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?wt&0Wtt* ?cjwrtment. SHE WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL ALONE. "How old is that boy, ma'am ?" inquired c the conductor of a South Side suburban railway train the other morning, halting in the i aisle and addressing a well-preserved and self-possessed matron in one of the seats. ^ "I don't know that it makes any difference to you, sir," she answered. . "I only wanted to know?*" "You don't have to feed and clothe him do you ?" "Certainly not, madam, but?" "You ain't taking a government census of 1 this car, are you ?" "Of course not, ma'am; but I reckon I've t got a right to ask you how old that boy is. f I'm the ?" "Yes, you've got the right to ask it, and t I've got the right to answer you. 'Tain't 1 any of your business how old he is." "Why, great Scott, ma'aiii, I'm the con- < ductor of this ?" i "I don't care if you're the president of the road. What's that got to do with your t wanting to know how old he is?" t "It's got this much to do with it. If he's over five years old he'll have to ?" "Over five years old. He's over nine." ' "Then you'll have to pay a fare for him." "Who asked you to carry him tree f" "Why ?" ; "Do I look as if I was a person that would try to beat a railroad out of seven cents ?" "Certainly not, madam, but?" I "Then what have you been raising all this * fbss about?" "I haven't been?" < "I'll leave it to the other passengers if you t haven't. You've been asking impudent questions and making insinuations, and act- j ing as if you thought folks were all thieves." i Everybody in the car was looking at her by this time, but she kept right on: ] . "And you've waked up the wrong passen- , ger this time. I haven't anybody to travel with me but this boy, but I can get along all ? right. I don't need any assistance from any j one, and don't you forget it. Here's a tenride ticket. Punch out a ride for me and one for him, and if you see us on your train { again, don't go to asking people's ages and 1 making remarks. That's all!" "Yes, ma'am," gasped the conductor, ' meekly punching two rides out of the ticket 1 and passing on to the next car, utterly crushed.-?Exchange. Seeing and Knowing.?An eminent lord ' chief justice, who was trying a right of way ( case, had before him a witness?an old farm- ] er?who was proceeding to tell the jury that ( he had "knowed the path for sixty yeer, and my feythertould I as he heerd my grandfather zay"? "Stop!" said the judge, "we can't have 1 any hearsay evidence here." J "Not!" exclaimed Farmer Giles. "Then how dost thou know who thy feyther was ( 'cept by hearsay ?" f After the laughter had subsided the judge i said: "In courts of law we can only be guided by what you have seen with your 1 eyes, and nothing more or less." i "Oh, that be blowed for a tale!" replied t the farmer. "I ha' got a bile on the back of my neck and I never seed 'un, but I be pre- j pared to swear that he's there, dang 'un !" j This second triumph on the part of the \ witness set in a torrent of hearsay evidence about the footpath which obtained weight , with the jury, albeit the judge told them it , was not testimony of any value, and the farmer's party won.?Irish Times. At the Telephone.?A Texas farmer entered the office of a Dallas, Tex., merchant , prince, says Sittings, and asked him if he j would like to buy some fresh butter, which j he had brought to town in his wagon. t "I really don't know whether my wife wants any butter just now, but I'll find out," , replied the merchant, and stepping to the , telephone he called up his wife, and had , some conversation on the subject. Then he . turned to the countryman, who had watched the proceedings, and whose face was a study for an artist. "No," said the merchant; "my wife tells me that she has butter enough on hand to j last for some time." "That's all right, cap. You don't need to buy any butter if you don't want to. All 5 you have got to do is to say so, but you J needn't play me for a fool by trying to make . me believe you have got your wife locked up 1 iu that little box. I reckon I have some sense left if I am from the country. You t can't fool me." < { How to Break Bad News.?Farmer ? Jan was walking sadly down the road one day in Holstein, when the village pastor met , him. , "Why so sad, Farmer Jan ?" said the pastor. j "Ah ! I have a very sad errand, pastor," replied Jan. , "Whatis it?" "Father Henrek's cow is dead in my pas- j ture, and I am on my way to tell him." "A very hard task, Jan." "Indeed it is, pastor, but I shall break it to him gently." 1 "How will you do that ?" j "I shall tell him first that it is his mother ' who is dead, and then, having opened the 1 way for the sadder news still, I shall tell him it is not his mother but the cow."?Tid-Bits. 1 I Nothing to Crow About.?Little Ar- 1 thur was visiting his grandmother, who ] owned a large rooster that was possessed of fighting qualities. Arthur went out to feed , the chickens, when the rooster flew at him, , pecking him severely. 5 Arthur beat him off as well as he could and J finally got away and ran to the house. Some time later he was playing on the porch, ^ when all at once the rooster flew upon an ( adjoining fence and crowed lustily. Arthur ( looked up and exclaimed : "You lie, you lie; you didn't lick me, I runned!" ' VaT Old Lady?No use talkin', I used to ' say this higher edication of gals was all fol- < derol; but I see I was wrong. There's my ] grandarter, for instance. She's just a won- i der. i Friend?I understand she graduated with high honore. < Old Lady?Yes, graduated, and she kin i do what neither her mother nor me could i ever hope to do if our lives depended on it. 1 Friend?Indeed ! And what is that ? 1 Old Lady?She kin tell the time a train i? goin' to start by lookin' at a railway guide. ( fiST A Dutchman went about selling a prep- j aration for poisoning a certain kind of trou- , blesome insect. "You take de insec mit de finger an de dumb of von handt," said the peddler, "an den mit de odder handt you put de pizen ( in his mout." j "But," said the farmer, "if you've got to 1 catch and hold them that way, why cau't j you smash em and done with it?" ' "Veil," said the Dutchman, "dot's a good 1 vay too." ? ? i Bright Prospects.?"Doctor, how am I < coming on? Do you think there is any ] hope ?" said a very sick man to Dr. Blister. ( "Your chances are the best in the world. g The statistics show that one person in ten i recovers," replied the doctor. "Then there is not much hope for me!" f "Oh, yes there is. You are the tenth case | g that I have treated and the other nine are " dead. I don't see how you can help getting * well if the statistics are to be relied on." r t@F A Harlem lady had in her employ an * excellent girl who had one fault. Her face was always in a smudge. Mrs. tried to c tell her to wash her face without offending I her, and at last resorted to strategy. "Do u you know, Bridget," she remarked in a con- r fidcntial manner, "it is said that if you wash 1 the face every day in hot soapy water, it ? will make you beautiful." "Will it now ?" answered the wily Bridget. "Sure it's a c wonder you uivver tried it yourself, ma'am." I ? ? a I?" "How's this? You said you intended \ to propose to Miss Clamwhooper this even- t ing, and here you are back before 9 o'clock, g She surely didn't refuse you ?" "No-o, I i didn't propose. I concluded to postpone the question." "Now, see here, John, if you 0 don't get that girl, it's your own fault. The jidea of being such a coward?you, who have \ bravely walked up to the cannon's mouth !" ^ "Y-e-s, but the cannon hadn't been eating j, onions."?Texas Sittings. 1, |^*"My darling," she murmured, "you v know that I love you. Is not this enougli or the present ? Be assured that I will set t; a day for our wedding as soon as it is possi- tl ble." It "That's all right, Miranda," doggedly n replied the young man, "but I hope you will tl remember that I've got to be married in this a dress suit, and it won't last forever." v Wagside (Oatlieviuiio. There are 5,000 Japanese in San Frau:isco. 86T* When a man is too busy to laugh he I leeds a good vacation, iritis only in the world of dreams that ve have the rainbow without the storm. J?* But one thunder-storm has been witlessed in Arizona during fourteen years. VST London, in monetary value, is worth wo and one-half times as much as Paris. I?- The man who really intends to "drown lis sorrow in drink" should jump overboard. 4?" From the American aloe tree is made hread, ropes, cables, paper, clothing, sugar, md brandy. I?" In proportion to its size England has Mght times as many miles of railways as the United States. 9$T Professor Nothnagel, the Austrain xiurt physician, traces the grip back to the linth ceutury. IST" Every man knows best when he plays he knave; his ueighbors know best when le plays the fool. J?" The world consumes 3,000,000,000 lounds of paper a year, and it is supplied by 1,500 paper mills. I?" There are 4,200 men hard at work on he fourteen buildings going up' on the i-Vorld's Fair grounds. I?" Two railroad cars are now being competed in California which were made from he trunk of one tree. mL. ? -1"" Ko llCOf) .if f.hft HpHl' IV 1 lie lire-?uin.a lu uv , ?tion of the World's Fair building next Ocober will cost $26,000. S6^ In certain parts of Russia people who ire hungry are forbidden by law from being so indiscreet as to say so. #6T" English locomotives have neither bells, deadlights nor cowcathers. Warning is giv;n by the shrillest of whistles. J^"The gauge of the Roman chariots, 2,000 years ago was 4 feet 8J inches?same is standard railroad gauge of today. There is in Buffalo, one line of street jars on which a car crosses fifty-four rail-oad tracks in making one round trip. iSTThereisa boy in Portland, Me., who ias only one arm, but two hands. The right hand grows directly from the shoulder. I?* An authority on such matters states that the United States have lost more men n war since 1776 than any nation in Europe. I?-It is only necessary to grow old to become more indulgent. I see no fault comnitted that I have not committed myself.? jloethe. 86T* The Italians invented the term influenza in the seventeenth century, and attributed the disease to the influence of certain planets. ?ajr~ A Minneapolis man asked the courts )f that city to grant him an injunction restraining an objectionable man from courtng his sister. VST In 1821 Pennsylvania started with one odge of Odd Fellows, and five members. It low has over 100,000 members, and more ;han 1,000 lodges. W3T The St. Lawrence river is the only absolutely floodless river iu the world. Its greatest variation, caused by drought or rain, lever exceeds a foot. fSTThe space devoted to the Chicago World's Fair is 660 acres, Philadelphia has 236, and Paris 143. The buildings will cover 140 acres, and the cost of equipment will be ?14,000,000. It is reported that the plains of Tulare county, Cal., are covered with bald-headed ack-rabbits, parties having scalped the poor hnmitv nnd afterward turned JCOOIO IV* VUV v..... hem loose again. 6P" Fogg says that in his courting days he tsed to think that Samantha's mouth was nade only for kissing. Since he was marked he has found out that that mouth is capable of other things. "I see you advertising again for a runiway dog. This is the third time in a single nonth." "Yes, bother it! Since my daughter has begun taking music lessons I can't ceep a dog in the house." A man does his cohtin' in privit and j'clusion, Moses, jes' like a boy goes behin' tie woodshed to suck his orange. 'Tain't case he's shamed ob it, but case he wants ,t all to hisself.?Puck. "Is it true, Shykes, that you are going to marry your typewriter ?" "Y ?, it's true, Grlizzard. I was paying her as hi ;h a salary is I could afford. She wanted more, and something had to be done." A new parasite has been discovered which infests paper money, and is found nowhere else. It is invisible to the unassisted ;ye, does not attach itself to persons, but nultiplies at a rapid rate. jSTIn Samoa the king's adviser lives in a landsome house and cthe king in a shed ilongside. The adviser receives a salary of ?5,000 a year and the king $840. The chief >f police even gets $1,800 a year. J6T" There is said to be a stone in Texas ibout twenty feet in diamter with such wonlerful magnetic power that it will draw a ,ommar. a emu t.n itA surface. even when J (lUiUi V. A V* %m wv> ?? ?v ? . J - placed fifteen feet away on the ground. IST In Vienna there is a club of rich men pledged to marry poor girls. If a member uarries a rich girl he ia fined $2,000, the Boney being presented to some worthy impecunious couple engaged to be married. Ifly Suitor?Sir, you are undoubtedly aware ff the object of my visit? Father?I believe you desire to make my daughter happy. Do you really mean it? Suitor?Unquestionably. Father?Well, don't marry her then. BaT Husband?If you only had the ability to cook as mother used to I would be happy, Jear. Wife?And if you only had the ability to make money enough to buy things to cook is your father used to, I, too, would be happy, dear. ffiy Johnny?Where are you going? Tommy?Home. Don't you hear maw a ;allin' me? "That's nothin'. She called you two or three times before." "Yes, but ihe's out at the peach tree now cuttin' off in ultimatum." |6T* The Greeks observe Monday, the Persians Tuesday, the Assyrians Wednesday, the Egyptains Thursday, the Turks Friday, the Jews Saturday, the Christians Sunday, thus there is a perpetual Sabbath being celebrated on earth.?Baltimore American. SOT The mints of the United States are at die following places; Boise City, Ida.; Carson City, Nev.; Charlotte, N. C.; Denver, :ol.; Helena, Mou.; New Orleans, New i'ork, Philadelphia aud San Francisco. Most of the coining is done in Philadelphia. It is given out that, as a means of deceasing the over supply of cotton, a large lumber of planters in Mississippi, besides esseniug their usual acreage, will plant only the long staple variety. This makes a smaler yield but commands a better price on the narkets. ISF" One good way to keep things moving md to lessen the talk of hard times is for svery man to pay his debts so far as possible 3e honest in the matter, and don't say you cannot pay when you have not tried to do >o. You pay and somebody else will there>y he enabled to pay. 86T" "Well, Johnny, what are you thankful or?" asKea tne invueu guest. -inuiuiu aid the boy. "I ain't had any luck this rear. Only had one cold all the fall, 'n that vasu't bad enough to keep me out of school nore'n a day. My chum's had mumps 'n las been out three weeks." 86?* A man in New York city has started >ut to tell impromptu stories at children's >arties. He engages to tell as many stories is the children may desire. They are to lame a topic and tell wiiat kind of a tale hey wish, and without any previous preparation he will proceed to tell the story. 8?" A Delaware cobbler gave his wife a ertain sum each week for her personal use. le never inquired what she did with it, but iter thirty-nine years of wedded life the rife died, and in the drawer of an antique able the husband found a bag containing ;old, also a roll of green backs, amounting n all to $10,000. fST Surveying parties and hunters who are ibliged to carry their provisions with them j refer oleomargarine to genuine butter. Vhen butter melts by the heat of the sun it j ecomes rancid and unlit for use, but you aay melt oleomargarine a hundred times and j ?t it become solid after (he melting, and it rill be as it was at first. 86?* There is a tract of land in Levy couny, Fla., in which three holes have been dug! hirty feet apart, and each excavation has lid bare parts of the skeleton of a huge anilal. The diggers take it for granted that lie bones all belong to the same creature, nd are wondering what sort of a beast it was rhose remains underlie tiie county. ^Hi.srrUanron.5 ifcadittij. Hopton's Compromise.?There is a familiar story, said to have its basis 011 truth, which tells of an impecunious debtor, upon whom persistent dunning had not the slightest effect. As a last resort the creditor sought a personal interview, and in consideration of prompt payment offered to throw off half the debt." "Very well," assented the debtor, "and not to be outdone in generosity, I'll throw off the other half!" This absurdity is equalled if not surpassed, by a tale from Georgia. Near a town in the southern part of the State lived Mr. Branscombe, a wealthy fruitgrower, who was embroiled in a perpetual feud with a poor trucker named Hopton. The feud was based on Hopton's hog, which committed havoc in Branscombe's garden, and Branscombe finally shot the animal. War was at once declared by Hopton, not against Branscombe personally, but against all his belongings. He tore down fences, wrung the necks of chickens, smeared Branscombe's front steps with paint, and continued this petty persecution until the fruit-grower was exasperated beyond endurance. He set a watch on Hopton, and finally caught him in the act of pouring turpentine into the pump. The next day Branscombe swore out a warrant for Hopton's arrest for malicious mischief, and it was served that afternoon. Hopton resisted violently, but finally calmed down, and while on his way to tne office of the justice of the peace expressed a wish to see Mr. Branscombe and settle the whole affair." The constable was an obliging fellow, and acceded to the request. "Kunnel," said Hopton, when brought before Branscombe, "let's compromise this matter." "Very well," assented Branscombe, readily. "During the past six months you have committed damages to the extent of $200. What is your proposition ?" "It's this, Kunnel," drawled Hopton. "You drop this prosecuting me and I'll let ye off."?Youth's Companion. Australia's Pest.?The plague of rabbits in Australia cannot be described without \ seeming exaggeration to those who have not had experience of it. Originally introduced in a colony of about a score of individuals by a squatter near Melbourne, who thought their familiar presence on his station would "remind him of home," they kept the recollection of England so fresh in the minds of pastoralists as to tempt them to very treasonable language concerning her whenever rabbits are iftentioned. The fecundity of the rabbit is amazing, and his invasion of remote districts swift and mysterious. Careful estimates show that under favorable conditions a pair of Australian rabbits will produce six litters a year, averaging five individuals each. As the offspring themselves begin breeding at the age of six months, it is shown that at this rate the orignal pair might be responsible in five years for a progeny of over 20,000,000 ! That the original score which were brought to the country have propagated after some such ratio, no one can doubt who has seen the enormous hordes that now devastate the lands in certain districts. In all hut the remnfor spptinns. however, the rabbits are now fairly under control; one rnbbitcr with a pack of dogs supervises stations where one hundred were employed ten years ago, and with ordinary vigilance the squatters have little to fear. Millions of the animals have been killed by fencing in the water-holes and dams during a dry season, whereby they died of thirst and lay in enormous piles against the obstructions they had frantically and vainly striven to climb, and poisoned grain and fruit have killed myriads moT e. A fortune of ?25,000, offered by the New South Wales government, still awaits the man who can invent some means of general destruction, and the knowledge of this fact has brought to the notice of the various Colonial governments some very original devices.? Scribners' Magazine. What is a Crank ??There seems to be considerable difference of opinion as to the meaning of the term "crank." It has been applied in so many ways, and to so many persons, that it is losing all significance save as a general term of reproach. The newspapers, the other day, called the bombthrower, who lost his own life while attempting to carry out his murderous intent, a "crank." A man, who has spent years of his life and half of his fortuue trying to reform drunkards, repress the liquor traffic and educate children and young persons in the ways of temperance and morality, is called a "crank." A lady who had taken a flat in what was supposed to be a respectable apartment house, and who found some months later, that she had made a serious mistake iu so supposing, complained to the landlord. She demanded the suppression of the nuisance, or that her lease be canceled. He refA /1a until olio tlironlonAfl tn trn X UOtU tv UV fliv.1 u ti in >3UV vttivvtwMvu pw to law about it, when, after a series of abusive letters, in which he repeatedly called her a "crank," he made up his mind that discretion and compliance would be cheaper than a contest in court, and canceled the lease. The man who assassinated a president of i the United States was called a "crank," and the same title was bestowed upon a man who wore his hair falling in long waves over his shoulders, and who professed to cure diseases by the laying-on of hands. One of our modern philosophers says that a crank is the advance-agent of a reform. An eminent physician says a crank is a harmless lunatic?a man whose thoughts and mind are slightly out of gear, and work out of harmony. From all of which it appears that a crank i is a murderer, a Christian philanthropist, a, woman who objects to indecency and drunk-! en debaucheries, an assassin, an eccentric j faith-curist and an insane person. Who can define a crank ? ? A London Slave Market.?It is report- j ed that there exists in the east end of Lon- j don a colony of 25,000 Polish, German and Russian Hebrews, in which a regular slave market is held. Every Sunday, at the hour j of the general market, may be seen in one of the streets a varying number of men of various ages, but always able-bodied, drawn > up iu line against the wall, and in front of; them a man who sells them to purchasers j who have come for the special purpose of1 getting whatever man or number of men that I they may need. Of course a man is not sold j in a fashion clearly agreed upon, but these! men, driven out of Russia, and wandering from place without a home or resources, reach London knowing neither the town nor the language nor any living person. There they become the prey of a man who is an actual slave dealer, lie keeps and feeds them till the day of the sale, when they sign in return for a certain sum given them, a very long engagement as workmen or servants, according to their capacity, in consideration of a certain salary, feeding and lodging. The sum paid for them is two or three pounds sterling, and the wages they arc promised range from fifty to seventy-five cents a week. The contract they are compelled to sign gives their master almost absolute control over them, and brings them into a condition to which actual slavery were a blessed boon.?New Orleans Picayune. A Cat and Doc Story.?Here is a eat) and dog story, for the truth and accuracy of I which the proud inhabitants of the Swiss village where it occurred quite recently are one and all ready to vouch. A troublesome cat in the villiage had been doomed to a watery death, and the children of the owner j had been told to take it in a sack to the river Aar, and there to drown it. The house-dog ; accompanied the party to the execution,1 which was carried out according to parental j instructions. But, much to the surprise of the inmates, a short time after, the cat and dog, both soak-1 ing wet, reappeared together at their own-! er's door. This is what had happened. The j dog, on seeing that the sack containing the 1 cat was thrown into the river, jumped in after it, seized it with its teeth, dragged it to the bank, tore it with his teeth, and restored his friend, the cat, to life and liberty. It goes without saying that the death-warrant of the eat was destroyed after this marvelous es- j capade. Tick Child's Pkaykr.?A little Quaker boy, about six years old, after sitting, like the rest of the congregation, in silence all being afraid to speak first, as he thought, got upon the seat, and folding his arms over his breast, murmured, in a clear, sweet voice, just loud enough to be distinctly heard on the fore seat: "I do wish the Lord would make us gooder, and gooder, and gooder, till there is no bad left." Would a longer j prayer have been more to the purpose ? m jfatm iiiul lircsiac. THE SICK ROOM. The sick-room should he in the quietest part of the house?away from the noise of the streets, the ringing of the door-hell, the voices of family callers, and the operations of the kitchen. It should receive the disinfecting power of sunshine, and yet have the means of lessening or shutting off the light at will. It should contain no more furniture than is necessary. In some cases a single bed is best, because it may be conveniently approached on either side. In other cases a double bed is preferable, in order that the patient may bo moved from one side to the other. A bed with a contrivance for lifting the occupant into a half-sitting posture is often desirable. The room should be capable of the most thorough vcntillation. Pure air is essential to those in health, but vastly more so to the sick. It is of more value than most medicines. Movements about the sick-room should not be unpleasantly suggestive. Noiseless slippers arc less disturbing than tiptoe tread. The tones of the voice and the expression of the face should be quiet, cheerful, and as natural as possible. While the room, except in special cases, should not be darkened, the - i it t LJ.U..1 eyes of the patient snouin De suieiueu noiu direct light. A good uurse is more helpful than the doctor?at least she may treble his efficiency; but she should be emphatically a good one? duly trained, with a natural aptitude for her calling, and in fullest sympathy with the physician. A self-opinionated nurse may more than undo all the doctor's work. One of the most difficult things to manage is, not unfrequently, the matter of visitors. Comparatively few persons can visit the sick without doing more harm than good. Bedridden people and persons confined to their chambers or their homes, by chronic ailments may often be greatly helped by friendly calls, by various little tangible expressions of sympathy, and, in general, by sunshine brought from the outside world, although, even in such cases, wisdom is required. But in the case of the acutely sick, visitors are commonly an evil. As a rule, they remain too long, and weary the patient with untimely talk. It should never be forgotten that one of the main conditions of recovery is complete quiet. The question of the admission of visitors should be left absolutely to the decision of the physician and the good sense of the nurse.?Youth's Companion. How To Plant a Tree.?It is not unusual to hear people say that they cannot un- j derstand why trees die under transplanting, j considering that they give the planting the very best of care. What is considered the best of care is often very bad care, says Meehans's Monthly. It is amazing to see the careful planter on his knees pressing the earth in around the roots with his fingers, for fear of crushing the fibres. It is impossible to get the earth packed around the roots in this way. In nurseries, where it is presumable planting is thoroughly understood, a man stands with a rammer while one is putting in the earth, and hammers the earth in as mougii he was hammering in a post. This packs the earth in more tightly than can he done by either feet or hands. Some are afraid of crushing the roots with this hammering process; but with the pressure all around, the force is directed towards the roots, and not away from them. It is not necessary, however, to go into reasons, as the universal experience of the nursery is in favor of hammering in the earth as represented. This is the essence of good planting, and any other planting is decidedly bad. Trees properly planted need no staking. The fact that a tree needs staking is a proof that- it was not properly planted. Salt for. the Throat.?In these days when diseases of the throat are so universally prevalent, and in so many cases fatal, we feel it our duty to say a word in behalf of a most effectual, if not positive, cure for sore throat. For many years past, indeed we may say for the whole of a life of more than forty years, we have been subject to a dry, hacking cough, which is not only distressing to ourselves but to our friends and those with whom we are brought into business contact. Last fall we were induced to try what virtue there was in common salt. We commenced using it three times a day, morning, noon and night. We dissolved a large tablespoonful of pure table salt in half a tumblerful of water. With this we gargled the throat most thoroughly just before meal time. The result has been that during the entire winter we were not only free from coughs and cold3, but the dry hacking cough had entirely disappeared. We attribute these satisfactory results solely to the use of salt gargle, and most cordially recommend a trial of it to those who are subject to disease of the throat. Many persons who have never tried the salt gargle have the impression that it is unpleasant, but after a few days' use no one who loves a nice, clean mouth and first rate sharpener of the appetite will abandon it.?The Household. The Flavor of Coffee.?Real coffee is a very delicate substance and will readily not only lose its own flavor, but also take up the flavor of other substances. Thus it is quite necessary in shipping coffee to make sure that no other odorous substance is placed near to destroy the flavor of the coffee. The aroma is volatile. Let a quantity of pure ground coffee be exposed to the air for a considerable time and the best of the coffee will go out into the atmosphere. The careful housewife who wishes to make good, pure coffee of fragrant aroma, buys it in the green bean, roasts it herself, keeps it tightly canned after roasting, and grinds it the morning it is used. Coffee so made is a totally different article of consumption from tho great hulk of ground coffee that is sold in the stores. Some time ago an official analysis of some ground coffee exposed for sale disclosed the fact that there was absolutely no coffee in it. ?New York Sun. A Practical Man.?The writer is acquainted with a thoroughly practical man that is an example to all who are apt to treat trifles with indifference. We have so often heard farmers say, "it don't pay to bother with fowls?we have not the time, either, to properly attend to them." Yet this man in question has a large farm, raises grain, vegetables and fruit, and finds ample time to properly care for a large lot of fowls. He says he cannot afford to lie without them. He needs the manure (his best fertilizer); he needs the eggs (always fresh); he needs the meat (always plump and tender). He finds time to cook food for them in winter. He finds time be continually gathering the droppings ; in short, he finds time to properly attend to his birds, and he assures us that his flock of hens pay a better dividend than any ' ' : ?i Crop Oil li1c mini. ne i? Iiiatuim mm knows what he docs."?Iowa Homestead. Smaller Farms Needed.?More is known about restoring fertility than used to he. Commercial manures arc now cheap compared with what they were thirty years ago. They will make clover grow where otherwise this renovating crop would he impossible, llut its has always been the fact, keeping more stock is the best and surest way to restore land to fertility. This will require additional capital, and also greater care and skill. It means that farms must be made smaller and more thoroughly tilled. Most of the farms, even in the Kastern States, are larger than one family can manage successfully. Hy dividing them, the land sustains a larger population, and sustains it better than it could under the old system. It :s, of course, worth more. The localities where this policy is lirst taken up will take the lead in farming prosperity. A Simple Test of a Loo.?The following paragraph has appeared in several of our exchanges. It can be very easily tested, and may prove a valuable "wrinkle" to log buyers : The soundness of a log of timber may be ascertained by placing the ear to one end of it, while another person delivers a succession of sharp blows with a hammer or mallet upon the opposite end, when the continuance of the vibrations will indicate to an experienced ear even the degree of soundness. If only a dull thud meets the car, the listener may be certain that unsoundness exists. ? (? etti \<; It id of Fleas.?A correspondent of the Washington Star, who has been studying the subject of getting rid of (leas, gives this as the result of his investigations : If thoso who are troubled with this insect will place the common adhesive fly paper on the floors of the rooms infested, with a small piece of fresh meat in the center of each sheet, they will find that the fleas will jump towurd the meat and adhere to the paper. I completely rid a badly infested house in two nights by this means. Rjpi "akin6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream ol tartar bnklng powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest U. 8. Government Food Report. i?r> I. 1 mriT T U 1? 11 4<a KIl'HJnUNlJ AfND DAflt iLLiii IV. IV. vu., spui'lf CAROLINA DIVISION, J'A SSEXG EH DEPA HTM EXT. iPIONDENSED Schedule In effect January 17, 1892. Trains run by 75th Meridian time: SOUTH BOUND. ~| No. 9. j No.li". I No. 87* stations. Dally. Dally. Dally. LvNew York 12 longt -1 80pm 4 :10 pm Lv Philadelphia 3 50am 0 57 pm 0 57 pm Lv Baltimore I (1 50am 9 45 pm 9 45 pm Lv Washington..... 11 10am 11 20pm 11 00pm Lv Richmond 3 00 pm 3 20 am 3 20 am Lv Greensboro JO 25pm 10 20am 7 09am Lv Salisbury '12 28am 12 05pm 8 28am Aral Charlotte...... 2 00 am 1 30pm 9 35 am Lv Charlotte ; 2 10am 1 50pm Lv Rock Hill 3 03 am 2 43 pm Lv Chester 3 44 am 3 28 pm Lv Winnsboro 4 40am 4 20 pm' Arat Columbia | (1 07 am 5 50pm Lv Columbia 0 25 am 0 05pm Lv Johnston's 8 12 am 7 53 pm Lv Trenton 8 28 am 8 08 pm Lv Granitevllle ; 8 55am 8 30pm Ar Augusta ' 9 30 am 9 15 pm Ar Charleston 11 20 am 10 05 pm Ar Savannah i 0 30 pm 0 30am NORTH BOUND. I No.10.1 No. 12. | No. 38* "stations. ~ f Dally. Daily, i Dally. Lv Savannah 0 40 pm 8 00 am Lv Charleston, 0 00 pm (J 00am Lv Augusta 7 00 pm 1 00 pm Lv Granitevllle 7 55 pm 1 32 pm Lv Trenton 8 38 pm 2 00 pm Lv Johnston's 8 52 pm 2 13 pm Ar Columbia 10 40 pm 4 00 pm Lv Columbia 10 50 pm 4 10 pm' Lv Winnsboro 12 20am 5 37 pm; Lv Chester 1 21am (I 30 pm Lv Rock Hill 2 03am 8 07pm| Ar Charlotte 3 05 am 9 00 pm Lv Charlotte 7 00 am 9 20 pm 9 20 pm Lv Salisbury 8 37 am 10 35pm 10 34 pm Lv Greensboro 10 30 am 11 38 am 12 00 pm Ar Richmond 5 30 pm 7 40am Ar Washington 9 40 pm 10 25 am 8 38am Ar Baltimore 11 35 pm 12 05 pm 10 08am Ar Philadelphia 3 00 am 2 20 pm 12 35 pm Ar New York 0 20am 4 50 pm 3 20 pm Vestlbuled limited. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. On trains 9 nnd 10 Pullman sleeping ears between Danville, Va., and Augusta, Ga.; and Augusta, Ga., and Greensboro, N. C. On Trains 11 and 12 Pullman Sleeping Cars between Washington and Augusta. Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Washington and Southwestern Vestlbuled limited train No. 38, northbound, and Vestlbuled train No. 37, southbound. For detailed information as to local and through time tables, rates, and Pullman sleeping-car reservation, confer with local agents, or address? Jas. L. Taylor, Gen. Pass. Agt.. Atlanta, Ga. W. A. Turk, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. Dodson, Superintendent, Columbia, H. C. W. II. Green, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Sol. Hass, Truffle Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Februarys 5 tf C. & L. NARROW itfAUOE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mall and Passenger trains from Lenoir, N. C., to Chester, S. C.f and from Chester to Lancaster, dally except Sunday, taking effect January 17,1892. SOUTH HOUND. | No. 11. Leave Lenoir. * 7 15 am Leave Hickory 8 25 am Leave Newton 9 ft! am Arrive at Lincolntou, 9 55 am Leave Llncolnton 10 03 am Leave Dallas 10 50 am Arrive at Gastonla, 11 03am Leave Gastonla ill 08am Ijcave Clover 11 19 am Leave Filbert, [12 07 pm Leave Yorkville 12 22 pm Leave Guthricsvllle 12 -10 pm Leave McConnellsville - 12 55pm Leave Lowrysville 1 13 pm Arrive at Chester t 1 45pm NORTH BOUND. | No. 12. Leave Chester 11 50am Leave Lowrysville 12 20pm Leave McConnellsville 12 37 pm Leave Guthriesville 12 46pm i mi Leave Yorkvuie Leave Filbert, 1 20 pm Leave Clover 1 44 pm Arrive at Gnstonia 2 24 pm Leave Gnstonia 2 45 pm Leave Dallas .*1 08 pm Leave Lincolnlon 3 44 pm Leave Newton 4 40 pm Leave Hickory 5 20 pm Arrive at Lenoir (i .'10pm No. 9. | Cheraw ?fc Chester. | No. 10. 3 45pin Leave CHESTER Arrive .10 43am 4 25pin KNOX'S 10 ft! am 4 47 pinl RICHBURG 1 0 40 am 5 10pin BASCOMVILLE 9 25am 5 33pm' FORT LAWN 9 00am 0 22 pm' Arrive LANCASTER _Leave 8 20am JAS. L. TAYLOR, Gcn.Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. W. A. TURK, Ass't Gen. Pass. Ag't., Charlotte, N. C. J. A. DODSON, Superintendent, Cohimbln, 8. C. W. H. GREEN, General Manager, Atlanta, Ga. SOL HASS, Traffic Manager, Atlanta, Ga. December 23 40 tf ! ["MOTHERS'! | FRIEND" ! i! Young 5 i i | | 1 Makes ChildTirib Easy. | S Shortens Labor, | 5 Lessens Pain, | Endorsed by the Leading Physicians. } j ? Book to "Mother*" mailed TREE. 5 5 BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. d! ATLANTA, GA. j; SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 2 March 25 7 eomly Til 10 STATU OF SOl'TH CAROLINA, York County. 1 "TTITH ERICAS D. A. MATTHEWS lias apI V T plied to nie lor Letters of Adiiiinistration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights ' and credits of 1'. A. J. WALLACE, late oft lie county aforesaid, deceased : j These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all land singular! the kindred and creditors of the ! said deceased, to lie and appear before me, at our next Probate Court for the said county, to lie iiolden at York Court House on WEDNESDAY, THEflTH DAY OK MARCH, IKH2, at 11 o'clock ; A. M., to shew cause, if any, why the said Adj ministration should not ho granted. Given under inv Hand and Seal, this23rd day of ' .1 ^...,,1 | February, in tneyearoi our ijoni um: m... ' eight hundred and ninety-two, and in the I Hitli vearof American Independence, W. II. MeCOKK1,10, Probate .Indue. February 21 s 2t ]PAVILIO]\r HOTEL. KINO STREET, < 'lutrlcHloii, S. < TINS HOl'SE has been reeentlv, NEWLY Fl'KN ISII El> AN!) ItKPAINTED, IS I CENTRALLY LOCATED ON KINO ST., NEXT To THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ROOMS LAROE AND CM EERFl'L. TA15LE EXCELLENT. E. T. OAILLARD. I T.-ir- Rates ^l.AO, $2.<H> and S2.S0 per day. I October 14 .'Hi ly SHAFT!NO AM) 1*11.LEYS FOR SALE. O/A FEET one ineli-and-a-half SIIAFTI NO; .'I Hangers, 14 inches dntp ; 2 Cone Pulleys?one of four speed and the other of three; and two sets of Collars. For Sale at a bargain. ' Apply to L. M. OK 1ST. November 2") 42 tf DO YOU WANT A OOOI) IIOItSF ! 17<OE sale, a Rood RFOOV AND SADDLE 1 HORSE. Apply to L. M.OUIST. February.'! S tf jaltr ^ovhtiUc (Jhtqtiurr. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. , TERMS OF St' 15???< *I{ I D'FION: j Single copy for one year, S> 'i OO , One copy for two years, l! SO j For six months I 00 ' For three months, SO ; Two copies for one year '! SO i Ten copies one year, CJ SO j And an extra copy for a club of ten. A DVEItTlSEAIENTS Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first | insertion, and Fifty Cents per square for each [subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by eight lines of this size type. Contracts for advertising space for three, six, or twelve mouths will be made on reasonable term. FACTS AND FIGURES. " THE statement that the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York furnishes life insurance at less than half the rates charged by the old line life insurance companies, has been repeatedly made in these columns during the past ten months, and scores of newspaper articles from the editorial columns of leading American newspapers?statements that cannot be bought with money?and last, but not least, voluntary and unconditional enderseinents from prominent citzens all over the land, have been laid before the readers of this paper, and now wo propose to give a few facts and figures and defy any man to prove that they are not absolutely correct. The 20 Year "Endowment" Policy. ' Now. in order to make our meaning clear, we will tako first the case of an insurable man or woman of the age of 40 and compare the difference in cost between what the old line companies designate as a "Twenty Year Endowment Policy"?the kind a great many sensible men are deluded into taking?for 310,000, and a "Ten , Year Distribution Policy" in the Mutual Reserve J Fund Life Association for a similar amount. ' We find by reference to the rate table of a leading old line company that their charge per 81.000 of insurance under the "endowment system" is J $>3, or $.>30 for $10,000. By reference to the rates of the Mutual Reserve, we find that its rate is 810.20 per 81,000 or 8102 for $10,000. Wo further find that the annual difference in cost in favor of the Mutual Reserve on $10,000 insurance is $368. Now if you will tako your insurance in the Mutual Resorve and put the difference in cost between it and the old lino company in a stocking or 1"*? rt.ioL wan* 4'cw Furnntv vnnwi Mil y lb III UlU HMJUUU CtKII JHll iui >KVMV J , you will at the end of that time have saved 557,300 in clean cash. And on the other hand, if you will take your $168 and invest it each year at 5 per cent., (is that too high?) at the end of live years your saving and interest will amount to $2,134; at the end of the fifteenth year to $8,338; at the end of the twentieth year, $12,7(59; so it will be seen, the natural investment of the difference of cost would amount to $12,709, or $2,769 more than the face of the endowment policy for which you would have been paying. In case of death at the end of the tenth year, the benefits accruing under the Mutual Reserve plan, to the estate of the deceased, would bo $14,861; should death occur on the twentieth year, the estate would receive $22,- ( 869 as against $10,000 from the level premium company. Now if the theory of chance is taken into con- , sideration and the assured realizes that there are two chances to one that he will not survive the twenty years, should he keep up his insurance, the fallacy of endowment insurance in the light of the facts given is self-apparent. The "Twenty Payment" Policy. We will now take another form of policy that is very popular with a great many who go in without investigating. It is called the "TwentyPayment Life Policy." Wo will use the same age?40?and the same amount?$10,000?as in the first illustration. We find that the rate charged by the old lino companies for this kind of policy is $39.80 per 81,000, or $398 for $10,000. Deduct $162?the Mutual Reserve rate for a $10,000 policy?from $'198 and the result is $236. Should the insured live to the expiration of his twenty years, he would receive from the level premium company a paid up policy of $10,000. The difference of premium in favor of the Mutual Reserve at 5 per cent, would have amounted to $7,915. The interest on $7,915 at 5 per cent, would be $395.75 a year, of which amount $162 would continue to carry the 810,000 policy in the Mutual Reserve and leave a balance of $233.75 annually in addition. In case of death during or after the twentieth year, his estate, in addition to the 810,000 received from the Mutual Reserve, would be worth at least $7,915 more than it would have been had he bought the old line company's "Twenty Jrayment L?iie roney * Is it necessary to carry the illustration any further? Does it look to you as if a man in his rijjht mind, after he knows that he can buy a certain article of exactly the same value as the one he has been buying, at less than half the cost, will continue to buy the high priced article? Another great auvantange of the Mutual Reserve system is that it places insurance that insures, within the reach of persons of moderate means. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association writes policies in any amount from 81,000 to 8:10,000. Its rates range all the way from 813.80 for a person of 25, to 843.08 for a person of (50. J. S. BltlCE, General Agent, Yorkvilie, S. C. C,B?$ * W CO GtUANTO ?MANtJFACTUBED BY? The Vilcoi & Gibbs Goano Co. CHARLESTON, S. C., I jftrYCtrffcn. faMv* November IS 41 4m DOES THIS INTEREST YOU ? o A $45 Se>ving Machine for $16. A $50 Sewing Machine for $18. I A $55 Sewing Machine for $22.50. A $60 Sewing Machine for $23.50. I j ~\TES, wo mean exactly what we say. We are JL in a position to furnish Machines that are I I equal in every particular?style, finish, durabili- I j ty, light running, quality of work or anything I else?to any sewing machine on the market. | The $16 Machine is a Low Arm Singer. | The $18 Machine is a High Arm Singer, j I ! The $22.50 Machine is a High Arm and is | I i (named the Peerless. The $23.50 Machine is a High Arm and is : none other than the celebrated Hartford. We will not attempt to give a detailed deserip-! tion of each machine, hut will simply say that I ! every machine we sell is warranted for FIVE' i years from date ofsale and < i l*AR ANT EE I) TO j GIVE PERFECT SATISFACTION, or money | will he refunded. Ould a dealer or agent who i I charged you 345, $50, 855 or 8<>0 for a machine j i make any fairer offer? Tim Yoiikvillk Ex- , i quinKit will he sent for one year without extra' | charge to every purchaser of a machine of either j style. An illustrated circular giving a full and | ! accurate description of each of the four styles of j machines, and all necessary information, will he j I mailed to anv who mav write for it. A postal I card will bring it. "LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkvillc, S. C. j THE PARISH HOTEL. \ i w 11 EN you come to Yorkvillc, you are in ; | vited to stop at THE PARISH HOTEL. YOU WILL RE ROYALLY TREATED. ! The building is located in the business portion . I of town. The rooms are large and provided ! , with every comfort and convenience. ' Til E TARLES are supplied with THE REST , the season affords, prepared by experienced! | cooks, and served by polite and lively waiters, j LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for commercial i ! men. We study to please. Mrs. C. (L PARISH, Manager, j March 4 4 tf LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. 1 I WOULD respectfully announce to my old! friends and the traveling public that I have; j returned to Yorkvillc, and in the future will give! J inv persona! attention to the LIVERY AND FEED STAPLES so long conducted by me. " * ,unrit mililif II!||l'i)li:t|r(>. f hone to I IM'll'l IIIIIM M ?.w ........ J-? , n- , - - , - - ( receive a share of the same. 31Y 03INII5US Is still on the street, ready to convey passengers ' to all departing trains, or from the trains to any J 1 part of town. j FOR FUNERALS. I I have an elegant HPAUSP and also a CI.AB; PN'CP COACH which will he sent to any part ! of the county at short notice. Prices reasonahle. Buggies and other Vehicles | On hand for side. Bargains in either new or second-hand vehicles. | HAVE YOUR HORSES FED I At the Yorkville I,ivery and Peed Stables where j j they will receive the best attention. | * P.P. SMITH. I). K. KINI.KY. J. S. 11 ItII'K. j I IM.I.V & Hit I CP, ATTOHMOYH AT l.AAV, Yorkville. S. C. i A PL business entrusted to ns will be given j ! Xjl prompt attention. j OPPK'KINTHK BP I I.DI N( i AT TUP BP Alt j OP M. A II. C. STB A I'SS'S STOKP. j j January 7 1 tf J THE YORKVILI FOR : HANDSOMELY PRIMED I THE LOCAL NEWS OF YORK A SPECI NOW IS THE TIME 5100.00 IN CASH PREMIUMS FOR Premiums for Other Clubs of all Sizes Bang thus Rendering it Almost Impossible ENQUIRER Without Being Liberal] ?< is our pleasure therefore, enty-eighth year 1 of itspublicationiwith the issueof JANUARY (J, 1892, and although our mechanical facilities for producing a first class paper have'always been j adequate, we now claim that they are equal to those of any county newspaper in the United: States. It will be the aim of the management in future, as in the past, to publish a lirst-class, high-toned, reliable family newspaper?one suited to the wants of the intelligent and progressive people of York and surrounding counties. The paper will continue to present the samo handsome appearance that has always been one of its leaning attractions. It is now the largest county newspaper in South Carolina that is printed entirely at home. THE ENQUIRER leaving intelligent, trustworthy and wide-awake special correspondents in York and adjoining counties, but {little transpires in which the people generally are interested, that is not promptly made known through its columns. Besides this, it shall continue to be our aim to watch carefully after everything that is calculatcdtto make known to the outside 1 world the business advantages and natural re- j sources possessed by York oounty?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and when we say York county, we do not mean any particular section of it, or any particular class of people; but THE WHOLE COUNTY AND ALL THE PEOPLE. We shall, in addition to local affairs, give such attention to matters inside and outside the State, as is likely to be of interest to our readers and keep them well informed as to what is trans-j nirine in our own and other lands. While the local and general news departments [ of the paper will be carefully looked alter, all the features which have given THE ENQUIRER a distinctive character from the first day of its publication will bo maintained. From time to time it will contain short stories and serial stories from the best writers; every week a column of fun and humor; carefully selected and seasonable articles intended for the benefit the fanner and housewife; articles for the young people, the object of which is to assist them in becoming good men and women and ornaments to society; besides articles, by the publication of which, it is hoped, the nien, women and children who read TIIE ENQUIRER will bo bettor, happier and wiser. To recapitulate: It is our aim to print a hightoned, clean, newsy family paper; one that is RELIABLE, and one whose weekly visits will always be looked forward to with pleasure by its patrons. Terms of Subscription?Postage Free. Single Copy, one year, 82 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 50 One Copy, two years, 3 50 One Copy, six months, 1 00 One Copy, three montns, 50 Ten Copies, one year, 17 50 And one copy, one year, to the person making a club of TEN at $1.75 for each subscriber. Payment is required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. For the three largest clubs of subscribers at f] I vs&fis I ! ! MM The Best Bargain Ever Of A $45- SEWING M INCLUDING DM'! YEAR'S SUBS WE have made such arrangements as enable u CHINES at lower rates than ever before! ers the advantage of the unprecedented bargai This Machine is made after the latest models in shape, ornamentation and appearance. All the Singer, and are constructed of precisely the s The utmost care is exercised in the selection oft is purchased. Each Machine is thoroughly welln ness, and no Machine is permitted by the inspect tested and proved to do perfect work, and run lig THE CHICAGO SINGER MACHINE has ance Wheel, so constructed as to permit windinj Machine. The Loose balance Wheel is actuated by a sol to the shaft outside of the balance wheel, which 1 spring. When a bobbin is to be wound, the bol wheel, and turned slightly to the right or left, w tilled. Where the Machine is liable to be medd the wheel when not in use, so that the Machine cs The thread cycled aim me nceuie ciamp urcniu convenience. Each Machine Is Furnished Wi 1 Foot Ifemmer, li Hemmcrs, all different 1 tiaugo, 1 Tucker, 1 Package of Needles, 1 Thread ('utter, 1 Throat Plate, 1 Oil Can tilled with Oil, Tho driving wheel of this Machine is ailiuitted veuient of any. The Machine is sol f-th reading, I made of the host material, with the wearing parts hits veneered cover, drop-leaf table, 4 end drawer warrant every Macinne for live years. This valuable Sewing Machine is UIVKX AS toTHK YOKKVILLK KNtJl'IKKIt at?1.7ooa each, and $M.(K>additional. Price, including one year's subscription to T111 Our price?Slti.iH)?is ibrthe Machine well eratei all attachments and accessories. The Machine \i maker, as the case may be, and the freight will In The manufacturers write us that the freight to at (live name of freight station if diHeront from pos March IS GAIlltV IlIOA KO Manufactures all kinds of m IKON' KOOI'T\C?, eaimi'kii AM) ColUtriiATKIi SI 1)1 NO, Iron Tile or Shin -,e' iSsPsP? kikk i'ltooK noons, sih'ttkics, THE LAIWKST MAM KA( TI UKHS < ;? ?>* Orders received bv I<. M. OIUST. T March IS iM>r.KT\kiN<;. I AM handling si first class lino of COFFINS AND I'ASKKTS which I will sell sit the very lowest J)rices. Personal sittcntion at sill hours. I sun prepared to repsiirall kinds of Furniture atresisousihle prices. .1. KD JKFFKHYS. .E ENQUIRER 1S92I IN PING BOW PAPER. AND ADJOINING COUNTIES ALTY. TO SUBSCRIBE! llll LARGEST CLUBS. P ? ing from Sixty Down to Five Subscribers, for a Club-Maker to Work for THE ly Eepaid for the Labor Expended. 51.75 for each subscriber, wo offer THREE CASH PREMIUMS, amounting in the aggregate to ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest club, Fifty Dollars. For the second largest club. Thirty Dollars. For the third largest club, Twenty Dollars. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of * 1...4 ?%???? fnll 4r\ aonnra sixty or more names, uui ?u? nw; mm ^.v one of the three Cash premiums, we will give as compensation, one Chicago Singer Sewing Machine, described elsewhere in this paper, or if the person entitled to the Sewing Machine does not want the machine, we will give one Fifty Tooth Evans Steel Frame Smoothing Harrow; or if the Harrow is not wanted, we v/ill give one 11 jewel Elgin Watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face silver case. The retail price of tne watch is 824.00. Either the Sewing Machine, Harrow or Watch will be delivered free of expense for transportation. To every person who may obtain a club of FORTY and less than sixty, but who fails to receive one of the three cash premiums, we will give one 7 jewel Elgin Watch in a Fay's dust proof open face case. This watch usually retails at about 818. To every person who may * obtain a club of THIRTY ana less than forty subscribers, but who may fail to obtain one of the three cash premiums, wo will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one 7 jewel, open faced American Standard Watch in a Fay's dust proof case. This watch would be considered a bargain at 810. [Offer^for clubs of TWENTY and TEN will be found below.] For a club of FIVE and less than ten subscribers, we will give as compensation for securing the names, one 30 Hour Nickel Alarm Clock, worth 81.75. To persons who make up clubs of ten and less than twenty names, we will send THE ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to those who send a club of twenty, and less than thirty names, we will forward THE ENQUIRER ofce year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the United States, the publication to ^ be selected by the person entitled to receive it. The time fixed for completing clubs under the above offers is limited to 1 o'clock p. m., on MONDAY, the 8th day of MARCH, 1892. CONDITIONS. No name will be counted in competition for a premium, and no premium delivered, until the subscription price lias been paid. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same postoffice. Names may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years will bo equivalent to two names for one year each. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us nt 11 fliam 1(16 UXpuiIJW VI liiurw m;uunig vuv*?^? We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the York- ^ ville postoffice. In sending names, write plainly, glvo postoffice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration ot the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will bo credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person can be ascertained at a moment's notice . Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, alter the names nave been en- - -'S tered on our books, to transfer the names to an- ? other elub-ihakers' list. ' The time in which additions may be made to clubs under our propositions will expire on the SECOND MONDAY OP MARCH, 1892, except the offer made with regard to the buggy, whicn expires on the 2nd MONDAY OF FEBRUARYj 1892. Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time, it will not be furnished for less than $2.00 unless new clubs are formed. All loiters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkvlllc, S. C. fered in Sewing Machines. ACHINE FOR $16?, ICKIP1TOX TO THE EN'GUI It ER. s to oiler the CHICAGt) SINGER SEWING M Afor :t GOOD MACHINE,and we oiler our readus. of the Singer Machines, and is a perfect facsimile the parts are made to gauge exactly the same as mine materials. he materials used, and only the very best quality mule and is lUted with the utmost nicety and exactor to go out of the shops until it has been fully lit and without noise. a very important improvement in a Loose Rally bobbins without removing the work from the id bolt passing through a collar securely pinned >olt is firmly held to position by a strong spiral l is pulled out far enough to release the balance here it is held bva stop-pin until the bobbin is lied with by children, the bolt can be left out of mnot be operated hy tlit- treadle. <le SFLF-Tll KKAPINtJ, which isn very prosit tli tlio Following Attachments: " widths, 1 Screw Driver, 1 Foot Rutllcr, 1 Wrench, 1 Ounce Screw* 1 Check Spring, 1 Dinner, 1 Instruction Hook, 5 Dohhins. to lie the simplest, easiest running and most conisis the very host tension sind thread liberator, is i hardened, and is I'm is lied in a superior style. It s and si center swing drawer. The maiiutucturers A I'lIKMII'M FOR SIXTY yearly subscribers eh; or 1'orTIJIRTY yearly suhserihers at J?1.7."i : YORK YILLK F.Ntjr IRF.R, $IU.OO. 1, and delivered on hoard the ears in < 'hicsigo, with ill lie shipped direct to the suhscriher or elubi? psiid hy the person who receives the Machine, ly point in this section will average about $1,A0. t ollice siddn ss. L. M. U R 1ST, Yorkvillc, S. C. tf OFIXi COMPANY, raa I HON OKI-: PAINT Anil Cement, iin,i Price List No. 7f>. IK IUOX IWOFIXti IX THE WOULD. <; tf i:\CHANtii: HANK, Yorkvllle S. C. T. S. JKFFKRYS President. .los. F. WALLACK Vice-President. FRANK A. tllLRHRT, Cashier. , Organized 1, 1KH7. rriHK DANK will receive Deposits, huv and 1. sell Kxchange, make Loans ami do a general Danking Dusiness. The ollicers tender their courteous services to its patrons and the public generally. jr. ft" Danking hours from ! A. M. to 5. P. M. January 7. 1800. -IS tf