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Humorous department. S~\ ? ? HIS REASONS WERE HOOD. John Featherstone was arrested for stealing a horse and was placed under bonds to appbar before the circuit court. Five months later his trial took place. It was observed that Judge White, before whom the case was hea^Vshowed signs of extreme nervousness. He twisted in his chair, chewed tobacco with unwonted vigor and snapped at the lawyers. At first this was attributed to his dislike of the prisoner, for the judge had injudiciously said on the street that the fellow ought to be sent to the penitential*)', but this theory was upset when, in delivering his charge to the jury, the judge advocated a verdict of not guilty. "Your honor," said the prosecuting attorney, "will you pardon me if I ask you a few questions ?" "Certainly, sir." "Well. I'd like to know the reason of your change of opinion with regard to the defendant. About a month ago I heard you say that he was a fit, and you hoped, a successful candidate for the penitentiary, but now you urge the jury tt^ acquit him." "Yes, sir," said the judge. "You acknowledge, then, that at one time you did want him sent to prison ?" "I do." v "And will also acknowledge that you now want him cleared ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, that is what I don't understand. Will you please explain ?" "I will. When the fellow was first arrested, I bad no interest in him, other than an adverse interest, but now I am greatly concerned in his welfare. The truth is, he married my daughter night before last." "Well, then, why didn't you petition for some other judge to try the case ?" "Because I was afraid some other judge might send the rascal to the penitentiary. Do you suppose that I want a convict sonin-law ? Do you suppose I want to support his wife while he is working for the State? Do you take me for a fool ? Mr. Sheriff, turn that fellow loose." A Thief of Time.?A rather striking case has just been brought before a Vicksburg justice of the peace. A man named Rathbone sued one Jackson for time. "Well," said the justice, when the case was called, "you have brought an action here for time, but you do not specify. Did you give this man Jackson so much of your time and has he refused to pay for it ?" "Your honor, this man has had my time and does refuse to pay me. I will explain. I live on the floor just above him, and some time ago bought a fine clock on the installment plan. The other day the fellow came around to collect an installment, and it occured to me that as Jackson could hear the clock strike, he ought to help me pay for it. I looked into the matter and found that he had no clock, and I also learned that his hours were regulated by my time-piece. Then I told him that he owed me for time and explained to him, but he refused to entertain my claim." "Mr. Jackson," said the judge, "have you no time-piece of your own ?" "I have not, your honor." |>*And have you been telling the time of day f>y listening to the striking of Mr. Rathbone's clock ?" "Well, yes, but I don't think that it was wearing on the clock. I thought that while the clock was striking for him it could just as well strike for me, especially as one set trfnVooVnnlil rln fnr hnih f?ro 1 lifts " V* OIIIMW nvu?u ?V ?w? W?? "But had you intended to get a clock before Mr. Rathbone bought his?" the justice asked. "Well, yes." The justice reflected for a moment and then said: "Your delay in not buying a clock makes you the victim of this action, for the law plainly says, as every school boy ought to knchr; 'Procrastination is the thief of time.' You have, therefore, stolen this man's time and will have to pay for it or suffer more serious consequences. I assess the damages at ten dollars." He Wasn't Missed.?A citizen who stands pretty well in his own estimation, and, for that matter, in the estimation of the public also, went abroad for a period of years. When he returned to Detroit the first man he met was an old friend, who was about to pass him with a cool bow. "What's the matter?" asked the returned traveler. "Ain't you going to speak to a fellow after such an absence ?" "Absence?" Been out of town?" "Out of to^n. Why, man alive, I've been two years in Europe." "No ? Can't be possible. Why I never missed you;" said his friend. The other turned away in anger and button-holed an old chum, to whom he said: "Well, I've got back." "Been over to N' York ?" asked the chum. "Thunder, man! I've been to the Old World!" exclaimed the disgruntled voyager. "You-don't-say-so?" was the amazed retort of the solemn looking chum. The next acquaintance remarked as he stopped a moment: "I haven't seen you for a week or two. Had hay fever ?" That broke the combination. The returned traveler got on his dignity and declined to notice any more of his townsmen till they sent a brass band round to serenade him, and he learned that it was a put-up job to take him down a little. It is so hard to persuade the average mortal that he will not be missed.?Detroit Free Press. Was Sorry.?Two Illinois fanners, meeting in the road, began to discuss the terrible nf +Vin nniintn' WUUIV1VU V* VMV VVUMi.j . "I'll tell you what it is, Bill, these monopolists have about got us surrounded, and unless we do some mighty tall hustling they are going to down us completely. And these trusts! Why, there ought to be a law passed against them.'' "I'm with you, Tom, and when I voted for Cadison it was with the understanding that he should do all in his power against these infernal trusts. It is a shame for a lot of men to get together and raise the price of the necessaries of life." "Yes," said Bill, "and we are goin' to knock out that sort of thing, you know. By the way, we have just formed a milk combine that's goin' to make things hum. We have pledged ourselves not to sell milk under a certain price, and now, under the rules of our trust, the retailers can't sell for less than seven cents a quart." "Bill," Tom remarked, after a few moment's reflection, "I'm mighty sorry you've got up that milk trust." "Why so?" "Because I've sold all my cows." As Freight.?Those were bustling days on the Western rivers, fifty years, ago when emigrants from the East flocked to the prairies of the West. Some of the emigrants, being poor, paid in part for their passage by helping to "wood the boat," that is, by carry i i iL. i i_ .i it- i .i: ing woou uowu ine uuiik. ui me miming, and throwing it on the boat. A writer in j The Century tells of an impecunious Irishman, who did not want to pay full fare nor; to carry wood. He boarded a Western steamer at a land-! ing and asked the fare to St. Louis. Being told, he then asked: "What do you charge for one hundred and fifty pounds of freight ?" Upon learning the price, a small amount, | he said, "I'll go as freight." - ''All right," replied the captain ; "put him down in the hold, and lay some flour barrels ; on him so that he won't roll about if we have heavy weather." Out of the Common.?A man who had j just returned from the far West to his home in Kentucky, met Judge Fillers in the street. "Ah, judge," said the returned traveler, "I saw your son out in Dakota." "He was drunk, I suppose?" "No, for he has stopped drinking." "I don't wish to call your character for veracity into question," said the judge, "but I don't believe it." "It is an actual fact, judge; and, moreover, his abstinence is not temporary. He will never drink again. The truth is, your, son is dead." "Ah," said the judge, meditatively, "I knew that something out of the common must have caused his reformation." The Prodigal Son.?The teacher of a Sunday-school class of colored children expounded to them the parable of the prodigal son. She described in as graphic a manner as she could, the young man eating husks while the swine fed on the corn. In the midst of her description one attentive l>oy held up his hand and said : "Missus, I think . that white boy was a fool." "Why do you think so ?" "Case if I had been him I would 'a' stole one o' dem hogs an' had a good dinner." I WWWWWW W\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\v wwwwwwwv WagsitU Gatherings. fl?" Giants in purpose are often pigmies in act. 8?" An intelligent man learns from everybody. 8?* In prosperity the prudent man provides against adversity. 8?* The assessed valuation of New York city is $1,550,000,000. 8?" If matters cannot be better, let us be glad they are no worse. 8?* The most expensive thing that can happen to you is to be wrong. 8?* Japan's 33,000,000 acres of land supports a population of 34,000,000. 8?" After New Orleans, Bombay is the greatest cotton port in the world. 8?? The State of Texas has $772,839 in the treasury, after paying every claim. 8?* Salt Lake City, Utah, has more than ! doubled her population in ten years. 8?" Why is a pretty girl like a bank note? ' Because they both have a face value. Hebrew women on an averuge are said |Ui5trUanro?5 P-cading. No Pensions for Deserters.?An Atlanta dispatch of last Wednesday says: The frauds upon the pension list of the State of Georgia have become so pronounced that strict scrutiny has lately been employed to prevent it. Georgia was one of the first States in the South to make an appropriation for the beuefit of wounded and maimed exConfederates. The benefit was iu the shape of artificial arms, legs, eyes, etc., renewable at stated periods. As a matter of couvenience to these jfensioners, they were permitted to take the mouey in commutation. A few days ago the name of an alleged veteran in Dooly county was stricken off because it had beeu ascertained that his arm had been lost in a sugar mill instead of in battle. Yesterday the ordinary of Gilmer county was in Atlanta, and brought with him a number of pension claims for people living in his county. Capt. Harrison had been advised that there was doubt concerning several pensions that were paid in Gilmer county last year, and when the claims were presented for examination, he secured a copy of the roster of the 65th Georgia regiment, iu which most of the applicants enlisted. The first name called was that of W. A. Knell, Company H. He claimed to have 1/^<V <*OTYk K\r o rrnTiolint. \rniinH ! and congratulated himself that lie had cheat| ed the buyer in good shape. The grain deal| er called him, and after figuring up the load | paid him in full. As the farmer buttoned up I his coat to go out, the buyer kindly asked him to sit and smoke a cigar and then talk over the crops, the price of hogs, until the farmer squirmed in his chair with uneasiness about his chores at home. At last he could stand it 110 longer, and said he must go. The dealer quietly remarked that that was not to be thought of; that lie had bought him at full weight, and paid him his own price, and thought he wouldn't part with his property. The farmer saw that he had overreached himself. He acknowledged the swindle and compromised the matter. Now when he markets grain he doesn't weigh liim! self with the load.?Ex. He Did Not Forget It.?A wife recently gave her husband a sealed letter, begging him not to open it till he got to his place of business. When he did so, lie read: "I am forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. I am determined you shall know, let the result be what it may. I have known for a week that it was corning, but kept it to myself until to-day, when it has reached a crisis, and I cannot keep it any longer. You must not censure me too harshly, for you must reap the results as well as myself. I do hope it won't crush you." By this time the cold perspiration stood 011 his forehead with the fear of some terrible unknown calamity. He turned the page, his hair slowly rising, and read : ' The coal is all used up! Please call and ask for some to be sent this afternoon. I thought by this method you would not forget it." He didn't. A Criuors Dream.?A laborer at the Dundee harbor lately told his wife, 011 awakening, a curious dream lie had during the night. He dreamed that he saw coming toward him, in order, four rats. The first one was fat, and followed by two lean rats, the rear rat being blind. The dreamer was greatly perplexed as to what evil might follow, as it had been understood that to dream of rats denoted coming calamity. He ap 1.1 a... 1.; . ? A1t: . u..4 ..u pcaieu 10 IH.S nv runrt'imiij; una, >mi ?m*, poor woman, could not help him. His son', a sharp lad, who heard his father tell the story, volunteered to he the interpreter. "The fat rat," he said, "is the man who keeps the public house, that ye gang till sae often, and the twa lean tines arc me and my mither, and the blind one is yourself, father."? Scotch Paper. I?"Oregon is a great fanning State. It averages thus : Wheat, 2f> bushels per acre; oats, 42 bushels; barley, 88 bushels; rye,28 bushels; and hay, 2 tons per acre, except alfalfa, which averages 4 tons. S>e?r The common cows and razor-back hogs are remarkably lucky. We never hear of one of either getting killed by a railroad ? while the tine stock are daily meeting with disaster. 1UVU 1119 1C1V aim tuoauivu wj v? ^MMVNVV VW.MV. at Cumberland Gap. "Deserted in the face of the enemy." That was the record, which disposed of his claim. W. T. C. Sallian was next. He was in Company A. The record was "Deserted." Then came B. G. Charles, "Deserted." T. F. Nelson, "Deserted." L. D. Rodgers, "Deserted;" all of Gilmer county, Company A. On the back of each claim is now written: "It is not the policy of the S late to pension deserters. I think I'd better stop here for one day," remarked Capt. Harrison, as the fifth application was tossed aside. "That roster of Confederate troops has saved the State $250 to-day."' All the men had drawn pensions last year. Tackling Aleck Stephens.?General Longstreet tells the following good story: "On one occasion certain of the Confederate leaders were discussing the matter of putting the negroes into the array. I was against the policy, but those above me sent me over to Aleck Stephens, with the instructions to try to convert him to the policy of putting the negroes iu. I rode over from camp to where Mr. Stephens was, and after a short conversation brought up the subject 11 was to speak to him on. No sooner had I done so than he hopped up and made me a speech of over an hour's length. When he concluded and sat down we talked of other matters for a while, and then I casually mentioned the subject again. Up jumped little Aleck and made another speech of an hour or so's length. I, a lone auditor, sat in thought. He finished, sat down, and we had a short conversation on some other topic. A third time I ventured to mention S the negroes, and up hopped the great commoner and made me another speech. When he sat down I stole a glance at my watch. It was 2 o'clock in the morning. I bade Mr. Stephens good night and rode back to camp. I reported that I was perfectly willing to go on with the war, but if anybody wanted Aleck Stephens argued into anything, they'd have to send some one else?not me."?Atlanta Constitution. The Demoralization or Debt.?Debt! There is no worse demoralizer of character. The sad records of defaulting and dishonest failure which we meet with in the daily press, are often, indeed most frequently, the result of the demoralization of debt, and consequent desperate efforts at extrication. The financial props have given away. The little debt, which at first was as small as a grain of mustard seed, like the rolling snow ball, has gathered weight and multiplied itself a thousand fold. And still it grows, and like the fabulous hydra which Hercules was sent to kill, you no sooner strike off one head than two shoot up in its place. The struggle is severe, but in the end decisive ; either confession is made of a hopeless bankruptcy which might and should have been avoided, or integrity is sacrificed to the temptation of the moment. Debt ruins as many households, and destroys as many fine characters as rum; it is the devil's mortgage on the soul, and he is always ready to foreclose. Pay all your bills. Look every man in the face, conscious that you owe the world no more than it owes you. Be indebted for nothing but love, and, even that, be sure you pay iu kind, and that your payments are frequent.?Talmage. Farming the Best Business.?Farming always was, is, and always will be the best business under the sun, when the right man, under favorable circumstances, embarks in it. It is not a business in which one can become "suddenly and violently stricken" with superabundant wealth, but it is one in which liberty in its fullest sense, and plenty in its fullest amplitude, may be fully realized and enjoyed. If there were no briefless lawyers, no seedy doctors, no poverty ladened mechanics and laborers, then one might be discouraged with the fact that there are many exceedingly poor farm el's, who fail to make the two ends of the year meet. But the "poor we have always" with us, and this class can never, by any system of laws, political or social, be entirely done away with? at least, during this life. We may, however, ! reduce their number and ameliorate, to some extent, the condition of. the remainder. This good work, however, must be done by the farmers themselves, and they seem recently to have "caught on" to this fact. Let them not turn it loose.?Farm and Ranch. A Sold Farmer.?He sold a load of corn | in town. When it was weighed he slily 1 stepped on the scales ami added his own i weight to the load. When the empty wagon ! was weighed he took good care not to be in it, to live longer than those of any other race. 86?" If all others lie, speak you the truth, and be one true man among many bad ones. 86?" A machine for making shoe strings out of paper is a recent Philadelphia invention. J?" Six millions of dead letters are annually torn and sold as old paper in Washington. 86?" It is reported that Mark Twain has invested upward of $170,000 in a type setting machine. 86?" If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would \^ar his hat close to his eyes. 16?" He who lets considerations of business or society hold him back from Christ is unworthy of him. t&T The Chinese have no straight streets or walls, because they believe the devil travels j in a straight line. 86?" It is reported that white servants are rapidly replacing colored help in towns of southwestern Georgia. 8?" When a man insists upon reminding I you that he is your friend, you may be sure ! lie believes you are his enemv. 8?" If a man can laugh at no other time, | he can generally laugh when the joke is on j some one who once laughed at him. 86?" It is said that New York has over 1,000. millionaires, while London has GOO. Paris has 500, Berlin 200, and Vienna 100. 86?" It is claimed that the almond and Ma- : deira nut culture on the Pacific coast of the United States bids fair to surpass the world. 86?" A schoolteacher asked an Irish boy to describe an island. "Sure, ma'am," said Pat,' "it's a place you can't leave without a boat." j 86?" It is claimed that Sabine parish, Louis- j iana, is the only county in the United States ! wherein there are no homestead mortgages.' 8?" Twice as many crimes are committed in Paris by persons between fifteen and twenty years of age as by those from twenty to forty. 8?" The Elmira Gazette says a man never fully realizes the wealth of information he doesn't possess till his first child begins to j ask questions. #Sf It is well enough to talk about a needle being lost in a haystack, but it wouldn't be lost if you were to walk on the bay in your bare feet.?Puck. flST'Hogan?It's February is the month I don't like. Gogan?An' for pfwy? "Because I'm workiug by the day, an' payin' rent by the month." 86T* A witness in a contested will case at Philadelphia said that the testator was not a hard drinker, as "he only took twentyfive or thirty drinks a day." BtSF What we do for ourselves will soon be forgotten ; what we do for others may be the vision to cheer the soul when the eyes can no longer behold the loved one. 8ST" An electric connection between runaway horses and the occupants of a carriage, is promised. Touch the button ; shock the horses; get down unscathed and unalarmed. If people worked as hard after marriage to keep each other as they did before the engagement to win each other, marriage would be more of a success, says The Atchison Globe. BfciT This is George W. Childs's estimate of the qualities most essential to the development of the perfect man : "A clear conscience, an earnest purpose, a bright mind, and a healthy body." V&T Miss Elderly?"If there was war, and I was a man, you bet I'd shoulder a musket." Candid Friend?"Why don't you know, Miss Elderly, that you would be exempt on accouut of your age." Oil may be taken out of any carpet or woolen stuff by applying buckwheat plentifully, and carefully brushing it off after a short time, and putting on fresh until the nil hn? di>jftntipared. $8?* The census report gives to the four leading Southern cities, New Orleans excepted, the following population : Richmond, Ya., 80,838 ; Nashville, 70,309; Atlanta, 65,515: Memphis, 64,530. StaT" Approximating the season : Gargoyle (reflectively)?It was the summer-time when Eve was created. Mrs. Gargoyle?How do you know ? "I infer so from the fact that it was before the fall. 06?" More depends on the man than on the amount of capital. He may have a beautiful farm and ample capital, but will not get j far ahead without common sense. He needs shrewd, practical horse sense. : An Indianapolis church member who subscribed to a church building fund attemptledto wriggle out of it by claiming that the J contract was illegal, as it was made on a Suu: day ; but the court decided he must pay up. j 06T Ink stains can be entirely romoved by j the immediate application of salt, before j the ink has dried. When the salt Incomes : discolored by absorbing the ink, brush it off' J and apply more. Continue until the ink is removed. BSaT" Uncle Eben wrote to the college professor : "Have not heard from my boy for sometime. Hope he is not sick. If he has been. I hone to hear that he is improving." j The professor to Uncle Eben : "Boy not sick, j awl not improving."?Rick, i "Have you anything to say for yourself prisoner?" "Only this, your honor. 1 | hope in sentencing me you will take into I merciful consideration the extenuating circumstances of the kind of a lawyer I had to defend me." JB&T A forty-acre farm in Missouri, valued at #400, has been ottered for one dollar, and the offer refused. The dollar in question was1 coined in 1725, and is one of the very first silver dollars issued by the government. It is worth more than the farm at a numismatic: i valuation. ; BfetTThe best thing to give your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to ! a friend, your heart; to your child, a good | example: to your father, deference; to j your mother, conduct that will make her I proud of you ; to yourself, respect; to all ! men, charity. | 4&T A six year old hoy wrote his first composition on water?"Water is good to drink, to bathe in, and skate on. When I was a little baby, the nurse used to bathe me every i morning in water. I have been told that \ Indians don't wash themselves once in ten years. I wish I was an Indian." j Visitor (to convict): "What are you in for my friend ?" Convict: "I got ten years I at hard labor for swindling." Visitor: { "Swindling is very bad. What labor do you I have to do?" Convict: "I'm in the shoe j department, sir. I cut the pieces of paste| board that are put between the soles." ; tSzfF The king of Siam will soon send six I youths from his kingdom to Westminster i college, at New Wilmington, Lawrence coun| ty, Pa., to be educated. They are all to be! come physicians. The young men are chosi en from among the poorer classes and the | expense of their tuition, about #500 a year. I is to be borne bv the Siamese government, i There is a project to construct a ship canal across New Jersey from the Delaware ! river to the Atlantic. The scheme was first ' suggested by merchants of Philadelphia, who desire a shorter route to New York and an abbreviation of the journey of bunhundreds of miles down the bay and around j Cape May to strike the ocean path to Ku| rope. j The lake of Vramia. in Persia, situal ted more than 4,0(10 feet above the level of : the sea, is said to be the "saltiest piece of water upon the earth." The water contains i nearly -- jut cent, of salt. The lake is 84 I miles long and iM miles hroud, ami its northi era coasts are encrusted with a harder of salt glittering white in the sun. It is said that no living thing can survive in it. except a very small species of jeily-lish. It is very shallow. ^0* the f oMug froplr. WHAT CAME OF A BOY'S SMARTNESS A few mornings since, while waiting at the station of a large country town, I witnessed a little incident that I think will interest some young people. The ticket agent had gone to breakfast, leaving the office in charge of a bright-looking boy of fourteen or fifteen. The l>oy was reading what must have been a very interesting book, judging from the reluctant manner in which he laid it aside to wait on the passengers. Shortly after my arrival an old lady, odd ly dressed and evidently not accustomed to traveling, came in, and after depositing her bundles and procuring her ticket, inquired civilly of the boy : ' What time is the up-traindue?" "There's a time-table on the wall behind you," was the surly reply. "You can read I reckon." Without a word the old woman put on her glasses, and after a long search gained the information the boy might have given her in less time than it had taken to give t he ungracious answer. "7: 85?7: 83? It must be most that time now ?" she soliloquised. Young man, will you please tell me what time it is?" she asked timidly, glancing at the boy again. "Why don't you look at the clock ?" sneered the smart lad. "My business is to sell tickets, not to answer questions." An old gentleman very plainly dressed, who had been sitting in a corner with his hat pulled over his eyes, looked up quickly when he^ieard the boy's impolite response ; but he said nothing, and after a lapse of a few minutes sauntered slowly across the room to the ticket-window. "What is your name, my boy?" he said kindly, after nodding intelligently to telegrapher. <<i /inn'i I'liAii- itmt it. is ?inv of vour busi M UWII V '?"V .. ...... ^ -- ? ness; but if you have a fortune to leave, vou can just name Dick Morton's kid Jack, and it will be all O. K." "Your father ought to l>c proud of such a promising boy," returned the gentleman dryly. "Is Mr. Johnson in?" he asked a little sharply. "You can find out by making use of your eyes, I guess," said the boy, glancing around under tables and benches, apparently very much amused. Just then another boy came in with some papers for the agent, and his smart friend said, loud enough to be heard all over the waiting room, "Here, Fred ! don't go away till Johnson comes. Attend to the tickets, if any are wanted. I have been bored to death answering questions, and I want to finish this book before the l>oss gets around. The new-comer quietly hung up his hat and coat and went to wait upon some ladies who were standing at the window. A few minutes later the old gentleman asked, somewhat sharply : "What time is the train due, Dub?" "7.35," was the prompt answer. "And what time is it now ?" demanded the same impatient voice that had spoken before. "It is just fifteen minutes past seven," replied the l?oy, cheerfully. I "Ape !" sneered smart Jack. "Why don't you bluir him oft'?" "What is your name?" persisted the old man, stepping up a little closer. "Fred Myers," responded the boy politely. "Is the boss in ?" was the next inquiry, in n much lower tone. I "No, sir; he has gone to breakfast, but [ will be back in a few minutes," was the quiet J answer. "Seeing that your master is not in, can't you give me cut rates to Wheeling? I'll, see that you are not found out." "My master is always in," was the boy's quick reply. Just then, Mr. Johnson, the agent, came ! in ; and addressed the plain-looking stranger | as Mr. Hays, and the hoys both knew that j the superintendent of the railroad had been i talking to them, and before they had recovi ered from their confusion, they heard him i say: "Mr. Knox, your telegraph operator j has beeu appointed to take charge of an of! fiee in the city, and I came down to look | after a suitable boy to take his place here. Remembering the information you gave me sometime ago, I had made up my mind conI cerning whom his successor should be. but i -ifter what I have witnessed this morning, I have come to the conclusion that Pick Morton's kid Jack is entirely too smart for our use, and that it is this hoy, whose master is always in, can be trusted to take charge of I the responsible position." j Smart Jack tried to mutter an excuse for , his impoliteness when he realized what he | had lost, but the indignant superintendent j coolly informed him that his roughness toi ward passengers could not be tolerated, and j that he must seek other employment until j he learned to apply the small courtesies of ! life.?Herald and Presbyter. WITH THY MIGHT. ! Who arc the boys that succeed in the I world ? This, my young friend, is a very I important question for you to answer. Shall I answer it for you ? As you and I are ! sirnmrprs. let me sav that I have had thou 1 ? 1 ?* sands of boys under my rare as a teacher, and that I know who succeeded in all the noble walks of life. I have watched these successful boys in the school-room, in the store, in i the college, on the farm?everywhere. One trait of character is possessed by all I of them in a greater or less degree, viz: they bring all the powers of their mind to the task until it is mastered. They do not allow their minds to wander of!*, now upon this I subject, and then upon that; but with an 1 iron will and an unconquerable determination, they give the task to be performed, ! whether of the head or the hand, undivided and close attention till the work is done. This power of concentration is the secret of ! one scholar's success over another in the same class. How you study is of greater importance than what or how much you study. I have in my mind now several of my old scholars who are eminent as lawyers, physi| cians, ministers of the gospel, civil engineers, j builders, merchants and farmers, all of whom i were noted in school for their undivided and close attention to whatever had to be done, either at the desk in preparing their lessons, | or in the class-room at recitation. I I remember one of these boys in particular, although it is nearly thirty years since he was a student in my school. I can see him now at my desk, working at a dilficult problem in algebra or arithmetic, or trying to translate a sentence in Latin or Greek. It mattered not what the study was, he always entered upon it with the same resolute determination to master it in the least possible : time. He seemed to bring his whole body, as well as al l the powers of his mind, to the accomplishing of his task, i Now lie would extend one leg, and then the other: now run his linger through his hair, and then perhaps twist his nose, his eyes meanwhile intently iixed upon his book, and he saw nothing, heard nothing, until that lesson was thoroughly prepared. He never failed at recitation. That boy has l i* nl* llw? iniwt iiumn. OUCH lUI'HUVtTUI JIUl.i Ulil. ui iiiv ...v.v ! inent judges in this country, and one of the 1 governors of New Jersey.?The Pearl. Girls Who Makk Poor Wivhs.?I never ! see a petted, pampered girl who is yielded to , in every whim by servants and parents, that j I do not sigh with pity for the man who will i some day he her husband. It is the wori shiped daughter, who has been taught that her whims and wishes are supreme in a household, that makes marriage a failure all her life. She has had her way in things great and small; and when she desires dress! es. pleasures and journeys that were beyond the family purse, she eariied the day with tears and sulks, or posing as a martyr. The , parents sutler and saerilice for her sake, hoping finally to see her well married. They earefully hide her faults from her suitors : who seek her hand, and she is ever ready with smiles and allurements to win the hearts of men, and the average man is as blind to the faults of a pretty girl as the newly-hatched bird is blind to the worms upon the trees about him. lie thinks her ! little pettish ways are mere girlish moods; but when she becomes his wife and reveals her sellish and cruel nature he is grieved and hurt to think fate has been so unkind to him. ;?Klla Wheeler Wilcox, in Ladies' Home Journal. Makixu Amknds. Never be ashamed to apologize when you have done wrong in domestic affairs. Let that be a law of your life. The best thing I oyer heard of my : grandfather, whom I never saw, was this : | That once having unrighteously rebuked one of his children, he himself having lost his ; patience and perhaps having been misinformed of the child's doings, found out his mistake, ami in the evening of the same day gathered all of his family together and said : "Now I have one explanation to make, and one thing to say. Thomas, this morning I rebuked you in the presence of the family, and now I ask your forgiveness in their presence." It must have taken some courage to do that. It was right. Never be ashamed to apologize. &AKIN13 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A rrenm of tartar baking powder. Highest of all In leavening Rtrength.?l'. H. (tovenrment Report, Aug. 17, lKtfi). . , Febrvaryij ? *> ' j I I I . ' I i ills /laoed In Soot be m Homes sine* UW-Twontjr rears' stoceezful bnsinosn-salesoTer Wlx Million Hollow snd yearly increasing. Why f, Because the Country a flooded with CUemit Interior Instruments, built TO SELL-NOT TO USE and the public has found out that WE DON'T SELL THAT KIND Oar Instruments lead the world. Our Prices. 1.K88 than factories. Terms, Eldest. Methods. Fairest. Inducements, greatest, and %ve |my (relent. Vfrlte for Free Catalogues and Circulars erpl: inmg fully?all iu plain print. ISacy to bny from r:? II UDDEN&BATEO L Southern Mufliic House, U ,m SAVANNAH, CA. I I ???????? "CAROLINA BUGGY COMPANY, Manufacturers of Fine Vehicles, YOKkVllMJ:, s. c. B|JY THE "CAItOL!" twi:\tv cunts for cotton. WK art' wiling WAIJONS cheaper than ever ottered before. It does not take a pound more cotton to buy a Wagon now than when you received 20 cents per pound for your cotton, j Come and see us. You cannot leave without buying ifprice isanv inducement. We havejust received a ('Alt LOAD OF T11K CKLKKKATKI) TENNESSEE AND old) HICKOKY i WACJONN. ! FIVE lll'NDKKD THOl'SAND FEET OF ' W1IITK OAK. HICKOKY AND ASM LFMi HER WANTED. Call and (jet prices and dimensions. If you owe us either on note or ac' count, pay up. CAROLINA KCOOY COMPANY. Children Cry for DITCHER'S Castoria " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it us superior to any prescriptiou known to me." II. A. Archkk, M. I>., Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. x "I use Castoria in my practice, and find it specially adapted t?aiTectlons of children." Alex. Robertson, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge I can say that Castoria is a most excellent medicine for children." Bit. G. C. Osooon. Lowell, Mass. Caatoria promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverisliness. Titus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic properly. December 2."! fd ly tn Dec. 2d, MM MERCHANTS, HOTEL, BLACKSBURG, S. C. j TJTA HLKJs set with the best the season nllbnls. * Neat and comfortable rooms. i Polite attention to guests. Porters meet till trains. I Ladies to ami from east and west-bound night trains are assured eourleous attention. I Kates reasonable. .). W. THOMPSON, Proprietor. THE YORKVILL IS PRINTE P.RAN^TnN IMF viinnv i w i PVRCHA! DODSON'S PRINTER ATLANr All Kinds Printing: Material and Lowest February 25 The Best Bargain Ever Off< A $45- SEWING I, INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUHS< WE have made>such arrangements as enable i otter the CHICAGO SINGER SEWING J CHINKS at lower rates than ever before for a Gt MACHINE, and we otter our readers theadvan of the unprecedented bargains. This Muchine is made after the latest models of Singer Machines, and is a perfect facsimile in shape namentation and appearance. All the parts are n to gauge exactly the same as the Singer, and are < structed of precisely the same materials. The utmost care is exercised in the selection of materials used, and only the very best quality is ] chased. Each Machine is thoroughly well made ai fitted with the utmost nicety and exactness, and no chine is permitted by the inspector to go out or shops until it has been fully tested and proved t< perfect work, and run light and without noise. THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE hasai important improvonient in a Loose Balance Whee constructed as to permit winding bobbins without moving the work from the Machine. The Loose balance Wheel is actuated by a ? lwlt passing through a collar securely pinned to shaft outside of tliebalance wheel, which l>olt is lir held to position by u strong spiral spring. When a enough to release the balance wheel, and turned slij pin until the bobbin is tilled. Where the Machine can be left out of the wheel when not in use, so thn The thread eyelet and the needle clamp are mad convenience. Each Machine Is Furnished Wil 1 Foot Hcmmer, 0 Hemmers, all different i 1 Gauge, 1 Tucker, 1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread Cutter, 1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil, The driving wheel of this Machine is admitted t venicnt of any. The Machine is self-threading, h: made of the best material, with the wearing parts has veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawers warrant every Macliine for five years. This valuable Sewing Machine is GIVEN AS 1 to THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER at$1.75eac each, and $8.00 additional. Price, including one year's subscription to THE Our price?$10.00?is for the Machine well crated all attachments and accessories. The Machine w i-- J ...:n i,? maker, as me case may ue, mm mu m-i^m. ? n. ,JV The inanufacturers write us that the freight to an (live name of freight station if different from post THE CORI Is the Best Farming Im NO OTHER IMPLEMENT WILL DO j Right Now Is Tli THERE is no doubt of the fact that no farming ; implement has ever been offered to the farm- i ing world that has given such universal satisfac-! tion as the COR BIN DISK HARROW. It is i used in every State and Territory and is heartily | and enthusiastically endorsed by every farmer: who has ever used it, and they are numbered by j thousands. Practical fanners everywhere agree .....nvniMV >1... ! that it is, WlTMtJi i fiAi r.r i iv | lliu lliunv | profitable implement for cultivating the soil and | putting in grain yet invented. It increases the i crops, saves time and saves lalior. The Harniw is inaile of tirst-class material; throughout, and with proper care will do good i work for fifteen or twenty years, and will pay | for itself a dozen times over. The wheels or disks j i are made of the very heslof steel, and will neither break, tiend or crumble. The disks are not af-J I lected to any appreciable extent by narks, and i I the Harrow will do good work on all kinds ofj I land. I The following are some of the points of supei riority possessed by the t'orbin Harrow : 1. It is the only I)isk Harrow that is perfectly ; j flexible (i. e. one that will adapt itself to uneven ! surfaces). j '2. It is the only Ilarmw in which the gangs are i I independent of each other?either can lit or fol; low an inequality without disturbing the other, j I .'1. It is the only Harrow having chilled boxes j and anti-friction balls. 4. It is the only Harrow that has u successful, Seeder Attachment. 5. It is the only combined Harrow and Seeder that covers every kernel of gniin in rows like a drill. * . I (!. The forbid is uncquulcd for lightness of dntft and power as a pulverizer. ; ! GARRY IRON RO< Manufactures all kinds of IKON HOOFING, ClilMCKIl AND CUKKt'tiATKD HIDING, Iron Shingle, EBhB KIKE PROOF noons, HHl'TTEKS, AC., TiWWgf "l"~" THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS () ji-ir- Orders received by L. M. (ill 1ST. | LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. ! I WOULD respectfully announce to my old friends and the traveling public that I have returned to Yorkville, and in the future will give i inv personal attention to the LIVKRY AND | FKKD STARLKS so long conducted by me. j Determined to merit public patronage, I hope to receive a share of the same. MY OMNIBUS Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers to all departing trains, or from the trains to any j part of town. FOR FUNERALS. ! I have an elegant IIKAHSK and also a CI.AR! KNCK t'OAl'H which will be sent to any part of the county at short notice. Prices reasonable. Buggies and other Vehicles On hand for sale, bargains in cither new or second-hand vehicles. HAVE YOUR HORSES FED ; : I At the Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables where , they will receive the best attention. F. K. SMITH. PI IOTOG R A PI I G A LLER Y. Thoroughly fitted lip with now backgrounds, accessories, Ac., and with a fine sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture In any style of the art, as well executed as can lie done j elsewhere. CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. Ily tin1 tlry plate process I can take them instantly ; makes tin t inference about lair or cloudy : weather. 1 do all my own printing and finishing, and there is very little delay in delivery. EN LA KG El) WOKK. Pictures copied and enlarged and finished in the highest style to he had, and priees retisonahle. tiive me a call and see specimens of work, tit inv Oallcrv on West Liberty street, near the jail. ' j. it. sriiomi. I'NDKKTAkl.Xi, IAM handling a liest class line of COFFINS AND OASKKTS which 1 will sell at the very lowest priees. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture tit reasonable prices. .1. Fit. .1 FIT Kit VS. PROTECT ff From injury by the "Fly" by top-dressing w it h (EKEALITE. < Hie bag per acre will largely increase the yield of grain and straw. HOYkIN, ('AIOIF.lt it CO.. HaltIniorc. .Mil. ! November l'J ^il I .'St .E ENQUIRER I 1) ON A I 'ROVED !ff; BED OF ; ,S' SUPPLY DEPOT,1 DAl, GA. [ Machinery at Manufacturers' Prices. 3 tf 3red in Sewing Machines, iCHINE FOR $16-, JHIPTION TOTHE ENQUIRER. i inly bobbin is to be wound, the bolt is pulled out far jhtly to the right or left, where it la held by a stopis liable to be meddled with by children, the bolt t the Machine cannot be operated by the treadle, le SELF-THREADING, which is a very great tli the Following Attachments: vjdths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot Ruffler, 1 Wrench, 1 Gauge Screw, 1 ('heck Spring, 1 Hinder, 1 Instruction Hook, 5 Robbins. o be the simplest, easiest running and most conns the very nest tension and thread liberator, is hardened, 'and ia finished in a superior style. It and a center awing dniwer. The manufacturers V PREMIUM FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers h; or for THIRTY yearly subscribers at 91.75 YORKVILLE ENQUIRER, $16.00. , and delivered on board the cars in Chicago, with ill be shipped direct to the subscriber or clubpaid by tne person who receives the Machine, y point in this section will average al>out 91.50. office address. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. 31N HARROW mlainciit, in the World. 'r ? V8 GREAT A VARIETY OF WORK. ie Time To Buy. The Harrow With Seeder Attachment. Every Corbin Harrow, whatever the size, is arranged so that a Necder can he attached to it. The Seed Box and its machinery are of the most simple and compact character. All its metal parts are of malleable or refined wrought iron. Its weight is (of the size to lit the No. 7, 12-disk Harrow) about eighty pounds. The Seeder Attachment is removable at pleasure. It locks itself lirmly to the Harrow frame by simply putting it into position. Neither bar, bolt, wedge, key, screw or pin, is used to fasten it. Therefore, no hammer, wrench or other tool is required to attach or detach it. Haifa minute of time will remove and one minute replace it. The Marrow and Seeder combined cost about half as much as a Drill, and is a better t?H>l. It will sow grain as evenly as any drill, cover it better, and place it at any depth in the ground. It is two complete implements in one. It prepares the Held in the best possible manner for seeding and then sows the crop. It sows RED JU'ST PROOF OATS capitally. The St. Lawrence M't'g C'o., who are the manufacturers of the t'orbin Harrow, recommend the No. 7 Harrow jus being best adapted to genend farm work. It is made in two sizes, viz.: 12 disks, 1*> inches in diameter, and D-foot cut, and the other size has 1(1 Id-inch disks and 5-font cut. I keen a few No. 7 12-disk Harrows on hand and can till orders promptly. I am sole agent for the St. Lawrence M'fg C'o. for York, Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster counties, S. ('., and Mecklenburg county, N. O. I am prepared to quote unusually low prices and liberal terms. Call on or write to me at once. SAM M. (JRIST, Yorkville, S. C. 3FING COMPANY, " 11 Cleveland, O. Nend for Circular and Price List No. 7">. F IRON ROOFING IX THE WORLD. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. $'2,(MM) IN COLI). AVERY intelligent lady writes of The Chronicle : "You have undoubtedly the best weekly paper in the State." Our correspondent is very appreciative. Certainly, we can claim truthfully that Tin: Wkkk- J t.v CituoNiei.K is one of the best in the South, j We want ">,000 new subscribers for it this year, j As an inducement; we oiler in premiums?not i in books, sewing machines, furniture, tnelodeons, crockery, jewsharps or plated ware? $2,000 IN GOLD. j For loco subscribers Jduo 00 " ">00 " 200 00 " 4'hi " IliO in) " :uh) " 120 in) jlnl " si) ini 11n) " 40 in) .->0 " 20 ini o-> " 111 ini ^ j.", " ."> ini 10 " :t ini i"> " 1 ini The amount of *2,inn) in gold will be paid out on the above plan, and in like proportion for any number of new subscribers sent in. The Fash Must Accompany All Names. The subscription is only $1 per annum. All subscriptions must lie paid for one year. ('oiunienclngnext week Tim Wkkki.y <'n uoxlei.K will be sixteen pages. It is one of the best and cheapest papers in the South. Sample copies on application will be sent free to any address. No Names Entered Without the Money. Remittances may be made by check, postal money order or by express. Those who purpose to enter the contest for tie* gold premiums are requested to send in the names and money as soon as collected. Their names and amounts will be entered on our books 1 * .........oil ivill lie keiil with Mich ami a nuim ?u < wmo ?. , |k>i*s4>11 \vln? is :i competitor lor the premiums. 'I'llese premiums will remain open until July I. J??|. Ailtlress; TIIK WKKK I,Y ('illtoNICLK, At'OfSTA, (J \. Kelu nary I "i- tf Vou should rcml CccoIp and Puritan. II will charm you. It. K. I IM.KV. J. S. llltlt'K. I IMJA lllilCM, \ttoiim:yh at i,.v\v, Ynrkville. s. A 1.1. business entrusted to us will l?ci>ivcil iV prompt attention. ul-TU'K OIM'OSITK TIIK COt'KT llol'SK. i-'ok sam: oit hi:nt. rpiIK DWKI.I.lNt; llol'SK AND I.OTsitu1 ated near the Three ("s Depot, recently oeeilpied by J. Thomas l.owrv. is KOR SAI.K oil UK NT. The bnildiny; contains six la rye rooms ami a liasemetit. Apply to |? M. o|{|ST. January 21 .'*) tf DO YOU WANT IT? IT is our purpose to make another change in our already very liberal offers to club makers, md we are convinced that the change will meet with the approval of the friends of The Eicjuirkr. It is now little a more than one month until the clubs will close for the present season, ind as an inducement to club makers to put in jome extra good work during that time, we have iecided to offer a special premium to the person who returns and pays for the largest number of mbscribersr EITHER OLD OR NEW, Between this date, FEBRUARY 4, and MARCH ), at 1 p. m. The premium we offer is one FIVE DRAWER IMPROVED8INGERSEW[NG MACHINE. An accurate description of the machine will be found in another column, and the machine is everything that it is represented to be. This premium is offered INDEPENDENT of ill other premiums, and if on the 9th of March it is found that the person who' has returned and paid for the largest number of subscribers be Lweeil HOW una IIUU UUUi, luu? nuu lauiuni uw largest number since our prospectus was issued on the 29th of October, that person will receive, In addition to the Sewing Machine, the first premium of $50 IN CASH. If the person who is entitled to the Machine is found to have returned and paid for the second largest list since October 29, that person will, in addition to the Machine, be entitled to the second premium of ' $30 IN CASH, And if the person who is entitled to the Machine is found to have returned and paid for the third largest list of subscribers since October 29, that person will, in addition to the machine, receive the third premium of $20 IN CASH. If the person who is found to be entitled to the special premftim shall have returned SIXTY or more subscribers since October 29, including those for which he receives this premium, but fails to receive either of the cash premiums, he will be entitled to ANOTHER MACHINE, and if THIRT Y or more to a Machine and a WATCH. It will be seen that club makers run no risk in working for this extra premium. We are satislied that there is still room for effective work along this line, and we trust that club makers will put in the )>est work of the season during the next THIRTY DAYS, and we hope that now workers will enter the field in competition for this premium, as they will be on an equal footing with old club makers, and it is well worth all the effort that will be necessary to secure it. Remember that EITHER OLD OR NEW Subcribers count just the same in competition for this special premium. The Enquirer is furnished to subecrib- i ers in clubs at ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY- 1 FIVE CENTS a year. 1 . Address LEWIS X. GRIST, ' Yorkville, S. C. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE R. R. CO. /"10NDEN8ED Passenger Schedule of the South Carollna Division in effect February 1st, 1891. All trains In the following table are run DAILY, by 75th Meridian tlrae^ ~ GOING SOUTH. | No. 13 | No. 9 | No. 11 Leave New York 12 15 ngt 4 30 pm Leave Philadelphia 3S0am 6 57 pin Leave Baltimore 6 45 am 9 25 pm Leave Washington . 8 30am 11 20pm Leave Richmond ' 1 00 pm 3 15 am Leave Greensboro 8 30pm 10 33am Leave Salisbury 10 45 pm 12 08 pm Arrive at Charlotte 12 20 am 130 pm Leave Charlotte '12 40am 1 45pm Leave Rock HUI 1 30am; 2 42pm Leave Chester 2 07 am 3 23 pm Leave WInnsboro 3 08 am 4 21pm Arrive Columbia 4 40am 5 50pm Leave Columbia 8.55 am 4 50 am 8 10 pm Leave Johnston' s 8-51 am 6 48 am 8 10 pm LeaveTrenton 9.08am 7 05am 8 25pm Leave Granltevllle 9.30 am 7 36 am 8 52 pm Arrive Augusta _ 10.15 am 8 15 am 9 30pm Arrive Macon 12 10pm Arrive Charleston 1105am 94.5pm Arrive Savannah ? 5 55 pm 8 90am OOISO WORTH. | No. 12 | Xo, 10! | Xo. 14 Leave 8a vanuah. 40am ... liCuve Charleston, 7 00am 5 00 pm Leave Macon 3 :10 pm Leave Augusta 10 4.5 am 9 30 pm 0,90 pm Arrive Granltevllle 11 I7am 10 00pm 7.05 pm Arrive Trenton 11 45ain 10 25pm 7,54 pm Arrive Johnston's 11 59 am 10 :18 pm' 8.10 pm Arrive Columbia 1 45 pm 12 15 am 10,20 pm Leave Columbia 2 00 pm 12 20 am Arrive WInnsboro 3 28 pm 1 58 am Arrive Chester 4 32pm, 2 58am Arrive Rock HUI 5 13 pm 3 38am Arrive Charlotte... _... o 10 pm 4 30am Leave Charlotte 0 35 pm, 4 50am Arrive Salisbury 8 00ptn 8 20am A rrtvn I Jrconshoro 10 27 DIU 8 11 am Arrive Richmond 6 00 unv 8 30 pm Arrive Washington 10 2>ain 7 50 pm Arrive Baltimore 12 00pm 11 15pm Arrive Philadelphia 2 20 pm :i OOum Arrive New York 4 50 pm 0 20am Thhouoh Cab Hekvick.?Pullman Buffet Weeping Cars on trains 11 and 12, between Augusta and Washington. Pullman Curs between Greensboro, N. C., and Macon, Ga., via Augusta on trains 9 and 10. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington and Southwestern Vestibuled limited train No. 38 and Vestlbuled train No. :t7. South-bound, connects at Charlotte with S. C. Division No. 9. for Augusta. Jas. L. Tayioh, Gen. Pass. Agt., Washington, D.C. Sol. Hash, Traffic Manager, Richmond. Va. D. Cakdwki.1., Dlv. Puss. Agt., Columbia, 8. C. WMMWkWMii SCHEDULE in effect March 31, 1890. Nos. 52 and 53 run DAILY; Nos, 38 and 39 dgliy, EXCEPT Sunday: GOING 801TTH | No-52 I No, 38 Leave Rutherfordton 9 .55 am Leave Shelby 11 45aui Leave Hlncksburg 12 45pm 8 50am Leave Hickory Grove 1 15pm 9 40an. Leave Sharon 1 30 pm 10 10 am I/cave Yorkvllle 1 45 pm 10 55ath Leave Tirzah 1 50 pm 11 15 am Leave Newport 2 02pm 11 30am Leave Old Point 2 08 pm 11 50 am Leave Rock Hill 2 20pm 12 40 pm Leave I/eslie 2 28 pm 1 00 pm Leave ltoddev's 2 32 pm 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction 2 38pm 2 50 pm Leave Lancaster 3 12 pin 4 30piw Leave Cumdem 4 34 pm 7 30 pm Iamivc Kingville 0 20pin Arrive Columbia 7 05pm GOING NOHTlf. | No, 53 | No, 39 Leave Columbia 9 00am Leave Kingville 9 50am Leave Camden 11 40um 9 OOum Leave J-nncnster, 1 09 pm 1 15pm Leave Catuwba Junction 1 48pm 2 50pm I Leave Roddey's 1 52 pin 3 00 pm Leave Leslie 1 56pm 3 10pm Leave Rook Hill 2 20pm 3 50pm Leave Old Point 2 25 pm 4 00 pm Leave Newport 2 33 pm 4 18 pm Leave Tlrzah * :wpin 4 wpm Leave Yorkvllle 2 50 pm 5 10 pm Leave Sharon :105 pm 5 40 piu Leave Hickory Grove :$ 18pm (1 10pm Leave Blaeksburg :? 45 pm ?55pm Ijeave Shelby 4 57 pm Arrive Hutherfordton <J 45pm John K. Jonks, Geneml Manager, Jllacksbure, s. c. (\ & L. NARROW (iAIKiE RAILROAD. SCHKDCLK of Mail and I *assenger trains from I.euolr, X, to Chester, S. C., and from Chester to hinenster, daily except Sunday, tuking v fleet Kobruu. ry 1, Ml. i s 40am a isnve LKNOIlt Arrive 10 40pm 0 47am HICKORY ? 11 81pm 10 25 tun r. NKWTON L 0 00 pm ! II 15am ?. L1NCOLNTON - 8 l|pjn 11 50am = DALLAS ? 7 21pm 12 14pm * GASTONIA ~ 7 12p|n 12 41pm { CI JIV Kit | li 111 pjil 1 00pin = YoRKVILLK ^ 5 45pm 1 2*1 pin = ...(HTIiUlKSVILLK t 5 25ppi 155 pm] LUH KYSVliiLK 5 04 inn 2 15pm X Arrive ('HKHTRIt Leave ' 1 40pill 3 < 'lM'iuiw ?Hr 4'beNtei' ^ 4 -10pin =. Leave ClihXTKK Arrive ? II 02am 5 12pill ? KNOX'S J '?0 .'Mum I 5 20pin 5 HICHIU'HG ? 10 lOiim 0 O'tjini < FoHT LAWN * !l :t2nili i! 50pin p Arrive LANCASTK.lt Leave 0 OOiiin SOL IIASS, J. L. TAYLOlt, 1>. CARllWKLL, Trallle M'ng'r. (Jen. hiss, Agl. 1>. 1*. A. Columbia, S. f. a he \lovhviUe t^nquircv. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TKHMS or sriWCltlPTION : Single copy for one y?*ar $ '1M? : ( >ii?* copy tor two years <| SO ! For six months, I IH> For three months, SO Two copies for one year, It 541 Ten copies one year, 11 50 ! And an extra copv for a e|ul> of ten, A l>V F,ltTlMF.MF>TN Inserted at one hollar per square for the tlrst insertion, and Fifty t'ents per square for ouch subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied l>y eight lint's of this size type. ,/W~Fontnicls for advertising space for three, six, or twelve mouths will he made on reasonh|e terms. Tributes of Hespect and obituaries will l>e charged for at the rate of ten cents per line, before they will be published, satisfactory arrangements must be made for the payment of the charges. Notices of deaths w ill be inserted gratuitously, and such information is soliefed, . provided the death is ofarecent oeyurrence.