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Humorous jfrpartmcut. j LEARNING TO SING. A young gentleman, anxious to learn to sing, went up into a garret, one Saturday night, about bedtime, and resolutely com-i menced his exercises with his Psalm book, j He had been singing but a short time, when j his father, afidgetty old geutleman, stole out j of bed with his night cap on, and on reach-1 ing the foot of the stairs, mildly inquired : "James!" Xo answer. James was busy with his exAttniaac tl V-iOV. o. "James ?" Still no answer. "James?" "Sir!" "Have you heard a very peculiar noise, James ?" "No sir; nothing." "Oh?ah! I thought?bdt never mind," x and the old gentleman walked back to his room, muttering indistinctly. Presently James resumed his exercises, and was getting on famously as he thought, when his parent, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, again walked forth, exclaiming: "James!" "Sir!" "Are you sure that Bose is chained up?" "Yes, sir; I attended to it myself." "Very well?very well. No matter," and he again returned to his room. Wondering what his father meant by enquiring after'the house-dog, Bose, James was silent for a minute, but soon returned to his exercises more vigorously than ever. Again, however, he was interrupted by the voice of his parent shouting: "James!" "Sir!" "I am sure Bose is loose !" "It can't be possible." "He is I tell you !" "What makes you think so, sir?" "Why, for the last half-hour I have heard something that sounded very much as if that dog was again worrying that poor cat!" James never resumed his exercises after th$t Overwhelming compliment.?New York Sun. Told of Sir Andrew Clark.?London is teeming with stories of Sir Andrew Clark, who, after having rallied sufficiently from a paralytic stroke to give his friends hope of ultimate recovery, suffered a relapse and passed away recently. Sir Andrew Clark wa3 so ardent in his crusade against overeating and overdrinking, and so firm in his belief that in a large majority of cases diet will do far more than drugs, that he was a little too much inclined to take it for granted that his patients were self-indulgent to the / ruin of tneir health. Among the many anecdotes to which bis views gave rise the following is one of the most amusing: A patient came to consult him, and was at once overwhelmed with directions on the subject of the life ho should lead and the diet to which he should adhere. "Now, remember ; only one glass of wine at each meal," the physican concluded, "and just one cigar after dinner won't hurt you. Good morning. Be sure you keep strictly to the one cigar." "One cigar!" said the patient. "But?" "My dear sir," broke in Sir Andrew somewhat testily. "I must insist. If I am to treat you, you must follow my directions. I know quite well you will find it hard, but it is absolutely necessary for your health." The patient heaved a deep sigh. "All right, Sir Andrew; since you insist I will do my best. Good morning." He went his way, but his health did not improve, and at the end of a few weeks he returned to the physician's consulting room. "No better?" said the doctor, surprised. "But have you followed all my directions?" "Absolutely," replied the visitor. "I must admit that the cigar was rather hard work at first, and in fact made me feel very ill; but I soon got used to it, and now I rather like it." "Good heavens!" said Sir Andrew, on whom the truth dawned, "do you mean to tell me?" "Yes, I had never smoked before."?Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. VST Some years ago a sailor, at the close of "the season" on the lake, found himself with a pocketful of money, the wages of his labor. His aged mother, residing at Detroit, had "experienced religion" as the Methodists say, during his absence; and on Jack's return, persuaded him to hire a pew in her favorite church. The next Sunday, she persuaded Jack to attend services with her. As a "revival" was then in progress, after a while the individual of whom Jack had i hired the pew came to his seat and began to j talk to him about his spiritual welfare.! Presently he asked, "Are you a Christian? " "W-h-a-t?" returned Jack, his temper rising. "Are you a professing Christiau ?" "Am I a Christian ?" retorted the indignant sailor, in a tone loud enough to attract general attention. "Why, blast your eyes! didn't I buy a state-room in this here very church yesterday ; and haven't I got your own receipt for it in my jacket this miuute?" The incipient "muss" was explained away with some difficulty ; but jack could not be coaxed a second time to enter a building where, as he said, "the blasted lubber of a third mate insulted him ?" Pi t Him Out.?The Elizabeth Monitor I tells the following amusing story. At one of the railroad depots in the vicinity of Elizabeth, travelers were recently amused in this wise: A countryman purchased a ticket and thus addressed the clerk: "Stranger, I want to leave my dog in this ere office until the U;ain starts. I'm afraid somebody'll steal him." "You can't do "it," said the clerk ; "take him out." "Well, stranger, that is cruel; you're both dispositioued alike, and he'll be kinder company for you." "Take him out!" roared the clerk. "Well, stranger, I don't think you're honest, and you want watching. Here Dragon," lie said to the dog, "sit down here and watch this fellow sharp!" and turning on his heel, lie said to the clerk, "Put him out, stranger, if he is troublesome." The dog remained there until the train started, watching and growling at every movement of the clerk, who gave him the better part oi tne omee. + Joke on the Doctor.?There was an eager and excited, as well as anxious, throng of heirs gathered in the mansion of an old French lady recently deceased. She had left her physician, "whose enlightened care and wise prescriptions had made her live so long," the contents of the old oaken chest. The heirs were naturally indignant; the doctor much elated at the thought of the treasures contained in the quaintly carved old chest. They gathered ahout it, waiting for the lawyer to come with the key. At last he arrived and handed the key to the doctor. He unlocked the chest and opened it. The sunlight fell upon its glistening contents, consisting of the unopened bottles of medicine which he had prescribed for her the pretwenty years. 8Or They were dining oil' fowl in a restaurant. "You see," he explained, as he showed her the wishbone, "you take hold here, and I'll take hold here. Then we must both make a wish and pull, and when it breaks, the one who has the bigger part of it will have his or her wish gratified." "But I don't know what to wish for," she protested. "Oh, you can think of something," he said. "No, I can't," she replied ; "I can't think of anything I want very much." "Well, I'll wish for you," he exclaimed. "Will you really?" she asked. "Yes." "Well, then there's no use fooling with the old wishbone," ' - ' * ?--i ? ?)...! sne lnierrupivu, nuu a gmu omut, twu v?w? have me." 9?*" A certain little girl from whom the Listener of The Transcript sometimes hears, is evidently going to he a great logician. When she was called upon at school the other day to recite a verse from the beatitudes, she responded with, "Blessed are the dressmakers, for they shall see God." "But, my dear girl," exclaimed the teacher, "it is not 'dressmakers,' it is 'peacemakers.'" "Well," the child answered, stoutly, "my mother has a dressmaker, and she makes dresses out cf pieces!" Benevolent Gentleman?3Iy little boy | have you no better way to spend this beau- j tiful Sabbath afternoon than by standing in I front of the gate idling away your time? Boy?I ain't idling away my time. There's a chump inside with my sister who is paying me ten cents an hour to watch for pa. iiafc&M." x-'. |Ut5CfUancoit5 Reading. CHRISTMAS TREE. The Christmas tree is of German origin ! and so is Santa Clans, though both long ago became popular in England and America. | It is not proper to array Santa Clans in fantastic dress. His proper costume is simply that of a jolly old fellow, wearing a long beard and warmly clad in furs, a long overcoat, etc., to protect him from the cold while making his rounds to distribute presents to the children whose patron saint he is. It is said that the original Santa Clans was a real person. Nicholas C'laus Cringle, who became a noted character in his native German village and district on account of his love of children and his devotion to their innocent amusement. He was a stout, hale old gentleman with a big beard, and when he went around from house to house Christmas Eve carrying presents of toys, candy, etc., for his little friends, he had to be well wrapped up, of course, for Chrisimas weather in that climate is always cold. After his death he was made a saint, his fame gradually spread through Germany and be is now an institution wherever Christmas is celebrated. Among English speaking people there have been two views of Christmas for at least 300 years. The Puritans, whose austere views began visibly to affect English social life as long ago as the latter part of Queen Elizabeth's reign, were from the first hostile to Christmas. They condemned all merrymaking as frivolous aud worldly. When they came into power through the civil war growing out'of their quarrel with Charles II, they shut up all the theaters in England, forbade the May poles, around which the English villagers and country folks delighted to -3 /Millotuorl minno nin Phrifsh UUIIUC, 1IUU IIICJ uununmuiiuvv|Mv. ^ mas merry making they looked upon as sinful and it was repressed. The Puritans who settled New England brought with them hostility to Christmas merrymaking, and it wasn't long before Thanksgiving day, in the latter part of November, became their great day. Thanksgiving day is frequently spoken of as the New England Christinas, though latterly the New Englanders have yielded some to the Christinas customs of the rest of the Christian world, and the day is much more observed there as a festival than it formerly was. All English-speaking people except the Puritans have regularly kept up their Christmas merrymaking. Night Growth.?Good Health points out the curious fact that night is the time which nature utilizes for growth. Plants grow much more in the nightxhan in the daytime, as can be proved at any time by measurement. Measure a vine at night, then measure it again in the morning, and the next night, and it will be found that the night growth is two or three times that accomplished during the day. During the day the plant is very busy gathering nourishment front various sources, and during the night this raw material is assimilated in the plant life. The same fact is true of the animal creation. Children grow more rapidly during the night. In the daytime, while the child is awake and active, the system is kept busy disposing of the wastes consequent on this activity; but during sleep the system is free to extend its operations beyond the mere replacing of wornout particles; hence the rapid growth. This is why so many invalids need so much rest and sleep. The system has been taxed for years beyond its ability to repair the tissues, and hence the organism has become worn and disabled from the accumulation of waste products, and disease has re! suited. With the proper conditions restored and a period of perfect rest, nature will reassert herself, clearing up the clogged and dirty tissues, and restoring the organs to their normal condition. Germany's Black Bread.?There is no doubt that the Germans arc the strongest people on earth and probably the most prolific, and I believe it is owing to their eating black bread. A great deal of the nourishment must be wasted in refining flour as is 11 1 .?! ml. ? I now done i>y an civinzeu nations. mv ; bread is made more palatable, perhaps more ! digestible for weak, wornout stomachs, but ! black bread must be the true staff of life. The Germans do not eat much fresh meat. There may be some in other parts of the country, but along the Rhine you never see cattle grazing in pastures. I did not see one sheep in all my tramps, and the only eows I saw were the ptfor things hitched to heavy carts doing the work of oxen. There ' is no milk along the Rhine to speak of. I got no taste of cream, and the eggs I had were stale. Black bread, then, is what this people live on, and with it they thrive and grow to be mighty conquerors.?Chambers's Journal. fiSf Previous to 1845 the rates for letter j postage varied greatly. Half an ounce was! the standard weight, and rates varied with the distance. In 1S45 the rates were fixed at five cents a half ounce for distances not ! exceeding three hundred miles, and ten i j cents for greater distances. In 1S4G"the J rates were three cents and ten cents respect- j ively. In 1851 the rates were three cents j | for distances under three thousand miles, j and ten cents for greater distances. In 18031 a uniform rate of postage was fixed, three1 cents a half ounce, and this lasted for twenty ' years, until on Oct. 1, 1883, the rate was' reduced to one-half; that is, the weight limit was increased from half an ounce to an ounce. Postage is cheaper in this country than in any other civilized country. Tiik OldkstSoi.diku in tiik Would.? Russia proudly claims the oldest soldier, if I not the oldest citizen of any rank, in the known world. Her claimant for this distinguished honor is Colonel Gritzenko of Pottawa, near Odessa, who, if he lives until : February 7, will celebrate his one hundred I and twentieth birthday. Gritzenko entered the military service in the year 178!), 104 j i year ago, and received from the hands of. ! Empress Catherine herself a gold medal for conspicuous bravery at the assault on Ismail.' I This trophy, of which the aged warrior is j justly very proud, bears the following in-1 j.script ion : "For exceptional bravery at the nf Ismail. December 11. 178!)." - - ? -o? ? ; fife#" The rush of the Jews toward Jorusu-! I lein is phenomenal. In lXSIi-lNS'J, only fouri : years, it reached 20,000. More than half the j I city's present population are Jews. The j country, too, is filling up with Jews. There [ is new life in old Palestine, commerce begins to flourish, money is invested, industries are developing, and many eyes are turned thither in wonder. The Kolhsehilds arc lending their immense wealth (nearly S4.000.000) to rebuild and restore the old glory of the fa-1 : mous site of the ancient kings. Meanwhile ! Turk, Pope and Czar covet and intrigue for ! the prize of the "holy mountain." Put Christ' I will win. Ps. ii, (i.?Exchange. Whkn I)oks ml: Ykak IIkijin??The countries and nations of the world, with a j : few exceptions, begin the year with January j : 1, but that this system is arbitrary, and based upon nothing in particular, does not j even need to he proven. The ancient Egyptians, Chaldeans, Persians, Syrians. I Pheuicians and Carthaginians each began their year with the autumnal equinox, or; about September 22. Among the Creeks | the beginning of the year was at the time I of the winter solstice down to 4.*?2 Ii. when the "mention cycle" was introduced, jailor WU1CI1 IIIO HOW yviir infill! *111 uuiiv 1 In Knglaml, from the time of the fourteenth century until 1U-VJ, the legal and ecclcsiasti- j \ cal year began on March 2~>. fi?*'"Watch stopped, has it?" asked one j 1 traveler of another. "Now, I suppose you'll pay a dollar to clean it. But let me give I you a tip. Open both of the back cases so, j j hold open side down, and tap it with your finger nail a dozen times. Don't be afraid. Snap it again. Now move the second hand. I Is it all right? I thought so. A drummer put me up to that trick. Probably there were . only a few specks of dust in the works and you've rapped them out. Very likely it will run now for a year ami you've saved your dollar. If it doesn't run after the little jar that you gave it, then it is time to take it to the jeweler." ' B8T The men who arc engaged in a petty I dispute usually manage to persuade them-1 selves that they are contending for a great 1 principle. All the rest of the world knows: the truth, and looks on amazed and incredulous that rational creatures should be so stirred up over matters so little important. If Satan does not often laugh at human j folly, it is simply because he is deficient in : the sense of humor.?Nashville Advocate. | ^iu)5i(lc ftathmngs. fri?" I'ncle Sam lias lS'J'J railroad corporations. JS^iT Every time you complain, some one thinks less of you. fltiT Wool is America's seventh largest agricultural industry. fiST Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. flfraT' Kain has fallen only twice in twentynine years at Eden, Arabia. A full-grown elephant is capable of carrying a load of .two tons. 86?" A statistician estimates the world's indebtedness at $1">0,000,000,0()0. The most grateful man is the one for whom you have done the least. II you would curry uivor wuii ?i iiuui, don't curry him the wrong way. BSC The barber can hold another man's jaw when he can't hold his own. JSSST Truth crushed to earth will rise again every time?except in a horse trade. . A man can't keep his bank account increasing and be a dude at the same time. 8ST" There's a good deal of difl'erencc between frankness, bluntness and brutality. 8ST There are twenty-seven foreign ships with guns having a range of ten miles each. 8^2?" The average depth of sand in the African desert is thought to be .'50 or 40 feet. 8S?" An excellent time to speak words of comfort to your friend is when he needs them. 8ST Whatever a man really needs, he gets. It is the unnecessary luxuries people grumble for. 8ST Every one is jealous of something or somebody. And no one is happy who is jealous. # 8ST Thirty-seven thousand women are employed in the United States as telegraph operators. fl?ay Brandy is an invention of the French, and has been known to tlie world for nearly GOO years. 8*3?" The real name of Connecticut is Q.uonch-ta-but. It is a Mohican word, and means "long river." 8&* Nature has wisely arranged matters so that a man can neither pat his own back nor kick himself. 8*7?" Three out of live people questioned are unable to tell the number of stars in the United States Hag. 0??? At the present rate of increase there will be 190,000,000 people in the United States in lifty years. l&riP Lady (to legal adviser)?You won't charge for a question, I hope? Lawyer?Oh, no?only for the answer. A little Philadelphia girl startled her mother the other day by asking what barbers did with all their shavings. SST This world would be studded with angels if each man would act upon the advice he is ready to give to others. EST A statesman may sometimes he a politician, but it does not necessarily follow that a politician is always a statesman. The first strange cat which wanders into a new house should be kept as long as possible. The visit means good luck. k 862?" "Politics is a dirty business." "I am aware of that fact." "Then why do you go into it?" "To make filthy lucre, of course." 8fctT Dwarfs arc the inhabitants of the Andaman islands. It is seldom that a full-grown man is seen over forty-two inches in height. BfeiT The knot is the nautical mile, and its length is fixed at (i,0X0 feet. The land mile in Kngland and the United States is 5,280 feet. ?5?" Leather scraps arc now converted into a pulp and manufactured into doorknobs, canes, combs, cups, buttons and other useful articles. 8fi?" At Dundenong, Austria, there is a blue gum tree which has an estimated height of 450 feet. It is believed to be the tallest tree in the world. 8?" It it a fact, established on the authority of travelers in different parts of the world, that stammering is almost unknown among savage tribes. 8*i?" The difference between stealing and kleptomania seems to be that in the first instance the thief is in needy, and the second in easy, circumstances. BST" Disputing about politics or religion is a good deal like trying to drive a pig?all right enough when you have to do it, but not worth while for fun. 8&? It estimated that territory equal to the w-hole surface of the earth has been dug over one hundred and twenty times in order to get room for burial-places. 8*aT Kngland received about 10,0-~?7,(>00 letters from the United States last year. (Jcr many received irotn me niaies 010 ieiters, and France 1,884,040. William McKinley was born in Ohio. Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Harrison?all the presidents elected by the Republicans, with the exception of Abraham Lincoln?were born in Ohio. t?$?" Kvery nation on the globe has had its "stone age" at some period of its history. Even as late as the time of Moses and Aaron the rite of circumcision was performed with a stone knife. Of the 35,090 teachers in the public schools of Pennsylvania, only 195 are college graduates. More than one half of the 25,399 never attended an academy, a seminary, or normal school. BfejT "What is the meaning of the word 'tantalizing?'" inquired the teacher. "Please, ma'am," said Johnny, "it means a procession passing the school house, and the scholars not allowed to lookout." tfa?" To such an extent has machinery superseded handwork on the grain farms of the Northwest, that it is estimated that the labor of one man will raise enough grain to support 1,000 men for a year. t&T The re is man down Fast, rather a facetious fellow, whose name is New. He named his first child Something, as it was something new. His next child was called Nothing, it being nothing new. ittar "ji ic man who raised a cabbage-head has done more good than than all the metaphysics in the world," said a stump orator at a meeting. "Then," replied a wag, "your mother ought to have the premium." Our great secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate. The old proverb about too many irons in the fire is an abominable lie. Havcthemall in ? shovel, tongs, poker and all. The more the better. &0F Noblemen in scores were created by Christophe, a negro who ruled as emperor of if 1?!11 IV.HI ,1,.. ?:#!.._. conferred were those of the Puke of Marmalade, the Count of Lemonade, and the Karl of Brandy. flfc#" Probably the most remarkable knife in the world is that in the curiosity room of the factory of Joseph ltod<jers ?Jc Sons, in Sheffield, Holland. It has 1,SJM) blades, and ten blades are added every ten years. Another curiosity is three paiis of scissors, all of which can he covered by a thimble. Cfc#" At a railway station, an old lady said to a very pompous-looking gentleman, who was talking about steam communications: "Pray, sir, what is steam?'' "Steam, ma'am, is ah?ah?steam is?" "I knew that chap couldn't tell ye," said a rough-looking fellow standing by; "hut steam is a bucket of water in a tremendous perspiration." Urif" This is the time of the year when the hair dealers send their agents about Kurope to buy the country maidens' hair. They meet them at the fair, and pay for the privilege of clipping off their locks. Belgium sends out about 1,000 pounds of fair hair every year: Italy sends 12.000 pounds of black hair; the Argentine Republic, 2.(100 pounds; British India, IS,000 pounds, and China, 140,000 pounds. Ififif The area of the Cnitcd States is slight ly over 3,000,000 square miles, excluding Alaska. Of this area about one-liftli, or 000,001) square miles, has been surveyed during the ten years in which the work has been in operation. This surveyed area is represented upon Too sheets, 000 of which have been engraved and printed and are now in the hands of the public. An area of about 00,0001 square miles is surveyed annually. fifcaST The annual report of Lieutenant ('. L. Collins, inspector of small arms practice in ; the department of the Colorado, states that j the competitions in target shooting have shown tiiat men with light blue eyes rank ! highest, followed in their order by dark | blue, slate blue, light brown, dark brown | and black. In the colored troops light blue eyes again stand at the top. lie further says that tall men shoot more accurately than short men. (Tin* ^tovji ?filer. | SEMINOLE BLOOD-HOUNDS. It V l-:i?\VA Kl? S. KM.IS. The advantages possessed by an inferior [ guerilla force, in their own country, against j I an organized military expedition, was never more completely exemplified than in the war ! ?" 1 -'"inil Sinmiimllic riT I which \\c ?a^tu ?i^?nunv v#? j Florida. A comparative handful of savages in the j forests, swamps and everglades of this pe[ ninsula, were enabled to liold out against the skill and bravery of our best ollieers and disciplined soldiers, and to defy our government for years, until in the end a compromise was effected, and we thereby admitted our own defeat. Every means that human ingenuity could j devise was resorted to in order to bring these I mendacious redskins to terms, but in vain. Some of the military leaders finally conceived the brilliant idea of following them into | tht-ir retreats in the everglades by means of blood-hounds. Accordingly large numbers were brought into the country, and soon put upon the trail. The dogs did well, speedily overhauling the Seininoles, who secured all that quae within reach, trained them, and then used them to hunt the invaders. This was turning the tables with a vengeance. | Among the numerous hunters and scouts who were employed by the American genc| nils, were two by the name of O'Kcnnan and j Withinglon, who accompanied the first organized force sent into the country by our government. These men were engaged all through the war, and when peace at last came they were so well pleased with the j country that they concluded to take up ' their residence there. Neither had any family, and took with them only a couple of dogs of the bloodhound species. They penetrated quite a distance into the interior, against the advice of their friends, and erected themselves-a small cabin upon the banks of a creek, where they lived a sort of hermitlike existence thatsuited their tastes exactly. The stream, which ran by their door, was studded with (isli, and the surrounding woods abounded with game, so that nothing was lacking to make their lives just what two such eongenial spirits desired it to he. When their ammunition ran low they descended the creek in their di^-out, twenty miles, to Fort McLaughlin, where lliey had j no diiliculty in securing all they wanted, j When weary of hunting, they fished ; and | when weary of both, they did nothing, j Thus matters progressed until an interrup| lion of the most terrible kind came, i It is probable that neither of the hunters | would have been disturbed had not their ! identity, by some means or other, become known to the Seminoles. The latter managed to learn of the prominent part these two men had taken against them in the war just closed, and although peace had been declared by themselves, they determined to make an exception in their case, and repay them for the injuries lliey had inflicted. The warning came to the hunters in a manner which could not be mistaken. On I returning from a visit to Fort McLaughlin i one afternoon they found their cabin burned I to the ground, and their two dogs lying near, j their heads cloven by tomahawks. The j prints of numerous moecasincd feet were not necessary to tell them who their visitors had been. They surveyed the i uins for some time, when O'Kennau said : "It's fortunate wc took a trip down the river today." "Indeed it is ; they didn't take the trouble to let us know they were coming." "And not having found us here, they will be pretty certain to come back after us." j "It looks as though they objected to our settling in this part of the country." "They evidently didn't fancy our house standing here and, so removed it for us." "And it only remains for us to move ourselves." "Or stay and get moved by them ?" laughed Withington. "That's what it all means." "What is to be done?" asked O'Kennau, seriously. "I had hopes that we had found a place at last where we could settle down for the rest of our lives." His companion shook his head. "It won't do; we must leave. It's a good j thing that wc have had this warning. I j have no doubt that they arc somewhere near at hand." Both men looked around as though they expected to see a horde of dusky demons rush from the wood upon them; but all was as still as the grave. They glanced up and down the creek, but saw no signs of life, except a flock of birds which whirred screaming overhead. "It is now pretty late in the afternoon." added O'Kennau. "We have both seen enough of the Seminoles to understand their style of doing business. They will be back ! here at nightfall, on purpose to sec us." I "Vou are right; let us leave as quickly as possible, for every minute that we remain only increase? our danger." This was the voice.of prudence, and both men heeded it. Returning to the edge of the creek they entered their dugout, and started 011 their journey down stream again. The resolution was not taken a moment too soon, for they had descended the creek hut a short distance when a whoop arrested their attention. They were then gliding so close to the bank that the ruins of their cabin were invisible, as they sat in the boat ; hut Withington rose to his feet and cautiously peered through the overhanging hushes and undergrowth, lie quickly sat down again." "They are there !" said he. "How many?'' inquired his companion. "Twenty, at the very least: they'll examine the creek pretty soon, and the best thing we can do is to hide until we can go down the stream without any risk of being seen." The canoe was shoved under the bushes so far as to he iinnotieeable from the shore, while at the same time those within, by great care and prudence, could look out upon the water and see those who were passing. The hunters scarcely moved, for they heard the Seininolcs all around them. It seemed as if the latter were aware that they they had gone on a visit to the fort and were waiting their return. If they once caught sight of the little boat coming up the creek, there would he 110 escape for the inmates. ns ill (lie mii'i'ou' rhnmicl tlwv eiiiild easily shoot the hunters from the shore. More than onee our friends heard them in the undergrowth directly behind them, and the slightest noise upon their part would have resulted in instant discovery. They soon learned that the Indians had bloodhounds with them, whose peculiar cries now and then reached their ears. Fortunate indeed for the whites was it that they had taken to the water, which left no trail behind. The wonderful scent of these terrible brutes would have led them on like incvitaable fate ; and even now their great fear was that the prying nose quadrupeds would discover their place of conceament. Not until long after dark did the hunters venture out ami resume their journey down. They continued it until after midnight, when as they were near the fort, and they believed the danger past, they concluded to lie by until morning, as they had subjected themselve.s^to extra exertions during the day. Withington lay down in the canoe, while O'Kennan started up the bank to gather some wood with which to start a lire, lie had not been gone ten minutes when the report of rille-shots, accompanied by an agonized shriek, told him that it was all up with I his comrade, and that his life depended upon | getting away as soon as possible. He darted away into the woods, expect- j ing every moment to hear the baying of the j hounds in |iursmt. lie ran mini nay ncgan j breaking, when the dreaded sound reached ; his ears. The Seminole hlood-hounds were ! upon his trail. It happened at this time that O'Kennan was near no water, so that it was impossible to hide his trail, and he pushed forward, like any frightened fugitive whose only desire is to gel as far away from his en mies as pos-1 sihle. lie was very lleet of foot, hut of course was no match for the hlood-hounds, I whose deep-mouthed haying was heard near- j er every minute. Nearer and nearer came the dreadful j sounds, until, while speeding through an open part of the wood, he caught sight of the foremost dashing toward him. The hunter was brought to hay at last, and turning! round he raised his rilie to his shoulder, ! and waiting until sure, he shot the savage dog through the brain. But there were two others who made their appearance almost at the same moment, and there was no time to reload. Springing to a small tree near at hand he hastily ascended to the low est limbs, at the same moment that the two i red-mouthed dogs thundered up almost toj his very feet. O'Kenuan reloaded as rapidly as possible, and shot the seeond dog. lie was about! doing the same with the remaining one,' when lie recognized him by a peculiar mark upon his forehead, as one whom he once, owned, lie addressed him by name, when the hound showed such joy that lie had no fear in descending to the ground. Patting' him upon the head, he found that the brute i R'COjJIIlzi'ii mm, aim \va? uni'u muiu inn wvvn. As the Scminolcs were undoubtedly near at hand, tlie flight was resumed, and a few hours later O'Kennan and his dog safely reached Fort McLaughlin. ^oYa! \jSzking Pure A cream of tartar baking pow? T T ? 1 . / 11* 1 _ dcr. Mi^ucst or an m leavening strength.?La/est Uiiited Stales Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE Nof'WfPi Do you wear them 7 When next In need try a pair. Best In the world. $5.00^^3.00 44.00 Mt V2.50 43.50 H 1?2.00 #2.50 fir *^* r,U2 00 #2.25% JUL #1.75 &9 no ^yP(mF0R B0YS eaSss. If you want a fine DRESS SHOE, made In the latest styles, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoe. They fit equal to custom made and look and wear as well, If you wish to cconomizo In yourfootwear, do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. Name and prlco stamped on the bottom, look for It when you buy. ' ?. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mais. Sold by J. J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. August 2.'} .'M dm That Charming Story Teller EditliSessjonsTupper Has written one of the most thrilling novels known to American fiction. It is called j A Transferred I I Identity f It will soon be published in serial form IN THIS PAPER ltcad What Two MuncySiiviiig Satisfied Customers llavc To Say. Here is what Mr. II. II. I'M wards, Anderson, S. ('., lias to say of Our $20 COLUMBIAN Mewing Machine, under date of .lutic I .'I, ls'M: "The No. I COLUMBIAN Machine I hong-lit of you has been received And thoroughly tested. It has given entire satisfaction. It is a beauty. Such a Machine Would have cost me Kitty or Sixty Dollars Here. Indeed, I don't Think they llavc any here As good as it is." Mr. .1. II. Clinkskales, Due West. S. ('., Says, under date of May :i, IMJM: "I received the COLUMBIAN Machine several days ago. All Right, With all the Attarmhciits. We Arc well Pleased With the Machine, And all that Have seen it say That it is the BIOST Machine on the .Market. I think I will be able To Send you in Aii order lor outers In a leu* days." Send for Full Particulars to I,. >1. (H ist, Yorkville, S. ('. IIAPTIST IIKill SCHOOL, __ Yorkville, S. ('. 'KEY. K. II. liUIFFITII.il. I>? Priueii>:il. TilK FIRST SICSSION* of this in* si it iit i<?ii will commence on U'KliNKSDAV, JANFAKY .'I, 1MM, and continue live months. The school will he opened in the building formerly used hy the Kind's Mountain Military school, of Yorkville, which was htiill especially for school purposes. In thehuilding, in addition to the recitation rooms, there is ample accommodation for 100 boarders. The purpose of the sponsors for the school will he to give to boys who may enter its walls, a thorough and practical course that shall lit them for the everyday allairs of life, or for entering college. TKHMS I'Kit SKSSION. For school expenses, including tuition, boarding, fuel, lights and washing, sT'J.'di per session, of live months, payable in advance. Hay pupils will be required to pay tuition for entire session in advance. It is important that the principal should have the name of every pupil before the school opens, and requests that those who expect to attend will notify him not later than December l"?, ls!i.'l. Pupils are requested to bring with them the the text books they last used. Parents who have boys to educate will do well : to send for circulars giving full information. Address, SAM M.I HUNT, Secretary of Hoard of Trustees. 1 September-7 .'!! .'tm APPLICATION FOK IHSCIIAlttik. ! %| Ul II I'l linni mill, mi! mini n i sinned, a<lininistrsitor of the estate of M. W1I ITT, deceased, will make a liiiiil settlement with the Probate Judge for York eountv, o.N Til K PITII DAY <)K .1 AN PA 11Y, |Sii?, when In* will make application for a linal disdischarge front liability as administrator of the said estate. .IOS. 1*'. WAI.IiAt'K, Administrator. December PS ."Hi 5t* TI HUE RWIR! For 1894. Handsomely Printed on Strong White Paper, j THE LOCAL NEWS A SPECIALTY, j NEW Subscribers in Clubs Received Pre-1 vious to Christmas, 18!f3, Furnished With the Paper Until January 1, 1895, for $1.75, Cash in Advance. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE!! ? A $100 Wilcox & White Organ to he Awarded to ! the t.'luh-Mnker who Secures the Largest Number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS by 4 o'clock |i. m. ou Thursday March 15,1894. A *90 liriiliY. A *75 COI,I) WATCH AMI A COHBIX DISK IIAKKOW FOR THK THREE IjAKIJEST (LI BS. Premiums for other Clubs Hanging in Size fmm SIXTY Down to FIVE Subscribers. Lin Kit A L COMI'EXSA 7/O.V I'O It A L L WOK hK ItS Ft HI Till: i:\QV Illicit. TIIK YOKKVn.I.K KXqriKKIt will cuter ^ upon tlit? FOKTIKTII vcar of its piil>licatioti 4 on the? THIRD DAY OF JANTARY, 1?M. ^ In making our annual announcement we avail ourselves of the opportunity to return thanks ri to our friends and patrons for the generous sup-1 -1 port that has been extended to TIIK KX(}lrIIIKit for the past year, and to say that during 1SH4, we do not intend to take any steps backward ; but will endeavor to make tlio paper more and more entitled to the support of the people of York county. TIIK KXtjrUtKIl having intelligent, trustworthy and wide awake special correspondents in York and adjoining counties, but little trail- 4 spires in which the people generally are inter- 1 ested, that is not promptly made known through its columns. Resides this, it shall continue to lie our aim to watch carefully after everything that is calculated to make known to the outside world the business advantages and natural resources possessed by York county?agricultural, mineral and climatic?and when we say York county, we do not mean any particular section ni' it tw tin v ini rt if<ii 1(1 v iiliiMU rtf twwitilo lint T I F 10 \v uoiVi'fn it-ntya n i'> a ili'/r/iVo people! i While the local and general news departments | of the paper will he carefully looked after, all i the features which have given THE KNQUI-j REE a distinctive original character from the: first day of its publication will he maintained. | From time to time it will contain short stories j and serial stories from the best writers; every week a column of fun anil humor; carefully se-1 looted and seasonable articles intended for the j benefit of the farmer and housewife. To recapitulate: It is our aim to print a high- j toned, clean, newsy family paper; one that is RELIABLE, and one whose weekly visits will j always be looked forward to with pleasure by its patrons. Terms of Subscription---Postage Free, j Single Copy, one year, ?2 00 Two Copies, one year, 50 One Copy, two years 50 One Copy, six months, 1 00 One Copy, three months, oft i Ten Copies, one year, .*..17 50 And one copy, one year, to the person making a club of TEN at $1.75 for each subscriber. Payment required to be made in advance. I PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS, j For the three largest clubs of yearly subscribers, at $1.75 for each subscriber, we offer the three articles mentioned below, the aggregate value of the three being ONE HUNDRED ANI) NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS, as follows: For the largest club, a $00 OPEN BUOftY. Particulars in regard to this premium will be found elsewhere. For the second largest club, one $75.00 Watch. The movement for this Watch is manufactured by the Columbus Watch Co., of Columbus, Ohio, and is called the "Railway King." It has 10 jewels, in gold settings, extra center hole jewel, patent regulator, adjusted to heat and cold; gold finish. It is one of the finest movements made in the United States, and is used exclusively on a number of the great railroad systems by reason of its reliability as a time keeper. The movement will be fitted to a Boss tilled gold case. These cases are made of 14 karat gold and are warranted to wear 20 years. The price of the movement is $40 and that of the case $.'15, making the value of the watch $75. For the third largest club, a No. 7 12-disk latest improved Corbin Disk Harrow, worth $.'10. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of sixty or more names, but who may fail to secure one of the three premiums already mentioned, we will give as compensation, one Chicago Singer Sewing machine; or if the person entitled to the machine does not want it, we will give one Fifty Tooth Evans Steel Frame Smoothing liar- ? row; or if the Harrow is not wanted, we will ? give one 11 jewel Elgin watch in a Fairy's dust j proof open face silver case. The retail price of I the watch is$24.00. Either the Sewing Machine, Harrow or Watch will be delivered free of expense for transportation. To EVERY person who may obtain a club of FORTY and less than sixty, hut who fails to win one of the three lead- i ing premiums, we will give one 7 jewel Elgin t Watch in a Fahy's dust proof open face case. v This watch usually retails at about $bk To ev- , cry person who may obtain a club of THIKTY f and loss than forty subscribers, but who may r fail to win the Buggy, the875 Watch or the Disk c Harrow, wo will give as compensation for securing the subscribers, one 7 jewel, open faced j American Standard Watch in a Fany's dust proof case. This Watch would lie considered a bargain at 810. For a clnb of FIVK and less ^ than teu subscribers, we will give as compen- V siition for securing the names, one .'50-hour Nieklc Alarm Clock, the retsirl price of which , is 81.75. , To persons who make ii|> clubs of TEN and less than twenty names, we will send TII10 > ENQUIRER one year free of charge; and to * those who may secure a club of TWENTY and less than thirty names, we will forward THE ENQl'I H 1'IH one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine published in the I'nited States, the j publication to be selected by the person entitled h to receive it. The time lixed for completing clubs under the above oilers is limited to I o'clock p. m., on Til I'HS DAY, the lath dav of MA lit Ml, 1S!W. , NEW SUBSCRIBERS, i Competitors may commence to secure sub- p scribers at once. All NEW SUBSCRIBERS ii thill are returned in clubs previous to December 1 2.->, IS!i:t, will be furnished with the paper from p the time the subscription is received until Janu- a ary 1, INH5, for 81.7a. v I?y NEW subscribers we mean persons whose names are not now on our subscription list and have not been within THREE MONTHS of this date?November I. A change of address FROM ONE MEMBER OF A FAMILY TO AN<>TII ER M EM I5ER OF TIIESAME FAMILY, WILL NOT RE CONSIDERED ASA NEW SUBSCRIBER. Every new subscriber must be genuine. For tlif Largest Flub of New Subscribers. To the person who niav obtain and pay for the largest club ol NEW SUBSCRIBERS between the tirst of November and TIIl'RSDAY, the lath March, 1N!M, at .'5o'clock p. in., we will give as compensation one WILCOX A* WHITE ORHAN, valued at 8R*'. [For full description of the (M'gan see advertisement printed elsewhere.] The Organ is ottered independent of all other premiums, and the person who receives it will be entitled to have his names counted in competition for either of the other premiums ottered. For example: If the person who secures the Organ shall have returned and paid for the largest list of names by Thursday, the 15th day March, 1S!(4, including those which entitled him to the Organ, he will be entitled to the 8!*' Bug- | gy : if the second largest, including those which 1 entitled him to the Organ, he will be entitled to the 87.1.1*' Hold Watch ; if the third largest, in-1 eluding those which entitled him to tlie Organ, i he will lie awarded the Corbiti Disk Harrow. If it is found that the person who secured the Organ litis a sullicieut number of names on the fifteenth day of March, 1S!M, including those which entitled him to the Organ, to entitle him j to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, | I twenty, ten or live names, and litis failed to secure one of the three first premiums, he will lie; awarded either premium he may select to which j the number of names returned entitles him. RENEWALS count just the same as new subscribers in competition for all premiums ex- j eeptthe < irgan. CONDITIONS. No name will be counted in competition for a i premium, anil no premium delivered, until the j subscription price litis been paid. I * It is not necessary that the names of a club j a: should till be tit the same poslollice. Names I v may lie taken tit any number of places. One [a name for two veto's will be equivalent to two I names for one year each. Club makers sire requested to send in names i as timidly as they secure them. [ All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at j H. the expense of those sending them. j 0( We will be responsible for the safe transmis- I siou of money only when sent by draft, register- J p ed letter or money order drawn on the York- ^ villi* postollice. i j, In sending names, write plainly, give post- I oflice, county and State. t| All subscriptions will be discontinued at the ! ? expiration of the time paid for. j |, A senarate list will be kept for each club-1 maker, who will lu* credited with each uamej?' sent, so that the nuiiiher sent l?y any one person may he ascertained at a moment's notice. In ease of a tie for either premium, two weeks j will he allowed in which to "untie." I Persons who commence making cluhs, will ? not he permitted, after the names have heen i P entered on our hooks, to transfer the names to s< another club-maker's list. w The time in which additions may he made j m lo clubs under our propositions will expire on rill'ltSDAV, Til 10 15th DAY <>! ' M AltL'II, lS'M, at -t o'clock,-p. in., therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that day, as after the j expiration of that time, it will not he furnished for less than $2.(10 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should he addressed to (l Ij. M. GRIST, Yorkvilie, S. V. SKIVAItATOItS. 'r'' MASSALON, OKI/Kit AND KA K(^lT A11 A It Separators for sale. itoi'lv 111 Id. M At'll IN K WOltKS. for Infants and Children. " i usioria issowenuoupieii 10eiiooren 111:11. ?.nF>mriu I'unn ? "in , ? .j... I rmKiinicnil it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomacii, Piarrhiea, Fructat inn, Known to me." II. A. Archer, Ml 1>., Kills Worms, gives sleep, anil promotes <* 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyu, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "The use of 'C'astoria it 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 ^ 1 f supererogation to endorse it. Few nre the do so as it has invariably products! beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." vl.hin easy reach." Enwi.v F. Pardee, M. P., Car:ami Martyn, ]). P., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. TO BE GIVEN AWAY! (100 WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN ro be Awarded to the Club-maker who Returns and Pays for the Largest dumber of \ rw si mm 111ii rus _JL_ 1 -A i i 7 -v.. 11 ^ H * ^ xi -a J*-, r Between November 1st, 189*1, and March 15th, IN94, at 4 o'clock ]? in. Go to Work RIGHT NOW and KEEP AT IT! * LAST year we awarded A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN as a premium to the club-maker who returned and paid for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS within a specified time, and as the oiler was received with such great favor by he club makers, we propose to repeat it this year, and by a special arrangement etl'ected with the nanufacturers, through their general agent for this section, Mr. GEORGE T. SCHORR, of forkville, we are enabled to otter an instrument that IS THE EQUAL OF ANY $100 ORGAN MANUFACTURED n the United States, and far superior to most of them. The above picture will give a fair idea of he appearance of the organ, and the following description shows that it is an {instrument which . , rill please the most exacting artist: The case will be either Black Walnut or Quartered Oak, as nay be preferred. It is (> feet high, 4 feet in length, '21 inches in depth, and the case is finely inished and hand rubbed. Same quality of tone and workmanship as is found in their higher iriced styles It is ornamented with two French plate beveled edge mirrors and has a closed onvenient musical receptacle. It has eleven stops, none of which are "dummies." rHE WILCOX & WHITE ORGAN COMPANY itands at the very bead of the list of manufacturers of fine, RELIABLE AND DESIRABLE NSTRUMENTS, and has received more medals and diplomas on regular catalogue styles than ny other American manufacturer of organs. Its organs are handled by leading dealers through- * ^ lie world, and is enthusiastically endorsed by musicians. A great many of them are in use in fork and adjoining countiesand are giving universal satisfaction. The organ will be awarded to the club-maker who returns and pays for the largest number of JEW yearly subscribers to Til E EN'H I HER at each, between NOVEMBER 1, W;>, and THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894, AT 4 O'CLOCK P. M. Willi the organ will go, without extra expense, one Plush Top Stool worth $5 ; and a copy of >r. J. (?. Harnett's Electric Organ Teacher, worth SiaO, and by the use of which a person may income a skillful performer ; not needing any otlwr teacher. THE (>l?GAi\ IS (GUARANTEED ly the WILCOX A WHITEORGAX COMPANY for six years, and by Mr. SCIIoRB for no L'ss than twenty, lie proposes to keep it in thorough order free of expense to the person who rills it. Now we want to use some VERY PLAIN ENGLISH. The organ will be awarded to the icrson who may sccureand PAY tor the largest number of NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS t *1.7">each, between November 1, 1N!K{, and March 1">, 1MB, at 4 o'clock p.'m.,and we EARNESTLY REQUEST EVERY ONE WHO EXPECTS To ENTER THE RACE, to READ our rospectusand learn all the conditions, and especially as to what is meant by a NEW subscribers, ml then go to work without delay and KEEP AT IT. The largest club of New subscribers, i hether it be Iff or 11*), or more, takes the organ. LEWIS 31. GRIST, Yorkvillc, S. C. A FINE $90.00 OPEN BUGGY TO BE GIVEN AWAY ro the Person Who Secures the Largest Club of Subscribers to TIIK ENQriliKK?Old and INew Counting Just the Same. A V mndo by the CAROLINA Rl'OHY COM PAN Y,of York villi*, is a thing ot'hoauty, A \ and is as durable as it is possible to make a vehicle with the same amount ot wood and steel, nd for this reason TII1C KNtiriHMK has been using the I'AKgIJNA I'd OUA eliieles for several years as a I'KKMICMS TOOLl'R MAKFRS;and as we have never used a more acceptable premium, have decided to continue its use FOR THE FALL AND WINTER CONTEST OF 1893?"94. he buggy we have arranged to oiler is a #!><).Oo OI'KX 111 < < 'A with either end or side-bar wrings, and as stated above, is as tinea vehicle as is on the market at the price, and we think it uial to a great many that sell for more money. It is our purpose to award this buggy to the CI.I It-MAKKR \\ II<> MAY RFTl'RN AND AY Folt the largest number of YKARLY Nt'BSCRIRFRS?both obi and new?between iOVKMHKR 1, 1??. and TIU'RSDAY, MARCH loth, lstU, at 4 o'clock p. in., whether, the umber be TKN,'FIFTY, ONK Hl'NDRFD OR MoRK, at .s|.7o each. The reputation of the CAROLINA IH'OOA ('oMl'ANVS WoRK is something of which le people of South Carolina should feci proud, as notwithstanding the fact that our country is ow passing through the greatest financial stringency of the past twenty yea is, the company has ecu operating its plant to its full capacity and has been unable to keep up with the orders. No ronger testimonial could be ottered as to the high standing ol its work with those who know what rind work is. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO WIN THIS BUGGY, nd we have NO l'RF.FKRF.NCF. AS To Wllo T1IK WINNFIt SHALL 15F. What we ropose to do is to award it to the person who returns and pays for the largest number of suli rioers, both OLD and NFW, between the dates mentioned above. The oiler is open to the orld. (Soto work today. LFW IS M ORIST, Yorkville, S. C. GARRY IRON KOOFIXi COMPANY, Manufactures nil kinds of ^ ? 3 IHON<M<I<< PAINT IKON HOOFINC;, And (Vnirnl. IIM l'KI) AND CllUIU'fi ATKIl SI l>l N(i, l.VJTo I As M KKWIN ST., Iron Tile or Shingle. < 'l<"vel <1, <>. ikk I'Icmok nimns, siii'ttkks. ? 'f. ft" Send for < 'irciilar ami I'rice List No, 7"?. THE LARGEST MAXLFACTl REUS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. Orders reeeivetl by L. M. < J HIST. r