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^tumorous department. Would Compromise.?A correspondent of the Cincinnati "Commercial Tribune" contributes the followiug anecdote : A few days ago a minister preached at the Virginia penitentiary. In his congregation was one Washington Mills, a convict from Buckingham county, and a preacher, too, a "zorter," as he styled himself, before he became an inmate of our "State hotel." The minister, wishing to learn something of the history of Mills' crime, asked him what he was imprisoned for. "Jes' stealin', sub," replied Wash, "an' you know, boss, a nigger will do dat; more particular ef it's sup'n to eat." "Well, if you were set free now, after serving two terms, and knowing ? 1 -?!? 1 J J ttiat a tmra conviction wouiu seuu you up for life, do you think you could be tempted to steal again ?" "No, suh; I don't think I would, 'kase I's been in now altogether 13 years, an' when 1 gits out nex' time, ef I was to see anything lyin' 'round loose I'd walk away from it." "I see," said the minister. "Suppose you were going along the road. and should come to a house in which there was a beautifully-cooked 'possum; suppose the aroma from the 'possum was wafted toward you and you should see him lying there all crisp and brown, with sweet potatoes sliced and placed along the sides, all cooked in the grease, you aching with hunger and the way perfectly clear to partake of that dish, do you think you could withstand such a temptation ?" "Um'f, boss, you makes me hungry a-tellin' of me about it, you certainly do, but I believes I could let de 'possum pass, aldough I mout take one o' de 'taters." Chaffed the Wrong Man.?A citizen who had just laid down $900 for a span of carriage horses was driving out Woodward avenue the other day when, he met a farmer coming in with a load of apples. Desiring to chaff the stranger a bit he drew up and inquired : "Say, how'll youJrade teams?" The farmer halted, got down from his vehicle, looked the team over, and slowly replied: "Waal, by gosh !" "What's the matter?" "If you hadn't stopped me, I would not have known the team." "Did you ever see these horses before ?" "Did I ? Why I raised 'em ! Sold 'em both to a horsetrader in town three weeks ago. That nigh one has the heaves, and the other is a cribber and has two spavins. I'll trade with you fur $75, aud that's allowing $25 - 1 T B apiece uiure uu yuux uuisco iu?u * got." The owner of the "spankers" hasn't seen a peaceful hour since that meeting.?Detroit Free Press. A Humorous Darkey.?The following story is credited to General Bob Tombs: "When we were all down at Milledgeville, passing the ordinance of secession, the excitement was most intense, and when the ordinance was finally passed they had a big impromptu jubilee, lasting late into the night. Some of the members got hungry at last and went to the hotel to get supper, but found the cook was later than usual in gettiug it ready. They took occasion to curse him for the delay, when the sable humorist coolly remarked : "Well, gemmen, you all said dat you all wuz gwine outer de United States 'fore three o'clock dis ebenin', and darfo' I thought dat mebbe you all 'ud be purty late a gettin' back ! Dat's de reason I warn't in no great hurry !" And with one consent the crowd excused him. ? ? ? Not Posted on Musical Terms.? "Be sure and come up at the Key of G, darling," wrote a young lady in a JJUSlrftUft ipis lii turi iuvci. "Key of G!" exclaimed the gentleman, "what on earth does that mean ?" "Key of G ? Why, that means 'one sharp,' " answered his musical roommate. "Now, I must not exhibit my ignorance," replied the young lover. "I'll pay her back in her own musical language, but the deuce of it is I don't know a musical note from a chicken track." "Write and tell her that the Key of F will be there," said his friend. He did so, and now wants to know why she laughs everytime "One Flat" comes up the garden walk. A Hopeless Case.?"You haven't paid the last premium on your wife's insurance, Uncle Kastus," said the agent. "I knows I hasn't. I got dat ole woman's life 'sured foah years ago, sah, an' she haint been sick er day sence. Dis mawning she kicked me out ob bed wid one fut. She weighs GO poun's mo'ii she ebber did. 'Bout er hour ago she eat a fo'ty cent watermillion and drunk er quart ob cider, and she am now sleepin' off the effects wid de presp'rashun rollin' down her face dat am de perfect picture' of health. Wot's de use 'surin an ole 'oman like dat? She ain't nebber goin' ter die, 'deed she ain't. Don't yo' go fo' to ask fo' no mo' premyuns." 86?" A Washington man tells of a quarrel between two Negro boys. The larger boy, with great volubility, was applying every sort of abusive epithet. The younger boy, leaning against a fence and steadily regarding the speaker with a sullen sco"'l, waited for a halt. At last it came. "Isyou done?" "Yes, I is done." Then slowly and coolly the younger said : "All dem dings you say I is, you is dem." I"Now, Thomas," said a certain bishop, after taking his servant to task one morning, "who is it that sees all we do, and hears all we say, knows all we think, and who regards even me in my bishop's robes as but a vile worm of the dust?" And Thomas replied, "The missus, sir." ffSr "We call laziness 'spring fever' in the spring." "Yes, and in the fall we call it "malaria.' " Wayside (Satherinys. S&?~ Aim for nothing less than the ( best. S8T Four-fifths of all the hail-storms occur in the day-time. I 8ST There are four millionaires in England to one in France. 8The essence of selfishness con- ; sists in the determination to have your own way. 8?" The German navy will have 37 more vessels in active service this year than last. S8P The letters of the word "Presbyterian" can. be so transposed as to spell , 'best in prayer." i OST Much time is badly spent iu en vying others happiness of which they are not possessed. SSF Josh Billings says he don't care ( how much a man talks if he'll only ; say it in a few words. i Ika^" Don't express a positive opinion 1 unless you perfectly understand what , you are talking about. 1 86?" We often waste more energy in the effort to avoid our duties than it would take to discharge them. 5Qy The woman who marries a man for the purpose of reforming him never wants for occupation afterward. ( John Neal says some persons read mankind as they do a proof sheet, merely to find the errors and omissions. VST There is no one so innocent as | not to be evil spoken of ; there is no one so wicked as to merit all condemnation. W&F Three things come not back, says 1 an Arab proverb: the spoken word, , the discharged arrow, aud the lost opportunity. i 8ST It is more from carelessness 1 about the truth than from intentional ' lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world. 80T If vegetables are boiled in soft i water it is said that the freshness aud i ? mill Ka t bliD ' ^rtmiutrso ui tucn lujui nm uo best preserved. 8^ The postal business of the coun- : try afl'ords an index of a slight im- ( provement in general trade as com- i pared with a year ago. i t@T The 180,000 immigrants who J arrived in New York last year brought with them an average of less than four , dollars each in money. i S8T Every youug couple who desire < to make a good start in life must keep ' two bears in the house, and feed them 1 well?namely, bear and forbear. 8?" In the warm countries in Europe , milk is now sold in bricks in summer, 1 like so much ice cream. It is frozen 1 solid, and broken off in pieces as re- 1 quired. 1 9&T The shortest marriage service in i the world is daily performed by Mil- i waukeejustices: "Have him ?" "Yes." i "Have her?" "Yes." "Married. Two dollars." ' i??" The winter of 1812 and 1813 , was one of the most severe ever known ] in Russia, a fact which partially ex- i plains the terrors of the retreat from Moscow. A clergymau at Mt. Clements, 1 Mich., helped his wife clean house re- 1 cently, and the next Sunday his back , was so sore that he had to deliver his j sermon sitting dowu. I SOT The diamond is not among the : earliest gems known to man. It has not been found in the ruins of Nine- j veh, in the Etruscan sepulchres, nor in the tombs of the Phoenicians. fiST If you would relish your food, i labor for it; if you would enjoy your ' raiment, pay for it before you wear ; it; if you would sleep soundly, take a clean conscience to bed with you. How many people know that "By jingo" is profane? Jingo in the Basque language means God, and is a common form of adjuration. The English took it from the Basque sailors. 8W The value of the churches and the land on which they are erected in this country, up to July 1, 1897, is estimated at $680,000,000. Of this sum $118,000,000 belongs to the Catholic church. flfcaT A $1,200 farm in Tennessee, has beeu paid for wholly in hen's eggs, the installments being remitted daily, sometimes at the rate of three cents a dozen for the eggs delivered in four dozeu lots. The oldest medical recipe is said by a French medical journal to be that of a hair tonic for an Egyptian queen. It is dated 400 B. C., and directs that dogs' paws and asses' hoofs be boiled with dates in oil. 86T" The cheapest freight carriage in the world is on the Great Lakes, where a ton of ore is carried a thousand miles for less than a dollar. One could not in reason expect a dollar to "go farther." |?y Five women have just been enrolled for a three years' course of study in a New York college for veterinary surgeons. Their specialty will be the treatment of dogs, cats, and other household pets. 60T A cheerful wife makes a happy home, because the emotion is contagious, and almost unconciously the household is happy in response, because every member of the family is cheerful by the general influence of the wife and mother. 8ST" England, Germany, France, Australia, Africa, Canada and less important countries, purchased over $7,000,000 worth of bicycles from this coun 11^ UUllUg UIU ^ CUI CUUCU UUljr 1, Jout. For the previous year the value of the exports was less than $2,000,000. fi6T" Californians are seriously discussing the advisability of dividing the state and making a Northern and Southern California. It would make four states larger than Indiana. California contain 158,300 square miles, aud Indiana 36,350. It must be remembered, however, that a large part of California is not arable land, fife#* Stamps were put on the market in August 18-47, but were so little used that the government had to pass a law enforcing the prepayment of postage, which went iuto effect in 1855. Before this action was taken scarcely one letter iu a dozen was found with a , stamp affixed. Today the postoffices , of the country sell four billion stamps (counting postal cards, stamped envelopes and stamps of all kinds) val- ! ued at $75,000,000, during a single ; year. I international ?rssou5, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON I, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 3. Text of the Lesson, Acts xxl, 1-15?Memory Verses, 12-14?Colden Text, Acts xxi, 13 ? Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 1-3. "And when It came to pass that we were parted from them we sailed unto Fyria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unlade her burden." This Is a summary of these three verses, quoting from the R. V. He was Hasting 11 n were possible to be at Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost (chapter xx, 10), but as thoy wero dependent upon the possibility of finding u vessel about to sail in the dl rection in which they wished to journey, and upon favorable winds, it would not seem to us much like making haste. 4. "And finding disciples, wo tarried there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem." The Gospel had reached and been received by some in this city, and so the travelers and the residents wero at onco friends, for there is no bond like the blood of Christ. His redeemed ones are all citizens of heaven, but pilgrims and strnngers here (Phil, iii, 20, R. V.; I Pet. ii, 11). But here is a strange message to Paul which makes us think of chapter xvi, 6, 7, when the Spirit suffered him not to go into Asia or Bithynia. In that case he was obedient. Let us see how ho acts now. 5. "And when we had accomplished those days wo departed and went our way, * and we kneeled down on the Bhoro and prayed." Tho Spirit had not said to stop at Tyro, nor to proceed no farther, so it was all right to movo on. How touching this parting scone! Men, women and children accompany Paul nnd his companions out of the city, and all kneel on tho shore in prayer. So in chapter xx, B6, before leaving tho elders of Ephesus ho kneeled down and prayed with them nil. 6. "And when wo had taken our leave one of another we took ship, and they returned home again." These believers at Tyro may have been part of tho result of tho visit of our Lord (Math, xv, 21-28), or perhaps through the preaching of those who were scattered at Stephen:s death (Acts viii, 4). There is just one thing for disciples to be doing, whether at homo or abroad, and that is to walk worthy of our calling and show ourselves approved unto' God (I Thess. li, 13; II Tim. ii, 15). 7. "And when wc had finished our voyage from Tyre wo came to Ptolamais and Baluted the brethren and abode with them Dne day." Brief but blessed visits of men Df God and foretastes of the eternal fellowship of the future. Thero would bo but one topic of conversation, tho kingdom of God and the things concerning tho Lord Jesus Christ (Acts xxviil, 31), but one book, the Scriptures, and doubtless much prayer. The believers would be encouraged to be steadfust and to do all in their power to give tho gospel to others. 8. "Wo entered into tho house of Philip, the evangelist, which was one of thosovon, and nbodo with him." Leaving Ptolcmois, they camo to Ciesurca, which stems to be Philip's homo. Tho last wc heard of him was preaching in tho cities from Azotus to Caesareu after he had led the treasurer of Queen Candaco to Christ (Acts viii, 40). Ho is still known as a bearer of glad tidings and was doubtless continually at it. Why should not every believer bo in some large sense an evangelist, an embassador for Christ? 9. "And the samo man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophecy." Daughters as well as sons are included in the promise of tho gift of the Spirit (Joel 11, 28; Acts ii, 17). In tho Old Testament Miriam, Doborah and Hulduh and in the New the women whom He sent from the sepulcherand Priscilla and others arc notable examples of women whom He used as His messengers. 10. 11. "Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall tho Jews at Jerusalem bind the ipan that owneth this girdlo and shall deliver him into tho hands of rho gentiles." Thus testified a prophet named Agabus, who came down from Judaic, and being with these disciples took Paul's girdle and significantly bound his own hands and feet with tho same. Thus for tho second time Paul is warned not to go up to Jerusalem, and it is the Holy Spirit who tellj him not to go. 12. "And when we heard these things both wo and they of that place besought bim not to go up to Jerusalem." Now it Is possible for a man to stand alone with God and bo all right, and it is possible for a iuan to think ho is standing with God and bo standing with himself. 18. "Then Paul answered, What mean yo to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but ulso to dlo at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." This is certainly a right attitude of soul for a believer, and the only right attitude?to be ready for lifo or death, prosperity or adversity, if only God is glorified thereby?but my perplexity here is to know what was the heartbreaking part of this affuir to PauL Was he so set upon getting to Jerusalem at this particular time thnt his heart would break if he did not accomplish it, or was ho so set upon doing the will of God that bis heart would break if he failed to do it? If tho' latter, then why not accept tho voioe of the Spirit at Tyre und Ciesarcn and be satisfied to bo subject to the Spirit in this matter? Is not perfect submission to tho will of God tho highest mission on earth? As one has said: Is not His will tho wisest; is not His way the best ? And in perfect acquiescence is there not perfect rest ? 14. "And when he would not be persuaded we ceased, saying, The will of tho Lord bo done." Both Paul and Burnabas could not bo right in the matter of John Mark (Acts xv, 87-41), und both parties cannot be right in this case, but tho brethren yield to Paul und appeal to God. It is good to suy, "Thy will be done," but it is better to do it without resistance. It is good to say, "It is the Lord; let Him do what sccmeth Him good," but it is better to bo wholly in His hand that Ho may unhindered do what scomcth Him good. The uftor developments and tho years of wuiting as a prisoner (Acts xxiv, 27) ull seem to indicutc that this going to Jerusalem at this time was of Paul and not of God. 15. "And after those days we took up our carriages [It. V., our bagguge] and went up to Jerusalem." The Lord will neither fail nor forsake His people, oven though they do not seo His will clearly, provided they really want to honor Him, und Paul certainly wanted to mugnify Christ, even unto dying for Him. Seo therefore tho gracious visits and messages of tho Lord to His servant in hissoro troubles In Acts xxiii, 11; xxvii, 23-25. May wo ever hear His blessed "Bo of good cheer, fear not," and bo able truthfully to 6ay, "Whoso I am and whom I serve." May our only aim bo to please Him, never wanting to be at Jerusalem or elsewhere unless He wants us there. BSd?~ Go into the busy world, and you will find valtiug ambition. Go into the lonely churchyard, and you will find vaulted ambition. 0&T Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God, who, by making you bis partner, interests you in all his happiness. Jatrn and fireside. SHUT YOUR MOUTH. While the reporter was in the office of a well-known physician of this city, the latter asked him if he had noticed a young man who had just passed out. The reporter answered that he had, because he thought he had met the young man in Brooklyn a short time before. "That was probably another person suffering from the same trouble," said the doctor. "This is a curious affliction. It is more common than is supposed, occurs in infancy, at manhood and at middle age, and causes a great deal of suffering; yet it is a strange thing that the people in general do not pay any attention to this affectiou when occurring in their own families, in spite of the manner in which it distorts the face, until some actual disease sets in and medical aid is necessary. Even the physicians do not seem to reflect that this trouble may cause any one of a large number of diseases affecting the system in general. "Why," continued the doctor, "you can tell one of these mouth-breathers anywhere the moment you see them. From disease of the nose his lips are retracted, his mouth is continually open, his gums recede and his teeth protrude, particularly those iu the upper jaw, the flesh that forms the lower part of the nostrils is diminished in size, there are wrinkles at the outer edge of the eyes, and deep lines run from the nostrils to the angles of the mouth. These all give the person either an expression of idiocy, silliness or suffering. "But the principal thing I want to call your attention to," said the doctor," is the necessity of parents and nurses watching children when they fall asleep, and preventing them from breathing with their mouth open. In grown persons, diseases of the nose and throat may lead to mouth-breathing and the resulting distortion of the features, but it is the other way with children. They should be taught to use the mouth for eating and speakiug only, and if they fall asleep with their mouth open, the lips should be gently pressed together. Thus may constitutional disease, such as spinal trouble, pigeon breast, and perhaps, eveu rickets may be avoided, not to speak of the affections of the nose and throat." T * A/ll /.f? 1 O I'U nAt it ncnus iuai lucuitai mcu mv uw ihe only ones who have studied more or less carefully the habit of mouth breathing. George Catlin, the portrayer of American Indian life and customs, claimed in one of his works that it was a known fact that a man can inhale mephistic air through the nose in the bottom of a well without harm, but if he opened his mouth to answer a question or call for help, his lungs are closed and he expires. Catliu says : "I have seen a poor Indian woman in the wilderness lowering her baby from her breast and pressing its lips together as it falls asleep." Among 2,000,000 he found that deafness, dumbness, spinal curvature and deaths from teething and diseases of the respiratory passages were almost unknown. He attributes this exemption from these ailments, so very common in civilized life, solely to the habit of breathing through the nose.?N. Y. World. Why We Cannot Sleep.?Everything which increases the amount of blood ordinarily circulated through the brain has a tendency to cause wakefulness. If the brain is often kept for long periods on the stretch, during which the vessels are filled to repletion, they cannot contract even when the exciting causes cease. Wakefulness, as a consequence, results, and every day the condition of the individual becomes worse, because time brings the force of habit into operation. Everything that tends to throw the blood to the brain and to accumulate it there should be avoided. Tight or ill-fitting articles of dress, especially about the neck or waist, and tight hoots nnd shoes, should he discarded : "wv%w 1 ? I the feet should be kept warm so that the circulation may be promoted. Wearing cork soles in the hoots or shoes and changing the socks every day are excellent means to this end and strongly recommended. There are various causes acting on the brain equally inimical to sleep; whatever keeps the attention fully aroused keeps the blood vessels of the brain distended, and the consequences of that we know. On the other hand, when the mind is quieted, the tendency of the vessels is to contract and for sleep to follow.?New York Ledger. Don't Hock the Baby.?A healthy babe sleeps the greater part of the time during the first two months, only awaking for its food, and then going to sleep again. Its face should never be covered while asleep, but it should be shaded from strong light. It should be warmly covered during the day, and should sleep with its mother or nurse at night for the first two months. This is essential to supply the animal heat in which it is deficient during the first weeks of life. After the second mouth, it is best for the child that it should sleep alone, especially if it is healthy, and its extremities kept warm. It should be left alone on awaking, if it is quiet, as talking to it and taking it up at once excites it, and prevents it from acquiring the habit of going to sleep quietly. We are often asked, "Should the child he rocked to sleep in arms, or in a cradle ?"?Womankind. Effect of Soap on Complexion.? Soap is not the enemy to the complexion which many people consider it, says the New York Times. It is infinitely better for the skin than the dirt which will collect in the pores after a warm and dusty day with much wheeling or traveling, unve-011 soap is always the best for the face, but it should be thoroughly rinsed oir after using. The hands are better for bathing the face than a cloth or sponge, and the motion should be rotary ami upward, rather than downward. Discretion can be used with soap, as with other things, for too much of it will dry the skin. There is always hope for the man who can be taught what a fool he has been by one mistake. Jot the Jtorae ?irric. t START AT THE BOTTOM. t Two boy9 left home with just enough t money to take them through college, a after which they must depend entirely e upon their efforts. They attacked the c collegiate problems successfully, pass- c ed to graduation, received their di- 1 plomas from the faculty, also com- t mendatory letters to a large ship- t building firm with which they desired i employment. Ushered into the wait- t ing room of the head of the firm, the c first was given an audience. He pre- c sented his letters. "What can you do ?" said the man i of millions. "I would like some position, sir, I fKaf onmnnrt, with mv dicnitv I VUMW ffVW.M ? r y O * and requirements," was the reply. "Well, 811% I will take your name and address and should we have any thing of the kind open, will correspond with you. Good morning, sir." As he passed out be remarked to his waiting companion. "You can go in and 'leave your address.' " The other presented himself and papers. "What can you do?" was asked. "I can do auything that a green hand can do, sir," was the reply. The magnate touched a bell, which called a superintendent. "Have you anything to put a man to work at ?" "We want a man to sort scrap iron, replied the superintendent. Aud the college graduate went to sorting scrap iron. ' One week passed, and the president, , meeting the superiuteudeut, asked. < "How is the new man getting on?" < "Oh," said the boss, "he did his work so well, and never watched the f clock, that I put hira over the gang." c In one year this mau had reached 1 ttie head of a department, and an ad- \ visory position with the management < at a salary represented by four figures, " while bis whilom companion was main- 1 taining his dignity as "clerk" in a ( livery stable, washing harness and car- i riages. A WORD WITH THE DOCTOR. Don't think that any medicine will take the place of right living ! j Don't fret; whatever else you do, , don't fret; don't scold ; don't worry ; < keep calm and even-tempered. This ' will preserve your face from wrinkles, J your body from infirmities, your mind ] from unrest and friction, and prolong ' your life in peace. J Don't use any device to preserve , beauty, such as paints, powders, wash- t es, dyes or bleaches ; the only thing < 'liot will ronllv nrpsprvA or nrocure uatwv Hi.. ?v?.V *' C 1 beauty i9 good health. A clean and J healthy body and a sound and active j mind are the only beautifiers knowu. J It is possible to prevent many dia- t eases and cure others by drinking large quantities of water. An eminent French physician says that typhoid fever can be washed out of the system by water. He gives his patients what . would amount to eight or ten ouuces J an hour of sterilized water. Experi- \ ments have been made with diseases t caused by bacteria which demonstrate 1 the curative value of water. In cases 1 of cholera, where the system secretes ] a large amount of fluid, enormous i quantities of hot water are of great \ benefit and will cure many cases with- \ out other medicines. One doctor says ( that perfectly sweet, fresh cider, taken t in large quantities, ha9 been known to 1 cure cases of bowel complaint. The < acid kills the bacteria, which are speed- . ily thrown out of the system. Hot water in fevers, is of great use, and an ordinary tumblerful of water as hot as can be taken once an hour is one of the very best remedies. The important thing is to get into the system and out of it a sufficient amount of water to prevent the accumulation of ptomaines and toxins within the body. I ? . i Bad Habits Have Strong Roots. 1 An old teacher was once taking a walk through a forest with a scholar by his < side. The old man suddenly stopped and pointed to four plants close at , hand. The first was just beginning to peep above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well in the earth, ' the third was a small shrub, while the fourth and last was a full-sized tree. 1 The tutor said to his young companion : "Pull up the first." The boy easily pulled it up with his f fingers. "Now pull up the second." , The youth obeyed, but not so easily, i "And now the third." j The boy had to put forth all his ] strength and use both arms before he ] succeeded in uprooting it. i "Aud now," said the master, "try ! your hand upon the fourth." , Butlo! the trunk of the tall tree, 1 grasped in the arms of the youth, < hardly shook its leaves. "This, ray son, is just what happens with our bad habits and passions, s When they are young we can cast ( them out readily, but only divine power can uproot them when they are old."?Bright Jewels. Three Reasons.?I once met a thoughtful scholar who told me that for years he had read every book he could which assailed the religion of Jesus Christ, aud he said he should have become an infidel but for three j things : "First, I am a man. I am going somewhere. Tonight I am a . day nearer the grave than I was last night. I have read all such books can ] tell me. They shed not one solitary ray of hope or light upon the dark- < ness. They shall not take away the only guide and leave me stone blind. J Second, I had a mother. I saw her . go down into the dark valley where ' I am going, and she leaned upon an unseen arm as calmly as a child c goes to sleep on the breast of its mother. I know that was not a dream. Third, I have three motherless daugh- j ters [and he said it with tears in his eyes]. They have no protector but ~ myself. I would rather kill thein * than leave them in this sinful world if you blot out from it all the teachings of the Gospel.?Bishop Whipple. SfatT A mau goes to a charity ball and * l ? ii ,.r 1 [JIVU3 l\vu tiuimia iui tuc puvuc^u \ii ^ dancing all night, in order to give a shilling of profits to the widow and fatherless without feeling the burden 1 of the charity. ^ A few years ago, says the Lawenceburg, Ky., News, Attorney E. >V. Draffen bought a pair of white rab)its. One of them died, and, strange o say, a stronge attachment soon prang up between the other rabbit ind a Jersey calf. The two became lonstant companions, and when the :alf grew up the friendship was not >roken. The cow goes out in the field o graze during the day, and the rab>it plays about the yard. In the evenng, when the cow comes up, the rablit goes out, and the two fondle and :aress each other in the most affectionite manner. Bffil K HI # *AK[N* POWDER Absolutely Pure A Snare And Delusion. IF you have taken out a life insurance policy in an Old Line high price "level iremium" company with the idea that rou would at sometime in the future, vhileyou yet drew the breath of life, releive substantial cash returns or "big lividends," we are here to tell you that rou will be disappointed. Your policy vill prove a snare and a delusion. It is ill right for protection for your wife and ihildren, as they will receive the face of lie policy in case of your death, as they vould also in a company that charges rou half as much. A life insurance policy is a fraud as an investment for a living man, and is the greatest blessing of which .ve or anybody else has any knowledge is a means of protecting the widow and irphans, after the breadwinner has been removed by death. If You Will Lay Aside wv -*~b - a lour jrrejuuict; \ND COME to us with a desire to earn why it is not to your interest to :arry high priced insurance, and how we ;an furnish you just as safe insurance Tor at least 40 per cent, a year less than the ither costs, we are sure we can show you o your satisfaction that the MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION of New York does business on a jlan that is absolutely safe, and will pro,ect your loyed ones even better than ;hey now are, at even a greater cost to :o you. Of course if you are too prejuiiced to investigate and imagine that the ligh price you are now paying makes pour insurance better or safer, or better ;han it would be at less cost, we can't do inytbing for you ; but will be forced to et you go on until time, the crucial ester, convinces you, against your will, hat you have been deceived. II You Have No Insurance, \nd think you should have, we would be jleased to explain the Mutual Reserve System to you. The Mutual Reserve is he largest and strongest natural premiim company in the world, and the fourth argest of ANY KIND. It has paid ibout $550,000 to the widows and orpnans >f deceased policy-holders in South Carina alone, during the past twelve years, ind if all the insurance now carried in >ld line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, vhich now annually goes into the coffers >f the former, would be left in the state o help relieve the hard times about which ,ve hear so much. SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, 3eneral Agents, Yorkville, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1891. L. GEO. GRIST, FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY, Yorkville, S. C. THE following fire insurance companies compose my agency, whose ;otal assetts represent over $28,000,000, md justifies me in writing the largest lines on reliable business : yEtna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Connecticut. Continental Insurance Company, of Vcw York. Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Comnnnv. nf 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 is reported by the insurance journals with great care and interest, and I cau jay to you that the companies named ibove 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, ill of whom I have the honor to represent in this vicinity. When you want lire in?uranee, 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 loweris trustworthy and reliablo insurance :an be obtained. Wind storm insurance it $3 per thousand per annum. L. u. a. When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to Thf, Enquirer office where such printing is done. Excursion Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Ciruilars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, better Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of ill kinds printed 011 short notice ind at very reasonable and legitmate prices. [rARRY IlfcOIV RO MANUKA C'l IRON ROOFING. KIMI'KD AM) I'ORKIUATKIi I roil Tile or Shingle, FIRK i'llOOF DOORS, HE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( air-Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST. 01 SIM AND CHARLESTON Bl TIME TABLE oftheOhio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, May 5th, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. QOINO SOUTH NO. 12. | Leave Marion 4 45 pni Leave Rutberfordton e 20 pinj Leave Forest City .. 6 50 pmj Leave Henrietta 7 10pm Leave Mooresboro 7 2.5 pm! Leave Shelby 8 25 pm' Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm: Leave Earls 8 45 pm | Arrive at Blacksburg. 9 00 pm: No. 32. | No. 84. Dally I Dally Except Except Buflday.' Sunday. Leave Shelby 7 80 am; Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am; Leave Earle's 7 48 am Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am! 8 40am Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvtlle 9 35 am 10 20 am Leave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 61 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 50 pm Leave Lancaster 11 22 am 8 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 05 pm 5 80 pm Arrive at Camden 100 pm! 6 50 pm QOINQ NORTH. j No. 33. | No. 85t Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Camden 2 00 pm 9 00 am I>eave 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 Tlrzah 4 60 pm 6 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 Leave Smyrna ? 5 50 pm 6 55 pm Leave Blacksburg 0 20 pm 7 30 pm Leave Earle's ' 6 35 pm[ Leave Patterson's Spring. 6 40 pm! Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm1 No. 11. | Leave Klacksburg 8 10 am l.eave Earls 8 80 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 cany 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. timiii & jjjjjpti n. G. W. F. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After 31 ay 2, 1897.' CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No CO. Lea\ e Chester 0 20 a m 8 30 a m Leave Lowrysville ...... 8 43 am 9 05am Leave McConnellsvllle 6 58am 939am Leave Guthriesville .... 7 05am 9 56am Leave Yorkvllle 723am 10 50am Leave Clover 7 53 a m 11 33 am Leave Gastonia .. 825am 120pm Leave Llncolnton 9 20am 2 46 pm Leave Newton 10 05 am 4 20 pm Leave Hickory 10 50 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 1155 am 8 00 pm GOING SOOTH. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 3 10 p m 6 00 a m Leave Hickory 4 15 p m 7 50 a m Leave Newton 5 10 p m fl 00 am Leave Llncolnton 556pm 10 30am Leave Gastonia 6 57 pm 100pm Leave Clover 7 42 pm 2 02pm Leave Yorkvllle 811pm 3 10 pm Leave Guthriesville ... 834pm 340pm Leave McConnellsvllle 8 43 pm 3 55 pm Leave Lowrysville 905pm 4 25pm Arrive Chester 930pm 5 10pm 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.4N. and the C. C. A A., also L A C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. 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 R. H. HARNETT, 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. PIIOTOG ItAPIIEH, Cleveland Avenue, Yorkvlllc, H. C. PHOTOGRAPHY in all 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. <Thc -yovkriUc (gnquirrr. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUnSCllIPTlON: Single copy for one year, $ 2 OO One copy for two years, a aw For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 SO Ten copies one year 17 SO Ami an extra copy for a club of ten. OFING COMP'NYi l'URERS OF g> IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. )F IKON ROOFING IN THE WORLD