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mu. 'ii H.11 ni II >.a? nu?.n ? m i MI !??. ?-*--*-- - .*wt*^.<f*v'-*'Vw..I J-J?., 'ni PUBU8HKO EVERY WEDNESDAY M?WWNO. rsn^"'^s^=^=:i:^rT-?, ?-rrrv-vSTrr-rn: -UV JAYNEO, 8HEI.OR, 8MITH A 8TK0K. 8U0BCRIPTION. ?LOO PER ANNUM. -i?W- rjng-munioAt.lnim of ? n?raonal oh'iuaotor charged for as advortiBomenta. - S3T~ Obituary nOtioos add tributes of reepeot, of not ovor one hundred word*, will bo printed f roe of ohargo. Allover tbat number must be paid for at tho rate of ono ceut a word. Cash to aooompany' manuscript. WALHALLA? S* C. t WKONI MDAV, JAN. 30, 1001. THE HOUSEHOLD. To RM tu? ??oiinc of Plea?-An Acorn, Cart?.!?-Tho Nccc-.?nry Linea CloKOtt. Fiona generally are' introduced Into a house by moans of pet animals. Some times they como ns an epidemic, BO to apeak, no ono knowing whence or how. Infesting carpets, walli, upholstered furnlturo and clothing, the pest leaves tho victim small caso of mind and body. When present in such numbers, tho safest and quickest relief Hes in consulting men who mnko lt a business to clean houses of such torments. There are many such in any large city, and to adjacent towns thoy aro willing to go. When tho trouble arises In a country house, tho caretaker must wrestle with ith?rse?*. One of hor most efiiclcnt aids ls a syrlngo, with which she squirts into ev ery crack, every nook and cranny an emulsion of petroleum and soapsuds i? equal parts. Carpets should bo taken up, floors, closets, shelves and all wood work washed with carbolic soap and this treatment repeated whenever nec essary. Tho carpets, .rugs and all pos siblo draperies should bo beaten and sunned for several days when it ls not feaslblo t?> sdnd thom to be cleaned by steam. Insect powder, crumbled to bacco stalks, cedar oil, hellcboro and various preparations which aro sold ns fica bancs all fail at times, and all have been used successfully, so there ls no harm In trying them, but tho one ef fectual remedy ls tho trade secret of tho Insecticide Arm, with perfect clean liness, vigilance and potroloum ns a second best. An Acorn Curtain. A writer in Woman's Life, a London publication, tells how she made a c?r tala of acorns, which ls herewith Illus trated. She says: "We decided that we must put on a curtain to take off thc bare look of tho a'ways open door which leads from our summer parlor into tho garden. There seemed no option ns to thc kind we must have, for ls not every ono agreed that the coolest, most fly forbidding, most air admitting and most artistic article for tho purpose ls tho conven tional bond curtain? But here my idea stepped lu. Why should not acorns take tho place of beads? The children literally Jumped at thc suggestion, for it was autumn, and wo live on tho edge of Epping forest. So off the young peo ple rushed, and lu about 20 minutes tiley returned with a basket fairly fill ed with the little brown berries. This early morning excursion was thc ?rst of several similar outings, and wo TnE ACOKN CUT.TA1N. quickly had enough acorns for our pur pose. The next business was thread ing them. We procured a ball of smooth, strong twine and ' an uphol sterer's needle with a pol tv. at either end. But tho horries wen- very hard. Here was room for nnothor happy thought, nnd fortunately lt arrived. We steamed thc acorns, as If they had been'potatoes. Tho result was excel lent, and the work proceeded apace. The berries were threaded Int^ rows or the proper length. The only thing left to be dono was to devise a heading for tho curtain. I remembered a piece of brown string crochet work which had formerly done duty as border of an octogonal tobie. When measured, lt was found to flt the doorway space excellently. The rows of acorns wcro fixed to lt, thc curtain hung and tho whole thing declared to be a perfect success. When we make another cur tain, ns wc intend to do, we shall In tersperse acorns with colored beads." Tile IiIllCII ( Inset. One of the most necessary and useful parts of a house ls the linen closet, yet there aro bouses by the score that do not have ono, soys Woman's Life. Where lt ls possible lt Is a good plan to give up a closet or small room to this purpose. Tlie first thing ls to provide a sufliciency of shelves wido enough to allow'of the articles they oro to hold lying smoothly upon them. Where it is not possible toglve up n small room to the linen the largest available closet should bo chosen. In this case it will bo found an excellent plan to allow ono sheU to each room. In this, closet should bc kept two largo chests, one for blankets and the other for winter garments not In use. If neither room nor closet can be given up. a Wardrobe built for the purpose would be conven ient to most housekeepers. An A<lJiiMtnt>le Sofa. For tho bedridden Invalid who creeps out to the comparative freedom of sofa life there are possibilities of groat re lief In the new tufted spring couch, the long Kent and bend rest of which ls art fully hinged to admit of many changes in thc sick person's position. It cnn bo adjusted to support o weak back, to raiso or lower the bend, and tho whole cushioned top of tho sofa can bo also lifted off to slip Into a wheeled spinal chair that tho patient occupies while stretched nt full length. Mr. John IC. Sot/.or, of Newton, N. C., killed a hoff tho other day which so far brooks tho record, lt woighod !>S8 pounds. It was sold to tho Mai don cotton mills storo at 8 cents a pound. This was $-17.04, fthout tho valuo of a fonlo of cotton or a com mon work horse FATE OF AND BY JAMBS D. MASSKY, SKCRKTARY* WRITTEN yon TUB. "Wiramiu is darned onsartin an* pow'fui qualr I" Having made this sage observa tion touching on the gentler sex, Unolo Andy 'Scroggies Tested his chin in bis hand, plaoed his elbow on his knee and extinguished with tho first squirt of tobacco juico a thin, blue blaze that t?iokorcd upon a pine knot in the wide old flre-plaoo. Knowing that suoh and exact ex hibition of the "expeotorative" art on Unole Andy's part was but the prelude to an interesting story, whioh an interruption might spoil?, the listener maintained a discreet silenco and studied thc speaker. Height six feet ; age anywhere be tween 65 and 70. Iron gray hair, rather long. Small blue eyes peer ing at one put of an uncombed mass of coarse gray whiskers whioh ex tended up to the ears. Expression, a mixturo of instinctive shrewdness and good humor. Blue flannel shirt, unbuttonod in front. Brown joans trousers, tucked into a pair of large wrinkled boots. In brief a typioal "odd oharaotor" in the country. Af tor stroking his whiskers in a contemplative way and blotting out the existenoo of other blue blazes with unerring aim, ho continued : "YaraB, they shore air." But to make any "response just thon would be to loso all. Uenoo another period of silence. Andy shut ono eye and peered into tho dis tant past, still stroking his whiskers. Finally he went on : "I know they air, bekase I've had right smart of dealin's with 'om all my life, an' I haint no spring ohioken, uuthor." "An' most 'spesh'ly when it comos to a courtin', w'y a feller can come jist 'bout a nigh tellin' whioherway yb bird'll Hy offon uh co'n 'stalk ez or tollin' whut er gal is gwine to do in them respooks. "I riok'le?k wunBt w'en I wuz er lootle shaver, 'way down in Middle Georgy, they wuz er leetle slip ov er gal what lived a-j'inin' my daddy's plaoo that 1 ustor set or lot er store by. She wuz jist thot purty that it 'ud 'poared naoh'ul enuff of she'd floated down to this ol' worl' fr urn the sky, bekase she looked like she mont er got tho oolor ov her cheeks an' hair frum one ov them shinin' clouds y' seo in the oast ov a May mornin'." "An' sho wuz sharp ez a briar, too. I mind now mighty well thet when she warn't but sebm an' gwine on eight, sho knowed the mul'plioashun table frum ono eend to tother, an' wuz 'way past 'baker' in tho old blue back spolliu' book. "An* love 'er ? Well, I reckin I Wy, sub. I'd er fit a hornet's nest in a bamboo briar patoh, barefooted, jist fer a sight ov 'er, any time. An' frum ono week to tothor, when I got to see 'er at Sunday school, hil 'pearcd to mo it mo ugh t or bin ei dozen years." "Well, time sorter trotted on, es th' feller sez in tho book, an' so fin'l) me ari' her wuz both big enuff tu bi sorter a spat kin' 'roun' like. "Now, right thar, mister, ain't il funny? Never mind what sort ei out'n the way nook o' tho woods th< guis an' boys is in, with no booY l'arnin' nur mithin', when they ail growed up, an' sometimes afore that mind yo, w'y, sub, they starts r courtin' ov oaoh other jist for thc worl' Uko they do 'mongst th' high falutin folks in town, only mcbbj they don't consume ez much pVtr) an' sich like. "But I wuz a-gwine on to tell yeh Wo wuz both 'bout growed up, an' ) i tarted a-courtin' ov her shore enuff an' no foolishness. Likewise, tho} wuz also other pesky fellers ahangin arouh', cz mos' gen'ly bapms whar f purty gal is consarned, an'-" "Her name ? Well, durn mj pic'tor 1 Knowed it so well mysef y' know, ontol hit jes naoh'ly 'pearce like cver'body knowed il samo ez J did. Hor full name, though, Uko hi wuz sot down in the Bible, wuz Rori Bor'alis. Lemme soo ; kain't edzacl] spell it right now, fer it's bin er lonj timo since them days, an' I badu' no book l'arnin' much nohow ; bu she were named attor them lights yi road 'bout folks soein' in tho sk] 'way up north in Canady ur sum whars. But anyhow, they jist oalle< her Rory. "Now, that wuz sorter ov a back woods deostriok, an' they wan' skas8ly no rich folks thar. Bu Rory's daddy, olo Con'l Howard wuz right well off. Ho moved inte them diggins frum Augusty or sum whars, an' 'sides fo' thousan' aores c fino lan', ho had moro'n two lui nd ru bend ov niggers. But he wuzn' a-tall stuok up, nor mithin', ai treated us fellers right kerreok. "So tho courtin' of Miss Rory wu whut wo thought ov in tho day ai dromp ov at night. Sho would c bin a primo gal with nary a dollar i the worl', an' a prize tu fight fer, ai when yo riokleck them other indowc? monts, w'y, she wuz away up yando "But my lan'} ain't it miz'bul ho ever durned leotlo ornery feller \ twonty milos 'roun' ez hoz sprontc whiskers, an' somo ov 'om ez hain obm dono thot, sails in an' has tl GEORGIA RAILROAD COMMISSION. KKOWKK OOUKIKK. shorenoe to try an* take ? feller's I gal frum 'ira, moa' 'speshly when hor j daddy hapms to havo right smart ov ' stuff around him ? "Hit wu* that orway with Miss Rory. Ever1 blamed feller' wuz sot an a-ketohin' ov; her, or break a trace a-try in'. Folks don't of n git ahead ov. yore TJnole Andy till yit ; an* back in them days, w'y, I wuz,a uhore miff trash mover, ez the feller 80J5. I oouldn't say off no.po'try, nur no th ia', but I could maul mo' rails, rive mo' boards an' pull mo' fodder 'n any man thar'bouts. An' mo'u that, I could outrun, catjump, throw down or whup any feller in our beat An' oz fer ra?solin' 'speshly, jent?l tnen, ye jist orter ov a-seed mo ! Rassul? Wy, auh, I'd Walk fo? miles bofo' brack fuB any tn aw n in' to tangle up with any feller what thought hisself some punkius in a ruBBul. An' whut's still moro, they wuzn't none o' 'om roosters 'at could put my back agin tho groan'. "But len\me see, I wuz tal kin 'bout t??urtin' 'atid ov a rassulin Feller allis likes to run them good ole days through his min' though and study 'bout^the times befo' th roomatiz ketohed him. "An' so ez I wuz a sayin', whilse I didn't know nuthin' 'bout no liter ohoor, nur nothin', yit an' still more none ov 'em oould wh?p me or thro me down, an' so my chances warn' BO slim ez ye mought er thought fer "Quair, hain't it ? Wimmin is aw ful skeered of fightin' au' soufllin' an' yit they shine thor ize at the fel 1er what wont let no feller put his back agin th' groun'. "Well, so fin'ly eompeiishus got so fired warm thot to er seed the hossoB hitched in front o' th' Con'l' houso of a Sunday w'y you'd thought ther wuz a oampmeetin' ur sumthin'. Fellers thar from evor' whar, an' every durnod ono ov 'em^a doin' of his tallest tu git Miss Rory. Th' Con'l fed pow'ful well, too, ho did, and take mo of I don't b'liovo till yit that some ov them sorry raskuls what oughtor knowed they didn't have no ohauco a-tall, jist kep' a hanging 'round' to git axed in to dinner." "Ain't it funny, how nigh oatin' ov a good dinner an' a-bein' ia love comes to a-boin' the same thing? Not edzaoly tho same, mind ye, but hez the same effect a-fetohin' ov a crowd." "An' they wuz right, I reckon, bo kaso the way chiokon feathers flew roan' that house was a oawshun, an' ever dinner wuz fitton to be et at a log-rollin' or a co'u-shuokin'. Makes my mouth water till yit-chicken, aigs, hara, turnip sallit, Hitters, pun kin pie, an' I don't know what-on all." "Miss Rory couldn't han'le so many boze at wunst, an' so fin'ly she made it er rule thet tho fust un at the raeetin' house ov a Sunday morn in' could oarry her homo attor preaohin', an' I'll swan 1 'Poared like us fellers got to a gittin' thar 'fore daylight, mighty nigh. Tho lucky feller hod tho insido track for the day, an' tother fellers whut went any way, to eat up tho ole man's grub, tied mighty nigh no showin' at Miss Rory. Tboy hed to talk to Mizz Howard 'bout gyardin truck, a sottin' JV hens an' sich, or go a blunderin irroun' the houso, talkin' to th' ole 3?n'l,-" "Mighty nigh make a preacher MISS hisself fur some bthor feller to 3G a swingin' ov your gyurl an' you iff at the lot with th' ole roan an' ho i showin' you tho brindle cow and a ixin' ov you how to kyoro-a mangy log." "Au' for tho longest Misa Rory sot ! ist erbout ez muoh store by ono as .he tothor ov us, or leastwise sho let in 'at sho did. 'Long to'ds th' wind ip, though, roost th' tother fellers ;iv in an' kinder drapped out'n tho jame graj'ly, 'oauso they knowed hey didn't have no showin' whar I vuz at." "But thar wuz yit one feller whut vuz in my way, an' he 'mounted to sonsiderbul, too, I'm here to toll yo. Sill Johnson wuz a right likoly ookin' youngster ; an' whilse his j laddy lived on rented lan', I'm bleeged to own up 'at ho rid the inest oritter in that milishy dees .rick. An' then, he'd travoled 'roun' iver tho worl' right smart, too, fer | ?o'd 'tended gcn'l muster an' seed ,ho Guv'nor ov Georgy, an' ho'd bin it Savannor an' seod ' th' OBhun an' doh like. More'n that, ho war jist laeh'ly pop'lar with tho gals "Funny, ain't it, how somo fellers vhut don't milly 'mount to nothin' n no way portiok'lor kin jis' naoh'ly ;it on tho good sido ov tho gals ? i "Yes ; mebby ye'vo seed 'om ; voil, Bill wuz zao'ly that kind ov a ?ritter ; no book larnin' a-tall, nor nightly littlo sense, nuther, but lomehow 'nuther he eotcb the fancy )v th' gals. "Well, oz I wuz a sayin1, tho toth irs drapped out'n tho percossion graj'ly, an' bimoby mo an' Bill had ihe tussul 'twixt us. An', jinttil non, jhV lemme toll yo, hit wur shore lip an' tuck, fur mo an' Bill wnz Kith a-doin' our tallest. Mizz How ard wuz pow'ful frion'ly with both ov us, an' tho ole Con'l ho hadn't no rather.fer nur eg'in neither, 'poer ontly, an' HO thar we'uns had it, up , ah' down, fust one an' nen tothor on top, "But ino au' Bill kep' frlen'ly, au' never got to iboklu' oross-eyod at one 'nuther. One day we struok up togother au' Bill sez to me, 'sez-ze :. "Audy, oio aosSj you are a mighty good sort ov t, feller, an' I sorter hate to see you git yoi* sights so sot on Miss Rory, fer thar's jist one way 'bout this, an' that is that th' gal, ls a-gwino to be mino, an' so I jist sor ter thought Td tell yo as a frion' an' ax ye ef ye don't reckon hit Vd be. better fer yor feelin's an' BO on ef ye jist kinder drapped out easy an' graj'ly, like ye didn't ra?Uy ke?r nothin' fer the gal nohow." "Then my*, dander riz a lectio, hit did, an' in fno' I got warmed up 1 right smart, an' I sez to Bil), sez I : " 'Bill,' I sez, 'you shore air tho most outdashus fool a-runnin' e?roun' out'n the loonitiek 'sylum. I've got j iet much show in' oz you he V, an' more'n thbt, you know durned well tbet no matter whioherway the river runs ther never wun. no Scroggies what would take to the woods front ov no man.' I sez to Bill, 'You know thot at a log-rollin' I grab holt ov a han'spike with the best ov 'em, an' none ov 'em never totes no straighter'n I do. So now,' I sez to Bill, sez I, 'you kin jist out yor patch in', an' of Miss Rory wants me to call off my dawgs, w'y that'll bo different, but I'm right thar ontell the full han' is played,' I sez. "So things rooked along tbator way another spell, but' atter 'while hit seemed az ef Bill wuz a-gainin' on mo, and hit 'poared 'at he would down rae, spite'n ole Dan Tuokor. Eb'm of I wuz in luv up to my yurs, I bed sense enuff to seo how things wuz a-goin'. I knowed it, bokase they got so's when they wuz a-talkin' hit wuzn't like other folks, but they talked sorter low an' mumbly Uko. An' Miss Rory got so's she didn't say 'yes' and 'no' to Bill like any body in ther senses would a-dono, but whon she sod 'yes' hit wuz ?ura-h-um,' an' fer 'no' hit wuz 'uh-u-uh,' sorter like she wuz a-droamin'. An' nen sho'd lean her head back on th' ohoer 'n' look at Bill with 'er izo kinder half shot, an' smile at him az lazy an' templin'. "Quair, hain't it, how foolish folks does aot whenever they git toohod by a arror shot by the leetlo feller, e-er, lemme soe-what's 'is namo? You know, tho leetlo dickens with nothin' but a pair ov wings on ? "Well, things wont on thatorway for tho longest, an' kep' a-gittin' wuss V wuss. But I wuz game, I wuz, an' hilt on like a bull pup-aholt ov a feller's coat-tails. "I nllus wuz a lucky cuss, though, anyway, an' so hit wuz in this scrim mage. Right plump whon Bill thought as bow ho'd played th' trump ky ard an' had evor'thing to suit hissolf, w'y fate ur sumthin' riz up an' downed 'im, hit did, an' put rae 'way ahead. "Hit wuz thissorway : Mo an' some other fellers and Miss Rory an' Bill wuz a-sottiu' on tho front piazzer, an' Bill, he wuz doin' all the talkin', a-tollin' ov what ? great feller ho wuz-'-' % "Didn't ye novor notice as how when a feller lots his 'thoosoyazzum 'bout hissolf git too robust, hit moB' gon'ly soils off up tho creek with his luck and prospecks? "Well, Bill ho wur a-gassin' away, talkin' like fightiu' snakes, a-noratin' as how the day afore ho'd rid off with all th' prizes at a ohoonemcnt. An' ho got so hopped up at tho soun' ov 'is own voice, I rookin hit wuz, 'at he raired his ohoer back, fergittin' in his egsileiueut that he war a-scttin' with hie baok to'ds tho pinzzor stepB stid ov to'ds th' ban nisters. An', sub, y'd onghter seed Bill then 1 Kerflop ho went, 'fore you could a-said soat, an' oend ovor oend ho flew, Uko the feller in tho circus, an' fin'ly Ut kerflump on 'is back 'mongst Miss Rory's- flowers. "Bill he w.uV a shore 'nuff sight when ho riz up scratohed with roso bushes an' all kivverod with feathers frum wi i ar tho chickens 'd been a-playin'. Th' ole man cum a-blun dorin' ont a-hollorin' to know what wuz 'gwino on, an! ho 'lows : 'Wa-al, by granny, I mado for shore hit wuz tho muley steer a-tryin' to break into tho gyarden.' Mizz Howard, sho cuni a-runnin', too, a-yellin' to th' olo man to not lot mithin' tromp down her now tomattusos, an' whon she sot oyes on Bill sho says : 'Wy laws-a-massy, Mr. Willyum, did yew fall I' sez she, jist ez ef evr'body didn't seo him a-outtin' ov shines up in tho air. But hit allua takes a gal to fix things, an' soon ez Miss Rory seed he w'a'nt hurt, she ups an' axes him: 'Mr. Willyum, clew toll! Is that the way yow rid at tho chewna mcnt yistiddy ?' "Woll, sub, I jist snorted out a-laflln' like a boss, fer I couldn't hep it. Then the olo man laffed ontell yo could a-heered 'im a milo. Mizz Howard snickered an' Miss Rory laired, and we all laffed, for whut Miss Rory said tickled us most to death, an' nen Bill ho looked so rodioklus. That wuz more'n Bill could tote, an' ho jist simply cussed right thar, for ho allus wuz sort of a ou?sor, an' awful high-strung, though Miss Rory didn't know 'bout that. "In a minnit Bill seed whut he'd went an' dono for hissolf. Ho knowed > woJl hilt wam't novar no uso to oomo'back thar attor a-ousein' 'foro Misa Rory, an' eb he ' straddled bis orittor an' rid off-at astavin' gal lop, 'tbout ez much oz a-sayin* good "Well? sub, Bill bo wrir that put out 'at he sol' his boss, be did, an' went to Mizoory inside a^ week, an* tuet ie? ino mynarch of the whole diggina, an'-" But TJnole Andy was again plunged In deep reverie, The fllokering blue blazes on the lightwood knots again experienced extinguishment from well-aimed tobacco juico and silence prevailed. "And bow soon afterwards did.the wedding tal^e plaoe, XInole Andy ?" "Which?" , ' "I asked how long lt was then be fore tho marriage." " 'Foro1 who married what?" "Why, of course, you, married Miss Rory?" "You reokin so, dew ye ? Ding it all, yew youngsters is allus a-axln' ov questions. No ; I didn't marry MJSS Rory, neither." - ?You didn't 1 , Who did, then ?" "Darned ouery cuss j Hort of sohool teaohin'feller friim Augusty or summers, what boarded at tho Ccn'l's house. ?ome tew fin' out, they'd been protnussed tow git splioed for inoro'n a year, an' me nur Bill nur none ov us fellers never did have no ohanoo nohow." i A long pause. ? heavy sigh. "Wimmln is darned ?nsartin an' pow'ful qua?r? "They shore air." Pepsin preparations often fail to re lieve indigesti?n booauso they can digost only ? albuminous foods. Thore is one preparation that digests all olassos of food, and that is Kodol Dyspopsia Curo. It euros the worst canon of indigestion and gives instant roliof, for it digosts what you oat. J. W. Hell. --- Alphabetical List of Bible Places. A-Where people woroifirst oalled Christians. B-J CH UH' birth [?lace ?-Whero Jesus performed his first, miracle.^ . D-OldeBt oity in tho-world. E-Beautiful garden. F-What three Hebrews wore cast into. G-A wicked oity destroyed by fire from beaven. II-Whero Sarah died. *I-City where Paul and Barnibas preached and were porsoouted. J-Chief city of tho Jews. K-Plaoo from which Moses sent the 12 spices. L-Mount noted for its fino cedars. M-Ruth's native land. N-Mount where Moses Died. O-Land from whioh material for Solomon's templo was brought. P-Land of tho Jows. -R-Whero Paul preached as a missionary. 8-Mount where tho command monts woro given. T-Paul's native city. U-A place filled with dry bones in one of Ezekiel's visions. W-Where the Israelites wan dored for 40 years. Z-The heavenly oity. How many oan fill tho list? -. ? Arrest disease by the timely use of Tutt's Liver Pills, an old and favorite remedy of increasing popularity. Always cures SiCK HEADACHE, sour stomach, malaria, indiges tion, torpid liver, constipation and all bilious diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS Reflections of a Bachelor. A kiss is as good ns a smile. Tho moro a man knows tho Jess ho knows bo knows. Mon judgo women by their morals ; women judgo men by their lack of them. Windy days aro probably mado to punish thin women for pretending they're not. Before a woman gots through try ing to find out how muoh her Christ mas presents cost sho has begun saving up to buy them for tho next year. A wife is like an ogg. You can't bo sure it's swoet until after you got it for breakfast. A woman oan do most anything with a man after she has practioed so sho oan mako hoi- chin quiver. Probably tho snako had nailed a sign on the apple treo, saying that no women wore allowed to piok any thing. Half tho women in the world are taking medioino to get fatter and tho other half aro trying some sys tem that will make thom thinner. During tho first six months after a man gots married his wife expects bim to toll all ber friends that be knows ho. oan never bo worthy of such happiness.-New YoVk Express. During tho year 1890 no less than 8,607 vossols, with 221,000 pnsson. gors, passed through tho Suez oanal. Of these 2,780 wore merchant ships, 786 mnil steamers and 145 war ships. ^_ _ Des Moines bas moro horses in proportion to her population than any othor oity or town in the United States, the census showing a total of 6,081, or ono horse for every ten of the population, Two hundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds of4 'actual " Potaiih from the soil. Unless this quantity ls returned to* tlie soil, the following crop will materially decrease. Wo have books uUingebout composition, f\m mid valu* of fertilizer* for var bin crops. - They oro sent free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., Now York. THE NEW YORK WORLD. i hrico-R-Wook Edition-Almost a Dally at the | Price of a Weekly. The Presidential campaign ia over, but the world goes on just the same and it is full of news. To learn this nows, just as it is--promptly and impartially-all that you h nv o to do is to look in the oolumns of Tho Thrioo-a-Woek Edition of The I New York World whloh comes to the subsoriber 160 times a year. Tho Thrioe-a-Week World's dlllgonoe as a publisher of first news has given it circulation wherever the English lan guage is spoken-and yon want it. . The Thrice-a-Week World's r?gular| subscription price is only $1 per year. We offor this unequaled uowspapor and Tho ICeoweo Courier together one yoar for only $1.06. Tho regular subscription prloo of the two papers is f 2. -!-. Hints for the Housekeeper. Vory fow women, and especially farmers' wives, roalize how muon thc happiness of the family depends I on the way tho moats are cooked and served. Yot wo all know that we aro much moro apt to reooive a fa vorable reply from John after ho has I partaken of a good dinner than if tho request had been made when ho I was oold and hungry. "Well fed, woll bred," is an old proverb which contains more than a grain of truth, and now that the oold days have como, invigorating tho body and giving an edgo to tho appetite, it be hooves us to pay special attention to this matter, using all- our ingenuity to furnish a tempting' variety threo times a day for thoso who maka up our families. It is not necessary to have a groat varioty of materials, but to learn to proparo tho same things in different ways. It will be come as interesting as working out a puzzle if you will allow yourself to take tho timo, and it is woll spent. Ono very important Hom is to ohango tho shape of tho broad. Tho ways of seasoning and cooking moat is anothor. Every housokoepoi ought to go to a city at least onco year. If she will mako a tour of th? housekeeping department in tho largor stores and go through tho ten-cent stores and in tho tin stores she will go homo supplied with a beautiful varioty of bread and roll pans, pio plates, pudding dishes, oto., which have cost almost nothing, and will mako lifo oasior for her and moro attfaotivo for her people.- j "Virginia," in Southern Farm Maga zine of Baltimore for January. -* % ?? To dethrone Christianity from its pince in tho world to-day would bo tho act of a roadman or a fool. Wero it possible to do so vast numbers of intelligent people, who now think themselves emancipated from it* would strive for its restoration, not at all because they thought it divine; but because they had como to roalize, as they never had realized before, how necessary it was to the progress of tho world. 4 Health authorities estimate that 10 per cent of tho mon who go to Capo Nome never como baok alive. 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W?oTO invonllon TllADK M*RK?J DESIGNS 1 CopvmaMTi? Ac. Scientific Jfitiericam DWI tUO^y^jJijw Jp ? fjfj 3?1 Broadway, ?oUTH??lN RAIIiWAY. Oondtnsod Sohodulo of Passsngsr Trains, In KWeot May Otb, 1000. KorHibound. N?7TT Ex. Sun. Betwoon Lula and A thon?. No. 10. 6 10p I 80S 0 80] No. 18. Dully. U 05 ? ll 80 a 11 62 a 12 80 j> STATIONS. LY... Lulu .Ar " Maysvllle " " Harmony " Ar. A thcn? .LY No. 19. Daily. 10 60 10 10 a 10 03 a 0 25? Ex. Sun. O 80 pl Ii_ Not? close connoot??n modo at Lula wit! main llne.trutns. "A" a. m. "P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night. Chesapeake Line Stoamors in dally servios bot woon Norfolk and Baltlmoro. Noa. 87 and 88-Daily. Washington ?nd Southwestern Vestibule Limitad. Through Pullman nloeplngcars betwoon Now York and New Orloans, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgomery, and also botweon Nev/ York and Memphis, via Washington, Atlanta and Bir mingham. Also elegant PULLMAN LIBRARY OiiHKiivA VION OAHU botweon Atlanta and New York. Piretolasa thoroughfare ooaohes be tweou Washington and Atlant?. Dining cars Crvo all meals on route. Leaving Washing gton Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays a tourist sleeplngrar will run through bot vreoa Washington and San Prano?OO without ohange. Pullman drawing-room Bleeping oars between Sreensboro and Norfolk. Cloao oonneotlon ai orfolk for OLD POIHT OOMITORT. Nos. 86 and 88-United States Fast Mall runs solid between Washington and New Orleans, Tia Southern Ballway, A. ?? W. P. K. R. and h. Ss N. li. H., being composed of ooaqhos. through without chango for passengers of ali ?lasses. Pullman drawing-room stooping oar? botwoen New York and Now Orleans, via At lanta and Montgomery and botweon Bir mingham and Atlanta. Dining oars serve all meals on rout?. Nob. ll, 83, 84 and lt-Pullman Blooping cars between Richmond and Charlotte, via Dan* T?le, southbound Nos. li and 83, northbound Nos. 84 and 12. FRANK H. GANNON, J. M. GULP, Third V P. Sa Gen. Mgr. T. M., Washington. W. A. TURK, B. H. HARDWICK, O. P. A., Washington, a. GK P. A.. Atlanta, SOUTHERN RAILWAY." Condennod Soliodtilo In Kffeet Juno 10th, 1000. M Ninety " Grconwood Ar. Hodgoa. TJV. Abbovlllo... Ar. Holton ?.V. Anderson Groonvillo. . Atlanta.(Cou.Tlmo) STATIONL. LT. Groonvillo... " Piedmont... " WllllitiuHton. Ar. Andorson ? ?. Lv. Bolton . A r, Ponnalds.... Ar. Abbovlllo.... Lv. Hodgoa. Ar. Greenwood. Ninety-Six. Jowborry ll 15 a m 10 46"a m 12~20 p m 8 55 p ni Dall 0 45 p 7 !5 p 8 10 p m 7 86 p 7 55 p 8 83 p 0 BO p m Prosperity. fl 45 p ni Columbia Ar. Black viii?. Barnwell.. Bavanuah. LT. Ringville_ " Orangoburg. " Brnnohvlllo. Bummorvlllo Ar. Charleston ?. Ta?? No ll ll 80 p m 962 a m fr 46 a m 4 26 a m 5 62 7 00 ft m 4 15 p m 0 00 p m Dalli No. 12. ll 40 ft m >P 00 ii 1 66a 8 60 ft 4 ?On 13755 ft 4 18 ii 1 28 ii fl 80 ft r OT ? 8 08ft 8 46a 0 04 ft 0 10 ft 0 60a 0 65 a 1 10 p Daily No. 13. 7 00ft 7 41 a 8 66 ft 0 23n 10 16 ft STATIONS Lv..Ohn ll 40ft I? 20 p 1 28 p 2 00p 2 22 p 2 87 p 8 10 p 8 40p 7 15 p riosion..Ar Summnrvlllo " .Brunchvillo. " Ornngoburg " Ringville_M. Lv. .Havannah Ar " ..Bftrnwoll .. " ..Blftekville.. " ..Columbia.. " ....Alston.... " . . Bant no... " .Union. " ..Jonosvillo.. " ....Pftcolot.... ArSpartftnburg Lv LvSpnrtnnburg Ar 111 28 ft Ar...Ashovi|lo ...Lv| 8 00 ft 12 26 p m 11 66 a ni' 12 20 p m 12 66 p m 2 00 p m 2 14pm ft 80 ft m "8 00 ft tn 8 IS a m 5 10 ti m 4 48" p m 6 88 p ra 0 16 p m 7 28 p m 8 15 pm Daily No. 18. 71501 6 62 a 4 26a 8 45 a 2 32_ft IT 10 ft 8 15 a 8 00a 0 80p 8 60a fit ill 0 lip e oop R OS JJ Dolly No.ll. 8 16 p 7 28p 0 15 p 6 88 p 4 43p 8 20p 2 80 p 1 28 p 12 45 p 12 26 p 12 14 p ll 45 n "P" p. m. "A" a. m. "N" night. DOUBL?5 DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN CHARLESTON AND GREENVILLE, and' botwoon Ohorloaton and Asheville. Pullman palnco Blooping oars on Trains Wand 88, 87 mid 38, on A. nndC. division. Dining oars on thean trnlns sorvo all meals onroute. Trains loavo Spartftiiburg, A. & C. division, ?iorthbouml, 7:03 a.m., 8:87 p.m., 6:18p, m., Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:20a. :16 p. m.. ll :t(4 a. m., (Vest?bulo Limited.) Train H fcftvo Groonvillo, A. and C. division, northbound, il :(X) n. m., 2:81 n. m. and 6:22 p. m. SVestibulod Llmitod) : southbound, 1:80 a. m. :80p. m., 12:80 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited) Trains 18 nna 14-Elegant Pullman Parlor oars botwoen charleston and Asheville. Trains 16 and 10-Pullman Drnwlng-Room Blooping oars betwoon Charloston and Ashe ville, Etogftiit Pullman Drawing-Room Buffet BloopInK'oars botweon Savannah nnd Ashoville enrouto daily betwoon .laolcsonvllle and Otu elnnatl. FRANK 8, GANNON. J. M. GULP, Third V-P. & ?<?). Mgr., Traf. Manager, Washington, D. 0. Washington, D. O. W, A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, 7(\ civil Bhg^^e^V.-r.r-' . .-and Surveyor. 10-81.00 Walhalla*. S; ?. ?r. G. G. Probst Walhalla, Sf. C. oe two Doors East ot; Bank, Second Flo pi?. Houiw : 8.80 A. M. TO 1 P. M. AND 2 TO 6 1?. M. March 24,1808._ WM. J. SIRIBLINO.T A L. ?IH?INDON. "ME Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. 0. PROMPT ATTENTION GrVEN TO ALL BUBI NEBB ENTHUSTKD TO THEM. January 6,1808. a. T. JAYNKS. J J. W. BHKI.Olt. JAYNES & SHELOR. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, WALKALLA, 8. O. 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No. G. 8 00 am 8 27 am 8 88 BUL 8 40 am v 9 00 am 0 0? am ( 9 80 am \ 0 00 am 82 ?West Union. 4 46 pm 10 20 am 84 ?Walhalla....Ar.. 4 60 pm^JPJ&JVST****^ EASTBOUND. 1st Class. Pnss'r. Dally. NO. NO. ll. 0 ?Anderson.A. .Lv.. 8 86 pm 7 tDonvor. 8 46 pm 10 t AuLuu. 3 50 pm 13 ?Pondlotou v. 8 65 pm 10 tOh?>rry Crossing. 4 00 pm 13 1 Adam ? Crossing. 4 04pm 24 * j Sonooa.4 16 pm lat Class. Pass'r. Dally. No. 12. 0 10 am 2d Class. Mixed. Dally ox. Sunday. No. 0. 12 OOM 12 07 pm 12 87 pm 2 50 pm 8 18 pm 3 20 pm 8 31pm 8 55 pm 4 00 pm 4 17 pm 4 44 pm No. 34 ?Walhalla....Lv. 82 ?Weht Union. 0 10 am 24 * j Sonooa. 0 40 am j 18 lAdam'B Crossing. 0 48 am 10 tOhorry Crossing. 9 68 am 13 ?Pondlot^n .10 01 am j 10 tAutun. 10 00 am 7 tDonvor.10 18 am 0 ?Anderson... Ar..10 40 am (?) Regular stop; (t) Flag station. _ Will also stop at the following stations to tako on or let off passengers : Phiu noy'B, Jamos and Sandy Springs. No. 12 connects with Southon* Railway No. 0 at Anderson. No. ll connects with Southern Railway NOB. ll and 88 at Sonooa. No. 0 connects with Southern Railway No. 58 at Anderson, also with Nos. 12 ?md 87 at Sonooa. J. R. ANDERSON, Superintendent. Pickens R. R. Go. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE 26Tn. 1808. On and af tor Juno 26th tho following schedule will bo run over tho ri ck en H Railroad for tho purpoRo of hauling freight and passengers, vis. No. 0. Dally Except Sunday. No. 10. Head Down. Mixed Train. Road up. i ?o a m.Lv riekeiiB Ar.".7 60 a in 5 00 a in.Ar Easloy LV.7 06 a m No. 12. Daily Except Sunday. No. ll. Read Down. Passenger Sorvioo, Rend Up. 1 00 p in.J,v Plekons Ar.6 'r "in 1 40 p m.ArEaaloyLv.lt J. ,?ia Trains will stop to take on or let oft" passengers at tho following crossings: Ferguson's, Par sons's and Mauhlln's. Depot will bo open for tho receiving and delly* orv of freight from 8 a. m. to 12 m. Wo will mako lt to your interest to patronice our homo road by ^giving good service and prompt nttentlon. AnnrnvAil' I JULIUS E. HOUGH, President. Approvou.} j ,r TAYLOR, Gon. Manager. f ? Atlantic Coast JLine, Passenger Department, Wilmington, N. G., February 24, 1897. Fast liln? Between Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina and North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In offoot February 24th, 1897. WESTWARD. .No. 62. Leave Charleston. 7 00am 44 Lanes. 8 26 " " Sumtor. 0 85 44 Arrive Columbia..10 65 44 " Prosperity....1168pm 44 Nowborry.12 10 44 44 Clinton.12 60 44 " Laurons. 1 15 4< M Greenville.... . 8 00 41 44 Spar tan burg. 8 00 " " Winnsboro. 0 15 pm " Charlotte. 8 20 44 44 Hcndersonvillo. 6 08 M " Abbeville.: 7 00 44 EASTWARD. .No. 68. Leave Asheville. 8 20am " Hondorsonvlllo.0 16 44 44 Spartanburg.ll 46 " " Groonvillo...ll 60 ?? 44 Laurens. 1 45 44 * 44 Clinton. 2 10 44 ?< Newborry. 2 67 " u Prosperity.8 18 44 44 Columbia..'.6 16 44 Arrive Sumtor.,. ? 86 44 44 Lanes. 7 48 44 44 Charleston. 9 26 Bf Daily, l?os. 52 and 58 Solid Trains botroen Charleston and Columbia. S. 0. * II. M. EMERSON, Gen'i Pas sei igor Agent. J. ?. KENLY, * General Manager. T, tf. EMERSON, TrAfllo Mftimgor,