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^tumorous Department. NO WONDER SHE MISSED IT. He was the proud and haughty guardian of the railway gate, and they were two ladies who disliked to be separated very much. "Good by," said the one with the handbag and the red pasteboard box tied up with white string. "Good by," replied the one who had no luggage. "Be sure and tell mother goodby for me, won't you ?" "Yes, and you must be sure to give my love to all your people." "I will. They will be sorry you couldn't come with me." "I know it; but you will explain just how it was. I certainly wanted to come." "You won't forget to lock the piano so that baby won't put buttons and scraps into the strings ?" "Yes." "And shut the windows when it rains ?" "Of course. "Well, I must hurrry. Goodby." i . J1 11 "uoouuy. Then they kissed and parted, the traveler with some difficulty extricated her ticket from the bag. Just as she got to the gatekeeper she gave a little scream. "Oh ! she said, "there is something I want to say to her. Will I have time?" "How long will you need?" he asked, as he looked at her ticket. "Just half a minute." "Oh, then, you'll have plenty of time. It'll be just 5 hours and 35 minutes before your train starts." "But the time-table says that it got 3 at 9 o'clock." "Yes'm. And it is now just one minute past 9." Getting Rid of the Chinese.? A school teacher tells the following tale with much gusto : "I was giving a geography lesson on 'China' the other day, aud mentioned its vast dopulation?over 400,000,000. To present some idea of what such a stupendous number implied, I explained that if we calculated what must be the corresponding number of deaths among the Chinese, there must be at least two persons die every time we take a breath. The illustration somewhat startled the boys, and an involuntary gasp showed tLat it had been appreciated. During the morning I noticed a little fellow who appeared very uncomfortable. His face was flushed with exertion, and he was pufling and wheezing like an atbinatic steam engine. " 'What is the matter, Tommy ?" ^ I inquired, with alarm; 'what are you doing.' " 'Killing Chinamen,' he answered, laconically. "I don't like them foreigners at all, at all, and I'm a getting rid of just as many as I can.'" S&T At a recent meeting of the New York Congregational church, Rev. C. S. Robinson, of New York, was asked to tell a story. He replied that he had uever told a story in his life?his mother had taught him not to?but he would take the opportunity to complain of a great outrage. He desired to be understood that though he had compiled several hymn books, he had done some other things in bis life, though people strangely forgot it. "Why," said he, "even my good friend, Dr. William M. Taylor, who speaks partly broad Scotch, insulted me before a congregation the other night. He said, 'I take great pleasure in introducing Rev. Dr. Robinson, h/* A c.or\Vi nf A marina ' \TniU SftiH Dr. Robinson, "this is what I want to know, if I am the As-aph who is the other half?" 1ST" A respectable looking colored man of the old school was standing near the family carriage the other day. He was gazing at the display of lace in the windows when a seedy white man, who looked as if he was about to beg a dime, approached and said, "How do you do, uncle ?" "Howdy, sah !" responded the old fellow, liftiug his hat. "You were born in Kentucky, were you not?" "Yes, sah." "Didn't you once belong to the Hardins ?" "Yes, sah." "I used to know the Hardins," said the tramp, getting ready to make his request. "Yes, sah ; dey wuz lots o' people that knew the Hahdins dat de Hahdins did not know ;" and he proudly opened the carriage door to allow his mistress to enter. JST The deacon was hauled before the commitee on the charge of using a short peck measure in his "huckstering" trips. "Brethren," he admitted "it air a little short." A thrill of horror ran through the assembly and bumped up against a rear wall of the little whitewashed meeting house. "But," continued the deacon, "I allers heaps it up till there is quite a peck, ad' if people thinks they're gettin' a peck-an-a-half o' p'taters for the price of a peck, it ain't none of my business, is it?" Verdict for the defendant. tST While escorting a lady home the other eyeing, a popular doctor attempted to relieve her cough by giving her a lozenge. He told her to allow it to dissove in her mouth. No relief was experienced. The doctor felt chagrined the next day, when the lady sent him a coat button, with a note, saying that he must have given her the wroug kind of lozenge, and that he might need this one. Papa's Opinion.?"What kind of a store is that one, papa, where they have three colored glass jars in the window?" "That's an apothecary shop, Tommy." "And that place next door to it that has three balls in front of it ?" "Oh, that's a hypothecary shop, Tommy !" with a sigh. BST A culprit gave an excuse for his misdoings that his fondness for fine things led him into bad ways ; whereupon the magistrate said, "You are fond of fine things, are you ? Very well; I'll fine you fifty dollars on thisl occasion, and we'll see how you like such a 'fine' thing as that." Wajjisidf gatherings. What is that which is used in. America only twice ? The letter A. flaf When a man considers himself as "one in a thousand" he nuturally regards other as ciphers, ffaf No man can lift himself by his boot tops, but he can easily pull himself down by his chin. W3T A man down in Georgia has built a number of houses which are occupied by widows free of rent. There is an old saying, and a true one, there is no telling what a man is worth until he is dead and his funeral expenses paid. #ST Tramp?Could you give a poor man a bite or two without much trouble? Housewife?I can. Joe, unchain Nero and take his muzzle off. B6F A Lansing, Mich., schoolboy drew a revolver on his teacher, and an investigation showed that 13 of the boys were similarly armed. VST Lord Chesterfield once remarked that even Adam, the first man, knew the value of politeness, aud allowed Eve to have the first bite of the apple. "Liquor"' said the lecturer, "is responsible for much of the misery in this world." "That's so," said an old toper in the audience. "I am always unhappy when I can't get it." 1ST The latest cure for neuralgia hails from Russia, where a physician claims to be able to cure the complaint by casting a beam from an arc electric trie light on the affected part. 46T "Mamma," said little May, "I'm afraid I'm naughty, because I've got an awful stomachache." "It was the pie you ate, I think, May." "Oh, no, mamma. The pie was too good to behave like that. It must be me." 4ST The Missouri supreme court has declared that the law against opium smoking and opium joints is unconstitutional, because it interferes with the right of men to smoke whatever they choose. 8?" There are 25 railway tunnels in England between one and two miles long, four over two miles, two just three miles, and one, the Severn, on the Great Western railway, is over four aud one-half miles long. IST All the Negro institutions in North Carolina, such as the asylums fnr the insane, the blind and the deaf | -v. 7 ? mutes aud the normal schools, will hereafter be managed exclusively by Negroes. 86F" M. Andree, who means to try for the North Pole again next summer, has had the size of his balloon increased 300 cubic feet, which will enable him to take along 400 pounds more of dead weight. 8?* "Did you take much pressing before you accepted Jack?" asked a young lady of her friend, who had just got engaged. "Oh, a lot. And then Jack is so strong, you know. He nearly squeezed the breath out of ray body." 8?" A prisoner of the Stillwater, penitentiary, who ran awy while on parole in 1895, has written the warden a letter asking if he may return. Transportation has been sent him, aud he is returning alone to serve the remaining seven years of bis term. 86T The new Canadian census shows the surprising fact that seventeen iu every thousand of the Canadian population were born in the United States. This is seven more in the thousand than the number reported from all European countries outside of Great Britain. Weif "Literature certainly runs in the Greensmith family. The two daughters write poetry that nobody will print, the son writes plays that nobody will act, and the mother writes novels that nobody will read." "And what does the father write?" "Oh, he writes checks that nobody will cash." AST A wag on the outside of a coach called to a man by the roadside who was fencing in some very poor land : "I say, mister, what are you fencing in that land for? It would take 40 acres of it to starve a cow." "Jesso," was the reply. "I'm fencing ing it in to keep my caows out of it." B8T When an Egyptian dog wishes to drink at the Nile he goes a short distance up the river and howls for some time. The crocodiles, being attracted by sound, immediately crowd to the place, while the dog hastily runs to the part which the crocodiles have left and drinks in safety. flaf Nearly every one can do something to add to the pleasure of the social life around the table. If one cannot talk, he cau ask questions? not silly, nor guying, nor impertinent ones?but for information. It is as well to be a good listener as a good talker. Never quarrel or argue at the table. Talk about pleasant things, or listen. fiST" The custom of placing crape on the door of a house where there has been a recent death had its origin in the ancient English heraldic customs, and dates as far back, at least as the year 1100 A. D. At that period hatchments or armorial ensigns were placed in froc? of houses when the nobility and gentry died. The hatchments were of diamoud shape, and contained the family arms quartered and colored with sable. 66T Though Queen Victoria is about to celebrate her sixtieth anniversary as queen, there are other prominent ladies in England who are her seniors. Mrs. Gladstone is six months older man me queen ; me .Baroness BurueuCoutts is five years older, and Lady Louisa Tighe, who was present at the ball on the eve of Waterloo, and is still hale and lively, was a girl of 15 when Victoria was born. England has her grand old women as well as her Grand Old Man. 86T* A queer case of the loss of a will is reported from an eastern town. It was drawn two years ago, and mysteriously disappeared. It had been left upon a table a few moments before the death of the testator, near the window, and the wind carried it iuto the yard. From the yard it disappeared completely. The other day two hunters found a squirrel's nest in a tree, and a portion of the bed upon which the bushy-tailed nutcrackers spent their hours of ease was the lost will. It has been accepted as genuine and probated. international j^rssmis. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON X, SECOND QUARTER, IN- J TERNATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 6. t S Text of the Lesson, J as. Ill, 1-13?Mem- f ory Verses, 11-13 ? Golden Text, Pi. f xxxlv, 18?Commentary by the Rev. D. f M. Stearns. f C 1. "My brethren, bo not many masters, a knowing that wo shall receive the greater c condemnation." The R. V. says "teach- j era" Instead of "masters." Although the y word Is translated "master" about 46 out . of 66 times, yet it is "teacher" in John ill, 2; Eph. iv, 11, etc. In Luke li, 46, it is ? The vprb "dliiasto" is alwavs * translated "teach" or "taught." The Injunction, therefore, seems to be that we are to bear in mind that the position of a teacher is one of such responsibility that we hardly dare covet it Yet if our Lord choose us and send us forth, no matter in what capacity, His grace is sufficient for us. Happy are those in whom Ho lives and speaks. "Who teachcth like Him?" (Job xxxvi, 22.) 2. "For in many things we offend all If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body." Tho R. V. says, "In many things wo all stumble." And yet the ascription in Judo xxlv, R. V., is, "Now unto Him that is able to guard you from stumbling and to set you before the presence of His glory without blemish." If we would but trust Him, who alone of all men never stumbled, never sinned in thought, word or deed, He would keep us from stumbling, for He is able. "Thine is the power, O Lord." The difficulty is all on our side. He says, "I would, but ye would not." 8, 4. Here we have a great creature, the a horse, managed by the driver by means of s a small bit in his mouth, and we have a ? mighty ship managed by its governor by | means of a very small helm. Wo might a consider the smallness of that which in either case controlled the large body, or 1 we might consider the driver or governor 1 controlling. In Ps. xxxii, 9, wo are in- l Btructed not to be libo a horse or mule, r without understanding, whose mouth must j be held in with bit and bridle. But some t horses and mules have understanding, and ? I believe that some have more than their , drivers. We are not warned against such. * The great thing is to have a good governar and to be absolutely under his control. 6. "Even so the tongue is a little member and boastcth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth." Thcreforo we are admonished, "Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile" (Ps. xxxiv, 18). And we are reminded that there is not a word in our tonguo but He knowcth it altogether (Ps. txxxix, 4). "Death und life are in the power of the tongue," therefore "whoso kecpeth his mouth and his tonguo kcepcth his soul from troubles" (Prov. xviii, 21; cxi, 28). 6. "And the tonguo is a Are, a world of Iniquity, and it is set on Are of hell.'' Perhaps 6ome have'seen and heard fearful things from the tongue, but have not conlidered these things as indications of the ttato of affairs in hell. This is the word "gc-enna," tho place of burning, and is Dsed only by our Lord except in this one [nstanco. "Out of tho abundance of the heart the mouth speakcth" (Muth. xil, 84), End if satan has control of tho heart we iuuy expect tho tonguo to smell of fire and brimstone. 7, 8. While every kind of creatures can bo tamed tho tongue is untamable, an un- ? tuly evil full of deadly poison. This, of course, describes the worst phase of tho tongue that has only tho nuturnl, unrenewed heart behind it, but the possibilities of fearful manifestations ore in every Unrenewed heart. Flattery, mischief and Vanity, backbiting, deceit and lying, are all in a wicked tonguo (Ps. v, 9; x, 7; Xv, 8; lfi, 4; lxxviii, 86), or in tho heart that is back of the tongue, for "the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked" (Jer. xvii, 9.) And "out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, fulso witness, blasphemies" (Math, xv, 19). This is our Lord's own testimony, and He alone knows tho heart. g 9. "Therewith bless we God, even the j Father, and therewith curse wo men which . are made after the similitude of God." It . docs not seem possiblo that the same 1 tongue could bless God and curse man. f Tho tongue with only tho natural heart < back of it can curse, but tho natural heart s cannot truly bless God. What have we g hero then, a new heart which blesses God, t and tho old heart which is prone to curs- . ing, and each using the some tongue? It looks even so, and, according to the Scriptures, is so. 1 10. "Out of the same mouth proceedeth ? blessing and cursing. My brethren, these I things ought not so to be." Theeo 6adly > true things arc a dishonor to Christ and t should not continue. If we have received f the Lord Jesus Christ and have thus a new , and divine nature (II Pet. i, 4) the Spirit of God, whose temple we now are, jealous- | ly desiroth us and liveth in us that we ' may not do the things which we otherwise t would if controlled by the carnal mind g (Jas. iv, 5, R. V.; Gal. v, 16, 17, R. V.). t Inasmuch as the Lord Jesus is able to sub- ( duo all things unto Himself and will do It in due time (Phil, iii, 91; I Cor. xv, 28), He is surely able to subdue in us, and keep subdued, even if He does not in this life cost it wholly out, that old siuful nature f which was born in us. Let us yield fully to Him, crying, "Thine is the power." 11. 12. "Doth a fountain send forth at f the same r>lace sweet water and bitterP < Can tho fig tree, my brethren, bear olive \ berries? Either a vine flgsP So can no < fountain both yield Rait water and fresh." t Both trees and fountains produce only aft- ] er their kind, and if our words or actions are not right before God it is because of an , evil root or source or fountain within us. . Jesus said that tho water which He gives 1 would be in us a well of water springing up into everlasting life (John iv, 14). He j. Himself is the fountain (Jer. ii, 18). ( 18. "Who is a wise man and imbued i with knowledgo among you? Let him j show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom." On to the end ' of tho chapter we have impressed upon us that tho heavenly wisdom, which is none other than Christ Himself, when allowed to control us, will bo first pure, then peaoeable, gentle, easy to bo intrcatcd, etc. Ev- 1 crything liko envy, strife or confusion is ' from the devil. According to Isa. xxxii, i 17, "The work of righteousness shall be \ peace, and the effect (service) of righteous- 1 ness, quietness nnd assurance forever." < Our Lord Jesus is the Prince of Peace; He ( is our peace; at His birth the angel said, "Peaceon earth," and we, His messengers, | are to prouch peucc (Isa. ix, 0, 7; Eph. ii, ' 14; Luke ii, 14; Acts x, 30), lxilieving that t the time will come when of the increase of f His government and jieacc upon the throne t of David there shall be no end; nation g shall not lift up sword against nution, f neither shall they learn war anymore. 86T" Have a care of your thoughts; i unsubmission (in aflliction) slips in at s the door before one is aware. "It is e well" is the only soul-quickeuing and 1 God glorifying frame. God that has ? appointed the end, has settled, and He I' will order the means. Rest there, 1: "and all is well." e 4jam and iircsidc. SOKGHUM. Both saccharine and non-saccharine lorghum occupies a prominent place imong these crops. A few years ago his crop was planted principally for yrup, but there is scarcely a farm tolay which has not its sorghum patch or green forage duriug the summer, ind on many places it is planted quite ixtensively for soiling, for pasturing ind for ensilage. It will stand a long ipell of dry weather which would ruin :orn, and although in a drouth its jrowth may be somewhat checked, it vill remain green and fresh, and when be rains begin, will immediately re:over and go on to perfect developnent. It is not yet too late to Hit in a crop of sorghum, and we vould advise every larmer who ap>rehends a short com crop to sup >lement it with this, its natural iomplement. The seed may be either trilled in after such preparation of he land as for corn or cotton, or they nay be sown broadcast, and if peas ire broadcast at the same time, the relult is a splendid hay, the muscleorming elements of the peas combinug with the fat-forming elements of he sorghum to complete a better balinced feeding ration than either crop vould furnish alone. The Amber vaieties are the most popular for this >urpose. It stands up well, is hardy, [uick growing and maturing and well leeded. At first its growth is appaently slow, and care must be exer:ised to protect the little plauts from he encroachments of weed and grass; >ut owing to its strong and deep root ystem, once it gets a start, it will mccessfully distance all competitors ind obtain complete possession of the and. It is owing to this deep root 1 ystem that good crops of sorghum nay often be obtaiued from land ap>arently too poor to produce paying :orn crops. The principal elements equired for its successful growth are )otash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen ; >ut it should be noted that it requires i comparatively small amount of the ast expensive material. If drilled, .be plants should be crowded and mltivated in the early stages to keep lown the foreign growth. If allowed 00 much distance, they are apt to levelop too large and coarse for sucsessful feeding. If broadcast with )eas for cutting or pasturage, about hree .pecks to one bushel per acre of sach will be sufficient. Under favora>le conditions, two, three and even four suitings have been obtained. After be last cutting, the field should be inmediately plowed, or the 4ieavy oots may interfere with the cultivaion of other crops. Experience has ihown that if the land is plowed soon ifter the crop is taken off, it is left in sxcellent conditton for corn, cottou md other surface feeding crops. The ime for cutting varies with the pur>ose for which the crop is to be used, f for soiling, the cutting should begin is soon as the heads are well formed. !t is in the best stage when the seeds ire about half ripe. When intended or hay, it is best to cut when the sorghum is iu bloom. For ensilage, cut vhen the seed is in the ''dough." A lopuiar pmu iui pooiuiiu^ 10 iu nmv ieveral fields or patches sown at suc:essive periods. By this method, as icon as one field is finished, the stock nay be turned on the next, and so on hrough the whole series. By the time he last has been eaten down, the sec>ud crop will have sprung up on the irst field, and the rotatiou may be sontinued a second or a third time. INJURIOUS EFFECTS ON STOCK. In regard to the injurious effects of lorghum on stock, we remark that it s not the sorghum, but the condition >f the animal and the manner of feedng which cause the trouble. A hungry animal allowed to gorge itself on ilover or any other green food, would iuffer the same consequences. Neither ihould a full feed be given at first, intil the animal has become accusoraed to the change in diet. The ation may be combined in the begin ling with grain or other dry food, and gradually increased each day until a noderately full feed may be taken vithout injury. In pasturing wait intil the dew is off and turn the stock in towards the middle of the day, alowing them to remain on only a short ime at first, gradually increasing ength of time as they become accusomed to the change of food. With ;uch precautions, we have never seen mv ill conseouences from feeding sue :essive growths of this crop.?Southing Cultivator. To Kill Johnson Grass?The ollowing method has been found eflec,ive in killing Johnson grass: "Plow leep, then after 15 or 20 days take a 18 or 30 inch cotton sweep, sets its vings down flat and sweep close and ilean the ground from one direction. \.fter about 15 days, cross-sweep it. Repeat this process and plant nothing >n the ground, and after the third or "ourth sweeping pile up the roots, turnog them over every few days." I succeeded iu exterminating this ;rass on my farm, and my neighbors, 5. C. Duncan, W. A. Northington, G. V. Northington and Hood & Martin lave succeeded likewise by the above nethod.?J. S. Wygal, of Spauish, Texas. To Get Rid of Flies.?There are nany remedies given whereby the louse may be rid of flies. Almost as lumerous are they as the little pests ve see feed upon them and thrive; >ut the butchers and dairymen of Switzerland claim that the oil of bay ubbed on their shelves and about the vails rids their stalls and dairies of lies. It is also used in Raris to project the chandeliers and picture frames rom specking. This simple prevenive may be had from any drugstore, is inexpensive aud said to be effectual. Plant Beans With Potatoes.? V retired farmer near Hillsdale, Mich., ays he has made a discovery. In well potato hill he plants a bean. This le has done for the last three years ind during that time he has never i >een bothered by potato bugs. He i las also raised a good crop of beans ach season. I . I 1 iHisccUiinrous fading. "THE POOR GENTLEMAN." A long while ago when Bristol, England, was growing rich with the profits of the West India trade, of which it had almost a monopoly, a stranger took lodging there toward the close of the year, and used to visit ?P fomnna aM inn I ILIO CUiiCC IUULU U1 tuau iuujvuo viu iuuj the Bush. He would arrive about noon every day, and calling for a sixpenny glass of brandy and water sit over it until he had carefully gone through the London paper of the preceding evening. The landlord of the Bush, seeing how anxious he was to read the London paper, made it understood that while he had it "in hand" no one else was to expect it. Rather seedy garments, a lean body, a confirmed stoop and a limited expenditure of daily sixpence, with nothing for the waiter, clearly showed the newspaper reader to be a "poor gentleman," and by that title he was soon distinguished. On Ohristmus Eve honest John Weeks, the landlord, anxious that the decayed gentleman should have one good meal at least in the Bush, delicately intimated to him that on the followiug day he kept open table, to which he would be welcome free of cost. Punctually at one o'clock the next day the stranger appeared at the Bush in his usual seedy attire. He partook of the good dinner with the apparent r?li?h nf a man to whom such a feast is a uovelty, acid did due justice to the "stuuniug ale" for which far and ear the Bush was famous. The diuner was concluded. The decayed gentlemen remained the last, aud read the London paper in the kitchen. When he prepared to leave, the landlord respectfully helped him to put on his overcoat, and at the same time slipped a guinea into his hand. The poor gentleman pocketed the coin with a smile and a sigh. He came no more to Bush. But shortly after the Bush itself was advertised for sale, with all its valuable good-will and appurtenances, and poor Weeks was trembling at the thought of being turned out by the new owner, when he received a missive from Coutts & Co., the London bankers, to the effect that if he wished to acquire the house he occupied, he might draw upon them for the purchase money. Hastening to London to thank bis benefactors aud convince himself of the genuineness of the offer, he was intro duced to Thomas uoutts, me neaa 01 the great banking firm, who proved to be uo other than the "poor geutlemau." "The Bush guinea," it is said, was afterward worn, mouuted in a bracelet, by the Duchess of St. Albans, the widow of Mr. Coutts. THE LAWYER'S STORY. "Yes," said the lawyer, "there are many funny incidents in the law business; but there is a sad side to some of them, too, which makes me reflect on how small a proportion of all human wrongs and misfortunes we are able to relieve. One day, soon after 1 began practice, a handsome and fashionably dressed woman came into my office. From her looks I judged she was not much over twenty years of age, and I learned afterwards that she had been married ODly a short time before. She told me that she bad been sent by a clergyman, who was a friend of mine, and after some hesitation, added that she had had trouble with her husband. "I supposed that ray visitor was seeking to be released from Hymen's bonds, and asked if there was any evidence on which she could base an action for divorce. She seemed to be horrified at the thought, and said : "'Oh, no, sir; I don't want a divorce.' " 'Well, then,' I said, 'probably you can get a separation.' And I enumerated the grounds on which it could be obtained. " 'But I wouldn't have a separation if I could get it,' she said. "I was becoming a trifle puzzled, but I hazarded another suggestion. " 'Better go up to Judge Blank,' I said, naming one of the police justices. 'He will give you a warrant, and you can bring your husband into court, and make bira contribute a fixed sum per week to your support.' " 'I don't want him to contribute to ray support,' said the woman, almost crying by this time. 'I can make more money than he can.' "This was exasperating; so I said: "'Well, madam, you can't get and don't want a divorce or a separation, and you don't wish to compel youi support. You must pardon me if I fail to see how I can advise you, for I have no idea as to what you do want.' "Tears welled up in the young woman's eyes, and, clasping her bands, she faltered, plaintively: "'I ? I ? want him ? to?to?love me!"' The Longevity of Women.?A report from the office of the registrar general, of England, shows that there are more female than male centenarians. Out of a million people 225 women reach the age of 100 years, while only 82 men round out the ceutury. Now, the great conundrum which is proposed is, Why is this so ? Accordiug to the popular superstition, it takes much longer for a woman to reach even the age of 50 than it takes for a mau to reach that age. If this is true, it makes the showing all the more remarkable. It has even been asserted that association with women makes a man live longer, as shown by the fact that the average life of the married man is longer than the average life of the single man. The fact, however, is denied by the endman at the minstrels, who says that the life of the married mau is not really longer, but only seems so. So far there is no satisfactory explanation of the original proposition why more women live to be a hundred. Some say it is because women are less addicted to tobacco and strong drink, others say that it is because it is more healthy to speud money than ii is to earn it, and so on. It may be mauy of the men who would live to be a hundred are killed at au early age in casualties to which women are not exposed. It may be that tight lacing is a life preserver, and it may be not a fact, after all. Possibly the English registrar general may be mistaken. The situation is replete with possibilities.?Baltimore Sun. t8F A few years ago, two men were convicted of horsestealing in the district court of Choteau county, Mont. They deserved a sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, but Judge du Bose let them off with three years. The worse man of the two, supposing that the sentence once pronounced was past revision, addressed tke court. "I just want to say," he told Judge du Bose, "that wheu I get out you will be the first man I'll come here to kill." "Oh, well," said the judge, "in that case I'll make it 10 years. Then you won't trouble me so soon." Having said this, he turned to the other man. "Is there anything you would like to say?" he asked. "Not a blessed word," answered the prisoner. The man who said nothing is now out of prison, while his partner is still behind the bars. H3T The machines used by the government for counting and tying postal cards in small buudles were made in Connecticut, and the two are capable of counting 500,000 cards in 10 hours, and wrapping and tying the same in packages of 25 each. In this operation the paper is pulled off a drum by two long "fingers," which come up from below, and another finger dips into u vat of mucilage and applies itself to the wrappiug paper in exactly the right spot. Other parts of the machine twine the paper around the pack of cards, and then a "thumb" presses over the spot where the mucilage is, and the package is throwu upon a carry belt ready for delivery. ROTAI ^akiH? POWDER Absolute!/ Pure When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to The Enquirer office where such printing is , done. Excursion Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cirrnlnrs Panmhlets. Law Briefs. ) r 1 / Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of all kinds printed on short notice and at very reasonable and legitimate prices. till k MRTHffESTEBHlT G. W. F. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After February 7,1896. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | NO 60. Lea* e Chester 6 10 a m 8 30am Leave Lowrysvllle 6 36 am 9 05am Leave McConnellsville 6,34am 9 89am Leave Guthrlesville .... 7 02 am 9 56am Leave Yorkville 722am ! 10 50am Leave Clover 7 52 a m | 11 33 am Leave uastonia ] ? a m i iwpni Leave Llncolnton i 8 45 a m j 3 10 p m Leave Newton 10 23 a m 4 45 pm Leave Hickory 11 10 am 6 15 pro Arrive Lenoir I 12 17 pm ! 8 00 pro QOIWQ 8QCTH. I No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 3 30 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 Gaston la 6 57 pm 100 pm Leave Clover 7 37pm. 2 02pm Leave Yorkvllie 8 06 pm 3 10 pm Leave Guthrlesviile ... 829pm 3 40pm Leave McConnellsvllle 8 38pm 355pm Leave Lowrysvllle 900pm 425pm Arrive Chester ! 9 32 p m 5 10 p m Trains Nos. 9 and 10 arc first class, and 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., also L & C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. & C. A. L.; at Llncolnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. Parties desiring tickets to all points North, East, South and West, will find it much to their advantage to call at or correspond with the General Office of the Carolina and North-Western Railway at Lenoir, N. C. L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. UNDERTAKING. -w- A xr i nlooo linn Af PHV IAiU. liaiiuilii? a lUOb 1-iww Utiw VI w* FINS AND CASKETS which I will sell at the very lowest prices. Personal attention at all hours. I am prepared to repair all kinds of Furniture at reasonable orices. f .T. FD JKFFERY8. it wii,l cure cancer. I HAVE a purely vegetable salve that will absolutely cure any skin or rooted cancer, about which there has been no cutting. Correspond with or call upon ine for particulars, terms., etc. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs. K. L. FERGUSON, Yorkville, S. C. May 5 36, 3m GARRY IRON RO MANUFAC' iron roofing, CKIMI'KD AXD CORKUflATKli Iron Tile or Shingle, i FIRE PROOF DOOIW, SHUTTERS, ETC. IJ * 1 - THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ^STOrders receivedby L. M. GRIST. TIME TABLE ofthoOhio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, May 5th, at 7.30 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIMt. QOIMO SOUTH No. 12. | Leave Marlon .. 4 45 pm Leave Rutherfordton? 0 20 pm Leave Forest City 6 50 pm Leave Henrietta 7 10 pm Leave Mooresboro 7 25 pm Leave Shelby 8 25 pm Imto Paf?j?ra/in Hnrlnirn^ R 40 rim Leave Earls ' ".... 8 45 pm Arrive at Blacksburg 9 00 pm No. 32. | No. 34. .Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Shelby 7 80 am Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am Leave Earle's 7 48 am; Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 am Leave Smyrna. 8 50 am 9 06 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 60 am Leave Yorkville 9 35 am 10 20 am Leave Tirxah 9 47 am 10 45,am Leave Newport 9 51 am 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 10 20 am 12 55 pm Leave Leslies 10 So am 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction. 10 40 am 1 50 pm Leave Lancaster 11 22 am 3 55 pm Leave Kershaw 12 05 pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 1 00 pm 6 60 pm GOING north. | No. S871 No. 85. Dally Dally Except Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Camden 2 00 pm 9 00 am Leave Kershaw ; 2 45 pm 11 10 am Leave Lancaster 3 25 pm 12 40 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 00 pm 2 00 pm Leave Leslies 4 10 pm 2 10 pm Leave Rock Hill 4 30 pm 4 40 pm Leave Newport 4 4-5 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tlrzah 4 50 pm 5 20 pm Leave Yorkville 5 05 pm 0 00 pm r^TTA flhamn fi 20 mr? A 20 nm Leave Hickory Grove.... 6 40 pmi 6 40 pm Leave Hmyrna 6 50 pm; 6 56 pm Leave Blacksburg 6 20 pm 7 30 pm Leave Earle's ' (I 35,pm| Leave Patterson's Spring. 6 40 pm Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm I No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am J.eave Earls 8 30 am Leave Patterson Springs 8 40 am Leave Shelby 0 10 am Leave Mooresboro 0 50 am Leave Henrietta 10 00 am Leave Forest City 10 20 am Leave Rutherford ton 10 50 am Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pm CONNECTIONS. No. 82 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 step only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. i A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT. General .Manager. 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 dividends," 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 Vnnr Proiiidlca *vul ? ?vj???vv 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 show you 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 ana 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. II 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 lias paid about $550,000 to tbe widows and orphans of deceased policy-holders in South Carlina alone, during the past twelve yeare, and if all the insurance now carried in old line companies in the state was in the Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000, 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. 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 has always been my desire to please my customers. I atn 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 cau 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. Ihc edit ilk (Enquirer. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUliSCRlPTlON: Single copy for one year, 8 2 OO One copy for two years, 3 50 For six months, 1 OO For three months, 50 Two copies for one year, 3 50 Ten copies one year, IT 50 And an extra copy for a club of ten. OFirVO* COMP'NY. rTJRERS OF gft IRON ORE PAINT A.n<l Cement. Cleveland, O. cular and Price List OF IRON ROOFING INTHE WORLD 1