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jRumonmis department. SHE SOLD THE COLLIE PUP. Stetson thinks he Is a good judge of a thoroughbred dog, and his friends, . ' all but his wife, encourage his conceit. Every now and then Stetson brings a new dog home; but some have died in their puppyhood, others have been sold, and still others have been lost or sto- ? len or have strayed away. But Mrs. 1 Stetson has always had the bother of the dogs and has felt them a tiresome j responsibility. A year ago when the ( Janitor left his job very suddenly, taking with him the greater portion of the t Stetson silverware, together with Mr. , Stetson's thoroughbred bull pup, Mrs. Stetson set her foot down. She had warned her husband that no more dogs "went," to use Stetson's own expression, and Stetson finally settled down to a dogless life, just to keep peace in the * family. 1 All went well until a month ago when a friend ottered to let Stetson t have a young collie for $40. The temp- i tation was too great and Stetson sue- t cumbed. In order to make Mrs. Stet son feel good about it Stetson said he paid only $5. He also explained that at the first opportunity to sell the dog at a profit he would do so. Mrs. Stetson did not object so seriously to the new dog as Stetson had expected she would, but said she hoped Stetson would soon sell him. Last week the postman noticed the dog when he called to deliver the mail and remarked that it was a fine pup. He told R^rs. Stetson he would like to have the collie himself, and would be willing to pay $10 for him. Mrs. Stetson explained that her husband had wanted to sell the dog, but was out of town and would not return for a week. The next day the postman repeated his offer and Mrs. Stetson decided that she , would sell the pup, as the amount offered was twice the amount Stetson paid for it. Incidentally she determined that John would let her have the $5 profit for a dear little pair of house slippers that she had been wanting for the last fortnight. She told the postman that she would take the responsibility of making the sale to him; but when he came to take the dog away he had decided that $8 was enough to pay for the dog. By this time Mrs. Stetson had set her heart on the slippers, so she decided to let the dog go at $8. She. thought her husband would let her have the other $2 when he heard how she had made $3 for him. When Stetson came home the other day with an offer of $75 for the collie, Mrs. Stetson greeted him with the announcement of the sale. And Stetson didn't dare to say a word against it.? Chicago Inter-Ocean. f There Were Ten.?Until recently every person who crossed a certain g bridge over the Seine, in Paris, had to s pay a small toll, and an old pensioner was stationed at the entrance to the bridge to collect the money. Constant a objections were raised on the toll, and ? all possible tricks were resorted to in 11 order to avoid payment. a One afternoon a band of ten stu- e dents came up to the bridge; but before they started to go over a man a J. VI UIC? Ileal O.I1U 2K11U. "You walk across, and I'll see what 0 . I can do about getting you through C free." d The little company walked along together until they reached the pen- f sioner's box, when the man went up s to the toll collector, and, taking out r a handful of coins, began counting the t students in a somewhat loud tone of o voice. "There are nine," he said, after c counting very deliberately. c "I beg your pardon," replied the pen sloner, 'there are 10." c "No, no, my friend there are nine," j persisted the other. Then he proceeded to count them ? again, even more slowly than before. h By the time he had finished the students had reached the other end of the J: bridge, and were disappearing from view. Then the man said to the collector: "Certainly, you are right. There are ten. But I don't know them, so what does it matter to me?" ' g He then laid do^n his coin and s sauntered across, calmly whistling the v "Marseillaise." a Bryan as a Joker.?Colonel Babcock, chairman of the Republican congress- 0 ional committee, met William Jennings a Bryan in the elevator of the Audito- t rium hotel the other day. Since then a the Democrats at the national head- s quarters grin whenever "Republican a apathy" is mentioned. h It seems that on the day of the meet ing wun ivxr. eryan, uoionei isaDcocK j had stretched himself out on a lounge 8 in ? room at the Republican national li headquarters, and the heat and the e quiet environment soothed him to sleep, o When he awoke he found that someone t had picked his pockets of $40. Senator t J. K. Jones, at the Democratic head- r quarters across the street, heard of the colonel's loss, and sent word to him e that he was welcome to sleep in the ii Democratic headquarters and he would g he insured against losses by theft. Mr. g Bryan that afternoon met Colonel Bab- c cock in the elevator. He teased the t chairman of the congressional commit- e tee a bit. He said: "I am sorry you went to sleep in the t Republican headquarters, and am sor- c ry that while asleep they robbed you j of $40. It reminds me of that man in c Nebraska who sat up with a corpse, j, went to sleep and was robbed. Is it a parallel case, colonel?"?Chicago Rec- ,, ord. c An Election Bet.?He was a bashful r youth, and when he tried to frame a f proposal to the girl of his heart his ^ tongue glued itself to the roof of his 0 mouth and refused to be loosened. v One day they talked of politics and t then of political bets. His eye sudden- a ly brightened. v "Wh-what do you say," he stammer- r ed desperately, "to making a little bet with me?" w "I've no objection," she sweetly an- * swered. J "Then " he went on, "let's go ahead * and make a bet. If McKinley is elected ? you w-will agree to m-marry me!" : He could go no further. Jj But she nobly came to his rescue. 1 "I'll make a bet, too," she softly mur- " mured. "If Bryan is elected you will agree to marry me." a There was a brief silence. Then a queer smile struggled across the face r of the agitated youth. Another smile c lighted the countenance of the happy li maid. s "Why wait for the election returns?" t he chuckled. o "Why, indeed?" she echoed. p So they were married the next week, s f How He Got It.?In one of Chauncey * M. Depew's stories he told of meeting a man as funny as himself. t: "One day," said Mr. Depew, "I met s a soldier who had oeen wounded in the s face. He was a Union man, and I ask- e ed him in which battle he had been in- a jured. 1 " 'In the first battle of Bull Run, sir.' o he replied. n " 'But how could you get hit in the s face at Bull Run?' I asked. t " 'Well, sir,' said the man half apol- 1; ogetlcally. 'after I had run a mile or two I got careless and looked back.' " s ? ? c A Crisis.?Two Irishmen while cross- c ing a bridge saw a sign announcing v that any one saving a life would re- 0 ceive $5. or $2 for recovering a dead c body. e "Begob," here's a chance to make 0 some money." said Pat. "Throw your- c self in and I'll save ye and ye'U whack s the pot, Mike." o Mike fell off the bridge, and despite a tne efforts of Pat came near drowning, t While struggling in the water Mike ex- a claimed: "Whist, ouId man. if ye don't ? hurry we'll hav but the $2 to whack." t Wayside 6atbemys. > ... . i.I The average wealth per inhabitant n the United States is 51,050. There are about 50,000 eligible voers on the island of Porto Rico. ?&' There are in this country between 1.000,000 and 6,000,000 separate farms. Zfr In 1898 the tobacco monopoly yieldid France an income of 329,000,000 'rancs. Lymph taken from the lymphatic ylands of goats is now being tried in ;ases of apoplexy. tv' Over 51,000,000 worth of diamonds ire stolen every year from the dianond mines of South Africa. The retired list of the regular irmy incltides 764 officers on half pay, ivepaging about 53,000 each. tS' The smallest wheat harvest in revooyo u'qq tVmt nf IMS when it ' * ? * * V JVUIU ( u,u _ __ imounted to 396,000,000 bushels. Vs Last year there were Imported in:o the United States over 1,000,000,000 ,'rains of quinine, costing over $1,500,>00 . Vis Hawaii has closed its last school 'or teaching the native language, hereafter young Hawaiians will be aught to talk English. Vu' The Japanese in Pekin have arrested the assassin of Baron von Ket:eler. He declared the Chinese government ordered the murder. tar The corner stone of the first Prot;stant church to be "built in Cuba was aid in Matanzas on Sunday of last veek. It is to be a Methodist. Vf Two hundred and forty snips are low in the service of the czar. The Russian army figures in grand totals i2,100 officers, and 2,798,000 men. VT Train boys report that here is no Jemand for campaign books. Four rears ago at this date, campaign littrature formed the bulk of their trade. The weather in India is promisng for crops. Excellent rains have alien in all the famine districts and he winter sowings are practically asmred. VS~ School accommodation in Brookyn is so scant that last year 39,000 chll-^ Iren had to be content with half-day :lasses. This year about 50,000 will >e similarly deprived. V?' Seville's hottest day was August 1 nrltK o tamnprntnrp Of 117 defiTTeeS ii the shade. Thousands of birds fell lead in the streets and the weather ecord in the Spanish city was broken. tsr it is strange that a man will iave the hardihood to hold up a glass if whisky and exclaim "Here's health," vhen he knows well enough that there sn't a particle of health in the stuff. X& "You owe me another little bill, Jr. Judkins, which I can't remember our having paid." "Well, don't rrumble to me about it. I am not reponsible for your bad memory, am I?" China is one of the most importnt coal countries in the world. Evry one of her 18 provinces contains arge deposits. Eastern Shan See has .n anthracite area of 13,500 miles in xtent. tsr Miss Helen Gould notified the rmy officers in New York that she rould send, at her own expense, 50,00 rations to distressed families in Jalveston and the hurricane-swept istrlct. *?* Deacon Jones (solemnly)?My dear riend, do you attend a place of worhip regularly? Young Man?Yes, sir, egularly every Sunday night. "Pray, ell me where go to worship?" "I'm n my way to see her now." *8* Chicago women have recently aused to be placed in the cars of that ity a placard with the following: Cleanliness is next to godliness. We annot all be gods; but all can be clean, 'lease do not spit on the floor." tv "Darling," said the young man, your eyes are like diamonds, your Ips are like rubies, your teeth like earls, your hair like jet?" "George," he interrupted, "remember that you rork in a jewelry store. Don't talk hop." The capitol at Austin, Tex., has tecomc infested with centipedes of xeat size. A few days ago one was een in the governor' private office and ras killed. It measured 71 inches long nd is the largest centipede ever seen n that part of Texas. tar The European or American, in rder to sleep well, ordinarily requires , downy pillow under the head: but he Japanese, stretching himself upon . rush mat on the floor, puts a hard quare block of wood under his head, .nd does not sleep well if he does not lave it. tS" Two malls have been received at Manila, each of which numbered over 50 sacks, which Is just eight times as arge as the biggest mail ever receivd under the Spanish regime and all if this mass of mall matter is handled >y 60 Americans and 55 Filipinos at he present time on the payroll of the lostofflce department. tar The velocity of propagation of lectro-magnetic waves through space s about that of light?186,000 miles per econd. Telegraphic signals have a rreatly diminished speed, due to static apacity and self-induction. A test beween Washington and St. Louis showd a rate of 16,000 miles per second. tar One of the surprises of the cenennial census is the progress of eduational facilities in the western states, tansas, with 27? per cent, of school hildren, outranks Massachusetts and Jew York; but is rivaled by Utah and Vest Virginia. Oregon, too, ranks 'ery high, while Louisiana can only laim a percentage of 13J. tar a Frenchman has discovered a emedy, instantaneous in its effects, or the horrible burns caused by the ise of oil of vitrol. It is a soft paste f calcined magnesia and water, with vhich the parts burned are covered o the thickness of an inch. It allevites the pain almost immediately, and k'hen the paste is removed no scar renains. tar The Pope does his private writing flth a gold pen, but his pontifical siglature is always given with a whiteeathered quill, which is believed to ome from the wing of a dove, alhough persons who have seen it, say t must have come from a larger bird. ?he same quill has been in use for nore than 40 years. It only serves for uiponaiu signatures, anu is Kepi 111 n ivory case. The sheriff of Pratt county, Kan., ecently. allowed a man who had been onvicted of selling liquor without a icense to remain with his family intead of serving his time in jail. At he expiration of the term the prisner's wife sued the sheriff for the irice of board and lodging for her pouse. She was awarded judgment or $21.60, but the sheriff has appealed o the district court. In one of the richest wine disricts of France there are stationed 104 oldiers and 52 cannon. At the first ign of a storm which might be expectd seriously to injure the vines, an larm is given from the lookout tower, 'he guns are wheeled into position, and pen fire on the clouds. This treatdent is found to bring admirable reults, the clouds being shattered and he storm broken up into comparativey harmless sections. tsr Wheat is the top item for Kanas this year, putting $90,000,000 to the redit side. Next comes the live stock, attle and hogs, sold and to be sold rithin the current year, adding $75,000,00. The third place is taken by the orn crop, already sufficiently advancd to warrant an estimate of $60,000,00. Fourth place belongs to the hay rop at $21,000,000. Then is placed the heep. poultry and dairy class at $15,00.000. Odds and ends like sorghum it $9,000,000, oats at $3,000,000, potaoes at $3,000,000. millet and Hungarian it $3,000,000. (lax at $2,000,000, and so ?n through the list, making the grand otal of $289,467,000. Jam and Jirejudc. MIND ADDED TO MUSCLE. Commissioner of Agriculture G. W. Koiner, of Virginia, is heartily.in sympathy with the campaign made by the Atlanta Journal for diversification in farming methods in Georgia. In a letter to that paper he advocates fruit raising and grass culture, and adds: "Let the farmers of Georgia raise some stock. Begin in a small way with a few hogs, a few sheep, a few cows. These cut down the store bills wonderfully. Poultry-raising shoots holes through a store bill. The farmer buys too much from the stores. He must, because he neglects to raise many things that will supply what he must buy from the stores. Many- far* ?nro ota fhp mers lose muiiej, m iaun.i opportunity to make money, by not : growing the crop suited to the different soils on his farm. One field will make more money cultivated in corn than any other crops. Another field will do well for cotton. Another piece of ground will make most money put in vegetables of proper selection. The farmer must think over these points and use his mind in farming just as much as his muscles. Head farming pays as well as hand farming. The farmer who is making money has quit carrying all his eggs in one basket. In brief, diversify all along the line of farming. Grow more stock, buy less from the stores, pay more cash every year until it is all paid in cash. By all means send the boys and girls to school all winter. If the farmers' children are not educated, what will the future farmer be? An Ignoramus, helpless and miserable all together. On the other hand, with energy, economy and intelligence comes prosperity with its attendant comforts, independence, happy homes, educated yeomanry, worthy sons of a glorious ancestry." Remedies for Man or Beast.?A woman who has kept cows for many years, and buys and sells at pleasure, the same as her husband, and has studied them from calf-hood through every stage of cow-hood, says they have diseases just like people, and that ten chances to one the same remedies which are good for people, if given in sufficient auantities, will relieve the calf or cow when sick. When a cow is croupy she administers with splendid results coal oil and lard in equal parts. Many people use this remedy for children. It may be given in small doses and applied freely to the chest and throat. And I have heard another woman, who never leaves a sick animal until it is well or dead, say she often had cured a calf when suffering with colic. after the men had given it up to die; with camphor; would pour it in part of a bucket of water and sweeten the wnole and the calf always seemed to drink with a relish. I know a lady who lives in Chicago who raises a few chickens, and cures the little ones of her young broods by giving a drop of wizard oil in a teaspoonful of water, or a drop of carbolic acid and glycerine or any other human remedy she happens to have in the house. I nave ~1?Vvl o /"?lr always icu my ^xii^xv^iio &t uunu ui?vn pepper, ground ginger and soda In sour milk, usually once a day during the summer time, and In thirty years I have never had a dozen die of cholera. One wisely said an ounce of preventative Is better than a pound of cure. It Is wiser to learn how to keep farm animals In good health than to know how to doctor them when sick, for the best doctors often fall to cure. ?M. E. D. In Farmer's Voice. How to Make Sauerkraut.?Vice Consul Murphy, at Madgeburg, Germany, communicates through the state department, the German method of manufacturing sauerkraut, much of which Is exported to this country, and that Its excellence Is due largely to the secret methods of the manufacturers. Consul Murphy does not consider, however, that the so-called business secrets employed amount to much more than careful handling and attention to detail in the following recipe. The process, he states, Is about as follows: > Take a number of heads of white cabbage, as fresh as possible, and cut them Into fine, long shreds. Place in layers in barrels, or kegs, strewing salt over each layer, using one-half pound ot salt, for each 25 cabbages. Press the mass down with clean feet, wooden shoes or a heavy stamper. Place a cover over the barrel and upon this lay a heavy stone. This presses the sauerkraut more and more atod conserves it better. The sauerkraut must then be allowed to ferment for from three to eight days, varying with the temperature of the room. The barrel should then be tightly closed and kept In a cool place, preferably a cellar. Fancy grades of sauerkraut are produced by pouring white wine into the barrels as they are packed. Apples chopped very fine are also sometimes packed with the cabbages. Af ter the barrel is closed the sauerkraut win be ready for use in about a week. When some is extracted, the cover and stone should be replaced. In preparing and keeping sauerkraut, sunshine and extremes of heat and cold are tobe avoided. Value of Sleep in Youth.?Late hours, irregular habits, and want of attention to diet are common errors with many young people; and these gradually, but. at first imperceptibly, undermine the health and lay the foundation for various forms of disease in af#r life. It is a very difficult,thing to make young folks comprehend this. They frequently sit up as late as 12, 1 or 2 o'clock, without experiencing any ill effects. They go without a.meal today, and tomorrow eat too much, with only temporary inconvenience. One night they will sleep three or four hours and the next nine or ten; or one night in their eagerness to get away to some agreeable company, they will take no food at all, and the next, perhaps they will eat a hearty supper and go to bed upon it. These with various other irregularities, are common to many young people, and are, as stated, the cause of much bad health in mature life. Indeed, nearly all the shattered constitutions with which too many are cursed, are the result of a disregard of the plainest laws of health in early life. Coal Oil For Burns.?A girl of 11 years turned over a gallon of boiling liquor on her leg and foot. When the stocking was removed the skin came with It, and the pain was intense. I tore off a strip of an old sheet, and having put nearly a pound of soda on the limb, wrapped the sheet about it in such a manner as to exclude-the air, bound it firmly, saturated it well with coal oil, and in 15 minutes she sat with her foot in a chair and joined in the other children's play. In two days she was in school, and in iwo munins me Jiniu was wen. a barefooted boy stepped on fire and was almost in spasms with the pain. I bound on soda and coal oil. and in less than 20 minutes he was asleep and had no more pain. I know it is the best remedy. A Plea for the Onion.?Onions are almost the best nervine known. They are most useful in cases of nervous prostration, and will greatly assist in toning up the system. They are useful in all cases of coughs, colds, influenza and scurvy, and kindred complaints. Eaten every other day they will soon have a whitening effect on the complexion. i'y An old horseman says a sure way to start a balky horse without inflicting cruelty upon him, is to pass a line around his forelegs, at the knee joint, then take a position in front of him and draw steadily on the line. Jttiscellaneouis fUading. FROM NEIGHBORING EXCHANGES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHEROKEE}?Gaffney Ledger, September 21: Tuesday night, at the residence of W. S. Gossett, on Limestone street, Robert Poole and- Miss Edna Hyars were pronounced husband and wife by Rev. C. E. Robertson, In the presence of a few Intimate friends who had gathered to witness the ceremony. The causes which led to the Rock Hill tragedy have not been divulged except in outline. The two Brattons are in jail and prudently refuse to talk for the public. It is understood in a general way that Brown and John Bratton's wife had been too intimate, and that the Brattons killed him to avenge the blight of John Bratton's domestic life. The killing was coldblooded murder, but the sentiment in la a,liill that nn tlirv ouulii v^ai uuua 10 ouvu w*?v*v ? ? w will convict a man for slaying the Invader of his marital kingdom. And we do not know but that public sentiment is consistent, if not right. By persistently refusing to enact a divorce law, the state proclaims the sacredness of the marriage relation and declares that no law-making power has any right to annul It, and the inference is easy that the individual who would corrupt it and virtually abolish it, does so at the forfeit of his life The appeal in the case of F. J. Pelzer et al., against the Pacolet Manufacturing company, has been withdrawn by Mordecai & Gadsden, and the Pacolet Manufacturing company will now take stfeps towards building a branch cotton mill at Gainsville, Ga. Sometime ago, it will be remembered, the Pacolet manfacturing company decided to invest its surplus earnings in a cotton mill near Gainesville, Ga., but Mr. Pelzer. and several other stockholders protested and commenced proceedings against the company from carrying out its plan, claiming that a company chartered under the laws af this state did not have a right to engage in business in another state. The question was argued before. Judge Aldrich a't Greenwood some time ago, and he decided in favor of the Pacolet company. The plaintiff gave notice of appeal, but a few days ago decided not to fight the case any further. CHESTER?Lantern, September 21: Chester will be represented at nearly every college in the state. Erskine and Winthrop colleges have the biggest lists Mrs. J. W. Marshall, of Rock Hill, Is visiting Mrs. J. A. Graham Mrs. W. A. Barber and children expect to leave for their home in New York this evening It seems that the Mormon elders are meeting with a warm reception in every section of the state where they try to operate. , Not long ago they were driven from Union county and yesterday they were driven from the Higgins Ferry section of Saluda county. It seems tha^ the best people of that community protested against Mormonism among them; but no active steps were taken against the elders until land was given and money raised with which to build a Mormon church. The citizens soon let them know that their presence was no longer desired. We have no doubt but that these are the same elders who paid our city a visit recently Died near Montfort, T1 * 1? T7I? ICAUD, milHC raUDl iuaoocjr, UOUgliVCl of Mr. R. B. Massey, formerly of this city, aged 5 years, 3 months and 18 days Wednesday night the alarm of fire was given at 7.30 o'clock. Something went wrong with the electric light lights in the Springstein mill and the lint cotton that had accumulated on the wires took fire. Immense crowds flocked towards the mill; but of course all was over before many reached there Arthur Smoot, colored, was shot accidentally in the thigh at the Seaboard depot yesterday:. However, the Negro who did the shooting has fled Mr. Sidney Davidson left Wednesday morning for Columbia, where he has accepted a position with Mimnaugh & Co. He has been head salesman in the dry goods department of Jos. Wylie & Co., for a number of years and his friends here sincerely regret his departure. UNION?Times, September 21: Mr. W. E. Ray informs us tnat his famous hog is dead. This hog was certainly a curiosity, a freak of nature not often seen. It had horns on its fore feet that had the appearance of goat's horns. Some Of the horns were 18 inches long. He had the hog on exhibition last fall, and a great number went in to see the curiosity. He had been keeping it in his back yard this year, and it had'got so fat and clumsy that it could not get about before it died. O'Dell Thompson, a convict in the county chaingang force, took leg bail Saturday. He had sometime ago broke into the house of Will Gill, and stolen a watch, a pistol and four dollars. He was arrested on a minor charge, and put on tne cnam gang to serve out ms sentence. In the meantime a warrant was gotten out for him on the graver charges of housebreaking and larceny. Getting wind of this, Thompson gave the foreman the slip, and he is still at large. It develops that the pistol, he stole, was already stolen property. The pistol belongs to a gentleman in town, and it had been stolen from him sometime $go by someone. This Negro has been captured since the above was written. He broke into Mrs. Coleman's house in the Goshen Hill section, and stole a number of things. A hunt for him was immediately begun, and he was captured in the woods. He was brought in and put in jail Wednesday evening. He should spend a few years in the penitentiary and no doubt he will Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harris, of Union, have our sympathy in their bereavement. Their little boy, Philip Armour, died Tuesday evening Judge Benet is holding court here this week; Solicitor Sease and Stenographer Campbell are in their places. There was not much of a criminal docket to handle and the docket was cleared Wednesday. The crowd is not as large as usual court week, but all the farmers seem cheerful and in good spirits, notwithstanding the long drouth and short corn and cotton crops. The following cases have been tried so far: Balaam Lyles, resisting an officer and assault with intent to kill?guilty," four years on public works or in the penitentiary. James Moss, larcenyplead guilty, 18 months on chain gang or in penitentiary. John B. Glenn, larceny from the field?not guilty. Tom Hutchinson, murder?not guilty. Thos. Morris, violation of the dispensary law ?continued. Wanzo Little, murder? not guilty. Geo. W. McCombs, larceny ?nol prossed. P. B. Culp and J. C. Mabry, false imprisonment?nol prossed. Civil case pending. Wm. Becknell, bastardy?nol prossed. James Hindman, forgery?continued. O'Dell Thompson, larceny?guilty, two years in penitentiary. YORK?Hock Hill Herald, September 22: Mrs. Saul Brilles, of Georgetown, is visiting Mrs. A. Moses Miss Tommie Bays left Thursday morning for Converse college Miss Lilian Jordan, of Fort Lawn, is visitjng TV * : If _2 A \floooa IT o f _ lVltlggie DlfiiJCin Iiattie and Addie Rawlinson are visiting relatives in Charlotte Mrs. Anna Reid, who has been visiting in Chester, Returned home Wednesday?.Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Greene returned Tuesday from an extended trip in the mountains A fire alarm yesterday brought the usual excited crowd upon the streets. Some straw in a blaze near Andy Hall's shop caused the alarm There are about 100 Winthrop students boarding in families near the college. The number of such boarders is greater this year than ever before Mrs. J. J. Hull went to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. H. U. Parker, in Bishopville, Tuesday night. Her condition was then serious; but is now better There has been a considerable slump in the price of cotton. 93 was the top of the market here yesterday. The re ceipts have also fallen off considerably. The Montgomery house in Oakland Is undergoing considerable repairs. It will be occupied by Mrs. Lottie Vaughan and two sons, of the Waxhaws, and her niece, Miss Alice Vaughan Rev. S. H. Zimmerman continues to improve and will probably be able to resume work here about the A middle of October. He is now at Hen- I dersonvilie Rock Hill's subscrip tion to the fund for the Galveston sufferers amounted to $175.75. The com- a mittee sent, this amount through the I National Union bank to the mayor of ^ Galveston Mr. A. D. Holler has the contract to erect two houses for Mr. J. H. Neely on the vacant lot at the corner of Black and Saluda streets. One of the houses will be two stones ? and the other one story Mr. J. W. &i O'Neal has returned from Baltimore. B Her sister, Miss Minnie, was too unwell h, to make the trip; but her condition Is ^ very much Improved. Mr. O'Neal was accompanied by Miss Sallie Gibson R Messrs. H. N. Pharr and W. N. Peo- ? pies, of Mecklenburg, nephews of Mr. Y P. A. Neel; Dr. C. E. Adams and Mr. Holbrook Adams, of Gastonla, and Mr. 8 John H. Adams, of Bethel, brothers of Mrs. Neel, visited the family this week. We understand that Dr. T. R. Carothers is arranging to establish a dairy farm on his place near the Athletic park ir\ this city. No enterprise would be more welcome than this and we hope the doctor will push this project and that he may meet with success Mrs. E. Sturgis. a lady who will reach her hundredth birthday in December, and who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Blackwelder, near Dinkin's ferry, fell off the back steps at her daughter's home last Tuesday and suffered severe internal injuries. She is still quite unwell The colored elite of the city had quite a swell german in Friedhelm's hall Thursday night. It was quite an event in " the history of colored society. The r dancers presented an unique appear- ll ance and many wnite friends were present and much interested. The toilets of some of the bells were quite elaborate Mr. Walter Patton, while in an old seed house near his home at Roddey's, last Saturday, was bitten on the middle finger of the g right hand by a highland moccasin that was coiled in one of the corners of the building. He at once sucked the wound 5 and spit i.he blood and poison on the ^ ground. The wound on the hand gave L him no trouble; but the next day his j_ throat was swollen and he suffered ^ considerable pain. This condition con- ? tinued, his suffering became severer j_ and Dr. Fennell was called and he ^ deemed an operation on the throat ad- ^ visable. He is still suffering considerable J. J. Massey-and R. B. Col- G bert were brought before Magistrate M Beckham yesterday morning, changed l with selling whisky in violation of the L dispensary law. They waived a prelim- L inary hearing and gave bond in the l sum of *300 each for their appearance L at the court of general sessions in l Yorkville in November. Constable L Thomasson, assisted by Chief of Police A Partlow and Constable Wingate, searched the place of business of R. B. Colbert and the home of J. J. Massey c yesterday and found in the former a gallon Jug of whisky and wine mixed, ^ and in the later a quart of corm whis- G ky. Both were captured and will be 1 sent to the state dispensary The & ginnery of Mr. W. S. Boyd, near Neely's 1 Creek church, caught Are Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock, and but for * *1 .?V.* TLT- O/waJ In Vtoirlrtcr II1C 1U1 CIIIUU51IV VI iUl. 1JWJU *11 placed several barrels of water at hand, ~ the property would have been destroyed. The fire is known to have originated in the gin from some matches that had gotten into the cotton before it had been brought to the gin. The matches had been placed in a small tobacco bag, and after the Are Mr. Boyd found the bag with two -matches in it, one of which had not been struck. The flames started in the gin and spread to a pile of lint and to another of seed cotton. With the help of three colored men he succeeded in conquering the fire by first giving his attention to the burning building, and then to the cotton. Mr. Boyd estimates his loss at about $150, including two separators, some damage to the gin, small injury to the house and the burning of a Small amount of cotton. The loss is covered by insurance. Mr. Boyd's two children, one a boy, aged 13, and another, aged 2 years, had a narrow escape. When the Are spread from the * lint cotton to the pile ot seed cotton, the two children were caught in a corner, caught off from any door and with no means of escape except through a hole overhead in the weather board- " ing. Calling a Negro man to stand below, the boy caught up the infant and swung it out of the hole, 12 feet above the ground. He dropped it and the man caught the little one in his arms as it fell and saved it from harm. The I young man then swung himself out of i the hole and the colored man also caught him as he fell. The ringing of the plantation bell and the screeching of the gin whistle brought all the neighbors to the scene; but the Are had been conquered before they ar- b rived. - ' ?r LANCASTER?Ledger, September 1 22: Mrs. M. F. Jones Is over from York- ^ ville, on a visit to relatives at this place A number of darkies from fi the lower part of this county went down to the Rock Spring camp meeting D in Kershaw county last week, and they report a big row in which four or Ave 0 Negroes were seriously wounded. Belton jc Johnson was the only one from this " county who was seriously hurt. He tJ was shot through the back of the head by another Negro unknown to him. Two darkies, it was thought, would die. There was a general stampede for home when the shooting began. Pistols, blind tiger and "white rabbit" were plentiful. WITH FIRE AND SWORD.. H How the Russians Are Operating In the Chinese Territory. Concerning the massacre of 5,000 E Chinese at Blagovestchensk, by Rus- slans, the New York Evening Post contains an account from G. Frederick Wright, one of the faculty of Oberlin, O., college, who was erroneously reported killed at Pekin. The letter is written from Stretnensk, Siberia, under date of August 6. * As soon as the Russian troops went down the river on transports, July 14, , the fort at Aygun begun without warning to Are upon passing steamboats, and on the 15th Are was opened upon Q Blagovestchensk and some Russian villagers were burned opposite the fort. T The actual Injury inflicted by the Chi- 1 nese was slight; but the terror caused by it was indescribable and it drove s] the cossacks into a frenzy of rage. The peaceable Chinese to the number of 3,000 or 4,000 in the city, were expelled D In great haste, and being forced upon rafts entirely inadequate, were most of them drowned in attempting to cross the river. The stream was fairly black with their bodies. Three days after hundreds of corpses were counted in the water. Mr. Wright says: "In our ride through the country to reach the city on Thursday, the 19th, we saw as many as 30 villages and hamlets of the Chi- _ nese in flames. One of them was a city of 8,000 or 10,000 inHabltants. We ^ estimated that we saw the dwellings of 1 20,000 peaceable Chinese in flames that K awful day, while parties of cossacks j were seouring the fields to find Chinese "j and shooting them down at sight. What became of the women and child- , ren no one knew; there was apparently !e no way for them to escape to a place of " safety. On our way up tne river for 500 miles above the city every Chinese hamlet was a charred mass of ruins. The large village of Motcha was still smoking and we were told that 4,000 Chinese had been killed. The whole- ^ sale destruction both of property and of life, was thought to be a military necessity. Peace between the Russians T and Chinese has come to an end. -1 Years cannot wipe out the enmity en- le gendered." ULCERS Old Sores W, Cancers Q Thin, Diseased, Impure Blood, Bumps oils, Hating Sores, Scrofula, Erup ous, Eczema. Itching and Burpjng Skin iui nil Blood and Skin Humors cured. lnoil mado nnra on/) i>(oli on/) nil aaua. ?ivn atlU ttll DUICS ealed by taking a few bottles of Botanic lood Balm (B. B. B.). Sold at Drug tores, large bottles, $1. Botanic Blood aim (B. B. B.) thoroughly tested for 30 ears. Cures when all else fails.. Try it. Send 5 cents to pay on Free trial ottle. Blood Balm 'Co., Atlanta, tia. fwnt bu (?\ //V\ ing a shod W esi B sat ow mwt oi wtmt miicr. H SOLD BY GL^NT JAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. L. T. NICHOLS. Superintendent. Ichednle Effective Sept. 16, 1900. lorthbound Passenger Mixed eave Chester .... 7.40a.m. 8.30a.m. iV Yorkville 8.46a.m. 10.40a.m. iV Clover* 9.14a.m. 11.30a.m. iV Gastonia 9.48a.m. 1.15p.m. <v Llncolnton ....10.45a.m. 2.45p.m. iV Newton 11.33a.m. 4.30p.m. iV Hickory 12.15a.m. 5.50p.m. ixrlve Lenoir .... L16p.m. 7.50p.m. iouthbonnd Mixed Passenger .eave Lenoir 6.30a.m. 2.00p.m. iv Hickory 8.50a.m. 3.02p.m. iV Newton 9.20a.m. 3.02p.m. iv Lincolnton ..11.10a.m. 4.20p.m. v Gastonia 1.12p.m. 5.30p.m. iV Clover ......... 2.11p.m. 6.07p.m. iV Yorkville 3.20p.m. 6.40p.m. x. Chester 5.15p.m. 7.50p.m. CO.NSBCTIONS. :hester?Southern Ry., S. A. L., and L. & C. 'orkville?S. C. & G. Extension. Sastonla?Southern Ry. uncolnton?&. A. L. lewton & Hickory?Southern Ry. -enoir?Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. & N. E. F. REID, G. P. Agent. Cheser, South Carolina. The woman called him a dreadful dog and tried to stop him*" 'he handsome dog is not the hero of the exciting story a l i? n \ (iiri 01 wu By Major Arthur Griffith* ut he is an important character, 'he hero is a young man who finds imself the unexpected heir to a fteen million dollar fortune and the bject of a clever attack by a band f ruthless conspirators. The heroine ?the "girl of grit," and her love for tie hero adds strength to her nervr. It is an exciting, well written story t will be printed in this paper soon. Read it Blackberry Balsam, 25 Cts., for >ysentery. YORK DRUG STORE. To Gret a Good PHOTOGRAPH !ome to my Gallery on West liberty street. Come, rain or liine, and you will receive the est attention. Very Respectfully, J. R. SCHORB, Yorkville, S. C. CUSTOM MADE CLOTHING. T7E have now on hands LAMB & rV CO.'S FALL AND WINTER OOK OF SAMPLES for Men's Clothig of reliable materials, excellent degns and attractive patterns, which ley are ready to supply to the faultss, fastidious and fashionable dresser t their famous, fitting and faithful :yle. The cut and workmanship will i correct and every garment made to t the wearer. Come and see the patirns and the prices, and have your othlng made for comfort and service, >o. W. M. KENNEDY, Agent. PHOTOGRAPHY. ^OR PHOTOS?in any style and of the ? best finish?please call at my Dairy, on Cleveland aveuue. S. W. WATSON, Yorkville, S. C. EXEMPT FROM FEES. BILLS, Posters, Circulars and other advertising matter intended for die- , tribution in Yorkvllle have exemption from license fees if printed at THE ENQUIRER OFFICE. We have arranged the license matter and our customers will not be interfered with by the police under the bill posting ordinance. ^ L. M. GRIST A SONS. GEO. W. S. HART, ATTORNEY A.T IL.A.W, Yorkville, S. C. 1 OFFICE: N0. 2 LAW RANGE. 'PHONE 58. FINLEY * BRICE, J ATTORNEYS AT LAW, J Yorkvllie, 8. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. 8TRAU88'8 STORE. KED INTO IT. 1 yourself to be talked Utto buydy job to save a dollar or so when is on tale in every town ii) the lid you ever think how easy it it people to be talked into a thing? IM|f Hill aLMQov co.* w?iv mm BOCK hiuac. r sr & ALLISON. SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA EXTEH8I0H RAILROAD CO. v , * TIME TABLE NO. 4. la Effect 12.01 a.m.,Sunday,Dee.24,1899. . ? BETWEEN CAMDEN AND BLACKSBCRG. WOT. , Q?T. 85. 38. EASTERN 32. 84. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class-. Dally Dally Except Dally. Dally. Except ? ^ STATIONS. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. 8 20 12 60 Camden..... 12 25 , 5 30 8 50 1 16 De Kalb 12 02 4 60 . 9 20 1 27 ?...WestvIlle...? 11 60 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw.?.. 11 % 4 10 11 20 2 10 Heath Springs. 11 20 8 16 11 35 2 15 .Pleasant HAL 11 15 8 00 12 30 2 35 ....Lancaster.... 10 65 2 55 1 00 2 50 ....Riverside..... 10 40 1 00 1 20 8 00 ....Bprlngdell.... 10 80 12 40 , 2 30 3 10 Catawba J'Cn. 10 20 12 20 2 60 3 20 .f.. Leslie. 1010 1100 * 3 10 3 40 ...Rock Hill... 10 00 8 40 4 10 3 56 .....Newport...... 9 86 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tlrxah 9 80 8 00 5 80 4 20 ...Yorkville... 9 15 7 30 K 00 4 85 Sharon 9 00 6 60 6 25 4 60 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 . , 6 85 5 00 Smyrna 8 86 6 00 " 7 00 6 20 ...Blacksburg... 8 15 6 80 P.M. P. H. A.M. A.M. BETWEEN / BliACKSBURti, 8. C., AMD MARION, N. G. WEST CAST. 11. S3. EASTERN 82. 12. 2nd 1st TIME. 1st 2nd Class. Class. Class. Class. Daily Daily Dally Dally Except Except Except Except Sunday Sund'y STATIONS. Sund'y 8und'y A.M. P.M. ' A.M. P.M. 8 10 5 30 ...Blacksburg... 7 48 8 40 8 80 5 46 ..Earls 7 32 8 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spr*g 7 26 8 12 9 20 8 00 .Shelby 7 16 8 00 10 00 8 20 ....Lattlmore...- 8 65 . 4 60 10 10 8 28 ...Mooresboro.. 6 48 4 40 10 25 8 38 .....Henrietta.... 8 88 4 20 10 60 8 65 -.Forest City... 8 20 8 60 11 15 7 10 Butherfordton 8 06 8 25, < 11 85 7 22 Millwood... 6 58 3 05 11 45 7 35 .Golden Valley 6 40 2 50. 12 06 7 40 .Thermal City. 6 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 ... Glenwood.... 6 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marlon.. 6 00 2 00 , P. M. P. M. A.M. P.M. . GAFFNEY BRANCH. WEST. EAST. First Class. EASTERN First Class." _ 15. | 13. TIME. 14. | 16. Dally Except Dally Except Sunday. Sunday. "P.M. I A.M. STATIONS. A.M. I P.M. __ ! 1 00 6 00 ... Blacksburg. _ 7 60 3 00 1 20 8 20 Cherokee Falls 7 30 2 40 1 40 8 40 ...... Gaflbey...._ 7 10 2 20 P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. Trains Nos. 32 and 33 connect at Blacks- . burg with trains on the Gaflfhey Division. Train No. 32 connects at Camden with . the Charleston Division of the Southern Railway for all points South. Train No. 33 leaving Camden at 12.40 p. m., going West, makes connection at Lancaster, S. C., with the L. dr. C. 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 .1 . . XT n t*L OA..4K South. At Marion, IX. v?M Willi tueouuwern Railway going West. SAMUEL HUNT, President, A. TRIPP, Superintendent, S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. F. and P. Agt. Arnica Salve and Witch Hamcl for Plica, Cuts. Klc. YORK DRUG STORE. 4 MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES. iCWy HAVING recently removed to Yorkville, I am opening up my fMHSi'n I Marble Works in the rear room IfrlW'r of the KENNEDY BUILDlilfpfc ING, opposite the poetofflce. 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