Earls 8 45 pm IrrlveatBlacksburg 9 00pm No. 32. | No. 84. Dally | Dally Except ; Except Sunday.' Sunday. Leave Shelby 7 30 ami Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am Leave Earle's 7 48 am Leave Blacksburg 8 30 ami 8 40am Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sharon... - 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am 10 20 am Leave Tirzah 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 51 am 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 10 20 am 12 55 pm Leave Leslies 10 35 am 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction.. 10 40 am 1 50 pm Leave Lancaster 11 22 ami 3 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 05 pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 1 00 pm. 6 50 pm going north] |~NoT 33." | NoTST. Dally I Dally Except i Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Camden 2 00 pm 9 00 am Leave Kershaw 2 45 pm 11 10 am Leave Lancaster 3 25 pm 12 40 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 00 pm 2 00 pm Leave Leslies 4 10 pm 2 10 pm Leave Rock Hill 4 30 pm 4 40 pm Leave Newport 4 45 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tirzah 4 50 pm 5 20 pm Leave Yorkvllle 5 05 pm 8 00 pm Leave 8haron 5 20 pm 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove .... 5 40 pm 6 40 pm . r sn ?? a cc ueave miiyniH .... *> w yui u w |iiu Leave Blacksburg 0 20 pm 7 30 pm Leave Enrle's 1 6 85 pm Leave Patlernon's Spring. 6 40 pm| Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm! No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am Leave Earls 8 30 am Leave Patterson Springs 8 40 am ? Leave Shelby 9 10 am Leave Mooresboro 9 50 am Leave Henrietta 10 00 am Leave Forest City 10 20 am Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 am Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. A Snare And Delusion. IF you have takM^pAft life insurance policy in an Old iMj?Uigh price "level premium" company with the idea that you would at sometime in the future, while you yet drew the breath of life, receive substantial cash retuns or "big dividends," we are here to tell you that you will be disappointed. Your policy will prove a snare and a delusion. It is all right for protection for your wife and children, as they will receive the face of the policy in case of your death, as they would also in a company that charges you half as much. A life insurance policy is a fraud as an investment for a living man, and is the greatest blessing of which we or anybody else has any knowledge as a means of protecting the widow and orphans, after the breadwinner has been removed by death. If You Will Lay Aside Your Prejudice AND COME to us with a desire to learn why it is not to your interest to carry h'gh priced insurance, and how we can fur ish you just as safe insurance for at lei st 40 per cent, a year less than the other costs, we are sure we can show you to your satisfaction that the MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION of New York does business oil a plan that is absolutely safe, and will protect your loved ones even better than they now are, at even a greater cost to to you. Of course if you are too prejudiced to investigate ana imagine that the high price you are now paying makes your insurance better or safer, or better than it would be at less cost, we can't do anything for you ; but will be forced to let you go on until time, the crucial tester, convinces you, against your will,, that you have been deceived. If You Have No Insurance, And think von should have, we would be pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve 3yste*m to yon. The Mutual Reserve is the largest and strongest natural premium company in the world, and the fourth largest of ANY KIND. It has paid ibout $550,000 to the widows and orphans sf deceased policy-holders in South Carlina alone, during the past twelve years, ind if all the insurance now carried in >ld line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, which now annually goes into the coffers jf the former, would ne left in the state ;o help relieve the hard times about which we hear so much. SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, Seneral Agents, Yorkville, S. C. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken, you should not fail to come and see ne. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am ;onfident that I know my business. It ias always been my desire to please my uistomers. I am prepared to take Photographs in the latest styles and at reasonible prices. HAVE YOU ANY Photographs that you would like to have jumrgru i 11 yuu nave, eume anu ?t?e me ibout it. I can do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask myone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, i'ou will find my Gallery warm and aleasaftt. Come and see me whenever pou need photographs. Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB. She *|orbniUf (Enquirer. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TKRJfS Of S U HSC, It I FT 1 ON: Jingle copy for one year, * 2 OO )ne copy for two years, 3 5<) ?or six months, 1 OO i^or three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year 17 50 knd an extra copy for a club often. 3FING COMP'NY. _ ^ JRERS OF IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. Cleveland, <>. eulitr and Price List F IRON ROOFING INTHE WORLD N