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HuNwnius ?epartmeut.! A Metaphysical Combat.?The great! colored preacher of the Baptists is pitted against the Methodist divine. The first says : "De Methodiss, my bruddren, is like de i grasshopper?hoppin', all de time hoppin'? i hop into heaven, hop out, hop into heaven, j hop out. But my bruddren, de Baptiss,; when he get to heaven, he's dar. De Bap- j tiss is like de 'possum. Hunter get after 1 him ; he climb de tree ; he shake de limb,! one foot gone; he shake de limb, anudder , foot gone; he-shake de limb, ebbery foot, gone; but tink you, my bruddren, 'possum falls? You know, my bruddren?you cotch too many?you know 'possum hang on by , tail, and de berry debbil can't shake him off." 1 The Methodv fell below par in the colored , folks' heart until sometime afterward, when this particular belief again had admirers, for the opposition clergy demolished the Baptist 1 as follows: His text was: "My sheep hears my voice ' and I know them, and dey follows me." Then he said : "In de Bible de Christians is de sheep.' He had a heap of Bible in dat j p'int, and he preached a mighty long time, ] and made dat so strong no nigger can't dispute it. Now, my bruddren and sisters, you , all knows you can't get a sheep into de water ( nohow, 'less you cotch him and carries him in." Then Methody had a great and final , triumph. Where Was He At??She was sitting j patiently in the waiting-room at the Central J Union depot, when he came lankily stalking in with a dejected face. "It ain't no use, Lizzy," he said, wearily, "there ain't one of them picters in the whole city. I've been a goin' since nine o'clock this morniu', trapsiu' all over the place; 1 and I'ye been in every bookstore from ' - Clark's down to a dago news-stand, and I've been in every picture store down to a tin- < type gallery on Main street?and if there's > anywhere's else you want me to go to, you'll have to send the police?I'm fagged plum ! out ?" I "It's mighty funny! Mary Spriggins?" ] "Yes, Mary Spriggins said she got hern down here; but I believe Mary Spriggins j yarned about that picter?there wasn't a , single picter dealer in town had even heard f of such a picter as 'Sarah at the Pump.'" "Sarah at the Pump ?" ejaculated the old . lady. "Sarah at the Pump! Josiah," and ( her voice grew as cold as ice in January, . "pick up that band-box and sit down." He sat. ( "Josiah," said she, in a tone like a cross- J cut-saw, "don't you never come to town ( ag'in till you're clear baked through. The picter that I wanted was 'Rebecca at the Well.'" ' m ] Melon Story.?"My grandfather was ' very proud of his melon patch," said the man who was telling the story, "and when * that big melon began to spr ead about he was happy. Well, that melon kept on growing, 1 and finally it became a question of whether they should move the house or cut the J melon. Grandfather thought a great deal ] of that melon, and he didn't like to cut it 1 until it was fully ripe. He thought it over a great deal, and finally decided to move the < house. A dozen men were employed, and i the house was moved. But that melon kept 1 on growing until it became necessary to move the barn or cut the melon. Grand- j father had the barn moved, and then the ( fence. At last the melon was ripe. He de- j termined to have a regular watermelon feast, so he invited the neighbors for miles around. He employed two men with cleavers to cut | molftn At loot, thopvpntfiil rlavflrrivfid. and hundreds of people stood around with j open eyes and mouths. Finally the melon j was cut open, and to the dismay of all it , was found to be hollow. A negro named 11 Sara Johnson was inside. He had tunneled I his way under the melon, cut a hole, and j eaten his way through. There were thoughts j' of lynching him, but he died before the plan i' was carried out." t Altering the Programme.?A young ' masher, walking up and down the platform J of a railway station in Scotland with a com-,1 panion who had come to see him off, observed two handsome girls enter a first-class car- 1 riage. 1 "Look here," he said to his companion, i who did not pay much attention to his dress, "I'll get into the same compartment, and I'll ! tell you what I want you to do. When the < train is about to start, you come up and 1 touch your hat, and say to me, 'My lord, the guns and dogs are in the van.'" I His companion smiled assent, but said he i doubted if he could do it with the proper air < of a nobleman's servant. The masher took his seat with a lordly ] air in the same carriage with the young la- < dies whose interest he wished to excite. The j ( moment arrived and the train began to move, j ( when his companion came up to the carriage j window. ' "Hey, Jock," he shouted, "tell your mais- ' ter to be sure to send the trousers o'mine by j ( Saturday !"?the young masher having to ( reconcile himself as best he could to be re-1' garded as a tailor's apprentice. The Judge's Seal.?In Chittenden's re- j j cent volume of "Reminiscences" appears a :. good story of Judge Harrington, of Vermont, J1 who was famous in his day as the man who never gave up a slave without a title from j the "original proprietor." Technical objec- ' tions did not weigh heavily with the judge, ' as one Daniel Chipmau found in a case of 1 ejectment. Chipman objected to the admission of the deed because it had no seal. s "But your client sold the land, got his pay ' for it, and gave the deed, didn't he?" asked !' Judge Harrington. < "That makes no difference," said Chip- i man; "the deed has no seal and cannot be; admitted." i '< "Mr. Clerk," said the judge, "give me a 1 wafer and a three eDrnered piece of paper." :1 The clerk obeyed, and the judge deliberately made and affixed the seal. j1 "There, Brother Chipman," said the judge, t' "the deed is all right now, and may be put)' in evidence. A man is not going to be |' cheated out of his farm in this court because [ his deed lacks a wafer when there is a whole j1 box of wafers on the clerk's desk." i1 Thk Delights of Hoyhooo.?I'd like to j be a boy again without a woe or care, with freckles scattered on my face and hayseed in j my hair; I'd like to rise at 4 o'clock and do a hundred chores, and saw the wood and feed the hogs and lock the stable doors; and herd the hens and watch the bees, and take the mules to drink, and teach the turkeys! how to swim so that they wouldn't sink : and milk aboijt a hundred cows and bring in wood to ourn, and stand out in the sun all day and churn, and churn, and churn; and wear my brother's cast-oil" clothes and walk four miles to school, and get a licking every ; day for breaking some old rule, and then get home again at night and do the chores once , more and milk the cows and feed the hogs and curry mules galore, and then crawl wearily . upstairs to seek my little bed and bear dad say : "That worthless boy ! He isn't worth his bread!" I'd like to be a boy again; a boy has so much fun ; his life is just a round of mirth from rise to set of sun ; I guess there's nothing pleasanter than closing stable doors, and herding hens, and chasing bees, and doing evening chores, ? A Si,y I)oix;e.?A comic actor who had j been engaged to entertain a family party, proposed, at the conclusion of the perform-1 ance, a little game of his own. Each of the company, himself included, was to stake half a dollar, and the pool would be taken ; by the person who possessed the most of the | articles which he, (the comedian) would in- j quire for. On his assurance that he would | take no mean advantage, but run the same j risk as the rest, all the members of the party consented, and between fifteen and twenty dollars were soon laid upon the table. The! actor added his mark to the pile with a cunning smile, and then said : "Now, which of you ladies and gentlemen have the greatest number of false teeth ?" Deathlike stillness for the space of one minute, then a burst of laughter, both hearty and, in some cases, forced. UI have three," continued the actor. "Who has got more ?" The commedian took the pool. tk&" "Who is dat man Talmage we hear so much about?" asked Flatfoot Jones the other day. "Why, don't you know?" said Brother Snow. "He am de great Brooklyn preacher." "Preacher!" exclaimed Jones. "I thought he war a comic lecturer." "Why. Brudder Flatfoot ?" "Kase dey call him de wit, Talmage." I Itfansule Minings. How to put ii horse on his metal. Sim him. S&T Cleanliness and cholora are never see walking arm-in-arm. SaTl jantern-jawed people can't alwaj throw light on a subject. flSf The proportion of the illiterate anion criminals is as six to one. God sees heroes where the world sec only very common people. fiQT The wise and active conquer dillicultic by daring to attempt them. J?-"Turning over a new leaf is uselef unless you begin a new account upon it. BST There is no such thing as making guilty man happy. He must lose his guilt. SOT When a man drinks like a fish, it i not to be wondered at that his head swims. fiST People are scarce who do not tal more than they should about themselve: BST There are now 20,000 publications i this country, an increase of 125)2 over that c 1892. The fellow who asked for a lock of hi v.n:n ...oo iMfm-mml tli'it. "it f-netsmnnm gll'I 3 IIUll WOO Iinvi 4UV*? .V vw.w ^ hair does." ?a?* Instead of souie one else's name or r< commendation, let your daily life be you cwn endorsement. W3T The Chinese, Japaucse, Malays, Sian: ese, New Zealandcrs, and North America Indians are beardless. JST" Steamers and sailing vessels under th British flag number almost twelve thousand under the United States Hag, 3,297. S&&* Taking the earth all over into consid cration, the amount of rain that falls ou it surface comes to about five feet annually, fi?* A writer calculates that it takes eigh times the strength to go up stairs that is r( quired for the same distance on the level. J6T* The servant who neglects his emploj sr's interest or wastes his time, is a rogu is surely as if he picked his master's pockets ?aT" The Cincinnati Tribune says: "If ou Southern friends wish to get out of th clutches of the money sharks let them rais hogs." B6T There are men who resemble a rock ing-chair in the fact that although they ar constantly on the move they never ge ihead. fifiyit is often evidence of guilt when peo pie become angry at reproof. The innoceu can bear reproof much better than th guilty. Montana is larger than New llamf shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut, New York and Pensylvania pu together. ?aT1 Bicycle-riding does not appear to b conducive to amiability. No sooner does man bestride the wheel than he gets hi hack up. S@?*The Mikado of Japan will send hi eldest son, Yoshi Hoti, to see the Chicag Exposition. The prince is only fourtee years old. ?ST Last year America shipped to Kurop learly a million and a half barrels of af pies. This year's export of Florida orange ivill be remarkably large. fiST* The most costly pipe in the world i jwned by the shah of Persia. It is inlai ivith pearls, diamonds, rubies, and is said t ce actually worth $320,000. ?aT" The base-ball season is once more i mil swing, but there is something of the ni jf a galvanized corpse about the sport. 1 s no longer in its pristine bloom. SST Twenty years ago we were warne igainst the danger of eating before going t ced, and now the best authorities recom mend a light repast before retiring. Be&? The longest lease recorded, exceii dint given to Abraham, was that of th Lynchburg and Danville railroad, whic; kvas recently executed for 999 years. B6T"The old question is up again, whethe ive shall speak of our female friends a ladies, or as women. Well, all ladies ar women, but all women are not ladies. fiST God is readier to approve those \vh trust him without fully understanding hin than he is to approve those who claim to b able to explain all of his hidden purposes. fiST The obituary notice of a much-respecl ed lady concludes with, "Iu her life she wa a pattern worthy to be followed; and he death?oh, how, consoling to her friends." fiSF* Solomon's Temple was 107 feet long ;3G feet broad, and 54 feet high. Thoug deemed a wonder of the world, it was nc larger than many private houses of the time fiST Big heads do not always indicate in tellect. A scientist points out that th Greeks, one of the most intellectual nations were one of the the smallest headed of races fi?"" Sixteen American cities have over tw liundred thousand population. Of thes Cleveland has the largest population of foi sign-born inhabitants; Washington the small est. 6?" In the Austrian army, suicide average 10,000 a year. This does not include foilc ittempts, and it represents 20 per cent, c the general mortality among the Austria soldiers. gtiTThe royal train in which Victoria trav els never exceeds twenty-five miles an hou during the night, the object being to preven tier majesty from being disturbed while sh is asleep. 8fctT It is estimated that there are 400, 300,000 Christians in the world. But larger portion of them so contrive it that th casual observer might think the number ;reat deal smaller. fiSST An English writer says: "From cor mining nothing that was foreign, Knglan lias now turned to everything that is." On lialf of all the food consumed iu Englatr omes from abroad. fifc^f* Mahomet wrote the revelations of th Koran on bits of parchment, blocks of wood md the shoulder-bones of sheep, and thro them pell-mell into a box, where they wer round after his death. fisar" James Basley, a white-haired octogi uarian of Zanesville, Ohio, accidcntlv hi himself on the forehead with a hammer an l...:.. Immmli.itiili- lunr.iii tlll-llill-r lil-wl. 1113 Willi lUIUiVUllilV IJ) l/V^UII until now it is like the raven's wing. 8taT* The Jerusalem artichoke has no cor nection whatever with the holy city of th of Jews. It is a species of sunflower, an nets its name from girasole, one of the sciei tifie names of that genus of plants, fifeis"' The hilt of the sword which congresnave to Lafayette is exhibited at Chioag< The original blade was destroyed in th French Revolution, when Lafayette burie it in a garden for safe keeping, and the ru> injured it. WaT'The legislature of Connecticut, early i 17X4. passed an act that no Negro or midatt child born within that State after the lir? day of March, that year, should be held i servitude longer than until the age pf twei ty-five years. &e&" There are but two men living wh served as members of Mr. Davis's cabine They are John II. Reagan, of Texas, wh was postmaster-general, and George Davi: of North Carolina, who succeeded Watts, n attorney general. SfiTSome are so excessively acute at d? tecting imperfections that they scarcely lit tice excellences. In looking at a peacock train tliVy would lix on every spot whet the feathers were worn or the colors fadet and see nothing else. 8&T Thomas Allen who served under We lingtou in the wars with Napoleon and undt General Scott in the Mexican war, and wh enlisted at the age of 72 for service in tli Civil war, is still alive at the age of 1(1 years in Tyler county, W. Ya. gfey"* "Women must consider it a dreadfi fate to be an old maid," mused Mr. Chu? water. "They do, Josiah," said Mrs. Chu< water. "What terrible sticks they som< times marry to escape it." And Josiah rut bed his chin and said nothing. Doctor?Well, my line little fcllov you have got quite well again ! I was sui that the pills left for you would cure you Did you take them, in water or in cake "Oh, I used them in my pop-gun." fgaOP Bill Nye's income is probably tli largest of any humorist alive, for hcsidt the immense amount lie realizes from his ai nual tours, he has a yearly income from h books of over $20.000?his full income bein estimated at $">0,000. This year's husinci in the West has been enormous. The first currency used in this countr was the Indian wampum. It was made < shells, and consisted of the shells of test act ous fishes a quarter of an inch long and i diamter about one-fourth of an inch, drille so as to he strung on a thread. The heat of a white color rated at half tlie value ( the black or violet, passed as the equivalei of a farthing in transactions between tli Indians and the planters. !|Uisrrllanrou5 llradiitfl. L' 10 WHY IIK MVKS SIM Til. J' MA.JOK JOHN 1". .IONKS (ilVKS .MANY KXCKI - Sl j I.KNT KKASOXS. j ? ? n S [ He I.ikes the Climate for One Thilijf?Then, Too, (;| There are Chances to .Make Money?Both ,r | of 'Which Are (imxl Argument*. |, j Front the Baltimore News. j fji >s ' Matty people who have never been South c< j and wlto know but little of t lie. resources and ! 01 ?s I attractions of that section, will accept the 111 I statements of Northern people now living i 01 ;s in the South when they would be inclined P to question the accuracy of the enthusiastic iSl a praise by native Southerners of their conn |01 try. And so The News has sought to pre-J . sent some facts from those who know the j 1SI South by study rather than by birth. For this j J,1 j reason it secured from Hon. Robert I'. Port !" k I er, the superintendent of the census, a re ! 'j 5-1 view of the Souths progress, as shown b\ n i the last census, and for the same reason il j >f! obtained an interview from Major John F. jCl | Jones, formerly of Springfield, Mass., a civil ic I and mechanical eneineer of note, and later a | f( prominent railroad manager, who has been " living South since 1885. Major Jones re>. signed the vice-presidency and general man- n( r agement of a leading New England road to go South, and for eight years has been prom- 01 L_ inently identified with railroad building and m n the development of the natural resources of the Carolinas. In response to a request to give his rca? sons for locating in the South and his views f0 ' as to the future of that section, he said : pj "I had learned from what I regarded re- w '* liable sources so much of the climate, of the w s | productiveness of the soil, of the variety of hs timber and of the numerous natural resources! w it of Western Carolina, that I made one rather ' w !- hurried trip through that country some j p] years ago, and it prompted me a few months , fa - later to make a more careful examination nl e of the same section. My examination eov- n( i. ered several counties in North and South w Carolina, principally in the section known a, e as the Piedmont belt, which is the country c] c between the high mountain regions and the )0 low coast section. "I endeavored to learn something of p, ' the climate, the quality of the soil and value m . of its products, the variety of valuable timber and its extent, what minerals valuable to ,r< the arts were abundant and how far the mines had been prospected and worked. In C( short, to determine the essentials of the fu-1 C( e ture success of the region?if healthful, if js material for building was abundant, and if the ai J" resources would maintain probably a large a ') population. C( * "I found several localities that promised ? all these things. In some there were lack- p, c ing railroad facilities, but these will be some \* a day supplied, and all will be in time what tl s the New England States have been?a C( densely populated and prosperous country, s "I located at Blacksburg, S. C., because, in e, o my judgment, that region possessed superior w u advantages as to climate and natural re- f,. sources, and the locality was full of promise (p e of future*development. u( "The climate presents the greatest charm, w s the elevation being about 1,000 feet above pj sea level; the atmosphere is dry and pure; a, s droughts are unknown, while the rainfall is w tj entirely sufficient for the successful cultiva- gj 0 tion of crops. The mountain ranges are to g, I the northwest and afford protection from severe storms: cyclones, tornadoes and dis- ri 11 astrous electric storms arc unknown. The rt 1 summers are pleasant, and in winter there a] are but few days of severe cold weather. n Broad river lies to the west of the town d about three miles away, Buffalo to the Cl 0 north, and King's creek to the soutli and " east, furnishing a natural drainage; while w the numerous spriugs insure an abundant j., ?t supply of pure and sparkling water. I e learned, by the way, that for 100 years these h springs have been visited during the summer months by people of the coast and low l' r country because of their celebrity for health- U1 ,s giving, healing medicinal waters, and analy- n e sis proved that there were lythia, manganese, rc sulphur, lime, iron and chalybeate springs, 111 o equaling in strength the most celebrated rt , similar springs of this country. 111 e UEAI.THKl'L, TOO. 111 "Malaria and hay fever, tire unknown, and tr ^ after eight years' residence, I feel warranted P1 in saying that nowhere in the United States w ' can be found a more salubrious or more ^ glorious climate. I say this after eight years' u' residence in that section. The fact is that tr J' the climate of the Piedmont belt of the ^ j South is, in my opinion, the best climate in | the world, and is far from being enervating, " as is supposed by so many Northern people. ('' l" In this section a perfect climate and the ?l1 e purest water to be found anywhere, having " >> its source in the towering mountains of P1 ' Western Carolina, the highest mountains in 0 cast of the ltockies, arc conducive to long life *"e e and to activity rather than enervation. C1 "The soil is fertile and prolific, adapted to I-! grain, hay, vegetables and fruit. It is with- ('j | in the bounds of reason to say that one can V1 s j raise here anything that grows out of doors '* d North or South, Kast or West, except the w if tropical fruits. The soil is largely the waste )v n and wear of what was once a great moun- J.c tain range, the accumulation of valuable .. decomposed pulverized organic matter. It: r | is an established fact that the soil of South j 1 (-Carolina has produced, under proper treat- af c mcnt, the largest crops per acre, even of w j corn, of any State in the Union, a South rt _ J Carolina farmer having received a few years w ^ I ago the prize for the largest yield of corn C( 'e j per acre made in the United States. The m ,x j climate permits of rotation, so that two and w even three crops may often be produced on ai ! the same ground in one season. 'r "Timber in endless variety, both in pine u 1 and hardwoods, are abundant, and are fur- 111 {j' nished in shapes at remarkably low prices j 1 | for building or for manufacturers' use. ai "Buildingstone of good <piality, noticeably .c' j white marble, can be quarried from the side ! 01 | j of the mountain, while large ({uarries ofjs^ | granite?grey, white and mottled?are near- i I by, and also limestone. j111 ' Clay, suitable for brick making, is so j I" abundant that it enables one to build of such I material at such low cost that little reason ju< I exists for use of any other. Fire proof clays -Vl ''; which have been used to make the brick for I linings of local iron furnaces, are abundantc* and of excellent quality, and might be made C( (. the basis of an important industry, as there | c' ( . is a growing demand for such brick, l'ot-. sc ' tery clay is found and also large beds of ka-! . iolin. rj >f>! "Just south of Black slut rg is an outcrop- j **! ping of slate, which would supply a good quality for roofing, but it has never been w ' worked. 01 ! ikon okks. P; I "Before lS<>-"> large iron works were in full J*' II blast?furnaces, foundries, rolling mills, nail . (f' mills, etc.?on the banks of the Broad river, 11 and there are great cinder piles about, which 11 give unmistakable evidence of long years of 11 continued operation. This iron gained a!sc wide reputation and government tests show- (" ? ed it to *be fully equal to the best imported l\: ' j iron for steel. Hematite ore is abundant and ^ ? I recent developments have proved the exis- 7 j tsuiee of very large deposits of a superior IS quality of Bessemer ore, showed by analysis ; t d be equal to Swedish ore, free from sul-11,1 "" phur and phosphorus. These ores are called !* iiard ores, which were not used in the iron I 's | works to a great extent, since the softer ores . i Jarc so abundant and were worked much t>! ' easier. This deposit is of iron ore is of great . importance, not simply to this particular "{locality, but the entire South. Situated on 51 j either bank of a river which has, unusucd, a I " " 12,000 horse-power that can be developed at a cost of not to exceed $!.")(> per horse-pow- ' er in perpetuity, is an iron vein, which by a u : freak of nature has widened out to nearly ^ | 1000 feet, and which geologists and mining w 5* i engineers, who have lately examined it, say '* occurs in such formation as to indicate it goes K' to the deep?in other words, is practically ^ '* inexhaustible. "No engineering difficulties are to be overcome in its mining or in the handling of 1 e water in mines. Close by are deposits of ||: . limestone, with manganese in the same vi-. ul einity. Here are presented the essentials t\ for a development of steel making, which tl ie must prove of immense value to the South, J< audit is within reason to say that Carolina o! may become as noted Ibr its steel making as f" Alahamas has been for iron making. Nature 111 ft has placed there essential minerals so that 11" they will go by gravity from mine to furnace, supplied an abundance of water and holds ei 1 ? > l.- .....i tl y l lie UlUlCYClOpCU WilllT JHIMI-I inmi lino ->f close at hand to l?c harnessed to electric ft motor, concentrators, etc., while two of the 1|] a most important railroad systems of the h (1 South, one hut half a mile away and the e? Is other not to exceed two miles, oiler low >f rales on the product to the markets of the J it world. Numerous other furnaces formerly r< ie- were in blast in this vicinity before the war. ol i hut the lack of railroad facilities forced | pi leni to go out of blast years ago. Now all ] ; changed, and it will some day become a ' reat steel and iron producing centre, whose roducts will rival all others because the ualitv of ore excels any other source of lpply in America. Signs of the old iron lines exist and they can be secured at lodcrate prices. One company has purliased what was formerly the supply lor a ical charcoal furnace and will set up a loomery at Blacksburg, a branch of manu-; icture which has been crowded out in the juiitry owing to the scarcity of suitable re. Blooms are now in demand only when lade of ore that will produce, a high grade f steel. Such blooms sell readily at high ' rices. The amount of capital required in I ich plants is inconsiderable and the margin j F profits more than usual. ' The limestone is the most southernly I ein in the I'nitcd States. The demand for j me south of us on the coast is supplied oni Maine. But the present railroad facilies will enable a local company to reach lis market profitably and lime making will 2come an industry of very considerable loll importance. 1 t 1 ^1 ? l I "Lenient vock, wnicn analysis snows to ue > ]ual in quality to any quarried in thiscoun-i y, and which will make a high grade of i ortland cement, is abundant and located j ?ar the railroad. "Pyrites, largely used in the manufacture " sulphuric acid, has been located on the ountain, and the mining of it promises to i another important industry. A $5,000 NUCCKT. "Gold and silver mines have been worked : r years, but in the crude-way so generally racticed South. The celebrated nugget, hicli sold at the Charlotte mint for $5,000, , as taken from a mine near Blacksburg. It < safe to predict that some day scientists ill determine upon a profitable way by , hieh these refractory ores can be profitay treated, and then because of its railroad cilities Blacksburg, surrounded by these imerous mines, will become the centre of a jw industry, and smelters and reduction orks will be located here. In fact contracts 1 e said to have been made for a plant of this mracter and no one can tell what may fol- < xv it in similar lines. "Corundum and garnets have been ship- ' ;d from here by carloads to be used in , aking sand paper, etc. The veins have i at been located, but surface indications sug- J ;st there must be large bodies of both. "Coal is brought from the mines of adjamt States, and a good quality costs deliver- '> 1 f. o. b. at Blacksburg, $2.55 per ton. Wood ( abundant and charcoul so cheap that coal i id coke are not essential to the success of place when all else is so abundant. The ist is not likely to debur its use, since the harleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad i romises to reach the great coal regions of irginia, West Virginia and Kentucky; and ' lereafter to deliver, for not to exceed $2, a >al of superior quality. "Stock raising has only recently been taki up systematically. For years the country , as pastured as a common, and stock driven om the low country was allowed to range ; uring the season, feeding upon the luxriant mountain grasses. The country is oil .wl.mto.l tr> onoli inrliictl'V TIlP font Cll UU(l|ibCu vv kii4v>< J . ? ills make excellent sheep ranges. Horses id cattle find abundant feed, summer and inter. Lately more attention has been { iveu to improving stock and more hay and ain is fed to stock of this character. "Good markets are near at hand and two lilroad furnish means of transportation and ites are reasonable. Horses and mnles ways command good prices, but sheep using is thought to be the most profitable. "Lands are sold at reasonable prices or m be leased. Nowhere in the United 1 tales can U practical farmer find a place here he can earn greater return for his bor than in this Piedmont region. A THRIVING CITY. "Blucksburg, where I am located, is at le junction of the Richmond and Danville id the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago ulroads?two of the most important rail>ad systems of the South. Roth reach good arkets, and via either rates of freight are sasonably low on lumber, iron ores or manfacturcd goods, also on supplies. This is a ltural centre for a large surrounding counv, rich in natural resources and capable of roducing untold wealth. This was a mere ay stntion when the Three C's was located, has now become a town of about 1.500 pop- i lation and with the development of indusies already assured should have more than j vice as many in twelve months. Already e have one of the best graded schools in the tate. The Baptists, Presbyterians, Metho ists and Episcopalians have good churches, id the business houses are substantial and le character of the trade shows progress and rofit. No failures have ever occurred there 1 i business. One cotton mill is located a w miles out of town that has twice in eased its capacity from the profits of the | jsiness besides paying each year a cash ividend, while several cotton mills in this cinity earned 30 to 40 per cent, last year, cotton mill in town and run by steam ould be a profitable investment, and one in I liicli local capital would join with its proctors, while the site would be donated ee. "An iron fonndary and machine shop of ! Dod character was established three years ;o and has done a good business, and has a ood-working establishment. The railroad ; pair shops employ thirty or more men and 11 ill increase as the line is extended. A | nnpany has organized to build a baryta J ilk Another to construct a reduction I orks for treatment of gold and silver ores, J id have arranged for a supply of ore! om the surrounding country to keep such orks constantly employed. The baryta ines have been worked for twenty years, ately a new company secured these mines id made a thorough investigation by which : icy determined that the deposit is practi- j illy inexhaustible. Since there is a con-1 nntly increasing demand (or the manufac-1 tred article they have arranged to build a i ill at Blacksburg of such capacity as to roduce $(100,000 worth of manufactured >ods per year. Formerly regarded as an lultcrant, baryta has become within a few | pars a valuable and essential element in! le arts. A fertilizer company will build j ctcnsivc works. A tannery now in the | nintry, away from the railroad,J is to | lange its location and will be moved j >on. This is a desirable location for a ouring mill, and potatoes grow soluxuri-j nntly that it would be a profitable place for i le establishment of a starch factory. Wood irning, furniture works, cotton spinning or caving or any works that depend for profit1 n abundant supply of cheap material, low rices for labor and reasonable railroad falities, are what I anticipated could or would i ij located here and led me to make such j i vest meats as I have. ' The truth is that the resources and ntactions of this whole Piedmont belt are > great that I have become an enthusiast n this section and no one who will study it j > 1 have done, and who will live here, ir a few years, can be otherwise than en-1 msiastic when he contrasts the foundations >r great prosperity enjoyed by this section itli the advantages or rather the lack of; ulural advantages of New Kngkiml. JfaT" A New \ork man, with a wife who as her own ways about doing things, catch< her now and then. "My dear," he said,; ic other morning, as he was dressing, "I link you were right when you told me -f ..."..1,1 t I...W. Kiii.irl.i ,.U ill I lw, li??j? IOL lii^iu irn.IV MVlt i/iu^uuo ill luv 1IUUPV. ; Why?'' she asked, nervously. "Because II the money that was in my pockets when went to hed is gone." "Well," she said, ith an I-told-you-so air, "if you had been rave and got up and shot the wretch, you ould have had your money this morning." Possibly, my dear, possibly," he said, gin-1 L-rly, "but I would have been a widower." ; he laughed softly then, and gave half of it' ick to him. 5wT' The horse-power of a whale has heen lade a subject of study by the eminent an- j lomist, .Sir William Turner, of the I'niversi; of Kdinhurg, Scotland, in conjunction with le equally eminent (ilasgow shipbuilder,' jhn Henderson. The size and dimensions | f a great linner, stranded several years ago ii the shore at Longriddy, furnished, the! ecessary data for a comjnitation of the ower necessary to propel it at a speed of ?...li*i? milrx ui.r liniir. This wlmlc nwiiSiircd ghty feet in length, twenty I'eet across at! le (lunges of the tail, and weighed seventyiur tons. To attain a speed of twelve liles per hour it was calculated tlmt one 11 ndrcd and forty-live horse-power was nee-J ;sary. I tyeif" A "real Confederate dinner," served cewtly at a fair in Richmond, Ya., consisted f slapjacks, rye collec, sorghum, Nassau! ark, rice soup and potato pie. J RUl IS11 I' H \ ^AKlN*3 POWDER i Absolutely Pure. a cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all i In leavening strength.?Latest U. S. Government 1 Food ItetKirt. . ItoYAt. Raking Powdkr Co., 100 Wall St., N. Y. ' ....... t ENDORSED BY OLD ENGLAND. : mi... ir..i I I> ............ L1..../I I sr.. 1 ........I ..I 1.... 1 1 lie .'1 II II'JII innrm- i imu iiur;innouiiiiiru Has Met With Great Suet-ess in Circat Britain and Ireland and Its Growth and Popularity Increases as the People Ijcarn Its Plans. THOSE who are interested in life insurance should read the following lines from a well known London publication, and perhaps those who think they arc not interested might derive some benefit, and we know all will be instructed : Kroin The Medical Monthly, London, England. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, which began operations in this country in 18SU, oilers life insurance at cost. This association was established in America in 1881, and conducts its business with an amount of energy and success which is unprecedented in the history of life assurance. It is founded upon the natural premium system?which means an increasing premium from year to year, or as the life gets older. The association, though adopting this system us a principle, applies it, however, by giving life assurance protection at cost, the members having never been called upon to pay moro than the premium originally charged at the age of entry, and these premiums have been about half the usual rates charged by other ordinary companies. Theoretically the natural premium requires an increasing premium every year, but even by adopting an increasing rate from year to year the accumulations would grow to an abnormal extent, because the death rate does not inercasoas indicated by the table. In fact, co-operation and not accumulation has been proven to be the true underlying principle of life assurance. It is admitted by actuaries that the premiums us now fixed are far too high to cover the actual risk, and hence we find there is a tendency to decrease the life assurance premium. Such action is indeed beneficial, not only to the public but to the office itself, and looking at it from a broad basis, as we venture so think it should be, it is doing the nation a service. "Life insurance companies help most of us to provide for our families after we are gone, but if if we have the money to pay for insurance and do not insure, we have no right to expect mercy nt the hands of (Jod in the judgment; we are 1 worse than Tom Paine, worse than Voltaire." i The above is quoted from a sermon preached 1 by the Rev. T. de Witt Talinage in 1887. Al- j though it is strong language, we cannot do better than to act upon it. The Mutual Reserve eer- * tainly enables the poor man to make provision { and gives him a better chance to provide for his family than most companies. There are many advantages in joining an , American company, as the security is as a rule fc better than in Hritish companies, in'the fact that J they are under State supervision of a very rigo- . reus description. The late Lord Sbcrbroke (Robert Lowe), when introducing the Life Association Act of 1870, at that time Chancellor of . the Exchequer, said: ' "In New York there is absolute despotic pow- ? er over the companies of investigating the ac- . counts at all times; the companies are under 1 the absolute and perfect control of oilicers ap- c pointed by the State." That the Mutual Reserve is under good management must l>e accented after the commission- i er's reports, and which have all been confirmed by Messrs. Price, Waterhouse A Co., ofGresbam f street, London. Therefore all wo have to ask ourselves is, can the association go on giving 1 life assurance at cost? And inasmuch as its cost is regulated by the mortality experience, t with a limited amount for expenses, it behooves us to investigate the character of its premiums; * the following (mutation in this respect may lead 1 us unto the rignt direction. "Mortality," says Dr. Southwood Smith, and * wo need no greater authority, "is subject to a law the operation of which is as regular as that 1 of gravitation." While Mr. Babbage, who , looked at the subject more particularly in its J bearing upon life assurance, says, "Nothing is more proverbially uncertain than the duration of human life, when the maxim is applied to an I individual, but there are few things less subject c to fluctuation than the average duration of life in a multitude of individuals." ( The saving of the premium with the system . is under two heads only, viz.: Reserve and 1 Expense. Are reserves necessary? Yes, but not to the extent that the old companies have accumulated them, for although they have paid large bonuses, surrender values, endowment assurances, annuities, etc., today they have ? over i.'{oo,ooo,<XK) reserve?monumental evidence ( of overcharge. Our friends and relatives in the last generation might have covered them- S I." ...... ..r ..r. t I,r, Sl'lVlS 1U1 l?U U lilt' illllUlllU Ul IIIOIIKIUW n/i ?wv same outlay. The American coinpanies appear to make l headway in this country as much the result of . their liberality as their strength, and this was ' demonstrated in rather a forcible way by that \ keen and learned judgo, Commissioner Kerr, who, in summing up a case in February, 18112, which had come before him, where an English 1 company had taken some proceedings anent a policy, ho used these significant words: "\\ hen I am told about assurance compaiuies ? being liberal, I am very apt to rise against it, because experience is not so, and further stated that the way to save trouble is to go to one of the j new American offices, which do business in a ^ different wyy to the old ofliccs." We have given life assurance much study for 1 many years past, and we must say that the Mutual Reserve is one of the most remarkable institutions the world has ever seen. The amount < of business it is effecting in (treat Britain places \ it in the front rank with home companies, al- . though it has only been in active operation hero for a period of six years. It has introduced a new principle worthy the attention of all as- , surcrs. I The plans, rates and terms of the Mutual Reserve will be cheerfully furnished on appliea-1 f tion, or a representive will call on persons inter- j < ested when a requested to do so. ] CRIST BROS. A BRICK, Gen'l Agents, j Yorkville, S. ('. J, MAP OP YORK COUNTY. I AM engaged in the preparation of a MAPj, OF YORK COl'XTY which I intend to I' publish at an early day, on a much inorcelabo-! ( rate scale than any map of this territory now I . in existence. The map was originally com- I' menced for my own use, but being assured of J the public demand for a good map of this terri-1. tory, I have decided to make it so complete as ! I t?include the location and course of all streams, |. public highways, towns, villages, nostollices, j 1 mineral properties, water powers, mills, church- j es, school houses and even private houses iu the i country. The map will serve as a guide to the stranger, and will enable an individual to easily locate any given point in the county. The county and township lines are taken from a re-' linl.le mil.lie snrvev. and locations and distances will i>(! imulo on a practically accurate scale of! something like an inch to tiie mile. The map will lie something like thirty hy forty inches in size, mounted with moulding at the top and : bottom, perfectly legible, and such a work as should be found in every well ordered home in j the county. It will be ready for delivery on or before the loth of June, and will he sold at I TIIRKK DOLLARS per copy, by subscription I only. Those desiring to subscribe for the map,! provided of course that it is satisfactory, will please notify me as soon as possible, in order \ that I may have ample time in which to provide I for their orders. Respectfully, J< ISKI'll <i. McXI LTY, ' Yorkville, S. ('. April lit hi if j Itl/It It II It ST A >1 PS. Do you know that a Rl'ltltKR STAMP is a, very useful article with which to mark | your collars, cull's, shirts and handkerchiefs? Well, if you don't, it is time you were learning. I And it is also useful to merchants to stamp j their wrapping paper, etc.; also useful to hotel ; clerks, bankers, druggists, postmasters, etc. I ; have on hand some very line specimens of type, I suitable for marking clothes, and also for stamping envelopes, letter heads, hill heads, statements, shipping tags, visitingand business cards, I etc., which is at least equal to, or better than 7"> j per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of aina- | ture country printers. I also sell steel stamps, 1 wax seals, seal presses, door plates, German j silver key checks with name and address, and ' several other useful articles which I will not j name. I will lie pleased to till all orders given me. Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed. Address, KMC J. M. OHIST, Lock Mux, No. 7 Yorkville, S. (', ' YOU CAN H10AI) THIS IX A MINUTIO! IRKPAIR Sewing .Maehines. I clean Sewing Machines. I adjust Sewing Machines. I can save you lots of hard work. I guarantee satisfaction. I am prepared to furnish Needles, Shuttles, Itobnins, Attachments, etc., for any machine on the market. ' i. I sell repairs for cash. I time Sewing Machines. My charges are reasonable. All work to be paid for on delivery. ' A. M. OKI ST, 10 Nip' i kku orr-icK. I>. K. I'INIJOY. J. S. liltU'lO. S I-INl.IOY A Hit I CIO, ATTOHNKYH AT I.AAV, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will bo given I prompt attention. OFFICKIN THK IU'ILDINti ATTIIK RKAR , OF M. A II. C. STRAUSS'S STORK. January 7 1 tf [ _ JUST It IOC 101Y101). \ LAROK lot of SASII, PIANOS AND jL\. DOOltS, which I oiler at very low prices, i The Sash and liliuds arc made ol OYPJtKSS, ; the most durable wood known?the doors of NORTH CAROLINA YKLLoNY lMNK. 1 oiler Sx 10? I- light Sash, in lots of "> pairs or I more, at $1 per pair. Doors at S?1.50 eaen. T.S. JKKKKRYS. . May 17 Jt) :it A'I'TOHMOV AT LAW, Vorkvlllc, S. C. I>H A ( TICKS in nil State and Federal Courts Prompt attention to all business. September 14 .47 If FOR THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN WK want our friends, the clul makers, to continue to worl for Tiik Exqujrhr during the spring iumnierand early fall of this year, an< in order to make it worth their whil to do so, we have decided to maki them liberal offers, and we do it witl :he assurance that they will be receive! ivitli enthusiasm. We will offer om LEADING PREMIUM,-besides sever il smaller ones, which will be awarde< :o the club-makers who may returi md pay for the clubs of yearly sub ;cribers between APRIL 5, 1893 \NI) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 [893, at 3 o'clock p. 111., as stated be ow. We have for a number of years beci 11 the habit of using Buggies as pre niums, and experience has taught n :hat sncli a premium meets with gen jral approval. At first we offered Cin :innati Buggies, worth about $55, bu "ound that while they were all tlia ?vas claimed for them, they were 110 >f a grade that fully met the require nents of this section, and our two las )ffers in Buggies have been the prodnc >f our own "Carolina'Buggy Compa lv," which is acknowledged to be r eader in the manufacture of high gradi ,*ehicles. These buggies met with tin mdorsement of our friends. Tliej cnew that the winner of the bugg; ,vould get something of which an; nan might well be proud. Fully re ilizing tlie standing and reputation o lie "Carolina," we have arranged t< )ffer one of the Company's best $00.00 Open Buggies is a premium to the club maker win eturns and pays for the largest 1111111 )er of subscribers between the date lamed above. Last year we offered one premiun "or the summer campaign, but tlii ,'ear we propose to give everybody 1 diance. We will award a $2^ watcl ?either Elgin or Waltliam move nent?in an open face coin silver case ;o every club maker who may returi md pay for SIXTY or more vearlj aibscribers between the dates fixed fo he opening and closing of the contest For every club of FORTY or more md less than sixty, we will give oik 7 jewel Elgin watch in an open faci lust proof silver case, worth $13. For every club of THIRTY, and les: ban forty yearly subscribers, we wil I ward one New York Standard watcl II a dust proof open face coin silve xise, worth $10. For every club of TWENTY anc ess than thirty subscribers, we wil I ward one New York Standard watcl II an open face nickle case, worth $7 For every club of TEN we will sent The Enquirer for one year as com sensation. For every club of FIVE and les ban ten, we will give one twenty-foil lour nickle alarm clock, valued a ?r-75I11 case a club maker who may re urn 60, 40, 30, 20, 10, or 5 name: iliould win the buggy, said club mak ?r will not be entitled to any otlie premium. CONDITIONS. In this contest OLD and NEW sub icribers count the same, but the nanu )f 110 subscriber now 011 our list, whosi off***- OA >UUM.'l 1JJULN1 auvi vv.LUu\.i At| [893, can be entered 011 any clul naker's list to be counted in compe :ition for any of the premiums offeree inder this proposition. The following are the classes tha A'ill count: 1. Those who have never beei subscribers. 2. Those who have at any tinn in the past been subscribers, bu whose names are not now on 0111 list. 15. Those whose names are nov f)ii our list, but whose subscrip tions expire before October 24 189:5. The regular club price of $1.75111115 :>e paid for all yearly subscribers. In this contest, TWO six months subscriptions at $1.00 each will bi :onsidered the equivalent of one year [v subscriber at $1.75, and so counted The propositions contained in tin ibove are open to everybody and an; me who works will be well repaid fo ill the labor expended. The buggy i ibsolutely sure to go, whether the larg ;st club is 5 or 100. If you want it, g< to work today. Any further information that 111a; ;ie desired will be furnished 011 ap plication. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. [ WEBSTER'S . | \ INTERNA TIONAl I i EnUrtly Netv. DICTION 4Ry\ 5 jUreast.ifthe Ti,nti.XJ? U 1 J ^1Y - 1 J V -? > | A Grand Educator* ^ ^ r I Si Wfii^v j Everybody j S 2SBIa should own this J < Hshmsh 1 Mctlonaiy. It an- S I' ^ j * fiuesdojw | 5 A Library in Itsel f, it also gives | S the often desired information concerning ? # eminent persons; facts concerning the 5 j countries, cities, towns, and natural fea- J S tures of tiie globe; particulars concerning ? # noted fictitious persons and places; trans- 5 5 lation of foreign (imitations, words, and j S proverbs; etc., etc., etc. 5 5 This Work is In valuable in the | S household, and to tiie teaeher, scholar, pro- ? II fessioual loan, and self-educator. j 11 Sold lnj .III booksellers. J |! C. iC- C. Merrinm Co. f \ J i Publishers, / rirrRCTPR's \ 5 : , S i j: ypiciioNfliy/ | i i CfSenUforfrec prospectus. X. ^ | May '! IS 10\v COFFINS. CASK 10'IS AM) HOHF.S. I7MNKST STOCK, prompt attention, (piality t JD suit purchaser, terms easy. The ronveni nee and advantage of KOitKS is too well viiownto mention. \\\ It. MooKK A CO. .JT-ft* Call at place of business or residence e IV. 1$. Moore. UNDERTAKING. [AM handling a lirst class line of COFFIN! AND CASKETS which I will sell at the ver; owest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furnitur it reasonable prices. J. EI) JEFFERYS. U. IVADDY THOMSON, ' I' for Infants and Children. ^ i! . . | . " Custorlaissowelladaptedtochildrenthnt C'astoria cures Colic, Constipation, '1 j I recommend it jus superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhc.cn, Eructation, g known to me." II. A. Archer, M. I)., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di111 So. Oxford St., llrooklyn, N. Y. gestion, j*j Witliout injurious medication. ] j "Tlie use of 'C'astoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended i:s merits so well known that it seems a work your 'C'astoria,* and shall always continue to c.f su|m*rerogatiou to endorse it. Few are the do so jus it has invariably produce si beiieflei.il , intelligent families who do not keep C'astoria results." j within easy reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. P., Carlos Maiityn, I). I)., lilth Street and 7th Ave., New York City, New York City. The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York /'ity. S : I SELL MONEY SAVERS ONLY. t ^ ^ _| T HAVE been handling agricultural Machinery and Implements for the past four years, and ' JL never since I have been in the business, have f sold any implement or machinery of anykind SI to anybody that did not give perfect satisfaction, ami which the purchasers do not say are time j and money-savers. No farmer will say that I have induced him to buy something that did not enable him to plant, sow, cultivate or gather his crops at less expense as to time and labor than 11 ever before, and that there is no comparison as to the character of work done. I am proud of this ? j record, and perhaps some of my friends would like to know how it has been made. " For their information I will say that it has been accomplished by NOT SKI,LINO KXPKRI11 MENTS. I have made it a rule never to handle any machine or implement unless it was reeogj nixed as a complete success and was entirely adapted to the needs of th is section. The following is 1 a list of my specialties: THE BUCKEYE BANNER BINDER " ' Is without doubt one of the greatest achievements of the nincteeth century. It does its work perj. fectly and can be handled with casebvTWO medium sized horses or mules. It is specially adapted to the needs of this section. It wiil cut and bind TWENTY acres in a day. Every machine is . warranted to give perfect satisfaction. KuIJ information will be furnished on application. j| THE NEW BUCKEYE MOWER , Is the KIN<i OK dRASS (TTTKRS. It is the strongest, the least complicated and lightest running Mower on the market and outsells them all. It is the favorite because it can stand more S ! rough usage than any other Mower on the market, and because it will cut grass, clover, pea vines i tor weeds clean and smooth, and with ease where others choke and fail to work. The NEW 1 | Bl*CKEYE MOWER IS ABSOIHTKLY THE REST MOWER in the world, and the farmer 1 i who tries to get along without one is out sight behind the procession. Send for catalogue. t THE DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER. . I 1 Last season I introduced the DOLLAR MOW KRdRINDER. I sold all tin; manufacturers were i j able to furnish me, and was forced to decline many orders on account of inability to get the ! grinders. Every purchaser was delighted with it. Ity using it a mower or reaper blade may . | be sharpened in a very few minutes by one man, and the teeth left exactly in the same shape as i when new. If YOlT have a mower or reaper you need one. It will pay for itself in ONE DAY. Price $1.00, cash. <'an furnish extra stones at 40 cents each. ; CARDWELL'S THRESHER. I . I have recently been appointed agent for CARDWELL'S THRESHER AND CLEANER, t It is too well known in this section to need any words of commendation at my hands. I will be pleased to furnish testimonials, prices, terms, etc., to any who contemplate buying. ; PRATT COTTON GINS Are the recognized leaders, dinners of long experience with them and other gins, say they will r get more and a better quality of lint out of a lot) pounds of seed cotton than any gin on the market, j They are used by such men as Messrs. Curtis AI. Parrott, W. S. Wilkerson and Oeo. I,. Riddle. Either of these gentlemen can tell why the Pratt din is the best. 1 have recently been api>oiutcd agent for the Daniel Pratt din Company and am prepared to give bottom prices and liberal terms. ABOUT HARROWS. e I hope some day to know of a Corbin Disk Harrow being on every farm, not only in York > conntv. but in the South. They would save and make our people thousands of dollars every year. 3 They would revolutionize our system of farming. I don't tliinK tlierc is a iarmer in wie county wlio owns one that would lie willing to sell out unless he was absolutely certain that lie could get another. The outlook is that I shall have to advance the price within <>0 days. You should buy 1 without a moment's delay. They arc not likely to get cheaper. The signs point the other way. If you need a smoothing harrow, and you do if you liavent already got one, you should buy an EVANS STEEL KRAM E LEVER If ARROW. They are the best tooth Harrows on the market, f They give satisfaction cverv time. Ifvou want a cultivating and smoothing harrow the EVANS WESTERN TRIP RLE HARROW is the one to buy It has round teeth. Its most valuable ? features and striking points are fully covered by letters of patent, and are used exclusively by its j manufacturers. It will pay you to have one to run over your cotton and corn. You will tind the j Harrow to be a money maker. Send for illustrated circulars. SAM M. (JRIST, Yorkville, S 1j The Best Bargain ever Offered in Sewing Machines. : A $55.00 SEWING i MACHINE FOR $22.50, ' INCLUDING ONE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TOTHE ENQUIRER. e! 1 THE "PEERLESS" e: v j Is the Name of a Strictly High Grade Sewing Machine that we are rj Now Prepared to Offer to all Who Want a First-Class si Machine with all Modern Improvements at Unheard of Low Prices. Its Mechanism is Superb, the Design Graceful, and the Finish all that Could he Desired. ! It is Light Running and Noiseless. 1 ALL of the DESIRARLE features contained in other well-known modern style machines are to be W* found in the PEERLESS, improved and simplified ^by the best mechanical talent until it stands, as the xj|ll[,u' implies, the peer of any machine in the mar,'IAll wearing parts are of the best quality of easehardened steel, possessing great durability, and by 1,10 t,,rn',,S <>f a screw, all lost motion, caused by wear' ('an 1,0 tnkeii ii]>. All parts are fitted so aecitrately that these machines are as nearly noiseless Ifc^^Sroll 1111(1 ils e!lsy r,,J,n.'nff as Hue adjustment and the best , meelianical skill is possible to produce. No expense V IfiFf or time is spared to make them perfect, as every I JfisU machine passes a rigid inspection l?v competent ? ?. ?n,pn before leaving the factory. It luis no cogs. The Ralance-Whccl and many of the line parts aro "iokle plated, with other parts finely enameled M Iwl'fjl 4 1111,1 ornamented, giving it a rich appearance. I HJSeiHaK=l Every Machine is furnished with an Improved mitel \ >/ ftaigPN a child can easily operate it?winding the'thread jrl *t 3eft$j| automatically on the bobbin aseyenly and regularly . Wjj \Vjr ffiyjftll incnl renders possible a pcrl'cct control of the Shuttle * f XI JY VI jr^p Tension, and all annoyance resulting from shuttle I 1 U It thread breaking, while the machine is in motion, which is common to many machines, is entirely 1m>, ' SEWINO MACHINE. The self-threading Shuttle \ . is so simple that with two motions of tin* hand, '*%*&*&&& i backward and forward, the shuttle is threaded. ~ f The Woodwork is the best that can be procured, ' .*** , / ' * of either Antique Oak or Black Walnut, as the pur- < '"s-.il'J".:" V chaser may prefer. The PEERLESS is so simple that any one can easily operate it in a few minutes' time, as the ' Instruction Hook which is sent with each Machine is profusely illustrated, and answers the i purpose of a competent teacher. It shows how to do all kinds of fancy work with attachments ? Complete Set of Latest Improved Attachments. ! Each PEERESS Machine is furnished with a complete set of Johnson's celebrated steel niekle plated Attachments in a velvet lined case. Following is the outfit: 1 Tucker, 1 Rutller, with ~ I shirring plate, 1 llenunerSct (4 widths) and Hinder, I Braider (Font and Slide), 1 Thread ('utter, 1 llennnerand Feller (one niece), lb Needles, ii Bobbins, 1 Wrench, 1 Screw Driver, oil Can filled i with Oil, Cloth (Jaugc and Thumb Screw. DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE MISLED i Into paving the prevailing high prices charged by agents and peddlers under the old system, and I which lias been entirely abolished in thesde of the l? FEB LESS by our plan, and thc'machino is thus furnished to the people at a slight advance over the manufacturers' price, thus relieving the ' purchaser from contributing toward paying the salaries and expenses of traveling' men and agents. Every PEERLESS machine is guaranteed to be as represented and to give entire satisfaction, i or monev will be refunded. A registered Ccrtifieateot Warranty is furnished by the manufacturers ^ I agreeing therein to furnish any parts that may prove defective WITH IN TEN YEARS, free of ? charge (except Needles, Bobbins and Shuttles), so great is their confidence in the excellence of the -! PEERLESS. Price, including one year's subscription to I'llE VORK\ ILLE ENtjriRER, &1&.V). Our price?is for the Machine well crated, and delivered on board the ears in Chicago, with f all attachments and accessories. The Machine will be shipped direct to the purchaser, and the I ...;n i.n twiiil lit? tlwi Dnivon wlm i'pppivi?? tho Mnchiiii* Thi? iimiiiilnotusAH ui-igiu ?iii mi I""" ? ?*- i" '"V,' ; ?im; us nisi tlie freight to uiiv point in tins section will average about M..?n. I (iive name of freight station if dill'erent from post ollice ailclress. jMr Kvery order must l?e accompanied by the cash. Send money by Post < Mliee Money Order, Hecistered "Letter or New York exchange. Don't semi postage stamps for anv amount exceeding 50cents. '< Yorkville, S. C. March !? 1(1 tf s GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, H Manufactures all kinds of ^ ?5 IHOX ()KK PAINT ...? .ww,. ;iinl I'l icr Ijst NII. T,").* THK LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THK WORLD. i ^-Orders rct'oivt'tl l>y L. M. (JHIST. I