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tumorous department. A HUSBAND'S RIGHTS. Clergymen are not always practical, but there are times when their advice is good. Here is the latest regarding the husband's rights: "Sir," be said, as he strode into the clergyman's study, "you are the man who tied the knot, I believe?" "I beg your pardon," said the clergyman, looking up from bis sermon. "You performed the marriage ceremony for me didn't you ?" "Yes, certainly, Mr. Willings. What, may I ask?" "Then you know what the rights of a husband are ?" "Why, yes, in a general way." "And the rights of a wife?" "Of course." "Well, now, sir," said the caller, drawing a chair up to the clergyman's desk and taking a seat, "has a wife a license to torture her husband?" "Certauly not." "If she makes bis life miserable be has redress, of course?" "Yes, but I should advise?" "Never mind your advice now. We will come to that later. My wife complains that I don't shave often enough." "Oh, that's a small matter." "Is it, sir? Is it? Just wait. I informed her that that was my affair, and then she told the children to cry when I kissed them, so that she could say that my rough, unshaven chin hurt them." "That hardly showed a Christian?" "Just wait a minute! Yesterday morning I found them playing with the cylinder of a broken musicbox. You know how that seems to the touch ?" "Certainly." ' "Well, sbe'd taught them to call it papa's chin!' " "Really, sir, I must admit?" "Now, wait till I'm finished. Today one of them got on my knee, passed his hand over my chin and called it 'papa's musicbox'. Now, sir, I ask of you, a Christian man, and as the minister who tied the knot, what shall I do?" "Get shaved," replied the clergyman, softly, as he returned to his work. His Enthralling Eyes.?A penny novelette is never complete without the heroine indicting grave torture ou atjflD Tn f Ko nr\uroo nF nno "pnm. IJ^l VO. X U VUV WUIiJV V* vuv x/v*** plete story" this is what she did : "She threw her eyes up to the ceiling. Then she dropped them to the floor. Again she dropped them and again she lowered them." "She made her eyes flash fire." "Her eyes burned." "Her eyes froze." "Her eyes glowed like burning coals." "She cast her eyes to his chest, then dropped then to_the fender." "His eyes crossed hers and gteedily devoured them." But at last her eyes had their revenge, for we read, "Her eyes betrayed her."?Tit-Bits. Another Idol Shattered.?She was a kindly-faced woman, and it was easy to see that she was bubbling over with love for the little folk. She walked modestly into the office of the city editor aud inquired : "Will you please tell me which one of the staff it is that writes all those pretty little stories about children ? I know be must love the little folks because he writes such nice stories about them. I want to tell him a precious little story about my darling boy who is only " "That's the man over there," interrupted the city editor. "That one with the corncob pipe in his mouth and swearing at the office boy."?Omaha World-Herald. It Suited Him.?The heiress looked at him sorrowfully. She was a tender hearted girl and hated to give pain. "Believe me," she said, "I esteem you highly and shall always endeavor to be a sister to you, but " "Well," he interrupted without that evidence of a breaking heart that she had expected to see,{"that's not so bad after all. If you really mean it " "Ah, indeed I do !" "?why, I suppose, as your brother, I will come in for my share of the inheritance." Truly meu are deceivers ever.? Chicago Post. A Good Scheme.?Parks?Funny thing happened to Melville the other evening. He found out when he had pulled the door to after coming through it that be bad left his keys in the bouse. Marks?And so he was forced to remain out all night? That was too bad. Parks?Yes, but he bore up under it with fortitude. He thinks he will try .it again some other night.?Boston Transcript. The Other Side of It.?"Of course, Norah, you know that marriage is a serious thing," said Mrs. Frothingham to her cook, who had told her that she was about to set up housekeeping for herself. "Yes'm, I know that," replied Norah, "but it isn't half so serious as being single."?Harper's Bazar. Hkr Favorite Writer.?Mrs. Wabash?Who is your favorite writer, Mrs. Ogden ? Mrs. Ogden?My husband. Mrs. Wabash?Your husband ! Why what did he ever write ?" Mrs. Ogden?Checks. Distressing Mistakes.?"A man can't be too careful whom he snubs." "What do you mean ?" "Why, every once in a while I've snubbed some plain people who afterwards came into lots of money." In a Dangerous Trade.?"My son is learning to be an electrician." "Well, I suppose he knows prettywell what to do by this time." "Oh, no; he isn't half through yet learning what to do. fioT Assistant.?"How shall I catalogue this book describing a hunter's adveutures?" Librariau?"Among inventions."?Fliegende Blatter. -Wayside (gatherings. When times are hard, nobody can reasonably expect to have a soft time of it. B0T About at the age of 36 the leaD men generally become fatter and the fat meu leaner. I 16?* A marked increase in the number of lefthanded persons is noted by a Washington physician. Mineral production in the United States this year will reach a value of nearly $1,000,000,000. IST" The report that Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, had died at Constantinople was untrue. I?* Denmark's islands in the West Indies cost the government $75,000 a year more than their revenue. ifST The Bank of England destroys about 350,000 of its notes every week, to replace them with freshly priuted ones. 16?* Apprehension of a great war in Europe is said to be one causes of the great increase of immigration to this country. t&T Minnesota's schools cost about $5,000,000 annually, and that is ouetbird of the money raised by taxes iu the state. 16?* The house tabled Mr. Sulzer's resolution asking information as to the British fortifications along the Canadian border. tST A hotel exclusively for women iu trt h? hnilt in TCww Ynrk hv the Wo men's Hotel company, chartered with $400,000 capital. The removal of a tumor from the brain of Mrs. F; G. Parker, of Chicago. 111., has restored her sight, after seven years of total blindness. t8T The bubonic plague is rapidly spreading in India. In Bengal 4,725 deaths occoured last week, including 744 in Calcutta and 2044 in Patna. S8T In shelling Ladysmitb the Boers knocked off regularly for meals?the luncheon interval being 11.30 to 12 for riflemen and 12 to 12.30 for gunners. t8T There are 5,000 silver mines and over 1,000 gold mines being operated in Mexico, and last year the value of these metals exported was nearly $40,000,000. 8?~ Last year the Americau people ate 2,000,000 tons of sugar. Of this the American Sugar Refining company, otherwise known as the trust, made 1,385,000 tons. S)Sf The American exhibit at Paris, representing over 4,000 firms, will be a fair in itself. Not less than 16,000 Americans have been engaged for permanent service on the grounds. 86?* The house committee on militia directed . favorable report on the bill increasing the appropriation for the uational guard of the country from $400,000 to $2,000,000 annually. I?* The New Englaud Sunday Proto?tiuo T.aoono has spnt, a Ipf f pr tn Prpfi , V "-"ft"?"- ? ident McKinley asking that he ask congress to close the American buildings at the Paris Exposition on Sundays. WST A German physician explains why red-haired persons seldom seem to get so bald as others. Red hairs are so thick that 30,000 cover a head as well as 160,000 blonde or 105,000 black hairs. tfST La Tosca, the great Indian cobra at the Philadelphia Zoo, has been under close scientific observation for 22 months past, and during nil of which time the reptile has not tasted a morsel of food. Va8* Advice from Sydney, Australia, say that rats have spread the bubonic plague there, and that a war on rodeuts is in progress. The plague is now in the New Hebrides, four deaths having occurred. K&T There has not been an execution in the navy since 1849, and it is a striking fact that of the numerous soldiers sentenced to death for military offenses during the war with Spain, not one was executed. ter The most magnificent opal in existence, it is stated, is worn in the cap of the Chinese Minister at Washington. It is as large as a pigeon's egg, and surrounded by diamonds. It is valued at $5,000. In Java a small state exists which is entirely controlled by women, with the single exception of the sovereign, who is a man. He is, however, eulirely dependent on the three women who iorm nis state council. iSf The great increase in commerce and in naval armaments has placed the services of experienced seamen at a premium. The scarcity of sailors is felt in all navies, and even the great steamship lines are inconvenienced. Several motor-cycles are being used in South Africa for patrol and scouting work. Each is capable of going 30 miles an hour, aud as the Transvaal veldt is specially suitable for motor traveling, good work is being accomplished with the aid of these machines. WctT Colonel Hodge, of Perry county, Ga., says the peach crop is all right. The Elbertas and one or two other varieties were damaged slightly by the recent freeze, but the damage done to the peaches is hardly enough to relieve the trees of the immense amount of peaches they would have. The yellow and red Spanish flag is the oldest of any used by the European powers, as it was the first flown in 1785. The French tricolor was first used in 1795; the red English ensign, with the present union jack in the upper canton, in 1801; the present Italian flag iu 1S4S; the present AustroHungarian flag in 1807, and the German flag in 1871. JgEf In one of the suburbs of Boston the other day two youug girls, encouraged by reading newspaper accounts of the many highway robberies recently committed in that city, sallied forth and "held up" a woman with a baby coach, taking her pocketbook. This incident will give the cultured Boston- , ; : a c ?i r iuiis an opportunity ior me coining 01 a new word?"highwaywoman." 86T" The total area of Cuba is about | 45,000 square miles. Of this 15,000 square miles is uncleared and unexplored forest; 7,000 square miles is devoted to pasture; 10,000 square miles susceptible of cultivation has never i felt the plow; and only about 12,000 ' square miles, or a little more than one- i fourth of the entire area, is or has been I productive. i Jam and jgittsidc. For the Housekeeper.?Now how many of the readers have ever used a painl brush aud whisk broom to black- I en and polish the kitchen range? To any who have not, let me say that, il you will try it once, you will never go back to the old blacking brush. Get a 10 cent paint brush about 1 inch wide and an old whisk broom, paint your range over with good blacking, using your brush ; then, with the old whisk polish ; you will find you can do the whole busiuess in about five minutes and not soil your bands, and what a blessing that is. Do you ever use a rag just dampened with either good furniak oiarrmt i-vil onrl tnrnontino IU1C piSHOU UJ OTIVVV VII uuu VUI^/VUV*UV) four parts of oil to one part of turpentine, for dusting ? If not, try that instead of scattering the dust from one piece of furniture to another to be all wiped or brushed again. The oiled rag holds it and leaves a beautiful polish on the wood. Of course this can ouly be used on the woodwork. For the upholstery I find nothing so good as a pair of bristle whisks, one soft and one heavy. Another thing is a little coal oil in the water to wash windows and mirrors in ; about two tablespoonfuls to a bucket of lukewarm water. Wash and polish in the regular way and see how they will shine, and besides they keep clean twice as long. To keep piecrust from soaking, brush over with beaten egg and let dry two or three minutes and your custards will be allxight and not have a soggy bottom crust. To clean bottles, use coarse coal ashes and soapsuds.?Mrs. P. E. Varney, Collingswod, N. J. Shallow Covering of Manure.? Farmyard manure should be kept as near the surface as possible. The rain water as it percolates through the soil has a tendency to carry the soluble plaut food downwurd and out of the reach of plants. Consequently an attempt should be made to delay the downward nrocress of olant food iu stead of assisting it by plowing the manure in deeply. TheD, again, nitrification is most active near the surface of the soil. Therefore, manure kept near the surface is under more favorable conditions for having its plant food made available and consequently gives quicker returns. When a heavy application of manure has been plowed under deeply it is no uncommon thing to see lumps of manure brought to the surface by subsequent plowing, showing that it had never become properly incorporated with the soil. It is quite probable, too, that this deeply buried manure lost considerable nitrogen through dentrificatiou. Economical manuring consists in obtaining quick returns over as large au area of the farm as possible and this is accomplished by moderate applications incorporated with the surface soil. Shallow covering of manure also increases the humus of the surface soil. As a result, the soil does not bake and crack in dry weather; it absorbs and retains water much more satisfactorily und works up into a fine tilth more easily.?Orange Judd Farmer. To Strengthen Weak Lungs.?I am personally acquainted with a school teacher who at one time was so nearly worn out by consumption that doctors declared it was useless to give him medicine, when he began trying the following simple remedy: Correct breathing. Nine-tenths of our people breathe improperly. Hold your mouth closed ; raise your chest, throw your shoulders back and" inflate your lungs to their greatest capacity, holding your breath from three to seven or eight seconds, according to your constitution, aud then exhale as completely as possible. Repeat from 5 to 15 times, according to your ability, several times a day. It takes seven full breaths to take all the impure air from the lungs. In walking about the farm or at work nlivnvs hrpat.hfi thrnneh Lhe nostrils. Your mouth was uot made to hrealhe through, only io case of necessity. Try it; have the children practice it. It invigorates not only the lungs, but the whole sj stem ; will save many doctor hills, as it helps to ward off other diseases and makes the unhealthy person strong and robust. It did me a wonderful lot of good, and why not others ??F. Brocklkhurst. Mulching Tomatoes.?I have had both success and failure with mulching. ' Two years ago I had gbeat success with < some late plants. They were staked and mulched with grass and weeds that were taken from a neglected part i of the garden. They withstood a severe drouth, setting and ripening fruit I all the time. Last year I mulched a 1 plat with straw, letting the vines fall over on the straw. This was a failure, as the fruit became sunburned or I scalded much worse than without the i mulch. Another plant that was on i trellis about 18 inches high did well ' with the mulch. If straw is used it < should be pretty rotten, as new straw i reflects too much beat. I prefer a I mulch of green grass or weeds ; have < used strawberry vines to advantage. . Thorough cultivation should be kept i up until plants need trellis or stake, ! then apply mulch.?S. M. Spangler. i The Mistaken Man.?The man I who thinks that women are angels. The man who thinks he can keep ] house better than his wife does. < Thejjaan who can not remember his I wife's birthday. < The man who forgets his manners - - * l: as soon as ne trusses his u>vu iiiicauuiu. The man who labors under the de- I fusion that his wife's money belongs to < him. I The man who thinks that nobody but an angel is good enough to be his < wife. i The man who thinks that his wife < exists for the comfort and convenience < of his mother and sisters. t The man who thinks there is "no 1 place like home" for grumbling and < growling?Palmyra Spectator. i t Broov EuiiS.?To keep eggs for r hatching purposes place them in a cool s place (about 40 degrees above zero) a and turn them half over twice a week, s Only the fresh eggs should be kept, and the most perfectly formed ones se- a lected. Eggs so kept will hatch if a 1 mouth old. 1 ittiaccUancous Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the News That Is Being Published by Exchanges. GASTON?GastoniaNews, April 6: Mr. O. W. Davis has donated the lot ' adjoiuing the Methodist parsonage on J the west to the Methodist people, and Mr. M. H. Johnson, the contractor, is expected from Charlotte next week to move the parsonage on it. Mr. Frank j Morris has bought the old church building and will tear it down at once. ( The elegant new church will occupy both the present church and parsonage ! lots. Work is expected to begin by the middle of May on the new church. ! CHEROKEE?The Gaffhey Ledger, April 6: Rev. J. M. Bridges, pastor of the Second Baptist church, has sent in his resignation to take effect at once. f Mr. Bridges has had charge of the 1 Second Baptist church almost ever ( since its completion. He is an able ( preacher and a hard worker, and has 1 done much good for the Second Bap- J list church and its congregations. His withdrawal from the church will be 1 generally regretted in the city where ) he has many admirers. Rev. J. G. 1 Huggins, recently of this county, but now of Mississippi, and Miss Olive ( McKeown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. f G. W. McKeown, were married at the home of the bride's parents, near Mercer, on Wednesday morning, the 4th instant, by Rev. W. H. Hodges, of this { city. The bridal couple left on the 11 ' o'clock vestibule for their Mississippi home. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, Rev. ' B. P. Robertson, Miss May Brown, Miss J Minnie Carroll, Miss Birdie Crawley, ' Mr. J. A. Willis and Mr. T. L. Brown, 1 are attending the state convention of the B. Y. P. Union, which is in session s at Edgefield. Gaffney has an able del- ' egation, and we hope it will be able to induce the B. Y. P. U. to come to Gaff- ! mi n re 1 ney anotber year. i ne usnney Baptist is the name of a new religious paper, the April number of which has J just been issued in Gaflney. It is ably ' edited by H. K. Osborne, Esq., and, as the first number shows, he has a strong corps of assistants. The paper is neat- 1 ly printed and contaios good religious 1 matter of a high order and is destined to be a great helper in the work for ' which it is designed. The many ' frieuds of Dr. J. F. McCluney will be pained to learu of his death, which ac- J eurred at his home near Wilkinsville, in ' this couuty, on Tuesday morning, the 3rd instant in his 65th year. Dr. McCluney was a native of Chester coun ty ; but bad lived in and had been practicing bis profession in the Union part , of Cherokee county since his early manhood, when he married a daugh ter of the late Eleazer Parker. He , was a man far above the ordinary, in- , tellectually, and was a good neighbor, | was a skillful and popular physiciau, , stood high in the estimation of the } couuty, and was loved by all his neigh- , bors. j CHESTER ?The Lantern, April 6 : i Mr. W. S.Smith, manager of the West- i ern Union telegraph office at Green- i ville, was in town yesterday. He < looks healthy and happy, and our peo- 1 pie were glad to see him again. i Mr. T. J. Cunningham, supervisor of 1 census, is opening an office in the room 1 over the office of Childs & Edwards, i He has forwarded appointments and i the appointees will be announced as i soon as confirmed. Mrs. Elizabeth | Strong, of Cornwell, died this morning 1 about 2 o'clock, and will be buried at Hopewell tomorrow at 10 a. m. She 1 has been in bad health, and the imme- i diate cause of death was heart aflec- 1 tion. We learn that she was in her 1 71st year. Mr. J. H. C. Nunnery's 1 < TT . | J 117 - J i nouse, 01 narmony, was uurueu vreu- < nesday night about 12 o'clock. Mr. Nunnery was attending court, Mrs. Nunnery was away from home nursing a sick child, and Mr. Jasper Nunnery, son, was the only member of the family at home. He was sleeping iu a side room and was aroused by the roaring of the flames. He started through the house; but when he opened the door the flames met him and singed his eyebrows. He then jumped out of a window. Remembering that a colored boy was sleeping iu the cook room, he broke open the door and dragged the boy out of bis bed. The latter in his bewilderment, started through the house and got his hair singed and his face blistered. Mr. Nunnery then ran for Mr. J. D. Collins, about a quarter of a mile distant, without hat, shoes or coat. Mr. Collins had already been uwakeued by Mrs. Collius, who had heard the noise. He ran there, arriving just in time to extinguish fire that had caught in the barn and save the building. It caught two or three 1 Limes; but was put out. A colored woman brought water and rendered valuable service. The fire seemed to have caught about the chimney. Not a thing was saved from the building, and neurly all the year's supply of provisions was stored in the bouse. Ou Tuesday morning, Wade Morris and John Archie were put to trial for larceny. J. C. McLure, Esq., repressnted Morris and Paul Hemphill, Esq., Archie. Verdict, guilty as to Morris ; not guilty as to Archie. Morris was sentenced to 1G mouths labor. The , next case was that of Walter Ligon, David Ligon, and John Sanders, for , housebreaking and larceny. Glenn & McFadden were counsel for the two ^ Ligons. Verdict, not guilty. Wednes- . lay morning, Thomas Wilson was j tried for the murder of Alec Mingle. t GSlenn & McFadden for defendaut. Verdict, not guilty. Charles Stratford j. was arraigned for housebreaking and t arcfcny. Pleaded guilty to second j jount, by consent of solicitor. Sen- 6 enced to 25 days' labor. Press Mas- t sey, was found not guilty of the charge s >f housebreaking and larceny. Glenn v fc McFadden for defendant. The case j )f Mack Crawford, Frank Gooch and c Coleman Lynn was called, and on mo- r .ion of W. H. Newbold, attorney for v Lyun, a severaucd was granted. The t rther two were put ou trial Thursday 0 norning. A. L. Gaston and J. H. Clifon represented defendants. Verdict, g rot guilty as to Gooch ; guilty of man- s ilaughter as to Crawford. The case t igainst Chalmers Gaston was called f ind continued until this morning. UNION?Times, April 6: We are orry to learn that our old friend, Po- o iceman Drayton Smith, was attacked w ruesday morning about 10 o'clock d lear Bailey's furniture store with ver- f< igo and fell prostrate on the ground, c He was taken in to Mr. Bailey's shop p .emporarily, from whence he was ?l noved to bis home. The attack was tl pretty severe. We hope that it will g lot result seriously. He is getting n llong very well at this time. Mr. fi fno. L. Carroll, a railroad contractor, w net with an accident Monday night 9 which cost him his hue horse and a n >uggy and came near proving fatal to s< limself. He was driving out to the a Suffalo railroad camp about 8 o'clock p Monday night. He was driving along . sating a box of sardines with no .hought of danger. VVheu he attempted o cross the railroad crossing above the Dunn place, he discovered, loo late, the hrough freight which was very near. He was in a top buggy and had not ,ime to get out before the engine struck he horse cutting, off three of its legs ind tearing up the front of the buggy, it the name lime tbrowiug him some iistance from the track. He sustained >nly slight injuries fortunately. It a vas almost a miracle that he escaped a vith bis life. Tuesday night about " 11 o'clock a great drove of ducks T massed over town going north. Those y .vho saw them say they were an hour F n passing, and that they clouded ,he elements. There must have been a dose upon a million of them. No ? iuch sight has ever been witnessed in F .his town before. They were coming J Tom the coast. One of them was n tilled by a policeman as they went " jver. Had they passed in daytime 110 loubt hundreds of theiu would have leen killed. Wednesday night, j when the passenger train came in, one \ )f the passengers, a Chinaman, Lo ij Sing, who formerly ran a laundry at j his place, got off and came up street j :o attend to some business. The train started off before he got back. He ran 1 ind reached Main street crossing as e the train wns passing: he attempted s to get on but was throwu and badly r injured by the wheels. He was takeu 1 M the Union Drug store where an ex- 'a imiuation was made* by Dr. M. T. Smith. It was found thai the left foot c was crushed. In addition to this there ' was a compound fracture of the left inkle and a scalp wound. When told 1 that the member should be amputated he positively declined to allow the am- r putation and said if they would kill a J chicken and bind it to lite foot it would be all right in 24 hours. The imputation was not performed and Lo Sing was takeu to Atlanta Thursday. Fie says he called to them to stop the .rain, but they would not do it. HIS OWN FOTRAIT. Row an Artist Paints a Picture of Himself. It has been a common practice with artists of all ages and countries to paint their own pictures, and at the Uffizl gallery in Florence can be seeu a magnificent collection of portraits of the world's great painters done by themselves. It is a coveted honor to be Invited to contribute one's own portrait to this collection, for one must be eminent before this compliment is paid. As may be easily understood, painting nne's own portrait is a somewhat troublesorafe task, for the painter must do i good deal from memory, especially If he puts himself in an attitude which It Is difficult to reflect in a mirror. A straightforward portrait looking out of the picture is obviously the easiest to manage, for the painter hhs only to , place the mirror in front of him to see his model. j Triple and quadruple mirrors must be employed when the attitude is In g my way removed from full face. A profile would be more aimcuu 10 see ^ for oneself, but a three-quarter face ivould be no less so. as In both cases the artist would be working from a rejection of a reflection, which, to say the least of It, Is a bothering condition. The looking at oneself for a long time Is one of the strange and trying :onditlons of painting one's own por- ~ trait for difficulties and complexities appear to grow the more one tries to grapple with them. Like the road to :he tired traveler, which seems to engthen as he goes, so the difficulties )f painting oneself appear to increase * ather than diminish the more one r ooks at oneself. Apart from painting one's one por- ^ :rait, artists largely draw from them- j selves, for a man can more easily as- ' sume a particular attitude than get 11 mother person to do so. Then for de- ? ails, such as a hand, arm, nose. eye. :he artist and a mirror supply all that s required. Another of the many uses )f a mirror is to reverse the work durng its progress, as reversing a draw- j ng will often reveal an awkwardness, prant of balance or faulty drawing, ivhicb might otherwise go undetected. c -Chicago News. . ^ HIS SMOKE IN THE DARK. "I am convinced of the truth of the )Id theory that the pleasure of smok- ~ ng resides more largely in the taste ;han it does In the sight," said a busi less man of this city who receutlj inderwent a minor operation for gran llated eyelids. "I had to sit for three J lays 111 total aurKuess, auu, ueuig u ttn firmed smoker, I longed for the J lolnee of a cigar. The first difficulty I _ incountered was in getting a light, and ! wouldn't confess my helplessness s mtil I had burned off half my mus- \ ache. Then 1 let my wife hold the 01 natch, but I kept complaining that the obacco wouldn't ignite. My wife w vould assure me that it was burning la ike a furnace, but I couldn't taste a f(; Hi hing. "One of the main pleasures of the tablt, although we don't realize it. is n o exhale the smoke gently and watch J t curl up into the air. I caught myself training after that sight a hundred f imes. and there was an overwhelming dj ense of something missing. Except 111 rlieu I Inhaled the smoke it was absoutely impossible to tell whether the igar was going, so I got some ciga- ~ ettes and Inhaled every one. But it fl vas a poor substitute. I felt instinc- v ively that 1 was getting only a morsel r f the old delight. y "When they took off the bandage, 1 r ;raDuen my pipe wiiii an aviuuy mat ? urprised the entire household. I have E ieen trying to catch up ever since."? 0 Jew Orleans Times-Democrat. 0 Shoes for Children?In the choice | f shoes for children, a spring sole, 6 hicb is a shoe without a heel, is unoubtedly the best choice until the >ot is fully developed. When the liild is 14 or 15 years of age, she'may ut on a shoe with a slight heel, uutil he gradually becomes accustomed to he change. The shoe of the growing irl should he at least half an inch or lore longer than the foot, but should t snugly at the sides, so that there .'ill be no possible chance of the foot's lipping in the shoe. A shoe that does ot fit comfortably at the beginning, o that the wearer can walk without ny unpleasant sensation, is not a roper fit. Founded 1842. 5X151F "Sing their own praise." And In buying one, you do not have to select Piano to suit your purse. STIEFF PIANOS nswer every requirement demanded by the lostexactlng planlstorslnger. STIEFF PIA1()S embody everything known In the art of ONE PRODUCTION and RESPONSIVE[ESS IN ACTION. I am not an AGENT, or lanufacturer's agent; but MANUFACTuRIR, pure and simple. What we SAVE YOU N PRICE AND GIVE YOU IN QUALITY 1 your gain. Call and see our beautiful stock t the only Manufacturer's Wareroom In North r South Carolina. For catalogue, etc., write jC. H. Wllmotli, Manager, Chas. M. StlefTs 'actory Branch Wareroom, No. 213 North 'ryon Street, Charlotte. N. C. CHAS. M. TIEFF, PIANO MANUFACTURER, Baltliore, Maryland. Fine tuning and repairing. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. \ MEETING of the Stockholders of t\. the CAROLINA AND NORTHVESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY i hereby called to beheld AT CHESTER, !. C., ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 900, AT 12 O'CLOCK, M.t for the followng purposes: 1. To consider and adopt plans to change be railroad to Standard Guage, and to ixtend and equip the same. 2. To authorize a new issue of bonds ecnred by mortgage upon the company's ailroad, to provide the means necessary r> ( liiincre tlio railroad to Standard Guage md extend, equip and improve tbe same, md to refund its present mortgage debt. 3. To increase the capital stock of the tompany to an amount not exceeding wo million dollars, and to alter and rerise its by-laws. 4. To transact any other business pro>erly coming before the meeting. A full attendance of stockholders is ^ILLIAM A. BARBER, President. T. J. McLure, Secretary. Afcarch 24 s&w 9t Your 1 i o Stationery for 1900 should jjjj look nice, neat and up-to- i E date. The printing on g your stationery should be ^ artistic and attractive to L get the best results. We p are prepared to furnish Ai y quality of both Stationery N and printing. We do any and all kinds of Printing q on short notice. x THE ENQUIRER. To Gret a Good PHOTOGRAPH ""nine to tnv Oallerv on West liberty street. Come, rain or hine, and you will receive the )est attention. Very Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. t HAVING recently removed to Yorkville, I am opening up my Marble Works in the rear room of the KENNEDY BUILDING, opposite the postolfice. Call and see me and get an estimate on anv kind of MONUMENT or TOMBSTONE hat you may desire. My prices will be easotiable. I am in position to furnish 11 styles of Iron Fencing. I am Yours Very Respectfully, FRANK HAPPERFIELD. ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? F SO, WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR Hirschberg, Hollander & Co.'s M| itag Brand Semi-Paste Paints. dual cost 81.05 per gallon. Every gallon iuaranteed. rORKVILLE BUGGY COMPANY, Yorkville, 8. C. FINI.EY & 11RICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAAV, Yorkville, S. C. \ LL business entrusted to us will be A. given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT HE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S TORE. MACHINIST'S TOOLS. "VVR T.OT OF TOOLS, consisting of J 1 Easy (bolt) screw plate and taps? itting from i to one inch, 6 extra plug id bottoming taps, 1 set of pipe taps (J to \ inclusive), 0 pipe tongs, 1 18-inch (Joe rench, 1 2-inch Hue expander, 2 melting dies, chisels, punches, etc., will be sold ?r CASH, at a bargain. Call and see me . The Enquirer oilice. O. E.* GRIST. WANTED. HUE CAROLINA it NORTH-WEST- . L ERN RAILROAD is in the market r all the TIES they can get for STANDRI) GAUGING its line. Parties wishg to get out Ties or having timber to J spose of, will do well to correspond with ( e. L. T. NICHOLS, General Mgr., Chester, S. C. February 21 was tf T" he oh! you get as good i that* way? ?.. See our fleent or write dlreot W.' . SOLD BY GLENN CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective April 1st, 1900. .North Bound. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. yo. jo. yo. oo. so. 02. Leave Chester... 8 10 am 7 50 am LvYorkvllle..... 9 15 am 9 52 am LvGastonla 10 13 am 12 35 pm LvLlncolnton...ll 03 am 2 15 pm LvNewton 11 52 am 3 32 pm LvHickory 12 15 pm 5 50 pm 9 00am ArriveLenotr.... 1 10 pm 7 50 pm 11 25am Snath Bonnd. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. yo. o. yo. 6i. yo. 63. LeaveLenoir 4 30 pm 5 30 am 1 30 pm LvHickory 5 35 pm 8 30 am 4 25 pm LvNewton 0 05 pm 9 18 am LvLlncolnton.... 7 00 pm 11 10 am LvGastonla* 8 15 pm 1 12 pin LvYorkvllle....... 9 21 pm 3 20 pm ArriveCheater...lO 31 pm 5 15 pm *20 minutes for supper at Gastonia. No. 10, north bound, connects at Chester with Southern Ry., Seaboard Air Line, Lancaster and Chester Ry. from all points south; at Yorkville with South Carolina and Georgia Ex. Ry.; at Gastonia with Southern Ry.; at Lincolnton with Seaboard Air Line; at Newton and Hickorv with Southern Ry. No. 9, south bound, makes close connection at all junction points. L. T. NICHOLS, General Manager, Chester, South Carolina. E. F. REID, Auditor, Chester, South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE NO. 4. In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Dec.24,1899. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Hund y Sund'y STATIONS. Sund'y Sunday P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 DeKalb 12 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 _...Westvllle...- 11 60 4 30 10 50 1 40 ...-Kershaw...... 11 35 4 10 11 20 2 10 Heath Springs. 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 ..Pleasant Hill- 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 ....Lancaster.... 10 55 2 85 1 00 2 50 ....Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 ?Sprlngdell.... 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba J'c'n. 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 10 11 00 3 10 3 40 ....Rock Hill... 10 00 8 40 4 10 3 55 Newport.?. 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tlrzah 9 30 8 00 5 80 4 20 Yorkvllle.... 9 16 7 30 0 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 B 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 ...Blacksburg... 8 15 6 30 P. M. P.M. A.M. A.M. BETWEEN BUCKSBURG, S. C., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EA8T. 11. 33. EASTERN 32. 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Daily Except Except Except Except Sund y Sund y {RATIONS SundV Sunday A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 8 10 5 30 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson SpFg 7 25 6 12 9 20 6 00 8helby 7 15 0 00 10 00 0 20 ....Lattlmore...? 0 55 4 50 10 10 0 28 ...Mooresboro.. 0 48 4 40 10 25 0 38 Henrietta.... 0 38 4 20 10 50 0 55 ....Forest City... 0 20 3 50 11 15 7 10 Rutherfordton 0 06 3 25 11 35 7 22 Millwood... 5 63 3 05 11 45 7 35 .Golden Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 7 40 .Thermal City. 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 ... Glenwood.... 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marlon 5 00 2 00 P. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 10. Dally Except Dally Except Sunday. nmtmrnyjt. Sunday. P.M. I A.M. STATIONS. A.M. I P.M. 1 00 0 00 ... Blacksburg... 7 50 3 00 1 20 0 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 0 40 Gaffhey 7 10 2 20 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. Trains Nos. 32 and 33 connect at Blacksburg with trains on the Gaffney Division. Train No. 32 connects at Camden with the Charleston Division of the Southern Railway for all points South. Train No. 33 leaving Camden at 12.40 p. m., going West, makes connection at Lancaster, S. C., with the L. <&. C. R. R., at Catawba Junction^with the S^A.Jj., going fNoriD ; at noca nm witu iue ouuuidih Railway going Nortb. Train No. 11 connects at Blacksburg with the Southern Railway from the South. At Marion, N. C., with the Southern Railway going West. , SAMUEL HUNT, President, A. TRIPP, Superintendent, S- B. LUMPKIN, Gen. P. and P. Agt. TAKE COUGH EASE. 25 CENTS A BOTTLE. YORK DRUG STORE. $Iu \lorluillr l?nquirrr. Published Wednesday and Saturday. PUBLISHERS: L. M. GRIST, W. D. GRIST, 0. E. GRIST. TERMS OR SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 9 2 OO One copy for two years, 3 50 For six months, I OO For three months, 50 Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, 17 50 And an extra copy for aclub of ten. 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