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tumorous department. The Staying Power of Wind.? "Why, you don't call this windy, do you ?" asked Judge Jones. "While I was down in Cheyenne yesterday I saw an empty flour barrel stuck up against the side of a brick house, with nothing to hold it in that position but the wind. It had been up there five days. Yes, sir. The wind hadn't let up enough in that time to let it drop." An old and well-dressed gentleman who had been standing near, and had heard the judge's statement, replied: "Pardon me, sir, but I cannot believe that. I have lived in Cheyenne 12 years and I have never known the wind to hold an empty barrel against the side of a house longer than four days." This started a general conversation nn t>iA QiibiAor. nf Wvftmintr winds in general and Cheyenne winds in particular, and a man who looked as though he might be a liar from somewhere near Red Butte or Sherman, said that sometime last spring, while in Cheyenne, the wind blew the sign off a dry goods store and carried it across the street and up against a harness shop, and held it there for three weeks. Just then the train came thundering in and the wind question was adjourned.?Laramie Boomerang. A Trifle Mixed.?A fashionable young lady visited a cooking school, the other afternoon, where her attention was equally divided between a new dress worn by an acquaintance and the directions for making a cake. Upon returning home, she undertook to write down the recipe for making the cake for her mother, and the old lady was paralyzed when she read: "Take two pounds of flour, three rows of pleating down the front, the whites of two eggs cut bias, a pint of milk ruffled around the neck, half-pound of ntirpanfQ with cpvpn vurHa nf HphH trimming, grated lemon peel with Spanish lace fichu ; stir well, and add a semi-fitting paletot with visite sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian topaz necklace, and garnish with iceing and jetted passementrie; bake in a moderately hot oven until the overskirt is tucked from# the waist down on either side, and finish with large bows." Her mother said she wouldn't eat such a cake, and she thought these new fangled ideas in cooking ought to be frowned down. A Small Chance For His Money.? A Missouri paper, to illustrate the ^Anofnl foolinor fVi q f. cnmn mpn H Q vp when they are in debt, tells of a farmer who owed Walt Perkins twentyfive dollars, and had owed him for years. One day he met Walt and said, "Don't be uneasy Walt; I have the thing all fixed by which I can pay you." Walt asked him how he had got it fixed, and the old granger said, "Well, Walt, if nothing happens, next year I hope to raise a good crop ol corn, and I intend to trade some of the corn for a yoke of oxen, and I know an old man in St. Charles county that owns an old mare and he wants to trade her for a yoke of oxen. Now, Walt, when I raise the corn and get the oxen I will make the trade for the old mare, and then I will bring her home and raise mule colts?and Walt, the very first mule colt I sell you shall have the money." Hard on the Lawyer.?It is related of George Clark, the celebrated Negro minstrel, that being examined as a witness he was severely interrogated by the attorney, who wished to break down bis evidence. "You are in the Negro minstrel business, I believe ?" inquired the lawyer. "Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. "Isn't that rather a low calling?" demanded the lawyer. "I don't know but what it is, sir," replied the minstrel; "but it is so much better than my father's that I am proud of it." "What was your father's calling?" "He was a lawyer," replied Clark, in a tone of regret that put the audience in a roar. The lawyer let him alone. How he Talked Back to Him.? "Dot vos a mean man which went shoost now der door oud," said Mose to a friend who bad dropped into his store. "Why so ?" inquired the friend. "He insbult me mit my own store." "Well, what did he say ?" "He says dot bile uf bants ud make good miluck sdrainers mid a geese factory." "Why didn't you talk back to him ?" "Vy didn't I? Bet your poots I did." "What did you say ?" "Vat did I zay ? I dold him to come to hell ?"?Texas Siftings. I&* Miss Sophronsby Waddlesworth, aged 35, was reading the fashion notes, and when she struck the paragraph, "Babies are fashionable this season," she fainted dead away, and remained unconscious fifteen minutes. It was all the fault of the intelligent compositor. The item should have read : "Rubies are fashionable this season." Something of a difference, you will observe, though both are dear little things. f?" "I'm proud of this town," said a little man sitting behind the stove, with a pipe in his mouth. "Proud of it," repeated the stranger at the bar, who turned around as he heard the words, and looked at the speaker with a look of infinite contempt. "What are you proud of it for?" "That's an easy one," returned the little man. "There are four cemeteries, here, aud I've got a wife in every one of 'em." t&T An old gentleman finding a couple of his nieces fencing with a broomstick, "said : "Come, come, my dears, that kind of an accomplishment will uot help you in getting husbands." "I know it, uncle," responded one of the girls, as she gave a lunge, "but it will help to keep our husbands in order when we have got 'em." I"I saw a man today who had no hands play the piano." "That's nothing! We've got a girl down in our flat who has no voice and who sings." Wait,side (gatherings. I?- A store in Chicago, announces: "Pickles and New York papers." 8?* A person can generally consume the most of his time by minding his own busines. I?" A Venetian firm is making bonnets of spun glass, which are as soft and pliaole as silk. I?" The consumption of soap in India only reaches the modest amount of oue ounce per head annually. I?* It is said that in some parts of Japan robbers are convicted on a majority vote of the community. t&T A Massacbusettes editor celebrated the arrival of triplets at his house by printing his paper in red. IST" The present governor of Maryland is the first one in many years who wat. born outside of the state. IfiT The chief trouble with our hearts is that they are under the rule of gold rather than the golden rule. OraDges have been grown in Lyons, Kan., the owner of a tree haviug plucked three this season. I^Every real nice old woman thinks that people like to hear about her married children and the grandchildren. tGF When we strive to do the best we can ; we are sure to find that our best is beyond anything we had dared to hope for. I6T The world stands by every old lie till it is found untenable, and opposes every new truth till it proves irresistible. 16T Never criticize your wife. She's a mighty poor woman aDd an anomaly if she is not a great deal better than you are. I6T An engagement ring is joyfully worn by the girl who imagines she is a captor when she is really a captive, doomed to worse than penal servitude. fST Josh Billings says he knows people who are so fond of argument that they will stop and dispute with a guide-board about the distance to the next town. An observing politician says that the difference between those going in and those going out of office is mainly this: the former are sworn in, and the latter go out swearing. S8F The trouble with married people generally is that they did not begin right. If there were less lying before marriage, there would not be so much of it after marriage. We&" In Waterford, Me., there is a pastor who used to be an expert boxer in his college days, and this winter he has been giving lessons in the manly art to the youths of his neighborhood. 86T" "Pa, who wasSbylock ?" "Great goodness, boy! You attend church and Sunday school every week, and don't know who Shylock was?" cried his father. "Go and read your Bible, sir." I@T Regard not much who is for thee or who against thee ; but give all thy am/1 nnm Ia fhto?that Onrl hp llJUU^lll nuu - ~ with th e in everything thou doest; for whom God will help, no malice of man shall he able to hurt. 1ST In Mexico the schoolchildren who have done best are allowed to smoke cigarettes while pursuwing their lessons. It is supposed that this is done in order that the bright scholars shall be brought down to the common level. man who claims to know something about dogs, advises anyone wishiug to pick out a good puppy from a litter, to let the mother choose for him. lie says that in moving her pups the mother dog always picks up the best one last. 8?* Two young women of Moscow recently strangled an old female miser and took her money, as they explained in court, in order to provide themselves with funds for traveling abroad to complete their scientific education. tSf A Canadian lawyer, whose sign read, "A. Swindle," was advised by a friend to have his first name spelled out iu full?Arthur or Andrew, or whatever it might be. He didn't follow the advice, however. His first name is Adam. W8T It is recorded of the bishop of Exeter, that when some younger and - * ? 1 * . 5-1 3 ik.. t more excitame preiate wisneu mat there was preachers in the church of England as eloquent as Spurgeon, he dryly remarked, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's ass." 8?" It is stated, as the result of careful observation, that rain is more frequent between noon and midnight than between midnight and noon. The smallest rainfalls take place in the morning, as the sun is going up ; the greatest in the afternoon, as the sun is setting. Wa&* A Jersey City landlord, who [woke his tenant at 12.45 a. m., on , March l,and demanded the March rent, pushed the "early bird" idea to an extreme, according to the notions of the tenant, who threw him down a flight of stairs after badly maltreating him. Husband?It seems to me that you come to the office a good deal more than there is any necessity for. Wife?I cannot help it, dear; your manners in the office are so much nicer than they are at home, that I like to stay at the office and enjoy the contrast. 8?*" A western traveler, having secured half a bed, in order to prevent encroachments, buckled a spur on his heel before retiring. His unfortunate sleeping partner, after several thrusts of the sharp reminder, roared out: "Say, stranger, if you are a gentleman, you ought at least to cut your toenails." 8GF The adored cat of a Boston family was taken ill. He pined, refused to look on milk, and turned away in disgust from fish ; and the beauty of his black coat grew less day by day. Catnip was offered, but to no good end ; and it was deemed best to have a doctor. The prescription, whatever it was, relieved the sufferer, who was soon turned out as good as new ; but shortly after the doctor came to the house again to see some one else. The cat at once appeared, and, taking a seat beside him, never stirred until the visit was over. Each day brought the doctor; and every time his former patient, hearing the familiar voice, rushed out to greet him, evincing every sign of joy and welcome. Now who shall say that cats don't think ? She ?tonj Setter. THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL. Another Story of Kit Carson's Daring. On my first trip across the Great Plains in 1850, we were, at two different points on the journey, joined for a few days each time by Kit Carson. At this time Carson was in the prime of life?a man rather under the medium size. Ours was a large, strong and wellarmed party, consisting of more than 30 men, and our outfit comprised six wagons, 12 mules and 16 horses, the lattnx fn cUhcr Hrnnorht. nr lOVlOl UUUJI'UVU W va%uv? via w> saddle. With the exception of Carson, each of us carried a muzzleloading rifle and a heavy revolver; while, besides a pair of exquisitely finished revolvers, he was armed with one of those 10chambered repeating rifles, invented, I think, by Colonel Colt. Such a man, aside from the prestige of his name, was a little army in himself, and we were extremely glad of his company, as in the country where be last joined us we were every moment in danger from predatory Indians, two small bands of which we had, several days before, beaten off without loss to ourselves, and now we might look for reprisals. Among our crowd were two especially fine young fellows, one an Englishman named John Moulton, and the other a fiery Virginian called Gerald Woodville. These two, though singularly alike in disposition, or perhaps for that very reason, could never agree. Lately there had been such bad blood between them that neither would speak to the other. One afternoon, after striking the Old Spanish Trail, we were going slowly down the Pacific slope of the Wiudy mountains, when a large elk broke cover somewhat out of rifle shot and iroueu leisurely ?wt%y. Moulton, an ardent sportsman, was riding his own horse, an extremely valuable animal, and now, without cousulting anyone, he set off in pursuit of the elk. Just as he was leaving Carson said : "Remember, we're in a hostile country, young man. Don't go far away, even if you have to come back without meat." We went on for about two miles and finally made camp on a small stream among the foothills, where there was an abundance of good grass, while the stream itself, Carson informed us, was well stocked with trout. After we had corralled the wagons, picketed the animals out to grass and put everything in shape to repel any possible attack, we delayed supper for a while in the hope that Moulton would come in, as we had heard one report from his rifle and had no doubt that he had killed the elk. Two hours more passed away without bringing a sign of the young hunter ; we now began to feel seriously alarmed ; but, very strangely, no one appeared so much distressed as did Gerald Woodville. "What do you think of it, Mr. Carson?" he anxiously inquired. "Do you suppose that Jack has lost himself?" We glanced significantly at each other, for this was the first time we had ever heard the Virginian use the familiar name by which we usually addressed John Moulton. "I hardly know what to think of * " PowaAri vnnnrr mull llj lupil^u VaiOVUi AUV JVl4Ug UJMU has either become lost amoug the puzzling ravines, or?" and the bold scout relapsed into an ominous silence. "My God !" feelingly exclaimed Gerald, "surely you don't think that the Indians have got him ; poor Jack !" "It's hard to say," rejoined Kit; "but there are lots of the Digger tribe wandering through the mountains just now. Their principal village is on a branch of the Sacramento, about 60 miles from here, and if a stray party of them has captured our friend, without killing him on the spot, they'll keep his horse as a great prize and reserve him to be tortured to death when they reach the main band." "Great heavens! What can we do to save him ?" gasped Woodville. "Nothing until morning," gravely answered Carson. "If Mr. Moulton don't come in before daybreak, I'll start out to look him up, and I want only one man to go with me. More would be a hindrance." "That man shall be myself, then," said the warm-hearted Virginian. "I'd risk my life a hundred times over to save Jack from such a fate." When the first streak of dawn appeared Carson and Woodville, after taking a hasty breakfast, and packing up a day's supply of food, mounted their horses preparatory to starting out on their perilous request. "If we're not back by this time tomorrow, boys, you'll know we've gone under," observed Carson as coolly as though he were going to a picnic. "But I rather think we'll come in. Stay right here until tomorrow's sun is an hour high, and if there's no news of us then go ahead on your journey, for we'll be past help." It seems that shortly after leaving us Moulton hud come within range of and had killed his elk, and was stooping down to cut off the hind quarters for brineinjr to camp, when, before he could fire another shot, he was pounced upon by a score of Digger Indians, who gagged him and bound his arms in the twinkling of an eye. Then, loading the carcass upon his horse and forcing him to walk along, they set off on their retreat, traveling fast until night, when they bivouacked by a spring and had a glorious feast, the prisoner being meantime secured to a tree. Through the first part of the night he was watched by a brave who had picked up a smattering of English and who frequently consoled him by hissing in his ear : "We no hurt paleface. Him make good fire bimeby, and heap fun," an oft-repeated assurance which, after all, was not so very consoling. . Next morning, after another big feast, the savages resumed their march in a leisurely manner, and before sunset again halted for the night at a spring. In less than half au hour after leav ing the main trail our two adventurous comrades came upon the spot where the elk had fallen, when, by signs utterly undiscernible by Woodville, Carsou at once read the whole story, declaring, much to Gerald's comfort, that Moulton had been carried off unwounded. Then, leading the way with unfaltering certainty through tortuous defiles and over stretches of bare rock, on the latter of which his companion could not see the faintest mark, he soon came to the spot where the band had spent the previous night. Feeling confident of overtaking the marauders before night, Carson became exceedingly circumspect toward evening, neither ever riding over a ridge without first dismounting and taking a careful survey of what beyond. At last, as they peered over the brow of a steep descent, they saw, right on the trail, and half mile ahead, a wreath of smoke rising above the tree tops. "We've got them," said Carson. "They're camped down at the 'Blue Spring.' I know the place well, but the ground on this side is quite open. Though probably not fearing pursuit, the reds will naturally be facing this way. We must make a big sweep and creep up ou then from the other side, for they must not have time to strike a single blow after our attack." The pursuers now led their horses some distance from the trail and concealed them in a bush-grown coulee, lest the Indians, while retreating, might gobble them up. Then, guided through the darksome rocks and underbrush, only Kit's perfect knowledge of the locality, they made a wide detour, gliding along softly as pauthers and noiselessly as shadows?two men fearlessly planning to attack, and on their own ground, an unknown number of well-armed savages. After more than an hour of painstaking toil, they gained the dense chaparral fairly in the rear of, and no more than 15 yards from the enemy's resting place. Kueeling side by side, and peeping through the bushes, they saw at once that the Indians considered themselves perfectly safe, for a bright fire was burning, and in a straggling row near it lounged 20 painted warriors. A few yards away was tethered the beautiful horse belonging to Moulton, and he himself sat on the ground with his wrists brought together behind his back and tied around a sapling pine. Carson had cautioned his impetuous comrade not to fire until he should give the signal, but just as the bidden avengers had, in one swift glance, noted all these particulars, a brutalI Innlrinw qjivaire. seeiner that the prison O O-1 o er was enjoying a moment's respite from suffeting, snatched up a burning brand, strode over in front of him, and was about to thrust the fla ning brand insultingly against his face, when Woodville, no longer able to control himself, sent a bullet through the miscreant's brain, and he fell like a log across the captive's outstretched legs. Instautly the startled Indians sprang to their feet; one fell to Kit's rifle, and another to Gerald's revolver ; and now, as they stood for three half seconds, bewildered, as many additional shots rang out, each one stretching its yictim upon the earth. Then the 14 survivors turned to fly ; but before they got beyond the fatal circle of firelight, three more pitched headlong down. Another of the crew, quite forgetting in bis fright that the horse was picketed, attempted, as he ran, to spring upon its back?a position he never reached, for as soon as his head rose high enough to clear the animal's withers 'twas pierced by Carson's bullet. Thus, in less than one minute, 10 members of the murderous 'band had ~ ~ mAn /\f f KODO ueuuiue, tis a ?coici u tuau v/i vuvuv times would say, "good Indians," and the rest probably never stopped running until they reached headquarters of their tribe. In our camp, the day of the two men's departure had come to a close ' in consuming anxiety, and it was a serious party indeed which gathered about the fire at night, while all strained their ears in vain to catch the echo of a possible reassuring rifle shot. Our guide, an old plainsman named Joe Brooks, sustained our hopes by telling us of several instances in which Carson had, singlehanded, rescued property and prisoners from strong bands of Indians. "Why," said the veteran, "one time down in Arizona, I knew Kit, entirely alone, to trail 22 Apache warriors for more than 100 miles. He came up to them just as they were making camp at sundown, shot down three of them hefore they saw him, charged upon the rest while yelling to his supposed followers to come on, and escaped scot free with a white woman prisoner whom, in their flight at the mere sight ; of Kit, they had not stopped to kill." ' At last we could see in the eastern sky the first pale shimmer of coming ' dawn. "This," casually remarked Joe, "is the hour that the redskins always se- ' lect for?By thunder, that's the Digger's warwhoop now !" And we all hurried into the coral, as again and again, far up on the hill- 1 side, resounded that terrible cry. "Mighty curious," said Brooks, 1 quietly laying down his rifle with a ' U 1 C MAHAAntiklA Ct rv% ?lr? (tKuf ? f'o f Ko I nuii |;civc]niuic niuiic, uuv iv o vuv first time ever fair warning. What did I tell you ?" For uow half a dozen rifle shots rang out iu quick succession, and galloping cheerily down the slope came our three friends, safe and sound. Carson, who could mimic anything from the squeak of a mouse to the harsh cry of a mountain lion, had taken this playful method of testing our alertness. Clothes of a Prince.?The Prince of Wales always orders eight suits at a time, and they are paid for at the uniform price of $40, says The Argouaut. His trousers, too, always cost a uniform price?$12 a pair. This rule, however, does not apply to uniforms and dress suits, of which latter he uses 12 in a year, at a cost of $80 each. The prince never wears a pair of trousers more than four times, and, as his discarded clothes are not among the perquisites of his valet, there is a stock of thousands of them at Marl- 1 borough House. At his death he will doubtless have as large a collection as did King George IV, the auction of i whose clothes extended through three i weeks. All the prince's clothes, old and new?except his hats, which, for some i reason, are kept at Saudringham?are i stored at Marlborough House, in what are known as the "brushing rooms," ; where several men are kept busy look- ! ing after them. The uniforms and i state robes alone at Marlborough House i are insured for $20,000, so that this i entire wardrobe must represent a very comfortable fortune. WASHINGTON'S LOVE AFFAIRS. In a paper recently read by Cbauncey M. Depew, in New York, at the reception of the Original Society of Colonial Dames of America, the following account is noted of Washington's social life: Washington was intensely human as ' ? OMnn Ua 1 Alt Afl ne was supreiucij ^icai. no iu?cvi women, he was fond of sport, he was a great hunter, he was the best horseman of bis age, he delighted in balls and parties and was a gallant dancer, he traveled hundreds of miles to witness a trial of speed between famous horses, and in common with the universal habit of his time took his chances in the lottery. While never a drunkard or intemperate in any way, he was a free liver aud a generous and jovial host. He seems to have been unhappy in his earlier love scrapes. He was 6 feet 2 inches high, straight as an arrow, perfectly formed, except that he had phenomenally lurge bands and feet, and his face was pockmarked with the smallpox which be caught at the Barbadoes. The Colonial girl flirted recklessly with him, but never seemed to fall in love with him. He writes to one of his correspondents a letter from Lord Fairfax's in which he says : "My place of residence is at present at his lordship's, where I might, were my heart disengaged, pass my time very pleasantly, as there is a very agreeable young lady lives in the same house, but as that is only adding fuel to the tire, it makes rae the more uneasy, for by often and unavoidably being in company with her revives my former passion for your lowland beauty, whereas were I to live more retired from young women I might in some measure alleviate my sorrows by burying that which is a troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion or eternal forgetfulness, for, as I am very well assured, that is the only antidote or remedy that I shall be relieved by or only recess that can administer any cure or help to me.'' Who was this "lowland beauty?" is a mooted question which probably can never be decided. It has been discovered that he paid earnest attention to and his heart was deeply touched by Lucy Grymes, Mary Bland, Betsy Fauntleroy and Alice Fairfax. Of all these he was absorbed in aud devoted to Betsy Fauntleroy. He worshiped at her shrine for several years, until a rival carried her off. Washington was the most industrious of correspondents, and in his letters revealed his most secret passions and desires. But, though we kuow how tenderly he loved and how long he grieved over the loss of Betsy Fauntleroy, we are still in doubt as to who was the lowland beauty who seemed to take possession of his heart as soon as the charmer of the house was driven or retired from its portals. Alas for Betsy. She failed to forecast the future, and as the wife of a Virginia planter lived to see her rejected lover become the greatest man of that or any other age. Washington became more popular with the ladies after his return from Braddock's defeat and the massacre. In that battle he bad two horses shot under him, and four bullets through his uniform, and had held his Virginia regiment steady when the veteran red-coated British soldiers had all run away. When he returned, the hero of the hour, every Virginia house sent invitations to the gallant young soldier to come and visit. He was here and there, and every- I where, but his heart was mortgaged ' beyond redemption to the proud beauty who would not smile upon him. One of these letters of welcome to him is from the Fairfax home. Three young ladies in the house party write him this letter, which shows his uewboru popularity from Braddock's bloody field: I "Dear Sir?After thanking heaven for your safe return, I must accuse 4 unn nf crrpnf. nnkinriness in refnsinp us the pleasure of seeing you this night. I do assure you that nothing but our j being satisfied that our company would J be disagreeable should prevent us from j trying if our legs would not carry us i to Mouut Vernon this night. But if j you will not come to us tomorrow j morning very early, we shall be at { Mount Vernon. Sally Fairfax, Ann . Spearing, Elizabeth Dent." From the home of the Randolphs came another invitation, closing with ] the message that "Mrs. Cary and Miss j Randolph join in wishing you that sort i of glory which will most endear you ( to the fair sex." In order to settle the question of the j regularity of his commission as colo- I el, Washington made a journey to J Boston. Beverly Robinsou, a Virgin- i ian, had married Susana Phillips, a [laughter of Frederick Phillips, the patron of the great manor by the CroLon. Robinson entertained his friend, . now famous because of his gallantry [ it Fort Duquesne, at his house, and i induced his wife to have her sister, [ Mary Phillips, as a guest at the same i Lime. Here Washington's susceptible J heart was subject to an entirely dif- i ferent charm from the English ladies j in the Barbadoes, or tne loveiy vir- ^ ^iniaus of his native state. It was the ^ metropolitan girl?the New Yorker? . is typical then as now?self-possessed, [ traveled, with the experience of sev- I 3ral seasons in the society of the larg- [ 2st city of the country, familiar with r the attention of British officers and ti- * tied fortune hunters, a beauty and an a heiress. The type was new to Washngton, and he fell madly in love. But the proud aud finical New York belle f saw too many of the woodsman and the C [ndian fighter to allure her from the efinement of the metropolis to the se- v dusion of plantation life, and so she ;ave her hand and heart to Lieutenant a Jolonel Roger Morris, to became, with ler Troy husband, during the Revo lutionary war, a fugitive to England, while Washington, in the fortunes of revolution, made their house his headquarters during the campaign in New [ York. Washington, however, two years after the Mary Phillips incident, met at a country house Mrs. Martha Dand- 1 ridge Custis. She was a widow, 26 years of age, and seven months of sorrow. She not only belonged to one of the most distinguished families, but she was the wealthiest woman in the colony of Virginia. Her sorrow was alleviated by the presence of two j little angel Custises, Jack and Nellie. ' Washington wrote to his physician before arriviug at this country house * in very bad health, that he considered ( himself a doomed man, and that he | was expecting very soon his "decay." t This was on March 5, 1758. But the J sick man left this hospitable home at Williamsburg on April 1, entirely recovered in health and engaged to the * beautiful widow. We know very little of Mrs. Washington except that she j was petite, a bruuette, very pretty, < and could not spell. Washington destroyed all her letters to him on this ] account. Most of her letters which , are in existence were written by ! Washington and copied by her. But 1 she proved a good wife. She was a J born lady and had all the high iustincts | of a thoroughbred. Jefterson and I Madison and Hamilton, who bad met 1 her, all seemed to be impressed with j her limited educational attainments, i and equally impressed w ith her perfect good breeding. Washington never wandered in bis affection for her, and , always alluded to her as the partner of all his domestic enjoyments. They lived happily together for 40 years. In his last illness he lay for four hours i at night with that chill which killed ! him, because he would not wake his wife and have her get up in the cold. , This consideration for her put him i almost beyond help wheu morning uaiuc. He was the most attentive of husbands. Fearing she might overwork herself with the multitude of guests that thronged Mount Vernou, he secured a housekeeper. He saved her the trouble of ordering her own clothes to a large extent. He was a martinet on appearauces, and extremely particular, both as to his own clothes and as to hers. White satiu and black velvet were his favorite materials for his own coats. When Washington became general of the army, and the army went into I winter quarters this good woman made i the long and perilous journeys from ber home in Mount Vernon and spent every winter in camp with her husband. At Valley Forge they lived in a hut. She not only looked after him, but presided with grace and dignity at the headquarters table, where his staff and every general officer were ; welcomed every day. By her kindness and attention to the sick soldiers ( she did much to prevent the discontent ; of the army under the great hardships which they endured, and to allevate the sufferings of the ill and wounded. | Both she and the general were passionately fond of danciug. During the war, at winter headquarters, they ar- 1 ranged assemblies on the subscription pattern, the same as those of Delmoni- 1 co's, Waldorf and Sherry's, and they were called "assemblies." They had especially notable assemblies at Germantown, at Morristov/n and at Philadelphia. The Washingtons always arranged a winter assembly at Alexandria for the families of the country. Mrs. Washington did not care mucn i for these festivities, but she sacrificed 1 herself because these parties relieved her husband from the tremendous | strain to which he was subject both as general.of the armies during the Revolution and as president of the United ] States during the formative period of i the republic. It was not uncommon ' for Washington at these assemblies to ( dance from 10 o'clock until daylight. He was impartial, and tried to secure each lady in the room for a partner. j lORiVERAKO CHARLESTON R.B.1 TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and 1 Charleston Railway company, to take j jfl'ect Monday, January 4th, at 8.00 a. m. j STANDARD EASTERN TIME. GOING SOUTH So. 12. | ' Leave Marion - 1 30 pm ' Leave Rutherfordton 3 05 pm I Leave Forest City 3 35 pm Leave Henrietta 4 00pm: ~<eave Mooresboro 4 15 pm: I Shplhv 5 30 Dm Leave Patterson .Springs.. 5 -15 pm1 Leave Earls 5 55 pm j Vrrlveat Blacksburg 6 10 pm; No. 32. | No. 34. | I Dally | Dally j Except i Except , Sunday.! Sunday. | L,eave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 an ( Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am >ave Hickory Grove 9 05 ami 9 25 am L.eave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am ' >ave Yorkvllle 9 3.5 am 10 20 am 1 L.eave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am i l.eave Newport 9 51 am 10 55 am L.eave Rock Hill 11 00 am 12 55 pm L,eave Leslies 11 13 amj 1 15 pm ^eave Catawba Junction.. 11 30 am 1 50 pm ] ^eave Lancaster 12 ft! pm 3 55 pm , jeave Kershaw 12 45 pm 5 30 pm , Arrive at Camden 1 30 pm! 6 50 pm GOING NORTH. | No. 33. | No.~35. | Dally I Dall> 1 Except j Except f Sunday. Sunday. ..eave Camden 2 30 pm 8 30 an .eave Kershaw 3 15 pm! 10 45am .eave Lancaster 3 55 pm 12 05 pm < .eave Catawba Junction 4 30 pm 1 50 pm .eave Leslies 4 38 pm 2 00 pm 1 .eave Rock Hill 4 54 pm 4 00 pm 1 .eave Newport 5 09 pm 4 20 pm .eave Tlrzah 5 15 pm 4 40 pn. .eave Yorkvllle 5 30 pm 5 40 pm .eave Sharon > -i!> pm o uo pm .eave Hickory Grove .... fi 00 pm 6 .10 pm ,eave Smyrna 0 10 pm 0 40 pm irrlve at Blacksburg 0 30 pm 7 10 pm No. 11. | .eave Blacksburg 8 00 ami .eave Earls 8 '20 amj ~ .eave Patterson Springs 8 30 am j .eave Shelby 9 10 am ? ,eave Mooresboro ... 9 50 am . .eave Henrietta 10 00 am .eave Forest City 10 20 am ,eave Rutherfordton 10 50 am irrlve at Marlon 12 20 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern * tailway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at latawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion & rith Southern Railway. t At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek 1 nd London, trains stop only on signal. I S. B. LUMPKIN, ?. P. A. 1 A. TRIPP, Superintendent. J SAM'L HUNT, General Manager. ? A $1,000 WORD. rwo Papers at the Price of One and a Chance at $1,000, Additional. Fhe 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 naugurated its third consecutive "missng word" contest, which began on the .at of March and close on the 1st of May? lixty days. It publishes the cashier's receipt for .he special deposit accopnt of $1,000 to be aaid to the person, or persons, who, in iubscribing to The Weekly Constitution, lames correctly the missing word in the lollowing sentence: "The Right of 4 ? is the very essence of the constitutioii.4* 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 rhe Enquirer can be obtained for one vear at almost the price of one paper. Not only that; but under our arrangement with The Weekly Constitution 3very person who takes advantage of this rdubbing 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 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 81,000. 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 81.000 in cash is to be distributed among the successful guessers in that CUI11W3U 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 $1,000 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 bis county paper and one great general newspaper; and The Weekly Constitution, with a circulation of 150,000, occupies the unique distinction of being the the greatest American weekly newspaper. THE EN QUI REE and The Constitution will be famished one year for $2.50. A Snare And Delusion. IF you have taken out a life insurance policy in an Old 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 dividonds," we are here to tell you that you 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 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 yonr interest to carry high priced insurance, and how we can furnistt 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 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 tester, convinces you, against your will, that you have been deceived. If You Have No Tnauranc.p. And tbink 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 i?bout 9550,000 to the widows and orphans [>f deceased policy-holders in South Carlina alone, during the past twelve years, and if all the insurance now carried in nld line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than 9400,000, which now annually goes into the coffers pf 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. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken, 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 bas always been my desire to please my mstomers. I am prepared to take Photographs in the latest styles and at reasonable prices. HAVE YOU ANY Photographs that you would like to have jnlarged ? If you have, cotne and see me ibout it. I can do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask myone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, STou will find my Gallery warm and pleasant. Come and see me whenever rou need photographs. Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB. FINLEY Si BK1CE. ATTORN EYH A.T LAW, Yorkville, S. C. A LL business entrusted to us will be ljL given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT PHE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S 5TORE. A* A ?4t /-t <iiw *] Minim* enquire. 'ublished Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: iingle copy for one year, $ 2 <M> )ne copy for two years, 3 SO 'or six months, 1 OO 'or three months, SO 'wo copies for one year, 3 50 Pen copies one year, IT SO Lnd an extra copy for a club of ten.