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^tumorous gtpartmrnt. A FAMOUS BLUNDERER. Monsieur Calino, the popular French simpleton, who performs in the humorous literature of France much the same function that the traditional "Paddy" does in English literature, , has been made the subject of a grave study, in which his innocent stupidities are carefully analyzed. He is nothiug more nor less than a convenient personification of a type of the harmless blunderer and complacent lack-wit found in all ages and countries. In France his sayings reflect, VkAnfAirAw QAmAtkiniv rtf V>n UlMYCVClj ovui^vu lug vi uuv pvvutesqueness which is characteristic of the nation. Calino's blunderings, it seems, began at an early age. He had not craft enough to tell a lie that would bold water for a moment. One day at school he got into a fight with a companion and came home with a gash on his forehead. "How did you get that cut?" asked his father. "What cut, papa?" "Why, that great gash on your forehead." "I bit myself there, papa." "Bit yourself! Why, you couldn't bite yourself on your forehead !" "I got up on a chair to do it, papa !" Later in life Calina delivered himself of the following bit of wisdom : "As for me, I don't care so much for the sun as I do for the moon. You see, the sun only comes after it gets daylight, when we could see just as well without it; but the moon's some use?it shines at night." He had a magpie of which he was very fond. The magpie, by the way, is reputed to live a 100 years. One day Mrs. Calino called to her husband : "Look out for the magpie?there's the cat!" "Never mind the cat," answers Calino. "Don't you know that a magpie lives a 100 years ?" Early one morning when Calino was out with his gun he saw a robin in the garden of his friend Camille. He aimed at it; but it dropped below the top of the wall. Then Calino went into the house, crept upstairs softly, . stole into Camille's bedroom without waking Camille, who was in bed, pointed his gun out of the window at the robin and fired?bang ! Camille leaped out of bed in wild confusion and alarm. "W-w-why?w-w-what's the matter?" uOh, did I wake you up ?" said Calino. "I pulled the trigger just as softly as I could." Calino is generally very benevolent. He had been to see an artist one night, and as he started to go after the lights on the stairway were put out, his friend gave him a little stump of a caudle to light his way down the five flights. At the botton of the stairs Calino looked at the bit of candle. "There's quite a piece of this left," he said, "and artists are so poor?and I'm down safely." So he carried the candle back up the five flights, and walked down in the dark. She Had Him Allowanced.?"My dear," whispered the young man, "as we are soon to be married, we should take a practical view of life and profit by the mistakes of others. For instance, there is the subject of a regular allowance every week for spending money, you know." "O, I've thought of that," she replied sweetly. "Have you?" "Yes, indeed. Hundreds and hundreds of times, and lately I haven't thought of much else." "Eh ?" "Yes. Your income is $2,000 a year, isn't it?" "Of course. Well, I've talked it over with mamma, aud she thinks an allowance of one dollar a week will be plenty." "Indeed?" "O, yes. You can walk to the office, you know, and carry your lunch, you know, and so you can use the whole dollar for cigars and neckties and things." Dakota Cow Poetry.?A Dakota stock paper breaks out as follows, just after the end of a long drouth on the stock range: "A short time since the cow was sad; she scarce could raise her head, begad. Her hoofs were sore, her tail was limp; her mane and bangs bad lost their crimp, and miles she trudged from grass to drink, with scarcely strength enough to wink. The owner, too, looked blue and grum, and cursed the cattle business some. But since the rains the grass is tall?the cow can raise her head and bawl; her hide is slick, no bone protru/e, she prances like a Bismanc dude. Her tail is slick, her eyes are bright, she snorts and dares the crowd to fight. Her owner, too, digs up the chink, and asks the boys to take a drink. God bless the rain, the gentle rain ; it makes a man feel young again. He feels like tossing up his hat and howling like a Democrat." Taking Time by the Forelock.? A kind-hearted lady, of the philanthropic kind, strolling about in the suburbs of Austin, heard the cries of a child and the sound of blows. Looking over a fence, she discovered that a colored woman was beating one of her children. "What are you beating that child for ?" asked the female philanthropist. "On account of the pitcher," was the reply. "What pitcher?" "I)e one I am gwine to give her to fotch me some beer." "Then you are beating the child about a pitcher she has not broken ?" "Jess so. Hit's too late to beat her after de pitcher am done broke." t ? ? A 3\Jystery Explained.?There was a social gathering at the Chaflie mansion, and one of the features of the evening was a kissing game. When it came time for Jennie Chaffie's cousin to kiss her, he refused. "Why don't he kiss her?" asked somebody. "I know why he don't kiss her," exclaimed Johnnie. "He kissed her already three times in the hall. I saw him." W'ajjsulr (Suthftinfls. As a rule, a man's hair turns gray five years sooner than a woman's. IST Persons who complain at growing old would find fault at fruit ripening on the trees. Old age is the perfection of human life. t8F Tommy?There's a girl at our school, mamma, they call "Postscript." Do you know why? "No, dear." "Because her name is Adeline Moore." tGIT "They may Bay what they like against him," said the convicted one's defender; "but his heart is in the right place." "Yes," assented the other; "and so is the rest of him, for a few years." IST "The rooms are rather small," said the prospective summer boarder. "The advantage of that," said the hotel keeper, complacently, "is that not so much fresh air is required to keep them cool." $6T An esteemed cotemporary says : "In the piece on our fourth page entitled, 'We must not lag behind,' instead of the line 'That moulds his dirty shirt,' please read, 'That would its duty shirk.' " H&P Neal Dow, now 93 years of age, has read the Bible through on an average once in two years for the last 25 years. At the end of every book in hi9 Bible is recorded the date he completed the reading. One of the most beneficent laws in France for the protection of infants is that prohibiting the giving of any form of solid food to an infant less than a year old, without a prescription from a regular physician. EST An extraordinary railroad trip was recently made over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, from Chicago to Denver. The distauce is 1,025 miles, and the trip was made in 1,069 minutes actual running time. t&T The largest fruit farm in the world is said to be at Olden, Mo. It consists of 2,500 acres, on which are more than 100,000 peach trees, 60,000 apple trees, 2,000 pear trees, and 40 r UI 1.1 acres ui umc&ucnieo. tST He?They tell me your husband is a great artist. She?That be is. He painted a picture of some onions for the last exhibition, and they were so natural that the committee put them on the top line, so that the people wouldn't smell them. *67* An advertisement, praising the virtues of a new make of infants' feeding-bottle, says : "When the baby is done drinking, it must be unscrewed ard put in a cold place under a tap. If the baby does not thrive on fresh milk, it should be boiled." *67~ in Connecticut there is hardly a farmer who does not raise tobacco. Tobacco is grown in at least a dozen states. Pennsylvania leading in the amount of production, while Ohio has 50,000 acres given up to the culture, and an average crop of 30,000,000 pounds. *sfT A man going to work on a bicycle and carrying a hod over his shoulder on the wheel was one of the funny sights on Olneyville Square, Providence, the other day; and it illustrates the extent to which the popular use of the bicycle is reaching. tST Pvice is being exported from India in spite of the famine, according to London Truth, 75,000 bags being shipped in one week to Mauritius, while the people of the neighboring districts were appealing to England for food. VST Pupils in the St. Louis schools are prohibited from using tobacco in any form or cigarettes or having either in their possession on the school grounds or elsewhere during school hours. The board of education will suspend -any pupil who disobeys this rule. *67* "It's surprising how impractical some very learned men are." "YeB ; there's Professor Lingwist, for example. He spent one-half his life in acquiring fluency in nine or ten different languages, and then went aud married a wife who never gives him a chance to get a word in edgeways." In the course of the last fifty years a considerable number of European song birds have been turned loose in the woods and gardens of the New World; but, with rare exceptions, they all disappeared Before the end of the second winter. Only four out of the 50 English larks brought to Maryland in 1879 were seen the next spring; aud no nigntingaie nas as yet managed to survive an American blizzard. J6T A peculiar slab of stone was found in a coal mine at Webster City, la., 1GC feet below the surface. It is about two feet long by one foot wide and four inches thick. The surface is artistically carved in diamond-shaped squares, with the face of an old man in each square. Of the faces all but two are looking to the right. The features of each are identical, bearing a peculiar mark in the shape of a dent in the forehead. |6T There is a crusty old bachelor, of considerable wealth, in Kentucky. "What will you do with your money when you die?" some one asked him, recently. "Well," he replied, "I am going to sell everything for cash, and get all my money in paper. When I find that death is near, I'll pile this paper money on the floor, stick a match to it, and lie down on it. Then the money and the house and I will all go together." S@F Old shoes are utilized in France in several ways. Sometimes the leather is ground and wrought into a paste which can be transformed into an excellent imitation of morocco. Another scheme is to soak the pieces of leather in water to soften them, aud then to cut uppers for shoes of a smaller size. Any rubbish which is left can be turned to advantage by farmers as fertilizers. 4ST A leading bond insurance company has published statistics of embezzlements compiled from press dispatches and newspaper reports. The repor of losses from embezzlements duriu April is ?1,081,981. More than one-half of this sum was stolen by state, federal or municipal otlicers. Banks suffer heavily from the embezzler, their reported losses in April being $372,675. Insurance companies and express companies, considering the magnitude of these businesses, are | remarkably free from embezzlements. international ^rssons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON I, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, JULY 4. Text of the Letwon, Act* xvi, 0-15?Memory Verses, 13-15?Golden Text, Fi. cxlx, 130?Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 6, 7. "Now,when they had gone throughout Phrygia and tho region of Galatla and wero forbidden of tho Holy Ghost to preach the word In Asia, after they were como to Mysia, they essayed to go Into Bithynin, but tho Spirit suffered thom not." Our last lesson in this book Introduced us to tho apostles at tho conferenoe In Jerusalem, from which Paul and Barnabas, with Silas and others, returned to Antloch and continued there teaching and preaching the word of the Lord (Acts xv, 85). After some time they start on their second missionary tour, Barnabas taking Mark and sailing for Cyprus, and Paul taking Silas and starting through Syria and Cllicia, confirming and establishing the churches. At Lystra, where Paul had been stoned and left for dead on his first tour, he takes Timothy with him, of whom he afterward says, "I have no man so dear unto me" (Phil ii, 20, margin). As they continued journeying and preaching through Phrygla and Galatia they thought to turn southward and afterward northweird and give the glad tidings In Asia and Bithynia, but were in each case prevented by the Spirit from so doing. The Spirit sent them forth on His business for Christ, and, being willing to be controlled by Him, He controlled them and for some good reason kept them at this time from going into these two provinces, that He might send them elsewhere. 8. "And they, passing by Mysia, came down to Troas." Hindered on tho right and left, they found that the open door was straight ahead, and so kept on to tho sea at Troas. "Thine care shall hear a word behind thee, saying: This is the way. Walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left" (Isa. xxx, 21). To be sure that the Lord has a purpose in your life, according to Eph. ii, 10, and that He will surely perform it according to Isa. xiv, 24, make one quiet before Him, not daring to murmur even though with aching heart and streaming eyes we say, "Even so, Father," "My Jesus, as Thou wilt." 9. "And a vision appeared to Paul In tho night. There stood a man of Macedonia and prayed him, saying, Como over into Macedonia and help us." In a dream ri/vl Knflnftnn cnnlrrvn VI V iOlWLl UJ. UiV VIVU v/? wv? to men (Job xxxiii, 15) and will yet, if necessary, though Ho generally guides by His Spirit either in His word or in tho events of daily life. The right attitudo is to "Watch the way" and "Watch to see what He will say" (Nah. ii, 1; Hab. ii, 1), then meekly walk in the way which Ho opens before us, "Doing as occasion serve us, for God is with us" (I Sam. x, 7). 10. "And after ho hud seen the vision immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them." Being willing to be guided by the Spirit, they were sure this was the Spirit's guiding. If we are willing and earnestly desirous to be led of tho Spirit, we may be perfectly sure that every hindrance and every opening is of Him. Notice that they knew what help the peoplo of Macedonia needed, and that was just what they had to give?the gospel or good tidings of tho graco of God. They were not on a lecturing or an entertaining tour, but only and wholly on business for God, to win souls to Christ 11. "Therefore, loosing from Troas, wo came with a straight course to Samothracia, and tho next duy to Ncapolis." This lesson should be taught with the map before the scholars that they may soo that Paul and his company now crossed from the continent of Asia to Europe; that Neapolis was the seaport of Philippi, and Samothracia an islund about half woy from Troas to Ncapolis. As in many another instance in the Scriptures, the incidents of the voyage or journey are wholly omitted. They set forth and they arrived arc all the Spirit sees fit to record. From the heavenly standpoint, journcyings tako no time, for they run and return as a flash of lightning (Ezek. i,14). 12. "And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia and a colony, and wo were in that city abiding certain days." There 6cems to be no welcome for them, no one specially expecting them, and yet they are in the land to which they had been called, and doubtless they gave themselves up to prayer that the some Spirit who brought them thither would now use them. They not only abode In the city, but they abode in unnsc. 13. "And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was wont to be mude, and wo sat down and 6pake unto the women which resorted thither." It would seem, then, that the first preaching of the gospel in Europo wa? at a woman's prayer meeting, Mary, the mother of our Lord, and other women were assembled with the apostles for prayer during the waiting days between His ascension and Pentecost (Acts i, 14). It is probable that upon the women also the Spirit came as tongues of fire, and as there were present in the city at that time strangers from Rome, there may also have been some from Macedonia. However, it came about, hero ure some worshipers of the true God who had evidently been crying to God for more light, and now God has sent it. The same God who 6ent Gabriel to Daniel and Simon Peter to Cornelius sent Paul and Silas to Macedonia. 14. "And a certain woman named Lydia, a 6eller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshiped God, heard us; whoso heart the Lord opened, that sho attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." Here is a businesswoman from Asia, forThyatira was in Asia (Rev. i, 11), who was for the time living in Philippi, and was evidently one of those chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (Eph. i, 4; II Tiin. i, 9). It was worth whilo going to Europe to find her. She was probably another hungry bouI like Cornelius. Wherever on earth the eyes of the Lord see a real thirst for Him, He will find a way to supply that thirst. "Dieted are they that hunger, for they shall be filled." "He satisfloth the longing soul." 16. "And when sho was baptized and her household, slio besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, conic into my house and abldo there. And she constrained us." Her heart became u home for the Lord and her house a homo for Ills disciples. There were probably four at least in Paul's party, for Timothy had joined them at Lystra, and it looks as if Luke had joined them at Troas. Contrast the "they" of verses 6 to 8 with the "we" of verses 10, 11. Contrast the spirit possessing the damsel of verses 10 to 18 with the Holy Spirit now possessing Lydia and her household, und remember we are controlled by one or the other, either the Lord or the devil. ?6T" The true calling of the Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. The most trival tasks can be accomplished in a noble, gentle, regal spirit, which overrides and puts aside all petty, paltry feelings and which elevates little things. Jam and Jircside. BE EXPLICIT IN MAKING BARGAINS. It is evident that many law suits and unpleasant business differences, and considerable loss of money, could be avoided by explicitness in asking and giving prices, in ordering, and in 8 making statements, either oral or a written, regarding the details of trans- t actions. Kicks and complaints are o very common in the lumber business, 9 says The Lumberman, and it applies t equally to business transactions of t every kind. Trouble arises from mis- i understandings that might easily have t been averted by carefulness at the outset of a deal, while in other in- a stances definiteness of statement on c the part of the buyer or seller, in event of controversy, would have ii made plain the merits of a case that r looks decidedly mixed because too ii much has been taken for granted, i An ambiguous order should" never be s given, nor should goods be forwarded I on the strength of it. If there is any s opening for a mistake as to the di- t mensions or quality of stuff that is or- a dcred, all the points should be definitely stated. Orders by telegraph espe- f cially are often too brief, are open to s misconstruction, or lacking in detail. S If goods are so urgently wanted that t they are telegraphed for, it is certain- 1 ly highly important that there should a be nothing wrong on their arrival, t The great aim of most persons in c writing out a message is to save a few t cents by boiling it down?an economy I that ofteu loses dollars for the sender, t An order by telegram should be made f to state exactly what is wanted, no c matter how many words are required, and then in case of a dispute the buy- i er will have more ground to stand on. a . 0 i Relief From Rheumatism.?"This ' information," said a well-known physician to me, "may save many lives; 8 at any rate, it will prove an invaluable boon to people suffering from rheu- * matism in any shape or form. Rheu- 8 matism, as probably nearly everybody e knows, is caused by the acidity of the ? blood. It should never be neglected. e This remedy, as I know by long prac- * tice, is very efficacious and it is as ^ simple as it is powerful. 1 "Here it is," he added. "When a t rheumatic twinge is experienced the J patient should proceed to a drugstore 1 and buy 15 or 25 cents worth of oil of gaulteria (oil of wintergreen), put 10 c drops on a lump of sugar, place it in 8 the mouth, permit it to dissolve slowly 1 and swallow it. This should be re- 1 peated at intervals of two hours until ? the last vestige of the malady has dis- I appeared. In the meantime, take a 1 dose or two of Rochelle salts. 1 "This," said the physician, "is all c there is to it; but if taken as I have 1 prescribed, it will save suffering humanity many dollars in doctors' bills, 8 to say nothing of pains, aches and 1 sweliings. No. I charge nothing for ^ this advice. It is simply given for the benefit of mankind."?N. Y. Herald. r , . , S A Kicking Cow.?An Oregon farm- ? er gives a remedy for kicking cows e which he claims to have used with great success for the past twelve years: ? Tolro a email PftTlO np cnpH flhnflt. t,!lP ? J. I* tJUIMW - w. ~ size of a clothes line ; make a loop in one end; hold the loop end in one hand, drop the other end over the cow's back ; pick it up and pass it through the loop, then slip it back just behind the hips, bringing it underneath just forward of and close to the udder, adjusting it so that the loop is near the backbone. Now draw the rope through the loop tightly and fasten it, the more tightly the better if the animal is very vicious. On the first application she will jump and try to kick and perhaps bellow ; but let her kick ; she will soon get tired of doing so. Now you can sit down and milk without the least danger. You can hardly provoke her to kick. If she should still try to kick, tighten the rope and continue to do this till she gives up. The applications in succession will cure the worst case. Treat her kindly and gently all the time without the least excitement. How to Reduce Weight.?Ex- k treme plumpness would be avoided if c the rocking chair were given up. If 8 women were less lazy they would not grow so stout. No woman can reduce her llesh who lacks courage. The woman who is inclined to be stout can \ gain a pound quicker in a day than e the slender woman can in a year. It e is said that when the beautiful Em- i prose of Austria discovered that her \ waist was growing larger, and that r her beautifully modeled chin was losing i its curve, she, the finest horseman in c the world, gave up riding and took t long walks every day and in all sorts of weather. To grow thin you must p exercise. Walk if you can, dui, oei- i ter still, work ; keep mind and body j busy. Above all, renounce every- c thing that comes from the confection- r er. Eat moderately of underdone c meat, green vegetables, salads and s those fruits that are slightly acid. I Drink but little, bathe regularly, r taking tepid baths. Constant work c will do more to reduce one's flesh than i anything else.?Ladies' Home Journal, c 1 To Kill Cabbage Worms.?I am opposed to the use of paris green in t any form for cabbage worms, and it is v dangerous. I have grown cabbage for s many years and have never used this t poison for the worms, but have a rem- 1" edy that is sure death. Dilute strong r beef brine one-third with water. Dip e a whisk broom into this mixture and shake it over the plants at any time 1: when there is danger from worms. 1: The solution is a fertilizer in itself and r will not harm anyone. I have used r this for the past 20 years with perfect c success, never failing to kill worms or r raise fine cabbages. It will not answer a for cucumbers, squashes or pumpkins, c as the salt will kill these plants.?B. B. c Hanson, in Orange Judd Farmer. How to Whiten Ivory Knife I Handles.?Ivory knife handles may o be whitened and kept so if they are I occasionally soaked in alum water. I The alum water must boil first and c then cool. After the knives have re- o maiued in the water an hour remove e them and brush with a nail brush and c allow them to dry slowly in a wet t linen towel. li JUiscrllancous Reading. THE WORLD'S ARMIES. That the Various Countries Could Put In the Field. The United States can call upon a jreater number of trained soldiers than toy other country in the world. Alhough the standing army numbers mly 27,000 men, each state has to upport its own militia, and should it ecome necessary as a last resource ipward of 7,500,000 men could assist maintainiug the independence oi be states. To defend the coast there would be k navy of some 70 ships, with 10,000 nen. Of the European armies, the biggest s that of France. The number ot nen in the active army and its reserves 3 2,350,000. It is not likely, however, hat under any conceivable circumtances more than 2,500,000 men could ?e called out. The navy, with 451 hips, also has a reserve of 114,000 nen, of whom about 25,000 are serving it the present time with the fleet. Next in point of numbers on a war ooting comes Germany. The peace trength of the standing army is about >20,000. There has been no late reurn of tbe war strength, but in the ast extremity Germany would have in army of not far short of 3,000,000 rained men, while 22,000 men could nan the 220 odd vessels constitutiug he navy. The third great power is lussia. The total peace fooling oi his country is 900,000, and the war ootiug 2,600,000. The navy consists if 160 ships, manned by 32,000 men. Italy can boast of an army numberug 3,030,000, of which nearly 250,000 ire under arms, 600,000 are on unlimted leave aud 530,000 are mobile miitiaand 1,650,000 are territorial miliia. The navy comprises 21,500 men md 220 ships. From a military point of view Great Britain ill compares with her European neighbors. The total of all branchs of the service only amounts to 715,>83, and of these only 665,154 are classid as effective. The regular forces at lome and in the colonies only num47,105, the Army Reserve is 80,100, he militia 140,104, the Yeomanry 11,>78 and the volunteers 263,528. The Jritish navy, therefore, should at all imes be a remarkably strong one. Austria-Hungary has a war footing >f 1,750,000 ; but should the necessity irise over 4,000,000 would have tc ake arms iu defense of their country, fhe navy has only a total of some >,500 men to man the 110 ships. Tbe >ermaneut army of Spain numbers .16,000, which could be increased in ime of war to 1,085,000 ; 23,000 men lould man the 108 vessels comprising he navy. The army or Switzerland is aiviaeo us follows: The elite 131,500, the ^andwehr 81,500 and the Laadsturm 173,200. Sweden has 38,846 men and 1,00C eserves, with a navy of 53 ships with 50,000 men, and Norway an army ol (9,000, although the number of troops ictually under arms never exceeds sven in war, 1,300 men without the lonseut of the Storthing. The navj if 31 ships is only manned by 53* nen, although some 323,000 men could >e called upon to serve. China can bring some 980,000 met >n the field and Japan 271,000. Of the smaller powers there is Rounauia, with a permanent army of 51,>00 men and a territorial army num >ering 81,900; Portugal, with a wai itrength of 150,000 ; Persia, with 24, [00; Servia, with 210,000; Nether ands, with 69,000 and a navy of 13J hips and 2,800 men ; Belgium, with l strength of 155,800 men and ? iarde Civique of nearly 45,000, anc Denmark, with a war strength of 60, >00 and an extra reserve of 16,500 inly called out in extreme emergen lies. The smaller nations of the world al lave their means of defense, and the Dongo Independent State, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Morocco, Peru ?araguay, Bolivia, Afghanistan, the Argentine Republic, Liberia, Nicara ;ua, the Orange Free State and the south Africa Republic, among them :ould number something like a millior ind a half of men.?London Mail. GOOD COUNTRY ROADS. The country roads in England are veil made, with deep foundations anc imple provision for drainage. Finei ixamples of the road-maker's art can iot be found anywhere else in the vorld. Scientific construction would iot protect them, however, if they die iot receive constant supervision and laily care. They are never allowed o get out ot oraer. The road-mender is always on the ground, and he is constantly at work Whenever he detects signs of wear al joints where the water does not draic iff rapidly after a heavy rain, he nends the break by filling in a barrow ?f broken flint, supplies of which are tored by roadside every half-mile, ie is a scavenger as well as a roadnender. He goes over the road everj lay, and removes everything which is insightly. Owing to his unremitting :are, the road is always free from itter, as well as in perfect repair. There are no ditches at the sides; here are no ragged ruts or pools oi vater in the centre ; there are neithei tones, nor stumps of trees, nor refuse o disfigure the roadway, and there is a lomely sense of tidiness and orderliless which is a source of delight to svery one passing over it. The road-mender is hired to keep lis section of the highway in order. II ie neglects his work, a more faithful nan is nut in his olace. There is a ? 2 * oad-inspector for every division of the ountry, and he has control of the road aenders of his section. The inspector cts under the direction of a sub-coranittee of a large committee of the ounty council. An American expert estimates that '40,000 is expended annually in the Jnited States on the highways with>ut material improvement from repairs, f the English obtain better results at ower cost, it is because the systematic are of their roads is a practical detail f common-sense, efficient local govrnment. They have gcod roads beause they pay for them in local taxaion, and insist upon having them ;ept in order. With the same pains taking care, American country roads could be made to minister to the com: fort and pleasure of rich and poor alike. ?Youth's Companion. 1 Good Roads.?To be worth anything at all, a road must he construci ted scientifically, says the St. Paul Globe. The system of "mending" ' roads in vogue in this country from ' colonial times is worse than nothing. 1 All labor and money so expended are - utterly wasted. There is but one kind of road that deserves the adjective "good," and that is a highway con' structed uccording to scientifically approved methods. It must have a sub1 stantial foundation, a good surfacing 1 and a careful system of inspection and repair. These matters should not be < left to local guidance. There ought to be a state engineer for road construci tion, by whose directions the work i must oe carrieu uu bvkijwucio. t&" Within the last year six out of ten Spanish generals in Cuba have 1 died of wounds or disease; sixty-five ' colonels, lieutenant-colonels and majors, and near to six hundred subaltern officers have gone the same way 1 in that brief time. These figures are ' from official reports of the war department, wherein it is also stated 1 that two thousand soldiery have died ' in battle or by wouuds, ten thousand ' by various maladies, thirteen thousand four hundred by yellow fever, and > iwenty-two thousand have been sent J, home to SpaiB for disabilities. The : land itself is armed against the Spaniard. Bgl. ^AKIK? POWDER Absolutely Pure When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The 1 Enquirer office where such i printing is done. Excursion Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cir. culars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill | Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of F ^1 kinds printed on short notice , and at very reasonable ana legitiinate prices. > 1 A Snare And Delusion. IF you have taken out a life insurance policy in an Old Line high price "level . premium" company with the idea that you would at sometime in the future, while you yet drew the breath of life, reP ceive substantial cash returns. 05 ".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 1 children, as they will receive the face of t the policy in case of your death, as they would also in a company that charges 1 you half as much. A life insurance poli cy 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 1 removed by death. 5 If You Will Lay Aside Your Prejudice i AND COME to us with a desire to . learn why it is not to your interest to k carry high priced insurance, and how we ' can furnish you just as safe insurance , for at least 40 per cent, a year less than the 1 other costs, we are sure we can show you to your satisfaction that the MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION of New York does business 011 a plan that is absolutely safe, and will protect your loved ones even better than ! they now are, at even a greater cost to I to you. Of course if you are too prejur diced to investigate and 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 I anything for you ; but will be forced to I let you go on until time, the crucial , tester, convinces you, against your will, J that you have been deceived. If You Have No Insurance, l And think you should have, we would be pleased to explain the MutuarReserve 1 System to you. The Mutual Reserve is - the largest and strongest natural premir 11m company in the world, and the fourth , largest of ANY KIND. It has paid about 9550,000 to the widows and orphans of deceased policy-holders in Soutn Car lina alone, during the past twelve years, r and if all the insurance now carried in old line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, I which now annually goes into the coffers 1 of the former, would be left in the state to help relieve the hard times about which we hear so much. I SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, f General Agents, Yorkville, S. C. APPLICANTS TO TEACH. 1 Office of Superintendent of Education for York County, 1 Yorkville, S. C., May 27,1897. NOTICE is hereby given that an examination of APPLICANTS TO r TEACII IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS of York county, will be held in the COURT HOUSE, at Yorkville, on FRI, DAY, JUNE 25TH, beginning at 9 , o'clock a. m., and closing at 6 p. m. Only one day. Applicants must furnish their own paper and pencils. The applicant must be at least 18 years of age. J. A. SHURLEY, County Superintendent of Education. May 29 43 4t GARRY IRON RO MANUFACT IRON ROOFING, CKIMPKl) AXl) CORRUGATED Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS, ETC. |Jr - -^=^3 THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( ^ar*Orders receivtdby L. M. GRIST. lOBimlitiMuy. TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, May 5tb, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. OOINO SOUTH NO. 12. | Leave Marion .. 4 45 pm Leave Rutherfordton? UUlpm Leave Forest City 0 50 pm Leave Henrietta 7 10 pm Leave Mooresboro 7 25 pm Leave Shelby 8 26 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm Leave Earls 8 45 pm Arrive at BlackBbnrg. 9 00 pm No. 82. | No. 84. Dally Dally Except Except Hnndav. Riindnv Leave Shelby 7 30 am Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 amj Leave Earle's 7 48 am Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 am Leave Smyrna. 8 GO am 9 06 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 60 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am 10 20 am Leave Tlrzah 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 pin Leave Catawba Junction.. 10 40 am 1 60 pra Leave Lancaster ; 11 22 am 3 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 06 pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 1 00 pm 6 60 pm qOINQ~NORTH. | NoT33. | No. 85. Dally Dally Except Exoept 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 pra 5 00 pm Leave Tlrzah 4 60 pm 6 20 pm Leave Yorkvllle 6 05 pm 6 00 pm Leave Sharon 5 20 pm 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 6 40 pm 6 40pm Leave Smyrna 5 60 pm 6 66 pm Leave Blacksburg 6 20 pm 7 30 pm Leave Earle's ? 6 35 pm Leave Patterson's Spring. 6 40 pm Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am T<eave Earls 8 30 am Leave Patterson 8prings 8 40 am Leave Shelby 9 10 am Leave Moo res bo ro 9 50 am Leave Henrietta 10 00 am Leave Forest City 10 20 am Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 am Arrive at Marion 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. iwnnnrain. G. W. F. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After February 7,1896. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. No BO. Leate Chester 6 10 am 8 80 am Leave Lowrysville ...... 6 ?6 a m 9 06am Leave McConnellsville 6 54 a m 9 89am Leave Guthrlesvllle.... 7 02am 9 56am Leave Yorkvllle 7 22 am 10 60 am Leave Clover 7 52 a m 11 33 am Leave Gastonla 827am 150pm Leave Lincolnton 845am 8 16 pm Leave Newton 10 23am 4 45pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 16 pm Arrive Lenoir 12 17 pm 8 00 pm GOING 8QUTH. | No. 9. 1 No 81. Leave Lenoir 330pm 6 90am Leave Hickory 4 34pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 6 14 p m 9 10 am Leave Lincolnton - 6 00pm 10 40am Leave Gastonla 0fi7pm 100pm Leave Clover 787pm 2 02pm Leave Yorkvllle 806pm 3 10pm Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 829pm 8 40pm Leave McConnellsville 8 88 pm 3 56 pm Leave Lowrysville 9 00pm 4 25pm Arrive Chester 9 32 pm 610pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 cariy passengers and also run daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. A N. and the C. C. A A., also LAC. 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 Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken, you should not fail to come and see me. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am conndent mat I Know my Dusiness. it has always been my desire to please my customers. I am prepared to taKe Photographs in the latest styles and at reasonable prices. HAVE YOU ANY Photographs that you would like to have enlarged ? If you have, come and see me about it. I can do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask anyone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER,. You will find my Gallery warm and pleasant. Come and see me whenever you need photographs. jJ^pf^hHy^ S. W. WATSON. PHOTOGRAPHER, Cleveland Avenue, Yorkvlllc, C. Photography in ail the latest styles of the art. Special attention given to outdoor work. My gallery is thoroughly and comfortably furnished with all the latest improvements. Terms reasonable and strictly cash. S. W .WATSON. ?hr IJorlmUf (gnquim. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 5 2 <M> One copy lor two years, 3 SO t or six tnontns, * For three months, 50 Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, IT 50 And an extra copy for a club of ten. O FIN GCOMP'N Y. URERS OF ORE FAtNT >F IRON ROOFING 1NTHE WORLD \