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|iumorou5 jgtpavtment.! Blaine's Ready Wit.?On one occasiou, j a decision which Blaine made as speaker of the house, greatly enraged a new member, who waited on Pennsylvania avenue after the house adjourned, with some frieuds, declaring that he would "have it out or fight." "You can't," said one of his friends; "nothing you can say will get the better of Blaine's good humor and politeness." "We'll see!" said the enraged man, as he caught sight of the stately figure of the speaker coming slowly toward him. He stepped forward quickly and stood across his path. "Mr. Blaiue, he said, loudly, "I don't T ft nnn nf VAtirC MlUW yuu. l txlxi uu aujuaiuiuuw v? But I take the liberty of telling you, sir, s that you are a fool and a jackass!" "Indeed !" said Blaine, mildly ; "now I wonder," regarding him thoughtfully, "what kind of a liberty you would have taken if I had been one of your intimate friends ?" and, bowing courteously, he passed on, while the companions of the congressman burst into a shout of laughter. His Most Valuable Part.?A Napoleon of finance picked out a promising town in Iowa, and decided to "built it up." He moved to the town, orgauized a number of stock companies, started a bank, deposited all the money of the companies in his own bank, and went into bankruptcy. Some of the principal sufferers went to learn whether anything could be saved from the wreck. They found him in a magnificent apartment. "I regret very much, gentlemen," said he, "but I have practically nothing left. My wife owns this house and some business property, but I have nothing. Believe me, if I could do such a thing, I would give you my body and let it be divided up among you, for there is nothing else I can do." "What's that proposition ?" asked a rather deaf old gentleman, who was standing at the back of the mournful company. "He says," explained one of the sufferers, . "that we can take his body and divide it up among us." "Well, in that case," said the deaf old gentleman, "I speak for his gall."?True Flag. Wanted to Take a Rest.?The cute sayings of the little ones are always interesting, and this one proves no exception to the rule. She wanted to take a rest. Here is a story of a little girl who is very fond of walking with her father. One day he went further than usual, and she began to grow tired. She did her best to conceal the fact, lest ' it should make her father indisposed to take her with him on future occasions. At last her lagging steps betrayed her to her father's eye. Even then, however, she parried his questions, and could not be . brought to admit her weariness, till he drew her into a trap. "Well, Lillie if you don't feel tired, tell me just how you do feel." "Oh, I'm not much tired, papa," answered the diplomatic little girl, "but I feel as if I should like to take my legs off and carry 'em for a little while." She Had Heard Enough.?"Alfred, where have you been ?" sharply asked Mrs. Billiwink, puttiug hqr night-capped head out of an upper window. "Been down to Battery I)," answered Mr. Billiwink on the porch below, speaking slowly and with care. "Just so. What's going on at Battery D?" "Why?why, you know, m'dear." "Yes, I know. What's going on at Battery D?" "Th'?th' same thing, y'know, that th' was ?" "What's going on at Battery D ?" "The Poor Feud Exposish?I mean the Fure Pude?no, the Poor Fure Expo?" "I knew it!" exclaimed Mrs. Billiwink, drawing her head in again. "You can go out in the woodshed and sleep it off." The Negro and the Horse.?There is a time for everything, and the secret of sucess in life lies in doing things at just the right minute. A veterinary surgeon had occasion to in-I struct a colored stableman how to adminis-1 ter medicine to an ailing horse. He was to get a common tin tube?a bean blower?put a dose of the mediciue in it, insert one end of the tube into the horse's mouth, and blow vigorously into the other end, and so force the medicine down the horse's throat. Half an hour afterward, the colored rnau appeared at the surgeon's office, looking very much out of sorts. "What is the matter?" inquired the doctor, with some concern. "Why, boss, dat hoss, he?he blew fust!" The "Fashion o' the Hoose."?A servant girl happened to be engaged at a farmhouse where the mistress was known to have a rather hasty temper. On the first Saturday night the girl was told to clean the boots and shoes for Sunday. Coming into the kitchen a short time afterward, the mistress, seeing that the maid had cleaned her own boots first, was so enraged that she lifted them and threw them into a tub of water which stood near. The servant made no sign, but when all j the boots were cleaned, she also lifted them and threw them iuto the tub of water. "Why, whatever possessed you to do that?" gasped her mistress, in a fury. "Oh, I just thocht it was the fashion o' the hoose," calmly replied the girl. "Rebuked.?At an excited political meeting a Mr. Hay was called upon to move a resolution. This gentleman did not suit the tastes of the noisy ones, and they drowned his voice with their tumult. The chairman vainly tried to restore order. At last, getting exasperated, he shouted at the top of his voice: "I have only one word to say. Will you hear Mr. Hay?" "No!" yelled the disturbers. "Then all I have to say is this is the first instance on record of jackasses refusing hay !" Man.?The following is an extract from a real composition written by a small boy in New Jersey. The subject given by the teacher was the extensive one of "Man." Here is what the small boy wrote: "Man is a wonderful animal. He has eyes, ears and mouth. His ears are mostly for catching cold in and having the earache. The nose is to get sniffles with. A man's body is split bill 1-way up, and be walks on the split ends." A Brave Girl.?"Do you think your sister likes me, Tommy?" "Yes. She stood up for you at dinner." "Stood up for me? Was anybody saying anything against me?" "No, nothing much. Father said he thought you were rather an ass, hut sis got up and said you weren't and told father lie ought to know better than to judge a man by his looks."?London Tit-Bits. ? Information at First Hand.?A schoolmaster thus delivered himsel,: "If a carpenter wants to cover a roof 15 feet wide by 30 broad with boards [ ? feet broad by 12 long, how many boards will he need ?" The new boy took up his hat and made for the door. "Where are you going?" asked the master. "To find a carpenter," replied the boy. "He ought to know that better than any of us fellers." A Frenchman was teaching in a large school where he had a reputation among the pupils for making some queer mistakes. One day he was taking a class which was .t ___ j; 1...a.. uri. ,u? ratner disorderly. >> uai nuu mc utiu auu the troublsome hoys, lie was very snappish. Having punished several hoys, and sent one to the bottom of the form, he at last shouted out in a passion, "Ze whole class go to ze bottom." 1ST "Shall I have to get married when I grow up?" asked little Flossie, one day, of her mother. "Just as you please, dear," answered her mother, with a smile. "Most women do, however." "Yes, I suppose so," continued the little girl, musingly, "and I guess I'd better start right in and hustle for a husband now. They say that Aunt Jane has been at it for 20years, and hasn't caught on yet." &&T "I feel very anxious about my daughter, doctor. "What arc her symptoms?" "She isn't able to endure anything. This morning she was all worn out after a little run of lo miles on her wheel." ^'aijsidf (fiathrvinfls. 1 BaT" A good bicvcle can bo bought in Paris for $15. 8&* God's promise is more sure than man's performance. 6?" It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. i Sixteen gallons per head is the eouti- 1 try's allowance of beer. fifa?" Trouble always runs to meet the man who goes out to hunt it. 8?" The taxes paid annually by Americans : amount to $G30,000,000. 8?" There is nothing more cowardly than being afraid of the truth. ffar" i ne average amuuui ui uew m uu^uum ; is equal to five inches of rain. 8ST The most dangerous hole in a man's; pocket is the one at the top. 8&" In New Jersey and Connecticut hoys j may wed at 14 and girls at 12. 8^* Read not books alone, but men ; and I chiefly be careful to read thyself. &8r It is impossible for some people to look | pious without their Sunday clothes. 8?" Paper is beginning to crowd out rubber as the material for bicycle tires. 8?? Man or woman has no natural gift more captivating than a sweet smile. 86?" In France, typhoid fever patients are given five to six quarts of water a day. 8ST A house well built of first-class brick will outlast one constructed of granite. BSaT Three precious things that many throw away?Time, money and health. BSf How easy it is to blame some people for doing things we scarcely notice in others. 8ST" One man by the aid of improved machinery can make G,000 tin cans in a day. BST" There is a big difference between an unapproachable and an irreproachable man. 8SF* On the day when we have not done a little good wo have done a great deal of mischief. BST No man can walk far with God who does not keep step with everything that is good. 8?? A wide-spreading, hopeful disposition is your own true umbrella in this vale of tears. B6F At the bottom of the deep sens the water is only a few degrees above freezing noint. JT aSTOld putty on window panes may he removed by passing a red hot poker slowly over it. 8SF" Every civilized nation of the world, even China and Japan," now has*a, weather bureau. B?r"When you pray for the Lord to bless other people, don't insist that it be done your way. 8?* It would seem as though there were some things that the devil might learn from a hypocrite. A person "to busy" to take care of his health is like a workman too busy to sharpen his tools. SST You will not go to heaven when you die unless you get more than half-way there while you live. 8?* The Queen of Siam has the smallest foot of any titled person in the world. She wears 1J in boots. W3T Someone says that liquor strengthens the voice. This is a mistake; it only makes the breath strong. S6T Adversity is the trial of principle; without it a man hardly knows whether be is an honest mau or not. 8ST 'Tis said that drugstores in Massachusetts have increased in number from 1,400 to 2,500 in two years. CST Pat's objection to the bicycle. "Begorra! whin I walk, I prefer to have my | feet on the ground." fiST" The original copy of the Declaration of j Independence has faded so that it is scarcely more than a blank. ttay The shake a politician gives you before election differs from the one you receive after the votes are cast. 8?" In the University of Paris 155 women are eurolled as medical students, seven in science, and three in law. 8?" Autelopes, like buffaloes, are becoming j scarce in Texas. A few years ago they i gra-zed the prairies in vast herds. 8?* The roar of Niagara has been phono-1 graphed, and may be heard in any part of America for a small fee. SOT A severe paroxysm of coughing may be often arrested by a tablcspoonful of glycerine in a wine glass of hot milk. &3P When it is too cold not to have a lire iu the stove, and too warm to have one, the safest thing is to have one, anyway. BfiT The gate receipts must be small at the heavenly portals. Nobody can take his money with him when he starts out for Paradise. fiST The Hygienic cougress at Buda-Perth brought out the fact that there are four times as n.any men who stammer as there are women so afflicted ?aT Only a few years ago the Shah of Per- j sia had a peculating governor, guilty of j stealing the royal taxes, boiled to death in a j closed caldron of water. Woman's devotion is undying, but an j unreliable statistician estimates that a period i of 20 months will cover the average widowhood of women under 35. The cross mark instead of a signature ! did not originate in ignorance. It was; always appended to signatures in medkeval< times as an attestation of good faith. fiSTMake no man your idol ; for the best j man must have faults, and his faults will ; usually become yours in addition to your | own. This is as true in art as in morals. 8ST Two men knocked down and robbed a i third on a street in New York one night1 recently, and then, being conscious-stricken, i went to the nearest station house and con-, fessed. JSaT'In China they tie a red cord around a baby's wrists, so that it may grow up quiet i and obedient. Should a child turn out bad, they say "His parents forgot to bind his wrists." ffa?" Rosseau used to say "that to write a good love-letter you ought to begin without I knowing what you mean to say, and to ! finish without knowing what you have written." "What's the outlook for a newspaper I in this town?" "First class. We've got a i i map of a railroad, six candidates for post! master, an' it ain't 10 miles to where the ! circus shows." I 8fc*TAqueer fellow, Dickens: "Dis feller j | Dickons must be a queer customer, satu : Raggles. "I see him advertisin' in all tie! bookshops 'Dickens works fer one dollar.' j I wouldn't work fer ten." j "I am told," said the caller, "that yourj husband is engaged in a work of profane his-; lory," "Yes," replied the author's wife; "it certainly sounded that way when I heard ! him correcting the proofs." lie knew it was true: "What do you think of the idea of Dr. Faure, of Paris, that the odor of flowers has a pernicious effect on ! the human voice?" "It's quite true. I ' gave a young lady a bouquet the other day, I and you ought to have heard my wife go on about it." 8?a!r Read the Bible when you are fresh and 'wide awake; when the brain is clear, and j you are not pressed for time. Read it as the only book on earth that has dropped down from heaven as your dictionary for life and i your guide to immortality, and it will become ] a new book to you altogether. : $3?" "We trust the Lord is on our side, Mr. j Lincoln," said the speaker of a delegation of Christian men to that good man, during one ! of the darkest days of the Civil War. "I do j not regard that so essential as something | else," replied Mr. Lincoln. The pious visitors looked horrorstruek until the president added, ;iI am most concerned to know that we are on the Lord's side." ! fisSTAn exeliange aptly remarks that when you see a youth who will do any sort of I work, no matter how menial it may he, j rather than be idle, you can make up your ; mind that that fellow amounts to something, j The young man who would starve before he , would do anything heneath what he coiij eeives to he his dignity is not made of j the right stulf to cut much of a figure in | the world. j fikaT' The church at West Deer Isle. Me., started from a hen's egg. The people had long felt the need of a church edifice, and finally a meeting of those interested was called to consider the question of ways and means. One of the party?a lady?brought a lien's egg as a contribution, that being the only donation in that gathering. The gift was accepted, other donations followed, and the church was built. Miscellaneous Heading. AMERICA 100 YEARS AtiO. Every gentleman wore a queue and powdered his hair. Imprisonment for debt was a common practice. There was not a public library in the United States. Almost all the furniture was imported from England. An old copper mine in Connecticut was used as a prison. There was only one hat factory, and that made cocked hats. A day laborer considered himself well paid with two shillings a day. Crockery plates were objected to because they dulled the knives. A man wnojeereu at me preaener or criticised the sermon was fined. Virginia contained a fifth of the whole population of the country. A gentleman bowing to a lady always scraped his foot on the ground. Two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and Boston. Beef, pork, salt fish, potatoes and hominy were the staple diet all the year round. Buttons were scarce and expensive, and the trousers were fastened with pegs or laces. There were no manufactures in this country, and every housewife raised her own own flax and made her own linen. The church collection was taken in a hag at the end of a pole, with a bell attached to arouse sleepy contributors. Leather breeches, a checked shirt, a red flannel jacket, and a cocked hat formed the dress of an artisan. When a man had enough tea he placed his spoon across his cup to indicate that he wanted no more. A new arrival in a jail was set upon by his fellow prisoners and robbed of everthing he had.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Effects of the Opium Haijit.?One of the most distressing phases of the drug habit is its effects on the moral sense of its victim. Investigators are authority for the statement that women?and of course men as well?are absolutely untruthful, even regarding the most trivial affairs, when they have acquired the habit. In this particular, opium is much more to be dreaded than liquor. The intensity of the craving is more horrible to witness, as is shown in a recent instance. A woman was arrested on some minor charge and locked up. She sent for a friend to bring her her accustomed dose of opium. Instead of removing the cork, which would have taken but an instant, she clutched the bottle tightly between her hands, and tossed broken glass and powder into her mouth ; and then her calmness returned. Those who know coufirmed opium eaters believe that they would walk barefooted over live coals for the sake of appeasing their craving. So saturated does the body become after years of opium-eating that its crystals exude through the skin and about the joints. Those who use the hypodermic needle arc enabled to take much larger quantities than by swallowing the powder. The desire for any of these drugs and also for liquor is periodical, and the scientfio cure, which lias proved so successful, combats this regular swing of the nervous pendulum by rythmical treatment. Drink Sufficient Water.?"A reason," says a physician, "why I prescribe one of the mineral waters for my patients, and have them take it daily in considerable quantities, is simply to give them sufficient water. It is an error committed by many otherwise sensible and intelligent persons that drinking much water interferes with the digestion. One of those persons said to me lately: " 'I rarely drink a swallow of water; a cup of coffee with my breakfast, a cup of tea or chocolate with my luncheon, and an after-dinner cup of coffee again with my dinner, that is practically all the liquid I take,' (this with an air of conscious rectitude). "To begin with, tea, coffee, chocolate, or beer, wine, and the'like, tire not substitutes for water, which is one of the most important of all substances required for the nourishment of the body. Don't drain a halfpint glass of iced water just as you set down to eat; that is palpably injurious; but do have a biir class of water that has been boiled and cooled brought to you on waking, and by the time the bath and toilet have been accomplished and breakfast is to be taken, the water will not be an interfering agent. About three pints of water a day should be regularly taken; fully this is needed by the system." An Animal's Point of Vision.?One notable difference between man and the fourfooted animals which has often occurcd to me, is in the eye, and the great perfection, or rather supremacy of the sense of sight in the human species. All the animals?the dog, the fox, wolf, deer, cow, horse, etc.,? depend mainly upon the sense of hearing and smell. Almost their entire powers of discrimination are confined to these two senses. The dog picks his master out of the crowd by smell, and the cow her calf out of the herd. Sight is only part recognition. The question can only lie settled beyond all doubt by the aid of the nose. The fox, alert and cunning as he is will pass within a few yards of the hunter and not know him from a stump. A squirrel will run across your lap and a marmot between your feet if you are motionless. When a herd of cattle sec an object they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and the horse is cured of his fright of the robe or meal bag or other object as soon as he can he induced to smell it. There is a great deal of speculation in the eye of an animal, but very little science. Then you cannot catch an animal's eye; he looks at you, but not into your eye. The dog directs his gaze toward your face; but for aught you can tell it centers upon your mouth or nose. The same with your horse or cow. Their eye is vague and indifferent. Tub PiLiiRiM Fatiikks.?Here is a true list of the passengers who landed at Plymouth 274 years ago last December from the "Mayflower." They are alphabetically arranged as follows : Isaac Allcrton, John Alden, John Allerton, William Bradford, William Brewster, John Biliington, Peter Brown, Richard Bitterage, John Carver, Francis Cook, James Chilton, John Crakston. Richard Clarke, Edward Dotey, Francis Eaton, Thomas English, Samuel Fuller, Edward Fuller, Moses Fletcher, John Goodinan, Richard Gardiner, John llowland, LMtomol T oiefoe rlnucfn. ntl'UKlCU ilU|>Mll9, liUU (Ull IA IOIVI , pher Martin, William Mullins, Edmund Margeson, Degony Priest, Thomas Rogers, John Rigdale, Captain Miles Staudish, George Soule, Edward Tilly, John Tilly, Thomas Tinker, John Turner, Ed Winslow, William White, Richard Warren, Thomas Williams, Gilbert Winslow. Servants: Carter, Coper, Ely, Holbeek, Hoekc, Langcmore, Lathan, Minter, Moore, Power, Samson, Story, Thompson, Trevore, Wilder. Tut-: Locai. Pai'KK.?The hoy or girl who is a regular newspaper leader will grow up to intelligence, and will use good language, both in speaking and writing, even with a limited education. It is news, science, literature, grammar, history, geography and spelling combined. Sometimes it is a little hard to get the children interested in newspapers, hut after they once get started, their intellectual cravings areas sure as the desire for food, and it is as necessary to feed their mindsas their bodies. The local paper is the lirst to attract their attention. Incidentally they lirst read of some local event which came under their observation. Kecoming regular readers of the home press, they soon branch out into the all'airs of the world and read the general news of the day, and finally become competent to discuss matters ol interest, and are useful and intelligent citizens. Parents will do well to look after this matter and then notice the improvement in their children. J,oni; PlSTANl'K llol'sK MoVINO.?A curious case of house moving was recently witnessed in Washington : A man who owned a residence at Seattle, which cost him sTj.oou to erect, removed to olyuipia and did not have sullicient funds to build another house. He houL'ht a lot and concluded to remove the building he owned at Seattle. Kveryone laughed at him, hut he persisted. Rolling the house down to the river, heloaded it upon a scow, and it was soon at Olympia, ! a distance of about (!0 miles. Then lie had -it rolled upon his lot and, strange to say, not a timber was strained, nor even a piece | of furniture broken, although he had not I removed the contents before starting the i house upon its unusual journey. | ?he stunt Edict, j THE RUNAWAY. ? m Ail Old Engineer's Thrilling Stor] "The most dangerous run I ever made, said the old engineer, "was down the Bin Ridge, where the railway crosses the mom tain at a grade of 1 in 2(1. Throughout tl: long ascent up the ridge it winds about tl: mountain sides in spiral curves, often quil sharp, and actually in one place passes tl: same point three times at different elevation as it works upward. "Near the. top is the famous'mud cutting which has so puzzled all the railway engii eers. Soft mud is being continually force i up by the pressure of the strata on each sid< | so that a 'ballast train' and gang of laborei | are constantly required to keep the true clear. For tins service me company nas u sometime employed State convicts. "I was at this time in charge of the 'haul engine, which assists the train to climb tli mountain grade, and on the eventful day had pushed up the morning mineral train i usual, and gone into a siding to allow tli early passenger train to pass on its way I Ashevillc. "From this elevated situation a wide vie is open down the mountains, and already tli smoke from the passenger train could I seen in the distance as it slowly ascended tli spiral grades up the side of the main ridgi "Meanwhile the ballast train, with itsgan of men, was still on the main line, and tli convicts were busily engaged in throwing tli soft mud upon the wagons. The enginet had for some cause left his post for a fe minutes, when one of the convicts, unobserve by the guards, stealthily withdrew the couj ling pin behind the tender. The fircma was near the cylinders, oiling the gearing. "Seizing his chance, the convict sudden! sprang upon the engine from the opposil side, and before cither of the guards realize what was happening, he had pulled the thro tie valve wide open. In an instant the ei gine was moving olf radidly under a fu head of steam. "The fireman's shout was the first intinn tion that anything was really wrong. Tl guards realized it when too late. Bang Bang! went the rifles all around, but tl bullets were too tardy for the dcsperal Vogue, lie ducked nimbly down behind tl tender, and the balls rattled harmless! against the sides of the engine. "Had they hit or killed the reckless fug live the condition of affairs would not Inn been improved, for the locomotive was put ingaway and rattling down the mountni side toward the approaching train. Evidcn ly the convict intended to jump off when i a safe distance, and escape during the confi sion of the wreck. The heavy ballast trai would natually crash into the other train lik a cannon ball. "The officials and guards stood staring a ter the receding engine as though pamlyzed "What indeed could they do? Then tl thought flashed to my mind. Could I gi\ chase with my own engine and catch ll runaway ? "It was the only chance to save the pa senger train from the horrors of a collisioi and, desperate as the case looked, it must 1 i taken instantly. " 'Open the switch !' I shouted, sis I thrc ! the lever over. "As my engine came up, one of the guari I scrambled on beside me, ami my Pi rem? ! jumped on as we dashed past. "In a moment we went out on the mai line, and gathering headway under full pre sure of steam. "But the ballast train had the start, an was the heavier of the two engines, thoujj mine had higher wheels. On this latter ci cumstance alone rested my chance of ove taking the ballast engine, and it seemed doubtful chance at best. It is a reckless bus ness to give an engine full steam on a (low grade. But all depended on the first fe minutes, and I bade Henry, my tirema shovel in coal with all his might. "In half a minute we were going at 30 mill an hour, which rapidly increased to 50, tin GO. "The rocky crags and ledges besido tl line Hew behind us in streaks, the trees b low seemed blended into a confused patch green as we hurried toward them. "Instinctively I closed the throttle valv for no engine can carry steam down such grade and live. Ahead was a sharp eurv We swayed around it like lightning, ai: then caugjit- sight of the forward engine, sti a long way ahead. But we were gaining? could sec we were lessening the distant Could we overtake it in time? The passei ger train could hardly he more than three < four miles away. "Catching sight of us hearing down upc i him, I saw the convict run out of the tendi and look about as if trying to sec a smool Ispot to jump on ; but the engine had a quired such a terrific speed that he wi I evidently afraid to leap. " 4'oint your rifle at him, and tell him I stop!1 I shouted to the guard; but tl: guard, terrified at the rate we were rui ning, dropped his carbine on the coal hen] land was crouching and holding on with a i his might, the most abject picture of fear I ever saw. "My fireman, Henry, was a mere slip of j boy then, but a pluckier lad never openc a lire door. Bidding him hold the leve j I caught the rifle, and getting on the tende i pointed the weapon at the scoundrel on tl i ballast engine, motioning to him at the sail I time to reverse the lever. Evidently mi, j understanding the meaning, or frightened l: I the teriflie speed, he jumped off the tendi 1 the moment he saw the rifle, and was ii stantly hurled headlong over the ledgesdown the steep mountain side. I caught glimpse of him, whirling head over heels,; | we. passed by. "He had left his engine running free, an . now I knew that I must myself stop it, if j was to be stopped at all. ; "We were gaining upon it but slowly, an ; I scarcely dared to give my engine 11101 steam. I could not tell how far down tl j passenger train was. If our high whcc would but keep lliy track ! "The engine careened from side to si< [as we darted round the sharp curve i Every moment I expected to feel it plunj, into the. gorge below, and there was no hoj i that the low wheeled ballast engine woul I leave the rails. I must catch it, or the pa j setigers would be lost. Several times opened my whistle, hoping the passeng< j engine driver would hear me now. Tl trouble was that, owing to the curves, 11 latter could not see us at all, and the ratt and roar of his own train would most pro hi bly prevent his hearing. " '(Jive it to her, Henry !' I shouted, for knew now that what we did must be "dot inside another minute and a half; and i I my desperation I determined that if tlici j must be a collision, it should be in an effo | to overtake the rinmway. The loeonioth I now scarcely touched the rails, as she bouin led forward under the fresh pressure j steam. ! "We were now within thirty yards of tl j ballast, and we could catch up to it in ha a minute more if my engine could keep tl j rails. I "At this point a cliff rose on one side the line, and the other the steep mounta i dropped abruptly into a gorge hundreds , feet below. "Looking down across the ravine, v i seemed to he literally flying in midair, i "Meanwhile, I had run forward, ready i leap upon the ballast engine the instant u came near enough. Then for an instant tl runaway disappeared, as both etigim plunged into a cloud bank that lay pile ! against the mountain side. "For a moment or two nothing wasvisibl ]>ut for the roar of the wheels as they spu 1 along the narrow shell" I should have thongl j we had jumped from the hill, and wci ; plunging down into the valley. "When, a second later, we emerged fro the fog, tin; tender of the ballast engit i was only a few feet before me. I dan ! wait no longer. Fvcn now I fancied tin 1 could hear the roar of the passenger trai from below. Measuring the distance wit .*??. I niiil ctlVlilliinr I III\ nr, I -n rJ.v;.. r, muscle fur the dangerous leap across tl intervening space, caught upon the rear < the tender, hnu^c for a moinent, then, wit 1 might and main strutted to get aboard ita feat that could not have been necoinplisl j ed had not the engines had the same reh i live speed and motion. "Truly that was a spring for life ! Not IV ; my own life merely, hut for many others o I the coming train. "Had the distance been a foot more should have missed, and been instant I ground to pieces. "It required but an instant stow to scran hie over the coal, thrust hack the lever,! reverse, and open thesand boxes. ^ "Henry had at once; done the same lor our " engine. "We had scarcely brought the two to a standstill when, puffing heavily round the, J next curve below, we saw the engine com- U J, ing unconsciously 011 to a certain destruction had we not caught the runaway just as we o o did. | tl | "It was an easy matter for the upcoming train to stop, and in half a minute more all ( p three engines were moving quietly up hill.1 0 ie Very little was said, and to this day I sup-j , pose the passengers do not know why that t( je abrupt halt was made on the mountain ,] g side, or how fearfully near they all were to ' death that forenoon. ; d . j "The body of the convict was found on , () the rocks, several hundred feet below, sol mutitlated that, but for the striped clothes,1 b _ no one could have identified it." j n i royai | \ ^AKlN*3 li POWDER ; <] Absolutely Pure. v ?' A cream of tartar lmkiiiK powder. Highest of nl' 41 11 l? IcavenliiK strength.?I-tttcst Cultcd States (Jovern- ; inent Food Itoport. " Cl UOYAI. JlAKINO I'owdkr Co., ICMi Wall St., X. Y. y i :e CLUNK'S SALE OF LAM). 1(1 I r t- State of South Carolina?County of York. I 1- IX TIIK COl'itT OK COMMON I'l.KAH. j 1 II X>Y virtue of a decree of foreclosure made in 0 JL> the case of A. II. Pollock, plaintilf, against ^ . A.J. Hnskey, defendant, I will expose to public .. stile in front of YORK COURT 1IOUSK DOOR, ,e on the i! FIRST MONDAY IX DKC'KMBKR, NKXT, e (Snlcsday) the following described real property, te to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land,' Ol.w.l.ot .i,.-rr ? (' .111/1 Sttlltn y aforesaid, bounded S. VV. and X. VV. by lands! of E. II. Hridges, X. E. by Peter Byars, south j i- by lands of M rs. M. K. Deal, a part of the Allen ' Husky land, containing TEN (10) ACRES, MORE OR LESS. Tkhms ok Sauk?CASH. Purchaser to pay for all papers, t- VV. BROWN WYLIE, it Clerk of Court of Coinuion Pleas. , November 7 42 It iu CLERK'S SALE. : e. PURSUANT to the order of sale in the case of J. Milton Stewart vs. Sarah H. Paris and j I- others, passed in the court of common pleas for ] ? York county, I will sell on the FIRST MON-I ie DAY IX NEXT MONTH, DECEMBER, within the hours for sheriffs sales, in front of re York court bouse, all that tract or parcel of land , ie j (being the lands of Sarah E. Neely, deceased) I I in York county, S. C., on waters of Allison ? creek, about eleven miles, in an easterly di- j ! reetion from York court house, bounded by ! 11 >! lands now or formerly of.I, A. M. L. Stewart,! >e ! I). VV. Barron, J. S. Choat, Dr. T. R. Carothers j and others, and containing ONE HUNDRED . AND ELEVEN (111) ACRES, more or less. \ | TERMS OF SALE?Up to two hundred dollars, cash ; and the balance on a credit of twelve 1 ]s months, with interest from the day of sale, se- i .. cured by a reservation of the title. The cash I portion must be paid within twenty minutes, or I will proceed to resell on the same day. in Purchasers are to pay for papers, and will s_ have leave to pay all ol bid cash. By the terms of the order of sale, the right to re-sell on the first Monday in January, 1S1M?, is reserved, id should there be a failure to pav the credit por;h tion of bid. VV. BROWN WYLIE, ' Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. November 14 4<i .'It r a CLERK'S SALE OF LAND. ,l" State of South Carolina?County of York, n w IN TtIK COl'HT OK COMMON PI.KAS. n T>Y virtue of a decree of foreclosure, made ' JL> in the case of Martha 11. Metts, plaintiff, 1 against Lawson B. White and others, defondL'S! ants, I will expose to public side in front of .n YORK COURT HOUSE DOOR, on the FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, NEXT, ie (Salesday) the following described real property, to-wit: e" All that tract of land lving in King's Mounuf tain township, in said county and State, on; I branch waters of Clark's Fork, containing SEVENTY-FIVE (7f?) ACRES, MORE OR LESS. ' A more particular description may be had by !l reference to deed from Moses T. Paris to Lawe. I son B. White, deed book Co, page 407. 1 .. /.vn II i , t.1 filk'II 1(1 | TKRM.N OK iSAI.K?W.MVU.ilil' vann. ii.uj]|! ance on a credit ol" twelve months, with interest j j on credit portion from day of sale, secured by | bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the e. premises sold. Purchaser has liberty to pay all ii-! cash. I Purchaser to pay for all papers. 31 ! W. BROWN WYLIK, ('lerk of Court of Common Pleas, m November 7 45 .'It -1' ~ CI.KRK'S SALK. OF LAND. c- j State of South Carolina?County of York. IS | IN THK COt'KT OK COMMON I'l.KAS. BY virtue of a decree of foreclosure made in thccaseofW. E. Adams, Executor, vs. John | and James Norland, I will'expose to public sale, ltJ in front of YORK COURT HOUSE DOOR, i- on the pj FIRST MONDAY IN DEC EM HEP, NEXT, || (Salosday,) the following described real property, j | to wit: 1st. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situated in the County of \ ork, State aforesaid, j a on public road from Yorkvilleto Kutherfordton, ,(] bounded by lands of James Smith, < ioorgc Wilson, known as the Homestead of Daniel Niclir> ols, deceased, containing NINETY-FIVE (S>5) l', ACRES, more or less. lu 2nd. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land ! situated in the county of York, in the State I aforesaid, being the tract of land on which the s" | defendant, John Norland resides, bounded by >y ; lands of John Norland, Meek Whitesides, ... i Robert Whitesides and others, containing SEVENTY-FIVE (75) ACRES, MORE OR LESS. l* I Tkhms ok Sai.k?ONE-HALF CASII. Hal-: ? j ance on a credit of twelve months, with interest I from day of sale, to be secured by bond of the j purchaser or purchasers and a mortgage of the j j)remises. \\ ith leave to pay entire bid in cash. Purchaser or purchasers to pay for all papers. <] | W. DROWN WYLIE, I Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. November 14 4(i .'ft d CLERK'S SALE OK LAND. c State ol'South Carolina?Count v of York. 10 IN Till-: CO TUT OK COMMON 1' J.KAS. BY virtue of a decree of foreclosure made in the ease of John Nichols, plaintiff, against ,e , A. J. Martin, et al., defendants, I will expose to s. public sale in front of YORK COURT HOUSE ,cj DOOR, on the J0! FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER, NEXT, i.i (Salesdav) the following described real property, to wit: s" j 1. A tract of land containing ONE IIUNI , DRED AND TWENTY (12(1) ACRES, more or I tl.nSa.ito r?r I l^NN, Sliuau-ll 111 I 111" WI 1 win, HI U?\ j aforesaid, hounded by lands c.f Caldwell, Fulton ' and other* ic I '.2nd. A tract of land, containing OXH lll'XlejDHKD AND TIIIHTY-SIX (I.'Mi) At'HKS, ,l. j more or less, situated in the County of York and | Stale aforesaid, and bounded by lands of Seals I and the Hauihright road, etc. Ij Tkhms of SaIjK?ONK-IIALF CASH. Dal-j ie | ance payable at twelve months, with interest I from day of sale, to be secured by a bond of the 1 i purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Pur- J I chaser to have leave to pay all cash, and must ii rt' pav for papers. ,c \V. DUOWN \VYIjIK, r , I Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. ** I November 14 4i! .'It HIGH GRADE J of! ill I !y Having ltecently Added a ,l'l to Our Job Printing Ms h Otter Our Services t< ~ First-elass Work at l" | ATTH do not claim to be hotter prepared to exeei tV t'nited States, for."flieli is not the ease. X'ord ? of OTIIHII KIltST-CHASS PKIXTKRS ; hut we i our prices are only commensurate with the materi: will compare most 1'avomhlv with New York. 1 HOOKS, LKOAL 11 LA X KS, PAM I'll MOTS, O I IjKTTKK IIKADS, KXYKLOl'KS, HILL1IKAH v TioXS, etc., will he given attention on applieati copies or more, from anyone form, will he fun lis you want printing. Call on or write to TIIK Y( t* * November 7 1"? O TAX NOTICE, 1893~'9I. dliec of the Connly Treasurer of Voi County, Youkvii.i.k, S. ('., September 15, 1N9J. ["X accordance with law, my hooks will 1 L opened on the 1.VITI DAY OF OCTOBE1 $91, for the collection of STATE, COUNT1 nd SPECIAL TAXES, for the liseal ye untnoneing Xovoinber 1st, 1S93, and endit Holier .'list, istH, and will remain open unl ic 1ST DAY OF JANUARY, 1K!?5. For the convenience of taxpayers I will a Mid at the following nlaees on the days namei At' Yorkville, on Monday, the loth day ctoher. At Sharon, on Tuesday, the ltith day of O >bcr. At J. W. Carroll's on Wednesday, the 17 ay of October. At McConnellsville, on Thursday, the IS ay of October. At Antioch, on Friday, the 19th day of Oct er. At Tirzah, on Saturday, the 20th day of Oct At Newport, on Monday, the 22nd day ictober. At Forest Hill, on Tuesday, the 28rd day ctober. At bethel, on Wednesday, the 21th day ctobcr. At Clover, on Thursday, the 25th day of 0 )her. At Hethany, on Friday, the 2<ith day of Oct or. At Clark's Fork, on Saturday, 27th day letohor. At Yorkville from Monday, the 29th day ictober, until Monday, the' 19th day of X em her. At HulValo, on Tuesday, the 2ftth day of X ember. At IS rover, on Wednesday, the 21st day T ovember. At Hlacksburpr, ??> Thursday, the 22nd, at n Friday, the 23rd days of November. At Yorkville, on Saturday, the 24th day November. At Coates's Tavern, from 12 o'clock tn., Mo ay, the 2f>lli, to 2 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, t rth day of November. At Fort Mill, on Wednesday, the 28th, ai 'hursday the 29th days of November. At Rock Hill, on Friday, the 30 th day of N ember, and on Saturday, tlio 1st day of 1) ember. At Yorkville, on Monday, the .">nl day of D ember. At Hock Hill, on Tuesday, the 4th, Wcdnc ay, the 5th, Thursday, the (ith, and until 'clock p. m., Friday, the 7th day of Deeembc At Yorkville, on* Saturday, the 8th day (ccoinber. At Hickory flrove, on Monday, the 10th, ai 'uesday, the 11th days of December. At Yorkville, from Wednesday, the 12th di f December, until Monday, December81st, 18! iclusive, alter which day the books will losed and the 15 per cent, penalty attached. H. A. D. NHKLY, County Treasurer. September 19 .'18 tf Only the Scars Remain. "Among the many testimonials which I see in regard to certain medicines performing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," writes Henry Hudson, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery Co., Philadelphia, Pa., "none impress me more than my [ | own case. Twenty years ago, at the age of 18 years, I had swellings come 011 my legs, which broke and ' became running sores. mm Ourfamflyphysiciancould |w do me no good, and it was |^ Byl feared that the bones H K KQ would be affected. At last, fl|ol Bflrny good old mother ImJ Kj urged me to try Ayer's |M E3 Sarsaparilla. I took three E3 bottles, the sores healed, 9IA Han(l 1 I,ave not hpen H troubled since. Only the -J nil scars remain, and the memory of the past, to remind mo of the good Ayer's Sarsnparllla 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 Sarsaparllla advertised In all parts of the United States, and always take pleasure in telling what good it did for me." For the cure of all diseases originating in Impure blood, the best remedy Is AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mssa. Cures others, will cure you I DoSisI I! Hit You? I! II it < * O | | The management of the J [ Equitable Life Assurance || 11 Society in the Department of J | || the'Carolinas, wishes to se- J| 11 cure a few Special Resident J | 11 Agents. Those who are fitted J | || for this work will find this J| in n vi Ann AYit'inii'txr Z ; A Ml'tJ Ujjpui lUUllJf | J | It is work, however, and those \ \ J | who succeed best in it possess J | character, mature judgment, \\ tact, perseverance, and the J! | \ respect of their community. J J J | Think this matter over care- J \ fully. There's an unusual J J \ | opening for somebody. If it fits you, it will pay you. FurJ | ther information on request. J \ 0 W.J. Roddey, Manager, <t 1 | Rock Hill, S. C. o W.L. Douglas IS THE BEST. Ft NOSQUEAKING. fi. CORDOVAN, INCH&ENAMELLED CALT .to FlNECALF&KANQAROa j.4? police, 3 soles. 2.^I.7s BoysSchoolShoes. ^Ltdongol^ SEND FOR CATALOGUE W'L' DOUGLAS , JROCKTON, MASS. Vou cnn snvc money by purchasing W. L. Ilouglns ShocM. Because, we are the largest manufacturers of advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee the value by stamping the name ana price on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom work in style, ensy fitting and wearing qualities. We have them sold cvery. where at lower prices for the value given than any other make. Take no substitute. If your dealer cannot supply you, we can. Sold by C\ AV. FREAV, Rock llill, S. ( SeptoniluT 10 .'LS .'Sin piiotoc; k a I'll v. [AM now prcparcil, at my <!AI.I,KHY, . Cleveland A venue, to take IM l< ?'!*< M i It A I'J ii the LATKST AND MOST MIPKoVl IIOTIIODS. Work finished lion*. Ten easnnalde anil striellv ('ASH. S. W. WATSON June 20 25 (iin? ^RINTiNG Pony Cylinder Job Pros ichinery, We Hereby > Those who Desire Legitimate Prices. it? JOB PHIXTIXt! than any oiliee in tl i) wo claim to do work at prices lower than tlioi ill) claim anil know it TO BK A FACT, til il used and the work executed, and our pric 'arties wishing estimates on LAW BltlKK! ATAUXJIKS, HANDBILLS, Do IX IK Hi iS, STATKMKXTS, WKDIHXO IXVIT.' ion. Orders for ojxio, 10,000, l."?,000, and 20,0 died at "special prices." ltemeniher us win tKKVILLK KNtiUUKK, Yorkville, S. ('. if -THE YORKVIL I FOR: & ]i Largest Home-Priii 1 in South th : NOW IS THE TIMI 01 J New Subscribers in Cli of to Christinas, 1894, Paper Until January i; PREMIUMS VALl o A Magnificent Bedroom Suite,1 of to the Club-maker who Ketu 1(1 Number of New Subscril of All $85 Buggy, A $75 Go 1,0 I)isk Harrow for the id ? t LIBERAL PREMIUMS FOR CLI 0WITH the issue for WEDNKSDA Y, JAN-I I'AKY 2ND, 1MK"), will commence the! 2 KOHTY-E1HNT year of the publication of r. TilK YoKKVIEEE ENOl'IKEK, during all of of which time the present proprietor has been connected with it either as publisher or proul prietor. It is safe to say that the MAIN i EE ATlr RES which have been peculiar to ny THE ENOl'IKER in the past, will remain 4, unchanged; and all reasonable efforts will be be continued in order to make it an acceptable visitor to the homes and firesides of the people within the bounds of its circulation. In brief, it is our aim to print a high-toned, clean, ? newsy, reliable family newspaper, which i can he read with pleasure and profit by every member of the household. Terms of Subscription?Postage Free. ! Single Copy, one year, $2 00 Two Copies, one year, 3 .r>0 I One Copy, two years 3 ">0 | One Copy, six months, 1 (X) | One Copy, three months, ">0 i 5 1 ** ."A ! I Ten copies, one year, J And one copy, one year, to the person making a j j club of TEN at ?1.75 for each subscriber. Payment rciiuired to lie made in advance. PREMIUMS FOR THE LARGEST CLUBS. For the TIIRJCK LARGEST CLUBS of! yearly subscribers?OLD ANT) NEW?at ?1.75; for each subscriber, we offer the three articles { mentioned below, the aggregate value of the three being $11)0.00. For the largest club?OLD AND NICW?an j ?K5 OPEN I1UGGY, manufactured by the Carolina Ihiggy company, of Yorkville, S. C. j The buggy .wo have arranged to offer as a premium for the LA IDS EST CLUB, is equal! in quality and finish to any buggy made and sold by any establishment in the United States j at the same price. It will be supplied with j either end or side bar springs as the person i entitled to it may prefer. For the SECOND LA lit JEST CLUB-OLD AND NEW?one ?75.00 (SOLD WATCH. The movement of this watch is made by the Waltham Watch company of nickel, has 15 j jewels, 4 pairs ruby jewels in gold settings, I patent regulator adjusted to heat and cold, J is value by the manufacturer at ?10, and is a j reliable time keeper. The movement will be I fitted to a Boss tilled gold ease made of 14 j carat gold, warranted to wear twenty years, j and is valued at ?.35?the watch complete being j listed by the manufacturers at ?75.00. For the THIRD LARGEST CLUB?OLD ! AND NEW?one 12-DISK LATEST IMPROVED CORBIN DISK HARROW, valued | at $30.00. The worth of this excellent farming implement is well established in York county, ana anyone who secures it will'get a valuable ? machine which may be classed as a standard article. PREMIUMS FOR OTHER CLUBS. FOR SIXTY Oil MORE NAMES. To every person who obtains and pays for SIXTY OR MORE NAMES at ?1.75 each: but who fails to secure either the buggy, gold 1 watch, or Corbin disk harrow, we will give as j compensation, one "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, or one 11-JEWEL WALTHAM WATCH in a Fahy's dust proof open faced | silver case, or a HOUSEKEEPERS SET OF I SILVER SPOONS, FORKS AND KNIVES, j etc. The sewing machine is similar in every re- j spect to the well-known and popular "Peerless." j It is of the high arm style, has four drawers, ] tinished in oak or walnut as may be preferred, is finely ornamented, is fitted with improved automatic bobbin-winder, has self-setting needle and self-threading cylinder shuttle, and all the tools and attachments required with a lirstclass sewing machine. The watch which is J here mentioned is all that is requisite for one I who wants a reliable and durable time-keeper. The housekeeper's outfit consists of SIX DESERT SPOONS, THREE TABLE SPOONS, SIX MEDIUM FORKS, ONE TWIST BUTTER KNIFE, ONE SUGAR SHELL, and j SIX MEDIUM SIZE KNIVES. These articles are manufactured by the Rogers Brothers, of Meriden, Conn. Every article in the set is of A1 quality, and plated with pure silver. Either premium would be good value at ?22.50. FOR FORTY AND LESS THAN SIXTY. j To every person who obtains and pays for j FORTY NAMES and less than sixty, and who fails to obtain one of the three leading pre-1 loinmu wo will pivc one SEVEN JEWEL I WALTIIAM WATCH, in a Fahy'sopen fare I casp, or a set oJ' ROGERS RROTlfERS' CUT! LKRY, consisting of SIX MEDIUM SIZED TARLK KNIVES and SIX FOUR TIXK FORKS, The blades of these knives arc made of the finest quality of crucible steel, finely tempered, and the handles of nicklu silver, quadrupled plated with pure silver. The pattern selectled is known as the "Siren." The watch is a reliable time-keeper, and either of the pre" iniunis olfered is worth $15.00. EOK Tit l It TY ASJ) LESS Til AS FORTY. To every person who returns and pays for a CLUR Oh THIRTY anil less than forty names, and who fails to secure one of the three leading premiums, we will give one SKV10X .) 10\ V EL OP 10X FA('E AM10RICAN STANDARD WATCII in a Fahy's dust proof silver case. Or, if preferred, will give a set of HALF DOZEN TEA SPOONS, HALF DOZEN TA RLE SPOONS and ONE PUTTER KNIFE of Rogers brothers' "Siren" | pattern. These spoons and butter knife, are j made of nickle silver and plated with pure silver. Either of the premiums olfered is worth 1 at least $10.00. ion TW EST Y A SI) LESS Til AS T1111CTY. To every person who returns and pays for la club of TWENTY and less than thirty j names, and who fails to secure any other premium, we will give a copy of the THE ENQUIRER for one vear, and a copy for one! vear of anv WEEKLY NEWSPAPER or! MONTHLY MAGAZINE published in the: United Stales, the publication to be selected j I by the person entitled to receive it. EOlt TES A SI) LESS Til AS TUESTY. j To every person who returns and pays for , a CLUR*OF TEN and less than twenty - | names, and who fails to secure any other premium, we will furnish THE ENQUIRER ? j for one year, or one GRAVY LADLE of the "Siren" pattern, made of nickel silver and ' on ; _ _ , t Ij??rs' Our Propositions are open t nsi For further information, address LEWIS 31. GH ! ????????????? "I CiARRY IRON RO< Manufactures all kinds of a IRON ROOFING, 9 j ('III M I'HIl AND COKItCOATKI) SI 1)1 NO. Iron Tile or Shingle, ! KIIIK I'KOOK HOOKS, SIIUTTKKS, AC., j THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 .^' Orders roooivod by Ij. M. GRIST. THE LADIES DELIGHT 10! well to look into the niorits of tin* "Ladies' .^j Delight or HOSTOX MKAl'TY." Sontl for catalogue and prices to A. M. GRIST, J York ville, S. 110 l'OH CYt l.OM:, I'llti: ?>lt A C'C'Il)HXT >n TNsrHANCK, you will always liiul it to your 1 iutorost to consult S. M. A I.. <!! :*). GRIST. LE ENQUIRER 18351 ited County Paper Carolina! ? m ino^niDF f 1 I U OUDOVRIDb ; ubs Received Previous Furnished With the y 1, 1896, for $1.75. [JED AT $265.00. Valued at 875, Will Be Awarded rns and Pays for the Largest >ers by March 14, 1895. Id Watch and a Corbin Three Largest Clubs. IBS OF THREE AND UPWARD. plated with pure silver, anil valued at $2.00. I'OIC SIX AX It I.ESS Til.IX TKX. To every person who returns and pays for a elul) of SIX and less than ton names, and who fails to secure any other premium, we will give a CHILD'S TABLE SET, including a knife, fork and spoon, made of the host materials and plated with pure silver. Valued at $1.50 IOII THREE AMI LESS Til.IX SIX. To every person who returns and pays for a CLUB OF THREE and less than six names, and who fails to secure any other prentium, we will give a handsome "Siren" BUTTER KNIFE, made of nicklc silver and plated with pure silver, and valued at $1. A PREMIUM FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.' To the person who returns and pays for the largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS, at $1.7") each, between the 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1894. and 4 O'CLOCK, P. M? ON THURSDAY, THE 14TII DAY OF MARCH, 1895, we will give a suite of FINK BEDROOM OAK. FURNITURE. VALUED AT $75.00. This suite of furniture consists of three pieces, embracing a dressing case with French beveled mirror .'#>x.'18 inches; a washstand?universal toilet?with French beveled mirror$1x24inches; a bedstead 4 feet 8 inches in width and of proportionate length, and a headboard *6 feet 0 inches in height. The material of the suite is oak, quarter sawed, and finished in the best style. As an indication of its substantial character, it may be mentioned that the weight of the suite is about live hundred pounds. This splendid suite is to lie furnished by Messrs. S. T. I'KEW A CO., of Hock Ilill, and they have assured us that they will not sell a similar suite to any person for a less sum than 875. The suite of bedroom furniture is offered for the largest club of NEW SrilSCRIBERS and independent of all other premiums, and the person who "secures it, will be entitled to have his names counted in competition for either of the other premiums offered. For example: If the person who secures the bedroom suite of furniture shall have returned and paid for the largest list of names (including old and new subscribers) up to 4 o'clock p. m., on the 14th day March, 1895, such person will be entitled to the 885 buggy; if the second largest list, including those which secured the bedroom suit, will be entitled to the 875 watch ; if the third largest, the Corbin disk harrow. If it is 4'ound on the 14th of March, 181)5, that the person who secured the suite of furniture ilmsa sufficient number of names to be entitled to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, twenty, ten, seven, or three names, and has failed to secure either the buggy, gold watch or harrow, offered for clubs of old and new subscriber, such person will be awarded the premium to which the number of names is entitled. Thus the person who secures the bedroom suite for the largest number of new subscribers, has also the opportunity of securing an additional premium of even greater value. In the contest for premiums ending -tSS JF0- March 12, 1894, Mr. W. H. Crook, of Fort Mill, was awarder! a 8100.00 Wilcox ?fe White Organ and a 875.00 gold watch for 40 new subscribers. ^5?f* Mr. R. T. Riggins,ofBlairsville, was pd* awarded a 890 buggy for a list of 127 fys. OLD and NEW subscribers. RENEWALS and NEW subscribers count just the same in competition for all premiums except the bedroom suite. WHO ARE NEW SUBSCRIBERS. 1. Those who have never been subscribers. 2. Those who have been subscribers, but aro not now; nor were subscribers on the 1st day of July, 1894. A change of address from one member of a family to another member of the same family I does not constitute a new sirbbscriber and will not be so considered. It is intended that each new subscriber shall be in accordance with the rules prescribed. All New Subscribers will be furnished with THE ENQUIRER from the time ?1* An Ann li?f LiiCli UitlUC IB CUtClCU VJt uiu luauuig uav, until January 1,1896, for $1.75. ooivi>iTiorsTs. TWO SIX MONTHS' SUBSCRIBERS at $1 each, will bo considered the equivalent of one yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A subscription paid for two or more years in advance at 81.75 will be counted as one name for each year so paid. Club-makers will be held personally responsible fo? the payment of all names returned by them. After a club-maker has returned and paid for any name, lie can, at anytime thereafter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom he has paid, and transfer the unexpired time to any other person, provided the person to whom the transfer is desired was not a subscriber at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid ; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by the club-maker. Persons who commence making clubs will not be permitted to transfer their club to another club-maker's list after the names have been entered on our books. It is not necessary that the names of a club should all be at the same postoillee. Names may be taken at any number of places. Club makers arc requested to send in names asrnpidlvas they secure them alter November 1, IttM. All subscriptions must bo forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville postoillee. In sending names, write plainly, and give postollice, county and State. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be ktuit for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice. In case of a tie for either premium, two weeks will be allowed in which to "untie." The time in which names may be returned under our propositions will commence on the 1st day ot November, IK}) I, and expire at I o'clock p. in. on Thursday,the 11th day of March, IKO.".. o Everybody. Go to Work Now! ISrI\ Yorlsville, S. C. OFING COMPANY, nun u ? i vr And C'emenl. I WTO 158 M KRW 1N ST., Clcvclnnd, <). ? % &" Send for Circular ami Price List No. 75. f ikon roofing in the world. m? rm mjM&is ho d, & CLOVER COTTON M'F'G. CO., Clover, S. C. November 7 45 ly j U\l)BKTAKIN(i. I AM handling a first class line of COFFINS ANI) CASK KTS which I will sell at the very , lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. * I am prepared to repair all kinds ol Furniture at reasonable prices. J. KI) JKFFEHYS. DWI.I.UNO HOI/SMS FOR It 1>? N'T. rriWO SMALL DWKLLINO IIOFSFS FOR I UK NT. Apply to L. M. OR 1ST.