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gfawflwuijs fjqmttment.! A SHREWD JUDGE. Judges in the criminal courts frequently have impostors brought before them, and it requires shrewdness and strategy to expose j their deceptions. The following will show \ how a pretended deaf mute was put off his j guard. The man was arrigned before Justice j Patters. The charge against him was that of begging in the street. Suspended from! the man's neck was a placard, bearing the j inscription in black and white : "I am deaf1 and dumb." The magistrate eyed both the prisoner and the placard long and sharply. "What have you to say to the charge ?" he suddenly exclaimed. The prisoner paid not the slightest atten<!a? Wnt utnn/1 Innl-innr vn/>nntlv nilt hffnrp itVU, uui Otv/vru fMVWM?v w ? him. "Come now, plead to the charge," repeated the magistrate, in crescendo tones. The prisoner peered at the magistrate's moving lips, and then touched ears aud mouth significantly with his forefinger. "Oh, that will do !" said Justice Patters, impatiently ; "step forward and plead, I tell you!" The prisoner continued to peer into the magistrate's face and as the official's lips stopped moving, he drew a little slate from his pocket, upon which he scrawled the words: "I cannot hear a word you say." The magistrate was apparently buried in thought for a moment. Presently he murmured in a low tone, as if communing with himself: "I don't know what to do about this case. Thought he was a fraud at first, but he does seem to be pretty hard of hearing. I think I'd better let him go. Yes, I will. Prisoner," raising his voice suddenly, "you may go." As the magistrate uttered these words, the prisoner's little slate suddenly disappeared into the depths of his pocket, and with great alacrity be turned from the bar. Then he suddenly recollected aud checked himself. "Too late!" cried the magistrate, triumphantly. "You may go?that is, to jail for 60 days." Mark Twain's Way.?The Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, says the Kansas City Times, relates the following story: When I was living with ray brother in Buffalo, Mark Twain occupied a cottage across the street. We didn't see very much of him, but one morning as we were enjoying our cigars on the veranda after breakfast we saw Mark come to his door, in his dressing gown and slippers, and look over at us. He stood at his door and smoked for a minute as if making up his mind about something and at last opened his gate and came lounging across the street. There was an unoccupied rocking chair on the veranda, and when my brother offered it to him he dropped into it with a sigh of relief. He smoked for a few moments and said: "Nice morning." "Yes, very pleasant." "Shouldn't wonder if we had rain by and by." " Well, we could stand a little." "This is a nice house you have here." "Yes, we rather like it." "How's your family?" "Quite well?aud yours?" "Oh, we're all comfortable." There was another impressive silence, and finally Mark Twain crossed his legs, blew a puff of smoke into the air and in his lazy drawl remarked: "I suppose you are a bit surprised to see me here so early. Fact is I haven't been so neighborly perhaps as I ought to be. We must mend that state of things. But this morning I came over because I thought you might be interested in knowing that your root is on nre. u sirucK me that it would be a good idea if"? But at the mention of fire the whole family dusted up stairs, trailing language all the way up. When we bad put the fire out and returned to the veranda, Mark wasn't there. In Peanutville.?Stranger?How long will it take one to go from here to Goobertown ? Native?Tends on th' way ye go?the long er the short way. Stranger?Well, the short way; how long? Native?Tends on whether ye ride or walk. Strarger?Oh, hang it! I'll drive, of course. Native?Then it'll hang 011 how fast the horses be. It may take ye one time, an' it may take ye another. Horses differ so in speed. Stranger (desperately)?Well, when you drive there yourself, how long does it take you? Native?Ain't never druv it. Stranger?And when you walk it, then? Native?Never thought to time me; but it's ray notion of things that mebbe ef you'd started about the time ye began talkin' to me about it, ye might posserbly have been there by this ef ye'd traveled fast enough, j Pat's Ingenuity.?An Irishman on one ! occasion passed a grocer's shop, and seeing a pile of cheeses on the counter, and noticing ! the shopman had left the shop, thought it a j good opportunity to get a chees ; for nothing. He therefore stepped lightly i ltothe shop, and, taking a couple of cheeses placed one j on each side of the scales. The shopman hearing the noise, came from the back shop, and asked Pat what he was ! aooui. "Och," said Pat, "don't annoy yourself; I only wish to know if your cheese or mine is the heaviest." "Like your confounded cheek," said the I shopman angrily, "if you don't take your j cheese out of this at once I'll set the police I on you." Pat lifted the cheese, and, smiling at the' trick he had performed, bade the shopman a ! respectful good-day. ? ^ Feeling and Thinking.?A young man having finished his medical studies, applied to an old gentleman, to know whether his | neighborhood would be an eligible situation | for a physician. "Why?" replied the old man. "What i can you do ?" "Why, sir, I can feel a pulse, and discover from it-what disease the patient is subject to." "Here then, feel mine," said the old man, stretching out his arm. "You are troubled with the headache"' said the young physician, after a very sagacious look. "Never had it in my life, sir," said the old gentleman. This was a poser. Profound silence ensued. "I suppose .you think me a fool ?" said the physician, retiring. "Ah," was the answer, "you know what I think, but you don't know what I feel!" ttST Friday is generally set apart ii: the day schools for an informal examination, and is naturally a terror to idle or forgetful pupils. A certain boy, named Sam, was of: this class, and to escape the inquisition gen-1 erally managed to have an attack of illness I on that afternoon. One day, however, he was fairly caught, and when he heard his! name called Sam rose with the air of a martyr. "Now, Samuel," began the teacher, "I; want you to tell me in which battle Lord Nelson was killed?" Sam was in despair, and began to fence for time. "Did you say Lord Nelson ?" he asked cautiously. "Yes." i "Which battle?" "Yes. In which battle | was he killed ?" "Well," said Sam, with, apparent surprise at such an easy question, "I expect it must have been his last!"' Joys ok a Railway Employee.?The nervous woman?How long did you say it was before the train leaves? Station agent? One hour and a half, ma'am. "Are you sure?" "Yes,ma'am." "That would make jt sufe for me to go out for a short time, ! wouldn't it ?" "Certainly." "You are pos- j itive?" "Yes, ma'am. How far do you wish to go?" "I want to go over to that news-stand on the other side of the street and get a paper. Rut if I lose the train I'll report you, now mind." SlST A lady had in her employ an excellent J girl who had one fault?her face was always in a smudge. Her mistress tried to tell her to wash her face, without offending her, and at last resorted to strategy. "Do you know, Bridget," she remarked in a confidential manner, "it is said that if you wash the face owrv diiv in hot. soanv water it will make1 you look beautiful ?" "Will it now?" answered Bridget. "Sure, it's a wonder you nivver tried it yourself, mum." i li'ausitle Sathevings. | 8ST" Sunstroke is caused by a check of perspiration. filar A foolish friend does more harm than j a wise enemy. fiST Seventy million people in Europe wear i wooden shoes. ftST" About 50 gamblers commit suicide at I Monte Carlo every year. ? S?T It is computed that 07 people die and ; t 70 are born every minute. ; f $aT" There are over ">00,000 telephones in j e service in the United States. s 82?" A man never realizes his worth until he c is sued for breach of promise. SSfOue half of the wealth of England is ' in possession of 1,000 persons. B8F There are over 230 John Smiths named j in the New York city directory. ^ 8?? Spiders have been known to spin near- * ly two miles of thread in 27 days. ? 02T Header, if you owe your shoemaker, t you cannot say your sole is your own. t Btar~ J? or every wiuuwer \\ nu uiurncs ? m o\v, there are 11 who espouse maidens. 1 Live fish have been safely sent by 1 mail from India to the British Museum. Bfirif you know how to spend less than x you get, you have the philosophers stone. j 8fiT American railway trains run at a great-; j er speed than those of any other country. j { 8?tT Many physicians declare that the use j of tobacco in moderate quantities is bene- r ficial. , 8?? Smokeless powder, said to be superior i to any yet in use, has been invented by an ! t American. j t 8?* There are over 350,000 bicycles ridden ! c in this country every day during the sum- j e mer months. c 8&* The less a man knows about any given i s subject the more apt he is to have a rock- 1 r rooted opinion. j e 86T" The fellow who tells all he knows 1 would not be half so insufferable if he only c, knows all he tells. 8?" The blood of a four-pound eel contains j sufficient poison to kill 10 men. Cooking j. makes it harmless,. j j B&F The Egyptian monuments represent g hats in nearly the shape of the well-known j t Mexican sombrero. | a 8ST" Crime in an army is punished on a j t scale ten times more severe than anything 6 known to civil life. ! t 8?* In Scotland it was for a long time not 11; unusai to place on a man's tombstone the j r symbols of his trade I c 8ST" Iu a Copenhagen paper two volcanoes j in Iceland are advertised for sale, the price {I asked being $750 each. c eST" A farm of more than 2,000 acres, near s the Delaware Water Gap, is devoted entirely ? to the cultivation of celery. * nOf More than four-fifths of the murders in . the United States last year were by men who j! had no regular occupation. ? 86?" The largest bronze statue in the world t is that of Peter the Great, at St. Petersburg. . Its weight is about 1,100 tons. ? 8??" In China a man who killed his father j i was executed, and along with him his school- j (< master for not having taught him better. !, 8?* The flute took its name from the fluta, e an eel caught in Italian waters, which has a seven spots like finger holes in its sides. ' t 865" A tombstone in one of the fashionable ! 1 cemeteries of Belfast, Ireland, bears only t these four words: "Left till called for." | i 8?" There are 187 pounds of salt in a ton i s of water from the Dead sea. In the Atlan- j1 tic the amount is 81 pounds to every ton. j c 86?" New Scotland Yard, London, is the j ^ largest police office in the world. It contains j a room in which 3,000 men can be assembled.; 0 86?" A man's own bosom is the primary j r judge of his actions; for, according to the j decision of his conscience, he is either happy or miserable. s 8@" A sure way to remove grease spots I a from silk is to rub the spot quickly with ! t brown paper. The friction will draw outj f the grease. I e 86?" It is estimated that over three million j f of our population are in annual need of and 11 actually receive some kind of charitable as-11 sistance. c BQF Pretty girls who ride the wheel should r not have a low seat, as it gives their hips I undue prominence and ruins the looks of t their figures. c 86^* At the end of each hair of a cat's ( whiskers is a bulb of nervous substance ' which converts the hair into extremely del- * icate feelers. 1 86?" A railroad train iu Spain recently made x a run of 25 miles in a little over an hour, and * the papers arc full of jubilant articles about * the achievement. 8?? A Kentucky editor who has been ar- c rested proposes to issue his paper from the " jail. No doubt the turnkeys will agree to j lock up his form for him. 8STThe longest train ever hauled by a sin-1 { gle engine in America was on the Heading jt line. It contained 250 empty cars and was j r a mile and a quarter in length. 86?" "Did you tender your resignation?" said a man to an officeholder. "I resigned j j by request, sir, but there was nothing tender about it. It was tough, sir." I ( 8?* It is computed that all the houses in j London and New York could be built of the J the lava thrown out by Vesuvius since the i t first recorded eruption in A. D. 79. J j 86?" When we indulge in a secret sin, noth- j ing is more natural than that we should 1 look for the same sin in another that we ' i may call the world's attention to it. s 8?" "There be three things," says Bacon,' "which make a nation great: A fertile soil, busy workshops, and easy conveyence of ? men and goods from place to place." 1 86?" Son: "Father, why do they call 1 preachers doctors of divinity?" Father (of,' the old school): "Because so many preach- J ers doctor their divinity to suit their own : 1 ideas." ; ' 86?" If all the oceans of the globe should be suddenly taken from their beds, leaving 1 them perfectly dry, it would take all the 1 rivers of the world 35,000 years to fill them 1 again. ' 8?"" "Weel, friends," said a Scottish clergy- 1 man, recently, "the kirk is urgently in need 1 of siller, and as we have failed to get money 11 honestly, we will have to see what a bazaar! can do for us." 86?" A victim of Horace Greeley's hand- ' writing said: "If Horace had written that ! inscription on the wall in Babylon, Belshazzar would have been a good deal more'' scared than he was." 86?" "Mister," said the small boy to the j. grocer, "mother told me to ask you if thev's ! any such thing as a sugar trust." "Why of course there is." "W-well, mother wants to , get trusted for two pounds." ; ] 86?** The Anglo-Saxon word "hoc" signifies a beech tree. Before paper came into gen- i eral use, the wood of this tree, being close-' | grained, was used to write upon ; and from . this fact comes the word book. 86?" The Mikado of Japan has recently is- I sued a decree allowing a Japanese woman , I to lead, if she chooses, a single life. Hither- i to, if found unmarried after a certain age, a husband was selected for her by law. j i 8*5?" A gentlemen lately entered a shop in 1 which were books and various miscellaneous ' articles for sale, and asked the shopman if he had Goldsmith's Greece. "No," said he, "but we have some splendid hair oil." 86?" Mr. Bayard says America ran away from England like a truant, but she always i j feels at home when with her mother. That is true, and it is the more gratifying because" of the mother's inability to whip her. SaT It is computed that the death rate of the world is f!7 a minute and the birth rate | 70 a minute, and this seemingly light percentage of gains is sufficient to give a net ' increase of population each year of almost 1,200,000 souls. 86?" Sir J. C. Boss is authority for the state- j, ment that in the South Atlantic rain frequently fulls in torrents from the clear sky, and he mentions one occasion when it rained for over an hour when the atmosphere J was perfectly clear. 86?" Every tramp arriving at Elkhart, Ind., j is first vaccinated, after which he is given a lunch, neatly wrapped iu paper, by a hotel j in .that city, which charges the city 15 cents for every lunch prepared. A policeman then escorts the tramp to the corporation line, and | he is bidden to move on. 8QT"Some months ago, a young man of;: Warren, Indiana, wrote his name and address on an egg he was shipping, and a short ; time ago he received a letter from a resident of Sydney, Australia. The writer said that j probably the sender might be interested in j knowing how far this egg traveled in finding a customer. j i ?hc f tovi) icUrv. MY Ml DM(II IT VISITOR. ' THK TRIANGULAR Tl'RgUOISK. It has been our custom lately to go to sew York a few weeks every spring and { lutumn. A year ago last April, owing to i he serious illness of his partner, my bus-1 >and was only able to leave the office long 1 'tiough to take me to the metropolis and j ee me comfortably settled in our accustomid hotel. He was then obliged to hasten i nick to ISoston, promising to return for me, f possible, in a couple of weeks. Torn and I have gone through the world naking a host of chance acquaintances, nany of whom have ripened into friends. I :new many people in many sets in New fork, and I therefore thought it wiser to stay it our hotel rather than to accept any invita ions to visit. We were well known at the lotel, and I knew everything would he aranged for my comfort, as indeed it was. i Tom settled me in large, sunny rooms on the hird floor, and then left me to my fate. It was Friday, my third day of grassvidowhood. I had been to a small dinner )arty at the Brentwoods', and leaving early, iad reached my room soon after 10 o'clock. was by no means sleepy, and, as I had ihancedthat morning upon "The First Yioin," a book I had never read, I was antici>ating a couple of hours' quiet reading, for I vas really interested in the story of Eugene. ! changed my dinner dress for a loose gown, ook of my jewels, and arranged my hair for he night. I had worn black lace and my. liamond necklace and ear-rings?ray mothir's diamonds, given me on my wedding lay. I was not careful by nature, or I never hould have had such valuable jewels with ne at a hotel. By some chance, on this ivening, after taking them off, I unlocked ny trunk and put them away in my jewel ase. At the same time I took two hundred lollars from a roll of bills, putting the rest tack and locking the trunk. The money I iad promised my dressmaker in the mornng, so I laid it on ray bureau in readiness, then settled myself in comfort, and was oon lost to America and deep in the niusial interests of a little German town. It was ifter midnight before I could induce myself o lay down the book and go to bed. I hould not then have done so had it not been hat heavy eyes warned me I would be in 10 condition to fulfill my morning's engagenents were I to read longer. As usual, I Iropped to sleep almost immediately. I could not have been in bed an hour, when awoke suddenly. It seemed to me that a 011 of wire had struck my window. A trange reverberation was still ringing in my ars. I do not think I am a coward, even if am a woman. I leave you to judge of that, mt I did long for Tom, I confess. I sat up n bed, almost without breathing. I felt as f something or some one had moved in the oom. I could hear nothing, however; still he noise I had heard seemed too real to be mt aside. After a suspense, which to my xcited state appeared of an hour's duration, sprang from the bed and ran to the winlow. I looked into the street, but there was lothing to be seen excepting gray walls and xpressionless windows. 1 smiled to myself is I realized that I must have been the vic./ ,i T ~I,?.tw1 .mil 1 ni Ul SOIIIO VIV1U 111 1(11II. X HUOI/U UHU ocked the window. After drawing down he curtain I lighted the gas. Everything n ray room wa? as I had left it. With that olid satisfaction of one who has mastered a lervous dread by proving that there is no :ause for fear, after turning out the gas I race more went to bed. The reaction after he sudden strain 011 my nerves was so great md so comforting that I instantly fell asleep. It must have been half an hour later, as icar as I can judge from after events, when was awakened by a strange odor. A man vas standing over me holding to my face a ponge saturated with chloroform. I had .wakened just in time. The moonlight, hrough the curtains, lighted the room enough or me to distinguish that the man was masked. My one idea was to escape from the times of the sponge. I seized it with both lands, while I tried to spring from the bed. n an instant I was having a hand-to-hand :ombat with the burglar. In the scuffle I nonaged to drag myself up, and also to push lim with some violence against the foot of he bed. I fought for lifelike a mad woman, .ailing and screaming for help all the time. U last, thoroughly frightened by my uproar, ic threw his sponge away and seized me by he throat with both hands. It was high ime, for my next neighbor, being roused, vas at the door. He clamored for admitance, and hearing 110 sound tried the door; hat was, of course, locked. My jailer's lands prevented my uttering a syllable. I :ould feel my eyes almost starting from their ockets from the pressure of those firm hands. Vfter a moment's silence steps were heard, lurrying down the corridor, as the man who ' md come to my assistance rushed ofi'. I pray- j d he would bring the night clerk. Then j he hands at my throat were loosened, and, nore dead than alive, I was pinned by one | land against the wall. "I have a great mind to kill you," was lissed at me in a deep-toned voice. "Oh, for God's sake, spare me!" I gasped. 'Take anything, but let me live!" "There is 110 lime to escape," he hesitated. "Yes! I will be silent. I will not aid j hem. There is money on the bureau, take j t and go!" "Will you swear, if I spare you?as you j lope for salvation?never to attempt to bring ! ne to justice, and never to inform against me,! ihould we meet again ?" "I swear," I replied. What else could I do? lie released me, md, turning to the bureau, took the roll of nils. He then unlocked the door and, as he lassed into the entry, I saw, by the hall light, lis face ; for in the struggle with me he had ost his mask. One glance was sullicient to | mpress that face and figure indellibly* upon j ny mind. I slipped on a loose gown and lighted the ;as. The room was in confusion from the! ccont struggle. I caught a glimpse of my j ivhite face in the glass, and started as if 11 lad seen a ghost, so strange and unfamiliar ivas tlie reflection. in less nine man 11 iukcs i o record the fact, I heard a sharp knock j it the door. "Come in," I cried. The clerk and three other men appeared upon the threshold. As well as my excitcnent would allow, I told of what occurred. When they heard of the robber's quiet departure down the corridor, men were sent ifter him, but a side door was found unfastened, and through that he had doubtless passed to the street. An examination of my apartment disclosed the fact that several of my wraps were under the bed, forming a comfortable resting place. It then dawned upon me that it some hour during the evening he had en- 1 tered my room and concealed himself be-1 neath my bed. The noise that had first j iiwakened me, and that had seemed to be a i wire striking against the window, must have been the creaking of the springs of my own bed, set in motion by some unwary movement of the robber as he was preparing to leave his hiding place. Toward morning, utterly exhausted bv the terrible scene through which I had passed, I sank into a deep sleep, from which I did not wake till noon. I awoke with a dull remembrance that something was wrong. Slowly the facts of last night came back to me with vivid distinctness. I hesitated about telegraphing to Tom, and at last decided only to write, lie could do nothing, for even should I see my midnight visitor again, I had sworn to make no effort to bring him to justice. A trophy from the field of battle, a black mask, remained in my hands. It was hardly a fair exchange for two hundred dollars! As I was about to go out of the room I picked up my handkerchief, which I had dropped near the foot of the bed. To my astonishment I found a turquoise on the floor. It was a small stone of a very peculiar triangular shape. Where could it have come from? It certainly was not mine, for I did not own a turquoise. The idea flashed upon ? - 1 1 ? my liiiixl tluil tlie ronoer inusi nave josi n when he fell against the foot of the lied. If that was the ease, I held a valuable clew. The next Monday evening I had promised to go to a reception at Mrs. Robert Chapman Powell's. She lias a lovely house, where, on Monday evenings, she is always at home to her friends. One finds in her rooms representatives of almost every set in New York. Artists, actors, musicians, authors, dilettanti and Bohemians mixed on neutral ground with members of the ultra-fashionable Four Hundred. I arrived about !? o'clock, and found tbe rooms already comfortably filled. I settled myself with an old friend in the J embrasure of a bay window, and from this position had an admirable view of the as- i semlilage. My friend was pointing out the people of note, when suddenly I felt the blood leaving my face as I drew baek within the shadow of the curtain. "Who is that man?" I asked, hastily interrupting my friend. "I mean the blonde man who has just come in, and is speaking 1 to Mrs. Powell." "Oh, that is Jack Grant." "And who is Jack Grant?" I asked, mas- ' tering my excitement, for unless my eyes were playing me false, the questionable hero of my recent adventure was before me. There were (lie same clear-cut features, the same fair hair and mustache, the same line physique. Each line had been impressed upon my memory such a short time before, ; that it seemed impossible I could be mistaken. "He is an Englishman," answered my friend. "I do not know much about him. He came over last autumn, and made many i friends on the steamer. He has charming manners, and has become popular in society, i Everybody likes Jack Grant, and he has i been invited'everywhere this winter. I be- < lieve he is well connected on the other side. Grant is not egotistical, and never talks ] about himself. If you have not met him, | shall I not ask Mrs. Powell to bring him to you? He is really one of the most attract- < ivc men in the rooms." ] "Yes," I replied, "I should like to meet < him. Will you arrange it please, if possible, I that he may be presented to me without < hearing my name?" I "Certainly," my friend replied, as he left I me. He was accustomed to what lie called i "my idiosyncrasies," so' I knew he would t think nothing of what might seem to another < a strange request. i Left to myself, I wondered whether an ex- 1 traordinary or clever likeness might net be i playing me false. I had heard of counter- j feit presentments; indeed had I not seen Irving in "The Lyon's Mail?" After all, I < was prepared, and if I were not mistaken < he would be thrown off his guard. I had i much in my favor, for I am a fair amateur i actress, and I had time now to prepare my I part. My thoughts were broken by an artist, < whom I had not seen for several months, and ] who had discovered mv retreat. While we ] were having a pleasant chat, I saw Mrs. j Prowell, leaning 011 Mr. Grant's arm, coming j toward me. < "My dear," she said, "I cannot let you leave New York without meeting one of the j most delightful Englishmen the Old Country 1 has ever sent us. Allow me to present to 1 you Mr. Grant. ] He bowed and raised his eyes to mine. ] My face greeted him, I am sure, with as in- ] nocent and naive expression as any child's. ( Sill)uily 01 an ohui .- i nu?t my only proof of your identity. At least you can comprehend that." I paused, but he was still silent. There was now no look of defiance on his face; he was humbled and abashed. "Will you accept a few words of advice from a woman?" I asked, at length. He| bowed his head in acquiescence, and I con-: tinned. "My oath was, 'never to try to; bring you to justice, and never to inform | against you should we meet again.' Still I can easily place, my friends on their guard,: without breaking my oath. It will be my ' duty to do so if you remain here. A word, j a look, a smile even might sweep you from ; the false position in society you have so i easily gained. I advise you to leave New York and America at once. It will be safer ' and wiser for you." He looked at me fori a moment, and then,-rising, said : "I am not worthy even to thank you forj the mercy you show me, the chance you ; oiler me. I will do as you suggest. I will I leave America tomorrow. There is but one I way I can prove my gratitude to you, but j one way I can hope to make you believe, that this night has folded down a dark page I in my life forever, and that is to leave with you a proof of my crime." My hands were in my lap ; he dropped j into one of them the ring, and before I could | speak he had muttered a hurried "good-bye" ' and had turned and left the room. Two j days later I read his name in the list of passengers 011 the Servia. Often when I came across that snake coiled away in my ; jewel box I have wondered what has become of its owner. Never should I have told this story had I j not chanced to see a paragraph in the 'ast j number of the London Graphic. Kvcn now ! I would not tell it did it not point so well to j the (dd moral, "It is never too late to mend." , The paragraph I refer to was in a vivid de-1 scriptiou of one of the Afghan skirmishes. | 1 The Knglish loss had been heavy. After an I obituary notice of tlieollicers who had fallen,! I came upon the name "John Grant llcau-j ; champ." I read the article eagerly. It was j as follows: ' This young man, although but an order-! ly, deserves mention, lie was the eldest son of Rev. John Reauchamp, vicar of LawtonValenee, and Lady Mary Salisbury, his wife, j His youth was wild, so wild that he disap-j peared a year, and is supposed to have been in America under an assumed name. The | i prodigal son returned to Kngland a year ago,! and volunteered. His record was so good,' | his duties so faithfully performed, that he j was soon appointed a non-commissioned oflieer. In this position, so unnatural to one of his birth and breeding, he was beloved by his companions, and respected by his superiors. His end was noble and self-sacrificing. Throwing himself in front of his colonel, he I received in his own breast the weapon aimed at his commander's life. When his companions wen about to prepare a bundle of his f effects to be sent to his parents at Lawton-; I Valence, they could find little to send except- j 1 ing his watch and a leather bag, worn about I ; his neck. They opened the bag, and within j j they found nothing except a small triangu- i lar turquoise." fiST""Can a man serve two masters?" inquired the pastor of the mild-eyed deacon. I "He has to, sometimes, confessed the deacon. "I think not." "You never had boy I twins at your house, did you?" inquired the deacon softly, and the pastor retired in discomfiture.?Detroit Free Press. IpsccUancmts fkMutfl, FILLING A VACANCY. Parson Winterwell dreaded to meet hi congregation last Sunday morning. Just ai hour before services a puppy belonging t< his youngest boy had made his way into tlx study, and, in a mischievous spirit of puppy hood, bad seized the minister's serinoi which lay on a chair by the door, and, ere In was discovered, had succeeded in ehewin< the last third into fragments. This was tlx humiliating disclosure which Parson Winter well had to make to his congregation. Eighth |y, ninthly, tenthly, were gone; and then was no way to recover them, apparently, a: Parson Winterwell had forgotten what the} were. So, when the dear, old-fashioned ministei had preached through seventhly, he told lib people what had happened, and promisee them that it should not occur again, and dis I caught a sudden contraction of the pupils < of his eyes. It was like a flash, but quick as it was it taught me all I wished to know, j Being brought luce to face with me so unex- i pectedly had almost upset his wonderful self- | control. My hostess shortly left us, taking > with her the artist. < "I beg pardon," said Mr. Grant; "but Mrs. ( Powell neglected to mention your name ] when she did me the honor of presenting me. ( One of my weaknesses is that I always like , to know to whom I am speaking. Very likely if I were a New Yorker I should not have ? to ask, but, being a foreigner, perhaps it is excusable." i All this was said with perfect frankness; and withal there was something so open and j winning about him that I could easily un- ( derstand his popularity. "Even were you a New Yorker, Mr. , Grant," I replied, "your ignorance of my name would not be at all astonishing, for I come from Boston." I then told him my < name. "" ' * ?? v.i.?: l.... "ourciy i musi/ m* mooring uiium ouh<^ , strange delusion, I thought. "How is it possible that this delightful, refined young man can be a common thief." I hud almost decided that it was a case of mistaken identity, when a movement of his hand brought an odd ring into view. It was shaped like a snake loosely curled about the finger. The I head wasstudded with triangular turquoises. I could not be mistaken?one in the center of the head was missing. "Will you pardon me, Mr. Grant," I asked, "if I take the liberty to admire your ring? It is so much more effective than any I have seen." "It was an idea of my own," he said; ""I never saw one quite like it. I will take it J off, so that you may examine it closer." "Thank you," I replied, as I received it from him. "Oh, what a pity !" I exclaimed ;1 "you have lost one of the stones." "Yes ! only a few days ago. I have not had time to have a new one cut. You see the shape is uncommon." "I am afraid you will not find it easy to match," I remarked as I handed back the i ring. "Perhaps, however, I may be able to | help you." Again I caught the nervous contraction I of his eyes, as I opened a small silver box Ij was wearing at my side. I paused a moment, j glanced at his face, which seemed a shade ! whiter, and then dropped the missing stone J into his hand. I shall never forget the look | he gave me?it was that of a wild animal brought to bay. Every feature of his face seemed changed. It is impossible to describe how I felt; I only know I looked at hitn with a cold smile, as I said in quiet tones : "You need not fear. I shall not break my oath; canyon not understand that ? Put,' no ; what can you know about honor or the j *1. q t *?o? f a vai1 i missed the congregation fully 20 minute! earlier than usual. Now it chanced that the annual donatio! party was to come oil'at the parsonage abou two weeks after this providential docking o Parson Winterwell's sermon by the mischiev ous puppy. The worthy pastor and his wilt looked forward to this accustomed eveni with great expectations ; for the good conn try people had been wont, in times past, tc encourage their minister on this occasior by generous gifts of cord-wood, flour, pota toes, pork, corn-meal, etc., and, as a crown log gift, they generally presented him witl: i sum of money aggregating ten or lifteer jollars. It was to this liberal contribution n cash that Parson Winterwell and his wile looked forward with especial delight; foi ready money was a luxury which they enoyed hut seldom. The eventful evening came, and the par milage was thronged with devoted parishioners. Every one brought something in the way of a donation, if it was no more than n mince pie or a red apple. About twentj bushels of potatoes, live quarters of beef jight sacks of Hour, and two barrels of pork bad been carried down cellar; and now Parson Winterwell and his wife were standing in the little faded parlor, receiving con i;ratulations, and nervously awaiting tin customary presentation of cash. Suddenly that hush which announces some preconcerted movement fell over the corapa ay, and Deacons Nathan Berry and Enod Wells were seen making their way toward Parson Winterwell and his wife. Deacot Berry held a squirming black puppy undei bis left arm. Deacon Wells stepped in fronl af his coadjutor, and made the folowinj. speech : "Beloved pastor, it has been our custoir in years past to express our feelings of loy alty and affection to yourself and your os teemed and beloved wife on this occasion b\ adding to our other gifts a small sum of money; but this year in view of a recent vaean L'y which has occurred in this happy house hold, and which we all sincerely regret, w< decided to devote the money to the purchase of a full-blooded Newfoundland puppy which we hereby have the pleasure of pre renting to you in place of his predecessor who departed this life so suddenly and mys teriously. We trust that this fine anima will be allowed the freedom of your study and be permitted to enjoy all the privilege: of a household pet and companion." Hereupon Deacon Berry stepped forward and delivered the wriggling, bright-eyed curly-coated Newfoundland puppy into tin hands of astounded Parson Winterwell. / shout of joy went up from the younge Winterwells, and the clapping of hand crackled through the crowded rooms awa\ out into the kitchen. Parson Winterwell was too overcome t< respond. He turned aside to hide his emo lion and deposit the puppy on the floor. The next Sunday, and thereafter, the goo< man's congregation observed, with rejoicing that he had not failed to interpret the bin thej sought to convey. ? Stopping a Leak With Sawdust.?Ti stop the leakage of a boat by the use of saw dust, appears at the first suggestion ridicu lous. It is a common method, however, em ployed by backwoodsmen of the Adirondack region. One day last summer a party having con siderable baggage, discovered upon unload ing it into a scow at the end of the regula "carries," that the boat leaked badly. P delay for repairs would occasion eonsidera ble annoyance, and without repairs, to pro ceed seemed impossible. At this juncture one of the guides said : "I think I can fix it. Just unload th boat again." This was done, and then the guide brough from a saw mill near the spot a quantity o sawdust. This he sprinkled thickly upo: the water on either side of the boat. "Now," continued he, "load up again." This was done, and when the weigh again sunk the boat, the influx of wate through the sides and bottom sucked in th sawdust, which finally accumulated in th crevices, swelled under the action of th water, and actually stopped the leakage. The Fkruis Wheel.?Preliminary worl incident to taking down the Ferris NY heel o the Midway l'laisance has commenced Ten weeks will be required to take th wheel to pieces. The ear that was used lo carrying the Krupp gun will be used for th 70-ton axle. The material will be carried i five trains of 30 cars each to New York city There are 3,000 tons of metal in the whee and 500,000 feet of timber is needed for th false work. Taking the wheel down will b more dangerous than putting it up. Oul; one life was lost in erecting the big attrai tion. The expenses of taking down, movin and rebuilding the wheel will be ?150,00( In New York it is to be placed at Thirty seventh street and Broadway. Old A ienn will he reproduced around it. During th fair the wheel went around 10,000 times, an carried 2,000,000 passengers. The larges single load was carried Oct. 10, when at 12.3 o'clock 1,70S people were in the cars. Th largest day's business was uet. jo, wne 8,000 people were carried. ? -<? fifea?" A correspondent asks the derivation c the term "bucket shop,'' and the Hosto Journal replies. The following explanatio has been accepted by some: The hoard of trad of Chicago would not allow a deal in option of less than 500 bushels of grain. In order t catch men of small means, what was calle the open board of trade began business in a alley under the regular hoard of trade room.' There was an elevator to carry the member of the hoard to their rooms, and occasional), a member, if trade was slack, would call out "I'll send down and get a bucketful prell; soon," referring to the speculators in th open board of trade below. Hence the ten "bucket shop came to he applied to all grai gambling institutions, and subsequently t unauthorized odices for other descriptions < gambling, betting on the markets, the stock: the bonds, etc. How to Stop Vot tt Finoku Hu:i:i>in<;.It is much easier to stop your bleeding linge than it is to ileal with a bleeding heart. 3Io?' people like to tie a string around their wound ed digit, to stick courtplaster over it, or lie i up in a handkerchief. All these methods ar g6od enough, but a contemporary thinks her is a better one for small cuts or pricks, l'u your finger down on something hard, am gently pound it with a brick or a light ham mer. You will he surprised to find how soo i.~ i.it-ill bo (li-ii-cii frnm tlie wound, am lilt* IMUUil _ .. , how soon it will lion I. If you have a bleed ing heart, the best thing you can do is to gc another girl. \ffa kincr T^Powder] Absolutely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of* all in leavening strength.?Latest United States Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. 'i 1 1 f'oodi \sleep| -; liv^ wiim clearV /long! li/itil ill iirel I |jg I ^vB mentali in 11 strong! energy! nerves? ji c AyUS I !| [Sarsaparillai M. Haramerly, a well-known business man i of Hillsboro, va., sends this testimony to 1! the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla: "Several t vears ago, I hurt my leg, the injury leaving r | ii sore which led to erysipelas. My sufferings 11 were extreme, my leg, from the knee to the ankle, being a solid sore, which began to extend to other parts of the body. After trying : various remedies, I began taking Ayer's , t Sarsaparilla, and, before I had finished the first bottle. I experienced great relief; the " | second bottle effected a complete cure." | Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mail. Cures others,will cure you i i 1 | Thirty-Fourth Annual Statement ii EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY For the Year Ending December 31st, 1S93. ASSETS. Bonds and Mortgages |22,868,916.74 > Iteul Estate,including the Equitable Buildings and purchases under I foreclosure of mortgages. 23,923,724.53 r United States Stocks, state Stocks, City Stocks, it other investments 89.253,593.42 , Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks ; (Market value, 69,449.241) 6,931,463.33 Beat Estate outside the State of r New York, including purchases under foreclosure 14,396,857.64 Cash in Hank and in transit (since received and invested) 5,294,463.13 ' I Interest ami ttentsdueunrlaccrued, j Deferred Premiums and other Securities 6,439,378.11 Totul Assets December 31,1893 <'697056,396.90 I LIABILITIES. Reserve on ull existing Policies - I 14 ner (flit Standard) nod all J1 otlier llaliiiitlM f!36,689,646.57 I I Todil I'mllviikil Surplus (4 per ct. sumlitrri). including Special He1 i serve of $2.5(M,lMio towards establ? i lislimentofa:) perct. valuution. 32,366,750.33 ^ $169,056, 396.90 r . We certify to the correctness of the above caleu> 'ation of the reserve and surplus. From this surplus the iisuul dividends will be made. Gun. W. Phillips, J. G, Van Cise. Actuaries. INCOME. Fremiums $35,537,369.5# Interest, Rents,etc... _ 6,43.5,235.96 f $42,022,60-4.55 DISBURSEMENTS. Claims by Death and Matured Endowments $10,761,402.80 Dividends, Surrender Values, Annultlesit Discounted Endowments 6,883.912.63 ' Total I'aid Policy-Holders $17,650^315.43 ? | Commissions. Advertising, Postage and Exchange 4,615,745.29 , | General Expenses, state. County and City Taxes 3,089,433,08 $25,355,493.80 New Assurance written In 1893 >^* 1.227.00 - , Total Outstanding Assurance 932,532,577.00 ?i W.J. RODDEY, Rock Hill, S.C. I |, || |, || |, | in MM I - I j COFFINS AND CASKETS. - Our Stock is Equaled by None in the County j I and Surpassed by But Few in the State. CASKETS IN METALIC, CLOTII-plain ami draped?Velvet, Walnut, Oak and Gloss 11 White. Imitation Walnut, Oak, Hurl and Hosewood. Collins in any style and at any price from a plain home-made?painted or covered?to the best raised O. G. lid with slitio glass. Our stock 0 of Caskets and Coffins FOR CHILDREN is - elegant and complete. BTJEIAL B0BES AND SLIPPERS, " For Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. They are v much nicer, more easily adjusted and cheaper than anything kept in stores. HEARSE FURNISHED FREE in town, and at reasonable prices anywhere in the county. WE SUPERINTEND ALL FUNERALS r furnished by us and prive prompt attention to n all calls, day or night. Your patronage solicited. S. T. FREW A CO. * Rock Hill, S. C. : Tie Nevs First! t - That Is Our Motto J?! ).: In addition to giving all the news, -; local, domestic and foreign, this journal ., also ministers to the imagination, and 4?c ilnnnrtmpnt of Fiction is unexcelled. "j For instance, 5| A FIGHT j FOR MILLIONS n 11 j Our new Copyrighted and Illustrated e j Serial, is one of the liveliest and most is interesting stories going. It is o! d; A Story of the Times " j FOR * People of the Times j U IT IS SOON TO BRUIN IX THIS PAPER.1 > | ? j c| Subscribe today. THE EXJUI-j ?j HER three Months for 50 cents. | ?|CfiESTfiSAPIINOIA^ yMLMAil.j i Schedules in KHVct from and After cj March 25. 181)4. j j (*. AV. F. Harper, President. ll I Jo I Nil XOUTII. | No 10. I No U). i i- ! Lea\e l.'hestiT ii 10 a in 0 00 a 111 j Leave Loivrysvllle 7 07 a m 0 .'15 a in j 11 ; Leave MeCoiinellsville 7 L'li a in 10 OB a in j ll ; Leave ( utliriesvillc 7 :t? a in 10 15 a in I Leave Vorkville 7 57 a in II 00 a in j Leave ('lover s :w) a in 11 -w pin i t' Leave Castonia it lis a 111 1 -0 jnn j j Leave Lineolulon 10 10 a in - l*> pin : I Leave Newton II 12 a in I 1*> p m I ! Leave Hickory 12 20 pin ii 20 jnn ; Arrive Lenoir I ."0 jnn S 00 jnn j noixn soiTit. | No(II. | Noli. | Leave Lenoir "> :i0 a in :$ l."? pin ' ! Leave Hickory 7 01 a in I 10 j> in ; Leave Newton X 20 a in "? is jnn j i Leave Lineolulon 10 10 a in (> 12 pin i i Leave (iastonia 12 ">0 jnn 7 20 jnn | Leave Clover I "0 jnn S 00 jnn Leave Yorkville :?(i"? jnn M 12 jnn I i Leave (inlhriesville :t -"Ut jnn 0 02 jnn 1 ; Leave McConnellsville :> |."? jnn 0 12 jnn Leave Lowrysville I 12 jnn 0 lit j>m i Arrive Chester I "/> jnn 10 0:1 jnn j j Trains Nos. !> anil 10 are lirst-elass, and run j i daily exeept Sunday. Trains Nos. i!0 and 01 | carry passengers and also run daily except Sun I day. There is good connection at Chester with | ' the (J. ('. A" N., and the ('., C. A- A.; also at Has- j ! tonia with the A. A* C. A. I-.; at Lincolntnn j with the and at Iliekorv and Newton with ! , the W. N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent. II. If. HKAKI), (iencral Passenger Agent. ! March 28 0 tf HIJI Iil)l X<? MJMIIIIlt CO It SAM-;. I HAVE in inv vard about TWKXTY-FIVK I TIIorSAXH FKKT OF FIRST CLASS j HEART IMNE Ll'.MBEE, which will besold i at a vcrv low figure for spot rasli. Il consists of FRAMING Ll'.M BEE, FLOORING AND WEATHER ROAEDIXH, etc. For i?rieesand I further particulars, apply to W. F. LATIMER. May 0 1!) tt 4 for Infants and Children. " Custorin Liso well fi<lapt<tl to children that | Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, I recommend it as snj>erior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhcea, Krucianon, known to me." II. A. Archer, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes <!i111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. "The t:.e of 'Castoria is so universal and "For several years I have recommended i.s merit.; so well known that it seems a work your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to i f supererogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results." w.'lliin cay reach." Edwin F. Pardee, 51. D., C arum .Iautyn, J). D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. The Centaur C'oxpany, 77 Murray Street, New York City. GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, Manufactures all kinds of ga Eh IKON OKK FAINT , IKON HOOFING, And Cement. :kim>'ed andcokhl*?atki>siding, 152 TO 158 MERW1N ST., Iron Tile or Shingle, Cleveland, O. fire proof doors, shutters. Ac.. ' ' I -p?3[~ ^ Scud for Circular and Price List No. 75. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ,2-fr Orders received by L. M. (JRIST. YOUR FATHER AND HIS PA TT7KR10, no doubt, very good farmers in their day and generation. They farmed exactly on ?? the same principle that their ancestors had done, and by the use of slave labor, the hull tongue plow, etc., and raising everything that-was used on the farm, they were enabled*to.keep moving. It made no ditt'ercncc to them how long it took to hoc an acre of cdtton, pull 1,M0 bundles of fodder, mow a meadow, cut and hind a grain crop, sow an acre of wheat or oats, etc., - - - - - ?i unci they cared very little for large yields. .Just so euougn was maue 10 ieuu aim khiuh; gers" everything was right. Is the foregoing correct ? Now, be honest. When you commenced farming after the war, I don't know how long, you adopted the old plan, but had no "free" labor. You paid good wages and raised lots of high priced cotton. Everything went smoothly for a time, but finally prices dropped "way down." You continued the same plan as to mode of cultivation and amount of labor and the year 1804 finds you trying to raise 7 cents cotton on exactly the same plan as that in vogue twenty-five years ago. Your crop costs about the same per acre to cultivate, but you can't see where the trouble is. During the past few years you have been raising corn, wheat, oats and hogs, and the grocery bill has not been so heavy. You arc to be congratulated on seeing the advantage of this course, and I rejoice in your being able to give the time business the cold shoulder. You, However, Have Not Been Able to See That you are losing money every year by sticking to the old ante-bellum methods of preparation, cultivation, harvesting and preparing your crops for market, but such is a FACT, nevertheless. Is it possible to get your eyes open? Some of your neighbors have had theirs opened and great is their satisfaction with the new way. ITorn.irn untilo Oti.fu flint Citfi't bfi turned down ! Yon can't afford to raise 7 cents cotton on the same expense as when you received 12 to 15 cents for it, when you can reduce the cost of preparation and cultivation at least one-third by the use of the Corbin Disk Harrow for preparing the land and the 11 vans Steel Frame Lever Harrow or the Western Tripple Harrow for cultivating the crop. You can't afford to pull fodder when you can sow your stubble land with peas or millet and mow and house a better quality of forage at about one-fourth of the cost of the fodder per 100 pounds, by the use of a Corbin Disk Harrow, a New Light Buckeye Mower and a Thomas or Chieftain Horse Hake. You can't allbrd to cut your wheat and oats with a cradle, waste from a bushel and a half to two bushels of the grain per acre, when within Buckeye Framcless Binder you can cut and bind ' from till ecu to twenty acres a day and not waste a half-bushel of your entire crop. It will work satisfactorily on land on which an old-fashioned Reaper CANNOT he used. The price is 8140. You can't afford to gin your cotton on an out of date, run down, rattle trap Gin and leave < from live to ten per cent, of the lint on the seed and injure the staple to the extent of not less than one-fourth of a cent per pound, when by the use of a Daniel Pratt Gin you can get ALL the lint and make a sample that will bring the top of the market. The cotton buyers at Hickory Grove say that cotton ginned on Pratt Gins brings one-fourth of a cent more per pound than that ginned on any other make of gin. You can't afford to thresh your wheat, or allow somebody else to thresh it, on a run down, dilapidated thresher that will leave 25 per cent, of your grain on the straw, but you, or the man who does your work, should havea Cardwell Thresher, which is the simplest and best. * The James Leffel Engine stands at the head for simplicity, durability and steam generating power. It don't take a fortune to buy one, either. The Oliver Chilled is the best turning plow on the market. It's great. The Farmers' Friend Grain Drill is without a peer, and WILL drill rust proof oats. I am agent for each of the above mentioned implements and machines, and they are absolutely the best of their kind on the market, and each of them is sold under a guarantee to give satisfaction. I DON'T SELL EXPERIMENTS. SAM M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. Captain J. Wilson Marshall A Son are my authorized agents at Rock Hill for Buckeye Mowers, Corbin Disk Harrows and Thomas and Chieftain Horse Rakes. fff IMffl" iFmST^ATIONAL B.NK, wMuaniw. .777m IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED. SUFjlOS 3llj PfOQlS. 28,499 CK, , ,?7- . , jAiditional Liability of Stockliolders. 75.000 Shipped 011 Approval and Guaranteed to J ! Total Protection to Depositors, $178,499 DAYS in Your Home, the Ma , , W. L. KODDKY l'reHldent. cliine win lie in Ken i>uck ?..? w fj kodi)kv vice pre??ent. Your Money UeliiiKlctl. j J. If. MILLER, Cashier. w??k I rpiIIS HANK offers its services to the public generally and solicits accounts from r'armfll Office ofSupervisor of Registration of York ^ . -.Jj 1^3 i"Vf()TICK is hereby given that the books of '^ 1 .i-N registration will remain o^eij^ in my office^ V()RKV\L17l !,lS('>n the FIRST MONDAY jn ?- ^ inclusive. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' f1msuk1) is oak ok h a i.si t ' This fo.r th? Purpose of registering all per | sons who have heeome of an age qualifying as it (ii akastlli) loll Thy 1kaks. ^ them to vote, or who may be entitled from other legal causes, since the hist election, to register ; This ricant Machine Delivered Freight Pai(l. lt0 t nsfer voters so desiring from York to lilts Eiie^ani Jiainine iiemeieu, rieinui rai ? another county, or from one residence to another. at any Railroad Station East of the Voters desiring to avail themselves of any of the ?* . . <. on above privileges, must make application before. Rocky Mountains, tor $2.1.00. or on/the FIRST MONDAY, 2ND DAY OF TIIK KXlJl'IRKR has sent out a large mini- y '"ittt.t ?nd THOMPSON'S mitt berot the(best)<J1 ^cjplll^f^ihe'1 fact Pre.cincts have been discontinued by act of the in the past live J>0?irs, 111 \io\\ ot the fillet , fniri<ilnhirp and in their stead a voting uriwiiipf that the business has grown to such proportions , ? , established at FOREST Hi"L Fleett'17?s Vm. 'SJS! of''the ! SS'by.heli,m!sc are i'ESv vnr n i' ii si'\\ \'i M \ T IT IN F and we render their registration certificates in order KMit IRKR Sh\\ INO MACI INK, anil ue t,mt ,hey |nny bo n)ade toconform with the lttw> are now PJtIMl *' to ,i,i0 \i., Those who fail to have their certificates changed, wish tobu> a lu..t.tins s high 1 J" *, ' * will not be entitled to vote. A change of certichine at less than haIt t epr 1 (e at \\liull suc 11 . tjcate will also be necessary to enable electors machine is usually sold by peddlers and dealers. t() yotcat tho ne?. ,)re(.ill(.t- of SHARON. The A Few Facts About The Enquirer Machine, location of TIRZAIi precinct having been chang. ed from the Church to the railroad station, perI lie accompanying engraving^'?yrect sons who have been voting elsewhere, and tind idea ottiie iiiaciiuie. u isw hbh ..., K more cdiivuiukhi w vmu <? S ll2?.l.mc !>'? it'll,nuiriy Mhor mmilino ll,cir ?l?anSca accorrfinrfy S"A mil Supervisorof Registration, yU ConntV. tlie.se machines are ?s absolutely noiseless and unvrviir eT<u<L- ?., ??>? easy running as lino adjustment and best mo- M,,ai 1 * *I(^K tARM' chaideal skill arc possible to produce. No ex- Klnrksbu.'g, S. C. pense or time is spare. 1 to make them perfect in -r^ ROISTERED JERSEYS, WELCH AVI) every respect. I lie balance-wheel ami many of 1| sil ETLA XI) PONIES. Imported stock ) the fine parts are nickel plated, with other parts KSsEX AND REGISTERED CHESHIRE tinclv enameled and ornamented, giving it a pj<;s Bred and for sale rich appearance. The niaehine is tittejl with ol-]'{ .JERSEYS are all of the celebrated the Iiupro\ed Automatic Bobbin M liider. It Victor and Stoke Rogis strains, which have also has a selt-settuig needle and self-threading attracted so much attention throughout the cylinder shuttle. 1 he siinplicity of the auto- \-nr?i, i>?-r I ru vi\ i.viw sA r v Vic .....tie tensions, sewing from Nos,4.) to 100 thread i-vffiiKl"VpiUCEsO If von ire Hdnkhigof without altering, recommends it not only to | stai.tillg il(i,lirv herd (,<)U.t Overlook theJe^v* e\er> beginner, but to am,. | Tliey are the best dairy cows known to the Each machine is in perfect working order World When shipped and is accompanied with printed Wo "m.anu.tee our ponies to be perfectly safe i ml ructions ami a complete set of tools and a 1 for ,U(,ios children to drive. CAN SELL 3 necessary attachments, in a handsome plush SHETLAND PONIES AS CHEAP AS (\Y A lined ease. I he attachiiients are the best. jBREEDERS IN THE SOUTH. Write for h //on to or.r Tin: m.icutxi:. what you want. /.ir/'O!lT. 1 XT 1MFOI(M.I77OX. Address, Dr. J. G. BLACK, A The price of the Machine is jjPM. We deliver Hhu ksburg, S. C.^ it at your nearest railroad station free of freight t>. K. fim.ky. J. s. iikiok charges, provided you live east of the Rocky IdNLEY & KRICB, Mountains. THE KNtjl'IRKR will be sent ATTORNEYS AT I-i-VW J free for one vear to every Ptircliaserof a machine. Yorkvllle S C " * fl The cash must accompany t''e.,)ri,(:';i^t'"|}' A LL business entrusted to us will be given money by Kxnress Mone> J)rde?, Registered prompt attention. Letter or New \ oik Exchange. , 0FFIrKIN THK BUILDING ATTHK KKAK ' WARRANTED FOIt TEN \ EAItS. OF H> F> STRAUSS'S STORE. The usual warrantee by whieh we replace any m^mmm^ defective part or any part that breaks or wears ! t v* ^ . out through the fault of the maehine, except (fl/hf IFTltflltttf V shuttles, needles and bobbins, goes with every v,u mjMUl Maehine. After the Machine has boon received,! _ von have the privilege of returning it within PUBLISHED WEEKLY. TWENTY davs, if not satisfactory. Is that: ? , fair? TEUMW OF HIJIWC'UIPTION: Single copy for one year, $ on >*<> VARIATION. i One copy for two years, 3 . ?<) We have endeavored to say here all that we For six months, 1 on ' could sav in a letter. There can be no change of For three months, ! SO terms. Do not ask for an v variation. Machines Two copies for one year, 3 SO are shipped direct from the factory, and are not Ten copies one year, 17 SO on exhibition at ourotliee. We know you will be And an extra cojjv for a club of ten. pleased with I lie machine when you get it, and ADVLuTISEMENTH you know it" it should happen to be unsatisfacto- Inserted at One Dollar per square for the first rv, you call seild it back within TWENTY insertion, and Kitty fonts per square for each DAYS ami got your&W.U0. Address subsequent insertion. A square consists of the LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, s. C. space occupied by eight lines of this size type. Contracts for advertising space for three, UNDERTAKING. six, or twelve months will be made on reason_____ able terms. The contracts must in all cases be confined to the regular business of the lirmior terly, semi-annual or annual contracts for a'giv B ^ contracted for, will be required to pay at the'rate t a vr hundiiiirr a first class line of COFFIN'S ' usually charged for the less space or shorter time L VN IM' Vsk KTS which I will sell at the very as the case may lie. An increase of space or lowest nrices Personal attention at all hours. ; time will be a matter for special contract. The I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture advertiser wdl be at liberty to change the matter at reasonable prices. iilt will? provided the copy for the change is in at reasonaoit pu j ^ JEFj,ERYS. the oltice not later than 12 in. on Monday preJanuarv4 1 tf ceding the day of publication.