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^tumorous fjcpartmcnt. The Selfish Cow.?Little Frances has always lived in the city, and, of course, she has not, therefore, had many opportunities for studying the habits of the bossy cows, says the Clevelaud "Leader." A few days ago she went to visit her auntie. Old Spot was in the lot back of the barn, pursuing the habits peculiar to her kind, when the little girl caught sight of her. For a long time Frances stood at the fence, peering between the pickets, at the ruminating cow. Presently the child's mamma missed her and began an anxious search. Before long she heard the little one's voice raised to an angry pitch, and stole softly up behind her to find out what she was doing. "You naughty old cow," Frances was saying, "I should think you'd be ashamed of yourself!" The cow stopped chewing for a moment, looked wonderfully at the child, then flung her head around to scare away a fly that was bitiug her upon the back, and went on enjoying her cud. "I think you're just as mean as you can be," said Frances, crowding a little closer to the fence. "You're just a selfish old thing, that's what you are." "Why, Frances," exclaimed her mamma; "what are you scolding the bossy for ?" The little girl turned around, with an injured look, and replied : "I've asked her half a dozen times for sum of her gum, but the stingy thing won't give a bit!" Those Awful Telegrams.?"What is it, Mamie?" "It's a boy, mum, with a telegraft." "A telegram ? Oh, ask him if James is killed !" "Ho says he doesn't know, mum." "Ask him what he does know about it.""' "He says all he knows about it is that it's marked 'collect,' and he wants his money." "Oh, dear ! Oh, dear ! What shall I do ? Here, Mamie, here's the purse. Pay him. Pay him whatever he asks. Oh, my poor James ! I just knew something would happen to him before he went away this morning ! Will they bring him home in an ambulance, Mamie ?" "I s'pose so, mum. Maybe you'd better read the telegraft." "I can't! I can't! Oh, it serves me right for not kissing him three times when he left. And we've been married such a short time, too !" "Why don't you read the telegraft, mum ?" "Well, I suppose I must; but, oh, I can't tell you how I dread it!" Reads telegram : Will bring friends home to dinner. James. "The heartless beast .'"?New York Journal. A Search For Perfection.?The Examiner Rambler is reminded of a familiar incident which concerns a minister, who wished to purchase a horse, but whose means were limited. He was describing to a gentleman in the horse business the kind of steed he desired. "He must be a rapid trav eier, for I must economize my time when I am visitiug my people ; but he must not go so fast as to frighten Mrs. when she takes the children out for a little airing in the wagon. I like a spirited horse ; and yet he must be very gentle, and must not be frightened or startled or nervous if a train of cars should come under his very nose, as it were. He must be a strong horse and of a large frame, but for certain reasons I do not wish a horse that is a large eater ; and, above all, he must be held at a very moderate price." And so the pastor was proceeding to delineate the horse of his aspirations when his hearer, who was perhaps a thought lacking in reverence, broke in with : "Why, you fool, there ain't no such hoss." Frightened the Boy.?An amusing story is told of the meeting of the Epworth League at Chattanooga. One of the visiting members was entertained by a hospitable family and at dinner was asked to carve the chicken. For his own convenience he transferred the bird from the platter to his own plate, whereupon the young hopeful of the family, who had heard of the Methodist fondness for chicken and had been anxiously watching the proceedings, cried out to his mother, with tears in his voice, "He's going to take it all!" Explanations were made, and tranquility reigned again.?Exchange. Just Why He Wanted a Pass. The general passenger agent of one of the Chicago trunk lines received a letter from a Kansas nan the other day requesting a pass for himself to Chicago and return. There was nothing about the letter to indicate that the writer had any claim to the courtesy he requested, but the railway man thought perhaps the Kausau had some connection with the road, possibly as a local freight agent. So he wrote back : "Please state explicitly on what account you request transportation." By return mail came this reply : "I've got to go to Chicago some way, and I don't want to walk." Getting Too Near Home.?A Yorkshire Socialist, explaining to a friend the principles of Socialism, remarked that all possessions should be shared equally. "If you had two horses," said the friend, "would you give me one ?" "Of course," replied the Socialist. "And if you hud two cows, would you do the same?" "Of course I should." "Well, supposing now," said the lriend, slowly, "if you had two pigs, would you give me one of them ?" "Eh ! tha's gettin' ower near home," said the other, slyly; "tha kuaws I've got two pigs." ftaT When the senate elevator was taking a passenger up, recently, it w^s I .11?i. i... o?11 CHIli'd wick uy r*ciuiiui v^unuui. i/u you mean to toll me," said the indignant passenger, "that you must he at the beck and call of any man who happens to be a senator ?" He continued to abuse the attendant until he got out, when Senator Cullum said, smilingly, "Don't mind him ; he's only my brother." Wajwide (Sathmnfls. W3T Caution is ?.he lower story of prudence. 86T Those who never admire others are rarely admired themselves. SGF It is the brake of day that prevents night from going too far. SSP "I beg your pardon," sang out the convict, as the governor passed by his cell. Can a minister who wanders in his sermons be properly arrested for vagrancy ? 18T It is a wise child that keeps his face straight while his father is learning to ride the bicycle. I?"" Even those who smoke and drink at the expense of others do so still more at their own. t&T Produce graded as to quality brings better returns than if mixed, which brings mixed prices. t8T True goodness is like the glowworm?it shines most when no eyes but those of Heaven are upon it. tST It is noticeable, when two raeu are eating peanuts, the man who bought them always eats the fastest. J?" Do good constantly, patiently aud wisely, and you will never have cause to say that life was not worth living. 8?* Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. 8? The average speed of typewriters who write from dictation, is forty words a minute or twenty-four hundred words an hour. 8? It would be easier for some men to make both ends meet if they did not spend so much time in making one end drink. 8? "What! back already ?" "Yes. You see while we were bathing it threatened to rain, and as we didn't want to get wet, here we are." "Daddy, can whisky talk ?" "No, of course not." "Then why did Aunt Maria say it was telling on you more and more ?" SaF Let us look back through the week just ended, and think if we have done anythiug to make anybody else happier. 8ST" Some insects are in a state of maturity 30 minutes after birth, and become grandparents in less than a day, wheu they die of old age. S8T No element of power ever leaves or is added to this world. Water held as much latent steam in the year one as it does now. Nature is forever the same. "You want to go into the gold diggings? Heavens, boy! you don't know a spade from a jig-saw." "Yes, I do, father. I held live of them last night." 8?" One of the wisest sayings credited to Dr. Samuel Johnson was that it is wortb $50,000 a year to a man always to be able to see the bright side of things. 8fe?" A physician who has given much thought to the subject, says that so long as the cyclist can breathe with the mouth shut, he is certainly safe, so far as heart-strain is concerned. fS&T People snore because they lie with thei heads thrown back, and there is t msequently a droppiug of the uuder iaw. To break the habit, sleep with the mouth closed. 8&" If a woman should select a husband suited to her disposition as carefully as she matches her gowns to her complexion, there might not be such a short path from the marriage altar to the divorce court. Many people suppose that all ? ? _ ?t c 1 . i? t goiu is aiiKe wneu reimeu ; uui> tuis is not so. Australian gold, for instance, is distinctly redder than that from California. The Ural gold is reddest found anywhere. fifiT' The Siamese believe that it requires seven days for the human soul to journey between earth aud heaven, and, therefore, pray unceasingly for seven days after the death of a friend or relative. B&P One of the students at the Chautauqua cooking school is a middle-aged man. "I am a widower," he explained, when he entered ; "I must either get married or take a course in cooking, and I prefer the latter." B6T" In Germany when the vote of the jury stands six against six the prisoner is acquitted. A vote of seven against fivo leaves the decision to the court, and in a vote of eight against four the prisoner is convicted. BSP A wonderful grain harvester has been in use on Roberts Island, near Stockton, Cal. It has a cutting Hue of 52 feet, and it also threshes and sacks the grain. It cau turn out three 60-pouud sacks of wheat every minute. BST The Bible is a book full of light and wisdom. It will make you wise to eternal life, and furnish you with directions and principles to guide and order your life safely and prudently. There is no book like the Bible for excellent learning, wisdom and use. 8?~ The happiness of life may be greatly iucreased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks and little kind acts of attention. AST "Papa," said little Benny Bloobumper, "what is an encyclopaedia ?" "An encyclop.'udia, Benny," replied that small hoy's intelligent papa, "is a set of books, any volume of which will tell you to seek elsewhere for the information you want." fifiT The postoffice department has warned postmasters that they must not open registered parcels, eveu on the request of the sender. Merchants have been accustomed to send parcels to fictitious addresses, and then ask the postmaster to sell the goods therein at a reduced price, rather than return them. This is forbidden. fiaT Government ownership of railroads has been found a failure in Brazil, and the government has offered to lease its entire system of 14,000 miles of track to any responsible company that will pay a bonus of $70,000,00*0 as rental of the tracks, rolling slock and other property for a term of ">0 years, and guarantee to restore them in good order at the end of that period. ^ntmuitiomd Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 26. | i A Comprehensive Review of the Qoar- j ter's Lessons?Gohlen Text, Math, t, i 10 ? Commentary by the Rev. D. M. 1 Stearns. Lesson I.?First Converts In Europe ! (Acts xvi, 0-15). Goldon Text?Ps. cxix, j 180, "The entrance of Thy words givcth | light." Tho goldon toxt for the quarter, "Let your light so shine," etc. (Math, v, , ia\ fKnt f.hriat tohn in thn llflrht. " IVJ, nugk? ~ -, o?, j Is to bo allowed so to work in us that God may be glorified in us (Gnl. i, 24). Paul testifies that it pleased God to reveal Christ In him (Gal. 1, 10), and as the Lord Jesus Christ never sought His own will or pleasure (John vi, 88; Rom. xv, 8), 60 Paul, when hindered from going into Asia or Bithynia, was satisfied to cross over to Macedonia at the call of His Lord and patiently wait for the opportunity and cheerfully accept the seemingly small one of speaking to a few women by the rivorsido. LESSON II.?Paul and the Philippian Jailer (Acts xvi. 22-34). Golden Text? Acts xvi, 31, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt bo snved and thy house." To bo arrested, beaten and imprisoned did not look much like success in their work; neither did it look liko success when our blessed Lord was arrested, buffeted, ecourged, crucified as a malefaotor. Lesson III.?Paul at Thessalonica and Berea (Acts xvli, 1-12). Golden Text? Acts xvli, 11, "They received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily." Some were added unto tho Lord atPhilippi, and Paul passed on to other cities, for ho believed that it was His calling to cnuso all whom ho could reach to sec and hear tho gospol. It Is to bo seen in our lives and heard from our lips, and whether wo are freoor hound, resting in one place, or persecuted from , place co piace, ic is cnui, uuucr uu uuuuiustances people may see and hear of Josus Christ. Not all will receive Him, but 1 some will, and some, like the Bcreuns, will I earnestly search the Scriptures. | Lesson IV.?Paul Preaching In Athens < (Acts xvii, 22-34). Golden Text?John , iv, 24, "God is a Spirit, and they that , worship Him must worship Him in spirit " and in truth." He found the peoplo of Athens worshiping all manner of gods, ) but ignorant of tho only living and true 1 God, nnd giving their time chiefly to hear- I lng and tolling the nows regardless of I anything beyond the present life. I Lesson V.?Paul's Ministry In Corinth | (Acts xvlii, 1-11). Golden Text?I Cor. } iii, 11, "Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Here he works at his trade as a tentmaker J and on the Sabbath days preaches Christ in i the synagogue as long as tho peoplo will I listen to him, and when they will hear him < no more ho preaches in a house right be- < side tho synagogue. Muny are saved, in- | eluding the chief ruler of tho synagogue and all his house. Tho Lord Himself visits und encourages Paul, and he continues 18 months at Corinth. Lesson VI.?Working and Waiting For j Christ (I Thcss. iv, 9, to v, 2). Golden | Text?John xiv, 3, "If I go und prepare a , place for you, I will como again and re- , ceivo you unto myself, that whero I am 1 there ye may boulso." Turning to God 1 from idols is the first stop, tho coming of i His Son from heaven is the consummu- i tion, and all between is included in serv- ( ing the living und true God (I Thcss. i, ( 9, 10). We need to be assured of our salvation or there can bo no peace of mind. ' Lesson VII.?Abstaining For the Sako 1 of Others (I Cor. vill, 1-13). uoiuen xexo 1 ?Rom. xiv, 7, "For noDo of us livoth un- < to himself." The love that buililcth up < the body of Christ is better than tho < knowledge that pulli'th up onoself. To pity j self, or please self, or live in any way unto ourselves (Math, xvi, 23, margin; Rom. xv, 8; II Cor. v, 15), is directly opposed to tho spirit of Christ and therefore cannot ' be pleasing to Him; but to deny self and I duily to die unto self that Christ may be i seen in us (Math, xvi, 24, 25; II Cor. iv, ' 11), this is Christlikc and glorifying to ( God, and thus souls will bo won to Christ. Lesson VIII.?Tho Excellence of Christian Lovo (I Cor. xiil, 1-18). Golden Text ?I Cor. xlii, 18, "And now ubideth faith, hope, lovo, these three, but the greatest of these is love." God is love, and Christ | was God manifest in the flesh, and this j chapter is a photograph of Christ, so that although His name is not in it wo caunot mistake the picture, any more than we would that of un intimate friend. Lesson IX.?Paul Opposed at Ephosus ? (Acts xix, 21-34). Golden Text?"Take I heed und bowuro of covetousness." The < trouble at Ephesus arose from those who ( said, "Our craft, by which wo have our wealth, is in dancer." This is not to bo wondered ut when it comes from those 1 who have in this world nil they over will 1 have, but when it is seen in those who 5 bear tho name of Christ in connection i with our church, or our board, or our so- 1 ciety, or our denomination, it is pitinblo , indeed, and must be grievous to God, : who, by His Spirit, is seeking to gather frora all uutlons u body of peoplo irrespective of ull numes but that of our Lord 5 Jesus Christ. * 1 Lesson X.?Gentiles GivlLg For Jewish 1 Christians (II Cor. ix, 1-11). Golden Text i ?II Cor. viii, 9, "Ye know the grace of ] our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though Ho < was rich, yet for your sakes Ho became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich." God so loved thut Ho gave His only begotten Son; tho Son of God loved i me and gave Himself for me. If we seo I others need that which wo have and wo j give not to them, how eau tho lovo of God , hn HwnlHMf in ncV / Tnhn fin! il 20; I JohiTili, 115, 17^) Lesson XI.?Christian Living (Roin. xii, 0-21). Golden Text?Rom. xii, 21, "Be not overcome of evil, but overcorao evil with good." This is again on the same lino of thought as some previous lessons, uud begins with, "Let love bo without dissimulation," und it both begins and onds with hating evil and loving good. "There is none good saveono, thut is God." Lesson XII.?Paul's Address to tho 1 Ephesiau Elders (Acts xx, 22-35). Golden < Text?Acts xx, 35, "Remember the words ; of the Lord Jesus, how Ho said, It is moro blessed to give than to receive." Ho is able by tho grace of God to testify that the exceeding abundunt grace of God to him (I Tim. i, 14) enabled him for three 1 years to give himself so fully to them thut < with all humility of mind and tempta- ' tions and tears he hud testified the gospel ] of tho grace of God, preached the kingdom of God and declared the whole counsol of ( God, und now he cared not what awuited him if only he could still glorify God, so . fully was he given up to Him who ap- J poured to him on the way to Damascus. ' Tho same Lord Jesus will do tho sumo in 1 and through us if wo uro only willing. 06^" Pleasant smiles, cheery greetings, tempers sweet under a headache i or a business care or the children's i noise, the ready bubbling over of < t bought fulness of one another, and i habits of smiling, greeting, forbearing, I thinking, in these ways?it is these, I above all else, which make one's home < a happy place. I Jam and .fireside. SEED CORN FOR THE SOUTH. Don't lino Northern Corn, but Get the Bent From Your Own Section. ^ Professor Massey, of North Caro- j Una, having been consulted as to the j advisability of procuring seed corn f from the north to plant in the south, writes the following letter to Home and Farm. c We do not think it advisable to get j seed corn from the north for southern planting. It will take sometime to x fully acclimatize it, and you can get ^ setter corn suited to your climate by a j, n/vla/i?n* ItAmn fmna what _ JUI GJUl SCICUtlUU at UUUib II VUJ nuwv j you already have. If the corn in your section is "all run out," it is the fault jf the cultivators aud not of the cli- j mate. The way in which seed corn is ' usually selected in the south is enough j to run out anything. The proper way to improve corn for seed is to make j the selection in the field. Have a c section of the field planted in the kind t cf corn you wish to save for seed and a ;ive it the best of care and manuring, c Jeep preparation, but shallow and level c cultivation. As soon as the tassels be- t ^in to show go through the piece and cut out the tassels from every stalk Jc that does not show an ear coming. Select for seed vigorous stalks that set two ears and mark them to staud till perfectly mature. Save only the ear next to the ground for seed. It will not probably be the finest looking ear, j. but save it only even if it is a nubbin. g If you continually save the top ears for seed, you increase the tendeucy to produce the ear farther and farther * from the ground, and also increase the tendency to bear but one ear. By j continuous saving of the bottom ear j you get the corn iu the habit of proiucing its crop near the ground and the habit of bearing two ears. ^ Plaut this selected corn the next year and plant the seed patch with the same and pursue the same course . cf selection. It will take years to produce striking results, but if you * persevere you will finally get a race ^ cf corn that will put money in your ? _ T"\ *. C pocket tor seed purposes, do nut iu your latitude select com for earliuess. j. You have plenty of time to mature the biggest, aud the large, late matur- . ing corn will always bring you the ^ heaviest crop. Northward corn has beeu selected with a view to earliness. Corn more than any other grain we know of dislikes to be removed far s north or south of its native locality, and, though it will adupt itself to the changed conditions, it takes time to do it, and you will do better to select 1 from your owu stock. Get the best corn you can find in your section to start with, and, my word for it, if you follow up the plau proposed you will fiud that we are right. Let Them Ripen.?A great mistake t is made by many people in cooking t fowls too soon after they are killed. They run out, grab up a chicken, wring its neck, pick it and cook it without . sveu as much as allowing it to become . cooled oir first; consequently they are t not so sweet as they would be if allowed to ripen. They are tough, aud void j cf that dolicate flavor that they should ^ possess. Epicureans prefer that all 4 meats, especially fowls and game, be 8 kept as long as possible, without becoming tainted, before cookiug. An j aid fowl well ripened and properly ^ cooked, is a daintier morsel than the t finest chicken just slain. Just so with r all kinds of fresh meats. A fowl should be fed nothing 24 c hours before killing, and should be killed and dressed 24 hours before . cooking, during winter and summer. ? Therefore, we say let them ripen before cooking. The word "ripen" does not s mean tainted, but "to bring to perfection." j Curing Pea Vine Hay.?For the j benefit of amateur farmers, I send t formula for a simple and sure way of t curing pea vines for hay. t It was given to me b$f a practical ] south Carolinian. By it I cured over \ 50 tons last year and have some three ? :ons now fresh and sweet as when j Irawn to the barn. Leaves on and color green. nAow rlout to rvfT Ipt if. Hp VUl U1VC1 HIV/ UV.1V lu v?? y .vv .v ..v ^ intil next day. After the dew is off c ake into rows, and put into very ( small heaps; let them remain until . lext day. After the dew is off, turn leaps over with hay rake; let them ^ emain until next day. After the dew s off, haul into the barn. Put into t the barn in layers of two feet and j sprinkle salt upon each layer, as you j would sow oats or any grain. Not t ess than three quarts of salt, nor c more than four to one ton of vines.? j fi. A. Ward, of South Carolina, in f southern Cultivator. r How to Cure Headache.?"Wo- s man's curse, the ordinary nervous a headache, brought home always almost u is one of the acquisitions of a day's f shopping can be greatly relieved and generally cured by a very simple rem- a ?dy," said a physician. "Simply soak v i sponge in water us hot as it can be borne and apply it to the back of the neck. Repeat this many times, also ipplying the sponge behiud the ears, itid soon the tightly drawn muscles ind nerves which have caused so much misery will be felt to relax, and the [iain quickly disappear. It doesn't lost anything. Try it the next time you have headache." Soft Corns.?Many people want a 3Ure for soft corns. First, keep the toes constantly open by placing a wad af cotton between them. Second, wear broad-toed shoes made of soft leather. Third, bathe the feet in I warm water every night, wipe them I dry, and aj?ply aqua ammonia to the [ corn. Soft corns are caused by squeez- ing the feet in narrow-toed shoes. By keeping the toes apart you remove 1 the cause and cure the corn.?Medical ^ Brief. e . l Good For Hoits.-For indigestion j in hogs there is nothing belter than a o mixture of wood ashes, salt and char- c coal, placed where the hogs can get at ' it when they want it. They seem to j know what ails themselves, and what o remedy they need. They will consume ? considerable quantities of this mix- J, tare. Pfctttlunmt$ Reading. SALARIES OF RULERS. The United States pays $50,000 a rear to the president of the republic >f 75,000,000 people. The king of ?ortugal, the ruler of a country havng a population of only 4,500,000, eceives each year $885,000. The president of the Federal Coun:il of Switzerland receives for his more >r less valuable services in that repubic of 3,000,000 inhabitants $3,000 a rear, whereas the king of Saxony, vho is, in fact, a king in name only, he more important affairs of Saxony teing controlled and directed from Jerlin, receives a salary of $735,000. The population of Saxony is not naterially larger than that of Switzerand. In area, Saxony covers 5,700 quare miles, and Switzerland nearly 6,000. The president of the republic of Vance receives an annual allowance ?f 600,000 francs, which is equivalent o $125,000, but he has an additional dlowance for expenses. France is a lation of nearly 60,000,000 inhabitants, colonies included, and the president of he French republic exercises legal urisdiction over 3,600,000 square miles ?f territory. The emperor of Austria, who rules >ver a territory one-eighteenth as large, eceives in a year $3,875,000. The king of Sweden and Norway, vithin whose domains 6,700,060 inlabitants reside, has $575,000 a year alary. The king of Belgium, who oseusibly directs the destiny of the peo>le of that populous and prosperous iountry, receives $660,000; while the uler of the Netherlands receives only >300,000, though the population of the )uteh colonies in various parts of the vorld is nearly 30,000,000. It is a somewhat peculiar fact that iermany, now one of the three great impires of the world, Great Britain ind Russia being the two others, pays ts kaiser no salary. The German em>eror draws pay only as king of Prus!~ Tko omniro (rivpo him annually in. 1IIC VlUjM.V fc - ? ? <375,000 to be spent in presents for leedy subjects, and $22,000 for the saliries of his adjutants. The rest comes rom Prussia. The Russian emperor has a state ncome of almost $9,000,000 a year, lesides drawing several millions more is chief of the house of Romanoff. The king of Italy enjoys an annual tipend of $2,858,000. One of the most favored of the montrchs of Europe is the king of Greece, vho, though the ruler over a country >f only 2,000,000 inhabitants, receives l salury of $2(50,000 a year. The king of Boumaniagets $230,000 ind the king of Servia $240,000. Great Britain pays to Queen Victoia $1,925,000, exclusive of the paynents made to the members of the oyal family and their relatives, and exilusive of the queen's revenue from he Duchy of Lancaster. Do You Want a Giraffe??If rou do, you must pay high for it, as rou will see by the following schedule, aken from one of our exchanges: The most costly of wild animals held n captivity is the elephant. A tiue African elephant costs from $0,000 to 57,000 A fine Indian elephant costs ibout $5,000. Giraffes cost about the same as the lest elephants, about $6,000 to $7,000 ; >ut that quotation is really only nomiml. It would be difficult to get a giafle at any price. A fine hippotamus would probably :ost about $3,000. A good African lion, with a full and jerfect mane, would cost from $1,000 o $1,500 ; a fine lioness, $800 to $900. Good Bengal tigers cost about the iame. Camels usually cost from $400 to 5500 a piece. Many wild animals breed in captiv ty, and the supply of wild animal9 is iow made up to some extent from hat source. Iu New York's menagsrie, in Central Park, for example, a arge number of wild animals have >een horn, some of them of rare kinds ind great value.?Sabhath School Vistor. "Foolscap".?Every one knows vhat foolscap paper is, but not every me knows why it was so called. An sxchange ventures to remark that not me in a hundred that daily use it can mswer the question. The following vill tell you how the term originated : When Oliver Cromwell became proector, after the execution of Charles , he caused the stamp of the cap of iberty to be placed upon the paper ised by the English government, toon after the restoration of Charles I, having occasion to use some paper or dispatches some of this governnent paper was brought to him. On looking at it, and discovering the tamp, he inquired the meaning of it, ,nd on being told he said : "Take it iway ; I'll have nothing to do with a ool's cap." The term "foolscap" has since been applied to a certain size of glazed vriting paper.?Morning Star. mi 1 kOY/)/j 'MMnr POWDER Absolutely Pure IIICYCLR KBP.tlKINC. I17ITII AN EXPERIENCE of TEN YV years in tlie care ami operating of inely adjusted machinery and a practical xperience, covering f> years, in repairing tiovcles and sowing machines, together nth accurate tools, I am better prepared lass, accurate wheel-trueingstand and am irepared to true up wheels, of any make t kind of rim, as accurately as can he done t any factory. Spokes and nipples, and >1, tV: W. valves on hand, ('alls and corespondence solicited. Terms reasonable. OLIVER E. GRIST, Yorkille, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1801. L. GEO. GRIST, FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY, Yorkville, S. C. TIIE following fire insurance companies compose tny agency, whose total assetts represent over $28,000,000, and justifies mo in writing the largest 11 -~1 I^Ul ? . UI1CT1 Ull IfllilHIU UimillUTO . ./Etna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Connecticut. Continental Insurance Company, of New York. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, of Philadelphia. Delaware Fire Insurance Co., of Philadelphia. Norwich Union, of England. I have been writing fire insurance for SEVEN YEARS and have watched the reports of fire waste in the United States as reported by the insurance journals with great care and interest, and I can say to you that the companies named above are TIME-TRIED and FIRETESTED, and that no companies doing business in the United States are more prompt or more liberal in their settlements than the companies named above, all of whom I have the honor to represent in this vicinity. When you want fire insurance, see me. I will appeciate your business, and it shall receive my most careful attention. L. GEO. GRIST, Resident Agent. P. S.?My rates are as low?not loweras trustworthy and reliable insurance can be obtained. Wind storm insurance at $3 per thousand per annum, l. o. a. When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The Enquirer office where such printing is done. Excursion 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. 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, receive substantial cash returns or "big dividends," we are here to tell you that you will be disappointed. Your policy will provo 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 sts 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 high priced insurance, and how we can furnish you just as safe insurance for at least 40 per cent, a year leas 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 on a ? x-t J Ml plan tnat is ansonueiy saie, anu win 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 and imagine that the high price you are now paying makes your insurance better or safer, or better than it woifld lie 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. It You Have No Insurance, I And think you should have, we wmld be pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve System to you. The Mutual Reserve is the largest and strongest natural premium company in the world, and the fourth largest of ANY KIND. It has paid about $550,000 to the widows and orphans of deceased policy-holders in South Carlina alone, during the past twelve years, and if all the insurance now carried in old lino companies in the stato was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, which now annually goes into the coffers of the former, would oe left in the state to help relieve the hard times about which wo hear so much. SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, General Agents, Yorkville, S. C. 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 confident that I know my business. It has always been my desire to please my customers. I am prepared to taae 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 fnnl my Ualiery warm ana pleasant. Come and see me whenever you need photographs. Respectfully J. R. SCHORR. KINLEY <& KKICE, ATTORNEYS A.T I.AW, Yorkville. S. C? ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE EUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STOKE. Til E TWICK-A-W EEK ENUUIKEK IS an up-to-date family newspaper, always tilled with clean and wholesome homo reading and is published and mailed on time. Subscription priee, in clubs of two or more, Everybody is invited to make up clubs. >JL AT?1?V IT?r>TV RO MANUKA ("J IKON ROOMING. CKIMI'KII AM) rOKKI'OATKI) I Iron 1'ile or Shingle. FIKK I'KOOK DOOKS, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( ^Sir-Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST. OHIO RIVER M CIMLESTOIH1. TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, May 5th, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. GOING SOUTH NO. 12. | I j jr. nm; Leave Rutherfordton (I 20 pm; Leave Forest City (I 50 pm; Leave Henrietta 7 10pm| Leave Mooresboro 7 '25 pm: Leave Shelby 8 25 pm i Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm Leave Earls 8 45pmj Arrive at Blacksburg i> 00 pml No. 82. | No. 'ST Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Shelby 7 30 am; Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am Leave Earle's 7 48 am; Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am | 8 40 am Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am Leave Hickory Orove 9 05 am; 9 25 am Leave Sharon 9 20 am, 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am; 10 20 am Leave Tlrxah 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 51am 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 10 20 am 12 55 pm Leave Leslies 10 35 $m; 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction.. 10 40 am 1 50 pm Leave Lancaster 11 22 am 3 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 05 pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 1 00 pmi 6 50 pm oping north. | No. 33. [ No. 35. " Dally I Dally Except ! 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 Tlrrah 4 50 pm 5 20 pm Leave Yorkvllle 5 05 pm 6 00 pm Leave Sharon 5 20 pm 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 5 40 pm 6 40 pm ucnvcoiuynm ?i w u wi JIIM Leave Blaoksburg 0 20 piri' 7 30 pm Leave Earle's 1 0 85 pm| Leave Patterson's Spring. 6 40 pm Arrive at Shelby ft 50 pm No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am Iieave 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. CAROLIM & NOBTEWESTEBTBT. G. W. P. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After Mflv 9 1897 - *; ? CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NOKTH. | NO 10. | NO WJ. Lea\ e Chester 020am 8 30am Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 6 43 am 9 06am Leave McConnellsvllle 6 68am 9 39 am Leave Guthriesvllle .... 7 06am 9 50am Leave Yorkvllle 7 23 a ra 10 50 a m Leave Clover 7 53 am 11 33 am Leave Gastonla 8 25am 120pm Leave Llncolnton 9 20am 2 40 pm Leave Newton 10 05am 4 20pm Leave Hickory 10 50 am 0 15 pm ArrlveLenolr 1155 am I 8 00 pro GOING SOUTH. | NO. 9. | No 01. Leave Lenoir 3 10 pm 0 00 am Leave Hickory 4 15 p m 7 50 a m Leave Newton 5 10 pm 9 00am Leave Llncolnton 5 50 pm 10 30 am Leave Gastonla 0 57 pm 1 00 pm Leave Clover 7 42 pm 2 02pm Leave Yorkvllle 8 11 pm 3 10 pm Leave Guthriesvllle ... 834pm 3 40pm Leave McConnellsvllle! 8 43 pm 3 55 pm Leave Lowrysvllle 9 05 pm 4 25 pm Arrive Chester I 9 30 pm 1 5 10 pm Trains Nos. A and 10 aro first class, anil run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carrv 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 L A C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lineolnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. G. F. HARPER, Acting G. P. A., Lenoir N. C. UNDERTAKING. I AM handling a first class line of COFFINS AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable prices. J. ED JEFFERYS. MISS K. H. BAKNETT, DECEASED. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Miss R. H. BARNETT, deceased, are hereby notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Persons having claims against the said estate, are requested to present them, properly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law. ELIZA JANE BARNETT. Qualified Executrix. Septembers 72 3t w S. W. WATSON. PIIOTOGItAPIIElt, Cleveland Avenue, Yorkvlllc, S. O. 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. <&hc \(ovhi'ilif (Enquiwr. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ 2 OO One copy for two years, 3 SO For six months, 1(H) I mi>n,hu r.a Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, 17 SO And an extra copy for a club of ten. OFING COMP'NY. rURERS OF IKON OKK PAINT AikI Cement. OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD