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Wmmns ?qrartmeiit. "Dot Vhas All."?"I pelief I vhas shwindled vonce more," lie said to the Ser- [ geant at the Central Station yesterday, as j lie was asked to take a chair and report his i errand. "How?" "Vhell, I vhas in my blace apoudt two j hours ago vhen two strangers vhalk in, and ! one of 'em savs to me: "Shake, I haf a bet on you. I know you j vhas a great man to haf confidence in hu- j man nature, und I bet $2, eafen oop, dot you ; vhill lend me feefty cent." "Vhell I donno. I nefer see him before, but if somepody bet $2 on me I doan' like him to lose it, und maype he also divide vhat he wins." "And you let him have it?" "Vhell, I haf some confidence in human j nature. He vhalks off mit my feety cent,; und my vhife says I vhasder piggest fool in ! Detroit." "And what do you want of me ?" "I like to know if you pelieve like niv j vhife?" "Yes, sir, I do! You'll never see your money again." "My son Carl says I petter soak my headt. I like to know if you think dot vhay ?" "I do." "Und my brudder-law says I make a fine lunatic asylum all by myself. Vhas he correct?" "He is." "Vhell, dot vhas all. If I vhas right I get madt und clean oudt der shanty. If I vhas wrong I go home und keep still until my headt vhas soaked enough to lose my confidence in human nature. Dot vhas all? good-day." The Governor's Old Friends.?Gov. Porter, of Indiana, tells a very funny story on himself, acknowledging that for once in his life he was floored. During the recent campaign he went into a small town to make a speech. He began something in this way: "My friends, I am glad to meet you again. I always like to come to Blankville, and to see, as I do now, so many old friends." Just here a tall gaunt Hoosier, in a coonskin cap, cried out in an inimitable voice: "Name 'em, Governor, name 'em !" And the Governor says he was so broken up by this untimely inquiry for details that he could not name a man. The Hoosiers laughed good-naturedly, and the Governor joined in too. "Name 'em, Governor, name em 1" has become a byword in the Hoosier State. Anecdote of Gen. Scott.?"I should think, General," said a brother officer, during the war, "that you would find it difficult to remember the names of all the engagements in which you have taken part." "Not at all, sir?not at all," replied the veteran, briskly; "I recall them all. Let me see, now. There was the battle of Han til ly, you rememoer tnat, don e you." xne officer did not and was enough of a courtier to say that he did not. "Well," resumed the general, turning to a member of his staff, "you remember it, don't you ?" Certainly, sir, was the prompt reply. "No you don't," responded the veteran; "there never was any such battle." B&- They were engaged. They had been engaged a long time, and the wild glamor of new love with its sly hand-squeezes and soft sentiment, had given place to the sensible devotion of permanent affection. He was sitting 011 the sofa reading to her, and had pillowed his head on her shoulder. He read a while and then remarked: "Little one, am I heavy?" * "Oh, no; go on," she replied, being interested in his story. "Don't think such a thing. Your head's as light as anything." And he has been bothered ever since trying to make up his mind as to what she really meant. IgyMrs. Sniverly is the wife of a captain of a New York military company. She attended a review not long since, at which her husband was the commanding officer. Ay, Mrs. Sniverly laughed all the way home, ~5nd when, alter she got home, she was ask ea what was tne cause 01 ner merriment, she replied: "It was the funniest thins in the world to see my husband, who never dares to open his mouth at home, ordering those men about, and they doing just what he told them to do. Why don't he try that game on me ?" _ A Bird ix Hand.?"Well," he said to the minister, at the conclusion of the ceremony, "how much do I owe you?" "Oh ! I'll leave that to you," was the reply, "you can better estimate the value of the service rendered.'-' "Suppose we postpone settlement, then, say for a year. By that time I will know whether! ought to give you $100 or nothing." "No, no," said the clergyman, who is a married man himself, "make it $3 now."? Detroit Post. A Narrow Escape.?He (solemnly)? "You had a very narrow escape last night, Miss Julia." She?"Mercy, what do you mean ?" He?"Well, you see, I had a dream about you, I thought I was just about to kiss you when the Chinaman rapped at the door and I woke up." She (after a pause)?"The Chinese must go."?San Francisco Post. Pure.?Sardou hired a house in the country to pass the last summer, and went in search of a farmer who had a milch cow. Having found one he said: "My good man, my servant will come every morning to buy a pint of milk." "All right; it is eight sous." "But I want pure milk?very pure." "In that case it is ten sous." "You will milk in the presence of my servant." "Then it is fifteen sous." J6T"The only serious mistake I ever! made during my professional career," re- j marked a physicion, was when I cut the j wrong leg off a patient, It resulted in his losing both legs, poor fellow." "I suppose when he learned of your mis- j take he became very indignant and made 1 a great kick, didn't he?" "Well, yes, he became very indignant, | but he didn't make a great kick." They all Answered Alike.?A Tex- j as man made a bet that he could invent a ; question to which fifty people would all j give the same answer. He won the bet. The question was: "Have you heard that Smith has com- j mitted suicide?" The answer in each case was: "What Smith ?" At the Theater.?Indignant old gen- j tleman, to young lady who has been jabbering at the top of her voice: "This talk ing is abominable. Nobody can hear a word." Young lady?"That's what I was telling Miss Surrth here. Those actors keep up j such a racket on the stage that you can't hear yourself speak."? Texas Eiftings. S@T We do not now remember where we ! heard it, but it is so good we repeat it with- j out authority. It was in an Illinois court: 1 "Have you," asked the judge of a recently convicted man, "anything to offer the court before sentence is passed ?" "No, your hon-' or," replied the prisoner, "my lawyer took my last cent."?Bloomington Eye. What a beautiful girl thai; is!" exclaimed Fogg. "Such a fare complexion !" "You may well call it rare," muttered Mrs. i F., "it certainly is not well done." Husband and wife may be one in every other regard; but when they begin discussing another woman's good looks you will find two opinions. Doctor?"You see, wifey dear, I have pulled my patient through, after all, a very critical case, I can tell you !" His wife?"Yes, dear hubby; but then you are so clever in your profession. Ah! if I had only known you five years earlier I feel certain mv first husband?my poor Thomas?would have been saved!" Thk Kebel Yell.?"Jones, what was that dreadful noise I heard in your wood shed last evening?" "That was the rebel yell." "What do you mean?" "Why, I was spanking my boy for not minding his mother ."?Chicago Xetrs. IpsccUancaus ftrathng. PREFERRED CREDITORS. The recent decision of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, denying the right of an insolvent debtor to make an a&signment in favor of a preferred creditoror creditors, has attracted considerable attention in legal as well as business circles. The decision evidently places this question in an entirely new light, which the business community will do well to observe. We printed the gist of the decision last week. From subsequent issues of the News mid Courier we copy the following comments by prominent members of the Charleston bar: Col. Charles H. Simonton gave his views to a reporter and said : "I think the entire scope of the decision is, that if a person is in insolvent circumstances either conveys his whole property to a creditor for antecedent debt or covers it with a lien foran antecedent debt, the transaction is void as against his creditors. It gives to the term 'assignment,' used in the General Statutes (Chapter LXXII) a meaning which the profession has not given to it at this time. It has been supposed that all the sections of this chapter related to what is known as a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, and that the sole purpose of the two sections discussed by the Supreme Court in this opinion was to limit the power of a debter in making such an assignment and preventing him from giving preference among his creditors. The decision of the Supreme Court goes to make void any assignment made by a debtor in insolvent circumstances, whether it professes to be a general assigment or not. "I think the decision effects every transaction that has been made since the passage of the Act in 1882 and reaches much further than the person who introduced the Act had any intention." Major A. T. Smythe, who is the author of the Act which has been construed by the Supreme Court, gave his views of the decision as follows: "The sections of the General Statutes construed by this decision were introduced by me after consultation with several eminent lawyers, as the result 01 some experience and considerable thought, it seemed to us advisable to stop, if possible, the too common practice of debtors extending their credit to the utmost limit and then failing, after quietly transferring to a favored few their entire assets by means of assignments with preferences. We thought if we could have creditors feel that in case of failure all would share equally in what was left, it would do much toward establishing firmly the credit of the country. In fact, some of us were prepared to go further, and provide that no preference or security should be allowed except for a present consideration. "A careful reading of the decision does not create in me the surprise I understand has been expressed by some. (The Court was not dealing with a mortgage of a part or even of all the debtor's property. But this was followed by an absolute conveyance of all the debtor's property to one creditor, partly for his own benefit, also for the incidental benefit of another creditor. The intent totransferall the property of the debtor to the exclusion of all his other creditors except a selected or preferred few, was remitted and borne out by the facts. This certainly was a violation of the spirit of the Act, and might fairly beconstrued as an assignment and not embraced in its terms. "Feeling as I do on the subject, I am glad to see that the Court is on the same line as the Legislature in attempting to preserve that equality which is equity. And I do not share in the apprehension that it will unsettle business at all, or do anything except aid in purifying commercial morals, and enforcing a fair division of a debtor's property among all his creditors equally. Major Theodore Barker, another able lawyer, and member of the Charleston bar, writes the following letter on the subject of the construction of the Act: To the Editor of the News and Courier: It is unfortunate, especially at the present turn in the tide of prosperity in South Carolina, that the opinions of prominent lawyers, which have been published, should create doubt in the minds of business men as to the South Carolina law of mortgages and other securities, upon which important busi?*/-hl'o franeontinnc rlononrl It is evident that no "revolution" in the law of mortgages and collateral securities has been accomplished by the recent decision of the Supreme Court on the subject of "assignments" to defeat creditors, and we think none was intended. The opinion of a majority of the Court is very carefully confined to the facts admitted on the record in the particular case before theni. The Court does say, that if A, knowing himself to be insolvent, assigns or transfers to B for the use of B and C, all of his property, with the intention of preferring them, and defeating all other creditors of A, and if B takes such tninsfer, knowing or having reason to know of A's insolvent condition, the Court will construe such a transfer as equivalent to the "assignment" forbidden by Section 2,014 of the General Statutes, and will declare such transfer null and void, looking to the substance of the transaction and without regard to the form of such assignment and transfer. The Court does not say that if A makes a bona fide loan for the purpose of enabling him to conduct his business, and mortgages his property to secure such loan, that such mortgage is an "assignment" void under the Act. Xor that a debtor may not by a bonafale mortgage of all his property, raise money to effect a compromise with his creditors. Xor does the Court say that a debtor may not in good faith mortgage his property to one creditor to secure at the same time an antecedent debtanda new loan. The law, as it stood before Section 2,014 of General Statutes was enacted, protected creditors against "fraudulent" transfers and assignments; that is, transfers made by debtors, with the intention of defeating creditors, and we cannot see that the Legislature in that section or the Court in the recent decision have gone beyond the line of the old English Statute of Elizabeth. If any lawyer has built upon the idea that, because the General Statutes embodied in the law of "assignments for benefit of creditors" the principle of the Statute of Elizabeth, in Section 2,104, and then expressly in Section 2,01"), declared void conveyances or transfers made within ninety days before the void "assignment," his client being solvent could make a fraudulent transfer of property to one or more creditors and, having done so, that it would only be necessary for him to avoid making, within ninety days afterwards, a regular "assignment for benefit of creditors," and that in such case his client and his preferred creditor would be safe, then such lawyer, his client and the creditor so preferred would probably find themselves caught nv me recent decision. That is all. Honest business men, dealing with each other in good faith, have nothing to fear from the recent decision, nor does it give reasonable cause for uncertainty in the minds of lenders or borrowers, as to the law in South Carolina, which protects legitimate loans and business transactions resting upon bonaJirie mortgages or other transfers. Tiikodohk G. Bakkkk. Cats.?Last year over a million and a half of cats were killed for their skins, which have become valuable as fur lining. The industry of cat skin collecting as an industry is of very recent growth. If within so short a space of ti ne the casual destruction for their hides of a few stray cats has assumed the respectable dimensions of a solid traffic estimated in round numbers at hundreds of thousands of skins, what will it be a decade hence? About the superiority of cats' skins, in one way or another, over those of rat, rabbit or squirrel there is no question. The cost of production, too, cannot be called excessive, seeing that each skin is stolen, and the whole original outlay is one stout stick for dispatching pussand a sack to carry her home in, while the total working expenses are the wear and tear of shoe leather in tramping the streets for prey, and a very casual two dollar penalty for such as are detected in the act. How under such a combination of favoring circumstances can the industry do anything but thrive ? | #riginal foett;|. Written for the Yorkville Enquirer. I ?XO MAX IS A PROPHET IX HIS OW! COUNTRY." A DREAM. nv MRS. M. W. STRATTOX. j One .summer night, when till was dark and stil j Nor e'en mosquito's ottering "a bill"? I Taxes forgotten, or imagined paid, i And troubles like unquiet spirits laid, j Sleep held me captive?visions strange and wil ? Swept thro' mv brain, and waking woes beguilet (>ne moment seemed I 'noath a shower of gob And for the treasuresdid an apron hold, j Which ever and anon would split in two, as worn out, garments win so surety no And then u whisp'ring voice said, "never trie In aught that comes too easy, toil you must, And then be thankful if your game yon win Without some long-enduring grief or sin. The vision changed, and at a brilliant ball i I danced mid hundreds?wondered at by all; I wore one shoe?and glit'ring garments clung Around my form,with beads and spanglesstrnnt And shells and feathers lent their gaudy aid To such a dress as Uwte had never made; Hut tho' enormous hoops filled up the room, I sported none?the handle of a broom Was scarcely slimmer than I looked and felt, Fori, like others, had to fashion knelt, Hut for such reasons as in dreams abound, A hoop'for me had never yet been found ; And to my soul it was a torture keen, That I with none should in this crowd be seen ; I sadly pondered how to do without. At last friend Humbug brought relief about; He slyly came and whispered in mine ear, "Make them believe you've bro't the last mod : here. I They've heard the fable of the Fox as well as I, j Hut never fear the lesson they'll apply, At taking hints not every one is apt, I In self-esteem they're too securely wrapt, As ladies now in public often speak, !'ou may do so with an unblushing cheek." Methought 1 rose, and slowly gazed around, While all gave me attention most profound ; I waved my hand to still the curious crowd. And then with coward heart, but voice loud 1 told how I had traveled far and near? And could tell things 'twould pale the cheek t hear, Xot here, or now, I would such tales unfold, hm.TTAi.tl, ?nri o-nUv their revels hold ; So pass we that?I will not speak at all Of aught but fashion at so grand lt bnnt On that grave subject I would counsel give, Than not be stylish, better cease to live; Shake from your heads that clumsy waterfall ?Tis not the mode in Paris now at all. And toss away that silly little patch Which answers not the purpose of a "scratch To hide your baldness?while it does reveal The want of brains you labor to conceal; Throw oir that braid, for all the world miu know, Such weight on human head did never grow Drop off your hoops, and step out slim and keer And as (tod made you, let yourselves be seen Let feathers, beads, and spangles grace you dress, Wear but one shoe or even do with less. And to the sentimental Dude that foot will be The"peshious footsey-tootsey" he has longe to see. In short, look just as I appear to-night, And my word for it, you will be all right. A murmur rose?it deeper, louder grew, And soon I saw what eloquence could do, Braids, waterfalls, and hoops were cast away, Beads, feathers, spangles graced the new arraySome had one shoe and some not even that, And feet once shapely spread out broad and tiai O'er each fair maiden, and each stately dame, A change as sudden as astounding came, I was triumphant, but I must confess I had done better things with labor less. I felt heroic in a noble cause, And took my seat'mid thunders of applause, Fame won at la?t, and on my native .soil I felt repaid for all my mental toil. Oh. short-lived triumph ! I felt bound to say A few short words such kindness to repay, Again I rose, and from my mem'ry's store Drew words unhackneyed, never used before "The proudest moment of my life is this." j Oh, horror! they drew forth a fearful hiss, Another hiss! and then another came : A thousand rattlesnakes with eyes of flame, And tongues of venom scattered thro' the rootr: Could not have brought a surer, quicker doom My reign was o'er, my brief success was dont My laurels withered,-tho' so lately won, Nor like some upstarts of the present day Had I golden spoil to bear away ; I. like some others in this prosperous State Had only been ridiculous?not great; they should do, I quietly crept down, Nor stayed to brave the crowd's coutemptunu frown. In place obscure, I waited then to see What wondrous power superseded me. Nor waited long?a form fantastic rose, And bending forward, tripping on her toes, Came full in view, and with a grin, and bow, Usurped the place which I had held but now; | I never know before that earth did hold A female thing so impudent and bold, Her forehead nature made an inch in height. Was monkev-like with fringe of hair bedightHigh on her'head she bore a coil of hair, And from its midst a mane which grew notther Streamed down her back, and touched a massiv plate, A monstrous clasp which ladies wear of late; Here I must pause, and words can scarce portra The fearful thing that took my breath away, An awful rising?most prodigious hump, * Grew on her back, and from the fearful lump Streamed Hounees?laces?ribbons all confnsei And something like a skirt sadly abused. For it was pin'd, and looped, and seamed aboul To hide the tatters, I have not a doubt; On that huge lump a boy of ten years old Could ride in safety, and his brother hold ; Iler high-heeled gaiter was a fearful thing Only from France such crippling fashions spring Her hateful voice rang out both loud and free. She lauded Fashion, and demolished me, "I come, she said, (with a malignant frown), To tear that most absurd imposter down, She talk of Paris, she who ne'er did roam Beyond thelimitsof her own poor home; Why ladies, she was born, and lived right hen What could she be, but stupid?outre?queer? 7 take credentials wheresoe'er I go, I am no bogus article you'll know. From France, the homeoffashion, beauty, grata I come to polish this benighted place From pure benevolence; I ask no pay, Tho* in your service I wear life away. As I am doing in another cause Which claims your aid,and merits yourapnlausi She brought it forth, and a successful rain On fools, by foreign impudence, was made. It was enough, how well I understand "No man's a prophet in his native land." But let aglib-tongued stranger here arise, Ho is ut once an oracle?a prize, I thought aloud?she heard?a rapid stride Soon brought the bold usurper to inv side With dire intent?I saw impending doom, And all grew dark within that brilliant room, Cold, clammy perspiration o'er me broke I screamed aloud in terror and awoke. A fearful dream ! It has a meaning too, Hut, reader, I shall find it not l'or you ; If you're not stupid, you will understand, "No man's a prophet in his native land." Columbia, S. C. THE PROSPECTUS OK THE CENTENARY. ? KsTA HI.ISII KD IN 1884, I.ANCASTKIt, s. r. PRICK 81(H). V Monthly?Quarto?S page?about the size c the Sund'ty Xcws, printed on the best pape and in the clearest type. BASIC PRINCIPLES: A CLOSE It UNION OK THE STATES. A CLOSER UNION OK THE CHURCHES. A CLOSER UNION OK THE NATIONSDesigned to be the creamiest Paper in th | United States and Canada?in News, (th ] World's, the Nation's, the Church's,) in Peri I odical Literature, in Critiques of the choices I Rooks, in specimens of Authors, who grow t j be famous. The Editorial Page always speaking imU j pendently, plain, graphically. Containing the brightest, and the stronger | sayings in the current, from Churchmen an ] Statesmen along the basic lines. Designed to circulate (100,000) in tiie i into States and Canada. An advertising inediuni of the great News papers ami Magazines in the Tinted States, sinas manufacture thought and control ptthlicopiii ion on seientilie, political, and moral qucstiom of our Institutions of Learning and of thegren I Publishing Houses. (For the benefit of the Heading Koom an Library, connected with the Centenary Memori | al Church.) Every Preacher, especially every Met hod is I Preacher in the Tnited States, ought to be | subscriber. Every prominent man in political life, Demo I crat or Republican, ought to be a subscriber. Every aspiring young man ought to be a sulj j seriber. Every thoughtful, progressive citizen, ougli j to be a subscriber. j Rarely will you have a chance at such a quan tity of living," moving, stirring reading matte | of such line quality, for such a small price. Containing Directories of the State Govern j ment of South Carolina, 1884?Methodist S. ( Conference, 1884?The Tnited States Govern ment, 1884?The Baltimore Christmas Confei cnce, 1884. Rev. L. A. Johnson is the Agent of Tic Cfxtknaky, Vorkville, S. c. January -1 I tf j YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. ' Prospectus for 1885. V A FINE BUGGY AS A PREMIUM! - - - IX issuing our prospectus for lJSS/i, we deem it . only necessary to announce Hint the leading . features which have characterized the editorial ; conduct of the Yorkviz.le Enquirer for more . tlianaquarter of a century will be retained, and j '? j what it has been in the past will be an assurance ! of what it shall be in the future. The leading j departments of the paper will bo retained as j . heretofore, and they will be conducted with the J1 same labor and care that have marked our efforts 1 { in the past. The Sabbath Department, which, > under the control of Rev. Dr. Lathan, has been i an interesting feature of the Enquirer for six! teen years, will be continued, ho having been j engaged to keep up that department as heretoj fore. Resides the original articles which he will j contribute weekly to the Sabbath Department of the paper, he has also been engaged to continue j ' his contributions on Foreign Travel, which will j prove interesting and instructive to the reader, abounding as they will, in the writer's observa- ! tions and reflections thereon during an extended | tour of the British Isles. While the Literary and " Miscellaneous features of tho ExijiriRKR will bo kept up to the standard which has given the paper a distinctive character, careful attention will alsobegiveu to the News department, which will emhraco a record of the leading events at the State and National Capitals; Congressional and I Legislative proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," being a hotch-potch of light current tonics; a I compcnd of the News Abroad and at Home; I General Correspondence; Market Reports; Local, ' County and State News; Editorial Articles upon j appropriate subjects intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our State and people, which will, we trust, continue to render the Kxquiukh a welcome anu entertaining Family Journal. ! 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The Buggy is of the style of Western Piano I, Box body; patent wheels, steel tire, double perch, ease-hardened axles, leather trimmed, steel 1 /.homiam nn/l ofnir rllKltnr MtDIIIill IIUMJ1, HMLIK:i ljuai iui <uiit iiMij, 1UI/VO* curtains, Brussells carpet full length"of body; and the top is so arranged that it can be taken off, leaving the solid, lazy back on, making it >t an open buggy with back, it is also litted with a storm apron and a boot to lit over the back part ; ol' the body to keep out mud and rain ; a wari, ranted vehicle in every respect, the retail price ; of which is $70.00. It is furnished to our special r order by W. (f. REID tfc CO., of Rock Hill, manufacturers of and dealers in carriages, buggies, pliauetons, wagons, furniture, tfce., and the well-known reputation of the house is sufficient d guarantee that our Premium Buggy will be in every respect just as represented. The superior Sewing Machine we offer as a Premium is the well known and justly celebrated Weed Machine, manufactured by the Weed Sewing Machine Company, at Hartford, Connecticut. It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; can be readily comprehended by anyone; runs easily, is always ready; will do . any and all kinds of sewing with less changing ' and fewer extra attachments ; is self adjusting; is a two thread machine making an elastic lock i stitch; and stands solid and firm. Tho stove is made by the Sergeant Manufac- ^ taring Company, of Greensboro, X. C. They are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They arc of a hand* some pattern and neat finish, and warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and q superior cooking qualities, to any stove inanufactored in the Union. Thousands of them are in use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, cq j and they give universal satisfaction. w I Tho 'ilwivn nromiiinw will hft flftliveml to tllO successful competitors, at the ExqriRKK oflice, yj ( free of charge for freight. ; CONDITIONS. oJ ' The three Premiums mentioned above will he awarded on the following conditions: The person getting up the largest club of yearly subscribers to the Enquirkr, at $-.00 per annum, for each subscriber, will bo entitled to the lirst choice of one of the above Premiums; the person getting up the second largest club, s at the same price to the second choice; the person getting up the third largest club, to the third choice. The time for completing clubs under the above offer is limited to 1 o'clock P.M., on the SEC- H ONI) MONDAY OF MARCH, 1885. Competi- J tors may begin to secure snbscribers at once? b< the time of subscription to commence whenever the name is handed in. The money for each sub- M scriber is expected to be paid at the time the name is entered upon our books, and no name h' _ will be counted in competition for a premium si until the subscription price has been paid. e To persons who make up clubs of ten or more sl o names, but who may fail to obtain a premium, 8t we will send the ExquiRKR one year free of to charge; and to those who send a Club of twenty v or more names, but who may fail to get a premium, we will forward a copy of the Enquiuku cc one year free of charge, and a copy, one year, of ei any weekly newspaper or monthly magazine ff published in the United States, the publication p" ' to lie selected by the person entitled to receive it. if t It is not necessary that the names of a club ti should all be at the same post-ollice. Names a may be taken at any number of places. One name for two years will be equivalent to two tn names for one year each. C. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them. ai We will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when sent by draft, registered letter or money order drawn on the Yorkville post-ollice. In sending names, write plainly, giving county, post-ollice and State. -j "All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will be kept for each clubmaker, who will be credited with every name \ sent, so that the number sent by any person can H be ascertained at a moment's notice. J Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the names have been en- ai tcrcd on our books, to transfer the names to ol another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made |i to trill DM turner 111 IS propiwumii, will caiiiiu "II the SECOND MONDAY OK MARCH, lSSf>. " Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club 1,1 rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper be- (,< fore that date, as after the expiration of that 1,1 time it will not be famished for less than ?2.">ft unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to li. .11. GRIST. Yorkville. S. November 2ft, 1884 47 tf j _______________ I THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County ol* York. ! 1V7HKRKAS, Mrs. CORNELIA J. WILKES ^ j ff lias applied totnie for Letters of Adininis- I j t rat ion on all and singular the goods and chat- J I tels, rights and credits of II. II. WILKES, late s' of the county aforesaid, deceased. U These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all ' I and singular the kindred and creditors of the S( j said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our j next Probate Court for the said county, to be hold- w I i>n at York Court House on the HOT II DAY OF 01 JANUARY, A. I)., lss.->, at 11 o'clock, A. M., to ?! shew cause, if any, why the said Administration * ?f should not be granted! " i' | (liven under my hand and seal, this 8th day of January, in the year of our Lord one tiiou- r( sand eight hundred and eighty-live, and in the aI j lftftth vear of American Independence. J. RE ATT Y WILLIAMS. Judge of Probate. ; Januarv l."? :? 2t i ! CJSF I ..j 1555 i (I I INVALUABLE TO ALLt^Sif . Will be mailed ffftrffrSgAI/ ! Sl to all applicants T I A a j and to customers oflast year witUout i L orderinglt. It contains illustrations, prices. ! ?,> i. ! descriptions and directions for planting all , i, Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, BULBS, etc. al j D. M. FERRY&CO.D^ae,T b j December 11 oft :im i TIIK STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA" 1 ' _ w * I County of York. WIIK11K A S J (>S 10 P11 F. WALLACF, | f Pis., lias applied tome for Letters of Ad- j ( a ! ministration on all and singular the woods and P I chattels, rights and credits of CYNTHIA KIRK- se ! PATRICK,lateofthocountyaforesaid,deceased, ta These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all 01 I and singular the kindred and creditors of the j n< j saiil deceased, to be and appear at our next .1 udge it of Probate's Court for York county, to he hold- ! en at York Court House, on TCHSDAY, the! ? i- 17TII DAY OF FKIJRUARY, A. I)., 1SH5, at I r 11 o'clock, A. M., to slunv cause, if any, why the j i said Administration should not be grunted. j j| i- tiiven under my hand and seal, this8th day of j M '. January, in the year of our Lord one thou i- sand eight hundred and eighty-five, and in ec: the 100th year of the Independence of the Dili- lo ted States of America. SI K J. RFATTY WILLIAMS, lu Judgc of Probate. January S ^ tit GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of _ IROX ROOFING RIMPED AND CORRUGATED SIDING, |SB Iron Tile or Shingle. ^ FIREPROOF DOORS. SHUTTERS 41'., THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0] May 10 A CHILD! | Talbotton, Ga., Sept. 12,1881.?My little son, now j seven years old, broke out when a babe three weeks Willi what the doctors called eczema, beginning on the head and gradually spreading over the whole body, lie i was treated for live years or more by various physicians ) without relief, and the little boy's health was completely broken down. About a year ago I was Induced to use on him Swift's Specific, and two hottles cured him sound and well, and there has been no sign of a return of the disease. F. O. Hoi.mks. Poisoned by a \urse. Some right years ago I was inoculated with poison hy . a nurse who infected my babe with Mood taint. The lit I th? child lingered along until it was about two years old, j when its little life was yielded up to the fearful poison. For six long years I linve suffered untold misery. I was covered with sores and ulcers from head to loot nnd in my great extremity I prayed to die. Nolangungecan express j my feeling of woe during those long six years. I had the best medical treatment. Several physicians successively i treated me, but all to no purpose. The Mercury and Pot. ash seemed to add fuel to the awful llntne which was de vniirlng me. About three months ago I was advised to try Swift's Sp?? and I felt Iio|m.' elfic. We did so vjit Ov again revive in my breast; hut alas! mas! we had spent so much for medical treatment that we were too poor to buy. Oh! j the agony of tli.it moment! Health and happines within your reach hut too poor to grasp it. I applied, however, to those who were nhlc and willing to help inc, and f have taken Swift's Specific, nnd am now sound and well once more. Swift's Specific is the nest blood purifier in the world, nnd is the greatest blessing of the age. Mas. T. W. Lee, Greenville, Ala. A Druggist 25 Year*. AnnuHX, Ai.a., Sept.8,1884.?lain an old Pharmacist, nnd have had to do largely with blood diseases forhiver twenty-five years. I have dealt In ail kinds of blood purifiers,and do not hesitate to say that Swift's Specific j Is the best and hns given more general satisfaction than any other I have ever handled. Last year a young student came to my store emaciated and covered with sores. I recommended S. S. S. He took only three bottles, and the sores disappeared, his throat healed up nnd his skin cleared off. His flesh was smooth and fresh as that of a child, nnd he lias gained ten pounds. I scarcely knew him when he returned after an absence of severnl weeks. He claimed to be renewed in flesh nnd spirit. A number of other eases less malignant linve come under my observation and all with the host results. Swift's Specific is an excellent tonic, nnd as an antidote for mnlnrin, lias no superior. Many Indies are using it as a tonic for general debility, and find it the | most satisfactory one ever used. I have been dealing in Swift's Specific for five years or more, and nm satis C....I !.? I nnt iilnm. tint llIt'll nil CSlilll.TtR UDOII its merit?. G. VV. Dixon. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed tree. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta Ga. For sale by JOHN KUYKEXDAU. December II *>o Iv FOUNDRY AND Machine Shop. rllK undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on is lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY NI) MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared do all manner of work in light iron and brass is tings, and general machine work. REPAIRING, f till kinds, promptly done on short notice, team Engines, and agricultural machinery of ty kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any ass of work that may be wanted in his shop, he ill attend any call for repairing stationary enines, doing the work on the premises, thus obiating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion r the work. EDWARD THOMAS. October Hi 42 tf BUY THE BEST. rllE undersigned hiis taicen me agency ior mu sale of the THOMPSON PIANO, one of the ast instruments in the market, and also for the tie of the ORGANS manufactured hv the Great 'estern Organ Company. The Pianos I represent are in different styles, nth square and upright, full 7i octaves, and bedes having all the modern improvements of the 2st makers, with highly ornamented ease and iperior finish throughout," have also three rings in the treble, and are thus nearly equal in me and power to the Concert Grand. I represent ten styles of Organs, and can suit ly purchaser as to finality and price. If you mtemplate the purchase of an instrument? ther Piano or Organ?do not buy until you conir with me. I can suit you with either instrulent and will make prices satisfactory. Every istrument fully warranted by the manufac i rers. There is no longer any excuse for paying fancy price for a piano bearing the name of line old, aristocratic maker?which name is sually the only thing to recommend it?when ou can buy one equally as good in every respect ?r half the money. Correspondence invited, id all information cheerfully furnished. Miss ZORAIDA INGOLD, YorkviHe, S. C. November 20 47 tf AMUSEMENT HALL. HUNTER & OATES' OPERA HOUSE, YORK VILLI:, S. ('. rllE undersigned have fitted up a public Hall over their Store, on Liberty street, in the intra 1 part of town, and with a stage, scenery id all needed accessories, and a seating capacity 1" 40(t, offer the same for theatrical and other eiirtainments for which the hall is adapted. 'rofcNsional Companies aii<l Amateurs 'ill find in our Opera House?the only public nil in town?all the facilities requisite for the inducting of theatrical and similar entertainlents. For terms and all other information, address H ENTER it OATES, Yorkville, S. C. . January 1.7 J dm 1 j I AGRICULTURAL HALL i IAS turned loose upon the people near MeConnellsvillc, the powerful beast SIAM, (a ilendid (i-horse power Engine on Wheels.) His resent masters are Messrs. MOORE and ARCH HRRIS, who have the determination, and will i >on learn to keep him in check. i'ivipki.'!,!, imnr Clover, has! ->ir. >? . ij. ^ , tpturofl General LEE, (a beautiful ii-horse pow- i Tanner Engine 011 wheels) without tiring a un. lie is now earefullv guarded bv Mr. I). | 1ARSIIAEE CAMPBELL, who has' subdued j im on coarse diet?wood and water. ROMEO and JULIET are yet in their quiet | itreat. Will not somecruel hand separate them | id put them to useful employment. T. S. JEEEERYS. I I BRICK FOR SALE. 7HVE hundred thousand first-class RRICIv are j . offered for sale?300,(MX) at McConnellsville, id 200,000 at Lowrysville, 011 the A L. X. G. . R. Any number of these Hrick, in lots of it less than 2,"i()0, will be delivered 011 cars at ther place at $0.00 for salmon. $8.00 for J salmon id } blue, and $0.00 for all blue per thousand. 1111 pies can hi! seen at filestores of ('apt. W. 1$. j 111 it h, ('lover; John It, Ashe, Yorkville; Ashe A* j she, McConnellsville; Hope, Lowrv A Co., owrvsville, and Heath, Crawford A Co., Chesr. We will give a discount for large lots on the ! >ove prices. W. X. ASIIE, Jr., McConnellsville. W. A. AXDERSOX, Lowrvsville. October l(i -12 ' tf VOTIC'E. *111. W. (iaffney against Daniel Peeler and others. TXRER an order of Court made in above enJ titled cause, the Creditors of LEVICEY EE LEE, deceased, are hereby notified to prent and establish their demands against her este, before me. at mv oflice in Yorkville, S. C., 1 THURSDAY, the l'lth day of FEBRUARY, >xt, at 12 o'clock M. i JOS. I'. WALLACE, ('. O. IMs. January 1 1 f>t IIOISE AM) LOT FOR SALE. , THE undersigned offers for sale, . |S the lot in York villc, known as the llaRJJfc- "MEEK PLACE." It is situated near the Methodist Church, and mtaius TWO ACRES, more or less. On the t is a two-storv Dwelling House, containing [X LARGE ROOMS AXI) A BASEMENT, a mbcr-house, corn-crib and stables. Terms will be made easy. L. M. GRIST. November 27 is tf OFING COMPANY, ^f> IRON ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIN STREET Cleveland, O. Wff-t f j?if- Semi for Circular and Price JJp ij List No. 75. ? IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. 1) ly WE LEAD, Others Follow. THE LIGHT RUNNING ? DOMESTIC" HASTHK HANDSOMEST WOODWORK. IT is the grandest triumph of Sewing Machine JL Mechanical skill. It has the best set of Attachments. It is the most reliable. It executes a greater variety of work than any other machine in the market. It has a high arm,the attachments are all easily worked, and it will do any kind of work, from the lightest to the heaviest, and in as good manner as any other machine. Call and examine the Machine and learn particulars. We will sell on as liberal terms and at as low prices as any first-class Machine can he bought; and in addition, will compliment every purchaser with a number of photographs of himself or any other person the purchaser may designate. PHOTOGRAPHY. I would also inform the public that I am vet 1-- niiAtTAr.n lUUt! .,11 f IIIilfYlIlK I IM'UMIIV.Vl Iin 111 4111 UIU f tlliVUO styles. Also, Ferrotypes and other cheaper styles of pictures. Pictures by the photographic process enlarged, and all work done in the best style of the art at reasonable prices, Gallery on West Liberty street, near the jail. J. R. SCIIORB. October 9 41 tf F.HAPPERFIELD. STAPLE GOODS. MY stock of Staple Goods and Family Groceries is now full and complete. My friends and the public generally are respectfully invited tocall and examine the quality of my goods and learn prices. BOOTS 1*0 SHOES. Of the above goods I keep a full stock, and it will pay you to examine them. DRY GOODS. I keep a full line of/Staple Dry Ooods, which I otter at the lowest prices. C IGARS. AC. Several choice brands of C'igars, some extra fine; different grades of Chewing Tobacco, Snuff and Smoking Tobacco. CANNED GOODS. In full variety,and, in fact, a complete stock of Staple Ooods, to which inspection is invited. MARBLE YARD. I still continue to give particular attention to the MARBLE BUSINESS. I have in my employ first-class workmen, and with a full stock of the best qualities ot Marble, am prepared to furnish anything in that line, from a plain tombstone to the most elaborate monument, and at prices as low as can be obtained elsewhere. T.-> irADPunt'TVT.Ti J. ED. JEFFERYS & CO. NEW FITRNITIRE STORE. COFFINS, CASKETS AND CASES. WE have on hand a complete stock of Collins, consisting of Wood Burial Caskets and Cases, all sizes, which we are offering on very reasonable terms. Cottage Furniture. A full assortment of Bedroom Suits, Marble Top and Plain Bureaus, Centre Tables and Washstands. BEDSTEADS, CRADLES AND CHAIRS. Walnut and Maple Bedsteads, common Bedsteads, fancy and plain Tables, Spring Beds and Mattresses, and a variety of Chairs. Picture-Frame Moulding, Of several styles and prices. Picture Frames made to order. CHROHOS. A line lot of Chromos on hand, which we arc offering very cheap. Furniture Repaired. Terms reasonable. Our motto is, "LIVE AND LET LIVE." J. ED. JEFFERYS A* CO September 11 J7 tf RIO BOOM AT THE Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. NEW VEHICLES. fjlXPECTEI) to arrive this week, a nice lot of j Columbus Buggies, the best Buggies now made. Also, a nice lot of Cincinnati Buggies, Carriages and Jump-seat Phaetons, all standard grade work, which will be sold at the most reasonable prices. Second-Hand Vehicles. I also have on band a number of Buggies and Wagons that have been in use ashort while which I will sell at reasonablepricesforcashorontime. Buggy Cushions, Shafts and Poles kept in stock for sale. SOMETHING NEW. I have .just purchased a No. 1 Queen City HEARSE, and will now lie prepared to furnish nci-'winiiM with Hoarse and Carriages for town or any part of the county, at short notice, and for moderate charges. Feed Stables. Have your horses fed at the YORKVILLE LIVERY ANI) KICK I) STABLES, where they will be well fed and groomed. * F. 1C. SMITH. DON'T DELAY. BUT go and see the largest and handsomest stock of Jewelry, Watches, Silverware and Kancv Hoods, ever exhibited in Chester. Bargains' in HOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. If you want to buy an engagement Ring, a Wedding, Birthday or Christmas present, call on E. C. STA1IN. vou will tind an endless variety of presents, from 25 cents to $1.50. .Inst received for the lovers of art, Steel Engravings, oil Paintings and Photographs. Hanging Lamps, Student and new patent Fan Lumps, giving a light equal to gaslight. Heinemher all goods are sold under guarantee to he as represented. No wish for the purchaser to he deceived. We call gold, gold; and brass, brass. My prices are as low as the lowest for reliable goods. Long years' experience and ample capital enable mo to buy at lowest prices, and i will not be undersold by any one. Cash purchasers of Watches, Sewing Machines and Organs can secure special bargains, as I want to roduoe my large stock. An improved high arm Machine, drop-leaf and drawers and all attachments, warranted 5 years, for 825.00. WATCH RKPAIRIXU receives my personal attention. Satisfaction guaranteed at moderate prices. Orders hvmail promptly attended to. Respectfully, ' K.*C. 8TAHN, Chester, S. ('. November 27 41 Iv j C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Lenoir, X. C., to Chester, S. C., taking | effect at 12o'clock, Xoon, Sunday, November 2d, 1884. Standard of time, clock in telegraph office I at Chester. GOING SOUTH. I Leave Lenoir 5.30 A. M. Arrive at Hudsonville, 5.55 A. M. ! Arrive at Lovelady, 0.15 A. M. Arrive at Hickory, 0.45 A. M. ? - in A \r ] j.eave tiicKorv, " , Arrive at Conover 7. ao a. 1 Arrive at Newton A* (} . Leave Newton ?-0;? *? I Arrive at Maiden, J-jo A- *} Arrive at Lincolnton, *.00 a. 'J1' , Leave Lincolnton, 9.1.0 A. M. Arrive at Hardin's, ?.4J A. . j. Arrive at Dallas, 10.1? 7 Leave Dallas .. T! 10.20 A. M. I Arrive at Gastonia, 10.3.) A. m. I Leave Gastonia, 10.50 A. ->j. j Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, ll.Oo A. Aj. I Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 11.13 A. Aj. I Arrive at Rowling Green, 11.21 A. Ai. i Arrive at Clover, 11.35 A. M. 1 Leave Clover 11.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 12.10 P. M? I Leave Yorkville 12.25 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia 12.38 P. M? | Arrive at Guthriesville, 12.50 P. M. Leave Guthriesville 1.00 P. M. I Arrive at McConnellsville, L12 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 1.30 P. M. I Leave Lowrysville, 1.35 P. M? Arrive at Chester 2.05 P. M. (JOINO NORTH. j LeaveCh )ter, 11.40 A. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, 12.20 P. M. I Leave Lowrysville 12.25 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 12.50 f. m. Leave McConnellsville, 12.55 P. M. Arriveat Guthriesville, 1.05 P. M. Leave Guthriesville, 1.10 P. M. Arrive at Philadelphia, 1.28 P. M. 1 Arrive at Yorkville, 1.35 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 1.45 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 2.20 P. M. Leave Clover, 2.30 P. M. Arriveat Bowling Green, 2.44 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 2.54 P. M. Arriveat Pleasant Ridge, 3.00 P. M. Arrive atGastonia, 3.15 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 3.35 P. M. Arrive at Dallas 3.48 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 4.08 P. M. Arriveat Lincolnton, 4.30 P. M. Leave Lincolnton 4.40 P..M. Arrive at Maiden, 5.15 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 5.43 P. M. Leave Newton 5.55 P. M. Arrive at Conover 0.05 P. M. Arriveat Hickory 0.25 P. M. Leave Hickory, 0.45 P. M. Arriveat Lovelady, 7.17 P. M. * Arrive at Hudsonville, 7.30 P. M. Arriveat Lenoir, 8.03 P. M. ;? &- An accommodation train will run daily, Sundays excepted, leaving Chester at 5.15, P. M., arriving at Yorkville at 7 P. M. Going South, leave Yorkville at 8.05, A. M., arriveat Chester at 9.55. G. R. TALCOTT, Superintendent. November 0 45 tf MOTHERS' FRIEND 1 \Tn Vow Torrnr ' 1 This invaluable prepiiU .1101 c 1 error . |rtration is truly a tri imrth nf scientific skill. No More Pain I land'no more inestimable benefit was ever bestowVA n., i ed on tho mothers of the 1 No Mori Danger . world. It not only short To ens the time of labor and lessens tho intensity of Mother or Oliild |Pailb but< better than MOUICI <M villiu. aiit jt greatly diminishes jthe dangerto life of both !mother and child, and leaves the mother in a condition highly favor, .. lable to speedv recovery, The Dread ot jand far less liable to flooding, convulsions, Motherhood and other alarming symptoms incident to Transformed to lingering and painful (labor. Its truly won-y..derful efficacy in this reJl.tf Xi spect entitles'the Mothj Kit's Friknd to be rankand edas one of the life-sav- ' jing appliances given to -p the world bv the discovfj j_ m ieries of moclern science. I From the nature of ' ; the case it will of course ; be understood that we {cannot publish certificates concerning this Safety and Ease !f?7tty2SyT.ae writers. Yet we have [hundreds ot such testi jmonials on tile, and no mother who has once # [used it will ever again Suffering Woman, be Without it in her time n [of trouble. A prominent physician lately remarked to the proprietor, that if it were admissible to make public the letters we receive, the "Mothers' Friend would out-sell anything on the market. I most earnestly entreat every female expecting to be confined, to use Mothers' Relief. Counled with this entreaty I will add that during a long established practice (forty-four years), I have never known it to fail to produce a safe and quick delivery. If. J. HOLMES,M. I)., Atlanta,On. Our treatise on "Health and Happiness of Woman" mailed free. Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. For Sale by Dr. JOHN C. KUYKENDAL. September 11 .'17 ly JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our ofliee, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that wi'l compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : BILL HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.50 $0.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet oill heads". We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every instance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the requirements of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to "furnish all other kinds of printing, from a visiting card to a large volume, and will he pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, I,. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf ?bc (?tt(jutw. ? TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 8 2 50 For six months, 1 25 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give postoffice, county and State, iii full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or postotlioe money order, or enclose*the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enqt'ihku is delivered free of postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at | the post-office here, without additional charge to tho silhserilipr Watch the Figures.?The date on the "address-label" shows the time to which the sub| seription is paid. If subscribers do not wish j their papers discontinued, the date inu.it be kept | in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that onr terms for subscriptions, advertising and job: work are cash in advance. ADVERTISING; RATE8. ONE DOLLAR perstpiare for the first inserj tion, and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the 1 space occupied by seven lines of this size tv pe. I Contracts will be made at reduced rates for. | advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. All contract advertisements * x will be confined to the regular business for which the space is engaged. \ . I ./? Rejected manuscripts will not be returned j to the writers. Persons who send manuscript to ? this oflice for publication and desire acopy of the J same, should make a duolicate. ,??r Tributes of Respect and Obitua*y notices .fj charged for at the rate of ten cents a liie. L'su- | ally there are about seven words in a 1 he. A