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tumorous department. THEY WERE PECULIAR. It Was Not a Very Safe Place For a Stranger to Abide In. When I turned aside from the trail and asked a woman sitting in front of a mountaineer's cabin if I could find lodgings for the night, she looked me over and over and waited a long minute before replying: "Stranger, I've got an ole man and four strappin' big sons, and mebbe it wouldn't be pleasant for yo'." "You mean you haven't any bed for me?" "No, I don't. Reckon we kin arrange about the bed all right. The trnhhle is that the six of us ar' badlv split up on religun. Me aDd Bill ar' Baptists, the ole man and Tom ar' Methodists, Jim and Sam ar' sort o' shakin' between the Presbyterians and the Universalists, and when night cums we git sot down?" "I beg your pardon," I interrupted, Ubut, having no particular religion myself, I wouldn't take sides in a discussion." "Yo' wouldn't, eh ?" she sharply queried as she turned on me. ' Stranger, yo' don't know us as a family !" "Would I have to take sides?" "Would yo' hev to! Why, as sartin as yo' live! The discussion would begin right arter supper, and my ole man would begin it by tbrowin his hat on the floor and sayio that the Methodists had killed mo' b'ars in this yere stait of Tennessee than all the other religuns put together, and Tom would back him." "I see." "Then I'd get up and crack my heels together and declar' that the Baptists didn't go foolin arter b'ars, but growed mo' co'n and taters than would load all the steamboats owned by the pesky Methodists on the face of the airth, and Bill would back me." "I understand." "Then Jim and Sam would jump up and warwhoop and crack thar heels together and put it that the Presbyterians and Universalists didn't dicker in co'ns, taters nor b'ars, but owned the best farms and horses and mewls and had most of the money, and they'd back eacb otber. L>o yo' loner?" "I do. But where would I come iD ?" "Y'd cum iu fast 'nuff! Being he's boss of the place, the old man would reckon to consider that yo' orter side with him. If yo' didn't thar'd be a rumpus, and yo'd be throwed out. Being as I run the house, I'd reckon to consider yo' orter side with me. If yo' didn't do it, thar'd be a rumpus, and yo'd limp for two weeks arterwads. Bein as Jim and Sam hev bin to skule and traveled as fur as Knoxville, they'd reckon to consider yo' orter side with them. If yo' didn't do it, they'd holler fur blood and get it. D'yo' see ?" "I do, but suppose I refused to side with any of you ?" "Then the hull six of us would pitch in and wreck yo'r life in less'n a minit and without even asking the Lord to hev mercy on yo'r soul! Stranger, owing to the pecooliar sarcumstances, yo'd better put in the other two miles and stop at Sam Dixon's whar thay ar' all pore sinners and dwell in lamblike harmony."?M. Quad. Easily Settled.?The Chicago man who had gone on a business trip to Omaha had started home again. He had been compelled to run several blocks to catch the train and was somewhat overheated. The temperature of the car was over 100 degrees and still climbing. He stood it for about five minutes, and then tried to open a window. It was one of those car windows that are not built for opening purposes, and it didn't open. He tried another window, with the same result. The third window stuck equally tight, and he raised his foot and kicked a large hole through the plate glass. The conductor heard the crash and came running into the car. "Who broke that window ?" he demanded threateningly. "I did," said the Chicago man. "Well, sir, it will cost you just $5 !" "Here it is," said the other, handing him a $10 bill. "I?I haven't change for that," said the conductor, somewhat taken aback. "Never mind the change," replied the Chicago man. "Keep it." He raised his foot again, kicked out another wi jdow, took a newspaper out of his pocket, sat down and went to reading as if nothing had happened. Wcff~ Wife?My dear, l lett my tnimble in the pocket of my new dress, and I wish you'd run up stairs and? Husband?Now, see here, I'm not going off on any such job as that. "How foolish you are! Nothing is easier than finding the pocket in a dress. All you have to do is to slip it on." "Slip what on ?" "The dress of course. But you needn't try to button it, you know." "Oh, I needn't!" "No, slipping it on is enough." "Well, then what?" "Use common sense, of course. All you have to do after the dress is on is to dive down and crossways and a little slanting, and up and around, just as you see ladies do in a street car when the conductor comes along, and your band will go straight into the pocket." I ? > ? What Paul Found.?A young reporter not long ago was sent out by the city editor to report a sermou by Rev. Joseph Twitchell, of the Asylum Avenue Congregational church. He came back and began heroically on his task of writing it. After a few minutes' labor he looked up, and addressing the city editor, said : "This sermon was about Paul, but I've forgotteu what he did after his conversion." "Why he went up to Damascus," observed the religious editor. "Oh, yes," exclaimed the reporter. "That's it; and he found Damascus sitting outside of his tent."?Hartford Post. VST "Your husband seems to be a victim of the tobacco habit." "No, I'm the victim. He thoroughly enjoys it." Wapidt (gtathmngis. AS?* The training of a tree the first season from planting determines its future shape as well as life. fl?* There are three times as many muscles in the tail of a cat as there are in the human hand and wrist. I?" Unless you have an aim and ambition of your own you will some day find yourself turning some other fellow's grindstone. VST The people of this country use three times as much writing paper as those of any other nation, iu proportion to their number. ?6T" As an instance of the wonderful fecundity of vegetable life, it is stated that a single tobacco plant will produce 360,000 seeds. 1PQ.T~ A wora 01 KiuuntM 13 seiuuui spoken in vain; while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. H&T Going to sleep with one hand tucked under the cheek is not wise. It makes a fold in the soft skin that by and by helps the wrinkles. 1ST A Texas jury arose, after the evidence was all in, and requested that the case go to them without "any lawyers' speeches and it did. ffet?" Cultivate a gentle, even temper. The man who flies into passion upon every provocation, is like a wasp, senseless and exceeding annoying. iST" It is worth while to get out your religiou and expose it to the light often enough to prevent it from getting moth eaten, remarks The Christian Register. t8T A New York newspaper offers to aid in prosecuting any driver who recklessly runs down a bicyclist. Will it aid in prosecuting any bieyclist who recklessly runs down a pedestrian ? U&T "While I like to see a man who is not afraid to stand up for his rights," * ~ t said tne uumminsvme sage, -ami, i have noticed that this sort of man usually thinks he has a right to anything be wants." JGy The average weight of a dozen eggs is about 21j ounces. One-eighth of this entire weight may be regarded as nitrogenous and nutritious matter, a greatcjr proportion than that of meat or of the oyster. tiST The crypt of the Capitol in which it was once proposed to deposit the ashes of George Washington is now used for a bicycle stable, which causes it to be visited ofTtener than though the original purpose had been carried out. The rheumatic bachelor: "I wonder," said the fair-haired maid, "if there will be any more love when woman is the acknowledged peer of man in intellect?" "What," asked the rheumatic bachelor, has love got to do with intellect?" 1ST When one is hurried in mailing a letter, and the only available postage stamp is found to be without sufficient glue, moisten the stamp, rub it on the gummed flap of an envelope, and quickly press it in place upon the letter. A veritable curiosity has been captured in Africa. It is an elephant larger than the late lamented Jumbo, pea-green in color, trunkless, and has tusks that branch out something like the horns of a deer. It is in possession of a native king, who will not part with it. fST History has fully established that Captain Kidd buried no treasure except on Gardner's Island, and this, amounting, with what he had on board his vessel, to about $70,000, was secured by the Earl of Bellamont, governor of the British colonies in New England. 16?" The largest republic in the world, and the ouly one that has ever lived a century on a purely democratic basis, is the United States of America, which contains 3,200,000 square miles, being almost equal in extent to Europe, which has 59 kingdoms, empires, principalities and republics. |Sf" "Now, darling, will you grant me one favor before I go?" Yes, George. I will," she said, dropping her eyelashes and getting her lips in shape. "What is the favor I can grant you ?" "Only a little song at the piano, love. I am afraid there is a dog outside waiting for me, and I want to scare him away." "I wish you would renew this note. My father will endorse for me," said a Texas youth to Mose Schaumburg, the merchant prince of Austin. "Yen a fader has got no more sense than to endorse for such a son as you vas, vat segurity ish dot for me? Dot shows dot your vader was an old block of the young chip." An oak tree was cut down at Baraboo, Wis., recently the trunk oi which had nearly 400 rings, which, according to the generally accepted rule that a new ring is formed ea<5h year, would indicate that the tree started on its earthly career after Columbus first Thfi t TOP WOQ oigiitcu kuc ucn itviiu, a 4*%/ v.w .. ? six feet in diameter at the base. #5?* The false shame which fears to be detected in honest manual employment; which shrinks from exposing to the world a necessary and honorable economy ; which blushes more deeply for a shabby attire than for a mean action ; and which dreads the sneer ol the world more than the upbraiding oi conscience?this false shame will prove the ruin of every one who suffers it to influence his thoughts and life. #6T The warden of the state prison at Laporte, Ind., has adopted the idea of forming his convicts into military companies and drilling them like soldiers since the prison labor law was abolished. It was feared the contin, ued idleness and confinement of the , prisoners would drive them insane, but the scheme of making them all study military tactics has achieved the desired result of giving them something to occupy their minds. i 8They tell this story of Lord Roseberry, who is a very bad shot: Recently he was on the Scotch moors, and, having unsuccessfully fired at a covev of birds that rose not more than i twenty yards ahead, he exclaimed, "It is strange that none of them fell! I'm positive that some of them must have been struck !" "I dinna doot," returned the keeper, with the usual freedom of his class, "that they were struck ?' astonishment at gettiu' ofl sae eas; !" International Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IV, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, JULY 25. Text of the Lesson, Acts xvll, 22-34?Memory Verses, 24-27?Golden Text, John It, 24 ? Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 12. "Then Paul stood in the midst of hill nnrl anid. Yo men of Athens, I perceive that In all things ye ore too superstitious." The R. V. margin snys, "Religious." It was something like much of the religion of today, which is described in Isa. zziz, 13; Ezek. zzzili, 31; Math, zv, 7-9, a religiousness without any reality, without any forgiveness of sins?all outward formality. Tho people's time was spent in talking of the nows of the day (verse 21); as Paul waited for Silas and Timothy to come to him from Berea (verses 14 to.16) be made good use of his time for his Master, both in the synagogue and in the marketplace, and every day preached Jesus and the resurrection. 23. "Whom therefore ye lgnorantly worship Him declare I unto you." He said this with reference to tho altar to the unknown God, for it would seem that in their worship of many gods or idols they had an altar for ono whom possibly they might not have heard of as yet, but if there was 6uch an one, they would like his favor also. Here is tho one business of the ohurch, to make known to tboso who never heard of Him the one only living and true God who alono is worthy to be worshipped. 24. "God that made tho world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands." Prophets and apostles dwelt much upon the great truth of oreation, and emphasized that He whom they preached was the Creator of all things. See Isa. zllv, 24; Jcr. z, 12; zxzii, 17; Acts iv, 24. Peoplo muy know of Him by His works. But no one can truly know Him ezcept through Jesus Christ, who was God manifest in the flesh (Math, zi, 27; John i, 18; I Tim. iii, 16). Life eternal is to know Him (John zvii, 3). 26. "He giveth to all life and breath and all things." Giving is His great cbarao teristic, and His crowning act was to give His only begotten Son, or in other words, to give Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. Having given Himself, He has given all things, for all things are in Him. The ungodly are dependent upon Him for the very breath with which they blasphemo His name, and the words of Daniel to Belshazzar are applicable to them?"The God in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified" (Dan. v, 23). 26. "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of tfib earth." Not only has He determined the bounds of their habitation, but He has done it with reference to His people Israel (Deut. xxxii, 8), for it is His pleasure to make Israel the center and bless all nations through them. As all on earth are His creatures and Ho loved the world and gave Himself for the world, surely it is the great business of thoso who know this to make it known to thoso who know it not. What else are we here for but to honor Him and make Him known? 27. "That tboy should seek the Lord." Look at Isa. lv, 6, 7; Zeph. ii, 8; Jer. xxix, 18, and Matt, vi? 83 on seeking the Lord, and observe everywhere that His great desire is to have people turn to Him. By sin we have turned our bucks upon Him, and misjudge Him, and misunderstand Him and think and say hard things of Him. The Scriptures enlighten us about Him and lead us to repent or change our mind about Him, and when we know Him many are triad to receive Him (John i, 11, 12). 28. "For in Him we live and move and have our being." If there is one thing that is not known, it is the goodness and love of God. Those who bear the name of Christ are not showing forth His goodness as they might day by day, but are too apt to complain because of His chastenings and thus lead others to think that He is Dot good. God is good, God is love, and if these truths were more manifest in His people more would want to know Him, for the goodness of God leads to repentance (Rom. ii, 4). 29. "We ought not to think that the Godhead is liko unto gold or silver or stone, graven by art and man's device." For it cannot be that what we make made us. The work of men's hands cannot be man's creator, and yet what millions seem to think so as tbey bow down to idols ol wood and stone. See the folly of this fully set forth in Isa. xliv, 9-19, and in verse 20 see the reason of 6uch folly, "A deceived heart hath turned him aside." 80. "And tho times of this ignorance God winked at (R. V. overlooked), but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent." God never makes light of sin and never passes it by as if it were nothing, but He is long suffering, slow to anger, not willing that any should perish (II Pet. lii, 9, 10). How it must grieve Him to be misunderstood as He is, to be thought unkind and cruel when He is wholly and only love I Is it any wonder that He commands all to repent, but is it not a great wonder that He offers full and free for1 giveness to ull who turn to HimP (Hos. xlv, 4; Rom. iii, 24.) 81. "Because He hath appointed a day in which Ho will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained." The assurance of this is found 1 in a risen Christ at God's right hand. In reference to this day we must remembei that a day sometimes means a thousand i years (Ps. xo, 4; II Pet. ill, 8), and from other Scriptures we gather that the period of judgment will cover at least 1,000 years; the saints and the living nations being judged at the beginning, and the wioked dead ut the end of the thousand years. SQ "And when thov heard of the resur rection of the dead some mocked, and others said, We will hear thee again of thfc matter." The greatest and the crowning event in the work of our Lord Jesut Christ, His resurrection from the dead, i? that which seems to be the greatest stumbling block I Cor. zv sets forth very ' fully the benefits of His resurrection and ' what the results would have been if He , hod not risen. 83, 34. "So Paul departed from them. Howbeit certain men clave unto Him and believed." Thus He went from plaoe tc plaoe as a faithful witness, never expecting to save all in any placo, but seeking by all ftieans to save some (I Cor. ix, 22). He Understood that it was bis commission tc bear the name of Christ wherever the Splril 1 of Christ should leud him and be perfectly sure that God's word would always accomplish His pleasure and prosper in thai whereto Ho sends it (Isa. lv, 11). Itise happy thing for us when we are willing tc let our blessed Lord manage Hi6 own af airs and accomplish what Ho pleases rather than what we please. When we are willing to fall in with Him in His clearly n1..no ..nil nilKincM JlTlfl illflt, dwell IX? V L'UiVU piuuo UiiU J/U*^vwvu 4 ?? with Him for His work, seeking only in all things to be upproved of Him. Bfcjy If people could see their obitua> ries while they are still living, it would encourage them so much that they might live longer. 8?? Neither accept an opinion, noi except against it, merely on the score * of its novelty ; all that is new is not true ; but much that is old is false. Jiurn and |itcsidc. NEW METHOD OF FRUIT PRESERVING. Details of a new process for keeping fruit in a fresh condition have recently been received from France. A scientist noted that pears and apples kept for several monthr in an atmosphere saturated with vapors of water and alcohol, and he resolved to carry the experiment further with a view to learning the possibility of reducing the scheme to the requirements of every- ] day needs and methods. With this i object in view the operator placed a variety of fruit, including grapes, to- i gether with a bottle containing G2 i cubic inches or alconoi ai yo degrees in a brick receptacle from which the light and air were excluded by a common wooden door. In two similar receptacles, the door of one being left open and that of the other closed, but the alcohol being absent from both, other fruit was placed, and tbey were placed in a deep cellar, the atmosphere of which registered about 50 degree. Twenty days laTer the contents of the two last named chambers were found to be absolutely worthless, but the receptacle in which the bottle of alcohol had also been placed presented a very different spectacle. Not only were the grapes firm, full and entirely free from mould, but the bloom upon them was found to be as fresh as though the bunch had just been taken from the vine. The chamber was closed for another month, and at the end of that period everything was still as fresh as formerly, and the freshness was evident equally as much in the taste as in the appearance. These experiments have certainly added to our methods of fruit preserving a process which is not only inexpensive, but exceedingly useful.?Home Builder, Barbados, W. I. An Irresistible Bait For Rats. According to a Washington correspondent to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, an interesting, not to say valuable, discovery has been made by Captain Weedin, in charge of the animals at the Zoo. The building is infested by rats, and Low to get rid of them has long been a perplexing ques > tioD. Traps were used, but nothing would tempt the rodents to enter. In a storeroom druwer was placed a quantity of sunflower seeds, used as food for some of the birds. Into this drawer the rats gnawed their way, a fact i which led the captain to experiment with them for bait in the traps. The 1 result was that the rats can't be kept out. A trap which appears crowded with six or eight rats is found some , mornings to hold fifteen. They are turned iuto the cages containing weai sels and minks. The latter will kill a i rat absolutely almost before one can ' see it, so rapid are its movements. The weasels are a trifle slower, but none of the rats escape them. Horses In Dark. Stables.?The pupil of a horse's eye is enlarged by being kept in a dark stable; be has harness put on him and is suddenly brought out into glaring sunlight, which contracts the pupil so suddenly as to cause extreme pain. By persevering in this very foolish and injudicious," as well as cruel practice, the nerve of the eye becomes impair ed, and if continued long enough Joss ; of sight will ensue. To see how pain| ful it is to face a bright light after . having been in the dark, lake a i walk some dark night for a short i time till the eyes become used to i the darkness, then drop suddenly into 1 some well-lighted room, and you will scarcely be able to see for a few mo1 ments in the sudden light. You know , how painful it is to yourself, then why . have your horses to repeatedly bear such unnecessary pain ? 1 Saving Tomato Seeds.?Let the | tomatoes become thoroughly ripe, put ; them in a large jar and mash to pieces, i When the jar is one-hi.Jf to two-thirds [ filled with this pulpy mass, fill to the brim with water, and let stand a week ' or ten days. The pulp and inferior ' seeds will all rise to the top; the good * seeds sink to the bottom. The water, ! when poured off, takes all worthless ; substance with it, leaving the seeds clean. They are then dried and put i away. ' 86T Silversmiths now counsel their j patrons to keep fine table silver in . Canton flannel rather than in wool. The explanation is that the woolen flannels hitherto commonly employed for this purpose are treated in the 1 course of their production, with sulj phur, and enough of the latter clings to the flannel to tarnish the metal when > it is kept in flannel bags. 1 1 I&T It is recommended for the pre' vention of baldness that the hair be j kept pretty closely cropped, and that | the head be bathed frequently in salt water and lubricated occasionally with ii i!i.. ..MMAi:nA . a very smaii quanuiy ui vwcuuc. Two teaspoonsful of salt to a pint of 1 water will make a tonic of strength, ' and with this the head should be 1 bathed three times a week.?Medical Record. i A Trap For Bedbugs.?An ingen ious plan is employed with great success in hospitals, in India. It is to t place a piece of wood, freely perforated , with gimlet holes, under the mattress. , The insects find their way into these i boles, where they may afterward be i destroyed by dipping the piece of wood > into hot water. ' 86T In Europe bulls are made to ; work, and prove more serviceable as , well as less dangerous. They are cou> sidered expensive by farmers who have but few cows, but if the young bull is trained to work he can furnish tread 1 power and perform much labor that ' would more than pay for his keep. ( Idleness begets vices, and the bull is no exception. 5?* It is said that if lamp chimneys, | tumblers or other glass dishes are r placed in cold water, with a half cup of table salt to each quart of water, which is brought slowly to a boil and boiled a half hour, then allowed to . cool in the water, they will resist any ; sudden changes of temperature without cracking. Pistellaiwdtts fading. HOW THE COUNTIES WERE NAMED. The following gives the origin of the Yo names of the counties in South Caro- oui Una, which composed the state previ- of ous to the meeting of the late consti- ag* tutional convention : bui Abbeville, town of Abbe, French, dal Aiken, named after Governor Aiken. Bit Anderson, in honor of Colonel Robert spe Anderson. Barnwell, in honor of Co* Ah lonel Barnwell, Beaufort, French, Hen- the ry, Duke of Beaufort. Berkeley, Lord Va Berkeley, one of the Lord's Proprie- All tors. Charleston, town of Charles, of! Charles II. Chester settlers from Ches- wa ter, Penn., who were from Chester, in England. Latin Castra. Chesterfield, of either from the same source or after am Lord Chesterfield. Clarendon, in hon- at or of the Earl of Clarendon. Colle- on! ton, in honor of John Colleton. Dar- dei linrrtnn in hnnnr nf CVilnnal Darlinc- ha( fo%vr"> *" "WMW" o Iod. Edgefield, meaniug edge of the bef field or border of the state. Fairfield, rui meaning Fair-field, the county being luc much admired by Lord Cornwallis. exj Georgetown, in honor of King George, pat Greenville, Greentown, not from the so\ character of the people, but from the dis surface of the country, or from Gener- dei al Green. Hamptoj, iu honor of Wade An Hampton. Horry, in honor of Colonel lut Horry, the friend of Marion. Ker- Gr shaw, in honor of Colonel Kershaw, ed Lancaster, settled from Pennsyl- mo vania and Castra. Laurens, in honor cal of Henry Laurens. Lexington, Ger- ? man settlers called it Saxe-Gotha, ?? which was changed to Lexington in houor of Lexington, Mass. Marion, named after General Francis Marion. Marlboro, after the distinguished Duke of Marlboro. Newberry?there is a difference of opinion on the origin of this name. Oconee, an Indian name, meaning water course ; this is the only county in the state that is from the Indian dialect. Orangeburg, numed in honor of the Prince of Orange, who sent the first settlers over here. Pickens, after Andrew Pickens, who to serve in the legislature declined a seat in congress and later the governorship. Richland is either so called on account - ' * ? 1* L -.4 4 ?1,1 n/In AM i n t ?*A n XT Ol Llie I1UU uutiuiu lauuo, ut iu ui/uj ? on account of the poor uplands. Spartanburg, so called on accouut of the presumed Spartan qualities of her inhabitants. Sumter, in honor of General Sumter. Union seems to have taken its name from Union Church, in which the Episcopalians and Presbyteriaus bad united. Williamsburg was named in honor of King William. El York is after the name of the Duke of York. pr r): Moves Under Water.?A correspoudent of the Chicago Times-Herald, cu writing from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, under recent date, says: The Raddatz submarine boat was given another launch or test today H and with success. It is now being provisioned for an extended voyage on al. Lake Michigan and Huron. The ship is 65 feet long, 4 feet wide and 7$ feet high, and is built of steel plates on a heavy framework of angle irons, with an estimated strength sufficient to withstand safely the pressure due to u submersion 500 feet deep. She carries two sets of propelling machinery, a hot air engine of 30-horse T power for use on the surface, aud a -* number of trials have demonstrated ?? the capabilities of the craft to navi- wt gate beneath the surface of the water cei for a day at a stretch with safety and ^ without inconvenience to the inmates. wj Trials have also shown that the all /ion lifl morla tn riao anrl full in cb tlOiu vau uu uiuuv ww ?*uw mum <m.. ... . the water at the wishes of the operator w(( and with various velocities, and a yo complete submersion or emersion of cy the boat can be made in the short space of 18 seconds, or less, while if it ^ be desirable to hold the craft suspend- or, ed in the water at any desired depth rei an automatic machine is provided which is of itself capable of maintaining the ship at a given depth for hours at a time, with a varying depth of less than one inch from the given mark ^ either with the ship in motion or when cai still. foi Every effort has been made to insure the supply of pure and respirable air rj in proper quantities to the inmates, TI and great care has also been taken to ph insure the return of the craft to the ^ surface in case of accident to the ma- to chinery of a sufficiently serious nature di< as to endanger the lives of the passen- hi| gers and the safety of the craft. An automatic machine is provided an to prevent the submersion of the craft let either by intention or accident beyond a predetermined depth. Discovery ok America.?In answer to a correspondent who made inquiries with regard to the discovery of Amer- pi< ica, the Philadelphia Saturday Night Sy replied as follows: JjjJ M. G. G.?There is no doubt that ]ai America was discovered by the North- ab men, inhabitants of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, long before Columbus an sailed. In 983 a colony whs planted ok in Greenland, and in 1001, Lief, a son of Eric the Red, landed on what is now Labrador. He explored its shores to southward to a more genial climate we and a well wooded country, presum- q ably Nova Scotia, and then to another still further so ith abounding in grapes, supposed to tiave Deen iviassacnuseiis, i in the viciuity of Boston. Thorstein, X1 a younger son of Eric, was the next ^ one to sail on a voyage of discovery to w^j these shores, but was driven by storms Ar to Greenland, on the borders of Baffin's W1 Bay, where he died. A rich Norwe- ^ gian, living in Iceland?Thorfinn Karl- to seful?went to Greenland the following year, married Thorstein's widow, Gu- ; drida, and with his bride and 160 per- c< sons sailed in three ships for Vineland to plaut a colony. They landed, it is V believed, in Rhode Island. Thorfinn ^ remained in Vineland about three Vaj years, and his sou Suorre became the eo< progenitor of the great Danish sculp- 801 tor, Thorwaldsen. Returning to Iceland, Thorfinn died there. Icelandic manuscripts mention visits to Vineland " in 1125, 1135 and 1147. About 1390, a Venetian, named Nicolo Zeno, visited Greenland, and there met fishermen 1 - - - - - riM who had been on the coasts ot Amer- v"* ica. The old tower yet standing at t Newport, R. I., is supposed by some rJ to have been erected by the Northmen. A compilation from the old chronicles of the records of the voyages of the Tfl Northmen has been made by Bishop jei orlack, of Iceland, a descendant of drida. ifouNG Men In Our History.? ung men have cut a wide swath in r history. Henry Clay was speaker the house of representatives at the } of 34. Stephen A. Douglass was I 39 when he first became a candit,e for the presidency. James G. line was only 39 when he became saker of the house of representatives, jxander Hamilton took charge of ! treasury at 32 years of age. Martin n Buren at 36 organized tbe famous Dany regency, and was the governor New York at 40. John C. Calhoun s vice president of the United States his 42d year. John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, was vice president at 32, i a candidate for the presidency 35. George B. McClellan was ly 38 when nominated for the presiicy. Fremont, the "Pathfinder," i explored the Rocky Mountains ore he was 30 years old, and was ining for the presidency at 43. CoQbus was in the thirties when he plained his ideas of the Western jaage and enlisted aid of the Spanish rereigns in tbe project that led to the covery of America. Richard Cobi was but 34 when he founded the ti-Corn Law League, which revoionized the commercial importance eat Britain, and William Pitt, rankby some historians as the greatest of dern British premiers, was practily ruler of England at 24. ROM I dilifi POWDER Absolutely Pure When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The nquirer office where such inting is done. Excursion lis, Programmes, Dodgers, Outers, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, itter Heads, Note Heads, Bill eads, Envelopes, and Cards of I kinds printed on short notice id at very reasonable and legitlate prices. A Snare And Delusion. F you have taken out a life insurance policy in an Old Line high price "level emium" company with the idea that u would at sometime in the future, lile you yet drew the breath of life, reve substantial cash returns or "big ddends," we are here to tell you that u will be disappointed. Your policy 11 prove a snare and a delusion. It is right for protection for your wife and ildren, as they will receive the face of 3 policy in case of your death, as they >uld also in a company that charges u half as much. A life insurance poli-j is a fraud as an investment for a living in, and is the greatest blessing of which > or anybody else has any knowledge a means of protecting the widow and phans, after the breadwinner has been moved by death. It You Will Lay Aside Your Prejudice MD COME to us with a desire to irn why it is not to your interest to rry high priced insurance, and how we n furnish you just as safe insurance at least 40 per cent, a year less than the ier costs, we are sure we can show you your satisfaction that the MUTUAL 5SERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIAON of New York does business on a in that is absolutely safe, and will pro:t your loved ones even better than ay now are, at even a greater cost to you. Of course if you are too preju:ed to investigate ana imagine that the jh price you are now paying makes ur insurance better or safer, or better an it would be at less cost, we can't do ytbing for you ; but will be forced to you go on until time, the crucial iter, convinces you, against yum win, it you have been deceived. II You Have No Insurance, id think you should have, we would be jased to explain the Mutual Reserve stein to you. The Mutual Reserve is 3 largest and strongest natural premii company in the world, and the fourth gest of ANY KIND. It has paid out $550,000 to the widows and orphaus deceased policy-holders in South Caria alone, (luring the past twelve years, d if all the insurance now carried in 1 line companies iu the state was in the utual Reserve, not less than $400,000, lich now annually goes into the coffers the former, would be left in the state help relieve the hard times about which i hear so much. SAM M. A L. GEO. GRIST, ineral Agents Yorkville, S. C. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT, > EM EMBER that I am prepared to i put YOUR BICYCLE in tirstclass iair at a reasonable price. I can furih new duplicate of any broken or irnout bicycle part manufactured in nerica. I am prepared to furnish OOI) RIMS fitted with any make of e on the market at manufacturers' price. I work guaranteed. Call on or write OLIVER E. GRIST. Yorkville, S. C. Iruing up wheels a specialty. >FFINS ROBES AND CASKETS. [TE now have probably the largest T stock in the county to select from, ices to suit customers, from the cheapto fine Oaks, Walnuts, Broadcloth's of rious qualities. Metalic and White )ds iu infants and adults sizes. Perial attention. New Hearse. ' W. B. MOORE & CO. | i^ARRY IRON RO MANUFAC'I IRON ROOFING, MPEU AND CUKKI'tiATED RE 1'KOOF IHxfltS, IE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( ^Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST. ifiimtiimiisriiii TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and * Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, May 5tb, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. 001 NO SOUTH NO. 12. | Leave Mar Ion 4 45 pm Leave Rutherfordton (J 20 pro ' Leave Forest City - fl 60 pm Leave Henrietta 7 10 pm Leave Mooresboro 7 25 pm Leave Shelby 8 25 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm Leave Earls .. 8 45 pm] Arrive at Blacksburg 9 00pml No. 32. | Mo. 84. ~ Daily Daily Except Except Sunday. Sunday. I-eave Shelby 7 30 am Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am 4 Leave Earle's 7 48 am Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 am Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 0 06 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 06 am 9 26 am Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave .Yorkvllle 9 35 am 10 20 am Leave Tlrzah .. 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 51 am 10 56 am Leave Rock Hill 10 20 am 12 65 pro Leave Leslies 10 35 am 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction- 10 40 am 1 50 pm Leave Lancaster 11 22 am 8 56 pm i Leave Kershaw 12 06 pm 5 30 pra Arrive at Camden 1 00 pml 0 50 pm ooino~kobth: i?No. 887] No. 85. Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Snnday. Leave Camden 2 00 pm ft 00 am Leave Kershaw 2 45 pm 1110 am Leave Lancaster 3 25 pm 12 40 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 00 pm 2 00 pm Leave Leslies 4 10 pm 3 10 pm Leave Rock Hill 4 30 pm 4 40 pm Leave Newport .... 4 45 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tlrzah 4 60 pm 5 20 pm Leave Yorkvllle 5 06 pm 0 00 pm Leave Sharon .... 6 20 pm <1 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 5 40 pm fl 40 pm Leave Smyrna 5 50 pm 8 56 pm Leave Blacksburg 8 20 pm] 7 30 pm Leave Earle's | 6 85 pml Leave Patterson's Spring. 6 40 pml Arrive at Shelby 6 60 pm No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am I .eave 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 , TVnmit Oltv ...... 10 20 am Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 nm Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pro 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, O. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. [Mil i S G. W. P. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After February 7,18961 i CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING WORTH. | No 10. 1 No 00. Lea% e Chester 6 10 am 8 30 a no Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 686am 9 06am Leave McConnellsvllle 6 54am 989am Leave Guthrlesvllle .... 7 02am 9 56am Leave Yorkvllle T22am 10 50am Leave Clover 7 52 am 11 38 am Leave Gastonla 827am 1 50 pm Leave Llncolnton 8 45 am 3 16 pm J Leave Newton 10 23am 4 46pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 15 pm * Arrive Lenoir 12 17 pm 8 00 pm GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | NO 61. Leave Lenoir 3 30pm 6 80am Leave Hickory 4 84pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am Leave Llncolnton........ 6 00pm 10 40am Leave Gastonla G 67 pm 1 00 pm Leave Clover 787pm 2 02pm ' Leave Yorkvllle 806pm 8 10 pm Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 8 29 pm 3 40 pm Leave McConnellsvllle 8 88pm 3 56pm Leave Lowrysvllle 9 00pm 42Spm Arrive Chester 9 32 pm 510pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry 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. & C. A. L.; at Lineolnton 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 takeri, you should not fail to come and see me. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am confident that I know my business. 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. Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB. . S. W. WATSON. PHOTOGRAPHER, Cleveland Avenue, Yorlcville, 8. 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. \(orhiiUc (Enquim. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy lor one year, 2 OO One copy lor two years, 3 SO For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year,... 3 SO Ten copies one year, 17 SO A nd an extra copy for a olnb of ten. OFINU COMP'NY. TJKEKS OF QBE PAINT )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD