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tumorous ?epartmcnt. A WOMAN'S REASON. It is surprising, when one stops to think about it, that newspaper men are able to report with verbal accuracy long conversations that occur between man and wife in the privacy of home; but so it is, or so it seems to be. Probably the reporter's imagination is a help to bis memory. Here, for example, is a domestic dialogue, on a public topic, wbich we find in the Washington Star. It sounds like an Invention, but as to that the reader may judge. With the calm which comes to a housewife whose cares for the day are over, young Mrs. Torkins was sitting at her sewing-table, while her husband reaa toe paper. "Charley," said she, "I wish you would read aloud." "This isn't anything you'd be interested in." "How do you know ?" "Because it's politics. You don't care anything about the election." "That shows how little you really know about my likes and dislikes." "Why, you haven't taken any interest in this campaign, have you ?" "Indeed I have; ever and ever so much." "Which candidate did you prefer ?" "I was for McKinley all the time." "I suppose you regarded the free coinage of silver as a heresy and an economic impossibility." "I?I didn't give that part of the question so very much thought; but I had good reasons for my selection. I think that a great deal depends on the kind of a man you put into office? almost, if not quite, as much as on the platform on which he is elected." "That's very true." "Well, I know some people from Ohio who once lived near Major McKinley, and they told me that be isn't at all like other men. They said they had noticed that on rainy days he always wiped his feet on the mat before going indoors, and I think that such a man would be ever and ever so nice to have around the White House." t Mrs. Hojack's Resolve.?"Chari?tt Hoar ? BAid Mrs. Hoiack to her *?jr, ? husband, "if I were to die, would you marry again ?" "What a question!" replied Mr. Hojack, evasively. "I think you might tell me. But then I just know you would." "Well, dear, the children would miss their mother's tender care, and it might be a necessity, for their sakes, however much I might dislike the idea of a second marriage on my own account." "But, Charlie!" "Well ?" "Suppose that the children were all married and settled in homes of their own?" "In that case, love, think how lonely I should be. I might almost be compelled, by force of circumstance, to take another wife J" "That is just what I suspected, Charles Hojack. You are just planning to marry again as soon as I am gone. So I have simply decided not to die first." Her Economy.?Society in San Francisco was not exactly shocked, but it was considerably disturbed, the other day, by the marriage of two "annry nokianfl nf tllfi very respeeiauic juuug jjhouuu best set, neither of whom is possessed * of any means to speak of. Society is speculating and awaiting the result of a practical experiment of that fabled condition?love in a cottage. Several young ladies were discussing it the other day, with the result that love was much decried. One young woman, however, was true to her affections, and said she would choose love in a cottage. "I would sooner marry the man I love," she declared, "if he had only ten thousand dollars a year, than to marry a millionaire I didn't ,love."? San Francisco Examiner. Good Today as Ever.?Dean Swift, having preached an assize sermon in Ireland, was invited to dine with the judges, and having in his sermon considered the use and the abuse of the law, pressed somewhat hard upon those counsellors who plead causes which they know in their consciences to be wrong. When dinner was over, and the glass began to go round, a young barrister retorted upon the dean, and, after several altercations, the counsellor asked him, "If the devil was to die,* whether a parson might not be found, who, for money, would preach his funeral sermon ?" "Yes," said Swift, "I would gladly be the man, and would give the devil his due, as I have this day done to his children." A Great Bargain.?The following cood storv is told of the late Adam Black, the founder of the wellknown publishing house. One day, shortly after Mr. Black commenced business as a bookseller, a suspicious-looking man came stealthily into the shop, and, leaning over the counter, whispered into his ear: "I've got some fine smuggled whisky which I'll let you have at a great bargain." "No, no," said Mr. Black, indignantly, "I want nothing of the kind. Go away." The man, evidently not believing in the sincerity of this righteous outburst, leaned over the counter again, and whispered, "I'll take Bibles for it!"? New York Sun. fST He was about as black as the traditional ace of spades, and two dusky damsels, each of whom claimed the right to call him husband, sat bolt upright in the courtroom and glared at the defendant. "Yo'r Honor,"said the prisoner, "I want to apply for a change of venus in this case." "On what ground?" inquired the court. "I want a change of venus," repeated the defendant, "because one of dese women is prejudiced ag'in me." Wayside (gatherings. B6T" Falsehood may have its hour, but it has no future. tST Tea is gathered from the plant four times a year. V3F South Africa has about 750,000 European and 3,000,000 colored inhabitants. t&T Only God can tell how much wrong doing is prevented by one man doing right. tag* If we see nothing good in others, they will not be likely to see much good in us. VST God never works a miracle to relieve us from our obligation to use common sense. tf&T Josh Billings says that the-best ov us owe more to chance than we are willing tojadmit. J6F* It is a sign of smallness to be always splitting hairs. A large man comes awkwardly at it. $&* It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other. 16?" It is not safe to infer that every man is unsound in bis creed who fails to pronounce your shibboleth. * tear It takes but a small sin to make a man incapable of seeing the difference between an excuse and a reason. The Sons and Daughters of the Revolution will soon outnumber the fathers and mothers by a large majority. t8T One reason why the world gains knowledge so slowly is that every child must find out for itself that fire is hot. fIt is time enough to think of tomorrow's opportunities when we have done our best with the opportunities of today. The knot that cannot be untied by patient effort may yet be untied by prayer provided only one does not lose his patience. This arrangement had been provided in case that if any of the Confederate cruisers attacked the Pacific Mail steamers, the Southern Confederacy should not have the benefit of the United States gold, for the captain of the steamer had instructions that if attacked he was to pull the bolt, and let the millions go to the bottom of the sea. By reason of the intimate relations which Miss Elliott and Neville held with the family of the secretary of .the treasury, they had become cogni- ' zant of these facts; and Neville soon after left Washington for San Francis- ' co, in order to make preparations to , capture the next large shipment of . government gold from the Pacific Mail , steamer, which should be designated j by the secretary of the treasury to carry it. Miss Elliott remained in ( Washington, in order to get and send ( to Neville the date of the shipment, . which she, in her artfully artless man- ! ner, intended to learn from the secretary of the treasury, who had become completely fascinated by her beauty J and childlike, winning ways. Assoou as Neville had perfected his plans for seizing the steamer, a schooner was | purchased in Callao, and arms and i guns sufficient for two vessels, which | had been shipped from Eugland, were < taken on board. The schooner then < sailed for tbe Santa Cruz islands, off i Santa Barbara, and there waited lor | another schooner, the Chapman, which , had been purchased at San Fraucisco. < She was ostensibly fitted out for a j coasting voyage, and she took on board i men enough to man the two vessels. ] Both schooners were to fly the Con fed- | erate flag under letters of marque, j The schooner from Callao was named 1 the Vesta, and was fitted up with a t pivot gun, and made a formidable privateersman. Neville had worked out his plans so < successfully that he wrote to Miss El- I liot that he could be ready for action I within two weeks after her arrival in San Francisco. Upon receipt of this < intelligence, Miss Elliot left Washing- i ton and sailed on the mail steamer < from New York, and arrived in San 1 Francisco in due course. Here they i awaited the sailing of the vessel which < had been designated to carry a shipment of gold to the government. Up- i on this ship, the John L. Stephens, < Miss Elliot, Neville, and eight of their confederates took passage. Thus far there had been no hitch in Neville's plans. Now trouble com pgr The man who reany oeneves that the world owes him a liviDg is willing to do some work to earn what is due him. fST A man is do sooner his own master in the world than he immediately enslaves himself by becoming the master of others. VST Cultivate the habit of always seeing the best in people, and, more than that of drawing forth whatever is the best in them. VST The director of the mint estimates that there will be an increase in the output of gold for the present year as compared with last, of over tern millions. VST The deepest gold mine in the world is at Eureka, Cal., and is 2,290 feet deep. The deepest silver mine is %t Carson City, and has a depth of 3,300 feet. IST Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Thomas H. Benton's daughter and John C. Fremont's widow, is one of the notable residents of Los Angeles. She is now 73 vears old. V&T Two members of a British chess club played a tournament to see which should be left free to woo a certain lady. Before the contest was decided she married a third man. 96T The man who circulates an evil report against his neighbor without knowing it to be true is only less to blame than the other man who deliberately manufactures such a report, tThe Swedish bride fills her pockets with bread, which she dispenses to every one she meets on her way to the church, every piece she disposes of averting, as she belives, a misfortune. Nevada for many years has had but one Baptist church. This is at Reno, and now a second has been established at Wadsworth, 35 miles distant, with a membership of 16 and four awaiting Baptism. VST "These berths are for the passengers," said the Pullman porter to the countryman to whom he was exhibiting the new car. "And where are your quarters?" asked the innocent visitor. "In a good, safe bank," returned the porter, with a grin. 96?" In Minnesota there is a girl's school for agriculture, which is, as far as known, the only one in the country. It is quite old now, and the results are quite satisfactory. The students receive instructions in cooking, canning, household chemistry, entomology and sewing. t8P A novel course of college instruction is offered by the Louisiana university, which, in its "Audubon Sugar school," gives its students practical and scientific tuition in sugar cultivation. The course extends over four years and has become popular with students from Cuba. ifip a n ormnn nn1.nm.list, tins p.nrinns ly developed the "scarecrow" idea. The dragon fly is a deadly enemy of the mosquito, and the naturalist has found by many experiments that the dried bodies of a few dragon flies suspended by threads around a bed keep the mosquitoes at a distance. SfiT Some idea of the magniture of the great Siberian railway, now in course of construction by the Russian government, may be gathered from the fact that by changing the route a thousand miles were saved. It is expected that through trains will be run over the road within two years. 8?" The horses which have been turn| ed loose to forage for themselves in the eastern part of Washington have multiplied very rapidly, and there are said to be as many as 100,000 now roaming about. The farmers look upon them as pests, and are hoping that the cold weather will kill them off. 88T Java has thunderstorms, on an average, 97 days in the year; Italy, 38, Belgium 21, Holland 18, France, Austria and South Russia 16, Spain and Portugal 15, Eugland and the high Swiss mountains 7, Norway 4, Cairo 3. In east Turkestan, as well as in the extreme north, there are scarcely any thunderstorms known. ?Iu ^tont GOVERNmNT^TREASDRR A Bold Attempt to Intercept It In War Times. At the opening of congress in 1863 there appeared in Washington a young aDd beautiful woman. The letters of introduction which she brought to the j leading people opeueu to uer liic uuuis of the highest circles. Her beauty and charming manners soon made her one of the leaders of Washington society. One of the mbn who were attracted to her, and who was seen at every gathering at which Miss Elliot (for thus was she named) made her appearance, $as a young Englishman who had been drawn to Washington by our Civil war. He had the entree of the best clubs, and report said that he was the second son of Lord Neville, in the peerage of England. He professed to be a friend of the northern cause and in favor of the national government. He, as well as Miss Elliot, was quite intimate with the family of the secretary of the treasury and with the chiefs of the other departments. At this time the credit of the government was being sustained by gold shipped from San Francisco. The dates of the sailing of ships which should convey this money was known only t<J the secretary of the treasury. The line of Pacific Mail steamships at that time running between San Francisco, Panama and New York were the old-style side-paddles. These ships had been fitted up to carry the gold for the United States government by putting on the port-side of the ship, on the guard after the wheel, a steel safe with the bottom set on a centre pivot. The entire safe was cased with woodwork, like the other parts of the steamer, so that it did not differ in appearance from the rest of the wood finishings. When the government contemplated a shipment of gold, the sub-treasu rer at ban r rancisco was writtcu tu, and the steamer in which it was to be shipped was named. The gold was prepared for shipment at the United States branch mint at San Francisco by packing sums of $20,000 in separate boxes, screwing on the head, and sealing with wax each screw in the box, which was then stamped with a government seal. On Sunday before the sailing of the steamer, a picked set of workmen from the mint were selected, and the boxes of gold were loaded on to drays before daylight and driven to the steamer, and there placed in the safe by the mint workmen. This was done so quietly and at such unusual hours that it was known only to a few men and the officers of the mail steamship company. When the gold was all stored in the the safe the sub-treasurer locked it. The American consul at Panama, upon the arrival of the steamer, unlocked the safe, and the boxes of gold were taken across the Isthmus on the car's by night, placed on board the steamer, at Asp; nwall, and locked in the safe on that ship by the consul there; thus no one on either steamer had any means of opening the safe while the gold was in transit. As I have remarked, the weight of the safe was hung on a centre pivot to keep the bottom of the safe in place; there were also side-bolts fixed so that they could be pulled out at any desired time, the method of which was known onlv to the captains of the steamers. menced. The schooner Chapman had been for two weeks ready for her coasting voyage, and, as she did not go to sea, the United States officers became suspicious of her, and placed a watch where they could observe everything occuring on board. They also searched the vessel, but found everything correct, and would have dismissed the watch had not a well known southerner, while intoxicated, bragged of what they were going to do. This was reported to the revenue officers, and extra precautions were taken. At the time Miss Elliot arrived in San Fran cisco, Neville gave orders for the captain to take the men who bad been engaged in San Francisco weeks before, and who were then at different sailor's boarding-houses, to put to sea and join her consort off the island of Santa Cruz. These men went on board in the night, and next morning the ship got under way, showing only the usual number of men on deck. But the United States revenue cutter stopped her, and conveyed her to ,an anchorage under the guns of Alcatraz island. The officers and crew of 47 men were arrested. In order not to have bis plans blocked, Neville started two men overland on horseback for Santa Barbara, to take boat from there to the island and notify the captain of the Vesta of the seizure of the Chapman. The captain of the Vesta was ordered to intercept the steamer, and was told that Neville and bis confederates would b? on board to assist him, and that they would disable the machinery of the vessel, in case the guns of the schooner did not compel the steamer to stop while they took the gold from her. But "the best-laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gley." When the two messengers crossed to the island from Santa Barbara, they found the captain and all hands of the Vesta " * * * 1- i L.r 4.1 ?..ia onna aruDK," aou ueiuie tuoy cuuiu be sobered up and got ready, the John L. Stephens went steaming by with the government gold. It seems tbat United States Marshal Hand had got wind of the contemplated raid to capture the gold on the steamer, and he warned the officers of the steamer of what might be attempted, and placed on board 12 of his deputies, dressed as old Californians. These men took passage in the steerage, and professed to be returning to their eastern homes. They had holsters with pistols belted around their waists, in the usual California style. They made the acquaintance of Neville's men, and two of them agreed to guard Neville as the steamer was to pass through the Santa Barbara channel. Each deputy marshal had his man picked, and, if the attack had been made by the schooner Vesta, they would have shot Neville and every one of his gang. The plot miscarried, and the steamer passed on her way to Panama without any trouble. The syndicate of English friends of the Southern Confederacy lost all tbat Neville had expended in fitting out the expedition, with the exception of the proceedsof the sale of the schooner Vesta and her supplies at Hong Kong, whither she went after the failure of Neville's plans. The confeder ates of JNeviHe wno sauea wun mm on the steamer were paid off by him at Pattama, and be and Miss Elliot took the French steamer at Aspinwall for the West Indies and Europe. The newspapers of San Francisco gave an account of the "tempest in a teapot" when the schooner Chapman was seized for attempted piracy. The vigilance of Marshal Rand on this occasion saved the government $4,000,000.?Argonaut. Frog Farming.?A Boston paper presents some practical facts and information that are by no means unworthy of the careful consideration of owners of frog ponds and swamp tracts. Its article, after stating that the United States fish commission is seriously investigating the subject of frog farming, and that there is a growing demand in the markets of the large cities for the hind legs of frogs, 3ays that "Fulton market, New York, alone handles from 75,000 to 100,000 pounds of legs annually." As far as the commission has been able to ascertain there is no frog farm in the United States, the crop being wholly wild, but in one section of Missouri, where the catching of frogs is quite an industry. "One town ships 50,000 pounds, and another town 25,000 pounds of dressed frog legs to New York each year." The catching season lasts about three months, and the profit of those engaged in the work is large.?News and Courier. f8T A great many quarrels might be prevented if we had the right thoughts, and refused to let the ugly thoughts stay in our hearts. Some cne says an unpleasant word to us. If we allow ourselves to brood over it, we feel worse and worse about it as time goes by. We "make a mountain aut of a mole hill" by a foolish thought. Suppose we drive the thought of that jnpleasant speech right out of our minds?it isn't worth thinking about. Marcus Aurelius says: "Take away the complaint; I have been harmed, and the harm is taken away." Anything that hurts us may be made ten times worse just by thinking about it. Profit by Mistakes.?The successful business man always profits by [lis mistakes, because be is careful not to make the same ones over again. When flushed by success it is easy enough to remember how we have succeeded, but we all are prone to averlook our faults, or wherein we bave erred. We all make mistakes, and surely the only way to make a correcetion is to take a retrospective view of the past, and, as Colman's Rural World observes, see what can be done in making as few as possible in the future. tieir Liberty is not license to follow the appetite, but power to rule over it. mu mmm mm it TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, January 4tb, at 8.00 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. QOISO SOPTH NO. 12. | Leave Marion 1 80 pm Leave Rutherfordton? 3 05 pm Leave Forest City 3 35 pm Leave Henrietta 4 00 pm Leave Mooresboro 4 16 pm Leave Shelby 5 30 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 5 45 pm Leave Earls 5 55 pm Arrive at Blacksbnrg 6 10 pm No. 32. | No. 34. I Dallv I Daily Except j Exce'pt Sunday. I Sunday. Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 an > Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sliaron .. 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 ami 10 20am .Leave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport r 9 51 am| 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 11 00 ami 12 55 pm Leave Leslies 11 13 ami 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction.. 11 30 am | 1 50 pm Leave Lancaster 12 05 pmt 8 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 45 pm | 6 80 pm Arrive at Camden 130 pm 6 50 pm going north. NoT33. | No. 85! Dally Dully Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 am Leave Kershaw 3 15 pm 10 45 am Leave Lancaster 3 55 pm 12 05 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm 1 60 pm Leave Leslies 4 38 pm 2 00 pm Leavj Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm Le'.ve Newport 5 09 pm 4 20 pm Leave Tlrzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pro Leave Yorkvllle 5 80 pm 5 40 pm Leave Sharon 5 45 pm 6 05 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 0 00 pm 0 30 pm Leave Smyrna 0 10 pmi 0 40 pm Arrive at Blacksburg 0 80 pmi 7 10 pm No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 00 am Leave Earls 8 20 am Leave Patterson Springs 8 30 am Leave Shelby 9 10 am Leave Mooresboro _. 9 50 am Leave Henrietta 10 00 am Leave Forest City 10 20 am Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 am Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pm' CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. SAATIi HUNT, General Manager. mill t iiimisninf G. W. F. HARPER, Pres. Schedules in Effect from and After February 7, 1896. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No 60. Leav e Chester' 6 10am 8 30 a m Leave Lowrysvllle 6 86am 9 05am Leave McConnellsvllle 6 54am 9 39am Leave Gutbriesville.... 7 02am 9 56am Leave Yorkvllle 722am 10 50am Leave Clover 7 52 a m ir 33 a ra Leave Gastonla 8 27am 150pm Leave Llncolnton 8 45 a m 3 16 p m Leave Newton 10 23am 445pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 12 17 pm 8 00 pm ooiNo south. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 380pm 6 30am Leave Hickory 4 84pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am Leave Llncolnton 6 00 p m 10 40 a m Leave Gastonla 6 57pm 100pm Leave Clover 737pm 2 02pra Leave Yorkvllle 8 06 pm 3 10 pm Leave Gnthrlesvllle ... 8 29 p m 3 40 p m Leave McConnellsvllle 8 38pm 355pm Leave Lotfrysville 0 00pm] 4 25pm Arrive Chester 9 32 pm I 5 10pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run daily except Sunday. There is good con- ( nection at Chester with the G. C. & N. and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.: at A. UL .i-_ A An A T . T in_ 1 <jrasw>iua Willi ILIO A. <x v. a. ?j. , oh ijiucolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. Parties desiring tickets to all points North, East, South and West, will find it much to their advantage to call at or correspond with the General Office of the Carolina and North-Western Railway at Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. YORK MUSIC STORET "lis HIRE! 1 THE Lester Piano Company says: j "We guarantee that everything about ' the LESTER PIANO, from the strings j to the varnish, and each of the seven J thousand parts used in its construction, ' are of the highest grade. J "We guarantee the LESTER PIANO ' absolutely. If any flaws should develop 1 under fair usage, we will make it right { without expense to the purchaser, or re- J place it with a new piano. "Every purchaser of the "Lester" re- J ceives a written guarantee for ten years." ' I HAVE THE PAPERS, < Stating that the .LESTER PIANO has been pronounced, by competent judges, to be superior to the pianos now used in ' two of the most prominent female colleges iu South Carolina. IT WILL PAT TOU i To SEE ME and the LESTER PIANO J before making a purchase. Prices the t very lowest and satisfaction given every- ? time. GEO. T. SCHORB. ADMINISTRATRIX1 SALE. J I WILL expose to public sale at the ( late residence of JOSEPH M. NICHOLS, deceased, in York county, S. C., on the 19th day of MARCH, instant, to the highest hidder, the PERSONAL PROP- ETY belonging to the estate of said deceased, consisting of Horses, Mules, Cat- t tie. Hogs, Farming Implements, House- ] hold and Kitchen Furniture, and other articles not necessary to mention. Sale to beerin at 10 o'clock, a. m.. or as . soon thereafter as convenient. Terms of Sale?CASH. M. E. NICHOLS, Administratrix. March 6 19 s3t APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. . NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, administrator of the estate of R. A. PARISH, deceased, will make a final settlement with the Judge of Probate for York county, on the 5 27th DAY OF MARCH, 1897, at 12 o'clock, m., when he will make application for a final discharge from liability as administrator ot the said estate. ' W. W. LEWIS, Administrator. February 27 17 s 5t ? ? A $1,000 WORD. Two Papers at the Price of One and a Chance at $1,000, Additional. The Third Missing Word Contest of The Atlanta Weekly Constitution, In Which $1,000 Will Be Distributed to Successful Contestants on the 1st of May. * The Atlanta Weekly Constitution has inaugurated its third consecutive "missing word" contest, which began on the 1st of March and close on the 1st of May? *. sixty days. It publishes the cashier's receipt for 1" the special deposit account of 91,000 to be paid to the person,, or persons, who, in in Tho Wnulrlv PonotitnilAti auuouiiuiiin WW *UV ?T tvttij vvuovi?uwwut names correctly the missing word in the following sentence: "The Right of ' is the ropy essence of the constitution." ? The sentence is taken from a historical publication, and the sentiment to which it gives expression is that of an eminent writer. By special arrangement with The Weekly Constitution, that greaf paper and The Enquirer can be o'btaiued for one year at almost the price of one paper. Not only that: but under our arrangement with The Weekly Constitution every person who takes advantage of this clubbing proposition, subscribing for both papers, will be entitled to a guess at the missing word. All clubbing subscrip- x tions should be sent to The Enquirer with each subscriber's guess at the missing word plainly written. The guess and the name and address of each subscriber will be forwarded by us to The Constitution. The Constitution's first "missing word contest" closed on the 1st of January, and but one person, Mr. M. L. Brittain, a hardworking school teacher, guessed the missing word, receiving therefor a check for $1,000. Its second contest closed on the 1st of March, and The Weekly Constitution of Monday, March 8tb, will contain the announcement of the awards in which $1,000 in cash is to be distributed among the successful guessers in that contest. The readers of The Enquirer who subscribe jointly to it and to The Weekly Constitution have free access into the third contest, just opened; and it may be that some of them frill get the $1,000 to be distributed on the 1st or May. ' The only condition of the contest is that every guesser muBt be a subscriber j and taking advantage of The Constiution's wish to subscribe to Soth papers. Every person' should have bis county paper and one great general newspaper; and The Weekly Constitution, with a circulation of 156,000, occupies the unique distinction t of being the the greatest American weekly newspaper. THE EHttUIRER and The Constitution will be furnished one year for $2.50. A Snare And Delusion. Ijtr you nave taken out. a me insurance policy in an Old Line high price "level premium" company with the idea that you would at sometime in the ftature, while you yet-drew the breath of life, receive substantial cash returns or "big *" dividends," we are here to tell yop that yon will be disappointed. ' Your policy will prove a snare and a delusion. It is all right for protection for your wife and children, as they will receive the face of the policy in case of your death, as they 's would also in a company that charges you half as much. A life insurance policy is a fraud as an investment for a living 1 man, and is the greatest blessing of which we or anybody else has any knowledge as a means of protecting the widow and orphans, after the breadwinner bas been v removed by death. If You Will Lay Aside * Your Prejudice AND COME to us with a desire to learn why it is not to yoor interest to carry high priced insurance, and how we can furnish you just as safe insurance for at least 40 per cent, a year less than the other costs, we are sure we can show you to vour satisfaction that the MUTUAL ' * RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION of New York does business on a plan that is absolutely safe, and will protect your loved ones even better than tbey now are, at even a greater cost to to you. Of course if you are too prejudiced to investigate and imagine that the high price you are now paying makes your insurance better or safer, or better than it would be at less cost, we can't do anything for you ; but will be forced to Ui ill AS Al_ ict juu gu uij uijui time, tue crucial tester, convinces you, against your will, * that you have been deceived. If You Have No Insurance, And think you should have, we wonld be pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve System to you. The 'Mutual Reserve is the largest and strongest natural premium company in the world, and the fourth largest of ANY KIND. . It/has paid ibout $550,000 to the widows and orphans >f deceased policy-holders in South- Carina alone, during the past twelve years, ind if all the insurance now carried in )ld line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, ivhich now annually goes into the coffers )f the former, would oe left in the state o help relieve the bard times about which >ve hear so much. SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST, General Agents, Yorkville, S. C. TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE. THE undersigned offers for sale, the HOUSE AND LOT in Yorkville. cnown as the "Meek House," occupied jy Mr. O. E. Grist and situated opposite he O. R. & C. R. R., depot. The house contains six large rooms and a basenent. The house is in good repair, and contiguous to water-works fire-plugs. On he premises is a well of excellent free- i itone water. Also, a cottage on Madison street. It contains four rooms. The ?u.iise is in good epair and on the premises is a well of ;ood freestone water. L. M. GRIST. January 20 6 tf a MONEY TO LEND. PARTIES desiring to borrow money can be accommodated by applying o the undersigned at his office, No. 5 Law Range, Yorkville, S. C. W. W. LEWIS, Attorney. February 27 17 s 3m TiTho nitrtYfcmtt** flriiirnii'ii'. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OE 8UB8CRIPTIOX: Jingle copv for one year, 2 OO )ne copy for two years, 3 50 Tor six months, 1 OO ?or three months, SO fwo copies for one year, 3 SO Pen copies one year, IT 50 ^.nd an extra copy for a club of ten.