?mrarrou$ department.
SOMETHING OF A CASE.
They went to see the family lawyer
yesterday?Mary Ann and her mother.
Mary Ann was a little embarrassed,
but the old lady was calmness itself.
When they spoke about a breach of
promise, the lawyer said :
"What evidence have you?"
"Mary Ann produce the letters,"
commanded the mother, and the girl
took off the cover of a clothes basket,
and remarked that she thought 907
letters would do to begin with; the
other 651 would be produced as soon
as the case was fairly before the court.
"And besides these letters?" queried
the lawyer.
"Mary Ann, produce your diary,"
said the mother. "Now turn to the
heading of 'promise,' and tell him how
many times this marriage business was
talked over."
"The sum total is 214 times," answered
the girl.
? * J; r
"Now, turn to loe Dcauiug ui uoiliDg,'
and give us the Dumber of times
be has applied that term to you."
"If I have calculated rightly, the
number is 9,254 times."
"I fancy you counted pretty correctly,
for you are good at arithmetic.
Nowj turn to the heading of 'Newport
Cottage,' and tell us bow many times
he has talked of such a home for you
after marriage ?"
"One thousand three hundred and
ninety-five times."
"Very well. This gentleman wants
to be sure that we've a case. How
many times has Charles Henry said
that be would die for you ?"
"Three hundred and fifty," answered
the girl.
"How many times has he called you
an angel ?"
"Over 11,000, mamma."
"How about squeezii g hands ?"
"Over 384,000 squeezes."
"And kisses ?"
"Nearly 417,000."
"And about reading poetry, singing
duets, and takmg moonlight walks
together ?"
. "The numbers are on this paper,"
said the girl, handiDg a slip to the
lawyer.
"That's our case," said the mother,
as she deposited basket and diary on
the lawyer's table. "Look over the
documents, and if you want anything
further I can bring a dozen neighbors
to swear to facts. We sue for $10,000
damages, and we'll call again next
week. Good day, sir."
a Pattavt rco T.airw Tn Countv
a. ? ? ?
Sligo there is a small lake renowned
for its fabulous depth. A professor
happened to be in that part of Ireland
last summer, and started out one day
for a ramble among the mountains,
accompanied by a native guide. As
they climbed, Pat asked him if be
would like to see this 'ake, "for it's no
bottom at all, sorr."
"But how do you know that, Pat ?"
asked the professor.
"Well, sorr, I'll tell ye; me own
cousin was showin' the pond to a gentleman
one day, sorr, and he looked
incredulous like, just as you do, and
me cousin couldn't stund it for him to
doubt his word, sorr, and so he said,
'Begorra, I'll prove the truth of me
wordsand off with his clothes and
in he jumped."
The professor's face wore an amused
and quizzical expression.
"Yes, sorr, in he jumped, and didn't
come up again, at all, at all."
"But," said the professor, "I don't
see that your cousin proved his point
by recklessly drowniug himself."
"Sure, sorr, it wasn t drowned at all
he was; the next day comes a cable
from him in Australia, askin' to send
on his clothes."
Quoted Scripture and Went
Free.?"What have you got to say,
John McNulty ? The officer says he
found you drunk in a hallway,", said
the magistrate to a tall, angular prisoner.
"But I obeyed the teachings of the
Bible," pleaded the prisoner.
"I don't think you did," replied the
court, "for you were drunk."
"Please hand me that Bible, officer,"
said McNulty, with a twinkle in bis
eye. The Bible which is used in administering
oaths was given him. The
magistrate watched with interest.
With great rapidity McNulty turned
to Proverbs and read the sixth and
seventh verses of the 31st chapter, as
follows: "Give strong drink unto
him that is ready to perish, and wine
unto those that are heavy of heart.
"Let him drink and forget his pov
erty, and remember his misery no
more." Then the prisoner laid down
the book with an air of triumph.
"Discharged," was the brief comment
of the court. McNulty murmured
his thanks jind walked out.
He said later that he bad been educated
in a theological seminary, but
drink bad ruined him.
A Busy Woman.?"You are kept
pretty busy nowadays," remarked a
stranger to Mrs. Simmons, whose husband
has a ranch on Union creek.
"Yes, hardly get time to turn
around. There is always something
to keep one busy. If it ain't the
cows, it's the sheep, if it ain't the
sheep, it's the pigs, and if it ain't the
pigs, it's the children."
Equal to the Occasion.?Flat
Owner (to applicant for position as
janitor)?Are you a married man,
O'Callahan? "No,sor." "I am sorry,
Pat, but I only em ploy married men
as janitors, and I must fill the position
today." "Hold the job for me, sor.
Oi'll be back in two hours wid Mrs.
O'Callahan. I know several widders,
sor."
"Is this the fast train ?" asked
the traveling man of the conductor.
"Of course it is," was the reply. "I
thought so. Would you mind my getting
out to see what it is fast to?"
Wayside (featherings.
t)aB~ No one ever thinks that a boy is
tired.
I The more people know the less
they talk about it.
An angiy man opens his mouth
and shuts bis eyes.
t&T Hard and steady work is a good
antidote for hard times.
W&" The way to have good times is
to help make them yourself.
IflT A man is frequently known by
the company he keeps out of.
IGovern your thought when alone
and tongue when in company.
tST What man is, will always depend
upon what he believes God to be.
There is a constantly growing
demand that other people be good.
9* The surest way to become poor
in earnest is to try to keep all you get.
fTo keep your own secret is wisdom,
to expect others to keep it is
folly.
HSf Many people find their only happiness
in forcing themselves to be unhappy.
9* People look at you six days in
the week to see what you mean on the
seventh.
WSF A woman can win a man's love
without trying, but she can't keep it
that way.
Circumstances are beyond the
control of man, but his conduct is in
his power.
VeF Last year the people of the United
States consumed 4,000,000 bunches
of bananas.
98T The doors of the tomb that iB to
enclose General Grant's body weigh
7,000 pounds.
PaF Thirteen tons of postage stamps
are said to have been sold in New
York city last year.
ti&T It is not true that a horse has
six legs, although he has forq legs in
front and two behind.
tGF Mail matter is eent between Paris
and Berlin, a distance of 700 miles,
through pneumatic tubes.
WcP' If you want to have power to
mould other men, learn to control the
man who wears your hat.
The rolling stock of the railroads
of the United States is valued at a
billion and a half of dollars.
t&T The secretary of war says the
United States could put into the field
an army of about 9,000,000 men.
"Parlysis?" said an Irishman.
"It's the disease that makes ye so that
ivery time ye move, ye can't stir."
An exchange truly says that the
grip is the only thing that can make
some tough people feel meaner than
they are.
Jt&T "Name some of the most important
things existing today that were
unknown 100 years ago." Tommy?
You and me.
BS?" "I have alwavs wished." solilo
quized the coroner, pensively "that I
could have held this office immediately
after the flood."
1ST The letter I in the Chinese language
has 145 ways of being pronounced,
and each pronunciation has
a different meaning.
f?* "Do you enjoy novel reading?" ,
"Yes; one can associate with people
in fiction that one wouldn't dare to
speak to in real life."
H&T In 1324 a statute of Edward II
of England commanded that three
barleycorns, dry and placed end to
end, should be an inch.
W&T The man with squeaky boots on,
who walks up the church aisle during
prayer time, intrudes his sole-stirring
music at the wrong time.
S8F Life is earnest?life is labor.
Life is rest. Life is taxes. Life brings
its ills, bills, doctor's pills. Very good.
But without love, life is dead.
VST Mrs. Gabb?Does your boy take
after you or bis father? Mrs. Gabb?
He takes after his father. You can
never believe a word he says.
I"Are any of the colors discernible
to the touoh ?" asked the school
teacher. "I have often felt blue," replied
the boy at the head of the class.
f?* None are too wise to be mistaken,
but few are so wisely just a* to acknowledge
and correct their mistakes,
and especially the mistakes of prejudice.
tlST Cleanliness is next to godliuess;
but it is hard to convince the man
whose wife is in the throes of housecleaning
that there is aDy truth in the
adage.
AST Gray hair is caused solely by the
loss of pigment which gave it color.
Grayness may occur at any period of
life, irrespective of age; it is also hereditary.
t8T There is nothing that so promptly
cuts short congestions of the lungs,
sore throat, or rheumatism as hot water
when applied thoroughly and
promptly.
16T At the beginning of this century
a most peculiar cholera remedy was in
Persia. It consisted in wadding up a
leaf from the Koran and forcing it
down the patient's throat.
J6T The old Washington hall in Durham,
Eng., which is supposed by some
to have been the seat of George Washington's
ancestors, has been bought by
an Americen for only $2,000,
W8P "So he praised my singing, did
he ?" "Yes ; he said it was heavenly.>:
"Did he really say that?" "Well,
not exactly, but be probably meant
that. He said it was unearthly."
J6T Of course it was not to be expected
of her to say Mayflower; that
was too vulgar. So when she was
asked about her ancestry, she said
that they came over in the "Trailing
Arbutus."
fjatT" A horsetrainer of Breckenridge,
Ky., who has been married three
times, is the father of 39 children, of
whom 27 are alive. His oldest son
and his present wife are of the same
age, 47 years.
She ?>tonj Seller.
A RUNNING FIGHT.
Did you ever bear of women going
on the the war-path, or take to trapping
in the heart of the Indian country
?" abrubtly asked old Pierre Lajoie
one evening. "I never tried it but
once, and that fairly sickened me. I'll
tell you how it was.
"I had engaged with the American
Fur company for the spring hunt, they
paying me $500. Our company was
fitted out on a new plan, at least ;twas
new to me. Each trapper had a servant?a
squaw, or half-breed woman
to keep his clothes in repair, look'to his
his weapons, cook for him, besides gaining
the pelts, and a thousand other
items. It was thought that by this we
would get through more work.
"We struck out for the Blackfeet
country, as we numbered nearly two
hundred mountaip men, and felt able
to handle the entire tribe should they
offer to molest us. We kept on until
we came to Sheephorn mountain, but
finding that it was impassable on account
of the deep snow drifts, we
changed our course, striking over to
the Pont Neuf, trapping down it to its
junction with Snake river.
"At this point our trouble with the
redskins began. We met a strong
party of Blackfeet, but evidently they
didn't like our looks, for they made
the signal of peace, and after a short
palaver, a few of the "big bucks' were
allowed to enter our camp. As you
may guess, we kept a close guard over
our animals, on the the alert for'an attempt
at a stampede. Yet, despite
our vigilance, some half a dozen young
'soldier' Indians, who had never struck
a human foe, and who, because they
have a name to win, are ever more to
be dreaded than the old, experienced
??2 ? ^ t h vonrr h
warriors, Luauugeu uu wioo^i vuivu6u
our lines, and each one mounting a
horse, attempted to stampede the rest
by dashing through their middle, yelling
like fiends and waving their blankets
and robes. But our forethought
in side-hobbling the animals, saved
them.
<4I don't believe, now, that the leading
Blackfeet bad anything to do with
this attempt to dismount us, or the
stampede would have been supported ;
but we did think so then, and as somebody
yelled out to shoot down the Indians,
the chief and his more prominent
braves, who remained in our
camp, fell dead, riddled with bullets,
and to this fact we probably owed
what followed. If it was a crime, we
paid dearly enough for it, I assure you.
"The Blackfeet retreated, and we
retraced our steps up the Pont Neuf,
crossing Sheephorn mountain without
much difficulty, the snow drifts having
melted. We trapped along Bear river,
stopping for a time on Sage and some i
other good sized streams, finally ren- i
dezvousing at Weaver Lake.
"While here, a party of friendly I
Flatbeads came in and told us that a j
small party of trappers were corralled
' ^? rt /^Arran milfiQ -
uy DiauKieet uu a. ucca. a uui.su ^
distant; that they were making a good
fight but their ammunition was getting
low, and unless help came right speedily
they must go under.
, "Such a call as this was never denied
by a true mountain mau, and i
twenty of us started to lift the siege. ]
This we succeeded in doing without
loss on our side, stealing up within j
range and letting the redskins have a j
volley that threw a dozen cold, and (
scattered the rest like a covey of quail ;
before a coyote. We were none too <
soon, either, for the trappers were al- \
most down to their last charge of pow- i
der. ]
"Riding double, we started back for ,
the rendezvous, where, I forgot to say, <
we were waiting for Lublette and the
rest of the company, who hail started <
out before us. From Weaver Lake i
we were all going to Fort Union, to fit (
out for a winter season on the Yellow- i
stone headwater. j
"It was now but little after sunrise, i
as we had ridden to the rescue before ]
day, and as we passed through a defile i
out into the open ground, we heard
singing and shouting to our left and j
rear. Looking arouud, we saw a very <
large body of mounted Indians, at
least five hundred in number. It only i
needed a second glance to tell us that
they were Blackfeet. ;
"Had they charged us then, riding j
double as we were, they must have
rubbed us all out, but instead they <
made motions for us to ride on and i
join our friends. I afterward learned i
from a brave who was engaged in the <
fight that they felt so certain of us that i
the resolved to take us all together. i
"Reaching camp, we gave the alarm, I
and mounting the squaws upon pack ]
animals, sent them on ahead to gain a t
patch of thick-growing willows, some i
ten miles away, while we formed ourselves
to hold the Blackfeet in check, i
" * * * ! !L1
Une tact aided us. n was impossiuie
for the Iudiaus to surround us. Upon (
one hand we had a lake, upon the i
other a long, rugged mountain that a !
goat could scarcely scale. Still, by '
forcing us to retreat, the Indians knew I
we would eventually he driven into the i
open ground, where they could master
us as they do a herd of buffaloes, by !
hemming us in on every side. i
"The varmints kept charging on, <
taking matters easy, though, barely \
coming within rifle shot. As we had
plenty of ammunition, we bowled a
few of them over at long range every <
charge they made, when they would (
halt, and allow us to retreat a few j
hundred yards. i
"As they had but few rifles, and ,
those rendered almost useless by rust |
aud hard usage, we were not injured,
and only for the folly of one man? ,
old Bob Burns, the most inveterate i
Indian hater I ever knew?we would j
have passed through the valley without |
losing a single life. i
"He was always the hindmost one
of our party, sometimes full 50 yards 1
closer the Blackfeet than any other
trapper, loading and firing rapidly, yet i
with a coolness that brought down a
brave with each bullet.
"At last three Blackfeet darted forward,
choosing a moment when Burns
was nearest them, and his rifle empty.
The old fellow never flinched, but sat
his horse, coolly drawing his pistols.
He picked off the first two, though
while doing so they slipped half a
dozen arrows into bis carcass.
"I saw bis danger, and called for
help to rescue?bim, darting forward at
top speed, the, front guard of the
Blackfeet doing the same. But we
were too late to save Burns. He felt
fhat. he had received his death blow
from the arrow that quivered deep in
bis left breast, and charged upon the
third Blackfoot, uttering bis wild war
cry, 'Owgh-owgh-gh-h-h I"
"The Blackfoot gave him an arrow
that passed clear through his throat,
dropping to the ground behind him.
But old Bob made his (coup' in spite of
this. He grappled with the redskin
and plunged his knife into his heart,
both falling from the saddle together.
"By this time we were exchanging
compliments with the Blackfeet, but
seeing that poor Burns was wiped out,
we retreated, closely followed by the
redskins, who, however, were checked
by a volley from our comrades.
"We held the mouth of the pass for
some time, until we could see that our
women bad gained the willows, and
then, riding in a compact body, we
followed upon their trail. As we had
foreseen, no sooner were the Blackfeet
clear of the narrow valley than they
gave the word to their animals and
endeavored to surround us. Had we
grown excited or flustered then, we
must have been massacred, but we all
counted on the danger of that, and
knew that unless we kept our wits
about us this would be the ending of
our earthly trail.
"we ruau ou sieuuuy, &ecpiug iuvoc
in our rear aod those upon both sides
at a respectful distance, while watching
the braves sent ahead to cut olf
our farther retreat. We had spared
our animals thus far, and they were iu
splendid condition, just sufficiently
warmed up to do their level best at a
word or touch.
"Now!' yelled Fitzpatrick, darting
forward.
"The Blackfeet had nearly completed
their 'surround,' when our leader
gave the signal we bad been looking
for so long. It was a beautiful?superb
charge 1
"Our rifles, though loaded, rested
across our thighs, while guiding our
animals with our knees, each band
clasped a pistol. The redskins met
our rush boldly enough, no doubt be
neviog tney couia stay us uuui tueir
friends could come up, when, pressed
upon from all sides, we must go under.
"Their first flight of arrows emptied
two saddles and wounded a dozen
more of our number. But before they
could let fly another, we were upon
them, and our pistols began to speak.
At such close quarters, even single
barreled pistols are awkard customers,
and the meat went wolfin.'
"We cut our way through the Blackfeet,
and then taking our rifles delivered
a cool volley into those nearest us
with such good effect that they halted
in momentary dismay, falling back beyond
range. And taking advantage
of this we put on steam and gained
the willows where our women and
pack animals were awaiting us.
"There isn't time to tell you all
about our fight at the willows, and
there it was the same from first to last,
almost a succession of charges and
repulses, ruses and stratagems, by
which the Blackfeet sought to drive us
from cover; but we were smart enough
to see and hold our advantage. When
[ tell you that we fought them the rest
of that day and all night, you can fill
out the picture to suit yourself.
"Matters began to look gloomy
enough the next day. Our ammunition
was getting low, and now a dozen
of our men bad beer killed. It was
then that we cursed our haste in shootiug
down the Blackfeet chiefs on Snake
river. Only lor this the redskins would
long since have given us over as by far
too high-priced to suit their taste.
" 'Horrab !' suddenly cried out Fiiz
patrick, pointing over the tops of the
willows. 'Lublette, by Heaven !'
"We saw three columns of black
smoke reaching bigh up toward the
heavens, and recognized the signal
agreed upon between us, by which a
junction was to be effected.
"Fitzpatrick called for volunteers to
carry a message to Lublette, and
though it would be almost certain
death, 20 men stepped forward. Out
of these two were chosen?Job Griffin
and Ned Wenemick. They mounted
* - ? 3
the best animals in ine camp, anu
burst through the willows. The Blackfeet
seemed to divine their object, aud
started after them. Griffin was butchered
ere he had run half a mile, but
Wenemick passed safely through, and
informed Lublette of our fix.
"Meantime the Blaekfeet had charged
on desperately, hoping to overcome
us before aid arrived, but they were
foiled, though our loss was severe.
They fled in hot haste as Lublette aud
bis men came over, carrying with them
the most of their dead.
"It was a dear fight to us. We lost
23 good men, besides half-a-dozen
squaws, and that was the last time I
2ver went trapping in company with
petticoats.
Origin of Tariff.?Every day
when we open our morning newspaper
and read the political discussions in
its columns, we are sure to come across
something about the tariff. Every
one knows the meaning of the word
tariff, but it is not generally known
where it originated. It is of Moorish
origin, and descended to us from the
time when the Moors occupied a goodly
part of Spain. In those days they
built a fort to guard the Strait of
Gibraltar, and they called it Tarifa.
It was ihe custom of these people to
levy duties according to a fixed scale,
which they adopted and changed from
time to time, even as much as we do
our own tariff laws, on the merchandise
vessels passing in and out of the
Mediterranean. They claimed the
right by virtue of strength, and for
years netted a rich income.?Harper's
Round Table.
EBrnBriE
G. W. F. HARPER, President.
L-i-i r ,..a,"liaA?
Schedules in Effect from and After
February 7,1896.
CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.
QOLWO ITOBTH. | No 10. | No BO.
Lea^ e Chester - 6 10 am 880am
Leave Lowrysvllle ...... 0 88am 0 05am
Leave McConnellsville 6 54am 9 39aro
Leave Guthrlesvllle .... 7 02 a jn 0 58am
Leave Yorkvllle 722am 10 50am
Leave Clover 7 52 a m 11 88 am
Leave Gastonla 827am 150pm
Leave Llncolnton 8 45 a m 8 18 p m
Leave Newton 10 23am 445pm
Leave Hickory 11 10 am 8 16 pm
Arrive Lenoir 12 17 pm 8 00 pm
QOIKO SOUTH. | No. 0. | No SI.
Leave Lenoir .*. 8 80 p m 6 30 am
Leave Hickory 4 34pm 8 10 am
Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am
Leave Llncolnton 6 00pm 10 40am
Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 100pm
Leave Clover 7 37pm 202pro
Leave Yorkvllle 8 06 pm 8 10 pm
Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 829pm 3 40pm
Leave McConnellsville 888pm 8 55pm
Leave Lowrysvllle 9 00pm 4 25pm
Arrive Cheater I 9 82 pm 1 5 10 pm
m. 1 "VT _ _ n 1 A n.A Aw.4 Alnnn nn/1
J. rains J.^ US. 9 auu lu aio uibi uasa, auu
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 61 carry passengers and also run
daily except Sunday. There is good connection
at Chester with the G. C. & N.
and the C. C. A A., also L A C. R. R.; at
Gastonia with the A. <6 C. A. L.; at Lfncolnton
with C. C.: and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. C.
Parties desiring tickets to all points
North, East, South arid 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.
S. T. PENDER, G. F. and P. A.,
Lenoir, N. C.
OHIO RIVER Alio CHARLESTOS B.B.
TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and
Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, January 4tb, at 8.00 a. m.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
QQINO SOUTH NO. 12. |
Leave Marion .. 1 30 pm
Leave Rutherfordton 8 05 pm
Leave Forest City - 3 35 pm
Leave Henrietta 4 00 pm
Leave Mooresboro 4 15 pm
Leave Shelby .. 5 30 pm
Leave Patterson Springs.. 5 45 pm
Leave Earls 5 55 pm
Arrive at Blacksburg 6 10 pm
No. 32. | No. 34.
liany j umiy
j Except Except
I Sunday. I Sunday.
Leave Blacksburg 8 30 ami 8 40 am
Leave Smyrna 8 50 am I 0 05 am
Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am| 9 25 am
Leave Sharon 9 20 ami 9 50am
Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am' 10 20am
Leave Tlrzah 9 47 am j 10 45 am
Leave Newport. 9 51 am | 10 55 am
Leave Rock Hill 11 00 ami 12 55 pm
Leave Leslies 11 13 am 1 15 pm
Leave Catawba Junction.. 11 30 am 1 50 pm
Leave Lancaster 12 05 pm 3 55 pm
Leave Kershaw 12 45 pm i 5 30 pro
Arrive at Camden 1 30 pm 6 50 pro
qoiNO north." | N6T 33. | NoT~35.
I Dally I Dally
I Except Except
I Sunday.! Sunday.
Leave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 am
Leave Kershaw 3 15 pm 10 45 am
Leave Lancaster 3 55 pm 12 06 pm
Leave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm 1 50 pm
Leave Leslies 4 38 pro 2 00 pm
Leave Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm
Leave Newport 5 09 pm 4 20 pm
Leave Tlrzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pm
Leave Yorkvllle 5 30 pm 5 40 pm
Leave Sharon 5 45 pmj 6 05 pm
Leave Hickory Grove.... 6 00 pm! 6 30 pm
Leave Smyrna 6 10 pm 6 40 pm
Arrive at Blacksburg 6 30 pm 7 10 pm
No. 11. |
Leave Blacksburg 8 00 am
|J.eave Earls 8 20 am
Leave Patterson Springs 8 30 am
I Leave Shelby ;. 9 10 am
Leave Mooresboro 9 50 am
Leave Henrietta 10 00 ami
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.
N09. 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.
SAM'L HUNT. Generaf Manager.
WHEN YOU WANT
TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken, I
you should not fail to come and see
me. I have been in the "picture taking"
business for a great many years, and am <
confident that I know my business. It
has always been my desire to please my
customers. lain prepared to take. Photographs
in the latest styles and at reasonable
prices.
HAVE YOU ANY
Photographs that you would like to have
enlarged ? If you have, come and see me
about it. I can do the work.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW !
Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask ;
anyone in town and they can tell you.
DURING THE WINTER, '
You will find my Gallery warm and
pleasant. Come and see me whenever
you need photographs. Respectfully,
J. R. SCHORB.
FINLEY & BRICE,
ATTORNEYS A.T LAW, j
Yorkville, 8. C.
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OFFICE IN falE BUILDING AT '
THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S
STORE.
PAINTING, ' PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
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I AM located in Yorkville and do
PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL Painting,
Paperbanging, etc. I have had 11
years' experience and am prepared to do i
first class work in every department of <
my trade. Outside house painting will ]
receive due attention on short notice. Call ]
on or write me for estimates at Kuyken- '
dal's Drug Store. A. J. LEE. '
February 20 15 s3rn ,
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 weemy uonsuiuuon nas
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
the special deposit account of $1,000 to'bo
paid to the person, or persons, who, in
subscribing to The Weekly Constitution,
names correctly the missing word in the
following sentence:
"The Right of 4 * is the very
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 great paper and
The Enquirer can be obtained for one
Sear at almost the price of one paper.
Tot only that: but under our arrangement
with Tne 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 subscriptions
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 Constitntion.
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 tbe
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 will get the 91,000 to be
distributed on the 1st of May.
The only condition of the contest is that *
every guesser must be a subscriber ; and
taking advantage of The Constiution's
offer we present this opportunity to all who
wish to subscribe to both papers. Every
person should have his county paper and
one great general newspaper; and The
Weekly Constitution, with a circulation -of
156,000, occupies the unique distinction
of being the the greatest American weekly
newspaper.
??- THE ENQUIRER and The Constitution
will be furnished one year
for $2.50.
A Snare
And Delusion.
IF you have taken out a life insurance
policy in an OJd Line high price "level
premium" company with the idea that
you would at sometime in the future,
while you yet drew the breath of life, receive
substantial cash returns or "big
dividends," we are here to tell you that
you will be disappointed. Your policy
win prove a snare ana a aeiusion. 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
would also in a company that charges
you half as much. A life insurance policy
is a fraud as an investment for a living
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 has been
removed by death.
It You Will Lay Aside
Your Prejudice
AND COME to us with a desire to
learn why it is not to your 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 showyou
to your 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
they 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
let you go on until time, the crucial
tmtor fH-mvinnps vnn. Rcainst, vonr will.
that you have been deceived.
If You Have
No Insurance,
And think you should have, we would 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
about ^550,000 to the widows and orphans
of deceased policy-holders in South Carlina
alone, auritig the past twelve years,
and if all the insurance now carried in
old line companies in the state was in the
Mutual Reserve, not less than 9400,000,
which now annually goes into the coffers
of the former, would be left in the state
to help relieve the hard times about which
we hear so much.
SAM M. & L. GEO. GRIST,
General Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
UNDERTAKING.
IAM handling a first class line of COFFINS
AND CASKETS which I will
sell at the vary lowest prices. Personal
attention at all hours.
I am prepared to repair all kinds of
Furniture at reasonable prices.
J. ED JEFFERYS.
S. W. WATSON. '
PHOTOGRAPHER,
Cleveland Avenue, (
Yorkville, 8. C.
Photography in ail the latest
styles of the art. Special attention
fiven to outdoor work. My gallery is
thoroughly and comfortably furnished
with all the latest improvements. Terms
reasonable and strictly cash.
S. W .WATSON.
ftltc ^(orktiUe nquim.
Published Wednesday and Saturday.
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3ingle copy for one year, 8 1 00
3ne copy for two years, 3 50
For six months, I OO
For three months, 50 .
rwo copies for one year, 3 SO
ren copies one year, IT 50
&.nd an extra copy for a club of ten.