^tumorous ijrpartmfnt. AN ENGINEER'S STORY. "It was away back in the '70's," said an old engineer. "I was pulling (tbe limited, east from Council Bluffs to Chicago over the Rock Island. The night was bitter cold. We bad gone about 20 miles out and had started up again when the fireman reached over and said : "There is a hobo on the pilot. Saw him get on at the depot.' 'Sure ?' said I. 'Go out on the running board and see if he's there yet.' The fireman did as he had been ordered to do, and returned with the information that the hobo was still there. 'Well,' said I, 'it's a bitter .cold night, and if he can stand it out there I am willing he should ride with me.' And on we went toward toward unicagu, wuu 'old 211' barking like sixty at the low joints ahead, and forgetful of our 'head-end' passenger on the pilot, who had ceased to have any existence for us. "By and by, by the faint glimmering of the headlight, I thought I saw ahead what seemed to be a bunch of cattle on the track. As we approached it the bunch seemed to grow larger. It was now :oo late to do anything. I just pulled her wide open, and 'old 211' hit that bunch of cattle ka bif. To paraphrase the language of Tennyson, who glides into raptures of admiration over the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, there was just simply cattle to the right of us, cattle to the left us, and cattle in the rear us; but none any more in front of us. After it was all over our thoughts reverted to the hobo on the pilot. 'Go out and see if he is still there,' I said." - - - - a _ _ "Well," said an oia snaca, uuuer whose feet the frosts of many winters had crackled, as he wended his way in the dark over many a long train of boxcars, and who had been listening to the story, "well, was he killed ?" 4?No," replied the engineer. "There he sat as large as any hobo could sit on the pilot with an oyster can, milking one of those durned cows." And the old man went on his way, venturing something as he left about the life of the average American hobo being on a par with the proverbial nine lives of the feline we have all hearn so often about.?Dallas News. AMICABLE RELATIONS RESUMED. A young man in San Francisco and a young lady in San Jose were for a time very much in love with each other, and during that period each wrote the other a two pound letter every day, weighed down to the limit with kisses and expressions of love. But they quarrelled a few of weeks ago. "Send back my letters," she wrote. "Return mine first," he replied. "If you had been a gentleman you would not have waited for me to demand their return," wrote she. "Ethics for the use of women only, don't go," he responded. Then there came a pause iu their correspondence. The young man wanted his letters very badly, for he knew he had made a fool of himself in every line of every letter. The young lady wanted hers, because any one would think she was crazy to fall in love with such a brute. "Send my letters on April 5th, and I'll send yours the same date, so we will both get them at the same time," wrote he. "All right," she answered. Each waited to see if the other would really act in good faith and send the letters, so neither received them. "A man who has so little regard for his word," etc. wrote she. "A woman who would deliberately attempt such a confidence game," etc., responded he. There was another pause in the correspondence, during which both tried to devise some way of effecting an exchange. The idea of a third party occurred to both, but was abandoned. Th?. informpdiarv might read the let ters. Finally the youDg man decided to go after them. He effected the exchange, and now the correspondence has been resumed. . "You know, dear little sweetheart, that I was just teasing you," wrote he. "You horrid boy, to treat me so. I have a notion never to love you again," answered she, and there will soon be another stack of two pound letters to exchange. t&~ Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, good humoredly tells this story of himself. He was traveling once, when he sat next to a drummer who bored him with a good deal of idle conversation. Finally the drummer, mistaking him for a commercial traveler, asked : "What line of goods are you in ?" "Brains," replied the bishop, very brusquely. "You are !" retorted the man of the road. "Well, I must admit that you have the smallest lot of samples of any one I ever saw in the business." A little maid of 7 years attended the wedding of an elder brother. The Episcopal service, heard for the first time, made a deep impression on her mind. A few days later she called to see the bride, and found her sitting on her husband's lap. Looking at them wistfully a few moments, she exclaimed, "Oh, yes; I see?to have and to hold." From a Bakkr's Standpoint.?"I wish you'd help me with this bread," said the baker. "I never promised to be your business assistant," said his wife. "You promised to stand by me in my hour of knead," said the baker. A Young Purist.?"Liz," said Miss Kiljordan's youngest brother, "do you say 'woods is' or 'woods are ?'" "Woods are, of course," she answered. "Why?" " 'Cause Mr. Woods are down in the parlor waitin' to see you." Wayside Gatherings. t&F Boy9 will be men, if they keep growing and don't outgrow themselves. $0"The dentist will make more money per acher than any farmer in the land. 10* The average annual payment to j British soldiers in pensions for wounds \ is only $80,000. j ?0 The watermelon grows wild all e over Africa. It was cultivated in i Egypt B. C. 2,500. 1: 10" The oldest national flag in the c world is that of Denmark, which has been in use since the year 1219. i * 10* Nothing will give the grass such s a start on lawn, pasture or mowing * field as a snrinkling with nitrate of ' soda in rainy weather. 8 I?* A philosopher observes: "Six P things are requisite to create a happy . home. One of these is a good cook, the other five are money." 4?~ The longest artificial watercourse G in the world is the Bengal canal in j. India, 900 miles; the next is Erie, 863. ? Each cost nearly $10,000,000. a I? Nature believes in the preserva- t tion of the unities. When she endows a a man with an overplus of cheek, she gives him plenty of chin to go with it. a I? The Danube flows through coun- t tries in which 52 languages and dialects t are spoken. It bears on its waters c four-fifths of the commerce of eastern ? Europe. f 16T If you want knowledge, read the t newspapers?not merely one, but sev- I eral; when business presses, be dilli- c gent; when your wife scolds you, hold s your tongue. I? The rooster that .will leave his a crow half crowed to gobble a worm may not be a musical success; but it is t safe to bet that he will make a way ? in the world. ^ I?" Of course you know how disa greeable it is to feel a desire to sneeze in any public place. Press hard upon vnnr unner lin. and vou can usually * J TJ "T? - overcome this feeling. tGT An eccentric blacksmith at the c Bridge of Allan was observed to plant . his cabbages zigzag instead of in rows, ^ and on being asked the reason, replied, * "It's to put the snails off the track." g |9* A Western editor is responsible f for the following illustration of juve- t nile piety: "Pray, God, bless father f and mothjjr and Anna. By jinks! v I must scramble quick to get into bed before Mary does." f 19* Madrid has an arbor day when 8 thousands of schoolchildren go into "] the fields, and plant a tree for each \ child, in recognition of the fact that E the present poverty of Spain is due to ( the destruction pf the forests. p 9 Turkey bones are said to make s the most perfect pipestems imaginable. The substance is light, porous, \ and resists the pressure of the teeth, c Smoke drawn through-the turkey bone s is cool and sweet. t I?" A man in Sumner county, Kan., c . 1a Vinr. Tn nQvinor fnr it. C the firm held out the amount of a 1 debt. The man went to law, and, af- 1 ter taking a change of venue, discovered that he had paid $150 for giving J the hog away. 4?" In the office of a New York r wholesale dealer in horns ..nd tips * there is a pair of South American cattle horns that measure, following the ? horns, nine feet from tip to tip. It is 1 believed to be the biggest pair of horns 1 in the country. 1 8?" In Bavaria the police will allow * no woman to appear in public on a , bicycle unless she holds a certificate of efficiency. To obtain one, she must ride before the public officials in a crowd of other candidates without falling off or running into any one. I?" "Say, old man, you are looking ( 100 per cent, better thafl you were a ? year ago." "Yes, I was worrying j about my debts then." "All paid up now, eh ?" "No. They have grown J so that I know there is no use in try- , ing to pay. It is a great load off my ( mind." ^ 8?* Wife (to her husband, who is a great criminal lawyer, and who has found fault with the dinner)?There you go again ; always finding fault with my cooking. You never see any redeeming qualities in me, and yet you have an excuse for every murderer that comes along. I?* During the presidential campaign of 1872, when General Grant and Horace Greeley were the principal candidates, a citizen remarked to a friend, "In trying to make up my mind how to vote, I have got as far as Gr?, but can get no further." To which his friend retorted quickly," Go to the ant, thou sluggard!" 8?" To make fireproof paper, nothing more is necessary than to dip the paper in a strong solution of alum water, and when thoroughly dry it will resist the action of flame. Some paper requires to imbibe more of tbe solution than it will take up at a single immersion, and the process may be repeated until it becomes thoroughly saturated. A ? mnn ViOO inVOntAfl , SKZ7 nil lu^ruiuun uiau uuu i?T , a device for feeding his horse, and he < does it with one of the ordinary alarm- i clocks. For instance, if the horse is to j have its morning feed of grain at 5 o'clock, the alarm is set, and when the < morning comes the horse gets its break- j fast before its owner's eyes are open. It is so arranged that the alarm pulls j the slide, letting the grain run through ( a sluice to a manger. * i A Saco, Me., girl has a pet pig 1 which she leads about the streets of 1 that town as other girls sometimes lead | a poodle. The pig is young, pretty as i pigs go, and wears a broad bow of 1 scarlet ribbon about its neck. It am- 1 hies along continually as a poodle would, except when its mistress' walks take it past an inviting puddle, when usually there is a sharp and noisy struggle for a minute or two before the porker can be persuaded to pursue its promenade. She Jtojj Seller. a m cup BIT The sun was low toward the western leaks when old Jones and his nephew lalted their teams for the night.. Old lones and his relative were freighters, md the crack of their long, shot-filled nule whips aud the creak of their leavy wagons had been heard in half >f the camps in Colorado. Tba four wagons tonight were swung nto segment of a circle, and the mules ? fi-Am t Kol f uteano in verts east/ luuao nuu uuui ov>U|^ -? vhich through the day they pulled. U this relief, these grateful slaves tood about and attested their joy iu he loud cries peculiar to their kind, >ut which are so uufortuuate iu their ack of harmony. To stop this, the lephew went about giving them their 'esper feed. This he placed in morrals, >r nosebags, which he hung to their lungry heads. Old Jones built a little ire and began to the compilation of in intricite but savory dish known to hose happy ones who have the recipe is "freighter's stew." Supper over, the two freighters sat .bout in the lurking shadows made by he fire's blink and glimmer, smoking heir pipes. All at once there was a ommotion in the band of mules. Those >atient folk, who had scrum bled and lulled all day over a rough mountain rail with wagons loaded on the princi>le of 1,200 pounds to a mule, and who tow in the proprieties of mule life hould be at peace with the world, vere charging about and snorting in in alarming way. "Injuns I" said old Jones, shoving lack into the gloom. "Injuns for $1, 001 There ain't no animal on earth, tar Injuns, ever makes mules take on hat way." The nephew thought so too. Old rones and the nephew did not fear atack. There was no Injuns about that vere not described as friendly. * rt? n u f Kof. i.Vlfl VYUai IUOJ U1U icai nna Qales might be stampeded. Stamped g stock was a great aboriginal inlustry. The Indian will sneak up, lap a blanket, stampede your mules md cattle and then claim $1 a bead or finding them for you. Thus do bese wise sons of nature fill their cofers and extract revenue from those vho cross their lands. Jones's nephew took a Winchester rom a wagon and began to work his ilent, cautious way toward the mules. These last were still snorting and- shyng as if prey to wild alarm. The lephew disappeared in the darkness. )ld Jones placed his hand over his ?pe bowl so its firery eye could not be een and peered into the gloom. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" It was the Vincbester speaking. It told the Inlian policy of the border, and a very ufficient policy it is too. Old Jones at he sound, heaved a sigh, but never noved. After a little the nephew ame into the fire. He seemed alert, * M 1 f a tV?r? lopelui ana uureieuuug no ?u iVinchester Indian policy. "Did you stretch one?" said old Tones. "I thipk most likely I did," said the jephew in a sanguine way. "We can ell in the morning, shore." The mules were now quiet. Firetrms had no terror for them. They sould stand the odor of gunpowder, mt -of Indians?bah ! No mule oi aste could stand it a second. After mother half hour old Jones and his lephew kicked out the embers of their ire and went to sleep. Old Jones and his nephew had visitors in the morn. The whole Ute tribe ind their agent came to the freighters' :amp. The members of the Jones amily at once seized their Winchesers and alacriously prepared for war. The Utes ran about, jumping and yellng and demanding vengeance. Old Tones and his nephew stood silent and rrim behind their wagons and showed heir iron teeth. The agent insisted )n peace. Would the Jones who had tilled the Ute the night before givs limself up? He would be guaranteed 7rom harm, but the Utes insisted upon lis arrest. They, the Indians, would ittack the wagon if the criminal did lot surrender. So spoke the agent, a lervous little incompetent, as many an Indian agent is. "Give up nothing," said old Jones ierisively. "You tell them Utes il ;hey want anything round yere to ivaltz iu and get it." The Utes howled and danced still larder and higher at this, and the ieent talked more earnestly than ever, tie threatened the Joneses with the power of the government. This was :oo much. They would fight the ivbole Ute tribe, but they were afraid >f Uncle Sam. After a brief parley the nephew stepped out and gave himself up to the agent. He would have iisplayed more sense if he had remained behind his wagon and died in the smoke of his Winchester. The agent, the nephew and the Utes lid not go a mile toward the agency before the Indians took the nephew, and tying him to a pine tree spent several blissful hours in torturing him to death. The agent was powerless to interfere. Jones, the elder, knew the truth the evening of the same day. He turned a little pale under the 30 years of sun which browned his face but said nothiner. As well as he could he man aged to hitch up his teams and went ahead. His course was slow. Where the going was easy the nephew's teams?eight mules?could follow the nther and got along all right. Where it was rough old Jones halted them and after driving his own team over came back for them. Two months later the old man unloaed his freight at a camp in the Gunnison country. He told the story of his nephew's death and charged it to the agent. The populace agreed with him to a man. Old Jones insisted that the agent should likewise suf fer death. Public sentiment rushed t the same conclusion. Every man i the Tin Cup district who heard of th matter at once advised Jones to g back and kill the miserable agent o to hire some one who would. Neve was public sentiment so uniform in matter before. It was beautiful. "Hire some one to go back and ki the agent." This struck oia Jones, wao uu strong commercial instincts, as a goo thing. He inquired for some one wh , would undertake the enterprise. H did not think it should cost much. "It is dead easy to do," he said. "Just ride calmly up to the aganc; and beef him and then ride awaj That costs no fortune." And he wa "willing to give a hoss and outfit an $500." "I'll go you," said a* bad lookin gentleman called Curly Bill. Curly Bill was certainly a very ba man, as any one might see by examir ing bis six-shooter. He had file away the sight, as superfluous to on so sure and keen, and had taken *ou . the trigger, trusting to explode his ir teresting weapon by the simple procef of letting the hammer fall from hi thumb. These changes in the groun plan of a Colt's 44 always speak a ba ' map the wide West over, and sue was Curley Bill, the personage wh wanted to hire out to kill the agent. Preliminaries were arranged, an the horse and outfit were turned ovei in company with $200 of the $500, an Curly Bill rode away on his long pu for the Ute agency. Six weeks and their happening were added to history, and so far not! innr flnfltoH hnnlt from CuHeV Bil One afternoon be rode again into cam in the Gunnison country. The publi and old Jones crowded about for newi Curly Bill entered a saloon. The put lie and old Jones followed in and s bis request took a drink with him. A last ol A Cure All. n Orangeburg, 8. C.. June 17,1895. e Gentlemen?We purchased one o yonr pocket Electropoises in December 1893. We have tried it on every membei of our family and found it all that is claim n ed for it. We have treated successful!] with it, severe cold, chills, fever, diarrhoea I etc. Its effect on teething children is won m derful. Our family numbers seven anc /S we have not used a dollar's worth of med icine since we had the'Poise. Respectfully. Mrs. I. W. ROMAN. 1 1 }" Catarrh. >f Lancaster, S. C., August 1,1891. k t consider the ElectroDoise a most won derful discovery. I have applied it in raj family for la grippe, acute sore throat , neuralgia and nervous headache witl d perfect success. I am also treating ? n severe case of chronic catarrh with thi Electropoise as the agent, and it has git ei i great relief, and if treatment iscontinue< *' I believe it will effect a perfect cure. At intelligent use of it carries conviction witl ie it. Yours truly, a B. J. WITHERSPOON. D For All Ailments. ts McClellandville, S. C., Aug. 14,1895 it Dear Sir?I purchased a 'Poise in Feb a ruary '93 and it cured me of a chronic bat j cold, and now I hardly ever take cold , It also cured me of lumbago and a dis 1 ordered liver. I use it in my family num is bering nine persons for all ailments >g Have only paid in physics and physi cians fees during the time $1.50. Wouk not be without it for many times its cost. ?' Respectfully, A. W. LELAND. ): v Rheumatism. y Yorkville, S. C., January 15,1892. Dear Sir?In reply to your inquiry wil say my wife is delighted, with the effect m of the Electropoise, and has improvet very much from the treatment. Thi rheumatic pains have been very mucl reduced, and the swelling in the limb disappeared- She had no faith whateve in the Electropoise when she began, bu is now fully convinced of its beneficia powers; and eventually looks for a per manentcure. Yours very truly. J. E. LOWRY. Catarrh, Piles, Dyspepsia, Etc. Millettsville, s. u., * eo. 1*, ie?3. 1 Gents?The Electropoise has done al that you claimed for it. I bad a compli cation of diseases, catarrh, rheumatism piles and dyspepsia. I was nearly goni up, had the knife used on the piles, am soon after got the Electropoise, used ac cording to directions and am still using it I was without energy or appetite, and an now a new man. Can eat three hdart; meals a day, enjoy and digest the same Almost relieved of catarrh. I cannot saj ? too much for it and recommend it to al that are sick. May God aid you in reliev ing the afflicted. I have been a grea sufferer and know how to appreciate th F, Electropoise. Very truly, ' HENRY BLACK. For further particulars, apply to W. M. PROPST, Agent, Yorkville S. C. TIE SAVINGS 11 OF ROCK HILI OTATEMENT of the condition of th 5? O SAVINGS BANK of ROCK HILL S. C.,at the close of business MARCI ? 31st, 189(5, published in conformity witl ' an act of the general assembly: r RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts ?186,803 2 ,h Stocks and Bonds, 12,300 0 s, Overdrafts, 1,931 2 ic Banking house, furniture and y. fixtures, 5,000 0 u Other real estate, 1,342 4 t, Due from other hanks, 11,500 9 Cash on band, 13,075 5 d 8231,953 4 LIABILITIES. le Capital stock, 8 50,000 9 10.000 0( - Undivided profits, 21,159 5' Re-discounts, 16,500 01 "* Cashier's Checks, 21 0! t Individual, 123,097 60 Deposits, j Banks ;...11;17521134,272 8: 8231,953 4< Your business solicited. 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