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tumorous Jlrpiutmrnt. fST Jennie was learning 'o read and spell, but it was very hard for her to remember what her teacher told her about pronouncing a double letter when she came to one. She would say "a a" or "e e" or "t t" instead of "double a" or "double e." etc. Her teacher had drilled her considerably on this matter in spelling. Shortly afterward Jennie was called on to read. The paragraph begab, "Up, up, Lucy," and Jennie read it triumphantly, "Double up, Lucy!"?Evening Star. A Scripture examination was being held recently in an English school, ? the lesson oeing hiujuu unciiub ? sacrifice on Mount Carnoel. As the children looked like scholars, the inspector gave them a question, saying: "Now, you have told me that Elijah put the bullock on the altar. Why did he put water around the altar?-' The children looked amazed, except one little boy, who stood up and said : "Please, sir, to make the gravy." t8T A missionary recently returned to Germany was invited to dine with an aristocratic family. The daughters appeared at the table in very low dresses, and the master of the house thought it incumbent on him to offer an apology, in which he laid the blame on the prevailing fashion. "Don't apologize, I pray," the missionary replied, "it does not effect me in the least; you know I have lived 10 years among the savages." S8P Customer?I'll buy nothing more from you. The last suit of clothes you sold me shrank terribly after a single * '"t- ? - ?? * /lAncn't shower ot rain. 1 ne com III/ W UUCOK ? I reach as far as the waist, and the trousers are up to my knees. Salesman?Then you have a firstclass bicycle suit, and the best thing you can do is to buy a wheel. How Adam Was Punished.?The other day, in a Sunday-school class of boys between the ages of six and ten, a question was asked as to how God punished Adam for disobeying him. There was silence for a moment or so; and then one bright boy said, "Please, sir, God took away one of his ribs and gave him a wife." IfiT He had taken his punishment like a little maa, and for some time afterwards bad been buried in thought. . "Mamma," he said, finally. "Well, Willie?" "Do you really whip me because you love me so much?" "That's the reason I punish you, Willie." "And don't you love papa at all ?" I?" Ethel?You say Algy has been heartlessly deceived by a young woman. Did she lead him on to think that she loved him? May?Oh, no; she led him on to believe that she didn't care a rap for him and then when he carelessly proposed, accepted him on the spot. CaT One Scotchman complained that he had got a ringing in his head. "Do you ken the reason of that?" asked his worthy crony. "No." "I'll tell ? - Ko/ininjo it's pmntv." "And J UU 11/ O uwvwuwv IV w ~ ? r " have ye uever a ringing in your head ?" "No, never." "And do ye ken the reason ? It's because it's crackit." J6?" A man out west, whose house was recently destroyed by fire, published a card, in which he thanks his fellow citizens for making an unsuccessful attempt to save his furniture, and expresses a hope that he will soon have au opportunity to reciprocate the favor. |&* "Can you tell me," asked his wife, scornfully, after looking over the property he had just purchased, "what ever induced you to buy this place ?" "I can," he answered, promptly. "What?" she demanded. "One of the smartest real estate agents in this part of the country." Neighborly Service.?AgentMay I put a burglar alarm in your house? Lady?No, we don't need it. "But?" "No, I mean it. The family across the street watches the place so closely that even a burglar couldn't get in without being seen." W8F Dusty Rhodes?"Say, boss! Can yer help a poor man just out o' the Cuban prison ?" Mr. Touched?"Ain't you the same man that stopped me yesterday as a sufferer from the Mississippi floods?" "Yes,sir; I'm bavin' an awful run o' hard luck." 86T A local genius in a Maine town has put the following sign on his barn : "Job printing, signs lettered, hammocks repaired, hammocks manufact ureci, ornamental painting, Harnesses polished, furniture painted, wagons painted, carpets dusted, banjo tuition." No Necessary Obligation.?"Napkin, please?" said the man on the corner stool. "I suppose you can have one if you want it," stiffly replied the waiter girl, "but gents hardly ever ask for 'em with 10-cent lunches." ?aF" "Did my clieut enter into a positive agreement to marry you ?" "Not exactly," she replied ; "but he courted me a good deal, and he told ray sister that he inteuded to marry into our family." fiSF" A gentleman coming into the room of the late Dr. Bartou, told him that Mr. Vowel was dead. "What!" said he. "Vowel dead? Let us be thankful it was neither 'U' nor lI'!" ffSa?" A little girl, attending a party, was asked by her mother how she enjoyed herself. "Ob," said she, "I am full of happiness. I couldn't be any happier unless I could grow." fitfif Mrs. Maun (meeting her former servant)?Ah, Mary, I suppose you are getting better wages at your new place?" "No, ma'am. I'm workiug for nothing now ; I'm married." fa?*' The man who calls himself a "vile worm of the dust" in his prayers is surprised if his neighbor agrees with him. WajfSidr (Sathmngs. 8&~ An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. 8&" The narrower a person's mind, the wider is his criticism. 86?" The honoring of our parents is not only a duty but a debt. Look out for your influence. It may be greater than you know. IST The habit of being always employed is a safeguard through life. 8?* Of all the dust thrown in men's eyes, gold-dust is the most blinding. 8?* What kind of a robber is Dot daugerous ? A safe robber, of course. r,: mon Q nncSHnn ft? VHVC LUC avciajjc UiUU M ^/VV.V.WWJ and be will cast bis eyes around for an assistant. t@P "Why don't you get out of debt ?" "I haven't time. It keeps me busy getting in." SOT It is the easiest thiDg in the world to forgive yourself the sins you condemn in others. SST It is the easiest thing in the world to forgive yourself the sins you coudemn in others. Gold was kuown much earlier than silver, and was at first the cheaper of the two metals. Never borrow more than you i can pay back, and never lend more than you cau borrow. S&F A Richmond firm advertises a medicine warranted to cure life-insurance agents of bashfulness. B&T It is estimated that one out of every 180 inhabitants of the Uuited Stutes owns or rides a bicycle. S&P Undeserved praise is dangerous to the weak ; uujust blame may turn even the strong lrom the right way. t&P Under present conditions of life in tins country, liquor is the most persistent and insidious foe of the home. t&T The Chinese dress in white at funerals and in black at weddings and old womeD always serve as bridesmaids. 86T Au Irish boy when asked the meauing of the word uothing, replied : "A pair of footless stockings without legs." floT When one man proposes a good thing, another man usually proposes one so much better that nothiug is done. flaT" The greatest trouble with some people is that they insist on conversing about tnings with which they are not conversant. iST When a girl suddenly begins lending her wheel to her little brother she is getting ready to uslc her father for a new oue. 8SF* Lots of people tbiuk the pioper thiug to do in hot weather is to go about drinking all sorts of driuks that will make them thirsty. What is God ? The sum of eternity ; the machinist of nature ; the eye of justice ; the matchless power of the universe, the soul of the world. DOT Have the courage to speak your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, and to hold your tongue when it is better that you should be silent. IST Miss Sprocket?"There is a text from scripture that I always think of when I mount this tandem, Charley." "What is it?" "Cet tnee oenina me, Satan." tOT" "Do you know McShifter pretty well?" "Know him? Every time he expresses an opinion I can tell whether it is bis own or whether he got it from his wife." From an occasional glass the descent is easy to an occasional debauch, until eventually the man is only sober occasionally. Avoid the beginnings of evil things. IST" "You speak," said a fond mother, "about people having strength of mind, but when it comes to strength of don't mind, my son William surpasses anybody I ever knew." S&F The difference between the heathen and many a young lady in Christain lands is not very great. While the heathen worships a block, the youug lady adores a blockhead. S8F "Isn't that a beautiful color?" said the fish dealer, as he cut into a large salmon. "Yes," said Flotsou; "I suppose he is blushing at the extravagant price he is gettiug for himself." There are men who will give up tobacco for the sake of the woman they love; but it is a lucky man, all the same, who falls in love with a woman who likes the smell of tobacco smoke. 1No one need hope to rise above his present situation who suffers small things to pass by unimproved, or who neglects, metaphorically speaking, to pick up a penny because it is not a dollar. tt&T A small lie, if it is actually a lie, condemns a man as much as a big and black falsehood. If a man will delibeiately cheat to the amount of a single cent, give him an opportunity, and he would cheat to any amount. B&T Let us count up a few of the advantages of the country. Fresh air, sunsbiue everywhere, no over-crowding, work at living wages, enough to eat, opportunities to develop character, self-respect, health, and independence. A young lady wants to know the significance of the custom of throwing old shoes after the bride. Why, bless your sweet iunocence, sis, it means that, now she is married, she'll be lucky if she gets even old shoes to wear. WGP A West Bath, Me., farmer never has his horses shod. He says that the practice is agaicst nature aud brings his horses up from colthood to travel on their hoofs. They never seem to have any difficulty in getting over the roads, even in slippery weather. Staff' Over the whole world the proportion of the sexes is about equal, but iu separate parts of the world it varies greatly. For instance, in this country there are 98 women to every 100 men ; in Europe there are rather more thau 100 women to 100 men. Cauada has 95 women to 100 men. B3T Ask no woman her age. Never joke with a policeman. Do not play chess with a widow. Never contradict a tnau who stutters. Be civil to rich uncles and auuts. Your oldest hat, of course, for an evening party. Always sit next the carver, if you can, at diuuer. international Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON I, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, OCT. 2. Text of the Lesson, II Chron. xlv, 2-12. Memory Verses, 2-5 ? Golden Text, II Chron. xiv, 11?Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. 9. "And Asn did that which was good and right in the eyes of thoLord his God." Last quarter was spent .liofly with the propbots Elijah and Eli?oa, men of Ood. and now wo are to have several lessons o_ kings who were nion of God. Asa was the third king of Judah after tho kingdom was divided at the death of Solomon, and the first to do right in tho sight of the Lord. This statement is made oonoerning sovon other kings of Judnh, but not onco ooncerning any of the kings of the ten tribos. The throne was cnllod tho throne of tho Lord, or the throne of tho kingdom of the Lord over Israol, and the king wag said to be king for the Lord his God (1 Chron. xxix, 23; xxviii, 5; II Chron. ix, 8). 8. "He took away tho altars of tho strango gods." Although tho law of God said, "Thou shalt have no othor gods before mo" (Ex. xx, 8), yet Solomon introduced many 6trango gods to plouso his wives, and both Rehoboam and Abijnh continued the idol worship. It is difficult to go against the customs of your fathei J Knf A an fonm/1 fnfK. emu ^lauviiabuuii uuu ?ou v?vw *wvm er than man and was determined to dc right bofore Him. 4. "And oommanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers." In versos 3 and 4 of the next chapter wo read thnt Israel bad been for n long season without tho truo God, and without a teaching priest, and without law, but when they turned to tho Lord and sought Him He was found of them. In versos 12 and 15 wo read that tboy sought Him with ull thoir heart and soul, oven with their whole desire, and Ho gave them rest round about. The Lord takos heed to cur hearts rathor than our words and will fulfill the desire of thorn that fear Him. 5. "Tho kingdom Was quiot before him." Verse 1 says, "In hisdays tho land was quiet ten years." Quietness is ono of tbo groat gifts of God which 6hall yet bo fully enjoyed not only by all Israel but by all tho world, when "the work of righteousness shall bo peaco, and tho effoct (or service) of righteousness shall be quietness and assurance forever" (Isa. xxxii, 17). In quiotness and in confidence is strength, and tho ornament of a meek and quiet spirit is in tho sight of God of great price (Isa. xxx, 15; I Pet. iii, 4). 6. "Tho land had rest, because the Lord had given him rest." In Joshua xxiii, 1, it is written thut tho Lord bad given rest unto Israel from ull their enemies. In I Cbron. xxii, 9, the Lord bud told David thnt his son Solomon (peacouble) would be a man of rest and thnt Israel would enjoy peace und quietness in his days. Lamcch said ooncorning his son, "This shall comfort us concerning our work." and 60 he called him Noah?L e., rest or comfort. The earliest rest is tnat 01 uen. n, 0, which was broken by tho devil doubting God's word and God's love, and thus ho still seeks to break ull rest. 7. "Because we have sought the Lord our God He hath given us rest on every side." When Solomon was about to build the temple, he said to Hirum, "The Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurront" (I Kings v, 4). The rest of the kingdom that is coming will be glorious (Isa. xi, 10), or, us in tho marglD, glory. Even now Ho says, "Come unto Me, and I will gi.vo you rest,"and "When Ho giveth quiotness, who then can make trouble?" (Math, xi, 28; Job xxxiv, 29.) When, even in our ordinary daily affairs, wo ullow tho government to bo upon His shoulder und thepoaceof God to rule (Isa. Ix, 7; Col. ili, 15), we will havo u glorious foretustoof tho rest of the kingdom. Some say that they seek Him yet do not 6eem to find Him as their rest, but it must be that they do not seek Him with tho whole heart (Jer. xxix, 13). 8-10. Tho adversary will not allow us to rest if he con help it, 60 here we have over a million of Ethiopians guthered against Asa in battle, and bo has but little over half as many with which to meet them. Wars will not wholly ceaso from tho earth until tho devil is cast into tho lake of fire at the end of the thousand years (Rov. xx, 7-10), for, whilo the millennium will bo a time of peace, it will end with a great war. Israel bad no reason to fear her enemies, however numerous, for tho promise of God was that one should chaso a thousand and two put 10,000 to flight. Tho deliverance from Egypt and tho conquest of tho Canaanites, with the many deliverances and vlctorios in tho days of tho Judges and in the timo of David, would strengthen the hands of any ono who foarod God. David could say, "I will not bo ufraid of ten thousands of pooplo that havo set themselves against mo round Ahmit: " "Thfiiiffh a host should oncaniD against mo, my heart shall not fear" (Ps. iii, 6; xsvii, 3; xlvl, 1, 2). 11. "And Asa cried unto tho Lord his God and 6aid, Lord, it is nothing with Thee to help, whether with many or with them that huvo nopowor." Jonathan said to his armor bearor, "It may bo thut the Lord will work for us, for there is no restraint to tho Lord to suvo by many or by few" (I Sam. xiv, C). Tho greatest hindrance to the Lord's work is generally our fancied strongth or wisdom, and thoro is no proverb much more unscriptural than this, that God helps thoso who help themsolves. In the matter of sulvution it is only the lost und helpless und ungodly for whom it is provided, and it has been provided wholly by our Lord Jesus Christ and is given froely to every penitent sinner. In the daily life for God it is God who works all our works in us and for us (Isa. xxvi, 12). Ho delivers tho needy, tho poor also and him that hath no helper (Ps. Ixxll, 12). When Gideon had only 82,000 men against an innumerable host, the Lord said to him, "The people that are with thee are too many, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me" (Judg. vii, 2). God must bo glorilicd in all things, and no llcsb dare presume to glory in His presonce (I Cor. i, 29, 31; Isa. ii, 11,17, 22). If wo are living in tho name of tho Lord and seeking only His glory, no man or doinon can prevail ilgainst us or even touch us without God's permission. 12. "So the Lord smote tho Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah." They were destroyed beforo the Lord and before His 1 i I 10\ T7..4. l-5.w. nt IlUbU ^YUJTfiU lO/t iui ?? ui'ii vuw mug ui Israel came against Asa in the thirty-sixth year of his reign ho forgot this great deliverance and relied on the king of Syria rathor than upon God, and when rebuked for it ho grew angry with the Lord's servant and put him in prison (chapter xvi). fco prone are wo to forget God and to leun Upon an arm of flesh instead of putting our whole trust in tho Lord! Blessed .are all they that trust in Him (Ps. ii, 13). WSf We sleep, but the loom of life never stops. The pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. The world will be improved when a man has learned to laugh a little less at his neighbor's troubles and little more at his own. Jam and Jiwsitle. THE PRESERVATION OF WOOD. Never apply paint or any other coating to greeu or unseasoned timber. If the wood is not well dried, the coat will hasten decay. Oil paints are used to increase the durability by protecting the wood against moisture. All exposed unpainted boards become gray and fuzzy, warps aud checks, the nails rust out, and even if it is uot exposed to rain, damp air, steam, etc., occasiou similar mischief. For coating, coal tar, with or without sand or plaster, aud pitch, especially if mixed with oil or turpentiue and applied hot, thus penetrating more deeply, answers best. A mixture of three parts coal tar and one part uusalted grease, to prevent the tar from drying until it has time to till the minute pores, is recommended. One barrel of coal tar, costing $3 to $4, will cover 300 posts. Both tar and oil paint have the disadvantage that they act as mere covers. If the wood has any chance to get moist before painting, they are harmful instead of useful. Heavy tar oils, freed of their volatile as well as their thick tarry constituents, such as are now offered in the market under the name ofcarboliueum, are preferable to paints and tars. [B. E. Fernow, circular 20, Division of Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture.] These oils penetrate and act as uutiseptics, usually killing the fungi or at least retarding their action aud development. They ure applied with brush or else us baths, usually aud prehrubly hot. They can not replace paints where the looks ol the materiuls ure to be improved. Charring a>siSts merely as un insulator, separating the wood lrom the ground, and as lungi cunnot eat their way through charcoal they are preveuted from entering. Generally, however, the process develops large cracks, and -- ... * .1- . ! (iius exposes me nnniui iu iuc attacks of ihe fungi.?Orange Judd Farmer. Beware of Chimney Fires.?Now is the nine to beware of chimney fires. It is generally supposed that the greatest danger from these is in mid-winter, when furnaces and ranges and stoves are being forced to their utmost capacity. But now that the fires are allowed to gel low occasionally, aud more wood is used, the soot collects more rupidlyiu the chimney ; aud unless precautious are takeu to avoid this accumulation, a fierce blaze in starting a new fire will ignite the soot, and cause the dreaded chimney fires. There is no better met hod of avoiding this than (hat so often recommended of burning pieces oi zinc. A t ihisseasou plenty of old ziuc should be kept on hand for this purpose. A piece of zinc placed on the live coals iu a hot stove will effectually clean out the stove pipe aud chimneys, the vapors produced carrying off the soot by chemical decomposition. This should be kept in miud by those who have been burning.wood instead of coal for fuel, and also by those who use quantities of paper, shaviugs, etc., iu the frequent kindling of fires. Milk Regularly.?Regularity in time of milking is necessary. The dairy cow is a good time keeper, and kuows very well when milking time comes. If she is neglected and allowed to go far beyond the regular time she begins to worry and loss follows. There are some cows that certain milkers can never get clean. They milk out all that flows readily, strip around once or twice, aud call her finished. With some cows this will do, but with others the milker must reach well on the udder, and work it with a sort of kneading process. A li'.tle manipulation of this sort will - ? i? ?1 ? cause me wnoie quuuuby iu uuw iuw the teats, whereas, without it, there will be froma gill to a pint of the richest milk left in the udder every time which means a prematurely dry cow.?Indiana Farmer. Poultry and Pork.?A poultry breeder says farmers will feed a bushel of corn to produce 6 pounds of pork worth 25 cents, while this bushel would keep a hen a year. She would lay at least 12 dozen eggs, which, averaging 10 cents a dozen, would equal $1.20, and she would rear a brood of chickens worth twice as much more, raakiug a total of nearly $5. Experiments made at the Utah agricultural experiment station seem to prove the correctness of the statement made in the paragraph quoted above. Another paper says: "Forty dozen eggs will bring more money than a load of bay, which requires a great deal of labor to produce, and a good-sized patch of ground to grow, besides lots of sweat. Study the egg question." Fattening Fogs.?A hog fattens more quickly by being fed no more at anytime lime than it will eat. It should always clean up all in the trough. When it has fed, clean out the trough and do not feed again until the animal shews plainly that it is hungry. If overfed so that it feeds indifferently it will lose less weight to permit it to go without food a day than it would by continuing to feed beyond its appetite. 1'robauiy nootuer animal is so seusitive to injury from overfeeding as the hog. Protecting Trees Against Rabbits.? While there are innumerable remedies recommended and used for the protection of young trees agair.st the depredations of rabbits, mice and other animals, there is nothing better and more reliable than small meshed wire uetting wound around the tree and tied together with a wire. It is inexpensive, durable, does not keep out light and air, and is in every way preferable to tarred puper, tin and any of the close coverings recommended. Fallimg Off In Milk.?Many dairymen are disappointed at the beginning of winter because the cows fall oil'in milk. This is due usually to the sudden change from green to dry food. Any change made should be gradual, by feeding dry food before i winter sets in, increasing the dry food i daily until the cows are giving the proportion of it. piscetliiufoiis Reading. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. Summary of the New* That I? Heine Publinhed by Exchanges. CHESTER?The Lantern, September 16 : General Roadmaster Dodson and Superintendent P. I. Wells, of the Southern Railway, were in the city yesterday, and perfected arrangements for putting in a side track to Mr. Martiu's oil mill. Prof. J. L. Douglass, of Davidson college, who spent the best part of his vacation wrestling with a case of typhoid fever at his father's home near Blackstock, was in the city yesterday and is looking remarkably well. He is gaining fiesb so rapidly that he fears be will have to buy new clothes. The friends of Mr. J. H. Means Bealy will be glad to learn that he has been elected as bead of the new textile engineering department of Clernsou college. It is stated, by the way, that mauufac turers of cotton mill machinery have donated about $10,000 worth of machinery to this department. Yesterday morning Mr. I. N. Cross was taking cartridges out of his gun to clean it out, intending to go over about Harmony to hunt squirrels. He was using some iron or steel instrument, holding the guu between his knees with the muzzle toward his feet. One of the cartridges was exploded and the load went through his right angle, utmost tearing his foot oil'. It was amputated above the aukle. Mr. Cross 1ms been exceedingly unfortunate, as he lost bis left hand in a cotton gin three years ago. CLEVELAND?The Star, September 14: The rank and tile of the Populist party uud many of the re spectable white Republicans, don't favor placing Negroes in office ovei white people, and hence they are going to vote the Democratic ticket this year. Cherryville is to huvt a new paper?The Gastou Visitoredited and published by Mr. J. P Nelson, of this place. The first issue of the uew paper will appear thi: week. We wish the new enterprise abundant success. Mr. C. T. Hord one of our clever and industrious young farmers and enthusiastic Democrats, was the first to sell a bale ol new cotton this year. He sold his first bale on Tuesday at 5 cents. Craveu county has a Negro road overseer and a reputable cilizeu swears that be has seeu white meu work in jj the road under this Negro overseer, The Negro's name is Ab Jackson. Two of the white men who were forced to work the road under ,lhii Negro were Dexter Cole aud William Cole. Any Republican or fusiouist who denies this, lies. If you do uot believe this write to Mr. Romulus A. Nunu, a notary public iu the city ol Newbern. Mr. F. J. Lucas, a good citizen of Polkville, happened with a serious and painful accideut ou last Saturday afternoon. He was riding his mule rapidly, when the animal stumbled and fell, throwing him to the ground and breaking his collar bone aud bruisiug him up pretty badly. He is improving now, we are glad to learn. Chairman Jonathan Hoyle, of the Populist County Executive committee, says that the Populist committee endorsed P. W. Hamot for county commissioner, but refused to endorse the other Republican nominee for commissioner?G. F. Hambright, ol Grover. This is the first informatiou that the public has had that the fusion deal was not complete. We venture the assertion that the Republicans will slash the Populists for repudiaiiug Hambright. Mr. Bunyau Herndou, the industrious son of Mr. J. F. Herndon, was happily married last Wednesday afternoon to Miss Minnie Moss, at the residence of the bride's father, Jerome Moss, of Grover, Rev. P. R. Elam officiating. The young couple have our best wishes for length of days and happiness. LANCASTER?Ledger, September 17: Since the middle of last May, our friend, Mr. J. B. Funderburk, at Tradesville, has not been without sickness in his home. During that time six members of bis family have been prostrated with typhoid fever, three of whom are yet confined to their beds. Two of the first to take sick are able to be about and his oldest son is just getting so he can be up about half the time. With all his sickness, Mr. Funderburk feels grateful that death has not entered his home. We sincerely hope that his family may all soon be restored to their wonted health Judge Dixon, colored, one of the parties arrested charged with the Culp burglary, had a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Burns this week and was discharged, the evidence against him being insufficient. John Witherspoon Sr., and John Witherspoon, Jr., two otherdarkies implicated, will have a preliminary hearing today. Our old friend, Mr. A. Cameron, who has been employed as general foreman "of bridge and building on the 0. R. & C., the past 13 years, has resigned, and is arranging to return to his old home at Toronto, Canada. His son, Mr. A. Cameron, Jr., will accompany him. They will probably start for Canada next week. Mr. Cameron has made many friends in this vicinity who will regret his departure. Mr. J. A. Hyatt was elected magistrate in Waxhaw township by a majority of 1 over the present incumbent, T. W. Secrest. One illegal vote was cast and Mr. Secrest gave notice that he would contest the election. The Greatest.?The largest deposits of anthracite coal in the world are in Pennsylvania. The largest valley in the world is the valley of the Mississippi. It contains 500,000 square miles. The largest lake in the world is Lake Superior, being 430 miles long and 1,000 feet deep. The greatest cave in the world is the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, which contains a navigable lake abounding in eyeless fish. The greatest mass of solid iron in the world is the great Iron Mountain in Missouri. It is 350 feet high and two miles in circuit. " The greatest cataract in the world is the falls of Niagara, which plunges over rocks in two columns to the depth of 170 feet each. The greatest natural bridge in the world is the natural bridge over Cedar Creek in Virginia. It extends across i chasm 80 feet in width and 250 ii depth. FEATHERSTONE IN DEFEAT. A Manly Letter to tlio People of Sontl Carolina. To the Editor of The Sunday News Please allow me space in your column that I may say a few words in refer ence to the recent election. In the first place, I desire to thanl my friends all over the stale for th many kindnesses and courtesies showi me during the receut campaign, am i for the large vote given me on the 30tl of August and 13th of Septembei From the bottom of my heart I appre date their kindness and support, shall endeavor to so conduct raysel i thut those who gave me their suppor shall never have cause for regret. I have made the best fight that could. I have made it upon the high est plane of which I was capable When I entered the race I was con scious that I was advocating what wa right. The campaign has but strength eued my convictions along that lint i I have no regrets. My conscience am ' skirts are clear. Iu the second place, I would urg ( my friends and supporters not to he come discouraged. We have made . good fight. We have fought upon hig! ground and for the sake of principle i We have nothing to be ashamed ol i Better things are in store for us in th i future. Right must and will triumpl . iu the end. Go to work in eurnest fo the cause that you love. Be more n earnest than ever, and in the futur good results are sure to follow. In the third place, let me urge m ! friends to be true aud loyal to the in coming administration. By your earn , est co-operation aud support it can h made better. It is your duty as gooi ' citizens to stand by the law, so long a it remains the law, no matter how l>u< ! it may he. We have had enough strif and bitterness in South Carolina. W , must get together and bolster up ou 1 officers and assist tbem in the dis > charge of their duties. It is not th ! part of good citizenship to abuse am , vilify those in power. On the contm s ry, the good citizen, even though h ' belong to the minority, will, after h !' has made his fight, rally to the sup i port of those by whom he has bee ' beaten, aud assist tbem in the execu tion of the laws, i I therefore urge my friends to thro ; aside their disappointments ana preju , dices, and act as true Carolinian ought to act. i For those who have fought me upo ? principle, who have beeu fair and liav used no improper means, I have null) . ing hut the kindest feeling. The, . have simply done what they had right to do. Those who have fough r me from improper motives, and hav used doubtful methods, will find pun , ishment enough in the accusations g their own consciences. I have nothing of the "sore head ahout me. I shall not "sulk in m I tent." I am ready and willing to d i all in my power to benefit and hel old South Carolina. Very truly, I C. C. FEATHER8TONE. Lauren3, September 16, 1898. ELLEKBE IS GRATEFUL. The Governor Has Something to Say of tli Recent Election. [ Columbia Register, Friday. Governor Ellerbe was able to com down to his office this morning for th first time since the electiou. He ha been indisposed for several days am acting upon the udvice of his physi eian has remained in doors all week He regretted that he was unable t< address the soldiers of the Secoud regi meut before their departure for Jack sonville, but circumstauces wer against him. When asked if had anything to sa; concerning the election, or any stale ment for publication, Governor Ellerbi replied as follows: "A mild attack of la grippe has con fiued me to ray room for severul days but I am mucb better today. "I am deeply grateful to my fellov cilizeus who supported my candidac; for reelection. I attribute my amal majority to the opposition of town ami cities to the dispensary and Lh< exceedingly light vote polled in th< country. I shall always remembe with pleasure and profound sense o gratitude the handsome vote I receiv in the first primary. "Considering the strength of my op position, opposed as I was by a num her of influential and able men, it wa the compliment of my life. But grate ful as I am to the people of the stab for again honoring me with their suf frages, I accept the congratulations o friends with mingled feelings of joj and sadness?joy at the renewed maui festation of confidence in me and sad ness because of a realizing sense of th< enormous responsibility again assum ed. . I have no other ambition excep the faithful und conscientious dis charge of my official duties, and hopi when my second term shall have ende< I shall have done something worthy t< be remembered. I have bad a grea deal to contend with siuce I have beei governor, and, being an inexperience< man, it was but natural that I should have made mistakes; but my experi ence will be worth something to me it the future, and I trust my administra (ion during the secoud term will rnon fully meet the approval und confideuo of the people. "I ask forgiveness for those who hav< wilfully and maliciously standi red me and trust they may be tuughl tba open, honest, disinterested criticism i: right and is to be welcomed ; but thai abuse, slander and misrepreseutatioi is unmanly and dishonorable." BP!, ^akiN? POWDER Absolutely Pure ' J. H. RIDDLE. n CUANO, ACID, WHEAT. s WE again wish to reiterate that we have an almost unlimited supply of GUANO and ACID on band, and k taking our past experience as a criterion, e we would urge that you at once begin _ the looking out and arranging for asup" ply for your WHEAT CROP." You will remember the exhorbilant prices that h was obtained for wheat during March and . April and May. You have g<x>d milling ' facilities, and you cannot afford not to '* RAISE WHEAT. See us at once, make I arrangements for your GUANO AND ir ACID, look to the preparation of your ,. lands, and sow wheat" for results and . profit. 1 CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS 5. WHO use LIME, CEMENT, SHINj LES and LATHS, an<i who live at any point on the Caro'ina and Northwestern, or the Ohio River and Charlese ton Railroads, will at all times find us prepared to deliver these goods at their nearest stations at competitive prices and H in any quantity desired. We simply ask b a trial order, and you will be jxmvinced that other dealers don't know how to buy ! ' and of course could not know how to sell. p J. H. RIDDLE. r YORK" DRUG STORE. "TIMES HAVE CHANGED" V 'A ND things have changed as well?" i. xjL but von will find that I stilJ have the most COMPLETE stm-k of Drugs to be '* found in this section, having recently e filled orders from Lincnlntmi and Rock ,| Hill, for goods not to be found in the . Drug Stores of either of those towns. A NTI-PKKMENT continues to make d converts and strengthens its reputation e daily as the "Greatest Medicine on e Earth" for the disorders for which it is recommended. Read this modest, but truthful and grateful testimonial?from a ) man in J Columbia, S. C. t. My, boy, two years of age, was very ill. with a "digestive trouble'' and the e best treatment afforded no relief. We alts most gave up hope of his rei-overy. Your i- Anti-Ferment was recommended to me. .. and with the MJinetion of my trained nurse we gave it to the boy. We could l" see signs ol? improvement in a Cew hour-, and I never saw audi marked benefit v from anything in my life. He continued to improve and is now well itiid fat. I have told a great many about it and will d be glad to continue it whenever the opportunity offers. Signed, ? C. F. AtfOBTKY. The above was purely voluntary. ** "For the want of a nail the shoe was I- lost." v For the want of Anti-Ferment your ' child may be lost. a Provide iu time against any emergency 1 and keep a bottle always in the bouse, e CLARENCE M. tfUYKENDAL. R. J. HERN DON. i: THE SECONDTAND TlANO 0 T ADVERTISED is disposed of and I' X now I have AN ELEGANT UPRIGHT Seven and one-third octaves, cabinet grand, almost new, every lato improvement, with stool and scarf, at ONLY $135. - NEW ORGANS, Direct from maker, $50 and upward. Both the maker's and my 5 years' guarantee. e Certainly I will sell them on the installment plan or any reasonable way you may prefer. d Ever Examine Deering Mower * and Rakes ? o Finest on Earth. I have them. . R. J. HERNDON. e [MDL11 k NmiEIHI ill y . ; G. W. P. HARPER, President. e v l Schedules in Effect from and After 8 March 6, 1897. ; e e " r CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. f GOING WORTH. | No 10. | NO 60. " Lea%e Chester 6 45 a m 8 4,5 am Leave Lowrysville 708am 920am Leave McConnellsville 7 21 am 952am Leave Guthrlesvllle.... 7 29am 10 09am . Leave Yorkvllle 7 49 a m 11 00 a m Leave Clover 8 10 a m 11 48 am 8 Leave Gastonia 8 46 a m 120pm Leave Lincolnton 988am 2 40 pm Leave Newton 10 25 am 4 00 pm e Leave Hickory 11 20 am 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir 12 16 am 8 00 pm f GOING SOUTH. | NO. 9. | No 01. , Leave Lenoir 3 15 pm 530am Leave Hickory 4 15pm 720am Leave Newton 5 10pm 9 00am . Leave Lincolnton 556pm 10 50am Leave Gastonia 6 49 pm 100 pm B Leave Clover 7 32 pm 2 02 pm . Leave Yorkvllle 8 01pm 310pm . Leave Guthrlesvllle ... 8 20pm 340pm ' Leave McConnellsville 8 28pm 3 55pm Leave Lowrysville 8 45 pm| 4 25pm Arrive Chester 9 11 pm I 5 10 pm r J Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and ? run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 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