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Dropped the Subject.?'-Ten thousand
dollars for a dog !" he exclaimed
as he looked lip from his newspaper.
"Do you believe any oue ever paid any
such a price, Maria ?"
"I'm sure I dou't know, James," she
returned, without stopping her needlework
even for a moment. "Does the
paper say that much was paid ?"
"Yes, there's an article on valuable
dogs and it speaks of one that was
sold for $10,000. I don't believe it."
"It may be true, James," sire saiu
quietly. "Some of these blooded animals
briug fancy prices, aud there is
no particular reason why the paper
should lie about it."
"I know that, Maria, but just think
of it?just try to grasp the magnitude
of that sum in your weak, feminine
mind. You doD't seem to realize it.
Ten thousand dollars for a dog ! Why,
Maria ! that's more than I am worth !"
"I know it, James, but some are
worth more thau others."
She went calmly on with her sewing,
while he fumed and sputtered for a
moment and then dropped the subject,
especially the weak feminine part of
it.
Truly a Serious Case.?Once I
was assistant to an elderly doctor in
Ontario, who also ran a drug store.
He was as peppery as a cayenne pod,
and from time to time customers and
patients had sprung jokes on him,
just for the fun of hearing him blow
off.
On one occasion a well-dressed
young fellow called at the shop and
asked the doctor to prescribe for a
breaking out and a rash on his left
T<v,? Anntnv ovnminpfi the limb.
ariu. x uc uvvwi ? (
and pronounced it to be a bad case of
psoriasis and ezcema.
"I suppose,doctor,you can cure it?"
said the patient.
"Why, certainly," replied the doctor.
"How long will it take to get well ?"
"Oh, I guess about two months,"
says the doctor.
"Quite sure, sir?it is a bad case ?"
"It is positively the worst I have
ever seen seen."
"Then I will leave it with you, and
call for it again when cured," solemnly
said the patient, slowly unfasteniug
his arm, which was an artificial one,
and painted for the occasion.
Swelling Words.?William Wirt,
when a young man, wrote a farce, in
which the most eminent lawyers of
Virginia are introduced, and their peculiarities
humorously exaggerated. J
Among them was one who had been
minister to England, and was remarkable
for using swelling words.
He is represented as conducting a ,
cause in the county court, and in ask- i
ing the clerk to call some one into i
court, thus addresses him : . '
"Mr. Jones, have the benignity to
vociferate Peter Jolley into court."
The clerk bawled out, "Vociferate
P. Jolley ! Come into court!"
While examining a loquacious female
witness, the lawyer loses his patience
and exclaims:
uT>u:~ nimht tn he deDosited
1 UI3 wuujnu vug^v
into taciturnity !"
"You may go to Tass Eternity yourself,
but I reckon you'll have none of
my company, sir !" retorted the angry
woman. 1
Wished They Were All Blind.?
Robert Burns's friend, Dr. Blacklock,
the blind poet, was a licentiate of the
Church of Scotland and used to preach
occasionally.
One Sunday he we was supplying a
country pulpit. Certain deaf old women,
as was the custom in those days,
had squatted on the pulpit stairs to be
as near the preacher as possible.
Like the mass of the Scottish people,
they abominated sermons that were
read.
One of them, as soon as the discourse
was beguu.said to her neighborin
a tone that was audible through the
whole church, "Is he readiu'?"
"Tuts, woman ! No, he cauua read
?he's blind."
"Blind, is he, eh? That's raal
fort'nate. I wish they were a'bliud !"
A Heartless Pony.?Two year old
Helen (a little Wyoming girl) was
much pleased when her brother brought
L~ ? - nnnv Tht? fi>11mvintt
LIULLIC an iuuiaii t/X7taJ * A ? ? - 0
day a neighbor boy, becoming too familiar
with the pony, received a kick
which sent him rolliug in the grass,
while the pouy ran away and neighed
loudly. "Poor boy," said Helen, from
her place on the porch, "pony kicked
him and den laughed at him."
tsr The following advertisement recently
appeared : "Being aware that
it is indelicate to advertise for a husband,
I refrain from doing so; but if
any genlemau should be inclined to
advertise for a wife, I will answer the
advertisement without delay. I am
young, have a good figure, am domesticated,
and considered ladylike. Apply,"
etc.
? ?
"That was a narrow escape Bildergate
had, wasn't it? You know he
was just about to marry a girl, when
he found that she spent $1,500 a year
on her dresses." "Yes, but be's married
all the same." "True, but he
didn't marry that girl." "He didn't;
who did he marry, then ?" "Her
dressmaker.
"But, my boy, surely you are
too young to marry my daughter Aurelia.
How old are you ?" "Eighteen,
sir." "And she is 24?too great disparity
! Why not wait half a dozen
years? Then you'll be 24, and she'll
probably be about the same age as you."
She Had the Ammonia.?"Mamma,"
said a little girl, "I think I've got
ammonia."
"You shouldn't say ammonia, dear;
you must say pneumouia."
"But it isn't new, for I think I had
it yesterday.
Intranational Wessons.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL
SERIES, MAY 7.
Text of the Leniton, John xv, 1-11.
Memory VeriteK, 0-S?Golden Text,
John xv, Tv? Commentnry Prepared
by the Rev. D. M. Stearnw.
[Copyright. ISM. by D. M. Stearns.]
1. "I am the true vine, and My Father
is the husbandman." The principal
thought of this part of His discourse seems
to bo that of bearing fruit to the glory of
God. In verse 10 He says that He chose
and ordained them that they should bring
forth fruit that should abide. In Rom.
vii, 4, we are said to bo married to the
Lord to bring forth fruit unto God. In
John iv, 36; Ho spoko of fruit unto life
eternal. In Rom. vi, 22, it is fruit unto
holiness. The true vino is in contrast to
Israel, which wjis the vineyard of the Lord
of Hosts, but though planted a noble vine
became turned into the degenerate plant
of a strange vino unto the Lord (Isu. v, 7;
Jer. ii, 21).
2. "Every branch in Mo that beareth
not fruit Ho taketh away, and every
branch that beareth fruit He purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit." These
words were spoken to eleven true disciples
whom Ho had already taught that they
could never perish and no power could
pluck them out of His hand (John x,
27-29), so that we must not seek to find
hero any reference to tho possible loss of
the souL It is wholly a question of fruit
bearing or otherwise, and the husbandman's
treatment of the fruitful and unfruitful
branches.
8. "Now ye are clean through tho word
which I have spoken unto you." He had
told them in chapter xiii, 10, that they
were clean every whit, thus describing
their standing in Him, accepted in the Beloved
(Eph. i, 6). But Ho also referred to
a need of constant cleansing in daily life
bccauso of contact with tho world. This
is spoken of also in chapter xvii, 17, and
Eph. v, 26. There is a sanctiflcation that
is ours by the one offering of Christ once
for all, and all who are justified are also
sanctified (Hcb. x, 10, 14; I Cor. vi, 11).
4. "Abide in Me and I in you. As tne
branch cannot bear fruit of itself except
it abido in the vine, no more can yc except
ye abide in Me." In Hos. xiil, 9;
xiv, 8. He says, "In Mo is thino help;
from Mo is thy fruit found;" in Isa. xlv,
24; xxvi, 12: "In the Lord have I righteousness
and strength. Thou also hast
wrought all our works for us." Everywhere
the teaching is that wo have tho
treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency
of the power may be of God and not
of us (II Cor. iv, 7). How, then, shall we
abide? Hudson Taylor says that he raado
great efforts to abide until he saw that it
needed weakness and not strength to
abide.
5. "I am the vine; ye aro tho branches.
He that abideth in Me and I in him, the
same bringeth forth much fruit, for without
Mo ye am do nothing." The margin
says "severed from Me." Yet many try to
do much that they call good apart from
Him. Hut He says it is all nothing. It
may be a great nothing or a small nothing,
but unless He does it through us it
will bo only wood, hay and stubble to be
burned up and result in nothing but loss.
Is it not wonderful to consider that the
vine makes itself dependent upon the
branches to bear fmit? Grapes are never
gathered from the main stem of the vine,
but always from the branches, now growth.
6. "If a man abide not in Me, he is cast
forth as a branch and is withered, and
men gather them and cast them into the
fire, and they arc burned." This helps to
explain the first clause of verse 2. Tho
branches that do not bear are like the salt
that has lost its savor and is trodden under
foot of man (Math, v, 13).
7. "If ye abide in Me and My words
abide in you, ye shall nsk what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you." This is
about the same as chapter xiv, 13, 14, and
includes the thought of being about His
business and seeking only His glory.
Abiding in Him includes our weakness
yielded to His strength, His strength
made perfect in our weakness, His life
made manifest by His Spirit in us. Tho
Spirit works through and by the word.
8. "Herein is My Father glorified, that
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples."
In chapter viii, 31, He said, "If
ye continue hi My word, then are ye My
disciples indeed." Tho word in us will
cause us to continue in His word, and by
the word and the Spirit we shall be filled
Willi I lie iruirs i)i rigmeuusiiuss wmuu uru
by Jesus Christ unto the glory anil praise
of God (Phil, i, 11). The fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance
(Gal. v, 22), and whatever God does
with us or wherever lie places us we may
bo sure that His desire is to havo us bear
more fruit.
9. "As the Father hath loved Me, so
have I loved you; continueyc in My love."
We must persistently believe that He loves
us with an unchanging love, an everlasting
love, a love that brought Him from
heaven to earth for us, a love that 6parcd
not Himself and will therefore with Himself
freely give us all things (Jer. xxxi, 3;
Rom. viii, 32). We must ever believe. The
Son of God loved me and gave Himself for
me (Gal. ii, 20), and in all our service the
thought of our hearts should bo "Unto
Him who loved me (loveth me) and washed
me from my sins in His own blood" (Rev.
i, 5).
10. "If ye keep My commandments, ye
6hall abide in My love, even as I have kept
my Father's commandments and abide in
His love." He did always those things
that pleased the Father (chapter viii, 29).
But how can we be in any measure thus
pleasing unto Him? The answer is found
In such passages as II Cor. vi, 10, "God
hath said, I will dwell in them and walk
in them," and Hob. xiii, 20, 21, "The
God of peace working in you that which
is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus
Christ." If you ask how it is to be done,
what is our part, the answer is in Rom.
vi, 13; xii, 1: "Yield yourselves unto God,
as those that are alive from the dead.
Present your l>odies a living sacrifice and
be not conformed to this world."
11. ' These things have I spoken unto
you that My joy might remain in you and
that your joy might be full." Compare
xiv, 25; xvi, 1, 33, and see how He would
have us also never offended, but finding
peace in Him even in tribulation. The remaining
verses of this chapter teach us
that wo must not expect better treatment
than He received, but in all that people do
to us or say of us we may have His peace
and joy, which was not dependent upon
feelings or circumstances, but was found
in His oneness with the Father and the
consciousness of His approval. We may
learn to say, ''Though flocks and herds,
vine, olive and fig tree all fail, yet I will
rejoice in the Lord; I will joy in the God
of my salvation" (Hab. iii, 18).
iUiscrUanrous Reading.
IN COUNTIES AUJOININB. t
S
Summitry of t!ie News That I? Being Pub- ^
lished by Exchanges r
CHESTER?The Lantern, April 25: t
Jauie Lemon, a young colored woman f
who had been employed as nurse, we 1
believe, in the family of Mr. J. A. f
Brice, of VVinusboro, since she was a 1
child, was arrested Friday for seuding I
obscene matter through the mail. She t
hail written anonymous letters of a de- '
famatory character about a rival, which <
were traced to her. She was taken to i
Columbia, and ou the way was attack- ?
ed with something like cholera morbus. I
This was partially relieved ; but. after ^
she was committed she was found to be c
very ill, and soon died. Dr. Lester t
said affection of the heart caused her c
death. She was regarded as very re- c
spectable and was apparently in good l
health, and it is thought that the heart *
trouble was brought on by the shuck ?
of being arrested and the dread of 1
punishment and disgrace. Mr. A. c
V. Worthy, who went to Texas Jau- b
uary a year ago and enlisted in the (
First Texas regiment, was mustered v
out at San Antonio on the 9th instant, a
and has returned to this county. We f
learu that he considers the net ad- li
vantages of this county superior to h
those of any place he has been. a
Miss Janie Sloan died Sunday at Black- t
stock, after a lingering illness, in the v
48th year of her age. t
CHEROKEE?The Gaffney Ledger,
Henry McCollough, one of Cherokee's n
most worthy young men, left Saturday a
for Bonham, Tex. Henry deserves il
well and we trust he will meet with v
success in the Loan Star State. A h
small fire occurred yesterday afternoon e
at the place of business of Boyd & li
Boyd, colored men, who run a grocery *
store and restaurant opposite the Na- d
tional bank. The fire occurred in the h
sleeping apartment of the owners, and y
was caused from a defective flue. A y
lot of bed-clothing, wearing apparel, v
etc., was destroyed ; but the fire was p
gotten under control before any other r
damage was done. The Second p
Quarterly conference of Spartauburg u
district was held in the Methodist d
church yesterday at 9.30 a. m. Rev. h
Mr. Meadows, presided. Mr. A. N. g
Wood was elected secretary, Prof. W. a
S. Hall and J. C. Otts were elected c
delegates to the district conference w
which meets at Woodruff next July, si
The long unsettled question oflocating 'I
the new Methodist church was settled ri
and work will commence soon to build si
a commodious church on the beautiful
lot, corner of Buford and Petty steets.
The trustees are directed to sell the
old church and lot, also to sell the '
parsonage and lot, the intention being
to build a new parsonage on the new
lot. c
LAN CASTER?Ledger, April 26:
On Sunday morning last, Sidney Belk, P
colored, aged 21 years, was shot aud ^
killed by Isaac Hammond, also color- 8
ed, on Mr. J. H. Flynn's place near "
Dixie. They lived together and were "
working a farm together. Ou Saturday
Hammond came to town, getting b
auother boy to work in his place. n
Early Sunday morning Belk and Ham- j*
mond got into a quarrel over Ham- "
mond's going to town so often. One
of them grabbed an old musket to 11
sboot tbe other with wheu they got
into a scuffle over the gun. In the 0
scuffle the gun was fired, tbe load of Cl
>hot eoteriug Belk's body about the
navel and ranging downwards aud to b
the left. He lived about one hour. 8
Belk, the Negro killed, had been in
several difficulties before, and bad "
been shot once or twice. Hammoud n
was committed to jail. The ex- a
penses of the receut term of court for
this county amounted to $1,063.95. "
Expenses were as follows: Grand jl
jurors, $197.40; petit jurors, $368.40 ; *
constables, $82 90; Witnesses, $515.25. l'
Mr. W. B Gulp was in a critical
condition last Friday night from the
effecls of morphine. He had been
o.;,.?o?Ci>lu dnrintr the dav aud H
O..UV..M5 O
had been taking small doses to relieve
his pain. He got no relief and in- c
creased the dose. The morphine finally
began to act aud it was soon appar- v
ent that he had taken too much. Dr. v\
W. M. Crawford was telephoned for a
and went at once. He succeeded iu F
counteracting the effects by the use of a
antidotes and the following day Mr. "
Culp was pronouuced out of dunger. s<
Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, aged a
about 70 yeurs, died at Kershaw, of ti
heart disease, last Friday. She was U
the wife of Mr. John S. Fletcher and y
mother of Mr. D. K. Fletcher of that p
town. Henry Perry, colored, was a
bitten by a supposed maddog last Sat- t<
urday night at the F'itzpatrick place b
near Tank. The Negro was sleeping ti
in the seed room at the ginhouse and t<
the dog went in and attacked him, bit- lc
ing him through the hand several ?
times. He grabbed the dog by the h
throat and made an alarm which a
brought several persons to his rescue, a
He grabbed a gun from one of his res- w
cuers; but when the dog suddenly r<
came out of the seed room the whole
party fled to a place of safety not car- IV
ing to tackle a maddog in the night o.
time. t(
GASTON?Gastonia Gazette, April t:
27 : The soldier boys of the F'irst reg- c
i men tare at home again. Gastonia's ti
contingent comprised Corporals 1). T. F
Davis and Wright Dixon, and Privates it
Ben Dixon, Jewett Richards, Otis Al- h
len and M. P. Withers, all of whom ?
arrived Saturday night or Sunday. s<
Mr. Withers has displayed in Morris
Brothers' window a Cuban machete t<
and other interesting relics. At Char- B
lotte, Durham, Shelby and other points e:
the returning boys were accorded
rousing receptions. A lot of cigars tl
was seized at Mauney Brother's store t<
in King's Mountain last Monday with
counterfeit stamps on them. They ti
were manufactured and sold by one
William Jacobs at Lancaster, Pa., who
was recently arrested by secret service 1
officials. Jacobs had a complete outfit w
for printing the stamps and had used J
510,000 or $12,000 worth and had sold
nillions of his cigars from Maine to
Pexas. The department notified the
evenue officers all over the country to
eize the Jacobs's goods wherever
'ouud, aud seizures have already beeu
nade at Charlotte and other points in
his state, and at points in other states
'rorh Rhode Island to Louisiana, and
rorn New York to California. It is
irobable lhat innocent dealers who
lave actually paid for the cigars will
>e permitted to retain thein on condiiou
that they restamp them. Cigars
lot paid for will be sold and the pro:eeds
turned into the treasury. A
neeting will begin tomorrow morning
it 10 o'clock in the A. R. P. church at
Bessemer. Preaching by Rev. G. R.
-Vhite, D. D., of Griffith's, N. C. The
ueinbers are urged to arrange that
hey may all be there, and the people
>f the town and community are most
:ordially invited to all the services by
he pastor, Rev. J. M. Garrison, who
ends us this notice. Mrs. W. A.
Sossaman corrects the statement pubisbed
last week that her husband had
lot been vaccinated. The report that
le had not been vaccinated came to
lastonia through some of our citizens
vho were in Charlotte Monday, and
.lso through other channels. Our inormation
was regarded as entirely reiable,
and the fact that Mr. Sossaman
lad taken smallpox made the report
ppear so plausible that we did not'
hink of investigating it. We print
rith pleasure Mrs. Sossaman's correcion.
She writes: "You are misinarmed
as to Mr. Sossaman's having
ot been vaccinated. He had been
nd had a good scar. All of our fainly
were vaccinated last year, and now
/e are vaccinated again. The doctors
ad told Mr. Sossaman his scar was
nough, so do not think he thought so
ittle of the public and his family."
There are lots of things that
on't happen. A marriage in Gastonia
ist Sunday is one of them. The
oung man got his license all right;
es, he did, and the girl it seemed was
ailing. But the old people were oposed
to allowing this case of love to
un too smoothly. The license was
rnmirpH the time set. the magistrate
otified, the groom was ready, and a
etail of young men seDt in the dead
ours of Saturday night to stfal the
irl.' But lo and behold ! when they
pproached the back window' to reeive
the waiting, trembling bride,
'horn should they see but the old man
itting at the window loaded for bear,
'hey didn't get the girl and the mariage
is among the things that were
sheduled but never happened.
OUT AT HICKORY UROVE.
mproved Mail Facilities?Notes About People-Mr.
Moorliead Will Build a Residence.
Jorrespondence of the Torkrille Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, April 27.?The
ostoffice department has notified
'ostmaster Allison that at the beinning
of next quarter, this office will
e changed from a limited money orer
to a pay office.
Miss EsteJIe Henderson bas closed
er school at the Leech academy and
Jturned to her home at Waterloo,
mch to the regret of some of our
oys.
Miss Ellu Allison is visiting friends
i Laurens county.
Mrs. W. S. Wilkerson bas been seriusly
ill for several days; but is now
onsidered out of danger.
' Uncle Jimmie" Scoggius is able to
e out again after a conflict with the
rip.
Mr. C. S. Moorhead bas given out
ae contract for a handsome two-story
jsidence on the corner of Peachtree
ud York streets.
Dr. C. C. Leech, who recently gradated
at the Uuiversity of Nashville,
as formed a co-partnership with Dr.
'eal in the practice of mediciue and
ae drug business.
KINDNESS TO A STRANGER.
low It Paid In the Case of Geo. A. Frick
and Sister.
harlotte Observer.
Many of the readers of The Obserer
will remember Prof. C. A. Mezger,
'ho lived for many years in Charlotte
nd vicinity, and who recently died at
'reiberg, Saxony. Prof. Mezger was
metallurgist and mining expert, and
'as a very highly educated man. For
jmetime Prof. Mezger lived in Shelby,
nd while there became very much attched
to George A. Frick, one of the
aiding lawyers of that town, who last
ear moved to Norfolk, Va., for the
ractice of his profession. Mr. Frick
ud his family were exceedingly kind
> the old gentleman, aud he remetnered
their kindness in a very substanul
way, as the sequel will show. Af
?r leaving Sbelhy, he came to Char>tte
and resided awhile, aud then
etit oil on a tonr for his health. He
ad taken out naturalization papers
nd had been a resident of this state
ud he expected to return to America
'hen his health improved. His last
esidence in America was in Charlotte.
In January last Prof. Mezger wrote
Ir. Frick a letter from Freiberg, Saxny,
iu which he stated that he willed
) him and his sister all of his propery
aud he directed Mr. Frick take
harge of it at his death. At the same
me he sent $2,000 to some bankers in
lew York, with instructions to turn
, over to Mr. Frick at his death. The
itter written to Mr. Frick has been
dmitted to probate befote Clerk Rusell,
as containing the last will aud
estament of Prof. Mezger and letters
estamentary were yesterday issued to
Ir. Frick. It is understood that the
state is valued at about ?3,UUU.
Mr. Frick's many friends throughout
tie state will rejoice that his kindness
3 a stranger in a.strange land resulted
i this substantial token of appreciaon.
The Japanese War Indemnity.?
'lie Japanese war indemnity, which
as paid over to representatives of the
apanese government the other day in
London, was iu the form of a single
check on the Bank of England for
?11,008,857 16s 9d. This is the largest
check ever drawn on the bank, and
was delivered by Sir Halliday Macartney
on behalf of the Chinese government.
The transaction took place at
the Threadneedle Street institution in
the presence of the governor, the
deputy governor and the chief cashier
of the bank. With Sir Hulliday was
T. Y. Lo, representing the Chinese
TU- _ 1 f
minister, me largeness m iuc wm is.
owing to the fact that the Chinese
government, by the treaty of Shimonoseki,
took advantage of the right to
pay the outstanding portion of the indemnity
by a single payment at the
end of the third year, from May 5,
1895, instead of by means of equal
annual installments extending until
the seveulh year. The entire balance
of the indemnity and one year's occupation
expenses of VVei-hai-wei were
paid therefore. The transaction really
involved a sum of nearly ?13,000,000,
the difference having been settled on
account.
Watering With a Rake.?The
New York experiment station gives
the following sensible advice in regard
saving and utilizing the moisture that
is in the soil:
"Let me tell you how to water the
plants. I wonder if you have a watering
pot? If you have, put it where
you cannot find it, for we are going to
water this garden with a rake! We
want you to learn in this little gardeu
the first great lesson in farming?bow
to save the water in the soil. If you
learn that much next summer, you
.will know more than many old larmiers
do. You know that the soil-is
I moist in the spring when you plant the
I seeds. Where does tnis moisture go
to? It dries up?goes off iuto the air.
If we could cover the soil with something
we should preveDt the moisture
from dryiog up. Let us cover it
wilh a layer of loose dry earth 1 We
shall make this covering by raking
the bed every few day?once every
week, anyhow, and oftener than that
if the top of the soil becomes bard and
crusty, as it does after a rain. Instead
of pouring water on the bed, therefore,
we shall keep the moisture in the
bed.
"If, however, the soil becomes so
dry in spite of you that the plants do
not thrive, then water the bed. Do
not sprinkle it, but water it. Wet it
clean through at evening. Then iu
the morning, when the surface begins
to dry, begiu the raking again to keep
the water from getting away. Sprinkling
the plants every day or two is one
of the surest ways to spoil them."
What "Sing a Song of Six Pence"
Means.?You all kuow this rhyme,
but have you ever heard what it
really means?
fTbe four-and-twenty blackbirds repsented
the twenty-four hours. The
bottom of the pie is the world, wbiie
the top crust is the sky that overarches
it. The opening of the pie is
the day dawn, when the birds begin
to sing and surely such a sight is fit
for a king.
The king, who is represented as sitting
in his parlor counting out bis money,
is the suu, while the gold pieces
tbab slip througn nis nngers, as uc
counts them, are the golden sunbeams.
Tbe queen, who sits in the dark
kitchen, is tbe moon, and tbe honey
with which she regales herself is the
moonlight.
The industrious maid, who is in the
garden at work before her king?the
sun?has risen, is day-dawn, and tbe
clothes she hangs out are tbe clouds.
The bird who, so tragically ends the
soug by "nipping off her nose" is the
sunset. So we have the whole day, if
not iu a nutshell, in a pie.
The Modern Gun.?A feature of
the modern gun will doubtless be its
accuracy of aim, says Professor Ira N.
Hollis, in the June Atlantic. Tbe guns
of the first monitor had the ordinary
sights, and the men had to look out
through portholes of a revolving turret
to find the enemy. We might say
they often fired "on the wiug," with
very indefinite notions of tbe range,
and the briefest instant for training
the guns. The Iowa's turrets have
small boxes projecting above the cov- .
eis for lookouts. Horizontal slits are
cut near the tops of these boxes, giving
a view around the horizon. The
guns themselves are aimed by means
of cross hairs in telescopes, and fired
by electric buttons, which are instantaneous
in their action. Once the
cross hair is on the object, the projectile
may be sent on its way at a velocity
of 2,000 feet a second before the roll
of the ship has time to impair its accuruev.
About Planting Navy Beans.?
Commenting upon what he calls a
fatal &isiake iu growing navy beans?
planting them in March, April and
May?a correspondent of the Atlanta
Southern Cultivator says: "I have
grown them for several years in a
small way, and at first was greatly annoyed
hv weevil. In fact, I had one
entire c? op destroyed by weevil. The
certain remedy in this section is not to
plant before June 1, and I should think
farther south some later. The weevil
does uot bother my June-planted
beans."
1 m
To Destroy Cut Worms.?After
the land is prepared to receive the
crop, take cabbage or turnip leaves,
RoYA
t Absolutely ^
Makes the food more del
ROYAL BAKINO POwt
flip them into a bucket of water into
which a half pound of paris greeu has
been dissolved, scatter them over the
ground and the worms will devour
them and thereby commit suicide.
SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA
RAILROAD CO.
TIME TABLE NO. 16.
In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Jan. 1,1899.
ttrwofn _ p \ Qrp '
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1st Class Da ily. 1st Class Dally.
Leaves. a.m., 7 00 Charleston, 8 17 arrives, p.m.
*" a.m., 6 20 Augusta, 10 45 arrives, p.m.
" a.m., 0 20 Columbia, 5 20 arrives, p.m.
" a.m., 10 10 Kingsvllle, 4 28 arrives, p.m.
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION.
WEST. EAST.
H1 7,7 77 ? ? ?
2d c 2d c 1st c UliUlUlliJi i8tc2dc2dc
a. m. a. at. a. m. Leave. Arrive. p. m. p. m. p. m.
8 20 11 40 Camden 3 00 4 30
8 50 12 00 De Kalb 2 40 4 00
9 05 12 12 "Westvllle 2 28 3 40
10 10 12 40 Kershaw...... 2 15 3 15
10 30 12 55 Heath Springs. 1 45 2 10
10 40 1 00 ..Pleasant HJ1L. 1 40 2 00
11 50 1 20 ....Lancaster.... 1 20 1 20
12 15 1 35 .... Riverside 1 05 12 15
1 50 1 50 .Catawba J'c'n. 12 50 11 20
3-10 2 15 ....Rock Hill.... 12 25 9 50
3 50 2 .35 Tlrzah 12 05 8 15
4 40 2 48 Yorkvllle.... 11 52 7 50
5 10 3 03 Sharon 11 37 7 15
5 30 3 18 Hickory Grove 11 22 6 50
5 45 3 30 ..^...Hmyrna 11 10 6 30
7 40 6 20 3 35 ... Blacksburg... 10 45 6 00 7 25 **
8 00 4 tO Earls 10 30 7 00
8 10 4 15 .PatlersonSp'g. 10 25 6 45
9 00 4 25 Shelby 10 15 6 30
9:15 4 45 ....Lattimore.... 9 55 5 10
9 49 4 52 ...Mooresboro... 9 48 4 52
10 10 5 02 Henrietta. 9 38 4 25
10 35 5 19 ....Forest City.... 9 21 4 00
11 00 5 34 Rutherfordton. 9 00 3 30
11 45 5 59 .Thermal City.. 8 41 2 50
12 10 6 14 Glenwood 8 24 2 25
12 35 6 30 Marlon 8 10 2 00
p.it. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m.
GAFFNEY BRANCH. ^
west. ea8t.
85 83 S4 86
M'x'd M'x'd STATIONS. M'x'd M'x'd
p.m. a.m. Leave. Arrive, a.m. p.m.
4 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 30 6 80
4 35 5 50 ... Cherokee Falls.... 7 05 6 05
5 00 6 20 Gaffhey 6 40 5 40
P.M. A. M. A.M. P.M.
? > >
Train No. 77, going west, makes daylight
connection at Lancaster with the L. & C. R.R.;
at Rock Hill with the Southern R. R.. going
north; at Blacksburg with the Southern. Train
No. 78, going east, makes connection at Marlon,
N. C., with the Southern R. R.; at Blacksburg
with the Southern, and at Lancaster with the
L. & C. R. R. Train No. 81, going east, makes
connection at Shelby, N. C., with the S. A. L.
R. R., going east. All local freight trains will
carry passengers If provided with tickets.
L. A. EMERSON, S. B. LUMPKIN,
Traffic Manager. Dlv. Pass. Agent.
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D. W. HICKS. R. B. RIDDLE.
GRIST COUSINS.
Seasonable Eatables.
When you want seasonable
eatables, call on GRIST COUSINS,
where you can always get
them- at the correct prices. For
instance we are selling a splendid
quality of?
Evaporated Apples at 12 cts.
Evaporated Peaches, 12% cts.
Syrup Peaches, 20 cents.
Pie Peaches, 15, or two for 25
cents.'
Mermaid Oysters?finest on
the market.
Three pounds of the best Soda
for 10 cents.
Ten pounds of good Rio Coffpp
for $ t. 00.
Georgia Syrup of a good
quality.
When you want anything in
the Fancy Grocery line, call and
see us. GRIST COUSINS.
"Never Li Its History Has
Yorkville Had a Superior ^
JEWELRY STORE!"
SUCH is. almost invariably the expression
made by persons?both ladies and
gentlemen?who have visited us in our
NEW QUARTERS. Heretofore we have
not had enough room to conduct a JEWELRY
BUSINESS such as we have _
all along desired to do; but now we are
fixed for business and cordially invite you
to come and see us in our magnificent
quarters in the Kuykesdal Building,
where, during the past few days, we have
been engaged in opening our New Goods.
We have now a line of Jewelry that has
More Style,
More Values
and at Lower Prices
than ever before seen or dreamed of. See- ^
ing is believing. Come and see us.
EVERYTHING GUARANTEED
To be exactly what it is represented to be.
SPECK,
the jeweler.
lohsrothT *
IMPORTED TEAS.
t n a vi? flmenln <uile for York ville of
JL the well known O. Ac O. TEAS, coinprising
such grades as India and Ceylon,
Formosa and Oolong, etc., which I can
recommend to lovers of good Tea, at the
right prices.
Try a package CREAM of WHEAT
PREPARATION, a new, easily digested,
health food, 20 cents. '
I have in another shipment of MACKEREL
IN KITS. They are nice at $1.20,
also loose in barrels at 10 cents a piece.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR as well as
prepared for use, along' with Maple Syrup
by the gallon or bottle.
LOUIS ROTH.
Baking
Powder
tIRE
licious and wholesome j;
>ER CO., NEW YORK. J