Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tumorous department. "What Are We Here For?"? Some two or three years ago a party of anglers, including a minister as one of their number, were fishing in the North Woods, and when Sunday came the question arose whether the party other than the minister should not refrain from fishing, out of respect to his feelings. One of the party, however, made * ? nnlr Kim nrKafKop Ko f Kniiorhf. UUIll IV U3A il 4 III TV UW'UVi ti V vuvu^n v that it was wicked to fish on Sunday, and he declined to express any opinion, on the ground that he was there as an angler and not by virtue of his calling, and that every person must act according to the dictates of his own conscience. He referred, however, to the following incident which had occurred not long before within his personal knowedge. A man and woman called at the house of a minister for the purpose of being married. After going through the preliminary part of the service, the minister asked the usual question, "Do you, John, take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife ?" This was met by the rejoiner, "What in thunder do you suppose I came here for ?" The party other than the minister went fishing, while he remained at home with ample opportunity for rest and meditation. Hard Cider Apple.?A fashionable society girl married a man who lived in a country town, and as she really loved her husband she wanted to do all she could to please him. One day she told him she was going to make some nice home-made cider for Kim nnH whan he came home she had about two bushels of little bard apples piled up in the kitchen. "Why, Maud !" he exclaimed, when he saw them, "what have you got there?" "Apples, darling," she replied with a smiling lace. "Where did you get them ?" "Bought them, of course, love." "But what did you get such bard ones for ?" "Didn't you say you wanted to make some-home cider?" she asked with the trace of a quiver in her voice. "Yes, my dear; but these are not good cider apples." "Why?why," 6be hesitated, "you said you liked hard cider, and of course I had to have hard apples, to make it with didn't I?" The husband kissed the wife and never said a word. Young husbauds are not like old ones. Senator Vest's Favorite Yarn. Senator Vest has a favorite story which he has told on the occasion of many a political speech ; but, so far as known, never on the floor of the United States senate, says an exchange. "A temperance lecturer was struggling against odds in Kentucky," says the senator. "He was talking to a not very large audience that had been drawn to the hall by curiosity. 'The effect of alcohol is to shorten life,' said the lecturer. "An old man at the rear of the hall rose at that juncture and said, 'You're a liar.' "Why?" inquired the advocate of Adam's ale. "'Because, sir, I've been drinking for 75 years, and I am 90 and am likely to live to be 100. I am strong enough to lick you if you'll step outside.' " 'Oh, no doubt, sir. You're an exception, sir. If you keep on drinking?', the lecturer paused. "'What ?" asked the impatient old toper. " 'If you keep on drinking you'll have to be shot on judgment day.'"? Washington Post. Not From Heaven.?Thirty years ago a steamer which was about to make its first passage from one southern city to another was the scene of an evening reception, at which a calliope played an important part. It was the first instrument of the sort which had ever been heard in that region, and as its peculiar, farreaching notes floated out on the evening air, the breasts of ?. large part of the colored population were filled with alarm. Many were the conjectures as to the source from which the unearthly sound proceeded. One old darky stood listening in si lence for sometime in his doorway, not far from the scene of the festivities. At last he spoke in encouraging tones to the frightened group gathered near the little house. "I tell you what," he said slowly, "I don't b'lieve dat am Gabriel a-playiug on his tromp ; but if it am Gabriel, he's playing 'Wait for de Wagon,' sure's dis chile's got ears!"?Detroit Free Press. Equal to the Emergency.?A wild-eyed man entered a Chatham street pawn sbbp and wished to see some pistols. "I sells you dot pistol for two dollar," said the clerk. "I'll take it. Load it up, and before another sunrise I'll put an end to my miserable existence." "Vat? You shoot yoursellufl' mit dot pistol ?" "Yes," said the wild-eyed man desperately. "Mr. Isaacstein," called the clerk to the proprietor in the back room, "der shentlemans wants a two-dollar pistol to kill himself mit. Vat shall I do?" "Scharge him five dollars."?NewYork Sun. Tried and Acquitted by His Peers.?An Augusta lawyer told me the other day of a witticism uttered by Henry W. Paine. He was prosecuting attorney in a criminal case. The evidence plainly showed that the respondent was guilty and the defense admitted it. The respondent's counsel asked for a verdict as not guilty on tTi of tKo /lofV*r>rl q n t woe Uir ^M'UIIU IUWV IUV UX.IVUUUUV tf?M7 noil compos mentis. Greatly to the surprise of Paine, and everybody else for that matter, the jury came in with a verdict of not guilty. Paine, on the instant, turned to the presiding judge and said : "Your honor, the prisoner evidently has been tried by a jury of his peers." Wajjsidr ?Hthfrinfls. T!ie best thiDg out?an aching ( tooth. S&F Seven-eights of the families of Philadelphia occupy entire houses as | residences. IST Printers' ink may be black, but it sheds more light than any other , luminary, however bright. J6T The sole duty of one of the land office clerk's at Washington is to sign the president's name. Way J. W. Arnold, 01 rroviueuue, now in hi9 86th year, and weighing 196 pounds, rides a bicycle. 86T How would you define 'ennui' ?" "It is when you're tired of doing nothing, and too lazy to do something." 86T There is nothing that lightens one's burdens so quickly and so much as to help other people carry theirs. It is an Id proverb that "boys will be boys What a pity it isn't equally as t.ue that men will be men. 4?" A pretty definition for a good wife?One who always takes care to have herself and dinner nicely dressed. S8F The treasury department figures indicate a decrease of one hundred thousaud in the immigration of the year. 1&T Mr. Moody, it is said, has stated publicly that there are many men in the pulpit who ought to be sawing wood. AST Rev. Dr. Bevan, of Australia says that he "is not in love with the average run of globe trotting evangelists." 8^* He that does good to another man does also good to himself, for the consciousness of well-doing is an ample reward. gST uPa, what's an egotist ?" "An egotist, my son, is a man who thinks all the world hut himself is riding lowgrade wheels." W3T Drunkenness is the parent of most, other vices. It quenches the salutary power of reason, and makes us the sport of raging passion. SS7" It was the saying of a heathen that he who would do good must either have a faithful friend to instruct him, or a watchful enemy to correct him. 8?" "Do you stutter all the time?" sakeda kind lady of the poor young man. "N-n-n-no," was the answer, "only wh-wh-wh-when I t-t-t-talk." 8"Where did you spend the summer?" "Where I lost my identity." "Eh ?" "Among ray wife's relatives, where I am simply known as 'Mary's husband.'" 8??" Au Indianapolis man swore in court the other day that he did not know his wife's first name, though they had lived happily together for thirteen years. f6T The latest official statistics show that the depositors in New York saving banks number 36,000 more and have $26,000,000 more to their credit than a year ago. 8&F Kansas has a boom on, and the railroads cannot get cars into the wheat counties fast enough to meet the demand, aud have to beg, borrow and steal them. The London manager of one of the chief accident insurance companies is said to have stated that his company would not insure lady cyclists on any terms whatsoever. 8?" An editor became mariial and was created captain, un paraae, instead of "two paces in front?advance !" he unconsciously bawled out, "Cash?two dollars a year?advance !" 8ST "Yes," said the youug man with the square chin, "I am going to Klondike, or thereabouts. I may get richer than I am here, and if I die, I won't die any deader than I would if I stayed at home." 8?? A liberal offer : "Doctor?Now, you are to take a tablespoonful of this mixture three times a day. Pat?Och, murther ! Sure, doctor, dear, I'll pay ye just the same if ye'll put a tayspoonful wanst a day ! 8?" "Neither of your typewriter girls lias taken a vacation this summer." "No; there's a good-looking young man in the office, and neither of the girls is willing to go away and leave the field to the other one." tSP The time to do a good thing is when you can. If you find it in your power today and here to help a struggling soul, you are guilty before God if you fail to stretch out your hand. Tomorrow will be too late. 8GT A little fresh-air child saw a herd of cows for the first time, and after watching them chewing their cuds, in amazement, he said, deprecutingly, to the farmer, "Oh, mister, do you have to buy gum for all those cows ?" 8?" The greatest of luxuries in Central Africa is salt. The long continued use of vegetable food in that country creates so painful a longing for salt, that natives deprived of it for a long period often show symptoms of insanity. 86?" "We have some kind ot calami ty shrieked with us all the time," says Uncle Allen Sparks. "Just as soon as the wail about hard times begins to stop, and things look a little cheerful, here comes the katydid predicting an early frost." W3F A German experimenter says that coal loses considerably by exposure to the weather. Anthracite and cannel sutler least, but ordinary bituminous coal depreciates nearly onethird in weight, and nearly one-half in gas-making quality. 8&" Punishment is rarely necessary for a horse unless he be vicious. In tbat case you may have a long tight before you, against odds of superior strength and endurance. Kindness and patience will accomplish much more thau contrary treatment. BST The pupils iu a school were asked to give in writing the difference between a biped and a quadruped. One boy gave the following: "A biped has two legs and a quadruped has four , legs ; tnereiore tne uiuerence oeiween a biped and a quadruped is two legs." fifctT No husband ever put it more j delicately than the one who began by ^ saying, "My dear, a man was shot at f by a burglar, and his life was saved by a button which the bullet struck." "Well, what of it ?" said she. "Noth- t ing"' was the answer, "only the but- rl torn must have been on !" <1 jfntcrnational Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON XII, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 19. Text of the Lesson, Acts xx, 22-35?Memory Verses, 22-24?Golden Text, Acts xx, 35 ? Commentary by the Rev. I>. M. Stearns. 22. "And now, behold, I go bound In Ihe spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing he thinas that shall befall mo there." kfter the uproar at Ephosus Paul went to Macedonia and Groeco, then returned through Mncedonia to Asia, and, aiming, f possible, to be at Jcrusalom by Pcnte:ost, he tarried u little at Miletus and sent :o Ephesus for tho elders of the church to jome and see him. Our lesson is part of lis address to these elders. Ho reminded ;hcm that, serving the Lord with all humility and in many trials, he had both publicly nnd privately taught both Jews ?nd Greeks rcpentanco toward God and 'aith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 28. "Suve that tho Holy Ghost wltness)th in every city, saying that bonds and iffllctions abide me." Tho Lord had said :o Ananias, "I will shew him how great things ho must suffer for My name's sake" [Acts ix, 10), und He said to tho apostlos, 'In tho world ye shall have tribulation" [John xvi, 38). 24. "But none of these things move me." He thought of nothing but of magnifying Christ (Phil, i, 20), ready to tie bound and imprisoned and to die for ;ho name of the Lord Jesus, if thus God tvould lio more glorified (Acts xxi, 13). He was intrusted with the gospel of the jrace of God, and he fearlessly lived it ind spoke it day by day under all circumstances, not as pleasing men, but God who trieth our hearts (I Thcss. ii, 4). 25. "And now, behold, I know that yo ill, among whom I have gono preaching tho kingdom of God, shall see my fuce no more." The last we hear of Paul in Shis book ho is in Rome a prisoner, but bo is preaching tho kingdom of God, nnd teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts xxviii, 31). Thus bo was one with Him who had chosen him, tor in Acts i, 3, we find that our Lord Jesus during tho 40 days between His resnrrcction and ascension spoko of the things portaining to the kingdom of God. 20. "Wherefore I take you to record this Jay that I am puro from the blood of all men." He said in II Cor. vii, 2, "Wo bavo wronged no man, wo have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man." Ho bad sought to live as on embassador for Christ, in Christ's stead, beseeching men to be reconciled to God (II Cor. v, 20), ind he had l>oon, by the grace of God, such a faithful witness that tho blood of none to whom ho ever testified could bo required ut his hand (Kzck. xxxiil, 7-9). 27. "For 1 havo not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God." All that Paul has on hand to pass on to others is of God. He preaches the gospel of the space of God, and tho kingdom of God, ind the counsel of God, to gather out and to build up the church of God, and in it ill ho aims only to plaase God. Ho spoke the word faithfully and diminished not u word (Jor. xxiii, 28; xxvi, 2). 28. "Feed tho church of God which Ho hath purchased with His own blood." Ihore is no redemption but by tho blood uf Christ, by which alone wo receive the Portriveness of sins (Eph. i, 6, 7; Rev. i, 5; v, 9; Hob. ix, 22), und ench one who truly receives the Lord Jesus, trusting Dnly in His finished work, becomes a part af the church of God, whether ho ever be30ines part of uny church on eurth or not. Now, being saved, it is the privilege of wery saved one to unite with some coinpony of God's people called a church, but they ought to bo sure that it is a church where their souls will bo fed with tho word of God, for nothing else will truly aourish tho soul (I Pet. ii, 2; v, 2; Job sxiii, 12; Jer. xv, 10). 29, 80. "For I know this, that after my leparting shall grievous wolves enter in imong you, not spuring tho ilock." Since tho serpent slandered God in Eden there have alwuys been those who follow him, seeking the destruction of 60uls; sometimes they seem Itent simply upon the ruin >f people, and sometimes it is to get followers for a person or a doctrine or a sect. 81. "Thoreforo wateh and remember, that by tho spaco of three years I ceased not to worn every one night und day with tears." Paul had no fear for the loss of jny soul thut hud truly received tho Lord Jesus; his words concerning them uro almost as strong as our Lord's own words [Phil, i, 0; I Cor. 7. 8; John x, 27-29), but he did fear lest they might only havo i knowlodg' of Him without truly receiving Him ( Ieb. vl, 4-0; x, 26), und also test, having truly received Him, thoy might lose their works and wages (I Cor. iii, 14, 10; lx, 27); hence his earnest admonition to "take heed" und "watch." 82. "And now, brethren, I commend pou to God and to the word of His graco, which is able to build you up." When our Lord was about to leave His disciples, Ho prayed the Father (as Ho said to Mary, 'My Father and your Father, My God and pour God" ,John xx, 17), that Ho would keep from the evil thoso whom He had given Him, and that He would sanctify them through tho truth, His word (John tvii, 11, 15, 17). And when Ho sold, "I bavo given them Thy word, the words which Thou guvost Me (John xvil, 8, 14), be must have believed that these words ^ere tue very nest tning wiat no couia gjvo thorn. Id unother pluco Ho said, "Tho wordsthat I spoilk unto you they are spirit, ind thoy aro lifo" (John vi, 63). 88. "I havo coveted no man's silver or jold or apparel." Tho people testified of Samuel, "Thou hust not defrauded us nor jppressed us; neither hast thou taken jugbt of any man's hand" (I Sam. xii, 8). To the Thessulonians Puul wrote, reminding them of his labor night and day that he might not be a burden to any one (I rhess. ii, 6, ?). 84. "Yea, yo yourselves know that these bands have ministered unto my necessities md to them that were with me." He was rery grateful for all gifts from tho Lord's peoplo and speaks of such as "on odor of i sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well ficasing to God." 85. "Remember the words of the Lord resus, how He said, It is more blessed to jive than to receive," perhaps referring to luch teaching of our Lord as is found in Juke vi, 80; xiv, 18, 14, or possibly refer ing to some unrecorded sayings of our Jord. God so loved that He gave His only jegotten Son; the Son of God so loved that 3e gave Himself. Tho grace of our Lord Fcsus Christ was manifest in His beoorong poor for us that we through His povirty might bo rich. Tho lovo that He nRnifested in laying down His life for us ihould make us ready to lay down our Ives for others (II (Jor. vlli, u; i .ionn 111, 16). But most of us aro moro ready to relelve than to give, and so John iii, 16, is uuoh more familiar than I John iii, 16, ind 1 Tim. i, 15, thun Titus iii, 8. 6ST Nothing gives so much joy in icaveu as to see a man conformed to he image of Jesus Christ and transormed by the renewing of his mind. gST Josh Billings says : "It is a staistical fact that the wicked work harler tew reach hell than the righteous lo tew go to heaven. JNiocctliiucous gentling. EARTHQUAKES. Of all the phenomena of nature that sometimes interfere with the comfort of man and occasionally imperil his existence?Hood, drought, winds, tides, frost heat, thunder and lightning?not one is to be classed with earthquakes in the degree of apprehension and terror which they create during their actual happening. Fortunately in most parts of the world they occur only at long intervals, and probably only a very small number of tne people ot tne unueu States have any notion, based on actual experience, of the nature of an earthquake. Curiously enough, those who have resided in "earthquake countries," and have felt many shocks, are the most easily frightened by any disturbance which resembles, and which may be, an earthquake. One does not "become accustomed" to earthquakes for the reason that, while experience nas taught us that flood, wind, tide, frost and heat reach a maximum of intensity and duration, beyond which it is extremely improbable that they will ever go, it is impossible to know how an earthquake will end. Beside, as yet we are without hint as to any principles upon which an earthquake may be predicted. The motion of the surface of the earth during an earthquake is generally somewhat like that of the surface of water disturbed by waves. It is not exactly the same, for the principal movement of any particular drop or mass of water in wave motion is up and down, while that of a particular part of the earth during the passage of earthquake waves is generally an up and down motion combined with a toand-fro-motion in a horizontal plane, and often the latter will largely predominate. An earthquake is sometimes accom ' ? ? a panieci by a nun, roaring souuu. xuc sound may even precede the sensible disturbance of the surface,, as happened many times in the series of shocks which followed the great Charleston earthquake of 1886. Earthquakes of even moderate intensity often cause men and women to suffer from a kind of sickness closely resembling seasickness. Like other wave motions an earthquake is produced by some more or less violent disturbance in the medium in which it occurs. This is ofteu a sudden displacement of apart of it, as a portion of water is displaced when a stone is dropped into a quiet pond. In the earth this disturbance or displacement generally occurs at a considerable depth below the surface, often many miles. From this point waves are transmitted in all directions, coming to the surface at various angles, according to the distance from the point vertically above the centre of disturbance where the motion is mostly vertical. Not much is yet known of the causes to which the original disturbance may be attributed, but ingenious instruments have been devised within the past few years by means of which an earthquake is made to leave a written record of its very complex motion, to fi>ii i#Q Awn ctnrv in fant. and in this Vtll liO W1? U WW! j J mmm ? way much is being learned. "Although there is no great "seismic activity" in that part of the earth directly below the United States, yet an earthquake may occur at any point; but we may be tolerable sure that over most of the country the disturbances will be of great intensity. Some idea of the energy involved is suggested by the results of a study of the destructive Japanese earthquake of 1891. Considering only that part of the wave which reached the surface, the "rate of working" during one minute could not have been less than five hundred thousand million horsepower.?Youth's Companion. HICCOUGHS. Generally this troublesome little disturbance is a matter of no moment beyond the annoyance it may chuse the sufferer. It is brought about by a momentary contraction of the diaphragm, by which air is drawn into the chest, and may be excited by a variety of causes. It may even be a sympton of a grave disease, usually of the nervous system, but most frequently it results from trival causes, such as laughing or crying. A very common cause of hiccoughs is eating or drinking too much or too fast, especially drinking. This is so well-known that the funny paragraph ' ' 4 L .. ers in ine papers always spriuKie iu? remarks of au alleged druDken man with plenty of hies. It may also be started, just as it may be arrested, by a sudden fright. It can often be cured by fixing the attention closely upon something else, as upon the attempt to bring the little finger of each hand as near its mate as possible without allowing them to touch each other. Other simple meaus of arresting hiccoughs, which usually ceases of itself without any treatment, are the swallowing of little lumps of ice or a glass of very cold water or acidulated water, vigorous tubbing with the hand over the pit of the stomach or the back of the neck, dashing ice-cold water on the spine, etc. If such devices fail, a more effectual measure consists in making firm and persistent pressure upward, with the fingers passed under the edge of the ribs on each side, near the breastbone. This causes pressure on the diaphragm and, as it were, distracts it. so that it forgets to contract spasmodically. The taking of eight or ten deep and slow inspirations acts in much the same way. We often read in the papers of wonderful eases of hiccoughs lasting for days and days, and sometimes ceasiug only with death. There are occasion ally such cases, which ha flic the skill of physicians, but when they occur there is some other serious malady present, which, and not the hiccoughs, is the actual cause of death. These grave cases are not under consideration here. They do not come within the domain of household remedies, but call for professional intervention. ? Youth's Companion. Guarding a Child's Sight.?A modern mother who is bringing up her little ones scientifically, has declared against the time-honored custom of amusing the baby by allowing him to look out of the car window when on a railway journey. "Watching the < whirling objects will produce dizzi- | ness, which is very liable to bring < about brain fever, she says. "The dizziness is created, not so much by the constant effort of changing the focus of his vision, by readjusting the auxiliary muscles of the optic nerves, as by ( the quick succession of these impressions of the vision upon his brain." , The fretfulness and nervous irritability ( of many children who make life a burden to other travelers on a long jour- ] ???? A<tnn nanaorl Kir t h? fl vrintv "OJj aiu UJIVU VUUUVU wrj VM?- uj , panorama seen from the car window. HENRY CLAY'S GREAT VALEDICTORY. John F. C'oyle writes of Henry Clay's farewell to the senate in the September Ladies' Home Journal, regardiug it as the most dramatic event ever witnessed in the United States senate. Almost from the opening words of the famous valedictory the vast assemblage of people were in tears, and the "Great Commoner" was frequently interrupted by the sobs of his auditors. "The scene was indeed impressive as Mr. Clay pronounced the concluding words of his farewell to public life," ,says Mr. Coyle. "He stood for a moment after in reverential attitude, while all about bim strong meu, swayed by the magnetic power of the great orator, wept in silence. Tne hushed suspense of intense feeling and attention pervaded the crowded assemblage as the famous statesman, with lowering eyes, resumed his seat. For several moments the silence was uubroken ; senators sat as if in the shadow of some impending calamity; men of all parties seem equally overcome by the pathos and majesty of the great statesman's farewell. "As Mr. Clay rose to leave the chamber after adjournment, which directly followed his address, and after he hud said farewell to the other senators, he encountered Mr. Calhoun. The eyes of the whole assemblage were fixed on these two old friends and old political antagonists. There was a pause in the demonstration which awaited Mr. Clay?the moment of suspended anticipation was almost painA.l - - A ?? f VtAtr Ko/1 Vvaaii AC. I Ul. rui live jemo U1CJ uau uvvn vo tranged, and the only words which had passed between them had been those harshly spoken in debate. Bur now as, they met, the old time came over them. They remembered ouly the political companionship of 20 years' standing. The intervening differences which had chilled their hearts toward each other were forgotten. The tears sprung to their eyes. They shook each other cordially by the hand, interchanged a 'God bless you,' and parted. The released suspense which awaited this tearful scene found vent in shouts and cheers, which were taken up by the crowds outside the senate chamber, expecting Mr. Clay's appearance. He was surrounded by the waiting thousands on bis way to his carriage, and throngs followed htm even to his hotel." Little Delaware.?Delaware was was the first state admitted to the Union and is the one to which Randolph, of Roanoke,-referred contemptuously as having two counties at high tide and three at low tide. It is still governed by antiquated colonial machinery. The senate of its legislature consists of nine members ouly. Delaware is one of the states which has no lieutenant governor, and therefore from out of these nine members one is chosen as presiding officer, and the other eight are the law-making body. The state is divided into three counties?New Castle, which includes the city of Wilmington; Kent, which includes the capital city of Dover, and Sussex, tne rustic soumero couuiy. New Castle has several thousand more voters than Kent and Sussex combined, but the basis of representation in the Dover senate is the same for all three?three members from each county, and on any public question, therefore, in the senate, a minority of the people can by a two-thirds majority outvote the majority. The city of Wilmington casts about one-third of the total vote of the state, but it has only one representative in the senate. The house of representatives consists of 21 members chosen without reference to population, seven from each county. "Not Worth a Straw."?Perhaps a straw is not as worthless as you think. Let us see. Straws are the stems of wheat, rye, oats and barley. In order to wave to and fro in the wind, and yet bear up the heads of grain, they must be both light and strong. Let us pee how lightness is secured. They are made hollow, you see, like quills; and yet not hollow through the whole length, for every now and then we find a knob or joint, which helps to brace up the sides and make them strong. The straw outside is hard and looks shiny, as if it had been polished. It is polished, and that keeps the weather and the insects from it, besides adding to its strength. Polish ! but where does it get polish ? God gave these plants the power of drawing up through their roots this gummy sort of varnish from the earth. It is Hint. There is nothing like it on the stem of sweet pea or the currant bush, because they do not need it. But does it not show God's wisdom and knowledge in giving this power to one plant where it is reeded, withholding it from others where it is not? So you see that a straw even can show the wonderful power of our Creator, Go<l, and speak His praise. A Cheerful, Sunny Disposition. The best possible beautifier is a cheerful, sunny disposition. Take a woman who makes the best of things as she i goes through life, and who smiles rather than frowns, and her skin will keep softer and rosier and smoother than , the woman who wrinkles her brow and pulls down the corners of her mouth and adds lines of discontent to 1 Iter whole face. A discontented face can never be pretty; remember thut. Look at the lives of women you know, [and see if you have all the clouds aud 1 storm and disappointments. By 110 means! Look within and above, and see if you do not have much of the sunlight and many of the roses of life. It is no use to devote one's self to 1 emollients for smoothing and softening the skin, when the heart is full of hard bitter feelings that contract the mus cles, induce frowns and wrinkles, an< give the face a rigid, harsh contou can never be softened by artificial aids Be cheerful and sunny if you wouh be beautiful and magnetic. Free Medical Advice.?A goo< story has been told by a family docto regarding a little ruse adopted by on< of his patients who wished to save th< expeuse of consulting him. The patient was a woman of goo< means, but of frugal disposition. On day she began to feel some alarm re garding her health, and, wishing t< avoid a costly procedure, made an ap plication to a life insurance compan; ror a policy 01 large amount/?su mrge indeed, that they delegated three med ical men to make an exhaustive exam ination of her before they could accep her as a risk. In due time she was informed tha her life had been accepted. She wa thus in a position to assume that sh< was quite well, whereupon she replie* to the company that she had changei her mind, and did not intend to tak out a policy just theu.?Pearson' Weekly. Worth Seeing.?A pleasant am unusual street scene in Philadelphia i sketched by The liecord. A tandec pair of cyclers with only one pair c arras and legs between them was th sight which greeted Broad street prom enaders yesterday. The two men rod a line tandem wheel of the latest mod el, and whizzed along Broad street a smoothly and gracefully as you pleast The mau in front had but one ham to steer with but tbut was a good righ one, and his left leg seemed to brin plenty of power to bear upon th pedal. The other man's right art and left leg were missing but the rt maining limbs supplied his needs. A! though between them they only ha the number of limbs which the averag cycler upon a single wheel requires t keep him going, they beat many stui dy rivals who tried to keep up wit them. Bp! faOY/jJ [iy rhgwig &AkiK0 POWDER Absolutely Pure When You Want Nice Clean Job Printing You should always go to Th Enquirer office where sue] printing is done. .Excursio! Bills, Programmes, Dodgers, Cii culars, Pamphlets, Law Briefs Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bi] Heads, Envelopes, and Cards c all kinds printed on short notic and at very reasonable and legil imate prices. A Snare And Delusion. IF you have taken out a life insurant policy in an Old Line high price "levi premium" company with the idea thi you would at sometime in the futur while you yet drew the breath of life, r< ceive substantial cash returns or "bi dividends," we are here to tell you thi you will be disappointed. Your polic will prove a snare and a delusion. It all right for protection for your wife an children, as they will receive the face < the policv in case of your death, as the would aiso in a company that chargt ' " - ? ' A 1 J Ta aa r?/\l yOll UftJI US II1UCI1. A jiio iiisuinuuo pwi cy is a fraud as an investment for a livin man, and is tlie greatest blessing of wliic we or anybody else lias any knowledfi as a means of protecting the widow an orphans, after the breadwinner has bee removed by death. If You Will Lay Aside Your Prejudice AND COME to us with a desire t learn why it is not to your interest t carry high priced insurance, and how w can furnish you just as safe insurant for at least 40 per cent, a year less than th other costs, wo are sure we can show yo to your satisfaction that the MUTUA RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCI^ TION of New York does business on plan that is absolutely safe, and will prt tect your loved ones oven better tha they now are, at even a greater cost t to you. Of course if you are too preji diced to investigate ana imagine that tli high price you are now paying ntakt your insurance better or safer, or bett( than it would be at less cost, we can't d anything for you ; but will be forced t let you go on until time, the crueii tester, convinces you, against your wil that you have been deceived. If You Have No Insurance, And think you should have, wo would li pleased to explain the Mutual Itoserv System to you. The Mutual Reserve i the largest and strongest natural premi inn company in the world, and the l'ourt largest of ANY KIND. It has pai about $f>n0,00(/ to the widows and orphan of deceased policy-holders in South Cai lina alone, during the past twelve years and if all the insurance now carried i: old lino companies in the state was in th Mutual Reserve, not leas than $400,0(X which now annually goes into the cotfor of the former, would be left in the stat to help relieve the hard times about whicl wo hear so much. SAM M. A L. GEO. GRIST, General Agonts, Yorkvillc, S. C. " A T-?T? v ll> M JL. JL j. * MANUFAC IKON ROOFING, ABmM 'KIMt'EI) AXI) COKKl'GATKI) J^WVV Iron Tile or Shingle, FIKE l'KOOF DOORS, rHE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS p9~Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST. llil IlliUI! (liMH II ] J rpiME TABLE of the Ohio River and X Charleston Railway company, to take B effect Monday, May 5th, at 7.30 a. m. 8 STANDARD EASTERN TIME. 1 GOING SOUTH No. 12. | e Leave Marlon 4 45 pm Leave Rutherfordton 0 20 pm, * I^>avfl Kr?PA?f. Plt.v fl 50 nmi 0 Leave Henrietta 7 lOpmj I^eave Moo res bo ro 7 25 pm " Leave Shelby 8 25 pm y Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 -JO pm , Leave Earls 8 45 pm 1 Arrive at Blacksbu'rg 0 00 pm No. 82. | Wo. 84. Dally Dally 1 Except Except Sunday. Sunday. t, Leave Shelby 7 30 am Leave Patterson's Springs. 7 42 am! 3 Leave Earle's 7 48 am! g reave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 am , Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 9 05 am ' Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am i Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 am 10 20 am e leave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am s 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; 6 30 pm s Arrive at Camden 1 00 pmi 6 50 pm n ooinq north. | No. 33. | No. 85. Dally I Daily e Except | Except Sunday. I Bunday. Leave Camden 2 00 pmj 9 00 am * Leave Kershaw 2 45 pm 11 10 am |- Leave Lancaster 3 25 pm 12 40 pm Leave Catawba Junction 4 uu pm z oo pm * Leave Leslie* 4 10 pm 2 10 pm 5. Leave Rock Hill 4 .10 pm 4 40 pm i Leave Newport 4 45 pm 6 00 pm Leave Tirzah 4 50 pm 6 20 pro I Leave Yorkvl He 5 05 pm 6 00 pm ,r Leave Sharon 5 20 pm 6 20 pm " Ijeave Hickory Grove .... 5 40 pm 6 40 pm v Leave Smyrna 5 50 pm 6 55 pm .. Ijeave Blacksburg 0 20 pm' 7 30 pm Leave Earle's ' 6 85 pml Leave Patterson'* Spring. 6 40 pm! J Arrive at Slielby...j 6 50 pml d No. 11. | e Leave Hlackflburg 8 10 am I#eave Earl* 8 30 am ? Leave Patterson Springs 8 40 am r- Ijeave Shelby 9 10 am y. Leave Mooresboro 9 50 am II Ijeave 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 Sonthem Railway at Rock Hill, and the 8. 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. 8. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. 8AM'L HUNT. General Manager. CABBLIIA & IflBTBffESTERI BY. " G. W. F. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and After May 2, 1897. E k CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. \ NO 10. j No 00. ' * > il IM ? m I O OA n m li Licit N C V/IieHl.er I u tu a III a IW It III Leave Lowrysvllle 6 43 am 9 05 a in . Leave McConnellsville| 6 58am 9 39am Leave Guthrlesville ....j 7 05am 9 56am Leave Yorkvllle 723am 10 50am i, Leave Clover 7 53 a m 11 33 am Leave Gastonla 8 25am 120pm ii Leave Llncolnton I 9 20 a m 2 -16 pm 11 Leave Newton j 10 05 a m | 4 20 pm Leave Hickory i 10 50 am 6 15 pm )f Arrive Lenoir I 11 55 am i 8 00 pm QOINQ SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61. e Leave Lenoir 3 10 pm 6 00am Leave Hickory 4 15 p m 7 50 am t Leave Newton 5 10pm 9 00am Leave Llncolnton 6 56 p m 10 30 am Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 1 00 pm Leave Clover 7 42 pm 2 02pm Leave Yorkvllle 8 11pm 3 10 pm Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 8 34pm 840pm - Leave McConnellsville 8 43 pm 3 55 pm Leave Lowrysvllle j 9 05 pm 4 25 pm Arrive Chester < 930pm1 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. ,e 00 and 61 carry passengers and also run pi daily except Sunday. There is good conit nection at Chester with the G. C. & N. P and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.; at al Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lin\e eolnton with C. C.; and at Hickory and ?t Newton with W. N. C. v G. F. HARPER, ? Acting G. P. A., d Lenoir, N. C. if y S. W. WATSON. ? PHOTOGRAPHER, g Cleveland Avenue, h Yorkvllle, 8. C. "PHOTOGRAPHY in all the latast u Jl styles of the art. Special attention n given to outdoor work. My gallery is thoroughly and comfortably furnished with all the latest improvements. Terms reasonable and strictly cash. S. W .WATSON. o TNTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, o X District of South Carolina, Deputy e Collector's Office, Yorkville, S. C., Aug. te 25th, 1897. The following described bavie ing been seized at Hero, S. C., on August u 24th, 1897, for violation of Sections 3257, L 3305, any person claiming same must give notice and file the bond as required a by Section 3400 R. S. U. S. within 30 days )- from date hereof, or the same will be forn feited to the United States : Three pack? ages corn whisky, containing 97 gallons; i- one 85 gallon copper still, cap and worm, ie and lot of piping. 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