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Ilumomtsi Dqiavtmeut.! The Staying Power of Wind.?"Why, I you don't call this windy, do you?'' asked Judge Jones. "While I was down in Cheyenne yesterday I saw an empty flour barrel nave never Kuown tne winu 10 noiu an empty i barrel against the side of a house longer than | four days." This started a general conversation on the ; subject of Wyoming winds in general and Cheyenne winds in particular, and a man who looked as though he might be liar from somewhere near Red Butte or Sherman, said that some time last spring, while in Cheyenne, the wind blew the sign off'a dry goods store and carried it across the street and up against a harness shop, and held it there for three weeks. Just then the train came thundering in and the wind question was adjourned.?Laramie Boomerang. Brought into Prominence.?Deacon Comstock, of Hartford, Conn., is well known as being provided with an enormous handle to his countenance, in the shape of a huge nose, in fact it is remarkable for its great length. On a late occasion, when taking up a collection in the church in which the deacon belongs, as* he passed through the congregation every person to whom he presented the bag seemed to be possessed by a sudden and uncontrollable desire to laugh. The deacon did not know what to make of it. He had often passed around before, but no such effects as these had he ever before witnessed. The secret, however, leaked out. He had been afflicted for a day or two with a sore on his nasal appendage, and had placed a small piece of sticking plaster over it. During the morning of the day in question the plaster had dropped off, and the deacon seeing it as he supposed, on the floor, picked it up and stuck it on again. But alas for men who sometimes make great mistakes, he picked up instead one of those pieces of paper which the manufacturers of spool cotton paste on the end of every spool, and which reads: "Warranted to hold out 200 yards." Such a sigu on such a nose was enough to upset the gravity of even a puritan congregation. * c A Trifle Mixed.?A fashionable young j i j? j 1.1 1 1 i lauy VlSlieU a CUUKlllg SUIIUUI, luc umci aitci- ; noon, where her attention was equally; divided between a new dress worn by an j acquaintance and the directions for making i a cake. Upon returning home, she under- j took to write down the recipe for making j the cake Tor her mother, and the old lady J was paralyzed when she read: "Take j two pounds of flour, three rows of pleating , down the front, the whites of two eggs cut j bias, a pint of milk ruffled around the neck, | half pound of currants with seven yards of bead trimming, grated lemon peel with Spanish lace fichu ; stii' well, and add a semi-fitting paletot with visite sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian topaz neck lace, and garnish with iceing and jetted passementerie; bake in a moderately hot oven until the overskirt is tucked from the waist down on either side, and finish with large bows." Her mother said she wouldn't eat such a cake, and she thought these new fangled ideas in cooking ought to be frowned down. A Small Chance for His Money.?A Missouri paper, to illustrate the hopeful Heeling that some men have when they are in . debt, tells of a farmer who owed Walt Perkins twenty-five dollars, and had owed him j for years. One day he met Walt and said, "Don't be uneasy Walt; I have the thing all fixed by which I can pay you." Walt asked him how he had got it fixed, and the old granger said, "Well, Walt, if nothing happens, next year I hope to raise a good crop of corn, and I intend to trade some of the corn for a yoke of oxen, and I know an old man in St. Charles county that owns an old mare and he wants to trade her for a yoke of oxen. Now, Walt, when I raise the " T Ml 1-. it.- A 1 corn ana gel ine oxen i win inuKe me iruue for the old mare, and then I will bring her home and raise mule colts?and Walt, the very first mule colt I sell you shall have the money." Oh !?The commercial traveler while Tn Tennessee approached a stranger as the train was about to start, aud said: "Are you going on this train?" "I am." "Have you any baggage?" "No." "Well, my friend, you can do me a favor j awl it won't cost you anything. You see, I've got two rousing big trunks and they i always make me pay extra for one of them, i You can get one checked on your ticket, and we'll eucher them. See?" "Yes, I see; but I haven't auy ticket." "But I thought you said you were going j on this train ?" "So I am. I'm the conductor." "Oh!" He paid extra as usual. Hard on the Lawyer.?It is related of George Clark, the celebrated negro minstrel, that being examined as a witness he was severely interrogated by the attorney, who wished to break down his evidence. "You are in the negro minstrel business, I believe?" inquired the lawyer. "Yes, sir," was the the prompt reply. "Isn't that rather a low calling?" demanded the lawyer. " "I don't know but what it is, sir," replied the minstrel; "but is so much better than my father's that I am proud of it." "What.was your father's calling?" "He was a lawyer," replied Clark, in a 1 tone of regret that put the audience in a roar. The lawyer let him alone. A showman was making a great fuss | at the front of his exhibition of the wonders he had inside. A man stauding in t he crowd with a little boy beside him cried out, "I'll j bet you a dollar you cannot let me sec a j lion." "Done," said the showman, eagerly : "put down your money." The man placed a dollar in the hand of a bystander, and the showman did the same. "Now, walk this way," said the showman, "and I'll soon convince you. There you are," said he, triumphantly ; "look in the corner at that beautiful Numidian lion." "I don't see any," responded the other. "What's the matter with you?" asked the showman. "I'm, blind," was the grinning reply ; and in a few minutes | the blind man pocketed the two dollars and | went away. How he Talked Back to Him.?"Dot vos a mean man which went shoost now der door oud," said Mose to a friend who had dropped into his store. "Why so?" inquired the friend. "He inshult me mit my own store." "Well, what did he say ?" "He says dot bile uf bants ud make good i miluck sdrainers raid a geese factory." "Why didn't you talk back to him ?" "Vy didn't I ? Bet your poots I did." "Whut did you say?" "Vat did I zay? I dold him to come to ; hell?"?Texas Sittings. 80T Miss Sophronsby Waddlesworth, aged 35, was reading the fashion notes, and when | she struck the paragraph, "Babies arc fash-! ionable this season," she fainted dead away, and remained unconscious fifteen minutes. It was all the fault of the intelligent compositor. The item should have read: "Rubies are fashionable this season." Something of a difference, you will observe, though both are dear little things. V8T "I'm proud of this town," said a little i man sitting behind the stove, with a pipe in j his mouth, "Proud of it," repeated the stranger at the bar, who turned around as he I heard the words, and looked at the speaker | with a look of infinite contempt. "What j are you proud of it for?" "That's an easy one," returned the little man. "There are four cemeteries, here, and I've got a wife in every one of 'e:n"?Brooklyn Eagle. An old gentleman finding a couple of his nieces fencing with a broomstick, said : "Come, come, inv dears, that kind of an accomplishment will not help you in getting husbands." "I know it, uncle," responded one of the girls, as she gave a lunge, "but it will help to keep our husbands in order when we have got 'em." siuck up against me sine 01 a oricK nuuse, i with nothing to hold it in that position j but the wind. It had been up there Jive j days. Yes, sir. The wind hadn't let up! enough in that time to let it drop.'' An old and well-dressed gentleman who ; had been standing near, and had heard the judge's statement, replied : "Pardon me, sir, but I cannot believe that. I have lived in Cheyenne twelve years and I; IVjwsidc 6athfvin()S. |i The best time to sell is when somebody wants to buy. a Tlie most that anyone can lose is to * lose faith in God. v t8T The hope of our country lies in tlie'^ education of our youth. [ ^ 8ST Tennessee was originally organized * as the State of Franklin. fiST" It is hard to feel at home with people ' who never make mistakes. j t SSaT" Admit the right, though you are ob- i liged to say, "I was mistaken." I ; 8ST Even though we do not see God, God n is very near to us all and always. ; a tV8F Be the kind of man that you would li like to have your boys become. j i 8aT" There are 15,170 free schools in Kng- i11 land and Wales, with 3,429,577 children. 111 I?"Cotton is indigenous to the tropical re-' a gions of India, Africa and America. Forest fires in this country destroy j. every year $12,000,000 worth of timber. 8?" Dissection of human bodies by medical ; ^ students has been practiced since B. C. 320. J ^ 8The first American fire insurance com- o pany began business at Philadelphia in 1794.; r 86?* In New York the average number of! k persons to a dwelling is eighteen and one- a half. J s 86?" The United States has-a less pecentage E of blind people than any country in the j world. j ^ 86T Little minds rejoice over the errors of: f1 men of genius, as the owl rejoices at an !a eclinse. j 4 S0T" One square foot of glass will lose as much heat as six square feet of twelve-inch j brick wall. v 80?" A late invention is a cradle which j rocks by clock-work mechanism and plays ^ baby tunes. 0 StaT It is not only arrogant, but it is profli-' p, gate for a man to disregard the world's L opinion of himself. 1 n 8When a woman is trying to write a d letter on a half sheet of paper, much may be ! y said on both sides. t 8?" The largest single fortification in the o world is Fortress Monroe. It has already j n cost over $3,000,000. I) 1 f 80?" John Wesley used the expression "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness," in j a sermon on "Dress." i " 86?"A well-known minister is a humorous', lecturer, and he prints his tickets, "Lecture j on Fools. Admit one." j 86T The tongue of a man is an unruly 11 member, and like the tongue of an ox it is not cured until after death. || 86?" Roosters are a good deal like men. A 11 rooster never gives notice of finding a worm : t] until after he has swallowed it. 8?" Consul Newson reports that in Malaga workmen are allowed fifteen minutes leisure j in every hour to smoke cigarettes. I \ 80?" "Ten dollars fo' stealin' dat chicken?" ! 1 cried Rastus. "Why jege, honis' naw I' * could 'a' bought dat hen fo' fifty cents." n 8?" The canyon of the Colorado is 3001 ? miles long, and the cliffs on either side are j from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the water. | ^ 8>a?" England pays her ambassadors from c $35,000 to $40,000 per year. She pays her | r sailors in the navy twelve dollars per month. 86?" The remains of a race of Lilliputians, | f believed to be the ancestors of the Mexican ! t Aztecs, have been unearthed in Eastern! a Tennessee. I j 8?a?" A chant "Help us, oh Lord," used as a 11 processional at a recent church wedding,: I seems a singular but perhaps not inappro- j C priate selection. jf 8ia?" I)o not be concerned about the ques- j tion, "Shall we know each other in heaven ?" j1 when you pass your next door neighbor i0 tuilhniil. cnpnb'incr tn llim. .TIV1WUV SiaT Johnstown, Pa., which was practically i t swept away by the floods three or four years ago, is now more prosperous than ever, and 1 has a populatian of 30,000. 8SaT* The number of prisoners locked up in " fourteen of the Western aud Middle Stales is | 110,53S and of this vast number of offenders j J; but one-sixth know how to read. 8@T Our fellow-creatures canv only judge ; of what we are from what we do; but in the j t eyes of our Maker what we do is of no i r worth except as it flows from what we are. Waf "As diamond polishes diamond," says | j a German writer, "so man is formed by i c by man." Truly. And we may add, as L diamond cuts diamond, so man is lleeced by j t man. L A pair of kid button shoes wye made c complete and packed, in a Lynn factory, the i r other day in fifteen minutes and forty-five ! g seconds. The previous record was twenty- j t four minutes. ' js There are some roomy theatres in this:s country, but none that comes up to the old ? theatre of ?EmiIiusSepvrius at Koine, which * comfortably seated 80,000 persons. It was , built *950 years ago. AStr* The lynching practice, says Governor s Fishback, of Arkansas, "can only be broken j j up by hanging a few of the participants." j1 True words ; and now the country would 1 like to hear of a few just such executions, j * c 8^* "Where did you get that cake, An- j j nie?" "Mother gave it to me." "She al- ^ ways gives you more'n she does me." "Nev- i t, er mind, Harry ; she's going to put mustard j t plasters on us tonight, and I'll ask her to let , you have the biggest."' j t Be careful with your promises, especi- j I ally to a child. His whole conception of the < sacredness and importance of veracity may t he distorted for life, his character ruined, and I his soul eventually lost, by the breaking of a pledge made him in his early years. 8fiT" A colored citizen of Sedalia, Mo., has j i a most wonderful voice. Speaking in an or- t dinary conversational tone, it is said, he can c be easily heard across a forty acre field, f and when calling at the top of his voice his j words may be distinguished for more than a s mile. 1 8S3T '-The freedom of the city" is a phrase j which has lost its meaning. In ancient times it conferred particular privileges which are now common to all inhabitants. But ^ the ceremonial is still preserved as a means j. of paying a compliment to distinguished , foreigners. 8fe&" There are no native kangaroos except;. on the continent of Australia. That country contains about 11,000,000 of them, i Over 1,000,000 skins are shipped to the United States for use in boot making. Each skin will make about four pairs of ordinary j j sized shoes. J ?6?"The greatest work of printing ever un- \ dertaken is supposed to be the publication i by the government printing oflice of 10,000 ( copies of the "Records of the War of the Re- i hellion" in 120 royal octavo volumes of 800 ( pages each, at a cost of 81,200,000. This work will probably be finished next year. 6??? The question was once raised as to j which was the more content of the two. the' j owner of half a million of money or the man with seven daughters. "The latter, of > course," was the reply ; "for the man with j j half a million is always wanting more, while 1 the one with seven daughters has plenty." j i 8?" A scientific paper describes how to ' make ice on a small scale. Touch the con- 1 vex side of a watch crystal upon water, so 51 as to leave a drop hanging on the glass. ? Pour a little ether on the concave, and blow 1 upon it. The rapid evaporation of the ether will render the glass so cold that the drop of water will be frozen. . i SkaS" If a child cries because he goes to bed * in the dark, he must be humored and given l! a light, according to the latest scientific the- ' ory. Modern psychologists have discovered 1 that children are subject to hallucinations, ' and that their imagination that they "see I things'' is very vivid and real. They should c not be "disciplined" or punished, but given ' means to lessen these fears. ^ * HeiT Mrs. Lcland Stanford possesses one of the most remarkable collection of jewels in the world. It is valued at $2.01)0,000, and in 1 it are included a set of pink diamonds, one of n blue, one of yellow and one of white. Some J of her jewels were once owned by the Km- s press Eugenia, and she has others which be- t I 1 /k r ?? C..,:., A Km- s 1UII?UU IU V^Ut'Ull INIUV1IU Ui i'l'dlii. .v ui.. glar proof steel safe with time lock holds c these treasures. I JpiaSf" The extensive private library of the) late (Jeorge Bancroft, the historian, was offered to congress for S7"?,00(>. according to c one of the provisions of Mr. Bancroft's will. 1: The senate accepted the oiler but the house i declined it for the present, hoping probably I to get it for less money. John Stewart Ken- li nedy has now bought it for $80,000, and f will present it to the Lenox library in New 1 York. j c ?hc gmrn and ^ivcsitlrJ| j Vkntii.ation of tiik Hoisk.?-Healthful iiiimal or vegetable life cannot be sustained vithout fresh air in plenty. In cold tni vcathcr we are apt to forget this,. and St :eep our houses too carefully protected from ra he air. Living in rooms that have nota sp roper supply of pure air, lowers the vitality j bit ind makes one feel the cold much more. It an s an error to think you can keep a house ho farmer without fresh air than with it. A trt horoughlv-aired room heats more readily bit ban does the one where the air is vitiated, j H< Lir the sleeping rooms the lirst thing in the ce] norning, no matter how cold the day. Have an t least one window in one of the upper is lallsin which a ventilator can uepiaceu ; or, ur< f that be inconvenient, lmve a strip of board ! H< bout four or five inches long, which place lie inder the lower sash. This will give fresh ! bu ir without a draught, and is a good way to ho entilatc sleeping rooms when one fears an H< pen window. If the windows of the sleep- j op rig room be so arranged that the wind. shi lows upon the bed, place a screen near the I no ed. Always keep some rooms warm while ! be he others are airing, and give them a thor- wl ugh Hooding with fresh air when the first ali ooms are comfortable. The house that is 1 :ept well ventilated and at a regular temper- tin ture throughout the winter will be much rif: afer for occupancy by both sick and well ru cople than the one where the housekeeper tee las the mistaken idea that she wastes the wr leat by opening her windows for at least a an iart of an hour in the morning, leaving a thi , little corner where health and sweetness his an steal in unobserved.?Home Journal. m( For Invalids.?When the yoke of an j dis gg cannot be borne, the white may be given j ne villi perfect impunity. Albumenized milk gn 5 prepared by shaking in a wide mouthed wl ottle or jar one pint of milk with the whites , an f two eggs. These are so thoroughly incor- j he orated by this process that few would sus- an ect their presence, and the mixture is much ! stc lore nourishing than the milk alone. A i ya lelicatc eggnog is made by beating the j en oik of an egg separately and adding to it; he hree tablespoonsful of sugar with the juice j kn f half a leinon squeezed on it; when well j nixed, the milk is poured in, the white, [ bo eaten to a stiff froth with a small teaspoon- in; ul of sugar, and a few drops of lemon juice | ed 5 heaped on the top and beaten through the j no nilk, according to the fancy of the maker, r W )range juice may be substituted for the a emon. Albumenized water is a pleasant fui nd at the same time a refreshing drink, t is prepared like the milk by shaking T1 ogether the whites of two eggs and a un lint of cold water, and flavored with lemon ! inj uice, a slice of lemon being left floating in ! sic he glass. Cold toast water can be used to' se< nuke it. ; ha - ; he When to Give Baby a Drink.?An cm-1 ^ . 1 i 1 _i .... 1 a neni cnuureu s puysiciuu is ic-punuw us suy ng that infants, generally, whether brought 'ia ip at breast or artificially, will, in warm, dry jie veather, take water every hour with advant- "e ige, and their frequent fretfulness and rise as ?f temperature are often due to their not su laving it. In teething, spoonfulls of water re ;iven every hour, or oftener, cool and soothe 11,1 he gums, and this, with larger cooling evap- D1( ration, often stops the fretting and restless- ?a less so universal at this period. In teething and other disturbances the ?? everish condition demands more water to n11 o meet the extra evaporation from the skin a md lungs and keep the body cool. The '01 -oung child may be parched with thirst, but >e unable to tell or make known its wants. TH t is well to always test this?that is, whenever a child is uneasy give it a few teaspoon-- NVJ ills of water, and if this is at all quieting, \ mmediately, or after a few minutes, give wj nore as often or as long as it is accepted and ippears useful. If the water is reasonably f,? ?ure, no harm can come if not enough cold vater is taken to produce a chill of the in- jjj ernal organs of the body.?Exchange. du * ? * - mi The Cow's Cui>.?There is no such thing ne is a cow's cud in the sense in which this ha erm is often used as a part of the animal hi: hat may be lost. The cud is that of the rei bod which is brought up from the first stom- ex ich and chewed over again, after which it is hi; igain swallowed and goes directly into the hird stomach, where it is macerated in the be naniplies and then passed to the fourth bu tomach and finally digested. When a cow w< s suffering from indigestion she may be un- th ible, by reason of the disorder of the stom- m< tch, to bring up the food or cud, and this th makes her sick, and if it is continued, she an tops eating. The best thing to do in such ases is to give a pint of raw linseed oil, and ba epeat it if necessary, when the trouble is un generally removed. The cud is formed'by fu he compression of a portion of the food in a ini mall channel between the first and the ha econd stomachs and connected with the irn tullet. It is about five inches in length and au wo in width. i wi se The Face Bath.?There are many girls *h vho retire at night thoroughly tired, and 80 orgetting, therefore, to wash their faces just ac efore seeking their pillows for the much lecdcd slumber. This is a grert mistake tl( 10th on account of health and beauty. Not >nly does any particle of dust on the face m lave time to create havoc before morning, }?a >nt if cosmetics have been used, it is a dis- [1,1 istrous neglect; the poisons or chemicals: at into the skin, and destroys its smooth-j ni less as well as whiteness, and have a clear en-: re ranee through the pores into the system. iy using a plentiful supply of warm water vc m the face before resting, much damage to }sa he skin is saved, and much good towards its ; ^ reservation is accomplished. A Rkmkdy fok Coi.d Fkkt.?All that is i,n lecessary, says an exchange, is to stand erect, | a lud very gradually lift oneself upon the tips jl'1 if the toes, so as to put all the tendons of the ; hot at full strain. This is not to hop or; W( ump up and down, but simply to rise?the cr lower the better?upon tiptoe, and to re-^ nain standing on the point of the toes as w ong as possible, and then gradually come to Wi he natural position. Repent this several imes, and by the amount of work the tips if the toes are made to do in sustaining the j lody's weight, a suflicient and lively circu-' ation is set up. i 'K jj? BrB?*A lady alllicted with heart trouble ! !!C ceepsa simple apparatus by her bedside lorlrpi piick cupping. A tumbler, a piece of paper, i ind a match have been, she says, more than i nee the simple means of saving her life, j j <he drops the paper in the glass and lights j t, placing the mouth of the glass directly iver the heart. As the paper burns the air vithin the glass is exhausted, the flesh rises .. learly an inch into the glass?congestion .. iver the heart is relieved and it assumes its j egtilar and comfortable beating.?Caroline 'henev, in Christian at Work. jch How Mmi a Cow Mats.?A cow is not sj, nclined to gluttony. I'sually when the up- j)t ^etite is satisfied a cow will stop eating, i 0j, Vny cow's appetite may be gauged in this t]j ,vav : (Jive her all the feed she will have jn md have some left. Weigh what is given to re ler and notice what is consumed. Then S(; nake the regular ration three-fourths of'a, he quantity eaten. Xo animal, not even a j ei] nan, should have all it can eat, and the w] airplus above, what is necessary is injurious, lls. tnd produces disease, (ienerally more harm s done bv over-eating than by starving. 1 th . ? pj Self Help in (.'ask of Fike.?As jihouse to s never attacked by fire at the top and hot-1 hi; om at once, if there is a safe and ready exit1 l'i it both top and bottom, very little danger to 1 th if'e is to be feared. It is important that all ' lit; xits should be so known as to be easily found,, cli >y day or night, by every inmate of the house. ? f the clothes you have on catch lire, a blank- j t, rug, or some such woolen article should >e quickly and tightly wrapped around you.! Vir is thus excluded and the lire goes out.; -*? A farmer says: The most successful log breeders never feed their brood sows j my grain except when suckling their pigs.; I'liey run on clover or other pasture iu the ummer and are fed during the summer on ! urnips, and other roots, of course, while* uckling their pigs, they should he well fed m grain, but on rye, wheat shorts and oats ireferably to corn. Tkstini; the Ovkn.?A French authority m cooking gives these rules for testing the icat of an oven: Try it with a piece of white taper. If too hot, the paper will blacken or ila/.e up: if it becomes a light brown, it is it for pastry : if it tunis.dark yellow, it is lit or bread and the heaviest kinds of cake; if! ight vellow. the oven is ready for sponge! I" i-. *-.1 o.j ? ! *** cl KI aim lilt AJ'.lvn wi ?ivfnn j 1 Miscellaneous |leacliuc|. PE1TLIAK1TIKS OF THE JACK RABBIT. The American jack rabbit is an inhabilit of Texas and of some other Western utes. lie is often called the "mule-cared libit," and, by the cowboy, familiarly oken of as the "nniley." He is not a rab> at all. A rabbit is an unobtrusive little imal, who is found by school boys, in a le in the ground, at the end of a long ick in the snow. The so-called jack rab, is quite a different kind of soup-meat, j is identical with the British hare, ex[it that he is larger, his color lighter, d his ears much larger. His avoirdupois about twelve pounds, and his ears mense, from tip-to-tip, about sixteen inches, j does not burrow in the ground. He s under cover of a bunch of prarie grass, t is very seldom found at home, his office urs being between sunset and sunrise. 1 ia in hp fnnnd dllt'imr flip flllV on t lip en prarie, where lie feeds on the tender aots of the mesquitc or sage grass. He i;i t a ferocious animal, as a stranger might led to suppose from an examination o:l rnt purports to he his picture, under the as of "The Texian Hare." The jack rabbit has many enemies, among I'm the cowboy, who shoots him with his le, the coyote and the dog, that try to n him down. He has two ways of pro:ting himself against his enemies. One ty is to squat, when he suspects danger, d fold his ears along his sides. By doing is he often escapes observation, as only ; back is exposed, the color of which liarinizes with the brown of the withered ass. The other plan, that he uses when covered and pursued, is to create rcmotess between himself and his pursuers. In ,'ing his whole attention to this matter, len necessary, he is a stupendous success, d earnest to a fault. When disturbed, unlimbers his long legs, unfurls his ears d goes off with a bound. He generally )ps after running about one hundred rds, and looks hack to sec if his pursuer is joying the chase as much as lie thought would, and then lie leaves for parts unown. There are many fast things, from an ice at to a note maturing in a bank, hut noth; to equal tho jaek rabbit. An unfoundrumor gets around pretty lively, but could t keep up with him for two blocks, hen an ordinary cur dog tries to expedite jack rabbit route, he makes a humiliating lure of it. He only gives the rabbit gentle exercise, te latter merely throws up his ears and, der easy sail, skims leisurely along, tack5 occasionally to give the funeral proces>n time to catch up. But if you want tc s velocity, urgent speed, and precipitated ste, you have only to turn loose a greyund in the wake of a jack rabbit. Pursued a greyhound he will "let himself out" in manner that would astonish a prepaid lf-rate message. If he is a rabbit that hai ver had any experience with a greyhound fore, he will start off at an easy pace, but he turns to wink derisively at what he pposes to be an ordinary yellow dog, he alizes that there is force in nature hithertc iknown to him, and his look of astonish2i)t, disgust, and alarm, as he furls his rs and piomptly declines the nomination, amusing. Under such circumstances he es too fast for the eye to follow his move2iits, and presents the opticalillusion ol streak of jack rabbit a mile anda hall iKIE EXPENSES OF Ol'R FOREIUN MINISTERS, How pinched our diplomatic agents are xs well illustrated in Mr. Lowell's time, rich American, proud of his country, and shing to leave a monument to his liberalj und patriotism, decided to purchase a ting legation house in London for the nerican minister, but Mr. Lowell begged m not to carry out his generous intention iring his term of office, for the cost ol ixintaing such a house would have been arly three times his salary. Mr. Lincoln ,s lived becomingly but modestly during ? tenure of the English mission, but he cently stated to a friend that his annual penditurc has been $35,000, or just double, s salary. What the expenditure or an emoassv win depends on the means of the ambassador : t if our ambassador to London or to Paris ;re to be paid a salary equal to that ol e president, he would not be able to dc are than return the oflicial courtesies ol e country to which he was accredited, d his fellow members of the corps. All of this means that an American urnssador who has no private fortune will be 'happy, and unhappy men cannot suceesslly transact business. If present pay is adequate for ministers, it is absurd for amssadors, and yet congress is not likely tc crease salaries. It lias sanctioned a title ithorized by the constitution, but is tin lling to pay for what the title calls. Foi veral years the fact has been recognized at only rich men, or at least men who have mething beyond their pay, could afford te cept the London, Paris or Merlin mission r. Lowell and Mr. Phelps being excep >ns. The rising of the grade to an am .ssadorship "makes the obstacles to pool en all the greater. Ap impecunious am ssador would be ridiculous, and as the creased rank is practically of no benefit te e country, the sooner we return to the old nk the better. The country will be bettei presented by a self-respecting minister thai ' an ambassador who is the object of uni rsal commisseration because his meagre lary compels him to live in lodgings.? arpcr's Weekly. A Fkmalk Kxieiirr of Pythias.?A wo an in May City, Mich., disguised herself tu man and clerked in a store for a year, and en applied for membership in the Knight! Pythias anel was initiated. During the ark of the third degree her sex was discov ed. It secins that in the third degree thej ive an India rubber rat and celluloid snake Inch run by clockwork inside, and whicl is very natural indeed. The idea is to lei - a * i. ~ ? ~ :r 1 fin run at inu uuuuiuuiu iu jsuu n nu ?u neb. When the snake ran at the girl sin ;pt her nerve all right, hut when the ra ied to run up her trousers leg she grabber r imaginary skirts in both hands and mped into a. refrigerator that was standing :ar, (which is used in the work of tin urtli degree,) and screamed bloody murder lie girl is a member of the order, however id there is no help for it. This affair maj ten the eyes of members of secret societies id cause them to investigate. One lodg< re, we understand, takes precaution: ;ainst the admission of a woman by care lly examing the feet of the applicant. I e feet are cold enough to freeze ice crean e candidate is blackballed.?Exchange. Shafts Mai>k Hollow.?A point no merally known in connection with the ma linery of modern steamships is that all tin afting is hollow. After the shafts hav< sen forged solid, a core, sometimes six 01 ght inches in diameter, is bored out froir e center, leaving a safe amount of meta annular form for the work required. Tin ason for this is that a hollow shaft i: longer as well as lighter than a solid one id also that the core of a solid shaft ofter nbodies impurities and incipient crack: hieh may radiate to the surface after lon< ic, and cause disaster. The same idea of hollowing out is carrier rough the entire system, even the crank ns being bored. So extensive is it that i day a 20,000 horse power engine wen lilt on the old solid ideas for a ship like tin iris, she would very promptly sink umlei e load The rule is now for eight to tei rse power for each ton of machinery, in 1? 1 . * I - 1.11.. _ A Lluing uouei>. aim an ajijau u'liauet^. ppn p CROYALRS^ J -^1 V frfr4 ftr>. iitfi y S?| POWDER Absolutely Pure. l crenin of tartar linking powder. Highest of all leaven in j? stri n^tli.? Latest tt. S. (iovcrntncnl nit lti'|iort. toy A i. Ha KI N<; l'oWDKK Co., 10(1 Wall St., N. V. ENDORSED BY OLD ENGLAN1 i Tin* Mutual llcwrvc Fund LifrAssocia Has Mat Willi Great Success in (i Britain and Ireland and Its Growth 'I Popularity Increases as the IV Learn Its Plans. ! fTlIIOSK who arc interested in life instil 1 JL sliuultl *ea<l the following lines front a t known London publication, ami perhaps t who think they are not interested might di ' some henelit, and we know all will h< structed: Front The Metlienl Monthly, I.ontlon, Knglatttl. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assoria which began operations in this country in j oilers life insurance at cost. This association ; j established in America in 18X1, and contluc j business with an amount of energy and sm j which is unprecedented in the history of lit surance. It is founded upon the natural mium system?which means an increasing mium from year to year, or as the life gets ol II1U llS?JUV;i?un?iit un/u^u auu|Hiu^ itun 1 as a principle, applies it, however, by gi life assurance protection at cost, the mem having never been called upon to pay i . than the premium originally charged at tlx of entry, and these premiums have been a 1 half the usual rates charged by other ordi companies. Theoretically the natural pren requires an increasing premium every year even by adopting an increasing rate from to year the accumulations would grow to at normal extent, because the deatli rate doei increase as indicated by the table. 111 fact, cr oration and not accumulation has been pn 1 to lie the true.underlying principle of life as 1 ance. It is admitted by actuaries that the premi I as now fixed, are far too high to cover the a< I risk, and hence we find there is a tenden i decrease the life assurance premium. Such ,' tion is indeed beneficial, not only to the pi but to the ollicc itself, and looking at it lr< broad basis, as we venture so think it shouli it is doing the nation a service. "Life insurance companies help most ( to provide for our families after we are gone if if we have the money to pay for insurance do not insure, we have no right to expect in at the hands of God in the judgment; w< worse than Tom Paine, worse than Voltaire . The above is quoted from a sermon prea by the Rev. T. dc Witt Talmagc in 1KN7. | though it is strong language, we cannot do b 1 than to act upon it. The Mutual Reserve tainly enables the poor man to make nrov and gives him a better chance to provide foi family than most companies. ' There are many advantages in joininj > American company, as the security is as a better than in British-companies, in the fact they are under State supervision of a very rous description. The late Lord Sherb ! (Robert Lowe), when introducing the Lib sociation Act of 1870, at that time Chancell . the Exchequer, said: "In New York there is absolute despotic ] erover the companies of investigating tin counts at all times; the companies are u s the absolute and perfect control of ollicer r pointed by the State." ' That the Mutual Reserve is under good i agement must be accepted alter the com mis . er's reports, and which have all been eonlii by Messrs. Price, Waterhou.se A* Co., of G res | street, London. Therefore all we have tc ourselves is, can the association go on gi life assurance at cost? And inasmuch a i cost is regulated by the mortality cxperii [ with a limited amount for expenses, it belie us to investigate the character of its premii " the following quotation in this respect may I us unto the riglit direction, i "Mortality," says Dr. Southwood Smith, i we need no greater authority, "is subject ' law the operation of which is as regular as > of gravitation." While Mr. Babbage, I looked at the subject more particularly i , bearing upon life assurance, says, "Xothi [ more proverbially uncertain than the duri ' of human life, when the maxim is applied i ' individual, but there are few things less su > It) Jlliciuailiui L1IIII1 iiiu u>uiu^i; uukuiwii u in a multitude of individuals." The saving of tiie premium with the sy ' is under two heads only, viz.: Reserve , Expense. Are reserves necessary? Yes, , not to the extent that the old companies accumulated them, for although they have " large bonuses, surrender values, endowi I assurances, annuities, etc., today they r over ?.'100,000,000 reserve?monumental ovid of overcharge. Our friends and relative the last generation might have covered tl ! selves for twice the amount of insurance fo I same outlay. ' The American companies appear to 1 ! headway in this country as much the resi , I their liberality as their strength, and this I demonstrated in rather a forcible way by keen and learned judge, Commissioner i who, in summing up a case in February, t which had come before him, where an En , i company had taken some proceedings an i policy, he used these significant words: 1 "\\ hen I am told about assurance com pa i being liberal, I am very apt to rise agaim f| because experience is not so, and further si j that the way to save trouble is to go to one o i new American offices, which do business 1 different way to the old offices." ; We have given life assurance much stud , many years past, jpid we must say that the tual Reserve is one of the most reinarkabl 1 stitutions the world has ever seen. The am . of business it is effecting in Great Britain p it in the front rank with home companies -though it has only been in active operation for a period of six years. It has introduc 1 new principle worthy the attention of al i surers. r The plans, rates and terms of the Mutual 1 serve will be cheerfully furnished on apj tion, or a rcpresentive will call on persons i 1 estcd when a requested to do so. GRIST BROS. A* BRICE, Gen'l Agents Yorkville, S. MAP OF YORK COUNTY. I AM engaged in the preparation of a I OF YORK C'Ol'NTY which I inten ? nnliliall .if till linrlv ftllV_ Oil 11 Illllcll HKirOP i rate scale than any map of this territory . in existence. The map was originally < nienced for my own use, but being assur the public demand for a good map of this I 11 tory, I have decided to make it so comph ; I to include the location and course of all strc . i public highways, towns, villages, postof I mineral properties, water powers, mills, eln I i es, school houses and even private houses i - j country. The map will serve as a guide t . | stranger, and will enable an individual to c , j locate any given point in the county. *! county and township lines are taken from - j liable public survey, and locations and dists ; I will be made on a practically accurate sei .; something like an inch to the mile. The . will be something like thirty by forty ii ' j in size, mounted with moulding at the top * I bottom, perfectly legible, and such a wot , should be found in every well ordered hot j the county. It will be ready for delivery* " | before the loth of June, and will be so 3! THREE DOLLARS per copy, by subseri .' only. Those desiring to subscribe for the I provided of course that it is satisfactory, please notify me as soon as possible, in < | that I may have ample time in which to pr< for their orders. Respectfully, JOS MP II G. McXUI/n * Yorkville, S. I j April 1!) Hi Klie:ISTK ATION NOTICIi. Ji Otlice of Supervisor of Registration of r' County, , Yokkvim.k, S. ('., Feltruary 1">, 1; j "VTOTICK is hereby given that the 1; , of registration will remain open ii Mortice, as the law directs, IN THE CD 1 HORSE AT YORKVILLE, on the F1 > MONDAY in each month, until the F1 :! MONDAY IN JULY, ISM. : i This is for the purpose of registering al! ? sons who have become of an age quali 1 j them to vote, or who may be entitled , i other legal causes, since the last election, to i * ter; to transfer voters so desiring from i to another county, or from one residence t . other. Voters desiring to avail thenifjch any of the above privileges, must mak ' plication before, or on tlie FIRST M()N1 1 :IRR DAY <kF JULY, ISttt. 5 I I. R. (J()R1)(? jj Supervisor of Registration, York Com 5; February 1"> 7 -< j.i PHOTOGRAPH GALLER , jrpiIOROrrSIILY fitted up with new 1 A grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a : sky-Tight, I am prepared to take a picture ii style of the art, as well executed as can be . elsewhere. - CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIAI 3 By the drv plate process I can take tliei > stantly; makes no difference about fair or el " weather. I do all my own printing and finishing 1 there is very little delay in delivery. 1 ENLARGED WORK. 3 # Pictures copied and enlarged and finish ', the highest style to lie had, and prices reason j Give me a call and see specimens of woi i mv Gallery on West Liberty street, near tin * J. R. SCI ID I ? RUBBER STAMPS. DO you know that a RUBBER STAMP very useful article with which to i ; J vour collars, culls, shirts and handkerch f 1 Well, if you don't, it is time you were lean ! And it is also useful to merchants to si 'their wrapping paper, etc.; also useful to > clerks, bankers, druggists, postmasters, et ,. have on hand some very tine specimens of I j suitable for marking clothes, and also for sti 1 ing envelopes, letter heads, bill heads, .? ! incuts, shipping tags, visitingand businessc ) etc., which is at least equal to, or better tin . per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of i i ture country printers. I also sell steel sta i wax seals, sum presses, mini piuies, wei silver key cheeks with name and address several other useful articles which I will I name. I will he pleased to till all orders ? i me. Promptness and satisfaction guarantc Address, It KG. M. GRIST, Lock Box, No. Yorkville, S. | iti:i,iaiti,i: 1'iiti: insurance. We respect /QES@)X. oiler our ser riitos aro as la , those; of an; V (iivo us a en our olliao in Til k Kn^kikku building. S. M. iV \j. <?KO. UK 1ST, Auel I) | FOR THE SUMMER Hi CAMPAIGN. WK want our friends, the club J makers, to continue to work i jioscj for Thk Kxquirkk during the spring, j 5 In*. I summer and early fall of this year, and ' in order to make it worth their while ^ to do so, we have decided to make is.s<ij i them liberal offers, and we do it with I \w'w i the assurance that tliev will be received j ts its <. cess with enthusiasm. We will offer one: LEADING PREMIUM, besides sever-! pre- al smaller ones, which will be awarded! item to ^1C club-makers who may return j ying and pay for the clubs of yearly sub'no re scribers between APRIL 5, 1893,: AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, nary 1893, at 3 o'clock p. 111., as stated beItaS low* year We have for a number of years been j \ in the habit of using Buggies as pre-; -op- niiuins, and experience has taught us 1 oven . , 1 , rhit en r? h 1 rvrAtmntii with CTP11-! <Slir- luak OUV.ll U |>ivilliuiii 11AVVW Hikti | eral approval. At first we offered Cin nuns . . . I 2tual cinnati Buggies, worth about $55, but I i^iu" ^oun^ that while they were all that | nblic was claimed for them, they were not ["J* of a grade that fully met the requirements of this section, and our two last: ! but offers in Buggies have been the product' sand of our own ''Carolina Buggy Compa-J i lire ny," which is acknowledged to be a i chcd ^eac^cr 'n tbe manufacture of high grade Al- vehicles. These busies met with the .. t 00 endorsement of our friends. They j ision knew that the winner of the buggy r us would get something of which any " man might well be proud. Fully rethat alizing the standing and reputation of; r(fko ^ie "Carolina," we have arranged to; > Ah- offer one of the Company's best $90.00 Open Buggies g0*.: as a premium to the club maker who! nder returns and pays for the largest 1111111- i 1 ___i 1?4. .. 4.1.~ 11 oer 01 suuscriuci.s uciwccu liic umc.-> u 'ian* named above. r~ sion- ' mi mcd Last year we offered one premium j and i Mwk ^or ^ie snnimer campaign, but this! ever> iving year we propose to give everybody aj fnue, chance. We will award a $25 watch me: toves ?either Elgin or Waltham movehuh ; , . , ., a list lend ment?111 an open face coin silver-case, j , to every club maker who may return ; pi toa and pay for SIXTY or more yearly] IJ subscribers between the dates fixed for Iswi 11 its the opening and closing of the contest, j feftl: "tfon F?r every club of FORTY or more, fvarr to an and less than sixty, we will give one] m, r'fife 7 jewel Elgin watch in an open face I dust proof silver case, worth $13. "and For every club of THIRTY, and less j is th have ^ian ^ortV >'earl>* subscribers, we will! "'JJg; paid award one New York Standard watch I onv have bi a dust Pr??f ?Pen face coin silver! who lence-case, worth $10. ]_. Ten'" For every club of TWENTY and, Tl rthe less than thirty subscribers, we will nuke award one New York Standard watch IjJl( 'was *n an ?Pen fa?e uickle case, worth $7. able that For every club of TEN we will send hesli i?2| The Enquirer for one year as com- wher glish peusation. tnta For every club of FIVE and less than ten, we will give one twenty-four tated hour nickle alarm clock, valued at . fthe sT Tf. in a * ' 75* j18 In case a club maker who may re- p,e,,s Mu- turn bo, 40, 30, 20, 10, or 5 names ein- should win the buggv, said club makount op- ' laces cr will not be entitled to any other here Premim?- ' eUn l?t? CONDITIONS. i!sg In this contest OLD and NEW sub- asen 1 Re- scribers count the same, but the name 1 >lica- of 110 subscriber now 011 our list, whose liter- subscription expires after October 24, 1893, can be entered 011 any club 1 * l,() maker's list to be counted in compe- Thej ' tition for any of the premiums offered j unaer cms prupusiuuu. mm. hap The following are the classes that Eyj ilbS will count ' now l. Those who have never heen J*;?. ed of subscribers. ; mam terri- 2. Tliose who have at any time;Hnri ani!f *n ^ie l>ast i>een subscribers, but Hcch| whose names are not now on our j YT L list. | ' 1 S the 3. Those whose names are now: asiiy on our list, but whose subscripn tions expire before October 24, mces 1893. 'map The reg"lar club price of $i. 75 must (1()T mhes be paid for all yearly subscribers. 'kl,ns 1 i" this contest, TWO six months' j 3 ,iei?11subscriptions at $1.00 each will be; id at considered the equivalent of one year- FKli ption i jy subscriber at $1.75, and so counted. "win I The propositions contained in the >vi(le1 above are open to everybody and any j one who works will be well repaid for < V. I all the labor expended. The buggy is; tf : absolutely sure to go, whether the larg-; ^ i est club is 5 or 100. If you want it, go \ X i York j t0 WOrk toda>'Any further information that may j be desired will be furnished* 011 ap- i 3 ;?mvl plication- L. M. GRIST, j? Yorkville, S. C. [ RST ?*vwwvwwwwwvwwwwwvww* | I per-1 i WEBSTER'S I from! I INTERNATIONAL |i vSi 1 DICTIONARY1:': I O ail- J A Grand Educator. i1 1 es ol" j !? r,i^ttcccssnr of the j; )AY, I ![ Jc Ten years spent <> ! <1 8 *n rev'8'nP?100 '! ity |j c in,,ro ^an $300,000 11 ![ \ Everybody !? Y. ]i zSfeam vZ-*/ , should own this <| 1' flWirffl 1 Dictionary. It an- j > ?ack-i ([ "5555$" J" "wera all questions ? > lino, } ? concerning the his- S i> " "J torv, spelling, pro- i 1 ? I nundatlon. and | (l<)"(!! S "Bb1 meaning of words. J * A Lihrarvin Itself. It also elves 5 .TV S the often desired infonnation concerning J # eminent persons; facts concerning the S ii in- I 5 countries, cities, towns, and natural fea- 5 ondv !? tures of tiic globe; particulars concerning |( i ? noted fictitious persons and places: trans- S . j '[ lation of foreign quotations, words, and <[ i i11"1'! ji proverbs; etc., etc., etc. J, 5 This Work is Invaluable in tiio <| ; - , S houseli. K., and to the teacher, scholar, pro- > raj j| fcssional man, and self-educator. <[ I Sold byAII UooksvUer$. ! """"" rk * at ' !? *' ^ Merrinm Co. / \ ][ ^ ii;:"- te |! ? ! cy no not liny cheap plmto. \ rwrTinwanv / '! ' graphic reprints of ancient \lJIbllUiviWC / ( j i i'iuuoiis. / <j > is a 1 (' Cy^endforfreeprospectus. ji CKIMI nark i tvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv*%%%*vvv%v? j ] iot's?; May 3 IS lthv ning. - * j kihk coffins. casxkts am) koh ics. riven j T7MNKST STOCK, prompt attention, quality to ...1 1 l< Invma niiui' Tlio i-nnvoili | eiieu and advantage of HOBKS is too weii- ? 7 known to mention. W. It. MOOKK it C'<>. .\n ('. ' Aft" Call at place of business or residence of ! VV. It. Moore. fully UNDERTAKING. BAli ntee- i t aM handling a first class line of CQFFINS , tten- X AN I) CASK KTS which I will sell at the very j j] itron j lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours, busi- [ ttm prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture ! T 1 mev. at reasonable prices. i *, only J. ED JEFFKRYS. j ?AJ anies - llhr hon- W. WADDY THOMSON, glad 1 ?lir! ATTORNEY AT LAW, ?efoi iw as , ... . whei rone. Aorkville, . . C. nortl ill at "I )KA<TICKS in all State and Federal Courts, takii JL Prompt attention to all business, its. September 14 :i~ tf Ma for Infants and Children. 4 ' Castoria is so well adapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me." II. A. Auciif.r, }l. I>., Kills Worms, gives sleep, anil promotes di111 So. Oxford St., Urooklyu, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "Tho u.? of 'Castoria i.? so universal and "For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seems a work your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to i f sigHTorogatiou to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keepC'ustorfa results." within ca-y reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., Carlos Martyn, I). D., 135th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. | Thk Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York Omr. SELL MONEY SAVERS ONLY. 1 AVE been handling agricultural Machinery and Implements for the past four years, and jversinee I have been in the business, have I sold any implement or machinery of unykind ybody that did not give perfect satisfaction, and which the purchasers do not say are time noney-savers. No farmer will say that I have induced him to buy something that did not Ic him to plant, sow, cultivate or gather his crops at less expense as to time and labor than before, and that there is no comparison as to the character of work done. I am proud of this v d, and perhaps some of my friends would like to know how it has been made. their information I will say that it has been accomplished by NOT SELLING EXPEKIsTS. I have made it a rule never to handle any machine or implement unless it was reeogI its a complete success and was entirely adapted to the needs of tnis section. The following is of my specialties: II M T\TT/NTTT1TTT1 Tt A ITITTlTk TfcT^TTVTlTfc tliU J5AJNJNUJ1 tfllNimti thout doubt one of the greatest achievements of the nineteeth century. It does its work pery and can be handled with ease by TWO tnediuiu sized horses or mules. It is specially adapttlie needs of this section. It will cut and bind TWENTY acres in a day. Every machine is anted to give perfect satisfaction. Full information will be furnished on application. PHE NEW BUCKEYE MOWER e KINO OK GRASS CUTTERS. It is the strongest, the least complicated and lightest runMower on the market and outsells them all. It is the favorite because it can stand more h usage than any other Mower on the market, and because it will cut grass, clover, pea vines eeds clean and smooth, and with ease where others choke and fail to work. The NEW KEYE MOWER IS ABSOULUTELY THE BEST MOWER in the world, and the farmer tries to get along without one is out sight behind the procession. Send for catalogue. HE DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER. it season I introduced the DOLLAR MOWER GRINDER. I sold all the manufacturers were to furnish me, and was forced to decline many orders on account of inability to eet the lers. Every purchaser was delighted with it. By using it a mower or reaper blade may larpcncd in a very few minutes by one man, and the teeth lelt exactly in the same shape as i new. If YOU have a mower or reaper you need one. It will pay for itself in ONE DAY. ! $1.00, cash. Can furnish extra stones at 40 cents each. CARDWELL'S THRESHER. iave recently been appointed agent for CARDWELL'S THRESHER AND CLEANER, too well known in this section to need any words of commendation at my hands. I will be ed to furnish testimonials, prices, terms, etc., to any who contemplate buying. PRATT COTTON GINS the recognized leaders. Ginners of long experience with them and other gins, say they will lore and a better quality of lint out of a loo pounds of seed cotton than any gin on the marker. ' are used by such men as Messrs. Curtis M. Parrott, W. S. Wilkerson and Geo. L. Riddle. ?r of these gentlemen can tell why the Pratt Gin is the best. I have recently been appointed t for the Daniel Pratt Gin Company and am prepared to give bottom prices and liberal terms. ? ABOUT HARROWS. lopesome day to know of a Corbin Disk Harrow being on every farm, not only in York ty, but in the South. They would save and make our people thousands of dollars every year. r would revolutionize our system of tanning. I don't tlunk there is a farmer in the county owns one that would be willing to sell out unless he was absolutely certain that he could get ler. The outlook is that I shall have to advance the price within (>0 days. You should buy out a moment's delay. They are not likely to get cheaper. The signs point the other way. iron need a smoothin'g harrow, and you do if you Iiavent already got one, you should buy an iNS STEEL FRAME LEVER HARROW. They are the best tooth Harrowson the market. give satisfaction every time. If you want a cultivating and smoothing harrow the EVANS 5TERN TRIPPLE HARROW is the one to buy It has round teeth. Its most valuable res and striking points are fully covered by letters of patent, and are used exclusively by its nfacturers. It will pay you to have one to run over your cotton and corn. You will tind the ow to be a money maker. Send for illustrated circulars. SAM.M. G RIST, Yorkville, S C. IN WINKLE CxIN AND MACHINERY CO., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. v MANUFACTURERS. IK best system for elevating and distributing same direct to gins. Many gold medals have been awarded to ns. Write for catalogue and what you want. WE CAN HAVE YOU MONEY. VAN WINKLE GIN AND MACHINERY CO., Atlanta, Ga. day .-11 22 4m f ryi [J A. ~\ T -T? inTC against accident? LfOES IT rAY ;^on8"anopra What you want to know is the best company in which to take accident insurance. PERHAPS THE FOLLOWING FACTS WILL HELP YOU. THF, UNITKD STATES MUTUAL ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION has more accident insurance in force than any other organization in the world. It pays several times as much indemnity each year as that paid by any other mutual accident association. It has $tto,ooo emergency fund, besides other ample assets. A $10,000 policy with liberal indemnities costs $24 per year in one payment or $6 quarterly. Accident Insurance ina so'id IN company \ d V ^ Sam M. & L. Geo. Grist, Gen'l Agents, Yorkville, S. C. Active agents wanted?Liberal pay to hustlers. GrARRY Il^OTV ROOFING COMPANY, uuifarturi's aU kiiitU of ^ i'kook poo km. siii'ttkkm, .*< -. I? f' -gflT SSoiicl tor Circular 1' and Price List No. Tift FHE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ^Orders received by L. M. GRIST. * Rn T flYVli V TO "'EASE THE PEOPLE -1-ivr J*/ M. oilorLD i?e tlio aim of every man who has O merchandise for sale. Ever since I commenced to deal in PIANOS AND ORGANS, I)KY GOODS AM) GROCERIES. IT. HAS BEEN MY GREATEST DESIRE ^ . . . .. J TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE IN OFFERING L have just received a new stock ot I.a- THK pjxEST INSTRUMENTS M ANl'FACdiea, Gents and Children s SHOES, and TrH|.;|)f .\T A VERY CLOSE PRICE, uurwu it. niiviwuii^ "','""1 ' J"" hal'm'/ll I 1' 11V A line and got our prices. Oents and Hoys hichty ni lh4\m< 'S, ami our prices are cheap. ut/lnASl 11,1, FFEE from 121 to -'t-'tA cents per pound. In As to their durability, sweet tone and tine ed goods we have SALMON, SlACKER- workmanship. In the attempt I have not failed, SARDINES, PINE-APPLES, PEACHES, as I have letters and words of praise from every [TLETT'S PEARS, etc. In bottled goods party I ever sold to, and I intend to do my best avc CIIILI SAUCE, TOMATO CATSUP to get each instrument I sell to be better than ^ ill kinds of PICKLES. We have BUCK- the last one sold. The manufacturers are helpEAT, OATMEAL, DAVIS' "O. K." BA K- ing inc, so you may count on getting a tine organ POWDER, at 20 cents per pound. FLOUR or piano at a reasonable figure with a solid guargraiies. BACON, LARD, N. o. MoLAS- antee. Yours musically, R. J. HENRDON. ami fresh MACKEREL at BOB LOW- May 17 20 It >5. Near ('.A L. Depot. i YOU CAN RMAI) THIS IN A MINUTE! IRESS-MAKlNCI AND TAILORING. j UK1?AIU Sewing Machines. ALL the attention of those interested, that X I clean Sewing Machines. / have added a DRESS-M AKINO DE- 1 adjust Sewing Machines. 1TMEXT TO MY TAILORINO AND I can save you lots of hard work. 'A I KINO DEPARTMENT, and I will be I guarantee satisfaction. if my lady friends will consult with me lam prepared to furnish Needles, Shuttles, e placing tHeir work. All work delivered Bobbins, Attachments, etc., for any uial promised. Work-room in the building chine on the market, i, ami to the rear of Mr. Jetterys's Under- 1 sell repairs lor cash, lg establishment. ! M.v charges are reasonable. Mrs. R1IODA I.. FEROUSON. All work to be paid for on delivery. iy 17 20 tf j A. M. OR 1ST, EnuI IUKK Ok kick.