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tumorous department. Good For Both.?The French comedian, Perlet, was extraordinarily thin. At last he became such a skeleton that he consulted a physician, who recommended him to try some baths in the Pyrinees. Having obtained leave of absence from bis manager he betook himself to the mineral springs, where he bathed unremittingly, but all in vain ; he did not increase in size. "Patience," urged the doctor; "there is nothing like out baths for making people fat." f\na Han mhilft Parll>t. WAS Wftitinf ?J o philosophically in his bath for aD embonpoint which never came, he heard a conversation in the next room, from which his own was divided by only a thin partition, and which was occupied by an enormous woman, fat as the Hottentot Venus. "Doctor," said she, "I am getting tired of this." "Why ?" asked the Esculapius. "I have been here two months." "Well, am as enormous as when I came." "A little patiece, madame," urged the.doctor; there is nothing like our baths for making people thin." Perlet, bearing these words, sprang out of bis bath, dressed, rushed home to bis hotel, ordered his bill and left for Paris by the next train.?New York Journal. Sabbath-Keeping In Scotland.? Not many years ago a Free Kirk worthy, now at rest, was engaged in bis favorite pastime of fishing on a wellknown salmon river in the north of Scotland, when be got ihto a conversation with a farmer, and asked him how the recently appointed Free Kirk minister was getting on in his parish. The farmer, after considerable hesitation, admitted that the reverend gentleman was not quite so great a favorite as he might have been, because it bad been discovered that he was in the habit of shaving on Sunday morning." "But," expostulated the piscator, "you might as well say that your minister was not to wash bis face on Sunday." "Wash my face on the Sabbath !" said the farmer; "I haven't washed my face on the Sabbath for these fiveand-twenty years." Banking intelligence.--He wanted a position in an Austin bank. The president was satisfied with bis credentials, but before engaging him put him through a civil service examination. "Suppose now, a man was to come in here to deposit $20 in bills, how would you count them ?" "I'd wet my fiuger and lift up each bill until I got to the last one." "Why would you not lift up the last one?" "Because there might possibly be one more bill under it, and if the depositor was to see it he would want it back, but if the 20th bill is not lifted up and there should be another bill in the pile the bank makes it, don't you see ?" "You will do," said the bank president. "You have been in the business before, but I didn't suppose you knew that trick." An Honest Boy.?A large class of scholars were standing up to spell. A hard word was missed by the scholar at the head of the class, until the last scholar, a little fellow, spelled the word and went "up to the head," passing about 17 boys and girls, all older than himself. The teacher then turned around and wrote the word on the blackboard, so that all might see it and remember how to spell it. No sooner had she written the word out, than the little boy at the head exclaimed : "Oh, I didn't say it so Miss W ; I said e instead of i," and be walked to the foot of the clasa again, quicker than be went to tbe bead. That was an bonest boy, but be will never be a congressman. The Imposture Detective.?"I bave seen many strange things in my time," said Inspector B? of the detective department as be sat in the Bodega, sipping bis wine. "Brought to light no end of impostures, eh?" inquired a friend sitting by. "I believe you, my bay! But let me tell you in strict confidence, I was myself once taken in by a nice, pretty girl. I could bave vowed she was an angel." "And wasn't she ?" "Just tbe opposite. She bad a temper like a hurricane, and when she got vexed you felt as if there was going to be an earthquake!" "Good gracious! but how did you find tbat out?" "Well, you see, I married the girl." ?New York Journal. "I would like to get a certificate of insanity," said a man to tbe asylum commissioners. "Whom do you want it for?" "Myself." "Are you insane." "Crazy as a chinch." "And you want admittance into the asylum ?" " x es, sir.' "What evidence can you give us of your insanity ?" "Evidence you cannot dispute. I read a three-column article on the tariff." "Go to the asylum and tell the keeper. He'll admit you. In positive cases certificates are not necessary."? Medical Journal. Cute Little Johnny.?A lady on Woodward avenue has a little boy who is inclined to freckle and has been told to keep on his hat when out in the sun. Last week she engaged a servant whose face is quite roughened with smallpox. Robbie looked at her very closely and then said to his mother: ' "It's too bad, ain't it, mamma?" "What's too bad ?" said his mother. "That her didn't keep on her hat." His mother was puzzled and said : "Why should Mary keep on her hat?" "Cause the sun's jammed all her freckles in." Wayside (gatherings. $3T The thrifty housewife never attains perfection, for she is always mending. Physician?Remember that you can't eat too much fruit. Patient? Adam did. I?" Never cry over spilt milk. The milkman has already wasted enough water on it. H3T The moment a man is satisfied with himself everybody else is dissatisfied with bim. $8T Advice is cbeap except witb lnwvers and Dhvsicians. So live tbat you may avoid them. WaT Don't be hasty in your speech, for "a word and a stone once let go cannot be recalled." Ifir The world is all a fleeting show, we say, but somehow we want to see the show a little longer. W&T A woman's heart is a small affair, but it can upset the biggest man that ever adorned this world. WaT Don't scold. It spoils faces. Before you know it your forehead will resemble a small railway map. WaT There are books in abundance on bow to give dinners. How to get them is another part of the business. 1ST Never does a man portray his own character more vividly than in bis manner of portraying another's.; 6T The difference between a blonde and a locomotive is that one has a light head and the other a headlight. IWT The man who originated the saying, "Hurry is the mark of a weak mind," never was chased by a bulldog. WST Apropos of the Maine disaster, it is well to remember that the less an opinion is worth the more flippantly is it expressed. W&* "It's hahd," said Uncle Eben, "fob er man ter excuse a boy foh befn' as foolish at 18 years ob age as be wah hisse'f at 25." Whatever you have to do, do it with all your might. Many a lawyer has made bis fortune simply working iwitK o tvill 93T North Carolina has the oldest twins in the world?Hugh and Hector McLean, 88 years old. Long live Hugh and Hector ! IHuman flesh is heir to 2,400 different diseases. The intelligent doctor is bound to hit some of them in examiuing a patient. Melons were grown by the old Greeks and Romans, and were carried to America by Columbus. The watermelon is a native of Africa. fGT When George Coleman, the younger, was asked if he knew Theodore Hook, he said, "Ob, yes; Hook and eye are often together." W3F The cabbage still grows wild in Greece, where it originated. Radishes were native to China, but have been grown in Europe for centuries. SIST Victor Hugo had a level head when he said, "A man should not be so absorbed in Divine law that he cannot apprehend the human law." laT A man may have an intense love for children, but it all departs for a time when he clutches the aftermath of molasses candy on the doorknob. The Commercial Bulletin tells of a tramp so devoted to his profession that he will never play cards for fear that he may have to handle a spade. ttiP According to a Bangor despatch, there have been shipped from Aroostook county, Maine, thus far this year 125 carloads of potatoes to points in the south. Do not carry on a conversation with another in company about matters which the general company know uothing of. It is almost as impolite as to whisper. 16?" "And aren't they married yet ?" "No. You see she would not marry him till he had paid his debts, and he could not pay bis debts till he bad married her." V&F "Have you felt slippers?" inquired an old lady in a shoe store. The clerk, who was new at the business and young, answered, "Yes, ma'am, many a time." The safest course, if caught in a thunder storm, is to allow oneself to become thoroughly soaked. The chances of safety from lightning are ten to one in favor of the wet person. t&T "Yes, grandma, when I grad uate, I intend following a literary career?write for money, you know." "Why, Willie, my dear, you haven't done anything else since you've been at college." I?* Not so cfazy as she seemed was a female inmate of one of our Mass*chusetts asylums who complained erf illness, and on the physician asking her what she would like to take, said, "I would like to take the cars for home." $ST "Say, conductor, why don't this train go on ?" inquired a red-haired passenger, with his head out of the car-window. "Put your head in," replied the conductor. "How can you expect it to go on when the danger signal is out?" f?* "Does the world miss any one?" iuquired a disconsolate maiden of some 36 summers and 8 moons over. "The world will very likely continue to 'Miss' you," said her younger sister. "As for me, I shall be a 'Mrs.' before cherries are ripe." The supreme court of the United States rendered an opinion that a rate of interest, charged by a national bank, in excess of the interest rate prescribed by law of the state in which the loan is made, is usurious, and that the bor rower may sue and recover twice the amount of the loan. IST" The following is from one of the Western college papers: Teacher? "Class in geography, stand up. What is a strait'?" Small boy (next to the foot)?"A strait beats two pairs, three of a kind, and generally takes the pot ?unless some fellow happens to have a cold deck slipped up his coat sleeve." IST" Bessy was lying in her crib. Presently she sat up, peeped over the side, and called out, "Papa, how do you feel?" "I feel pretty well," he answered. "How do you feel, Bessy?" "I feel mad!" she cried. Of course theie was a general laugh, but it died away, and there was no more notice taken of Bessy. She stood this as long as she could, and then she cried out, "I feel annoder mad !" International Wessons. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON XI, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 13. Text of the Lesson, Math, xlil, 84-30, 3643?Memory Verses, 37-30?Golden Text, Math, xlll, 87?Commentary by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. [Copyright. 1897. by D. M. Stearns.] 84. " Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed In his field." As this parable is only one of a series of seven recorded In this chapter, and probably spoken on one day, four * * ?-*- -? a-1 ?UL 4k/> Dy cue seaside &nu lurw, ? hu iuc pretation of this one, privately in the hodse, we must consider briefly the Beven that we may better understand this one We must also notice why He now began to speak in parables. It was not that they might better s^e and understand, but just the contrary (verse 18). They had rejected their King (chapter xii, 14), and now He will not tell them plainly what would happen in consequence. It was no mystery, but something very plainly revealed In the prophets, that there should be a kingdom on this earth, with a righteous King on David's throne, bringing blessing to all nations, but it wets a mystery still hidden' as to what would take place on this earth if this kingdom should for any cause be postponed. These seven parables set forth the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven?that is, the course of this age till the harvest. Only a portion of the seed sown will bring fruit to perfection, and much of that will be hindered by tares sown by the deviL The little company of true believers will become a great worldly thing full of birds in the branches, the followers of the devil joining the church for thei own ends The church herself (the woman with the meal) will so corrupt her food that there will be but little sound doctrine, the preachers preaching to please the people and not the Lord. But there is another side to this dark story and that is told to the disciples in the house privately (verse 86). Because there is a real treasure of true believers in this field, the world, One has bought it who has the right of re demptioD, and He did so by giving up all that He had. The treasure may be the true Israel See Ex. xix, 6, 6; Mai. iii, 17, margin. The one pearl from the depths of the sea is very suggestive of the church gathered out of all nations. The One buying it must be, as in the former case, the Lord Himself, for He gives up all He has Then when the elect church has been presented faultless, the one pearl and elect Israel made a righteous nation, the treasure for the time being hidden in the field, there shall be a great multitude from ull nations who shall form the saved nations, who shall walk in the light of the New Jerusalem and bring their glory aftd honor into it (Rev. xxi, 24, 26). God has a great plan which He has revealed to us and those who walk with Him will never be discouraged (Isa. xlii, 4; liii, 11). As to the first verse of our lesson His own explanation is that He Himself Is the sower, true believers are the seed, and the field is the world. 26. "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way." His explanation in verses 38, 89, is that the tares are the children of the wicked and tho sower of 6uch is the enemy, the devil. If men were wide awake?that is, God's men?the enemy might not get in as many tares as he docs, but too many are asleep, like Jonah, turning their backs on what God wants them to do, or, like Samson, given up to living unto themselves. Let us all give heed to Rom. xiii, 11; Eph. v, 14. Many a preacher out of employment might find light on his path very quickly if he had no touch of either .Jonah's or Samson's trouble. 26. "But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit, then appeared tho tares also." One cannot always tell which are tares and which are wheat, but tho Lord knoweth them that are His, and He will make no mistake. Each one can be sure for himself whether he is tares or wheat, a child of the wicked one or a child of Go<L I John v, 12, with John 1, 12, and *11 in ?.111 4^11 nrkft nronffl rviol 1v? Ill, 1U, Win lie11 CU1/ uus nuv nuuvs 1UX,, to know. 27. "So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence, then, hath it tares?" At the marriage in Cana the servants knew whenco came the wine, but this is a more difficult case, and servants do not know everything ; not by a good deal. We know in part, and if any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, be knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know (I Cor. xili, 9, 12: viii, 2). 28. "He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?" Some servants seem to enjoy gathering out, or attempting to gather out, the tares, or at least in letting the tares know what desperate tares they are in the estimation of the wheat. 29. "But He 6aid, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them." The rooting up or gathering up process can have no reference to salvation, for in harvest time all are gathered?the tares for the fire and the wheat for the barn. In chapter xv, 18, He says, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up." 80. "Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn." This verse is fully explained by verses 89 to 43. The harvest is the end of the age, as the expression "end of the world" always signifies. I do not know where we are told that this planet shall ever be destroyed. Even Peter, in speaking of wonderful changes which shall occur, says with great emphasis, "Nevertheless, we, according to His promise, look for a new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness" (II Pet. iii, 13) There have been ages, and there are ages to come; the present one, of which our Lord spake, already draweth to a close, but the beginnings and closings of the ages seem always to be of an over~ Ua? fUnn A enrl uippili^ ualuio laiiiici uucuj a uwiucu uuu marked division between the one and the other. The second coming of our Lord Jesus at the end of this age will, like His first coming, be a series of events, the first of which will be the whole true church oaught up to meet Him in the air (I These iv, 10-18). The harvest or consummation here spoken of must be beyond that, for the first event in the hurvest time of our lesson to the gathering out of the tares for the fire. It may bo at the close of the great tribulation period after the church's translation and is probably the same us referred to in Rev. xiv, 15, 16, and II Thess. i, 7-10. There is a possible farreaching outlook in the expression, "Kingdom of their Father," of verse 48, as contrasted with the kingdom of the Son of Man of verse 41. IST" The moment a human being arrives at the point when he feels the object of life is to give rather than to get, when he prefers the place where he may be able to do the most for others rather than to receive the most that others may do for him, that moment marks the transition into another and higher phase of life. Jam and fireside. SETTING OUT TREES IN SPRING. When trees are lo be set out in the spring it is quite an item to get t"be work done as early as possible. When it cau be done, everything should he made ready so that at the first favorable opportunity the planting may be done. Trees never should be set out when the ground is frozen or too wet to readily work into good condition. While trees may grow when properly cared for it set out late in the spring, trees set out earlier will nearly always do better. In many cases the ground may be plowed during the winter and, if needed, a good dressing of manure given. The orchard can be carefully, planned out and a stake set where each tree is to be planted. While it is always advisable to label each tree it is also a good plan to make a plan of the orchard on paper, so that in case the label on the tree gets logt the variety can readily be identified. Having this work done in advance will help materially in getting the planting done in good season. In a well drained or porous soil in many cases the holes for the trees may be dug, thus saving still more time, but in a stiff clay or hardpan soil this may not always be advisable, as the boles may hold water and delay rather than help in early planting. In planting the orchard give the trees plenty of room. Better have the trees a little too far apart thau to have them crowded. Bunch varieties; that is, plant all of one variety close together rather than scatter early, medium and late varieties promiscuously through the. orchard. For a family orchard a large number of varieties is needed in order to secure a supply all through the year and for all purposes. In a commercial orchard wiuter apples pay best, and four or five kinds will be sufficient. Trees, like seed, cost, and so far as can be the plantiug should be done under the most favorable conditions for securing a good growth.?N. J. Shepherd in Farmers' Voice. The Bacon Type of Hog.?Good judges say it is difficult to disliuguisb between bacon hogs on foot, fed iu the Candadiau method or in that of this country, but that the difference in the meat after slaughtering is quite distinct to any one. The Canadian hog, fed on ground peas, barley, rye and shorts, makes leaner bacon, which sells in England about 4 cents higher per pound than the corn-fed bacou of the Uuited States. The time will come wheu reliable feeders of our country will establish a reputation for their hogs that will give them an advantage in price nearly, if uot quite, as large as that given to the Canadian feeder. Corn feeding will contiuue just as certaiply as corn producing will continue, aud whatever corn is raised it will go idto bogs ; but the other feeds with which the Canadiaus obtaiu such superior results can also be produced here and made as profitable, in many localities, as to feeders in that country. The difference in qualities of different bacons, it is now generally conceded, is the result of feeding quite as much as it is the result of breeding, and there will be an increase in the number of those who will discriminate in favorof what is coming to be known as the "bacon" type, and wheu they know that they are getting what they want, will bp willing to pay the difference in price for it.?Texas Stock and Farm Journal. Salt Mackerel.?An authority makes a plea for the rather maligned salt mackerel. It is indigestible, and consequently disliked, he asserts, because its preparation and also the method of eating are not understood. The first point to be insisted upon is its thorough freshening. There is no danger of getting it too fresh, because salt can always be added ; but there is the necessity of getting rid of the traces of the curing process. It should then be broiled, and if it is plunged into boiling water for an iustant, after it is broiled, this operation will pluuip it to an attractive appearance. It is better for being rubbed with a little olive oil rather than butter btffore broiling. Just as it is sent to the table, lemon juice is sprinkled over it and parsley is put on the platter. No liquids should be taken while the fish is being eaten. It is the contrary custom, that of.sipping coffee, perhaps, after every mouthful or two, that has given it the reputation of an indigestible food, while in reality it is a valua* ble one, and a most useful addition to the breakfast menu. Little Girl Solved the Problem. A street car horse on the Ninth avenue line balked at Forty-sixth street last night, says Our Dumb Animals. A crowd collected, and the passengers got out of the car. The driver brought bis wt\ip down across the horse's back without effect. A stout mau who had just stepped off the car said : "Don't do that, I'll get him started." He rubbed the horse's nose, patted him on the neck, and talked persuasively, all without result. By this time four cars were stalled. Somebody suggested oates, another kerosene, a third a wagon. Another held a burning newsr?onor nnHpr thft hnrsp Still it didn't move. At last a girl of about 13 pushed her way through the crowd and said: "Say, mister, if you'll ring the bell twice the horse will think somebody has just got off, and he'll go ahead." The conductor pulled the bell and the passengers had to run to catch the car. Pumpkins and Hog Cholera.? C. C. Asfahl, of Doran, Io., livestock feeder, makes report concerning hog cholera aud pumpkin feeding to hogs to the Omaha, Neb., Stockman as follows : "Hog cholera has again got in its destructive work in this community. Thousands of dollars' worth of hogs have been lost within a few miles. The disease has been very bad within half a mile of my place, but my hogs have, as usual, entirely escaped. I have never yet lost a hog by cholera, and I attribute my success mostly to the large amount of pumpkins which I feed every season. For several years I have raised the king or mammoth variety, which I find to be the most profitable. Hogs and cattle relisb them, and a great many tons can be raised from a small patch. Ordinary ones weigh from 60 to 90 pounds, and very often considerably over 100 pounds." Sold on Her Merits.?A new method of buying and selling cows is proposed by the North Carolina Experiment station. It is based on the yield of milk and quality of same, as determined by tests. It is proposed to pay for the cows at the rate of $12 per gallon of milk given per day that is rich enough to show 3J per cent, of butter fat. To this price add or sub tract ror every one-quarier ui j. per cent, of fat above or below the 3J per cent. By tbia rule the cow is bought entirely on ber merits. It is believed to be a conservative plan, and if adopted will certainly raise the standard of cows and increase their milk and butter production, for if they cannot be sold easily for milch cows they will soon be turned over to the butcher.? Country Gentleman. &AKIH0 POWDER Absolutely Pure mm k soiTiwu n. G. W. P. HARPER, President. Schedules in Effect from and Aftei Jannary 23, 1897. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No WJ. Leave Chester | 6 00 am i 8 4.5 a u Leave Lowrysville'. 6 28 am { 0 20 a n Leave McConnellsville 8 88 a m | 9 39 a n Leave Guttariesvllle .... I 6 48 a m 10 09 a nr. Leave Yorkvllle j 709am II 00 a w Leave Clover 7 41 a m 11 48 a m Leave Gaston la _ 8 17 a m 1 20 p in Leave Llncolnton , 9 15 a m 2 40 p m Leave Newton 10 05 a m 4 00pm Leave Hickory 10 50 am 6 15 pm a "in. r Annip 11 .IS ft m 8 00 d m GOING 8QPTH. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir 3 15 p m , 6 00 a u Leave Hickory 4 15 p m 7 50 a n Leave Newton 5 10pm 9 00am Leave Lincolnton 5 56 p m ; 10 30 am Leave Gastonia 6 49 p m | 1 00 p m Leave Clover 7 32 pm 2 02 pm Leave Yorkvllle j 8 01 pm | 3 10 pm Leave Guthriesvllle ... [ 8 20 pm i 3 40pm Leave McConnellsville 8 35pm; 3 55 pm Leave Lowrysville I 8 45 pm : 4 25 pm Arrive Chester i 9 11 pm i 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also run daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. A N. and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. & C. A. L.; at Lincolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. G. F. HARPER, Acting G. P. A., Lenoir, N. C. 10 MM 41 MOT 11 TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to takt effect Monday, October 18tb, at 6.50 a. m. STANDARD EASTERN TIME. I Daily | Dally i Except | Except I Sunday. I Sunday. GOING SOUTH No. 32. | No. 34. Leave Marlon 7 00 ami 130 pm Leave Rutherfordton 8 05 am! 8 05 pm Leave Forest City .. 8 20 am 3 35 pm Leave Henrietta 8 35 ami A 55 pm Leave Mooresboro 8 50 am; 4 10 pm Leave Shelby 9 20 ami 5 00 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 9 30 amj 5 45 pm Leave Earls 9 35 am! 5 50 pm Arrive at Blacksburg 9 50 am 6 10 pm Leave Gafltaey 6 50 m; 7 15 pm Arrive Blacksburg 7 25 m' 7 50 pm Leave Blacksburg 10 10 am 8 00 an Leave Smyrna 10 30 am 8 25 an. Leave Hickory Grove 10 45 am 8 45 am Leave Sharon 11 00 am 9 10 am Leave Yorkvllle 11 15 am 9 40 am Leave Tlrzah 11 27 am 10 05 Am Leave Newport 11 33 am | 10 15 am Leave Rock Hill 11 45 am| 10 40 pm Leave Leslies 12 05 pm 1 00 pin Leave Catawba Junction.. 12 15 pm 1 15 pm Leave Lancaster 1 00 pm| 3 50 pm Leave Kershaw 2 00 pm 5 30 pm Arrive at Camden 3 00 pml 6 40 pro Leave Kingsville 4 44 pm Leave Branchville 5 55 pm Arrive Charleston 8 00 pm opino" north. | No. 38. | No. 85 Daily I Daily Except ! Except Sunday. Sunday. Leave Charleston 7 10 am Leave Branchville 8 57 ain Leave Kingsville. 10 25 am Leave Camden 12 05 pml 9 00 am Leave Kershaw 105 pm 11 10 am Leave Lancaster 1 45 pm! 1 00 pm Leave Catawba Junction 2 30 pm! 2 40 pm Leave Leslies 2 40 pm! 2 55 pm Leave Rock Hill 2 55 pm| 4 30 pm Leave Newport 8 10 pm 5 00 pm Leave Tirzah 3 15 pm| 5 20 pro Leave Yorkville 3 30 pm 6 00 pm Leave Sharon 3 45 pm 6 20 pm Leave Hickory Grove.... 4 00 pm 6 40 pm Leave Smyrna .... 4 15 pmj 6 55 pm Leave Blacksburg 4 35 pm 7 30 pm Leave Blacksburg 6 50 am; 0 30 pm Arrive GaflYiey 7 25 am 7 05 pm Leave Earle's 1 6 05 pm Leave Patterson's Spring. 5 10 pm Leave Shelby 5 20 pm| Leave Mooresboro 5 47 am; Leave Henrietta 5 55 am I Leave Forest City 6 12 amj Leave Rutherfordton 6 27 amj Arrive at Marlon 7 30 pm1 CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill, and the S. A. L. at Catawba Junction. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. S. B. LUMPKIN, G. P. A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAM'L HUNT. General Manager. FINLEY & BRICE. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Yorkville, S. C. ALL business entrusted to us will be given prompt attention. OFFICE IN THE BUILDING AT THE REAR OF H. C. STRAUSS'S STORE. PHOTOGRAPHY. FOR PHOTOS?in any style and of the best finish?please call at my Gallery, on Cleveland avenue. I also develop and print Kodak Pictures. Orders for Enlarged Pictures from any size Photo taken, and satisfaction guaranteed. S. W .WATSON, Yorkville, S. C. TORKVULE FOR HERE IS THE OPPORTUNI OF CHARACTE Til m IID nilDfi M IV UUI Ul DIJIJIIB IV Pleasant \ and Cer IN UNUSUALLY YA Two High Grade Buggies Leaders and Every COMMENCE TODAY BETWEEN this date and the MIDDLE OF MARCH, It is usual for the people of thlc section to select their reading matter for the following year. Being one of the cleanest most enterprising and reliable newspapers ir the state, it Is natural, therefore, that THE YORKVILJ.E ENQUIRER should also I* one of the most popular. Ninety per cent, oi the families in the county desire it as a regu lar visitor to their homes, and all those wnc can afford it, may reasonably be looked upor as probable subscribers. One of the most se rious drawbacks, probably, is the inconven lence of writing letters, sending money and attending to the matter of subscribing at th< proper time. It is this tact that makes it es peclally desirable for us, Just at this time, t< secure the services of a large number of Intel llgent and energetic assistants,and to make 11 worth their while to give the matter theii attention, we are making the liberal offen which we will presently explain. The price of a single subscription one yCai Is TWO DOLLARS. This is to the lndividua who does not give his name to a clubmaker but sends it direct to this office. In clubs however, the price is only ONE DOLLAI AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. That is tb( price which the subscriber pays the clubma kei*. and the nrlce which, under all oircum stances, he is expected to pay us. Now to ou propositions: THREE BIG PREMIUMS. The three leading premiums are a CARO UNA BUGGY, a ROCK HILL BUGGY, an< a MONARCH BICYCLE, for lady or gentle man. The "Rock Hill Buggy" is to be * quarter leather top. and the "Carolina" ai open buggy. Both vehicles are to be of th< very best grades manufactured by the respect ive well-known establishments. The Bicvcli is to be of the highest grade manufactured bj the Monarch Cycle Company, and the Mon arch wheel, as every wheelman knows, ii without a superior. TERMS OF THE CONTEST. The clubmaker who returns and pays fo the largest number of subscribers?NEW ANI OLD?will be entitled to the choice of the thre above described premiums. The clubmake who returns and pays for the largest numbe of NEW NAMES, will be entitled to secom choice. The clubmaker who returns the sec ond largest number of names?new and oldwill be entitled to the third choice. In otbe words, the first choice goes to the largest club the second choice to the largest number c new subscribers; and the third choice to tb second largest club of old and new subscribers OTHER PREMIUMS. In addition to the competitive premium mentioned above, we also offer various othe premiums for clubs containing specified nun bers of names, and propose to deliver the pre miums whenever the numbers specified ar returned and paid for. Upon securing on premium?a watch or sewing machine, saythe clubmaker will be at liberty to try for th same thing again, or for anything else on th list, and if in the aggregate, by the 9TH DA"! OF MARCH, 189s, Be sfiall have succeeded ii returning and paying for the largest numbe of NEW NAMES, he will be entitled to th SECOND CHOICE of the three leading pit miums mentioned above, Just the same as I he had not previously taken other premiums Now, then, read the list: For 60 Subscribers, We will give the clubmaker his chdice of tb following premiums, each valued at $25: J FOUR DRAWER "ENQUIRER" 8EWIN( MACHINE, together with all attachments a "HOUSEKEEPER'S" SET OF KNIVES F0RK8 AND SPOONS, made by Rogers; i "WALTHAM" WATCH in coin silver, dust proof case : a NO. 6 AUTOHARP, a BANJC GUITAR, MANDOLIN, or VIOLIN. T?/vr? A(\ qtiH T.oaa TTia.n fiO A UX 1U UUU UUW xuuu WW i SUBSCRIBERS, we will give the clubmak? his choice of the following, each valued at 815 WALTHAM WATCH, in open face sllve case; set of half dozen ROGERS BROS KNIVES and FORKS (12 PIECES); NO. AUTOHARP, BANJO, MANDOLIN, GUI TAR, or LOW ARM SINGER SEWIN( MACHINE. For 30 and Less Than 40 SUBSCRIBERS, choice of the following, eacl valued at 310: NEW YORK 8TANDAR1 7-JEWELED WATCH In dust-proof case; 141 GOLD FILLED WATCH CHAIN, or HAL! DOZEN TEASPOONS, HALF DOZEN TA BLESPOONS and BUTTER KNIFE (13 PIE CES). Address, L. M. GRIS October 23,1897. GARRY IRON RC , MANUFAf ALL KINDS OF S) IRON ROOFING, CRIMPED AND CORRUGATED Iron Tile or Shingle, FIRE PROOF DOORS, SHUTTERS, ETC. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS ^"Orders received by L. M. GRTST. WHEN YOU WANT TO have your PHOTOGRAPH taken you should not fail to come and see me. I have been in the "picture taking" business for a great many years, and am confident that I know my business. It has always been my desire to please my customers. I am prepared to take Photographs in the latest styles and at reason ftUie prices. HAVE YOU ANY Photographs that you would like to have enlarged ? If you have, come and :;ee me about it. I can do the work. IF YOD DO NOT KNOW Where my Photograph Gallery is, ask anyone in town and they can tell you. DURING THE WINTER, You will find my Gallery warm and pleasant. Come and see me whenever you need photographs. Respectfully J. R. SCHORB. THE TWICE-A-WEEK EN (HIRER IS an up-to-date family newspaper, always filled with clean and wholesome home reading and is published and mailed on time. Subscription price, 82; in clubs of two or more, 81.75. Everybody is invited to make up clubs. ENQUIRER 1898. TY FOR PEOPLE :R, ENERGY AND CAPACITY R A POPULAR PAPER, Vork, Good tain Pay LUABLE PREMIUMS. and a Monarch Bicycle the Worker a Winner. AND KEEP AT IT. I For 20 and Less Than 30 > SUBSCRIBERS, we will give a NO. % AU. TOHARP, valued at *7.8); or THE EN QUI R\ ER and any monthly magazine or weekly newspaper published In the United States, for < one year. ; For 10 and. Less Than 20 i SUBSCRIBERS, a CONCAVE WARRANT ED RAZOR, SILVER PLATED GRAVY LA DLE. or an extra quality FOUR BLADED I POCKET KNIFE, with name and address on i the handle Anv of the articles mentioned would be a bargain at 82. For 6 and Less Than 10 r SUBSCRIBERS, a "CLIMAX" WATCH, wari ranted for one year: an extra quality THREE BLADED POCKET KNIFE, or CHILD'S r SILVER PLATED TABLE SET. Good vall ues at 81.50. : For 4 and Less Than 6 I SUBSCRIBERS, a "YANKEE" WATCH, ' warranted for one year: "Siren" pattern BUT* TER KNIFE, or TWO-BLADED POCKET r KNIFE, with name and address on handle. And to Each Old Subscriber, The Yorxville Enquirer?TWICE-AWEEK?filled with bright, fresh news from . THE COUNTY, STATE, NATION AND 1 WORLD, Interesting stories, instructive mis. cellaneous matters, and humorous selections, i explanatory editorials, etc. The paper will be , held up to Its present'nigh standard, and will e .continue prompt, explicit, reliable, and, In r short, the Dest. r To Each New Subscriber. g The same as above except that If the paper Is COMMENCED NOW, IT WILL BE SENT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1890, without any charge for that portion of the time between now and January 1, 1808. It 1b understood, r however, that if the subscriber falls to pay % the clubmaker the subscription price, he will : be due him for all papers that he may have r received. I By new subscribers, we mean those whose J names were not on OUR BOOKS ON OCTO, BER 1st, 1897. except we will not count as new subscribers, cases where the subscription ~ may bave been changed from the name of one . member of a family to another. This Is In; tended emphatically to mean new additions e to our subscription list. ' Note the Conditions. TWO SIX MONTHS SUBSCRIBERS at 81 each, will be considered the equivalent of one 8 yearly subscriber at 81.75 and so counted. A r subscription paid for two or more years In ad - vance at 8L75, will be counted as one name for each year so paid. 8 Clubmakers will be held personally respon- . 8 slble for the payment of all names returned by - them. After a clubmaker has returned and 8 paid for any name.pe can, at anytime there8 after, discontinue the sending of the paper to i the person for whom pe has paid, and uansfer n the unexpired time to any other person, pror vlded the person to whom the transfer Is 8 desired was not a subscriber at the time the y original name was entered on- our books, if No name will be counted In competition for > a premium until the subscription price has been paid; nor will any premium be delivered until a satisfactory settlement has been made for all names returned by tne ciuDmaaer. Persons who commence making clubs will e not be permitted to transfer their club to another clubmaker's list after the names have 3 been entered on our books. ; It is not necessary that the names on a club > ), should all be at the same postofflce, Names a may be taken at any number of places. ir Clubmakers are requested to send In names 1, as rabidly as they secure them after October All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. We will be responsible for the safe transmlsr slon of money only when sent by dralt, regis: tered letter or money order drawn on the r Yorkville postofflce. In sending names, write plainly, and give 4 poetofflce, county and state. All subscriptions will be discontinued at the 3 expiration or the tlmt paid lor. A separate list will pe kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with each name sent, so that the number sent by any one person may be ascertained at a moment's notice, a In cas?a of a tie for either premium, two 3 weeks will be allowed in which to "untie." I The time In which names may be returned ? under our propositions will commence now. 23d day of October, 1897, and expire at * r o'clock p. m., on Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1898. T & SONS, Yorkville, S. C. )OFING COMP'NY. mJRERS OF j IRON QBE PAINT I OF IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD She UotbviUi (Enquim. Published Wednesday and Saturday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 2 OO One copy lor two years, 3 SO For six months, 1 OO For three months, SO Two copies for one year, 3 SO , Ten copies one year, IT SO And an extra copy for acluh of ten. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at One Dollar per square for the tirst insertion, and Fitly Cents per square for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type. Contracts for advertising space for three, six, or twelve months will be made on reasonable terms. The contracts must in all cases be confined to the regular business of the firm or individual con* ioKa iniibfl nnortflrlr trading. JL Hi tics nuv manv vj u??* w* ?jr f semi-annual or annual contracts for a given space, and afterward order the discontinuance of the advertisement or a reduction of the space contracted for, will he required to pay at the rate usually charged lor the less space or shorter time as the case may be. An increase of spcae or time will be a matter for special contract. The advertiser will be at liberty to change the matter at will.