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giiimorous JJcjiartweut. j The Late Senator Vance.?The late SeDator Vance used to say, according to Kate Field's Washington, that his liveliest campaign for the governorship of North Carolina was that in which Judge Settle ran J agaiust him. They stumped the State in joint debate. All the white Democrats turn- j ed out to hear Vance, and all the colored Republicans to bear Settle. On one occa-! . sion Vance was iuformed that some young i ladies present desired to testify their devotion to the Democratio party by kissing the Democratic candidate for governor. Nothing loth, Vance descended from the platform, and kissed a dozen or so of the young ; beauties, and then paused long enough to ; turn around to his competitor and shouted : ! "Settle. I'm kissing my girls ; now you kiss1 yours!" When he married the second time, he said to his wife on their wedding day : "My dear, I'm a stubborn fellow, and you may anticipate trouble. Now, in the begining, while I am submissive, I want to give you one piece of advice. If you follow it, we'll get on mighty well. It is this: Make me do just as I darned please." A newspaper man, who was about starting to a rather out-of-the-way-porti6n of Vance's own State, was asking him one day what kind of accommodation he was likely to fiud. "They will give you some of their fried hog and eggs," the senator replied. "That's better than nothing," said the newspaper man. "I don't know?I don't know," the senator answered in a dubious tone; "I've tried both." A * Considerate Domestic.?A young lady., lately and happily married, has a literary man for her husband, who does all * of his work at home. It is very good work, and pays very well, and as they are so new-1 ly wedded they are delighted with the opportunities for being almost constantly to- . gether, remarks the Y ankers Statesman. Recently they got a uew servant, a buxom j German girl, Avho proved herself happy, and ' also-seemed to take a deep interest in the affairs of the young couple. Of course, she saw the husband around the house a great deal; but her mistress was not prepared for the following: "Ogscuse me, Mrs. Blank; but I like to say i somedings." "Well, Rena?" "You won't be mad by mc alretty ?" "Why, what is it you wish to say ?" The girl blushed, fumbled her apron, stammered and then replied: "Veil, "you pay me $16 a month?" "And I can't pay any more," said the mistress, decisively. "It's not dot," responded the girl; "but I: find I be willin' to take $15 till?till your I husband gets work !" It was amusing and j ^ pathetic?both, wasn't it? '. Halves and Thirds.?The average un- j i tutored mind is unable to cope with fractions. | They floor their man every time. The darkey's indignant reply that "there ain't, a | third there," when he was offered the picking j of a cotton field for 'thirds'," is one illustra-1 tion of this; and now Mike has given us, another. "What are you going to do with that dog,' Mike ?" "Sure, an' I want to sell him, sor." "How much do you ask for him ?" "Well, beiu' as it's you, sor, I'll sell him to you chape ; and a better dog never walked in shoe leather. You can have him for $2, sor." "What breed is he?" "Well, sor, he's?he's?he's half terrier and half Newfoundland an' ?an' half mastiff", sor." "Ah ! Well, this is the first time I ever j knew of a dog having three halves." it k ?k " a Kia rlrvrr ca llD 1C ! Al iaiij uu tnai s a uvgj ov ?<v *w? He'd make a dozen halves of the little felly goin' along beyant ye there." One Better Than Two.?An Irishman was working on a new railway a shojt time since, and one pay day he said to the foreman : .< "Do yer want any more hands, sir?for I've a brother at home that wants a job at wurruk." The foreman asked him what sort of a workman his brother was. . "Faith, sor," Pat replied, "he's as good a man asmeself." "All right; tell him to come and start on Monday." "Whoile I'm axing you for my brother, there's me poor old father at home wanting a job at the same time, yer honor." "Well, what sort of a man is yqpr father, Pat?" "Bejabers, sor, he's as good as the two of us." "Ob, well," said the foreman; tell yourj father to come, and you and your brother j can stay away." Shopping.?T.wo ladies were walking along Woodward avenue, when suddenly: one of them stopped. "Oh, my !" she exclaimed. "I've left my i purse at home." "Well," replied the other, so have I. But what of that ?" "Why we have to have some money, don't we ?" . I "What for?" "Aren't we going shopping?" "Certainly." "Then how can we buy anything? Have it charged ?" "Of course not." "But we can't buy anything." j "Who said we were going to? I thought we were going shopping.1' t&r A newly wedded pair recently register-1 ed at a Kentucky hotel, the bridegroom mak- j ing the bargain aUthe rate of two dollars per: day. They stayed one day, and the man asked for his bill, which was four dollars. "How's that? I've been here only only one day." "Well, there's yourself, one day, two dollars, and there's your wife, one day, two dollars, and two and two make four." The fellow slammed his list down on the register, while a crimson flush of blood suffused his cheeks. "Well, I swear," he cried, "if I didn't forget all about her I'll eat my hat. Here take this V, keep the change and say nothing about it, please." But the clerk didn't keep the change, arid as the stbry was a good one, he gave his friends the beneGt of it. ? ? Pat's Curiosity.?A gentleman while out hunting one day had the good fortune to catch a rabbit, which he had come upon as it lay asleep. Thinking the animal might amuse some ladies of his acquaintance, he dispatched his Irish servant with it safely tied down inside a basket, and duly labeled. The curiosity of Pat, however, overcame his discretion on the way. He undid the string that held down the lid, when out popped the rabbit, and away it flew across the lields. "Bejabers," exclaimed Pat, as he scratched his head, and looked after the retreating animal, "you may run, faith; but you don't know where to go, for you've forgot to take the address wid ye." Obeying Orders.?The officer of the deck on board of a man-of-war vessel asked the wheel one day, "How does she head? " It was blowing a gale of wind. "South-ayst," replied Pat, touching his hat, but forgetting to add "sir" to his answer. "You'd better put a few more s's in your answer when you speak to me," said the huffy lieutenant. "Ay, ay,sor-r-r," returned the Irishman. A day or two after the oflicer called out aguin, "How does she head now?" "South-ayst, an' be south, half-south, an' a little southerly, sor-r-r, your honor, sor," shouted Pat at the top of his voice. Why Peoi'le Stared.?Mrs. I)e Bangs? "No, John, I am not going to church with you." * Mr. I)e Bangs?"Not going to church! Why what's the matter!" "It does me no good at all. People stare at me so I can't pay any attention to the services." "Oh! come now, you must be mistaken. Why, what is there about you to stare at?" "My old bonnet." .Mie wore a new one nexi r>unuay. Waff' After his first lecturing tour in this country, the late Matthew Arnold visited old Mrs. Proctor, the widow of the poc^"Harry Cornwall," and mother of Adelaide Proctor. Mrs. Proctor, who was then 80 years old, in giving Mr. Arnold a cup of tea. asked him, "And what did tljey say about you in America?" "Well," replied the literary autocrat, "they said that I was conceited, and they added that my clothes did not fit me." "Well, now,'' retorted the old lady, "t uiiiik they were mistaken about the clothes." ICajjsidc 6athcn?()5. 8?" There are in the United States 30,o00,000 women. J?? Never was there a truer saying: In the midst of life we are in debt. 8?Mt is always best for a man to keep his temper. No one else wants it. 8ST" Loosen your grip upon others sometimes, but never upon yourself. 86^ Drovers assert that a sheep, when lying down, weighs more than when standing up. 8?" A Mobile youth recently read from his Bible, "Let not the wicked trump over me.'' 86T" Fruit cannot stand freezing, because it r\f fUn IViiit mwl (IppftV ruptures IUC vena UI lilt linn, mix xwxj takes place. 8?' The door between us and heaven cannot be opened if that between us and our fellow is shut. 8?* The man who had half a mind to commit suicide is patiently awaiting the decision of the other half. 8?* The District of Columbia has the largest death rate from consumption of any part of the United States. 8?" Liberty has 110 'rights which are not grafted on justice ; and the chief duty ol liberty is to defeud justice.. 8?" "For once I'm going to have my own weigh," she said, as stepped on the scale and deposited a penny in the slot. 8ST A man denies himself pleasures when he is young that he may have money to puy out to the doctors when he is old. 8?* There is this advantage in being a selfmade man, that he can worship creature and creator at one and the same time. 8?* "You have a very promising pupil." "Yes if his performances were only equal to his promises, I should be satisfied." 8?" If you wish to know how many friends you have, get into office ; ifyou wish to know how many you haven't, get into debt. 8?*" More than 50 army officers are now stationed at various State agricultural colges instructing students in military tactics. 8??" Electric pianos, which play themselves, the keys being depressed as though by some unseen hand, are now being manufactured. 8?* Three-fourths of the earth's surface is unfit for cultivation on account of mountain ranges, deserts, swamps, and barren ground. 8?" Josh Billings says : "When a fellow .rife n.rrnin' ftnwil llill. it duZ Seem OS tlio' ?.to ? , -- ?^ everything had been greased for the okashun." f8T"Man is but a breath," is a wise old saying, and it is especially true of the man who has been eating onions. He is all breath. BST" The Jerusalem artichoke did not come from Jerusalem at all. It is known to be an American plant, growing wild in many parts of the Western hemisphere. S6T If women would extend one-half the charity to each other that they accord to men, such a thing as a wicked woman would be as rare as a truly good man. "Maw, I want to go fishing." "I would rather have you work in the garden this morning, Willie." "I'm too lame, maw. It's just all I can do to dig worms." 8?" Recent insurance statistics show that if the wife dies first, the husband, on an average, surives nine years; while if the husband dies first, the wife survives 11 years. 8??" A eertaiu religious paper has for the heading of one of its departments, "Religion in general." Somebody says, "Religion in particular is what is wanted among the people." 86^* Christianity in its broadest sense is the greatest necessity of the age. It would solve all the knotty problems of state and bring the millenium of peace and good will among men. . 8?* A lazy boy makes a lazy man, just as a crooked sapling makes a crooked tree. Those who make our great and useful men were trained in their boyhood to be industrious. 8^ Railroads carry a man from New York to San Francisco for $S0 ; a hog weighing the same as a man is carried the same distance for $G; advantage in favor of being a hog, $74. 8*?TThe man who can keep his temper when he attempts to drive his neighbor's chickens out of his garden through the same hole by which they came in, need have no fears of "Satan." 8?* "Just look at the color of this water. Why, it's not fit to drink !" said an indignant guest to the waiter at a hotel in Seguin, Tex. "Dat's whar you is foolin' yerse'f. Hit's de glass what's dirty." 8?" "Madam," began the tramp, "lam a man who has seen better days?" "Then 1 community for :i time. Through ignorance | j or carelessness, thai hcil had not heen prop. j crly managed, or it would never have heen }! allowed to leave the disease-stricken house j except in ashes. si 8tay" Bees arc said to have such an antipai j thy to dark-colored objects that black chick-: j ens have heen stung to death, while white | ones of the same brood were left untouched. you must be mighty hard to please in the matter of weather," replied the woman ol the house, shutting the door in his face. 86?" An invalid, after returning from a Southern trip, said to a friend, "Oh, shure, an' it's done ine a worruld o' good goin' away. I've come back another man altogether. In fact, I'm quite meself again." 8?" An Ohio woman answered an advertisement, recently, which promised to give a satisfactory recipe for making coffee. The reply was : "Practice until you get it exactly right, then keep on making it that way." 8fe?" The Apache chief, (Jeronimo, for some years past at Mt. Vernon, Ala., is said to have grown old rapidly, so far as physical appearance is concerned, his hair being as white as snow; but he is still robust and hearty. 86T It costs about $4,700 per shot to lire one of Krupp's 130-ton steel guns. The gun costs $195,000, and it can only be fired at the most 00 times. The gun has a range ol 15 miles, and the projectiles weigh 2,(IOC pounds. fife?" "Josiar," said Mrs. Corntossel, "this in! dustrial army business gits me." "It do me. too," "Kf er fellow is goin' ter walk jis fur the sake of walkin' an' gettin' nowlieres, lu ! might jes'as well doit behind er plough ei any other way." Sfe?" The thinnest sheet of iron ever rolled j has recently been turned out at the Hallani Tiu works, near Swansea, Wales. It has ; surface of 55 square inches, and weighs but 20grains. It would take 1,800 such sheets | to make a layer an inch thick. 8ST It is not generally known that when i 1 person falls into the water a common felt hat can be used as a life-preserver. By placing the hat upon the water, rim down, with tin arm round it, pressing it slightly to the breast i it will bear a man up for hours. fife?" Johnny?Why are you putting cam phor on those furs. Mamma?To keep the moths out of them. "What will the moth.do if tbev get into the furs?" "Hat tin hair ol!'." "Well, why didn't you put camphor on pa's head to keep the moths oil' o it?" fife?" "I believe John will propose tonight ma. If he does, what shall I say?" "Ac cept him, of course." "Yes, but what shal I say first?" "How long have you been ex peeting this proposal?" "Two years.' "Well, I don't know what you can say ex cept 'This is so sudden !' " 86?" "Mamma," said Willie after he luu come from school, "I saw a poor little boj on my way home who never beard of ic< cream." "That was too bad," said Willie": mother. "What did you say to him?" "1 said." replied Willie, earnestly, "that I hat I - i . r ... .. ,.ir ? uimosi uirgoueu u iii^nvn. "We don't play the piano at our housi on Sunday, said the lirst little girl, "andyoi | folks do. We ain't heathens." "Xeithei are we," said the second little girl, "but w< 1 don't believe in using up all our religion 01 Sunday, so's there won't be none left througl the week, like some folks does." In a recent lecture Sir Robert Rail saic that a telegraphic message would go scvei times around the earth in a second, and if i telegraphic message could be sent to tin moon it would reach its destination "in i little more than a second. He also though that it would take something like eight miu ' utes to arrive at the sun. '"This," said the congressman to hi: visiting friends, as lie picked up a slendei pamphlet, "this is the bill which is creating such widespread interest throughout tin country." "And what are those vast tome: I see beside it ?" queried one of his guests : "Those?" said the congressman. "Oh, thosi arc the amendments to the bill." RoT The theatres in Japan have a nove method of pass checks which are positively t non-transferable. When a person wishes t( , leave the theatre before the close of tin 'performance, wun me intention.01 remmiug ! he goes to the doorkeeper and holds out hi: right hand. The door-keeper then, with : J a rubber stamp, imprints on the palm tin j mark of the establishment. (pic ^favm and preside. ' "" ; . CURING CLOVER HAY. The value of clover hay depends much on 1 the time of cutting it, and on the way it is! I cured. When in full blossom it is full of sap; j but it is then the sweetest, and then is the 11 best time to cut it. If cutting is delayed, ' j leaves and blossoms drop off almost as soon ! as it begins to dry. We should cut in the I ' I morning, while still green. Follow at once 11 with the hay tedder, shaking up the newly- ' i j cut grass, and exposing all parts equally to j the air. This can only be done while the ! j grass is green. At any other time the use of 1 , the tedder breaks off much of the most val- J1 I liable part of the plant, and leaves it com- 1 i paratively worthless. Toward night rake . j into windrows and make medium-sized ( .'cocks, as if madt. too large while still so 1 I tin.n l?1o/>L* in tho m i H fl 1 ?\ i ; greciij mc^ maj iuiu wu?v? .uiv%x?.v, i The following days these cocks will have ' j settled considerably, and by placing one on ; top of another, the heating and drying of the i j hay will be hastened. The third day after ' cutting it will be cured enough to draw to ; ' the barn if the weather has been tine. 'If the drawing has been begun in the forenoon, opening the cocks for the. first two or three ' loads is advisable. By noon or after, the ' pitching to and from the load will give it 1 I air and sunlight enough to part with a good 1 ! deal of its moisture. If no rains have fallen ! on the hay, its dampness is from juices in the | stalk. Comparatively little drying makes 1 j this keep without injury. Most of the trouble * from hay heating in the mow comes from ' ! putting in hay that has been wet with rains 1 : or heavy dews. This mixing with the natu- ' | ral juices of the clover gets up a violent fer- ' ' mentation which quickly makes hay valueless. With only its natural juices in the hay, ' i comparatively little exposure to sun and ! j air is needed. I I The real curing of clover hay must come ! j from a slight fermentation^ raising the tem| perature up to 110 to 120 degrees. This * | will not burn the outside, but it will soften < . the stems and let out much of the sap which ' they contain. When this sap is dried the i hay is cured. i If the farmer opens a cock of clover hay I j and finds it wet inside, that fact is evidence ' ' that the hay has fermented and can then be I put in mows or stack without injury. If ! green clover in cock is not wet, it is evidence I that its sap is yet in the stems. In the heat- < i ing of clover the partially dried leaves and j 1 blossoms absorb some of the moisture and ] J can be loaded on the wagon with compara- ( tively little loss. , -* < i CHICKEN CHOLERA AND ITS PREVENTATION. 1 Why submit to heavy losses from this dis- ' j ease? Up to April, 1804, this disease had not j UtCIl Ull II1C l'i.\(IVI II1IV1I V 1 Ul III IV viii niivin | edge. Early in that month a hen became !' sick and dumpish with dark comb; all food j1 and water refused. It was thought useless !' to treat this case, but Epsom salts were ad- j' ministered and this was followed with copi- 1 ous waterings put in the mouth with a spoon. ' The hen was placed in a warm, sunny place, isolated from usual runs, and recovered very ' : slowly. j' ! Another hen died in a few days and then j' ; another and a cockerel, and several persons 1 who had had experience with cholera pro- ' 1 nounced this disease to be cholera. The hen 1 and cockerel died near night, and next mornj ing two other hens were dead and eight 1 i more in different stages of the disease. Treatment was begun at once. Two liens;' were killed and buried as those previously i' j dead had been. The six were brought out j' ! into the sunfight and given salts and water. J i The house and yard were thoroughly dis! infected with one pint of strong sulphuric ' acid to eight gallons of water, as suggested ' I in poultry books. The hens themselves were sprayed with this. Their drinking ; water was charged with carbolic acid (one teaspoonful to half gallon water) and assafuet- 1 j ida was put in their food at the rate of one 1 j heaping tablespoon to the food of 30 chick- j | ens. 1 The next morning six hens could not get | : off the roost, though all but two had gone i up as usual the night previous, after their ''"treatment. These were treated as before I and put outside the yard. Before night all . ] but four hens were walking about pecking ,' grass. After three days of isolation these ' four were returned to the yard cured, and 11 all have been in good health since. Six hens ! and a cockerel were lost before the health of I the flock was restored by the treatment as ! given above. Had we known the disease at first, it is ! doubtful if a single bird need to have been lost. Promptness to disinfect and treat the j ; sick birds will save nutny losses. The doses J I of salts, not before recommended to my | knowledge, doubtless helped rid the birds of j j the cholera bacilli sooner than if it not been | given, and so hastened the eradication of' the disease. The assafu'tida acts as a difTu- j M sible stimulant to help keep the birds warm, if The drinking water was for some days ; kept charged with carbolic acid, and all that j it is now needed to secure immunity from , another attack is a second thorough disinfec- j j tion and to continue for sometime the addi-! ' - ~ 1 - ?... | . 11 ion ol carbolic acid 10 me uriuKiug waicr.? | i! F. K. Finery, Agriculturist, X. (.'. Hxperi-] 1 rnent Station. >J SAYING PEA VINE HAY. j "A Subscriber," in tlie llarnwcll People, ! says : "Now foPmy plan for saving pea vine j ' j hay. Three years ago, I was cutting early j ' in the morning, when an old neighbor came , over to spend the day with me, and very I soon after the clouds looked very threaten1 ing. I said to him that I was afraid I would | > lose my. hay. He told me to go and stack ] f it. I said, not green ? He said it would not 1; hurt it if stacked as he said. I went out and ! piled it in piles, when there came a right hard shower of rain. I said to him then j , that my hay was gone, as there was a very ' heavy cloud coming on behind the shower, s! He told me to go and stack it. Well, I' : thought that it would he worth nothing if much rain came on it as it was, so I went I and stacked it while wet and green, as it was ( cut in the morning and this was before noon. t This was in August, and in February followi ing I hauled it in, as bright and line hay as . ever I saw, and I have followed that plan ' successfully ever since, with just the pea vines, and when they are mixed with grass, 1 and have never had any mouldy or dark ^ hay since, and it don't shed the leaves in > handling. Till-: PLAN. ' | Procure your pole same as for fodder : but' in trimming leave about two feet apart j limbs two to three feet long. Have your poles as high as you can well throw the j vines with forks. Place brush or something under to hold them oil' the ground, then] pack in between the limbs, letting the vines I j extend out over ends of the liinbs. Keep smooth on out edge, so as to turn water, i Fill vonr note, coverimr ton of nolo, and as - they settle the limbs will liobl the vines up 1 enough in centre to admit enough air to - cure the vines. ' If there are any doubting Thomases, as I - was, all that I ask is a trial. 1 Wiikkk Maizk Fjkst CJkkw.?For aj j long time the origin of maize or Indian corn i | has been in dispute." Different authorities! > have located its beginning in nearly every j I part of the world, although most of them 1 have agreed that the plant first appeared on this continent. Hut the question has ap-j , parently been settled at last by Dr. John W. " Harshberger, of the I'nivcrsity of l'ennsylvania, in a notable monograph recently pub; lished by the university. After an investi~1 gation of three years, covering the fields, of ! ! botany, meteorology, philology, aclneologv and history, Dr. Harshberger finds that maize j first grew in Central Mexico, and was prob1 ably first cultivated by the Mayas, from [ 1 whom all native American agriculture has 1 come. ' . . I fifea?" Various are the ways of spreading dis-; ' ease. Some workmen tore down an o^l house in New Haven. Soon an epidemic of diptheria broke out among their families and s friends. They had carried the wood home j r for fire, and thus were spread germs of the' : disease which had raged in the house the i ? year before. An old featherbed was thrown s | into an open lot. Children played with it, . and three out of five died of scarlet fever, II and the disease was almost epidemic in the hardiness sire not msmliness. The most firm and courageous men have usually been tin most gentle. That muscular strength is not health. That a brain crammed only with facts i: not necessarily a wise one. That the labor impossible to si boy of 1will be easy to the man of i'<?. The best capital for a boy is not money but love of work, simple tastes, an 1 a hear! loyal to his friends and his (Jod. ? EOF There is nothing more demoralizing than politics. If elections came only one< every eight years it would prove a tranquil izerthat would cement friendships and inau gurate contentment and.prosperity. As it is one election is hardly over before anothei crowds on its heels to inject rancor into tin body politic and disturb the public mind. - ? ? Nature repairs her ravages, repair: them with human labor. |Wi5ccUauro?5 Reading, SWIFTER THAN THE WIND. I'usMtMigorx to He Taken from New York to Chic-Ht'o In Six Hours. The Elevated Suspension Electric railwaj company has been organized to build a rail tvay on an air line between Chicago and New York. The distance is 7o0 miles, anc Inventor Johnson says it can be covered it: six hours. A double track road is proposed The rails will he in the upper part of an elevated steel structure, and the cars will bt suspended from the trucks and have no sup port beneath them. The flanges on the outside instead of the inside of the rails as on ordinary railways. Inventor Johnston says "The speed to be obtained with light trains on the svstem is practically unlimited, and depends altogether on the size of the whee used. Sixty miles per hour could easily b( obtained with safety on a 15 inch wheel, and 120 to 150 miles per hour with a 30 to 3? inch wheel on long runs of straight track. "The cars are about G feet in width bj 20 feet in length, with a seating capacity ol 30 persons. The weight of the cur proper is 1,800 pounds, of the trucks and motor, which ire above and upon the rails, 4.200 pounds and of the passengers 5,000 pounds, making the strain upon a 150 foot span, with a loaded train of two cars upon it, 191 tons when the train is at rest. * "The cost of construction for this system does not exceed 20 per cent, of the cost ol steam elevated roads under ordinary circumstances, while the crossing of streams and the overcoming of obstacles to building can be accomplished by the use of longer span? without a material increase in expense. About $80,000 per mile fully cpvers the cost of construction of a four track road and $10,000 per mile its equipment, while a twotrack road can be built and equipped undei $G0,000 per mile. "There being no solid structure to act as a mounding board, the noise is less than that of any other system. The flexibility of this system gives an agreeable motion in riding, ind relieves of all joltitig and noise of the rigid structure. There is perfect freedom from dust, smoke, steam and cinders, and in matter of speed, it is beyond comparison.'1 BABYLONIAN TRADITION OF CREATION. From Berosus, a learned Babylonian, who wrote about the year 2G0 B. C., the following curious account of creation is taken: "In the beginning all was darkness ind water, and therein was generated monstrous animals and men of strange and peculiar form. Some of these latter were men like creatures with two wings, and some even with four. Some had one head and two faces; others two heads with a single race between. Sometimes a single body would have heads both of the male and female. Besides the above there were men with heads and horns like goats, men with hoofs like horses, and some with the upper part of a man joined to the lower parts of a horse, like centaurs. Then there were bulls with wings and human heads, dogs with four bodies and with fishes' tails, men and horses with dogs' heads, creatures with heads and bodies like horses, but with claws like lions ind tail? like fish. Besides these there were ather monsters showing a mixture of the forms of various beasts. Moreover, there were monstrous fish and reptiles and divers other creatures which had borrowed something from each others' shapes; of all oi which the likenesses* are still preserved ir the temple of Belus. * * * A woman ruled all these monsters and her name was Omorka, which is the same as the Chaldee Thalatth and the Greek Thalassa. Thee Belus appeared. He split the woman in twa n and of one half of her he made tin heavens and of Hie other half the earth, and the monsters which she had ruled he caused to perish. Aud he split the darkness and divided the heavens from the earth and pul all the world in order. Belus then com manded one of the gods to cut off his head and to mix the blood which fiowed fort! with the earth and to form man and beasts therefrom. So man was made and was in telligent and was a partaker of wisdom Likewise Belus made the stars, the sun, th< moon and the planets." Facts Abovt Marriage.?Carroll I) Wright, superintendent of the census of 1890 reviews in The Forum for June the statis tics of sex, marriage and divorce. It will surprise many persons to know that there are more males than females ir the total population of this country. Th< exact figures in 1890 were : 82,007,880 male; and 30,554,370 females. Contrary to another popular impression it appears, too, that married persons form i larger percentage of the total population o this country than they do of Kuropear countries. There are more married people too, in our large cities than in our farming districts, relatively to the whole number o the inhabitants: Facts of interest to our young people con templating matrimony are that Brooklyn Philadelphia and Cleveland are the Ameri can cities where most marrying is done presumably, the conditions there are nion favorable to the maintenance of homes thai in San Francisco and Boston, which an peopled by fewer married folks and mon single ones than any other cities in tin Union. Ireland and Scotland show the largest number of bachelors and spinsters and tin smallest number of husbands and wives o all countries furnishing statistics. Win would have thought that to be the case? It will shatter another generally accepted opinion to be told by Mr. Wright that the tota illirnwmil iifirermq ill this COUIltn is very small?amounting to only about one third of 1 per cent, of the totul adult popula tion. Another analysis shows that then was but one divorced person to every IS; married persons living in the l'nite(T Slates in 1S90. Mr. Wright's article affords a great varie ty of other interesting information, and, as t study of the conjugal conditions of the repub lie it is reassuring on many vital points Marriage is evidently not a failure in Amer ica. ^ Sinr Yont Moi tii.?Don't be offended The admonition is not meant as a rellectioi upon your talkativeness. Talk as much a: you please, but keep your mouth shut whet you are not talking. l'eople who keep their mouths closed ex cept when they are talking, eating or drink ing, rarely contract colds or CJUghs. Savages even those living in northern, latitudes, sel dom take cold. Scientists say it is because they are close-mouthed. Disease germs floating in the air find i direct route into the lungs of a person whe breathes through his mouth. They are ar rested by the line, sieve-like, network of hail in the nostrils of the individual who breathe.1 through his nose. Keep your mouth sliui and you may defy pestilence. The teeth suffer from too much and toe frequent exposure to the atmosphere. Sud den changes of the temperature, whethei liquid or atmospheric, are hurtful to them The best teeth in the world are those of tin ravage tribes, whose members always keej their mouths shut except when talking 01 eating. Throat and lung diseases are often con traded by persons wlio go about oper mouthed. The frosty air of winter inhalct directly into the lungs through the mouth, i; a frequent cause of bronchial disorders Taken through the nose it is modified am sifted of many of its dangers. Keep yout mouth shut! ? Six Tiiinos a Hoy Oroirr to Know.? That a quiet voice, courtesy and kind act: are as essential to the part in the world of i gentleman as a gentlewoman. That roughness, blustering and even fool ?hr ftovn (telle v. RUNNING A TIME-TABLE. A BRAKKMAN'S STORY. I have been a "railroad man'' for a great I 1 many years?have, as the expression goes, 1 grown gray in the service. I*am certain, howi ever, in all my experience I never saw a road .; that was the equal of the Valley Air Line, . upon which I was, at the time of the incident ; I about to he related, a brakeman. . | The engineer of our train?the Lightning ; Express?was one of the most sober, careful, i thougliltui, and inuusmous inun unit uvu : handled a throttle. He possessed more than i the ordinary share of thoughtful prudence of 1 his class, and it was owing to this fact that so I great a degree of good fortune came to us. ! A few minutes before the train was to start I one morning, Gardiner, the engineer, called [ metohiscab. He appeared unusually downcast this morning, though at the best he was ' by no means a "gay" fellow, f "Bob," said Gardiner, after a few seconds' i talk about general matters, "Bob, I want you i to be very careful today. I know you're a , good fellow, and always do your duly well; I ; but today I want you to do more. I want . you to stand by your brake every second of i the trip?not to leave it for a moment, and j when I signal I want you to set them up as i you never did before, and promptly, too. I F know you will do it for me; won't you, Bob?" I was too astounded to speak for a second, I and then I asked : i "Why, what under the sun is the matter ! with you, Gardiner? You know the brakes , are so nearly worn out that it is impossible . to set them up, and you know, too?" i "I know it all, Bob, and that is the reason why I want you to be careful. I am going to try and make the time-table today ; and, if possible, I will do so. I feel just as though i something was going to happen, and I am .more than half sorry that I promised; but i I'll do it, though. Now promise me, Bob, , and oil'to your brakes." I promised, and took my post, not a little mystified at Gardiner's words, looks and [ actions. ' We left the depot, and went rattling on over the iron. Passengers looked at each other in surprise, and wondered what under the sun was the matter with the Val1 ley?if it had suddenly wakened from its long sleep and now proposed to be a railroad , in earnest. When the conductor came along through the train and came along to me, I asked : "What is the matter with Gardiner this , morning?" * "Oh," was the reply, "lie and the old man , have had a blowout this morning. You see | our train never makes connections?passenIgers always lay over, and of course they I growl. This morning the old man called us J into the oflice, and the whole thing was out. ! Gardiner talked like a father to them, and as he grew excited, he said that it was crimi| nal running the road in the condition it was. . He told them that the time table as made , up was fust even for a first class road, and if we undertook to run it a frightful accident nmil/l nnt In. nvniil?>rl When Gardiner said i ( "" " ? , it was criminal to run the road as it was,: , Superintendent Brown was very hot. Ilej I fairly boiled over. He declared that there | was no better road in the country, and that | Gardiner was a coward who ought to go on to j C a gravel train, and if he didn't make time j ( he'd have him there, too. The road was \ ! losing its business and there had got to be a j change. Brown also said that in Valley j Creek, where he lived, he had noticed that i the train always slowed" and lost time ! j enough there to lose the connections. Gar, I diner replied to this, that at the creek there [! was a down grade, the bridge was unsafe, II and he was obliged to slack up for safety. 11 More than this, the track passed through U the playground of the Creek school, which I was not fenced in, and they could not go I j through at a rapid speed without danger to (I the children. j j "Then Brown burst out with an oath, that if parents did not want their children run ! over they must keep them off the track. It j | would be a good thing to run over one or two of them, as it would teach them a lesson. Of course he didn't mean this; but he was 'hot,' you see, and did not know what he ' did say. He added, that Gardiner's family ' ^ lived near the track, and that Gardiner's sole reason for slowing was to have a chat with , j them as he went through. This set Gardi' ! ner's anger on fire, and he then and there J declared that he would make time, let the ^; consequences he what they might, and if dis1 j aster happened Brown must assume the responsibility. You see, he is keeping his ' word, hut the old fellow feels bad, though." j. We dashed over the frail iron at a frightful speed. You could almost hear the bars crackle as we went. The cars surged from J east to west, forcing passengers to fairly j.! cling to their seats. Not for a second did I I leave my brake. We were nearly down to Valley Creek on lime. As we approached the long stretch of ' down grade, I felt by the shaking that Gat*' diner had slackened up, as if the danger was I j really too great, and then, as if his promise " i had come fully upon his mind, hail again s j carefully opened his throttle. Down the * i valley we went, our rapid speed startling the ^ I birds, the cattle, and even the staid old for*! ti'imc intn noiv mid sthin>re ideas. 1 ^ grasped the brake firmly; the engine whis,1 tied and screamed, warning all to keep clear j.|of it. 1 held my breath, well knowing that } if we left the track it would he to go to destruction. j! Suddenly the whistle ceased, and then j there came three unearthly yells from it ; f: they pierced my ears and made them ache. How I set up the brake, for I felt there was " j danger ahead. I knew this when (Jurdincr ~ suddenly reversed his engine. The shutting 'off, the reversing, and the brakes set up . so tight that I feared the chains would ' break, did not seem to have the slightest ; effect upon the train.' On, on it went at its ' j dangerously rapid speed. I stretched my I neck out as far as possible, clinging nervously I to the railing. I could see that Oardiner was *; at his post, looking out as I did, and moving , his hand energetically, while whistle and ! bell were uniting their protest, j What was the matter I could not conject | tire, but was anxious to know. Springing ' upon the rail, I made my way to the top of I the ear, and the mystery was revealed. ' Thereon the track was a sight that sent a i thrill of horror through me. Only a few ' | feet ahead of us on the track stood a mere " j child ?unconscious of its danger?paralyzed ' so that it could not move. Just clear of the track lay a woman, evidently helpless. I } looked for Oardiner to see what he was i doing, ere I closed my eyes to shut out the 11 horrible sight. The poor fellow had not been M idle. Plainly seeing that he could not drive ' I the child from the track, and that its com1 panion was helpless, he left his cab and ' I climbed forward on the engine, on to the exM treine end of the cowcatcher, leaned over, and while clinging with one hand, reached } i out with the other. There did not seem one chance in a million to save the child?not j one?but anxiety overcame horror, and I i looked, and shuddered as 1 looked. Jl How my heart leaped into my throat as ' 11 saw the train dash on, but saw that as it did rj so Gardiner, with almost superhuman effort, : raised the child by its arm from the track and ' I clasped it to his bosom. Then he sank down | ! upon the cowcatcher, faint and powerless. - * -1 ~ 1 I His fireman elamoercu 0111 xo ins sine, aim ' you may rest assured I was not long in getting [to their assistance. The unusual noise of ' j the steam had brought every person in the r village out to witness the sight, and as they realized it they shouted their joy until their j throats must have been hoarse. The fireman -, and I clung to Gardiner: there was no ' i need to hold the child, for though rigid II and helpless, Gardiner held the little one ; to his breast with an iron grasp. Very ' soon we crossed the bridge and struck 1 j the up grade, where the train slowed and M finally came to a full stop, nearly in front j of Gardiner's house. With the help of the villagers we took by force the child from > j Gardiner's arms, and carried the engineer | into the house and laid him on the bed. As ' he sank down the little life in him seemed to [ come hack, and he whispered, "Whose child i; is it?" ^: "Superintendent Hrown's," said a neighbor, to my astonishment. ; "Is it alive?" gasped Gardiner. ;| "It is alive and well?thanks to your brail very," I answered, and Gardiner sank back -; upon his pillow. -1 The child which Gardiner had so miracu,' lously saved was a son and only child of our r! superintendent. It seemed singular that the i j morning talk of the two men should have so singular an ending; but so it was. The j wife of the superintendent with their only i child, had been out for a walk. The little one, running on ahead, had strayed upon the track. Hearing the whistle, the mother called the child to her: hut the child, happy in its freedom, ran on laughing and 'shouting, childlike, into the very jaws ol danger. It was too much for the mother; she made an effort to save her darling, but before she could overtake the little one her strength failed her, and she fell. Our engine was injured so that it was irn| possible to go on, and another was telegraphed for. We tried all we could to bring Gar'-is i i. i...? ?i... ..i.....:..:.... ii?. ..v UIUl'I iiitl'"i\j ?;ilt liie [MijDituiii ram uiu i aj citement under which (lie noble fellow had labored had prostrated him, and it would require the greatest care and a long time to bring him back to life. He had that care, you may rest assured, i I was in Gardiner's house when Superinj tendent lirown came in that night. The "old man," as all called him, had lost all sign ol : his anger, and he wept like a child as he looked upon the strong man thus prostrate i before him. He visited the patient daily, and his very life seemed to hang upon Gardiner's recovery, and when the danger was passed, the long fever which ensued was broken, and the engineer began to recover, the superintendent was as happy as a child. I may say, in conclusion, that the accident was not without its results, for at once the Valley road was thoroughly rebuilt in the best possible manner, newly stocked, and is today one of the best roads in the country, running its trains on.time, and giving great delight to the traveling public, thanks to the energy and enterprise of Superintendent Gardiner, a kind-hearted, gray-headed gentleman who is ranked among the best railroad men in the country. I go down to see him twice a year, and we always talk about ill" #1.n- Im iinilnvlnnt- f n run lii< t i llllll' and the results thereof. \Bakwcf __ ,^^Powderj 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. Tie lets First! | Thatls Our Motto In addition to giving all the news, local, domestic and foreign, this journal also ministers to the imagination, and its department of Fiction is unexcelled. ! For instance, I' A FIGHT FOR MILLIONS Our new Copyrighted and Illustrated Serial, is one of the liveliest and most interesting stories going. It is A Story of the Times FOR People of the Times IT WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK. | Subscribe today. TIIE ENQUI* j RER three Months for oO cents. J ! A Bright Lad, j Tenyearsof age, but whodecllnestogivehis name to the public, makes this authorized, confidential .statement to us: ' When I was one year old, my mamma died OI coiisuiiTptioii.. The doctor said that I. too. would soon die. and all our neighbors thought that even if 1 did not die. I would never lie able to walk, because I was so weal; and puny. A gathering formed and broke under my arm. I hurt my finger ana il gathered and threw out pieces of bone. If I hurt myself so as to break the skin, it was sure to become a running sore. I had to take lots of medicine, but nothing lias done me so much good as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It has made me well and strong. ? 1. 1). M., Norcatur, Hans. AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Cures others, will cure you CI, 10UK'S FOUUCI.OSUKH SAI.K. Slate of South Carolina ?County of York. COt'IlT ok Co.?.<ION i'f.kas. John (J. Little, PlaintiII*, against T. R. Oautici and others?Notice of Foreclosure Sale. |T>Y virtue of a degree of foreclosure made in A J the above cause, I will expose to public salt j AT YORK COURT Ilol'SK DOOR on the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, NKXT, during the legal hours for sales, the following described pr<?perty, to wit: A certain building 'HixlifJ feet, located in tin town of Blaeksburg, on the ('., C. A* railroad east of its track, about half way between the iron bridge on It. A D. It. It., and the freight depot of the said ('., ('. A ('. railroad and nearthr mill and cotton gin of Augustus Bridges, and all machinery in said building, and machinery, fixtures and attachments to he hereafter added , to said building. Tkums ok Sai.i:?ONK-1IALF CASH, and ' the balance on a credit for twelve months, with interest from day of sale. Credit portion secured by a mortgage of the premises and bond ' of the purchaser. ! Purchaser to pav for papers. \V. BLOWN WYLIK, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. June in -"It Til 14 STATE yp SOUTH CA KOI,IN A, York County. WHEREAS W. BROWN WYLIK, V. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters ol Administration on all and singular, the good> and chattels, rights and credits of .1. W. . AYERY, late ofYirginia, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all utiicml,ir tin, kindred and creditors of tilt said deceased, to lie and appear before me, at 0111 i next l'robato Court fort lie said county, to lie J lioldeu at York Court House on the Hitii dav ot Jl'LY, l.SIM, at lb o'clock a. in., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration ! should not be granted. I (iivon under my hand and seal, this 4th day of .1 line, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and in the llMli year of American Independence. \V. II. McCnltlv LK, Probate Judge of York County. Jiincti - ! lit \v. >v. Min is, ATTOIIMOY AT r.A W, Yorkvilie, S. < . All iu'sinkss oiykn prompt and CARKIT'L AT1'KNTION. June li -J ly (I for Infants 'OiistorlaissowollailnpUMi tochiMrenthfti I recommend it ns superior to any prescription I known to me." II. A. Archer, M. I)., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. ,! "The u.w of '(.'ustoria is m? universal ami i:s merits so well known that it seems a work < f su;H-riTii;;.itiii:i to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keepOastoria \. 1:1.ia easy reach." 1 CV.I'.US.s'Mahtys, I). D., Few York City. The Centaur GARRY IRON RO Manufactures till kinds of IKON ROOFING, i CKIM1'ED AM) COIlHC(5ATKI>SI 1)1 no, Iron Tile or Shingle, \ KIUK I'ICOOK DOOK.S, SHUTTERS, AC., | THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS < i pft- Orders received by L. M. GRIST. actum in T i. itiiiii. i Schedules in Effect from and Alter March 25, 1X94. G. W. F. Harper, President. (SOINO NORTH. | No 10. I No ?0. I lA'ttte (Miester . 0 10 u m ? 00 uiii Leave Lowrysville 7 07 a in 0 35 a in IA*ave Mel'onnellsvllle 7 20am 10 03 a m Leave Gutlirtesville 7 35 a in 10 15 a in Leave Yorkvllle " >" R ?> U DO a in Leave Clover 8 30 am 1143pm Leave (Jastonia 0 03 R m 1 '-10 pin Iativc Lincoln ton 10 10 am 2 45 pin Iativc Newton 11 12 am 4 15 pm IAiive Hickory 12 20 pin 0 20 pm Arrive Lenoir 1:50 pm i colNis south. I No01. I Noll. ! Leave Lenoir .j :10 a m :l 1"> pin j Leave Hickory 7 01 a ill 1 40 pin I Leave Newton ? 20 a in "> IS pm j Leave Lincolnton 10 10 u in 0 12 pin j Leave Gastonla 12 .">0 pin 7 .10 pin Leave Clover 1 -TO pin s 00 pm Leave Yorkvllle '! 0-7 pin s 42 pin ! Leave Gutliriesvllle :$ :?$ pin 0 02 pin I Leave McConnellsvillc 2 4-*> pin 0 12 pn | Leave Lowrysville 4 12 pm o :ti pn Arrive Chester 4 ;V? jim 10 0:1 pn Trains Nos. !) and 1(1 are lii*st-?lii.ss, and rut I daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 110 and 0! carry passengers and also run daily except Sun ! day. There is good connection at Chester witl j the (?. ?V X., and the C\ A: A.; also ut (las tonia with the*A. A C. A. L.; at Lincolntoi j with the C.; and at Hickory and Newton witl I the W. N. C. L. T. X IT HOLS, Superintendent. If. H. HKARI), General Passenger Agent. March 28 0 tf m "lour mm MACHINE, IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED Shipped on Approval and Guaranteed tc Give Knt ire Satisfaction, and if Not Satisfactory after a Test of TWKNT1^* DAYS in Your Home, the Machine Will he Taken Hack and Your Money Kefuiided. FIXIS II EH IX OAK OK It'ALXi r AX/I a I'A It A XTEEH FOIl TEX YEAKS This Klevant Machine Delivered. Freight raid at any Kailrnail Station Fast of the Ilorky Mountains, for $23.00. TIIH has sent out a largo mini her of the best grades of Sewing Machine; in the past live years, and in view of the lac that the business has grown to such proportion; as to warrant it, we have recently perfected ai j arrangement for the manufacture of Till' KNiJt' IKER SKW'INii M At'II INK, and w< ! are now prepared to furnish them to all win : wish to buy a lirst class high grade Sewing Ma chine at less than half the price at which such i | machine is usually sold by peddlers and dealers A Few Facts About The Unquirer Machine The accompanying engraving gives a eorree idea of the machine. It is as near perfection a; any machine on the market. Any kind o work can be done on it that any other inachim will do. All wearing parts are ease harden j ed steel, and are titled so accurately thai | these machines are as absolutely noiseless am | easy running as tine adjustment and best me | ehanieal skill are possible to produce. No ex pense or time is spared to make them perfect it I every respect. The balance-wheel and manyo the line parts are nickel plated, with other part: finely enameled and ornamented, giving it i ! rich appearance. The machine is titled will the Improved Automatic Jiohhin Winder. Ii i also has a self-setting needle and self-tlireading cylinder shuttle. The simplicity of the automatic tensions, sewing from Nos. 4t) to liM) thread without altering, recommends it not only t< every beginner, but to amEach machine is in perfect working ordei when shipped, and is accompanied with printed intruetions and a complete set of tools and all necessary Iittachments, in a handsome plusli lined case. The attachments are the best. noir to our the macmxe. IX POUT A XT IMFOI(MATIO.\ The price of the Machine is $2:1. We delivei it at your nearest railroad station free of freighl charges, provided you live east of the Rockj Mountains. THK ENtJt'IRER will be sent free for one year to every purchascrof a machine, The cash must accompany the order. Send money bv IOxpress, Money Order, Registered Letter or New York Exchange. WARRANTED FOR TKN YFAILS. The usual warrantee by which we replace any . defective part or any part that breaks or weai> out through the fault of the machine, except shuttles, needles and bobbins, goes with everv , Machine. After the Machine has been received, , you have the privilege of returning it within TWENTY davs, if not satisfactorv. Is that fair? S.-/V c i 1M iTI()\. We have endeavored to say here all that we | could say in a letter. There can he no change ol ! j terms. Do not ask for an v variation. Machines :: are shipped direct from the factory, and are not >! on exhibition at our olliec. We know you will lie I ' pleased with the machine when you get it, and i you know if it should happen to he unsatisfactory, you can send it back within TWIIN'TY DAYS and get your tSi't.OO. Address I I.KW'IS M. GRIST. Yorkvlltc, S. f. ; COFFINS AND CASKETS. Our Stock is Equaled by None in the County , | and Surpassed by But Few in the State. ( 1AKKKTS IN MKT ALU', CLOTII-plain ; and draped?Velvet, Walnut, Oak and (floss , j White. Imitation Walnut, Oak, Hurl and Hosewood. Collins in any styleand at any price from a plain home-made?painted or covered?to the . best raised O. (?. lid with slide glass. Our stock of Caskets and Collins Holt Clill.DKKX is I elegant aud complete. BURIAL ROBES AND SLIPPERS, For Ladies, Oentlemen and Children. They arc much nicer, more easily adjusted and ciicaper i than anything kept in stores. HKAKSK KIKNISIIKI) 1?'HLK in town, ami at reason1 able prices auvwlierc in the count v. | WK Sl'I'KklNTKNI) ALL Kl'NKUALS j furnished hv us and give prompt attention to I all calls, dav or night. Your patronage solicited. 8. T. FHE\Y A CO. j Hock Mill, S. V. and Children. Custoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Kructat ion, .. Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes digestion, Without injurious medication. [ "For several years I have recommended your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to 1 do so as it has invariably produced beneficial i results." Edwin F. Pardee, M. i)., 1:5th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. OFING COMPANY, IKON OHIO FAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 M KRW1N ST., and Price List No. 75. DP IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ! [The \ Results I. From Life j Insurance are more satisfactory for the amounts expended than any other form of investment. For example, read the following letter from a holder of a Tontine Policy in the , j Equitable Life Durham, N. t'., April 5,1894. , ' i Mr. W. J. rnuiikv, Mutiuger, ? ltock llill.S. C. * 1 Dear Sir -As hohlor of maturing Tontlna Policy No. 'Jl.'i.ue. In tli*1 Kquituhle Life AsxurunceSociety. I beg to express ray gratification at tlie settlement oll'ereil. The settlement Is ; IttrfTuI anil I feel that 1 owe It to the company to express ray grulitlcutlon at the results attaints!. Very truly yours, A. J.TOMLINSON. The Tontine policy represents the highest degree of'perfection in life insurance. If you would know how I much benefit there is fn it for you send us your age and we will send j i ' V you sonic interesting figures. I ; j W. J* RODDEY, Manager, ( Department of Carolina*, ROCK HILL, S. C. I ~ _ _ ~ FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Rock Hill, S. C. Capital, $76,000 ! Snrplps auil Profits, - - - - - 28,499 . AMitoal Liability of SMMiers. 76.000 ^ Total Protectiou to Depositors. $178,499 W. L. KODDKY President. ?? W. J. KODDKY Vice President. J. H. MILLER Cashier. R. LEE KERR *. Teller. TIIIS BANK offers its services to the public generally and solicits accounts from Farmers, Merchants, Corporations and Private In- v * divid mils. We shall be glad to furnish our terms upon application. INTEREST BEARING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ISSUED. March 21 12 (3m , REGISTRATION NOTICE. j Office ol'Supervisor ol'Registration of York County, YoHKVll.t.K, ?. L., aiureii iz, iwm. \TOTICE is hereby given that the books of 1 Xi registration will remain open in my ofttee, as the law directs, IX T1IK COURT HOUSE AT YORKVILLE, on the FIRST MONDAY in each month, commencing on the FIRST MONDAY OF JANUARY, 1?4, and continuing until the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY, 1?4, inclusive. This is for the purpose of registering all per- ^ sons who have become of an age qualifying them to vote, or who may be entitled from other . legal causes, since the hist election, to register ; to transfer voters so desiring from York to another county, or from one residence to another. Votorsxlesiring to avail themselves of any of the above privileges, must make application before, or on the FIRST MONDAY, 2ND DAY OF JULY, 1?M. ! CLAY HILL and THOMPSON'S MILL precincts have been discontinued by net of the legislature, and in their stead a voting precinct l has been established at FOREST HILL. Elect*: ors affected by the change are required to sur|' render their registration certificates in order * ?: that they may be made to conform with the law. - Those who fail to have their certificates changed, > will not be entitled to vote. A change of eerti ticate will also be necessary to enable electors i to vote at tin1 new precinct of SHARON. The location of TIRZ A11 precinct having been chang\ ed from the Church to the railroad station, per sons who have been voting elsewhere, and find I it to vote at Tirzah, can have 4 their certificates changed accordingly. f I. B. GORDON, ? Supervisor of Registration, York County. t momvam: stock fa km, Hlacksbucg, s. c. REGISTERED JERSEYS, WELCH AND SHETLAND PONIES. (Imported stock.) j- ESSEX AND REOISTERED CHESHIRE PHiS. Bred and forsale. i OUR JERSEYS are all of the celebrated i Victor and Stoke Rogis strains, which have t attracted so much attention throughout the r North. BULL CALVES FOR SALE AT ! j FARMERS' PRICES. If you are thinking of | starting a dairy herd don't overlook the Jerseys. > 'l'liev :ir<? me nest dairy cows mih?u .?/ miworfd. - "* r We guarantee our ponies to be perfectly safe I for ladies and children to drive. CAN SELL ['SHETLAND PONIES AS CHEAP AS ANY , BREEDERS IN THE SOUTH. Write for what you want. Address, Dr. J. G. BLACK, Blacksburg, S. C. UNDERTAKING. I AM handling a first class line of COFFINS AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture 1 at re isonable prices. J. ED JEFFERYS. 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