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tumorous gcpartmcnt. A Boy's Essay on Breath.?A little boy io the North Side public school recently handed in to the teacher the following communication on "Our Breath" : "Our breath is made of air. If it were not for our breath we would die. The breath keeps going through our liver, our lights and our lungs. Boys shut up in a room all day should not breathe, they should wait until they get out of doors. Air in a room has carbonocide in it, and carbonocide is poisoner than mad dogs. Once some man ivas shut ud in a black hole in India, a carbonocide got into that there hole, and afore morning nearly every one of them was dead. Girls wear corsets which squeeze their diagrams too much. Girls cannot run and holler like boys cause their diagrams are squeezed. If I was a girl I would just run and holler so my diagram would grow. That's all on breath."?Minneapolis Journal. I?* A funny story is told of one of the June weddings. The young couple were from a somewhat humble walk in life, but were beaming with happiness. At the conclusion of the ceremony there was a pause of some length. The bride looked at the groom, and he gazed at her with a happy but somewhat vague expression of confidence. At last the bride stepped for ward in a hesitating manner, and, dropping an elaborate courtesy, said : "We?we?are very much obliged to you, sir, and we hope that at some time we shall be able to retaliate." Her husband looked at her with undisguised pride in her ability to cope with a word of such elegance, and the minister bowed the couple out of the parsonage with as grave a face as he could call up. A Wonderful Elixir.?Lean Customer?Doctor, I want some medicine or something that will put more flesh on my bones. Doctor (filling bottle from large glass jar)?This will fix you. Take a tablespoonful of it three times a day, eat plenty of soup, leguminous vegetables, cracked wheat and fruits, and abstain from energetic exercise. Five dollars. Thanks. Fat Customer (five minutes later)? Doctor, I want something that will relieve me of this superfluous fat. Doctor (filling bottle from same large glass jar)?This will fix you. Take a tablespoouful of it three times a day, abstain from soup, meat, leguminous vegetables, cracked wheat and fruits, and take plenty of energetic exercise. Five Dollars. Thanks. It Doesn't Seem Possible.?Omaha Man?And you are one of the female Mormon missionaries in Tennessee? Mormon Woman?Yes, there are 25 of us Mormon women down there and we are meeting with great success. "Success ! Do you mean to say that you are making converts among the womt u ?" "Yes, indeed ; they just jump at our presentation of the case ; that is, the ! 5 J1 marneu uuc? uu, "Hampb ! I suppose you promise them gold lace gowns and diamond crowns, and?" "O.h, no! We simply tell them that a husband can't quarrel with more than one wife at a time, and it lakes a loug time to get arouud.?Omaha World. A Candidate For Heaven.?Judge Tarbell tells the following joke on himself : A short time after his retirement from the bench he happened to meet an old friend whom he had not seen for sometime. The judge, all smiles and heartiness, effervesced over his friend in such a way as to provoke the inquiry: "What office are you a candidate for now, judge?" The judge made a deprecatory movement with an outward turned palm and said: "For none at all, my dear brother; I'm simply a caudidate for the kingdom of heaven." His friend regarded him sorrowfully for an instant, and then, with more wit than politeness, and more profanity than either, said, "I'll bet you don't carry a d?u township !" K*T On the evening before the last 6olar eclipse in Germany, the colonel of a regiment of infantry sent for all the sergeants, and said to them : "TVioro v*-111 ho on onlinco r?f t.hft Sllll AUV4V " " vv vv"l?w ? tomorrow. Tbe regiment will meet on the parade ground in undress. I will come and explain the eclipse before drill. If the day is cloudy the men will meet in the drill shed as usual." Whereupon the sergeants drew up the following order of the day : "Tomorrow morning, by order of the colonel, there will be an eclipse of the sun. The regiment will assemble on the parade ground, where the colonel will come and superintend tbe eclipse in person. If the sky is cloudy, the eclipse will take place in the drill shed." Effectively Told.?Servant?Oh, Miss, that Mr. Borem do be comin' here again. There's uo use tellin' him y'r not at home, fur he'll just push past me an' say he'll wait till yez do come back. Miss Beauti?Then, for mercy's sake tell him plainly that I'm engaged. Do it in such a way he'll conclude to leave. Servant?Yes, mum. Mr. Borem (a minute later)?Is Miss Beauti at home ? Servant?Yes, sor, but she do be ingaged ; an' the felly she's engaged to do be waitin' in the parlor fur yez wid a club.?New York Weekly. Not Asking a Great Deal.?"I am afraid, Bobby," said his mother, "that when I tell your papa what a naughty boy you've been today, that he will punish you." "Have you got to tell him?" asked Bobby, anxiously. "Oh, yes; I shall tell him immediately after dinner." The look of concern upon Bobby's face deepened, until a bright thought struck him. "Well, ma," he said, "give him a better dinner than usual. You might do that much for me." Wagsidf ?atherings. t8T A fibre of silk one mile long weighs but 12 grains. 16F" Sugar moistened with vinegar is a good cure for hiccough. 16?* A cremated body leaves a residuum of only eight ounces. tST The Chinese divide the day into 12 parts of two hours each. f3T To borrow is human ; to forget all about it is still more so. nn rv\ A "\T aKkQcIt Q 10011 T11 H j A I"1 W X uc uauiu 11 gin uoum <w word, which means shallow water. 1^" Every man should shun liquor drinking as he would taking arsenic. t&~ A much kindlier policy in Canada toward the United States is noted. tST When a man has no faith in humanity, humanity has no faith in him. The Tartarian alphabet contains 202 Jettere, being the longest in the world. $&T Experiments are being made in Nicaragua in shipping evaporated bananas. If some Christians were better listeners they would hear better ser mons. SaT I never, said the inebriate, found mouey tight till I begau to get tight myself. tta?" Traits of character which you seek to conceal you had better seek to reform. BetT Some men pray for their daily bread and hustle for their nightly chickens. Wc&~ Profit is not without honor in auy country, but it is often dishonorably acquired. Any mau who imagines he could keep house better than his wife is foolish if be ever mentions it. It is a curious fact that the honey-bee was never known in the United States 'til imported from Englaud. teT Men who attribute all their failures to fate never think their successes may be due to the same cause. fQT There is a well in West Virginia wnicn discharges ouiurm gas m?u a roar ibat can be heard six miles away. 46T Of about 30 recognized coaling stations in the Pacific, Great Britain owns at least 12, and the United States six. t8T In Paris it is required that every vehicle traversing its streets at night, if only a wheelbarrow, shall carry a lantern. I6T Political economy has heen defined as running for office and letting your friends bear the expenses of the campaign. W3T After what the "Yankee pigs" have done to Spaiu, Germany will undoubtedly fear American pork more than ever. t&T Playing cards were first printed about 1350. It is estimated that the present annual output exceeds 7,000,000 packs a year. The oldest artesian well in Europe is found at Lillers, France. From its mouth water has flowed uniterruptedly for 756 years. The average number of horses killed in Spanish bull fights every year exceeds 5,000, while 1,000 to 1,200 bulls are sacrificed. 1ST A man's curiosity never rivals thaf nf a woman until some one ca sually remarks that bis name appeared in yesterday's paper. IA little sugar taken with water, not too cold, in case food is not obtainable, will relieve any feeling of exhaustion and sharp buuger. One fourth of the people of the earth die before the age of six, onehalf before the age of 16, and only one person in each hundred born lives to the age of 65. t6T Among the attractions of the Paris exhibition of 1900 is a huge telescope, by meaus of which the moon will appear at a distance of but 38 miles. S8T It is believed by oil experts that West Virginia is underlaid by a sea of petroleum. The output of white sand oil for 1897 amounted to 18,000,000 barrels. 86T At Russian railway stations grievance books are kept in which passengers may enter complaints. The books are sent to the central office once a month and all complaints investigated. VST An automatic electric music leaf turner is one of the latest patents. It is claimed for it that it can be easily attached to any piano music rack, and it is worked by touching a button with the foot. IST" A feature of the population statistics of Western Australia is the large proportion of males to females. The disparity is maintained in the arrivals by sea. At present there are 45 females to every 100 males. How is this for a definition of money ? "That which, having not, we want; having, we want more ; having more, we want more still; and the more we secure the less happy aud contented we become." 1 W3T "Watah is a good thing," remarked Colonel Bludd, of Kentucky. "Waal, may be so," replied conservative Major Bowie. "It is truly, sah," continued the colonel. "Rain makes cawn, sah, an' cawn makes whisky." "Do 1 have to stick this stamp on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk at the postoffice. "Ob, no," replied the clerk ; "you couldn't go in the mail bags, aud, besides, that is a letter stamp, and you are not first class-male matter." A kom*infr lottor oqItincr fnr fl I ?v??w, ? e, _ pair of cast-off trousers closed pathetically with these words. "So send me, most honored sir, the trousers and they will be woven into the laurel crown of your good deeds iu heaven." I@T Among the Sioux Indians, when one family borrows a kettle from another, it is expected that, when the kettle is returned, a small portion of the food that has been cooked in it will be left in the bottom, as the owner must always know what was cooked iu her kettle. |6F" The consumption of coal per head of population is lowest in Austria, where it is only one-sixth of a ton per annum, and highest iu Great Britain, where each person averages three and three-tenths tons each year. In the United States the average is two and one-fourth tons a year. ^International Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 13. Text of the Lesson, II Klnga xix, 20-22, 28-37?Memory Verses, 32-34?Golden Text, Ps. xlvl, 1?Commentary Prepared by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. [Copyright, 1S98. by D. M. Stearns.] SO. "Thus saitb tbo Lord God of Israel, Tbatwblch thou host prayod to me against Sonnaohorlb, king of Assyria, I hove beard." In tbo fourteenth year of Heze Kian ine King ui uamo agaiuov Judah and greatly blasphemed tho Lord both by word and by letter. Hezekiab, when be bad road the letter, spread It before the Lord and prayod (verses 14-19). Many times havo I followed Hezeklab'a plan and alwaya found rest. If wo ask anything acoording to His will He hbaretb us (I John v, 14), and it Is His will that we tell Him every tl :ng and have caroful anxloty about naming. See In verse 19 that the great desiro of the king in asking for the overthrow of Sennaoherlb was that all tho earth might know that the God of Israel was the only true God. 81. "This is the word that the Lord bath spokon oonoorning him, Tho virgin, the daughter of Zlon, hath despised thoe and laughed thee to scorn." The people of God in Judah, called the daughter of Zion, the daughter of Jerusalem (oompare Lam. li, 18), having God as their defender and avonger, noed fear no enemy. In suoh strength Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon also, and David when he went fearlessly against Goliath. When we seok only the honor and glory of God, He will not fail us. 89. "Whom hast thou reproaobed and blasphomed, the Holy One of Israel?" As in the next verse, "By thy messengers than hast reproached the Lord." Thoy spake against tho God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the people of the earth, the work9 of the hands of man, and for this cause Hezekiab, tho king, and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven (II Chron. xxxii, 19, 89). God board thoir prayer, and now we will see how He answered it. 28. "I will turn thee baok by the way TrhJnh thnn nnmesfc." This is a Dart of the word of the Lord concerning Sennocberib. Soe also verse 28, "I know thy abode and tby going out and thyeoming in and thy rage against me." He who created all things can set bounds that none can pass. Wo can only go hero and there or do this or that if the Lord will (Jas. iv, 15). Man does not stop to consider that all his words and even bis thoughts are known to the Lord (Ps. oxxxix, 1-4), and that It Is impossible to bide anything from Him. Even Adam, blinded by satan, thought bo could bido from Ood among the treos (Gen. ill, 8). Happy are those who live as in the sight of the Lord. 29. "And this shall be a sign unto thee." By comparing this verse with Lev. xxv, 21, 22, tho sign seems to have been the special blessing of God upon the Sabbath yoar, or, in other words, the blessing of God on Ills obodient poople. What but the band of God oould cause land to produce a throe years' crop in one year? In the R. V. margin of Prov. x, 22, wo read that the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and toll addcth nothing thereto. 80. "Tho remnant that is escaped of the bouse of Judah shall yet; again take root downward Rud bear fruit upward." The doctrine that it is ever the few out of the many who are really tbo Lord's and who glorify Him is found in all Scripture. The stories of Noah, of Lot in Sodom, of Elijah and such statements as "Few thero be that find it " "An afflictod and poor people who shall trust in the Lord," indicate that whloh God sees to be ever true. See Math, vii, 14; Zepb. ill, 18. SI. "Out of Jerusulum shall go forth a remnant; tbo zeal of tbo Lord of Hosts shall do this. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall also bring the kingdom of peace on earth which shall have no end (Isa. ix, 7). All 6hall be accomplished in and through the Son of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "The zeal of thine bouse hath eaten me np" (Ps. lxlx, 9; John ii, 17). It is nothing with the Lord to work with many or with few; nothing is too hard for Him (II Chron. xiv, 11; Jer. xxxll, 17). S3. "Tboroforo thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria." Our Lord dootb according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth (Dan. lv, 35). His thoughts and purposes ure as good as accomplished (16a. xiv, 24; Jor. 11, 29). 83. "By the way that he came, by the same shall ha return and shall not coma Into this city, saltb tbo Lord." This was the deoision of Him who had all the hosts of heaven under His control and all power to carry out His purposes. Hooould say, "Hitherto shalt thou oome, but no farther" (Job. xxxviil, 11). Even the groat adversary must stop when God shall say so, and ho shall go to tho pit for a thousand years, and to tbo lake of fire forevor. 34. "For I will defend this olty to save It for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake." See also ohapter xx, 0, and oomparo Isa. xxxi, 6; Zooh. xll, 8. The "I wills'' of Jehovah are a study of greatest possible benefit. They often oocur in sevens and In oonneotlon with the statement "I um Jehovah." Soe Ex. vl, 6-8; Gen. xvll, 1-8; Pa. xol, 14-16. Because He is what He is He will do what He says, not for Israel's sake, but for His own sake. Seo Ezek. xxxvi, 32; Ps. ovl, 8. We must not look for worthiness or merit In oursolves, but in Him who alone Is worthy (Ps. cxv, 1; Rev. v, 4, 5). Take all tho comfort you eon find in suoh passagos as Isa. xlili, 25; I John 11, 12. 85. "And It oame to pass that night that the angel of tho Lord wont out and smote In the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand." Tho work of this angel 19 also mentioned In Isa. xxxvii, 36. and in II Chron. xxxil, 21. Wbon tho dovil Is to bo bound and cast Into the bottomloss pit, It Is written that one angel will do it (Rev. xx, 1-8). Consider In each of these oases tho power of an angol and then think of tbo millions upon millions of them mighty in strength, doing His commandments, hearkening unto the voico of His word (Rev. v, 11; Ps. ciii, 20). Think of tbo angel's disregard of and power over soldiers and fast burred gates in tho story of Peter's roloaso In Acts xii. Think of the one who oarrlt 1 good tidings to Puul In tbe storm at soa (Acts xxvii), remombor that they are all ministering spirits sent forth to minister unto tbo heirs of sulvation (Heb. 1, 14), and let your heart soy, "Though an host should enoamp against mo, my heart shall not fear" (Ps. xxvii, 8). If God be for me, who eon be agulnst me? I will trust and not bo afraid. SO, 37. "His sons smote him with the sword." Thus he died in his own land according to the word of tbe Lord (verse 7), und while in the aot of worshiping Idols. So shall perish all the enemlea ex the Lord 16T The great object of religion is not to prepare people to die; but to prepare people to live. If people live right they will die right. t&r We should not allow our faith iu the good and the true be shaken by the evil conduct of wicked men and devils. |arm and .fireside. EVEN CHILDREN SHOULD WORK. It is an old saying that one-half of the world lives on the earnings of the other half, and we believe it is not far from true. Not only should every man and woman have regular employment to occupy their time ; but even the children should be taught to work, and if the older folks would onlv exercise some patience in showing them how to do little thiugs, they would be astonished to see how quick the little ones would learn and become interested. It is natural for them to feel proud of anything that looks like they are of some importance. Ftoebel says that children learn too much of the uuiform and formless and loo little work ; although the learning by work is immeasurably more impressive and comprehensible, and causes a more living, contiuuous development in itself and in the children. There is no child, aud later no boy and youth, whatever may be his rank or posiliou, who should uot daily de vote at least one or two hours of earnest activity to the production of some defluite outside work. Of course it would be unwise to overlook the education of the youth. The proper step is to educate both hand aud mind as they grow up. Some writer has said that the present home education as well as the school education, loads the child to bodily inactivity and laziness in regard to work ; an immense amount of human power remains thus undeveloped aud an immense amount is wholly lost. On the other hand it would not do at all to be too demaudiug on thqir tender years and make it a burden to them, for whatever they might be called upon to do, would soon become distasteful, and they would soou be tempted to practice various methods to avoid what otherwise could have taught a pleasure. Give the little folks a part of the home problems to bear, and they will be happier, wiser and better.?Newberu Journal. A Good Cup of Coffee.?"It is oue of the simplest things iu the world," said Miss Corson, "to make a good cup of coffee, and this can easily be accomplished by applying a little common sense. If you put boiliug water on coffee, aud not let it boil," she continued, "you have all the good qualities preserved. Oue reasou dyspeptics cannot drink coffee is because it is boiled. The style of coffee put is just a matter of fancy. 1 have made just us good coffee iu an old tomalto can as I have ever sipped from the tiuest French coffee urn. We should lake lessons in the matter from the Turks and Arabiaus, who grind their coffee to a fine powder. "When the coffee is ground as tine as possible, put it in a little bag of uubleached muslin, which should be tied lightly enough to preveut the escape of the grounds. If you use a cup of unground coffee you cau make over a cup of very strong, black coffee. In making coffee many people sacrifice flavor for strength. Bitterness comes from boiling. When boiling water is placed ou the bag of ground coffee it should stand at least three miuutes before serving. Remember the longer it stauds the stronger it becomes. Be curel'ul not to allow the watered coffee to boil. "A favorite mixture of coffee," said Miss Corson, in unswer to a lady iu the audience, "is Mocha and Java, in the proportion of two parts of the latter, which is less expensive, to one of the former.?Philadelphia News. Milk as Food.?No one food is exactly adapted to all persous; the laboring man and the man of sedentary habits require foods in wbich the several ingrediants are d:,ffereutly proportioned. These iugredieuts are protein, carbohydrates, fat and ashes. Milk contains these in as good proportions as any one food we have, but for adults contains so much water that the humau stomach cauuot take enough of it to meet the needs of the body. As a part diet, however, it is very valuuble in cases where milk does not agree. Analysis shows that one pound of beef round is about equal in value (nutrition) to 2.7 quarts of sweet milk as far as protein compounds are concerned. In fuel yalue a pound of beef round is equal in vulue to 1.3 quarts of milk. One pound of chicken furnishes as much protein as 2.2 quarts of milk, and as much fuel value as 0.5 quarts of milk. These figures show that milk may be economically used as a part ration, taking the place of a part of a full meat ratiou. Its easy digestion in cases where it agrees with persons still farther recommeuds it. Yearly Increase.?It is a very easy matter to figure out profits at the outset of almost any undertaking, as doubtless owners of saw mills and hotel keepers can testify. Even cottou growing can be demonstrated as a nmfiiuhle. business, but when a practi cul verification is attempted in the field, there is found to be a wide difference between figures aud facts. But the calculations, credited by the Dallas News to u Washington city authority, appear feasible aud able to stand the test of practical demonstration. He estiinutes the number of farms in the south, east of the Mississippi river, at 1,313,000, and contends that if each farmer thereon would add a cow, u sheep and u hog each year to the stock, he would be surprised at the rapid progress he was making on the road to wealth aud available assets. The increase the first year would amount to nearly $4,000,000.? Cottou Planters' Journal. PRUNING.?There is a difference of epiniou as to the proper time to prune au orchard, but a good time is when the knife is sharp. Visit the orchard often aud cut off the water sprouts and superfluous limbs that interfere with their neighbors. Head the trees low. It will be more convenient to gather the fruit and storms are not so hard on a low tree as a high one. gST" There is better health among roamiug fowls because they get the food which is best for digestion. PfectUttncowis grading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the New* That I* Being Published by Exchanges. CHESTER? The lantern, October 28 : A Negro who says hia name is Peter Williams?but they sometimes call bim Peter Wilson?and that he is from Barnwell, Columbia, Monroe, Charlotte and other places, has been all over the United States, has been arrested by Chief Morgan and is it) jail. He stole some articles from the teut of Superintendent Hayes at the chaingang, broke into Mr. YV. T. Gregnro'a hnnaA nt. T.ppds. and committed " J " ? ? 1 some other thefts. Some of the stolen | articles were found in his possession. ' He bears the indications of being a j tough and a convict. Captain W. P. Crawford, after a delightful sojourn r with relatives here, has returned to J his regiment at Savannah. ' He is anxious to go to Cuba. UNION?The Times, October 28 : | Miss Lizzie Gregory, who has been sick for a long time at the home of Mr. Geo. H. Oetzel, is very much improved, we are glad to state. Rev. aud Mrs. . L. R. Rice and their little daughter, ( Mary, left ou the noonday train Tuesday for a fortnight's visit to Chester- r field. Arthur Long, a son of our esteemed Sheriff Long, left this week j for Charleston medical college. Arthur is a bright boy and we predict for j1 him success in his studies. We t learn from The Caroliua Spartan that s the Euoree presbytery has settled a ^ troublesome matter iu a satisfactory -j mauuer. For more than a year some ji of the ministers and laymen have felt ii that the preaching of Revs. N. J. ^ Holmes and S. C. Todd has not been ? in harmony with the standards aud \ practices of that church. These miu- f isters entertain and teach certuiu doc- H triues as to sauctificalion, or the second t blessing, or perfect love, or whatever < the disciples of this school call it, thai are at variauce with the usual teaching ] M?A f ? Un e/oiaitt I ui .rresuyimuua. n? mu \ uvu> sion of the presbytery these two miu- 5 isters were arraigned for investigation. [ A special committee was appoiuted to examine them as to their belief and 1 teaching. Alter that examination 8 these preachers thought it best for c them to ask permission to withdraw s from the presbytery. Their request was granted, aud they received letters ? dismissing them ; but at the same time i commending them for their zeal, earn- 'J estness and Christian character. This ? places them iu rather an anomalous \ relation. They are now free evange- t lists, provided they continue to preach. They cannot become puators of a church. That is about the way the matter now stands. 1 lANCASTEE-Iedger, October 28: J J. D. Plyler, a nephew ol E. K. Plyler, ^ was thrown from a wagon as tbey were I starling to town with u loud of cotton 8 last Wednesday morning aud badly ^ hurt. Misses Sullie and Jane Dun- t lap, of this county, ure visiting their > brother, Mr. D. E. Dttulup iu York ? county. Dr. T. J. Strait has hauled , up a pumpkin from his patch which <! measures 62 inches in circumference c one way und 53 inches the other. ) Married, by Rev. S. W. Hardou, at > Timber Ridge, Va., September 14th, 1898, Rev. David Pressly Neill, for- r merly of this couuty, and Mrs. The- { ressa Gibson Olrien, daughter of Colo- r nel Jno. A. Gibson. Died, at Fort ? Mill, October 25, 1898, after an acute * illness of three days, Lilian Estelle, i youngest daughter of Mrs. Sallie F. J Downs, aged 7 years and 7 weeks. c Her father, Thomas J. Downs, died in J Fort Mill, over three years ago. Her i mother, two sisters and one brother mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. y H. J. Gregory have the sympathy of j their many friends in the death of 1 their infant son, Wm. Marlin, aged 7 \ weeks, which occurred at 10 o'clock ' Tuesday night. The interment took 1 place at the Presbyterian cemetery ? Wednesday afternoon. When i Messrs. Cook & Hunter came to open 1 up their market about daylight yester- ] day morning they found a Negro wait- i iug to sell them a cow. They suspicioned he had stolen the cow and * agreed to purchase it but told him he would have to wait until the bank opened before they could pay him. a He said that would suit him all right. " In the mean time they seut for Police- | man Hunter. The Negro, who gives \ his name as Wm. Johnson, admitted, after sometime, that he had stolen the cow from another Negro near Russell Place. He was committed to jail and Messrs. Cook & Hunter are keeping the cow until the owner calls for it. ^ i roval i; Baking Powder j i Made from pure cream of tartar. i Safeguards the food [ acainst alum* r : l Alum baking powders are the greatest { menacers to health of the present day. . ROYAL OAXINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK. i ? COOKING STOVE FOR SALE. tj THE undersigned offers for sale a sec- r ond-band I. A. Sheppard & Co., No. a 8, six hole COOKING STONE with nec- C essary cooking utensils, including warm- c ing oven. The stove, for all practical J purposes, is as good as new. The price is C 816 cash, L. M. GRIST. I October 12 w tf MONEY TO LEND a ON IMPROVED FARMS, in York ' county. Repayable in easy annual e installments. For further particulars ap- ti ply to C. E. SPENCER, t Attorney at Law. ? June 8 w tl FINLEY & BRICE. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkvllle, S. C. . ALL business entrusted to us will be * given prompt attention. ti OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. rOMLLE FOR : Here Is Goc Pleasant GET UP A CLUB FOR rwo High Grade Bu 1899 Bicycle, and a to the Most Ene COMMENCE TODAY AND KEI rHIS is the season during which the * the people of this section generally ' nake selection of the newspaper they ex- j ?ect to read during the following year. ( There are a large number of people who low include THE ENQUIRER on their ists, and who expect to continue it there, ' 'here are many others who are not now ' ubscribing for the THE ENQUIRER; 1 nit who would like to have it. We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a ,WICE-A-WEEK visitor to every home ! 11 York county. With the assistance of : ntelligent and trustworthy friends in the j litferent localities, we know it can be \ ;otten into many homes to which it is not < iow going. This assistance is of much ralue to us, and it iB our purpose to pay , or it most liberally, in proportion to the J ervice rendered. The propositions we make herein are I o all responsible individuals, in each and i jvery locality. There is no monopoly in he matter. Because an individual re- , urned the name of a certain subscriber , ast year is no reason why why he should lave any claim upon that subscriber this j rear. Because one individual may aleady bo at work in a given neighbor iood( is no reason why another should lot also canvass in that neighborhood. > Svery clubmaker is entitled to get subcribers whenever and wherever be or < he inay be able to get them, and upon < oinpliance with the conditions herein ' tated, have them counted. Our plan of compensation to clubmakrs this year is on the same line as boreofore?a. competition for TWO LEADNG PREMIUMS to be awarded for the ! ?WO LARGEST clubs, and a third leadng premium for the largest club of | s'EW SUBSCRIBERS. After that the j ralue of the premium is in proportion to | he number of names returned. i The Leading Premiums. For the largest number of subscribers RETURNED and PAID FOR, at $1.75 we ifter the choice between the followiug premums: HIGH GRADE BICYCLE, 'alued at ?50; quarter-leather top "ROCK iILL BUGGY" valued at ?75, bandome SUIT OF FURNITURE valued ,t ?50. For the NEXT LARGEST 'LUB, we will give the choice between he above articles left after tirst choice, ^nd for the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS we will give an OPEN ;AROLIN BUGGY. The furniture nay be seen at the store of W. B MOORE t CO., and the buggies in the warerooms >f the respective manufacturers in York- ! ille and Rock Hill. The bicycle is to be i he 1899 model, descriptive catalogues of ] vbich have not yet been published. In addition to the competitive premiums Mentioned above, we also offer various other >remlums for clubs containing specined num era of names, and propose to deliver the preniums whenever tne numbers specified are cturned and paid for. Upon securing one >remlum?a watch or sewing machine, sayhe clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the ame thing again, or for anything else on the 1st, and If In the aggregate, by the bTH DAY )F MARCH, 1899, ne snail have succeeded In cturnlngand paying for thfe largest number >1 NEW NAMES, he will be entitled to the 'CAROLINA BUGGY" Just the same as If le bad not previously taken other premiums. >fow, then, read the list: FOX r,0 SUHSCRIltERS. Ve will give the clubmaker his choice of the hllowlng premiums, each valued at $25: A 'OUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, together with all attachments; L "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES, rORKS AND 8POON8, made by Rogers; a WALTHAM" WATCH In coin silver, dustiroof case. FOX 40 AND LESS.THAN 00 SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker its choice of the following, each valued at 815: .VALTHAM WATCH, In open face silver ase: set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'. vNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES); or LOW IRM SINGER SEWING MACHINE. FOR 00 AND LESS THAN 40 1UBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each alued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD 1AR0LIN A&liO RTH^WEST ERN [J RAILWAY CO. G. W. F. HARPER, President. 'ime Tabic No. 7?In Effect Oct. 30,1898. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. QOINO WORTH. | No 10. | No W>. .eu\ e CRester I 7 20 am [ 9 00 a in ' -eave Lowrysvllle 7 41 a m i 9 35 a m .eave McCounellsvlllei 7 57 a m 10 05 a rr. .eave Guthrlesvllle .... 8 05 am j 10 20 a in .cave Yorkvllle 8 25am ; 1100am ,eave Clover 8 56 a m 11 48 am .eave Gastonla 9 27 am j 1 20 pm .eave Llncolnton 10 20 a m 2 40 p m XI I 11 IK o m i m nit. itJUV o X^CWtUll ? 11 w a in -a vw |/ ,eave Hickory 11 55 am | 5 65 pm irrlve Lenoir ,.... 12 52 am I 8 00 pm ' Qoryg south. | No. 9. | No 61. ieave Lenoir ...... 4 15 p m j 0 00 a n- 1 ieave Hickory 5 15 p m 8 15 an 1 ieave Newton 605pm 000am I /eave Lincointon 6 56 p m 10 20 a m ieave Gastonia 7 49 pm . 1 30 pm ieave Clover 8 32 p m ! 2 30 p n> ieave Yorkvtlle 9 01 pm 3 45 pm ' ieave Guthrlesvllle ... | 9 20 pm 4 15 pm ieave McConnellsvllle 9 28 pm j 4 30 pm ieave Lowrysville I 9 46 pm ' 5 00 pm Lrrlve Chester 10 11 pm 5 45 pm : Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and 1 un daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. ' 0 and 61 carry passengers and also run laily except Sunday. Tliere is good conlection at Chester with the G. C. A N. ,nd the C. C. A A., also L A C. R. R.; at lastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lin- 1 f . o.wl ut H ir?lrnrv flnH WUItUII Willi V/. V. . UIIU uv <v?w.ar ? Newton with W. N. C. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. ... T. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, S. C. { MONEY TO LOAN 3N fanning lunds. Easy payments. ] No commissions charged. Borrow- r r pays actual cost of perfecting loan. In- ' Brest 8 per cent. For further informs- t ion, apply to JOHN B. PALMER & ION, Columbia, S. C.,or GEO. W. S. HART, Attorney, , Yorkville, S. C. , August 31 w tf j FOR SALE. ( 3N liberal terms, A MOSLER SAFE, 1,400 pounds, combination lock, in t irst-class condition. Apply to ( G. W. S. HART. i Or JAMES F. HART. 1 Oct 19 w tf t ENQUIRER 1833)d Pay For \XT~~ 1 . VVU11S.. A POPULAR PAPER. ggies, a First Class Suit of Furniture rgetic Workers. EP EVERLASTINGLY AT IT. r-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K 30LD FILLED WATCH CHA.IN. or HALF DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIE;es). FOR HO AND LESS THAN SO SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a THE ENQUIRER and any monthly magazine or weekly lewspaper published in the United Statesj for >ne year. FOR lO AND LESS THAN 20 3UBSCRIBERS. a CONCAVE WARRANTED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE, or an extra quality FOUR BLADED I'OCKET KNIFE, with name and address on ibe handle. Any of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at 82. FOR 0 AND LESS THAN 10 SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted for one year; an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values at 81.30. FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 0 SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUTrER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on handle. AND TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER, The Yokkville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh news from rHE COUNTY. STATE. NATION AND WORLD, interesting stories, instructive miscellaneous matters, and humorous selectlous, sxplanatory editorials, etc. The paper wiil be held up to its present nigh standard, and will continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, in short, the best. TO EACH XETV SUJi SCR USER, The some as above except that if the paper Is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE BENT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1900, without any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 180?. It is understood, however, that for a new subscriber to get the benefit of this offer, he must pay the clubmaker $1.75 at the time the name is entered upon our books. If the 81.75 is not paid at this time, then the subscription will only date one year from the time Is entered. By new subscribers, we mean those whose names were not on OUR BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1898. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription may have been changed from the name of one member of a family to another. This is intended emphatically to mean new additions to our subscription list. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at $1 each, will be considered the equivalehtof one yearly subscriber at $1.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at $1.75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Clubmakers will be held personally responsible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a clubmaker has returned and paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the clubmaker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names on a club should all be at the same postofflce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Clubmakers are requested to send in names as rapidly as they secure them after November 2nd, 1898. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvllle postofflce. T? ??JJ ?? nlolnlv onH cr\rfi in KCIluiug IIIIUICO, mile {lutmij, C- - poHtofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration or the time paid lor. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed In which to "untie." The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence now. 2d day of November, 1808, and expire at 4 o'clock p. m., oo Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1899. L. M. GRIST & SONS. LITTLE THINGS MOVING ! ' WHAT else could you expect of Pills? Their energy is unbounded, and while there are many species of various sizes and colors, the most industrious of the whole family are our "Black Compound Cathartic," which until we commenced selling the best known medicines, retailed at $1 per hundred pills. We sell them at 50 cents, and their effectiveness have not been altered. "The sun do move!" So, also do our Compound Cathartic Pills. We sell the very best Cold Pressed Castor Oil at 60 cents a quart. You must furnish your own bottle. Head our cut prices on medicines: Regular Oar Price. Price. Fellow's Hypophosphites,...? 1.50 8 1.25 S. S. S., (large size)..... 1.75 1.35 Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1.00 .85 Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 1.00 .85 Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery 1.00 .85 Lydia Pinkhatn's Compound l.OO .85 Bradtield's Regulator,. 1.00 .85 Hall's Catarrh Cure, 75 .65 Paine's Celery Compound,.... 1.00 .90 Castoria, 35 .30 We have other medicines at the same proportionate prices but do not consider it worth while to enumerate them here ; but will say that when you want to save money on medicines, call and see us. GRIST COUSINS. CHATTICI, MORTGAGES, LIENS T7IOR RENT AND SUPPLIES, Title n ?,?1 Vufufo Miirt. JBw bu xbcm iiombc nu\4 iivui uo%t??v zages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. Ihf \'orluiltc (Enquircv. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TKItMS OF S U US CRI FT I ON : Single copy for one year, 9 2 OO 3ne copy tor two years, 3 SO For six months, I <M> For three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 SO Ten copies one year, 17 SO \.nd an ex' ra cony for aclnb of ten. ADVERTIS E MENTH inserted at One Dollar per square for the Irst insertion, and Filly Cents per square or each subsequent insertion. A square jonsists of the space occupied by ten lines )f. this size type. Contracts for advertising space for ,hree, six, or twelve months will be made in reasonable terms. The contracts must n all cases be confined to the regular justness of the firm or individual conracting