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A REAL DREAM. A Presentiment Wlucli Proved ilio .lfenn* of Saving Many Uvea-Tlie Kickely Kailroail Hri?lire?A Ca*lav troplie Narrowly Averted. Several years ago I resided in a wild, mountainous and rather lonely region j of Virginia. There was a railroad hut; a few rods in front of door, and a sta" villaaru nhmit. a lion ai u uwMMuciauic ? umgv ? mile to the west. The nearest station to the east was about ten miles distant. I moved to the place with my young wife late in the autumn, and about the first of the following March J was attacked with typhoid fever and was ill about a month. But, thanks to a strong constitution and the careful nursing of a lovingaml intelligent wife, I slowly recovered. As soon as I was strong enough to sit up and walk a little I told my wife she h^d better take; the cars and go and visit her brother, who lived about fifty miles east of us. She had been taking careof me so faithfully through my illness, both by day and night, that I feared her health and strength would fail her if she did not rest awhile. I knew she had been very anxious to go, and I felt sure that her brother and his family would be very glad to see her and would try to make iier visit a pleasant one. She hesitated about .leaving me, fearing I might need her care ; but after waiting a few days and seeing that I continued to regaiu my health and strength, she decided to follow my advice. Accordingly one pleasant morning about the middle of April, after doing everything she could for my comfort and bidding mo to be careful about takingcold or walktoo far, she started, intending to be gene a fortnipnt. One day I exercised a little beyond my strength and I felt quite tired at night and lay awake for a long time. At last I fell into an uneasy slumber and dreamed a very curious and startling deam. I seemed to have goue forward into the future a couple of days, and instead of Wednesday, v tbe!24th, it seemed in my dream to be Friday, the 26th. It appeared in my sleep tbat heavy rain had been falling most of the day and all the day before, but the evening was clear and pleasant and not very dark, though the moon was not shining. I seemed to be walkv ing along the railroad line toward the east. I first passed through a wood about half a raiie wide; then for about half a mile through fields containing a couple of farm houses, one inhabited and the other deserted. I then entered another wood, and after walking about a mile and a half I come to a stream greatly swollen by i the rain, which had weakened the railroad bridge so much that the pas sing train, iu attempting to cross, had broken it down, and the bridge and carriages completely wrecked, were lying on both sides of the stream, except portions that w?re floating down. Some of the passengers lay dead or dying among the rnins ; k>ine were tloatin the water, and a few were clinging to the trees and bushes on the bank. It was a fearful and heart-rendering sight, too fearful for description, aud such as I trust I may never see In realm Ky. The next day, early in the morning, it commenced raining and continued to raiu through the day and the following night. I felt very~lone and uneasy all day, which feeling was increased by receiving a letter from my wife, saying that she intended to come home on Friday by the express train. I retired late, feeling much worried on account of my fearful dream. And to add to this fear presentiment or whatever you may call it, the dream was repeated, and even more distinct and vivid than the tirst time. When I arose in the morning the rain was still falling. This was Fri :'1 "nil -i-t.arckfnra wnu thp flftv oil uuj, auu vuvtv.u.v, ' ? J which my wife was to start for home. There were two passenger trai ns from the east each day, one at 9 o'clock iu ' the forenoon ami the other at 9 in the evening. This last was the express and the one on which my wife was coming. Toward the middle of the afternoon the rain ceased falliug and the clouds slowly cleared away. The dream had made such an impression on my mind that I resolved to attempt to find the stream I had seen so plainly in my dreams, and if it appeared at all dangerous to attempt to stop the train hefore reaching it. Accordingly, soon after the rain was over I got ready and started. I had never before had occasion to visit the station in that direction, and, therefore, wa3 entirely unacquainted with this part of the country. But I found everything just as it appeared m my dream. * ?. oforfinnr T naCQOfl 1U1I11CUIIVICIJI OIIEI oiun>?h . through the wood I had seen in my dream, aud theu eutered the open field and found the two farm houses, one inhabited and the other deserted. In fact, everything seemed as natural as if I had really been this way before. J walked slowly, and late in the afternoon I came to the stream, which flowed rapidly and seemed-much swollen. But the bridge, instead of being broked down and mingled with broken carriages and mangled passengers, was still standing, and though its timbers looked quite okl and weatherbeaten there seem to be little danger of its breaking down beneath the weight of a passing train. There was a heavy goods train due from the West about 6 o'clock and I resolved to wait at least until it came and if it passed over safely there could be, I thought, x but little danger of accident to the lighter passenger train. In due time it came thundering along, and passed safely over the bridge. But though it might have been owing to my excited imagination, it seemed to me that tbe bridge bent and shook beneath the weight of ttie train iu a manner highly suggested of danger. At all events I resolved to wait a while longer and see if the stream, which was still rising, would have) any apparent effect upon the bridge. I took with me a lantern, and also a thick blanket to protect me from the damp night air. Shortly after sunset, as I was sitting a few rods from the stream I heard a loud splash, and hurrying to the bridge I saw that a portion of the bank on the oppositeside had orokeu away, aud also that the action of the water, or some other cause, had weakened the foundation of the bridge iu such manner that a portion of the line was bent nnmirrh tn mota i f im nnc ?uu 1U n V* tu vuvugtl %v ULJMt.v .v .M.j/wv. sible for a train to cross, I immediately crossed the bridge, resolved to stop the train if possible before ii reached the bridge and certain destrucl tion. Well, to make a long story short, I went on in the direction from which r the train wa8 to come, and soon fouud a place which commanded agood view of the line for a considerable distance I lit my lantern, wrapped my bhiukel closely around me and sat down to my wearisome vigil of two hours. The night was clear and not very dark. ? though no moon was shining. T suf fered nothing from cold, as it was re markably warm, even for the climate of Virginia and I succeeded in keeping awake, though the task was a dillicultone. Slowly the moments passen l>y, but at last I saw by my watch that the time had nearly expired, and a few 'minutes would deeide the late of the train ami its human freight. Soon I saw u light, lar away una very smau at first, l)ilt rapidly growing larger ami brighter. 1 arose, trembling witii excitemet, and commenced swinging Hie . lantern above my head, and, as jihe | train drew near I redoubled my exertions and shouted as loud as I could. Onward came the train at a rapid speed. Itwasa timeofterriblesnspeuse to me. Should the engineer fail to see my signal, or not see it in time to stop the train before going a few rods pas' me, I knew that no human power save it. On it came, and, oh, joy unspeakable, just as I gave up my exertions and stepped from the line my frantic siguals were observed. The engineer whistled for brakes, arousing the sleepy brakemen like an electric shock, who flew quickly to their stations. The train was quickly stopped, and I then informed theingineer and conductor of the dunger ahead, while the frightened passengers left the carriages and gathered around me. Many a brave man grew pale when he learned what a fearrul death he had so narrowly escaped. Among the passengers I found my wife, not mingled and lifeless, but alive and well, though somewhat frightened, and a good deal surprised at seeing me. The conductor gave me a seat next to mv wife, and when the train I backed to the station it had just left, telegrams were sent to warn all oilier trains of the danger. In the morning my wife and I took the train home. I have but little more to add, except that the company insisted upon making me a handsome present, and also gave nicafree pass over the road. I do not pretend to be able to explain the dream, which was certainly a remarkable one, though doubtless riot more so than others could relate: but I am satisfied that this dream was the means of saviuf! many human lives from a sudden and most horrible death.?La Moure Chronicle. " Amelia Opi?>. I%om the Messenger of l'euee. _ il.. ,xf Amelia upie was iue ujiun??ici Dr. A'denson, of Norwich, England lu 1798, at the ago of twenty-nine years, she married John Opie, the emineut painter, who died in 1807. Jn the year 1824, after solemn, anxious, and devout consideration, she conscientiously united in religious profession with the Friends. She died in 1853, aged eighty-four years. She was a very gifted writer, and a very amiable woman, and a truly consistent (,'hiistian. She was decidedly opposed to the great sin of war. In one of her letters to William Ladd, the founder of the American Peace Society, she wrote thus : "1 must write thee, my kind friend; thy letter was overpoweriiigly welcome to me, and when I sought thy precious communication, in order to answer it, I had so carefully mislaid it that it has not yet been found. However, whether I find it or not, on my return to Norwich, my home, I mean to write thee fully. No, dear friend, no one would suspect me of be mg a friend to war. Thy letter was truly welcome to me,?a bright beam amid discouragement aod gloom. 1 wish to a<!d that I have entire unity with thee in thy Christian lab< rs (in the Peace cause). Farewell,' thine gratefully and in Christian love. Amklja Oimk. Fisnbury Sq., Londou, (5?24, 1S28. Amelia Opie wa* the author of the aftectingly beautiful poem, ."The Orphan Boy." THE ORPHAN HOY. Stay, lady, stay, for mercy's sake, And hear a helpless orphan's tale. Ab! sure my looks must pity wake,? 'Tis want tbat makes my ctieeks so pale. Yet I was once a mother's pride, And my brave father's hope and joy. But In the Nile's proud tight he died. And now I am au orphan boy. Poor, foolish child ! how pleaded was I SVlien news of Nelson's victory came, Aloug the crowded streets to fly,' To see the lighted windows llame : To force me home my mother sought, She could not bear to see niy lo.v ! For with my lather's life'twas bought, And made me a poor orphan boy! The people's shouts were long and loud : My mother, shuddering, closed her ears. "Rejoice ! Rejoice!" st?II cried the crowd,? My mother answered with her tears! "O! why do tears steal down your cheek ?" Said I, "While others shout lor joy ?" She kissed me, and iu acceuts weak. She called me her poor orphan boy! "What is an orphan boy ?" I said. Then suddenly she gasped tor breath And closed her eyes ! I shrieked for aid. But Ah ! her eyes were closed In death. My hardships since I will not tell? iji'tn now no more a parent's Joy. Ah ! lady, I have learned loo well, What 'tis to be an orphan boy. JOHN Hkmmknwav. July 2G, Is!u. , Crooked People. Wheu one stoops to any wickedness lie loses the original uprightness for which he was created, and becomes in Scripture phraseology, "crooked." Sin, in general, is a "turning aside to crooked ways." But if an evil-doer can shake these crooks out of him, and straighten himself up iu righteousness, theu lie begins to live uot only with an eye to his own salvation, but also to the glory Of God, who created him for better purposes than his own lusts. But. now can he do this? What is the receipt ? The Bible gives it to us in the words, "The feurof the Lord is the beginning of wisdom "the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever." It hasji cleansing influence upon the human heart: gradually, if not immediately, cleansing impurities. It makes the soul both ashamed and afraid of sin. Also, it begets in it a hatred of sin, and engages it unavoidabl yin a league against sin. And it sets it to praying for holiness; as when David said, "Create in me a clean heart, O God ! and renew a right spirit within uae." Thus religion straightens one up if lie has been crookeJ, and causes him, as Jsaiah sayis of the righteous, to "walk in his integrity." The "fear of man" is short-lived, terminating when the observant eye is shut. But ''the fear of the Lord endureth forever."? J. G. H., in American Messenger. The Columbia "Journal" devotes i lialf a column, Nov. 12, to an outline >f the upright, progressive and successful life of our old friend, F. H. Hyatt, State agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in South Carolina. It might appropriately have added that Brother Hyatt is a devout; und thorough-going Methodist as well as a first class business man. We knew him in his boy-days. Republicans won in nearly every election held Nov. (?. Eveu North Carolina, Tennessee and parts of Louisiana and Texas were captured from { the Democrats. The next National: House of Representatives will he over-' whelniingly Republican. The State Fair is l?oinit held in Col-! iirultia this week. 1 The liihlc Itcnil lit Itumlom. Sonic years since a discussion had lieeu held during ihu winter months between Christians and unbelievers in a hall in Saint Luke's. London. At the last meeting of the season it was resolved that on that occasionally <],,es" lions should be in order which had been discussed during any previous) meeting. Among other unbelievers who came forward was a young man who had often spoken th?re on various subjects, ; and who, as reported by one present, I spoke thus: "Air. Chairnuin, ladies and gentlei men,? I have determined to show you to-night what the Bihle really is ; and I in order to be fair, T will not take ! aol<>r>ic(l ruissiiires. but will allow the . book to open where it will, and read iyou the first verse on which my eye lights. Von will then see in what kind of :i book the Christians be| lieve." He allowed the Hi hie to fall open in . his hand, and read aloud,? "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their allliction, and to keep himself un-pot ted from the world," James i. '27. Somewhat abashed, and amidst the ; joy of the < 'hristians. and confusion of ! his own party, he opened the Hible ! again, and read : "Is not this the fast that I have | chosen ? to loose the bands of wicked! ness, to undo the heavy burdens, and j to let the oppressed go free, and that j ye break every yoke?" Isaiah Iviii. | <> j Still more aba--bed, he read again as i the book opened : ! "Wash you, make you clean ; put I away the evil of your doings from bej fore mine eyes , cease to do evil; learn ! to do well; seek judgment, relieve the J oppressed, judge "the fatherless, plead ! for the widow." Jsiah i. 1<?. He made one last attempt and read : | "He halli showed thee, O man, i what is good ; and what doth the Lord | require of thee, but to do justly, and j to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." Mich vi. 8. Disappointed and chagrined, the skeptic left the platform, everwhelmed by the sneers of his companions, and the tumultuous joy of the Christians., No Christian could desire a more i favorable test than this. The Scripj tures will bear to be taken at random, [and read in the presence of their bitj terest foes, for "every word of God is ! nine. ?s silver refilled in a furnace of 1 earth." | The Bible is a good book for reading. | Most who despise it have never carej Cully read it. It is especially the book i for the poor. l)avid says, "Blessed is j he that considereth the poor." P?a. ! x 11. I. "0 t?od, thou hast prepared of I thy goodness for the poor." Psa. !xv iii. 10. "The Lord heareth the poor." : Psa. Ixix, 33. "lie setteth the poor on high." Psa. cvii, 41. "He shall staod : at the right hand of the poor " Psa. cix. 31. "I know that the Lord will { maintain (because of the alllicted and j the right of the poor." Psa. cxl. 12. j Solomon says, "Whose oppresseth the ] poor reproacheth his neighbor; whose i stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, I he shall cry and shall not be beard." When Zaccheus was converted he iSaid, "The half of my goods I give to the poor," and James says, "Hath not j God chosen the poor of this world, rich iu faith, and heirs of the kiugj dom ?" The whole book is full bless; ings on the poor and the needy, and , the best thing a poor man can do is to | read it and think how much better of!' i he would be than he is now, if he lived j ill a country ruled by the law of Uod. And what can induce men to make j war on such a book ? What but the wickedness of their own hearts, and their desire to live a life of sin and escape the condemnation that the ; Scriptures declare upon all ungodliness ? Why not believe? and live"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved."?H. L. Hastings. Here is a machine "poem" from an jexchange: Lawyer?I slept in the ; editor's bed one night, os I was passj ing by ; and I thought, as I tumbled | the editor's bed, how easily editors lie. Editor?If the lawyer slept on the editor's bed, when no other chance i was nigh ; although he has written : and naively said,' How easily editors lie !' he must now admit, as he lay on the bed, and slept to hiAs heart's desire, whate'er he may say of the editor's hed, the lawyer himself was the lier. What the woof is to the warp, crosses are to character. Without the latter, the former is nothing but a limp line of thread without strength, without use: fulness, without susceptibility of being made beautiful. But when crossed by i the woof, it becomes cloth lit for var: ious uses, and capable of receiving h j finishing and an ornamentation which I transforms it into a thing of beauty. ! In like manner a man's character is limp, weak, unreliable and unattracjtive until it has been subjected to ! many tests and trials. These, like the I woof, cross and re-cross one's natural ! temlences until resistance to evil begets growth, strength, endurance, and moral beauty. Why, then should one fret against one's crotsess ? They are : painful, vexations, hard to be borne sometimes, but what are these ills, which are hi t for a moment, when ; compared with the exceeding and eteri ual weight of glory with which they are to be rewarded when the last one has been overcome? The brilliants in one's crown will be the crosses of one's ni?nonnt lifu nlM'ul 11 1 S Vuil \ fill* Jlllfl j |/I tOCU 1/ 1IIU UJOlUlifau I U VMV ?w f v : light of J leaven. Mr. Madison L. Connell was found I dead Nov. 9, about seven miles fiom Lake City, S. C. Murdered and robbed ; 110 arrests. The State has won its damage suit for SJS").7.'! against Florence County for the robbing of the Dispensary in Florence during the truble last Spring. The re-modeled Marion Street Methodist Church, Columbia, S. C., is to be <ledicated by Bishop Keener, Nov. IS, I Sil l. Highwaymen "held up" and robbed two young white farmers, Messrs. Fel der, in Oorngeburg L'outuy, s. u., nisi | week. President Carlisle, of Wofl'ord, is to address the two literary societies of j Williamston Female College Nov. 15. If drunkenness is sinful, then the drinking customs of society are sinful, ! because they are the direct cause of drunkenness. An ounce of accomplishment is worth a ton of intention. Jiats are not classed with birds because they suckle thciryoung.and having 110 nests carry them about until they are able to tly and care fo themselves. (iold, diamonds and 2- dill'erent chemical elements have been found in acrolises, or "stones from the sky." ?Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst made a noble, a divine plea for fallen woman in his sermon, October 21 on the text, "Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and harlots go into the kingdom ofGod before you." He said : "Society nays there areneveral unpardonable sins. They say it is a crime for a woman to trangress the seventh commandment, but it is not so for a man. Que of the great troubles when a woman wishes to lead a better life is that she does not receive the help of her sisters. What hope, then is there for a woman to try to do better ? 'I here are a good many Magdalenes in New York, proba bly thousands of them .who will gf?t to heaven. They are children of (iod? ! 1 ? 1 tfAII llhll JUSl an K'""1 III inn an ...... you should do all you can to help them. If your fallen sister has reformed and has been washed in tlie blood of the Lamb, what is it your business what j her former life has been ? His blood is sufficient to redeem her. Some of you I gather your skirts about you to eseape from them, while they are just as precious to him as you are. They want recognition from women as women. Lf they don't get it, they invariably live a dishonorable life die a dishonorable woman and their bodies are buried in the potter's field, where your pitilessness has driven them. The story of the prodigal ton is a good lesson on this subject. The lather of this boy took him back into his home and forgot the past. The prodigal's eldest brother could remember nothing but the fact that his broth er had at one time been an outcast. This describes society to a dot. There is no reason why an ex-convict or a fallen woman should nor. he received ino society, when they have become good persons and the past is blotjed Tii!" iinu-ovpr i* not the rule. and this is the reason why out of one hundred persons who enter a depraved life, ninety five die in that life which binds them to their destiny and damnation." It is wise to follow the Apostle's advise to be swift to hear and slow to speak. It is easy fo say things that we regret after calm thought. Not many but are in danger of expressing themselves too hastily at times. We often say things which afterwards we wi-h had never been said at all or said with more calmness and? moderation. The remedy for this is slowness to speak, calm thought before rather than after speakiug. It is not always wise to say just what we believe nor as positively as we believe. ZUZZ He was a keen, sharp-looking young man, and lie said to the lady of the house, as he stood in the hall, "Madam I have called for the suit of clothes which needs brushing and fixing." "Which suit?" she asked. "Your husband's Sunday suit, nia'am. He called as he went down this morning." "Aud he said I was to let \ou have them?" "Yea'm." ''Did he appear to be in health and spirits?'' "Why, certainly." Look and act natural "Of course. Why do you a*k *?' "Because he has been dea?l eigh'pen years and I have some curiosity on t|le subject." "Tammany Hall," the notorious political organization of New Yoik. was signally defeated in the municipal election in that city last week, and a better city government is probable. Bishop Kener ha? changed the dale of holding the Mississippi and the Norih Mississippi Conference-. The former will be held at Meridian, Dec. 19. and the latter af KurilU I? The South Georgia Confemiee, Bishop Wilson presiding, will meet in Way cross, Ga., Thursday, Den. 13, instead of on date previously announced. Bishop Fowler is to prpside over the South Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church, which is appointed to meet in Florence, S. C., Jan JO, 1S95. The centennial of the first Presbyterian Church of Columbia, S. C., was appropriately celebrated in the city, Nov. 9 11, 1S!)4. A Japanese Methodist Church to cost $8,000 is being erected in San Francisco, Cal. i> '4 _ 1 I \f a i | But Xi I AND Wl I!' 1 lie children must ha was going to bring or wha ?S Well, everybody kno> ? *=LARCI /, than anyone else. As y one can select their goods Gj y by merchants. Especial ^ where. Their stock of C G)[ ^ 1 ' ? ? ?? ? ? BHiAiaaitiM P ALL THE DiiSlGJNii, ff FANC 6)\ | A LARGE STOCK 1 | Tic, Wiii I'm R v "i | Bck^mlcr las i*}.zs I All and f\ ! I ~ 1 H IsTSanta Clans Rev. Thomas K. Pierce, of the North Texas (Jon ference, succeeds Itev. James Campbell as editor of the "Texas Christian Advocate." The new editor is a nephew of the late Bishop Pierce. Dr. W. G. E. Cunnyngham, formerly our Conneutional Sunday School Secretary, was granted superannuation at the Holston Conference, which met at Abingdon, Va., October 21-iS. Mr. John A. Klkins has been re-elec tea ftlipermienurtr.l 01 niarmn rureei Methodist Sunday school, Columbia, S. C. He lias held this office twentysix years. A. M. | All Kinds of The Best Assortmen Our Specialties: IN THIS LINK WE ARE HE.VI French and American Candies, s&xici IV? 1 Teas and Coffees. w??d*! Hull all customer*. Try the "Java Blend" ai Canned Goods. ''Lulv;^ Our Buggy au<l Carri: Road Carts, with a select line of Lap Robes, (I Wagons! Wagons! w Harness! Harness! T" Our Sales and Feed ? any kind of Vehicle yon wish furnished upon Our Sales Stable. Insffi?v /x _ i -m*r .ii 1 <Joai: tjoai: vv oou i > Kll IlllYini'V REMEMBER, the Old kjuiuuiai #y wants as any Hout?e where yon will find polite and attentive Salei THIS FAL] nmmDBBi P. I ?%%i Wit DRUGS, CHEM I _ OILS, li Is in the market to making any purchase ?=?I am 3 lARD ?=~-? COTTOI lias is Comii HOEVER HEARD C .ve Santa Claus Xmas presents t to buy for a Xmas present be ,vs that Lawson always lias a ER STOCK OF T< ou know they keep everything from a large stock such as the} ly when they sell goods as chei1 ?oods to arrive this and next w< STYLES, AND VARITI V CHINA, of LATE EDITIONS < lairense Stock of FIREWOF 3 aa?i Look atTIiis Sp Goods. H. W. Headquarters for A 1)1 The regn'nr Democratic Stale ticket, j I headed by .)<>!>n (Jary JOvuii* lor (iov-; !ernor, whs elected in South Curolinaj | la*t week by about 2(>,00t) majority. j Democialic (JongresMiien from all the sewn Districts me aiso reported hp I having been elected, although some! iconiests by Republicans are promised. ! The indications are that (Jovcrnor Till I man will be elected V. 5?. .Senator l>y | it lie Legislature. [ Mrs. Kavanaugh, widow of Bishop f I Kavanangh, was cordially .greeted I?y the brethren of the Paciliie t .'onference at the recent session of that hody at Santa Koaa, <Jal. SSIie celebra'td her SOth birthday during (.'onterence. HILL & DEALERS IN ' Staple and Fai ts of "Green Grocerit Fruits and C JQUARTEKS, AS WIS KEEP THE H A KG EST Fruits of Every Kind, and From Kr ?~mm.srsai^ JL JT. ry Old Government .lava and Fanuy Rio's, but -lumps over all other grades of Roasted Collet lid you will buy no other brand. rtment you will find an Immen.se Stock, and a ire. We dely competition front any quarter, as l ige Repositor ^ complete aw inbreilas ard Whips. Can sultany ODe In Sty e are auent for the Celebrated Studeboker & >1111 naul the best. One or Two Horse Wagon at the L all Grades! At. all Prices! and In all Styles I V I'ompeUtor.None belter equipped in the Ht with polite, careful and attenth i short nonce and at prices to suit all. ire keep the Best Stock of Broad Mares, Mules an Vnrk/l t From llipse Yards yon can ?? su| ? IMIvl aud tlie best Oak and Pine Wood and Reliable Firm of A. M. Hill AHons can cot In Abbeville. When In theCitv yon are cordial smen, ready and willing to Herve you. ?T~P 1 t>) ^iUUHUV 3. SPL ;li a full and select iin ICALS, MEDICINI LASS, PUTTY clown competition. 3S. f^onrid to IE <r J LOW! 1 _ _ v- r 21?, MILL lliJL. x )F HARD TIMES A1 must be exchanged. Now, 1 forehand ? 3YS AND XMAS ( suitable for Santa Claus or a Xi * keep better than from a small ip, and in most cases cheaper, ;ek will contain ES IN DOLLS, TOYS, "V tESB GOODS, ntc Df BOOKS, AUTO & F !KS at Prices Never Heard of ace in Next Issue for Lawson <f Kjville County. ? A question frequently asked is in reir.-H 'l i<> J lie method of producing sleighbells containing iron balls larger than tue opening in the bells. Previous to making a cast Ihe maker of sleighbrlls puts an iron hall inside a sand core, just the sba|>e of the inside of the bell. This sami core, with the ginglet inside, it placed in I he mold of the outside and the melted metal poured in, which fills up ihe spare between the cores and mold. The hot metal burns the core so that itcan be shaken otil leaving the tmll within the shell. Hull valves, swivel joints and many othpr articles are east in the Mime manner. SONS, icy Groceries. :s" Always oil Hand. lonfectioneries. AND BEST AHSOIITMKNT OF "Every Clime." 1. (uirnwn roasted "Java Blend" bents them all, s. Oui large Kuterprise Mill will grind It to vnrioly that would reflect credit upon any lie o variety, <iuality and price. lodeled and enlarged, and Is now filled with a iortmenl of Bugtrlfcfi, (Carriages, Phaetons, aud le, equality and Price. iburn Wagons, and can save you money, Ifyou uwcni. i i ico* ViII compete In Quality and Price with any ate. StyllRh turnouts furnished day or night re drivers. Saddle and Harness Horses, and Ik d Horses, at such prices as always guarantee a iplled oil Short Notice, wllh any kind of Coal, . Special Prices on round Lots of Coal. ne as near filling your bill and supplying your ly Invited to make our Store Headquarters, IDE, :ed, e of SS, FAIN IS, and Specialties, r??ii on liim before 'leased ? I 0! . | R I far Off ! | TXMAS? I E whoever knew what Santa Jj^ I mas present, and of course \ selection as is usually kept j| than they are sold else- f II "ASES, GUEST CUPS, ? mo. || 3HOTO ALBUMS, p IS Before in This Market, p Bescintioa of NVw || I |0 !c Co. 8 _ ^.1