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tumorous department. PAID WITH A SMB. If anything roils a woman, it is to have some younger woman get up and offer her a seat in a street car. This misplaced civility infers that the elder woman is to be considered on account of her age, wheu, in fact, there is little difference in years between the two. I witnessed a droll bit of comedy the other day in a Brookline electric that makes me smile every time I think of it. The car was full, with several passengers standing, when in bounced a stout, well preserved person, with white hair beautifully pompadoured. She was dressed in deep mourning, but a bunch of violets in the front of the * O t AiinK r\f ^milioroHnn" tn \j\jctv a ivuvu vi lu?v her grief, which was quite borne out by a merriment lurking in her mouth and eyes. The lady grasped a strap and looked out of the window. Then suddenly a young person sitting near, observing perhaps that no man in the car intended to offer his seat, rose and learning forward touched the other on the arm, saying: "Won't you have my seat ?" "Are you going to get out?" asked the standee. "No, ma'am," replied this tactless creature, "but you are older than I, and?" but the sentence was never finished. If a glance could slay, that young person would have fallen on the floor dead. "Thank you. When I am too old to stand up, I shall not enter a public conveyance." That was all. The junior woman slunk back into the seat, and some of the passengers tittered.? Cincinnati Enquirer. Unreasonable.?"Yes, we are at * swords' points," admitted a suburbanite, while discussing a neighbor. "Fault on both sides, I presume?" "No, sir ; uot a bit of it. I've been unfortunate, that's all, and he won't listen to explanations." "Shot his dog, didn't you ?" "Yes, I did, but it was this way. I heard the whole street in shrieks and rushed to the window. Boys were climbing trees, mothers bustled their babies inside and locked their doors, and down the centre of the street came that dog like all possessed. Of course I thought he was mad. So would anybody, and I shot him. "Come to find out, he'd been rooting into a bumble bees' nest. I'm no expert on mad dogs and told my neighbor so ; but he stormed around as though he had bees in his own hair, and I just dropped him. "What made him madder was that I hit him in the head with an old coal scuttle. I can't see through a tight board fence, can I? I didu't know he was snooking through the alley when I threw the thing away. He was so mad that I didn't recognize his voice. I told him we didn't allow such talk and had him kicked across part of a subdivision before I discovered who he was. Then I apoligized, but there's no reason in him."?Detroit Free Press. Bill's Luck.?A Chicago hotel manager employed a bandy man going by the name of "Bill" to do his window wasbiug. One morning Bill, instead of doing his work, was amusing himself . ?i ?? i??i. oy reauiug me paper, uuu, as uou iuvn would have it, the manager looked in. "What's this?" he said. "Pack up your things and go," said the manager. So poor Bill went to the office, drew the money which was owing to him, and then went upstairs and put on his good clothes. Coming down, he went to say "Good-bye" to some of the other servants, and there he happened to run across the manager, who did not recognize him in his black coat. "Do you want a job?" asked the manager. "Yes, sir," said Bill. "Can you clean windows ?" "Yes, sir." "You look like a handy sort of fellow. I only gave the last man $5, but I'll give you $7." "Thank you, sir," said Bill; and in half an hour he was back in the same old room?cleauing the window this time, and not reading the paper.?Collier's Weekly. Composition on Breathing.?A boy, 14 years old, who was told to write all he could about breathing in a composition, handed in the following : "Breath is made of air. We breathe with our lungs, our lights, out liver and kidneys. If it wasn't for our breath, we would die when we slept. Our breath keeps the life a-going through the nose when we are asleep. Boys that stay in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait until they get outdoors. Girls kill the breath with corsets that squeezes the diagram. Girls can't holler or run like boys because their diagram is squeezed too much. If I was a girl I had rather be a boy so I can run and holler and have a great big diagram."?Detroit Free Tress. A Senatorial Slander.?Two ladies visiting in Washington during one of the sessions of congress went to the Capitol to hear the proceedings iu the United States senate. Most of the galleries being tilled, they approached the doorkeeper of the senators' gallery, where admission is by card. As they did not possess this passport, the doorkeeper suggested that they procure one from any senator they might be acquainted with. "But we do not know any senator/' they replied. ** "Well, it is very much to your credit." said the doorkeeper. "Pass right in, ladies."?San Francisco Argonaut. Just In Time.?"Hello! Is that Mr. Hiirhmus's residence?" "Yes." "Is that you, Fanny ?" "Yes." "Are you alone?" "Yes." "So am I. Everybody else at the office has gone. I want to talk to you a little. I)ar " "Sh ! Don't you know the girl at the central office is listening?" "Darkness, I was going to say, may come on before I get around this evening. It's a nice day, isn't it? Well, good bye."?Chicago Tribune. Wayside (gatherings. 86T" Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, is ill with a severe cold at Northfield, , Mass. The Canadian government telegraph line has been completed to j Dawson, Alaska. VST The New England Beet Sugar 1 company will erect a $300,000 plant at ' North Judson, Ind. 1 8?" A British and a French man-of- ! war are suppressing bands of brigands ! in the New Hebrides. , HaT" Canada will furnish 1,000 picked troops for service in South Africa, and will put them on a transport within 10 days. t8T A band of escaped convicts from New Caledr ia have been killed at Segon, where they had been robbing and raiding. VST The native villages of Lepers' Island, whose governor was recently murdered, have recently been destroyed by war-ships. M8T United States Senator Mason, of Illinois, says he will introduce a resolution in the senate, expressing sympathy for the Boers. 8S7* The sultan of Turkey has issued a decree promising reforms to Armen- 1 ians and exercising clemeucy toward sentenced prisoners. t&T The army officials are watching the test of the automobile as an engine i of war with great interest. Opinion ; favors its adoption. I Official denial has been made to persistent rumors that Prince George of Greece, and Princess Victoria, of Wales, are betrothed. 86T The use of serum for treating 1 bubonic plague victims in Oporto, ' Portugal, has been so effective that 1 confidence is restored. 8@T The first woman's congress on record was held at Seueca Falls, N. Y., in 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was present, at the meeting. titf Three of the Union Pacific train ( robbers who, in July last, stole an iron , box containing over $125,000, have , located in Seattle, Wash. , 86T Linz, the capital of Upper Aus- ; tria, is in a state of terror over a series of Jack the Ripper crimes, five wo- j men having been murdered. SOT Six widows and 123 children and grandchildren attended the funeral of Conquering Bear, an Indiau killed by < a street car at Omaha, Neb. < t&* Reports of consuls from various 1 places show that America's competi- ' tion in trade lines is giving English ' manufacturers much uneasiness. W3T Horatio Tennyson, the last sur- ! viving brother of the late poet-laureate, 1 died suddenly a few days ago at Bright- ' lingsea. He, too, had written verse. 1 S8T General Grenville M. Dodge, of Iowa, has been relected president of the society of the Army of the Tennessee. The next reunion will be at ' Detroit. The Croker faction of the New York state Democratic committee J routed the Hill party and passed a resolution indorsing Bryan for the presidency. ( IST" Serious labor troubles are re ( ported from various sections of Texas. ( In some places, rangers have been ( called upon to keep the lawless element in check. VST The town of Pullmau is now merely a geographical expression, the city of Chicago having taken formal possession of its streets, sewers and public buildings. t8T Lieutenant Colonel Hein, commandant at West Point, makes a report in regard to the stricter repressive measures against hazing that have become necessary. VS* A young woman jumped from a train near Waseca, Minn., and several other passengers, not knowing the cause of the excitement, also jumped. None were badly injured. VST Canadian concessions of a temporary character made at London on the Alaskan boundary dispute will avert friction with the United States until the subject can be finally disposed of. W&F Archbishop Ireland says he is in sympathy with the policy now being pursued in the Philippines, and thinks in time it will work out a satisfactory solution of the questions involved. I?" Cuba and Porto Rico used to buy annually $5,000,000 worth of shoes of Spanish manufacture, and a clumsy | article they were. A much better grade of American shoes is selling in the island now for 50 per cent less. , 16T Mayor Lacoste's order forbid- ! ding the display of the Spanish flag in < Havana, except at the consulate, is | causing much bitter feeling among the j Spaniards. The Spanish consul gener- i Al, as a protest, refuses to hoist his i flag. I U&" The school authorities of Riverside, Cal., are much disturbed by the discovery that a man who has been i teaching in one of the public schools < for several years has done so under a certificate obtained, as they say, by the use of a fraudulent diploma. 1 t&T In Kansas persons convicted of ' murder in the first degree are senten- | ced to be hanged whenever the governor shall sign their death warrants. No governor has ever signed a death ' warrant, and so the penitentiary con- ' tains many prisoners under sentence to be hanged. 1 ^"SeMBtary F. D. Coburn, of the ( KaMjfl^state board of agriculture, $|j$rtnat the sending out of false re- ( ports of ravages by caterpillars is a i crime against the state, and that the guilty persons ought to be severely ( punished, because intending immi- . gruui*> aic suaicu a?aj uj vuvui. f Kansas, he says, seems likely to suffer more at the bands of such uutruthful i persons than from insects of any sort. The new policy in the subjugation of the insurgents contemplates the permanent occupation of every position taken by the American forces. The coast towns will first be captured < by the aid of the increased fleet aud the ports blockaded so that the insurgents cannot be aided from outside sources. It is expected by these operations gradually to drive the Filipino array into the interior and thus orce them to surrender or become mere bandits. pijsccUaiuoujs Reading. THE OPEN DOOR POLICY. South Carolina Manufaucturern Want It Maintained In China. A number of Spartanburg mill men have addressed an open letter, to Senators Tillman and McLaurin and the South Carolina representatives in the house, asking them to insist upon a government policy that will insure the freest access of the products of southern cotton manufacturers into tne marneis cf China. The manufacturers hold that the Chinese market is by far Lhe most important of the world. They view with alarm the establishment of spheres of influence by Russia, Germany and other powers, and ask the South Carolina representatives to do all they can for the mainlainance of the open door policy heretofore guaranteed by treaties, etc. Senator McLaurin was the first representative to answer the letter and up bo this writing the only one. His reply is as follows: "Bennettsville, S. C., Oct. 12. 'Messrs. J. B. Cleveland, J. H. Montgomery and others, Spartanburg, S. C., "Dear Sirs: Your letter has been received. I fully concur in everything you say about the importance of t'?e retention of the trade of the south with China. The 'open door policy' is what we need and want. This has hitherto been secured by 'treaty rights,' which have beeu respected oy otner QHtioos only to the extent to which it conduced to their trade interest. While ostensibly recognizing these 'treaty rights,' other nations, in violation of Lhem, have acquired territory and excluded therefrom our legitimate commerce. Russia has gradually absorbed Manchuria and is building a railroad across Siberia to command the trade of China. Germany has been active and is waiting in expectancy to obtain the Philippines. Japan has given Russia all the fruits of her victory of 1892. Prance has been the willing tool of Russia, and England has been passive In her fear to assail her. "This was the status in the east when the battle of Manila occurred. This victory thwarted all the schemes of Russia for the dismemberment of China, and rendered its absorption and partition impossible. If you want the open door,' the United Stales now holds the key. The archipelago of the Philippines lies along the coast of Asia Cor 800 miles and commands it. Manila is the point in the east which is the centre of ocean traffic. It is the only point where foreign nations could have obtained commercial stations without % struggle. "In the vicissitude and good fortune of a war with Spain, and without any intention of doiug so, the United States 1 ? - ..f ?1 nas acquirea me possession ui me Philippines, which gives to ber paramount political and commercial advantages. "My judgment is that the control of them, or at least of some portions, is the only safeguard for our trade interests in the east. The abandonment of them means the dismemberment of China, its partition among the European powers, and the inevitable loss af our Chinese trude. "I note you say in your letter, 'that he question of our rights in China loes not include an attempt to bring ather nations under the influence of aur flag; tb|U; this is not a question of empire, but simply a question of trade, 3tc.' "It seems to me that the question of :rade is not alone involved. The commercial and political aspects of the ?reat problem of the hour in this country are inseparable, and it is useless to close our eyes to this fact. Would it not be folly for us to sacrifice our commercial interests for purely political considerations? The maintenance of aur trade in the east does not necessarily mean the forcible annexation of Philippines, or the denial of the right aflocal self government, but when the war is ended by treaty or otherwise for congress to settle all questions in i just and constitutional way. "I do not favor the adoption by the country of a colonial policy because of the vexed and threatening problems rvrAU'inor nil t nf it. hut, T do think that. S. -- , , if possible, the United States should maintain sufficient interests in the islands to command equal trade rights with other nations in China. This will prevent for a long time the dismemberment of this vast empire. England aud Japan favor the intregity of the empire ; but they alone connot guarantee it against the other European powers. With the weight of the ininfluene.e of the United States thrown against dismemberment, it would be rendered impossible. "At present, Hong Kong, under British influence, is the great distributing centre of the orient. Mauila, under American influence, will occupy a better strategic and geographic position, and should become a commercial centre of that portion of the world. Commercial supremacy is the goal of every civilized nation?it is only attained through commercial progress and commercial expansion. Iu this great battle among the nations, without design of our own, while they were haggling among themselves, uewey sails into Manila bay, we find foothold within two days'journey of this land of consumers, where half the population of the world is congregated within an area no larger than the United States. "There is much political rot in the constant parading of the term "imperialism." It is a misnomer, intended to confuse and deceive. In involves the idea of the incorporation iuto our body politic, as American citizens, millions of the semi-barbarous inhabitants of a tropical country. I do not believe such a thing is intended, possible or desirable; nor is such a result necessary to secure such commercial expansion as we want. I think the dictates of common sense will govern the American people, and the ghost "imperialism," sprung for political effects, will not prevent them from gathering the full fruits of the victory so easily won, and treading the path so plainly blazed out by an overruling providence. "I am willing to concede honesty of purpose and sincerity of conviction to others on these questions. It is difficult for a representative to view this question as he should while the war is in progress, and both parlies tempting to make frantic appeals to stand by the flag,' and the other criticising, on humanitarian grounds, everything that is said or done. When these questions are considered by congress, it is my purpose to act and vote for what I conceive to be for the best interests of South Carolina. A discharge of duty to the best of my ability will come up to the full measure of my obligations. "As you request, I will use my utmnst pnHpavnrs to nreserve and en force all of our treaty rights" in China ; hut with the lights now before me, 1 feel that these are feeble safeguards. The United States, with the control of the Philippines, by treaty or otherwise, will be in a position not only to incist upon ; but to assert equality of trade rights in the east. Without this, all she can do is to respectfully but firmly protest against their violation by other nations, but, as in the past, is not in a position to assert and maintain them. Yours very truly, Jno. L. McLaurin." THEY TAKE BIG CHANCES. Some Experiences of Deserters From the Army and Navy. From the Washington Star. "Deserters from the army and navy occasionally stack up against some queer experiences when they re-enlist, . us a good many desetters do," said a Washington man who had served in both outfits. "When I entered the army for the second five-year stretch about 20 years ago, I 'look ou' at Davis Island, N. Y., then the big eastern recruitiug station. I was assigned, as is the usual custom, to a company of recruits, and they made me a sergeant until they decided to j what post to send me. Among the ( 'rookies' in my company was a good- . looking chap named Devine. He was s every inch a soldier. I knew thut he ] had been a soldier. So did all the ( old-timers who sized Devine up. It made me feel foolish wheu I took | Devine out with a lot of the rookies ( for an awkward-squad drill. He tried with all the skill he had to act like a man who had never seen a gun before in his life ; but I felt all the time that Devine was just laughing at me. One ' day, in the middle of the manual drill, I I gave a somewhat unusual order?an order that recruits wouldn't be sup- < posed to know anything about?just for the sake of trying to find out I Devine. I caught him unawares and ? he made the first movement toward executing the order. Theu he tumbled j to himself, gave me a sly wink out of i the corner of his eye, anil relapsed < into assumed clumsiness. When the j drill was over I happened to run into i Devine outside the company quarters. < "'You are an old swaddie,'said I. t " 'Forget it,' said Devine. I " 'Ain't you afraid they'll nail you ?' I asked him. 1 " 'It's me that's is taking the chance,' | said Devine. "Well, after the couple of months at j David's Island, I got my orders. I i was to join an infantry regiment at Fort Assiniboine, Montana, and take I charge of a large batch of recruits assigned to the same outfit. The whole ( batch got their orders simultaneously i with me. Among the batch was Devine. I ran into him at the canteeu | about half an hour after we got our j orders. i " 'Say,' said Deviue, 'I don't know < whether to duck or not.' t " 'For why ?' I usked him. " 'There's a cantain out there at ? Assiniboine that knows rae,' said Devine. 'I was in his outfit when I i jumped. Aud I was a sergeant, at that. He's a pretty square old geeser, t and I soldiered up to the handle as \ long as I was with him ; but all the i same, I'm afraid he'll land me if I go t out there.' ( " 'It's you that's taking the chance,' < said I. 'If he's a square officer, all i right and proper, maybe he won't s know you.' " 'I'll take the odds,' said Devine. f "Well, we went out to Assiniboine, < and when we lined up iu front of t headquarters on the morning we got t in, who should be officer of the day j but this captain Devine had served with when he jumped. The captain i didn't see Devine until, in calling the roll of the newly arrived recruits, j he scanned the countenances of the i men. I was watching for him to pipe t off Devine. As soon as be clapped ( eyes on Devine, I saw him give the i slightest possible start?Devine was t standing like a statue and looking 10 paces ahead?and then he went on t calling the roll. I knew he had got i next to Devine. " 'Devine will fall out,' said the 1 captain, wnen we were aoout to ne ordered to march to the quarters, and I said to myself: 'Devine, you'll do your little three years at Fort Leavenworth for a mortal cinch.' About 10 minutes later Devine came strolling into quarters. I nodded him over into a corner bunk. " 'How do you happen to be loose ?' I asked him. " 'I told you he was a square old geeser,' said Devine. 'He said to me: 44 4 "Your name's Devine, you say ?" 44 4 "The same," said I, giving him a No. 4 salute, and holding ray face as if I'd never clapped an eye on him.' 44 4 "And you never saw me before, did you, Devine?" said he.' " 4 "I've got a bum memory, sir," said I.' 44 4 "Um?you never saw me before, Devine," said he.' 4 "I'm certain of that. Um?very well. Now go to your quurters. And if the idea should ever enter your heud to desert, Deviue, why?well, go to your quarters.'" "Devine did his five years, and he was sergeant-major of the regiment when lie got his honorable discharge. But he surely did take a chance on a Mat term at Fort Leavenworth wheu he went to Fort Assiuiboine. "Deserters from the navy take long chances, too, ouce in a while. I was down in Houolulu harbor on my last ship. There was a coal passer from San Francisco named White in the black gang. He was dissatisfied and he got to be a seu lawyer quicker than any man I ever was shipmate with. 1 Se was always talking up in the bVsle about the superiority of the nerchant service?the coraparalive 4 reedom when the ship was in port, >nd all that sort of thing. Well, White went ashore one night, and he lidn't come hack with his liberty party. Along about 10 o'clock in the morning all hands on our ship were , jtartled to hear a lot of Comanche ( fiowls from a bark that was passing j llongside of us, bound out for China. , [t was the bark Kenilworth. When we , ooked over the rail we saw our brave j Liri.s* 2.*:? i ? u,. W IJIIC Billing way U|# 111 1 21C ujauuvj/, ( tad obviously as drunk as a lord?and , .he mate down below on deck, calling ( lira out of his name in all languages Hid ordering him to lay below. There j White stuck, however, calling us names j ind reviling the whole American navy, f intil the Kenil worth was out of earshot. E 3ur skipper was taking his constilu- t ional on the poop, and it would have J jeen the simplest thing in life for him i .0 have ordered a shot to be fired ( icross the Kenil worth's bows and ] nake the mercbautmuu heave to aud i lisgorge our deserter. i "But he didn't do anything of the tort. He simply grinned saturninely, t ind I guess he was deuced glad to get i id of White so easily without having I .o rig him up in double irons aud 1 jarry him back to San Francisco for 1 iourtmarlial. Yet While took a very ? ong chauce when he hooted defiance c it the ship he had deserted from, i squatting up there in the main rigging. < "Another piece of undefiled gall was 1 shown by an apprentice lad who umped the same ship at Acapulco, I Mexico. This boy kept cases, through 1 he papers, on all the transfers in the 1 javy, and he knew, a year after he lad quit the ship without a discbarge, hat there wasn't a single officer lboard her that had been attached to ler wheu he was an apprentice aboard s ler. So, when the ship pulled iiuo Sapa creek, the stream on which the Vlare Island navy yard lies, this boy e :omes bravely aboard, in the capacity if assistant to the bumboat man. He ( inew that none of the former enlisted ( ihipmates would give him away, and ( ie served out the beer at mess call ? svery day for three mouths, just as B ;ool and complaisant as if a year ^ jefore he hadn't gone over the side of | .he ship and forgot to come buck." ? FOR THE MOTHER OF THE HOUSE. | In the daily routine of the house- $ <eeping much lime und labor is saved t >y system and order. ' There is no labor-saving machine J qual to a good, thoughtful brain. Economize strength, time and labor >y well-matured plans, carried out with 11 sound judgment. '' No woman can afford to keep house ' n a huphuzurd way ; the tension on 1 lerve and strength is too severe. Keep ' dean I Awny with the general clean- 11 ng up, that nerve-destroying, madden- " ng process! When a thing needs * deaning up or putting in place; attend 1 o it at once. The model housekeeper c ceeps clean. J Stuily and plan ; leurn from others ' low to improve on your own plans if ^ xissiblc?theii execute. A long, zinc covered lable, will) ' shelf above, will be a help and pleasure n the kitchen. ' Let sound economy rule in the house- ) .old. ( A scrap jar is a good idea for saving " jlear grease. Fry out pieces of fa I iient to cook potatoes with. The following is a nice recipe for sreparing sweet potatoes: Peel, sprin desalt on, put grease or strips of fat neat over, cover pan and place inside )ven, turning frequently and cooking ilowly till quite soft. Feed hens well during the moulting leason. "Woman makes ihe home; home ' nakes the man." , Make the home bright and attrac,ive. Next to the feeling of being ) veil dressed, nothing gives a child ( nore sense or dignity and self-respect ] .han a well-appointed, prettily furnish- i :d home. Let love be the controlling 1 dement; learn and practice forhearmce to the limit of your nature. Let jweet peace reign. Remember, "He that rulelh his own . spirit is greater than he that taketb a ;ity," and not only practice self-conrol ; but inculcate this principle into -he little ones intrusted to your care io<] guidance. Who can estimate the inspiration of * i happy home ? To prevent the baby having colic give it calomel and soda, a dose being vhat one can lift on a pin head ; repeat jvery two or three days, or once in 10 lays as it grows older. The finest >abies I have ever seen were started in .his way. In severe cases of colic a warm nush poultice,sprinkled with paregorc will give immediate relief. A paste made of ashes of holly eaves, sugar and water will cure hrush in the mouth or in the mother's )reast. To prevent thrush wash the baby's nouth out each morning with a weak lolution of borax and alum. To promote circulation rub the whole >ody gently with hands or a soft, warm sloth. If threatened with cold or pneumonia, rub the whole body with a varm flannel cloth greased with muton suet. To relieve rattling in the chest, give jalomel and soda. Cream of tartar taken in generous loses is said to be a sure preventive of imallpox. Equal quantities of pine tar and 1 -* 1 * ~ ? * 1. ''"til iL-nll mivn/1 aru sie.weu lugciuci uim. ind spread on the affected parts every ~ light will cure eczema. r Too much money is spent wastefully tnd uselessly and too little saved and 1 nade productive and accumulative. We are too wasteful, know too little t low to economize and have too little I iispusition to do so. v Too many of us prefer idleness to * ndustry, and too few of us know how i o derive pleasure aud prolit from our < abor. We spend too much time learning vhat is not useful and too little in in- orrning ourselves upon the best rnethids of promoting our material prosper 1 ty- t Put ashes around the fruit trees. j. Set out scions of favorite apples and I; ilant peach seed. In this way you will b lave a fine orchard in a few years.? ? Jon Ella, in Practical Farmer. IN HIS STEPS. 'WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. vas writing this new story with that )bject. He was not poor and so had no temptation to write for money, but he s'as urged on by his desire for fame as nncli as anything. He must write this rinA nf matter Rnt what would Jesus lo? The question plagued him even more than Rachel's refusal. Was he join# to break his promise 1 As he stood at the window Rollin Page came out of the clubhouse just opposite. Jasper noted his handsome face ind noble figure as he started down the itreet. He went back to his desk and rurned over some papers there. Then le returned to the window. Rollin was valking down past the block, and Ra:liel Winslow was walking beside him. Etollin must have overtaken her as she ivas coming from Virginia's that afterloon. Jasper watched the two figures until ;hey disappeared in the crowd on the valk. Theti he turned to his desk and >egan to write. When he had finished ;he last page of the last chapter of his X)ok. it was nearly dark. What would fesusdoY He had finally answered the question by denying his Lord. It grew Inrlror in .Tnsnor's room. He had delib irately chosen his course, urged on by lis disappointment and loss. "But Jesus said unto him. No man, laving put his hand to the plow and ooking back, is fit for the kingdom of leaven." to be continued. IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. luminary of the News Tliat Is lining PublUhed by Exchanged. CHESTER?The Lantern, October !0: Mr. J. L. Simmons has received i letter from Lieutenant Crawford, iow at Fort Riley. He was on duty lie second day after arrival. His capaiu and second lieutenant are from I'exas and seem willing to take their ihare of the work. He does not like he incessaut winds of that country, iut he is iu good health and appetite. They expect to leave for Manila about lie 30th instant. Mr. R. E. Sliauioii, who was in town Wednesday, lays he had a field of oats which lie Miisidered fine, having been sown some veeks ago lie took a friend out to see hem. He could not find the oats, >ut found a multitude of army worms, fhe worms give themselves a task ot in acre a day iu Mr. Juo. Craig's field, ind reinforcements are expected. Mr. t-ibert Conrad, of Lowryville, says a Irove of turkeys will completely rid u ield of the pest, and while there are my worms the lurkejs will not disturb VIpj P HI Silifiiiiirkn ijf ?nj liiuj;. a?. ... jiackstoek, will go to Louisville, Ga., u'xt week to visit her father, Rev. J. 5. Mills. Mr. VV. Y. White lost h /cry valuable horse u few days ago, teiiig 11 good, safe family horse. Mrs. f. G. Alexander and her little daugher, Martha Keenan, who have been Mailing Relatives in the county for inme time, returned to their home, at Jncas, N. C. Miss Annie Keenan vent with them to visit a while in the )ld North State. Founded 1842. 5HS?F "Sing their own praise." THE STIEFF is the PIANO to buy ; it has no EQUAL for the money as pou save the MIDDLEMAN'S PROFITS ind it will last a lifetime; but we have BARGAINS in other makes. Wo have taken in EXCHANGE FOR STIEFF'S two I VERS A POND PIANOS, one, the finest style that firm manuaetures and it is almost new. If you ,vant this make, here are BARGAINS. CHAS. JVL. PIANO MANAPACTUKKH, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. FACTORY BRANCH WAREROOM, 213 North Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. C. L. WILMOTH, Manager. FINE TUNING. PALACE ORGANS. August 23 w 6m CAPACITY, 10,000 JOBS PER ANNUM. HILL BUGGY Bora* dealer* puah the aal* of cheap bugglea b*cauM th* proflte ar* large. Don't allow youraelf to b* TeuciD Into buying a ahoddy Job In order to me a dollar or *o. ROCK HILL" Hucfir* ar* "A LSul* Higher in Frio*. Hut?" they aland up, look w*U. and. abo?* all, KEEP AWAY FROM THE 8110P?maklns them eheaDtrln th* I tod. Sold by flrtwolMi doolcrt only. If dom oq ado 1 jour towD, vrlta direct. K ROCK HILL BUGGY CO., Rock Hill, S.C. 9 FOR SALE HY GLENN & ALLISON, Yorkville, S. C. ONLY OKU LEFT. ACT UUICK! rllK undersigned otters for sale for CASH ONE NEW 16-INCH 12 )ISK COR BIN HARROW for *18.50. 'he manufacturers of these Harrows lave given notice to dealers in machinery hat on the 1st of January, 1900, there will ie an advance of *10 on the present price, rhieh has heretofore ranged at from *25 0 *30 at retail. It is claimed by farmers irbo have used the CORBIN DISK 1 ARROW, that more wheat and oats an he seeded down in a day with one of hem, than can he done with one plow n several days. L. M. GRIS'l. September .'10 saw tl THE PHENIX OF BROOKLYN, FOR many years tho leading and most popular tire insurance company in 'aptain Jr R. Lindsay's agency has tranarred the agency to me, which is oertainy well associated with the other giants it myo|I)ce. When you want fire insurnee which protects against loss, see me, We've got money to hum |" L. GEO. GRIST, Agent. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION EAILEOAD CO. - < TIME TABLE NO. 3. ^ In Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Oct 1st, 1899. BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBUBG. WEST. EAST. 35. 33. EASTERN 32. 34. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Dally Dally Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sund'y Hund'y I STATIONS, IHund'y Hund'y A. M. P. M. P. M. P. St. 8 30 12 40 Camden .. "UTTo 7m ? 9 00 1 05 DeKalb 11 37 5 50 0 30 117 _...Westvllle..._ 11 25 5.10 11 10 1 45 Kershaw.-... 11 10 5 10 11 30 2 05 Heath Springs. 10 57 4 15 11 40 2 10 ..Pleasant H11L 10 52 4 00 12 III 2 30 ....Lancaster.... 10 35 3 20 12 40 2 45 ....Rlveislde?.... 10 20 2 45 1 00 2 55 ....Hprlngdell.... 10 10 2 20 2 00 3 05 CatawbH J'c'n. 10 00 2 00 2 20 3 15 Leslie 9 50 12 20 3 40 3 35 ....Rock Hill... ? 40 12 00 4 03 3 50 ...? Newport 0 15 9 30 4 15 4 00 Tlrzah 9 10 0 10 * 5 00 4 20 Yorkvllle.... 8 55 8 30 5 30 4 35 Sharon 8 40 7 50 5 50 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 25 7 20 6 00 5 00 Smyrna 8 15 7 00 ? 30 5 20 ...Blocksburg... 7 55 ? 30P. St. P. M. A.M. A.M. BETWEEN BLACKSBUKM, S. 0., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EAST! 11. EASTERN TIME. 12. 2nd Class. 2nd Class. * Dally Dally Except Except .Sunday STATIONS. L Sunday a. m. p. m. 8 10 Blacksburg 6 40 8 30 ..Earls 6 20 8 40 Patterson Springs.... 6 12 9 20 Shelby 6 00 10 00 Lattimore 4 50 10 10 Mooresboro 4 40 10 25 Henrietta 4 20 10 50 _..Forest City- 3 50 1115 Rut herfordton 8 25 11 35 Millwood 3 05 11 45 Golden Valley 2 50 12 05 Thermal City 2 45 12 25 Glenwood 2 20 12 50 Marion 2 00 p. m. p. M. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class. 15. | 13. TIME. 14. MO. Daily Except Dally Except Hunday. Sunday. STATIONS. A...i 5 30 (J 00 ... Blacksburg. ~ 7 45 6 35 5 45 ? 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 6 20 0 00 0 40 Gaflhey 7 10 0 05 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. . , Trains Nos. .32 and 3.3 connect at Blacksburg with trains on the Galfney Division. Train No. 32 connects at Camden with the Charleston Division of the Southern Railway for all points South. Train No. leaving Camden at 12.40 p. m., going West, makes connection at Lancaster, S. C., with the L. <Sr. O. R. R., at Catawba Junction with the S. A. L., going ^ North; at Rock Hill with the Southern Railway going North. Train No. 11 connects at Blacksburg with the Southern Railway from the South. At Marion, N. C., with the Southern Railway going West. to' Number 33 will stop at Kershaw for dinner. Trains will stop on signal at Oakhurst, Klein, Caskey's, Npringdell, Roddy's. Leslie, Old Point, Newport, King's Creek, Millwood, Union Mills, Golden Valley, Vein Mountain. SAMUEL HUNT, President, A. TRIPP, Superintendent, 8. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and P. Agt. flAROLINA & NORTH WESTERN li RAILWAY CO. G. W. F. HARPER, President. L. T. NICHOLS, Superintendent. Time Table No. 9?In Effect Jnne 4,1899. TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. EASTERN TIME STANDARD. HOUTII. NORTH. 61. 0. 10. 62. STATIONS. ? ?? 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. A. M. P. M. heave. Arrive. P. M. P. M. ? 5 30 4 30 Lenoir. 12 46 8 00 8 15 5 35 Hickory...... 11 50 5 55 ? m a nr. 11 'X\ 4 00 y iU u w - - ? _ __ 10 37 ti 50 ...LlncolntOD.... 10 37 2 40 11 35 7 39 ..Dallas 9 59 1 40 1 15 7 51 Gastonla 9 47 1 20 . 1 45 8 15 ....Crowder's.... 9 30 12 30 1 55 8 22 Bowling Green 9 23 12 20 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 11 20 3 50 9 20 Guthrles 8 25 10 37 1 4 05 9 28 ...McConnells... 8 17 10 25 4 30 9 45 ..Lowrysville... 8 04 10 <0 5 15 10 11 Chester 7 40 9 25 P. M. P. M. A. M. A. M. E. F. REID, Auditor, Lenoir, N. C., J. M. MOORE. G. F. A., Lenoir, N. C. G. F. HARPER, G. P. A., Lenoir. N. C. REPAIRING AND PLUMBING. THE facilities of the SUTRO COTTON MILL MACHINE SHOPS are ottered to the public for the repairing of all kinds of MACHINERY and PLUMBING. 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