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_ ? p THE PlMlNINI OSMRVtR. The man who always 907* cash often leepa ontlck.? No season Is so brief as woman's love, unless it Is man's. The best way to destroy an enemy Is to make a friend of him. After a shirt naa been to the laundry about three times II le pretty well doae man never knows how little account he Is In this world until he attends hie own wedding. When a girl makes an assignment of her love her sweetheart-is Immediately appointed as receiver. . LACONIC PHILOSOPHY. ir~- " As an ear-trumpet the average woman is not a success. Happy are they who look before they marry, and overlook afterward. There is nothing a manly man admires more than a girlish girl or a womaaly woman. An actress is often Indebted to the florist for the flowers she gets over the footlights. * It doesn't always make a man happy when a girl returns bis love?especially when it's returned because she has no Before marriage every man has a theory about mannging a wife, but after marriage he finds that it's a condition and not a theory that confronts him. CULLED FROM ALL SIDES. England make? $20,000,000 a year profit out of it? Post Office. Stammering is practically unknown among uncivilized people. The Victoria Cross carries with it a life penslou of $250 a year. Copra iB a preparation of the cocoanut made in great quantities in tropical islands ail over the world. Bombay is said to be the most densely populated city in the world. In certaiu areas the number of inhabitants is 760 to the acre. Copying ink may be made by dissolving lump sugar in the common ink, used in the proportion of one drachm of the former to one ounce of the latter. Spurious coins are legally made in China. They are used to put in the coffins of the dead, and the superstition prevails that they make the dead happy. SOME THINGS TO KNOW. In some parts of Italy tLe government has to spend $3,000 to collect $2,000 worth of taxes. It sometimes happens that it takes a speaker longer to clear his throat than ff n nleor fKn Kail The Bank of England contains silver ingots which have laid in its vaults irrellgfStft ana u .. law. When a man is sure that his friends never 6ay unkind things about him. he may be sure that all his friends are dead. Russia, with a population of 127,000,000, has only 18,334 physicians. The United States, with about 70,000,000, Las 120,000. It i3 said that men who never drink, smoke or stay out late ui night livo to a ripe old age. Perhaps that's their , punishment. San Francisco has a law by which a peddler who rings a doorbell of a house where the sign "no peddlers" is displayed is liable to a fine of $100 or six months' imprisonment or both. ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE. Was! I -u.ii i nu Luu|jica iu ixurway are privileged to travel on railways at a fare and a half. Since the legislative foundation of arbitration courts there have been no btrikes or lockouts in New Zealand. One of the latest things in surgery is the practice of embalming an injured limb as a substitute for amputation. The Rmpcror of China Is an editor. His Journal has the distinction of having appeared regularly each day for the last &00 years. The debris left from coral made into ar'icles of jewelry, etc., is crushed, scented and sold as a tooth powder at ;? high price by Italian perfumers. One-half of the world doesn't know now the other half lives, and the other i half doesn't care whether the first half lives at nil or not. One of the constituents of the best qualities of varnish is a resin known as kauri, which is onlv fminri in Zealand. A $7,000,000 needle trust has been formed In London, and still, someone has aptly observed, some people claim that they can't see any point In these trusts. WHY 1 Why isn't the way of the transgressor the road to wealth?lor the lawyer? Why shouldn't level-headed people live in flats? Why doesn't a poor barber supply talk at cut rates? Why arc men of loose habits always retting tight? Why isn't water Intoxicating when it makes a barrel wnter-tight? Why does the average man know so ninny things that are not worth knowing? Why isn't the man who Is constantly harping on one Idea & musical crank? . , * AUI 1UW1I SATURDAY, I will offer balance < December 17th, and as thi the corporate limits you h ? TI Will be on hand to < have the fun of seeing yoi Sheriff J. G. Long v for bids and the person wl When a lot is knocf irresponsible people from iqco, the balance with 8 p< I sold a number of by taking advantage of su 'I he titles to the pr< and Wm. McGowan and j: i Lome to FOLLOW THE B ] ? 1'IIAi MUMI lU.Vl Itll C lU.ta u ueioaei?i*iioiiM0io?i9aoE% Cross Keys Chat. Cross Keys, Dec. 12.?Dr. Yaney .. Poole and family bude us good bye in-, morning aid left for Union, mere they Will make iltcir future loino. NVc Wit.' sorry indeed to see liem depart from our midst, and 0 mgrutulalc Union upon the uequisiiou of such good pe"plo as the Dr. .nd his ehuriuing wife. Dr. Poole i-> iot only a good doctor but a line Mtr.eon, havinc finished a post graduate ourso in surgery in Now Yor?. la>t car. He is iiiorougldy equipped for he practice of his profession, and jeing an upright, conscientious hristian man, lie esteems his profes-ion as a high calling and always does us whole duty by his fellowmen. .Miss Carrie Southard is still at the lead of the educational interest of iross Keys but her school will close in a few days. No couitnuiiily can boast ?t a better teacher. We feci grateful o .ionesville for sending us such a me teacher, and we hope none of the uatriinonial candidates will gel I elected over here, so that we may secure her services again. \V. Hampton Wiiburn has taken hargo of \\ ilburn Profiler s store at uiorco. Hamilton is no excellent i young man ami without diuiutoiiu of ( ne hnest business )oung men in j upper Carolina. air. Bobo sparks fills his place at s.une. Bo ho is st mixing for tlio ministry, aiul we wish him success i:i Ir.n iiohie calling. We were present at the burial of uilo Brooke, nou ut l>r. \\ . B. Button, I f i A - II. ..... I .. ?i wnm /liiuuin. 11 r; iiviiiijf i a u oars of 11 jfo. Wo sympathize deeply vith tlie bereaved parents. Mi?j. lJetsiil is slid a j^roat snlToror. .Mr. .Mall Hurnelt, is eon v<i!t>'-?-nt. Thus. il. (j??i:i:. j ETTA JANE LCH0E5. Etta Jane. Dec. 1-.? Last week; wis (piite ci'M and there was not aueh ItiMii work attended to outside; i pressing mcersi'y. John M. Kes'cr will n in ne to1 ictidale neighborhood Where no ex- j o's to Tut in in-.'tt v< ar. Wheat sowing ha* made sutnc j end way and it the woo tier wolj rut11 much ot it will v? t he put iii tcfore the close ol the sea-mi. .Mr. W. Jv. Walker has hei n on s plantation with s<>tue of his tends killing hirds and eljoiing - Iii-'(dve- g? iiendlv. lie i- large'\ rested III tstliiil.g matte s and' ip-arc* no or ev^ienr? tiur. win JTTO Lots a DECEMBER I t Df my Town Lots, on street s will be the last opportunity ad best make your arrangeir IE KELTON sntertain the crowd with swe lr more progressive neighboi PROGRAM! vi 11 stand on the lot he propc 10 bids the highest will get t! nrxr* JL JU red flown to a bidder he will bidding for fun] on next Jar er cent interest. lots two years ago on this ph ch liberal terms. Dperty have been examined 1 >ronounceal perfect. Town Sat AND, BUY A LOI j. G. Y ,r ^"'ner> operation again h 1 Ur0 Ilow lua^"g i There a? ; risnm ing in tins niM^u^d .of chi The schools ?>f G'?wd?'vsvi fcPti ] H I start before the firs' of Ja nary. Wo exp?et gnat impro' ii* u s i:t tlit'iu hereafter both in t iitue taught anil the kind of wo d ne. Ii 'tli can he greatly iiuprov in some instances. Tilt: ! imk ? is r.ow in a positi to do good iv.>rk for ihe people | Union c"tm:y. 'I'be improveiaer in the office "u'fit makes it possil j f?r if to become ?*ne <>t the most u; 1 fnl C'lintv papers and it ought to ; -upp >ited by the business men oft ! county at least. The North Pac?!et I.iterdonon national S. >. Convention will nit at Wilson's ehupel ou the 2.3ih. i -tant at 1 1 o'clock ?. ni. Mr. Frank McChiney 1ms he* helj ing treasurer J. Li. Jones to e< r vi 'a.\ra. 1IM > 111(1417 ilit'll II through this sec i->11 lust week. Mr. ^V. T. Oscment mo cd 1 family ?o Trough Shoals last wci \v!r r li s children will work in t factory. ().i account of ti e town tax oi people cimot furnish chickens at tu> ke> s f -r the Christmas dinner town people. Dr. L r?l Palmerston has been :i tribute <1 lie iMi'a'.u* i mi'am : "Wo ever c.in make tw ears of corn i r. ?'? 1>1 "le.s ?>t grass upon a spot gr ii'.hi where only one grew bef?i will ileserve hi;' er f Iililiki'id, ar Jo ineo issiiitial service to h rimn rv. ilian toe whole race of pn! tie.hi s put tog. tiler." This is Ce a ill v a |i'i at con plnn* n'and sh<>ui encourage nr hirunrs to make ill his' if their p: of* s*ioii. Who l n eil"! i" in eiiHivo r.fli'f than -.i t< n-ivc I irm ng Tii' V-.'kv i It* Ye -nun corjcvpoul i ills >p 'k "1 11 ?v* j* a re-unmii i t ? >r ! rees and a grind jut'ie eei er i In. 'i bis Will he Iiice ?:i Tin: I ci ricfpondeiits ought ' ; 1 1 k W ..SC. Vox. Rocky Creek Items. Xut* Kg tlie ^|oo.ity <IM Pi )b?it Unior 17th, 1898, AT leading to City Reservoir, for offered the people to buy a lot at tenis to attend. C ORNET B ATs et music and if you do not care r place his money where it will d< VIE OF SALE. >ses to sell, (so you can see wha he lot. RMS. have to deposit $5.00 to guaranl luary 1st he will pay one half of 1 in and now several happy famile Dyylessrs. Munro & Munro, R. \ :urday, Dec* r, BUILD A HOUSE, ! 'OUNG iut in attendance ou la-t SuiYdaV" wt I Ht New Hope church to listen to tin* tip explaining of the scriptures by the pastor. Us . Master Paul Davis was ?h-own *~Jfrom his mule Hn<i cou-iderihlv *? ?*. ' '(h. I'lfe accnpTTTC? ,T * rv Sprou-o**, where k| j >y I w is r*kort1ii and cared for. u..til ? \ ' M&^ria- iter's family ou their leturn IV m ed, church to k him on to hi* home Mrs. Louis llmuion has h- cn si<-k on fortlio la.sr few days. The coM sp 11 has sho.temd th?* 1'livestof several fine, tat hogs, and ^ the eons quence is nice rths. back bore-S and sausage meat. A how school house is jn c*m se 'ie of (Instruction on Hocky I'reek sch'-4 house. Ic will he an improve[ii men/on the old one Mr. Ilenrv et Spr ise ha- the eontr ?ct for building, u- 'fin oaeher and pupils are v -ry mix ion to have it completed as soon -s ?n pi?s hlo. ? fair school is in attcn laneo eon'P sid ing the s? vere woa her Miss Lu Little wears the tir-t lion ?r of l,s | thtnd^auepd classes and M s* Er.Jp 1 . ^ I /ril,on l'1,? l'Mr ' ? iu'erm-'.liate ,iU .4. .7. We ll.ear ' f Sl'v<lr 1 nierry maki- 2* : Q\'.n antiripattniiTor * (' l'l The low prii-c of o .o<F li ?s iiciuo ' ' 0/ soin of our ^ooil lions-* wives v iy I /: happy. Z. 11 Pacolet fttll Paragraphs. i> ,| l'acolet, Mills. D o II ?Oh istm.is l toys ami present- nr.- h?-in<_? opene i as :i fast, as possible al tho (/ompaiiy Store 'J ami are a d-liyht ami plea-lire to the ! lj little ones who staml am! iid<ni o 1 I 1 ihi-in. j| Mrs. Sarah Iforne, w f.- <>f ?lr F 1 I 1 l? Home, was burb-il a' th<- family I Kruvo-yard in ('In-rokee county on j j lliiirs'lay hist. A kind mother and 1 * oonsisient Oh rid inn. Sim will he sully j >* ; missed by her family and insio v friend . j Mr K?I \v" 111/>ins, who In* Iummi |. i 'iiinucroii.-Iy ill with ;>n- i;m ?*ii:i it recovert no. | I>r. .J. I). .1 e'Ti*i 'who lti?t licen I prnet icon; It ! so 1 teg has verco }ii '* connect ion with l>r .1. II Dm m-v o ut><| wtll move to Ir.s li me in OI??*r > koe co inly. 1 >?* I). II. Montgomery, a ri-irtg young physician of li >ckh:irt, has u-*sociat !(i himself with !); Downey in j the n.eilieal pr,?c'ieeof this pi ice A shoot in.' scrape to >k place at ih ! t Bridge Sunday uftcrnoou. Charles' HE i. s. c. I O'CLOCK. sale to highest bidder on a reasonable price within rD?~ to invest, come along and ouble itself in a tew years. l you are Duytngj and ask his bid (this is to keep lis bid and on January ist, :s occupy their own homes W. Shand, J. C. Wallace >mber 17, STOP RENTING. ~s ? ? pj|ty shot John Rates. Dr. Downe, I*"* iimne-1intely culled and extract 6 Stiller. Jfeueher Cowan's preaching her IJIU1? have influenced some of th , lVcing set, ns a dance is soldon H,ril of now. 'apt. Wix and his force of hand . v?o been engaged the last few day 1 n utfv?...ULI-Lree^ ai-Qinid the Bap TTrt-. ^wlnte boys and colored ones in the railroad, and one of the negroe got struck in the neck with a rock N"W help is coining in every day I'rof. Charles C. Lane gave a locluri in the hall on Friday and Saturday i night last to a large uud fashionabh auuionce. Letter for 5anta Claus. Dear OKI Santa Claus . As Cmi-tuuis is drawing near I will try and write to you. 1 want to tir.st thank y->u t'?r the nice th intra Drought im* 111 the pa-t. I whu< V;"i to pie 'So bring every child in Liii 'iiou tv ii |?r?s*ent *nd if you wnl g > to tlie - Wonder Store" you vMti ii ol a 111cc lot i t tilings to select it "in Micli .is : Fiddles, hummers, pistols, guns, ptaic-, t- !?* - bai-j 'S, tialls, dol s. cupf, Kuiuvrs, Jii o crackers, sp ons. paper j?,s p -i e l.-, erasers, slates, books, b ","i"pif:iU^ organs, dog., rub 1 .i.j.1. ugets wag. n>,4 \Y?'rt. ivireons. i?;iiui ?'-. ?a'?rs'is, puns, tubs, nigs, ii iImt. it lots ci'js-ts, kmes, rum* .nIns'-'.miioi*s. carts, hor-i-s, mules g Mt-. cows, sheep, squirrels pen-. pen- .'d-. p< aiiu s, Hpp.cs, "i aii ' -i. hunk*. lemons candies, c-Hi'ie s. C'K'.'11"u s. nuts, sho s. ra ins. run"-', clocks, lumps. rnatrtetabl ts. Wat lies, i uies. iiuckets, di>ii puns, too boxes, ei. sets, ironic i * I*. .1*11 ? sets clieckh -aid-, wu-hboar.. Iso'Hi. I??u>ln>s. miiM, sh ,v?- :i t r- i ukiv?. chairs bcil*. t d?l I'Mi'iis. H'nii s, tJiMo cloths, iir nil rdi'H'S, V;|-C* l* l k'' ? ( <!) -i IiHICMII- \\ .rf? *? c .H.i r j;r:i * ?.% .1 - ,ih :?r><{ ?. <> >* mirtV". p<? *?lfi'hi \ .1, picture * 1 ?>Irs <1 11 !i? timl >. iiiW"! r * 1?i ?i lio t !?? it.-i. f! >1* , .n|iij,h, mutch boxes, ho it-*, ?'.h 1 ii 1 il ills, cat*. hat*. <1 li chairs <1->11 cribs, sjiiMles. br;<ll?8. h:inio?.<. l)-is?'h?lls. -t>\os, roacl?inft> tmillmu'g. <|>in< t <'uii(). pint cU'-m ga loucu|8, cartages, rat?, curtain ??? ??y pole*. day h oka, raci*, hinges, hcrewrf, accordiari*. blue pencils, role *, doll glow*, gait b x*-*, pepper b:>x<s, guiur.H, butter di-bea, augar j di^bert, <-nve ojies. coffjc p ?ts, snuff boxes. dull bed's. pencil hoes, \ Mil o|> d?r?. Nfn ? drivers, plyers, .-a i;if;ere, *p > ?l ihrc.d, eirg beaters, till ?*s tuilKskluiiut*r-*, t'uuuels, Hags, t> y chains, carpet turners, chrnam igf, dusting I rushes, pin cushions, picks, scissors, work boxes, harness snaps, shoe nails, nutmeg graters, pot overs, cologne, oilcans, handsaws popcorn parchers, doll carriages, Noah's ark, banjos, rings, Bwords, sleds, soaps, bells, wash bowels, tes kettles, shears, wheelbarrows, monkeys. llutes. hairpins, earrings, doll houses, hayracks, hat racks, hatchets,1, rakes, cuke stands, cards, bugles, fifes, pipes, thimbles, tooth brush holders, soap dishes, pocket books, blacking brushes, cooubs. cravat pins, foot balls, fish books, kites, need'es, suspendeis, cigar cuscs, bicycle pumps, albums, spittoons, tamborines, potito mashers, skates, magic lanterns, glass, nets, picture books,' lamp shades, lamp burners, safety j pins, pin cases, pencil holders, balloons, music tops, bedsteads, bedrollers, necklc-s, churns, churn dashers, cap pis ols. glass eggs. cheese, white rabbits, grey* hounds, wood saws, Cik<*s, kerosene cans, bobins, jars, saddles for toys, watch chains, leopards, mats, rakes, topards, satchels, t>ells, homecurts. latches, china closets, harness bu kles, china cups, tin spoons, pearl knives, china plates, saucers, pickle dishes, little spoons, rasters, turkey dishes, carving knives, agate pans, viuegar bottles, sauce dishes, wire, staples, oasles, slato pencils, teasets. bugles, pie pans, desert dishes. trumpets, mirrors, rubber balls, marbles, checks, horse brushes, rat traps, mouse 'raps, mice, oranges, bannas, gilt frames, lamp shades, lamp chimneys, axes, vlo-o pedes, whips, coffee mills, coffeo p >'8. jarJia -rs, soldiers, foot tubs, wall pockets, can openers, du-?t pans, razors, eakerurncrs, work baskets, crurub travs, lampburners, -ouo laddies, compasses, blacking, sois-ors. paint brushes, dippers, fish0>, foals, pap-r pins, birdcages, d icks, guitars. hens, roosters, coal h<? ik?* nl:iu linna cunoiinofino Krav. bind. inturcb ?oks. tn<?ukey wrenchej, lunch, bask eta, Eater eg?-, brace and bit*, rubber bull*, albums, candy bananas. There vou will find Mr. S. M. Rice, Jr./E. U., the proprietor with a nice c >rps t?f sale-men ever willing and ready to servo you. Wishing vou a uierry Christinas. 1 remain your little friend, y graham pool. Union, S, C., Dec 5th. 18U8. e * reflections OF A BACHELOR; 1 n f . T * Marriage may not be aft?s^"' . . , ^^/pie are. * good many married , l- tha mnr" ? a8t a 1500(1 woxnan putb - ~ .nAn the more abe will generally Lots or men WZSuRT TIB?cinrrrraxrris. ' braver if they didn't have senso enougt ' to got scared. r, It is a good thing for a man to be dls. satisfled with himself in everything but , his marriage. If the wcmien get to working in Christian Science on love affairs there won't be any hope for the men. Women are better than men are. Men very seldom love their enemies, but women 'most always kiss them. If the average man were as brave and handsome as his wife believes be is, ho would probably have married some other?better-looking?woman. You can always tell from the outside of a houso which is the spare bedroom by tho way the window curtains nro fixed up. The mission-school habit is probably tho strongest while it lasts, but the sachet habit makes a girl's family a lot more uncomfortable. a wrirv -? r. t.?- ?- ' - ""o ?-o nave a lot more patience to let the cat in and out than she has for her husband, because if she didn t it would leave her. As an car trumpet an is not a success. "*j| When a girl is up in arms the young man in the case Eccms to cujoy it. Happy ure they who look before they marry, and overlook afterward. Nothing so enhances the value of a thing as the difficulty in obtaining it. Some men stand on principle and some others probably would If they had it to stand on. Everv wnmnn knnn.-c fhrit oVio tallr? - ? ***""" VM4,V u"v VW*<M* too much, but what she doesn't know is a remedy for It. ! Sharper thnn the tooth of a serpent Is the sarcasm of one who has no sympathy with human vanity. . When a man is under a cloud of debt '; ${; It's rather difficult for his crodltors to 4 see the sllvor lining. *>' I The clock invariably strikes the half fl hour when you wake up in tho night 1 and want to know what time It Is. "J < Life Is full of ups and downs at a fij boarding house; you have to put up " with what they give you and come down for It la advance.