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tumorous department. Conquered the Professor.?The mighty Jowett, of Oxford, invited a studeut to walk with him. After they had been on the road for about 30 minutes the pupil finally spunked up courage and remarked, "Nice day. professor." "Do you really think so?" was the faraway answer of Jowett. Another half hour passed, and the boy stammered out: "Nice road, professor." The teacher responded, "Do you re-' ally think so?" The matriculate began to boil in his bones and to get even more frightened, but he managed to again blurt out, "Clouds seem to be filling up with " rain, professor," to which the answer was: "Do you really think so?" The two returned to the college grounds, and the professor said, "Well, young man, we have been walking for several hours, and everything you said has been as stupid as it possibly could have been." His companion replied, "Do you really think so?" The professor looked at the young man a moment. Then he smiled and grasped bis bands warmly. From that time on conversation never flagged during their walks.?Saturday Evening Post. Horses and Poets.?Senator Black burn, of Kentucky, and Colonel Pepper of whisky-making fame, were discussing horses when Representative Cain, of Texas, entered. "What are you talking about?" asked Cain. "Horses," said Blackburn. "Oh," remarked uaio, **wny aoo i you talk about something worth the while? Why don't you discuss literature or something to improve your minds?" "Literature?" replied Blackburn; "what kind of literature do you recommend ?" "I like poets," answered Cain ; "I am particularly fond of Tennyson and Longfellow." "Longfellow ?" interrupted Colonel Pepper, suddenly taking an interest in the conversation; "oh, yes, I knew Longfellow. He was the greatest horse ever bred in Kentucky."?The Argonaut. Pretty Bad.?There have been many American humorists, good and bad, but only of late has the worst one been discovered. "How's Johnny?" asked one of the neighbors. "Well," replied Aunt Peebles, "he's got the hives this time. When he was a baby he had the nettle-rash. When he got over that he was troubled with a breakin' out that looked like measles. Then he had a ringworm on one side of his face. He has a bile every spring, and once in a while he gets somethin' the matter with his hauds that the doctor says is salt rheum." "He must have some kind of humor in bis blood," suggested the neighbor. "Yes," said Aunt Ann, shaking her head gloomily. "He's the worst humorist for his age that I ever see." Still There Was Profit In It.? Once upon a time a chemist in a certain provincial town was noted for a celebrated ointment. Its price was Is. 2d. a box. One day a customer came in ' .??! ZC La a?? .% I A nnt L n Anlr f Ko auu asiteu ll lie WUIU UWW nuwa vuv/ odd money off, he beiDg a poor man. "Well," said the chemist, "you look like a deserviog man, so I will." With that the man threw down twopence. "The shilling's odd," he said, and bolted. The chemist rushed out of the shop just in time to see him turning the corner. "Ha !" he shouted, "you beggar. I have made a penny out of you yet."? London Tit-Bits. Just One Trouble.?An old Scotch fisherman was visited during his last illness by a clergyman wearing a closefitting clerical waistcoat, which buttoned behind. The clergyman asked the old man if bis mind was perfectly at ease. "Oo, ay, I'm a' richt; but there's just ae thing that troubles me, and I dinna like to speak o't." "I am anxious to comfort you," replied the clergyman. "Tell me what perplexes you." "Weel, sir, it's just like this," said the old man, eagerly. "I canna for the life o' me mak' oot hoo ye manage tae get intae that westkit."?Youth's Companion. Tommy Carries His Point.? "Tommy Tucker?" "Yes, ma'am." "In this sentence, 'Esau go to your seat, parse Esau.' " "Esau's a proper noun, masculine gender, third persou, siugular?" "How do you make that out? "Isau, Usau, Esau?ouch !" How It Happened.?Jones?What a funny looking house that is across the street. Smith?Isn't it an oddity, though? I understand the owner instructed the contractor to follow all ttie plaus suggested by his wife.?Ohio State Journal. The Definition.?"Papa," said little Tommy Northside, who had been reading news from the Atlantic shore, "what kind of a steamer is a coastwise steamer?" "A steamer wise enough to keep oir the rocks along the coast," replied Mr. Northside.?Pittsburg Chronicle. B&" The Norfolk Landmark observes that "a Boer marksman on the topje of a kopje can dropje a bullet in the right spotje almost every popje and never seems to want to stopje." A Hopeful View.?"Professor Sumner says that only 10 percent, of the marriages are happy ones." "Well," replied the sweet young thiug, "even iu that case let us remember that the odds on marital hap piuess are about 10 per cent, better than those on a happy spiusterhood." ?Chicago Post. gUsttUunrouj; ^catling. ! IN COUNTIES ADJOINING. i Summary of the News That Is lielng Published by Exchanges. GASTON?Gastonia News, April 3: Mrs. Dr. Pressly, of Clover, was in the city yesterday on her way to Baltimore. The Negroes had a socia ble in the nortderu part 01 town mat night, which resulted in a row. Knives were in evidence and some of the women took refuge in neighboring white residences. The police held an investigation this morning, and are in search of the offenders. A special to Tbe News from I)r. R. E. Jeukins, just as we go to press, states that tbe store of Mr. J. P. Stowe, of Belmout, was broken open last night and about $14 worth of goods taken. The burglars entered at an upstair window and there is no clue as to who they are. An attempt was made to get into the store last Saturday night but failed. William Crowell was arrested and jailed in default of bond last week at Lincolnton, charged with elopiug with Miss Ellen Abernethy, of Harden, this county. Crowell is a married mau, and his family lives at Concord. Since the 2nd of February, they have lived iu Atlanta, Jacksonville, Richmond and Columbia. The girl came home a few weeks ago, and stated that she was married to Cro well. Crowell came for her again and was arrested before making his escape. The girl, who is a strikingly handsome blonde, was put on the, stand and admitted elopiug and living with Crowell. Crowell seems to be a very much married man aud is wanted several places. Gazette, April 5 : After participating iu just 23 marriages as best man, attendant or usher, Mr. W. Y. Warren at last assumes the leading role, and on the 18th day of this month will be wedded to Miss Maggie Adams, of Charlotte. The ceremony will be performed at tbe home of the bride at 9 o'clock p. m. by Rev. M. MoG. Shields, pastor of the Presbyterian church at ?hio nlui-o Miss Adams was for two v"'" years the efficieut milliner of Mr. A. C. Williamson, and during her stay here made many fast frieuds, who will be happy to know that she will so soon become a resident of our town. The groom is a popular young salesman of J. Q. Holland & Co. * Everybody knows him and everybody likes him. His friends he numbers by the score. The marriage will be very quiet, without any attendants. They will come to Gastonia on train No. 35 the same night, and will live with the father and mother of the groom. We wish the young people all the joy and happiness possible. We are under obligations to Mr. John Smith for a sample of the Egyptian cotton used by the Clover Cotton mill and about which so much was said in the newspapers sometime ago. In color the sample looks as if it had been raised on au old red bill, but has a long fiber and a silky appearance. At the lime it was bought it sold for 14 cents a pound. Now it will bring 16 ceuts. The yarn is very pretty and it sells for 40 cents a pound. A Philadelphia broker was in Clover recently, and he said that Clover Cotton Manufacturing < company's goods are as fine as that spuu by the Williaraantic people. The cotton comes in bales weighing from 700 to 900 pounds. The new library has been organized, and the first section of 50 books was received and opened Tuesday. Dr. McCounell was made librarian, and will have charge of it at his office. There are about 16 volumes of history and curreut events, and the remainder of the selection is general literature. About 40 different authors are represented in this collection and their works are always the masterpieces. Among the popular new books now there are, To Have and to Hold, Richard Carvel, Janice Meredith, When Knighthood Was in Flower, lone March, Oom Paul Kruger and his People, etc. There was quite a rush for books Tuesday, aud every one seemed well pleased with the selection. We learu that ouly four more members can be taken, as there is a maximum limit to the membership. One of the saddest deaths that it has been our duty to record, is that of Mrs. T. W. Kendrick, of Kiug's Mountain. Mrs. Kendrick died Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock. Her remains were taken to her home in New Hampshire for interment. Mr. Kendrick was for several months prescription clerk in the drug store of J. E. Curry & Co., and has many friends here who will sympathize with him in his afflictions. Just a few months ago he brought his bride from her uorthern home, and now he is taking her back cold in death. Could a scene possess more pathos? Think of the sadness of it! CHEROKEE?The Gaffney Ledger, April 3 : Arthur Green, a young wtiite man who plead guilty of larcency at the fall term of court last year, and was sentenced to 12 mouths on the county cbaiugang, has been pardoned by the governor, and was released Saturday. It has been stated that Green was pardoned ou a petition signed by all the couuty officers, a large number of citizens, and a request from Judge Buchanan aud Solicitor Sease. Solicitor Sease does not belong to this circuit, the petition was not signed by the officers of Cherokee couuty, aud we have not been able to see a man who ever saw it. The following ing property was sold by Sheriff Thomas yesterday uuder orders from court: In the case of Lucy Wood vs. Charles G. Black, et al., three-fourths of an acre in Blacksburg to M. M. Freeman, for $S0.o0. In the ease of Charles G. Black vs. Audy Black, et al., onequarter of an acre in Blacksburg to M. M. Freeman, for $50. In the case of A V. Ouhtharn. et al.. vs. Edaar Gun tharp, et al., one half acre in Blacksburg, to T. B. Butler for $.1G. Last Thursday night, between 11 and 4 o'clock, burglars entered the residence of Mr. Newton Jones in the eastern part of GafFuey and stole $1G from a purse in his pocket, his clothes being on a chair in three feet of his bed where he was sleeping. They also took all the cooked victuals in his house, aud a quantity of fresh beef, leaving no clue by which they could i be followed. The entrance was made i through a window in the cook room, i A night or two before Kd. Durham's l bicycle repair shop was brokeo into and robbed of quite a quantity of tools and material. No clue was found which could be followed up. In addiction to the above, Captain J. B Bell's residence was eutered by the use of a false key, last Friday night, and about $300 taken from the pocket of his pants which were in his bed room. After securing the pants the thieves took them out ou the back piazza and left them. So far as we know, nothing has occurred to indicate who the burglars are, or that is likely to lead to their recovery. CHESTER ?The Lantern, April 3 : Messrs. Thos. While and Thos. Elliott returned a few days ago from New York. Mr. White says money is easy there. One can get all that is needed ; but it is not idle, and business is very active. Judge Gage is at home for a few days. He will return to Barnwell Thursday to finish up the business there. That county has had six weeks of court on a stretch, three weeks of an extra term under Judge Hudson, followed by three weeks-ol the regular term under Judge Gage. The docket has been reduced from 150 cases to 20. Judge Gage will go next to Bamberg, the last place in the circuit. General Manager Nichols, of the C. & N.-W., gives notice of the followiug chauges: Mr. J. R. Gulp has been appointed agent at Yorkville vice Mr. W. B. Cauthen, effected March 1st. Mr. Banks Roddey has been appointed agent at Lowrysville vice Mr. F. L. Abee transferred. Mr. F. L. Abee has been appointed agent at Dallas, N. C., vice Mr. T. A. Wadsworth. ;-"Court opened yesterday morning with Judge James A!drich, presiding; J.K.Henry, solicitor; Harry McCaw, stenographer; J, G. McFadden, clerk, with A. E. Cornwell, assistaut; J. E. Cornwell, sheriff, with D. E. Colvin, deputy ; M. J. Wallace, crier: J. A. Lipsey, T. T. Lucas, aud T. H. Murr, bailiffs; J. A. Lipsey piloting the grand jury ; Fred Murphy drawing the juries, and Caleb Beam, janitor. After calling the witnesses in a number of cases aud the roll of ju rors, the judge charged the grand jury as to its duties. He called particulai attention to the oath of jurors to maintain secrecy as to what takes place in the jury room, and the importance ol this injunction. Mention was made ol the evident spirit of improvemeut all over the state in regard to roads and schools. The schools have heretofore received but little attention from grand juries, and yet they come entirely within their duties. They should give attention to the condition of school houses as regards comfort and health, and they should take cognizance ol the case of any teacher who may be innmrniotiin! nr whn hv pxamnle Ol otherwise may exert a bad influence, The grand jury reported a number ol true bills during the day. Archie Wilks was arraigned first, for housebreaking and larceny. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one yeat on the cbaingang or in the penitentiary. W. S. Atkins pleaded uot guilty of obtaining goods under false pre fences, in the purchase of a piano from Mr. E. C. Stahn. He pleaded his owe case and was found not guilty. Jobti Williams acknowledged that he was justly charged with housebreaking and larceny in two cases, and forfeited tc the county one year's labor in one cast and ten months' in the other. Jay Halsell had also entered a house aud stolen therefrom, and he couldu't tell a lie about it against such odds as con fronted him. He will make it even by working for the county one year Wen. Russell admitted that he likewise had coverted what was in his neigh bor's house and followed bis inclina tion. Judge Aldrich ordered that he wear tinkling symbols for 10 months, Josepe Littlejohn and Henry Thomp son were charged with entering a houst "by some other way." They said the charge was well founded, and 21 months of their time and labor were confiscated to the county. Frank Gooch, Mack Crawford, and Colemar Lynn denied that they were guilty ol murder as charged in the indictment, As the witnesses were absent and nighl was approaching, the court adjourned till 9.30 this morning. LANCASTER ? ledger, April 3 Mr. Daniel K. Price, whose critical ill ness was noted in our last issue, died at his home at this place shortly aftei 11 o'clock last Sunday morning. Rev. W. A. Betts. of Kershaw, is spending this week in Lancaster, mak ing interesting lectures, and giving in structiou in the singing of sacrec music. The residence of Mr. W B. Miller, of the Primus neighborhood was broken into and several articles stolen while the family was at preach ing last Sunday. The bloodhounds were sent for and Deputy Wilson re turned Monday with a Negro boj named Duncan, who, we are informed has confessed since being put iu jail. CLEVELAND?The Shelby Aurora, April 4 : Messrs. L. U. Campbell & Co., who are operating the large monazite mine out on the Eph While place, have just received and placed in position an enormous rock crusher, weighing about 9,000 pounds. They proposed to crush the rock and expect a fine yield of the golden sand therefrom. Active work began Monday and will continue indefinitely, giving employment to about 40 hands. Death claimed as its victim a promising young man, J. T. Falls, of Fallston, last Friday, who was buried on Saturday. He was about 21 years ol age, and a life full of promised usefulness lay out before him. Mr. Falls was sick little over a day from an attack of cerebral congestion which produced iutense suffering. His death cast a gloom over the entire community. Rev L. A. Falls, of Thomasville, who had been in attendance at his brother's fuueral, passed through Shelby enroute to his pastoral work. n/.l!nrmiio nnnnlo nrnnnf] Phprru. I IIC ltllf,IUUO ?IV?UU V..V..J ville don't believe in swearing by the "Latter Day Saints." And if you are not hunting trouble you must not use the expression, as two young rain oi notoriety have tested the exclamation, and find it will not pass them iu their own community ; but on the other band they were summarily ejected from the church. Booze was at the bottom of it all. Both fell asleep, and on awaking barely conscious of his whereabouts, exclaimed, "Latter Day Saints." The enraged church people arose in their might and cast the youDg inebriate and his companion into darkness. Our w readers will remember that mention v> was made in these columns some o weeks ago of the plan of the General t< Electric company, one the richest o and strongest financial institutions in the country to establish on Main Broad a river, near Ellis' Ferry, an immense p electric power plant for the transmis- p sion of power for the operation of cot- p ton mills, ginneries, the lightning of c towns and to furnish other motive power. We are glad to state that the plan is now fully developed and that the Power company was organized last g Thursday with the followiug directors, all of whom being gentlemen well Known ior ousiness sagacity nun micg rity : Jno. B. Cleveland, Spartanburg, S. C.; S. B. Tanner, Henrietta, N. C. ; J. A. Carroll, GafTuey, S. C.; Geo. A. a i Gray, Gastonia, N. C.; J. G. Ward- b i low, Gaflney; Captain F. Dilling, a i King's Mountain ; F. G. Stacy, GafJ 8 ney ; A. C. Miller, Shelby; H. D. a i Wheat, Gafluey ; A. F. Giles, Atlanta, a Ga. By glancing over this list of di- d rectors, one will see that the personel c comprises a splendid array of business o i ability. The work on the plant will * > begin immediately, and everything will be in readiness for the transmis- * sion of power by January, 1901. The * : power will be transmitted by insulated ^ i cables within a radius of 30 miles. Pow- 1 i er will be supplied to the mills at the 8 following points :. Spartanburg, GufF- ^ i ney, King's Mountain, Gastonia, Cher- 8 ryville, Shelby and Henrietta. Gaff- J ney has already contracted for 2,500 J horse power aud the Belmont mills of J this place, together with the Shelby * Cotton mills, have closed contracts for sufficient power to operate. The com- * pauy guarantees to furnish this power fi . 15 per cent, chenper than steam. They also expect to furnish the towns men- 8 , tioned not already lighted, with elec- 1 trie light at greatly reduced cost.. This jj , will indeed be the long looked for op . portunity for Shelby to light her streets . at a small cost. As has already been . , mentioned, the Generul Electric comi pany, which is backing this company, . is one of iminense capital, and full) able to carry to a successful conclu sion any undertaking il begins. The j King's Mountain Oracle, April 4 : J. i C. Bumgardner has six aud a half acres r of the finest looking wheat to be seen F hereabouts. It is fully knee high and I there is a good slaud of it. Mr. Bum I gardner says he expects to gather over ! 100 bushels from the field. He fertil- ^ I ized the laud well with refuse from bis , slaughter house and in additiou drilled i in irnann. We think he outrht to make , I his 100 bushels. \ T ARCHIBALD FORBES. ' ! ! . 1 He Wan the MoHt Famous of the English { War Correspondent!!. f Archibald Forbes died in London on i ' Thursday of last week of septic fever ] brought on by internal abscess. 1 I Archibald Forbes was one of the t ' most famous of all war correspondents, j He was born in Marayshire, Scotland, e in 1838. He entered the University of ] - Aberdeen, but did not finish his course, ] > leaving to join the Royal dragoons, i i He was war correspondent for The i Daily News in the Franco-Prussian i > war, witnessed the closing scenes of 1 I the Commune, visited India during the < famine of 1874, weut to Spain to report i ' the civil wars there and next accom- 1 ' panied the Prince of Wales ou his t I visit to India. He went to Servia in 1 I 1876 and marched with the Russians i - during the fighting in the Balkans the ' ' next year. 1 His descriptions of these battles at- 1 ' traded attention to him as a forceful 1 and spirited- writer; but his master- ' piece was without question his de- 1 s scription of the attack upon Plevna, ' which was afterwards adopted by the * Russian government as the official re- { > port of the battle. His wonderful activity and enter- i prise finally led him into a move 1 which ended his active career as a f : war correspondent. This was his ride j i of 120 miles through a wild country ' f after the battle of Ulundi in the Zulu 1 war. carrying the first news of victory c t which reached the outer world. Carry- ( I ing a short, official despatch, he got j started a little ahead of the official ; courier who was entrusted with the 8 . regular report of the victory, and upon I the strength of this he was able to use | the posts of horses held ready for the former's use. He wired his tidings 3 from Landsmann's Drift on the Natal 8 . frontier, to Sir Garnet Wolseley, who ^ wuc frutmlinur In Fori Durnford. and to It . V.U,V....b VW - w.- , j I Sir Bartle Frere, the governor of Cape Colony, aud the dispatch to the latter, ^ transmitted to England, was read amid ^ j acclamations in both houses of parlia- ^ . ment. His health was never good after . 5 the exposure of his loug ride. j After his retirement from from active r reporting in the field, he devoted him- j ( self to book writing, most of the works being remiuiscences of the scenes he f had witnessed. One work was "Drawn ! From Life," a military novel, and he a also wrote lives of Chinese Gordon, ? Emperor William, of Germany, and of . ' Napoleon III. He also delivered a j series of lectures in England, America t aud Australia. In 188G, when he was e 48 years old, he was married in St. jJohn's Episcopal church, Washington, j I). C., to a daughter of General Meigs, ^ . who had then but recently been re- ? tired from the place of quartermaster- e general of the United States army. Miss Meigs was about 20 years his junior. LOUD BILL AMENDED. 1 The Objectionable Country Newspapers f Feature Eliminated. The Loud bill, relating to second- a class mail matter, has been agreed to a in an amended form by the house com- c mittee on postoflices and postroads. i This bill was recently rccommited by ? the house to the committee because of j, certain objections raised. The amend- ? ed bill eliminates the points of object- v i ion, particularly that referring to coun- j, ! try newspapers. In its new form the s bill is quite brief, and is us follows: F "That mailable matter of the secoud- a class shall embrace all newspapers aud ^ ' other periodical publications which are tl issued at stated intervals, and as fre- 0 qeutly as four times a yeur; provided, s that nothing therein contained shall be a so construed as to admit to the second- e class rate publications purporting to be e issued periodically, and to subscribers, n but which are merely books, whether ei they be issued complete or in parts?|v rhether they be bound or unbound, ( 'hether they be sold by subscription r otherwise, or whether they pnrport , ) be premiums or supplements or parts , f regular newspapers or periodicals. | Section 2. News agents shall not be , llowed to return to news agents or ublisbers at the pound rate, uusold , eriodical publications, but shall pay ostage on the same at the rate of 1 eut for four ounces. ELEPHANTS' THICKS. nm*. A rp Ton Dnll to Learn AuT* thing;. While Other* Are Quick to I Catch an Idea ? Forcible Method* Uaed In Their Tralnlnff. "Scores of people ask me everyday," aid Keeper Snyder of the elephant ionse in Central park recently, "how nything so stupid looking and thick kinned as an elephant can be tanght nything. I tell them all that elephants re not nnlike children. Some are too inll to learn anything, and others can atch an idea quickly. Tom." he went n. pointing to the large elephant who cas busily engaged in throwing hay on lis back, "although irascible indisposiion, is quite intelligent. The first trick taught him was to lie down. This ?as not so easy to accomplish as it night seem, for it took a block and fall ,t front and rear, with a gang of 15 or !0 men at each end. I stood at one ide. and as I said 'Get down I' his feet ?ere drawn out from under him. This lad to be repeated only a few times beore he learned what 'Get down' meant or him. "To teach him to stand on his hind eet and on his head a block and fall on l beam over his head, a snatch block ind two'dead men' in the floor and the ervices of another elephant were all equired. As I said 'Get up I' the el. )hant in harness walked forward, and Tom's front feet went up, while his iind feet were chained together. When . said 'Stand on your head I* his front eet. which had been previously chainid. remained on the floor, while his iind feet were drawn up until they alnost literally 'kicked the beam.' "These were his first lessons. When le learned to drill to'right about, face,' tnd 'left about, face.' I stood on one lide of him and another man on the ither. and we each had a prod. As I rommanded 'Right about, face!' he was pushed over to the right, and 'Left ibont. face I' he was prodded in that lirection. I taught him to waltz in nuch the same way. only as we pushed rim back and forth we made him go :lear around, and now he is one of the jest waltzers in the country. He learn>d to ring the bell and fan himself in me lesson. Both require the same morion, and they are really the same trick, ilthough people never think of that, ifes, he knows which is which and lever picks up the fan or napkin when [ tell him to ring the belL I only had :o put each, one at a time, in his trunk, ind with the fan and bell I shook it md with the napkin wiped first one ride of his mouth and then the other. Ee took to hand organ grinding like a Mulberry street Italian. It is one of his favorite tricks. "The elephant is the only animal vhose legs all bend the same way. His rind legs bend in, and the position required for creeping is not very comfortible, but he does it as well as a baby Eis performances on the harmonica ire the most surprising to onlookers, rat the fact is that all the intelligence required for that is holding the instrunent As he must breathe through his xunk, every breath moves it back and 'orth. I discovered that he holds his ireath when he stands on his hind legs iy trying to get him to do that and ilay the harmonica at the same time, rat his front feet are no sooner up than :he sound ceases until they are down igain. "His tub is about 2% feet high, and t took me about an hour to get him to nount it the first time and as long to jet him down from it once he was up. [ had finally to improvise a step from it >efore he would come down, tie weni ight up again, however, and came lown and repeated the movement sevjral times in the first lesson. Now he nounts it and stands on his hind feet lis front feet, his side feet and waltzes ind changes on it. "People all seem to think that an eleihant has no sense of feeling because lis skin is thick and coarse. The fact is fiat his skin is as sensitive as a baby's, ind if you tickle him with a straw you vill find it out The feet of the eleihant have to be repaired frequently, or they are as susceptible to corns and tone bruises as the feet of people, and hey have to be cut and trimmed. You vouldn't think it, would you, that wice around Tom's front foot, when he s standing with his full weight upon t, is equal to his height ? It is trfte, ind it is a rule that seldom varies an nch in any elephant "The African elephants have only our toes, and their ears are very large [fio Asiatic elephants have five toes, ind their ears are smaller. There are ew African elephants in this country ?not more than three or four. Not ong ago. at an exhibition in this city, here was a skin of leather with small :ars and comparatively fine texture (the lido from all elephants has too large >ores to make it of use), and it was abeled, 'Hide from an African ele)hant.' People don't know anything ,bout them. "?New York Post SECRET OF BRIGHT COLORS. n GnKllalimnn Pays Denrly For a Suiiitliine Trick. In speaking to the writer about the avoramo influence mat nne weutuer as upon the production of bright nd delicately shaded dyes and colors, . farnpus English manufacturer of I arnilne recently said: "Some years ago I was aware of the uperiorlty of the French carmine, and, eing anxious to improve upon my own roeess, I went to Lyons and bargained , ,'lth the most celebrated manufacturer ) 3 that city for the acquisition of his i ecrot, for which 1 was to pay $3,000. "Well, 1 was shown all the process nd saw a most beautiful color pro- uced, bur. I noticed that there was not lie least difference in the French mode f fabrication and that which 1 contantly adopted myself. I thereupon ppealed to my instructor and insistd that he must have kept some secret oncealed. The man assured me he had 1 ot and asked me to Inspect the proc ss a second time. I accepted the Initation, and after 1 had minutely ex- 1 arnlned" tTie water and tfie mnterfnls, PA which were In every respect similar to my own, I still felt so much in the dark that I said, 'I have lost both my labor and money, for the air of England does not admit us to make good carmine.' " 'Stay!' said the Frenchman. 'Don't S Jecelve yourself. What kind of weather Is it now?' " 'A bright and sunny day,' 1 replied. gc|j " 'And such are the days,' said the Frenchman, 'on which I make my col* Xo] or. Were I to attempt to manufacture It on a dark and cloudy day my results Lea' would be the same as yours. Let me advise you, my friend, only to make LvL your carmine on bright, sunny days.' "The moral of this." continued the Arrl Englishman, "will apply quite as well to the making of many other colors So1 used in manufactures, and also in the - , fine arts, for It Illustrates in a practical Lv* way the chemical influence of light ?vli upon certain coloring compounds or lvg mixtures."?Washington fetar. Vv3! Arrl SHOVING THE (IUEEK. N wit! The Graceful Way In Which Conn- ~J|j terfeiter* PaaH Their 1'rodnct. an(j "Counterfeit money 'sbovers' form a Sou distinct class of criminals," said an old federal officer. "They have nothing to mtt| do with making the 'queer.' but simply poii put it in circulation. They go about L their work very systematically and re- . duce the chances of detection to a minimum. ? "A woman shover. for example, SO starts out to unload on the big retail stores. Iler dress is quiet, but elegant and she has the surface appearance of a refined lady. In her hand is a pocketbook containing one bad bill and a |n i number of good ones. She goes into a store, makes some trifling purchases, tenders the counterfeit and pockets the change. As she passes out she brush- CA es against a boy, who slips her anoth- ? er queer bill and then drops back a ? few paces In the crowd. "In that way she makes the rounds, ~~2^ and if she understands her business Chi she can get rid of an astonishing num- "5^ ber of counterfeits in the course of a Ext few hours. If the bill she offers Is detected on the spot, she never attempts 1*. any argument. 'Dear me!' she ex- g claims. '1 wonder if I have any more 8 of the horrid things!" And thereupon jq she empties her pocketbook on the 11 counter and asks the clerk to examine ^ the money and see whether It is all 1 right. \ "In 1)9 cases out of 100 that disarms 2 suspicion at once. If she happens to ^ ?./> o?,.0ot,u| nnlv nnp hill Is fouiid in 4 UC at IV.OH.U, v/?v ? her possession, and there is nothing to jj disprove her assertion that she receiv- e ed it somewhere in change. Meanwhile ? the boy who carries the roll quietly ? disappears. Often he sells newspapers as a blind. 'Have a paper, miss?' he will cry and hands the shover a bill m, under the folded sheet. Altogether ? it is a highly skilled trade. The upper ? class shovers are very seldom caught" * ?New Orleans Times-Democrat 21 Cli NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' ~EH MEETING. A MEETING of the Stockholders of ?! the CAROLINA AND NORTH- a. WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY ? is hereby called to be held AT CHESTER, jj S. C., ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL, 2 1900, AT 12 O'CLOCK, M., for.the follow- {j ing purposes: ' ic 1. To consider and adopt plans to change 10 the railroad to Standard Guage, and to 10 extend and equip the same. Jj1 2. To authorize a new issue of bonds j! secured by mortgage upon the company's u railroad, to provide the means necessary 12 to change the railroad to Standard Guage 12 and extend, equip and improve the same, 12 and to refund its present mortgage debt. ? 3. To increase tne capital stock of the company to an amount not exceeding two million dollars, and to alter and re- ? vise its by-laws. 4. To transact any other business pro- F perly coming before the meeting. A full attendance of stockholders is 11 requested. ? WILLIAM A. BARBER, President. Da J. J. McLure, Secretary. 1 March 24 s&w 9t ~ Your ^ If o ? Stationery for 1900 should jjj j look nice, neat and up-to- E bin r R 1 date. The printing on q tjje your stationery should be ^ Ra: artistic and attractive to j L get the best results. We p cas are prepared to furnish A1 ^ | quality of both Stationery I N Ra and printing. We do any | and all kinds of Printing ^ Sot on short notice. 1 9rn J V SA THE ENQUIRER. To Caret a Good (J cut PHOTOGRAPH I for at 1 Come to my Gallery 011 West Liberty street. Come, rain or rji shine, and you will receive the for best attention. J/ifi me. Very Respectfully, JT. R. SCIIORB, ? Yorkville, S. C. ? MONUMENTS Pnl AND TOMBSTONES. HAVING recently removed to L. 3 Yorkville, I am opening up my Iffi/jm'h 1 Marble Works in the rear room Mil ' of the KENNEDY BUILDING, opposite the postolflce. gjn< Call and see me and get an Que iiflflTo-- estimate on anv kind of pnr JF MONUMENT por m or TOMBSTONE tw( hat you may desire. My prices will be Ten reasonable. I am in position to furnish ^Qf ill styles of Iron Fencing. I am Yours Very Respectfully, FRANK HAPPERFIELD. J ' for FINLEY & HKICE, coni ATTORNEYS AX I.AW, of l) Yorkville, S. C. \ LL business entrusted to us will be ?u r tjL giveu prompt attention. J" ? OK If ICE TV THE BUILDING AT "ual rUE'REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S l ] <TORE. the tend TAKE COUGH EASE, 25 CENTS A Wet BOTTLE. YORK DRUG STORE. issu ROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, edule Effective April 1st, 1900. rtb Bound. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. A O. 10. SO. 110. SO. 02. re Chester... 8 10 am 7 50 am orkvllle 9 15 am 9 52 am as ton la 10 13 am 12 35 pm lncolnton...Il 03 am 2 15 pm 'ewton 11 52 am 3 32 pm ilckory 12 15 pm 5 50 pm 9 00am veLenolr.... 1 10 pm 7 50 pm 11 25am nth Bound. Passenger. Mixed. Mixed. SO. O. SO. 01. SO. 03. reLenoir 4 30 pm 5 30 am 1 30 pm Ilckory 5 35 pm 8 30 am 4 25 pm Tewton 6 05 pra ii 18 am ilncolnton.... 7 00 pm 11 10 am lastonla* 8 15 pm 1 12 pm orkvllle 8 21 pm 3 20 pm [veChester...l0 31 pm 5 15 pm !0 minutes for supper at Gastonia. 0. 10, north bound, connects at Chester Ii Southern Ry., Seaboard Air Line, icaster and Chester Ry. from all points lb ; at Yorkville with South Carolina Georgia Ex. Ry.; at Gastonia with them Ry.; at Lincolnton with Seard Air Line; at Newton and Hickory h Southern-Ry. No. 9, south bound, kes close connection at all junction [its. . T. NICHOLS, General Manager, Chester, South Carolina. . F. REID, Auditor, Chester, South Carolina. UTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTENSION RAILROAD CO. TIME TABLE NO. 4. Effect 12.01 a. m., Sunday, Dec. 24,1899. BETWEEN' MDEN AND BLAOKSBURG. WEST. EAST. 1. S3. EASTERX 32. 34. id 1st TIME. iRt 2nd 8*. Class. Class. Class. ily Dally Dally Dally :ept Except Except Except id'y Sunday STATIONS, Sunday Sund'y M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 50 1 15 DeKalb 12 02 4 50 20 1 27 _...Westvllle 11 50 4 30 50 1 40 Kershaw...... 11 35 4 10 20 2 10 Heath Springs. 11 20 3 15 35 2 15 ..Pleasant H11L 11 15 3 00 ; 30 2 35 ....Lancaster.... 10 55 2 55 00 2 50 ....Rlveiside 10 40 1 00 20 3 00 ...Xprlngdell.... 10 30 12 40 30 3 10 Catawbn J'c n. 10 20 12 20 50 3 20 Leslie 10 10 11 00 10 3 40 ....Rock Hill... 10 00 8 40 10 3 55 Newport 9 35 8 20 45 4 02 Tlrzah 8 30 8 00 30 4 20 Yorkville.... 9 15 7 30 i 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 (i SO i 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 I 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 86 6 00 00 5 20 ...Blacksburg... 8 15 5 30 M. P.M. A.M. A.M. liiiT >v ACKSBURH, S. C., AND MARION, N. C. WEST EAST. 1. 33. EASTERN 32. 12. id 1st TIME. 1st 2nd iss. Class. Class. Class. illy Dally Dally Dally eept Except Except Except idry Sund y STATIONS. Sunday 9undry M. P. X. A. X. P. x. , f 10 5 30 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 6 40 (30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 I 40 5 50 Patterson Bpr'g 7 25 6 12 i 20 0 00 .Shelby 7 15 6 00 i 00 0 20 ....Lattimore 0 55 4 50 I 10 6 28 ...Mooreaboro.. 0 48 4 40 > 25 6 38 Henrietta.... 6 38 4 20 I 50 6 55 -..Forest City... 6 20 3 50 15 7 10 Rutberfordton 0 05 8 25 35 7 22 Millwood... 5 53 8 06 45 7.35 .Golden Valley 6 40 2 50 ! 05 7 40 .Thermal City. 5 37 2 45 25 7 58 ...Glenwood.... 5 17 2 20 50 8 15 Marlon 5 00 2 00 x. P. x. A. m. p. x. GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EA8T. Irst Class. EASTERN First Class. 5. | 13.~* TIME. 14. | 10. ily Except Dally Except Sunday. 8unday. irnnr STATIONS, 00 6 00 ...Blacksburg... 7 50 3 00 20 6 20 Cherokee Falls 7 SO 2 40 40 6 40 Gafftiey. 7 10 2 20 M. A. M. A. X. P. x. 'rains Nos. 32 and 33 contact at Blacks g with trains on the Gaffney Division. 'rain No. 32 connects at Camden with Charleston Division of the Southern ilway for all points South. 'rain No. 33 leaving Camden at 12.40 p. , going West, makes connection at Lanter, S. C., with the L. &. C. R. R., at awba Junction with the S. A. L., going rth ; at Rock Hill with the Southern ilway going North. 'rain No. 11 connects at Blacksburg h the Southern Railway from the ith. At Marion, N. C., with the SouthRailway going West. MUEL HUNT, President, A. TRIPP, Superintendent, B. LUMPKIN, Gen. P. and P. Agt. MACHINIST'S TOOLS. ,NE LOT OF TOOLS, consisting of ' 1 Easy (bolt) screw plate and tapsting from 1 to one inch, 6 extra plug I bottoming taps, 1 set of pipe taps (J to C* 1 iQ in/lh CaO IIUIUSIVO/, U pipe X IU'IIIVU WW inch, 1 2-inch flue expander, 2 melting lee, chisels, punches, etc., will be sola CASH, at a bargain. Call and see me [ he Enquirer offlce. 0. E. GRIST. " WANTED. HE CAROLINA <fe NORTH-WESTERN RAILROAD is in the market all the TIES they can get for STANDD GAUGING its line. Parties wishto get out Ties or having timber to jose of, will do well to correspond with L. T. NICHOLS, General Mgr., Chester, S. C. ebruary 21 was tf (he HorkviUc (Bnquim. jlished Wednesday and Saturday. PUBLISHERS: H. GRIST, W. D. GRIST, 0. E. GRIST. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ;le copy for one year, $ 2 OO i copy lor two years, 3 50 six months, I OO t three months, 50 ) copies for one year, 3 50 copies one year, 17 50 I an extra copy for aelub of fen. ADVERTISEMENTS ' T-W-ll .A.AfA.(l,A Jrteil ai une Uimnr per aijiiaiD iui tun insertion, and Fifty Cents per square each subsequent insertion. A square lists of the space occupied by ten lines I] is size type. if Contracts for advertising space for e, six, or twelve months will be made easouable terms. The contracts must ill cases be confined to the regular ness of the firm or individual conLing, and the manuscript must be in office by Monday at noon when inled for Wednesday's issue, and on Inesday when intended for Saturday's e.