tumorous gcpartmcnt.
A Boy's Essay on Breath.?A
little boy io the North Side public
school recently handed in to the teacher
the following communication on
"Our Breath" :
"Our breath is made of air. If it
were not for our breath we would die.
The breath keeps going through our
liver, our lights and our lungs. Boys
shut up in a room all day should not
breathe, they should wait until they
get out of doors. Air in a room has
carbonocide in it, and carbonocide is
poisoner than mad dogs. Once some
man ivas shut ud in a black hole in
India, a carbonocide got into that there
hole, and afore morning nearly every
one of them was dead. Girls wear
corsets which squeeze their diagrams
too much. Girls cannot run and holler
like boys cause their diagrams are
squeezed. If I was a girl I would just
run and holler so my diagram would
grow. That's all on breath."?Minneapolis
Journal.
I?* A funny story is told of one of
the June weddings. The young couple
were from a somewhat humble
walk in life, but were beaming with
happiness. At the conclusion of the
ceremony there was a pause of some
length. The bride looked at the groom,
and he gazed at her with a happy but
somewhat vague expression of confidence.
At last the bride stepped for
ward in a hesitating manner, and,
dropping an elaborate courtesy, said :
"We?we?are very much obliged to
you, sir, and we hope that at some
time we shall be able to retaliate."
Her husband looked at her with undisguised
pride in her ability to cope
with a word of such elegance, and the
minister bowed the couple out of the
parsonage with as grave a face as he
could call up.
A Wonderful Elixir.?Lean Customer?Doctor,
I want some medicine
or something that will put more flesh
on my bones.
Doctor (filling bottle from large glass
jar)?This will fix you. Take a tablespoonful
of it three times a day, eat
plenty of soup, leguminous vegetables,
cracked wheat and fruits, and abstain
from energetic exercise. Five dollars.
Thanks.
Fat Customer (five minutes later)?
Doctor, I want something that will relieve
me of this superfluous fat.
Doctor (filling bottle from same large
glass jar)?This will fix you. Take a
tablespoouful of it three times a day,
abstain from soup, meat, leguminous
vegetables, cracked wheat and fruits,
and take plenty of energetic exercise.
Five Dollars. Thanks.
It Doesn't Seem Possible.?Omaha
Man?And you are one of the female
Mormon missionaries in Tennessee?
Mormon Woman?Yes, there are 25
of us Mormon women down there and
we are meeting with great success.
"Success ! Do you mean to say that
you are making converts among the
womt u ?"
"Yes, indeed ; they just jump at our
presentation of the case ; that is, the
! 5 J1
marneu uuc? uu,
"Hampb ! I suppose you promise
them gold lace gowns and diamond
crowns, and?"
"O.h, no! We simply tell them that
a husband can't quarrel with more
than one wife at a time, and it lakes
a loug time to get arouud.?Omaha
World.
A Candidate For Heaven.?Judge
Tarbell tells the following joke on himself
: A short time after his retirement
from the bench he happened to meet
an old friend whom he had not seen
for sometime. The judge, all smiles
and heartiness, effervesced over his
friend in such a way as to provoke the
inquiry: "What office are you a candidate
for now, judge?" The judge
made a deprecatory movement with
an outward turned palm and said:
"For none at all, my dear brother;
I'm simply a caudidate for the kingdom
of heaven." His friend regarded
him sorrowfully for an instant, and
then, with more wit than politeness,
and more profanity than either, said,
"I'll bet you don't carry a d?u township
!"
K*T On the evening before the last
6olar eclipse in Germany, the colonel
of a regiment of infantry sent for all
the sergeants, and said to them :
"TVioro v*-111 ho on onlinco r?f t.hft Sllll
AUV4V " " vv vv"l?w ?
tomorrow. Tbe regiment will meet
on the parade ground in undress. I
will come and explain the eclipse before
drill. If the day is cloudy the
men will meet in the drill shed as
usual." Whereupon the sergeants
drew up the following order of the
day : "Tomorrow morning, by order
of the colonel, there will be an eclipse
of the sun. The regiment will assemble
on the parade ground, where the
colonel will come and superintend tbe
eclipse in person. If the sky is cloudy,
the eclipse will take place in the
drill shed."
Effectively Told.?Servant?Oh,
Miss, that Mr. Borem do be comin'
here again. There's uo use tellin' him
y'r not at home, fur he'll just push
past me an' say he'll wait till yez do
come back.
Miss Beauti?Then, for mercy's sake
tell him plainly that I'm engaged. Do
it in such a way he'll conclude to
leave.
Servant?Yes, mum.
Mr. Borem (a minute later)?Is Miss
Beauti at home ?
Servant?Yes, sor, but she do be ingaged
; an' the felly she's engaged to
do be waitin' in the parlor fur yez wid
a club.?New York Weekly.
Not Asking a Great Deal.?"I
am afraid, Bobby," said his mother,
"that when I tell your papa what a
naughty boy you've been today, that
he will punish you."
"Have you got to tell him?" asked
Bobby, anxiously.
"Oh, yes; I shall tell him immediately
after dinner."
The look of concern upon Bobby's
face deepened, until a bright thought
struck him.
"Well, ma," he said, "give him a
better dinner than usual. You might
do that much for me."
Wagsidf ?atherings.
t8T A fibre of silk one mile long
weighs but 12 grains.
16F" Sugar moistened with vinegar is
a good cure for hiccough.
16?* A cremated body leaves a residuum
of only eight ounces.
tST The Chinese divide the day into
12 parts of two hours each.
f3T To borrow is human ; to forget
all about it is still more so.
nn rv\ A "\T aKkQcIt Q 10011 T11 H j A I"1
W X uc uauiu 11 gin uoum <w
word, which means shallow water.
1^" Every man should shun liquor
drinking as he would taking arsenic.
t&~ A much kindlier policy in Canada
toward the United States is noted.
tST When a man has no faith in humanity,
humanity has no faith in him.
The Tartarian alphabet contains
202 Jettere, being the longest in the
world.
$&T Experiments are being made in
Nicaragua in shipping evaporated bananas.
If some Christians were better
listeners they would hear better ser
mons.
SaT I never, said the inebriate, found
mouey tight till I begau to get tight
myself.
tta?" Traits of character which you
seek to conceal you had better seek to
reform.
BetT Some men pray for their daily
bread and hustle for their nightly
chickens.
Wc&~ Profit is not without honor in
auy country, but it is often dishonorably
acquired.
Any mau who imagines he could
keep house better than his wife is foolish
if be ever mentions it.
It is a curious fact that the honey-bee
was never known in the United
States 'til imported from Englaud.
teT Men who attribute all their
failures to fate never think their successes
may be due to the same cause.
fQT There is a well in West Virginia
wnicn discharges ouiurm gas m?u a
roar ibat can be heard six miles away.
46T Of about 30 recognized coaling
stations in the Pacific, Great Britain
owns at least 12, and the United States
six.
t8T In Paris it is required that every
vehicle traversing its streets at night,
if only a wheelbarrow, shall carry a
lantern.
I6T Political economy has heen defined
as running for office and letting
your friends bear the expenses of the
campaign.
W3T After what the "Yankee pigs"
have done to Spaiu, Germany will undoubtedly
fear American pork more
than ever.
t&T Playing cards were first printed
about 1350. It is estimated that the
present annual output exceeds 7,000,000
packs a year.
The oldest artesian well in Europe
is found at Lillers, France. From
its mouth water has flowed uniterruptedly
for 756 years.
The average number of horses
killed in Spanish bull fights every year
exceeds 5,000, while 1,000 to 1,200
bulls are sacrificed.
1ST A man's curiosity never rivals
thaf nf a woman until some one ca
sually remarks that bis name appeared
in yesterday's paper.
IA little sugar taken with water,
not too cold, in case food is not obtainable,
will relieve any feeling of
exhaustion and sharp buuger.
One fourth of the people of the
earth die before the age of six, onehalf
before the age of 16, and only
one person in each hundred born lives
to the age of 65.
t6T Among the attractions of the
Paris exhibition of 1900 is a huge telescope,
by meaus of which the moon
will appear at a distance of but 38
miles.
S8T It is believed by oil experts that
West Virginia is underlaid by a sea of
petroleum. The output of white sand
oil for 1897 amounted to 18,000,000
barrels.
86T At Russian railway stations grievance
books are kept in which passengers
may enter complaints. The books
are sent to the central office once a
month and all complaints investigated.
VST An automatic electric music leaf
turner is one of the latest patents. It
is claimed for it that it can be easily
attached to any piano music rack, and
it is worked by touching a button with
the foot.
IST" A feature of the population statistics
of Western Australia is the large
proportion of males to females. The
disparity is maintained in the arrivals
by sea. At present there are 45 females
to every 100 males.
How is this for a definition of
money ? "That which, having not, we
want; having, we want more ; having
more, we want more still; and the
more we secure the less happy aud
contented we become."
1 W3T "Watah is a good thing," remarked
Colonel Bludd, of Kentucky.
"Waal, may be so," replied conservative
Major Bowie. "It is truly, sah,"
continued the colonel. "Rain makes
cawn, sah, an' cawn makes whisky."
"Do 1 have to stick this stamp
on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk
at the postoffice. "Ob, no," replied
the clerk ; "you couldn't go in the mail
bags, aud, besides, that is a letter
stamp, and you are not first class-male
matter."
A kom*infr lottor oqItincr fnr fl
I ?v??w, ? e, _
pair of cast-off trousers closed pathetically
with these words. "So send me,
most honored sir, the trousers and they
will be woven into the laurel crown of
your good deeds iu heaven."
I@T Among the Sioux Indians, when
one family borrows a kettle from another,
it is expected that, when the
kettle is returned, a small portion of
the food that has been cooked in it
will be left in the bottom, as the owner
must always know what was cooked iu
her kettle.
|6F" The consumption of coal per
head of population is lowest in Austria,
where it is only one-sixth of a ton
per annum, and highest iu Great Britain,
where each person averages three
and three-tenths tons each year. In
the United States the average is two
and one-fourth tons a year.
^International Wessons.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, NOV. 13.
Text of the Lesson, II Klnga xix, 20-22,
28-37?Memory Verses, 32-34?Golden
Text, Ps. xlvl, 1?Commentary Prepared
by the Rev. D. M. Stearns.
[Copyright, 1S98. by D. M. Stearns.]
SO. "Thus saitb tbo Lord God of Israel,
Tbatwblch thou host prayod to me against
Sonnaohorlb, king of Assyria, I hove
beard." In tbo fourteenth year of Heze
Kian ine King ui uamo agaiuov
Judah and greatly blasphemed tho Lord
both by word and by letter. Hezekiab,
when be bad road the letter, spread It before
the Lord and prayod (verses 14-19).
Many times havo I followed Hezeklab'a
plan and alwaya found rest. If wo ask
anything acoording to His will He hbaretb
us (I John v, 14), and it Is His will
that we tell Him every tl :ng and have
caroful anxloty about naming. See In
verse 19 that the great desiro of the king
in asking for the overthrow of Sennaoherlb
was that all tho earth might know that
the God of Israel was the only true God.
81. "This is the word that the Lord
bath spokon oonoorning him, Tho virgin,
the daughter of Zlon, hath despised thoe
and laughed thee to scorn." The people
of God in Judah, called the daughter of
Zion, the daughter of Jerusalem (oompare
Lam. li, 18), having God as their defender
and avonger, noed fear no enemy. In suoh
strength Moses and Joshua lived; Gideon
also, and David when he went fearlessly
against Goliath. When we seok only the
honor and glory of God, He will not fail us.
89. "Whom hast thou reproaobed and
blasphomed, the Holy One of Israel?"
As in the next verse, "By thy messengers
than hast reproached the Lord." Thoy
spake against tho God of Jerusalem as
against the gods of the people of the earth,
the work9 of the hands of man, and for
this cause Hezekiab, tho king, and the
prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed
and cried to heaven (II Chron. xxxii, 19,
89). God board thoir prayer, and now we
will see how He answered it.
28. "I will turn thee baok by the way
TrhJnh thnn nnmesfc." This is a Dart of the
word of the Lord concerning Sennocberib.
Soe also verse 28, "I know thy abode and
tby going out and thyeoming in and thy
rage against me." He who created all
things can set bounds that none can pass.
Wo can only go hero and there or do this
or that if the Lord will (Jas. iv, 15). Man
does not stop to consider that all his words
and even bis thoughts are known to the
Lord (Ps. oxxxix, 1-4), and that It Is impossible
to bide anything from Him. Even
Adam, blinded by satan, thought bo could
bido from Ood among the treos (Gen. ill,
8). Happy are those who live as in the
sight of the Lord.
29. "And this shall be a sign unto thee."
By comparing this verse with Lev. xxv,
21, 22, tho sign seems to have been the
special blessing of God upon the Sabbath
yoar, or, in other words, the blessing of
God on Ills obodient poople. What but the
band of God oould cause land to produce
a throe years' crop in one year? In the
R. V. margin of Prov. x, 22, wo read that
the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and
toll addcth nothing thereto.
80. "Tho remnant that is escaped of the
bouse of Judah shall yet; again take root
downward Rud bear fruit upward." The
doctrine that it is ever the few out of the
many who are really tbo Lord's and who
glorify Him is found in all Scripture. The
stories of Noah, of Lot in Sodom, of Elijah
and such statements as "Few thero be
that find it " "An afflictod and poor people
who shall trust in the Lord," indicate
that whloh God sees to be ever true. See
Math, vii, 14; Zepb. ill, 18.
SI. "Out of Jerusulum shall go forth a
remnant; tbo zeal of tbo Lord of Hosts shall
do this. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall
also bring the kingdom of peace on earth
which shall have no end (Isa. ix, 7). All
6hall be accomplished in and through the
Son of David, our Lord Jesus Christ, of
whom it is written, "The zeal of thine
bouse hath eaten me np" (Ps. lxlx, 9; John
ii, 17). It is nothing with the Lord to
work with many or with few; nothing is
too hard for Him (II Chron. xiv, 11; Jer.
xxxll, 17).
S3. "Tboroforo thus saith the Lord concerning
the king of Assyria." Our Lord
dootb according to His will in the army of
heaven and among the inhabitants of the
earth (Dan. lv, 35). His thoughts and
purposes ure as good as accomplished (16a.
xiv, 24; Jor. 11, 29).
83. "By the way that he came, by the
same shall ha return and shall not coma
Into this city, saltb tbo Lord." This was
the deoision of Him who had all the hosts
of heaven under His control and all power
to carry out His purposes. Hooould say,
"Hitherto shalt thou oome, but no farther"
(Job. xxxviil, 11). Even the groat adversary
must stop when God shall say so,
and ho shall go to tho pit for a thousand
years, and to tbo lake of fire forevor.
34. "For I will defend this olty to save
It for mine own sake and for my servant
David's sake." See also ohapter xx, 0,
and oomparo Isa. xxxi, 6; Zooh. xll, 8.
The "I wills'' of Jehovah are a study of
greatest possible benefit. They often oocur
in sevens and In oonneotlon with the
statement "I um Jehovah." Soe Ex. vl,
6-8; Gen. xvll, 1-8; Pa. xol, 14-16. Because
He is what He is He will do what He
says, not for Israel's sake, but for His own
sake. Seo Ezek. xxxvi, 32; Ps. ovl, 8.
We must not look for worthiness or merit
In oursolves, but in Him who alone Is
worthy (Ps. cxv, 1; Rev. v, 4, 5). Take
all tho comfort you eon find in suoh passagos
as Isa. xlili, 25; I John 11, 12.
85. "And It oame to pass that night
that the angel of tho Lord wont out and
smote In the camp of the Assyrians an
hundred fourscore and five thousand."
Tho work of this angel 19 also mentioned
In Isa. xxxvii, 36. and in II Chron. xxxil,
21. Wbon tho dovil Is to bo bound and
cast Into the bottomloss pit, It Is written
that one angel will do it (Rev. xx, 1-8).
Consider In each of these oases tho power
of an angol and then think of tbo millions
upon millions of them mighty in strength,
doing His commandments, hearkening
unto the voico of His word (Rev. v, 11;
Ps. ciii, 20). Think of tbo angel's disregard
of and power over soldiers and fast
burred gates in tho story of Peter's roloaso
In Acts xii. Think of the one who oarrlt 1
good tidings to Puul In tbe storm at soa
(Acts xxvii), remombor that they are all
ministering spirits sent forth to minister
unto tbo heirs of sulvation (Heb. 1, 14),
and let your heart soy, "Though an host
should enoamp against mo, my heart shall
not fear" (Ps. xxvii, 8). If God be for me,
who eon be agulnst me? I will trust and
not bo afraid.
SO, 37. "His sons smote him with the
sword." Thus he died in his own land
according to the word of tbe Lord (verse
7), und while in the aot of worshiping
Idols. So shall perish all the enemlea ex
the Lord
16T The great object of religion is
not to prepare people to die; but to
prepare people to live. If people live
right they will die right.
t&r We should not allow our faith
iu the good and the true be shaken
by the evil conduct of wicked men
and devils.
|arm and .fireside.
EVEN CHILDREN SHOULD WORK.
It is an old saying that one-half of
the world lives on the earnings of the
other half, and we believe it is not far
from true.
Not only should every man and woman
have regular employment to occupy
their time ; but even the children
should be taught to work, and if the
older folks would onlv exercise some
patience in showing them how to do
little thiugs, they would be astonished
to see how quick the little ones would
learn and become interested. It is
natural for them to feel proud of anything
that looks like they are of some
importance.
Ftoebel says that children learn too
much of the uuiform and formless and
loo little work ; although the learning
by work is immeasurably more impressive
and comprehensible, and
causes a more living, contiuuous development
in itself and in the children.
There is no child, aud later no boy
and youth, whatever may be his rank
or posiliou, who should uot daily de
vote at least one or two hours of
earnest activity to the production of
some defluite outside work.
Of course it would be unwise to
overlook the education of the youth.
The proper step is to educate both
hand aud mind as they grow up.
Some writer has said that the present
home education as well as the school
education, loads the child to bodily
inactivity and laziness in regard to
work ; an immense amount of human
power remains thus undeveloped aud
an immense amount is wholly lost.
On the other hand it would not do
at all to be too demaudiug on thqir
tender years and make it a burden to
them, for whatever they might be
called upon to do, would soon become
distasteful, and they would soou be
tempted to practice various methods
to avoid what otherwise could have
taught a pleasure.
Give the little folks a part of the
home problems to bear, and they will
be happier, wiser and better.?Newberu
Journal.
A Good Cup of Coffee.?"It is oue
of the simplest things iu the world,"
said Miss Corson, "to make a good
cup of coffee, and this can easily be
accomplished by applying a little
common sense. If you put boiliug
water on coffee, aud not let it boil,"
she continued, "you have all the good
qualities preserved. Oue reasou dyspeptics
cannot drink coffee is because
it is boiled. The style of coffee put is
just a matter of fancy. 1 have made
just us good coffee iu an old tomalto
can as I have ever sipped from the
tiuest French coffee urn. We should
lake lessons in the matter from the
Turks and Arabiaus, who grind their
coffee to a fine powder.
"When the coffee is ground as tine
as possible, put it in a little bag of uubleached
muslin, which should be tied
lightly enough to preveut the escape
of the grounds. If you use a cup of
unground coffee you cau make over a
cup of very strong, black coffee. In
making coffee many people sacrifice
flavor for strength. Bitterness comes
from boiling. When boiling water is
placed ou the bag of ground coffee it
should stand at least three miuutes
before serving. Remember the longer
it stauds the stronger it becomes. Be
curel'ul not to allow the watered coffee
to boil.
"A favorite mixture of coffee," said
Miss Corson, in unswer to a lady iu
the audience, "is Mocha and Java, in
the proportion of two parts of the
latter, which is less expensive, to one
of the former.?Philadelphia News.
Milk as Food.?No one food is exactly
adapted to all persous; the
laboring man and the man of sedentary
habits require foods in wbich the
several ingrediants are d:,ffereutly proportioned.
These iugredieuts are protein,
carbohydrates, fat and ashes.
Milk contains these in as good proportions
as any one food we have, but for
adults contains so much water that the
humau stomach cauuot take enough
of it to meet the needs of the body.
As a part diet, however, it is very
valuuble in cases where milk does not
agree. Analysis shows that one pound
of beef round is about equal in value
(nutrition) to 2.7 quarts of sweet milk
as far as protein compounds are concerned.
In fuel yalue a pound of beef
round is equal in vulue to 1.3 quarts of
milk. One pound of chicken furnishes
as much protein as 2.2 quarts of milk,
and as much fuel value as 0.5 quarts
of milk. These figures show that
milk may be economically used as a
part ration, taking the place of a part
of a full meat ratiou. Its easy digestion
in cases where it agrees with persons
still farther recommeuds it.
Yearly Increase.?It is a very
easy matter to figure out profits at
the outset of almost any undertaking,
as doubtless owners of saw mills and
hotel keepers can testify. Even cottou
growing can be demonstrated as a
nmfiiuhle. business, but when a practi
cul verification is attempted in the
field, there is found to be a wide
difference between figures aud facts.
But the calculations, credited by the
Dallas News to u Washington city
authority, appear feasible aud able to
stand the test of practical demonstration.
He estiinutes the number of
farms in the south, east of the Mississippi
river, at 1,313,000, and contends
that if each farmer thereon would add
a cow, u sheep and u hog each year to
the stock, he would be surprised at
the rapid progress he was making on
the road to wealth aud available
assets. The increase the first year
would amount to nearly $4,000,000.?
Cottou Planters' Journal.
PRUNING.?There is a difference of
epiniou as to the proper time to prune
au orchard, but a good time is when
the knife is sharp. Visit the orchard
often aud cut off the water sprouts
and superfluous limbs that interfere
with their neighbors. Head the trees
low. It will be more convenient to
gather the fruit and storms are not so
hard on a low tree as a high one.
gST" There is better health among
roamiug fowls because they get the
food which is best for digestion.
PfectUttncowis grading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the New* That I* Being Published
by Exchanges.
CHESTER? The lantern, October
28 : A Negro who says hia name is
Peter Williams?but they sometimes
call bim Peter Wilson?and that he is
from Barnwell, Columbia, Monroe,
Charlotte and other places, has been
all over the United States, has been
arrested by Chief Morgan and is it)
jail. He stole some articles from the
teut of Superintendent Hayes at the
chaingang, broke into Mr. YV. T. Gregnro'a
hnnaA nt. T.ppds. and committed
" J " ? ? 1
some other thefts. Some of the stolen |
articles were found in his possession. '
He bears the indications of being a
j tough and a convict. Captain W. P.
Crawford, after a delightful sojourn r
with relatives here, has returned to J
his regiment at Savannah. ' He is anxious
to go to Cuba.
UNION?The Times, October 28 :
| Miss Lizzie Gregory, who has been sick
for a long time at the home of Mr.
Geo. H. Oetzel, is very much improved,
we are glad to state. Rev. aud Mrs. .
L. R. Rice and their little daughter, (
Mary, left ou the noonday train Tuesday
for a fortnight's visit to Chester- r
field. Arthur Long, a son of our
esteemed Sheriff Long, left this week j
for Charleston medical college. Arthur
is a bright boy and we predict for j1
him success in his studies. We t
learn from The Caroliua Spartan that s
the Euoree presbytery has settled a ^
troublesome matter iu a satisfactory -j
mauuer. For more than a year some ji
of the ministers and laymen have felt ii
that the preaching of Revs. N. J. ^
Holmes and S. C. Todd has not been ?
in harmony with the standards aud \
practices of that church. These miu- f
isters entertain and teach certuiu doc- H
triues as to sauctificalion, or the second t
blessing, or perfect love, or whatever <
the disciples of this school call it, thai
are at variauce with the usual teaching ]
M?A f ? Un e/oiaitt I
ui .rresuyimuua. n? mu \ uvu>
sion of the presbytery these two miu- 5
isters were arraigned for investigation. [
A special committee was appoiuted to
examine them as to their belief and 1
teaching. Alter that examination 8
these preachers thought it best for c
them to ask permission to withdraw s
from the presbytery. Their request
was granted, aud they received letters ?
dismissing them ; but at the same time i
commending them for their zeal, earn- 'J
estness and Christian character. This ?
places them iu rather an anomalous \
relation. They are now free evange- t
lists, provided they continue to preach.
They cannot become puators of a
church. That is about the way the
matter now stands. 1
lANCASTEE-Iedger, October 28: J
J. D. Plyler, a nephew ol E. K. Plyler, ^
was thrown from a wagon as tbey were I
starling to town with u loud of cotton 8
last Wednesday morning aud badly ^
hurt. Misses Sullie and Jane Dun- t
lap, of this county, ure visiting their >
brother, Mr. D. E. Dttulup iu York ?
county. Dr. T. J. Strait has hauled ,
up a pumpkin from his patch which <!
measures 62 inches in circumference c
one way und 53 inches the other. )
Married, by Rev. S. W. Hardou, at >
Timber Ridge, Va., September 14th,
1898, Rev. David Pressly Neill, for- r
merly of this couuty, and Mrs. The- {
ressa Gibson Olrien, daughter of Colo- r
nel Jno. A. Gibson. Died, at Fort ?
Mill, October 25, 1898, after an acute *
illness of three days, Lilian Estelle, i
youngest daughter of Mrs. Sallie F. J
Downs, aged 7 years and 7 weeks. c
Her father, Thomas J. Downs, died in J
Fort Mill, over three years ago. Her i
mother, two sisters and one brother
mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. y
H. J. Gregory have the sympathy of j
their many friends in the death of 1
their infant son, Wm. Marlin, aged 7 \
weeks, which occurred at 10 o'clock '
Tuesday night. The interment took 1
place at the Presbyterian cemetery ?
Wednesday afternoon. When i
Messrs. Cook & Hunter came to open 1
up their market about daylight yester- ]
day morning they found a Negro wait- i
iug to sell them a cow. They suspicioned
he had stolen the cow and *
agreed to purchase it but told him he
would have to wait until the bank
opened before they could pay him. a
He said that would suit him all right. "
In the mean time they seut for Police- |
man Hunter. The Negro, who gives \
his name as Wm. Johnson, admitted,
after sometime, that he had stolen the
cow from another Negro near Russell
Place. He was committed to jail and
Messrs. Cook & Hunter are keeping
the cow until the owner calls for it. ^
i roval i;
Baking Powder j
i
Made from pure
cream of tartar. i
Safeguards the food [
acainst alum*
r
: l
Alum baking powders are the greatest {
menacers to health of the present day. .
ROYAL OAXINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK. i
?
COOKING STOVE FOR SALE. tj
THE undersigned offers for sale a sec- r
ond-band I. A. Sheppard & Co., No. a
8, six hole COOKING STONE with nec- C
essary cooking utensils, including warm- c
ing oven. The stove, for all practical J
purposes, is as good as new. The price is C
816 cash, L. M. GRIST. I
October 12 w tf
MONEY TO LEND a
ON IMPROVED FARMS, in York '
county. Repayable in easy annual e
installments. For further particulars ap- ti
ply to C. E. SPENCER, t
Attorney at Law. ?
June 8 w tl
FINLEY & BRICE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Yorkvllle, S. C. .
ALL business entrusted to us will be *
given prompt attention. ti
OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT
THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S
STORE.
rOMLLE
FOR :
Here Is Goc
Pleasant
GET UP A CLUB FOR
rwo High Grade Bu
1899 Bicycle, and a
to the Most Ene
COMMENCE TODAY AND KEI
rHIS is the season during which the *
the people of this section generally '
nake selection of the newspaper they ex- j
?ect to read during the following year. (
There are a large number of people who
low include THE ENQUIRER on their
ists, and who expect to continue it there, '
'here are many others who are not now '
ubscribing for the THE ENQUIRER; 1
nit who would like to have it.
We want THE ENQUIRER to go as a
,WICE-A-WEEK visitor to every home !
11 York county. With the assistance of :
ntelligent and trustworthy friends in the j
litferent localities, we know it can be \
;otten into many homes to which it is not <
iow going. This assistance is of much
ralue to us, and it iB our purpose to pay ,
or it most liberally, in proportion to the J
ervice rendered.
The propositions we make herein are I
o all responsible individuals, in each and i
jvery locality. There is no monopoly in
he matter. Because an individual re- ,
urned the name of a certain subscriber ,
ast year is no reason why why he should
lave any claim upon that subscriber this j
rear. Because one individual may aleady
bo at work in a given neighbor
iood( is no reason why another should
lot also canvass in that neighborhood. >
Svery clubmaker is entitled to get subcribers
whenever and wherever be or <
he inay be able to get them, and upon <
oinpliance with the conditions herein '
tated, have them counted.
Our plan of compensation to clubmakrs
this year is on the same line as boreofore?a.
competition for TWO LEADNG
PREMIUMS to be awarded for the !
?WO LARGEST clubs, and a third leadng
premium for the largest club of |
s'EW SUBSCRIBERS. After that the j
ralue of the premium is in proportion to |
he number of names returned. i
The Leading Premiums.
For the largest number of subscribers
RETURNED and PAID FOR, at $1.75 we
ifter the choice between the followiug premums:
HIGH GRADE BICYCLE,
'alued at ?50; quarter-leather top "ROCK
iILL BUGGY" valued at ?75, bandome
SUIT OF FURNITURE valued
,t ?50. For the NEXT LARGEST
'LUB, we will give the choice between
he above articles left after tirst choice,
^nd for the LARGEST CLUB OF NEW
SUBSCRIBERS we will give an OPEN
;AROLIN BUGGY. The furniture
nay be seen at the store of W. B MOORE
t CO., and the buggies in the warerooms
>f the respective manufacturers in York- !
ille and Rock Hill. The bicycle is to be i
he 1899 model, descriptive catalogues of ]
vbich have not yet been published.
In addition to the competitive premiums
Mentioned above, we also offer various other
>remlums for clubs containing specined num era
of names, and propose to deliver the preniums
whenever tne numbers specified are
cturned and paid for. Upon securing one
>remlum?a watch or sewing machine, sayhe
clubmaker will be at liberty to try for the
ame thing again, or for anything else on the
1st, and If In the aggregate, by the bTH DAY
)F MARCH, 1899, ne snail have succeeded In
cturnlngand paying for thfe largest number
>1 NEW NAMES, he will be entitled to the
'CAROLINA BUGGY" Just the same as If
le bad not previously taken other premiums.
>fow, then, read the list:
FOX r,0 SUHSCRIltERS.
Ve will give the clubmaker his choice of the
hllowlng premiums, each valued at $25: A
'OUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" SEWING
MACHINE, together with all attachments;
L "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES,
rORKS AND 8POON8, made by Rogers; a
WALTHAM" WATCH In coin silver, dustiroof
case.
FOX 40 AND LESS.THAN 00
SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmaker
its choice of the following, each valued at 815:
.VALTHAM WATCH, In open face silver
ase: set of half dozen ROGERS BROS'.
vNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES); or LOW
IRM SINGER SEWING MACHINE.
FOR 00 AND LESS THAN 40
1UBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, each
alued at 810: NEW YORK STANDARD
1AR0LIN A&liO RTH^WEST ERN
[J RAILWAY CO.
G. W. F. HARPER, President.
'ime Tabic No. 7?In Effect Oct. 30,1898.
STANDARD EASTERN TIME.
QOINO WORTH. | No 10. | No W>.
.eu\ e CRester I 7 20 am [ 9 00 a in '
-eave Lowrysvllle 7 41 a m i 9 35 a m
.eave McCounellsvlllei 7 57 a m 10 05 a rr.
.eave Guthrlesvllle .... 8 05 am j 10 20 a in
.cave Yorkvllle 8 25am ; 1100am
,eave Clover 8 56 a m 11 48 am
.eave Gastonla 9 27 am j 1 20 pm
.eave Llncolnton 10 20 a m 2 40 p m
XI I 11 IK o m i m nit.
itJUV o X^CWtUll ? 11 w a in -a vw |/
,eave Hickory 11 55 am | 5 65 pm
irrlve Lenoir ,.... 12 52 am I 8 00 pm '
Qoryg south. | No. 9. | No 61.
ieave Lenoir ...... 4 15 p m j 0 00 a n- 1
ieave Hickory 5 15 p m 8 15 an 1
ieave Newton 605pm 000am I
/eave Lincointon 6 56 p m 10 20 a m
ieave Gastonia 7 49 pm . 1 30 pm
ieave Clover 8 32 p m ! 2 30 p n>
ieave Yorkvtlle 9 01 pm 3 45 pm '
ieave Guthrlesvllle ... | 9 20 pm 4 15 pm
ieave McConnellsvllle 9 28 pm j 4 30 pm
ieave Lowrysville I 9 46 pm ' 5 00 pm
Lrrlve Chester 10 11 pm 5 45 pm :
Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and 1
un daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. '
0 and 61 carry passengers and also run
laily except Sunday. Tliere is good conlection
at Chester with the G. C. A N.
,nd the C. C. A A., also L A C. R. R.; at
lastonia with the A. A C. A. L.; at Lin- 1
f . o.wl ut H ir?lrnrv flnH
WUItUII Willi V/. V. . UIIU uv <v?w.ar ?
Newton with W. N. C.
F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C.
... T. NICHOLS, Supt., Chester, S. C. {
MONEY TO LOAN
3N fanning lunds. Easy payments. ]
No commissions charged. Borrow- r
r pays actual cost of perfecting loan. In- '
Brest 8 per cent. For further informs- t
ion, apply to JOHN B. PALMER &
ION, Columbia, S. C.,or
GEO. W. S. HART, Attorney, ,
Yorkville, S. C. ,
August 31 w tf j
FOR SALE. (
3N liberal terms, A MOSLER SAFE,
1,400 pounds, combination lock, in t
irst-class condition. Apply to (
G. W. S. HART. i
Or JAMES F. HART. 1
Oct 19 w tf t
ENQUIRER
1833)d
Pay For
\XT~~ 1
. VVU11S..
A POPULAR PAPER.
ggies, a First Class
Suit of Furniture
rgetic Workers.
EP EVERLASTINGLY AT IT.
r-JEWELED WATCH in dust-proof case; 14K
30LD FILLED WATCH CHA.IN. or HALF
DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TABLESPOONS
and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIE;es).
FOR HO AND LESS THAN SO
SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a THE ENQUIRER
and any monthly magazine or weekly
lewspaper published in the United Statesj for
>ne year.
FOR lO AND LESS THAN 20
3UBSCRIBERS. a CONCAVE WARRANTED
RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LADLE,
or an extra quality FOUR BLADED
I'OCKET KNIFE, with name and address on
ibe handle. Any of the articles mentioned
would be a bargain at 82.
FOR 0 AND LESS THAN 10
SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, warranted
for one year; an extra quality THREE
BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S
SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good values
at 81.30.
FOR 4 AND LESS THAN 0
SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH,
warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUTrER
KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET
KNIFE, with name and address on handle.
AND TO EACH OLD SUBSCRIBER,
The Yokkville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled
with bright, fresh news from
rHE COUNTY. STATE. NATION AND
WORLD, interesting stories, instructive miscellaneous
matters, and humorous selectlous,
sxplanatory editorials, etc. The paper wiil be
held up to its present nigh standard, and will
continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, in
short, the best.
TO EACH XETV SUJi SCR USER,
The some as above except that if the paper
Is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE BENT
UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1900, without any
charge for that portion of the time between
now and January 1, 180?. It is understood,
however, that for a new subscriber to get the
benefit of this offer, he must pay the clubmaker
$1.75 at the time the name is entered upon
our books. If the 81.75 is not paid at this time,
then the subscription will only date one year
from the time Is entered.
By new subscribers, we mean those whose
names were not on OUR BOOKS ON SEPTEMBER
14, 1898. except we will not count as
new subscribers, cases where the subscription
may have been changed from the name of one
member of a family to another. This is intended
emphatically to mean new additions
to our subscription list.
TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at $1
each, will be considered the equivalehtof one
yearly subscriber at $1.75 and so counted. A
subscription paid for two or more years in advance
at $1.75, will be counted as one name for
each year so paid.
Clubmakers will be held personally responsible
for the payment of all names returned by
them. After a clubmaker has returned and
paid for any name, he can. at anytime thereafter,
discontinue the sending of the paper to
the person for whom he has paid, and transfer
the unexpired time to any other person, provided
the person to whom the transfer is
desired was not a subscriber at the time the
original name was entered on our books.
No name will be counted in competition for
a premium until the subscription price has
been paid; nor will any premium be delivered
until a satisfactory settlement has been made
for all names returned by the clubmaker.
Persons who commence making clubs will
not be permitted to transfer their club to another
clubmaker's list after the names have
been entered on our books.
It is not necessary that the names on a club
should all be at the same postofflce. Names
may be taken at any number of places.
Clubmakers are requested to send in names
as rapidly as they secure them after November
2nd, 1898.
All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at
the expense of those sending them.
We will be responsible for the safe transmission
of money only when sent by draft, registered
letter or money order drawn on the
Yorkvllle postofflce.
T? ??JJ ?? nlolnlv onH cr\rfi
in KCIluiug IIIIUICO, mile {lutmij, C- - poHtofflce,
county and state.
All subscriptions will be discontinued at the
expiration or the time paid lor.
A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker,
who will be credited with each name
sent, so that the number sent by any one person
may be ascertained at a moment's notice.
In case of a tie for either premium, two
weeks will be allowed In which to "untie."
The time in which names may be returned
under our propositions will commence now.
2d day of November, 1808, and expire at 4
o'clock p. m., oo Wednesday, the 8th day
of March, 1899.
L. M. GRIST & SONS.
LITTLE THINGS MOVING ! '
WHAT else could you expect of Pills?
Their energy is unbounded, and
while there are many species of various
sizes and colors, the most industrious of
the whole family are our "Black Compound
Cathartic," which until we commenced
selling the best known medicines,
retailed at $1 per hundred pills. We sell
them at 50 cents, and their effectiveness
have not been altered. "The sun do
move!" So, also do our Compound Cathartic
Pills. We sell the very best Cold
Pressed Castor Oil at 60 cents a quart.
You must furnish your own bottle. Head
our cut prices on medicines:
Regular Oar
Price. Price.
Fellow's Hypophosphites,...? 1.50 8 1.25
S. S. S., (large size)..... 1.75 1.35
Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1.00 .85
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 1.00 .85
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
1.00 .85
Lydia Pinkhatn's Compound l.OO .85
Bradtield's Regulator,. 1.00 .85
Hall's Catarrh Cure, 75 .65
Paine's Celery Compound,.... 1.00 .90
Castoria, 35 .30
We have other medicines at the same
proportionate prices but do not consider
it worth while to enumerate them here ;
but will say that when you want to save
money on medicines, call and see us.
GRIST COUSINS.
CHATTICI, MORTGAGES, LIENS
T7IOR RENT AND SUPPLIES, Title
n ?,?1 Vufufo Miirt.
JBw bu xbcm iiombc nu\4 iivui uo%t??v
zages in blank form for sale at THE ENQUIRER
OFFICE.
Ihf \'orluiltc (Enquircv.
Published Wednesday and Saturday.
TKItMS OF S U US CRI FT I ON :
Single copy for one year, 9 2 OO
3ne copy tor two years, 3 SO
For six months, I <M>
For three months, SO
Two copies for one year, 3 SO
Ten copies one year, 17 SO
\.nd an ex' ra cony for aclnb of ten.
ADVERTIS E MENTH
inserted at One Dollar per square for the
Irst insertion, and Filly Cents per square
or each subsequent insertion. A square
jonsists of the space occupied by ten lines
)f. this size type.
Contracts for advertising space for
,hree, six, or twelve months will be made
in reasonable terms. The contracts must
n all cases be confined to the regular
justness of the firm or individual conracting