Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 19, 1894, Image 4

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Ilumflwrosi Ucpartmeut. | MR. MULTY'S STORY. "Speakin' of stories gittiu' started," re-! marked old Mr. Multy, as he rearranged the | piles of brown wrapping-paper into a more comfortable cushion on the the t<;p of a nail! keg, "it doos beat all. It come mighty nigh goin' hard with ol' Jim Johsin once on ac- ! count of a story growin' a little." "Tell us about it," said the young new' clerk, to whom most of the corner-store i stories were as yet new. "Well, you see," began Mr. Multy, "old ! Dekin Swaller come home to dinner, one day, an' he happens to say to Mrs. Swaller, 'I met young Slimmers today, an' he said that he heerd that Jim Johnsin was think-, in' of buyin' the Widder Spriggins' place.' "Jes as soon as the dekin had gone down town agin Mrs. Swaller puts her shawl on an' steps across to Auastashy Soper's, an' says: 'What do you s'pose I heerd this mornin'? Jim Johnsin has bought the Widrlor Snricrcins" nlace. I wonder if he's coin' "I?oo r ? -- - w . to take the widder along with the rest of the prop'ty.' " 'Jes's like as not,' says Anastashy ; 'an' his wife not dead yet six months!' "Soon as Mrs. Swaller'd gone, Anastashy skipped over to ol' Mrs. Grumpy. She had to talk loud to the ol' lady account o' her deefness, an' even then Mrs. Grumpy didn't ketch quite all she said, an' had to guess some. "Anastashy says: 'Have you heerd the news ? Jim Johnsin's goin' to marry the Widder Spriggius for her prop'tv." " 'How ?' "Jim Johnsin's goin' to marry the Widder Spriggins for her prop'ty." " 'No! Is 'e ?' " 'That's what they say. I alius heerd he thought a good deal of the widder 'fore his first wife died.' "Yes, that's so. What they goin' to do with Jim's two children ?' " 'I don't believe the widders '11 have 'em 'round. They'll probably have to send 'em to the orphan asvlum.' " 'How ?' " 'Orphan asylum.' "An' Anastashy she happened to think . she'd left three pies in the oven, an' she skipped back home 'fore the old lady could half git the thing straight. She had roomatics so bad she couldn't git out to carry the news along, an' she was on nettles till young Mrs. Fred Gadabout come in, an' then she says, all of a tremor, 'Did you hear the news ? Jim Johnsin 's goin' to marry the \Uw1.1oe finrirvnrina tr? orit. fhf> fllMIl that old ! ?? iuuvi 5ft?-' d.~ | man Spriggins worked so hard to pay for.' " 'Goodness gracious!' " 'How ?' " 'Goodness gracious !' " 'Who did ?' " 'I say, goodness gracious!' " 'Yes, I guess so. An' Jim's two children has gone clean crazy 'bout it, an' they're talkin' about sendin' 'em to the 'sylum.* "'You don't tell me!' " 'How?' " 'You don't tell me !' " 'I haven't heerd, but ithere's been talk that Jim thought a good deal of the widder 'fore his first wife died, an' that maybe he pizened her.' " 'Mercy ! He ought to be hung !' " 'How ?' " 'They ought to hang him !' " 'Well,' says the old lady, kind o' chuckliu' knowin'-like to herself?'well,' says she, 'if he marries the Widder Spriggins he'l wish they had.'" The five-year-old son of a minister was inclined to be unrully at the table when vompany was present, says the Oakland Saturday Press. On one occasion he was removed from the main table and conveyed to another, where his little fork, kuife, spoon aud plate were placed and he was left alone. His father never sat down to eat without saying grace, which was generally an extract from the Psalms. So, as soon as he found himself comfortable, the boy sunk his head upon his breast, folded his hands and offered up the following: "Lord, I thank thee Inr hnvintr <snrenrl a table, and Dreserved me W. "-f-o T" ? r in the midst of mine enemies." As may be supposed, the smiles of the older folks were, with difficulty, kept from becoming audible. A Drummer's Story.?A drummer tells this story of a "first-class" hotel, where he ordered one morning of his attentive waiter two soft boiled eggs. Sambo went to the kitchen, and soon returned, and asked : "Mass boss, did you want them eggs scrambled ?" . "No, I want them soft boiled." "All right, sar," and off he trotted again. In a few moments he loomed in again, aud ; remarked, in a most persuasive tone : "Mass boss, you better hab dem eggs | scrambled." "What do you mean ?" "Well, Mass boss, I'll tell you ; dem eggs ain't very fresh, and dey'll look better scrambled." He concluded not to take any. Two of Them.?Two Hindoos recently | had a boasting mutch, and one said : "My father is so rich, and has so many | horses, that his stable is of such extent as to take a horse eleven months to go from one end stall to the other." "Sbabash, brother," replied the secoud boaster, "that is very good. My father has a bamboo so long that he can sweep the clouds away with it when they obscure the | sun in harvest time." "Hi! hi!" exclaimed the first, "that isi very wonderful, but pray, brother, where1 does your father keep such a long bamboo ?" "Why, you stupid!" was the answer, "in your father's stable, to be sure !" -? - ? "Am diss here de pluce whah you gets I de mah'ge licenses?" asked the young col- { ored man in the city hall. "Yes," replied : the clerk. "How much do one cos'?": "One dollar." "Ain' dey no place wha! yob kin git 'em cheapah?" "No; you can't I get them anywhere except here." "Golly, j dis country am goin'ter rack an' ruin sho," he said, mournfully. "It's bad 'nufl'to hab J de sugah trus' an de whisky trus', but ] when it comes ter a mah'ge license trus' it's 1 time foil de people of district ter reach out foh de franchise, an' take dab innin's at de polls." SlST A lady in San Francisco engaged a Chinese cook. When the Celestial came, nmnmr other thincs she asked him his name. "My name," said the Chinaman, smiling, "is! Wang Hang Ho." "Oh, I can't remember j all that," said the lady. "I will call you J John." Johu smiled all over, and asked, "What your namee?" "My name is Mrs. Melville Landon." "Me no memble all' that," said John. Chinaman he no say Mrs. j Membtd Landon?I call von Tommv." 9 M The Revised Version.?"Yes, children," , said Mr. J)e Baggs, addressing a Chicago Sunday school, "yes, children, wrong doing! is always punished, either in this world or ' in the next. Retribution may be long coming, but it is sure to come at last. You j yourself, when you grow older in years and experience, will learn how true the lines ofi Shakespeare are: "The mills of the gods grind slowly. But they get there just the same." Sir William B., being at a parish meeting, made some proposals which were oh- 1 jected to by a farmer. Highly enraged, he 1 said to the farmer, "Sir, do you know that 1 I have been at two universities, and at two colleges at each university?" "Well, sir," |' said the farmer, "what of that? I had a' calf that sucked two cows, and the observa- j1 tion I made was, the more he sucked the j greater calf he grew." Knew Her Husband.?Mr. Winks? 1 Great Scott! There comes Jinks. He has a bill against me. Tell him I am out. Mrs. ! Winks?Well, I'll tell him you have just i gone down to pay a bill. Mr. Winks?Xo, no. He'll know you're lying then. Tell him something he can believe. Mrs. Winks ? Well, I'll tell him you're on another spree, < dear. fiSyMrs. Youngbride?How does your .i breakfast suit you this morning, darling? ' Mr. Youngbride?Just right. I tell you, Clara, it may be plebian, but I'm awfully ji fond of calf's liver. "So am I. Don't you think, George, it would be nice and econoini- j i cal to keep a calf; then we can have calf's liver for breakfast every morning." f&r "Tommy," said his teacher, on the first! day of school, "have you forgotten all you j< know ?" "Well," replied Tommy, doubtful- 1 ly, "I don't exactly know all I've forgotton." j j ?athen?(|5. 1 flaT1 Mexico is four times larger than France. Persia has a navy of just one vessel. 88T London has 803 maiu and branch post- j offices. flSF" Nearly 3,000,000 needles arc in use | every day. BSy* One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid. BST'One man can make 6,000 tin cans in a, day by the aid of improved machinery. 8?* Several European journals are being j printed on American-made paper. gST A young man ashamed to be seen at i work does not like to be called lazy. 86T A beetle can draw 20 times its own j weight. So can a mustard plaster. BcHF Boiled alligator flesh tastes very much like veal. It is much eaten in India. A Missouri murderer lias been, on conviction, sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary. 1ST The first American cotton factory was established in 1787 at East Bridgewater, Mass. 8?* There are3G0 mountains in the Vnited States each of which exceeds 10,000 feet in | height. flo?" Mrs. Betsy Carroll, 85 years of age, liv-j ing at Willimantic, Conn., has been having measels. 8fiT"270 new places will be created in the internal revenue service by the new income tax law. 8??" The Persians gave names to every day in the month, just as we give them to days of the week. Moss growing on the trees is a pretty ' good indication that the soil is too wet and J probably poor. When some men get religion the very next bone they give to their dogs will have more meat on it. 8^* The word peace is mentioned more j than 2oU times in tne i?oie. ram wrote u more than 40 times. 8?" When a man says you are too smart to be fooled, look out. He is about to spring a scheme to fool you. gST It cost nine dollars for five minutes' conversation by telephone between New York and Chicago. An elephant's sense of smell is so delicate that it can scent a human being at a distance of 1,000 yards. 8?* A resident of India sold his vote for one dollar last spring, and is now suing his purchasers for $300 and cost. V3P There is no danger of New York State being overcrowded for many years. It has 23,000,000 acres of farm lands. 8?" A grafted tree at Monticello, Fin., nnunallv bears a mixed crop of peaches, apples, pears, quinces and crabs. 8ST A belt in one of the big llouring mills at Minneapolis, contains 200 cowhides. It is 260 feet long and weighs over a ton. 8S?" The war department is at present experimenting with the use of aluminum shoes on the United States cavalry horses. SlST The Sierra Nevada range of mountains in California is nearly 500 miles long, 70 wide, and from 7,000 to 15,000 feet high. 8?" Contentment is more satisfying than exhileration. A discontented spirit makes the way of life seem hard and long. HOT The way in which we do our work may not be of much consequence to the world, but it is of the gravest consequence to ourselves. B3T Energy will do anything that can be ??? u'akI/1 oh/1 ha (olantc nn r?i rr?i l in - i uuiiu in vi iu, an\? "v iiiivuioj iiv vi* vuim stance, no opportunities will wake a man without it. tSF No man has as much religion as God | wants him to have until he can get down on his knees and earnestly pray for people lie don't like. Voir Abder Dorset, a Negro living in Hickory Mountain township, North Carolina, has a head which measures 32 inches in circuin- j fercnce. 1ST A New York man, versed in languages, I says that he heard 10 different tongues spok-! en while walking across Brooklyn Bridge the I other day. flaT" The longest artificial water course in the world is the Bengal canal, 900 miles; the next is the Erie, 3(53. Each cost neurlv ! $10,000,000. #6?" An English judge has declared that at a marriage ceremony, if the church doors are closed or one witness absent, the marriage is void. t3T The results of the recent expedition to the polar regions prove that north of 72 degrees the ice over the whole surface averages 6,000 feet in thickness. 86?" The greatest daily change of temper-1 ature to be found on the earth's surface is j in Arizona. There is frequently a change of i 80 degrees in 12 hours. BST Science tells us that the body of every ! human being weighing 150 pounds contains I a pound of salt. Also that every one of us : needs in a year about 15 pounds of salt. 8?" An authority on cats says that yellow j hairs, no odds how few in number, always in- j dicate that the wearer is a female. He further adds : No male eat was ever known to ' have the slightest tint of yellow. 86T Au Albany (Ga.) dame, who tried to rid : her premises of rats by smoking hominy in arsenic water, says that the entire tribe of nntif JnKoKif iliir nl O AA Qt?n nf CtlAWV ! luucuioiiun iinmu.wuf, [..?vv ... ?, w.. ? .. j whiteness, but still alive and frisky. tST An ingenious Pittsburger has devised a clothes-wringer which is operated by elec-1 tricity. It works automatically, and when the last piece is squeezed out a bell rings, and the washtub is turned over and emptied. BST" The Southern States are said to contain at least 70,000,000 acres of waste land which might be devoted to the production of rice. This would increase the present annual crop of 237,000,000 pounds to 70,000,000,000 j 8*aTCustomer (in cafe)?Isn't it strange,}, waiter, that I should find so many flies in the soup? "Well, no, sir, not so very remarkable considering the time of year. Now, if you should find them in the sonp about Christmas time, it would be different." 86^" At a school examination, a young tyro in declamation, who had been told by the teacher that he must gesticulate according to the sense, in commencing a piece with "The comet lifts his fiery tail," lifted his coat to a horizontal position, causing roars of laughter. 8e?TAmong the hill tribes of llurmah the, cardinal virtues arc : To kill a foe, to fall in I battle, to become a priest or to offer oneself! as a sacrifice to the earth goddess. The sins are : (Jetting into debt, betraying public i secrets, breaking an oath, refusing and skulk- j ing in time of war. fiSC The prisons of Morocco arc the worst in the world. No care or attention what-! ever is given to the prisoners. They are j left dependent on their friends for food, and ; if they have no friends, the government pro vides only a bit of bread or a handful ofgraiu : daily to keep them alive. At Nipzig, Io.,a watermelon vine grew and extended one of its branches into a hole ' i that had been cut in a large hollow basswood i j tree. At last accounts a melon bad formed , on the vine which was too large to admit of being removed through the opening. The largest baby at time of birth of which the medicos of the world have any record first saw the light of day at Macon, (Ja., j' [luring the summer of 181)0. The child was i the offspring of the Lennons, its farther, Will 11 Lenuon, being a well-known painter of that ' burg. When the child was 21 hours old it i1 weighed but one and one-half ounces less: ] than 40 pounds. !j At a prayer meeting each one should feel it a personal duty to take part in the 1 worship, join heartily in the singing, let your prayers be brief, pray for some specific object. . I)o not let your prayer include everything,' und your faith lay hold of nothing. A brief,1 word of exhortation, or of counsel, willal-M wavs be edifvinir. flSTThey were talking about the beef, j < which was very tough, at the boarding-house i | table. Some one suggested that it was from i, an old cow. "It seems strange," said Mrs. <;., , "but the tenderest beef I ever saw was from . a cow It! or 17 years old." "That's easily 11 explained," said a big Irishman at the foot of the table ; "the cow was so old she was , childish."?Harper's I'a/ar. 8?* Along the west coast of Africa there j are now about 225 churches, 4(>,U00 converts, < 100,000 adherents, 500 schools, 40,000 pupils.j ] 35 languages or dialects have been mustered, j i and parts of the Bible and other books have j; been printed in these languages, while it is j I estimated that 8,000,000 million of the na-1; lives have more or less knowledge of the!' gospel of Christ. j< ?hc cfavm and beside. IMPROVING TIIK SOIL. The conditions of soil most favorable to the growth of the plants are also most favorable for its improvement. These are that the soil shall be warm, moist and porous. Thorough cultivation enables us to maintain these conditions more perfectly than if the soil is left to take care of itself. There are three methods of improving the soil?by drainage, cultivation and manure. Drainage adds nothing to the fertility but makes it more easily worked and helps to make plant food that is in the soil available. Of course, there is much land that docs not need to be drained and that would not yield an increase sufficient to pay the cost. Few farmers appreciate the benefits to be derived from the thorough preparation and cultivation of the soil. Fining the soil not only enables the roots to find quicker the nourishment the plants need, but enables the soil to derive greater benefit from atmosr.Vim-o Thp hpttpr tlip tillh the thriftier the growth of the plants, because of the larger amount of plant food that is made available and the ease with which the feeding roots of the plants are able to find it. Manuring the land is one of the best ways of improving it. Animal manure is the best, but on the average farm the best of management is required if enough manure to improve any considerable acreage is secured. The growing of larger crops insures a larger amount of manure, so that indirectly good drainage, where needed, and thorough preparation of the soil helps to secure a larger amount of animal manure to improve the fertility. With wheat, commercial fertilizers can he sown and will be of material aid in increasing the yield. Because this class of fertilizers is more readily applied than animal manures, the use of them has a tendency to carelessness in the making, saving and applying of animal manures, and this is something always to be be avoided. Green manuring is nature's way of keeping up the fertility, and with a good system of rotation it is possible not only to maintain but to gradually improve the fertility of a soil. Generally the better plan is to use all three of these means rather than to depend on any oire. CULTURE OF THE ARTICHOKE. How many of our farmers have tried the feeding of artichokes to stock, especially to hogs as a fall, winter and spring food ? I have raised and fed them several years and would not turn now to the old method of feeding corn alone, and now that I feed them I never have hog cholera, nor so often have empty corn cribs. Artichokes can he planted either in the spring or fall. They are very hardy and 110 amount of freezing will injure them. The fall is rather the best time to plant, as they will get the benefit of an early spring growth, commencing to grow the last of March when the spring is favorable. They are planted in the same way and require about the same cultivation as the potato. After the summer's growth is finished in the fall, I turn my hogs in and let them help themselves. Here they will fatten with only a little corn, and here I winter my brood sows and fall pigs also with a little corn, and in the spring I close up my fence, and there are tubers enough left in the ground to produce the next year's crop. If there are thin places they can be replanted and they need no further cultivation as they outgrow the weeds the second year. I keep two different lots, one for all winter use and one for spring, where I turn my hogs to feed for spring market. The artichoke is also very fine for feeding cows; it is rich and succulent and increases the flow of milk. Spring calves winter nicely on them, and colts eat them with as much relish as corn. I cultivate the White Jerusalem variety. They are very prolifiic and the large tubers fill the ground from row to row. In good soil they will yield as much as one thousand bushels per acre. I dig and pit quite an amount for ray winter feeding, and when the ground is fro/en too hard for my hogs to work on them, I feed them from the pits. I think if our farmers would once try this plan of feeding, they would never again go back to the old method of corn alone. SOWING GRASS SEEDS. If. E. C.: There are two periods for sowing grass and clover seeds?in the autumn and in the spring. The seeds of all hardy plants, among which are embraced the various clovers (Lucerne) and vetches are more appropriately sown in the autumn?from the middle of September to the last of October, while those of a tender character, embracing the majority of the grasses, are more appropriately sown in the spring?February and March. The advantages of fall sowing consists chiefly in giving the crop of grass or clover a chance to get a good start of the weeds and native grasses, and secure to the crop the advantage of the steady moisture during me wei season, win;rem me jnauis may get well established before droughty weather occurs to retard the spread of the roots. Lucerne, especially, is much more readily established when sown in the fall, and in starting out to establish a meadow with this superior plant we should prefer to wait until fall, rather than to attempt it in the spring. The apparent loss of time will be more than | made up for the end of the second year. In sowing grass or clover seeds in the spring the most important thing is to have the soil putin good condition by the liberal use of the harrow. The soil should be harrowed until it is thoroughly pulverized, and after sowing the seeds they should be pressed into the soil by running a roller over it. This is all sufficient covering. The mistake is often made of covering grass and clover seeds too deeply. It is well to remember that a crop that is well put in is half made, and no pains should be begrudged a crop that is to continue as many years as an improved pasture or meadow is designed to last. Until our Southern farmers come to appreciate the advantages of good pastures and meadows we need not look for any great improvement in their condition. It is time they were giving them the attention that they deserve. Hints for IIokskmkn.?Don't hurry the bridle off the head of the young horse, hut take it off quietly, and let him understand that the hii is to be taken out of his mouth gently. He will soon help bis owner both in bitting and unbitling. Take care that lie doesn't show signs of uneasiness from fear of being hurt. This will induce him to throw up his head or form other bad habits. Care in handling young horses will be well repaid Jin ! the increased faith and docility of the pupil.' Look out for your horse if you are feeding him heavily on the ground provender in hot weather and stop work suddenly. He will, be almost sure to have colic frequently and it often terminates fatally. Oats are safer j food, especially when the temperature is; high. If oats and corn ground, or eoriimeal! must be used, it is well to feed some linseed meal in very small quantities. Ilegin with ii tahlespooiiful and increase gradually to a gill twice a day. It is laxative and cooling; ii _ l.;.?>*! .-.t.: 1 IIS well Sis lllgmy uuirmuus iiuu mivii^iiu-iiiu*r. It keeps the digestive organs in the | best condition.?Orange Judd Farmer. Warm Watkk roit Stock.?In relation to warming water for stock, I will say that I have tried it for the past two winters, and am well satisfied that stock will do better on three-fourths the feed when they have a tank of warm water to run to, in place of a tank of cold or ice water. I have nearly ~?0 head of horses and have had a patent heater for the past two winters, and if I have had a sick horse or colt since I have used the heater I do not know it. By setting the heater in the tank and tilling up with two bushels of soft coal it will keep the water milk warm for seven days, and require no more attention than an eight day clock, f will say that 1 would not do without the heater for one winter for $100, as I am well satisfied that it will save me that amount in j feed, to say nothing about the time spent in j [jutting ice. It can he cleaned out and tired up in 10 minutes, and this is only done once . a week. I will say to my farmer friends that if you had one of these heaters you | would not he without it for live times its' [tost.? Kxchange. - 1P&T To cure a sty, take the white of an egg ; an a saucer and rub into it a small pinch of powdered alum. It will become a curd. Put j it between two line pieces of muslin lawn j ind bind it over the eye before retiring for | the night. In the morning the sty will he j jo no or much better. One more application will he sullieicnt, and no more stys will ['OHIO. ||U5crUanf0U5 fKcatliitg. I Senator Evans Interviewed.?Senator i , Evaus was asked recently by the Colum- i bia correspondent of The News and Courier, I as to what course he intended to pursue, if! elected governor, what he thought of the I Ocala platform, and as to whether this platform would be adopted by the September con-! vention. Senator Evans said : If I am elee-! ted governor I shall endeavor to be the gov- i ernor of the whole people, commanding obe-! dience to the will of the majority and pro-! tecting the interest of the minority. I am a Democrat and in entire sympathy \ with the Democratic platform as adopted by j the party in convention assembled in Chicago, nf which convention T was a member. "I believe in the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 tol. The Reformers in South Carolina are simon pure Democrats and have never fought the party, but they have fought, and will continue to tight, so called Democratic leaders, such as r. Cleveland, who have prostituted the principles of the party, ignoring almost every plank of the platform. I believe that the only salvation for the Democatic party is in the Southern and Western Democrats combining and overthrowing the so called Democrats of the East, who are nothing but Republicans in disguise. I believe in free trade for the same reasons that Calhoun and every other Southern Democrat,! who recognize that a people dependent upon 1 agriculture, who raise the raw material, ship ' it to be manufactured, and then buy it back j again, can never prosper under a govern-1 ment which makes them compete with the world in the sale of their products and forces them to buy from its protected favorites. The efforts of Mr. Cleveland to pose before ; the Democratic party as a martyr to tariff reform is amusing, to say the least of it. When | in his letter refusing to sign the late tariff'; bill he pretends to love the principles of!( Democracy, and in the next line shows the I cloven hoof in demanding free raw materials,! which materials are now raised in the South and West cheaper than in the Northwest, he is painfully silent upon the necessity of free manufactured products, which alone can relieve the farmers of the South and West, who consume these products, of the burdens resting upon them. "As to the Ocala platform, every principle of it is included in the Democratic platform, , except the sub-treasury plan, which has never been demanded by the Farmers' Alliance ; but, 011 the contrary, is simply put forth as an evidence of the disease destroying our industries, namely, an insufficient currency to do the business of the country, and the re quest lor renei irom congress in in is or some better way. It comes with bail grace from the doctors of the nation to desire to kill the patient, for the reason, if it be true, that he I has made an improper diagnosis of his own disease. "As to the action of the State Democratic convention I have nothing to say, except j that whatever they do and whatever platI form they adopt. I will abide by and stren! uously advocate if I am nominated for governor by the convention." BRAINS OF MEN AND WOMEN. The fact that the average woman's brain weighs less than that of the average man's has been made the foundation of the argument that woman possesses less mental cai pacity, intelligence, etc., than man. By the same line of argument says Modern Medi' cine, man may be shown to possess less inj teliigence and brain power than the elephant, j whose brain is considerably larger than the | largest human brain ever measured. * This mode of reasoning is certainly erroneous. It is well known that small men with small brains sometimes possess as high a degree of intellectual activity as larger men with larger brains. It seems to be forgotten that a large part of the brain is concerned, not in intellectual activity, but in the management of the muscles, viscera, the heart, I lungs, liver, etc." A man with a small brain in a small body may have a larger number of nerve cells devoted to actuul intellectual activity than another-man with a larger brain, but with a body disproportionately larger. The absolute size of the brain canj not be considered as the proper criterion for I intellectual activity, but the size of the j brain as compared with the body, leaving out, of course, cases of extreme obesity and extreme emaciation. When measured by this rule, the size of the brain of the average woman being compared with the weight of the average woman, and the size of the brain of the average man, with the weight of the average man, the two results placed side by side show woman to have as large a brain in proportion to the size of her body as a man. This is true not only of the brain of the adult woman, but of the girl as well. The average boy of 7 years has a brain weighing 1.100 grams, and his body weighs 20,100 grams. The brain of the average girl of 7 i years weighs 1,000 grams, while the body ' weighs 18,450. A comparison of the relative weights of the brain and the body in the | boy and the girl of equal years shows the girl | to have a slightly larger brain in proportion 1 to her weight than the boy. The controversy upon this question, which | has sometimes waxed very warm, has taken a wrong direction. It is not a question of; quantity or capacity, but one of quality. Viewed from this standpoint, the question is i comparatively free from difficulties; and this discussion should not give rise to dispnrngeing remarks on either side. SHARP PRACTICE. The London Chronicle of January 11-13, i 1781, gives an account of a lawyer who din- ' ed on several occasions with a client pre- 1 vious to a trial, and charged him Gs Sd for each attendance at dinner, which was allowed on taxing. His client shabbily thought that by inviting him to dinner he would get all his consultations free. The lawyer's host thereupon sued him and recovered for the value of the food and wine. The lawyer, 1 j however, informed against him for dealing : j in wine without license, and the client was obliged, to his intense disgust, to pay the penalty, much of which went to the attor: ney as informer. This whimsical instance : | of sharp practice has been made the subject; : of a song, which at one time was popular. |1 The following incident really occurred, not | so many years ago, not so far from Colernine,! in the North of Ireland. A wealthy and 1 miserly old man thought he was near the j point of death, and sent for a lawyer to make ; his will. The lawyer came, and he gave him ' elaborate directions for the disposal of his j property. As the lawyer was finishing his 1 work he said : "Now, I want to put in another clause. ! You have always been a good and able man j1 in your dealings with me. I wish to leave M you ?500." j i The lawyer, after a little pretence of lion- 1 est demurring, did this. When the will was 1 signed and sealed the old man said : "Business is business. I wish to have all '1 my transactions settled up. Make out your 1 bill for drawing up this will, and I will pay 1 you at once." ( The lawyer replied: "My good sir, you have been so generous? 1 more than generous?that I never could;1 think of charging." 1 "Very well!" said the old skinflint, "you ' know your own business best; but, still, I 1 like everything settled in a business-like j' fashion. Make out a bill as you would have j1 charged any other client, and formally re- h ceipt it." |! This was done. ' A c.mple of months afterward die old ' man died. The lawyer went to his house to read the will, which the executors handed him. To his horror there was no gift to him- ] self in it at all. It turned out that the old 1 man had copied the will carefully over when i he left him, omitting the t'oOO clause. The 1 whole affair was a dodge to get a smart law- 'j jcr to make his will without any charge. 1 Iki:y Ti:i.i.s a Jokk.?Senator Irhy is re- i ported to have gotten off the following joke ( in Senator John (Jary Kvan's room in the f Hotel Jerome, in the presence of a large \ numher of politicians, says August Kolm in ; ; The News and Courier: j c "Hoys, let me tell you something. I have c a darky on my place who told me a few days i ago that he would catch me some possums.!; The next morning he came to the house and ! l told me that he had caught 1"> the night he- t fore. I told him that I did not believe him, | l when he asked me to go to his cabin and he t would show them to me. I did so, and there ( I found that he had caught 15 for sure ; an ohl one and 14 young ones, which clung to her at dillerent points. I never had any-'ji thing to remind me so much of Tillman he- p fore in my life, lie was represented by the i t |od possum, while the politicians, clinging all 1 over him, were represented by the young f ones. I just made up my mind that I would s put the whole family on exhibition, with | ribbons around their neeks labeling each one. There was a good-sized little fellow right on the neek of his mother, which I in- j tended to label 'John Gniy Evans,' and a lit- j tie short tail fellow right between the old one's legs, which I called 'John Gary Watts.'" j The appropriateness of the joke was appreciated by all present, as was evinced by ! the heiirty applause which followed it. The! only question was, which one of the small J possums was Irby ? Senator Evans suggested mildly that Irby was the mate to the! mother possum. * The Man in the Moon.?According to l'ratorious, the man in the moon is the Pa-j triarch Isaac, carrying the bundle of sticks! which were to be lighted to sacrifice his own body on the mountain-top. Dante believes him to be Cain, carrying a bundle of thorns, the meanest offering his lands afforded, as a present to God. In Iceland the people claim that they can see the face of Adam in J'? .%?wl l?nt nf Tm-o in tlio ohm Hie IHUUII UIIU I 114(1/ KJl 4i*V III IIIU UWM Among the Frieburgcrs there is a superstition which says that the marks and spots on the moon's face are the outlines of the traitor, Judas Iscariot, holding his hand over his face while sneezing just prior to hanging himself. This last belief accords with the old Fraukish legend which says that there i wus no spot on Luna's bright face until after the time of the crucifixion of Christ. Still , another story tells us that in the time of creation God threw an offending angel against the face of the ipoon, while another j is to the effect that the moon witnessed the j creation of Adam and Eve, and took an im-: press of their features on her surface, in-j tending to people her own land with similar i beings. When she essayed to imitate God's! works, she made nothing but a slimy ser-1 pent, which since that day has continued to J ibid and unfold its mighty coils in full view of the descendants of the God-created be-j in8"' 8?" Universal us is the use of matches and | indispcnsihlc as they seem, there are plenty | of people now living who had to get along ; without them in their early youth. Previous to 1825) the only matches in use consisted of a slender stick with a pointed end, which had been dipped into sulphur. They were lighted by touching them to a spark struck into tinder by flint and steel. In that year the "instantaneous lightbox" was invented. It consisted of a small tin box, containing a botlle, in which some sulphur-1 ic acid, with enough fibrous asbestos to soak it up and prevent it spilling out of the bottle; besides this there was a supply of small splints of wood about 2 inches long, one end j of which was coated with a chemical preparation made by mixing chlorate of potash, powdered gum arabic, the whole covered I with a little vermillion, and made into a thin paste with water. These bits of wood ] readily ignited when the coated ends were j dipped into the sulphuric acid. These were I succcded by the lucifer or loco foco math, which was fired by friction, and that in turn j by the Congrevo, which was similar to the nnrlor match now in use. Next came the i parlor match. Superstitions About Firk.?Where n fire burns upon the hearth the Germans say j lightning never strikes. In Cambridgeshire, England there is a cu-j rious belief that a tire started by a lightning stroke can only be quenched with milk. In Devonshire, ifa fire burns blue and dead, it is thought to be a forerunner of death or disaster in that house. When a Russian family moves from one i house to another, they always rake all the fire from the hearth of the old domicile, and carry it in a closed pot*to their new residence. The Sicilians say that fire will not burn u man born on St. Paul's day (January 2o), but that if a woman be burned on that day, the sore will never cease ami will eventually cause her death. In Greece, when one peasant borrows tire from another's hearth to kindle his own, the owner of the fire must accompany the borrower to his home, "to see the fire blaze," otherwise the one making the loan will have his house and goods destroyed by the devouring element. In Wales and in Cornwall, miners burn their hats upon the birth of a male child ; if a girl be born, his neighbor burns it for him. Story ok Throckmorton.?The late Gov. Throckmorton, of Texas, was once engaged in the defense of a man accused of murder. The evidence against his client, says Kate Field's Washington, was too strong to be i overcome by any plea except that of self de-1 fense ; but the man killed was in his shirt j bIppvps nt the time, and no one had seen | him with a weapon exposed. Sir. Throck-j morton at the proper juncture of affairs suddenly pulled off his coat and waistcoat and turning around so that the jury could see every side of him, inquired whether, in their judgment, he was armed or not. The answer in the negative was unanimous. With a knowing smile Mr. Throckmorton proceeded to draw from under his left arm one pistol, another from under his right, one from each of his hoots, and, finally a huge bowieknife.from under his shirt at the hack of his neck. As he laid the weapons in a row on the table he said : "You, see, gentlemen, although in my shirt sleeves, it was not safe to consider me unarmed." The counsel for the prosecution knew from that moment I that their case was gone. How It Fkkls to Br Shot Down.?One of the veterans of Post No. 35, says the Philadelphia Record, who was several times wounded in action, was asked to describe how it felt to be shot down. He replied that he had made the same request of many wounded comrades, in order to compare notes. Then he added : "The first effect of; a gunshot wound that shatters a bone, is a! sensation of satisfied anticipation, as much as to say, "Here I go," or 'Just as I expect ed,' and the wound is considered hopelessly j mortal, as a matter of course. Then, as pain ensues and a sense of dismemberment, there is a profound feeling of self-pity. This : lasts during what the surgeons call 'the first i shock,' and is the cause of that peculiar j moaning of the desperately wounded, goner- j, ally attributed to physical suffering alone,; and familiar to all who have been in battle.! After the wound is dressed or an amputation I performed, there arises in the mind a faint ! dawn of hope. If this grows into a determi- j nation to get well, the victim stands a good j chance of recovery." i Lincoln's Bkkvjty.?Two letters were once addressed to a certain corps command-1 cr of the Army of the Potomac on the eve of a forward movement, one of them written by ' fieneral Halleck, chief of the staff, and the other by President Lincoln. (Jeneral Halleek's letter contained a warning couched in Ibis fashion : "In undertaking to place your command on the opposite shore of the Rappahanoek river, you will exercise extreme caution, in affording full protection to advance, rear, and flanks, in order that the j enemy may not be encouraged to make an ittack while your forces are separated in the! ;ict of crossing." This was good advice. Lincoln gave it to the same commander in the note which he | wrote to him: but this was the form in which he expressed it: "Look out, when i'nn fhe river, that von don't bang your self up in the middle like a steer on n fence,! neither able to hook with your horns nor I kick with your hoofs." Thk Fihst Phintkk.?When Faust us had { printed off in 14(50 a number of copies of the j liible, he undertook the sale of them in Far- J s, where printing was then unknown. As ie sold his copies for 00 crowns, while the ! scribes demanded fiOO for their manuscripts, J ie created universal astonishment: but i ,vhen he produced copies as fast as they ,vere wanted, and lowered the price to 30 ; jrowns, all Paris was in agitation. The uni- j brmity of the copies greatly increased the vonder; information was given to the police j igainst him as a magician ; his lodgings being j onsequcntly searched and a great number | )f copies being found they were seized. The ed ink with which they were embellished ' vas supposed to be his blood, and it was se-! iously adjudged that he was in league with lie devil, and it is presumed that if he had j lot fled he would have shared the fate ofj hose whom the superstitious judge in those lays condemned for witchcraft. An Optical Ii.i.rsioN.?If you want a1 ;ood ending to a little party, take all the! piests into the dining room and turn out j he gas. Make them all sit around the ta-'j >le, in the middle of which place a soup date. In the soup jdatc put some common alt and a little alcohol. Light, the alcohol, ji and then look at each other's faces. They will look natural at first, but as the alcohol burns out and the salt becomes ignited the flame changes from yellow to hlue, and the ' changes in the faces arc very startling.! They all take on a ghastly look. Eyes' stick out, and the skin looks as thoughi drawn tight like parchment. Then the fa-j ces become almost black, and when the! flame dies out and you go out into a lighted j room you unconsciously try to wipe the black oil'. Hut it doesn't come. It's all the light from the salt.?Hartford l'ost. Stkkkt Lifk in Canton.?The streets of Canton are divided into sections of a few blocks each ; and each section is shut off from all the others by heavy gates, that are closed at nine o'clock in the evening. The populace is so turbulent that for many cer.tu- j ries the authorities have made it a practice to : 1. _i irny 1 .1 1.. ?aDnnc;|,|? | uuiir-fiii me jiuujjic ui unj actuun iwpwiuiv for any riot or tumult iu that section. The result is that people have got in the habit of regulating affairs in their section without any reference to the powers that be.- The electrician of the Canton plant had occasion to see the effect of this in an instance where a store wanted lights, but the wires could not be run, because one man objected to having a hole cut in his house for securing a pole. The man wanting lights informed his neighbors, and a delegation waited on the individual, and soon induced him to withdraw this objection. P ^ j * Win* POWDER , Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leuvening strength.?Idlest failed States tiovernnient K(H)d Ki'|>ort. itoYAl. Bakino I'owDKl'. Co., lOti Wall St., N. Y. A Gentleman Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but who now resides ii- Honolulu, writes: "For O20 years past, my wife and 1 have used Ayer'a uuir ?igor, aim wo CL53S attribute to it the dark i flgTCg hair which she and I 1 fijfcjS now have, while hundreds of our acquaint* M a! . ances, ten or a dozen Jv >,eiU S linger than we, are cither gray-headed, /r w''"e*or ^aid. w'ien ffifer asked how our hair has I ' retained its color and ' H fullness, wo reply, By HQi / /A ^ the use of Ayor's Hair "In 1868, my affianced 4-r^TL her to use Iyer's Hair Vigor, and very soon, it not only checked any further loss of hair, but .produced an entirely new growth, which has ( remained luxuriant and glossy to this day. j t I can recommend this preparation to all In j j need of a genuine hair-restorer. It is all that it Is claimed to be."?Antonio Alarrun, y Bastrop, Tex. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR i Shadowed by a' Detective j This woman is one of the mysterious and ! interesting characters in our new De- I tective Story,by Fergus Hume ) ? you are interested in unraveling mysteries you should follow the tortuous for- !, tunes of the hero of this story. We Ehall print it in Serial form. |' The Enquirer Will be Furnished to Sub- | scribers Three Months for 50 Cents. wli Atiiinnl Qfnromonf EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY For the Year Ending December 31st, 1S93. | ASSETS. < Bonds mid Mortgages (22,SOS,916.74 Real Estate,Including the Equitable Buildings and purchases under foreclosure of mortgages 23,928,724.53 United States Stocks, State Stocks, City Stocks, & other Investments 89,253,593.42 I/uins secured by Bunds and Stocks (Market vulue, $9,449,241) 8,934,4(21.33 iteiil Kstute outside the Stat* of New York, Including purchases under foreclosure - 14,396,857.64 ' Cash In Bank und In transit (since received and Invested) 6,294,463.13 Interest and Bents due and uccrued, Deferred Premiums und other Securities 6.439.378.11 , Total Assets December 31,1893 $169,056,396.90 LIABILITIES. 1 Reserve on all existing Policies (4 per cent. Stundurd) and ull other liabilities $136,689,646,57 Total Undivided Surplus (4 per ct. t: Standard), including Special Re- ' ., serve of $2,500,000 towards establishment of a 3 perct. vuluutlon .. 32,366,750.33 $169,056,396.90 I We certify to the correctness of the above culcu;ution of the reserve und surplus. From this surplus the usuul dividends will be made. Quo. W. PmLLies, J. G. Van Cise. Actuuries. INCOME. < Premiums $35,537,369.59 Interest, Rents, etc 6,485,235.96 $42,022,605.56 DISBURSEMENTS. Claims by Death and Matured Endowments $10,761,402.80 Dividends, Surrender Values, Annuities & Discounted Endowments 6,888,912.63 Total Paid Policy-Uolders $17,650^315.43 Commissions, Advertising, Postuge and Exchange 4,615,745.29 General Expenses, (State, County aud City Tuxes 3,089,438,08 $'35,355.498-80 New Assurance written In 1893 $205,280,227.00 Total Outstamllng Assurance... 932,532,577.00 W. J. RODDEY, Rock Hill. S. C. ? \\ "THE COURT OF LAST RESORT." ;;; Those who have failed to get cured* elsewhere of the WHISKY, OPIUM, MORPHINE and TOBACCO HABITS and NERVOUS EXHAUSTION are invited to COHHKSrOM) 11/771 THIS kill INSTITUTE, Ij I'. (). Drawer 27, I, COLUMBIA., S. O. a N. It.?The Keeley Treatment i* lulininistereil ii South Carolina only at Columbia. for Infants " Cimtoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior tonny prescription l.nowu to me." II. A. Archer, M. I)., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N'. Y. "Tlio use of 1 Oastoria is s<i universal and i s merits so well known that it seems a work i f suitereropitiori to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." t'aiusjs Martyr, 1). I)., New York City. The Centaur ( GARRY ITtOIV RO Manufactures all kinds of S| IKON KOOFINC, KIMI'Rl) ANDCOUKtmATHDSiniNfJ, Iron Tile or Shingle, irk i'rook books. sihittkiis. AC.. |_~ ? THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS < X&r Orders received liv L. M. OKIST. I ssi. lstu. VIUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION, OF MiW YOKK. E. B. HWER, President. riie Largest Natural Premium Life Insurance Company in tlie World and the Fourth Largest of Anykind. O Life Insurance at about ONE-HALF the Usual Rates. THE PEER OF ANY LIFE INSURANCE ORGANIZATION EXISTING. STo Company Offers More Advantageous Features, or has Achieved Better Results. ITS FOUR UAR1HNAL POINTS ire Honesty, Prudence, Wisdom, Equity. () Tr' $8,71 o.ooo ['lie ('entrill Trust Company of New York, Trustee ol Its Reserve Fund. ,A,?S3S"" $19,855,000 '^ "^$281,412,000 rHK aliove .statements and figures are worthy the careful examination and consideration >f all who are interested in life insurance, and his class includes all who have any one dependmton them, whether rich or poor. Life is uncertain. Death is one of the few things that is ibsolutely certain. The continued possession of property is uncertain, and the only means that ias yet been devised whereby a person can provide with reasonable certainty for those who are lenendent on him after he is no longer present o look after their wellfare, is insurance in a well nanaged life insurance company, society or association. The growth of the MUTUAL RESERVE has surpassed that of all other organi'.rtions of the kind in the history of life insur.?twl Sf ufuiiflu Inrluv u'ithftllt ti nftAr. ITS PLAN IS THE CORRECT ONE. It furnishes (Tilt Edge protection at less than mlf the cost charged by level premium companies. It has been doing this for nearly 14 years, ind is more able to do it today than ever before, [t is growing stronger and stronger every day. Its new business for the first seven months of 1894 amounted to more than $f.'5,5o0,000, which is i gain over the same months of 180.1, of $0,749,(00. It has already paid $1,770,000 in death claims 'ince January 1, 1804. Sound, practical, business nen appreciate the Mutual Reserve. Below will ne found a statement and an opinion of the association from Mr. Cieorge L. Kiddle, of Zcno. Zkno, S. ('., June 20, 1804. I'o Whom it May Concern: I have been informed that an agent of a coram old line life insurance company trying to do business in this section, has been making an unwarranted use of my name in his efforts to induce citizens of York county to buy his high priced insurance instead of that furnished by die Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, of New York, in which he knew I was carrying a policy. He has made the statement, so I am reliably informed, that I bad dropped my policy in the Mutual Reserve and taken one in his. The statement is without a shadow of lbundaion, as I never so much as thought of such a Jiing. I took my insurance in the Mutual Ketone because its rales were less than half those barged by the old line company in which I laid been carrying a policy, and which I dropped, mil because I could not lind the slightest evidence that the Mutual Reserve was not entirely honorable, reliable and prompt in meeting its ihligalions, except the statement of old line igents, and that didn't amount to anything with inc. I have every reason to believe that my insurance is of the best quality and expect to continue to carry it. I have had the policy nearly two years, and in that time have saved $224 in premiums, notwithstanding the fact that I was three years older when I insured in the Mutual Reserve than when my policy was issued in the aid line company. I make the foregoing statements because I consider them due to the Mutual Reserve, to Sam M. and L. (Jeo. (Irist, its igents, and to any who are likely to be illflufmced by the use of my name in the connection in which the too zealous old line agents have been using it. In conclusion, 1 will say that I unreservedly endorse the Mutual Reserve, and im convinced that its insurance is the kind people should have whether rich or poor?absolute protection at the lowest possible cost. (1. L. Rmm.iv. IF YOU CONTEMPLATE Insuring your life we will be pleased to furnish vou with an estimate of cost and explain the Mutual Reserve's plan. Don't insure until you know what we have to offer. Some have done so ; hut they are now coming our way. You had better start right, ('all on lis or write for information. SAM M. A L. (JKO. Hit INT. fien'i Agents, Yorkville, S. "AM, MI1N MUST DIR." \r(>r will observe that the above quotation JL does not say, all men c.\N die, mioiit die, WAV die; but "MI'ST" die. There is no es ape. The debt M FST be paid sooner or later. It is our calling, to care for the mortal remains if loved ones who pass into the "great beyond." i. i A & . A A I'heretore, we wish to announce that we are >rejtared to perforin the services required of us, ITN 1*211 A Tj DIIt lX.'TOHS. We carry iu stock a complete line of caskets >f every style and trimming, and also cotlins of 11 gnules from the cheapest to the hest. S. T. KNEW A* CO., Hock Hill. S. C. it iias i)()(;ilm*:i) in Six MONTHS. Kxaniination of LudJGr . ?ur ''ro Insurance time to say that we ill appreciate all business given us. Every olicy written by us is absolutely correct, and arties who patronize us will not, in case of loss, e forced to either lose all or accept a eoinprolise on account of some neglect on our part to rite the policy in accordance with the insurance iws. We know our business and attend to it. S. M. A Ij. CEO. (ilt 1ST, Agents. July is -jy tf uni)i:ktaki n<;. I" AM handling a first class line of COFFINS L AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very west prices. Personal attention at all hours. 1 am prepared to repair all kinds ol Furniture t reasonable prices. J. ED JFKFEKYS. January 4 1 tt and Children. Cnxtorla cured Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Knictation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes digestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Enwi.v F. Pauper. M. D? l?r?th Street and Tth Ave., New York City. ,'ompany, 77 Mi'bkay Street, New York City. OFING COMPANY, jgg I HON' OKI-: PAINT T.<T' Semi for ('in-uliii Hiul Price List No. 7f?. IF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. TUB "WIQIIIW mm MACHINE. IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED. Shipped on Approval and Guaranteed to Give Entire Satisfaction, anil il' Not Satisfactory alter a Test of TWENTY DAYS in Your dome, the Macliine Will beTuken Rack anil , Your Money Refunded. FIXISII Kit IX OAK on O A l.XI T A X It IS f'A It A XTEElt IOII TEX VKAItS. * This Klcgant Machine Delivered. Freight Paid, at any Railroad Station Fast of the Rocky Mountains, for $23.00. THE EXQUIllKR has sent out a largo number of the best grades of Sewing Machines in the past five years, and in view of the fact ; that the busirfess has grown to such proportions as to warrant it, we have recently perfected an arrangement for the manufacture of THE ENQUIRER SEWING MACHINE, and we are now prepared to furnish them to all who 1 wish to buy a first class high grade Sewing Machine at less than half the price at which such a machine is usually sold by peddlers and dealers. A Few Facts About The Enquirer Machine. The accompanying engraving gives a correct idea of the machine. It is as near perfection as any machine on the market. Any kind of | work can be done on it that any other machine' will do. All wearing parts are case hardened steel, and are tilted so accurately that these machines are as absolutely noiseless and easy running as tine adjustment and best ine chanical skill are possible to produce. No ex-* ' > pense or time is spared to make them perfect in j every respect. The balance-wheel and many of the tine parts are nickel plated, with other parts j finely enameled and ornamented, giving it a rich appearance. The machine is fitted with the Improved Automatic Bobbin Winder. It also has a self-setting needle and self-threading cylinder shuttle. The simplicity of the automatic tensions, sewing from Xos. 40 to 100 thread without altering, recommends it not only to every beginner, but to am.. y Each machine is in perfect working order when shipped, and is accompanied with printed intructions and a complete set of tools and all . J necessary attachments, in a handsome plush lined case. The attachments are the best. unw to akt the :machine. I.iri'OHT.IXT 1M FOIt.WA riox. The price of the Machine is $2;}. We deliver it at your nearest railroad station free of freight charges, provided you live east of the Rocky Mountains. THE ENQUIRER will be sent * i free for one year to every purchaser of a machine. ; The cash must accompany the order. Send money by Express, Money Order, Registered Letter or New York Exchange. WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS. The usual warrantee by which we replace any defective part or any part that breaks or wears 'out through the fail It of the machine, except ' shuttles, needles and bobbins, goes with every Machine. After the Machine has been received, you have the privilege of returning it within TWENTY days, if not satisfactory. Is that ? . fair? NO VARIATION. I We have endeavored to say here all that we could say in a letter. There can be no change of terms. Do not ask for any variation. Machines are shipped direct from the factory, and are not ! on exhibition at our olhce. We know you will be i pleased with the machine when you get it, and you know if it shoitld happen to be unsatisfactory, you can send it back within TWENTY DAVs and get your $2.1.00. Address LEWIS M. OIUST, Yorkvillc, S. C. finnnmn n I 1TD TIllTnfn II O n I IT U ft I H mm Jii mm 11. num. Schedules in Effect from and After .Inly 22, 1X94. (I. W. F. Harper, President. (iOIXU NOItTII. | Noll). I No Iff). Leave Chester X 10 :i m !< <X) a in Leave Lowrysvillc 8 58 u in H 55 n hi . Leave MeCoiiiiellsvillc X 5<i n in 10 (X) u m U-uvc (luthricsvllle ! ixi u in It) 15 u in Leave Yorkvllie ? 2? a in 111 45 a in Leave Clover 10 02 a in II 45 n ill Lea vi' i last on ia 10 40 a in I pin Leave Liiieointon II 47 am 2 50 inn Leave Newton 12 57 a in 4 110 pin Leave Hickory I 12 pill 0 20 pm Arrive I/onoir 2 12 pin ?00 pin (ioixii fjoiTll. I No01. | Not). 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