tumorous department.
Deceived the Surgeon.?A good
story is told as having occurred in the
north of Scotland, where a bone-setter
had risen to great fame and no small
fortune by his skill. A country lad
residing a few miles off had his leg
hurt by one of the local factories, and
had been treated for sometime by the
local medical men without any good
result. His mother, who had great
faith in the neighboring bone-setter,
wanted the lad to go to him, which he
declined, preferring, as he said, the
"reg'lar faculty." Eventually, however,
his mother's persuasions prevailed.
and he aerreed to allow himself to
be taken to see Daniel R., the bonesetter.
A bed for the invalid was extemporized
on a cart, and accompanied
by his mother, he was, after a
rather painful journey, taken to the
town where the bone-setter resided.
The leg was duly examined, and it
was found necessary to haul it very
severely, in order, as the bone-setter
said, "to get the bone in." The lad
was liberal with his screams while this
was going on, but eventually the bone
was "got in," and he was told to go
home and in a few days he would be
all right and fit for his work. He was
lifted up on the cart again, and, with
his mother seated beside him, set off
for home. "Didn't Danny do the
thing well ?" said the joyous old lady.
"Yes, he did, mother," said the lad ;
"but I was nae sic a fool as gie him
thesairleg?" The "reg'lar faculty"
will, we have no doubt, appreciate the
story.
Old, But Good.?The Cincinnati
Gazette, a number of years ago, published
a good story on a distinguished
lawyer named Benham, of that city.
He was a fine orator, but much given
to a display of his vast classical learning.
In a murder trial he warned the
jury to not allow public opinion, which
was against his client, to influence the
verdict. In concluding bis appeal, he
said : "Gentlemen of the jury, give
up; drop all feeling in this matter,
and be like the ancient Roman in bis
adherence to the truth, who, in its
defence, eloquently declared 'Amicus
Cato, amicus Plato, amicus Cicero, sid
' /T n?v? o Ation/) n PqIa
uiajui vciuod) aixi a mi/uu tu vwvj
a friend of Pluto, a friend of Cicero,
but a greater friend to truth). The
papers the next morning reported the
eloquent lawyer as haviug elosed his
great speech to the jury by finely saying:
"I may cuss Cato, I may cuss
Plato, I may cuss Cicero, said Major
Veritas.' "
This is something similar to a story
that has been going the rounds of the
press concerning General Sherman.
He was walking along the streets of
St. Louis with a friend and was very
pleasantly accosted by a gentleman
whom the general did not quite remember.
The gentleman seeing how
it was, said in a low voice: "Don't
you remember me? I make your
shirts." "Oh ! yes," replied the general,
smiling, then turning to his friend,
said: "Colonel , allow me to
introduce my friend, Major Schurtz."
JST A hoosier, who was jogging into
Indianapolis the other day, looked so
down in the mouth that an acquaintance
halted him to ask if any of the
family were dead. "No," was the
rather regretful reply. "Anybody
sick ?" "Guess not. The old woman
was licking the children when I came
away." "Then what's the matter?"
"I've been butted by a railroad."
"How?" "Why, you know them five
acre of mine out there? I was calculating
to ask the company $5,000 for
the right of way across, and have
enough land left to pasture the cows
and raise our taters, but they played
sneak on me." "They did?" "Yes;
a. ??? f tkain onronto fr* mo nnfl
SCU L UUC Ul buvn ?&VUV0 W
bought up the whole patch for $25.00
an acre, and I've got to vacate. That's
just the way with them monopolies,
and nobody need tell me that a poor
man has any chance in this country."
A Clever Catch.?A young lady
was once talking with a very young
and very smart man, who was inclined
to air his knowledge of the languages
a little beyond what she felt that modesty
required. She therefore said to
him, with an air of deference to his
superior attainment: "You are a Latin
scholar. I wish you would tell me
how to pronounce the word 's-o-m-et-i-m-e-s.'"
The youth, with an air of kindly
patronage, replied : "I have not met
the word in my Latin reading, but I
should have no hesitation in saying
that it should be pronounced 'so-met-fmes'
" (giving it in four syllables, the
accent on the second).
"Thank you for telling me," replied
the girl, demurely. "I have always
heard it pronounced 'sometimes;' but
if you say the other way, that must be
right."?Harper's Young People.
Twitting on Facts.?Two men
were quarreling. One of them threatened
to shoot the other. The threatened
man, in revival of an old piece
of sarcasm, asked:
"Where do you bury all your
dead ?"
Just then an excited man drew the
satirist aside aud said :
"My gracious, you ought not to talk
that way!"
"Which way ?"
"Asking that man where he buries
his dead."
"Why?"
"Because he is a physician."
8ST A mother recently noticed that
her little boy had shut and fastened
the door on a very wet day, and was
compelling his little sister to stay out
in the rain. "Why, Leslie !" said she,
"open the door and let Dolly in out of
the rain." "I can't mamma," was the
answer. "We're playing Noah's Ark,
and Dolly is the sinner."
$&r "Y ou look worried," said the
improvident man's friend. "I'm slightly
annoyed. I am having difficulty
about getting a check cashed." "Why,
that ought to be easy." "It's like a
great many other things. It's easy
when you get started. My trouble is
that I can't get anyone to write the
check."
Wayside Gatherings.
S&F Hope is the sugar coating on the
pill of life. |
8ST" God never made a cow that gave
milk punch.
V3T A watch has been invented that
runs 45 days.
You cannot fool God with a
pinch of cloves.
WaP Every drunkard's wife knows
that there is a devil.
t8T The Kansas wheat crop is the
largest in the history of the state.
A Topeka woman advertises to
trade her bicycle for a baby carriage.
86T Helena, Mont., with a population
of only 25,000, contains 32 millionaires.
tiSP Waiting to be whipped is the
most uninte esting period in boyhood.
8?* Stone rrow points and hatchets
have been ft ind in every country in
the world.
t&~ The total population of this
country is now estimated at seventyfive
million.
8?~ Many people do know not the derivation
of the word "fad." FAD
means for a day.
WaP Philosophers tell us that nature
never errs. They certainly caunot
mean human nature.
WaP When a man parts company
with hi3 self-respect, he loses the best
friend that he ever had.
fSF* Unhappy marriages occur because
the wrong man everlastingly proposes
at the right time.
V3T The man who gets up in this
world by putting another man down
loses more than he gains.
8??* An industrious and virtuous education
of children is a better inheritance
for them than a great estate.
VST His choice : "What, in your opinion,
is the most pleasing decoration for
a wheel ?" "A pretty woman."
8?* Deer have increased so in Vermont
woods as to become troublesome
to farmers in the mountain sections.
8?" When a man refuses to indorse a
note for a friend, he loses the friend.
When be consents, he loses his money.
8?" It is stated by insurance companies
that cyeling is more dangerous
than traveling either by railway or by
ship.
8?* "Borgess has untold wealth."
"How do you know?" "I just saw
the tax assessor comiug from his
house.
8?* The hardest people on earth for
an editor to please are those who borrow
the paper from some of his subscribers.
8?* The most extensive cemetery in
Europe is that at Rome, iu which over
6,000,000 human beings have been interred.
8?" The heat in some gold mines is
so intense that if ice be dropped into
them it would melt before reaching the
bottom.
8&T Y ou can always tell a bachelor
by noticing whether he carries a baby
most like a lighted lamp or an old
overcoat.
"My lord," said the foreman of
an Irish jury, when giving in his verdict,
"we find the man who stole the
mare not guilty."
H&T To a gathering of learned frieuds,
Adam Smith said, as he was dying, "I
believe we must adjourn this meeting
to another place."
S@T "Sometimes," says Uncle Eben,
"a man puts on a long face aud says
he is discouraged, when he's simply
too lazy to try again."
fiaT" One of the severest penaltiesjto
which criminals in Holland were in
ancient times condemned was to be
deprived of the use of salt.
VST It is estimated that about 50,000
gold seekers are uow on their way to
Alaska. It's a hard road to travel,
with a rainbow end for many.
"Tommy, don't you know it is
wicked to ride your bicycle on Sunday
?" "Yes, sir; that's the reason
I'm riding my sister's wheel."
56?* Sincerity is speaking as we think,
believing as we pretend, acting as we
profess, performing as we promise,
aud being as we appear to be.
B&~ The University of Calcutta is
said to be the largest educational corporation
in the world. Every year it
examines over 10,000 students.
8?" Sectarianism is a miserable, shortsighted
prejudice. It makes you hate
your neighbor because he eats his oysters
roasted when you prefer them in
the shell.
86?? The origin of the bicycle is now
traced back to the year 1731 iu France,
when the Sieur Maillard presented to
the academy two rolling chairs propelled
by pedals.
t&" Queen Victoria reigns over one
continent, one hundred peninsulas,
five hundred promontories, one thousand
lakes, two thousand rivers, and
ten thousand islands.
t&T A patient who remained absolutely
unconscious for four aud a half
months in Germany, furnishes the
longest continued cataleptic sleep
known to science.
86T* Some one says that "a Christian
life caunot be inherited from good
parents, like a farm ; you cannot hire
it in a minister, you cannot buy it
with charity, nor court it with perfunctory
service."
S6T The talent of success is nothing
more than doing what you can do
well, and doing well whatsoever you do
without a thought of fame. If fame
comes at all, it will come because it is
deserved, and not because it is sought
after.
JB6F" A dehnition quickly learned and
easily remembered, and one which
every member of a civilized community
should bear in mind, was given in a
recent address by Judge Chas. Phelps,
of Maryland. "Lynch law," he said,
"is treason to self-government."
B&F The smallest horse in the world
is Leo, owned in Italy. He is but 21
inches high, and yet he is perfectly
formed. His mane and tail reach the
ground, and he is very intelligent. He
is one of the Shetland breed, but the
smallest of this small breed formerly
known is about 32 inches high. He is
now on exhibition in Italy along with
the queen's Shetland ponies. In the
spring lie will be brought to New York
and exhibited at the New York horse
show.
Intranational SCcssoni
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, OCT. 10.
Text of the Lesson, Acts xxll, 17-30?Memory
Verses, 22-24 ?Golden Text, 1 Pet. iv,
10 ? Commentary by the Rev. D. M.
Stearns.
17,18. "Mnke haste and pet thee quickly
out of Jerusalem, for they will not rereive
thy testimony cnncorning Mo." In
| our Inst losson Pnul was on his way to
Jerusalem in spite of the Spirit's warning
that he should not po (chapter xxi, 4, 11,
12). He had not been many days in Jerusalem
when the Jews of Asia laid hold of
him in tho temple, drew him out nnd
would have killed him had ho not been
rescued by the; chief captain with a band
of soldlors nnd carried into the castle. Ho
asked permission of tho captain to speak
to the people, nnd having obtained it ne
addressed them In Hebrew from the castle
stairs. He described his former life and
the manner of his conversion, nnd has now
come to the Lord's message to him at Jerusalem.
The child of God who Is willing
to be wholly the Lord's, may lie sure of
the Lord's guidance in all things, and if it
should be necessary an angel from heaven
or the Lord Himself will see to It.
19, 20. "And I said, Lord, they know
that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue
them that believed on Thee." It is
all right for us to confess to God nil our
sins, but it is not for us to argue or reason
with Him when Ho communds us to do
anything or go nnywhero. He knows
whore and how Ho cun make the most use
of us. Ho knows who will receive testimony
through this one or through that
one, and it is for us to say, "Hore am I,
send me where Thou wilt und when Thou
wilt."
21. "And He said unto mo, Depart, for
I will send thee far hence unto the gentiles.
" Wo cannot expect the full blessing
of the Lord unless we are ready for that
work to which He has called us (Acts xiii,
2). May it not bo thut many ministers
who cannot seem to find un open door at
home are being called far henco to some of
the millions who have never heard of Christ
and cannot hear till somo one shall tell
them? Let each Christian ask, "Am I
really willing nnd obedient nnd does my
heart say honestly, 'Lord, what wilt thou
havo mc to do?' "
22. "Away with such a fellow from the
earth, for it is not fit that ho should live."
That the same privileges should be set bO'
foro uncircumciscd gentiles as before cirj
curacised Jews was to them intolerable,
and it was for this samo thing that Peter
was called to account (chapter xi, 2, 3). I
am not sure but the Rime spirit in a worse
form is seen today when peoplo of ons
ohurch or denomination look down upon
and make little of work not dono uy tnero
selves. The ambition of churches or boards
or societies to excel each other instead of
all uniting to honor Christ and complete
His church is tainted with the sumo spirit.
| 28, 24. "The chief captain commundud
that he should bo examined by scourging,
that he might know wherefore they cried
so against him." Paul hud been speaking
in Hebrew (xxil, 2), of which language
probably neither captain, centurions nor
soldiers understood a word, and the idea
was that a littlo suffering might bring from
him a confession of his wrongdoing. Paul
was certainly having a rough time of it,
for ho hud been beaten by the Jews (xxi,
82) and was now threatened with 6COurg*
ing by the gentiles.
I 25. "Is it lawful for you to scourge a
| man that is o Roman and uncondomnedP"
This he said to the centurion who stood by
while the soldiers hound him with thongs
preparatory to scourging him. While Paul
was willing to suffer all that was necessary
for Christ's sake, and unjustly, too, here
was something wholly uncalled for, from
which his Roman citizenship might deli cor
him. I am writing this on the nortli Pacific
ocean on my way to Japan as I start
on my tour round the world for Him that
I serve. I carry with mo a passport from
the secretary of state of the United Stated
government asking all nations not only to
allow me safely nnd freely to pass, but in
case of need to give me all lawful nid nnd
protection. As a child of God and citizen
of heaven I feel free to accept and carry
this and use it as occasion may require,
feeling no lack of fuith in so doim:.
26. "Tako heed what thou ?' for
this man is a Roman." Thu- i the
centurion to tho captain. As far as la uven
is above the earth, so far are the privileges
of heavenly citizenship above all those of
earth. The devil could not touch Job,
neither could ho have Simon Peter without
usklng permission of God (Job i, 10;
Luko xxii, 31, It. V.), and ho that touoheth
a child of God touchoth the apple of
His eye (Zoch. ii, 8). Let us rojoico in
our heavenly privileges and walk worthy
of them.
27. "Then tho chief captain came and
said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman?
He said, Yea." So a believer should bo
ready always to give to evoryone thut usketh
as definite an answer concerning his
standing in Christ. Paul did not think
or hopo that ho was a Roman citizen.
He knew it and said yes. Any ono who
has truly accepted Christ is ucocptod in
Him and has redemption, oven tho forgiveness
of sins (Eph. i. 0, 7), and should
never hesitate to confess it to the glory of
God. It is not honoring to God to think
or hope that wo aro saved. Wc should
| know it (I John v, 12, 13), und live It and
ever gladly acknowledge it.
28. "And the chief captain answered,
With a groat sum obtainod I this freedom.
And Paul said, Hut I was frceborn." Tho
heavenly citizenship cannot bo bought by
money, or good works, or any merit whatever
on our part. "Neither their silver nor
their gold shall be able to dolivor them."
"Not by works of righteousness, which wo
have done" (Zeph. i, 18; Titus iii, 5). Seo
also Rom. iv, o; Eph. ii, 8, i). Tho only
way to become a child of God, un heir of
God and n citizen of heaven is by a new
birth, a birth from above, even as our
Lord said in John iii, 3, 5, 7, and I believe
a careful study of Jas. i, 18; I Pet.
i, 23; Eph. v, 2(5, with John vi, (53, will
make it very plain that tho new birth is
wrought in us by the word of God and tho
Spirit of God concerning our Lord Jesus
Christ.
20, 30. Paul was Rived from scourging
at that time, and we will in some way bo
saved from all that it is not best for us to
enduro (I Cor. x, 13). The captain was
still in doubt as to the mil cause of tho
uproar, and so willed the chief priests and
council together that ho might set Paul
before them. Hut Paul's testimony before
tho council caused such a disturbance that
tho chief captain had to rescue him again
and bring him to tho castle. Then followed
tho discovery of tho plot to kill
Paul, through Paul's nephew, and his boing
sent under n guard of soldiors to Felix,
the governor at Csesarea. Notice how in
the midst of all this and of Paul's seeming
disobedience in going to Jerusalem at
this time the Lord was with him.
Education begins at the mother's
knee, and every word spoken within
the hearing of little children tends toward
the formation of their character.
S6T Good character is above all things
else. Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own
acts.
Joe the $omc (Circle.
MANNERS.
It is a self-evident fact that the boy
who wishes to succeed in life must
have good manners. No matter how
poor a boy may be, or how little he
possesses, he may always possess good
manners. One may be polite and
gentle with very little money in his
purse, a writer who has devoted his
pen to the improvements and help of
youth tells us. The French and Germans
of the lowest class, he says, are
gracious in manner and well-bred.
These foreign workmen will lift the
hat even to each other, while some of
our American boys, I add, hardly will
give this salute to a lady. It doesn't
cost anything to learn to be polite, and
as Lady Montagu says, "It buys everything."
The well-mannered boy holds in his
hand the key which will open nearts
and doors for him. "Win hearts,"
said Lord Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth,
"and you have all men's purses."
Another man has said that "spite and
ill-nature are among the expensive
luxuries of life." Dr. Johnson once
said, "Sir, a man has 110 more right to
say an uncivil thing than to act one?
no more right to say a rude thing to
another than to knock him down."
The bars go down before the polite
boy, while rudeness shuts up the heart
and purses too.
The place to learn and practice politeness
is at home. I do not think
much of the boy who practices it outside,
and who, when he is at home,
is rude and unmannerly. Such politeness
is like a thin wash of gilt, which
soon wears off*. It must come from
the heartand always be there. "Kindly
affectionate one to another." "In
honor preferring one another." Let
your manners be ever as courtly at
home, and then when you are outside
that courtliness will come natural to
you and will not have to be assumed.
Learn to thank your mother and sister
1 for their little attentions. A traveler
on the shores of Lake Nyanza, in the
heart of Africa, says that here "ingratitude
or neglecting to thank a person,
for a benefit conferred, is punishable."
1 Open the door for your mother to pass
through as carefully as if she were a
stranger. Pick up the little articles
she or your sister may accidentally
drop, and then you will never neglect
these little courtesies outside.
"Wait" on the ladies at home in the
i many kind little ways your heart will
prompt, and you will find yourself doing
so abroad without any effort. I
was won not long ago oy a poor ooy
who certainly never had one lesson in
"etiquette." His manners were perfect.
While other boys stood by in
rude negligence, he was always ready
to perform the many little kind attentions
which win the heart. He did
it so simply and naturally that I knew
that his mother had been the recipient
of those attentions from his boyhood
up. He had been practicing on
her, and in that practicing had become
perfect.
Some boys, and some brought up iu
well-to-do families, pride themselves
on being rough. They think it betokens
manliness. On the contrary, it
shows a small, low nature. It has a
bad influence on your associates, and,
at the same time, well-bred boys will
avoid your society. It is said that
Benjamin Franklin, when he was a
workman, reformed the habits of the
entire shop. The results of good or
bad manners are almost incredible.
Your manners to a certain degree, indicate
your character, and you are
judged by them. To be sure, a boy
may sometimes be grulf outwardly who
has a kind heart, but you will find that
that kind heart will keep him from
being boorish ; and yet how much hetter
he would succeed in the world if
his manners were more gracious and
cordial ! The learned metaphysician,
Locke, was writing about his son's education
to Lord Peterborough. He
said : "Your Lordship would have
your son a thorough scholar, but I
would have mine well-bred and welltempered.
First impressions go a great ways.
It is well-known that the polite youth
who applies for a situation has much in
his favor. An employer soon learns to
notice all externals and to judge the
inner spirit by them. It is said that
men succeed almost as well in life by
their manners as by their talents. A
clergyman whom the writer knew, who
had no talent for preaching, but was
remarkably kind and affable in manners,
has built up a large church and
now has a wealthy congregation, while
a more talented preacher, has failed in
l -1 I. _
several cnurcnes.
The perfect manner is one of ease,
altogether unaffected and self-forgetful.
In order to acquire this you must
make it your home manner. It is said
that good manners are neither more
nor less than beautiful behavior. Politeness
is kindness. The polite boy
refrains from annoying others, and endeavors
to contribute to the happiness
of others.
It is well, however, to read some
thoroughly good book on etiquette, so
as to know the rules which govern polite
society, for some day, though you
may be poor now, your lot may be
nmong cultured people or among people
who consider a breach of etiquette
almost a crime. Though your
heart may be kindly and your manners
affable, you do not waut to be
guilty of a rudeness born of ignorance.
But while you are striving to be a
perfect gentleman, never forget that it
is of far more importance to be a consecrated
Christian. Besides that everything
else pales. Take Christ as your
model in all your deeds and words
and thoughts. Then indeed will your
manners be perfect.?Christian Work.
Stepping Stone to Success.?
Learn your business thoroughly.
Keep at one thing; in no wise
change.
Always be in haste, but never in a
hurry.
Observe system in all you <lo and
undertake.
Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Be self-reliant; do not take too
much advice, but rather depend on
yourself.
Never fail to keep your appointments
nor be punctual to the minute.
Jutm and |iwsidc.
LOCKJAW FROM TIGHT SHOES.
Tight shoes caused the death ol
Philip Schreiber at the city hospital
yesterday. The same fatal disease
that resulted from tight shoes in
Shreiber's case, according to Superintendent
Otto Sutter, of the city hospital
threatens every man and woman
whose vanity is stronger than their desire
for comfort. It is also a possible
result from the wearing of corsets too
tightly laced.
The disease was lockjaw. It overtook
Schreiber in its most horrible
form. His death was agonizing! As
to whether it will serve as a horrible
warning, Dr. Sutter does not care to
venture an opinion.
Schreiber's death was not the result
of vanity. He was a moulder, in poor
circumstances. .Recently be purchased
a new pair of shoes, which seemed
to fit when he bought them, but proved
too small when he had walked in
them awhile. They caused him considerable
pain, but he could not discard
them and buy another pair, because
he bad not the money. In this
he differed from fachion's followers,
who have the money, but retain their
tight shoes from preference, regardless
of the fact that death lurks within the
calfskin.
Besides being tight across the foot
the part that laced across the instej
bound Schreiber's feet securely, anil
by Tuesday a sore began to form or
the instep of the right foot. It gradu
ally developed into an abscess, and
Thursday Schreiber decided he need
ed medical attention. The abscess
seemed to affect his entire system.
He applied to the city hospital foi
treatment, but it was too late. Shortly
after his admission lockjaw developed
bis jaws became fixed, his muscles
rigid and he was seized at intervals
with convulsions. He died in horrible
agony.
That such a fate awaits the greater
portion of the feminine population ol
St. Louis and a large number of the
male persuasion seems improbable, bui
Dr. Sutter declares it to be a fact.
"Tight shoes are more apt than nol
to produce sores upon the feet," saie
the hospital superintendent, "and lock
jaw is more likely to result from such
a sore than from one on any other pari
of the body. The reason is that a shori
walk suffices to fill the shoes with din
and dust, particles of which are apt tc
remain in the sore and cause lockjaw
to develop. Even with the advantage
of antitoxin in the treatment of disease
? 1 l.~
ll is sun dangerous uuu must uo wkci
in time to prevent death, even will
the antitoxin.
"Another possible source of dangei
is the wearing of corsets. Women ad
dieted to tight lacing are in consider
able danger, aside from the compres
sion of the vital organs. An exposer
corset rib (they are usually of metaf
may chafe the skin until au abscess
forms, and, while the danger of lock
jaw would be slight as compared will:
that in the case of a sore 011 the foot
it would be likely to result seriously.'
?St. Louis Republic.
EFFECT OF FROST ON PLANTS.
It is not intense cold that injures t
plant. If a comparatively tendei
kind could be frozen up in autumi
and continue in that condition unti
spring had come, so that there woulr
be no change of condition during al
that time, it would be pretty likely t<
be all right.
This uniformity of condition cannoi
be maintained unless great pains ar<
taken to give protection before the act
ual setting in of cold weather, anc
then not as perfectly as we would b<
glad to have it; but by shading anc
breaking the effect of the sun we can
in a measure, control conditions, and
this is what we must aim at.
By keeping the sun from thawing
out a frozen plant we prevent the rupt
ure of cells which takes place wher
conditions of cold and warmth alter
nate in great extremes. It will there
fore be readily understood that in
protecting a plant we are not trying
to keep the frost from it, for this can
not be done, but we are trying to keej
the sun from undoing the work thai
the frost has already done.
Plants in the house are often frozen ;
but by thawing them out graduallj
they are often saved, and frequentlj
no great damage seems to have been
done. But if they are obliged to gc
through this ordeal much in rapid succession
they are sure to die.
If outdoor plants can be saved from
the repetition of a similar ordeal it is
possible to wiuter even quite tendei
kinds satisfactorily. If kinds whose
cells are strong enough to withstand
the influence of alternate periods o
cold and warmth can be so protected
as to prevent them from being sub
jected to unnecessary experience o
this kind, it quite naturally follows
that they come through the winter in c
much stronger condition than where
they are left exposed to our sudder
and frequent changes of weather.
Because of this, I am an advocate 0:
protection for all plants. It is absolute
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ly necessary tor tenner Kinns, anu advisable
for the hardiest.?Demorest't
Magazine.
Seed Corn.?Dr. E. L. Sturtevant
by selection of seed, eflected an improvement
in the yield of his com, so
that he attained a yield of 128 bushels
on an acre. He says : "The true principle
or rule at the foundation of successful
corn culture is to select seed of
a variety adapted to our uses, market
and climate, which has prolific parentage
through the largest series of generations
possible. In order for this we
must plant our seed fields by themselves,
away from other corn. We
must then, at the period preceding
the bloom, go through our fields with
the knife, and ruthlessly cut away
every feeble stalk, every overgrown
stalk, every stalk wnich departs from
the type of growth that we desire, and
above all, every stalk which does not
show indications of bearing several
strong ears. In this way only, can we
insure the fertilization of our seed
corn by pollen from productive plants,
and in this way only can we iutelli
gently keep the heredity of the plant
in the direction of the continued prolificacy
that we desire." If some person
in every county would give special
attention to improving corn by careful
selection of seed and proper cultiva
tion, he would soon find it a profita
: ble business, with a brisk demand fror
his brother farmers for supplies c
F seed.?Colman's Rural World.
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L. GEO. GRIST,
[ FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY
i Yorkville, S. C..
l rriHE following fire insurance con
; -L panies compose my agency, who?
I total assetts represent over $28,000,00
and justifies me in writing the large!
i lines on reliable business :
' ./Etna Insurance Co., of Hart fort
' Connecticut.
1 Continental Insurance Company, t
' New York.
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Con
, pany, of Philadelphia,
i Delaware Fire Insurance Co., t
i Philadelphia.
Norwich Union, of England.
1 I have been writing fire insurance fr
SEVEN YEARS and have watched til
. reports of fire waste in the United Stat<
as reported by the insurance journa
J with great care and interest, and I ea
1 ay to you that the companies name
) above are TIME-TRIED and FIRF
j TESTED, and that no companies doin
business in the United States are mot
prompt or more liberal in their sottb
1 ments than the companies named abovi
, all of whom I have the honor to represcr
) in this vicinity. When you want fire it
surance, see me. I will appeciate yoi
business, and it shall receive my tnoi
careful attention.
L. GEO. GRIST, Resident Agent.
i
P. S.?My rates are as low?not lower.
as trustworthy and reliable insurant
. can be obtained. Wind storm insurant
j at $3 per thousand per annum, l. a. o.
I SHERIFF'S SALE.
) T>Y t irtue of a writ of fieri facias I
?J me directed, will be sold witmn ti
, legal hours of Sheriffs Sale, on tl
1 FIRST MONDAY IN
? OCTOBER NEXT,
- At York Court House, the following proj
1 erty to-wit:
j Ono engine and boiler, one lot of copp<
: plates, one Griffin mill, one lot of pu
' leys and shafting, one Comet crusne
, one granulator, one set blacksmith too
| and fbrge, one lot of carpenter's tools, t\\
pair of crushing rollers, one lot of mit
ing tools, one lot of wheelbarrows, one 1<
5 of piping, two pumps, one lot of dum
. cars and track, one lot of belting, or
. lot of roping, one lot of revolving screem
one Jot of housefurniture, one cook stov
and utensils. In addition to the persona!
tv?the list hereto attached?I will sell {
i the same time and upon the same term:
p all the righs title and interest of the d(
? fendant, in and to all that certain tract c
parcel of land in York county, S. C
> bounded by lands of Robert Love, Mai
> tha Cobb and others, containing two acres
more or leas. Also the following build
ings, situated thereon to-wit: One mi
; house, one dwelling house and two on!
. buildings. Levied on as the property <
, the Hydraulic Reduction and Minin
company, at the suit of W. W. Castles,
i pir Terms of sale cash, and if the bid :
? not complied with immediately, thepro[
erty will be resold as the law directs.
JOHN R. LOGAN, S. Y. C.
September 15 73 w4t
i
; UNDERTAKING.
I T AM handling a first class line of CO!
5 1 FINS AND CASKETS which I wi
sell at the very lowest prices. Personi
attention at all hours,
t I am prepared to repair all kinds <
I Furniture at reasonable prices.
J. ED JEFFREYS.
f TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offers for sale, th
HOUSE AND LOT in Yorkville
j known as the "Meek House," occupie
by Mr. O. E. Grist and situated opposit
the O. R. A C. R. R., depot. The lions
contains six large rooms and a base
merit. The house is in good repair, an
| contiguous to water-works tire-plugs. ():
the premises is a well of excellent free
' stone water.
i Also, a cottage on Madison street. I
, contains four rooms. The house is in gooi
repair and on the premises is a well c
| good freestone water. L. M. GRIST.
S. W. WATSON.
PIIOTOGItAPIIEU,
Cleveland Avenue,
YorkvlllCf H. O.
Photography in ail the lutes
styles of the art. Special attentioi
given to outdoor work. My gallery i
thoroughly and comfortably furnishei
with all tlie latest improvements. Term
reasonable and strictly cash.
S. \V .WATSON*.
GARRY IRON RC
MANUFAC
IRON ROOFING.
CKIMI'Kl) AND COKKI (iATKh
Iron Tile or Shingle,
KIRK I'ltOOF DOOltS,
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER*
^?~Orders receivedby L. M. GRIST.
: OHIO BIVEfl AID CO&KLESTOI BR.
TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and
Charleston Railway company, to take
effect Monday, May 5tb, at 7.30 a. m.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
GOING SOUTH NO. 12. |
Leave Marlon 4 45 pni
Leave Rutherfordton B 1? pm
Leave Forest City 6 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
No. 32. | No. 84.
Dally. Dally
Except Except
8unday. Sunday.
Leave Shelby 7 30 am!
A-jcuvc i ULuerMJii ? opniigN. / mil
Leave Earle's 7 48 am
Leave Blacksburg 8 30 am 8 40 am
Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 6 05 am
Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am
Leave Sharon 9 20 am 9 50 am
Leave Yorkville 9 35 am 10 20 am
Leave Tlrzah 9 47 am 10 45 am
Leave Newport 9 51 am 10 65 am
Leave Rock Hill 10 20 am 12 55 pm
p Leave Leslies 10 35 am 1 15 pm
Leave Catawba Junction.. 10 40 am 1 50 pm
Leave Lancaster 11 22 am! 3 55 pm
h Leave Kershaw 12 05 pm | 5 30 pm
Arrive at Camden 1 00 pml 6 50 pm
11 GOING WORTH. | No. 33. | 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
c Leave Rock H1J1 4 30 pm 4 40 pm
>i Leave Newport 4 45 pm 6 00 pm
Leave Tlrzah 4 50 pm 6 20 pm
Leave Yorkville 5 05 pm 6 00 pm
e Leave Sharon 5 20 pmi 6 20 pm
Leave Hickory Grove.... 5 40 pm] 6 40 pm
h Leave Smyrna 5 50 pm1 6 55 pm
"" Leave Blacksburg 6 20 pml 7 30 pm
Leave Earle's 1 6 35 pml
Leave Patlerson's Spring. 6 40 pm|
Arrive at Shelby 6 50 pm '
- t No. 11. |
Leave Blacksburg 8 10 am
Leave Earls 8 30 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 Marion 12 20 pm
J e CONNECTIONS.
5, No. 32 has connection with Southern
st Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at
Catawba Junction.
Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers.
1, Nos. II 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.
CABOLIM & BBBTHWESTEBifBY.
G. W. F. HARPER, President.
J Schedules in Effect from and After
* May 2, 1897.
1
T CENTRAL TIME STANDARD.
9t
GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No BO.
Lea% e Chester 6 20am 8 30 am
Leave Lowrysvllle 6 48 am 6 05am
Leave McConnellsvtlle 0 58am 6 39am
? Leave Guthrlesvllle.... 7 06am 6 56am
;e Leave Yorkvllle 7 28 a m 10 50 a m
,G Leave Clover 7 53 a m 11 33 am
Leave Gastonla 8 25 a m 1 20 pm
Leave Llncolnton 9 20am 2 46 pm
- Leave Newton 10 05 am 4 20 pm
Leave Hickory 10 50 am 6 15 pm
Arrive Lenoir... 1155am 8 00pro
Je GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61.
te Leave Lenoir 3 10 pm 6 00am
Leave Hickory 4 15 pm 7 50am
Leave Newton 5 10 pm 900am
Leave Llncolnton 6 56 p m 10 30 am
5- Leave Gastonla 6 57 pm 1 00 pm
Leave Clover 7 42 p m 2 02 p m
sr Leave Yorkvllle 8 11pm 3 10 pm
i. Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 834pm 3 40pm
_ Leave McConnellsvllle 8 43 pm 3 55 pm
,' Leave Lowrysvllle | 9 05 pm 4 25pm
18 Arrive Chester I 9 30pm! 5 10pra
-o ?
i- Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and
it run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos.
p 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run
te daily except Sunday. There is good cons,
nection at Chester with the G. C. A N.
e and the C. C. A A., also LAC. R. R.; at
I- Gastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Linit
colnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and
Newton with W. N. C.
>- G. F. HARPER,
ir Acting G. P. A.,
., Lenoir N. C.
I: WHEN YOU WANT
J1 rrio have your PHOTOGRAPH taken
j. _I_ 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 am 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 cat) ao tue worn.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask
! - anyone in town and they can tell you.
11 DURING THE WINTER,
>f You will find my Gallery warm and
pleasant. Come and see me whenever
you need photographs. Respectfully
J. R. SCHORB.
e APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE,
j, rpHK undersigned, executor of the esti
Xtate of MA IIA LA GIBSON, deeease
ed, hereby gives notice that he will make
e a final settlement of the estate with the
>- Judge of Probate for York county, on
J the Dili day of October, 1807, at 10 o'clock
n a. m. when he will make application for
i- a final discharge from further liability.
JOHN J. PARIS, Executor,
t September 8?Oct 6 72 w5t
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Published Wednesday and Saturday.
TKKMS OF SUIfSCJtJFTION :
it Single copy for one year $ 2 OO
ii One copy for two years, 3 .70
s For six months, 1 OO
1 For three months, SO
s Two copies for one year, 3 50
Ton copies one year, 17 SO
And an extra copy for a club of ten.
)OFlIN(; COMr'NY.
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