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If M . l\ ? li ii-., li.i - in ri"- a break ??! il. uml ;l I.j . iii i:"lii|o| lo? party, <'..?,.n - *v ill \w >p our t''?ti fr ? i r i .i 11 '.'lav i v i ' li, linn I lo; next til ? ii L' -viii IM I o i ?r ii ,-l o h ..MI ( 'otifi ?I crail! Wo ran- and widow* j. t -1 |ik?: lliey lin 11 ? i 11 ?. i I i-i of ali, !.. ?polngi/.l'. I In i !" Will in- s.ill-li'U nu I il I In y ?i|io|o),M/r ?lol Ki.ur |MI don. \n \ I^I ul Irin ni ii ill On t li.ii ami feel I iel 11 i lui' having dour ll. lui liny know hy lin- Hun ih ti they weir in tho wron i!, iliough it has lake? a long time fur lin in to Hm) it oin ami ir pent. Surely ur ari- ihr Miii-t forgiv hit; people in the wm hi. or we woiihln l make MI in ?eli ?oin over ihr ulfit to fix ll I > our -.'ra vi yan!-, for ihr truth is. our Winnen have already fixed them up an<l our dead air comfortable under their cure, 'tut it i- a .-icu of g.I will ami fiire.-hiidovvs au apology in the near futiina. Tom lo rd wants io get ll head nf MeKuili-y. in I lu: Sollt li, and I expect will int i ndure ;i Pull of Apology at tin- next session. I'ell ?ion- ami apol?>gir.? will hr hi- slogan. It won t lake a great deal nf money for nur u ti ian- un i widow."?, for then: are not mary nit. hut it will eau <. those wini arr I, ii in live louder, fur "I iii.: ??it- iii u o all. Ititi h grral ami small, Kxerpl ii pm-, on sohlirr. '['liri do uni dir. i lui mull ?ply Ami never ??row any older." An <i|ii friend told tin (hat the alienation between ihr Ni nh ami the 6outh w.is <>vi itu; murr in dirt ami eli matu than it was to slavery or lie? groes. Said he, they '.ive on enid bread and canned goods and codfish, and drink iced lea, while we live nu hain and eggs and rolls and beat bis cuit and drink entice. Their diet is as cold and shiveting as their climate, while ours is rich and warm und stimu lating like our sunshine. Hence, they arc inclined to bc cold hearted and Hel?sh. Wc feasted McKinley down herc on Southern food, and warmed him to thc heart and made him feel generous and kind, and so he made '.hal Confederate speech ami wore that veteran's badge because he felt gund in>ide. If he bad stayed down here a few weeks longer he would have -poko? for pensions and apologized. Muy he there is something in that, for I have observed that Northern people who domicile with un for any length nf time always take our side and defend IH. Hut my candid opin ion is that the l iasses at the North who arc most in tho way of peace arc editors and preachers. Thc editors want some scanda', to feed their read ers on and the abuse of the South is like regular stoek in trade and is al ways in demand. It is a good cement for the party and keeps it solid, for if their readers differ on home politics they can always harmonizo by abus ing us. Thc leading New York Re publican paper is just as malignant since McKinley made his Southern tour as it was before Mr. McKinley played on the harmonica!), but the J're.-s won't lance to t' c music. Aa for ihr preacher*, my candid opinion is the majority ?d' them have Do more real religion than did Henry Ward Beecher, l^ke the editors they rely on sens.ainu .?> |',U their pews and their pockets. With a lew excep tions, their Thank-giving sermons had neither love to Hod nor charity to man, and they went mu nf ito- text tn give the South a .-lam or a -lah. 1 oscd to have great respect and rever ence for ministers of the gm-pel. 1 really believed they were all ordained ot * * nil for the sacred calline, hut in my later years that reverence ha? wcaki'ticd and it seem., to me now that most nf them aro only ordained ol' ur ,i. The pulpit, both North ami Smith, luis, been degraded und ha? lost its high standard. Hardly a week passen but some preacher bas commit ted some crime atol created a neusa lion. Churclu - ur*.! t ?rn asunder am! thc people divided iain bitter fae lions. Sensational preaching i-; tht order of tho day, and every now am then a scandal with a woman in tlx cafe occurs. Undignified and bitte Controversies in the newspapers foci the public mind and delicia those win are outside of the pale of thc Church I waB called on yesterday for charity for a poor, unfortunate family tha lives a few miles away, aud was in formed that the only daughter, a gir 1 - 'i -_f i ? ).< ? > A j jj x>: ?i's 11 nf si Vi* ii 11*1 ii. who?t??ii til help | In ;U? ii? I l*Ml|||l** ill .lil. Il.ill Ul i I i |l .| .1 h lill] I'.Ip I I -I pl . ?ich; I lil ?1X1 , ?l|l<? .ll I ' I .1 fi 'V wi eks In- .i!, union le r ?iii'l l?fi for put- uiikii-itvi; Tli>- story - .i P .i lm? < ..i,, .n,.! I.. 11 iii:Ji i in lu- ran*.* lil und -..ii i.. I Liliana .i ipi I > imbed Thi- I i>vi tine . t iii. -i.IL'i.tul nf mn i lin-, mil ......ni i'lil I H - li ii nuil ?"ii 11 - i i .i n 1. 171 ul a I pi ir li lp*? i-i - pi'i'i a 11 \ liol ic?! ?ititi in I lu* I Wu g real I . . i . 11 n '/ d?nomi nation.- n| tin .-..lill). I lilli L'l.lilli' 'i In th.it lill! i Ye-hy I erl.I ll alni Kp .rup.il <'Inn. lu - have un? >. i .lu ik? ?I iii?: public "it h any mini. t'i.i! i!.i ipi.i i, i li i I?.'li I li ?ir pi i ;u'hr l' ai .. ii- a iii - i lili I ipr tn pu 11 11 'I" quel i i- t-> t liii-i' "I h ill a ip* li I ur> atm. .\ . U.U.i-"' ! ul I lp.hil Ililli - ?'.'"i!.I ha vi* r.11 n i i j h i - -..-1.111.1111-111 - . > I a r i - t.i -.il. i'. . -, (.uiiu'i; I mili i In- l'ii -li.\ tm i m I \ inn hunk lha| I mit nt if ni hy mn " l in n i - :i I ..i. nt a in hlh il w illi blond I ?I aw li 11 "in I m ma n m I - veins; \ ml - i n m i - pl un v? il lu math ih.it Iii M ?il. I a i-i .ill thin ..nilly Mains." l ui- I?;, mn wa- ? Inni'"-i'1 hy Wil liam Cow pi r. tin - pm t. ami i - einlud tm '1 in lin- sweetest im morie* ul' mir child* ! lim.?I Hut. tin- preuelier wishes tu . Inive it ? . x 111111 -j . . ? 1 because lu- say-, the ? ilnrd lint: smacks of baptism hy i m - ; tn- r-iuii Oh,my country ! Ami now I -"tim "I" nur Atlanta and Na.-hville preaehers arc ventilating their politi cal opinions about the war ami thu i I Mi i li ppi tics ?tl their pulpit-, to tim j di-gu-t nf every hearer who di?Ters j willi thrin. They forget that tim pul i pit i- imi theirs, ami their call was lu preach the gospel- not polities. Well, I suppose that, some nf our j sohlii r boys nf tim late war will soon ! In. the pen-imi tulls. ( -c.- thal seventy-two nf an Ohio Ib'?iiumit ; have .ilri ;uly applied. Ohio beats the > wm hi mi pensi?n.--, and has h-arm-d all th?' tin k- ul' lim business. One mau up lhere wa- recently delected in hav ing drawn three pciisiuns for the past li\'- yeai-. (hiring the 'var he was transfer? cd three times, and so he j malle three different applications in il tir?rent enmities, and his .-ure leir went thrungli all right, and he now tells that his lawyer put him up to it, ami he gave thc lawyer one pension and he kept two. The general opinion at Washington is that at least one half the pensions granted are frauds. Hut pension money circulates freely, and that is a good thing, and when it gets to circulating down herc among our boys wc won't complain. Well, we had a good old-fashioned Christmas at our house, and were thankful that no a Miction or calamity had befallen us during the past year. We had sixteen of the posterity at thc festive board, and they did eat turkey and et ceteras amazing. Next inarch conics our golden wedding, and then all tho distant boys and their wives and children are to gather at the ; family mansion, and my wife and 1 j will be calm and serene. I read in a ' life insurance imper that only one ! inarri? ?1 couple in 1.0(H) live together : fifty years. And so the event ought I to bc celebrated. HIM, ARI?. ! Teaching a l'arrot. A well-known country squire owned j an equally well-known parrot, which he christened .Indy, because of his popularity and reputation for saying fuuny things. Ou one occasion the squire was expecting his uncle for a visit, and thought it would bc great fun if, on the arrival of the said un cle, .Judy came out with: "llulloa, Uncle! How are.you?" So one morning he tried to teach the phrase to tue bird. Judy, how ever, was in a depressed mood, and she couldn't be persuaded to talk or do any of her tricks. The squire who j was an irascrible tuan, shouted vio lently: "Say uncle' Say uncle! Say uncle, you fool!" Hut -Indy was obstinat?' and ii" threats could make her say a word. TIIL; squire thereupon gave way lo his wrath, and. seizing Judy by thc head, swung her round and round, then threw her out of the window. About half an hour afterward he heard a great screeching in his fowl yard. Ile hurried nut and beheld lil uf his chickens lying ?lead, while .Indy wa- pursuing thc 20th, at tke same ii nc shrieking: "Say uncle, you fool! Say uncle, I you fool!" ' j dud j had, after all, learned her les j J son, but too well. -- In preparation for a Christina: ' dinner, Vu-. M ac Keller, of Bristol I l'a., started a brisk lire in her kitchci ; stove curly in th?* morning, and a fer. r hours later sh?* threw open the ovci I door to put in a chicken. An un ? savory odor greeted her. She lookei . in, and, to her horror, found her pc f kitten, which had been misting, nicol; t roasted, lt had crept in while th - stove was cold, and, imprisoned, wa 1 cooked alive. i !.?? l'uni, av i.f C...\ ;?!t % W ti. . t t V! .1 - ll.Ititi I 1 *< 1 \ .-A I ll !.-..(.In- Iii ni.-. ?I Will I ' . i . H. to 11 'i. in,my ai i? -I ? I"! i ll ?oi t ? .1 M... I ll.? .. Ul I }?. 11111 >?l ll' I. ll: ill W llM |, l l I., i u l - \ . . - ?I V , ly I ...| I - i I . . I Ul ll . - I'. .Ill III? III ? ll j I' Hi ' I Iii' M tl I I i li I i V . li I ? . Ult?! Alni li l l In-i ll ll jM'.lli i?i\ tull III . ?ll? i I 'I.il I y Willi, il lu hohl In- longue, vs. i- ti ?. illy I'.mil ii before I li?' . k ? - v ? -11 mu? nt 'i? -iin\ li v\.i- ?lii?ii ly alni tin ii. v\ ? ni lien I..-. - victor) .ii l'.< 'ii ink-lui i ir >| ni lt >-?] New Oiloaii?, ?ii.ii tin- ii ln i- Were '.? ty ju lui ml iiVi'l it. ' V??U li.i\?- li?-in ?. \ |U i?-I n_ yuin Self in a \ i ry il isbn al l'a - ti um , | Uinlri-t alni. -it. ?.ml I! I-' . willi au ll ll ll ? ll.l I ly -nm I XV I -1 nt III? liii-llii . .y<-. i.ilkiiiir V? ry uiltrajioiiils)) .uni in a ?ly lr r ilriil.itrt] tu produce mi? ri,i. r 'I'll! nil |?l III I' Ml.Ill |ir??ll'.-lnl lilli lu lini ?ai?l iiVii hitisi j iii icillarly li.i?. .liri -UL'V'?*?|e?l ld.,I titi ? ra M.* '_' ? -11 . tal ii.ri li. . II nil Mil'"I Ul' 'i lilli ll Wi ? t.. I-. plip??e itl'l'l W.l.\?ll lil"l? air! HI M' liri gu.ml, iiirl u?clai'?il Iii?, umi 'l .rmi linn lu Sinn l-liml. Afief III nc h .! i-r Htun however, tin- ?tu ti i i .? w.i- |rv?ik?-?l ii|iuii lin- uiii "'Mi tl. iiiiu ? r.. H-i H t in ir lu I ak?' tin- oath, wliurli lu- w t? very I .aili i?i ?lu. Tin' u.iili was .ni in i ii i ?i ?I? ?I in lim* turin "Will, L'iMi'l.il. ?|Urll?i| llir nlil ??fill Irin in. alni In- liri tiffi ] sworn, "I'm a loyal man ?nw, ain't I ''. "Certainly yo? arr, sahl the gen eral. "After this oath I'm as loyal in the eyes ol' the government as yo? or any une el.??? ? ? ' I'inj?est io-?alily. ' ' "And as snell I am now at liberty to talk.' "Ol' course, there can he no doubl ..I' that " "Well, then, general, cnitiidcu billy land to co un further, didn't old Huh I Lee give us h ll at Fr? dericksbuig ! t hr ut her day ?" Her Sunday and Weekday Heirnx. Mr?. .Indue Peterby, ?>? Austin, nn ; piny? a color? d cook named Mullida Sion?, hall, wiri i? a great, favorite willi : tin- sterner -?-x. hut who i? very high tuned, lieverlheless. "Whowa- that, horrid looking negro ? saw prowliu ? about thc backyard?' asked Mrs. I'eterby, iudiguantly. "Pat's a fellow I keeps company wid on wi'ek day s." "On week day s ?" "Ves, mum ; yer don't s'pose I'd be seen wid such a bandy-legged, gngglo eyed poke-aumke like him on Sun days, does yer ? Yer orter see de cul lud gemmons I keep company wid on Sundays. You'd bo s'prised, yer would." - Hela Kittri?ge, of Belfast, Me., holds thc world's record for Gue writ ing by placing 40,01)0 words on an or dinary postal card. Ile began by writing Pll?M words on a card ; then he put .1000 on; then COI ID. 1(1,000,20,(100, and finally 40.000. tie is eighty rive years old, and uses merely a common tine steel pen and ink, together with his regular spectacles. Ile gets no aid from a magnifying glass or other in struments, yet it is possible to read the writing with the naked eye, so perfect is the lettering. All of his best work is mounted and framed. - In Morocco a marriage is preced ed by seven days' feast accompanied with almost incessant music. And the bride certainly cannot lead a happy life. On one of the nights she may not go to rest, but must lie on the floor, wrapped up in a blanket, while the guests "keep it np," talking, jok ing and laughing, and do not go home till morning. But the actual wedding day is quite as tiresome. She is "on view" and must sit ou a bcd with her eyes shut for some hours, while all her neighbors come to have a good stare at ber finery, to express their good wishes, and to make a small wedding present. - A poor young white man and his wife carno from North Carolina to Spartanburg, S. C., last week seeking factory employment. Failing to se cure work, they set out afoot (for want of money with which lo ride* for their old home. While sleeping by a fire in tho woods during the first night of their journey, thc young woman's clothing caught tire and she was burn ed to death, and her husband wu* seriously injured in trying to extin guish tho flames. In justice to thc generally kind hearted people in that section it should be stated that thc unfort unate couple did not make known their destitute condition. j- ?J *?- -? To The Public. Wo. aro author i/cd to guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Kerned y and if not satisfactory to refund tilt money to the purchaser. There is i-c tirtter medicine made for la grippe, colds and whooping cough. Price, li." and ."?(lc per bottle. Try it. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - Thc inhabitants of the Andamar islands are the smallest race of humar beings known-that is, taken as ai e J average. The height of a full growi 9 I Aldermanian seldom exceeds 3} fcc I and few weigh ovor 05 pounds. \ll Suri* ni l'iir.ici ??|iii \\ .-(. i- il).- Iiajfji -mi, ?n i wan w i ar- .i elu-t ?.?...ii i-i-o. N"t lilli-.' -lire i .?- |?kr I jil! -Ur rt ol' Millie people's failures. A - ma ll nut ?u a t e put ai inn Minn hecolilCS a large hole \\ lien Miine men mik" mistake tili ) repe.il lin m bj w i\ of apology. A 11??! i - li nu i tu tu -("il ilue.-li t Iii lp lum In y. I int.i -..eu t > . l'impie wini iii'Ver get down lo bu-llu--e|limu gel Up ?ll ihr IVprhl. I'i"b,ibl\ Nlaguiu t.i'l- lu eilis?' tin- !??.?! ul' tin- river eau t Imbi ll up Th i - i- I hr u .ul -i i-iin "I i lu ye,it when lin- plumber git- -.-mire w 11 li the ire ma ti lt - a puy iv uni iii cm i -I riki mit fenn lin- -lumlnn with lu r li-l a w?-ll a- with li iii- lutiL'ue l u itu numil good in.I make but littb- mn -1- i- a singular th im; Su ne -a\ in ut* li but ?lu mu hin,-.' . but Chrisi I.in- > ll . i ll |tj tin l]| tlc; t| mil -iy m.tili IL'. Prickly Ash Hilter-, eures th- kui u \-, r.-L'ulaii - ihr liv. r ami pur ties I hu le i we j- A v.ilu itile -y.si ?MU mule. , Sold h> IO Viii.- I'u.II in icy The bile SellUlur ll. ?rr. Ill' < I'liu. ear neil $51)11 HUH wm t II nf in-ma uer mi II I - life ;i| I lie t mir .-1' hi- Oral ll, mi ?ill ! ul nindi Im hail paul hut mu- pie un mu. I'he ?ilteliipt In serve Ci nfl with mn |..ve i.- bk?- ru wing against Hu lule. Luve makes ?luty sweet. The angels are -will-winged ?II God s .-er vice hceau.?->e they hive Ililli. - Au uraliir said lo his audience : "I am speaking fur the benefit nf pus teri I},1 when someone .-hunted, "Ye.-; and if you don't gea done sunn they'll be here ! - "Vmi had better a-k for manner than tuuiiey.'' said a finely dressed gentleman in a beggar who asked fut alni-. "I asked for what I thought inn had the most of," was iheeutiiu-j reply. - The Kev. |?r Hall said every bl.ule nf gru-s was a Senium. Tin tn xi day he was amu.-iug li i ut-cl f by clipping his lawn, when a pari-hinnei said : " Thar.- right, ductur, cut yuin scrumus slimt." An I ri-li iiiati going tu the post olViee iuijitirrd if there were any lei ier's for him. '"Your natue, sir, san the clerk. " l here is a ..mod one, HOW," said lim Hibernian, "why don't yoi see tt nu the back of the letter? - Kind Pallier-My dear, if yoi want a gund lin-buml. marry Mr. Good h?*art. Ile really and truiy loves you Daughter-Arc you sure of that, pi Kind Father-Yes, indeed. I've beei burrowing money of him for six month and ?ie still keeps coming. - It has been calaulated by a Gen oese journal t'tat the discovery o America cost about $7500. Columbu had a salary of $333 ; the captains c. the Nina and Pinta got $180 each; th sailors received $2 50 each per month The outfit of thc expedition uuiounte to $2800. A system regulator is a medicin that strengthens and stimulates th li vi r, kidneys, .stomach and bowell Prickly Ash Hitlers ls u superior sy. tem regulator lt drives out all ui healthy conditions, pioinotes uctivit of body ana brain, restores good a pp? lite, sound sleep and cheerful Bp>*U? ?Sold by Kvuns Pharmacy. - It was the beautiful expressio of a Christian who had been rid wheu he was asked how he could be: his reduced state so happily : "Whe I was rich, I had God in everythiuj and now that I am poor, I have ever; thing in God." - Coleridge was acknowledged i be a bad rider. One day, riding dow a street, he was accosted by a woul be wit : "I say, do you know wh happened to Balaam?" Came tl answer sharp and quick : "Tbe san has happened to mc. An ass spol to him." - A minister, who had been accu ed of preaching a sermon that was n his own, went to a parishoner who hi made thc charge, and asked him retract it. "Well," said the par?s ioner, "I thought, when I heard th sermon, that it was taken from a hoi I bad ut home; but when"I went hor and looked into the book-I found was all there." - The Canadian government li purchased 140 Ksquimn dogs for sin ment to the Klondike regions, win the canines will be used to carry t mails. Thc animals were import from Greenland and Lubrador at ace of $50 each, and were selected I their superiority in speed,* traini and weight. - "The high sea" begins a mari league or three miles from land, country's jurisdiction extending tin miles out from its coast. This d tance was originally chosen because was as far as a gun would carry in t seventeenth century, when the ri was first fixed. Nowadays, wh modern guns carry so much forth . the rule might bc revised, but it I > i!ut been done. - One evening a man was perfor . ing tho old trick of producing eg from a pocket handkerchief, when remarked to a little be-Y in fro i "Say, my boy, your mother can't j i eggs without lieus, can she?" " i course she can," said tho boy. "W t how -is that?" asked the conjur t "'She keeps ducket" replied thc lit boy, amid roars of laughter. THE MAGNETIC HAMMER. A Tri?T# Irr'? Tnl?' ?>f r.ti l.'ncitfiiuion I~j?I ????le lu u {'nu Irj Store. "Standing one tiny in a country storr,"' said ti trav 1 cr, ' J -aw drive up a traveling dealer who carried his stock with him, his turnout be ing nf u kind moro commonly Feen years ugo than now. in these daya of eu ni er railroad cum m it nica ti on und more frequent drummers. Tho wngi o u; > I ig und heavy, but tho body hui -\ r. : ; .< ?11; I ly on |ilutform sjn in gs, the rear hanging a little lower tb;.ii tho forward end. The running port was stout, but well <?o i signed ?lid Iii. it li* fi. Il.e body of ; the wagon was liken long, dec ji box; the inj; 11 ir.g I'.AMI ,-'iid J CI n.:.nt nt; i Ftir a sji-ao of perhaps three liol ; for...nil from the roar end the body vus built upa little higher, with a ve; tittil f::eo at tho front, ? i tb ? \ . ii tn ibe r<?td'. It was ns though i I tin; i eur < nd of the wagon hut! been ! I canad Up a low ?tory higher than ! tho rest. Mid wi? y I etwet n the face of this higher rear part and the driver's! cit th? re was nuntin r high \ ? r M I ; ii n ext? niling nert ss the roof ! iii in side tositle, but narri v.. j "Tho sit1 es of tho wagon l.t.dy wero paneh 1 ott*. The moldings mai ked i tim spaces into which the interior ! was divided, and ;" ross to the com partments was hutt by doors in tho shh s mid the end. The scat at the itu ward end of thew: gnu wa;? capa cious and comfortable, and Ibero j was over it a substantial leather top that would keep out tiny weather. ! Attached to this wagon there was u I j pair of b:g, j. t.< tl lt ? l ing, well fed j horses that could haul it anywhere. I Take it all together, the outfit lind an air of solidity, t< mbined with r.o una ll degree of rakishness. It was an outfit nab as any iran might reasonably bo proud of. "I don't rrn.ember \\ bat he was srlling, 1 rt it was eon; et Lire; packed in boxes. He I rought in a sample he was a rather tall iran, with a l ea ul, with a gt od 1 un ort d eye and ii quiet nu liner- m.d the merchant lu ui ht M me. 1 ht ii he \\ t nt out to bis wagon again and I rought in tho j goods, lind he brought willi bim a I cardboard placard w hit b evidently j be intend* d to ] ut up in the store. I "Rising in the ct nit r of the et oro I was a huge, eqiiare weeden i iltur supporting oveihead a big cross I bei in, nj t n w bit li, 1su] j ese, the in i ncr ?mis cf tholen- 11 i.ms i cst tul. Wlicn he h::d laid the goods down On the < minti r, he pithed up tho curd that he hid brought in with then and turned toward the square pillar in the center of the stoic. Helled located it when be came in, or I guess he knew it. He and the store keeper didn't talk very much, but I thought they seemed to know each other. No doubt he had been there before. "The big, square post was covered with just such cards as he had brought in, tacked on all over, all around as high as a man could reach, and I couldn't see where he was go ing to get his card in, hut he walked over to tho post just as though there were plenty of room there. He took a paper of tacks out of his pocket and sifted out four into tho palm of his left hand and then put them into his mouth. Then he placed his pla card against tho side of the post and pushed it up until the bottom of it was clear of the top of the high est card on that side. Ho could do this bccati.se he was pretty tall, und he was simply holding on to his card at tho bottom. Eut. I couldn't see yet how ho was going to reach up to tack it at thc top. "But he trued it up on the face of the post with both hands calmly, and then, holding it with one hand, he reached into his outside coat pock et for his hammer. It was just a small tack hammer wi?b rather ft long handle. He carried the head of the hammer up to his mouth, and when he withdrew it there was a tack sticking to the face of it. The head of the hammer was magnetiz ed, and the smooth, flattop of the head of the tack stuck to its face, the point projecting in line with the hammer's head. All he had to do was to reach up. With a single tap ho drove the tack through the card at ono corner away up at the top easily. Then he drove a tack through ' the other upper corner in the same manner, and then he drove in a cou . plo of tacks at tho bottom and drop ped the hammer in his pocket. Then lie went out and got on his wagon and drove off. "-New York Sun Zanesviile'n Joke. 1 Here is a choice bit of humor which is believed tb be an original i product of Zancsvillo: A Terrace car . was "wending its way" toward tho I zenith ward late tho other afternoon through a tremendous downpour of [ rain. The attention of some passen gers who were gazing idly through : tho windows was attracted to a woman who, out in the midst of the shower, was struggling to get a tub i beneath a rainspout. "Well, now," i exclaimed one of tho passengers, "dc look at that fool woman trying to catch soft water when it's ruining , hart!." This may not bo new, but ' no person to whom it lins so far beer related recalls having seen it ir 1 any of the almanacs.-Exchange. ; ' - Teacher-"Johnny, r.an you tel nie what is incant by 'steward?'' Johnny-"A steward is a man tha doesn't mind his own business." ? Teacher-"Why, where did you gel , that idea?" Johnny-"Well, 1 looket l it up io the dictionary, and it said " 'A man who attends to the aftVirs o , others. - It frequently happens that om 3 man invents something and aomt other man gets the money for it. BI??^-V-* ^ .Ron't wear your working apron all the ~-f _. ??>^? ^S^r^W lic?e-it's a ?sign of poor management. Do ]i.-f?Sj WS'f?^ a11 your cleaning with "r ; Bf-and vou cnn chango your working clothes for restinj? .^^Jj HK^Ip clothes early in thc'day. It saves lime, work and fp^fflB S&~!M ??JrT worry. Largest package-greatest economy. '.*rt?'3l H^fi e^- TUE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, ' 1 ?^T^fw ??7rT^."L 4 Cincho. St. LotiK New York. Boston. 4j!?-~k^?Fl W^^Tk ? i-aiiudetpbta. Experts disagree on almost everything, but when the subject touches upon the great Superiority of .. THE CHEAT SYRACUSE TURN PL0\| Th* re is hut one opinion, ami that is that it is the best Plow nu eurth Syactise Plows are designed right, made right, sold right. They will turn lam! where others have failed, and build f r iheniselves a demand wherever introduced. The pop ularity of ilii!- Plow comes from genuine merit. Cornet nora will hil you that thev Im ve something just as good, but don't be deceived-there is but one best, ami that, is the SYHACUsE We also sell the SYRACUSE HARROWS, Ami Syraeii-e Harrows, like Syracuse Plows, are thorough!* U,i-to-I)ate. Set? ti- I) tore buying. Yours i nil v. H HOCK BROS, - There ?rc plenty ut' people in the world win? p-ncticilly grumble becau-c I li ey can't lind souictliiiia: tn grumble a hunt. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed schedule In Kffeoft Oot. 10, UH. Daily No. il. STATIONS. Ex. bun. No. 17. Ly. Charleston .." LT. Columbia.... " Prosperity.. " Newberry... " Nlnety-S a... " Greenwood.. Ar. Hodges. 0 10 a m C '?fi a m 72tim 1 40 a m 8 OU a m Ar. Abbeville. Ar. Belton_ JL*L* 8 60 a m 7 80 a ?a 11 Go a m 12 10 n'n 12 25 p sa 1 20 p ni 1 65 p aa 2 15 pm 2 45 p m 8 10 p m Ar. Anderson ?Kim 3 tt'i p tr. Ar. tireenviUe. Ar. Atlanta.... lo 10 a m 4 15 p ra il 55 p m 0 80 p m STATIONS. OrMB ville... 1-iedmont ... Willisniston. LT I.V. Ar. i.v. Ev. Ar. Au doruon Bilton ... Dounalds. Abbeville. Hixi iv s. fche?uw iL >".lnety-fc.x.. Newberry... Prosperity... Columbia ... Ar. Charleston Bx. Sun No. 18. 6 80 p rn e 00 p tn fl 2-' p m 4 45 p "0 45 p m 7 15 p m Dal)/ No. 12. !0 J5 a m Ii? 40 a m 10 55 a aa 10 45 a rn 11 15 a m ll 40 a m Allum ll 20 a m 7 8.> p 8 n0 p 8 la p m 9 15 p m 8 80 p m 11 65 a m 12 40 p m 12 55 p m 2 00 p na 8 14 p m 880 p m BiV?lSSai STATIONS. ? I fl 40 p m IDailyJDally ?No.UNo.lG 63trp 780a Lv.... Charleston... .Ar 640p ll OCa 8 30a ll 8ua '?.... Col m ia." 8 20p 980p 907al215p ".Alb. wa.LT 2 80p 860a 1004a 12-ip ".??antuo." 1 2dp 740p 10 20a 2u0p H.Union." 1 06p 7 80p 1080a 222p "....Jonesville..." 1225p ?Mp 10 54a 287p "-Pacolat." 12 lip 04ip 112&a 810p Ar.. Spartan nura;.. .Lv ll 46a 6 16p 11 tua S40piLT. Spartan burg... Ar ll 22a OOOp 2 TOOplAr Asheville.LT Btja 805p "P," p. in. "A," a ra Pullman paine* sleeping ears on Trains 85 and 88, 87 and afc, on A. and C division. Tra?na leave Spart anburg, A 4s C. di villon, northbound, 0:87 a.m., 8:87 p.m., 6:10 p.m.. JVestibule Limited); southbound 12:20 a. m., :15 p. m., ll :H4 s. m., (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave Oreenvllle, A and C. di vi doa, northbound,6:45 a. m., 2:84 p. m. and 6:22 p. m., (Vestibuled Limited) . southbound, 1:25 a. m., a:80 p. m.. 12:80n. m. (Vestibuled Limited). Trains 9 ana 10 carry elegant Pullman sleeping oars between Columbia and Asheville, enroula daily between Jacksonville and Cluain natl. flt AN K 8. GANNON, J. M. CTJLP, Third V-P.? (ian. Mgr.. Traffic Marr*. Washington, D. C ? Washington.!). O. W. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK, Qen. Pass. Ag'i. As'lUen. Pass. A^'t. W aahingtnu, D. C. Atlanta. Qa> 8L?E RIDGF R5".R0flD. II C. BEATTIE Kccciver Time Table N s 7.-Effective ?? 1MI8. B tuoni Ai,de non and Walhalla. WRSTJSOUNII KAHTn'M'/iD. Ko 1U STATIONS N-?. ll elr*t Class, Firt-t tn?.?*, Daliv. Dai v. P M.-Lui ve Arrive A M. s 3 35. Anderson.ll 00 r 3 5?.D-tiVer.lo 40 f -1 05. Autnn.10 31 a 4 14.Penden.i. .10 22 f 4 *.3. ..C?errv'n CrowiuH.IO.I8 f 4.20.Aii.Mu't* Cro-niim.10.07 H 4 47.,?.S'enenu.0.40 s 5 il.viVju Union .0.25 u 5.17 A?.Walhalla.I,v !):0 Vu. 6, M xe.t. Nu. 5, Mixed. Dii'v, Kxcept Da ly, l?xcept j H mdav Suodav. EASTBOUND. W KMT I io f ; N n. I P..M.-.Arrive Leave-P M. j s rt JU.Anderson.U '0 , f 5 55.Denver.M 38 , t 5.4-1.\timn.1150 S 5 SI.Pendleton.12 02 j I 5 if>.C.'ierrv'aO?o'Siiip.12 14 f 5 11..\OHDIM' Cms-Onir.1'.22 u 4.47 I .Senora. ? 12 40 H 4 p) i .8?-era. ( 1 45 9 3*38.Wu-i Union. 2 ni? a 8 30.Waihi?!'a. 2 10 (M) Re alar Biatlon; (1) Fla?,' wt tv ion wp i also -t ip at the following Mations to tuV** on or let otT pamanjiera : Pltin neva, J*ines' and Sandy Springe. No 12 ronneoia with Southern Railway No 12 at Anderson. No 6 oounect? with Southern Railway Noa. 12, ST and 88 at 8-neoa. J. R. ANDERSON. Supt. DOUBLED/ SERY?CEl TO A^I.AWTA, CHARIOT? F, KEW OR] AND SEW YORK, RUSTON RK'HMONI). WASHINGTON. MiRFOUJ PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IM EFFECT JULY 18.) SOUTH BO Um No. 403. ra L? New York, via Penn H. B.?ll uOam ll LT Philsdelphi?, " l 12pm ?ll LT Biltlmoro " 315pm ll LT Washington, " 4<0pm ll Lv Richmond, A. C. L....8 96 pia ll LT Norfolk. v?a S. A. L-.?8 ?? pm ?i| LT Portsmouth, " . 8 4i pm ll LT Weldon, " .*11 23 pta'lll ar Heuderaon, *? . 12 5? a tu ll Ar Durban), ?."". f 7 82am~*H| LT Ourbata. " . f7 00 pm JJ! Ar Raleigh, ?la 8. A. L.f. *2 16 um "51 Ar .SM ford, " . 3 85tm il Ar Southern Pimm " . 4 ?Um si Ar Ullin kt, " . so'ia ll Ar W, id ea ooro, " ". 5 53 am tl Ar Monroe. " _. 6 4*am ll Ar Wilmington " '111 Ar Charlotte, " ~..~?7 60 an ?lil Ar Cheater, ".?8 03 am 19 LT CoIuu,bi?7c."N. A LTB~R..;.~.T-7H Ar Clinton 8. A L. 9 49am ?lt Ar Greenwood 14 .I0 3>am I Ar Abbeville, .? . ll 03am I ArEI-rrltic, " . 12U7pm 1 ar Athena, " . 1 I3pm . Ar Winder, M . 1 56 pm I Ar Allanta, 8 A L- (Cen.Time) 2 50pm I NORTHBOUND. No. 409. Kp LT At1anto,8.A.L.(C?n. Time) ?12 00 D'B <m LT Winder, " . 2l0pml?B LT Athena, " . 8 IS pm us LT Elberton, . ......... 4 16 pm Ug LT Abbeville, ". fi la pm ?ra LT Greenwood, " . 6 41 pm >? LT ? linton,_r?. 6 30 pm_ lg Ar Columbia,OCNT?TTB R..._HB LT Cheater, 8. A . L 8J????LJ? Xv barlotttT "" ?.*10 28 pm jB LT Monroe, LT Hamlet, 9 40 pm li 15 pm Ar Wilmington_ L? Southern Pinea, LT Haleigh, Ar Henderaon LT Henocraon Ar Durham, LT Durham Ar Weldon, " ... Ar Richmond A. C. L. Ar Waa ington, Penn. R. B. Ar Baltlmoie, " . Ar Philadelphia, " . ArNewYorfc, " . f5 20 pmjij *4 ?6 m 8 15 am 12 31 pm IJ 1 46 pm 3 50 pm ?rt 23 pm Ar Portsmouth S. A. L. ?r Not folk " . ?Daily fDally, Ex. Sunday. Noa. 401 ttt.d 402 'Tho Atlant* Sprt*j Vt'alihuied T'aln, of Pul.tuan Sleeper a? .?8 between Washington and ?1 lauta,*? mun Sleepers between Portbiuoutb amit1 Noa. 41 and 88, "Tho S. A. L Kip?* Train, Coaches and Pullman '.k?'F?r?, Portsmouth and Atlan a. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., imply ?? _ B. A. Nowland, Geu?l Agent Pa? Wm. B. Clcmenta, T. P. A., 6 Kimutu Atlanta, tia. _ ,, E. St lohn, Vtae-Preaidcnt and fi??' V. E. McBee tienoral ^uperinumden. II W. B GloTer, Traffic Muniwr L 8. Allen, Gen'l. PusBeng-r Alt"?' Gent-ral Olllcm-e, INirtjiniitn'i??_%_*^. ATLANTIC COAST U TRAFFIC DKrABTl WILMINGTON. N. C. Fast Lin? Uetwoeu Charleston.?" umhin and UpporS.'Hth Caro?01 Carolina. ,.fl CONDENSED SCHEDUv OOINO WKHT. a0\ .No. 52. . J. 7 00 am Lv~l........Charleston.-J?j 8 31 aw Lv..,...Lanws.... 9 Ulam Lv........ .....Sumter.*' ll 0'> pru Ar."....Columbia.J'\ 12o7pm Ar.Prosperity. 13 20 pm Ar....Newberry.-"Kj 1 03 p>o I Ar.Clinton.,? 125pm Ar.Laurens.\ \ 3 Wpm Ar ......GrwD"Hte..-,, 3 Wpm .'tr....M...Spartanr.urg.;..?-|i ifj 6 07 pm Ar.Wlnuaboro, S. C.??J H 8 15 pm Ar.Xharlot'c, N. g-jT?, ? 608pm A^-Hende^to.STlll'',^.,-,f ? 7 00 pm_A.r...r^aheTilte, itfjrj^l Noa. 62 and 5S Solid Ttalne be'???1? and Columbia 8. O ^ y K**fi| ++- tiwi. r?7*f5H