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$uuiofou5 fJqiadmcttt.! DADDY'S BUY. In a certain small town on the Mississippi,! lives a man who made horse-trading a business. He bought up horses for a city market, and was considered pretty good on a trade. I One day, a long, lean, queer, green-looking ! specimen of the Western country arrived at! the dock with a boat-load of horses. He in -1 , quired for the horse-jockey. "Daddy sent me down with some horses," j he said, in a half idiotic tone. "Who's he ?" "Daddv." "What do you want for your horses?" "Daddy said you could set your price," was the response "Let me go down and look at your horses," said Brown, and accordingly they were soon at the boat. Brown examined the horses, and named , the price he would give for this one and that, and the country bumpkin made no objection, although some of the offers were not more than one-half the real price of the animal. One of the bystanders gently suggested to the countryman that he was beiug cheated but he returned : j "Daddy said Brown would set the price himself," and so Brown had it all his own way. 1 At last they came to another animal which did not look much superior to the rest. I "I must have more fur that anermal,"said the fellow. "Daddy says he can run some." "Run?" said Brown, "that nag can't run worth a cent." "Daddy said so, and daddy knows." ' "Why, I've got one up at the stables that would beat it all hollow." ] "Guess not," said the fellow. "Let's try - 1 - t A. 1 1 -PI 'em. I'll Det me wnoie uoai loan ui nurses j on' im." Brown smiled. "I'll stake $5,000 against your boat load," . said Brown, winking to the crowd, "and these -j men," selecting two, "shall hold the stakes." Brown's $5,000 was entrusted to one, and the other went on board the horse-boat. One of the crowd started to remonstrate 1 with the poor idiotic fellow, but he only responded : "Golly ! daddy told me he could run some, 1 and daddy ought to loose 'em if he was sich a tarnal food as to tell me that when he could 1 not." i Brown's sleek racer was brought down, and Brown mounted him. The countryman < led out his animal and climbed on his back, I looking as uncouth and awkard as the horse he proposed to ride. , The word was given, and they started j amid the laughter of the crowd. At first Brown was ahead, and it looked as though j the poor fellow would be badly beaten, when ^ suddenly he plunged forward and the horse and jockey were left far behind. Such going had not been seen in these parts for a long time, and poor Brown was crestfallen, as N the cheers of the by-standers fell on his ears. "I'll take the spondulix," said the country- a man, riding up. "Dad was right. The an- c ermal can get around a little." Brown tried to say it was a joke ; but the c fellow would have his money. c "I guess I won't trade today," he said, as he put the $5,000 in his old, rough, leather 1; book. "I'll go back to daddy." C In vain Brown tried to induce him to trade; but he pushed off his boat, resolutely saying, { "I'd better go back and tell daddy." j. Brown. onmnletelv sold, for he knew at once that the green countryman was a little shrewder than people imagined him, and a had just come there purposely to win some n money from him. 0 Next time he did not ridicule a horse that < daddy said could run some. d HE KEPT IT NATURALLY ENOUGH. s After Mr. Scadds left the station he experi-1 enced a severe shock upon discovering that a I " packet of bank-notes which he was taking to the city was nowhere about his person. He must have left it in the Pullman car. "I'll go to the superintendent's office and make my loss known,'' he thought; and he s did. "I left a package containing $5,000 v dollars in bank-notes in a Pullman car not half an hour ago," said Mr. Scadds to the o official I a "Which train?" s "The one which arrived at 9.15." "Have you your Pullmau check?" b Fortunately he had, and this enabled the p superintendent to send for the conductor. ii He soon arrived, for he had not yet finished the report of his trip, and was still in the building. n "Conductor," said the superintendent, "did you see anything of a package left in your car? " "No, sir." j, "Porter didn't turn anything over to you ?" "No, sir." "Bring the porter here." He was brought. "Did you see anything of a small packet after the passengers left your car? " "Yes, sab." "You haven't turned it in ?" 0 "Why, no, sah. It was a lot of money, 3 sah." j h "Precisely, Where is it now ?" "Here, sah." 11: It was produced from an inside pocket. 1 ii Mr. Scadds's eyes brightened when he saw 11 the roll. That's it," he exclaimed. He count-; ed the money, and it was all there, the entire 0 $5,000. * e "Look here, porter," said the superintend- ?. ent, severely, "I want to know why you did ! * not bring that package to me the moment you got your fingers on it?" <<VVhvr cnh " rpnlipil flip in.ni with an in- ! ? jured air, "I s'posed de geinman had left it j \ for a tip, sah, That's why, sah.', His Future.?An old farmer and his son j * called upon me the other day. The boy is' ^ about eleven or twelve years old, and a gaw-' ky ugly dawdler. He wandered aimlessly about the office, running the tip of his finger ; over the backs of my books. At last I asked, "Well my boy, would you like to be a law-, yer?" :? "Naw." 1 "A doctor?" "Naw." |v "Preacher?" ' M "Naw." i( "Well, what do you want to be ?" j s "Nawthin'." "By thunder! that's what you will be !" j ? commented his disgusted father, earnestly. ! t Jfiy"Did father injure your feelings last r night when he asked you out in the hall V" j s said a fair damsel of G street to a clerk in a j Seventh street dry-goods store. "Yes," he ' t replied in bitter, revengeful tones ; "but I can I c forgive him that for your sake, dear." "Then ! e you will come again?" she asked, hopefully v and brightly. "Yes love, I will come again." v "When, Harry, when ?" "When your pa is in the cold, cold ground, Annie." "No sooner |j than that?" she asked, with tears in her eyes. |. "Well," he said, forgivingly, "for your sake I a might be induced to come to his funeral." ; c "Who dare spit tobacco juice on the U floor of this car?" savagely exclaimed a| large and powerfully built passenger, as he ; arose from his seat and stalked down the aisle j j, frowning defiantly upon the other passengers.! "I dare !" said a burly looking fellow, as he j j deliberately ejected a quantity of the noxious ^ saliva on the Hoor of the aisle. "All right, i ( my friend," said the first speaker, slapping | the other in a friendly manner upon the i shoulder, "give us a chew of tobacco." i n ? . B)3F "Huns, when I pay you cash, you j c charge more than when it goes on the book." f "Ya'as dat is richt. You zee, I have zo much I 0 scharge on my book, un zonulimeslose um, un j v zo ven I've goot cash customer, I schargej s goot price; but, ven I puts it on my book, I 110 like to scharge zo much, zo if be never I. bay I no lose zo much." ? ? ? j SGT A French officer said to a Swiss eolo-; J. nel,"how is it that your countrymen always j; fight for money, we French always fight for i.' honor?" The Swiss shrugged his shoulders | and replied : "I suppose it is because peo- I pie are apt to fight for that which they need a most." . ji Satr Belle?I 'ni so glad Jack has a bicycle; t it has helped his disposition wonderfully, j o Nan?His disposition ? Why, how could it ? i a "Ob, when he gets up to give baby a drink , c and steps on a tack, he is so glad that it is j iu his foot instead of his pneumatic tire, that d he does not swear at all." I ? ? ? n "What made you so late coming home ! r from school?" "Teacher kep' me in." Ii "Why?" "It was jist a-misunderstand- r iug." "W'y, I didn't understand my jog- J il rafy." j V Wanside duthcriugs. Stt?" Canada has no gold coins. 8kaT Kuow thyself. Everybody else knows you. BatT The weaker the brain the more open the mouth. 8S?" A still tongue is often better than a wise head. ! AST" An open and avowed sinner is not half as bad as a hypocrite. fiST* One cannot always he a hero : hut one can always be a man. ggy It is well to hope for success ; but it is J much better to deserve it. 80?" Good clothes have to be paid for ; but j bad habits grow upon a man. 80T" Some of the churches have broad aisles : but very narrow doctrines. Jo?" Good manners and good morals are I sworn friends and fast allies. goT" Better be called a fool for doing right than be a fool in doing wrong. SoT Robert G. Ingersoll was colonel of the Eleventh Illinois cavalry in lSt>2. 8t^"It is always best for a man to keep his temper. No one else wants it. 8?" The man who is willing to learn one thiug at a time will soon Know inucn. 8ST" The wheat crop of the Northwest will' be about the same as that of last year. fiST" In the immense empire governed by the j czar of Russia, GO languages are spoken. SOf A gentleman never indulges in winksj or grimaces when talking with another. BfcjT" The hypocrite never tries to behave I himself unless he thinks he is being watched, j flaT All time is wasted that is spent in i fretting because we can't have our own way. 8ST" Every day a man submits to some in- j justice, which he vowed yesterday he would ! not stand. 8^* Whenever you hear a man say that honesty does not pay, it is a sign that lie has never tried it. fiST" Thomas Jefferson never made a speech, having, as he termed it, "no faculty of thinkug when on his legs." For every dollar spent in missionary work the United States spends $21S in liquor ind $114 in tobacco. 8?* There are 10,000 copyrighted volumes )f American poetry in the congressional li)rary at Washington. fVaF If people would only stop talking vhere they stop knowing, half the evils of ife would come to an end. 8ST" It may be that the reason Methuselah ived so long, was that some young woman lad married him for his money. 8ST" A German statistician says that his latest discovery is that 3,000 years hence there vill be one man to every 220 women. 80T Corner lots on Fleet street, Piccadilly md other desirable business locations in Lonlon, are worth $100,000 a front foot. 8^* The first oil well in America was disovered on a small mountain farm in Wayne ounty, Ky., in the year 1829. 8ST" The last census returns show that Kngand spends every year for drink about $720,>00,000, and only $30,000,000 for books. 8ST" Make it a rule to always look upon he bright side, and you will find that there I 3 always a bright side upon which to look, j J 8?T Families have collective duties which , re for the benefit of all its members. A 1 ( leglcct of these duties may be to t he harm 1 uii. 8*aT It is about 30 miles across town in Low-! Ion, and for the entire distance there is said j! o be an unbroken line of residences and ; tores. i BSP" The way in which we do our work < nay not be of much consequence to the, j i'orld, but it is of the gravest consequence j ( o ourselves. 8S?" Energy will do anything that can be J one in this world, and no talents, nocircum- ( tance, no opportunities will make a man I, without it IJ SST England has won eighty-two per cent, j fthe wars she has engaged in ; but in over , century she has defeated no white nation j ingle handed. ( 86?" l'owdered charcoal, if laid thick on a < urn, causes the immediate abatement of the i ain. A superficial burn can thus be healed j a about an hour. i 8?* Some people have yet to learn that here is a wide difference between making; business of one's religion and making a eligion of one's business. I 8S?*(Jod knows what we need; we only now what we would like to have. That 5 why your prayer and its answer did not eem to fit like a ball in its socket. ( 8?* Some things remain settled in this life | a spite of the critics. It is still true, for astance, that the man who faces the sun ' eeps his shadow behind him. BaT" Many people are going on picnic exursions now to get "a day of rest." But till the man who ever got .rested at a picnic ' as not yet been discovered. BaT Some people say their prayers without I, aking trouble to think what they are say-1, ag, and console themselves with the thought! ( hat the Lord knows their sentiments. 83?" No one should attempt to do more than |! ne thing at a time. When you have finish-1 d slandering your neighbors, go and say I our prayers ; but don't attempt both at once, j 8*2?" An insane asylum would not hold all l| he people who keep their blinds closed in 1 irder to indulge themselves in the fancy that j he Lord never intended to give them any unshine. gST- The man who boasts that he works '; with his head instead of his hands, is renectfullv reminded that the woodpecker Iocs the same, and is the biggest kind of l bore at that. fi?" Never mind people who are always j elling you that you are doing too much.! n all probability they don't mean it; they ire only trying to excuse their own indo- , ence. ?6T" Ten presidents of the United States' vere farmers. They were Washington, ; Ulams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John ! juincy Adams, Jackson, Van Huren, llarri-j on, Tyler, and Folk. guS" The following notice was given last 1 hmday from a suburban pulpit: "The pasor will preach his last sermon this evening, i irior to his vacation, and the choir have ar- j anged a special praise service for the occa- j ion." The following letter was actually writen by a French countess to the absent , ount. "Dear Husband?Not knowing what j J lse to do, I will write to you. Not knowing , rhat to say, I will now close. Wearily J ours, Countess do It." ,, gfetT" A visitor found D-year-oId Susy weep-11 ng bitterly, in the corner. "Why, what are j i ou crying about?" she was asked. "'Cause j .11 my b-brothers and sisters have a v-v-va- >, ation, and I don't have any ! Hoohoo !" j i 'And why don't you have any vacation ?": i "Cause?I?I don't go to school yet!" StiT A great irrigation scheme is in prog-t ess in Arizona. A contract has been let 1 or building a canal 110 miles long, and a ' torage dam on the Verde river UiO feet ' ligli. The canal will, when completed, ! urnish water to irrigate 400,000 acres ofi5 hoice fruit and grain land. The cost of the 1 enrlr i* to ho #2.000.000. ( 8=?T Coal tar, formerly considered a waste j iinl a regular nuisance to gas workers, is ' tow utilized as one of the most valuable olor producers. Chemists have extracted rom it 1(> shades of blue, the same number ' if various tints of yellow, twelve of orange, : line of violet, besides numerous other colors, J hades and tints. : I 8ST* "Did that fellow who was hanged die 11 n the hope of a better life, like the most of , hem?" "Iain not right sure about that," j | eturncd the minister, lie made his breakust entirely oil' ice cream, lie seemed to , lave some doubt that there would he any of \ t where he was going." Two runaway convicts took refuge in i , church which was having an experience necting. They listened to the stories told ? iy several of the regenerated, until one of j I lie fellows exclaimed, in a whisper, to the ' tlier, "Come, Jim, lets get out <>' this ! It's i tough crowd and no man's life *s worth a li opper!" And out they lit. Mother? I wish you would rake up the | lead leaves in the yard. Small Sammy? i 've got a sprains in my wrist, an' the rlieu- I latism in my hack, an' growing pains in my I i.rht leir -in'?mi' erninns in mv left one. an' : eadache, an' toothache. "After you have!] uketl the leaves into a pile, you may setj1 t, on lire and jump over it." "Whoopee ! I Vhere's the rake?" js |ihc ^nvm and fireside. Ct?\l>l'CTEI) BY KOVLAXD BLACK. [I Uitjinal.) FALL SUWINU. Do not delay the full sowing until too late. Where grain is to he sown in the cotton fields, vou can nick the cotton over and plow the seed in with si sweep. This is a far better plan than waiting for the cotton to he picked and sowing the grain so late that it is winter killed. If yon want to sow clover or rye where corn is now growing, yon can do so, provided yon have not "hilled up" your corn rows too much. Crimson clover should be sown the last of August or the first of September, and there is 110 reason why you should not sow your corn land in this valuable hay plant. It is ready to mow by the first of It ray?in good time for you to prepare the land for corn. We have tried this system of sowing the corn land in rye and crimson clover in the fall, and have found that it greatly improves the yield of corn, besides giving a good crop of hay. Besides this general crop of rye and clover, you should sow a rich patch of each near the barn for early green feed. It will be about the first thing ready for feeding in the spring, and will increase the milk and butter yield of the cows. Now is the time to decide where you intend to sow your wheat. It will not pay you to sow upon poor land, for wheat, like everything else, does better upon good land than upon that which is thin. One should always sow just what wheat he thinks he can manure, and sow clover with the wheat. It is better to farm with a rotation of wheat, clover, and then corn, and use your manure upon the wheat and clover, than it is to try /% mnl-n it ilr> for nil Tf jimv commercial fertilizers are to be used, let it be upon the corn. Gates should be sown from the last of August on as long as there is a reasonable chance of them withstanding the winter freezes. Oats sown in the fall, generally yield about twice as much per acre, as spring sowing. It pays better to sow less laud and use manure or fertilizers upon this crop, than it does to sow so much land. For fall sowing, we have not found a better variety than the Virginia gray oat. It resembles the winter white oat somewhat, except that the grain is smaller and the straw is finer. There is 110 advantages in plowing the land deep for oats or wheat, especially ' where it has been under cultivation; but| the soil should be free from clods and trash. Upon clay lands, all fall sown crops should be rolled 01* firmed with the drag, to prevent j the action of frost from starting the young plants from the ground. ^ ? SO.JA MEANSWe have for several years strongly advised the growth of this crop, says The Farmers' Review, and all our information gathered from large numbers of farmers who have grown it, only confirms us in our opinion as to its value, says Southern Planter. It is one of the surest crops to raise that we know of, as after a stand is once obtained, it is the least affected by the seasons of any \ plant we know. We have seen it growing I and flourishing in land so wet that you could ' not walk over it, and doing equally well in a ! severe drouth. During its growth it is an improver of the land, belonging as it does to the leguminous order of plants, and thus acting as a nitrogen catcher. When grown, the nutritive value of the 1* 1J? 1 I : . ?r 4l.~ 1*,, I lOlllier <11111 Willi If Ul HIV- lll^ncm viuci. nj analysis the bean is found to contain an av- j eragc of 34 per cent, of protein, of nitrogen free extract 28.8 per cent, and of fat 1(5.5) per ' per cent. This compares with corn with j protein 10.5 per cent., nitrogen free extract [J9.G per cent., fat 5.4 per cent. The fodder contains protein 3 per cent., nitrogen free extract 11.5 per cent., fat 1 percent., while the average of corn fodder is protein 4.5 per. cent., nitrogen free extract 34.7 per cent., fat: l.G per cent. The crop can he successfully grown along j with the corn crop by dropping the seed al-; ternately with the corn. Grown in this way, J while not making quite so large a crop as when grown alone, it yet makes an excellent j return without perceptible injury to the corn j crop. Grown alone, planted in drills 2 feet j 15 inches apart, and about 15 inches apart, in the drill, the crop makes a heavy yield both ; of fodder and beans. The crop should be worked twice with the cultivator when start- j ing and it will then take care of itself. Stock of all kinds are very fond of it, and j for feeding hogs in the field we believe no | crop can be found to equal it. It makes a. most valuable addition to corn as a silage crop. Recent experiments at the North Car- ( olina station have fully demonstrated this, and Dr. Goessmann fully confirms the results reached. The great drawback to the exten-1 live feeding of corn silage and corn alone has been the deficiency of protein in the crop. This the soja bean, supplies. (loess- j mann found that silage made from fodder corn and nearly mature soja beans kept well and contained more than one and one-half times as much protein and other extract in the dry matter as the silage from the same corn siloed. The exact figures were 14.27 ! per cent, of protein, as compared with 8.5)7 j per cent., and 5.37 per cent, of crude fat, as compared with 3.27 per cent. Dr. Goessmann says: "The composition of the dry vegetable matter of the mixed silage compares well with that of a medium quality of red clover hay." The North Carolina station says, j with reference to its feeding value: "Soja i bean silage has been fed in our stable long enough to give assurance of its value. For milch cows it has seemed to arrest the natural decline in yield for a time when fed after a long period on corn silage. l* ed to a bull of a little under 1,(100 pounds weight! for over five weeks, at the rate of 4."> pounds j per day, the hull made a slow hut steady gain. (Jood gains were made for a long period even when the food consisted very largely of the i mixed silage, and the silage was eaten with little waste."?Southern Farm. A TOOL SlIKI). There is no building that will pay a better j per cent, of profit on the cost than a good i tool shed, under which the tools and implements used on the farm can he stored. With I machinery such as hinders, mowers, hay1 rakes, loaders, corn planters, etc., more damage is often done by leaving them out out exposed to all kinds of weather than the : work or use amounts to. Where there is! any thing like a full outfit of machinery this loss is no inconsiderable item in the running expenses of the farm. A tool shed should he arranged so that j wagons or other implements can he driven in. Some implements, like the corn planter, are j used only a few days every year. These, of course, can he taken out when needed, and as soon as the work is done can he put away : again. Others, like the harrows, cultivators! and mowers, will he needed for a much longer time, audit will he very convenient to' have the shed arranged so that they may he j driven in under shelter when not in use, and then he ready to take out when wanted. Whenever the work for the season with ' any particular implement i> finished, care j diould he taken to clean it up thoroughly, the working parts oiled, and, if needed,; the woodwork painted. A little care in this respect will aid materially to lengthen the, time of service of machinery, and not only * - - * * * i 11* more but bolter wopk no seeureu. n no bettor ]>lan is followed, as soon now as the harvest work is finished, take a day and gather tip all the implements and clean them up ami put. under shelter! The sooner the j work is done the better, as the summer sun is almost as bad as I lie winter storms. t'nder present conditions of farm in*; every | id vantage must be taken to save as well as to make. Noway can this be better done or i with less work than to see that all of the machinery is stored under shelter in good tcason. ?The Republic. * To I'KKI. Tomatoes.?Mrs. Mm ma R. lowing, of cooking fame, says in one of her household papers: This is the proper way to peel tomatoes: Cover them with holing water half! i minute, then lay them in cold water until -11 .-ti.i I.: 1 ..1 I [HTieeuy com, aim iiicsmii cum ih: jin iiii *>u ; without ililliciilty. leaving the tomatoes unbroken ami as firm as they w ere before hein?j scalded. j ihc s?tovi? ?cllev. I m mm ktb THK STORY OF A MISUXDFRSTAXIMXG. i The world is full of misunderstandings, t Now, a misunderstanding is an awkward thing?the sort of a thing that sometimes ! makes shipwreck of lives that otherwise j would sail smoothly enough into the haven , ' wltArn lltnv uvillltl hp This is the story of a misunderstanding. 1 The very first time he saw her, he said to himself, "Now, there is the girl I should like j marry. "She was just his sort; hut it was the old story of the attraction of oppositcs?a story J as old as the hills. He was hig, she was Ismail; he was dark, she was fair; he was | quiet, she was lively ; and so on, ad infini- ' | turn. She certainly was a very taking little girl, and she had a pensive way of contem-j plating one with her great blue eyes that J ! was altogether fascinating. Bob Helms-! , leigh went down before that look like a leaf! I before the wind. Bob was not particularly clover or amus-; ! iug, nor, indeed, particularly anything but I honest. Honest he was from the crown of j j his close-cropped head to the soles of his j ! military boots, and as simple-minded as a j child. Hitherto he had never been in earn- i 1 est about a woman ; but he was in earnest j | now, and it. was a sober, solemn, downright earnest. Henceforth there would be but (one woman in the world for him. He would have liked to take her in those ! j great strong arms of his and tell her so ; |' j but such a course of action was out of the j1 1 question, for she was engaged to his old j1 ! chum, l'hil Marsdcn. ; Now, Phil Marsden was the sort of a man i I that lady novelists described as "one of |' Fortune's favorites." In plain English,! I he was good-looking, well off, a thorough | I sportsman, a good hand at all games, and j' ! popular with men and women alike. A ' lucky mortal all round ; but it never occurred to Boh to envy his friend until he saw Gwen ' Warrington. Then a new, strange feeling 1 stirred in Bob's honest heart. It was not exactly jealousy; but rather a wistful, pa! tient wonder why one fellow should have J J all the luck and everything else, while other ! fellows were left out in the cold. Well, one summer the officers of Bob's ' regiment took it into their heads to give a i ball. It was a final llare-up before the ?th , moved into fresh quarters, and they spared 1 neither trouble nor expense to make it a ( success. At this ball Bob was introduced to | the future Mrs. Phil Harden, and they * danced a good deal together. Bob had a ' splendid swing, and Gwen was the lightest ! i waltzer in the room, so they went like clock- ' I work. j I Gwen gave Bob more waltzes than she 1 gave Phil; but the latter did not seem to mind, and that, of course, was rather a queer 1 state of things. Bob noticed, which was re- 1 markable ; for in an ordinary way his perceptions were just as blunt as are most men's. "I say, Miss Warrington," he observed, ' tentatively, as he and Gwen went out to- ! .get her yet once again, "it's awfully good of old Phil to let you give me so many dances. Shows he isn't selfish, anyway, doesn't it?" Gwen shrugged her shoulders, and a change came over her expressive face; a > change that Bob did not quite like, to see. "Selfish !" she echoed. "Oh, Phil is never 1 selfish where I am concerned, I can assure Mr. Ilemslcigh. lie has no desire to keep ' me all to himself." ' There was no obvious answer to this speech, < and so Bob said nothing. As a matter of i fact, the situation was a little bit beyond I him. He thought of Gwen's words after- ' ward, though, and of the faintly bitter tone ' in which they were uttered; but he did not I venture to broach the subject again. It was j ticklish ground. He saw nothing more of either Phil or Gwen until the autumn, and then he ran , into them at the house of a common friend, \ where he had gouc for a week's shooting. This time the idea that all was not right he- i tween the lovers struck him more forcibly , than before. They were apparently ongood terms with one another, and they [ never disagreed; but i'Dii Had lost ins old i j genial spirits, and was discontented, lie was |, always either in the clouds or swearing at , his luck. Owen had changed, too. Her j manner had grown tired and listless, and j there was a wistful, wondering look in her; j eyes that it hurt Bob to see. I < Poor old Bob! He could tell that some- L thing was wrong ; but he could not make out what it was, though he puzzled that honest ] head of his until he thought he was going to j ( have brain fever. The new look in Owen's j. eyes haunted him. It was always in his , thoughts in the daytime, and it kept him | awake at night. He felt impelled to do something?but what ? That was the (pies- {f tion. : i At last, one day he found Owen all by j herself in the library, crying over the fire, j f and that was the climax. He never could , bear to see a woman in tears, and when it! came to the woman he loved, why? i | "Miss Warrington," he said hurriedly, "Miss Warrington, you are in trouble of some I sort. Will you tell me what it is?" Then, as she did not answer at once, his hand fell: f heavily on her shoulder, and he added, "For,, (lod's sake, don't cry !" Owen checked her sobs with an effort, and j raised her tear-dimmed eyes to his face. I "Oh ! Mr. Hemsleigh," she exclaimed, "I } am in great trouble, and?and you are so ] good and kind. If only you could help me." ( "(Jive me a chance," Bob returned, shortly, i | "I'm a stupid sort of chap, I know ; no good ' ( at all to talk. But if there's anything in the ! ( world I can do for you, I'll do it. Hoyou j believe me?" j, "Oh, yes," answered Owen, putting out her | hand to him with an impulsive gesture, || while the tears britued over afresh. ( Bob took the trembling little hand and , held it in a strong, close, clasp, a clasp that . seemed to carry comfort and strength with it. j J "That's right," he said. "Now let me j hear all about it. But don't cry?for pity's 1 ( sake don't cry like that ; you'll send me j j mad if you do. Come, dry your eyes." , "It's about Phil," Owen went on, mopping I [ her eyes obediently. "Of course it's about!, mil. uti, .Mr. Jletmsieigli, you nave Known , f I'liil so nnieh longer (hail I have, and you |. must understand liiin better. Can you tell |j why he is so?so queer with me? I, This was somewhat of a facer. Hob ran J | his lingers through his short, dark hair, and drew a deep breath. I ] "Don't you know ?" he asked. Owen shook her head. "No." "Well, I'm blessed if I do," said Hob. (Jwen went on, in a low, hurried tone : > 44Phil has never been to me what other girls'lovers are to them : hut I don't know why. I only wish I did. lie seemed fond enough of me before we were engaged: hut now?well, of course, the whole tiling is a j miserable failure, and it gets worse. It isn't that l'liil is unkind to me; be is as kind and good and patient as a man could be. ; lie considers me before himself; there is > nothing he wouldn't do for me, but?but he doesn't love me. That is the root of the whole matter." Her voice broke with a pathetic little quiver that went straight to Hob's heart. He looked down at the childish, forlorn figure, half lost in the big leather chair, and felt a wild impulse to take if in his arms. Hut he restrained the impulse somehow. "Well," he said, as quietly as he could :! "it's a riddle, isn't it? 1 wish I could help you to read it. Old Phil must be a lunatic? nothing less than a lunatic." "No," Owen answered, sadly, "he is not a lunatic?far from it : hut there is something! I don't understand." She looked up at Hoi) again, and laid her pretty little hand gently ' on his arm. Such a pretty little hand! It looked like a snowflake 011 his rough coat sleeve. "Will you do something for me ?" ' she asked ; "I know 1 can trust you, and you 'I are Phil's oldest friend ; but you must say, ( if you mind very much." j Hob turned his head away, for he dared , 1 not to meet her eyes just then. Hut he took , bold of her baud and squeezed it bard. "Anything," lie said. 1 "Then," (iwen went 011, "try and liiul out, ^ from Phil what it is that has come between us, and if I can do anything to put it right. I have tried and failed : hut you may sue cecd. Will you try?" ' Yes," said Hob, just as lie would have, said it if she had asked him lo go to the! other end of the world for her. That same evening he broached the sub- jeet to l'hil. It was rather a big fence to tackle ; but he shut his eyes and rode bard at it, going straight to the point in his blundering, honest way. Phil hesitated a little at first, hut in the I end he told the truth. "You see. old chap," he said, it's like this: The whole affair is a ghastly mistake all through. I never proposed to (iwen at all." Bob gave a groat start. "You never proposed to her at all ?" he echoed. "Then how, in Heaven's name, did you get engaged "Well," said Phil, addressing himself to the fire, "it happened in this way. You remember Charley Thompson, of the ?th ? Well,1 I was staying down in Devonshire with him, ' last summer, and there I met Owen. She' took my fancy awfully at first, and I seemed j to take hers: so we started a flirtation, and , that worked all right until her sister Lilly appeared upon the scene. When I saw her? j Lilly, I mean?I knew I was done for. She's? she's different from other girl's, somehow. Well, I soon made up my mind to ask her to marry me; hut I was a hit shy ahout it, and,1 like a fool, before speaking to her, I thought I would try and find out from Owen if there ! was a chance for me. I mentioned it one evening, and tried to get her to put in a: good word for me; but I must have made ' an awful idiot of myself, for, to my horror, | she thought I was proposing to her, and be- j fore I knew where I was, she had accepted me. It was all up with me then. I felt! queer, I can tell you, Boh; and when I found ' that she had really cared for me all the l time, when I thought she was only playing ! me at my own game, I hadn't the pluck to ; tell her the mistake she had made. I was a coward, I know ; but I literally could not: do it. I just let things slide, and trusted to . luck to get me out of the scrape. You see' 1* T ,...1. A 4ttwi ; me lesuu. jjuuk tiuauriuu nic iui uuu, uuu ! here I am?stranded. I've behaved like a I fool and a scoundrel all round, and the worst! ofitisnoonc is satisfied. I am miserable, I so is Gwen, and so is Lily?and all through a misunderstanding. Is there is anything I can do to put things straight, old chap?? without behaving more like a scoundrel than ever, I mean. What would you do in my place ?" Pob thrust his hands deep in bis pockets, ind nodded his head with great gravity. ''Tell the truth," he answered, tersely; j "it's the only thing you can do, and you \ aught to have done it long ago. Jove! it's a 1 tight fit, though." I'hil fairly groaned. "If I thought Gwcn had given up caring for mo, I'd tell her fast enough," lie rejoined : 'but I don't think she has, and?and how can I tell her? No, bang it all ! I can't. I shall have to see the thing through now, whatever comes." Hob was silent for a moment or two, blink-; mg solemnly at the fire. "Tell you what it is," he said, at last, 'Miss Warrington has plenty of pluck, and die's as straight as they make 'em. You ought to be straight with her, Phil. It leems to me that the more she cares for you, the more right she has to know the truth. I may be wrong?I'm a stupid sort of chap, I know?but that's the way I look at it." Good old Pob! His honest heart and dtuple mind had led him straight to a truth that wiser men have often missed. * * * * * * The story is quite an old one now. It all happened last year, and Phil and Lily are joing to be married next mouth. And the others? Well, it was only one day last week that Lob said suddenly to (Jwen : "I say, do you remember what happened j i year ago today ?" "Yes, of course I do. I was in trouble, iinl I asked you to help me?and you did."; "And I did," said Hob, and then he put his hand over hers, as it lay idly on the arm if her chair. "Tell you what it is," he went in, looking at her with all his honest heart 11 bis honest eyes, "I wish you would let uie jo on helping you?through life, I mean, j I'm not much good at talking ; but I know | what I mean, and I'll always do my best by j rou. Will you try me? Will you?Gweu?" * * J* 1 tiT *11 11 Aim iiwpii sam, "i win. Not Vkry Consistent.?"James, dear, will you bring me up a scuttle of coal from :he cellar?" said a busy wife. "That'sjust the way with you," said James, with a frownras he put down his book and rose from the armchair. "Just the way with me?" "Yes," he snapped. "As soon as you see j ne enjoying myself, you have something or ; ither for me to do. Didn't you sec I was: ibsorbed in my reading?" "Well, dear, I will do it myself." "Yes, and tell everybody?your mother especially?that you have to carry your own ' roal up from the cellar. No. I'll do it. Let ne mark my place." So, marking the place in the book at which le had ceased reading, and when he went lown to the cellar, grumbling all the way, she | picked up the volume, and found that it was j i love story, and that the passage he had ieen absorbed in was as follows : "My darling, when you are my wife, I will , shield and protect you from every care; the I winds of heaven shall not visit your face too : oughly, those pretty hands shall never be j soiled by menial tasks, your wish shall be 11 y law, your happiness?" Just then lie reappeared, and dropping lie scuttle upon the tloor, said : "There's your coal ! (Jive me my book." Tun Towku ok Bauki..?A writer describes the present appearance of the place where language got mixed : r "After a ride of nine miles we were at the 'nnt. nf llior Xi m rand. Our horses' feet were sampling on the remains of brick which I ihowed here and there through the aceumu- ( ated dust and rubbish of ages. Before our jyes uprose a great mound of earth barren and jare. This was Bier Nimrood, the ruins of lie Tower of Babel, by which the lirst build-. ms of the earth had vainly hoped to scale high leaven. Here, also, it was that Nebuchad-1 ie/./.ar built-built, for bricks hearing his name i J lave been found in the ruins. At the top of he mound a great mass of brick work pierces lie accumulated soil. With your finger you ouch the very bricks?large, square-shaped md massive?that were thoroughly burned, lie very mortar, now us now hard as gran-' ( to, handled more than 4.0(H) years ago, by ; I arth's impious people. From the summit of j J lie moumi, far away over the plain, we see. I [listening bright as a star, the gilded <lonie|{ ?fa mosque, that caught and reflected the [ I ays of the morning sun. This glistening { speck was the tomb of the holy Ali. To . iray before this at some period of his life ;, o kiss the earth around there at some time { ?r other, to bend his body and count his i leads, is the daily desire of every devout J Mahoniniedan." \Bafcing-. _ ,, ?%yowaer j , Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening i strength.?tartest ('nited Slates 1 (lovennnent Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, N. Y. mm wi.sr (oi,i.i:<;i:. One West. s. ('. w ^LDEfc- 'I'll I' next session of the :ihove !, \named institution, so well and Ihvor- |, yffjT al'ly known |o the people of York n county, will hegin M (ktoheh iwrr, usin. li I'liis college has hail TH I KTY-K< U* It Y MA IIS ?k srtrKssm, history. The principals still continue to Ihiiploy t lie Very Itcst 'rcachcrs, Vlid yet the charges lor hoard, tuition, etc., are i easoiiahle. : s" In helpful moral inlluenees the Due West ! ', Vmale college YTKLDS To No OTIIKIt. I Yrile lor catalogue. I ' .Mrs. I,. M. ItoXNKR, Principal, ( II. K. RoNNKR, Vice Principal, j August I -*?I .'ill! si \v. tv. Min is, a rrrr< > 11 n re a* a rr 1, a av. 11 Yorkville, S. C. A 1,1, lU'SINKSS tilVKN PROMPT AND /m iMvnpvrpinV t I CI. < .\ lil'.l' I I. .\ I I ! ?. ? I .. Ktr (ill tin* Wilson building opposite the onrt house. it .June (J li-t ly Only the Scars Remain. "Among the many testimonials which I see in regard to certain medicines performing cures, cleansing tiie blood, etc.," writes Henry Hudson, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery Co., Philadelphia, Pa., "none impress me more than my [ 1 own case. Twenty years IUI ago, at the age of 18 years, I had swellings come on my legs, which broke and ^ became running sores. ST K Ourfamilyphysiciancoiild |w ft* do me no good, and it was ft; feared that the. bones K B would be affected. At last, u ImI my good old mother |ImI Wfs urged mo to try Ayer's M Sarsapariila. I took three I^J K[ bottles, the sores healed, I Pa 15 and I have not boon m" H troubled Since. Only the ' M scars remain, and tho memory of the past, to remind me of tho good Ayer's Sarsapariila has done me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sarsapariila advertised in all parts of the United States, and always take pleasure iu telling what good It did for me." For the cure of all diseases originating In impure blood, the best remedy is AYER'S Sarsapariila Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Man. Cures others, will cure you I A j/11 ^ I You i : out of employment, or in : a position that you do not 2 slike? Possibly the solic-; [ iting of Life Insurance is jj s your special forte. Many 5 people have, after trial, 5 sbeeu surprised at theirs : fitness for it. To all such ; sit has proved a most con-s 5 genial and profitable occu s pation. The Mauagemeut s sof the : j Equitable Life I sin the Department of tlies Carolinas, desires to add; s to its force, some agents s = of character and ability.; : Write for information, s S W. J. Roddey, Manager, S \ Rock Hill, S. C. \ .? $ Let Us Introduce The Fair Hemine ok our new serial. Tbe Overtop Clairp sy martha m'cilloch wiu.iams For further particulars read that charminuf story. You will iind it in this paper. The Enquirer Will be Furnished to Subscribers Three Months for 50 Cents. Schedules in Effect from and Alter July 22. 1S94. (*. W. F. Harper, President. col NO NoKTII. | No 10. I No lit). Alive t'lu'slei* S 10 a hi !i 00 a in .enve l.owrysvillt' s :ts a in 0 :t! a in .cave M<*('oinii'llsvilli' s "ill a in III 00 a in .i'nvi' (liillirii'svilli* !> OH a in 10 l."> a hi .cave Yorkvllle 0 211 a in 10 15 a in .cave ('lover 10 02 a in II 4.*> am .i*ave (i.astoiiia Ill III a in I U"i pin .cave Lincoln ton II 17 a in 2R0 pin .cave Newton 12 :!7 a hi I 00 pin Aiive Hickory I 12 pin ! 20 pin Vrrlvc Lenoir 2 12 pin S 00 jmi OOlSli Mil i II. | .tn in, | .111 ,i, .cave Lenoir 7 IK) a in I 10 |> in .rave Hickory s in a in .I 10 ji in .cave Newton Ill IK) a m > IJ j> in .cave l.iiicolnton II 17 am li :ii) jun .cave Custoniu I J7> |nn 7 -"it j> in .cave I'lover 2 -I jun S 'JO ji in .cave Yorkville :l :t0 p in 0 OJ pin .cave (iiilliriesvllle :t ."is pin 0'JI pin ,eave .Mel'onnellsville 1 ID pin It :!J pin i'iivc l.owr.vsville I :f7 jun !? ">.! pin Vrrive Chester .7 JO pm 10 JI ji in Trains Nos.!) ami Id arc first-class, and run laily except Sunday. Trains Nos. (Ml and lil arrv passengers and also run daily except Simlay. I'tierc is good connection at Chester with he <i. C. A N., ami the (('. A' A.; also at < iasonia with the A. A' C. A. I..; at Liiirnlnlon villi the C. C. ; ami at 11 iekorv ami Newton with he \V. N. C. I.. T. NICIfoLS, Siipcrintemlent. 11. If. HKA I{I>, lieneral Passenger Agent. .March Js it ti IT HAS DOI Itl.lH) IN SIX MONTHS. examination of Jour Kire Insurance vkmurf * * shows tlnit time to say that we rill appreciate all business given ns. 10very oliey written liv ns is absolutely correct, and al lies who patronize ns will not, in ease of loss, e forced to either lose till or accept a eomproliseon account of some neglect on our part to rite the policy in accordance with the insurance iws. We know our business ami attend to it. S. M. A L. (ilOO. I i It 1ST, Agents. July IS ill tf PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. IAIIOKOUlllILY titled up with new baek. grounds, accessories, Ac., and with a tine ky-light, I am prepared to taken picture in any tyle of the art, as well executed as can tie done lsewherc. mi tiituvN pn"rrup.s v spki'IAI.ty. ]Jy the dry plate process I can take them inlantly; makes no difference about lair or cloudy reather. I do all my own printing and finishing, and tore is very little delay in delivery. ENLARGED WORK. Pictures copied and etdarged and finished in ie highest style to he had, and prices reasonable, j Give me a call and see specimens of work, at j iv Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. Sl'HUHll. I ??MHM?HiMWB?MBaWWWIMM for Infants and Children. ' C':istoria i>?sr> wrll .iil:it>f??i1 tnpliililrpn thnf. I Tnuf iiT-in fnr..c fV>l!<> f'^n<;tin.l(!on. I recommend it- as sujwrior toany prescription Sour Stomach, Dinrrluva, Eructation, known to inc." II. A. Archer, M. 1)., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes ?1i111 So. < >xford St., Ilrooklyn, N*. Y, gestion, Without injurious medication. "The use of '('astoria it so universal and "For several years I have reeommendcil i s merits so well known that it seems a work your '('astoria.' and shall always continue to f sttiH-rctngalioa to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep (.'astoria results." within ea>y reach." Edwin F. Pardee, M. P., ' C.iruis Mautvn, I). I>., liiAth Street and 7th Ave., New York City. New York City. * The Centacr Company, 77 Mcrray Street, New York Cjtv. t ^wmmm?mmmmmm...________.______ TJl'lS BEST SYSTEM BiBWM?P ,? " '"" *. ^KlSSIIHHnHBr /9raHl. n in u ami Packing Cotton made by any concern the nil- before buying Cut toll < Jills ly-^l V(|^scs or ^ July is ' -Jit st | GARRY IRON ROOFING COMPANY, Manufactures all kinds of gfi ^ I HON OKIO PAINT I HON HOOKI NC?. And Cement. | chimi'KU ANnroiuirrJATKn.snuNu. 1.T2TO 15S M KKW1X ST., Iron Tile or Shingle. Clevelaixli <>. | kihk i-kook ddohk. sn err Kits. .tc. [ yp?>" Send for Circular 1 "* and Prico List No. 7f>. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF IRON ROOF1NO IN THE WORLD. 1 S-H" Orders received by L. M. (JRIST. J!Fi E?cmm- ?? MACHINE. E. B. HARDER. President. IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED. The Largest Natural Premium Life lu- shipped ?? Approval ami Guaraniefd to smaiKT l'oni|i:iiir in tin- World and G,v'l:,"i'" 1 I isfaclorv alter a Test of TWENTY the Fourth Largest of Aiiykintl. days'i,. Your Home, n.o Ma " 1 chine Will be Taken Back atul | Life Insurance at about ONE-HALF the Vnur Money itciuniicci. Usual Rates. I H I*|. I.n^ W' h ""JSZT $19,63 5,0001 I ^ .rv ~ EIXtSI/EJt tX OAK Olt WALXIT w rom-K $281,412,000 ,v" ' '?? ?;.v I'CIM. T"ta^SfS;SSS:7S!Saoii:T''? K>??. Machine Mimed. Freisl? Paid. of all who arc interested in life insurance, aiui at anv Railroad Station East ol' the this class includes all who have any one depend- * . . . .. .... ent on them, whether rich or poor. Life is nn- Rocky Mountains, tor fjLo.OO. certain. Death is one of the few things that is . i absolutely certain. The continued possession of i , . J)U!-a 1?? I'V1"" property is uncertain, and the only means that . ',er<>' 6ie best grades of Sew ing Machines lias yet been devised whereby a person can pro- !P J'*? lj:lst tive years, nndin view ot the fact vide with reasonable certainty for those who are that t,l.e business has grown to such proportions dependent on him after he is no longer present as to warrant it, we have recently perfected an / to look after their well fare, is insurance in a well VfvVi F'Vri'i m> vni'lv, niainifactnre_ (>t 111K I managed life insurance company, society or as- ENtJl IRER SE\\ IN MACHINE, and we Isoeiation. The growth of the MUTUAL RK-,ar.(> ?m\ prepared to furnish theni to all who ! SERVE lias surpassed that of all other organ i-' NV. to buy atirst class high grade Sewing . lazrtions of the kind in the history of life insnr- t'hin,e.at less tha" hal ')e P e? which such a j ance, and it stands today without a peer. machine is usually sold by peddlers and dealer. ITQ PI AN K TUP PflRRFPT HNP ^ ^ew^acts -About The Enquirer Machine. JIOrLMnlO I fit bUnnLt I UI1L. Tho accoinpanying engraving gives a correct f It furnishes (lilt Edge protection at less than idea of the machine. It is as near perfection as half the cost charged by level preiiiium compa- any machine on the market. Any kind ot nies. It has been doing this for nearly II years, work can be done on it that any other machine J and is more able to do it today than ever before, will do. All wearing parts are case harden- i It is growing stronger and stronger everyday. e,'' steel, and are fitted so accurately that Its new business for the tirst seven months of these machines are as iibsolutely noiseless and I 1SSM ainoiinted to more than HV^i.OdP, which is easy running as hue adjustment and bat inea gain over the same months of lS!i;(, ot $ii,74!',- chanieal skill are possible to produce. No exj "no. It has already paid *1.770,000 in death claims P^'se or time is spared to make them perfect m since Jainuary 1, Sound, practical, business uvery respect, i he balance-wheej and tnanyot I men appreciate the Mutual Reserve. Relow will the line parts are nickel plated, with other parts be found a statement and an opinion of tlic asso- finely enameled and ornamented, giving it a I ciatiou from r'(,h appearance. 1 lie machine is tittcd with . ...... .... the Improved Automatic Robliiu Winder. It Mi-, (.corge L. Kiddle, ol /eno. also has a self-setting needle and self-threading Zf.no 8 (' June2!? l.s'h cylinder shuttle. The simplicity of the auto' To Whom it May Concern"* ' " ' niatic tensions, sewing from Xos. 40 to 100 thread 1 have been informed that an agent of a cer- without altering recommends it not only to I tain old line life insurance company trying to do every beginner, but to am.. business in this section, has been making an Each machine ,s m perfect .working order I unwarranted use of my name in his ellbrts to when shipped,, and is accompanied with printed | induce citizens of York county to buy his high mtructions and a complete set of tools and all priced insurance instead of that furnished by accessary attachments, in a ',a"(^|n,<: P'l,s'1 'the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, of lined ease. Die attachments are the best. | New York, in which ho knew I was carrying a now to okt the m.kllixe. i policy. Hi'has made the statement, so I am re- ** liably informed, that I had dropped my policy HtTAST 1M toitMATlos. ; in the Mutual Reserve and taken one in his. The price of the Machine is $23. We deliver ; The statement is without a shadow of lounda- jj at y<,ur nearest railroad station free of freight j tion, as I never so much as tliouKDt 01 suen a charges, provided vou live east 01 tne kockv ! thing. I took my insurance in the Mutual lto- Mountains. THE'EXtJl'IHEK will he seiit i serve because its rates were less than hall those iVeo for one year to every purchaser of a machine. ' charged by the old line company in which I 'i'|io cash must aceointmnv the order. Send had been carrying a policy, and which I dropped, j money by Express, Money ()rder, Registered and because 1 could not timl the slightest evi- Letter or Xew York Exchange. - deuce that the Mutual deserve was not entirely honorable, reliable and prompt in meeting its AVARKAXTEI) FOR TEX YEARS. I obligations, except the statement of old line The usual warrantee by which we replace anv ! agents, and that didn't amount to anything with defective part or any part that breaks or wears inc. I have every reason to believe that my in- u?j through the fault of the machine, except ' i surancc is oi the best quality and expect to con- s|mtlles, needles and bobbins, goes with every tiiiue to carry it. I have had the policy nearly A ftcr the Machine has been received, two years, and in that time have saved ..1-4 111 vo|, the privilege of returning it within ; premiums, notwithstanding the lad that I was 'pWKXTY davs, if not satisfactory. Is that three years older when I insured m the Mutual p.,j,. > deserve than when my policy was issued in the ' . ??>? . old line company. I make I lie foregoing state- ISO A A. It I A 1 ioi>, incuts because I consider tliein dim to the Mil- \\\, have endeavored to say here all that we | tual deserve, to Sam M. and L. <?eo. < rist, its ,.,,u|d say in a letter. There can be uochungeof agents, and to any who are liKcly to be infill- terms. Do not ask for any variation. Machines i euced by the use id my name in the connection are shipped direct from tiio factory, and are not j in which the too /.eahiiis old line agents have 14,,, exhibition at our otlice. We know you will bo ^ ! been using it. In conclusion, I will say that I pleased with tin* machine when vou get it, and j unreservedly endorse the Mutual deserve, and v?? j.Mo\\ if it should happen to be unsalisfactoam convinced that its insurance is the kind - rv, an send it back within TWEXTY pic should have whether rich or poor?absolute IiaS'S.uiiiI get your $?{.INl, Address jirotection at the lowest possible cost. I.KWIS M. UK 1ST, Yorloille, S. (;. (i. E. dlDhl.K. iv vou contemplate mom vai.e stock kailm. Insuring vour life we will be pleased to furnish RLh ksbuij,, * you with an estimate of cost and explain the TD KOIs'| |*,|{ED JERSEY S, \\ ELCII AXI) I M utual Reserve's plan. don't insure until you SHETLAND I'oXIES. (Imported stock.) . know what we have to idler. Some have done ESSEX AXI) REOISTKRED CHESHIRE so; but they are now coming our way. You had IMOS. It red aiid^ for sale. better start right. Call on us or write for in Ibr- d .1 EI5SEYS are all of the celebrated ; uiatioii. Victor and Stoke dogis strains, which have S\M M. A' I? OEo. tSdIST, attracted so much attention throughout the (ien'l Agents, Yorkvillc, S. C. Xorth. I5CLL CAI.VES End SALE AT FARMERS' I'lllt'ES. If yon ar<> thiiiking ?>t "s>, starling a dairy herd don't overlook the Jerseys, ROCK HILL MACHINE WORKS 1 H.OCK HH.L, S. C. , SIIETLAXI) I'oXIES AS C1IEAI' AS AXY ItdEEDEdS IX THE SOl'TII. Write for A RARE BARGAIN Address, Dr. J. O. IlLAt'K, "11TE oiler for sale at a rare bargain the fol- lllacksliurg, S. ('. TT low ing second hand machinery : A COM i'l.ETE ?iIX ol'TKIT. consisting id' ^% ... ^ , '' 1 - I.'fi..!-. ..Ii.riin. nil wheels : lid-saw /I It dl I 1'IH* I I I I* iP 11 111 V SiTiW^lV and nimhmsiT; one Roanoke ^ ?? ? V M" "" ^ % % press, anil To feet nfii-im-h 4-ply rubber lielt. j Also one S-horse power Paxoii engine^ on * wheels; one 4-horse power Friek engine on sills. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ?> HOCK 1111,1, MACIIINK WORKS. < Wli CAN SUM, vol <;INS, TlOHMSOrsi RSI RIl'TION: 17M0KPKRS and condensers anil eotton press- Single copy lor one year, f ? OO ? es cheaper than anvhoilv. <?l,e r*,|,y ,nr \w" >'l'rtrs *?? ROOK Mil,I," MACIIINK WORK. lor six months loo - l or three months, r,o SUNI) IS VOIR Oil) UNCJINliS, Two copies for one year, . || ,*>() AND OINS and IIA VK Til KM KKI'AIR- Ten copies one year, I* .10 KD RKKoRK TIIK SKASON ol'KNS. And an extra eopy for a eluh of ten. Castings of all kinds to order. A !> VKRTISKMENT w MAOIISK WolIKK. 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