tumorous department. AN ACCOMMODATING RAILROAD. Several days ago a stranger made bis appearauce at the Union depot and asked Officer Burton how long before the Grand River Valley train would go out. "In about 20 minutes," was the reply. "Then I'll have time to get a drink, won't I?" "You will." "That's good. I always prefer to travel on a stiff horn of whisky." He returned in five minutes, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand, and asked : "Has my train gone yet?" "No, sir; you still have 14 minutes to spare." "That's good, and I guess I'll go back for a little brandy." When be again returned be felt in good spirits, and ascertaining that be still bad six minutes to spare, be said : "Now, that's what I call liberal, and I'll lay in one more drink." The last one proved more than he could bear up under, and he was not seen again for three hours. Then be came round with a wabble in bis gait and an uncertain look in bis eye, and asked : "Shay, what time does that Gran' River Valley train go out ?" "In about four hours." "Fo' hours? Why that'll give me time to get drunk again ; mos' 'commodatin' railroad I ever saw, eh ?" "Yes." "Shay ! I doan't want to be mean. Go and tell 'er superintendent he needn't wait fur me any longer, 'cause 't may delay others. He's a zbentleman, he is, an' I'm a zbentleman, I am, but when a zbentleman holds a train for me mos' half a day I can't impose on him any longer ! Shay, do you ever cry when you get zhrunk ? T do. and if vou've no ieckshuns I'll cry now." No objections being made he cried. Fasting.?Two sisters were entertaining ibeir friends the other night when one remarked, speaking of a gentleman who lived in the house, hud who was present at the time : "Yes, Mr. Fitzhugh is just too kiud. Lotta, you know, is always preparing some new dish, aud as the rest of us have had experience, we are a little shy about tasting them for the first time, but Mr. Fitzhugh always comes heroically to the rescue aud acts the food censor to perfection." "Yes," said the big brother, trying to be agreeable, "that he does. The girls remind me-of Robinson Crusoe. | You know whenever he found any-1 thing he was not quite sure of its being poison or not, he always first tried it on a monkey." An Unfeeling Remark.?Mrs. Yerger?"I believe I will accompany our daughter, Clara to the ball this evening." Colonel Yerger?"What is your object ?" "When the people see how beautiful she is they will say : 'How lovely her mrtber must have looked when she was young.' " "No, that's not what they will say." "What will they say ?" "When they see you at the ball with Clara they will say, 'See how ugly Clara will be when she gets to be as old as her mother." "Oh, you brute!" ISP" George had proposed and been accepted. "Well," said she, "I can sing and play on the piano and harp, can paint and at the seminary I was up in the fine arts and political economy and logic and lean crochet beautifully and play lawn tennis, and?and that's about all, I think. Now tell me : what are some of your accomplishments, George ?" "I haven't got any." "Not a single one?" "Well," he said, with a sigh, "if the worst should come to the worst, I think I might be able to cook." Good Grounds.?"Do you think you will gain your lawsuit?" asked Gus de Smith of Colonel Yerger, who had been run over by a fire engine, and was sueing the city of Austin for damages. "Yes, I think I'll come out ahead." "Has your lawyer given you grounds to think so?" "No ; but I have given him grounds to think so. I've deeded him two lots on Austin avenue as a fee." Could Do Something For Her.? "Tongue cannot tell how much I love von Miss Clara." he said. "I would do anything in the world for you." "Would you ?" she asked, wearily. "Try me." "Well, go and spend the evening with Lily Brown." "Lily Brown ! What for?" he asked. "I hate her." The End Not Yet.?Young man (to sexton at church door)?"Isn't the sermon nearly done ?" Sexton?"About an hour yet. He is only on his 'Lastly !' " Young man?"Will it take hira an hour to get through bis 'Lastly !' " Sexton?"No ; but there's the 'One more word and I am done,' and the 'Finally,' and the 'In conclusion' to come yet. Don't get impatient, young man ! Your girl wou't spoil!" Too Egotistical.?"Sir, 1 hear you using the word donkey very frequently in your conversation." "Yes, your ears do not deceive you." "Am I to understand that you apply the word to me?" "Why, what makes you harbor such an unjust suspicion ? Don't you know that there are lots ol donkeys in the world besides you ?" t'UUK.?^aruou uireu a nou.-c in un* country to pass the last summer, and went in search of a farmer who had a milch cow. Having found one he said : "My good man, my servant will come every morning to buy a pint of milk." "All right; it is eight sous." "But I want pure milk?very pure." "In that case it is ten sous." "You will milk in the presence of my j servant." "Then it is fifteen sous." | -Wayside (bathcrinys. From the ruins of Babylon have | been recovered over 400 diamonds. But one thunderstorm has been witnessed iu Arizona during 14 years. ' Bof Potatoes planted must have their eyes about them if they are to come up. ! In mending gloves, use fine cotton thread instead of silk, which is apt to cut the kid. 84ar A pessimist' likes a thing he . can't enjoy and an optimist eojoys a thing he can't like. 8&" Justice is probably represenieu , as a woman because it is something a ( man is always after. AST Professor Nothnagel, the Aus* < trian court physician, traces the grip | back to the Ninth century. < S&F Every man knows best when he i plays the knuve; his neighbors know 1 best when he plays the fool. ttaT From the American aloe tree is , made thread, ropes, cables, paper, i clothing, sugar, and brandy. i In proportion to its size, Eng- ; laud has eight times as mauy miles of J railways as the United States. Stir The world cousumes 3,000,000,- ; 000 pounds of paper a year, aud it is . supplied by 4,500 paper mills. t&~ Iu certuin parts of Russia peo- J pie who are hungry are forbidden by , law from beiug so indiscreet as to say so. 1 83T There is in Buffalo, one line of street cars on which a car crosses 54 railroad tracks iu making oue round trip. ' aST The Japanese are to have full ciiizeusbip rights iu the United States under the treaty to go into effect July 1, 1899. . 1 t&r All the biscuit and cracker companies in the country are uuder one management, with a capital of $55,i ann aaa VVVjVVV, WaP* Euglish locomotives have neither bells, headlights nor cowcathers. Warning is given by the shrillest of whistles. ?aT The gauge of the Roman chariots, 2,000 years ago was 4 feet 8A inches?same as staudard railroad gauge of today. fiST The Italians invented the term influenza iu the Seventeenth century, and attributed the disease to the influence of certain planets. fliaSf* A Minneapolis man asked the couits of that city to grant bim an injunction restraining an objectionable man from courting his sister. BUT Congress, which is the war-making power, is keepiug unusually quiet. Coolness aud deliberation are good qualities in a body charged with speaking the final word. 86T The combined yield of gold and silver iu the Uuited States last year was but one-third the value of the corn crop. We received $54,000,000 for corn exported. Se?P Thousands of patriotic men in the United States are regretting that they were named for Chistopher Columbus, and yet he is about the only Spaniard that ever did anything for America. B&* Fogg says that in his courting days he used to think that Saiuautha's mouth was- made only for kissing. Since he was married he has found out that that mouth is capable of other things. B&" In Vienna there is a club of rich men pledged to marry poor girls. If a member marries a rich girl he is fined $2,000, the money being presented to some worthy impecunious couple engaged to be married. "T see von advertising aeain for a runaway dog. This is the third time in a single month." "Yes, bother it! Since my daughter has begun taking music lessons I can't keep a dog in the house." OS?" Johnny ?Where are you going? Tommy?Home. Don't you hear maw a callin' me? "That's nothin'. She called you two or three times before." "Yes, but she's out at the preach tree now cuttiu' off' an ultimatum." fi&T Silver that has been laid away and thus become badly tarnished can be cleaned quickest if the first application of the whiting is moistened with sweet oil before application. Afterward dry whiting can be used as usual. 86T" "My dear," says a fond New Haven mother to her child, "why do you not play with the little Jones boy?" "Oh, he's horrid. He says bad, naughty words, just like papa does." Reform will begin at home in that family. Husband?If you only had the ability to cook as mother used to I would be happy, dear.' Wife?And if you only had the ability to make money enough to buy things to cook as your father used to, I, too, would be happy, dear. ft&T A Maryland fruit grower has succeeded in raising a crop of peaches with skins as devoid of the annoying fuzz as is an apple. Next year he proposes to raise peaches with a skin that can be removed liked that of an orange.?Farmer's Voice. fltaT Twynn?I hear that Skidmore has led the Widow Weeds to the altar. Triplet?That is what it is called for politeness' sake; but, from my post of observation, it looked as though the widow were a neck ahead of him all the way up the aisle. SaT The (J reeks observe Monday, the Persians Tuesday, the Assyrians Wednesday, the Kgptiaus Thursday, the Turks Friday, the Jews Saturday, the Christians Sunday, thus there is a perpetual Sabbath being celebrated on earth.?Baltimore American. One good way to keep things moving and to lessen the talk of hard times is for every man to pay his debts so far as possible. Be honest in the matter, and don't say you cannot pay when you have not tried to do so. You pay and somebody else will thereby be enabled to pay. gtaT A Delaware cobbler gave his wife a certain sum each week for her per^nttol lico I 111 tiKVUI* 1 11 < 111 i t'I'l 1 vv h*?t she di! years of wedded life the wile died, and in the drawer of an antique tahle the husband found a bag containing gold, also a roll of green hacks, amounting in all to $10,000. - ?* i\ . V" djntrmationnt Ccasotts. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. , LESSON XII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER- , NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 20. ( text of the Lesson, Math, xiv, 1-12?Memory Verses, 6-10?Golden Text, Prov. It 23 ? Commentary by the Kev. D. M. Stearns. j rCopyripht. 1S97. by D. M. Stearns.] I 1 "At that time Herod the tetrareh ! heartl of the fame of Jesus." In Mark < Fi, 14, it is written thut His name was ' spread abroad, and in Luke ix, 7, it is said * that Herod was perplexed because that it I was said of some that John was risen from | the dead The context in .irk and Luke I would indicato that it was about the time of | the sending forth of the twelve. It seems < to me that the heart thought for us is that | something of the words and works of Jesus j by some means reached Herod If we are ^ redeemed by His blood, it is that through us the fame of Him may be far and wide made known. He brought Israel out of ' Egypt, dividing the waters of the Red sea, ' leading them through the desert and dry- ( ing up Jordan before them to make His glorious name known, that the many | might be blessed in Him (Isa. lxill, 12, 14. | Joshua iv, 24). 2. "And said unto His servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the ' dead, and therefore mighty works do shew 1 forth themselves in him." It is said in I Mark vi, 20, that Herod heard John glad I ly and did many things, knowing that he . was a just and holy man, but as neither | hearing nor doing will avail unless Christ Is actually received into the heart (I John v, 12; John i, 12) Herod's knowledge 1 did not profit him. His evil doings would J not suffer him to turn unto God (Hos v 1 *) 8. "For Herod had laid hold on John j and bound him and put him in prison for i Herodias'sake, his brother Philip's wife These are among the seemingly strange things. That God who controls all things even the devil, for there can be nothim beyond His control, should permit Joseph . to be stolen, sold into slavery, falsely tie i cused and imprisoned; David to be hunted ( as a partridge upon the mountains; Jure j miah to know the horrors of the dungeon . 2 fko Qnnfiot. H1C ntt'tl hi?l* miru, ttuu (fuiiu itiu unp? idw, mm v?f . aid, none grenter born of woman (Math zl, 11), to suffer imprisonment and deivth 4. "For John said unto him. It is nut lawful for thee to have her." Therefore I for his faithfulness, ho is put in prison | Would it have been better for him to have | said nothing about this sin? Might lie have said, It is no affair of mine? The.v are the children of the devil anyway, and to him they arc going whether Hcrodias lire* ' with Herod or with Philip? Some would * say so, and there are no doubt many thi ngf | in which we are to take no part, as they i are not given to us to meddle with, but in , this case John was brought face to face , with the sin, and cither had to be blind to it for peace's 6ako or speak faithfully for Christ's sake. 5. "And when he would have put him 1 to death he feared the multitude, because they counted hiiu as a prophet." IIow full < of fears this wretched specimen of self in | dulgent humanity was. Ho feared the , woman under whose control he had placed ^ himself for lust's sake. He feared the poo pie over whom he was placed, and he evi I dently feared the hereafter, for he did 1 many things, and would doubtless have done more if such doing would have made him sure of heaven without requiriug him to give up his darling sin. , 6. 7. "But when Herod's birthday was kept the daughter of Hcrodias danced be- 1 fore them and pleased Ilerod. Whereupon 1 he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask." Feast days ' and birthdays must be kept, the entertain- | ment business must go on, no matter what becomes of Christ or His heralds. We ( arc sure that He was not invited to this , feast, and neither was His faithful John This was like Belshuzzar's feast, the dovil's 1 own, and he knew what he was up to. Ho J was running this thing to accomplish his i purpose. How well he enabled that poor, i godless girl to dance that day! How ho enabled her to captivate the sinful heart of ( Herod and to lead hiin in his excitement to make her this great promise, and all to \ secure the death of John! 8. "And she, being before instructed of I her mother, said. Give me here John Bap- | tist's head in a charger." We raid in II < Chron. xxii, 3, concerning a certain king that'' his mother was his counselor to do " wickedly." We know also thut Rebekah was neither her own friend nor her son's ( when she counseled him to lie to his father Lying and deceit have the same author as lust, and envy, and hatred, and ] murder Let us resist the devil lest he use even us as he did Simon Peter, when ho said, "Pity Thyself, Lord" (Math. xvi. 22. margin). 9 "And the king was sorry; neverthe- | less for the oath's sake and them which 1 sat with him at meat, he commanded it to I be given her." His honor before his guests i was ut stake and he dared not show him self a man. Perhaps there was no man in J him It may have been all beast, all carnal i of the lowest kind He could truthfully ( have said, I cannot give what is not mine and human life is not in my power to give 1 or take That, however, was too noble for I 6uch a creature, and he dared not go i against Hcrodias We have rJl had other i masters; can we now truly say, "One is my Master, even Christ, whose I am and whom I serve?" 10. "And he sent and beheaded .John in 1 the prison " Not long before .John had sent messengers to Jesus inquiring if Ho I was the Christ, or if there was yet another | to be looked for .lesus wrought miracles ( and sent the messengers to tell .lohn what ( they had seen and heard and added. "Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in Mo" (chapter xi, 6) We have ' no record that Jesus ever went to see him I Now is heard the tramp of feet. Some one i is coming to see him Is it the Lord and < Master? His cell door swings open He is | wanted, not for earth, but for heaven In a moment it is over, for the damsel awaits her gift and angels and redeemed spirits wait to welcome the faithful messenger to ! bliss eternal and indescribable 1 11 "And his head was brought in a charger (or on a dish) and given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother ' i Did ever mother ask or a daughter carry such a grewsome dish? What did they do with it? How did they treat it? Well, the devil accomplished his purpose and John's sojourn in a mortal body was end 1 ed. Hut can it lie that the devil has the least idea ol' the hlissof the redeemed when he is allowed to kill their bodies? If so, i would he be so desirous to usher them into such glory? 12. " And his disciples came and took up the body and buried it and went and told Jesus." In Mark vi, 2'J, it is written that they laid it in a tomb They tlid not bury John, or lay him in a tomb, and they will not bury us if the time should come for us to pass out of the mortal body BaSf" ".Cease to do evil; learn to do \vell,'? this is the divine order and cannot he improved. If we expect to learn" how "to do well" before we j "cease to do evil" we will find we have made a mistake. If we yield ' obedience to the precept, "cease to do evil,' we will not long he left in ignor- ( auee as to the path of duty. Jam and Jircsidr. Why Gkass Dies Out.?Whenever he grass seeding fails, the blame is jsually laid upou the weather. But hat is not always correct, even in part. ,*rass belongs to the same botanical 'amilv as wheat only the grain has had 1 greater development of its seed. A.II farmers understood that the wheat crop needs phosphate to be grown successfully year after year, on the same land. To be sure, the soil is cultivated, aud there is a new seeding with some manure each year, for the graiu crop. Yet farmers think that grass, without re-seeding, and without new supplies of mineral matter, will con tiuue to grow. The result is thut the $rass gradually dies out aod is replaced l>y mosses or other weeds of low organization that can live without mineral plant food. Not only is the amount of grass lessened, but its quality is also impaired by lack of the mineral. On land that has long been without phosphate cattle will not thrive, and cows which give milk will take to the eating of old booths to sejure the mineral nutrition they require. People who have learned that ground bone is good to make hens lay are apt to forget that the more bulky cow bus an equally wonderful operation to perform. That is, to take from her grass feed the nutrition required to make milk, which is less concentrated than the egg, but contaius very nearly the same kind of nutrition. When we began using mineral manures on grain we found that the second aud third crops of grass seeded with the grain lid not pan out as they used to do. It is far better to apply the phosphate with tbegrain. The grass seeded with it will get the effects of the mineral fertilizing for at least two years thereafter.?Americau Cultivator. Destroying Lice on Cattle.? Aloes in fine powder is a specinc ior Lhe destruction of lice ou all auimals, and as it has no poisonous properties, its intense bitterness being what kills, it can be freely applied, and as it is to be used in a dry state its application is as safe in cold as well as in warm weather, consequently it is free from all objections urged against other remedies. Use with a tine pepper box, dusting and rubbing it in all over, then curry out inside of a week. Or, take a pound of fresh lard, a fourth of a pint of kerosene oil and 4 ounces of sulphur powder or flowers of sulphur; mix them thoroughly. With this mixture rub the animal's head, also the spine aud upon the shoulder and brisket and under the thighs and wherever the vermiu is seen. Repeat the operation once a week until the lice disappear, which will not be long. Or, take quassia chips, steep in water and wash the animal thoroughly. One application will kill Lhe lice, and in case of uits that are not hatched, the second application, put on a few days after, will entirely rid the stock of the vermin.?From Americati Horse Book. Harrowing Fall Grain In the Spring.?Some years ago I was obliged to run an ' Acme" pulverizing harrow ulod crusher and leveler across a field that had had been sown with wheat. The harrow had io be taken to a distant field for spring work, and as it was unavoidable I run it across the field. I thought the wheat would be killed, hut it was not, but on the contrary the path of the harrow was soon as green again as the rest of the field, und in a short time became conspicuously greener, and the mark of the harrow was visible until harvest, when the straw was some inches taller, and - - - * i?ttiL j mucn mure neavny uueu ?mu ^uiu. Tbls accidental experience led me the next year to harrrow all my winter grain iu the spring, with the same desirable result.?Henry Stewart. Cure of Mange on Hogs.?John Cruze, of Lee county, Iowa, writes to The Rural World as follows : "Have just had some interesting experience with mange or scab ou pigs. Lost 14 out of 36, from doaping them with everything I heard or read about. Was in despair, until common sense came to my aid. I figured it out that it was a parasite under the skin, and to cure the pig the parasite must be destroyed. So I mixed up some turpeutiue and coal oil, half and half, and added quite a bit of sulphur. Then, while the pigs were at the trough, I squirted the mixture all over them, from uose to tail, by means of a machine oil can. Have not lost a pig since, and have not been obliged to repeat the dose." Abortion In Cows.?A cure for abortion iu cows has long been desired. Mr. N. A. Lind, a breeder of Shorthorn cattle at Rolfe, la., states that he finds carbolic acid a cure. In a western journal be states that, knowing carbolic acid to be a deadly poison, he feared to use it, but tried it on one cow, giving her an eighth of an ounce in bran mash every other day. Finding that it did not kill her, and that she improved, he gave it to the entire herd, gradually increasing the dose to half an ounce. The disease disappeared, the first cow has produced a strong, healthy calf, aud not a case of abortion has since appeared. ?. ? ? To Prevent Lamp Chimneys Cracking.?Place the chimney in a pot filled with water, and add a little cooking salt, allow it to boil well, then cool slowly. Chimneys become very durably by this process, which may lw> nviftwli'il to ci-dckerv. stoneware. porcelain, etc. The process is simply one of annealing, and the slower the process, especially of cooling, the more effective will be the work. If the glass chimney of a lamp be cut with a diamond on the convex side, it will never crack, as the incision affords room for the expansion produced by the heat.?Mrs. C. H. Bennett in Practical Farmer. To Kkmovk (Jkka.sk Spots.?I)o not put hot water or any kind of water upon woolens that have had liquid grease spilled upon them. Sprinkle buckwheat or rye flour over the grease spots and let it absorb the grease; brush off, and if the grease is not all out apply the flour again and it will remove all of it. ittisccUiincous grading. ; NEW LAWS. ! Three Registrars of Election. An act to amend sections 4,5, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all electors in this state qualified to vote in state, . county, municipal, congressional and presidential elections," approved March 5, 1896, by providing for a board of registration to be composed of three discreet persons. Sectiou 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina: That an act entitled "An act to provide for the registration of all electors in this state qualified to vote in state, county, municipal, cou gressiona) and presidential elections," be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows : "Section 4. Between the 1st day of January and the 15th day of March, 1898, and between said dates in every second year thereafter, the governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and cousent of the senate, if in session, and if not in session subject to its approval at its next session, subject to removal by the governor for incapac ity, misconduct or neglect of duty, three competeut aud discreet persons in each county, who shall he citizens and qualified electors thereof, aud who shall be known as the board of registration of county, whose duty it shall be to register and conduct the registration of the electors who shall apply for registration in such county as herein required. Their office shall be at the county seat, and they shall keep record of all their official acts and proceedings. Their term of office shall be for two years from the date of their appointment, and they shall continue in office until their successor shall have been appointed aud shall qualify : Provided, that in case of a vacancy from any cause in the office of board of registration the governor shall fill such vacancy by and with the consent of the senate as aforesaid." "Section 5. The compensation of each aud every member of the boards of registration to he appointed under section 3 of this act shall be 1250 for the year 1896, and $125 for the year 1897, and until the board of registration to be appointed uuder sectiou 4 of this act shall have been appointed und shall qualify. And the compensation of each member of the boards of registration to be appoiuted pnder section 4 of this act shall be $100 for each election year and $50 for each off year. m ? . * i ? i - U..II I'lie said compeusauou or salaries suau lie paid quarterly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the comptroller geueral. The said boards of regisiration shall keep their offices open on the duys required by law from 9 o'clock in the forenoon uulil 3 o'clock in the afternoou." 'Section 10. After the lirst of January, 1898, the board of registration to be appointed under section 4 of this act shall judge of the legal qualiticalions of all applicants for registration. From their decision appeals may be tuken to the court of common pleas, or any judge thereof, and thence to the supreme court, and the mode ol appeal shall be the same as prescribed in section 8 of this act." "Section 11. An enrollment of persons not previously registered and entitled to registration shall be made annually by the board of registration until the year 1908, when an enrollment of all electors shall be made, and thereafter there shall be the same annual enrollment of electors, and the same general enrollment of electors every tenth year as above provided." "Section 12. In case any person shall not have attained the age of 21 years before the closing of the books of registration preceding any election, and shall attain such age before such election, and shall appear before the board of registration, and shall make application under oath to the facts above stated entitling him to registration, if he be otherwise duly qualified, the board of registration shall register such applicant. Any person not laboring under the disabilities named in the constitution and whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the closing of the registration books, but before the next election, shall have the right to apply for and secure a registration certificate at any time within 60 days immediately preceding the closing of_ such books. From the decision of the board of reg istration a like appeal may be taken as in other cases and in like manner." "Section 13. Each elector registered as aforesaid shall thereupon be furnished by the board of registration if registered before or on the first day of January, 1898, or by the board of registration if registered alter the first day of January, 1898, with a certificate of registration, which shall contain a statement of his nume, age and place of residence as entered in the registration books, and such certificate shall be signed by at least two of the members of the board of registration. Approved the 18th day of February A. D. 1898. To Protect Birds' Nests. An act to amend Section l,fiM, of the General Statutes of 1882, appearing as Section 432, of the Revised Statutes of 18!M. Volume 2, so as to prohibit the destroying of the nests of certain birds. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina : That Section 1,(194, of the general statutes of 1882, appeariug as section 432 of the revised statutes of 1893, volume 2, be and the same is hereby, amended by iuserting the words, "Nor shall any person or persons destroy or rob the nests of any of the said birds" between the words "section," and "and" on line niue of said section so that said section, when 1 -1 U II 1 4VII,. ameuueu. 8I1UI1 reuu na luiiuna . Section 432, (1,(51)4.) It shall not be lawful for any person in this slate between the lirst clay of April and the first day of November, in any year hereafter, to catch, kill or injure, or to pursue with such intent, or to expose for sale, any wild turkey, partridges, quail, woodcock or pheasant, or bet ween tlie first day of March and the first of August, any dove; or at any time during the year to catch, kill, injure, or to pursue with such intent, by fire light, any of the birds named in this section; nor shall any person or persons destroy or rob the nests of any of the said birds. Any person so doing shall be deemed guilty sf u misdemeanor, aud upon couviclion thereof shall bo fined not more i Lhan twenty dollars or he imprisoned 1 not more than thirty days. Approved the 21st day of February, , A. D. 1898. 1 ] Payment of Pensions. An act to provide for the payment of cer tain pensioners. Section 1. Be it enacted by the koii- * eral assembly of the state of South | Carolina: Whenever the name of any person who has been declared entitled 1 to receive a pension tinder the laws of this state shall have been omitted, by any accident or mistake, from the proper lists, It shall be the duty of the state board of pensions to allow, and the duty of the comptroller general 10 issue his warrant for the amount of the pension to which such person would have been entitled; said umount to he paid out of the next regular appropriation for pensions, after the fact of such accident or mistake shall have been determined bv said slate board of pensions, aud said amounts shall he paid out of said appropriation before the same shall he apportioned among the persons entitled thereto. Approved the 21st day of February, A. D. 1898. Fees For Filing Liens. An act to regulate the fees for filing, indexing ami certifying chattel mortgages, bills of sale and other instruments in the nature of liens on personal property, where the amount secured is not more than 9100. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South Carolina : That on and after the approval of this act no greater fee than 15 ceuls shall be charged or collected by any clerk of court in this state for filing, indexing and certifying any bill of sale, chattel mortgage or other instrument in the nature of lieu on personal property where the amount secured is uot more t'nau $100. Sectiou 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act he, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved the 11th day of February, A. D. 1898. 0m ?AkiK? POWDER Absolutely Pure BETTER to have it and NOT NEED IT, than to NEED IT AND NOT HAVE IT.?A Fire Insurance Policy in a Reliable Company. The United States government makes a profit out of the post office department; but you could not AFFORD TO DELIVER your own letters. We can insure you against loss by fire, lightning and tornado for a small sum of money; and out of the many thousands of transactions we have in a year, we can make a little profit. You cannot afford to carry your own insurance any more than you can afford to deliver your own letters. "HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY." It pays us to promptly pay all honest claims, and it is our duty to resist dishonest claims. A company haying a large clientage cannot afford to be technical or small. I have been writing fire insurance since January 1891, and I have the honor of representing five of the strongest and best fire insurance companies in the United States, and what is more, in my clientage is represented many of the largest and most exacting insurers in the county, and my business is growing every month, but I do not advocate the payment of fraudulent, unjust and dishonest claims to rush business into my agency, and then expect to stand on technicalities. I have bad fire in my agency, and will probably have more. I have paid losses, promptly and liberally, and expect to pay more until fire ceases to burn. I appreciate any business you give me and it will always receive my best attention, and all losses whether large or small, are promptly paid upon ascertaining such loss; but 1 don't want to create the impression that the applicant or insurer are without responsibility. I again say that I want your insurance business, and I am prepared to write all kinds of fire insurance, including cotton on storage, mercantile buildings and stocks, farm property occupied by owner?painted and in good condition, saw mills, cotton gins, household furniture, and in fact, I will insure almost anything except vacant lots, public wells and burning buildings, and upon being acquainted with all the facts, at adequate rates, I will take a small policy on these exceptions. Trustworthy and reliable people can always get trustworthy and reliable insurance in my agency. L. GEO. GRIST, Resident Agent. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken you should not fail to come and see me. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am confident that I know my business. It has always been my desire to please my customers. I 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 :?e me about it. I can do the work. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask anyone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, You will find my Gallery warm and pleasant. Come and see me whenever von need photographs. Respectfully J. R. SCHORB. GARRY IRON RO MANUFACT Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE I'KOOF DOORS, JUfflfflpSBSSBm THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ( J&TOrders received by L. M. GRIST r