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tumorous ^Department.
An Exhorter In Great Trouble.
A well-known planter in south Arkansaw,
a man who has exhorted at
more revivals than any worker in
the state, had trouble last week.
While hauling cotton along a muddy
road, one of the steers broke the yoke
and ran away. The old fellow sat
down on a log and said:
"Lord, you know pretty well what
I have done for the church, and how
many privations I have stood without
a whimper of complaint. If you have
observed me very closely, you know
I never said a word when my fences
were washed away, and that even
when Josh Chandler beat me in a lawsuit
I did not murmur, but now, after
mature consideration, I am compelled
to say something. Damn that steer!
I think that under the circumstances
I am excusable. Very few men would
have stood as much as I have, especially
a man whose wife is in a flout
half the time, so I submit the question
: Don't you think that I am justifiable
in the course I have this day
taken ? Here I am stuck in the mud.
By the time I can get another team
the boat will be gone, and I'll have to
leave my cotton or haul it back home.
If I leave it on the bank somebody
will steal it, and if I take it back
home Anderson will catch it with a
mortgage. So, you see, I am peculiarly
situated, and am, before any
court in the world or out of it either,
justifiable in remarking, Damn that
steer!",
The Rev. Billy Hibbard.?The
Rev. Billy Hibbard, as be was uniformly
called, was a somewhat eccentric
but zealous preacher, who labored
in Columbia and Livingston counties
some 40 years. At a meeting of conference
the bishop called the roll of
ministers' names, but ou calliug the
name William Hibbard there was no
response, whereupon the followiug
dialogue occurred :
Bishop?Brother Hibbard, why do
you not answer to your name as
called ?
Mr. Hibbard?You have not called
my name.
Bishop?What is your name, brother
?
Mr. Hibbard?Billy Hibbard.
Bishop?Why, that is the name of a
little boy.
Mr. Hibbard?I was a very little
boy when my father gave me that
name.
The reply upset the gravity of the
conference, and an explosion of laughter
followed in which the bishop joined.
Mr. Hibbard at one time, in conversation
with a minister of another denomination,
was asked the following
question :
"Brother Hibbard, why is it that
you have so few doctors of divinity in
your church ?"
He answered : "Because our divinity
is never sick."
S8T As suggested by the recent story
of the woman who was forbidden to
"get religion" in a ritualistic Episcopal
church, a pretty good oue was
told in a similar strain. A so-called
evangelist was holding a series of
meetiugs in a certain town, and a
member of the church was much interested
in them, attending every
meeting, somewhat to the loss of home
comlorts by husband aud children.
Fiually, the old gentleman had his
innings in telling how they had called
on her to lead in prayer. Suddenly
realizing in what an unaccustomed
position she was placed, for among
Episcopalians no oue is ever so called
on ; even the most prominent clergyman,
if seated in the congregation,
taking no other part than the rest ot
the people do, the good woman turned
purple with embarrassment, squirmed
about iu her seat, choked up, and
finally managed to stammer out that
she was an Episcopalian, and she
never prayed!
His Appetite.?"ino," sam tne
philanthropist, firmly, "I cannot give
you financial assistance. I am opposed
to the principle of indiscriminate almsgiving
on the street. But I will gladly
give you an order on a restauraut for
whatever you may want if you are
hungry."
And he did. A few days later he
visited the restaurant, walked up to
the cashier's window and said: "I
suppose you hold a charge against me
here. I sent a poor fellow to you last
Tuesday, and I want to settle his bill."
"Yes, sir," replied the young woman
behind the counter, as she rummaged
among some papers, and found
an unpaid check, "70 cents, please."
"Mercy on us!" ejaculated the philanthropist,
"that poor fellow must
have been nearly starved. What did
he eat to amount to so much as that ?"
"One gin fizz," she said, "two Manhattan
cocktails, a whisky straight
and three beers."
A servant girl was brought to a
hospital suffering from an overdose of
poison. When questioned as to her
motive for taking it, she replied : "I
wasn't feeling well, so I went to my
mistress's room to get some mediciue
from the chest she keeps there. The
bottle I got was marked, 'Three drops
for an infant, six for an adult and a
tablespoouful for an emetic.' I knew
I wasn't an infant, I wasn't sure about
an adult, so I thought I must be the
emetic, and took the spoonful."
S&" A newly appointed Georgia justice
of the peace was informed that
some oue had stolen his horse during
the night. He was not long in locating
the criminal, who was speedily
hroufrht to trial, when the iustice said :
Q , u
"I ain't qualified ter set on this case,
seein' as the horse was mine ; but I'm
goin' ter let the bailifT preside, an'
while he's a-tryin' of the criminal, I'll
be out yander a-stretchin' of the rope
an' locatin' of the tree !" ^
A Modest Request.?Lover (passionately)?"My
sweet! My darling !
I love you with all my heart! Be
mine!"
Fair maiden?"Oh, George, this is
so sudden ; I must have time?"
Lover?"No, no! I must have an
answer now, for I have my eyes on
another girl."
Wajjsidc 6athctiag$.
f8F Havana's principal theatre was
built by convict labor.
8&" Above all things speak the truth ;
your word must be your bond through
life.
W3F God always has an angel of help
for those who are willing to do their
duty.
One pound of sheep's wool is
capable of producing one yard of
cloth.
V3F The railways of the world carry
every day between 16,000,000 an<ri7,000,000
j>assengers.
iMf Switzerland is the only civilized
country in the world which grants no
nn tents for inventions.
BfiT Married men, like candles, often
go out at night and leave their wives
in the dark as to their whereabouts.
S@T A crust of bread with contentment
therewith is better than a dish of
strawberry ice-cream with a sore tooth.
8?~ A teacher who is attempting to
teach without inspiring the pupil with
a desire to learn, is hammering on cold
iron.
8?" Philip Sidney said : "I am no
herald co inquire of men's pedigrees;
it is enough for me to know their virtues."
W8F John Neal says some persons
read mankind as they do a proof sheet,
merely to find the errors and omissions.
8?* It is estimated that greater quan
tities of gold and silver have been
sunk in the sea than are now in circulation
on earth.
8?* "Dab's only one kind er good
luck," said Uncle Eben, "dat kin be
trusted, and dat's the good luck o'
bein' born wif sense."
If some one can start a story
that gold nuggets may be picked up
at the North Pole, the problem of its
discovery will soon be solved.
86?* An apothecary asserted in a
large ct mpany "that all bitter things
are hot, ' "No." reolied a nhvsician *
"a bitter cold day is an exception."
aST" Put 20 people, all of one denomination,
on a deserted island, aud in
less than ten years the island would
have at least two religions, says the
Somerville Journal.
BSP Why he was fined : "I understand
that Wheeler was fined for
scorching." "Scorching nothing! He
was fined for riding so slow that he
impeded traffic."
8?* In Hindostan, when the parents
of a baby cannot agree upon a name,
two lamps are placed over the names.
The one over which the lump is brighter
is that which is chosen.
8?" A German farmer disputed his
tax bill. He said, "I pays the state
tax,the county tax, and the school
tax ; but I pays no total tax. I's got
no total, and never had any."
8?" In the little German principality
of Waldeck a decree has been proclaimed
that a license to marry will
not be granted to any individual who
is in the habit of getting drunk.
8?" "Might I ask what school of
poetry you prefer ?" inquired the
young man who writes. And the old
gentleman replied, "The honueopathic
school. The smaller the dose the better
it suits me."
8?f The falling off in the sale of
cigarettes in Indiana since the law
went into effect fixing a penalty for
their sale to minors is said to have
been so great that many wholesale
grocers will stop handling them.
Klondike is said to be a corruption
of the Indian "Tron-dak," meaning
"plenty of fish," which may remind
us that the supply of fish was of
much more importance to the aborigines
than the sunnlv of gold.
?-~ A A W
We?T The largest proportion of single
persons is found in Ireland and Scotland
and the smallest in the United
States. In Ireland, 67 per cent.; in
Scotland, 65 per cent., but in the United
States only 59 per cent, are in that
condition.
A western citizen who had been
worsted in a fight was told that he
could collect damages. "I did collect
damages," he replied, mournfully. "I
collected everything but a piece of my
left ear and two front teeth ; I couldn't
find those."
8?? Bason?I see they have put a
soundingboard at the back of the minister's
pulpit. What do you suppose
that's for ? Egbert?Why, it's to throw
out the sound. "Gracious! If you
throw out the sound, there won't be
anything left in the sermon."
56?" "And," were the concluding
words of the professor's lecture to the
medical students, "do not promise too
much. I knew a physician of real ability
who promised a patient, whose legs
he had just amputated, that he would
have hira on his feet within two weeks."
IST" Nebraska used to be marked on
the map as a part of the "Great American
Desert." If the mapmakers
would visit Nebraska now, says the
Omaha, Neb., Bee, they would have to
change the designation to that of the
"Great American Grain Garden."
A Kansas preacher thus brought
his discourse to a sudden stop on Sunday
: "Brethren, I will now close, for
I see that we are going to have a
thunderstorm. The congregation will
please follow me to Brother Soandso's
field and help him stack his wheat."
S&f The United States census gives
the number of deaths from alcoholism
in 1880 as 1,592 ; in 1890, 2,G57, an increase
of 67 per cent. If the same
ratio has been maintained during the
past seven years, the present annual
death rate from alcoholism is nearly
4,000.
Stir Better times have reached Colorado,
or have begun there. The
greatly increased output of gold is a
prime factor in the prosperity. The
production has run up from $5,000,000
in 1892 to 16,000,000 in 1896. As the
state has only 400,000 inhabitants, this
amount is a large increase to their income.
St?T When a railway is being built
the surface of the road has to be bal
lasted, gene ally with gravel, sometimes
with ashes or other material.
The Great Northern, of Scotland, is
ballasted with granite chips; the
Southern Pacific is ballasted with salt;
the Durango line in Mexico is ballasted
with silver ore and laid with ties of
ebon}'.
international Wessons.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XI, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, SEPT 12.
Text of the LcMon, Rom. xiil, 9-21?Memory
Verses, 16-18?Golden Text, Rom.
xili, 21?Commentary by the Rev. D. M,
Stearns.
9. "Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is ovll. Cleave to
that which is good." Tho R. V. says,
'Tef. lnvn he tvithrnit. hvnocrisv." The
Holy Spirit through John says, "Let us
not love in word, neither in tongue, but
in doed and in truth" (I John iii, 18).
Tho title of our IcHson is "Christian Living,"
which is elsewhere defined as "the
life of Jesus made manifest in our mortal
flesh." The thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians
describes the love that was manifest
in Christ us never in any other, and
He will manifest that lovo and that life
in us in proportion us wc present to Him
our bodlos a living sacriflco (verso 1).
10. "Bo kindly affcctioncd one to anj
other with brotherly love, in honor preferring
one another." This is tho love
that soekcth not her own; not our own
profit, but the profit of many, that they
may be saved (I Cor. x, 83; xiii, 5). The
"therefore" of verse 1 of our lesson chapter
takes us back to the"justiflwl freely,"
"justified by faith," "no condemnation,"
"freely with Him all things," etc., of
Rom. iii, 24; v, 1; viii, 1, 82, and because
of all this it is surely a reasonable thing
that wo should let Him have our whole
being, that Ho may by renewing our minds
transform us into His own imago (Rom.
viii, 29).
11. "Not slothful in business, fervent
in spirit, serving the Lord." The R. V.
says, "In diligence, not slothful," und in
the margin suys that some manuscripts
give, "serving the opportunity." The
latter would suggest tho simplicity of I
Sam. x, 7, "Do as occasion serve thee, for I
God is with theo," and the former would
be in the line of Col. iii, 28, "Whatsoever
ye do, do it heartily, as to tho Lord, und
not unto men."
12. "Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,
continuing instunt in pruyer." I
think we are safe in saying that tho hope
in the New Testament generally, if not
always, refers to tlie second coming or
Christ and the events therewith associated.
Seo Rom. v, 2; viii, 24, 25; Titus ii, 13;
I John iii, 8. Tho tribulation thut worketh
patience is our privilege all ulong tho
journey (Roiii. v, 8; John xvi, 83; Rev.
1, 9; Hob. x, 36, 87), and the attitude of
increasing pruyer is our great privilege as
well as necessity (I Thess. v, 17; Heb. iv,
16).
18. "Distributing to tho necessity of
saints, given to hospitality." If one
should be asked why he worked so hard
early and late at his daily toil, and should
reply, "That I may have to givo to him
that needeth," he might seem to be a little
unbalanced in his mind, but he would
bo talking, as well as living, according to
the Scriptures (Eph. iv, 28).
14. "Bless thorn which persecute you;
bless and curse net." Now this is easy
talking, but the practice of it is not so
populur as to have as yet become tho fashion.
It is, however, the plain teaching of
our Lord (Muth. v, 44), and He always
practiced what Ho preached. If His life
is to bo made manifest in us, this phase
of it is surely included. It was beautifully
manifest in Stephen when he in the midst
of their persecution looked liko an angel
and acted liko the Lord Himself (Acts vi,
15; vli, OU).
15. "Rejoice with them that do rejoice,
and weep with them that weep." Tho
unity of the body of Christ is such that
when tho members are abiding in Him if
one member suffers all suffer with that
one, and if ono member bo honored all
the members rejoice with it (I Cor. xii,
26). This is .:s it should be, but where is
it 6oen? W.iat, then, ails tho body? Is it
as in Phil ii, 21, "All seek their own, not
tho things which are Jesus Christ's?" If
so, how can tho body expect tho blessing
of the Head? Let each ask himself, Am
I a healthy member of Hia body or a grief
to Him?
10. "Bo of tho same mind ono toward
another. Mind not high things, but condescend
to men of low estate. Be not wise
in your own conceits." On tho second
clause the margin say a, "Be contented
with mean things." Tho margin of the
R. V. sayH, "Bo curried away with them
that arc lowly." If we will allow ourselves
to bo carried away with Him who
is meek and lowly, who made Himself of
no reputation and humbled Himself unto
death for us, Ho will surely take possession
of us and manifest His life in us.
17. "Recompense to no man evil for
evil. Provide things honest In tho sight of
all men." Not rendering ovil for evil, but,
contrariwise, blessing, knowing that yo
aro thereunto called tliut ye should inherit
a blessing (I Pot. iii, 0). Providing for
honest things, not only in the sight of the
Lord, but also in the sight of men (II Cor.
viii, 21). Whatsoever things aro true,
honest, jus*, lovely, wo ore to think on
thoso things (Phil, iv, 8).
18. " If it bo possible, as much as lleth in
you, live penceably with all men." This
seems very carefully worded. There aro
those who know nothing of poace, they
seem born for war, and yet somehow they
get united to or mixed up with thoso who
aro for peuco, and tho peaceful party seeniH
to bo in u good school for the cultivation
of patience. Well, we must "let the peace
of God rulo in our heurts" and be thankful
that Ho is able to subduo, for Ho is the
Princo of Peuco (Col. iii, 16; Phil. Hi, 21).
19. "Dourly beloved, avenge not yourselves,
but rather give pluco unto wrath,
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will repay, snith the Lard." This certainly
cannot luean that wo are to be satisfied
with getting angry, but without taking
vengeance. Rather, as in tho R. V. margin,
give place to the wrath of God. Let
Him take charge of all the wrath and
vengeance business.
20. "Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if he thirst, give him drink, for
in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on
his heud " This is a quotation from Prov.
xxv, 21, 22, but the last clause of that
passage is omitted, "The Lord 6hall reward
thee."
21. " I3e not overcome of evil, but overcome
evil with good." Tho oxnamentof
a meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of
God of great price (I Pet. ili, 4), uud the
meek and lowly one who when Ho was reviled,
reviled not again; when He suffered,
He threatened not, will work in us this
pirit and live in us this life whenever we
aro willing that He should. Tho word
"transformed" in verso 2 of this chapter
is the same word thut is translated "transfigured"
in Math, xvii, 2; Mark ix, 2, and
"ore changed" in II Cor. ili, IS, and it is
used only in these four places. Tho lust
passage seems to mo to show the only way
to be thus transfigured; therefore let us
go on "beholding Him" until wo see Him
face to face, und then we shall bo like Him
(i Jonn in,
OS?" The virtue of patience is of a
value so inestimable that it cannot be
won except by the sternest sort of discipline
and self-suppression.
OS?" Inability to speak words of praise
when they are really due is the sure
sign of a mean and narrow nature.
Jam and Jirwide.
RENOVATING OLD TREES.
It is often the case that trees are
neglected so much that they become
unthrifty and unprofitable, if they do
not cease entirely to bear lruit. With
a very old tree very little in the way
of renovating can be done with anything
like permanent benefit. But
with young trees that have simply
been neglected a very decided benefit
can be secured. Of course, if this is
done it is necessary to do thorough
work. Generally the longer a tree
has been neglected the longer time will
be required to restore it.
Oue of the first things to do is to
prune thoroughly, cutting out all diseased
or dead wood at least, and as
much of the other growth as may
seem necessary. No set rules can be
given, as to the extent of pruning that
should be given, as the soil in which
the tree is growing, as well as the
growth or thrift of the tree, must be
considered. The pruning should be
done reasonably early in the winter,
at lea3t before the wood freezes hard.
The wood should all be gathered up
and burned, as in this way disease
germs and injurious insects may be destroyed.
The ground should be thoroughly
plowed, taking care to plow shallow
near the trees so as not to injure the
roots.
It is often the case that one of the
principal reasons, if not the sole cause,
of the trees failing to make a thrifty
growth and bear good crops of fruit is
a lack of available plant food. The
trees are starving, and, of course, cannot
grow r. yield fruit. The best plan
of manuring is to apply broadcast after
plowing and tben work it into the soil
with a harrow or cultivator. Almost
any kind of manure can be used with
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Denenr, out me uuvuuttt^e iu usiug
well-rotted manure is that the effect
will be realized sooner, or at least a
good portion of it. With trees, as
other plants, the fertilizer, to be available,
must he soluble, and a larger
proportion of well-rotted manure is iu
this condition better than if applied
fresh. The principal advantage in
using salt is that it helps to make
plant food that is in the soil available.
It contains little fertilizing value in
itself.
Wood ashes can nearly always be
applied with beuefit when it can be
had. With a little care in this way
an orchard that has beeu neglected or
starved down may be renovated and
made profitable if the trees are uot too
old. With an old orchard in which
the trunks of the trees are more or
less decayed the better plan is to cut
it down and make a new start.
HEALTHY COWS, PUKE MILK.
The quality of the milk depends
very largely on the condition of the
cow and ou the character of her food.
If she is starving she cannot give rich
and wholesome milk. She cannot
keep in good condition on poor feed,
or ou feed in which the flesh and fat
producing elements are out of proportion.
Such must have good feed in
proper quantity, and must also have
clean water in abuudance. The milk
is elaborated from the food eaten and
the water drank, and must of necessity
partake of the character of both.
No alchemy of the cow's system can
make good milk out of poor food, any
more than a cider mill can turu out
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I sound ClUCr jrOUl i OUCH ujijuco. name
from the influence of breed, the quality
of milk depends solely on the quantity
of food and drink. Hearty, nitrogenous
food is required to produce muscle
and a caseous matter of which
cheese is largely composed. While
such food to some extent may be converted
into fat, it is conceded that
carbonucious or fat and heat producing
foods are never converted into nitrogenous
matter. The latter must be in
the food eaten and in a soluble and
digestible form before it can be elaborated
by the organs of the cow in the
casine of the milk. The food must be
free from rank flavors and odors or
they will appear in the milk?as the
flavor and odor of onions and the
ferments in sour distillery and glucose
refuse and in stagnant water. Taints
are also developed in milk by its not
being aired and cooled, by the commencement
of incipient decomposition;
they are also absorbed from the
surrounding atmosphere. Hence it
will be seen that healthy cows in good
condition, clean, sweet food and water,
careful handling, and cleanly surroundings
are necessary for the production
and delivery of good, sound milk.
Watering Before Eating.?The
popular plan of watering horses before
eating, so customary in France, is upon
hygienic principles favored by the veterinarians
not only in France, but in
England and in this couutry. M. Gayot,
French government veterinury and
equine historic writer, favored this
plan, as does also Dr. Fleming, the
eminent Scotch veterinarian, where
running water is not available. Some
will say, "My horse will not drink
before eating," but it should be taught,
and when once accustomed to drink
first, will eugerly look for water on
cold mornings as well as in the warm
weather after the all night rest. A
drink of water refreshes the horse,
improves its appetite and aids digestion;
but if allowed to eat a hearty
feed and then be watered, the digestion
is deranged and a direct loss of
feed is the result, besides colic or
other troubles ensue. Teach horses to
drink before eating.
How Much a Cow Eats.?A cow is
uot inclined to gluttony. Usually
when the appetite is satisfied a cow
will stop eating. Any cow's appetite
may be gauged in this way : Givejher
all the feed she will eat and have
some left. Weigh what is given |to
her and notice what is consumed.
Then make the regular ration threefourths
of the quantity eaten. No animal,
not even a man, should have all
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if? necessary is injurious, and produces
disease. Generally more harm is done
by over-eating than by starving.
For kicking, tie the horse's hind
foot to his under jaw and make him
kick. If he then kicks with his loose
foot, tie both feet to his jaw and make
him kick. Three or four kicks wil
| cure him.
pijs?U#nwttsi jScitdtag.
A MILLION DOLLARS DAILY DESTROYED.
"Every working clay in the year
Uncle Sam destroys a million dollars ;
deliberately tears up and grinds to
pulp one million dollars' worth of paper
money?genuine bank notes and
greenbacks," writes Clifford Howard
| in the September' Ladies Home Journal.
"A million dollars in one,
I two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, one-hundred,
and one-tbousand-dollar notes
are daily punched full of holes, cut
into halves and thrown into a machine
that rapidly reduces them to a mass of
mushy substance.
"Whenever a piece of paper money
becomes soiled or torn it may be presented
to the United States treasury
[and redeemed. Sooner or later every
note that circulates among the people
becomes unfit for further service, for
it is bound to become dirty or mutilated
by constant handling, and the
United States government stands ready
to give the holder of such a note a
uew note in exchange for it; or, in
other words, the government will redeem
it.
"The majority of the clerks employed
in this importaut department of the
government are women, many of
whom are the most expert money
counters and counterfeit detectors in
the world. In fact, only experts can
properly perform the work that is required
; for not only must the soiled
and mutilated money be accurately
and rapidly counted, but all counterfeit
notes must be detected and thrown
out. When we consider that some
counterfeiters can so cleverly imitate
genuine money that their spurious
notes will circulate through the country
without detection, and are not discovered
until they are finally turned
into the treasury, some idea of the
proficiency of these experts can be
gained, especially when we bear in
mind that these notes are often so
worn tnat ine imprint on mew uuu
scarcely be deciphered. It not infrequently
happens that these bad notes
are detected simply by the feel of them,
which, in some cases, is really the
only way of discovering the fraud ;
for while a counterfeiter may occasionally
succeed in so perfectly imitatirg
the design of a note as to mislead even
an expert, it is next to impossible for
him to counterfeit the paper used by
the government."
TO CIRCUMVENT BORROWERS.
It is often asserted that city people
are not neighborly ; that they live side
by side for years without becoming acquainted,
and that they are so wrapped
up in their own affairs that they
pay uo attention to those who live
next door. A North Omaha woman
is willing to assert that the charge is
not true, says The World-Herald. This
particular woman, who will be called
Brown, chiefly because that is not her
name, has a neighbor who is exceedingly
neighborly. After filling divers
and sundry cups and bowls with sugar,
tea, coffee, starch, salt, vinegar, rice,
lard, butter and other things necessary
to life in a large city, and failing to
note any adequate returns, Mrs. Brown
began to think.
A hazy idea came to her that somewhere
she had read of a plan to circumvent
a borrowing and forgetful
neighbor, and suddenly it dawned upon
her that in her mother's old sorup
book there was a remedy. Mrs. Brown
dug up the old scrap book out of a
closet and searched it through. She
found what she wanted and the next
day she had a conference with a cabiuet
maker. In a few days the cabinet
maker brought her a neat box divided
into compartments. Each compartment
was appropriately labeled
and Mrs. Brown filled them with sugar,
starch, tea, coffee, salt, etc., and
wailed for results. Whenever the
neighbor made a borrow the article
was taken from the box. When the
neighbor made a return the article was
dumped into the proper compartment
in the box. When a compartment was
empty Mrs. Brown notiuea tne uorrower
that she was out.
Mrs. Brown is satisfied with her
scheme. All it cost was a little start,
and since then the borrowing neighbor
has been borrowing her own groceries.
Several of the compartments have
been er-jpty for sometime, and Mrs.
Brown declares that when all are empty
she will show the box to the borrowing
neighbor and explain the exact
status of affairs.
DOM PEDRO'S RUSE.
Dom Pedro's once gave an audience
to a young engineer who came to show
him a new appliance for stopping railway
engine0 The emperor was
pleased wi?.n the idea. "Day after tomorrow,"
said he, "have your engine
ready. We will have it coupled to my
saloon carriage and start. When going
at full speed I will give the signal
to stop, and then we shall see how
your invention works."
At the appointed time the emperor
entered his carriage, the young inventor
mounted his engine, and on they
sped for several miles. There came
no signal, and the engineer began to
fear that the emperor had fallen asleep.
Suddenly the engine came to a sharp
curve around the edge of a cliff, when,
to his horror, on the track directly
ahead of them, the engineer saw a
huge bowder. He had just sufficient
presence of mind to turn the crank of
his brake and pull the engine up within
a couple of yards of the fatal block.
Here the emperor put his head out of
bis cur window and demanded to
know the cause of this sudden stopping.
The engineer pointed to the
rock, and J)om Pedro began to laugh.
"Push it to one side and go on," the
emperor said, calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and kicking
the stone, was still further astonished
to see it crumble into dust before him.
It was a block of starch which the
emperor had had made and placed on
the rails the night before.
How to Put Out Clothes on Fire.
There have been such shocking instances
of death and injury this year by
clothes catching fire, that people of an
altruistic spirit are moved to make
the danger impressive and ofi'er a
means of prevention, says The "Woman's
Journal." It i9 well at this
time to show the means of comparative
safety and exhort the public to
employ them. To cultivate presence
of mind in children when burning accidents
occur is good, but perhaps more
difficult than to clothe them in slowburning
fabrics. The fire drill in
schools is a good thing, because it
tends to reduce the danger of panic,
but to teach young children control of
their faculties and the exercise of
judgment when actually attacked by
fire is not easy. Still, presence of
mind is common enough, even in childhood,
to make the experiment of cultivating
it worth trying. If the child
whose clothes catch fire?or the grown
person, either?would wrap some hea
vy stuff about the flames or roll over
on the ground, the fire would soon be
extinguished, while running only adds
to the danger. Muslins and tarlatans,
the most inflammable goods, when
treated with tungsate of soda, cannot
be made to burn with a blaze. If all
cotton dresses and underclothing, especially
those of children, could be
treated in this way, a great number of
lives would be saved and much suffering
prevented.
I prn I
Eovill
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Absolutely 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, Circulars,
Pamphlets, Law 'Briefs,
Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Envelopes, and Cards of
all kinds printed on short notice
and at very reasonable and legitimate
prices.
A Snare
And veinsion.
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
Your Prejudice
AND COME to us with a desire to
learn why it is not to your interest to
carry high priced insurance, and how we
can furnish you just as safe insurance
for at least 40 per cent, a year less than the
other costs, we are sure we can 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 n 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 Insurance,
And think yon should have, we would bo
pleased to explain the Mutual Reserve
System to you. The Mutual Reserve is
the largest and strongest natural premium
company in the world, and the fourth
largest of ANY KIND. It has paid
about $550,000 to the widows and orphans
of deceased policy-holders in South Carlina
alone, during the past twelve years,
and if all the insurance now carried in
old line companies in the state was in the
Mutual Reserve, not less than $400,000,
which now annually goes into the coders
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.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
01 Rock Hill, S. C.
ORGANIZED JANUARY, 1887.
Capital, $75,000
Snrnlns aiifi Profits, - - - 32,000
Total DMMs Pail, - - 54,750
THIS RANK is prepared to handle
any business entrusted to it, and solicits
the accounts of Merchants, Farmers,
and private individuals. We will
extend every accommodation consistent
with a safe and conservative management.
W. L. RODDEY, President.
W. J. RODDEY, Vice President.
T. L. JOHNSON, Cashier.
L. C. HARRISON, Asst. Cashier.
niRKCTOKS:
T..~ t? T. ,1?,1 W. L. Roddey,
J. E. Rod'dej*, ' T. L. Johnston,
A. F. Ruff, \V. J. Roddey,
J. II. Miller.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK ENdUIKEK
IS an up-to-date family newspaper, always
tilled with clean and wholesome
home reading and is published and mailed
on time. Subscription price, ?2; in clubs
of two or more, $1.75. Everybody is invited
to make up clubs.
GARRY IRON RO
MANUFACl
IRON ROOFING.
CKIMI'Kl) AM) COKKl'OATEh
Iron Tile or Shingle. jBtttj&tM&l&fZ
FIRE PROOF DOORS, "
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THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS I
^S^Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST.
ail urn in ami
TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and
Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, May 5th, at /.30 a. m.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
nnrvn uaittu Mr* 19 i
Leave Marion .. 4 45 pnn
Leave Rutherfordton (I 20 pm|
Leave Forest City II 50 pm
Leave Henrietta 7 10 pm
Leave Mooresboro 7 '25 pm
Leave Shelby 8 25 pm
Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 40 pm
Leave Earls 8 45 pm
Arrive at Blacksburg 9 00 pm
WO. 32. | Ho. 84.
i Dally j Dally
I Except Except
[ Sunday.] Sunday.
Leave Shelby 7 30 ami
Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am
Leave Earle's 7 48 am |
Leave Blacksburg 8 30 ami 8 40 am
Leave Smyrna 8 50 am' 9 05 am
Leave Hickory Grove A 05 am 9 25 am
Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am
Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am 10 20 am
Leave Tlrzah 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 35 am 1 15 pin
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 50 pm
going worth. | No. 83. | 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 45 pm 5 00 pm
Leave Tlrzah 4 50 pm 6 20 pm
Leave Yorkvllle 5 05 pm 6 00 pm
Leave Sharon 6 HJ pm| b aj pm
Leave Hickory Grove.... 5 40 pm| 6 40 pm
Leave Smyrna .... 5 oO pm: 6 55 pm
I.eave Blacksburg 6 20 pm 7 80 pm
Leave Karlc's ! 6 35 pm
I^eave Patterson's Spring. 0 40 pm
Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm
No. 11. |
Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am
I.eave Earls 8 80 am
Leave Patterson Springs 8 40 am
Leave Shelby 9 10 am
Leave Mooresboro 9 50 am
Leave Henrietta 10 00 am
Leave Forest City 10 20 am
Leave Rutherfordton 10 50 am
Arrive at Marlon 12 20 pm
CONNECTIONS.
No. 32 has connection with Southern
Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at
Catawba Junction.
Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers.
Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion
with Southern Railway.
At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek
and London, trains stop only on signal.
S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A.
A. TRIPP, Superintendent.
SAM'L HUNT. General Manager.
EARILI1AI BOBTHffESTEBIBT
G. W. F. HARPER, President.
Schedules in Effect from and After
May 2, 1897.
CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.
GOING WORTH. | NO 10. | No OPT
Lea\ e Chester 6 20 a m 8 80am
Leave Lowrysvllle 6 43 am 9 05am
Leave McConnellsvllle 6 58am 939am
Leave Guthriesvllle.... 706am 9 56am
Leave Yorkvllle 7iaara 10 50am
Leave Clover 7 53 a m 11 33 am
Leave Gastonla 8 25am 120pm
Leave Llncolnton 9 20am 2 46 pm
Leave Newton 10 05am 420pm
Leave Hickory 10 50 am 6 15 pm
Arrive Lenoir 1155 am 8 00 pm
GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61.
Leave Lenoir 3 10 pm 6 00 am
Leave Hickory 4 15 p m 7 50 a m
Leave Newton 5 10 pm 900am
Leave Llncolnton 5 56pm 10 30 a m
Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 1 00 pm
Leave Clover 7 42 pm 2 02 pm
Leave Yorkvllle 8 11 pm 3 10 pm
Leave Guthriesvllle ... 8 34 pm 3 40 pm
Leave McConnellsvllle 8 43 pm 3 55 pm
Leave Lowrysvllle 9 05 pm 4 25 pm
Arrive Chester 930pm 5 10 pm
Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and
run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
60 and 61 carry passengeis and also run
arnant Snnrl?T7 There is POOd COO
nection at Chester with the G. C. & N.
and the C. C. A A., also L & C. R. R.; at
G&stonia with the A. & C. A. L.; at Lineolnton
with C. C.: and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. C.
G. F. HARPER,
Acting G. P. A.,
Lenoir, N. C.
HICKORY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL,
THE HICKORY GROYE
HIGH SCHOOL opens on the
FIRST MONDAY IN SEP1?@TEMBEK.
Mr. W. T. SlaughJjfey
ter, for tive years principal of
the Greenville Graded school,
and who has had an exerience of 16 years
in teaching, will have charge, and Miss
Mattie J. Wilson, who comes highly
recommended from Pamplin City, Va.,
will be bis assistant. Arrangements can
be made for boys to board themselves in
"Mess Hall," at actual cost. For further
| particulars, apply to either of the undersigned.
W. M. McGILL, )
W. S. WILKRRSON, \ Trustees.
W. J. MOORHEAD, J
August 25 68 w2t
S. W. WATSON.
PHOTOGRAPHER,
Cleveland Avenue,
Yorkvlllc, 8. C.
PHOTOGRAPHY in all the latest
styles of the art. Special attention
given to outdoor work. My gallery is
thoroughly and comfortably furnished
with all the latest improvements. Terms
reasonable and strictly cash.
s w WATSON.
BARGAINS IN BRICKS.
J HAVE at my yards on the York Cotton
mill property, something like a
QUARTER OF A MILLION of the
FINEST BRICKS that have ever been
manufactured in this vicinity. They are
for sale at low prices. Call on or write to
W. N. ASHE, Yorkville, S. C.
July 14 5t> w tf
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