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W gfanwroMS |lq)artweut. i J Saying too Much.?A person on trial is! very fortunate in having friends, who will testify in his behalf; but there is such a thing assaying too much. "Were you acquainted with the murdered man?" asked the prosecutiug attorney of a colored witness for the defense in a murder case in Texas. The williugness of the witness to say all he could in the behalf of the murderer was very apparent. "I know'd him. He was de honestest?" "Never mind about his honesty. You say you knew him ?" "Yes, sir. I'se proud to say I nebber knowed sich a noble?" "Nobody asked you about that. What was the condition of his health ? Was he not in robust health?" "No, sail; lie was de feeblest nigger I ebber seed." "He was killed by the accused, was lie not." "I can't say so [sail. My idea am dat lie was in such bad health dat, even if he hadn't been killed when he was, he would hub died in that berry day, sir." ? ? TT,-. AT * ots.vt A ? r?o el 5 r?cr IULI XI 1I> lUAlvil.?nu iiiouuidii vuu olarney to the queen's taste, and it takes a smart one to get the best of him ; but when he meets one of his own countrymen, he often meets his match. A young Irishmnn in want of a five-pound note wrote to his uncle as follows : "Dear Uncle?If you seo how I blush for shame whilo I am writing, you would pity me. Do you know why? Because I have to ask you for a few pounds, and do not know how to express myself. It is impossible for me to tell you. I prefer to die. "I send you this by messenger, who will wait for an answer. Believe me, my dearest uncle, your most obedient ami affectionate nephew, "P. S.?Overcome with shame for what I have written, I have been running after the messenger in order to take the letter from him; but I cannot catch him up. Heaven grant that something may happen to'stop him, or that my letter may get lost." The uncle was naturally touched ; but was equal to the emergency. He replied as follows: "My Dear Jack ?Console yourself, and blush no longer. Providence has heard your prayers. Tho messenger lost your letter. Your affectionate uncle, ." A Practical Examination.?This story of a well-known bishop, which reached me the other day, seems good enough for publication, says London Truth : The bishop was one day examining a batch of deacons for priests orders. After the theoretical part of the examination, he said to them: "Gentlemen, you have passed a most excellent examination in theory ; I should now like to see you do something practical. I shall go into the next room and personate a sick man. You will come iu, one by one, , address me as a sick parishioner and say something comforting." When his lordship had retired, the candidates were in some confusion, and nobody cared to begin ; but at last a mad Irishman volunteered to be the first. He entered the study and approaching the bishop, who was lying with a woebegone air on a sofa, thus addressed him: "Oh, Anthony, Anthony! Tho dhrink again ! Shure it will be the death of ye ! Turn from your evil ways before it's too late and be a man!" This is said to be the last time that the bishop held a practical examination. BOf" "How is it, Uncle Mose, that you never married? Ain't you an admirer of the o oil ur?l. . T .L.al Wllni,a iair sex : uu, i iu u uu\.> ??uvv erbout a gal, sah." "A duel?" "Yes, sail; yeahs aiul yeahs ago. Sam Johnsing an' myse'f, we bof lubbed de same gal ; we was bofe boun' ter hab dat gal, and de bizzness climaxated in er duel wid pistils. We bofe wah er trifle narvous, sah, and de bullets went sorter wild, an' nobody was hit but a mewel in de uex' field." And did you fire again ?" "No, sah ; dat was er werrv vallyble mewel, an' we bofe got kinder skeart like. So we entered into an americable derangement." "How did you settle it?" "Sam tuck de gal, an' I 'greed to pay for the mewel. As far as lub goes, dat cured dis dog ob suckin' aigs. It wah a werry vallyble mewel." *? There is a place near Glasgow, Scotland, where a railway track runs for some distance beside the fence of a lunatic asylum. Not long ago. some workmen were busy repairing the bed of the railroad, when an inmate of tlie asylum approached one of the laborers, and, from his position on the iifner side of the inclosure, began a somewhat personal conversation : Inmate?Hard work that! Laborer?Troth an' it is. "Whit pay dae ye git?" "Sixteen bob a week." "Are ye main-it ?" "Iam, worse luck!?and have six children." A pause; then, "I'm thinking, ma man, ye're on the wrang side o' the fence." fifiyOne morning Curran's physicians observed that he seemed to "cough with more difficulty." "That is rather surprising," answered Curran, "for I have been practicing all night." While thus lying ill, Curran was visited by his friend, Father O'Leary, who also loved his joke. "I wish, O'Leary," said Curran to him, abruptly, "that you had " 1 - m nxtrt n on the Keys 01 neaven. -wny, turraii r i "Because you could let me in," said the | fastidious counsellor. "It would be much j better for you, Curran," said the good | humored priest, "if I had the keys to the : other place, because then I could let you J out." BfiT Three street boys were brought by the city missionary into a down town Sunday school, aud placed iu Mr. B?'s class. The teachers' custom was to learn the new scholars' given names, with the following result: "What is your first name?" he asked one. "Lem," was the reply. "Ah, Lemuel," corrected the teacher. "And your's, my boy?" he inquired of the next. "Sara!" yelled the urchin. "Ah, Samuel," mildly rejoined Mr. B . "And what may I call you ?" he kindly asked the third. "Ah, i Jimuel!" was the astonishing reply. A Puzzling Question.?Messrs. Cynical Sneer aud Tom Sprittlejag, two society youths, had a row in their clubrooin. The latter said very severely: "My dear friend, allow me to tell you that you are a donkey." "Well," responded Mr. Sneer, "will you kindly tell me, am I a donkey because I'm your friend, or am I your friend because I'm a donkey?" . ?ST "Women dress ridiculously," he said as he watched his wife finishing her toilet. I "It is the fashion, John," she said pleasantly.! "Fashion he hanged !" said he. "I would be ! superior to fashion if I were a wo^y^and i wear nothing hut what is usi lfiV' rl^r ' minutes lulci lie ashed her to sew a button on the hack of his coat. Evidence?A little Buffalo girl was not feeling very well and her parent suggested that she had the-chickenpox, then prevalent. Khe went, to bed lauohimr at the idea: but early next morning she went into her parents' room, looking very serious, and said : "Yes, it's chickenpox, papa. I found a feather in the bed." "Remember, boys," said the teacher, "that in the bright lexicon of youth there's no such word as fail." After a few moments a boy raised bis hand. "Well, what is it, Socrates?" asked the teacher. "1 was mere ly going to suggest replied the youngster, "that if such is the ease, it would be advisable to write to the publishers of that lexicon and call their attention to the omission." tfc&" The eldest of the three little chaps was sternly reproved by bis mother for his bad behavior. "You are the oldest, Cyrus," she said, "and you ought to be an example to Homer and Jack." "Well, I'll lie an example to Homer," said Cyrus, "but I won't be an example to both of 'em. Homer's got to be it for Jack." BbBC At a reception in Talis a traveler, who was strongly prejudiced against Jews, was talking to Rothschild oh the beauties of the Island of Tahiti, and sarcastically remarked, "There are neither hogs nor Jews there!" "Indeed!" retorted Rothschild. "Then you and I should I should go there together. We should be great curiosities." Cs?C Visitor?What bright eyes you have, my little man. You get plenty of sleep, 1 presume. Little Man?Yes'm. My mamma makes me go to bed every night at S o'clock. Visitor?So you will keep very strong and healthy? Little Man?-Xo'm. So she can mend my pants. KifafsMc #athmufj5. B&F Artificial whalebone is made of leather. Can yon spell consent in three letters'?! Y-e-s. 8&T The doctor's motto?Patients and long suffering. 8?* What God establishes is sure to stand against all opposing. 8?~ The men with plenty of fat mortgages live on the lien of the land. BfciU One's success depends very largely upon what one does not say. Many people waste time looking after things that have passed away. B6T The lazier a man is the greater things he is going to do when tomorrow comes. 86T" The cultivated lands of the United States only occupy 289 acres out ot cacn 1,000. &3T A baby was held in pawn for several ! days in New York for the payment of a debt of $35. fiST People get wisdom by experience. A man never wakes up bis second baby to see it laugh, jjfir Seven years' experience of boards of conciliation in labor troubles has proved entirely satisfactory. 8?* Out of the 17,000,000 inhabitants of Spain, 11,045,S70 are ignorant of the art of i reading and writing. 8?* A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than he I will stand to in a month. 8? A philologist vf high repute is authority for the statement that there are 72 languages spoken in Russia. I 8? There are about 100,000 islands, large and small, scattered over the oceans. America alone lias 5,500 around its coasts. SttP~ It is the Transcript that says of a certain woman that she carries her age well because she has been doing it for a long time. tar There were about 122,000 deaths in New York State* last year, making the death rate 18.75 per 1,00*0, against 19.50 in in 1893. 8? The most cautious man we ever knew was the one who was afraid to buy a lead pencil for fear the lead wouldn't reach clean through it. 8?" There is a miniature Iudian corn grown in Brazil. The ears are not larger than a little fiuger, and the grains are the size of mustard seeds. 8? A horse can travel safer and better with his head hanging down, or free, than it can when it is checked up. By all means let you horse have its head. 1?* Boys, remember that you grow older every day, and if you have bad habits, they grow older too, and the older both get, the harder they are to separate. , 8? A Philadelphia occulist who has been studying the human eye for 30 years, declares that all great men of tne past ana present had or have blue or gray eyes. 8ST" In 1858 an island in the Missouri river, at Leavenworth, contained 500 acres. Now it has spread until it comprises 1,400. A coal miue has been discovered on it. t&* The longest distance a letter can be carried within the limits of the United States is from Key West, Fla., to Ounalaska, Alaska, 6,271 miles, and all for two cents. VST Cultivated plums, of which there are now several hundred varieties, all descended from the original species, which was a native of the South Caucasian country. W3T "I would have you to kuow," said Pomponious, "that I am a self-made man." "Well," said young Rasper, "there's one thing certain, you needn't waste any money securing a patent." 86T In tearing down a house in Paris, France, recently, the workmen came across a pair of boots, in which were found bonds which had been stolen from a New York bank 21 years before. fiST One thing seems certain to every thoughtful observer of these times. Our country now claims, needs, and demands all the help that religion can give through all its agents and officers and influences. 8*3?" Some of the ranches in the West contain millions of acres of land, and are enclosed with fences that extend for miles. It takes an express traiu four hours and 15 ipinules to pass through one pasture in Texas; JSaF" A young woman of Butte, Montana, applied to a court there the other day for permission to kill her lover, who had jilted her. She thought she had a right so to do, but wanted to go about it legally and decorously. 8*^* "You say I was born in New York, papa. Where was mamma born ?" "In Hartford." "And where were you born, papa?" "In Philadelphia, dear." ."Isn't it strange that we three should have got to know eacn otner r" Ve?T When an Armenian maiden attains her 17th year, and is not engage<l to be married, she must undergo a strange punishment. She is forced to fast three days, then for 24 hours her food is salt fish, and she is not permitted to quench her thirst. According to the Saratofr (Russia) journals, there is still living in that government an ancient veteran of the first Napoleon's army, formerly Lieutenant Savin, and since 1812 known as Nicolia Alexandrovitch, who has celebrated 120 birthdays. EST The poultry and egg crop of the United States is estimated to be worth $200,000,000 annually. Startling as these figures may appear, it seems still more remarkable that, besides the above, we import between 00,000,000 and 200,000,000 dozen eggs each year. 86F" If you wish to know whether you are a Christian inquire of yourself whether, in and for the love of (Jod, you seek to make happy those about you by smiles and pleasant sayings. Are you a comfortable person to live with? Are you pleasant to have about ? EST It is told of a farmer in Ionia county, Mich., who used green willow for corner posts for his barn, that the posts have taken root and grown, and that the building is considerably higher than it was. Some limbs have also come out for him to hang his harness on. EST When four ounces of salt are dissolved in 40 ounces of water, an egg a day old will sink to the bottom, one two days will nearly reach the bottom, three days will lloat near the top, and five or more days old will project above the surface more and more as it becomes older. Sarin embalming the body of Rubenstein, it was found that his skull was abnormally thick, a fact which w'ill tend to shatter the popular belief that thick skull bones prevent brain development and tend to idiocy. Kubcnstcin's brain was, in fact,,4c?ra4~lo-tbe more than ordinarily larue. Tin* Chinese? have j H.. V i?i-uvc iluu the wai^t from melted! I hailstones is poisonous, and that the rain , that falls on certain feast days is a sure cure ! for ague and malarial fever. They once j believed that they could whip the Japanese, ! but this notion has been thrashed out of ! them. fitgr It is no exaggeration to say that there are counties in the West and South that do J not have as many inhabitants as an ordinary j | New England village. Cook county, Minn!, had less than 100 inhabitants in 1800, but it j was populous compared with Yoakum county, Texas, in which dwelt but four peo- j pie, presumably the .sherill'and his family. BsiT "Here is some money, my love," said i the husband. "I don't want .any," replied the wife. "Come, now, darling, take this $2~> and go out shopping." "Thank you, | dearest; but I really don't care to. I ! would rather stay at home and see to the | housework." Then the husband awoke and j found, as the reader has already suspected, that lie had been dreaming, i Bay"" There is a town in Arizona which oilers exceptional chances for women anxious to get married. It is a mining camp called "Bachelor's Rest," about fit) miles north of I Tucson. Although the population numbers 800, there is not a woman nor a cat in the camp, and 200 men have advertised for wives in a Tucson paper. They must be of good character and understand the duties of | the household. The richest miner oilers a dowry of $10,000. Bfcay Through a London paper it is learned that an American woman has lately received what must be termed the most original of wedding presents. It is a musical dinner service, of which each plate begins to plav a tune when put upon the table. The soup plates arc accredited with marches, as suiting the temper of the guests at that moment of solemnity ; but as dinner progresses, and the wine and courses do their enlivening work, the harmonies brighten accordingly, till at desert the covers are ringing out the maddest of polkas and gallops. ?Hc <f?w aud liitsidc. | RAISING WATER BY HYDRAULIC RAMS. Very few persons understand the method i of raising water by the use of the hydraulic ( ram, though there are many places on the farm where they can he profitably employed. The invention is an old one, and apparently comes near perpetual motion. The ram itself is a pear-shaped iron cylinder, placed in the ground at a depth sufficient to protect it from the effect of frost in winter. The spring or well which supplies the water is situated at some point above, so that there will be a fall of 1 foot for every 8 feet of perpendicular height to which the water is to be carried. For instance, if it is necessary to force water up a hill to the bouse, which stands 48 feet above the spring, the fall must be at least six feet from the spring to the ram. The horizontal distance has no effect on the calculation, and it is often carried hundreds of feet, and in some cases over 1,000. The principle on which the water is forced up is by compressed air. The water passes from the spring in a pipe, say two inches in diameter, against a cheek valve, which is lifted up hy the force of the water until it reaches a certain point, when a portion of the water is crowded by its own weight into the ram until the air is so compressed that it discharges itself into a small pip?, say half an inch in diameter, which runs up the elevation to the ham, house or wherever wanted. In well-constructed rains1 the power has been found to he about two- \ thirds of the energy of the falling water. I Wherever small quantities of water arc needed, this way of supplying the want has been found to be very convenient. The j only thing that seems to stop the working is J a failure of the water supply. Night and day, year after year, the little air engine works away, needing no rest, oil or wind,] simply water, and that in abundance. One J in Norfolk county, Massachusetts, has been in operation for many years, and is still at I work supplying the owner's bouse and barn with water. To one who has never seen its j working, it is very interesting. No visible power in sight; the little valve rises to itsi proper elevation, remains there an instant, then drops to its base of operation, only to start upward again, which is repeated continually. To Prevent Dampness in Walls.?The! following method of preventing dampness in I walls is said to give very favorable results. Two preparations arc made by dissolving castile soap in water in the proportion of| three quarters of a pound of soap to one gallon of water, and by making a solution of alum iu the proportion of one-half a pound j to four gallons of water. Both solids should be thoroughly dissolved before using. The walls to be coated should be perfectly dry and clean, and at the time of applying the preparation the temperature should not exceed 50? F. The first or soap wash should be laid on when boiling hot with a flat brush. Care should be taken to form a froth on the brickwork. This wash should j be allowed to remain 24 hours to become thoroughly' dry and hard before the second coat is applied. The alum wash should be applied in the same way except that the temperature of the solution need not be more than 00 or 70? F. Another 24 hours should elapse before the second coat of soap should be put on. After this the two preparations should be applied alternately until the walls are rendered impervious to water. The combination of alum and soap forms an insoluble compound that fills the pores of the surface and effectually excludes all moisture.?Scientific American. For a Sweet Breath.?From among a score of paragraphs on the method of relief from an offensive breath, an experienced physician selected the following : "Don't expect to have clean teeth or a sweet breath while there is a tinge of white on the tongue. It is an unmistakable evidence of indigestion. Drink sour lemonade, eat ripe fruit and green vegetables for purgatives; exercise freely, use plenty of water internally and externally, and keep up the treatment until the mouth is clean, healthy, and red. Various things are suggested to counteract an unpleasant breath resulting from a bad tootli or garlic scented dishes. (Jdi$uinmon, mint, creams, orris root, cloves mastic resin, and spruce gum will disguise some odors. Ten drops of tincture of myrrh in a glass of water will sweeten and refresh the mouth ; a teaspoonful of spirits of camphor or peppermint in the same gargle is among the very best antiseptics, and a few drops of myrrh and camphor in the water are recommended in case of cold, throat trouble, or any slight indisposition which may affect the breath. A Fine Polish For Tinware.?When the kitchen range is cleaned out, there will be found in the flue under the oven a considerable quantity of gray dust. It is not ashes exactly, nor yet soot; but a smoke deposit as near akin to lamp black as a coal fire is able to produce?soft, light, impalpable, finer than the finest flour. Not many among those who throw this into the ash bin arc probably aware that this is I lie best tiling in the world for polishing tinware, far surpassing all the prepared powders and pastes sold for that purpose. Apply it to the tin with a damp cloth, and a few strokes will produce such a luster as is on new ware, or as the engraver puts upon his zinc plates by the use of charcoal. Onion Soup for the Grip.?A woman who has been suffering with a serious case of pure grip writes that she has found the greatest relief from onion soup. A natural craving suggested it, and she found it a most nourishing and soothing food throughout the duration of the disease. "I have practically lived on it." she writes, "and here is my ex cellent receipt for it in case some housekeeper has not one: Four to six onions, cut line ; fry in butter, but do not allow them to brown. Two quarts of cold water, a bunch of parsley. Boil till soft?about two hours. Strniu, and add one quart of milk, and thicken with two tablespoon fills of cornstarch, dissolved in two of cold water, ('ook ten minutes, and just before serving add three ounces of butter. An English physicians calls attention to a means of keeping pneumonia, colds, chills, and all the ailments that cold weather brings on, at a distance. Deep and forced respiration, he says, will keep the entire body in a glow in the coldest weather, no matter how thinly one may be clad. He was himself half frozen to death one night, and began taking deep breaths, and keeping the air in his lungs as long as possible. The result was that he was thoroughly comforta-bleina few minutes. The deep respirations, rtrmntntr hlnod current by diJ reet^niuscular exertion, and cause the entire system to be pervaded with the rapidly generated heat. The House's Foot.?Rev. \V. H. II. Murray once laid down a rule in regard to trimming a horse's foot that every horseman in the world should cut out and paste in his hat. "Never," he says, "allow the knife to touch the sole of a horse's foot, nor the least bit of it to l?e pared away, because nature needs the full bulk of it, and lias amply provided for its removal at the proper time. Secondly, never allow a knife to be put to the frog, because nature never provides too much of it to answer the purpose for which the Creator designed it, and the larger it is the more swiftly, easily, and safely will the horse go." DaT It seems to be the general opinion that, in sleeping, the right side is the better of the two sides to lie upon for any length of lime, as it leaves the action of the heart free from any undue pressure which might occur to it. Especially is the right the better side, it. is thouL'ht. on first retiring at night, after the last heavy ineal of tin: day. Afterward it j may lie well to alternate, sleeping on the I side found most agreeable, the body being I allowed, finally, to seek its own position. * Adui.tkuatkd i'offke.?A small point for the housekeeper, helpless against most of the food adulteration with which she is surrounded, is that chiccory in collee may he detected by sprinkling suspected codec in a glass of cold water. The ehieeory will sink. | and the codec will lloat. Adulterated codec I when spread out, has a cracked appearance; I "ie pure looks dry, and remains loose. A Vai.uaiu.k Drink.?Cinnamon tea is roconunended by a Southern physician as a valuable drink in fevor-allectcd districts. It possesses an especial virtue against typhoid fever, and essence of cinnamon is said to he one of the best of disinfectants to use in the sickroom of a typhoid patient. ?hc J?t0Vii ?rllrv. JERISIIY'S DILEMMA, j Did I ever tell you how nigh I cum to bein' Mistress Hezekiah Wigins?he that lives over the way and is a lawyer by trade? No ! Well that's funny, for I alius love to tnlL- olinnt. ttin linvvs T had whan T was vnnnrr ****** **ww%"' - * J OI I for you know it gives me a youngish feelin' agin. I'm not an old woman now ; but you sec I was a younger woman 30 years ago. I don't think any old woman loves to remember she is old ; it's so hard to grow old becomingly, and I think all the ladies who ain't married or engaged, will back me in what I suy. Why, when the first gray hairs cum in my lied I just cried my eyes most out. But I soon remembered my eyes couldn't stand it, for they git so red and swell big I knowcd I'd look a fright, and your uncle was coming that nite, and I didn't want him to see me with red eyes and a nose like a lobster, for you talk about a woman lookin' well in teers?but I've got my fust one to see yet. Now talk about noses, I think my nose is of the puttiest kind. Old Deacon Wells says it is decided roming. Now, that's what I call nice. There's widow Marlony?she says her nose is of the haristocratic turn ; that's queer, for when I look right strait at it I think it is as an old fashioned pug, a real stumpy pug, and it looks kiuder like she tuk snufT, and both sides has a little black ring around them, for all the wurld like two little black ringed peas. I never tuk snuff but oust, and that was for the gittar in the lied. The doctor subscribed snuff?the drug man put it in?and I like to a sneezed my blasted bed off. I seed moons and stars a hole hour, j When I was a gal, I was the puttiest gal you ever sot eyes on. A rale scrumptious, j putty gal. Now all the folks in our town said so, and you know there obleeged to be good jedges. At the quillings, applebees, land kissin' plays, I always got most kisses,; gumdrops, and compliments; and when I going home time cum, there was always a scramble as to who would see me to home, j Them was the happy days ! Every gal had one bow?some had two, and some had more! That was what I call living. But in spite of all the folks sed, and all! the sweetharts I had, I didn't git stuck up [ one bit. I knowed I just had to lie down and die some day and go to nothin' but dust agin, so it tickled my wanity to be made lots of while I staid here. Among the fellows that liked me very much was Hezekiah Wigius. Hez was a I long, slim feller?for the world like a bean pole that had run up among the skies, and if a few more had run up so high, it would have loosed a few of the stars, and caused what that professor called a metre gurlic | shower. Now I don't jest know egsactly i what that means. I know we sing long and short metre, down to to the Sunday school, and garlic grows in our garden ; two queer things to go together. I don't much like Hezeki, but I didn't downright hate him ; and I wanted to keep him on hand until I found out wheather your uncle ment business or not. I ment to bring Ezra to the pint, if I could, but if I couldn't, why, then I ment to take Hez, as I had no notion of bein' an old maid. I alius managed that Ezra and Hezeki should not be to our house both the same time, for I knoed they'd be cutting at one another, and I didn't know but they'd cum to blows. So, as I sed, I managed to keep them apart, and I thot maybe Ezra would quit comin', and go to see that good for nothing Mehitabel Slack?if he knew Iliad another bow. One night Hez come when I was lookin' for Ezra. What was I to do? It would never do for Ezra to find me with Hezeki all alone, for he was mortally jealous, and I naturally liked him better than I did Hezeki Wigins. So I gave my little Cousin Bob some gumdrops to watch for him, and when he'd see him comin' up the hill to give two loud cries like the whippowill as loud as ever he could ; and I thought I'd trust myself to git rid of Hez before Ezra got to the house. I never knowed Hezeki to talk so much. He just softsoaped me till I felt like a queen. I tell you Hez has a soft way about him sometimes. Now he had brought a bundle with him, which he kept twisting and turnin'. At last he says, "Jerushy, what do you love best?" "Well, says, "to tell the truth, I love applc-sass." "Do try to guess what I brought," says he. "Boasted chestnuts," says I. "No, no; you ain't good on guessing. Try again." "A piece of your ma's raised bred," says I. "(), Lordy, Jerushy, you do be the poorest |guesserl ever did see. Now, if you don't I guess right next time, by hokey, I'll kiss you." "Oil, no, Hezeki! You wouldn't dare ! to." "Won't I. Well you jest wait and see," land that fellow had the itnperdencc to kiss j me, and me a looking right at him. I ? 1... 1 .1.,. i 1 111*11 III; upi;m:u inu mm siivnvu j mc a great Imnk of lassos candy. My, how ! my mouth did water for that lasses candy ! "Oh, He/.," says I, "how nice you are, to j briii}; me this lasses candy." "Well eat it quick ; but don't break out : your teeth, for I've somclhin' else for them : to do. Then he pulled out a great brown i paper, with six big sticks of candy, all striped red and white, jest like my red calico ! frock. Oh ! how good I did feel to Hezeki! "Why, Hez, bow thotful you do be." "Yes tolfiblc, thanky," says he. I felt his arm goin' round my waste and I knowed the next thing he'd kiss me, when j all at once I heard Hob's loud whistle of the i whippowill. "Oil, llezeki, hide !" says I, "for land | sakes hide ! Somebody's com in'. You musn't ; be seen here, all alone with mc. Hide { | somewhere, or folks will talk." I And rite inter the old safe he darted, all j among ma's best Chany dishes. Hut it was big enulF to hold him, so I jest locked him in, and not a minit too soon before in walk! ed Ezra, all dressed in bis best close. I guess I was a little flustered, for he asked me what was the matter? Was I sick or I had seen a ghost. I told him no ; jest had a | hedukc. Then lie asked me did I know how I to make it well. I told him no. Then he 'said he'd make it quit akin, so he kissed i me. U, lordy ! how dem dishes did rattle ! "What is the matter with them dishes?" [ says Ezra. "Oh, nothin'," says I, "but a mouse, I I guess after the cheese." "Poor mouse!" says he. "Well you jist i got so rosy, for ttnrr, TThink I'll have anj other," says lir, ami hi; jest got sassieranifl I me again, and them Chany dishes j did rattle 'till I I hot every one would be broke to pieces. "Tarnation take them dishes!" says Ezra. "They'll wake the old folks, and your pa'Il i be putting the dogs on me in a jifly, for you know, Jersushy, I believe your ma and pa : wants you to take that long, slim bean pole, : Hez Wigins, instill of me." "Hush, Ezra, for pity's sake hush ! What ! do you care what they want, so's you know I what I want," says I in a whisper, j "Oh ! but I'll have a big smack for that: you jest see if I don't," and he did, loo. j "(Josh!" screamed Hez, inside the safe. ; "I'll put up with one smack, or two smacks, but 1 won t siann tnrce. ' ?un mat, me old safe tottered and swayed, and ended by lumblin' in the middle of the floor. Such a clattering of broken dishes you never did hear. Ezra never did know how he got out of i the house, he was so skairt. I got out as I fast as he did, and made like 1 was as skairt I as he was. And just to think, he (hot the old safe was hunted. And I thot so, too. j ; I like never to a got Ezra back in that kitch| en, and when 1 did, marey on lis, what a sight it was, with broken Chany and glass, i Ma was there, eryin'over her best Chany. i l'a was rarin' around, like he was most ] crazy. You jest bet I never let on to pa and ma what done it. ; They wonder 'till yet what turned over i the safe, broke up the Chany dishes and ! smashed the safe door to pieces. Well, the i next mornin1, alter these awful sperienees, I got a note from Mr. Wigins, which says: "M iss Jerushy Simpson j "Jerushy: I've alius thot you'd lie my better i hat"; but that can't bo now, as I have had oiiuH' jot'you. A gal what will let two fellers kiss her j in one nite is no companion for me, You can ' liaf that old lasses candy, and that store hot eanj dy, too, and I wish you joy of that sap lied, Ezra Allen. I sine myself llK/.KICIAII WlUtNS. He went right off and marrid Mahitable Slack, the biggest gossip in town, and I took cumfurt in knowin' he ketehed it every day ; she was sieh a tartar. . SeT" A free silver man from New Hampshire ! is the sensation of the hour in the political j world. He succeeds Henry \V. Blair, and is, squarely for silver. "I am a bimetallist and ! desire free coinage. Silver is the oldest money in the world. We have mountains filled with silver and England has none. It is a question of 'corner,' and the beneficiaries of a gold basis desire to corner the money into the hands of a few. If a gold basis is ever adopted in this country there will he a crash. There was never such a j currency on God's footstool as our paper j money, and foreigners arc mightily glad to< get it. I dislike selling bonds to foreigners, j All the interest should be kept at home.! Let us stick to our silver instead of demonetizing it. I don't think there will be an extra session of congress, and don't see how Cleveland can expect to get any favorable! legislation through. To me it looks like a j crime to tax our industries for half a century to pay interest on a loan made abroad." BUT A sensational scene occurred in the AlaKn inn >sfntn uoiinln ntii? ilnv Inst. A heated debate arose over a bill authorizing the expenditure of moncyTor an inter-State encampment. Mr. Goodwin, the leading Populist senator, who is contesting RepreCobb's seat in congress, made some allusions to fraud in recent elections. Mr. Pettus, president of the senate, took up the gauntlet thrown down by Mr. Goodwin, denying the charge, and the debate grew heated. The lie was given and the two senators started toward each other; but friends rushed between just in lime to prevent blows. The scene was very exciting for a few moments, every senator being on his feet. Notwithstanding thestorin blew over without serious trouble, it has greatly widened the breach with the Populists, and trouble may yet follow. ppu mm ||pl &AKIM15 POWDER Absolutely Pure. A eream of tartar baking powder. Highest of at' in leavening strength.?Ijitest t'nited States Government Food Itc|>ort. Itovai. Hakino I'owotai Co., lOii Wall St., X. Y. D. K. FINLKY. J. S. BRICK. PINLEY & BR It' E, ATTORNEYS AT I.AAV, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will bo given prompt attention. OFFICE IN TIIE BUILDING AT T1IE REAR OF II. V. STRAUSS'S STORE. Speaks through the Bootlibay (Me.) Regiittr, o( the beneficial results lie lias received from a regular use of Ayer's Tills. He says: " I was feeling sick anil tired and my stomach seemed all out of order. I tried a number of remedies, but none seemed to give me relief until I was induced to try the old reliable Ayer's Tills. I have taken only one box. but I feel like a new man. I think theyj are the most pleasant and easy to tako of anything I ever used, being so finely sugar coated that even a child will take them. J urge upon all who are in need of a laxative to try Ayer's Tills. They will do good." For all diseases of tlic Stomach, Liver, and Dowels, take AYER'S PILLS Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mass. Every Dose Effective SUDDEN DEATH^w 1 mmu The best wearing, most Stylish, and the greatest value of any ?3.00 Men's Shoes on the continent. Best calfskin, dongola tops, solid leather soles, with all the popular toes, lasts and fastenings, and Lewis' Cork I Filled Soles. Each pair contains a paid-up Accident Insurance Policy for ?100, good for 00 days. Wear Lewis'Accident Insurance Shoes once and you will never change. The insuranco goes for "full measure." Talk with your dealer who sells Lewis' Shoes. ! For Sale lly CLOVER COTTON M'F'G. CO., Clover, S. C. November? 4.1 ly "AM, MUX MUST DIIL" "\7"<HT will observe that the above ((notation ' JL does not say, all men can die. Mtoirr die, I may die; but "MUST" die. There is no es-I cape. The debt Ml'ST be paid sooner or later, i It is our calling, to care for the mortal remains! of loved ones who pass into the "great beyond." i ! Therefore, wo wish to announce that we are prepared to perforin the services required id'us, FUMOItATi DIKIX'TOItS. i f We carry in stock a complete line ol' caskets^" fl&m'cry si vie and trimming, and also colllns of| i ?n uraifes frotn the cheapest to the best. I | "J. S. T. l'KEW A: Co., Uock I lilt. S. W. L. Douglas S3 SHOE TIT FOR AKING. CORDOVAN, Mmiii; . X FRENCH ^ENAMELLED CALF. Wk -Jc*4-83-5-0 F,NE CflLf&KANGAROa $3.sp POLICE,3 SOLES. W WORKING!^ jmi -EXTRA FINES2.$i .75 bqys'SchoolShoei send for catalogue * ^ yiPwAS/^'W- L'DOU GLAS< BROCVTOHJ^ASS. Over One Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 snoes- i ; All our shoes are equally satisfactory I They (jive the best value for the money. They equal custom shoes in style and fit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The prices are uniform,-?stamped on sole. From $i to saved over other makes. If your dealer cannot supply you we can. Sold by II. C. STRAUSS, Yorkville, S. C. J. ,J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. l'Vliniiiry'? i! 17t \vn i< i: i?hi> i . vr The <<> vii n i: n't a i.. i?i:i,\>vaki:, , -'' -FT ' Com panics, 000^ A nko,?, j motto of the HKIiAWAlIK, arc jtst, nto.Mi'T i anl? ckhtaix. Their rates are as low as those j of any reliahle eonipany, and they never try to shrink from their obligations. We solicit your business and pledge our best and most eourteI oits attention. SAM M. A I.. tlKO. UKIST. JjJI These Two Men bad a bet. What It was w? would lift you, only we do not want to ddd to the loser's mlsfortuno. If you look ai the picture you will tee that he has all that he can tyw up under now. It was but yesterday tnatlhls men wge an object of envy and wonder. His was a well Stored mind In a bolled-shlrted bodv?you know lots of fellows like him. He knew everything. almost, from the time that man was a protoplasm till the hour that Baby Esther Cleveland got her last new tooth. He answered questions In B. C. History with an off-hand "for-goodness-sake-don't-you-know? that" air that was as biting as a northern < blast to less favored mortals. 1 So the boys in the store Where he worked I put up a |ob on him. All of them read Thp btatc regularly and one day u special annuunccuui.. >uggestca a great *>...?.me to them. Tltcy saw within their reach a source ( of Information that would give them a WlhoDe Amy of Facts Whero their "know-lt-all" friend had only aa i "awkward squad." They secured It and then that Innocent-looking chap you see la the barrow got Into a discussion In history with the man with the mind. Soon the latter was terribly shocked to heir | these awful wards come from the far and rosy face before I m: "Old man . think you are wrong." A: once a b :t was made. The man with tha [ pind lost of course for his fat friend had primed hlnr.s' f for the contest from the new up-to-date L..cyclopaedia Brltennlca. a set of v/hich the boys had purchased. The bet waf paid the following day, Just as you see It In (he picture. i Oils Tab Has a Moral which tnoss who work In stores, manufactories till offices, will sec without a telescope. The Encyclopedia Britannlca In your homa will keep you from playing horse while your eelghbor rides, and It will cost you only to (4 us a day to procure It If you will write lot terms and sample pages to THE STATE, Columbia, S. C, 01 RIVER AID CHARLESTON 1. if SAML'EL HUNT, General Manager. TIME TABLE of the Ohio Ilivcr and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Saturday, December 1st, 1.SD4, at 7.4f> a. in. STANDARD EASTERN TIME, dot NO NORTH. | No. St. I No. ID. Dally Monday Except We'ns'd'y ; Sunday. Friday. Leave Camden 1 00 pnt 7 15 am Leave Kershaw *2 00 pm X40am Leave I.minister 2 40 pm 0 50 am Iieavc Catawba Junction II 15 pin 11 32 am Leave Leslies H 24 pm 11 52 am Leave Rock Hill 3 44 pm 140 pm Leave Newport 3 511 pm 2 10 pm Leave 'l'lr/ah 4 05 pm 2 25 pm Leave Yorkville 4 20 pm 3 05 pm Leave Sharon 1 35 pm 3 30 pm Leave Hickory Grove I 50 pm 3 55 pm Iieavc Smyrna 5 03 pin 4 12 pm Arrive nt Hlacksburg 5 25 pin 4 10 pin No. 11. | _ Leave ltlacksburg X 45 atu Leave Earls 0 05 am Leave Patterson Springs 0 15 am Leave Shelby ii 40 am Leave Mooresboro 10 21 am Leave Henrietta 10 45 am iii'uvcriiraii i/Hj i< ........ I .cave Kutherfnrdton 11 10 am Arrive at Marion 1 15 pin. ? Dinner. coini; soirrif. No. 32. | No. .11. Daily Tuesday F.xeept Thursday Sunday. Saturdiiy. Ia'uvc HIncksburg 7 15 am 8 00nm Leave Smyrna 8 10 am 8 :!0 am Leave Hickory drove 8 it am 8 55 am Leave Sharon 8 :18 am 9 18 am Leave Yorkvillc 8 58 am 10 05 am Leave Tlrzali 9 111 mil 10:!0 am Leave Newport 9 'JO am 10 )5 am Leave Hock Hill 9 45 am 12 40 pin l.eave Leslies 9 55 am 1 00 pm Leave Catawba.)unction 10 10 am 2 10 pin Leave Ijineaster 10 50 pin :t .'15 pin Leave Kersliaw 11 29 pm 5 00 jan Arrive at (,'amden 12 15 pm ti 20 pin No. 12. | Leave Marion 4 25 pm Leave Hutlierfordton 5 50 pm Leave Forest City 0 1.1pm Leave Henrietta 1150 pm Leave Moorosboro 7 00 pm Leave Shelby 8 01 pin l.eave ratlerson Springs 8 lilpni * Leave Karls 8itj)in Arrive at lllucksburg 8 45 pm CONN KOT IONS. No. .'{2 lias connection with Southern Kail way at I lock Hill. Nos. .14 and .15 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Koddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and ; London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LIJMPKIN, <i. P. A. | A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HI NT, General Manager. $81,3(45,000. IN 1811.1 TIIK MUTUAL KKSKKYK FUND LI UK ASSOCIATION received applications lor $54,Hill,000 of new business, and at the annual meeting last January, tjic management USKCd tnu ueiti lorci; in in iii'iiiiLuin'iirow, , least $7.r>,00(),fXK), during 1N!?4. I'lie result was j that they sent in applications for SHl.tHRJ.OOO, an increase o f over that of 18SK1, notwithstanding the cry of hard times. During the year 18M, ?',070,0<>0 were paid to the estates, widows and orphans of deceased policyholders, making the total amount paid in death claims since orgaization to January 1st, ls!).j, over $20,500.000. Such Results Have never before been apnroached by a life j insurance organization, and the Mutual Reserve ' STANDS TODAY WITIIOIT A Sl't'ORSSFl'L RIVAL. Over $35,000,000 Have been saved to its policyholders during the past fourteen years, as compared to what j they would have had to have paid, had they carried their insurauuu io-uld line, high rate coin- j Failles, whicTf Is equal to A Casli Dividend of <JO Per Cent. The Mutual Reserve pays dividends by leaving the dillerence in cost between old line rates and its rates in the policyholders' pocket. There is no "estimate" about it. It furnishes insurance at a guaranteed rate, and during the: past fourteen years that rate has been (10 per j cent, less than* that charged by the level premium companies. The Mutual Reserve Plan Is the correct one, and every man or woman ; who is insured or contemplates taking out in-1 surance, should be familiar with it. It isourhus- j incss to explain it. We take pleasure in doing so, and invite all who want giltedge, iron-clad { life insurance to call on or write to us. If we can't oiler a better article for less money than j anybody else, why don't buy it. Rut we know we can. A prudent man insures his property, and it may never burn. Then why should he not insure his life to protect his family against a cor tiiintv tlinl is nnsoiuieiy sun- m iui|i|n n . SAM M.A L. OKO. CRIST, Oeneral Agents for Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association. MO NT V A 1,10 STOCK FARM, lllncksburg, S. C. RKOI.STF.ItKI> JKRSKYS, WKLCII AND SIIKTLAND I'ONIKS. (Imported stock.) KSSKX AND RKOISTKRKR ClIKSHIUK PICS* Kred and for sale. OCRJKRSKYS are all of the celebrated Victor and Stoke Rogis strains, which have attracted so much attention throughout the North. JUTLL CALYKS FOR SALK AT FARM Kits' PRICKS. If you are thinking of starting a dairy herd don't overlook the Jerseys. They are the best dairy cows known to the world. We guarantee our ponies to be perfectly safe for ladies and children to drive. CAN SKLL SIIKTLAND I'ONIKS AS CIIKAP AS ANY RRKKDKRS IN TIIK SOFT1I. Write for what you want. Address, Dr. .1.(1. RLAOK, Rlacksburg, S. ('. \V. IV. 1,10WIS, ATTOltN ION" AT J.AAV. Yorkville, S. C. All rfsinkss oivkn prompt and CARKITL ATTKNTION. nil" Otlice in the Wilson building opposite the court house. June (j 2d ly YORKVILI FOR : Largest Home-Priii in South NOW IS THE TIMI PREMIUMS VAL1 \ Magnificent Bedroom Suite, i to the ('1 ub-maker who Kctu Number of New Subseril M An $85 Buggy, A $75 Go Disk Harrow for the LIBERAL PREMIUMS FOR CLE WITH the issue for WEDNESDAY, JAX-I I'AHY 2ND, will commence tho FORTY-FIRST venr of (he publication of] niK YORKYILLK KNta'IRKR. during all! itf which time the present proprietor has been : connected with it either sis publisher or pro- | prietor. It is safe to say that the MAIN | FEATURES which have* been peculiar to] THE ENQUIRER in the past, will remain unchanged; and all reasonable efforts will be! iron tinned in order to make it an acceptable visitor to the homes and firesides of the people I within the bounds of its circulation. In brief,) it is our aim to print a high-toned, clean, newsy, reliable family newspaper, which | ran be read with pleasure and protit by every j member of the household. Terms of Subscription?Postage Free. | Single Copy, one year, 'JO j Two Copies, one year, '! <>0 One Copy, two years, *'t AO | One Copy, six months 1 00 i One Copy, three months, _ SO | Ten Cojiies, one year, 17 50 And one copy, one year, to the person making a | club of TEN at $1.7") for each subscriber. Payment required to be made in advance. PREMIUMS FOR THE LARGEST CLUBS. For tho THREE LARGEST CLl'BS of ? I ?II 1* t vn Vl'U' 41 71 I yeany auuauriucro?uwm ??? v**>v. for each subscriber, we oiler the three articles I mentioned below, the aggregate value of the! three being $100.00. For the largest club?OLD AND NEW?an I $85 OPEN BUGGY, manufactured by the; Carolina Buggy company, of Yorkville, S. C. The buggy wo have arranged to offer as a j premium for the LARGEST CLUB, is equal j 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 i either end or side bar springs as the person | entitled to it may prefer. For the SECOND LARGEST CLUB-OLD; AND NEW?one 875.00 GOLD WATCIL The movement of this watch is made by the Waltham Watch company of nickel, has 15. jewels, 4 pairs ruby jewels in gold settings, patent regulator adjusted to heat and cold, is value by the manufacturer at $40, and is a reliable time keeper. - The movement will be fitted to a Boss tilled gold case made of 14 carat gold, warranted to wear twenty years, and is valued at $.'15?tbe watch complete being 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 $.'10.00. The worth of this excellent farming implement is well established in York county, and any one who secures it will get a valuable machine which may be classed as a standard article. PREMIUMS FOR OTHER CLUBS. FOR SIXTY OR MORE FAMES. To everv person who obtains and pays for SIXTY OR MORE NAMES at $1.75 each; but who fails to secure either the buggy, gold watch, or Corbin disk harrow, we will give as compensation, one "ENQUIRER" SEWING MACHINE, or one 11-JEWEL WALTHAM WATCH in a Fah.v's dust proof open faced silver case, or a HOUSEKEEPERS SET OF SILVER SPOONS, FORKS AND KNIVES, etc. The sowing machine is similar in every respect to the well-known and popular "Peerless." It is of the high arm style, has four drawers, finished in oak or walnut as may be preferred, is fmelv ornamented, is titled with improved automatic bobbin-winder, has self-setting needle and self-threading cylinder shuttle, and all the tools and attachments required with a firstclass sewing machine. The watch which is here mentioned is all that is requisite for one who wants a reliable and durable time-keeper. The housekeeper's outfit consists of SIX DESKKT SPOONS, THREE TABLE SPOONS, SIX MEDIUM FORKS, ONE TWIST HUTTER KNIFE, ONE SUfiAll SHELL, and SIX MEDIUM SIZE KNIVES. Those articles are manufactured by the Rogers Brothers, of Meriden, Conn. Every article in the set is of A1 quality, and plated with i?ure silver. Either premium would be good value at $?2.50. FO It FOIITV AXII LESS Til AX SIXTY. To every person who obtains and pays for FORTY NAM ICS and less than sixty, and who fails to obtain one of the three leading premiums, we will give one SEVEN JEWEL W'ALTIIAM WATCH, in a Fahy's open face case, or a set of ROC! Kits BROTHERS' CUTLERY, consisting of SIX MEDIUM SIZED TABLE KNIVES and SIX FOUR TINE FORKS. The blades of these knives are made of the finest quality of crucible steel, finely tempered, and the handles of niekle silver, quadrupled plated with pure silver. The pattern selcctled is known as the "Siren." The watch is a reliable time-keeper, and either of the premiums offered is worth $15.(X). Fine TllIIlTY AM) l.KSS Til AX FOIITV. To every person who returns and pays for a CLUB OF THIRTY and less than forty names, and who fails to secure one of the three leading premiums, we will give one SEVEN JEWEL OPEN FACE AMERICAN STANDARD WATCH in a Fahy's dust proof silver case. Or, if preferred, will give a set >r . r is 1 in'/l'V 'PI.'A SPOONS. HALF n<)//kn'TA|Vi'k* SIM)ONS and OXK BUTTER KNIFE of Rogers Brothers' "Siren" pattern. These spoons and butter knife, are made of nickic silver and plated with pure silver. Either of the pretninius otfered is worth at least ?10.00. ion tukxty txi> less r/t.tx tjiihtv. To every person who returns and pays for a club of TWEXTY and less than thirty names, and who fails to secure any other premium, we will give a copy of the THK 10XQUIREU for one year, and a copy for one year of any WEEKLY NEWSPAPER or MONTHLY MAtSAZIXE published in the United States, the publication to be selected by the person entitled to receive it. roil TEX .1X1) LESS Tl/AX TWEXTY. To every person who returns and pays for a ULUB'OF T10X and less than twenty names, and who fails to secure any other pre$3^' Our Propositions are open t For further information, address LEWIS M. GI GAKRY IROX RO iuo.N KOOI'I.M;, CRIMl'ED AND COHHL'UATEDSI 1)1 NO, Iron lite or slilu^lc, ( 'ikk euooK books, smrrrKits, ,tc., | THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( .HiS- Orders received by L. M. GRIST. HIGH GRADE JOB PRINTING. Good Work at Legitimate Prices. WF do not claim to be hotter prepared to execute Jolt PRINTING than any oltice in the I'nited States, lor such is not the case. Nor do we claim to do work at prices lower than those of OTI IKK FIRST-CLASS PKINTFRS; hot we do claim and know it To RF A FACT, thatour prices are only commensurate with the material used and the work executed, and our prices will compare most favorably with New York. Parties wishing estimates on LAW lilt HO FX, HOOKS, LFOAL MI.ANKS. CATALoGl'FS, MANDRILLS, PA.MPIILFTS, DODO KUS, LHTTFK II FADS. FN V FLOP MS, HfLLHFA DS, STATFMFNTS, WFDDINO INVITATIONS, etc., will he given attention on application. < inters for 'i.ooo, 10,000, 1.-1,000, and HO. oon copies or more, from anyone form, will he furnished at "special prices." Remember us when you want printing. Pall on or write to Til F YoUK VILLF FNtJl'IKFK, Vorkville, S. ('. January ! - O' l'OK C'VPI.ONI-:. l-'lltl-: OK AC'CIDHNT INSI IIANPF, you will always liud it to your interest to consult S. M. X L. OFO. OK I.ST. LE ENQUIRER LS95I ted County Paper Carolina! I TO SUBSCRIBE! 1JED AT $265.00. Valued at $75, Will Be Awarded rns and Pays for the Largest firs by March 14, 1895. K ? ? Id Watch and a Corbin Three Largest Clubs. fBS OF THREE AND UPWARD. iiiiiim, wo will furnish Till-' EXQU1REIt for olio year, or one ORAVY LADLE of the "Siren" pattern, made of niekel silver and plated with juiro silver, and valued at $2.00. FOR SIX A SO LESS TIIA.X TEX. To every person who returns and pays for a el lib of SIX and loss than ten names, and who fails to seeurc any other premium, we will give a CHILD'S TABLE SET, including a knife, fork and spoon, made of the best materials and plated with pure silver. Valued at $1.50 FOIl THREE AM) LESS TIIAX SIX. To every person who returns and pays for a CLUB OF THREE and loss than six names, and who fails to seeurc any other premium, we will give a handsome "Siren" BUTTER KNIFE, made of nickle silver and plated with pure silver, and valued at $1. A PREMIUM FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS. To the person who returns and nays for the ? largest number of NEW SUBSCRIBERS, at 81.75 each, between the 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1R<H, and 4 O'CLOCK, P. M? ON THURSDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, . 1895, we will give a suite of FINE HE!)ROOM OAK FURNITURE, VALUED AT $75.00. This suite of furnituro consists of three pieces, embracing a dressing case with French lteveled mirror .Kix.'W inches; a washstnnd?universal toilet?with French beveled mirror.'#5x24inches; a bedstead 4 feet 8 inches in width and of proportionate length, and a headboard (i feet (5 ? y inches in height. The material of the suite is oak, quarter sawed, and finished in the best utvln A u nn itwi iont inn of its substantial char acter, it may be mentioned that the weight of the suite is about five hundred pounds. This splendid suite is to be furnished by Messrs. S. T. I" REW A CO., of Rock Hill, and they have assured us that they will not sell a similar suite to any person for a less sum than $75. The suite of bedroom furniture is offered for the largest club of NEW SUBSCRIBERS 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 ottered. For example: If the person who secures the bedroom suite of furnituro shall have returned and paid for the largest list of names (including ol^l and new subscribers) up to 4 o'clock p. nt., on the 14th day March, 18115, such person wHl be entitled to the$85 buggy; if the second largest list, including those which secured the 1 bedroom suit, will bo entitled to the $75 watch ; if the third largest, the Corbin disk harrow. I If it is found on the 14th of March, 1895, that I tho person who secured the suite of furniture has a sufficient number of names to be entitled to a premium offered for sixty, forty, thirty, j twenty, ten, seven, or three names, and has j failed to secure either the buggy, gold watch ; or harrow, offered for clubs of old and newsubscriber, such person will be awarded the premium to which tho number of names is i entitled. Thus the person who secures the bedj room suite for tho largest number of new sub| scribers, has also the opportunity of securing an j additional premium of even greater value. ' In the contest for premiums ending -flat JpSr March 12, 1894, Mr. W. H. Crook, of ISSt. jJSr Fort Mill, was awarded a $100.00 ! :pSr Wilcox it White Organ and a $75.00 j gold watch for 40 new subscribers. "tt-X i fid- Mr.Jft.T. Riggins,ofBlairsville, was I fid" awarded^ $00 buggy for alist of 127 ^ j fiSfi OLD and NEW subscribers. *15?T I RENEWALS and NEW subscribers count just tho same in competition for all premiums j except the lied room suite. WHO ARE NEW SUBSCRIBERS. ! 1. Those who have never been subscribers, j 2. Those who have been subscribers, but are j not now; nor were subscribers on the 1st day of July, 18!>4. A change of address from one member of a family to another member of the same family I does not constitute a new subbscriber and will not be so considered. It is intended that each j new subscriber shall be in accordance with I the rules prescribed. CONDITIONS. TWO SIX MONTHS' SUBSCRIBERS at $1 each, will be considered the equivalent of I cm vnii rl i- <ii I ivcrilmp nt Si .7:1 mill so counted. ! A subscription paid for two or mora years in J advance at $1.75 will l>e counted as one name ' for each year so paid. Club-makers will be held personally resnon. sible for the payment of all names returned by them. After a club-maker has returned and I paid for any name, he can, at anytime therej alter, discontinue the sending of the paper to the person for whom lie 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*'' i was entered on our books. No name will be counted in competition for a premium until the subscription price has been paid ; nor will anv premium bo 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 anotli' er 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 lie at the same postotllce. Names may be taken at any number of places. Club makers are requested to send in names asrapidlvas thev secure them after November \J, 1HW. ' , . ' >, All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at tne expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmissioi^of money only when sent by dralt, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkvillirjtostollice. .... In sending names, write plainly, and give postollicHcpunty and State. > All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration otAiie time paid for. ' A separate ilst will be kept for each clubmaker, who will lie credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by-tfny one person may lie iLsccrtaincjhftLa niomc-ut's notice. In case of a tie for eitfcflpcjrcmium, two weeks will be allowed in which toV'tintie." The time in which nunr? ?iay he returned ^ under our propositions writ conimenee on the * 1st day ot November, IsW, and expire at I o'clock p. m. on Thursda]Sthe 1 Ith day of 1 .March, IHD5. \ ;o Everybody. Go to WorjHtyw! OFIXG COMPA^^^^H I HON ORE PAfKT And Ccdfent.s 152 TO 158 M ERW1N 8'JN ' Mmi '' Cleveland, O. N ^ SB -- fzl?- ^S\J==S Send for Circular ' ancl Price Lint No. 75. )F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. A CHESTER AM LENOIR i &. RAILIOAD. x j Schedules in Effect from and After ij I December 23, 1894. 9| G. \V. F. Harper, President. B COINO NORTH. I Noll). | No U). SB Len\e Chester a ?? ? ?> " AH Leave Lowrysvllle ? 06 n "i ' ? '? a "l IIH Leave McComicllsville S SI a in 10 00 a 111 /H Leave Cluthrlesville H :H a in 10 la a in MB I.cave Yorkvlllc * ?' " 111 11fifl I.eiivc Clover !l " 111,1 'J /! 11111 Leave Gaston la 10 07 a in 1 110 ptn Leave Lincoln ton J !;'111,1 - ;"{ l,m IH l.eave Newton 'J il 111 }. [J} l,ln M Leave illekory . '12 l> 1,1 ti Arrive Lenoir _ 0.1 pin < 10 pin (ioiNi; soptii. i No 01. I No V. 3w| i.eave Lenoir 'j jj{ ,l 111 '? jj| PJjj 9^8 Leave Illekory ? m ,'! n I n Leave Newton .VI?" - ? HI Leave Llneolnton " } ' 11 ---I'' / ^^^| l.eave (lastonla !>J P ' 'HH Leave Clover p I u n- , '^Bl Leave Yorkvlllc .71! J' I - /-/BR Leave (lutlirlesville f-j j'"J ; J J / Leave MeConnellsvllle 1m fill oil on! ^BH Leave Lowrysville j -< l? 11 . " / Arrive Chester a 00 pin 10* pin " Trains Nos.0 and 10 are lirst-class, ar run j HH dailv except Sunday. Trains Nos. UHnd 01 enrrv passengers and also run daily exec un- / dav.' There is good connection at < hes*-r with HQ the U. C. A* N., and the A A.; al^'d<>n.s- , j^DD| tonia with the A. ?V A. I.. I at 'o "on j with the and at Hickory and Nov'1" w ith the W.N. ^ xicHt>|,S, Superiir"deiit. HH II. II. HKAHI),Heneral Passenger Kent. f