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gwmorou,5 Department.! SLEPT WITH HIS SPURS ON. "Yes," said the old man with a smile, "1,1 remember one time in particular, while out; prospecting with an old friend, about twenty I > years ago. We were traveling on horse-1 Kn/tL- ond Stum a onrns! n tnvorn nilfi lliirht i r istftV/CW} auu vuuiv mw?vw % ???( ...0... , ^ about ten o'clock. Being very tired and i hungry, as soon as we got some supper, and s something warm to keep the cold out, we asked to be shown to our room. On looking around we found that the j ^ room had two beds in it, one of which was already occupied by two strangers, who 1 were both snoring lustily. The fact of their being two beds in the room did not surprise 1 us, as in backwood taverns there were frequently three beds in a room. We undress- I ed, and just as I was going to blow out the light, my friend, who had got into bed, } espied the foot of one of the strangers sticking through the bed clothes at the foot of the \ bed. With a suppressed chuckle he motioned me to hqld on a moment; he got quietly j out of bed, and going to where the stranger's boots were, he took off a huge, sharp Mexican spur, and carefully adjusted it to the bare heel of the unconscious stranger. With another audible chucKie as ne mougnt * of the consequences that would follow when the stranger drew in his foot, he got back t into bed, and I blew out the light and followed him. He soon managed to get a long t straw from the bed and reached over and tickled the sleeper's foot. He instantly drew his t leg up until his knees almost touched his chin. In doing so, he drew the spur the ^ , whole length of his bed-fellow's leg, making a bad scratch. The victim uttered a yell, and sprang out of bed with a muttered exclamation that I did not make out, and he N commenced a wild dance around the room, ( with his nether garment under his arms, and making frautic efforts either to dislocate * his neck, or to see how badly he was hurt, {c all the while making exclamations that j would have made a baggage man with a 11 Saratoga trunk on his shoulders turn green ? with envy. The innocent cause of all the trouble had been awakened at the first yell r of the victim, and in straightening himself i out, scratched himself most unmercifully. He did not yell nor say bad words, but he t jumped out of bed and made for his friend j with the purpose of taking vengeance, I supposed ; but he had not taken two steps be- x fore he jabbed the spur into his leg again. ^ The landlord then appeared with a light, followed by half the boarders in the house, and inquired what the matter was. An ex- j1 amination brought to light the spur, which * explained the matter. The stranger looked sheepishly at the spur, then at his scratch, 8 and finally examhied his boots, and with a c sickly smile said : "Well, boys I have lived all my life among people who wear spurs, f but I never before saw a man who could a pull of his boot and leave his spurs on his foot. I'll treat in the morning." t ! t t'uf wnifiv rv thk Park?One verv i warm day in the mountains of Tennessee I! t rode up to a house where there was a worn- i an drawing a bucket of water with an old fashioned well-sweep, and asked if she i would give me a drink. She was only too t glad to be hospitable and brought out a gourdful. As I drank it slowly and with j evident relish, she watched me curiously. ( "Purty good critter you air ridin'," she ventured. "Thankyou, yes; he belongs to a friend of J mine." "Purty nice-looking yerself," she added in quite the same tone she had used in speaking ? of the horse. } "Thanks," I responded, surprised into 1 blushing, but she never noticed it. "Air you married ?" she went on. x "No ; I'm a bachelor." J "Reckon yer erbout as well off that way; c p'raps ajeetle better. I'm married myself." "Well, I think it would have been a great 1 improvement over my present condition if s I had married some good, sensible girl ten s years ago and settled down. I'm sure I should have been a much happier man." r She thought for a moment before answer- j ing. t "Likely," she said, at last; "but how'd the woman be feelin' by now ?" ^ Of course I had an argument to oiler, but \ when I went away ten minutes later, I could t see plainly she was thinking about the woman in the case. * How it was Explained.?Two small } boys were overheard discussing a fight one of them .had with a mutual acquaintance, aud the way "the thing" occurred"was re- ' lated by the combatants in this wise: ? "I'll tell you how it was. You see, Bill ' and me went down to the creek to fish off that old boat, but we didn't catch any. I r got one bite, and Bill told me to scratch, but 0 I didn't. Well, I felt in my pocket for my j 1 knife and found it was gone, and 1 said, Bill you stole my knife, and he said I was r another, and I said go there yourself, and he 1 said it was no such a thing, and I said he ? was a liar and could whip him if I was bigger than him, and he said he'd rock me to sleep, i mother, and I said he was a bigger one, he c said I never had the measles, and I said for ^ him to fork over that knife, and he said he ! couldn't see the fork, and I said I'd fix him ! t for a tombstone, and he couldn't see the | ^ place, and I said your clothes don't fit you, j ^ and he said my grandmother was no gentleman, and I said he darsent take it up, but he did, you bet, you never?well, you never i did?then I got up again, and he tried to, I ^ but he didn't, and I robbed him and throwed -1 him down on top of me like several bricks, ? and I tell you it beat all?and so did he; and ; my little dog got behind Bill and bit him and I ran after the dog to fetch him back. I I'll whip him more yet. Is my eye very t black ?" I \ A Narrow Escape.?"Boy, do you know ! what that can contaius?" said a tramp to a \ lad who was hurrying along with a tin pail t full of lager. r "Beer," responded the stripling promptly, j t "Exactly," continued the tramp, "and that; beer contains glucose, coculous indicus, corn s starch, rice meal and raw grape sugar, all j ^ deadly poisons and enough to kill any man." r The lad set the pail down and moved oft'i. a little from it, whereupon the tramp picked j it up and was raising it to his lips, when the : boy interrupted him to say : "Ain't you afraid of it?" "Yes, it's dreadful to die this way, but I { don't care to live," and draining it empty he handed the pail back. i "He's a goner," muttered the lad as he j) walked thoughtfully oil'. "Lord, what a J narrow escape dad had !" j( t 9 t i SST Dinah, the colored domestic of a (ler-! mantown family, says the Philadelphia Kec- ? ord, was out all one night last week, and 1 when she returned next morning her mis- 1 tress asked her where she had been, "I 1 wuz to a literary," she replied. "A literary ! i1 What's that? What do you do there?" "Oh ! j we 'cites and sings." "Well, did you take 1 any part? What do you do?" "Me? Oh, < I 'eited 'The Hug-me-not Lovers.'" "I t guess you mean 'Huguenot Lovers,' don't t you?" "Yes'm. You puts the assent on the i last syllable, which I doesn't." ft?" "Did you deliver that telegram?" a 1 clerk asked his messenger boy. "Oh, yes," 11 was the reply ; "only the man does not live {' in Abingdon Square, but in Charlton street, ' and not on the ground lloor, but up three; flights of stairs, and not in the front room, but< in the back yard ; besides, his name isn't 1 Johnson, but Thompson, and he isn't a man t but a woman, and she isn't a wood-turner; ' 1 she's a trained nurse." j( fiaT "Tommy," said the visitor, who was; { very properly endeavoring to impress a | J moral lesson on the young man's mind, j ] "have you read the books in your Sunday- ( school library?" "Some of them," he re- t plied, rather doubtfully. "Can you tell me j t what happened to the boy who went fishing t on Sunday?" "Yes. He caught three catfish and an eel." "How do you know that ?" ! s " 'Cos I was him." 1 ? -- 1 86?" Prisoner?Yes, your worship, I com- 1 mitted the theft with which I am charged c entirely through the instigation of my mod- ] ical adviser. Magistrate?You mean to say i that in carrying out an experiment in hyp-11 notisra he suggested the crime to you? "I don't know about that, but one thing is cer- 1 tain?he told me to take something before 11 going to bed." ;1 1 "There's no need of your sitting up so ! { late for me to come home," suggested young; 1 Mr. Fitts to his wife's mother. "It's a habit' 1 I got into when waiting for you to go home," ' she explained, "and I can't get over it." j' Wanside Gatherings. A single fact is worth a folio of argunent. lDaT Cast your trouble upon the Lord and he vill sustain thee. SST*When you try to be good, try to be ;ood for something. 86?" The model mother never forgets that he was a child herself. fiST No fruit is so sweet as that picked from rour own vine and tree. The American cents of 171S bore the notto "Mind Your Business." ?a?* In 10 years the descendants of two abbits will number 70,000,000. BS3T A man is either a fool or a knave who >uys without the means to pay. -- " -1 1 -1.-4 1. _ 1 BtttT" J uage a man 1101 uy wmu ne ims uu lim, but by what he has in him. 86?" A man may suffer without sinning; >ut cannot sin without suffering. 86T" Two-thirds of the gold now iu use has >een discoverd within fifty years. 86?* "I'm better off," buzzed the fly, as he ried to break away from the fly-paper. 8?" The standing army of Hawaii consists >f G4 men, three of whom are generals. 8&" We must go head-foremost toward he world, but heart-foremost toward God. t8T Uncle Sam is still "paying pensions to wenty widows of Revolutionary soldiers." 8?* Trade journals are noting the fact that he price of wool is the lowest in its history. 86?" The less religion there is in a church, he more oysters and ice cream it takes to un it. 86?" A project is on foot in Denver to gild vith silver the dome of the Colorado State :apitol. 86?" The trouble with a man covering up lis tracks is that he makes new ones iu loing it. 86?" Southern Pacific locomotives will soon lse for fuel bricks made of coal dust and ispbaltum. 8?? Celluloid is paper, chemically treated, educed again to pulp and then molded into ts final form. 8?" It never adds anything to the force of l Christian's testimony to carry a revolver n his hip pocket. 8?" Not one person in a thousand can renember a great sermon, but nobody can crget an act of kindness. 86?" The Mohawk Indians will not allow so nuch as a blade of grass to grow upon the ;raves of their companions. MSB" The devil as a devil never trained a ioul. It is only when he appears an angel >f light that he is dangerous. B&tT* A prayer book was among the articles bund in the stomach of an ostrich which vas lately dissected in London. 06T" The fool seeketh to pluck the fly from he mule's hind leg, but the wise man letbth the job to the lowest bidder. 0?" Iowa is going to do her part to relieve he financial situation. Her corn crop promses to be something pnenomenal. 0?" Wicked men stumble at every straw n the way to heaven ; but they climb over he hills in the way to destruction. 0SF" Sidney Smith wrote to a friend, "I lave seven or eight complaints, but in all >ther respects I am perfectly well." SST It injures a lead pencil to wet the mint in the mouth, and there is in the act 10 benefit to the mouth that we know of. 0ST" A hardware dealer of Albion, X. V., innounces that to every one purchasing a vheelbarrow he will give a free ride home n it. 86TIf you climb to any high place in this vorld do not forget the point from which ;ou started, nor the friends that helped you in the way. 0ST Three things ruin a man. To know ittle and talk much; to have little and pend much ; and to be worth little and proline much. 0?" The old style used to be "I now take uy pen in hand." Nowadays the correct ihrase would be, "I now begin to thump my ypewriter." 06T" Three men in France competed to see vho could drink the most water One swalowed twelve quarts, the second nine and he third seven. B&F Said Pythagoras, "You may better hrow a stone at random than an idle word." Jut the idle words drop from us as flowers rom a child's hand. London's area is larger than New fork, Paris and Berlin put together, an irea which may be represented by a circle 10 miles in diameter. R&F The largest amount of insurance at isk upon any one life is $1,000,000, which imount is carried by John AVanamaker, the ate postmaster general. 0?" Cultivate a gentle, even temper. The nan who Hies into a passion upon every ittle provocation is like a wasp, senseless ind exceedingly annoying. 8ST" It is a test of politeness for a man to isten with iuterest to things he knows all ibout, when they are being told by a person vho knows nothing about them. 0?" Of one thousand men who marry, hree hundred and thirty-two marry younger vomen, five hundred and sixty-nine marry vomen of the same age, and eight-nine narry older women. S@T Young Man?So Miss Ella is your ddest sister ? Who comes after her ? Small irother?Nobody ain't come us yet; but pa ays the first fellow that comes can have ler. JST" Science says that one cannot be stung >y a bee if the person holds his breath. It vould be more conducive to a man's moral velfare, perhaps, if he could hold his breath ifter getting stung. ?6T When you discover that the people vhom you regarded as your friends are in he habit of saying unkind things about you, emember you have possibly said unkind hings about them. fifcaT Lord Nelson once said : "I owe all my ;uccess in life to having been always a ijuarer of an hour before my time." "Every noment lost," said Napoleon, "gives an opiortunity for misfortune." fife?* English society, according to the Lonlon ^tar, has decided that the word "lady" s to he expunged from its lexicon of polite onversation, and the good, old-fashioned 'woman" is to take its place. 66^ Customer?Didn't you tell me this lorse was afraid of nothing? Dealer?That's list what I said. "Why, he shies at his >wn shadow." "Well a shadow is just as lear nothing as anything I know of." S&P "Are you going to take a rest this lunimer?" "Oh, yes, I suppose so : in the isual way." "How is that?" "I'll take a vacation, and fish and limit and put up with >oor accommodations. Then I'll come home uul rest." An editor out West who sends his mper out to "time subscribers," sends a bill inch year. When a second bill is sent and here is no response, he takes it for granted hat the subscriber is dead, and publishes in "obituary notice" in his columns." Although whales grow to enormous sizes, sometimes 80 and even 00 feet long, lie throat of the common whale is so small hat it cannot swallow a bite as large as a ea biscuit. The spermaceti has a mouth urge enough to swallow a man. BJaT During tiie reign of Henry VIII, 71,100 persons were legally executed in Engand, the larger portion of whom were guil;y of no offense worse than misdemeanor, [n one year 800 starving beggars were hangid for asking alms. There is a man in Java who makes a ;ood living as a prophet. He has been paid ES0 a year for the last fifteen years "for not predicting a tidal wave which will sweep dear over the island." The credulous Halves believe that he has the power to atract a wave that will overwhelm the counry. ?dJ"*The celebrated Dr. Dumoulin, being surrounded in his last moments by many of lis fellow-physicians, who deplored their oss, said to them, "Gentlemen, I leave beliiul me three great physicians." Every me, thinking himself to be one of the three, pressed him to name them, upon which he eplied, "Cleanliness, exercise and modernion in eating." 8fe?f Why is a checker and backgammon ioard done up in the shape of a two-volume ? * 1 1 iterary work? J5ecau.se, says uie icgcuu, ;i jishop of Sicily (Kudos) forbade the clergy to day at checkers or backgammon; so they jot their hoards done up in the fashion of jooks, and stuck them in their libraries?to je out for use at fitting opportuities. The book'' got the name of "wooden gospels." I'ltis is gos]>el truth. ?hf Jfitm and <#u'c<sidf. SPONGE 01 T THE HEADACHE. j The ordinary nervous headache will he readily relieved, and in many cases entirely 'cured, by removing the waist of one's dress, | knotting the hair high up on the head out of j the way, and while leaning over a basin, plac! ing a sponge soaked in water as hot as it j can be borne, on the back of the neck. Repeat this many times, applying the | sponge behind the ears, and the strained i muscles and nerves that have caused so i much misery will be felt to relax and smooth themselves out deliciously, and very frequently the pain promptly vanishes in consequence. Every woman knows the aching face and neck generally brought home from a hard J ~l ? ? n nf nolle uuy S SUOppilig, Ul 11U1H U 1UU1IU \jt VUII^ and afternoon teas. She regards with intense dissatisfaction the heavy lines drawn around her eyes and mouth hy the long strain on the facial muscles, when she must carry that work countenance to some dinner party or evening's amusement it robs her of all the pleasure to be had in it. Cosmetics are not the cure, nor bromides, nor the many nerve sedatives to be had at the drug-shops. Use the sponge and hot water again, bathing the face in water as hot as it can possibly be borne; apply the sponge over and over again to the temples, throat and behind the ears, where most of the nerves and muscles of the head centre, and bathe the face in water running cold from the faucet. Color and smoothness of outline come back to the face, and astonishing freshness and comfort is the result, and if a nap of ten minutes can follow, every trace of fatigue will vanish. The same remedy is invaluable for sunburn, and the worst case of this aflliction of sensitive skins will succumb to tbe hot water treatment. The cold douche should not follow in this case; instead, a light application of vaseline or cold cream, which prcventpeeling of the skin, as the hot water prevented inflammation. Nothing so good for tired eyes has yet been discovered as batbs ing them in hot water in which the hand cannot be borne.?Fall River Herald. How to Ascertain a Horse's Age.?It is not difficult to tell a horse's age. It is important to know a few signs which serve as criterions, and then the age of a horse at almost any stage of life can readily be told. The colt is born with four grinders, and when the four front teeth have made their appearance, it is twelve days old. When the next four come it is four weeks old. When the corner teeth appear the animal is eight months old. When the latter have attained to the height of the front teeth, it is one year old. The two-year-old colt has the kernel (the substance in the middle of the tooth's crown) grown out in all the front teeth, in the third year the middle teeth are shifting, and when three years old these are substituted by the horse teeth. The next four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, and the corner teeth in the fifth. At six years the kernel is worn out of the lower middle front teeth, and the bridle teeth have now attained to their full : growth. At seven years a hook has been j formed in the corner teeth of the upper jaw, the kernel of the next at the middle is worn out and the bridle teeth begin to wear off. At eight years the kernel is worn out of the lower front teeth, and begins to decrease in middle upper front. In the ninth year the kernel has wholly disappeared from the upper middle front teeth, the hook on the corner has increased in size, and the bridle teeth lose their points. In the tenth year the kernel is worn out of the teeth next to the mid| die front of the upper jaw, and in the eleventh year the kernel has entirely vanished from the corner teeth of the same jaw. At twelve years old the crown of all the front teeth in the lower jaw has become triangular, and the bridle teeth are much worn down. As the horse advances in age, the gums shrink away from the teeth, which consequently receives a long, narrow appearance, and the kernels become darkish points. Gray increases in the forehead and over the eyes, and the chin assumes the form of an angle.?Nebraska Farmer. ('ark of the Eye.?At the recent sanitary convention at Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. J. (.'. Lundy, of Detroit, read the paper on "Hygiene in Relation to the Eye." in which lie laid down the following rules for the better care of the eyes: 1. Avoid reading aud study by a poor light. I 2. Light should come from the side, and 1 not from the back or front, j 8. Do not read or study while suffering i great bodily fatigue or during recovery from i illness. 4. Do not read while lying down. 5. Do not use the eyes too long at a time I for near work, but give them occasional ; periods of rest. j fi. Reading and study should be done sys| tcmatically. j 7. During study avoid the stooping posij tion, or whatever tends to produce conges! tion of the head and face. | 8. Select well printed books, j 9. Correct errors of refraction with proper ! glasses. 10. Avoid bad hygienic conditions and i the use of alcohol and tobacco, j 11. Take sufficient exercise in the open | air. I 12. Let the physical keep pace with the I mental culture, for asthenopia is most usual l ly observed in those who are lacking in physical development. ? A Place for the Tools.?When not in use every tool used on the farm or in the garden, should have a place for safe keepingj A well-to-do farmer can afford to have a I house especially for the tools. Rut the lack of a tool house does not prevent the farmer from having some suitable place for storing his implements. The sides on a carriage j house may be arranged so that a large number of the small tools can be put away in j good shape. Not long ago, the writer was in a farm building where the whole underside of the roof was devoted to the storage of implements. Here were grain cradles, [scrythes, and various rakes, forks, hoes, etc., i hung upon bars and pins, in a satisfactory way. Racks for holding implements can be 'put in between the studs of a building, and | above these, shelves should be made for holding various articles, such as baskets, tubs, [etc., that take much space. The time of year for fitting up the tool-room is at hand. With the implements in good working order, land stored so as to be within quick reach, : the farmer is forearmed for his work, that comes so much in a heap at the opening of spring.?American Agriculturist. Pinkaiti.es as a Medicine.?When 1 first engaged in the culture of the pine, 1 was subject to severe spells of indigestion, and naturally, while working among the pines, would be tempted to eat freely of them, says a writer in Tropical Sun. (Jradually I found myself feeling much better, and after a time thoroughly convinced that the juice of tlis pineapple contained valuable medicinal properties, bent all my energies toward finding them out. This series of experiments, covering years of time, has steadily gone on, and successfully, too, for at this time I am making on my plantation what, for want of a better name, I call a "Digester," and confidently assert that it will cure indigestion, no matter how severe, and has proved itself to contain wonderful tonic and restorative properties, something a weak 1 stomach can hear, ami almost immediately I on taking the first dose, the weak and sore jspot in the stomach is wanned and nursed, so to speak, and intense relief* is almost instantaneously afforded. - ? ffcif" The onion is the most healthful of all vegetables. It steadies the nerves by its soporific qualities. It secures sound sleep, and whatever does this is the best possible nervine. Hut it has other important medicinal uses. We know a man always in vigorous health, who cheeks any cold he may have taken, by the following simple method : He eats as light a dinner as possible. At supper he eats nothing: just before i going to bed, he eats all he can of stewed onions, made soft and juicy by long cooking. He usually eats a good bowlful and retires to sleep. Soon perspiration begins, and in the morning not only is the cold entirely relieved, , hut he feels like another person. The 011' ions thus taken secure a passage of the howels, and this carries oil" with the execretions I all feverish symtoms that may have been in 1 the system. ! I fif-ar The work teams on I he farm consume nliciut one-fourth of the products of the j soil. There is but one way to stop this; that j is by raising heavy crops of forage. (The f torn ?tiler. I OUR ONE CHANCE. A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE. "Can you guide me to Vinson's Ranch ?" J | "Yes, senor." 'Very well. I shall expect to leave at! I sunrise tomorrow." -'Can you furnish two gooil horses?" I as'ted. 'Yes." ''Then you may come at the appointed i j time." With a low how, the Mexican guide turnj ed and strolled down the street, j 1 was seated on the piazza of a large house,! ' which possessed the distinction of being the ! oniy hotel in Nutt Station, a little town situ-1 ated on the Santa Fe railroad, in Southern ! INew Mexico, twenty-live miles from the! Mexican line. i had just arrived from Los Vegos, and wrs on my way to Mason's Ranch, which ' lies forty miles to the northwest of that place. The guide, whose service I had engaged, was a young Mexican, not over sixteen years of age. He was slender in build, with hair1 ; of a jet black and skin of a deep copper j ! color. He might easily have passed for a fullI blooded Indian, so.dark was his complexion,! i yet there was indication of intelligence in 1 his face and something of shrewdness in his j deep black eyes. Though only a youth, he | had been recommended to me as a thorough ; competent person to guide me anywhere in j the territory. I had little doubt but that I could have J found my way to Mason's Ranch without a guide, hud I possessed any kind of conveyance. Yet, even in that case, I might still have required the services of a guide, for there were rumors of a threatened outbreak among the Apaches under Chief Yictorio; and as the country through which I had to pass was known to be infested with roaming j bands of these predatory savages, I thought | it best not to attempt the journey alone. It was , ust sunrise, the next morning, when my joulhful guide, Manuel (tascia, made his apperance at the hotel with two horses, bridled and saddled, ready for our| journey. He was armed with a repeating j rifle and two pistols, while I had only one I pistol?a small thirty-two, which I always j i carried with me in my travels. However, seeing that Manuel had thought! it necessary to be well armed, I procured a, J rifle and a hundred rounds of cartridges j j before leaving the station. Thus equipped, we set out upon our jour-1 ! ney, taking a course to the northwest, in the | j direction of the San Francisco range of! ; mountains. The plain over which we were traveling j j soon began to give place to a more hilly and j i broken country, with here and there a nar- j i row canyon that wound its way through j ' ranges of low hills. ; It was in the afternoon. We had traveled j * Htt/, *v> I1 r.o nf Irvnofr u?i /I ti?nm ni rtl/1 tinr I IWClIt)*11 >X luuta, at iiai?t, auu uviv iiiuniu^ . 1 our way across a strip of barren plain, when j suddenly Manuel reined in his horse and I dismounted. Bending down, he examined | the ground closely for some time; then he : i cast a hasty glance about us. "Los Apaches!" he said, making a gesture ' to the west with his hand. "Do you think there are Apaches in this vicinity?" I asked, in alarm. lie nodded his head and pointed to the ground. i I glanced downward, and could plainly see the marks of unshod hoofs in the sandy soil. "Perhaps we had better turn back," I i suggested. "I am not anxious to encounter a band of hostile savages." But Manuel assured me that such a course i of action was not to be thought of. There might be no danger, after ali, but if there j was, it could not be averted by returning.' It was just as probable that we might1 | encounter the Apaches by doing so as by j j continuing on our course. So, after a few | | moments spent in considering the matter, we ! resumed our journey. We rode on three or four miles further, when, in crossing a little hill, we came suddenly in sight of a squad of perhaps twenty Indians, advancing from the north not more than a mile away. Turning our horses quickly about, and keeping under the brow of the hill, we galloped to the south, hoping to avoid an encounter with them. There was a chance that our presence had not been discovered by the Indians, and it was our aim to put as much distance as pos- i sible between us before venturing across the open plain that lay to the south. A few minutes' gallop brought us to a j j stretch of sandy plain ; but scarcely had we reached this, when glancing backward, we ! saw the whole band of Apaches lashing their ! ponies and coining in swift pursuit. The war ponies of the Apaches are always I the best that can be purchased or stolen in ! the Territory, and I recognized the fact ! that, as we were mounted on animals fur j inferior to those ridden by the savages, we : ! were in a decided fix. However, there was ! nothing left for us to do but trust to the j ; fleetness of our horses to carry us out of j danger, as a frght on the open plain with such a number of Apaches would be worse I ! than madness. We had not ridden a mile before it was 1 : plainly evident that our pursuers were gaini ing on us rapidly, and must soon overtake i j us. The sun was still high in the west, and j : there was no hope that we could keep up j ; the race till darkness would oiler us a chance j | of escape. Unless we could soon gain cover j , of some kind, we should be forced to stop j and fight our pursuers on the open plain, ; and in that case it was not hard to imagine ! ! the outcome. < On, on we urged our panting horses, with ; the yelling savages drawing nearer and nearer to us with every step. Suddenly Manuel turned his horse slightly ! to the left, and. pointing across the plain,! i said : j j "We must get to the house." Then, for the first time, I saw a small! building nearly a mile ahead of us, and to; ward this we urged our horses at the great-; jest speed. ji A few minutes brought us to the house,!: ' which proved to be one of those small adobe : i structures so common in New Mexico and1 j Arizona, erected for the use of the Mexican ! ! sheepherders, but long since abandoned. In j ! a moment we had thrown ourselves from j our saddles and stood by the open door. "Come," said Manuel, "we must get the J a j horses inside." Quickly we entered the cabin, leading our j horses sifter us. A glance showed us that we were in a room about fourteen feet square, with si single hole in the western wall that served as a I window. The door which was on the east- j < J ern side, was a rickety affair, rudely eon-; I structed out of pine slabs, and now showing 1 I very plainly the signs-of decay. \Vc had harely time to gain the inside and bar the door with the wooden holt with ! which*it was provided, when the Apaches, h I with yells of savage rage, dashed up to ; within sixty yards of the cabin and began : ' circling ahout it, hut not a shot was fired. After some little time spent in maineuver-, ing, they suddenly separated into two squads,'! one going to the west of the house and the |, other remaining on the east. They had now withdrawn out of rifle M range and seemed to he debating the (pies-!i ! tion what they should do next. It is hard to understand the mamcuvresj of a band of Apaches, and we kept on our j' guard ready for an attack that might come 1 at any moment. I stood by the door, rifle j' in hand, while Manuel, stationed at the west '1 by the window, kept a sharp lookout in that idirection. It was soon evident that they did not : mean to attack us immediately, but doubtless intended to wait until nightfall, when they could cover of darkness. This was Manuel's view of the situation, and it re j quired no argument to show us that we ! had little hopes of being able to hold the I 1 place against them. Scattered ahout the room were a few pine boxes and several articles of cast-oil'cloth-' ! ing, and in one corner a pile of coarse, black j wool and straw, which had doubtless done , service as a bed in time past. The floor i was of clay, the walls being of sun-dried brick, or adobe, while the roof was of hoards ' 1 eld in their place by huge wooden pins. Now that we were apparently free from any immediate danger, I began to rack my 1 ' 1 e lb ! Drains ior some jmui 01 escape. nuum soon he upon us. and then we might expect | an attack, It would not require much force 1 I to beat down the rickety door, and then we would be at the mercy of the merciless foe. What was to he done? I looked about the room, but could see no way in which our fortifications could he strengthened. We must make an attempt to escape from the place before attack came; hut how were we to proceed? There was only one plan, so far as I could see, and that was to wait for night, and then steal from the cabin and try to elude the enemy in the darkness. Calling Manuel to my side, I hastily laid my plan before him ; hut he only shook his head. "No. senor," he said; "I have just been thinking of a way? "What is it?" I asked eagerly. "Wait and see," he replied, briefly. Then, signaling for me to keep watch upon the Apaches, he walked over to the far end of the room, where the horses were standing. Presently I saw that lie was busily engaged at work 011 some object in the corner; but the scant light afforded by the small window prevented my seeing what he was doing. The Indians, meanwhile, had picketed their ponies, and were now sitting or lying 011 the short dry grass, evidently satisfied that they were masters of the situation. The sun was fast Hearing the western horizon, and night would soon be upon us. Whatever we did must be done soon. It would not do to wait for an attack. I knew that Manuel was working on some plan for our escape, but what it was I had not the remotest idea. That we would never leave the cabin without a fight, with the odds ten to one against us, I was fully satisfied, yet there was something in the guide's tone and movements that inspired me with confidence, j The sun was just throwing its last golden blaze across the sandy plain, when Manuel came forward, leading the two horses in front of the window. "What do you think of that?" he asked pointing to the animals. For a moment I was too surprised to speuk. Glancing at the horses, I saw what at first I appeared to be two men sitting in the saddles. fastened securely in their seats by j ropes and straps; but a second glance told me these figures were only dummies. "What does this mean, Manuel ?" I questioned, wondering if the guide had taken leave of his senses. "Will the Apaches take these for men?" he asked, pointing to the figures, and not appearing to notice my surprise. "Why?do you mean to?" I stopped i short, for a light had suddenly dawned upon me. "You mean to turn the horses loose on the plain, so as to deceive the Apaches into thinking that it is we who are the riders?" I asked. "You are right, senor." "I see," I replied. "You are wiser than I in such matters, and I believe your plan will work." "It is our only chance," he said, in a culm tone, "and if it fails we are lost." "I don't think it will fail!" I exclaimed confidently, filled with admiration for the little Mexican's ingenuity. As I examined the two dummies, I found that Manuel had cleverly stuffed some of the cast-off clothing with wool which he had found in the corner, and had succeeded in making what bore a strong resemblance to two men. The heads of the figures were made of rags wound into balls, and covered with two old hats which he had fished from the pile of rubbish. Manuel's next move was to fasten a spur to a stirrup 011 each saddle, first having taken up the strap so that it would strike the horse squarely on the side as soon as they begau to gallop. This would keep the horses running at their best, and so draw the savages away to a great distance before the deception could be discovered, and, if properly managed, would give us a chance to escape before the Indians could return to the cabin. Having completed every arrangement for carrying out Manuel's plan, we took our stations to watch the movements of the savages till night should give us an opportunity for action. It was not our purpose to wait till darkness had fully set in, but to carry our plan into action just at dusk, when the light would be sufficient to show the Indians that the horses had riders, but hot to reveal the deception. As the twilight settled over the plain, I could sec that the Indians drew close together, as if holding a final council. "It's time now. senor," suid Manuel, in a low tone. Without speaking a word, we brought the horses up to the door. I began to remove the bolt, when Manuel placed his hnndlipon my arm. "I will lose my horses, senor," he said, "and they eost me $200." I started at his cool, business-like tone, and tried to catch the expression of his face through the deepening gloom. Was it possible that one so young could stop to discuss such a question even in the face of death? I was astonished at the words, yet I admired the calm courage and indifference that characterized his speech. "You .shall be paid for the horses, Manuel," I said ; "never fear." "Thanks, scnor," he replied." And then he unfastened the door and threw it open. Keeping in the shadow of; the house, we led the horses to the outside;! then, turning their heads to the north, we j struck several sharp blows. They reared j violently, and plunged away in the dark-j n ess. At the same moment we threw ourselves in at the door, and lay flat upon the ground.! We held our*brcaths as the sound of rapid- j Iv retreating hoofs broke the stillness. Then rose a fierce tumult to the east and west, with a succession of terrible yells from j a score of savage throats. The Apaches! had discovered the two retreating horses, and had gone in pursuit. "Come," said Manuel, "we must not lose a moment. We must be as far away as possible before they discover the trick and re- j turn to search for us." Carrying our rifles in our hands, ready for j (piiek use, we daited from the cabin, audi ran with all the speed we could command to ; the southwest, while from the north came j the fierce yells of the Apaches as they swept i on in pursuit of our two flying horses. Wo rati for nearly a mile, and then, being almost exhausted by the violent exercise,1 and hearing 110 sound of pursuit, we dropped into a walk. We traveled steadily for three miles until 1 we found ourselves among a range of low, | sandy hills, and there, secreting ourselves in ! a patch of mosquito bushes that grew in a, small canyon, we rested for nearly an hour. Then we resumed our journey, and, by traveling in a circuitous route, reached 1 Mason's Kanch at sunrise the next morning.) Thus ended one of the most dangerous adventures of my life, and but for the; shrewdness of a Mexican boy I should not j be alive now to tell the story. Two weeks afterwards, as we were return-1 ing to Xutt Station, we came upon the dead bodies of our two horses, which had been literally hacked to pieces by (lie savages, so j enraged had they been on discovering the, deception that had been practised upon; them. Ill-: Had tiik Last Word.?A bachelor tradesman who has just died in Hamburg; adopted a novel method of revenging him-j self 011 the woman who once jilted him. I11; his will he left her a legacy of 12,000 marks, t but also indited the following letter which 1 he ordered to be handed to the lady, who is ( now a widow, with the money; "Madam:; Some thirty years ago J was a suitor for your hand in marriage. You refused my oiler, and as a consequence my days have been passed in peace and quietness. Now 1 l CM J III IL* Villi l ^uumiurr. Be#* I'rincc of Wales's state plume is from j Lhe tail of the Feriwah bird, one of the rarest birds of India. This particular plume | is valued at ?">0,000. p?At F (WYALSSpil ^ PSfs i?y I^isw-g ^AKlN*3 POWDER Absolutely Pure. a cream of tartar linking powder. Highest of all n leavening strength.?i .a test i'. s. Government *'?><al Report. Koyai. Baking I'owdkk Co., 10ii Wall /St., N. V. bp: sure to read KKV. THOMAS DIXON'S SKHMON "IS IT WORTH LIVING >? The fifth of a series on "THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR." fUST" Back numbers can be supplied. FOR THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN. WK want our friends, the club makers, to continue to work for Thk Enquirer during the spring, 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 them liberal offers, and we do it with the assurance that they will be received | with enthusiasm. We will offer one | LEADING PREMIUM, besidesseverJ al smaller ones, which will be awarded to the club-makers who may return and pay for the clubs of yearly subscribers between APRIL 5, 1893, AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1893, at 3 o'clock p. 111., as stated be-! low. We have for a number of years been 1 in the habit of using Buggies as pre-1 liiiums, and experience has taught 11s j that such a premium meets with gen-1 eral approval. At first we offered Cincinnati Buggies, worth about $55, but found that while they were all that was claimed for them, they were not of a grade that fully met the requirements of this section, and our two last offers in Buggies have been the product of our own "Carolina Buggy Company," which is acknowledged to be a leader in the manufacture of high grade | vehicles. These buggies met with the endorsement of our friends. They knew that the winner of the buggy would get something of which any man might well be proud. Fully realizing the standing and reputation of I the "Carolina," we have arranged to offer one of the Company's best $90.00 Open Buggies as a premium to the club maker who returns and oavs for the larirest 1111111 1 ' ?-? ber of subscribers between the dates named above. Last year we offered one premium I for the summer campaign, but this year we propose to give everybody a i chance. We will award a $25 watch j ?either Elgin or Waltham movement?in an open face coin silver case, | to every club maker who may return! and pay for SIXTY or more yearly subscribers between the dates fixed for the opening and closing of the contest. For every club of FORTY or more, and less than sixty, we will give one 7 jewel Elgin watch in an open face dust proof silver case, >vorth $13. For every club of THIRTY, and less than forty yearly subscribers, we will award one New York Standard watch in a dust proof open face coin silver case, worth $10. For every club of TWENTY and less than thirty subscribers, we will award one New York Standard watch in an open face nickle case, worth ?7. For every club of TEN we will send The Enquirer for one year as compensation. For every club of FIVE and less than ten, we will give one twenty-four | hour nickle alarm clock, valued at $1.75. In case a club maker who may return 60, 40, 30, 20, 10, or 5 names should win the buggy, said club maker will not be entitled to any other; premium. CONDITIONS. In this contest OLD and NEW sub-j scribers count the same, but the name: of 110 subscriber now 011 our list, whose! subscription expires after October 24, ! 1893, can entered 011 any club | maker's list to be counted in competition for any of the premiums offered ! under this proposition. The following are the classes that! will count: 1. Those who have never been] subscribers. 2. Those who have at any time! in the past been subscribers, but! whose names are not now on our list, 3. Those whose names are now ] 011 our list, but whose subscrip- i tions expire before October 24, 1 fiO'l 1 U ?/!/ The regular club price of $1.75 must' be paid for all yearly subscribers. In this contest, TWO six months' j subscriptions at $1.00 each will be considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at $1.75, and so counted, j The propositions contained in the above are open to everybody and any I one who works will be well repaid for j all the labor expended. The buggy is absolutely sure to go, whether the larg-1 est club is 5 or 100. If you want it, go j to work today. Any further information that may ; be desired will be furnished 011 ap- j plication. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, VS. C. < ARK YOU READING WAKING'S PERIL? IK NOT, WHY NOT? IT IS A FASCINATING STORY and was commenced in last week's! ENQUIRER. Till* STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ! York County. W 11 Kit KAN WILLIAM I>. ULKXX bus applied tome for Letters of Administration, 011 all and singular, the goods and chattels, j rights and credits of It. II. (1LKXX, late of the I county aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all! and singular the kindred and creditors of the ' said deceased, to he and appear before me, at our1 next Probate Court for the said county, to he holdcii at York Court House on the 7th day of Al't Jl'ST, lsil.'l, at 10 o'clock a. ill., to show j cause, if any, why the said Administration ! should not he granted. (liven under my Hand and Seal, this 21st day of; July, in the year of our Lord one thou-' sand eight hundred and ninety-three, and in the llsth vearof American Independence. W. II. MeCOKKLK, I'rohate Judge of York County. July 20 :to 2t CHAMPION ROLLICK MILLS. IKKSl'KCTI'TLLY bog to announce that the CHAMPION RoLLKK MILLS have been completed at Xcno, on Crowder's Creek. | They are now in operation, and I am prepared j to make for customers as FINK A Hi ALITYi OF 1'ATKXT UOLLKU MILL FLOUR, as! can he had in the United States. We have a capacity of thirty barrels of line Hour a day. The patronage of the public is solicited and satisfac- j lion is assured. (5. L. KIDDLK, Proprietor ii'i \t:n.. ! \ fiiiill)JJtm .uiurt. | July *> 27 tf ItRM'INC AM) STHAM FITTINGS, AN ussortuicnt of Belting ami Steam Fittings of all kinds in stuck. HOCK HILL MAC1IIXK W'oKKS. j IIHHHHHBHHHHHHHi Irifan'tc on/i Children. fivi umm ^raaaawa w??" Castoria isso well adapt?*d to children thai Cast or i a cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me." II. A. Arciier, M. I)., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "Tho use of 'Castoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended i:s merits so well known that it seems a work your 'Castoria,* and shall always continue to < f sujiercrogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial # intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." within cay reach," Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., t arum Maiityn, D. I)., i;Kth Street and Tth Ave., New York City. New York City. The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. | VAN WINKLE GIN AND MACHINERY CO., ATIjAJNTTA., GEORGIA. MANUFACTURERS. THE best system for elevating and distributing same direct to gins. .Many gom ineuais nave been awarded to us. Write for catalogue and what you want. WE CAN SAVE YOU. MONEY. VAN WINKLE GIN AND MACHINERY CO., Atlanta, Ga. May .'11 22 4m OLIVER* CHILLED PLOW. I1IAVK accepted the agency for the celebrated OLIVER CHILLED PLOW. It has for years lieen recognized as the best plow in every particular on the market. The No. ID?shown in above engraving?is a medium two horse, and is worth $8.50. I shall be pleased to furbish those who want a first class plow with full information as to all sizes and styles. If you want a plow that will meet every requirement as to good work and durability, buy the OLIVER CIIILED. SAM M. OR 1ST, Yorkville. S. C. - GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, Manufactures all kinds of IRON ORE PAINT IRON ROOFING. And Cement. crimped and corrugated si ni so, 152TO 158 M ERWIN ST., Iron Tile or Shingle, Cleveland, <>. fire proof doors, shutters, .tp.t |l \ par Send for Circular ! and Price List No. 75. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ^ tfOrders received by L. M. GRIST. "DEAD MEN EARN NO MONEY!" i vour fark to the avobli. s fair. , I T7*OU cannot a (lord to throw away $30 or $40 ?... i... i??.i v.,... i?... I A and letsoiiie traveling sewing machine Times May be Bad Now, But Wluu (, uf^ent ]>ick it nj>. You may ask yourself "How do Income Stops Altogether, What Then ? i I throw $30 away and how does an agent pick it 1. . . ,i , up?" Here is the way: An agent comes to LADER, the follow mg truths on the sub-1 y0ur house, and alter begging and persuading jeet of life insurance are submitted tor your I you, you let him put his machine in your house, consideration. ^ on will do well to weigh them an(l j/ets you to t'rv iti ami it reailly runs "pretty carefully: i peart," and he calls your attention to the nicely Retwcen the ages of 20 and .10. 68 persons die {,ickel phuo.1 attachments, ami the nuinhor of out ol every ; between 30 mid 40 the number ,imwers u has, and the "solid" (?) oak or walnut is 86, and between 40 and o0, 121?premature, woodwork, which in many cases is only very deaths careers, promising and otherwise, cut | thinly veneered. Then he goes to work and tells short, hopes and aspirations unrealized. I hose you how heavy your machine runs, and how it are facts. , rattles, and how much rheumatic tire it must give It you, the reader should no make old you and lhen hmv pleasant it is to run his'n; hones-aud the above statistics illustrate the ' then he makes you a battering offer about as folheavy chances of such a contingency-what will lmvs . ,.r will ive ymi my smith machine for become of those dependent upon you? 1 >o you | VOIIr<s s;{0, and give you two year's time care? If so, how have you shown your anxic-: j? which to pay for it." Isn't that flattering? fy.* !*>' J}''()Ut |L perhaps, or bv xor | I f you try, you can buy his machine for $30, casn. thinking about it. 11 that be all, have you li.iui- j Your machine runs heavy-your machine rattles, dated your debt t?_? duty . ^ Remember, they j ja worn out. It runs heavy, because it has * may have to go to the work nou.se. mey may i,et.0ine gummed with oil and dust, it rauies have to subsist on the charity of friends. They I j,(.,.aus0 some of the screws have worn loose, may have to earn their bread by drudgery. A Youcim have it put in thorough repair for &.50, pretty heritage! 1 and make it good five years longer, and thereby You are poor, probably, in which ease you are ; save $27.">0, which will almost pay your fare to one of a large majority of your species. Who the World's Fair and return. For further inis not poor now??perhaps one man out of every ; formation apply to A. M. GRIST, ten. You cannot leave a fortune for your wife Yorkville, S. C. and children, and would not if you could. julv 12 28 tf Quite right; but there is a wide difference be- ! * . ... tween that and leaving them destitute. EXCKl.SIOK RU BB E K STAMPS. Y our income is probably only sufficient tor ? necessities, and in this you also form one of a .V,)U know that a III BRER STAMP is a large constituency. But what are necessities? 1JL/ very useful article with which to mark The bread and butter of today "only," or the your collars, cull's, shirts and handkerchiefs? bread and butter, of say, this time next year, j Well, if you don't, it is time you were learning, when perhaps you will ho under the sod. j And it is also useful to merchants to stamp Deau men earn no money! Times may be their wrapping paper, etc.; also useful to hotel bad now ; but when the income stops altogether, i clerks, bankers, druggists, postmasters, etc. I wliat then? You cannot do much? granted ; have on hand some very tine specimens of type, but you can do your best. Angels can do no suitable for marking clothes, and also for stampmore. You can insure your life, and that is ing envelopes, letter heads, lull heads, stateabout the only thing you can do to meet the cir- incuts, shipping tags, visitingand business cards, eunistances. I etc., which is at least equal to, or better than 7"? If it won't run to more than bread and butter I per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of ama- ^ now, do without the butter, and secure the bread tour country printers. I also sell steel stamps, for those you profess to care for. wax seals, seal presses, door plates, German 82,000 or $.">,(KX) at your death is not a very fat silver key checks with name and address, and fortune, but it may make a vast difference to the | also badges for policemen, -railroad conductors well-being of its recipients. mid porters. Without it the prospect is not pleasant. House- "SAFETY" PENCIL POCKETS, hold furniture sacriticd under the hamuier, pro- Ir you lmv0 u fountain j)en ora pencil that you ceeds absorbed in bills and expenses, wile and j ,ionrt wnnt t<) i,)S0( vou t.a? kocp from lo* family on their beam ends, turned out of house t|lom |)V huyinga "SAFETY" PENCIL POCKand home intotlieunsympathetic world without j.yp. It only costs TWENTY-FIVE cents and a fair chance. Will they sink or swim? will save you the expense of buying so many With it, the home saved, debts discharged, and \ jca(| pencils, a comfortable sum in hand to act as a lever to a ; i wm i,0 ,,leased to till all orders given me. livlihoood. ,, , . , , Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed. This is a tunny world; when one is down there Address all orders to ItEG. M. GIt 1ST are plenty willing to give him a kick, but a few | Yorkville s' ( hundred dollars at the rear secures no little del- ' ' ' erenceand consideration. PHOTOftltAPH IrATJ.PWV Therefore do your duty, and don't think twice rnuiUUUAi II ItALiIjUjIv l. about it. Insure your life for as much as you rpiIOROUGHLY titled up with new backpossibly can, and thus give your boys and girls a JL grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a tine chance in life, and minimize the possibilities of sky-light, I am prepared to take a picture in any untold misery.?Insurance Agent and Review, style of the art, as well executed as can be done elsewhere. A Hiikcian Mon.\i?-A countryman, in the CHILDREN'S PICTURES A SPECIALTY. old Grecian tune, was driving Ins wagon to immun, market over a muddy road, when suddenly his By the drv plate process I can take them inwheels sunk into their hubs and the horse stop- stantly; makes no difference about fair or cloudy ped. Without putting his shoulder to the wheel, : weather. without, in fact, making the least effort, he be- I do all my own printing and finishing, and can to call upon his god, Hercules, for help, there is very little delay in delivery. Ilereules answered him to lay a hand to his own i^vrr toripn irA?r load, reminding him that the gods helped those LiiLAKljldJ \Y OJvIY. a man who neglects or refuses to insure his (j|v5 nao a Vail and see suecimens of work At provider, mu ior men 01 nun khhi iid kuuuhuj provides a poorhoiisc.?.John 1{. liegeman. Mil* OK vilKK' t'OI'XTY ' , / \ WIN< > t<> unavoidable dillhuitics in secnr..juo rho nam who emries a lite insurance pol,- 1 ) jn ,ssarv 1 hav'leo mm le ey van look into the tntnro with eonlaleiiee, ?,? itntJ, mv .> >? . ... '."none knowing well that old ape will not tind him .,'riwiii-tllx- set The ua.rir i! " ?*n a tit subject for charity, and that it'death should i,t,nshed Vorw'inl n* nm.iu-i' i claim him prematurely his family would not be will be eonmleteil in dim fiiii.! ti, ' a!'/} left penniless in those dark days when, were it j,.. sold at tlie uniform nriee ..riiJ i Vi"'' w otherwise, they would be desolate and despair- !*7'1 * i 11.11 i,i,J,IV t! I)0r iug. Happy indeed must be the last moments onlia-s as nossible bv the tinie it '/J as lIl,!uV of the man who, with his dying breath, am say: 1- LS.i' "Wife, dear, in my desk, yonder, von will find '; U l1!11' "'"P. my life insurancepolicies ." Andfaftera little while, when lie, the bread-winner, is no more, June UK and the lirst paroxysm of grief is over, lightened ' " indeed will he the burden of the wife to whom UXDKKTAKIXCJ he lett them, and a grateful remembrance of him who was always so thoughtful, kind and true, Jift" The followinp texts are worthy of eotisidoration by the uninsured : "A pood man leav- _/ eth an inheritance to his children." "Withhold * not pood from them to whom it is due." "A T AM handlinp a tirst class line of COFFINS prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth him- JL AN I) CASK KTS which I will sell at the ver'v self." "If any provide not for his own, amies- lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours pecially those of his own house, he hath denied I am prepared to repair all kinds of Fn?.>ii the faith and is worse than an infidel." "When at reasonable prices. urnituio thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid; yea, j .1. FD J FFFKK YS thou sbnlt lie down and thy sleep shall be I .January 1 1 if sweet.?.Vitna. * ? ! AKIXO AXI) TAII.OHIXCi. J"-d" If any company asks you to take a policy T CAM. the attention of those interested that which appears to oiler a liip investment if you .JL 1 have added a DHKSS-M A KINO * 1?Flivo, and to charge you nothinp for your in- PAKT.MKNT To MY TAII.oKlNo \\t) suranco In the meantime?don't You may rely KKPAIKI.NO PKPAKTM KXT, and* I will* ho ujion It that the company don't intonil to lose j pluil if my lady friends will consult with me money on its contracts, and if the policy seems before placing their work. AH work delivered to ho worth more than it costs, it is because you when promised. Work-room in the buildinir don't understand it as well as the eompauy does, north, and to the rear of Mr. JelVcrys's I'nderl>on't attach too much importance to estimates taking establishment, of agents. It is easy to make big estimates Mrs. ItllnDA I,. FFHOCSOX when the results cannot lie determined for May 10 pi ' 'tj. twenty years to cotne. .? P. K. KIM.KV. J. S. II lilt'K, r|M I'lXLKYA IIHIC'K. Hie Mutual Reserve attohxhvh at i<aw, Fund Life Association, of Xow York, is the Xork\ille, S. (. I . x- . i I, ! A htlslllPMa Clltrustwl t() us will l.orrivnn largest Natural Premium lilt* insurance ^V. prompt attention. "lun company in the world, ami is the HKST of OFFICK IN T1IK Hl'ILDINi! ATTIIK HK\H auykiml. It furnishes insurance at guaran- *'^anii-ir>* 7' ' SS'S SToUF. teisl rates ]>er ami that rate isuhout * " half that charged l?y level premium com- SI'-P.tHATdlts, panics. If vou have no insurance you should ^ ANI) FAHQl'A- * ' * M A lv Separators lor sale. not postpone the matter another day. If KnClv HILL MAI'IIINF WORKS your old lino policy is burdensome you will HtOX KIXC; COOKIXL STOVI4S do well to investigate the .Mutual deserve. TK<>.\ KINii, HI mo. Star, (Jiiccn Cooking UKIST MHOS. A HKICK, tScii'l Agents, v ,SllnV7.a,"'1 ,{u"k'?^. All made hy Cliarlos .. , ... .. Xolile A <?. Also a Imeol low priced Stoves at ^ orkville, s. < . ^ <?. H. U'LKAHY'JS, m