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tumorous department. ELOUIJENCE AT BAY. It \va3 a preacher who hud that "fatal fluency" for whom an acquaintance laid a trap. He had a way of promising to preach, and on heginuing would say something like "I have been too busy to prepare a sermon, but if some one will kindly give me a text, I'll preach from it." One determined to cure him. He therefore asked him to preach. The invitation was accepted. The time came, and the visitor begau his usual introduc tion: "Brethren, I have been so pushed for time today as to have been quite unable to prepare a sermon. But if some of you will give me a text, I'll preach from it. Perhaps my brother here," turning to the plotter near him, "will suggest a text." "Yes, brother," came the ready response ; "your text is the last part of the ninth verse of the first chapter of Ezra, and its words are 'nine-andtwenty knives.'" There was a pause, an ominous pause, as the preacher found his text. He read it out: "Nine-and-twenty knives," and be begau at once. "Notice the number of these knives ?just exactly nine-and-twenty ; not thirty, nor eight-and-twenty. There were no more and no less than nineand-twenty knive9." A pause?a long pause. Theu, slowly and emphatically, "Nine-and-twenty knives." A longer pause. Then, meditatively, "Nine - and - twenty knives." Again he rested. "Nine-and-twenty knives." A dead stop. "Nine-and-twenty knives?and if there were nine hun"t-on ond tivpntv Irnivps 1 eould not Ul VU MUM Wff VM?J ...... ? ? say another word." Just What He Wanted.?Or.e of the first men to reach San Francisco with a hoard of Klondike gold was an Irishman named Finnegan, who had been very poor before he struck it rich, and who, consequently, was unfamiliar with many ordinary usages of a life of luxury. "Oi say, yez kin bring me two dozen eyesters," he said, airily, as he took a seat in one of the finest restaurants in 'Frisco. The oysters were soon set before him, and Finnegan, looking about him for something to put on them, and hardly knowing what the something should be, spied a bottle of Tabasco, and proceeded to season the bivalves not wisely but too well. Impaling an oyster upon his fork, be thrust it into his mouth, then leaped to his feet with a terrific roar of pain, and began dancing about and yelling like a madman. ' See here!" cried the proprietor, rushing to the table, "keep still or I'll put you out!" "P-p-put me out, is it? Oi wish yez would put me out!" yelled Finnegan. "Me insides is blazin' loike a match factory !" Told Them What Shy Meant.? m r? - Jo rronoru) 1 \r fin IO com use n nuuc? 10 g,*.u^unj easy task, and lawyers know no easier way than to make a witness explaiu the meaning of his words, knowing that very few people can do so without getting excited. Occasionally a victim resents naggiug, and answers in a spirited and unexpected manner. A lawyer was cross examiniug a young girl of rather haughty temper. She had testified that she had seen the defendant "shy" a hook at the plaintiff, and the lawyer had seized on the word. "Shy?shy a book ? What do you mean by that? Will you explain to the court what the word 'shy' means ?" The girl leant over the desk beneath the wituess box, picked up a lawbook and threw it at the lawyer's head, who dodged just iu time. "I think the court, now understands the meaning of the word 'shy,'" said the judge, gravely, and the girl was allowed to finish her testimony without further interruption. The "Alligator."?At a Dublin county court recently I was very much interested in the following case : Judge?Who is it that brings the allegation against the prisoner at the bar ? X 98?Plaze, Y'ur Wurship, O'm the allegator. Judge?What's the charge ?" X 99?Well, plaze y'ur wurshup, Oi was on my bate, as usual, when Oi saw a man with a box creating a disturbance in the road. 'What are ye doing there?' says Oi. 'Oi'ra going to lave that box here,' says he. 'Shure ye can't lave it there,' says Oi. 'Well, Oi've left it there,' says he. "Come out of that," says Oi. 'Oi'm not in it,' says he. 'It's ag'iust the law," says Oi. 'You're a liar,' says he, 'it's ag'inst the window.' With that Oi struck him and missed him. Thin Oi hit him agin' in the same place, but he bits me a blow on the nose wid his fist, and says, 'A friend iu need is a friend indeed.' " tST A runaway darkey, before the war, was on his way to Canada and was met by a countryman, wtio questioned him as to the treatment he had received at the hands of his master. "Didn't you have enough to eat?" the countryman asked. "Yes." "And enough to wear ?" "Yes. "And a warm place to sleep ?" "Yes." "Then what did you run away for?" "Say, boss," the darkey replied," "if you think you'd like the place, it's open to ye." Happened to bk Tame Ones.? Amateur sportsman (angrily to Long Island farmer leaning on fence)?I thought you told me there were plenty of ducks around here? Farmer (with a quizzical smile)?So I did, mister; so 1 did. Keckou I've got ">0 or GO of 'em in my hack yard, hut I never let 'em out when there is one of these here funny-lookin' critters from the city spookin' round with a gun.?Truth. W&T "Ah, there, Uncle Abner ; you're ? i qm u r 01) UeCK, HgUlII, urc^uu .I'l-eu, X is sab." "I don't suppose you remember tbut when I met you yesterday you were as full as u tick ?" "Yaas, I does, boss." "You d<>, eh? But you don't seem to be the least bit sorry about it." "Beg yo' pahdon, sab, but I is; mighty sorry?sorry dat hit wuz yisterday iustid er terday." " Watjsitlr Gatherings. An adept at bicycling ought to make a good wheelright. 8#" There's nothing certain about luck, except that it's bound to change. Forty rods make one rood. Iu the school house one rod will make 40 rude. BSF The freedom of the press is not as dangerous as that of some of our lawmakers. S&T The prime factor in any nation's prosperity is the welfare of its common people. ? * < .1.. k.. ?r ?ar i ne estimate 01 me uuiuun u.i tramps in the United States varies between 40,000 and 60,000. fiST" Strauger?How old is the oldest inhabitant of this village ?" Native? There ain't none. He died last week." flST On the first railways, a candle stuck in a station house window meant "stop its absence was a signal to go on. W3T At the new beet sugar factory at Rome, N. Y., about ten tons of white granulated sugar are being turned out every day. t8T The right hand, which is more sensitive to the touch than the left, i9 less sensitive than the latter to the effect of heat and cold. The two biggest fire engines in the world are in Liverpool ; they can throw 1,000 gallons of water a minute and a jet 140 feet high. 8ST It is a mistake to suppose thati stone houses are the most durable. A well constructed brick house will outlasi one built of granite. There are more wrecks iu the Baltic sea than in any other place in the world. The average is one wreck a duy throughout the year. S&T When a man gets up in the morning, he grumbles if breakfast is not ready ; but if he goes fishing, he can wait all day for a bite. ? ? 1- t A*7 war f oiomon s ieuipie was ivi icci lung, 36 feet broad, and 54 feet high, not being larger than many private houses ol the present time. BalT Some British dentists use molten glass for filling teeth. It is prepared with some chemicals, which make the glass malleable and durable, figy Some people can't come to au understanding with themselves, because?well, if the truth must be told ?because they haven't any. t3T The first printers used to print only on one side of the page, and then pasted together the two blank pages to give the impression of one leaf. SOT It was an Aberdeen landlord who raised the rent of one of his houses because the walls bulged out, and therefore made the house larger, fifiy It sometimes happens that when the conductor on the railway comes along suddenly, a boy or girl is frightened out of two or three years' growth, flfeiy Every language coutains such names as cuckoo, pewit, whippoorwill, and others, in which the sound emitted by the animal is imitated as the name. BaT" "It is uow proved beyond a doubt," says Professor Sayce, "that long ages before the days of Abraham there existed a world as cultured as our own." All these schemes for taxing bachelors with a view to driving them into matrimony are wrong. More men get married now than wives can comfortably support. "George," said bis mother, "why do you pay so much attention to that Middleton girl ? She has a face like an apple pie." "That's my favorite pie, mother," said George. BelT "You are as full of airs as a music box," is what a young man said to a girl who refused to let him see her home. "That may be," was the reply, "but I don't go with a crank." JST" An Iowa editor was challenged to fight a duel. He promptly accepted, and chose uxes as the weapons. Then he issued a supplement, and named forty rods as the distance. gfciT Some of the machines for making matches which are used in these days make 200 revolutions a minute each, and turn out about 2,500,000 matches daily, or about 900,000,000 annually. W&" A good book and a good woman are excellent things for those who know just how to appreciate their value. There are men, however, who judge both from the beauty of the covering. 8ST Kentucky legislature, bill No. 251, by Mr. Collins, of Floyd county : "It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or discharge at random any deadly weapon, whether said weapon be loaded or unloaded." fiST" In paragraphs with regard to the size of ships, "displacement" is mentioned as a given number of tons. -l ?? i nis melius ine spaue uttupicu uj ? ship in the water, and that the ship equals in weight the water displaced. W3F Remember that when fat bubbles it is only just melting and not at all in the right condition for frying. After the bubbbling has subsided, a slight smoke will arise, aud that is the moment the material should be put in. There was never a more tactful answer than that given by a gentleman the other day when asked by a lady of uncertain years, "At what age do you consider a woman most fascinating ?" "At your age," he said. Bl3f? Ink stains are entirely removed by the immediate application of dry 1 salt before the ink has dried. SVhen the salt becomes discolored by absorb Snlr hviiuh it\ nil' ?nr1 nnnlv HIV, > '?, VII VI.III IV v. i.j.ji.j more; wet slightly. Continue until ' the ink has disappeared. (P^* At the birth of a Japanese baby, a tree is planted, which must remain } untouched till the marriage of the , child. When that hour arrives, the tree is cut down, and a skilled cabinet maker transforms the wood into furniture, which is always cherished by the young couple as the most beautiful of the ornaments in the house. 8*aT One of the fashiouable New i York shoe stores now rdv-tises: , "Thin limbs transformed iuto rounded beauty while you wait. Price fifty cents." Investigation disclosed the , fact that this good news is exclusive, ly for the bicycle girl. By paying fifty cents extra any pair of high bicy, ele botos or leggings may be so pad. ded that there is apparent beauty in the rounded curves. international Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON III, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 17. Text of the Lemion, Math, xvll, 1-0?Mem ory Versed, 1-3 ? Golden Text, John 1, 14 ? Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. [Copyright, 1898, by D. M. Stearns.] 1. "And after six days Jesus takcth Peter, James and John, .lis brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain [ apart." Luko says, "About an eight days after these sayings" (Luke ix, 28), doubtless including the day of the promiso and tho day of the event, while Matthew and Mark only mention the intervening days. Mark says, "Hetakethand leadcth them." How very beautiful! Does not your heart 6ay, "Lord take me and lead me, and I'll go with Thee all the way?" Well, be 6ure that you mean it, and do not question His love if He leads you in the volley These three were with Him when He raised the little girl and when He was in the gar .'en We cannot go with Him unless wo are willing to go apart from tho many who follow Him, and we will not enjoy His fellowship unless we have something of His spirit of prayer, for Luke ix, 28, 6ays that He went to pray. As we learn to live alone with Him and for Him, we will find ourselves increasingly given to communion with Him. 2. "And was transfigured before them, and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light." Mark 6ays that His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Luke says that the fashion of His countenance was altered and His raiment was white and glistering (Mark lx, S; Luko ix, 29) It makes one think of Him as Ho afterward appeared to John on Patmos some 60 years after His ascension (Rev. i, 12-17) It is to me very Interesting to observe that the word translated "transfigured" is used outside of this record in the gospels only in two other ??? a a tt n? 4(1 i q places?nom. xn, a, auu n vut. ui< ?? In the one the translation is "be transformed" and in the other "are changed," but in each case it refers to the believer and our being changed more and more into the image of Christ. In Romans it is shown to be a work from within, by the renewing of our minds, and in Corinthians it is said to be accomplished by beholding His glory in the glass or mirror of His word. It seems to me that the beginning and development and consummation ol the Christian life has but one secret, and that is "beholding Him." When in that fair morning we shall Indeed see Him. then we shall indeed be like Him. 8. "And, behold, there appeared untc them Moses and Ellas, talking with Him. " We know that Moses died and was buried in the land of Moab (Deut. xxxiv, 5, 6), over 1,400 years before this, and Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind and probably in the chariot over 800 years before, the only man except Enoch who has as yet ever been excused from the appointment of death (Hcb. ix, 27). Yet here they are alive and well and talking with Christ of His death, or decease, or exodus, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem (Luke ix, 31). Whether the believer dies or is translated, in either case it means instantly with the Lord in such a life and 6uch bliss as we cannot Imagine (Phil, i, 21, 23; iii, 20, 21), but all the blessedness and reality of that life arc wholly duo tc the work which our Lord Jesus finished on Calvary 4. " Then answered Peter, and said untc Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If Thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles?one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias." I think we may conclude from Judc ix that Moses had his resurrection body If so, then he represented the risen saints, while Elijah represented those who will not die, but be translated at our Lord's coming, the two representing the whole heavenly company of the redeemed in the kingdom when it shall have come, while Peter, James and John, three righteous Jews, represent all Israel, a righteous nation on earth in the king doni, and this revelution is what our Lord promised in chapter xti, 28. 6. "While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear yo Him." He is the true tabernacle and temple and pillar of cloud. He is the fulfillment of all that Moses was to Israel or wrote for them. He is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that bclieveth. Ho i6 the Prophet oi all prophets, the Messenger of God as none other ever was or can be, and God 6uid tc Moses concerning Him, "Whosoever will not hearken unto My words, which He shall speak in My name, I will require it ofhim"(Deut. xviii, 18, 19). This is the second time that the Father testified from heaven as to His delight in His Son, but now Ho adds the command, "Hear ye Him." Wo are not to hear what men think or say about Him, but to hear Him, and that is to hear God Himself, for the Father told Hint what to say (John xii, 49). 6, 7. "And when the disciples heard il they fell on their face and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and be not afraid." So He oi His angel did to Daniel, and He Hiinseli 6urely did to John on Patmos (Dan. viii, 18; x, 8, 18; Rev. i, 17). He gives His people no cause to fear. Why is it that we have so many fears? How wo must grieve Him! He says that He will never remember our 6ins. It shows great lack of confidence in Him for us to fear or to think that Ho wilL Ho says that we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in Him. It is surely dishonoring to Him for us to question it. He tells us that since He so loved us as to give Himself for us Ho can there fore withhold no good thing Faith jusl believes it, and is happy because He says so. 8 "And when they had lifted up theii eyes they saw no man save Jesus only." What a powerful life word this is, and what peace and victory to 6ce Jesus onlj in redemption, and in 6anctiflcation, as we will see Jesus only as the center of all the glory of heaven I In redemption and daily life our temptation is to see feelings and experiences and people, but thus there is no rest. We must seo that His finished work is all that God asks and that we need, and His word all the assurance that is necessary, and learn to sing always "Behold, God is my salvation." 9. "And as they came down from the mountain Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man until the Son oi Man bo risen again from tho dead." Even if wo may not fully understand, wo may be sure that there was some very good reason for this charge (Ezek. xiv, 23). II is not always for us to understand, but always to obey (Isa. i, 19) Tho other disciples at tho foot of the mount with theii difficulty is suggestive of many difficulties that shall not be solved till He shall come; but more fuith might solve more. Mean timo we must piy taxes cheerfully lest we give offense IW How neur must a person live tc me to be my neighbor? Every persor: is near to you whom you can bless He is nearest whom you can bless most. 86T Plant a seed of love and reaj good deeds, unselfishness, devotion Christlikeness. Jatm and fireside. LIVE FERTILIZER FACTORY. Mr. Johnson's Scheme For Enriching Land at Little Cost. Edwin Lehman Johnson in Southern Farm Magazine. I want you to publish the letter I give below from W. T. Bradley, a South Carolina farmer, to the Columbia State. It contains more horsesense to the square inch on this vexed question of raising the price of cotton than any article I have seen on the subject. In eight short paragraphs, every one of then) well written, closely connected and logically constructed, Mr. Bradley shows the true solution of reducing the cotton acreage, namely, offer something to the farmer that will pay to put his idle land in, aud be will very quickly reduce his acreage. Here is Mr. Bradley's letter: "It is a fact well-known to everyone that our financial condition is depressed?I mean the southern states?and it is all due to the fact that we are getting nothing for cotton, our money crop, and this is caused, as we well know, by overproduction. Various remedies have been suggested. It is a problem that has taxed the minds of our best thinkers and most practical farmers for years. That somethiug must be done is evident, or we cannot see future relief. I suppose it will not come amiss for me to give my experience in the foud hope of what I say will be the means of doing something to relieve the situation. I have made a study of this subject and shall at tempt to give you my experience : "It is universally conceded that reduction of the acreage is the cure for all the ills. How to bring about this reduction is the question. Any of the i plans suggested would bring the desired relief, if carried out. My plan is this : Let the farmer prepare as much land for cotton as he may wish, but when he is ready to plaut let him plant every other row in cotton, and iu June , let him plant the remaiuing rows in peas. This, you will observe, reduces on?M?o nno.holf hilt. HnpO lint, re-1 m-i m,no6i. vui, ..u,., -duce the yield so much, as my expei rience teaches me. I make at least | three-fourths of a crop of cotton, and peas without limit. You enrich your ! land, so that in a few years you can make a bule per ucre with every alternate row in peas, have an abundance i of feed, and consequently fat stock and your bacon at home. Besides, I you save one-half fertilizer, one-half hoeing and one-third plowing. We have in cultivation this year 24,000,000 ! acres. We will make in round numi hers, 10,000,000 bales. This cotton is worth at the present price $250,000,000. Now, to follow the pea sugges1 lion, we would have 12,000,000 in 1 cultivation, which would yield 7,500,| 000 bales or $300,000,000 at 8 cents , per pound, a gain of $50,000,000, to I say nothiug about the cost of production, which, as I have shown, would i be about one-half. If it is not desir1 able to plant so many peas, you can ' plant, pinders, sweet or Irish potatoes with equal success. I bought 10 acres of very poor land and farmed it as , above suggested, and today I am offered $40 for the 10 acres. I am making a bale of cotton per acre, and coru, etc., in proportion. I "XT xr_ rri:.?_ l,oo l.^n "I1UW| iur. nunui , v? iiau uuo wtvn done on a small scale can be done ou , a large one. Let auy man follow this ! plan and be will have a like expei rience." i It seems almost like trying to paint ? the lily to try to improve on the plan ' of this planter, who evidently is as clear-headed in his work as he is in his . speech. Mr. Bradley himself almost , suggests the improvement I propose i when he says "you will have abunI dance of feed aud consequently fat i stock.'* My amendment is this: Buy oue 1 head of cattle per acre, plant half an , acre less in peas and make a cattle; yard of it; exchange your cottonseed , for hulls and meal ; feed these, togethi er with your common or the groundI pea hay, to the cattle ; cover this half1 acre lot with litter, pine straw or ' anything convenient, six inches deep, ' and make one of the best manures , you can put under cotton or corn at i the rate of one ton per head per ; month, worth $3 per ton by actual 1 chemical analysis. Put this manure ' ou the land broadcast or drilled. In 6ve years you will not need to raise 1 any more peas, but can raise potatoes L or cabbage between the cotton rows, and at the same time make two bales f of cotton to the acre. I have seen this done, and know that it is not mere 1 theory. 1 The cattle-yurd must be carefully | chosen, so that the rain9 do not wash , away part of the manure, and the ground should be plowed deeply with 1 a two-horse plow before the cattle are i put in it. At the end of every 30 days or when it becomes packed it should 1 be plowed again and more litter put ' on. Fifty heads may be fattened at | one time, if desired, in such an enclosure, and the loss in manure will hard ly be appreciable. Of course, when the manure is needed the ground is L again plowed, when it will be found to be saturated with the richest ammon| iate that the farmer can get and mixed L thoroughly with the dung. Shovel the , whole into a two-horse wagon and dis i tribute down the field, four rows at a i time, two behind the wagon and one > on each side. ' It is better to feed cattle under cover 1 and let the manure accumulate under , their feet, using plenty of bedding and occasionally when needed raising the ; feeding troughs. There is no more i scientific method of fattening cattle r than that, hut the half-acre lot is sira1 pier, cheaper and more likely to be ' adopted by the average farmer. I have recently completed a rigid . investigation into the value of manure i from cottonseed hulls and meal, and ; found that instead of there being only 80 per cent, of the value of the feed ' left in the manure it is over 90 per cent, when the proportion of meal to hulls is 1 to 4. > Now there is hardly any soil in the i cotton-growing states that is fertilized , at all that will not be benefitted rne3 chanically by the bedding added to the manure far more than enough to pay out this remaining 10 per cent., and for > the care of the cattle. We may theref fore set this down as an absolute rule in the south : Vegetable matter, first properly fed to cattle, is worth more to the land than if put directly into the ground. When land needs fertilizing, and the manure is saved, it is no more possible for cattle to eat their heads ofF titan it is for an absent-minded man to forget his own head, and the farmer ought not to fear one more than the other. I have nicknamed this plan of keeping cattle for the manure they will make a Live Fertilizer Factory. Any man who adopts the Live Fertilizer Factory plan can not only make a farmer's profit on the enriched land, but he can make a manufacturer's profit in addi- , ' inn nf at least 100 Der cent, on all the stuff be feeds the cattle. < Cottonseed, cattle and cowpeas is ( the true solution of the overproduc- . tion of cotton. SPAIN'S TORPEDO FLOTILLA. Oar Naval Officers Alarmed at Its Approach. President McKinley has conferred with his constitutional advisers with regard to the coming of the Spanish torpedo flotilla, says a Washington dispatch. Grave apprehension is fell concerning this hostile movement of the government at Madrid ; and there is a disposition to promptly interfere with the progress of that fleet. The president has been advised to send Commodore Schley with the flying squadron to meet the Spanish flo I tilla, take possession of the coal cur- 1 rier and inform the commander of the I flotilla that this country desires, in the ' interest of peace, that the torpedo boats return to their own waters. This advice has been seriously cousidered. If followed, the president will want the world to understand that the unprecedented course is takeu solely ( in the interest of peace, and uot for the purpose of interfering witli Spau- < ish vessels on the high seas. Secretary of the Navy Long is ex- . ceedingly apprehensive of the approach of the Spauish torpedo flotilla. He has represented to the president and to the cabinet thut this flotilla j is capable of doing iuflnite damage to i our fleet at Key West if it is permit- j ted to come within strikiug distance, i Secretary Long has been advised by j naval officers ttiut me torpeuo nouiui, acting at night, with typical Spanish methods, selecting some night when ' there is a foggy atmosphere, might practically wipe out our fleet. That might be done as Spuiu's first declaration of war. A naval nllicer, who has talked with Secretary Long on this point, this afternoon said to the writes : "On a foggy night, when search lights cannot penetrate the atmosphere brilliantly for more than a mile the torpedo boats of Spain, the best in the world, might come at the fleet under a full head of steam. They would probably select the monitors and battleships as their prey. Under such circumstances it would be difficult to strike and sink them. If one of them succeeds in destroying a monitor or a battleship, all our search lights might inadvisedly be concentrated on the exploded ship, while the torpedo boats would be speeding from opposite directions with deadly energy against other vessels. | "It is apprehended by Duval officers that this would likely be done by Spain unawares ai)d without a declaration af war. Of course, it is weil for the adQtinistratiou to assume that Spain means no harm ; but naval officers all ' -? - * *C . J?? Relieve mai me iuaiue was ucauu^ni by Spaniards without a declaration of war, precedent or subsequent. All of us are apprehensive, and we have convinced the secretary that our fleet is in great danger from this torpedo flotilla." President McKinley, hoping for peace, using every honorable method to maintain peace, is confronted with this menace?a menace which naval officers declare cannot be overestimated. They all say that to permit the torpedo flotilla to come within striking distance of our fleet would be almost unpardonable. President McKiuley fully realizes the gravity of the situation, and he also understands that the destruction of our North Atlantic squadron would leave this country at the mercy of a merciless foe. The question is, Would not such a course be regarded by the nations of the world as a declaration of war on the part of this country. The representatives of foreign governments are tonight being interrogated by our officials of the department of slate. Concerning a possible danger to our flying squadron when meeting the flotilla on the high seas with such a request, a naval officer says: "There would be uo danger. The commander of the torpedo flotilla would be notified by one of our officers going on board the flagship that a single demonstration would be followed by the sinking of the coal carrier. That alone would leave the flotilla helpless in midocean. The commander ot the flotilla would realize that fact. No, (here would be no danger to the flying squadron if it should meet the flotilla and make such a demand. iN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the New* That Is Heine Publlflhed by ExchangeH. CHESTER?Lantern, April 1: Rev. C. B. Smith, of Wolf'ord college, preached at Caper's chapel last Sunday night. Mr. Jas. M. Saye, of Rodman, is quite ill. The Rodman people have not seen or heard of the cbiutzhugs this spring and are hoping that the hugs will not appear. Mrs. Nutt, of Norfolk, is visiting at Captain P. E. Moore's. Dr. J. B. Bigham has purchased and moved into the house of Mr. Samuel Gunhouse on York street. Mayor Spratt returned Tuesday from Florida. Miss Julia remained. Wednesday afternoon a very handsome setter dog, belonging to Dr. S. M. Davega, had a fit on the square and otherwise behaved in such a way as to create the impression tbul he was not a safe dog to have round, und he was shot by Chief Morgan. We learned by telephoue yesterday morning that Mr. A. Mays McKeown * T>1 was exmomng ui umcivoiutiv uu whicb measured six feet, six iuches from tip to tip. A young American citizen of African descent carried two plump heus to Messrs. Wm. Lindsay & Son a day or two ago, with the representation that a white man some 1 where up street had sent them and asked that they send him 20 cents ipiece for them by the bearer. The lens were placed in a coop, and Mr. Lindsay kindly offered to go with the joy and pay over the money himself, thereupon the boy skipped and left .be liens. UNION?Times, April 1: The Johnion Itiffes had a meeting Wednesday light. The boys say they are ready for duty. The war news is very threatening. Plant corn and raise aogs is our advice to you. Raise some thing to eat. Married on the30tb >f March at Clinton, Mr. F. G. Aus tell, of Union, to Miss Milam, and Mr. J. G. Long, Jr., to Miss Tiny Bobo. Mrs. Joseph Austell, Sr., died in Unior jn Wednesday, the 30th of March, if pneumonia. She was Miss Fant. PSM &4KlN'> POWDER Absolutely Pure TIME TABLE of the Ohio River am Charleston Railway company, to tak affect Monday, October 18th, at 6.50 a. m STANDARD EASTERN TIME. Dally Daily Except Except Sunday. Sunday ooiwo south No. 32. | No. 34, Leave Marlon 7 00 am 1 30 pr Leave Rutherfordton 8 05 am 3 05 pr Leave Forest City 8 20 am 3 35 pr Leave Henrietta 8 35 am A 55 pr Leave Mooresboro 8 50 am 4 10 pr Leave Shelby 8 20 am | 5 00 pi Leave Patterson Springs.. 0 30 am; 5 45 pr Leave EarlB 9 85 am 5 50 pr Arrive at Blacksburg, 9 50 am 8 10 \ t Leave Gaffhey 6 50 m, 7 15 pr Arrive Blacksburg 7 25 ml 7 50 pr Leave Blacksburg 10 10 am, 8 0>>ai Leave Smyrna 10 30 am! 8 25 ai Leave Hickory Grove 10 45 am 8 45 ai Leave Sharon 11 00 ami 9 10ai Leave Yorkvllle 11 15 am| 9 40 ar Leave urzan ~ 11 ** w Leave Newport 11 33 am 10 15 ai Leave Rock Hill 11 45 am 10 40 pi Leave Leslies 12 05 pm 1 00 pi Leave Catawba Junction.. 12 15 pm 1 15 pi Leave Lancaster 1 00 pm 8 50 pi Leave Kershaw 2 CO pm 5 80 pi Arrive at Camden 3 00 pm 6 40 pi Leave Klngsville 4 44 pm Leave Branchvllle 5 55 pm Arrlve Charleston 8 00 pm going worth'. I No. 33. | No. 3 ' Dally Daily Except Except Sunday. Sunday Leave Charleston 7 10 am Leave Branchvllle 8 57 am Leave Klngsville 10 25 am Leave Camden 12 05 pm 9 00 ai Leave Kershaw 1 05 pm 11 10 ai Leave Lancaster 1 45 pm 1 00 pi Leave Catawba Junction 2 30 pm 2 40 pi Leave Leslies 2 40 pm; 2 55 pi Leave Rock Hill 2 55 pm 4 30 pi Leave Newport 3 10 pm| 5 00 pi Leave Tlrzah 3 15 pm| 5 20 pi Leave Yorkville 3 30 pm 6 00 pi Leave Sharon 3 45 pm 6 20 pi Leave Hickory Grove .... 4 00 pm 6 40 pi Leave Smyrna ? 4 15 pm: 6 55 pi Leave Blacksburg 4 35 pml 7 30 pi Leave Blacksburg 6 50 am 6 30 pi Arrive Gafflicy 7 25 am 7 05 pi Leave Earle's 1 5 05 pm Leave Patl erson's Spring. 5 10 pm Leave Shelby 5 20 pm LeaveMooresboro 5 47 ami Leave Henrietta 5 55 am Leave Forest City 6 12 am Leave Rutherfordton 8 27 am| Arrive at Marlon 7 30 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Souther Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. f Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Mario with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Cree and London, grainsp A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT. General Manager. GRINDING AND GINNING. /^VUR MILLS are now in constant op . x. il T>I7LifH A1 u eration. turning out me r>c,oi ui FLOUR and giving perfect satisfaction Our MUNGER SYSTEM now work perfectly, and gives a quality of lint tha is not to be beaten. YORKVILLE ROLLER MILLS. Pblham Morrow, Manager. PHOTOGRAPHY. FOR PHOTOS?in any style and of th best finish?please call at mv Gal lery, on Cleveland avenue. I also develo and print Kodak Pictures. Orders fo Enlarged Pictures from any size Phot taken, and satisfaction guaranteed. S. W .WATSON, Yorkville, S. C. RIDE A MONARCH i It Is the LEADE] Repai other point, if you goto see the agent foi not the price he quotes you is as low as t fered to anybody else? THE MONAB ARE IN FRONT THE WORLD OVI bility and this claim of course includes t wheels since 1892 and wheels sold that y? is concerned are doing Igood service toe they have been in use have not cost as makes sold last season. THE MONARCH REPAIR JBILL.by the Monarch Cycle Co. The repair I did not amount to $4. While we are we cannot sell $60 or $76 Monarehs in coi actual value and sold at almost any pric have wheels that we can sell at the prices i ABOUT TRACK WHEELS.?The \ and shoulders ahead of anything: on the pounds, and is the handsomest wheel hi those who have been inclined to express Special is the wheel on which Tom Coi America for two successive seasons, and inentand successful racing men in this t pended upon to respond quickly to the e never been the cause of defeat by br quality counts most in man and machine PLEASE 13 E That DEFIANCE WHEELS are sold pany and that they have no superior on t 4 P Wanted j cf cf NOT COUNTERFEITERS l \v/E can show any steady going and earnest i V X/V 0130 ^ow he can make good wages by Kf T ?? handling our publications. We don t ^ ^ refer to experienced men, but to those u ! f who have never sold anything. Just now we St y are pushing our . ! J Reversible Map of the f J United States and World f ' 66 x 46 inches in size. k , ii beautiful colors. , J 1898 edition and corrected to date. b ' New railroads, new towns. ^ || New counties. 1 The largest map printed on a ? single sheet. Y It is b A Photograph of the World r j One side shows a colored map of our great C country, with railroads, counties, rivers, Y ' towns, etc. The other side shows an equally b elegant map of the World, locating all count* N* Id ries at a glance by help of a marginal index, 1 It also shows ocean currents, routes of dis- C a coverers, and accurately locates the scenes > 3 of all current events, such as boundary dis* b t putes, Cuban battles, Armenian massacres, ^ Id polar expeditions, Alaskan gold fields, etc. 4^ 1 Send us your address and we will advise C a you how you can secure a county agency, or j 3 send ft.00 and we will forward a copy by b f prepaid express. S* N Our men clear from $20. to $40. weekly from i 1 the start by following our club plan of work. C T If you get samples and don't want to en* Y 9 gage with us you can return same and get b 1 your cash back. Your newspaper or bank ^ O will tell you we aro responsible. i ? RAND, McNALLY & CO. f \ 61 Cast Ninth Street, Now York City E CA11LI1A & MT1IOTI 11 G. W. F. HARPEII, President. L Schedules in Effect from and After I March 6, 1897. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. - OOINO NOKTH. | NO 10. | NO 60. I*^e Chester H 4.5 u m 8 4.5 a in Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 7 C8 a ni 920am - Leave McConnellsvllle 7 21 a m 9 62 a ni <m Leave Guthrlesville .... 7 2? a m 10 09 a in ii Leave Yorkville 7 49 am 1100 am n Leave Clover 8 16 a m 11 48 am n Leave Oantonla 8 46 a m 1 20 p ra n Leave Llncolnton 9 88 a m 2 40 pm n Leave Newton 10 2.5am 4 00pm ii Leave Hickory II 20 am' 6 16 pm n Arrive Lenoir? 12 16 am 8 00 pm n ooino booth. | No. 9. No 61. - Leave Lenoir ...... 3 16 p m 6 30 am n Leave Hickory 4 15pm 7 20 am P l^avc Newton 5 10 pm 9 00am Leave Llncolnton 6 56 pm 10 50 am i Leave Gaston I a 6 49 pm 100 pm i. Leave Clover 7 32 pm 2 02 pm i Leave Yorkville 8 01 pm 8 10 pm n Leave Gulhrlesvllle ... 8 20pm 840pm ii Leave McConriellsvllle 8 28 pm 8 56 pm n Leave Lowrysvllle 845pm 4 25pm i Arrive Chester 9 11pm 510pm n Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and n run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. a HO and 61 carrv passengers and also run ?' daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the O. C. A N. and the C. C. A A., also LAC. R. R.; at . Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lin5 colnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and - Newton with W. N. C. G. F. HARPER, Acting G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. When You Want ii j Nice Clean S Job Printing n You should always go to The ? Enquirer office where such n printing is done. Excursion ? Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cir culars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of all kinds printed on short notice and at very reasonable and legitII imate prices. n FINLEY & BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, lt Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be (riven prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT " THE REAK OF H. C. STRAUSS'8 STORE. F I BUY COTTON. ' T BUY COTTON, and you will please ? A not fail to recollect it when you have any to offer. If parties having lots of from 25 to 500 bales, who live out of town, will notify me when they get ready to - sell, I will go and bid on it. I can be found at Grist Cousins' store. D. W. HICKS, e p CHATTEL MORTGAGES, LIENS ir T7H)R RENT AND SUPPLIES, Title o r to Real Estate and Real Estate Mortgages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. LND KEEP IN FRONT. R; But NOT to the ir Shop. There are a few people in the world and especially in Yorkville who are controlled in tbeir actions by tbe opinions and suggestions of others, regardless of tbe value of tbe experience or ability of tbeir advisers, and this applies to the bicycle business. We desire to make a suggestion to any who are thinking about buying a wheel. If the party who suggests that a certain wheel "i-tthe best" ask him how he knows, if be ever had any personal experience with any other, how long he has been riding it, if he got his talking points from the agent, whether or not it is a frequent visitor to the repair shop, and also ask how much experience the agent has had and whether or not tbe experience would justify the claims made by him for the wheel. Also ask ifthe wheel has a good record on tbe track IN THIS SECTION. This advice is given gratuitously but is valuable, just the same. One the wheel be sure to ask him whether or hat for which the same wheel has been ofCH BICYCLES 5R in beauty, running qualities and durabis section. We have been selling Monarch *ar although a little out of date so far as stvle lay and during the entire six years' that much for repairs as some wheels.of other -Last season we sold twelve wheels made >ill on the whole lot aside from punctures in position to meet anybody's prices, npelilion with wheels listed far above their e the buyer otters from $22 to $45, but we and we eive full value for every cent paid us. lonarcb" wheel for track purposes is head market. The Cooper Special weighs 18J 'ought here this year, at least that is what i honest convictions have said. The Cooper >per of Detroit won the Championship of is being ridden by many of the inostrprom. ountry and Europe. It can always .be defi'orts of the rider in a hot finish, and has eaking down at a critical moment, when IAR I1V MIND by us and are made by the Monarch comhis market except the Monarch wheels. GrRIST COUSINS.