tumorous* department.
He Wanted to Talk.?A solemn
looking Irishman entered a business
house the other day and, walking up
to one of the men employed on the
lower floor, asked:
"Is dhere anny chanst fer a mon t'
get a job av wur-rk here ?"
"I dou't know," answered the man
addressed. "You'll have to see Mr.
Hobart."
"An pfwere is he ?" asked the Irishman.
"Up on the second floor," was the
answer.
"Shall Oi walk up an talk t' him ?"
r.MAv.iod thn noolrnf f!rvr? omnlnumpnt
l|UCl ICU tuv OV^VAVi ivt viuj/ivj .uvu..
"No need of that," replied the man.
"Just whistle in that tube, and he'll
speak to you," pointing at the same
time to a speaking tube.
The old Irishman walked over to
the tube and blew a mighty blast in it.
Mr. Hobart heard the whistle, came
to the tube and inquired :
"What's wanted down here?"
" 'Tis Oi, Paddy Flynn !" answered
the Irishman. "Ar' ye th' boss?"
"I am," replied Mr. Hobart.
"Well, thin," yelled Flynn, "sthick
yer head out av th' second sthory windy
whoile Oi sthep out on th' soidewalk
! Oi want to talk t' ye!"?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Sing Sing Business Changes.?
The convicts in Sing Sing prison publish
a newspaper called The Star of
Hope. The following advertisements
from a recent issue convey the impression
that some of the patrons of the
paper are humorously inclined.
TO EXCHANGE.?The advertiser will
be glad to exchange a banjo, a mouth
organ, a pair of blankets, 47 Moody and
oauney irauta aim iujcc puw
Talmage for a jackscrew, a three-cornered
tile and 30 feet of rope. Address Dissatisfied
Dick, Clinton P.
TO EXCHANGE.?A person owning
a life interest in a small; but comfortable
furnished apartment, in a welllighted,
well-ventilated stone building,
will exchange the same for a blanket, a
yellow dog and a cave in the side ol a
hill, situated in any desert country on the
face of the globe. Address Life Larry,
Clinton P.
Good business opportunity,
A party having an eight-years' stone
cultiug contract with the state wishes to
relinquish it. Any person may have the
same if he can make the proper arrangement
with the governor. The contract
includes free board, grand music by string
and brass band, expert medical attendance
and spiritual care. Must be investigated
to be appreciated. Address Good
Thiug George, Clinton P.
Wanted to See That Foot.?On
the principle that to some persons even
old stories are new, this one, of the
royal princelings of England, is given
in Mr. G. E. W. Russel's recent book,
"Collections and Recollections:"
An English gentleman who had a
deformed foot was going to visit the
queen at Osborne, and before his arrival
the queen and Prince Albert debated
whether it would be well to
warn the Prince of Wales and the
princess royal of his physical peculiarity,
so as to avoid their making embarrassing
remarks, or to leave it to
their own good feeling.
TU? !? *?.. ...AA ~ ,7 ^,7
j. iiv luttci uuuisc wua auupicu,
Lord duly arrived. The foot
elicited no remarks from the royal
children, and the visit passed off with
success. Next day the princess royal
asked the queen :
"Where is Lord ?"
"He has gone back to London, dear."
"Ob, what a pity ! He promised to
show Bertie aud me his foot!"
"They had caught him in a quiet
spot aud made their own terms with
the captive.
Nice For the Necktie Wearer.?
A rather loudly dressed "gentleman"
stepped into the necktie apartment of
a big shop the other afternoon, and, in
a supercilious tone that would have
nettled a graven image into anger, uttered
the single mandatory word :
"Neckties!"
Then he threw back his head as if
the assistant was entirely beneath his
notice. This top-lofty air aggravated
the assistant; but he quietly displayed
a number of late patterns with a deferential
air.
"These," said he, obsequiously, "are
the very newest thing, and are excellent
quality at a shilling."
"A shilling !" haughtily snapped the
customer ; "a shilling ! Do I look like
a man who would wear a shilling necktie?
Is there anything about me to
indicate that I ?"
"I beg your pardon, sir," meekly
interposed the assistant, "the sixpenny
. . 1? _?l, tlto
couuier is ui me uuici cuu ui iuc
shop."?London Tit-Bits.
His Narrow Escape?1They were
talking at the Metropolitan club the
other night about the hard-fighting
and hard-drinking old generals of the
American army in its early days, and
some stories of old General Abercrombie,
"who never tasted water," went
around.
"My father," said one of the members,
"once asked General Abercrombie
why it was that he had such a natural
distaste for water.
" 'I'll tell you of an incident that'll
help to explain it,' was the frank old
soldier's reply. 'A good many years
ago I was crossing the great Continental
Divide. It was colder than Greenlaud.
In one of my saddle-pockets I
had a jug of whisky, and in the other
a jug of water. Well, it was so cold
that the jug of water froze up and
busted. Supposing it had been inside
of me !"?Washington Tost.
Fooling the Public.?"I am about
busted in the mutter of curiosities,"
mused the owuer of a small store.
"It's a bad habit?this idea of drawing
trade by making a museum of the
window; but it can't stop uow?business
won't allow it."
A few hours later the soda water
trade was rushing. The crowd outside
the window gazed until it was thirsty
at the remarkable bird that hung iu a
big cage. The card attached bore a
handful of the alphebet hysterically
put together and designed for a specific
name. After it were the words, "From
Somoa."
A few days later the "curiosity" was
feeding iu the back yard with the rest
of the bantam hens.?Detroit Free
Press.
Wayjsidt (Slitherings.
?6T More than 40,000 Americans
have gone to Europe since the 1st of
May.
It is estimated that 2,000,000
bushels of wheat were destroyed by
hail in North Dakota.
The Bank of England estimates
that the amount of gold in circulation
in the world is 865 tons.
W3T Henry Ehlers died at Milwaukee,
Wis., Wednesday, after his nose had
been bleeding nine days.
86T A man never knows what he
can do until he tries, and then he is
often sorry that he found out.
ttajr A few weeks ago toe Arupp iactory
turned out its twenty-thousandth
large gun for European armies.
86T Electricity was discovered by a
person observing that a piece of rubbed
glass attracted small bits of paper.
1 I?* As tall oaks from little acorns
grow, so the biggest kind of scandals
develop from the smallest kind of social
material.
8ST There are said to be more divorces
annually in the United States
than in all the rest of the Christian
world put together.
Waff' London has more houses than
Paris, New York, Berlin and Vienna
put together, owing to the prevalence
of flats in the latter cities.
The man who is looking for
. something to do rarely finds anything,
but if he is willing to do anything he
can always find something.
JST Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett, of
Boston, announced her intention of
going south to carry on in person her
5 A. 1 L!
campaign against lyucuiug.
WatF" Kentucky authorities have decided
to deal severely with the Mormon
elders who are endeavoring to do
missionary work in their state.
8ST The National Afro-American
: Council of the United States wants a
federal statute passed making the
crime of lynching a capital offence.
By using dynafnite to bring two
' drowned men to the surface, searchers
wrecked the Milwaukee railroad's
steel bridge at Iron Mountain, Mich.
86?" Eight thousand men are engaged
in mining lead and zinc in Missouri.
The total output for 1898 was 74,000
i tons of lead and 140,000 tons of zinc.
8ST American trade with China is
' increasing to such an extent that it is
likely this country and Japan will
have a monopoly of it in the near
future.
8?* The speaker of the British house
of commons receives a salary of ?5,000
a year, and when he retires he is
raised to the peerage with an annual
pension of ?4,000.
8?* The government is paying from
$200 to $600 a day for each vessel carrying
horses, supplies and army baggage
to the Philippines, and $1,000 a
day for each vessel that carries troops.
VST In proportion to population
Switzerland has a larger array than
any other European uation. Every
citizen of the land has at sometime
been under military training and is
icauj IUI cci vitc.
W&F At the beginning of this century
the Bible was accessive to but one-fifth
of the population of the world. Now
it may be read by nine-tenths of the
people of the globe, so rapidly has its
translation been carried on.
t@T "Wimmin," said Mr. Grogan, "is
mighty similar in wan way." "An'
fwat's thot?" inquired Mr. Hogan.
"No mather how minny av them you
git acquainted wid, they're all alike in
bein' different from wan another."
A crank in Brooklyn went over
the route of a century run and sprinkled
it freely with tacks. Of the 80
that finished the run more than half
had collapsed tires. The tacks remained
in most of the tires until pulled
out.
B6T Mrs. Blonde (wildly)?George,
where did this black hair come from ?
Mr. Blonde?I was riding behind a
black horse, and he switched his tail.
"But, George, this is fine hair," flashed
the lady. "Yes, it was a fine
horse," replied George.
Two hundred and fifty tons of
copper coins have just been unloaded
at New Haven, Conn., from a ship
which made a trip to Bombay, India,
to purchase tbem for manufacturing
1 purposes in this country, as they were
1 cheaper than the native copper.
"I see they have started another
1 1 - J _ _ - C . L _ T 1 ? C
luuge ui me impruvcu viuci ui ivcu
Men in your village." "Yes; my husband
has joined it. But that's not the
kind of order needed in our midst."
"No?" "No; what is wanted is an
improved order of white men."
SSST A newly married couple in Port'
land, Me., who are both deaf, and are
' trying house-keeping without a ser|
vant, have devised an ingenious substitute
for a door bell. When a caller
presses the electric button all the lights
in the house flash up, and his presence
is made known.
A New York man fell overboard
, a few days ago and was rescued as he
was sinking for the third time. The
first thing he did on recovering consciousness
was to soundly berate the
man who saved him, declaring that if
he knew his business he would have
caught him the first time he sank, not
the third.
S6T The remarks relatives and friends
who attend a funeral make upon the
merits of the deceased are frequently
instructive. At the funeral of an aged
: resident of a suburban town, recently,
a neighbor feelingly observed that the
departed "wouldn't rare and cuss
about taxes any more."
t@T Eliza Day, colored, aged GO
ti/?n t n f Vi n nl n m Km a C\
years, u pnucut ao mc vuiuiuuuo, v.,
State hospital, who was received from
; Marion, O., 10 years ago, died from
peritonitis, and an autopsy revealed in
the stomach the handles of five silver
spoons and 50 cambric needles, and in
the bowels nearly 50 more needles.
SfiT* Vermont and New Hampshire
grow more slowly than any other
states in the Union, and the former
seems, as nearly as may be a finished
: and fenced-in community. Old as the
state is, one county has less than 4,000
inhabitants, and another less than 10,000.
Villages in both states are drained
of their young men, who go to Boston
or New York in search of careers
not to be found at home.
|ntm and .fireside.
REMEDIES FOR IVY POISONING.
. In referring to a recent article in the
Albany Country Gentleman, a Michigan
writer to that publication contributes
the following:
I have read the article published in
your columns on poisou ivy and poison
sumac with much interest. From the
age of 12 to 30 I was prevented from
?. ?I ^ ~ " "oiiol iTAnotinnu miinh
pursuing lli y uouai Tvuuvivud uiuvu
more time from the effect of these poisons
than from all other causes?at
one time over six weeks.
I used various remedies, but with
little success. I then discovered that
a liniment made from one pint alcohol,
one ounce camphor, two ounces
ammonia, one ounce olive oil and one
once of castile soap was the best thing
to use in the early stages, and as a
preventive when I had been exposed.
First, wash all the exposed parts of
the person with warm water and castile
soap, or other mild soap, and then
make frequent application of the liniment.
If this is not at band, wash
and use strong spirits of camphor. If
this were done at once after exposure
it would usually prevent any ill effect.
About 35 years ago a man came to
work for me who said he was easily
affected by either the ivy or the sumac.
He worked for me for nine years, at a
time when ivy was very abundant in
all my hay fields, and on tho marsh
which I was at that time clearing. He
was not not laid up an hour from the
effects of either of these poisons. He
worked at mowing, pitching and mowing
hay, and a little at the cleaning on
the marshes, and did the first plowing
of them. His remedy to prevent and
cure was lobelia and whisky. He
would gather as much green lobelia as
he could crowd into a quart bottle,
and then fill it with whisky, sometimes
o^Hintr more whiskv as it was used.
first washing with a mild soap and
then applying liberally the lotion at
noon, supper and bed time.
At this time I had let a contract to
a man to grub and clear 20 acres of
this low ground. It was in August and
very dry, and there was much dry
brush aud trash, and he very soon (after
having a small tract grubbed) commenced
to burn. He was very badly
poisoued, his face and hands much
swollen. He used the lobelia and
whisky, and in a few days was at his
work again. By their continual application,
he was able to finish his job
without further trouble.
From that time to this I have used
this preparation, aud kept it always in
the house, using two ounces of dry lobelia
to a pint of whisky, both of
which are purchased at the drug store.
Since learning of this remedy and preventive,
I have never had any trouble
myself or with the men who have
worked for me. The ivy is mostly
gone; but within the last six years I
have cleared 350 acres of low ground
upon which there was a great number
of sumacs. Probably in doing this
work I have had a 100 different men
on it, many of whom were susceptible
of being poisoned. I took care to
have them know how to use and furnished
them with the preparation, and
not one of them who followed directions
has had any trouble.
Tomato Gravy.?Much is said, and
none too much, of the dietetic virtues
of the apple. Next to it, perhaps, we
may rate the tomato. It has one virtue
that we have never seen mentioned?the
property of emulsifying fats.
To this may be added a singular faculty
of assimilating itself to the flavor
of meat gravy, with which its juice
may be cooked. Our housekeeping
friends may try a fried steak, for once,
by cooking a little tomato juice in the
sizzling pan just after removing the
meat. Any melted fat, or baked shreds
and juice adhering to the iron, or butter
applied to the meat, entirely disappear
in an emulsion, makifig a rich,
copious, reddish brown <.-ravy, with
the true meat flavor scarcely modified
by a slight piquant acidity from the
fruit. If the steak has been left in a
vessel to save its drainings since it was
nrwl thio ininp hft nut, in with
that of the tomato, the gravy will be
so much enriched aud enlurged, as
well as thickened, by the coagulation
of the additional albumen. Colandered
tomato pulp with this meat juice
makes a thick sauce of like rich llavor,
for roast or stew.?The Sanitary Era.
When to Cut Corn.?Cut the corn
when the grain shows a moderate
glaze. You will then get the best of
corn, and fodder also. Cut at this
time the ears will weigh as heavy when
dry as if it had been allowed to ripen
standiug, and the quality will be as
good. The length of time it will take
the corn to ripen and dry out will depend
on the season and the size of the
shocks, so no one can give any exact
time. Good farmers consider it very
important to get the corn cut promptly,
when it comes to the right stage, us
the stalks are so much better for feed.
A Chicken's Growth.?The question
of how much will a chick guin is
an interesting one. The following is
about correct: The egg weighs 2
ounces; the newly hatched chick
weighs 1} ounces; at 1 week old, 2
ounces; 3 weeks old, Gj ounces; 4
weeks old, 10 ounces ; 5 weeks old, 14
ounces; 6 weeks old, 181 ounces; 7
weeks old, 23A ounces; 9 weeks old,
32 ouuces; 10 weeks old, 30 ounces;
11 weeks old, 41 ounces.?Thel'oultry
West.
To Kill Lice In Hen House.?In
the first place, clean out the droppings,
then, once a month, take the hot suds
from the wash and more water, if need
be, and throw over all the roosts and
in every crevice, and while still wet
have a lot of unleached wood ashes
ready and throw them all over also,
aud the ashes will eat the lice all up.
This is what I have practiced, and I
warrant it to do the business.
A Butter Pointer.?Bad butter is
frequently caused by keeping the cream
from one milking too long while saving
it for the next churning, as is sometimes
doue when only one or two cows
are used. Itipe and unripe cream
should never be churned together.
The sooner the cream is churned after
it is separated from the milk the better.)
iUisccUiuuous Reading.
" lN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Ik Relng Published
by Exchanges.
CHEROKEE?The Gaflhey Ledger,
25 : Herbert Chambers, the youngest
son of Professor S. A. Chambers, of
this city, has enlisted in the 29th United
States Infantry stationed at Fort
McPherson and has been made a ser??%
Unnr.tfn1 nAHnO \ J_
(jcaui iu ilic uua^uoi v.vi jjo. ?
bert Alexander Huskey died at the
home of his grandfather, four miles
above Gaffney, last Monday, in his
22nd year, of typhoid fever. Mr.
Huskey was a model young Christian
gentleman. He had been a member
of Grassy Pond church since he was
1C and lived an exemplary life. The
funeral was preached Tuesday by Rev.
J. M. Bridges, of this city. At the
same time Mr. Bridges also preached
the funeral sermon of Joel Columbus
Huskey, his brother, who died July
5th of the same disease. Two
Mormon elders are perambulating the
county now and were in the city
yesterday. They both have the regulation
umbrella grips, and are anxious
to talk their doctrine if they can
get you to stand a minute. Last
I Saturday was the 60th birthday, or
Mrs. A. Harris, of Algood. On that
occasion Mrs. Harris's children and
grandchildren gathered at the home
of Mrs. Harris and gave her a surprise.
The gathering was a mo9t
pleasant one, and will long be remembered
by those who attended. Revs.
J. M. Bridges, of this city, and A. M.
Ross, of King's Mountain, N. C., were
present and took part in the ceremony.
On Saturday, I2th instant, Rev.
J. M. Bridges commenced a meeting at
Macedonia, which was continued until
the 23rd. There were 27 additions
to the church by baptism. Mr. Bridges
was assisted by Rev. A. M. Ross, of
King's Mountain, N. C.
LANCASTER?ledger, August 26:
The wife of Sam Hood, colored, near
Riverside, was struck in the head last
Wednesday with an iron rod by Joe
Boyd, colored, and is said to be in a
precnrious condition from the effects of
the blow. A warrant was issued for
Boyd and Constable Connor went up
for him yesterday. Married, at
the residence of the officer officiating,
on the 20th, Mr. James R. Blythe to
Miss Eula B. Howard, both of Albemarle,
Stauley county, N. C., by T.
W. Secrest, notary public. Mrs.
Belk, wife of Mr. Harper Belk, near
Waxbaw church, died on Wednesday
last, after a protracted illness. She
was a daughter of the late R. J. Lathan,
and was about 45 years of age.
She was a member of old Waxbaw
Presbyterian church and was a good
woman. Her husband and two children
survive her. Her remains were
interred Thursday at Waxhaw cemetery
after funeral services by Rev. W.
C. Ewart. Kershaw Era: Mrs. W.
M. Propst, of Yorkville, and Mrs. W.
J. Durant, of Sumter, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. C. L. Dye. Mr.
Wylie Wright, who lives at Oakhurst,
caught a rattlesnake near his well last
week. It was abyut five feet long and
bad eight rattles.
HONEY DEW.
Special Food Which Nature Provides For
the Bees.
Mr. Dave Walker, of Gaston county,
N. C., has often been referred to
in The Enquirer as a bee man of
wide experience. He has devoted a
considerable portion of his life to the
study of bees, and being now well advanced
in years, is well up on the subject.
He usually keeps anywhere
from 80 to 130 colonies, and sells from
ionn SSnn u/nrth nf hnnpv fiVfirv
year.
Mr. Walker was in Yorkville last
week on a visit to relatives, and while
be was here the writer had an interesting
talk with him. It developed
that most of bis knowledge and experience
is along the same line as that recently
gathered from Mr. H. C. Simpson,
of Catawba Junction, except that
Mr. Walker referred to several matters
which did not come up in the conversation
that the writer had with Mr.
Simpson.
One point on which Mr. Walker
does not agree with Mr. Simpsou, is
the number ot colonies that may be
maintained in one collection. It will
be remembered thnt Mr. Simpson said
that 50 colonies is about as many as
can be safely maintained within a radius
of a mile-and-a-half, or in a circle
of country three miles in diameter.
His idea was that while the range
of the bee in search of honey is
of almost indefinite length, most of the
honey is collected within a mile-and-ahalf
of the hive. Mr. Walker is not
inclined to dispute this assertion very
positively ; but he brings in a new element
which seems to make it wise to
greatly extend the limit of 50 colouies
fixed by Mr. Simpson.
The new element to which Mr. Walker
calls attentiou is what is called "honey
dew." This is a substance about
I ...U:nU iroftr liltlo
wini;ii me writer nunno rwj ??.? ,
but Mr. Walker assured hira that people
generally, especially country people,
knew more or less about it, and he
went on to relate some interesting
facts.
Just where honey dew comes from
Mr. Walker is not prepared to say.
He can give no better account for it
thau he can for ordinary dew. It is
precipitated from the atmosphere and
finds lodgment on leaves and other
vegetation. It has a greater affinity
for poplar and hickory leaves than for
any other kind. It is to be seen, in
its season, on these leaves in small
beads, and sometimes there collects as
much as half a teaspoouful in one
place. Iu Mr. Walker's observation,
the heavy dew is precipitated from the
atmosphere, usually in the evening between
G o'clock and dark. He has i
seen it falling mauy a time, or at least
he feels so very sure of this fact that
he has no idea that he can be mistaken.
Honey dew, Mr. Walker said, is simply
honey?pure honey, and nothing j
else. Anyone can tell that fact by
tasting it. When it falls the bees have
nothing to do, but to take it up, put it i
in the honey comb and cap it over.
The bees can collect an immense quantity
of it in a very short time ; but in
some seusons there is considerably i
more of it tban in others, and this
makes a wonderful difference to the
bees. While this honey is pure, it is
somewhat darker than that which is
extracted from cotton blossoms, and
hardly of such exquisite taste. Still it
is much better than most of the
honey that it collected in the spring.
There is another serious drawback
to honey dew. While seemingly it is
precipitated from the atmosphere, it
does not come in an unfailing supply.
It is never seen before the first of May
or after the first of September; and
while during some years it may fall
on as many as 50 days altogether,
some years it does not fall at all. Mr.
Walker said he has not seen any this
year at all. He does not think there
has been any, and, as the result, the
bees have been having a rough time
of it.
Tt is hfloftiise nf the hnnev dew then
that Mr. Walker tbiDks the bee keeper
should have a large number of coloonies.
With the honey dew falling on
five or six days in succession, as it
sometimes does, even a weak colony
can collect all the honey for which it
can fiud room. If a man has a large
number of colonies, then, of course, he
gets there with a large quantity of
honey ; but if he only has a few colonies,
of course he is unable to take advantage
of such wiudfalls even when
they come.
THE RATTLESNAKE'S MASTER.
If This Weed Is Not Wonderful, the Story
About It Is.
News and Courier.
The horticultural department at
Clemson college is making an experiment
with the growing of a rather remarkable
weed which has been known,
though in a quiet way, for years in
the up-country. It is down in the
lists as "The Rattlesnake's Master,"
and its good properties are said to be
such that a snake might bile a man to
its heart's content, and get only a jolly
in return, provided the weed is used
in the proper kind of way. The
"master" grows in Anderson county,
as well as in other sections, and recently
it was given care and attention
by Prof. DuPre, the horticulturist at
Clemson.
To the best recollection of people
who kuow the weed it was brought to
to this state from Texas, though it is
more than probable that it was thriving
here when Texas was not on the
maps. Some years ago a man from
the Lone Star state came this way
with a weed, potted and blooming, in
his caravan.
"It is a great thing," he told the
people, "and as long as you have it
about, you will uever need whisky for
snake bites. I discovered it accidentally
one day," he went on to say,
"and I have uever lost it since. Driving
along the road once I saw a snake
light which was being bitterly conducted
by a black snake and a rattler.
It was fierce while it lasted and it was
a peculiar affair. The rattler was getting
in some rather swift punishment
on his opponent, and every now and
then the black viper would dart off,
stop a moment by a greeu bush, and
then come back to renew hostilities.
This was kept up. Five times I saw
the snake go to the weed, and then I
decided to investigate. I went over
the side of it, and the next instant the
snake ran up and began bitiug viciously
at the weed, and as soon as he
returned to the rattler I jerked the
weed up by the roots. Three or four
minutes later later the snake came
back for his health restorer; but it
was gone. You should have seen
its antics. The snake was wild. It
jumped and darted and made terrible
atriicrcrlpn nnd 1 unites to find the weed :
- ~?Q- O j
but it was missiug. In less than three
minutes the snake, finding that its
ally was gone, tumbled over and died.
"In the meantime the rattler was
lying quietly, overcome hy the fierce
struggle, I thought I would try the experiment
further, so I cut a small piece
of the root, put it between the prongs
of a long staff, and jabbed it toward
the rattler. From his half sleeping
position it jumped up like a man shot.
He was drunk, or crazy, and made a
desperate effort to get away. But I
headed it off. Every direction it turned
it was met with the strange weed,
and finally it thought best to give up
the struggle. Then the snake deliberately
twisted its head and jabbed the
poisoned teeth into its neck and a moment
later was dead. It was a clear
case of suicide."
After this wild story the weed was a
welcome guest in any garden. A man
from Pendleton said the other day that
the facts as related must have been
true, for on one occasion he took a
piece of the "master" through the
mountains and tantalized with it a big
rattler until it died. Other stories
say that, years ago, the Indiaus living
in the up-country would capture big
rattlesnakes and stand a bite for ten
cents, and then escape pain and danger
by eating particles of the celebrated
weed. It was said that this was
one of the side shows at Indiau gatherings,
and none of the tribes seemed
to fear a sting or a bite so long as the
precious antidote was about.
The worth of the weed has been
vouched for by so mauy good and reputable
citizens that it has been given
a place in the gardens at Clemson,
with a view of making its fine qualities
better known in snake countries.
The only drawback is that the weed is
not of any value in killing snakes
seen in dreams, though it might be
used as a plank in the platform of
Prohibition people who do not like the
idea of men carrying whisky for
"snake bite," as they they so often do.
Then He Was Mad.?A Scotch
university professor, irritated to find
that his students had got into the habit
of placing their hats and canes on his
desk instead of in the cloakroom, announced
that the next article of the
kind placed there would he destroyed.
Some days later the professor was
called for a moment from the classroom.
A student slipped into his private
room and emerged with the professor's
hat, which he placed conspicuously
on the desk, while his fellows
grinned and trembled.
The professor, on returning, saw the
bat, thought some rashly obstinate
student had been delivered into his
bands, and, taking out his knife, he
cut the offending article to pieces,
while vainly attempting to conceal the
smile of triumph that played about his
countenance. He was in a very bad
temper the next day.
NATURE'S WONDERLAND.
(Continued from First Page.)
heat of the sun, mellowed by the leaf
age, and tempered by the breeze warm;
their bodies through and through, thej
drop off into a sweet sleep and the
great peace of the little death in lift
tills their soul. Time is no more, noi
the fret of life. They are going when
the innumerable dead of all the ages
have gone, in the delicious nirvana
which sick souls in prisons and in sore
distress crave as the one great boon,
To sleep in the softened warmth of the
sun up in the mountains is to learc
more than all the philosophers have
taught.
Science, human science, speaks o:
the suu as a huge immeasurable bal
or globe of fire, or of some prima
force. In these mountains you know
better. That bright life and thai
glowing heat is the intelligence anc
love of God Himself. Holy men have
always gone up into the mountains tc
pray, and even we poor paganized
souls, may in these high places feel His
presence near. Nature appears tc
make her riddles clear wheu mau gets
away from the life of show and repre
sentation. The ultimate knowledge
the secret of happiness, the infinite
contents of natural man you fiud ir
the simple people roaming over these
hills. All that has been thought oui
laboriously by the metaphysicians, al
the speculations of the pbilophers, al
the precepts of the sages, are idle imag
inings. The man who rises with the
sun in the highlauds of the earth anc
lies dowu at dark for slumber, knowi
more than we who read iu books anc
move restlessly over the face of this
old globe.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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FOR SALE BY
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Yorkville, S. C.
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The best and most perfect photograph:
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As Far As Prices
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I am also prepared to develop and prim
pictures taken with pocket cameras. Il
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camera, and for any reason you can't de>
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I
' In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, June 18,1899. .
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' BETWEEN
' CAMDEN, S.C., AND SHELBY, N.C.
5 WEST. EAST.
1 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34.
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2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd
Class. Class. Class. Class.
I Dally Dally Dally Dally
, Except Except Except Except
I Sunday Sundry STATIONS. jHundy|8und'y
A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
8 30 12 05 Camden 11 45 6 30
9 00 12 25 DeKalb 11 12 5 50
9 25 12 37 Westvllle 11 00 5 30
10 45 12 50 Kershaw 10 45 5 10
11 05 1 15 Heath Springs. 10 30 4 15
11 15 1 20 ..Pleasant Hill.. 10 25 4 00 -1
. 11 50 1 40 ....Lancaster.... 10 06 3 80
12 10 1 55 ....Riverside 9 50 2 50
12 30 2 05 ....Sprlngdell.... 9 40 2 35
1 50 2 20 Catawba J'c'n. 9 30 2 20
2 15 2 30 Leslie 9 20 12 30
3 30 2 50 ....Rock Hill... 9 10 12 10
3 55 3 05 Newport 8 38 9 50
4 05 3 12 Tlrzah 8 32 9 40
4 40 3 25 Yorkvllle.... 8 20 9 20
5 05 3 40 Sharon 8 00 8 40
5 25 3 52 Hickory Grove 7 45 8 10
5 45 4 02 Smyrna 7 30 7 50
6 20 4 25 ...Blacksburg... 7 10 7 20
. 5 00 Earls 6 50
5 06 Patterson Sp'gs 6 40
| 5 15 Shelby 6 30
P.M. P.M. A.M. A.M.
I BETWEEN
3 BLACK8BURG, S. C., AND MARION, N. C.
' WEST- EAST.
S 11. EASTERN TIME. 12.
2nd Class. 2nd Class.
: Daily Dally
Except Except ,
Sunday STATIONS. - Sunday
A. M. P. M.
8 10 Blacksburg 9 10
8 30 Earls 8 50
8 40 Patterson Springs.... 8 38
9 20 Shelby 8 30
10 00 Lattimore 7 30
10 10 Mooresboro 7 20
10 25 Henrietta 7 00
10 50 Forest City 6 35
1115 Rutherfordton 6 05
11 35 Millwood 5 50
11 45 Golden Valley 5 35
, 12 05 Thermal City 5 30
, 12 25 Glenwood 5 05
1 12 50 Marlon 4 45
0 P. M. P. M.
; GAFFNEY BRANCH.
J" WEST. EAST.
1 First Class. EASTERN First Class.
15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 16.
Dally Except Daily Except
Sunday. Sunday.
STATIONS. ,M.i ...
' 4*11 Km RlA^ksbiipc.? 7 00 1 6 30
4 50 5 20 Cherokee Kails 6 40 6 10
5 10 5 40 Gatlhey 0 20 5 50
P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M.
Nos. 32 and 83 will stop at Kershaw for
dinner. Trains will stop on signal at Oakhurst,
Elgin, Caskey's, Sprlngdell, Roddy's. Leslie, v
Ola Point, Newport, King's Creek, Millwood,
Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain.
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A. TRIPP, Superintendent,
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and P. Agt.
CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN
1/ RAILWAY CO.
G. W. F. HARPER, President.
L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent.
Time Table No. 9?In Effect Jane 4,1899.
TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
EASTERN TIME STANDARD.
SOUTH. NORTH. "
?6L 9. 10. 60.
STATIONS. ?? ??
2nd 1st 1st 2nd
Class. Class. . Class. Class.
A. M. P. M. Leave. Arrive. P. M. P. M.
5 30 4 30 Lenoir 12 40 8 00
8 15 5 35 Hickory 11 50 5 55
9 10 6 05 Newton 11 20 4 00
10 37 0 50 ...Llncolnton.... 10 37 2 40
11 35 7 39 Dallas 9 59 1 40
1 15 7 54 Gastonla 9 47 I 20
t 1 45 8 15 ....Crowder's.... 9 30 12 30
1 55 8 22 Bowling Green 9 23 12 20
i 2 11 8 32 Clover. 9 15 12 00
, 2 45 8 47 Filbert. 9 00 11 40
, 3 20 9 00 .....Yorkvllle 8 45 A1 20
3 50 9 20 Guthries 8 25 10 37
7 4 05 9 28 ...McConnells... 8 17 10 25
4 30 9 45 ..Lowrysville... 8 04 1010
3 5 15 10 11 Chester...... 7 40 9 2j
P. M. P. M. A. M. A. M.
A
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