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^tumorous department. THEY CHANGED THE SUBJECT. The men who utilize the corner grocery for a clubroom in the evening and on stormy days, says The Free Press, had just been discussing a fox hunt about which one of their number had read aloud, when the conversation naturally took a reminiscent turn. "Nothing cuter nor more cunning in the world than a fox," said Goggs, by way of introduction. "I remember one night when I was a boy, that we heard a great fuss among the dogs that were chained up. It took us about half an hour co get dressed and armed to sally forth for the purpose of investigating. Not discovering anything, we loosened the dogs, and they darted off on a trail, yelpiug as they went. We didn't know whether it nma man np varmint, hut oftpr ft lnna . """ " ) o run the dogs brought up at the henhouse and tried to tear it down. Well, sir, an old fox had deliberately showed himself to the dogs so as to excite them, made that run while we were getting ready for trouble, and, circling around, was robbing the roost while the dogs were off the premises." "I waked up one moonlight night," volunteered the man on the woodbox, "and seen a fox under au apple tree where a fat pullet was roosting. I knew the thief could't climb, so I just stood at the window laughing. The fox barked to wake the 'chicken, and then began circling around the tree, slow at first, but going faster and faster. Of course the terrified pullet followed him with her eyes, and got so dizzy that she fell out of the tree." "I saw somethin' like that once," said the lank individual on a paint keg, "only that the chicken I was watchin' wrung its own neck, 'cause the fox was goin' so durned fast." Then, by common consent the crowd took up the subject of floods. OLD PUT'S JUKE. Shortly before the Revolution, when Kaatrilir arnro/1 With fnrP. IUC ail nao IIVM ? uj vum^vu IT ??u ?v? v bodings of the approaching struggle, old Major Putnam happened to be in Boston. The Major disliked the redcoats, and sometimes inveighed against their arrogant superciliousness in no gentle terms. One day an officer of His Majesty's regulars overheard Putnam assert that the provincial army, , untutored in arms as they were, would fight with the courage of trained soldiers. The officer resented the assertion, and, after some hot words, challenged the Major to a duel, provided he dared to fight. "Dare," shouted Putnam. "Why, at any moment; but I choose the weapons." "Name them," haughtily replied the officer. "Two kegs of gunpowder ; tLe time, tomorrow; the distance, 10 paces ; the fight to be as follows : You to sit on one keg, I on the other, a slow fuse to be attached to each, and the one who holds out the longest shall be declared the winner." There was nothing for the officer to do but but accept the unusual weapons, and on the following day at the appointed time and place the combatants took their seats upon the kegs .of gunpowder. The fuses were lighted and began sputtering, rapidly ap proacning tne Kegs, ine omcer was deadly pale, and watched the growing danger with dilated eyes. At last he could stand it no longer, and with a leap he left his keg and raced like a madman out of sight. When he had gone Old Putnam laughingly kicked the burning fuse away and disclosed to his friends a keg of onions. When the matter came to light the officer was subjected to the laughs and gibes of the entire command. Much Mixed.?"My hearers?" The chairman of the school board was addressing the Annual Teachers' Institute. "The schoolwark is the bulhouse of civilization?I mean?ah !?" The chairman was slightly chilled. "The bulhouse is the schoolwark of civ?" An invisible smile began to make itself felt. "The warkhouse is the bulschool of ?" He was evidently twisted. "The schoolbul is the housewark?" An audible snicker spread itself over the faces of the audience. "The scowse bool?" He was getting wild. So were his hearers. He mopped perspiration, gritted his teeth, and came up to the post again. "The schoolhouse, my friends?" A sigh of relief went up. A-h-h! Now he has gotten his feet under him again. He gazed suavely around. The light of triumphant self-confidence enthroned upon his brow. "Is the wulbark?" And that was all. iSTSmithers?You say you are the luckiest man in the world. How is that? Bilkins?Why, I've had extraordinary luck in cycling. I've wrenched my shoulder in a collision with a milk wagon, collided with a tree and cut my scalp, scraped the hide off my left leg in being thrown while coasting, sprained my right wrist in a race with a friend, and knocked out four teeth in last week's spill will Bromley. "And you call that luck?" "Well, I should smile; for, if you will believe it, in all those scrapes I didn't scratch nor injure my wheel in the slightest." Noah's Misfortune?"I have always felt sorry for Noah," said the large-hearted man. "I don't see the need of it," said the man of the shrunken sympathies. "Looks to me as if Noah got off' pretty well." "But just think of it. When the waters subsided there was not a soul left for him to ask, 'Now, what did I tell you ?'" Grimshaw?Hopping hornets ! why didn't you call me in time ? Here it's seven o'clock, and the boys have started off au hour ago. I told you last night I wanted to go fishing through the ice. Mrs. Grimshaw?But, my dear, it was so cold? "So cold, eh ? You didn't think anything of that last week, when you woke me up before daylight to shovel off the snow." Wajtsiitle (featherings. aSf There are more Germans than Irish in the United States. It doesn't take many pints of whisky to make a peck of trouble. 8?* When people are crazy to marry they attach no consequence to consequences. 8?* There is more snuff used in Boston than in any other city in the United States. VST A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake, as by never repeating it. 46T Not one unmarried woman in a hundred tells the truth when she is asked why she never married. J6T" Said an Irishman in the course of an eloquent speech, "Mr. Chairman, the gals is the boys to do it." Happiness consists not in having vast and rich possessions, but in being fitted to enjoy what we have. 8Fear of what people will say has a more religious effect on the world than the fear of what the Lord will think. t8t A Winconsin girl has refused an offer of marriage, on the ground that her father was not able to support any larger family. 86T" Many men imagine that the world couldn't get along without them, but when they die the town in which they life experiences a boom. SST The man that forgets a great deal that has happened has a better memory than he who remembers a great deal that never happeued. fiS?* A harmless lotion for removing freckles is as follows: Lemon juice, one ounce; powdered borax, one-half dram ; sugar, one-half dram. fiGf When a man makes up his mind that he is a good man, he should be ready to show others what he is good for, remarked the N. O. Picayune. t&T The London telegraph office is the biggest in the world. Over 3,000 operators are employed, and upwards of 30,000 batteries being used.,, 16T" Usually, the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tiibute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise. 86T True happiness never flows into a man, but always out of bim. Hence heaven is sometimes found in cottages and hell in palaces. Heaven itself is more internal than external, fl?" Contempt for holy things is the highest road to infidelity. Once let a man begin to make jest of any part of Christianity, and I am never surprised to hear that he is a downright unbeliever. Daniel Webster was once asked : "What is the most important thought you ever had ?" He replied : "The most important thought I ever had was my individual responsibility to God." 5?" A little girl who had been very observant of her parents' mode of exhibiting their charity, when asked what generosity was, answered : "It is giving to the poor all the old stuff that you don't want yourself. t8F Watch crystals are made by blowing a spere of glass about one yard in diamter, after which the disks are cut from it by means of a pair of compasses having a diamond at the extremity of one leg. 8?* Little girl of seven being asked why she ate her tart all round the edge first, and consequently got her fingers covered with jam, answered reproachfully, "Meg, don't you know?duty first and pleasure afterward. t8T An old Marquesan chief, on being told by a missionary that in heaven there was no war, nor hunger or thirst, nor sickness or death, replied, "That will be a good place for cowards, and lazy folks who are afraid to fight, and too lazy to climb bread-fruit and cocoanut trees." UST A queer libel suit has been instituted against a newspaper in Indiana for averring that the plaintiff's horse was fed on soup, being too old to eat corn. He claims $2,000 damages, alleging that he has suffered great mental anguish on account of the publication. An Irishman was asked if he could define an Irish bull. "Yes, mum," he said. "If you are drivin' along the road, a\jd you see three cows lyin' down iu a pasture, and wan of thim is standin' up, why that wan is an Irish bull." 8ST" Too often, as a very respectable looking professor of religion dashes by iu his phieton, with his wife and daughters dressed in the most costly garments, the remark is heard, "if I had what belongs to me he would not cut such a dash." W&T "I thought you advertised that you were selling out at cost," growled the customer, throwing down the required 25 cents for a small package of note paper. "Yes, sir," replied the stationer briskly. "That's right. We referred to our postage stumps. Waut any." SfcT I ^emons are a simple and excellent remedy for billiousuess. Take the juice of one or two lemons in as much water as will make it pleasaut to drink without sugar, before going to bed. In the morning on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a tumble of cold water. Atar Overpaid labor is not the sort referred to in the supreme judicial court of Maine, sitting at liangor, where an old farm laborer said that he had received as compensation for 11 years' toil on a farm "his board, a few pairs of pants, a second-hand overcoat or two, some tobacco and a licking." Evidently he had not suffered too much protection. B6T The carrier pigeou when traveling never feeds. If the distance be long it flies 011 without stopping to take nutriment, and at last arrives thin, exhausted and almost dying. If corn be presented it refuses to eat, contents itself with drink a little water, and then sleeping. Two or three hours later in begins to eat with great moderation, and sleeps again immediately afterward. If its flight has beeu very prolonged the pigeon will proceed in this manner for 48 hours before recovering its normal mode of feeding. international Wessons. THE WNDAYSOTOOL LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, MAY 9. Text of the Lesson, Acts xiil, 20-89?Memory Verses, 88, 39 - Golden Text, Acts Xlli, 38?Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 26. "To you is the word of this salvation Bent." By invitation of the rulers of the synagogue at Antioch, in Plsidia, to which place they came after leaving Perga, where Mark deserted them, Paul is preaching on tho Sabbath day (verses 14, 15). His opening words are, "Men of Israel, and ye that fear God" (verse 16), and this, in substance, he repeats in this first verse of our lesson. Jde begins witn tne deliverance from Egypt and mentions the period of the wilderness, the judges and the reigns of Suul and David, then pusses at once to Jesus, the Saviour of Israel, of the seed of David, who Is the salvation of God prepared for all people, a light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of Israel. 27. "They knew Him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day." As it is written through John, "He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not; He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (John i, 10, 11). It was the complaint of the Lord through the prophets that His people did not know Him. "Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider." 28, 29. "When they had fulfilled all that was written of Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a sepulohcr." Although they knew Him not, yet they unwittingly fulfilled the Scriptures concerning Hinx. Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, the gentiles and the people of Israel, with all their indifference to or hatred of Christ, only fulfilled what God had determined Ix-fore to be done (Acts iv, 27, 28), and yet they were all free agents. Spurgeon once said, "My God can rule frco agents, leaving them absolutely free, and yet effecting ull His purposes with them." I do not understand how this can be, but I believe it. 80. "But God raised Him from the dead." See also verses 83. 34 and 37. and let this fourfold emphasis given by the Spirit in this lesson to His resurrection from the dead show you the importance of this great truth and recall to your mind the fact that by His resurrection from the dead He was declared the Son of God with power (Rom. i, 4). Our Lord Jesus was dead, but is alive for evermore, and has all power (Rev. i, 18). *Wc, believing in Him, are one with Him, as children and heirs of God and joint heirs with Himself. 81. "And He was seen many days of them which came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses unto the people." He was seen at least ten times during a period of 40 days after His^resurrection lxjfore He visibly ascended from Olivet, to which same hill He will In duo time return with all His saints (Acts i, 8, 11; Zecb. xiv, 4, 6). The one thing for a believer to do is to be a witness by life and testimony to the great fact that Jesus Christ is His living Lord and Saviour coming again to fill the earth with righteousness. When we arc reudy for this, He will fill us with His Spirit to this end (Acts i, 8). 82. "And we declare unto you glad tidings." The angel at His birth brought "good tidings of great joy for all people" (Luke ii, 10), and we are commissioned to testify the gospel of the grace of God and the gospel of the glory of the blessed God (Acts xx, 24; I Tim. i, 11, R. V.). We are allowed of God to be put in trust with this gospel, and we are to speak it, not as pleasing men, but God, who trieth our hearts (1 Thess. ii, 4). But it is a trust ff'v/1 no f/M? .,11 t\nnnlo r\r\ on WlUllllllVU IU ua 1U1 U1A VU VUA Vli> Are we faithful to our trust? 83. "As it is also written in the Second Psalm, Thou urt My Son, this day have I begotten Thee." The Second Psalm tells us that, in spite of all the rage and vain imaginings of the ungodly nations, God will yet sot His King upon His holy hill of Zion (Ps. ii, 6). And verse 7 is here explained as referring to the resurrection of Christ from the dead to that end, and not to His birth in Bethlehem, as some might suppose. It is a great inspiration to believe that notwithstanding all hindrances and delays every promise of God shall be fulfilled; not one can fail (Joshuaxxiii, 14; I Kings viii, 50). 84. "I will give you the buto mercies of David." These sure mercies are set forth in II Sam. vii, 12, 13, and I Chron. xvii, 11, 12, and are more fully stated in connection with Israel's future glory in Isa. lv. 35. "Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." That David in Ps. xvi, 10, spoke of Christ and not of himself is made very plain in Peter's sermon at Pentecost, and also that David saw in the promise of God, not a mortal man, but an immortal man, risen from the dead (Acts ii, 25-31), in whom His throne and kingdom would be established forever. 80. "For David, after he had in his own age served the will of God (margin) fell on sleep." Being a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus, the thing for us then to do is to let Him accomplish His will in us in s tt: ? uu 1<na serving Xlis purpvise n iw us nuuv vve uic. Let the question search us, Am I fully in His will for His pleasure or living for my pleasure? "Even Christ pleased not Himself" (Rom. xv, 3). 87. "But He whom God raised again saw no corruption." That body, although for us it tasted death, was us free from oorruption as from 6in. We are comforted by believing that even though our bodies soe corruption "This corruptible must put on lncorruption," and if we tarry till Ho come, "This mortal must put on immortality" (I Cor. xv, 58). Death, which smites the body and makes it sleep and pass through corruption, is an enemy which shall be destroyed (I Cor. xv, 26), and concerning which God has said,*"0 death, I will be thy plagues" (Hos. xiii, 14). 88. "Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins." We are sure that the kingdom will come and the nation of Israel be all righteous, and the earth be filled with the glory of God, but what is the present benefit of the work of ChristP The forgiveness of all sin. By sin came death and every woe. Our iniquities separate us from God. But in Christ there is full provision for the com plete blotting out of all our sins. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin. One of His lust commands was that repentance and remission of sins should be preuched in His naiue among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem (Luke xsiv, 47). 89. "And by Him, all that believe aro justified from all things." The law cannot justify any one, for the law is as holy as God, and all are sinners. But since God in Christ has taken the sinner's place and borne our sins in His own body, suffering the just for the unjust (Isa. liii, 5; I Pet. ii, 24; ill, 18), a full justification is granted freely to every sinner who receives Christ (Rom. iii, 24). 86T" To pray as God would have us; to pray with all the heart and streugth, with the reason and the will; to believe vividly that God will listen to your voice through Christ, and verily do the thing he pleaseth thereupon?this is the last, the greatest achievement of the Christian's warfare on earth. i $mu Hurt fireside. Watermelon Culture.?In answer lo a correspondent with regard to watermelon culture, The Southern Cultivator says : On a small scale one cau plant quite early. Say first of March and protect from cold by placing over each hill a box without top or bottom JLUX12 luoues auu pumug a pane ui glass on top. This makes a little cold frame for each hill. On a large scale where protection is not practicable, melons should be planted at cotton planting time. They should not be planted on land which has grown melons the previous season?the interval between melon crops should be two or three years. The melon prefers a rather light soil?a rich, light loam. They grow admirably on new ground, and on well-drained sandy bottom land. The ground should be very thoroughly prepared'and heavily mauured ; well-rotted barnyard manure is excellent. In its absence cotton seed and ashes make an excellent combination for them. Lay off rows 12 feet apart, open a deep furrow and iu it place manure; then bed on it, making beds 12 feet wide. Make hills 12 feet apart along the rows, and work into them a little high-grade fertilizer containiug a good percentage of ammonia and potash. This last is done . - .L_ -I? io give ilie yuuug jiiuuis u scuu-uu. Give first a plowing with shovel, or solid sweep; ufterwards cultivate like cotton with heelscrape, running farther and farther from plants as the vines extend. Never disturb vines with plow after they fairly begin to run. The favorite varieties in Georgia are the Rattlesnake, Jones and Kolb Gem. Remedies For Internal Poisoning.?These remedies for internal poisoning are suggested by a technical journal : A tablespoonful of ground mustard in a glass of warm water, followed by more warm water until vomiting occurs, is an excellent emetic. Common salt will answer in the absence of mustard, or a glass of cool water, with a heaping teaspoonful each of common salt and ground mustard stirred into it is good. The whites of eggs or a cup of strong coffee are antidotes for a greater number of poisons than any dozeu other articles known, with the advantage of being easily accessible. Sweet oil, lamp oil, drippings, melted butter or lard, are good substitutes, especially if they are vomited quickly. Should vomiting continue excessively after all traces of poisou have been removed, it may often be relieved by immersing the hands and wrists in as hot water as can be borne; meanwhile give the patient clear cold coffee, or cream of tartar water. Don'ts For Mothers.?An infant should be given no food containing starch until it cuts its teeth. Starchy foods include biscuits, corn flour, tapioca, sago, rice, potato, etc. An infant cannot digest any of these until its teeth are cut. ? j u Violent noises auu ruugu suuMuga or tossings are hurtful to a baby, and should be avoided as much as possible. Infants should never be put into a sitting posture until they are at least three months old, when they will probably sit up of their own accord. They should be carried flat in the nurse's arras, as if the little back is at all curved it may lead to curvature of the spine or chest disease. Until children are six or seven years old they should have 12 hours' sleep every night. In addition to this a nap of two hours, either in the morning or afternoon?especially in hot weather?will do a great deal toward keeping them bright and well. Hints.?The calendar says it is spring, but do not lay aside your heavy flannels. Whenever vegetables put up in tin cans are opened and only partly used, do not allow the remainder to stand in the tins, but turn them out into an earthen bowl and put in a cool place. Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons should be washed in salt and water, and ironed wet, to obtain the best results. Whenever the careful and kindly housewife cooks cabbage, onions, or other vegetables of penetrating smells in the kitchen of her flat, she sprinkles J/. ? ^ ?/\ AltAM * U A f A*\ A r t ll A gruuuus ui tuucc uv:i mc ui vuv stove to neutralize the odors. Never Frighten a Child.?One of the worst things that can happen to a child is to be frightened. The mischief that has resulted from a sudden shock cannot be overestimated. Fainting fits, weak nerves, illness of the brain, hysteria, and St. Vitus's dance can often be traced to a severe fright. It is not, however, an easy matter to avoid everything calculated to arouse fear, but parents must try and educate their children so that their nerves are good and steady. Temperature For Seed Germination.?It has been ascertained by an extended series of experiments that rye and winter wheat will germinate in soil the temperature of which is as low as 32 degrees. Barley, oats, flax, clover and pease will sprout at 35 degrees. The turuip is as cold-blooded as the rye and winter wheat, but the carrot needs 38 degrees and the bean 40 degrees before they will make the initial effort to send the life-shoot in search of air and light. An pvnpripneed vpterinaiV civeS the following simple remedy for founder : "As soon as possible take a lump of alum as large as a hen's egg, powder as fine as possible and drench the horse with it; I have used this in many cases, and I never knew it to fail. Of course, other remedies should be used to allay the fever and inflammation, but I advise the use of alum in all cases. Those who teach young children should speak to them properly, not lisping or using silly words, lor they can understand sense better than nonseuse.?Good Housekeeping. B&T The tomato was originally known as the "love apple plaut," and considered poisonus. piscfUaufous palling. HOW INDIANS ARE NAMED. As the Indian child grows he commits acts from time to time each of which gives him a new name. For example, he may see a bear, and run screaming to the tepee. The folks all laugh at him, and call him Runs-from-abear. Later on he may become the possessor of an unruly pony which he fears to ride, and becomes known as Afraidof-his-horse. Or he may mount a horse from which another Indian has been thrown, and then he is spoken of as Rides-the-horse. Further ou he becomes a great hunter, and kills five bears, and they call him Five-bears, and when he slays another his name changes to Six-bears. He may pertorm a vanuni, deed in battle, and ride his horse through the camp of the enemy, for which he is dubbed Charges-th rough the-camp. During the conflict he may kill one of the enemy. If his victim is the only one slain he is called Kills-theenemy. But if others fall, the oue he has killed must be described as Kills-theone-with-the-big-knee. If he braids in his hair a yellow feather which he has plucked from the tail of an eagle, he may be called Eagle-tail, Eagle-feather, Yellow-tail or Yellow-feather. If be gives it to his friend, he will be named Gives-feather, but if he refuses to part with it, his name will change to Keeps-his-feather. Or he may obtain his name from some other object. If he is accustomed to ride what is commonly knowu as a "calico" horse, he may be called Spotted-horse ; but if his horse has a short tail, he will be knowu as Bob-tail-horse. The chances are that he will be known by all the foregoing names. His enemies in the tribe will contiuue to speak of him as Long-ears, RunsC ? ? I. ?? ?... A iI'ULIl-14-UUUIj VI n.iiaJU-vi-uio-nwiwv, while his friends will call him Rideshis-horse, Six-bears, or Kill's-the-enemy. For this reason it occurs that il you speak of the Indian in the presence of certain members of the tribe and call him Six-bears, they will laugh at you and say, "That not his name; his name Runs-fro n-a-bear." But if you speak of him to certain others as Runsfrom-a-bear, they will scowl and say, "That not his name ; his name Killsthe-euemy." Brain Stimulant.?'The best possible thing for a man to do when he feels too weak to carry anything through is to go to bed and sleep a* long as he can. This is the only recuperation of brain-power, the only actual recuperation of brain force; because during sleep the brain is iu a state of rest, in a condition to receive and appropriate particles of nutriment from the blood, which take the place of those which have been consumed by previous labor, since the very act of thinking burns up solid particles, as every turn of the wheel or screw of the steamer is the result of consumption by fire of the fuel in the furnace. The supply of consumed brain-substance can ouly be had from the nutritive particles in the blood, which were obtained from the food eaten previously ; and the brain is so constituted that it can best receive and appropriate to itself those nutritive particles during the state of rest, of quiet, and stillness of sleep. Mere stimulants supply nothing in themselves; they goad the brain, force it to a greater consumption of its substance, until it is so exhausted that there is not power enough left to receive a supply. ?Medical Journal. "Keep Your Top Cool."?It is reported of Artemas Ward that he once offered his flask of whisky to the driver of the stage on which he was riding through a mountainous section. The stage driver refused the flask in most decided tones. He said :t "I don't drink ; I won't drink ; I don't like to see anybody else drink. I am of the opinion of those mountains?keep your top cool! They've got snow, and I've got brains ; that's all the difference." There is a great deal of wisdom in his remark?"Keep your top cool." Without a sound brain man is not of ? 1J A 1 raucn use 111 me woriu. aicuuui, whether in beer, cider, wine, brandy, or whisky, is a foe of the brain ; and when it gets there inflames it, and renders it unfit for use. Be like the veteran stage driver, and resolve to "keep your top cool." Sheridan and the Wigmaker.? Sheridan once had occasion to call at a hairdresser's to order a wig. Ou being measured, the barber, who wasja liberal soul, invited the orator to take some refreshment in an inner room. Here he regaled him with a bottle of port, and showed so much hospitality that Sheridau's heart was touched. When they rose from the table and were about separating, the latter, looking the barber full in the face, said: "On reflecting, I don't intend that you shall make my wig." Astonished and with a blank visage, the other exclaimed : "Good heavens, Mr. Sheridan ! How can I have displeased you ?" "Why, look you," said Sheridan, "you are an honest fellow, and, I repeat it, you sha'n't make my wig, for I never intended to pay for it. I'll go to another less worthy son of the craft." Women as Soldiers.?"I do not see," said a clever woman recently, "why the newspapers should feel culled upon to poke fun at the new law in Colorado which permits women to serve iu the state militia. In time of battle woman is just as necessary as man. Just wearing a uniform and shooting a gun are not all that constitute a soldier. What about woman's place in the hospitals during time of war? Does it not require a brave heart and a strong nerve to wait on 't-- 1-^ Iu nr,f ? uit; wuuiiucu ?iuu ujiug ? a.j uw woman a soldier who can assist the surgeon as he amputates the limb or binds a fractured bone? Are not the Red Cross nurses soldiers? It seems to me that a woman will make just as good a soldier as a man, and always fiud her place in time of war." 56T" Some men win a reputation for what they don't say. tmim iniiTnnsmi n.f i G. W. P. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and Aftei February 7, 1890. . it CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. j GOING NOHTH. j No 10. i No 00. 1 1 Lea\e Chester (I 10 a in 8 30 u in Leave Lowrysville (i :t6 a m 9 05am Leave McConnellavllle tt .Ham 9 39 a m tl Leave Quthrlesville .... 7 02 a m | 9 56 am p Leave Yorkvllle 7 22 a m i 10 50 a m gi Leave Clover j 7 52 am 11 33 am ? Leave Gaston la i 8 '27 a m 1 50 p m Leave Lincolnton 8 45 am 3 1(1 pit Leave Newton j 10 23 am 4 45 pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 1 12 17 p m 8 00 p m c GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | NO 61. Leave Lenoir 3 30 pm 6 30am P Leave Hickory j 4 34pm 8 10 am il Leave Newton 5 14 p m 9 10 am ? Leave Lincolnton I 6 00 pm 10 40 am Leave Gastonia 6 57 pm 1 00 pm i Leave Clover | 7 37pm 2 02pm i Leave Yorkvllle I 8 06 pmj 3 10 pm 1 Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 8 29 pm 3 40 pm y Leave McConnellsvllie 8 38 pm i 3 55 pm J Leave Lowrysvllle 9 00pm 4 25 pm n Arrive Chester I 9 32 pm 5 10 pm e Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and ? run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. '! 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run Y daily except Sunday. There is good con- 1 nection at Chester with the G. C. & N. Y and the C. C. <fc A., also L & C. R. R.; at |! Gastonia with the A. it C. A. L.; at Lin- ' colnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. 1 Parties desiring tickets to all points North, East, South and West, will find it ? much to their advantage to call at or cor- J' respond with the General Olfice of the 11 Carolina and North-Western Railway at J Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. f S. T. PENDER, G. F. and P. A., Lenoir, N. C. t, TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and t Charleston Railway company, to take o effect Monday, January 4th, at 8.00 a. m. * STANDARD EASTERN TIME. o QQINO SOUTH NO. 12. | ^ Leave Mar ion 130pnii Leave Rutherfordton 3 05 pm; Leave Forest City - 3 35 pmj Leave Henrietta 4 OOpmi . Leave Mooresboro 4 15 pm j * Leave Shelby 5 30 pm g Leave Patterson Springs.. 5 45pmj Leave Earls 5 55 pm f Arrive at Blacksburg 0 lOpml " No. 32. | No. 34. " [" Daily I Daily Except I Except , Sunday. 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 Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 ami 10 20am J Leave Tirzah 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 51 am 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 11 00 am 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 4-5 pnv 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 1 30 pm 6 50 pm QOINQ NORTH. 1 No. 33. | No. 35. i Daily ] Dallj 1 Except Except I Sunday. Sunday. Leave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 an Leave Kershaw 3 15 pm! 10 45am Leave Lancaster 3 55 pm! 12 05 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm! 150 pm Leave Leslies 4 38 pm, 2 00 pm Leave Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm Leave Newport 5 09 pm! 4 20 pm Leave Tirzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pm Leave Yorkvllle 5 30 pm 5 40 pm Leave Sharon 5 45 pm 6 05 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... f> 00 pm 8 30 pm Leave Smyrna - 6 10 pm 8 40 pm J Arrive at Blacksbure 8 30 pm 7 10_pm ^ No. 11. | ( Leave Blacksburg 8 00 ami c Leave Earls 8 20 am f Leave Patterson Springs 8 30 am| ( Leave Shelby 9 10 am t uca TC iUWlVOUVt >' #w M...I . Leave Henrietta 10 00 am J Leave Forest City 10 20 am Leave Rutherford ton 10 .50 am j 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. SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. WHEN YOU WANT , TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken, ? you should not fail to come and see t tne. I have been in the "picture taking" t business for a great many years, and am ] confident that I know my business. It a has always been my desire to please my c customers. I am prepared to take Photo- } graphs in the latest styles and at reason- a able prices. o HAVE Y0D ANY . J Photographs that you would like to have ? enlarged? If you have, come and see me 1 about it. I can do the work. v IF YOU DO NOT KNOW c I ?T>i -i.. 1. ~ vv nere my I'noiograpn uaucij 10, o.m 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. INCREASE ] OP BUSINESS. | ON ACCOUNT of considerable in- ^ crease in business, I have had to look for larger quarters. My friends will find me now on Jefferson street, back of May A May's drugstore, where I am better prepared TO DO YOUR WORK ON ^ ANYTHING IN THE WAY OK MACHINERY. I also keep 011 hand PI- 1( PING OF ALL SIZES, FITTINGS, t< GLOBE VALVES, or anything you may 11 need for your Engine or Boiler. My prices will be reasonable, and do not buy anything in my line before seeing me. Thanking you, one and all, for your nast favors, I am very respectfully, F. A. G OS MAN. Highest cash prices paid for old Brass, Copper and Lead. * F1NLEY A BRICE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkvllle. S. C. C ALL business entrusted to us will be I given prompt attention. F OPT'TUK 1A Til DUIIjDIAIt A"l 1 THE REAK OF H. C. STRAUSS'S 1 STORE. A GARRY IRON RO( MAXUFACTl IRON ROOFING, CKIMPEU AMI 1'0KKI'UATK1> ^*rWm Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE I'KOOK DOORS, THE LARREST MANUFACTURERS 01 ^&~Orders received by L. M. GRIST. \ $1,000 WORD. wo Papers at the Price of One and a Chance at $1,000, Additional. he Third Missing "Word Contest of The Atlanta Weekly Constitution, In Which $1,000 Will 43c Distributed to Successful Contestants on the 1st of May. The Atlanta Weekly Constitution has laugurated its third consecutive "missig word" contest, which began on the ?t of March and close on the 1st of May? ixty days. It publishes the cashier's receipt for lie special deposit account of $1,000 to bo aid to the person, or persons, who, in ubscribing to The Weekly Constitution, anies correctly the missing word in the illowing sentence: "The Right of 4 ' is the very ssence of the constitution." The sentence is taken from a historical ublication, and the sentiment to which ; gives expression is that of an eminent /riter. By special arrangement with The Weeks' Constitution, that great paper and 'hk Enquirkr can be obtained for one ear at almost the price of one paper. ?ot only that; but under our arrangenent with The Weekly Constitution very person who takes advantage of this lubbing proposition, subscribing for mtli papers, will be entitled to a guess at lie missing word. All clubbing subscrip! 1 1,1 rp?? r.r. lUiiss guwuiu uc ^cut tu inr< uiiv^uinAn rith each subscriber's guess at the missrig word plainly written. The guess and he name and address of each subscriber rill be forwarded by us to The Constiution. The Constitution's first "missing word ontest" closet! on the 1st of January, and lut one person, Mr. M. L. Brittain, a lardworking school teacher, guessed the uissing word, receiving therefor a check . or $1,000. Its second contest closed on he 1st of March, and The Weekly Contitution of Monday, March 8tb, will conain the announcement of the awards in rhich ?1,000 in cash is to be distributed motig the successful guessers in that ontest. The readers of The Enquirer who ubscribe jointly to it and to The Weekly ^institution have free access into the hird contest, just opened ; and it may be hat some of them will get the ?1,000 to be listributed on the 1st of May. The only condition of the contest is that iveryguesser must be a subscriber ; and aking advantage of The Constiution's itler we present this opportunity to all who vish to subscribe to both papers. Every terson should have his county paper and .no crpnt crpimriil nfi\v?nar>?r and Thfi .Veekly Constitution, with a circulation if 156,000, occupies the unique distinction if being the the greatest American weeky newspaper. THE ENQUIRER and The Con^titration will be furnished one year or $2.50. . A Snare And Delusion. LF you have taken out a life insurance policy in an Old Line high price "level jremium" company with the idea that ?ou would at sometime in the future, vhileyou yet drew the breath of life, rereive substantial cash returns or "big iividends," we are here to tell you that ?ou will be disappointed. Your policy ,vill prove a snare and a delusion. It is ill right for protection for your wife and rhildren, as they will receive the face of lie policy in case 01 your aeatn, as tney vould also in a company that charges pou half as much. A life insurance poli:y isa fraud as an investment for a living nan, and is the greatest blessing of which ve or anybody else has any knowledge us a means of protecting the widow and irphans, after the breadwinner has been emoved by death. It You Will Lay Aside Your Prejudice \.ND COME to us with a desire to earn why it is not to your interest to rarry high priced insurance, and how we >an furnish you just as safe insurance or at least 40 per cent, a year less than the ither costs, we are sure we can showyou o your satisfaction that the MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION of New York does business 011 a ilan that is absolutely safe, and will proect your loved ones even better than hey now are, at even a greater cost to 0 you. Of course if you are too preju1 iced to investigate ana imagine that the ligh price you are now paying makes rour insurance better or safer, or better ban it would be at less cost, we can't do mytbing for you ; but will be forced to et you go on until time, the crucial ester, convinces you, against your will, hat you have been deceived. II You Have No Insurance, 4 Vnd think you should have, we would be ileased to explain the Mutual Reserve iystcm to you. The Mutual Reserve is he largest and strongest natural premiim company in the world, and the fourth argest of ANY KIND. It has paid ibout 8550,000 to the widows and orphans if deceased policy-holders in South Carina alone, during the past twelve years, aid if all the insurance now carried in ?ld line companies in the state was in the ilutual Reserve, not less than 8400,000, vhich now annually goes into the coffers f the former, would be left in the state o help relieve the hard times about which re hear so much. SAM M. ?fc L. GEO. GRIST, ieneral Agents,. Yorkville, S. C. UNDERTAKING. r AM handling a first class line of COFL FINS AND CASKETS which I will ell at the very lowest prices. Personal ttention at all hours. I am preparea to repair all kinds of furniture at reasonable prices. J. ED JEFFERYS. FINE VIRGINIA WHEAT. [T7E have just received at theYORKVV VILLE ROLLER MILLS, a carlad of fine Virginia wheat, and are able > furnish our customers with choice our at the lowest market price. PELIIAM MORROW, Manager. She \lorkriUc (Enquirer. 'ublished Wednesday and Saturday. TEltMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ingle copy for one year, $ 2 OO >tie copv for two years, 3 SO . . ' * .1... I (Ml or six muniiis, . 'or three months, SO 'wo eopi&s for one year, 3 50 'en copies one year, It SO l nd an ext ra copy for a club of ten. >FIISG COMP'NY. FRERS OF CT IRON ORE PAINT A.net Cement. 152 to 15S Jlerwln, St., Cleveland, O. Send for CriJll-!~f?r^el|=::jy ciilarand Price List F IRON ROOFING INTHE WORLD